<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>Supporting the Merchant Seamen's Bill of Rights: A Letter from Miss Edna Mary Letson</dc:title><dc:date>1945-05-07</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_0003</dc:identifier><dc:description>Miss Edna Mary Letson wrote a letter to George B. Schwabe, a member of the House of Representatives, asking for his support of the Merchant Seamen's Bill of Rights, H.R. 2346. In response, Schwabe acknowledged receiving the letter and stated that he is still considering the proposed measure and has not made any commitments. He mentioned that he has doubts about the bill passing in its current form but appreciates the input from constituents like Letson.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>