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H.R. 5896. An act to provide for the entry

of certain relatives of the U.S. citizens and

lawfully resident aliens;

H.R. 6067. An act to amend section 4544 of

the Revised Statutes of the United States to

provide that, if the money and effects of a

deceased seaman paid or delivered to a district court do not exceed in value the sum of

$1,500, such court may pay and deliver such

money and effects to certain persons other

than the legal personal representative of the

deceased seaman;

H.R. 7452. An act for relief of William B.

Jackson;

H.R. 7476. An act to extend the duration of

the Federal air pollution control law, and

for other purposes;

H.R. 7640. An act for the relief of James F.

Conroy;

H.R. 7745. An act for the relief of Mrs. Willie Sober;

H.R. 7979. An act to waive section 142, of

title 28, United States Code, with respect to

the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma holding court at Durant,

Okla.;

H.R. 8305. An act to amend the Federal

Credit Union Act;

H.R. 8599. An act to amend the Small Business Act, and for other purposes;

H.R. 8685. An act to amend the Internal

Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the Presidential appointment of a Chief Counsel for

the Internal Revenue Service, and for other

purposes;

H.R. 9035. An act to permit the issuance

of series E and H U.S. savings bonds at interest rates above the existing maximum, to

permit the Secretary of the Treasury to designate certain exchanges of Government securities to be made without recognition of gain

or loss, and for other purposes;

H.J. Res. 310. Joint resolution to authorize

the designation of the period of October 17 to

October 24, 1959, as National Olympic Week;

H.J. Res. 317. Joint resolution to change

the designation of Child Health Day from

May 1 to the first Monday in October of each

year;

H.J. Res. 446. Joint resolution to waive certain provisions of section 212 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf of

certain aliens; and

H.J. Res. 478. Joint resolution relating to

permanent residence and deportation of certain aliens.

On September 23, 1959:

H.R. 47. An act to amend the Internal

Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a personal

exemption for children placed for adoption

and to clarify certain provisions relating to

the election of small business corporations

as to taxable status;

H.R. 3254. An act for the relief of Thomas

Forman Screven, Julia Screven Daniels, and

May Bond Screven Rhodes;

H.R. 5711. An act granting the consent and

approval of Congress to the Wabash Valley

Compact, and for related purposes;

H.R. 6059. An act to provide additional

civilian positions for the Department of Defense for purposes of scientific research and

development relating to the national defense,

to improve the management of the activities

of such Department, and for other purposes;

H.R. 7244. An act to promote and preserve

local management of savings and loan associations by protecting them against encroachment by holding companies;

H.R. 7605. An act for the relief of the State

of Oklahoma;

H.R. 8392. An act to amend the District of

Columbia Stadium Act of 1957 with respect

to motor-vehicle parking areas, and for other

purposes; and

H.R. 8464. An act to amend the act of

October 24, 1951, to provide salary increases

for the police for the National Zoological

Park.

On September 24, 1959:

H.R. 4894. An act for the relief of the

Georgia Kaolin Co.; and

H.R. 6904. An act to establish an Advisory

Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.

On September 25, 1959:

H.R. 4821. An act to amend the act of

August 12, 1955, Public Law 378, 84th Congress (69 Stat. 707), so as to provide additional relief for losses sustained in the Texas

City disaster.

On September 28, 1959:

H.R. 8385. An act making appropriations for mutual security and related agencies

for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and

for other purposes.

HOUSE BILLS DISAPPROVED AFTER

SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT

The message further announced that

the President had disapproved the following bills of the House on the date

indicated.

COAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

H.R. 6596. I am withholding my approval from H.R. 6596, a bill to encourage and stimulate the production and

conservation of coal in the United States

through research and development by

creating a Coal Research and Development Commission, and for other

purposes.

The Department of the Interior currently administers research and conservation programs for coal, as well as for

other mineral resources. If an additional agency for this purpose were now

to be created, the Department of the Interior's established interest in such matters would be diluted and the result

could only be a blurring of the lines of

governmental responsibility in this important area of concern.

The first Hoover Commission recommended that the various functions of the

Government be grouped into major departments and agencies on the basis of

purpose. The creation of a new coal research agency by approving H.R. 6596

would be a serious set-back in the progress that has been made in following

the Hoover Commission recommendations for improving the organization of

the Federal Government. The bill is

also undesirable because it could serve as

a precedent for the creation of other such

special agencies.

One provision of H.R. 6596 would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to

contract for coal research. This feature

of the bill is highly desirable and I urge

the Congress to enact legislation granting such authority to the Secretary.

HR. 3375, or S. 1362, now pending in the

Congress, would accomplish this purpose, and have been endorsed by the administration to stimulate research, as

well as production and conservation of

coal.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 16, 1959.

PEONY PARK, INC.

H.R. 3096. I am withholding my approval from H.R. 3096, entitled "An act

for the relief of Peony Park, Inc., and

others."

* The bill would direct the Secretary of

the Treasury to pay the total sum of

$100,706.50 to nine operators of ball- rooms in Nebraska in refund of cabaret

taxes paid by the claimants during the

period September 1948 through October

1951.

By judicial decision the cabaret tax

here involved has been held to have been

properly collected from the claimants

during the period covered by the bill.

Until January 1951, however, interpretation and enforcement of the applicable

statute by the Internal Revenue Service

were not uniform throughout the United

States. Accordingly, until the interpretation of the law was clarified by judicial

decision, and until enforcement of the

law became uniform throughout the

United States after January 1951, similarly situated taxpayers in many States

were not required to pay the tax. The

cabaret tax, however, was uniformly enforced within the State of Nebraska and

was paid by establishments within the

competitive area of the claimants.

Moreover, during the years 1948 to 1950,

the tax was enforced in at least 17 jurisdictions, and during the major portion

of the year 1951 was uniformly enforced

throughout the United States against

similarly situated taxpayers.

This bill not only would refund to the

nine claimants a tax which was properly

collected, but it would also discriminate

against many other similarly situated

taxpayers to whom no relief would be

granted. Furthermore, the bill might

unjustly enrich its beneficiaries by refunding the cabaret tax without regard

to whether the ultimate burden of the

tax was borne by the claimants or passed

on to their patrons.

Under the circumstances, therefore, I

am constrained to withhold my approval

of the bill.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 21, 1959.

FEDERAL BOATING ACT OF 1958---TO EXTEND

H.R. 8728. I am withholding my approval from H.R. 8728, to amend the Federal Boating Act of 1958 to extend until

April 1, 1961, the period when certain

provisions of that act will take effect.

The Federal Boating Act of 1958 provides for the establishment of a new

system of numbering small undocumented vessels. Under the act, the part

of the new system to be administered

by the U.S. Coast Guard is to go into

effect on April 1, 1960, at which time the

authority for the existing system would

be repealed. The bill would extend this

effective date from April 1, 1960, to April

1, 1961.

This legislation was originally considered necessary because it had not been

possible to obtain a supplemental appropriation for the Coast Guard to administer the new system. Since Congress

passed the bill, however, the funds required for the implementation of the

Federal Boating Act have been included

in the Mutual Security Appropriation

Act, 1960. Consequently, the extension

of time provided in the bill is no longer

needed.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 21, 1959.

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