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[Scrapbook] Scrapbook 1959-1960, 1958-12-04 - 1960-10-31

 Item — Carton: 0065, Volume: Scrapbook

Scope and Contents

A clipping in Portugeuse; Walter assails Little UN Nations about flood; Walter defends refugee quotas; subpenaed teachers in California for communism scares; Walter lashes out against Japanese leftists and Castro; 'stinking little republics, those banana nations'; Walter saves negro voting aid from Southern Republicans; $8915 spent for Walter's re-election bid; Walter gets $5000 for campaign; Walter interested in 15th term (okayed by doctors); Walter comes back to Easton and spurrs on some local democrats to do more work; Pennsylvanians in Congress cautious of Presidential race; Walter nomniates county youths for military schools; Negro's appointment as House page boy is called case of 'mistaken identity'; Picture of Walter and a page boy; House fires 14 employees because of a moved $200 chair; House getting rid of employees that don't have congressional sponsors; Southern strategy in house nearly yields civil rights coup; House kills two parts of civil rights bill; Walter praised for keeping a cool head while presiding in House; Walter votes against Labor Bill; Walter submits bill to give aid to depressed area; 18,400 jobless in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton area; Congress talking about passing an aid bill for depressed areas; The way reprsentatives voted on different issues; Last chance housing measure given to Eisenhower; Area transit bill; Walter creates new bills to help sports and moving curfews back; Creates bills to block communist propaganda; GOP leaders using money to pay for cars and to pay special staff better; Kiwanians join to honor congressmen; Walter pays from his own money to give car to old speaker of the house; picture of 86th congress meeting; Criticisms of Walter; Pennsylvania cogressional delegation more liberal; Simpson scholarship fund set up; some congressman dress really well; A picture of Walter with the Pope (Pope John XXIII); YMCA gets a 50 star flag; Castro calls congressmen rats; Native Hawaiian presents 50 star flag to Lehighton; Walter speaks at 4 county firemens banquet; Walter introduces Rooney to congress; Walter nominates a specific postmaster and an Easton local talks about it; Census gain by senatorial districts; Walter gets 100 grand record; GWU honors congressmen graduates; Nazareth school gets U.S. funds for expansion; Grover Cleveland Democratic Association Banquet; Delays plan to use foreign road material; Power of the Independent Vote; White House dinner to honor Rayburn; Walter fights curb on committee power; Walter gets Italian merit medal; House ratios; GOP loses 37 committee seats; Walter starts 27 year in Congress; Walter pays tribute to Northampton Labor force on Labor Day (1959); Walter reacts negatively to union leader's letter; Walter got honorary law degree; Walter recieves Legion award; Post Office Dedication Program; Walter speaks at Tobyhanna Postoffice; Walter recieves Veterans of Foreign Affairs award; Tomyhanna Postoffice has flag from capitol; Walter visits Signal Corps Depot; Pictures of Walter at Mount Pocono Airport; Walter greats Symington so Symington can make a speech about how America lost the technology race; Governor at funeral for Warren R. Roberts; Gov. Lawrence speaks at Muhlenburg Medical Center; Bethlehem flood project begins; 62nd annual convention of the Four-County Firemen's Assn.; Walter speker at Butztown P.O. dedication; Four county firemen elect; 41st Anniversary Banquet of the Founding of the American Legion Founding of Brown & Lynch Post No. 9; Walter speaks at Legion dinner; communsim moves across America alarming the intercity; Walter says the U.S. is soft on Langelle Ouster; Walter attacks appearance of Krushchev in U.S.; Alfred Kohlberg honored at 73rd birthday and pictures from the birthday; Walter praises labor for Ouster of Reds; Frederick H. Mser accepts key to the Borough of Wilson; Mountainhome dedicates postoffice; Cards and Mementos telling Walter to have a good holiday; Delegate at Large to Democratic National Convention;

Dates

  • Creation: 1958-12-04 - 1960-10-31

Creator

Access Restrictions

Access Restrictions: Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Collection: 220 Linear Feet (201 Boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Personal Names

Hawkins-Walsh, Elizabeth, 1949-; Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; McCarthy, Joseph, 1947-1957; Rooney, Fred B. (Fred Bernard), 1925-; Novogratz, Robert; Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908; Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971; Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988; Kohlberg, Alfred, 1887-1960;

Corporate Names

Harvard University; Pennsylvania Democrats; California Democratic Council; West Point; United States Air Force Academy; United States Naval Academy; Merchant Marine Academy; Polk Township High School; Chestnut Hill High School; NAACP; Eisenhower Administration; George Washington University; Grover Cleveland Democratic Association; Strategic Air Command; Norwich University; Signal Corps Depot; Mount Pocono Airport; Muhlenburg Medical Center; Four-County Firemen's Association; Hellertown - Lower Saucon High School; Ameircan Legion Founding of Brown & Lynch Post No.9; Hotel Easton; Easton American Legion; Center Labor Union of Monroe; Patriotic Order Sons of America; American Dental Association; 2nd District Dental Society; The Inaugural Committee; The National Exchange Club; Kiwanis Club of New Holland; Vacation Valley; The Easton Jacksonian Democratic Association; National Soriety of New England Women Founder's Day Luncheon;

Geographic Names

São paulo , Brazil; Easton, PA; Bethlehem, PA; Allentown, PA; Monroe County, PA; Northampton County, PA; Carbon County, PA; Scranton, PA; Washington D.C.; Bethlehem, PA; Palmerton, PA; Danielsville, PA; Berlin, Germany; Northfield, Vt; Tobyhanna, PA; Geneva, Switzerland; Hellertown, PA; Butztown, PA; Doylestown, PA; Norristown, PA; Wilson-Palmer Township, PA; Lansford, PA;

Subject / Topic

Refugee quotas; Communism; Flood control program; Marshall Plan saving Europe from communism; Negro voting aid; Walter Head of State's House Democrats; Page Boys; Racism; Civil Rights; Equal Rights Penalty Clause; Labor Reform; Bethlehem Flood Control Project; Unemployment; Refugees; Hawaiian statehood; 86th Congress; Immigration; Postal Workers; 50 star flag; McCarthyism; Workable program to get rid of slums in Easton; Labor Rights; Foreign Imports; Berlin; Missile Program; Increasing strength of Strategic Air Command; Veterans of Foreign Affairs award; Legion award; Segregation; Technology Race; Spread of Communism; Centennial Award of Merit; Hungarian Victims of Communism; The official opening of The St. Lawrence Seaway;

Repository Details

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