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Correspondence concerning appropriations for foreign aid. Senator Maybank consistently opposed such appropriations.

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Correspondence concerning legislation to terminate the Foreign Operations Administration (FOA). Senator Maybank was a strong supporter of this legislation and felt that the sooner the United States left the United Nations the better. Correspondents include Senator Mike Mansfield of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

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A telegram requesting support for legislation (H.R. 1825 and S. 848) concerning federal construction contracts.

Scope and Contents Correspondence primarily concerning the Public Housing Act of 1954. Senator Maybank initially introduced an amendment that would restore the full provisions of the Housing Act of 1949. He felt that the Housing Act had been perverted by the Appropriations Committee over the years and endeavored to return the public housing program to the jurisdiction of the Banking and Currency Committee. However, as a direct result of a Supreme Court decision concerning public housing and segregation in...

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Correspondence concerning Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) legislation including the inspection of fresh fruits and vegetables, increased freight rates (time-lag bill), motor carrier regulation, removal of the "dry-bulk exemption," prevention of the fluoridation of water supplies, prevention of discounts on household goods shipments transported for the government, and local service airlines certificates.

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A letter written in opposition to any amendments weakening the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act and a letter from the Bishop of Charleston requesting amendments to the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act to allow for the immigration of foreign nuns.

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Correspondence protesting the sending of American soldiers to Indo-china to help the French hold their colonial possessions in Vietnam. Senator Maybank indicated that he opposed intervention.

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Correspondence concerning judiciary legislation including a salary increase for federal judges and Congressmen, pensions for widows of federal judges, the addition of the words "under god" to the Pledge of Allegiance, anti-monopoly efforts, and an amendment to the International Claims Settlement Act.

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Correspondence concerning labor legislation including an increase in the minimum wage and other amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.