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Mr. MAHON. Mr. Speaker, I move

the previous question on the bill and

amendment thereto to final passage.

The previous question was ordered.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The

question is on the amendment.

Mr. SCRIVNER. Mr. Speaker, I ask

for a separate vote on the Sikes amendment.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. There is

only one amendment.

Mr. SCRIVNER. Mr. Speaker, there were actually three amendments.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is one

amendment.

Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent that further proceedings on this bill be put over until

tomorrow.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there

objection to the request of the gentleman

from Oklahoma?

There was no objection.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

A message in writing from the President of the United States was communicated to the House by Mr. Ratchford, one

of his secretaries, who also informed the

House that on the following dates the

President approved and signed bills and

joint resolutions of the House of the

following titles:

On May 23, 1958:

H. R. 358. An act to increase the monthly

rates of pension payable to widows of deceased veterans of the Spanish-American

War, Civil War, Indian War, and Mexican

War, and provide pensions to widows of vet- erans who served in the military or naval

forces of the Confederate States of America

during the Civil War.

On May 27,1958:

H. R. 5836. An act to establish a postal

policy, to adjust postal rates, to adjust the

compensation of postal employees, and for

other purposes.

On May 29, 1958:

H. R. 1342. An act for the relief of Mrs.

Helen Harvey; H. R. 4445. An act for the relief of the es- tate of Mr. Shirley B. Stebbins;

H. R. 6765. An act to provide for reports on the acreage planted to cotton, to repeal

the prohibitions against cotton acreage re- ports based on farmers' planting intentions,

and for other purposes; H. R. 6940. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse owners of

lands acquired for developments under his

jurisdiction for their moving expenses, and

for other purposes;

H. R. 7645. An act to provide for the release

of restrictions and reservations contained in

instrument conveying certain land by the

United States to the State of Wisconsin;

H. R. 7930. An act to correct certain inequities with respect to automatic step-in- crease anniversary dates and longevity stepincreases of postal field service employees;

H. R. 8547. An act to authorize the disposal of certain uncompleted vessels;

H. R. 9012. An act for the relief of Alexander Grossman;

H. R. 9514. An act for the relief of Valleydale Packers, Inc.;

H. R. 9991. An act for the relief of Felix

Garcia;

H. R. 9992. An act for the relief of James

R. Martin and others; and

H. R. 11519. An act to authorize the use of naval vessels to determine the effect of

newly developed weapons upon such vessels.

On June 4, 1958:

H. R. 1466. An act for the relief of Doctor

Thomas B. Meade;

H. R. 4215. An act amending sections 22

and 24 of the Organic Act of Guam;

H. R. 6176. An act for the relief of Fouad

George Baroody;

H. R. 6528. An act for the relief of Mrs.

Lyman C. Murphey;

H. R. 6731. An act for the relief of Harry

Slatkin;

H. R. 7203. An act for the relief of Dwight

J. Brohard;

H. R. 8039. An act for the relief of Edward

L. Munroe;

H. R. 8071. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey an easement over

certain property of the United States located

in Princess Anne County, Virginia, known as

the Fort Story Military Reservation, to the

Norfolk Southern Railway Co. in exchange

for other lands and easements of said company;

H. R. 8433. An act for the relief of Capt.

Laurence D. Talbot (retired);

H. R. 8448. An act for the relief of Willie

C. Williams;

H. R. 8490. An act to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended,

with respect to rice acreage allotments;

H. R. 9109. An act for the relief of John

A. Tierney;

H. R. 9362. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain real property of the United States to Post 924, Veterans of Foreign

Wars of the United States;

H. R. 9395. An act for the relief of Cornelia V. Lane;

H. R. 9490. An act for the relief of Sidney

A. Coven;

H. R. 9738. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey to the city of

Macon, Ga., a parcel of land in the said city

of Macon containing five and thirty-nine

one-hundredths acres, more or less;

H. R. 9775. An act for the relief of William

J. McGarry;

H. R. 10746. An act making appropriations

for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June

30, 1959, and for other purposes;

H. R. 12065. An act to provide for temporary additional unemployment compensation, and for other purposes;

H. R. 12356. An act to amend the act entitled "An act to authorize and direct the construction of bridges over the Potomac River,

and for other purposes, approved August 30,

1954;

H. J. Res. 378. Joint resolution to authorize the President to proclaim annually the

week which includes July 4 as "National

Safe Boating Week"; and

H. J. Res. 586. Joint resolution to authorize the designation of the week beginning on

October 13, 1958, as National Olympic Week.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate, by Mr.

McGown, one of its clerks, announced

that the Senate agrees to the amendment

of the House to the bill, S. 734, an act

entitled "An act to revise the basic compensation schedules of the Classification

Act of 1949, as amended, and for other

purposes," with amendments.

FOR THE RELIEF OF HONG-TO

DEW-VETO MESSAGE FROM THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES (H. DOC. NO. 393)

The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following veto message from the President of the United

States:

To the House of Representatives:

I am returning herewith, without my

approval, H. R. 2763 "for the relief of

Hong-to Dew."

This measure would require the Attorney General to pay to Hong-to Dew,

a resident of Formosa, the sum of $2,-

820.32, representing the proceeds of certain property vested as a consequence

of World War II pursuant to the Trading

With the Enemy Act.

Mr. Dew was born on Formosa in 1892

when it was Chinese territory. In 1895

Formosa was ceded to Japan by China

and remained Japanese territory until

the end of World War II. Because of

his wartime residence on Formosa which

was within the territory of a nation with

which the United States was at war, the

Office of Alien Property in 1950 and 1951

vested 102 shares of Socony-Vacuum Oil

Co. stock which Mr. Dew had acquired

during the course of his more than 30

years' employment by that company.

The sum of $2,820.32 represents the proceeds realized from the sale of these 102

shares by the United States.

Mr. Dew filed a claim for the administrative return of the vested stock in 1951.

Under the Trading With the Enemy Act,

Mr. Dew could receive a return only if

after Pearl Harbor he had been substantially deprived of liberty pursuant to a Japanese law, decree, or regulation discriminating against political, racial, or

religious groups. The evidence submitted by Mr. Dew, although showing

some mistreatment at the hands of Japanese officials, failed to meet the requirements of the law. Accordingly, Mr.

Dew's claim was denied.

Both the House and Senate reports on the bill recognize that Mr. Dew is not

entitled to a return of the vested property under existing law. Relief is recommended notwithstanding this state of

the law because of the action taken

against Mr. Dew by the Japanese authorities.

In general, the vesting of alien-owned

property under the Trading With the

Enemy Act resulted from the owner's

residence in enemy territory as distinguished from friendly or neutral territory, and not from his citizenship. Accordingly, there were many cases of vesting action, both before and after the

cessation of hostilities in World War IU,

with respect to the property of individuals having nonenemy citizenship who

were resident within enemy territory.

As deserving of sympathy as Mr. Dew's

case may be, I nevertheless do not find

adequate reason or justification for approving H. R. 2763, for to do so would

be to grant preferential treatment to Mr.

Dew by according to him a benefit which

is denied by a statute of general application to others whose circumstances may

be equally appealing.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 4, 1958.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The objections of the President will be spread

at large upon the Journal, and, without

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