Box 135

A letter from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce requesting support for legislation to extend the Reciprocal Trade Agreement for an additional year.

Two letters written in opposition to proposed legislation (S. 892) for the liquidation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC).

A letter from a South Carolina constituent requesting the inclusion of a mandatory exemption for standard commercial articles as part of the Renegotiation Law revision.

Three letters written in opposition to the extension of the Rent Control Law.

Correspondence concerning President Truman's Reorganization Plan #2 to reorganize the United States Department of Agriculture. Senator Maybank opposed the plan.

Correspondence concerning Reorganization Plan #1 to reorganize the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare primarily concerned with the retention of the Children's Health Bureau. Correspondents include Senator Margaret Chase Smith, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Reorganization of the Senate Committee on Government Operations.

A letter, from Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of the Office of the Democratic Leader, containing a statement approved by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee and members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee concerning President Eisenhower's resolution to condemn Communist imperialism.

A letter from a South Carolina constituent concerning legislation (HR. 1843) to provide for an increase in the retirement pay of Lighthouse Service Employees.

Correspondence concerning legislation (H.R. 356) to amend the Railroad Retirement Act as it relates to social security payment.

Correspondence concerning rivers and harbors legislation including Turtle Creek Dam (Kansas), Beaufort Port, the deepening of the Charleston Harbor channel, and the St. Lawrence Seaway project.