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Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Douglas Collection covers the former congresswoman's life from her early stage career until her death in 1980. Because the bulk of the materials documents her years in Congress, the collection is especially rich in covering events and issues central to the immediate post-World War II era. Due to her service on the Foreign Affairs Committee, there is a large amount of papers on the earliest years of the Cold War and the establishment of the new world order. Interesting topics include the...

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Douglas: "To continue rent control until June 30, 1950, and for other Purposes." 80th Congress, 2nd Session. Committee on Banking and Currency.

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Extension of Rent Control Senate Banking and Currency Subcommittee (Donald Montgomery, UAW-CIO)

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Woods versus Miller

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Relative to maximum rents on housing accommodations; to repeal certain provisions of P. L.388, 79th Congress, and for other purposes.

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To extend certain provisions of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, to provide for the termination of controls on maximum rents in areas and on housing accommodations where conditions justify such controls no longer exist, and for other purposes.

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Housing and Rent Act of 1948." 80th Congress, 2nd Session.

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John W. Edelman: "Urging Enactment of Rent Control Legislation."

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Douglas Collection covers the former congresswoman's life from her early stage career until her death in 1980. Because the bulk of the materials documents her years in Congress, the collection is especially rich in covering events and issues central to the immediate post-World War II era. Due to her service on the Foreign Affairs Committee, there is a large amount of papers on the earliest years of the Cold War and the establishment of the new world order. Interesting topics include the...

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Senator Robert F. Wagner: "Slum Clearance."