Box 137

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Correspondence concerning appropriations to subsidize air mail.

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Correspondence concerning armed services appropriations including the Marine Railway at the Army Transportation Base in North Charleston, South Carolina, armory funds, generating facilities for the production of electric power at the Savannah River Atomic Plant, the National Guard, offshore procurement of ships and equipment, new Army uniforms, and the subsidy for the commissioned officers' messes of the Department of Defense.

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A telegram requesting support for appropriations to continue the United States Census on Business and Manufacturing.

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A letter from the Vice-President of Eastern Air Lines requesting support for appropriations for the operation and construction of the Washington National Airport.

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Correspondence protesting the closure of commissaries and loss of other benefits provided to members of the United States Armed Services and their dependents.

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning defense appropriations including the purchase of foreign built vessels, reductions in Army funding, the acquisition of land for the Savannah River Operations Plant, subsidies for the private shipbuilding industry, and French and Spanish airbases in Morocco. Also included are reports on atomic energy plants and Air Force spare parts and a confidential briefing on the international military situation and continental defense. Correspondents include Senator Homer...

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Correspondence concerning education appropriations including the need for additional funding for the construction of new schools in South Carolina to meet the needs of an influx of workers in areas declared as critical defense areas, the International Exchange Program of the Department of State, vocational education, and Howard University. Correspondents include Senator Karl E. Mundt of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.

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A letter from the Chairman of the South Carolina Employment Security Commission thanking Senator Maybank for his opposition to an amendment introduced by Senator John F. Kennedy pertaining to the Employment Security Administrative Financing Act of 1954.

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A brief telegram requesting support for the Saltonstall Fisheries Bill.

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Correspondence concerning appropriations for flood control projects including the Anacostia River in Maryland and construction of the Haysi Reservoir project on the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River in Virginia. Correspondents include Senator John Marshall Butler of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.