Box 161

Correspondence concerning Beaufort, South Carolina, including the deepening of the channel from the ocean through St. Helena Sound or through Port Royal Sound to Beaufort, South Carolina, acquisition of land for the Beaufort Hospital, a proposed naval hospital at Parris Island, and assistance provided to the cost of maintenance and operation of school facilities.

Correspondence concerning the purchase of the Bennettsville Army Airbase as surplus property by the City of Bennettsville, South Carolina.

Correspondence concerning the refusal of the Republican dominated Senate to seat Mississippi Senator Theodore G. Bilbo as a result of his racially charged speeches railing against black voting rights and accusations of campaign bribery. Included is a statement by Senator Theodore G. Bilbo given in response to a Report of the Senate Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program accusing Senator Bilbo of taking campaign bribes from war contractors.

Correspondence wishing Senator Maybank a happy birthday.

Correspondence concerning an application for funds for advance planning for a waterworks system for the Town of Bowman, South Carolina.

A copy of a letter from Senator Maybank to the Mayor of Brunson, South Carolina, notifying him that an application to the Federal Works Agency for an advance for planning for a waterworks system for the Town of Brunson was approved.

Correspondence concerning an application for the construction of a new school building in Cades, South Carolina.

Correspondence concerning an application to the Federal Housing Administration for the construction of a parsonage for the Calvary Baptist Church of Graniteville, South Carolina.

Correspondence concerning the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce including recommendations for the position of District Supervisor in the Census Bureau's Charleston, South Carolina, office and data gathered by the 1945 Census of Agriculture in South Carolina.

Lists of black and white teachers for Charleston County from 1946-1947.