Box LG 18

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Doctor draft laws; correspondents include Oklahoma Osteopathic Association.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Kerr Collection mainly consists of materials generated during the Senate years. However, there are several cubic feet of documents that relate to his years as Oklahoma's governor. Because of Kerr's devotion to conservation work, there is a significant amount of documentation on both Oklahoma and non-Oklahoma projects. As with so many of Oklahoma's lawmakers, there is a large amount of material regarding agriculture and Native Americans. Finally one of the most valuable parts of the...

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February - March 10; correspondence concerning S. 2, a bill requested by the American Legion regarding the draft and military training.

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March 11 - May; correspondence concerning S. 2, a bill requested by the American Legion regarding the draft and military training.

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Correspondence mainly concerning naval base in Norman.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Kerr Collection mainly consists of materials generated during the Senate years. However, there are several cubic feet of documents that relate to his years as Oklahoma's governor. Because of Kerr's devotion to conservation work, there is a significant amount of documentation on both Oklahoma and non-Oklahoma projects. As with so many of Oklahoma's lawmakers, there is a large amount of material regarding agriculture and Native Americans. Finally one of the most valuable parts of the...

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January - February; drafting of those under the age of 21; selective service; reserve forces; article from This Week magazine "The Kids Want UMT" by Myrick Land; universal military training; ROTC programs in high schools; deferments for fathers; correspondents include Marsden Bellatti of Stillwater Daily News-Press.

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March; selective service; universal military training; reserve forces; exemption of veterans from draft; correspondents include United Church Women of Oklahoma.

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April - May; universal military training; reserve forces; statement of John Wesley Raley, President of Oklahoma Baptist University, in support of universal military training; selective service; drafting of those under the age of 21; correspondents include Mothers of the World, Inc.

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June - December; universal military training; reserve forces; selective service; National Guard; discharge of married men and/or men over the age of 26; deferments for fathers; correspondents include Major General Roy W. Kenny, adjutant general of Oklahoma.