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A copy of a confidential report, prepared by a staff member on the Senate Committee on Appropriations, that includes a study of military estimates regarding procurement, personnel and construction in Europe and North Africa.

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Correspondence concerning Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) appropriations including mental institutions, hospital construction, heart disease research, the Medical College Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, vocational education, talking book machines for the blind in the Library of Congress, tuberculosis rehabilitation, and the juvenile delinquency work of the Children's Bureau.

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Correspondence from a number of Senators protesting an amendment (H.R. 7818) to the Federal Aid to Highways Bill that would result in a loss of aid for 29 States under a new population based aid formula. Correspondents including Senators Arthur V. Watkins, Wallace F. Bennett, and Dennis Chavez.

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A memorandum, from Senator Maybank's assistant on behalf of the Housing Administrator, requesting Senator Maybank's comment on a hearing on government housing concerning the amount for Government Public Agency Loans. Senator Maybank requests that the Housing Administrator make a statement in connection with the amount of money for the Government Public Agency loans when his administration comes before the committee.

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning appropriations for independent offices including the National Science Foundation, South Carolina Employment Security Commission, South Carolina Public Health Program concerning control of venereal diseases, Hill-Burton (Hospital Survey and Construction Act) funding for the Ridgewood Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Columbia, South Carolina, modernization of a hospital in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the clearance of slums, resources development of the Tennessee Valley...

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Correspondence concerning appropriations for the Department of the Interior including the National Park Service, Rural Electrification Administration (REA), Fish and Wildlife Service, topographic mapping, and a reduction in funds to the Interior's Oil and Gas Division for the enforcement of the "Connally Act" which regulated the amount of oil produced or withdrawn from storage in excess of the amount permitted by State law.

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A letter from Senator Styles Bridges, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, containing copies of a report prepared by the Investigations Division of the Senate Appropriations Committee concerning international development and related legislation.

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A letter from a South Carolina constituent requesting the reduction of the appropriation for the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PIS) chaired by Senator Joseph McCarthy. The constituent refers to Senator McCarthy as "the most dangerous man in the U.S.A."

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A copy of a letter written by Senator Maybank to a clerk concerning legislative salaries. Maybank remarks that there is a great difference between House and Senate pay.

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Correspondence concerning reductions in the appropriation for the Library of Congress. Senator Maybank assured constituents that he would vote to increase the appropriation. Correspondents include Senator Pat McCarran of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. Also included are three photographs of new library buildings in South Carolina's Barnwell and Calhoun counties.