Box 111

Correspondence concerning appropriations for a proposed navy sewage disposal plant near Newport, Rhode Island. Senator Maybank voted for the approval of funds. Correspondents include Senator Theodore Francis Green (Committee on Foreign Relations).

A copy of the United States Post Office Department Cost Ascertainment Report on the cost of carrying and handling the several classes of mail matter and of performing the special services for the fiscal year 1950.

Excerpts from statements by Senator Maybank relating to preparedness of the armed services.

Correspondence concerning Senator Maybank's support for appropriations for the Agricultural Conservation Program of the Product and Marketing Administration (PMA).

A letter from a member of the Cherokee County Health Department of the South Carolina State Board of Health concerning a cut in the State Board of Health appropriation and its effect on tuberculosis treatment.

A list of projects for South Carolina included in the military public works authorization bill for 1951. Including appropriations for Fort Jackson (Army), Beaufort (Navy Aviation Facilities), Parris Island (Navy Marine Facilities), Charleston (Navy Ammunition Facilities), Charleston (Air Force Operational Support Facilities), Greenville (Air Force Operational Support Facilities), and Sumter (Air Force Operational Support Facilities).

Correspondence concerning appropriations for a federally assisted meal program to provide low-cost or free lunches to school children. Though the program began long before, President Truman officially signed the National School Lunch Act in 1946. Senator Maybank was one of the primary sponsors of the program.

Correspondence concerning the appropriation for the Southeastern Power Administration to construct high-voltage transmission lines from hydro plants under construction by the government in the Southeast to "load centers." Correspondents include Senator Clyde R. Hoey (Chairman of the Senate Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments).

A telegram protesting cuts to the Economic Stabilization Agency appropriation. Senator Maybank agreed that the House of Representatives did not provide sufficient funds for the agency and would work toward obtaining additional funding.

Correspondence concerning cuts to the State Department appropriation including the United States Information and Education Exchange program.