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 concerning a proposal for the construction of a Chemical Plant in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Correspondence concerning the Charleston Navy Yard including reduction in force layoffs resulting from the lack of ship contracts, consolidation of the ship fitter and boiler shops under the supervision of a master boilermaker, a veterans Supreme Court seniority preference case at the Navy Yard, and wages.

Correspondence concerning an application for federal aid for a proposed water facilities and elevated tank for the Town of Cheraw, South Carolina.

Correspondence concerning the acquisition of surplus Army property for Cherokee County Schools and the need for additional hospital facilities.

Correspondence concerning Chester, South Carolina, including sugar shortages, a CC rating for the Chester Electric Company, Chester Sewing Plant, waterworks improvements, purchase of surplus property equipment, housing facilities for veterans, and the construction of a new health center.

A letter from the President of the Chesterfield County Farm Bureau requesting support for the acquisition of nitrates, used in fertilizer, for farmers in South Carolina.

Correspondence concerning applications by various commercial airlines for service in the Southeastern States. Also included is a report of the Civil Aeronautics Board examiners in the case of airline service applications in the Southeastern States.