Box LG 15
Container
Contains 117 Collections and/or Records:
Veterans' Affairs-Pensions: Disabilities (H. R. 7783)., 1952
File — Box: LG 15, Folder: 91
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_7_15_91_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re H. R. 7783 ["To increase certain rates of veterans' compensation provided for specific service-insured disabilities, and for other purposes" (John E. Rankin - Mississippi)].
Veterans' Affairs-Philippine Action (H. R. 308)., 1952
File — Box: LG 15, Folder: 92
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_7_15_92_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re H. R. 308 ["To extend pension benefits under the laws reenacted by Public Law 269, Seventy-fourth Congress, August 13, 1935, as now or hereafter amended, to certain persons who served with the United States military or naval forces engaged in hostilities in the Moro Province, including Mindanoa, or in the islands of Samar and Leyete, after July 4, 1902, and prior to January 1, 1914, and to their un-remarried widows, child or children" (John E. Rankin - Mississippi)].
Veterans' Affairs-Philippine Action (H. R. 1765)., 1951
File — Box: LG 15, Folder: 93
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_7_15_93_0000
Scope and Contents
Memo re H. R. 1765 ["To extend Pension benefits under the laws reenacted by Public Law 269, Seventy-fourth Congress, August 13, 1935, as now or hereafter amended, to certain persons who served with the United States Military or naval forces in the Philippine Islands during hostilities in the Moro Province including Mindanao, or in the islands of Samar and Leyte, after July 4, 1902 and prior to January 1, 1914, and to their un-remarried widow, child or children" (Paul Cunningham - Iowa)].
Veterans' Affairs-Prisoners-of-War (H. R. 303)., 1951
File — Box: LG 15, Folder: 94
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_7_15_94_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, bills, reports, and other documents on legislation and Carl Albert's leadership roles as majority whip, majority leader, and speaker of the House. Topics include education, labor, civil rights, busing, gun control, the Vietnam War, revenue sharing, executive impoundment, school prayer, the energy crisis, Watergate, and the administration of the House. An important subseries are memos from John Barriere, executive director of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee.
Veterans' Affairs-Spanish- American Veterans., 1951
File — Box: LG 15, Folder: 95
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_7_15_95_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re pensions.
Veterans' Affairs-Spanish- American, et al., veterans (H. R. 315/H. R. 2418/ H. R. 2419)., 1951
File — Box: LG 15, Folder: 96
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_7_15_96_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re H. R. 315 ["To liberalize the service pension laws relating to veterans of the war with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, or the Boxer Rebellion and their dependents" (John E. Rankin - Mississippi)]; H. R. 2418 ["To provide greater security for veterans of the Spanish-American War, including the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection, in the granting of emergency hospital care by the Veterans Administration" (John E. Rankin - Mississippi)]; and H. R. 2419 ["To...
Veterans' Affairs-Veterans of Allies., 1951
File — Box: LG 15, Folder: 97
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_7_15_97_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence. Includes resolution adopted by the Oklahoma State Senate.
Veterans' Affairs-Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1952
File — Box: LG 15, Folder: 98
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_7_15_98_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence.
Ways and Means-Drugs (H. R. 3490)., 1951
File — Box: LG 15, Folder: 99
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_7_15_99_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re H. R. 3490 ["To amend the penalty provisions applicable to persons convicted of violating certain narcotic laws and for purposes" (Hale Boggs - Louisiana)].
Ways and Means-Social Security/ Old Age Pensions: Colleague Correspondence., 1951
File — Box: LG 15, Folder: 100
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_7_15_100_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence refers indirectly to H. R. 425 ["Providing for the payment of direct Federal old-age assistance to citizens sixty years of age or over" (Victor Wickersham - Oklahoma)] and H. R. 562 ["To amend an act entitled, 'An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal Old-Age Benefits, and by enabling the several states to make more adequate provisions for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health...