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Box 102

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

"Railroad", 1950

 File — Box: 102, Folder: 1-2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning railroad legislation including legislation to require railroad carriers to install and maintain communication systems, the Union Shop Bill, amendments to the Railway Labor act, and railroad retirement.

Dates: 1950

"Reorganization plans", 1950

 File — Box: 102, Folder: 3-6
Scope and Contents

A substantial amount of correspondence concerning the different Reorganization Plans brought before the Senate in 1950. The Hoover Commission (Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government), chaired by former President Herbert Hoover, was appointed by President Truman in 1947 to recommend administrative changes in the Federal Government. Senator Maybank rejected several Senate Reorganization Plans including 1, 7, 11, and 12.

Dates: 1950