Mrs. Etta Kirk wrote to George B. Schwabe, a member of Congress, asking him to vote for the OPA bill to prevent the cost of living from rising too high. Schwabe responded by expressing his belief that the OPA was a bad federal bureau that created inflation and black markets. He believes in the American principle of free enterprise and states that most of his constituents want him to vote against the OPA.

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Vote Against OPA: A Constituent's Plea

Identifier:
CAC_CC_047_1_6_32_0006
Contributing Institution:
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Title:
Vote Against OPA: A Constituent's Plea
Date Created:
1946-07-16
EDTF:
1946-07-16
Creator:
unknown
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Language:
eng
Record Type:
correspondence
Collection:
George B. Schwabe Collection
Collection Finding Aid:
https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/37
Description:
Mrs. Etta Kirk wrote to George B. Schwabe, a member of Congress, asking him to vote for the OPA bill to prevent the cost of living from rising too high. Schwabe responded by expressing his belief that the OPA was a bad federal bureau that created inflation and black markets. He believes in the American principle of free enterprise and states that most of his constituents want him to vote against the OPA.
Topic:
Land use--Planning, Banks and banking--United States
Congress:
79th (1945-1947)
Physical Location:
CAC_CC_47_1_0000, Box 6, Folder 32, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
Location Represented:
United States (nation), Oklahoma (state)
Type:
Text
Extent:
2 Pages