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Accession 70-0116: Initial Deposit

 Accession
Identifier: 70-0116

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains the congressional papers of George W. and Elizabeth Bullock Andrews. The initial accession includes 62 boxes of correspondence dated 1939-1972; reports (1948-1972); speeches (1948-1972); photographs; motion picture films; legal papers (1948-1972); press releases and newsletters (1957-1972); telegrams (1942-1973); and clippings. Later accessions include an oral history interview and transcript with Andrews, conducted by Auburn University Archivist Allen W. Jones in 1971, and audio reels transferred to this collection from the Sound Recordings Collection.

Dates

  • 1939-1973

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers.

Extent

From the Collection: 69.25 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Indexes to Correspondence

Index to Andrews' Correspondence with Alabama Governors

This index lists specific correspondence with Alabama Governors Chauncey Sparks (term: 1942-1946), Jim Folsom (terms: 1947-1950; 1955-1959), Gordon Persons (term: 1951-1954), John Patterson (term: 1959-1963), George C. Wallace (terms: 1963-1966; 1971-1974; 1975-1978), Lurleen Wallace (term: 1966-1968, died in office), and Albert Brewer (term: 1968-1971). All correspondence is filed by date in boxes 1 through 62.



Governor Chauncey Sparks Correspondence (Term: 1942-1946)

1. Andrews to CS [Chauncey Sparks], 31 January 1945: Development of Mining Lab at Auburn Univ. in Association with Bureau of Miners

2. Andrews to CS, 3 March 1945

3. Andrews to Gov. CS, 14 September 1946: Cattle Coliseum in Montgomery, Recommendation of Architect H. L. Holman

4. Andrews to Gov. CS, 10 January 1949; CS to Andrews, 8 January 1949

5. Andrews to Gov. CS, 11 August 1950; CS to Andrews, 9 August 1950: Recommendation

6. Andrews to CS, 10 July 1954 (Telegram): Expresses regrets, unable to attend dedication of Barbour County Hospital – Eufaula; CS to Andrews, 22 June 1954: Requests attendance; Andrews to CS, 24 June 1954: Regrets again, mentions Spark's Speech at Rotary Club on Supreme Court Ruling (Desegregation)



Governor Jim (J. E.) Folsom Correspondence (First Term: 1947-1950; Second Term: 1955-1959)

1. Andrews to JEF (Gov.), 5 May 1947; JEF to Andrews, 2 May 1947

2. Andrews to JEF, 3 June 1954; Info. about T.V.A. appropriation (Letter not found -mentioned in letter to Andrews from Folsom's Secretary Myra Leah Porter) 7 June 1954

3. Andrews to JEF, 26 September 1955; JEF to Andrews, 23 Sept. 1955 (Telegram): Opening of new bank in Elba, Alabama

4. Andrews to JEF, 22 March 1956; JEF to Andrews, 20 March 1956: Development of Coosa River

5. JEF to Andrews, 15 Jan. 1958: Concerning cutback in National Guard

6. Andrews to JEF, 27 January 1965; 8 November 1965; JEF to Andrews, 24 Sept. 1965; Hammond to JEF, 27 Sept. 1965

7. Andrews to JEF, 23 June 1966; 8 July 1966; JEF to Andrews, 21 June 1966: Seeking appointment to Maritime Committee



Governor Gordon Persons Correspondence (Term: 1951 - 1954)

1. Andrews to GP, 14 March 1950; GP to Andrews, 6 March 1950

2. Andrews to GP, 21 August 1950

3. GP to Andrews, 10 May 1954; Andrews to GP, 14 May 1954



Governor John Patterson Correspondence (Served 1959-1962)

1. Andrews to Atty. Gen. JP, 19 Feb. 1957

2. Andrews to Atty. Gen. JP, 16 Oct. 1958: Recommendation

3. Andrews to Gov. JP, 21 Dec. 1959: Request for Appt. with Gov. for Reg. Nurse whose license may be revoked - Request denied

4. Andrews to Gov. JP, 4 Feb. 1960; JP to Andrews, 10 February 1960: Patterson's remarks before Senate rules and Administration Committee

5. Andrews to JP, 15 August 1960; JP to Eisenhower, 8 Aug. 1960 (Telegram); Andrews to JP, 24 August 1960; Disaster Area Declaration 1960 due to hard winter

6. Andrews to JP, 29 August 1960

7. Andrews to Gov. JP, 29 August 1960; JP to Andrews, 29 August 1960: Demo. Organization meeting in B'Ham

8. Andrews to Gov. JP, 4 October 1960: Concerning Abbeville Airport

8a. Andrews to Gov. JP, 18 Dec. 1961; JP to Andrews, 14 December 1961: Election as Chrmn of Waterway Dev. Authority

9. Andrews to Gov. JP, 5 Feb. 1962; JP to Andrews, 5 February 1962: Tenn.-Tombigbeee Waterway Dev. Authority (Patterson Chrmn) wrote Andrews in behalf of project - refers to future Dev. of Southeast as "Ruhr Valley of America." In 1958 Ala., Miss. and Tenn. formed a compact to promote waterway

10. Andrews to Gov. JP, 16 February 1962; JP to Andrews, 12 February 1962: Army National Guard Reorganization in Alabama; Andrews to JP, 1 March 1962

11. Andrews to Gov. JP, 9 May 1962JP to Andrews 22 April 1962; Andrews to Gov. JP, 8 June 1962; JP to Andrews, 28 May 1962: Hearings on Tenn. – Tombigbee; Andrews to Gov. JP 27 November 1962

12. Andrews to Gov. JP, 17 May 1962; JP to Andrews 15 May 1962: Establishment of US Depart. of Commerce Field Office in Ala.

13. Andrews to JP, 27 November 1962: Contacted Daniel E. Bell, Dir. of Bureau of Budget for Waterway Funds; JP to Andrews, 26 Nov. 1962 (Telegram): Asks Andrews to Contact Bell and President; JP to Andrews, 13 Dec. 1962: Appreciative of Andrew's reply.

14. Andrews to Gov. JP, 28 Dec. 1962; JP to Andrews, 17 December 1962: Annual Meeting Coosa - Alabama River Improvement Assoc.

15. JP to Andrews, 7 Sept. 1971 (Telegram): Redistricting issue 1961



Governor George C. Wallace Correspondence (First Term: 1963-1966; Second term: 1971-1974; Third term: 1975-1978)

1. GCW (Legislator from Clio) to Andrews, 17 July 1947: Endorsement of Tom Weston as Rural Mail Carrier

2. Andrews to GCW, 17 March 1947; GCW to Andrews, 14 March 1947

3. Andrews to GCW, 24 December 1947; GCW to Andrews, 19 December 1947

4. Andrews to GCW, 20 July 1949; GCW to Andrews, 15 July 1949

5. Andrews to GCW, 15 August 1949; GCW to Andrews, 11 August 1949

6. Andrews to GCW, 22 August 1949; GCW to Andrews, 19 August 1949

7. Andrews to GCW, 7 September 1949; GCW to Andrews, 6 September 1949: Recommendation

8. Andrews to GCW, 26 September 1949; GCW to Andrews, 24 September 1949

9. Andrews to GCW, 27 December 1949; GCW to Andrews, 24 December 1949: Application of Alec Brook as rural mail carrier

10. GCW to Andrews, 27 December 1949: Appt. for friend - GCW was lawyer in Clayton.

11. Andrews to GCW, 27 January 1950; GCW to Andrews, 24 January 1950

12. Andrews to GCW, 27 February 1950; GCW to Andrews, 24 February 1950: Recommendation - mentions Wallace as speaker of house in Ala. Leg.

13. Andrews to GCW, 2 April 1952

14. Andrews to GCW, 10 April 1952

15. Andrews to GCW, 30 April 1952

16. Andrews to GCW, 13 May 1952

17. Andrews to GCW (Barbour, Bullock, Dale - 3rd Jud. Circuit Judge), 25, 26 May, 1953; GCW to Andrews, 22 May 1953: New location for U. S. Hwy 231

18. Andrews to GCW, 29 September 1954; GCW to Andrews, 18 September 1954; E. H. Graves to GCW, 21 September 1954; Andrews to GCW, 8 November 1954

19. GCW to Andrews, 15 April 1955: Recommendation

20. Andrews to GCW (Judge), 20 February 1958; GCW to Andrews, (N.D. telegram): Wallace urges Andrews to get payment for Farmers under Cotton Acreage Reserve Program. Urges use of energy of appropriation or transfer of funds not used by other states - Andrews replies with information about H. B. 10309; GCW's 10% Disability for WW II Service "Psycho-Neurosis" disability; Andrews to James 0. Carr, 12 September 1963 (example)

21. Andrews to GCW, 12 October 1961; GCW to Andrews, 11 October 1961: Recommendation

22. Andrews to GCW, 16 February 1962; GCW to Andrews, 12 February 1962: P. O. Recommendation - Harry E. Noble of Shorter

23. Andrews to Gov. GCW, 4 February 1963; GCW to Andrews, 2 February 1963 (telegram): New federal office bldg. at Brookley AFB

24. Andrews to GCW, 5 February 1963; Andrews to GCW, 18 February 1963; GCW to Andrews, 4 February 1963 (telegram): Alabama redevelopment area funds and retraining program for employees at Dixie Shore Corp.

25. Andrews to GCW, 15 February 1963; GCW to Andrews, 15 February 1963 (telegram): Reduced rates on grain shipped in "Big John" aluminum cans

26. Andrews to GCW, 2 March 1963; GCW to Andrews, 25 February 1963: Job for constituent

27. Andrews to GCW, 9 March 1963; Larry O'Brien to Andrews, 8 March 1963: Federal Aid for Bessemer

28. GCW to Andrews, 20 March 1963: Recommendation

29. Andrews to Gov. GCW, 25 June 1963: Appointment request

30. Andrews to GCW, 24 August 1963; GCW to Andrews, 22 August 1963: P. O. Recommendation

31. Andrews to GCW, 2 November 1963; GCW to Andrews, 28 October 1963: Recommendation

32. Andrews to GCW, 4 December 1963; GCW to Andrews, 29 November 1963; Wallace's trip to D. C. for JFK Funeral - Transportation arrangements

33. Andrews to GCW, 7 December 1963; (copy) GCW to Andrews, 4 December 1963: USS Alabama Battleship Commission to get it moored at Bayou La Batre, Alabama

34. Andrews to GCW, 11 December 1963; GCW to Andrews, 9 December 1963: Appt. to A. F. Acad. (Copy of GCW letter to entire Alabama Delegation)

35. Andrews to Gov. GCW, 23 January 1964; GCW to Andrews, 17 January 1964: Perdido Pass Project needs support; costs of construction; Copy of letter GCW to Col. O. A. Raymond, Mobile District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, 14 August 1963

36. Andrews to GCW, 9 March 1964

37. Andrews to GCW, 8 June 1964; GCW to Andrews, 10 June 1964: Appt. Tax Collector, Tuscaloosa County

38. Andrews to GCW, 18 November 1964: Recommendation

39. Andrews to GCW, 4 December 1964; GCW to Andrews, 2 December 1964: Appt. of Constituent to AF Acad.

40. Andrews to GCW, 7 December 1964; GCW to Andrews, 1 December 1964

41. Andrews to GCW, 18 Jan. 1965; GCW to Andrews, 14 January 1965: Calling for Meeting of Southern Congressman to Endorse proposed amendment for control of local schools by the State; S. Douglas Smith to GCW, 12 May 1965; GCW to Andrews, 11 May 1965 (telegram); Announcing Joint meeting of congressional and senatorial delegates of 6 Southern states on 18 May, 1965; Protest to Little 6 of C. R. Act of 1964; Smith to GCW, 13 May 1965; GCW to Andrews; Statement from Southern Governor's meeting of 9 May 1965 on school compliance; Smith to GCW, 14 May 1965; GCW to Andrews, 14 May 1965 (telegram); Reminder of meeting 18 May 1965

42. Andrews to GCW, 3 February 1965; 25 January 1965; GCW to Andrews, 25 January 1965 (telegram); GCW to Andrews, 29 January 1965; Recommendation to Merchant Marine Acad.

43. Andrews to GCW, 5 February 1965; GCW to Andrews, 2 February 1965: P. O. Recommendation - Wm. Hilyer of Opelika

44. GCW to Andrews, 18 February 1965: Jimmy Putnam's request for information on mistreatment by Alabama Highway Dept.; Andrews to GCW, 4 February 1965; GCW to Andrews, 12 January 1965; Andrews to GCW, 6 Jan. 1965

45. Andrews to GCW, 24 March 1965; Andrews to GCW, 9 March 1965; Andrews to GCW, 26 February 1965; Andrews to GCW, 20 February 1965; GCW to Andrews, 18 February 1965: Loan for Individual Firm VA

46. Andrews to Gov. GCW, 10 June 1965; CC of GCW letter to LBJ (pres.), 5 June 1965: Re: Walter L. Mims on Fed. Water Pollution Control Board

47. Andrews to GCW, 12 July 1965; GCW to Andrews, 6 July 1965: Assignment of Friend's son to Vietnam; statement on fighting Communists

48. Andrews to GCW, 23 April 1966; GCW to Andrews, 21 April 1966: Notification that Claude Kelly, Dir. of Conservation in Alabama, will appear before subcommittee on Perdido Pass on 27 April 1966; GCW to Andrews, 1 March 1966 (telegram): Funding for Perdido Pass Project; Andrews to GCW, 4 March 1966; GCW to Andrews, 28 February 1966: Funding for Project

49. Andrews to GCW, 10 May 1966; GCW to Andrews, 20 May 1966

50. Hammond to GCW, 28 May 1966; GCW to Andrews, 25 May 1966: L and N's proposal to discontinue some passenger trains

51. Andrews to Gov. GCW, 2 June 1966; GCW to Andrews, 28 May 1966 (telegram); GCW to Andrews, 15 June 1966: 1966 Guidelines Alabama Schools

52. Andrews to GCW, 17 June 1966; GCW to Andrews, 29 June 1966

53. Andrews to GCW 21, 27 July 1966; 15 August 1966; GCW to Andrews, 18 July 1966: Treasury officials giving highest priority to proposal denying tax exemption to state and local bonds for industrial development

54. Andrews to GCW, 12 October 1966; Gov. GCW to Andrews, 11 October 1966 (Telegram): Funds for Perdido Pass Project - Appropriations

55. Andrews to GCW, 12 December 1966; 19 August 1966; 15 August 1966; GCW to Andrews, 8 August 1966

56. Andrews to GCW, 21 May 1969; GCW to Andrews, 28 May 1969: V.A. Benefits

57. Andrews to GCW, 23 October 1969; GCW to Andrews, 20 October 1969: GCW urges Andrews help get military contract for Superior Nut. Inc. of Ozark

58. Andrews to GCW, 17 December 1969; GCW to Andrews, 12 December 1969: Recommendation

59. Andrews to GCW, 6 January 1970; GCW to Andrews, 23 December 1969: Recommendation

60. Andrews to GCW (Gov.), 19 May 1970; GCW to Andrews, 15 May 1970: Military Deferment

61. GCW to Andrews, 5 August 1970: Recommendation

62. Andrews to GCW, 10 December 1970; GCW to Andrews, 30 Nov. 1970: Re: for Civil Service position for Herbert Quinn, Mayor, Concord N. H.; Comments on visit to N. H.

63. Andrews to GCW, 14 December 1970: Recommendation

64. Rural environment assistance program (REAP): Andrews to Gov. GCW, 27 January 1971; GCW to Andrews, 27 January 1971; Andrews to GCW, 30 Jan. 1971; Andrews to GCW, 3 Feb. 1971; Andrews to GCW, 24 Feb. 1971; GCW to Andrews, 1 Mar. 1971; Andrews to GCW, 30 Mar. 1971; GCW to Andrews, 4 May 1971; Andrews to GCW, 7 May 1971

65. Thos. M. Gilbert to GCW, 30 March 1972; GCW to Mrs. Andrews, 27 March 1972 (telegram): Ala. Part-in Urban Renewal of Open Space and Neighborhood Facilities program.

66. Mrs. Andrews to Gov. GCW, 26 July, 1 August 1972; GCW to Mrs. Andrews, 24 July 1972 (telegram): H. R. 12931 Rural Development Act of 1972

67. Eliz. Andrews to Gov. GCW, 23 Oct. 1972; GCW to Eliz. Andrews, 16 October 1972: National Guard Technician's Bill, S.855



Governor Lurleen Wallace Correspondence (Term: 1967-1970, Served 1967-1968, died in office)

1. Andrews to Gov. LW, 25 February 1967; LW to Andrews, 23 Feb 1967: Discharge for Servicemen

2. Andrews to Gov. LW, 24 March 1967; LW to Andrews, 15 March 1967: Congressional Funds for Perdido Pass Project

3. Andrews to LW, 10 August 1967; LW to Andrews, 8 August 1967: Resolution concerning the Southwest Ala Farmers Coop Grant and Comments on Southeast Ala Self Help Assoc (SEASHA)



Governor Albert Brewer Correspondence, (Became governor at death of Gov. L. B. Wallace, served 1968 - 1970)

1. Andrews to Lt. Gov. AB, 27 July 1967; AB to Andrews, 26 July 1967 (Telegram): Resolution passed by Ala. Senate concerning Stokely Carmichael's reentrance to this country

2. Andrews to Lt. Gov. AB, 3 April 1968; AB to Andrews, 29 March 1968: Diminished budget for Cross-Florida Barge Canal

3. Andrews to Gov. AB, 4 June 1968; AB to Andrews, 31 May 1968: Lurleen Wallace Commemorative

4. Andrews to Gov. AB, 23 Oct. 1968; AB to Andrews, 15 October 1968: Hardship Discharge for Andrew's Constituent

5. Gov. AB to Andrews, 12 Sept. 1969: Duty preference for VA Soldier

6. Andrews to Gov. AB, 5 Dec. 1969

7. Andrews to AB, 25 February 1970; 23 May 1970; AB to Andrews, 20 February 1970

Index to Correspondence by Topic

World War II Era

May 1944 - Andrews' election to Congress

Jun-Aug 1944 - Wartime Price Controls

Jul-Dec 1944 - German POW's and Wiregrass Peanut Harvest

Aug. 1944 - Sugar Shortage and OPA

Nov. 1944 - FDR's Election and Inaugural Plans



Jan-May 1945 - Geo-Physical Lab at Auburn University

Mar-Jun 1945 - Auburn Housing Program

Apr-May 1945 - Opelika POW Camp

May 1945 - Auburn University Naval ROTC Unit

un-Oct 1945 - German POW's and Wiregrass Peanut Harvest

Nov. 1945 - Truman and Labor Relations; OPA Administration; Atomic Bomb; Universal Military Training; Reconversion to Peacetime Economy



The Truman Era



Jan-Feb 1946 - Tribute to Geo. Washington Carver

Jan-Jul 1946 - OPA Legislation and Problems

March 1946 - Atomic Energy and Civil Control

Mar-Jul 1946 - U. S. Loan to Britain

pr-May 1946 - Public Welfare Legislation

May 1946 - Truman's Anti-Labor Legislation

May 1946 - Coal Strike to John L. Lewis



Jan. 1947 - Compulsory Military Training

Apr-May 1947 - Auburn-Opelika Airport

Apr-May 1947 - Dothan Housing Shortage

Apr-Jun 1947 - Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway

Apr-Jul 1947 - Recreational and Educational Facilities for Auburn Veterans

Oct-Nov 1947 - Governor's Conference on State Control of Tidewater Lands



Feb. 1948 - Truman and Civil Rights

May-Apr 1948 - Truman and the Race Issue in 1948 Congressional Contests

Mar-Jun 1948 - Auburn WPA Painting Collection

Jul-Aug 1948 - Dixiecrat Revolt



June 1949 - Federal Building Program

July 1949 - College Housing Loan Provisions Bill

Nov-Dec 1949 - Auburn Wind Tunnel



Jan-Apr 1950 - Auburn Wind Tunnel

Feb-Dec 1950 - Andrews proposal to draft strikers

Aug 1950 - VA Payments to Auburn Veterans

Oct-Dec 1950 - Transfer of land from VA to Tuskegee Inst.



Jan-Mar 1951 - Andrews proposal to draft strikers

Jan-May 1951 - Transfer of land from VA to Tuskegee Inst.

March 1951 - Peanut Processing Workers and Fair Labor Standards Act

May-Dec 1951 - Conversion of Opelika POW Camp into housing project

July 1951 - Chattahoochee River Dam Appropriations

Sept. 1951 - Alabama National Guard in Korea

December 1951 - Alabama Demo. Executive Committee



Feb. 1952 - Federal Dam Construction Projects Coosa-Ala Basin Dev.

Feb-Mar 1952 - Warrior-Tombigbee Project

April 1952 - Chattahoochee Valley Dev. Since 1946

May-Dec 1952 - Conversion of Opelika POW Camp



The Eisenhower Years



Apr-May 1953 - Warrior-Tombigbee Assoc.

May-Jun 1953 - HEW Appropriations for Land-Grant Colleges

Jul-Dec 1953 - Drought in Alabama



December 1954 - Foreign Peanut Importation; Phenix City under Martial Law



Mar-Apr 1955 - Chattahoochee River Dev.

April 1955 - Peanut Surplus

May 1955 - REA Loan to Tallapoosa River Corporation; Transfer of Macon County Land and Auburn Univ.

June 1955 - Federal Funds for Agric. Experiment Stations

Jun-Dec 1955 - Auburn Nuclear Reactor

Sept. 1955 - Jim Folsom and Bank in Elba



Jan-Feb 1956 - Auburn Nuclear Reaction

Jan. 1956 - Communist Front Organizations

Feb. 1956 - US 231 and Interstate Hwy System

Sept. 1956 - US Economic Crisis; Peanut Grading System in Wiregrass

Nov-Dec 1956 - Hungarian Refugee Program



March 1957 - Dedication of Jim Woodruff Dam

May-Aug 1957 - Interstate Commerce Act and Amendment

June 1957 - Andrews and Labor Unions

August 1957 - Ft. Gaines Dam

January 1958 - Tennessee Tombigbee Waterways

Jan-May 1958 - Plan to Cut National Guard

March 1958 - Land Grant Colleges

Jun-Jul 1958 - Closing of Barin Field, Foley, Alabama

August 1958 - Andrews and Landrum-Griffin Bill

October 1958 - Chattahoochee River Hearings

Nov-Dec 1958 - Elba Hospital Project

Dec. 1958 - Andrews and Columbia Dam



Jan-Feb 1959 - Andrews and Columbia Dam

April 1959 - Auburn University Dept. of Soils and Agronomy

June 1959 - Andrews's Recollection of WW2 Service

August 1959 - Andrews and Landrum-Griffin Bill



The New Frontier and The Great Society



Feb. 1960 - Andrews and Patronage

Mar. 1960 - Andrews and Civil Rights

Jul-Aug 1960 - The U. S. and Cuba

Aug. 1960 - Alabama Declared Disaster Area

Nov. 1960 - Corps. of Engineers and Chattahoochee Valley

Nov-Dec 1960 - Redistricting Issues in Alabama



Feb-Sep 1961 - Redistricting Issue in Alabama

May 1961 - Canal Zone and Balboa Bridge

May-Jun 1961 - Racial violence in Birmingham and Montgomery

June 1961 - Japanese Textiles Competition

Jun-Jul 1961 - St. Lawrence Seaway Dev. Corp.

Jun-Aug 1961 - Cuban Crisis

Sept. 1961 - Public Works Appropriations Bill



Jan. 1962 - JFK and Foreign Trade

Feb. 1962 - Tennessee

May-Jun 1962 - Tombigbee Dev. Authorizing; Agricultural Legislation and Southern Farmer

Jul-Aug 1962 - Lake Eufaula Development

Jul-Oct 1962 - Tri-State Weather Forecasting Service

Dec. 1962 - Coosa-Alabama River Improvement Association



Jan. 1963 - "Packing" of House Rules Committee

Feb-Mar 1963 - Reorganization of Alabama National Guard

March 1963 - Federal Aid for Bessemer

April 1963 - Alabama Legislative Study and Cotton Prices

May-Jun 1963 - Tenn.-Tombigbee Hearings in D.C.

Aug. 1963 - Gesell report and Equal Opportunities for Blacks in the Military

Sept. 1963 - Civil Rights movement in Alabama

Oct. 1963 - NASA Budget and Space Program

November 1963 - Andrews Investigation of IRS; Chattahoochee - Flint Rivers System Pollution in Appalachicola River

December 1963 - USS Alabama Battleship Commission



February 1964 - NASA Grant and University of Alabama

April 1964 - Establishment of Resources Advisory Board, Southeast Rivers Basin

May-Jun 1964 - Investigation of Nat. Council of Churches as Communist Front Organizations

July 1964 - Economic Opportunity Bill (H.R. 11377)

Nov. 1964 - Phasing out Brookley AFB, Mobile, Alabama



Jan. 1965 - Southern Congressmen and Public Schools (Segregation)

March 1965 - Selma-Montgomery March

May 1965 - Desegregation and Public Schools

Aug. 1965 - Andrews's role in SBA (Small Business Administration)



April 1966 - Cable TV in Alabama

May-Jun.1966 - Desegregation Guidelines for Public Schools

Jul-Aug 1966 - Tax exemptions for state and local bonds in Industrial Dev.

Oct. 1966 - Perdido Pass Project



Jan. 1967 - Rhodesian Crisis

March 1967 - Perdido Pass Project

May 1967 - Tax exemption for Private school in Clayton, Alabama; Cong. Frank W. Boykin's Financial Difficulties

July 1967 - Ala. Senate Res. in re: Stokely Carmichael; Alabama Water Improvement Commission

Jul-Aug 1967 - Lowering of voting age to 18

August 1967 - Southwest Alabama Cooperation; Unemployment Compensation and Min. Wage for agricultural workers; Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights, Riots, Wallace for President; Alabama Power Co. and Relicensing Mitchell Dam

Nov. 1967 - Closing of Brookley AFB in Mobile, Alabama

Dec. 1967 - Foodstamp Program in Columbus Ga.



Jan. 1968 - Deficient Balance of Trade in Textiles

Feb. 1968 - Defense Budgetary Matters

April 1968 - L and N Trainmen Dispute

July 1968 - Coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan's Recovery from Cancer

Nov-Dec 1968 - Carl Albert's Bid for Re-Election as House Majority Leader



Feb. 1969 - Workman's Compensation and Soc. Security

Mar. 1969 - Eradication of Boll Weevil

July 1969 - SBA and Expenditures Control Act of 1968

Sept. 1969 - Peanut Acreage Allotment

Oct. 1969 - AU President Harry Philpott and "Campus Unrest" at AU

Oct-Nov 1969 - Nomination of Clement F. Hagnesworth (Sup. Ct.)

Dec. 1969 - Manpower Training Project at Draper Prison



Jan. 1970 - Closing of Brookley AFB, Mobile, Alabama; Youth Conversation Corps

Feb. 1970 - Freedon of Choice in Schools; Nixon and Bussing Issues

May 1970 - HEW and Clean Air Act

Sept. 1970 - Red China and U.N.



Feb-Mar 1971 - Regional Medical Program in Alabama

May 1971 - Wilbur Mills for President; Nixon's visit to Mobile (opening of Tenn. - Tombigbee)

July 1971 - Union Pacific- So. R. R. Strike

December 1971 - Death of Congressman Andrews



March 1972 - Urban Renewal in Alabama

April 1972 - Elizabeth Andrews assumes office; Higher Education Bill

May-Jun 1972 - Water Pollution Control Act

July 1972 - Rural Dev. Act

October 1972 - National Guard Technicians Act

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