June 15, 1965 CO

the foregoing bill, requests a conference

with the House on the disagreeing votes

of the two Houses thereon, and appoints

Mr. FULBRIGHT, Mr. SPARKMAN, Mr. MANSFIELD, Mr. MORSE, Mr. HICKENLOOPER,

Mr. AIKEN, and Mr. CARLSON to be the

conferees on the part of the Senate.

The message also announced that the

Senate had passed a joint resolution of

the following title, in which the concurrence of the House is requested:

S.J. Res. 53. Joint resolution to establish a tercentenary commission to commemorate

the advent and history of Father Jacques

Marquette in North America, and for other

purposes.

DANIEL WALTER MILES-VETO

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC.

'NO. 204)

The SPEAKER laid before the House

the following communication from the

Clerk of the House of Representatives:

OFFICE OF THE CLERK,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Washington, D.C., June 15, 1965.

The Honorable the SPEAKER,

House of Representatives.

SiR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a sealed envelope addressed to the Speaker

of the House of Representatives from the

President of the United States, received

in the Clerk's Office at 4 p.m. on June 14,

1965, and said to contain H.R. 1867, an act

for the relief of Daniel Walter Miles, and a veto message thereon.

Respectfully yours,

RALPH R. RoBERTs,

Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.

The SPEAKER laid before the House

the following veto message from the

President of the United States:

To the House of Representatives:

I return herewith, without my approval, H.R. 1867, for the relief of Daniel

Walter Miles.

This legislation would authorize the

payment of $1,000 to Daniel Walter Miles,

of Brockton, Mass. The payment would

be in full settlement of Mr. Miles' claim

against the United States under the

Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946 for

compensation for certain property losses

in the Philippine Islands during World

War II as a result of Japanese bombing

raids.

Mr. Miles' claim was evaluated by the

Philippine War Damage Commission

under the orderly procedures authorized

by the Congress for the handling of such

claims. There is no indication that the

Commission failed to give this claim an

adequate hearing or to follow the established procedures as it considered the

case. In fact, the record shows that as

the result of an appeal from the original

decision, the Commission reconsidered

the claim and rejected it a second time.

Mr. Miles was afforded still another

opportunity to have his claim reviewed

under Public Law 87-846 enacted in 1962

which, in effect, provided for further consideration of certain Philippine claims.

However, he failed to file a claim under

that statute prior to the deadline of January 15, 1965.

Under the Philippine Rehabilitation

Act of 1946, awards aggregating almost

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$500 million were paid in settlement of

those claims found to be meritorious from

among the more than one million claims

filed. Many thousands of awards were

made in amounts substantially below

those sought by the claimants, and some

91,000 claims were denied in their entirety..

I can see no basis for going behind the

settlement made by the Commission in

this case. The record here contains no

evidence which was not known to and

considered by the Commission.

Under these circumstances and at this

late date, to set aside the judgment of

the Commission would entitle other disappointed claimants under that program

to seek similar relief through private

legislation. The result could be the reopening of this vast claims program, a

result which I strongly believe to be

neither desirable nor justified. If the

bill did not lead to this result, it would

have the equally undesirable and unjustified effect of granting preferential and

discriminatory treatment to Mr. Miles.

o For the foregoing reasons, I cannot approve H.R. 1867.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON.

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 14,1965.

The SPEAKER. The objections of the

President will be spread at large upon

the Journal.

Without objection, the bill and message will be referred to the Committee

on the Judiciary.

There was no objection.

CONFERENCE REPORT ON NASA

AUTHORIZATION FOR FISCAL

YEAR 1966

Mr. MILLER submitted a conference

report and statement on the bill (H.R.

7717) to authorize appropriations to the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development,

construction of facilities, and administrative operations, and for other purposes.

CALL OF THE HOUSE

Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I make the

point of order that a quorum is not

present.

The SPEAKER. Evidently a quorum

is not present.

Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I move a

call of the House.

A call of the House was ordered.

The Clerk called the roll, and the following Members failed to answer to their

names:

Ayres

Bonner

Bow

Bray

Brown, Ohio

Chamberlain

Clawson, Del

Corman

Dingell

E ins, Tenn.

Findley

Fisher

Frelinghuysen

Hagan, Ga.

Harvey, Ind.

[Roll No. 137]

Htbert

Holland

Huot

Ichord

Keith

Lindsay

Love

Macdonald

Mailliard

Martin, Ala.

Martin, Mass.

Martin, Nebr.

Mink

Moeler

Morton, Md.

Passman

Pike

Pirnie

Powell

Resnick

Rivers, Alaska

St Germain

Stafford

Toll

Vivian

Willis

Wilson,

Charles H.

Zablocki

On this rollcall 387 Members have an- swered to their names, a quorum.

13679

By unanimous consent, further proceedings under the call were dispensed

with.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL, 1966

Mr. DENTON. Mr. Speaker, I call up

the conference report on the bill (H.R.

6767) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related

agencies for the fiscal year ending June

30, 1966, 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 Indiana?

There was no objection.

The Clerk read the statement.

The conference report and statement

are as follows:

CONFERENCE REPORT (H. REPT. No. 513)

The Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the

amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R.

6767) "making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966,

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 8, 17, 19, 20, 21, 46, 47, 50,

and 52.

That the House reccde from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate num- bered 4, 6, 12, 14, 24, 30, 31, 36, 38, 41, 42,

44, 48, 49, 51, and 54, 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

amendment insert "$49,080,000"; and the

Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 2: That the House

recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree

to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said

amendment insert "$105,846,000"; 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 ar amendment, as follows: In

lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment

insert "$34,513,000"; 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 agree

to the same with an amendment, as follows:

In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$17,445,000"; 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 "$32,366,000"; and the Senate

agree to the same. Amendment numbered 11: That the House

recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 11, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows:

In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$26,177,000"; and the Senate

agree to the same.