Box 129

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A letter, from a glass company owner in Jacksonville, Florida, requesting support for additional tariff regulations and a copy of a letter from Senator A. Willis Robertson, of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, to the Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission concerning an exemption of the Tariff Commission from the Ferguson Amendment.

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Correspondence concerning tax legislation including the need for a general reduction in taxes, the regulation of practicing public accountants, a federal sales tax, and provisions for the deduction from gross income, for income-tax purposes, of expenses incurred by farmers for the purpose of soil and water conservation.

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Correspondence concerning legislation to repeal the tax exemption applied to cooperatives.

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Correspondence concerning a dual tax on the distribution of corporate dividends.

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Correspondence concerning excise taxes including those on telephone equipment, transportation, amusements, and gasoline.

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Correspondence concerning legislative proposals to raise income taxes.

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Correspondence concerning legislation (H.R. 5693) to impose a tax on tuna imported into the United States.

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Correspondence concerning the jurisdiction of tideland oil and the use of oil money for elementary school systems. Senator Maybank voted to override President Truman's veto in the belief that tideland oil belongs to the adjacent states; however, he did not support the amendment to use the oil money to fund elementary school systems because he believed control over school systems should be left up to the local authorities.

Scope and Contents A letter from a contractor for the Highway Post Office Service requesting support for legislation to amend the Interstate Commerce Commission Act to exclude transportation by motor vehicle performed under contract with the Post Office Department and a letter requesting support for legislation (S. 2585) to amend the laws relating to the construction of Federal-aid highways to provide for equality of treatment of railroads and other public utilities with respect to the cost of relocation of...

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning legislation (S. 2504) sponsored by Senator Maybank to provide supplementary unemployment compensation benefits in certain cases to workers unemployed as a result of the serious curtailment of the automobile industry due to steel, copper, and other critical materials being diverted from Detroit to other sections of the country as a result of the war effort. Also included is correspondence concerning legislation (S. 2557) to provide for the establishment of certain...