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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF17-006
This folder contains material pertaining to the Federal Telecommunications System (FTS), a network of communication services for federal agencies. Items include a staff report by the General Services Administration (GSA) to the Bureau of the Budget on the proposed FTS; letters of intent to AT&T for Phases I and II of the project; GSA policy circulars; letters to heads of federal agencies; an article by Representative Jack Brooks on the FTS, reprinted from Public Utilities Fortnightly; a GSA report titled "Study of a Federal Telecommunications System for Civil Agencies"; a statement by Robert F. Mundy to the U.S. House Government Activities Subcommittee on "Communications and a Decentralized Federal Government"; and documents concerning the role of the FTS in emergency planning activities.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-015
This folder contains material pertaining to Executive Orders on emergency preparedness and civil defense.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF12-004
This folder contains memoranda and correspondence pertaining to an investigation of government contracts for strategic materials that was undertaken by the Senate Subcommittee on the National Stockpile and Naval Petroleum Reserves. It Includes the testimony of Maurice J. Connell, Commissioner of the Defense Materials Service, before the Senate Subcommittee.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF12-003
This folder contains memoranda, correspondence, and press releases pertaining to a General Services Administration investigation into expense reimbursement claims made by the Hanna Smelting Company. The investigation was undertaken in conjunction with the Senate Subcommittee on the National Stockpile and Naval Petroleum Reserves, chaired by Senator Stuart Symington.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF12-002
This folder contains memoranda, correspondence, reports, and drafts pertaining to the Executive Stockpile Committee. The committee was directed by President Kennedy to review the policies and principles for the country's program of stockpiling strategic materials. It was chaired by Edward A. McDermott, Acting Director of the Office of Emergency Planning, and work within the General Services Administration was coordinated by Maurice J. Connell of the Defense Materials Service. The file includes the final copy of "The Barter Program: A Report to the President" (22 August 1962), information on proposed legislation to amend the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, summary and analysis of recommendations contained in the committee's report, and a copy of "Disposing of Excess Stockpile Materials: Report to the President" (16 January 1963).
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF12-001
This folder contains memoranda, correspondence, outlines, and drafts pertaining to the Executive Stockpile Committee. The committee was directed by President Kennedy to review the policies and principles for the country's program of stockpiling strategic materials. It was chaired by Edward A. McDermott, Acting Director of the Office of Emergency Planning, and work within the General Services Administration was coordinated by Maurice J. Connell of the Defense Materials Service. The file includes a copy of the final draft of "Report of the Executive Stockpile Committee to the President," two drafts of a report on the barter program, and a list of "Essential Survival Items" published by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization.