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Box 96

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

"Appropriations-Tennessee", 1950

 File — Box: 96, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Representative John E. Rankin concerning support for an amendment to the Civil Functions Appropriation Bill to provide funds for the construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Inland Waterway. The waterway would provide an extra route to strengthen traffic from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Representative Rankin viewed the waterway as vital for national defense.

Dates: 1950