Scope and Contents Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with poison gas disposal in the ocean and legislation; most of the material in these folders concerns constituents reactions to plans by the Army to ship nerve gas by rail across the country and then dump it into the Atlantic Ocean; copy of H. Res. 439 banning the first-use of gas and bacteriological warfare; news clippings; statements; resolutions; petitions; editorial; pamphlets; and news releases.