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 Sub-Series

Sub-Series III: Issue Files,, 1950-1957.

Dates

  • 1950-1957.

Scope and Contents

Issue Files includes reference files on general topics and legislation. The bulk of the content is background reference material, such as American Enterprise Association analyses, Legislative Reference Service material, Democratic National Committee Research Division fact sheets, government publications, and Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report analyses. Some HAW draft speeches and remarks are in the sub-series. The immigration subject files hold useful information on the 1953 effort to amend the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952, including an extensive explanation and summary of the proposed 1953 act. The files also include a paper of unattributed authorship, circa 1956, on the need to strengthen NATO.

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Undetermined .

Physical Description

(1 cubic foot)

Arrangement

Issue Files is arranged with domestic issues followed by foreign matters. Arrangement is alphabetical by subject within each category.

Appraisal and Discard Information

Newsprint clippings were generally discarded, including Congressional Record tearsheets not related to HAW or that were not needed for context for other material in the file.