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9594 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:.._ HOUSE July 5 Mr. HICKENLOOPER. Does the Sen

ator have any report at this particular moment as to what, if any, progress has been made on amendment 41 in the supplemental appropriations bill?

Mr. McFARLAND. I do not. Mr. CORDON. Perhaps I can help a

little on that point. A statement was made-it was not official-that at the present time the feeling was that if the matter came before the House based on present views, there probably would be a request for a quorum, but a quorum could not be obtained. However, that situation can change overnight.

Mr. McFARLAND. Sometimes Senators change their minds, and if we could adjourn, it would be a wonderful thing.

Mr. HICKENLOOPER. What are the present views of the conference?

Mr. CORDON. They were not ex.. pressed. Nor were they asked for ..

Mr. MAYBANK. Will the Senator from Iowa yield to me?

Mr. HICKENLOOPER. I do not have the floor.

Mr. MA YBANK. I merely wish to say that I shall be here, and I will never change my mind.

Mr. CAPEHART. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be absent from the Senate for the next :ro days on offi .. cial business.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob· jection, it is so ordered.

Mr. McFARLAND. We shall miss the distinguished Senator from Indiana: I am sorry he will have to be absent, but I shall not object.

Mr. CAPEHART, I appreciate the Senator's compliment very much.

Mr. IDCKENLOOPER. Does the !act that the Senator from Indiana has been granted a 30-day leave indicate that the Senate will continue its sessions for 30 days?

Mr. CAPEHART. I am going on an official mission for the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

The VICE PRESIDENT. What is the present request of the Senator from Arizona?

Mr. McFARLAND. I move that the Senate stand in recess until 12 o'clock noon on Monday.

Mr. HICKENLOOPER. Mr. President, I also ask leave to be absent from the Senate next week. I have reservations for departure for Chicago at 8:30 this morning. Although I have planned to go to Chicago, I am very much interested in the conference report, and I would dislike being in· Chicago and then perhaps having to return on Monday. But I suppose there is nothing that can be done about it. . I may send some long telegrams stating my position in the matter.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. CAPEHART. I want to be sure that I understand the agreement. The Senator from Arizona proposes a recess until 12 o'clock tomorrow, and there might well be a recess then until Thurs .. day. However, no business will be trans .. acted other than the two conference reports, although Senators will be permitted to make insertions in the RECORD.

Mr. McFARLAND. And no votes will be taken.

~ECESS

The VICE PRESIDENT . . The question is on the motion of the Senator from Arizona that the Senate stand in re-. cess until 12 o'clock noon tomorrow.

The motion was agreed to; and (at 5 o'clock and 9 minutes a.m., Sunday, July 6, 1952) the Senate took a recess until tomorrow, Monday, July 7, 1952, at 12 o'clock meridian.

NOMINATIONS Executive nominations received by

the Senate July 5 (legislative day of June 27), 1952:

SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD

Chester E. Stovall, of Missouri, to be a member of the Subversive Activities Control Board for the remainder of the term expiring April 9, 1954, vice James O'Connor Roberts, deceased.

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MINT AT DENVER,

COLO. ·

Gladys Morelock; of Colorado, to be superintendent of the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo., to fill an existing vacancy.

CONFIRMATIONS Executive nominations confirmed by

the Senate July 5 <legislative day of June 27)' 1952: UNITED STATES COURT OF CUSTOMS AND PATENT

APPEALS

Willlam P. Cole, Jr., of Maryland, to. be an associate judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

UNITED STATES · DISTRICT JUDGE

James Augustine Walsh, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona. -

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Rear Adm. Joseph W. Fowler, United States Navy (retired), of California, presently Director of the Munitions Board Supply Management Agencies, to be Director of the l.Jefense Supply Management Agency ln the Department of Defense.

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

Paul Moss, of Texas, to be a member of the Advisory Board for the Post Office Department. ·

SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MINT AT DENVER,

COLO.

Gladys Morelock, of Colorado, to be Superintendent of the Mint of the United States, at .Denver, Colo.

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

The following-named candidates for appointment in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service:

To be senior assistant dental surgeons, ef• fective date of acceptance

William B. Savch,uck. Biagio J. Cosentino. Oliver D. Harvey.

To be assistant dental surgeons, effective date of acceptance

William 0. Engler . . Jack D. Robertson. Herbert Swerdlow. Edgar K. Anderson.

IN THE ARMY

The omcers named herein for-appointment 1n the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Army of the United States under the provisions

of section 3'7 of 'the National Defense Act as amended:

To be 'brigadier generals Col. LeRoy Hagen Anderson, 0239452. Col. Hugh Barclay, 0402854. Col. Michael Joseph Galvin, 0279304. Col. Hugh Stanford McLeod, 0143285. Col. Lamar Tooze, 0107927.

POSTMASTERS

ALASKA

Frieda A. Davey, Naknek. FLORIDA

Franklin F. Rhode, Arcadia. George P. Brantley, Jr., Lakeland.

GEORGIA

Thomas R. Wood, La Grange.

n.LINOIS

Carl E. Erler, Streator.

INDIANA

Wayne M. Crider, Greenfield. Dean I. Lauver, New Carlisle.

MJ.SSACHUSETTS

John F. Condon, Brockton.

MICHIGAN

Casimir A. Rakowski, Mount Morris. Phillip N. O'Brien, Pentwater.

MISSISSIPPI

Clarence E. Arnold, Saltillo.

MISSOURI

Estella C. Lawrence, Fenton.

. MONTANA

George N. Westland, Frazer.

NEBRASKA

Harold S. Conroy, Shelton.

NEVADA

Irene B. McCormick, Empire.

NEW JERSEY

Ettore T. Minervino, Denville. John P. Panella, Mendham. David B. Morgan, Paterson. John L. Malley, Trenton.

NORTH DAKOTA

Harriett R. Cowley, Ambrose. John B. Wright, Antler. Elmer W. Hoppa, Cayuga. Chester C. King, Donnybrook. Joseph P. Roubal, Lawton. Malvern E. Thorson, McGregor. Francis L. Gerou, Mooreton. Milford L. Carlson, Rhame. Lawrence J. Petz, Ryder. Charles L. Stedman, Sheyenne. Alvin 0. Herberg, Wildrose.

OKLAHOMA

Robert L. Dobry, Pocasset.

OREGON

Samuel R. Veatch, Cottage Grove. Franz L. Kranenburg, Prairie City.

VIRGINIA

James E. Harris, Ewing.

WEST VIRGINIA

Hazel M. Pritt, Ward.

•• . .... •• HOUSE-OF REPRESENTATIVES

SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1952

The House met at 12 o'clock noon. The Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp,

D. D., o.ffered the following prayer: 0 Thou infinite· and eternal God, the

coming in and the going out of all our days are in the keeping and control of Thy kind and beneficent providence.

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9595 Hitherto our lives have been abun..:·

dantly blessed. and Thou hast not wit.'lheld from us anything that was needful.

Grant that, as the hour of adjournment draws nigh, we may lift our hearts in thanksgiving for the high and holy privilege of walking and working together in the service of our God, our country, and humanity.

We humbly confess that we are conscious of many failures; we have often been recreant to our duties and responsibilities; we have been unfaithful to the sacred vows of our high office. Wilt Thou now give us the grace of repentance and amendment and the joys of Thy pardoning grace.

We pray that Thou wilt bestow the benediction of Thy peace upon our Presdent, our Speaker, the chosen Representatives of our Republic, and· all who have served our Nation during this session of Congress in whatever capacity. We leave this Chamber commending and commiting one another to Thy love and care.

May the Lord bless us and keep us; may the Lord make His tace to shine upon us and be gracious unto us; may the Lord lift upon us the light ot His countenance and ~ive us peace.

Amen. The Journal of the proceedings of yes

terday was read and approved.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE A message from the Senate, by Mr.

LANDERS, its clerk, announced that the Senate had passed without amendment bills and a joint resolution of the House of the following titles:

H. R. 1913. An act for the relief of Milagros Aujero;

H. R. 2358. An act for the relief of Joseph R. La Porta;

H. R. 2840. An act for the relief of Mrs. Hee Shee Wong Achuck;

H. R. 3268. An act for the relief of Mrs. Jane P. Myers;

H. R. 4634. An act for the relief of Johann Komma;

H. R . 5442. An act for the ·relief of Martin A. Dekking;

H. R. 5624. An act for the relief of Tokusa-buro Imamura Glasscock; ·

H. R. 6515. An act for the relief of Tracy Ann Corley (Elisabeth Lecorche);

H. R. 6969. An act for the relief of Bozie Lincoln Donalson;

H. R. 7645. An act for the relief of Maria Grazia Maranto;

H. R. 7665. An act for the relief of Annalyn Earley;

H. R. 7713. An act for the relief of Gisela Helen Snowdy;

H. R. 7722. An act to amend the Public Health Service Act so as to provide for equality of grade, pay, and allowance between the Chief Medical Officer of the Coast Guard and comparable officers of the Army;

H. R. 8163. An act for the relief of Hilde. gard Hobmeier; and

H. J . Res. 480. Joint resolution to extend the t ime for use of construction reserve funds established under section 511 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended.

The message also announced that the Senate having proceeded to reconsider the bill <S. 82.7) entitled ''An act for the relief of Fred P. Hines," returned by the President of the United States with his objections, to the SenatP., in which it

originated, and passed by the Senate on the recommendation of the same, it was

Resolved, That said bill do pass, twothirds of the Senators present having voted in the affirmative.

The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill <H. R. 7656) entitled "An act to provide vocational readjustment and to restore lost educational opportunities to certain persons who served in the Armed' Forces on or after June 27, 1950, and prior to such date as shall be fixed by the President or the Congress, and for other purposes."

The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendments to the bill <H. R. 8122) entitled "An act to continue the existing method of computing parity prices for basic agricultural commodities, and for other purposes, disagreed to by the House; agrees to the conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. ELLENDER, Mr. HoEY, Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina, Mr. AIKEN, and Mr. YOUNG to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.

The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendments to the bill <H. R. 8271) entitled "An act to amend section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, disagreed to by the House; agrees to the conference ~sked by the House· on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. GEORGE, Mr. CONNALLY, Mr. JOHNSON of Colorado, Mr. BuTLER of Nebraska, and Mr. MARTIN to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.

The message also announced that the Senate had passed bills of the following titles, in which the concurrence of the House is requested :

S. 2592. An act to amend section 403 (b) of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 so as to permit the granting of free or reducedrate transportation to ministers of religion; and

S. 3186. An act to authorize the President to appoint to the grade of general in the Army of the United States those officers who, in grade of lieutenant general, commanded the Army Ground Forces or commanded an army during world War II, and for other purposes.

The message also announced that the Senate requests the House of Representatives to return to the Senate the bill <S. 2364), entitled "An act to authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission to revoke or amend, under certain conditions, water carrier certificates and permits."

The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill <H. R. 651), an act to provide for issuance of a supplemental patent to Charles A. Gann, patentee, No. 152419, for certain land in California.

SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED Mr. JAVITS asked and was given

permission to address the House for 5 minutes today, following the legislative program and any special orders heretofore entered.

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts asked and was given permission to address the House for 5 minutes today, following the legislative business of the . day and any special orders heretofore entered.

Mr. McCORMACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 hour today, following the last special order entered, his remarks to appear at the end of today's proceedings in the body of the RECORD.

INCREASED ANNUITIES FOR RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report on the bill

. (S. 2968) to amend section 8 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, and ask unanimous consent that the statement of the managers on the part of the House be read in lieu of the report.

The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to

the re.quest of the gentleman from Tennessee?

There was no objection. The Clerk read the statement. The conference report and statement

are as follows:

CONFERENCE REPORT (H. REPT. No. 2487) The committee of conference on the dis

agreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 2968) to amend section 8 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, hav-. ing met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House and agree to the · same with an . amendment as follows:

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House amendment insert the following: "That section 8 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended (5 U. S. C. 736c), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

"'(c) (1) The annuity of any retired employee or of any survivor of a deceased or retired employee who, before the date of enactment of this amendment, was receiving or entitled to receive an annuity from the civilservice retirement and disability fund, shall be increased, effective on the first day of the second month following enactment of this amendment, by $36 for each full six-month period elapsed between the commencing date of annuity and October 1, 1952: Provided, That such increase in annuity shall not exceed the lesser of $324 or 25 per centum of the present annuity: Provi ded further, That no annuity shall be increased to an amount in excess of $2,160 by reason of the enactment of this amendment: And provided further, That the increases to retired employees provided by this subsection shall not operate to increase the annuities of their survivors.

"'(2) The increases in annuity provided by this subsection shall be paid from the civilservice retirement and disability fund, and shall terminate, without subsequent resumption, on June 30, 1955, or on an earlier date under any one of the following conditions, whichever may first occur:

"'(A) At the end of the second month following the third consecutive month for which the Consumers' Price Index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is less than 169.9, the index for the month of April 1948. In

9596 C0NGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 5 the event that the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises the basis of calculating the Consumers' Price Index, it shall immediately furnish to the Commission a conversion ·racto.r designed to adjust to the new basis the index figure of 169.9 described herein, and such adjusted index shall be used for the purposes of this subsection.

"'(B) On June 30, 1954, unless an appropriation is made to the civil-service retirement and disability fund in the appli· cable annual appropriation Act, for the fiscal year 1955, or in any prior appropriation Act, for the specific purpose of compensating said fund for the cost, as determined by the Commission, of increases provided by this subsection during the fiscal years 1954 and 1955.'

"SEC. 2. (a) There is hereby created a body to be known as the Committee on Retirement Policy for Federal Personnel, which shall be composed of a chairman appointed by the President and, ex officio, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary o! Defense, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, and the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission.

"{b) The Committee shall make a comparative study of all retirement systems for · aU Federal personnel and report to the Congress· not later than December 31, 1953. Its report, including findings and recommendations, shall include the following:

"(1} the types and amounts of retirement and other related benefits provided to Federal personnel, including their role in the compensation system as a whole;

"(2} the necessity for special benefit provisions for selected employee groups, including overseas personnel and employees in hazardous occupations;

"(3} the relationships of these retirement systems to one another, to the Federal employees' compensation system, and ~ such ·general systems as old-age and survivors insurance; an~

" ( 4) the current financial status of the several systems, the most desirable methods of cost determination and funding, the division of costs between the Government and the members of the systems, and the policies that should be follow.ed in meeting the Gov

. ernment's portion of the cost of the various systems.

" (c) The Chairman of said Committee, under such rules and regUlations as the President may prescribe, is authorized to procure services pursuant to section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), and subject to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, to appoint and fix the compensation of such attorneys and other personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

"SEC. 3. Section 13 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended (5 U.S. C. 716}, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:

"'Any person entitled to annuity from the civil-service retirement and disability fund may decline to accept all or any part of such annuity by a waiver signed and filed with the Commission. Such waiver may be revoked in writing at any time, but no payment of the annuity waived shall be made covering the period during which such waiver was in effect.' "

And the House agree to the same. TOM MURRAY, GEORGE P. MILLER• EDWARD H. REES,

Managers on the Part of the House. OLIN D. JOHNSTON. JOHN 0. PASTORE, GEORGE A. SMATHERS. Wll.LIAM LANGER,

Managers on the Part oj the Senate.

STATEMENT

The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes · of t}le two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill ( S. 2968} to amend section 8 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the conferees and recommended in the accompanying conference report:

The House amendment strikes out all of the Senate bill after the enacting clause. The committee of conference recommends that the.Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House, with an amendment w.blch is a substitute for both the Senate bill and the House amendment, and that the House agree to the same.

Except for the differences noted in the folloWing statement, and except for technical and clarifying drafting changes, the conference substitute is the same as the House amendment.

The first section of the Senate bill added to section 8 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, a new subsection (c) which provided for increases in annuities of retired employees. The House amendment granted the same increases to

. retired employees and, in addition, granted such increases to survivors now receiving or entitled to receive annuities. The Senate bill did not limit the aggregate annuity which might be received by reason of any increase granted in such subsection. The House amendment provided that no such aggregate annuity shall be in excess Qf $2,000. Under the conference substitute, no such aggregate annuity shall exceed $2,160.

The confer~ce substitute adds to paia-· graph ( 1} of such subsection ( c} ~ proviso which makes it clear that the increases granted by such paragraph ·(1} shail not apply to future annuities of survivors of retired employees who receive increases under such paragrapb ( 1} . This proviso was con.; tained in the Senate bill.

Paragraph (2} of the new ·subsection (c) as contained in the House' amendment provided for termination of the annuity increases on June 30, 1955, or for termination on an earlier date if certain conditions occurred.

Under subparagraph (B) of such paragraph (2) the annuity increases would terminate on June 30, 19Q3, unless an appropriation were made to the civil-service retirement and disability fund in order to finance the increases payable during the fiscal years 1953 and 19"54. Under subpara· graph (C) of such paragraph (2) the an· nuity increases would terminate on June 30, 19'54, unless a corresponding appropriatiQn were made to finance such increase.s for the fiscal year 1955. .

Under the conference agreement these subparagraphs were combined and modified so as to provide for termination of the annuity increases on June 30, 1954, unless an appropriation is made to finance the increases payable during the fiscal years 1954 and 1955.

Section 2 of the House amendment created a Committee on Retirement Policy for Federal Personnel, to be composed of five members, which was to make a comparative study of all retirement systems for all Federal per· sonnel and submit a report to the Oongress not later than December 31, 1953. Section 2 of the conference substitute contains provisions identical to those of the House amendment with respect to such committee, except that the membership of the committee is increased to include the Secretary of Defense . .

ToM MURRAY, GEORGE P. MILLER, EDWARD H. REES,

Managers on the Part oj the House.

same amendment that was passed by the House. There w~re only three changes made by the conferees: One to make the limitation $2,160 instead of $2,000, a raise of $160; and the other to . make the increases effective until June make the increases effective until June 30, 1954. The House date was June 30~ year or until June 30, 1954, for Congress to make the necessary appropriation for the cost of this legislation or else the increases would stop. The other change was to add the Secretary of Defense to this committee that will make a broad and comprehensive survey of the entire retirement systems. This is a unanimous report on the part of both the Senate and the House conferees.

Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may desire to the gentleman from Kan· sas TMr. REESJ.

Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, this conference report on S. 2968, is a unanimous report of all conferees in the House and Senate. The· agreement represents, in a large measure, the provisions contained in the House version of this legislation.

One of the important features in the House bill, not contained in the Senate measure, is with respect to increasing the annuities for widows and children of deceased employees.

The House, you will recall, has placed a limitation Whereby those who receive annuities in the sum of $2,000 or more, would not receive further increases under. this bilL That limitation was . in· creased to $2,160 or· $180 per month. The savings in this provision, nearly offset the cost of giving annuity increases to' widows and children. This is an im· portant feature in the House bill. The average annuity for widows and children is approximately $50 per month, com• pared with the average annuity for the retired employees of $98 per month .

It was agreed that annuities would be paid from the present fund until June 30, 1954. It was also agreed that unless appropriations are made for the fund to take care of the extra charges, no further payments would .be made. In other words, Congress would be required to make appropriations to take care of the extra charges and not permit further impairment of the retirement fund.

Members of the conference committee were especially concerned that a study be made of the present retirement fund, to determine whether such fund is economically sound and whether the provisions of the present law are being fol· lowed. The committee felt that in order to legislate wisely on the question of Federal personnel retirement, that all Federal retirement systems should be examined. It should be observed that the committee appointed hereunder makes recommendations and that such recommendations are not binding upon the committee or Congress.

One of my concerns-and it should be the concern of every Federal employee~ is the constant pressure to combine the Federal employees civil service retirement system with the social-security system. The Federal employees have the most . liberal retirement system of any

Mr. ,MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, this that I know about. They should see conference report contai~s virtually the __ that it is protected in the form in

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9597 which it now exists. This means the civil service retirement fund must remain unimpaired. It must not be made a part of any other system. Pressures, many of them from the employees themselves, to get away from the sound fund theory may possibly lead closer to the combination with the social-security system, which would be, in my judgment, a great disappointment.

I call your attention again to the fact that this legislation although compromise legislation is practically the House version of the bill that passed the House with very little opposition. I take it that this conference report is reasonably satisfactory to · the Members of this House, since no one appears to expres~ any opposition from either side.

Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may desire to the gentleman from New York [Mr. Ross].

Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the members of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service for their fine wor~ in rushing to final passage bill S. 2968, liberalizing annuities of retired civil-service employees.

The committee is to be commended, too, for insisting on the inclusion of additional pension benefits for widows and children to retired civil-service employees. . Mr. Speaker, I have given my full support to the passage of this legislation because I believe that retired civil-service employees, and widows and children of retired employees, are entitled to and deserving of increased annuities to offset the increased cost of living.

I again commend the committee for its splendid aetion on this measure.

Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question on the conference report.

The previous question was ordered. The conference report was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was laid on

the table.

MILITARY AND NAVAL INSTALLATIONS CONSTRUCTION BILL

Mr. VINSON submitt~d the following conference report and statement on the bill (H. R. 8i20) to authorize certain construction at military and naval installations, and for other purposes:

CONFERENCE REPORT {H. REPT. No. 2488) The committee of conference on the dis

agrePing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 8120) to authorize certain construction at m ilitary and naval installations, and for oth er purposes, having met after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its amendment s numbered 12, 14, 21, 22, 24Y2, 36, 57, 68, 87, 93, 96, 98, 100, 111, 112, 119, 125, 127, 134, 135, 137, 138, 141, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 15~ 15~ 158, 161, 162, 16~ 171, 17~ 17~ 177, 191, 196, 200, and 201.

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61 , 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 , 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 97, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 113, 114, 115,116, 117, 118·, 120,

121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 150, 153, 156, 157, 159, 160, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 17~ 173, 17~ 175, 178, 179, 18~ 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 197, 198, 199, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 22~ 22~ 233, 23~ 23~ 23~ 238, 23~ 241, and 242 and agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 1: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "Covered storage and community"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 7: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 7, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "Operational maintenance, and training"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 20: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 20, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following:

"Fort Jackson, South Carolina: Administrative fac111ty and utilities, $182,000."

And the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 30: That the House

recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Sanate numbered 30, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the fol:lowing: "training building, open storage,"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 31: That the House recede from· its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 31, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "$1,286,0CO."; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 33: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 33, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "Troop support facilities and rehabilitation, $1,980,000."; and the Senate agree to the same.


"Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana: Administrative facility and training building, $5,000,000."


recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 43, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "Training buildings and facilities research"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 228: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 228, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "$124,420,800"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 230: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 230, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted

by the Senate amendment insert the following: "$328,047,800"; and the Senate agree to the same. ·



Amendment numbered 234: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Sena te num bered 234, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "$256,875,"; and the Senate agree to the same.


"SEC. 407. In the case of any public work authorized to be established or developed under the authority of section 102, _ 202, or 302 of this Act, the Secretary of the m111-tary department authorized to establish or develop such public work, or his designee, shall come into agreement with the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives with respect to the cost of construction of such public work, including those real-estate actions pertaining thereto."

And the Senate agree to the same. CARL VINSON, OVERTON BROOKS, CARL T. DURHAM, DEWEY SHORT, LESLIE C. ARENDS,

Managers on the Part of the House. RUSSELL B. LONG, JOHN C. STENNIS, WAYNE MoRsE,

Managers on the Part of the Senate.

STATEMENT The managers on the part of the House

at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 8120) to authorize certain construction at military and naval installations, and for other purposes, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the conferees and recommended in t:-9 accompanying conference report:

LEGISLATION IN CONFERENCE On June 12, 1952, the House passed H. R.

8120, the fiscal1953 military public works bill, containing a total authorization of $2,758,-318,000. On July 3, 1952, the Senate passed H. R. 8120. The conferees agreed on a bill with a total authorization of $2,398,282,800, a decrease of $360,035,200.

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL The Senate amendments to the bill are

for the most part reductions in the amounts for the specific items. In virtually every case these reductions reftect certain formulas with respect to unit prices, such as the square-foot cost for warehouses, the squareyard cost for airfield pavements, and other unit costs appropriate to the particular item of construction. These unit prices were in every instance lower than those estimated by the military departments; they were , however, based on technical advice.

9598 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD---HOUSE July 5 The belief that the unit costs estimated

by the m111tary departments are too high is founded almost entirely upon the basis that the particular structures are too expensively designed in the first instance. It 1s the view of the conferees that the original design of these structures should be conformed to the unit prices agreed upon by the conferees. It was agreed that there should be a limitation of $1,700 per man for permanent-barracks construction and a limitation of $1,400 per man for 10-year barracks construction Bachelor officers' quarters are limited to $5,000 per unit and warehouses to $6 per square foot.

Other amendments made by the Senate. involved the deletion of troop housing, the deletion of a few other particular construction items within a project, and, in a few instances, the deletion of individual projects in their entirety.

Particular note is n;tade of the item involving Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. This item provided for "Administrative facllity and training building, $7,600,000." The Senate deleted this item in its entirety but re:. ceded from its position except with respect to the amount of money, concerning which the conferees agreed that $5,000,000 would be sufficient for the construction of this facility, and that this amount should not be considered merely as an increment but a.s the complete cost of the proposed facility.

In order that proper control and surveillance can be maintained over the classifl.ed construction and land acquisition which are the subject of sections _102, 202, and 302, the Senate inserted a new section 407 which will require the Secretary of the military department authorized to establish or develop a public work contemplated by one of the sections to come in to agreement with the Com. mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives with respect to the cost of such construction and with respect to the real-estate actions pertaining thereto. This amendment was agreed to by the conferees.

The conferees also agreed that the Secretary of Defense should maintain direct surveillance over the planning and construction by the military departments on all public works projects, such surveillance to be maintained through a civilian official of the Department of Defense to be known as the Director of Installations. The Senate, therefore, inserted a. new section 408 establishing a Director of Installations, who shall make such reports directly to the Secretary of Defense with respect to public-works projects under construction by .the m111tary departments as he may deem necessary to keep the Secretary of Defense currently and fully informed with respect thereto. This amendment was agreed to by the conferees.

The Senate, by amendment, made provision for the contract aspects of public works by the insertion of a new section 409 reading as follows:

"SEc. 409. Whenever-"(a) the President determines that com

pliance with the requirements of Public Law 245, Eighty-second Congress, in the case of contracts made pursuant to this Act with respect to the establishment or development of military installations and fac111ties in foreign countries would interfere with the carrying out of the provisions of this Act; and ·

" (b) the Secretary of Defense and the Comptroller General have agreed upon alternative methods for conducting an adequate audit of such contracts, the President is authorized to exempt such contracts from the requirements of Public Law 245, Eighty-second Congress."

Aside from the new sections referred to immediately above, the total effect of the conference action, with certain exceptions, was the acceptance by the Senate conferees of the language of the bill as passed by the

House and the acceptance by the House conferees of the money figures of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

CARL VINSON, OVERTON BROOKS, CARL T. DURHAM, DEWEY SHORT; LESLIE C. ARENDS,

Managers on the Part ot the House.

Mr. VINSON. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report on the bill <H. R. 8120) to authorize certain construction at military and naval installations·, and for other purposes, and ask unanimous consent that the statement of the managers on the part of the House be read in lieu of the report.

The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER. Is there objection

to the request of the gentleman from Georgia?

There was no objection. The Clerk read the statement. Mr. VINSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent to print in the RECORD at this point the corrected bill agreed to by the committee conference.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Georgia? -

There was no objection. The corrected bill reads as follows: Be it enacte_d, etc.

TITLE I SECTION 101. The Secretary of the Ar.my,

under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, is hereby authorized to establish or develop military installations and facilities by the construction, conversion, installation, or equipment of temporary or permanent public works, including buildings, facilities, appurtenances, and utilities, as follows:

CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES Field Force facilities

(First Army Area) . Fort Devens, Mass.: Covered storage and

community facilities, $324,000. Fort Dix, N. J.: Medical facilities, $116,000. Fort Totten, N. Y.: Utilities, $48;ooo. Camp Wellfleet, Mass.: Troop housing, ad-

ministrative, operational, maintenance, ammunition storage, and community facilities, $1,097,000.

(Second Army Area) Fort Campbell, Ky.: Operational, mainte

nance, and training facilities and utilities, $822,000.

Fort Knox, Ky.: Training buildings and facilities, research and development facllities, maintenance facilities, land acquisition, and utilities, $11,411.000.

Fort George G. Meade, Md.: Administrative, operational, maintenance, and communications facilities, ammunition storage, and utilities, $335,000.

Camp Pickett, Va.: Training buildings and administrative facllties, $142,000.

{Third Army Area) Fort Benning, Ga.: Administrative, opera

tional, and maintenance facilities, ammunition, cold, covered, and open storage, and utilities, $5,193,000.

Fort Bragg, N.c.: Maintenance and operational facilities, ammunition, liquid fuel, covered and open storage, and land acquisition, $9,507,000.

Fort Jackson, S. C.: Administrati.ve fa.cili• ty, training buildings, and utilities, 1!1182,000.

Camp Rucker, Ala.: Ammunition storage facilities, $96,000.

Fort McClellan, Ala..: Administrat_ive, · operational, and maintenance facilities, covered storage, and land acquisition, $361,000.

Fort McPherson, Ga.: Ammunition star,;. age, $42,000.

Camp Stewart, Ga.: Utllities, $512,000. (Fourth Army Area)

Fort Bliss, Tex.: Training bulldings, administrative and maintenance facilities, $4,-856,000.

Camp Chaffee, Ark.: Maintenance facility~ $432,000.

Fort Hood, Tex.: Maintenance facUlties, util1ties, and land acquisition, $10,090,000.

Fort Sill, Okla.: Maintenance facilities, training building, open storage, and utiUties, $1,286,000.

(Fifth Army Area) Fort Custer, Mich.: Maintenance facility

and ammunition storage, $115,000. Camp Crowder, Mo.: Troop support fac111-

ties and rehabilitation, $1,980,000. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.: Adminis

trative facility and training building, $5,000,000. .

·Fort Riley, Kans.: Operational and maintenance facil1ties, $132,500.

(Sixth Army Area) Camp Cooke, Cali!.: Maintenance facility,

$150,000. Camp Hanford, Wash.: Troop housing, ad

ministrative faciUties, ammunition and covered storage, and utilities, $528,000.

Fort Huachuca., Ariz.: Operational fac111ty, training buildings and covered storage, $504,000.

Fort Lewis, Wasb.: Operational and maintenance facilities, open and liquid fuel storage and u_tilittes, $272,000. . .

Yuma Test Station, Ariz.: Troop housing, administrative, communications, medical, operational, maintenance and training facm:. ties,' research and development ~nd test facilities, covered and ammunition storage facilities and utilities, $2,488,000.

(Milltary Academy) United States MU1tary Academy, N. Y.:

Training building, $280,0000. Technical serv.ice facilities

(Ordnance Corps) Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.: Training

buildings and facilities, research and development and test facil1ties, ammunition storage, airfield pavements and utilities, $5,419,-999.

California Institute of Technology, California: Research and development and test facilities and utUities, $897,000.

Detroit Arsenal, Mich.: Administrative and research and development facilities, $2,370,000.

Malta Test Station, N. Y.: Research and development and test facilities, land acquisition and utilities, $479,000.

Michaud industrial facilities, New Orleans, La.: Acquisition for conversion without reimbursement to General Services Ad· ministration for any interest it may have in the facilities. -

Picatinny Arsenal, N. J.: Research and development and test facilities, and land acquisition, $1,356,000.

Redstone Arsenal, Ala.: Maintenance and operational facilities, research and development and test facilities and utilities, $6,447,000.

Watertown Arsenal, Mass.: Covered storage, operational facility and utilities, $320,000.

White Sands Proving Ground, N. Mex.: Troop housing, training buildings, medical and maintenance facilities, research and development fac111t1es, and utilities, $8,214,000.

(Chemical Corps) Army Chemical Center, Md.: Research

and development and test facilities and ammunition storage, $800,000.

Camp Detrick, Md.: Research and development and test facilities, land acquisition, utilities, and deficiencies, fiscal year

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-_ ;HOUSE 9599 1951 and fiscal year 1952 programs, $17,197,000.

Dugway Proving Ground, Utah: Research and development and test facilities, and land acquisition, $864,000.

Fort Terry, N. Y.: Administrative, op· erational and maintenance facilities, re. search and development and test facilities and utilities, $5,386,000.

(Signal Corps) Fort Monmouth, N. J.: Research and

development fac111ty, $7,500,000. Tobyhanna Signal Depot, Pa.: Deficiency

fiscal year 1952 program, $352,000. , Two Rock Ranch, California: Troop lious·

ing and utilities, $564,000. Vint Hill Farms, Va.: Family housing,

$341,000. (Corps of Engineers)

Fort Belvoir, Va.: Administrative, op· erational, and maintenance facilities, train· ing buildings, covered ammunition and open storage, research and development and test facilities and utilities, $2,968,000.

(Transportation Corps) Brooklyn Army Base, N. Y.: Mainte

·nance and operational fac111ties, $315,000. Fort Eustis, Va.: Administrative and

operational facilities, liquid fuel, open and covered storage, airfield pavements and utilities, $3,233,000.

New Orleans Army Base, La.: Covered star· age, $42,300.

(Army Medical Service) Madigan Army Hospital, Washington: Op

erational facilities and utilities, $274,000. Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Wash·

ington, D. C.: Operational fac111ties and research and development facilities, $731,000.

OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES

(Alaskan Area) Big Delta, Alaska: Family housing, troop

housing, ammunition, liquid fuel, open, closed, and cold storage, community, operational, research and development and test facilities, training building and utilities, $5,109,000.

Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska: Administrative, operational and maintenance facilities, ammunition storage and utilities, $2,969,000.

Kenai, Alaska: Family housing, operational, maintenance, community and waterfront facilities, liquid-fuel storage, training building and utilities, $3,907,000. . Ladd Air Force Base, Alaska: Family housing, administrative and maintenance fac111· ties, ammunition storage and utilities, $4,737,000.

Fort Richardson, Alaska: Family housing, troop housing, administrative, operational and maintenance facilities, open, covered, ammunition and cold storage, and utilities, $20,257,000.

Whittier, Alaska: Family housing, troop housing, administrative, operational and maintenance facilities and utilities, $2,-847,000.

(Far East Command Area) Okinawa: Family housing, troop housing,

administrative, operational, maintenance, training buildings and facilities, ammunition and coverage storage, and utilities, $20,700,000.

(Caribbean Area) Corozal, C. Z.: Operational and mainte

nance facilities, open storage and utilities, $1,800,000.

Fort Buchanan, P.R.: Cold storage facility, $942,000.

Quarry Heights, C. Z.: Administrative facility, $310,000.

(Hawaii) Helemano Radio Station, Territory of Ha

waii: Communication facility, $39,000.

(General) Various locations: For restoration or re·

placement of facilities damaged or destroyed and provision for other urgent construction requirements, $5,000,000.

·SEc. 102. The Secretary of the Army, under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, is authorized to este.blish or develop classified military installations and facilities by the construction, conversion, installation, or equipment of temporary or permanent public works, including buildings, facilities, appurtenances, and utilities in a total amount of $135,010,000.

TITLE II SEC. 201. The Secretary of the Navy, under

·the direction of the Secretary of Defense, is authorized to establish or develop naval installations and facilities by the construction, conversion, installation, or equipment of temporary or permanent public works, including buildings, facilities, appurtenances, and utilities, as follows:

CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES

Shipyard facilities Naval Shipyard, Boston,· Mass.: Water·

front shop and storage building, barracks and bachelor officers' quarters, electronics and electric shop expansion, $3,499,000.

Naval shipyard, Brooklyn, N. Y.: Reconstruction of drydock No. 3, construction of new crane tracks, $8,325,000.

Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S. C.: Extension to battery overhaul shop, barracks, galley and messing facilities, steam and electric services, addition and modifications to electrical system and new building for electronic and electric shops and electronic laboratory, $6,006,000.

Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pa.: Sub· marine battery assembly and charging build· ing, electrical services for pier C, $1 ,065,000.

Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, N. H.: In· crease of enlisted barracks capacity, $319,000.

Fleet facilities Naval Base, Newport, R. I.: Planning for

fleet berthing facility, $140,000. Commander in chief, Atlantic Fleet Head·

quarters, Norfolk, Va.: Expansion of facili· ties, $374,000.

Naval Base, Norfolk, Va.: Additional facilities for convoy escort vessels including construction of one new pier, extension of three existing piers and acquisition of land; ammunition barge mooring fac111ties and fleet landing, $3,083,000.

Aviation facilities Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field,

Beaufort, S. C.: Airfield pavements, operational facilities and acquisition of land and easements, $2,522,000.

Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Edenton, N. C. : Barge fuel delivery, including waterfront facilities, dredging, pipeline, pumping plant, and unloading facilities, $195,000.

Marine Corps Air Station, Miami, Fla.: Airfield pavements, land acquisition, fuel storage facilities, ammunition storage, and roads, $2,600,000.

Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent" River, Md.: Additional research and development and test facilities, operational facilities and supporting facilities, $4,337,000.

Naval Air Material Center, Philadelphia, Pa.: Research and development and test facilities, $2,300,000.

Naval Air Station, Lincoln, Nebr.: Land acquisition, operational facilities, airfield pavements, fuel storage, communication facilities and roads, utilities and services, $3,372,000.

Naval Air Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, Calif.: Guided missile test and evaluation facilities, $3,717,000.

Naval Air Facility, Weeksville, N. C.: Sew· age treatment plant, and helium purification plant, $237,000.

Supply facilities Naval Supply Center, Byron, Ga.: Admin

istrative facilities, maintenance facilities and shops, medical facilities, storage and supply handling facilities, railroad facilities, security fencing and buildings, utilities, architectural and engineering services, and acquisition of land, $9,102,000.

Naval Supply Depot, Great Lakes, TIL: Covered storage, utilities, security fence and site preparation, $2,481,000.

Naval Supply Depot, Jacksonville, Fla.: Acquisition of land and architectural and engineering services, $682,000.

Naval Supply Center (Cheatham Annex). Norfolk, Va.: Training facilities and troop housing, $564,000. _

Naval Supply Depot, Scotra, N. Y.: Covered storage facilities, utilities, acquisition of land, and security fencing, $2,600,000.

Naval Supply Depot (Point Lorna), San Diego, Calif.: Aviation gasoline and jet fuel bulk storage facilities and distribution system to Naval Air Station, Miramar, Calif., pumping plant, water-front facilities, utilities, acquisition of easements, and architectural and engineering services, $3,933,000.

Naval Supply Depot, San Pedro, Calif.: Aviation fuel pipeline from bulk storage, Norwalk, Calif., to the Marine Corps Air Station, El Taro, Calif., including pumping plant, utilities, acquisition of easements, and architectural and engineering services, $1,670,000.

Puget Sound Area, Seattle, Wash.: Administrative and covered storage facilities, aviation gasoline and jet fuel bulk fuel storage facilities, utilities, water-front facilities, land acquisition, and architectural and engineering services, $2,204,000.

Marine Corps facilities Marine Corps Depot of Supply, Albany,

Ga.: Depot and Supply School facilities, $13,687,000.

Ordnance facilities Naval Ammunition Depot, Charleston,

S.C.: Improvement of ammunition issue and transhipment facilities, including dredging, $ S35,000.

Alleghany Ballistics Laboratory, Cumberland, Md.: Testing facilities, storage facilities, operating facilities, maintenance facilities and shop, administrative facilities, and security fencing, $593,000.

Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, Calif.: Electric power system extension and improvements, and runway extension, $1,629,000.

Naval Degaussing Station, Norfolk, Va.: Deperming facility, $2,000,000.

Naval Ammunition Depot, St. Juliens Creek, Va.: Quality evaluation laboratory, $326,000.

Naval Station, San Diego, Calif.: Deperming facility, $288,000.

Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Md.: Underwater weapons assembly and test building, $379,000.

Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Va.: Barracks, $500,000.

Penn State College, State College, Pa.: Addition to Ordnance Research Laboratory, $315,000.

Various locations: Additional magazines and inert storehouses and guided missile storage, test and conditioning facilities, $14,443,000.

Service school facilities Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.: Improve

ment of academic buildings, $1,800,000. Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, Calif.:

Amphibious assault trainer and galley and messhall, $1,555,000.

Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va.: School and training building and acquisi· tion of land, $2,325,000.

Post Graduate School, Monterey, Calif.: Completion of engineering school, $3,500,000.

9600 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - -HOUSE' July 5

Fleet Air Defense Training Center, Point Lama, . Calif. : Purchase and installation .of technicai and collateral equipment, $3,300,• 000.

United States Naval Supply Schools, Athens, Ga.: Acquisition of real estate in• cluding improvements, purchase and installation of technical and collateral equipment and construction of new buildings and improvement of existing buildings, $2,030,000.

Medical facilities · Naval Medical Supply Depot, Edgewater, N. J.: Site preparation, storage facUlties, utilities and services, and transfer of stores and equipment, $1,155,000.

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va. Area.: Construction of pe:rmane~ .hospital, $12,815,000.

Communication facilities Naval Communication Station, Annapolis,

Md.: Site preparation, utilities and communications facilities including building, $1,616,000.

Naval Communications Station, Snohomish County, Wash.: Super high power VLF facilities, collateral equipment, accessory construction' and family housing, $1,450,000.

Naval research facilities · Naval Research Laboratory, Anacostia, D.

C.: Fireproof chemistry laboratory, and modernization of electrical distribution system, $500,000.

Yards and docks facilities Naval Construction Battalion Center,

Davisv111e, R. I.: Site preparation, troop housing, brig, medical facilities, training buildings, covered storage and ut111ties including heating plant, $2,424,000.

Key West Aqueduct, Key West, Fla.: Im· provements to aqueduct syste~, $495,000.

Various locations: Construction of AFDL floating drydocks, $4,500,000.

Naval observatory facilities Naval Observatory Time Service Substa

tion, Richmond, Fla.: Permanent facilities, $96,000.


Fleet facilities _ Naval Stt.tion, Adak, Alaska: Marine bar

racks and facilities, $2,700,000. Naval Operating Base, Guantanamo Bay,

Cuba: Dredging, mooring, new pier, targetrepair facilities, $3,185,000.

Naval Operating Base, Guam, Marianas Islands: Oxygen, carbon dioxide, and acetylene plants, $820,000.

Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii: Submarine water lines, fresh-water lines, dock facilities, $2,442,000.

Naval Station, Subic Bay, Philippine IIslands: Dock construction, sea-wall extension, $2,774,000.

Aviation facilities Naval Air Station, Agana, Guam, Marianas

Islands: Administration and operational facilities, troop housmg, and messing facmties, $1 ,171,000.

Naval Station, Argentia, Newfoundland: Airfield pavements, and family quarters, $1,-322,000.

Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Territory of Hawaii: Airfield lighting, $346,000.

Naval Air Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Operational and maintenance facility, airfield pavement, $795,000.

Naval Air Station, Kodiak, Alaska: Airfield lighting, operational facilities, and water-front facilities, $1,480,000.

Naval Air Facility, London, England: Operational and administrative facilities, airfield pavements, utilities and storage facilities, $692,000.

Ordnance facilities Naval Ammunition Depot, Oahu, Terri

tory of Hawaii: Quality evaluation laboratory, $847,000.

Communication facilities Naval Communication Station, Guam.

Marianas Islands: Permanent communica-tion facilities, $1,721,000. ·

Yards and docks facilities Various locations: Replacement of tempo

rary family quarters, utillzing military construction personnel and fac111ties, at no more than $5,000 per unit for cost of materials, supplies, and collateral equipment, including transportation thereof, $12,000,000.

SEC. 202. The Secretary of the Navy under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, is authorized to establish or develop classified military installations and facilities by the construction, conversion, installation, or equipment as temporary or permanent pub-· lie works, including buildings, facilities, appurtenances, and utllities in the amount of .86,397,000.

SEc. 203. Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress, is hereby amended as follows:

Strike so much thereof under the heading "Continental United States" and subheading "Supply Facillties" .in section 201 as reads as follows:

"Navy Shipyard, Boston, Mass. (Fuel Facility): Aviation gasoline and jet fuel bulk storage; $2,766,500." and insert in lieu thereof the following:

"Harpswell Neck Fuel Facility, Portland, Maine, Area: Aviation gasoline .and jet fuel bulk storage; $2,'766,500." . SEc. 204. So much of title II, section 201,

Public Law 910, Eig~ty-first Congress, approved January 6, 1951, as authorizes the construction of a dam at Camp Pendleton, Calif., is he.reby repealed ..

TITLE III SEc. 301. The secretary of the Air Force,

under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, is hereby authorized to establish or develop installations and facilities by the construction, conversion, installation, or equipment of temporary or permanent public works, including buildings, facilities, ap-

. purtenances, and utilities, as follows: CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES

f;trategic air command Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La.:

Airfield pavements, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, and utilities, $1,832,000.

Biggs Air Force Base, El Paso, Tex.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, and utilities, $773,000.

Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Tex.: Airfield pavements, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, · troop housing facilitieS", utilities, and research, development and test facilities, $13,889,000. .

Castle Air Force Base, Merced, Calif.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing fac111ties, airfield lighting facilities, and utilities, $1,029,000.

Clinton Naval Air Station, Clinton, Okla.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $9,-932,000.

Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Ariz.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, utilities, $5,-067,000.

Dow Air Force Base, Bangor, Maine: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities,

operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative and· community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, . and storage facilities, $8,014,000.

. Fairchild ·Air ·Force Base, Spokane, Wash.: Liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities , trai.ping facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $9,-421,{)00.

Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka, Kans.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispens'ng facilities, communications facilities, operational facllities, aircraft maintenance facilit~es, utilities, medical facilities, storage facllities, and shops, $15,520,000.

Homestead-Dade County Airport, Homestead, Fla.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $24,805,000.

Hunter Air Force Base, Savannah, Ga.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, operational facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage facilities, and shops, $5,185,000.

Lake Charles Air Force Base, Lake Charles, La.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, and land acquisition, $6,-566,000. L~keland Airport, Lakeland, Fla·.: Airfield

pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, administrative ·and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical fac1lities, and storage facilities, $18,966,000 .

Limestone Air Force Base, Limestone Maine: Airfield pavements, communication~ and airfield lighting faciUties, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, utilities and medical facilities, $22,892,000.

Limestone Air Force Base, Auxlliaries A and B, Limestone, Maine: Land acquisition, $596,000.

Lincoln Municipal Airport, Lincoln, Nebr.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, and land acqui'sition, $9,093,000.

Little Rock Air Force Base, Little Rock Ark.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storaa~ and dispensing facilities, 'airfield lighting f:. cilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities utilities, medical facilities, and storage fa~ cilities, $23,749,000.

Lockbourne Air Force Base, Columbus, Ohio: Airfield pavements, navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, medical facUlties, and storage facilities, $9,906,000.

MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Fla.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational aids, and airfield lighting fac111ties, operational facilities, utilities, and land acquisition, $7,168,000.

March Air Force Base, Riverside, Calif.: Airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $1,776,000.

Mountain Home Air Force Base, Mountain Home, Idaho:, Airfield pp.vements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communi-

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9601 cations and navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilit ies, utilities, land acquisition, and medical facilities, $12,568,000.

Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebr.: Liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, and utilities, $281,000.

P lattsburg Barracks, Plattsburg, N. Y.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, ti·oop housing facilities, adminis· trative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage f acilities, and s-hops, $28,426,000.

Rapid City Air Force Base, Rapid City, S. Dak.: Aircraft maintenance facilities, $3,185,000.

Selman Field, Monroe, La.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, administrative and community facilities, utlities, Iand acquisition, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $18,285,000.

Sioux City Municipal Airport, Sioux City, Iowa: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, medical tacilities and storage facilities, $19,810,000.

Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Salina, Kans.: Airfield pavements, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisit ion, and storage facilities, $5,962,000. · S t ead Air Force Base, Reno, Nev.: Liquid· fuel' storage and dispensing facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, administrative and community facilities, utilities, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $1,· 583,000.

Tye Feld, Abilene, Tex.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilit ies, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $23,472,000.

Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, N. Mex.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, and aircraft maintenance facilities, $3,091,000.

Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee Falls, Mass.: Airfield pavements, communications and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $23,239,000.

Air Defense Command Burlington Municipal Airport, Burlington,

Vt.: Operational facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $579,000.

Duluth Municipal Airport, Duluth, Minn.: Navigational aids facilities, operational fa· cilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $704,000.

Geiger Field, Spokane, Wash.: Operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $744,000.

Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Coraopolis, Pa.: Airfield pavements, operational facmties, administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $976,000.

Hamilton Air Force Base, San Rafael, Calif.: Airfield pavements, communications and navigational aids facilities, and utilities, $588,000.

Houma Gunnery Range, Houma, La.: Air· field pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and airfield lighting facilities, operational facil1·

ties, troop housing facilities, administrative and community facilities, ,.,utilities, land ac• quisition, and storage facilities, $3,000,000.

Kinross Air Force Auxiliary Airfield, Kin· ross, Mich.: Liquid-fuel storage and dis· pensing facilities, navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $740,000.

Larson Air Force Base, Moses Lake, Wash.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational aids facil· ities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, medical facilities, and storage facilities, . $10,866,000.

Majors Field, Greenville, Tex.: Land acquisition, $23,000.

McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, Wash.: Airfield pavements, navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, aircraft mainte• nance facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $5,885,000.

McGhee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tenn.: Airfield pavements, navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $1,179,000.

Minneapolis, St. Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, Minn.: Land acquisition and storage facilities, $450,000.

New Castle County Airport, Wilmington, Del.: Airfield p!l.vements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, util· ities, and storage facilities, $1,776,000.

Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, Niagara Falls, N. Y.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities , utilities, land acquisition, medical facili· ties, storage facilities, and shops, $1,394,000.

O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, III.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and shops, $3,801,000.

Oscoda Air Force Base, Oscoda, Mich.: Liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $612,000.

Otis Air Force Base, Falmouth, Mass.: Communications facilities, operational facili· ties, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $2,· 402,000.

Oxnard Air Force Base, Oxnard, Calif.: Operational facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $746,000.

Paine Field, Everett, Wash.: Onerational facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $1,-251,000. .

Palmdale-Los Angeles County Airport, Palmdale, Calif.: Airfield pavements and air· field lighting facilities, $380,000.

Portland International Airport, Portland, Oreg.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel stor· age and dispensing facilities, aircraft main• tenance facilities, utilities, and storage facili· ties, $973,000.

Presque Isle Air Force Base, Presque Isle, Maine: Utilities and storage fac1lities, $581,• 000.

Selfridge Air Force Base, Mount Clemens, Mich.: Airfield pavements, and storage facilities, $185,000.

Stewart Air Force Base, Newburgh, N. Y.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, and navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $3,520,000.

Suffolk County Air Force Base, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, N.Y.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and shops, $2,335,000.

Truax Field, Madison, Wis.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, operational facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and shops, $1,518,000.

Charlotte County Airport, Punta Gorda, Fla.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and airfield light· ing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $2,731,· 000.

Yuma County Airport, Yuma, Ariz.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing. facilities, operational facilities, troop housing facilities, .administrative and community facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and shops, $1,965,000.

Tactical Air Command Alexandria Municipal Airport, Alexandria,

La.: Liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisi· tion, and storage facilities, $2,852,000.

Ardmore Municipal Airport, Ardmore, Okla.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance. facilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $4,045,000.

Blytheville Municipal Airport, Blytheville, Ark.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facil· 1ties, operational facilities, aircraft main· tenance facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $11,602,000.

Bunker Hill Naval Air Station, Peru, Ind.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $18,663,000.

Clovis Air Force Base, Clovis, N. Mex.: Liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $906,000.

Galveston Municipal Airport, Galveston, Tex.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facili· ties, administrative and community facilities, utilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $5,746,000.

Myrtle Beach Airport, Myrtle Beach, S. C.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, · and storage facilities, $8,457,000.

Raleigh-Durham Municipc~.l Airport, Raleigh-Durham, N. C.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $14,838,000.

Seymour-Johnson Field, Goldsboro, N. C. : Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training fac11ities, troop housing

9602 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 5 facilities, family housing, administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisi• tion, storage facilities, and shops, $7,092,000.

Air Training Command, Big Spring Air Force Base, Big Spring,

Tex.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $6,270,000.

Bryan Air Force Base, Bryan, Tex.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, family housing, · administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and shops, $3,440,000. · · · Craig Air Force Base, Selma, Ala~ : Airfield pavements, liqutd..:fuel storage and dispensing faciliti~s. com~n:unlcatiOJ?.S and· airfield lighting fac1lities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, land ·acquisition, and storage facilities, $2,339,000.

Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Tex.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $4,• 563,000.

Foster Field, Victoria, Tex.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and airfield lighting facllities, aircraft maintenance facir· ities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, · and storage facilities, $4,383,000.

Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Tex.: . ·Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $3,820,000.

Harlingen-All-Valley Municipal · Airport, Harlingen, Tex.: Airfield pavements, training facilities, troop housing facilities, util• 1ties, and land acquisition, $5,796,000.

James Connally Air Force Base, Waco, Tex.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, storage facilities, and shops, $6,333,000. · Laredo Municipal Airport, Laredo, Tex. t

Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop housing facilities, a~ministrative and community facilities, util• ities, land acquisition and s1orage facilities, $4,266,000.

Laughlin Air Force Auxiliary Field, Del Rio, Tex.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communi• cations and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $4,· 601,000.

Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Ariz.: Air· field pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, administrative and community facil1ties, util1t1es, land acquisit-ion, and storage facilities, $5,167,000.

Mather Air Force Base, Sacram~::nto, Calif.: Airfield pavements, communications and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance fac111t1es, training facilities, troop housing fac111ties, ut111ties, and land acquisition, $5,-839,000.

Moody Air Force· Base, Valdosta, Ga.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, ut111ties, storage facilities, and shops, $1,846,000. ·

Moore Field, Mission, Tex.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fUel storage and dispensin~

facilities, communications and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance faci11ties, training facilities, troop housing fac1Uties, family housing, ad· ministrative and community facilities, utilities, land .acquisition, storage facilities, and shops, $10;309,000.

Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nev.: Air• field pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting facilities, operational fac111ties, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facUlties, troop housing facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $5,• 306,000.

Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, Tex.: Airfield pavements, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance faciliti~, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and stor-age facilities, $4,810,000. .

Plnecastle Air Force Base, Orlando, Fla.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing fac1lities, communications and airfield Ughting facUlties, aircraft maintenance facilities, tralnlng fac.Ulties, troop housing facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and storage faciUties, $10,3•1,000.

Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex.: Airfteld pavements, communications and · navigational aids fac1lities, aircraft maintenan~ fa:cillties, ari<t uttllties, $2,693,· 000.

Reese Air Force Baae, Lubbock, Tex.: Air· field pavements, 11qu1d.;.fUe1 storage and 'dis· pensing facilities, airfteld lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance fac.U1ties, training facilities, troop housllig' · tacilltles, utilities, land acquisition, ' and Btorage facilities, $7~-356,000. . . .

Scott Air Force Base. BeUevllle, Ill.: Air• field lighting fac111tles, operational faci11ties, aircraft maintenanCe f-ac1Ht1es, training facllities, utilities, land &Cq$ition, and storage factlities, $1,691..000.

Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Fla.: Liquid-fuel storage and· dispensing facilities, navigational aids fac1Ut1es, aircraft mainte· nance facilities, training facillties, troop housing fac111ties, arul utilities, $1,835,000.

Vance Air Force Baise, Enid, Okla.: Air· field pavements, liqutd .. fuel storage and dispensing faclllties, airfield lighting facilities, aircraft maintenance f~ilities, training fa· c111ties, troop housing facilities, administrative and community facilities, ut111ties, land acquisition, and storage facilities, $7,275,000.

Wichita Air Force Base, Wichita, Kans.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, airfield lighting fac111-ties, operational ·facllities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, utilities, land acquisition, storage fac111ties, and shops, $9,703,000.

Williams Air Force Base, Chandler, Ariz.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing fac111ties, communications and airfield lighting faci11ties, aircraft maintenance fac111ties, training facllities, utilities, and land acquisition, $1,776,000.

Air Material Command, Birmingham Modification Center, Bir

mingham, Ala.: Airfield pavements, liquid· fuel storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, ut111ties, and storage fac111ties, $1,507,000.

Brook.ley Air Force Base, Mobile, Ala.: Airfield pavements, aircraft maintenance fac111ties, training facilities, and utilities, $4,935,000.

Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah: Com· munications facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, land acquisition, and research, development and test facilities, $1,620,000.

Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance fac111ties, administrative and community fa-

cilities, utilities, and medical fac111ties, $7,964,000.

Lynn Haven (petroleum storage area), Panama City, Fla.: Utilities, $72,000.

Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, Calif.: Airfield pavements, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilities, and land acquisition, .$4, 790,000.

Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Okla.: Liquid-fuel storage and dispensing fac111ties, aircraft maintenance facilities, and utilities, $2,564,000.

M i litary Air T?·ansport Service Palm Beach County International Airport,

West· Palm Beach, Fla.: Liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications facillties, aircraft maintenance facilities, utilitres, and shops, $1,200,000.

Continental Air Command, Godman Air Force Base, Fort Knox, Ky.:

Troop housing facilities, utilities, and storage facilities,. $995,000.

Long Beach Municipal Airport, Long Beach, Calif.: Liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, navigational aids faclllties, . aircraft maintenance fac111ties, and utillties, $112,000.

Research ana Development Command Arnold Engineering Development Center,

Tullahoma, Tenn.: Research, development, and test facilities, $12,000,000.

Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, N.Y.: Communications facilities, operational facilities, utilities, land acquisition, research, develop· ment and test facilities, and storage facilities, $1,806,000.

Hanscom Field (Bedford Research Center). Bedford, Mass.: Airfield pavements, liquidfuel storage and dispensing fac111ties, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facillties, troop housing facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, research, development and test facilities, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $10,520,000.

Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico: Troop housfug facillties, utilities, research, development and test facilities, $990,000.

Lockland Plant, Cincinnati, Ohio: Research, development and test facUlties, $2,800,000.

Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa, Fla.: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing r'acilities, utilities, research, development and test facilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, design planning, port facilities, and miscellaneous facilities, $39,838,000.

Spectal Weapons Command, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque,

N. Mex.: Airfield pavements, communications facilities, aircraft· maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, -administrative and community facilities, utilities, and land acquisition, $8,543,000.

Air Proving Ground, Command, Eglin Air Force Base, Valparaiso, Fla.:

Utilities, and research, development, and test fac111ties, -$3,242,000. ·

Headquarters Command, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D. C.:

Troop housing facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $560,000.

Air University Gunter Air Force Base, Montgomery, Ala.:

Troop housing fac111ties and utilities, $1,290,ooo.

Maxwell Air ~~orce Base, Montgomery, Ala.: Training facilities, troop housing facilities, and ut111ties, $6,060,000.

School of Aviation Medicine Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex.:

Communications facilities, training fac:illties, utllities, and research, development and test faclllties, $8,000,000.

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ~HOUSE 9603 Communications and navigational aids

facilities Various locations: $7,990,000.


Alaskan Air Command Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska:

Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications facilities, aicraft maintenance facilities, administrative and community facilities, and utilities, $14,479,000.

Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications facilities, administrative and communi";y facilities, and utilities, $31,325,000.

Galena Air Force Auxiliary Field, Galena, Alaska: Utilities, $130,000.

Ladd Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska: Airfield pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications facilities, operational facilities, utilities, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $14,856,000.

Naknek Air .Force Auxiliary Field, Naknek, Alaska: Liquid-fuel storage ancr dispensing facilities, communication and navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, utilities, and storage _facilities, $3,914,000.

Various locations, Alaska: Communications facilities, administrative and community facilities, and utilities, $800,000.

Far East Air Force Various -locations, Pacific area: Airfield

pavements, liquid-fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop housing facilities, administrative and community facilities, utilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, shops, and miscellaneous facilities, $27,014,000.

Strategic Air Command Ramey Air Force Base, Aquadilla, Puerto

Rico: Land acquisition, $3,000. SEc. 302. The Secre'.;ary of the Air Force,

under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, is authorized to establish or develop classified military installations and facilities by the construction, conversion, installation, or equipment of temporary or permanent public works, including buildings, facilities, appurtenances, family housing, and utilities in the total a~r.ount of $1,012,398,000.

SEc. 303. Public Law 155, Eighty-second Congress, is hereby amended as follows:

(a) Strike so much thereof under the heading "Continental United States" and subheading "Operational Support Facilities" in section 301 as reads as follows:

"Friendship International Airport, Baltimore, Md.: Airfield pavements, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop facilities, family housing, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, medical facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $43,-478,000." and so much as reads as follows:

"McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown, N. J . : Airfield pavements, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, hazard removal, operational facilities, troop facilities, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $23,773,000." and insert in lieu thereof the following:

"McGuire Air Force Base, Wrightstown, N. J.: Airfield pavements, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, hazards removal, communicat;ions facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troops facilities, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, medical facilities (or medical facilities at Fort Dix, Wrightstown, N. J.), storage :.Lacilities, and shops, $62,500,000."

(b) Strike so much thereof under the heading "Continental United States" and subheading '10perational Support Facilities" in section 301 as reads as follows:

"Hammer Field, Fresno, Calif.: Airfield pavements, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications, navigational aids· and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop facilities, family housing, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $22,303,000." and so much as reads as follows:

"Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, Calif.: Airfield pavements, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training facilities, troop facilities, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, storage fac111ties, and shops, $17,-561,000." and insert in lieu thereof the following:

"Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, Calif.: Airfield pavements, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communication and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, training fa• cilities, troop facilities, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, storage facilities and shops, $28,432,000."

(c) Strike so much thereof under the heading "Continental United States" and subheading "Operational support facilities" in section 301 as reads as follows:

"Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebr.: Airfield pavements, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop facilities, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical facilities, and storage facilities, $19,06i!,OOO." and insert in lieu thereof the following:

"Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebr.: Airfield pavements, communications and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, troop facilities, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, land acquisition, medical fac111ties, and storage fac111ties, $12,708,000.

"Sioux City Airport, Sioux City, Iowa: Airfield pavements, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and navigational aids facilities, operational facilities, family housing, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, and medical facilities, $1,746,000."

(d) Strike so much thereof under the heading "Continental United States" and subheading "Operational support facilities" in section 301 as reads as follows:

"Hensley Naval Air Station, Dallas, Tex.: Airfield pavements, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, troop facilities, family housing, administrative and supporting facilities, utilities, and storage facilities, $3,022,000."

(e) Strike so much thereof under the heading "Continental United States" and subheading "Depots and Logistical Facilities" in section 301 as reads as follows:

"Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown and Lancaster, Pa.: Airfield pavements, fuel storage and dispensing facilities, communications and airfield lighting facilities, operational facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, administrative · and supporting facilities, utilities, land acquisition, test facilities, storage facilities, and shops, $74,-093,000." and insert in lieu thereof the following:

"Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown, Pa.: Utilities, and storage facilities, $570,· 000.

(f) In clause (3) of section 502 thereof delete the amounts "$1,993,603,800" and "$3,•

480,661,800" and insert in lieu thereof the amounts "$1,896,271,800" and "$3,383,329,800, respect! vely.

SEC. 304. In the prosecution of military public works projects authorized by this title, the Department of the Air Force may utilize the services of either the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, or the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Department of the Navy, in such manner and to such extent as will promote efficiency in operation.

TITLE 'IV General provisions

SEc. 401 (a) The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secre• tary of the Air Force, under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, are respectively authorized, in order to establish or develop the installations and fac111ties authorized by titles I, II, and III of this Act, to acquire lands and rights pertaining thereto, or other interests therein, including the temporary use thereof, by donation, purchase, exchange of Government-owned lands, or otherwise, without regard to section 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended. When necessary, construction of a public works project authorized by this act may be commenced prior to approval Of title to the underlying land by the Attorney General as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended.

(b) The Secretary of th~ Army, the Secretary· of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force are respectively authorized, to the extent administratively determined by each to be fair and reasonable, under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, to reimburse the owners and tenants of land to be acquired for any public works project of the military department concerned for expenses and other losses and damages incurred by such owners and tenants, respectively, in the process and as a direct result of the moving of themselves and their families and possessions because of such acquisition of land, which reimbursement shall be in addition to, but not in duplication of, any payments in respect of such acquisition as may otherwise be authorized by law: Provided, That the total Of such reimbursement to the owners and tenants of any parcel of land shall in no event exceed 25 percent of the fair value of such parcel of land as determined by the Secretary of the military department concerned. No payment in reimbursement shall be made unless application therefor, supported by an itemized statement of the expenses, losses, and damages so incurred, shall have been submitted to the Secretary of the military department concerned within one year following the date of such acquisition. The authority conferred by this subsection shall be delegable by the Secretary of the military department concerned to such responsible officers or employees as he may determine. All functions performed under this subsection shall be exempt from the operation of the Administrative Procedure Act of June 11, 1946 (ch. 324, 60 Stat. 237), as amended (5 U. S. C. 1001-1011), except as to the requirements of section 3 of such act (60 Stat. 238; 5 U. S. C. 1002). Any funds appropriated pursuant to any act authorizing civil or military public works projects for any military department to the extent available, may be used to reimburse the owners and tenants of such acquired lands for such incurred expenses, losses, and damages. The authority for reimbursement of owners and tenants for moving costs conferred by this subsection shall be in addition to but not in duplication of authority contained in subsection 401 (b) of the act of September 28, 1951 (65 Stat. 365) for the reimbursement to owners and tenants of land acquired pursuant to authorization contained in said act.

SEc. 402. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums of money as may

9604 CONGRESSIONAL ,RECORD - ·HOUSE July 5 be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act, but not to exceed-

(1) for public works authorized by title It Inside continental United States, $124,420,-800; outside continental United States, $68,-617,000; classified fac111ties, $135,010,000; or a total of $328,047,800.

(2) for public works authorized by title II: Inside continental United States, $138,183,• 000; outside continental United States, $32,-295,000; classified facilities, $86,397,000; or a total of $256,875,000.

(3) for public works authorized by title III: Inside continental United States $708,-352,000; outside continental United States, $92,610,000; classlfled facilities, $1,012,398,-000; or a total of $1,813,360,000.

SEc. 403. Any of the approximate costs enumerated in titles I, II, and III of this act may, in the discretion of the Secretary concerned, be carried upward 10 percent but the total cost of all work 1>0 enumerated under each of such titles shall not exceed the total appropriations authorized in respect of such title by section 402 of this act.

SEc. 404. No family quarters shall be constructed under the authority of this act with a net floor area in excess of 1,250 square feet, and the average net floor area of all such family quarters shall not exceed 1,080 square feet.

SEc. 405 . Appropriations made to carry out the purposes of this act shall be available with respect to public works projects authorized by law for expenses incident to construction, including administration, overhead, planning, and supervision.

SEc. 406. Any public works project authorized by this act may be prosecuted under direct appropriations or authority to enter into contracts in lieu of such appropriations.

SEc. 407. In the case df any public work authorized to be established or developed under the authority of section 102, 202, or 302 of this act, the Secretary of the Milit~ry Department authorized to establish or develop such public work, or his designee, shall come i:nto a-greement with the Committee on Ai.·med Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives with respect to the cost of construction of such public work, including those real-estate actions pertaining thereto.

SEc. 408. The Secretary of Defense shall maintain direct surveillance over the planning and construction by the military departments of all rublic works projects. Such surveillance shall be maintained through a civilian official of the Department of Defense to be known as the Director of Installations, who shall be appointed by and directly responsible to the Secretary of Defense and who shall receive compensation at the Tate of $14,800 a -year. The Director of Installations shan, from time to time, make such reports directly to the Secretary of Defense with respect to public works projects under -construction by the military departments as he may deem necessary to keep the Secretary of Defense currently and fully informed with respect to .the status, progress, and cost, and all other pertinent matters concerning, such public works projects. No person shall be appointed as Director of Installations unless the Secretary of Defense is satisfied that he has had a substantial amount of experience in the construction of public works of the types constructed by the m1litary departments. The Secretary of Defense shall provide for furnishing the Director of Installations with such engineering, clerical, stenographic, and other personnel as he may require in order adequately to perform his functions.

SEc. 409: Whenever-(a) the President determines that compll

ance with the requirements of Public Law 245, Eighty-second Congress, in the case of contracts made pursuant to this act with respect to the establishment or development

of military installations and fac111ties in foreign countries would interfere with the carrying out of the provisions of this act; and

(b) the Secretary of Defense and the Comptroller General have agreed upon alternative methods for conducting an adequate audit of such contracts, the President is authorized to exempt such contracts from the requirements of Public Law 245, Eighty-second Congress.

Mr. VINSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to print in the REcORD at this point a breakdown by States showing what public works are authorized.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Georgia?

There was no objection. (The matter referred to .is as follows:)

Military construction authorization bill H. R. 8120-Summary of public works authorization, fiscal year 1953, continental United States

ALABAMA Army:

Fort ll..fcClellan, Anniston _____ _ Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville __ Camp Rucker, Daleville ______ _

Air Force: Craig AFB, Selma ·-----------1\.ot:odification Center, Birming-ham ______________________ _

Brockley AFB, Mobile _______ _ Gunter AFB, Montgomery-----Maxwell AFB, Montgomery ___ _

ARIZO~U

Army: Fort Huachuca, Nogales-------Yuma Test Station, Yuma ___ _

Air Force: Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson __ Yuma County Airport, Yuma •• Luke AFB, Phoentz __________ _ Williams AFB, Chandler _____ _

ARKANSAS

Army: Camp Cha!Iee, Fort

AJ agreed to by

conferees $361,.000

6,447,000 96,000

2,331),000

1,507, 000 4,935,000 1,290,000 6, o6o; oo_o

50~,000 2,488,0~0

5, 067.000 1,965,000 5,167,000 1,776,000

Smith_______________________ 432,000 Alr Force:

Little Rock AFB, Little Rock __ 23, '749, 000 Municipal Airport, Blytheville_ 11, 602, 000

CALIFORNIA

Army: California Institute of Tech-

nology, Pasadena __________ _ Camp Cooke, Casmalia _______ _ Fort Ord, Monterey _________ _ Camp Stoneman, Pittsburgh __ Two Rock Ranch, Petaluma __ _ U. S. Disciplinary Barracks, CaDlpCooke _______________ _

Navy: Naval Amphibious Base, Coron-ado _______________________ _

Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern __________________ _

Post Graduate School, Mon-terey ______________________ _

Fleet Air Defense Training Center, Point Lorna ________ _

Naval Air Mi3sile Training Center, Point Mugu ________ _

Naval Station, San Diego _____ _ Naval Supply Depot, San ~ego _____________________ _

Naval Ordnance Depot, San Pedro _____________________ _

Air Force: Castle AFB, Merced __________ _ March AFB, Riverside _______ _ Hamilton AFB, San Rafael ___ _ Oxnard AFB, Oxnard----------

897,000 150,000

564,000

"1,555,000

1,629,000

3,500,000

3,300,000

3,717,000 288,000

3,933,000

1, 670,000

1,029,000 1,776,000

588,000 746,000

As· agreed to by

CALIFORNIA--continued conferees

Air Force-Continued PalDldale-Los Angeles County

Airport, Palmdale___________ $380, 000 Mather AFB, Sacramento_____ 5, 839, 000 Norton AFB, San Bernardino__ 4, 790, 000 Long Beach Municipal Airport,

Long Beach________________ 112,000

DELAWARE

Air Force: New Castle County Airport, Wilmington__________ 1, 776, 000

FLORIDA

Navy: Naval Supply Depot, Jackson-

ville_______________________ 682,000 Key West Aqueduct, Florida

City to Key VVest__________ 495,000 Marine Corps Air Station,

Miami--------------------- 2,600,000 RichDlond------------------ 96,000

Air Force: Homestead-Dade County Air-

port, HoDlestead ___________ 24,805,000 Lakeland Airport, Lakeland__ 13, 966, 000 MacDill AFB, Tampa_________ 7, 168, 000 Charlotte County Airport_____ 2, 731, 000 Pinecastle AFB, Orlando ______ 10, 341, 000 Tyndall AFB, Panama City___ 1, 835,000 Lynn Haven (petroleum stor-

age area), Panama City____ 72,000 PalDl Beach County Interna-

tional Airport, west Palm Beach _____________________ 1,200,000 Patrick AFB. Cocoa _________ 39, 838, 000 Eglin AFB, Valparaiso________ 3, 242, 000

GEORGIA

Army: . Fort Benning, Columbus____ 5, 193, 000 Camp Gordon, Augusta _______ ----------Fort McPherson, Atlanta ____ _ Camp Stewart, Hines~ille ____ _

Navy: Marine Corps De.Pot of Sup-.

42,000 512,000

ply, Albany ________________ 13,687,000

Naval Supply Center, Byron___ 9, 102, 000 Athens Supply SchooL______ 2, 030, 000

Air Force: Hunter AFB, Savannah______ 5, 185,000 Moody AFB, Valdosta_________ 1, 846, 000 Dobbins AFB, Marietta _______ ----------

IDAHO

Air Force: Mountain Home AFB, Mountain Home _____________ 12, 568, 000

ILLINOIS

Navy: Naval Supply Depot, Great Lakes ______ :_ _______________ _

Air Force: O'Hare International Air-port,

Chicago-------------------Scott AFB, Belleville ________ _

INDIANA Army:

Camp Atterbury, Indianapolis_ Fort Benjamin Harrison, In-

dianapolis ________________ _ Air Force: Bunker Hill Naval Air

Station, Peru _______________ _

IOWA

Air Force: Sioux City Municipal Airport, Sioux City _________ _

KANSAS

Army: Fort Riley, Junction City_ Air Force:

Forbes AFB, Topeka ________ _ SDloky Hill AFB, Salina ____ _ Wichita AFB, Wichita _______ _

KENTUCKY Army:

Fort Campbell, Clarkville,

2,481,000

3,801,000 1,691,000

5,000,000

18,663,000

19,820,000

132,500

15,520, 000 5,962, 000 9,703 , 000

Tenn______________________ 822,000 Fort Knox, LouisviH.e _________ 11, 411, 000

Air Force: Goodman AFB, Fort ~noX------------------------ 995,000

'1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9605

LOUISIANA Army:

Camp Polk, Leesville _________ _ New Orleans Army Base, New

As agreed to by

conferees

Orleans--------------------- $42,300

1,832,000

6,566,000 18,285,000

Air Force: Barksdale AFB, Shreveport __ _ Lake Charles AFB, Lake Charles ___________________ _ Selman Field, Monroe _______ _ Houma Gunnery Range, Houma ____________________ _

Alexandria Municipal Airport, }.Uexandria ________________ _

MAINE Air Force:

3,000,000

2,852,000

Dow AFB, Bangor _____________ 8, 014,000 Limestone AFB, Limestone ____ 22, 892, 000 Limestone AFB, Aux, A and B Limestone ________________ _

Presque Isle, Presque Isle ____ _

MARYLAND Army:

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Bal-timore ____________________ _

Army Chemical Center, Balti-more _____________________ _

Camp Detrick, Frederick _____ _ Fort George G. Meade, Balti-

more ----------------------Navy:

Naval Academy, Annapolis ___ _ Naval Communication Station,

Annapolis _________________ _

Alleghany Ballistics Labora-tory, Cumberland _________ _

Naval Air Test Center, Patux-ent River _________________ _

Hydrographic Oftl.ce, Suitland. Naval Ordnance Laboratory,

White Oak ________________ _

Air Force: Air Research Headquarters, and Development Command, Baltimore ______ _

MASSACHUSETTS Army: · Fort Devens, Worcester------

Watertown Arsenal, Waltham. Camp Wellfleet, Wellfleet ____ _

Navy: Naval Shipyard, Boston __ Air Force:

.westover AFB, Chicopee Falls_ Otis AFB, Falmouth ________ _ Hanscom Field (Bedford Re-

search Center), Bedford ___ _

MICHIGAN Army:

Fort Custer, Battle Creek ____ _ Detroit Arsenal, Detroit _____ _

Air Force: Kinross AF Auxlllary Airfield, Kinross ___________________ _ Oscoda AFB, Oscoda ________ _ Selfridge AFB, Mount Clemens.

MINNESOTA Air Force:

Duluth Municipal Airport, Du-luth ______________________ _

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Minneapolis.

MISSOURI

596,000 581,000

5,419,999

800,000 17,197,000

335,000

1,800,000

1,616,000

593,000

4,337,000

379,000

324,000 302,000

1,097,000 3,499,000

23,239,000 2,402,000

10,520,000

115,000 2,370,000

740,000 612,000 185,000

704,000

450,000

Army: Camp Crowder----------- 1, 980, 000

NEBRASKA Navy: Naval Air Station, Lin-

coln ---------------------- 3, 372, 000 Al:.: Force:

Lincoln Airport, Lincoln_____ 9, 093,000 Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha_ 281, 000

NEVADA Air Force:

Stead Air Force Base, Reno____ 1, 583, 000 Nellis Air Force Base, Las

Vegas---------------------- 5,306,000

As agreed. to by

NEW HAMPSHIRE COnferees Navy: Naval Shipyard, Ports

mouth---------------------- $319,000 NEW JERSEY

Army: Fort Dix, Trenton ___________ _ Fort Monmouth, Red Bank __ _ Picatinny Arsenal, Dover ____ _

Navy: Naval Medical Supply Depot,

Edgewater ----------------Air Force: Hammon ton Air Force

Base, Hammonton _________ _

NEW MEXICO Army: White Sands Proving

Ground, Las Cruces _______ _ Air Force:

Walker Air Force Base, RoswelL Clovis Air Force Base, Clovis __ Holloman, Alamogordo _______ _ Kirtland Air Force Base, Al-buquerque ________________ _

NEW YORK Army:·

116,000 7,500,000 1,356,000

1,155,000

8,214,000

3,091,000 906,000 990,000

8,543,000

Brooklyn Army Base, Brooklyn. 315,000 Malta Test Station, Saratoga

Springs____________________ 479,000 Fort Tilden, Rockaway Park __ ---------Fort Totten, Whitestone______ 48; 000 Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island ---------U. S. Military Academy, West

Point______________________ 280,000 Fort TerrY------------------- 5, 386,000

Navy: ·. Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn_____ 6, 325, 000

Naval Supply De.pot, Scotia___ 2, 600, 000 Air Force:

Plattsburg Municipal Airport, Plattsburg----------------- 28, 426, 000

Niagara Falls Municipal Air-port, Niagara Falls_________ 1, 394, 000

Stewart Air Force Base, Newburgh--------------------- 3,520,000

Suffolk County Air Force Base, Westhampton Beach_______ 2, 335, 000

Griffis Air Force Base, Rome •• · 1, 806, 000

NORTH CAROLINA Army: Fort Bragg, Fayettesvllle. Navy:

Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Edenton -----------------

Naval Air Facility, Weeksville. Air Force:

Raleigh - Durham Municipal Airport --------------------

Seymour - Johnston Field, Goldsboro -----------------

OHIO Air Force:

9,507,000

195,000 237,000

14,838,000

7,092,000

Lockbourne, Columbus ------- 9, 906, 000 Lockland Plant, CincinnatL__ 2, 800,000

OKLAHOMA Army: Fort Sill, Lawton______ 1, 286, 000 Air Force:

Clinton Naval Air Station, Clinton ____________________ 9,932,000

Ardmore Municipal Airport, Ardmore ___________________ 4,045,000

Vance Air Force Base, Enid____ 7, 275, 000 Tinker Air Force Base, Okla-

homa CitY----------------- 2,564,000

OREGON Air Force: Portland International

Airport, Portland_____________ 973, 000

PENNSYLVANIA Army:

Indiantown Gap Military Res-ervation, Harrisburg _______ _

Tobyhanna Signal Depot, Toby-hanna---------------------- 352,000

As agreed, to by

PENNSYLVANIA--continued conferees Navy:

Naval Air Material Center, Philadelphia _______________ $2, 300, 000

Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia__ 1, 065, 000 Pennsylvania State College____ 915, 000

Air Force: Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Coraopolis____________ 976, 000

RHODE ISLAND Navy:

Construction Battalion Center, Davisville _________________ _

Naval Base, Newport _________ _

SOUTH CAR OLIN A Army: Fort Jackson, Columbia __ Navy:

Marine Corps Auxiliary Land-ing Field, Beauford _________ _

Naval Ammunition Depot, Charleston ________________ _

Naval Shipyard, Charleston __ _ Air Force : Myrtle Beach Airport,

Myrtle Beach ________________ _

SOUTH DAKOTA

2,424,000 140,000

182,000

2,522,000

535,000 6,006,000

8,457,000

Air Force: Rapid City AFB, Rapid CitY--------------~---------- 3,185,000

TENNESSEE Air Force:

McGhee-Tyson Airport, Knox-ville ___________ _. ___________ 1,179,000

Arnold Engineering Develop-ment Center, Tullahoma ____ 12,000,000

TEXAS Army:

Fort Bliss, El Paso____________ 4, 856, 000 Fort Hood, Killeen ____________ 10, 090, 000

Air Force: Biggs Air Force Base, El Paso. 773,000 Carswell Air Force Base, Fort

Worth--------------------- 13,889,000 Tye Field, Abilene ____________ 23, 472, 000 Majors Field, Greenville______ 23, 000 Galveston Municipal Airport,

Galveston __________________ 5,746,000 Big Spring Air Force Base, Big

Spring _____________________ 6,270,000

Bryan Air Force Base, Bryan__ 3, 440, 000 Ellington Air Force Base,

Houston___________________ 4, 563, 00.0 Foster Field, Victoria_________ 4, 383, 000 Goodfellow Air Force Base, San

Angelo _____________________ 3,820,000

Harlingen-All-Valley Munici-pal Airport, Harlingen______ 5, 796, 000

James Connally AFB, Waco___ 6, 333, 000 Laredo Municipal Airport,

Laredo _____________________ 4,266,000

Laughlin AFB, Del Rio________ 4, 601, 000 Moore Field, Mission __________ 10, 309, 000 Perrin AFB, Sherman________ 4, 810, 000 Randolph AFB, San Antonio__ 2, 693, 000 Reese AFB, Lubbock__________ 7, 356, 000 Kelly AFB, San Antonio______ 7, 964, 000 Brooks AFB, San Antonio_____ 8, 000,000

UTAH Army: Dugway Proving Ground, Tooele ______________________ _

.Air Force: Hill AFB, Ogden _____ _

VF.RMONT Air Force: Burlington Airport,

Burlington __________________ _

VIRGINIA Army:

Fort Belvoir, Alexandria _____ _ . Fort Eustis, Newport News ___ _

Camp Pickett, Blackstone ____ _ Vint Hill Farms, Warrenton __ _

Navy: Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek _____________________ _ Naval Base, Norfolk __________ _ Naval Degaussing Station, Norfolk ___________________ _ Naval Hospital, Norfolk ______ _

864,000 1,620,000

579,000

2,968,000 3,233,000

142,000 341,000

2,325,000 3,083,000

2,000,000 12,815,000

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vmGINIA-continued to by conferees

Navy-Continued . Naval Supply Center, Norfolk

(Cheatham Annex) ______ _:__ $564,000 Marine Corps Schools, Quan-

tico -----~-----------------Naval Ammunition Depot, St.

Juliens -- Greek______________ 326,000 Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown__ 500, 000 Atlantic Fleet Headquarters,

Norfolk-------------------- 374,000 WASHINGTON

Army: Camp Hanford, Hanford______ 528, 000 Fort Lewis, Tacoma___________ 272, 000 Madigan Army Hospital,

Tacoma------------------- 274, 000 Navy:

Puget sound Area, Seattle____ 2, 204, 000 Naval Communication Station,

Snohomish County_________ 1, 450, 000 Air Force:

Fairchild AFB, Spokane______ 9, 421, 000 Geiger Field, Spokane_________ 744, 000 Larson AFB, Moses Lake ______ 10, 866, 000 McChord .AFB, Tacoma________ 5, 885, 000 Paine Field, Everett___________ _1, 2_51, 000

WASHINGTON, D. C. Army:

Army Map Service, D. C------- -------... -Walter Reed Army Medical

Center, D. C--------------- 731, 000 Navy: Naval Research Laboratory,

Anacostia, D. C--------------- 500, 000 Air Force: Bolling AFB---------- 560, 000

WISCONSIN Air Force: Traux Field, Madison. 1, 518, 000

Mr. VIN:SON. Mr. Speaker, when the House passed the public works bill .we authorized $2,758,318,000. As a result of the conference, we have agreed to a total authorization for the three services of $2,398,282,800. There is a total reduction under the amount contained in the

,House bill of $360,035,200. The reductions for the most part were

due to the application of a new formula to military construction items.

First. Troop housing, except for those installations which are obviously deficient in troop barracks, all troop housing, both permanent and temporary, has been· deleted from the bill.

Second. The unit cost for troop housing in the original bill was approximately $2,000 per man for permanent-type barracks and $1,900 per man for temporary barracks. Under the formula applied, these figures were reduced to $1,700 per man for permanent barracks and $1,400 per man for temporary barracks.

Third. Bachelor officer quarters carried an original unit price of $6,000 per man. Under the new formula, this was reduced to $5,000 per man.

Fourth. Warehousing. In the original bill permanent-type warehousing was budgeted at $7.50 per square "foot. Under the formula, this was reduced to $6 per square foot.

While the application of this formula deleted only a very few bases from this bill, it did result in substantial reductions in a large number of bases listed.

One of the Senate amendments added a new section 407 to the bill requiring additional congressional control over classified construction items and land acquisitions in connection therewith. A revised version of this section which will give the Senate and House Committees

on Armed Services substantially the same autho:dty as they already have by law on other real-estate transactions was agreed to by the Senate.

The Senate added a new section 408, which establishes a civilian Director of Installations in the Office of the . Secretary of Defense to maintaiil direct surveillance over the planning and c_onstruction by all the military departments was agreed to by the House conferees. It is not intended that this new office shall mushroom into another large agency. Qn the contrary, it is intended that it shall consist of a very small number of persons having construction capabilities and experience who will be able to keep the Secretary of Defense better advised on military construction matters.

With a limited number of exceptions, the net efiect of the action of the conferees was that the Senate conferees accepted the House language ap.d the House confere~s accepted the Senate figures.

Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. VINSON. I yield to the gentleman from Iowa.

Mr. GROSS. Do I correctly understand that we are building housing units for the officers at $5,000 per unit?

Mr. VINSON. Officers' quarters in the House bill were set up at $6,000 per man. Under the formula, we have reduced it to $5,000 per man.

Mr. GROSS. And a maximum of $1,700 for noncommiss-ioned officers? ·

Mr. VINSON. One thousand seven hundred dollars per man for enlisted men's permanent barracks. There would be two men in the bachelor quarters. It -would be equivalent to $2,500 per individual and $1,700 per man for permanent barracks for enlisted personnel.J

Mr. GROSS. We are doing right well by the officers.

Mr. VINSON. We are doing right well.

This bill authorizes public works of $320,492,800 for the Army, $25-5,735,000 for the Navy, and $1,813,3-60,000 for the Air Force. ·

Mr. HAND. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. VINSON. I ~·ield. Mr. HAND. Will the gentleman tell

us what the net efiect of the Senate reduction has been on this bill, as it now cor.nes before us?

Mr. VINSON. The net reduction dollarwise ·has been $360,035,200.

Mr. HAND. It has resulted, of course, in the curtailment of activity in many of the bases proposed by the Air Force.

Mr. VINSON. It has resulted from a new approach as the result of an engineer's examination in the hope that they will be able to desig!l with a little bit more economy than was set out in the program, as submitted by the Department in the original bill.

Mr. HAND. At the gentleman's convenience, I hope he will yield me a little bit of time to discuss one of the bases.

Mr. VINSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield the gentleman 3 minutes, and. reserve the balance of my time.

. Mr. HAND. _ Mr. Speaker, I am very much disturbed by the action which was

taken by the other body on this bill. The bill came before that body with innumerable amendments, many of which were very drastic in character, anq ~t stayed on the floor for a very short time. In my judgment, it did not have adequate attention. Many, many installations proposed by the Air Force-and I confess · I am most sensitive about what the Air Force proposes, because I think our security and our defense lies with the Air Force-as I say, many, many drastic amendments were made, which the conferees have been obliged to accept. Among those-and I hope I will not be accused of too much personal and local interest-which were eliminated in the other body, was the Hammonton Air Base, located incidentally not in my own district, but very close to it, and in the district of my colleague, the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. HoWELL]. That base was designed as a military air transport base, and also as a maintenance and supply depot for the entire northeastern Air Force. I think I am privileged to say without violating any confidences that it was a N:o. 1 priority of the Air Force in this program, and it has been eliminated. I feel so strongly about this matter that I have been debating with myself for sometime about the possibility of a motion to -recommit the entire bill with instructions to deal more adequately with the Air Force construction which is so necessary to our security. I have concluded, however, that I cannot take that responsibility because if the motion should succeed, the .gentleman from Georgia tells me we might wind up with no bill at all because the other body is adamant in its position. However, I must express my disturbance and say with respect to that particular base, I am sure it was defeated by influences which ought not to have been in this picture.

But we will try again. Mr. VINSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3

minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey [HOWELL].

Mr. HOWELL. Mr. Speaker, I share the concern of my colleague, the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. HAND], particularly with reference to the Hammonton Air Force base which the Senate conferees insisted upon taking out of this bill. The gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. HAND] and I have been following and working with and cooperating with the Air Force in the development of these plans for this very, very necessary base for some months.


Mr; HOWELL. I yield. Mr. HAND. I hate to interrupt the

gentleman, but I did want to add for the RECORD that when this bill with that base was before the House, it was passed with a vote of 332 to 7. I think that was the figure. . Mr. HOWELL. That is right. I thank

.. the gentleman. I think what the gentle-man has said on this matter is really of serious concern. The Air Force has advised us that this project was their No. 1, top, and foremost priority item in their constructlox:t ~~og;ram_ for _ ~he coming year. It happens that all of the land

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9607 for this base is in my congressional district, although the nearest large town is in Mr. HAND's district. It does not have any political significance one way or the other. The establishment of a military installation in one's district can bring many problems that make more work for us. But I think it is in the national interest that this base be established. I hope that early in the next session of Congress the appropriate committees in both Houses will do something for this most important base and give them authority to proceed with the construction of the base which, as the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. HAND] has mentioned, is designed to serve supply and materiel in the entire eastern area and for the overseas bases, which are so vitally needed at the present time. We have to place great reliance on our Air Force as our first line of defense, and ·be very realistic about it today. It is the top, foremost priority, and I regret that this base was left out of the program.

The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman from New Jersey has expired.

Mr. VINSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts £Mrs. RoGERS].

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I understand that the authorization for all of the troop barracks in this bill was eliminated. Is that true?

Mr. VINSON. The conferees eliminated all troop housing. We did that for this reason: When the bill was before the House troop housing for the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy, particularly the Army, was at permanent installations. It was proposed that troop houses be built at these permanent installations. The Senate conferees did not find themselves in ac·cord with our viewpoint, so we decided to eliminate, wherever it appears in the bill, "troop housing," with the understanding that a complete study of that question will be undertaken during the recess, and I can almost assure the lady from Massachusetts that it is merely a postponement.

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. I am glad it is only a postponement. Several troop houses would have been built under the original bill in Fort Devens, Mass., in my district. They are vitally needed there. I am glad it is only a postponement. I am very sorry for the delay.

Mr. VINSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may desire to the distinguished gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. RANKIN.]

Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, as we approach the end of this session of Congress, I, as chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, am glad to report that from the standpoint of legislation for the benefit of our servicemen, it has been one of the most successful in history.

On yesterday the House adopted the conference report on the Korean veterans' bill by a vote of 322 to 1, and the Senate passed it unanimously. It has not yet received Presidential approval, but I am sure he will sign it within the next few days.

It provides education and training, housing guaranties, unemployment compensation, and mustering-out payments

for the men now serving in the Armed Forces, or who have served since June 27, 1950. Educational allowances have been liberalized, and the veterans' dependents have been taken into consideration. The amount of time for educational training is determined by the length of service rendered by the veteran, not to exceed 36 months, or at the rate of 1% days of training for each day of service. The housing is the same as that guaranteed to World War II veterans, with certain additional provisions, which, it is believed, will be a safeguard to the veterans themselves. The interest rate of 4 percent is retained, and, the maximum guaranty of $7,500 is made the same for both World War II veterans and the veterans of the Korean conflict.

Unemployment compensation for 26 weeks is provided, along with musteringout pay, and they have been made to apply equally to the veterans from every State in the Union without discrimination.

This is one of the most important pieces of veterans' legislation that has ever come before the Congress of the United States, especially as it effects our Korean veterans and their dependents.

This marks the culmination of a long drawn-out battle during this Eightysecond Congress, which has resulted in enacting into law 23 different bills and joint resolutions, which emanated from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, of which I am chairman.

One of the most important of these measures. was H. R. 1, a bill which I introduced, and which passed both Houses and became Public Law No. 23 of the Eighty-second Congress. It provided automatic insurance to our veterans "who die in the Armed Forces on or after June 27, 1950," in a maximum amount of $10,000, without cost to the individual serving. This measure makes it certain that in the future every veteran's family will be protected by this insurance.

All the benefits concerning compensations and pensions were extended to the veterans of the Korean conflict by the terms of the joint resolution which I introduced in the House, and Senator GEORGE, of Georgia, introduced in the Senate. It passed both Houses and became Public Law No. 28 of the Eightysecond Congress.

Another important measure enacted into law during the Eighty-second Congress was H. R. 4394, which also came from the Veterans' Affairs Committee, and which became Public Law No. 356 of the Eighty-second Congress. It guarantees an increase in the rates of compensation for service-connected disabled veterans, as well as an increase in the rates for the ones suffering from nonservice connected disabilities. Increases were included for widows with children, as well as for the veterans qualifying for aid and attendants' pensions. This rate is made uniform for the veterans of all wars.

Congress has in the past provided by statutory law for the more severely disabled veterans who lost the use of one hand or one foot or for blindness in one eye and other similar disabilities. Pub-

lie Law No. 427, which also emanated from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, increased that compensation, and also raised the maximum ceiling on the amount that can be paid to such disabled veterans each month; while a flat rate of $67 per month is provided for certain tubercular cases, which applies to veterans of all wars. Formerly it applied only to veterans of World War I.

It would be useless to go into detail and try to enumerate all the provisions of the various measures which have been reported by the Committee on Veterans'

· Affairs and passed by t9e Eighty-second Congress, for the benefit of our veterans and their dependents. We have simply done our best to see that our veterans are properly cared for, and to avoid the ·abuses that occurred under former legislation.

I want to thank the Members of both Houses of Congress for their generous support. Every once in awhile you hear someone speak of certain Members of Congress as being "against veterans." In reply to such charges I desire to say that so far as I know, I have never seen a Member of Congress who was "against the veterans." We may differ on legislation, but I do not believe I have ever seen a Member of either body. who deepdown in his heart did not want to do the very best that could be done for our servicemen, and at the same time a void waste and extravagance.

I make this statement advisedly, I believe I have seen as much of the aftermath of war as any other man who has ever served in the Congress of the United States, and probably more. I have been a member of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs ever since it was organized, and have served as its chairman for almost 20 years. During that time I have had brought to my attention, not just once, but time and time and time again, the tragedies, the sufferings, and the heartaches of our veterans and their depend.ents. They are not responsible for these wars, but they have done the fighting, the suffering, the dying, and they and their dependents are entitled to every consideration at the hands of the Comgress of the United States. They have received that consideration by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and by the Congress as a whole, and I feel safe in Saying that they will continue to receive it during the years to come.

The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman from Mississippi has expired.

Mr. VINSON. Mr. Speaker, I want to state that as far as the air base in New Jersey is concerned, the committee felt very keenly that military necessity warranted and justified its being at the designated place. But we were unable to get our viewpoint across. Certain things developed. I sought to eliminate the designation of the place and to have it written in "northeastern section of the United States," in the hope that it might be put in that same vicinity, but we were unable to accomplish that. I feel satisfied that a complete study will be made as to the proper place for its location.

I might state there is a little friction up there in regard to locating it at this

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place, and whiie we want to live in peace and harmony with every community in which we put a base, the national · defense comes first. We hope that in the time between now and January all the objections may be ironed out, because the Armed Services Committee went into the matter very carefully, and we are thoroughly convinced that militarY' necessity requires it to be located at this described point.


Mr. VINSON. Certainly. Mr. HAND. I am happy to have the ·

gentleman make that statement, and I want to say that I know of my own knowledge he has worked hard and diligently, not only on this particular item but on the entire program. If we are both fortunate enough to return, I look forward to working in harmony with the gentleman on this proposition.

Mr. VINSON. I trust the gentleman is in as good a fix as I am. I have already received my ·commission without opposition, to come back here.

Mr. Speaker, we eliminated certain items in the bill. The breakdown that I will put in the RECORD will show the items and the amounts involved. I ask every Member to read it; it will be in today's RECORD.

As to the results of the conference, I am satisfied you will conclude that the House conferees did a fairly good job, because with the new formula we adopted we save money for the time being. It may be possible that this formula is too rigid; it may not be possible to build warehouses all over the country at $6 per square foot, but we will try, we will do our best. It may not be possible to build barracks for the maximum amount we have s3t out as a formula; but as I say, we will try because we want to save as · much money as we possibly can without hurting national defense . .

Mr. Speaker, I move the previous ques-tion on the conference report.

The previous question was ordered. The conference report was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was laid on the

table.

AUTHORrrY TO LEASE QUARTERS FOR POST-OFFICE PURPOSES

Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's desk the bill <H. R. 6839) to modify and extend the authority of the Postmaster General to lease quarters for post-office purposes, with a Senate amendment thereto and concur in the Senate amendment.

"The Clerk read the title of the bill. The Clerk read the Senate . amend

ment, as follows: Page 5, strike out lines 11 to 15, inclusive,

and insert: "SEc. 8. No proposed lease-purchase agree

ment shall be executed under this act until it has been submitted to and approved by the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and the Committee on Public Works of the House o.f R.epresentatives and the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and the Committee on Public Works of the Senate.'"

The .SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Tennessee?

Mr. SMITH of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, will the gentleman explain the amendment?

Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, the House passed this bill with a provision that no project could be initiated under the bill until submitted to and approved by the House and Senate Public Works Committee. The Senate modified that amendment, using the same language except it provides that no project can be started or initiated unless it is submitted to and approved by the House Public Works Committee, the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee, the Senate Public Works Committee, and the Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee. Certainly the gentleman would have no objection to that because r~presentative committees of both bodies of the Congress must be consulted and give their approval before these projects can be started.

Mr. SMITH of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection. ·

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Tennessee?

There was no objection. The Senate amendment was con

curred in. A motion to reconsider was laid on

the table.

BRIDGES ACROSS COLUMBIA RIVER Mr. HOLMES. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill <H. R. 2572) to provide for the alteration, reconstruction, or relocation of certain highway and railroad bridges over the Columbia River or its navigable tributaries, with Senate amendments thereto, and concur in the Senate amendments.

The Clerk read the title of the bill. The Clerk read the Senate amend

ments as follows: Page 3, line 13, strike out all after "of"

where it appears the third time over to and including "harbors" in line 5 on page 4 and insert "Engineers."

Page 4, line 10, strike out " (c)" and insert "(b)."

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Washington?

Ther.e was no objection. The Senate amendments were con


the table.

SUBSTITUTION OF CONFEREE ON H. R. 8122, CONTINUING PARITY FORMULA

MI. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Colorado [Mr. HILL] be excused as a conferee on the bill <H. R. 8122) to continue the existing method of computing parity prices for basic agricultural commodities. and for other pur-

poses, and that some other member of the committee be named in his place.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from North Carolina? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none and appoints the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. HoEvEN J.

The Senate will be notified accord-ingly. · -------TRANSFER OF CERTAIN LANDS TO

TOWN OF HOPE, N. MEX. Mr. DEMPSEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H. R. 7317) authorizing the conveyance of certain lands to the town of Hope, N.Mex., with a Senate amendment thereto, and concur in the Senate amendment.

The Clerk read the title of the bill. The Clerk read the . Senate amend

ment, as follows: Page 1, line 5, strike out "in $1,950," and

insert "of the appraised fair market value of the property."

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New Mexico? ·

There was no objection. The Senate amendment was con


the table.

FRED P. HINES-VETO MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES The SPEAKER laid before the House

the bill <S. 827) for the relief of Fred P. Hines, and the message vetoing the bill.

<For the veto message see the CoNGRES-SIONAL RECORD of August 30, 1951.)

The SPEAKER. The objections of the President will be spread at large upon the Journal.

Mr. CELLER. Mr. Speaker, I move that the bill and message be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.

The motion was agreed to.

THE HONORABLE JOHN H. KERR Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent to address the House. The SPEAKER. Is this objection to

the request of the gentleman from North Carolina?

There was no objection. Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, bear with

me a moment as I pay tribute to a mighty and a moral man, a gentle, a great, and a good man, our beloved friend and colleague, JOHN HOSEA KERR. His name shall never perish from the recollections of men, but rather he shall long be remembered by the good he has done.

In speaking of royalty, Voltaire said, "He who serves well . his country has no need for ancestors." For 52 years this man has labored in the field ot public service and with honor and distinction. He was born of noble parents and in every public trust he has reflected credit upon his proud ancestors ar~d the people of his State. If honors and titles were conferred by kings in this country, surely

'1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9609 JOHN H. KERR would be one of the grand:. est of knights. He has never been infamous enough to be fond of fame. Modesty and simplicity have marked his life, truth has been his master, and his unblemished character the tower of his strength. The purity of his life and the promptings of his spirit exemplify the finest virtues of patriotism and causes all of us to want to emulate his goodness.

It is given to but few men to serve so long in so many high positions of responsibility. In every capacity which JoHN KERR has served his people, he has proved himself worthy of every trust. Pope, in his Essay on Man. said, "An honest man is the noblest work of God."

. Surely this man is the soul of honor. When I came to the bar as a young lawyer, he was a judge and with becoming dignity, great impartiality, and competency he interpreted and administered the laws of his State.- As a legislator he has written his name high on the scroll of fame. He has nurtured the strength of spirit which shall shield him in all misfortune and his intlexible faith and friendliness have endeared him to thousands of friends. ·

Ralph Waldo Emerson said: Not gold, but only men can make

A people great and strong-Men who, for truth and honor's sake,

Stand fast and suffer long. Brave men who work while others sleep,

Who dare while others fly-They build a nation's pillars deep;

They lift them to the sky. Surely our Nation's pillars are a little

deeper and a ·little higher because this man has lived. In all the noisy confusion of life he has kept peace in his soul. In this world .of sham and drudgery and broken dreams, and in the changing fortunes of time, he has not surrendered one spark of his manhood. As he goes from this forum back to the bosom of the commonwealth he loves, he will take with him life's richest compensations; the comfort and satisfaction of knoWing that he has performed well his part in the making of a better world in which to live. He has a right to enjoy his grand achievements and to be proud of his great record. Those who know him well love him best. May I say to you, Judge KERR, that we who have labored with you here realize your worth and love you better than you will ever know.

May God bless you and keep you, and may the light of heaven mark your pathway and all the good things of life be yours. Blessings and a sure reward always wait on virtuous deeds. You need no monuments for us to remember, you have made your monuments in the loves and lives of the people of your State and Nation.

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. DURHAML

Mr. DURHAM. Mr. Speaker, I like to think of Judge KERR as a neighbor and as a friend. Judge KERR's people came to this country in the early days of the formation of our civilization in America. Right north of the county in which I live his ancestors were born, and from that vicinity Judge KERR moved to the eastern part of North Carolina. Judge KERR. in my opinion, typifies the real American.

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Yesterday we celebrated Independence Day. I like to think of him as one of those carrying on from the days of the Revolutionary period when the early settlers in this country were having their difficulties in the formation of a republic. We know that today there are forces in the world who would destroy those rights for which we fought in those days. In my opinion, Judge KERR's ancestors had as large a part as any in establishing in one of the Original Thirteen Colonies of America those rights and privileges. He has carried on here in this body and has typified what those in that day believed to be sound.

I said I liked to think of him as a friend and a neighbor. Judge KERR graduated with one of my father's brothers from what is known as Bingham Academy, established in the early colonial days. That was a long time ago, 1882. The Bingham family, as we know, is one of the great families of this country, and includes a former Ambassador to England. Judge KERR came from those people who taught and believed in what we believe in here today, that is, that we will carry on in America for independence, justice, and the right of the individual to be free.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. McCoRMACK].

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, when I first came to Congress in 1928, elected at a special election and then for the next regular term, the first committee to which I was assigned had as its chairman my dear friend from North Carolina, JoHN KERR. I sat at his knees and learned of committee work and legislative procedure, and for much of the little wisdom I might be possessed of I am indebted to my dear friend from North carolina because of the example he set as a gentleman and as a legislator. I sat in his committee day after day in the fine, noble atmosphere engendered by that nobility of mind of which he is possessed and which is known to everyone who has had an opportunity of seeing, knowing, or being with him.

During the years I have been here he has been a constant source of influence and inspiration to me. There is no one with whom I have served that has occupied in my mind dearer and deeper sentiments of respect, esteem, and friend

. ship than my dear friend JoHN KERR. It is difficult on an occasion of this

kind to express one's thoughts adequately, but in the few words I have just expressed I have tried to convey to the House and particularly to that sweet gentleman whose journey through life has been constructive and who has left his imprint on the mind and personality of everyone who has contacted him, the deep respect, the strong affection, and the equally deep and strong friendship I have for him. I sincerely hope that God will bless him for many, many years more to carry on that great and noble work that he has exemplified in such an outstanding manner throughout his beautiful life to date.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. HAMILTON C. JONES].

Mr. HAMILTON C. JONES. Mr. Speaker, JOHN HOSEA KERR, a resident of Warrenton, N. c., was born at YanceyVille, N. C., and was elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress at a special election held on November 6, 1923, and has served continuously since that time.

He brought to the Congress a fine family background, his father, John H. Kerr, being a brilliant captain in the Confederate Army and his mother, Eliza Catherine Yancey Kerr, came of a very prominent family in northeastern North Carolina.

Judge KERR, as he is frequently known, was a student in the celebrated Bingham School and graduated from Wake Forest College with a bachelor of arts degree. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and moved to Warrenton and entered upon the practice of his profession. He was given a doctor of laws degree at Wake Forest College on June 4, 1945.

His background of service to the State and Nation is quite unusual and remarkable. He has served his State and county continuously for 50 years. being elected solicitor of the district and serving in this capacity capably for 11 years, and then served as judge of superior court for 7 years and, prior to this time, holding other positions which made his service continuous for the long expanse of 50 years of able and conscientious service to his State and Nation.

Congressman KERR is a high ranking member of the important Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and has served on this committee and others with great distinction and unexcelled fidelity. His recognition of the duties to be performed is one of the outstanding qualities he possesses, and he has tackled with great ability any assignments that have been given him both in the Congress and in his native State and carried them through to conspicuous and successful conclusions, recognizing at all times the importance of the duties which he had been assigned to.

In recent years he has been especially interested in the development of a great power project for his district which was previously known as the Buggs Island Dam and has now been changed to the John Kerr Dam. His colleagues in the Congress are very proud of the services that he has rendered in this connection, and of the great honor that he has brought to our State by his distinguished service.

Judge KERR has always been a very fine citizen and a Christian gentleman and a leader in the Baptist church in which he has been a lifetime member. He is one of the most courteous and kindly men that it has been my privilege to know. He was always kind to me and seemed to know of my own family background, as I am sure is also true of other Members, and made me feel that in JoHN KERR I had a very fine friend.

The Congress of the United States and his many friends will miss this able, conscientious, and kind gentleman, and his retirement from active service in this body will be a loss to his State and Nation and his many friends and admirers.

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Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN].

Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN. Mr. Speaker, I feel certain that if the gentleman from New York [Mr. TABER] and the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. :WIGGLESWORTH] were here, they would want to join in all of these fine things being said about Judge KERR. They are now in conference on the civil functions bill. I personally want to add to what has said about him today. I do not think there has been a more splendid gentleman to my knowledge who has served upon the full Committee on Appropriations than Judge KERR of .North Carolina. I deeply regret that he is leaving the Congress.

I would like to ask the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. CooLEY] if he would ask that Mr. TABER and Mr. 'WIGGLESWORTH might have permission to extend their remarks at this point.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from New York [Mr. TABER] may extend his remarks at this point.

The SPEAKER pro tempore <Mr. MILLS) . Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from North Carolina?

There was no objection. Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, in 1923

JoHN KERR came to Congress from North Carolina at the same time that I arrived. We have been warm friends ever since. Most of the time he has been a member of the Committee on Appropriations and it has been a pleasure to work with him. He has always approached the responsibility with a keen sense of duty and has made a record of which any man might be proud. He was an able forthright citizen and the Congress will miss him very much. I wish to pay my tribute to his real service. I wish him many pleasant years in his retirement.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members who desire to do so may extend their remarks at this point.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from North Carolina?

There was no objection. Mr. SMITH of Mississippi. Mr. Speak

er, I want to join with my colleagues in paying tribute to Judge JoHN KERR, who is retiring from the House after a long beneficial career in the service of the people of North Carolina and the Nation.

Wherever the benefits of our national flood-control and waterways development have been extended, and this includes virtually every square mile of our land, the people have reason to be thankful for the diligent service in their be-

. half on the part of Judge KERR. Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker,

it has been my privilege these many years to have for my next-door neighbor in the New House Office Building Hon. JoHN H. KERR, of North Carolina. To know him well is to have a real affection for him. I was highly honored when this distinguished legislator and outstanding attorney asked me to join with him on a brief in a case which had been appealed

to the Supreme Court of the United States. Judge KERR won his case. · I have followed the legislative career of my friend, Judge KERR, for many years and with increasing admiration andrespect for his ability in handling the many complex legislative problems presented to him.

I am sorry to lose my kindly legislative neighbor. Now as he retires I wish for my friend, Judge KERR, a long, happy, contented, and prosperous life.

Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speaker, many tributes have been paid to the gentleman from N'orth Carolina, Judge JoHN H. KERR, who is leaving his position in the House of Representatives after this term. The tributes that have been paid are all deserved.

Having worked side by side with Judge KERR through the years on the House Committee on Appropriations, I have come to know him in a special way. I shall quote no poetry; nor shall I seek to be rhetorical. I simply want to pay tribute to a very great man who wrote the name of KERR in shining letters in the State of North Carolina and in the United States Congress.

He is the most beloved Member of the House Appropriations Committee upon which he serves. His lofty idealism and his nobility of soul have been the things that have marked his public service. May heaven grant that public officials of the future may carry on the tradition of Christian statesmanship which has been so well exemplified in the life and works of the gentleman from North Carolina, Judge JOHN H. KERR.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Washington [Mr. HORAN].

Mr. HORAN. Mr. Speaker, we do not get very far unless we have friendship and fellowship in this House of Representatives of ours. It has been a pleasure for me, a heart-warming pleasure to be able to have the privilege of serving on the same committee with Judge KERR. I am only too happy to join with the others in extending the true hand of fellowship to Judge KERR today. ·

Mr. JENSEN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. COOLEY. I yield to the gentleman from Iowa.

Mr. JENSEN. Mr. Speaker, I concur in everything that has been said about our colleague Judge KERR.

When I was made a member of the Committee on Appropriations a number of years ago I began to know Judge KERR. The way he goes about matters in his cool, collected, dignified, gentlemanly manner has always appealed to me. Judge KERR has never, in my opinion, asked this Congress for anything that was not justified.

Every member of the Appropriations Committee, as well as every Member of the House-and I say this in all honesty-holds in the highest esteem possible Judge KERR. He has been a great public servant. I have deemed it a great honor to serve on the same committee with this fine, able, patriotic gentleman.

I join with all his multitude of friends in saying that certainly we are losing a

fine public servant in the resignation of Judge KERR.

I wish for you, Judge, many, many more happy years of a contented, peaceful life, with all the blessings that could be showered on you and your family.

Mr. COOLEY. I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Texas [Mr. RAYBURN].

Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, it is hard for me to speak of Judge KERR, especially on an occasion like this. I have had many warm and true friends in th~ House of Representatives who on occasion after occasion have shown their respect and their friendship - for me. There has not been one here who has shown that throughout the years more than has Judge KERR. He is the type of man I like to know. Big in character, great in soul, with a keen and fine, good mind; he is as fine a type of gentleman as it has ever been my privilege to know.

I regret his going more than my feeble words can express. To him and those he loves best, in the years that are allotted to him, I wish for him and them everything that is good, because he deserves it. I know he will be showered with God's richest blessings.

Mr. RABAUT. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. COOLEY. I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Michigan.

Mr. RABAUT. Mr. Speaker, fer a great many years I perhaps was as close to Judge KERR as any man in this body. It was really odd how our lives were cast together. For quite a time I was his chairman, and after the Eightieth Congress I came back and was a member of the committee of which he was chairman. We have always been united in purpose. It was never a problem to explain your attitude to the understanding of our distinguished colleague.

I had the distinction of getting him to take his first airplane ride, and before we were through we flew the ocean together; we went to many parts of the world in the service of our country.

Judge KERR is not only a statesman but he is also a soldier of his country fn every sense of the word. The description of his character and his qualifications have been so very ably told by his distinguished colleague the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. CooLEY] that it can hardly be enlarged; he seems to have such a complete understanding of our friend.

I feel like the words of the song: When I grow too old to dream, I wm have dear John to remember; When I grow too old to dream, His devotion w111 be in my heart.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr . GORE.]

Mr. GORE. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from North Carolina, Judge KERR, is the kind of man who has upheld the hand and helped many a young man who has come to this Congress. I have served with him; I have served under him on subcommittees. As a youngster it was perhaps but natural for me to show signs of impatience and perhaps a little intolerance of a point of view which disagreed

1952 CONGRESSIONAL . RECORD~JJOJJSE 9611 With mine. ' Judge KERR helped me; .. he taught me something oi patienee and tolerance: As a gentleman. as a scholar, and as a statesman. be demonstrated fairness, finnness. and vision.

May this great land of ours be replenished with more of his kind. and may God's blessing be attendant upon his retirement ..

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. COLMER].

Mr. COLMER. Mr. Speaker, it is difficult for one to add to what has already been said here and will be recorded in the annals of this Congress about our friend. Judge KERR. However. after 20 years of service here with Judge KERR I should just like to add my feeble contribution in attestation of the high regard. and of the confidence, the love, and the respect I have had for.him in tbose two decades. I feel my llie has been enriched by my association with Judge KERR.

I am going to say something here about our friend that no one can challenge: In the rough and tumble of debate, in the often selfish conflicting desires and emotions arising here from time to time we are wont sometimes to feel resentment and momentarily at least fall out with our colleagues. ·

I do not believe there is a man who has served in this Congress with our friend who at any time ever had cause to have such 1-esentment or such emotions as I have just described. OUr esteemed friend has the most uniform. kindly disposition of possibly any man I have ever known. The warm handclasp, the clleery "good morning'' that we always get from him when you pass him in the corridors or upon the :fioor or in the cloak room have always been most welcome and invigorating.

Our friend is going home to rest from his many years of arduous labor up here. It will not, be long before I hope to join him down in my part of the Southland and when that time comes I shall think about my pleasant associations up here; I shall always remember my :friend i:n terms of the poet who described the man who lived. by the side of the road and was a friend to man.

Judge, you leave the halls of this Congress that you love so much with the respect. the devotion and the best wishes of every man who has ever served with you. May God's richest blessing abide with you always.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished dean of. our delegation, our beloved. friend from North Carolina [Mr DouGHTON].

Mr. DOUGHTON. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to be privileged to join with my colleagues in paying a word of tribute to my dear frtend the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina, Judge JoHN H. KERR. There is nothing so immutable, I may say more immutable, than the truth. It will stand the test of time and eternitY~ Floods, :fires, and storms do not atiect the truth.

The simple truth concerning the life and character and public service of Judge KERR is the highest encomium. the

·Simple unvarnished truth. There, a~e no words that I can possibly fuld in tpe English language that collld , :flatter Judge KERR. Few _men to my knowledge have lived a life so useful. --so upright, and outstanding as has Judge KERR~ He is a devout churchman. and Christian. I know that by having observed his habits since we bave se-rved together in Washington. Judge KERR is a successful, good businessman, a successful farmer, a great jw:ist, one learned in the law as much so as any man who bas ever lived in om State. He had a brilliant record on the. superior court bench of the Commonwealth of North carolina. His outstanding services as a. Member of Congress here are familiar to all of. us. I know of few men his equal in the sendee he has rendered hi:s country not only in North Carolina. but since he has been a Member of this, the greatest legislative forum in the world. His service on the great Committee on Appropriations has been outstanding, and is so recognized by all who have sened with bim. We a~·e all familiar with that wonderful record of service and the con-

. tributions he has made to the legislaticn enacted by this great body. I regret my friends, that I do not have language to adequately and satisfactorily express my own high opinion. of the outstanding unexcelled record of my dear colleague and beloved friend, Judge KERR. He and I will retire :from this body simultaneously. When he leaves the cares, duties. and responsibilities incident to public service here and retires to his lovely ho-me. and fine farm in North Carolina. I wish for him many years to enjoy that rest which he has so well earned and whieb. he so richly deseJVes. May God bless Judge KERR.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to my colleague, the gentleman from Nm:th Carolina [Mr. CHATHAMJ.

Mr. CHATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I know that Judge KERR is going to :find a great deal of happiness when he returns to North Carolina, becaus.e from the way his colleagues know bim here and the way they :feel about him, you can just imagine how the people of North Carolina :feel about h:im~ He is beloved throughout the length and breadth of ou:r State. He comes from one of the most illustrious families in the South. In colonial days his people were leaders in North Carolina:. His public service in North Carolina and in the service in the Congress here has endeared him to all he -has come in contact with. His main achievement for the people of North Carolina and Virginia, and through that section is the great Kerr Dam in the Buggs Island area, which forever- will be a monument to him and to the hard work he did for the welfare and the benefit of. all the Southeast by this additional power and this flood control, which is going to mean that one of the finest and most fertile valleys in the world is going to bloom forever without fear of these great floods. This is partial recognition for his hard work and his thoughtfulness not only for the .people in our State. but for the entire Nation. I have knc;>wn the judge all my life. I

lqtow his sist~r-. Mrs. Mary Ker:r Spencer, chairman of the Df:}mocrauc executive committee of my home county, and his nephew. ~ohn Ker:r Speneer. one of my very closest friends. Judge KERR has bad several people named a!ter him all over our State. because it is considered a great honor, and while we are going to lose this dear friend he is going to be very happy back home, and the people- of his State wi!U be happy, too, and he will have many useiul and happy yea:rs in which his counsel and advice will be of the greatest benefit to the State o:f North Carolina.

May God bless him. Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to

the gentleman from New York [Mr. Md3RA'l'Hl~

M:r. McGRATH. Mr. Speaker, North Carolina. has presented in the past many distinguislled sons and daughters to our country. North carolina, in the present, has given two of the finest legislators that. have eve.r served in this Hall, the Hon. JOHN KERR and Hon. ROBERT DouGBTON. Like my distinguished col .. league, the gentleman· from Tennessee, Mr. GoRE, I eame here :relatively a young man. I knew very little aoout the procedure of the House, and when r served upon the Committee on Appropriations for Civil Functions I learned the kindliness of Judge KERR. Questions that were intricate he solved and explained with a dispatch and a keenness of mind that few men possess.

We are sor.ry today at this closing session when we know th-at he will leave the great Congress of the United states. Personally, I feel that my work here would have amounted to very little had I not :received his guidance, his friend· ship, and his advice.

W)nle North Carolina may always claim him as her own native son, we of New York and the :rest of the country feel that he is a part of us. We thank your State for sending him to us and sharing him with us.

I close with a thought that is in the mind of every man and lady in this House, that we wish him many years of health. We look forward to the day when with God's blessing, an of us meet our Master and see the funness of the beatific vision. May we join with him then and enjoy it forever.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr~ Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida [Mr. ROGERSL .

Mr.ROGERSofF'lorida. Mr. Speaker. I fee! I would be a traitor to my thoughts if I did not join in the tributes paid to this great Ame:rican.

When I first came to the Congress and was in difficulty, I would consult with Judge KERR. He was always found sympathetic. He is a great Christian American.

I wish I could pick out the best things of all the sentiments that have been ex· pressed here tbis mor-ning, and l would say that those are my sentiments_ We need more men like Judge KERR. I want to say, Judge. that you have fought a. good fight. that you have kept the faith. l hope the crown wiD be yours~ May


God bless and sustain you in the future years of your life.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York [Mr. RooNEY].

Mr. ROONEY. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this opportunity to join briefly but nonetheless sincerely in this deserving tribute to my friend, the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina, Judge KERR. I have had the privilege and pleasure of serving with Judge KERR on the great Committee on Appropriations for the past 8 years. I say with all sincerity that I have never in my life met a more lovable and kindly gentleman. He was of great help to me at the time I joined the Committee on Appropriations, just as he was to the gentleman from New York [Mr. McGRATH], when he joined the committee. He always had a kindly word of greeting; he always had a smile. He was brilliantly capable and always fair and just. We are going to miss him on the Committee on Appropriations. The State of North Carolina has lost one of its most faithful and able public servants in the departure of Judge KERR from this House. I regret his departure very, very much. I know that God will be kindly to him and will grant him many years of good health and happiness.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to my colleague from North Carolina [Mr. BARDEN].

Mr. BARDEN. Mr. Speaker, I will not trespass long upon the time of the House. I should like to claim as part of my remarks the many fine and just tributes paid to Judge KERR. I wish to express my thanks for the privilege of having had the opportunity to serve here in this body with him. The name is certainly well known in the State of North Carolina. I have known it for many, many years. It so happens that my father attended the same military school attended by Judge KERR. I graduated from the same university his son graduated from. I knew Judge KERR as a judge when I was a young, struggling attorney, and I knew him up here when I was a young, struggling Member of this House. He was always glad to help both when he was on the bench and in the Halls of Congress. It has been a re~J pleasure to serve with the judge. He is going back among some of the finest people in the world. They love him. He does not have to be introduced to anybody, and I am sure he is going to enjoy his association with those folks who are really anxious to have some time with him. Judge KERR, I wish you the best of luck.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. CANFIELD].

Mr. CANFIELD. Mr. Speaker, it has meant much to me to know and serve with Judge KERR in the Congress of the United States. Judge KERR is a fatherly man. Ofttimes he has put his arm around me to give me friendly words of encouragement and inspiration. He has helped me immeasurably in my work here on Capitol Hill. I shall want to keep in touch with him in the years to come, years I pr::ty will bring him happiness

and contentment in the North Carolina he loves so much.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. HAYSJ.

Mr. HAYS of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, I would be happy, of course, just to listen to these tributes to our beloved friend by his colleagues from the State of North Carolina. They have known him longer, but I am sure they will not mind if some of the rest of us join in the expression of regret that he leaves the House.

I recall the first speech I made in the House. Since I am known for loquaciousness in my home State, some of my friends wondered why I waited 5 months to speak, and even then why I spoke but 5 minutes. I think perhaps three of the Members listened, and the Chamber was full. But when it was over, my dear friend Judge KERR told me he wanted to hear me again sometime. In his fine way, he gave me encouragement. I recall I was speaking in his district recently. Incidentally, three Members of the House heard me then, and I said it was thrilling to be speaking to more Members than usually heard my speeches in the Chamber in the House of Representatives. So I feel peculiarly warm toward him because of the friendly and kindly interest he has taken in me. That is the personal side.

JoHN H. KERR is the third person bearing that name who has served in the House of Representatives. I doubt, Mr. Speaker, if the record has been matched by any other family, unless it is the Muhlenberg family from Pennsylvania. The judge himself will be able to enlighten us on that point. But he, as a third generation member of a remarkable family, graces the Halls of Congress. We are all grateful for the wonderful contribution he has made.

I recall the scriptural reference: "He that ruleth his spirit is greater than he that taketh a city." You would think from the quiet way in which he moves among us that he has never experienced anger. Yet, I am sure there are times, because he is a man of conviction, when he has been moved by feelings of that kind. Yet, he does not give way to them. It has inspired me greatly to have that example set for me during these 10 years.

The gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. DoUGHTONJ has phrased his tribute to Judge KERR so well that I content myself with endorsing what he said about this man of great spiritual stature and I shall not extend these comments.

I do join heartily with my colleagues in wishing Judge KERR many more years of happiness and success and greatest satisfaction iii contemplating his labors here.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to my colleague, the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. BONNER].

Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, because of my great love and respect for JoHN H. KERR, I have enjoyed the many tributes paid him here this afternoon as much as, I am sure, he appreciates and enjoys them. Judge KERR has led an exemplary life. He is a splendid Christian

. gentleman, able and .strong, gentle and

ftrm. The tributes paid ·Judge KERR by our colleague Mr. CooLEY are well deserved and entirely true. He is loved by the people among whom he was raised. When he goes back to his home, the old town of Warrenton, he will be one of the senior statesmen of the State of North Carolina. He will be one of those to whom men will go for counsel. Not only is he loved and respected among men, but Judge KERR, because of his splendid disposition, character, and his kind way of life is loved and respected among women, and in paying my tribute to Judge KERR here today, I want to add the tribute of my wife: She is devoted to Judge KERR; she loves him-she loves him as a woman loves a friend. She admires him. He has been a friend to both Mrs. Bonner and myself. It is with a big lump in my heart that I think about Jud~ KERR leaving the Congress. He has my love and my respect, and I wish for him good health and happiness the remainder of his life.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. DoNDERo].

Mr. DONDERO. Mr. Speaker, like the gentleman from Florida [Mr. RoGERS], I would be false to the impulse of this hqur if I did not join in tribute to our friend Judge KERR, of North Carolina, and confirm everything that has been said about him. He may not remember, but I have a personal reason for paying my tribute to him as he-leaves this historic Chamber. Years ago he had an opportunity to confer upon me an act of kindness which I have never forgotten. Maybe he has forgotten it. More than that, on two or three occasions he went out of his way to be kind and helpful to me, and I have always been grateful to him for it. His courteous, cultured, refined personality stamps him the perfect gentleman that he is. As he leaves us I am sure he takes with him the good wishes, the respect, and the admiration of all of his colleagues. I wish him life's richest blessings as he lays aside the mantle of a busy and useful life.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. · DINGELL].

Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, for the past 20 years in my service in this Chamber I have met and learned to know men and women of the finest character; men and women who are as solid and pure as sterling. I have never in my associations here met a man of character, honesty, intelligence, ability, and devotion superior to that of JoHN H. KERR, of North Carolina. Our distinguished chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, who is taking leave of this body also and \Vhose record transcends that of any other, has, in my estimation, in his tribute to Mr. KERR, expressed my sentiments, even though they do not measure up in any way to what I would like to say of our distinguished friend. I take his departure as a personal loss. I cannot be reconciled to the thought that he officially leaves us, perhaps never to return. The loss is not mine alone, however. I cannot understand it, as I am

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not reconciled, how it was that a man of this character, this service, this accomplishment should leave the Congress of the United States. The loss is primarily that of the people of that great district in North Carolina, of the State, and of the Nation which he has served so faithfully so long and so well.

My prayer, as he leaves, is that he may enjoy the rest and happiness that he can find among his people in the great State of North Carolina and the district which he has served so well.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. DEANE].

Mr. DEANE. Mr. Speaker, as I watched the minutes tick away on the clock, now for over 40 minutes, we have heard many wonderful statements made about this distinguished North Carolinian, our dear friend, JoHN H. KERR. I could speak a long time, but perhaps it is not words that count. All that I can say about Judge KERR is this, to know him is to love him.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arizona [Mr. MURDOCKJ.

Mr. MURDOCK. I should not intrude myself in this distinguished company for I find an inability to express adequately what I feel, but I greatly regret that the State of North Carolina is losing two such eminent and distinguished men from among us. Of course, I refer to Chairman DouGHTON as well as Judge KERR.

As I have sat here during these min. utes listening to these encomiums I have thought of the words of Daniel Webster as I can remember them-Daniel Webster at the laying of the cornerstone of

. the Bunker Hill Monument. Addressing thc·se men before him, the little band of survivors who 50 years before had taken part in the battle of Bunker Hill, gray-haired veterans, one of. them the distinguished man from France whose portrait adorns this Chamber and who fought for American independence back in 1775, Daniel Webster said to that remnant of the Revolutionary War:

Venerable men, you have come down to ·US from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives that you might behold this glorious day.

A little later the orator said, wishing the veterans well:

Late may yo\4 arrive in heaven.

Now that is the way I feel about these two eminent men from North Carolina, Chairman DOUGHTON and Judge KERR, late may you arrive in heaven, that you may the longer enjoy the heaven you have known here and have done so well to maintain in your own land in your day and generation. Distinguished gentlemen of North Caroli.aa, each of you has earned a right to repose, but we know that you will be with your colleagues in spirit ever willing to continue to serve.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr . . Speaker, I yield to the gentieman from North Carolina [Mr. WoonRow W. JONES].

Mr. WOODROW W. JONES. Mr. Speaker, I join with my colleagues in paying a tribute to the long and faith-

ful service rendered to our State and Nation by the gentleman from North Carolina, Judge KERR. It has been my privilege to be associated with Judge KERR during the past 2 years here in the House of Representatives, and during that time, I have learned to respect and admire his sterling character and devotion to duty.

As he now leaves the Halls of Congress to return to his native North Carolina, he can do so with a strong feeling of satisfaction that comes only to those who have labored long and hard. He has had a long and distinguished career of public service to not only the State of North Carolina but to the Nation as a whole. We shall miss his wise counsel and his pleasant disposition. As he returns to North Carolina, I extend to him my · best wishes for continued good health and happiness.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I doubt if Judge KERR would admit the things that have been said about him, but I

. wonder if he wants a brief opportunity to deny some of the things that have been said; if so, I will be very glad to yield to you, Judge.

Mr. KERR. Mr. Speaker, I have often heard it said that no person can make a speech when his or her heart is full. I face that condition today, but I want to assure this great body that I will always deeply appreciate the fellowship and friendship of the fine men and women who have been my colleagues during my service in the House of Representatives since 1923.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. CROSSER].

Mr. CROSSER. Mr. Speaker, we were all shocked, I am sure, to learn that, at the end of the Eighty-second Congress, Congressman JoHN KERR, of North Carolina, will no longer be a Member of this House. As one who has known Mr. KERR intimately for almost 30 years, I could not neglect the opportunity to express ·my great admiration for the great character and ability of my good friend from ·North Carolina [Mr. KERR] and to express my deep affection for him. This high regard on my part for Judge KERR ·and my genuine esteem for him has existed since I first met him.

Judge KERR has been a man for whom I have never ceased to hold a deep 'affection. He has been a friend not only to all of us who have served with him but to all men, because he has always been a friend of justice.

I should be pleased to liken my feelings for my friend to the sentiment expressed by the great poet of Scotland, Robert Burns, in his tribute to his friend the Earl of Glencairn. Burns, in closing his tribute to the Earl of Glencairn, said: The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen; The monarch may forget the crown "That on his head an hour has been; The mother may forget the chlld that smiles

sae sweetly on her knee; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done !or me.

We will not say good-by, but as your ancestors would have said: "Fare ye weel, and come back often to favor us with your words of wisdom."

USE OF CHEMICALS IN FOODS AND COSMETICS

Mr. HORAN. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. ABERNETHY], I ask unanimous consent that he be permitted to file a statement

.of minority views to be printed as part 2 of House report No. 2356 on the investigation of the use of chemicals in foods and cosmetics, and that such printing be hereby authorized.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Washington?

There was no objection.

HON. CHRISTOPHER C. McGRATH, HON. JAMES J. HEFFERNAN, AND HON. VICTOR L. ANFUSO Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent to address the House. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to

the request of the gentleman from New York?

There was no objection. Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Speaker, we of

the Empire State are-always proud and conscious of the greatness of our State and the greatness of its physical size. At all times we are and have been accustomed to doing things in .a big way. We have sat here for the last few days and have heard with sorrow the announcement about those who are leaving us.

But New York is determined that it will do things in its usual big way. I have been asked on behalf of the New York delegation to announce to this House the departure of three members of our delegation, all three coming from the great city of New York. Ofttimes it is quite difficult to have Members, especially those from the South and West, understand the New York City delegation. You cannot quite grasp our philosophy and understand what you sometimes think is our provincialism. Bear in mind that your counties and your districts are hundreds of miles apart, and when you enter this body you meet your neighbor from the adjoining congressional district, and 9 times out of 10 you have never met him before. Our great city of over 8,000,000 people is concentrated in a small area, far smaller than most of your counties, and in most of your districts it takes many counties to make a congressional district. Due to our compactness most of us have known e~ch other in the city of New York since childhood days; we knew each other's families; in many cases, we went to school together, grew up side by side, shared the same sorrows and the same joys, and as the result of this compactness there is a constant feeling of camaraderie-perhaps not quite as well known in other delegations as in the New York delegation.

The senior Member to leave this House is the Honorable JAMEs J. HEFFERNAN, who was elected to the Seventyseventh Congress; a man whose family has been part and parcel not only of the city of New York but of the old city of Brooklyn. Congressman HEFFERNAN's family has played a part in the public life of Brooklyn since the year 1800.

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The family has produced a succession of devoted, loyal, intelligent public servants . . Generation after generation has given to the people of our community a splendid service and a high degree of intelligence. Congressman HEFFERNAN, himself, is one of the senior State committeemen in the Democratic Party of the State of New York. His counsel has been sought in the county parleys, in the State conventions, and in national conventions, for over 35 or 40 years. In the years that he has spent in this House he has gained a reputation for quietness, but a quietness coupled with wisdom, and here, as in his county and State, his advice has been sought. He leaves us to go on to a higher office in the city of New York. We, of the New York delegation, as well as the members of his committee and the membership of this House as a whole will miss him. He has shown strong devotion to his party and he has been strong in his devotion to the Nation. We, of the New York delegation, sincerely hope that he will be happy in the new honors that have been accorded him by the people of the city of New York, and we sincerely hope that he. will come here frequently so that we may still retain the friendship that has been ours for so many years.

The next Member in order of seniority from the New York City delegation who is now leaving these Halls is the Honorable CHRISTOPHER C. McGRATH, a member of the Committee on Appropriations. Congressman McGRATH, although young in years, likewise has been a faithful public servant to the city, to the State, and to the Nation. He served in the Legislature of the State of New York and there created a most enviable record. He was then placed by the people on the bench of the municipal court and served there, creating a record that is still talked about by members of the appellate division and the higher courts. It has been said that in his 12 years on the bench never once was a decision of his reversed by a higher judicial body.

In this House he has served on the Appropriations Committee and has earned a reputation for his ability and his willingness to work hard. He now goes back to the bench to become the surrogate of the great county of the Bronx. We of the delegation know that the conscientiousness, integrity, and honor that Judge McGRATH has always shown in all of his public positions will now be extended to the widow and to the orphan.

The junior member of our group who is departing, VICTOR ANFUSO, came into this Congress having had a distinguished record before he entered these Halls. He served in the United States Army under hazardous conditions during the last war, working under Gen. Bill Donovan throughout the Italian campaign, and was there awarded decorations for the splendid work he did for the United States. ·

On his return after the war he became engaged in boy work both in this country and in Italy. He became head of the Italian Board of Guardians, to look after children in New York of Italian blood

who had been deprived of either one or both parents. He built this organization into one of the best known groups in the city of New York and provided succor .for many poor unfortunates. · · Victor is not leaving through his own choice. He is a victim of reapportion-ment, and a selfish reapportionment. It is a loss to this House, and it is a loss to this Nation.

To all three men in behalf of the delegation we extend our most heartfelt thanks for the hours they gave to us. We want them to know that those memories are golden coins that are going to be put into the treasure chests of our minds.

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York [Mr. CELLER].

Mr. CELLER. Mr. Speaker, as has been expressed by our distinguished colleague, the gentleman from New York [Mr. O'TooLE], three of the stalwart sons of New York are departing these sacred precincts to enter various callings within our State: They have carved out for· themselves niches of fame in this Congress. The three are men of kindness and humility. They have · always been just and wise in their work here. They have been truly sterling Democrats, always liberal in their point of view, extremely tolerant of the opinions of others. They have always followed the admonition Jefferson set forth in the Declaration that one must have a decent respect for the opinions of mankind. These men have always placed human rights above property rights.

JIM HEFFERNAN has been my friend for decades. He served on the Armed Serv:. ices Committee of this House. While he seldom spoke on the floor, he brought to bear upon his work, in his office, and in the committee deliberations keenness of mind, rugged honesty, courage, and common sense. He leaves us to become commissioner of elections of the city of New York, a very high preferment. I am sure he will bring to bear upon his work there the same high talents he has shown to this House.

The second who is leaving us is our esteemed friend, CHRISTOPHER C. McGRATH. He was a judge before coming to the Congress, and he will again wear the ermine of judicial office. He becomes a surrogate of Bronx County in our State. That is a very high judicial honor. New York has seen fit to place many accolades of distinction upon him. Our good will, I am sure, ever accompanies him wherever he may be.

Lastly, VICTOR L. ANFUSO is to leave US, He is an honored son of a great people. He served ably and conscientiously here on the Committee on Civil Service and Post Office. Great honors, I am sure, lie in store for Victor. It is interesting to note that because of his great humani-tarian services, he has been honored by Pope Pius XI who designated him as a papal knight. We extend to Victor as We extend to JIM HEFFERN AN and CHRIS McGRATH our cordial greetings, and to them we say "Hale and farew.ell."

Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield to my colleague, the gentleman from New York [Mr. ROONEY].

Mr. ROONEY. Mr. Spe-aker, I should like to add my voice to the deserving tributes to our three. retiring colleagues from the State and city of New York, JIM HEFFERNAN, CHRIS MCGRATH and VIC ANFuso. I have known Congressman HEFFERNAN ever since I was a young man. He has been in public life in the Borough of Brooklyn and the City of New York for many decades, and has the distinction of having a brilliant record of decent, faithful public service. He has served with distinction in this House for the past 12 years and as a member of the former House Committee on Naval Affairs, participated in many patriotic and important deliberations connected with World War II. When we adopted the legislative reorganization act of 1946, ·and the present Committee on Armed Services was formed, JIM HEFFERNAN was thought of highly enough by the leadership to be given membership on that highly important committee. It was only in the past few days that the distinguished chairman of the Armed Services Committee, the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. VINSON] remarked to me concerning tb,e faithful services of our colleague, JIM HEFFERNAN, on his committee.

JIM has always been a quiet, unassuming, kindly, capable gentleman, respected here in the House by all of his colleagues and in the Borough of Brooklyn by all its citizens.

The second of these retiring coUeagues, Judge McGRATH, has been my friend .since law-school days at Fordham University, almost 30 years ago. He also has a brilliant record in public life first as a member of the Assembly of the State of New York, and then ·as a learned justice of the municipal court of the City of New York. Since he was elected to the House of Representatives 4 years ago I have had the pleasure of sitting alongside him as a member of the House Committee on Appropriations. I do not believe that the attendance record of any member of that great committee is any better thap. the record of CHRIS MCGRATH in those 4 years of faithfu1 service. He has served here with distinction as chairman of the Legislative Subcommittee on Appropriations and has displayed his ability here on the floor of the House on many appropriations bills.

I have been acquainted with the third of our retiring colleagues, VIc ANFuso, for almost a quarter of a century. I have known him during those years as a capable practicing lawyer in the Borough of Brooklyn. He has the great distinction of having been the founder of the Italian Board of Guardians in Brooklyn, which is one of the most effective charitable organizations functioning today in that borough-an organization which has done a splendid job of helping underprivileged and delinquent children. He took a leading part in influencing votes against communism in the elections in Italy in 1948. Through VIC ANFUSO and the Italian Board of Guardians over a quarter of a million letters were sent to folks in Italy to influence them to ·vote against the Communists.

Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?.

1952 CONGRESSIONAL-RECORD- HOUSE 9615 Mr. ROONEY. I gladly yield to my

distinguished friend. Mr. MILLER of California. As a mem

ber of ~ the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, I would like to pay tribute to the work of our colleague, VICTOR ANFUSO, on that committee, He has shown a fine knowledge and understanding of human nature, and his approach to the problems affecting the employees of the Federal Government· has been a wonderful one and he has made a great contribution to them. I regret to see him leave.

Mr. ROONEY. I thank the gentleman for his remarks concerning my friend and colleague. I might say it is my understanding that the Federal employees and particularly the postal employees have given general approbation to the activities of our col}eague [Mr. ANFUSol on the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

Mr. MILLER of California. I would like to confirm that.

Mr. ROONEY. I thank the gentleman once again.

Mr. Speaker, in conclusion may I say that I sincerely wish these three fine gentlemen Godspeed, good health, and happiness in the future endeavors. I am sure that each will carry on in his new office or field of endeavor in a manner of which the membership of this great House of Representatives shall be justly proud.

Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman· from New York [Mr. JAVITS].

Mr. JAVITS. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues on the Democratic side have heaped encomiums upon our three retiring colleagues from New York City, Messrs. HEFFERNAN, ANFUSO, and McGRATH, as to their services in this House. Lawyers bave a way of saying that we speak without prejudice. In view of the fact that these gentlemen, or some of them, are likely to be engaged in political campaigns on the other side of the fence from my party, I should like to leave that subject where my colleagues have left it, "without prejudice."

I would, however, like to say a personal word about these three colleagues, and it would be inappropriate if I did not. We are almost a city-State in New York City. Our New York City delegation in the House, which has relatively few Republicans and a large number of Democrats, nevertheless enjoys warm personal friendships. Where affairs of New York City are directly concerned there has been excellent cooperation among the Members on both sides of the aisle. and this is true of the three gentlemen who are leaving us. I have found them friendly and cooperative and understanding and about as much as one could ask of colleagues of different political parties. I am sorry to see them go, and I wish them all good luck and Godspeed in whatever undertakings they may have ahead in the future, and long and happy lives.

Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Connecticut [Mr. RIBICOFF].

Mr. RmiCOF'P. Mr. Speaker, I have not been as fortunate as the .. gentlemen

from New York in having had a long acquaintanceship with Judge McGRATH. I first came to know him when we both entered Congress at the beginning of the Eighty-first Congress. I have found Congressman McGRATH to embody, in my opinion, all the attributes which a good public servant and Congressman should have. Congressman McGRATH, I believe, understands that basically politics is not a science but an art, an art which takes into account emotional and spiritual factors that make democracy great and make this Nation the leader of the free world. Congressman McGRATH has always been conscientious about his duties. He understands that when you come to the Halls of Congress you assume an obligation not only to your own district and its people but to the Nation. Congressman McGRATH I believe also appreciates the fact that to be a great Congressman not only must you represent your district but that you should represent Washington to the people in your district. He also understands,· like all great men who have served in this House, the necessity for doing your work on a day-to-day basis, and taking on the burdens of committee work and the work that you share with your colleagues. I regret seeing him leave the Halls of the Congress of the' United States. From my acquaintanceship with him I am sure that he will make one of the great-est judges that the State of New York has ever produced, and it does have a long and fine history of producing great judges who have served their State and Nation. All of us see him leave with regret, and I for one hope that as the years go by, whether in the Halls of Congress or· elsewhere, I may keep up my friendship with Congressman McGRATH.

Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York [Mr. CLEMENTE].

Mr. CLEMENTE. Mr. Speaker, I wish to join my colleagues from New York in expressing my deep regret and sincere appreciation to my departing colleagues. Their effective, direct, and efficient manner of application to the everyday tasks of the Congress has helped us solve many problems.

I believe the State of New York owes a great debt of gratitude to them for the fine work they have done in their behalf.

I feel it a distinct privilege to have served with these gentlemen in these honored Halls.

Expressing to them my appreciation of their service here, and assuring them and their loved ones of my continued remembrance, I wish my colleagues, JAMES A. HEFFERNAN, CHRISTOPHER G. McGRATH, and VICTOR L. ANFUSO on the new road they will travel good health, continued success. and many of God's blessings.

Praying the Giver of all good gifts be good to them, and assw·ing them and their loved ones of my continued remembrance, I bid them farewell.

Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York [Mr. MULTER].

Mr. MULTER. Mr. Speaker, I have known these three colleagues of ours who are about to leave thes~ Halls all of my

adult life, and I can say "Amen" to everything that has been said about them by all of our colleagues. It is really too bad that these men voluntarily give up their service in the Halls of Congress to go on to serve their State and their Nation in other fields of public endeavor. I cannot miss this opportunity of saying that when men of their high character, varied extensive experience, and great capabilities leave for other avenues of public service the fault lies with the Congress in not making it sufficiently attractive, no matter what the other honors may be, so that they can afford to stay on here. Few of them would leave, if the Congress performed its constitutional duty and provided adequate compensation for its Members.

But the purpose of my speaking now is to pay a tribute to each of these three men. JAMES J. HEFFERNAN has served long, ably, and well here. He will go on to service in his State and city as a member of the board of elections of the city of New York. CHRISTOPHER McGRATH will return to the bench to a higher court than the one in which he served before coming here, and a very important court where I kr.ow he will serve well.

The service that yet awaits our colleague, Mr. ANFUSO, has not yet been announced, but we all know it will be a good and honorable one and it will make him happy in being able. to carry on his work in our community.

I cannot let this moment go by without commenting on the ·fact that while each of these three men has always been active in philanthropic, communal, .and civic work, and while they have also be~n active in the lay religious activities of their church, never once did they turn down the call of any other religious group or any racial or minority group that needed help, in the traditional American way. They were always in the forefront in all of tl ... ose movements regardless of their make-up as long as they soue-ht to improve the American way of life in the best American tradition.

So I sadly bid farewell to them as colleagues, but gladly welcomt them to continued but new public service.

Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Speaker, I will be very happy to yield to Judge McGRATH.

Mr. McGRATH. Mr. Speaker, one would indeed be callous if he did not at this moment have a deep feeling of regret at leaving the Members of this body. I have been selected by my two colleagues from New York [Mr. HEFFERNAN and [Mr. ANFuso] to express to those who have spoken and to those who have come over to wish us well, our sincere and our genuine thanks.

It seems particularly unfair that we should be the recipients of these kind words when those of you who are carrying on, working in committee, working in conference and working on the floor, caring for your constituents on through the years, are just sitting by without any WQrds of praise being expressed to you. So, while we have been selected at the moment, I say it should be, rather, our place to take the :floor and pay tribute to the Members on both sides of this aisle for the work they have been doing.

9616 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 5 I am leaving the Congress with a deep

and abiding understanding that on both sides of the aisle the Members of Con .. gress are doing a remarkably fine job. Their compensation is definitely inade· quate, and if I might inject a personal word I would say that if my fortunes were such that I could afford to stay here, no position of honor would ever take me away from the bosom of this congressional family or from these leg .. islative halls.

In closing, I want to say to each and every one of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle that never once have we exchanged an unpleasant word on the floor or in committee, without regard to party, so far as I am concerned. So I say to you a fond farewell, a deep and genuine thank you for the kindnesses that have been given to me and to my colleagues, and to all a personal and sincere thank you.

Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. JENSEN].

Mr. JENSEN. Mr. Speaker, I join in all the nice things that have been said here about our colleague from New York, Judge McGRATH. Last November and December I took a long trip with Judge MCGRATH and my colleague from Minnesota [Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN]. Out deceased colleague from Oklahoma, Mr. Schwabe, was also with us.

We traveled through the trust is· lands, on to Japan, to Korea, and to the war front. During this time I became better acquainted with Judge McGRATH than I had been before. I learned to know his heart, I learned to know the fine qualities which he possesses.

Judge McGRATH has a keen judicial mind. He is not only schooled in the art of justice so far as the law is concerned, but also in the art of justice so far as it affects his fellow man.

This Congress will .lose a very fine leg .. 1slator when Judge McGRATH retires. I am sure that the United States of Amer .. ica has to some degree at least been benefited by his service here in the Congress. I know that his people have received the finest representation that is possible for a people to receive through the efforts of a Representative here in the Halls of Congress.

As I stated, I regret very much that Judge McGRATH has decided to retire from this body, but I wish for him all the blessings and all the good things in life, and that also is my wish for his fine family. I learned on this trip that he was a great family man. He talked about his family a lot. He often said, "I enjoy my family; we have fine bar· mony ," and he was very prompt in writing to them from the different points we visited. That is one of the fine characteristics of a true father and husband. He has all the qualities of a great statesman, and again I say, good luck to you, Judge, and may God be with you.

Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN.]

Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN. Mr. Speaker, I cannot let this occasion go by with· out saying a few words concerning Judge McGrath, with whom I became very well

acquainted, as the gentleman from Iowa has stated, on our trip to the Southwest Pacific and Korea last November and December. As the only majority party Member on that trip, it naturally befell to Judge McGrath the duty of addressing different groups, whether it be a small group of natives in Majura or in Truk or in Saipan or Guam, or the several large assemblages we met with on that tour. It was always the judge's prerogative to get up and talk to them for the Congress of the United States, and listening to him as I did time after time I could not but be proud that we had a man of his caliber along with us to sell the United States of America to those trust island inhabitants 9,000 miles southwest of Washington, D. C. But I was especially proud on the occasion of his addressing a battalion of Turkish troops, Grecian troops, and American soldiers up at one of the division headquarters in Korea. The judge really that day raised the morale of those boys on the fighting front in Korea.

I reiterate, Mr. Speaker, I agree with everything that my colleague the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. JENSEN] has had to say about the character of that great gentleman, Judge McGrath of New York.

Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. PHILBIN].

RETIRING COLLEAGUES FROM NEW YORK

Mr. PHILBIN. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to add a humble voice of tribute to my three esteemed and beloved colleagues from the great State of New York, Congressman HEFFERNAN, Congressman McGRATH, and Congressman ANFuso, all of whom have enjoyed and recorded outstanding service in this body. It was my choice privilege to enjoy the friendship of each of these distinguished Members. I am very proud of the fact that they are friends of mine, that I have been fortunate enough to number them among colleagues that I have known in a very special way, colleagues whom I have particularly admired and esteemed for their patriotism, statesmanship, and meticulous devotion to duty.

It has been my special good fortune to know my valued and beloved friend JIM HEFFERNAN better than the other two because for several years we served together as members of the House Armed Services Committee.

Congressman JIM HEFFERNAN is one of the truly devoted public servants I have ever known. Scrupulous in the performance of his duties, able, conscientious, kindly and generous of impulse, tenacious and unyielding in principle, manly and courageous by instinct, forward looking in approach, this noble . son of New York has left an indelible imprint upon the annals of this body.

Descended from a proud heritage of public-spirited, natively talented, patri· otic forebears, JIM HEFFERNAN has ever strived for the cause of those inarticulate groups among us not always able to speak and strive for themselves. In him the underdog, the underprivileged, the poor, the helpless, the lowly, the oppressed had an able and indomitable champion who, while he clung uncom-.

promisingly to the solid, spiritual values underlying the Constitution, has fearlessly displayed a moving and dynamic faith in the inexorable surge of orderly human progress.

Gifted to a very unusual degree with a profound understanding of his fellow men and women, he gave unselfishly of himself to help common folk. His word was his bond, his trust not easily

· won, but never betrayed, his friendship a meaningful thing because it rests upon the unbreakable rock of loyalty and devotion.

The family life of JIM HEFFERNAN might well be a model for those who believe, as I do, that the family unit is the very center of our civilization and must be preserved if we are to retain our precious way of life.

Devoted father, loving husband, loyal brother, he kept fa~t to the true virtues that bind individual members of a family closely together and in turn bind the family in patriotic dedication to church, community, State, . and Nation.

As he leaves this body to assume a very distinguished public office in his beloved native city, my heart is stirred by a sense of regret that this Congress is losing such a valuable, dutiful Member, and by a sense of personal sadness that such a dear, loyal friend will not be regularly with us.

I am certain that JIM HEFFERNAN Will bring great luster upon his new position, and I express to him and the family he loves so well my sincere best wishes that the future will bring them continued and even greater success, prosperity, and happiness.

Godspeed and good luck, Jim. Mr. O'TOOLE. In conclusion, Judge,

to you and to your two comrades who are leaving, we wish the very best of everything, and it could best be summarized with an old Irish toast "May ye be in heaven an hour before the Divil knows you're dead."

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have leave to extend their remarks at this point in the RECORD.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York?

There was no objection. Mr. SIEMINSKI. Mr. Speaker, Judge

McGRATH is my friend. He has been since the early days of the Eighty-second Congress, when he helped me learn the _ ropes, find my way around. Chris is a grand gentleman, Mr. Speaker. I shall miss him. Good luck, Chris. You are going to make a terrific surrogate. Look at your record. It is listed below, add to it.

WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA, VOLUME 27, 1952-53

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS McGRATH, Congressman, judge; born, New York City, May 15, 1902; son of Michael J. and Anna (Donohue) McGrath; graduated Clason Mil. Acad., Bronx, N. Y., 1921; LL.B. Fordham U., 1924; married Helen Gaffney, June 29, 1929; children: Michael, Terrence, Kevin Barry, Christopher, Mary Ann, Kathleen.

Admitted to New York State Bar, 1927; and practiced in New York City, 1927-35; justice of municipal court, city of New York, 1935-48. Served as member New York State

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9617 Assembly, 1928-35; rep; of 26th Cong. Dist., · 81st Congress, .U. 8., since 1949. Mem. Delta Theta Phi. Democrat. Roman Catholic. K. c. Home: 3254 Parsifal Pl., Country Club, Bronx, N. Y. Otfice: 32 Broadway, New York.

Mr. SMITH of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, Judge CHRISTOPHER C. MCGRATH has represented a district in the Bronx, of New York, but his understanding of the problems before our Congress from the viewpoint of the broad national interest has been a great service to the House of Representatives and to the United States.

Judge McGRATH has been an outstanding statesman here in the House. The people of New York will gain through his decision to accept a local office there, but the _people of the Nation will lose through his retirement from Congress.

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, while I rejoice with my colleague, JAMES J. HEFFERNAN, over the new high honors which have been bestowed upon him by the city of New York, I must say that in the Congress we are going to miss him.

As a member of the all-important Armed Services Committee of the House of Representatives, he has rendered notable ::;ervice which the men and women in the uniform of our country will long remember and for which all Americans can be grateful.

Mr. HEFFERNA~'s tenure in this House through six consecutive terms has been marked by the victory of the United States arms over tyranny in World War II, and now _again the great mobilization ·of our forces against the threats and aggression of world communism. In these two great enterprises .his wise, friendly, and active assistance and encouragement hav-e been of inestimable value. - ·

He will -be missed in the conference chambers and in the Halls of Congress.

Mr. HEFFERNAN leaves us to take a high office in the city of New York. He will continue to be of great public service. He comes from a long line of public servants who contributed splendidly to the d~velopment of their own great city, His forefathers were among the Irish pioneers who settled in lower Manhattan and South Brooklyn in the early 1800's.

A graduate architect by profession, Mr. HEFFERNAN has applied the principles of this science also to the building of a stronger Democratic Party, through his service in its ranks and as an official for some 40 years, to the building of a better commun~ty through his activity in numerous fraternal and benevolent organizations--and most important of all-to the building of a greater America.

He might well have been the model for the statement by John Ruskin:

Whenever men have become skillful architects at all, there has been a tendency in them to build high.

There is no limit I am sure to the heights to Which JAMES J. HEFFERNAN Will build.

Mr. KLEIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join with my colleagues in paying tribute to three Members of the New York delegation who are retiring at the end of this session of Congress: JAMES J. HEFFERNAN, CHRISTOPHER C. MCGRATH, and VICTOR ANFUSO, .

I have known all three for many years, I have served with two of them in more than one Congress, and with one, VIC ANFuso, in this last Congress. I have found all three of them to be honorable, conscientious, understanding, and truly loyal representatives of the districts from which they were elected.

JIM HEFFERNAN is leaving to become commissioner of elections of the city of New York; CHRis McGRATH to become surrogate of the county of the Bronx; and VIc ANFuso to return to the private practice of law which he abandoned when he was called to serve his constituents in the Halls of Congress. All of us know that Vic would have returned in. the next session had he not fallen victim to the vicious reapportionment of districts in New York City; and I hope that he will be rewarded by the electorate of Kings County by election to higher office in the near future.

We wish all of them Godspeed and success in their individual endeavors. The gain of the populace of New York will be a great loss to the Congress and to the entire Nation.

Since many of my colleagues have al~ ready gone into detail on the backgrounds of these Members, I do not think I should, at this time, repeat all that has been said, particularly since all of us here know exactly what each has stood for.

I see them leave with a sense of personal loss; yet'with a feeling of sincer~ appreciation and gratitude for the fine job they ha_ve d9ne here. It is my sin-· cere hope that they will return to visit with us in the future to maintain the bonds of friendship which have been formed during the past years.

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, adjournment of Congress is always the occasion of some sadness as we part with. friends we have made during the months and years of our common labors.

It is particularly a 'matter of deep regret to me that the conclusion of this Eighty-second Congress means the retirement from service in our ranks of my highly esteemed colleague from New York, CHRISTOPHER C. McGRATH. · In his two terms here, Judge McGRATH has set an example of industrious and intelligent application to duty. · His departure from the Capitol of the United States will be a loss not only to the people of Bronx County, who sent him to Congress, but to the House of Representatives as well. He has been a sturdy worker on the Appropriations Committee and as chairman of its legislative subcommittee. ·

His prior service as a member of the State Legislature of New York, and as a jurist on the bench of the municipal court of the city of New York, gave him both .a practical parliamentary experience and a judicial perspective which fit .. ted him for the fine record he has made in Washington.

Now the Democratic Party, of which he is a loyal member, has seen fit to promote his elevatioa to the position of surrogate. He leaves us to serve in this new field.

We are .certain the capabilities of this scholarly, cultured, and energetic man

will be ever more widely recognized and utilized by the community from which be springs.

Judge McGRATH personifies that unique combination in modern politicsa student of literature, of history, and of human a:ffairs, and, at the same time, a practical legislator.

I am sure I speak for all his colleagues here regardless of party when I wish for him all success in his new career. He leaves here a host of friends, and we shall not forget him.

Mr. KEOGH. Mr. Speaker, when a valued friend and colleague leaves this House for other pursuits, our good wishes for him are tinged with regret at his departure. In the New York delegation, many of us feel today as if we have been given more than our just portions of mixed emotions.

Three men who have meant a great deal to us are bringing to a close their service in the House. We are moved to pray that the other endeavors they will undertake as they continue their useful lives will prove fruitful and pleasant, and that they will be blessed with good health and contentment. ·

The roots of the He:ffernans are firm in the soil of our beloved Brooklyn. They were implanted there before the War of 1812 by proud and self-reliant Irish pio .. neers. Our friend, the Honorable JAMES J. HEFFERNAN, has honored the bright heritage of his name, and the citizens of Brooklyn, of the great State of New York, and of this magnificent Nation have benefited from his years of conscientious public service.

JIM HEFFERNAN is not closing that record of service. It is no more than a fitting tribute to his unquestioned integ .. rity and innate fairness that he has been called to the responsible post of commissioner of elections of the city of New York. Those of us who have been privileged to share his friendship know that he will discharge his new mission with diligence and distinction, in the public interest.

Since he came to the House in the Seventy-seventh Congress, our colleague has earned the respect and a:ffection of Members from States lying far from his home. This has been no marvel, for his is not the narrow or provincial mind.

In recent years, JIM HEFFERNAN has brought his sound common sense to bear on the problems of our national defense as a member of the Committee on Armed Services. And, when it became necessary and desirable to reconstruct this Chamber, his professional attainments as an architect were not forgotten; he was named to the special committee which supervised this important work.

We do not relish the thought that this fine public servant no longer will serve here, but we rejoice that he will be serving still.

The Honorable CHRISTOPHER C. McGRATH leaves us to seek return to the bench as surrogate of Bronx County, a high judicial post for which his attainments in the law fit him admirably. Judge McGRATH established an enviable record of appellate sustention during his service on the municipal court of the city of New York. Bronx County gets a superb surrogate and, again, we can be

'9618 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 5

glad in the knowledge that one who has devoted many years of his life to the common weal is not forsaking public service as he departs this House.

Judge McGRATH has the breadth of viewpoint which useful public life demands. His experience has been extensive and varied. In legislative work his indoctrination came in another great deliberative body, the Legislature of the State of New York. There he established a fine reputation as a specialist in matters involving public education. In this House he has labored earnestly and with high competence on the important Committee on Appropriations, ranging across the globe when the policing of public funds demanded.

We wish the best of fortune for a fine friend, gentleman, and judge. We are sincerely sorry to lose his advice and comradeship.

Through the years that we have been friends, I have to regard with something akin to awe the depth of feeling for his fellow man which reposes in the great heart of the Honorable VICTOR L. ANFUSO. In his relatively brief service in this House he has taken command of the hearts of scores of his colleagues. There is nothing of the superficial in VICTOR ANFUSO. He offered himself for Congress solely because of his intense conviction that public service, in whichever form the opportunity is presented, is an obligation of every citizen.

As he returns to his Brooklyn home and prepares for other endeavors, I know his only regret is that he could not accomplish more for the betterment of the existence of his fellow citizens. His is the selfless spirit-the devotion to ideals. Those who have served on committee With VICTOR ANFUSO know well that he will continue, in any field in which he labors, his crusade for. a better way of life-a fuller realization of the Godly principle of brotherhood.

The happy family, the healthy family, and full opportunity for the youngtoward these goals VICTOR ANFuso has worked here, and he will not change his course or dilute his fuel of resolution.

May God find these three good friends worthy of His blessing.

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, in so large a body as the House of Representatives-where advancement and influence grow with the years--it is rare that a Member of Congress in a single term is able to attain full recognition of his abilities and such a position of respect and affection as the gentleman from New York, Mr. VICTOR L. ANFUSO.

We all regret that he is retiring !rom this body.

As the Eighty-second Congress adjourns, I cannot let this moment pass without saying that the Representative from the Eighth District of New York has left his mark upon its record.

His conscientious and devoted service to his duties quickly earned the attention of the leadership of this House. As a member of House Administration Committee and the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service he performed his share of the labors with energy and diligence.

Mr. ANFUso as a founder of the Italian Boarq of Guardians and of the Citizens'

Welfare Association in Brooklyn, as an operative for the Office of Strategic Services in the Mediterranean theater during World War II, and as a member of the bar of New York City, already had shown his talent for public service before coming to Congress.

For his humanitarian work among the youth of Brooklyn, particularly those who, like himself, came to the United States as the sons of immigrants, he was knighted by Pope Pius XI in 1946. He is a commander of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre.

Mr. ANFUso will be missed by the Members of the House of Representatives, but I feel sure I speak for all my colleagues when I predict for him a future bright with opportunity for even further service to his fellow citizens.

Mr. ROOSEVELT. Mr. Speaker, permit me to pay a well-deserved tribute to· one of my colleagues from my State, the Honorable CHRISTOPHER C. McGRATH, of Bronx County, N.Y. Congressman McGRATH is leaving Congress because he has been designated by the Democratic Party as surrogate of Bronx County. May I congratulate and wish him well.

Few men in public life have been as consistent as he in following progressive legislation.

FEPC always found a champion in Congressman McGRATH. He joined many of us from the various States who believe implicitly in this program because it was a program of justice to men of all races, creeds, and colors. No force, no matter how strong, could make him deviate or make him accept any compromise.

As a member of the important House Appropriations Committee, he took the position that America had to become a leader of the world and that could only be accomplished by cooperating and aiding the peoples of other nations.

Congressman McGRATH served as a member of the Appropriations Committee for the Marshall plan that greatly aided the people of Europe. Again this year, he served on the Committee on Appropriations that dealt with the Mutual Security Program; and, to his everlasting credit, when, as a member of the subcommittee, he opposed the reactionary forces that attempted to cut the Israel program from the $70,228,000. This figure had been approved by the great Administrator of the Mutual Security Administration, Averell Harriman. Thanks to his efforts there was no cut in the grant to Israel.

The American Zionist Council, on July 3, 1952, said as follows:

. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE MCGRATH: May I, on behalf of the American Zionist Council, express appreciation to you for the warm and effective support you have given to Israel's inclusion in th~ Mutual Security Program during the last two sessions of Congress.

We know of your efforts on behalf of this program during the recent hearings of the subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. We were deeply pleased by the fact that this subcommittee, of which you are a member, last week recommended that the full amount previously authorized for Israel be appropriated without any reduction.

This cause is in accord with the best of American humanitarian tradition and, at

the same time promotes American welfare, for the economic consolidation of Israel will enable this new democra,cy to make its contribution to the defense of the free world.

With gratitude for ·your concern and friendship,

Sincerely yours, I. L. KENEN,

Washington Representative.

Mr. Speaker, the Social Security Act again finds the vote of Congressman McGRATH on the correct side of the ledger. He voted to increase the benefits to the recipients of social security.

There came before the Congress in this session a bill known as the McCarran Immigration Act. I opposed it and alongside of me was Congressman CHRIS McGRATH.

As a State legislator he was in the vanguard that fought for social legislation. CHRIS McGRATH endorsed one of the first anti-yellow-~og contract laws He sponsored cafeterias for our public schools, tenures for our teachers. He carried to the assembly floor the fight to outlaw child labor. His whole legislative life has been dedicated to humane, progressive, liberal legislation.

The liberal cause in America will lose a strong champion in the Halls of Congress, but we all know that his kindness, his understanding, plus his judicial training of 13 years on the municipal court bench-the poor man's court-will hold him in good stead when he assumes the office of surrogate of Bronx County.

CHRIS MCGRATH, I wish you well.

HON. CHARLES EATON The SPEAKER pro tempore. The

Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. WoLVERTON].

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with a feeling of deep regret as this session comes to a close that I am conscious of the fact that with its conclusion there will be removed from our midst by his own choice a colleague who has endeared himself to every Member of the House, regardless of political affiliations, during his long service of 28 years. I refer to the distinguished Member from New Jersey, CHARLES A. EATON, of the Fifth Congressional District of that State.

Dr. EATON, or "Charlie," as he is affectionately termed by his close friends, has served with distinction in this House for upward of 28 years. He was first elected to the Sixty-ninth Congress. He has served continuously since that time to the present, having been elected to

. each succeeding Congress, with majorities that have left no doubt of the high esteem in which he is held by the constituency he has served.

His service has been one that has exhibited outstanding ability and rare devotion to duty. His activity has not been limited to promoting the interests of the congressional district that he has represented, although he has done that in a highly satisfactory manner, but he has had a part-an important part-in advancing the welfare of our Nation in its international affairs.

J952 COISGRESSJO:NAL ~CORD-. HOUSE 9619 In the field of foreign affairs he has

been privileged, by-· r~asan : of 1lls lo-ng service as a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs-chawman for a time ·and·- ranking Republican member for many years-to exert a great influence in determining the policies of thiS Nation in relation to the other nationS of th~ world. He was a member of the United States delegation to the- United Nations Conference on International Organization, at San Francisco in 1945. He was also a member of the American delegation to United Nations General Assembly, at London in 1945, and New York iii 1946. In the work of the Foreign Affairs Committee, on the :floor of the House and in the international organizations to which I have referred~ his voice was always raised in behalf of those principles that would strengthen the peace and security of all nations throughout the world. His influence in promoting world peace and advancing the cause of freedom and justice has indeed been · great.

Dr. EATON has lived a life of great usefulness both in Congress and out of Congress. Few men have bad the OP:portunity of service to their fellowman in so many and var.ied activities. In every one of such activities he has made a record of achievement that makes him outstanding. Recognizing his obligation to promote the welfare of his fellowman he has labored faithfully and well to accomplish those things that would be of lasting benefit to them, He has lived a. useful life in the highest and truest sense of the word.

The good wishes of every Member of this House, regardless of political affiliation, go with ~him as his service ends, and it is our hope and prayer that he may enjoy many more years of health and happiness and that his usefulness may continue unimpaired.

Mr. HART. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. WOLVERTON. I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. HART].

Mr. HART. Mr. Speaker, the Members of the House know it is very seldom I detain them with any remarks of my own on the floor. But on this occasion, I feel a compulsion to express some views of genuine regret over the fact that my distinguished colleague and beloved friend Dr. EATON of the Fifth District of New Jersey will not be a Member of the Congress after the conclusion of this session. His voluntary retirement from the Congress will prove to be a tr~mendous loss to his State and to his country. I assert, and I think I am within the bounds of accuracy, when I say so that Dr. EATON is the possessor of one of the great intellects of his time, and he has shown that to be a fact through a generation of high statesmanship on the floor of this House. ·

Long before I came to the House, 18 years ago, Dr. EATON was known to me by his high reputation. I had first heard of him as an eminent pulpiteer. one of the most famous ministers of religion in this country, both in the great city of Cleveland anp late~ on in the ,Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City. I knew of him by his reputation for a,

tlashj.ng ~i~ which captivated his audi:tors whether in his public addresses or private conversa~ion. I knew of him because of his kindly but crushing satire which ended most controversies in his favor, and which was reminiscent of another clergyman, the immortal Dean Swift. I knew of him because of his mastery of language which served hiq~. in such good stead in so many of his hlgh endeavors and which he has manife~ted so often on necessary occasions on. the floor of the House.

My distinguished colleague [Mr. WoLVERTON] has referred to the great versatility shown in the life and career of our beloved colleague, Dr. EATON. As already stated here, he was one of the most eminent pulpit orators in America. His eminence was equally shown in the editorial office of Leslie's Weekly, one of the most famous and widely circulated and one of the most long lived publications in this country during the latter part of the nineteenth and the early part .of the twentieth century. Then he came to the Congress, and although of a party di1ferent from my own, and although disagreeing with me on nearly every question of domestic policy, I am glad .to join in tribute to the great wisdom and great patriotism and the profundity of thought and consideration which marked his every effort in dealing with the great questions that arise on this floor.

In the field of foreign policy, Dr. EATON :was among the first to recognize the need for new, essential features in a foreign policy for the United States which would meet the necessities of a perilous world, and without partisanship but with only the interest of his country and the welfare of mankind at heart, he studied and fathered many of the best features of the foreign policy which now marks the conduct of the United States.

He was, as Congressman WoLVERTON related, one of the delegates from the United States to the · International Conference in San Francisco, was one of the fathers of the body which at the time was regarded by most people as the hope of humanity, the United Nations.

Dr. EATON is a man not only of great intellect, he is a man of great heart, great kindliness, great love, and of a great desire to be helpful. He has been helpful to all who relied upon his helpfulness in time of need. He is a giant among the figures of his generation.

God has been extremely kind to him. He has preserved him vigorous in mind and body for more than fourscore of years. Today we say to him ave atque vale, hail and farewell, and we hope that the farewell part of this salutation is but temporary; that he will continue as his years will permit active in the public affairs of this Nation thereby contributing by his wisdom, his patriotism, his clear logic, his understanding of the needs of these precipitous times that helpfulness which has always marked his 28 years of service in this great legislative body.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. CANFIELD].

Mr. CANFIELD. Mr. Speaker, when I was visiting the marines in Tientsin, China, in January 194.6 a young snappy marine came up to me, saluted and said: "Congressman CANFIELD, I am Charles A. Eaton III. I think you know my grandfather."

That grandfather, who is about to leave the House on the completion of 28 years of faithful and effective service has been a congressional father to me during my many years of service on Capitol Hill. When I needed sound advice, he gave it to me; when I was sick he called on me; and when I needed encouragement, he was always close by to accord such. I can hardly remember a legislative day during my membership in this body that he has not put his arm around me in a friendly greeting.

It has been truly stated that Dr. EATON, as we affectionately call him, is one of the most important and lease publicized men in public life.

Beverly Smith, Washington editor of the Saturday Evening Post, wrote in 1948:

Dr. EATON is a character from way back. He has crowded half a dozen lives into one. Forty-five years ago be was a. nationally known pulpit orator, and the friend and spiritual adviser of John D. Rockefeller, the elder. Thirty years ago he played a leading role .In America's feverish World War I shipbuilding effort. In his frail and bookish childhood be was regarded as a prodigy. In youth he was a husky farm hand and star football player. He preached his way through college. He has been a reporter, a labor-relations expert, a prosperous dairy farmer and the editor of a national magazine. He is a patriarch with 21 living descendants. He sees his time on earth as a marvelous adventure, and marvels seek him out.

It is "Doc" EATON's philosophy that he must take time o1f in life to ponder the higher strategy. He says: "If a man lets his vision become blurred with minutiae, he gets to playing the fly .. specks instead of the notes."

Those who will recall his famous speech on the Marshall plan in which he declared that freedom was the distinctive glory of man will be interested to know that in 1901, when he was 33 years of age he wrote a book and in the first chapter he said:

The earth bas shrunk to a. neighborhood • • •. No country or civilization 1s any longer isolated. • • • The mightly hand of God is pressing the nations together. Henceforth no man can live or die unto himself. • • • Into the political and commercial impulse which has dwarfed the globe • • • we must breathe the spiritual impulse of Christian debtorship, Christian love and brotherhood: else the new propinquity will mean anarchy.

The record will show that it was "Doc'' EATON who months before Pearl Harbor warned that men's basic freedoms would soon be challenged by war which would appear first in the Pacific. And long before the Western World came to realize the menace of Godless communism, he was warning our people of its dangerous portents. With all our woes, however, he believes that this is still God's world and he says: "My faith is unshaken and undimmed. The human race was not intended by the Divine


Creator simply to make its starless and hopeless way from one oblivion to an· other." ·

It is my prediction that when the his· tory of these troublesome years is writ· ten, the contribution of the distinguished dean of the New Jersey congressional delegation will make up one of its most wholesome chapters.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. VORYS].

Mr. VORYS. Mr. Speaker, the For· eign Affairs Committee is suffering grievous losses at the end of this ses·sion. We are losing my friend CHRIS HERTER, that brilliant student of world affairs; we are losing MIKE MANSFIELD, level-headed and patriotic; and we are losing the Nestor of the committee, "Doc" EATON.

Back in the eighties the whi~e-maned elder statesman that we know now was known up in Novia Scotia as "BLACK CHARLIE" EATON, as he drove his oxen along the road, because he had black hair and a cousin of his named Charlie was fair. Later he became a Baptist . minister, and I have heard of the trial sermon he preached with John D. Rocke· feller in the audience. The text of his sermon was "The love of money is the root of all evil." In the next few days John D. Rockefeller asked him to · play golf. John D., after they played in silence for a while, said, "Young man, I like you; you tell me what I ought to hear." And so he became the pastor of the Euclid A venue Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and had a lifelong friendship with John D. Rockefeller and helped him to profit by that initial sermon, as Rockefeller showed by his generosity to all the world.

Dr. EATON might be called the first great labor mediator and conciliator in the work he did in the shipyards during World War I and in the years that followed. Then he was an editor; then he came to Congress, and for 14 years 1t has been my great privilege to serve beside him on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. We have complex, difficult, and controversial matters up there, as you all know. But he has been a guiding light, and in the Eightieth Congress he was the chairman of that committee when it launched important pieces of legislation such as the Greek-Turkish Aid Act and the Marshall plan, which might have well been called the Eaton plan.

His contributions up there in committee and down here on the floor are well known during these turbulent, difficult years, when we have grappled with new concepts in foreign affairs to meet new problems and new challenges abroad. He has demonstrated his ability to see a problem whole. One of his sayings that has remained uppermost in my mind is, •·Let us not play the flyspecks instead of the notes."

He has still that psychic quality that causes him to have an insight into the collective mind and heart of a group, whether it be a congregation in a church or a congregation in the House of Representatives.

As we look back, one of the contributions of this man has been that he came

here on the floor and preached to us, and, as he did with John D. Rockefeller, he told the House of Representatives what its Members ought to hear. He lifted us up time and again during our debates to a higher plane, to the point where we could see distant places around the world and gain a perspective in time so that we could serve our country better.

So as he leaves, after a wholesome life, we can think of him in ·our memories with love and respect. He was, with his wit, with his matchless eloquence, with his deep spiritual insight, with his great kindliness, a man among men, a man of God.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. HALLECK].

Mr. HALLECK. Mr. Speaker, genu· in ely and sincerely do I regret Dr. EATON's decision to leave the House of Representatives. But since he has made that decision, I welcome this opportunity to say with equal sincerity and genuineness a few of the things that are in my heart and mind about him.

It is now nearly 18 years since I first came to the House of Representatives as the result of a special election. The time between my determination to try to come to the Congress and my getting here was very, very short. I had not had much chance to find out anything about a Congressman's job or what he was expected to do. I came here as a compara· tively young man, and as I have indi· cated, I was quite unaware of the prob· lems confronting me.

Accordingly I began to look about me, particularly on my side of the aisle, for someone who could help me. And, par· enthetically, may I say that in those days there were not very many Republicans here-about 88 strong, as I recall. I began to look about me for people who not ' only could help but would help me, and I found such a man in Dr. EATON. I be· came acquainted with Dr. EATON, and as many have already said, I soon came to respect his great capacity, his oratorical ability, the soundness of his judgment, and his qualities of leadership. Also I came to love him and to respect him for something that for me went deeper than ·that. I found in him one of the most kindly, helpful, gentle, understanding persons I have ever been privileged to know. I think you will all join me in that appraisal of the fundamental worth of Dr. EATON. I can well say of him that if I had not been privileged to have my ·own father, I would have picked Dr. EATON. He means that much to me.

I want to say another thing-that knowing him and being with him and being permitted to sit at his feet and to hear his expressions of views, opinions, philosophies, and ideals, has made a great imprint on my whole career here in the House of Representatives. What little success has come my way, may I say, has been in a very considerable measure a result of my association with Dr. EATON.

As he leaves the House of Representa· tives I know that he must find genuine satisfaction in a job well done. He could not but know the deep affection that all of us have for him. I cannot think of anything ~hat would give any man great·

er comfort than to have that satisfaction that he so well deserves.

Every now and then someone speaks of a colleague who has been here during the 18 years that I have been here, and on occasion it is difficult for me to remember him because I had not observed him much. Perhaps that was because he had not been very active on the floor of the House. But I want to say for Dr. EATON that everyone who ever served with him, if it was but for one term, will never need to cudgel his brain to bring to mind the memory of that great stalwart American we all affectionately call

· "Doc" EAToN. The gentleman from New Jersey [Mr.

HART] spoke of Dr. EATON's continuing service to his country. Why, of course, he will continue to serve his country, and serve it well. He will find the places, he will find the opportunities to serve as he always has served. In the years that are yet before him, while his voice will not be heard on the floor of the House, it will be heard wherever he is, and will con

·tinue to have that profound, vital effect on the affairs of this country that it has had here in the Halls of Congress.

Dr. EATON, I wish you Godspeed, and just to say again, ·I am mighty glad that I have known you.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. BATTLE].

Mr. BATTLE. Mr. Speaker, I would not be true to my own convictions if I did not take this time to pay my high. est tribute to Dr. EATON, to CHRISTIAN . HERTER, and to MIKE MANSFIELD, WhO are leaving the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House of Representatives.

MIKE MANSFIELD is running for the Senate and I sincerely hope that he is elected to serve in the other body where I know he would continue to be a driv· ing force for the good of our country.

Dr. EATON and CHRISTIAN HERTER have the ability, the integrity, and the spirit of the great leaders who have made our country the best in the world. I will miss all three of these distinguished legislators because they are my friends and the loss of their influence for good will be felt by our committee, by the House, and by the entire United States. I take this time, Mr. Speaker, to pay my tribute to three fine gentlemen who have more than earned the respect and applause of their colleagues as well as their country.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to tne gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. AUCHINCLOSS].

Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. Mr. Speaker, when a great American leaves Congress it is a loss to the entire Nation. The collective standard of thought, the integrity of mind, the zeal for constructive thinking of those left are affected and put at a disadvantage. We all realize that during these days our country needs the best minds in Congress that can be produced in order to solve the grievous decisions that confront us. There can be no controversy about that.

And so, when a man of CHARLIE ·EATON's stature retires from public life, a vacuum is left which present a challenge to all of us. "Doc" EATON, by his

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 962l character, by his record of service to his fellowman and his country, by his example of tolerance, by his patience and sympathy for the feelings of others, by his gentle good humor, and by his hatred of sham, has brought renewed courage to all of us who know him as a friend. He is truly a great man, a great American.

But most of all the spiritual qualities of "Doc" EATON are predominant. His faith in mankind, his faith in America, and above all his faith in his God are what have inspired all of us during his service in the House. These attributes of dynamic leadership will linger long with us and will never be forgotten. He has shown us what true Americanism really is, and we are better men and women for having known him.

He has certainly earned rest and relief from his labors, and I join with his many friends in wishing him in the days to come all the best that life can give. He can look back over his years of service to his country with the words of the Master ringing in his ears, "Well done thou good and faithful servant.''

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. FuLToN].

Mr. FULTON. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to join in these words of praise for Dr. EATON, because we have all known him as a good and true friend. I think somebody should describe him for the REcoRD, so that those who read the REcORD 100 years .from now can have an image of the gentleman's appearance. Here is a man who is 6 feet 2 or 3 inches tall, weighs about 225 pounds, has a body like a football player, and, for those of · us who have known him for some years, is completely ageless. He has a shock of snow-white hair, more hair than the average Member of the House. He has

- a penchant for light-colored suits and for red neckties.

Doctor, we are recording for posterity what you look like.

My good friend, JOHN VORYS, said, "When you go up and feel his arm, it is just as firm as it always has been. It is like grabbing hold of the leg of a mule." That is strength personified.·

"Doc" has a characteristic we admire. That is friendliness. When he finds sinners in the path of righteousness in these Halls, I have heard him behind the scenes try to bring them back on the right path again.

We who came on the Foreign Mairs Committee on the majority side in the Eightieth Congress know what a fine chairman he was. In fact, on the Foreign Affairs Committee there was no talk about who was chairman; rather, we sat around the table as equals. His reorganization of the committee, complementing the geographic subcommittees with functional subcommittees, assigning members as chairmen of each of these subcommittees, gave all of us a chance to work and to feel we were part of foreign policy.

I want to say something further about "Doc's" attitude on foreign policy. He has interested a new generation in it. He has made those of us on the Foreign Affairs Committee feel we are part of the world ·in which we live and that we

have a very great responsibility in trying to have the United States live up to its responsibilities in this world.

When "Doc" talked to us younger members on the committee, he would say, "Don't get entangled in these current things. Keep your eyes toward the horizon. Don't keep looking down at your feet to see what your next political step is going to be. You will do better to take the long view of policy.'' I know of no better advice. Those of us that have taken it in spite of the troubled foreign scenes have been successful.

I believe the Congress is to be complimented on having such good leadership as we have bad in Dr. EATON.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. CUNNINGHAM].

Mr, CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I wish to endorse everything that has been said about CHARLIE EATON. There is an old saying that great men are known for the fact that they never overlook the little things, and that they never overlook helping those who need their help no matter how small it may be. During my first term in Congress, I needed help. I needed it badly. I have a number of fine agricultural counties in my district. I had no farmers' bulletins to my credit. Each mail was bringing requests from the farmers of those counties for bulletins which I could not provide. I inquired of my friends in the House where I could get some farmers' bulletins, and someone suggested that I see CHARLIE EATON. I immediately went to his office. He was sitting in a chair in the middle of his reception room. When I walked in, he looked up at me and said, "Young man, what can I do for you?" I was particularly complimented when he said "young man." I told him of my need for farmers' bulletins, and he then said, "Did Iowa ever do anything for New Jersey?" I said, "No, and it never will." He smiled and said, "How many bulletins do you need?" I" said, "I would like to have 1,000, but I would be very happy if I could receive 500." He said, "All right, young man, I will see what I can do for you." I thanked him and went out. Later that day his secretary phoned my secretary and advised us that CHARLIE EATON had ordered 25,000

. farmers' bulletins placed to my credit. I have never had any need or want of farmers' bulletins from that day to this. I think that little incident tells a volume of the greatness of the character of CHARLIE EATON, He was an inspiration and a help to me in all the years that I have been in the Congress. He is a great man. He has performed a great service for his State and his Nation as well as for the entire world. Like CHARLIE HALLECK, I wish him Godspeed in everything and regret that he is leav .. ing us.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Dlinois [Mr. GORDON].

Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I regard it as a distinct privilege to pay tribute to our beloved Member, Dr. EATON. In my ·lo years of association with him I have enjoyed the warmth of his friendship, the sparkle of his humor, and those· gen-

tie qualities that are the real mark of character and achievement.

It is with good reason that we affec ... tionately refer to him as "Old Foxy Grandpa." Only those of us who have worked closely with him over the years know how much he contributed to the molding of American foreign policy. With his fine sense of accommodation he made each of us a member of the team. Under his wise guidance we worked hard-and we loved him for it.

Partisan considerations did not mark his thinking. He was, and is, a stanch Republican. But when his country's interests were involved, he called them as he saw them. It has been one of the most inspiring periods of my congressional service to work with Dr. EATON. In a torn and embittered world we need men of his stamp and leadership.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. McCORMACK].

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, on previous times during the consideration of bills on the floor of the House, I have said in debate that it is difficult for us, no matter how strong we might be, but with our human weaknesses, to see history in the making. Despite that fact, history is being made. The results of what we do in this body and what Americans do during this trying period in their thinking and the forming of public opinion will be evaluated by historians of tomorrow.

It is very difficult in a living generation where men and women are under severe strain, emotionally and otherwise, to see the course that history is taking, The amazing and the pleasing thing to me is that in these trying days public opinion throughout the United States is very strong in recognition of the fact that danger confronts our country and the necessity for preparation and defense ll1 event the e01ergency takes a more serious course. Men and women in this body and outside may differ about ·this or that piece of legislation or this or that policy. Basically, public opinion in America is very sound and strong today. Yet we are living in one of the most trying periods of the known history of man.

Let me refresh your memory about the days succeeding the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia when the very Constitution that we all love was in process of being ratified by the Original Thirteen States:

On December 6, 1787, Delaware unanimously ratified the Constitution through its duly elected officials of that State at that time.

On December 18, 1787, New Jersey unanimously ratified the Constitution of the United States.

On January 2, 1788, Georgia unanimously ratified the Constitution of the United States.

On January 9, 1788, Connecticut ratified it by a vote of 128 to 40. Forty members of that body did not think the Constitution of the United States was for the best interests of the people of the Original Thirteen States.

On April 2S, 1783, Maryland ratified the Constitution by a vote of 63 to 11, and they proposed 28 amendments to the


Constitution as a condition of ratification.

Pennsylvania, on December 12, 1787, ratified the Constitution by a vote · ·of 46 to 23.

Massachusetts, on February 6, 1788, ratified it by a vote of 187 to 168. Mark you, the emotions of the living generation, all fine men, all men for independence at that time, but the differences of opinion that existed. Yet that was only ratified by a vote of 187 to 168, and there were proposed nine amendments.

South Carolina, on May 23, 1788, by a vote of 149 to 73, with four amendments proposed.

New Hampshire, on June 21, 1788, by a vote of 57 to 46, and they proposed 12 amendments.

Virginia, on January 25, 1788, by a vote of 89 to 79, and they proposed a Bill of Rights and 20 amendments as a condition of ratification.

New York, on July 26, 1788, by a vote of 30 to 27, and they proposed 32 amendments.

North Carolina, on November 21, 1789 with a declaration of rights and 26 amendments. .

Rhode Island, on May 29, 1790. Now, what has that got to do in con

nection with the eulogies we are paying our distinguished friend and colleague, Dr. EATON, today? Everyone who has ever served in this body is a fine American. We have our differences of opinion. As I say, it is difficult to see history in the making, yet history is being made.

Dr. EATON, years ago before World War II, was a leader, a man of vision who looked ahead, a man of courage who had a glimpse of what faced the world if Hitler ever got control of Europe and attained his ambitions. He saw the danger that confronted not only our own country but also the peoples of other nations of the world. A man of God, a man who believes in the dignity of the individual, a man who was willing to do everything he could to pre~ serve governments of law under God: he was truly a man of vision, one of the most visionary men of this body. During this trying year, and again after World War II when others of us, our vision dimmed, were attempting to grope along and get a glimpse of what was to come and what was the right thing to do, Dr. EATON was a beacon light of soundness of vision and of courage of action.

He has been a tremendous personal influence to me, a man whose nobility of character is outstanding, and which was bound to have its effect upon each and every one of us. I regret very much that he is leaving this body, but he can leave it with the knowledge that he has made as much contribution as anyone else has in our country during the trying period preceding World War II and succeeding it to this very date in looking ahead and seeing the danger that confronted the free world and our country and his determination to take a pathway that would be for the best interests of ourselves in the first instance, and the best interests of the other men and women who wanted to be free, and in

the best interests of 'the possible future permanent peace. He leaves her~ with a record that will ' always be outstanding in the annals of the Congress of the United States.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York

· [Mr. JAVITS]. Mr. JAVITS. Mr. ·speaker, I am very

glad to follow the gentleman from Massachusetts, the majority leader, and to take the corollary of what he said in speaking of the great vision of Dr. EATON. For what Dr. EATON has impressed me with as a person and as a legislator has been that he holds what he believes in sincerely, and he believes tliat when men live together and work together it does not engender hate and suspicion, but on the contrary it engenders love and the opportunity for a better life. I think that has been the fundamental source of Dr. EATON's strength and inspiration to all of us.

He has rendered wonderful service in the Committee on Foreign Affairs. I think few of us can evaluate adequately the contribution he made t'oward the determination of our future in his support of the European-recovery program and similar legislation in the years from 1947 to 1948 when he was chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Not alone the American people, but the people of the whole free world owe him a very great debt of gratitude.

Dr. EATON has also expressed on this floor something that is very precious to me and I think to every Member, and that is the faith that he has in his fellowmen, individually as well as collectively. It has been a real influence in my life and I feel it has been the same kind of influence in the life of every

· Member. While Dr. EATON carries the weight of

years on his shoulders, yet he still impresses us as a man of great vitality whose influence is strong, vital, and good, who still has many years to come. As for ourselves and I know I speak for every one of us, we wish · for him as he leaves us many many years of rest, hap·piness, and fruitful work, because he could not be happy without work.

And a final word about Dr. EATON, to show his youth, his many years of youth, is the fact that he makes his influence so felt among younger men and impresses them with his zeal. It is not easy to remain so many score years young.

And out of the depth of love and affection which we all have for him, especially the newer Members for whom he has done so much, as my colleague the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. FuLTON] said so well, we wish for you Dr. EATON, many years of long and happy life. We feel that you are just going on your way as you always have, that you are not finishing but again beginning.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Texas, our Speaker [Mr. RAYBURN].

Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, if I have ever known a man to whom I could apply the phrase "a scholar and a gentleman" it is Dr. CHARLES EATON. He measures up to the· highest standards of

anyone in our high ·civilization. · His has been a rich life because it has been spent in service. Service is the greatest word in· all the 'language and I pity the man who passes this way who has not been in service to somebody or to something in some way.

Dr. EATON· has served his day and generation. I appreciate beyond expression the friendship of Dr. EATON and I may say that the love he · has given me throughout the years has been an inspiration to me, as I am sure it has been to every Member of · this body, always cheerful, always in good humor, even in the tensest moments of debate. He is really a happy debater, he is a happy warrior, he is a great warrior.

God bless him and keep him that he may serve his country longer and give him the strength to live to do that service.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California [Mr. JACKSON] ..

Mr. JACKSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I would not be true to a sense of a deep gratitude to Dr. EATON, if I did not take the floor at this time for the purpose of adding a few inadequate but sincere words to the splendid tributes that have been paid the gentleman from New Jersey here on the floor this afternoon.

I came to this great body in the Eightieth Congress and it was my privilege and my good fortune to be assigned to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, which committee was then under the chairmanship of the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. EATON]. I have come to have as deep an affection for Dr. EATON as I would have for a member of my own family, He was never too busy to stop for a friendly word, an encouraging pat on the back, a word of suggestion, a word of ·help.

Certainly, America is a better place in which to live today, because CHARLES EATON lived and gave to this country devoted service in the House of Representatives. Not only is this a better country in which to live, but it is a better world and it is a safer world today, because of the unselflsh and farsighted service he has rendered.

As Dr. EATON leaves the Congress I am sure that he takes with him the love and the respect of Members on both sides of the aisle of this great forum.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. HAND].

Mr. HAND. Mr. Speaker, there is always a mixed note of sadness in the last days of a se~sion of Congress. Members of course, are very h~ppy to be freed for the moment of their responsibilities but there is al~ays sadness in our friends leaving if only temporarily.

That friendship in the House between Members on both sides of the aisle is a tangible, palpable thing. You can feel it as you walk into the Chamber and as you walk around the corridors in pursuance of your duty. That I think has been illustrated by the number of Members on the other side of the aisle who today have spoken in eulogy of Dr. EATON and certainly exemplified by the elo-

195fJ -CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9623 quent speeches made by our good friend, the majority leader, ·and our very much beloved Speaker of the House. That note of sadness on the. last day of the session this year I think is accentuated by the fact that we are truly losing one of our finest, one of our ablest, and one of our best beloved Members. As a very much younger man I can recall years ago that Dr. EATON was known to me and known to all of New Jersey as one of our outstanding public citizens. I did not have a personal acquaintance with him until I first ran for office in the House of Representatives. In 1944 Dr. EATON made a special trip from his district, which is removed from mine by 125 miles or so, to visit me and see if he could be of any assistance to me, when he should have been taking a vacation. That is the kind of thing that he was doing for friends and for complete strangers. He is a fine man in the b.est sense of the word. On the rare occasions when I had to disagree with some of his philosophy, and I have always done so with deep personal reluctance, Dr. EATON, instead of in the slightest degree resenting that disagreement, facetiously referred to me on some occasion as his good left hand. As he leaves the House of Representatives I can tell him, as we have told him this afternoon, that the House of Representatives truly loves him.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York [Mr. O'TooLE].

Mr. O'TOOLE. Mr. Speaker, I came into this House in the Seventy-fifth Congress. At that time I was a lot younger, a lot more inexperienced, than I am today. I am very, very frank to admit to YoU that it was all quite confusing to me. · To me it was the greatest degree of chaos that I had ever experienced. But, I was fortunate to have as my neighbor the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey. His calm counsel and. sterling example and his profound wisdom was the greatest help that I ever received in this body. I, too, learned to love Dr. EAroN, and I consider him to be the finest type of public servant that this country has or could produce. Unselfish, devoted to his party, devoted to his country, but at all times his thoughts, his ideas and his words have been characterized by a Christian philosophy, a philosophy . that had no sting attached to it, a philosophy of forgive and forget, a philosophy of forget and overlook the weakness of other men. During the trying days before World War II there was no more patriotic, unselfish and strong American in this House than the gentleman from New Jersey. He was a source of inspiration to each and every one of us who did not

. have the vast fund of knowledge that he had at his .disposal. I think, Doctor, that you are making a serious mistake in leaving the Congress of the United States. Truthfully, despite those things that you will hear about in the next 2 weeks at the Chicago convention, there are very few men that this country needs, although there will be a great effort by many of them to tell you that we do need them. But, I do feel that there is a need in the legislative halls of the ·Congress of the United States for Dr.

EATON. We need his experience, we need his counsel, we need his clarity of vision. We sincerely hope, if he will not change his mind and decides to return to the green pastures, that he will be happy, and that wherever he goes the good Lord whom he worships so well will place His arms about him and preserve him for his family and for his friends for many years to come.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members of the House be permitted to extend their remarks at this point in the REcORD if they so desire, otherwise within 5 days, in regard to Dr. EATON.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New Jersey?

There was no objection. Mr. KEAN. Mr. Speaker, the House

of Representatives will not be the same without "Doc" EATON. We will miss that shock of snow-white hair, that quick wit and that resonant oratory which have for so many years graced the Halls of Congress.

The good humor and kindliness of the dean of New Jersey's congressional delegation in his relationship with all other Members of the House have been outstanding.

In his career in the House-only started in his later years after he had had a full life and important duties in the ministry and other Christian callings-he has rendered notable service to his district, the State, and the Nation.

This was especially true in the Eightieth Congress when, as chairman of the Foreign Atfairs Committee, he had to pilot through Congress most important legislation leaning toward preserving the peace of the world. ·

The outstanding record of the Republican Eightieth Congress in foreign affairs is largely the result of his in· spired work.

May he have many years of usefulness and contentment with his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Mr. WIDNALL. Mr. Speaker, the House and the people of the United States are about to lose the services of an outstanding pu~lic servant. Dr. EATON's decision to retire from the legislative scene after 28 years of faithful devotion to the country he loves so well, caused sorrow in the hearts of all who have been privileged to know him.

His kindness and understanding will always ·be remembered. Friendship with him means more than an empty word. The joy of life in the twinkling of his eyes warmed the day for all of us in contact with him.

"Doc" has been blessed with a fabulous memory ·and a sense of humor of the nth degree. He could captivate and charm the most hostile audience with a flow of oratory mixed with native wit.

As the years have passed for him the youth of his heart and mind remained. Few can match his zest for life.

In the years enriched by "Doc's" contribution through the ministry, in public relations and in the Halls of Congress with gentility but still with force he has fought a constant unswerving battle for tlie good of mankind.

In the few years I have had the opportunity to enjoy my association with Dr. EATON as a colleague in the House and Representative of the people of New Jersey, I have acquired the same respect and admiration for him so plainly demonstrated by the other Members.

"Doc" our fondest hope is for many happy years ahead for you-with the blessing of good health. No one more richly deserves a time of peace and comfort, a time :fllled with the memories of your record of achievements and the love and affection of all your countless friends. Congratulations for a job well done and best of luck for the future.

Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I want to express my appreciation to Dr. CHARLES EATON for what he has meant to me during my few years of service in Congress. Like most men who have recently come to Congress I soon was attracted by the friendliness and the excellent example of Dr. EAToN. H-e made me feel that I too was a part of this great body with an obligation to serve our great Nation and the cause of world peace with an earnest devotion.

The fact that Dr. EATON and I are across the aisle from each other politically has never made any difference in our friendship. More than any other Member, I have sought his council on difficult decisions and I have utter confidence in his honesty, integrity, and his ability.

Dr. EATON, I regret that you are voluntarily leaving the Congress. May the years ahead continue to bring to you and your loved ones, happiness and opportunities for continued service.

Mr. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, I am indeed happy to join my colleagues in paying tribute to Dr. CHARLES EATON. It is a matter of great regret to all of us that he is retiring from this body, where he has served with such brilliance and distinction.

When I first came to Congress I had a contact with Dr. EATON because of his nephew, William R. Eaton, of Denver, who served as a Member of Congress from the First Congressional District in Colorado for two terms. Some of my most pleasant moments in this House have been spent with Dr. EATON. I have never met a man with a more charming personality, and he was always willing to tell of his wide and varied experiences. Dr. EATON has made a most valuable contribution to the spiritual, industrial, and public life of our country. I will notrecite his. many accomplishments, many of which have already been mentioned.' It has been a great honor and privilege to serve in the House with this distinguished American. All of our lives have been enriched by being associated with him. .

I want to wish for Dr. EATON many years of happiness. I hope he will fully enjoy the leisure which he so well deserves.

Mr. PHILBIN. Mr. Speaker, Doc. EATON is one of our American immortals of this generation. To strive to eulogize him would appear feeble indeed. His deeds bear best and eloquent tribute to thfs great American.

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Strength, ruggedness, wisdom, purposefulness, determination, never-saydie spirit are his attributes. But there is nothing hard, or metallic, or impersomil about this giant of a man, this great American statesman. His whole being is permeated with warmth, sentiment, affection, the cheering and comforting qualities of the heart.

He combines the fortitude of the old New England founding fathers, a section where he spent his youth whence derives, I am convinced, much of his strength, with the breath of vision of a true statesman and the deep spiritual faith of a true humanitarian.

"Doc" EATON bears every mark of greatness, best of all, I think his warm, genial, unbounded love of his fellow man, in short, his plain, simple understanding and sympathy.

. Yet his record is not yet complete.

. Glorious as it has been here in this body, his public service will continue. Of that I am fully persuaded.

May he have many more happy, constructive years and may his benign influence and beatific presence long be felt in our midst. Happy landings, Doc.

Mr. SIEMINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I first met the Honorable CHARLES EATON at table in January 1951 at the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce dinner here in Washington. I had read much of this distinguished Representative from New Jersey. Our State motto is "Lib_erty and prosperity." CHARLIE EATON personifies that motto. Liberty, then comes prosperity. At the dinner I came face to face with this great gentleman. ·My talk was on Korea and its Christian communities. Mr. EATON listened at-tentively. After the talk he shook my hand. He is a man of the cloth, a man of God. I regret he is leaving. I carry with me memories of his fiery talks against aggressors and tyrants.

Mr. EATON is young in heart. He can make you laugh-a rarity these days.

Here is what is said of him, in part, officially: BIOGRAPHICAL DmECTORY OF THE AMERICAN

CONGRESS, 1774-1949; AND WHO'S WHO EATON, CHARLES AUBREY (uncle of William

Robb Eaton), born in Nova Scotia, March 29, 1868; attended the public schools; was graduated from Acadia University, Nova Scotia, in 1890, and from Newton Theological Institution, Newton Center, Mass., in 1893; pastor of the First Baptist Church, Natick, Mass., 1892-1895, of the Bloor Street Church, Toronto, Canada, 1895-1901, and of the Euclid Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1901-1909; moved to Watchung, Somerset County, N. J., in 1909; pastor of the Madison Ave. Church, New York City, 1909-1919; sociological editor, Toronto Globe, Toronto, Canada, 1896-1901; associate editor, Westminster, Toronto, Canada, 1899-1901; head of the national service section, U. S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation from Nov. 1917-Jan. 1919; editor of Leslie's Weekly in 1919-1920; elected as a Republican to 69th and 12 succeeding Congresses (Mar. 4, 1925-Jan. 3, 1950.)

Expert Ind. Relations. Apptd by Pres. Roosevelt as aU. S. del. to the U. N. Conf., San Francisco, Feb. 28, 1945, signed the 'charter June 26, 1945. Home, P. 0. Box 126, ~lainfield, N. J.

Mr. OSMERS. Mr. Speaker, in the retirement of Dr. EATON from Congress, our country loses one of its most de-

voted servants. In my service ·in the Seventy-sixth and seventy-seventh Congress and during this session of the Eighty-second Congress, I have be~n aided and inspired by his wise counsel and helpful guidance.

It is a great pleasure to know that Dr. EATON intends to remain in residence in Washington where those of us who love him and admire him will be able to enjoy his genial company. We wish him long life and happiness as he ceases the arduous duties of serving the public.

Mr. RODINO. Mr. Speaker, our esteemed colleague from New Jersey, "Doc" EATON, as he is affectionately known to all of us, is retiring to private life. We shall all miss him, not only for his kindly and friendly self, but for his sage counsel and wisdom. In his more than fourscore years, CHARLES AUBREY EATON has devoted himself wholly to public service. He has lived many lives in one, all of them outstanding for his unselfish dedication and untiring efforts in behalf of his fellowmen.

When Dr. EATON came to the House of Representatives in March 1925, he had already had a distinguished career in the pulpit. He brought with him to

. the House a rare depth of understanding of human problems that provided a broad foundation for his new career of public service.

Among the qualities for which we all love "Doc" EATON, and which have helped to make him a truly great man as well as a brilliant legislator, are his innate

-sense of fairness and his constant desire to help others. These basic qualities were emphasized during his chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Those who have worked with Dr. EATON as we in this House have, have all come to hold him in affectionate esteem· and admiration. His self-effacing modesty is as strong a characteristic as is his desire to get the right things

· dorie the right way. This has caused him to be described as "one of the most important and least-publicized men now in public life. A brilliant legislator, still strong and subtle at 80, he gets results...:._and lets the credit go,"

Well, Mr. Speaker, dear old "Doc" EATON can let the credit go. He is too

·great a man to be concerned with it. Nevertheless, in the minds and hearts of all who have been privileged to serve and work with him, he shall always have our love, our esteem and our good will. We regret to see him retire, but none .would deny his well-earned right to what we hope will prove many long years of health, happiness, and tranquillity.

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, for many years I sat next to Dr. CHARLES A. EATON, of New Jersey, in the Committee on Foreign Affairs of this .House of Representatives. Dr. EATON was the ranking Republican member of this important committee.

Now he is stepping aside and does not intend to stand for reelection to Congress. All of us will miss his brilliant mind and his fine oratory.

We wish him Godspeed and contentment with his devoted family, He has served his country in times of great stress. May his retirement years be many. ·

Mr. CROSSER. Mr . . Speaker, for 30 years I have had the honor and pleasure of serving in Congress with the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey, Dr. CHARLES A. EATON. _

It has been my privilege and pleasure to be the recipient of Dr. EATON's friendship, and thus I was able to know what a kindly and genial nature is his.

Dr. EATON is a man of great erudition and during his long service as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, of which he was formerly chairman, our friend EATON demonstrated great ability. As all of those who have served long here with Dr. EATON will remember, he was a master in the presentation of his case to the House.

I have been a resident of Cleveland since practically the beginning of the present century and this fact has made it possible to know about Dr. EATON, what the other Members of the House · do not know, and that is that Dr. EATON was a very distinguished clergyman in· Cleveland for a number of years. During the very early part of the present century Dr. EATON, during his residence in Cleveland, acquired the reputation of being an outstanding pulpit ofator.

I am sure that Dr. EATON leaves the House with the best wishes of every Member.

Fare ye well, Friend EATON, and may you enjoy the greatest possible blessing, namely, true harmony.

Mr. RICHARDS. Mr. Speaker, after 27 years of brilliant service in the House

· Of Representatives Dr. CHARLES AUBREY EATON is retiring to private life. We who have been privileged to work with "Doc" EATON know this means not retirement to inactivity but the commencement. of another career in a long life distiri-

. guished by outstanding successes and achievements in many fields of service.

. Dr. EATON is a man of such great vitality and influence for good that in the many years still before him he will seek and find further . opportunity to serve his fel-

. low men. Dr. EATON was born in Nova Scotia

March 29, 1868. After ·attending the public schools he graduated from Acadia University in 1890 and in 1893 from the Newton Theological Institution at Newton Center·, Mass. His great intellect and oratorical ability, coupled with ·his sound Christian philosophy, made him nationally famous as a minister. He

.served as pastor of the Euclid A venue Baptist Church in Cleveland and later of the Madison A venue Church in New . York City, While in Cleveland Dr. EATON was the pastor and spiritual adviser of the elder John D. Rockefeller.

In the years that followed Dr. EATON became editor of several important pub_lications, including Leslie's Weekly, one of the most famous and widely circulated magazines during the first part of the century, He became an industrial-relations expert and did magnificent work as a labor mediator and conci!.iator in the shipyards during World War I and in subsequent years. Moving to the beautiful agricultural sections of New Jersey, "Doc" EATON became a prosperous dairy farmer.

"Doc" EATON was 57 years old when he came to the Congress in 1925, bringing

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE 9625 with him· the broad VIsion and wisdom accumulated during his rich·experiences as minister of the Gospel, editor, indtiStrial relations specialist, and farmer. As early as 1901 he had written:

No country or civilization is any longer isolated. The earth has shrunk to a neighborhood. • • • The mighty hand of God is pressing nations together.

During his first term in the House of Representatives, "Doc" EATON was assigned to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. When he became chairman during the 2 years of the Eightieth Congress he had behind him nearly a quarter century of experience as a committee member, and had become an outstanding expert in foreign affairs.

As chairman, he initiated changes in committee procedure which have become permanent improvements, notably in a modification of the rules to insure adequate and equitable interrogation time for all committee members, both junior and senior, and in the further development of the subcommittee system. · If not the first, "Doc" EATON was certainly one of the earliest exponents of nonpartisanship in foreign affairs. It was under his able and brilliant chairmanship that the Greek-Turkish aid legislation and the original Marshall plan legislation, forerunners of the present mutual-security program, were adopted by the House. of Representatives.

"Doc'' EATON has been a living inspiration to us. It is a remarkable tribute to his greatness that he has and still does exercise great infiu.ence in the lives of much younger men. All who have had the honor and privilege of working with him hold him in deep affection and esteem. Although· sharp and ready of wit he has never been unkind, but has always gone out of his way to lend a helping hand and extend the benefit of his sage advice. Never a seeker of the limelight, "Doc" EATON's extreme modesty has kept hidden countless acts to advocate the welfare of others. It is no wonder that we all deeply regret his decision to retire, while at the same time we acknowledge that he has many times won the right. "Doc" EATON's life has been a blessing to his fellow men in many ways. In return "Doc" EATON has been blessed with a strength and vigor that still keep him young in body and spirit. We, his friends, know that he is not really retiring. He is simply embarking on another phase of an already full and rich life. In the many years ahead of happiness we wish for him, we know he will find ways to continue his service, born of his love of the Lord and of his fellow men.

The Congress of the United States will sadly miss "Doc" EATON.

In closing, I must say a word in regard to what "Doc's" friendship has meant to me personally.

I became chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee early in the first year of the Eighty-second Congress, due to the death of another great and good man, Judge Kee, who had succeeded Dr. EATON as chairman. Always I found

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it comforting and· helpful to find "Doc·~ sitting by my side. Out of the abundance of his wisdom and experience came generous and nonpartisan advice, . but only when I asked and·needed it-which was often. When tense moments came during hearings, wise, philosophic and nonchalant quips from his quick and charitable mind cast oil on the troubled waters. · But most of all, I shall miss his presence on the hill as a warm, tolerant, fearless and understanding personal friend.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that there may be inserted in the RECORD at this point an article appearing in the Newark Sunday News with reference to Dr. EATON which contains information I think the House would be pleased to have.


There was no objection. (The article is as follows:)

EATON AUTOBIOGRAPHY WAITED--STORY OF REPRESENTATIVE'S 83 YEARS SHOULD BE "DE• LECTABLE DISH"

(By Arthur Sylvester) WASHINGTON.-Representative EATON, Re•

publican, Fifth District, · New Jersey, has done about everything in life. But now that he is retiring from political office-something those of us who have watched "Doc" 'EATON here still can't imagine-there is one thing he has not yet done.

That is to complete the four-volume autobiograp~y he has been working at off and orr. · What his friends want him to do is finish the account of 83 years of a fiercely individualistic life which has been tempered by a deep feeling of kinship with and friendship t:or men and women everywhere. If the account is as rich and salty as "Doc" EATON's private or even public speech it will be a delectable dish. · He has been writing it in longhand in composition books and his secretary has been typing it. His friends are thinking of giving him a recording machine into which he can tell his story, because-although he has a way with the pen-the full man comes out in his spoken word:

A MEMORABLE FIGURE The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD is full Of his

gems of speech and those who have heard him in the full majesty of oratorical flight chuckle in recollection. During the 14 consecutive terms he held office as Congressman from the Fourth and now the Fifth District he has been a memorable figure.

Whether presiding with a firm grip over the Foreign Affairs Committee while the Republicans were in power or striding across the Capitol Plaza, hatless, and coatless, a shock of white hair atop a big powerful figure that belies its age, the Congressman is an imposing gentleman.

Curiously, while today he might be classed as an American Tory domestically speaking, it was two liberal Democratic Presidents, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Wh(J made use of his talents. Under the former he served on the United States Shipping Bo~rd during World War I. Under the latter, during World War II, he was 1n the American delegation that helped write and adopt the United Nations Charter at San Francisco.

Those were the days when people were saying, "Let's not be beastly to the Russkys" but "Doc" EATON was saying: . "No matter ,how ·much perfume you sprinkle on a pile of _manure, you can't change its character."

VIEWS ON CHARITY As a former Baptist preacher, 'EATON be

lieves and practices charity but in politics, he thinks it begins at home. Thus, it is his boast that "in primaries I have spoken in behalf of only one man, and his name is EATON."

However, for the first time in his career he did interfere in 1947 by protesting at Governor Driscoll's apparent attempt to hand-pick the Republican candidate to oppose Senator Hawkes for reelection.

While "Doc" EATON sets great store by faith and hope too, again in politics he tries always to supplement them with more material sinews. Thus, at the midwinter dinner of the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce for the congressional delegation here, EATON always reminded his hearers to back up all their fine words by writing in their check books as election day drew near.

For the last two elections EATON had been threatening to retire. He talked about it prior to 1948 but, urged by his friends on the House Foreign Affairs Committee (his party was in power then), EATON said: "They told me that if I didn't run I would be the same as a deserter walking out on the commander in chief at a critical time like this." . He won again and though the Democrats took charge of the Capitol, Speaker RAYBURN, Democrat, Texas, directed that "Doc" be permitted to set up his congressional office on the gallery floor of the House wing of the Capitol. This was a special honor because all other Members, with the exception of some committee chairmen and House majority officials, are assigned office space in either of two House office buildings.

SEVERAL REASONS Two yeats ago EAToN ran again because he

thought his long service might be of help because of party .reasons in the district, because he likes the job and because, as he said, "My mind is still functioning and, physical!Y I'm 35 years old-at least that's what the doctors tell me." · Then he would fix you with that dark eye of his in which a twinkle often struggles with a flash of fire.

But last year on his eighty-second birthday he was saying: "I find that I don't have as much wind as when I was younger. I suspect that the reason that I haven't is that I have been around Congress too long. I have had a very happy and satisfying life."

To prove he didn't have the decrepitudes usually associated with 82, he invited you to feel the hardness of his muscles, or as he puts it another way: "There may be snow on the roof, but there's still fire in the boiler."

WIT NOT CAUSTIC Many men in the House have felt the

"Doc's" wit. Since it is penetrating but never caustic, he has been able to use it upon them and retain their friendship. Perhaps one reason is that he has turned it against him.self as well. At any rate, if he has an enemy in Congress the man has yet to identify himself.

President Truman made a practice of calling EATON personally to congratulate him on his birthdays.

Of course, it is natural for a President to ·woo the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, particularly when he is in the opposition party as EATON was in March 1947, but the greetings from the White House and from other top officials have a special quality for a special sort of man.

"Doc" EATON entered Congress at 57 and while he was conservative domestically he had for decades been a radical on foreign policy compared to the platform of his party. In the twenty's he had embraced world cooperation when his party was sabotaging the League of Nations.

9626 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- HOUSE July ·s He was just as opposed to Republican

foreign policy in the next decade as he was to New Deal policies at home. In the forty'll he was surprised to find himSelf helping to implement the ideas that he had written about in 1901.

ON :MANKIND'S PROGRESS

He wrote a small volume then "to demonstrate my beliefs that the progress of mankind must inevitably end in some form of world civilization. No country or civilization is any longer isolated. The earth has shrunk· to a neighborhood • • • the mighty hand of God is pressing nations together."

Fifty years later on his eighty-second day he was to say sadly: "I see nothing but very stormy weather ahead for the next generation or two. Never in all history has there been anything to approximate the present situation brought about by the cruel and terroristic philosophy of communism."

For him the only force able to combat communism "and between them there can be no compromise" is Americanism. For he said, "Americanism is . actually Christianity. It is based on eternal and changeless moral principles."

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. CHATHAM].

Mr. CHATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I met Dr. EATON when I first came to Congress and became a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in January 1949. · I have never received a warmer welcome from anyone in my life. I felt I had come into the most friendly atmosphere when Dr. EATON extended his hand, put his arm on my shoulder, and said "Welcome."

Since that time there have been votes and arguments in our committee, but I cannot recall a single occasion where Dr. EATON has ever considered one side over the other. If there has ever been a bipartisan approach concerning the foreign affairs of this country and our relationships, this good man has taken that approach.

He has been such an inspiration to me that I am heartsick at his leaving, I want him to know that I personally am most grateful for what he has done for me, for his good fellowship, for his kindly words, for his example and precept. I wish him well and congratulate his home folks, his neighbors, and the members of his community upon having him back again. I know that for many years they will have his wise advice and counsel.

May God bless Dr. EATON. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I was one who

considered it a v~ry great honor to take part in a luncheon we gave for Dr. EATON, Mr. MANSFIELD, and Mr. HERTER, who are leaving our committee.

I ask unanimous consent to insert in the RECORD at this point copies of three telegrams that were received regarding Dr. EATON's leaving, one from the President of the United States, one from Chairman JAMES P. RICHARDS of the Foreign Affairs Committee, who is engaged in a primary next Tuesday in his home State of South Carolina, and cannot be here, and one from Dr. WALTER JUDD, a member of the committee, who is out of town.

The SPEAKER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


<The telegrams are as follows:> THE WHITE Bo'OSJJ,

Washington, D. C. Bon. JAKES G. FuLTON,

House oj Representatives, Washington, D. C.:

I am happy to learn of the luncheon being given today for CHARLIE EATON, :Mila :MANsFIELD, and CHRIS HERTER and wish very much that it were possible !or me to be with you as you pay tribute to them and to their service in the House of Representatives. As members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs those whom you honor today have played an important part in our bipartisan foreign policy and for this we are all indebted to them. Hearty good wishes to you, your fellow hosts, and your guests for a most enjoyable gathering.

HARRY 8. TRUMAN.

JUIY 4, 1952. Hon. THOMAS S. GORDON,

Acting Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs,

House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.

DEAR ToM: Please convey to Dr. EATON, MIKE MANSFIELD, and CHRIS HERTER my very best wishes and tell them I will be with them 1n spirit at the committee luncheon 1n their honor even though it is not possible for me to attend in person. The . Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House of Representatives are losing three o! their finest and most public-spirited members by their retirement from the House. I know that all of us join in wishing them happiness and success in their future endeavors.

Regards. DICK RICHARDS.

JULY 4, 1952. Bon. CHARLES A. EATON,

Care Hon. THOMAs s. GoRDON, Acting Chairman, House Foreign

Affairs Committee Room: · It is with the deepest regret that I join in

bidding you a fond farewell as you enter your well deserved retirement !rom Congress. I have met no man, in all my years in Washington, China, or elsewhere, with more wisdom, greater kindliness of spirit, and broader comprehension of our country's problems; and place in our world. Working with you in the Congress and on the Foreign Affairs Committee has been a constant source of inspiration to me. You will be greatly missed in public life and I, personally, will miss your friendly presence.

WALTER H. JUDD.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. ZABLOCKI].

Mr. ZABLOCKI. Mr. Speaker, I am very sorry that Dr. EATON is retiring from the Congress. When I joined the Foreign Affairs Committee he was to me a true counselor. His sage advice will be sorely missed by many Members of Congress, and particularly by his colleagues on the Foreign Affairs Committee. He is kind, generous, and sincere and })as given unsparingly of himself to those who called upon him for assistance and service. He will be long remem• bered by those of us who have been privileged to serve with him, because we have loved working with him. I wish him well in his retirement, and know that he will lead an active .life and continue tO share his profound knowledge and understanding of the trials and tribulations of the wor-ld, our country, and mankind. Dr. EATON, may the good Lord grant you

many more years of continued service to your fellow man.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to our distinguished Member, Dr. CHARLES EATON.

Mr. EATON. Mr. Speaker, I feel profoundly moved as I stand here because in my long and interesting life I have enjoyed my relationship with this group beyond any other fellowship I have ever had. The American people ought to thank God every day for the kind of men and women who represent them in this body. That is my opinion based upon years of most intimate acquaintance. I have the most profound reverence and respect and affection for you men and women. God bless you and keep you worthy of the great responsibility you carry in representing the greatest and freest people on earth, and seeing to it that our country remains free, and keeps its place of supreme world leadership.

Now I am not going to bore you with a speech. That would be no way to end this wonderful occasion. I have done it in days gone by, and I used to label myself one very pr-ofound speaker. I never stopped until the last member of the audience was asleep. Sometimes they were a little wakeful, as the Republicans are in New Jersey, but otherwise they let me off pretty easy and I did them. I just want to say that in all my life, and it has been a long and happy. one, and I have had many wonderful relationships with great bodies of citizens and people, my most sacred memory is my relationship with you men and women in this House. I do not know whether the American·people realize the magnificent quality of the men and women they have elected to represent them here-but I do. I was trained in a pretty stern school, and you cannot fool me on a man although you can· oc• casionally on a woman. I am bound to say in all my years of relationship with organized bodies in the ·church, education ,and in business and other phases of public life, I have never been associated with a nobler bunch of men and women than you are. Thank you for everything. I do not know whether I can ever realize on it financially or not, but the most sacred and precious possession of my .life consists of the friendship that has blessed me in the days gone by. And not friendship beginning with my dear friend, the Speaker here and going on down-no friendship in my life has been more sacred or more inspired than your friendship for me and mine for you. God bless you dear men and women and continue in your health and happiness and service. Bless you in your hearts and minds and in your homes, and especially in your public service. Do not forget that once you knew an old has-been named CHARLIZ EATON.

HON. ROBERT L. RAMSAY-HON. E. H. HEDRICK

The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. BAILEY}.

1952 -- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- HOUSE 9627 Mr. BAILEY. · Mr. Speaker, over on

the crest of the Alleghenies, where thetops of the mountains reach up to greet the gods, we West Virginians like to think that we breed a class of men and women particularly endowed with high ideals of liberty, justice, and freedom.

Mr. Speaker, during the great Civil War, which we like to refer to as "the late unpleasantness," the western counties of Virginia found it necessary to separate from the Old Dominion, and we wrote upon our new flag of the State of ,West Virginia ''Montani semper liberi"mountaineers always free.

May I say that my State of West Virginia has lived up to that slogan nobly by sending to this Congress men of outstanding character and men of ability.

May I digress long enough to remind you of- the service ·in the halls of this Congress of John W. Davis, and later on William L. Wilson, under the Cleveland administration. May I say that my State of West Virginia in its formative years was an agricultural State, but within the last several years it has become highly industrialized. It is the leading State in the production of bituminous coal. It is developing rapidly as a manufacturing center. This situation has brought about a rapid change in the political thinking of the people of our State.

1 Back in 1932, when the people of this country decided to heed the plea of Franklin D. Roosevelt and do something about the man at the foot of the ecor~omic ladder, they sent to this Congress as a Representative of the common people a gentleman who, as attorney and legal adviser, spent the greater part of his early life in the service of the common people of West Virginia, particularly organized labor. That gentleman, my colleague, Hon. ROBERT L. RAMSAY, upon coming into the Congress in 1932 was assigned to the Judiciary Committee. I would like to call to the attention of my colleagues that the name of ROBERT L. RAMSAY i~ closely intertwined with much of the New Deal legislation that was written on the books during the thirties and the early forties. He has · rendered outstanding service in the Congress. He has been returned to the Congress repeatedly by a district that is normally Republican-an appreciation of the gentleman's ability and his service to the people. .

Later on, about the advent of the Seventy-ninth Congress, about the time that I was honored by election to the Congress, there appeared another gentleman from West Virginia, commonly and familiarly and pleasingly known to my colleagues as Dr. HEDRICK. This gentleman, upon election to the Congress, was immediately placed upon the Appropriations Committee where he has rendered valuable and valued service. His work upon the Appropriations Committee has kept him from appearance upon the floor in behalf of other legislation, but may I say to you, my colleagues, I have recognized since becoming a Member of this Congress that not all of the work is done on the floor of the House. The most valuable, the most effective work is done in committee. I can assure you

that my colleague, Dr. HEDRICK, has lived up to the standards set up for members of the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from West Virginia [Mrs. KEEJ.

Mrs. KEE. Mr. Speaker, it is with heavy heart that those of us in the West Virginia delegation bid farewell to two of our most beloved colleagues, the Honorable ROBERT L. RAMSAY, of the First District, and the Honorable E. H. HEDRICK,; of the Sixth District.

Throughout many sessions of Congress, West Virginia has had a perfect record of fighting for the people. BoB RAMSAY and Doc HEDRICK were towers of strength around whom those of us with less service could rally.

During the last years of the life of my late, beloved husband, and predecessor, the Honorable John Kee, his duties as chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House necessitated his absence from the office on many occasions, and, of course, he was absent many times during his last illness. He depended upon me to handle the routine of his office, to see that he was paired on important votes. His advice to me, at all times was to consult BoB RAMSAY on any question in which I was in doubt. My husband always said that if I followed the advice of BoB RAMSAY, I would be on the right track.

As the widow of the beloved John Kee, I can think of no greater tribute than to refer to the high esteem in which my late husband held his friend and colleague from the First District of West Virginia.

Mr. Speaker, BOB RAMSAY has been fighting for the people, and particularly those people who had few champions, all of his adult life. As an attorney in the private practice of law, as a public official, and as a loyal and hard worker in the Democratic Party in West Virginia, BoB RAMSAY was always fighting for humanity.

When he came to Congress for the first time in 1933, he helped forge the great reform legislation of the early New Deal. He was here in 1941-42 again to help prepare America for World War II, and he returned again in 1949 to help hold the line against the forces of reaction which would eliminate all the great social gains of the thirties.

Doc HEDRICK's career in Congress was briefer than BoB RAMSAY's, but it, too, was a career. marked by a voting record in favor of the people. It was a West Virginia record. As a good physician, Doc HEDRICK learned early in life the compassion for his fellow human beings that is the mark of a good doctor. That same compassion must have influenced his political career, for he, too, was motivated by great humanitarian principles.

Doc HEDRICK, serving on the ·powerful Appropriations Committee of the House of . Representatives, was a real friend to West Virginia. He fought as hard for projects in other-districts as he did for those in his own. His colleagues could always count on Doc HEDRICK to assist them in any matter before the Appropriations Committee.

Mr. Speaker, we· shall miss the counsel and assistance and cooperation we received from BoB RAMSAY and Doc HEDRICK. As they close their careers in this body we wish them Godspeed and many pleasant years as elder statesmen of the Democratic Party in West Virginia. The party, the State, and the Nation are better for their contributions.

Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. STAGGERS].

Mr. STAGGERS. Mr. Speaker, I concur with my colleague from West Virginia [Mr. BAILEY] in his remarks concerning ROBERT RAMSAY and Dr. HEDRICK. They have rendered outstanding service to their districts, to our State, and to the Nation; they have done things which are worthy of being remembered by all. Their friendliness and courage have been an inspiration to me. Both of them are men of gentlemanliness, honor, chivalry, clear-minded, God-fearing manliness; both believe in the dignity of the human being, both believe in man, the masterpiece of God's creation, the finest of the fine things in this world. Both of them believe in God, the infinite architect of the universe and the com-· passionate ruler of the destiny of mankind. And on the silver cord of destiny wherever it may take them along life's pathway I say: May fortune be kind to them and life be long and good to them, and may the face of God shine upon them.

Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. BURNSIDE].

Mr. BURNSIDE. Mr. Speaker, Dr. HEDRICK was a very popular physician, well thought of by the people of his district and especially by the miners. Long years of service he gave to the people of that district not only in Congress but also going out along the highways and the byways to tend to the needs of the people. I am sure as he goes back to practice his chosen profession the women will be greeting him, since he was a baby specialist, and that in this time of shortage of doctors our loss will be their gain.

We wish him Godspeed and that he may go back and treat these people the way he has been trained to treat them.

Mr. RAMSAY, affectionately known as BoB RAMSAY, is usually characterized as a fighter. Sincerity of purpose has been his watchword in life. He has given more than 30 years of service to the public.

BoB RAMSAY is of Scotch ancestry. His people brought from the mountains of Scotland splendid traditions. He is proud of the fact that "mountaineers are always free." Bob has fo-aght throughout his life for the rights of the common man. He has fought fearlessly for the rights of the people of his State. The small-business man, the worker, and the farmer often have said in his district that whenever BoB RAMSAY tells you anything you can count on it. His word is his bond.

We will miss these two men. May God speed them on their way as they go back home and give the people the advantage of their rich lives of experience.

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Our blessings we send with them. May the days of other years linger in their minds and may they remember their friends here in this House.

Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California [Mr. McDoNOUGH].

Mr. McDONOUGH. Mr. Speaker, I, too, regret to see both these distintinguished Members of the House retire.

My association and contact has been more definite and closer with Dr. HEnRICK than with Mr. RAMSAY. Dr. BED• RICK and I have served together on the select committee of the House, familiarly known as the Delaney committee, to study the effects of chemicals used in processing food, in cosmetics, and insecticides, and I have learned to respect his fine judgment. The fact that he is a physician was a great help to that committee with his expert knowledge he had of the effect of these chemicals upon the human system when they get into the human system through the processing of foods, the use of cosmetics, insecticides, fertilizers, and materials of that kind, which often cause serious poisoning and may lead to malignant disease and in· jury to the human system. Dr. HEnRICK's contribution to the public health and welfare has been great, both in his service in the Congress and before he came here, as a successful physician. Aside from that, and before I became a member of that important committee with Dr. HEDRICK, I learned to love and respect him and to appreciate his kindly attitude on all matters.

His reputation has gone far beyond the limits of the great State of West Virginia because I know of former West Virginians who now live in my district in Los Angeles, Calif., who have kind memories of Dr. HEDRICK in his early years as a practicing physician in West Virginia.

It is regrettable to see you leave, Dr. HEDRICK, but we wish you Godspeed and the best of everything in your retirement, and I am sure the people of West Virginia whom you have served over the years in your medical practice will be as glad to have you come back home as we regret seeing you leave the House of Representatives where you have served with such distinction.

The best of everything to you and Mrs. Hedrick and I wish also to include the best wishes of Mrs. McDonough to you and Mrs. Hedrick.

Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. DORN].

Mr. DORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to concur in what all of the gentlemen have said in reference to Dr. HEDRICK. He is a man of courage, of character, and great ability. He will be greatly missed in the Halls of Congress, the greatest deliberative body in the world.

There is one thing I remember particularly about him. He has always placed the welfare of his country ahead of any partisanship or political considerations. It is with regret that I see him leave this great body.

Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. NORRELL].

Mr. NORRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to concur in the spendid tribute that has been paid to these two great men. I served on a committee with Dr. HEDRICK and regard him as one of our most useful and able members. We are going to miss the two gentlemen from West Virginia who are leaving us and I wish to endorse everything that has been said about them.

Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, may I say to these colleagues of mine who are leaving the Congress that I feel sure I can convey to them the thanks of their constituents and the people of West Virginia for their remarkable service.

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. BATTLE].

Mr. BATTLE. Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the gentleman for giving the House this opportunity to express their feelings for these two eminent gentlemen. I would be remiss if I did not express my warm regards and pay my own tribute to the service these gentlemen have rendered to our country. I join the West Virginia delegation as well as the other Members uf the House in paying this respect which these two gentlemen have so justly earned.

Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. HAMILTON C. JONES].

Mr. HAMILTON C. JONES. Mr. Speaker, I have served with Dr. HEDRICK for 6 ye:us and I do not know of a more conscientious legislator nor a more intelligent nor a finer or more thoughtful man than he is. The evidence of what the people of his State think of him is recorded in the fine vote he received for Governor of his State just a month ago of over 100,000. The people of his State think what we think of him, that he is an excellent man and a fine legislator.

Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, may I say to the gentleman that we all love Dr. HEDRICK. The vicissitudes of politics sometimes do not result in measuring up to what one's expectations may be, but there is a genuine love for the gentleman in West Virginia and I might say the same thing for my colleague from West Virginia [Mr. RAMSAY].

Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, Dr. E. H. HEDRICK by his gentlemanlY demeanor, his fine personality, and splendid ability has endeared himself to every Member cf this Bouse. We will all miss him very much and wish for him every good thing in the years to come.

Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members who wish to may have permission to extend their remarks in the RECORD in reference to these two gentlemen from West Virginia.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from West Virginia?

There was no objection. Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, ROBERT

L. RAMSAY has been my close friend for many years. Bob is a man of high character and splendid ability. He is a man of deep conviction .and a real friend of the people. His life and work have emiched all people everYWhere. I shall miss this fine man and great public servant.

- Mr. PHILBIN. · Mr. Speaker, I must confess that I am unable to understand the vagaries of politics that temporarily at least have brought about the retirement of "Doc" HEDRICK from public life.

He has been a close· friend of mine during my service in this body. I highly esteem and admire him. He is a very able, sound, far-sighted, and gifted representative of the people. He will be sorely missed in the Congress where he made such a distinguished record and he will be sorely missed in the public affairs of his district, State, and Nation.

I proudly join in this magnifteent tribute the Members of the House are paying him today and sincerely wish for him and his family greatest success, prosperity, and happiness in the years to come.

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, it has been my great privilege to know RoBERT L. RAXSAY, of West Virginia, as a Member of the House of Representatives over a period of 20 years.

He was first e1ected in the dark, depression days of 1932. Bringing to his new job as a Congressman deep determination and strong convictions, be played an important part in enactment of the recovery legislation of that period.

In all his activities, he has shown a keen understanding of the problems of the dispossessed and the underprivileged, and he has been a constant battler for justice to all.

In his many years in this body, BoB RAMSAY has achieved an enviable reputation a& a legi,slator. His outstanding· legal ability was early recognized by the leaders of this body, and his advice and counsel has been enjoyed and appreci· ated by many, As a member of the Judiciary Committee he has made valuable contributions to the deliberations on important problems constantly coming under the purview of that group.

· The Nation is indebted to Bob for his long years of devoted and accomplished public service. He has given much to us and we are thankful for his friendship. We rejoice with him in his accomplishments of the past and wish him well in whatever he might undertake in the future.

Congressman ROBERT L. RAMSAY is dis-· tinguished not only for his legislative record, but for his record as a gentleman. Truly, it might well be said of him that he is one of nature's noblemen.

BON. EDWARD DEGRAFFENRIED The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes

the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. JONES].

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I deem it a high privilege to pay a welldeserved tribute to our colleague from Alabama, the Honorable EDWARD DEGRAFFENRIED, who is retiring at the close of this session. It is with a deep sense of regret that we of the Alabama delegation see him leave this body, and his presence will be sorely missed by us all when the Eighty-third Congress convenes.

An able and devoted public servant, En DEG.RAFFENRIED has served the people of his district with fidelity and trust,

1952 .CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-. HOUSE 9629 both before and since he came to Congress 4 years ago. In the House, he has been ·a member of the Committee on Armed Services, which has given him the opportunity to serve not only the people of Alabama but also the entire country in securing legislation vital to our national security. By his tireless, efficient, and conscientious attention to the duties of his office, he has won for himself the recognition of a job well done.

No tribute to Ed would be complete without a few words about his most splendid personal attributes which endear him to all who are privileged to know him. He is a fine southern gentleman, with a warm, courageous heart and a helpful and cooperative spirit; a true and valuable friend.

As he leaves the Congress to return to his law practice with his two fine sons in Alabama, Congressman DEGRAFFENRIED goes with the respect and admiration of his many friends here, and we all wish for him every good thing in life.

P, Mr. RAINS. Mr. Speaker, mixed with the joy and gladness of finishing a long and arduous session of the Congress there is a tinge of regret when we come to remember that some of our esteemed colleagues will not be with us when 'next we meet in January. En DEGRAFFEN- ' RIED, known to all of us in Alabama as ·an outstanding lawyer before he came to the Congress, in a way has my envy .Jl.OW. He, still young in years, can return ;to one of the noblest of all professions, the law. As my colleague, the gentleman from Alabama EMr. Jo:NEsJ said, his ·father was a distinguished jurist on the ''supreme court bench of our State for '·a long time; Ed. himself, had a long and 'distinguished record at the bar befor~ ;his election to Congress. His service 'here has been outstanding, his accomplishments for his State and Nation are many and great. I know that one of the finest compliments which can come to a man is to have the Members of this great forum, with whom he served, say about him that he was a genuine gentle-

1'man, and a true and faithful public 1'servant. I can say that about En DE· IGRAFFENRIED, and you can, because it is ' true. I• Ed goes back to the land which Tom ·Heflin, that great and distinguished ! Alabama orator, referred to in these 'words: "In the beginning God created :the heavens and the earth; the earth 1 was without form and void, and darkness ; was upon the face of the deep; God said 'Let there be light,' and there was light; He made the morning's early glow, the noonday's sultry heat, and the evening's solemn hush; each bird, beast, and flower is the handiwork of His mighty hand. But when God made Alabama He did His level best." I. While I am sorry that Ed will not be with us next year, I envy him in his return to the people he loves and to the people who love him. I wish for him long years of continued success in all his endeavors.

Mr. POULSON. I join with many others in paying my respects to E~ DEGRAFFENRIED. If ever there was a person who typifies what has been ~escribed as a

southern gentleman, Ed certainly fills that description. In addition to his personal charm Ed ha.s demonstrated himself here in the Halls of Congress as a man of great ability. It was my privilege to become well acquainted with Ed be.cause we are both members of the same college. fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. It is only through knowing a man that you come to really respect him and I know that Ed has the respect not only of his fellow colleagues but of his many friends in Alabama who know him intimately. So I sincerely regret his leaving Congress but I know he will be most successful in the practice of his chosen legal profession.

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I could not let the· occasion of adjournment of the Eighty-second Congress pass by without expressing my deep regret over the retirement from this body of the gentleman from Alabama, EDWARD DEGRAFFENRIED.

As majority leader of the House of Representatives I know and appreciate the important contribution he has made to the military security of this Nation :as a member of the Armed Services Committee, where he has labored long and faithfully. The vital legislation emanating from this· committee during ED DEGRAFFENRIED's term of service bears, in many aspects, the imprint of his workmanship, his experience as a soldier in World War I, and his fine legal background .

In the vast program of expansion of our Army, Navy, and Air Force, to stem the tide of Communist aggression in Korea, to guard our own defenses, and to aid our allies abroad, he has played a notable part, particularly on subcommittees dealing with procurement and stockpiiing of strategic and critical materials, civilian components of the. armed services, and military and civilian personnel 'problems. ·

The people of his Sixth District, the State of Alabama, · and of the United States can be grateful that we have had the benefit of his services here at the Capitol during these trying years.

I feel that I can speak for every Member of this House, on both sides of the aisle, when I say that ED DEGRAFFENREID as he returns to the practice of law in Tuscaloosa carries with him the friendship and high esteem of all of us, and our good wishes for every success in the future.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman -from Alabama [Mr. BOYKIN].

Mr. BOYKIN. Mr. Speaker, our great group from Alabama has said so many wonderful things about ED DEGRAFFEN· RIED that I do not know how I am going to add anything to them, and I could not unless I say that we had in ED DE· GRAFFENRIED one of the great men of this Nation. · our districts join, at Demopolis, Ala., right on the Tombigbee River. He is going back to one of the greatest parts not only of God's great earth but the whole universe. He is one of the great men there.

In my judgment, had En DEGRAFFEN• RIED gone home, as I did, and :~;eported

to his people, who are all upset about .everything-nearly all our people are, back home-he would never have had a bit of trouble. He is a good man, a great man, and a smart man. When you see ED DEGRAFFENRIED in a COUrthouse down in Alabama, the people say that when they have him on their side they usually win their case.

He has two great sons. He has a fine family,

He has done a grand job here. Wherever he goes he is always going to do a great job.

He is leaving with some of the great men of this earth, good old BoB DoUGHTON, whom we all love. We could go right on down the line, with Dr. EATON and Judge KERR and so many other wonderful men. Whether they ever come back or not, I know this, that any man who comes here and works as hard as they have, whether we meet again on this earth, I know we will all meet in heaven, where we will never have to part again. But I expect to see ED DEGRAFFENRIED and work with him just as long as I live on this earth and then in the world to come.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. ELLIOTT].

Mr. ELLIOTT. Mr. Speaker, it is _a great privilege for me to take these few minutes to pay tribute to one whom I consider an outstanding public servant, our colleague, EDWARD DEGRAFFENRIED. Ed and I were elected to Congress in 1948.· Our districts adjoin for many miles.

This afternoon my mind goes back to some of tlie preparations we made for service in this body. I particularly recall one time 2 or 3 months before the first session of the Eighty-first Congress opened Ed and I were talking by longdistance telephone about our plans, our hopes, and our aspirations for the development of the great Warrior River, which is common to both our districts.

ED DEGRAFFENRIED has been active in the life of Alabama for many years. Though quite a young man himself, he told me not long ago that he had made, I believe, a total of nine campaigns in his public career. He early carved for himself an outstanding reputation as a lawyer and advocate in the courts of Alabama, following the wonderful heritage left him by his father, Mr. Justice deGrafienried, who served for many years on the Supreme Court of Alabama. As Ed's service here terminates and as he leaves us to return to his native Alabama, I am sure he must feel a sense of elation that he will be able to join his two fine sons, Jeff deGrafienried and Ryan deGrafi·enried, in the practice of his noble profession. I think of what a wonderful opportunity it is for those two fine boys who have entered the profession of law since Ed's coming to Congress, that they will have the privilege of sitting at the feet, so to speak, of one of the masters of Alabama jurisprudence. ED DEGRAFFENRIED's service here has been very outstanding. He has served on many subcommittees of the great Committee on Arm.ed Services of the House, and the legislation which that committee

9.630 CONGRESSIONAL .RECORD ·-- HOUSE July ·s has brought to the House for our guid· ance and direction in these very unusual times, and especially over the past 4 years, bears the imprint of En DEGRAF· FENRIED's fine mind and his great legal ability. As great as these qualities of Ed's are, I should like to say, and I am sure my colleagues from Alabama and many others will agree, aside from his great ability, ED DEGRAFFENRIED possesses a great and kind heart and .a sympathetic understanding of the problems of all people. Those qualities have al· lowed him for many years to measure his friends not by the hundreds but by the tens of thousands in Alabama. As he leaves us, I want to say that En DEGRAFFENRIED goes With the feeling of the greatest respect and love of all his col· leagues. I wish for him Godspeed in every endeavor that he undertakes, and I hope that he finds peace and contentment among his people. He has served them well.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speak· er, I yield to the gentleman from Ala· bama [Mr. BATTLE].

Mr. BATTLE. Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to join with my col· leagues in paying high tribute to En DEGRAFFENRIED, of Alabama. I have had the privilege of serving with Ed for 4 years. It was a pleasure to do what little I could to help him get started off on th~ right foot here in the Nation's Capitol. As all of YOU know, ED DEGRAFFENRIED learned the ropes very quickly and he has made a very able Representative here in the House of Representatives. As a member of_ the Committee on Armed Services he has a distinguished record. I know because ED comes from a very great family, because of - h~s fine train-: 1ng, and because of his keep interest in Alabama that he wants the members of the Alabama delegation to welcome his successor, Armistead I. Selden, Jr., and try to help him make an outstanding record in Congress, too. Ed, like the rest of us, believes in the State of Alabama, believes in the South, believes in work· 1ng for the welfare and security of our Nation. The Alabama delegation works very closely, and he has been part of the team.

We will miss Ed very much when he leaves Congress. None of us knows what the future will hold for him or for us, but I definitely have the feeling that he will do all right for himself. I know he will be glad to get back with his boys in Alabama.

Ed is an intelligent gentleman with a kind heart and a long career of public service so, Mr. Speaker, I am happy to take this opportunity to extend my very best wishes to him, to his wife, and to his family.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. ROBERTS].

Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to have the high honor and privi· lege of joining my colleagues in paying my small tribute to this Member of our. Alabama delegation who is retiring.

I shall not take your time to attempt to cover his service years. I . came here as a new Member of this Congress. You· know it is a pretty har-d job to follow in:

the footsteps of a man who had served Alabama for eight terms in this great de· liberative body. I speak of the Honor· able Sam Hobbs~ who died recently. In attempting to serve over 300,000 people, those first few days are days of awkward· ness and uneasiness to a new Member. The only way that job can be .under• taken is for the older Members of this House to take the new ones under their wings, so to speak.

I shall never forget one morning when my secretary told me that the Honorable ED DEGRAFFENRIED was in my outer office. I asked him to come in. He just came by to make a little social visit and to find out if there was anything he could do to help me get along. I will always be grateful to him for that courtesy and kindness.

I do not think of ED DEGRAFFENRIED as leaving public service, because I know that wherever he goes he will be giying his best for the betterment of his community, his State, and this great Nation of ours.

I am particularly touched by his re. tirement, because I have more installa· tions in my district than in any other district in the State of Alabama. Mr. DEGRAFFENRIED, as a member Of the Armed Services Committee, has .protect. ed and helped me to maintain those in· stallations so long as it did not interfere with the national interest. So I shall miss him greatly.

I hope that wherever he goes and in whatever endeavor he may become engaged hiS efforts will be eminently suc· cessful. We shall miss him in the Ala· bama delegation, and I know that his many friends in this House will miss En DEGRAFFENRIED.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. GRANT].

Mr. GRANT. Mr. Speaker, I did not know that anything was going to be said at this time about my good friend from Alabama, ED DEGRAFFENRIED. I have been on a conference committee. But I do want to say that it grieves me that a man of the caliber and type of En DEGRAFFENRIED is leaving us. I have known ED DEGRAFFENRIED for about 30 years. We were in law school many years ago at the University of Alabama. Ed there made a most wonderful record. He was an outstanding student in the academic department and also in the law school of the University of Alabama. I followed his career throughout many years. ·He has applied himself to the law; he is an excellent lawyer and he is a leader in his community. I wish we had more time this afternoon to pay tribute to a Member of the House of the type of Ed, but in his departing I want to say that I am sure the entire membership on both sides of the aisle joins the delegation from Alabama in saying that we wish him everything good in the years to come.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. DURHAM].

Mr. DURHAM. Mr. Speaker, I would like to join the Alabama delegation in paying tribute to ED DEGRAFFENRIED'S service here as a Membe~ of this Con·

gress. He has served.on .a subcommittee with me now since he came to Congress. His service as a member of the Armed Services Committee has been patriotic and it has been at a time. when we really needed men of ED DEGRAFFENRIED'S type and character.

I can say that he has devoted his time earnestly, efficiently, and with a sacrifice here in the past few years. -Ed, of course, has not served here in the House as long as some of us on the Armed Services Committee, but I personally feel that the country and the Committee on the Armed Services will suffer a great loss in his retirement.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York [Mr. CLEMENTE].

Mr. CLEMENTE. Mr. Speaker, I deem it a privilege to join my colleagues in paying my small tribute to the distinguished gentleman from Alabama [Mr. DEGRAFFENRIED]. I was privileged to Sit alongside Of EDWARD DE:GRAFFENRIED on the great Committee on the Armed Serv:. ices, and I know whereof · I speak when I say he applied himself assiduously, in· cessantly, 'and worked diligently on all the problems before the Armed Services Committee without regard to time or effort. He definitely will leave his im':" pression on the legislation which has passed through our committee. He has certainly made a valuable contribution to this Congress.

On the new road he travels I wish him continued success,' health, and all the good graces the Lord may grant to him.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California [Mr. DOYLE].

Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, it has been my privilege~ to sit next to the gentleman from Alaba-ma, Congressman DEGRAFFEN· RIED, for 4 ·years as a member of the Committee on Armed Services; he on one side and the distingufshed gentleman from New York [Mr. CLEMENTE], who just spoke, on the other; so I have been doubly blessed. But as to the gentleman from Alabama, Congressman DEGRAFFEN• RIED, I wish to say to the Representatives from the State of Alabama that I hope ED DEGRAFFENRIED, my personal friend and distinguished colleague, comes back. I hope that, regardless of who else may be here for awhile from Alabama, that we may have the privilege to have En DEGRAFFENRIED back in the House of Rep• resentatives. We need him and his honesty and diligence back here.

I found him faithful-not only faithful but also, if I may say so, even more than faithful. He served in Congress at a large financial sacrifice, because I know he had a large law practice which he gave up when he came here. I wish him the very best. -I wish his two distinguished sons, also lawyers, success. They will have joy with their own father. How fortunate they are to have their father back with them for awhile in their large law office. My friend and colleague, Ed, has the affection and blessings of every Member of this House.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from ·Massachusetts [Mr. PHILBIN].

1952 ' CONGRESSIONAL RECORD_:_ HOUSE 9631 Mr. PHILBIN. Mr. Speaker, I am

proud indeed to number ED DEGRAFFENRIED among my close friends. I served with him ever since he came here as a member of the Committe on the Armed Services. He has always been a hard effective worker, outstanding, able, legal scholar and a keen thinker upon public problems. He has distinguished himself here as a brilliant member of our committee and the House. I am proud indeed to number him among my friends. I join my colleagues here today in paying him such well deserved tribute and wish him well for the future.

Mr. Speaker, ED DEGRAFFENRIED has been my warm friend since he came to this Congress. His departure from this body at this time, I deeply regret, because he has rendered superlative and outstanding service to his district, his Stat~. and his country. _

Congressman DEGRAFFENRIED is a man of very great ability. He is distinguished not only as a highly trained, skillful, and profound lawyer but also as a statesman of broadest vision and stability.

His personal qualities have endeared him to every member of the Armed Services Committee and every Member of the House. Of genial and friendly personality, his gracious presence, sound thinking and breath of vision gave him the great respect, esteem, and admiration of our membership. There is no man I have ever served with who because of his high noble character, great ability, industry and sincerity of purpose I have had greater respect for than ED DEGRAFFENRIED.

·His departure from political life is incomprehensible to me, but I venture to state that other days hold out great promise for him, not only as a distinguished practicing lawyer, but also in the public service, should he so desire it.

Success, good health, good fortune, and happiness to you, ED. May the blessings of the Almighty come down bounteously in the future days upon you and your family.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. CUNNINGHAM].

Mr. CUNNINGHAM. ·Mr. Speaker, it has been a real pleasure to me to serve on the Armed Services Committee with ED DEGRAFFENRIED. He is one of the hardest workers on that committee. He is always in attendance and faithful to his duties. He has a sweet and charming personality. I know of 11-0 one on the committee or in the Congress better liked than is ED DEGRAFFENREID.

I personally endorse all that has been said about him, and regret that he will not be with us in the future. I wish him Godspeed.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. BURNSIDE].

Mr. BURNSIDE. Mr. Speaker, I had the pleasure of teaching in Alabama a number of years ago and I know of the Splendid record Of Mr. DEGRAFFENRIED'S father in those days and the profound respect his family enjoyed in that State.

I am also a ware of the wonderful record he has made as a Member of this body and I wish him Godspeed as he

returns to Alabama. I hope he will reconsider and come back and be with us in the House.

Mr. SMITH of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I want to add my word of regret to that expressed by my colleagues concerning the departure from Congress of the Honorable EDWARD DEGRAFFENRIED. Representative DEGRAFFENRIED has rendered invaluable service to the people of Alabama and the whole country through his work on the Armed Services Committee during one of the most trying periods in the history of our country. His efforts in behalf of important legislation for the defense of our country have greatly benefited the security of the Nation and the peace of the world.

Representative DEGRAFFENRIED'S service here is in the best southern tradition· of unreserved support of adequate defense of our country.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker,. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may extend their remarks in the RECORD immediately following mine on the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. DEGRAFFENRIED] .


HON. LEONARD W. HALL Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker,

I · ask unanimous consent to address the Hom:e.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York?

There was no objection. Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker,

. I rise to pay tribute to Hon. LEONARD W. HALL, of the State of New York, who is retiring from the Congress. Our distinguished colleague has made a great contribution to the legislative record since he entered the House of Representatives. I regret exceedingly that he has decided to leave this body and return to the practice of law. I always regret to see a colleague who has demonstrated his ability and leader::hip in the House of Representatives retire at the very time when his experience and ability are so important to the welfare of his country. I recall what Hon. DeAlva Stanwood Alexander, A. M., L. L. D., a former member of Congress, had to say with reference to the value of long service as a legislator.

"Prominence gained in one vocation is rarely transferred to another. Legislation is a profession as much as medicine or law or journalism, the practice of which, to gain leadership, must be long and continuous, until proposed public measures and their treatment, worked out in the drudgery of the committee room, become as familiar as the variety of questions submitted to lawyers and physicians."

I am sure that every member who has served with the Honorable LEONARD W. HALL has recognized his fine legal ability. · Furthermore, our good friend, Leonard, has made a splendid contribution in solving many complex problems that have come before the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of which he is a distinguished member. I cannot question the wisdom of my good friend leaving Congress before he is too old to

resume the practice of law. It is rather tragic in many instances to see men of great ability remain in the House until they are too old to return to their vocation or profession with any hope of success.

I feel very sure that our good distinguished colleague, who is a comparatively young man, will soon fill an important judicial position in the area where he is so well known and beloved. There is only one thing that we can do on an occasion of this kind and that is to wish for our fine colleague many years of health, happiness, and success in whatever field he may enter or to which he may be called.

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York [Mr. KEATING].

Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, we will all miss LEONARD HALL very much in this Chamber because of his great ability as a legislator and also because of his charming personality which has always made it a pleasure to be associated with him, either in hours of business or pleasure.

As a legislator, LEONARD HALL always worked in a quiet way, without much fanfare, but most effectively. His most significant contributions have been in reconciling t~1e conflicting views of those of us who sometimes go to one extreme or the other. He is essentially a middleof-the-roader, who feels, as all of us know is the fact when we analyze it, that the most effective manner of securing good legislation is by attempting to reconcile the divergent views of those who so many times may feel too strongly either one way or the other and allow their emotions or outside pressures to prevail over better judgment.

He has made a great contribution here, not only to the work of his own committee but to the work in the Congress.

True, LEN HALL has been an intense partisan, but in the finest sense. As chairman of the Republican congressional committee, he performed nobly in that capacity; but I know that I speak for every Member on the majority side when I say that they always looked upon him as a happy warrior; there were no blOWS below the belt by LEONARD HALL in any way in any of his political or any of his other activities.

Personally, he has been one of my warmest friends since I came to Congress. He showed at all times, right from the very start, his desire to be helpful to me in my work, and his counsel and friendship have meant a great deal to me. He is leaving this body, as possibly the gentleman from New York who has the floor did not realize, to become a candidate as surrogate of his county under circumstances which virtually insure his selection. He has had, it is true, a very large law practice. He has been eminently successful. He could return to that practice, where his income would be a great deal in excess of the salary paid to him as a public official. But he has chosen, rather, of his own volition, to become the surrogate of his county and continue his career of service where he will have great responsibility, and where we who know him and know his ability as a

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lawyer realize that he will serve with great distinction. For myself, and for many of his friends who today are not here on the floor, I know we all want to wish LEN HALL the very best success in everything, and we offer our COD•. gratulations to the good people of the county where he will serve, because it 1s my prediction that as a jurist he will display the same abilities and make the same fine record which he has made here in the Congress of the United States.

Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Indiana [Mr. HALLECK].

Mr. HALLECK. Mr. Speaker, when I first learned of LEN HALL's decision to quit the Congress of the United States I went to him and did everything I could to . dissuade him. I did that hon· estly, because my close association with him in the Congress convinced me that he was making a great contribution to the welfare of his country here as our col. league. As I talked with him about that decision and his determination to quit the Congress I asked him what motivated him. I wanted to know why a man who had achieved such great success here, who was so well liked and became so prominent, so effective in the work of the House, wanted to leave. The reasons he assigned, of course, were important to him. As I reflect upon them, I think they are important for the consideration of the people of the United States. As I understand it, his determination was based upon the unpleasantness involved in being here on duty in Washington away from his home and :1is family, Also, like a great many Members, he was beginning to feel the pinch of in· tlated prices, the high cost of living, and high taxes, on a congressional salary. So for those reasons we are losing one of the men who undoubtedly stands in the forefront of the Members of the House of Representatives. He has been here long enough to know his way. around, to be really a leader; yet we are to lose his services.

In speaking of LEN HALL, except for those of the New York delegation I suspect I can speak out of an association as close as that had by any other Mem· ber of the House. First of all, I served on the great Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with LEN HALL. That committee has tremendously im· portant work to do. He brought to the work of the committee not only a de· termination to do the right thing but the courage to follow through, and with it two attributes that I have come to consider about as important in any man's make-up as anything I can think of, and they are balance and judgment. LEN HALL is a balanced man of sound and good judgment. He would think things through; then, when he arrived at a decision, he would follow through on that decision.

Further, LEN HALL came to the chair· manship of the National Republi-can congressional committee, which is the political committee on our side, following my dropping out as chairman of that committee. He served with the com. mittee during the time I was chairman. I had an opportunity to see tt..ere the .

splendid work he was willing to perform for his colleagues on the Republican side. Then, as chairman of the committee, and I . say this as an ex-chairman, he is still the chairman and I want him tQ continue on through this coming cam· paign, as I think he expects to do-he is just about the best chairman on that committee we ever had. I think that is generally recognized by his colleagues on the congressional committee who worked with him there.

So I know that wherever LEN HALL is and wherever he undertakes to serve and to work he will be doing a good job, as he has done her-e. Again may I say that my only regret is that he has found it necessary to make the determinatio~ and the decision that will remove him from our midst. ·

Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Mem. bers who desire to do so may extend their remarks at this point in the RECORD or later in regard to LEONARD W. HALL,

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentle· man from New York?

There was no objection. Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I

desire to add a few words to what has already been so well said with reference to the service of LEoNARD HALL in this House.

It has been my privilege to have a close and intimate association with Mr. HALL. Our association as members of the Committee on Interstate and For. eign Commerce enabled me to under~ stand and appreciate his personal quali • ties and those that dominated him in. the transaction of public business. He was at all times actuated by the highest . and best of motives.

The work of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce covers a · wide field of activity. Its legislative jurisdiction extends to practically all of the regulatory bodies of our Government. In addition thereto many other activities of our Government come within the scope of its jurisdiction. By rea. son of his great knowledge o~ the proper functions of government, as well as a wide experience in law and business, Mr. HALL was able to bring wise counsel and advice to the Committee in its consider· ation of the important matters that were brought before it for determination. He had at all times a judicial attitude that enabled him to carefully weigh and evaluate all the testimony presented to the committee.

LEONARD HALL was fair and just in all things. He had the confidence and re. spect of all the Members of the House. His friendly disposition made for llim a host of personal friends. It is expressing it mildly to say, we will miss him.

In his voluntary retirement from membership in this House his congres· sional district, that he has represented so long and faithfully, will lose as fine a Representative as ever sat in this House.

We wish for him many more years of public service and health, happiness, and success at all times. ·

Mr. VORYS. Mr. Speaker, I came to Congress with LEN HALL in the Seventy .. sixth Congress. I hate to see him leave,

but perhaps he is wiser than the rest of us. We were members of the Wednesday night club that, for many years, had dinner together, heard a speaker, asked questions, argued, and enjoyed ourselves. Long Island duck night, with LEN HALL as host, was always a great occasion for our club. ·He was always genial, cheerful, and friendly, but he was a wise and square and courageous Congressman. We shall miss him, but we wish him well.

Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I ·want to join my colleagues in expressing my re· gret that LEONARD HALL is leaving the Congress. I am a relatively new Member of the House, having served in 1947-48, and having been returned to the Congress only since February of this year. But in the comparatively short time I have been associated with Len in the Congress, I have come to admire him and respect him as a friend and one of the outstanding men in the Congress.

As has been said time· and again, Len will be missed in this Chamber as much as any other man who has ever -served and voluntarily retired, because of his great ability and because of his genuine friendliness with every Member of the House, be he Republican or Democrat.

Although Len is retiring from the Con· gress, Mr. Speaker, he is most certainly not retiring from public service. The Republicans of the great county of Nassau have called him to take the position· of judge of the Surrogate's Court, where he will render the same kind of fine service to that court that he has given to the Congress.

Those who knew Len intimately and who know the esteem in which he is held. by the people of New York are predicting that he will be called upon in the very near future for an even gr·eater service to the people of the Empire State.

Like all Members of this body, I sincerely wish for Len the greatest measure of success in his new role as judge.

Mr. MILLER of New York. Mr. Speaker, I do not challenge the wisdom of LEONARD HALL'c decision to retire . from the House, but I do most heartily · regret it. I have s.erved with him for 6 years on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. He is one of the most valuable members of that committee. He is distinguished for his legal ability, for his practical good sense and judgment, and for his good humor. He .enjoys life and imparts to others his enjoyment of life. As it happens, he and I have shared many opinions in the last 6 years, but if we had always disagreed I should like him as well. I shall miss him and I wish him every success in his new activities. He eminently deserves the best.

Mr. POULson I join with the many others in the House in paying our respects to LEN HALL. We all regret his leaving and yet we know a man with his ability and opportunities will go on to greater heights. Len is not only an affable, likeable, and charming individ· ual, but he is a man of physical and mental stature. His ability has been demonstrated many times here in the House. As chairman of the congressional committee he has been most help ..

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9633 ful to all Republicans in their campaigns. He succeeds in everything he undertakes, and we know that he will be a great success in his future undertakings. We wish him all of the happiness and prosperity available to any individual.

Mr. KILBURN. Mr. Speaker, I am awfully sorry that LEN HALL has decided not to return to the House. I do not blame him, in view of the circumstances, but the place will not be the same without him.

I feel that he has been one of the most valuable Members we have. I know that he is one of the best friends I have in the world. He has helped me on a great many occasions, and his counsel and advice is always wise and kind.

I wish him every success in his new position, and I hope that he will come back and see us often.

Mr. HALE. Mr. Speaker, I want to take this occasion to express my great regret at the decision of Hon. LEONARD W. HALL, of New York, to retire from Congress after the present session. I do not question the wisdom of Mr. HALL's decision; I am confident that the work which lies before him in his own State will be full of honors and satisfaction. But I shall very much miss Mr. HALL from this body where I have had close associations with him over the last 10 years, more particularly in the last 6 years when we have served together on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Mr. HALL has been a most valuable member of that committee, to whose work he has brought sound judgment, good knowledge of the law, and abundant common sense.

LEONARD HALL is one of the most companionable of men. Any sort of association with him is a pleasure. As it hap·pens he and I have generally shared the same opinion on political and other questions, but even if we had not seen eye to eye I should have enjoyed my association with him no less. His tolerance, his humor, and his good humor, transcend party lines, as any of the majority members of the committee will agree. The House loses a valuable Member with Mr. HALL's retirement. My best wishes accompany him into anything and everything that he does.

Mr. CANFIELD. Mr. Speaker, the decision of our colleague, Representative LEONARD W. HALL, of New York, to retire from the Congress and become surrogate of Nassau County, N.Y., is a distinct loss to the National Legislature where this friendly, able lawyer, was a mighty force for good.

LEN HALL and I were among the American Congressmen who in April1945 visited the infamous concentration camp at Buchenwald, near Weimar, Germany, just a few days after it was liberated by Patton's Third Army. There we saw human barbarism at its worst, and I shall always remember my colleague's reactions followed by his repeated warnings that only an alert and strong American citizenry can save our land from such a fate.

I know something about LEN HALL's love of America and its freedoms and in this parting I can only say that Nassau County, N. Y., gains, and I predict his-

tory will record it never had a finer surrogate.

Mr. CURTIS of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, the Honorable LEONARD W. HALL has made his mark in the Congress of the United States. Through his service he has established a reputation as a careful, thoughtful, and sound legislator. He has always been a source of wise counsel and friendly consideration.

Len has chosen to voluntarily terminate his service · in the House of Representatives. I wish this were not true. Our country needs men of integrity and soundness like Mr. HALL. I will miss him greatly,

It is my hope that this new undertaking will be enjoyable and that he will continue in the public service. I extend to him and to his fine family every good wish for the future.

Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California [Mr. HINSHAW].

Mr. HINSHAW. Mr. Speaker, for a great many years LEN HALL and I have sat side by side on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. I think I know him well. We know each other. The present occupant of the chair, the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. STANLEY] is likewise a member of that committee, and I know he feels the same.

LEN HALL has done a magnificent job on our committee both for the committee in its work on legislation and for the country. He will be very sorely missed on our committee. We shall all regret having him leave. However, as the gentleman from Indiana has pointed out, the pressures to remain at home are strong upon us. Many Members of the House have come to feel individually the pressures that grow upon us from being separated not just a few months a year but over the past 14 years about 95 percent of the time from our home districts and frequently from our families.

It tak~s great courage, really, to break away from this body after long service to it. After years of service here one becomes really a part of the great legislative process. It becomes as familiar as one's own home. There always remains much to be done that we are eager to see accomplished. It is hard indeed to contemplate breaking away voluntarily.

But some among us find that they no longer can afford to stay here, as the economics of this position in recent years are very unsound. We are all sorry that Len has felt it is necessary to leave for personal and family reasons. We know that the section of Long Island, in which he lives, cannot have a better man to serve on the particular bench which I trust he will achieve. But in losing him to that place, the Congress and the people of the United States will be losing a very valuable public servant. I hope that something can be done in the Congress, particularly if we meet again before the 3d of January, to make it pos· sible so that we may shut off this great necessity on the part of so many Members to leave the Congress. Thirtyeight Members are retiring voluntarily. I know that everyone here on this fioor today fully appreciates those things, and I trust we can take care of that matter

satisfactorily before too many months, and before the next Congress, the Eighty-third· Congress convenes.

Mr. REED of New Yorl{. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. JENSEN].

Mr. JENSEN. Mr. Speaker, LEN HALL and I came to the Congress at the same time. I became acquainted with my friend, LEN HALL, just a few days after I arrived. It did not take me long to realize he was my kind of people even though he came from the thickly populated city of New York, and I came from Iowa soil. I had many interesting conversations with Leonard about the farm problems. He wanted to know them. He wanted to be a Uni'ted States Congressman as well as a district Congressman-• and that is what LEN HALL has been. The other day when the question of support prices on farm products was on the floor of the House, LEONARD HALL voted with the majority of the Representatives from the Western States in favor of the 90-percent support price on basic farm products. which proves that he is a United States Congressman and is interested in the welfare of all the people. I was also honored a few years ago when LEN HALL chose me as his secretary for the national Republican campaign committee. I worked with Leonard there. I have the highest regard for LEONARD HALL, and I am sorry he is leaving the Congress, and I hope for him all the fine things in life.

Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. HARRIS].

Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, I, too, am sorry to see our colleague LEN HALL, leave the Congress of the United States. Though I recognize the feeling of affection my colleagues on the minority side have for Len, I am sure I speak the sentiments of many of us on this side when I say, we, too, have the same high regard and great respect for LEN HALL. For 10 years I have served on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with him. I have had the opportunity to watch him work in the committee which has jurisdiction of perhaps more controversial legislation as you will find in any committee of the Congress.

I have enjoyed the fine association with him in this House and in our committee. I have observed him · in action and know of the leadership and fortitude he possesses. It is under circumstances like this a man's character, integrity, and judgment is tested. During these years I can say with all frankness and honesty, that the Members on the Democratic side have learned to know LEN HALL and appreciate the great legislator he has proved himself to be in this Congress.

Therefore, I regret to see a man of his ability, his outstanding character, splendid reputation, fine judgment, the type of man who is unafraid to take a stand, a man who has deep convictions and willing to carry them out, leave this Congress.

Speaking for the Democratic members of our committee, and I am sure Democratic Members in this House, we will miss LEN HALL in the years to come in this great body.


Mr. DONDERO. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. REED of New York. I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Michigan.

Mr. DONDERO. Mr. Speaker, I happen to be one Member of this House who served on the Republican National Congressional Committee with LEN HALL for many years. I have had an opportunity to watch him and judge the caliber of the man. He is one of the outstanding men in this House. In his leaving he leaves a vacant place that it will be difficult for any other Member to fill. It was a pleasure to work with him. He is an inspiring man. He has character and personality that we all could envy.

• I regret very much that he has determined to leave public life. I wish him well in the new position that I u~derstand he is about to fill. As one who has practiced law for nearly a quarter of a century, as I have, and did mostly probate work, I know the field which he enters will be a pleasant field, and one where his great talent and ability will serve the public ir.. that area.

I am glad to endorse everything that has been said today about Mr. LEoNARD HALL.

Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker~ I yield to the gentleman from New York. [Mr. JAVITS].

Mr. JA VITS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to join with my colleagues in paying tribute to LEN HALL. He has great and rare skill, he is a real American and. a real legislator for he understands and desires that points of view other than his own be expressed, and he knows that by attrition we finally get to the right result. I have enjoyed working with LEN HALL very much. :.:Ie has been wonderful to me. He has been very cooperative with every other Member of this House, and was much beloved here.

I would like to add as a citizen of New York myself that he is going on to fields of very great public service. This task of being surrogate of the great county of Nassau is one of greatest responsibility in which he can do great good as a public official. I feel :"le is going on to ever. greater service, if that is possible, than that which he had the privilege of rendering here.

Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. REED of New York. I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Mississippi.

Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, it has just come to my notice that the Honorable LEONARD HALL is going to retire from Congress. I want to express my regret at his leaving at this time. I have never known a finer, more outstanding American than LEONARD HALL.

I say to the gentlemen on the other side, with all deference, that if the Republicans were as wise as they ought to be, they WOUld nominate LEONARD HALL for President of the United States.

He is a great American, one in w3om the elements are so mixed that nature might stand up and say to all the world: "This is a man."

Mr. LECOMPTE. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr.-REED of New York. I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Iowa.

Mr. LECOMPTE. Mr. Speaker, when the Seventy-sixth Congress assembled there were about 80 new Members on this side of the House and probaebly 25 or 30 on the other side. Hon. LEoNARD HALL, of New York, was one of the outstanding Members of the Seventy-sixth Congress.

He early showed his elements of leadership, and in 14 years has been always one of the outstanding Members of this House. We learned to love LEONARD HALL; we respect him, we admire him, and we loved his strong, American characteristics. He was always for what seemed to be in the interest of the general public.

Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks. I have also made that request for all the other Members of the House and now if I may I would like to ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks in regard to my very distinguished and able chairman, the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. DaUGHTON], and my neighbor, the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. KERR), and the other· Members who are retiring.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlema.n from New York?


ECONOMIC GROWTH OF WEST VIRGINIA

Mr. BURNSIDE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for 20 minutes and to revise and extend my remarks.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from West Virginia?

There was no objection. Mr . . BURNSIDE. Mr. Speaker, dem

ocratic government will only be strong if the people get the facts on what their government is doing. I have been particularly impressed with the eagerness of the people of my State to gain a. knowledge of what our progress has been over the past 20 years.

Economic growth is a nebulous thing. Only when we break down programs and policies into actual facts of who has benefited fro!ll them, and show the extent to which living has been improved for all sections of the population, do we truly understand what we have been trying to accomplish and the degree to which we have succeeded.

I have, therefore, had this study prepared in order to inform the people of my State of the facts on their progress during the last two decades. It deals with the level of employment, production, and income in the State. It describes West Virginia's gains in health, education, and security-the improve- . ment in wages, hours, and working conditions, and the steady growth of business under our system of free enterprise. The strides made by farmers in production, income, prices, and living condi .. tions are enumerated, and the programs for aiding veterans are set forth on the State level. . - ·

Based on my conviction that an informed electorate is indispensable to democratic government, I provide the people of my State with the facts they deserve to have on how far we have come and where we are going. THE WEST VIRGINIA STORY-HOW WEST VIRGINIA

HAS BENEFITED FBOM TWO DECADES 01' I'EDJ:IlAL DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION

The 'people of West Virginia have shared . greatlY in the Nation's tremendous advances of the past 20 years.

The last Republican administration left us with a dying economy. Today, thanks largely to progressive Democratic leadership, nearly everybody in the land is far better off than he has ever been.

This material progress has meant an immense growth in our feeling of human· dignity and security. It has meant the greatest freedom from economic fear that man has ever known. Tha"t is the human meaning of the following three facts: ·

Last year America provided not 60,-000,000, but 61,000,000 jobs.

High employment and improved productive methods have boosted the value of total national output, after all price adjustments, to three times the level of 20 years ago.

Americans' personal incomes, after all taxes and after allowing for increased living costs, have on the average, almost doubled since 1932-and are 42 percent higher than in 1929, the peak of Republican prosperity.

As in the Nation, so too, in West Vir-· ginia.

The. people of West Virginia have gained with everyone-and stand to lose with everyone if the national Democratic policies that have brought us so far are now reversed, instead of being extended as they must be.

We in West Virginia cannot stand still. We dare not go back. We must continue to go forward.·

Here is where we in West Virginia stand today, as described in the following pages:

I. Life is better and richer, folks are living better.

II. Workers have more jobs, higher real wages, greater security.

III. Business i -.: good, better than ever. IV. Farmers have come a long way,

they are in far better shape. V. Veterans are helped by a grateful

nation. VI. Our Federal tax dollars are buying

a lot. I. LIFE IS BETTER AND RICHER-FOLKS ARB

LIVING BEriER

We have come a long way in West Virginia over the past 20 years. We have worked hard to do it. And the same reactionary forces whose policies would have stopped o·ur progress are still threatening both our gains and our fu-ture. In the fight now shaping up it is well to consider just what these gains have been. ·

The average - West Virginia family, pri~arily as a result of more steady and secure employment is far better off today than its equivalent of 20 years ago. A family which received $1,832 in 1932 would· get $4,196 in 1950-both :figures

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in current dollars. Where there was $116 per person deposited in West Vir;ginia banks 20 years ago, there is $410 today. A little over 4 families out of 10 'owned their homes in 1930. Today even: though West Virginia has nearly twice 'as many families, over 5 out of 10 own their own homes. We have more economic security than ever before. And our Federal Government is helping our State and county governments to aid the unfortunate few who have been unable to keep pace with our general prosperity. i Now our job is to extend as well as defend these gains.

HIGHER INCOMES

Total personal income in West Virginia in 1950 reached $2,110,000,000, an increase of 166 percent since 1929-the

1best of the years when the Republicans ruled the country-and of 357 percent since 1932. Even in terms of 1950 prices, total income has increased 90 percent since 1929, and 160 percent since 1932. F Income in 1950 amounted to $1,049 for each man, woman, and child in West "Virginia. Even after adjustment for 'price changes, the equivalent per capita income in 1932 was $458 and only $649 in 1929.

BETl'ER HOUSING

Today, more West Virginia families than ever before have attained the goal of almost every American-home ownership, and "my own back yard."

Moreover, federally sponsored and financially aided slum clearance and urban redevelopment projects are transforming many squalid and deteriorated areas of our cities into beautiful garden areas for healthful and happy living.

1 The strongest single encouragement to the remarkable increase in home ownership has been the activities of the Federal Housing Administration in insuring mortgage loans and bringing down interest rates. By the end of 1951, FHA insured 79,551 mortgage loans amounting to $137,074,300 in the State. ~ Federal insurance of building and loan companies has helped untold thousands of families to acquire new homes or to repair and modernize their old homes by encouraging investors to make money available for these purposes.

Renters: For the renter group, rents have been held down better than other prices and now consume a smaller proportion of the family income. Moreover, a far better quality of rental housing is available.

~ Public housing: Through FederalState-local housing agencies, 2,076 units of low-rent public housing have been constructed or are under construction in West Virginia, with 974 units in Charleston, 500 units in Huntington, and 302 units in Wheeling. The Federal housing agencies have contributed $13,298,-000 to low-rent public housing in West :Virginia.

GREATER ADVANCES IN HEALTH

The Federal Security Agency, in cooperation with West Virginia's agencies, in 1951 invested $2,838,429 in programs. designed to improve the health and general welfare of the State population. t Additional modernized medical facilities have been provided. For · example,

the Federal Government contributed over $1,573;240 for the construction of medical facilities, greatly increasing the number of hospital beds and other hospital facilities for all of the people in the state. The number of nurses in the State increased from 14 per 10,000 people in 1930 to 20 per 10,000 in 1949.

Infant deaths per 1,000 live births dropped from 78 in 1929 to only 32 in 1951 in the State. Maternal deaths per 1,000 live births declined strikingly from 5.8 in 1929 to only 1.0 in 1949. The continuous emphasis which Democratic administrations have placed on our Nation's health has paid off in lives saved.

GROWTH IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

On the educational side, 79 percent of all children 5 to 17 years old were enrolled in school in 1950 as compared to 75.6 percent in 1929. Federal contributions for educational programs in the State increased from $76,756 in 1929 to $465,000 in 1951, benefiting 45,740 young people.

The adult population was not overlooked; vocational and rehabilitation programs, aided by $447,534 in Federal funds, improved the lives of 6,400 citizens of West Virginia in 1951. Landgrant college programs in West Virginia. received $92,000 in 1951, benefiting over 7,000 college students enrolled in these institutions. SOCIAL SECURITY HAS BUILT PERSONAL CONFI

DENCE AND INDEPENDENCE

Democratic leadership in Washington put through the Social Security Act in 1935 and ensured a real extension of the system in 1950. As a result, 65,700 elder citizens.in West Virginia are now receiving old age and survivors insurance benefits amounting to $27,052,000 a year.

In the Republican days you would have had to buy an annuity worth up to $15,-455 to get the income that a retired wage earner and his wife, at 65, now get from social security. If you are married, with several young children, social security provides life-insurance protection worth up to $25,000.

For most of us, the fear of old-age in the poorhouse and the pauper's grave is forever banished. A RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT PROTECTS MINIMUM

LIVING STANDARDS

In any great human advance, some people have misfortunes. Both as·a matter of right, and as a reinforcement against lack of purchasing power, this group must be assisted. The Federal Government, under the Social Security Act, makes grants-in-aid and contributions to States with approved welfare programs designed to assist the needy aged, dependent children, the blind, and the disabled. Here is West Virginia's record under this act for 1951 alone:

Federal Number Avera~e

Program contribu· of per· month y tion sons payment aided

Old-age assistance.------ $5,832,744 25,886 $26.29 .Aid to dependent chil-

8, 539,063 49,315 20.32 dren_ __________________

Aid to the blind ••••••••• 262,800 1,079 31.14 Aid to the disabled •••••• 24,779 462 32.47

II • . WORKERS HAVE MORE JOBs---HIGHER REAL WAGEs--GREATER SECURITY

Those of us in West Virginia who work for wages have benefited more than almost any other group from the policies of the national Democratic administra':" tion.

West Virginia workingmen are gravely threatened by the danger of a Republican reversal of the progressive labor policies responsible for the gains which have been made in the State. Their only hope for further progress lies in continued Democratic leadership of the Nation.

DECENT JOBS AND HIGHER WEEKLY EARNINGS

Statistics alone can never indicate the human degradation imposed by the great depression. But let us remember that in 1932 over 12,000,000 men and women in the United States were totally and despairingly without work.

In 1951, .530,700 people in West Virginia had jobs in nonagricultural employment. Great gains have been made in the last 20 years. In manufacturing, for example, employment has risen from 93,800 in 1939 to 140,000 in 1951.

Consider the pay envelope's progress since 1932. Nationally, the average worker's weekly pay was $32.40 figured in today's dollars-if he had a job. In 1951 the average factory worker drew almost $65 a week in wages.

FORTY HOURS A WEEK, PLUS OVERTIME

Now the average workweek is down to 40 hours, despite the great expansion of output to meet national defense needs, and despite the rise in the pay and purchasing power of the worker.

Today, moreover, most workers get time and a half for work over 40 hours, paid holidays, and paid vacations.

In 1929, a factory worker had to put in 166 hours of work to pay for a 7-tube radio set. Today, be can buy a 20-inch television set for the price of 94 hours of work. FROM POORHOUSES AND CHARITY TO INSURANCIII

AND SECURITY

Under Republican administrations in the past the average workingman was forced to rely on private charity, the poorhouse, and his children for help during periods of unemployment or temporary disability, and for security in old age.

Now, 381,000 West Virginia workers have Federal-State unemployment insurance if they lose their jobs. And the free Federal-State employment services will now help any worker find a new job. Last year, the West Virginia employment service found jobs for 31,186 workers.

Now, also, most of us are entitled to Federal social-security in our old age, and our families will get monthly insurance payments if the chief breadwinner should die prematurely. FROM GOONS AND IN JUNCTIONS TO COLLECTIVB

BARGAINING

Many of labor's gains since 1933 have come directly from stronger unions and strong collective bargaining. During Republican days unions were fought bitterly, and in 1932 union membership sank to an alarming low.

9636 'CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July . 5

Democratic Government made these gains possible when in 1933 and again in the 1935 Wagner Act, it-wrote into lawand enforced-the workingman's right to organize freely and bargain collectively. This is a right which many Republicans still do not accept. Where would unions-and workers-now be, had the Taft-Hartley crew been in power since 1933? FROM EXPLOITATION OF THE WEAK TO LEGAL

GUARANTIES

Today, cheap chiselers can no longer exploit working women. Today, we no longer suffer starvation wages-the Federal legal minimum is 75 cents per hour. Today, the handicapped are getting Government help in :finding j.obs. Today, race discrimination in jobs is fast on the way out. For all these accomplishments, we can thank national Democratic leadership.

m. BUSINESS IS GOOD; BE'l'TE1l THAN EVER

Opportunities in West Virginia . are good in almost all fields of business. And the businessman's efforts pay off today more than ever before-because the State's economy is stronger than ever before.

Democratic national policies have forever proved that what is good for the country is good for business. Selfishly short-sighted policies, however, can still bring business once again to the brink of ruin. Continued Democratic administration is the businessman's best insur-ance.

BUSINESS POPULATION

In 1951 there were 40,200 businesses in operation in West Virginia. Manufacturing establishments alone increased from 887 in 1933 to 1,602 in 1947, the latest year for which figures are available.

A total of 4,100 new businesses of all kinds were started in · West Virginia in 1950, proof of the hollowness of Republican charges that so-called socialism is undermining American business.

BUSINESS OUTPUT

The value added to raw materials by manufacturing establishments in West Virginia soared to $882,401,000 in 1950, having stood at $251,615,000 in 1929, then dropping to $134,375,000 in the dark days of the depression.

Volume of retail sales of West Virginia businesses increased from $441,000,000 to $1,300,000,000 between 1929 and 1948. An additional indication of business growth is shown by the fact that businesses in West Virginia employed about 530,000 people in 1950 and paid them nearly $1,500,000,000 in wages and salaries, an increase of 351 percent since 1932.

.Military purchases of equipment and supplies from West Virginia business firms also helped to expand the State's output, and provided a substantial source of business income in the State. Total purchases in West Virginia amounted to over $37,000,000 in 1951. Of this amount nearly $19,000,000 worth was purchased from small businesses.

TRANSPORTATION

. West Virginia business relies on t:r:ansport. The Democratic administrat_ion_s

fn Washington have helped tremendously to develop air transportation. Two airports in West Virginia were given Federal aid for improvement or expansion in 1951 amounting to over $313,000.

Truck transport has been greatly aided by highway construction in the State; Federal contributions in 1951, amounting to $3,703,000, aided in building nearly 100 miles of modern highway in West Virginia. Democratic administrations have helped the railroads to a fair return so they could afford to modernize equipment.

CONTINUED BUSINESS EXPANSION

Much of the business expansion in West Virginia has been possib1e because of Federal programs to aid businesses financially. Thus, the 'Reconstruction Finance Corporation made a total of 10

loans amounting to $5,076-,000 to businesses in West Virginia during 1951. Of these, 9 loans amounting to $1,300,000 were made to aid small businesses. Most RF'C loans have been repaid in full.

A WORD ABOUT THE BANKS

Thanks to Democratic banking reforms, not a single depositor in any bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation suffered a cent of loss or a moment of delay because of bank failure last year.

In 1929, 14 banks with deposits of over $6,500,000 failed in West Virginia alone. Small businesses and individuals were hardest hit. Bank deposits are now insured by the corporation up to $10,000 per depositor. During the Republican administrations. not a single account or a penny of deposits were protected.

More facts about business P.,ogress in West Virginia

[This tabulation presents selected statistics not included in the text above]

Other available statistics 1929 1932 19511

Bank deposits, total private, time and demand: .Amount •• -----------------------------------------·--·------- $318, 553,000 $200, 542,000 $821,710,000

$41:> Per capita .. ___ --------------------------------·-··------------ $184 $116 Deposit insurance:

Numbet of accounts fully protected.. ••• ----·----------------- ---------------- ---------------- 1,038,000 10,635

$617,000,000 63.1 117

$1, 104,000,000

Number of8CCOllJlts protected up to $10,000 •• _________________ ---------------- ----------------.Amount of deposits protected _________________________________ ---------------- ----------------Percent of all derosits protected.------------------·---------- ---------------- ---------------Number of banks insured--------------------------·---------- ------------·-- -----------·-·-Assets of banks insured ••••• ---------------------------------- ---------------- ----------------

1 Or latest available year.

IV. FARMERS HAVE COME A LONG WAY; THEY ARE IN FAR BETTER SHAPE

Most West Virginia farmers and their families, through their own hard work, have lifted themselves in the past 20 years from poverty living to American living.

But West Virginia farmers have always · worked hard. They worked hard during the Republican 1920's-and thousands of them went broke. They worked hard in Republican 1932-and by the end of the year they were all virtually bankrupt.

In the past 20 years Democratic national policies have made the differencewhile most Republicans in Washington continued to obstruct, and are still obstructing.

Much still remains to be done for agriculture. It will not be done by an obstructionist Republican Congress. It can only be. done by forward-looking Democratic leadership in Washington-the same sort of leadership that has already helped West Virginia farmers so much.

CA'l"l'LE PRODUCTION HAS INCREASED BY ONE-THIBD

West Virginia farms have boosted their output of cattle by over 30 percent since 1929, and greatly increased their yield of both crops and livestock since the early 1930's. Cattle production rose to 119,-588,000 pounds in 1951, having been only 90,595,000 pounds in 1929. Hog production rose from 51,650,000 pounds in 1929 to 66,245,000 last year. FARM INCOME, PRICES, AND WAGE RATES ALSO

AT PROSPEROUS LEVELS

West Virginia farmers receivej $132,-029,000 in cash for the products they marketed in 1951. In 1929, the peak year of Republican "prosperity," they received

only .$54,929,000, while in 1932 they made just $27,000,000-or only a fraction as ~uch as last year.

For 12 years, during the last Republican admi~istration, the prices of products farmers sold went down while the prices of the things they bought went up. The squeeze got tighter and tighter and ended in th-e 1930's with poor farm living, big farm debts, and foreclosed mortgages. The Democrats established parity price policies that keep the prices of products farmers sell in fair relationship with the priees of the things they buy.

The prices West Virginia farmers get for their cattle, and milk have about quadrupled since 1932. Beef cattle prices per hundredweight increased from $4.40 in 1932 to $27.20 in 1951. The price of milk per hundredweight likewise increased 180 percent since 1932.

Farm wage workers in the State have also prospered. They now work fewer hours, and their wage rates have risen from only 13 cents per hour in 1932 to 51 cents per hour in 1951. Taking into account increases in prices, the purchasing power of these wages about doubled. J'ARllofERS NOW GET AllofPLE CREDIT AT REASONABLB

COST

Advances in farming, as in other maJor businesses, have depended on credit-the ability to secure loans at reasonable rates and terms. In 1932, farm credit was both expensive and hard to get. Since 1938, farm credit agencies of the Federal Government have been making loans at reasonable interest rates to help farmers in West Virginia purchase b,md and operate farms.

In 1951 alone,- Federal farm loans extended to West Virginia farmers num-

19.52 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9637 bered about 1,800 .and totaled nearly $4,000,000. These loans averaged $7,600 for farm purchase, over $1,300 for farm operation, and $2,500 for · production credit. GREATER USE OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND

INCREASED FARM PRODUCTIVITY

Evidence of progress is shown by the far greater use of mechanical equipment on farms in West Virginia over the past 20 years. Trucks for farm use numbered 7,000 in 1930, 12,000 in 1940, and 25,000 in 1950. Tractors increased from 3,000 in 1930 to 16,000 in 1950. The number of milking machines reported, doubled over the period.

For promotion of better methods of farm production, the Federal Government spent $268,000 for agricultural experiment stations in West Virginia in 1951; cooperative agricultural extension work was carried on, supported by $560,-000 in Federal funds.

Farm efficiency and conservation measures have been greatly improved by these developments. For example, 61 percent of West Virginia cropland is included under agricultural conservation programs, and virtually all of West Virginia farmland is included in soil conservation districts. This program was promoted by Federal payments of about $2,096,000 in 1950.

FARMERS ARE BETTER OFF AND ARE LIVING

BETTER, TOO

Farm ownership and foreclosures: Today 73,000 farmers in West Virginia own their own farms, as against 66,500 who owned the farms they ran in 1930. In the early thirties, 13 farms out of every 1,000 were foreclosed. In 1951, less than 2 out of every 1,0.00 was foreclosed.

The value of farmland and buildings owned by farmers in West Virginia stood at $66 per acre in 1951, having been $39 per acre in 1929, and only $30 per acre in 1932.

Life on the farm is easier:· In the last 20 years; living on a farm has become modernized American living.

The general prosperity of West Virginia farmers has enabled farm women to buy modern household appliances that make housework easier and more pleasant. Now almost every west Virginia farm has an automobile. Over 17,184 miles of rural roads were surfaced by 1949, enabling farm families to get to town.

Electrification through Rural Electrification Administration cooperatives-a program that Republicans in Congress still seek to throttle-has brought elect ric power to West Virginia farm homes. In 1930, 2,800, or slightly over 6 percent of all West Virginia farms had powerline service. In 1950, 56,610 farms had such service. And since 1949 REA has begun to repeat the same story on telephone installations. · Today 68 percent of West Virginia

farm homes have radios, not to mention the rapidly increasing number acquiring TV sets. Only 2 percent had a radio before 1929. Today the farmer keeps in touch with weather, crop and market news, as well as with national and world news.

More facts about farmers' gains in West Virginia

[This tabulation presents selected statistics not included in the text above]

Other available statistics 1929 1932 19511

F ederal expenditures for-School lunch programs _______________ ____ ------------------- __ None $21, 000 $2, 083, 000 Number of pupils served-- --- --------------------------------

Cooperatives: Amount of business------- --- ---- ------ --- ---- --- -Production Credit Administration loans: Amount of loans out-

None $4, 800,000

15,000 $3, 200, 000

122, 000 $7,100, 000

standing ___________________ ___ _____ __ _____ ______ ___________ ___ _ _ None None $3,000, 000 $3, 900,000 Federal land banks: Amount of loans outstanding _______ ___ ___ __ _ $8,100, 000 $8,000,000

Farm mortgage debt_ ___ ----- __ ------- ____________ ---------- - ----- $27, 437, 000 $24, 292, 000 $26, 996, 000

1 Or latest available year.

V. VETERANS ARE HELPED BY A GRATEFUL NATION

When a serviceman comes home he may carry no wound scars-but he still has sacrificed a lot. He has sacrificed, for his country's need, a part of his life. The country owes him all the aid it can afford toward making up for those years, toward helping him catch up on the progress he otherwise would have achieved.

This modern approach to veterans' needs was first sponsored by Franklin D. Roosevelt and was enacted into law by a Democratic Congress, in the GI bill of rights of 1944.

Now similarly, President Truman in his 1952 state of the Union message has urged Congress to "start a sensible program of readjustment benefits for our veterans who have seen service since the fighting broke out in Korea." A Democratic Congress will quickly follow through on this recommendation.

THE GI BILL OF RIGHTS: CATCHING UP ON SCHOOLING AND TRAINING

Over 14,000 West Virginia veterans took advantage of the GI bill's provisions for tuition and other expenses to continue education or training in 1951. On these VA programs the Federal Government spent nearly $14,500,000 in West Virginia. -THE GI BILL OF RIGHTS: BUYING THAT NEW HOME

By 1951: 14,000 West Virginia veterans had joined the ranks of home owners by taking advantage of the small down payments and 4 percent interest rate provided by the Veterans' Administration guaranty program under the GI bill. From late 1944 to June 1951, as a part of this program, the Federal Government insured or guaranteed $65,000,-000 worth of low-interest loans to assist West Virginia veterans in buying homes. THE GI BILL OF RIGHTS: STARTING OUT ON ONE'S

OWN

The Democratic Party has always sought to encourage small independent business, and owner-operated farms. Under the GI bill, over 600 West Virginia veterans have opened their own businesses and nearly 400 have been helped to buy their own farms. The principal amount of farm and business loans approved by the VA through June 1951 totaled $3,514,000. DISABLED AND ILL VETERANS ARE WELL CARED FOR

Medical care for disabled veterans and for all other veterans who need it has been greatly improved since 1946, when a Democratic Congress raised salaries for VA medical and profesisonal staffs and otherwise enabled the best standard of medical care to be developed. The same law provided arrangements t·hat

allow veterans to get free treatment in many cases from their home-town doc-tors and dentists. .

The VA maintains a modern hospital at Huntington, W. Va. , to give hospitalization and medical care to nearly 7,000 veterans in the State in 1951.

Vocational rehabilitation has helped over 3,200 disabled veterans get back to work and normal living. Over 1,300 were in training in 1951, entailing $2,-125,000 in Federal funds for subsistence, tuition, supplies, and equipment.

Compensation for wartime disabilities now range generally from $15 to $150 a month, rising to $260 a month in special cases. Peacetime cases get 80 percent of these rates.

PENSIONS AND INSURANCE ON AN ADEQUATE BASIS

Since the enactment of the low-cost national service life-insurance program sponsored by President Roosevelt in 1940 and later endorsed by President Truman, about 6,000,000 policies were issued to servicemen in the United States through 1950. These policies .provided $39,000,-000,000 worth of insurance to veterans and their families.

Today, 37,853 West Virginia veterans or their survivors are receiving a pension, a compensation, or a retirement payment amounting to over $25,608,000.

Since April 25, 1951, congressional action on President Truman's recommendation makes it possible for every serviceman, in West Virginia, as in all other States, to get a free $10,000 lifeinsurance policy. VI. OUR FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS ARE BUYING A LOT

The progressive Democratic programs and policies that have helped ns so greatly do not run themselves. Money -bas to be spent in order to get the benefits of these programs to the people of West Virginia. · Taxes have been collected, and this has been done on the basis of ability to pay. The average person has far more left over after taxes than he or his family had before taxes in 1929.

If the Republicans had their way, they would not only cut sound and progressive programs which have promoted West Virginia's tremendous growth over the past 20 years.

They would also shift the burden of taxes to the backs of workers and professional people. ~ WARNING ON FALSE PROPAGANDA ON FEDERAL

SPENDING IN WEST VIRGINIA

Some Republicans complain that the people of West Virginia are being shortchanged; they argue that the Government does not turn back enough of its tax collections to West Virginia.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-. ·HOUSE July 5

Here are three reasons why such cO-mparisons of taxes collected and money spent are phony and do not measure the benefits west Virginia gets from Federal spending:

First. Spending in West Virginia alone does not tell the whole story.

West Virginia. residents can benefit just as much from Federal investments in other States as from investments in their own. After aU, West Virginia citizens are United States citizens as well. An airplane built in California guards people in West Virginia.

The soldiers in Korea are not being paid in any one State, but they certainly are keeping a third world war from the doorsteps of West Virginia citizens as well as those of all Americans.

And people of West Virginia benefit from Federal expenditures that cannot be allocated to any one state, such as the posta1 service, the Immigration Service, the FBI, and the over-all costs of running the Government.

Second. It is not possible to list all Federal money spent in West Virginia.

Accurate state breakdowns of aU Federal expenditures are impossible to get. More State information is available, however, than the Republicans usually include in their taxes versus expenditures. The pages at the end of this section, as well as aU that has been described in the sections before, give information on a large number of programs for which money is being spent to benefit the people of West Virginia.

Third. Federal taxes collected in West Virginia do not necessarily reftect the amount o:f taxes that the people actually pay.

For example, certain excise taxes are collected in advance from manufacturers in West Virginia, but they are actually paid by consumers in other States. Some corporations pay their taxes at their home ofiiee rather than in the States where the factories are located. Also, people sometimes file their income-tax returns in the State where they work or do business, rather than where they reside.

'.1HE J'AC'l'S OJ" FEDERAL SPENDIHG IN WEST

VIBGINIA

Republicans also say that they want to cut out unnecessary Government spending.

Who does not want to cut out unnecessary spending? The question is, Just what is unnecessary?

Is aid to the blind unnecessary? Ask a blind man.

Is public housing unnecessary? Ask the two-hundredth family on a. project waiting list for decent housing at a rent they can a:fford.

Are public-health clinics unnecessary? Ask the mother whose child might have died because the family could not afford a private physician.

Listed below are some of the major programs paid for by our tax dollars, which are bringing benefits to a cross section of West Virginia citizens.

It might be revealing to :find out from the Republican . economizers just which ones they think the people of West Virginia think th~y can do without.

Federal grants to West Virginia State and local government to heLp them with their programs

PROGRAMS AND BENEFITS AND FEDERAL FUNDS ALLOTED FLSCAL YEAR 1951

For workers: Administration of unemploy

ment insurance and State employment offices ________ $1, 385, 348

Vocational :rehabilitation for disabled_________________ 34.8, 07.0

For farmers: Agricultural experiment sta-tions ______________________ _

Agricultural extension services_ Bette:r marketing facilities ___ _

For veterans: Administration of unemploy-

ment and self-employment allowances----------------

Supervision of on-the-job training for veterans ______ _

Fo:r our needy population: Aid to the needy aged _______ _ Aid to dependent children ___ _ Aid to the permanently dis-abled ______ , _______________ _ Aid to the blind ____________ _

Child-welfare services-------Surplus foods for public insti-

tutions and schools _______ _ For our health:

To figbt cancer ____________ _ To· nght heart disease ________ _ To :fight venereal disease _____ _ To fight tuberculosis ________ _ To build hospitals ___________ _ To fight water pollution _____ _ To promote mental health ___ _ To prmnote basic health serv-

iceEL.-----------------·-----For maternal and child health_ For services for crippled chil-dren _____________________ _

For low-rent public housing ____ _ For education:

Pree books fo:r the blind _____ _ Vocational training for future

workers for farm, homes, and industry-------------------

Construction of schools in communities crowded by chil-dren of workers on Federal projects __ :_ _______________ _

Instruction in land-grant col-leges-----------------------School-lunch program _______ _

Schools (and roads) from. a sharing of Federal forest revenues __________________ _

Por transportation and communication: Airports -------------------Roads and highways_ ________ _

For development of natural resources:

Protection of non-Federal for-ests _______________________ _ Wildlife conservation ________ _

258, "l57 553,718 46,150

36.8Q.1

59,937

6,153,433 94,8ao

8,810. 745 2.79,58.4 179.608

1,198,660

36,695 2{),008

15&.593 89,92.0

780.828 14,300 45,864

215,146 256,036

215,297 87.394

1,86'7

432.753

13,603

Q1,7.Q,7 1,465,326

22,758

$528,402 3.563,4'11

193,789 190,335

Total gJ"ants-in-aid ______ . 27, 830, 9'16

Here is a list of some other Federal expenditures and payments recently made i·n West Vkg:tnia. Thousands of citizens and ~usinesses profi:ted from these payments. For defense work:

Value o:f prime contracts awarded for mllitary procurement and construction f:rom July 1950 through De-cember 1951 ---------~- $300.000

Par forest. highways in or near Federal forests------------- 60, 72.0

Some payments made for farmers.~

For soil conservation, sugar production and emergency· loans to needy fanners ______ · l, 964, 095

Veteran~ benefits~~-~----~-~----$58,093.575 Interest on Government· bonds

held by individuals (1950) ____ 16, 800, 000 For rivers and ~rbors and. flood

control projects of the Corps of Army Engineers ___________ 8,080,000

For Federal payrolls, 1950: Civilian employee payrolls _____ 36, 700, 000 Civilian employee pensions___ 1, 914., 000 Military pay and allowances,

including dependents• allow-ances and retirement pay ___ 18, 885, 006

Sooial Security payments fl'om Social Security funds. 1950; of course tbese payments are made from funds conuibuted by workers and empioyees. They are not expenditures, but they are made because of the Federal social-security program:

To unemployed workers _______ 15.343, 000 To retired workers ___________ 14, 905, 000 To retired railroad workers____ 5, 463, 00{) To unemployed railroad

workers -------------------- I, 793,000

PURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A further message from the Senate by Mr. Landers, its clerk, announced that the Senate had passed without amendment bills and a concurrent resolution o! the House of the following titles:

H. R. 3177. An act to amend title IV of the National Housing Act, as amended;

H. R. 4792. An act to provfde for the transfer of the Jeremiah C'urtin home and underlying land to the Milwaukee County Historical Society by the Public Housing AdminIstration;

H. R. 832'1. An act to authorize the improvement of Duluth-Buperior- Harbor, :Minn., and Wis.; and

H. Con. Res. 239. ConC'W'J'en.t resolution authorizing the Clerk of the House to make correctiOl'l& in general appropriation bills.

The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendments of the House to a biH of the Senate of the following title:

S.3161. An act to amend part I of the Inte:rstate Commerce Act to provide for filing of equipment trust agreements and other documents. evidencing or relating to the lease. mortgage, concll.ti.onal sale, or bailment o! railroad equipment.

The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7289) entitled "An act making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the. Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for otber purposes . .,

The message also amunmced that the Senate agreed to the amendments of the House to the amendments of the Senate Nos. 13 and 52.

The messag.e also announ~ed that the Senate agrees to the report of th;: committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill <H. R. 8120), entitled "An act to authorize certain construction at military and naval installations. and for other purposes."

The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9639 votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the House to the bill (H. R. 2190) entitled "An act to provide for the conveyance to the town of Dedham, Maine, of a certain strip of land situated in such town and used as a road right-of-way."

The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the House to the bill <S. 2968) entitled "An act to amend section 8 of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended."

ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS SIGNED

Mr. STANLEY, from the Committee on House Administration, reported that that committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills and joint resolutions of the House of the following titles, which were thereupon signed by the Speaker:

H. R. 657. An act for the relief of Tony Marchiondo;

H. R.·7C7. An act for the relief of John Michael Ancker Rasmussen;

H. R. 728. An act for the relief of Mrs. Mildred Lewis Morgan;

H. R. 765. An act for the relief of John George Papailias;

H. R. 850. An act for the relief of Mary Izumi;

H. R. 880. An act for the relief of Giuseppe Biolzi;

H. R. 954. An act for the relief of Elvira Suzanne Oosterwyk;

H. R. 963. An act for the relief of Chu Bud Yick;

H. R. 1092. An act for the relief of Mrs. Mercedes Hernandez Saguar;

H. R. 1151: An act for the relief of Sumiko Yamamoto;

H. R. 1222. An act to amend the Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948 to provide for the creditinc of certain service in the Army of the United States for certain members of the reserve components of the Air Force of the United States;

H. R.1448. An act for the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fuxman and their two daughters;

H. R. 1464. An act for the relief of Arokiaswami Arumai Singh;

H. R. 1477. An act for the relief of Linda Azar Karam Batromn;

H. R. 1490. An act for the relief of Henryk Kramar ski;

H. R. 1718. An act for the relief of Mrs. Tomiko Munakata Millhollin;

H. R. 1758. An act to amend section 824 of the Code of Laws for the District of Columbia;

H. R. 1814. An act to authorize the admission of Flora Fung Wah Miu Wong to the United States;

H. R. 1838. An act for the relief of Fong Bat Woon and Fong Get Nan;

H. R. 1843. An act for the relief of Nahan Abdo Haj Moussa;

H. R. 1849. An act for the relief of the alien Malke Kresel Mohrer;

H. R. 2073. An act· for the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Campbell;

H. R. 2166. An act for the relief of Sister Anita (Vincenzina Di Franco);

H. R. 2351. An act for the relief of Naokl and Yoshiki Sakamoto;

H. R. 2405. An act for the relief of Food Service of Evansville, Inc.;

H. R. 2447. An act for the relief of George M. Sanger;

H. R. 2606. An act for the relief of Dimltra Gaitanls;

H. R. 2635. An act for the relief of Mrs. Sumako Egashlra;

H. R. 2713. An act for the relief of Lt. Comdr. Evan L. Krogh;

H. R. 2716. An act for the relief of Kunlgunde Beldie; ·

H. R. 2774. An act for the relief of Helen J. Lumley and Kirsten-Jessen Schmidt;

H. R. 2789. An act for the relief of Howard S. Lawson; Winifred G. Lawson, his wife; Walter P. Lawson; and Nita R. Lawson, his wife;

H. R 2856. An act for the relief of Jan J. Wojciechowski;

H. R. 2860. An act for the relief of Inez Pryer (Sister Mary Carmel) ;

H. R. 2906. An act for the relief of Kenjl Kusumoto;

H. R. 2913. An act for the relief of Mrs. Evelyn Campbell;

H. R. 3071. An act for the relief of Vito Aiuto;

H. R. 3157. An act for the relief of Anny Scher;

H. R. 3211. An act for the relief of the Alma Cooperative Equity Exchange, Alma, Nebr.,

·and others; H. R. 3275. An act for the relief of Miyoko

Nakagawa; ' H . R. 3280. An act for the relief of Mrs.

Emi Yasuda and her minor son, Keichiro Yasuda;

H. R. 3334. An act for the relief of Paul Busbey;

H. R. 3382. An act for the relief of Haruyo Takahashi; ·

H. R. 3438. An act to amend the act entitled "An act relating to the compensation of commissioners for the Territory of Alaska," approved March 15, 1948 (62 Stat. 80);

H. R. 3564. An · act for the relief of Reuben Krakovsky;

H. R. 3592. An act for the relief of Paul Tse, James Tse, and Bennie Tse;

H. R. 3705. An act for the relief of the legal guardian of William Mooney;

H. R. 3727. An act for the relief of the Professional Arts Building Corp.;

H. R. 3774. An act for the relief of Dr. David M. Ju;

H. R. 3778. An act for the relief of Wong Sao sun;

H. R. 3810. An act for the relief of Aldo Vallesa; . H. R. 3858. An act for the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Copeyon;

H. R. 3969. Ail act for the relief of Franco Berardi;

H. R. 4001. An act for the relief of Dr. Manuel Magtalis Geronimo and Dr. Rita Villaroman Geronimo;

H. R. 4002. An act for the relief of sandra E. Dennett;

H. R. 4197. An act to withdraw and restore to its previous status under the control of the Territory of Hawaii certain Hawaiian home lands required for the use of the Board of Water Supply of the city and county of Honolulu for the location of a water shaft, pump station, and tunnel, and to amend section 203 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, ·so as to confer upon certain lands of Auwaiolimu, Kewalo-Uka, and Kalawahine, on the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, the status of Hawaiian home lands;

H. R. 4407. An act to amend sections 213 (b), 213 (c), and 215 of title II of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended;

H. R. 4408. An act to amend section 73 (1) of the Hawaiian Organic Act;

H. R. 4797. An act to ratify and confirm Act 291 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1949, section 2 of Act 152 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1951, and section 2 of Act 171 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 1951, which included Maul County Waterworks Board, Kaual County Waterworks Board, and the Board of

Water Supply, County of Hawaii, under the definition of ''municipality" in the issuance of revenue bonds pursuant to the Revenue Bond Act of 1935;

H. R. 4799. An act to amend section 73 ( 1) of the Ha wail an Organic Act;

H. R. 4800. An act to further amend section 202 (a) of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920; as amended, relating . to membership on the Hawaiian Homes Commission;

H. R. 4921. An act for the relief of Silas B. Morris;

H. R. 5004. An act for the relief of Terminal Warehouse Co.;

H. R. 5006. An act for the relief of Gallagher's Warehouses, Inc.;

H. R. 5055. An act to authorize the exchange of certain lands of the United States situated in Ontonagon County, Mich., for lands within the Ottawa National Forest, Mich., and for other purposes;

H. R. 5065: An act to authorize payment for transportation of dependents, baggage, and household goods and effects of· certain officers of the naval service and Coast Guard under certain conditions, and for other purposes;

H. R. 5087. An act for the relief of Hoang Moy Lam;

H. R. 5095. An act for the relief of the estate of Edward B. Formanek, deceased;

H. R. 5107. An act for the relief of Margarita Mary Fujita;

H. R. 5120. An act to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act so as to require the insurance of deposits payable at branches of insured banks in Puerto Rico;

H. R. 5198. An act authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Army to transfer certain property located in St. Thomas, V.I., to the control and administrative supervision of the Department of the Interior;

H. R. 5327. An act to amend the act of July 26, 1946 (Public Law 551, 79th Cong.), relating to the issuance of general obligation bonds by the city of Anchorage, Alaska;

H. R. 5481. An act for- the relief of Norman E. Dole, Jr., William F. Smith, John G. Harris, and James E. Chamberlain;

H. R. 5496. An act for the relief of F. Archie Meatyard;

H. R. 5515. An act for the relief of John H. Vogel;

H. R. 5517. An act for the relief of Mrs. Katharina Luise Trenye;

H. R. 5578. An act for the relief of Rollins F. Baker and other employees of the Alaska Railroad; ·

H. R. 5591. An act for the relief of Sister Angelan tonia Diana;

H. R. 5618. An act for the relief of Young Wai Kit;

H. R. 5788. An act to extend certain 10-year oil and gas leases;

H. R. 5803. An act to extend the provisions of the act of May 20, 1926, as amended, so as to further regulate the interstate shipment of fish;

H. R. 5864. An act for the relief of Sachiko · Kanemochi; ·

H. R. 5911. An act for the relief of David Braithwaite and Orvin E. Wilde;

H. R. 5917. An act to authorize the sale of land on the Crow Reservation, Mont., allotted to William Big Day;

H. R. 5955. An act for the relief of Delma L. Mauzey;

H. R. 6004. An act to provide for the payment of retroactive increases in compensa·tion for services rendered by certain deceased officers and employees of the Federal Government, and for other purposes;

H. R. 6025. An act for the relief of David Daryl Dalko;

H. R. 6070. An act for the relief of Paul Gust Williams;

H. R. 6083. An act for the relief of Amalia Architetto;

H. R. 6109. An act for the relief of Helga Eveline Ma tz;

9640 . CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-. HOUSE July 5 H. R. 6278. An act for the relief of Samuele

Rossi (also known as Renato Rossi); H. R. 6326. An act to amend subsections

(c) and (d) of section 3 of the Postal Salary Act of July 6, 1945, as amended;

H. R. 6356. An act for the relief of William J. Martin;

H. R. 6381. An act for the relief of Ayako Sukiura;

H. R. 6446: An act for the relief of Jeanne Marie Miura;

H. R. 6505. An act for the relief of Karen Ann Crowley;

H. R. 6521. An act to amend section 4472 Of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to further provide for the safe loading and discharging of explosives in connection with transportation by vessel;

H. R. 6544. An act to amend the Act of June 28, 1948 (62 Stat. 1061), relating to the establishment of the Independence Na-tional Historical Park; '

H. R. 6556. An act authorizing the issuance of. a patent in fee to Erie E. Howe;

H. R. 6601. An act to amend the Act of July 16, 1892 (27 Stat. 174, ch. 195), so as to extend to the Secretary of the Navy, and to the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Coast Guard, the authority now vested in the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force with respect to the withholding of omcers' pay;

H. R. 6637. An act for the relief of Gaetana Giambruno Tomasino;

H. R. 6640. An act for the relief of Hitomi Matsushita;

H. R. 6641. An act for the relief of Leu Wai Ung (Wong Wai Ung) and Leu Wai Chiu (Wong Wai Chiu);

H. R. 6681. An act authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to John B. Cum· mins;

H. R. 6723. An act to approve contracts negotiated with the Gering and Fort Laramie irrigation district, the Goshen irrigation district, and the Pathfinder irrigation district, and to authorize their execution; and to authorize the execution of contracts with individual water-right contractors on the North Platte Federal reclamation project, and for other purposes;

H. R. 6732. An act for the relief of the alien nona Lindelof;

H. R. 6850. An act for the relief of Martha Bridges;

H. R. 6869. An act for the relief of Wong Yang Yee and Wong Sue Chee;

H. R. 6870. An act for the relief of Louie Bon Kong;

H. R. 6978. An act for the relief of Gerald A. and Lynn W. Roehm;

H. R. 6983. An act for the relief of Gevork Zohrab }Jandarian;

H. R. 7009. An act authorizing the issU• ance of a patent in fee to Franklin Yar:. lott;

H. R. 7176. An act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the

· fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, · and for other purposes;

H. R. 7255. An act to amend section 165 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to employee stock purchase plans) ;

H. R. 7301. An ·· ct authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent in fee to Viola Delaney;

H. R. 7302. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee to certain allottees on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation;

H. R. 7303. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents in fee to certain allottees on the Crow Indian Reservation;

H. R. 7366. An act for the relief of Erika 0. Eder, and her son, James Robert Eder;

H. R. 7477. An act for the relic · of Carol R. Gray;

H. R. 7502. An act to amend the act of June 6, 1924, as amended, relating to the National

• C~pltal Park and Planning Commission, and for other purposes;

H. R. 7641. An act to provide benefits for certain Federal employees of Japanese an· cestry who lost certain rights with respect to grade, time in grade, and rate of compensation by reason of any policy or program of the Federal Government. with respect to persons of Japanese ancestry during World warn:

H. R. 7654. An act to amend section 508 of title 14, United States Code;

H. R. 7667. An act for the relief of Marie Louise Elfriede Steiniger;

H. R. 7833. An act for the relief of· Prof. Werner Richter and Prof. Max Horkheimer;

H. R. 7850. An act for the relief of Leopold Laufer and Elfriede Laufer;

H. R. 7952. An act to authorize the combination of the Truck Crop Insect Laboratory and the Citrus Insect Laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, located at Alhambra and Whittier, Calif., respectively, and to provide for new quarters;

H. R. 8006. An act to provide for an ad· justment in the compensation of certain employees transferred from the field service of the Post Omce Department to the General Service Administration pursuant to Reor.ganizatlon Plan No. 18 of 1950, and for other purposes; '

H. R. 8222. An act to authorize the loan Gf certain naval patrol-type vessels to the Government of Japan;

H. J. Res. 222. Joint resolution authorizing the President to issue posthumously to the late William S. Cox a commission as third lieutenant, United States Navy, and for other purposes; and

H. J. Res. 480. Joint resolution to extend the time for use of construction reserve funds established under section 511 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, -as amended.

The SPEAKER announced his signature to enrolled bills of the Senate of the fo!lowing titles:

S. 241. An act to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to further promote the development and maintenance of the American merchant marine, and for other purposes;

S. 523. An act for the relief of Walter Duschinsky;

S. 732. An act for the relief of certain Basque aliens;

S. 1041. An act to provide for the eradication and control of Halogeton glomeratus on lands in the United States, and for other purposes;

S. 2922. An act to amend subsection (d) of section 12 of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950;

S. 3066. An act to amend defense housing laws, and for other purposes; and

s. 3240. An act for the relief of Ichiro llda.

REPORT OF ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

Mr. TRIMBLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of House Resolution 742.

The Clerk read the resolution as follows:

Resolved, That the report of the Architect of the Capitol on the reconstruction of the roofs and skylights over the House wing of the Capitol and remodelling of the House Chamber, made to the chairman of the Special Committee on Reconstruction of Roofs and Skylights Over House Wing of Capitol and Remodelling of House Chamber, be printed with illustrations as a House document.

The resolution was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was laid on the

table.

SHOSHONE AND ARAPAHO INDIAN TRIBES OF THE WIND RIVER RESERVATION Mr. MURDOCK. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of the bill (S. 3333) to vest title in the United States to certain lands and interests in lands of the Shoshone and Arapaho Indian Tribes of the Wind

. River Reservation and to provide compensation therefor and for other purposes.


the request of the gentleman from Arizona?

Mr. HALLECK. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, may I inquire of the gentleman from Arizona if this is one of a-list of bills about which we talked a little while ago with certain Republican members of his committee?

Mr. MURDOCK. Yes; this is different but I have a list here and I have taken this up with the Speaker.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Ari-zona? ·

There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, for a reasonable consideration not to exceed $458,000, to be paid from funds appropriated for the Missouri River Basin project, to convey and relinquish to the United States of America the property and rights of the Shoshone and of the Arapaho Indian Tribes needed by the United States for the construction and operation and maintenance of the Boysen Unit of the Missouri River Basin project. Action heretofore taken by the Secretary of the Interior 1ri granting rights-of-way over Indian lands for the establishment or the relocation of roads, highways, and railroads, and tele-graph, telephone, power transmission and pipelines in connection with the construc-tion of the Boysen Unit of the Missouri River Basin project is hereby confirmed.

SEc. 2. The conveyances and relinquishments shall be, in all things, in accord with the memorandum of understanding between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs as approved by the Secretary of the Interior on December 29, 1951, and as amended with his approval on May 1, 1952.

SEc. 3. The moneys to be paid to the Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes, hereunder shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States of America to the credit and for the use of the respective tribes in accordance with the provisions of the act of May 19, 1947 (61 Stat. 102), as amended by the act of August 30, 1951 (65 Stat. 208).

The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

HON. LANSDALE G. SASSCER Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, I ·ask

un'3.nimous consent to address the House. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to

the request of the gentleman from Maryland?

There was no objection. Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, back in

1938 after the Democratic primary election in Maryland, the candidate, Stephen Gamble, passed away before ·the general elections. At that time I was chairman

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9641 of the Democratic State central co:nmittee in Baltimore City. We were called upon to select a candidate from the State of Maryland to run in the general election in the place of Stephen Gamble. ·

It was my honor and privilege at that time to present to the delegation in the city of Baltimore the name of LANSDALE G. SAsscER. It was my privilege to appear before the convention and present Mr. SASSCER's name in nomination from that section of the State.

Today I have the privilege, but not the happy one I had at that time, of appearing before this body to tell you that today winds up approximately 30 years of public service for my colleague from Maryland, LANSDALE G. SASSCER. He has served well, not only the State of Maryland but the country as a wpole. Always earnest and sincere, he has built h is career upon conscientiously serving his community, the State, and the Nation.

Mr. SAsscER served as a member of the Maryland Senate from 1922-38, as majority fioor leader and president of that body in 1935-37. He was elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress, February 3, 1939, and has served continuously to the present time. He put all his energy into every task he was called upon to perform. He performed his work well, establishing a fine record of achievement as a member of the Committee on Armed Services. He is a man of sound judgment and as a result of our close association I have had ample opportunity to observe his astuteness as a Member of Congress and his unswerving devotion to duty.

I feel it is a distinct loss to not only the State of Maryland but to the Congress of the United States that Mr. SASSCER is now retiring into private life. and I know that all Members of the House join with me in wishing him many, many years of continuing useful service to his State and country.

Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. DEVEREUX].

Mr. DEVEREUX. Mr. Speaker, I would like to join my colleague, the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. FALLON] in paying tribute to the long and faithful service rendered the community and the country by our colleague, the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. SASSCER].

Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the majority leader [Mr. McCoRMACK].

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I join my distinguished friend the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. FALLON] and also my colleague the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. DEVEREUX], in the remarks that they have made about our friend, LANSDALE SASSCER, a man of quiet but effective activity; a man who is serious in committee and serious in the performance of his duties on the floor of the House; a man who is devoted to representing his people in as effective a way as is possible, and also in representing the people of our country in -connection with the serious problems that come before the House during his years of service in this body. He is a remarkable gentle-

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man and an outstanding legislator and a great American.

I am very glad, I repeat, to join my friends in paying this tribute to LAN'sDALE SASSCER, a tribute that he SO richly deserves.

Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. RAN~N]. .

Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I desire to join the gentleman from Maryland and others in paying tribute to our distinguished friend, LANSDALE SASSCER. I regret more than I can express to you to see him leave this House. I have a feeling of friendship for him that even extends beyond our service in the House. Our daughters were classmates at college, and I learned more about LANSDALE SASSCER in those days, as a devoted husband and father, than I could have ever learned in the Congress of the United States.

He has been a most useful Member of this House, a patriotic American, and one whose services will long be remembered. I join in expressing my profound regret at seeing him leave this body, and wish for him many, many more years of happiness and prosperity.

Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. PHILBIN].

Mr. PHILBIN. Mr. Speaker, I am very proud and very much privileged to join the other Members of the House who have lauded the record of our dear friend, LANSDALE SASSCER. I served for several years with him on the Committee on Armed Services and I know of no man in the House whom I more greatly esteem or more greatly admire than LANSDALE SAsscER. During his service here, he has made a tremendous contribution; he has been faithful and a devoted servant of the people.; he has exhibited great purposefulness and determination in all matters that he has undertaken. He has been an outstanding Congressman.

I greatly regret his departure from this body and wish for him and his family good health, success, prosperity, and happiness in the future.

Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. DuRHAM].

Mr. DURHAM. Mr. Speaker, I served on the Committee on Armed Services With LANSDALE SASSCER for the past SeVeral years. His services on that committee have been outstanding. He is devoted to his duty.

Mr. Speaker, all adjournment days are sad, but for some reason· or other today seems to be much sadder than some of the other adjournments of this Congress. I am losing a number of friends here in this House who have been very helpful to me.

LANSDALE SASSCER has as Wide a knowledge of naval affairs as any member we have on our committee. Our committee. operating as it does, made up partly of members from the old Committee on Military Affairs and the old Committee on Naval Affairs, has made up a team which, in my opinion, will be hard to surpass so far as carrying out its duty to see to the security of our country. ·LANSDALE SAsscER has contributed much to that. I

join with his friends from Maryland in wishing him a happy retirement from this body.

Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. SHAFER].

Mr. SHAFER. Mr. Speaker, I should like to say just a word about LANSDALE SAsscER. . I dislike very much to see him leave the Congress. We have served together on the Committee on Armed Services. I have always found him diligent, able, and very friendly, one who has been always willing to go along with one who has the right ideas. I hate to see LANsDALE SASSCER leave this Congress.

Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. GARMATZ].

Mr. GARMATZ. Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to my colleague, the dean of the Maryland delegation, LANSDALE G. SASSCER, who will not be with us the next session of Congress.

Six years ago when I came here to Washington I did not hesitate to go to our dean and seek his advice and guidance. He was a great help to me.

In addition to his services here, he served his country in France during World War I. He has been in public life since 1922. Today is his thirtieth year as a legislator, including service in both the Maryland Senate and here in the House of Representatives. He began his work in the State Senate of Maryland, where he served until 1938. For the last 4 years of his term in the Maryland Senate he served as president of the senate. Since 1939 he has been a Member of the House of Representatives and a member of the very important Committee on Armed Services. He has been an outstanding example of a public servant, being very capable, conscientious, and valuable. His services will be sorely missed by both the State and the Nation. He will be greatly missed by me and the other members of the Maryland delegation, and I am sure by many Members of the House.

May I say in closing, Mr. Speaker, that I think I can say for our friend, LANSDALE G. SASSCER, that he has been a devoted husband, a devoted father, a fine friend, a statesman, and a great legislator. In the years to come may he always enjoy the best and the finest things of life.

Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. BAILEY].

Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, of all the close attachments I have made since coming to the Congress, one of the most outstanding has been the distinguished gentleman from Maryland [Mr. SAsscERJ. I admire somebody who fights for what he thinks is right. I have found it necessary· to do so since becoming a Member of Congress. I remember the outstanding fight the gentleman from Maryland put up to improve the situation on Federal Route 1, known as the Baltimore Highway, out at Peace Cross. I have pledged to the gentleman from Maryland, since he will not be a Member of the Eighty-third Congress, that if I succeed in coming

9642 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 5 back to Congress I will' take his place in the fight to improve that situation. I made that promise to the gentleman and I shall carry it out. In closing may I say I am sure that Members of the House will miss his genial smile and his assistance when assistance was needed in any worth-while piece of legislation in the House.

Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. SIEMINSKI] .

Mr. SIEMINSKI. Mr. Speaker, as a new Member in the House, I think it is a fine thing to be given a few minutes to praise Mr. SASSCER. It is fortunate for Members like myself, new in these halls, to be able to meet gentlemen like Mr. SAsscER, not only here but personally and privately where I came to know him very well. He has been an inspiration, and on occasion has related his great background, not of his own choice, but because I asked him about it. It might interest the membership to know .that Mr. SAsscER is a combat veteran of World War I where he served with great distinction as a first lieutenant. At 59 years of age, he is still as vigorous as his life shows him to have been in the past. He has a wonderful family and a charming wife. He is going to return to the practice of law, and is going to continue to contribute to the welfare of his State as he has here in these halls contributed to the welfare of the Nation. Mr. SASSCER 1s 1 of 38 Members of the House who will not be with us next session-not counting the turn-over we might have next November. I would like to salute him at this moment on behalf of my district, my family, and myself. Our dinner together at the Congressional Hotel with Mrs. Sasscer, Mrs. Sieminski, Congressman Sasscer, and myself is a delightful memo~y. Good wishes to you, Mr. SAsscER, and to your sweet lady and wonderful wife and family-Godspeed. You will be back.

Here follows, Mr. Speaker, more about Congressman SASSCER, from Who's Who:

(From Who's Who in America, vol. 27, 1952-53]

SAsscER, LANSDALE G., born Upper Marlboro, Md., September 30, 1893; son of Frederick and Lucy (Clagett); bachelor of laws, Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pa., 1914; married Agnes Cofiren, February 15, 1919. Children Agnes Lansdale (Mrs. Hal B. Clagett, Jr.), Lucy Clagett (Mrs. W. Murray Sanders), Landsdale, Jr., admitted to Maryland bar, 1915, and since practiced in Upper Marlboro; member firm of Sasscer & Diggs since 1939; member Maryland Senate, 1922-38; president, 1934-38; Member Seventy-seventh to Eightysecond Congresses ( 1941-53), Fifth Maryland District; publisher, The Enquirer Gazette (with S. A. Wyvill); director County Trust Co., Hyattsville Building Association, Pleasant Building Association.

Served as first lieutenant, Artillery, United States Army, AEF. Member American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Democrat; Episcopalian; Mason, IOOF, WOW, Elks; clubs, Lions (Upper Marlboro), Beaver Dam Country (Landover). Home, Upper Marlboro, Md.

Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members who desire to do so may extend their remarks at this point.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. FALLON]?

There was no objection. Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, LANS•

DALE G. SAsscER has been an outstanding Member of this House. Learned in the law, he came to Congress well equipped for service here. The gentleman from Maryland [Mr. SAsscER] is a fine type of man, able, conscientious, patriotic. His family life is ideal. He has a lovely family. I wish for him and all his loved ones many happy years together.

HON. MARVIN JONES, CHIEF JUDGE, COURT OF CLAIMS

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the present consideration of a resolution <H. Res. 743). which I send to the Clerk's desk.

The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

Resolved, That the transcript of the proceedings incident to the presentation of a portrait of Chief Judge Marvin Jones to the House Committee on Agriculture on Friday, June 27, 1952, be printed as a House document.


table.

FURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A further message from the Senate, by Mr. Landers, its clerk, announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the amendments to the bill <H. R. 7391) entitled "An act making appropriations for the Department of Defense and related independent agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes."

Senate agrees to House amendments to Senate amendments Nos. 4, 26, 37, 44, 53, and 63; be it further

Resolved, That the Senate further insist upon its amendment numbered 43 to the above-entitled bill, and ask a further conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon. .

Ordered, That Mr. O'MAHONEY, Mr. HAYDEN, Mr. RussELL, Mr. CHAVEZ, Mr. BYRD, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. BRIDGES, Mr. KNOWLAND, and Mr. SALTONSTALL be conferees on the part of the Senate.

The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the amendments to the bill (H. R. 8122) entitled "An act to continue· the existing method of computing parity prices for basic agricultural commodities, and for other purposes."

The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the amendments to the bill <H. R. 7800) entitled "An act to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase old-age and survivors insurance benefits, to preserve insurance rights of

permanently and totally disabled individuals, and to increase the amounts of earnings permitted without loss of benefits, and for other purposes."

The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the amendments to the bill (H. R. 7391) entitled "An act' making appropriations for the Department of Defense and related independent agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes." · The message also announced that the Senate had passed without amendment bills of the House of the following titles:

H. R. 6007. · An act to authorize the improvement of Humboldt Bay, Calif., as recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 143, Eighty-second Congress, first session;

H. R. 6515. An act for the relief of Tracy Ann Corley (Elisabeth Lecorche); and

H. R. 6812. An act to provide that the existing project for a navigation channel on the Guadalupe River, Tex., be incorporated with and made a part of the project for the Gul! Intracoastal Waterway.

HON. ROBERT L. DOUGHTON Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I want to

pay a tribute to God's masterpiece of magnificent manhood, ROBERT LEE DoUGHTON, the great man of the mountains. A man who has lived magnificently and by his life and labor and love has enriched the world. The good and the great deeds he has done are but the embroideries of his life. The real core of his strength and greatness is his mighty heart. As he lays down his flawless armor, none shall find a stain upon his shield. He has never been ·cruel, but always he has been courageous. He has always been willing to compose differences, but never has he been willing to compromise principles. By his service he has built many living monuments in the hearts and lives of his people.

In this, the grand and golden hour of his great life, and in the full flower of his greatest achievements, he has taken kindly the counsel of the years and he gracefully surrenders the things of· youth. When he walks from this Chamber the cloak of an Elijah will fall from his broad shoulders and never again shall it be worn so well. In the twilight he will see the glories of his achievements and receive his sweetest compensations. -

Today he is the most distinguished and best beloved son of his native State and all North Carolinians everywhere will remember him by the ·eloquence of his actions, the nobility of his soul and the simplicity of his life, and will love him and cherish his friendship. He has by his life exemplied all of the fine virtues and tender sensibilities of true man. hood.

I would violate the proprieties of this occasion if I should attempt to enumerate the multitude of his accomplishments. I shall sum it all up by saying, RoBERT LEE :DouGHTON is one of God Al· mighty's really good and great men, and

- ~ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE 9643 a ·paragon of manhood. ~ Vle , shall ~ not soon see his like again. As one by one great men ·leave ·th1s· forum, and as I contemplate the· joys of my friendships and time takes its toll, I find · some little comfort in the words of Thomas Moore. I think the name of the poem is Farewell, and these are some of the ·lines as I recall them: Let fate do her worst, there are relies of joy Sweet dreams of the past which she cannot

destroy, That come in the nighttime of sorrow and

care And bring back the features that .joy used

to wear, Like the vase in which roses have once been

distilled. You may break, you may shatter the vase

if you will, But the scent of the roses will cling 'round

it still.

I am delighted to have this opportunity to publicly thank my dearly beloved friend for all of the many kindnesses and· courtesies which he has accorded me during my service in Congress. He has helped me in a thousand ways: and in more than a thousand ways I am grateful to him.

The sun will never set on the dominIons of his greatness. On the sunset seas of life his sails are set for pleasant ports. He is going ·back to the hills of home and to the scenes of tits childhood; back to the land of his ancestors and to the household from which he sprang. His treasure chest of memories will be filled With the love and affection of all who have known him well, and when the curtains of heaven unfold he will receive the crowning glories which only come to a righteous man. His proud spirit shall never be distressed by fears that are born of fatigue or loneliness, for he shall never be tired and surely he shall never walk alone. His sterling character is the Gibralter of his lffe and it shall shield and sustain him; and thousands of friendships and the gratitude of: a great Nation will give him comfort. May God give us more men like Bos DoUGHTON.

· I yield to my colleague from North Carolina [Mr. HAMILTON. C. J-oNES].'

Mr. · HAMILTON C. JONES. Mr." Speaker. in the year · 1910 there was elected to the Congress of the United States-which was then the Sixty-second Congress-a North Carolinian who has rendered to his Nation and its people exceptional and outstanding serviceservice that is excelled by few men who served in the Congress since the founding of the United States of America.

The length of his service extended over a period of 42 years, covering each session of the Congress from the Sixtysecond through the Ei~dity-second Congresses. Before being elected to Congress he was an outstanding farmer and banker, living in the mountains of North Carolina at Laurel Springs in Alleghany County, and had served his State most capably in several offices, climaxed by his election to the State senate in 1908, arid served his State in 'this responsible position as a senator, indicating thereby that he possessed the qualities of. sp~endid leadership and statesmanship. From

his entrance· into Congress, he early became a leader and was one of the outstanding Democratic Members of Con.;, gress during the long period of 42 years, serving as chairman of the important Ways and Means Committee of the House continuously since 1933, with the excep:.. tion of 2 years during the Eightieth Congress.

There are few men who have served the Nation who are better qualified and possess greater intelligence and good, hard common sense than ROBERT L. DoucHTON. The qualities that he possesses that made him the great man that he is cannot be dealt with satisfactorily in the short discussion that I am making here before the Congress at this time, but the following qualities are outstanding:

First. Patriotic citizen: He is a credit and an honor to the county and State that furnished him and to the Nation that he has served with such patriotic loyalty and fervor that no man would dare to question his loyalty or integrity or his fervent respect and love for his State and Nation.

Second. Successful businessman: In business, in spite of his manifold and very active career in the Congress, he continued his successful business career, which was started prior to the time he entered the Congress and has continued up until the present time. Thls is probablY one of the qualities which made him such a great statesman and placed the businessmen of America under real obligation to him.

Third. Devoted Christian: Through .. · out his life he has been an activ-e; conscientious member of the Baptist Church and set an example of real Christianity to his family and his fi"iends.

Fourth. Brilliant -Congressman: Throughout the active period in which Congressman DouGHTON served his Nation, he probably established a record as a solon unexcelled by few men in the history of the Congress of the United States. He probably is the best authority on taxes in the Nation, his knowledge resting on good, hard common sense and ability and being developed year by year as the head of the great Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives. People who know him well, such as his colleagues and associates in the Congress, really appreciate the greatness of the man and his unexcelled service to his country in difficult fiscal matters. · "Mr. Bob" is one of the most lovable

and devoted friends that a man could have. This is especially ·impressive on the Members of Congress who have been fortunate enough to be his colleagues during his service in the House. How we can get along without him is impossible to solve. Personally, I shall miss him every day I am in the Congress, and feel as though I have lost a close member of my family, for "Mr. Bob" not only appeals to your heart, but he is just about the youngest, the ablest, and the most interesting associate that any person could possibly claim as a friend.

In his retirement the Congress is losing a great arid brilliant leader and

statesman, who leaves· a record of 4.2 years · of service that is unexcelled in the history of a Nation that has pro.:. duced many brilliant leaders since obtaining its independence from the British Government.

In conclusion, may I add that we Members of the Congress, and especially his colleagues from North Carolina, are all devoted to "Uncle Bob" and are unable to appraise the loss that comes to us and to the Nation upon the retirement from an active career in the Congress of this great man.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished gentleman from New York [Mr. REED].

Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker, lf I were to address the House at this particular time at considerable length I suppose I would slow up business that we have yet to transact, but I cannot lose the opportunity of paying the highest tribute possible to my good and beloved chairman, Mr. DoUGHTON. · During the First World War I was going over a highway leading up to Verdun, France. It was the only highway that was available for the French troops to transport their military supplies. The battle was raging around this historic city, The enemy had spotted this one highway and the shells had blasted .out great holes, stopping traffic for miles. It was in this crisis that there. ~ppeared old men, 80 and 90 years old. They kept coming by the hundreds, and as they arrived they said to the boys who were trying to fill these .shell holes to release traffic, "Go to the front, boyswe'll keep this highway open." No word had gone out to the old men of France, but they came with wheelbarrows, shovels and pick-axes. Later this highway was named the "Sacred Highway", in honor of the old men of France. There is a lesson that we may draw from this-and that is that men are never too old to serve their Nation in the time of crisis.

I wish to say now that with the mental and physical vigor of Chairman DoucHTON that if and when this country may be in need of his services he will be at the front lines discharging his duty with ability and fidelity.

I have heretofore often spoken of Mr. DoUGHTON as one whom we love and honor. He has been fair and just to the minority, and we certainly appreciate it. Mr. DOUGHTON is a hard fighter, a s:Prewd trader, but after all he is honest and considerate in every way. I am not going . to speak at length, but I am reminded of a verse which I think applies to him, and explains why he has attained to his fine position in public life. It has been said:

Bad will be the day for every man when he_ becomes absolutely contented with the life he is living, With the thoughts he Is thinking, with the deeds he is doing; when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger which he knows he was meant and made to do.

Mr. Speaker, our good chairman whom we honor today is just that type of man. There has been beating at the

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door of his soul throughout his life a great desire to do something larger, greater, and finer for his State and his country, which in his heart he knew he was meant and made to do for his country. He has done just that. I can only say as he leaves the Congress of the United States that in his retirement I hope that he will be happy, prosperous, and contented, and furthermore that he will return to see us whenever the spirit moves him to do so.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. DURHAM].

Mr. DURHAM. Mr. Speaker, taking the floor on this occasion to me is the saddest moment I have experienced since I became a Member of this House. To try to put into words what to say about this character we are speaking of here is almost impossible for me to do. His life has covered so much and it has meant so much to every American citizen, not just his own State, his own family, his own delegation, but his influence has been felt throughout America.

When he came to this body in 1911 the expenditures of this Government were something like $600,000,000 with an income of around $700,000,000. Think of what it is today. Think of the growth of this Nation in those 42 years of his life as a Member of this body, at all times carrying on the responsibilities of a public servant, being chairman of the .Ways and Means Committee longer than any other Member that has served in this body, in a position that touches the life of every American citizen.

He has carried out his duty to his Nation efficiently and honestly, and I believe he has carried out his duty in a manner fair to all American citizens. Sometimes, of course, he is referred to as "MULEY" DauGHTON, but when he is referred to as "Muley," meaning stubborn in making a decision, the decision is usually fair and in the best interest of all citizens and not for some particular pressure group.

He is not only a gift to this body and to this Nation, his life has been a gift to his own State of North Carolina.

I like to think of him in his early days. All Members here do not know of his background. He was a successful horse trader, he was a successful farmer, he has been a successful banker. Every .. thing that he has touched with his hands has resulted in a very successful enterprise. And it has not been done in a selfish manner but for the benefit of his country and for the benefit of his people, whether it be Alleghany County or here in this body.

To me he has meant so much since I have been a Member of this body it is impossible to enumerate all at this time. I have been to him on many occasions when I did not know what decision to make. At all times I can say that he has given me sound advice, advice which I deeply appreciated. Think of his age today. On November 7 he will be 89 years of age. How many Members of this body will look as vigorous and be as active as he is today at that age? We do not like to lose him. The North

Carolina delegation will probably feel the loss more than other Members. He goes back to those beautiful rolling hills and I hope he will live many more years in peace and happiness.

May God bless you with many more years of good health and happiness. I will miss you.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. BoGGS].

Mr. BOGGS of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, there are men who in times of stress and strain provide the strength and the leadership required by a great . Nation. I believe that when the history of these turbulent and difficult days is written that one of the names which will shine brightest Will be that of BOB DOUGHTON, of North Carolina. Some men labor in the glory of the hero's reward and others just have to labor long and hard and diligently. BOB DOUGHTON has had a difficult job, sometimes the impossible job, of providing the revenues for operating the Government of the United States of America during its most difficult and crucial days. While many others have had the satisfaction of great publicity and acclaim, there is very little praise that ever comes to a man who has the job of raising taxes. But there is no job more vital or more important. BoB DouGHTON can leave the Congress of the United States after having served longer than any man in our entire history as chairman of the great Committee on Ways and Means with the knowledge that despite the tremendous demands for :revenues and for taxes he, through his guidance, has been able to meet that demand and still maintain the fiscal solvency of this great Nation. It has not been an easy task. As a matter of fact, BoB DouGHTON is not an easy-going man. Someone told me in his office not too long ago that in his later years he had to become a little less energetic; that he did not come to his office at 5 a. m. any more; that he set it back until sometimes as late as 6:30, but usually at 6 a. m.

I must say it was an inspiration to serve on his committee, and while many Members find that oftentimes it is impossible to be there each time the gavel falls, because of some important business, practically without exception the chairman has been there. If there was one witness or 25 witnesses, he stayed there and heard them through. If the executive sessions lasted 1 day or 6 weeks or even 3 or 4 months, as some of them did, he was there on the job every day, every week, every month.

I say that BoB DoUGHTON has been a great inspiration to all of us and a great consolation to Americans. Those of little faith sometimes say that today we do not produce great leaders, men of faith, men of character, men of will, men of integrity. I say that Uncle BOB DOUGHTON, or "Muley" BoB DOUGHTON, or Chairman BOB DOUGHTON, or Farmer BOB DouGHTON, call him what you will, gives the lie to all of those men of little faith.

Uncle Bob, you have been an inspiration to me. You have been an inspiration to every American. I am sorry that you are leaving because you are the most vigorous man in the House of Repre-

sentatives. God bless you and keep you always.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. PRIEST].

Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, many times when I have sat before some great masterpiece of art, of painting, of sculpture, of architecture, or even before the great masterpieces of Nature such as the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls, I have felt, as all of us feel on such occasions, the inadequacy of words and the limitations of language.

I have a feeling somewhat akin to that as I take the floor to say just a word or two out of my heart about our good and great colleague, Uncle BoB DouGHTON, as he plans to retire from the House of Representatives.

He is a man so much bigger than anything I can say about him that I feel pretty nearly speechless on such an occasion. I say that very sincerely, for I do appreciate the bigness of his heart and his soul and his mind and, yes, the bigness of that very fine and vigorous body. Many times when I have left this Chamber, tired and worn, at the end of a day, and started to the House Office Building, somebody has passed me going at a pretty rapid stride, and I would look up and there was Mr. DouGHTON going back to his office, walking fast, with his head up. Invariably, when that hac; happened, I have straightened up myself and shuffled off just a bit of that weariness that had overcome me at the end of the day.

I say to my good friend from North Carolina, you have been an inspiration in many ways to me during my service in the House of Representatives. Without taking any more time on this occasion, I join every Member of this House on both sides of the aisle in wishing for you the very fullest measure of God's richest blessings in all the days that lie ahead. May God bless you always.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina. [Mr. BARDEN].

Mr. BARDEN. Mr. Speaker, while I am not much at putting together adjectives, I do have the ability to love and admire a great man. When I came to this body 18 years ago he was more help to me than anyone I know. He led me around, so to speak, and I expect through the years if my votes were checked, you would probably find more of them alongside of Mr. DaUGHTON's than any other one man in the House of Representatives. There is a reason for that. That is because I admire him and trust him absolutely. I have known his family. My first acquaintance with a member of his family was when I served in the State Legislature of North Carolina with his older brother. He was the same type, a hard-working, squareshooting, solid American that our friend, Uncle Bob, is. You know I was out in my garden sometime ago working, and I had a man helping me. He stopped work and said, "Do you know Mr. BoB DOUGHTON?" I said, "Certainly, I do, Do you?" He said, "Yes, sir." And he said, "I was just thinking-the hardest day's work I ever did in my life was try-

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9645 ing· to pack down hay as fast as Mr. Bob would throw it on the wagon."

Now, Mr. Bob has been tossing not hay, but some very fine legislation for the American people for many years. He has the ability of just summing up a thing in a very few words, and when he expresses it he does it just right and you can talk for an hour. I recall very distinctly it was not so long ago when someone was calling for a degree of taxation in the committee, which Uncle Bob did not think was practical, and which he thought would probably seriously injure those who were to pay the taxes. He felt it was taking practically all at one time. Well, instead of arguing the question and giving all the reasons and illustrations, Mr. Bob just disposed of the matter by saying, "You can shear a sheep once a year, but you can skin him only once." Now that is language that anyone can understand. I do not know how to express my thanks for the privilege of being associated with him. The whole State of · North Carolina loves BoB DoumiTON and trusts him, and if you do not believe they do, you just go down and tell somebody in North Carolina that Mr. Bob is wrong about somethingthat kind of talk just will ·not go over. They have a right to trust him-the high and the low. And not only do they trust him, they respect him. When he goes back to . his home, he will be the same leading citizen in that community, and ·he will still make great contributions to this Nation. He will make those contributions tnrough the young people in many instances who will have bim as an example to go by. He is an inspiration to the young and the old. If anybody thinks he is not going to keep up with this situation, I would suggest that some ·of you try to keep up with him from· here to the New House Office BuHding when this session breaks up. We are just so glad to have the opportunity to serve with him-and Mr. Bob, the best of luck to you and that comes from the bottom of my heart.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Florida [Mr. ROGERS]. . Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I am glad to have an opportunity to ·pay tribute to a great man when he can hear what I say,

Mr. DauGHTON has made a great contribution to public service. We all know what he has done in the field of taxation, as stated by our good friend from Louisiana [Mr. BoGGs]. When he leaves here we will miss his wisdom and his guidance.

I want to make a comparison of some ·of the outstanding leaders of history, and I say this to Uncle Bob: ·He is a Moses with his meekness; a Job with his patience; a Lincoln with his honesty; a Robert E. Lee with his character; and a Solomon with his wisdom; a Patrick Henry with his patriotism.

I read a little poem which I have before me, and in rereading it I am going to dedicate it · to Uncle Bob. I think

·Josiah Gilbert Holland, the author of this poem, had him in mind when he wrote this poem. I think he fulfills and fills full the sentiments expressed by

this poem. He is the answer to this poem entitled "Wanted": God glve us men. A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and

ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill: Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor-men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue, And damn his treacherous fi.atteries without

winking. Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the

fog In public duty, and in private thinking: For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn

creeds, Their large professions and their little deeds, Mingle in selfish strife, lo I Freedom weeps, Wrong rules the land, and waiting justice

sleeps. ·

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman frvm Mississippi [Mr. RANKIN].

Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I desire to endorse everything that has been said about my distinguished friend BoB DaUGHTON. He was one of the first men I met when I came to Congress and he and his wife, one of the most glorious women I have ever ·known, lived in the -same building with us for many years. I have never had a better friend. I realize he is up in years, but I regret to see him leave this Congress. He is young in mind and in spirit.

The average Member does not seem to realize it, but the oldest man who ever served in the Congress of the United States was from North Carolina, Maj. Charles M. Stedman, who was here when I first came to Congress. He was the last Confederate veteran to ·serve in this body.

I cannot adequately express my feelings as I see so many men, so many fine men, so many great Americans like BoB DOUGHTON, LEONARD HALL, and others leave this House never to return.

I am reminded of the expression of Thomas Moore, when he said in effect:

Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain hath bound me

Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me :

The smiles, the tears, Of former years,

The words of love then spoken, The eyes that shone, Now dimmed and gone,

The cheerful hearts now broken I

When I remember all The friends, so linked together,

I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather,

I feel like one Who treads alone

Some banquet hall deserted. Whose lights are fied, Whose garlands dead,

And all but he departed I

When I see these distinguished men · who have gone through the fiery fur

nace, who have done so much for their country in the years gone by, leaving the Congress of the United States as they are doing today, when I look back and see others I have known that poem comes back to me and I feel as if I am treading alone some "banquet hall deserted whose lights are fled, whose garland's dead, and all but he departed."

Mr. DauGHTON, I want you to know that you take witlt you my lasting friendship that has grown throughout the long years we have served together.

God bless you with many, many more years of a useful and happy life.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Texas [Mr. RAYBURN].

Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, when I think of BOB DOUGHTON I think of a

. great forest of big trees, and the biggest tree in the forest is inscribed "BoB DauGHTON." He is a towering man, a giant physically, a giant mentally, and a giant in character; he is that fine type of human being who is generous to a fault yet courageous as a lion. When you meet him in combat many times you may think he is cruel, because he can argue his side of the question better than you unless you are mighty, mighty well prepared.

He came here just 2 years before I did. I lived in a hotel with a Senator from North Carolina before I came to know Mr. DauGHTON. He was discussing Mr. DouGHTON with me one day and he said: "He is the greatest campaigner in North Carolina. They call him Farmer Bob and nobody can beat Farmer Bob, and nobody can put on a greater or a more winning campaign than BoB DauGHTON.~·

Young in spirit with a mind as keen as it ever \vas and physically fit, just why he is leaving is something that some of us cannot quite ~nderstand, but ·maybe he wants to go back and do like he did when he was a boy out on the farm, work 6 days a week from sun to sun. I have had this experience myself. There would be a great big tree in the yard, and on Sunday we would sit under that tree or lie under that tree and just rest. Maybe he has a tree; and, remembering the times that he rested under the tree, perhaps he wants to take a little time out just to rest some more. If there is a man alive today who deserves a rest, it is he; because, being chairman of the great Committee on Ways and Means longer than any other man in the history of the Congress he has labored faithfully, long hours, day in and day out, month in and mo.nth out, year in and year out. This country is a better country for BoB DaUGHTON having lived in it. My life is better and richer because I have known a man like BOB DOUGHTON. I shall always remember, my dear friend, your many courtesies and kindnesses to me, I shall remember with gratitude and thanks your great service to your day and generation and the favors that you have done for me and every other human being under the flag.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. HALLECK].

Mr. HALLECK. Mr. Speaker, I recognize that to attempt to say something about BOB DOUGHTON following the magnificent tribute of the Speaker is a difficult assignment, but I want to add my word of appreciation to BoB DoUGHTON.

It is a great privilege to serve in the House of Representatives, but service here also carries a great responsibility.

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That responsibility heightens as Members come to important positions in the House of Representatives. To be chairman of the great Committee on Ways and Means is one of the most responsible positions in this House.

The Ways and Means Committee, dealing as it does with the problems of taxation, is dealing constantly with the very lifeblood of America. The power vested in that committee as it proceeds from month to month and year to year to recommend legislation on taxation to the · House of Representatives deals with what I think is one of the most important functions of a free representative government because all of us must realize that in the plans of taxation and in the applications of taxation, the country will either survive and prosper as a free land or it can go down to destruction and ruin.

Chairman DOUGHTON sits on the oppo~ite side of the aisle from me but while that political aisle has separated us, I have always found in him an earnest, patriotic American who sought above everything else to do the best job he could for his country.

I have spoken of" the privilege and the responsibility of being a Member of Congress. There are compensations for being a Member of Congress. Certainly there must be a great compensation for the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. DoUGHTON] when he hears us say that his fine service here. dealing with these vital problems before us has contributed to the survival of our country, yes, has given us assurance that this great land as it has come to us shall be given to those following us in the pattern and in the form that it came to us. For that BoB DouaHTON is as worthy of favorable commendation from the American people as any man who sits among us.

As he leaves the Halls of Congress, I just want him to know, and I think I ·speak for the membership generally, that we appreciate his stalwart .fight for the things he believes to be right and, yes, on almost every occasion the membership generally has believed to be right and fair for ourselves and for the generations yet to come and his great patriotic service here in the House of Representatives.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. CHATHAM].

Mr. CHATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I speak of Uncle BoB DouaHTON in a more personal way. Since I was old enough to walk he has been a visitor in my grandfather's home and my father's home. He and my father were the closest of personal friends. When my father died many years ago I came to Uncle Bob for advice and counsel, and I have been coming ever since. When I came here in the Eighty-first Congress, I saw an-other side that I had not known. He has done something that should be a great example and a great help to future generations who go into politics in this country. He has voted and worked absolutely fearlessly for what he thought was right. He never minded breaking with his own party in Washington, with his own Democratic administration, and

his freedom from any domination politically made it so that he not only turned a Republican district in North Carolina into the Democratic Party, but he has never lost a nomination, he has never lost an election and he, as the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. CooLEY] said, is the most outstanding beloved man in North Carolina. He is an example for the younger people coming along. If they vote their convictions and not figure what that vote is going to mean and follow Mr. DouGHTON's example, I am quite certain they will go further in their political ambitions and in the service of the country than many people whom you can never put your finger on. He has been a fearless, courageous, upright and a Christian man. His family and my family have been friends for generations. One of his sons is one of my closest friends. I know him through and through. I can never repay my debt of gratitude personally for the wise advice and friendship he has given me. I can say from my heart that he has affection for me, because I know it, and I have such deep affection for him that I can hardly stand to see him leave this House. God bless him always.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. CRossER].

Mr. CROSSER. Mr. Speaker, there has passed almost 40 years since as a young man beginning my service· in Congress I met BoB DOUGHTON. I was a young fellow, of course, and he was a mature man. We had some earnest discussions in our day, but we always entertained the very best feeling toward each other. Bob is the kind of a man who could and would respect the views of another person if ' he knew that they were the earnest, conscientious views, how· ever much they might differ from his own. He was always forthright and genuine, and when I say a man is genuine I pay him the greatest compliment I can pay to anyone. I think you might sum Up BOB DOUGHTON'S qualities in the language of John Ruskin when he said, "Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous; to be this is to be truly great." I think Bob comes pretty well within that description, and although he is a few years older than I am, that will not make me jealous. I wish that Bob would stay in Congress for many more years. I know that everyone here agrees with the sentiment of Edwin Markham expressed in the words which I quote, as follows: There is a destiny that makes us brothers.

None goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others

Comes back into our own.

Farewell, Bob. We shall not say good· by._ We shall all be anxious to see you from time to time and to enjoy your company.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished majority leader.

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, the thought has often run through my mind as to what would be my recollections after I have terminated my service in this body and return to my home and my city to live for what remaining years might lie ahead of me. I have answered that

question by saying to myself that I do not think my recollections would be of what I thought was some great speech I had made or some outstanding measure I had introduced or the contribution I had made to the enactment into law of some outstanding bill. Rather, one of my prominent thoughts would be of my friends of yesterday, particularly those with whom I had served in this great and distinguished body.

I know that one of my sweetest memories Will be of BOB DOUGHTON. In my book of memories one of the foremost pages will be devoted to this fine, capable gentleman, who after 42 years of devoted service to his district, his State, and our country, is voluntarily re· tiring from Congress.

To me he has been an example of devotion to duty as well of many other characteristics, and his example has tended to ennoble me and others to whom he is and has been an inspiration. For 10 years I served on the Committee on Ways and Means and saw the masterful manner in which he as chairman of that committee conducted the hearings, the deliberations, and the affairs of that great committee. He is an indefatigable worker, a man of sincerity, a man of extreme fairness to all the members and to any witnesses that appeared before the committee.

During those 10 years I came to learn of BoB DoUGHTON's greatness as well as his humility. During the years I have been leader of this House our relation· ship has been very, ·very close. Not only will my associations with him be a pleas· ant memory as long as I live but the friendship that exists between us will remain indelibly and lastingly upon my mind.

As I stand here my mind goes back through the years I have been in this body with this distinguished gentleman and friend of mine, and I see again sitting up in the gallery that sweet girl he married many, many years ago. There comes to my mind the thought of how often Mrs. McCormack has talked with Mrs. Doughton. They often sat together up in that gallery. The thoughts of Mrs. Doughton were always about you, Bob. "Is he· wearing his tie right"those sweet little sentiments a wife has for the husband she loves. I am making this expression because I know you, Bob, would like to hear it. Very often when Mrs. McCormack and I are having din .. ner or chatting about this or that thing·, she will talk about the late Mrs. Doughton and the fine, sweet, beautiful lady that she was, and how her whole life was wrapped up in this sweet but firm and determined gentleman. I am not relating this for any sentimental rea .. sons other than to show the close union and the love that existed between Bob and the late Mrs. Doughton throughout their entire married life, and how in .. separable they were. United in marriage as one, and living through their long married life as one.

Mr. Speaker, I am very sorry to see Bob retire voluntarily.- But in the exer· cise of his judgment that is his decision. He has served in this body for 42 years. The people of his district and the peo·

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pie of North Carolina can well -be proud of the services and contributions he has made toward the preservation and strengthening and progress of our country. The people of the United States are greatly indebted to him for his contributions during these many years.

In the annals of the Congress of the United States, and in the history of our Nation, the historians of tomorrow will write BoB DauGHTON was one of the giants of the Congress of all times.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. DINGELL].

Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, before I am able to properly eulogize my good friend and colleague and leader, I should have to dig deep into the innermost recesses of my heart and soul. It is for that reason that I shall ask that the eulogy of "Daddy" DauGHTON wait for its continuance until I have gathered my thoughts properly in the solitude of my home. It will then occur that I shall write my feelings as I have been impressed with them over these many years of my association with him on the Committee on Ways and Means. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that I may be permitted to revise and extend my remarks and eulogize this · gnarled oak who has weathered the storm both here and in his beautiful hills of. North Carolina.

For the moment, may I only say God bless you,· "Daddy" DOUGHTON. .

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members who desire to do so may extend their remarks at this point.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from North Carolina?

There was no objection. TRIBUTE TO BOB DOUGHTON

Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, during these three terms I have been a Member of this House, on many occasions I have met him entering the Office Building where his congressional office is located, as early as 7 a. m. and 7: 15 in the morning. Upon some of these occasions and upon other occasions I have been blessed in the privilege of asking him a few questions. Always courteous, never too busy to be encouraging in his replies, he has been an inspiration to me. His firmness of opposition and his fairness in debate have been a joy to listen to these 6 years. In any forest of the tallest trees, Chairman DouGHToN's name is on the very tallest one. His practical application of the American way of life by reason of helping to protect and strengthen it in the realm of taxation policies and proceedures, will continue and endure forever in the foundations of our great Nation's progress. I shall personally miss his leadership and presence in all matters relating to the jurisdiction of the Ways and Means Committee.

Mr. MARTIN of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, it has been my privilege to serve on the Committee on Ways and Means for the past 6 years and throughout that time I have enjoyed the friendship of Hon. RoBERT L. DauGHTON to the utmost. I

have admired him for his abi.lity and devotion to duty and for his fairness and consideration to all members of the committee at all times.

Mr. DoUGHTeN's tenure as chairman of the . Committee on Ways and Means establishes the all-time record and his continuous service in Congress for 42 years is grand proof of his service and devotion to the people it has been his privilege and honor to represent in Congress and of their appreciation of his good work.

I join with my colleagues in extending the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. DouGHToNJ our thanks for his service and our tribute to him for his great record; also to extend him our best wishes for many happy years of enjoyment of leisure and pleasant associations with his friends and neighbors of his home community in his native State of North Carolina.

MR. DOUGHTON'S PRAISE

Mr. SIEMINSKI. Mr. Speaker, Congressman DouGHTON has just finished his magnificent talk. My heart, like his; is filled. So are my eyes. What a magnificent giant; he towers in every respect but most of all in love. -

Earlier today, I was asked to write a note or two to Mr. DauGHTON in a book being presented to the Congressman with sincere appreciation, gratitude, and devotion by Stella 0. Miller and Percy W. Meekins, his congressional office staff, Ways and Means Committee. I wrote down my sentiments.

But, Uncle Bob, after your soul-filling prayer to us all, I ask unanimous consent to reproduce here, my little message of thanks to you, so that as I read and reread your farewell message, which I predict will rank with any in our history, and which I intend to frame and to have before me all the days of my life, I can remember how you made me feel, even before you rose to speak. It follows:

AVE ATQUE VALS FRATER JuLY 5, 1952.

DEAR MR. DauGHTON: It is an honor for a first termer like myself to have the pleasure of addressing you, who have served our Nation so long, so ably, and faithfully, in this manner. It is a. handclasp that will serve me well.

And, just as you, in youth, received from others, old and wise in experience and inspiration, the best of their experience and inspiration, which you added to yqur career as you grew in greatness and devotion, so do you now, by this opportunity to me, <Jf talking with you this way, extend to me your hand in friendship and in trust for years to come.

And when I, like you, no matter when, leave the Congress, I trust that I shall still feel your hand clasped in friendship. For I shall try to pass on to others the spirit of service in our Nation's interest that you pass on to me.

Ave atque vale frater. Sincerely,

ALFRED D. SIEMINSKI, Member of Congress, Thirteenth

District, New Jersey.

WHo's WHO IN AMERICA, PAGE 727 DauGHTON, RoBERT L., Congressman; b.

Laurel Springs, N. c .. November 7, 1863; f;l. J. H. and .Rebecca. (Jones) D; ed. Laurel

Springs High Sch.: married Lillie S. Hix, 1898. Merchantile business, farmer and stock raiser, Laurel Spring_s, 1894-1911; Pres. Deposit and Savings Bank, North Wilkesboro, N. c., since Jan. 1911. Mem. N. C. Senate 1908--10; mem. 62d to 72d Congress ( 1911-38), 8th N. C. Dist. and 73d to 82d Congress. ( 1933-52), 9th N. C. Dist. Chmn. ways and means com. U. S. Ho. of Reps. 73d through 78th Congresses, Democrat. Mem. State Bd. of Agr. 1903-09, State Prison Board, 1909-11. Baptist. Home, Sparta, N. C.

God ·bless you Uncle Bob. There is indeed a hereafter. Else, why do we weep, so? Surely we shall all meet again. God's love is too great for other beliefs.

Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, I would like to say what a great privilege I have had in serving for the past 10 years as a member of the Ways and Means c:nn.,. mittee under the chairmanship of the distinguished · gentleman from North Carolina, Mr. RoBERT L. DauGHTON, who is today completing his great work . in the House of Representatives. Previous speakers have told of his remarkable leadership to his State and Nation; of his lofty character and high ideals; of his superb qualifications of leadership during the most difficult and trying. days of this Republic; of his complete understanding, sympathy, and consideration; of his courage and fidelity to duty: To all of these I subscribe, but I wish to express in my feeble way how much it has meant to me to sit at his feet and learn as all members of the committee have done. His wisdom and qualities of learning will greatly be missed in this body. May his remaining years be happy and glorious. I salute him as our great elder statesman.

Mr. KERR. Mr. Speaker, today Hon. RoBERT L. DauGHTON returns from his long service in the House of Representatives to retire to his home in the picturesque great mountains of North Carolina. He has served his State and his Nation well, and few men match his long service in the House of Representatives. His chairmanship of the Committee on Ways and Means gave him an opportunity to look after the finances of this Nation. For 42 years he has been connected with important legislation and has dealt with the greatest finance activities of any nation on this earth. Mr. DauGHTON is a great man, great in all respects, and his wonderful personality gives him the confidence of his fellowman and enables him to accomplish the achievements which he has done with great success for many, many years. I am proud to own the friendship of this great statesman, and I am sure that our personal friendship "is the deepest and highest sentiment of which the finite mind is capable. Mr. DoUGHTON has always been interested in his fellowman and because of that characteristic he made friends---friends

· that may well be called the masterpiece of nature. ''Fame is the scentless sunflower, with a gaudy crown of gold; but friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold." "Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one o.f God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above f\11.


the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another." Mr. DouGHTON has for a long number of years been the most beloved public official in the State of North Carolina, and this attainment was accomplished through the gift of friendship and love for his fellowman. It was Woodrow Wilson who said: "Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together." Mr. DouGHTON will go back to his home and be happy amid his loved ones and his historic achievements will last as long as the history of this Nation.

Mr. KING of California. Mr. Speaker, I cannot think of any event of its kind in my 10 years as a Member of the House of Representatives that I regret more keenly than the decision of the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. DoUGHTON], to retire from its membership.

In my opinion there have been few equals and no superior service to that of Mr. DouGHTON from the standpoint of honorable and distinguished service to the great State of North Carolina and our Nation.

It has been one of the most cherished events of my career to have served under his chairmanship on the great Committee on Ways and Means these many yea.rs, and I wish to extend to him my very best wishes and may God bless him.

Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, it is regrettable that such an outstanding Member of this body, my distinguished friend from North Carolina, "Farmer" BoB DoUGHTON has chosen to retire from Congress. He has served his district, our State, and Nation honorably and courageously for more than 40 years. He is a fighter and leader as has been shown by his many years as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives. He is a giant in physical stature and in mentality. Although retiring, he is in good health and I do wish for him many more years of happiness and good health. Though retiring from active service in Congress his heart will always be with the present, past, and future Members of this House. His interest in national affairs will ever be keen. There are many years of vigorous service remaining in his body and mind . . This will be available to the Nation and the State of North Carolina. Those who desire wise counsel will ever beat a path to his door. I wish for Mr. Bob health and happiness throughout the remainder of his life.

Mr. POULSON. Mr. Speaker, I have not had the opportunity to know intimately that most respected Member, ROBERT L. DOUGHTON. However, that does not prevent me from admiring and respecting him as one of the great legislators in the history of our country. I listened with interest and wholeheartedly subscribed to the eulogies paid this great man whom our Speaker so aptly described as a great giant tree of the forest.

I would like to state that the speech made by this distinguished colleague in supporting the right of Congress to write its own tax bill without interference from the executive branch of the Government,

shortly after our late President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, vetoed the tax bill and in his veto message suggested the type of tax bill he wanted, was to me an occasion and a speech which I shall never forget. In these few words I pay my humblest and highest respect to this great man, ROBERT L. DoUGHTON.

Mr. SIMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, one of the rare privilege3 of life is that of association with a man of Mr. DouGHTON's · character and reputation. I have been .honored to work under him on the Cormnittee on Ways and Means for a number of years, and value the association highly.

As chairman of our committee, Mr. DouGHTON has brought to it a dignity and understanding of the democratic processes at the committee level permitting full and free discussion of all matters before the committee-never denying the minority the right to be heard even though the discussions threatened disaster to programs dear to the chairman and the administration.-

With the passage of time it has become advisable for Mr. DouGHTON to end his career as a Member of Congress after 42 years. Each of us must know that a friend has left our circle to continue his work among his people in North Carolina who first honored him. Our kindest regards and most sincere wishes for many happy years accompany him as he leaves us. We shall look forward to his occasional visits with us in later years.

Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to address the House with a sense of humility in the realization that regardless of the quality of my remarks they will be grossly inadequate to do justice to the occasion of the departure from the membership of this body of my good friend and chairman, the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. DOUGHTONL The deep sense of loss we feel at his leaving can have no suitable expression. · This Chamber of the Congress of the United States can ill afford to lose a person so richly imbued with the qualities of outstanding statesmanship, great citizenship, and selfless devotion to country which Mr. DoUGHTON possesses in such full measure. His record documents a career of public service which few others have ever approached.

Mr. DouGHTON was first elected to the Sixty-second Congress in 1910. In the ensuing 42 years his service has been continuous so that today his membership in this forum is of longer duration than any other man, past or present, except for our distinguished colleague from Illinois, ADOLPH J. SABATH.

Mr. DouGHTON assumed the chairmanship of the Committee on Ways and Means in the Seventy-third Congress and has remained in that capacity ever since with the exception of the Eightieth Congress. His tenure as chairman has been longer than that of any of his prede0essors.

This great record of long service is only surpassed by his even greater record of achievement during those years. Mr. DOUGHTON's tenure as chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means has been abundant with honor, integrity, and accomplishment. I have been privileged to

serve on the Committee on Ways and Means with our esteemed chairman since 1942. He has ever been an inspiration and the example to us, his committee colleagues.

His eminently successful chairmanship has occurred during an era when unprecedented demands were placed upon the Congress for revenues. Under Mr. DouGHToN's guidance the committee has equitably and successfully met this need. He found the way to fulfill our revenue obligations without stifling our period of greatest economic growth. The demands of our national defense were met without impairment of our free-enterprise economy. The humanitarian needs of our great progressive society were provided for under the aegis of Mr. DouGHTON, the father of our social-security system. These great accomplishments stand as irrefutable evidence of our chairman's service.

You may well inquire what sort of a man is capable of these accomplishments? Mr. DOUGHTON is a farmer and banker who came to his country's service from North Carolina. His public career began in 1903 and has been continuous since that time. He has been acclaimed by persons and organizations from all walks of life for his contribution to the well-being of his fellowmen. A high standard of Christian morality has been inherent in his every action.

It is such a record as that achieved by Mr. DouGHTON that stands as a challenge. to each of us present in this Chamber. Who can claim to have known the man without acknowledging his inspiration? Who among us can claim to have served with him without praising his high character? Who here today can claim Mr. DouGHTON as a friend without being a better man because of that friendship? The simple answer to those questions I have propounded is-no one. Our great chairman has unstintingly lent his keenness of mind, physical stamina and moral courage to his country. When duty ca!led, Mr. DoUGHTON knew no compromise.

We shall sorely miss his wisdom in our deliberations. His guiding hand will be removed from our shoulders but the challenge of his example will remain.

May the God whom he has served so well go with our beloved chairman to his long and happy retirement among his loved ones in North Carolina whom he has represented with such distinction. God bless you Mr. DoUGHToN. Those of us who remain are infinitely enriched by your sterling example.

Mr. HARRISON of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, a number of the most gifted painters of word pictures in this House have offered today their tributes to our incomparable colleague from North Carolina, ROBERT L. DOUGHTON. Despite their · best efforts, every encomium attempted has been sheer understatement.

I shall not attempt to do justice to the career of Mr. DouGHTON. The most competent and self-assured orators here admit, I know, that it would be an impossible task.

It has been my privilege to serve in this Congress on the Committee on Ways and Means. In the deliberations of that

1952 ! CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9649 committee, I have had personal contact, over a period of many months, with the impressive sagacity and fairness ·of the distinguished chairman. RoBERT L. DauGHTON long has been synonymous with the chairmanship of this important arm of the House. Because the mem4 bers of this committee-have w-orked un4 der his guidance, day by day, their sense of loss at the realization he is retiring and returning to his beloved mountain home· is greater, perhaps, than that of most other colleagues of this great North Carolinian. ·

Mr. DauGHTON has given his best to the people of North Carolina and of the Nation. He has become a symbol of faithful, diligent, intelligent public serv4 ice-an example to all.

I want to join in wishing our beloved chairman continued good health and every happiness, but I shall not add "in retirement." Mr. DouaHTON in retire4 ment is a completely illogical picture, and we know his public service is not at an end. The people of North Carolina will call him again, and he will heed · the summons. As always, he will set hiS sturdy frame behind the plow and guide it in a straight furrow.

Mr. O'BRIEN of Illinois. Mr. Speaker: I would like to join· in extending to my Chairman and friend, ROBERT L. DOUGH4 TON, an expression of praise and appre4 ciation for the remarkable service he has rendered to his colleagues, to his con4 stituency, and to the citizens of this great country-during the 42 years he has been a Member of c-ongress.

It is doubtful that anyone can boast of a period of greater and more fruitful effort devoted to patriotic duty than can our distinguished chairman of the Ways and· Means Committee. Under Chairman DaUGHTON's gUidance the Congress has successfully coped with the most dif_.. ficult revenue problems that have ever confronted this forum. These problems have been sanely and fairly solved.

Mr. DauGHTON's high moral standard, unceasing diligence, and great wisdom have been an inspiration to his commit4 tee associates. His example has inspired· us to surpass our own limitations and to seek to emulate his ways.

He has addressed to the problems of· government the same ability that made him a successful banker and farmer in his beloved North Carolina. Mr. DoUGHTON has devoted to his public responsibility long hours of service that have be4 come decades without asking for relief or rest.

Now our chairman is going to take the rest he so justly deserves. He is return4· ing to his beautiful North Carolina to spend a long and happy retirement among his loved ones. His greatness will be sorely missed among us.

As our heritage from the distinguished career of the great chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means we have received the challenge of his example. If we would even approach his great4 ness, it will behoove us neither to falter in our duty nor to relent in our per4 severar..ce.

May God bless you, Mr. Chairman, for the unmatched patriotic duty you have rendered to your country and, indeed, all

humanity. You are leaving behind men who admire and respect you; men who are better men because they have known you; men who will miss you. ·

Mr. JENKINS. Mr. Speaker, I am 'proud and happy to join my colleagues in giving an expression of good will and best wishes to the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina, the Honorable ROBERT L. DOUGHTON.

I have served with him on the Ways and Means Committee for 20 years. During that time while Congress was in session we have had almost daily contact. He has been the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee longer than any man in the history of our country and the Ways and Means Committee is the oldest of all congressional committees. It was set up the first or second day after · the first Congress went into session.

There is no man in Congress for whom I have a higher regard. I have repeatedly said in private and in public that there were two men among the many men with whom I have served in Con4 gress that I found it almost impossible to call by their first names. These men were Hon. RoBERT L. DauGHTON and Hon; Allen Treadway, of Massachusetts. I have called all of my other colleagues by their first names but Mr. DauGHTON and Mr. Treadway have and always will be Mister DaUGHTON and Mister Treadway to me.

While my -distinguished colleague, Mr. DaUGHTON has reached a remarkable age he is yet active enough mentally and agile enough physically to enjoy life to its fullest extent.

I hope for him many years of content~ ment that his fine character and dis· tinguished service have earned for him. . Mr. GREGORY. Mr. Speaker, I wish to join with my colleagues in paying tribute to, in Reader's Digest language, ''The most unforgettable character I've met."

I had heard, as most Americans have, of Mr. DauGHTON long before I came to Congress a number of years ago but I did not have the slightest idea that I would eventually have the privilege of an intimate association with him. Later an assignment to the Ways and Means Committee placed me in position to know him well. Serving with him and under his leadership is a privilege only 24 Members of the House have. This is a rare opportunity and one which I shall always remember. Having served with ROBERT DouGHTON these many ye:;trs has been an inspiration and a challenge. One can4 not be a.ssociated with him without being· benefited immeasurably.

In my life I have never known a man of more character, more courage, more native intelligence, more determination, and more leadership than RoBERT LEE DauGHTON. Having served with him has been a high light of my congressional experience, and the memory of this asso-' ciation together with his guidance and friendship shall forever with me be an inspiration. ·

He has served long, well, ·and faith-· fully. In retirement wHich he long ago' earned no person in any walk of life wishes him more happiness and content-

ment than I, and when he has passed from the stage of life, as shall we all, I can think of no person whose influence will be longer felt than will the influence of ROBERT DOUGHTON.

In your well earned vacation from long years of service to your fellowman, Mr. DauGHTON, may God bless you and yours. May your years be long upon the earth and may happiness and contentment accompany you as you return to the land of your nativity and the soil you love so well.

Mr. COMBS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to join my colleagues in paying tribute to the distinguished gentleman from. North Carolina, the Honorable RoBERT L. DauGHTON. It has been my high privilege to serve as a member of the Ways and Means Committee under his chairmanship for the past 4 years. · I have never known a publlc official more de ... voted to his duties or who gave so un4 sparingly of his time and great talents in the performance of them. As chairman he has wielded his tremendous influence not merely because of his posi-: tion but because also of his great ability, his vast experience, and the high regard in which he was held by every member of the committee.

As chairman, he has been a leader, not a driver. He has always respected the views of every member and at all times treated every member and everyone with whom he dealt with kindness and consideration. He has rendered a great . service to his country through many years. He will be greatly missed, not only in the councils of the Committee on Ways and Means but by the entire Congress as well.

He has richly earned the rest that will come to him in retirement. I join you in wishing for him many years of peace and happiness and a full measure of all the fruits of a great and useful life.

Mr. FORAND. Mr. Speaker, the announcement of the decision of Chairman ROBERT L. DOUGHTON, Of the Ways and' Means Committee, that he is retiring from the Congress, has brought to me mixed feelings.

I am happy at the thought that thiS: grand old gentleman, who has devoted so many years of his life to public service,· will now have an opportunity to enjoy the future in rest and relaxation which he so well deserves. At the same time, his decision causes me sorrow, because I realize that his retirement will leave a great void in both the Ways and Means Committee and on the floor of the House · of Representatives. We shall miss Mr. DauGHTON more than we can imagine atthis time.

Our country today is better because Chairman DauGHTON served in the House of Representatives, and our people are better off because of the great amount of important legislation which he sponsored and steered to enactment.

As he goes into retirement, Mr. DauGHTON carries with him the love, the· respect, and the admiration of all of us who have been privileged to serve with him. May God grant him many more years so that he may enjoy to the full the reward he has so justly earned.

9650 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 5 · Mr. BYRNES. Mr. Speaker, I can think of no person to whom I can more sincerely pay tribute than to ROBERT L. DaUGHTON, the distinguished chairman of the committee on which I have been privileged to serve. Mr. DaUGHTON typifies all that is fine and noble and good in America. While I am sorry to see him leave this great body, I hope that his decision to retire brings him nothing but happiness and satisfaction in the years ahead.

I shared, in a way, one distinction with Mr. DauGHTON when I became a member of the Ways and Means Committee. He was at one end of the committee scale-the oldest and most experienced member; I was at the other, certainly the youngest and greenest. Yet, this difference in age and experience and the difference in our political faiths was easily bridged by Mr. DoUGHTON'S warmness and cordiality. During the years I served with and under him, his kindness and friendly willingness to be of help made the difficult task of learning something about the complex field with which we deal a pleasant and satisfying one. I will never forget his unfailing courtesy to me and to every..; one with whom he came in contact during the course of the committee's long and difficult deliberations.

This House, the Congress, and the Nation will miss Mr. DaUGHTON. · He has brought a basic common sense, a rocklike integrity, and a rare human understanding to the work of this body. We will miss his vast experience, his great ability, his warm personality, and his stanch friendship. No one will miss him more than I.

I join with all of the Members, ¥r. Speaker, in wishing Mr. DoUGHTON everything of life's best as he concludes his historic service in the House of Representatives.

Mr. KEOGH. Mr. Speaker, the retirement of ROBERT L. DoUGHTON is a circumstance beyond the comprehension of most of us in this House. It is akin to removing a great pillar from this Capitol. It is the wrenching from us of a cherished hallmark of public service.

How can this servant of the commonweal be replaced? The citizens of his beloved North Carolina would be among the first to confess dismay at the task. Undoubtedly, that great State will continue to send to this House able representation, but the name of RoBERT L. DouGHTON means much more than that._ In the undiminished vigor of his intellect, i.n years of service, in friendly understanding of divergences in viewpoint, the· gentleman from North Carolina has given much more than full measure to his State and his Nation.

We want to wish him the best of everything his great heart desires as he returns to the magnificent mountain country he calls home, but it is difficult for us to do this. 'VVe should have preferred to have been permitted to rejoice that, once again, he had consented to remain here. This House, without Mr. DouGHTON, will seem somewhat strange for a long time. The Committee on Ways and Means, without him in the chairman's

place, will be a sight to make one rub his eyes in wonderment and dismay.

To be sure, the people of North Carolina will send competent representation to take up his burden, and the committee will be provided, I am confident, earnest and fair guidance. But the gentleman from North Carolina is no ordinary mortal. He is a paragon, and paragons are hard to come by.

In this Congress, I have been honored to serve on the great Committee on Ways and Means. This has been a high privilege and a rewarding experienceto no small degree because it has given me day-to-day contact with an earnest, diligent public servant-a gentleman of perception and understanding; a valiant and determined fighter for the right as he sees it.

Now, with more than a little sadness, we wish our colleague well, and we take solace in the knowledge that North Carolina will continue to call on him for advice and counsel.

Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I view the retirement of the distinguished chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and my very dear friend with whom I have been privileged to serve as a loss so great as to be well nigh impossible to recoup. During ROBERT L. DauGHToN's 18 years as chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means he has built up a mountainous credit of service and one never before equalled or even distantly approached by any of his predecessors, among whom were some very notable public servants.

The amount of revenue which he has been charged with producing, and which has been so ably accomplished, upon careful review staggers the imagination. He disliked the task of imposing or levying taxes upon his fellow citizens, but like a good soldier has carried out the orders when the needs of his country had to be met, especially throughout the last 20 years of his productive career.

His fairness, his good nature, and his own exemplary diligence, application, and driving force stimulated the subordinate members of the Committee on Ways and Means, regardless of political affiliation, to spend their energies without thought to personal welfare. ROBERT L. DouGHTON is a giant physically, mentally, and morally with energies seemingly inexhaustible. He has been not only the hard-working chairman of the Committee on .Ways and Means but has also been, despite the staff members and messengers, his own errand runner. '-'Daddy" DoUGHTON, as I always refer to him affectionately, between sessions of the committee carried on contacts with the leaders, the members of his committee, and with the Senate component of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation. Of course, he was constantly in consultation and in the process of harmonizing with Senator GEORGE, chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate. He discussed his problems eye to eye and directly and to do this he had to be his own messenger. He had to seek out those with whom he wanted to discuss a given tax or revenue problem. ROBERT DauGHTON, of pioneer North Carolina mountain stock, is a paragon of

honesty and diligence and is beloved by all who knew and came in contact with him. He possesses all of the virtues so essential to the chairmanship of the most important and hard-working committee in the Congress. While I have met many intellectually big men I rate "Daddy" DouGHTON as the greatest of them all. He has been an inspiration and a stimulus to me as he has been to anyone and everyone who was ever privileged to work with him. The respect which the Members of this House have for him is due to the same high rate of personal appraisal which I am glad to make on this :floor. It is because of the known quality of his character that so many of the bills bearing his name have been accepted and passed almost on faith.

The membership of both Houses and the informed people of the Nation know and understand his honest philosophy .which he often expressed during hearings and in our executive sessions. He would say, when speaking of raising a huge amount of revenue, that we must "pluck the goose in a way to cause the least amount of squawking" and again to illustrate a sound philosophy in imposing tax levies that "you can shear a sheep indefinitely but you can only skin it once." Upon these theories was founded much of the law and nearly all of the schedules of the "tax take," and thus the burden of the taxpayer was lightened by spreading it over a greater period of time.

It was not alone in regard to tax and revenue matters that Chairman DouGH.; TON won imperishable fame. There were many other pioneer legislative measures originating in the Committee on Ways and Means which bore the distinguished name of ROBERT L. DOUGHTON. Included are renegotiation of war contracts, which brought about the reversion of billions of dollars of unjustified profits back to the Government, and the Bituminous Coal Act, which set back on its feet the sick and depressed coal industry throughout the Nation. As soon as the need passed such emergency legislation was either permitted to expire or was repealed.

To my notion the greatest monument to the name and fame of this physical and intellectual giant from the hills of North Carolina, and one which will endure as long as the Republic stands, will be found in the Social Security Act. His initiation and indefatigable work gave birth and nurtured over the years this great act which has brought comfort and happiness to the worthy aged citizens of our beloved country and has established an annuity system which is constantly being expanded and liberalized. It also provides within its structure for aid to dependent widows and orphans, and to the blind and handicapped as well as unemployment compensation insurance to help the worker during periods of forced unemployment. This same great instrument so skillfully fashioned by the committee bears throughout the mark of RoBERT L. DaUGHTON. The social-security bill has virtually eliminated the curse of the poor .house and old folks who in the past

195'2 CONGRESSIONAL .RECORD- HOUSE 9651 lived in dread and fear of separation in their declining years:and relegation some times to two distant institutions now feel secure. In this state of mind their lives have been immeasurably prolonged. They remain together as they vowed to do on their wedding day, "until death do us part." This humane plan first proposed by one of the greatest Presidents America ever had, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was materially improved as it was fashioned in the Ways and Means Committee workshop back in 1935, and it was under the skillful piloting of Chairman DouGHToN that all dangerous shoals and reefs were avoided, and that all of the concentrated opposition bent upon the destruction of the plan carefully circumvented or driven to cover. From that time on the e1forts of the Ways and Means Committee have been directed toward its improvement and liberalization. Expansion to include other and deserving elements of our people has been the objective of Chairman DouGHTON.

In this social-security legislation, as in all other legislative proposals, Chairman DouGHTON has not only stressed but insisted upon the inclusion of pru,dent proVisions and economic administration. He hates like sin the useless expenditure of even a single dollar of· the taxpayer's money and has fought as successfully as any man could to save that which by law the taxpayer was called upon to contribute.

My prayerful wish f()r my -eminent and affable friend, whom I love dearly, is that God may grant the longest possible ex.:. tension in the allotted span of his life so _that he may enjoy that well deserved rest and leisure with the people of North Carolina. When the story is finally and fully written RoBERT L. DouGHTON for his 42 years of service as a Member of Congress, and 18 years as chairman of the great Committee on Ways and :M~ns, will be enshrined ~ 'one of the greatest ~itizens ever to be called to serve his people; May God bless him and grant him health and happiness 'which he richly deserves. ·

Mr. CURTIS of Nebraska. Mr. Speake:r:. had the HonDrable RoBERT L. DouGHToN never introduced a bill in Congress or piloted a· measure through the House of Representatives he would go down in history as one of America's great.

He is great in mintl and in character. His honesty has never been questioned. His rugged individualism is an inspiration to the most a~bitious and puts the laey and indulent to shame. He never hesitated to stand up and be counted. When others may have been tempted to be carried away by false notions, Uncle BoB always held steady. He has set an example in his fairness and courtesy to his colleagues. He has been interested in, and considerate of, every taxpayer in the United States.

Mr. DouGHTON is a true patriot. To him, living within our national income and the payment of our national debt are absolute musts in the maintenance of our national honor. No one will ever be able to take the place of the Honorable RoBERT L. DauGHTON in the Halls of Congress-what the Nation needs is more Members who will try to emulate him.

One of the rare privileges that has been mine as a Member of Congress has been to serve under this great man, the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means. · · ·

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina fMr. DEANE].

Mr. DEANE. Mr. Speaker. Mark Twain defines repartee as something that you think about going home. Tomorrow and next week and next month and next year, I will often think of the things I wish I had said at this hour honoring our beloved colleague Uncle BoB DouGHTON. This is an occasion which belongs peculiarly to Members of Congress. It is not often that you hear or read much in the way of complimentary statements made about Members of Congress or about public omcials in general. 1 feel I speak not only for myself. but for millions of people in the United States who today recognize your services, Uncle Bob.

I am thinking of that time when the · late President Roosevelt handed to you a great piece of legislation, social security, which you piloted through this House. These millions of beneficiaries thank you. - I am reminded .• too, of the fine son who is a constituent of mine. I recall the other. members of your family. All that I could wish for me and mine I wish for you and yours during this and all the coming years.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. WooDROW W. JoNES].

Mr. WOODROW W. JONES. Mr. Speaker, it is a genuine pleasure to join with my colleagues in paying tribute to the outstanding service rendered by the gentleman from North Carolina, Ron. RoBERT L. DoUGHTeN. No man in the history of our Nation can claim any finer record of service than the record made by Mr. DouGHTON. He has had a long and distinguished career. When the modem history of America is written, Mr. Bob, as we fondly call him, shall occupy a prominent place.

I count it a privilege and honor to know him and to have served with him in COngress. H~ came to Congress 4 years before I was bom, and I shall always cherish so long as I may live the fact that I have been privileged to serve with him and to sit at his feet. His sterling character, his wide experience and knowledge, his devotion to duty, his strong patriotism, his sound philosophy of government, his good humor and pleasant disposition, his wise counsel and sage advice have been, and shall always be, a great inspiration to me.

As he leaves us to return to the mountains of North Carolina, I shall miss him greatly and I beg of him to grant me the privilege of coming across the mountain to see him and to seek his advice. Surely this great man who is now voluntarily retiring can do so with the strong feeling of satisfaction that he has served his district, his state, and his Nation we1:1. May God bless him and keep him and grant unto him many more years of happiness and service to his · Nation. I salute Mr. Bob as a great North Carolinian and' as a great American. Truly, he is North Carolina's first citizen.

AUTHORIZING INTERSTATE · COMMERCE COMMISSION TO REVOKE OR AMEND WATER CARRIER CERTIFICATES The SP~ laid before the House

the following request from the Senate: That the House of Representatives be re

quested to return to the Senate S. 2364, to authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission to revoke or amend, under certain conditions, water-carrier certificates and permits.

The SPEAKER. Without objection, the request is granted.

There was no oqjection.

HON. ROBERT L. DOUGHTON Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to

the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina, the dean of our delegation, the Honorable RoBERT L. DaUGHTON.

Mr. DOUGHTON. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues, and dear friends, I appreciate very much this kindly greeting which this body has just accorded me. I am so filled, I might say choked with emotions of gratitude and thankfulness, that I feel my tongue almost cleaves to the roof of my mouth.

I know I shall not be able, if I had the time, to express my deep, sincere, profound, gratitude, thanks, and appreciation for the kind and generous things that have .been spoken of me this afternool). by so many of my colleagues.

An inspired writer has said that a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches; and, in my opinion, a good name, merited and property achieved, is perhaps the greatest of all riches. True wealth does not consist in material things; the greatest wealth does not consist in houses, land, flocks, herds, stocks and bonds, and bank accounts; in my opinion true wealth consists in the friendships we have justly earned and the esteem in which we are held by those who know us best.

·From the bottom of my heart and out of the fullness of my heart, and with all my heart, I thank our beloved Speak'er for his kind and generous words; and I am thankful to him for having enjoyed his friendship and confidence through the many years that we have served together. He came to Congress 2 years later than I; I came to the Sixty-second; he came to the Sixty-third. As far as I know there has never been a harsh word or a misunderstanding between our beloved Speaker and myself. He has been helpful to me; he has been . courteous to me; he has been considerate of me.

There is .one charge I believe that not even Satan himself would ever bring against me-if he did I believe he could not sustain it even in his own courtthe charge of ingratitude. I do feel that I do possess a reasonable amount of gratitude, and I wish to express my gratitude to the membership of this House, those who have spoken so complimentarily of me this afternoon, to the Majority Leader [Mr. McCoRMACK], the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts, great statesman, great American, great man, who served with me on the Committee on Ways and Means for a


number of years. He knows my limitations, my weaknesses, my shortcomings; in spite of that he stood up in this presence and spoke in the most kindly and complimentary way of me, in. words that touched my heart very deeply.

And I shall remember until I pass to the Great Beyond each member of the committee of which I have had the honor to be chairman for so long a time, longer than any other man in the history of our great Government. To each one of them I acknowledge my obligation; I express my sincere, deep, and profound thanks for their courtesy, their consideration, their helpfulness, their fairness. Whatever I have been able to accomplish, if anything, as chairman of that great committee, has been due to their cooperation, their assistance, and their help, in all my ups and downs as chairman of that great committee.

The distinguished gentleman from New York, ranking minority member of the committee [Mr. REED] while we differ politically, never has he let an opportunity pass to manifest in the most substantial form his friendship and his interP.st and desire to make the work of our committee a success. He fights hard but he always strikes above the belt.

To each member of the committee-! do not have time to name all of thembut to each member of our committee I here express publicly my most profound and sincere appreciation of your helpfulness, your cooperation, and the sympathy that you have extended to me.

Also I express my thanks to our able Parliamentarian, Dr. Deschler, and our able, courteous, and efficient majority whip, the gentleman from Tennessee, Mr. PRIEST, both of whom have been most courteous and helpful to me.

I have served in Congress longer than any other living man in either House · with the exception of our beloved colleague and friend the gentleman from Illinois, the Honorable ADOLPH SABATH.

The confidence expressed in me by the people back home, continually overlooking my shortcomings, limitations, and all that, is a source of the greatest gratitude to me. ·

The minority leader, the gentleman from Massachusetts, has been most courteous and kind to me on every occasion. I appreciate the generous things expressed by the distinguished gentleman from Indiana [Mr. HALLECK]. I am pleased to regard many on that side of the aisle as my friends. You know, I have a definition of "friend." It is a person who will do you a favor if they know you will never find it out. I am sure I have a number of friends on both sides of this aisle who feel that way toward me. I appreciate their friendship more than I can express.

I have served during the terms of seven Presidents, beginning with President Taft, and under nine Speakers. The first vote I ever cast in this House on April 4, 1911, was to elect Champ Clark, that great statesman and American, Speaker of the House of Representatives. I have served with Speakers Clark, Gillett, Longworth, Garner, Rainey, Byrns, Bankhead, and our beloved

Speaker, Mr. RAYBURN, the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr. MARTIN, and now again under our very distinguished Speaker.

I have had a long career in this House and what I have accomplished is not attributable to my ability. It is attributable to my effort to be able to get along with men with whom it was necessary for me to work. My strength has been the strength of the committee I have been chairman of because I have possessed their confidence, their respect, and esteem, and as a result of that respect, confidence, and esteem I have been the .recipient of their helpfulness and their cooperation.

I return now to my home in the hills and mountains of North Carolina, my native land, the land that gave me birth, and will, in a very short time at the most, be my final resting place. I leave the House of Representatives with a most affectionate regard for every Member of the House of Representatives, a body of great men serving a great country in a great way. I leave here with a close feeling of friendship for all of you.

My last hope is that the kind Providence above and your people at home, your constituents at home, may extend to you that support and cooperation Which you have so well earned and which you so justly deserve.

I again thank you all from the bottom and depths of my heart.

HON. THRUSTON B. MORTON Mr. JACKSON of California. Mr.

Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members desiring to do so may extend their remarks at this point with reference to Hon. THRUSTON B. MoRTON.

Mr. Speaker, those of us who have come to know, admire, and respect the great ability and the tireless work of the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. MORTON], ·regret his decision not to stand for reelection but to retire from the Congress at the termination of this session.

The gentleman from Kentucky brought several valuable assets to his service in the Congress. A stanch and highly principled American, a believer in the fundamental principles of true democracy plus a capacity for hard work, intelligently directed, all combined to render his service outstanding even among men unusually gifted.

His friends in the House will miss the ready wit and the warm friendship of the gentleman from Kentucky. As he returns to the land of the blue grass and the thoroughbred he takes with him the best wishes of those who have come to admire and respect him. His district in Louisville has been well served by Mr. MORTON. And it will not be an easy task to find a successor who will work as hard or as long as did the gentleman from Kentucky.

Mr. AYRES. Mr. Speaker, I have always felt more young people should be in Congress. I regret that Congressman MoRTON, of Kentucky, has decided toretire. He has been an excellent Con·gressman, a loyal friend, and a charm-

ing host. May he enjoy a well-earned rest at his home in the blue grass.

I sincerely hope he will choose to again represent his district in the United States House of Representatives. Good luck, Mort, to you and Clay Belle.

Mr. BYRNES. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. MORTON], is a gentleman in every sense of the word. Even though he has served in the Congress but a relatively short time he leaves an enviable record of service to his district and his country.

It has been a privilege to serve with him. It is most regrettable that he has elected to retire. He will be greatly missed.

I would like to wish him and his charming wife every good fortune and h~,ppiness in the days ahead.

Mr. NELSON. Mr. Speaker, it has been not only a high privilege but a great personal pleasure to have had the opportunity to serve with that fine gentleman from Kentucky, THRUSTON MoRTON. I regret exceedingly that he has decided not to run again. He brought to his congressional service a deep and clear perception of issues involved in legislation and their ultimate effect on our national life and welfare. He brought also a firm sincerity and high courage in maintaining his convictions. I, along with his host of friends, shall miss him greatly, not only because of the friendship of which he gave so graciously and unstintingly, but also out of profound respect for the incalculable worth to his State and Nation that his service here has and would have continued to contribute.

Mr. ALLEN of California. Mr. Speaker, I regret that the gentleman from Kentucky, Mr. THRUSTON BALLARD MoRTON, has decided to retire from the House of Representatives. He is a Member of whom I have become very fond. He is a good-natured friend. He is always well-informed and interprets his information shrewdly. He has served his district well. He has a lovely wife and family. Like many of his other friends, I am sorry that our paths seem to be drawing apart.

Mr. DAVIS of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, today marks the final day of congressional service for a real friend and a fine Representative in Congress. On and off the floor of the House, THRusToN MoRTON, more familiarly known as Governor, was a congenial and effective worker for the legislation in which he believed.

THRUSTON MORTON never lacked political courage. On many roll-call votes, the name Of THRUSTON MORTON WOUld be found on the currently unpopular side, but the side which· represented sound judgment and the protection of America's heritage.

Mrs. Davis and I numbered Governor and Mrs. Morton among our finest Washington friends. We shall miss them, but shall indeed wish them well, and shall look forward to seeing them here or elsewhere in the future.

Surely his voluntary retirement from Congress does not mean that his public service has ended. I cannot help but feel that the people of Kentucky will call on

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9653 THRUSTON MORTON for public service in the future.

And so farewell, Governor, may our paths cross again soon.

Mr. COTTON. Mr. Speaker, may I join my colleague in tribute to the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. MORTON]. Soon after we came as freshmen to the Eightieth Congress he made his mark as one of the truly able Members of this House.

Keen and incisive in thought, direct and forthright in speech, stanch and fearless in character, he leaves the imprint of his personality not only on the records of the Congress but on the minds and hearts of all of us who have served with him.

We shall miss him from these halls 'Qut we shall hear more of him anon.

Mr. LOVRE. Mr. Speaker, it was with regret that I learned of the voluntary retirement from Congress of the Hon. THRUSTON B. MORTON, of Kentucky. Thruston was one of the first fellows I met in Congress when I came in 1949. Since then it has been my good fortune to learn to know him personally and to observe his work on the floor of the House. The State of Kentucky is losing an outstanding Representative, the Congress a faithful worker, and I a real friend in Thruston's retirement.

Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, it is most unfortunate that our good friend THURSTON MoRTON is leaving the House of Representatives. All of us will miss him as a good friend and able colleague but the real tragedy is that the Nation will lose one of its best Members. THRUSTON MoRTON has been one of the most. constructive members of the House Committee on Education and Labor and he served on that committee when the pressure was greatest and the controversies most violent. He never faltered under pressure. I have always been guided by his advice and counsel on all matters under the jurisdiction of that great committee. It is regrettable that he is leaving this body. I hope he will return often and stay long even though such

-visits may not be · on official business. It goes without saying that we will welcome him back as a Member, either in this body or the other.

Mr. TEAGUE. Mr. Speaker, when the Eighty-third Congress convenes in January of 1953, some old familiar faces will not be present because these men have chosen not to be a candidate for reelection. Numbered among those not present will be a gentleman from Kentucky, the Honorable THRUSTON B. MORTON, WhO has been a close personal friend of mine of long standing. I sincerely regret that Mr. MoRTON chose not to return to the Congress, as the people of Kentucky whom he represents have lost an honest and sincere legislator. His intimate knowledge of those he represented and the problems peculiar to their section of the country equipped him to ably carry out the duties of the public office bestowed upon him.

About 15 months ago, .Mr. MoRTON was assigned to the House select committee investigating the educational and loan guaranty programs under the GI bill to

fill a vacancy occurring from a resignation. His presence was a valuable asset and I for one welcomed his assignment to the committee. His work on the committee displa·yed another of his attributes, that of versatility. Based on his service in the Navy during World War II of well over 4 years, he harbored a deep interest in the veterans and their welfare. His contributions to this committee and his sincere and honest approach to the problems confronting it, were indeed an asset.

When the committee set about to look into the conduct of the loan guaranty program, Mr. MORTON's past experiences in the business and finance world assisted us greatly.

For these reasons, Mr. Speaker, I consider Mr. MoRToN's absence from this legislative body a great loss, not only to the people of the Third Congressional District in Kentucky, but also to the Nation. It was a distinct pleasure to have served with him in this governing body.

CONTINUING EXISTING METHOD OF COMPUTING PARITY PRICES FOR BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES Mr. COOLEY submitted the following

conference report and statement on the bill (H. R. 8122) to continue the existing method of computing parity prices for basic agricultural commodities, and for other purposes:


agreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 8122) to continue the existing method of computing parity prices for basic agricultural commodities, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the senate amendment insert the following·: "That section 301 (a} (1) (G) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is amended to read as follows:

" • (G) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the parity price :ror any basic agricultural commodity, as of any date during the six-year period beginning January 1, 1950, shall not be less than its parity price computed in the manner used prior to the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 1949.'

"SEc. 2. Section H>1 of the Agricultural A·ct of 1949 is amended by adding the following paragraph at the end of section 101 (d) thereof:

. "'(6) The level of support to cooperators shall be 90 per centum of the parity price for the 1953 and 1954 crops of any basic agricultural commodity with respect to which producers have not disapproved marketing quotas.'

"SEc. 3. The Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended as follows:

"1. Add a new subsection (f) at the end of section 101 of such Act, as follows:

" '(f) The provisions of this Act relating to price support for cotton shall apply severally to ( 1) American upland. cotton and (2) extra long staple cotton described in subsection (a) and ginned as required by

subsection (e) of section 347 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, -except that the level of price support which shall be made available to cooperators for extra long staple cotton of the 1953 crop 1f producers have not disapproved marketing quotas therefor shall be at a level bearing the same relationship to the level of price support determined for American upland cotton as the average· farm price for extra 1ong staple cotton during the period 1936-42, inclusive, bore to such price for American upland cotton. Disapproval by producers of the quota proclaimed under such section 347 shall place into effect the provisions of section 101 (d) (3) of this act with respect to the extra long staple cotton described in subsection (a) of such section 347. Nothing contained herein shall affect the authority of the Secretary under section 402 to make support available for extra long staple cotton in accordance with such section 402.'

"2. Add a new section 420 to such Act, reading as follows:

" 'SEC. 420. Any price support program in effect on cottonseed or any of its products shall be extended to the same seed and products of the cottons defined under section 347 (a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.'

"SEC. 4. Section 347 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, is amended to . read as follows:

"'LONG STAPLE COTTON

"'SEC. 347. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the provisions of this part shall not apply to extra long staple cotton which is produced from pure strain varieties of the Barbadense species, or any hybrid thereof, or other similar types of extra long staple cotton designated by the Secretary having characteristics needed for various end uses for which American upland

·cotton is not suitable, and grown in irrigated cotton-growing regions of the United States designated by the Secretary or other areas designated by the Secretary as suitable for the production of such varieties or types.

"'(b) Whenever during any calendar year, not later than October 15, the Secretary determines that the total supply of cotton described in subsection (a) for the marketing year beginning in such calendar year will exceed the normal supply thereof for such

·marketing year by more than 8 per centum, the Secretary shall proclaim such fact and a national marketing quota shall be in effect for the crop of such cotton produced in the next calendar year. The Secretary shall also determine and specify in such proclamation the amount of the national marketing quota. in terms of the quantity of cotton described in subsection (a) adequate to make available a normal supply of such cotton, taking into account (1) the estimated carry-over at the beginning of the marketing year which

. begins in the next calendar year, and (2) the estimated imports during such m.arketing year. The national marketing quota for cotton described in subsection (a) for any year shall not be less than the larger of 30,-000 bales or a. number of bales equal to 30 per centum of the estimated domestic consumption plus exports of such cotton for the marketing year beginning in the calendar year in which such quota is proclaimed.

" ' (c) All provisions of this Act, except section 342, subsections (h), (k), and (1) of section 344, the parenthetical provisions relating to acreages r~garded as having been planted to cotton, and the provisions relating to minimum small farm allotments, shall, insofar as applicable, apply to marketing quotas and acreage allotments authorized by this section: Provided, That the applicable penalty rate for such cotton under section 346 shall be the higher of 50 per centum of the parity price or 50 per centum of the support price for extra long staple cotton as of the date specified therein.

9654 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 5 •• '(d) Unless marketing quotas are in ef

fect under subsection (b) of this section, the penal~y provisions of section 346 shall not apply to any cotton the staple of which 1s one and one-half inches or more in length.

"'(e) The exemptiqns authorized by subsections (a) and (d) of this section shall not apply unless (1) the cotton is ginned on a roller-type gin or (2) the Secretary authorizes the cotton to be ginned on another type gin for experimental purposes or to prevent loss of the cotton due to frost or other adverse condition.'"

And the Senate agree to the same. HAROLD D. COOLEY, GEORGE GRANT, E. C. GATHINGS, CHARLES B. HOEVEN,

Managers on the Part of the House. ALLEN J. E'LLENDER, CLYDE R. HoEY, OLIN D. JOHNSTON, MILTON R. YouNG,


STATEMENT .

The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 8122) to continue the existing methods of computing parity prices for basic agricultural commodities, and for other purposes, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the conferees and recommended in the accompanying conference report:

The Senate amendment struck out all after the enacting clause of the House bill and substituted new language which was in part the same as that in the House bill. The result of the Senate action was to leave section 1 of the House bill unchanged, to strike out all of section 2, and to add two new sections to the bill providing price support for extra-long-staple cotton.

The effect of the action taken by the committee of conference is to leave section 1 of the House bill unchanged, to reinstate section 2 with modifications, and to accept the new sections adopted by the Senate, dealing with long-staple cotton, with some modifications. Details of the changes are set out below.

Section 1 : This section, which extends the dual parity provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949, is the same as section 1 of the House bill.

Section 2: This section, which was eliminated from the bill by the Senate, has been reinstated with an amendment which makes the provisions of the section applicable only to crops of 1953 and 1954, instead of the three years 1953-55 provided in the House bill. · Sections 3 and 4: The purpose of these sections, as agreed to by the committee of conference, is to provide price support for the 1953 crop of extra-long-staple cotton based on the historical ratio of the price of such cotton to the price of upland cotton. As adopted by the Senate, these sections would have based the level of support upon a cost of production factor.

As agreed to by the committee of conference, the level of support for extra-longstaple cotton will be determined by the relationship between the f~rm price of longstaple cotton and the farm price of American upland cotton in the 7 years 1936-42 inclusive. The committee is informed that this will result in a support price for extralong-staple cotton about 2.3 times the sup-port price of short-staple cotton. .

At present price levels this would provide a support price in the neighborhood of 75 cents per pound for long-staple cotton. Under the incentive production program announced by the Department of Agriculture to produce long-staple cotton for strategic purposes, the support price of the 1952 crop

is about $1.05 per pound. The support level for 1953 provided in this bill, therefore, is approximately 30 cents per pound below the present level of price support.

As adopted by the Senate, these sections would have been permanent 'legislation. As agreed by the committee of conference, the provisions relating to the l~vel of support for long-staple cotton will apply only to the 1953 crop.

These sections also require that price-support programs for cottonseed or cottonseed products be extended to cover the seeds or products of long-staple cotton.

The committee of conference also made a minor change in the provision of section 4 relating to the penalty rate for long-staple cotton. As adopted by the Senate, the bill provided that the penalty should be 50 per centum of the parity price. The committee of conference amended this provision to make the penalty 50 per centum of the parity price or 50 per centum of the support price, whichever is higher.

HAROLD D. COOLEY, GEORGE GRANT, E. C. GATHINGS, CHARLES B. HOEVEN,

Managers on the Part of the House.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report on the bill (H. R. 8122) to continue the existing method or- computing parity prices for basic agricultural commodities, and for other purposes, and ask unanimous consent that the statement of the managers on the part of the House be read in lieu ·of the report.


the request of the gentleman from North Carolina?

There was no objection. The Clerk read the statement. Mr. JAVITS. Mr. Speaker, the con

ference report shows again what I have contended right along that this whole question of agricultural price supports by the Federal Government and its treatment in the Congress not being an adversary proceeding is not going to hold the proper balance between the interests of farmers and the interests of consumers. Here we have the whole fixed 90 percent support continued on the six basic commodities, the modern parity formula we adopted in a considered way shunted aside again and a new price support plan added for long staple cotton all in this conference report.

I made my fight on the bill when it was before us in the House but lost on a record vote. However, that vote showed that a very substantial minority questioned the validity of the inflexibility of this price support bill. I feel sincerely that this policy will prove to be unwise for farmers in that its very inftexibility has the difficulty of bringing on an unfavorable reaction from the 80 percent of the population who are now farm consumers and whose support for any kind of Government price supports is essential.

I hope that in the next Congress the whole program of Government farm price supports may be reviewed and a policy holding an even balance between fa.r:rners and consumers may result. Some support is needed to avoid a 1932-type economic break for the farmer but I feel the whole program has

gone far beyond that into close to price guaranties. In addition this has had a tendency to cause the whole chain of middlemen and what they charge to be overlooked · and this is of great importance to both farmers and consumers.

Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question on the conference report.


table.

TRUE POLITICAL SCIENCE AND POLITICAL ECONOMY WOULD ASSURE JUSTICE

Mr. CROSSER. Mr. Speaker , I ask unanimous consent to address the House.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Ohio?

There was no objection. Mr. CROSSER. Mr. Speaker, the es

tablishment and operation of true principles of political science and of political economy would assure the universal and continuous enjoyment of justice.

As to the requirements necessary for the establishment of such principles, every forward-looking and recognized authority on the science of government agrees that the most important element of human government is the requirement for the consent of those governed; in other words, it must be according to the will of the people.

TRUE PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Provision must be made, of course, for th .J necessary officials of the legislative, executive, and judicial departments of government. ·

Careful scrutiny of legislative measures and the proper use of the referendum will prevent the enactment of bad laws.

Under the referendum, if a reasonable number of the people, as required by law, disapprove of a measure passed by the lawmaking body, they can file a petition demanding a vote of the people upon such measure at an appropriate time and those opposed to such measure passed by the lawmaking body can vote against it and those who favor it can vote for it. If a majority of the votes are cast against it, the measure does not become law. If the majority favor it the measure becomes law.

On the other hand, by the exercise of the initiative, if there will have been filed with the proper official a petition bearing at least the number of voters' signatures required by statute, proposing the adoption of a measure, which the lawmaking body will have failed to enact, the said proposed measure will become law if the majority of the people vote for it at an election held at a time determined by law, but will not become law if a majority votes against it.

By the proper supervision and control of the official conduct of public servants, through the use of the scientific and practical legal device known as the recall, the people can be assured of faithful service by those entrusted with the work of the Government.

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - -HOUSE '9655 It can be provided· by law that ·if there

be filed with the official legall-y -designated to receive · the same, a petition, bearing at least the number of voters' signatures required by law, requesting the removal of a public official from office, an election shall be held to determine whether or not ·such official shall be recalled, that is, removed from office. If at such election a majority should vote for the recall the official would be ·removed, otherwise not.

Establishment by the people of a government embodying the aforesaid essential requirements will assure the existence and operation of genuine selfgovernment, and make certain that the majority of the citizens · of a government, embodying the principles which have -just been explained and briefly· discussed, will have it in their power to enact into law, in exactly the form they _ consider proper, such measures as they desire and will have the means also to prevent the taking effect of measures which they disapprove.

The framers of the United States Constitution proVided no' means by which the people could ex~rcise . direct control of the lawmaking function nor did they provide for the immediate, direct, affirmative control of the officials of the Federal Government. Under our present system all that can be done to change things is to wait for elections at fixed times and that iS no assurance of a change in regard to specific policies or measures. ·

Nevertheless, the Federal Government has made some · prbgress toward the realization of the ideal of democracy, which is, of course, the establishment of the ultimate direct control by the people of both the making of the laws and the administration or execution of the same. · Since the year 1913 the law has re

quired the election -of Senators to be made by the direct vote of the people. In a great many of the States the law requires the nomination of Representatives in Congress to be made by direct vote of the members of the respective parties.

While the improvement made in the method of electing Representatives and Senators has been substantial and very beneficial, nevertheless it is a fact that by far the most important improvement and the one most urgently needed jn order to establish fundamental democracy, as the chief characteristic of the Federal Government, has not only been woefully neglected, but it has been strongly opposed. The whole principle of government by the consent of the people was bitterly opposed by Alexander Hamilton, the founder of the Federalist Party, the name of which later became the Republican Party. Hamilton's opposition has manifested itself through his successors in the party, who indicate an even more intense hostilit-y than Hamilton's to the principle of popular government through the direct action of the people themselves.

The nomination of candidates of the respective parties for the offices of President and Vice President, should,c according to every principle of justice, be made by the direct personal vat~ of the me!llbers of each party, voting throughout

the United States, as the proper unit of government for which such nominations must be made.

_Party nominations of candidates for President and Vice President of the United States should not be determined according to the unbridled notions of convention members to whom citizens of the United States may have delegated the solemn duty, which by every test of logic and principle of morality · should rest upon the citizens themselves.

Who is not aware of the fact that nominations made in accordance with the history and spirit of conventions seldom reflect the earnest convictions of the majority of the citizens of the United States who are members of the party for which it is proclaimed that such nori:linations are made?

I do not even intimate that evil motives actuate the professionals who promote and participate in deals and maneuvers which are common convention practices. I think that the overwhelming majority of such persons sincerely believe that their activities and operations serve the best interests of the party. In fact, if we must assume that we are to be chained forever to the wholly undemocratic and discredited c-onvention system, we should be fair enough to say that the so-called professionals serve the interests of the party as well if not better than many other persons could do.

Until, however, the voters of the respective parties in the United States have direct and complete control of the policies, decisions, and management of their party affairs, we cannot hope to enjoy the blessings of true democracythe democracy which will enable the people of our country to realize and enjoy the freedom of the spirit and the attend .. ant happiness and joy.

Now, Mr. Speaker, what I have said in regard to the necessity of nominating, by the direct vote of the members of the parties of the United States, candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency by the members of the parties voting throughout the United States, as the proper unit of Government, applies with equal force, in suport of the practically universal demand for the abolition of the electoral college. It never did truly serve the purpose for which it was intended.

We should· immediately also provide for elections to be held throughout the United States as the proper unit of government, for the electing, by direct vote of the people, the President and Vice President, from the nominees for said omces, chosen by the respective parties in the manner just discussed, that is, by the direct vote of the members of the respective parties as determined by the .vote throughout the United States as the unit of government. · ·Thomas Jefferson constantly stressed the importance of keeping in the hands of the people the direct control of their Government. . In the year 1816, in writing to John Taylor in reference to the term "Republic," Jefferson said:

Were I to assign :to this term a precise and ·definite idea ·! would say, -purely and simply, it. . means a government by its citizens in

.mJI.s~. _actillg. ~rectly and per~Qnally, according to rules established by the majority; and

that every other government is more or less republican, in proportion as it has in its composition more or less of this ingredient of the direct action of the citizens.

It is also pleasing to know that James Wilson, a great member of the Constitutional Convention was a strong advocate of the election of the President and Vice President by direct. vote of the people at elections held throughout the United States as the proper unit of government.

Let me quote Norton's volume entitled "The Constitution of the United States, Its Sources and Its Application" at page 4 as follows:

It is interesting to notice with what singular clearness Ja:mes Wilson of Pennsylvania, a scholar from Edinburgh, laid down in the Constitutional Convention the doctrine which was, eighty years later, removed from debate, by the Fourteenth Amendment the question under discussion being whether the State or the people should be represented in the Senate:

A citizen of America is a citizen of the general government, and is a citizen of the particular State in which he may reside. • • •. In forming tli~ general government we must forego our local habits and attachments, lay aside our State connections, and act for the general good of the whole. The general government 1s not an assemblage of States, but of individuals.

I quote also from the same volume· by Norton at page 102, as follows:

Over and over the Constitutional Convention debated the question of how the President should be elected. • • • Mr. Wilson of Pennsylvania stood stanchly for the popular vote-(For the election of the President.)

Mr. Speaker, I have now stated and have briefly discussed the provisions which are necessary to assure the establishment and continuity of true self-government, that is, fundamental democracy.

In other words, I have outlined the means, measures and regulations necessary to assure the establishment of selfgovernment as a fact. There has been stated the principles of political science, that is the science of government, the principles which must be observed in establishing the governmental system which assures direct control of the system and its functioning by the voters. We have discussed the structure and operation of the kind of government which constitutes fundamental democ-racy.

SOUND POLITICAL ECONOMY

Let us now briefly discuss the principles of political economy which should be adopted and promoted by the fundamentally democratic government which has just been discussed.

ECONOMIC JUSTICE

In the practical affairs of life, people realize that they can enjoy harmonious existence only by helping to promote the welfare of their fellow beings, by conducting themselves in harmony with the universal law of action governing all. In other words, harmonious existence requires the individual to regard scrupulously the welfare of those whom he regards as other and separate persons.

This. means, from the standpoint of human government, that there must prevail absolute justice in the control of the

9656 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 5 earth, which is the source of all material things used by mankind.

How, then, can we assure justice in the distribution of the wealth derived from the earth? The answer, in brief, should

·be as follows: "Discover the natural law, and, in harmony with it, enact and ad

-minister the laws of human governments."

The earth exists and is governed in accord with universal law which is altogether just. That law is not in any

."way dependent on the vain, conceited notions of any human being, or group of human beings whose egotism craves the official power to direct the lives of other people.

A proper understanding of the principles of political economy; and their correct application to the problems which distress the people, would soon bring ·about the reign of economic justice. The . adjustment of men's conduct and actions, in harmony with the true laws of life, would thus be assured, and soon we would have the glorious rule of right with all of its joys.

Let us consider, then, the principles, which, if properly obeyed, will assure all men their rights, banish hate, and establish universal brotherhood.

FACTORS OF PRODUCTION

There are three factors engaged in the production of all goods. They are labor, capital, · and what may be named as either natural resources, land or the earth. To assure, by law, to each of these factors its just share in what may be produced by the united action of the three factors, just named, must be the chief aim of true statesmanship. . Now, all commodities which people use .or consume must be derived from the .earth. Our first task, therefore, in our effort to find out what is the fair share of each of the three factors is to under.stand, first of all, what are men's rights in regards to the control of the land, called also natural resources or the earth.

First let us note that rightful ownership of anything whatsoever exists because the person claiming such ownership either has made what he claims to .own or has given for it, something of equal value to someone who had rightfully acquired ownership of it.

ONE CREATIVE POWER

One power is the sole cause of the existence of the earth's population. It is clear, too, that the power which produced the earth's inhabitants created also the earth itself. Certainly no human being ever created or could create a single particle of the earth. Reason requires us also to regard the one Power as the Father of the earth's inhabitants. If, however, the Creator is parent of the earth's beings, then we cannot reasonably believe that that power, the Father, would or could be unfair or unjust to any of His creatures. On the contrary, instead of being unfair, He has provided equal rights for an· His creatures in the bounty which He has supplied.

What then, with due regard for justice to all, is the true nature of men's rights in the earth?

Surely no person could be given exclusive ownership of the earth, or any part of it, without injustice to all other beings.

·No; on the other hand, the natural resources, the land, is the common heritage of all mankind and must be used on the basis of equal rights to all and special privilege to none.

Whatever part of production, from any part of the natural resources, called also

-land, is due to better natural advantage, such part of production surely belongs rightly to all the people in common, called society. Every person, of course, must be assured of possession of the land occupied by him, for the period of time for which he pays to society, or its government, the value of the amount by which the reasonably possible production from the land, occupied by him, ex·ceeds the reasonably possible production, from a like area of the least productive land, occupied by any person .

THE COMMON HERITAGE

The value per year of this difference in productive power is what is called eco·nomic rent. Whether it be industrial land, city land, or farm land, the economic rent of such land is the value of what, by a certain amount and quality of labor, it will produce more than will be produced by the same amount of labor from· a like area of the least productive land occupied by anyone.

Economic rent is the amount which is ·justly due to society, to all the people in common, for the right granted by society for the possession of natural resources. Economic rent is, therefore, the only proper source from which Government should collect the money necessary to pay its expenses.

Instead, however, of employing this just method, the method which would reward men for their industry and enterprise, resulting in better and increased production, the expense of Government has been wrongly taken by taxation from .what, by their own efforts, people have produced. This method of securing revenue to pay the expense of Government ·has discouraged enterprise and retarded business.

INDEFENSIBLE TAXES

The cost of Government has been paid .from taxes unjustly collected from values .created in goods produced by labor and .capital. It certainly should be clear to -anyone that all taxes put upon goods are penalties which hold back production. Surely everyone can see also that such taxes increase the price of goods. They, therefore, lessen sales, because the ·higher becomes the price of goods the fewer are the persons who can afford to buy them, and, therefore, the smaller is .the amount of goods that can be sold. The demand for goods lessens as the price of the same rises. That means less profit for the seller and less wages for employees.

The injustice and harm which results from such an unjust system of taxation may be seen on every side and continue during every minute of our lives. All things men produce are taxed. The ·owner is taxed-in effect, fined-on ac_count of every ·improvement he may make on his house, barn, garage, fence,

or any other of the changes made by him, which may improve the living con

. ditions of himself, his family, and, in fact, of the whole community.

PUNISHED FOR WELL-DOING

Instead of being encouraged to make progress and to improve the standard of life, and instead of being commended for doing so, · men are taxed-fined-punished because they improve conditions.

~Some governments even tax the house. holder on account of every pane of glass he puts in windows to allow the daylight to enter his house to brighten it. Prac-

. tically all of the different kinds of goods needed by the p·~ople for their welfare are .taxed many, many times-in fact taxes are collected on account of the sale of

~ everything used or consumed by people . during their entire lives.

Now all taxes on building improvements and on all goods which increase people's comfort and health must surely. unavoidably lower the standards of living and · retard the progress of civilization. . All taxes on things produced by labor and capital reduce the sales of such

·goods. This is so because the taxes in_cluded in their cost price increase the .sale price of such go.ods. That, of course, .makes it harder for people to buy the goods. The wages,paid workers are then less, because less goods are sold, and so. of course, fewer workers are needed to produce the smaller.s~pply of goods manufactured. That results in unemployment for many people. The unemployed :compete with each other in seeking the same jobs and offer to work for less than the regular · wages in order to have a means of earning a .living. Prosperity and progress are delayed, because gov_ernments, to pay expenses, take by tax_ation a big part of what is produced by labor and capital. Men are thereby punished for their industry and discouraged in their efforts to be enterprising.

Yes; every excise tax, sales tax, and every other like tax on the sale of goods, certainly, holds back business constantly.

Nevertheless, men are taxed more and more as theY become more industrious and enterprising in the production of the comforts needed for a better general standard of living. Indefensible as is the taxing of men, as they become more industrious, more enterprising, and produce more goods-there results a yet greater evil. Because of the failure to collect government expenses, from the economic rent of natural resources, it is not expensive for the holders of the same to keep the resources out of use. This re·sults in monopoly and deprives the people of the benefit of competition.

The failure to collect the expenses of government from the economic rent of natural resources, contrc;>lled by monopolists, causes the loss of vast amounts of revenue . which would ·provide abund·antly for the very best quality of government. Instead of doing this, however, people are taxed, punished, because they ·have been industrious in making useful ·goods and in improving property to make it more comfortable, more attractive, more sanitary, and better in every way for everybody.

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9657j JUST TAXATION

The collection of the cost of government from economic rent is the fairest and the most scientific method of securing abundant revenue for the best quality of government. The value of land, and income derived from land, results from the presence ·and activity of society,

·of the community. - The market value of the land or natu·ral resources exists because of the pres. ence of population. In 1626 Manhattan Island, upon which New York City is lo-. cated, was bought by a group of Hollanders from Indians for $24. On December 31, 1934, the official vaiue of the land, exclusive of improvements, was $4,600,000,000. The land in and about the Cleveland public square originally had so little market value that it was used for pasture. Now the value of the land within a few hundred yards · of the square is measured in millions of dollars. We could give an unlimited number of examples of like experiences "involving great increases in the market value of land in all parts of the country. All of such increases in value are due to the ·same cause, namely, the increase in population. The increase in population re·sults in the construction of more buildings, and the erection of new buildings requires much material and the employment of many workers. All this, of course, results in better business. ~ The improvement and increase in business raises the market value of the ground where such business is carried on. The presence of the greater population, the larger community, increases business, · and the improved business increases the market value of the land. The value of the land was not created by the ·person who by chance may have had title to the land. Instead, the presence of the larger population, the larger 'community caused the · increase in the yalue of the land. ·

THE COMMUNITY RIGHTS

t- The yearly income· paid to the owner of land was not in ·any sense earned by the owner but ·was due altogether to the presence of a greater number of people whose activity and enterprise helped to improve business in ge·neral. Certainly, then, the community which has caused the increased income from the land is entitled to collect from that income the COSt Of the COill.IllUnity government. 1. It will now be admitted, I am sure, that serious injustice and great wrong have been suffered by the people because of the unjust and the unwise methods of taxation commonly used by governments to secure money to pay their expenses. · · We have shown that land values and the income or interest on the values created by the presence of a larger population, the larger community, have not been paid to society' to the people as a whole, whose presence, industry, and .enterprise created the land values . and the income or interest paid on them.

I SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FOR THE FEW

No; on the contrary, the increa~ed land values and the income on the same have been handed over to private persons who were neither the cause of nor the . , XCVIII-607

creators of the land values or the interest or income paid on same.

The community's loss of the income on these increased land values, handed over to privileged private persons, is bad enough and violates every principle of justice. To add insult to injury, however, after giving the economic rent to private persons, we next find that such govern-

. ments, in order to pay their expenses, rob the people, legally, of course, of what they produce by their labors. If the family improves the home then it is taxed-fined. If people erect buildings and increase the value of the land in the neighborhood, they are taxed for putting up the buildings which improve the community.

VICE OF LOW TAX ON IDLE LAND

On the other hand, the persons who hold their land idle-while it increases in value because of their neighbor's work, enterprise, improvements, and building-are not taxed, or are taxed but lit.tle on their increased land values. ·Taxes are put upon .everything peop.le make or buy from other makers to im.prove their standard of living, and improve community life. Business is retarded, the progress of civilization is slackened and halted because men are taxed~punished-for producing, to sell, things needed for the health, comfort, and refinement of the people in general.

There is a wrong, however, far greater even and much more harmful to the people than the loss of money caused by the failure to collect revenue from the Jand values created by the public; a wrong even greater than the taking by taxation, from the people, of a part of the value of what they produce by their labor to supply the needs of society and to make life more wholesome and pleasant.

FOSTERS MONOPOLIES

That evil consists of the monopolies, the power given to a few persons, as a result of the failure to collect from such persons the expenses of government from the values created, added to the land, by the presence and activity of the people, the community.

This failure to collect the cost of government from the income, created by the community's presence and activity, makes it possible and easy for the monopolists to hold out of use, or to use but inefficiently, the land or resources in their . possession. They can and do hold out of use the land, the resources, because their refusal or failure to use them costs them little or nothing. While the land is held idle they are relieved of the necessity of exerting any effort. They need not use funds they may have, to carry on any business. The greatest wrong of all, however, consists of the fact that they can and do prevent other people from using the land.

SOLUTION FOR THE WAGE PROBLEM:

Collecting the expenses of government from economic rent would make it impossible for anybody to monopolize the natural resources and to hold them for speculative purposes. The holders of land would. be compelled, then, to make good use of the land or natural resources

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in order to have the money to pay their taxes. Because the monopolizers would be compelled to use the natural resources in order to have money to pay their taxes . they would need workers and there would thus be created a demand for labor. The owners of land, of natural resources, throughout the country would be influenced and act in the same way and all industry, commerce, and agriculture would therefore flourish. Unwilling idleness would soon be unknown and the so-called wage problem would settle itself. The wage problem would no longer exist because, if men were not paid fair wages and given good working conditions, they could go to fair-minded employers who would be glad to hire

. them on just terms. GLARING EXAMPLE GIVEN

To illustrate what has just been said, ·let us suppose, for . example, that all the known oil lands were located in Pennsylvania, Ohio, a11-d West Virginia, and one or a few men were to have title to the full and unlimited ownership and control of the same and could hol1 it out of use by paying tri:fiing taxes amounting to not much more than the taxes on poor .farm land. This is what would likely happen: The holders of such oil lands would use such part of the lands as might be required to supply kerosenecoal oil-to the people burning the same to make what was at the time a new kind of light. The oil-land holders could then raise the price of coal oil as high as they might please, unles.:; they should make the price so high as to cause people to stop using coal oil and to begin again to burn candles for light. Moreover, since the owners would be the only employers of expert oil workers, the monopolists could constantly reduce the wages paid the expert oil workers, unless they should reduce such wages to or below the level of unskilled workers' wages, and thus drive the oil workers to accept employment at work requiring no special skill.

UNEARNED WEALTH

We have here noted and explained the injustice which was the sure result of permitting the private monopoly of oil lands. Like injustice would result from permitting the private monopoly of c:>ther natural resources, such as iron-ore land, copper-ore land. zinc-ore land, lead-ore land, other kinds of ore land, and land underlaid with coal, or land which, because of the presence of a large population, is valuable for factory or business purposes. · Private monopoly of natural resources of any part 'of the earth makes it possible for the few who are given such monopoly to accumulate great wealth, which they do not earn by either manual labor or mental effort. A far worse evil than the possession by monopolists of their un- : earned wealth, however, is the power which enables monopolists to keep others from using the land, the resources. Be- · cause monopolists are required to pay so little in taxes that they need not use the land to earn the taxes, the land remains · idle without any risk to the holder while ; it increases in value.

9658 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 5 ADVANCE OR FAIL

The collection of the expenses of government from economic rent would put an end to the dog-in-the-manger monopoly control of the natural resources, and in no other way can monopoly be prevented. If even the larger part of the economic rent of land, of the natural resources, possessed by him, were collected from the owner to pay the expense of government, it would be necessary for him either to make good use of it himself or to allow someone else to use it. If he were to hold it without making good use of it, he could not afford to pay the tax, because he would be making no income with which to pay the taxes or rent. If he did not pay the taxes, someone else would do so and would have, then, the right to use the· land. To make use of the land, however, it would be necessary for its new possessor to employ workmen and that would improve employment conditions, increase wages, and increase business in general.

COMPETITION NEVER REALI. Y TRIED

Whether or not the possessor may have properly used the land, the expenses of government should be col .. lected, of course, from economic rent. The economic rent exists .because of the presence and activity of society, that is~ of all the people, and the failure of the holders of land to use it is no excuse for not paying what they owe to the people~ to the community. Moreover, its proper use, as required by j.ustice to all the people, would produce. the money to pay the taxes, and would also provide fair compensation for the user.

By the champions of that kind of government, which is planned to be administered according to the personal discretion and direction of ofticial agents, we have been told that competition has been tried and has failed. On the contrary, the fact is that, in modern times, there has been no opportunity for true competition. Competition in the fundamez;ttal sense has not bad a real trial.

WOULD PREVENT BOBBERY OF PEOPLE

Control of the great bulk of natural resources is in the hands of a comparatively few persons. The possession and control of the greater part of the valuable natural resources, commercial sites and industrial land, enables the holders of the same, however; to put into their pockets large profits created by the presence and activity of large populations. After the monopolists have taken the unearned increment from what has been produced, the rank and file of the people are allowed to scramble with each other for a miserable existence out of what is left. Obedience to the principle, which I have discussed, would make it impossible tor the few, even legally, to thus rob the many.

There has now been pointed the way to economic justice. When, in accordance with the principle just discussed, the reign of right will prevail, we shall cease to be harassed by industrial strife. The feeling of hatred and opposition will cease, and in their stead the spirit of cooperation and brotherhood will prevail.

THE TRUE LAW OF LIFE IS PERFECT

In the early part of these remarks I urged: Discover the natural law and, in harmony with it, enact and administer the laws of human governments. Whether we call it the law of life, the law of nature, the law of creative power, there certainly exists perfect law and the judgment of men's actions and conduct in harmony with that law will assure liberty and perfect happiness. Thomas Jefferson said: "The God who gave us life gave us liberty." We must understand, however, that human beings do not and cannot create justice. They can only discover, that is, become conscious of justice and its laws, established for the harmonious control of the . universe. Men's actions and conduct and the laws of human governments should be brought into adjustment, into harmony with the law of creation.

Will the principles I have urged become law? My hope is unabounded. To noble minds and hearts of courage, duty's call is loud and clear. Doubt not at all right's final triumph. The cause of justice will prevail. Tyranny must vanish to the limbo of forgotten things. No longer then will hardship plague mankind when with courage we strike from men the chains of injustice.

AMENDING TITLE II OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

Mr. MILLS submitted the following conference report and statement on the bill <H. R. 7800) to amend title n of the Social Security Act to· increase oid-age and survivors insurance benefits, to preserve insurance rights of permanently and totally disabled individuals, and to increase the amount of earnings permitted without loss of benefits, and for other purposes: ·

CONFERENCE REPORT (H. REPT. No. 2491) The committee of· conference on the dis

agreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7800) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase old-age and survivors insurance benefits, to preserve insurance rights of permanently and totally disabled individuals, and to increase the amount of earnings permitted without loss of benefits, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: .

That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 2, 13, 20, 21, and 22, and from its amendment to the title.

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 7, a, 9, 10, 11, and 16, and agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 1: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Strike out the matter proposed to be stricken by the Senate amendment and in lieu of such matter insert the following: "PRESERVATION OF INSURANCE RIGHTS OF PER•

MANENTL Y AND TOTALLY . DISABLED

"SEc. 3. (a) (1) Section 213 (a) (2) (A) of the Social Security Act (defining quarter of coverage) is amended to read as fol• . lows:

"'(A) The term "quarter of coverage" means, in the case of any quarter occlJ,rring

prior to 1951, a quarter in which the individual has been paid $50 or more in wages, except that no quarter any part of which was included in a period of disability (as defined in section 216 (i)), other than the initial quarter of such period, shall be a quarter of coverage. In the case of any individual who has been paid, in a calendar year prior to 1951, $3,000 or more in wages, each quarter of such year following his first quarter . of coverage shall be· deemed a quarter.of coverage, .excepting any quarter in such year in which such individual .died or became en.titled to a primary insurance b~nefit and any quarter succeeding such, quarter in which he died or became so 'entitled, and excepting any quarter any part of which was included in a period of disability other than th"' initial quarter of such period.' ·

"(2) Section 213 (a) (2) (B) (i) of such · Act is amended to read as follows:

"'(i) no quarter after the quarter in which such individual died shall be a quart er of coverage, and no quarter any part of which was included in a period of disability (other than the initial quarter and the last quarter of such period) shal~ be a quarter of coverage;'.

"(3) Section 213 (a) (2) (B) (iii) of such Act 1s amended by striking out 'shall be a quarter of coverage' and . inserting in lieu thereof 'shall (subject to · clause (i)) be a quarter of coverage'.

"(.b) (1) Section 214 (a) (2) of the Social Security Act (defining fully insured individual) ~ amended by striking ou.t sub para. graph (B) and inserting. in lieu thereof the following:

" • (B) forty quarters of coverage, not counting as an elapsed quarter for purposes of subparagraph (A) any quarter any part of which was included in a period of disability (as defined in section 216 (i)) unless such quarter · was a quarter of coverage.'

"(2) Section 214 (b) of'such Act (defining currently insured individual) is amended by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof: •, not counting as part of such thirteen-quarter period any quarter any part of which was included in ~ period of disability unless such quarter was a quarter of coverage.'

"(c) (1) Section 215 (b) (1) of the Social Security Act (defining average monthly wage) is amended by inserting after 'excluding from such elapsed months any month in any quarter prior to the quarter in which he attained the age of twenty-two which was not a quarter of coverage' the following: 'and any month in any quarter any part of which was included in a perioct of disability (as defined in section 216 (i)) unless such quarter was a quarter of cover• age'.

"(2) Section 215 (b) (4) of such Act is a.mended to read as follows:

"• (4) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection, in computing an individual's average monthly wage, there shall not be taken into account--

"'(A) any self-employment income of such individual for taxable years ending in or after the month in which he died or became entitled to old-age insurance benefits, whichever first occurred;

"'(B) any wages paid such individual in any quarter any part of which was included in a period of disabilit y unless such quarter was a quarter of coverage;

"'(C) any self-employment income of such individual for any taxable year all of which was included in a period of disability.'

"(3) Section 215 (d) of such Act (relating to primary insurance benefit for purposes of conversion t able ) is amended by adding a,t . the end thereof the following new paragraph:

"'(5) In the case of any individual to w:Q.om paragr?-ph (1), (2), or (4) of this sub-

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9659 section is applicable, his primary insurance benefit shall be computed as provided therein; except that, for purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) and subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4), any quarter prior. to 1951 any part of which was included in a period of disability shall be excluded from the elapsed quarters unless it was a quarter of coverage, and any wages paid in any such quarter shall not be counted.'

"(d) Section 216 of the Social Security Act (relating to certain definitions) is amended by adding after subsection (h) the following new subsection:

"'Disability; Period of Disability "'(i) (1) The term "disability" means

(A) inability to engage in any substantially gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to be permanent, or (B) blindness; and the term "blindness" means central visual acuity of 5/ 200 or less in the better eye with the 1,1se of correcting lenses. An eye in which the visual field is reduced to five degrees or less concentric contraction shall be considered for the purpose of this paragraph as having a central visual acuity of 5/ 200 or less. An individual shall not b.e considered to be Under disab111ty unless he furnishes such proof of the existence thereof as may be required.

"' (2) The term "period of disability,. lneans a continuous period of not less than six full calendar months (beginning and ending as hereinafter provided in this subsection) during which an individual was under a disab111ty (as defined in paragraph ( 1) ) . No such period with respect to any disability shall begin as: to any individual unless such individual, while under such disab111ty, files an application for a disability determination. Except as provided in paragraph (4), a period of disability shall begin on whichever of the following days is the latest:

"'(A) the day the disability began; "'(B) the first day of the one-year period

which ends with the day before the day on which the individual filed such applica-tion; or ·

" ' (C) the first day of the first quarter in which he satisfies the requirements of paragraph (3).

"'A period of disability shall end on the day on which the disability ceases. No application for a disab111ty determination which is filed more than three months before the first day on which a period of disability can begin (as determined under this paragraph) shall be accepted as an application for the purposes of this paragraph, and no such application which is filed prior to July 1, 1953, shall be accepted.

" '(3) The requirements referred to in paragraphs (2) (C) and (4) (B) are satisfied by an individual with respect to any quarter only if he had not less than-

" ' (A) six quarters of coverage (as defined in section 213 (a) (2)) during the thirteenquarter period which ends with such quarter; and

"'(B) twenty quarters of coverage during the forty-quarter period which ends with such quarter; not counting as part of the thirteen-quarter period specified in clause (A), or the fortyquarter period specified in clause (B), any quarter any part of which was included in a prior period of disabiUty unless such quarter was a quarter of coverage.

"'(4) If an individual files an application for a disabillty determination after June 1953, and before January 1955, with respect to a disability which began before July 1953, and continued without interruption until such application '?las filed, then the beginning day for the period of dis-

ability shall be whichever of the following days is the later:

"'(A) the day such disability began; or "'(B) the first day of the first quarter

In which he satisfies the requirements of paragraph (3) .'

"(e) Title II of the Social Security Act Is amended by adding after section 219 the following new section:

"'DISABILITY PROVISIONS INAPPLICABLE IF BENEFITS WOULD BE REDUCED

" 'SEc. 220. The provisions of this title relating to periods of disab111ty shall not apply in the case of any monthly benefit or lump-sum death payment if such benefit or payment would be greater without the application of such provisions.' •• 'DISABILITY DETERMINATIONS TO BE MADE BY

STATE AGENCIES

•• 'SEC. 221. (a) In the case of any individ· ual, the determination of whether or not he is under a disability (as defined in section 216 (i) (1)) and of the day such disability began, and the determination of the day on which such disability ceases, shall be made by a State agency pursuant to an agreement entered into under subsection (b).

"'(b) The Administrator shall enter into an agreement with each State which is will· ing to make such an agreement under which the State agency administering or supervising the administration of the State plan approved under title XIV, the State agency or agencies administering the State plan approved under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, or the State agency administering the workmen's compensation law of such State, as may be designated in the agreement, will make the determinations referred to in subsection (a) with respect to individuals in such State.

" ' (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the Administrator may, after reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing to an individual who has been determined by a State agency pursuant to an agreement under this section to be under a disability, determine that such individual is not under a disability or that such disability began on a day later than that determined by such agency. Such a determination by the Administrator shall be the determination used for purposes of section 216 (i) in lieu of that made by such State agency.

"'(d) Each State which has an agreement with the Administrator under this section shall be entitled to receive from the trust fund, in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be mutually agreed upon, the cost to the State of carrying out the agreement under this section. The Administrator shall from time to time certify such amount as is necessary for this purpose to the Managing Trustee and the Managing Trustee, prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall make payment from the Trust Fund at the time or times fixed by the Administrator, in accordance with such certification.

" ' (e) All money paid "to a State under this section shall be used solely for the purposes for which it is paid; and any money which is so paid which is not used for such purposes shall be returned to the Treasury for deposit in the Trust Fund.'

"(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 215 (f) (1) of the Social Security Act, the amendments made by subsections (a), (b). (c), and (d) of this· section shall apply to monthly benefits under title II of the Social Security Act for months after June 1953, and to lump-sum death payments under such title in the case of deaths occurring after June 1953; but no recomputation of benefits by reason of such amendments shall be regarded as a recomputation for purposes of section 215 (f) of the Social Security Act.

"(g) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section and the amendments

made thereby, such provisions and amendments shall cease to be in effect at the close of June 30, 1953, and after such amendments cease to be in effect any provision of law amended thereby shall be in full force and effect as though this act had not been enacted."


recede f!"om its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 3, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following "$75"; and the Genate agree to the same.

Amendment numberec2 4: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 4, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "$75"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 5: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 5, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the rna tter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "$75"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 6: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amend· ment of the Senate numbered 6, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "$75"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 12: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 12, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "6"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 14: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 14, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "$75"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 15: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 15, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "$75"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 17: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 17, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following: "7"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 18: That the House ~ecede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 18, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Insert the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment and on page 32, line 5, of the House engrossed bill strike out .. Title" and insert in lieu thereof "Effective as . of July 1, 1952, title"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 19: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 19, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the followIng:

"SEC. 8. (a) Section 3 (a) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows:

" 'SEc. 3 (a) From the sums appropriated therefor, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each State which has an approved plan for old-age assistance, for each quarter beginning with the quarter commencing October 1, 1952, (1) in the case of any State

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other than Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount, which shall be used exclusively as old-age assistance, equal to the sum of the following proportions of the total amounts expended during such quarter as old-age assistance under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any individual for any month as exceeds $55--

.. • (A) four-fifths of such expenditures, not counting so much of any expenditure with respect to any month as exceeds the product of $25 multiplied by the total number of such individuals who received old-age. assistance for such month; plus

"'(B) one-half of the amount by which such expenditures exceed the maximum which may be counted under clause (A); and ( 2) in the case of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount, which shall be used exclusively as old-age assistance, equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as old-age assistance under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any individual for any month as exceeds $30, and (3 ) in the case of any State, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended dtiring such quarter as found necessary by the Administrator for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan, which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administering the State plan or for old-age assistance, or both, and for no other purpose.'

"(b) Section 403 (a) of such Act is amended to read as follows:

"'SEc. 403. (a) From the sums appropriated therefor, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each State which has an approved plan for aid to dependent children, for each quarter, beginning with the quarter commencing October 1, 1952, (1) in the case of any State other than Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount, which shall be used exclusively as aid to dependent children, equal to the sum of the following proportions of the total amounts expended during such quarter as aid to dependent children under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any dependent child for any month as exceeds $30, or if there is more than one dependent child in the same home, as exceeds $30 with respect to one such dependent child and $21 with respect to each of the other dependent children, and not counting so much of such expenditure for any month with respect to a relative with whom any dependent child is living as exceeds $30-

"'(A) four-fifths of such expenditures, not counting so much of the expenditures with respect to any month as exceeds the product of $15 multiplied by the total number of dependent children and other indi• viduals with respect to whom aid to dependent children is paid for such month, plus

"'(B) one-half of the amount by which such expenditures exceed the maximum which m ay be counted under clause (A); and ( 2) in the case of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount, which shall be used exclusively as aid to dependent children, equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as aid to dependent children under the State plan, not count ing so much of such expenditure With respect to any dependent child for any month as exceeds $18, or if there is more than on e dependent child in the same home, as exceeds $18 wi:th respect to one such dependent child and $12 with respect to each of the other dependent children; and (3) in the case of any St ate, an amount equai to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as found n ecessary by t h e Administrator for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan, which amount shall be used

for paying the costs of administering the State plan or for aid to dependent children, or both, and for no other purpose.'

"(c) Section 1003 (a) of. such act 1s amended to read as follows:

"'SEc. 1003. (a) From the sums appropi.-iated therefor r the Secretary of the Treas- . ury shall pay to each State which has an approved plan for aid to the blind, for each quarter, teginning with the quarter commencing October 1, 1952, ( 1) in the case of any State other than Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount, which shall be used exclusively as aid to the blind, equal to the sum of the following proportions of the total amounts expended during such quarter as aid to the blind under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any individual for any month as exceeds $55--

.. '(A) four-fifths of such expenditures, not counting so much of any expenditure with respect to any month as exceeds ·the product of $25 multiplied by the total number of such individuals wl:o received aid to the blind for such month, plus

"'(B) one-half of the amount by which such expenditures exceed the maximum which may be counted under clause (A); and (2) in the case of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount, which shall be used exclusively as aid to the blind, equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as aid to the blind under the St ate plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any individual for any month as exceeds $30; and (3) in the case of any State, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as found necessary by the Administrator for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan, which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administer!~ the State plan or for aid to the blind, or both, and for no other purpose.'

"(d) Section 1403 (a) of such act is amended to read as follows:

"'SEc 1403. (a) From the sums appropriated therefor, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each State which has an approved plan for aid to the permanently and totally disabled, for each quarter, beginning with the quarter commencing October 1, 1952, ( 1) in the case of any State other than Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount, which shall be used exclusively as aid to the permanently and totally disabled, equal to the sum of the following proportions of the total amounts expended during such quarter as aid to the permanently and t otally disabled under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any individual for any month as exceeds t55--

.. '(A) four-fifths of such expenditures, not counting so much of any expenditure with respect to any month as exceeds the product of $25 multiplied by the total number of such individuals who received aid to the permanently and totally disabled for such month, plus

"'(B) one-half of the amount by which such expenditures exceed the maximum which may be counted under clause (A); and ( 2) in the case of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an amount, which shall be used exclusively as aid to the permanently and totally disabled, equal to one-half of the total of the · sums expended during such quarter as aid to the permanently and totally disabled under the State plan, not counting so much of such expenditure with respect to any individual for any month as exceeds $30; and (3) in the case of any State, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as found necessary by the Administrator for the proper and efficient administration of the State plan, which amount shall be used for paying the costs of administering the State

plan or for aid to the ·permanently and totally disabled, or both, and for no other purpose.'

" (e) The amendlnents made by this section shall be effective for the period beginning October 1, 1952, and ending with the close of September 30, 1954, and after such amendments cease to be in effect any provision of law amended thereby shall be in full force and effect as though this Act had not been enacted."

And the Senate agree to the same. R. L. DauGHToN, JOHN D. DINGELL, w. D. MILLS,

DANIEL A. REED, THOMAS T. JENKINS,

Managers on the Part of the House. WALTER F. GEORGE, TOM CONNALLY, EDWIN c. JOHNSON, HUGH BUTLER, E.'DWARD MARTIN,



at the co~ference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7800) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase old-age and survivors insurance benefits, to preserve insurance rights of permanently and totally disabled individuals, and to increase the amount of earnings permitted without loss of benefits, and for other purposes, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the conferees and recommended in the accompanying conference report:

Amendment No. 1: This amendment strikes out section 3 of the House biil, which provided that the insured status of certain individuals under title II of the Social Security Act, and their average monthly wage for the purposes of that title, would not be adversely affected while they were permanently and ·totally disabled. The effect of the action agreed upon by the conferees · is to accept the House provision but to provide (1) that no applications may be accepted under the House provision prior to July 1, 195.3, (2) that the House provision shall cease to be effective at the close of June 30, 1953, and · (3) that determinations with respect to whether or no an individual is permanently and totally disabled and the duration of any such disability shall be made by appropriate State agencies rather than by the Administrator.

The action recommended by the conferees will permit appropriate steps to be taken fqr the working out of tentative agreements with the States for possible administration of these provisions. It is the intent of the conferees that hearings will be held on this entire matter early in 1953 and at that time ~he congressional committees will go into the administrative and other provisions. It is intended to obtain the views at that time of interested groups on the methOds of obtaining evidence of disability, under what circumstances and by whom determinations should be made, and whether or not these provisions or any modification thereof should be enacted into permanent law.

Amendment No. 2: This is a technical amendment changing the section number of section 4 of the House bill, The Senate recedes.

Amendments Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 6: The House bill increased from $50 to $70 a month the amount of earnings from employment or self-employment which may be received in or charged to a month without subject ing the beneficiary to a deduction from h-:s benefits. The Senate amendments increase this amount to $100. The effect of the action recommended by the conferees is to increase this amount from the $50 ·in existing law to $75.

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9661 Amendments Nos. 7, 8, 9, and 10: The

House bill provided wage credits of $160 a month for individuals while serving in the Armed Forces after July 24, 1947, and before 1954, and in addition authorized appropria· tions to the trust fund of the sums neces· sary to meet the additional costs resulting from such wage credits. The effect of . the Senate amendments is to retain the wage credit provision of the House blll but to pro· vide that the additional costs wm be borne by the trust fund. The House recedes.

Amendments Nos. 11, 12, and 17: Section 6 of the House bill provided that the insur· ance system contained in title II of the Social Security Act would, upon the request of the State, be extended to employees cov.ered by certain State or local retirement systems if one of two conditions was met: ( 1) State or local law in effect on January 1, 1951, provided for coordination of the State or local retirement system with the Federal system, or (2) two-thirds of the employees covered by such retirement system voted in favor of Federal coverage. The Senate amendments strike out these provisions. The House recedes. The conferees by this action intend in no way to imply that they do not favor the inclusion of similar provisions in the law; it is the intent of the conferees that the entire matter of the ·ex· tension of Federal coverage to .employees al· ready covered by State and local retirement systems will be explored thoroughly early .In 1953, when the disability provisions ·are to be reexamined.

Amendment No. 13: This is a technical amendment changing a cross-reference con· tained in the House bill. The Senate recedes.

Amendments Nos. 14 and 15: The House bill raised from $50 to $70 a month the work clause applicable to individuals receiving survivor benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act. The Senate amendments raise this monthly limitation to $100. The effect of the action recomm •.mded by the conferees is to increase this monthly limitation to $75.

Amendment No. 16: This Senate amendment relates to the computation of the increase in benefits under the blll for certain individuals who are entitled to benefits for August 1952 and whose benefits could have been derived from either of two primary insurance amounts which differ from each other by not more than ten cents. The House recedes.

Amendment No. 18: The House bill provided that earned income of a blind individual which Is disregarded in determining under title' X of the Social Security Act the need of that individual for aid to the blind may also be disregarded in determining the need of any other individual for old-age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind, or aid to the permanently and totally disabled. The effect of the action recommended by the conferees is to retain the House provision but to make it effective July 1, 1952, and to make it mandatory upon the States after June 30, 1954.

Amendment No. 19: There was no comparable provision in the House bill. The Senate amendment changes the formulas for computing the Federal share of State public assistance programs.

Under existing law the Federal share in the case of old-age assistance, aid to the blind, and aid to the permanently and totally disabled, is three-fourths of the first $20 of a StatE.>'s average monthly payment per recipient, plus one-half of the remainder within individual maximums of $50. Under the Senate amendment the Federal share is four-fifths of the first $25 of a State's average monthly payment per recipient, plus one-half of the remainder within individual maximums of $55. The effect of the action agreed upon in conference is to accept the provisions of the Senate amendment on .this point, but to limit the period to which such

provisions apply to the 2-year period be· ginning October 1, 1952.

Under existing law the Federal share in the case of aid to dependent children is three-fourths of the first $12 of a State's av· erage monthly payment per recipient, plus one-half of the remainder within individual maximums of $27 for the adult caring for a dependent child, $27 for the first child, and $18 for each additional child in a family. Under the Senate amendment the 'Federal share . is four-fifths of the first $15 of a State's average monthly payment per recipl· ent, plus one-half of the remainder within individual maximums of $30 f<>r the adult, $30 for the first child, and $21 for each add!- · tional child in a family. The effect of the actio:.1. agreed upon in conference is to ac· cept the provisions of the Senate amendment on this point, but to limit the period to which such provisions apply to the 2-year period beginning October 1, 1952. ·

The Senate amendment also contains changes in .the formulas for · computing the Federal share of public assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The effect of the action agreed upon in conference is to retain, for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the formulas contained in existing law. ·

Amendment No. 20: Under existing law the total amount certified by the Administrator under titles I, IV, X, and XIV for payment to Puerto Rico with respect. to any fiscal year, may not exceed $4,250,000. The Senate amendment increases this maximum amount to $5,000,000. The Senate recedes.

Amendment :No. 21: This amendment con· tains a temporary provision relating to the amount of State and local funds which must be expended in order for a State to be eligible for the full amount of the in· crease in Federal funds for public assist· ance provided by the bill. The Senate re· cedes.

Amendment No. 22: This amendment pro· vides that for the 1-year period beginning October 1, 1952, a State may exclude from consideration any income and resources not over $50 a month obtained by a recipient of old-age assistance for performing agri· cultural or nursing services. The Senate re· cedes.

Amendment to the title: The Senate re· cedes.

R. L. DaUGHTON, JOHN D. 0INGELL, W. D. MILLS, DANIEL A. REED, THOMAS JENKINS,


Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report on the bill <H. R. 7800) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase old-age and sur. vivors insurance benefits, to preserve insurance rights of permanently and to· tally disabled individuals, and to increase the amount of earnings per· mitted without loss of benefits, and for other purposes, and ask unanimous consent that the statement of the managers on the part of the House be read in lieu of the report.

The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER. ·Is there objection to

the request of the gentleman from Arkansas? ·

There was no objection. The Clerk read the statement. Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to

the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. ADAIR].

Mr. ADAIR. Mr. Speaker, the conferees have brought back the social-security bill, H. R. 7800, in a much im·

proved form. Many of the objectionable features are now removed and its provisions have been liberalized with respect to rights granted social-security beneficiaries.

The .gentleman from New York [Mr. REED J will explain the bill and I wish to associate my views with his.

In view of its present form, I am hapPY now to be able to support it.

Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 7 minutes to the gentleman from New York [Mr. REED].

Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker, the conference report on H. R. 7800 should be adopted because it eliminates the objectionable socialized medicine feature of the bill a sit passed the House; because the amount of money which a person can earn without losing his benefits has been increased over the House bill; and, finally, because in addition to the higher benefits provided for under the insurance program, the conference report increases public assistance funds for the aged, dependent children, and others on the assistance rolls.

The principal objection to H. R. 7800 as it passed the House was the new permanent and total disability program-established by the bill. This entering wedge into the field of socialized medicine was eliminated by the otner body and is for all practical purposes eliminated in the conference report. As a face-saving gesture the House permanent and total disability provision is re. tained in name in the conference report, but it is completely inoperative. The conference report provides that no claims for permanent and total disability can be made until after June 30, 1953, and provides also that the whole section will automatically expire on July 1, 1953, unless affirmative action by the Congress to re-enact this provision is adopted. Moreover, an amendment to the permanent and total disability provision in the House bill was adopted which places the examination of disabled individuals in the hands of State agencie~. In substance the whole permanent and total disability provision which was vigorously opposed by those of us who are interested in pre. serving the integrity of the medical profession in this country and who are opposed to the extension of Federal authority over the medical profession· has been effectively eliminated. It is in the conference report in name only, and it is for this reason that I signed the conference report and now support its adoption.

The second principal objection to the House version of H. R. 7800 was that many Members favored increasing the so-called work clause. The bill which I introduced increased the work clause from $5C to $100 and the conference report sets the limit at $75. In my opinion this amount is not nearly high enough, and the Republican conferees urged that the $100 figure agreed to by the other body should be adopted. In this we were defeated, and for this unfair limitation on the amount a person may earn without losing his benefits, the blame rests with the Democratic conferees.

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A significant change from the House bill contained in the conference report is the change in the Federal share of payments to the aged, the blind, and the permanently and totally disabled. Under present law for old-age assistance, aid to the blind and aid to the permanently and totally disabled the Federal share is now three-fourths of the first $20 of a State's average monthly payment per recipient plus one-half of the remainder within individual maximum of $50. The conference report provides that the Federal share will be be four-fifths of the first $15 of a State's average monthly payment per recipient plus one-half of the remainder within individual maximums of $55. In the case of aid to dependent children the Federal share is now three-fourths of the first $12 of a State's average monthly payment per recipient plus one-half of the remainder within individual maximums of $27 for the adult, $27 for the first child, and $18 for each additional child in a family. The conference report provides that the Federal share will be four-·fifths of the first $15 of a State's average payment per recipient plus onehalf of the remainder within individual maximums of $30 for the adult, $30 for the :first child and $21 for each additional child in a family.

The elimination of the operation of permanent and total disability, the increase in the work clause from $70 to $75, and the increased Federal funds for the public assistance----these are the tnajor changes in the Hous~ bill made by the conference report.

Mr. Speaker, _the conference report is a great triumph to the Republican Members of this body who stood up against the Oscar Ewing propaganda machine. It is a victory for those who are opposed to socialized medicine, for those who are opposed to expanding bureaucracy, and for those who are opposed to further encroachment by the Federal Government into fields of Government service which should properly remain with the States. It is unfortunate, indeed, that my bill, H. R. 7922, was not adopted in the beginning by this body. If it had been, we would have avoided the necessity for long conferences with the other bOdy because in substance the provisions of H. R. 7922 have been etnbodied in the conference report. ·

In closing, Mr. Speaker, I want to say that I and the other House conferees are keenly disappointed that we were not able .to Dlake an adjustment in the conference report relating to the coverage of State and local employees in States where the State or local retirement system contemplated the . coordination of the local retirement system with the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance System. Our colleague on the com- · mittee Mr. BYRNES from Wisconsin, did everything within his power on behalf · of the State and local employees under the retirement system of Wisconsin to · have this provision ot the House bill adopted. I can only say that the people ·. of this great State are fortunate indeed 1n having Mr. BYRNES as their representative and that it is through no fault or lack of diligent effort on his part that jihis conference report does not contain

the amendment permitting eoordination of the Wisconsin retirement system with the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert at this point in the RECORD a statement by the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. SIMPSON] in support of this bill. .

The · SPEAKER pro tempore <Mr. BoGGS of Louisiana). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York?

There wa.S no objection. Mr. SIMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr.

Speaker, I am supporting this conference report on H. R. 7800 for the following reasons:

It increases the benefit payments under the old-age and survivors' insurance program by $5 or 12 ~ percent, whichever is larger;

It provides for a liberalization of the amount which a person may earn without losing his benefits from $50 a month to $75 a month;

It provides wage credits of $160 per month for members of the Armed Forces serving since the close of World Warn through 1953. Under the conference report these credits will be paid out of the trust fund rather than be financed by the general revenues as provided in the House bill.

It increases the funds available to the States for payments to the needy aged. blind, dependent children, and permanently and totally disabled individuals.

And, finally; I am supporting this conference report because in e1fect it eliminates the total and permanent disability provision contained in the · House bill which would have laid the foundation for socialized medicine in this country. Although the wording of the permanent' and total disability provision of the House bill with an amendment provid-ing for examinations by State agencies remains in the conference report, the whole provision is made completely inoperative. No claims may be made, no examinations held, arid the whole provision will automatically expire July 1, 1953,· unless the Congress takes some affirmative action before that time.

The adoption by the House of the conference report is a major victory for those of us who challenged the wisdom of granting sweeping authority to Oscar Ewing and the. Federal Security Agency to control and regiment the medical profession of this country.

Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker, I · also ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. JENKINs] may extend his remarks at this point. ·

The SPEAKER pro· tempore. Is there objection to the request of the· gentleman from New York?

There was no objection. Mr. JENKINS. Mr. Speaker, the bill,

H. R. 7800, has had the most unusual history of anY piece of legislation passed du.ring my somewhat long service in · Congress. Let us review its progress. .

In the first place it was generally understood from the beginning of the _second· session of the Eighty-second Con- . gress that no major. legislation dealing with the tax laws or the social-security law would be considered. This course ·

was followed 1>Y' the Ways and Means Committee until well on into the last part of this, the last session of Congress. Then one day. without any notice to the Republican members of the committee or to the public generally, Mr. DOUGHTON introduced H. R. 7800. Then steps were taken immediately to crowd it through the committee without any public hearings. The Republican members practically unanimously demanded public hearings but their demand was denied. ..'What is the hurry?" we demanded. Our demand availed us nothing.

It was evident that the bill was a political bill and that the administration had ordered its passage. The Social Security DepartDlent, through its ever present Wilbur Cohen and his assist.:. ants came before the committee in executive session and the bill was soon reported out by the committee without the members ·thereof having had sufficient time to study it thoroughly. :

The principal and only purpose of the bill was to increase the grant to those drawing social security and to give $ foothold to socialized medicine. It was purely an election scheme. They were going to in1luence the social-security recipients by giving them a $5 per month increase.

In-a day or two after the committee had taken this action· and as soon as I could I . gave the bill a careful study, I immediately found that it contained two sections that were absolutely unacceptable. One of these, section 3, was a section that without doubt would be a long step toward socialized tnedicine. The other, section '6, was the section that encroached on the retirement systems of school teachers and State $nd municipal· employees.

When we made these discoveries we immediately started up an organized op~ position that finally developed into the defeat of these two sections. I did my part of this without having received any communications from any medical society or from any of the many State employees or teachers' organizations. Most of the Republican members of the Ways and Means Comm~ttee joined me. in opposition ·to the proposed legislation.

It will be remembered that the Democratic mein'Qers of th~ committee in~ duced the Speaker of the House to permit this bill, H. R. 7800, to be brought up on a motion to suspend the rules. Under this unusual procedure the motion must carzy by a two-thirds majority and only 20 minutes debate on each side would be permi~ted. ·

_The whole country was stirred up by this procedure. The impression went out that this $5 increase would also be paid to the old-age pensioners and to the . blind. Those of us who were opposed to the measure wer~ not opposed to paying this $5 increase to those on social security who would receive it but we felt that this $5 increase should also apply to the aged and to the blind. Appar_ently our :Position was misconstrued for we were not opposed to the $5 provision but . were opposed to socialized medicine and . to an . mvasion of the State employees system and an -invasion 'of the teachers retirement system.

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9663 We were able to prevent the passage

of the bill by a two-thirds majority under the motion to suspend the rules. Thus we had won a very signal victory. The Ways and Means Committee is proud of the fact that it is seldom defeated on the fioor of the House. It was soundly defeated in this contest because it was attempting to advance the cause of socialized medicine and to invade the pension systems of the State and municipal employees of the country and of the teachers' retirement system. Some of these systems have many millions of dollars in their treasuries which these social-secu· rity chiefs in Washington would like to take over. It was defeated also because the membership of the House is overwhelmingly opposed to socialized medi· cine.

The administration was not to be de· nied, so the socialized medicine crowd in . the Social Security Department brought out another bill. They claimed that this bill ·had been completely stripped of all socialized-medicine language. When this bill came on ·for consideration it came on under the regular rules of. the House. which require only a majority vote to pass it. But it provided for additional time for debate. The membership of the House had, in the meantime, been fiooded by communications from the aged and the blind who thought that they were included in the bill. Under this pressure, the amended bill was passed by a · large vote. Only 22 voted against it. I was one of these 22. We knew that the aged and the blind had not been included.

I was guided in my course by the knowledge that the bill had not been cleared from all socialized-medicine language and that it did not give one single additional penny to the old-age recipients or to the blind. I am proud to have been one of the 22, for now our position has been vindicated. We were right from the beginning.

When the bill went to the Senate that body accepted our view. They found one whole section of socialized-medicine language and struck . it out. This was section 3. They also found that the bill did infringe upon the rights of the State employees and the teachers and struck out all of that language, which was section 6. The Senate also realizing that the old-age pensioners and the blind had been denied any increase, inserted in the bill such language as was necessary to increase the blind pensions and the old-age pension by $5 per month.

Therefore when the Senate bill came · before the conference committee, consisting of four Senators and five Members of Congress of which I was one, we agreed upon the Senate bill quite completely. And that is in effect the bill that finally came before the House for consideration.

If this bill passes the Congress as the conference committee has recommended, it will be a great victory for us Republicans and those who assisted us in preventing the passage of a purely political bill just before the coming election and prevented the country from taking its first long step into socialized medicine.

I am proud of my part in this victory, !or we have helped the blind and the

old-age pensioners by giving them a small increase and we have in6reased their right to earn more from outside employment by permitting them to earn as much as $75 per month and in it we have stopped socialized medicine.

Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I say that this bill has taken a most unusual course but finally it is in shape that it can be supported by all who are opposed to socialized medicine and who are willing to raise the social-security payments by $5 per month and are willing to raise the payments of the old-age pensioners and the blind by $5 per month.

I am in favor of the bill and am proud to have had an active part in removing from it these two objectionable features.

Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 13 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. DINGELLJ.

Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, it is most unfortunate that the gentleman from · New York chose to interject into the consideration of these matters which were in conference an imputation of politics, and to refer with such enthusiasm to his bill, H. R. 7922. I want to point out to you that the composite bill, H. R. 7922, introduced by Mr. REED came many, many numbers after H. R. 7800, the composite bill by Mr. DOUGHTON. Prior to the committee consideration of the composite bill, H. R. 7800, there were any number of social security bills which were introduced before the gentleman from New York got this ·very heavy thought and before he became so concerned with the unfortunate old-age pensioners and those covered by OASI. You know you can never get a way from your own record. It is like your shadow. It follows you on forever. In the light of facts do not be overly impressed by Mr. REED's concern. If you go back to the record when we built the great social security law in 1935 you will find that the gentleman from New York opposed this great social legislation.

There is no socialized medicine in this bill. The Senate conferees agreed with the position of the House in modified form, and everybody was pretty well convinced that the provision was appropriate, but seemingly two members of the House conferees insisted on speaking as a partisan minority.

The bill, as I said, introduced through the efforts of the membership of the Committee on Ways and Means, bearing the name of our distinguished chairman [Mr. DouGHTON], embodies some very valuable amendments ·which will do much to make easier the way of the oldage pensioners and those under OASI. But certain things, because they were controversial as far as the Senate managers were concerned, had to be dropped in the interest of passing this needed legislation in the Eighty-second Congress. The House conferees endeavored to abide by the mandate issued by this body when the legislation, H. R. 7800, passed by a vote of 361 to 22. Bear in mind that H. R. 7800 passed this House under suspension of the rules. We chose that it come back here under suspension. We wanted to jam it down their throats, and we did, and they swallowed it. It gagged them, but they had to take it,

18 to 1. We were not satisfied with the previous vote which was a majority. We did not bring it here under a closed rule. We }:)rought it here under suspension. We were going to have it passed as is, or nothing, and we whipped the reactionaries outside of this Chamber, who insulted your intelligence and mine, who said that to give protection to a man who had paid into OASI, which is an insurance plan, by providing a waiver of premiums, was socialism. The House proved by its 18-to-1 approval that it was not.

I · want to emphasize what I have said time and time again, that there is not to my knowledge a single insurance company worthy of the name in the United States of America that does not give a policyholder exactly what you have here in this bill; namely, a waiver of premium in case of disability and a guaranty that he shall receive what he contracted for when the time arrives.

Let it be known that the Members on the part of the minority, did not favor the waiver of premium, and they were anxious and ready from the start to desert the position that the House had taken. That is not anything to brag about when you go into a conference. After you have had your battle here and you go into conference you are supposed to stand by the House. You are supposed to try to carry out the wishes of the House . . What did the House minority conferees do? They andertook to follow the reactionaries, some of the character assassin~ in the AMA. I am not speaking of the rank and file of doctors. I am talking about the reactionaries, the president who just retired, the one who just came in and the one who not so long ago was kicked out of control. That is what I am talking about. They have never sustained their position. There were a thousand editorials, not only in Democratic but in Republican newspapers that pointed out the fact that this was the biggest mistake the so-called Grand Old Party ever made in this House. They changed their position wisely and properly and honestly. Still the ranking member on the minority comes here and tells you that this is still socialized medicine.

According to that, Senator GEORGE is an advocate and adherent of socialized medicine; so is ED JOHNSON, and so are all the rest of us; and I tell you the most practical thing that I ever did was in. presuming to forestall such socialized medicine and any system that approximates it. I advocated health insurance.

Mr. EBERHARTER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? . Mr. DINGELL. I yield.

Mr. EBERHARTER. I think what the membership is most interested in is what will be the actual, practical result of the provision adopted by the conference with respect to the permanent and total disability provisions? No Member on the floor knew what was in the conference report until about 5 minutes ago; and as I look at it I cannot see that there is any provision in there which retains the feature of a waiver of premium for those who become permanently and totally disabled. If it does, if there is a provision that waives the premium

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for those who are permanently and totally disabled, then I am in thorough accord with the conference agreement. But if it contains no protection whatsoever for those permanently and totally disabled, I think it is a surrender to the American Medical Association.

Mr. DINGELL. Let me assure my friend--

Mr. EBERHARTER. You tell us, then, specifically, where it grants waiver of premiums for those permanently and totally .disabled.

Mr. DINGELL. It will not take effect unless we act affirmatively after the 1st of January. But it does do this, and · it was a most difficult thing which we had to consider in conference, I may say to my friend from Pennsylvania, who . is most anxious and always has been most helpful in matters pertaining to the welfare of those covered by the OASI, old-age pensioners, and other people coming under social security. · I will say this, at the risk of bringing back nothing from conference, we saved many valuable contributions to these good people who are dependent upon a lift of this kind. But I am not bragging about what we were able to do, mind you. We had the opposition of four out of five Senators, to begin with. We did not have our own minority conferees with us, despite the decisive vote in the House. It was only through the efforts of our good friend::; Mr. DauGHTON and Mr. MILLS, as well as myself, who fought to the very last, that we did establish the principle that is going to be in the law when the President signs it-a recog-

nition of the waiver· of the premium princip:te. By January 1, I may say to my good friend from Pennsylvania, the public demand for the continuation . of the waiver of premium that will reach the ears of those who are today serving in the House and who will be reelected, and those who are elected for the first time to the new Congress, is going to be so great and so powerful that it is going to drive the reactionaries and the · opposition out of this Chamber.

Mr. EBERHARTER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield further?

Mr. DING ELL. I yield. Mr. EBERHARTER. Then the only

thing this bill does, in the gentleman's opinion, is to recognize that we should have a waiver of premium for the permanent and totally disabled, but it will have no effect whatsoever unless the next Congress passes an affirmative act to that effect. ·

Mr. DINGELL. That ·is right. . Mr. EBERHARTER.· So that we can

not put ourselves in the position of saying to the people of this country that the permanent and total disability provisions are in this measure; is that correct?

Mr. DINGELL. That is right, but we did get the camel's nose under the tent. ON THE FREEZING OF PER.IODS OF DISABILITY

UNDER THE OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS' INSUR• ANCE LAW

Mr. Speaker, because I did not want to detract from any credit due another, I have modestly refrained heretofore from pointing out that it was I and not the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. KEAN] who first introduced a social-security

H. R. 6750 H. R. 7549

bill providing· fer a -freeze of periods of disability.

My bill, H. R. 6750, which goes much further tpan any of the bills pending before the Co~mittee on Ways and Means in revising and liberalizing the socialsecurity laws, was introduced on February 21, 1952. Mr. KEAN'S bill, H. R. 7549, was intr9duced on April 23, 1952.

I am for improvements in the socialsecurity laws and will support them regardless of who authors .the legislation. · I just wanted to · set the record straight, however, in that I introduced my bill ahead of any others that have been introduced on this subject. - I ' include a comparison of the differences in the several bills indicating the greater liberality of my bill, H. R. 6750-and I further refer you to the study headed "Major differences in H. R. 7800 ·as passed· by the House and as passed by the Senate'' with a column showing what finally was agreed to in conference:

MEMORANDUM

To: Mr. DINGELL. From: Leo H. Irwin.

JULY 2, 1951.

Subject: Comparison of H. R. 6750, H. R. 754:} and H. R. 7800; all pertaining to social security.

Pursuant to your request a comparative analysts is made herein of the major provisions of three principal Social Security bills introduced in this second session of the Eighty-second Congress; viz: H. R. 6750, H. R. 7549, and H. R. 7800. The comparison will be made under the major topics of ( 1) coverage, (2) benefits, (3) disability and rehab111tation, (4) financing, (5) public assistance, and (6) technical amendments.

H. R. 7800

L Coverage: .A.. Estimated number of

persons affected by expanded coverage.

11,000,000.................................... Not given •• --------------------········-···- Not given.

B. Coverage of the self· employed.

0. State and local employees.

D. Wage credits for military personnel.

E. Miscellaneous coverage ..

F. Coverage criteria ••••••••

ll. Benefits:

· Certain designated self-employed persons are covered.

Permits States to enter into agreements for retroactive coverage by Jan. 1, 1954. AlSo allows coverage if integration statute in effect as of Jan. 1, 1950.

.All military service after World War IT is covered by a $160 per month wage credit. Makes permanent provision with respect to future service.

Includes among other groups-farm workers, domestics, and employees of higher educational institutions.

Eliminates the "regularity" test and retains a minimum ($50) fo): quarterly earnings.

All self-employed persons are covered ••••••• No change.

No change •• ·--------~---··---·······----·--

No change ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

Includes among other groups-farm owners and workers and domestics.

Permits States to enter into agreements for retroactive coverage by Jan. 1, 1955. .Allows coverage if iritegration statute in effect as of Jan. 1, 1951.

Permits coverage of State and local employees who are also covered by retirement system .

$160 per month wage credit for military service between end of World War II and Jan. 1, 1954.

No change.

Substantially similar to H. R. 6750 .••• .:..... No change.

.A.. Maximumeamingssubject to coverage.

$6,000. _ -----------------------·------------- No change ($3,600) _ -··---·--·-··----··-···-- No change ($3,600) •

B. Benefit formula.--------

C. Benefit limits .••••••••••

50 percent of first $120, 15 percent of next $380 plus 1 percent increment for each year of coverage. Best 10 consecutive years of covered earnings are used. The conversion table is adjusted upward.

.A. verage increase is 35 percent. Minimum primary insurance benefit is $25. Maximum will depend on years of coverage. Family benefits minimum is $50. Maximum $200.

D. Work clause ____________ $75 with a corresponding adjustment for the

UI. Disability and rehabilitation: .A.. Disability and sickness

benefits.

B. Rehabilitation services ..

C, Waiver of premium provision.

self-employed. ,

Provides disability benefits for disabled insured workers. Sickness benefits are provided for temporarily incapacitated msured workers.

Rehabilitation services sre provided for insured disabled individuals and disabled children entitled to child's benefits.

Preserves the insurance and benefit status of disabled workers by fre_ezing period of disability.

50 percent of first $115,15 percent of next $185. Best 10 consecutive years of covered earnings are used. Conversion table is revised upward. ·

Benefit payments would be increased about 10 percent. Minimum primary insurance benefit is $22. Maximum $85. Family benefits minimum is $44. Maximum $165.

No change __ -----·-·-------·----:------------

55 percent of first $100,15 percent of next $200. Conversion table is revised upward.

.A. verage increase is in excess of $6. Benefits of those now on the rolls would be increased

·by $5 or 12~ percent, whichever is greater. Minimum primary insurance benefit is $25. Maximum $85. Family benefits minimum is $45, maximum $168.75.

$70 with a corresponding adjustment for the self-employed.

••••• do....................................... No change.

Rehabilitation services are provided for insured disabled individu:>ls.

Preserves benefit status of disabled workers by freezing period of disability,

Do.

Preserves insurance and benefit status or disablPd workers by freezing period of disability.

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H. R. 6750 H. R. 7549 H. R. 7800

IV. Financing__ _______ _____________ The tax · rate would. be 2 percent for em- No change •••• ------------------------------ No change. ployers and for employees in 1952-53. This would be progressively increased until by 1961 and thereafter the tax rate would be 4 percent. A different rate schedule would apply for Federal em- . ployees and the self-employed. The wage base would be increased to $6,000.

V. Public assistance ••••••••••••••• No change·--------------------------------- ••••• do--------------------------------------- Provides that the $50 of earned Income allowed blind in determining their need may be disregarded in determining need of others.

VI. Technical amendments _________ ----------·----------------------------------- ----------------------------------------·----- Provides 4 technical changes In the insurance program correcting inequities and simplifying administration. Makes corresponding changes to liberalize benefits under Railroad Retirement Act.

Major differences. in H. R. 7800 as passed by the House and as passed by the Senate OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE

Item

A. Retirement test •••••••••••••••••

B. Wage credits for veterans •••••••

C. Preservation of insurance rights of permanently and totally disabled.

D. Coverage of State and local employees who are under a retirement system.

A. Earnings of aid-to-the-blind recipients.

B. Federal share of assistance (other than Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.)

1. Old-age assistance, aid to the blind, and aid to permanently and totally disabled.

2. Aid to dependent children.

0. Federal share of assistance for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands:

1. Old age assistance, aid to the blind, and aid to the permanently and totally disabled.


3. Limitation on Federal share of public assistance expenditures.

Present law

Earnings of $50 per month in covered employment; $600 per year for self-employed.

Wage credits of $160 per month provided for service up to and including July 24, 1947.

No provision.

Coverage under OASI of State and local employees who are under a retirement system is barred.

States must disregard earnings of aid-to-the-blind recipients up to $50 per month in determining his eligibility for or the amount of aid to the blind.

Federal share is % of the first ~20 of a State's average monthly payment per recipient plus Y.l of the remainder within individual maximums of $50.

Federal share is ~ of the first $12 of a State's average monthly payment per recipient plus Y.l of the remainder within individual maximums of $27 for the adult, $27 for the first child, and $18 for each additional child in a family.

Federal share Is limited to 50 percent of expenditures. Maximum on individual payments of $30 per month. (For ceiling 011 total Federal payments for public assistance, see 3, below.)

Federal share is limited to 50 pe:rccnt of expenditures. Maximum on individual payments of $18 for the first child and $12 for each additional child in a family.

Federal share is limited to $4,250,-000 per year for Puerto Rico and $160,000 per year for the Virgin Islands.

As passed by House


Wage credits granted for the period beginning July 25, 1947, through Dec. 31, 1953. Cost of wage credits financed by general revenues.

Maintains the insured status and benefit amount of qualified workers who are totally disabled for not less than 6 consecutive calendar quarters and the impairment is expected to be permanent.

Extends the option of State governments to enter into agreements with the Federal Government so as to cover State and local employees who are under a retirement system, but not policemen, firemen, and elementary and secondary school teachers. Option operative only if the members o. the State or local retirement system elect coverage by 2/3 majority of those voting.

Special provision permitting a State to cover employees in positions under a retirement system without a vote of the employees if State or local law provided for coordination of the retirement system with OASI as of Jan. 1, 1951.

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

Provision in present law is retained, but in adrlition the State may disregard earnings of aid-to-the-blind recipients up to $50 per month in determining need for State-Federal assistance of other members of his family.

Same as present law.


• Same as present law.

Same as present law~

Same as present laWJ

As passed by Senate

Earnings of $100 per month in covered employment; $1,200 per year for self-employed.

Same as House-passed bill except cost of wage credits financed out of Trust Fund.



Same as House-passed bill except that after June 30, 1954, provision for exemption of earnings of aid-to-the-blind recipient in determining need of other members of family is mandatory upon the State.

Federal share is % of the first $25 of a State's average monthly payment per recipient plus Y.l of the remainder within individual maximums of $55.

Federal share is % of the first $15 of a State's average payment per recipient plus Y.l of the remainder within individual maximums of $30 for the adult, $30 for the first child and $21 for each additional child in a family.

Federal share is ~1 of the first $26 of the average monthly payment per recipient plus ~2 of the remainder within individual maximums of $30.

Federal share Is ~1 of the first $16 of the average monthly payment per recipient (including the adult in the family) plus ~~ of the remainder within individual maximums of $18 for the adult, $18 for the first child, and $12 for each additional child in a family.

Federal share is increased to $5,-000,000 per year for Puerto Rico; for Virgin Islands same as present law,

As agreed to in conference


Accepted Senate provision.

Provision of House bill retained but agreed to a termination date of June 30, 1953, that no application under the provision can be filed prior to July 1, 1953, and that the provision should be administered at the State level.

Deleted.

Accepted Senate prov1s10n with an amendment making the provision effective July 1, 1952.

Accepted Senate provision with an amendment providing for a termination date of Sept. 30, 1954.

See above.

Deleted.

Deleted.

Deleted.'

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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE-COntinued

..

Item Present law As passed by House As passed by Senate As.agreed to In conference

D. Eligibility of States for in-creased Federal contributions.

No provision.

E. Exclusion of earnings from agri-cultural or nursing services.

No provision.

And now, Mr. Speaker, let me comment upon the acceptance by the conferees of the disability waiver and explain what it means. I am very glad that the Congress is about to take a first step in the direction of helping workers who become disabled for gainful work. It is a positive action the principle has been established. The present legislation providing for the preservation of old-age and survivors rights of insured persons expires on June 30, 1953, while applications for a disability freeze cannot be filed until July 1 of that year. Obviously this is merely a stopgap which makes actual operation contingent upon the extension of this legislation next January, after hearings can be held. However, I have no doubt in my mind that the Congress will confirm and extend this eminently just and meritorious measure next year.

In this connection, I believe we ought to acknowledge the untiring efforts of certain members of the Committee on Ways and Means, notably our honored chairman, the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr: DauGHTON], to see this·· important provision through along with the rest of the bill. Unperturbed by the false accusations raised against this provision, they have defended it on its merits mindful of the hundreds of thousands of people who were to benefit from it. More than anybody else, the muchhonored gentleman from North Carolina may take credit for preserving the bill unshorn of the disability waiver of premium provision.

However, to accomplish this even on the present temporary b~:..sis, it was necessary to agree in conference to a modification of the original proposal that may give rise to problems that could have been avoided. I am referring to the provision for disability determination by the States. Needless to say, the Federal Government being charged with the administration of the old-age and survivors insurance program and being responsi-ble for the integrity of the trust fund must retain ultimate admir.Jstrative responsibility for this new part of the pro· gram. It will have to lay down the over· all policies governing the determination of permanent total disability as one of the conditions of eligibility for a freeze of benefit rights. It will have to exercise controls to assure conformity to these over-all policies and a reasonable degree of uniformity throughout the Nation lest some applicants be treated inequitably.

No provision, States are required to pass on to Deleted. x:ecipients the increase in Federal funds received by them u'rider the bill. · · · ':

No provision. For the period Oct. 1, 1952, Deleted. through Sept. 30, 1953, a State may exclude from consideration any income and resources not in .. excess of $50 per month obtained by a recipient of old-age assist-ance fer performing agricultural or nursing services. P rovision is applicable only to old-age -assistance recipients who are on the rolls in September 1952 and who do not receive more than $5 in excess of the rate paid them

-" in September 1952,

Most important, the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance having to defend a fine reputation for· Clean and efficient administrat:on must see to it that this part of its program will be kept just as free from political patronage an'd other outside influences as has been true of our old -age and survivors insurance program up till now. Straight Federal administration would have made it easier to accomplish these ends.

For me personally, this day marks a turning point in my long fight for insurance protection under our old-age and survivors-insurance program for our blind, bedridden, and crippled workers. It has been a fight which started in 1943 when, with Senators MURRAY and Wagner, I introduced a bill which would have provided monthly cash benefits for work-

-ers who are prematurely retired on account of total disability. I reintroduced my bill in 1945 and again in 1947 and 1948. Not unti11949 was there a measure of success. In that year the House passed H. R. 6000, containing provisions for monthly disability benefits for. prematurely and totally disabled insured workers. Although the disability provisions were deleted from H. R. 6000 by the conference committee, the favorable vote in 1949 by the House was a heartening experience. This year again I introduced a comprehensive social security bill, H. R. 6750, which would have provided, among many other needed improvements in the social-security program, benefits for totally disabled workers and their dependents. Time did not permit consideration of my bill. However, I am pleased that the disability provisions of H. R. 78:JO, limited though they are, were favorably considered by this body. These provisions, which assure a disabled worker that his survivors or at age 65 he himself will obtain socialsecurity benefits undiminished by the years intervening after this disablement. will rectify one of the most glaring injus-tices in our Social Security Act. Of course this bill will not do anything for the disabled person and his dependents until he reaches age 65 or dies. We can:not long postpone facing the need for cash benefits replacing at least in part the earnings loss of workers who are totally disabled. But the fact that more remains to be done should not detract from our satisfaction at having at last made a beginning.

To me, one of the most encouraging things about this legislation is that it represents a recognition by the Mem:-

. bers of the Congress that social security is an integral part of American life and, as such,' is a dynamic thing wWch must keep pace with changing needs. ·we. no longer regard our social · security pro.gram merely as a defense in times of depression. We recognize that income maintenance following the death of the family provider or in his old age is as necessary during good times as it is in bad times. .

In passing this bill, we recognize ·the f~ct that inability to provide for one's survivors or for one's old age is not necessarily the result of personal failure or inadequacy but is generally a consequence of the working of our industrial economy. And yet, the program this bill will strengthen is one that encourages people to provide on their own against these risks. That is one of the inherent strengths of the social insurance approach. With the enactment of this bill, we strengthen the foundation of a progra'm in which we all 'believe. We show it is fully adaptable to economic changes. While the estimated $5 to $6 average increase in retirement and survivors' benefits which this bill would accomplish falls short of the increase proposed in my own bill, I think it is significant because the Congress has thereby recognized that to be meaningful, social-security benefits must be raised when those with the reduced incomes that result from retirement or death must face increased costs of living. I do hope that the many industrial pension plans now in operation which provide a fixed amount of benefits, including those paid by old-age and survivors insurance, will be revised so that the full amount of the present increase will be passed on and the beneficiaries will' receive higher total payments.

There is little, if anything, in this bill that has not been expressly approved by the House on June 17. The disability freeze provisions and the· benefit increases are self-evident needs. The increase in the amount which old-age and survivors insurance beneficiaries may earn while drawing their benefits encourages beneficiaries to do such parttime work as they are able and willing to do. Giving wage credits to veterans of

: Korea is but simple justice. I seo no reason why this bill should not pass unanimously.

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When the bill is passed, let us set our sights upon the next goals for action. I believe my bill, H. R. 6750, clearly pointed the way toward these accomplishments. In that bill I proposed, and I hereby give notice to the Congress that I shall continue to propose, the extension of the act to roughly 11,000,000 gainfully employed persons in agricufture, domestic employment, the Armed Forces, and other places who n{)W lack its protection. I proposed further, and I shall continue to propose, that workers unable to work on account of sickness and disability, be it long or short, receive cash benefits geared to their previous earnings. Finally-and this is very important to me-l have proposed and firmly intend to drive home as forcefully as I can a constructive ap. proach to the problem of disability. That approach would help an invalid to make the most of our wonderful gains in the fields of physical medicine and rehabilitation. To such invalids, both grown-ups and children, who are potentially employable, it would offer rehabilitation services at no cost to them.

Not until these things are accomplished can we pride ourselves of having done all we can to meet the common hazards and vicissitudes of modern life. Not until these provisions are on the books will I let up in my constant effort to amend and improve our social-security system.

Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 days in which to extend their remarks on this subject at this point in the RECORD.

vious occasions, I am happy to have this opportunity to vote for the bill. I objected because of the socialistic implications involved and in particular that which would mean the beginning of socialized medicine. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to be able now to approve of the increase in social security payments provided for in the bill.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Arkansas?

There was no objection. Mr. BRAMBLETT. Mr. Speaker, be

ing one of the Members of the House that voted against the original bill, I want to compliment the committee on doing a good job and to state that it is my intention to support the conference report on the H. R. 7800.

Mr. BETTS. Mr. Speaker, now that the conference committee has removed the objections in H. R. 7800 which caused me to vote against the bill on two pre-

Mr. DEVEREUX. Mr. Speaker, as one of those who opposed the original House bill, may I say that since it has been corrected in conference I urge its support.

Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include at this point in the RECORD a brief analysis of the House provisions, the present law, the Senate provisions and what is contained in the conference report and also a short statement of the changes that were made.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Arkansas?

There was no objection. <The matter referred to above fol

lows:)

Major differences in H. B. 7800 as passed by the House and as passed by the Senate and conference agreement

OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE

Item

A. Retirement test.

B. Wage credits for veterans.

C. Preservation of insurance rights of permanently and totally disabled.

D. Coverage of State and local employees who are under a retirement system.

A. Earnings of aid-to-the-blind recipients.

B. Federal share of assistance (other than Puerto Rico and Virgin !~lands).

1. Old-age assistance, aid to the blind, and aid to permanently and totally disabled.


Present law


Wage credits of $160 per month provided for service up to and mcluding July 24, 1947.

No provision.

Coverage under OASI of State and local employees who are under a retirement system is barred.

States must disregard earnings of aid-to-the-blind recipients up to $50 per month in determining his eligibility for or the amount of aid to the blind.

Federal share is % of the first $20 of a State's average monthly payment per recipient plus ~ of the remainder within individual maximums of $50.

Federal share is % of the first $12 of a State's average month1y payment per recipient plus 72 of the remainder within indi· vidual maximums of $27 for the adult, $27 for the first child, and $18 for each additional child in a family.

As passed by House

Earnings of $70 per month in covered employment; $840 per year for seU-employed.

Wage credits granted for the period beginning July 25, 1947, through Dec. 31, 1953. Cost of wage credits financed by general revenues.

Maintains the insured status and benefit amount of qualified workers who are totally disabled for not less than 6 consecutive calendar quarters and the impairment is expected to be permanent.

Extends the option of State governments to enter into agreements with the Federal Govern ment so as to cover State and local employees who are under a retirement system, but not policemen, firemen, and elementary and secondary school teachers. Option operative only if the members of the State or local retirement system elect coverage by % majority of those voting.

Special provision permitting a State to cover employees in positions under a retirement system without a vote of the employees if State or local law provided for coordination of the retirement system with OASI as of Jan. 1, 1951.

P~LIC ASSISTANCE

Provision in present law is retained, but in addition the State may disregard earnings of aid-to-the-blind recipients up to $50 per month in determining need for State-Federal assistance of other members of his family.



As passed by Senate

Earnings of $100 per month in covered employment; $1,200 per year for sell-employed.

Same as House·passed bill except cost of wage credits financed out of trust fund.



Same as House-passed bill except that after June 30, 1954, provision for exemption of earnings of aid-to-the-blind recipient in determining need of other members of family is mandatory upon the State.

Federal share is % of the first $25 of a State's average monthly payment per recipient plus 72 of the remainder within individual maximums of $55.

Federal share is % of the first $15 of a State's average payment per recipient plus 72 of the remainder within individual maximums of $30 for the adult, $30 for the first child and $21 for each additional child in a family.

As agreed to in conference


Accepted Senate provision.

Provision of House bill retained but agreed to a termination date of June 30, 1953, that no application under the provision can be filed prior to July 1, 1953, and that the provision should be administered at the State level as to disa· bility determinations.

Deleted.

Accepted Senate prov1s10n with an amendment mak· · ing the provision effective July 1, 1952.

Accepted Senate prov1s10n with an amendment providing for a termination date of Sept. 30, 1954.

See above.

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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE--COntinued

Item Prese~t law As passed by House As passed by Senate As·agreed to in conference

C. Federal share of assistance for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands:

1. Old-age assistance, aid to the blind, and aid b the permanently and totally disabled.

Federal share is limited to 50 per- Same as present law. cent of expenditures. Maxi-

Federal share is ~~ of the first $26 Deleted. of the average monthly payment per recipient plus ~~ of the re-mum on individual payments of mainder within individual max-$30 per month. (For ceiling on imums of $30. total Federal payments for

· public assistance, see 3, below.) Federal share is limited to 50 per- Same as present law.

centofexpenditures. Maximum Federal share is ~~ of the first $16 Deleted.

of the average monthly payment 2. Aid to dependent chil

dren. on individual payments of $18 per recipient (including the

adult in the family) plus ~~ of for the first child and $12 for each additional child in a family. the remainder within individ-

ual maximums of $18 for the adult, $18 for the first child and $12 for each additional child in a family.

8. Limitation on Federal share of public assistance expenditures.

Federal share is limited to $4,250,- Same as present law. 000 per year for Puerto Rico and

Federal share is increased to $5,- Deleted. 000,000 per year for Puerto Rico; for Vir~in Islands same as pres-$160,000 per year for the Virgin ent law. Islands.

D. Eligibility_ of States for increased Federal contributions.

No provision. No provision. States are required to pass on to Deleted. recipients the increase in Federal funds received by them under the bill.

E. Exclusion of earnings from agricultural or nursing services.

No provision. No provision. For the period Oct. 1, 1952, Deleted, through Sept. 30, 1953, a State

STATEMENT ON CONFERENCE REPORT ON H. R. 7800

Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, the conferees agreed on a retirement test-work clause-of $75. The Rouse bill provided for $70 and the Senate for $100.

The House accepted the Senate provision providing that the wage credits of $160 a month for servicemen during the emergency period should be paid out of the trust fund rather than the general funds of the Treasury as provided in the House bill.

The provision preserving the insurance rights of permanently and totally disabled persons is retained as in the House bill with amendments providing that the provision will terminate June 30, 1953, that no claim may be filed under this provision prior to July 1, 1953, and that determinations of disability shall be conducted at the State level.

The provision relating to State and local employees was stricken from the bill.

The Senate provision relating to the earnings of blind recipients of public assistance was agreed to with an amendment providing an effective date of July 1, 1952.

The provision providing for an increase in public assistance in the States was retained with an amendment providing for a termination date of September 30, 1954,

The · provisions relating to public assistance for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were deleted.

The provision requiring that States must pass on any increase in Federal funds for public assistance was deleted.

The provisions excluding earnings from agricultural labor or nursing serv· ices in determining need for old-age as• sistance were deleted,

may exclude from consideration any income and resources not in excess of $50 per month obtained by a recipient of old-age assist-ance for performing agricultural or nursing services. Provision is applicable only to old-age assistance recipients who are on the rolls in September 1952 and who do not receive more than $5 in excess of the rate paid them

- in September 1952.

Mr. Speaker, I yield ·3 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. EBER-HARTER]. .

Mr. EBERHARTER. Mr. Speaker, this measure <H. R. 7800) marks another milestone in the development of an adequate social security program for the American people. I am more than happy to support and vote for it. Tpe Democratic Party initiated and established the social security program in 1935. For 17 years Democrats have led the fight to strengthen and improve this program. This year again the Democratic Party has taken the lead in improving the program and keeping it in tune with the times.

H. R. 7800 will mean $300,000,000 more in benefits .for the 4,500,000 of our aged people, widows, and orphans already on the benefit rolls. It also provides larger benefits for persons who become benefi· ciaries in the future. In passing this bill we have recognized that the insurance program can be adjusted to changing economic conditions-that as wage levels rise, benefit levels can be increased without increasing contributions. The recognition of this fact by the Congress means a great deal for the security of every American. I am proud to be a member of the Democratic Party, which continues to protect, preserve, and strengthen the social security of our people.

The bill makes other very necessary improvements in the insurance progr81Ill. Veterans of the Korean War will receive credits to their social security accounts for their period of military service. These veterans thus receive the ·same treatment as veterans of World War II. The bill increases considerably the amount that a beneficiary can earn and still receive his benefits. The bill as reported by the

conference committee also contains a provision which will increase Federal contributions to the State public assistance programs. All of these changes are desirable improvements in our social security programs. ·

I hope we will adopt a permanent provision covering waiver of premiums for th:>se permanently and totally disabled as soon as possible next year. I hope, too, that it will not be long before we ajopt provisions to pay cash benefits to disabled workers, so that they can have something to live on until they reach age 65.

I regret that this bill does not make it possible for employees of the States and local governments who are under retirement systems and who want to be covered by the insurance program to obtain such coverage. At present public employees are the only group that cannot combine their staff-retirement programs with the basic Federal system. There is no reason for further delay regarding the groups for whom coverage was made possible by the House. Our version of H. R. 7800 continued the exclusion of every major group of public employees who objected to coverage. I regret that the conferees did not accept th~ position of the House on this matter.

It is fortunate, however, that the Senate has indicated that it will consider this much-needed amendment to the insurance program as soon as possible. I hope that we will enact a bill promptly next year making coverage possible for more employees of the states and local governments.

Definitely, our action next year should not be confined solely to the disability provisions and coverage for State and local government employees. The Dem·Ocratic Party will not give up the fight

'1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9669 for a better social-security program until it has made the American program the best in the world.

In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, of course I am going to vote in support of this conference report, but I want the membership to understand that we are not in this measure giving any right to any person who may be permanently and totally disabled to waive the payment of his premium. As the conference report stands, and as it will pass the House this evening, having already passed the other body, the only thing we have in the report is perhaps recognition of the fact that the situation with respect to the permanently and totally disabled will be explored.

If the next Congress takes affirmative action with respect to this particular subject, then we will have a permanent and total disability provision. I repeat, the bill does contain very many desirable features which I wholeheartedly approve and which I think every Member of the House approves. I hope Members will not get a wrong impression as to what the conferees have agreed upon. I, myself, did not fully unders-tand until the report was brought up for discussion on the floor, not being one of the conferees.

I do hope everybody supports this conference report, but I do not want them to be under the wrong impression that we are doing anything practical, except in the form of recognition of the principle and the hope the next Congress will adopt a permanent and total disability provision.

Mr. WIER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. EBERHARTER. I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota.

Mr. WIER. I have heard a number of figures here used in the last 2 weeks about exemption in employment. Do I get it correct that this conference report allows $75 a month?

Mr. MILLS. The gentleman is correct. The compromise is $75.

Mr. WIE.R. There were recommendations of e7o and $100?

Mr. MILLS. That is right. The SPEAKER. The time of the gen

tleman from Pennsylvania has expired. Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, because of

the questions that have arisen I think I should take a minute to explain one or two matters contained in the conference report.

First I would like to say that the conference report contains the language of the House bill, H. R. 7800, with respect to section 3, which preserves the insurance rights of permanently and totally disabled workers, with two changes in the language. One is an amendment which we worked out in conference providing for the Administrator to enter into contracts with State agencies which are to make the determination of whether or not an individual is totally and permanently disabled.

The members of the Senate Finance Committee did r ... ot desire to enact this particular provision on a permanent basis until the committee could have an opportunity to conduct hearings which the committee had obligated itself to hold. Now we state in the statement on the part of the managers a termina-

tion date of June :?3, 1953, was added solely for the purpose of enabling us after the first of January 1953 to look into this problem. This is the second amendment. In the meantime this pro• vision would be enacted into law. The Social Security Administrator will have the opportunity of conferring with the States to determine whether or not examination and control of the determination of disability by State agencies are feasible and they can report back to us after the first of the year. The members of our committee and the members of the Finance Committee are taking a solemn obligation in connection with this provision to go completely into it after the first of the year.

With respect to section 6 of the House bill which had to do with the extension of coverage to those in state and local governments covered by their own retirement systems it is eliminated entirely. I regretted to see the provision in which my friend from Wisconsin [Mr. BYRNES] is interested eliminated, because I could see no justifiable reason for anyone opposing it. The provision which my good friend from Alabama [Mr. RAINS] and others worked out with respect to college professors in State institutions W¥ eliminated since it was also contained in section 6. So was the provision which would have taken care of employees of public-hcusing units as local governmental units. We also bind ourselves with respect to section 6 to conduct hearings and go into this matter of additional coverage of these employees shortly after the first of the year 1953.

Now, I believe it would be a great mistake for us not to accept this conference report. It is not what I wanted; it is not what anyone in tho conference wanted, but those of you who have been on conferences know that these matters are always resolved in compromises.

There is a big amendment to this conference report that was not in the House bill, a provision, which we accepted, offered. un the floor of the Senate by the distinguished Senator from the State of Arizona. The provision will increase the amount of money made available to the States for old-age assistance, aid to the blind, and aid to the .disabled under the new category we created in the 1950 amendments, $5 a month, and aid to dependent children, $3 a month.

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. MILLS. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts.

Mr. McCORMACK. That was the amendment offered by the majority leader in the Senate, Senator McFARLAND.

Mr. MILLS. That is correct. That 'amendment becomes effective the 1st of October 1952. The increase is for a 2-year period only, so that under the provisions of the conference report the increase would be discontinued on September 30, 1954. Of course, the Congress, if it wanted to, in its wisdom, could extend that provision. A Senate provision requiring that the States pass on the increase in Federal funds was deleted. It does not appear necessary since the provision only applies for 2 years and

in my opinion it will not be extended if the States do not pass on the increases.

This is a fundamental difference in the bill that passed the House, but in my opinion it is actually, aside from the elimination of section 6, the only fundamental difference in the conference report from the bill that passed the House.

With respect to section 3 again, the section that so much has been said about, no one could file an application under the House bill for a freeze of his work record on account of total and permanent disability prior to March 1, 1953. We move that up three months to July 1, 1953. The conferees }nt the termination provision of June 30, 1953, in because it was thought by the conference co:nmittee on the part of the Senate and the House, before we undertook this new type of a program of freezing the word record of an employee under title II of the Social Security Act that we should first start off by seeing what progress can be made in determining disability and see whether or not the social security people can work out a plan that is feasible with the State people to do that. we wanted something more than just the theory that somebody had that it would work.

All in the world with respect to section 3 that we have to do, if this is feasible, if it is decided by the Congress after January 1, 1953, to continue it, is to strike out the termination date of June 30, 1953. Prior to that time the Finance Committee and the Ways and Means c 'ommittee will have had this opportunity to consider the question on the basis of hearings. I hope my friends will not be too concerned one way or the other. Certainly the conference report merits the vote of every Member present here today.

Mr. SITTLER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. MILLS. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania.

Mr. SITTLER. As always, the gentleman from Arkansas has made a very clear explanation of a very difficult problem. For my part, I want to thank him. May I say further that I wish to support this conference report but to go on record as saying that it is most unfortunate that the waiver of premium provision is not included. Also, I am sorry to see that the municipal employees were not included under the bill. I hope those two features will be worked on in the future. I wish they might have been in this conference report.

Mr. MILLS. I am in entire accord with the gentleman's thinking. I wish we could have brought it back to you.

Mr. WERDEL. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. MILLS. I yield to the gentleman from California.

Mr. ·WERDEL. I think the gentleman and the committee of conference have done a good job. I think they have made improvements in some respects.

Mr. MILLS. I bow to the wisdom of the gentleman from California.

Mr. WERDEL. I commend the gentleman. I want to support the conference report.

Mr. MILLS. I thank the gentleman.

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Mr. SCHENCK. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. MILLS. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.

Mr~ SCHENCK. Did I correctly un• derstand that the $75 work clause is for earned income and not income from any · savings or investments or annuities?

Mr. MILLS. It applies to what an individual can earn in employment that is covered under title 2. In other words, if a man has been a carpenter working for a contractor, say, as an employee, and has been making $300 or $400 a month, and he retires at age 65, the fact that he continues to earn no more than $75 a month as a carpenter would not prevent him from drawing his benefit.

Mr. SCHENCK. I thank the gentleman. As one who originally opposed this bill, I hope the House will now pass it.

Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question.

The previous question was ordered. The SPEAKER. The question is on the

conference report. The conference report was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was laid on the

table.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATION BILL, 1953

Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H. R. 7391) making appropriations for the Department of Defense and related independent agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, disagree to the Senate amendment, agree to the conference asked by the Senate, and appoint conferees.


the request of the gentleman from Texas? [After a pause] The Chair hears none and appoints the following conferees: Messrs. MAHON, SHEPPARD, RILEY, GORE, FLOOD, CANNON, TABER, WIG• GLESWORTH, and DAVIS of Wisconsin;

BOARD OF VISITORS TO THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY Mr·. HART. Mr. Speaker, I present a

report from the Board of Visitors to the United States Coast Guard Academy and ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the REcoRD at this point.


There was no objection. <The report is as follows:)

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS TO THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY, 1952, NEW LoNDON, CONN., MAY 2, 1952

The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA•

TIVES.

GENTLEMEN: Pursuant to section 194 of title 14 of the United States Code, the following Senators and Members of the House of Representatives were designated to constitute the 1952 Board of Visitors to the United States Coast Guard Academy: ·

By the President of the Senate: Senator JOHN 0. PASTORE, Democrat, Rhode Island.

By the chairman, Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Senator

BRIEN McMAHoN, Democrat, Connecticut; Senator WILLIAM BENTON, Democrat, Con-necticut. ·

· By the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Representative A. A. RmxcoFF, Democrat, Connectic'Q.t; Representative HoRACE SEELY-BROWN, JR., Republican, Connecticut.

By the chairman, House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Repr~sentative FRANK W. BOYKIN, Democrat, Alabama; Representative CHARLES E. BENNETT, Democrat, Florida; Representative ALVIN F. WEICHEL, Republican, Ohio.

Ex-officio members: Senator EDwiN C. JoHNsoN, Democrat, Colorado (chairman, Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce); Representative EDWARD J. HART, Democrat, New Jersey (chairman, House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries).

The following members of the Board were present: Representative EDWARD J. HART, Democrat, of New Jersey; Representative A. A. RIBicoFF, Democrat, of Connecticut; Representative CHARLES E. BENNETT, Democrat, of Florida; and Representativ~ HoRACE SEELY-BROWN, JR., Republican, of Connecticut.

The following officials of the United States Coast Guard Headquarters were pr~sent: Vice. Adm .. Merlin O'Ne111, Commandant; Rear Adm. James A. Hirshfield, Chief of the O.fllce of Personnel; and Commander L. M. Thayer, Chief of the Personnel Training and Procurement Division.

' INSPECTION TOUR OF GROUNllS AND BUILDINGS Upon arrival at the Academy the Board,

accompanied by &ear Adm. Arthur G. Hall, Superintendent of the Academy, and members of his staff, made an inspection tour of the Academy grounds and buildings. During the course of this tour the Board observed, among other things, the mess halls, the classrooms, the Academy hospital, various training facilities and laboratories and the practice vessel, Eagle. A battalion review was taken by all members of the Board.

MEETING OF THE BOARD Following the inspection tour the Board

members were joined by Admiral O'Neill and Admiral Hall in formal session during which the Honorable EDW.\RD J. HART was elected chairman and the Honorable HORACE SEELY· BROWN was elected secretary of the Board. The general comments and specific recommendations arrived at by the Board are·herewith presented for the serious consideration of the Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives:

GENERAL COMMENTS The Board observed the highest degree of

patriotism, spirit, and morale among the yottng men of the Coast Guard Academy. The purriculum appears to be on a par with the highest standards of collegiate education while at the same time fitting the graduates for their specialized · service as members of the land and naval forces of the United States operating under the Treasury Depart· ment in time of peace, and as a part of the Navy in time of war or when the President ~an so direct.

The Board was greatly impressed with the Academy and with the work it is doing and is pleased to commend the Superintendent, Rear Adm. Arthur G. Hall, and his staff.

As a result of the inspection tour, the Board noted that the present mess hall is not large enough to seat all cadets at one time, that though the Congress has approved sufficient funds for a modern, new galley, no money has been made available for a new mess hall, and that at this time cadets and officer candidates are being messed together in a reserve building, one of temporary construction. The Board further notes that some of the classr~oms did not appear to be particularly goqd .and wer~ rather crowded. The Board, of course, recog-

nizes that the crowding in classrooms and other buildings undoubtedly results from the size of the cadet ·corps in recent years. The Academy buildings (nqt including the R,e· serve establishment built during World war II) were constructed in 1932-33 for the ac· commodation of about 350 Regular cadets. The Board understands that in recent years there have been as J;.riany as 560 cadets enrolled at the Academy at the beginning of the fall terms. The Board also noted the excellence of the Academy hospital, which i~ approved by the American College of Surgeons, and has had such approval continu· ously since 1934. .

The Board met in informal private session with the principal battalion officers of_ the corps of cadets without the presence of officials of the Academy. The Board was pleased with the high caliber of the many members of the Corps with whom they had an op. portunity to converse and who are consid· erect to .be representative of the cadet corps as a whole. In this connection the Board found that the morale of the cadet corps was of the highest order and reflects the quality of the instruction, training, and living conditions.

During the course of the visit, in(iividual members of the Board arranged for private interviews with the members of the cadet corps from the various areas represented by the members. These discussions were extremely productiv.e and, without exception, bore out the correctness of the general h;npression of the high quality of the Academy and its curriculum, its staff, and its cadet corps. The Board found . that almost all States and Territories of the United States are represented in the cadet corps, even though entrance to the Academy by means of a Nation·wide competitive examination is required. The young men appear to _be of the highest morale and in excellent physical condition. The Board also formed the firm opinion that the school would compare well with any first-class college or university in the country.

In the course of its discussions with members of the cadet corps and officials of th~ Academy, the Board learned that while there is authority to grant up to 60 days' leave to cadets upon graduation, this authority is not being fully exercised. The Board notes that similar authority is available to the Military and Naval Academies. It is the impression of the Board that cadets of the Coast Guard Academy do not receive the benefits of t}:le graduation-leave authority on a basis comparable with the other service academies.

SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Constructio~ . of new .cadet mess hal~

large enough to accommodate 560 cadets. The present one is too small, having been built for a cadet corps of 350, whereas about 560 cadets are present at the start of each academic year in September. On May 2: 1952, the 460 cadets and 250 officer candidates all mess in a temporary building which was constructed during the last war.

2. The installation of two new oil-burning boilers in plant No. 1, since the ones now in use .wlll soon be beyond the state of economical repair. . S. Construction of an additional wing to Satterlee Hall, the ~ademic building. The necessity for this arlses from the gradual increase in size of the cadet corps since the completion of the building in 1933. The Board feels that the classrooms are now .too crowded.

4. The subject of intramural sports was discussed. It was the opinion of the Board that additional facilities should be provided to permit more participation in nonteam varsity sports by cadets who are not on varsity squads. An athletic program designed to improve the physical condition of cadets is. deemed to be of primary importance, and accordingly adequate equipment

- -1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:::= HOUSE .9671 and facilities should be available for all members of the cadet corps.

5. The Board recommends that all rea .. sonable steps should be taken to assure the availability to the cadets of the Academy of the benefits of the graduation leave author .. ity to an extent equivalent to such benefits granted to graduates of the other service academies. The Board recqgnizes that the schedules of the operational units to which graduates are assigned may prevent the adoption of a completely uniform policy applicable to every individual cadet. Nevertheless, the Board is of the opinion that every effort should be made to see that the graduates of the Academy receive no less advantages in regard to this matter than the graduates of West Point and Annapolis.

FUTURE PLANNING In connection with recommendations 1

through 4 above, the Board is pleased to note that plans are already in operation to accomplish such recommendations. A future construction planning program includes five major projects. Thes~ projects are on file in headquarters for inclusion in the construction program of the Coast Guard budget and are as follows:

1. The cadet mess hall to accommodate a new figure of 560 cadets has No. 1 priority in the Academy program. The mess hall will be approximately 40 feet by 175 feet and is part of the new galley which will be completed this year. The new galley cannot be used with the present cadet corps until the · new mess hall is provided.

2. The installation of two new oil-burning boilers and accessories to replace the old boilers in boiler plant No. 1 and to eliminate the need of boiler plant No. 2 has the second priority in the Academy program. The need for the replacement of these boilers is most important and has been carried as a necessary item for about 5 years.

3. The construction of a wing to Satterlee Hall is carried as No. 3 priority in the Academy program. '.T:'his structure is about 50 feet by 78 feet and is three stories higll It is necessary to accommodate the expanded cadet corps classroom facilities. It is planned to use the space to accommodate the metallurgy and radio laboratories, the physics laboratory, and the drafting and navigation classrooms.

4. The extension of Chase Hall (cadet barracks) is necessary to house the expanded cadet program. - The cadets are-nowcrowded three in a room and it is necessary. to use a three-story World War II temporary barracks to accommodate the present cadet corps.

5. A construction of two squash courts including spectator's gallery in the basement of Billiard Hall (gymnasium) annex 1s No. 5 priority in the Academy program. The proposed work is in accordance with the original plans for the development of this area.

CONCLUSION The Board is pleased to enter upon the_

record its deep admiration of the high morale imd spirit that exists in ail ranks, from the superintendent down.

The Board thanks the superintendent of the Academy, Rear Adm. Arthur G. Hall, and his staff for their untiring efforts in maintaining, under difficult conditions, the high standards in evidence at the Academy.

The Board wishes to extend its thanks to Vice Adm. Merlin O'Neill, Commandant; Rear Adm. James A. Hirshfield, Chief of the Office of Personnel; and Commander L. M. Thayer, Chief of the Personnel Training and Procurement Division, for the assistance rendered by them.

The chairman and members of the Board wish .. to express their appreciation to the battalion officers and other members of the cadet corps for their very helpful assistance 1n enabling the Board to understand fully

all aspects of the functioning of the .Academy.

The Board earnestly recommends to aU Members of the Senate and House of Representatives that at a convenient opportunity they should visit the classrooms and laboratories as well as the officers and cadets at this institution.

The Board is certain that those who have observed the value to our Nation of these young lives, dedicated to the service of their country, will assist in assuring that this Academy fulfills its purpose.

EDWARD J. HART, Chairman. A. A. RmiCOFF. CHARLES E. BENNETT. HORACE SEELY-BROWN, Jr.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATION BILL, 1953

Mr. McGRATH submitted the follow .. ing conference report and statement on the bill <H. R. 7313) making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes:


agreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7313) making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, :Qave agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its amendment numbered 56.

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 1, 2, 3, .4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 47, 49, 50, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, and 63, and agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 54: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 54, and agree ~o the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$3,470,000"; and the Senate agree to the same.

The committee of conference report in disagreement amendments numbered 9, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 35, 42, 43, 44, 46, 4~. 51, 52, 53, and 57.

CHRISTOPHER C. McGRATH, MICHAEL J. KIRWAN, GEORGE W. ANDREWS, WALT. HORAN, FRED E. BUSBEY,

Managers on the Part of the House. ALLEN J. ELLENDER, DENNIS CHAVEZ, -KENNETH McKELLAR, .H. STYLES BRIDGES, . LEVERETT SALTONSTALL,


STATEMENT The managers on the part of the House at

the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7313) making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, submit the following state.ment in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon and recommended in the accompanying conference report as to each of such amendments, namely:

SENATE Amendments Nos. 1-45: Provide appropria

tions !or the Senate which were not included 1n the b111 as passed by the House.

'" · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Amendment No. 46: Reported 1n disagree•

ment. Office of the Clerk

Amendment No. 47: Appropriates $660,813 as proposed by the Senate instead of $655,000 as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 48: Reported in disagree• ment.

Office of the Sergeant at Arms Amendment No. 49: Appropriates $384,045

as proposed by the Senate instead of $385,545 as proposed by the House.

Contingent expenses of the House Amendment No. 50-Miscellaneous items:

Appropriates $501,500 as proposed by the Senate instead of $500,000 as proposed by the House. Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessen

tial Federal Expenditures Amendment No. 51: Reported in disagree

ment. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

Capitol Buildings and Grounds Amendment No. 52-Subway transporta

tion, Capitol and Senate Office Buildings: Reported in disagreement.

Amendment No. 53-Senate Office Building: Reported in d!sagreement.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Amendment No. 54-Salaries, Library

proper: Appropriates $3,470,000 instead of $3,400,000 as proposed by the House and $3,488,210 as proposed by the Senate.

Copyright Office Amendment No. 55-Salaries: Appropriates

$1,008,409 as proposed by the Senate instead of $975,000 as proposed by the House.

Legislative Reference Service Amendment No. 56-Salaries and ex

penses: Appropriates $866,300 as proposed by the House instead of $891,159 as proposed by the Senate.

Revision of Annotated Constituti<?n Amendment No. 57: Reported in disagree

ment. Distribution of catalog cards

Amendment No. 58-Salaries and expenses: Appropriates $648,607 as proposed by the Senate instead of $620,000 as proposed by the House.

Union Catalogs Amendment No. 59-Salaries and expenses:

Appropriates $85,492 as proposed by the Senate instead of $80,000 as proposed by the House.

Printing and binding Amendment No. 6Q-Printing the catalog

of title entries of the Copyright Office: Appropriates $44,500 as proposect by the Senate instead of $39,500 as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 61-Printing catalog cards: Appropriates $586,500 as proposed by the senate instead of $550,500 as proposed by the House.

Miscellaneous expenses of the Library Amendment No. 62-Miscellaneous ex

penses: Appropriates $80,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $60,000 as proposed by the House.

Library buildings Amendment No. 63-Salaries and expenses:

Appropriates $794,820 as proposed by the Senate instead of $750,000 as proposed by the House. ·

.CHRISTOPHER c. McGRATH, MicHAEL J. KmwAN, GEORGE W. ANDREWS, WALT. HORAN, FRED E. BUSBEY.


Mr. McGRATH. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report on the bill

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t<H. R. 7313) making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, and ask unanimous consent that the statement of the managers on the part of the House be read in lieu of the report.


There was no objection. The Clerk read the statement. Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN. Mr. ·

Speaker, will the gentleman yield? Mr. McGRATH. I yield. Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN. Mr.

Speaker, might I ask before we vote on the conference report that full information be given to the House relative to this $3,000 tax item? I think we sho~ld discuss this thing openly here. I thmk the Congress is entitled to know about it.

Mr. McGRATH. I will be very happy to discuss that fully and explain to the House when we reach that amendment.

·Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN. I thank the gentleman.

The SPEAKER. The question is on the conference report.

The conference report was agreed to. Mr. McGRATH. Mr. Speaker, several

of the amendments in disagreement are so placed simply in order to comply with the rules and as to those which relate to the Se~te, I ask that they be considered en bloc. They are Nos. 9, 14, 15. 22 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 35, 42, 43, and 44.


There was no objection. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will re-

port the amendments in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Page 3, line 8, insert:· "For clerical assistance to the Conference

of the Majority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, f33,310."

Amendment No. (9}, page 2, line 17, in· aert:

"For clerical assistance to the Vice President, at rates of compensation to be fixed by him in multiples of $5 per month, $55,410."

Amendment No. 15, page 3, line 11, insert: "For clerical assistance to the Conference

of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fiXed by the chairman of said committee, e33,310."

Amendment No. 22, page 4, line 12, insert: "Joint Committee on the Economic Report:

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report, $133,275, ineluding compensation for stenographic assistance at such rates and in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law 304, Seventy-ninth Congress."

Amendment No. 23, page 4, line 19, insert: "Joint Committee on Atomic Energy: For

salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, including the objects specified in PUblic Law 20, Eightieth Congress, $188,060, and including compensation for stenographic assistance at such rates and in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law 585, Seventy-ninth Congress."

Amendment No. 24, page 5, line 3, Insert: "Joint Committee on Printing: For salaries

for the Joint committee on Printing at rates

to be fixed by the committee, $38,125; for expenses of compiling, preparing, and indexing the Congressional Directory, $1,600; for compiling, preparing, and indexing material . for the biographical directory, $1,900, said sum, or any part thereof, in the discretion of the chairman or vice chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, may be paid as additional compensation to any employee of the United States; and for travel and subsistence expenses at rates provided by law for Sen· ate committees, $4,500; in all, $46,125."

Amendment No. 28, page 6, line 1, insert:. "Reporting Senate proceedings: For report

Ing the debates and proceedings of the Sen· ate, payable in equal monthly installments, $135,785."

Amendment No. 31, page 6, line 8, insert: "Inquiries and investigations: For expenses

of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate or conducted pursuant to section 134 (a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, including compensation for sten .. ographic assistance of committees at such rates and in accordance with such regula· tions as may be ·prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration notwithstanding the provisions of section 134 (a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress; and including $-150,000 for the Committee on AP· propriations, to be available also for the pur .. poses mentioned in Senate Resolution No. 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, and Public Law 20, Eightieth Congress, $974,120: Pro· vided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for per diem and subsis· tence expenses (as defined in the Travel Expense Act of 1949) at rates in excess of $9 per day except that higher rates may be established by the Committee on Rules and Administration in the case of travel beyond the limits of the continental United States."

Amendment No. 32, page 7, line 1, inSert: "Folding documents: For folding ~peeches

and pamphlets at a gross rate ;110t exceeding $2 per thousand, $31,765."

Amendment No. 35, page 7, line 6, insert: "Senate restaurants: For repairs, improve ..

ments, equipment, and supplies for Senate kitchens and restaurants, Capitol Building and Senate Office Building, including per· sonal and other services, to be expended un· der the supervision of the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, $65,000."

Amendment No. 42, page 8, line 3, insert: "Communications: For an amount for

communications which may be expended interchangeably for payment, in accordance with such limitations and restrictions as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration, of charges on official telegrams and long-distance telephone calls made by or on behalf of Sen .. ators or the President of the Senate, such telephone calls to be in addition to those authorized by the provisions of the i.egislative Branch Appropriations Act~ 1947 (60 Stat. 392; 2 U. S. C. 46c, 46d, 46e), the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1949 (63 Stat. 77; 2 U. S. C. 46d-1), and Second S1 pplemental Appropriation Act, 1952, Public Law 254, Eighty-second Congress, $14,550."

Amendment No. 43, page 8, line 15, insert: "The Sergeant at Arms is authorized and

directed to secure suitable office space in post office or other Federal buildings in the State of each Senator for the use o:C such Senator and in the city to be designated by him.: Provided, That in the event suitable space is not available in such build· . ings and a Senator leases or rents office s.Pace elsewhere, the Sergeant at Arms is authorized to approve for payment from the contingent fund of the Senate, vouchers covering bona fide statements of rentals due 1n an amount not exceeding $900 per annum tor each Senator.H

Amendment No. 44, page 8_, line 25, insert: "The Secretary of the Senate and the_

Sergeant at Arms are· authorized and di· rected to protect the funds of their respec .. . tive offices by purchasing insurance in an: amount necessary to protect said funds against loss. Premiums on such insurance shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration."

Mr. McGRATH. Mr. Speaker, I move, that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate Nos. 9, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 35, 42, 43, and 44, and concur therein.

The motion was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will re

port the next amendment in disagreement.

The Clerk read as follows: Amendment No. 46, page 9, line 19, after

the colon strike out the word "Provided" down to and including the word "Code" on page 10, line 2, and insert the following: . "Provided, That section 23 (k) of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to deductions for bad debts} is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph as follows:

" ' ( 6) Exception: This subsection shall not apply in the case of a taxpayer, other than a bank, as defined in section 104, with re.spect to debts owed by (A) any political party, (B) any national, State, or local committee of any political party, or (C) any committee, association, or organization which accepts contributions or makes expenditures for the purpose of infiuencing or attempting to influence the election of Presidential or Vice Presidential electors or of any individual whose name is presented for election to any Federal, State, or local elective public office, whether or not such individual is elected. For the purpose of this paragraph, the terms "contributions" and "expenditure" shall have the meanings prescribed for such terms ln section 591 of title 18 of the United States Code.'

"The amendment made by this section shall be applicable with respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1951."

Mr. McGRATH. Mr. Speaker, in answer to the inquiry of the gentleman from Minnesota, I would state to the House that the original McCormack amendment which was adopted in this body provided for the setting of the residence of a Member of the Congress at his home in his district. That was a provision which applied to the Internal Revenue Act. When we went to conference, it was pointed out that there was no ceiling as .to that amount. It merely gave to the Members of Congress the very same right which a member of a profession or a business is now granted under existing law under the Internal Revenue Code.

Mr. HORAN. You are referring to title 26, section 23, of the Internal Revenue Code?

Mr. McGRATH. That is correct. All the ordinary and necessary expenses

paid or incurred during the taxable years in carrying on any trade or business, including a reasonable allowance for salaries or other compensation for personal services actually rendered; traveling expenses (including the entire amount expended for meals and lodg· 1ng) while away from home in the pursuit of a trade or business; and rentals or other payments required to be made as a condition to the continued use or possession, for pur .. poses of the trade or business, of property to

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9673 which the taxpayer has not taken or is not taking title or in which he has ~o equity.

In other words, the Members of Congress have merely not extended to themselves the full deduction which other

1 people in professions and trades have, but have limited the expenses so that in no event do they get above the ceiling of $3,000. May I say this agreement was reached unanimously by the conferees both in the other body and in the House.

Mr. HORAN. That is correct. We are in agreement.

Mr. HORAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from illinois [Mr. BusBEY] may extend his remarks at this point in the RECORD.

The SPEAKER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

There was no objection. Mr. BUSBEY. Mr. Speaker, while I

signed my name to the report as one of the managers of the conference on the part of the House of Representatives for legislative appropriations, there was one feature of the bill objectionable to me. I wish to state that I am not in favor of permitting Members of Congress to deduct cost-of-living expenses in Washington from their income-tax returns. I appreciate that the circumstances under which we have had to operate during the last few days in the closing hours of this session of Congress made it absolutely impossible to get proper consideration of this matter.

It was the Seventy-ninth Congress, under the control of the Democrats, that put through a bill giving the Members of Congress a $2,500 .tax-free expense allowance. Last year the House voted to rescind the tax-free provision of this law. This year the House voted to write into the legislative appropriations bill a provision allowing the Members of Congress to deduct all cost-of-living expenses while in Washington from their income-tax returns, the same as representatives of business concerns. This amendment was offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts, the majority leader, Mr. JoHN McCORMACK. The Senate struck this provision from the appropriations bill. It was finally compromised by permitting a deduction of $3,COO for cost-of-living allowance in Washington. According to my understanding of the conference report, this is a flat sum deductible regardless of the actual cost. This is certainly an improvement over the House bill inasmuch as it puts a limitation on the amount that can be deducted.

My principal reason for opposing this type of legislation is that when a man files his candidacy for Congress he knows the salary and remuneration he will receive for his services. There is no doubt but that a great many Members of Congress serve the people of their districts at a tremendous sacrifice to themselves. Nevertheless, Mr. Speaker, legislation of this kind should never be enacted until proper and extensive hearings have been held. Then, if, in the judgment of the majority of the Members, they feel they should have some financial consideration, it should be done by increasing salaries and not by tax exemption features

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such as allowed by the Eighty-first Congress, or by giving cost-of-living allowances as proposed by the Democrat majority leader and included in the present appropriations bill.

I appreciate that a problem exists and if something is not done to meet it there 1s the possibility that eventually we may wind up having our membership divided largely into two classes: First, those who have an independent income and want the office for whatever social advantages and prestige it offers; and, second, those who cannot afford to be a Congressman from a financial standpoint and may rely on being subsidized by either labor or manufacturers. God forbid that such a situation should develop. I hope the time never comes when we find that men are willing to become Members of Congress ·for any purpose other than a sincere patriotic desire to serve our country,

Mr. Speaker, I know the attitude of the Members of the House, I realize that my views are in the minority, but I am sincere in my belief that inclusion of a costof-living allowance in this legislative appropriations bill is not the proper approach to the problem.

Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN. Mr. Speak• er, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. McGRATH. I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota.

Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN. It is my understanding that the Members of Congress personally will receive no more consideration in this legislation than would the ordinary businessman under the present taxation laws. Is that correct?

Mr. McGRATH. The gentleman has stated it very clearly in his usual capable manner. I will go one step further and say that I do not think we are getting quite as much as is given to members of the other professions.

Mr. HORAN. That was my own conclusion; that we are not giving the Members of ·congress anything at all. We are putting a limitation here.

Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN. Will the gentleman yield again?

Mr. McGRATH. I yield with pleasure to one of the most able Members of the House.

Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN. Has any consideration been given to bringing to the floor of the House a bill providing for an increase in salary for Members of

. Congress? In my opinion that would be the preferable way to handle legislation of this nature, rather than to bring in an exemption of this type.

Mr. McGRATH. In answer to the gentleman, I would say his question is a very proper one, but since this is an appropriations committee it is not within our province, and we had no disposition to go beyond the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations. I concur wholeheartedly that the Members of Congress are not receiving compensation that is comparable ·to the amount of work they are called upon to do. Earlier today, I said that was one of the reasons why so many of us, including myself, have made decision to seek greener pastures. Personally, there is no benefit in this legislation to myself, but I do know that the Members of this House are en ...

titled to what we are now giving so that the Members may continue to serve theii• country properly.

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. McGRATH. I yield to the gentlewoman-from Massachusetts.

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. I would like to state how extremely sorry I am that the gentleman from New York is going to leave Congress. I have noticed his great facility in securing legislation easily and pleasantly and very effectively. I remember what he did in the merchant marine and I remember what he did in securing money for the greatly needed contact men for the Veterans' Administration and what he has done in this bill and in many other bills. I, for one, shall miss his help very much and I know the country will miss him.

Mr. McGRATH. I will say to the lovely lady from Massachusetts that I am going to miss her help greatly.

Mr. HORAN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. McGRATH. I yield to the gentleman from Washington.

Mr. HORAN. I want to join with the gentlewoman from Massachusetts. It has been a pleasure to work with Judge McGRATH. I dislike very much to see him leave. He has been a very fine Mem-ber of this body. .

Mr. McGRATH. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment.

The Cletk read as follows: Mr. McGRATH moves that the House re·

cede from its disagreement to the amend· ment of the Senate No. 46, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said amendment, insert "Provided, That for the two taxable years beginning after December 31, 1952, the place of residence of a Member of Congress (including any Delegate and Resident Commissioner) within the State, congressional district, Territory, or possession which he represents in Congress shall be considered to be his home for the purposes of section 23 (a) (1) (A) of the Internal Revenue Code, but amounts expended by such Member within each such taxable year for living expenses shall not be deductible for income-tax purposes in excess of $3,000.

"AMENDMENT TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

"Section 23 (k) of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to deductions for bad debts) 1s amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph as follows:

"'(6) Exception: This subsection shall not apply in the case of a taxpayer, other than a bank, as defined in section 104, with respect to debts owed by (A) any political party (B) any national, State, or local committee of any political party, or (C) any committee, association, or organization which accepts contributions or makes expenditures for the purpose of influencing or attempting to infiuence the election of Presidential or Vice Presidential electors or of any indi-

. vidual whose name is presented for election to any Federal, State, or local elective public office, whether or not such individual is elected. For the purpose of this paragraph, the terms "contributions" and "expendi· ture" shall have the meanings prescribed for such terms 1n section 591 of title 18 of the United States Code.'

"The amendment made by this paragraph shall be applicable with respect to taxable y~ars beginning after December 31, 1951.''

'l'he motion was agreed to.


The SPEAKER. The Clerk will re. port the next amendment in disagree. ment.

The Clerk read as follows: Senate amendment No. 48: Page 11, line

13 insert "Provided, That in connection with th~ operation of the Joint Senate and House Recording Facility an additional position of laboratory technician, to be compensated at the basic rate of $3,SOO per annum, is hereby authorized.'~

Mr. McGRATH. Mr. Speaker, 1 move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment.

The motion was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report

the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Senate amendment No. 51: Page 20, line ·

3, insert: "JOINT -COMMITrEE ON REDUCTION OF NON•

ESSENTIAL FEDERAL EXPENDITURES

"For an amount to enable the Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed upon it by section 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 726), to remain available during the existence of the committee, $20,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.''

Mr. McGRATH. Mr. Speaker, I move that the :-louse recede and concur in

·the Senate amendment. The motion was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will re


The Clerk read as follows :. Senate amendment No. 52: Page 23, iine

3, insert: "Subway transportation, Capitol and Sen

ate Office ·Buildings: For maintenance, repairs, and rebuilding of the subway transportation system connecting the Senate Offlee Building with the Capitol, including

· personal and other services, $10,100."

Mr. McGRATH. Mr. Speaker, I mov_e that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment.



The Clerk read as follows: Senate amendment No. 53: Page 23, line

8, insert: "Senate Office Building: For maintenance,

miscellaneous items and supplies, including furniture, furnishings, and equipment, and for labor and material incident thereto, and repairs thereof; for purchase of waterproof wearing apparel and for personal and other services; including five female attendants in charge of ladies' retiring rooms at $1,800 each, for the care and operation of the Senate Office Building; to be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol; in all, $768,975."

Mr. McGRATH. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amend-ment. ·

The Clerk read as follows: Mr. McGRATH moves that the House recede

from its disagreement to the amendnrent of the Senate No 53, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert:

"Senate Office Building: For maintenance, miscellaneous items and supplies, including furniture, furnishings, and equipment, and for labor and material incident thereto, and

repairs thereof; 'for purchase of waterproof wearing apparel and for personal and other services; including five female attendants in charge of ladies' retiring rooms at $1,800 each, for the care and operation of the Senate Office Building; to be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol who shall after June 30, 1952, maintain service in all facilities for the House of Representatives under his jurisdiction for not less than one-half hour after daily adjournment of the House of Representatives; in all, $768,975."

Mr. BUSBEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. GRoss] may extend his remarks at this point.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Illinois?

There was no objection. . Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, I want the RECORD to show at this point that I am opposed to the provision written into this conference report for a tax exemption .for Members of Congress.

Congress ought to face up squarely to the issue of a salary increase and not resort to this form of subterfuge. In the dying hours of this session there is practically nothing that can be done since a conference report is not subject to amendment except by the committee.

I repeat, Mr. Speaker, my position that Members of Congress should not seek tax exemptions that are not provided all

. other citizens. I am opposed to this provision and I am opposed to the manner in which it is being enacted in the closing hours of this session.

What is happening here today on this and other important bills emphasizes the repeated protests I have made in past weeks against long week end adjourn· ments from Thursday nights until following Tuesdays-with perfunctory sessions on Mondays but usually with any important votes postponed until Tuesdays.

The citizens of this country are now paying the penalty in hastily considered and unnecessary legislation, for the weeks of virtual inaction at the start of this session and the long week end adjournments that have been the rule.

Mr. McGRATH. -Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question on the motion.

The previous question was ordered. The motion was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will re


The Clerk read as follows: Senate amendment No. 57: Page 27, line 7,

insert: "REVISION OF ANNOTATED CONSTITUTION

"Salaries and expenses: For necessary _personal services to enable the Librarian to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of America, to include Supreme Court cases through the 1951-52 term, $3,000.''

Mr. McGRATH. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment.

The motion was agreed to. A motion to reconsider the votes by

which action was taken on the several motions was laid on the table.

AMENDING INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

Mr. MILLS submitted the following conference report and statement on the bill (H. R. 8271) to amend section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code:

CONFERENCE REPORT (H. REPT. No. 2493)

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 8271) -to amend section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 2 and 4 and agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 1 : That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment insert the following:

"SEC. 2. Section 459 of the Internal Revenue Code (miscellaneous provisions relating to the computation of average base period net income) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

"'(f) Companies Preserving Defense Capacity and Increasing Capacity for Manufacturing Peacetime Products From Certain Strategic and Critical Metals.-

" ' ( 1) Eligibility requirement: In the case of a taxpayer which commenced business on or prior to January 1, 1936, and since such date has been primarily engaged in manu-facturing, lf- ·

"'(A) The percentage of the taxpayer's purchases of raw materials which were strategic and critical metals (as defined in paragraph (3)) was 80 per centum or more for each of the taxable years beginning with or within the taxpayer's base period;

"'(B) The taxpayer's average monthly excess profits net income (computed in the manner provided in section 443 (e) for the period comprising all taxable years ending with or within the first twenty-four months of its base period was 250 per centum or more of the average monthly excess profits net income (so computed) of the taxpayer for the period comprising all taxable years ending with or within the last twenty-four months of its base period;

"··(C) The adjusted basis of the taxpayer's total faclli ties (as defined in section 444 (d) ) as of the beginning of its base period (when added to the total faclllties at such time of all corporations with which the taxpayer has the privilege under section 141 of filing a consolidated return for its first taxable year under this subchapter) did not exceed $10.-000,000; and

"'(D) The adjusted basis of the taxpayer's total facllities (as defined in section 444 (d)) on the last day of its base period was 180 per centum or more of the adjusted basis of its total facilities on the first day of its base period, the taxpayer's average base period net income determined under this subsection shall be the amount computed under paragraph (2).

"'(2) Computation: The average base period net income determined under this subsection for a taxpayer entitled to the benefits of this subsection shall be the amount computed under section 435 (e) (2) (E) and (F) except that there shall be substituted for the aggregate of the excess profits net income for each of the six months 1-n the period beginning July 1, 1949, and ending December 31, 1949, an amount computed by multiplying the aggregate of the excess profits net income for each of the six months

1952 . CON.GRESSIONAL. RECORD.- . HOUSE 9675 in the period _beginn4lg July · ~ • . 1~46_ and ending December 31,1946, by the per centum. determined by dividing the adjusted basis of taxpayer's total , facillt~es (as defineg in section 444 (d)): on Decemb~r 31, ~948, by the adjusted' basis of !ts total facllities on the first day of its base period. The average base period net income computed under the preceding sentence shall not exceed 80 per centum of the excess profits tax net income for the taxpayer's first taxable year under this subchapter.

"'(3). Definition of strategic and critic~l metals: As used in this subsection, the term "strategic and critical metals" means copper and zinc which on January 1, 1945, had been determined by proper authority to be strategic and critical under the provisions of the Strategic and Critical Stock Piling Act and shall include scrap containing such metals.'"


recede from its disareement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 3, and agree to the same with amendments as follows:

On page 4, line 10, of the Senate engrossed amendments, strike out "That, effective" and insert "Effective".

On page 6, line 2, of the Senate engrossed amendments, strike out "the Commissioner with the approval of".

And the Senate agree to the same. Amend the title so as to read: "An Act to

amend sections 433 (b), 457, and 459 of the Internal Revenue Code, and for other purposes."

R. L. DauGHTON, JOHN D. DINGELL, W. D. MILLS, DANIEL A. REED, RICHARD M. SIMPSON,

Managers on the Part oj the House. WALTER F. GEORGE, ToM CONNALLY; ED c. JOHNSON, HUGH BUTLER, EDWARD MARTIN,


STATEMENT

f · The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 8271) to amend section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the conferees and recommended in the accompanying conference report:

Amendment No. 1: The effect of Senate amendment No. 1 is to add to section 459 of the Internal Revenue Code a new subsection providing that, in tho case of a taxpayer which commenced business on or prior to January 1, 1936, and since such date has been primarily engaged in manufacturing, if-

(1) The percentage of the taxpayer's purchases of raw materials which were strategic and critical metals (defined to be certain copper and zinc) was 80 percent or more for each of the taxable years beginning with or within the taxpayer's base period;

(2) The taxpayer's average monthly excess-profits net income for the period comprising all taxable years ending with or within tha first 24 months of its base period was 250 percent or more of the average monthly excess-profits net income of the taxpayer for the period comprising all taxable years ending with or within the last 24 months of its base period;

(3) The adjusted basis of the taxpayer's total facilities as of the beginning of its base period (when added to the total fac111-ties at such time of all corporations with which the taxpayer has the privilege under section 141 of :flUng a consol_idated return

for its · first taxable ·year under this ·subchapter) did not exceed $10,000,000; .and .

( 4) The adjusted basis of the taxpayer's total facilities on the last day of its base period was 180 percent . or more of the adjusted basis of its total facilities on the first day of its base period, then the taxpayer's average base period net income determined under the new subsection shall be the amount computed under section 435 (e) (2) (E) a.nd (F) of the code except that there shall be substituted for the aggregate of the excess-profits net income for each of the 6 months in the period beginning July 1, 1949, and ending December 31, .1949, an amoun~ computed by multiplying the aggregate of the excess-profits net income for each of the 6 months in the period beginning July 1; 1946, and ending December 31, 1946, by the percent determined by dividing the adjusted basis of taxpayer's total facllities on December 31, 1948, by the adjusted basis of its total facilities on the first day of its base period. The average base period net income as so computed shall not exceed 80 percent of the excess-profits tax net income for the taxpayer's first taxable year under subchapter D of chapter 1 of the code.

The House recedes with an amendment which makes technical and clerical changes 1n the Senate amendment.

Amendment No. 2: Senate amendment No. 2 provides that the amendment made by Senate amendment No. 1 shall be applicable with respect to all taxable years ending after June 30, 1950. The House recedes.

Amendment No. 3: This amendment adds to section 433 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code (relating to the computation.of average base period net income for excess-profits-tax purposes) two paragraphs providing for adjustments in certain cases for base period losses arising from branch operations. The House recedes with technical amendments.

Amendment No. 4: This amendment added to the bill a new section relating to the effective date of the amendments made by section 319 of the Revenue Act of 1951 with respect to the allowance of percentage depletion for coal and metal mines and for certain other mines and natural mineral deposits. The 1951 amendments applied only to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1950. The effect of the Senate amendment is to provide that in the case of a taxable year beginning before January 1, 1951, and ending after December 31, 1950, the allowance for percentage depletion under section 114 (b) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code is an amount equal to the sum of-

(1) That portion of a tentative allowance, computed under the provisions of section 114 (b) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code applicable (without regard to the Senate amendment) to taxable years beginning before January 1, 1951, and ending after De-: cember 31, 1950, which the number of days 1n such taxable year prior to January 1, 1951, bears to the total number of days 1n such taxable year; plus

(2) That portion of a tentative allowance, computed under the provisions of section 114 (b) (4) applicable (without regard to the Senate amendment) to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1950, as if such provisions were applicable to the entire taxable year, which the number of days in such taxable year after December 31, 1950, bears to the total number of days in such taxable year.

The House recedes. R. L. DauGHTON, JOHN D. DINGELL,

W. D. MILLs, DANIEL A. REED, RICHARD M. SIMPSON,

Managers on the Part_ of the Bouse.

Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, ·r call up the conference report on the bill <H. R. 8271) to amend section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code and ask unanimous consent that the statement of the managers on the part of the House be read in lieu of the report.

The Clerk read the title of the bill. The Clerk read the statement. Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani

mous consent to extend my remarks at this point in the RECORD.

The S.PEAKER . . Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Arkansas?

There was no objection. Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, as a mem

ber of the Ways and Means Committee, I have had an opportunity through the years to observe first-hand the facts concerning the Treasury's conduct in the field of fiscal policy and operations and its management of the national debt.

I want brieft.y to present some of the more important facts concerning these subjects.' These facts reft.ect the actual dollars-and-cents operations of the Treasury pepartment, as well as the many steps it has taken to improve its fiscal and financial operations, under the administration of the Secretary of the Treasury, John W. Snyder.

First of a:ll, I think it important that we recognize that the public debt of the Federal Government has not increased during the past 6 years, but, as a matter of fact, the debt has actually been reduced from $270,000,000,000 on June 30, 1946, to approximately $259,000,000,000 on June 3, 1952. This is a net reduction of almost $11,000,000,000 during the past 6 years. This reduction in the total indebtedness of the Government has been made possible through a net budgetary surplus of more than $3,500,000,000 during the entire period of the past 6 years and by the use of cash on hand in the Treasury's accounts when Secretary Snyder took office in 1946.

When we . consider the very pro .. nounced changes that have taken place in the Nation's economy and the international problems with which the Government has been confronted during the past 6 years, the budgetary surplus and the reduction of Federal debt that have been effected are even more strikingly .significant.

There are other facts concerning . the Treasury's management of the national debt that are equally important. Through its debt management policies, the Treasury has greatly reduced the inflation potential inherent in the national debt. As my colleagues in the House are all aware, that part of the debt which is held by the commercial and Federal Reserve banks has always been very important in relation to inft.ationary trends. During Secretary Snyder's management of the debt, the amount of Government securities held by the banks-including the commercial tanks and the Federal Reserve banks-was reduced by almost $24,000,000,000 dur .. ing the 6 years ended June 30, 1952. Nearly $23,000,000,000 of this reduction in bank-held Government securities has been taken out of the commercial banks, and the _ remainder has come from the


portfolios of Government securities held by the Federal Reserve System.

Both of these steps are highly important, and the decline in the Federal Re· serve's ownership of Government obli· gations is particularly vital because of its effect in reducing the total amount of bank reserves. This acts to reduce the potential expansion of bank credit and the money supply. So the Treasury's operations in the debt management field during the p.ast 6 years have not swollen the amount of money in the hands of the public.

On the contrary, the Treasury's operations have been geared to reduce the amount of bank reserves, -curb the expansion of the money supply, and put a brake on inflationary forces. One further aspect of this matter should be stressed. This is the fact that since last December alone, the Federal Reserve holdings of Government securities have been reduced by nearly $1,000,000,000. This has been a very healthy development because everyone has feared during this period that there would be are· surgence of inflation, as a result of the Nation's defense production program. This, of course, has not developed.

Most-significant of all, however, is the fact that the net budgetary surplus of the past 6 years-more than $3,500,000,-000-the reduction of the total amount of Federal debt by $11,000,000,000, and the reduction of the b~nk-held _portion of the debt by $24,000,000,000 inveighs heavily against those who loosely and wrongly state that the Federal Government has been embarked on a program of irresponsible financial operations, and slipshod management of the taxpayers' money and the national debt. The facts are directly contrary to these misstatements.

I know from my observations as a member of the Ways and Means Committee · that one of the paramount policies Secretary Snyder has followed during the past 6 years is the maintenance of public and investor confidence in the credit of the United States Government. This is his duty under law, and he has fulfilled it thoroughly. Within the past several weeks, for example, there has been overwhelming evidence that the Secretary has maintained the public's confidence in the Government's credit. In connection with the debt-management program, the Treasury announced on June 10 its intention to borrow $3,500,-000,000 at 2% percent interest for 6 years, to finance defense expenditures authorized by the Congress for the fiscal year 1953. The investing public, including individual citizens, insurance companies, and other institutional investors, and the Nation's banks, offered to lend the Treasury nearly $11,700,000,000 in response to its request for only $3,500,ooo,ooo, more than three times the amount of money the Treasury stated that it would need in connection with that particular financing operation.

There could hardly be more overwhelming · evidence than this of public confidence in the credit of the United States, because this confidence was backed by offers of the people and investing institutions of this country to lend

their money to the Treasury. Institutional, nonbank investors alone offered the Treasury more than $3,600,000,000, and it was sound debt management on the part of the Secretary to allot these subscriptions in full. Purchase of Gov .. ernment securities by these investors is noninflationary because it does not r€sult in an expansion of bank credit.

The commercial banks, which had been invited to participate in this financing operation, offered the Treasury many billions of dollars. However, in accordance with his prudent policies of debt management, the Secretary allotted these commercial bank subscribers only about half a billion instead of the billions they wanted to lend.

In refunding presently outstanding Government securities, the Treasury has been equally highly successful. Its latest maturity of $5,200,000,000 of 1 %-percent certificates of indebtedness has been refunded into similar certificates in an amount of more than $4,900,000,000~ This means that the owners of more than

. 95 percent of the maturing certificates were glad to acquire new ones in exchange for those which matured. Those who understand the money markets can appreciate the significance of thi3 high percentage of investors who were willing to relend their money at the same rate of interest. It means that investors have confidence. .

The offering of $11,700,000,000 in response to the Treasury's request for only $3,500,000,000, at 2%-percent interest for 6 years, is overwhelming evidence that the Treasury's debt management has been and is being conducted in ways that maintain full public and investor confidence in the Government's credit.

The Treasury's fiscal management, as distinct from its policies and practices in the field of debt management, has also redounded to the credit of the Treasury

·Department. This also seems to have escaped proper public attention. As many Members of the Congress are aware, a splendid plan-the President's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1952-for the reorganization of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, was passed by the Congress last March. Its provisions are now being put into effect throughout the country by the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Bureau. Now, some of the largest internal-revenue districts in

_the country have been completely reorganized, those in New York and Chicago, and plans are progressing splendidly for the reorganization of many other districts. Aside from the important streamlining of operations, and the direct lines of responsibility and authority which the plan provides, one of the chief merits of the reorganization is the fact that all of the employees of the Bureau are placed under the merit, or civil-service system. I might mention that the press in Chicago and New Yor~t expressed great interest in the reorganization of the internal revenue districts in those areas, and the plan has been received most favorably by the public. Still another benefit of the Internal Revenue Bureau reorganization is that its agents are now able to operate even more efficiently in apprehending and

prosecuting those who commit tax frauds against the Government.

Inauguration of this entire reorganfza tion program was by no means a simple thing. It was the product of many years of effort and research on the part of th~ Secretary of the Treasury and his staff, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue itself. It came as the capstone of a long series of carefully planned studies and steps to modernize and improve the Bureau's operations. The cooperation officials and employees of the Treasury Department and of the Bureau of Internal Revenue have given the congressional committees which have investigated the Bureau's functions, and the cooperation they have accorded individual members of both the House and Senate who have been concerned with the Bureau's problems and its reorganization, has been splendid. Secretary of the Treasury Snyder has publicly expressed his appreciation of the investigative work, committee recommendations,

. and the opinions of authorities outside the Treasury, in drafting the reorganization pla,n and putting it into effect.

As my colleague the gentleman from California [Mr. YoRTY] pointed out to Members of the Congress on February 26, 1952, this attitude of the cooperation on th~ part of the Treasury officials and employees is in sharp contrast with the defiant attitude of the administration in office during tlie 1920's. Then the Bureau of Internal Revenue was plagued with the misconduct and malfeasance on the part of its employees-misconduct which was in many respects vastly more serious than the difficulties we have been considering during the past year.

You may recall that Senator Couzens was chairman of a committee of the Senate which had been delegated the authority to inquire into tax frauds, questionable and illegal tax rebates, and other practices within the Bureau of Internal Revenue during the 1920's. The essential difference between the difficulties of that era and this, is the fact that the Treasury Department and the Bureau of Internal Revenue, under Secretary Snyder, have been anxious to cooperate with the Congress in every possible way in improving the Bureau's standards and operating practices. On the other hand, the committee headed by Senator Couzens in the 1920's received rebuffs from the administration then in office, and there was then a general lack of cooperation with the committee in its efforts to ascertain the facts. It is my understanding that Senator Couzens, in the 1920's, found it necessary to pay the committee's counsel out of his own pocket, at least part of the time that the committee was conducting its investigations.

No Member of this Congress, and no responsible official of the present administration, condones for a moment any irregular practices within the Bureau of Internal Revenue or among its employees. However, as Congressman YoRTY has so wisely pointed out, it is important for us to keep our. perspective and to realize that the difficulties and frauds Qf the past 2 years have been duplicated many times under previous

1952 . :coNGRESSIONAL RECORD~ HOUSE 9677 administrations, . including Republican administrations.

The record of· the past year speaks for itself. We now have throughout the country a Bureau of Internal Revenue that is being completely reorganizedwith new administrative and operational procedures, direct lines of responsibility and authority, and improved auditing techniques that will enable the Bureau to discover promptly, and to ferret out any irregular practices on the part of the Bureau's employees, as well as tax frauds perpetrated by the very small minority of taxpayers who seek to escape their just tax liabilities.

The new Internal Revenue Bureau organization is one of which Secretary Snyder and other Treasury officials can be justly proud, and in which we, as Members of the Congress, can also feel pride because of our committee work and our legislative efforts. These have not only met with success, but have also publicly received the grateful plaudits of the Secretary of the Treasury and his staff.

The Treasury, throughout the past 6 years, has done an excellent job in managing the public debt and in coping with the enormously increased burden of tax collections. I know that all the Members of the Congress who have had an opportunity, as I have had, to observe these developments first hand through the past 6 years, share these views. The facts I have presented today, reflecting as they do great credit upon the Treasury and its Secretary, are inescapable and irrefutable.

AMENDMENT NO. 1

Mr. Speaker, this amendment gives in e.tiect the benefit of the growth formula in computing the excess-profits credit to certain corporations using strategic and critical metals as their raw materials where the combination of rising raw-

.material prices and failure of increased manufacturing facilities to be reflected in the base-period income has prevented them from securing a fair base-period credit. It will afford relief to a few independent fabricators of brass who are having difficulty competing with large affiliated groups in securing raw materials. The amendment prevents the base-period credit from exceeding 80 percent of the taxpayers excess-profits r..et income. It is in accord with the principles of the growth formula which we have allowed other corporations, but which this particular group cannot take advantage of under the technical wording of the existing growth formula due to the fact t~at their earnings in the latter part of the base period were depressed due in part to the rise in rawmaterial prices and the fact that they were not able to realize fully profits from · new facilities put in operation in the base period.

AMENDMENT NO. 2

Amendment No. 2 merely provides that the relief granted by amendment No. 1 shall be effective for all excess-profitstax years.

AMENDMENT NO. 3

Amendment No. 3 also applies to the b~.se period credit for excess profits tax

purposes. It adjusts the base period credit by not having the base period income reduced by a loss from a separate branch operation. The amendment is very restrictive in its application. In order to have the branch loss added back to the base period income the following income conditions must be met: First, the company must operate the branch at a loss during two or more taxable years; second, the branch must be at a separate place from the other business activities of the company; third, the branch must differ substantially from the other business with respect to the character of its operation or services. In this connection the branch must be of such a nature as to be of a type classifiable by the Standard Industrial Classification Manual in a different major industry group or in a different subgroup of the taxpayer major group; fourth, the aggregate net losses of the branch must exceed 15 percent of the total excess profits net income of the taxpayer during the base period; fifth, the base period credit must be reduced by any loss from the branch in the current excess profits taxable year.

AMENDMENT NO. 4

This amendment relates to the depletion allowances and increases provided for under the Revenue Act of 1951. Under that act these increases and allowances were made applicable only to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1950. Those corporations on the fiscal-year basis did not receive any benefit from the increased allowances with respect to that part of their taxable year ending in 1951. This creates a discrimination against the fiscal-year corporations as compared to the calendaryear corporations. This amendrr4ent corrects this inequity by permitting the depletion allowances and increases granted by the P..evenue Act of 1951 to apply with respect to the part of the taxable year 1951 ending in 1951 on a pro rata basis.

Mr. Speaker, I move the previous ques-tion on the conference report.


table.

HON. FRED G. AANDAHL Mr. LOVRE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan

imous consent to extend my remarks at this point in the RECORD.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from South Dakota?

There was no objection. Mr. LOVRE. Mr. Speaker, I know of

no person· that I have learned to love and respect more during my stay in Congress than the gentleman from North Dakota the Honorable FRED G. AANDAHL. Mr. Speaker, it was with sadness that I learned of Fred's retirement from the Congress of the United States. During his brief stay I have learned to respect and admire him for his complete and thorough understanding of the problems

·of Government; his· devotion to duty· and his sympathetic approach to all problems.

In the 2 years Fred has served in Congress he has made countless friends not only among the Republicans but with the Democrats as well. The Republican leadership recognized his ability within a short time after his entrance into Congress and appointed him to the powerful Committee on Appropriations. On this committee he has served well and with distinction. Mr. Speaker, Fred's service has been brief in the Congress of the United States but I am certain that the good people of North Dakota will recall him to public service again in not too distant a future. We have too few FRED AANDAHL'S in public life.

DEFENSE AND SECURITY OF THE NATION

Mr. RADWAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks at this point in the RECORD.


There was no objection. Mr. RADWAN. Mr. Speaker, we are

passing final legislation appropriating a little over $46,0'lO,OOO,OOO for the future defense and security of our Nation. This represents only a partial payment, a down payment, which the American people must pay because of the blundering foreign policy of the present administration. Yes, we are compelled to take from the pockets of the American taxpayers this $46,000,000,000 appropriation because of repeated mistakes and bungling at Yalta, Potsdam-all as a result of misguided politics and leadership.

The present administration, fumbling from crisis to crisis, has collected more taxes, cried louder about inflation, and, in the name of defense has gushed more billions overseas than any administration in the history of the United States.

Yet, men in high places in the administration admit that the danger which confronts us is great and that our defenses are far too weak to meet such danger. We have more inflation than ever. In the light of all this, it is almost tragic when we consider the report that has just been filed with the Senate by the Senate Judiciary Committee, of which Democratic Senator McCARRAN, of Nevada, is chairman. Here is a lengthy report which gives chapter and verse in case after case where witnesses have identified several individuals as Communists and fellow travelers, who

·obviously had access through American officials to the State Department and the White House as well. We have Senator McCARRAN speaking not as a Democrat, but as an American, when he says:

I am convinced, from the evidence developed in this inquiry, but that for the machinations of the small group that controlled and activated the Institute of Pacific Relations, China today would be free and a bulwark against a further advance of the Red hordes into the Far East.

Senator McCARRAN continues: Our Government agencies have been in

filtrated by persons whose allegiance 1s with ·communist Russia. Our official secrets have


been bared to agents of the Soviet loyal and sincere men have been driven from their diplomatic ·posts; and, under the cloak of public office, messages have been written and words spoken that have tended to weaken this Nation's position in world affairs.

Can it be denied that this is but an .. other way of saying that the American casualties in Korea, which now exceed 100,000, can be laid at the doorstep of the State Department? In the light of all this, is it any wonder that to this date no explanation has been made for the administration's suppression of the Wedemeyer Report, in which Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer forewarned this Gov .. ernment as to the perils of our policy of appeasement and the threat of Com .. munist aggression in the Far East?

Is it any wonder then that adminis .. tration spokesmen dread the thought of a free and open debate on the issues of foreign policy in the coming election? In silly statementS they say that we should look ahead-we are not supposed to look at their blunders and bungling of the past, they say.

Mr. Speaker, the present administration must account to the Nation on mat .. ters of foreign policy. A thorough and complete airing of the foreign policy is .. sue as administered in the past is vital and necessary to the future security and well-being of this great Nation.

ADJOURNMENT OF THE CONGRESS Mr. JAVITS. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend my remarks.


There was no objection. Mr. JAVITS. Mr. Speaker, I under

stand the resolution to adjourn will be a resolution sine die. I for one Member shall vote "no" on that resolution, because I believe we should recess, not adjourn sine die. At a time when the steel mills are still generally closed due to the strike and the Supreme Court has stated that the Congress, not the President, has the authority to do something about it if the emergency continues, and at a time when the war in Korea still continues without a truce, it seems to me that the Congress should not have to leave it to the President but should establish its own means for being recalled without the need for action by the President. Under the contemplated adjournment resolution we would leave only the President with the power to call us back.

I · think we should adopt the procedure we followed in 1948 when we left it to the majority leadership to recall the Congress if warranted, and leave it to the majority and minority leadership to call us back if the national interest should require.

I yield to the gentleman from New Jen:ey [Mr. CANFIELD].

Mr. CANFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I agree with the position just taken by the gentleman from New York and I, too, shall vote "no" on any resolution to adjourn sine die. \Ve cannot walk out on our

responsibilities by saying the President can call us back any time within the next 6 months. We did not do so in World War II and we are now at war with a national steel strike preventing the pro .. duction and shipment of military hardware needed to fill those deficiencies I noted in Korea 8 weeks ago.

Mr. JAVITS. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. SAYLOR].

Mr. SAYLOR. Mr. Speaker, I, too, desire to express my opposition to the Congress adjourning sine die and my vote on any such resolution · at this time will be "no." The American people are looking to Congress for leadership in view of the strained conditions at home due to the steel strike and the war, not police action, in Korea. It is our duty as the duly elected Representatives of the people to measure up to these responsibilities and not leave the entire fate of our Nation to the whim of our President.

Mr. JAVITS. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. SITTLER].

Mr. SITTLER. Mr. Speaker, a sine die adjournment would, in my opinion, leave the affairs of this Nation all too completely in the hands of the President. I concur in the expression of opinion by the gentlemen who have preceded me, and shall also vote "no" on any motion to adjourn sine die, believing that the Congress should be held available at the call of its leadership.

ADJOURNl\ffiNT OF CONGRESS Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask

.unanimous consent to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend my remarks.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Mississippi?

There was no objection. Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I shall

vote against adjournment sine die. With the condition the world is in today, with the dangers with which America is threatened, and the perils to which our boys are subjected in Korea, it seems to me that if we adjourn at all it should be to a day certain.

I am willing to vote to adjourn for 40 days, 50 days, or 60 days, or until the 1st of September, if necessary; I am will .. ing to recess to a day certain, but I am not going to vote to adjourn this Con .. gress sine die, which means for 6 months, or until January 1953. With the world in the condition in which it is today, I do not think Congress should adjourn sine die. We do not know what is likely to happen between now and next January.

I hope the resolution that is offered will be to adjourn to a day certain or to recess to a day certain.

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY

Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the chairman of the Committee on House Administration I present a res .. olution <H.- Res. 733) and ask for its im .. mediate consideration.


Resolved, That further expenses of conducting the studies and investigations authorized by House Resolution 436 of the )!:ighty-second Congress, first session, incurred by the Committee on Banking and Currency acting as a whole or by subcommittee, not to exceed an additional $35,000, including expenditures for employment, travel, and subsistence of accountants, experts, investigators, and clerical stenographic, and other assistants, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House on vouchers authorized by such committee or subcommittee, signed by the chairman of such committee or subcommittee and approved by the Committee on House Administration.

With the following committee amend .. ment:

Page 1, line 5, strike out "$35,000" and insert "$20,000."

The committee amendment was agreed to.

The resolution was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was laid on

the table.

INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, by direc

tion of the chairman of the Committee on House Administration, I present House Resolution 726 and ask for its immediate consideration.

The Clerk read the resolution as follows:

Resolved, That a collection of inaugural addreEses, from President George Washington to President Harry Truman, compiled from research volumes _and State papers by the Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress, be printed as a House document.


table.

CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION BY COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, by dir.ec

tion of the chairman of the Committee on House Administration, I offer a resolution <H. Res. 731) and ask for its immediate consideration.


Resolved, That the expenses of the investigation a.nd study to be conducted pursuant to H. Res. 676, by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, acting as a whole or by subcommittee, not to exceed $50,000, including expenditures for the employment of investigators, attorneys, and clerical, stenographic, and other assistants, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House on vouchers authorized by such committee or subcommittee, signed by the chairm•an of such committee or subcommittee, and approved by the Committee on House Administration.

With the following committee amendment:

On page 1, line 4, strike out "$50,000" and insert "$15,000."


The resolution was agreed to.

1952 CONGRESSIONAL- RECORD- HOUSE 9679 A motion to reconsider was laid on

the table.

EXPENSES OF CLERK OF THE HOUSE

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution (H. Res. 744) and ask for its immediate consideration.


Resolved, That there shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House the sum of $2,250 to the Clerk of the House for expenses incurred in compiling, arranging for the printer, reading proof, indexing testimony, stenography and typewriting, and supervision of the work in the contestedelection cases of the Eighty-first and Eightysecond Congresses, as authorized by the act entitled "An act relating to contested elections," approved March 2, 1887.

The resolution was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was laid on

the table.

ACQUISmON, RESTORATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF BURIAL GROUNDS Mr. MURDOCK. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of the bill (H. R. 6891) to provide for the acquisition, restoration, and maintenance of the burial ground of 256 Maryland heroes of the American Revolution and erectior of a suitable memorial.

The Clerk read the title of the · bill: The SPEAKER. Is there objection to

the request of the gentleman from 'Arizona?

There was no objection. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of

the interior shall acquire through purchase, donation, condemnation, or otherwise, the plot of land in Brooklyn, N. ::-.,in which 256 Maryland soldiers killed in the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776, are buried, and any adjoining land as is necessary; in his opinion, to establish a suitable cemetery in their honor. The Secretary shall erect . an appropriate national memorial on such land, and shall restore, maintain, and care for the graves of these gallant soldiers.


Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: "That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to make an investigation and report thereon to the Congress at not later than March 1, 1953, with respect to the advisability of establishing a national monument in Brooklyn, N. Y., in honor of 256 Maryland heroes who fell in combat during the Battle of Brooklyn on the 27th day of August 1776. The report to the Congress shall include information regarding the following:

" ( 1) National historical importance of such a memorial;

"(2) Nature of burial site, identity of exact site of burial, size and present-day condi· tions of site, including improvements thereon;

"(3) Complete cost for the establishment of such memorial;

"(4) Cost of maintenance of such a memorial and amount thereof that will be paid fpr by the city of New York andjor the State of New York; and

"(5) Recommendations."


The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed.

The title was amended so as to read: "A bill to authorize an investigation and report on the advisability of national monument in Brooklyn, N. Y."

A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

RELATING TO CERTAIN LAND IN MARION COUNTY, IND.

Mr. MURDOCK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of the bill <H. R. 7262) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to release all the right, title, and interest o.f the United States in and to all fissionable materials in certain land in Marion County, Ind.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Arizona?

There was no objection. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enactedJ etc., That the Secretary of

the Interior is authorized and directed to donate, convey, release, and relinquish to Charles 0. Grinslade, Sr., Indianapolis, Ind., all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to all fissionable materials in certain land located in Marion County, Ind. Such land, which was acquired by the United States in 1942 and reconveyed to William Ozman on May i6, 1946, subject to a reservation to the United States (pursuant to Executive Order No. 9071, dated March 4, 1946) of all fissionable materials therein, contains approximately seven and one-tenth acres and is more particularly described ~ follows:

Block "A" in the Joe Maloof Addition, sections 1 and 2, an addition to the city of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., as per plat thereof, recorded in plat book 27, page 80, in the office of the Recorder of Marion County, Ind.


The Clerk read as follows: Page 1, strike out lines 3 to 4, inclusive,

and insert "That all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to all fissionable materials in certain land located in Marion County, Ind., is hereby released and relinquished to and for the benefit of the lawful owner or owners of such land."


The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed.

The title was amended so as to read: "A bill to release all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to all fissionable materials in certain land in Marion County, Ind."

A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

.COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK

Mr. MURDOCK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the ·immediate consideration of the bill (H. R. 7555) relating to the exchange of land for pur-

poses of the Colonial National Historic Park, and for other purposes.



There was no objection. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That, in order to im

prove the area and the administration of the Colonial National Historical Park, in the State of Virginia, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to accept on behalf of the United States land or interests in land within the authorized park area as heretofore delimited by the Congress, and, in exchange for the property so accepted, to convey to the grantors any federally· owned land or interests in land situated within the Colonial National Historical Park, of approximately equal value.

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

KLAMATH TRIBAL LOAN FUNDS Mr. MURDOCK. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of the bill (H. R. 3363) to authorize a depository for Klamath tribal loan funds.



There was no objection. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the act of August

28, 1937 (50 Stat. 872-873; 25 U. s. c. 530-535, inclusive), is amended to permit the Secretary of the Interior, under rules and regulations prescribed by him, to advance funds from the reimbursable loan fund on deposit in the Treasury of the United States, to the Klamath Tribal Loan Board for deposit in a depository or depositories designated

. by him, for the purpose of making loans and paying administrative expenses. All repayments and accruals on loans hereafter made by the Board may be deposited in the depository or depositories designated by the Secretary, and shall be available for making loans and paying administrative expenses under regulations pre5cribed by the Sec-retary. ·

With the following committee amend-ment: ·

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert "That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to advance funds from the reimbursable· loan fund established by section 2 of the act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 872, 25 U. S. C., sec. 531), as amended, to a bonded officer of the Klamath Tribal Loan Board upon request of the genera~ council of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians (hereinafter referred to as the "Klamath Tribes"), for deposit in a National or St ate bank or banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and designated by the Board. Disbursements from the bank depository m ay be made by a bonded representative of the Klamath Tribal Loan Board for payment of administrative expenses of the Board, and for the purpose of making loans to members and associations of members of -the Klamath Tribes for any purpose which will promote their economic deveJopment, for educational advancement, for financial assistance in cases of illness, death, or other emergency, and for the maintenance and

9680 CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD- HOUSE July 5

support of the aged, infirm, and incapacitated members.

"SEc. 2. Repayments on loans made by the Klamath Tribal Loan Board from its bank depository under section 1 of this Act, and interest, service fees, and other charges on such loans shall be deposited in the bank depository and be available for further loans by the Board, and for the payment of ad· ministrative expenses.

"SEc. 3. Acceptance of funds by the Klamath Tribal Loan Board pursuant to this Act shall relieve the Secretary of his trust as to funds advanced and accruals thereto."


The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion .to reconsider was laid on the table.

DRY FALLS DAM Mr. MURDOCK. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of the joint resolution <S. J. Res. 74) to change the name of the South Coulee Dam in the Columbia Basin project to Dry Falls Dam.

The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Arizona? ·

There was no objection. The Clerk read the joint resolution,

as fpllows: Resolved, etc., That the South Coulee Dam

in the Columbia Basin project shall hereafter be known as Dry Falls Dam and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such dam is designated or referred to under the name South Coulee Dam shall be held to refer to such dam under and by the name of Dry Falls Dam.

The joint resolution was ordered to be read a third time, was read · the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL. 1953

Mr. CANNON submitted the following conference report and statement on the bill <H. R. 8370) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes:


agreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 8370) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 5, 6, 12, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 35, 41, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 81, 82, 90, and 91.

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 2, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 74, 83, 85, 88, 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, and 100, and agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 7: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amend

. ment of the Senate numbered 7, and agree

to the same with an amendment as follows: In lines 2 and 3 of the rna tter inserted by said amendment, strike out the following: "to remain available until June 30, 1953,"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 10: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 10, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$15,000,000"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 33: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 33, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, amended as follows: In lieu of the sum named insert "$262,500"; and the Senate agree to t"'"le same.

Amendment numbered 34: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 34, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In line 4 of the matter inserted by said amendment, strike out the following: "fiscal year 1953"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 38: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 38, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken and the sum proposed, insert the following: "$88,094,000, of which $50,000,000 shall be available only for the weapons program"; and the Senate agree to the same.


Amendment numbered 40: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 40, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment "$3,183,498"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 46: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 46, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In line 4 of the matter inserted by said amendment strike out "$1,750,000" and insert in lieu thereof '.'$1,648,275"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 47: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 47, and agree to the same with·an amendment as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amend- . ment insert "$250,000"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 51: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 51, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, amended as follows: In lieu of the sum of "$600,090,000" insert "$585,510,-000"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 52: That the House recede from its disagreement ~o the amendment of the Senate numbered 52, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, amended as follows: In lieu of the sum of "$386,409,840" insert "$361,254,-840"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 68: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 68, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In the third line of the proposed amendment, after the word "programs" insert the following: ", other th~n those financed from funds contained in this chapter,"; and the Senate agree to the same.






Amendment numbered 78: That the Hot:se recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 78, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$60,000,000"; and the Senate agree to the same.



Amendment numbered 86: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 86, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out and inserted by said amendment insert "Documents Numbered 144, 154 and 157"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 101: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 101, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, amended as follows: Change the section number to "SEc. 1411"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 102: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 102, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the number proposed by said amendment insert "1412"; and the Senate agree to the same.


Amendment numbered 104: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 104, and agree to the same with an amendment as follow"· In lieu of the number prpposed by said

1952 CONGRESSIONAL _RECORD- HOUSE 9681 amendment insert: "1414"; and the Senate agree to the same.



The Committee of conference report in disagreement amendments numbered 1, 3, 4, 30, 32, 50, 53, 57, 63, 64, 67, 79, and 87.

CLARENCE CANNON, GEORGE MAHON, ALBERT THOMAS, MICHAEL J. KmwAN, JAMIE L. WHITTEN, J. VAUGHAN GARY, JOHN TABER, R. B. WIGGLESWORTH, ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, GLENN R. DAVIS,

Managers ·on the Part of the House. KENNETH McKELLAR, CARL HAYDEN, PAT McCARRAN, JosEPH C. O'MAHONEY, BURNET R. MAYBANK, STYLES BRIDGES, HOMER F:ERGUSON (except

86 and 87), GUY CORDON, LEVERETT SALTONSTALL,


STATEMENT The managers ~n the part of the House

at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 8370) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of tbe action agreed . upon and recommended in the accompanying conference report as to each of such amendments, namely:

Amendment No. 1: Reported in disagreement.

Amendment No. 2: Inserts formal language in the bill.-

Amendments Nos. 3 and 4: Reported in disagreement.

Amendment No. 5: Strikes from the bill language proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 6: Strikes out an appropriation for the Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy proposed by the Senate.

CHAPTER m-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Amendment No. 7: Makes appropriation

for airport claims as proposed by the Senate.

CHAPTER IV

Treasury Department Amendment No. 8: Appropriates $5,200,-

000 for operating expenses of Coast Guard as proposed by the Senate instead of $4,500,-000 as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 9: Appropriates $625,000 for retired pay, Coast Guard, as proposed by the Senate instead of $600,000 as proposed by the House.

Government Corporation

Amendment No. 10: Provides $15,000,000 for administrative expenses of Reconstruction Finance Corporation instead Of $14,500,-000 as proposed by the House and $16,000,000 as proposed by the Sen_ate.

CHAPTER V-FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY Amendment No. 11: Appropriates $60,-

000,000 for school construction as proposed

by the Senate instead of $80,000,000 as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 12: Restores formal language to the bill.

Amendments Nos. 13, 14, and 15: Strikes from the bill appropriations for pay act costs proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 16: Appropriates $69,750 for Public Health Service as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 17: Strikes from the bill an appropriation for the Public Health Service proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 18: Appropriates $7,500 .for the Public Health Service as proposed by the House.


Amendments Nos. 20, 21, and 22: Make appropriations for the Public Health Service as proposed by the House.

Amendments Nos. 23, 24, 25, and 26: Strike from the bill appropriations for the Public Health Service proposed by the House.

Amendments Nos. 27 and 28: Make appropriations for the Public Health Service as proposed by the House. .

Amendment No. 29: Appropriates $500,000 for hospitals and medical care as proposed by the House instead of $750,000 as proposed by the Senate.

CHAPTER VI-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Amendment No. 30: Reported in disagree

ment. CHAPTER VU-DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Amendment No. 31: COrrects a chapter

number. Amendment No. 32: Reported in disagree

ment. Amendment No. 33: Reinserts a House

item for emergency repairs and replacement of. buildings and utilities damaged by fire, storm, and ftood. Appropriates $262,500 instead of $525,000 as proposed by the House. The funds made · available are to be used for buildings and ut1Uties only, and not for roads, parkways or trail construction.

Amendment No. 34: Appropriates $240,000 for further research and control activities in combatting the sea lamprey in the Great Lakes.

Amendment No. 35: Strikes out the amendment of the Senate to provide funds for construction of Minnesota transmission lines. The item has been stricken from the bill with the understanding that it will be given very careful consideration if it is proposed in the budget for 1954.

CHAPTER VIII-INDEPENDENT OFFICES Amendment No. 36: Corrects a chapter

number. Executive Office of the President

Amendment No. 37-Alterations and repairs, Executive Mansion: Strikes out the provision of the House providing $50,000 for extraordinary alterations, repairs, and so forth, of the Executive Mansion and the White House Office, as proposed by the Senate.

Atomic Energy Commission Amendments Nos. 38, 39, and 40-0perat-

1ng expenses: Appropriate $88,094,000 for operating expenses, instead of $35,000,000 as proposed by the House and $141,188,000 as proposed by the Senate, and limits the amount available only for the weapons program to $50,000,000, instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the House; limit funds available for expenses of program direction and administration personnel to $27,909,900, instead of $25,064,275 as proposed by the House and $30,755,526 as proposed by the Senate; and limit funds available for expenses of travel to $3,183,498, instead of $2,709,350 as proposed by the House and $3,657,647 as pro· posed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 41-Plant and equipment: Restores the proposal of the House

appropriating $1,450,000,000 for plant and equipment, in lieu of the proposal of the Senate to appropriate $1,450,000,000, plus contract authorization for the remainder of the expansion program. In restoring the limitation on the availability of funds for construction as set forth in the House provision, it is the intention of the conferees that funds provided shall be available for the purch.ase or procurement of machinery, equipment and materials required for the entire expansion program as submitted to the Congress. The conferees invite the Commission to appear to present additional needs, if any, if the Congress is in session later in the year, or at the new session in January, at which time full consideration will be given to such needs.

Federal Trade Commission Amendment No. 42-Salaries and expenses:

Provides $125,000, as proposed by the Senate. Housing and Home Fi nance Agency

Amendment No. 43-Limitation on administrative expenses: Strikes out the provision of the House, and inserts the proposal of the Senate, in this connection.

Smithsonian Institution Amendment No. 44-Salaries and expenses,

National Gallery of Art: Appropriates $187,-500 for such purpose, as proposed by the Senate.

Tennessee Valley Authority Amendments Nos. 45 and 46: Appropriates

$150,000,000 as proposed by the Senate, instead of $85,000,000, as proposed by the House; and provides $1,648,275 for expenses of travel, instead of $1,750,000 as proposed by the Senate.

War Claims Commission Amendment No. 47-Administratlve ex

penses: Appropriates $250,000 for such purpose, instead of $100,000 as proposed by the House and $400,000 as proposed by the Senate.

CHAPTER IX-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Title !-Military Public Works

Amendment No. 48: Corrects a chapter member.

Amendment No. 49: Inserts formal language proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 50: Reported in disagree-ment. ·

Amendment No. 51-Department of the Army: Appropriates $585,510,000 for m111tary construction, Army. The House had proposed a total of $600,090,000. The Senate had stricken the entire amount from the bill. The reduction of $14,580,000 recommended below the House amount represents entire line item projects deleted in the conference agreement on the authorization bill, H. R. 8120, as compared with the House version of that bilL

Amendment No. 52-Department of the Navy: Appropriates $361,254,840 for public works, Navy. The House had proposed a total of $386,409,840. The Senate had stricken the entire amount from the bill. The net reduction of $25,155,000 recommended below the House amount represents $28,527,-000 reduced by the conference agreement on H. R. 8120 as compared with the House version; and $3,372,000 added as provided in H. R. 8120 for naval aviation training at Lincoln, Nebr.

Amendment No. 53-Naval Supply School, Athens, Ga:: Reported in disagreement.

Amendments Nos. 54 and 55-Department of the Air Force: Appropriate $1,200,000,000 for acquisition and construction of real property, Air Force, as proposed by the House. The Senate had stricken the entire amount from the bill.

Amendment No. 56: Restores the provision of the House restricting the use of costplus-fixed-fee contracts within the continental United States.

9682 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 5 Amendment No. 57: Reported in disagree

ment. Amendment No. 58: Restores provisions of

the House restricting the constructing, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, laundry, or dry-cleaning facilities, and prohibiting the establishment or maintenance of a separate supply service for the Air Force.

Amendment No. 59: Corrects a section number.

Title 11-Department of the Army Alaska Communication System

Amendment No. 60-Construction: Strikes out, as proposed by the Senate, the provision of the House earmarking $5,000 for painting a specific building in Alaska.

CHAPTER X-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Amendments Nos. 61 and 62: Insert formal language in the bill as proposed by the Senate.

Amendments Nos. 63 and 64: Reported in disagreement. ·

CHAPTER XI-MUTUAL SECURITY

Amendment No. 65: Changes a chapter number as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 66: Places a limitation on the number of persons employed at per diem rates as proposed by the Senate.


Amendment No. 68: Includes explanatory language of the Senate with an amendment. The committee does not intend that the quantity of American agricultural products or commodities be reduced below that heretofore purchased because of this language.

Amendment No. 69: Strikes out language proposed by the House placing restrictions on employment of personnel.

CHAPTER XII-EMERGENCY AGENCIES

Amendment No. 70: Changes a chapter number as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 71: Appropriates $1,250,-000 for Office of Defense Mob111zation as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,000,-000 as proposed by the House. · Amendment No. 72: Appropriates $2,875,- . 000 for Defense Production Administration instead of $2,750,000 as proposed by the House and $3,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 73: Appropriates $3 ,750,000 for Small Defense Plants Administration instead of $3,500,000 as proposed by the House and $4,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 74: Appropriates $1,500,-000 for revolving fund as proposed by the Senate instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the House. .

Amendment No. 75: Appropriates $28,750,-000 for Department of Commerce instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the House and $32,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 76: Appropriates $3,100,-000 for Department of the Interior instead of $2,500,000 as proposed by the House and $3,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 77: Appropriates $1,875,-000 for Department of Labor instead of $1,-750,000 as proposed by the House and $2,-000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 78: Appropriates $60,000,• 000 for Economic Stabil1zation Agency instead of $57,130,000 as proposed by the House and $75,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.


Amendment No. 80: Appropriates $6,500,ooo for General Services Administration instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the House and $8,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendments Nos. 81 and 82: Appropriates $8,000,000 for the Federal Civil Defense Ad· ministration as proposed by the House in• stead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the Senat&.

· Amendment No. 83: Appropriates $15,000,• 000 for Federal Contributions as proposed by the Senate instead of $29,500,000 as proposed by the House. ' ·

Amendment No. 84: Appropriates $20,000,-000 for emergency supplies and equipment instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

CHAPTER XIII--cLAIMS, AUDITED CLAIMS, AND JUDGMENTS

Amendments Nos. 85 and 86: Inserts for· mal language in the bill.


CHAPTER XIV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Amendments Nos. 88 and 89: Insert formal language in the bill as proposed by the Senate.

Amendments Nos. 90 and 91: Limit the amount which may be paid for automobiles by the Government to $1,400 as proposed by the House instead of $1,600 as proposed by · the Senate.

Amendments Nos. 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, and 100: Insert formal language in the bill as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 101: Restores language proposed by the House.

Amendments Nos. 102, 103, 104, 105, an1 106: Correct section numbers.

CLARENCE CANNON, GEORGE MAHON, ALBERT THOMAS, MICHAEL J. KIRWAN, JAMIE L. WHITTEN, J. VAUGHN GARY, JOHN TABER,

R. B. WIGGLESWORTH, ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, GLENN R. DAVIS,


Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report on the bill <H. R. 8370) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, and ask unanimous ·consent that the statement of the managers on the part of the House be read in lieu of the report.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri?

There was no objection. The Clerk read the statement. Mr. CANNON (interrupting the read

ing of the statement). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the further reading of the statement be dispensed with.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri?

Mr. COLMER. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, may I inquire of the chairman of the committee what, if anything, is done in this bill with reference to a staff for the Appropriations Committee?

Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, owing to objections made by the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. CoLMER], or the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. SMITH], to consideration of the resolution proposed by the Committee on Appropriations in the House, we were unable to secure additional funds for that purpose.

Likewise, due to the fact that the Senate struck from the supplementary appropriation bill the amount reported by the Senate committee providing an appropriation for that purpose, no addi· tiona! funds are provided in this bill.

I might say, however, that the committee is continuing the record it has made in this session and in previous sessions of Congress in the progressive increase of its staff and its investigations.

The Committee on Appropriations has conducted more investigations and used more operatives this year than ever before in the history of the committee. We have used 144 investigators this year, and have made arrangements for the continuation during the coming recess of comprehensive and exhaustive examinations in the Departments in order to have needed and authoritative informa ... tion available when the Congress convenes in January. We have depleted the funds provided for such examinations to the point where we should have additional money to carry out all the examinations scheduled between now and next January.

But due to objections in the House to the consideration of the resolution providing additional funds and due to the failure of the other body -to include the amount reported by the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, we are unable to provide in this conference report additional funds for the purpose.

. However, we bring back to the House Senate amendment No. 4 in technical disagreement with an amendment providing for an additional $500,000 for the purpose, half to be used in the Senate and half in the House. We trust it will be agreed to by the House, and that the funds which have been depleted by the extensive investigations that have been made up to this time will be replenished.

Mr. COLMER. If I understood the gentleman in the first 5 minutes of his statement, there were not any additional funds in this bill; but I understand now from the gentleman that there are funds.

Mr. CANNON. The Senate committee included additional funds, but when the bill went to the Senate floor, the Senate struck them out.

Mr. COLMER. There is $250,000 here now for additional staff?

Mr. CANNON. Not in the conference report. We offer an amendment to Senate amendment No.4 providing $500,000, one-half to be used by the Senate and one-half to be available to the House.

Mr. COLMER. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry,

The SPEAKER pro tempore <Mr. MILLS). The gentleman will state it.

Mr. COLMER. If I understand the situation correctly, there is $250,000 in this bill, and I also understand there is no authority for such appropriation since no such matter was in disagreement. My p a rliamentary inquiry is: Should a point of order be made, at what point should it be made? The Speaker, of course, will understand that the Members know nothing about what is in these conference reports. The reports are. not pr inted and no one has had an opportunity to even see the report.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Permit the Chair to advise the gentleman in answer to his parliamentary inquiry that it is now too late to make a point

1952 - .CONGIUSSIONAL- RECORD- HOUSE 9683 of 'Order against the. conference reports because · unanimous consent has been given for the reading of the statement on the part of the. managers in. lieu of the conference ·report, and that part of the statement has been read. · ·

Mr. COLMER. Mr. Speaker, a par .. liamentary inquiry.

The SPEAKER pro tempore [Mr. MILLsl. The gentleman will state it.

Mr. COLMER. The best anybody can tell except those who were on a conference is that there was no such matter in disagreement. Therefore, it could not be in- the conference report. How can the ordinary Member of Congress anticipate what is coming up. until he has an opportunity to ask those who do know what is going on and who are on the conference? How would we know how or when to make a point of order unless we did ask the question and get some infor· mation?

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen· tleman from Mississippi propounded a parliamentary inquiry. The gentleman from Mississippi would have had to object to the unanimous-consent request that the statement of the managers on the part of the House be read in lieu of the report, and insist upon the reading of the report in order to have made a point of order against the report.

Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, may I ask the gentleman a question? Does the gentleman favor the Committee on Appropriations having ample funds for this purpose? ·

Mr. COLMER. In reply to that question, Mr. Speaker, I think it is purely academic now. The gentleman from Missouri, chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, had repeatedly stated in hearings that they did not need any additional staff, and has taken that posi· tion throughout.

Mr. CANNON. If the gentleman will examine my testimony in the hearings before the Committee on Rules, he will find no such statement.

It is customary in most of the commit· tees of the House-certainly in the Committee on Appropriations-to publish the hearings at least 3 days before a bill is called up in the House. But the Committee on Rules did not have its hear· 1ngs printed before calling up their bill, and has not had them printed. As a matter of fact, the Committee on Appropriations has conducted so many investigations and used so many investi· gators this session that it has depleted its regular funds and requires additional money to handle the investigations which have been ordered during the approach· 1ng holiday.

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I demand the regular order.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The regular order is demanded.

Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The regular order is demanded.

Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri?

Mr. BAn.EY. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, to ask a question.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The 1entleman may not reserve the right to

object when the regular order is demanded.

Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri that the fur· ther reading of the statement of the managers on the part of the House be dispensed with?

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw the demand for the regular order.

Mr. COLMER. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to object, would it a vail anything under the circumstances to now object to dispensing with fur· ther reading of the statement to permit a point .of. order to be raised?

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The point of order against the conference report would come too late, regardless of what happens to the request of the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. CANNON].

Mr. COLMER. Further reserving the right to obJect, I realize just what is going on. It may be a little late. I have attempted to try to do something about the situation and a number of the rest of us who are interested in that question have likewise done so. I have remained here, I have tried to find out whether t:lis matter was involved. I do not want to object until I find out what is involved. Now we find ourselves under the parliamentary situation where there is nothing we can do about it. I therefore with· draw my reservation of objection.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentle· man fr.om Missouri?

Mr. BAn.EY. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The g_entleman will state it.

Mr. BAn.EY. Will the gentleman from West Virginia be out of order in asking the Chair to kindly request the chairman of this committee to answer a question?

The SPEAKER pro tempore. That is not a parliamentary inquiry, the Chair will state to the gentleman.

Mr. BAn.EY. I asked if I would be out of order in making such a request.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may reserve the right to object.

Mr. BAn.EY. I have attempted to do that.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman reserving the right to object?

Mr. BAILEY. I reserve the right to object to ask a question.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Then the gentleman may proceed and ask his question of the gentleman from Missouri.

Mr. BAILEY. I would like the distinguished chairman of the committee to advise the Members of the House what disposition they made of the items, Public Law 874 and Public Law 815, passed by the House at a total of $80,-000,000 for construction and $11,500,000 for maintenance and operation; what action was the conference committee on these?

Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker·, on the first item mentioned by the gentleman · from West Virginia, "Payments to school districts," the conference report carries the full amount, $11,570,000.

On the second item, "For school construction," $80,000,000 was allowed by the House. The Senate cut it to $60,-000,000. The House yielded to the Senate.

Mr. BAILEY. May I say, Mr. Speaker, that at this late hour there is

· little that can be done about it, but I am sure that action does not meet the approval of the House. I cannot escape the observation that the- members of the Appropriations Committee and the conferees, like so many other Members of the House, have been overlooking the necessity of taking care of these boys and girls. That proposition is not adequate,· and it will not take care of the school boards that it was the intention of this House to take care of. It still leaves the problem unsolved. I would like the RECORD to show that it is a job only partially done.

Mr. CANNON. I -am in complete accord with the gentleman from West Virginia in his interest in schools and school facilities. But in both the House and the Senate there is a wide difference of opinion on many of the items in the appropriation bills. In conference it is a matter of give and take. We must make concessions in order to secure concessions. At this moment the conferees are under heavy censure by Members of both Houses because of our prodigality and under even more sevete censure by others because of our parsimony. The gentleman is not alone in his displeasure.

Mr. HINSHAW. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, when the bill was under consideration in the House a motion was made to strike certain language that appeared on page 25 of the print of H. R. 8370 in connection with the Atomic Energy Commission, which was in the nature of a proviso. We have on the news wires the indication that a letter has been written to the Speaker of the House by the President of the United States, and I have obtained a copy of that letter. It reads as follows:

JULY 5, 1952. Bon. SAM RAYBURN,

Speaker of the House of Representatives,

Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I am informed that

the supplemental appropriation bill, as reported from conference, contains a rider which, in effect, forbids the Atomic Energy Commission to start any specific construction project unless funds are available to complete the project; and that the amount of funds carried in the bill for the atomic energy program is less than half the amount I requested.

This rider and reduction in funds, coupled together, would mean that the Atomic Energy Commission would not be able to fulfill military requirements for atomic . weapons. I cannot believe that the Congress would wish to adjourn with our national security jeopardized in this fashion.

I urgently request that this rider be eliminated before the Congress com~ pletes its action on this bill.

Sincerely yours, HARRY S. TRUMAN.

9684 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 5 Mr. Speaker, I will not consent to dis

pensing with further reading of the conference report unless the report in reference to item 41 concerning the plant and equipment for the Atomic Energy Commission be read. The reading of the balance may be dispensed with as far as I am concerned. If the gentleman will make his request in that form I will not object.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from California has reserved the right to object and states that if the statement with reference to amendment No. 41 is read he will not object to dispensing with the further reading of the report.

Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I think we will save time by reading the statement. I withdraw my request that it be considered as read.

The Clerk continued the reading of · the statement.

Mr. McDONOUGH (interrupting the · reading of the statement). Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it.

Mr. McDONOUGH. If the gentleman from Missouri will · yield me sutncierit time to make a statement in reference to amendment 43 at this time, I would ap-

. preciate it. I want to know just how I · can obtain the time? Is it in order to ask for that time now?

The SPEAKER. No, not at this time, because the statement of the managers

' on the part of the House is being react The Clerk concluded the reading of

· the statement. Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, this con·

ference report carries appropriations ·aggregating $10,344,976,339. That is an :astronomical sum, but it is $3,522,952,350 ' less than the estimates received by the committee. -

On a tentative summary, which will be supplemented later by a detailed tabulation, the total appropriations for the session are approximately $10,000,000,000 below the amounts requested by the budget.

The Committee on Appropriations has made a notable record in this session in three particulars especially: First, it has passed the supply bills and messaged them over to the President in record time. This is the earliest the annual appropriation bills have been enacted for many years.

Second, the total of the appropriation bills for the session represent the heaviest cuts and the most drastic reductions in expenditure in the history of the Congress.

Third, the committee in processing the bills this session has made more extensive and comprehensive investigations than ever before, using 144 investigators, including some of the best trained and most experienced men from FBI, Treasury Secret Service, General Accounting omce, and others. The results speak for themselves.

r Mr. McDONOUGH. Will the gentle· man yield?

f Mr. CANNON. I yield to the gentle-man from California.

f Mr. McDONOUGH. Mr. Speaker, ·when this bill passed the House there was :an amendment added to restrict the use

of funds for the Public Housing Administration, and the language that the House put in the bill was corrected in the Senate and the conference, I understand, has accepted the language of the Senate. In the language of the Senate the words are almost identical to the House amendment with the exception, beginning on line 8, page 29, after the word "has" there appears the word "tendered." In the interest of those communities that have projects that may want to cancel out, it may be interpreted that the word "tendered" means that the money advanced is immediately on hand at the time the cancellation is made. I was intending to submit an amendment to this conference report, but I do not want to do that under the circumstances, and in light of that I would like to get an interpretation of the intention of the committee and the Congress as to the meaning of the word "tendered." I would like to ask the gentleman from Texas [Mr. THoMAs], who is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Independent omces under which this bill passed when it went through the House if he will not agree that it is the intention of Congress that the word "tendered" as it appears

. here means to negotiate a satisfactory · agreement between the Federal Government and the city, county, or State to tender or deliver to the Federal Government .full reimbursement for the funds advanced on such project prior to cancellation of previous commitments.

Mr. THOMAS. The gentleman has made a good interpretation. That makes good, common horse sense.

Mr. McDONOUGH. Would the gentleman from New York [Mr. TABER], agree with that interpretation? ·

Mr. TABER. I would say that that was the proper interpretation of the language and the intent of the Congress.

Mr. McDONOUGH. In other words, it would not be necessary for ariy community, if the amount was $10,000,000 or more, to have the $10,000,000 on hand at the time the agreement was made, to deliver the $10,000,000 at a future date.

Mr. TABER. I should say that they should agree to it and go through the normal process of raising the money.

Mr. JACKSON of California. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. McDONOUGH. I yield to the gentleman from California.

Mr. JACKSON of California. I would like to ask a further question on that particular point, because I think it is very important. This is subject to possible misinterpretation, I believe, and that is why I think it is essential that it be made perfectly clear as to the intent of the Congress. "Tendered'' might be interpreted by someone to mean that the municipality or the city must be in a position to put down a certain set sum of money. I believe that it has been satisfactorily said that "tendered" might well be intended to mean the intent on the part of the city to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion for the discharge of the obligation which is due the Federal Government. Is that the understanding?

Mr. THOMAS. That is certainly a good definition of "tendered." I do not

think you will have any trouble with that.

Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, it is clear to me that it was the intention of the House that the language submitted here be just as favorable to the municipalities on the "tendered" proposition as was the language which was adopted in the House.

Mr. McDONOUGH. I thank the gentleman.

Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN].

Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN. Mr. Speaker, it is rather ditncult to figure out just why an item which so many people in Minnesota, REA cooperatives, municipalities, private utilities, the Farm Bureau, the Farmers Union, the National Grange, and hundreds of thoU• sands of electrical consumers want included, has again been rejected but I have been in Congress for 14 years and realize that it is impossible to get every. thing you want. I realize that for the present, at least, I am unsuccessful in securing this project. However, I do want to express my appreciation for the new language which has been put into this report. From that language I believe we in Minnesota can hope to secure full hearings during the next session of Congress on this very vital matter of bringing to the consumer the cheap elec·

. trical energy produced by the large dams on the Missouri River.

In closing, I want to thank the committee for their consideration of this item. I am sorry we do not see eye to eye on it. We accept the committee's decision and thank them again for the enco·,raging language in the report.

I quote here the language as finally agreed to in this report:

Amendment No. 35: Strikes out the amendment of the Senate to provide funds for construction of Minnesota transmission lines. The item has been stricken from the bill with the understanding that it will be given very careful consideration 1f 1t is proposed in the budget for 1954.

Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentieman from Iowa [Mr. JENSEN].

Mr. JENSEN. Mr. Speaker, I think every Member of this body appreciates the fine attitude which our colleague from Minnesota [Mr. H. CARL ANDER• SEN] has just expressed. He is a good loser. He is a hard fighter. He fought for what he thought was right and best for his people. I know his people will all realize that he did everything he could to get these transmission lines there, even though the long line he asked for did not square with the present transmission-line-building policy of Congress.

I hope that in the future the folks in Minnesota will ask for only a part of the line, which I was willing to agree to for this year. The line I suggested as a compromise was from the Garrison Dam down to the city of Benson. This would have given them an outlet to a load center.

The gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN] holds to the Viewpoint of the 20 cooperatives and the 3 private utilities that a compromise offer as I have suggested will not do the job that is

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9685 necessary. I cannot agree with this viewPoint and urge upon the various parties affected that they be willing next year to accept this compromise, which I personally have assured the gentleman

. from Minnesota [Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN] that I will support.

Again let me pay a tribute to my colleague, the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN]. He has fought hard for these lines the past 2 years and the original request from the budget for this system of lines was commenced by him in April 1951. I have no doubt that he will eventually secure these lines, but · today we are not in position to agree to his request. His fight for rural electrification over the years is well known to all of us. He has done much for agriculture in the past and his people will need his services here in the future.

Mr. CRAWFORD. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman from Iowa yield for an observation?

Mr. JENSEN. I yield. Mr. CRAWFORD. I wish to make

the observation that our distinguished colleague from Minnesota has made a valiant fight for his great people in Minnesota, as he always does. He has not lost his fight. This important question is to have consideration in the Eighty-third Congress, and he will, no doubt, attain his full objective, and all by reason of the good fight he has made.

The SPEAKER. The question is on the conference report.

The conference report was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will re

port the first amendment in disagree. ment.

The Clerk read as follows: Senate amendment No. 1: Page 3, line 22,

· insert the following: "CAPITAL OUTLAY, SEWER DIVISION

"For an additional amount for 'Capital outlay, sewer division,' to remain available until June 30, 1954, $1,200,000, including such additional amount as may be necessary for the preparation of surveys, plans, and specifications in connection with the construction of storm-water and relief sewers."

Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment.

The Clerk read as foilows: Mr. CANNON moves that the House recede

from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: Strike the word "additional" in line 4 of said amendment.



The Clerk read as follows: Senate amendment No. 3: On page 4,

line 21, in~?ert the following: "Joint Committee on Inaugural Cere

monies of 1953 : To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay the necessary expenses of the inaugural ceremonies of the President of the United States, January 20, 1953, in accordance with such program as may be adopted by the joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed

under a concurrent resolution of the two Houses, including the pay for extra police, $156,000."

Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment.


port the next amendment in disag~·eement.

The Clerk read as follows: Amendment number (4) page 5, line 4, in

sert "Stationery: For an additional allowance

for stationery of $300 for each Senator and the President of the Senate for the second session of the Eighty-second Congress, $29,100, to remain available for obligation until January 2, 1953."


The Clerk read the motion as follows: Mr. CANNON moves that the House recede

from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 4, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: After the matter inserted by said amendment insert:

"For an additional amount for inquiries and investigations, Committee on Appropriations, $250,000.

"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "For an additional amount for salaries and

expenses, studies ·and examinations of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropriations, including the purposes of Committee on Appropriations Resolution Numbered 11, adopted by the committee on July 2, 1952, $250,000.'~

Mr. SMITH of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it.

Mr. SMITH of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, is it in order at this time, or at any later time to offer a motion to recommit to strike that item?

The SPEAKER. The conference report has been agreed to. The motion to . recommit would be too late.

Mr: SMITH of Virginia. Is there any motion to recommit that can be made at this or any later' time?

The SPEAKER. No. Mr. MURRAY of Tennessee. Mr.

Speaker, can we not ask for a division on this?

The SPEAKER. Of course, a vote can be taken on any motion that is made.

The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. CANNON].

The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by Mr. SMITH of Virginia) there were--ayes 119, noes 13.

So the motion was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will re

port the next amend:rp.ent in disagreement. ·

The Clerk read as follows: Amendment No. 30, page 22, line 1, insert:

"CHAPTER VI "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE "SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICZ

"Water conservation and utilization projects "For an additional amount tor 'Water

eoilservatlon and utilization projects,' $190,~ 000, to remain available until expended.'"



the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment number (32) page 22, line 10,

insert: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

••Research in the utilization of saline water "For expenses necessary to carry out pro

visions of H. R. 6758 (as amended and passed by the Senate and House of Representatives) authorizing studies of the conversion of saline water for beneficial consumptive uses, $125,000."


The Clerk read as follows: Mr. CANNON moves that the. House recede

from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 32, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert:

"OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY ••Research in the utilization of saline water

"For expenses ·necessary to carry out provisions of Public Law 448, approved July 3, 1952, authorizing studies of the conversion of saline water for beneficial consumptive uses, $125,000."


. the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment number (50) page 31, •line 22,

insert: "Military construction, foreign countries "For establishment and development of

military installations and facilities in foreign countries as authorized by the act of ---, $140,000,000, to remain available until expended."

Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur· in tb,e Senate amendment with an amendment.

The Clerk read the motion as follows: Mr. CANNON moves that the House recede

from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 50, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert:

"Military construction, foreign countries "For establishment and development of

military installations and facilities in foreign countries, $140,000,000, to remain available until expended."

The motion was agreed ·to. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report

. the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment No. 53: Page 33, strike all of

lines 18 down to line 25, and insert: "Naval Supply School, Athens, Ga., re

habilitation of existing facilities and new construction, $2,030,000."



the next amendment in disagreement.

9686 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-·- HOUSE 'July 5_,

The Clerk read as follows: Amendment No. 57: Page 35, strike out all

of section 803.


The Clerk read as follows: Mr. CANNON moves that the House recede

from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 57, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment and insert in addition thereto the following:

"Any appropriation available to the De. partment of Defense shall be available for mustering-out payments as authorized by law."


the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment No. 63: Page 37, line 4, insert:

11CORPS OF ENGINEERS "Rivers and harbors

"Rivers and harbors: For an additional amount for 'Rivers and harbors,' including the objects specified under this head in the 'Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1953,' $5,000, to remain available until expended."


1 The motion was agreed to. · The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement.

The Clerk read as follows: Amendment No. 64: Page 37, line 10, in

sert: •'Flood control

"Of the funds available for the Garrison Dam and Reservoir project on the Missouri River, not more than $450,000 shall be available, until expended, for the planning, construction, and furnishing by the Corps of Engineers of adequate elementary and highschool facilities in the new combined municipality (commonly referred to as Newtown) in North Dakota, which is for the acquisition of and to replace the school facilities 1n the villages of Sanish and Van Hook, N. Dak., which are located with· in areas acquired by the United States be· cause of the construction of the Garrison Dam and Reservoir project on said river, conditional upon Newtown School District No. 1, Mountrail County, N. Dak., wherein such now combined municipality is located, contributing to the cost of such planning, construction, and furnishing the maximum amount of money which can be provided through a bond issue within the general debt limitation permitted by law for such school district."



the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment No. 67, page 53, line 6, insert

", including not to exceed $186,900 for salaries and expenses for operating a publicity office in the District of Columbia."



from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 67, and concur therein

with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert ••, including not to exceed $186,900 for personal services for those persons in a publicity office of the Mutual Security Agency in the District of Columbia the major part of whose activities is the dissemination of information in the United States and for expenses incident to the dissemination of such information."


port the next amendment in disagree-ment. ·

The Clerk ·read as follows: Amendment No. 79: Page 61, line 6, in

sert ": Provided further, That subparagraph (B) of section 204 (f) (1) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

"'(B) In any incorporated city, town, village, or unincorporated area of any county which, at a time when maximum rents under this title are in effect therein, and prior to September 30, 1952, declares (by resolution of its governing body adopted for that purpose, or by popular referendum in accordance with local law) that a substantial shortage of housing accommodations exists which requires the continuance of Federal rent control in such city, town, vil· lage, or unincorporated area; and'" (2) of section 204 (f) of the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

"'(2) Any incorporated city, town, village, or unincorporated area of any county which makes the declaration specified in paragraph (1) (b) of this subsection shall notify the President in writing of such action promptly after it has been taken.' "




The Clerk read as follows: Amendment No. 87: Page 64, line 1, strike

out "$6,489,954" and insert "$1,121,563."



from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate No. 87, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the amount proposed by said amendment insert "$6, 743,026.''

The motion was agreed to. A motion to reconsider the votes by

which act.ion was taken on the several motions was laid on the table.

HON. WILLIAM G. STIGLER Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent that all Members may have five legislative days in which to extend their remarks relative to the retirement of Hon. WILLIAM G. STIGLER.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to · the request of the gentleman from Oklahoma?

There was no objection. Mr. SMITH of Mississippi. Mr.

Speaker, I want to join in the tribute being paid to our retiring colleague, Mr. WILLIAM G. STIGLER. My association

with Mr. STIGLER has been brief, but I have come to thoroughly appreciate the great comprehension which he has had of. the agricultural problems of our Nation.

Representative STIGLER's fine work on the Subcommittee on Agricultural Appropriations has been of lasting benefit to all the farmers of our great country. It will be of great benefit to every seg~ ment of our population, because he has been a true conservative in his efforts to conserve and replenish the natural resources of our land.

Mr. JARMAN. Mr. Speaker, I want to join with my colleagues in paying tribute to BILL STIGLER who is retiring from the House after a long beneficial career of service to the people of Oklahoma and the Nation.

BILL STIGLER'S devotion to the public began as city attorney of Stigler, Okla., in 1920. Subsequently, he served in the State senate, which included a term as president pro tempore, before his election to the Congress.

The Congress loses a fine legislator with BILL STIGLER'S retirement. The United States has been a better place to live because of his service here, and the people of his district have received the finest reputation that it is possible for a people to receive.

BILL STIGLER is one of the most truly devoted public servants I have ever known. Scrupulous in the performance of his duties, able, conscientious, kindly, and generous of impulse, tenacious and unyielding in principles, manly and courageous by instinct, forward-looking in approach, his service is one of outstanding ability and rare devotion to duty.

By his example of tolerance, his patience and sympathy for feelings of .others, by his gentle good humor and his courage, he has contributed to this Congress the best that God has made in man.

His life has been rich because it has been spent in public service.

The good wishes of every Member of this House, regardless of political amlia~ tion, go with him as his service ends. It is my profound hope and wish for you, Bill, that many more happy years of contented, peaceful, and useful living are ahead of you.

Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I know that every Member of the House shares my regret that our distinguished and beloved colleague, WILLIAM G. STIGLER, is retiring from Congress. His voluntary retirement comes at the pinnacle of his strength both here and in his own district. Had he sought re-election he most likely would have been unopposed in the ·Democratic primaries in Oklahoma. His people loved him and had confidence in him as we who serve with him love and have confidence in him here.

BILL STIGLER is the dean of our Okla .. homa delegation. Elected to the Seventy-eighth Congress in a special election on March 7, 1944, he has served in this body continually since that time.

BILL STiGLER has been a friend and constant adviser to me since I first came

· here. Time and again he has come to my assistance and given me the benefit of his

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9687 wise counsel both with respect to legislative matters and to problems arising in my district. Our districts are contiguous and embrace most of the hill country of eastern Oklahoma. We have many common problems. ~Y success in my .own district has been attributable in large measure to the work he has done and to the assistance he has given me.

BILL STIGLER iS a big man. A proud member of the great Choctaw Indian tribe, his whole life has been characterized by those elements of generosity so typical of his people. I recall an incident that demonstrated to me his innate bigness. When the subcommittee on Indian Affairs was considering a bill introduced by him on the commutation of Choctaw treaty payments, he requested the committee to report out an identical bill bearing my name when he was much more entitled to authorship than

·I. This is typical of Bill. He is always anxious to give a · hand to a younger brother and help him on his way.

BILL STIGLER's retirement is a tremendous loss to our delegation. We are losing two Congressmen next year. Our delegation is young. It lacks experience and seniority. Bill's absence is going to be strongly felt by all Oklahoma. He was a member of the Committee on Appropriations which dealt with matters so important to our State and our country.

Congressman STIGLER's record in the field · of Indian legislation, particularly as it affects the Five Civilized Tribes, is unsurpassed in the annals of Congress. Bills bearing his name are landmarks in the history of Indian law. He was the ·author of the act giving authority to sell the coal and asphalt lands of the Choctaws and Chickasaws. A law bearing his name created the Indian Claims Commission. His rehabilitation bill passed the House in the last Congress. Its ultimate enactment will mean the final step in equipping all Five Tribes Indians for full responsibilities of citizenship among

· their white brothers. A former general counsel of the Choctaws, Mr. STIGLER came to Congress uniquely equipped to attack the lingering problems of the Five Civilized Tribes. His work here has resulted in the settlement of issues that have been hanging fire since Oklahoma became a State.

Congressman STIGLER has sponsored a great program of flood control and water, power, and recreational development for eastern Oklahoma. Through his efforts the ground. work has been laid for the industrial expansion of our section of the State. Many projects on many streams have been built and others have been planned. Foryears to come his handiwork will be seen and his influence will be felt all over the eastern part of our State.

Congressman STIGLER's work in the development of agriculture has gained him national stature. · A member of the subcommittee on appropriations for agriculture, he has worked constantly for a better rural America. Wherever REA lines are built, wherever soil conservation practices are introduced and carried out, wherever farm families are helped through the Farmers Home Administra-

tion or the Extension Service, or the Production and Marketing Administration, there you will find the fruits of the efforts of our colleague and friend, BILL STIGLER.

Congressman STIGLER has had a long · and distinguished career in Oklahoma. He was born in a town founded by his father and bearing his name, Stigler, Indian Territory. He was educated in the common schools of Oklahoma. He is a graduate of Northeastern State College in )lis own district and of the Oklahoma University Law School. He was admitted to practic.e law in Oklahoma in 1920 and has been an outstanding member of the Oklahoma bar ever since.

Congressman STIGLER is a veteran of World War I. He served overseas with the Three Hundred and Fifty-seventh Infantry on the battle fronts of St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. On returning to America he became an active member of the American Legion and was Department Commander in 1933.

Mr. STIGLER served with distinction in the Oklahoma State Senate. He was President pro tempore of the Senate in 1931.

I know that Bill hates to leave us. We all hate to see him go. Every Member of this body knows that he has been ·a conscientious, hard-working, and outstanding Congressman and fine servant of his district and his country. Bill's district has been doubled in size. His work and r.esponsibilities have increased and his physician has asked him to slow down. While his district and his State were most anxious for him to carry on even if it meant curtailing some of his activities, BILL STIGLER is not the type of person who would accept a job without putting his whole heart and life into it.

We all wish for Bill, as he leaves us, a long and happy life amid the surroundings which he has known and loved from infancy. We know that he will be an important force for good government in his State and country as long as he lives; So, in these closing hours of the Eightysecond Congress, I salute a great man and outstanding patriot and public servant, my good personal friend, BILL STIGLER.

Mr. WHITTEN. Mr. Speaker, it is with genuine regret that I see our good friend W. G. (BILL) STIGLER retire from Congress. During the period that BILL STIGLER has been a Member of this Congress, he has at all times conducted himself as a fine citizen, a true and warm friend, an able advocate of the interests of his district with due regard to the national welfare. It has been my pleasure for the past number· of years to serve on the same committee of five with BILL STIGLER. This committee has handled the appropriations for the Department of Agriculture in the House

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sentatives. Due to the smallness of the committee, quite naturally we were thrown more closely together than might have otherwise been true. BILL STIGLER has made a fine impression on all Members of Congress. He is respected for _himself, for his ability, and for his energy. I ca:n. say to the membership that in addition the more closely you are

associated with him the more his fine qualities will impress themselves on you.

I know that all Members join with me in wishing for Bill many happy and successful years among the people he loves and who have been so good to him. We Will miss BILL STIGLER here, but in his retiring to private life I can repeat what others have said before: It is the ones who you can least afford to give up who quit. Certainly BILL STIGLER is one we can ill afford to give up here, but we know that he will be making his contribution to his district and to his Nation wherever he is.

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, the dean of Oklahoma's delegation to the House of Representatives, BILL STIGLER, has given us an example of a deep and an abiding faith in America by his service in the Congress.

All of us in the House regret that he is leaving us for other work.

Like his illustrious prototype, Carroll of Carrollton-signer of the Declaration

·of Independence--he is STIGLER of Stigler, · Okla. During his lifetime his home has changed from Indian Territory into the great State of Oklahoma. He is one of the finest products of our westward frontiers.

It is to Bill's lasting credit that he has brought to bear his limitless talents and abilities upon helping his fellow Ameri

. cans throughout his public life. His courage--fiercely in the forefront

during World War I at St. Mihiel and in the Meuse-Argonne--found its ultimate fruition in service here in this House. This courage, with his numerous abilities and his spotless integrity prepared him for his vital role in the deliberations of the Congress. His knowledge of the intricate problems of the American Indians spurred him to advocate legislation for the progress of all Americans and of all mankind.

Wherever he goes, whatever he does, BILL STIGLER Will be outstanding, Our heartfelt wishes of Godspeed accompanies him into his new, his chosen paths of service.

HON. THRUSTON B. MORTON Mr. CHELF. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan

imous consent to extend my remarks at this point in the RECORD in tribute to Hon. THRUSTON B. MoRTON.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Kentucky?

There was no objection. Mr. CHELF. Mr. Speaker, this last

day of the session of the Eighty-second Congress is a rather sad one. Far too many of our able and distinguished Members are leaving us. I am informed that nearly 40 duly elected Members of this House of Representatives are voluntarily relinquishing their seats to return to the private life of a citizen. I am told by old timers who have served here-for many long fruitful years that this is the largest number .ever to leave in any one session of the Congress.

Mr. Speaker, my good friend and colleague from Kentucky, the Honorable THRUST ON BALLARD MORTON, WhO has SO

ably and effectively represented the

9688 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 5 Third Congressional District of Kentucky, the gateway to the South, that great city of Louisville, is among those who have seen fit not to seek reelection. ,THRUSTON B. MORTON has been a credit to old Kentucky during his outstanding service in this House. He has approached all legislative problems in a courageous and conscientious manner. He has supported legislation in committee and upon the floor of this House that was to the best interests of all Kentucky, the Nation and toward securing a balanced, honorable and everlasting peace throughout the world. I can never recall a single instance where THRUSTON ever let politics sway or influence his good, sound judgment.

In such times of peril, when the peace of decent, honest, God-fearing, libertyloving peoples of the world is at stake, this House-this Nation-can ill afford to lose men of his sterling character, his vision, his honesty, and his ability. My colleagues, when this House is losing such outstanding men as MoRTON, DouGHTON, GoRE, KERR, HEDRICK, EATON, SASSCER, LEONARD W. HALL, HENRY LAR• CADE, PICKETT, RAMSAY, STIGLER, FUGATE, BECKWORTH, McKINNON, ANFUSO, J. CALEB BOGGS, J. M. CoMBS, ELSTON, GRANGER, HERTER, HENRY JACKSON, KENNEDY, MIKE MANSFIELD, POTTER, HARDIE SCOTT, STOCKMAN, WOOD, TACKETT, WELCH, LEONARD ALLEN, and many other 'good and competent legislators far too numerous to mention-it makes one shudder. It is a frightful toll upon our leadership at a time in our Nation's history when we can least spare their intelligence, honesty, perseverence, candor, and capabilities. They shall each

. be sorely missed-but maybe somehow we can be a little comforted by the knowledge that in our loss here, their friends and loved ones "back home" will gain by their presence,· their counsel and their experience.

May the good Lord bless and keep each and every Member .who leaves us today. May the good Lord cause His face to shine upon them and give to them and their loved ones peace, happiness, and prosperity for many years to come. ·

They each have done a splendid job and have served their country well during one of the most crucial periods of its great and glorious history.

Good luck and good fortune to you all-yes, "forever and a day, till these walls shall crumble in ruins and molder in dust away."

HON. CHRISTIAN HERTER Mr. HALE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani

mous consent to extend my remarks at this point in the RECORD.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Maine?

There was no objection. Mr. HALE. Mr. Speaker, when I be

came a Member of the Seventy-eighth Congress, I found as one of my colleagues in the group of Seventy-eighters CHRisTIAN A. HERTER, of Massachusetts. I knew when I first met Mr. HERTER that he had been speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and· for

many years one of the leading members of the Massachusetts Legislature. It did not take me long to find out the qualities that had made Mr. HERTER so valuable in Massachusetts and that in the last decade have made him so valuable here. I very much admire the unselfishness which dictated Mr. HERTER's decision to seek election as Governor. of Massachusetts. The gain to Massachusetts will be very emphatically a loss to this body.

Over the last decade Mr. HERTER has been in my opinion one of our anlest and most useful Members. I served with him on the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries where he rendered invaluable service in writing the Ship Sales Act. Later he gave most useful service in the Committee on Rules. Mr. HERTER would be an invaluable member of any committee in the House, but no doubt his greatest contribution has been in the realm of foreign affairs. This was true before he went on the Foreign Affairs Committee as well as after. Mr. HERTER spent many years of his life in Europe, and few Americans are more familiar with the problems of that continent, which he has always regarded sympathetically without ever having been afflicted with a WPA complex.

Mr. HERTER would make an admirable Secretary of State, and I hope that he will sometime fill this post now scarcely less important than the Presidency itself. I also emphatically hope that Mr. HERTER will return to one branch or another of the Congress. We need his outlook on national and international affairs.

Mr. HERTER joins to very e~ceptional intellectual qualities a character and personality which endear him to everyone who knows him. To serve with him and to work with him has been one of my greatest pleasures in the last decade.

I hope that he will have an overwhelming success in the gubernatorial contest in Massachusetts. If he does, he

· will make that Commonwealth one of . the most distinguished governors in its long history. But in any case, Mr. HER· TER should never permit himself a moment of private life. His capabilities for public service are too outstanding. There has never been a time in our history when we could spare men like him. Certainly in our present crisis we must use him to the utmost.

HON. LOWELL STOCKMAN Mr. FEIGHAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent to extend my remarks at this point in the RECORD.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Ohio?

There was no objection. Mr. FEIGHAN. Mr. Speaker, Mr.

STOCKMAN's decision to leave is deeply regretted by his colleagues. We feel his going is a personal lose as well as a loss to the House of Representatives. The gentleman from Oregon is a man of irreproachable integrity who has ably, diligently, and zealously served his constituency and our country. He is a keen minded, conscientious, and industrious

legislator. He is a successful man in every respect, professionally and personally, and · his sympathe.tic, understanding nature has contributed immeasurably to the happiness of his lovely family and the strong l;lond of friendship which his colleagues feel for him. Mr. STOCKMAN has followed the advice given Andrew Jackson by his motherhe has made friends by being honest, and he has kept them by being steadfast. Nature endowed Mr. STOCKMAN with a warm personality and charm which have won him countless friends, and I consider myself most fortunate to be numbered among them. Good health an.Q good fortune to you and yours, my c~lleague and friend.

RECESS The SPEAKER. The House will stand

in recess until 8: 30 ,p. m. Thereupon at 8 p. m. the House stood

in recess until 8:30 p, m.

AFTER RECESS The recess having expired, the House

was called to order at 8:30 p.m. by the Speaker.

'DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATION BILL, 1953

Mr. MAHON submitted the following conference report and statement on the bill <H. R. 7391) making appropriations for the Department of Defense andrelated independent agencies for the fiscal

· year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes:

CoNFERENCE REPORT (H. REPI'. No. 2495) The committee of conference on the disa

. greeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate numbered 43 t()

· the bill (H. R. 7391) making appropriations for the Department of Defense and related independent agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

Amendment numbered 43: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 43, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, amended to read as follows: ": Provided, That no part of such appropriation shall be used to make any payment to ARO, Incorporated, for operation of the Arnold Engineering Development Center after March 31, 1953, unless Congress shall have directed otherwise"; · and the Senate agree to the same.

GEORGE MAHON,

HARRY R. SHEPPARD, ALBERT GORE, JOHN J. RILEY, DANIEL J, FLOOD, CLARENCE CANNON, GLENN R. DAVIS,

Managers on the Part of the House. JOSEPH c. O'MAHONEY, CARL HAYDEN, DENNIS CHAVEZ, HOMER FERGUSON, STYLES BRIDGES, L. SALTONSTALL, WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND,

Managers on the Pa_rt of the-Senate.

1952 . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9689 STATEMENT

The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7391) making appropriations for the Department of Defense and related independent agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon and recommended in the accompanying conference report as to each of such amendments, namely:

TITLE V...-DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Amendment No. 43-Research and Devel

opment: Restores language proposed by the House for use of funds by ARO, Inc., but in modified form.

GEORGE MAHON, HARRY R. SHEPPARD, ALBERT GORE, JOHN J. RILEY, DANIEL J. FLOOD, CLARENCE CANNON, GLENN R. DAVIS,


Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report on the bill (H. R. 7391) making appropriations for the De· partment of Defense and related inde· pendent agencies for the fiscal year end· ing June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, and ask unanimous consent that the statement of the managers on the part of the House be read in lieu of the report.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas?

There was no objection. The Clerk read the statement. Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speaker, this con

ference report provides that no funds shall be made available to the corpora· tion known as Aro which manfl,ges the Arnold Engineering Development Center at Tullahoma, Tenn., after March 31, 1953.

It is contemplated that a corporate method will be used to operate this development center when it is completed, and the question of policy has arisen with respect to the matter. This request will give the Department of Defense and the Bureau of the Badget and the Congress untii March 31 next year to determine what the future of this corporation shall be.

If no affirmative action is taken by the Congress, if the Congress does not direct the Air Fo-rce to continue this contract, then no funds will be available for further compensation to this corporation after March 31 next.

Mr. Speaker, I move the previous ques-. tion on the -conference report.


table.

CONVEYANC.E OF LAND TO TOWN OF DEDHAM, MAINE

Mr. ENGLE submitted the following conference report on the bill (H. R. 2190) to provide for the conveyance to the town of Dedham, Maine, of a certain strip of land situated in such town and used as a road right-of-way:

CONFERENCE. REPORT (H. REPT. 2496) The committee of conference on the dis

agreeing votes of the two Houses on the XCVIII-609

amendments of the Senate to the blll (H. R. 2190) to provide for the conveyance to the town of Dedham, Maine, of a certain strip of land situated in such town and used as a. road right-of-way, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and .do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the senate recede from its amendment.

CLAm ENGLE, WAYNE N. AsPINALL, WESLEY A. D'EwART,

Managers on the Part of the House. RUSSELL B. LONG, GEORGE SMATHERS, HUGH BUTLER,



to the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 2190) to provide for the conveyance to the town of Dedham, Maine, of a certain strip of land situated in such town and used as a road right-ofway, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon and recommend in the accompanying conference report, namely, that the Senate recede from its amendment which would require the town of Dedham, Maine, to pay 50 percent of the appraised market value.

CLAm ENGLE, WAYNE N. ASPINALL, WESLEY A. D'EWART,


Mr. ENGLE. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report on the bill <H. R. 2190) to provide for the conveyance to the town of Dedham, Maine, of a certain strip of land situated in such town and used as a road right-of-way, and ask unanimous consent that the statement of the managers on the part of the House

· be read in lieu of the report. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to

the request of the gentleman from Cali· fornia?

There was no objection. The Clerk read the statement. Mr. ENGLE. Mr. Speaker, this bill

was amended by the Senate. The Cenate desired a conference to recede from its amendment. The House conferees agreed to the Senate receding and strik· ing its own amendment.

The- SPEAKER. The question is on the conference report.

The conference report was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was laid on the

table. Mr. HALLECK. Mr. Speaker, may I

ask the chairman what matter remains before us? Is it the civil functions bill?

The SPEAKER. Yes. Mr. HALLECK. Is it proposed that

the adjournment resolution follow that? The SPEAKER. Yes.

ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS Mr. RADWAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent to _extend my remarks at this point in the RECORD.


There was no objection. . Mr. RADWAN. Mr. Speaker, with the

- steel strike unsettled-with a war going on in Korea, I think it is sheer folly for

the Congress to adjourn sine die. If the majority party insists upon jamming such a resolution through the House they will be thwarting the wishes of the American people.

I am vigorously opposed to adjourn·ment sine die and will vote against it.

RECESS The SPEAKER. The Chair declares

a recess at this time subject to call. Accordingly (at 8 o'clock and 37 min

utes p.m.) the House stood in recess· subject to the call of the Chair.


was called to order by the Speaker at 9 o'clock and 7 minutes p. m.

COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution <H. Res. 745) and ask for its immediate consideration.


Resolved, That a committee of two Members be appointed by the House to join a. similar committee appointed by the Senate, to wait · upon the President of the United States and inform him that the two Houses have completed their business of the session and are ready to adjourn, unless the President has some other communication to make to them.

The resolution was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Chair appoints

the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. McCORMACK] and the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. HALLECK] as a committee to notify the President.

CIVIL FUNCTIONS APPROPRIATION BILL, 1953

Mr. RABAUT submitted the following conference report and statement on the bill <H. R. 7268) making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes:

CONFERENCE REPORT (H. REPT. No. 2497) The committee of conference on the disa

greeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7268) making appropriations for the civil functions administered by the Department of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the House recede from its disagree. ment to the amendments of the Senate num

bered 5 and 8 and agree to the same. Amendment numbered 1: That the House

recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

· In lieu of the sum proposed by said amend. ment insert -"$4,160,000"; and the Senate · agree to the same. ·

Amendment numbered 3: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment o:f the Senate numbered 3, and agree

9690 CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-· HOUSE July 5

to the same with an amendment as follows:· In lieu of the matter stricken out and in.; serted by said amendment insert the following: "Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works: For expenses necessary for the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harbor works, and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore authorized as may be most desirable in the interest of commerce and navigation; for surveys of northern and northwestern lakes and other boundary and connecting waters, as heretofore authorized, including the preparation, correction, printing, and issuing of charts and bulletins, and the investigation of lake levels; for prevention of obstructive and injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters · of New York City; for expenses of the California Debris Commission in carrying on the work authorized by the Act approved March 1, 1893, as amended (33 U. S. C. 661, 678, and 683); for removing sunken vessels or craft obstructing or endangering navigation as authorized by law; for operating and maintainin'g, keeping in repair, and continuing in use without interruption any lock, canal (except the Panama Canal), canalized river, or other public works for the use and benefit of navigation belonging to the United States; for examinations, surveys, and contingencies of rivers and harbors; for the execution of detailed investigations and the preparation of plans and specifications for projects heretofore authorized; for printing, either during a recess or session of Congress, of surveys authorized by law, and such surveys as may be printed during a recess of Congress shall be printed, with illustrations, as documents of the next succeeding session of Congress; $236,788,800, of which amount $75,000 shall be available only for cooperative beach erosion studies as authorized in Public Law Numbered 520, Seventy-:first Congress, approved July 3, 1930, as amended and supplemented: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for any preliminary examination, survey, project, or estimate not authorized by law: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 of the amount herein appropriated shall be available for the support and maintenance of the Permanent International Commission of the Congresses of Navigation and for the payment of the expenses of the properly accredited delegates of the United States to the meeting of the Congresses and of the Commission: ProVided further, That from ·this appropriation not to exceed $3,584,100 shall be available for transfer to the Secretary of the Interior for expenditure for the purposes of and in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 8, 1946 ( 16 U. S. c. 756), and the Act of August 14, 1946 ( 16 U. s. c. 661-666; 33 u. s. c. 1, 5, 414-415, 441, 451 540 541; Civil Functions Appropriation' Act' 1952)!' •


recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 4, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out and inserted by said amendment insert the following:

"Flood control, general: For expenses necessary for the construction and maintenance of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes, in accordance with the provisions of the Flood Control Act, approved June 22, 1936, as amended and supplemented, including pre• liminary examinations, surveys, and contingencies in connection with flood control, $255,742,800: Provided, That funds appropriated herein may be used for flood-control work on the Salmon River, N.aska, as authorized by law: Provi~ed further, That funds appropriated herein may be used to execute detailed surveys and prepare ·plans and specifications, necessary for the con-

structlon of flood-control projects heretofore or hereafter authorized or for flood-control projects considered for selection in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of tne Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, and section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 638): Provided further, That the expenditure of funds for ·completing the necessary surveys shall not be construed as a commitment of the Government to the construction of any project."


recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 6, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In line 5 of the matter inserted by said amendment strike $62,020,000 and insert "$60,020,000"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 7: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 7, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the sum named in said amendment insert "$250,000"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 9: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 9, and agr~e to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the sum named in · said amend· ment insert "$100,000"; &nd the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 10: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amend· ment of the Senate numbered 10, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$18,000,000"; and the Senate agree to the same.

The committee _of conference report in dis· agreement amendment numbered 2.

CLARENCE CANNON, JOHN H. KERR, LOUIS C. RABAUT0

F'RED MARSHALL, GLENN R. DAVIS, GERALD R. FoRD, Jr., JoHN TABER,

Managers on the Part of the House. KENNETH McKELLAR, CARL HAYDEN, ALLEN J. ELLENDER, SPESSARD L. HOLLAND, JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, WM. F. KNOWLAND, MILTON R. YOUNG, GUY CORDON, EDWARD J. THYE,


STATEMENT The managers on the part of the House at

the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7268) making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon and recommended in the accompanying conference report as to each of such amendments, namely:

CEMETERIAL EXPENSES Amendment No. 1: Appropriates $4,160,000

Instead of $4,000,000 as recommended by the House and $4,319,350 as recommended by the Senate.

CORPS OF ENGINEERS Amendment No. 2: Reported in disagree

ment. Amendment -No. S: Appropriates $236,788,-

800, instead of"$277,135,600 as proposed by the Senate and $189,521,000 as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. ·4: Appropriates $255,742,-800, instead of $294,777,200 as proposed by the Senate and $214,169,400 as proposed by the House. . .

Amendment No. &-Emergencies: Inserts language as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 6-Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries: Inserts language as proposed by the Senate and appropriates $60,020,000 instead of $59,355,000 as proposed by the House and $62,020,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 7-Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries, emergencies: Appropriates $250,000 as proposed by the House instead of $500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 8-Sacramento River: Inserts language as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 9-Niagara power development: Appropriates $100,000 instead of $900,-000 as proposed by the Senate.

CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT Amendment No. 1Q-Canal Zone Govern

ment: Appropriates $18,000,000 instead of $16,139,500 · as proposed by the House and $18,822,549 as proposed by the Senate.

1. Amendments Nos. S and 4 contain the funds for rivers and harbors and :flood control projects respectively. It is the intention of the conferees that the funds contained in amendment No. 3 for rivers and harbors shall be allocated as follows:

Rivers and harbors Alabama: Demopolis lock and dam _______________________ _

Arkansas: Arkansas River and tributaries-----------------

Florida: Jim Woodruff lock and dam Intracoastal Waterway, Jack-

sonville to MiamL ________ _ Georgia: Buford Dam _________ _ Illinois:

Chain of Rocks CanaL _____ _ Mississippi River between the

Missouri River and Minne-apolis---------------------

Iowa: Keokuk, lock 19-----~-----Missouri River from Kansas

City, Mo., to Sioux City, Iowa---------------------

. Maryland: Baltimore Harbor __ _ Massachusetts: Channel, Buz

zards Bay to Buttermilk Bay. Minnesota: St. Antpony Falls __ Missouri: Missouri River, Kan-

sas City to the mouth ______ _ New Jersey:

Newark Bay, Hackensack and Passaic Rivers ____________ _

New York and New Jersey channels-----------------

New York: Buffalo Harbor-------------New York Harbor; entrance

channels and anchorage areas-------------------

Ohio: Cleveland Harbor _______ _ Oregon:

McNary lock and dam _______ _ The Dalles lock and dam ___ _

Pennsylvania: Monongahela River, lock 2 ___ _ Schuylkill River (culm re-

moval)--------------------Tennessee:

Cheatham lock and dam ____ _ Old Hickory lock and dam ___ _

Texas: Gulf Intracoastal Water-way, Galveston district __ . ____ _

Washington: Chief Joseph Dam_ ReduCiion in salaries and ex-

$4,500,000

4,000,000

10,330,000

2,000,000 3,000,0JO

1,150,000

70,000

1,000,000

4,250,000 500,000

25,800 1,350,000

2,300,000

500,000

900,000

436,000

524,000 4,750.000

63,000,000 20,000,000

2,700,000

1,000,000

5,000,000 10,000,000

1,150,000 15,000,000

penses----------------------- --1,000,000 Planning______________________ 405,000 Current expenses ______________ 77,948,000

Total, rivers and harbors. 236, 788, 000

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9691 Of the above amount for current expenses,

$675,000 is allowed for river and harbor studies to be allocated as follows: general, $400,000; Arkansas-White-Red River Basin survey, $115,000; and New York-New England survey, $160,000.

In addition, $45,107,900 is allowed for maintenance of channels and harbors, with $2,000,000 to be allocated for realignment of the Missouri River at St. Joseph, Mo.; $20,-118,000 is allowed for operation and care of locks, dams, and canals; and $3,100,000 is approved for operation and care of multiplepurpose projects.

The conferees are in unanimous agreement that the funds approved for the Missouri River from Kansas City to Sioux City and Kansas City to the mouth are to be used only for bank stabilization work.

The amount of $663,000 is allocated for salaries and expenses, Office, Chief of Engineers.

The conferees are agreed that not to exceed $250,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be available for the repair of lock and dam 10 on the Muskingum River at Zanesville, Ohio. The use of these funds shall be contingent upon local interests supplying the remaining funds needed to repair the dam and upon their agreeing to take over operation and maintenance of lock and dam 10 in the future.

2. It is the intention of the conferees that the funds contained in Amendment No. 4, Flood Control, shall be allocated as follows:

Flood control, general Arizona: Tucson _____________ _

Arkansas: Blakely Mountain Reservoir •• Bull Shoals Reservoir ______ _ Red River levees and bank

stabilization below Denison Dam----------------------

California: Cherry Valley Reservoir-----Folsom Reservoir-----------Isabella Reservoir----------Los Angeles County drain-age area _________________ _

Merced County Stream group Pine Flat Reservoir _________ _ San Antonio Reservoir-----Whittier Narrows Reservoir __

Connecticut: Mansfield Hollow Reservoir------------------

Florida: Central and southern Florida ____________________ _

Georgia: Clark Hill Reservoir-Idaho:

Alben! 'Falls Reservoir------Lucky Peak Reservoir------

Illinois: Columbia drainage and levee

district_ _________________ _ East Cape Girardeau and Olear

Creek drainage district ___ _ East St. Louis and vicinity __ Farm Creek Reservoirs ______ _ Grand Tower drainage and

levee district ____________ _ Prairie du Rocher and vicinity Wood River drainage and levee

district-------------------Indiana:

New Albany----------------Vincennes-------------------

:Kansas: Hutchinson ________________ _ Kansas Citys, Mo. and Kans __ Missouri River agricultural

levees --------------------Tuttle Creek Reservoir _____ _ Wichita and Valley Center __

Kentucky: Ashland ___________________ _ Covington _________________ _

Louisville ------------------Maysville __________________ _

Pineville-------------------

$400,000

6,600,000 1,000,000

325,000

2,250,000 17,000,000 4,000,000

5,000,000 200,000

8,750,000 1,000,000 5,500,000

540,000

5,000,000 4,100,000

7,000,000 5,000,000

300,000

225,000 1,300,000

929,300

720,000 656,000

848,000

231,000 500,000

1,400,000 3, -750,000

. 500,000 5,000,000 2,000,000

780,000 825,000

4,250,000 1,000,000

250,000

Louisiana: Natchitoches Parish .. Maryland: Cumberland, Md.,

and Ridgeley, w. Va ________ _ Minnesota: Aitken _____________________ _

Red River of the North _____ _ Missouri:

Perry County levee districts, Nos. 1, 2, 3----------------

Table Rock Reservoir _______ _ Montana: Havre _____________ _ Nebraska: Gavins Point Reser-voir ________________________ _

New Mexico: Jemez Canyon Reservoir ____ _ Rio Grande flood way--------

New York: Corning __________ _ North Carolina: John H. Kerr

Reservoir------------------North Dakota: Garrison Reser-voir ________________________ _

Oklahoma: Fort Gibson Reservoir------Oklahoma City flood way----Tenkiller Ferry Reservoir ___ _

Oregon: Detroit Reservoir-----------Lookout Point Reservoir----Willamette River bank pro-tection __________________ _

Pennsylvania: Conemaugh Reservoir------East Branch Clarion River

Reservoir----------------Swoyersville and Forty-Fort .. Williamsport----------------

South Dakota: Fall River Basin ___________ _ Fort Randall Reservoir-----Oahe Reservoir--------------

Tennessee: Center Hill Reservoir ______ _ Dale Hollow Reservoir------Memphis, Wolf River and Non-

connah Creek ------------Texas:

Belton Reservoir------------Dallas flood way--------------Fort Worth floodway _______ _ Garza-Little Elm Reservoir __ Lavon Reservoir------------Texarkana Reservoir--------Whitney Reservoir----------

Snagging and clearing ________ _ Emergency bank protection ___ _ Sec. 212 projects _____________ _ Reduction in salaries and ex-

$350,000

1,150,000

600,000 625,000

800,000 3,000,000

350,000

7,750,000

2,155,000 350,000 750,000

6,840,000

31,000,000

525,000 800,000

2,125,000

10,350,000 16,625,000

400,000

4,000,000

850,000 900,000

1,042,500

427,000 32,500,000 3,000,000

250,000 1,491,000

700,000

2,500,000 1,000,000

700,000 4,200, 000

462,000 5,000,000

175,000 800,000 350,000 850,000

penses---------------------- --1,201,000 Planning--------------------- 850,000 Current expenses______________ 9, 222, 000

Total, flood controL _____ 255, 742, 800

Of the above amount for current expenses, $1,800,000 is allowed for preliminary examinations and surveys, to be allocated as fol• lows: General, $1,200,000; Arkansas-WhiteRed River Basin survey, $350,000; and New York-New England survey, $250,000. · The amount of $663,000 is allocated for salaries, Office, Chief of Engineers.

The conferees are in agreement that of the $850,000 allowed for planning $50,000 shall be allocated to Hartwell Reservoir, S. C.

3. With respect to amendment No. 6, the conferees are in complete agreement that the Corps of Engineers shall use as much of the funds recommended therein as will not seriously impair the continuation of projects provided for in the budget estimates for construction of the Yazoo City cut-otf and the lower St. Francis River Basin.

CLARENCE CANNON, JOHN H. KERR, LOUIS C. RABAUT, FRED MARSHALL, GLENN R. DAVIS, GERALD R. FoRD, Jr., JOHN TABER,


Mr. RABAUT. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report on the bill <H. R. 7268) making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, and ask unanimous consent that the statement of the managers be read in lieu of the report.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the r3quest of the gentleman from Michigan?

Mr. PRESTON. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I would like to make an inquiry of the gentleman from Michigan about the conference report. It is my understanding· that the policy of the committee at the cutset of this session of the Congress was to deny projects that were classified as new starts and that that pronouncement was made pretty generally to the Members of the House who inquired of the subcommittee as to the prospects for various and sundry projects recommended by the Corps of Engineers. Most of us pretty generally understood that was to be the formula which would be used by the Subcommittee on Civil FUnctions.

When the committee marked up the bill it applied that formula; but I believe that after the Senate took the bill up it included certain projects which were new starts. We on this side of the Capitol assumed that our conference would carry forward the policy that they had so clearly enunciated. I would like to inquire of the gentleman from Michigan if that policy was followed in disallowing several projects, among them notably Hartwell Dam, and then by allowing a project · known as Table Rock, in the same category as Hartwell Dam, Table Rock being in northern Ar!~ansas and southern Missouri, the home State of the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. RABAUT. In the first place, the gentleman knows that all legislation is a compromise. For example, the gentleman mentioned Table Rock. Table Rock had a definite project report. The gentle.nan certainly would not have any disagreement with that.

Mr. PRESTON. I am not informed about that.

Mr. RABAUT. Well, I am telling the gentleman now that it did have a project report.

Mr. PRESTON. I note the budget request came over 4 days after the Senate committee considered it.

Mr. RABAUT. The Hartwell project did not have a definite project report.

Mr. PRESTON. And Hartwell was one of two requested by the President in the interest of national defense.

Mr. RABAUT. That is true, but the situation is just as I stated. I am not quoting my personal opinion about it, but I am quoting what happened in conferenJe. It did not have a definite project report and the cost estimates are not firm, and accordingly it was not adopted in the conference.

Mr. PRESTON. Is it not true that the engineers testified that it was not necessary to have the final project re .. port; that it would be actually more

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costly to defer the beginning of this project until the complete project report is filed?

Mr. RABAUT. That is true, but the House has always insisted upon a definite project report, because after all, we are spending the people's money. We have got· to know what we are going to get for the money we spend.

Mr. PRESTON. Further reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that the time is not far distant when the House will be compelled to exercise more authority in the field of policy regarding ·flood control, hydroelec.tric projects and other types of projects in the public interest recommended by the Corps of Engineers. It is becoming increasingly difficult to get the kind of consideration from the subcommittee on appropriations dealing with this very important subject that the various proj .. ects really justify. If a firm rule is applied that will treat Tom, Dick, and Harry the same, then none of us has the right to complain, bu~ where a rule is applied to fit one situation in one area of the country and another rule to fit another ·situation in another part of the country, when, if ever, will we have equitable consideration of these projects that are just as important in the State of Georgia as they might be in the State of Missouri? I hope that this conference report will not be adopted. I hope it will be sent back so that the Members here from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Alabama, Washington, Oregon, Kansas-! could go on naming them-will get the sort of consideration that they ought to have when the other body recognizes the worth of the projects, and then have our conferees adopt a policy that cannot stand up in choosing and selecting the ones to be started.


Mr. PRESTON. I yield to the gentle.man from Mississippi.

Mr. RANKIN. Do not forget that this same scheme was used to block the appropriation for the Tennessee-Tombig.bee inland waterway, and the same sub.terfuge was resorted to. In my opinion, a dishonest, surreptitious report was dragged in here that had no semblance of truth in it.

Mr. PRESTON. I should have mentioned the State of Mississippi in nam.ing the other States.

I think there is one way to stop it. This is the last night of the session. I will not resort to certain tactics that I am sorely tempted to resort to, because the time has come to adjourn the Congress, and I recognize that fact. However, it is quite a while until midnight, and one way to change this policy is by voting down this conference re .. port and letting these distinguished gen.tlemen have another look at it.

Mr. JONES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. PRESTON. I yield. Mr. JONES of Missouri. I would say

the State of Missouri was not given preferential treatment. May I point out one project that was turned down by the House because the House Appropriations Committee said there were three

reasons for doing so. However, by the time it reached the Senate all" of those reasons had been eliminated. The Sen.ate put in $600,000 for Cape Girardeau, where we were flooded eight times in 10 years, stopping service on the main railroad through that city. The Senate put in $600,000. It had a project report before it came to the House. We have met every requirement. May I ask the chairman of the subcommittee on what ground he could not include Cape Girar.deau after we had met all the requirements of the Appropriations Committee?

Mr. RABAUT. It was a matter of compromise. There was no definite project report.

Mr. JONES of Missouri. I beg the gentleman's pardon. We do have a project report. It was put out by the engineers. The plans had been assembled. They had an estimate of the cost. It does have a defense significance. Every reasop assigned by the House Appropriations Committee was met in the Senate, and · tne Senate put in $600,000 for it.

Mr. RABAUT. Variety of opinion makes a horse race. The gentleman has his opinion and I have mine. There was no definite project report.

Mr. PRESTON. One further observation and I shall close my comment.

All too often have Members of the House had to rely upon the Senators from their States to do what rightfully should have been done by the Members of the House. It is time to stop it. There is no reason, if a project is meritorious and meets every criterion laid down by the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of the Budget, why Members pf the House who originate these projects should not receive just credit for inaugurating the projects rather than passing them over as ripe plums to the distinguished Senators from our respective States.

I withdraw my reservation of objection, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. BAILEY. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, I shall continue to object until some member of the commit .. tee explains why the item placed in the bill by the Senate was rejected by the House conferees, the item affecting the flood wall on the Ohio River at Wheeling, W.Va. I am not asking for excuses; I am asking for explanations.

Mr. RABAUT. I will have to reiterate my statement to my distinguished friend. I said a few minutes ago that all these matters are matters of compromise. Sometimes we must compromise on this and sometimes we must compromise ori that. In this particular case, it was just another matter of compromise.

Mr. BAILEY. May I inquire further of the gentleman if he considered the House conferees cooperative on the mat.ter of a compromise? Apparently you had your way. You struck out the full amount of $1,500,000. Were there any basic reasons why it was not planned, or was it a new project? Let us have some explanation why it was taken out.

Mr. RABAUT. I will say to· the gentle.man that the members of the conference committee of the House did everything in their power -to do what-they thought

was right so far as the Members of the House are concerned. You cannot win on every subject.

Mr. BAILEY. I am asking the gentleman if he tried to win on this particular subject.

Mr. RABAUT. Yes, we tried to win on all subjects.

Mr. BAILEY. All we get is excuses and no explanation.

Mr. RABAUT. This is not an excuse. I am making a statement.

Now, Mr. Speaker, for myself with reference to this particular bill, I have this to say. I do not have 5 cents in this bill-not 5 cents and I could even go down to 1 cent. I have taken a lot from my colleagues on this floor because of the fact that I happen to be on this committee. There is no pride on my part when I have to say to a colleague that I cannot do this or I cannot do that. If you people want to continue to make me the whipping boy on this particular bill, just keep this up. I am speaking for a committee-a committee composed of Democrats and Republicans from the House of Representatives. This bill is for America, not just money for the districts of individual Members of Congress.

Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. BAILEY. I yield. Mr. FORD. I might add to the com

ment by the gentleman from Michigan that not one Member on our side of the aisle has one penny of any money what .. soever in this particular bill. The man .. agers on the part of the House got the best possible solution over all for all the Members of the ·House of Representatives.

Mr. BAILEY. May I inquire of the gentleman from Mlchigan how much attention was paid to the Senate request for this item?

Mr. FORD. There were nine local :flood-protection projects which were included in the Senate version of the bill. The President sent up 10 local :flood.protection ·projects in a subsequent· budget request and the other body knocked out one. We had to work out the best possible solution we coUld. An effort was made on behalf of the Wheel.ing-Benwood flood-protection project but in the compromise that was effectuated, Wheeling-Benwood had to fall by the wayside.

Mr. BAILEY. Mr. Speaker, in con.clusion I feel compelled· to say that I want to place myself in the category of the gentleman from Georgia who just preceded me in saying it is high time the House of Representatives took over the management of its own business.

Mr. BROWN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, there are tv.'O projects for national defense rec.ommended by the Director of the Budget. One was Ice Harbor and the other was Hartwell Dam. Every agen<.;y connected with the development · of water power and electricity recommended that these two projects, especially the Hartwell Dam go ahead. The House Civil Functions Subcommittee turned these proj .. ects down, and set out about two pages in explanation about the Hartwell Dam, and gave the -reasons why the Hartwell

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -HOUSE 9693 Dam ought not to be started at this time. In the other body, the Army engineers answered question by question to the satisfaction of everyone to the effect that the construction of the Hartwell Dam should be started. On one of the projects in Kansas, known as Turtle Creek, practically all the benefit is in Missouri. I am not objecting to that project. There was not any report from the Director of the Budget to the House. There was not any report to the other body until after the · Senate started the hearings.

Table Rock in Arkansas and Missouri is a project that ought to be started. There was not any report from the Director of the Budget in the House. There w.as none in the Senate until4 days after they completed their hearings. You can

· confirm that by looking at this report. Still they go ahead with these two projects, but the two others, Hartwell and Ice Harbor which are essential to the atomic-energy projects and which were recommended by every agency, are turned down. I am not objecting to these projects which they have approved ar~d I am not criticizing any member of the committee, but I cannot understand why the two essential projects which are 100 percent" national defense are turned down. l Mr. GAVIN. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I want to take this opportunity to compliment· the committee on turning in a very fine performance. They have worked long and hard to bring in this conference report and have earned and deserve the hearty commendations of the Members of the House. However, I do want to take this opportunity also to agree with the expressions of my good friend the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. PRESTON] that greater consideration should be given to a more equitable distribution of the appropriations, whatever may be determined upon, to the various States which have river-and-harbor and flood-control projects. It is a difficult matter to find out how to get a project included in the bill when it is up for consideration. Even if you have a project reported favorably, it is difficult to get an appropriation included to have the project undertaken. In my State we have many flood-control projects that we would like to see some appropriations recommended for. Pennsylvania is a great contributor in taxes to all of these projects, whether they are hydroelectric, land reclamation, irrigation, flood control, rivers and harbors, or what not. Out of the $472,-000,000 for flood-control and river-andharbor improvements, my State pays around 8 to 10 percent. So what do we get? We get about eight or nine million dollars. We get four or five million dollars on rivers and harbors and perhaps four or five million on flood control. Pennsylvania pays approximately forty-five to forty-seven million dollars, and we see returned to our State eight or nine million. I agree with the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. PRESTON] that there should be a more equitable distribution, according to the urgent need in the various S~ates, when these

appropriations for these projects are set up.

Here is the great State of New York. They, too, have many flood-control problems. They receive $400,000 for clearing New York Harbor. New York is paying about 17 percent of the taxes into the Treasury.

Ohio received some $3,000,000 for the Cleveland Harbor, and they pay around 7 or 8 percent of taxes.

North Dakota is allocated $31,000,000 and South Dakota $30,000,000, and many other States all over the country receive very favorable consideration and substantial appropriations. I am in favor of all of these projects for the development of this great Nation, and building up and expanding our resources, protection of soil, forests, and water. I approve relief from these devastating and recurring floods and harnessing our water for useful purposes and building prosperity for the welfare of all our people. However, I think the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. PRESTON] has really given us something to think about, that a little consideration should be given some of these other States which have not been receiving the consideration we feel we are rightfully entitled to. We, too, have projects that mean considerable to protection of our economies.

Mr. DORN. Mr. Speaker, will the gen. tleman yield?

Mr. GAVIN. I yield to the gentleman from South Carolina.

Mr. DORN. I would like to say also that I agree 100 percent with the statement of the distinguished gentleman from Georgia [Mr. PRESTON], my distinguished colleague from across the river -[Mr. BRoWN], and the gentleman from Georgia. I think it is high time that this House stand up for the rights and prerogatives of this body, and I hope that· this conference report will be sent back, and that we not only stand up for what we are trying to do for our constituents but also for the American people in every single State of the 48 States. It is time for us to keep some money in America and not scatter it all over the world.

Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. GAVIN. I yield. to the gentleman from New York.

Mr. ·TABER. The conference report brought in the full budget estimate for the gentleman's project?

Mr. GAVIN. Not to my knowledge. I have a little flood-control project up in my district, now that you bring the matter up, that I have been working on for many years. Three towns in my district-Ridgway, Johnsonburg, and St. Marys-for the last 40 or 50 years every spring and fall have been subjected to devastating floods; the people should be afforded, and are entitled to, relief. This little project was included for $850,000, and what happened to it? The Appropriations Committee after I appealed to them to increase the amount necessary to complete the project, cut the appropri'ation $50,000.

Now, I do not mind; I will take my cut along with everybody else. I am for economy as my record proves, but when

I see these gigantic hydroelectric projects in the Rhone Valley of France and the spending of billions of dollars all over the world, naturally, I am greatly interested in securing an adequate appropriation for any project in my district which means the protection of and contributes to the welfare of the people who sent me here to represent them. I do not particularly mind telling the gen-

. tleman from New York that I am interested in securing any project economically justified which will contribute to the progress and prosperity of my State and its 10,000,000 people.

We pay our share of the national income, and when these projects are recommended and appropriations set up, I think we should be fairly and equitably treated on all projects-flood control, rivers and harbors, and all the rest of them.

I take this time only to concur in the suggestion of my friend from Georgia that we, as representatives of the people, our States, should have a right to an opportunity when these recommendations are made to determine what we rightfully should have and are entitled to.

Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.

Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I have been unable to see a copy of the conference report. There was a project on which I appeared twice before the House Committee on Appropriations, a project that was authorized. I would like to ask the chairman of the subcommittee, because I was told in the Appropriations Committee twice that no projects would go into this bill that were not budgeted-! would like to ask the chairman of the -subcommittee if there are any projects in the bill that have not been budgeted.

Mr. RABAUT. There are one or two. If the gentleman will allow the statement of the managers to be read he will learn what projects are in the bill.

Mr. BONNER. Then I object to the request the gentleman makes.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from North Carolina objects.

Mr. BONNER. The gentleman asked that the statement of the managers on the part of the House be read in lieu of the conference report.

The SPEAKER. That is correct. Mr. BONNER. I object. The .SPEAKER. The objection is

heard. The Clerk will read. (The Clerk continued reading the con

ference report.~ Mr. BONNER (interrupting the read

ing of the conference report). Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my objection.

Will the gentleman tell me now if there are any projects in this bill that do not have budget approval.

Mr. RABAUT. I repeat my statement that there are projects that do not have budget approval. They were a matter of compromise and that is all you can do. As I said, all law is a matter of compromise, and we had to make some compromises in this bill. The gentleman with his long experience knows that that .should be and always is the case; I do

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not know why he takes such ·terrific exception to it on this occasion except that its affects him. -

Mr. BONNER. Since the gentleman is getting personal about this matter, I think we all are interested in matters that affect us. Now I went before the gentleman's committee and he told me the reason that they could not give any consideration to the worthy project that I presented was because it had not come down with budget approval. Now, then, if I am denied on that ground, certainly I am not going to sit by and see a bill passed in this House, Mr. Speaker, where the same medicine is not fed to others; so when it comes to a matter of this kind, Mr. Speaker, 1 am going to do all I can to keep t.his bill from becoming a law tonight.

The SPEAKER. I think the gentleman should renew his request to read the statement. ·

Mr. RABAUT. Mr. Speaker, I renew the request to read the statement.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan?

There was no objection. The Clerk continued the reading of the

statement. Mr. RANKIN (interrupting reading of

the statement). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the statement be dispensed with.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Mississippi?

There was no objection. Mr. SASSCER. Mr. Speaker, will .the

gentleman yield? Mr. RABAUT. I yield to the gentle

man from Maryland. Mr. SASSCER. Mr. Speaker, I would

like to ask the gentleman from Michigan if he will tell us whether I am correct in my understanding that $75,000 for elimination of the flood conditions at Bladensburg is included in the bill in a lump sum?

Mr. RABAUT. I may say to the distinguished gentleman from Maryland that $850,000 in a lump sum is included in this bill for flood-control planning. I think the gentleman's project, which is a worth while one, will receive inoney from that flind.

Mr. SASSCER. I thank the gentle-man. ·

Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. RABAUT. I yield to the gentle· man from Arkansas.

Mr. HARRIS. Will the gentleman be kind enough to advise the membership of the House what the conference did with reference to planning funds for this fiscal year?

Mr. RABAUT. Eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars for flood control and $405,000 for rivers and harbors.

Mr. HARRIS. Are these funds earmarked?

Mr. RABAUT. They are not earmarked.

Mr. HARRIS. The Army engineers have the ·authority?

Mr. RABAUT. It is within the discret~on of the Army engineers. This is distinguished from what we .had last year

when they were allocated for national defense projects.

Mr. HARRIS. But are they tied down to particular policies that the Appropriations Committee has given which was a result of the action of about 2 years ago?

Mr. RABAUT. No. The House thought they should be tied down, but the Senate refused to go along, so they are free to use their discretion. We must assume that they will adhere to the projects requested in the budget, if possible.

Mr. HARRIS. They are free to take action on those projects that they think are desirable and in the general interest of the public? .

Mr. RABAUT. My distinguished friend is absolutely right. .

Mr. CRAWFORD. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. RABAUT. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan.

Mr. CRAWFORD. Will the gentleman inform the House how much the various conferees and subcommittees of the Appropriations Committee have been able to cut the budget in this final windup of all appropriations-in round figures?

Mr. RABAUT. I will yield to my friend from Texas to answer that. ·

Mr. MAHON. I have not seen the exact figure, but I think it is approximately $10,000,000,000.

Mr. CRAWFORD. I want to compli• ment the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. RABAUT] and all the other members of the Committee on Apprcpriations for the great work they have done during this session in attempting to save the taxpayers of this country over $10,000,-000,000. I congratulate the gentleman from Michigan and the conferees, and I hope this conference report is adopted. That is the most encouraging act we have had in this Congress for a long time.

Mr. SIMPSON of Illinois. Mr. Speak· er, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. RABAUT. I yield to the gentleman from Illinois.

Mr. SIMPSON of Illinois. Mr. Speak· er, I would like to ask the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. RABAUT] this question. I understood him to say there was $850,000 in the conference report for fiood-control pla:iming money.

Mr. RABAUT. That is correct. Mr. SIMPSON of illinois. I also un

derstand, Mr. Speaker, that there are 28 projects either in the budget estimate or placed in the bill by the Senate; is that correct?

Mr. RABAUT. There are a good many of them.

Mr. SIMPSON of Illinois. There was $30,000 placed in the bill by the Senate for Beardstown, Dl., to keep that city from floating down the illinois River. In order to get that planning money we have to go to the Engineers and see if they will give it to us; is that correct?

Mr. RABAUT. The gentleman is correct.

Mr. SIMPSON of Dlinois. I thank the gentleman.

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. RABAUT~ I yield to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts?

Mrs. ROGERS ' of Massachusetts: - I understand there was only $25,000 ear .. marked for the State of Massachusetts; is that correct? That State contributes a large amount in taxes.

Mr. RABAUT. I will have to correct the gentlewoman. It is $25,80J.

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. In many ·occasions the gentleman froni. Michigan has been very cooperative. May I ask another question? I understand there is a certain amount of money that could be used by the Army engineers for projects, and the Merrimac Valley has an authorization to go ahead with projects locally if the Army engineers so indicate. So that my district may secure funds although they are not specified now.

Mr. RABAUT. Yes; that is correct. Mr. NICHOLSON. Mr. Speaker, will .

the gentleman yield? Mr. RABAUT. I yield to the gentle

man from Massachusetts. Mr. NICHOLSON. Mr. Speaker, we

have just been informed that we get $25,000 in Massachusetts. I want to thank the committee for putting that in there, because I have stood on this floor here for 5 years trying to get one of 16 projects through, and I have never been able to do it. I think instead of trying to find fault with the committee tonight, the time to find fault iS when these bills are up en the floor, and not wait until the last minute when you want to compromise the thing and then try to kick over the traces on the last night.

Mr. RABAUT. The gentleman is a perfect example to his constituents of the man who says: If at first you do not succeed, try, try again.


Mr. RABAUT. I yield to the gentle~ man from Mississippi.

Mr. RANKIN. The gentleman said there was about $800,000 in this report for planning.

Mr. RABAUT. Eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars for flood-control planning.

Mr. RANKIN. Is that planning for fiood control and rivers and harbors?

Mr. RABAUT. In addition to the $850,000 there is $405,000 for rivers and harbors.

Mr. RANKIN. And it is left to the Army engineers as to where to spend it?

Mr. RABAUT. Yes. It is in their discretion. There are no strings tied to it.

Mr. RANKIN. I want to call attention to the fact that we have spent $800,000 on planning on the Tennessee.;. Tombigbee, and it lacks only a small amount to finish it. Now, are they permitted to use that money for this purpose, under this bill?

Mr. RABAUT. If they deem it a meritorious project.

Mr. R~TKIN. They can use it for that purpose?

Mr. RABAUT. That is correct. Mr. VORYS. Mr. Speaker, will the

gentleman yield? Mr. RABAUT. I yield to the. gentle

man from Ohio.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9695 Mr. VORYS. I understand that the

conferees agreed to change the name of the Burr Oak Dam in Ohio to the Tom Jenkins Dam; is that correct?

Mr. RABAUT. That is correct. Mr. VORYS. I want to congratulate

the committee. It did not cost a dime and it is a good thing for the Congress, for the State of Ohio, and for the country.

Mr. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. RABAUT. I yield to the gentleman from Colorado.

Mr. CHENOWETH. May I inquire of the distinguished chairman of the committee dealing with :flood-control projects how much is in there for Colorado?

Mr. RABAUT. Flood-control planning, in which the gentleman is interested, is a lump sum of ·$850,000. It is up to the Army engineers to distinguish between the projects, and to allocate the funds.

Mr. CHENOWETH. But the committee cut the amount the Senate wanted put in exactly in half.

Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. RABAUT. I yield to the .gentleman from New York.

Mr. TABER. Colorado has no :floodcontrol estimates here either for construction or planning.

Mr. CHENOWETH. The Army engineers, as I understand, and it appears in the House hearings, had some 90 projects in this country on which they wished to finish their reports. They said they needed a total of $1,600,000 to do that job. I wish to state to the distinguished gentleman from New York that the State of Colorado has the magnificent sum of $20,000 in that report. I am trying to find out whether or not the State of Colorado can get $20,000 to complete the investigation for projects which have been under way for some years.

Mr. RABAUT. May I say to my distinguished friend that you have Michigan beat by $20,000, and that is my ·own State.

Mr. CHENOWETH. The people in Colorado are not so much interested in what Michigan is going to get. We want to know what Colorado is going to get.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. RABAUT. I yield. Mr. JONES of Alabama. Before I

propound this inquiry I want to state to the gentleman from Michigan that there is not a single penny in there requested for the district I represent, so the gentleman will understand that I am not talking about myself.

Mr. RABAUT. The gentleman and I are in the same boat.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. The gentleman has stated in response to the inquiries propounded to him by the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. HARRis] that as far as the planning money of $850,000 was concerned it would be left to the discretion of the Corps of Engineers as to how that money would be expended on the projects that require planning money. Is that correct?

Mr. RABAUT, That is correct.

· Mr. JONES of Alabama. This week the gentleman's subcommittee issued a report in which it found all the fault in the world with the Corps of Engineers.

Mr. ·RABAUT. That is correct, too. Mr. JONES of Alabama. You state

you do not have confidence in that arm of our defense forces, and you say they are not competent to carry out the task assigned to them. Why do you bring in a report here asking them to spend the money if you do not have confidence in them?

Mr. RABAUT. The statement the gentleman makes about the Corps of Engineers is true. I think I can prove to them that the Missouri River, which we have under consideration, had a greater capacity under natural conditions than it now has since the corps has been tampering with it. The Senate insisted that none of this be earmarked, that this be without any kind of string attached to it. We again had to come to the situation that "all legislation is a compromise."

Mr. JONES of Alabama. I am not talking about the issue of compromise; I am talking about the statement made by the subcommittee that they did not

. have confidence in the Corps of Engineers to carry out its work, consequently

· it should not be entrusted with a responsibility usually imposed on them. Now you say, "It is all right; we are not going to assume ·the responsibility of telling the House, therefore we are going to dispense with the Corps of Engineers.''

Mr. RABAUT. That is the report of our committee.

Mr. JONES of Alabama. Yes; that is the report. But, you are reneging when you come back here and say we are going to place it in their hands.

Mr. RABAUT. No; we have to compromise with the Senate, and that is why we placed it back in their hands. We still believe that the corps has been most specious and faulty in their handling of this project.

Mr. SIMPSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. RABAUT. I yield. . Mr. SIMPSON of Illinois. When the

gentleman explained to me a while ago about $850,000 of planning money for 28 projects in the United States, and that you would have to get the engineers . to give it to you if you get it, I understand there are some additional unexpended funds in the United States engineers' fund for planning money; is that correct? And if so, I would like to know the amount.

Mr. RABA UT. The gentleman is absolutely correct. For flood control on May 31 there was $3,407,083 in unobligated funds.

Mr. SIMPSON of Illinois. Is that planning funds?

Mr. RABAUT. Yes. Mr. HARRIS. Is it obligated? Mr. RABAUT. Unobligated. Mr. SIMPSON of Illinois. And that

means there will be over $4,000,000-four million planning money available in this fiscal year for :flood-control work; is that correct?

Mr. RABAUT. It would appear that the gentleman is stating the situation correctly.

· Mr. SIMPSON of Illinois. I thank the gentleman.

Mr. RANKIN. How much is unexpended for rivers and harbors?

Mr. RABAUT. For rivers and harbors, $1,261,465 was unobligated on May 31.

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. RABAUT. I yield. Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I

think the chairman of the subcommittee is entitled to a vote of thanks for the way he has handled all of these questions here this evening.

Mr. RABAUT. Mr. Speaker, I Yield to my colleague on the committee, the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. DAVIs].

Mr. DAVIS of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, pending the vote on the motion for the previous question, I hope the Members of the House will support the motion. I think in defense of my colleagues on this subcommittee who served as conferees that a word ought to be said about all the comments that have been made about equitable treatment. I think there have been some pretty tortured comments of what equitable treatment means exhibited on the floor here tonight. To some Members it means how much money are we going to distribute out of the Federal Treasury to this State or that district. We have heard all of these complaints about how much money such and such a State put into the Federal Treasury and how little they are going to take out. Then we heard complaints to make it sound as if the only kind of equitable treatment you could give would be to appropriate right here and now in this bill the complete $5,000,-000,000 of authorized projects in this country today. Are we going to make these appropriations on the basis of how much money somebody has kicked in or how much money can be dragged out of the Federal Treasury, or are we going to make them on the basis of the need for these projects, and on the basis of the proper protection of the people of this country and ·the resources of this country, and the development of our natural resources?

I do not think it is fair to this subcommittee, and fair to the House of Representatives to have statements made which sound as if we are putting in appropriations in this bill on a State or sectional basis.

Mr. Speaker, as I said, I hope the House will support the motion for the previous question.

Mr. RABAUT. Mr. Speaker, I move • the previous question.

The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by Mr. PRESTON), there were-ayes 169, noes 19.

So the previous question was ordered. The SPEAKER. The question is on the

conference report . . Mr. 'PRES'fON. Mr. Speaker, I of·

fer a motion to recommit. Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a

motion to recommit. The SPEAKER. The motion to re

commit goes to the minority. Is the gentleman from New York opposed to the conference report?

Mr. TABER. I am, Mr. Speaker.

9696 :coNGRESSIONAL ~RECORD-· HOUSE July · ~

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the motion offered by the gentle· man from New York [Mr. TABER]. -Th~ Clerk read as follows: Mr. TABER moves to recommit the report to

the committee of conference with instructions to further i:psist on disagreement to amendment No. 8. .

Mr. RABAUT. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question . .

The previous question was ordered. The SPEAKER. The question is on

the motion to recommit The motion was rejected. Mr. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, as

I mentioned in my colloquy with the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee, I am disappointed over the action of the House conferees in reducing the appropriation for examinations, surveys, and other study programs from . the Senate figure of $2,400,000 to $1,200,000, as contained in this conference report.

The State of Colorado has only one project that would be affected, and that is the Purgatoire River project at Trini·dad, Colo. The Army engineers have requested the sum of $1,600,000 to com-plete reports on some 90 projects in different parts of the country. When this bill was debated in the House, I o:ffered an amendment raising the appropriation to this amount. I regret that the House conferees did not see their way clear to accept the Senate amendment, which would have made the full amount available.

The Army engineers estimate that it will require the sum of $20,000 to complete the report on this Colorado project. I am hoping that the engineers will be able to make -this amount available out of the funds appropriated. However, it would have been preferable for the full amount requested to have been appropriated to avoid any controversy over the projects to be included.

I think the time is here for us to be realistic about these appropriations for flood control. All of us are aware of the tremendous amount of damages caused by floods each year. The projects necessary to control these floods cannot be constructed unless the proper planning is done in advance. I think it is a mistake to cut these planning funds year after year and then expect the Army engineers to do the job that is expected of them.

Mr. Speaker, the amounts involved in this conference report are comparatively small as compared with the staggering sums we are sending to all parts of the world. It has been revealed that floodcqntrol projects in all parts of the world are being constructed with money furnished by the United States and taken from the American taxpayer. Surely the time has arrived when we should take care of the needs of our own country and provide the necessary flood pro-tection for our own people. ·

Congress has confidence in the Army engineers to adequately handle the floodcontrol problems of this country. They have always done a good job, and we want them to continue their effective work. To do this they must have the necessary funds for examinations and sur:veys to determine what projects-are

feasible. · .I regret that the House con-ferees insisted on this reduction. ,

Mr. IRVING. Mr. Speaker, .reterence has been made by the previous speakers in regard to two items in this conference report, namely, Table Rock and Tuttle Creek Dams, one of which is in Missouri, but just on the Arkansas line; the other "is in the State of Kansas. It is the opinion of some of the experts that the Tuttle Creek Dam is badly needed to prevent floods in that area as well as help eiiminate them on the Kaw River in Kansas on down to the Missouri River at Kansas City: Some of the worst flooding in 50 years occurred in Missouri and Kansas last year with millions of dollars of loss -in livestock, crops, and farm buildings as well as the great losses in commercial and residential properties. Both the projects are not new, but rather have been planned or projected for the last 12 or 15 years. While I have a high regard for the gentleman from Georgia I did not exactly care for the unfavorable remarks in reference to Missouri · and the full coinmittee chairman. They were certainly not deserved and quite unfortunate as I see it. The committee has done a good job and this conference report should be adopted. All of this talk about the moneys spent or appropriated here not being distributed fairly is pure nonsense. Just because one does not get five hundred thousand for a dam project in his State but on the other hand gets an atomicenergy plant upon which the Government spends $200,000,000 or $300,000,000 he feels he has not gotten a fair break. I well remember about the Missouri delegation making a trip to see the Atomic Energy Commission Directors and also President Truman, trying to get an atomic plant located in the Eighth Congressional District of Missouri, which has been so capably represented by our colleague, SID CARNAHAN. There is an ideal location for such a project in that section of_ his district called the Irish Wilder-

-ness. Fate, or some other process, gave it to South Carolina, the State from which Mr. DORN comes, and I understand it is located near the Geo·rgia line. The m.any benefits that come to the commercial business of the two States, South Carolina and Georgia should be appreciated by these speakers from the two States: I know that the State of Missouri would have gladly accepted this project with attending employment and general prosperity potential. Missouri has not had any such projects such as this or the ones in Tennessee or Kentucky. Yet, we hear criti .. cism and innuendos being hurled because a small appropriation for some floodcontrol work has now been made.

The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. GAv;mJ refers to his State, also to New York. I would say to him that if he can get his Governor to have his delegates help nominate their adopted son, General Eisenhower, that it is possible he might fare better. I would say that if in 1948 the gre~t Governor of New York had not met up with a gentleman from Missouri that we could say this same thing about him and his State and possibly the gentleman from New

York who was chairman of this great .committee instead of. the distinguished gentleman from Missouri [Mr. CANNON]. I would ask my · good friends from Georgia [Mr. PRESTON and Mr. BROWN] also the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. DoRN] how we 'all, on this side of the aisle, may have fared if it had not been for a gentleman from Independence, Mo., eliminating Mr. Dewey from the White House and the elephants tramping upon my good friends here· in the House, especially some · important committee chairmanships that are so useful and dear to the gentlemen from the South. How much pleasure would they have gotten out of going to the very kind and generous, but very practical, gentleman from New York [Mr. TABER] who might have continued on as a chairman of the Appropriations Committee after the famous economical Eightieth Congress had not the gentleman from Independence, Mo., convinced the people of this great country he should be sent to Washington to run a certain department of the Government and that along with him his party should be returned to control of the Congress. A couple of other times before I have felt it niy duty to rise and call attention to unfairness of such references to participation by the State of Missouri in Federal projects. Actually we perhaps have not had our share, so to speak, nor benefited unduly because of our good fortune to be one of the few States that has been so privileged and hqnored as to be the home of a United States President. Let us adopt the conference report and give the gen .. tleman from Michigan [Mr. RABAUT] and the members of h,is subcommittee a pat on the back for their excellent work. ·

The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the conference report.

The conference report was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was laid on the

table. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report

the first amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment No. 2: Page 3, line 14, stri-ke

out lines 14, 15, 16, and 17, and insert: "RIVERS AND HARBORS AND FLOOD CONTROL

"The following appropriations for rivers and harbors and ftood control shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the various appropriations for rivers and harbors and flood control may be used for examination of estimates of appropriations in the field; purchase not to exceed 200 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only in the current fiscal year and hire of passenger motor vehicles and purchase of 1 motorboat (to be acquired from surplus stock where practicable) and the maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft: Provided further, That the reservoir formed by the Blakely Mountain Dam, Ark., shall hereafter be designated as 'Lake Ouachita', and the reservoir formed by the Narrows Dam, ·Ark., shall hereafter be designated as 'Lake Greeson': Provided further, That the project known as 'Burr Oak Dam, Ohio,' shall hereafter be designated as the 'Tom Jenkins Dam, Ohio'."

Mr. RABAUT. Mr. Speaker I move to recede and · concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment.

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9697 The Clerk read as follows: Mr. RABAUT moves that the House recede

from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out and in· serted by said amendment insert the following:

"RIVERS AND HARBORS AND FLOOD CONTROL "The following appropriations for rivers

and harbors and flood control shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the various appropriations for rivers and harbors and flood control may be used for examination of estimates of appropriations in the field; purchase not to exceed 200 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only in the current fiscal year and hire of passenger motor vehicles and purchase of 1 motorboat (to be acquired from surplus stock where practicable) and the maintenance, repair, and operation of aircraft: Provided further, That the reservoir formed by the Blakely Mountain Dam, Ark., shall hereafter be designated as 'Lake ouachita,' and the reservoir formed by the Narrows Dam, Ark., shall hereafter be designated as 'LaKe Greeson': Provided further, That the project known as Burr Oak Dam, Ohio, shall hereafter be designated as the 'Tom Jenkins Dam, Ohio': Provided further, That $125,000 of the funds appropriated herein may be used for providing a suitable access road and bridge from the town of Blum, Tex., to the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad station, relocated in connection with the construction of the Whitney Dam and Reservoir project: Provided further, That not to exceed $250,000 of the funds appropriated herein may be expended for providing a suitable access road from United States Highway 70 north to the bridge built upon and across the Center Hlll Dam in DeKalb County, Tenn: Provided further, That not more than $40,000 of the amount herein appropriated shall be available for expenditure, in addition to funds heretofore made available for the Garrison Dam and Reservoir project on the Missouri River, to pay to lawful occupants of properties within the towns of Elbowoods, Sanish, and Van Hook, N. Dak., tor their improvements which will be rendered useless by the construction of the project, but for which compens~tion may not be made under existing law because of the occupants' limited right of occupancy: Provided further, That payment in each case shall be limited to the fair value of the improvements, or the cost of moving such improvements to the site of the new combined town, whichever is less, as determined by the Secretary of the Army: Provided further, That funds appropriated shall not be expended for the payment of business losses or other losses incident to the acquisition of lands for this project."

The motion was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was laid on the

table.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE PRESIDENT

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, your committee appointed to join a committee of the Senate to inform the Pres· ident that the Congress is ready to ad· journ, and to ask him if he has any fur· ther communications to make to the Congress, has performed that duty. The President has directed us to say that he has no further communication to make to the Congress and he concurs in the adjournment.

ADJOURNMENT RESOLUTION Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I

offer concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 240) and ask for its immediate consid· eration.

The Clerk read as follows: Resolved, That the two Houses of Congress

shall adjourn on Saturday, July 5, 1952, and that when they adjourn on said day they stand adjourned sine die.

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question.

Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion.

The SPEAKER. The question is on ordering the previous question. This question is not debatable.

The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by Mr. JAVITS) there were-ayes 174, noes 14.

Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I offer a substitute.

The SPEAKER. . The previous question is ordered.

Mr. RANKIN. I understand, but I had offered the substitute before the previous question was ordered.

The SPEAKER. No substitute can be offered after the previous question is ordered. ·

Mr. RANKIN. I understand, but my motion was offered before any previous question was ordered.

The SPEAKER. The motion for the previous question precludes further ac .. tion. The gentleman being a good parliamentarian knows that.

Mr. RANKIN. If the Chair wants a point of no quorum made, I can do it. This is not fair treatment.

The SPEAKER. The House has divided and has ordered the previous question.

The question is on agreeing to the resolution. ·

The question was taken, and on a division (demanded by Mr. RANKIN) there were-ayes 163, noes 21.

Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not present.

The SPEAKER. The Chair will count. The Chair knows that several Members did not vote either way because he was looking at them. [After counting.] Two hundred and sixteen Members are present, a quorum.

So the resolution was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was laid on the

table.

AUTHORITY TO SIGN ENROLLED BILLS NOTWITHSTANDING ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I

offer a resolution. The Clerk read as follows:

House Concurrent Resolution 241 Resolved, That, notwithstanding the sine

die adjournment of the two Houses, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the senate be, and they are hereby, authorized to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions duly passed by the two Houses and found truly enrolled.


table.

SPEAKER AUTHORIZED TO APPOINT COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, AND COMMITTEES Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I

ask unanimous consent that, notwithstanding the sine die adjournment of the House, the Speaker be authorized to appoint commissions, boards, and committees authorized by law or by the House.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Massachusetts?


REPORTS OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution and ask for its immediate consideration.


House Resolution 746 Resolved, That, notwithstanding the sine

die adjournment of the House, reports of the Comptroller General of the United States made to the Congress pursuant to the Government Corporation Control Act (59 Stat. 597) shall be printed during such adjournment as House documents of the second session of the Eighty-second Congress.

The resolution was agreed to and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

CLERK AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that, notwithstanding the sine die adjournment of the House, the Clerk be authorized to receive messages from the Senate.



REPORTS BY COMMITTEES

Mr. Mc~ORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unammous consent that reports filed with the Clerk following the sine die adjournment by committees authorized by the House to conduct investigations may be printed by the Clerk as reports of the Eighty-second Congress.



GENERAL LEAVE FOR ALL MEMBERS TO EXTEND THEIR REMARKS Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I

ask unanimous consent that all Members of the House shall have the privilege until the last edition authorized by the Joint Committee on Printing is published to extend and revise their own remarks in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD on more than one subject, if they so desire, and ·also to include therein such short quotations as may be necessary to explain or complete such extension of remarks, but this order shall not apply to any subject matter which may have occurred or to


any speech delivered subsequent to the adjournment of Congress.



EVIDENCE AND DOCUMENTS REQUESTED BY COURTS OF JUSTICE Mr . . McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker,

I offer a resolution and ask for its immediate consideration.

The Clerk read as follows: House Resolution 747

Resolved, That by the privileges of this House no evidence of a documentary character under the control and in the posses• sion of the House of Representatives can, by the mandate of process of the ordinary courts of justice, be taken from such control or possession but by its permission; be it further

Resolved, That in all cases involving the failure of witnesses to appear or refusal of witnesses to answer questions before com· mittees of the House of Representatives properly certified pursuant to the provisions of section 104 of the Revised Statutes of the United States as amended now or hereafter pending during the Eighty-second Congress in any court of the United states where subpenas duces tecum may be issued by the due process of said court and ad~essed . to Ralph R. Roberts, Clerk of the House of Representatives or any officer or employee of the House of Representatives directing them to appear as witnesses before the said court at any time and to bring with them certain and sundry papers in the possession and under the control of the House of Rep· resentatives wherein such documentary evidence Is needful in any said court of the United States that Ralph R. Roberts, Clerk of the House, or any officer or employee of the House be authorized to appear at the place and before the court named in the subpenas duces tecum so issued, but shall not take with them any papers or documents on file in their office or under their control or in their possession as officers or employees of the House; and be it further

Resolved, That when any said court deter· mines upon the materiality and the relevancy of the papers and documents called for in the subpenas duces tecum then any said court through any of its officers or agents have full permission to attend with au proper parties to the proceeding and then always at any place under the orders and control of this House and take copies of any documents or papers in possession or control of said officers or employees that the court has found to be material and relevant, except minutes and transcripts of executive sessions, and any evidence of witnesses in respect thereto which the court or other proper officer thereof shall desire, so as, however, the possession of said documents and papers by the said officers or employees shall not be disturbed, or the same shall not be removed from their place of file or custody under said officers or em• ployees; and be it further

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted by the Clerk to any of said courts whenever such subpenas are Issued as aforesaid.

The resolution was agreed to and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

GENERAL LEAVE TO EXTEND REMARKS

Mr. RABAUT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have permission to extend their remarks on the conference report just previous to the passage of that report a while ago.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan?

·There was no objection.

"THE ROAD TO RUIN" Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Mr.

Speaker, we, as a .Nation, produce more and better machines and implements of all kinds than any other country.

Our people have and enjoy more of the things everyone desires, than have any people anywhere, any time. A greater variety of palatable and nutritious food is available to us than to others anywhere.

Food, clothing, and homes-more of and better than any other people ever possessed-we have.

A cow which produced 726 pounds of butterfat in 305 days, was bred by the American dairyman.

The American cattle raiser puts on four feet more, and better meat than is produced in any other country.

The American poultryman has given us a hen which has produced more than 350 eggs a year-the top record.

And, so on, dowri the iist, indefinitely, one might go.

And did all this come about through accident? Certainly not. We are in our enviable situation and condition because, and only because, under our sys~ tem of Government, man's inventive power and desire for progress have been fostered and encouraged. And-do not forget this-our progress in industry and husbandry in merchandising, in every single activity which has contributed to our · advancement and our progress, is based upon the practice of ever seeking the bette'r tool and method, the discarding of the less efficient.

From the days of our forefathers, we have recognized that only through the process of selecting the better, discarding anything and everything when it failed to meet the test of the times, could continued progress be achieved, maintained.

But, today with our one indispensable resource upon which we must depend·, not only for our prosperity and happiness, but for the security of our Nation, we are ignoring, we have discarded, the policy which has served us so well in every field of human endeavor.

The industrialist, the merchandiser, the businessman, each and all send their scrap, their culls, to the junk heap.

we, as a people and a Nation hav~ been so frightened by fear created by false propaganda, we have been seduced into the belief that we · may abandon the methods which have made us the happiest, the most prosperous, contented, and powerful people on God's green· foot-

stool. We have accepted the idea that we may send the best of our young manhood in ever increasing numbers, to fight and die on foreign soil in wars in which we have no real stake, without losing either our prosperity, liberty, or security.

The physically, mentally . amicted young men, the ''culls"-here used merely by way of emphasis and respectfully-we keep at home, send to college, hold in reserve for the husbands of our daughters, and upon them depend for the perpetuation of our race. And we bring from other lands hundred of displaced persons.

Of the 2,654,125 men examined between September 1948 and May 1952, 1,063,450-about 40 percent-were rejected as either mentally, morally or physically, unfit to fight the battles on foreign soil.

I am not saying, nor am I intimating, that those who are rejected by our conscripting officials are in the slightest degree to be criticized because they do not meet the standards imposed by the armed services ..

What I am saying and intend to say and insist is true is, that if any businessman, any industrialists; any tiller of the soil, any inventor, any professional man, anyone anywhere, followed the practice of destroying the best implements needed in connection with his activities, kept and used the less efficient, his failure would be as certain as day follows night.

What would happen to the cattleman who kept the long-horned, long-legged, bony steer for breeding and thus attempted to produce beef?

What would happen to the poultryman, to the dairyman, the fruit grower, to the farmer, if each sought to further his activities by retaining for his own use-whether it was for production, breeding, planting or sowing-the less perfect materials at his command?

Oh, do I hear you say, "But only the best-those nearest perfection, mentally and physically-can render the utmost of service in wartime"? Quite true. But for how long and in how many wars may we, without disaster, continue to draw upon our store of young manhood?

The logical thing-and if we are to retain our security, make progress-is that we avoid entanglements in the affairs of others which inevitably lead us into wars in which the welfare of our people, the security of our Republic, are not directly involved.

It is axiomatic that we cannot support all those who, by our standards, are underprivileged; that we cannot fight in every war in which some other nation may become involved, without so weakening ourselves that our people will not only lose all those things which make life so enjoyable, lose our individual freedom and liberty, but we will destroy ourselves as a nation.

The time when we, as a people, should-as does every other nationconsider and act for our own security, is long past due.

The accomplis.hment of a good end is always to be hoped, striven, and prayed for, but foolish indeed i~ the individual and the nation which destroys itself in

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9699 the attempt to bring about the impossible.

Charitable we should be-as always we have been-as the Good Book admonishes us to be charitable, but it also tells us that the Lord helps those who help themselves. -

We also know that he who first destroys himself will never be able to help anyone.

The nation which, decade after decade, sends the fiower of its youth to fight and die in war, is on the road to ruin.

RECESS VERSUS SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT

Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks at this point in the RECORD.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Kansas?

There was no objection. Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker,

it is my considered opinion that this House should not adjourn sine die. Instead, there should be a recess with agreement to meet at a day certainsay in 30 or 60 days-or under agreement that we n:ay be called into session upon call of the leadership of either the majority or minority of the House and Senate as a date upcn which they may agree. I believe it to be for the best interest of the country that the House and Senate recess and not adjourn.

The situation existing in this country and condition::; throughout the world are in such serious condition that the Congress should not, in my opinion, adjourn sine die at this time.

MES~AGE FROM THE SENATE A message from the Senate, by Mr.

Landers, its enrolling clerk, announced that the Senate had passed without amendment bills of the House of the following titles:

H. R. 5954. An act to provide for the release to the city of Camden of all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to certain land heretofore conditionally granted to such city;

H. R. 6558. An act for the relief of George Blech and others; and

H. R. 7126. An act to authorize and direct the Secretary of Commerce to convey certain land and grant certain easements to the State of California for highway-construction purposes in Richmond, Calif.

The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill of the following title:

H. R. 651. An act to provide for issuance of a supplemental patent to Charles A. Gann, patentee No. 152,419 for certain land in California.

The message also amiounced that the Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill <H. R. 7391> entitled "An act making appropriations for the Department of Defense and related independent agencies for the

fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes."

The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the. disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill <H. a: 7313) entitled "An act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes," and that the Senate agrees to the amendments of the House to the amendments of the Senate numbered 46 and 53.

The message also announced that the Senate disagrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 8370) entitled ''An act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes"; be it further

Resolved, That the Senate agree to the amendments of the House of Representatives to Senate amendments Nos. 14, 32, 50, 57, 67, and 87 to the above-entitled bill; be it further

Resolved, That the Senate request a further conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments in disagreement.

Ordered, That Mr. McKELLAR, Mr. HAYDEN, Mr. McCARRAN, Mr. O'MAHONEY, Mr. MAYBANK, Mr. BRIDGES, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. CORDON, and Mr. SALTONSTALL be the conferees on the part of the Senate.

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BILL

Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill <H. R. 8370) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, with Senate amendment thereto, disagree to the Senate amendment and agree to the conference asked by the Senate.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri? (After a pause.] The Chair hears none, and appoints the following conferees: Messrs. CANNON, MAHoN. THOMAS, WHITTEN, GARY, TABER, WIGGLES• WORTH, and DAVIS of Wisconsin.

RECESS The SPEAKER. The Chair declares

the House in recess subject to call. Accordingly <at 12 o'clock and 38

minutes a. m.> the House stood in recess subject to the call of the Chair.


was called to order by the Speaker at 3 a. m. July 6, 1952.


The message announced that the Senate disagrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the

amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7268) entitled "An act making appropriations for civil functions admi:p.istered by the Department of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953"; be it

Resolved, That the Senate further insist upon its amendments and requests a further conference with the House of Representatives on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon.

Ordered, That Mr. McKELLAR, Mr. HAYDEN, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. ELLENDER, Mr. HOLLAND, Mr. KNOWLAND, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. CoRDON, and Mr. THYE be conferees on the part of the Senate.

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1953

Mr. THOMAS submitted the following conference report and statement on the bill <H. R. 8370) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes:

CONFERENCE REPORT

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on certain amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 8370) "making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes," having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective ·Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 5, 6, 12, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 35, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 81, 82, 90 and 91.

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 2, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 74, 83, 85, 88, 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 and 100, and agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 7: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 7, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lines 2 and 3 of the matter inserted by said amendment, strike out the following: "to remain available until June 30, 1953,"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 10: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 10, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "15,000,000"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 33: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 33, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, amended as follows: In lieu of the sum named insert "$262,500"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 34: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 34, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In line 4 of the matter inserted by said amendment, strike out the following: "fiscal year 1953."; and the Senate agree to the same. .

Amendment numbered 38: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 38, and agrea to the same with an amendment, as follows : In lieu of the matter stricken out and the


sum proposed, insert .the following: "$88,-094,000, of which $50,000,000 shall be available only for the weapons program"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 39: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 39, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$27,909,900"; and the Senate agree to the same.


Amendment numbered 46: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 46, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In line 4 of the matter inserted by said amendment strike out "$1,750,000" and insert in lieu thereof "$1,648,275"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 47: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 47, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$250,000"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 51: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 51, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, amended as follows: In lieu of the sum of "$600,090,000" insert "$585,510,-000"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 52: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amentiment of the Senate numbered 52, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, amended as follows: In lieu o:C the sum of "$386,409,840" insert "$361,254,-840"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 68: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 68, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In the third line of the proposed amendment, after the world "programs" insert the following: ", other than those financed from funds contained in this chapter,"; and the Senate agree to the same.


Amendment numbered 73: That the House recede ·from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 73, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$3,750,000"; and the Senate agree to the same.



Amendment numberetl77: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 77, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amend-

ment insert "$1,875,000"; and the Senate agree to the same.




Amendment numbered 86: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendme.nt of the Senate numbered 86, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out and inserted by said amendment insert "Documents Numbered 144, 154 and 157"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 101: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 101, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, amended as follows: "Change the section number to 'SEc. 141'."; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 102: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 102, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the number proposed by said amendment insert "1412" and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 103: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 103, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the number proposed by said amendment insert "1413"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 104: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the S~nate numbered 104, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the number proposed by said amendment insert "1414"; and the Senate agree to the same. .



The committee of conference report in disagreement amendment numbered 41.

CLARENCE CANNON,

GEORGE MAHON ALBERT THOMAS, JAMIE L. WHITrEN, J. VAUGHAN GARY,

JOHN TABER, R . B. WIGGLESWORTH, GLENN R. DAVIS, .

Managers on the Part of the House. KENNETH McKELLAR, CARL HAYDEN, JOSEPH c. O'MAHONEY, HOMER FERGUSON, GUY CoRDON,

!4anagers on the Part of the Senate.

STATEMENT

The managers on the part of the House at the further- conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the blll (H. R. 8370) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon and recommended in the accompanying conference report as to each of such amendments, namely:

Amendment No. 2: Inserts formal language in the bill.

Amendment No. 5: Strikes from the bill language proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 6: Strikes out an appropriation for the Joint Committee on Immigration and Nationality Policy proposed by the Senate.

CHAPTER III

Department of Commerce Amendment No. 7: Makes appropriation for

ah·port claims as proposed by the Senate. CHAPTER IV

Treasury Department Amendment No. 8: Appropriates $5,200,000

for operating expenses of Coast Guard as proposed by the Senate instead of $4,500,000 as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 9: Appropriates $625,000 for retired pay, Coast Guard as proposed by the Senate instead of $600,000 as proposed by the House.

Government corporation Amendment No. 10: Provides $15,000,000

!or administrative expenses of Reconstruction Finance Corporation instead of $14,500,-000 as proposed by the House and $16,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

CHAPTER V

Federal Security Agency Amendment No. 11: Appropriates $60,000,-

000 for school construction as proposed by the Senate instead of $80,000,000 as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 12: Restores formal language to the bill.

Amendments Nos. 13, 14, and 15: Strike from the bill appropriations for pay act costs proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 16: Appropriates $69,750 for Public Health Service as proposed by the House.


Amendment No. 18: Appropriates $7,500 fo::- the Public Health Service as propose~ by the House.

Amendment No. 19: Strikes from the b!il an appropriation for the Public Health s.~rvice proposed by the House.

Amendments Nos. 20, 21 & 22: Make appropriations for ·the Public Health Service as proposed by the House. .

Amendments Nos. 23, 24, 25 & 26: Strike from the bill appropriations for the Public Health Service proposed by the House.

Amendments Nos. 27 & 28: Make appropriations for the Public Health Service as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 29: Appropriates $500,000 for hospitals and medical care as proposed by the House instead of $750,000 as proposed by the Senate.

CHAPTER VII

Department of the Interior Amendment No. 31: Corrects a chapter

number. Amendment No. 32: Reported in disagree

ment. Amendment No. 33: Reinserts a House

item for emergency repair;:; and replacement of buildings and utilities damaged by fire, storm, and flood. Appropriat es $262,500 instead of $525,000 as proposed by the House. The funds made a vail able are to be used

' 1952 CONGRESSIONAL 'RECORD- HOUSE 9701 for buildings and utilities only, and not for roads, parkways or trail construction.

Amendment No. 34: Appropriates $240,000 for further research and control activities in combatting the sea lamprey in the Great Lakes.

Amendment No. 35: Strikes out the amendment of the Senate to provide funds for construction of Minnesota transmission lines. The item has been stricken from the bill with the understanding that it will be given very careful consideration if it is proposed in the budget for 1954.

CHAPTER Vlli

Independent offices Amendment No. 36: Corrects a chapter

number. Executive Office of the President

Amendment No. 37-Alterations and repairs, Executive Mansion: Strikes out the provisions of the House providing $50,000 for extraordinary alterations, repairs, and so forth, of · the Executive Mansion and the White House Oftice, as proposed by the Senate.

Atomic Energy Commission Amendments Nos. 38, 39, and 40: Operating

expenses: Appropriate $88,094,000 for operating expenses, instead of $35,000,000 as proposed by the House and $141,188,000 as proposed by the Senate, and limits the amount available only for the weapons program to $50,000,000, instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the House; limit funds available for expenses of program direction and administration personnel to $27,909,900, instead of $25,-064,275 as proposed by the House and $30,-755,526 as proposed by the Senate; and limit funds available for expenses of travel to $3,183,498, instead of $2,709,350 as proposed by the House and $3,657,647 as proposed by the Senate. • -


Federal Trade Commission Amendment No. 42-Salaries and ex

penses: Provides $125,000, as proposed by the Senate.

Housing and Home Finance Agency Amendment No. 43-Limitation on ad·

ministrative expenses: Strikes out the provision of the House, and inserts the proposal of the Senate, in this connection.

Smithsonian Institution Amendment No. 44-Salaries and expenses,

National Gallery of Art: Appropriates $187,-500 for such purpose, as proposed by the Senate.

Tennessee Valley Authority Amendments Nos. 45 and 46: Appropriates

$150,000,000 as proposed by the Senate, instead of $85,000,000, as proposed by the House; and provide $1,648,275 for expenses of travel, instead of $1,750,000 as proposed by the Senate.

War Claims Commission Amendment No. 47-Administrative ex

penses: Appropriates $250,000 for such purpose, instead of $100,000 as proposed by the House and $400,000 as proposed by the Senate.

CHAPTER IX

Department of Defense Title !-Military Public Works

Amendment No. 48: Corrects a chapter number.

Amendment No. 49-Inserts formal language proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 51-Department of the Army: Appropriates $585,510,000 for military construction, Army. The House had proposed a total of $600,090,000. The Senate had stricken the entire amount from the bill. The reduction of $14,580,000 recom.; mended below the House amount represents entire line item projects deleted in the con-

ference agreement on the authorization bill, H. R. 8120, as compared with the House version of that bill.

Amendment No. 52-Department of the Navy: Appropriates $361,254,840 for public works, Navy. The House had proposed a total of $386,409,840. The Senate had stricken the entire amount from the bill. The net reduction of $25,155,000 recommended below the House amount represents $28,527,000 reduced by the conference agreement on H. R. 8120 as compared with the House version; and $3,372,000 added as provided in H. R. 8120 for naval aviation training at Lincoln, Nebraska.

Amendments Nos. 54 and 55-Department of the Air Force: Appropriate $1,200,000,000 for acquisition and construction of real property, Air Force, as proposed by the House. The Senate had stricken the entire amount from the bill.

Amendment No. 56: Restores the provision of the House restricting the use of costplus·fixed·fee contracts within the conti· nental United States.

Amendment No. 58: Restores provisions of the House restricting the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, laundry, or dry cleaning facilities, and prohibiting the establis:1ment or maintenance of a separate supply service for the Air Force.

Amendment No. 59: Corrects a section number.

TITLE ll-DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

Alaska communication system Amendment No. 60-Construction: Strikes

out, as proposed by the Senate, the provision of the House earmarking $5,000 for painting -a specific building in Alaska.

CHAPTER X

Department of Defense Amendments Nos. 61 and 62: Insert for

mal language in the bill as proposed by the Senate.

CHAPTER XI

Mutual Security Amendment No. 65: Changes a chapter

number as proposed by the Senate. Amendment No. 66: Places a limitation on

the number of persons employed at per diem rates as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 68: Includes explanatory language of the Senate with an amendment. The committee does not intend that the quantity of American agricultural products or commodities be reduced below that heretofore purchased because of this language.

Amendment No. 69: Strikes out language proposed by the House placing restrictions on employment of personnel.

CHAPTER Xll

Emergency agencies Amendment No. 70: Changes a chapter

number as proposed by the Senate. Amendment No. 71: Appropriates $1,250,•

000 for Office of Defense Mobilization as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 72: Appropriates $2,875,-000 for Defense Production Administration instead of $2,750,000 as proposed by the House and $4,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 73: Appropriates $3,750,• 000 for Small Defense Plants Administration instead of $3,500,000 as proposed by the House and $4,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 74: Appropriates $1,500,• 000 for revolving fund as proposed by the Senate instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 75: Appropriates $28,750,-000 for Department of Commerce instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the House and $32,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 76: Appropriates $3,100,• 000 for Department of the Interior instead

of $2,500,000 as proposed by the House and $3,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 77: Appropriates $1,875,-000 for Department of Labor instead of $1,-750,000 as proposed by the House and $2,000,-000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 78: Appropriates $60,-000,000 for Economic Stabilization Agency instead of $57,130,000 as proposed by the House and $75,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 80: Appropriates $6,500,-000 for General Services Administration instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the House and $8,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendments Nos. 81 and 82: Appropriate $8,000,000 for the Federal Civil Defense Administration as proposed by the House instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 83: Appropriates $15,000,-000, for Federal contributions as proposed by the Senate instead of $29,500,000 as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 84: Appropriates $20,-000,000 for emergency supplies and equipment instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

CHAPTER Xlli

Claims, audited claims, and judgments Amendments Nos. 85 and 86: Inserts

formal language in the bill. CHAPTER XIV

General provisions Amendments Nos. 88 and 89: Insert formal

language in the bill as proposed by the Senate.

Amendments Nos. 90 and 91: Limit the amount which may be paid for automobiles by the Government to $1,400 as proposed by the House instead of $1,600 as proposed ty the Senate.

Amendments Nos. 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, and 100: Insert formal language 1n the bill as proposed by the Senate. Amend~ent No. 101: Restores language

proposed by the House. Amendments Nos. 102, 103, 104, 105, and

106: Coorrect section numbers. CLARENCE CANNON, GEORGE .MAHON,

ALBER'l' THOMAS, JAMIE L. WHITTEN, J. VAUGHAN GARY, JOHN TABER, R. B. WIGGLESWORTH, GLENN R. DAVIS,


Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report on the bill <H. R. 8370) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, and ask unanimous consent that, the statement of the managers on the part of the House be read in lieu of the report.


the request of the gentleman from Texas?

There was no objection. The Clerk read the statement. Mr. THOMAS (interrupting the read

ing of the statement). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the statement be dispensed with.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas?

There was no objection. Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I move

the previous question on the conference report.

The previous question was ordered. The conference report was agreed to.

9702 CONGRESSIONAL .RECORD .- HOUSE

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the amendment in disagreement.

The Clerk read as follows: Page 25, line 7, strike out: "Plant and equipment: For an additional

amount for 'Plant and equipment,' including the purchase (not to exceed an additional 100) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,450,900,000: Provided, That in connection with the expansion of fac111ties provided in this appropriation, the Commission is authorized without regard to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes to enter into new contracts or modify existing contracts to provide for electric utility services for periods not exceeding 25 years, and such contracts shall be subject to termination by the Commission upon payment of cancellation costs of not to exceed $57,000,000, and any appropriation presently or hereafter made available to the Commission shall be available for the payment of such cancellation costs: Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be available for the construction of any building, utility, or other specific portion of a project, unless funds are available for the completion of such building, utility, or other specific portion of such project." · ·

And insert the following: "Plant and equipment: For an additional

amount for 'plant and equipment,' $1,450,-000,000, of which $1,355,398,000 is for (i) expenditures during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, or thereafter under contracts and against other obligations in an aggregate amount of $3,518,800,000 for the foregoing purposes which the Atomic Energy Commission is authorized to enter into pursuant to the authority of this act as necessary or appropriate to carry out the program as recommended by the National Security Council, approved by the President of the United States,

- and submitted to the Congress by the Atomic Energy Commission and (ii) settlement and payment of termination claims under such contracts if additional appropriations to permit continuation of performance under such contracts are not hereafter made: Provided, That the Commission is authorized without regard to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes to enter into new contracts or modify existing contracts to provide for electric utility services for periods not exceeding 25 years and such contracts shall be subject to termination by the Commission upon payment of cancellation costs as provided in the contracts, and any appropriation presently or hereafter made available to the Commission shall be available for the payment of such cancellation costs: Provided jurttter, That appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, may be used, any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, to. start new construction projects directly and primarily re':" lated to thermonuclear matters."

Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment.

The Clerk read as follows: Mr. THOMAS moves that the House recede

from its disagreement to the amendment· of the Senate numbered 41, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out and inserted by said amendment insert the following: "Plant and equipment: For an additional amount for 'Plant and equipment,' including the purchase (not to exceed an additional 100) and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $2,000,000,000: Provided, That in connection with the expansion of facilities pro-

1 vided in this appropriation, the Commission 1s authorized without regard to section 3679

i of the Revised Statutes to enter into new [ contracts or modify existing contracts to

provide for electric utility services for periods not exceeding 25 years, and such .contracts shall be subject to termination by the Commission upon payment of cancellation costs of not to exceed $57,000,0QO, and any appropriation presently or hereafter made available to the Commission shall be available for the payment of such cancellation costs: Provided further, That no part of the foregoing appropriation shall be available for. the construction of any office building, residence, warehouse or similar structure, utility, or other specific portion or unit of a project, unless funds are available for the completion of such building, utility, or other specific portion or unit of such project. The foregoing proviso shall not be construed to prevent the purchase of land for any project, the construction of any new building or procurement of any machinery, equipment, or materials therefor, nor any utility nor any portion or unit of a specific project if the funds are available to pay the cost of such land, the cost of such building, machinery, equipment, or materials, or the cost of such utility or the cost of any such specific portion or unit of such project."

Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, . briefly, what this does is to add about $550,000,-000 and explain the language in great detail. It is crystal clear.

Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question on the motion.

The previous question was ordered. The motion was agreed to. A motion to reconsider· the votes ·by

which action was taken on the several motions was laid on the table.

CIVIL FUNCTIONS APPROPRIATION BILL, 1953

Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's desk the bill <H. R. 7268) making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes, with Senate amendments thereto, dis-: agree to the Senate amendments, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman froni Missouri? [After a . pause. J The Chair hears none and appoints the following conferees: Messrs. CANNON, RABAUT, McGRATH, GARY, TABER, DAVIS of Wisconsin, and FORD.

RECESS The SPEAKER. The House will

stand in recess subject to call. Accordingly <at 3 o'clock and 12 min

utes a. m.) the House stood in recess subject to the call of the Chair.


was called to order by the Speaker at 5 o'clock and 35 minutes a.m.


A message from the Senate by Mr. LANDERS, its clerk~ announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing

votes of the two ·Houses on the -amend .. ments of the Senate to the bill <H. R~ 8370) entitled. ''An act making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes"; be it further

Resolved, That the Senate disagree to the amendment of the House of Representatives to Senate amendment numbered 41 and request a further conference in the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon.

Ordered, That Mr. McKELLAR, Mr. HAYDEN, Mr. McCARRAN, Mr. O'MAHONEY, Mr. MAYBANK, Mr. BRIDGES, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. CORDON, and Mr. SALTONSTALL be the conferees · on the part of . the Senate.

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1953

Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's desk the bill <H. R. 8370) making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and fo::: other purposes, with Senate amendment thereto, disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none, and appoints the following conferees: Messrs. CANNON, MAHoN, THOMAS, WmTTEN, GARY, TAEi:R, WIG• GLESWORTH, and DAVIS Of Wisconsin.

SESSIONS OF THE HOUSE NEXT WEEK

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns on Monday next it adjourn to meet on the following Thursday arid that when the House adjourns on Thursday next it adjourn to meet on the following Monday.



ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED Mr. STANLEY, from the Committee on

House Administration, reported that that committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the House of the following titles, which were thereupon signed by the Speaker:.

~· R. 7289. An act making appropr~ations for the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes;

H. R. 7656. An act to provide vocational readjustment and to restore lost educational opportunities to certain persons who served 1n the Armed Forces on or after June 27, 1950, and prior to such date as shall be fixed by the President or the Congress, and for other purposes;

H. R. 7794. An act to revise and codify the laws relating to patents and the Patent Office, and to enact into law title 35 of the United States Code entitled "Patents"; and · H. R. 1180. An act to facUitate the performance of research and development work by and on behalf of the Departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, and for pther purposes.

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9703 · The SPEAKER announced his signature to enrolled bills and a joint resolution of the Senate of the following titles:

S. 423. An act for the relief of Orazlo Balasso;

s. 525. An act for the relief of Jacob Glt· lin;

s. 697. An act for the relief of Teh-Jen Lee;

S. 1095. An act to · extend the time for filing claims on behalf of certain persons, and for other purposes;

S. 1159. An act for the relief of Stevan Durovic, Marko Durovic, Olga Wickerhauser Durovic, and Stevan M. Durovic;

S. 1423. An act for the relief of Michiko · Yamamori Wilder and her minor child;

S. 1454. An act for the relief of Walter Koelz;

S. 1479. An act for the relief of Adele Frattini;

S. 1606. An act for the relief of Sachio Kanashiro;

S. 1740. An act for the relief of Tom Tatekl Iriye;

s. 1707. An act for the relief of the George B. Henly Construction Co.;

S. 1741. An act for the relief of Samuel A. Wise;

s. 1816. An act for the relief of Shizu Hasegawa Crockett;

S. 1840. An act for the relief of Tsuneo Tanigawa, also known as David Lawrence Rogers;

S. 1867. An act for the relief of Margherita Gentile;

S. 1876: An act to provide for the transfer of certain lands in the State of Idaho to the Idaho Ranch for Youth, Inc.;

S. 1896. An act for the relief of Mrs. Annl Franchina;

S. 1916. An act for the relief of Olga Mad· sen, a minor;

S. 1988. An act for the relief of Leslie A. Connell;

S. 1999. An act relating to withholding, for State income-tax purposes, on the compensation of Federal employees;

S. 2046. An act to confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Llewellyn B. Griffith for retirement as an emergency offi.cer under the provisions of the . Emergency Retirement Act or as a disabled offi.cer of the Regular Army of the United States;

S. 2125. An act for the relief of Margit Stolz Bohm and Klaus Seigfreid Bohm;

s. 2147. An act for the relief of Arthur K. Prior;

s. 2166. An act for the relief of Jo Ann Fosberg;

s. 2185. An act for the relief of Annemarle E. Pet erson and Wilhelm Ernst Geisel;

S. 2212. An act for the relief of Charles Michell;

s . 2249. An act for the relief of Biancamaria Cori;

s. 2277. An act for the relief of Nicholas J. and Elizabeth Miura;

s. 2289. An act for the relief of Michiko Okuda ;

s. 2303. An act for the relief of Mikl Takano;

S. 2311. An act for the relief of MarieAntoinette Kerssenbrock;

s. 2313. An act for the relief of Hsieh TaChuan orDer Ott-Kuan.

s. 2332. An act for the relief of Fumiko Ito Stewart;

S. 2393. An act for the relief of the State of New Hampshire and the town of New Boston, N. H.;

s. 2395. An act for the relief of Ioannls Dimitriou Cohilis;

s. 2473. An act for the relief of Luciano Pellegrini;

S. 2498. An act for the relief of Brenda Marie Gray (Akemi);

s. 2555. An act for the relief of Deborah Jayne Engelman;

s. 2573. An act authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Walter Anson J?ease;

S. 2577. An act for the relief of Mikio Abe; S. 2584. An act to provide for the estab·

lishment of a Veterans' Administration dom• !ciliary facility at Fort Logan, Colo.;

s. 2609. An act for the relief of Iwanna Pryjma and Roma Pryjma;

2657. An act to amend the act of June 28, 1944 (ch. 294, title III, 58 Stat. 414), and the act of February 14, 1903 (ch. 552, Stat. 825);

S. 2662. An act for the relief of Sadako Ishiguro;

S. 2681. An act for the relief of Carlotta Olimpia Forgnone;

S. 2733. An act for the relief of Donald Lee Ferguson (Jr.) ;

S. 2869. An act for the relief of Yuriko Nishimoto;

S. 2968. An act to amend section 8 of the Civil S~rvice Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended;

s. 3032. An act for the relief of Bonnie Jean MacLean;

s. 3132. An act for the relief of Jun Miyata; S. 3140. An act for the relief of Victor de la

Bretoniere; S. 3161. An act to amend part I of the In

tJrstate Commerce Act to provide for filing of equipment trust agreements and other documents evidencing or relating to the lease, mortgage, conditional sale, or bailment of railroad eq·.Iipment;

S. 3162. An act for the relief of Andrew Alexander Nara and Mary Kimberly Nara;

S. 3193. An act for the relief of Robert . Royce Farkas;

s. 3248. An , act for the relief of Mekaru Tatsubo;

S. 3277. An act for the relief of Paul D. Banning, Chief Disbursing Offi.cer, Treasury Department, and for other purposes;

S . 3280. An act for the relief of Sadie Badir Ellis Nassif-Azar and George Badir Ellis Nassif-Azar;

S. 3281. An act for the relief of Chiu But Yue;

S. 3284. An act for the relief of Beverly Jane Ruffi.n;

S. 3333. An act to vest title in the United States to certain lands and interests in lands of the Shoshone and Arapaho Indian Tribes of the Wind River Reservation and to provide compensation therefor and for other purposes;

S. 3356. An act for the relief of Homer c. Boozer, Terry Davis, Leopold A. Fraczkowski, Earl W. Keating, and Charles A. Paris; and

S. J. Res. 74. Joint resolution to change the name of the South Coulee Dam in the columbia Basin project to Dry Falls Dam.

EXTENSION OF REMARKS By unanimous consent, permission to

extend remarks in the Appendix of the RECORD, or to revise and extend remarks, was granted to:

Mr. VANZANDT in three instances and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. JAVITs and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. WERDEL and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. FuRCOLO <at the request of Mr. LANE) in the body of the RECORD.

Mr. LANE and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. BLATNIK and to include an editorial.

Mr. DENNY. -Mr. VINsON and to include a report on

legislation enacted by the Armed Services Committee during the Eighty-second Congress.

Mr. SECREST and to include a radio address over Station WLW.

Mr. MoULDER <at the request of Mr. JoNEs of Missouri) in two instances.

Mr. ZABLOCKI and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. GATHINGS and to include an article. Mr. MuRRAY on the work and accom

plishments of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service during this Congress.

Mr. BRAY in two instances, in each to include extraneous matter.

Mr. ANGELL in two instances, in each to include extraneous matter.

Mr. GoODWIN and to include extraneouc; matter.

Mr. HuNTER and to include extraneous material.

Mrs. RoGERS of Massachusetts in two instances, in each to include extraneous matter . .

Mr. D'EWART and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. WoLVERTON in five instances, in each to include extraneous matter.

Mr. McCORMACK and to include a reso. lution recently adopted by the Thirty

second Annual Convention of the New England Zionist Region.

Mr. MANsFIELD in two instances and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. HAYS of Ohio in two instances and include extraneous matter.

Mr. PATTEN. Mr. O'KoNsKI in two separate in

stances. Mr. BEAMER <at the request of Mr.

HALLECK). Mr. PouLsoN and to include extrane

ous matter. Mr. Bow <at the request of Mr. HAR·

RISON of Wyoming) in two instances, in each to include extraneous matter.

Mr. ScHENCK and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. GARMATZ and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. PHILBIN. Mr. STAGGERS in three separate in·

stances, in each to include extraneous matter.

Mr. BATTLE. Mr. McCoRMACK and to include a

speech made at Boston, Mass., on July 3 by Mrs. India Edwards, vice chairmt>.n of the Democratic National Committee.

Mr. DAWSON <at the request of Mr. BoLLING) and to include extraneous matter, which is estimated by the Public Printer to cost $340.

Mr. DOYLE in two instances and to include· appropriate matter.

Mr. AUGUST H. ANDRESEN in two instances and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. HoLIFIELD in three instances, in each to include extraneous matter.

Mr. DoNoHuE in three instances and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. GAVIN and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. FULTON <at the request of Mr. JAVITS) and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. DAVIS of Wisconsin in three instances and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. CRAWFORD following the statement by Mr. JENSEN on the Minnesota lines.

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Mr,. WOLVERTON in six instances and include extraneous matter.

Mr. BURNSIDE in two instances and to include extraneous matter. ·.

Mr. TABER and to include tables dealing with appropriations.

Mr. THORNBERRY (at the request Of Mr. PRIEST) and to include extraneous matter. . Mr. WEicHEL in three instances and to include extraneous matter.

RECORD OF ·THE EIGHTY -SECOND CONGRESS

Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I arise to review the record of the Eightysecond Congress. We have worked in a grave and dangerous time, with the peace of the world and, indeed, the fate of mankind, resting upon our deliberations. The free world put faith in us and we have not failed.

No legislative body in all history has dealt with more difficult tasks in the cause of freedom. We have in the main passed legislation and made appropriations that have kept the fires of liberty burning. We have strengthened hope in the hearts of oppressed peoples the world over.

When this Congress met 18 months ago it truly had a rendezvous with destiny.

We confronted the terrifying problems: First, to marshal the free world to stop the march of communism short of all-out war and, second, to protect our own free-enterprise system as the living, vibrant proof that freemen are superior to men who are slaves, and that governments of free men and women can function effectively in a grave emergency.

Mr. Speaker, how have we answered these unprecedented challenges?

This Congress has committed the might of the greatest Nation on earth to the defense of freedom in the global struggle against the way of death of international communism. Destiny decreed that we should lead the free world in this crucial hour of history. We have provided-and will continue to increase-the means of military strength so powerful that no dictator in his right mind would dare attack us. Moreover, we are arming the free world with guns, with economic vitality, and above all, with spiritual force, for our mutuaJ protection.

These are monumental achievements, Mr. Speaker, unmatched anywhere in history. -

But, Mr. Speaker, there is one other. We have brought about the greatest ·

era of prosperity this Nation or any other nation ever has known, so abundant has been the energy and vision of our Government, our enlightened business leaders and our great working forces in :factory and on farm.

Our people are better fed, better clothed, better housed than ever before, and they have more of all the things that contribute to a good way of life.

It is the prosperity of all of our people, not of a special group. It is the prosperity emanating from the people upward, and not the trickling process

from the special :interests downward, with very little of such prosperity getting down to our people generally.

Notwithstanding the pressure of building our defenses against threats of

. .armed aggression, this Congress has found time to pass legislation to make these United States a happier place for its citizens. Over the last 20 years, un~ der Democratic administrations, we have seen great improvements in the stand~ ard of living of the American family. And there lies the strength of Americain the family. A strong family life means a strong America.

Mr. Speaker, I think it is my duty here to set down a summary of the work of this Congress, for the future generations to see the challenges we faced and how we dealt with them.

COMMUNIST AGGRESSION STOPPED

The most vital single accomplishment of the Eighty-second CQngress in the direction of world peace was its authorization of the Mutual Security Program. This legislation is the keystone of American foreign policy today as it has evolved through this long trying era of the cold war.

Six years ago, amidst the rubble and ruins of a war-shattered Continent of Europe, lay the rich prize at which Kremlin leaders grasped; the coal, the iron ore for steel, the technical skills, and all the other potential resources of a war-making economy needed to further their plans for world conquest, as well as 200,000,000 more enslaved persons.

What communism did not conquer by force of its so-called "liberating armies" it gained by internal subversion, · capture of the reins of government, and imposition of police-state rule, to the accompaniment of mass purges and deportations. One after another small nations on its northern and eastern borders-and beyond-were completely absorbed or subjugated within the orbit of satellite states, later to become provinces of the Soviet Union.

The march of the juggernaut was first stopped as it reached out for the Dardanelles, when the Truman doctrine was enunciated and then implemented by military assistance to Greece, beleaguered by Communist guerrillas, and to Turkey, with the Soviet pressure upon its borders.

Emergency postwar relief and rehabilitation measures carried out by UNRRA

·were followed by the Marshall plan to aid the economic recovery of Europe. In 3 years this policy, under the Economic Cooperation Administration, accomplished the miraculous restoration of the Continent's productive capacity.

Meanwhile, the Communist drives to capture France and Italy-and if sue-

. cessful, would in all probability have meant all of Europe-by internal subversion were beaten down and the allied airlift defeated the blockade of Berlin.

Now, with their economy on a sounder footing, their morale lifted, and their will to resist stirred by our aid and our determination, Europe's tired millions roused themselves to join in the program of mutual assistance. The revival of

their· moral strength was followed by a marked increase in their economic and military strength.

The North Atlantic Treaty was signed and a joint program of military build-up .was undertaken. The Schuman plan to integrate the resources of the European defense community was adopted. Further important steps to implement and strengthen the Schuman plan are under way.

It was this Eighty-second Congress, by the Mutual Sec.urity Acts of 1951 and 1952, that set up the means for the people of the free world to build a common defense against the ravages of international communism. Under the mutual security agreements, we furnish European countries weapons and equipment, and the machinery for manufacture of armament; and the United States, in turn, obtains critical minerals and materials which are unavailable, or in short supply, here for our own defense mobilization program and for our normal business economy.

While some reductions in authorizations and appropriations were made, this legislation still covers a rounded program including not only military supplies but economic aid and technical assistance under the point 4 program.

Equally as important as weapons in the arsenal of democracy is knowledge with which to raise the standard of living among millions of people in underdeveloped countries. Through the point 4 program of technical assistance American scientists, agriculturists, public health experts, and other specialists are teaching the people of many lands to make better use of their natural and hu·man resources in combating the hunger, poverty, and disease which makes them an easy target for communism. This plan should be extended 1ri the future. It is putting the moral law we believe in, into affirmative and dynamic operation. It is invaluable in the battle of the minds that exists in the world of today.

The monumental legislation covering .all the programs for the Far East, the Middle East, and Latin America, as well as Europe, provided authorizations totaling nearly $14,000,000,000 for the 2-year period July 1, 1951, to June 30, 1953.

The Eighty-second Congress also contributed to the consumm~tion of two historic steps which immeasurably strengthened the security arrangements of the United States. The state of war with Germany was terminated. Then a peace treaty with Japan brought World War II officially to an end. Thus, both of these former enemy countries--except for the Russian-occupied parts of Germany-were restored to the position of sovereign and independent members of the family of free nations, alined on the side of democracy against international communism .

Security pacts with Japan, as well as with the Philippines, Australia, and New

· Zealand, have firmly established a collective-security system in the Pacifi'C.

Western Germany, as a new Federal Republic, was restored to the status of equality with other free nations by Senate approval of its convention witQ the

· three powers-United States, England,

1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 9705 and France. And ratification of a proto. col to the North Atlantic Treaty gives guaranties of mutual assistance in the event of attack, to the members of the European defense community of which Germany is one.

This Congress also ratified the extension of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to Greece and Turkey, thus fur· ther buttressing the structure of strength designed to maintain the peace. _

WE ENCOUXAGED WORLD TRADE

Another major contribution to world security was enactment by the Eighty• second Congress of the reciprocal trade agreements program for another 2 years.

It is an old lesson of history that where the normal routes of trade are shut off they sooner or later become the high. ways for economic discontent, jealousy, and for marching armies. The free :flow of commerce encourages peace, just as restrictions and trade barriers may lead to war. But the key word in this pro· gram is the word "reciprocal," and inter. national trade operates only on a two· way street, between nations mutually desirous of maintaining normal and friendly relations.

Thus reciprocal trade fits directly into our program of mutual security with other free nations of the world. Put in simplest terms, the dollars which we ex· pend to pay for things we need, helps their economy contribute to their own military strength and enables them, in turn, to buy from us the products they need.

This program is the greatest of the .many contributions made to our prog· ress by that great American, Cordell Hull, for this was the seventh renewal by Congress of its expression of faith in the policy inaugurated under Secretary of State Hull in 1934. Our action re· emphasized our abandonment of the discredited theory of economic isolationism and acceptance of the common-sense view that we must buy from others if we expect to sell our own goods abroad.

The law giving the President authority to negotiate these agreements contains safeguards against possible damage to the interests of domestic industry and agriculture. It also carries certain Republican-sponsored restrictive clauses such as were enacted by the Republican Eightieth Congress. Fortunately, however, these cannot hamper the program to the same degree, since no general tariff and trade conference will take place before this law comes up for renewal in the Eighty-third Congress.

In view of the restrictive trade policies of the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub· lies and their satellites, their products, under the terms of this law, and properly so, are denied the benefits of concessions.

To shut off a flow of war materials to those iron-curtain countries this Congress imposed a ban on the export from the United States of military items to Communist-controlled nations. At the same time we provided for restrictions on aid to other countries making such exports. The effect of this legislation has been to close the cracks through which material that might later be used against the free nations was seeping into Com-

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munist hands in Europe, China. or else:. where.

The authority of the President to control exports was extended, in another measure, to June 30, 1953, thus putting our Government in a position to make certain of the :flow to our allies of items most essential to their needs in exchange for critical and strategic materials necessary for our own defense stockpiling.

In line with this policy is the provision in separate laws, for the temporary sus· pension of import duties and taxes on lead, zinc, scrap metal, and other items.

FOOD FOR HUNGRY MILLIONS

This Congress responded in its first session last year to the appeal of India for aid to feed the hungry millions of that famine-stricken· land. This fol· lowed America's best traditions and h~ghest ideals of aiding fellow men in distress.

The Eighty-second Congress authorized the Government to send up to 2,000,· 000 tons of food grains to India during 1951. The $190,000,000 emergency loan authorized for this purpose is financed over a long period of years. Its liberal terms are such es not to burden India during ·a period when it is beset by problems growing out of its recently won independence, and a series of catastrophes resulting from :floods, earthquakes, and droughts.

While taking every necessary measure for the defense and the security of this country against the threats of attack by communism, this Eighty-second Con· gress has made unmistakably clear the sincere hopes and the desires of our people for peace.· In Senate Concurrent Resolution 11 we reaffirmed the friend. ship of the American people for all the people of the world, including the inhabitants of the Soviet Union.

At the same time that we sought to have these heartfelt expressions pierce behind the iron curtain to our fellow human beings imprisoned there, we had no hesitancy in denouncing the police· state methods of their rulers.

This Congress, in House Concurrent Resolution 140, gave voice to public con· demnation of the arrest and conviction of William N. Oatis, an American newspaperman, by the Communist Government of Czechoslovakia.

In the aftermath of World War n in which great masses of people were uprooted from their homes and wandered, as refugees, from one country to another, the problem of their resettlement became one of world-wide concern. This Con· gress, through appropriations in support of various international organizations, has contributed to efforts at solution not only of this great humanitarian problem but also of the whole larger problem of overpopulation. These appropriations give recognition to the fact that until these problems are solved complete political and economic stability cannot be attained in Europe and in other countries affected by them.

We authorized $9,000,000 !or support of the Provisional Inter-Governmental ·committee on the Movement of Migrants from Europe, $130,000,000 !or Arab and Isr-aeli refugees, and funds to assist cer-

tain refugees who have escaped from behind the iron curtain.

In other legislation we have authorized funds for the relief of organizations in the Philippines which aided our Pacific forces in World War II so that their churches and schools may be rehabilitated.

WE BUILD OUR MILITARY MIGHT

Our program of mobilization for defense has centered on three objectives:

First. Build-up of our military manpower and organization.

Second. Gearing our economic system for defense production.

Third. Strengthening our safeguards for internal security against cubversion and sabotage.

We provided funds to make possible the expansion of our Air Force to 143 wings. As a result of this congressional action the production of planes will be stepped up to reach that goal.

This Congress extended to July 1, 1955, the authority to induct men into the armed services. The ceiling on the active duty strength of the Armed Forces was raised to 5,000,000 men and women until July 31, 1954. The new law fixed the minimum draft age at 18%, with a reservation that no one can be inducted between 18% and 19 so long as there are men between 19 and 26 available for induction. The term of service was increased from 21 to 24 months. This was essential for the defense of, and if necessary, the self-preservation of our country.

Legislation has been enacted reorganizing on a uniform and equal basis all Reserve components of the· armed services and fixing the periods of duty required. This law also aimed at eliminating injustices.

The status of the United States Marine Corps was clarified by another act putting a ceiling of 400,000 on its personnel strength in peacetime, establishing it on a 3-division basis with supporting aircraft, and assuring that its Commandant

. will have a voice on the Joint Chiefs of Staff on all matters directly affecting the corps.

In the 2 years of the Eighty-second Congress we have appropriated for the maintenance of our expanded Army, Navy, and Air Force the huge sum of more than $100,000,000,000. This includes the cost of supporting our forces in Korea.

We also passed legislation authorizing-and providing funds for-a great program of conversion of old and construction of new vessels to expand our Navy, including immediate construction of a giant new 57,000 ton aircraft carrier, equipped to handle atomic bombers. A second supercarrier has been authorized, We allowed increased expenditures for experimental work on atomic-powered submarines.

At the same time, as a supplement to our armed sea power, this Congress promoted development of the American merchant marine by legislation to encourage a long-range progranl of ship construction and operation.

We approved a program and provided 'further funds for construction of a.


globe-girdling string of new air-bases and expansion of old bases that will give our Air Force strategic take-off points for immediate retaliation in the event of attack on the United States or outbreak of new conflicts elsewhere.

Regular appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission were increased by more than a billion dollars to cover expansion of its plant capacity and to expedite stockpiling A-bombs and its other work. Research and experimentation by various agencies in the development of rockets, guided missiles, and other •'fantastic weapons" was provided for in other appropriations. New construction at laboratories and research stations of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was authorized.

A research and experimental laboratory for the Quartermaster Corps was · approved. ·

OUR ECONOMIC MOBILIZATION

The Defense Production Act is the main instrumentality of our economic and industrial mobilization. It provides the Executive with authority to obtain the increase in production needed to meet our rearmament program, and to supply our forces in Korea, and authorizes the President to expand the industrial base for production in event of allout war.·

As originally enacted by the Eighty· first Congress 2 years ago-after the Red invasion of Korea-this law was intended to enable the President not only to fix priorities for, and to allocate, defense materials and facilities but also to give him the power to combat inflation resulting from increased governmental defense expenditures.

Although the peak of this extraordi· nary but essential Federal spending has not yet been reached, this Congress, in twice extending and reenacting the law, has weakened the Executive authority to control consumer credit, prices, wages, and rents.

As the compromised new law stands today, the President will continue to al· ·locate defense materials and facilities, to buy raw materials, and to guarantee and make leans for expansion of defense plants for 1 year, to June 30, 1953.

B'!lt price and wage controls--already weakened-are to expire next spring, April30, 1953. All rent control authority extends to that same date, but cannot be effective beyond September 30 of this year, except in critical areas, unless local governments take amrmative action for its continuance.

The question of the wisdom of such drastic curtailment of authority in the face of possible resurgence of inflationary forces was discussed fully when the bill was before this House. I will not attempt now to resume the debate. In any event, under great difficulties, the bill was passed by Congress, in weakened condition but possessing control powers that may prevent uncontrolled inflation.

The new Defense Production Act retains provision for the Small Defense Plants Administration. This independ~ ent agency was created in the 1951 act to carry out the often-expressed intent of the Congress that small business

should be given a greater part in the defense effort. It was granted powers to make contracts with the Government for subletting to small manufacturing plants, or to facilitate the channeling of contracts to them, provide technical and managerial aids, finance the equipment of plants, recommend loans and per· form other helpful functions.

Continuance of subsidies for domestically produced minerals is authorized. Controls over imports of fats and oils, peanuts, dairy products, rice and rice products--to protect domestic marketsare also continued in modified form in this measure as finally enacted.

The Congress extended many of the statutory emergency powers granted the President during World War II. These powers normally would have expired with ratification of the Japanese Peace Treaty but now are continued through the Korean emergency.

Presidential authority to revise and expedite defense contracts-contained in the title II of the First War Powers Actwas extended to June 30, 1953.

To speed the transportation of mate. rials, increased appropriations were authorized for construction of access roads certified as essential to national defense.

WE STRIKE AT ENEMIES WITHIN OUR GATES

This Congress, in numerous acts, took steps to guard the Nation from subversive influences, saboteurs, and spies.

Especially intended to facilitate action against secret agents who may have infiltrated through use of false documents, a bill was enacted extending for 10 years the statute of limitations for prosecution of violations of passport and citizenship laws.

. The establishment of facilities for detention of aliens who enter the United States illegally was authorized in another enactment.

To free the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its larger task against espionage the duty of making of certain loyalty investigations of new Federal employees was transferred to the Civil Service Commission.

Authority was granted by the Congress for withholding of certain patents whose publication might be detrimental to na. tiona! security.

Strict Government control over elec· tromagnetic radiation in time of national emergency v:as provided in another law to assure against sabotage of com_munications facilities. In addition the Federal Communications Commission .was permitted to purchase sites for construction of radio ·monitoring stations which can quickly detect and locate the source of illegal broadcasts, and the construction of a geomagnetic station was authorized.

However, in the face of possible atomic attack on American cities and despite urgent requests of President Truman the United States Conference of Mayors: and officials of various States, the appropriations for the Federal Civilian De· fense Administration were reduced be· low budget estimates. I hope in the next Congress the importance of civilian de· fense will be recognized and the neces· sary appropriations made. For adequate

civilian defense goes hand in hand with adequate mi~itary defense.

A SOUND ECONOMY

As this Congress adjourns we have just reached the end of fiscal year 1952 with a deficit slightly over $4,000,000,000; much less than had been expected. This deficit would have been far greater had we not, against powerful opposition, enacted at our first session a tax bill to provide additional revenues of more than $5,600,000,000.

Action alone is the best basis for judgment of true political motives. Demanding vigorous action against communism, many of my Republican colleagues re~ fused to provide the funds to meet the cost of security programs at home and abroad. Calling for a halt to inflation, .they nevertheless fought against con:trols. They want to have their cake and eat it too. These tactics will fool no one, least of all the voters at the next election.

PRICE OF FREEDOM

The truth is that there is no cheap or easy path to freedom or to peace. The cost comes dearly. But even the high price we are paying to a void a third world war is cheaper in the long run-in lives and dollars-than the complete destructiveness of modern, atomic warfare on a world-wide scale.

However, in spite of partisan allegations that the Democrats are spending the country into bankruptcy, this Nation has never been richer, industry is prosperous and the individual is enjoying the highest standard of living,

That our national economy is expand· ing is evidenced by the fact that · the gross national product-the market value of all final goods and services produced in the United States--today is at a record high, For the second quarter of 1952 it was running at the annual rate of $345,ooo.ooo,ooo.

Corporate profits-after taxeS-were $18,900,000,000 at the end of 1951, third highest in history. Personal incomealso after taxes-is continuing at the record peacetime rate of $228,500,000,-000, and out of this individuals are saving $17,000,000,000.

Besides the tax increase voted by this Congress we assured additional revenues of approximately $117,000,000, again against powerful opposition, by increasing the postal rates.

An additional $1,000,000,000 is estimated to be forthcoming to the Gov· ernment as a result of Congress' passage of a Renegotiation Act under which overpayments made on defense contracts will revert to the Treasury. By enactment of an amendment to the As• signment of Claims Act we encouraged banks and other financial institutions to lend to contractors engaged on Federal defense projects.

The Congress, conscious of the importance of highway transportation to a sound economy, authorized annual appropriations of $550,000,000 in each of the next 2 years for allocation to the States as the Federal Government's share of projects for highway construction and maintenance.

1952 CONGRESSIONAL . RECORD- HOUSE 9707 SOCIAL-SECURITY PAYMENTS. INCREASED

While Congress was burdened with many problems, it did not overlook our elderly citizens or our needy citizens.

More than 9,000;000 persons will be aided by the action of this Congress increasing payments to beneficiaries of the old-age and survivors insurance fund of the social-security system, and enlarging Federal grants to the States for direct relief to the needy aged, the blind, the dependent children and the perma .. nently and totally disabled.

The 4,500,000 retired men and women now on the social-security insurance rolls will receive an additional $5-or 12 ~ percent whichever is greater-on their monthly check. It is estimated that this increase averaging about $6 per month, will mean a total additional expenditure of approximately $300,000,-000 from this fund. However, no increase in the present payroll tax which finances the fund will be required.

Under another section of the new legislation, $240,000,000 would be added to the annual grants allocated to the various States as the Federal Government's share in assisting more than 2,500,000 needy aged men and women, 2,000,000 dependent children and parents, 138,000 disabled persons and 97,000 blind. The increase in the ·Federal grant would be equivalent to .$5 a month in each type of grant except that for children which would be $3.

Benefits now being received under federally aided State old-age assistance programs average $44.77 per month ..

Of those now on the social-security rolls, a single, retired worker is paid an average of $42 per mohth, .a widow $36, and a retired worker and his wife $70 per month.

This Government could make no worthier expenditure in this period of higher living costs than granting this larger measure of assistance to these people living on small fixed incomes.

FARM INCOME PROTECTED

The Eighty-second Congress; under Democratic leadership, took further .:teps in the long-range program to assure farmers of the Nation a fair return on tt fir crops. Congress provided for contin\Ied price support for the basic crops at 90 percent of parity.

We have provided for a continuation of our great soil conservation program.

A broad program of land restoration and rehabilitation is under way in many States affected by recent . floods. More than 10,000 farms in the heart of the Nation's most productive cropland-in Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Utah, Nebraska, Kansas, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin-will benefit by this program.

In addition to soil conservation work on the farm, the program calls for restoring channel capacity in streams.

The shortage of domestic farm labor for . harvesting our country's crops will be supplemented by Mexican workers under a new agreement with Mexico pursuant to a law enacted by the Eightysecond Congress. This legislation and the agreement executed under it will no.t only assure farmers of sufficient help by the importation of these migratory

workers, but makes certain that no domestic worker is deprived of an opportunity for a job.

Other agricultural legislation made adjustments in peanut and tobacco marketing quotas and acreage allotments and liberalized the loan provisions under the Bankhead-Jones Farmer Tenant Act.

PROTECTIONS FOR LABOR

One of the admitted defects in the Taft-Hartley law was remedied when the Eighty-second Congress amended the Labor-Management Relations Act to remove unjust restrictions against union-shop agreements.

This action of the Congress shows the growing recognition of the need for repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act and for the substitution of organic legislation that will then make it possible for both management and labor to bargain in a friendlier and less restrained atmosphere and without the necessity for governmental intervention on the side of management.

To prevent a recurrence of recent fatal mine disasters in which hundreds of workers have lost their lives, this Congress has enacted improved amendments to the 1941 mine inspection law. While a compromise, this bill is an improvement· over existing law. It should be strengthened in the future.

Under existing law, Federal inspectors could merely investigate ahd make recommendations, but they have now been given enforcement powers and authority to close mines where dangerous conditions are not corrected. Previously enforcement powers lay only in State agencies. ·.

Railroad workers or their families are receiving larger anntiities, pensions, arid survivors' benefits due to the action of this Congress in voting increases under the Railroad Retirement Act. In addition we raised the benefits under the Railroad Unemployment . Insurance Act, and established a joint committee for study of all railroad retirement legis-lation. .

In ·line . with higher living costs, all Government employees were . voted pay increases and their retirement annuities were raised. Reclassification and simpli· fication of salary schedules in the postal service has removed inequities.

VETERANS AND SERVICEMEN BENEFITS

In recognition of the obligation to those who bear arms in the Nation's defense, the Eighty-second Congress has justly increased the benefits · they receive.

More than 3,000,000 veterans and dependents of deceased veterans will get increased compensation and pensions under a bill approved at this session. A companion act liberalized the limitation on other income a person may receive and· still be eligible for a pension.

These two measures, which apply to those in the Armed Forces since the Red invasion of Korea as well as to World Wars I and n veterans, will add an estimated $200,000,000 to payments made by the ·veterans' Administration during fiscal 1953. · ·' ·

This Congress enacted a billion dollar a year program extending educational and training benefits to post-Korea veterans, similar to those under the original GI bill of rights, with safeguards against possible abuse of the program. In addition these later veterans have been put on a par with their comrades of the world wars for hospital, medical, housing and rehabilitation benefits.

To all members of the armed services we· gave an increase in base pay and allowances, and to those in combat in Korea we gave an extra $45 a month.

In addition we authorized the issuance of $10,000 free life insurance policies to personnel of the Armed Forces.

These are but the major items in a comprehensive program of legislation affecting war veterans and our sons in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Ma:::ine Corps today.

MORE HOMES ARE BUILT

Another important accomplishment in the interest of the security and welfare of' our citizens was enactment of the Defense Housing and Community Facilities Act and amendments to veterans legislation.

This legislation, involving about $3 billion, renewed direct housing loans to veterans and promoted a program of new home construction in defense-production areas and in the vicinity of military installations. It increased the authority of the Federal Housing Administration to insure mortgages.

A fund was created for loans and grants for construction and operation of community facilities such as waterworks and hospitals in instances where these .Projects cannot be financed locally. Provision also was made for purchase of housing sites and for loans to stimulate production and distribution of prefab-ricated houses. .

Funds were provided to expand the public ho'ijsing program.

We ·also extended and . enlarged the authority of the Federal National Mortgage Association to purchase mortgages on veterans' cooperating housing and projects .in defense areas.

Another enactment at this session permits progress payments by the Federal Government as aid to slum clearance and urban redevelopment projects.

NATURAL. RESOURCES DEVELOPED

The riches that abound in our natl,lral resources are a treasured heritage which it has been the aim of the Demc;>cratic Party always to conserve and to develop for the benefit of the people. As in all other progressive legislation, the Democratic Party is the leader ~n this all-important field. .

Through appropriations for soil conservation, irrigation, and reclamation projects we have made possible greater productivity of the land God has given us, and restored to use vast areas of the \Vest. In 2 years this Congress has made available more than $700,000,000 for these purposes. ·

By ·providing funds for construction of dams, reservoirs, and hydroelectric plants we have not only built safeguards

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against floods but also added muchneeded electric power output at reasonable rates. These appropriations totaled over $160,000,000 for the biennium.

The Democratic Party inaugurated ·this program. It has courageously gone forward in saving and using the great natural resources of our country for the best interests of our people. And this has been done in a manner that strengthens our system of private enterprise. This great program should be extended in the years that lie ahead.

. Through maintenance and improvement of navigation channels and ·floodcontrol projects on our waterways we have promoted water-borne commerce and prevented -the costly waste caused by damage when rampaging rivers burst their bounds. In the past 2 years we have appropriated over $1,000,000,000 for such public-works projects.

GENERAL WELFARE

Disastrous floods and tornadoes which struck the Midwest and Southwest last year and this spring brought prompt action for relief by the Congress. Over

. the 2-year period more than $150,000,000 was made available not only for emergency relief of the victims but also for rehabilitation of the stricken areas for increased emergency flood relief work by

. the Corps of Engineers and for disaster loans administered through the Farmers Home Administration and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

To protect the health of the people we enacted a more stringent law regulating the refilling of prescriptions for certain drugs. A thorough study was made of the problem of chemicals in food, drugs,

. and cosmetics. GOVERNMENTAL REORGANIZATION

The Eighty-second Congress added · two major reforms to the record of this Administration which has put into effect more than half of the recommendations of the Hoover Commission unsier the Reorganization Act of 1949. Studfes were

· made looking toward further improvements in governmental functions.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue was reestablished upon a basis to bring about increased efficiency of its operations-and to provide better machinery for assuring fair, honest and impartial administra-

. tion for all the taxpayers. The Reconstruction Finance Corpora

tion was reorganized under another plan approved by this Congress. This agency was placed under authority of a single administrator with major responsibility. A loan policy board, including in its membership the Secretaries of Commerce and the Treasury, was created to coordinate the Corporation's loan policies with other policies, programs and activities of the Government.

Under reorganization of the RFC, all of its loans are of such character as to

·accomplish the objectives of the basic law and intent .of Congress that it aid in financing industry, agriculture, commerce, encourage small business, help maintain the economic stability of the country, and assist in promoting maximum employment and production.

In recent months this revitalized agency was of great assistance to victims

of Midwest floods by granting loans to business firms whose establishments were damaged in that disaster.

The Congress also approved the President's plan for reorganization of the government of the District of Columbia by reduction of the number of agencies and simplification and modernization of functions.

Three other plans proposed by the President-for reorganization of the Post Office, the Bureau of Customs in the Treasury Department, and the United States marshal's office in the Department of Justice-were disapproved by the Senate.

Congress itself initiated a muchneeded improvement in purchasing prac-

. tices of the Government by enactment of a law requiring the Department of Defense to do all its buying from a single catalog of the items required. This catalog is to be the basis for procurement by all Federal supply agencies.

Legislation was also passed reorganizing the structure and procedures of the Federal Communications Commission.

Mr. Speaker, the Eighty-second Congress has put its mark upon history.

Despite great efforts by powerful forces . to weaken progressive legislation enacted into law over the past 20 years, these efforts have failed. On the other hand, we have -made some progress.

The Democratic Party is the party of progress. By its actions under the leadership of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Harry S. Truman, the Democratic Party has saved America economically, preserved and strengthened the family life of our country, and has given to the country and our people the greatest prosperity of all time.

The Democratic Party is dedieated to the prosperity and happiness of the American people, and America can ·turn to the Democratic Party for continued leadership consistent with American ideals and for the best interests of our people.

The Eighty-second Congress has armed the free world to protect its liberties and it has looked to the welfare of the great masses of our citizens at

· home, the factory workers, the farmers, the veterans. We have preserved the American way of life. · We have prepared our beloved country for any emergency that might arise.

As we look under the surface and view and analyze the true substance of what has been accomplished during the past 2 years, this Cor:gress and the Democratic Party-the majority party-have measured up to Ameri9a's destiny of world leadership.

We have prevented powerful forces from destroying or weakening the progress of the ·past 20 years and, despite this opposition, we have made some marked gains.

With the support of all progressiveminded persons throughout the country-whose support we deserve upon our record of service and achievements-the Democratic Party dedicates itself to a continuance of that service and leadership to meet with vision and courage the trying international problems which

confront us in a manner that will bring permanent peace to a troubled world.

We also dedicate ourselves to a continuance of that leadership which saved our country from bankruptcY. over 20 years ago and which leadership has brought to our people as a whole, and to all of our segments, the greatest prosperity of all time.

The Democratic Party is the party of safety for our people in the international field.

It is the party of prosperity and progress in the domestic field.

The Democratic Party is the party which has kept its promises to the fullest extent possible. The Democratic Party thinks and acts in terms of 1952 conditions, not in terms of 1850 conditions.

It is not the party of broken promises and inaction. The Democratic Party is the party of action and accomplishment.

We have kept the faith.

ADJOURNMENT Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I

move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agred to; accordingly

(at 5 o'clock and 39 minutes a. m.) the House adjourned until Monday, July 7, 1952, at 12 o'clock noon .

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows:

By Mr. DONOHUE: H. Con. Res. 242. Concurrent resolution ex

pressing the sense of the Congress that the President should rescind foreign-trade agreements with Communist-controlled countries; to the Committee on Ways anr! Means.

Mr. ABERNETHY: Select Committee To Investigate the Use of Chemicals in Foods and Cosmetics. Report pursuant to House Resolution 74 and House Resolution 447, Eighty-second Congress, first session. Resolutions creating a select committee to investigate the u::e of chemicals in foods and cosmetics (Rept. No. 2356, pt. 2). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. VINSON: Committee of conference. H. R. 8120. A bill to authorize certain construction at military and naval installations, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 2488}. Ordered to be printed.

Mr. VINSON: Committee on Armed Services. Report on Investigations by the Committee on Armed Services, pursuant to House Resolution 38 and House Resolution 114, Eighty-second Congress, first session, and House Resolution 557, Eighty-second Congress, second session (Rept. No. 2489). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. COOLEY: Committee of conference. H. R. 8122. A bill to continue the existing method of computing parity prices for basic agricultural commodities, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 2490}. Ordered to be printed.

Mr. DOUGHTON: C,ommittee of conference. H. R. 7800. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase oldage and survivors insurance benefits, to preserve insurance rights of permanently and totally disabled individuals, and to increase the amount of earnings permitted without

19$2. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.=... SENATE 9709 loss of benefits, and fat: other purposes (Rept. No. 2491). Ordered "to ·be· printed.

Mr. McGRATH: Committee of conference. H. R. 7313. A bill making appropriations for the legislative 'branch, for "the ·fiscal year ending June 30, ·1953, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 2492). Ordered to be printed.

Mr. DOUGHTON: Committee of conference. H. R. 8271. A bill to amend section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code (Rept. No. 2493). Ordered to be printed.

Mr. CANNON: Committee of conference. H. R. 8370. A bfll making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 2494) • Ordered to be printed.

Mr. MAHON: Committee of conference. H. R. 7391. A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense ·and related independent agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953; and for other purposes (Rept. No. 2495). Ordered to be printed. ·

Mr. ENGLE: Committee of conference. H. R. 2190. A bill to provide for the conveyance to the town of Dedham, Maine, of a certain strip of land situated in such town and used as a road right-of-way (Rept. No. 2496). Ordered to be printed.

Mr. CANNON~ Committee of conference. H. R. 7268. A bill making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for other purposes. (Rept. No. 2497). Ordered to be printed.

PUBLIC BILLS-AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 3 of rule xxn, public

.bills and resolutions were introduced and 'severally referred' as follows: .

By Mr. ELLIOTT: · H. R. 8539. A bill to extend the Federal oldage .and survivors insurance system.to people in agriculture, and for other · purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. FURCOLO (by request): H. R. 8540. A bill to amend the Social

Security Act, as amended; to the Committee on Ways and Means. ·

By Mr. HINSHAW·: . H. R. 8541. A bill to provide for Federal

participation in t~e design, development, and service testing of jet transport aircraft in the manner recommended by the Civil Aeronautics Board, and for _,otHer purposes; to · the Committee on Interstate ·and Foreign Commerce.

By Mr. OSMERS: B. R. 8542. A bill ·to establish a temporary

commission to study air safety conditions in the United States; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. ·

H. R. 8543. A bill to establish a Commission on Tax Policy to study various methods for 11mit1ng the taxing, appropriating, spending, and borrowing powers of the Federal Government; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. PHILBIN: H. R. 8544. A bill to provide for the estab

lishment of a Veterans' Administration domiciliary center at Cushing Veterans' Administration Hospital at Framingham, Mass.; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

By Mr. WEICHEL: H. R. 8545. A bill to provide flood relief for

Lake Erie and the Great Lakes; to the Committee on Public Works.

By Mr. ARMSTRONG: H. R. 8546. A bill to amend the Civil

Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, to provide increased benefits for certain medical correctional officers of the Public Health Service; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

By Mr. BOYKIN: H. R. 8547. A bill to authorize the lm·

provement of Mobile Harbor, Ala.; to the Committee on Public Works.

By Mr. OSMERS: H. R. 8548. A bill to establish a temporary

commission · to study ethical and · moral standards in the Federal Government; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

By Mr. DONOHUE: H. R. 8549. A bill to establish a Federal

Commission for the Physically Handicapped, to define its duties, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education ,and Labor.

H. R. 8550. A bill to provide for the payment of retroactive death pension to widows and children of veterans after 7 years' continued and unexplained absence; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

H. R. 8551. A bill to establish corporations to assist financial institutions in making credit available to commercial and industrial enterprises and to provide capital for such enterprises; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

H. R. 8552. A bill for the establishment of a Commission on Old-Age and Retirement Benefits; to the Committee on Ways and Means. · H. R. 8553. A bill to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, or ancestry; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

H. R. 8554. A bill to authorize the Attorney General to conduct preference primaries for nomination of candidates for President and Vice President; to the Committee on House Administration. ·

H. R. 8555. A bill to revise the Federal election lliws; to the Committee on House Ad-ministration. . . . .

H. R. 8556. A bill to provide supplementary unemployment compensation benefits in certain cases to workers unemployed during the national emergency, and for ot~er purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means. - H. R. 8557. A bill to authorize the naturalization of parents of veterans without regard to certain requirements of the naturalization laws; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H. R. 8558. A bill to enable States and their agencies and political subdivisions to plan for the construction of public works; to the Committee on Public Works.

H. R. ·8559. A bill -to prescribe policy and proced'IJ,re in connection with construction contracts made by executive agencies, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. · H. R. 8560. A b111 to provide for the establishment of a commission to investigate and make recommendations with respect to the distribution of governmental functions and sources of revenue within the framework of our Federal, State, and local systems of government; to the Committee on Government Operations.

H. R. 8561. A bill to encourage expansion of business by allowing a deduction, for income-tax purposes, of certain capital expenditures; to the Committee on Ways and Means. ·

H. R. 8562. A bill to allow to corporations an exemption of $25,000 for income-tax purposes, and to provide that the combined normal tax and surtax rate of 38 percent shall be applicable to corporations having taxable incomes of less than $50,000; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

H. R. 8563. A bill to rescind the order of the Postmaster General curta1ling certain postal services; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

By Mr. DOYLE: H. J. Res. 497. Joint resolution proposing

an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant to citizens of the United States who have attained the age of 18 the right to vote; to the Committee on the Judiciary.·

PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 1 of rule xxn, private

bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. JAVITS (by request): H. R. 8564. A bill for the relief of Arthur

Kalisz (Arthur KaUsch); to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. McCORMACK: H. R. 8565. A bill for the relief of Harry

Clay Maull, Jr.; to the Committee on the Judiciary. ·

By Mr. SHELLEY: H. R. 8566. A bill for the relief of Cathryn

A. Glesener; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

PETITIONS, ETC. Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions

and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows:

790. By Mr. BRAY: Petition of 118 citizens of Greene County, Ind., in behalf of H. R. 2188, the Bryson bill; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

791. Also, petition of 338 citizens of Sullivan County, Ind., in behalf of H. R. 2188, the Bryson bill; to the Committee on Interstate S:nd Foreign Commerce.

792. Also, petition of 11 members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, First Christian Church, Sullivan, Ind., in behalf of H. R. 2188, the Bryson bill; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

793. Also, petition · of 16 -members of the Alpha Bible Sunday School Class, Methodist Church, Linton, Ind., in behalf of H. R. 2188, the Bryson bill; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. -

7g4, Also, petition ·of 48 citizens of Gosport, Ind., in behalf of H. R. 2188, the Bryson bill; to the Committee on Interstate ;'l_nd Foreign Commerce.

795. Also, petition .of 24 citizens of Brazil, Ind., tn behalf of H. R. 2188, the Bryson bill; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

796. Also, petition of 28 citizens of Newberry, Ind., in behalf of H. R. 2188, the Bryson b111; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

797. Also, petition-of 23 citizens of Ownesvme, Ind., in behalf of H. R. 2188, the Bryson bill; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

798. Also, petition of 79 members of the Baptist Church, Sullivan, Ind., in behalf of H. R. 2188, the Bryson. bill; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. ·

799. Also, petition of nine .member.s of -the Women's Christian Temperance Union, Jasonville, Ind., in behalf of H. R. 2188. the Bryson bill; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

SENATE MoNDAY, JuLY 7, 1952

<Legislative day ot Friday, June 27, 1952)

The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, on the expiration of the recess.

'Q.ev. Dr. Edward L. R. Elson, minister, the National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C., offered the following prayer:

Almighty God, bless with strength and wisdom the Members of the Senate of the United States and uphold by Thy righteous hand this Nation which th~y serve.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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