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national defense program in respect to naval construction and procurement by providing for the investigation and mediation of labor disputes in connection therewith (77A-H14.5); and various subjects (77A-H14.6). Committee on Pensions: various subjects (77A-H15.1).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: longevity pay for contin.. d years of meritorious service and experience (77A-H16.1), arranged alphabetically by city of origin; salary increase for postal workers (77A-H16.2); and various subjects (77A-H16.3).

Committee on Public Lands: various subjects (77A-H17.1).

Committee on Rivers and Harbors: Mississippi and Missouri Rivers (77A-H18.1); seaway from the Great Lakes through Pittsburgh to the Chesapeake Bay (77AH18.2); and various subjects (77A-H18.3).

Committee on the Territories: Alaska (77A-H19.1); Hawaii (77A-H19.2); and leasing of public lands devoted to education (77A-H19.3).

Committee on Ways and Means: assistance for the blind (77A-H20.1); defense contracts (77A-H20.2); fuel oil (77A-H20.3); gasoline tax (77A-H20.4); municipal and State bonds (77A-H20.5); social security (77A-H20.6); tobacco taxation (77A-H20.7); Townsend Plan (77A-H20.8); and various subjects (77A-H20.9).

Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation: various subjects (77A-H21.1).

ELECTION RECORDS.

1 ft.

975

Credentials of Representatives and Delegates (77A-J1), arranged alphabetically by State or Territory; and report of the tellers of the Senate and the House, on the result of the ascertainment and counting of the electoral vote for President and Vice President of the United States for the term beginning Jan. 20, 1941 (77A-J2).

OTHER RECORDS. 1 ft.

976

A volume of roll calls (77A-K1); motions to discharge committees from consideration of bills and resolutions (77A-K2); announcements of Senate appointees to membership in joint committees (77A-K3); and various subjects (77A-K4). Arranged chronologically within each group, except 77A-K4, which is arranged by subject.

Records of the Office of the Clerk

RECORD BOOKS. 11 vols. 3 ft.

977

House bill book (77C-A1); House resolution book--joint, concurrent and simple--together with Senate joint and concurrent resolutions (77C-A2); Senate bill book (77C-A3); individual ledger (77C-A4); register of papers sent to the Senate (77C-A5); register of papers received from the Senate (77CA6); register of committee reports, messages from the President, and executive communications (77C-A7); and petition book (77C-48).

OTHER RECORDS. 4 in.

978

Reports filed with the Clerk of the House pursuant to statutory requirement (77C-B1), arranged by agency; and various papers (77C-B2), arranged by subject.

SEVEN TY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, 1943-44

First Session, January 6-December 21, 1943
Second Session, January 10-December 19, 1944

Records of Legislative Proceedings

MINU TE BOOKS AND JOURNALS. 17 vols. 5 ft.

979

Minute book, 1st session (78A-A1); legislative journal, 1st session (78A-A2); minute book, 2d session (78A-A3); and legislative journal, 2d session (78A-AL).

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE. 17 ft.

980

Seventeen volumes of original House bills, 2d session (78A-B1); original House joint resolutions (78A-B2); original House concurrent resolutions (78A-B3); House simple resolutions (78A-B4); desk copies of House bills passed (78A-B5); desk copies of House joint resolutions passed (78A-B6); desk copies of House concurrent resolutions agreed to (78A-B7); desk copies of House simple resolutions agreed to (78A-58); engrossed House bills (78AB9); engrossed House joint resolutions (78A-B10); engrossed House concurrent resolutions (78A-B11); desk copies of House bills tabled (78A-B12); desk copies of House joint resolutions tabled (78A-B13); desk copies of House simple resolutions tabled (784-B14); desk copies of a bill and a resolution that failed to pass (78A-B15); a volume of House and Senate bills on the Union Calendar (78A-E16); and a volume of House and Senate bills on the Private Calendar (78A-B17). Arranged numerically within each group.

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE AND CONSIDERED IN THE
HOUSE. 6 in.

981

Senate bills passed (78A-C1); Senate joint resolutions passed (78A-C2); Senate concurrent resolutions agreed to (78A-C3); engrossed Senate bills (78A-C); engrossed Senate joint resolutions (78A-C5); engrossed Senate concurrent resolutions (78A-C6); Senate simple resolutions communicated to the House (78A-C7); notifications of Senate agreement to House amendments or to conference committee reports on Senate bills and resolutions (78A-C8). Arranged numerically within each group.

PAPERS ACCOMPANYING SPECIFIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. 81 ft.

982

Grouped by specified committees listed below. Arranged numerically by bill or resolution within each committee, except 78A-U5, 78A-D16, 78A-D21, 78A-D25, and 78A-D34, in which private bills are arranged alphabetically by person or subject.

Committee on Accounts (78A-D1); Committee on Agriculture (78A-D2); Committee on Banking and Currency (78A-13); Committee on the Civil Service (78A-D4); Committee on Claims (78A-D5); Committee on the District of Columbia (78A-D6); Committee on Education (78A-D7); Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress (78A-D8); Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments (78A-D9); Committee on Flood Control (78A-10); Committee on Foreign Affairs (78A-U11); Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (78A-D12); Committee on Indian Affairs (78A-13); Committee on Insular

Affairs (78A-D14); Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (78A-D15); Committee on Invalid Pensions (78A-D16); Committee on the Judiciary (78AD17); Committee on Labor (78A-D18); Committee on the Library (78A-D19); Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (78A-D20); Committee on Military Affairs (78A-D21); Committee on Mines and Mining (78A-D22); Committee on Naval Affairs (78A-D23); Committee on Patents (78A-D24); Committee on Pensions (78A-D25); Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (78A-D26); Committee on Printing (78A-D27); Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (78AD28); Committee on Public Lands (78A-D29); Committee on Rivers and Harbors (78A-D30); Committee on Roads (78A-D31); Committee on Rules (78A-D32); Committee on the Territories (78A-D33); Committee on War Claims (78A-D34); Committee on Ways and Means (78A-D35); and Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation (78A-D36).

COMMITTEE REPORTS. 77 vols. 17 ft.

983

Original committee reports, 1st session (78A-El) and 2d session (78A-E2). Arranged numerically within each group.

COMMITTEE PAPERS.

191 ft.

984

Records of the following committees, relating to the subjects listed or consisting of the kinds of documents specified. Subjects are arranged chronologically within each group, unless otherwise indicated.

Committee on Accounts: correspondence (78A-F1.1) and various subjects (78AF1.2).

Committee on Agriculture: executive communications (78A-F2.1), arranged numerically; hearings (78A-F2.2); and various subjects (78A-F2.3). Committee on Appropriations: hearings on appropriations for the National

Labor Relations Board (78A-F3.1). A preliminary inventory, in type script, describes the records of the Subcommittee to Investigate Subversive Activities.

Committee on Banking and Currency: executive communications (78A-F4.1), arranged numerically; and various subjects (78A-F4.2). Committee on the Civil Service: executive communications (784-F5.1), arranged numerically; and various subjects (73A-F5.2). For records of the investigation of civilian employment in the Federal Government, see entry 972. Committee on Claims: a communication from the Court of Claims listing all judgments of the Court for the year ending Dec. 2, 1944 (78A-F6.1). Committee on the District of Columbia: adequate playground for the Walter B. Patterson School (78A-F7.1); Alley Dwelling Authority (78A-F7.2); executive communications (78A-F7.3); arranged numerically; hearings (78A-F7.4 ); insanitary housing (78A-F7.5); juvenile delinquency (78A-F7.6); tuberculosis and social diseases (78A-F7.7); and various subjects (78A-F7.8). Committee on Education: correspondence (78A-F8.1); various subjects (78AF8.2); and unbound minutes (78A-F8.3).

Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress: wartime voting by members of the armed services (7EA-F9.1) and various subjects (78A-F9.2).

Committee on Elections No. 1: contested election case of John C. Schafer v.
Thaddeus F. Wasielewski, Wisconsin (78A-F10.1).

Committee on Elections No. 3: contested election cases of E. 0. Clark v.
Jack Nichols, Oklahoma (78A-F11.1); Edward T. McEvoy v. Hugh Peterson,

Georgia (78A-F11.2); James C. Moreland v. Leonard W. Schuetz, Illinois (78A-F11.3); John B. Sullivan v. Louis E. Miller, Missouri (78A-F11.4); Lewis D. Thill v. Howard J. McMurray, Wisconsin (78A-F11.5); and unbound minutes (78A-F11.6).

Committee on Enrolled Bills: various subjects (78A-F12.1). There is also a volume relating to the enrollment of bills and resolutions (78A-F12.2). Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments: executive communications (78A-F13.1), arranged alphabetically by agency; hearings (78AF13.2); various subjects (78A-F13.3); and unbound minutes (78A-F13.4). Committee on Flood Control: executive communications (78A-F14.1), arranged numerically; printed House documents (78A-F14.2), arranged numerically; and various subjects (78A-F14.3).

Committee on Foreign Affairs: correspondence (78A-F15.1), arranged alphabetically by correspondent; and various subjects (78A-F15.2).

Committee on Immigration and Naturalization: executive communications
(78A-F16.1), arranged numerically; various subjects (78A-F16.2); and
unbound minutes (78A-F16.3).

Committee on Indian Affairs: various subjects (78A-F17.1). There is also a volume of minutes (78A-F17.2).

Committee on Insular Affairs: various subjects (78A-F18.1) and unbound minutes (78A-F18.2).

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: executive communications (78A-F19.1), arranged numerically; and various subjects (78A-F19.2). Committee on Invalid Pensions: correspondence (78A-F20.1); list of pensioners (78A-F20.2); various subjects (78A-F20.3); and unbound minutes (78A-F20.4).

Committee on the Judiciary: executive communications (78A-F21.1), arranged numerically; and various subjects (78A-F21.2). There is also a volume of minutes (78A-F21.3).

Committee on Labor: various subjects (78A-F22.1).

Committee on the Library: various subjects (78A-F23.1).

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: unemployment insurance for seamen (78A-F24.1) and various subjects (78A-F24.2).

Committee on Military Affairs: lists of occupationally deferred Federal employees, 1943-45 (78A-F25.1), arranged alphabetically by agency; and various subjects (78A-F25.2).

Committee on Mines and Mining: various subjects (78A-F26.1) and unbound minutes (78A-F26.2).

Committee on Naval Affairs: various subjects (78A-F27.1). Committee on Patents: correspondence (78A-F28.1), arranged alphabetically by correspondent; and various subjects (78A-F28.2). There is also a volume of minutes, 78th Congress, 1st session, to 79th Congress, 2d session (78A-F28.3). For docket, see entry 972.

Committee on Pensions: various subjects (78A-F29.1) and unbound minutes (78A-F29.2).

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads: hearings (78A-F30.1); various subjects (78A-F30.2); and unbound minutes (78A-F30.3).

Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds: various subjects (78A-F31.1). Committee on Public Lands: correspondence (78A-F32.1); various subjects (78A-F32.2); and unbound minutes (78A-F32.3).

Committee on Rivers and Harbors: various subjects (78A-F33.1).

Committee on Roads: various subjects (78A-F34.1).

Committee on Rules: various subjects (78A-F35.1).

Committee on the Territories: Alaska (78A-F36.1); Hawaii (78A-F36.2); and various subjects (78A-F36.3).

Committee on War Claims: various subjects (78A-F37.1).

Committee on Ways and Means: cabaret tax (78A-F38.1), arranged alphabetically by State; general correspondence (78A-F38.2); subject correspondence (78AF38.3); executive communications (78A-F38.4), arranged numerically; income tax (78A-F38.5); postal rates (78A-38.6); reconversion (78A-F38.7); renegotiation of Government contracts (78A-F38.8); Revenue Act of 1943 (78A-F38.9); sales tax (78A-F38.10); social security (78A-F38.11), arranged alphabetically by correspondent; and various subjects (78A-F38.12). Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation: general correspondence (78AF39.1), arranged alphabetically by correspondent; subject correspondence (78A-F39.2); executive communications (78A-F39.3), arranged numerically; communications from the Veterans' Administration relating to legislation (78A-F39.4), arranged by bill number; various subjects (78A-F39.5); and unbound minutes (78A-F39.6).

Select Committee to Investigate Acts of Executive Agencies Beyond the Scope of Their Authority, 78th and 79th Congresses: various subjects (78A-FLO. 1). National Archives Preliminary Inventory No. 84 describes the records of this committee.

Select Committee to Investigate Campaign Expenditures, 78th and 79 th Congresses: various subjects (78A-F41.1).

Select Committee to Investigate Conditions of American Indians: various subjects (78A-F42.1).

Select Committee on Post-War Economic Policy and Planning, 78th and 79th
Congresses: various subjects (78A-F43.1).

Select Committee to Investigate the Seizure of Montgomery Ward and Co.:
various subjects (78A-F44.1).

Select Committee to Investigate the Federal Communications Commission: various subjects (78A-F45.1).

Select Committee Appointed to Conduct a Study and Investigation of the
National Defense Program in Its Relations to Small Business in the
United States: hearings (78A-F46.1).

Select Committee on Post-War Military Policy, 78th and 79th Congresses: National Archives Preliminary Inventory No. 70 describes the records of this committee.

Select Committee to Investigate Air Accidents: See entry 972.
Select Committee on Conservation of Wildlife Resources: See entry 919.

ORIGINALS OF PRINTED HOUSE DOCUMENTS.

48 vols. 11 ft.

985

Original House documents, 1st session (78A-G1) and 2d session (73A-G2). Arranged numerically within each group.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS, RESOLUTIONS OF STATE LEGISLATURES, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHICH WERE REFERRED TO COMMITTEES. 46 ft.

986

Grouped by specified committees listed below, thereunder by subject. Subjects are arranged numerically by journalized petition number, unless otherwise indicated.

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