Box 162

A letter containing a report on the progress of the Veterans Emergency Housing Program to provide temporary housing for veterans returning from the war.

A letter from the National Women's Union League of America thanking Senator Maybank for his role in the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment. A proposed amendment to the United States Constitution to guarantee equal rights for women.

A letter concerning a decision by the United States Supreme Court in Texas to permit blacks to vote in the Democratic primary, treatment of black veterans, and the peacetime enlistments of black soldiers.

Correspondence concerning applications for the construction of school facilities for the Elizabeth School district in North, South Carolina.

Correspondence from soldiers stationed in the Pacific protesting the War Department's point system for discharging soldiers and returning them to the United States.

Correspondence concerning Columbia, South Carolina, including the acquisition of United Service Organization (USO) buildings, Columbia Market Center property, schools, the Columbia Broadcasting System, Columbia Army Airbase, athletic drill field, housing for veterans at the University of South Carolina, surplus fire trucks, the closing of Camp Jackson, Columbia State Hospital, use of the Congaree Army Airport for the State Air National Guard, and street improvements.

A letter concerning the proposed transfer of the United States Employment Service from Federal to State administration.

Correspondence concerning constituent requests to receive copies of The Congressional Record.

Correspondence concerning Conway, South Carolina, including water facility projects, additions to and rebuilding of Whitmore Elementary School, and construction of a new primary health center.

Correspondence concerning an accident in which a vessel, the Nicaragua Victory, demolished part of the Cooper River Bridge causing the death of five people in an automobile passing over the bridge at the time of collision.