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A letter and copy of a resolution prepared by Senator Richard Nixon to provide for a Senate committee to study and survey the problems of refugees from European totalitarian governments. Senator Maybank declined to sponsor the resolution.

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A letter from the Amalgamated Clothing Union of America requesting support for the repeal of the Internal Security Act of 1950.

Scope and Contents Correspondence from various Senators on topics including Home Rule in the District of Columbia, the abolition of the Electoral College, House Report entitled Fourth Meeting of Consultation of Foreign Ministers of the American Republics, suspension of the application of certain Federal laws with respect to an attorney employed by the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, code of ethics for government service, and an amendment to curb the filibuster in...

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A letter concerning legislation to provide fishing rights to Japanese fishermen in Alaskan waters and other American waters.

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Correspondence concerning judiciary legislation including the appointment of additional circuit and district judges, Aviation Criminal Law, and the federal use of employment agencies. Correspondents include Senator Pat McCarran, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Correspondence requesting for the continuation of the Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce also known as the Kefauver Committee after the Chairman Senator Estes Kefauver. The committee investigated organized crime that crossed state borders.

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Correspondence concerning labor legislation including a railroad labor dispute, a report on Labor-Management Relations in the Southern Textile Industry, exemption from Taft-Hartley "closed shop" provision for construction workers, and an increase in minimum wage.

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Correspondence concerning an amendment which would place public libraries and schools under a new claimant agency within the National Production Authority instead of the Office of Education.

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A letter requesting support for legislation (H.R. 1995) to provide for an increase in the retired pay of Lighthouse Service Employees.

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Correspondence concerning medical legislation including grants and scholarships for medical education, compulsory health insurance, vivisection, and socialized health care.