Two furniture companies in Fort Smith, Arkansas are writing to Congressman George B. Schwabe to urge the Senate Appropriations Committee to allocate funds for bank stabilization work along the Arkansas River, as there are significant cave-ins that are causing damage to highways, industrial sites, and land. They emphasize the urgent need for action to prevent further destruction and isolate the town from the west.

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Urgent Appeal for Bank Stabilization Funding in Arkansas and Oklahoma

Identifier:
CAC_CC_047_3_27_36_0005
Contributing Institution:
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Title:
Urgent Appeal for Bank Stabilization Funding in Arkansas and Oklahoma
Date Created:
1951-07-27
EDTF:
1951-07-27
Creator:
Schwabe, George Blaine, 1886-1952
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:
Two furniture companies in Fort Smith, Arkansas are writing to Congressman George B. Schwabe to urge the Senate Appropriations Committee to allocate funds for bank stabilization work along the Arkansas River, as there are significant cave-ins that are causing damage to highways, industrial sites, and land. They emphasize the urgent need for action to prevent further destruction and isolate the town from the west.
Names:
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, Creek Nation, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Cheyenne and Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribess
Congress:
82nd (1951-1953)
Physical Location:
CAC_CC_47_3_0000, Box 27, Folder 36, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
Location Represented:
United States (nation), Oklahoma (state)
Type:
Text
Extent:
2 Pages