Box 158

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Correspondence concerning war contracts awarded to South Carolina. Especially those awarded by the navy to the Charleston, South Carolina, Navy Yard. Also included are a number of monthly summaries of war supply and facility contracts listed by state, industrial area, and county produced by the Industry and Facilities Branch of the Bureau of Planning and Statistics of the War Production Board.

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A letter of resignation from the deputy regional director of the War Manpower Commission, Frank A. Constangy, to the South Carolina State Director of the War Manpower Commission W. Rhett Harley.

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Correspondence concerning a plan for the disposal of surplus war material for use by farmers.

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Correspondence from constituents requesting copies of Agricultural Yearbooks.

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A copy of a preliminary report on South Carolina's air transportation potential prepared by the Research and Planning Department of the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission April 5, 1945.

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Correspondence concerning construction of the ANCOR Corporation's aluminum plant in Harleyville, South Carolina.

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Correspondence concerning the use of a Pharmacist's examination in which persons who have not had college training in Pharmacy may still be considered for government positions.

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Correspondence concerning Anderson County, South Carolina, including the expansion of the Anderson County Memorial Hospital, hard surface road construction, construction of an agricultural building in Anderson, a rural classification certification for a new high frequency radio broadcast station, and an increased allocation of Letourneau road scrapers.

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Correspondence concerning tickets for the Army-Navy football game annually attended by Senator Maybank and the procurement of tickets for his friends.

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning Beaufort, South Carolina, including a survey of a proposed channel from the ocean through the Saint Helena or Port Royal Sound to Beaufort, additional funds to address the increase in population due to the extension of war activities in Parris Island and the Naval Air Station, construction of a proposed naval hospital, waterworks and sewer project, construction of a railroad, post-war plans for the Beaufort Airbase, an invitation to President Truman to visit...