U.S. Senate - Correspondence

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Includes letters and copies of letters, memos, greeting cards, telegrams, interoffice memos, and various enclosures such as articles, newspaper clippings, reports, lists, photos, books, booklets, legislation and bills, financial records (invoices, bank statements, etc.), issues of periodicals, speeches, resumes, itineraries, press releases, programs, "Trip Details," maps, statistical information, transcripts of hearings, tickets, membership cards and certificates, government documents, form letters, general information and/or data, transcripts of radio programs or television interviews.

Topics include extensive files on Florida agriculture, rivers and harbors issues, and requests for assistance from veterans. These materials also concern his activities with aid to Britain (Lend- Lease), the anti-lynching bill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Florida citrus industry, health insurance, the Democratic Party, the Florida Everglades, Federal wages and hours, the Florida airline industry, the Florida East Coast Railway reorganization, foreign relations, hurricanes, the motion picture industry, National Heart Institute, the Public Works Administration (PWA), radio addresses,, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Col. Raymond Robbins, the Townsend Plan, Harry Truman, Henry Wallace, Fuller Warren, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

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