Box DP 15

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July-September; investigation of consent decree program by Judicial Subcommittee on Antitrust; requests for parole and commutation; prisoner transfer requests.

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October-November; requests for pardon and parole; prisoner transfer requests; request for appointment as a trustee; contract between United States and city of El Reno for water supply for Southwestern Federal Reformatory.

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January-June; claims on an estate under the control of the Office of Alien Property; requests for pardon and parole; prisoner transfer requests; request for retrial; alleged violation of antitrust laws by manufacturers of the polio vaccine, including Eli Lilly and Company.

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July-December; requests for parole and commutation; prisoner transfer requests; request for release of detainer; request for parole from military prison.

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Requests for pardon and parole; prisoner transfer requests; appreciation to Kerr for inserting into the Congressional Record the response of the American Legion to criticism of the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover; correspondents include Preston Moore, National Commander of the American Legion.

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Procedures for condemning lands in reservoir projects; request for transfer of employee; mineral rights under control of the Office of Alien Property; delay in receiving settlement for condemned lands in reservoir projects; allegations of price-fixing by oil companies.

Scope and Contents Effect of cabaret tax on unemployment; possible transfer of industrial hygiene services to Department of Labor; possible merger of independent unions with Congress of Industrial Organizations; criticism of Department of Labor inspections; employment on government projects; National Labor Relations Board; picketing; solicitation of GIs as strikebreakers; copies of speeches of Hubert H. Humphrey on labor policy; dispute between steel companies and workers; report of the Steel Industry Board on...

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Regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act; criticism of Department of Labor inspection; possible exemption of credit bureaus, collection agencies, and retail merchants associations from wage and hour laws; revision of wage and hour laws.

Scope and Contents Resolutions of the National Maritime Union; copy of U.S. Maritime Commission's "Report to Congress"; copy of National Labor Policy: Taft-Hartley After Three Years and the Next Steps by Emily Clark Brown; copy of The Federal Wage-Hour Law Digest; interpretation of overtime provisions of wage and hour laws; unemployment compensation; copy of department's Directory of Labor Unions in the United States; establishment of prevailing wage rates in the Oklahoma City area; agreement between UAW-CIO...

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Bureau of Labor Statistics report on employment; Federal Unemployment Tax Act; "Revision and Correction List" for Directory of Labor Unions in the United States; list of Bureau of Labor Statistics publications; information on the Confederated Unions of America; problems with unemployment compensation system; use of child labor to pick cotton; availability of farm labor; correspondents include Clark Clifford, Maurice Tobin, and Oklahoma Farm Bureau.