2068 have to prove them tn public. I think those accused are entitled to a public hearing. I think the public is entitled to sit in judgment on this case and hear for itself what proof if any eXists. Mr. LONG. There is no doubt in my mind that all loyal employees of the State Department should be and will be exon- erated by a proper investigation. I repeat, Mr. President, that I do not feel that the charges made by the Sen- ator from Wisconsin in anywise put any of those accused persons in the position of being charged by a grand jury. In that case it would be neccessary that they be exonerated by a petit jury. READING OF WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS TOMORROW The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair desires to announce that under the previ- ous order of the Senate the first order of business tomorrow will be the reading of Washington's Farewell Address by the Senator from Maryland {Mr. O’Conor). EXECUTIVE SESSION Mr, LUCAS. I move that the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive business. The motion was agreed to, and the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business. EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Scnate messages from the President of the United States submitting several nominations, whict were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (For nominations this day received, see the end of Senate proceedings.) The VICE PRESIDENT. If there be no reports of committees, the clerk will state the nominations on the Executive Calendar. MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION The Chief Clerk read the nomination of Brig. Gen. Don G. Shingler to be a member of the Mississippi River Com- mission. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- jection, the nomination is confirmed. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD The Chicf Clerk read the nomination of Paul L. Styles to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- jection, the nomination is confirmed. Mr. SPARKMAN Mr. President, I ask unanimous Consent to heave inserted in the Rrcorp an editorial entitled “Merited Promotion of Paul Styles,’ from the Huntsville (Ala.) Times of Friday, Feb- ruary 3,1950. This editorial pays tribute to Paul L. Siyles, who has just been con- firmed by the Senate to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board. There being no objection, the editorial wes ordered to be printed in the Recorp, as follows: MERITED PROMOTION OF PAUL STYLES It is a long way and a far cry from a worker in a cotton mill, and a linotype oper- ater in the composing room of the Huntsville Times, to a member of the five-man National Labor Relations Board, one of the major agencies of the Government. Yet that measures the climb that Paul Styles, formerly of Huntsville, but of recent CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE years a resident of Atlanta, has made in little more than 15 years. He has made it because of a lot of natural ability and good, hard common sense, plus continuous study and improvement of himself. We have had opportunity to watch him closely over the years, and to know the efforts he has made to grow, and to prepare himself. The latter includes attendance at, and gradu- ation from, an Atlanta law school. This was accomplished by long, tedious study, outside his office hours, to attend night-school classes. It is perhaps not beyond the facts to say that he is the foremost authority in the South on labor law. He has been a regular speaker on this new and complicated sub- ject before law classes in the leading colleges and universities of Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolinas, Business Week, in a recent issue, classed bim as a middle of the roader, as a man fair equally to management and labor, and im- partial in his decisions as head of the regional office of the NLRB at Atlanta. His selection for the post on the NLRB was almost nonpolitical. The very large number of endorsements in his behalf came almost equally from the management and labor, and were submitted voluntarily. His promotion and advancement are due to his splendid and impartial work in the Atlanta post, and to his clear mind, innate ability, and courageous devotion to duty, as he saw it in critical and difficult cases. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE The Chief Clerk proceeded to read sundry nominations in the Public Health Service. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- jection, the nominations are confirmed en bloc. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGES The Chief Clerk read the nomination of George W. Whitehurst to be United States district judge for the northern and southern districts of Florida. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- Jection, the nomination is confirmed. The Chief Clerk read the nomination of Frank A. Hooper to be United States district Judge for the northern district of Georgia. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- jection, the nomination is confirmed. That completes the Executive Calen- dar. Without objection, the President will be notified immediately of all con- firmations of today. LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM The Senate resumed the consideration of legislative business. Mr. LUCAS. Before we adjourn for the day I should like to make an an- nouncement with respect to the work of the Senate in the days ahead. After the reading of Washington’s Farewell Ad- dress is finished tomorrow, the morning hour is concluded, and the Senate takes action on the resolution, now lying on the table, which I submitted a few mo- ments ago, we shall proceed to the con- sideration of House Joint Resolution 398, Calendar No. 1288, to which the Senator from Nebraska {Mr. WHERRY] has offered an amendment. Following that we shall take up H. R. 4567, Calendar No. 1247, &n act to amend the Displaced Persons Act of 1948. The change in the program has been made because the Senator from Nevada FEBRUARY 21 [Mr. McCarran], the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, expects to leave Washington on the 5th of March on im- portant business, and in order to accom- modate him we shall take up H. R. 4587 following the disposition of House Joint Resolution 398. Following that, we shall take up Senate bill 1498, Calendar No. 563, a bill to amend the Natural Gas Act. The VICE PRESIDENT. When the Senate recessed last night, a motion to proceed to the consideration of House Joint Resolution 398 was pending. Mr. WHERRY. Mr. President, so far as the minority is concerned, there will be no objection to taking up the so- called cotton-potato bill by unanimous consent, when the majority calls it up for consideration, so there will be no time lost in arguing the motion. As I understand the program, after the so-called cotton-potato bill is out of the way, it is the intention of the ma- jority leader to take up H. R. 4567, Calen- dar No. 1247, which is the displaced-per- sons bill. May I ask the majority leader whether the Senate will be in session on Thursday and Friday? Mr. LUCAS. Yes. Mr. WHERRY. Does the majority leader contemplate holding any night sessions? Mr. LUCAS. We shall not have any night sessions unless my friends on the other side of the afsle defeat me on a motion to adjourn. Mr. WHERRY. Mr. President. so far as I am personally concerned, I shall cooperate with the distinguished ma- jority leader. Mr. LUCAS. I noticed that last night. {Laughter.} Mr. WHERRY. Yes. ADJOURNMENT Mr. LUCAS. I move that the Senate adjourn. The motion was agreed to; and (at 6 o’clock and 2 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until Wednesday, February 22, 1950, at 12 o'clock meridian. NOMINATIONS Executive nominations received by the Senate February 21 (legislative day of January 4), 1950: MUNICIPAL CouRT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Mary C. Barlow, of the District of Colum- bia, to be associate Judge of the municipal court for the District of Columbia to fill a new position. Thomas C, Scalley, of the District of Co- lumbia, to be associate judge of the munici- pal court for the District of Columbia to fill a new position. UNITED STaTes ATTORNEY Whitfield Y. Mauzy, of Oklahoma, to be United States attorney for the northern dis- trict of Oklahoma. He is now serving in this office under an appointment which expired October 30, 1949. CONFIRMATIONS Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate February 21 (legislative day of January 4), 1950: MississYPP1 RIVER COMMISSION Brig. Gen. Don G. Shingler (colonel), Corps of Engineers), to be a member of the Mis- sissippi River Commission,
1950 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Paul L, Styles, of Alabama, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term exptring December 16, 1954. Pusiic HEALTH SERVICE PROMOTIONS IN THE REGULAR CORPS Senior surgeon (equivalent to the Army rank of lieutenant colonel) Daniel J. Daley Surgeons (equivalent to the Army rank of major) Richard H. Linn Wayland J. Hayes, Jr. David D. LeGrand Clarke W. Mangun, Jr. Senior dental surgeon (equivalent to the Army rank of Heutenant colonel) Donald J. Galagan Sanitary engineers (equivalent to the Army rank of major) O. John Schmidt Joseph A. Boyer Kenneth C. Lauster Ross W. Buck Pharmacist (equivalent to the Army rank of major ) Joseph P. Crisallt Senior nurse officer (equivalent to the Army rank of lieutenant colonel) L. Dorothy Carroll Senior assistant nurse officer (equivalent to the Army rank of captain) Norma Russell UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGES George W. Whitehurst, to be United States district judge for the northern and southern districts of Florida. Frank A. Hooper, to be United States dis- trict judge for the northern district of Georgia. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuespay, Fesruary 21, 1950 The House met at 12 o’clock noon. The Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Bras- kamp, D. D., offered the following prayer: O Thou God of all goodness, we are again uniting our souls in the fellowship of prayer, seeking together those needed blessings which none can ever find or en- joy alone. We pray that daily our lives may be brought under the spell and sway of the Master’s spirit in order that they may be transformed into His own glorious like- ness. Grant that in our problems and tasks we may have the interpreting and guid- ing light of His Spirit. May it be the supreme desire of our hearts to do Thy will for in the doing of Thy will is our peace. To Thy name we ascribe the praise. Amen. The Journal of the proceedings of yes- terday was read and approved. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT A message in writing from the Presi- dent of the United States was commu- nicated to the House by Mr. Miller, one of his sccretaries, who also informed the House that on the following date the President approved and signed a bill of the House of the following title: On February 14, 1950: H R. 587. An act for the relief of the estate of Dick Walock, Alfred L. Woods, and Edward Kimokteak. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE EXTENSION OF REMARKS Mr. PRICE asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the Rec- orp and include an editorial appearing in the morning Post. Mr. LANE asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the Rrec- orp in three instances; to include in one an address delivered by Commander Henry Selvitella, of the Italian-Ameri- can World War Veterans; in one, the legislative program of the same organi- zation; and in one, an address he deliv- ered before the Lithuanian Citizens Club of Lawrence, Mass. Mr. PATTEN asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the Recorp and include a resolution adopted by the American Legion. Mr. QUINN asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the Recorp and include a letter to the Sec- retary of State regarding Robert A. Voge- ler, Jr. Mr. GORSKI asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the REeEcorp. Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to extend his re- marks in the Recorp and include a reso- lution and certain miscellaneous ex- cerpts, Mr. DOLLIVER asked and was given permission to extend his remarks in the Recorp and include a resolution adopted by the Republicans of Wright County, Iowa. PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE Mrs. BOLTON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for 1 minute, to revise and extend my remarks, and include a letter. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Ohio? There was no objection. [Mrs. Botton of Ohio addressed the House. Her remarks appear in the Ap- pendix. |} EXTENSION OF REMARKS Mr. BEALL asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the Recorp and include an editorial from the Hagerstown Herald. Mrs. ST. GEORGE asked and was given permission to extend her remarks in the ReEcorp and include an editorial from the Middletown Times-Herald, a daily news- paper in her district. Mr, MEYER asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the ReEcorpD and include an editorial. Mr. HAGEN asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the Recorp in two instances and include ex- traneous matter. MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT Mr. VAN ZANDT. 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 Pennsylvania? There was no objection. Mr. VAN ZANDT. Mr. Speaker, from the beginning of history the Middle East has been the most strategic area in 2069 the world. Within the Middle East lies the bridgehead to three continents. To- day, the Middle East finds itself caught physically in the middle of the ideological war between the east and west and if a shooting war comes, the importance of the Middle East to the United States is immeasurably increased. No military authority claims we could hold Europe against an onslaught of the Red army. Since Russia has the atomic bomb, it would be unsound indeed for us to count on bases in England. Until our Air Force is developed with sufficient range to base in America, to win the battle of the air over Russia the United States will need overseas bases. The Middle East offers bases which could be held by our Ground and Naval Forces and from which we could win the initial round in the battle of the air against the Red air forces. It is my view that Egypt is as far north and east as we could hold bases with reasonable assurance. Doubtless Russia realizes this fact and one of her initial moves in the event of war would be to occupy Egypt by an air-borne Red army. Realizing her plight, Egypt is desperate for defensive military equip- ment. It is vital to the United States in the event of war that the Red air- borne army not be permitted to deny us bases in Egypt. I am reliably ad- vised that Great Britain, sensing the strategic value of Egypt, is willing to give Egypt considerable defensive military equipment which she obtained from us through lend-lease. By the terms of lend-lease, however, England must secure our permission before releasing this de- fensive military equipment. I am reli- ably advised further that a desperate attempt is being made by a pressure group in the United States to prevent this essential military equipment being given to Egypt. This pressure group has hired a former secretary to the Presi- dent, Mr. Clark Clifford, to intervene with the President and his initial fee is re- puted to be $30,000. Doubtless he will receive much more if he is successful in blocking the proposal. I submit to my colleagues in Congresy and to the American people that it is to the interest of the United States that we grant permission to Great Britain to extend this military assistance to Egypt. It would be to our interest also to sce that Egypt is provided essential military equipment for a small defensive force, capable of meeting an air-borne invasion of the Red army. There is no evidence that Egypt would use this equipment of- fensively. She has accepted the verdict of the United Nations in the Middle East and is living up to the verdict in spirit and in fect. If war comes it could be that the denial of Egyptian bases to the Red forces and the making of these bases available to us might be the diffcrence between defeat and victory. We cannot afford to Ict Egypt go by default and I urge the Presi- dent of the United States to authorize military assistance to this friendly, free- dom-loving country—Egypt. SURPLUS FOTATOES FOR FOOD Mr. HESELTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House
2070 for 1 minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Mas- sachusetts? There was no objection. Mr. HESELTON. Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to report that I was informed about a half hour ago that the Green- field authorities have received authoriza- tion from the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare to order 5 tons of sure plus potatoes from storage in the imme-e diate vicinity of Greenfield; that the Sal- vation Army plans to pick up these pota- toes on Thursday—tomorrow being a legal holiday in Massachusetts; and that they will then be available for dis- tribution to the needy people of Green- field for food. I attempted to report yesterday in some detail as to the steps which were necessary to bring about this result. I promised to put this in concise form for the use of my colleagues in assisting their communities which may wish to receive some of these potatoes. Ido that now. You will find the full Greenfield expe- rience in the Recorp for February 20, but Iam confident that with their experience a great deal of red tape can be eliminated and a great deal of direct action is possible. Any community must conduct a sur- vey through responsible agencies. In Greenfield this was done by the entire clergy of the town with the council of social agencies. The report of the num- ber of needy families should be sub- mitted to the local board of public wel- fare, be approved by it, and forwarded to the responsible State official. I have obtained a list for the New England and North Atlantic Seaboard States. They are: Connecticut: E. C. Geissler, supervisor of purchases, department of finance and control, purchasing department, State Capitol Building, room 408, Hartford, Conn. Maine: John E. Collins, supervisor, surplus commodities and property, de- partment of education, Statehouse, Augusta, Maine. Massachusetts: John C. Stalker, direc- tor, food distribution division, depart- ment of public welfare, 600 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. New Hampshire: Harold Theney, pur- chasing agent for State of New Hamp- shire, Statehouse, Concord, N. H. Rhode Island: George E. Helliwell, deputy commissioner, State of Rhode Island General Store, Howard, R. I. Vermont: Burton N. Sisco, deputy commissioner, department of institutions and corrections, 51 Court Street, Mont- Pelier, Vt. Delaware—two agencies: A. Taru- mianz, assistant business manager, Dela- ware State Hospital, Farnhurst, Del. Schools: George R. Miller, Jr., State su- perintendent, department of public in- struction, box 191, Dover, Del. Maryland—two agencies: J. M. Patter- son, director, Maryland State Depart- ment of Public Welfare, 120 West Red- wood Street, Baltimore, Md. Schools: T. G. Pullen, superintendent, Maryland State Board of Education, 1201 Mathison Building, Baltimore, Md. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE New Jersey: James 8S. King, State supervisor, commodity distribution, de- partment of economic development, di- vision of commerce and municipal aid, 520 East State Street, Trenton, N. J. New York: Distribution in New York is handled through each of the county departments of public welfare. Each county has its own set-up. State pro- vides no distribution agency at a central point. Pennsylvania: Paul Worcester, Penn- sylvania State Department of Property and Supplies, bureau of purchases, room 178, Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg, Pa. This official in each State has full au- thority to issue authorization for the withdrawal of the required number of potatoes, once the local board of public welfare has voted to accept the respon- sibility for the proper storage and proper distribution of these potatoes. I shall] in- clude at the end of my remarks the letter sent by the Greenfield board which re- suited in immediate authorization. It is not necessary to execute the Form FP-53, the contents of which I inserted in the Recorp yesterday. I trust this information will be useful to my colleagues. I shall be glad to fur- nish any further information requested T should repeat that I have raised the question of the adequacy of the minimum quantities provided in the Department’s table which I inserted in the Recorp yes- terday and I hope soon to have a realistic recognition of the amount any normal American family can properly use as food during a month. I can state that Mr. Stalker has met that situation temporar- ily by authorizing the immediate delivery of a 3 months’ supply and I have re- quested him to provide the revised amount as soon as possible since I un- derstand that the area office in New York, located at 139 Centre Street, eighth floor, New York 13, N. Y., Mr. John Dittrich has full authority to immediately ap- prove a State-recommended revision. May I again point out that this pro- cedure will probably be useful only in those communities located within a rea- sonable distance of storage locations. This admittedly is inequitable so far as other communities are concerned. The only solution which occurs to me is a prompt hearing on the identical bills in- troduced by the gentleman from Penn- sylvania [Mr. Corsett], the gentleman from New York [Mr. Kratinc], the gen- tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Hucn D. Scott, Jr.J, and myself. You will find the text of those identical bills at page 2000 in the Recorp of February 20. You will also find a letter which we sent to the chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture yesterday, asking for a prompt hearing. We shall appreciate your cooperation in urging that hearing. The letter sent by the Greenfield board which resulted in immediate au- thorization read as follows: Pesruary 18, 1950, Mr. JoHN C. STALKER, Director of Commodity Distribution, Boston, Mass. Dear Mr. STatKEE: At a meeting of the welfare board of the town of Greenfield on the above date, it has been agreed that we will act as the storing and distributing FEBRUARY 21 agency for surplus commodities (potatoes) in the town of Greenfield. It 1s understood that there will be no expense connected with the procuring of these potatoes at the source, and it will not be necessary to sign any contract govern- ing this distribution, and the source will be in the immediate vicinity of the town of Greenfield, such as Deerfield, Sunderland, or Whately. This is in accordance with my conversation over the phone with Repre- sentative JoHN HESELTON and his under- standing with you. These potatoes will be distributed in accordance with the schedule established, limiting the quantity to a 3- month supply, based on this schedule, Very truly yours, Boarp or PUBLIC WELFARE, WILLIAM B. HaYeEs, Secretary. SURPLUS POTATOES Mr. HUGH D. SCOTT, JR. 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 Penn- sylvania? There was no objection. Mr. HUGH D. SCOTT, JR. Mr. Speaker, I commend the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. HESELTON] on hav- ing obtained results so satisfactory for his district. I had the pleasure of join- ing in a letter from him, from the gentle- man from New York [Mr. KeatTine], and from the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. CoRBETT], to the chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture on Feb- ruary 20, in which we asked for action on the identical bills introduced by each of us and referred to his committee. The letter is as follows: FrsruarRy 20, 1950. Re H R. 7135, H. R. 7136, H. R. 7137, H. R. 7138. Hon. Haroup D. Coouey, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, House Office Butiding, Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Cuarrman: May we call your at- tention to these identical bills filed in the House February 2, 1950, and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Because of the urgent nature of the prob- Jem presented in terms of the proposed de- struction of edible surplus potatoes, some of this destruction we understand having been carried out, we request your full co- operation in setting these bills down for hearing at the earllest possible date. We believe the full facts should be developed as quickly as possible 50 that this destruction may be avoided and this particular commod- ity made available for food. We are confi- dent that you and all members of the com- mittee recognize the emergency nature of the problem, and wo hope that you will be- lieve that we have tried to make a construc- tive suggestion in the interest of the Amerie can taxpayer and in the interest of those millions of Americans who, unfortunately, are not able to purchase this fine food com- modity in the open market. We are informed that the latest figures show 2,715,751 persons receiving old-age pen- sions, 1,486,404 receiving dependents’ and children’s benefits, 92,000 blind people re- ceiving help, and 543,000 on the State and local relief rolls. With this total minimum figure of 4,837,155 people who could make use of these potatoes if they could be given to them, there are many thousands more who clearly are not able to pay the current price of potatoes and therefore are not purchasing them. According to the Commodity Credit Cor- poration, as of December 31, 1949, it held
1950 approximately 277,480 tons of 10 surplus food commodities which can be eaten without further processing. The Corporation's offi- cial report shows that the total cost was approximately 265,000,000. We hope we have made a suggestion which can be uti- lized to get this food to deserving people rather than to pay additional amounts for storage and ultimately hire more people and pay further amounts to destroy this food. Respectfully yours, Rosert J. CORBETT, Thirteenth District, Pennsylvania, KENNETH B. KEATING, Fortieth District, New York, Joun W. HESELTON, First District, Massachusetts. Hvax D. Scott, Jr. Sizth District, Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I hope the committee will set an early date for hearing on these bills. LENTEN SERVICES Mr. HAGEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for 1 minute. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Min- nesota? There was no objection. Mr. HAGEN. Mr. Speaker, the prob- Jems of this hour illustrate very clearly the need of us all to deepen and strength- en the spiritual foundations of our na- tional life. As has been done in previous years, there will be a daily 20-minute Lenten service for the Capitol Hill community in the Lutheran Church of the Reforma- tion, opposite the Folger Shakespeare Library. This is within quick walking distance of the House and Senate Office Buildings and the Capitol. This service is held each weekday from 12:10 to 12:30 except Saturdays. The service will be addressed by ministers of the various Protestant denominations of the Wash- ington area. Everyone will be welcome. I commend these services to my fel- low Members of the Congress for their personal attendance. I make a sugges- tion, also, that we make it possible for our staff members to attend. The serv- ices start on Ash Wednesday, February 22, and continue through Lent. Services also will be held every Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. ORDER OF BUSINESS TOMORROW Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for 1 minute and revise and extend my remarks. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York? There was no objection. Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I feel sure all of us are delighted that no con- flict in viewpoint on pending legislation is being allowed to interfere with the reading tomorrow of that inspiring mas- terpiece, Washington’s Farewell Address. I am certain also, that we on this side of the aisle are very anxious to get on with the business tomorrow and do everything possible to complete the con- sideration of the legislation to be sub- mitted to us with reasonable dispatch. I am hopeful that the same is true on the other side of the aisle. The reading gf the Farewell Address, I am told, will CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE consume about an hour. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today it ad- journ to meet at 11 o’clock tomorrow. Mr. RANKIN and Mr. HERLONG ob- jected. Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, a par- liamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, would it be in order to move that when the House adjourns today it adjourn to meet at 11 o’clock tomorrow? The SPEAKER. That is not a privi- leged motion. PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for 1 minute and revise and extend my remarks, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Mississippi? There was no objection. [Mr. Ranxin addressed the House. His remarks appear in the Appendix.] FEPC LEGISLATION Mr. BIEMILLER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for 1 minute and revise and extend my remarks. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Wisconsin? There was no objection. Mr. BIEMILLER. Mr. Speaker, from time to time Members on the floor of the House make reference to the great lead- ers of American history. I too have done so. Today I simply want to again remind the House that the founding fathers of this country, particularly Washington and Jefferson, believed passionately in the equality of all men under the law. That is exactly what those of us who fa- vor the FEFC are asking for when the bill comes to a vote tomorrow. We want all men to have economic equality under the law as well as political equality. I hope that tomorrow the debate on this meas- ure can be kept at that level and will not descend to recriminations and interpre- tations that have absolutely no founda- tion in fact. If we do that I think we can debate a great basic issue in a scholarly and dignified manner which will add to the prestige of the House. I hope such will be the case, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. The time of the gen- tleman from Wisconsin has expired. EXTENSION OF REMARKS Mr. SABATH asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the REccrpD. VISITING MEMBERS OF JAPANESE DIET Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for 1 minute and re- vise and extend my remarks. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Cali- fornia? There was no objection. Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I want to call the attention of the House to the fact that there are a number of members of the Japanese Diet 2071 in the gallery. A number of people who have been sent here at the suggestion of General MacArthur in order that they might see at first hand the operations of democracy. It was my privilege to be in Japan in November with a group from the Committee on Public Lands. We were entertained in the Japanese Diet. The Speaker or President of the Japanese Lower House met with our committee and expressed the thought of the Japa- nese people that amity would continue between our two countries. The Japanese are a hard-working, in- dustrious people. They have changed their way, their concept of government. They seek a true form of democracy for Japan. I am happy to call your atten- tion to the fact that they are here and that tho future of this country rests in the Pacific Basin. Just as what was once an enemy at the beginning of the century and became a staunch ally in World Wars I and II as the result of American tutelage, so the potentialities of the Japanese people under democracy to aline themselves with this country against communism means the front line of our defense against that form of political enslavement is strengthened and extended. Mr. YATES. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? Mr. MILLER of California. I yield. Mr. YATES. I should like to com- mend the gentleman for his statement and to say that I subscribe entirely to the sentiments he has expressed. The difficul' ies in which his State found it- self at the beginning of the war has probably been my particular gain. I come from Chicago, and we have one of the largest colonies of nisei anywhere in the country. They are upright, in- dustrious, hard-working citizens and are doing much for the benefit of the city and for the community generally. Mr. MILLER of California. The most decorated ou*fit in the American Army was the One Hundredth Battalion, of nisei, American citizens of Japanese origin. Mr. DEANE. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? Mr. MILLER of California. I yield. Mr. DEANE. I, too, was a member of a different Congressional mission that was in Japan during September and October. I do not recall any place dur- ing our tour of the Orient where we re- ceived a more generous reception than was accorded to members of our group as we visited the Japanese Diet. I am sure that the American people are pleased to have this distinguished group of Japanese people in our country. Mr. MILLFEP of California. I thank the gentleman. In closing, I want to say that I know I speak your sentiments when we welcome to the House of Representatives the delegation of the Japanese Diet now in the gallery. [Applause.] SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS Mr. HALLECK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the minority members of the Select Committee on Small Business may have until midnight tomorrow in which to file brief minority views to be appended to the report filed by the chairman oi the committee today.
2072 The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from In- diana? There was no objection. EXTENSION OF REMARKS Mr. SHEPPARD (at the request of Mr. SIKES) was granted permission to extend his remarks in the Appendix of the Rec- orp and include a memorial. ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE FOR TELE- PHONE AND TELEGRAPH Mr. SIKES. Mr. Speaker, I ask unant- mous consent that I may address the House for 1 minute and revise and ex- tend my remarks. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Florida? There was no objection. Mr. SIKES. Mr. Speaker, on yester- day I introduced H. R. 7358, which would increase the Members’ telephone and telegraph allowance from $500 to $1,000 per year. May I point out, Mr. Speaker, that the $500 limitation holds whether you live 10 miles or 2,000 miles from the District of Columbia. Since telegraph and tele- phone bills are computed in large meas- ure upon distance, those of us who do not live near the District of Columbia are penalized to begin with. May I point out further, Mr. Speaker, that any amount of this money not re- quired for a Member’s service to his peo- ple automatically reverts to the Treasury, and none is lost to the Government by reason of nonuse. Many of us have used all or practically all of the money which is now available. We feel that more is necessary, if we are to give to our constituents the service we feel they are entitled to receive. I urge and I hope that all interested members will urge that the Committee on House Adminis- tration will speedily act upon this matter. The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman from Florida has expired. EXTENSION OF REMARKS Mr. MURDOCK asked and was given permission to extend his remarks in the Appendix of the REcorp. Mr. ALBERT asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the Ap- pendix of the Recorp and include ex- traneous matter. Mr. MULTER asked and was given permission to extend his remarks in the Appendix of the Recorp in three separate instances and in each to include extra- neous matter. Mr. HULL asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the Ap- pendix of the Recorp and include ex- traneous matter. PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE Mr. HARDY. 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 Virginia? There was no objection. Mr. HARDY. Mr. Speaker, on Mon- day of last week the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Horrman] made certain CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE remarks concerning the fact that he is no longer a member of my subcommittee, and in those remarks he indicated that he had heard a rumor to the effect that the Administrator, Mr. Wickard, was at least in part responsible for his not being on my subcommittee. Mr. Wickard wrote to me about this on February 14th. I believe that the gentleman from Mich- igan [Mr. HorrmMan] will like to make some comment in connection with a quo- tation that I should like to read from Mr. Wickard’s letter. Mr. Wickard said: I want to unequivocally and categorically deny that I ever made any request at any time in connection with an effort to have Mr Horrman removed from the committee. Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ad- dress the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend my remarks. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan? There was no objection. Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I would say in answer to the gentleman from Virginia {Mr. Harpy] that the information did come to me from what I considered a reliable source, right out of the Department of Agricul- ture. I have a copy of the letter Mr. Wickard wrote to the gentleman. Ihave a copy of the letter I wrote in reply. It reads as follows: FEesBruaRyY 14, 1950. Mr. CLaupE R. WICKARD, Administrator, Rural Electrification Ad- ministration, Washington, D. C. Dran MR. Wickarp: Yours of the 14th, which came by special messenger, together with the copy of your letter to Porter Harpy, Jr., at hand. The last sentence reads as follows: “I make this request not so much because I wish to be personally exonerated, but be- cause of the insinuation that there is some- thing so bad in my organization that this extraordinarily improper action ts being taken to cover it up.” Am in accord with the statement that my arbitrary and unprecedented removal from a subcommittee was, to quote you, “extraor- dinarily improper action” and trust that the majority party will without delay take steps to correct that improper action. Sincerely yours. P. S.—Rereading the CONGRESSIONAL REc- orp, am striking the next to the last para- graph in the first column on page 1813, daily CONGRESSIONAL REcorD, as the substance ap- pears on page 1776 of the permanent Con- GREBSIONAL RECORD. (Copy to Hon. Porter Harpy, Jr.) If the gentleman states that Mr. Wick- ard insists that he did not have anything to do with my unauthorized removal from the subcommittee, that is all right with me, I will be glad to accept his statement. Over the years I have heard of these rumors about what individuals in the De- partments said and were doing. Some- times they are good, accurate—in accord with the fact—sometimes they are not. Now, I remember the rumors about Hiss and some others in the executive depart- ments. When we called attention to them sometimes we were told: “Oh, well, you are just listening to the wind.” But if the court sustains the conviction in the Hiss case Hiss ts going to wind up in jail and the so-called rumors we heard about Hiss resulted in his exposure, FEBRUARY 21 Mr. HARDY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. I yield. Mr. HARDY. I felt sure the gentle- man would like to correct any unfair statement that he said he had received. Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. I donot accept the characterization of my state- ment as unfair but if the gentleman says he did not have anything to do with my removal from the Hardy subcommittee and the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Harpy] says Mr. Wickard did not ask for my removal then I accept that as the fact. I would accept the word of the gentleman from Virginia for almost anything. Mr. HARDY. I am grateful to the gentleman. PROGRAM FOR BALANCE OF WEEK Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ad- dress the House for 1 minute. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Mas- sachusetts? There was no objection. Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I take this time in order to ask the majority leader if there has been any change in connection with the an- nounced program for the balance of the week, Mr. McCORMACK. After the termi- nation of Calendar Wednesday——— Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Has ns gentleman any idea when that will e Mr. McCORMACK. The gentleman will notice that I said “after the termi- nation of business on Calendar Wednes- day.” If there is any time remaining for the rest of the week I intend to pro- gram the bill S. 2105, a bill relating to the mining industry. Arule making the bill in order has been reported out of the Committee on Rules and I under- stand that the committee in charge of the bill is going to propose a couple of amendments to the bill which will re- move a substantial part of the opposition that existed to the bill as reported out of the committee originally. That is the only change I know of at this time. Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Will there be any further additions for the rest of this week? Mr. McCORMACK. Without binding myself I have no intention now, unless something pressing arises—and I have no knowledge of it—the strong probabili- ties are that there will not be anything further this week. Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? Mr. McCORMACK. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan. Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Can the gentleman give us any estimate as to how long we will be in session tomorrow? Mr. McCORMACK. I wish I could. The gentleman’s estimate is just as good as and probably better than mine. Frankly, Iam unable to state. Mr, RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. I yield to the gentleman from Mississippi, Mr.
1950 Mr. RANKIN. We will be in session until Washington’s Farewell Address is read. Mr. McCORMACK. The gentleman from Mississippi is very optimistic. I hope that will not be so. Mr. RANKIN. I was expressing the American wish, with which I am sure George Washington would agree, if he were here. SURPLUS FOOD Mr. CORBETT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for 1 minute. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Penn- sylvania? There was no objection. Mr. CORBETT. Mr. Speaker, I want to join with my colleague from Massa- chusetts [Mr. Hesetron] and the gentle- man from Pennsylvania [Mr. Huey D. Scort, JR.) in urging that the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture of the House promptly proceed with hearings on the bill, H. R. 7135. Throughout the length and breadth of this Nation we have tens of thousands of people on re- lef, we have millions of dollars worth of surplus commodities going to waste, and I believe that the situation is suffi- ciently serious that the merits of this bill for the relief of the people who have helped pay for these stercd-up goods should be considered at once. WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS Mr RICH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- mous 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 Pennsylvania? There was no objection Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, we have heard much about the program for to- morrow—Washington’s Birthday. Ever since I have been a Member of Congress Washington’s Farewell Address has been read to the Members of the House on Washington's Birthday. May I say that the membership of the House could do no greater service to the country than listen attentively to what Washington said in his farewell address which he delivered to the Congress of the Umited States at that time. Then heed his ad- vice. It gives us a lot of instructions as to what we should do and what is best for this country and, in my opinion, the suggestions made in his farewell ad- dress are as important today as they were when Washington delivered that memorable address. If the membership of the House wants to do something good for their country they should listen attentively to the ad- dress and when the reading of it is con- cluded, the Members should go to their offices or homes and think carefully about what has been stated in Washing- ton’s address. Then heed it. If they do that, they will be doing the greatest good for this country that they could possi- bly do. Certainly they would keep us out of war and out of foreign entangle- ments. He was, in his wise counsel and advice, the Father of his Country. He CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE did not believe in perpetuity of office. He stood for America—for freedom. He worked for liberty, and he did not believe in socialism—the way we are traveling under this administration. Again I ad- monish you Members of Congress—heed Washington's advice. EXTENSION OF REMARKS Mr. GRANGER asked and was given permission to extend his remarks in the Recorp and include a poem on water. Mr. McGUIRE asked and was given permission to extend his remarks in the Recorp and include an article. Mr. REED of New York asked and was given permission to extend his remarks in the Recorp in five instances, in each to include extraneous matter. Mr. LEMKE asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the Recorp in two instances, in each to in- clude extraneous matter. Mr. CASE of South Dakota asked and was given permission to extend his re- marks in the Recorp. Mr. JAVITS asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the Recorp in four instances and include newspaper and other material. Mr HAGEN asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in the Recorp and include a newspaper article. Mr. RANKIN asked and was given per- mission to revise and extend the remarks he previously made and to include ex- cerpts from the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. FILING OF MINORITY VIEWS Mr. PATMAN Mr. Speaker, in the event minority views are filed to the re- port of the Committec on Small Business today, I ask unanimous consent that I may be allowed to file additional views. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas? There was no objection. AIR COORDINATING COMMITTEE RE- PORT—MESSAGE FROM THE PRESI- DENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H DOC, NO, 476) The SPEAKER laid before the House the following message from the President of the United States, which was read, and, together with accompanying papers, referred to the Committee on Interstate and Fereign Commerce and ordcred to be printed, with illustrations: To the Congress of the United States: I transmit herewith for the informa- tion and consideration of the Congress the R2port of the Air Coordinating Com- mittee for the calendar ycar 1949. Harry S. Truman. Tur Wuitt House, February 21, 1950. HEALTH INSURANCE Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusctts. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ad- dress the House for 1 minute and to re- vise and extend my remarks. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Massachusetts? There was no objection. Mrs, ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I call the attention of the House to petitions from members of the 2073 American Legion Auxiliary, of Ashby and Westford, Mass., against any compulsory health insurance plan under national bureaucratic control reading as follows: Whereas the American veteran in two world wars has defended the American free entcr- prise system, which has made possible the development in this country of the highest standards of medical care and finest medi- cal institutions attained by any major coun- try in the world; and Whereas having experienced the shortcom- ings of impersonal, assembly-line medical care inherent in the form of Government- controlled medicine necessary in time of war, the veteran understands the dangers of imposing such a system permanently on the entire population; and Wherers compulsory health insurance would impose an unjust tax on the veteran's pay check for medical care to which he its now entitled free of charge as a reward for his service to his country; and Whereas compulsory health insurance would force a tax of 3 percent on the in- come of the employed veteran, rising to a tax of at least 6 percent within a few years, creating new financial burdens which increase the costs of necessities of life and lower the standard of living for veterans and other citizens: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the American Legion Aux- iliary does hereby go on record against any form of compulsory health insurance or any system of political medicine designed for national bureaucratic control. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the President of the United States, tc each Senator and Representative from the State of Massachusetts, and that said Sena. tors and Representatives be and are hereby respectfully requested to use every effort at their command to prevent the enactment of such legislation, Signed by the president and the secretary. PRIVATE CALENDAR The SPEAKER. This is Private Cal- endar day. The Clerk will call the first individual bill on the Private Calendar. NICOLETTA AND GUILIA PONTRELLI The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 677) for the relief of Nicoletta and Guilia Pontrelli. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That, in the admints- tration of the immigration and naturaliza- tion laws, the Attorney General is authorized and directed to cancel any orders of deporta- tion which may have been commenced in the cases of Nicoletta Pontrelli and Guilia Pon- trelll. With the following committee amend- ment: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert ‘That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 8 and section 18 of the Immigration Act of 1917, the allens, Nicoletta Pontrelli and Gullia Pontrelll, upon payment by them of the required head taxes, shall be considered to have been lawtully admitted to the United States at the port of New York as of the date of the enactment of this act, if they are not inadmissible on any grounds other than the fact that Nicoletta Pontrelli is feeble-minded and Guilia Pontrelli is an accompanying alien whose protection or guardianship is required by the feeble-mindcd alien.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to re- consider was laid on the table.
2074 HONORIO CANCILLER EVANGELISTA The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 1866) for the relief of Honorio Canciller Evan- gelista. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That Honorio Canciller Evangelista, upon payment of the required head tax, be considered, for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws, to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence at the port of San Francisco, Calif., on January 17, 1948. Upon the enactment of this act, the Becre- tary of State shall instruct the proper quota- control officer to deduct one number from the Philippine quota of the first year that the same Philippine quota is available. With the following committee amend- ment: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert “That in the administration of the immigration and naturalization laws Hono- rio Canciller and Nancy Ting Evangelista, who were admitted to the United States as temporary visitors, shall be held and consid- ered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of their entry into the United States at the port of San Francisco, Calif., on Janu- ary 17, 1948, upon payment by them of the required head tax and visa fee. Upon the enactment of this act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control offi- cer to deduct one number from the nonpref- erence category of the Philippine quota and one number from the nonpreference category of the quota for Chinese persons of the first year that such quota numbers are available.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. The title was amended so as to read: “A bill for the relief of Honorio Canciller and Nancy Ting Evangelista.” A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. MARTIN KENNETH IKEDA The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 2705) for the relief of Martin Kenneth Ikeda. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That, notwithstanding any provision of law excluding persons of certain races from permanent admission to, and from naturalization as citizens of, the United States, Martin Kenneth Ikeda, minor son of Ichio Ikeda, a citizen of the United States, shall] be admitted to the United States for permanent residence upon application hereafter filed and without presenting an immigration visa or other travel documents, and may become naturalized as a citizen of the United States upon compliance with other requirements of the naturalization laws applicable in his case and consistent with this act. Upon the admission of the said Martin Kenneth Ikeda to the United States for permanent residence, the Secre- tary of State shall instruct the proper quota- control officer to deduct one number from the Japanese quota for the first year such quote is available. With the following committee amend- ment: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert “That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 13 (c) of the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended (43 Stat. 161-162; 50 Stat. 168; 46 Stat, 681; 8 U. 8. C. 218 (c)), which exclud.s from admission to the United States for permanent residence persons who are in- eligible to citizenship. Martin Kenneth CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE Ikeda, minor son of Ichio Ikeda, a citizen of the United States, shall be deemed to be ad- missible to the United States for permanent residence, provided he is otherwise admissi- ble under the immigration laws. Upon the enactment of this act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control offi- cer to deduct one number from the first available quota for nationals of China.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to re- consider was laid on the table. CAMILLA FABRIS The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 3018) for the relief of Camilla Fabris. Mr. ASPINALL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that this bill be passed over without prejudice. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. For- AND). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Colorado? There was no objection. KATE LAURSEN The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 4015) for the relief of Kate Laursen. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That notwithstanding the provisions of the eleventh category of section 3 of the Immigration Act of 1917 (8 U. 8. C. 136 (e)), Kate Laursen, the wife of @ citizen of the United States, may be ad- mitted to the United States for permanent residence, if she is found otherwise admis- sible under the provisions of the immigration laws. With the following committee amend- ment: Page 1, line 4, after the words “act of”, strike the balance of the line down to and including the word “laws’’, on line 8, and insert “1917, as amended (8 U. 8. C. 136 (e)), insofar as concerns any act or acts of Kate Laursen of which the Department of Justice has notice at the time of enactment of this act, the said Kate Laursen may be admitted to the United States for permanent residence if she ts not found to be otherwise inadmis- sible under the provisidns of the immigration laws.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. DR. TA FU WU The Clerk called the bili (H. R. 4532) for the relief of Dr. Ta Fu Wu. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Attorney Gen- eral be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence in the United States of Dr. Ta Fu Wu as of June 30, 1948, the date on which he lawfully entered the United States. Src. 2. Upon the enactment of this act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the quota for Chinese persons of the first year that such quota is hereafter avatl- able. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. FEBRUARY 21 DR. AGOSTINO DzLIsi The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 5566) for the relief of Dr. Agostino DeLisi. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be tt enacted, etc., That, for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws, Dr. Agostino DeLisi who entered the United States on June 26, 1948, to continue his medical studies, shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted, as of such date, to the United States for permanent residence. Upon the enactment of this act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the quota for Italy for the first year such quota is available. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. HAMAKO AMANO The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 6271) for the relief of Hamako Amano. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That, notwithstanding the provisions of law relating to racial in- eligibility and the provisions of the law re- lating to prerequisites to the issuance of a visitor’s visa, Hamako Amano, the fiancée of Harry Schneider, an honorably discharged veteran of World War II, shall, if otherwise admissible under the immigration laws, be deemed eligible for a visitor's visa for the purpose of contracting marriage with sald Harry Schneider: Provided, That said mar- riage shall be contracted within a period of 90 days after the arrival of Hamako Amano in the United States: Provided further, That upon the contracting of the marriage afore- said within the period of 90 days after the arrival of Hamako Amano in the United States, the Attorney General is authorized and directed to adjust the status of Hamako Amano to that of a permanent resident of the United States. With the following committee amend- ment: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert “That, in the administration of the immigration laws, the provisions of section 13 (c) of the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended, which excludes from admission to the United States aliens who are ineligible to citizenship, shall not apply to Mrs. Harry Schneider (nee Hamako Amano), the wife of a citizen of the United States and an honor- ably discharged veteran of World War II.” t The committee amendment was agreed 0. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. The title was amended so as to read: “A bill for the relief of Mrs. Harry Schneider.” A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. MRS. WILLIAM Y. IMANAKA The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 6344) for the relief of Mrs. Willlam Y. Imanaka. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That, notwithstanding any provision of law excluding from admis- sion to the United States persons of races ineligible to citizenship, Mrs. William Y. Imanaka, wife of Corp. William Y. Ima- naka, a citizen of the United States who is serving in Japan with the armed forces of the United States, shall be admitted to the United States for permanent residence upon
1950 application hereafter filed and without pre- senting an immigration visa or other travel documents, if ehe is otherwise admissible under the immigration laws. Upon the ad- mission of the said Mrs. William Y. Imanaka to the United States for permanent residence, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota control officer to deduct one number from the Japanese quota for the first year such quota is available. With the following committee amend- ment: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert “That, in the administration of the immigration laws, the provisions of sec- tion 13 (c) of the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended, which excludes from admission to the United States persons who are ineligi- ble to citlzenship, shall not apply to Mrs. William Y. Imanaka, a native and citizen of Japan, of the Japanese race, the wife of Corp. William Y. Imanaka, a citizen of the United States who is serving in Japan with the armed forces of the United States, and that if otherwise admissible under the immi- grution laws she shall be granted admission to the United States for permanent residence upon application hereafter filed.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a tiurd time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to re- consider was laid on the table. MRS. CHIKAKO MARY OHORI HORI The Clerk calied the bill (H. R. 6414) for the relief of Mrs. Chikako Mary Ohori Hori. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc, That, notwithstanding any provision of law excluding from perma- nent admission to the United States persons of races ineligible to citizenship, Mrs Chi- kako Mary Ohort Hori, a natural-born citizen of the Dominion of Canada and the wife of Soichiro Hori, Pacoima, Calif, a citizen of the United States, shall be admitted to the United States for permanent residence if she is otherwise admissible under the immigra- tion laws With the following committee amend- ment: Strike out all af.-. the enacting clause and insert “That, in the administration of the immigration laws, the provisions of section 13 (c) of the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended, v hich excludes from admission to the United States persons who are ineligible to citizenship, shall not apply to Mrs. Chi- kako Mary Ohori Hort, a native and citizen of Canada of the Japanese race, the wife of a citizen of the United States, and that if otherwise admissible under the immigration jaws she shall be granted admission to the United States for permanent residence upon application hereafter filed.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to re- consider was laid on the table. MITSUE MIYAMOTO The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 6589) for the relief of Mitsue Miyamoto. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the provisions of the immigration laws relating to the exclu- sion from the United States of aliens in- admissible because of race shall not here- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE after apply to Mitsue Miyamoto, the Japa- nese flancée of Cloice Howard Bryan, a citi- ven of the United States and an honorably discharged veteran of World War II. The said Mitsue Miyamoto shall be eligible for @ visa as a nonimmigrant temporary visitor for a period of 3 months if the appropriate administrative authorities find that the said Miisue Miyamoto is coming to the United States with a bona fide intention of being married to the said Cloice Howard Bryan and that she is otherwise admissible under the immigration laws. If the marringe ke- tween the above-named parties dues not oc- cur within 3 months after the entry of the said Mitsue Miyamoto, she shall be required to depart from the United States and upon faiiure to do so shal] be deported in accord- ance with sections 19 end 20 of the Immi- gration Act of February 6, 1917, as amended (U. S. C., 1946 ed., title 8, secs. 155 and 158). If the above-named parties are mar- ried within 3 months after the entry of the said Mitsue Miyamoto, the Attorney General is authorized and directed to record the luw- ful admission for permanent residence of the suid Mitsue Miyamoto, as of the dute of rer entry into the United States, upcn payment by her of the required fees and head tux. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. MITSUKO UEMURA The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 6689) for the relief of Mitsuko Uemura. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as fol’ows: Be it enacted, ete., That the provisions of the immigration laws relating to the exclu- sion from the United States of aliens inad- mussible because ot race shall not hereafter apply to Mitsuko Uemura, the Japanese flan- cée of Clement Don Jones, a citizen of the Uniicd States and an honorably discharged veteran of World War II. The said Mitsuko Uemura shall be eligible for a visa as a non- immigrant temporary visitor for a period of 3 months if the appropriate administrative authorities find that the said Mitsuko Uemura is coming to the United States with a bona fide intention of being married to the said Clement Don Jones and that she is otherwise admissible under the immigration laws. If the marriage between the above- named parties does not occur within 3 months after the entry of the said Mitsuko Uemura, she shall be required to depart from the United States and upon fallure to do 60 shall be deported in accordance with sec- tions 19 and 20 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917, as amended (U.S C, 1946 ed, title 8, secs. 155 and 156). If the above- named parties are married within 3 months after the entry of the said Mitsuko Uemura, the Attorney Genera] is authorized and di- rected to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of the said Mitsuko Uemura, as of the date of her entry into the United States, upon the payment by her of the required fees and head tax. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. ARTHUR CHEN SHU JEE The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 6756) for the relief of Arthur Chen Shu Jee. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of State is authorized and directed to cause an immigration visa to be issued to Arthur Chen Shu Jee, born on August 2, 1946, at Soochow, China, the son of Dr. Kenneth Chen Huan Jee, who is a native-born United States 2075 citizen, if he is found by the United States consul to whom application for visa is made, to be admissible under all the provisions of the immigration laws other than the annual- quota limitations. Sec. 2. Upon the admission of Arthur Chen Shu Jee to the United States the Secretary of State shall instruct tho proper quota-con- trol officer to deduct one number from the quota for Chinese persons for the first year such quota ts available. With the following committee amend- ment: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert “That, notwithstanding the provisions of existing immigration laws Arthur Chen Shu Jee, born on August 16, 1947, at Scochow, China, the son of Dr. Kenneth Chen Huan Jee, who jis a citizen of the United States, shall be deemed to be a nonquota immigrant if he is admissible for permanent residence under the provisions of the immigration laws other than the annual quota limitations.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. MRS KYOKO NAKAMURA KORNHAUSER The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 6787) for the relief of Mrs. Kyoko Nakamura Kornhauser. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc, That, in the adminis- tration of the immigration laws, the provi- sions of section 13 (c) of the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended, which excludes from admission to the United States persons who are ineligible to citizenship, shall not apply to Mrs. Kycko Nakamura Kornhauser, & na- tive and citizen of Japan, of the Japanese race, the wife of David Henry Kornhauser, a United States citizen who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces during World War II, and that if otherwise admissible under the imnilgra- tion laws she shall be granted admission to the United States for permanent residence upon application hereafter filed. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. MRS. NOBUKO ETO HEARD The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 6894) for the relicf of Mrs. Nobuko Eto Heard. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That, in the adminis- tration of the immigration laws, the provi- sions of section 13 (c) of the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended, which excludes from admission to the United States persons who are ineligible to citizenship, shall not apply to Mrs. Nobuko Eto Heard, a native and citizen of Japan, of the Japanese race, the wife of Thomas James Heard, a United States citizen who is presently serving in the armed forces of the United States, and that if otherwise admissible under the immigra- tion laws she shall be granted admission to the United States for permanent residence upon application hereafter filed. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to re- consider was laid on the table. HISAKO SAKATA IKEZAWA 'The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 7035) for the relief of Hisako Sakata Ikezawa.
2076 There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That notwithstanding the provisions of section 13 (c) of the Im- migration Act of 1917, as amended, Hisako Sakata Ikezawa, the Japanese spouse of Michael Akiru Ikezawa, @ citizen of the United States and an honorably discharged veteran of World War II, shall be admitted to the United States for permanent residence as & nonquota immigrant upon application here- after filed, if she 1s otherwise admissible un- der immigration laws. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. P 8. COOK CO. The Clerk called the bill (S. 563) for the relief of the P. S. Cook Co. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the P. 8. Cook Co., of Lincoln, Nebr, the sum not excceding $2,545.76, which the Public Housing Commis- sioner certifies, after such audit as he deems advisable, to be the amount of losses sus- tained by such company in performing !ts cost-plus-fixed-foe subcontracts for plumb- ing and heating on Federal Public Housing Authority projects Neb—V-25136 (Blair, Nebr ), Ia.-V- 18148 (Red Oak, Iowa), and Ia.- V-13112 (Shenandoah, Iowa), which losses were caused by increased Jabor costs, no ad- justment for which was allowed by the Pub- lic Housing Admintstration, and such pay- ment shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of such company against the United States for reimbursement for such losses: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services ren- dered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person vilo- lating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding 61,000. The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. GLADYS INEZ GREENWOOD The Clerk called the bill (S. 914) for the relief of Gladys Inez Greenwood. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he Js hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Gladys Inez Greenwood, of New London, Conn. (widow of Col. Donald R. Greenwood, O-6290, United States Army, who died on July 7, 1946, at Hot Springs, Ark., while en route under Army order to La Jolla, Calif., his official residence of record), an amount equal to the travel allowance to which she would have been entitled had her husband not died at Hot Springs and had he com- pleted his journey to La Jolla, Calif., his official residence of record: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceed- ing $1,000. The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. AERO-BOCKER KNITTING MILLS, INC. The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 1047) for the relief of Aero-Bocker Knitting Mills, Inc. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Aero-Bocker Knitting Mills, Inc, New York, N. Y., the sum of $14,439 80. Such sum represents the amount such corporation paid, under protest, to the United States to cover the excess cost to the United States of purchasing 25,000 pounds of knitted worsted fabric elsewhere than from such corporation. The said Areo- Bocker Knitting Mills, Inc, was unable to carry out its contract to furnish such fabric to the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot, United States Army, because of a typograph- ical error in the bid submitted by such cor- poration. Such bid read ‘$145” a pound as the price for which such corporation un- dertook to furnish such fabric instead of “$2 45” a pound which was the price which such corporation intended to submit: Pro- vided, That no part of the amount appropri- ated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or re- ceived by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to re- consider was laid on the table. CHARLES W. WULF The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 1299) for the relief of Charles W. Wulf, war- rant officer, junior grade, United States Air Force. Mr. ASPINALL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that this bill be passed over without prejudice. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Colorado? There was no objection. ROBERT B. WORKMAN The Clerk called the bill (S. 1449) for the relief of Robert B. Workman. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Robert B. Work- man, of Lincoln, Maine, the sum of 64,125, in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for reimbursement for house- hold and personal effects destroyed on De- cember 17, 1938, when the station building in which he was residing with his family while serving as an employee of the Civil Aeronautics Authority at the United States Airways Communication Station, Knight Field, Evanston, Wyo., was destroyed by fire caused by a defective flue and chimney in the communication station: Provided, That no fart of the amount appropriated in this FEBRUARY 21 act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendcred in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. W. B. TERRY The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 1464) for the relief of W. B. Terry. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Trensury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $446 to W. B. Terry, of Orange, Orange County, Tex., in full payment of all claims against the United States as refund for bond forfeited for Deason Childress, who has been apprehended and turned over to the Federal authoritios: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be un- lawful, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing. Any person violating the provi- sions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thercof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. WILLIAM KRAUS The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 1699) for the relief of the estate of William Kraus. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $10,000 to the estate of William Kraus, of Brooklyn, N. Y., in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the death of the said William Kraus, who was Killed as a result of an accident involving a United States Army vehicle at the interscc- tion of Tenth Avenue and Twenty-ninth Street, New York City, on January 6, 1944: Provided, That no part of the amount ap- propriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or re- ceived by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. With the following committee amend- ment: Page 1, line 5, strike out “810,000”, and in- sert in lieu thereof $5,452.73.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table.
1950 C. L. LEFFINGWELL The Clerk called the bill (S. 1933) for the relief of C. L. Lefiingwell and others. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, ete., That (a), notwith- standing the provisions of Public Law 600, Seventy-ninth Congress, approved August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806), the Postmaster General is authorized and directed to pay, out of the appropriation otherwise available for the re- imbursement of expenses incurred in travel- ing and moving household effects by em- ployees of the Railway Mail Service of the Post Office Department, to the persons named in subsection (b) hereof, such amounts for expenses as were incurred by them in con- nection with their transfer from one duty station to another on orders of Officials of the Surface Postal Transport Division be- tween the dates indicated following the names of each of such persons: Provided, That the amounts to be paid shall in each case be subject to administrative determina- tion by the Post Office Deprrtment and audit by the General Accounting Office: Provided further, That no part of the respective amounts authorized to be paid by this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with the claim ot any person hereinafter named, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary not- withstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions of this act shall be dcemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction there- of shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. (pb) James H. Barrow, for expenses in- curred between December 8, 1945, and July 23, 1947; Walter L. Robinson, Jr., for expenses incurred between April 20, 1947, and Novem- ber 3, 1947; Allyn W. Reimund, for expenses incurred hetween July 24, 1947, and Novem- ber 25, 1947, Walter E Patterson, for ex- penses incurred between July 6, 1947, and November 9, 1947, Harold L Marsh, for ex- penses incurred between February 3, 1947, and June 8, 1947; Malcolm R. Clark, for ex- penses incurred bctween August 14, 1947, and December 16, 1947; Marshall B McRee, for expenses incurred between October 12, 1947, and February 13, 1948; Charles L. Lef- fingwell, for expenses incurred between July 28, 1947, and March 8, 1948; Eugene Attkis- son, for expenses incurred between November 23, 1947, and October 1, 1948. The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. I D COSSON The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 2719) for the relief of I. D. Cosson. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That, whereas injuries, suffering, and hardship sustained when satu- ration bombs were dropped in the yard and near his home by a United States Army plane on August 11, 1944, resulted in I. D, Cosson’s being permanently paralyzed from the waist down and in his right leg subsequently being amputated in the midthigh, that in addi- tion to sums heretofore authorized, the Sec- retary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, the sum of $810,000 to the legal guardian of I. D Cosson, of De Funiak Springs, Fla., in full settlement of all claims against the United Statcs for personal in- juries sustained: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in ex- cess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or at- torney on account of services rendered in XCVI “101 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violat- ing the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. The title was amended so as to read: “A bill for the relief of the legal guardian of I. D. Cosson, a minor.” A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. RENO E. STITELY The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 2765) for the rehef of Reno E. Stitely. Mr. POTTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be passed over without prejudice. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. ForanD). Is there objection to the re- quest of the gentleman from Michigan? There was no objection. MRS DOROTHY MANIOUS The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 2929) for the relief of Mrs. Dorothy Manious. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs Dorothy Manious, Nebraska City, Nebr, the sum of 810,000 in full settlement of her claim against the United States arising out of the death of Alvin C Manious, her husband; and the sum of $2,500 in full settlement of her claim against the United States arising from injJu- ries received while a passenger in an automo- bile which was struck by one being driven by Private Jeter Maxwell in Munich, Ger- many. With the following committee amend- ment: Line 6, after the sign ‘‘8” strike out the re- mainder of the bill and insert in Meu thereof “2,500, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for property damage, per- sonal injuries, medical expenses, and loss of earnings sustained by her as the result of an accident involving an Army truck, which occurred in Munich, Germany, on January 81, 1948: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be patd or delivered to or received by any sgent or attorney on acccunt of services 1endered in connection with this claim, and the seme shall be un- lawful, any contract to the contrary notwith- standing Any person violating the provi- sions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. MRS ELIZABETH GARDNER The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 3725) for the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not othe: wise appropriated, to Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner, the Samuel and Nettie Eowne Hospital, Poughkeepsie, N, Y., the sum 2077 of $25,000 in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States for compensation on account of personal injuries and medical and hospital and other expenses incurred by her as a@ result thereof, sustained by her when an automobile in which she was traveling collided with a United States Army truck driven by Pvt. George A. Green, while proceeding on Route No. 55, near the town of Poughquag, N. Y., on February 3, 1944: And provided fui ther, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 per- cent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemcd gullty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. With the following committee amend- ments: Page 1, ne 5, after the word “to” insert “the estate of.” Page 1, line 7, strike out ‘@25,000”, and insert in Meu thereof ‘$5,000 " Page 2, line 4, after the date “1944°", strike out “Provided”, and insert in lteu thereof. “Provided, That the acceptance by the said estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner of the amount appropriated by this act shall not be construed as affecting any claim or claims that she may desire to assert aguinst any other person or persons on account of dam- ages growing out of this same accident: And provided further.” The committee amendments agrecd to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. The title was amended so as to read: “A bill for the relicf of the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner.” A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. were Y S HU The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 4301) for the rehef of Y. S. Hu Mr POTTER. Mr. Speaker, T ask unanimous consent that the bill be passed over without prejudice. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentle- man from Michigan? There was no objcction. J.R HOLDEN, R C BIGGADIKE, AND JOHN HOFFMAN The Clerk called the bill (H R 4342) for the relief of J. R Holden, R. C. Biggadike, and John Hoffman. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill? Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, I object. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Two ob- jections are required. Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- imous consent that this bill be passed over without prejudice. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York? There was no objection. HARRY TANSEY The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 5546) for the relief of Harry Tansey. Mr. DOLLIVER and Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin objected, and the bill, under the rule, was recominitted to the Com- mittee on the Judic:ary,
2978 ALCIDE RAYMOND The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 6051) for the relief of Alcide Raymond. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Army be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to enter in the records of the Department of the Army the following: That Alclde Raymond, Army serial number R- 2030°8, sergeant, Battery A, Thirteenth Coast Arilllery, shall be held and considered to have been retired on November 14, 1936, after more than 30 yenrs’ service Sec. 2 The Secretary of the Treasury 1s authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- pliated, the sum of 810,96567 to Maud E. Raymond, widow of Alcide Raymond, which amount represents full retired pay at the rate of 75 percent of active-duty pay of a seryeant from Noveinber 14, 1936, to and in- cluding January 31, 1848, the date of the death of Alcide Raymond: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shell be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violat- ing the provisions of this act shall be deemed gullty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall b> fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. PAUL D BANNING The Clerk called the bill (H R 6691) for the relief of Paul D. Banning, chicf disbursing officer, Treasury Department, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacicd, etce,, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $12,366933, of which amount (a) not to excced the sum of $406 89 shall be credited in the accounts of Paul D Banning, chief disbursing officer, Treasury Department; not to exceed the sum of 144,16 shall be credited in the accounts of E. J Brennan, former chief disbursing officer, Treasury Department; not to exceed the sum of $623 67 shall be credited in the accounts of Guy F Allen, former chief disbursing officer, Treasury Department, to the extent necessary to adjust overdrafts in their accounts as described in House Report No. 1609, Eighty-first Congress, second ses- sion; (b) not to exceed the sum of 89 shall be used to reimburse B H Willis, cashier, office of the collector of internal revenue, Jacksonville, Fla,, for the amount paid by him to the Federal Reserve bank in settle- ment of a discrepancy caused by a deposit of a 81 note which had been raised to $10; (c) not to exceed the sum of 820 shall be used to reimburse Miss Vera Dixon, window teller, office of the collector of internal revenue, St. Louts, Mo., for the amount paid by her to the Federal Rescrve bank to replace a counterfeit #20 bill; (d) not to exceed the sum of $20 shall be used to reimburse J. LL Schrum, cashier, office of the collector of internal revenue, Greensboro, N. C., for the amount paid by him to the Guilford (N.C ) National Bank to replace a counterfeit $20 bill, (e) not to exceed the sum of $10 shall be used to reimburse James Howley, teller, oftice of the collector of internal revenue, Chicago, Ill., for the amount paid by him to replace a counterfeit $10 bill; and (f) not to exceed the sum of $11,132.61 shall be credited to public-debt receipts to correct CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE discrepancies resulting from the failure of issuing agents to account for bond stock supplied to them, Src. 2. The Comptroller General of the United States is authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of the follow- ing certifying officers, former certifying of- ficers, and a disbursing officer of the Treasury Department for amounts disallowed in their accounts as enumerated in House Report No, 1609, Eighty-first Congress, second ses- sion, in sums not to exceed those hereinafter stated: Charles S. Bell, 87.50; Edwin H. Dressel, $50, Harry C. Westover, $1,151.68; Mrs Pluma J. O'Farrell, $2886, E I" Kelm, $25.20, Frank J. Kuhl, $3930, Earl G Lose7z, 8624; J C Breaud, €90387; O. V Powell, $354 33, and Denis W. Delaney, 89 99. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to re- consider was laid on the table SGT. BLAINE W. HUGHES The Clerk called the bill (EH. R. 6692) for the relief of Set Blaine W. Hughes There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be tt enacted, cte, That Set Blaine w. Huzhes, AF 19086079, United States Air Force, be, and he is hereby, relieved of all ability to refund to the United States the sum of $203 28, representing the amount of pay received by him from the United States for work performed by him as a temporary civilian employee in the capacity of auto- motive mechanic, grade 12, between October 8, 1945, and November 11, 1945, both dates inclusive, at the Sierra Ordnance Depot, Herlong, Calif, while he was on furlough, In the settlement of the accounts of any disbursing officer of the United States full credit shall be given for all payments made to the suid Sgt Blaine W Hughes for the services so performed by him Src 2 That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and di- rected tq pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Srt. Bluine W Hughes, United States Air Force, the sum of $69 60 (88240 less $12 80, with- holding tax), to be exempt from Federal income tax, which sum represents the net balance of the compensation due to the said Blaine W. Hughes for the services performed by him between October 8, 1945, and Novem- ber 21, 1945, both dates inclusive, at the said Sierra Ordnance Depot, while he was on fur- lough: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act shall be puid or delivered to or received by any agent or at- torney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceed- ing $1,000. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to re- consider was laid on the table. ERVIN HAAS AND LENO VESCOVI The Clerk called the bill (H R 6694) for the relief of Ervin Haas and Leno Vescovi. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That, notwithstanding the instructions of the Navy Department con- tained in Navy Civilian Personnel Instruc- tions (NCPI 250, Rev. II), Ervin Haas, former fire chief, United States naval submarine base, New London, Conn., from January 26, 1942, to October 2, 1944, and Leno Vescovi, former fire chief, United States naval sub- FEBRUARY 21 marine base, New London, Conn., from Octo- ber 5, 1944, to May 5, 1948, shall be held and considered to have been entitled to occupancy of public quarters without charge whilo serv- ing as fire chief at the afore-mentioned naval submarine base; and such persons shall not be subject to charge for the accumulated appraised value of the rental and utilities furnished for such periods tn the amounts of $C45 G5 and $560 £6, respectively: Provided, That no part of the amount appropricted in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received Sy any agent or attorney on account of services ren- dered in connection with this claim, and the same fhell be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding Any person vio- lating the provisions of this act shall be dcemed guilty of a misdemeanor and unon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to rccon- sider was laid on the table EDGAR F RUSSELL; LILLIAN V RUSSELL, HIS WIFE, AND BESSIE R WARD The Clerk called the bill (17. R. 6695) for the relief of Edgar F. Russell; Liiiian V. Russell, his wife; and Bessie R. Ward. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, ete., That the Sccretary of the Treasury be, and he Is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 10 Edgar F. Russell and Lillian V. Russell, his wife, the sum of $903 25, and to Bessie R. Ward, the sum of $135 75, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the value of personal property destroyed by fire on June 14, 1944, in a Government build- ing at Hoonash, Alaska: Provided, Vhat no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or recelved by uny agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violat- ing the piovisions of this act shall be deemed eullty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. The bill was ordercd to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. LAWRENCE B. WILLIAMS ET AL. The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 6096) for the relicf of Lawrence B. Williams and his wife, Viva Craig Williams. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be 1t enacted, eic., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he ts hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise approprtated, to Lawrence B Williams and his wife, Viva Craig Williams, the sum of 61,437 08, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the value of personal property de- stroyed by fire on March 19, 1946, in a Gov- ernment building at Savoonga, Alaska: Pro- vided, That no part of the amount appro- priated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or re- ceived by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding 61,000.
1950 The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. EUGENIO MAISTERRENA BARRENECHE The Clerk called the bill (8. 204) for the relief of Eugenio Maisterrena Barreneche. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That, for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws, Eugenio Maisterrena Barreneche shall be held and considered to have been lawfully ad- mitted into the United States for permanent residence as of January 2, 1970, the date upon which he was temporarily admitted into the United States, upon the payment by him of the visa fee and head tax. Upon the enact- ment of this act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the appropriate quota for the first year that such quota is available. The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsid:r was laid on the table. PIETER CORNELIS TEN WOLDE AND FAMILY The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 714) for the relief of Pieter Cornelis ten Wolde and family. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws the aliens Pieter Cornelis ten Wolde, his wife, Mrs. Johanna Cristina ten Wolde, and their two minor children, Christol Henny ten Wolde and Loekie Helena ten Wolde, of New Orleans, La., who entered the United States at Miami, Fla., on September 2, 1947, for a temporary stay, shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence at such place and on such date. Upon the enactment of th‘s act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to muke ap- propriate deduction of four numbers from the quota for the Netherlands. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. MRS. JOHN KAUDY, FORMERLY STELLA CAPPLER The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 1170) for the relief of Mrs. John Kaudy, for- merly Stella Cappler. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That, notwithstanding the provisions of the eleventh category of section 3 of the Immigration Act of 1917 (8 U.S. C. 186 (e)), Mrs. John Kaudy (formerly Stella Cappler), the wife of a citizen of the United States who served honorably in the armed forces of the United States during World War II, may be admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Act approved December 28, 1945 (Public Law 271, Seventy-ninth Congress), if she is found otherwise admissible under the pro- visions of the immigration laws. With the following committee amend- ment: Page 1, line 9, after the word “residence” strike out the balance of line 9 and line 10 down to and including the word “Congress)”’. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE The committee amendment was agreed The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. GABE BUDWEE The Clerk called the bill (S. 309) for the relief of Gabe Budwee. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That notwithstanding the provisions of the eleventh category of section 3 of the Immigration Act of 1917 (8 U.S. C. 136 (e)), Gabe Budwee, the husband of an American-born citizen of the United States, and the father of two minor citizens of the United States, who aided in the war effort by his employment as a civilian by the United States Army in Australia, during World War II, may be admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration Act of 26, 1924, if he is found otherwise admissible under the provisions of the immigration laws. The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. MRS. SOLVEIG NORMANSON The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 2232) for the relief of Mrs. Solveig Norman- son. Mr. ASPINALL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that this bill be passed over without prejudice. The SPEAKER protempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentle- man from Colorado? There was no objection. THERESE HOHMAN The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 3230) for the relief of Therese Hohman. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That in the administra- tion of the immigration and naturalization laws Therese Hohman, residing in Bethlehem, Pa., who was admitted into th> United States at the port of Bost... on a temporary visa, shall be deemed to have been lawfully ad- mitted into the United States for permanent residence as of December 17, 1948; the de- parture bond shall be canceled upon pay- ment of visa fees and head tax. Upon the enactment of this act, the Secretary of State is authorized and directed to instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the nonpreference category from the German quota for the first year said quota is available. The bill was oruered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. ALFRED ZORGIS ET AL. The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 4604) to authorize the admission into the United States of certain aliens possessing special skills, namely Alfred Zorgis, Teo- dor Egle, Karlis Fogelis, Vasily Kils, and Aleksanders Zelmenis. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of State and the Attorney General be, and are hereby, authorized and directly jointly to provide for the temporary admiasion of Alfred Zorgis, Teodor Egle, Karlis Fogelis, Vasily 2079 Kils, and Aleksanders Zelmenis, who are foreign specialists possessing special and unique skills vitally needed for the opera- tion of a textile mill by Robert Hires, of Woonsocket, R. I. If, at the expiration of 12 months imme- diately following the admission into the United States of these foreign specialists, the Attorney General shall, upon application filed with the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization by these named aliens, find that such persons have maintained em- ployment with Robert Hirsas, he is hereby authorized and directed to amend the record of such aliens’ temporary admission to show admission for permanent residence as of the date of thelr respective actual entry into the United States. With the following committee amend- ments: Page 1, line 5, strike out “Alfred Zorgis.” Page 1, strike out line 10 and lines 1 to 9 on page 2. Page 2, line 10, insert the following: “Sec. 2. If the Attorney General finds that any of the above-named aliens has failed to maintain a satisfactory employment status at any time within the year after the date of his temporary admission, such alien shall be deemed to have remained in the Untted States for a longer time than permitted and shall be subject to deportation as provided in sections 19 and 20 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917, as amended.” The committee amendments were agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. The title was amended so as to read: “A bill to authorize the admission into the United States of certain aliens pos- sessing special skills, namely, Teodor Egle, Karlis Fogelis, Vasily Kils, and Aleksanders Zelmenis.” A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. VERONICA JOLLY The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 4781) for the relief of Veronica Jolly. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That in the administra- tion of the immigration and naturalization laws, Veronica Jolly, of Washington, D. C., shall be held and considered to be found lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of her actual entry into the United States, upon payment by her of the visa fee of $10 and the head tax of 68. Src. 2. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to deduct one number from the quota for Australia. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to re- consider was laid on the table. AMENDING PRIVATE LAW NO. 468, SEVENTY -SIXTH CONGRESS The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 5541) to amend Private Law No. 463, Seventy- sixth Congress. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That Private Law 463, Seventy-sixth Congress, is hereby amended to read as follows: “That, for the purposes of section 56, of the act entitled ‘An act in reference to the expatriation of citizens and their protection abroad,’ approved March 2, 1907, as amended,
2080 William Lawrence Tan, of Honolulu, Hawaii, the minor child of Wilma Alberta Geary, a citizen of the United States whose American citizenship was resumed on March 30, 1935, notwithstanding that he ts inadmissible for entry into the United States for permanent residence he shall not be deported. “Sec. 2. The Attorney General is hereby authorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of Wil- liam Lawrence Tan as of December 1, 1934, at the port of Honolulu, Hawall.” The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. HARUKO TERAMOTO The Clerk read the bill (H. R. 6577) for the rehef of Haruko Teramoto. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the provisions of the immigration laws relating to the ex- clusion of aliens inadmissible because of race shall not hereafter apply to Haruko Tera- moto, Hyogo-Ken, Japan, the Japanese flancée of Dale O. Nichols, a citizen of the United States and an honorably discharged veteran of World War II, and that Haruko Teramoto may be eligible for a visa as a non- immigrant temporary visitor for a period of 8 months. Provided, That the administra- tive authorities find that the said Haruko Teramoto is coming to the United States with a bona fide intention of being married to said Dale O. Nichols, and that she is found otherwise admissible under the immigration laws. Inthe event the marriage between the above-named parties does not occur within 3 months after the entry of sald Haruko Tera- moto, she shall be required to depart from the United States and upon failure to do so shall be deported in accordance with the provisions of sections 19 and 20 of the Immi- gration Act of February 5, 1917 (U.S C, title 8, secs, 155 and 156). In the event the mar- riage between the above-named parties shall occur within 3 months after entry of said Haruko Teramoto, the Attorney General is authorized and directed to record the law- ful admission for permanent residence of said Haruko Teramoto as of the date of her entry into the United States, upon the pay- ment by her of the required fees and head taxes. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. E. W. EATON COAL CO The Clerk called the bill (S. 229) for the relief of E. W. Eaton Coal Co. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, ete, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he ts hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Trensury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,103 24, to E. W Eaton Coal Co., of Bel- fast, Maine, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for reimbursement of transportation cost in excess of normal rates of transportation prevailing prior to January 1 1942, on coal received on and after April 1, 1944, to December 31, 1944, in and around New York Harbor area and in New England, on anthracite coal from district No. 3 in northern West Virginia: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conyiction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. LLOYD D. LYLES The Clerk called the bill (S. 321) for the relief of Lloyd D. Lyles. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Lloyd D. Lyles, of Asheville, N. C., the sum of $231 69 in full satisfaction of his claim against the United States for the difference between the salary paid him under grade CAF-2 by the General Accounting Office for the period December 5, 1947, to January 24, 1948, and the salary of grade CAF-8, the duties of which he per- formed during such period after having been erroneously separated from the higher grade: Provided, That no part of the amount appro- priated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or re- ceived by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed gulity of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shal] be fined in any sum not excceding $1,000. The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. CLARENCE HERBERT HARTMAN, A MINOR The Clerk called the bill (S. 481) for the relicf of the legal guardian of Clarence Herbert Hartman, a minor. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $5,000 to the legal guardian of Clarence Herbert Hartman, a minor, of Clearwater, Fla., in full settlement of all claims against the United States for compensation for personal injuries sustained by the said minor on June 7, 1943, near Pinellas Army Air Field, St. Petersburg, Fla., when a rope suspended frcm an Army airplane struck him on the neck and threw him to the ground: Provided, That no part of the amcunt appropriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thercof shall ke paid or delivered to or received by uny agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceed- ing $1,000. The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. EDNA A. BAUSER The Clerk called the bill (S. 1916) for the relief of Edna A. Bauser. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be tt enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not FEBRUARY 21 otherwise appropriated, to Edna A. Bauser, postmaster at Bunker Hill, Ill., the sum of $366.71, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for reimbursement for the exponses incurred by her in provid- ing temporary quarters for the post office following a tornado which destroyed the former quarters: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in ex- cess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attor- ney on account of services rendered in con- nection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceed- ing $1,000. The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. SUSPENSION OF DEPORTATION IN THE CASE OF CERTAIN ALIENS The Clerk called Senate Concurrent Resolution 44 favoring the suspension of deportation of certain aliens. There being no objection, the Clerk read the resolution, as follows: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- resentatives concurring), That the Congress favors the suspension of deportation in the case of each alien hereinafter named, in which case the Attorney General has sus- pended deportation for more than 6 months. A-£690437, Abbott, Colin Cedric A-5011697, Acosta, Catalina Avila De, or Katie Acosta or Louisa Avila. A-6436032, Akins, Mei Lin Liu, or Marion Liu Akins (nee Mei Lin Liu). A-6910024, Albert Joseph Armand. A~6717538, Alexandropoulos, Nicolaos. A-3017010, Amador, Casimirn Moreno. A-2840055, Amador, Flores De, or Maria Ignacia De Jesus. A-6314074, Andronis, Agnes, or Agni An- droni (nee Vatzakis or Batzakis or Bodzark}). A-6152797, Armitage, Edith Elizabeth. A- 6943217, Atilano, Encarnacion, or Encar- nacion Atilano Navarro or Jose Encarnacion Atilano Navarro. A 6943218, Atilano, Rosa Cordero de, or Rosa Aldamna Cordero. A-6C94890, Ayyob, Rayyah Mitri, or Ayoob or Ayoub A-6173823, Badillo-Molar, Gabriel. A-62374€9, Baltes, Leontina Elvira (nee Leontina Elvira Moga). A-9502310, Bergersen, Arne Johan. A-9679280, Bergersen, Astrid Hedvig (nee Christiansen). A-6191247, Best, Paul Wardlaw A--2100536, Bik, Chan Pui, or Esther Chan or Mrs So Bing Sun A-6625650, Biond!, Angelina Vecchio. A-~-3044839, Biscont!, Guiseppe, or Joseph B Bisconti A-2815577, Booth, Alfred Smallwood. A-G746235, Bozzay, George. A-2818968, Briiviescas, Ascencion. A-2¢09223, Bribiescas, Petra Nieves (alias Petra N. Bribiescas alias Petra Nieves). A-2961471, Buccwick, Albina Alzbieta, or Albina Alizabeth Bucevicius (nee Valentos). A-5614072, Burt, Arthur Frederick Jasper. A-6248877, Calogero, Glyceria (nee Dariva). A-2488694, Camano, Enrique. A~6590339, Chapman, Phyllis Eileen. A-6224753, Churchill, Diane Cecilla. A~2447000, Coffaru, Paolino (alias Paul Joseph Coffaro). A-G708393, Cooper, Herbert Roy. A-6581215, Coronado, Ramon Elizondo. A-~6138488, Couris, Victoria Hantzarns. A-6677213, Cuevas, Armando Jose Lopez y. A~-6510561, Cybulski, Mieczyslaw Prawzic, or Mieczyslaw Cybulski,
1950 A-1117811, D'Andria, Pietro or Peter. A-6094851, Dean, Paith. 4-5935194, De La O-Favila, Jesus (allas Pedro De La O or Pedro Regalado). A-6642958, Dvorak, Zdenek. A-2933876, Facca, Guerino (alias Jerry Facca). A-6836711, Fierro, Gregorio, or Gregorio Fierro-Parras. A-6836710, Fierro, Sanjuana Carillo de, or Sanjuana Carillo. A-6644965, Finkelstein, Popovici. A-4391431, Fong, Mon Lai. A-4391482, Sang, Chang Hung. A-3074701, Foros, Petros, or Pete Foros or Peter Foros. A-6780431, Garcia, Maria Calderon de (alias Maria Carrasco alias Maria Carrasco de Garcia). A-6928132, Garcia, Petra. A-€6384469, Garcia, Oscar Raimundo Y. Chaple. A-6653996, Garcia, Carmen (nee Carmen Estevez Betancourt). A-4815907, Garonzik, Ray, formerly Raella, or Ray Gilman (nee Raella or Ray Rucken- stein). A-5874797, George, Lilly Belle. A-6479308, Gerchow, Maria Eugenia. A-3984244, Giikis, Panagiotis, or Pana- giottis Panteclis Glikis or Pangrottis or Pete Glikis. A-2725829, Goldberg, Sarah (nee Hyman). A-2594809, Gomes, Luis Manuel. A-6143141, Gonzalez, Aurelio Vigao Y. A-~6332553, Graham, John Francis. A-6352479, Graham, Marguerite Enid. A-6838567, Granado, Estefana Reza De (alias Estefana Reza alias Estefana Rivera). A~6677332, Griott, Alice Agnes. A-6420400, Gross, Ludovic. A-~6484147, Gruetzmann, Clara (nee Bass). A-6665732, Gutman, Rasela (nee Politzer). A-2478152, Hansen, Emanuel Edward, or Emanuel Hansen. A-2702218, Hansen, Eigel Mogens (alias Egil Mogens Hansen). A-9741937, Hansen, Hans, A-2796185, Hanson, Hans Richard. A-6689466, Held, Elsie Johanna (alias Elsie Johanna Wilde). A-9059070, Hermo, Manuel Paz, or Manuel Paz. A-5339010, Holzli, Paul. A-6786987, Humphreys, Rosemary Berna- dette. A-6786986, Humphreys, Adrienne Marie- Louise. A-6509198, Hurtado, Felipe Dominguez. A~5327808, Inanovitz, Abraham Leib, or Louis Norvin. A-6930159, Jackson, Marjorie Alice. A~-6930160, Jackson, Michael Thomas. A~1675694, Jadegba, Augustine Kumakpibe (alias Augustine Thompson). A-6041608, Javadi, Esfandiar, or Jimmie Javadi. A-6042303, Jendrzejewski, Kazimierza (nee Kazimiersza Janiszewski). A-6477150, Johnson, Richard Arlan, for- merly Richard Arlan Westby. A-6350827, Katsaros, Marika (nee Tzika). A-4116771, Kiang, Phoenix Shih Feng (alias Phoenix Kiang). A-3537628, Killeen, Raymond Michael, or Michael Raymond Killeen. A-4776991, Kim, Sae Sun, or Hak San Kim. A-9662769, Klingen, Jack. A-4985554, Kozich, Stella Jean. A~7569224, Kraus, Bohumil. A-7528919, Krausova, Matylda. A-7528920, Krausova, Marie. A-2455188, Krikorian, Alex, or Aghiag Eri- korian. A-2544843, Kvart, Stephania Nowak (alias Bromislawa Nowak alias Stephania Nowak alias Katherine Nowak alias Stephania Dzierba or Katherine Dzierba). A-6817859, Kwiatkowski, Marek Jerzy Drob- ner (alias Mark Post). Marie, or Maria CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE A-7707327, Lambert, Judyann. A-7513902, Landeta, Emilia Martinez y Aldanese De. A-~-3296238, Lech, John, A-€6369908, Lee, Hannah Margaret. A-6181955, Leonardi Michele. A-1868471, Levy, Corin (nee Franco). A-7780799, Leyba, Altagracia Mercedes Joaquina Perez, or Joaquina Perez-Leyba (alias Joepuina Bido de Perez Leyba and Altagracia Mercedes Joaquina Bido). A-5997352, Lopez, Jesus, or Jesus Lopez Alvarado. A-5997355, Lopez, Lopez Alvarado. A-5997473, Lopez, Salvador, or Salvador Lopez Alvarado. A-6186420, Louis, Juliana. A-2065717, Madrid, Carmel Quiroz De. A-6438985, Maloney, Annie Jean Kearsey). A-6438936, Maloney, Sharon Anne. A-6790948, Mikela, Heidrum Kirkutis (alias Heidrum Crow). A-6947452, Miller, Douglas George. A-5397290, Milstein, Aron. A-5240771, Mione, Stefano Francesco, or Stefano Mione. A-2585562, Mitchell, Anna (nee Anna Ford). A~6929703, Montgelas, Carl Maximilian, or Carl Maximilian Maria Adolph Joseph Mont- elas. 6 A-6138480, Mount, Milagros Josefina (nee Llorente). A~4446894, Mullinas, Georgios, or George Dennis Mullinas or George Mollis. A-5018764, McDonnell, Elizabeth Yvonne. A-6153450, McKirdy, Colin. A-5619399, Nagle, Florence Tyson (nee Tyson). A-4294912, Needleman, Renee (nee Gross alias Grutz y Vuchonicka allas Riveca Grutz Y Zuchonicka). A-6170351, Nelle, Frederick James. A-6170350, Nelle, Elizabeth Louise. A-6170349, Nelle, Dorothy Bertha. A-3081341, Ness, Sigurd (alias Sigurd Naess). A-5238841, Nibbs, Ernest Albert. A-5734588, Nibbs, Elenora. A-6929879, Nieto, Zacarias. A-6106967, Nunez, Roberto Rivas, or Robert R. Nunez. A-6191698, Oddo, Mary (nee Maria Starch- enko). A-6367354, Olsen, Ragnhild Konstanse (alias Ragnhild Jerkill, nee Larsen). A-4189079, Osuna, Maria Concepcion Parra de. A-2916516, Ottochian, Dionisio. A-5593205, Overton, Randolph Lee. A-3599556, Panton, Leslie Alexander. A-6702281, Papapostolou, Aliki Constantino (nee Kamtsika). A-1221717, Perez, Benigno Boo, A-6401710, Perry, Margaret, formerly Sands (nee McCartney). A-6038914, Pineda, Salvador, or Francisco Pichardo or Salvador Pinedo De La Rosa. A-8333079, Pirrone, Antonino. A-6571104, Plessas, Dimitra Thomas, A-6085700, Prata, Adelaide Lopes. A-7773100, Ramirez, Fausto Arturo, or Fausto Arturo Ramirez y Benet. A-3176813, Regues, Francisco, or Francisco Regues y Torregrosa (alias Francisco Torre- grosa Regues). A-6698999, Reinert, Joseph, or Josif Reinert. A-1579856, Rene, Joseph Albert. A-2326767, Rerecich, Guiseppe Gregorio (alias Joseph Rerecich). A-6149433, Ricci, Victor Alan. A-6904437, Rivera, Carlos, or Carlos Rivera Aguilar or Carlos Aguilar. A-3310811, Rizzo, Josephine (nee Matte- ano). A-~-1656998, Robbins, Christopher (alias James Church). A-6637067, Robertson, Amy Theresa, A-6953105, Robledo, Gregorio, or Gregorio Robledo Cianez. Teresita, or Teresita (nee 2081 A-6958104, Robledo, Socorro Martinez De or Socorro Martinez. A~-1187347, Rodrigues, Antonio. A-6919985, Sachsenhauser, Rudolph or Ru- dolf, A-6652820, Salazar, Gumesindo Beltran, or Jose Beltran-Salazar, A-6821713, Saldana, Anita Marmolejo de, A-6104289, Sanchez, Francisco Magallon. A--6677176, Sawicki, Hilary Ferdinand. A-3229985, Scavo, Lucia Vitale. A-3983279, Schuldt, Charles Bruno Karl Max, or Charles Bruno Schuldt. A-6919820, Schutz, Walter. A-6948076, Schutz, Marie. A~9576879, Selja, Johannes or John. A-2291078, Selja, Maret (nee Raid or Kris- tine Juurmann). A-452 1199, Shotkowsk!, Josephine Mary. A-64(0 9536, Smale, William Ronald (alias Donald \William Grey). A-6922 /71, Smith, Cynthia Lauretta. A-~-3173852, Socha, Caroline (nee Gargu- linska). A--1261126, Somers, Amos Urias (alias Amos Sommers or Somers). A--9799985, Sotto, Romula, Alferos. A-6457944, Spinola, Oarlo, or Marquis Carlo Spinola or Carlo Luigi Spinola, A--4382612, Spoor, Johanna Catharina (nee Porton). A-2230005, Stanatiotis, Ioannis Dimitrios, or Ioannis Stanos or John Dimitrios Stanos. A-6650377, Stensland, Carl Ola. A-6650792, Stensland, Inger. A-6285048, Stewart, Muriel Eulalie (nee Foote). A- 6688387, Stoll, Else, or Elizabeth Stoll, A-6199479, Saint Vincent, Howard Roy. A-0728296, Tammsaar, Johannes. A-6183204, Tapinis, Peter, or Panagiotis Tapinis. A-7750886, Targal, Ali Kami, A-2044869, Thefterios, Eleftherios G. A-6574319, Thame, Victor Ralph. A-4224673, Theilemann, Elsa Frieda. A-1872455, Thibodeau, Kathleen Georgia. A-6815680, Thomas, William Barry Gar- land. A-6195364, Thompson, Pearl Estella, for- merly Pearl Estella Wright. A-2094041, Tiranno, Cologero, or Charles Tiranno, A-6164965, Torres, Altagracia, or Cancela Recio. A-6380231, Traag, Socorro. A-6852416, Trovato, Teresa (nee Feda). A-7729663, Trujillo, Bernardo. A~6083857, Tsao, Han Sun. A-3175382, Tschauder, Wolfgang Dietrich. A-2584603, Tsohos, Michae] Antoniou Kou- louris, or Michael Antoniou Tsohos, A-1740907, Tziotis, Argyrios. A-3147723, Urruchua, Juan, A-6146848, Urrutia, Acracia (nee Herrero- Garcia). A-6877600, Valenzuela, Manuel. A~6246802, Vian Anastasia, formerly Anas- tasia Xenias (nee Sotiriladis), A-6172669, Violagis, Eftyhia Constatin (alias Eftyhia Violacis or Violantzis nee Cos- mides). A~-9526618, Wallestad, Arild Martin. A-~3416156, Witriol, Meyer. A-6846949, Yaker, Mordco, or Marco Yaker. A-3461003, Yancsics, Kiara, or Klara Schmidt. A~-2645628, You, Lee Kee. With the following committee amend- ments: On page 5, line 20, strike out the registra- tion number and the name, “A-6509198, Hurtado, Filipe Dominguez.” On page 8, line 23, strike out the registra. tion number and the name, “A-3590556, Panton, Leslie Alexander.” On page 9, line 6, strike out the registra- tion number and the name, “A-3333079, Pirrone, Antonino.”
2082 On page 10, line 11, strike out the registra- tion number and the name, “A-6677176, Sawicki, Hilary Ferdinand.” The concurrent resolution was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. SUSPENSION OF DEPORTATION IN THE CASE OF CERTAIN ALIENS The Clerk called Senate Concurrent Resoiution 45, favoring the suspension of deportation of certain aliens. There being no objection, the Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as fol- lows: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Represcntatives concurring), That the Con- gress favors the suspension of deportation in the case of exch alien hereinafter named, in which case the Attorney General has sus- pended deportation for more than 6 months. A-7759876, Ackermann, Rose (nee Leider). A-6688781, Bell, Trevor Reginald. A-1381702, Bennardo, Pasquale. A-6141778, Blin, Maurice Edme Lucien Roger A-2617650, Brehme, Julius Frederick Franz. A-3895754, Cruz, Ismael or Isabel. A-6178548, Dahlseide, Sharon Beverly. A-4688615, Dahmen, Fernando. A-6505623, David, Tuma, or Tuma Nasser David or Tom David. A~-6508984, Davidson, Judith Barbara. A-2527936, Delgado, Martin Lopez, or Mar- tin D. Lovez. A~4604550, Di Pino, Salvatore. A-6341132, Emmanuel, Alexander tasilos A-6172764, Emmanuel, Panorea Psaloudi or Panorca (Nora) Emmanuel (nee Panorea Syntell). A-6713078, Falco, Maria Anna Elisabeth (nee Stumm). A-6840140, Fidler, Archibald Raymond. A-6211679, Fleischer, Joseph. A-6920686, Ford, Elaine Lucy. A-6485945, Gardis, Argyro (formerly Argyro Velendza nee Kurra). A-7713579, Goldman, Sylvia Cherill, or Cherill Sylvia Pastman or Sylvia Pastman or Sylvia Mazelow. A-6787040, Gomez, Ernesto Gonzalez (alias Ernest Gomez Gonzalez). A-5952737, Greaux, Paul Marceau. A-6827838, Guement, Joelle Beatrix Ther- ese Marthe. A-2133711, Gutierrez, Jacinta (nee Luna). A-4973912, Hopkins, Muriel Blanche (nee Mac Leod). A~-6697157, James, Josephine Constance, or Josephine James also Josephine Constance Matthews. A-6358005, Kessenides, Agapi, or Agap! Efs- tathrou Tsavdaridis or Agapi Kessinidl. A-6602733, Kochan, Anne Betty (nee Bi- rovcak), A-4828807, Tracz). A-6642540, Lerma, Aurora Saez. A-~2197906, Lopez, Herminia Aldaco de. A-6664449, Mascolo, Vittoria Lo, or Vittoria Perrino (maiden name) Vittoria Perrino Lo Mascolo. A-2827195, Metz, Conrad. 4A-6095050, Michos, Nicoleris Anastase. A-4764938, Mikulsky, Edith Mary Mott (alias McClusky nee Mott), A-5852743, Miniconi, Francois. A-2387754, Murillo, Inez Murillo de. A-6222812, McDonald, Barry Francis. A-1385505, Papadelis, Emmanuel John. A-6868039, Parra, Armando, or Armando Parra-Hernandez. A~2060168, Parsons, Albert Earnest, or Bert Clark. A-6743740, Perego, Viovanni Luigi. A--6405637, Power, Melvin John. Anas- Lenkilewicz, Antonina (nee CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE A-6334558, Providence, Maude (nee Braith- waite). A-9537786, Rasmussen, Aage. A-9632307, Rebane, Paul, or Paul Fuks. A~-6867152, Robichaud, Helen Edna, or Helen Edna O'Brien. A-7596063, Robinson, Alice Anna Antonia (nee Casagrande). A-7596067, Robinson, Maruls Arthur. A--7596066, Robinson, Harald Denis. A-3252615, Roy, Marie Blanche Yvonne (alias Marie Blanche Yvonne LaPierre). A-5522588, Schoenherr, Mary Elizabeth. A-65351772, Scopinich, Anna Maria, or Anna Maria Tuna. A-5312452, Simone, Celestina F. De. (nee Francescuttl). A~-1873028, Stevens, Herta Maria Juliana (nee Zarnikow). A-6728297, Veldhuls, Cornelia Antonia. A-7514694, Villasenor, Emilia (nee Emilia Parguion Castro). A-4507171, Wainunsky, Berco Gelwan. A-6698837, Williams, Doris Ismay. A-9550601, Wright, George Frederic (alias George Frederico Wright). A~-6476905, Yu, Teh Fu. With the following committee amend- ments: On page 2, lines 2 and 3, strike out the registration number and the name, “A-€505623, David, Tuma, or Tuma Nasser David or Tom David” On page 3, after line 2, insert the follow- ing two registration numbers and names: “A-6369006, Karpman, Itzhak Jakob.” “A-6643689, Karpman, Estera nee Gold- finger” The committee agreed to. The resolution was ordcred to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. MRS. VICTOR V. GREG The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 633) for the relief of Mrs. Victor V. Greg. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, author- ized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $10,000, to Mrs. Victor V. Greg, of 3155 Annapolis Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa, in full settlement of all claims against the United States for personal] injuries sustained as & result of an accident involving a United States Civilian Conservation Corps truck, near Joliet, Ill, on December 22, 1935: Pro- vided, That no part of the amount appro- priated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or re- ceived by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. With the following committee amend- ment: Page 1, line 5, strike out $10,000" and in- sert in lieu thereof “$1,500.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to re- consider was laid on the table. amendments were FEBRUARY 21 MRS. MERLE LEATHERBURY PYLE AND PATRICIA M. PYLE The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 1133) for the relief of Mrs. Merle Leatherbury Pyle and Patricia M. Pyle. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, ete., That in the adminis- tration of section 12 (c) of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, Lawrence A. Pyle, late employee of the Inter- state Commerce Commission, who died on August 8, 1947, shall be held and considered to have died subsequent to February 28, 1948, and Mrs. Merle Leatherbury Pyle and Patricia M. Pyle, widow and minor child, respectively, of the said Lawrence A. Pyle shall be entitled to the benefits of such sec- tion 12 (c), beginning the first day of the second month following the month in which this act is enacted, if all amounts paid out of the civil-service retirement and disability fund on account of the death of the said Lawrence A. Pyle are redeposited in such fund not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this act, together with in- terest at 4 percent per annum to December 31, 1947, and 3 percent per annum thereafter, compounded on December 31 of each year. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, aud a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. AUF DER HEIDE-ARAGONA, 1NC. The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 1606) conferring jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of Auf der Heide-Aragona, Inc., and cer- tain of its subcontractors against the United States. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc, That jurisdiction be, and the same hereby is, conferred upon the United States Court of Claims to hear and determine the claim of Auf der Heide- Aragona, Inc., and through it the claims of its subcontractors, against the United States arising out of the performance of a contract with the Veterans’ Administration for the construction of a hospital building at Fort Howard, Md : Provided, That if the said court shall find that the United States through any of its departments or agencies delayed the issuance of priorities which resulted in sub- jecting the said contractor and its subcon- tractors to additional costs, including over- head expense, or if the said court shall find the United States, through any such depart- ment or agency, including Defense Plant Corporation, sponsored any work program in the general area of the contractor's work which rendered it impossible for the con- tractor and its subcontractors to achieve that degree of labor performance which they would have achieved had any such work pro- gram not existed, or made it necessary for them to pay higher wages for such labor as was available than they would otherwise have had to pay, and that these conditions sub- jected the contractor and its subcontractors to additional cost and overhead expense, then the said court shall in either event enter judgment for the contractor and its sub- contractors in the amount of such additional costs, including a reasonable allowance for profit based upon such excess of cost and overhead expense. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table.
1950 MILDRED SMITH BUTLER The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 1697) for the relief of Mildred Smith Butler. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, au- thorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, the sum of $10,000, to Mildred Smith Butler, sister by legal adoption and beneficiary of the national service life in- surance issued to John Cronin, deceased. With the following committee amend- ment: Strike out all after the enacting clause and in lieu thereof insert: “That the Ad- ministrator of Veterans’ Affairs is authorized and directed to pay to Mildred Smith Butler, of Jasper, N. Y., the proceeds of National Service Insurance Policy No. N13047458 is- sued to John Cronin, late sergeant, Third Student Training Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga., whose death occurred in line of duty on March 16, 1944. Although Fred Butler was designated by the insured as beneficiary of such policy, his claim for payment there- under was disallowed by Veterans’ Adminis- tration on the ground that he did not stand in loco parentis to the insured within the meaning of the National Service Life Insur- ance Act of 1940, as amended. Mildred Smith Butler, legally adopted sister of John Cronin, and wife of Fred Butler, beneficiary of said policy, is next in line to receive insurance.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. EARL L. DOSS The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 3080) for the relief of Ear] L. Doss. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Earl L. Doss, postal money order clerk in the United States Post Office at Savannah, Ga., the sum of $145.56. The payment of such sum shall be in reim- bursement for the payment of an equal amount by the said Earl L. Doss to the Post Office Department on account of the payment without fault on his part, of two forged post- office money orders Nos. 194242 and 194243, issued at Estill, South Carolina, August 30, 1947, in the total amount of 6145.56 With the following committee amend- ment. At the end of the bill add “: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess Of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connec- tion with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.” The committee amendment was agreed The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE LOUIS P. MURPHY The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 3506) for the relief of Louis P. Murphy, United States immigrant inspector, E) Paso, Tex. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $725.50, to reimburse United States Immigrant Inspector Louis P. Murphy, of El Paso, Tex., for the value of personal prop- erty lost in a fire which detroyed a United States Government truck in which Inspector Murphy was being conveyed on official Gov- ernment business while en route from El Paso. Tex., to Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, on October 8, 1948: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or de- livered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connec- tion with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary not- withstanding. Any person violating the pro- visions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. MRS. AGNES EMMA HAY The Clerk called the bil] (H. R. 4380) for the relief of Mrs. Agnes Emma Hay. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be tt enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs. Agnes Emma Hay, Coalinga, Calif., the sum of 5,000 The payment of such sum shall be in full settle- ment of all claims of the said Mrs. Agnes Emma Hay against the United States on ac- count of the loss of her husband, Charles William Hay, who died on September 19, 1944, as the result of personal injuries sustained when he was struck by a United States Army vehicle on September 16, 1944: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding 81,000. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to re- consider was laid on the table. WILLIAM J. DRINKWINE The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 4608) for the relief of William J. Drinkwine. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $2,325 to William J. Drinkwine, of 5029 Seventh Avenue, Kenosha, Wis., in full settlement of all claims against the United States for the loss of wages and expenses re- sulting from being unjustly suspended from the Kenosha, Wis., post office for violation of the Hatch Act in June 1939 and restored to duty July 1640: Provided, That no part 2083 of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 peroent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlewful, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceed- ing $1,000. With the following committee amend- ment: Page 1, line 5, strike out "$2,325" and in- sert in lleu thereof “$2,100.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. STELLA AVNER The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 4720) for the relief of Stella Avner. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be tt enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Stella Avner, Washington, D. C., the sum of 65,000. Pay- ment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Stella Avner against the United States on account of personal in- juries sustained by her (while an employee of the Personnel and Administration Ditvi- sion, Office of Military Government for Ba- varia) when she was shot by a sentry of the Army of the United States on the A6 South Autobahn, near Neubiberg, Germany, on October 16, 1946: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the con- trary notwithstanding. Any person violat- ing the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceed- ing $1,000. With the following committee amend- ment: Page 1, line 6, strike out “$5,000” and in- sert in Heu thereof “@3,500.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. FRANCIS A. GUNN The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 5274) for the relief of Francis A. Gunn. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Francis A. Gunn, of South Weymouth, Mass., the sum of 86,- 984.82. Such sum represents reimbursement for actual additional costs incurred by the said Francis A. Gunn in constructing a build- ing to be used as quarters by the South Wey- mouth branch of the Boston post office, such additional costs being caused by delay in the granting of the Civilian Production Adminis- tration authorization necessary for such con- struction: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of
2084 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or received by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be un- lawful, any contract to the contrary not- withstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not ex- ceeding $1,000. With the following committee amend- ment: Page 1, line 8, after “building”, strike out “a” and insert “to.” The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to re- consider was laid on the table. FRED I. MASSENGILL The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 5523) for the relief of Fred I. Massengill. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and di- rected to pay, out of any money in the Treas- ury not otherwise appropriated, to Fred I. Massengill, postmaster at Terrell, Tex., the sum of $1,000. Payment of such sum shall be in full settlement of all claims of the said Fred I. Massengill against the United States by reason of his being required to pay such sum to the United States for postage stamps lost, without fault on his part, from the post of- fice at Terrell, Tex., during December 1947: Provided, That no part of the amount ap- propriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or re- ceived by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000 The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. JEAN CLARK The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 5753) for the relief of Jean Clark. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Jean Clark, of Huntington Station, N. Y., the sum of 610,000, in full satisfaction of all claims against the United States on account of personal in- juries sustained as a result of an accident involving an Army vehicle, occurring on January 28, 1944, at South Huntington, N. Y.: Promded, That no part of the amount ap- propriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered to or re- ceived by any agent or attorney on account of services rendered in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. With the following committee amend- ment: Page 1, line 6, strike out “10,000” and in- sert in Meu thereof “$2,232.” CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. WINNEBAGO RESERVATION, NEBR. The Clerk called the bill (S. 2520) to authorize the sale of certain allotted devised land on the Winnebago Reserva- tion, Nebr. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell the trust allotment No. 110 of George Tebo, Jr., deceased Winnebago allottee, described as the e. st half of the northeast quarter of sec- tion 9, township 26 north, range 8 east, sixth princtpal meridian, Thurston County, Nebr., containing 80 acres, conveyance to be made by deed or the issuance of a patent in fee to the purchaser and to disburse the proceeds of such sale to Walter Tebo for his benefit. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION, S. DAK. The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 6521) to authorize the sale of certain land on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, S. Dak., allotted to Lucy Arapahoe Iron Bear. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to sell at a price not less than @2,500 the trust allotment numbered 5145 of Lucy Arapahoe Iron Bear, described as the southwest quarter of section 2, township 37 north, range 38 west, of the sixth principal meridian, South Dakota, conveyance to be mado by deed or the issuance of a patent in fee to the purchaser and to disburse the proceeds of such sale to Lucy Arapahoe Iron Bear for her benefit: Provded, That the pro- ceeds shall be regarded as trust funds and shall not be subject to liens or attachments of any character whatsoever except obliga- tions due the United States. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Y. 8. HU Mr. POTTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to return for immedi- ate consideration to Private Calendar No. 600, the bill (H. R. 4301) for the relief of Y.S. Hu, and I withdraw my previous ob- jection to its consideration. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan? There was no objection. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury its authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Y. 8. Hu, Hono- lulu, T. H., the sum of $446.66. Such sum represents full payment for 61 days’ annual accumulated leave earned by the said Y. 8. Hu, as an employee of the Bureau of Customs of the Department of the Treasury, during the period beginning Janu- ary 1, 1983, and ending May 16, 1940. The said Y. 8. Hu did not take all of his leave in FEBRUARY 21 the years 1933 and 1934 because of lack of help in the Bureau of Customs and was denied the accumulated leave upon his resig- nation, May 16, 1940: Provided, That part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or de- livered to or received by any agent or attor- ney on account of services rendered in con+ nection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceed- ing 61,000. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. PEAT RESEARCH Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to extend my re- marks at this point in the Recorp. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Minnesota? There was no objection. Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. Speaker, on February 16, 1950, it was my privilege to introduce H. R. 7330, urging upon the country research and development af- fecting one of its greatest untapped re- sources—peat. Never before in the history of our country has there been a greater need for such full and complete development of its native materials as now. It 1s needed for our economic health, industrial strength, and national security. Development of our national resources is a responsibility of the Federal Gov- ernment and the necessity of the present times requires that we undertake action quite promptly. Successful research has long been conducted with wood, lignite, bituminous, and anthracite coals. Re- search in peat, geologically between wood and lignite, has been neglected. Yet such research holds promise of unlocking new and valuable treasures. The State of Minnesota has the larg- est deposits of peat, about 7,000,000,000 tons, which corresponds to about 2,500,- 000,000 tons of bituminous coal. It exists 1n great volume in many other Siates. Total lack of nearby supplies of fuel constitutes an element of both economic and strategic danger, due to the cold war and the danger of other emergencies. The cost and vulnerability of long over- land and overwater transporiation of fuel must be seriously considered in the present economic picture. It should be mentioned here that the necessity for processing taconite as a substitute for our large iron-ore sup- plies makes it imperative that an eco- nomical short-haul fuel be available. This is a situation which will soon prevail in Minnesota. Proper utilization of peat will result in generating power at a low cost—gasifica- tion, use of gas turbines, low-temperature distillation, The preliminary studies al- ready indicate that high pressure electric generating stations can be built. Such plants are self-liquidating and the cost of electric power can be considerably re- duced. This will encourage small busi- ness and industry to take advantage of low-cost power. It should be empha-
1950 sized that the largest and most valuable uranium and radium deposits were found where identical peat conditions exist. The most significant byproducts of the utilization of peat, to mention only a few, are production of char from low- temperature distillation, high value ferti- lizer—which will help the development of industry and agriculture—ammonium sulphate, paraffin, acid and acetates, paper-making processes, certain forms of wallboard and insulation material, cer- tain so-called exploded materials similar to exploded wood fiber, artificial wood and other building materials, plastics, pack- ing materials, improvement of timber grades, reforestation, other basic chem- icals, and soil reclamation. Only scientific research can tell more and more economical applications. Peat is very widely used in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Ireland, Ger- many, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary. And according to recent reli- able reports, the new central heating system of Moscow is entirely based on the use and utilization of peat. Further- more the Soviet Union uses it rather successfully for agricultural and indus- trial purposes. Summarizing, the utilization of peat is in the interests of national defense and security; commercial, industrial, and ag- ricultural expansion needs; broadening of the mineral fuel supply; less expensive electric power generating, enabling the dispersal of industry, avoiding the dens- ity of industrial targets; lessening the ove1 burdened transportation facilities in peace or war, making areas of the coun- try more self sufficient, if and when those become isolated by the attacks of war or by natural catastrophes. I urge every Member of the Congress to give this plan serious study. REHABILITATION OF NAVAJO AND HOPI TRIBES OF INDIANS Mr. SABATH. Mr. Speaker, I call up House Resolution 480 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- lows: Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the considera- tion of the bill (S. 2734) to promote the re- habilitation of the Navajo and Hopi Tribes of Indians and a better utilization of the resources of the Navajo and Hopi Indfan Reservations, and for other purposes, and all points of crder against said bill are hereby waived. That after general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and continue not to exceed 1 hour, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Pub- lic Lands, the bill shall be read for amend- ment under the 65-minute rule. At the con- clusion of the consideration of the bill for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit. Mr. SABATH. Mr. Speaker, this rule makes in order consideration of Sen- ate bill 2734. A similar bill was passed before, but it was vetoed by the Presi- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE dent. Since that time the committee has eliminated all of the objectionable features in the original bill and has agreed unanimously on the Senate bill. I do not think there can be any opposi- tion or objection to it; consequently I am not going to take up any time. tt Mr, Speaker, I move the previous ques- ion. The previous question was ordered. The resolution was agreed to. Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (S. 2734) to promote the re- habilitation of the Navajo and Hopi Tribes of Indians and a better utilization of the resources of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, and for other pur- poses. The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Florida. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the con- sideration of the bill S. 2734, with Mr. Bates in the chair. The Clerk read the title of the bill. By unanimous consent, the first read- ing of the bill was dispensed with. Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Chairman, I yicld 10 minutes to the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. Morris]. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Chairman, at the last session the bill S. 1407 was passed by the Senate and House of Represent- atives. As I recall, this body passed it unanimously and I believe the other body also passed it unanimously. The bill, however, was vetoed by the President. In his veto message among other things the President said: I have withheld my approval with reluc- tance and only after the most careful con- sideration of all of the provisions of S. 1407. The bill contains many meritorious fea- tures. In fact, its only objectionable pro- visions are those of section 9, which, with some qualifications, extend State civil and criminal laws and court jurisdiction to the Navajo-Hopi Reservations which are now under Federal and tribal laws and courts. Section 9 is heavily weighted with possibili- ties of grave injury to the very people who are intended to be the beneficiaries of the bill. Its many and scrious defects outweigh, in my judgment, the merits of the rest of the bill. That was the observation of the Presi- dent of the United States in his veto mes- sage on 8. 1407. The bill we have for consideration today is exactly S. 1407 with the objectionable feature elimi- nated. Since the objectionable feature has been eliminated, and since the bill passed both houses last session, over- whelmingly, and since there is no oppo- sition or at least no serious opposition that I know of anywhere, I feel I should take but little time on this occasion to address the committee. We have so many important matters to consider that I feel we should never waste time. I believe it was Shakespeare who said, “I wasted time; now time wastes me.” SolI certainly do not want to waste your valuable time in just talking. 2085 I might say this one thing in conclu- sion. This bill contemplates spending, over a period of 10 years, $88,570,000 for the purpose of promoting the rehabili- tation of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Tribes and a better utilization of the re- sources of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations. If we are to keep faith with these people, according to the treaty that we made with them in 1868; if we are to do justice to this great group of people whom we subjugated by force of arms; if we are to help relieve these people from misery and want; if we are to help alleviate suffering among them; if we are to help raise their standard of living to even a bare minimum of what it should be; if we are to give them the educa- tional opportunities which we promised them, by treaty, or anything close to such opportunities; if we are going to help reduce the infant mortality which is, as I recall, something like four times as great as the average over our great land; and if we are going to reduce mor- tality from tuberculosis and other ma- lignant diseases that bear so heavily upon these people—in @her words, if we are going to do just simple and substantial justice to the people that we have sub- jugated, and who are not at fault them- selves, yes, if we are going to live up to our treaty obligations and our obliga- tions from a humanitarian standpoint, I think we ought to pass this bill and Pass it expeditiously, without further ado. Mr. GRANGER. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. MORRIS. I yield to the distin- guished gentleman from Utah. Mr. GRANGER. I would like to com- pliment the gentleman for his interest in this great problem. I join with many Members from the West in congratulat- ing him on the fine effort he has made to bring some justice to these unfor- tunate people. As the gentleman has said, there is much to be done. This is a step in the right direction, and I am glad to support the gentleman’s views, Mr. MORRIS. That compliment from the gentleman from Utah [Mr, GRANGER] is greatly appreciated, because I know how sincere the gentleman is. I am sure I do not deserve the compli- ment that he has given me, but I do know that it is sincere, and coming from the source from which it does come I sincerely appreciate it. Mr. MURDOCK. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. MORRIS. I yield to the distin- guished gentleman from Arizona. Mr. MURDOCK. I would like to sec- ond the remarks made by my colleague from Utah [Mr. Grancer], and empha- size them if I were able to express my thoughts adequately as to the splendid work of the gentleman from Oklahoma, Chairman Morris. The gentleman from Oklahoma has done well to generations yet unborn among our Indian citizens. I want to thank him from the bottom of my heart for the careful, painstaking way in which he has handled this legislation, and to express my appreciation of his work, in the strongest possible terms, on behalf of these Indian people,
2086 Mr, MORRIS. I appreciate those re- marks from the gentleman from Ari- zona. I will say that no man has been more diligent in furthering this legis- Jation than has he. His heart, his in- dustry, his time, and his mind have all been employed in an effort to bring this proposed legislation to a successful con- clusion Mr. D’V9EWART. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlemen yield? Mr. MORRIS. I yield to the distin- guished former chairman of this sub- committee of which I now have the honor to be chairman, the distin- guished genileman from Montana (Mr. D’Swartl. Mr. D'EWART. I heartily agree with the others as to the good job which the present chairman of the committee has done with this legislation. He has struggled with it, even in face of a veto. He has done a splendid job. There is one question I would like to ask the gentleman. The first year the Appropriations Committee appropriated approximately $10,000,000 for the fur- therance of the program that is con- tained in this bill. This year the Bu- reau of the budget recommended $10,- 000,000 more, or thereabouts, which will doubtless be appropriated. Is that in- cluded in the $85,000,000 in this bill, or is that in addition to the $85,000,000 that is in the bill? Mr. MORRIS. I am sorry, I am not eble to answer that question. I have been wondering about it myself. I have not had an opportunity to examine all the facts and find out whether or not it is. No one can be hurt in the matter, however, for the reason that if it is, it is already done and when this authori- zation bill 1s passed and becomes law, the Appropriation Committee will of course take all matters pertaining to this whole situation into consideration, I am sure. May I also say that if this bill does be- come law, and I believe it certainly will, a ercat deal of the credit must go to the distinguished gentleman from Montana {[Mr. D’'Ewart], who, with his subcom- mittee, when he was chairman of the full committee, visited the Navajo and Hopi Reservations and gleaned first- hand information in regard to the situa- tion existing there. He has been dili- gent ever since in his efforts to further the interests of this legislation, and I appreciate all that he has done. The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Oklahoma has expired. Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Chairman, I yield such further time to the gentleman from Oklahoma as he may need; I know the gentleman from New York wishes to interrogate him. Mr. TABER. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. MORRIS. I am glad to yield to the distinguished gentleman from New York. Mr. TABER. Section 9 of the bill, as I interpret the section deals with the Social Security Act. Mr. MORRIS. Yes. Mr. TABER. Has section 9 been taken up with the Committee on Ways and Means? CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE Mr. MORRIS. I may say that our dis- tinguished chairman, the gentleman from Florida {Mr. PrTerson], took the matter up informally, I believe, with some members of the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. PETERSON. I may say with ref- erence to section 9 uhat we went into it and considered it germane. As far as the whole rehabilitation program was concerned we called it to the attention of the Committee on Ways and Means, They did not object, nor did they agree to 1t; but we did want them to be ad- vised on it so they would have a right to object if they wanted to. This provision is the result of a study which was made and a serious effort on the part of the administration to deal with this problem. The section does not actually levy a social-security tax, but is, rather, a method of distribution of a sum equal to that under the Social Secu- rity Act. Mr. TABER. As I interpret that sec- tion it provides that the States shall receive 60 percent of the total amounts expended by the State under State plans approved under the Social Security Act for old-age assistance and all that sort of thing. Would not that mean that they would be given not only the regular contribution of the Federal Government, $15 out of the first $20, but in addition 80 percent of what they had paid? That is the way I interpret the language as it now stands. For instance, it they had paid out $20 and received in return $15 they would get another $16; so, instead of being out $5 they would be $11 to the good. I may be wrong in my interpreta- tion, but that is the way 1t looks to me, although I have just started to study it. Mr. MORRIS. The way the matter actually works, I may say to the gentle- man from New York as I understand it, and I may say I have studied this mat- ter pretty thoroughly, is that it will be somewhere between 80 percent and S0 percent. The expense of the adminis- tration of the act as I understand it is going to fall on these States. If we are to be just and fair with these States we musi take this into consideration. I may say to the distinguished gentle- man from New York in the first place that these States are very sparsely set- tled compared with most of the other States of the Union. In addition to that they have a much heavier impact of Indian population upon them than the others do. In fact, the Navajo Tribe now comprises about 65,- 000 members. Those people in the States effected cannot possibly carry on with the same kind of social-security program as to Indians that the rest of us carry on with in the usual circumstances. Then may I call this to the gentleman’s attention: In Arizona out of 72,691,200 acres of land the Government owns 50,- 471,920 acres or 69.43 percent. The State, of course, receives no tax revenue what- soever from that land owned by the Federal Government. It is all tax free. In New Mexico out of 77,764,040 acres the Government owns 35,479,713 acres or 45.62 percent. In Utah the Govern- ment owns 71.33 percent. Getting back to the gentleman’s specific question, this particular lan- FEBRUARY 21 guage has been worked out very care- fully by the gentlemen in the other body, particularly by the distinguished Sena- tor from Arizona |Mr. McFar.anp!], and with the Interior Department and others. As it actually results, as it appears to me the State will pay about 20 percent of the program. Mr. TABER. Not the way I read it. Mr. MCRRIS. I think it docs the way it reeds. May I yicld to the gentleman from Arizona |Mr. Murpock] who comes from that State and who may be able to throw further light on the matter. Mr. MURDOCK. In answer to the in- quiry of the gentleman from New York { Mr. TaBER], the spirit ai.d intent of this measure is that the Federal Government shall bear about 90 percent of the total burden as it applies to Indians, the State bearing the other 10 percent; but not in the way the gcntleman from New York indicated a while ago. Mr. TABER. That is the way it reads. If you are not going to take language the way it reads and construe it just as it reads, you are going to be in trouble. You are going to find that, instead of being 80 percent, in a good Many cases it is 140 or 150 percent. That is some- thing that would be going a little stronger than it seems the most ardent Arizonian would want to go. Mr. MURDOCK. The gentleman is exactly right; there is no such intention on the part of anyone that I know of from Arizona to provide for that, but I am sure the language of the bill does not so provide. Mr. TABER. I am afraid it does, That is what it says. Mr. MORRIS. Getting back to the exact langauge, may I say to the gentle- man from New York, with all of the as- tuteness and the ability which the gen- tleman has, together with the clarity of thought which he usually shows, he is in error, because the bill says that the Sec- retary of the Treasury shall pay what? Pay “an amount, in addition to the amounts prescribed to be paid to such State under such sections, equal to 80 percent of the total amounts expended during the preceding quarter by the State.” In other words, we take the ordinary set-up of what the Federal Government would contribute anyway to any State. The Federal Government makes a con- tribution which is usually something more than 50 percent in the ordinary in- stance. As propoSed in this bill the Fed- eral Government will make that same contribution, then it will also reimburse the State 80 percent of what the State has paid of the State’s funds. That is very plain to me. I think the language is apt, I think it is clear. Mr. TABER. The trouble with the gentleman’s reasoning is this says 80 percent of what the State shall pay. The State makes the whole payment of what- ever is paid; then it is reimbursed under the Social Security Act for three-quar- ters of what is paid up to $20 and for half afterward. But this would give them, in addition to the other thing, 80 percent besides, and they would not have contributed anywhere near that amount toward it. Now that is the way the thing would work.
1950 Mr. MORRIS. No; Iam sure it would not work that way, from the conferences I have had with those responsible for the language. They feel that the State will be reimbursed 80 percent of the money of the State, that the State has paid. I am sure that is the intent of it. Mr. TABER. That may be the intent, but that is not the way it reads. Mr. MORRIS. Well, I disagree with the distinguished gentleman. Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may require to the gentleman from Montana [Mr. D’EwartTl. Mr. D'EWART. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this proposed legislation. I have visited this reservation on differ- ent occasions, the last time last fall, when I spent a whole day with the agent on the reservation going over the prob- lems that faced him following the appro- priation of the $10,000,000 a year ago for rehabilitation of these Indians. I think there is a more serious situa- tion on this Navajo Reservation than on any other spot in the United States. These Indians are exceedingly poor. Their income is very, very low. Their soil and thei: resources are limited. Erosion has taken place to a serious extent. Many of their resources, such as they have, have not been developed. There is an excess of population. Even after we appropriate the $85,000,000 and expend it over the 10 years proposed in this bill, according to the best surveys we have up until now, the reservation will not support over half of the people that we find on it. The population is increasing at the rate of around 1,200 people a year; in other words, we have @ very serious sore spot in our economy and in our social life on this particular reservation. This bill is an attempt to deal with some of those problems and alleviate them as we can. It proposes to provide education in a spot where 80 percent of the children now do not have education. It proposes to improve the roads. It proposes to make minerals and other resources available. It proposes to de- velop some 178 irrigation projects and enlarge and extend them, and other efforts will be made under this bill to help these people that so seriously need our help. The bill is not all that I would like to see it; in fact, I am going to offer an amendment at the proper time that I think will improve the bill dealing with civil law on the reservation. It does not settle anywhere near all of the problems that we find on this reservation. There is difficulty between the Navajo and the Hopi as to the boundary between the two tribes. That is quite a problem, and one that needs to be solved, and one that the Department of the Interior has not really tried to solve over the years. We discussed it in committee and pro- posed to bring in an amendment in re- gard to that particular problem, but we decided it was one that we could not handle in this bill. There is the problem of excess popu- lation. A year or two ago we developed a plan whereby we could help these In- dians to get jobs off the reservation. We are providing funds in this bill for CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE that purpose. Last year we had more jobs for these Indians on the Navajo Reservation than there were Indians to fill those jobs. They are good workers. The railroads like to have them in their employ. The mining companies come back year after year to get them. They help in the beet fields and in the harvest of the vegetables in that area. We are providing under this bill for guidance in getting off-reservation employment. When they leave these reservations, there are certain social problems that develop. We do not solve those prob- lems in this bill; in fact, we do not solve very inany of their social problems at all. There is the question of the ownership of tracts of land after they are developed. Ownership is not in the individual Indi- ans themselves, it is left in tribal owner- ship. I believe that is a mistake. I think legislation should be brought out so that they can have pride in owner. ship, individual ownership, as the white man has in other places. Inheritance is not decided under this bill, another problem that certainly needs legislation. If we are going to en- courage an Indian to develop his tract of land or develop what resources he has, he must have an incentive. One of those incentives is to pass property he has de- veloped down to his children. That is not in this bill. In fact, there are a number of prob- lems that I would like to see handled but they are not in this legislation. Iam going to offer an amendment that will provide for the application of certain State laws on the reservation, that I think are necessary. The President in vetoing the bill objected to that section in the original bill, and I think perhaps with some justification. I took that sec- tion to the drafting service that helps us, and they have written this section that I think meets the objections of the Presi- dent and that I will offer at the proper time. It will provide for civil law in cer- tain cases on the reservation. That, I think, will help the objective we have in this bill, which is to bring these people to a higher standard of living and a bet- ter ccor.omy, so that they can better fit into our civilization. Mr. MURDOCK. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. D’EWART. I yield to the gentle- man from Arizona. Mr. MURDOCK. I want to thank the gentleman from Montana, as I did my colleague from Oklahoma, for the inter- est he has all along taken in this matter, and particularly for the initiatory work done in the preceding Congress. These Indians in the far Southwest in the pres- ent generation and in generations yet to come will have you two men in charge of the legislation to thank far more than they know. Mr. D’EWART. I thank the gentle- man from Arizona. My interest has been largely stirred up by his anxiety over the welfare of these Indians. I take pride in working with him and with the chairman of the committee in helping to rehabilitate these Indians, who so much need our help at this time. Mr. MORRIS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Ari- zona [Mr. Murpocxk]. 2087 Mr. MURDOCK. Mr. Chairman, I should not take all of my time because I want others to speak on this bill, but I want to point out that we have been struggling most energetically with this problem now for the last four or more years. That is why I wanted to say a good word for the work done not only in this Congress but in the Eightieth Congress by the gentleman from Mon- tana [Mr, D’Ewart], who was on the subcommittee at that time. I have pub- licly spoken before on the floor of the House on the work done at that time by the full committee under the chairman- ship of the late Richard Welch. How- ever, it takes a great deal of effort to get attention directed to a great problem like this when we have such a multiplic- ity of other problems pressing us, as we do these strenuous days. The church people all over America have been writing us, as well as other right-thinking citizens who feel that we have been neglecting our American citizens of Indian blood. We have nc- glected them. Indeed we have neglected them through many, many years. May I say to my friends from Montana that it was the coming of a small sub- committee headed by him to Window Rock, Ariz. in the autumn of 1947, I believe it was, that was the starter of this long overdue legislation. While we had our attention called to it by the press, and the pulpit for that matter, it was the trip out there that counted and we have given our attention to it. Now, we have done as we did in preceding Congresses that which was necessary for temporary and direct re- lief but this is the all-important thing— the bill before us—which is a matter of long-range rehabilitation. It is going to take several generations to lift these people to the full stature of American citizens. That takes education and many other social benefits which we must provide them and which we are duty bound to provide them. Perhaps there are Indians living who recall when Kit Carson led the United States Army into that country and drove the Navajos into their deep canyons and destroyed their peach orchards and made a treaty with them. In that treaty we promised to give them a school- teacher for every 30 pupils. But that promise has been sadly neglected. Ninety percent of these Indians are now {llit- erate. They did make a great contribu- tion to the Second World War, but they would have made a greater contribution if so many of them had not been rejected because of illiteracy as well as because of physical defects as a result of under- nourishment, and that sort of thing. Mr.STEFAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. MURDOCK. I yield to the gen- tleman from Nebraska. Mr. STEFAN. I have in my district the Santee Sioux, the Ponca, the Winne- bagoes and the Omaha Indians on the four reservations. I am honored to be a member of all four tribes. I want to ask the gentleman this question: In alleviating the sufferings of the Hopis and other Indians, are we dis- criminating against the other tribes who
2088 in some manner are up against the same problems that the Hopis and others are? Mr. MURDCCK. No; I would say we are not discriminating. We are merely attacking the worse phase of the who'> Indian probicm here and now to d with others later. Mr. STEFAN Will we, in the defi- ciency bill for relief, be able to send some relief to the Winnebagoes and the Oma- has who today are suffering from mal- nutrition and, in many cases, hunger? Mr, MURDOCK. Yes; we must do that. We have u general appropriation which aprhes to all Indians aside from this rehabilitation bill. I simply say to the gentleman from Nebraska that the Navajcs, consisting of 65,000 Indians living on a high plateau, need this help. Mr. STEFAN. I understand that per- fectly because I happen to be a member of the committee which made approprin- tions one time for their relief and to help them. But while we were doing that there were other members of other In- dian tribes who were equally suffering and who got no attention whatsoever. Today, o> the reservations of the Oma- has, the Santee Sioux, Poncas, and the Winnebagoos, there 1s a great amount of unemployment because the young Indi- ans who were in the war have come home and have lost their jobs and are still on the reservations. The educational prcb- lem is sericus. The police problem is serious, Some help must come to these other Indians. While we are talking about giving help to the Navajos and Hopis, I hope the committee which had the bill fer Indian services in charge will do something with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to alleviate suffcring in other places as well as amongst the Hopis and Navajos. Mr. MURDCCK. I certainly agree with the gentleman, and I pledge my support for assistance to all Indians both for immediate relief and long-range bet- terment The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Arizona has expired. Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may require. Mr. Chairman, the statement made by our distinguished colleague with refer- ence to the problems of the Indians in his district is one which likewise is giv- ing me serious concern. The Navajos and Hopis seem to be the No. 1 problem in the Nation. But there are other problems which have been called to our attention and we have instructed our staff to make an intensive study. Mr. Peden, a former Member of the House, is now getting data with reference to the problems of these other tribes. We hope to work out legislation and we will keep in touch with the distinguished gentieman because he has been diligent and has on other occasions called the problem to our attention. His knowl- edge of the problem and his intense in- terest is well-known to our committee. We will cooperate with the gentleman. Mr. STEFAN. I thank the gentleman. Mr. PETERSON. Mr. Chairman, with reference to the particular bill under consideration, I wil! make my statement brief because what we actually have to- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE day is a bill which has already passed the House after full debat :, including the amendments which the House itself placed in the bill at the time. But we have eliminated section 9, which was the controversial section at that time. Iam impressed with this fact: The chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council in appear- ing before the committee asked to have a chance to help themselves. Briefly, he said this: There are about 65,000 of us, and there are more than 24,000 school-age children among us. We want as many schools built on our reservation as there is water avallable for. We want new schools, we want some of the old ones made larger, we want repairs made to those that are nearly falling down with age, and we want our day schools converted to boarding schools. We want a school sys- tem on our reservation big enough to take care of all our children. Give us the schools and we will make education compulsory. We will see to it that our children attend. Our people are poor and sick, it is true. But we are not asking for more than the chance to help ourselves If you will give us a start, we will carry on from there, and we will be- come good citizens of this country. Our needs are really urgent. There is a sincere appeal of one elected by their members to present to the Con- gress their problems. In testifying about the lack of roads in the area, there were certain sections which they could not get into during certain seasons of the year. They are taking care of 65,000 people on an area that can normally support only one-tenth of this number. The tuberculosis rate is about five times that of the normal tuberculosis rate of the white citizens of the area. I hope this bill may be passed. I yield back the remainder of my time. Mr. D'EWART. Mr. Chairman, I have no further requests for time on this side. Mr. PETERSON. I have no further requests, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIRMAN. TheClerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That in order to further the purposes of existing treaties with the Navajo Indians, to provide facilities, employ- ment, and services essential 1n combating hunger, disease, poverty, and demoralization among the members of the Navajo and Hopi Tribes, to make available the resources of their reservations for use in promoting a self-supporting economy and self-reliant communities, and to lay a stable foundation on which these Indians can engage in diversi- fled economic activities and ultimately attain standards of living comparable with those enjoyed by other citizens, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to undertake, within the limits of the funds from time to time appropriated pursuant to this act, a program of basic improvements for the conservation and development of the re- sources of the Navajo and Hopi Indians, the more productive employment of their man- power, and the supplying of means to be used in their rehabilitation, whether on or off the Navajo and Hop! Indian Reservations. Such program shall include the following projects for which capital expenditures in the amount shown after each project listed in the fol- lowing subsections and totaling $88,570,000 are hereby authorized to be appropriated: (1) Soll and water conservation and range improvement work, $10,000,000. (2) Completion and extension of existing irrigation projects, and completion of the in- vestigation to determine the feasibility of FEBRUARY 21 the proposed San Juan-Shiprcck irrigation project, $9,000,000. (8) Surveys and studies of timber, coal, mineral, and other physical and human resources, $590,000. (4) Development of industrial and busi- ness enterprises, $1,000,000. (5) Development of opportunities for off- reservation employment and resettlement and assistance in adjustments related there- to, $3,500,000. (6) Relocation and resettlement of Navajo and Hopi Indians (Colorado River Indian Reservation), $5,750,V00. (7) Roads and trails, 620,000,010. (8) Telephone and radlo communication systems, $250,000. (9) Agency, institutional, water supply, $2,500,000. (10) Establishment of a revolving loan fund, $5,000,000. (11) Hospital buildings and equipment, and other health conservation measures, 84,750,000. (12) School buildings and equipment, and other educational measures, $25,000,000. (13) Housing and necessary facilitics and equipment, $820,000. (14) Common service facilities, $500,000. Funds so »ppropriated shall be available for administration, investigations, plans, construction, and all other objects necessary for or appropriate to the carrying out of the provisions of this act. Such further sums as may be necessary for or rppropriate to tne annual operation and maintenance of the projects herein enumerated are hereby also authorized to be appropriated. Funds ap- propriated under these authorizations shall be in addition to funds made available for use on the Navajo and Hopi Reservations, or with respect to Indians of the Navajo Tribes, out of appropriations heretofore or hereafter granted for the benefit, care, or assistance of Indians in general, or made pursuant to other authorizations now in effect. Sec 2. The foregoing program shall be ad- ministered in accordance with the provisions of this act and existing laws relating to In- dian affairs, shall include such facilities and services as are requisite for or incidental to the effectuation of the projects herein enu- merated, shall apply sustained-yield princi- ples to the administration of all renewable resources, and shall be prosecuted in a man- ner which will provide for completion of the program, so far as practicable, within 10 years from the date of the enactment of this act. An account of the-progrcess being had in the rehabilitation of the Navajo and Hcpi In- dians, and of the use made of the funds ap- propriated to that end under this act, shall be included in each annual report of the work of the Department of the Interior sub- mitted to the Congress during the period covered by the foregoing program, Src. 3. Navajo and Hop! Indians shall be given, whenever practicable, preference in employment on all projects undertaken pur- suant to this act, and, in furtherance of this policy, may be given employment on such projects without regard to the provisions of the civil-service and classification laws. To the fullest extent possible Indian workers on such projects shall receive on-the-job train- ing in order to enable them to become quall- fied for more skilled employment. Sec 4. The Secretary of the Interior 1s authorized, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to make loans from the loan fund authorized by section 1 hereof to the Navajo Tribe, or any member or asscciation of mem- bers thereof, or to the Hop! Tribe, or any member or association of members thereof, for such productive purposes as, in his judg- ment, will tend to promote the better utiliza- tion of the manpower and resources of the Navajo or Hopi Indians. Sums collected in repayment of such loang and sums collected and domestic