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- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_004_3_21_1A_0001
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Collection:
- Page H. Belcher Collection
- Title:
- Appealing for Support: The Marotta Family's Plea for Enhanced Medical Research Funding
- Date:
- 1954-01-01
- Creator:
- Belcher, Page Henry, 1899-1980
- Topic:
- Education--United States
- Congress:
- 83rd (1953-1955)
- Identifier:
- CAC_CC_004_3_21_1A_0006
- Contributing Institution:
- Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
- Collection:
- Page H. Belcher Collection
- Title:
- 1955 Report on Federal Appropriations, Authorizations, and Expenditures by the Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures
- Date:
- 1955-04-01
- Creator:
- Belcher, Page Henry, 1899-1980
- Topic:
- Education--United States
- Congress:
- 83rd (1953-1955)
![["The Marotta family is seeking support for President Eisenhower's Health Program in order to fund research for leukemia, as their son Mark has been diagnosed with the disease. They believe that increasing funding for medical research may lead to a cure for leukemia in time to save their son's life. Congressman Page Belcher acknowledges their request and assures them that their comments will be remembered."]](/thumb/CAC_CC_004_3_21_1A_0001.jpg "Appealing for Support: The Marotta Family's Plea for Enhanced Medical Research Funding")
![["The document provides information on unexpended balances in federal appropriations and authorizations available to federal agencies as of the end of fiscal year 1954. It shows that federal agencies had total expenditure authority of $154.1 billion for the current fiscal year, with a breakdown of balances in appropriations and authorizations. The report also highlights the increase in unexpended balances in domestic civilian program accounts and efforts to reconcile Treasury and Budget Bureau unexpended balance figures."]](/thumb/CAC_CC_004_3_21_1A_0006.jpg "1955 Report on Federal Appropriations, Authorizations, and Expenditures by the Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures")