CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE

The Clerk read the statement.

The conference report and statement

are as follows:

CONFERENCE REPORT (H. REPT. NO. 905)

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the

amendment of the Senate numbered 45 and

the amendment of the House thereto to the

bill (H.R. 7453) "making appropriations for

the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and for other purposes," having met, after full and free conference,

have agreed to recommend and do recom- mend to their respective Houses as follows:

Amendment No. 45: That the Senate recede

from Its disagreement to the amendment of

the House to the amendment of the Senate

numbered 45, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter

stricken out and inserted by the Senate

amendment, and the amendment of the

House thereto, insert the following: "Hereafter, the Architect of the Capitol is

authorized, without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, to fix the com- pensation of three positions under the ap- propriation 'Salaries, Office of the Architect

of the Capitol'. of one position under the

appropriation 'Capitol Buildings', and of one position under the appropriation 'House

Office Buildings' at a basic rate of $7,700 per annum each: Provided, That this provision shall not be applicable to the positions of

Architect, Assistant Architect, or Second

Assistant Architect of the Capitol. "Hereafter, the Architect of the Capitol is

authorized, without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, to fix the com- pensation of one position under the appro- priation 'Senate Office Buildings', at a basic

rate of $7,020 per annum."

And the House agree to the same. W. F. NORRELL,

MICHAEL J. KiRWAN, CLARENCE CANNON,

WALT HORAN,

JOHN TABER,

Managers on the Part of the House.

JOHN C. STENNIS,

CARL HAYDEN,

- STYLES BRIDGES,

Managers on the Part ol the Senate.

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 House to the amendment of the Senate

numbered 45 to the bill (H.R. 7453) making appropriations for the legislative branch for

the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, 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 such

amendment, namely:

ARCHITECT OF THE CAprrOL

Amendment No. 45: Provides a basic salary

rate of $7,700 for five positions under the

Architect of the Capitol instead of $8,000 rate as proposed by the House; and Includes the

Senate provision for one position under the

appropriation "Senate Office Buildings", at

$7.020 per annum. W. F. WORRELL,

MICHEL J. KIRWAN, CLARENCE CANNON,

WALT HORAN,

JOHN TABER,

Managers on the Part o/ the House.

Mr. NORRELL. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question on the conference

report.

The Previous question was ordered.

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.

Mr. NORRELL. 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

Arkansas?

There was no objection.

Mr. NORRELL. Mr. Speaker, this

conference report settles the one amendment remaining in connection with the

legislative branch appropriation bill for

1960. All other amendments of the Senate to the bill were agree to in the House on June 29. The one remaining amendment covered by this report concerns certain salary provisions under the

Architect of the Capitol included in the

bill as it passed the House but which the

Senate had stricken.

Briefly, the House bill included provision for salary adjustment on five key

positions in the Architect's organization.

The Senate did not agree. As explained

in the statement of the managers, just

read by the Clerk, we have reinstated

the provision but at a lower figure than

the House had believed justified. Under

the circumstances, we believe the settlement is reasonable.

To summarize the whole bill at this

point, the totals are as follows:

Budget estimates considered

by House ------------------ $105, 460,005 House bill ------------------- 100, 279,350

House reduction -------- 5, 180, 655

Budget estimates considered

by Senate ----------------- 133, 648, 180

Senate bill ----------------- 128, 797,380

Senate reduction ------- 4,850, 800

Conference total ----------- 128, 797,380

AMENDING MINERAL LEASING ACT

OF 1920-VEFrO MESSAGE FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES (H. DOC. NO. 214)

The SPEAKER laid before the House

the following veto message from the

President of the United States:

To the House o1 Representatives:

I return herewith, without my approval, H.R. 6940, "An act to amend the

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 in order to

increase certain acreage limitations with

respect to the State of Alaska."

An unrestricted doubling of the present maximum allowable holding of oil

and gas leases or options-which H.R.

6940, in the case of Alaska, would au- thorize-would not, in my judgment, be

in the best interests of Alaska or the

Federal Government.

Rather than providing an inducement

to the development of oil and gas re- sources in Alaska, the bill would tend to

produce an excessive concentration of

control over such potential resources,

and there is no assurance provided by

the bill that the interests so held would

at any time be developed.

Development contracts and unit agreements already provide relief from acre- age limitations when circumstances justify their approval. Any additional concentration of ownership would among

other things deter participation in these

existing and successful programs which are designed to provide specific assurance of the expenditure of funds for exploration and development work. The need

is for further progress under existing

programs, not just speculative or control

holding of excessive acreages, if the development of oil and gas resources on

public lands is to occur and the interests

of Alaska and the Nation are to be

served.

I am aware that allowing increased

acreage holdings might be of immediate

financial importance to our 49th State,

but I believe this to be a shortsighted

goal for it eventually could well result in

depriving both the Alaskan and Federal

Governments of substantial revenues.

Sacrificing sound principle and the longrun public interest in order to achieve a

limited immediate gain does not seem to me to be wise.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

THE WHITE HOUSE, August 17, 1959.

The SPEAKER. The objections of

the President will be spread at large

upon the Journal.

Mr. ASPINALL. Mr. Speaker, I move

that the bill and message be referred to

the Committee on Interior and Insular

Affairs and ordered to be printed.

The motion was agreed to.

CONSENT CALENDAR

The SPEAKER. This Is Consent

Calendar day. The Clerk will call the

first bill on the Consent Calendar.

AMENDING TITLE 38, UNITED

STATES CODE, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATON FOR

VETERANS

The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 268)

to amend title 38 of the United States

Code to provide additional compensation

for veterans having the service-incurred

disability of deafness of both ears. Mr. WEAVER. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent that this bill be

passed over without prejudice.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to

the request of the gentleman from Nebraska?

There was no objection.

INCREASED COMPENSATION FOR

CERTAIN SERVICE-CONNECTED

DISABLED VETERANS

The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 283)

to amend section 314(k) of title 38,

United States Code, to provide an increased statutory rate of compensation

for veterans suffering the loss or loss of use of an eye in combination with the

loss or loss of use of a limb.

Mr. WEAVER. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent that this bill be

passed over without prejudice.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to

the request of the gentleman from Nebraska?

There was no objection.

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