Box 138

Two letters requesting support for appropriations to the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York.

A letter concerning an appropriation for the Charleston Naval Shipyard to reconvert two liberty ships and a listing of amounts requested for South Carolina's Army, Navy, and Air Force appropriations under the Authorization Bills in the House and Senate.

A summary of conditions on the Panama Canal Zone to be considered in connection with H.R. 5376, which would reduce incomes for United States citizens employed in the Panama Canal Zone.

A letter from Senator H. Alexander Smith, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, requesting the restoration of a cut in appropriations for the National Science Foundation (NSF). Senator Smith also included a press release from the White House concerning President Eisenhower's support for the National Science Foundation (NSF).

A memorandum submitted by the United States Senate Secretaries Association concerning per-diem and mileage payments to staff members of Congressional offices who serve in an official capacity in their home state or district during Congressional recesses.

Correspondence concerning a reduction in the appropriation to match State expenditures for the administration of social security in South Carolina. Correspondents include the Governor of South Carolina, James F. Brynes.

Correspondence protesting reductions in appropriations for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) including its impact on defense projects in South Carolina and its impact on South Carolina's forestry development.

A memo concerning a statement Senator Maybank made concerning the Navy having sales of textile goods and that those matters should be handled through the United States Foreign Operations Administration (FOA) instead.

A letter from Sears Roebuck and Company concerning a statement made by Senator Maybank about Sears catalogues causing an extra burden on post offices during the Christmas season and a report on the pneumatic tube service in New York sent by Senator Joseph McCarthy to members of the Treasury and Post Office Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.

A letter from a Washington Representative of the Textile Workers Union of America requesting support for United States trade equality with France in Morocco as guaranteed by treaties reaffirmed by the International Code of Justice.