Correspondence concerning opposition to the South Carolina Supreme Court ruling in the case of Creech v. South Carolina Public Service Authority which prohibited the integration of the electric properties owned by South Carolina Electric and Gas Company and the Lexington Water Power Company with the properties of the South Carolina Public Service Authority.
Correspondence concerning a halt to the purchase of land in Berkeley County, South Carolina, for the purpose of relocating farmers displaced because of the purchase of land by the War Department.
A letter from the General Manager of the South Carolina Public Service Authority concerning a request for power usage by a company looking to construct a chlorine plant in South Carolina. The General Manager was reluctant to sell a large volume of power to the company because the fear of the loss of the company's contract after the cessation of World War II.
A letter from South Carolina Governor Richard M. Jefferies to the General Counsel of the Federal Works Agency concerning the location of a conference to be held between the Board of Directors, the Advisory Board of the South Carolina Public Service Authority, the Federal Works Agency, and General Fleming.
Two drafts of a letter from Senator Burnet R. Maybank to President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning the need for Federal assistance in authorizing the South Carolina Public Service Authority to acquire property from the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company and the Lexington Water Power Company in reaction to an adverse ruling by the South Carolina Supreme Court in the case of Creech v. South Carolina Public Service Authority prohibiting their unification.
A letter from the General Manager of the South Carolina Public Service Authority concerning an inquiry by the Defense Plant Corporation about utilizing power from the Santee-Cooper Project.
A three-page letter, written to Senator Maybank by a Charleston Reverend, supporting Admiral William H. Allen's attempts to clean up Charleston's vice problems and condemning Mayor Henry W. Lockwood's efforts to control the problem. The Reverend also suggests the possibility of German foreign agents operating within Charleston's City Police Department. Also included is a response by Senator Maybank explaining that he has no authority over law enforcement, but would vote for the Sheppard Bill to prohibit the sale of liquor within army camps.
A telegram requesting Senator Maybank's presence at a meeting to be held at the Wade Hampton Hotel in Columbia, South Carolina, to discuss negotiations for the purchase of the Associated Gas and Electric System by the South Carolina Public Service Authority. Senator Maybank confirmed he would be present in another telegram.
A letter from the General Manager of the South Carolina Public Service Authority to Senator Maybank concerning the need for low insurance rates from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Correspondence concerning a request by Senator Burnet R. Maybank to Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox that further investigations be made into vice conditions in Charleston to see if there have been any improvements.
