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Correspondence from the Atomic Energy Commission concerning the construction of a uranium laboratory in Watertown, Massachusetts, and reports of a survey on the reaction of residents concerning home ownership and self-government in Richland, Washington, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Senator Maybank served as Chairman of the Independent Offices Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.

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A memorandum for members of the American Battle Monuments Commission concerning appropriations for 1953.

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Correspondence concerning President Truman's 1952 budget recommendations. Included is a report on the legislative recommendations of the President.

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A letter expressing opposition to proposals to suspend the airport advisory services of the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA).

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Correspondence requesting support for an increased appropriation for the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness and funds provided for the Children's Rehabilitation Institute.

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A list of subcommittee assignments for the Committee on Appropriations and a schedule of the hearings held for the Independent Offices Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations. Senator Maybank served on the Agriculture, Civil Functions, Armed Services, Independent Offices (Chairman), and Treasury and Post Office subcommittees.

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A letter concerning cuts in the appropriation for the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia.

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning Department of Defense appropriations including the National Board of Defense for the promotion of rifle practice, military public works construction in South Carolina, Charleston Airport, maritime training program, air power expansion, mutual security program, electronics building at the Charleston or Beaufort Airbase, the inclusion of cotton in the "Buy America Act" the National Guard, the Military Construction Authorization Bill's summary of public work...

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Copies of form letter responses from Senator Maybank to South Carolina constituents requesting appropriations for distributive education. Distributive education is a program of vocational education at the high school level in which a student is employed part-time, receiving on-the-job training, and also attends classes, most of which pertain to the student's vocational field.

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Correspondence concerning appropriations for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow for faster application processing for television stations in South Carolina. The correspondence is especially concerned with Charleston which had a much higher place on the application priority list than other South Carolina locations.