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Correspondence concerning postal legislation including pay raises for postmasters and supervisors, recruitment, the air mail subsidy, postal rates, postmaster appointments, a curtailment in postal service, retirement and tax benefits, parcel post rates, promotion, mail handler duties, and veterans preference.

Correspondence concerning legislation (S. 2777; H.R. 87) to provide for the promotion of carriers in the rural delivery service in recognition of longevity of service. President Truman vetoed this legislation. When congress attempted an override of the veto, Senator Maybank voted to sustain the veto.

Correspondence concerning legislation (H.R. 8201) known as the Administrative Practitioners Act to protect the public with respect to practitioners before administrative agencies. The legislation would require accountants to pass certified public accounting examinations in order to work for Government agencies.

Correspondence concerning price control and rationing legislation to be implemented as a result of the Korean War.

Correspondence concerning legislation (S. 2792) for the relief of the Plymouth Manufacturing Company of McColl, South Carolina, for reimbursement of moneys lost due to representatives of the United States Army Quartermaster Corps incorrectly determining that its looms were suitable for the manufacture of certain cotton cloth to be used by the military and naval forces.

Response sheets to a number of questionnaires from Dillon, South Carolina, constituents.