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A letter of petition from A.B. Friend to United States Senator Theodore G. Bilbo of Poplarville, Mississippi. A.B. Friend petitions the senator to keep the newly built hospital stationed at the Como Prisoner of War camp in Mississippi.

A handout with one side presenting information about food rationing, yet the rationing doesn’t apply to the alcohol companies that still require grain to continue the production of alcohol. With a quote about this provided by John L. Hill, a…

First page of Article II of the Constitution of the Anti-Saloon League of America. Written by secretary George Crabbe and published on Christmas of 1942, this page provides a list of National Officers and a list of the National Executive Committee…

A congressional hearing notice regarding the rise of alcoholism and vice in the U.S. armed forces during World War II in 1942.

Short letter from Pastor J. E. Drane, Concord Baptist Church to Theodore Bilbo regarding efforts to promote temperance in armed forces training centers during World War II.

A typed letter from a constituent to US Senator Theodore Bilbo. The constituent is against the filibuster and proposes that the senator introduces a bill to ban its use. Sent from 43 Winchester St, White Plains , New York

A letter to Theodore's friends regarding passing legislation

A typed letter from Daniel Molter, of Pittsburgh, PA, to President Harry S. Truman on the subject of his concerns about Myron Charles Taylor remaining as a US ambassador at the Vatican, describing the religious makeup of the United States at the time…

A Letter from G.T. Sledge to Senator Theodore Bilbo asking the senator to outlaw liquor traffic across the US.

Letter from P.I. Lipsey, N.S. Jackson, L.G. Gates, F.M. Purser, R.B. Gunter as representative of the Mississippi Baptist Convention requesting Senator Bilbo's assistance in securing legislation that will stop the Federal Government from licensing the…