<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Advocating for the Bill of Rights for Merchant Seamen: A Correspondence Between Mrs. Letson and Honorable  Geo. B. Schwabe</dc:title><dc:date>1946-07-10</dc:date><dc:creator>unknown</dc:creator><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:identifier>http://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_047_1_5_84_0001</dc:identifier><dc:description>Mrs. Letson wrote to Congressman George B. Schwabe urging him to support the Bill of Rights for Merchant Seamen, H.R.2346. Congressman Schwabe responded, expressing doubts about the bill's passage due to its controversial nature. He promised to consider Mrs. Letson's views when the bill comes up for consideration and thanked her for her input. Additionally, Mrs. Letson reminded Schwabe of the importance of the legislation and asked for his help in securing an early place on the calendar for the bill.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>