Box 112

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning armed services legislation including retirement pay, the extension of enlistment time, additional troops in Europe, a pay increase for enlisted personnel, additional combat pay, the permanent continuation of the Marine Corps, the G.I. Bill, segregation of the armed forces, rent control, aliens being permitted to serve in the armed forces after one year of residence, the provision of beer to members of the armed forces engaged in actual combat situations where pure...

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Correspondence concerning draft legislation including universal military training, the drafting of 18 year olds, and draft deferment for college students. Senator Maybank spoke out against the deferment for college students.

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning banking and currency legislation including the Assignment of Claims Bill, the merger of National Banks, the Export-Import Bank, the Federal Reserve and its responsibilities under the Defense Production Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Subcommittee on Small Business, Regulation "W", automobiles, and the disposition of the Lustron Corporation prefabricated housing plant in Columbus, Ohio. Senator Maybank served as Chairman of the Senate Committee...

Scope and Contents Correspondence primarily concerning Senator Maybank's proposed amendments to the Defense Production Act of 1950. Also included is the voting record of Senator Maybank on amendments to the Defense Production Act of 1950, a witness list, and statements given by the United States Secretary of the Interior and the administrator of the Economic Stabilization Agency. The Defense Production Act of 1950 was enacted in response to the start of the Korean War. It was an effort to mobilize the United...