A request from Senator Maybank that he be advised in advance before hearings are held before the Subcommittee on Appropriations of Rivers and Harbors. The South Carolina Public Service Authority especially wanted to be heard along with the Army Engineers.
A letter from U.S. Public Health Medical Director, Louis L. Williams Jr., informing Senator Maybank about his letter sent to the Surgeon General about South Carolina needing more financial support from the government to effectively start the steps for malaria control.
A letter from Senator Maybank concerning the authorization bill for the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House of Representatives and why the Santee and Congaree Rivers were not included.
A letter from John H. McCray (Chairman of the Progressive Democratic Party) to Oscar R. Ewing who served as Chairman of a meeting of the Progressive Democratic Party with a sub-committee of the National Democratic Committee on July 17, 1944. McCray thanks the Committee for hearing their case and expresses his party’s desire to continue fighting for their cause.
A telegram from a South Carolina constituent requesting Senator Maybank's support in securing a bid for abandoned Works Progress Administration (WPA) camp buildings in the Santee-Cooper Basin. Senator Maybank stated that he had no authority in the bidding process.
A letter from a South Carolinian to Senator Maybank concerning Maybank's consideration of a bill to exempt boys of eighteen and nineteen years old who are currently attending college from being drafted. The writer believes this is unfair to the young men who aren't in college and that all college boys should go to war; their education being used most effectively in the war.
Correspondence concerning parity and conservation payments to the farmers who were moved out of the Santee-Cooper basin to new farms with no allotment. Senator Maybank forwarded the concern from a South Carolina constituent to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and received a detailed response.
A letter from the New York City publisher Reynal and Hitchcock, Inc. requesting Senator Burnet R. Maybank read chapters concerning the effect of venereal disease on the armed forces of the United States from the newly published book "Plain Words About Venereal Disease." Also included is Senator Maybank's response thanking the company for the letter.
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