Box 180
Contains 83 Results:
"Resolutions", 1950
Correspondence concerning resolutions proposed by various constituent organizations related to proposed legislation and various other issues.
"Roads", 1950
Correspondence concerning appropriations for forest roads and a copy of legislation (S. 3424) proposed by Senator Maybank to amend the Federal-aid Road Act to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways so as to allow for appropriations to bridges without railroad track present.
"Rock Hill, SC", 1950
Correspondence concerning Rock Hill, South Carolina, including the acquisition of the Navy Bank for the Flag Day Celebration at Rock Hill and copies of Special Editions of the Rock Hill Evening Herald.
"Roosevelt (Theodore) Memorial", 1950
Correspondence concerning the acquisition and restoration of former President Theodore Roosevelt's old Maltese Cross Ranch Home-site in North Dakota.
"Rubber", 1950
Correspondence concerning rubber including government regulation of tire sizes and the strategic stockpiling of rubber. Also included is the Progress Report No. 5 of Research on Strategic and Critical Agricultural Materials-Rubber. By the Agricultural Research Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture.
"Rural Electrification Administration (REA)", 1950
Correspondence concerning Rural Electrification projects throughout South Carolina.
"St. George, SC-post office", 1950
Correspondence concerning the construction of a new post office building in St. George, South Carolina.
"Santee-Cooper", 1950
Correspondence concerning the Santee-Cooper hydro-electric power project (also known as the South Carolina Public Service Authority). Senator Maybank was heavily involved with the Santee-Cooper project serving as Chairman of the Santee-Cooper in 1939, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the South Carolina Public Service Authority, and continued interest and involvement while serving as a United States Senator.
"Santee River Bridge", 1950
A notice concerning a request made to the Department of the Army by the South Carolina State Highway Department for approval of plans for the reconstruction of a bridge across the Santee River.
"Scholarships", 1950
Correspondence concerning applications for Fulbright Scholarships. Senator Maybank voted against the appropriation for Fulbright Scholarships and felt they served "no useful purpose" and were a "waste of the taxpayers' money." He was also opposed to the manner in which the scholarships were awarded.