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BCN 1. Research Material & McCarthy Censure 1954 Circa ov F1. Controls, [economic] Dec 9, 1952 - Apr 9, 1953. Correspondence, memoranda, legislative bills, reports, and other material pertaining to proposed and considered legislation to im- pose national, emergency or temporary economic controls.

2. Sugar [Act] Aug 8, 1947 - July 31 , 1955. Legislative bills, correspondence, memoranda, tables, articles and other material pertaining to proposed legislation to amend and extend the Sugar Act of 1948 which would increase domestic quotas on sugar. ov 3. Sugar [Act] Aug 1, 1955 - Feb 3, 1956. Legislative bills, correspondence, memoranda, tables, articles and other material pertaining to proposed legislation to amend and extend the Sugar Act of 1948 which would increase domestic quotas on sugar. 2.

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4. Dixon-Yates [contract] Jun 27, 1954 - May 31, 1955. Reports, correspondence, memorandum and other materials regarding the proposed contract between the Atomic Energy Commission and Mississippi Valley Generating Company (MVGC) under which MVGC would provide electric power needed by the Commission and replace power being supplied by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Ov 5. Public Works [Committee] Feb, 1956 - Jan 9, 1957. Legislative bills, reports and other material referred to or re- ported on by the Public Works Committee relating to flood control, river and harbor projects, federal highway and highway revenue acts.

6. Interior and Insular Affairs Jan 30, 1954 - Jun 19, 1956. Legislative bills, reports and other material pertaining to Hawaiian Statehood, Hells Canyon Dam, Natural Gas Act and private and public electric power. ov 7. Stock Market Study Feb 28, 1955 - May 26, 1955. Published material and reports containing information used to support the stock market study and the legislative report on the stock market study. ov 8. Refer to Committee [Senate Democratic Policy Committee] Apr 8,1952 - Nov 11, 1954. Newspaper clipping, articles, and other material referred to the Senate Democratic Policy Committee relating to Senator McCarthy.

9. 1. Lustron [Corporation] 1952. Legislative report of the Subcommittee on Privileges and Elec- tions to the Committee on Rules and Administration (Investiga- tions of Senators Joseph R, McCarthy and William Benton pursuant to S. Res. 187 and S. Res. 304.)

10. 2. A[nnie] L[ee] Moss Feb 23, 1954 - Aug 26, 1954. Correspondence, clipping and legislative hearings reports pertaining to the hearings of Annie Lee Moss on accusations that she is a Communist. 3

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11. 3. Senate Resolution 187 Apr 8, 1952 - Apr 10, 1952. Congressional record – Senate reports relating to the proposed discharge of Committee on Rules and Administration from further consideration of senate resolution 187 which would further in- vestigate the participation of joseph R. McCarthy in the Mary- land 1950 senatorial campaign and other acts, to determine whether expulsion proceedings should be instituted against him. ov 12. 4. Zwicker, Brigadier General Ralph W. Jan 30, 1954 - Aug 26, 1954. Correspondence, Senate hearings report and other material relating to testimony of Brigadier General Ralph W. Zwicker during hearings held by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investi- gations on Communist Infiltration in the Army. ov 13. 5. Invitation to Anarchy Jun 25, 1948 - Aug 6, 1954. Memoranda, correspondence, clippings, and other material pertaining to the laws and regulations governing classified information.

14. 6. Marshall, George Catlett Mimeographed sheet on comments by Senator McCarthy about George C. Marshall and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

15. Public Law 402 Amendments Jan 27, 1948 - Apr 13, 1956. Legislative bills, correspondence, memorandum, reports and other material relating to the amendment of U.S. Information and Educa- tional Exchange Act of 1948 which would promote the foreign policy of the United States. ov 16. Public Law 402 Amendments Apr 16, 1956 - Apr 17, 1956. Legislative bills, memorandum, and other material relating to the amendment of U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 which would promote the foreign policy of the United States. ov 17. Public Law- 815-874 Amendments Aug 8, 1953 - Jun 13, 1956. Legislative bills, reports, correspondence, memoranda and other material concerning amendments to Public Laws 815 and 874 which would provide for extending the program of financial assistance to local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activities. 4.

BCN 1. (Cont....) ov 18. Charles Eustis Bohlen Incident (Ambassador to Russia) Mar 16, 1953 - Apr 1, 1953. Newspaper clippings and excerpt from Congressional Record relating to the opposition of McCarthy and other Republican senators to the appointment of Charles Eustis Bohlen as Ambassador to the Soviet Union. ov 19. Analysis of Watkins Committee Discussion of Alleged Incidents of Contempt of the Senate or a Senatorial Committee. [1954] Report of study by the Watkins Committee regarding Senator McCar- thy's Conduct toward the Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections, the Senate power to censure and summarization of Senate censure cases. ov 20. [Educational] exchange [program] appropriation Jul, 1953 - Apr 27, 1954. Correspondence, reports, clippings, charts, and other material pertaining to information about the International Educational Exchange program, the reduction in funds by the House of Representatives and the requests to restore the budget for the exchange program. ov 21. Fulbright Act-Expansion, etc. Aug 1 , 1946 - Jun 18, 1954. Memoranda, charts, legislative act, correspondence and other material pertaining to P.L. 584 and the problems involved in continuance of P.L. 58b (the Fulbright Act which amended the Surplus Property Act and provided for use of currencies and credits arising from the sale of surplus property for educational exchanges). ov 22. Lustron-McCarthy booklet: "How to Own Your Own Home Now" May 1 , 1950 - Jun 29, 1950. Correspondence and Sheet of information regarding the booklet "How to Own Your Own Home Now" prepared by Senator Joseph McCarthy which was used in connection with an advertising campaign of the Lustron Corporation. ov 23. McCarthy, Joseph Raymond (General) Apr 22, 1929 - Aug 19, 1954. Correspondence, clippings, published material, Senate Resolution, articles and other materials relating to McCarthy censure, McCarthyism, the Army-McCarthy controversy and various other issues pertaining to Senator McCarthy.

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ov 24. McCarthy, Joseph Raymond (General) Jun 14, 1954 - Aug 2, 1954. Senate Resolution, memorandum, clippings and other material pertaining to the Communist hysteria, McCarthy investigation, hearings and censure, and to the McCarthy controversy in general. ov 25. [McCarthy, Joseph Raymond Censure] - General Jul 20, 1954 - Sep 11, 1954. Senate Resolution, correspondence, Congressional Record excerpts and other material relating and leading up to Senate Resolution 301 (the resolution to censure Senator McCarthy).

26. [Stenographic Transcript of Hearings — U.S. Senate Permanent Sub- committee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations v. 22; May 27, 1954 May 27, 1954] Report of special Senate investigation on charges and countercharges involving: Secretary of the Army Robert T. Stevens, John G. Adams, H. Struve Hensel, and Senator Joe McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn, and Francis P. Carr. ov 27. untitled Electoral College Reform Mar 16, 1955 - Mar 13, 1956. Correspondence, legislative hearings report, Senate Joint Resolu- tions, memorandum and other material pertaining to the various Senate Joint Resolution proposals (particularly S.J. Res. 3, 31, 152) providing for the amending of the Constitution with respect to the election of the President and Vice President.

28. untitled [Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act — Amendments] Jun 1 - Jun 11, 1954. Correspondence to Hon. Hugh Butler Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs pertaining to S.2569 and S.2763, bills which would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide for the disposition of revenues received under the provisions of such act.

29. untitled [Chavez, Dennis — Resolution to unseat] Mar 23, 1954. Single sheet excerpt from the Senate Congressional Record relating to Resolution 220 to unseat Senator Dennis Chavez of New Mexico because of irregularities in his election due to the secrecy of ballot being violated in a large proportion of voting districts in the November, 1952 election. 6.

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30. untitled [Water Resources Development Program — Arkansas] Jan 1, 1955. Pamphlet prepared by the Corps of Engineers to provide up-to-date and concise information (particularly to flood control and navigation) on the scope progress, and coordination with other agencies of the Corps on Engineers' water resources development program in the State of Arkansas. ov 31. untitled [Political campaign clippings — Arkansas 1944 election and miscellaneous clippings 1944] May 1, 1944 - Jul 9, 1944. Clippings from various newspapers concerning the political campaigns of Col. T. H. Barton, Senator Hattie Caraway, Governor Homer Adkins, and Congressman J. W. Fulbright; clippings pertaining to .the Office of Price Administration’s ceiling prices on poultry and miscellaneous clippings 1944.

32. untitled [Universal Copyright Convention] Mar 17, 1954. Correspondence with pamphlet enclosed to J. W. Fulbright from Hubert H. Humphrey regarding Fulbright’s appointment to the Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee to consider the Universal Copyright Convention of 1952.

33. untitled [Tax Program —1954] Apr 27, 1954. Correspondence with enclosed report pertaining to the 1954 tax program in regards to the hearings before the Senate Finance Committee of H.R. 8300, the general tax revision bill to revise the Internal Revenue laws.

34. untitled [Committee on Government Operations — Appropriation] [Feb 2, 1954] Copy of address to the President [of the Senate] by [J. W. Fulbright] stating his reasons for voting against Senate Resolution 189 which would provide for additional personnel land funds for the Committee on Government operations headed by Senator McCarthy. 7.

BCN 2. 1945-46 [sic] Gen[eral] Corresp[ondence]

F1. A. Jan 11, 1945 - Jan 28, 1947. Louis Adamic, Alfred Thorne Adams, Elsie Mae Agnew, Ernie Ahlfeldt, Newton Aiken, Helen Alfred, N. P. Alifas, Lucile Allen, Ward Allen, Harry J. Altsman, American Envelope Co. (Charleton W. Smith, Pres.), Alexander B[oyd] Andrews, Robert Armstrong Andrews, [Announcements], Aralac Inc., Warren R obinson Austin, Frank Aydelotte, H. B. Aylor, John L[enrott] Erickson, [Howard K.] Loughry.

2. B. Apr 25, 1944 - Jan 29, 1947. Louis Fabian Bachrach, Mimi Back, Mrs. Burton A. Baker, John L. Bal- derston, Jr., Frank Balek, Louis B. Ball, J[ohn] H[ollis] Bankhead [2d], Xavier J. Barile, Curtis S. Barton, Roy P. Basler, Denison S. Bassett, Bert Bates, Mrs. G[arret] T. Baze, Morgan M. Beatty, 0. A. Beck, Clemon W. Bedwell, Albert L. Bell, Ulrich Bell, Maurice E. Bennett, Jr., Sigurd Berg, Wendell Berge, Edward L. Bernayo, Harold Bernstein, W. C. Bickford, R. J. Billings, Graham Black, Anita McCormick Blaine, Vivian Blaine, Thomas R. Blaylock, John P. Bledsoe, Harry Bluestone, E. J. Bodman, Larry K. Boehme, Garland E. Boles, W[illiam] R. and Anna M. Bovard, Drury T. Boyd, Frank William Boykin, Sam [E.] Boyle, James 0. Braly, Otto Brand, Harvie Branscomb, J. M. Breard, Robert Breen, T. G. Bridges, Earl F. Brizendine, Amos E. Brooks, Nona B. Brown, George W. Browning, Jr., Mrs. A. P. Bryant, Howard [Homan] Buffett, William Christian Bullitt, E. W. Burch, W. Douglas Burden, William D. Burdine, W[arren] Randolph Burgess, Henry J. Burke, Ray H. Burley, Lillian A. Burton, Hugh [Alfred] But- ler, John Hilda Butterfield, E. C. Byers, William F. Byrd, Jr., L[enrott] Erickson, Dieter M. Gruen, John [Little] [McClellan], W. J. McLean, Walter L. Reynolds, Harry Handy Smith, David B. Wehmeyer.

3. C. Aug 27, 1944 - Feb 22, 1947. N. R. Caine, A[rthur] B[rann] Caldwell, J[erald] Glenn Caldwell, Roy H. Callahan, Joseph Callaway, Frank W. Cannaday, Virginia B. Carrick, X Carson, E[dward] P[eter] Carville, Oscar Cass, Lois Chapman, Donald L. Christen, Grenville Clark, David A. Clarkson, Rex Stowers Clements, Frederick Cloud, E. Richard Clute, E. W. Coffey, Phillip Coffin, Ralph Cogblan, Kenneth Colegrove, Harry F. Comer, Katherine B. Comer, Ernest Anson Conaway, Sr., H. E. Conley, Delbert Cook, W. Dewey Cooke, Ruhl L. Cooper, W. F. Cooper, Corn Products Refining Company, J. G. Corona, Philip Cortney, Richard Coudenhove-Kalengi, K. D. Courtney, Norman Cousins, Frederick Coykendall, Charles Q. Crabaugh, Robert B. Craig, R. L. Craige, David A. Crawford, Herman P. Crawford, Lorene B. (Mrs. Robert W.) Crisler, Archie D. Crissman, Carey Croneis, Gus H. Crumpler, Cultural Committee of the Ukrainian National Asso- ciation, R. R. Curry, Roy Curtiss, Boyd Cypert, Ernesta Barlow, Ernest L. Bell, Jr., John L[enrott] Erickson, John Fiske, Walter L. Reynolds, Harry S. Truman, Paul Van Wagner. 8.

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4. D. Dec 11, 1944 - Jan 24, 1947. Richard DaLee, Walter Damrosch, Josephus Daniels, David Darrin, Emmett Davidson, Chester C[harles] Davis, Don [Raleigh Prentis] Davis, Elmer [Holmes] Davis, Ray J. Davis, R. Leland Dean, Howard d'Egville, George B. de Huszar, Edward J. Delaney, W. A. Delaney, Jr., Cecil B[lount] de Mille, John Denier, C[hester] R[obert] Dewey, Clarence Dillon, LaVern R[alph] Dilweg, Marshall Dimock, Edward L. Donnelly, Walter H. Droste, Josephine Poe (Mrs. S. Naudain) Duer, John Foster Dulles, Ruth Van Meter Dunaway, B[enjamin] Alfred Dumm, Charles Wesley Dunn, Frederick Sherwood Dunn, F. W. Dye, Martin T. Dyke, Josiah W[illiam] Bailey, Carlyle Campbell, John L[enrott] Erickson, Walter L. Reynolds.

5. E. Jan 27, 1945 - Dec 21 , 1946. Marriner S[toddard] Eccles, Virginia Egger, Lena M. (Mrs. C. Alfred) Eggleston, Westy Egmont, Emily H. Ehle, Morris Ehrenberg, John R. Ellingston, Edward Charles Elliott, John L[enrott] Erickson, Milton Erlanger, Morris L[eopold] Ernot, G[raves] B[lanchard] Erskine, Alice (Mrs. Charles T.) Estes, J. W. Eustis, George D. Evans, Silliman Evans, Charlton Ogburn.

6. F. Jul 8, 1943 - Dec 30, 1946. Mrs. Linnie Fair, Marguerite Falbord, Loretta M. (Mrs. W. J.) Falsey, Jeanette Feigenbaum, Frank Fellows, Ralph T. Ferguson, Charles C[lifton] Fichtner, Harvey G[oodwyn] Fields, Earle J. W. Fink, Gretchen [Blaine] Damrosch (Mrs. Thomas [Knight]) Finletter, Thomas K[night] Finletter, Frances J. Fischer, John Fistere, Irving H. Flamm, Charlie May (Mrs. John Gould) Fletcher, Richard J. Fontera, M. W. Fodor, Aaron L[ane] Ford, A[lphonse] [?] A. Fortier, P. B. Fouke, Helen M. Fowler, Elmer Fraley, C[yril] G[erald] Brooke Francis, Felix Frankfurter, Madge Franklin, Lloyd Free, Joseph Freeling, E. R. Freeman, Amos A[lfred] Fries, Maud W. Fuberose (?), Powell F. Fuller, John L[enrott] Erick- son, Allan Kennedy, James E[dward] Murray.

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7. G. Oct 24, 1943 - Jan 29, 1947. James R. Gallagher, Hugh M. Gallaher, Howard Lee Gallop, Alice G. Galloway, George [Horace] Gallup, Richard W. Gamble, O[liver] Max Gardner, Myron Gartenbaum, Edwin L[ouis] Garvin, Mrs. C. F. Gaupp, William D[rennan] Geer, Morris Geller, Arthur George, Thomas S. Gephardt, William Gibbons, J. L. Gibson, William M. Gibson, John G. Gieck, Galen 0. Gilbert, John J. Gillin, Jr.,, Aron S. Gilmartin, Walter M. Gilmore, Willard E[arl] Givens, W. Richard Glavin, James L. Glenn, Earl Godwin, Jerome Goldberg, John A. Goodall, Philip L. Gore, A[lbert] S. Goss, Lloyd Graham, Thomas Graham, Herman K. Grange, John Temple Graves, Amy Graybill, James W. Green, Hiram Greene, Theodore M[eyer] Greene, Mrs. Clyde Gregg, James A. Griffey, Coleman R[oberts] Griffith, Farnham P. Griffiths, Nathan Gropper, B. Grossman, M. Grumbine, Stuart A. Grummon, H. L. Gueydan, Charles P. Gulick, M. Gordon Gulley, William and Charlotte Gullick, John Gunther, Chan [John Chandler] Gurney, Eugene Guthrie, Jr., John L[enrott] Erickson, Frank Charles Hutcheson, Frances J. Reynolds, Harry S. Truman.

8. H. Feb 19, 1944 - Feb 15, 1947. Thomas P. Hale, Mrs. Earie Hall, Helen B. Hamer, George B. Hamilton, J[ames]- W[oodburn] Hamilton, J[oseph] G[regoire] de Roulhac Hamilton, Kate M. Hamilton, Robert E[mmet] Hannegan, Mrs. Terrance Hanold, Arthur F. Hansel, Raleigh Hanse, Jr., Lester W. Harden, Richard Harkness, John Harkrider, Blake Harper, Alice M. Harrell, W[illiam] A[verell] Harriman, Fred Harvey Harrington, Marion E. Harrington, H. Vance Harris, William H. Harrison, Harry Harvich, Noel H. Haskins, Velma Hausner, Mrs. W. C. Hawbecker, Sr., Mrs. Marion E[msley] Hawes, Robert L. Hayes, [Thomas] M. Hayes, Reuben Hays, Sanford A. Headley, Lloyd Hebert, Jr., J. T. Heffernan, Rudolph W. Hefti, Rudolph Hefty, J. R. Heilbron, Richard H[eathcote] Heindel, R. G. Hengeveld, J. P. Henican, Jr., Paul Kirby Hennessy, Julia Duke Henning, Ramona Herd- man, Ferdinand A[loys] Hermans, Thomas Hewes, Stanley [Hoflund] High, Esther Hilton, Bertha E. Hipp, Charles M. Hite, Roscoe C. Hobbs, Milton J. Hoffman, Paul G[ray] Hoffman, Robert F. Hogan, Robert G. Hogan, Kenneth R. Holcomb, Yale C[henoweth] Holland, M. Stauton Holmes, Virgil C. Holt, John L. Horner, Jr., John Homing, H. C. Hoskinson, Albert J. R. Houston, Charles B[enjamin] Howard, Mrs. Robert C. Howard (Georgette Ross), Sam Howard, Ralph M[erle] Hower, Thomas Hughes, F. T. Hurley, Henry A. Hurley, Lawrence F. Hurley, Marvin Hurley, Hurley G. Hust, John L[enrott] Erickson, Virgil Falloon, Chester Lauck, Walter L. Reynolds, W. E. Spindler. 10.

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9. Halifax, Lord [Edward Frederick Lindley Wood] British Ambassador — Visit to Ark[ansas]

Correspondence pertaining to Lord Halifax's visit to Arkansas.

Feb 19, 1945 - Apr 18, 1945. Phillip G. Back, Carl Edward Bailey, John L[enrott] Erickson, Allan Gates, Walter [C.] Guy, [Edward Frederick Lindley Wood] Halifax, Scott D[owns] Hamilton, Archie F. House, Ben[jamin Travis] Laney, W[alter] J[ohn] Lemke, John G[ilbert] Lockhart, Art[hur E.] McLean, Edw[ard] B[aylor] Meriwether, Willis Roxburgh, 0[scar] M. Winfree.

10. I. Apr 4 1946 - Jul 15, 1946. Ralph Ingersoll, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Isbell.

11. J. Dec 20, 1944 - Dec 10, 1946. William Jackman, Burris C. Jackson, Charles E[dgerton] Jackson, John H. Jackson, R. S. and Mary Hilburn Jackson, Tom Jackson, Felix Jager, Eliot Janeway, Mrs. J. Janson, Joseph S. Jardine, Geo. Jenkins, W. N. Jennings, Elsie Jensen, Charles D. Johnson, George Merle Johnson, Jr., Madge Johnson, Phyllis Whitaker (Mrs. G[eorge] S[tanley]) John- son, Thomasina Walker Johnson, Elmo R. Jones, Alan Judson, John L[enrott] Erickson.

12. K. Apr 25, 1944 - Feb 20, 1947. Henry J. Kaiser, John F. Kane, Karl Karsten, H. T. Kay, John J. Kearney, J. Kearns, Gordon Keller, Mildred Richardson Kelly, James Wallace Kemp, Mary Jean Kempner, C. I. Kephart, Barbara W.[?] Kerr, Glenn Kilmer, Donald King, Llewellyn H. King, Ruth (Mrs. Norris J.) King, L. M. Kirkpatrick, Paul G. Klawans, Richard Kleen, H. L. Kluttz, Forrest L[amar] Knapp, Alfred A. Knopf, Teresa Koch, Charlotte Kohler, LeRoy E. Kolbeck III, Paul G. Koontz, Arthur Kornhauser, Edward C. Krause, Joe Krider, Anna M. Kross, Roy Kuykendall, W. B. Kyle, Fred [George] Aandahl, John L[enrott] Erickson.

13. L. Jan 11, 1945 - Jan 11, 1947. Richard H. Lackwood, W. E. R. LaFargue, Charles M[arion] La Follette, Robert M[arion] La Follette [Jr.], Fred W. Lake, Robert K[een] Lamb, Ben Hall Lambe, Maurice Lanier, Aubrey G. Lanston, Doris Larimore, O. T. Larsen, W. C. Lassetter, Leo Laubham, Raymond La Verne (Mr. & Mrs.), League of Nations Association, Inc., Bruno Lederer, C[harles] P[endleton] Lee, Jr., C. Stewart Lee, Henry Lee, Donald S. Lehman (Mr., Mrs.), Robert D[evore] Leigh, Rene Leon, Charles M. Leslie, Edward H[irsch] Levi, Murray F. Lewis, Samuel H. Liberman, Laurence S. Liebson, Walter Lippmann, Little, Brown & Co., Henry Loeb, Phillip H. Loh III, Arthur R. Lorch, Philip Lovejoy, Annelie H. (Mrs. James J.) Loving, Henry R[obinson] Luce, Henry Lusty, Allene M. Lyon, Irving L. Lyons, John L[enrott] Erickson, Walter L. Reynolds. 11.

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14. M. May 26, 1944 - Feb 3, 1947. Josephine (Mrs. Albert H.) Mackenzie, Sidney Maestre, Joseph Mahrn, Deane W[aldo] Malott, Paul J. Mannhemer, R[umsey] B[issell] Marston, Gertrude S. Martin, Melbourne M. Martin, Jr., Roscoe C[oleman] Martin, C. H. Mayer, Olive F. Menasco, Tommy Means, Blanche (Mrs. Murphy) Mears, G. C. Meek, R. P. Merklejohn, Marie Merhab, Clay Merrell, Dana T. Merrick, Greg[or] C[harles] Merrill, John L. Merrill, E[rnst] W[ilhelm] Meyer, J. A. Migel, Bruce L. Miller, Wilma Miller, George Fort Milton, Michael Milton, Joyce Michell, Byrd Mock, Paul Mondics (Mr. & Mrs.), Henry Montor, Pugh Moore, Arthur E. Morgan, Laura Puffer Morgan, Lyle W. Morgan, Jr., E. C. Moriarty, Frank V[igor] Morley, E. E. Morrison, Charles Jackson Morrow, Mary Lee Morse, Harold R. Moskovit, Arthur H[arrison] Motley, Ralph D. Moyer, Jr., Mrs. I. N. Mulkey, George Walker Mullins, Thomas C[linton] Mullins, James L. Murphy, Jr., Tony Muto, John L[enrott] Erickson, W[illiam] A[verell] Harriman, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration Admissions Board, Walter L. Reynolds, Kate G. Woods.

15. Mc. Apr 16, 1944 - Feb 12, 1947. Charles S[imonton] McCain, J[ames] H. McCall, R[onald] B[uchanan] McCallum, Edwin McClain, Nell K. McCue, Esther Morgan McCullough R. A. McCullough, James G[rover] McDonald, James B[uchanan] McDonough, Jr., Myres S[mith] McDougal, M. F. McGee, James C. McGrew, Carl H. McIntyre, Frederick C. McKee, George F. McKinney, Harold 0. McLain, Warren R[obinson] Austin, John L[enrott] Erickson, Mrs. Eldon H. Keller.

16. N. Aug 2, 1944 - Jan 25, 1947. Lewis Nales, Aluizis Napoleas, Benjamin T. Neal, W. Ripley Nelson, M. Nettleship, John D. Newsom, Jerome M. Ney, William Nezowy, Jr., (Mr. & Mrs.), F. W. Niemeyer, Howes Norris, Jr., Gale 0. Nutson, John L[enrott] Erickson.

17. 0. Mar 28, 1945 - Sep 23, 1946. J. K. O’Brien, George S. Oettle, John W. G. Ogilvie, R. K. Ogilvie, Alfred M. O’Laughlin, J[ames] W[illiam] Oliver, L. Stauffer Oliver, Harry A. Olsher, Emery Evans Olson, Edward L. O’Malley, L. Wayne Osburn, John L[enrott] Erickson, Walter L. Reynolds. 12.

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18. P. Jan 3, 1945 - Feb 20, 1947. Frank Pace, Jr., Arthur W[orthington] Packard, [William Merrill] Paisley, Lumir S. Palma, Gene Palsgrove, Elizabeth Parkhill-Jordan, Alice T. L. (Mrs. Edgerton) Parsons, Arthur Pathe, Ernest Minor Patterson, Randolph [Evernghim] Paul, Drew [Andrew Russell] Pearson Frederick S. Pearson, E. C. Pecson, Roy V[ictor] Peel, Mario A. Pei, Claude [Denson] Pepper, Milo [Randolph] Perkins, Elmer T[heodore] Peterson, George R. Pfann, Boyce E. Phifer, A. T. Philip, Guy C. Philips, J. R. Philips (Mr. & Mrs.), Photographic Editor Life Maga- zine, Clarence Evan Pickett, Picture Post, Erma Pieramici, Lewis E. Pillsbury, A. M. Piper, Henry R. Platt, Jr., Kenneth B. Platt, Jane F. Plimpton, Charles A. Poe, Laura K. Pollock, Margaret W. (Mrs. H. Wyllys) Pomeroy, Liston Pope, Stanley D[avid] Porteus, Joseph A. Powers, P[ierrepont] I[sham] Prentice, Press Alliance Inc., John Price, William Benton, Stephen Duggan, John L[enrott] Erickson, E. A. Hodson, Tom Hopkinson, Frances J. Reynolds, Walter L. Reynolds, Authur [Hendrick] Vandenberg, Nina S. Young.

19. R. Mar 5, 1943 - Feb 8, 1947. Josephine (Mrs. Leon Woodbury) Rand, Bryson Rash, Sigun Rasmussen, Charles H. Ray, Kenneth S. Redford, Taylor Reece, Molka Reich, Helen Rogers [Mrs. Ogden Mills] Reid, James R. Reinhard, William Edwin Reish, Hannah M. (Mrs. A. W.) Reiter, Martin Remulk, Walter L. Reynolds, Donald K. Richards, W. H. Richardson, Edward Riley, Mrs. Chester Roan, M. L. Roark, Carlene Roberts, Owen J[osephus] Roberts, Pat Rogers, Robert B. Rogers, Robert W. Rogers, W. Pat Rogers, John Rood, John McC. Roots, George P. Rosenberg-de La Marre, Joseph Rosenfarb, Lessing Julius, Rosenwald, George T. Ross, Raymond Rubican, Joseph Rucinski, J. Townsend Williams, Mrs. L. P. Russell, Ruth W. Russell, Charles D. Ryan, John L[enrott] Erickson, Elbert D[uncan] Thomas. 13.

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20. S. Dec 30, 1940 - Nov 8, 1947. Adolph J[oachim] Sabath, Joseph Sagmaster, Darrell M. St. Claire, Ruth Y. (Mrs. A. E.) St. Clair, J[ohn] T[homas] Salter, William Franklin Sands, Quintin M. Sanger, J[ohn] V[ines] Satterfield, Jr., Sidney H. Scheuer, Doris Schneider, Philip Schneider, Emily Schossberger, Arthur L. Schraibman, Frederick L[ewis] Schuman, Charles Schwager, Sam Schwieger, Lester Schwimmer, Karl M[yron] Scott, Bernal Seamster, Paula P. Secor, Gerhart H[enry] Seger, Sami Sehbonderler, Paul Sentnor, Mary Little (Mrs. J. W.) Sessums, Mrs. S. A. Sharon, Bruno Shaw, M, Eastman Sheehan, John F[rancis] Shelley, Mary E. Shepherd, Robert A. Sheppard, Jr., L. D. Sherman & Company, T[homas] Drummond Shiels, James T[homas] Shotwell, Joseph Siegle, Walter W. Sikes, Baron Silvercruys, Russell E. Silvius, Charles F. Simmons, Anup Singh, James R. Skillern, William T. Skinner, Walter Slater, Jane E. Slavata, Paul Slovy, Felix G. Smarn, Donald R. Smeltzer, Susan Gower (Mrs. David T.) Smith, Douglas Smith, H[oward] Alexander Smith, Isadora (Mrs. A. W.) Smith, Lee D. Smith, J[oseph] Russell Smith, Sidney [Earle] Smith, Guy E[verett] Snavely, John R. Snively, Estal E. Sparlin, Leslie E. Speck, Jr., W. W. Spurgeon, J. K. Stacy, Yoie U. (Mrs. Bradley E.) Stafford, Bernard W. Stanley, James Stanley, Harriet Stark, John R[oy] Steelman, Marie Stefan, William M. Stephens, Galen L. Stinebaugh, Lyman Beecher Stowe, John M. Stratton, S. Straub, F. William Stringfellow, Lawrence Stump, Peter Sulides, Edmund Sullivan, Curtis R. Swaim, Gilbert C. Swanson, Jess W. Sweetser, (Mrs.) L. R. Buffington, Matthew J. Connelly, (Mrs.) D. B. Davis, (Mrs.) H. L. Ellingson, John L[enrott] Erickson, (Mrs.) P. E. Ford, (Mrs.) Carl Freund, Albert Goldman, (Mrs.) Hugh Harrington, (Mrs.) Herbert Huplan, John C. Kahn, (Mrs.) B. H. Keese, (Mrs.) J. E. Norrgard, (Mrs.) L. C. Ruby, Harry S. Truman.

21. T. Dec 21, 1944 - Jul 18, 1946. Allene Talmey, E. H. Taylor, Kenneth Teasdale, Mrs. J. A. Tellier, Henry A. Thane, Chapman Thayer, Rita Thomas, C[ecil] V[incent] R[aymond] Thompson, Glenn W. Thompson, Milton Patterson Thompson, Mildred Tolle, Jim Totten, Ruth Trabiel, Ernest R. Troughton, Alma Tucker, Edward M. Cabanas, John L[enrott] Erickson, James E. Horne, Anthony La Porta, Adam Lujon, Ashley C. Morrison, Harold Scott, Robert Stewart, John W. Young.

22. U. Aug 15, 1945 - Aug 23, 1945. Union for Democratic Action, Paul Sifton. 14.

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23. V. Jan 6, 1945 - May 17, 1946 Emile Vaillancourt, John Van Cronkhite, Frank E. Vanderhoof, Mark Van Doren, Harriet Van Wyck, J[ohn] Parker Van Zandt, Roy Veatch, Success S. Vestraci, Carl Villines, F[ritz] R. von Windezzer, Fredia Voss, John L[enrott] Erickson.

24. W. Mar 6, 1944 - Feb 20, 1947. Jesse E. Wagoner, Marj (Mrs. Brooks) Walker, R. C. Walker, Benjamin Bruce Wallace, Ruth M. Waller, A. M. Wallock, Cynthia S. Walsh, Arthur W. Wang, Mary Garland Ingram Ware, J. H. Watkins, J. Paul Watson, Milton Weiskopf, Meyer P. Weiss, "Orson" [George] Welles, Sumner Welles, Lydia G. Wentworth, Ken G. Whitaker, Clarence White, Paul Whitehead, H. LeRoy Whitney, V. L. Whitney, John Wilbourn, R. M. Wiley, Singuefield Wilfong, Mrs. Arch F. Wilkins, John L[auris] Blake Williams, Roger John Williams, Willis Kissinger Williams, Alfred Willoughby, Charles Morrow Wilson, Isabella C. Wilson, Richard Lawson Wilson, Thomas J. Wilson, Charles Wolf, Jr., Edward C. Wolf, Jack Wolfenden, E[lmer] J[oseph] Working, James W. Workman, Nicholas Wreden, Nell Powell Wright, Sir Francis James and Lady [Kathleen] Wylie, Robert S. Wynn, Jr., John L[enrott] Erickson, Electric Power Board of Chattanoga.

25. Y, Z. Jan 3, 1945 - Dec 13, 1946. Herbert Yahraes, Russell Yohn, Margery Young, Robert R[alph] Young, Anton H. Zahm, William B[ernard] Riff, George F[rederick] Zook. 15.

BCN 3. House 1942 and 43 [sic] Misc[ellaneous]

F1. Gen[eral] Projects: Norfork Highway Dam Apr 28, 1941 - Sep 9, 1944. Correspondence, maps, resolutions, and other materials concerning the Norfork Dam Project. Information pertains to construction of dam, managability of waters, conservation and management of wildlife, acquisition of property, federal or state jurisdiction for staffing facilities, tax losses of county, and relocation of highway and production and utilization of electrical power.

2. Publications: Farmer’s Bulletins [Individuals Request] Dec 24, 1942 - Aug 29, 1944. Correspondence concerning request for various agricultural publications.

3. Publications: Farmer’s Bulletins - 1944 - Feb. [sic] Aug. Feb 26, 1944 - Sep 18, 1944. Correspondence concerning individuals request for various agricultural publications. Complaints pertaining to 0.P.A. price ceilings, to poll tax, to ending war and to creation of various government bureaus were voiced in some correspondence.

4. Publications: Miscellaneous [Individual Request] Dec 30, 1942 - Oct 10, 1944. Correspondence and other material concerning individuals request for miscellaneous government publications.

R 5. Annapolis [Request for Nominations] Dec 23, 1942 - Aug 23, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence and other materials concerning individuals request for appointment, qualifications for admission, forms for nomination and authorization for examination to the U.S. Naval Academy.

R 6. Annapolis — [Nominees for appointment] [William Ramsey] Heerwegan "Bill", principal, [Joel H[enry] Carlson] [Robert P. Downer, Jr.] May 23, 1942 - Jul 7, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence regarding nominees steps toward appointment to U.S. Naval Academy.

R 7. Annapolis — [Nominee for appointment] Jacob Wythe Walker — Principal Aug 28, 1942 - Oct 21 , 1942. [Restricted] Correspondence regarding principal nominee steps toward appointment to U.S. Naval Academy.

R 8. Annapolis (1941) [Request for Nominations] Sep 17, 1940 - Jun 18, 1941. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material sent and received solely by Clyde Taylor Ellis regarding individuals request for nomination, individual recommendations for appointment, qualifications and regulation and forms for nomination to the U.S. Naval Academy. 16.

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R 9. Annapolis [Nominees for appointment — William H. Cook "Bill", Galen Mills, George William Wallace, Nolen Audace] Jun 12, 1942 - Jan 1, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material sent and received solely by Clyde Taylor Ellis regarding nominees steps toward appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.

R 10. Academy — Coast Guard [Request for Nomination] Jun 30, 1939 - Jan 2, 1942. [Restricted] Correspondence and other materials sent and received solely by Clyde Taylor Ellis dealing with requests and recommendations from individuals for nomination and qualifications and requirements for appointment to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

R 11. West Point — Miscellaneous [Request for Nomination] Jul 30, 1941 - Nov 23, 1942. [Restricted] Correspondence and other materials sent and received solely by Clyde Taylor Ellis concerning requests and recommendations from individuals for nomination and qualifactions and requirements for appointment to the U.S. Military Academy.

R 12. West Point [Nominees for Appointment] J[acob] Wythe Walker III, Principal [William Croom Parker, Robert Downer, Thomas Powell Rhea, Robert Joel High] Aug 17, 1942 - Jul 4, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence and other materials relating to nominee's steps toward appointment to the U.S. Military Academy.

R 13. West Point [Nominees for Appointment] John [William] Nance — Prin- cipal, [Billy Mark Putnam, Stephen Kimball Wanamaker] Jun 11 , 1942 - Jul 5, 1943 [Restricted] Correspondence, memorandum and other material pertaining to nominees steps toward appointment to the U.S. Military Academy.

R 14. West Point [Nominees for Appointment] James Kerry Trimble — Prin- cipal, [William H. Cook "Bill", Charles Gilbert Ellington, Jr., James H. Hutchison] Apr 8, 1942 - Jul 1, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material dealing with the nominees steps toward appointment to the U.S. Military Academy.

R 15. Academy — West Point, Miscellaneous [sic] 1942. Feb 17, 1939 - Nov 23, 1942. [Restricted] Correspondence, information booklet, and other material covering many difference subjects dealing with West Point. Among these subjects are individuals request for consideration in appointment, individuals rejected for appointment, congressional swap of number of appointment and progress of nominee John Paul Hammerschmidt. 17.

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16. Legislation: Education — Federal Aid For. Dec 15, 1942 - Nov 17, 1943. Correspondence, copies of bills and other material in connection with various federal legislation to provide funds for different phases of public education. (Senate bill 637 to authorize the appropriation of funds to assist the states in more adequately financing in times of emergency their public education and to reduce inequalities of educational opportunities in public elementary and secondary schools.) (House bill 699 to make vocational rehabilitation available for those disabled in armed forces action or in war industries or to make physically disable capa- ble to work in war, agriculture and civilian industries.) (Senate bill 1130 to establish child care facilities for war employed mothers.) (Senate bill 1313 to authorize the appropriation of funds to assist states in meeting financial emergencies in education and reduce inequalities in schools.) (House bill 3206 to amend Lanham Act and establish child care centers under the authorization of Federal Works Agency) Also covered in folder are school lunch program, physical training, and procedure for receiving appropriations.

17. Gen[eral] Legislation: Farm Security Administration. Feb 16, 1943 - Jun 21, 1943. Correspondence, statistical data and other material pertaining to the Farm Security Administration. Some individuals and groups hailed the F.S.A. for helping the small farmer achieve financial success while others demanded the F.S.A. be abolished in order to alleviate alleged corruption in the organization and stablize shifts in the availability of manpower.

18. Legislation Labor. Jan 18, 1943 - Nov 10, 1943. Correspondence and other material dealing with problems in labor and in labor legislation during World War II. Problems concerning lack of manpower as opposed to legal child employment age, lack of patriotism as opposed to union organized strikes and lack of governmental controls over union executives as opposed to alleged graft and corruption are brought out through individual and group opinions. Legislation concerning various phases of labor regulation. (Senate bill 796 is related to the use and operation by the United States of certain plants, mines and facilities for the war effort and to the prevention of strikes, lockouts and stoppages of production. Termed "anti-labor law".) (House bill 2103 is related to punish- ment for willful destruction or defective manufacture of property used or intended for national defense.)

19. Legislation: Taxation — Poll Tax. Nov 24, 1943 - Mar 29, 1944. Correspondence and resolution concerning individuals opposition to the abolition of the poll tax. 18.

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20. Legislation — Taxation — Income Tax. Jan 16, 1943 - Apr 7, 1944. Correspondence and other material relating to various methods or systems for collecting income tax and to various opinions of individuals relating to these plans. The Ruml Pay-As-You-Go Plan was the primary system discussed.

21. Legislation — Taxation — Sales Tax. Oct 4, 1943 - Nov 12, 1943. Correspondence in favor or in opposition to the addition of sales tax in order to increase government revenue.

22. Letter Copies (1942) sic Aug 24, 1942 — Jan 9, 1943. Copies of correspondence written and received prior to Fulbrightl s taking office for his first term. Contents of correspondence is miscellaneous but primarily deals with the inexperienced represent- tative's inquiries for information about Washington and his replies to "well-wishers."

23. Invitations — Jan. - Sept. 1943. Jan 4, 1943 - Sep 6, 1943. Correspondence pertaining to invitations and replies, printed invitations and itineraries of events to miscellaneous governmental and social affairs.

24. Invitations — Summer. May 29, 1943 - Sep 1, 1943. Correspondence pertaining to invitations and replies and itineraries of events to miscellaneous governmental and social affairs primarily to be held in Arkansas.

25. General Invitations — During Recess — Summer. May 26, 1943 - Aug 31, 1943. Correspondence pertaining to invitations and replies and itineraries of events to miscellaneous governmental and social affairs primarily to be held in Arkansas. This folder is essentially a continuation of folder 24. 19.

BCN 4.U.S. Office of Price Administration General Correspondence 1945-47

F1. O.P.A. — Automobiles, Tires, Tractors, etc. Nov 13, 1945 - Apr 16, 1946. Correspondence and other material supporting the adoption of House Resolution 6042 (the Crawford Amendment) which would amend the Emer- gency Price Control Act of 1942 and the Stabilization Act of 1942 to reduce automobile dealers' discount rates below the prewar percentage level.

2. O.P.A. — Broiler prices. Oct 29, 1945 - Jul 11 , 1946. Correspondence pertaining to the ceiling price on poultry by the O.P.A. which set the price at a low rate allowing the price for feed to increase thereby causing a problem for the Arkansas poultry growers. ov 3. O.P.A. — Canning Industry Regulations. Beans, Tomatoes, etc. Food Prices, Cans, etc. Feb 22, 1943 - Jun 25, 1945. Correspondence relating to the regulations placed on the canning industries by the O.P.A. and the effect of these regulations upon Arkansas canners and growers.

4. O.P.A. — Coal Prices Feb 28, 1945 - Dec 12, 1945. Correspondence requesting an increased adjustment in the price of coal produced in Arkansas mines. ov 5. O.P.A. — Cotton Ceiling. May 25, 1942 - Jan 29, 1946. Correspondence opposing the O.P.A.'s proposed ceiling on raw cotton to stabilize prices of textiles and clothing.

6. O.P.A. — Cotton Goods [Allocation] May 27, 1943 - Aug 30, 1945. Correspondence and other material concerning the shortage of cotton piece goods caused by the allocation and control over essential war materials by the War Production Board. To meet the aims of the War Production Board program, the O.P.A. was developing tighter price controls on fabrics and finished garments. This joint program was prepared to channel a substantial proportion of the limited supply of materials available for civilian use into the most essential low and medium priced wearing apparel.

7. O.P.A. — Cotton Storage and Compress — Rates, etc. Aug 14, 1943 - Oct 19, 1944. Correspondence dealing with the controversy between the cotton compress and warehouse industry and the OPA over prices of cotton storage and compress services, pooled cotton, price ceilings, shortages of warehouse space, and the price of cotton seed products. 20.

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8. O.P.A. — Dairy Products. State of Arkansas. Milk Subsidies, etc. Mar 1, 1943 - Jun 20, 1946. Correspondence concerning the impending problem to Arkansas dairymen arising from the O.P.A.'s control on the price of dairy products. The individual requests support the matter before the Senate Commit- tee on Agriculture to increase the price of dairy products and alleviate the existing subsidy program.

9. O.P.A. — Extensions, etc. Jun 20, 1944 - Nov 30, 1945 Correspondence, Congressional Record excerpts and other material regarding the decision to extend the O.P.A.'s price controls to pre- vent inflationary prices after the war. Included is Public Law 383, (the Stabilization Extension Act of 1944) and S.J. Res. 30 to extend the effective period of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 and the Stabilization Act of 1942.

10. O.P.A. — Lumber and Timber Products. Arkansas and South. Mar 12, 1945 - May 14, 1946. Correspondence and other material pertaining to the existing lumber shortage situation caused by the O.P.A.'s control on prices and the second revised MPR (maximum price regulation) 215 under which all manufacturers were authorized to sell at retail prices preventing sales to retail dealers thereby causing a "black market" on lumber. Correspondence also pertains to other maximum price regulations, price relief for the Southern Pine lumber industry, ceiling on white oak, effects on distilleries and box grade veneer price controls.

11. O.P.A. — Meat Shortage. May 14, 1946 - May 21, 1946. Petition from Benton County Purchasing and Marketing Association expressing appreciation to Fulbright for his efforts in getting relief for the poultry and livestock industry in Arkansas. ov 12. O.P.A. — Minimum Prices, etc. March 19, 1943 - March 29, 1946 Mar 19, 1943 - Mar 29, 1946. Correspondence and other material relating to the question of whether to maintain or abolish the O.P.A.'s control on prices and to amendments relative to the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942. The correspondence, either for or against the government anti-inflation programs deals largely with price controls effecting rent, lumber, textiles, retail dealers, steel, furniture, builders, motor vehicle retail trade, agriculture and livestock. 21.

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ov 13. O.P.A. – Minimum prices, etc. April 1, 1946 – April 24, 1946 Apr 1, 1946 – Apr 24, 1946. Correspondence and other material relating to the question of whether to maintain or abolish the O.P.A.’s control on prices and to amendments relative to the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942. The correspondence either for or against the government anti-inflation programs deals largely with price controls effecting rent, lumber, textiles, retail dealers, steel, furniture, builders, motor vehicle retail trade, agriculture and livestock.

14. PA – Policies, etc. Jan 30, 1942 – Dec 19, 1945. Correspondence, summaries of committee hearing, legislative reports, senate joint resolutions, public laws and clippings relative to various factors regarding O.P.A. policies. They include: rationing; inflation; amendments to Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 (S.J. Res. 30); price ceilings & control; the McKellar Amend- ment to price control act (to restrict the operation of O.P.A.’s legal and enforcement activities); the liquidation program in Arkan- sas for removal of wartime controls; the proposed amendment to recognize percentage depletion as part of the cost of producing coal; and the proposed Taft and Thomas amendments regarding reconversion pricing.

15. O.P.A. – Policies, Operation in Arkansas. Apr 17, 1943 – Dec 17, 1945. Correspondence and other material pertaining to miscellaneous complaints airing from price control policies set by O.P.A. These include complaints regarding revised price control act; tactics, inefficiency and bad administration of O.P.A.; reduction of O.P.A. war price and rationing boards; rationing; ceiling prices on strawberries, lard and shortening, broilers; curtailment of civilian use of gasoline; labor-union dispute; complaints against district director Robert P. Hall; and MPR (maximum price regulations) 208, 237, 339 and 445.

16. O.P.A. – Price Policy, Price Absorption, etc. Sep 17, 1945 – Jan 3, 1946. Correspondence regarding the proposed S.J. Res. 118 to amend the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, with respect to the margin of profit which must be allowed in fixing maximum prices. This proposed cost absorption policy would allow manufacturers to increase prices and force wholesalers and retailers to absorb the increase.

17. O.P.A. – Rent, Rent Control. Nov 6, 1945 – Jul 30, 1946. Correspondence concerning the rent situation in several Northwest Arkansas towns and consisting of letters either favoring or opposing federal rent control and the controls on the sale of real estate. 22.

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18. O.P.A. – Strawberries – Damages, Ceiling Prices, Etc. Jun 4, 1945 – Apr 25, 1946. Correspondence in favor or in opposition of the ceiling price on strawberries.

19. O.P.A. – Sugar – Confectioneries, Soft drinks, etc. Jun 1, 1945 – Aug 2, 1946. Correspondence, legislative reports, and other material regarding the sugar shortage situation. The correspondence steams from requests for a new sugar quota and increases in sugar allotments.

20. 43a [ O.P.A. – Miscellaneous] January – April, 1946 [sic] May 31, 1945 – Jul 24, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to miscellaneous requests, complaints, etc. regarding different phases of the O.P.A.

21. 43a [O.P.A. – Miscellaneous] May – June, 1946 [sic] May 31, 1945 – Apr 26, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to miscellaneous requests, complaints, etc. regarding different phases of the O.P.A. ov 22. 43a O.P.A. – Miscellaneous July – August, 1946 [sic] May 31, 1946 – Aug 8, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to miscellaneous requests, complaints, etc. regarding different phases of the O.P.A. ov 23. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments[1943-43Correspondence PertainingTo] Dec 23, 1942 – Nov 17, 1943. Correspondence dealing with ceiling price adjustments on corn, dairy products and lumber.

24. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments [1944 Correspondence Pertaining To] Jan 12, 199 – Dec 28, 1944. Correspondence concerning the O.P.A.’s regulations placed on various commodities.

25. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments January, 1945 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining To] Dec 9, 1944 – Jan 30, 1945. Correspondence pertaining to miscellaneous controls placed on items by the O.P.A.

26. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments February, 1945 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining To] May 26, 1944 – Feb 27, 1945. Correspondence and clippings relative to price policies and controls set by the O.P.A.

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27. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments March, 1945 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining To] Mar 20, 1943 – Mar 31, 1945. Correspondence pertaining to various ceiling prices and controls placed on items by the O.P.A.

28. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments April, 1945 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining To] Feb 22, 1945 – Apr 30, 1945. Correspondence regarding O.P.A.’s regulations and price controls on various items.

29. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments May, 1945 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining To] Feb 5, 1945 – May 31, 1945. Correspondence and other material dealing with O.P.A.’s controls and price adjustments on miscellaneous goods.

30. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments June, 1945 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining To] Apr 28, 1945 – June 30, 1945. Correspondence and clippings pertaining to price controls, ceilings, policies, adjustments, O.P.A. regulations and allocations.

31. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments July, 1945 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining To] Jun 6, 1945 – Jul 30, 1945. Correspondence and Congressional Record excerpt relating to requests for increases in allotments, quotas, and ration stamps; and correspondence dealing with regulations, shortages and pricing policies.

32. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments August, 1945 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining To] Aug 13, 1944 – Aug 27, 1945. Correspondence concerning the O.P.A.’s regulations and price controls; also correspondence regarding the O.P.A. in general.

33. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments September, 1945 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining To] Apr 23, 1945 – Sep 29. 1945. Correspondence pertaining to miscellaneous controls and price ceilings directed by the O.P.A.

34. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments October, 1945 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining To] Aug 3, 1945 – Oct 10, 1945. Correspondence concerning the O.P.A.’s regulations, quotas, and price ceiling controls.

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35. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments November, 1945 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining To] Jun 29, 1945 – Nov 29, 1945. Correspondence relative to requests, complaints, etc. concerning price adjustments, controls and regulations by the O.P.A. ov 36. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments December, 1945 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining To] Jun 28, 1945 0 Dec 17, 1945. Correspondence concerning O.P.A. price policies, ceilings, controls on items and quota allotments.

37. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments 1946 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining To] Dec 28, 1945 – Jun 14, 1946. Correspondence and other material regarding miscellaneous requests for adjustments in O.P.A. policies.

38. 43b Price Ceiling Adjustments [undated] [Correspondence Pertaining To] Correspondence and other material pertaining to requests for price ceiling increases on various products. 25.

BCN 5. Folder Fulbright Harris Natural Gas Bill, 1956 and 1944, Academics and Casualties and General Correspondence

F 1. Fulbright Harris Nat[ural] Gas Bill, 1956. Sep 12, 1955 – Jan 18, 1956. Correspondence, speeches, proceedings in court actions, memoranda, H.R. 6645 analysis, and other material pertaining to proposed passage of Harris Fulbright Natural Gas Bill (S. 1953, H.R. 6645) giving consumers protection in rate changes, giving intrastate producers freedom from federal price fixing utility regulations and giving interstate producers a reasonable market price.

2. Meyer Feldman Mat[erial] [Fulbright Harris Natural Gas Bill] Jan 11, 1956 – Jan 13, 1956. Speeches, memoranda, numerical charts and a booklet either to support or to attack the Harris (H.R. 6645 Fulbright (S. 1853) Natural Gas Bill.

3. Natural Gas [Bill] [Steps toward passage of Fulbright 9S. 1853) Harris (H.R. 6645) Natural Gas Bills] Nov 30, 1954 – Feb 1, 1956. Correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, statistical research, S. 1853 and H.R. 6645 analysis, Natural Gas Bill copy and a booklet concerning passage of Harris Fulbright Natural Gas Bill.

4. Natural Gas Bill [Articles for and against Harris Fulbright Natural Gas Bill] Jul 13, 1955 – Oct 13, 1955. “Public Utility quarterly” containing article against and “Con- gressional Record” clipping for Harris (H.R. 6645) Fulbright (S. 1853) Natural Gas Bill.

5. For My Desk [Research for and against Harris Fulbright Natural Gas Bill] Jan 18, 1956. Correspondence, speech copies and court proceedings either for or against government regulation of natural gas industry though Harris (H.R. 6645) Fulbright (S. 1853) Natural Gas Bill.

6. S. 1853 [Defense of Harris Fulbright Natural Gas Bill] Feb 2, 1956 – Feb 5, 1956. Notebook containing Fulbright’s views of the various amendments and miscellaneous other material regarding changes in Harris (H.R. 6645) Fulbright (S. 1853) Natural Gas Bill before its passage into law. Amendments primarily discussed include Senator Douglas’ on utility regulation of large gas producers only, Senator Kilgore’s on the Federal Power Commission jurisdiction over conservation of gas and Senator Pastore’s on consumer protection.

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7. [Final steps in passage of Fulbright (s. 1853) amendments to Natural Gas Bill] Dec 1, 1955 – Jan 24, 1956. Analysis of Harris (H.R. 6645) Fulbright (S. 1853) Natural Gas Bill, booklet of proposed needs for change and the final statement and speech before passage of the Bills which would exempt independent producers of natural gas from direct Federal regulation but provide indirect controls on the prices charged for gas.

8. [Miscellaneous Correspondence – Sept. 1943 – Dec. 1944] Sep 3, 1943 – Dec 10, 1944. Correspondence from individuals concerning their views on isola- tionism, various pending legislation and Fulbright’s winning the senatorial race and Fulbright’s response to this correspondence.

R 9. West Point Applicants – McDonald, H. Stewart III. Aug 5, 1943 – Aug 10, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence concerning the appointment of H. Stewart McDonald III to the U.S. Military Academy.

R 10. Annapolis Applicants – Brooks, [Wharton] Hillman, [Jr.] Prin[ciple] Jan 25, 1943 – Jul 4, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material pertaining to steps in nomination and appointment of Wharton Hillman Brooks, Jr. to the U.S. Naval Academy.

11. West Point – Miscellaneous – 1943 [i.e. 1943-44] Jan 8, 1943 – Jan 31, 1944. Correspondence and other material about various miscellaneous aspects of nomination and enrollment to the U.S. Military Academy.

R 12. Coast Guard Academy – 1943. Jan 12, 1943 – Jan 15, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence concerning entrance requirements for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

R 13. Annapolis [Applicant] Pct. Garvin, D[aniel] T[ully] 2nd Alt[ernate] Jan 29, 1944 0 Apr 7, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material dealing with the steps taken by Daniel Tully Garvin toward nomination to the U.S. Naval Academy.

R 14. Annapolis Applicant – Gearhart, Geo[rge] A[nthony] 1st Alt[ernate] May 21, 1943 – Jan 19, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material dealing with the steps taken by George Anthony Gearhart toward nomination to the U.S. Naval Academy.

R 15. Annapolis Applicant – Kimbrough, Wilson [Whittaker], Jr. 2nd Alt[ernate] Apr 7, 1943 0 Feb 4, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material Dealing with the steps taken by Wilson Whitaker Kimbrough, Jr. toward nomination to the U.S. Naval Academy. 27.

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R 16. Annapolis Applicant – McClure, [William] Henry Prin[ciple] Jun 7, 1943 – Jul 19, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material dealing with the steps taken by William Henry McClure toward nomination and acceptance to the U.S. Naval Academy.

R 17. Annapolis Applicant – Page, James Richard 3rd Alt[ernate] Jan 3, 1944 – Jun 27, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material dealing with the steps taken by James Richard Page toward nomination to the U.S. Naval Academy.

R 18. Annapolis Applicant – Passarelli, Billy, Jr. 3rd Alt[ernate] Feb 11, 1943 – Jan 28, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence dealing with the steps taken toward the nomination of Billy Passarelli, Jr. to the U.S. Naval Academy.

R 19. Annapolis Applicant – Swift, [John William] “Jack” 2nd Alt[ernate] May 22, 1943 – Feb 7, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material dealing with the steps taken by John William Swift toward nomination to the U.S. Military Academy and his refusal to accept a nomination to the U.S. Naval Academy.

R 20. Annapolis Applicant – Webb, Nolen [Audace] 1st Alt[ernate] May 24, 1943 – Apr7, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence dealing with the steps taken by Nolen Audace Webb toward nomination to the U.S. Naval Academy.

R 21. West Point Applicant – Applegate, [George Joseph] “Joe” Feb 28, 1944 – Mar 15, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material dealing with the steps taken by George Joseph Applegate while he was seeking nomination to the U.S. Military Academy.

R 22. West Point Applicant – Bowen, Thomas Willard Prin[ciple] May 25, 1943 – Sep 16, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material dealing with the steps taken by Thomas Willard Bowen toward nomination and acceptance to the U.S. Military Academy.

R 23. West Point Applicant – Holcomb, Leslie P[age], Jr. (Washington, D.C.) Jun 26, 1943 – Jan 19, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and application for nomination from Leslie Page Hol- Comb, Jr. who retired to secure an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy.

R 24. West Point Applicant – Jacobson, [Clarence Oliver, Jr.] 1st Alt[ernate] Apr 14, 1943 – Apr 12, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material dealing with the steps taken by and for Clarence Oliver Jacobson, Jr. toward his nomination to the U.S. Military Academy. 28.

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R 25. West Point [Applicant] – Morris, Dan Thomas. May 27, 1943 – Sep 4, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence seeking information pertaining to the examination given to would-be nominees to the U.S. Military Academy.

R 26. West Point Applicant – Myers, Robert. Jan 28, 1943 – Sep 4, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material dealing with the steps taken by Robert Myers as he tried for an appointment to the U.S. Mili- tary Academy.

R 27. West Point [Applicant] – Patterson, Ja[mes] J[ohn] 3rd Alt[ernate] Jun 22, 1943 – Jan 19, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material dealing with the steps taken by James John Patterson toward his nomination to the U.S. Military Academy.

R 28. West Point Applicant – Rhea, Thomas [Powell] 2nd Alt[ernate] Jul 9, 1943 – Feb 25, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and other material dealing with the steps taken by Thomas Powell Rhea toward his nomination to the U.S. Military Academy.

29. [Miscellaneous Politically Oriented Correspondence] Sep 13, 1943 – Dec 28, 1944. Correspondence concerning miscellaneous politically oriented affairs. Included are individual’s reactions to Fulbright’s involvement in Conference of Allied Ministers of Education, to veteran’s old age and disability pensions, military discharges, military recommendations and veteran’s hospital location, to governmnntal regulation on buying and selling of food and machinery, and to recommendations for various government jobs.

30. Letters of Congratulation (on Election to Senate) Jul 26, 1944 – Sep 11, 1944. Correspondence containing congratulation for Fulbright’s victory in the senatorial race.

31. [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 19, 1943 – Dec 12, 1944. Correspondence concerning miscellaneous personal and political oriented affairs. Included in the personal correspondence are letters from Fulbright’s mother, letters from moving company regarding billing and various personal utility companies and hotels regarding billing. Included In the political correspondence are letters from individuals regarding military discharges, job recommendations and appointments, invitations to speak, campaign contributions, financial recommendations and reports, senatorial election ballot box investigation and letters congratulating Fulbright on election victory. 29.

BCN 5. (Cont. …)

32. Morrilton, Arkansas, Petit Jean Mountain And Vicinity As A Location For A Veteran’s Hospital. Oct, 1944. Notebook explaining the advantages of Morrilton, Arkansas and vicinity as a site for a new veteran’s hospital. Contains written information, maps, photographs, diagrams, and statistical facts on proposed location for the hospital.

33. [Miscellaneous Correspondence – Aug. – Sept. 1944] [Aug. – Sept. 1944 i.e. Aug. 23, 1944 – Sept. 29, 1944] Miscellaneous personal and political oriented correspondence. So- cial invitations, congratulatory letter, etc. comprise the personal correspondence while job recommendations, military discharges, speech invitations, etc. comprise the political correspondence.

34. [Miscellaneous Correspondence Oct. – Nov., 1944] [Oct. – Nov., 1944 i.e. Oct. 3, 1944 – Nov. 29, 1944] Miscellaneous personal and political oriented correspondence. So- cial invitations, congratulatory letter, etc. comprise the personal correspondence while job recommendations, military discharges, speech invitations, etc. comprise the political correspondence.

35. [Miscellaneous Correspondence Dec., 1944] [Dec., 1944 i.e. Nov. 16, 1944 – Dec. 25, 1944] Miscellaneous personal and political oriented correspondence. So- cial invitations, congratulatory letter, etc. comprise the personal correspondence while job recommendations, military discharges, speech invitations, etc. comprise the political correspondence.

36. [Miscellaneous Legislation 1943-44] Jan 7, 1943 – Jan 11, 1944. Correspondence and other material pertaining to miscellaneous proposed legislation. Included among the topics of correspondence were proposed suffrage for eighteen year olds, compensation for Panama Canal workers, abolition of the Home Owners’ Loan Associa- tion, presidential power to negotiate reciprocal trade treaties, conservation of have, garnishment of salaries of federal employees, agricultural buying abroad of grain crops, establishment of phar- macy corp, establishment of over-time pay bill, etc.

R 37. M[ilitary] Casualties B. May 14, 1943 – Feb 9, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence from individuals seeking information as to whereabouts or release of men captured and held prisoner by the Japanese during W.W. II.

R 38. M[ilitary] Casualties D Jun 29, 1943 – May 24, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence from individuals seeking information regarding the circumstances of death or the whereabouts of men missing in action during W.W. II. 30.

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R 39. M[ilitary] Casualties F. Jun 15, 1943 – Jun 25, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence from individual seeking information regarding the whereabouts of a soldier listed as injured in action.

R 40. M[ilitary] Casualties G. Sep 21, 1944 – Sep 29, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence from individual seeking information regarding the conditions for a prison held by the Japanese in W.W. II.

R 41. M[ilitary] Casualties H. Dec 3, 1943 – Nov 9, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence from individual seeking information regarding prisoners of war, men missing in action and deaths.

R 42. M[ilitary] Casualties M. Mar 22, 1944 – Oct 2, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence from individuals seeking information regarding prisoners of war or men missing in action.

R 43. M[ilitary] Prisoner of War. Purifoy, Lawrence L. Apr 10, 1944 0 Sep 26, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence regarding the procedure necessary for the prisoner exchange of Japanese-held Lawrence L. Purifoy with U.S.-held Japanese prisoners.

R 44. M[ilitary] Casualties P. Aug 16, 1944 – Nov 9, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence from individuals seeking information regarding men either missing or wounded in action.

R 45. M[ilitary] Casualties O-R. Feb 9, 1943 – Dec 7, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence from individuals seeking information regarding men missing in action or the circumstances of deaths.

R 46. M[ilitary] Casualties S. Jul 18, 1943 – Aug 16, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence from individuals seeking information regarding men held prisoners of war or the circumstances of deaths.

R 47. M[ilitary] Casualties V-W. Nov 12, 1943 – Oct 11, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence from individuals seeking information regarding men missing in action or help prisoner of war.

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48. Military: Letters of General Inquiry. Miscellaneous [Correspondence pertaining to various social and political events.] [May 3 - Nov. 16, 1944] May 3, 1944 - Nov 16, 1944. Correspondence pertaining to miscellaneous social and political aspects of Fulbright's life at this time. Included are letters pertaining to Democratic party fund raising, congratulations on senatorial victory, job recommendations and requests, compensation for veterans of W.W. II and Panama Canal, military transfers and recommendations, social and political invitations, request for information about soldiers missing in action, complaints due to war-time restrictions, etc.

49. Military: Letters of General Inquiry, Miscellaneous [Correspondence pertaining to various social and political events] [Nov. 16 - Dec. 19, 1944 i.e. Oct. 28 - Dec. 19, 1944] Oct 28, 1944 - Dec 19, 1944. Correspondence pertaining to miscellaneous social and political aspects of Fulbright's life at this time. Included are letters pertaining to Democratic party fund raising, congratulations in senatorial victory, job recommendations and request, compensation for veterans of W.W, II and Panama Canal, military transfers and recommendations, social and political invitations, request for information about soldiers missing in action, complaints due to war-time restrictions, etc.

R 50. Military Recommendations, etc. A. Mar 3, 1943 - Nov 7, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to either military recommendations or transfers for individuals.

R 51. Military; Recommendations, etc. B. Jan 24, 1943 - Nov 1, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to either military recommendations, transfers, or discharges for individuals.

R 52. Military, Recommendations, etc. C. Feb 16, 1943 - Sep 27, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to either military recommendations or transfers, or discharges for individuals.

R 53. Military Recommendations, etc. D. Dec 27, 1942 - Jul 19, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendations or transfers, or discharges for individuals.

R 54. Military — Recommendation: Eldridge, John D[upree], Jr. Jan 13, 1944 - April 11, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and memoranda pertaining to the military recommendation of John Dupree Eldridge, Jr.

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R 55. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. E + F. Jan 29, 1943 - Feb 29, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to either military recommendations or transfers for individuals.

R 56. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. G. Jan 24 1944 - May 8, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendations for individuals .

R 57. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. H + J. Feb 24, I943 - Nov 4, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence and memoranda pertaining to military recommendations or transfers for individuals.

R 58. Military: Recommendation Johnson, Richard B. Jan 20, 1944 - May 24, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to the recommendation for commission of Richard B. Johnson into the U.S. Navy.

R 59. Mil[itary]: Recommendation Jones, Elmo R. Mar 20, 1944 - Oct 7, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to the recommendation for commission of Elmo R. Jones into the U.S. Navy.

R 60. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. K. Mar 31 , 1943 - Nov 15, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendations or transfers for individuals.

R 61. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. L. Jan 2, 1943 - Oct 31, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendations or transfers for individuals.

R 62. Military: Recommendations for Commission O.C.S., etc. McKinney, George [F.] May 27, 1943 - Oct 7, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to the admission of George F. McKinney into the School of Military Government.

R 63. Military: Recommendations O.C.S., etc. Milburn, A[rliss] E[dward] Dec 14, 1943 - Apr 25, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to the commission of Arliss Edward Mil- burn into the U.S. Navy.

R 64. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. M. Mar 15, 1943 - Nov 20, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendations, transfers or discharges for individuals. 33.

BCN 5. (Cont. ...)

R 65. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. N. Mar 20, 1944 - Mar 31, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendation for an individual.

R 66. Military Recommendations: Oakley, John F. Apr 23, 1943 - May 15, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to the recommendation for military transfer for John F. Oakley.

R 67. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. 0. Feb 16, 1944 - May 15, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendations for individuals.

R 68. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. P. Mar 3, 1943 - Nov 1, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendations for individuals.

R 69. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. Q - R. Mar 30, 1943 - Oct 11, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendations, transfers or discharges for individuals.

R 70. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. S. May 3, 1943 - Oct 23, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendations for advancement, for transfers or for the discharge of individuals.

R 71. Military Recommendations for O.C.S., etc.: Timm, Melvin J. Jul 17, 1943 - Nov 10, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendation for advancement of Melvin J. Timm.

R 72. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. T. May 3, 1943 - May 11, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendations for advancement, for transfer for the discharge of individuals.

R 73. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. U - V. Jan 24, 1943 - Nov 1, 1943. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendations for advancement or for transfer of individuals.

R 74. Military — Recommendations: Whitbeck, Frank Lynn Jr. Nov 17, 1943 - Sep 14, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendation for advancement of Frank Lynn Whitbeck, Jr. 34.

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R 75. Military Recommendations, O.C.S. Wright, Ernie [E.] Sep 1, 1944 - Oct 1, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendation for advancement of Ernie E. Wright.

R 76. M[ilitary] Recommendations, etc. W. Dec 31, 1942 - Nov 13, 1944. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to military recommendations for advancement or for transfer of individuals.

77. Military Casualties [Miscellaneous politically oriented correspond- dence Nov 18, 1943 - Nov 30, 1944.] Nov 18, 1943 – Nov 30, 1944. Correspondence, memoranda, invitations and newspaper clippings concerning acknowledgements of senatorial campaign contributions, congratulations on senatorial victory, requests for government public- cations, requests for military discharge, transfer or appointment, inquiries for employment and suggestions on proposed legislation concerning rural mail routes, flood controls, peace plans and treaty ratification.

78. Military Casualties [Miscellaneous politically oriented correspondence Dec. 1, 1944 - Dec. 15, 1944] Nov 24, 1944 - Dec 15, 1944. Correspondence, invitations, and newspaper clippings concerning acknowledgements of senatorial campaign contributions, congratulations on senatorial victory, request for government publications, requests for military transfer, inquiries for employment and suggestions on proposed legislation concerning rural mail routes, flood controls, peace plans and treaty ratification.

79. Military Casualties [Miscellaneous politically oriented correspondence Dec. 16, 1944 - Dec. 24, 1944 Nov 23, 1944 - Dec 24, 1944. Correspondence, invitations and a booklet concerning acknowledge- men of Christmas gifts, congratulations on senatorial victory, requests for a military transfer or discharge, recommendations from job seekers and suggestions on proposed legislation including rural mail route, flood control and surplus food.

80. Military Casualties [Miscellaneous politically oriented correspondence Dec. 25, - Dec. 28, 1944 Nov 25, 1944 - Dec 28, 1944. Correspondence, invitations, speeches, booklets, newspaper clippings, individual voting record, etc. concerning acknowledgement of Christ- mas gifts, request for government publications and suggestion on proposed miscellaneous legislation. 35.

BCN 5. (Cont. ...)

81. Educational Conference [United Nations Plan] May 25, 1944 - May 30, 1944. Outlines of the tentative, refined and proposed plan for a United Nations organization aimed at educational and cultural reconstruction after W.W. II.

82. [Senate] Committee Assignment [1944] Sep 8, 1944 - Sep 11, 1944. Correspondence in response to Fulbright's efforts to be assigned to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 36.

BCN 6. 1958 [sic] 71-77 Some Campaigns, 1944.

F1. 72-a Books and Publications, 1959 [sic] May 27, 1958 - Jan 16, 1959. Correspondence pertaining to requests to JWF to write articles for publications, or the sending of books, articles, or other printed material concerning politics, finance, foreign policy, international relations, etc.

2. 72-a Books and Publications, 1959. Jan 5, 1959 - Feb 3, 1959. Correspondence pertaining to requests to JWF to write articles for publications, or the sending of books, articles, or other printed material concerning politics, finance, foreign policy, international affairs, etc.

3. 72-a Books and Publications, 1959. Jan 20, 1959 - Feb 23, 1959. Correspondence pertaining to the sending of books, clippings, published speeches, or other material concerning politics, finance, foreign relations, etc.

4. 72-a Books and Publications, 1959 [sic] Dec 16, 1958 - Mar 23, 1959. Correspondence pertaining to requests to JWF to write articles for publications, or the sending of books, articles, clippings, or other printed material concerning politics, foreign relations, government policies, etc.

5. 72-a Books and Publications, 1959. Mar 17, 1959 - May 9, 1959. Correspondence pertaining to requests to JWF to write articles for publications, or the sending of books, articles, clippings, or other printed material concerning politics, foreign relations, finance, etc.

6. 72-a Books and Publications, 1959. Apr 28, 1959 - Jun 29, 1959. Correspondence pertaining to requests to JWF to write articles for pubpications, or the sending of books, articles, or other printed material concerning politics, foreign relations, international affairs, etc.

7. 72-a Books and Publications, 1959. Jun 17, 1959 - Jul 29, 1959. Correspondence pertaining to the sending of books, clippings, or other printed material concerning foreign relations, politics, finance, etc.

8. 72-a Books and Publications, 1959. Jun 16, 1959 - Aug 26, 1959. Correspondence pertaining to the sending of books, clippings, or other printed material concerning foreign relations, finance, politics, world affairs, etc. 37.

BCN 6. (Cont. ...)

9. 72-a Books and Publications, 1959. Aug 24, 1959 - Oct 22, 1959. Correspondence pertaining to the sending of books, articles, or other printed material concerning politics, finance, world affairs, etc.

10. 71 Boards and Committees, 1958. Feb 7, 1958 - Dec 11, 1958. Correspondence requesting JWF to be an honorary chairman or member of advisory committee for various organizations or conferences. Also included is correspondence relating to the application of JWF for the Board of Regents of Smithsonian Institution.

11. 72-b Miscellaneous Gifts and Favors, 1958 [sic] Nov 14, 1957 - May 9, 1958. Correspondence pertaining to the sending of gifts, state products, published material, complimentary tickets, miscellaneous favors, and birthday greetings.

12. 72-b Miscellaneous Gifts and Favors, 1958. Nov 22, 1957 - Dec 26, 1958. Correspondence pertaining to the sending of gifts, state products, published material, miscellaneous favors, and Christmas gifts.

13. 72-c Condolences, 1958. Mar 5, 1958 - Dec 5, 1958. Correspondence giving condolences to bereaved friends, also to Lewis Webster Jones upon his resignation from Rutgers University.

14. 72-d General Appreciation to Senator, 1958. May 16, 1958 - Dec 23, 1958. Correspondence concerning expressions of appreciation or agreement with JWF's views or actions.

15. 72-e Requests for Contributions, 1958. Feb 10, 1958 - Dec 21 , 1958. Correspondence pertaining to requests for contributions to various foundations, churches, schools, or organizations.

16. 72-f Letters of Congratulations, [1958] May 3, 1958 - Sep 17, 1958. Correspondence pertaining to the sending of congratulations to honor students, newly elected civic, professional, or political officers, or to persons receiving certificates or awards, etc. Also expressions of approval and encouragement sent to JWF concerning an article in the New York Times, Sept. 14, 1958. 38.

BCN 6. (Cont. ...)

17. 72-f Letters of Congratulations, [l958] Sep 12, 1958 - Dec 1, 1958. Correspondence pertaining to the sending of congratulations to newly elected government and professional officers. Also expressions of approval and agreement sent to JWF concerning an article in the New York Times, Sept. 14, 1958, and other areas of foreign policy.

18. 72-f Letters of Congratulations, [1958-59] Nov 29, 1943 - Feb 18, 1959. Correspondence pertaining to the sending of congratulations to newly elected civic, professional, or political officers, and honor students. Also expressions of approval and encouragement sent to JWF.

19. 72-f Letters of Congratulations, [1959] Feb 16, 1959 - Feb 2b, 1959. Correspondence pertaining to the sending of congratulations to Arkansas women selected for Who’s Who of American Women.

20. 72-f Letters of Congratulations, [1959] Feb 24, 1959 - Apr 22, 1959. Correspondence acknowledging congratulatory letters, and pertaining to the sending of congratulations to honored students, civic or professional officers, etc.

21. 72-f Letters of Congratulations, [l959] Apr 3, 1959 - Jun 27, 1 959. Correspondence pertaining to the sending of congratulations to newly elected civic, professional, or political officers.

22. 72-f Letters of Congratulations, [1959] May 25, 1959 - Jun 9, 1959. Correspondence from Arkansas college and university presidents, sending lists of graduates at JWF's request.

23. 72-f Letters of Congratulations, [1959] Jul 3, 1959 - Sep 25, 1959. Correspondence pertaining to the sending of congratulations to newly elected civic, professional, or political officers. Also expressions of approval sent to JWF.

24. 4b Office, Correspondence Pertaining to Operation of, 1958 [sic] Dec 6, 1957 - Mar 31, 1958. Correspondence to Fulbright's office staff, and correspondence pertaining to office business, repair or purchase of office machines, regulations for telegrams or long-distance telephone calls, etc.

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BCN 6. (Cont. ...)

25. 74 Office, [Correspondence Pertaining to Operation of], 1958. Apr 4, 1958 - Aug 28, 1958. Correspondence to Fulbright's office staff, and correspondence pertaining to office business, purchase of office machines, framing of pictures, etc.

26. 74 Office, [Correspondence Pertaining to Operation of], 1958 [sic] Oct 1 , 1958 - Nov 2, 1959. Correspondence to Fulbright's office staff, and correspondence pertaining to office business, office machines, regulations for employees, etc.

27. 74 Office, [Receipts Pertaining to Operation of], 1958 [sic] March 26, 1957 - Dec 8, 1958. Receipts and statements pertaining to machine repairs, telegrams, stationery, long-distance telephone calls, etc.

28. 77 Letters About '56 Election to the Senate. Jan 18, 1956 - May 9, 1956. Correspondence congratulating JWF on the lack of opposition for his Senate position.

29. 77 Letters About '56 Election to the Senate. May 3, 1956 - May 28, 1956. Correspondence congratulating JWF on the lack of opposition for his Senate position.

30. 77 Letters About '56 Election to the Senate. May 26, 1956 - Nov 12, 1956. Correspondence congratulating JWF on the lack of opposition for his Senate position, and his subsequent victory in the November election.

31. 77 Letters About '56 Election to the Senate. Nov 7, 1956 - Dec 20, 1956. Correspondence congratulating JWF on his re-election to the Senate.

32. 77 Letters About '56 Election to the Senate. Nov 7, 1956 - Jan 18, 1957. Correspondence congratulating JWF on his re-election to the Senate.

33. 77-a [Offers of Support] Nov 27, 1945 - Sep 20, 1948. Correspondence thanking JWF for favors received or requests granted, and giving offers of support, expressions of approval and encouragement, or opinions concerning the next Senate race. 40.

BCN 6. (Cont. ...)

34. 77-a [Offers of Support] Oct 4, 1948 - Oct 14, 1949. Correspondence thanking JWF for requests or favors granted, and giving offers of support, exressions of approval, or opinions concerning the next Senate race.

35. 77-a [Offers of Support] Oct 10, 1949 - Jan 19, 1950. Correspondence thanking JWF for requests or favors granted, and giving offers of support, expressions of approval, or opinions concerning the next Senate race.

36. 77-a [Offers of Support] Feb 24 1950 - May 20, 1957. Correspondence thanking JWF for requests or favors granted, and giving offers of support or expressions of approval concerning his actions.

37. 77-a Labor Material Jun 8, 1943 - Jun .30, 1944. Newspapers, leaflets, and other printed material related to the CIO, labor politics, Connally-Smith Bill, poll tax abolishment, and election of JWF to the Senate.

38. 77-b Articles, Editorials and Clippings for Campaign Use. Nov 28, 1945 - Dec 8, 1953. Correspondence and clippings pertaining to articles about JWF.

39. 77-f-2 1944 Campaign Material. Feb 8, 1944 - Jul 10, 1957. Clippings, newspaper articles, leaflets, and political advertisements pertaining to the 1944 Senate race between Homer Adkins and JWF.

40. 77-f-2 [1944 Campaign Material] Aug 22, 1942 - Jun 23, 1956. Correspondence, clippings, newspaper articles, and political advertisements pertaining to the 1944 Senate race.

41. Republican Campaign for the Senate, 1956. Jun 13, 1956. Clippings pertaining to the 1956 Arkansas Republican candidate for U.S. Senator (Ben C. Henley)

42. [Inter-Parliamentary Union] Oct 4, 1957 - Jan 21 , 1958. Circulars, leaflets, reports, etc. pertaining to the 46th Con- ference of Inter-Parliamentary Union, held in London, and also the 47th Conference in Rio de Janeiro. 41.

BCN 7. 1945-1956 [sic] [Invitations — Pending, Accepted, Rejected]

F1. 70a Panama [Trips — Fulbright 1951 [sic] Feb 5, 1951 - Jan 12, 1953. Correspondence and other material pertaining to sailing schedules, instructions, and hotel reservations for several of the Fulbright trips to Panama. ov 2. 70a Paris Trip — Fall, 1956. Apr 21, 1955 -Mar 7, 1957. Correspondence, booklets and other material concerning Fulbright's trip to Paris as a member of the U.S. delegation to the NATO Par- liamentary Conference (the second meeting of parliamentary representatives from NATO countries). Included are trip plans, information on the Declaration of Atlantic Unity, rejection to attend the UNESCO Conference in New Delhi and an acceptance to the meeting of Inter-Parliamentary Union in Bankok. Also included is an acceptance to be Honorary President of the Alumni Association DE HALVE MAEN founded by the Netherlands-America Institute.

3. 70a Invitations — Pending or Accepted 1946. Apr 14, 1946 - Dec 2, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to invitations pending or accepted, requesting Fulbright’s presence for personal, political and social events.

4. 70a Invitations Pending or Accepted 1947. Jan 16, 1947 - Dec 4, 1947. Correspondence pertaining to invitations to various social, personal and business affairs, but largely consisting of requests for Fulbright to speak at various events.

5. 70a Invitations Pending or Accepted 1948 [sic] Dec 11, 1947 - Dec 23, 1948. Correspondence pertaining to invitations requesting Fulbright's presence at various social, personal and business events. In- vitations generally consist of requests for speaking engagements.

6. 70a Invitations Pending or Accepted 1949 [sic] Dec 31, 1948 - Dec 15, 1949. Correspondence and other material relating to social, personal and business invitations received by Fulbright.

7. 70a [Invitations and Miscellaneous Memos Concerning Invitations] [undated] Miscellaneous invitations, also schedules and memos pertaining to invitations received 1946-1949.

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BCN 7. (Cont. ...)

8. 70a Invitations Pending or Accepted 1953 [sic] Dec 8, 1952 - Jan 11, 1954. Correspondence consisting of invitations, largely to social events and speaking engagements, pending or accepted by Fulbright.

9. 70a Invitations Pending or Accepted 1954 [sic] Nov 24, 1953 - May 25, 1955. Correspondence pertaining largely to invitations requesting Ful- bright to make speaking appearances at various occasions.

10. 70a Invitations Pending or Accepted 1956 [sic] Nov 8, 1955 - Apr 25, 1956. Correspondence and other material consisting of invitations requesting Fulbright's presence for, or his participation in various events.

11. 70a Invitations Pending or Accepted 1956. Mar 15, 1956 - Aug 31, 1956. Correspondence consisting of invitations to various social events and requests for speaking appearances by various organizations.

12. 70a Invitations Pending or Accepted 1956. Jul 20, 1956 - Nov 21, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to personal invitations and invitations requesting Fulbright to address various meetings and organizations.

13. 70a Invitations Pending or Accepted 1957 [sic] Jul 6, 1956 - Dec 6, 1957. Correspondence and other material consisting of invitations requesting Fulbright for public speaking appearances, social events and various meetings and conferences.

14. 70b Invitations Declined in Arkansas, 1953. Jan 15, 1953 - Jun 22, 1953. Correspondence pertaining to invitations received by Fulbright to attend or participate in various social events in Arkansas and his reply declining these invitations.

15. 70b Invitations Declined in Arkansas 1953. Jun 1, 1953 - Sep 1, 1953. Correspondence pertaining to invitations received by Fulbright to attend or participate in various social events in Arkansas and his reply declining these invitations.

16. 70b Invitations Declined in Arkansas 1953. Jul 11, 1953 - Sep 29, 1953. Correspondence and attachments pertaining to invitations received and declined by Fulbright, but generally consisting of requests to Fulbright for speaking engagements at various social events in Arkansas.

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BCN 7. (Cont. ...)

17. 70b Invitations Declined in Arkansas 1953. Aug 7, 1953 - Dec 10, 1953. Correspondence pertaining to various social invitations received and declined by Fulbright.

18. 70b Invitations Declined in Arkansas 1954. Jan 4, 1954 - Mar 29, 1954. Correspondence pertaining to invitations received and declined by Fulbright inviting him to attend or participate in various events.

19. 70b Invitations Declined in Arkansas 1954 Mar 29, 1954 - Jun 29, 1954. Correspondence dealing with invitations received and declined by Fulbright requesting his presence at various social events, meetings and for speaking engagements.

20. 70b Invitations Declined in Arkansas 1954. May b, 1954 - Sep 27, 1954. Correspondence pertaining to social invitations received and declined by Fulbright but generally consisting of requests for Ful- bright to address various meetings and clubs.

21. 70b Invitations Declined in Arkansas 1954. Sep 27, 1954 - Dec 31, 1954. Correspondence pertaining to invitations received and declined inviting Fulbright to participate in various social events and speaking engagements.

22. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — Jan. - May, 1955 [sic] Mar 6, 1954 - Dec 6, 1954. Correspondence pertaining to invitations received and declined by Fulbright requesting his presence for speaking engagements at various out-of-state events.

23. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — Jan. - May, 1955 [sic] Jul 12, 1954 - Jan 29, 1955. Correspondence pertaining to invitations received and declined by Fulbright requesting his presence for social events and speaking engagements at various out-of-state meetings, conferences, dinners, etc.

24. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — Jan. - May, 1955. Jan 29, 1955 - Feb 28, 1955. Correspondence pertaining to out-of-state invitations received and declined by Fulbright for various social events but generally consisting of requests for speaking engagements.

25. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — Jan. - May, 1955. Feb 22, 1955 - Mar 31, 1955. Correspondence pertaining to out-of-state invitations received and declined by Fulbright for social events but mainly consisting of requests for speaking engagements. 44.

BCN 7. (Cont. ...)

26. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — Jan-May, 1955. Mar 23, 1955 - Apr 30, 1955. Correspondence consisting of out-of-state invitations received and declined by Fulbright requesting his presence at various meetings and social events or for speaking engagements.

27. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — Jan-May, 1955. Mar 29, 1955 - May 31, 1955. Correspondence pertaining to out-of-state invitations received and declined by Fulbright to attend or participate in various social or business events.

28. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — Jan-May, 1955 [sic] May 25, 1955 - Jun 8, 1955. Correspondence pertaining to various out-of-state invitations received and declined by Fulbright requesting him to be present or participate as speaker at various events.

29. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — 1956-57. Dec 21, 1956 - Dec 29, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to invitations received and declined requesting Fulbright’s participation in various out-of-state events.

30. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — 1956-57. Oct 12, 1956 - Jan 31, 1957. Correspondence and pamphlets pertaining to invitations received and declined by Fulbright requesting his presence for various social events, meetings and conferences, and governmental events, but largely consisting of requests for speaking engagements at numerous out-of-state occasions.

31. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — 1956-57. Jan 21, 1957 - Feb 25, 1957. Correspondence pertaining to out-of-state invitations received and declined by Fulbright generally requesting him for speaking engagements at various events.

32. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — 1956-57 [sic] Dec 11, 1953 - Mar 28, 1957. Contains invitations to political, educational, philanthropic, religious, business and social events outside Arkansas declined for a variety of reasons.

33. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — 1956-57 [sic] Jan 23, 1957 - Apr 29, 1957. Contains invitations to political, educational, philanthropic, religious, business and social events outside Arkansas declined for a variety of reasons.

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BCN 7. (Cont. ...)

34. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — 1956-57 [sic] May 25, 1953 - May 31, 1957. Contains invitations to educational, philanthropic, political, religious, business and social events outside Arkansas declined by the senator.

35. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State - 1956-57. May 1956 - Jun 29, 1957. Contains invitations to political, educational, religious, business, and social events outside Arkansas declined by the senator.

36. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — 1956-57. Oct 1956 - Jul 29, 1957. Contains invitations to and brochures about educational, political, business, and social events outside Arkansas declined by the senator.

37. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — 1956-57. Nov 12, 1956 - Aug 30, 1957. Contains correspondence related to declined invitations to educational, political, business and social events outside Arkansas.

38. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — 1956-57 [sic] Aug 29, 1957 - Sept 30, 1957. Contains correspondence related to declined invitations to educational, political, business, and social events outside Arkansas.

39. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — 1956-57 [sic] Sept 2, 1957 - Oct 28, 1957. Contains correspondence related to declined invitations to educational, political, business, and social events outside Arkansas.

40. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — 1956-57 [sic] Oct 29, 1957 - Nov 29, 1957. Contains correspondence related to declined invitations to educational, political, business and social events outside Arkansas.

41. 70b Invitations Declined Out-of-State — 1956-57 [sic] Nov 25, 1957 - Dec 13, 1957. Contains correspondence related to declined invitations to social, political, and educational events outside Arkansas. 46.

BCN 8. 72 1945 to 1956 [Correspondence either to or from Fulbright acknowledging gifts, requests or favors]

Fl. 72 Appreciation 1956 [Acknowledgment of gifts or favors] Jan 1, 1956 - Dec 29, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to acknowledgment of miscellaneous gifts or favors either sent or received by Fulbright on a political and/or a social basis.

2. 72 Appreciation 1955 [Acknowledgment of gifts or favors] Jan 11, 1953 - Dec 31, 1955. Correspondence pertaining to acknowledgment of miscellaneous gift or favors either sent or received by Fulbright on both a political or a social basis.

3. 72 — Appreciation, Condolences, Congratulations [1953-54 Corre- spondence pertaining to] Mar 23, 1953 - Dec 18, 1954. Correspondence and clippings to express appreciation for gifts and favors, congratulations on various political and social achievements and condolences.

4. 72 — Appreciation, Condolences, Congratulations [1955 i.e. 1954-55 Correspondence pertaining to] Dec 30, 1954 - Sep 27, 1955. Correspondence, booklets and clippings to express appreciation for gifts and favors, congratulations on various political and social achievements and condolences.

5. 72-a Books and Publications 1955 [Acknowledge receipt of booklets, books, speeches and clippings and letters of constituents support] Aug 9, 1955 - Dec 28, 1955. Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of receipt of books, booklets, speeches and clipping and constituents supports. Also contains Copies of some of the above mentioned booklets, speeches and clippings.

6. 72-a [Books and Publications 1945-47] [Acknowledge receipt of booklets, books and clippings and letters of constituents support] Jun 25, 1945 - Mar 31, 1947. Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of receipt of books, booklets and clippings and constituents support. Also contain copies of some of the above mentioned booklets and clippings.

7. 72-a [Books and Publications 1947] [Acknowledge receipt of booklets, books and clippings and letters of constituents support] Feb 4, 1947 - Aug 9, 1947. Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of receipt of books, booklets and clippings and constituents support. Also contains copies of some of the above mentioned booklets and clippings.

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BCN 8. (Cont. ...)

8. 72-b Miscellaneous Gifts and Favors 1956 [Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of or appreciation for] Dec 1, 1955 - Apr 9, 1956. Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of receipt and appreciation for miscellaneous political or social gifts or favors.

9. 72-b Miscellaneous Gifts and Favors 1956 [Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of or appreciation for] Aug 1, 1955 - Jan 13, 1957. Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of receipt and appreciation for miscellaneous political or social gifts or favors.

10. 72-b Miscellaneous Gifts and Favors 1955 [Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of or appreciation for] Jun 25, 1953 - Dec 30, 1955. Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of receipt and appreciation for miscellaneous political or social gifts or favors.

11. 72-b Miscellaneous Gifts and Favors 1953-55 [sic] [Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of or appreciation for] Feb 5, 1953 - Jun 11, 1954. Correspondence and other material concerning acknowledgment of receipt and appreciation for miscellaneous political or social gifts or favors. Also acknowledgment and condolences expressed for deaths.

12. 72-b Miscellaneous Gifts and Favors 1953-55 [sic] [Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of or appreciation for] May 27, 1954 - Dec 30, 1954. Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of receipt and appreciation for miscellaneous political or social gifts or favors.

13. 72-b Miscellaneous Gifts and Favors 1953-55 [Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of or appreciation for] Sep 23, 1953 - Aug 5, 1955. Correspondence and other material concerning acknowledgment of receipt and appreciation for miscellaneous political or social gifts or favors.

14. 72-b [Letters of appreciation from constituents] Sep 9, 1944 - Feb 15, 1947. Correspondence from constituents expressing appreciation for various favors accomplished by Fulbright for them. Favors primarily are for job appointments or military discharges.

15. [Letters of appreciation or request for miscellaneous favors] Mar 13, 1953 - Apr 12, 1954. Correspondence and other material either to or from constituents expressing appreciation or requesting favors on various political or social matters.

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16. 72-A 1953-54 [Letters of appreciation or request for books or publications] Dec 19, 1953 - Jun 30, 1954. Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of receipt and appreciation for books or other publications sent to Fulbright. Folder also contains some books, booklets, speeches, magazine articles and newspaper clippings.

17. 72-A 1953-54 [Letters of appreciation or request for books or publications] Jun 25, 1954 - Jul 31, 1954. Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of receipt and appreciation for books or other publications sent to Fulbright. Folder also contains some booklets, speeches, magazine articles and newspaper clippings.

18. 72-A 1953-54 [Letters of appreciation or request for books or publications] Jul 28, 1954 - Dec 31, 1954. Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of receipt and appreciation for books or other publications sent to Fulbright. Folder also contains some booklets, magazine articles, speeches and newspaper clippings.

19. 72-A 1953-54 [sic] [Letters of appreciation or request for books or publications] Jul, 1953 - Jan 24, 1955. Correspondence concerning acknowledgment of receipt and appreciation for books or other publications sent to Fulbright. Folder also contains booklets, speeches, newspaper clipping and bulletins.

20. 72-C Condolences [and Congratulations] 1957. Feb 27, 1957 - Sep 21, 1957. Correspondence concerning congratulations to parents for their children’s academic achievement at the University of Arkansas and sympathy expressed over deaths.

21. 72-C Condolences [and Congratulations] 1956 [sic] Jan 30, 1953 - Dec 3, 1956. Correspondence concerning expressions of sympathy at deaths and congratulation upon graduation from the U.S. Military Academy.

22. 72-C Condolences 1955 [sic] Sep 10, 1953 - Sep 2, 1955. Correspondence expressing condolences at times of deaths.

23. 72-D General Appreciation to Senator 1955. Sep 19, 1955 - Dec 7, 1955. Correspondence expressing appreciation for miscellaneous services rendered by Fulbright. 49.

BCN 8. (Cont....)

24. 72-E Request of Contribution 1956. Jan 16, 1956 - Nov 13, 1956. Correspondence and pamphlets concerning funds solicited from Ful- bright for miscellaneous political, personal, and national charity uses.

25. 72-E Request of Contribution 1955 [sic] Jul 24, 1945 - Oct 14, 1955. Correspondence concerning request for a contribution of time in order for Fulbright to make a personal appearance at two different political functions.

26. [Acknowledgement of receipt of books and miscellaneous publications] [72-a] Nov 21, 1954 - Feb 15, 1955. Contains correspondence about the receipt of enclosed pamphlets, speeches, brochures, tear sheets, and, in one instance, a box of cigars.

27. [72-a] [Acknowledgement of receipt of books and miscellaneous publications] Jan 31, 1955 - Mar 11, 1955. Contains correspondence about the receipt of pamphlets, speeches, books, tear sheets, many of which are in the folder, and occassionally comments about these publications.

28. [72a] [Acknowledgement of receipt of books and miscellaneous publications] Oct 1954 - May 31, 1955. Contains correspondence about the receipt of pamphlets, speeches, books, and other publications, many of which are in the folder.

29. [72-a] [Acknowledgement of receipt of books and miscellaneous publications] May 12, 1955 - Jul 18, 1955. Contains correspondence concerning the receipt of pamphlets, speeches, books, articles, newspaper clippings and other publications, many of which are in the folder. ov 30. [Acknowledgement of receipt of books and miscellaneous publications] Feb 6, 1955 - Sept 17, 1955. Contains correspondence about clippings, pamphlets, books, studies, and other documents received from a variety of public and private sources.

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BCN 9. War Assets Administration, Surplus Property Correspondence, 1945-49.

F1. War Assets Administration, Central College, Securing Land and Buildings at Camp Robinson for Use of the College. Jan 21, 1947 - Mar 25, 1949 . Correspondence pertaining to the transfer of land and buildings to Central College, at Camp Joseph T. Robinson.

2. War Assets Administration, Thompson-Robbins Field, Helena. Jan 4, 1946 - Nov 16, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to the transfer of Thompson-Robbins Field to Helena-West Helena, Arkansas.

3. War Assets Administration, Newport Air Field. Mar 4, 1946 - June 10, 1947. Correspondence pertaining to the use of Newport Air Field by Newport, Ark., and the use of airfield buildings by the Plainview School District.

4. War Assets Administration, Machinery and Equipment. Jan 7, 1946 - Aug 20, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to the obtaining of machinery, equipment, and tools by veteran servicemen for use in private businesses.

5. War Assets Administration, Machinery and Equipment. July 17, 1946 - July 2, 1947. Correspondence pertaining to the obtaining of machinery, equipment, tools, and other surplus materials by veteran servicemen, organizations, hospitals, towns, etc.

6. War Assets Administration, Machinery and Equipment. June 13, 1947 - Nov 14, 1947. Correspondence pertaining to the obtaining of surplus equipment by various cities as well as a claim against the W.A.A.

7. War Assets Corporation [Obtaining of Surplus Property] 1945 [sic] Feb 24, 1945 - Oct 19, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to the obtaining of surplus equipment by various individuals. Also contains a few letters by Don R. Parker hinting at political intrigue among Fulbright's political enemies in Arkansas.

8. War Assets Administration, Lake Catherine Steam Plant. Aug 29, 1946 - Apr 11, 1947. Correspondence pertaining to the negotiation and sale of the Lake Catherine Steam Plant to the Arkansas Power and Light Company.

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BCN 9. (Cont. …)

9. War Assets Administration, Machinery and Equipment, Henri Julian, Associate Regional Director. May 15, 1946 – May 19, 1949 Correspondence pertaining to request from individuals who were seeking to purchase surplus military equipment. Minute amount of correspondence pertaining to Henri Julian.

10. War Assets Administration, Walnut Ridge Airfield. Jan 12, 1946 – Feb 21, 1949. Correspondence pertaining to the efforts of Southern Baptist College to obtain the military buildings as well as the land on Walnut Ridge for purposes for higher education.

11. War Assets Administration, Arkansas Ordnance, Jacksonville. Feb 12, 1945 – Apr 8, 1948. Correspondence pertaining to efforts by various individuals or organizations to purchase military buildings, equipment and land at the Jacksonville, Arkansas Ordnance plant.

12. War Assets Administration, Schools Obtaining Surplus Property June 9, 1945 – Dec 17, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to obtaining surplus school supplies for higher and lower educational facilities.

13. War Assets Administration, Residue Company, Fort Smith. Aug 1, 1946 – May 21, 1947. Correspondence pertaining to the efforts made by the Residue Company of Fort Smith to purchase a zinc-smelting factor from the U.S. gov- erment.

14. War Assets Administration, Real Estate. Dec 1, 1945 – July 11, 1949. Correspondence pertaining to efforts made by individuals and organizations hoping to obtain surplus war materials as well as efforts to purchase government land utilized for W.W.II.

15. War Assets Administration, Schools, Surplus Property to Educational Institutions in Arkansas. Oct 25, 1945 – Aug 15, 1949. Correspondence pertaining to efforts made by individuals and organizations either to purchase or be given surplus war materials for use in education institutions in Arkansas.

16. [War Assets Administration] Surplus, Property, Hospitals. Oct 10, 1945 – Feb 17, 1947. Correspondence pertaining to the purchase of war surplus hospital equipment in Arkansas.

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BCN. 9. (Cont.…)

17. [War Assets Administration] Veterans, Surplus Property Legislation Preference. Apr 25, 1945 – Dec 30, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to the complaints made be veterans and veterans’ groups with regard to the trouble suffered in trying to obtain surplus war materials, particularly cars and trucks.

18. [War Assets Administration] Surplus Property – War Plants, Disposal of Government Projects in Arkansas. Jan 10, 1945 – Apr 28, 1947. Correspondence pertaining to requests made by individuals and organizations for information on surplus war materials and property in Arkansas.

19. [War Assets Administration] Surplus Property – War Plants, Disposal. June 5, 1945 – Nov 15, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to requests made by individuals and organizations with regard to the disposal of war plants in Arkansas.

20. [War Assets Administration] Surplus Property Disposal. May 22, 1944 – Jan 31, 1947. Contains Correspondence as well as press releases from the Recon- struction Finance Corporation on the availability of surplus war materials.

21. [War Assets Administration] Surplus Property Administration, General Correspondence. Jan 18, 1945 – Oct 25, 1946. Contains general correspondence pertaining to surplus war materials and land.

22. [War Assets Administration] Surplus Property – Housing. Aug 23, 1945 – Apr 6, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to efforts made by individuals and organizations to secure surplus housing for educational and other purposes.

23. [War Assets Administration] Surplus Property – Motion Picture Projectors. Mar 15, 1945 – Apr 8, 1947. Correspondence pertaining to requests for surplus motion picture equipment.

24. [Disposition of] Adams Field – Little Rock. June 6, 1945 – Jan 4, 1949. General correspondence pertaining to the disposal of Adams Field, Little Rock. 53.

BCN 9. (Cont. …)

25. Jerome Prisoner of War Camp [sic] [Japanese Relocation Center] Disposal of. Jan 25, 1947 – Oct 16, 1947. Contains correspondence pertaining to the purchase of the Jerome Relocation Center by a citizen’s group from Dermott, Arkansas.

26. Ozark Ordinance Plant, El Dorado, Arkansas. Mar 12, 1945 – Apr 1948. Correspondence pertaining to the sale of the Ozark Ordnance Plant.

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BCN 10. 15a to 20. [Federal Commissions, Corporations and Systems] 1945 – 1956.

F1. 15a [Retirement Deductions, Civil Service Commission c1946 – Correspondence Pertaining to] Sept 30, 1945 – Dec 20, 1946. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests made by those individuals who wished to reclaim retirement deductions withheld from their salaries while employed by the United States Government.

2. 15a [Retirement Deductions, Civil Service Commission c1947 – Correspondence Pertaining to] July 19, 1946 – Dec 12, 1947. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests made by those individuals who wished to reclaim retirement deductions withheld from their salaries while employed by the United States Government.

3. 15a [Retirement Deductions, Civil Service Commission c1948 – Correspondence Pertaining to] Apr 5, 1946 – Dec 23, 1948. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests made by individuals reclaiming retirement deductions withheld from salaries while employed by the U.S. Government.

4. 15a [Retirement Deductions, Civil Service Commission c1949 – Correspondence Pertaining to] Nov 5, 1945 – Dec 21, 1949. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests of individuals claiming retirement deductions withheld from salaries while employed by the U.S. Government.

5. 15a [Retirement Deductions, Civil Service Commission c1950 – Correspondence Pertaining to] Sept 3, 1949 – Nov 13, 1950. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests of individuals claiming retirement deductions withheld from salaries while employed by the U.S. Government.

6. 15a [Retirement Deductions, Civil Service Commission c1951 – Correspondence Pertaining to] Feb 19, 1951 – Dec 4, 1951. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests of individuals claiming retirement deductions withheld from salaries while employed by the U.S. Government.

7. 15a [Retirement Benefits – Civil Service Commission] Undated. Contains material relative to retirement benefits of members of the U.S. Congress. 55.

BCN 10. (Cont. …)

8. 15a Retirement Deductions, [Civil Service Commissions] 1952 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining to] July 30, 1949 – Sept 30, 1952. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests of individuals claiming retirement deductions withheld from salaries while employed by the U.S. Government.

9. 15a Retirement Deductions, [Civil Service Commissions] 1953 - 55 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining to] Sept 19, 1952 – Jan 14, 1955. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests of individuals claiming retirement deductions withheld from salaries while employed by the U.S. Government.

10. 15a Retirement Deductions, [Civil Service Commissions] 1956 [Correspondence Pertaining to] June 21, 1956 – Nov 24, 1956. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests of individuals claiming retirement deductions withheld from salaries while employed by the U.S. Government.

11. 16 District of Columbia [sic] [Miscellaneous Requests Pertaining to Facilities and Services] Sept 25, 1945 – July 13, 1955. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to Washington, D.C.

12. 17 Federal Communications Commission 1943 – 44 [Correspondence Pertaining to] Nov 10, 1943 – Nov 9, 1944. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Federal Com- munications Commission. ov 13. 17 Federal Communications Commission 1945 [Correspondence Pertaining to Various Phases of] Feb 17, 1945 – Dec 21, 1945. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Federal Com- munications Commission.

14. 17 Federal Communications Commission 1946 [Correspondence Pertaining to Various Phases of] Apr 10, 1946 – Dec 31, 1946. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Federal Com- munications Commission. 56.

BCN 10. (Cont.…)

15. 17 Federal Communications Commission 1947 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining to Various Phases of] Aug 16, 1946 – Nov 10, 1947. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Federal Com- munications Commission.

16. 17 Federal Communications Commission 1948 [Correspondence Pertaining to Various Phases of] Jan 5, 1948 0 Dec 31, 1948. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Federal Com- munications Commission.

17. 17 Federal Communications Commission 1949 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining to Various Phases of] Dec 29, 1948 – Dec 14, 1949. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Federal Com- munications Commission.

18. 17 Federal Communications Commission 1950 – 51 [sic] [and undated] [Correspondence Pertaining to Various Phases of] Feb 3, 1949 – June 21, 1951. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Federal Com- munications Commission. ov 19. 17 Federal Communications Commission 1952 [sic] [Correspondence Regarding Permits to Operate Various Forms of Communications Media] July 14, 1951 – Dec 16, 1952. Contains correspondence pertaining to applications to operate radio and television stations. Also contains a letter from Dean Achesan to JWF on the nomination of James S. Moose, Jr., of Arkansas, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Syria. ov 20. 17 Federal Communications Commission 1953 – 55 [sic][Correspondence Pertaining to Various Phases of] Mar 28, 1951 – June 10, 1955. Contains correspondence pertaining to applications to operate radio and television stations.

21. 17 Federal Communications Commission 1955 [Correspondence Pertaining to Various Phases of] May 2, 1955 – Dec 16, 1955. Correspondence pertaining to toll television stations and miscellaneous items. 57. BCN 10. (Cont. …) ov 22. 17 Federal Communications Commission 1956 [sic] [Correspondence Pertaining to Various Phases of] Oct 14, 1955 – Dec 8, 1956. Contains correspondence pertaining to Educational Television, interference with police radio communications, as well correspondence pertaining to a legal struggle over a Ft. Smith television station. ov 23. 17 Federal Communications Commission – Batesville Broadcasting Company. Apr 7, 1949 – Aug 24, 1949. Contains correspondence pertaining to the legal struggle between the Batesville Broadcasting Company and the White River Valley Broad- casters, Incorporated, over the right to operate a radio station on 1340 kc.

24. 17 Federal Communications Commission – Camden Station. May 3, 1945 – May 19, 1945. Correspondence pertaining to an application to construct a radio broadcasting station at Camden, Arkansas.

25. 17 Federal Communications Commission – Fayetteville Station. Mar 16, 1945 – Jan 7, 1949. Contains correspondence pertaining to the establishment of a radio station in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

26. 17 Federal Communications Commission – Fort Smith Station. Mar 3, 1943 – Oct 5, 1946. Contains correspondence pertaining to the establishment of a radio station in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

27. 17 Federal Communications Commission – Fort Smith, Arkansas – Southwestern Publishing Company. Feb 29, 1956 – Mar 17, 1956. Entire folder consists of telegrams to JWF urging him to approve the transfer of KFSA-TV, channel 5, to the Southwestern Publishing Company.

28. 17 Federal Communications Commission – Harrison Station. Feb 14, 1946 – Feb 18, 1946. Three letters pertaining to the application for a radio station in Harrison, Arkansas. 58.

BCN 10. (Cont.…)

ov 29. 17 Federal Communications Commission – Hot Springs National Park [1945-47] Jan 6, 1945 – Dec 30, 1947. Contains correspondence pertaining to the opposition made by a group of Hot Springs citizens to the removal of radio station KTHS, by it’s owner, John Ewing of Shreveport, Louisiana, to the city of West Memphis, Arkansas. ov 30. 17 Federal Communications Commission – Hot Springs National Park [1949 – 50 and undated] Jan 15, 1949 – July 31, 1950. Contains correspondence pertaining to the decision made by the F.C.C. in March, 1949, to allow the Ewing interest to move KTHS to West Memphis. Also contains further correspondence pertaining to the protests made by a Hot Springs group and the later decision of the F.C.C. reversing itself in April, 1950, to allow KTHS to remain in Hot Springs.

31. 17 Federal Communications Commission – Jonesboro, Arkansas – 44 Cab Company. June 19, 1946 – July 12, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to the application of the 44 Cab Company to use a experimental two-way radio system.

32. 17 Federal Communications Commission – Little Rock Station. Oct 27, 1944 – Apr 15, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to the application for a radio station in Little Rock which was disapproved and also to KLXR of North Little Rock which was approved. ov 33. 17 Federal Communications Commission – Pine Bluff, Arkansas – Radio Engineering Company. Jan 22, 1945 – Feb 5, 1946. Contains correspondence pertaining to the application of Radio Engineering Company to operate a radio station in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

34. 17 Federal Communications Commission – Russellville Station. July 23, 1945 – Oct 10, 1946. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests of individuals on how to apply for a radio broadcast permit. 59.

BCN 10. (Cont. …)

35. 18 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 1946 – 1949 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Dec 21, 1945 – Sept 22, 1949. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to various phases of banking and finance.

36. 18 F.D.I.C. – 1951 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 19, 1951 – Nov 1, 1951. Contains correspondence pertaining to complaints made by Arkansas bankers that the F.D.I.C. was overstepping it’s authority and attempting to subvert the dual banking system. ov 37. 18 F.D.I.C. – 1952 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 19, 1952 – Sept 23, 1952. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to F.D.I.C. action in response to failure of the Bank of Dierks, Arkansas, caused by embezzlement.

38. 18 F.D.I.C. – 1953 – 54 [sic] Miscellaneous Correspondence. Sept 13, 1951 – Dec 9, 1954. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to bank applications. ov 39. 18 F.D.I.C. – 1955 [sic] Miscellaneous Correspondence Oct 7, 1954 0 Dec 9, 1955. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to bank charter applications.

40. 18 F.D.I.C. – 1956 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 11, 1956 – Apr 25, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to the removal of the Lake City Bank to Jonesboro, Arkansas.

41. 18 F.D.I.C. – Siloam Springs Application. July 16, 1949 – Mar 25, 1950. Correspondence pertaining to the application by Siloam Springs for a bank charter.

42. 19 Federal Power Commission 1945 – 46 [Orders, Press Releases, Applications, etc.] Feb 8, 1945 0 Sept 9, 1946. Contains press releases of the F.P.C. sent to JWF. 60.

BCN 10. (Cont.…)

43. 19 Federal Power Commission 1945 – 48 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Sept 22, 1944 – Dec 23, 1948. Contains correspondence pertaining to power rates, etc. Also contains petitions from Mena, Arkansas, in favor of a proposed gas line through Polk County.

44. 19 Federal Power Commission 1949 – 51 [Miscellaneous Cor- respondence] Feb 21, 1949 – Aug 1, 1951. Contains correspondence pertaining to various Arkansas cities applying for natural gas.

45. 19 Federal Power Commission 1952 [Miscellaneous Correspond- ence] Mar 4, 1952 – July 8, 1952. Correspondence pertaining to the applications of Paragould, Calion, and Hampton, Arkansas, to obtain a natural gas supply. Corres- pondence indicates Paragould was successful.

46. 19 Federal Power Commission 1955 [sic] [Miscellaneous Cor- respondence] July 13, 1953 – Nov 21, 1955. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to cities applying for natural gas.

47. 19 Federal Power Commission 1956 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Mar 28, 1956 – Nov 21, 1956. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to Dumas and Augusta, Arkansas, applying for natural gas.

48. 19 Federal Power Commission – Arkansas Power and Light Com- pany. Jan 17, 1945 – Oct 4, 1956. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to A.P.L. to include rate schedules, etc.

49. 20 Federal Reserve System 1945 – 51 – [Miscellaneous Corres- pondence] Sept 11, 1945 – Aug 30, 1951. Contains general correspondence pertaining to the Federal Reserve Board and finance in general. 61.

BCN 10 . (Cont. . . .)

50. 20 Federal Reserve System 1952 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 18, 1952 - Oct 28, 1952. Contains general correspondence pertaining to the Federal Reserve System . ov 51. 20 Federal Reserve System 1954-55 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Mar 3, 1954 - Dec 29, 1955. Contains general correspondence pertaining to the Federal Reserve System .

52. 20 Federal Reserve System 1956 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] July 25, 1956 - July 26, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to the holding of bank stocks . 62.

BCN 11. 53 to 60. 1945 to 1956.

F1. Library of Congress [Letters requesting additional information on miscellaneous subjects] Jan 23, 1945 - Jan 2, 1952 . Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to request for various information from JWF as well as from his constituents.

2. 53 Library of Congress 1952 [sic] [Letters requesting additional information on miscellaneous subjects] Sept 24, 1946 - Dec 29, 1952. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to request for various information from JWF as well as from his constituents.

3. 53 Library of Congress 1955 [sic] [Letters requesting additional information on miscellaneous subjects] Dec 28, 1954 - Dec 27, 1955. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to various requests made for miscellaneous subjects.

4. 53 Library of Congress 1956 [sic] [Letters requesting additional information on miscellaneous subjects] Aug 31, 1955 - Dec 27, 1956 . Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to miscellaneous subjects .

5. 54-a Farmers Bulletins and Yearbooks 1956 [sic] [Individual Requests] Nov 18, 1955 - Jan 31, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to requests for various agricultural publications .

6. 54-a Farmers Bulletins and Yearbooks 1956 [Individual Requests] Jan 29, 1956 - Mar 29, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to requests for various agricultural publications .

7. 54-a Farmers Bulletins and Yearbooks 1956 [Individual Requests] Mar 28, 1956 - Aug 28, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to requests for various agricultural publications .

8. 54-a Farmers Bulletins and Yearbooks 1956 [Individual Requests] Sept 1, 1956 - Oct 29, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to requests for various agricultural publications . 63.

BCN 11. (Cont. . . .)

9. 54-a Farmers Bulletins and Yearbooks 1956 [Individual Requests] Nov 2, 1956 - Dec 31, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to requests for various agricultural publications.

10. 54-c Miscellaneous Publications Individual Requests - 1956 [sic] Oct 27, 1955 - May 29, 1956. Contains requests for miscellaneous government publications.

11. 54-c Miscellaneous Publications [Individual Requests] 1956 [sic] May 29, 195 6 - Jan 11, 1957. Contains requests for miscellaneous government publications.

12. 54-b Charts and Maps [Individual Requests] 1956. Jan 18, 1956 - Aug 31, 1956. Contains three letters requesting maps of the U.S. ov 13. Misc[ellaneous] 60-B [Flood Control Legislation] 1946-47 [sic] June 9, 1943 - Apr 1, 1948 . Correspondence pertaining to the improvement of the Arkansas River System. ov 14. Misc[ellaneous] 60-B [Flood Control Legislation] 1946-48 [sic] June 6, 1944 - Apr 6, 1950 . Contains correspondence pertaining to flood control projects, levees, and proposed dam construction sites in Arkansas . ov 15. Misc[ellaneous] 60-B [Flood Control Legislation] 1948-49 [sic] Feb 14, 1946 - Sept 7, l948. Contains correspondence pertaining to flood control projects in Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri. ov 16. Miscellaneous 60-B [Flood Control Legislation] 1948-49. Nov 4, 1948 - May 27, 1949. Contains correspondence pertaining to flood control projects in Arkansas. ov 17. Misc[ellaneous] 60-B [Flood Control Legislation] 1949-51 [sic] Feb 19, 1949 - Mar 28, 1950. Contains correspondence pertaining to flood control projects in Arkansas. 64.

BCN 11 . (Cont. . . .)

ov 18. Misc[ellaneous] 60-B [Flood Control Legislation] 1949-51 [sic] Apr 1, 1950 - Sept 11, 1951. Contains correspondence pertaining to flood control projects in Arkansas . ov 19. Misc[ellaneous] 60-B [Flood Control Legislation] 1951-54 [sic] Dec 30, 1950 - June 3, 1951 . Contains correspondence pertaining to flood control projects in Arkansas.

20. Flood Control - Federal Legislative Departments, etc. Jan 12, 1939 - Feb 27, 1946. Contains correspondence pertaining to flood control legislation and projects in Arkansas . ov 21. Flood Control - Federal Legis[lative] Departments, etc. Oct 22, 1945 - July 10, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to flood control projects. ov 22. Flood Control - Federal Legis[lative] Departments, etc. July 1, 1946 - June 14, 1948. Contains correspondence pertaining to flood control legislation. ov 23. Flood Control - Arkansas - See A[rkansas] V[alley] A[uthority] May 26, 1943 - Jan 21, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to the proposal of a Arkansas Valley Authority .

24. Flood Control - Crawford County Levee District. Apr 12, 1945 - Mar 24, 1947. Correspondence pertaining to flood control projects in Crawford County .

25. Flood Control - Dardanelle Arkansas River Proj[ect] Sept 14, 1945 - Dec 15, 1945. Correspondence pertaining to the Dardanelle Arkansas River project. 65.

BCN 11. (Cont. . . .)

26. Flood Control - Denison Dam. May 15, 1945 - Mar 7, 1946. Correspondence which pertains to various flood control projects besides Denison Dam.

27. Flood Control - Fort Smith Seawall. Oct 24, 1946 - Apr 25, 1947. Correspondence pertaining to the construction of a seawall in Fort Smith. ov 28. Flood Control - Keystone Reservoir. Feb 19, 1946 - Mar 15, 1948. Contains Corps of Engineers report on Keystone Reservoir.

29. Flood Control - McLean Bottom Pro[ject] Feb 21, 1946 - Mar 20, 1946. Contains three letters pertaining to McLean Bottom project.

30. Flood Control – M[issouri] V[alley] A[uthority] Mar 2, 1944 - Mar 2, 1949. Correspondence pertaining to the Creation of a Missouri Valley Authority.

31. Flood Control – T[ennessee] V[alley] A[uthority] Mar 7, 1944 - June 4, 1945. Contains correspondence relating to the political controversy caused by amendments of Senator Kenneth Douglas McKeller of Tennessee, which would have altered the control of the T.V.A.

32. Flood Control - Arkansas River - Van Buren Seawall. May 11, 1945 - Apr 19, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to the construction of a seawall at Van Buren.

33. Norfolk - In Lieu of Tax Payments - Sale of Unneeded Land. Dec 3, 1943 - Nov 8, 1944. Contains correspondence pertaining to the sale of federally owned land, particularly in the Mountain Home, Arkansas region. 66.

BCN 12. 2 Cont . and 3 General, Visas and Passports, Scholarship Act, and Treasury Department;

RF1. 2-a [Correspondence Relating to Obtaining of Visas and Passports] Oct 8, 1945 - July 10, 1946. [Restricted] Contains correspondence pertaining to requests and information on how to obtain passports and visas. Most of the requests are concerned with the war torn countries of Eastern Europe.

R2. 2-a [Correspondence Relating to Obtaining of Visas and Passports] Dec 20, 1945 - Feb 14, 1947. [Restricted] Contain correspondence pertaining to requests on how to obtain visas and passports for entrance into the United States.

R3. 2-a [Correspondence Relating to obtaining of Visas and Passports] Aug 9, 1946 - May 22, 1947. [Restricted] Contains correspondence pertaining to requests on how to obtain visas and passports for entrance into the United States.

R4. 2-a [Correspondence Relating to obtaining of Visas and Passports] Feb 8, 1946 - Dec 29, 1947. [Restricted] Contains correspondence pertaining to requests for assistance in obtaining visas and passports.

R5. 2-a [Correspondence Relating to Obtaining of Visas and Passports] July 19, 1947 - June 16, 1948. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to requests for assistance in obtaining visas and passports.

R6. 2-a [Correspondence Relating to obtaining of Visas and Passports] Apr 4, 1947 - Dec 30, 1948. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to requests for assistance in obtaining visas and passports.

R7. 2-a [Correspondence Relating to obtaining of Visas and Passports] June 29, 1948 - May 24, 1949. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to requests for assistance in obtaining visas and passports.

R8. 2-a [Correspondence Relating to obtaining of Visas and Passports] Nov 1, 1946 - Jan 13, 1950. [Restricted] Correspondence pertaining to requests for assistance in obtaining visas and passports. 67.

BCN 12. (Cont. ...)

9. Scholarship Act, Miscellaneous Correspondence 1949-51 [Sic] June 16, 1948 - Aug 18, 1949. Correspondence pertaining to the Fulbright Student Exchange program. ov 10. Scholarship Act, Miscellaneous Correspondence 1949-51 [sic] Aug 26, 1949 - May 11, 1950. Contains correspondence pertaining to the Fulbright Student Exchange program.

11. Scholarship Act, Miscellaneous Correspondence 1949-51, June 30, 1949 - Dec 10, 1951. Contains correspondence pertaining to the Fulbright Student Exchange program.

12. Scholarship Act, Materials, Reports, Etc., 1947 [sic] Mar 12, 1946 - Feb 14, 1950. Contains copies of the Congressional Record which features an article, "The Fulbright Exchange Program", by Charles E. Odegaard.

13. Scholarship Act, Board of Foreign Scholarships, 1947-1950 [sic] July 25, 1947 - May 31, 1949. Correspondence pertaining to the selection of trustees for the Board of Foreign Scholarships.

14. Scholarship Act, Board of Foreign Scholarships, 1947-50 [sic] July 25, 1949 - Sept 22, 1950. Correspondence pertaining primarily to board meetings and topics for discussion of the Board of Foreign Scholarships.

15. Fulbright Act, Proposed Method of Selecting Students – State Quota System. Jan 21, 1948 - Mar 20, 1952. Contains correspondence pertaining to developing an equitable system of distribution for the Fulbright exchange program.

16. Scholarship Act, Appropriations etc., 1948-50. Feb 5, 1948 - July 7, 1950. Contains correspondence pertaining to fiscal appropriations for the Fulbright exchange program. 68.

BCN 12. (Cont. . . .)

ov 17. Scholarship Act, Appropriations, Etc., 1948-1950. Feb 27, 1948 - Aug 24, 1950. Contains House and Senate reports, documents, and proposed bills pertaining to fiscal appropriations for the Fulbright Ex- change program.

18. Scholarship Act, Miscellaneous Correspondence 1946-48. Aug 15, 1946 - Apr 6, 1948. Contains correspondence pertaining to the Fulbright Exchange program.

19. Scholarship Act, Miscellaneous Correspondence 1946-48 [sic] Mar 24, 1948 - May 5, 1949. Contains correspondence pertaining to the Fulbright Exchange program. ov 20. Scholarship Act (Negotations with Countries) 1946-1950. Oct 17, 1946 - Apr 15, 1950. Contains correspondence pertaining to the various phases of negotiations concerning the Fulbright Exchange program.

21. Scholarship Act, S .1636, 79th Congress. Sept 28, 1945 - Dec 30, 1945. Contains favorable correspondence pertaining to the proposed bill to establish a student exchange program.

22. Scholarship Act, S.1636, 79th Congress. Dec 13, 1945 - Jan 16, 1946. Contains correspondence favorable to the proposed bill which would establish a student exchange program.

23. Scholarship Act, S.1636, 79th Congress. Dec 21, 1945 - Mar 31, 1946. Contains correspondence favorable to the proposed bill which would establish a student exchange program.

24. Scholarship Act, S.1636, 79th Congress. Dec 24, 1945 - Mar 31, 1946. Contains correspondence favorable to the proposed bill which would establish a student exchange program. 69.

BCN 12 . (Cont. . . .)

25. Scholarship Act, S.1636, 79th Congress. Feb 6, 1946 - June 18, 1946. Contains correspondence favorable to the proposed bill which would establish a student exchange program.

26. Scholarship Act, S.1636, 79th Congress. Mar 9, 1946 - Aug 26, 1946. Contains correspondence favorable to the proposed bill which would establish a student exchange program.

27. Scholarship Act, S.1636, 79th Congress, Aug 1, 1946 - Sept 27, 1946. Contains correspondence requesting information on the Fulbright Student Exchange Program.

28. Scholarship Act, S.1636, 79th Congress. Aug 15, 1946 - Oct 30, 1946. Contains correspondence requesting information on the Fulbright Student Exchange Program.

29. 2-b Routine Requests for Information [About the Scholarship Act] 1952 [sic] Nov 1, 1951 - Aug 29, 1952. Contains correspondence pertaining to individual requests for information about the Fulbright Exchange program.

30. 2-b Routine Requests for Information [About Scholarship Act] 1952 [sic] Apr 15, 1952 - Apr 7, 1954. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests for information about the Fulbright Exchange program.

31. Meeting of Board of Foreign Scholarships, Washington, D.C. Feb 19, 1953 - Feb 20, 1953. Contains the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Foreign Scholarships held in Washington, D.C., Feb. 19-20, 1953.

32. 2-b Taxation of Grants. Dec 3, 1952 - May 8, 1954. Contains correspondence from recipients of post-doctoral Fulbright grants who complained of the inequality of the tax laws as they applied to their situation. 70.

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33. 2-c Export-Import 1953-55. May 5, 1953 - June 24, 1955. Contains correspondence dealing primarily with the efforts of American rice growers to have the U.S. government lift restrictions on the amount of rice allowed to be imported into Cuba.

34. 3 Treasury Department 1954-1955 [sic] Jan 16, 1952 - Aug 17, 1955. Contains correspondence pertaining to matters of taxation and various fiscal policies of the Treasury Department.

35. 3 Treasury Department 1955 [sic] Aug 10, 1953 - Oct 18, 1955. Contains correspondence pertaining to matters of taxation and various fiscal policies of the Treasury Department.

36. 3 Treasury Department 1956 [sic] Dec 1, 1955 - Dec 18, 1956. Contains correspondence pertaining to the establishment of a branch bank at Little Rock Air Force Base.

37. Treasury Department 1952 [sic] Mar 6, 1951 - Aug 30, 1952. Correspondence pertaining to matters of taxation and various fiscal policies of the Treasury Department. This folder also contains correspondence pertaining to the alleged "black market" activities of William Y. Hester of Little Rock while engaged in the Philippines for the Veterans Administration.

38. [Treasury Department 1945-46] Jan 9, 1945 - May 2, 1946. Contains miscellaneous matter dealing with the Treasury Department and sub-agencies. 71.

BCN 13. 3a to 4a 3 - 1945 to 1955.

F1. Comptroller of Currency 1952 [sic] [Correspondence pertaining to refunds] Nov 1, 1951 - Sept 4, 1952. Correspondence pertaining to refunds from income tax.

2. 3-a Comptroller of Currency 1953-55. [Correspondence pertaining to new bank charters] June 1, 1953 - Mar 19, 1955. Contains correspondence pertaining to the chartering and examinations of banks.

3. 3-a Comptroller of the Currency 1955 [sic] [Bank Loan Limits and Liabilities] July 1949 - Sept 30, 1955. Correspondence pertaining to the City National Bank of Fort Smith in requesting a Judgment from the Comptroller General with regard to loans issued on warehouse receipts and also a determination with regard to the status of warehousemen.

4. 3-a Comptroller of the Currency 1956 [sic] [Correspondence pertaining to new bank charters] Dec 17, 1955 - Dec 5, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to the applications for new bank charters primarily in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Miami, Florida.

5. 3-b Treasury - Bureau of Customs 1947-1952 [Bureau Budget Cuts and Immigration Clearance] Mar 26, 1947 - Oct 16, 1952. Correspondence pertaining to budget cuts in the Customs Service and the complaints about such cuts.

6. 3-b Treasury - Bureau of Customs 1953-55 [sic] [Tariffs on imports or exports] Dec 30, 1954 - Aug 9, 1955. Contains correspondence pertaining to the tariff status of edge- glued mahogany boards.

7. 3-b [Treasury] Bureau of Customs 1956. [Courtesy of the Port" for constituents] Apr 20, 1956 - July 11, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to a "courtesy of the port" request.

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8. 3-c [Bureau of Internal Revenue] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Aug 19, 1942 - Sept 4, 1945. Contains miscellaneous correspondence dealing with matters of taxation.

9. 3-c Bureau of Intr[ernal] Revenue 1952 [sic] [Correspondence pertaining to individual's income tax Sept 7, 1951 - Oct 22, 1952. Contains correspondence pertaining to various tax problems of individuals. ov 10. 3-c Bureau of Internal Revenue 1953-1955. [Miscellaneous Correspondence] May 27, 1953 - Aug 9, 1955. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to various income tax problems. Also contains a set of letters concerning the Arkansas Welfare Departments attempt to audit income tax returns of those people claiming support for individuals on welfare rolls.

11. 3-c Bureau of Internal Revenue 1956 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Aug 23, 1955 - Dec 28, 1956. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to income tax problems.

12. 3-c Bureau of Internal Revenue 1955 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 18, 1954 - Dec 13, 1955. Contains miscellaneous correppondence pertaining to income tax problems.

ov 13. Internal Revenue - Oil Taxes. [House Congressional Resolution 50 - deduct expenses for drilling and development cost] Apr 9, 1945 - June 29, 1945. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests from oil interests to have JWF support H.R. Resolution 50 which would allow oil interests to deduct expenses for drilling and development costs from their income tax.

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14. 3-e Bureau of Narcotics 1952. [Confiscation of accused personal belongings for governmental financial rebate] June 23, 1952 - Dec 4, 1952. Contains correspondence pertaining to the auction of a truck whose owner was arrested on drug charges. The auction was protested by the finance company holding the lien.

15. War Department - General. [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Nov 23, 1945 - Apr 27, 1946. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the War Department.

16. War Department - General. [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Apr 21, 1946 - Nov 21, 1946. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the War Department.

17. 4 General [War Department - Miscellaneous Correspondence] Aug 1, 1943 - May 31, 1948. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the War Department.

18. 4 General [War Department - Miscellaneous Correspondence] June 1, 1948 - May 6, 1949. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the War Department.

19. 4 General -War Department - Miscellaneous Correspondence] May 31, 1949 - Jan 26, 1951. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the War Department and the Department of the Army. Also has a section contesting the removal of units of the Arkansas National Guard to Korea. ov 20. 4 General [War Department - Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 2, 1951 - Apr 12, 1951. In addition to miscellaneous correspondence this folder contains a great deal of correspondence from parents and wives of men in the 936th and 937th Field Artillery Battalions protesting the transferal of these battalions to the Korean War front. For the most part the letters are highly critical of the fact that these reserve units were undertrained for war and are not especially critical of the war itself. 74.

BCN 13. (Cont. ...)

21. 4 General [War Department - Miscellaneous Correspondence] Mar 23, 1951 - Dec 4, 1951. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the War Department.

22. 4 General 1952 [sic] [War Department - Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 22, 1951 - Apr 30, 1952. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the War Department.

23. 4 General 1952 [sic] [War Department - Miscellaneous Correspondence] May 1, 1952 - May 6, 1953. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the War Department. ov 24. 4 Department of Defense 1955 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] May 12, 1955 - Nov 1, 1955. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Defense Depart- ment.

25. 4 Department of Defense 1956 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 11, 1956 - Nov 16, 1956. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the War Department. ov 26. Navy Department – General [Miscellaneous Correspondence] June 1945 - Aug 2, 1946. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the U.S. Navy.

27. Atomic Energy Commission [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Dec 7, 1948 - Apr 27, 1951. Contains correspondence pertaining to uranium deposits.

28. 4 Munitions Board [Individual Sales to government] July 30, 1950 - May 19, 1951. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the sale of various products to the government. 75.

BCN 13. (Cont. ...)

29. National Security Resources Board – 4 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] July 10, 1950 - Feb 23, 1951. Correspondence pertaining to the National Security Resources Board.

30. 4 Defense Contracts - General gov[ernment] procurement information, etc. July 12, 1950 - Oct 24, 1951. Correspondence pertaining to the securing of defense contracts. ov 31. War Prisoners - Correspondence, etc. - Use of WPs for labor, etc. Food to American Prisoners, etc. [General War Department Correspondence] Dec 29, 1944 - Mar 14, 1945. Contains correspondence pertaining to the allocation of POWs needed to work on Arkansas farms. Initially the Arkansas allocation was reduced for 1945 but when farmers complained the Arkansas delegation was able to have it increased.

32. War Prisoners - Correspondence, etc. - Use of WPs for labor, etc. Food to American prisoners, etc. [General War Department Correspondence] Dec 14, 1944 - May 15, 1945. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to POWs and to general War Department correspondence. ov 33. War Prisoners - Correspondence, etc. - Use of WPs for labor, etc. Food to American Prisoners, etc. General War Department Correspondence] Apr 28, 1945 - July 30, 1945. Correspondence pertaining primarily to the use of POWs for far labor in Arkansas but also contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the War Department.

34. War Prisoners - Correspondence, etc. - Use of WPs for labor, etc. Food to American Prisoners, etc. [General War Department Correspondence] July 8, 1945 - Oct 13, 1945. Contains some correspondence pertaining to war prisoners. Most of this folder has general War Department correspondence.

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BCN 13. (Cont. ...) ov 35. War Prisoners - Correspondence, etc. - Use of WPs for labor, etc. Food to American prisoners, etc. [General War Department Correspondence] May 9, 1945 - June 18, 1946. Contains little correspondence pertaining to POWs. Most of this correspondence pertains to miscellaneous War Department correspondence.

36. War Prisoners (POWs) Labor [American held prisoners] [sic] July 27, 1929 - May 3, 1946. Contains correspondence dealing with the extension of POWs so they can be used to harvest the 1945-46 crops. This folder also contains a copy of 1929 Geneva convention with regard to POWs. There is no specific reference to American held POWs.

37. War Department - Admission of Veterans' Dependents from Overseas. [Correspondence concerning passports to or from Europe] Mar 17, 1945 - Feb 9, 1946. Contains correspondence pertaining primarily to the admission of American servicemen's wives into the United States from overseas.

38. Optometry Corps - War Dep[ar]t[ment] [Establishment of Optometry Corps in Army] Feb 9, 1946 - May 21, 1946. Contains correspondence pertaining to the desires of Arkansan optometrists urging JWF to use his vote so that the Senate could over- ride President Truman's veto of a bill to establish an optometry corps in the U.S. Army.

39. War Department 1953-54. [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 12, 1953 - Mar 12, 1954. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the War Department.

40 War Department 1953-54 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 22, 1954 - Dec 20, 1954. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the War Department.

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41. 4 Department of the Army, 1955. [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 3, 1955 - July 29, 1955. Correspondence pertaining to the military and military bases in Arkansas.

42. 4-a Department of the Army 1955 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] July 24, 1945 - Dec 29, 1955. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Army.

43. 4-a Department of the Army 1956 [Miscellaneous Correspondence and Booklets] Jan 12, 1956 - Dec 10, 1956. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Army.

44. 4-a [Department of the Army - Procurement Correspondence] June 2, 1947 - Aug 15, 1950. Contains correspondence pertaining to the procurement of goods, services and business from the Army by persons in Arkansas.

45. 4-a Quartermaster General 1952 [Army Contract for W. Shanhouse Sons, Inc.] Jan 16, 1952 - Jan 30, 1952. Contains correspondence pertaining to the procurement of a contract by W. Shanhouse to make 70, 000 jackets for the Army.

46. 4-a Quartermaster General 1953 [sic] [Miscellaneous Individual Requests] Mar 30, 1953 - Apr 26, 1955. Contains miscellaneous individual requests for favors.

47. 4-a-1 Quartermaster General 1956 [Army Contract Procurement Correspondence] Apr 6, 1956 - Nov 8, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to the procurement of Army contracts. ov 48. 4-a-2 Corps of Engineers 1956 [sic] [Correspondence concerning proposed or current construction] Apr 15, 1955 - Mar 28, 1956. Contains correspondence on proposed construction with regard to river navigation systems etc., in Arkansas.

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BCN 13. (Cont. ...) ov 49. 4-a-2 Corps of Engineers 1956. [Correspondence concerning proposed or current construction] Mar 29, 1956 - June 25, 1956. Contains correspondence on proposed construction with regard to river navigation systems, etc., in Arkansas. ov 50. 4-a-2 Corps of Engineers 1956. [Correspondence concerning proposed or current construction] Mar 30, 1956 - Dec 17, 1956. Contains correspondence on proposed construction and current construction with regard to river navigation systems, etc., in Arkansas.

51. 4-a-3 Arkansas Installations 1955 [Corps of Engineers Construction] Oct 7, 1955 - Nov 10, 1955. Contains correspondence with regard to rumored construction sites within Arkansas. ov 52. 4-a-2 Corps of Engineers 1955 [sic] [Correspondence concerning proposed or current construction] Feb, 1954 - June 15, 1955. Contains correspondence pertaining to proposed construction of river systems, base facilities, etc., within Arkansas. ov 53. 4-a-2 Corps of Engineers 1955. [Correspondence concerning proposed or current construction] June 14, 1955 - Dec 23, 1955. Contains correspondence pertaining to proposed construction of river systems, base facilities, etc., within Arkansas.

54. 4-a-3 Arkansas Installations 1956 [Military Installations and Contracts] Jan 21, 1956 - June 5, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to the reduction of the work force at Red River Arsenal.

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55. 4-a-3-a Camp Chafee 1955 [sic] [Permanent Installation Consideration] May 18, 1953 - Sept 30, 1953. Correspondence pertaining to efforts made to keep Camp Chafee as a permanent Army base.

56. 4-a-3-a Camp Chafee 1956 [Permanent Installation Consideration] Jan 4, 1956 - Jan 9, 1956. Contains one letter pertaining to keeping Camp Chafee a permanent Army installation.

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BCN 14. 5-6b. 1945-56 [sic] [Justice Department and Post Office Department]

F1. 5 Department of Justice - General [Correspondence] 1947-48. Mar 25, 1947 - Aug 11, 1948. Contains correspondence urging Justice Department involvement in a civil rights case, a dropped condemnation proceeding, an Office of Alien Property decision, a War Assets Administration decision; and correspondence expressing views on the itinerary of the Freedom Train and import of Canadian aluminum.

2. 5 Department of Justice - General [Correspondence] 1949. May 9,1949 - Dec 31, 1949. Contains correspondence opposing the anti-trust suit against A. & P.; inquiring about alien students attending Arkansas colleges; urging more vigorous prosecution in the Hiss case; protesting am O.P.A. decision; and requesting a prison transfer. ov 3. 5 Department of Justice - General [Correspondence] 1950 [sic] July 3, 1946 - Dec 19, 1950. Contains correspondence protesting Justice Department suits against A.&P. and the du Pont Company, and O.P.A. and Justice Department actions against 2 Arkansas businesses; requesting relief from a World War I shipping loss, a conflict of interest law, and possible union rackets; and requesting aid in getting clemency by some prisoners.

4. 5 Department of Justice - General [Correspondence]1951 [sic] June 9, 1934 - Aug 7, 1951. Contains a variety of correspondence touching on condemnation proceedings, possible need for anti-trust action, possible labor racketeering, utilization of displaced persons as professionals, relief of prisoners, and a question on a point of law. ov 5. 5 Department of Justice - General [Correspondence] 1952 [sic] April, 1945 - Feb 28, 1952. Contains correspondence concerning a World War I shipping loss and the O.P.A. ceiling on strawberries.

81.

BCN 14. (Cont. . . . )

6. 5 Department of Justice - General Correspondence - 1953-55. May 2, 1953 - Oct 11, 1955. Contains correspondence on questions of civil rights, miscarriages of justice, the subversiveness of the American Civil Liberties Union, the need for hydrogen bomb testing, unsolicited propaganda sent in the U.S. Mail, the training of law clerks as hunters of subversives, and a condemnation proceeding. ov 7. 5 Department of Justice - General Correspondence 1956 [sic] Dec 21, 1954 - Oct 2, 1956. Contains correspondence about the anti-trust suit against Eastman Kodak Company, and about surveying former lands of the Caddo Indians.

8. 5a F.B.I. [Miscellaneous Correspondence] May 18, 1931 - May 26, 1955. Contains correspondence inquiring into the location of missing persons, the security status of a German-born teaching applicant; accusing a temperance group of subversiveness, the F.B.I. of personal persecution; asserting racketeering activities employing deaf peddlers; urging F.B.I. investigations of various kinds; and complaining about the rumored resignation of the F.B.I. Director.

R 9. 5b Pardons and Paroles [Requests for] 1945-51. Apr 2, 1945 - Nov 7, 1951. [Restricted] Contains correspondence from prisoners and their relatives, friends, and lawyers requesting pardon, parole, clemency, transfer, or other consideration; and from various Justice Department officials justifying and explaining procedures and decisions.

R 10. 5b Pardons and Paroles [Requests for] 1952 [sic] Oct 10, 1949 - Dec 31, 1952. [Restricted] Contains correspondence from prisoners and parolees and their relatives, lawyers, and friends who seek the Senator's aid in getting paroles or pardons; and from Justice Department officials.

R 11. 5b Pardons and Paroles [Requests for] 1953-55 [sic] Sept 18, 1951 - Dec 6, 1955. [Restricted] Contains correspondence from prisoners and parolees or their relatives, friends, or lawyers seeking paroles or pardons or transfers; and from Justice Department officials.

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BCN 14. (Cont. ...)

R 12. 5b Pardons and Paroles [Requests for] 1956 [sic] Mar 22, 1954 - Aug 9, 1956. [Restricted] Contains correspondence from prisoners and former prisoners and other interested parties seeking parole, pardon, or transfer; and from Justice Department officials.

13. 5c Attorney General [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Sept 19, 1944 - Sept 25, 1952. Contains correspondence concerning a variety of state and federal appointments and other political matters; some personal correspondence between Fulbright and Tom C. Clark; and a variety of complaints against Justice Department positions and inquiries about Justice Department interpretations on such questions as: disposal of surplus machine tools, possible bauxite monopoly, motion picture anti-trust cases, a dispute over former Indian lands, the O.P.A. Extension Act, and poisoned corn sold as hog feed.

14. 5d U.S. Marshall [General Correspondence] Feb 17, 1947 - Oct 2, 1950. Contains correspondence reporting personnel changes by U.S. Marshall, Eastern District of Arkansas.

R 15. 5e Immigration and Naturalization Service 1944-1947 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Aug 27, 1944 - Dec 26, 1947. [Restricted] Contains correspondence by or about aliens concerned with a variety of problems, including those of service men's wives, students, teachers, Mexican farm laborers, and 18 Estonians invited to settle on 80 acres of land given to them in Arkansas.

R 16. 5e Immigration and Naturalization Service 1948-49 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Nov 7, 1947 - Dec 1, 1949 . [Restricted] Contains correspondence by or concerning aliens with a variety of problems, including need to extend student visas, need to change student visas to work visas, need to gain entrance with non-quota status; and correspondence inquiring about sponsoring displaced persons and about proxy marriage to aliens.

83.

BCN 14. (Cont. . . .)

R 17. 5e Immigration and Naturalization Service 1950 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 20, 1950 - Dec 18, 1950. [Restricted] Contains correspondence pertaining to a variety of immigration and naturalization problems, from extension of student visas to admission of Nisei married to American citizens.

R 18. 5e Immigration and Naturalization Service 1951 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Nov 29, 1948 - Dec 7, 1951. [Restricted] Contains correspondence requesting aid in obtaining visas and visa extensions, in avoiding deportation, in obtaining aliens as domestic laborers; protesting deportation of Chinese Nationalist students; and a misfiled correspondence requesting parole aid.

R 19. 5e Immigration and Naturalization Service 1952 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 24, 1951 - Dec 31, 1952. [Restricted] Contains correspondence from persons attempting to expedite decisions of the Service or to bring Senator Fulbright's influence to bear on the proceedings of the Service concerning deportation, naturalization eligibility, extension of visas; correspondence concerning displaced persons and procedures for sponsoring them, re-admission from Mexico of an ill "anarchist" deporter in need of cancer treatment; questions about the status under the McCarran Act of naturalized citizens who travel abroad, the liability of the employer of an alien illegally in the U.S.; and a complaint of the employer of Mexican laborers who had to pay bond on them when they left their work.

R 20. 5e Immigration and Naturalization Service 1953 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 21, 1949 - Dec 8, 1953. [Restricted] Contains correspondence of and about aliens experiencing a variety of difficulties with travel, naturalization, adoption, marriage, work, and money, for which they seek advice and influence in their solutions.

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BCN 14. (Cont. ...)

ov R 21. 5e Immigration and Naturalization Service 1954 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] July 2, 1951 - Dec 17, 1954. [Restricted] Contains correspondence concerning changes in status of aliens living in the U.S., ways to adopt foreigners, registration of births of children born abroad to U.S. citizens, and an application by a railroad employees' hospital for eligibility to participate in the Exchange-Visitors Program.

R 22. 5e Immigration and Naturalization Service 1955 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Dec 2, 1954 - Nov 8, 1955. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about a variety of problems of aliens visiting or working in or attempting to enter the U.S. to reside, about adopting foreign children, about inconveniences and improprieties caused by the McCarron Act, and about complaint against a border guard related to a Fulbright constituent.

R 23. 5e Immigration and Naturalization Service 1956 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] May 18, 1953 - Dec 14, 1956. [Restricted] Contains correspondence concerning the Italian immigration quota; several deportation cases, including deporting a Communist on a technicality and an application for readmission after deportation; and treason (Tokyo Rose). ov R 24. 5e Immigration and Naturalization Service - Problem of Return of Mexican Cotton Pickers. July 13, 1950 - Nov 27, 1951. [Restricted] Contains correspondence concerning the need of Arkansas farmers for Mexican labor and the complaint they had of bonding Mexican laborers who departed irregularly. ov R 25. 5e Immigration and Naturalization Service - Sae Sun Kim, Immigration of. Mar 1, 1940 - Nov 20, 1947. [Restricted] Contains correspondence and photostatic copies of documents concerning Sae Sun Kim, a Korean immigrant, for whom private legislation was sponsored by Senator Fulbright.

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BCN 14. (Cont. . . .)

R 26. 5e Immigration and Naturalization Service - Rudy Moore, Adoption of. Mar 31, 1946 - June 27, 1949. [Restricted] Contains a copy of the amended Nationality Act of 1946 and correspondence concerning the adoption of a Czechoslovakian child by an American Air Force officer and his wife and correspondence concerning re-enlistment of the officer and naturalize- tion of the child.

R 27. Displaced Persons Commission – [General Correspondence] Mar 26, 1948 - Apr 1, 1952. [Restricted] Contains documents and correspondence about the Commission, even before it was functioning, inquiries about procedures for getting displaced persons as workers, complaints from sponsors of displaced persons; one of the correspondents is anti-semitic. ov 28. 6 Post Office Department - General [Correspondence] 1944-45. May 11, 1944 - Dec 11, 1945. Contains considerable correspondence concerning appointments to postal jobs, applications for appointments and transfers, complaints about rural mail service and star routes having been changed over to rural free delivery, a complaint against a postmaster opening first class mail and against a chief railway mail clerk, a petition for higher postal employee salaries and insurance, and application by a railway mail carrier for higher rates.

29. 6 Post Office Department – General [Correspondence] 1946-51. Feb 17, 1946 - Oct 9, 1951. Contains correspondence about various commemorative stamps, salaries, appointments, service, veteran placement in the department, and extensive complaints over projected closings of small post offices.

30. 6 Post Office Department - General [Correspondence] 1952 [sic] Oct 1, 1951 - Dec 2, 1952. Contains correspondence suggesting various commemorative stamps and inviting the President to dedicate two Arkansas dams; complaining of local postal operations; urging P.O. contract with a certain railway; and requesting miscellaneous practices.

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31. 6 Post Office Department - General [Correspondence] 1953 - 54. Feb 26, 1953 - Dec 2, 1954. Contains correspondence from citizens of Texarkana protesting the moving of the Post Office Rail Terminal from there to Dallas; and from elsewhere complaining of a mail lottery, objectionable mail, change in third class mail rules; suggesting commemorative stamp issues; inquiring into philatelic organizations and publications and objecting to various investigations and proposed personnel changes.

32. 6 Post Office Department - General [Correspondence] 1955. Jan 14, 1955 - Dec 14, 1955. Contains correspondence urging a commemorative stamp issue, increased use of the Cotton Belt Railway for mail, and retention of several star routes; and complaining about postal service in Little Rock, advertisements sent by mail, discontinuance of cotton summer uniforms, the cutback of postal employees, the closing of small Post Offices, and the abuse of patronage jobs by Republicans .

33. 6 Post Office Department - Fourth Class Post Offices Closed 1953. Feb 19, 1953 - Dec 30, 1953. Contains correspondence concerning the closing of Post Offices and the rearrangement of rural and star routes in small rural Arkansas communities and the complaints about these changes; and concerning the withholding of a Czechoslovakian atlas from delivery on account of its being regarded as political propaganda by a Customs official.

ov 34. 6 Post Office Department - Fourth Class Post Offices Closed 1954. Oct 5, 1953 - Dec 28, 1954. Contains correspondence concerning the closing of Post Offices and the rearrangement of rural and star routes in small Arkansas communities.

35. 6 Post Office Department - Fourth Class Post Offices Closed Jan-June, 1955 [sic] Nov 23, 1953 - June 23, 1955. Contains correspondence concerning the closing of Post Offices and the rearrangement of rural and star routes in small Arkansas communities.

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BCN 14. (Cont. . . .)

36. 6 Post Office Department - Fourth Class Post Offices Closed July-Dec. 1955 [sic] May 4, 1954 - Dec 23, 1955. Contains correspondence concerning the closing of Post Offices and the rearrangement of rural and star routes in small Arkansas communities.

37. 6b Post Office Buildings - New Construction - Postwar 1945-1951. Feb 8, 1945 - Nov 21, 1951. Contains correspondence concerning the eligibility of towns and cities for new Post Office buildings and, for Fayetteville, civic center and federal building.

38. 6b Post Office Buildings - New Construction - Postwar 1952- 1956 [sic] Dec 20, 1951 - Aug 17, 1956. Contains correspondence concerning requests for new Post Office buildings, information about possible new federal buildings in Fayetteville by interested architectural-engineering firm, and complaint about an alleged feud between the General Services Administration and the Postmaster in Little Rock.

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BCN 15. 6-c to 8-c 1945 to 1956 [Post Office, Health, Education and Welfare, and Interior Departments]

F1 . 6-c [Rural and Star Routes - Post Office Miscellaneous Correspondence] Sep 19, 1944 - Dec 21, 1946. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to post office appointments, rural and star routes, etc.

2. 6-c [Rural and Star Routes - Post Office Miscellaneous Correspondence] Dec 15, 1945 - Aug 27, 1947. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to post office appointments, rural and star routes, etc.

3 . 6-c [Rural and Star Routes - Post Office Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jul 27, 1946 - Sep 19, 1951. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to post office appointments, jobs, rural and star routes, etc.

4. 6-c Rural and Star Routes 1952 [Post Office Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 4, 1952 - Dec 5, 1952. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to post office appointments, bids, jobs, rural and star routes.

5 . 6-c Rural and Star R[ou]t[e]s 1954 [sic] [Post Office Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 13, 1952 - Dec 21, 1954. Most of this correspondence pertains to complaints made by rural mail carriers that the Post Office Department was going to do away with Public Law 669 which allowed the carriers to renew their contracts without bidding. The carriers were afraid of being put out of work especially since many of them had money tied up in trucks and other equipment. ov 6. 6-c Rural and Star Routes 1955 [Post Office Miscellaneous Correspondence] Aug 12, 1955 - Dec 9, 1955. Contains a few miscellaneous letters concerning rural and star routes.

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7. 6-c Rural Routes, 1955 [Post Office Miscellaneous Cor- respondence] Jan 1, 1955 - Aug 15, 1955. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to rural routes.

8. 6-c Rural and Star Routes 1956 [Post Office Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 18, 1956 - Dec 19, 1956. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to rural and star routes.

9. 6-d [General Regulations - Post Office Miscellaneous Correspondence] Mar 2, 1947 - Sep 22, 1949. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to postal matters.

10. 6-d [General Regulations - Post Office Miscellaneous Correspondence] Apr 11, 1949 - Aug 14, 1951. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to various postal matters.

11. 6-d General Regulations 1956 [sic] [Inquiries regarding regulations ] May 27, 1955 - Nov 18, 1956. Contains a few letters pertaining to claims with regard to postal operations.

12. 7 General [Navy Department - Miscellaneous Correspondence] Apr 7, 1943 - Mar 19, 1951. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Navy.

13. 7 Navy Department General 1952 [Miscellaneous Correspond- ence] Apr 2, 1952 - Nov 25, 1952. Contains announcement of Arkansas N.R.O.T.C. candidates, a memo on the Glenn L. Marten Company proposed financing and correspondence pertaining to the Navy financing research in marine biology at the University College of the West Indies, Jamaica.

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14. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 1956 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] May 3, 1952 - May 25, 1956. Contains miscellaneous material pertaining to foreign language education and some material pertaining to health.

15. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 1956 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] May 16, 1956 - Mar 22, 1957. The majority of this correspondence pertains to complaints and requests for an investigation as to why Dr. Francis Brennecke was fired from her position as Director of the crippled children's Division of the State Welfare Department.

16 . 7-a Office of Education 1956 [Form notices of granted federal aid to miscellaneous Arkansas schools] Mar 5, 1956 - Dec 20, 1956.

17. 7-b Public Health Service 1956 [Hospital or facilities establishment or progress] Apr 19, 1956 - Nov 9, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to requests for federal aid to hospitals, etc.

18. 7-c Food and Drug Administration 1956 [Case of Dr. Wilhelm Reich] Jul 26, 1956 - Aug 7, 1956. Pertains to the case of Dr. Wilhelm Reich convicted of a crime under the food and drug laws.

19. 7-d Social Security Administration 1956 [sic] [Application and benefit inquiries] Jul 1, 1955 - Dec 21, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to requests for information on Social Security benefits.

20. 7-e Children's Bureau 1956. May 25, 1956. Contains one telegram concerning the Children's Bureau. 91.

BCN 15. (Cont. …)

21. Camden Ordnance Plant [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 23, 1945 – Dec 18, 1951. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Camden ordnance plant and the Navy.

22. 7-a Camden Ordnance 1952 [sic] [Miscellaneous Cor- respondence] Dec 6, 1951 – Apr 10, 1952. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Camden ordnance plant.

23. [Department of Interior – Miscellaneous Correspondence] Dec 29, 1944 – Jun 3, 1949. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to mines, forest lands, Indian lands, etc.

24 [Department of Interior – Miscellaneous Correspondence] May 16, 1949 – Jan 17, 1950. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to mines, forest lands, Indian lands, etc.

25. [Department of Interior – Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jun 6, 1949 – Aug 9, 1951. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to mines, ores, etc.

26. 8 Interior Department – General 1952 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 22, 1952 – Dec 31, 1952. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to mines, ores, maps, etc.

27. 8 Interior Department – General 1953 – [19] 55 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 19, 1953 – May 27, 1955. Miscellaneous Correspondence.

28. 8 Interior Dep[ar]t[ment] 1954 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Dec 21, 1953 – Jul 2, 1954. Miscellaneous correspondence.

92.

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29. 8 Department of the Interior 1955 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Aug 19, 1954 – Nov 30, 1955. Miscellaneous correspondence.

30. 8 Department of the Interior 1956 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Sep 1, 1955 – Nov 18, 1956. Miscellaneous correspondence. ov 31. Interior Department – De Soto Hotel and Hot Springs, Ark[ansas] [Application progress for concession contract on hot spring water] Sep 20, 1938 – May 14, 1946. Entire correspondence pertains to efforts of ex-Governor Carl E. Bailey to have the Interior Department grant a concession to the De Soto Hotel for hot spring water.

32. 8-f Indian Bureau [Miscellaneous Correspondence primarily individual claims due to Indian ancestry] Sep 23, 1951 – Dec 11, 1952. Correspondence pertaining to claims of people basing their assertions on Indian ancestry.

33. 8-f Indian Affairs 1952 – [19] 55 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Apr 16, 1953 – Aug 4, 1953. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to claims of Indian ancestry, etc.

34. 8-f Indian Affairs 1956 [sic] [Correspondence dealing with individual claim protests] Nov 30, 1955 – Aug 8, 1056. Correspondence concerning the protest of the Commission of Indian Affairs ruling on the beneficiaries of a will and a reply from the Interior Department to Oliver LaFarge, president of the Association on American Indian Affairs. 96.

BCN 15. (Cont. …) ov 35. 8-a [Department of the Interior – General Land Office – Miscellaneous Inquiries] Oct 13, 1944 – Dec 17, 1951. Contains miscellaneous inquiries pertaining to land claims, homestead laws and Hot Springs bath houses.

36. 8-a [Department of Interior] General Land Office 1956 [Miscellaneous Inquiries] May 3, 1956 – Oct 15, 1956. Contains miscellaneous inquiries on methods to obtain government land.

37. Interior Department Bureau of Management 1946 [sic] – [19]47 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] May 9, 1945 – Nov 18, 1947. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to land claims, mineral rights, etc.

38. Interior Department Bureau of Management 1946 – [194]7 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 26, 1948 – Dec 30, 1949. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to mineral rights, land claims, etc.

39. Interior Department Bureau of Management 1946 – [194]7 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 14, 1949 – Oct 15, 1951. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to land claims, mineral rights, etc.

40. 8-a [Interior Department] Land Management 1951 – [19]55 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Nov 16, 1951 – Feb 12, 1955. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to requests made by individuals concerning the purchase of government land in Arkansas. 97.

BCN 15. (Cont. …)

41. 8-b [National Park Service – Miscellaneous Correspondence] Mar 14, 1946 – June 10, 1948. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to Hot Springs, Arkansas and regulatory aspects of its bath houses, etc.

42. 8-b [National Park Service – Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 28, 1949 – Sep 6, 1950. Contains correspondence pertaining to Hot Springs National Park, etc., but the majority are requests attempting to make Pea Ridge Battlefield a national historical site. ov 43. 8-b National Park Service 1952 – [19]54 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Miscellaneous correspondence dealing with Hot Springs.

44. 8-b National Park Service 1955 [Miscellaneous Inquiries] Oct 18, 1955 0 Dec 2, 1955. Contains two letters dealing with Prairie Grove and Arkansas Post as national parks.

45. 8-b National Park Service 1956 [Pea Ridge establishment and park employment] Apr 16, 1956 – Dec 16, [1956] Contains letter from Arkansas Historical Association supporting JWF’s efforts to have Pea Ridge Battlefield established as a national park.

46. National Park Service Concessions at Hot Springs, Arkansas [Miscellaneous National Park Service correspondence] Jun 17, 1949 – Dec 1, 1951. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to Hot Springs and other national parks.

47. 8-c [Fish and Wildlife Service – Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jun 28, 1945 – Nov 14, 1950. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to wildlife and fisheries service protecting livestock from wolves, rice crop from black birds [Red wing rice bird], etc.

98.

BCN 15. (Cont. . . .)

48. 8-c Fish and Wildlife Service 1952-[19]54 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 5, 1952 - Aug 17, 1954. Contains miscellaneous correspondence concerning wildlife and fisheries.

49. 8-c Fish and Wildlife Service 1955 [Miscellaneous Corres- pondence] Oct 29, 1955 - Dec 13, 1955. Miscellaneous correspondence.

50. 8-c Fish and Wildlife Service 1956 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Dec 22, 1955 - Nov 18, 1956. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to fish and wildlife services.

99.

BCN 16. 8-d through 9 - a [Southwestern Power Administration and Department of Agriculture]

F1. 8-d Southwestern Power Administration, 1952-54. Mar 28, 1952 - Mar 1, 1954. Contains a small amount of correspondence concerning contracts of the SPA to rural electric cooperatives and private companies and the SPA reorganization plan; with mention of the Small Busi- ness Administration office to be opened in Little Rock; and a report written by Walter Johnson and delivered by Dr. Martin Mc- Guire, both on the Board of Foreign Scholarships, before the Senate Subcommittee on Overseas Information Programs concerning the Fulbright Program.

2. 8-d Southwestern Power Administration, 1955. Aug, 1955. Contains only a mimeographed report labeled: Department of Interior/Southwestern Power Administration/Report of Progress/ Tulsa, Oklahoma/August, 1955.

3. 8-d Southwestern Power Administration, 1956. Mar 27, 1956 - Aug 8, 1956. Contains a copy of the Senate Public Works Appropriation Bill, 1957, and correspondence about replacing Bentonville, Arkansas, power transmission of Southwestern Gas and Electric Company with SPA lines.

4. 8-d [Southwestern Power Administration] Jul 15, 1949 - Nov 5, 1951. Contains numerous letters complaining of "socialistic" tendencies of the SPA in duplicating privately owned power lines from Norfork Dam to Essex, Missouri, as well as other correspondence on that subject and on the subject of contracts between SPA and private utility companies in Oklahoma and on the awarding of contracts to a construction firm not licensed in Arkansas for work to be done in Arkansas.

100.

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5. Southwestern Power Administration (Fayetteville Site). Feb 7, 1945 - Jun 3, 1946. Contains correspondence concerning the possibility of moving administrative offices of the SPA from Tulsa to Fayetteville; the more efficient use of generators at Norfork Dam; the proposal of an Arkansas Valley Authority similar to TVA; the Beaver Dam Project; the extension of SPA lines to Russellville and Nimrod; and the numerous objections of businessmen and employees of private utility companies to unfair competition, impending socialism and maybe even communism and deterio- ration of the American Way of Fife if Congress votes appropriations to the SPA.

6. Southwestern Power Administration, (Fayetteville Site), Feb 18, 1946 - Nov 22, 1946. Contains correspondence concerning the Congressional funding of the Southwestern Power Administration with considerable opposition from business men and some support from municipal officials and REA employees; and a map, portions of the Con- gressional Records, and many newspaper reprints concerning the issue of duplication of existing privately owned power lines by the SPA and gradual socialization of business.

7. Southwestern Power Administration, William R. Kavanaugh. Apr 28, 1945 - Sep 19, 1946. Contains clippings, maps, and correspondence concerning Congressional funding of SPA, mainly in opposition, especially by officials of private utilities.

8. 9 Agriculture, General, 1952 [sic] Oct 24, 1951 - Oct 13, 1952. Contains correspondence concerning soybeans as a cash crop in Arkansas; price support for short staple, as well as long staple, cotton; the removal of two employees from the Com- modity Credit Corporation without a hearing; the possibility of a meat-extender, invented by a University of Arkansas professor, to be used in the National School Lunch Program and as an export to nutritionally backward countries; the Civil Service eligibility of eight Middlesex University veterinarian graduates; the need for poultry disease study; the possible bad effects of importing Mexican cattle; the 1952 drought in Arkansas and the need for cotton export prices to be stabilized during harvest. 101.

BCN 16. (Cont. ...)

9. 9 Agriculture, General, 1953 [sic] Oct 23, 1952 - Jul 10, 1953. Contains clippings, pamphlets, petitions, and correspondence about the 1952 drought and related problems with livestock and the availability of hay; low cattle prices; price supports for cottonseed meal; cotton acreage allowances; plant inspection a- broad and quarantine; U.S.D.A. meat grading; projected food production in the U.S.; Italian cheese on the import control list; repayment of old seed and feed loans; reorganization of U.S.D.A.; and the school lunch program in Arkansas.

ov 10. 9 Agriculture, General, 1953 [sic] Jul 5, 1953 - Jan 4, 1954. Contains clippings, reports, pamphlets and correspondence pertaining to price supports for cattle growers; cotton allotments; emergency railway rates for feed shipments; drought; poisoning of vegetable gardens by 2-4D crop spray; Fulbright Investment Company's interest in the limestone cave near Johnson, Arkansas, for cold storage; loans for grain elevators; foreign trade policy; Soil Conservation Service; rice's being included in Food Aid Programs; loans for livestock replacement; complaint of preferential treatment for dairymen over cattlemen in drought relief; and a miscellany of agricultural matters.

11. 9 Agriculture Department, 1954 [sic] Sep 4, 1953 - Feb 15, 1954. Contains U.S.D.A. report on actions to alleviate hardships in 1953 disasters; U.S.D.A. "An Appraisal of Certain Central Cotton Markets with Respect to Suitability for Designation for Price Quotations," typed statement of C. Clyde Mitchell before the Joint Committee on the Economic Report, several newspaper clippings, and correspondence about soil testing and research; cotton loan reserves being placed in the Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank; shipments of meal for livestock; federal licensing of a produce company; surplus butter being sold to the U.S.S.R.; price supports for broilers; the need for continuing the spot cotton market in Little Rock; the U.S. manganese shortage; the program to eradicate brucellosis; increased cotton acreage allowances; and, finally, an objection to the Forest Service of a TV transmitter being built on Mt. Pisgah.

102.

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12. 9 Agriculture Department, 1954 [sic] May 22, 1953 - Jul 14, 1954. Contains reports, clippings, and correspondence concerning Fulbright's political use of U.S.D.A. Bulletin No. G-35, "Ways to Cook Rabbit"; government financing of new grain elevators; removal of Arkansas members from the Staple Cotton Cooperative of Greenwood, Mississippi; Little Rock as a spot cotton market; price supports for cottonseed, soy beans, and dairy products; cotton acreage allotments; reseeding of drought-burnt pastures; farm loans; surplus butter; poultry inspection and grading; milk marketing areas; rice trade and sugar trade with Cuba; and the making of the Secretary of Agriculture a member of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems.

13. 9 Agriculture Department, 1954. Jul 14, 1954 - Sep 9, 1954. Contains a report on the interdependence of the soybean and cottonseed industry, an address in the Senate by Edward John Thye on farm legislation, and correspondence about drought- ruined crops and pastures, starving livestock, cover crops; keeping old Arkansas members in the Staple Cotton Cooperative of Greenwood, Mississippi; tax advantage cooperatives enjoy as opposed to private companies; castor bean production; diverted acreage; rice storage; Japanese rice crop; export control of soybeans; farm loans; moving cotton classing office from Little Rock to Pine Bluff; failing cottonseed market; and the use of crop surpluses to finance the (Fulbright) exchange of persons program.

14. 9 Agriculture Department, 1954. Apr 9, 1954 - Dec 30, 1954. Contains correspondence about the possible move of the cotton classing office from Little Rock to Pine Bluff, drought relief, surplus food, the Fulbright speech in West Memphis on steam generating plants of the Atomic Energy Commission, a letter the Senator wrote to the President, feed crops, funds available from the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee for fall (1954) seeding, Certificates of Interest of the Commodity Credit Corporation, subsidy on grains for livestock, brucellasis eradication, farm machinery credit, use of agricultural lime, rice acreage, land use projects' being transferred from federal to other public agencies, and the purchase of broilers and fryers by the Quartermaster Corps.

103.

BCN 16. (Cont. ...)

15. 9 Department of Agriculture, 1955 [sic] Dec 28, 1954 - Dec 27, 1955. Contains correspondence about drought relief; subsidies for sugar; the cotton export market; cotton acreage allotments; milk marketing orders; rice storage; the declined price of cottonseed; excelsior products and marketing; compulsory poultry inspection; the eradication of Bangs disease (brucellosis); grass seed for winter pasture; a "timber bank", comparable to the land bank; help for the small, as opposed to corporate or absentee, farmer; price support for dairy cream; the need for duplicate classing cards for cotton; and yearbook of Agriculture allotments.

16. 9 Department of Agriculture, 1955 [sic] Oct 6, 1954 - Mar 3, 1955. Contains correspondence about the drought relief program, cotton acreage allotments, rice loans and allotments, dislocation of ten- ant farmers due to acreage allotment policy, the depressed poultry market, reduction of personnel in the Soil Conservation Program, re-classification of types of soybeans, and the possibility of growing wild rice commercially in Arkansas.

17. 9 Department of Agriculture, 1955. Feb 3, 1955 - Apr 27, 1955. Contains correspondence about drought relief, rice acreage allotments, the sale of rice surpluses, the use of rice in school lunch programs, cotton allotments, the exchange of cotton held by the Commodity Credit Corporation, the reclassification of soybeans, the distribution of surpluses to needy nations, land utilization projects in Arkansas, and the purchase of lumber from national forests.

18. 9 Department of Agriculture, 1955. Apr 7, 1955 - Aug 17, 1955. Contains correspondence about acreage allotments for rice and cotton, an attempt to transfer rice acreage allotted in one county to another county, storage of government owned rough rice, payments for winter legume seeding, loan bulletins for wheat and oats and barley, storage and handling of oats, a soil and water conservation loan, flood control assistance for the War Eagle Creek Watershed, cost sharing of cover crops and green manure, disposal of soybeans under Public Law 480 (83d Congress), the possibility of diseased animals being moved into Arkansas, the marketing of diseased poultry, seed laws, and a resolution by municipalities and REA cooperatives concerning the Southwestern Power Admin-

istration's non-fulfillment of its legal functions. 104.

BCN 16. (Cont. ...)

19. 9 Department of Agriculture, 1956 [sic] Dec 13, 1954 - Feb 10, 1956. Contains correspondence about the employment policies and benefits of county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committees, the decrease in upland cotton allotments, the need for frozen food regulations and information, farm loans, milk price increases, surplus grains to feed waterfowl, warehousing surplus commodities, pilot counties in the Rural Development Program, export subsidies for animal hides, and the brucellosis eradication program in Arkansas.

20. 9 Department of Agriculture, 1956 [sic] Jun 13, 1955 - Apr 28, 1956. Contains the senator's answer to a constituent's charge that he is insensitive to farm problems; a memorandum of a meeting among the senator, Senator McClellan, Secretary Ezra Taft Benson, and Assistant Secretary Earl L. Butz; the announcement of 1956 support levels for cotton; and correspondence about executive personnel in the International Cooperation Administration, the transfer of a veternarian in the animal disease eradication program, Mexican farm labor, the cotton export program, a soybean promotion connected with the Osaka Trade Fair in Japan, farm credit, import quotas for textiles, and - a non-agricultural matter - the complaint of an electrical contracting firm about a low bid on a government contract.

ov 21. 9 Department of Agriculture, 1956. Apr 25, 1956 - Aug 13, 1956. Contains a complaint against the cotton pricing policy of Agriculture Secretary Benson; an explanation of the 1956 Acreage Reserve Pro- gram; a checklist of items for a farm speech; various U.S.D.A. newsletters; and correspondence about rice loans, the 2 year freeze on rice acreage, a suggestion to use Commodity Credit Corporation grain surpluses to subsidize the grain export trade, the University of Arkansas as the possible location for the new animal disease laboratory, the movement and storage of oats in Morrilton, use of surplus food for the school lunch program, the possible shortage of steel baling ties caused by labor disputes and the potential catas- trophe for the cotton interests, and - unrelated to agriculture – a request for an appointment as postmaster of Cash, Arkansas.

105.

BCN 16. (Cont. ...)

22. 9 Department of Agriculture, 1956. Jan 11, 1956 - Dec 10, 1956. Contains miscellaneous agriculture-related press clippings and mimeographed reports and press releases, including the Senator's demand that Secretary Benson reconsider designating some western Arkansas counties as needing drought relief; resolutions of the Region VIII meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperative; the 1956 Report of the Rural Development Program; and correspondence about crop insurance, a delayed investigation of storage irregularities, a study of the operating policies and internal organization of the Arkansas Farmers Association, the pink bollworm program, a shortage of soft red winter wheat due to reduced acreage allotment, the Soil Bank Acreage Conservation program, low broiler prices, the Ozark Milk Marketing District, need for funds for soil conservation work, national marketing quotas for cotton and rice, hamburger purchases for the school lunch program, surplus food for needy nations and for the welfare program, voter eligibility on the cotton marketing quota referenda, cotton allegedly mis-classed as spotted, and Arkansas opposition to a two-price plan for rice in 1957.

23. 9 Agriculture - Drought, 1954. Jul 13, 1954 - Aug 23, 1954. Contains reports and correspondence from politicians, businessmen, and farmers about feed loans, emergency drought relief, the effect of the drought on milk-producers, food stamp plan for surplus commodities, debt moratorium for farmers, the rainfall shortage from January 1950 to July 1954, and two unrelated matters: Fulbright's appointment as a delegate to the United Nations and the McCarthy issue and Fulbright's stand on funding the sub-committee and censure.

24. 9 Agriculture - Drought, 1954. Aug 6, 1954 - Aug 31, 1954. Contains a petition of farmers, dairymen, and cattlemen affected by the drought; a resolution about the West Memphis power plant; and correspondence touching on McCarthyism, the tidelands oil dispute, atomic power, the butter surplus, farm-to-market road aid, irrigation aid, and dealing more directly with the inadequacy of drought relief, inability to buy feed, the feed crop failure, cooperative marketing, a food stamp plan, the flexible price support plan, a sheep and wool bill, rainfall, and the distribution of commodities in drought disaster areas.

106.

BCN 16. (Cont. ...)

25. 9 Agriculture - Drought, 1954. Aug 29, 1954 - Oct 18, 1954. Contains notes for speech on the drought; reports on the emergency feed grain program and the features of the 1954 U.S.D.A. Drought Program; and correspondence about cotton crop, grain, and pasture failures, the need for funds for fall seeding, the need for a refinancing program for small farmers, and the need for public works projects to provide jobs for dis- tressed farmers.

26. Drought Aid, 1953. Jun 25, 1953 - Dec 8, 1953. Contains correspondence from counties in Arkansas needing drought relief, a few of the issues touched on being the need for a debt moratorium for farmers, reduced equity caused by declined cattle prices and the resultant restricted borrowing power of farmers, the feed and cash crop failure, the need for reduced freight rates for emergency feed movement, the necessity to feed cattle earlier than in better years, a pilot program for watershed protection and flood prevention and soil and water conservation; there are several lists of drought-affected Arkansas counties.

27. 9-a Rural Electrification Administration, 1952. Jan 22, 1952 - Nov 28, 1952. Contains correspondence applying for REA service and complaining about the wait; one correspondent disapproves of the way a cooperative's employee was dismissed by a new manager.

28. 9-a Rural Electrification Administration, 1953-1955 [sic] Dec 16, 1949 - Jul 22, 1955. Contains a report on Table Rock Dam and a report on a court case involving 10 Missouri electric companies and 6 cooperatives and correspondence about Republican policy toward rural electrification and multi-purpose dams, an effort to organize a rural telephone cooperative in Clay County, deposit requirements for rural tele- phones, raising equity from sources other than deposits to alleviate potential rural subscribers of cooperative telephone service, increased rates to cooperatives from power companies, a steam generating plant proposed for Ozark, and the increase in users but decrease in rural users by Arkansas Power and Light Company.

107.

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29. 9-a Rural Electrification Administration, 1955. Sep 21, 1955 - Dec 13, 1955. Contains correspondence concerning a complaint of poor service from a rural REA customer and background papers on the REA program.

30. 9-a Rural Electrification Administration, 1956 [sic] Sep 10, 1955 - May 12, 1955. Contains a small amount of correspondence concerning individuals attempting to get electricity to their farms and several reports and memoranda concerning House and Senate joint hearings on the South- western Power Administration and TVA, and a report to all congress- men from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

31. Agriculture Department - Sugar Import Quotas, etc. Dec 23, 1948 - Oct 31, 1949. Contains some correspondence and numerous bulletins and reports on the 1949 sugar requirements, deficiencies from quota countries, the world market, and the needs of soft drink companies and other consumers of sugar.

32. Agriculture Department - Sugar Import Quotas, etc. Nov 15, 1949 - Dec 30, 1949. Contains correspondence, reports, and pamphlets arguing for and against the repeal of the Sugar Act of 1948, in effect cheapening sugar for the soft drink industry and other consumers or protecting the sugar growers by making quotas short, therefore expensive.

33. Agriculture Department - Sugar Import Quotas, etc. Oct 13, 1949 - Jan 25, 1951. Contains correspondence, reports, bulletins and the rough draft of a letter to the President concerning changes to the Sugar Act of 1948.

108.

BCN 17. 1945-1956 9-b - 10 Gen[eral] [Farmers Home Administration and Commerce Department]

F1. 9-b [Farmers Home Administration - Miscellaneous Cor- respondence] 1946-[19]47. Aug 5, 1946 - May 29, 1947. Contains correspondence pertaining to the Farmers Home Administration in Arkansas, the selection of a director of the FHA, employment positions, and the 1948 FHA budget for Arkansas.

2. 9-b [Farmers Home Administration - Miscellaneous Cor- respondence] 1946-[19]49. May 29, 1947 - Jan 28, 1949. Contains correspondence pertaining to criticism of the FHA director, J.V. Highfill, for job discrimination against veterans, the subsequent investigation and clearing of all charges; correspondence pertaining to FHA loans with particular cases and the FHA. annual report for 1947-1948.

ov 3. 9-b [Farmers Home Administration - Miscellaneous Cor- respondence] 1946-[19]49. Jan 10, 1949 - Oct 22, 1949. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining primarily to various requests for an FHA loan to purchase or mortgage farms.

4. 9-b Farmers Home Administration 1952 [Miscellaneous correspondence dealing primarily with farm loans] Feb 1, 1952 - Nov 29, 1952. Correspondence pertaining to regular FHA loans and to disaster loans to those areas designated as such due to natural (weather) disasters.

5. 9-b Farmers Home Administration 1953-[19] 55 [Miscellane- ous Correspondence dealing primarily with farm loan s] Feb 4, 1953 - Jul 18, 1955. Correspondence pertaining primarily to individual requests, inquiries, complaints, concerning FHA loans.

109.

BCN 17. (Cont. ...)

6. 9-b Farmers Home Administration 1955 [Miscellaneous Correspondence dealing primarily with soil and water conservation loans] May 9, 1955 - Dec 29, 1955. Correspondence pertaining to requests and inquiries about soil and water conservation loans from the FHA.

7. 9-b Farmers Home Administration 1956 [sic] [Corres- pondence dealing with farm loans] Nov 9, 1955 - Dec 26, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to inquiries about FHA loans.

8. 9-b [Farmers Home Administration] Disaster loans to tornado victims. General material on the tornado. 1952 [sic] Aug 3, 1951 - Apr 14, 1952. Contain correspondence pertaining to disaster loans for Arkansas necessitated by a tornado in 1952.

9. Farmers Home Administration - [Jester] Virgil Highfill, Administrator [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 3, 1949 - Dec 11, 1951. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining primarily to FHA loans for damaged crops and weather disaster areas.

10. Agriculture - Farm Security Administration, Rehabilitation, etc. [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 17, 1945 - Oct 5, [1946] Contains correspondence pertaining to the Farm Security Admin- istration, and the purchase of government-owned land for farming.

11. Pavia, George - Chicken Fats, etc. [Theory for chicken fat utilization] Jul 3, 1945 - Oct 23, 1945. Contains correspondence pertaining to a process discovered by George Pavia which could turn excess chicken fats into usable by-products. 110.

BCN 17. (Cont. ...)

12. 9-c [Forest Service - Miscellaneous Correspondence] Nov 25, 1949 - Dec 21, 1951. Contains correspondence pertaining to oak wilt and fungus blight in Arkansas, as well as to timber land, the Ozark national forest and to forestry in general in Arkansas.

13. 9-c Forest Service 1952 [sic] - [19] 55 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Nov 10, 1951 - Sep 2, 1955. Contains general correspondence pertaining to forestry and improvement of forest recreation areas in Arkansas.

14. 9-c Forest Service 1955 [Miscellaneous inquiries and explanations] Jan 24, 1955 - Oct 7, 1955. Correspondence pertaining to the inquiry by Rev. James Workman as to why his summer home on Mt. Magazine was not renewed by the Dept. of Agriculture.

15. 9-c Forest Service 1956 [sic] [Miscellaneous Corres- pondence] Sep 26, 1952 - Oct 9, 1956. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to various forest activities.

16. Personal - Mays, Ed [Correspondence concerning sale of Mays' Manufacturing Company to U.S. Forest Service] May 25, 1942 - Sep 13, 1947. Contains correspondence pertaining to attempts by E. Mays to have the U.S. government release an option they held on 3300 acres of Mays' land which the U.S. eventually did.

17. 9-d [Extension Service - Miscellaneous Correspondence] Aug 18, 1946 - Mar 3, 1952. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to farming and farming publications.

111.

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18. 9-e-1 [Farm Credit Administration - Miscellaneous Corres- pondence] Jan 10, 1946 - May 15, 1950. Contains miscellaneous correspondence dealing primarily with the Federal Land Bank.

19. 9-e Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committees 1956 [sic] [Miscellaneous inquiries and explanations] Jul 20, 1955 - May 8, 1957. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to acreage allotment, drought relief assistance, etc.

20. 9-f [Agricultural Research Administration - Miscellaneous Correspondence] May 24, 1946 - Feb 24, 1951. Contains various miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to agriculture.

21. 9-f Agricultural Research Administration 1955 [sic] [Inquir- ies into duties paid by M.F. Young] Apr 15, 1949 - Apr 18, 1952. Brief correspondence concerning import duties on nutria paid by M.F. Young.

22. 9-f Agricultural Research Admin[istration] 1956 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jun 22, 1956 - Nov 8, 1956. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to agriculture.

23. Sawfly Infestation of Pine [Miscellaneous Information and Correspondence] Feb 26, 1946 - Feb 28, 1949. Contains various information and correspondence pertaining to the Sawfly infestation which struck Arkansas pine during the late 1940's.

24. 9-g Soil Conservation Service 1952 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Nov 9, 1951 - Oct 10, 1952. Contains various miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Soil Conservation Service.

112.

BCN 17. (Cont. . . .)

25. 9-g Soil Conservation Service 1953 - [19] 55 [Acknowledgement of district progress reports or publications and other miscellaneous correspondence] Jan 26, 1953 - Jan 31, 1955. Contains miscellaneous correspondence as well as annual reports from county soil conservation districts.

26. 9-g Soil Conservation Service 1955 [Acknowledgement of district progress reports or publications and other miscellaneous correspondence] Feb 14, 1955 - Jun 1, 1955. Contains miscellaneous correspondence as well as annual reports from various county soil districts.

27. 9-g Soil Conservation Service 1955 [Miscellaneous Correspond- ence] Sep 23, 1955 - Nov 9, 1955. Contains two letters pertaining to Italian grass seed and the Wash- ington County Flood Prevention Association.

28. 9-g Soil Conservation Service 1956 [sic] [District project reports and other publications] Dec 5, 1955 - Feb 16, 1956. Contains annual district project reports from various Arkansas counties.

29. 9-g Soil Conservation Service 1956 [sic] [District Progress Reports and other publications] Dec 31, 1955 - Oct 5, 1956. Contains annual district progress reports from various Arkansas counties.

30. 9-h [Production and Marketing Administration - Miscellaneous correspondence and other material] 1950-[19]51 [sic] May 28, 1949 - Feb 28, 1950. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Production and Marketing Administration of the U.S.D.A.

113.

BCN 17. (Cont. . . .)

31. 9-h [Production and Marketing Administration - Miscellaneous Correspondence and other material] 1950 [sic] - [19]51. Oct 17, 1949 - Jan 24, 1951. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Production and Marketing Administration of U.S.D.A. ov 32. 9-h [Production and Marketing Administration - Miscellaneous Correspondence and other material] 1950-[19]51. Dec 8, 1950 - Dec 18, 1951. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to various aspects of the PMA such as price controls and acreage allotments. ov 33. 9-h Production and Marketing Adm[inistration] 1952 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence and other material] Jan 29, 1951 - May 30, 1952. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the PMA. Some correspondence also pertains to the milk marketing area of Northwest Arkansas.

34. 9-h Production and Marketing Adm[inistration] 1952 [Miscellaneous Correspondence and other material] Jun 10, 1952 - Dec 19, 1952. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the PMA whose duties were to maintain acreage allotment and price controls for farmers.

35. 9-h Production and Marketing Adm[inistration] 1953-[19]55 [Miscellaneous Inquiries and Replies] Jan 8, 1953 - Sep 2, 1955. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the PMA. This folder also has correspondence pertaining to milk marketing in Northwest Arkansas.

36. 9-h Domestic and Foreign Marketing Operations 1956 [sic] [Hot Springs Soil Conservation Annual Report 1955] Dec 31, 1955 - Feb 3, 1956. Contains the Lake Hamilton Soil Conservation District Report for 1955.

114. .

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37. 9-i Commodity Credit Corporation 1955 [Complaint against sale of "rough" rice on foreign market] Dec 1, 1955 - Dec 5, 1955. Contains a letter from Smith Rice Mill of DeWitt protesting the supposed sale of rough rice for export.

38. 9-i Commodity Credit Corporation 1956 [sic] [Correspondence concerning commodity sales or complaints] Nov 30, 1955 - Jul 5, 1956. Correspondence pertaining to complaints concerning the sale of commodities for exports.

39. 10 Department of Commerce [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 17, 1951 - Nov 12, 1955. Contains correspondence pertaining to a request for financial aid to establish a business which would import kangaroo meat for sale. Also requests for some information on certain aspects of organized crime investigated by the Estes Kefauner Committee. There is also an inquiry as to why the price of newsprint has increased.

40. 10 Department of Commerce General [Correspondence] 1952 [sic] Apr 9, 1951 - Aug 19, 1953. General correspondence pertaining primarily to requests, inquiries or information about disposition of federal loans for schools, churches and other public buildings.

41. 10 Department of Commerce General [Correspondence] 1953 [sic] Feb 9, 1953 - May 3, 1954. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to various aspects of the Department of Commerce.

42. 10 Department of Commerce 1954-[19]55 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Apr 8, 1953 - Sep 7, 1955. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to trade, import and export quantities, export control of technical data, etc.

115.

BCN 17. (Cont. . . .)

43. 10 Department of Commerce 1956 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Dec 19, 1955 - Jun 11, 1956. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to export duties and federally financed airport construction.

44. 10 National Production Authority [Miscellaneous Corres- pondence and other material] Mar 27, 1947 - Jul 20, 1948. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to such matters as protests about sending fertilizer to Finland, controls over tin, requests for information about exporting goods from foreign countries, etc.

45. 10 National Production Authority [Miscellaneous Corres- pondence and other material] Aug 26, 1948 - Dec 28, 1950. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining primarily to the National Production Authority.

46. 10 National Production Authority [Miscellaneous Corres- pondence and other material] Dec 13, 1950 - May 19, 1951. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to production quotas, the difficulty in obtaining building supplies and similar other materials.

47. 10 National Production Authority [Miscellaneous Corres- pondence and other materials] May 8, 1951 - Dec 27, 1951. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to shortages of materials, quotas, etc.

48. [Commerce Department - Miscellaneous Correspondence and other material] Feb 21, 1945 - Jun 26, 1946. Contains miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the Com- merce Department.

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BCN 18. 10a-11 General [Federal Administration, Departments, and Bureaus]

F1. 10-a Civil Aeronautics Administration and Board, 1952 [sic] Oct. 1951 - Oct 8, 1952. Contains correspondence about the unsuitability of the national minimum wage for encouraging industry in the South, the commission earnings formula of the Wage Stabilization Board, getting Westinghouse to put a plant at Hot Springs, the transportation of British West Indies farm workers by air, the falling cost of air mail service, and attempts to get commercial airline service for several Arkansas cities (Camden, Fayetteville, Magnolia, Pine Bluff, Stuttgart, and Texarkana); and a statement prepared for Senator Fulbright to present to CAB. ov 2. 10-a Civil Aeronautics Administration and Board, 1953 [sic] Sep 30, 1952 - Jan 5, 1954. Contains reports and correspondence about Fayetteville's application for commercial air service, Central Airline's attempt to serve Arkansas cities (Camden, Magnolia, Hot Springs, El Dorado, Helena-West Helena, Pine Bluff, Little Rock, Stuttgart, Texarkana, Fayetteville, and Fort Smith), an inaugural flight from Philadelphia to London, free air travel (air scholarships) for exchange students, and government control of entry into and development of trunk line air transportation.

3. 10-a Civil Aeronautics Administration and Board, 1954 [sic] Mar 15, 1954 - Aug 3, 1955. Contains reports and correspondence about the loss of CAA facilities at Drake Field (Fayetteville), Walnut Ridge, and El Dorado; the elimination of Jonesboro from Ozark Airlines flights; a new way to ship live goldfish; "Grandfather Certifi- cates" for local service airlines; registration of aircraft with the CAA; airport projects receiving federal aid, including a list; the Love Field - Amon Carter Field controversy; airlines chartered to supplement military transport; airline lobbying; feeder airlines; qualifications for giving medical examinations for the CAA; age requirements for soloing; Pan American postal subsidies; illegally scheduled service by North American Air- lines; a proposal for changing the Warsaw Convention as it pertains to civil aviation; and various appreciations. 117.

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4. 10-a Civil Aeronautics Administration and Board, 1955. Sep 26, 1955 - Dec 28, 1955. Contains correspondence about additional flights for Delta Airlines; application to CAB for exemptions by Central Airlines, Ozark Airlines, and the City of Fort Smith; the replacement of Josh Lee on the CAB by G. Joseph Minetti; the resignation of Frederick Billings Lee from the CAA; and Supplemental Air Carriers.

5. 10-a Civil Aeronautics Administration and Board, 1956. Feb 9, 1956 - Nov 8, 1956. Contains the Tenth Annual Report (1955) of operations under the Federal Airport Act; an Application for Amendment of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, by Central Airlines; and correspondence about the award of new routes to Central Airlines; regulation of the airline business; airport projects of the Federal- aid Airport Program, including funds made available for the airports at Crossett and Monticello; air traffic control; and the possibility of curtailment of private flying.

6. 10-a [Civil Aeronautics Administration, Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 8, 1945 - Dec 8, 1947. Contains correspondence concerning permission for commercial airlines to use Adams Field, Little Rock; disturbances caused by low-flying aircraft; the establishment of a radio beacon in North- west Arkansas; physical standards for civilian pilots; maps of air routes; air mail pickup service in Central, Western, and Northwest Arkansas; physical examination forms; operation of non-scheduled air freight service; availability of pilot jobs in foreign countries; the lack of domestic air passenger service; the possible use of surplus military aircraft for student tours; projects in Arkansas in the 1947 airport program; and the need for emergency permission for the Chicago and Southern Airlines to serve Hot Springs, Arkansas.

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7. 10-a [Civil Aeronautics Administration, Miscellaneous Correspondence] Apr 11, 1947 - May 18, 1949. Contains correspondence about a revoked pilot license; a VHF transmitter and weather reporting station to be at Fayetteville or Rogers; bids for airport construction at Fort Smith; approval of Jonesboro for airline service; CAA operation of the control tower at Hot Springs; the application of Braniff International Air- ways to serve Cuba and Latin America; withdrawal of government owned fire fighting equipment from Adams Field, Little Rock; damage claims against the federal government by the City of Little Rock; Federal-aid Airport Program, 1949; the award of feeder airline routes; liens on aircraft mortgaged to Mcllroy Bank, Fay- etteville; change of Senate rules; and new air service at Pine Bluff. ov 8. 10-a [Civil Aeronautics Administration, Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jun 8, 1949 - Feb 28, 1950. Contains documents and correspondence about petitions to CAB to secure airline service for Jonesboro and Fayetteville; Federal- aid Airport Project money for Walnut Ridge and Bentonville; installation of low frequency voice communication capability at the Fayetteville communication station; "Air Star Routes"; transfer to a private company of a railway spur provided by the federal government; reclassification of Air Traffic Controller positions; proposed radio and weather station at Flippin; air transport service for Batesville; provisions for weather forecasts for Fayetteville radio stations; the purchase of American Overseas Airlines by Pan American World Airways and the CAB hearing. ov 9. 10-a [Civil Aeronautics Administration, Miscellaneous Correspondence] May 10, 1950 - Oct 23, 1951. Contains the draft of a letter about the Little Rock dispute with the War Assets Administration over liability for damage at Adams Field and correspondence about the National Airport Plan; attempts to get airline service for Jonesboro, Texarkana, Hot Springs, Fayetteville, Pine Bluff, and Stuttgart; a controversy over the ownership of a plane; delays in schools under construction; new

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ov 9. 10-a [Civil Aeronautics Administration, Miscellaneous Correspondence] (Cont.)

procedural regulations governing CAB; first, curtailment of a low-cost student charter flight service, then modification of the ruling by CAB; efficiency of non-subsidized air service over subsidized; falsification of landing reports to get federal airport funds; reactivation of Marine Air Facility at Walnut Ridge; possible relocation of Walnut Ridge Communication Station to Jones- boro; air cargo freight rates and air express freight rates, as applied to the transport of live fish.

10. 10-a Special - Weather Stations, 1954 [sic] Dec 1, 1953 - Jul 17, 1954. Contains correspondence about a Fort Smith independent non- scheduled air carrier; the dedication of a Freedom Shrine at Fayetteville High School; the renewal case of Trans-Texas Air- ways for service to Pine Bluff; service for Fort Smith by Central Airlines; and, mostly, the deactivation of CAA weather and communication stations in El Dorado, Walnut Ridge, Pine Bluff, and, especially, Fayetteville.

11. A Brief of Testimony and Exhibits Supporting the Fact that the Fayetteville, Arkansas INSAC is in the Public Interest. Feb 28, 1954. Contains the brief of the arguments by the City of Fayetteville and the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce before the CAA in favor of retaining the weather and voice communication station at Drake Field, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

12. Civil Aeronautics Administration, Fayetteville Communications Station. Feb 28, 1948 - Dec 23, 1948. Contains a brief of arguments from the City of Fayetteville and its Chamber of Commerce for promoting the CAA weather and communication station at Drake Field and correspondence about the station, the objections of interest groups in Rogers and other Wash- ington County towns, the cancelation of scheduled public hearings, the use of unauthorized signatures on petitioning telegrams, and the general political climate generated by the controversy.

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13. South Central Air Transport, Inc., Mississippi Valley Case, Report on Board's Decision. Mar 17, 1947 - Jun 10, 1948. Contains a memorandum on South Central Air Transport, Inc., and correspondence about the need for adequate air service in the Ozark region; the competition among nine companies for Mississippi Valley (and Ozark region) air service; objections to the Civil Aeronautics Board decision in the case; and the need for a re-hearing.

14. 10-a-l Central Airlines, 1956. Aug 21, 1956. Contains a two-page news release about two new department heads at Central Airlines.

15. 10-a-l Central Airlines, [Air Service to Northwest Arkansas] Mar 19, 1953 - Aug 9, 1954. Contains a brief of Central Airlines to the CAB examiner, the applications of Fort Smith and Fayetteville for air service, and correspondence concerning these matters and the CAB hearings for each of these cities, and about the retention of the CAA communications and weather station at Fayetteville. ov 16. 10-a-l Central Airlines, [Air Service to Northwest Arkansas] Feb 18, 1955 - Jul 11, 1955. Contains applications to CAB for exemption orders from the City of Fort Smith and Central Airlines so as to provide air service for that city by that airline, a brief to CAB in support of the City of Harrison, and correspondence about these matters and feeder service in Arkansas, passenger volume in Fayetteville, and legislation making permanent the Certificates of local service airlines.

17. 10-a-l Central Airlines, [Air Service to Northwest Arkansas] Jul 13, 1955 - Dec 5, 1955. Contains an Index to Information on Airmail Subsidies Requested by CAB (1954); news releases by Central Airlines and by Senator Fulbright, and statements by the Senator, about the new air routes affecting Arkansas; and correspondence about the improvement of the Harrison airport, the denial of the exemption applications of the City of Fort Smith and Central and Ozark airlines, the need for improved air service in Arkansas, and the granting by CAB of Central Airline service to Harrison.

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18. 10-a-1 [Miscellaneous Correspondence, Civil Aeronautics Administration] Mar 5, 1945 - Jan 15, 1952. Contains correspondence about suitability for municipal use of the Pocahontas Auxiliary Air Force Base and the possibility of its purchase from the U.S. government; financial aid for the airport at Harrison; financial aid for private airport development; an intrastate air carrier risking its permit by advertising connections with interstate carriers; the development of Fort Smith Municipal Airport; the reduction of hours the CAA operates the control tower at Adams Field, Little Rock; route proposal s to CAB, including Jonesboro, Blytheville, Helena, Monticello, Batesville, Russellville, and Fayetteville; a military airfield being given to Blytheville; having a CAA control operator assigned to Hot Springs; the validity of the Bartow patent on runway lighting systems and delays in installation of lights at Fort Smith; railway service provided for the Walnut Ridge air base; and claims against the federal government related to Adams Field.

19. Blytheville Airport Projects, Blytheville Development Association. Mar 16, 1945 - Apr 25, 1945. Contains correspondence about the City of Blytheville's plans for the use of the Army Air Field after the war and procedures for its acquisition, the development of new industry in Blythe- ville and the rest of Arkansas, and a plant for processing scrap rubber and scrap aluminum.

20. 10-b Bureau of Census, 1952 [sic] Oct 3, 1951 - Sep 25, 1952. Contains requests for a birth certificate, housing information about the City of Magnolia and Columbia to be used in court, and various publications of the Bureau.

21. 10-b Bureau of Census, 1954 [sic] Jan 29, 1953 - Dec 16, 1954. Contains an invitation to speak at the Democratic Central Committee in Tulsa (declined), a request for information about the patent procedure for a perfected variable speed pulley, a request for information about re-refined oil with a view toward building a refinery in Fort Smith, a referral to National Archives for 1860 census information, and requests for records and publications of the Census Bureau. 122.

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22. 10-b Bureau of Census, 1955. Apr 30, 1955 - Nov 28, 1955. Contains correspondence requesting a search of census records and some agricultural statistics, and suggesting the classification of Texarkana as a single city for census purposes.

23. 10-b Bureau of Census, 1956. Jan 5, 1956 - Sep 29, 1956. Contains correspondence about the 1954 Business Census of Arkansas and the report on retail trade in the state, and about supporting the construction of Beaver Dam.

24. 10-b [Bureau of Census, Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 3, 1945 - Feb 19, 1948. Contains a variety of reports on agricultural economy, and requests for reports, and correspondence about special censuses for Jack- sonville, Fayetteville, and Hot Springs; census figures for Hot Springs County and Malvern; 1944 agricultural production and 1945 animal inventory; population data and per capita income for Arkan- sas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas; the first rank status of Mississippi County in national cotton acreage; the contract for a cotton statistics collector; the low price of stamp embossed envelopes sold by the Post Office Department; the nuisance to small businesses of numerous government forms; a report on farm mortgage indebtedness; phosphate production; and the availability and accuracy of census reports.

25. 10-b [Bureau of Census, Miscellaneous Correspondence] Mar 10, 1948 - Aug 8, 1950. Contains population reports for several Arkansas cities and requests for special censuses, birth certificate search, and various reports as well as correspondence about estimates of the voting age population, voter registration tabulation, the corporate limits of El Dorado to be used in the 1950 census, loss of the position of county clerk due to low population, genealogical research, and the length of the 1950 census questionnaire. 123.

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26. 10-b [Bureau of Census, Miscellaneous Correspondence] Oct 1, 1948 - Nov 15, 1951. Contains a news release showing the reapportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives necessitated by the 1950 census; requests for Bureau reports and for searches; and correspondence about the possibility of replacing regular census population figures for a city with figures from a special census, the preliminary 1950 census figures for Arkansas compared with 1940 figures, and a Bureau of Census and National Archives search to establish family relationships germaine to a suit in law.

27. 10-b [Bureau of Census, Fayetteville Census] Apr 18, 1946. Contains correspondence about a special census for Fayetteville, Arkansas, needed on account of territorial annexation.

28. 10-c Office of Technical Assistance, 1952 [sic] Feb 11, 1952 - Jan 15, 1954. Contains correspondence about government assistance in development of inventions and techniques, a sanitary pocket toothbrush, procedure in applying for patents, by-products from hardwood charcoal, and importers handling iron oxide.

29. 10-c [Office of Technical Assistance, Miscellaneous Corres- pondence] Oct 7, 1946 - Mar 19, 1951. Contains a summary of research contracts awarded by the Office of Technical Services and correspondence about the government and private research organizations as markets for organic chemicals; topographic maps of the Farmington area; export and impor t markets for pottery, jewelry, rice, pepper, protein meal, soap, furniture-grade oak lumber, and Venetian blinds; needs for and procedures for acquiring export licenses; surplus ice-making machinery; markets for precision wood products; establishing a retail sporting goods business; and information about sending gifts to friends in the Philippine Islands.

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30. 10-d Patent Office, 1952-1953 [sic] Dec 8, 1952 - Nov 23, 1954. Contains correspondence about the lack of protection for an inventor until the patent is issued; the slowness of patent applications; procedure for patenting; procedure for registering trade marks; inapplicability of copyright to trade names; trade mark infringement; and some few inventions (a turkey-tendon puller, a cigarette-extinguishing ashtray, and an extendable workhorse).

31. 10-d Patent Office, 1955. Feb 15, 1955 - Oct 5, 1955. Contains a list of patent attorneys from the Washington, D.C., phonebook; a pamphlet from the Patent Office on patent application; and correspondence about the delays and complications of patent application, increased appropriations for the Patent Office, special-consideration or out-of-sequence patent applications; and an inquiry about formulas and processes for latex used as insulation.

32. 10-d Patent Office, 1956 [sic] Jul 27, 1955 - Dec 3, 1956. Contains inquiries about patent attorneys and procedure for registering a trademark, and considerable correspondence concerning compensation for a veterans-hospital worker who contracted encephalitis lethargica and his application to the Employees' Compensation Bureau.

33. 10-d [Patent Office, Miscellaneous Correspondence] Oct 29, 1945 - Oct 25, 1951. Contains pamphlets of general information about trademarks and correspondence concerning the procedure for filing for patents and registering trademarks, delayed patent applications, reliable patent attorneys, how to rectify an inaccuracy in a patent, possible violation of an airport lighting system patent, the Razorback trademark, various inventions and, unrelated to patents, a request for Agriculture yearbooks, a special census for North Little Rock, and the results of a special census for Hot Springs.

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34. Patents, Applications, etc. Jan 10, 1945 - Oct 30, 1946. Contains pamphlets and reports about patents of inventions and techniques, and correspondence about the procedure for applying for patents and trademarks, patent lawyers, proposed legislation to pool research and make it available to small businesses, and a variety of inventions.

35. 10-e Bureau of Standards. Apr 15, 1953 - Aug 9, 1954. Contains a protest of the dismissal of the Bureau by the Secretary of Commerce, correspondence about testing and selling to the Navy a plastic coating material, and a telegram from the Senator about a hearing to decide on airline feeder service for Arkansas.

36. 10-e [Bureau of Standards] Feb 18, 1947 - Dec 15, 1950. Contains correspondence requesting various printed matter from the Bureau.

37. 10-f Weather Bureau, 1952-1953 [sic] Feb 19, 1952 - Dec 10, 1954. Contains correspondence concerning how to acquire a rainfall measuring device, the proposed publication of a daily weather map in the Arkansas Gazette, the availability for pilots of current information about the wind aloft, the establishment of a weather station in southeastern Arkansas, and Arkansas politics during the summer of 1952.

38. 10-f Weather Bureau, 1955-1956 [sic] Jul 7, 1954 - Oct 28, 1955. Contains correspondence about the need for continuing operation of the weather station at Texarkana, increased appropriations by the Senate for storm warning stations, expansion of storm warning facilities at Texarkana, and the possibility of establishing a U.S. Weather Station at Hot Springs.

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39. 10-f [Weather Bureau, Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 24, 1947 - Mar 20, 1951. Contains a request for a weekly weather report and other correspondence about establishing a weather observer on Rich Mountain near Mena in the summer months, the cooperative weather station on Mount Magazine, the transmission of weather reports into Fay- etteville from Fort Smith via Civil Aeronautics Administration facilities, the need for current and detailed weather information in Northwest Arkansas, the need for a Weather Bureau station in Fayetteville, the move of the forecasting facility from Fort Smith to Tulsa as the cause of inaccurate forecasting, and humidity figures for Newport.

40. 10-h Bureau of Public Roads, 1955 [sic] Jan 9, 1954 - Dec 1, 1955. Contains correspondence about highway legislation, the portion of the 1954 State of the Union message dealing with highways, the designation of certain highways in Arkansas as part of the Inter- state system, the Mississippi River bridge at Helena, and a free- way between Roseville and Newcastle, California.

41. 10-h Bureau of Public Roads, 1956. Jan 13, 1956 - Nov 28, 1956. Contains correspondence about relocating the highway between Fort Smith and Little Rock, incorporating U.S. 71 into the Inter- state system, funds for main roads and forest roads, federal aid for road improvement at a Boy Scout camp, the eligibility of the Boy Scouts to receive Defense Department material, and one letter concerning a grant under the student exchange program.

42. 10-i Bureau of Foreign Commerce, 1956. Feb 6, 1956 - May 23, 1956. Contains correspondence about export controls on scrap iron and scrap steel, and about markets in Mexico and South America for electrical generating equipment.

127.

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43. 11 Department of Labor, General, 195 2 [sic] Dec 5, 1951 - Sep 22, 1952. Contains correspondence about a workman's compensation claim, opposition to the union shop policy of the Wage Stabilization Board, charges filed against Fayetteville auto dealers by the machinists union, wage determinations in the lamp industry, efforts to amend or repeal the Walsh-Healey Act or dilute its effect through the Defense Production Act, the qualifications for lawyers practicing before the National Labor Relations Board, the Labor Department's definition of farmer, cost of living wage increases and their effect on wage stabilization, the prevailing wage for Mexican farm workers in Arkansas as opposed to the minimum wage demanded by the Mexican government and Labor Department, complaints against farmers associations record-keeping and against the Labor Depart- ment by farmers groups, wage raise for carpenters, exemptions from rules of the Wage Stabilization Board, farm employment of children, and a proposed United States of Europe.

44. 11 Department of Labor, General, 1953 [sic] Sep 22, 1952 - Oct 14, 1953. Contains correspondence about employment compensation for returning veterans; union practices in Cleveland, Ohio, detrimental to an Arkansas canning firm; violation of contract for Mexican farm workers; ineligibility of Crittenden Farm Association to contract for Mexican farm workers, the closing of eight employment offices in Arkansas; insufficiency of federal funds for the Arkansas employment program, and an injury claim by a former federal employee.

45. 11 Department of Labor, [General], 1954 [sic] Dec 19, 1953 - Dec 3, 1954. Contains correspondence about a small Arkansas business's multiple violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, a labor problem at the Little Rock air base, a union jurisdictional dispute in Fort Smith, a wage hearing for the electric lamp industry, and several employment compensation claims.

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46. 11 Department of Labor, General, 1955. Feb 14, 1955 - Dec 28, 1955. Contains correspondence about the continued operation of the Mexican farm workers program, insurance for Mexican farm workers, the re-employment rights of veterans, a labor jurisdictional dispute over the construction of the Dixon-Yates steam generating plant at West Memphis, drought and unemployment in Arkansas and special labor market surveys of several cities (Clarksville, De Queen, Waldron, Conway, New- port, Mena, Rison, Little Rock, North Little Rock, Fort Smith, and Texarkana), proposed amendments to the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, expanded coverage of the minimum wage law, proposed model workmen's compensation bill, the Communist issue in the International Labor Organization, the importance of exports to the American coal industry, and Japanese imports of finished cotton goods.

47. 11 Department of Labor, [General], 1956 [sic] Aug 16, 1955 - Sep 17, 1956. Contains a report on the characteristics of workers drawing unemployment insurance and correspondence about Mexican farm workers program: eligibility requirements, truck transportation as opposed to common carriers, increasing the allocation of Mexican workers, the competition of Mexican workers with local labor, and the negotiations with the Mexican government over changes in policy.

48. [11 Department of Labor, General] Jan 18, 1945 - Nov 29, 1949. Contains notices of hearings, requests for information about the law and about personnel management, and other correspondence about labor needs on Arkansas farms, regular contract recruiting of Mexican farm hands as opposed to use of "wet-backs", negotiations between the Mexican and U.S. governments over farm labor, the blacklisting of states by the Mexican government, the inability of a constituent to join the plumbers union, the wage level on a number of federal government projects, support prices for cottonseed, increasing the limitation on soil conservation payments, a can company strike, the legality of competitive advertising by state employment services, a steel strike affecting the supply of cotton ties, an unsuccessful oil workers’ strike, and whether local unions can levy fines on members for missing meetings.

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49. [11 Department of Labor, General] Oct 10, 1945 - Mar 1, 1949. Contains a report on new construction by the Labor Department and correspondence about a jurisdictional dispute among telephone workers' organizations, veterans re-employment preference program, a possible strike among oil and chemical workers, charges of Communist influence against the director of the Con- ciliation Service, careers for women, the job market in Little Rock, the American Legion convention, the poor labor relations of a large southern compress and warehousing company, labor arbitrators for Arkansas, strike at Bull Shoals Dam, strike- breakers transported across state lines by Brown and Root Incorporated and that company's refusal to recognize union labor, and hours and wages of auto mechanics employed by auto dealers engaged in interstate commerce.

50. [11 Department of Labor, General] Nov 2, 1944 - Feb 9, 1946. Contains correspondence about a hearing to define "area of production" in reference to the minimum wage law, the treatment of rheumatic fever in children, protective child labor legislation, rent controls, a building labor wage dispute, building priority for an Army supplier, possibility of a reciprocal trade agreement with New Zealand, elimination of double taxation requirements on foreign traders (in Canada and New Zealand), a poll analyst's opinion of Fulbright's potential for presidential nomination, and a Labor Department safety award to an oil company.

51. Department of Labor, Area of Production: Grain, Seeds and Dry Edible Beans or Peas. Jan 1945. Contains the Labor Department's definition of "area of production", a phrase used in the Fair Labor Standards Act, as it applies to workers in grain, seeds, and dry edible beans and peas.

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52. Department of Labor, Area of Production: Dairy Products, Poultry and Eggs. Jan 1945. Contains the Labor Department's definition of "area of production", a phrase used in the Fair Labor Standards Act, as it applies to workers in dairy products, poultry, and eggs.

53. War Labor Board. May 31, 1944 - Oct 16, 1945. Contains correspondence about the transfer of Arkansas from the jurisdiction of the Seventh to the Eighth Regional War Labor Board, the wage schedule at the Naval Ordnance Plant in Camden, newspaper advertising for labor for the Naval Ordnance Plant, veteran employment representatives in Arkansas, a shortage of labor in steel and iron foundries causing a shortage of railroad brake linings, the protection of seniority rights of workers who transferred to war work for the duration, increasing the number of U.S. Employment offices to handle returning servicemen, an employment office in Siloam Springs, wage increases in the lumber manufacturing industry, cancellation of projected employment offices due to decreased appropriations, the wage level of U.S. Employment Service personnel, war prisoners as emergency laborers in cotton compresses, the difficulties of a laundry in obtaining fabric for its ironers, and the employment of a disabled veteran.

54. National Mediation Board. Jul 17, 1946 - Jan 31, 1947. Contains the notice of retirement of a member of the NMB, and two pieces of correspondence about the closing down of the Missouri and Arkansas railway on account of a strike.

131.

BCN 19. lla-15 Gen[eral] 1945-1956 [Department of Labor, Military Academies, Federal Courts, & Civil Service Commis sion]

F1. 11a [Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor — Miscellaneous Correspondence and other material] Oct. 1, 1945 - Dec. 2, 1948. Contains correspondence about the Labor Department's investigation concerning the Linebarger Construction Company; the forty hour work week, (Tri State Equipment, Memphis, Tennessee); regulations pertaining to the employment of Learners; the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to the laundry industry; the decisions of the Supreme Court concerning interstate commerce; the affects of higher wages on hotels in Hot Springs; general regulations of the Public Contract Act (Walsh-Healey Act); and the Wage and Hour Regulations.

F2. 11-a [Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor — Miscella- neous Correspondence and other material] Jan. 14, 1949 - May 9, 1950. Contains correspondence about the Wage and Hours division (Depart- ment of Labor); an amendment proposed to exempt white-collar employees from provisions of the Wage and Hour Law; learners certificates; the Union Oil Company's (of California) violation of Taft-Hartley Act; wage rate comparisons for Bull Shoals Dam; the provisions of the Davis Bacon Act; and the conclusion of the report of the Federal Advisory Council on strengthening unemployment insurance. ov F3 11-a [Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor — Miscel- laneous Correspondence and other material] Nov., 1940 - Sept. 30, 1950. Contains correspondence about the determination of hours for which employees are entitled to compensation under the Fair Labor Stan- dards Act of 1938; the Immigration and Naturalization Service; the President's Commission on Migratory Labor; social provisions pertaining to the required contract provisions for federal-aid projects; the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act; and the seventy- five cent minimum wage.

132.

BCN 19. (Cont. . . . )

F4. 11-a [Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor — Mis- cellaneous Correspondence and other material] Sept. 23, 1950 - Dec. 11, 1951. Contains correspondence about labor contracts and collective bargaining agreements; a redefinition of "area of production" by the National Cotton Compress and Cotton Warehouse Association; the Fair Labor Standard Amendment; the recognition of Veterans' reemployment rights; exemptions to the seventy-five cent minimum wage; the Westinghouse Corporation and the International Brother- hood of Electric Workers' stand on wage increases; a list of management of the Riverside Insurance Company; and the "Geographical Aspects of a Minimum Wage" (pamphlet).

F5. 11-a Wage and Hour Division, 1952 [Miscellaneous Correspon- dence] Jan. 18, 1952 - Aug. 26, 1952. Contains correspondence about the small businessmen's fear of the government's misuse of the Walsh-Healey Act; the Westinghouse Company's proposed plant in Hot Springs, the investigation of the Frank Lyon Company; and the need for union shops.

F6. 11-a Wage and Hour Division 1953-1954 [Miscellaneous Corre- spondence and other material] June 19, 1950 - Oct. 21, 1954. Contains correspondence about child labor at the lumber companies and agricultural plants; regulations pertaining to Mexican National Agricultural Workers' minimum wage; regulations pertaining to overtime and compensation for employees; and the Federal Airway's Regulations.

F7. 11-a Wage and Hour Division 1955 [sic] [Complaint against exemption of some automobile dealers under Fair Labor Standards Act] Apr., 1954 - Dec. 9, 1955. Contains correspondence about a complaint registered by the Crouch Equipment Company of Fort Smith, pertaining to minimum wages and exemption for the company, under the Federal Hour and Wage Law.

133.

BCN 19. (Cont. . . . )

F8. 11-a Wage and Hour Division 1956 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan. 25, 1956 - Nov. 20, 1956. Contains correspondence about the minimum wage requirements and recommendations made by the Southern Garment Manufacturers; regulations pertaining to the classification of learners; amendments proposed to the employment of apparel industry learners; and the investigation of the Danton Apparel Company.

F9. [11-a Wage and Hour Division — Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan. 19, 1951 - Dec. 27, 1951. Contains correspondence about the provisions of the Walsh-Healey Act and their extension to cover the incandescent lamp industry; the favoring of regional differentials in the establishment of wage rates; and the necessity of public assistance for the T.E. Burks family. ov F10. 11-c [Labor and Strikes — Miscellaneous Correspondence primarily dealing with Bull Shoals Dam Project Strike]. May 22, 1947 - Jan. 11, 1950. Contains correspondence about strike votes in the Texarkana Cotton Oil Company over the refusal of the company to bargain with its employees in matters of wages, hours, and working conditions; the report and recommendations of the Federal Inter- agency Committee on migrant workers; a dispute over unfair labor practices at Bull Shoals Dam; the effects of the Taft-Hartley Act on the impact of strikes; the Oil Workers International Union and Missouri Pacific Railroad strikes; and copies of the work- stoppages from 1916 to 1948. ov F11. 11-c [Labor and strikes — Miscellaneous Correspondence primarily dealing with Bull Shoals Dam Project Strike] Feb. 3, 1950 - July 31, 1950. Contains correspondence about the predetermined wage rates for the Bull Shoals Dam project; the debate over the firing of employees by the Ozark Hardware Comapny because of concerted actwriter for the purpose of collective bargaining; and the Rock Island Railroad strike and its effects on the movement of supplies in Arkansas.

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F12. 11-c [Labor and Strikes — Miscellaneous Correspondence primarily dealing with Bull Shoals Dam Project Strike] Aug. 23, 1950 - Oct 20, 1951. Contains correspondence about strikes in the petrochemical industries; the discrimination of Mexican laborers in Marked Tree, Arkansas; the workers' strike at Bull Shoals Dam; background material about the construction of Bull Shoals Dam; and a copy of the final contract between the Ozark Dam Construction Com- pany and the American Federation of Labor.

F13. 11-c Labor and Strikes [Correspondence and other material dealing with miscellaneous strikes] Feb. 12, 1952 - July 17, 1956. Contains correspondence about the settlement of the truck drivers' strike; the effects of the steel workers' strike; and a report issued by the Westmorland Manganese Company.

F14. 11-D Bureau of Employees Compensation 1955 [sic] [Miscel- laneous Complaints and Inquiries] May 7, 1953 - Nov. 15, 1956. Contains correspondence about inquiries for workmen's compensation; medical (progress) reports; and the Federal Employees Compensation Act.

F15. 11-D Bureau of Employees Compensation 1956 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] June 21, 1956 - July 17, 1956. Contains correspondence about the construction costs for 1956; the decline in new homebuilding and the increase in utilities, highways and private industrial construction; and the unemployment situation in the Helena area. ov RF16. [Military Academies Miscellaneous Correspondence and other material] Aug. 31, 1944 - July 28, 1945. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about Congressional examinations to the United States Military and Naval Academies; the Dumbarton Oaks Plan; high school certifications; a list of vacancies for midshipmen; and applications for entrance to West Point, Annapolis, and Columbia Military Academy. 135.

BCN 19. (Cont. . . . )

R F17. [Military Academies Miscellaneous Correspondence and other material] July 28, 1945. [Restricted] Contains Congressional examinations for the designation of candidates to the United States Military and Naval Academies. ov R F18. [Military Academies Miscellaneous Correspondence and other material] July 28, 1945-June 25, 1946. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about the candidates for the Military and Naval Academies; contains Congressional examinations for the designation of candidates to West Point and Annapolis; and a list of the accepted nominees.

R F19. Annapolis — 1944 [sic] Appointments [Mental examination schedule and results] Sept. 18, 1943 - June 15, 1944. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about the Congressional examinations for designation to the United States Naval Academy; and the results of the examinations.

R F20. West Point — Annapolis — 1949 [sic] Appointments — Appli- cations Jan 13, 1943 - June 28, 1945. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about the appointments to the Military and Naval Academies; high school and college transcripts; the results of candidates mental and physical examinations, and a list of nominees for the 1946 appointments to the Military and Naval Academies.

R F21. West Point — Annapolis — 1946 [sic] Appointments — Appli- cations Feb. 19, 1945 - Jan 22, 1947. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about applications and appointments to the Military and Naval Academies; and a list of new regulations pertaining to admission to the academies.

136.

BCN 19. (Cont. . . . )

R F22. West Point — Annapolis — 1946 [sic] Appointments — Appli cations Feb. 19, 1945 - Jan. 22, 1947. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about the nominees to the Military and Naval Academies; the Congressional examinations for the designation of candidates to the academies; and a memorandum regarding the results of the examination of candidates.

R F23. Academy Appointments [ and Applications ] 1948 [sic] Apr. 28, 1948 - Jan. 4, 1949. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about applications and appointments to the Military and Naval Academies; and a report of results of the United States Military and Naval Academies entrance examinations for candidates.

R F24. Annapolis Applicants — 1949 [sic] Feb. 24, 1948 - Nov. 29, 1948. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about applications and appointments to Annapolis; University of Arkansas transcripts; and the results of the United States Military Academy entrance examinations. ov R F25. West Point Applicants — 1949 [sic] Oct. 21, 1947 - Nov. 15, 1948. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about recommendations and appointments to West Point; and high school and military institution transcripts.

R F26. Academy Applications — 1949 [sic] Miscellaneous Mar. 19, 1948 - Oct. 21, 1948. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about recommendations to the United States Military and Naval Academies; this folder also contains applications for the academies; and a circular pertaining to the United States Military Academy preparatory training program. ov R F27. Annapolis Principal [Rodney Routt] Landes [Nominees for Appointment ] Aug. 10, 1944 - June 11, 1947 [Restricted] Contains correspondence about recommendation to the United States Naval Academy; the Cotton Purchasing Plan; German prisoners working on Arkansas farms during World War II; application forms for candidates to the United States Naval Aca- demy; and reports on physical examinations of candidates and mental test results.

137.

BCN 19. (Cont. . . . )

ov R F28. Annapolis — Principal [Charles Rench ] Landes [Nominees for Appointments] Aug.16, 1944 - July 10, 1946. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about recommendations and appointments to the United States Naval Academy; preliminary Con- gressional examinations for the designation of candidates to the United States Military and Naval Academies; and high school and junior college certificates. ov R F29. Annapolis — Principal] [Joseph Boyd] Hurley, III, 1946 [sic] Nominees for Appointment] Jan. 19, 1945 - July 13, 1946. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about recommendations and appointments to the United States Naval Academy; preliminary Con- gressional examinations for the designation of candidates to the United States Military and Naval Academies; a list of the nominees to the academies; and high school and junior college certificates.

R F30. Annapolis — Miscellaneous — 1943 [sic] [Applications and Appointments] July 27, 1942 - Jan. 24, 1944. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about recommendations and appointments to the United States Military and Naval Academies; the results of the Congressional examinations; and high school transcripts. ov R F31. Annapolis 1948 [sic] [Applications for future appointments] Jan. 18, 1944 - June 2, 1947. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about recommendations and appointments to the United States Military and Naval Academies; information relative to Congressional examinations for designation of candidates for appointment to the United States academies; and the controversy over the opening of state ballot boxes. ov R F32. Annapolis — 1948 [sic] [Applications and Appointments] May 23, 1947 - August 5, 1947. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about recommendations and appointments to the United States Military and Naval Academies; information pertaining to the personal histories of George Francis Yoran, Jr. and Richard Newcomb Crawford; appointment sheets, and a report of the results of the 1947 United States Military Academy entrance examination for candidates.

138.

BCN 19. (Cont. . . . ) ov R F33. West Point — Principal, [James Hamilton] Dill [Nominees for Appointment] Apr. 9, 1945 - Oct. 28, 1946. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about recommendations and appointments to the United States Military and Naval Academies; military institute and high school transcripts; the preliminary Congressional examination of candidates to the United States Military and Naval Academies; a program of the Arkansas Herferd Week; and a description of the loss of the cotton crop in Parkin, Arkansas. ov R F34. West Point — Principal, [Richard Lee] Colquette [Nominees for Appointment] Apr. 20, 1945 - Sept. 9, 1946. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about recommendations and appointments to the United States Military Academy; the preliminary Congres- sional examination of candidates to the United States Military Academy; high school transcripts; and a scholastic and military record of Richard Lee Colquette. ov R F35. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about recommendations and appointments to the United States Military Academy; a number of pamphlets dealing with the United States Military Academy and Preparatory School; and a list of graduates from the classes of 1947 and 1948.

R F36. U.S. Air Force Academy 1955 [sic] Appointments [Inquiries and Medical forms] June 1, 1954 - Sept. 6, 1956. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about recommendations and appointments to the United States Air Force Academy; the authorization for preliminary physical examinations for the academy; and advance information for members of Congress concerning the nominations of candidates for the academy.

R F37. Academy Nominations — 1956 General Information June 1, 1954 - Sept 6, 1956. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about nomination of candidates to the United States Air Force Academy; authorization for preliminary physical examination for the Academy; rules and regulations pertaining to the Naval Academy; and a brief summary of the requirements for eligibility to compete in the annual competitive examination for appointment to cadetship at the United States Coast Guard Academy.

139.

BCN 19. (Cont. . . . ) ov R F38. Academies 1957 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence and other material] Apr. 2, 1945 - July 1, 1951. [Restricted] Contains material pertaining to Senator Fulbright's Bill S812 authorizing appointments to the United States Military and Naval Academies; progress reports of candidates at the Military Academy; literature pertaining to the Coast Guard Academy; results of the Civil Service Examinations; and a memorandum on a proposal to reduce the number of appointments to the United States Naval Academy.

R F39. Academies 1957 [sic] [Miscellaneous correspondence and other material] July 1, 1950 - Oct. 20, 1954. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about appointments to the Merchant Marine Academy; a newspaper article pertaining to the graduation of Paul Shimeck, Jr. from the United States Naval Academy; rules for admission to the Military Academy; and information for members of Congress concerning the nomination of candidates for the United States Air Force Academy. ov R F40. Academies 1957 [sic] [Miscellaneous correspondence and other material] Nov. 4, 1953 - Feb. 11, 1957. [Restricted] Contains correspondence about appointments to the United States Military, Naval, and Merchant Marine Academies; application blanks for appointment to the academies; newsletters and pamphlets distributed by the academies; prospective appointees to the academies; and relative standing and marks of cadets at the Military and Naval Academies.

F41. 14 [Arkansas] Courts 1955 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] June 28, 1955 - Dec 28, 1955. Contains correspondence about the appointment of Ed F. McFadden to the United States Court of Appeals; and the incarceration of Gordon S. Lyman.

F42. 14 Courts 1956 [Miscellaneous trial-oriented correspondence] Oct. 3, 1956 - Dec. 8, 1956. Contains correspondence about the case of Dyer versus Abe, et. al.; the Ohio Crime Commission; and the trial of Jack Massengale, (attorney - investigator).

140.

BCN 19. (Cont. . . . )

F43. 14-a Supreme Court 1955 [sic] [Desegregation correspondence] June 18, 1953 - Dec. 1, 1955. Contains correspondence about the admission of lawyers to practice before the Supreme Court; the Arkansas Supreme Court's banning of secret fraternities and sororities; recommendation of Smith Wildman Brookhart, Jr. to fill the office of Security Exchange Com- missioner; the establishment of a Federal Court at Russellville; newspaper clippings; several Supreme Court decisions; and Public Law 2157 pertaining to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

F44. 14-a Supreme Court 195 5 [sic] [ Desegregation correspondence] June 18, 1953 - Dec. 1, 1955. Contains correspondence about the Supreme Court's ruling on "equal but separate" school facilities; recommendation of impeachment for Supreme Court Justices Thomas C. Clark and William O. Douglas; concerning lawyer’s admission to practice before the Supreme Court; and newspaper clippings.

F45. 14-a Supreme Court 1956 [sic] [ Desegregation cor respondence] June 21, 1955 - June 22, 1956. Contains correspondence about the Fair Employment Practices Committee; impeachment charges against the Supreme Court Justices; a petition to retain "equal but separate" school facilities; the integration of intrastate bus lines; a resolution introduced to Congress which would void Supreme Court decisions; and newspaper clippings pertaining to forced integration within the Van Buren and Little Rock schools, state interposition, and a call to investi- gate the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

F46. 14-a-a [Admission to Practice before Supreme Court] Nov. 26, 1946 - Mar. 12, 1956. Contains correspondence about the admission of lawyers to practice before the Supreme Court; and J. W. Fulbright's certificate, admitting him to practice before the Supreme Court.

141 .

BCN 19. (Cont. . . . )

F47. 14-a-Z Cases [Inquiries into miscellaneous court cases] May 30, 1945 - Oct. 5, 1954. Contains correspondence about the law cases of Screws vs. the United States pertaining to officials guilty of crimes; Dora Whitman vs. the United States pertaining to the obtaining of war bonds; the granted divorce of Evelyn Cooper vs. George Ray Cooper; California Tidelands vs. the United States; and Braniff Airways vs. Nebraska State Board of Equalization and Assessment. There is also a newspaper clipping from the Texarkana Gazette indicating that the Supreme Court agreed to hear and decide the constitutionality of the 34th amendment to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas.

F48. 14-b Tax Court [Inquiries and Information regarding internal revenue] Jan. 1, 1954 - Mar. 10, 1955. Contains correspondence about internal revenue taxes for transient workers, and the folder contains a pamphlet entitled "Rules to Practice Before the Tax Court of the United States."

F49. 14-c [Other Federal Courts — Miscellaneous Correspondence] Apr. 2, 1946 - July 17, 1948. Contains correspondence about the salary increase for United States Judges; Senator John Little McClellan’s bill confirming jurisdiction upon United States District for the Western District of Arkansas determine, and render judgment upon any claims arising out of the death of Norman Ray Pedron and Carl Franklin Morris; the con- firmation of Edward M. Currain to the Judgeship for the District Court of the United States (District of Columbia); proposed laws to and curb lynching; an additional District Court situated in Pine Bluff; the pending trial of Joe Ward Bonner; Limmuel Jenkin’s proposed law case against the M. and O. Railroad; a comparative list of the number of cases pending in the United States Court of Claims, 1930-1946; and an editorial from the Washington Post pertainint go Milton S. Kroheim's qualification for a Municipal Court Judgeship.

142.

BCN 19. (Cont. . . . )

F50. 14-c Other Federal Courts — 1955 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] May 7, 1953 - Aug. 8, 1955. Contains correspondence about Judge Luther W. Youngdahl's ruling on the Lattimore case; Arkansas Bar Association's en- dorsement of Arkansas candidates for the vacancy on the Court of Appeals; and eligibility for monetary benefits under the Public Law 615 for Korean Ex-Prisoners of War.

F51. 14-c Other Federal Courts — 1956 [Miscellaneous Corre- spondence] Feb. 14, 1956 - Dec. 26, 1956. Contains correspondence about the amending of House of Repre- sentative Bill 5649 which pertains to Negroes seeking Habeas Corpus in United States District Courts; a complaint against the dismissal of Judge Ernest A. Purdum; the condemnation of the actions taken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Clinton, Tennessee; and recommendations for appointment to the United States District Court.

F52. 15 [Civil Service Commissioner — Miscellaneous Correspon- dence and other material] Sept. 1947 - Dec. 12, 1951. Contains correspondence about Civil Service examinations for maintenance workers in the Little Rock district of the War Department; Veterans seeking employment with the Civil Service; the Ramspeck Act (Public Law 880) concerning the requirements for the acquisition of a competitive Civil Service status; the Civil Service Act which pertains to the number of Civil Service workers in one family; resolutions pertaining to Civil Service reduction in grades; the Veterans Preference Act of 1944 pertaining to work status; and a memorandum entitled "State Appointment of Government Jobs and How It Works."

143.

BCN 19. (Cont. . . . )

F53. 15 Civil Service Commission — General — 1952 Jan. 10, 1952 - Sept. 29, 1952. Contains correspondence about various Civil Service personnel matters: overtime and retirement pay, widows benefits, employment credits; results of Civil Service examinations; decisions of Civil Service officials; includes a dispute over "down-grading" certain officers of the Veterans Administration.

F54. 15 Civil Service Commission — General — 1953-1955 [sic] Dec. 30, 1952 - June 30, 1955. Contains correspondence about various Civil Service personnel matters: examination results; classification and re-classification; seniority, retention and retirement; the possibility of improper political influence in the merit system; rights of veterans, widows, survivors and other special groups. Also contains announcement of military academy candidacy examinations, and several letters denouncing the United State Supreme Court for its desegregation decision.

F55. 15 Civil Service Commission — General — 1955. Feb. , 1955 - Dec. 12, 1955. Contains correspondence about various Civil Service personnel matters. Also a pamphlet, "Basic Acts, Rules and Regulations Governing Employment in the Federal Competitive Civil Service."

F56. 15 Civil Service Commission — General — 1956 [sic] Aug. 5, 1955 - Dec. 27, 1956. Contains correspondence pertaining to Civil Service personnel matters, chiefly among postal employees in Arkansas: examinations, ratings, the problem of Republican control of patronage, appeals of decisions of the Civil Service Commission.

F57. [Miscellaneous Correspondence primarily dealing with Civil Service Commission] Jan. 7, 1944 - Sept. 25, 1945. Contains correspondence pertaining to Civil Service personnel matters, chiefly requests for assistance in obtaining refunds of money withheld from temporary employees; also in obtaining transfers, reclassification, favorable recommendations and information.

144.

BCN 19. (Cont. . . . )

F58. [Miscellaneous correspondence primarily dealing with Civil Service Commission] Feb. 23, 1944 - May 10, 1946. Contains correspondence pertaining to Civil Service personnel matters, chiefly the matter of re-ordering the Civil Service after World War II: re-classification, loss of status, veterans preference, and attempts to recover monies withheld from workers on temporary appointments.

F59. [Miscellaneous Correspondence primarily dealing with Civil Service Commission] Sept. 2, 1944 - Mar. 31, 1947. Contains correspondence pertaining to various problems of Civil Service personnel: requests for assistance in obtaining information or favorable rulings from Civil Service officials; for assistance in circumventing the rules or policies of the Civil Service, in expediting the bureaucratic processes of obtaining refunds or annuities or other compensation.

F60. [Miscellaneous Correspondence primarily dealing with Civil Service Commission] Jan. 21, 1947 - Sept. 2, 1947. Contains correspondence chiefly concerning Civil Service employees under notice of separation from the Service because of reductions in force, employees seeking assistance in establishing permanent Civil Service status or obtaining promotions, transfers, etc. Also contains correspondence related to a charge that the Farmers Home Administration was discriminating against war veterans.

145.

BCN 20. 21-23a [sic]. 1945-1956 [sic]. [ Federal Security Agency, Federal Works Agency, Federal Trade Com- mission]

F1. 21 Federal Security Agency — Atomic Energy Commission 1955 [sic] Jan 25, 1952 - Nov 16, 1955. Contains correspondence about possible dangers of atomic energy operations and explosions; expressed fears on the part of constituents as to damaging side affects on man, weather, cattle, etc.; pros and cons on continuation of atomic energy project in Arkansas. Numerous claims of discovery of uranium-like material and requests for assistance in testing. Correspondence pertaining to the Dixon-Yates proposal for a steam plant in West Memphis. Corre- spondence pertaining to Russian espionage in the area of atomic weapons.

F2. 21 Federal Security Agency — Atomic Energy Commission 1956 Jan 1, 1956 - Nov 10, 1956. Monthly summary of press articles pertaining to the Atomic Energy Commission and related matters, compiled by the Joint Committee on atomic energy. Statement of the position of the coal industry on the atomic energy program. Correspondence about hydrogen bomb tests; Dixon-Yates proposal; and disability of a constituent result- ing from injuries received while employed by the government.

F3. 21 Federal Security Agency — General 1952 Jan 16, 1952 - Aug 15, 1952. Statement of policy of informational guidance for all Mutual Secur- ity Agency officers. Correspondence about transfer of Asa G. Candler Estate to government use. Correspondence on old-age security, and old-age assistance.

146.

BCN 20. (Cont. . . . )

F4. 21 Federal Security Agency — General 1953-55 Mar 6, 1953 - Jun 13, 1955. Correspondence concerning procedure necessary to secure government grants for school districts located near defense installations, federal assistance to school districts with facilities destroyed by fire; negotiations of Fayetteville city and/ or school district to secure title to the land declared surplus by the Veterans Administration. Numerous items of correspondence concerning social security status, survivors insurance benefits, old-age benefits, "disability freeze, " and disability benefits, tables showing the number of persons in Arkansas receiving benefits under the old-age and survivors insurance program, with distribution by county. Contains correspond- dence about federal legislation regarding child support, assistance in locating an individual to serve with a warrant in connection with a lawsuit, mental health services, problems of recruiting and training technicians to meet the demands of industry under automation, and efforts to establish improved communication between the Senate and Department of Health, Edu- cation, and Welfare.

F5. 21a Federal Security Agency — Office of Education, 1945-46. May 30, 1945 - Feb 23, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to distribution of surplus visual educational equipment to school districts, organizing physical education programs, discontinuance of nursery school facilities in North Little Rock, copyrighting a book, education system in England, scholarship programs for study abroad, Americanism essay contest.

147.

BCN 20. (Cont. . . . )

F6. 21a Federal Security Agency — Office of Education 1946-1950 Mar 30, 1946 - Dec 19, 1950 Numerous peices of correspondence from officials of Arkansas high schools and colleges pertaining to the surplus property disposal program established by the federal government whereby excess property from the armed forces would be made available for educational use. Correspondence pertaining to the establishment of a summer school program in Alaska, transfer of buildings at Camp Robinson to Arkansas National Guard, requested material on care of children, possible transfer of mental patient from a Little Rock hospital to a hospital in the District of Columbia, discontinuance of public benefit allowances, budgeting matters for vocational rehabilitation services, teaching requirements and possibilities in South America, acquisition of copies of past Congres- sional debates on the Smith-Hayes Act, actions and activities re- sulting from a conference on aging, unemployment compensation, possibility of Fayetteville public schools qualifying for federal assistance to construct new facilities. Correspondence about veterans' training programs in Arkansas and alleged irregularities regarding the veterans' training program in Little River County, Arkansas. Correspondence about representation of the Arkansas Medical Association at the National Health Assembly, 1948, and advanced press releases and tentative agenda of the Assembly. Also contains 1947 Annual Report of the U.S. Office of Education, 1947-48 Annual Report of the Veterans Employment Service, and the advance release pertaining to the FSA Annual Report for fiscal year ending June 30, 1947 containing preliminary data on participation of Arkansas in various FSA programs.

148.

BCN 20. (Cont. . . .)

F7. 21a Federal Security Agency — Office of Education 1951-52 [sic] Jan 3, 1950 - Oct 29, 1952. Numerous correspondence on the problems and delays encountered by Arkansas State College in its attempts to be recognized as a teacher training institution for teachers of vocational agriculture. Correspondence on government requested inventory of physical facilities and human resources of Arkansas State College, and a completed copy of this inventory and report. Contains numerous items of notification of approval of federal assistance to state school districts, and correspondence pertaining to requests by school districts for federal assistance particularly those districts within areas subjected to an increased enrollment as a result of an influx of federal workers. Correspondence pertaining to the application of the Morrilton School District for allotment of controlled materials and authorization to commence construction of facilities. Correspondence pertaining to Batesville School District's attempts to receive an allocation of necessary critical materials to complete construction of facilities. Correspondence on placing federal aid funds in the state treasury subject to line-items appropriation by legislature. Contains correspondence pertaining to federal assistance for development of the Children's Village in Little Rock, teaching possibilities abroad, commencement invitation, training in aircraft engine mechanics. Also contains copies of the findings of fact, conclusions of law, opinion, and a statement of the administrator of the FSA all relating to the decision of the FSA not to approve the Indiana state plans for aid to the needy. Also contains a copy of the FSA organizational chart.

F8. 21a Federal Security Agency — Office of Education 1953-1956 Jan 7, 1953 - Feb 15, 1956. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests by school districts for federal assistance, and numerous items of notification of approval of federal assistance to school districts. Correspondence regarding action by federal government to secure land and facilities from the Gosnell School District which was under use by the district. Corre- spondence pertaining to teaching of foreign languages in elementary schools, requests for various government publications, lecturer's grant abroad, civil service appointment and the tax-exempt status of the National Association of Margarine Manufacturers.

149.

BCN 20. (Cont. . . . )

F9. 21b Federal Security Agency — Public Health Service, 1945- 1951 Oct 18, 1945 — Oct 15, 1951. This folder contains numerous items of correspondence regarding the lack of adequate hospital facilities in certain areas and communities in the state and attempts by various communities to secure federal assistance for construction of such facilities. Also contains correspondence pertaining to large reductions in the amount of federal assistance available for construction of hospital facilities. Contains numerous items of correspondence pertaining to the Public Health Service and duty assignments, discharge dates and applications for service by Arkansas medical students. Also contains correspondence pertaining to federal allotments and grants to various states for medical research, difficulties encountered by a contractor in meeting requirements to supply equipment for hospitals being constructed in Arkansas, causes and methods of controlling polio, opportunity for qualified practical nurses to serve in government hospitals, possibility of converting surplus government facilities near Hot Springs into training facilities for Negro nurses, mental hygiene, Civil War pension, malaria control program, waiver of compulsory vaccination requirement, conversion of sewage into commercial fertilizer, adjudication of medical claims filed by government employees.

F10. 21b Federal Security Agency — Public Health Service, 1952-1955 Feb 7, 1952 - Dec 22, 1955. This folder contains numerous items of correspondence pertaining to attempts by state communities to secure federal assistance for construction of hospital facilities. Correspondence pertaining to financial liability of a county which discontinues operation of hospital facilities constructed with federal assistance; operating with a closed staff hospitals constructed with federal aid; numerous notifications of approval of federal assistance for construction of hospital facilities. Correspondence pertaining to the attempts of the Arkansas Children's Colony to obtain federal assistance for construction of facilities. Correspondence concerning the reactivation of the malaria and fly control program in Lawrence County, methods used in treatment of cancer, federal assistance for improvement of the water and sewer system at Bearden, government study groups of grants-in-aid, and requests for government public- cations.

150. BCN 20. (Cont. . . . )

F11. 21c Federal Security Agency — Food and Drug Administration 1946-1953 Apr 1946 - Jun 22, 1953. This folder contains numerous transcripts or copies of speeches, statements and remarks made by members of the Federal Trade Commission pertaining to its duties, actions, and findings. Con- tains numerous items pertaining to violations and possible violations of FTC and Food and Drug Administration standards. Con- tains correspondence relative to FTC mandatory retirement policy; early release from the Public Health Service, and Civil Ser- vice appointments. Also contains correspondence pertaining to federal assistance to school districts affected by federal activities; contribution by southern colleges and universities to the defense mobilization plan; requests for government publications; and notifications of approval of federal assistance for construction of school facilities.

F12. 21c Federal Security Agency — Food and Drug Administration — Epilepsy Letters Feb 17, 1952 - Feb 21, 1952. Entire folder contains correspondence and testimonials from epileptic sufferers, their family and friends, about the products of the Western Medical Corporation and requests for the Senate to preclude the Food and Drug Administration from restricting this corporation from sending its product through the mail.

F13. 21c Federal Security Agency — Food and Drug Administration — Epilepsy Letters Feb 22, 1952 - Mar 21, 1952. Correspondence from citizens concerning the proposal by the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit the mail-order distribution of medicines by the Western Medical Association. Scattered letters congratulating Senator Fulbright for helping to amend the proposed Durham-Humphrey Bill to allow continued mail-order services. ov F14 21d Federal Security Agency — Social Security Administration 1949 [sic] Jan 24, 1946 - Mar 1, 1949. Correspondence concerned with obtaining both old age and unemployment benefits from the Social Security funds. Includes some correspondence from various state unemployment agencies. 151.

BCN 20. (Cont. ...)

ov F15. 21d Federal Security Agency — Social Security Administration 1947-1949 [sic] Jan 24, 1946 - Mar 1, 1949. Correspondence concerned with obtaining both old age and unemployment benefits from Social Security funds.

F16. 21d Federal Security Agency — Social Security Administration 1950-1951 [sic] Dec 7, 1936 - Dec 7, 1951. Correspondence concerned with obtaining old age benefits from Social Security funds. Also included is a petition presented by the employees of the University of Arkansas requesting that the Social Security law be modified to include them.

FI7. 21d Federal Security Agency — Social Security Administration 1954-1955 [sic] Jan 5, 1952 - Nov 18, 1953. Correspondence concerned with obtaining old age benefits from Social Security funds.

F18. 21d Federal Security Agency — Social Security Administration 1954-1955 [sic] Jan 19, 1954 - Dec 16, 1955. Correspondence concerned with obtaining old age benefits from Social Security funds.

F19. 21e Federal Security Agency — Employee Compensation1946- 1947 [sic] Nov 9, 1944 - Oct 8, 1947. Correspondence relating to obtaining disability benefits for employees of the federal government. Most are connected with employment in war industries and/or civilians employeed by the federal government.

F20. 21e Federal Security Agency — Employee Compensation 1948 [sic] Jun 13, 1945 - Nov 12, 1948. Correspondence concerned with disability benefits for employees of the federal government. Includes one letter [Sep 12, 1948] discussing the crusade of the Washington Post against football

tickets being given to members of Congress. 152.

BCN 20. (Cont. ...)

F21. 21e Federal Security Agency — Employee Compensation 1949 [sic] Jul 25, 1946 - Dec 19, 1949. General correspondence relating to disability benefits for employees of the federal government.

F22. 21e Federal Security Agency — Employee Compensation 1950-1952 Feb 10, 1952 - Dec 15, 1952. General correspondence relating to claims submitted by employees of the federal government for disability benefits. Several of the groups are concerned with injuries received while employed in the arsenals at Pine Bluff, Arkansas and Texarkana, Texas.

F23 21e Federal Security Agency — Employee Compensation 1953-1955 [sic] Dec 10, 1950 - Jun 30, 1955. General correspondence relating to claims submitted by employees of the federal government for disability benefits.

F24 21f Federal Security Agency — Children's Bureau Jun 1947 - Jan 4, 1952. Five pieces of correspondence. Three are letters relating to booklets received or offered to the Senator's office by the Child- ren's Bureau. Two are telegrams that relate to Dean H. C. Chenault's request for funding information to establish a Pedia- tric Program for the University of Arkansas Medical Center.

F25. 22 Federal Trade Commission — General Correspondence Nov 5, 1945 - Aug 1, 1951. Correspondence from citizens of Arkansas relating to alleged violations of the Fair Trade Laws. One group relates to Louis- iana State Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc's marketing of the patent medicine Hadacol. Includes five budget/expenditure charts fur- nished by the FTC and two miscellaneous newspaper clippings.

F26. 22 Federal Trade Commission — General Correspondence Jul 15, 1953 - Oct 25, 1956. Correspondence from citizens of Arkansas relating to alleged violations of Fair Trade Laws. Most of the material is concerned with complaints of price-fixing by competitors.

153.

BCN 20. (Cont. ...)

F27. 23 Federal Works Agency — General Services Administration 1949-1952 Nov 2, 1942 - Mar 6, 1952. General correspondence from Arkansas citizens. The bulk of the material is concerned with surplus military property within Ark- ansas. Generally the writers wish to know how they might purchase this property. Included also are three groups of letters from Ark- ansas citizens requesting genealogical information from the National Archives. ov F28. 23 Federal Works Agency — General Services Administration 1953-1945 [sic] Jan 8, 1952 - Dec 6, 1954. General correspondence from Arkansas citizens that relates to problems that come within the scope of the GSA. Included is extensive correspondence on two subjects: first, correspondence and reports on the federal government's decision to terminate its manganese contract with the Westmoreland Manganese Corporation of Batesville, Arkansas; second, correspondence and petitions from citizens of Mountain Home to obtain condemned government property for a municipal park and playground.

F29. 23 Federal Works Agency — General Services Administration 1955 Jan 13, 1955 - Dec 12, 1955. Miscellaneous correspondence relating to problems that come within the scope of the GSA. One group of material is concerned with the alleged attempts to sell the Franklin Mines (Nashville, Tennessee) to the federal Government to serve as storage facilities for agricultural products.

F30. 23 Federal Works Agency — General Services Administration 1956 Feb 13, 1956 - Dec 21, 1956. With the exception of three letters, the entire file contains material about the proposed federal building to be constructed in Little Rock. Most of the material is related to Arkansas Archi- tectural and their efforts to obtain the contract for design of the building.

154.

BCN 20. (Cont. ...)

F31. 23a Federal Works Agency — Public Building Service. Feb 20, 1945 - Sep 16, 1955. General correspondence containing material relating to federal construction in Arkansas. Most of the letters are related to questions and/or suggestions about funds for various highways in Arkansas.

F32. 23b Federal Works Agency — Federal Supply Service Apr 22, 1954 - Oct 3, 1955. Contains correspondence pertaining to requests by constituents for information on the Foreign Service and schools specializing in Foreign Service. Correspondence requesting assistance on filing procedures. Correspondence pertaining to Judge Issac C. Parker and the District Court at Fort Smith, Arkansas.

F33. 23c Federal Works Agency — National Archives Feb 26, 1954 - Mar 27, 1956. This folder contains numerous items of correspondence pertaining to attempts by individuals to obtain service records of friends and family. Correspondence pertaining to a volume of the Territorial Papers of the U.S. printed by the federal government and expressions of gratitude upon its arrival. Correspondence wanting information about Judge Issac C. Parker and his court.

F34. Federal Works Agency — Federal Work Projects Dec 30, 1944 - Dec 29, 1949. This folder contains reports from special Senate committees on small businesses, the Fifth Annual Report of the Federal Works Agency and the "Construction Stabilization Act of 1945." Corre- spondence pertaining to planning, maintenance, operation and building of schools throughout the state. Numerous items of correspondence pertaining to the construction of public works, turning over surplus government buildings for veterans' programs, obtaining surplus equipment and complaints about hiring out-of- state contractors on federal work projects. Correspondence pertaining to surplus military property, erection of new government buildings and the declaration of Warren, Arkansas as a disaster area. 155.

BCN 20. (Cont. ...)

F35. Federal Works Agency — Federal Work Projects Jan 9, 1950 - Mar 8, 1951. Correspondence pertaining to the building of sewer facilities, airport facilities, hospital facilities and water facilities throughout the state. Correspondence containing pleas by citizens for reactivation of old federal buildings, construction of new federal buildings and post offices. Correspondence pertaining to a pledge of support in the upcoming election. Correspondence containing complaints about the giving of federal loans during time of war. Correspondence pertaining to recommendation of professional services (architecture). Also containing a report about defense programs affecting colleges and universities. Also a repo rt about the steps to be taken in setting up a regional education system.

F36. Federal Works Agency — General Correspondence Mar 1, 1945 - Jan 9, 1948. Correspondence concerning procedure necessary to secure government grants for planning funds, federal assistance to school districts, hospitals, airports, sewers, recreation and terminal facilities. Numerous items of correspondence dealing with surplus medical facilities for southern Mississippi County, appreciation for a copy of an article published in a journal, and funds for a war memorial in Fayetteville. Reports concerning a hospital construction bill and the applications for federal assistance in work projects.

F37. Federal Works Agency — Berryville Mar 2, 1946. Correspondence asking assistance in obtaining funds for construction of Berryville School District buildings.

F38. Federal Works Agency — Cabot Nov 24, 1945 - Dec 26, 1945. Correspondence pertaining to the re-opening of an application for sewer facilities in Cabot, Arkansas. Also containing a set of regulations for Title V of "War Mobilization and Reconversion Act."

F39. Federal Works Agency — Camden Jun 1, 1945 - Jun 19, 1945. Correspondence inquiring into the possibility of acquiring a Veterans Administration Hospital for Camden, Arkansas.

156.

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F40. Federal Works Agency — Franklin County Jan 28, 1946 - Feb 20, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to the availability of federal funds for the construction of a hospital in Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas.

F41. Federal Works Agency — Harrison Jun 5, 1945 - Sep 16, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to the construction of a Veterans' Hospital in Harrison, Arkansas. Also containing correspondence asking help in receiving funds for construction of new school facilities and a general hospital. This folder includes a correspondence from Lake Village, Arkansas pertaining to an appointment to the United States Military Academy.

F42. Federal Works Agency — Hot Springs May 1, 1945 - Jun 19, 1945. Correspondence pertaining to the start of a treatment and research center for arthritis in Hot Springs, Arkansas at Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital.

F43. Federal Works Agency — Little Rock Apr 23, 1945 - Mar 19, 1947. This folder contains correspondence relating to the installation of water and recreation facilities for Little Rock, Arkansas. Also containing a newspaper clipping and engineering survey of a proposed lake to be built in the Fouche bottoms south of Little Rock. Correspondence pertaining to the sale of excess USO equipment and buildings in the Little Rock area. Corre- spondence pertaining to the authorization of funds for the Pulaski County Special School District. Correspondence dealing with recommendations for professional services (architectural). Correspondence containing a request for a copy of a Senate bill. This folder also contains a request from Black Rock, Ark- ansas for funds to build a new sewer and water system.

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F44. Federal Works Agency — Magnolia Feb 5, 1945 - Jun 5, 1945. Correspondence pertaining to federal funds being used to improve the Magnolia City Hospital. Also containing correspondence concerning the possible location of a Veterans' Ad- ministration Hospital in Magnolia, Arkansas.

F45. Federal Works Agency — Malvern Oct 12, 1945 - Nov 6, 1945. This folder contains correspondence seeking federal funds to build a war memorial auditorium in Malvern, Arkansas.

F46. Federal Works Agency — Morrilton Hospital Jan 20, 1945 - Mar 4, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to the location of a Veterans Hospital in Morrilton, Arkansas. Also the possibility of making the hospital into a veterans' hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis. Correspondence containing requests for funds to expand the existing hospital in Morrilton.

F47. Federal Works Agency — Paragould Hospital Mar 1, 1945 - Mar 21, 1946. Correspondence pertaining to the completion of the hospital in Paragould, Arkansas. Also containing correspondence seeking federal funds to complete the hospital in Paragould, and the availability of surplus medical equipment and supplies. Corre- spondence requesting information on the possibility of getting a Veterans Hospital in Greene County, Arkansas. This folder also contains documents relating to various hospital aid bills before the Congress.

F48. Federal Works Agency — Piggott Feb 13, 1946 - Mar 7, 1946 Correspondence requesting assistance in seeking federal funds to expand the Piggott, Arkansas school facilities.

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F49. Federal Works Agency — Pine Bluff Nov 22, 1945 - Nov 30, 1945. Correspondence inquiring about the possibility of amending the Hospital Construction Act of 1945 to let federal agencies dispose of hospital facilities. The city of Pine Bluff wishes to acquire the hospital in Pine Bluff built with Government funds.

F50. Federal Works Agency — Russellville Feb 27, 1945 - Jun 4, 1945. Correspondence dealing with the re-opening of the Russellville Arkansas hospital and the availability of federal funds to accom- plish the re-opening. Also correspondence seeking information on the possibility of getting a Veterans Hospital in Russellville.

F51. Federal Works Agency — Siloam Springs May 18, 1945 - Jun 15, 1945. Correspondence pertaining to the location of a proposed naval hospital in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.

F52. Federal Works Agency — Stuttgart Nov 16, 1945 - Nec 4, 1946. Correspondence requesting the Federal Works Agency to examine the sewage disposal unit at Stuttgart, Arkansas. This folder also contains a request from John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas for surplus buildings to be used as classrooms and recreation facilities.

F53. Federal Works Agency — Yellville Feb 9, 1946 - Feb 21, 1946. Correspondence requesting assistance in receiving federal funds to make improvements on the water works in Yellville, Arkansas.

159.

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F1. [24] General Accounting Office [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Apr 27, 1945 - Oct 22, 1951. Contains reports to Congress from the Comptroller General and correspondence about figuring costs in excess of land- grant transportation charges, overpayment of military allotments, and numerous small claims by individuals against various government agencies.

F2. 24 General Accounting Office 1952 [sic] [Miscellaneous Corre- spondence] Dec 28, 1951 - Nov 8, 1952. Contains correspondence about claims for back-pay against the Army, overpayment of an allotment, and illegal attachment of a civil service annuity.

F3. 24 General Accounting Office 1953-[19] 55 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Sep 28, 1951 - Aug 2, 1955. Contains correspondence about lump sum payments to government employees instead of accumulated leave, claims against the city of Little Rock which delayed improvements to the municipal airport and its use by the military, stock purchase of People's National Bank of Little Rock, the retirement of the U. S. Comptroller General, a Confederate officer, the use of American accounts in foreign businesses, contract awards for the Veterans Hospital in North Little Rock, and various claims of individuals against the government.

F4. 24 General Accounting Office 1955 [sic] [Miscellaneous Corre- spondence] Jul 9, 1952 - Aug 12, 1955. Contains correspondence about a lawsuit between the government and the Westmoreland Manganese Corporation; a GAO investigation of conflicts of interest in zinc production contracts made by the former head of the Defense Materials Procurement Agency, the Army's liability for civilian medical expenses, and a civil service annuitant's penalty for returning to active duty two days before a month was out.

160.

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F5. 24 General Accounting Office 1956 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Oct 8, 1951 - Nov 6, 1956. Contains correspondence about claims against the Navy and the Army and about the Army-operated government of Okinawa, including a long background study.

F6. [25] Government Printing Office [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 12, 1941 - Aug 17, 1951. Contains requests for maps and other government publications, information on setting up for printing rationing books, an inquiry on bidding for government contracts, and a complaint about the management of the Government Printing Office.

F7. 25 Government Printing Office 1952 [Acknowledgement and Request for Publications] Jan 3, 1952 - Dec 12, 1952. Contains notification of, requests for, and acknowledgement of a variety of government publications.

F8. 25 Government Printing Office 1953-1955 [Request for Publi- cations] Mar 5, 1953 - Aug 26, 1955. Contains requests for government publications.

F9. 26 Interstate Commerce Commission 1952 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 1, 1952 - Dec 8, 1952. Contains correspondence about the extension of a permit for a barge towing company, the navigability of the Ouachita River, rate discrimination in the South and West, motor truck freight rates, increased railway freight rates at Springdale, investigation of improperly transported sulphuric acid, a Missouri Pacific Railway transfer of money from common to preferred stock, procedure for obtaining motor carrier authority, the appointment of the director of the Bureau of Locomotive Inspec- tion, and the defeat of Sidney Sanders McMath.

161.

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F10. 26 Interstate Commerce Commission 1953-[19]55 [Miscel- laneous Correspondence] Mar 31, 1953 - Jul 29, 1955. Contains correspondence about gaining permanent authority for a firm to haul house trailers, a hearing in the Eastern Missouri District Court at St. Louis involving the bankruptcy and re-organization of the Missouri-Pacific Railway, the rates on rail shipment of wooden pallets, a shortage of rail cars for loading scrap iron, the appointment of a director of the Bureau of Locomotive Inspection, conflicting state procedures for collecting tax revenue from motor freight carriers, and poor motor freight service to a wholesale grocer. ov F11. 26 Interstate Commerce Commission 1956 [sic] [Miscel- laneous Correspondence and Other Material] Nov 17, 1955 - Dec 3, 1956. Contains a petition from two railroad brotherhoods to the ICC to enforce rules on the maintenance of power brakes and correspondence and enclosures about the decision of the Motor Carriers Bureau of the ICC in awarding routes to certain carriers of motion pictures; increased rail freight, especially on fertilizer, grains, and other farm crops; the freight car shortage and the ICC service order (no. 910) pertaining to preventing the use of cars as storage space for lumber; cotton pricing for the export program favoring ports over interior locations; and the suspension of the reduction in freight rates on cotton. ov F12. [26] Interstate Commerce Commission [Miscellaneous Corre- spondence and other material] Apr 27, 1944 - Jul 27, 1950. Contains requests for help in gaining authority for various rail, truck, and barge hauling and other correspondence about the shortage of rail cars for hauling fertilizer, wheat, seed peas, flour, rice, and food crops; the pending application to abandon the Missouri and Arkansas (Cotton Belt) Railway; studies in uniform freight rates and legislation opposed to further studies; the North-South freight rate controversy; the domination of railroads by two New York financial houses; Thomas E. Dewey's opposition to freight rate equalization bills; possible appointees to the ICC with agricultural sympathies; the liability of shippers to carriers for undercharging; and various ICC rulings concerning routes and rates.

162.

BCN 21. (Cont. . . . ) ov F13. [26] Interstate Commerce Commission [Miscellaneous Correspondence and other material] Aug 7, 1950 - Dec 28, 1951. Contains a petition to suspend freight rate increases on soybean transport; a report concerning re-organization proceedings of the Missouri Pacific Railway in U. S. District Court, Eastern Division of Missouri; a resolution of the Arkansas Public Service Commission about the granting of authority by ICC to carriers of dangerous explosives; and correspondence about the export rate on soybeans, the boxcar shortage affecting transportation of soybeans, the increase in express rates on flowers shipped from Southern states to Arkansas florists, ICC rules concerning rates of finished wood products shipped by rail, differing rates of com- peting rail routes, joint-through-rail-rates exceeding aggregate- of-intermediate-rail-rates, discontinuance of rail service between Fargo and Cotton Plant, the need of Mexican farm workers in Cotton Plant, barge shipping on the Ouachita River, and ham Radio license applications of two young men. ov F14. I [nterstate] C[ommerce] C[ommission] — Employment of Physically Handicapped Jan 20, 1948 - Sep 29, 1949. Contains a proposed amendment to the Civil Service Act to remove discrimination against the physically handicapped and correspondence about the application of ICC safety rules to a truck driver with a physical handicap and efforts to change the rule.

ov F15. Railroads — M[issouri] and A[rkansas ] R[ail]r[oad] — New roads for State, etc. [Correspondence and other material] . Feb 16, 1945 - Dec 23, 1947. Contains correspondence about the procedure for becoming licensed to haul fruit from Mexico, the possibility of discrimin- atory freight rates for Pocahontas, goods damaged by a moving company, a uniform classification of commodities and uniform scale of rates, safety regulations for railroads, increased truck- ing rates, the possibility of government operation of the Missouri- Arkansas Railroad, the closing of that railroad, and the possibility of its being operated by the Rock Island Railroad.

163.

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ov Fl6. Railroads — M[issouri] and A[rkansas] R[ail] r[oad] — New roads for State, etc. [Correspondence and other material]. Jan 1948 - Jul 25, 1949. Contains a variety of petitions, reports, plans, and correspondence about the abandonment of the Missouri and Arkansas Rail- road and about Senator Fulbright's motives in investigating the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which is proposed as a lender to the railway.

F17. U. S. Maritime Commission [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 16, 1946 - Aug 17, 1949. Contains correspondence about the purchase of Army surplus boats, insurance benefits for a widow, fares set by the Com- mission for transportation of students to Europe, the need for an additional ship for the student exchange program, the procedure for obtaining employment in the merchant marine, and the effect on American shipping of the announced import controls of the Union of South Africa.

F18. 27 National Science Foundation 1956 [sic] [Announcement of Grants] Nov 5, 1954. Contains the announcement of 216 scientific grants for fiscal 1955 and a memo of the one grant awarded the University of Arkansas.

F19. [28 National Archives — Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jun 3, 1948 - Jul 20, 1949. Contains a list of National Archive facsimiles and correspond- dence about government acquisition of titanium and rutile, files dating from the Civil War concerning the loyalty of some people whose cotton was burned by Union troops, and the proper method for sealing a vault for the preservation of papers.

164.

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F20. [29 Federal Housing Agencies — Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 28, 1945 - Jan 7, 1950. Contains a report on Federal Housing Administration operations in Arkansas and correspondence about an alleged violation of FHA regulations in Louisiana, the housing shortage, authorization to build housing in Hot Springs and Arkadelphia and planning for expanded post-war home construction, restrictions on occupancy and disposition of defense housing, notification of sale of defense housing, the possible consolidation of personnel of Jones Mills and Bauxite housing projects, individual purchase of FHA mortgages, the appointment of the Arkansas State FHA director, and a variety of veteran housing problems.

F21. [29 Federal Housing Agencies — Miscellaneous Correspondence] Sep 15, 1949 - Dec 28, 1950. Contains correspondence about loans for planning low-rent public housing; accounting for funds by local bodies when the government relinquishes veterans' temporary housing projects to them; legislation for turning over government owned surplus temporary housing as well as airfields to local authority in Blytheville and other cities; a contract for research into low-cost housing by the Uni- versity of Arkansas; loans to colleges for student and faculty housing; the dropping of a non-discrimination clause in student housing appropriation; housing projects in Arkadelphia, Blytheville, Cam- den, Fort Smith, Little Rock, Magnolia, North Little Rock, Pine Bluff, and Texarkana; suspension of funds for college housing and new public housing projects on account of Korean War priorities; disposal of government owned housing in Bauxite; rising rents upon the re-opening of Camp Chaffee; the transfer of Fed- eral National Mortgage Association from the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation to the Housing and Home Finance Administration, and the closing of the Little Rock FNMA office; approval of a radiant heating system by FHA; and prefabricated-house manufacturers.

165.

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F22. [29 Federal Housing Agencies — Miscellaneous Correspon- dence] Jan 8, 1951 - Dec 7, 1951. Contains correspondence about housing development in El Dorado, Arkadelphia, Stuttgart, West Memphis; defense housing in Pine Bluff, the Benton-Bauxite area, El Dorado, and possibly Little Rock; relaxation of housing credit controls in defense areas; reinstitution of rent controls; relocation of black families in Arkadelphia; funds for college housing related to the defense program; the transfer of the rent control function from the Office of Housing Expediter to the Economic Stabilization Administration; dispensing with the maximum set on building loan available on a building in Shreveport to house oil companies; slum clearance and urban re-development and excess public housing in Little Rock; lack of federal funds for rebuilding a school destroyed by fire; and authority for the Federal National Mortgage Association to make advance committments for the purchase of mortgages on cooperatively developed housing projects.

F23. 29 [Federal] Housing [Agencies] 1952 [Miscellaneous Correspondence and other material] Feb 19, 1952 - Dec 31, 1952. Contains a list of local housing authorities in Arkansas and correspondence about funds for slum clearance and urban re- development in Little Rock; an audit of the Little Rock Housing Authority; disaster relief for areas hit by tornados; funds for slum clearance and urban re-development in Texarkana; funds for a drainage project in Pine Bluff; relaxation of housing credit controls in Pine Bluff; sale of a water company to the city of Jacksonville; and dormitory construction at Ouachita Baptist College.

166.

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F24. 29 [Federal] Housing Agencies 1953 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 2, 1953 - Oct 1, 1953. Contains a petition to keep the housing project at Bauxite open; a list of local housing authorities operating in Arkansas; an inquiry about earmarked funds affecting the bidding on a Louisi- ana housing project; a report on slum clearance and urban re- development in Little Rock; and correspondence about funds for sewers in Camden, water problems in Cabot on account of Jacksonville Air Base, dormitory construction at Arkansas A. M. and N. College, increased interest rates on mortgages as a policy of the Republican administration, inflation and depression, the buying of Veterans Administration and Federal Housing Administration guaranteed mortgages by the Federal National Mortgage Association, the closing fee added by FNMA to the cost of a veterans housing project in West Memphis, dormitory funding for Arkansas State College, the resuming of mortgage purchases by FNMA, the purchase of a building and land on a housing project by the Bauxite Public Schools, and housing funding at Henderson State College.

F25. 29 [Federal] Housing Agencies 1954 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Dec 17, 1953 - Dec 3, 1954. Contains correspondence about the need for less government spending; funding for housing at Arkansas Polytechnic College; the impact of proposed housing legislation on Little Rock urban renewal projects, on Veterans and FHA housing programs, and on home construction and residential real estate in Alaska; minimum standards and specifications for FHA loan guarantee; a Senate Banking and Currency Committee investigation of the FHA; alleged surplus housing in Little Rock; funding for a dormitory for Hendrix; a second Little Rock urban renewal project; and a water project at Norman, Arkansas.

167.

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F26. 29 [Federal] Housing Agencies 1955 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 18, 1952 - Dec 22, 1955. Contains a list of officers of the Pulaski County Metropolitan Planning Commission and correspondence about a grant for urban planning by that group, funds for financing city water systems in Mayflower and Salem and Buckner, funds for urban renewal planning near Philander Smith College in Little Rock, presidential authority to adjust down-payment requirements and maturities on loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration, the need for housing at Jacksonville Air Force Base, reassignment of FHA personnel, funds for a dormitory at Ouachita Baptist College, a faulty house inspected by the FHA, the discontinuance of the practice of giving former FHA employees permission to present their private employers interests before the FHA, and the investigation of the Arkansas State FHA and the resignation and appointment of the state director.

168.

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F27. 29 [Federal] Housing Agencies 1956 [sic] [Miscellaneous correspondence and other material] Dec 30, 1955 - Dec 14, 1956. Contains the annual report of the Little Rock Housing Authority and correspondence about loans for building projects on Arkansas college campuses (Henderson State Teachers College, Hendrix College, and the University of Arkansas), loans for community water and sewage facilities (Blevins, Chidester, Washington, Buckner, Leslie), the water and sewage needs of Jacksonville due to the Air Base, proposals for legislation to increase the loan limit of Federal Housing Administration home improvement loans and the repayment time, the shortage of capital for home financing in Arkansas and the South, the FHA "precautionary" list and how to get off it, housing and planning and urban renewal funding for Little Rock, plans for additional public housing in Texarkana and an objection to it by a landlord, a renewal of an urban planning grant for the University of Arkansas in behalf of several Arkansas cities (Arkadelphia, Bentonville, El Dorado, Jonesboro, Paragould, Searcy, and Wynne), rising interest rates, or high discounts, Eastern money markets, foreclosure in a defense housing problem in Benton, allegations by a former Little Rock mayor against the City Housing Authority and the subsequent investigation, approval of a federal building project for Hot Springs, repayment of funds borrowed by the city of El Dorado for sewer repair, the issuance of some municipal bonds for which a Magnolia bank wishes to act as trustee and paying agent, legislation guaranteeing municipal bonds for water and sewer systems, the effect of the federal government's monetary policy on construction and allied industries, rental problems in Hot Springs, FHA thickness requirements for lumber, and natural gas legislation.

F28. [29 Federal Housing Agencies] Apartments — Applications, etc., Request Jan 12, 1946 - Jan 20, 1947. Contains correspondence about the attempts of veterans and some civilian government employees to obtain housing in the post-war Washington, D.C., area.

169.

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F29. 29-a [Wyatt Housing Expediter — Miscellaneous Correspon- dence] Jun 14, 1947 - Jan 8, 1953. Contains complaints against rent control policy; requests for copies of housing regulations; lists of privately financed dwell- ings started or completed in 1946 and 1947; and correspond- dence about restrictions on the lumber and construction industry; commercial building project applications in several Ark- ansas towns whose intent is recreational use, leases and local advisory boards as features of the 1947 housing law, rent control in several Arkansas towns, controls governing recreational building projects, making exceptions to the Veterans Preferen- tial Regulation of the housing act, de-control of rent in Ark- ansas cities, difficulties in financing new housing near Jack- sonville Air Base, and the poor management of the regional Office of the Housing Expediter in Cleveland, Ohio.

F30. 29-b [Federal Home Loan Bank — Miscellaneous correspondence and other material] Sep 26, 1946 - Mar 17, 1954 Contains lists of the membership of the Arkansas Home Loan Bank of Little Rock and correspondence about the liquidation of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation and closing of the Memphis office, the repayment record of Arkansas borrowers from the HOLC, the disposal of public housing units in Jack- sonville and near Bauxite on land leased by the Public Housing Administration, revised regulations of federal savings and loan associations, faulty dividend computation by a federal savings and loan association, and the need for a second savings and loan association in West Memphis.

170.

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F31. 29-c [Federal Housing Administration — Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jun 20, 1947 - Dec 17, 1951. Contains correspondence about unsatisfactory inspections of Veterans Administration and Federal Housing Administration guaranteed houses and poor building practices, price ceilings on houses built under Veterans' Priority system, alleged difficulty in obtaining FHA insurance, new down-payment requirements on FHA property improvement loans, late charges on FHA insured mortgage payments, kickbacks on VA home loans, FHA segregation ruling, a radiant heating system not approved by FHA and a bribery allegation, building projects in Louisiana, a vacancy in the Arkansas FHA, a rental housing project in West Memphis, drainage needs in a Jacksonville housing project, new buying restrictions by the Federal National Mortgage Association, separation of bids (for plumbing, wiring, and air conditioning) on Pub- lic Housing Administration work, out-of-state (Arkansas) contracting on big bids, acquisition of properties by Ark- ansas FHA (in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Hot Springs, Texarkana, Malvern, Hope, Conway, Camden, and Fort Smith), need of Camden and Benton-Bauxite to be declared a defense area for housing and community facilities, the transfer of defense housing to the City of Stuttgart, allegedly irregular bids in a government project, FHA personnel reduction, rent increase on an Air Force Base, and the Arkansas gubernatorial race.

F32. 29-c F[ederal] H[ousing] A[dministration — Miscellaneous Requests and Complaints] Jan 14, 1952 - Jul 10, 1952. Contains a small amount of correspondence about payment arrears for an apartment house, the sale of Federal Housing Administration acquired properties through real estate firms, the suspension of home improvement loans and its effect on a private company, and the tornado in Judsonia.

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BCN 21. (Cont. . . . ) ov F33. 29-c F[ederal] H[ousing] A[dministration] 1955 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 9, 1952 - Oct 28, 1954. Contains correspondence about defense housing areas and availability of funds for increasing community facilities and services (particularly in Blytheville, Jacksonville, and Little Rock), increased interest rates and their effect on G. I. and Federal Housing Administration loans, disaster loans for farmers in drought country, the building of Little Rock Air Force Base, Federal Housing Administration consideration of G. I. school subsistence as income for securing a loan, political attacks on civil service employees by Arkansas Republicans, loans from the Farmers Home Administration, the suspension of a Federal Housing Ad- ministration official for alleged misconduct, an investigation of the Federal Housing Administration, "free option" mortgage contracts, the high cost of a home remodeli ng firm, and slow Federal Housing Administration processing of a cooperative housing project in Benton.

F34. 29-c F[ederal] H[ousing] A[ dministration] 1955 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Sep 28, 1955 - Mar 29, 1956. Contains correspondence about a cooperative housing project in Benton, the disability retirement of a Federal Housing Ad- ministration (FHA) employee, the offer of a pre-fab house manufacturer to pay for a trip to and tour of his operation by members of the Arkansas FHA staff, the suspension of a firm as an FHA mortgage lender and the transfer of its loan department to another corporation, titles to property in Benton held by FHA but neither for sale nor for rent, politics within the Arkansas FHA, policy of the FHA on loans to beauty shops for air conditioning equipment, the disposition of a large Hot Springs apartment house by the FHA, FHA requirements concerning finished floors under carpeting, the defects of an FHA home, rudeness to a rural home builder by an FHA employee, housing projects at Laughlin Air Force base and Little Rock Air Force Base (Jacksonville) and local contracting for the latter, adjustments made by a remodeling firm to a dissatisfied customer, surplus housing in Little Rock, a conservative view of U. S. economic tendencies, financing college dormitories, additional public housing for Little Rock, and a drought loan from the Farmers Home Administration.

172.

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F35. 29-d [Federal Public Housing Authority — Miscellaneous Correspondence] Dec 4, 1945 - Sep 28, 1946. Contains correspondence about purchasing surplus housing units from the federal government for several Arkansas colleges, for veterans in Texarkana, and for an alfalfa de- hydrating plant; increased rent for families of servicemen; the use of vacant housing at Pine Bluff Arsenal and Camp Chaffee for families of returning veterans; price controls and the housing problem; a branch of the Federal Housing Administration to assist Fort Smith veterans; priorities for getting house-building materials; the shortage of windows; housing for returning veterans in Blytheville and Fort Smith; the restriction of commercial building in favor of veteran housing; a lumber and brick subsidy program; housing for aluminum workers at Bauxite being sold to veterans; procurement of a shovel and drag line from Camp Chaffee for the University of Arkansas; the needs for a church for building materials to finish a manse and a social center; possible change in personnel in the Arkansas Federal Housing Administration Office; cancellation of Federal Public Housing Authority contracts with an Arkansas firm and accusations of preferential treatment for out-of-state construction firms; and housing needs in Rogers.

173.

BCN 21. (Cont. . . . )

F36. 29-d [Federal Public Housing Authority — Miscellaneous Correspondence] Oct 2, 1946 - Aug 3, 1951. Contains a list of housing projects in Arkansas listed by Congressional district (with information about their size, cost, type of housing, and management agency); and correspondence about transformers needed by the University of Arkansas for veterans' housing; eligibility for priority assistance in building a house for World War II, but not WWI veterans; the housing shortage at educational institutions and the use of surplus buildings to alleviate this shortage (Henderson State Teachers College); the use by the City of Fayetteville, for a federal housing project, of a power shovel lent to the University of Arkansas from Camp Chaffee; President Truman's civil right policies and the possibilities of a Democratic victory; the federal government's failure to fulfill its lease obligations to the owner of some apartment units in Texarkana; disposing of housing units on land belonging to an estate near Bauxite; the possibility of selling housing units as opposed to raising rents by the East Central Arkansas Regional Housing Authority; opposition to closing of field offices of the Public Housing Ad- ministration by a labor organization; recourse of a house owner whose house was poorly built by a contractor now out of business; insurance due a Little Rock construction firm by the Federal Public Housing Office; correction of war-caused deficiencies in a federal housing project in Fort Smith; the transfer of a federal housing project for veterans to the City of Paragould; an auditorium project for Hot Springs; purchase of federal housing projects by a member of the Little Rock Housing Authority; a sociallis- tic trend toward building public housing, specifically in Blytheville; a serviceman's complaints against management and repairs in a low rent public housing project; an application to raise the rent (in Memphis); low rent housing project for Arkadelphia (also the relocation of affected Negro families); designation of Benton as a defense area.

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F37. 29-d Federal Public Housing Authority — 1952-1955 [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Jan 5, 1952 - Jul 21, 1955. Contains correspondence about arrears on payments to the Federal Housing Administration for 2 Conway apartment houses by a Little Rock insurance agency, slum clearance and housing project for Negroes in Camden, the nature of Federal Housing Administration insurance, dormitory construction at Arkansas Agricultural , Mechanical, and Normal College, continued operation of a housing project at Bauxite, the effect of a flash- flood on a low-rent housing project in Fort Smith, purchase of a surplus building from a housing project by Bauxite Public Schools, the unacceptability of a Houston builder to the Fed- eral Housing Administration, an urban renewal planning assistance grant for Pulaski County, a controversy over nomenclature in a Public Housing Administration demolition contract, a housing loan for Henderson State Teachers' College, and a social security claim case.

F38. 29-d Federal Public Housing Authority 1956 [sic] [Miscel- laneous Correspondence] Nov 17, 1955 - Feb 16, 1956. Contains correspondence about flooding in North Little Rock, allegedly due to federal buildings of Fort Roots Veterans' Hospital.

F39. 30 Railroad Retirement Board — Cases, Correspondence, etc. Dec 9, 1936 - Mar 11, 1953. Contains correspondence about railroad retirement and unemployment laws and benefits (annuities, survivor benefits, benefits for minors, etc.), eligibility, complaints, etc., concerning these laws; and about proposed legislation.

F40. 30 Railroad Retirement Board 1952 [Miscellaneous Inquiries] Jun 4, 1952 - Oct 7, 1952. Contains correspondence about two annuity adjustment cases.

175.

BCN 21. (Cont. . . . )

F41. 30 Railroad Retirement Board 1955 [sic] [Miscellaneous Inquiries] Jan 6, 1955 - Dec 15, 1955. Contains a resolution adopted by the 1954 convention of the American Federation of Labor about the Executive Order removing high officials of the Railroad Retirement Board from Civil Service and correspondence about that resolution, proposed amendments to the Railroad Retirement Act, various annuity adjustments, widows' annuity eligibility, legislation permitting retired railroad workers to draw money from both the railroad retirement fund and Social Security, support for the investigation of Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans to the B & O. Railroad, and legislation lowering the retirement age of railway workers to 55.

F42. 30 Railroad Retirement Board 1956 [Miscellaneous Inquiries] Aug 30, 1956 - Oct 11, 1956. Contains correspondence about one disability benefit case and one retirement claim case.

F43. 31 Reconstruction Finance Corporation 1956 [Individual Loans Progress] Jan 13, 1956 - Aug 3, 1956. Contains correspondence about loan applications to the Small Business Administration, which is in the process of replacing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

176.

BCN 21. (Cont. . . . )

F44. 31-a Small Business Administration 1955 [sic] [Miscel- laneous Correspondence and other material] Nov 22, 1954 - Nov 22, 1955. Contains lists of businesses which have received Small Business Administration loans; several publications of the SBA; and correspondence about bids for government contracts, a seminar on small business at Harding College, the antipathy of the Re- publican administration toward small business, the interference by the President in a small business loan application, dissemi- nation of new production and marketing techniques among small businesses, the closing of the Little Rock Branch of SBA, numerous inquiries and applications for SBA loans, and steel mill projects in South America.

F45. 31-a Small Business Administration 1956 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence and other material] Feb 10, 1953 - Dec 20, 1956. Contains two weekly staff reports of the Senate Select Committee on Small Business; news releases and information sheets of the Small Business Administration; and correspondence about the abolition of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the incep- tion and growth of an irrigation equipment company, RFC owned bonds for facilities improvements in Arkansas towns, government financing for hospitals, financing a plant for a rubber company in Helena, a meeting of government procurement officers with small business owners in Little Rock, and alleged blocking of a SBA Loan by political means by another Arkansas Congressman.

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F1. 32 Securities And Exchange Commission, 1946-1954 Feb. 20, 1946 - Feb. 8, 1954 Contains correspondence, publications, and memoranda pertaining to the SEC including stocks in various oil drilling ventures; bonds issued by The Oriental Development Company and the City of Tokyo, guaranteed by the Imper- ial Japanese Government; the investigation of a Fort Smith, Arkansas brokerage firm; defamatory accusations of the trading practices of SEC Chairman Harry A. McDonald; and SEC jurisdiction over the Pyramid Life Insurance Com- pany of Little Rock, Arkansas. Also included is correspondence with W. R. "Witt" Stephens.

F2. 32 Securities And Exchange Commission, 1955 [sic] Nov. 5, 1954 - Dec. 30, 1955 Contains correspondence and memoranda concerning the W. R. Stephens Investment Company and Arkansas – Louisiana Gas Company; the merger of Packard Motor Car Company and the Studebaker Corporation; a proposed dog racing track in Crittenden County, Arkansas; and SEC Chairman J. Sinclair Armstrong's view of the Fulbright-Klein bill.

F3. 32 Securities And Exchange Commission, 1956 [sic] May 27, 1955 - Aug. 28, 1956 Contains correspondence and memoranda regarding a proposed dog racing track in Crittenden County, Arkansas; the W. R. Stephens Investment Company and the Arkansas - Louis- iana Gas Company; the National Old Line Insurance Company of Little Rock, Arkansas; and a Federal Bar Association briefing conference on securities laws and regulations. Also contained is correspondence mentioning the alleged political activities of W. R. Stephens during the 1956 gubernatorial race in Arkansas.

F4. 33 Tennessee Valley Authority, 1955 [sic] Apr.13,1953 - Sep. 2,1955 Contains correspondence about a fertilizer company attempting to purchase fertilizer from the TVA, a fertilizer company claiming unfair competition from the TVA, and a private citizen's complaint pertaining to TVA subsidies. Also included is a letter and pamphlet concerning the TVA from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.

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F5 . 33 Tennessee Valley Authority Sep. 20, 1945 - Feb. 10, 1950 Contains correspondence, press releases and publications regarding a fertilizer shortage in the Batesville area; the development of regional resources; the TVA's fertilizer distribution policies; the TVA's electric and power rates; the TVA's income, taxes and production; and the proposed creation of regional authorities nationwide. Also included is correspondence congradulating JWF on the outcome of the "oleomargarine" debate.

F6. 34-A Administrative Policies, 1955 [sic] Jan. 1, 1949 - Dec. 27,1955 Contains correspondence, bulletins and resolutions pertaining to civil service examinations; consolidation of Veterans Admini- stration District Offices; VA medical services; VA home loans; a World War I veteran's pension and War Risk Insurance; a fire and administrative difficulties at the VA Hospital in North Little Rock, Arkansas; and the proposed transfer of surplus land at the VA Hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to the Fayetteville Public Schools.

F7. 34-A Administrative Policies, 1956 Jan. 17, 1956 - Oct. 22, 1956 Contains correspondence concerning the Veterans of Foreign Wars; a 1956 Veterans Administration conference; the proposed transfer of surplus land at the VA Hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to the Fayetteville Public Schools; the proposed federal government acquisition of land in squares 724 and 725 of the District of Columbia; and a National Service Life Insurance policy holder from Rogers, Arkansas. Also included is a pamphlet on the VA in Arkansas.

F8-11. 34-A [Administrative Policies] 1947-1953 [sic]. Dec. 30, 1946 - May 18,1950 Contains correspondence and printed matter predominately about Veterans Administration medical and agricultural education activities in Arkansas, 1946-1950. Noteworthy is correspondence pertaining to: the On-The-Job [Agricultural] Training Program for veterans in Arkansas; the reduction in work force ordered in VA hospitals; VA approval of the proposed Arkansas Technical School for Negroes; alleged

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arbitrary practices of the Loan Guaranty Division of the VA office in Little Rock, Arkansas; and the admission to VA hospitals of persons with non-service connected dis- abilities. Also included is correspondence regarding the Kennedy Veterans Administration Hospital in Mem- phis, Tennessee; a construction labor dispute in Faye- tteville, Arkansas; non-compliance in non-discrimination hiring practices of a Fort Smith, Arkansas biscuit company; and the renewal of five-year term National Service Life Insurance policies.

F12. 34-A [Administrative Policies] Jan. 30, 1945 - Dec. 13, 1946 Contains correspondence dealing with allegations of competition between the Farm Credit Administration and banks in Carroll County, Arkansas; delayed subsistence checks from the Veterans Administration to students attempting Arkansas State Teachers College and the University of Arkansas; the unsuccessful attempt of an applicant for the position of Personnel Officer at the VA Hospital in North Little Rock, Arkansas; the unsuccessful attempts of a New York veteran to gain admission into a school of veterin- ary medicine; the proposed reestablishment of the Civilian Conservation Corps for needy veterans; VA approval of a New York institution and foreign schools for veterans' education under the "G. I. Bill", VA policies with regard to loans for veterans and payment of medical services to private physicians; criticism of the VA under Omar Bradley by the American Legion and a defense of the VA by the Disabled American Veterans; and the proposed establishment of a comprehensive teacher training program for veterans in the teaching profession.

F13-14. Veterans — On-The-Job-Training June 30, 1945 – Jan. 13, 1950 Contains correspondence and memoranda in reference to a Veterans Administration order cutting subsidies in the subsistence allowance of veterans engaged in the institutional- on-farm training program. Also contains correspondence and publications involving increased allotments to veterans

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in the above program, educational and insurance benefits to veterans, and the employment of personnel for a new VA hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.

F15. Veterans Administration, James A. Winn April 16, 1945 - Aug. 9, 1946 Contains correspondence with James A. Winn, Little Rock regional office manager of the Veterans Administration, involving the hospitalization of a veteran at the VA Hospital, Outwood, Kentucky; and the proposed appointment of a veteran, formerly on the staff of the late Senator Thaddeus Horatius Caraway, for an administrative post at the Little Rock VA office. Also included is correspondence relating to the proposed take-over of the Glover Building in Little Rock, Ark- ansas, by the VA.

F16-18. 34-C Hospitals — Veterans, Etc. Feb. 3,1945 - March 23,1951 Contains correspondence, resolutions, and memoranda referring to the construction of a new VA hospital in A rkansas and the attempts to have it constructed in the following Arkansas cities and counties: Atkins, Batesville, Blevins, Blytheville, Clarksville, Conway, El Dorado, Eureka Springs, Fort Smith, Hardy, Hatton, Hope, Little Rock, Mena, Mountain Home, Sulpher Springs, Texarkana Van Buren, Baxter County, Conway County, and Polk County. Also included is correspondence relevant to administrative policies at the Va and, military hospitals and offices in the following Arkansas cities: Fayetteville, Hot Springs, Little Rock, and North Little Rock.

F19-20. 34-D [Veterans Administration - Contact Offices] Aug.15,1945 - Aug.14,1951 Contains correspondence, memoranda, and VA bulletins dealing with addresses of field stations of the VA, veterans' pensions, post World War II demobilization, and the opening and postponed closing of VA offices in the following Arkansas

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cities: Arkadelphia, Batesville, Blytheville, Camden, El Dorado, Fayetteville, Fordyce, Forrest City, Fort Smith, Helena, Hope, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, McGehee, Magnolia, Mena, Morrilton, Mountain Home, Pine Bluff, Pocahontas, Russellville, Searcy, and Stuttgart.

F21. Veterans Rehabilitation — Projects, State of Arkansas Dec.15, 1944 - Feb.12, 1947 Contains correspondence on VA approval of the Arkansas State Vocational School at Huntsville, Arkansas; loans to veterans for development of farm lands in Crittenden County, Arkansas; the approval of Neill Reed by the Veterans Place- ment Service as Veterans Employment Representative for Arkansas; the transfer of the lands and equipment at the Lake Dick Project (Pine Bluff, Arkansas) to the Arkansas Agricult- ural, Mechanical, and Normal College for use in the Veterans Rehabilitation Program; the reservation of beds for veterans at the Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas; the importance of the Public Health facility at Hot Springs, Arkansas, to the Venereal Disease Control program of Arkansas; a proposed United States Employment Service Office for western Benton County, Arkansas; a proposed national cemetery at Fayetteville, Arkansas; protests by veterans a- gainst the requirements for participation in the institutional- on-farm training program in Arkansas; and the opening of VA Contact Offices at the following Arkansas cities: Batesville, Blytheville, Harrison, Helena, Hot Springs; McGehee, Pine Bluff, Russellville, and Searcy.

F22. 35 Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 1956 [sic] Nov. 22, 1955 - April 6, 1956 Contains correspondence involving six American P.O.W.'s of the Korean War in their efforts to apply for prisoner of war benefits under the War Claims Act of 1948. Also contains correspondence and press releases regarding compensation for American investors with war-caused property losses in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania; non-treaty claims against Italy; and claims against the Soviet Union for losses occurring prior to November 16, 1933.

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F23. 36 War Claims Commission, 1955, [sic] Nov. 12, 1952 - April 7, 1955 Contains correspondence, case records, news releases, and applications pertaining to P.O.W. benefits allowed to those persons (or their survivors) who were interned in Japanese Prisoner of War camps during World War II. Also contains correspondence about a possible uranium find in Northwest Arkansas.

F24. 36 War Claims Commission May 16, 1950 - Jan. 1951 Contains correspondence, case records, news releases, and an application pertaining to P.O.W. benefits allowed to those persons (or their survivors) who were interned in Japanese Prisoner of War camps during World War II.

F25. 36 Tariff Commission, 1955 [sic] Nov. 18, 1954 - March 24, 1955 Contains correspondence from domestic plywood manufacturers and union officials, of Arkansas, urging a higher tariff on imported plywood. Also contains a letter and resolution opposing the proposed transfer of the Bureau of Narcotics from the Treasury Department to the Department of Justice.

F26. 37 United States Information Agency, 1955. Dec.16, 1955 Contains one item of correspondence in reference to employment opportunities with the U.S.I.A. and the hearings on appropriations for that agency.

F27. 37 United States Information Agency, 1956 [sic] Nov. 28, 1955 - Dec.7, 1956 Contains correspondence, publications, and memoranda dealing with the United States Information Agency on a proposal to have an "All-American Chorus" formed to make overseas tours, guided tours through the Voice of America studios, U.S.I.A. assistance in gathering books for an elementary school library in the Republic of the Philippines, reciprocal exchange of magazines between the Soviet Union and the United States, U.S.I.A. aid to a group of Air Force wives in Japan teaching conversational English to members of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force, and an evaluation of the propaganda value of the U.S.I.A.

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F28. 38 Miscellaneous Agencies and Commissions, 1956 May 30, 1956 - July 18, 1956 Contains correspondence from a Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Army Surplus Store with a complaint of being on The Renegotiation Board mailing list when the store no longer has a government contract. Also contains a mimeographed copy of a letter from JWF concerning labor strikes at the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, Birmingham Alabama, and the Atlantic Steel Company, Atlanta, Georgia.

F29-34. 40-Civilian Production Administration . . . Feb.8, 1945 - May 15, 1947 Contains correspondence concerning the acquisition of C.P.A. permits by individuals and business interests in order to acquire or purchase, for example, such items as construction permits, automobiles, hospital equipment, and photographic equipment. Also includes correspondence referring to allocations of streptomycin to treat bacteremia and undulant fever patients.

F35-37. [Civilian Production Administration, Miscellaneous Correspondence] Dec.7, 1945 - Aug. 1, 1946 Contains correspondence regarding the acquisition of C.P.A. permits by individuals and business interests in order to acquire or purchase such items for example, as machinery, photographic equipment, track-laying tractors, clothing, burlap, and home and hospital construction supplies. Also contains correspondence referring to the post-war supply of feed grain after a Mexican grain deal; the efforts of a Little Rock, Arkansas, health official to secure screen wire required for the Typhus Control Program; and the nomination of eight prominent men to serve on the Advisory Committee to the C.P.A. in Arkansas.

F38. 41 Office of Defense Transportation, 1946 May 7, 1946 - May 13, 1946. Contains correspondence pertaining to a carload shipment of water-treatment chemicals destined for Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and its exemption from O.D.T. Embargo 237, de- signed to restrict railway carload shipments of these chemicals and other miscellaneous items. 184

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F39-40. 42 Office of Economic Stabilization, General Matters Before Agency. Dec.19, 1950 - Apr. 24, 1951 Contains miscellaneous wage and price control correspondence. Noteworthy in the correspondence are letters pertaining to ceiling prices on poultry at the farm level, allegations that a Wage and Price Stabilization Board order permitted a price increase in Arkansas coal, the lifting of the price ceiling on raw cotton, and criticism of the wage regulation program by an El Dorado, Arkansas oil workers union. Also contains a copy of the year-end report for 1950 by the president of Aluminum Company of America, an Agriculture Department statement entitled, "Farm Prices In The Price Control Picture", and a copy of Public Law 774, 81st Congress.

F41. 43 [Office of Price Administration] Feb. 9, 1951 - April 30, 1951 Contains correspondence involving criticism of the price controls in the cotton industry by JWF and a Parkin, Arkansas, firm; speculation about inflation and proposed effects it might have on the country by a national business organization; price controls and their damage to a Little Rock, Arkansas, cooperage firm; and the folder also contains a copy of a letter from Brooks Hays to Charles E. Wilson regarding the movement of key defense plants away from established industrial areas and into the interior of the country.

F42. [Office of Salary Stabilization, Correspondence] Nov. 20, 1951 - Jan. 18, 1952 Contains correspondence dealing with the Office of Salary Stabilization approval for a proposed sale of stock to employees by the Crossett Lumber Company, Crossett, Arkansas.

F43-47. 43 Office of Price Administration, 1952 [sic] Dec.10, 1951 - Dec.16,1952 Contains miscellaneous wage and price control correspondence and printed materials. Noteworthy in this correspondence are letters involving wage control exemptions to top management personnel of several Arkansas business interests; rent control case problems in Pine Bluff and El Dorado, Arkansas; the conflict between the "Arkansas Unfair Cigarette Sales Act" and O.P.S. directives; the urging of a price increase on milk from several

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Arkansas dairy interests; and advice, by JWF to O.P.A. Administrator Ellis Arnall, proposing a plan for decontrol as an incentive for business to hold prices down.

F48-50. 43 Office of Price Stabilization, Ceiling Price on Cotton March 26, 1951 - Nov. 2, 1951 Contains correspondence, memoranda, and printed matter about price controls on such items as crude oil, milled rice, coal chemicals, cotton, and lumber, for example. Also included are copies of undated questions, concerning price regulation, to O.P.S. Director Michael V. DiSalle and Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan.

F51. 43-a Decontrol [by Office of Price Administration] March 27, 1946 - March 18, 1947 Contains anti-O.P.A. correspondence from businesses and constituents in the following Arkansas towns and cities: Blythe- ville, Conway, El Dorado, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Humnoke, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Parks, Rogers, Texarkana, Spring- dale, and Hot Springs. Also included are letters in favor of sugar controls, from cola bottlers at Little Rock and Nashville, Arkansas.

F52. 43-b [Office of Price Administration] March 30, 1946 - March 22, 1951 Contains correspondence primarily concerned with price control regulations of the Office of Price Administration in the areas of poultry, rough and milled rice, meat, apples, peaches, sardines, mackerel, fats and cooking oils, furniture and bedding, shoe leather, lumber, slab zinc and lead, and machine parts and industrial equipment. This folder also contains correspondence dealing with a critical shortage of cotton pick sacks in eastern Arkansas.

F53. 43-c Sugar Quota. June 17, 1946 - May 7, 1947. Contains correspondence desiring more sugar allotments for confectionary companies and bottling plants in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the following Arkansas cities: Atkins, Con- way, Forrest City, Fort Smith, Hot Springs, and Little Rock. Also contains anti-sugar rationing correspondence from constituents in the following Arkansas towns: Farmington, Mena, Rogers, and Waldo.

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F54-56. 43-d Rent Control Aug. 10, 1946 - Sept. 2, 1947 Contains predominately anti-Office of Price Administration rent control correspondence and printed matter from constituents; real estate interests; and interested persons, nation wide. There are comparatively few pro - O.P.A. rent control letters from constituents and interested persons, nationwide.

F57. 43-e Violations — Enforcement June 29, 1946 - Oct. 4, 1946 Contains correspondence involving a Fort Smith, Arkansas, meat packing company's application with the Office of Price Administration; O.P.A. notification of a change in office staff; the alleged O.P.A. denial of slaughter permits for Bentonville, Arkansas, food stores; and a possible O.P.A. suspension to be placed on a Fayetteville, Arkansas, meat packing company for meat slaughter beyond quota limits.

F58. 44 Office of Defense Mobilization, 1952 [sic] Sept. 7, 1951 - April 30, 1952 Contains correspondence relating to an appeal against recall of a Pine Bluff, Arkansas, constituent into the army; approval of the Salary Stabilization Board of a stock sale to employees by a Crossett, Arkansas, lumber company; the drawing up of a list of plants critical to national defense by the Defense Pro- duction Administration; voting information for members of the armed services; and the issuance of tax amortization certificates to the synthetic fiber industry. Also contains a map of U.S. showing rent control and credit control areas as of Feb. 26, 1952.

F59-60. 44-a Civil Defense Administration . . . March 19, 1951 - Nov. 18, 1953 Contains correspondence, memoranda, and printed matter relating to Arkansas' participation in a federal matching fund program for Civil Defense, a constituent's proposal regarding the use of Arkansas as a refugee relocation center in the event of bombing, and the fate of the Civil Defense Training School at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Also contains an evacuation plan for senators, in the event of an attack; and a list of Federal Civil Defense Administration Regional Areas, Regional Administration and State Civil Defense Directors.

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F61. 44-b Hoover Commission, 1955. March 9, 1955 - July 14, 1955. Contains correspondence from: the president of the United States Savings and Loan League and a Nashville, Arkansas constituent in favor of the Hoover Commission’s recommendations; the general manager of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and a Waldron, Arkansas, constituent in disapproval of the recommendations; and a Little Rock, Arkansas, constituent in regard to his experiences in obtaining a medical examination in connection with his service in the Inactive Reserve of the U .S. Air Force. Also contains a newspaper clipping about the appointment of members to the "new" Hoover Commission.

F62. 44-b Hoover Commission, 1956. Oct. 5, 1956 - Oct. 23, 1956. Contains correspondence from two constituents from El Dorado and Searcy, Arkansas, in favor of the Hoover Commission recommendations.

F63. 42-I-a Office of Defense, Petroleum Administration for Defense April 14, 1951 - Nov. 9, 1951 Contains correspondence from constituents regarding a request to the Petroleum Administration for Defense for priority assistance submitted by the Arkansas Western Gas Com- pany of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and a request that price ceilings on lumber be lifted.

F64. 42-I-b Office of Defense Mobilization, Defense Minerals Administration. July 10, 1951 - March 17, 1952. Contains correspondence pertaining to manganese, bauxite, and possible lead mining in Arkansas.

F65. 42-I-f Office of Defense Mobilization, The Research and Development Board. March 8, 1951 - March 12, 1951 Contains correspondence and a Department of Defense press release concerning the selection of Natick, Massa- chusetts, as the site for the establishment of the Army Quartermaster Research Laboratory.

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F66. 42-I-g Office of Defense Mobilization Defense Transport Administration Oct. 23, 1951 - Oct. 24, 1951 Contains correspondence in reference to a shortage of iron and steel scrap, forcing scrap inventories of American steel mills and foundries to low levels.

F67. [War Mobilization and Reconversion Act] Sept. 20, 1944 - Sept. 10, 1945 Contains reports on problems of war mobilization and reconversion by the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion, the Attorney General of the United States, and the American Labor Party. Also contains a newspaper clipping about the reconversion report by Bernard Baruch.

F68. Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, Cotton Seed, etc. [sic] Aug. 6, 1946 - April 17, 1947 Contains correspondence in reference to a shortage of the type of rolling stock needed by a Mississippi chemical company; a shortage of steel needed for the manufacturing of school buses sold by a Tennessee distributing company; and a shortage of hides and leather for a Pocahontas, Arkansas, shoe manufacturing concern.

F69. War Shipping Administration Jan.30,1946 - June 29,1946 Contains correspondence involving the selective service status of two Arkansans serving in the Merchant Marine, and a War Risk Insurance claim on a merchant sailor who died as a result of a ship-board accident.

F70. U.S. Employment Service -- War Manpower Commission August 30, 1945 - March 13, 1947 Contains correspondence and printed material pertaining to the regulation, function, and duties of the U.S. Employ- ment Service and its inter-relationship with the War Man- power Commission. Also included are letters from constituents requesting emergency unemployment relief. A close working with Robert C. Goodwin, the director of the USES, is indicated from the large amount of correspondence between Goodwin, and JWF also come constituent correspondence relates to an effort to secure domestic labor in the form of Eastern European refugees.

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F7 1. War Contracts Terminations December 20, 1943 - May 14, 1945 Contains economic summary reports from the General Accounting Office pertaining to war contracts that need to be terminated. Also included is a bill introduced by Rep. Thad F. Wasielewski to bring about the termination of these contracts by the G.A.O.

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F1. 4b Air Corps 1947-1951. [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Apr 29, 1947 - Feb 13, 1951. Contains correspondence about lack of bonuses for civilian trained pilots who received Army rather than Air Corps Reserve commissions, the use of a military helicopter at half-time of a football game, facility requirements for landing the President's aircraft, provision for the grade of War- rant Officer in the Organized Reserve Corps, the cutback of aircraft in the Civil Air Patrol in Arkansas, possible sites in Arkansas and elsewhere for the Air Force Academy, a pay disparity question on a flood control project, the discontinuance of the Air Force Reserve Unit in Little Rock, the possibility of locating an air engineering development center in eastern Oklahoma to use power from the Southwestern Power Administration, a search for a missing light plane, an evaluation of an air training program, expanding the Air ROTO program, the recall and mobilization of reserves and re- opening of bases in Arkansas on account of the invasion of South Korea, the use of civilian flying schools for primary training of Air Force and Naval pilots, and a variety of cities interested in having nearby air bases.

F2. 4b Air Corps 1952 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Mar 12, 1951 - Oct 22, 1952. Contains correspondence about ROTC units for Arkansas M. &N. College and Southwestern College at Memphis, the lack of ROTC units on black campuses, civilian contract flying schools, a lost aircraft, and the proposal for a bomber base near Little Rock and arguments for and against it. ov F3 4b Air Corps 1953 [sic] [Miscellaneous Correspondence] Feb 13, 1952 - Nov 18, 1953. Contains a list of the states and the amounts of military spending authorized in each and correspondence about a private flying school contract, impinging on the Portsmouth water supply of an Air Force base in New Hampshire, the construction (and groundbreaking and dedication) of a bomber base near Little Rock and related issues (fair payment to home owners for the land to be used, the operation of the expanded water and sewage system needed), whiskey sales at Air Force bases, excess military spending, revision of military inspection specifications to include the use of penetrating dyes to detect faulty metal, and the sale of bonds by the city of Blytheville to acquire land for the Air Force. 191

BCN 23. (Cont. ...) ov F4. 4b Air Corps 1954-1955 [sic] [Miscellaneous Corre- spondence] Jul 1, 1953 - Aug 5, 1955. Contains a list of military public works projects and correspondence about the Little Rock Air Force Base project (the naming of the base, length of the work week, contract awards, the fire alarm system, the barber shop concession, utilization of the local labor force), the reactivation of the Blytheville air base, the location of the Air Force Academy and its design, allocation of appointments to the Air Force Academy, appointment to advanced ROTC, Air Force wings, an Air Force auction, safety of B-36 and C-119 aircraft, freedom of religion for the military, release of Korean war prisoners held in China, alleged favoritism in the selection of an operator of an aluminum extrusion press facility for the Air Force, Civil Service conversion status of civilian employees of the Air Force cutbacks in AFROTC commissions, overseas teaching, and reserve training at Texarkana.

F5. 4b Air Corps — Department of the Navy 1955 [sic] Jun 25, 1953 - Sep 19, 1955. Contains correspondence about the Naval dental program, a security clearance, surpluses, use of a military band in a Christmas parade, the site for a Naval air base in Louisiana, bids on hotel rates for Marine recruits, Navy divers who hel- ped to search for drowning victims, mobile home park for Navy families, aircraft carrier orientation cruise, use of forest land by Navy for a landing field, expenses incurred by a company which bid low but failed to get the Navy contract, and a failure to commission someone on account of something in his mother's past.

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F6. 4b Air Corps — Department of the Navy 1956 Jan 20, 1956 - Dec 20, 1956. Contains a reprint from a Cuban newspaper about a delegation from Congress visiting Cuba; a list of principal and alternate Naval ROTC candidates from Arkansas; and correspondence about the governmental organization of Guam, the closing of the Naval ammunition depot at Camden, the deaths of some Marine recruits at Parris Island, a propellant plant in Okla- homa, a portable light plant stored in DeQueen by the Navy, the scrapping of the battleship USS Mississippi, and a husband who abandoned his family.

F7. 4b Air Corps — Reserve Officer Training Corps Program in Arkansas. Feb 26, 1945 - Mar 8, 1951. Contains a news release about the re-organized Air Force training program, a list of Air Force Small Business Officers able to advise small businesses in procurement procedures; and correspondence about civilian contracts for flight training advanced Air Force ROTC students, the establishment at Drake Field (Fayetteville) of a Civil Aeronautics Administration Com- munications Station, the inadequacy of the Air Reserve Training Program in Arkansas, the re-organization of the reserve training program throughout the country, the de-mothballing of military aircraft in the Southwest and defense loans, the possibility of re-opening military air bases in Blytheville and Walnut Ridge, and various college applications for ROTC programs.

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F8. 4b Air Corps — Reserve Officer Training Corps Program in Arkansas Feb 22, 1951 - Jun 18, 1952. Contains an evaluation of the Air Force five-part training program; a map showing Air Force training centers; a list of colleges with Reserve Officer Training Corps Pro- grams; and correspondence about college ROTC applications, reactivation of air bases in several Arkansas towns, contract flying schools, the proposed locations of the Air Force Academy, a proposed Air Force storage depot at Helena Airport, the value of the Air Force officer roster to the U.S.S.R., "set aside" procedures and quotas used by canners for the Army Quartermaster Corps, the need for stabilizing the river-bank above Fort Smith, a proposed meteorology course for the Air Force at the College of the Ozarks, the procedure for applying for a concession at the proposed Little Rock air base, and the inability of a defense plant inspector to get an Air Force identification card.

F9. 4-b-1 Air Corps — Arkansas Installations 1956 Jan 17, 1956 - Dec 3, 1956. Contains correspondence about the construction of revert- ment on the Arkansas River, the reduction in the work force at the Red River Arsenal, and mainly, the possible closing of the Naval ordnance plant near Camden and the resultant effect on the local economy.

F10. 4c [Corps of] Army Engineers [Miscellaneous Correspondence] 1946-1947 Sep 9, 1946 - Nov 26, 1947 Contains correspondence about projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Arkansas, including flood control projects at Bull Shoals, Narrows Dam and Reservoir, Millwood Dam, Fourche Island, Pennington; complaints about pollution control problems at Blue Mountain Lake; requests for allocation of surplus buildings at the Joseph T. Robinson Military Reservation to a variety of uses including an animal shelter; attempts to acquire support from the Corp of Engineers for schools near the construction sites.

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BCN 23. (Cont. ...) ov F11. 4c [Corps of] Army Engineers [Miscellaneous Corre- spondence] 1949 Mar 31, 1949 - Oct 20, 1949. Contains correspondence about projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Arkansas, including Bull Shoals, Lake Chicot, Beaver Dam and Millwood Dam; about acquisition of land for Corps of Engineers Projects; a labor dispute between the Engineers and "floating plant" workers; a request for use of buildings at Adams Field; aid to the schools of Mountain Home; the disability claim of a worker injured in the Canal Zone. ov F12. 4c [Corps of] Army Engineers [Miscellaneous Correspon- dence] Jan - Jun, 1950 [sic] Dec 23, 1949 - Jun 21, 1950. Contains correspondence related to several Corps of Engineers projects, chiefly the construction of a bridge at Browns Ferry across Bull Shoals Lake; also pertaining to wages on the Bull Shoals project; the moving of the town of Lead Hill from the site of the reservoir; commercial boat operations on Norfork Lake; possible closing of the Corps' Little Rock offices; resolutions commending the Corps of Engineers on its 175 th anniversary; and requests for information on river projects from high school students and a college professor.

F13. 4c [Corps of] Army Engineers [Miscellaneous Correspon- dence] Jul - Dec, 1950 [sic] Jun 20, 1950 - Nov 15, 1950. Contains correspondence about several Corps of Engineers projects, including those in the Dardanelle Drainage District, Holla Bend Levee District, Little Missouri River, Black River Valley and Cache River-Bayou DeView; also relating to wage meetings affecting "floating plant" workers, and to contract possibilities in the "mobilization program" and in the rumored erection of a radar station at Bentonville.

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BCN 23. (Cont. ...) ov F14. 4c [Corps of] Army Engineers [Miscellaneous Correspon- dence] Jan - Jun 1951 [sic] Jan 21, 1950 - Jun 14, 1951. Contains correspondence about projects of the Corp of Engineers in Fresno, California, eastern Oklahoma, but chiefly in Arkansas; including the Hardin Drain, Blue Mountain Lake, Norfork, Bull Shoals. Also includes correspondence and documents about the water resources problem associated with establishing aluminum production in the Bauxite-Benton area; a request that the Corps assist the Flippin School District; correspondence about a construction engineer seeking employment. ov F15. 4c [Corps of] Army Engineers [Miscellaneous Correspon- dence] Jul - Dec, 1951 [sic] Jun 24, 1951 - Nov 20, 1951. Contains correspondence about several projects of the Corps of Engineers in Arkansas, chiefly opposing the abandonment of locks on the Upper Ouachita River; and urging stabilization of the Arkansas River bank at Fort Smith, and flood control on the Ouachita near Malvern and Arkadelphia. Also contains correspondence about salvaging timber in Bull Shoals Reservoir area, the St. Francis Basin project, the Old Hickory Dam project on the Cumberland River, and about purchasing a surplus C46 airplane. ov F16. 4c [Corp of] Army Engineers [Miscellaneous Correspon- dence] 1952 [sic] Dec 9, 1948 - Oct 21, 1952. Correspondence relating to works of the Corps of Engineers in Arkansas, including river-bank stabilization at Ft. Smith and Little Rock, work on channels in the Black and White Rivers and other flood-control projects; also requests for recommendationsfrom an engineering firm seeking Corps of Engineers contracts and from a businessman seeking a job for his nephew. Other items pertain to a proposed expansion of Camp Chaffee; a court-martial defense; pleasure boats and other facilities at Corps - constructed facilities; expansion of the Blytheville airport; opposition to a proposal to transfer of river projects from the Corps of Engineers to another bureau; a report on the St. Lawrence River project.

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BCN 23. (Cont. ...) ov F17. 4c [Corps of] Army Engineers [Miscellaneous Corre- spondence] 1954 [sic] Oct 20, 1953 - Dec 28, 1954. Correspondence, maps, and reports related to projects of the Corps of Engineers in Arkansas, including Bull Shoals and Norfork Reservoirs, Table Rock, Greer's Ferry, Mellwood Dam, drainage and bank erosion problems at Little Rock, Van Buren and elsewhere. Also contains correspondence about government contracts at Little Rock AFB, Blytheville AFB and elsewhere, budgetary adjustments in Corps projects, and requests for assistance from a student writing a term paper and from a group of Baptist ministers seeking to establish a church at Little Rock AFB.

F18. U. S. District Engineers — Legislation, Civil Functions, Etc. Oct 24, 1945 - Mar 22, 1946. Contains correspondence regarding the exemption of the Corps of Engineers civil functions from the Government Reorganization Act of 1946; also pertaining to flood-control appropriations for Conway County, Arkansas, a flood-damage remuneration claim, and a problem at Booneville Sanitarium. ov F19. U.S. District Engineers — Miscellaneous 1945-1946 Jun 26, 1945 - Sep 24, 1946. Contains correspondence related to District Engineers projects in Arkansas: future work in the Fourche LaFave, on Palarm Creek and the Lower Carden Bottom Levee; roads, schools and recreational facilities near Bull Shoals and Norfork reservoirs; a cave-in on the banks of the Ouachita River at Calion; courtesies related to change of staff in the District Engineers' Office; also, a wage dispute in the Floating Plant Workers; a real estate conflict at Booneville Sanatorium; inquiries about obtaining the architectural commission for a VA hospital in Little Rock, and an attempt to find some nineteenth-century field notes to a survey of the Arkansas River. Also an exchange disputing the means of disposal of used automobiles by the District Engineers Office.

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BCN 23. (Cont. ...) ov F20. U. S. District Engineers — Miscellaneous 1948-1951 [sic] Sep 23, 1947 - Mar 16, 1951. Correspondence and reports about activities and projects of the District Engineers in Arkansas, at Bull Shoals Dam, Cadron, Chickalah, Dutch and Spring Creeks, Blakely Mountain Reservoir, Illinois Bayou and in Conway County. Also about an attempt to transfer a part of the Little Rock District territory into the Vicks- burg District; requests for surplus buildings for use as armories and school buildings; a charge that a foreman on a Camp Chaffee job was carrying a gun; a request by JWF for a tinted picture of Norfork Dam.

F21 U.S. District Engineers — Miscellaneous 1948-1951 [sic] Sep 23, 1947 - Mar 16, 1951. Contains correspondence relating chiefly to projects of the District Engineers in Arkansas, including Bull Shoals Dam, Norfork Reservoir; flood control proposals and projects near Lake Chicot, in Bayou Meto Basin and Conway County, and along the Ouachita and Arkansas Rivers; proposals for irrigating the basins of the White, Arkansas and Ouachita Rivers and the Grand Prairie region. Also many requests for assistance: in obtaining a surplus chapel; in securing government contracts and appointments, in obtaining aid for schools in the areas affected by Engineers projects. Also exchanges of courtesies between JWF and the Engineers occasioned by his request of a photograph of Norfork Dam and by a change of personnel in the District En- gineers office in Little Rock.

F22. U.S. Engineers — County Drainage Districts Jan 18, 1946 - Apr 10, 1946. Contains correspondence appealing for assistance in securing a levee project in Craighead County and the Dardanelle Drainage District, and a complaint about the manner in which the level of Wappapello Dam waters is regulated.

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BCN 23. (Cont. ...) ov F23. U. S. Engineers — Flood Control 1944 - May, 1948. Contains documents, reports and correspondence related to many flood-control projects and proposals in Arkansas, chiefly in the basins of the Grand (Neosho), Arkansas, White, Little, Little Missouri Rivers, Bodcaw Bayou, and in the St. Francis district. Also contains correspondence about drainage and flood control in Marion, Pike, Yell, Pope, Pulaski and Faulk- ner Counties; an exchange of letters about the floods of 1945, and supporting the Corps of Engineers as the agent for flood- control work rather than a Valley Authority a la TVA.

F24. 4c Department of the Air Force — 1956 [sic] Aug, 1955 - Aug 27, 1956. Miscellaneous correspondents, news releases and clippings pertaining to Air Force-related problems: the activation of a radar facility at Walnut Ridge, Ark; National Guard and ROTC activities; request for assistance to a volunteer fire company in acquiring some obsolete National Guard equipment; an attempt to have a "fly-over" for the Carroll County Fair; a complaint regarding the award of a government contract for pallets.

F25. 4c-1-a Little Rock Air Force Base 1955 Jan 25, 1952 - Dec 14, 1955. Correspondence related to Little Rock Air Force Base from the selection of the site to the dedication, including the following: land-acquisition problems; labor and material disputes and inquiries; inquiries about obtaining various concessions at the base; plans for housing units and hospital facilities at the base and in Jacksonville, the city where it is located. Also several letters and resolutions advocating naming the base in honor of various men.

F26. 4c-1-a Little Rock Air Force Base 1956 Dec 30, 1955 - Nov 21, 1956. Contains a report advocating the use of natural gas in the living facilities at Little Rock Air Force Base; and a summary of past contracts and announcement of forthcoming housing construction at air bases in the state.

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F27. 4-c-1-b Blytheville Air Force Base 1955 Sep 13, 1951 - Dec 30, 1955. Contains correspondence relating to the reactivation of Blythe- ville Air Force base by the Tactical Air Command, and accom- panying problems to that community: land leasing, housing problems, government reimbursement for a donation of property by the city. Also contains a summary of expenditures and contracts at Blytheville Air Force Base through 1955.

F28. 4c-1-b Blytheville Air Force Base 1956 Jun 7, 1955 - Sep 19, 1956. Contains correspondence and memoranda related to the efforts of the First National Bank in Blytheville to be designated a depository for the Air Force base funds. ov F29. Arkansas Installations — General Correspondence Mar 7, 1947 - Dec 28, 1956. Contains correspondence chiefly related to establishment or re-activation of military installations at various locations: Helena, Stuttgart, Texarkana, Walnut Ridge. Also more suggestions for a name for Little Rock Air Force Base, and attempts to learn about the possible construction of a guided missile plant in Northwest Arkansas. ov F30. Arkansas Installations — General Correspondence May 24, 1947 - Dec 29, 1954. Correspondence reflecting constituents' concern in a variety of issues: the threatened re-location of the Little Rock Dis- trict Engineers office; a planned reduction in personnel at the Red River and Pine Bluff arsenals; attempts to secure government surplus property; questions about re-activation of several Arkansas government installations, the most im- portant being the Westmoreland Manganese project. Also contains requests for assistance to contractors, an inventor, and the Floating Plant employees of the Army Engineers.

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F31. 4b Newport Air Base Reactivation Jan 30, 1951 - Feb 17, 1951. Correspondence urging support of the reactivation of Newport Air Base. Also a map of the airbase.

F32. War Department — Camp Crowder. Mar 5, 1946 - Nov 3, 1947. Correspondence opposing the curtailment of activities at Camp Crowder, Missouri.

F33. War Department — Pine Bluff Arsenal Mar 8, 1945 - Feb 20, 1952. Contains correspondence related chiefly to attempts to secure the facilities of Pine Bluff Arsenal for civilian purposes, including the manufacture of chemicals, fertilizer, and Dixie Cups. Also contains letters of protest from civilian employees who are scheduled to be replaced by military personnel; from citizens concerned about a rumored reduction in the Arsenal's activities and about alleged fraudulent builders at the Arsenal.

F34. War Prisoners — Cases Jan 10, 1945 - Mar 17, 1945. Correspondence related to the location and treatment of Ark- ansas prisoners of war, and to German prisoners detained in Arkansas.

F35. 4-d-1 Camp Robinson, Little Rock. Dec 21, 1945 - Apr 9, 1947. Contains a map of Camp Joseph T Robinson, and correspond- dence related to the de-activation of this post after World War II, the disposal of surplus real-estate and other property, and the possibility of re-activation at the outbreak of the Asian hostilities. Also contains correspondence regarding the discharge or transfer of a musician in the U.S. Navy.

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F36. 4d-2 Camp Chaffee. Ft. Smith. Dec 22, 1945 - Apr 9, 1947. Contains correspondence protesting the decommissioning of Camp Chaffee at the end of World War II; complaints and requests for assistance in the return of the military reservation lands to the former owners; inquiries about obtaining surplus buildings for use for educational or religious purposes.

F37. 4-d-2 Camp Chaffee, Ft. Smith May 2, 1947 - Sep 21, 1949. Correspondence related to the reactivation and subsequent de-activation of Camp Chaffee. Also correspondence, petitions, clippings related to problems related to the camp: government contracts, maintenance of roads; restoring the USO to the servicemen; attempts to change its status to that of a fort; attempts to acquire buildings and lands declared as surplus.

F38. 4-d-2 Camp Chaffee, Ft. Smith Sep 12, 1949 - Jan 30, 1952. Contains correspondence, petitions, resolutions and newspaper clippings related to the closing of Camp Chaffee, its rumored expansion and re-activation; requests for assistance in obtaining government contracts. Also correspondence about racial integration at Camp Chaffee.

F39. 4-d-3 Reactivation of Newport Field, 1952. Mar, 1952 - Nov 3, 1952. Contains brochures promoting "Newport, Arkansas — an Area for Defense Plant Location" and "Newport, Arkansas offers its [sic] Municipal Airport for the National Defense Program," along with covering correspondence and letters about the p ro- posed reactivation of Blytheville Air Base.

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F40. 4-d-4 Proving Ground — Hope, Ark. Sep 13, 1945 - Jan 29, 1947. Contains correspondence relating to the post-war disposition of the Southwestern Proving Ground at Hope: requests for help from veterans, civic groups, educators and others trying to obtain the property and improvements.

F41. 4-d-4 Proving Ground — Hope, Ark. Feb 6, 1947 - Nov 1, 1951. Contains correspondence related to efforts to reclaim the Southwest Proving Ground for industrial and agricultural use.

F42 4e Army Ground Forces. Aug 14, 1951 - Aug 15, 1951. Contains a list of Arkansas men nominated for permanent Regular Army commissions, and two items about the Korean war.

F43. 4-f Army Service Forces Oct 25, 1946 - Jan 20, 1947. Miscellaneous correspondence pertaining to the armed forces: commendation of two Pentagon officers; how a veteran might purchase Army surplus firearms; who can obtain the service records of military personnel.

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