1956

Maj. Gen. Haydon Lemaire Boatner, 015641,

Army of the United States (brigadier general, U. S. Army).

Maj. Gen. James Edward Moore, 015650,

Army of the United States (brigadier general, U. S. Army).

Maj. Gen. Armistead Davis Mead, 015767,

Army of the United States (brigadier general, U. S. Army).

Lt. Gen. Clyde Davis Eddleman, 015842,

Army of the United States (brigadier general, U. S. Army).

Lt. Gen. George Henry Decker, 015950,

Army of the United States (brigadier general, U. S. Army).

Lt. Gen. James Maurice Gavin, 017676,

Army of the United States (brigadier general, U. S. Army).

Maj. Gen. Gordon Byrom Rogers, 015620,

Army of the United States (brigadier general, U. S. Army).

Maj. Gen. George Bateman Peploe, 016246,

Army of the United States (brigadier general, U. S. Army).

Maj. Gen. Hobart Hewett, 012328, Army of

the United States (brigadier general, U. S.

Army).

Maj. Gen. Bernard Linn Robinson, 012652,

Army of the United States (brigadier general, U. S. Army).

To be brigadier generals

Maj. Gen. Aubrey Strode Newman, 016099,

Army of the United States (colonel, U. S.

Army).

Brig. Gen. John Franklin Bird, 016179,

Army of the United States (colonel, U. S.

Army).

To be maimr generals, Medical Corps

Maj. Gen. Alvin Levi Gorby, 016546,

Army of the United States (brigadier general,

Medical Corps, U. S. Army).

Maj. Gen. James Patrick Cooney. 017338,

Army of the United States (brigadier general,

Medical Corps, U. S. Army).

To be brigadier generals, Medical Corps

Brig. Gen. Stuart Gross Smith, 016369,

Army of the United States (colonel, Medical

Corps, U. S. Army).

Brig. Gen. Elbert DeCoursey, 017813, Army

of the United States (colonel, Medical Corps,

U. S. Army).

To be brigadier general, Dental Corps

Brig. Gen. Arthur Letcher Irons, 016526,

Army of the United States (colonel, Dental

Corps, U. S. Army).

The following-named officers for temporary appointment in the Army of the

United States to the grades indicated under

the provisions of subsection 515 (c) of the

Officer Personnel Act of 1947:

To be major generals

Brig. Gen. David Henry Tulley, 016075,

United States Army.

Brig. Gen. Lewis Sherrill Griffing, 016413,

Army of the United States (colonel, U. S.

Army).

Brig. Gen. Edward Harold McDaniel,

016497, Army of the United States (colonel,

U. S. Army).

Brig. Gen. Alfred Benjamin Denniston,

017315, Army of the United States (colonel,

U. S. Army).

Brig. Gen. William Lewis Bell, Jr., 017549,

Army of the United States (colonel, U. S.

Army).

Brig. Gen. George Elial Bush, 017634, Army

of the United States (colonel, U. S. Army).

Brig. Gen. Nelson Marquis Lynde, Jr.,

017730, Army of the United States (colonel,

U. S. Army).

Brig. Gen. John Francis Regis Seitz, 017734,

Army of the United States (colonel, U. S.

Army).

Brig. Gen. Robert Jefferson Wood, 018064,

Army of the United States (colonel, U. S.

Army).

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To be brigadier generals

Col. George Robinson Mather, 018696,

United States Army.

Col. Wliam Jonas Ely, 018974, United

States Army.

Col. Frederick William Gibb, 019222, Army

of the United States (lieutenant colonel,

U. S. Army).

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1956

The House met at 12 o'clock noon.

The Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp,

D. D., offered the following prayer:

Almighty God, our Creator and benefactor, inspire us during this Brotherhood Week with a clear vision of the high

and helpful things that we are privileged

to do together for the welfare of all mankind.

Grant that, as brothers of the Son of

Man, our minds and hearts may be impervious to those attitudes and feelings

of prejudice and pride, of dislike and indifference, which we know are so alien

and contrary to His spirit.

We pray that, as we engage in the

great enterprise of building the temple of

world peace, we may seek to do Thy will

and help us to hasten that glorious day

of prediction when men shall beat their

swords into plowshares and their spears

into pruning hooks and nations shall

learn war no more.

Hear us in the name of the Prince of

Peace. Amen.

The Joumal of the proceedings of

Thursday, February 16, 1956, was read

and approved.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate, by Mr.

Carrell, one of its clerks, announced

that the Senate had passed without

amendment bills and joint resolutions of

the House of the following titles:

H. R. 8787. An act to provide for a prorated stationery allowance in the case of a

Member of the House of Representatives

elected for a portion of a term;

H. R. 8796. An act to increase the amount

of telephone and telegraph service furnished

to Members of the House of Representatives,

and for other purposes;

H. J. Res. 455. Joint resolution relating to

burley tobacco acreage allotments and marketing quotas;

H. J. Res. 518. Joint resolution relating to

fire-cured and dark air-cured tobacco acreage allotments and marketing quotas;

H. J. Res. 521. Joint resolution relating to

Maryland tobacco acreage allotments and

marketing quotas; and

H. J. Res. 526. Joint resolution to amend

the joint resolution of March 25, 1953, relating to electrical and mechanical office equipment for the use of Members, officers, and

committees of the House of Representatives,

to remove officers and committees from certain limitations, and for other purposes.

The message also announced that the

Senate agrees to the amendment of the

House to a concurrent resolution of the

Senate of the following title:

S. Con. Res. 64. Concurrent resolution providing for a joint committee to arrange for

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the inauguration of the President-elect of

the United States, January 20, 1957.

The message also announced that the

Senate had passed a bill and a concurrent resolution of the following titles, in

which the concurrence of the House is

requested:

S.3053. An act to extend the time within

which the District of Columbia Auditorium

Commission may submit its report and recommendations with respect to the civic auditorium to be constructed in the District of

Columbia, and to provide that such Commission shall continue in existence until the

construction of such auditorium shall have

been completed; and

S. Con. Res. 55. Concurrent resolution to

print for the use of the Senate Committee

on the Judiciary copies of certain hearings

and reports of the Internal Security Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee of the

Senate.

AMENDING NATURAL GAS ACTVETO MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H.

DOC. NO. 342)

The SPEAKER laid before the House

the following communication from the

Clerk of the House:

OFFI V OF THE CLERK,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Washington, D. C., February 17, 1956.

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 on February 17,

1956, and said to contain a veto message from

the President on H. R. 6645, an act to amend

the Natural Gas Act as amended.

Respectfully yours,

RALPH R. ROBERTS,

Clerk, United States 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 am unable to approve H. R. 6645, to

amend the Natural Gas Act, as amended.

This I regret because I am in accord with

its basic objectives.

Since the passage of this bill, a body

of evidence has accumulated indicating

that private persons, apparently representing only a very small segment of a

great and vital industry, have been seeking to further their own interests by

highly questionable activities. These include efforts that I deem to be so arrogant and so much in defiance of acceptable standards of propriety as to risk

creating doubt among the American

people concerning the integrity of

governmental processes.

Legally constituted agencies of Government are now engaged in investigating this situation. These investigations

cannot be concluded before the expiration of the 10-day period within which

the President must act upon the legislation under the Constitution.

I believe I would not be discharging

my own duty were I to approve this legislation before the activities in question

have been fully investigated by the Congress and the Department of Justice.

To do so under such conditions could
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well create long-term apprehension in

the minds of the American people. It

would be a disservice both to the people

and to their Congress. Accordingly, I

return H. R. 6645 without my approval.

At the same time, I must make quite

clear that legislation conforming to the

basic objectives of H. R. 6645 is needed.

It is needed because the type of regulation of producers of natural gas which

is required under present law will discourage individual initiative and incentive to explore for and develop new

sources of supply.

In the long run this will limit supplies

of gas which is contrary not only to the

national interest but especially to the

interest of consumers.

I feel that any new legislation, in addition to furthering the long-term interest

of consumers in plentiful supplies of gas,

should include specific language protecting consumers in their right to fair

prices.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

THE WHITE HOUSE, February 17, 1956.

The SPEAKER. The objections of

the President will be spread at large

upon the Journal.

Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, I move

that the bill and the message of the

President be referred to. the Committee

on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

and ordered printed.

The motion was agreed to.

SWEARING IN OF A MEMBER

The SPEAKER laid before the House

the following communication from the

Clerk of the House:

FEBRUARY 20, 1956.

The honorable the SPEAKER,

House of Representatives. SIR: A certificate of election in due form

of law for the Honorable JAMES C. HEALEY as a Representative-elect to the 84th Congress from the 22d Congressional District of

New York, to fill the vacancy caused by the

resignation of the Honorable Sidney A. Fine,

has been received from the Secretary of State

of New York, and is on file in this office.

Respectfully yours,

RALPH R. ROBERTS,

Cleric, United States House o Representatives.

Mr. JAMES C. HEALEY appeared before the bar of the House and took the

oath of office.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Mr. CELLER. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent that the gentleman

from Ohio, Mr. MCCULLOCH, may have

leave of absence until the end of the

month while away on official business.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection?

There was no objection.

EMBARGO ON SHIPMENT OF ARMS

TO SAUDI ARABIA

Mr. CELLER. 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 New

York?

There was no objection.

Mr. CEIJLER. Mr. Speaker, I believe

the administration is worthy of condign

criticism for lifting the embargo on the

shipment of arms to Saudi Arabia. Was

the administration right when it first

suspended the shipment or was it right

when it vetoed the suspension, or is it a

question of who gets the President's ear last. The President deplores the arms

race in the Middle East. He said defensive arms to Israel, surrounded by

enemies, would be an arms race, but

arms to Saudi Arabia, a member of the

Arab League bent upon Israel's annihilation would not be contributing to the

arms race.

That is like feeding beefsteaks to a

tiger in the hope of making the tiger a

vegetarian. Assuredly our State Department has blundered stupidly in the handling of these shipments. The administration can only exculpate itself by

granting defensive arms to the little

State of Israel.

Yesterday, the New York Times, editorially said:

There is just one kind of adjective for the

project revealed and Interrupted early Friday morning to send 18 United States tanks

to Saudi Arabia. We might use the word

preposterous. Somebody blundered in sanc- tioning this arrangement. Somebody blundered in the apparent belief that the tanks

had already been shipped. Somebody blundered even more egregiously in keeping the

whole matter secret until it chanced to be

exposed. Senator GEORGE suggests an investigation-it seems a good idea.

It is not that there is anything illegal in

getting rid of some surplus military equipment. It is ingenuous rather than sinful

to consider, as we seem to have considered, as the British apparently still believe and as the French may have thought, that equipment of this sort will under no circumstances be used for aggressive purposes and

will somehow contribute to the cause of

peace. The tragic irony of the episode is partly in

its revelation of a kind of befuddlement in our Near Eastern foreign policy. We have

been hesitating to send arms or money for arms to the little State of Israel, whose government fears the power of its Arab neighbors when that power is fortified by jet planes, tanks, guns, and submarines provided

by Communist governments. But certainly we do not improve this situation when we increase the military strength of a country

that can easily threaten Israel from the east

as Egypt threatens it from south and east.

The only excuse I can see for the bungling of the State Department lies in a

quotation from John Morley: "A government must contain a ballast of mediocrity to steady the ship."

WICKERSHAM OF WASHITA

Mr. TRIMBLE. 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 Arkansas?

There was no objection.

Mr. TRIMBLE. Mr. Speaker, it is a

fine old American tradition to link the name of deeds to those who have done

these deeds. In the military field, Andrew Jackson is one with the Battle of

New Orleans; John J. Pershing is one

to the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne.

In government, Jefferson is bound to the

Declaration of Independence; Madison,

to the Constitution; in invention, Fulton

is identified with the steamboat; Whitney, With the cotton gin.

Just such a man was born-in the Third

Congressional District of Arkansas, the

district which I have the honor to serve

in the Congress. His birthplace was a

farm near Lone Rock in Baxter County.

I have known, I still know, many of his

family. He now serves the Sixth Congressional District of Oklahoma in the

Congress. His name is VICTOR WICKERSHAM.

On February 9, 1956, on VICTOR WICKERSHAm's 49th birthday, the House of

Representatives passed S. 180, the KerrMonroney-Wickersham bill. This accomplishment represented years of

planning and effort on the part of my

friend and associate aided by other

members of the Oklahoma delegation.

This enactment is designed to give irrigation facilities to the farmers of the

Washita River Basin, to provide adequate drinking water for the commu- nities of that region, and to protect these

people from the peril of floods.

VICTOR WICKERSHAM will, without

doubt, be known for other services to

his homefolks. He is a man of many

abilities.

I might think of him as WICKERSHAM

of Lone Rock. Others might think of

him as WICKERSHAM of Mangum..

But-and this I sincerely believe will

always be true-there will be untold

thousands who will hold him in their

minds and hearts as WICKERSHAM Of

Washita.

VETO OF THE GAS BILL

Mr. FINO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for

1 minute.

Mr. SPEAKER. Is there objection to

the request of the gentleman from New

York?

There was no objection.

Mr. FINO. Mr. Speaker, I am happy

to see that President Eisenhower has

vetoed the natural gas bill. I compliment the President on his courage, wisdom, and consideration for the homeowners of this Nation who use natural

gas.. I congratulate him for his integrity

in overcoming the pressure of the gas

producers by his veto.

I voted against the bill to remove the

natural gas producers from Federal regulation because it would have resulted

in higher gas prices to the consumers.

Utility services must be controlled and

regulated to protect homeowners, and

other consumers, against unreasonable

and arbitrary price gouging.

Most of the people in my congressional

district are natural gas users, who are

entitled to the protection of the law.

The only way they can be protected is

by fair and just regulations administered by the Federal Power Commission.

Had the natural gas bill became a law,

the New York area's gas bill would have

been immediately increased by $1 million

a month. With no regulatory agency to

keep the price of natural gas fair and

stable, the price could go on and on, to

increases that would be astronomical

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