Box 87

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Wood: "Protection of the United States Against Un-American and Subversive Activities." 81st Congress, 2nd Session

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: McCarran-Wood Bill

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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Atlantic Pact; shipment of supplies

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Christianity and Communism

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To extend certain provisions of the Housing and Rent act of 1947 as amended, and for other purposes.

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Housing Act of 1949. 81st Congress, 1st Session

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To establish a national housing objective and the policy to be followed in the attainment thereof, to provide Federal and to assist slum-clearance projects and low-rent public housing projects initiated by local agencies, to provide for financial assistance by the Secretary of Agriculture for farm housing, and for other purposes.

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Slum Clearance and Urban Redevelopment Housing Act of 1949."

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...