1950 alluvial type ores, only 65 percent of the tin metal produced was grade A, 27 per- cent was graded B, C, and D, and 8 per- cent was grade G metal. This poor record is far from the 75 to 100 percent production of grade A metal guaranteed by the Dutch Billiton Co, and the Tin Processing Corp. to be produced from Bolivian ores exclusively. But the record is even worse than this, Only 30 percent of the tin in the Boliv- ian-type concentrates was recovered as grade A metal. Not 75 to 100 percent as guaranteed, but only 30 percent. In this instance, the Bolivian-type concen- trates had an average tin content of 86.31 percent and the alluvial-type con- centrates averaged 71.91 percent tin. It is obvious that if only 30 percent of the tin in Bolivian concentrates can be re- covered as grade A meta] when half of the tin in the mixture treated is in the form of high grade alluvial concentrates used for blending and upgrading, very little if any grade A metal could be suc- cessfully produced should it be necessary to use Bolivian concentrates exclusively. It is not in the interests of the Dutch Billiton Co. and its subsidiary, the Tin Processing Corp., to develop and install a successful process for producing grade A metal from low- or average-grade Bo- livian tin ore concentrates as long as the smelter is owned by the United States and a remote possibility exists that the smelter may some day be owned or op- erated by another company. The Dutch Billiton Co., directly and through subsidiaries, is engaged in the smelting of tin in Holland, and is a part- ner with the Indonesian Government in the ownership of the tin mines of Indo- nesia, which is a major world source of high-grade alluvial tin ores and the: source of most such ores obtained by RFC for the Texas City tin smelter. It also has other mining interests. For many years the Dutch Billiton Co. and British interests, directly and through subsidi- aries, affiliates, interlocking director- ships, and agreements, have held a monopoly on the tin production of the world. Because the Billiton Co. is built around the mining of tin ores in Indo- nesia, the smelting of tin in Holland, and the sale of tin in the world markets, and since the United States consumes about one-half of the world production of tin, it is obvious that a tin smelter located in the United States which could success~ fully and economically produce the bulk of our requirements for grade A tin from Bolivian ores exclusively, without the ad- mixture of high-grade concentrates from Indonesia and other sources in the East- ern Hemisphere, would drastically re- duce the business activities of the Butch Billiton Co. unless such a smelter were owned by that company. It appears to be a foregone conclusion that as long as the Dutch Billiton Co., through its wholly-owned subsidiary, the Tin Proc- essing Corp., continues to operate and manage the Government's Texas City tin smelter, that facility will never be able to function for the purpose for which it was originally planned and con- structed by the Government of the United States. Only under the manage- ment of bona fide American private en- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE terprise or of the Department of the In- terior is there a chance of adapting the Texas City tin smelter to the function demanded for our national security. Among the provisions of the contract between the RFC and the Tin Process- ing Corp. are (1) stipulations which give the Tin Processing Corp. what amounts to an option on the lease or sale of the Texas City smelter should the Govern- ment decide upon such disposition, and (2) @ stipulation that any patents, formulas, processes, plants, and methods for smelting tin or recovering byprod- ucts thereof, developed as e result of re- search carried on at the smelter by the Tin Processing Corp. at Government ex- pense shall accrue solely to the Dutch company’s subsidiary and to the RFC, but that the latter shall not willingly disclose any such information to third parties other than to actual operators of the smelter. The RFC cannot reveal such information to any prospective op- erators of the plan—those who may be interested in leasing or purchasing the Texas City tin smelter in the future. The Tin Processing Corp. does not ad- mit visitors to the plant who are known to be sufficiently technically trained to find out details of the operation. The RFC retains all cost details and terms of contracts on a confidential basis. In short, several million dollars of the American taxpayers’ money have been spent on research and experimentation at the Government’s tin smelter to the enlightenment and benefit of Dutch and possibly British commercial interests while American industry is denied and Jeft in ignorance of such information and technical data. The interest of the United States demands that this state of affairs be terminated and the situa- tion reversed. This can be accomplished only through a change in the manage- ment of the Government’s tin smelter. We owe the Dutch Billiton Co. and its Tin Processing Corp. nothing whatso- ever. They failed to deliver a tin smelter capable of doing the job which our Gov- ernment contracted for. Their agree- ments and guaranties have been worth- less. ‘They have received the full benefit of millions of dollars' worth of research and experimentation paid for by the United States, and while they have leased the plant for a nominal fee of $1 per year, all operating and manage- ment costs have been paid by our Gov- ernment and, in addition, they have re- ceived to date $1,600,000 in fixed fees. American engineers, and not the Dutch management, are reported to have been the actual operators of the plant from the beginning: they can continue doing so under American managemcnt. The Dutch Billiton Co., by making false claims and hollow agreements through which it obtained the contract for the design, construction, operation, and management of the Government's Texas City tin smelter, and the nominal contro] of tin smelting in the United States, gained the advantage over Amer- ican private enterprise who wished to do the job and not only perpetrated what amounts to an outright-fraud against the people of the United States but also seriously endangered the security of our 11009 Nation, The several minor Government officials who know the facts and con- tinue to protect and further the interests of the Dutch Billiton Co. and its Tin Processing Corp. must share the guilt. The lease and smelting agreements be- tween the RFC and the Billiton Co.’s Tin Processing Corp. now expire June 30, 1951. However, the agreements are sub- ject to termination by the RFC at any time on 90 days’ written notice without payment of any penalty or other sums for such action. H.R. 8569 and 8. 3666, which has passed the Senate, should be amended to provide that the contracts with the Tin Processing Corp. be ter- minated on or before December 31, 1950, and that the operation and management of the Texas City tin smelter be placed in the hands of bona fide American pri- vate enterprise having no connections with the present management or, failing this, under the Department of the In- terior. The bilis should be further amended to provide that all research work and experimentation conducted at the smelter after December 31, 1950, shall be performed by or under the direction of the United States Bureau of Mines of the Department of the Interior and that the detailed results of all such research and experimentation shall be made avail- able to American private enterprise. The present authority for the opera- tion of the Texas City smelter does not expire for another year. Both H. R. 8569 and S. 3666 extend the authority to 6 yearshence. No true evidence whatso- ever has been advanced or found in the facts on the tin situation which justifies the continued operation of the smelter. Authority to operate the Texas City tin smelter should not extend beyond June 30, 1952, at the most, which would coin- cide with the termination date of the “Defense Production Act of 1950’ as pro- posed in H R. 9176. H. R. 8569 and 8. 3666 should be further amended to pro- vide that, with respect to tin concentrates produced after December 31, 1950, the RFC shall purchase for use at the Texas City tin smelter only such concentrates in kind and quantity as will successfully yield not less than 90 percent of their tin content as grade A metal by the process used at the Government’s smelter, re- search requirements excepted. This amendment would not preclude the pur- chase and stockpiling of low-grade Bolivian concentrates by the Munitions Board if it should decide to do so, but would permit such ores to be sold in the world markets at their commercial value instead of the higher subsidized prices paid for such material by the RFC. This in turn should enable American private enterprise to continue in operation and expand facilities which can produce ap- proximately 100 percent grade A tin from the recoverable tin in low-grade Bolivian concentrates—thus adding immeasur- ably to the security of the United States insofar as its tin requirements are con- cerned, Mr. D'EWART. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. SAYLOR. I yield to the gentle- man from Montana.
11010 Mr. DEWART. As a member of the Committee on Mines and Mining to- gether with the gentleman from Penn- sylvania, I think he has performed a real service in bringing out the situation that faces this country in renewing this au- thority; certainly the bill should be amended, and I belleve the gentleman in- tends to offer an amendment to protect the interests of the United States in this tin smelter in that we shall have use of the patents, the methods, and the knowl- edge that is developed by our money in this Texas City plant. The gentleman is to be commended for bringing out the situation down there in Texas as regards tin because of this contract with this Dutch company. Mr. SAYLOR. I thank the gentle- man. Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 5 minutes. Mr. Chairman, when the gentleman from Pennsylvania appeared before the Rules Committee—I think my recollec- tion is correct—he said that the Vulcan Detinning Corp , which is located in New Jersey, had a capacity of 500 tons a day, We investigated that. It is the only other tinning operation in the United States and it has a capacity of 5 tons a day. Why were the Dutch placed in con- trol of these operating contracts of the Texas City smelter? Because we needed the ore. The Dutch owned the ore and it was the only means by which we could obtain it. The Dutch East Indies was one of the great sources for the produc- tion of ore that was essential to furnish the needs of this great corporation. Now to split hairs over this at a time when our national security is involved, at a time when we need tin more than we have ever needed it in a generation, it seems to me is not supporting the best interests of our country. If this corpo- ration is closed, the production of 36,000 tons of tin so necessary to our war effort will cease. We never have needed this operation more, than we need it at the present time. It has been a successful operation, They have smelted low-grade ore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania said they blend the ores, As I under- stand it, they do not blend the ores at all. They smelt the high-grade ores and the low-grade ores, then they might com- bine them after they have been smelted. Mr. MARTIN of Iowa. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. SPENCE. I yield to the gentle- man from Iowa. Mr. MARTIN of Iowa. At the time this project was first propounded here in the Congress, I understood the em- phasis was going to be placed on the processing of Bolivian ores. From the statement made by the gentleman from Pennsylvania, I am led to ask at this time just how extensive comparatively have the operations there covered Boliv- jan ores as compared with Indonesian ores? Mr. SPENCE. I do not have the per- centages, but I know they have smelted the low-grade Bolivian ores. Mr, MARTIN of Iowa. Are they in position to take over exclusively the proc- essing of Bolivian ores, supposing that the ocean lanes to Indonesian ores may be cut off? CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE Mr. SPENCE. I have been informed that that is the primary purpose, that they can take over the Bolivian ores and that they can smelt the Bolivian ores. Mr, MARTIN of Iowa. In any quan- tity to replace the production of Indo- nesian ores? Mr. SPENCE. They would probably need some of the higher-grade ores. But what would be the effect if you cut the whole operation off now? It would jeop- ardize our supply. It would certainly weaken the security of our country. Mr. MARTIN of Iowa. That is not the point of my inquiry. My point is this Can they swing to the processing of Bolivian ores? I notice there is a cofnmittee amendment on this bill indi- cating there was some evidence or tes- timony along that line or the amend- ment would not have been put in the bill that would lay special emphasis on West- ern Hemisphere tin ores. Mr. SPENCE. I have not sufficient information upon that subject. Mr. MARTIN of Iowa. That is an ex- tremely important point because I am looking at the self-sufficiency of our Na- tion so far as critical materials are con- cerned. It is a lot different process- ing Bolivian ore and processing Indone- sian ore. Mr. SPENCE. They can process Bo- livian ores and they have processed Bo- livian ores. The primary purpose of their organization was to process Western Hemisphere ores. Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. SPENCE. I yield to the gentle- man from Texas. Mr. THOMPSON. The answer to the question, I will say to the gentleman from Kentucky, is that the smelter can operate solely on Bolivian ores, if neces- sary. Naturally, if it is possible to secure the high-grade ores from Indonesia and the Far East, they will do that, and use the two of them together. Mr MARTIN of Iowa. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. SPENCE. I yield. Mr. MARTIN of Iowa. Will that in- volve any delay in their operations, such as tooling or anything else? Mr. THOMPSON. No. They are tooled up for it, and they are processing both ores now. Mr. MARTIN of Iowa And they can take over Bolivian ore exclusively in the processing at full capacity? Mr. THOMPSON. That is correct, The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Kentucky has expired. Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may desire to the gentle- man from Texas [Mr. THompson}. Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Chairman, during both World Wars I and II, the Nation found itself unable to secure an adequate supply of tin from abroad. In each case, it was necessary to build tin smelters to process, in this country, the ore from the Far East and more recently from Bolivia. World War I smelters were decom- missioned shortly after the end of the war and in the Second World War, it was pecessary to build an entirely new plant, JULY 25 Tin is used, among other things, for packaging food—a most essential re- quirement for supplying an army in the field. Also, it is used in making bronze which is required in machinery and very heavily in shipbuilding. Tin is also used for bearing metal. Every tank, jeep, submarine engine, in fact every machine which moves or turns, uses tin in its bearings and other vital parts It is also used in making solder. Without an ade- quate supply of tin in time of war, the defense effort would be seriously crippled. Since the end of World War II, the Government's only tin smelter—the Long Horn Tin Smelter at Texas City, Tex., has been operating to a large ex- tent on the building up of the requisite stockpile for defense purposes. When this has been accomplished, the plant should be disposed of to private enter- prise, and I have worked consistently toward this end for the past 2 years. In order for it to be profitable for private operation, it appears that a tariff, or some other form of subsidy, will be required. This has proven to be a com- plicated and difficult matter and legis- Jation providing for disposal of the smelter remains under consideration in committee. In recent weeks, the National Security Resources Board concluded that, in the interests of national defense, the Texas City smelter should continue its opera- tions. The legislation under which it functions will expire within a year and the Board recommended to the President that the necessary legislation be passed to provide for the operation for 5 years after the termination of the present law. Accordingly, the President directed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to cooperate with the National Security Re- sources Board in securing the adoption of the necessary legislation, The bill before you, H. R. 8569, by the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. SPENCE], and the companion measure, H. R. 8570, by myself are strictly administration measures and are recommended to the Congress in the interests of national de- fense with the full approval of the Pres- ident. The legislation provides for a 5-year extension of the present opera- tion. It should be most thoroughly un- derstood that passage of the present legislation will not, in any degree, put an end to my efforts to dispose of the smelter to private industry. However, with the critical international situation now confronting us, the needs of na- tional defense must have priority over all others. It is hardly conceivable that anyone will oppose the legislation now under consideration. I say “hardly” conceiv- able because strangely enough one or- ganization in the United States, acting through its lobbyist here in Washington, has done everything in its power to keep this administration measure from being passed by the committees at either end of the Capitol. The lobbyist voiced vehement opposition to the measure although he claimed that if it were in the interests of national defense he would not oppose it. In spite of the unanimous opinion of the armed services, the National Security Resourves Board, the Reconstructton Fi-
1950 nance Corporation, the White House and others, this lobbyist continued to oppose the measure despite his protestations, He opposes it today. In the House com- mittee, he proposed an amendment which sounded so innocent that it was accepted without any particular consid- eration and it appears now as a commit- tee amendment to H. R. 8569. On its face, this amendment seems to be merely a statement of “due regard to the public interest.” Actually, this amendment was recommended by the one organiza- tion opposing the bill, a corporation en- gaged in recovering tin from tin scrap which is attempting to develop a process for recovering pure tin from the very lowgrade Bolivian ores. At the mo- ment, this corporation has virtually no production and at the most, if its process is proven, has a plant which would pro- duce 6 tons of tin a day or approximately 2,000 tons of tin a year. There are ap- proximately 18,000 tons of Bolivian tin available which are now being smelted at the Texas City smelter and our national needs exceed 60,000 tons a year in peace- time. The purpose behind the amend- ment is to attempt to tie the hands of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in the administration of the law by pre- paring an argument that the “due regard to the public interest in the maintenance of domestic smelting of Western Hemi- sphere tin ores and concentrates by American private industry,” states it to be the policy of the Congress to require the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to divert ores to other smelters in pref- erence to the Texas City smelter. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation does not need instructions to act “with due regard to the public interest” and it should not be hampered in carrying out its obligations to Congress by inclu- sion in this legislation of this amend- ment, The companion measure which passed in the other body does not have this amendment in it. It was considered in detail and was eliminated as being at least superfiuous and possibly very dan- gerous. Personally, I shall never trust an amendment however innocent it may sound when it is proposed by a man whose avowed intention it is to kill the legislation under consideration. I had contemplated introducing an amendment to strike out the language proposed by the lobbyist who wants to destroy the bill. I have not done so out of deference to the chairman of the com- mittee, who will have an opportunity to consider the matter further in confer- ence. Also, I have no desire to impede the early passage of the measure today. In view of the present world conditions, it is imperative that the legislation be passed as quickly as possible. However, during the 5-year period, proposed in the new legislation, every effort should be made to make final disposition of the plant to private industry. I urge the immediate pasage of the bill, and I hope that the conferees will eliminate the crip- pling amendment suggested by the one man who has appeared in opposition to the measure. The CHAIRMAN. There being no further requests for time, the Clerk will read the bill for amendment, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE The Clerk read as follows: Be tt enacted, etc., That section 2 of the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to strengthen the common defense and to meet industrial needs for tin by providing for the maintenance of a domestic tin-smelting in- dustry,” approved June 28, 1947 (61 Stat. 190), as amended, is amended by striking nigse and inserting in lieu thereof With the following committee amend- ment: Page 1, line 8, after “1956”, insert “, and by substituting tor the period after the word ‘designate’ a colon, and adding the following: Provided, That such powers, functions, du- ties, and authority shall be exercised and performed with due regard to the public in- terest in the maintenance of domestic amelt- ing of Western Hemisphere tin ores and con- centrates by American private enterprise.” The committee amendment was agreed Mr. SAYLOR. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Sartor: Page 1, line 8, after word “thereof”, strike out “1956” and insert “1052.” Mr. SAYLOR. Myr. Chairman, the purpose of this amendment is to ask the Texas City Tin Smelter Corp. to actually prove to this Congress or to the duly authorized representatives, that sometime before the expiration of one additional year they can produce tin from low-grade Bolivian ores exclusively, and produce it in accordance with the con- tract they have entered into. According to the information which the Committee on Mines and Mining of the Committee on Public Lands has re- ceived, this corporation has never to this day produced one pound of tin from low grade Bolivian ores exclusively. I know that tin is an essential and a vital war material. Nobody wants to hamper this country in its all-out war effort at this time, but certainly if we are going to be shut off from the supplies of the Far East, and the only sources of tin we have are the low-grade concentrates of Bolivia, then we should know now if this corporation, which entered into a contract in 1941 for the production of high-grade tin from low-grade Bolivian ore, can produce it. Certainly, if we ex- tend this one more year to June 30, 1952, that will be ample time for them to do it. Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. Mr. Chairman, there could not be a more effective way to kill this bill than to adopt the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania. It is ab- solutely essential that the operation of the Texas City tin smelter continue for 5 years in order that the contracts may be negotiated and in order that they may have available an adequate supply of the ore, Another reason why it should be con- tinued is that you could not keep the personnel of this organization, who are skilled personnel, for 24 hours if they could get some employment elsewhere. It would absolutely destroy the useful- negs of the Texas City tin smelter, which has an excellent record. I ask that the amendment be defeated, 11011 The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentle- man from Pennsylvania [Mr. SavLor}. The amendment was rejected. Mr. SAYLOR. Mr, Chairman, I offer a further amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Sartor. On page 2, line 4, after the last word substitute a colon for the period and add the following: “Provided further, That on or before Decem- ber 81, 1950, the present lease and smelting agreements, as amended, shall be terminated by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the operation and management of the Government-owned tin amelter at Texas City, Tex,, shall be awarded to bona fide Amer- ican private enterprise which has no affilta- tions or interests whatsoever in tin mining or smelting outside of the Western Hemi- sphere, or, if this cannot be accomplished satisfactorily, such operation and manage- ment shall be given to and undertaken by the United States Bureau of Mines, Depart- ment of the Interior. And provided further, That all research and experimentation per- formed with United States Government funds at, or for the Government-owned tin amelter at Texas City, Tex., after December 81, 1950, shall be conducted by or under the supervision of the United States Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior, and the detailed results of all such research and experimentation shall be made available to American private enterprise unless and ex- cept to the extent that such results would reveal details of processes owned and con~- tributed by any operator of the tin smelter and not known to the minerals and metals industry or described in literature available to the public” Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Chairman, I make the point of order against the amend- ment that it is not germane. The CHAIRMAN. Does the gentle- man from Pennsylvania desire to be heard on the point of order? Mr. SAYLOR. Mr. Chairman, as I said in my original remarks, the present contract does not permit the experiments that are being conducted at that plant on our money to become our property. They will actually belong to the Dutch Government. This amendment would provide that after December 31, 1950, any experimenting that is done at our expense will become the property of the United States Government or our people. I certainly think that that, being a part of the contract, is germane. The CHAIRMAN. The Chair is ready to rule. The Chairman has examined the basic law sought to be extended by the bill now before the committee The language in the basic law states clearly, among other things, ‘‘to finance research in tin smelting and processing, and (4) to do all other things necessary to the accomplishment of the foregoing shall continue in effect until June 30, 1951, or until such earlier time as the Congress shall otherwise provide.” The amendment offered by the gentle. man from Pennsylvania iMr. SayYtor] offers an alternative proposition, to place it in other departments of the Govern- ment, Therefore. the Chair holds that the amendment is germane and overrules the point of order. Mr. SAYLOR. Mr. Chairman, on a number of occasions since I have been a Member of the Congress I have heard
11012 about the extension programs for re- search sponsored by our Government. One of the best arguments that has been advanced in support of this research program is that its results are made available to all American industries. Historically, it is a matter of common knowledge that the Dutch and English control the tin market. They control all the known sources of high-grade tin ores in the world today. If there are going to be American tax dollars spent for research in this project, and appar- ently there is going to be, in accordance with the original agreements, all of the research information belongs solely to the Dutch. The purpose of this amend- ment is to make the results of whatever research is done at the expense of the American taxpayers available to Amer- ican industrly. I am not in favor of spending our money for research in this country developing matters which are to the advantage of the Dutch and the British without letting our own Ameri- can taxpayers who are footing the bill have the benefit of it. Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Chairman, I hardly think it is necessary to say anything about this, The gentleman’s amend- ment would require an agency of the United States to break a contract it has made for the operation of the Texas smelter. The Constitution of the United States provides that no State shal] make any law impairing the obligation of a contract. It seems to me the same high ideals of honor should prevail as to the United States as is enjoined upon the States. Of course, the adoption of this amendment would simply mean the scuttling of this great enterprise. Mr. D’EWART. Will the gentleman yield? Mr. SPENCE. Yes, I yield. Mr. D’EWART. How about when we broke the gold standard? Was that not an agreement? Mr. SPENCE. Oh, that is too far back and does not involve the same question. I ask the amendment be voted down. Mr. MARTIN of Iowa. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. SPENCE. I yield. Mr. MARTIN of Iowa. The gentleman spoke about breaking a contract. I un- derstand that that contract expires in 1951. This bill has as its purpose ex- tending that law. Mr. SPENCE. Yes. This amendment says that we shal] terminate it 6 months before it is terminated by the terms of the contract. Expenditures have been made down there and they have acted on the good faith of the United States. I do not think the United States or any agency has a right to terminate a con- tract such as this before its expiration. The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Kentucky has expired. Mr. D'EWART. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment, I think this committee should understand what we are doing here, We are proposing in time of war to extend a contract with a Dutch company under conditions that do not guarantee us any tin from this smelter, or the results of any of the ex- periments or processes or knowledge that are developed by this smelter, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE Let me read to you some of the provis- fons of the contract which the RFC has entered into in connection with this tin smelter: 1, Stipulations which afford the Tin Proc- essing Corp. what amounts to an option on the lease or sale of the smelter, should the Government decide upon such disposition. That lease or sale is to a Dutch com- pany. 2. A stipulation that any patents, formu- las, processes, plans, and methods for smelt- ing tin or recovering the byproducts thereof, developed as a result of a research carried on at the smelter by the Tin Processing Corp. (at Government expense) shall accrue solely to the Dutch company’s subsidiary and to the RFC, but the latter shall not willingly disclose any such information to third parties other than to actual operators of the smel- ter. In other words, the RF'C cannot dis- close these patents or proceses to an American. They must go to the Dutch company. The only purpose of extending this bill is because of the war effort, the need for tin for our stockpile, and for the war effort, and here we propose under this contract entered into under the original law of which this will be an extension to give those rights to a foreign country and not to our own citizens. Certainly, this amendment should be adopted in the in- terest of our stockpile and in the interest of our national defense and the interest of the taxpayers of this country. I hope the amendment is agreed to. Mr. CASE of South Dakota. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment. The gentleman from Kentucky [{Mr. SPENCE] suggests that the adoption of this amendment would scuttle the bill. Let me read the amendment: After the last word, substitute a colon for the period and add the following: “Provided further, That on or before December 31, 1950, the present lease and smelting agreements, as amended, shall be terminated by the Re- construction Finance Corporation and the operation and management of the Govern- ment-owned tin smelter at Texas City, shall be awarded to bona fide American private enterprise which has no affiliations or inter- est whatsoever in tin mining or smelting outside of the Western Hemisphere, or, if this cannot be accomplished satisfactorily, such operation and management shall be given to and undertaken by the United States Bu- reau of Mines, Department of the Interior: And provided further, That all research and experimentation performed with United States Government funds at, or for, the Gov- ernment-owned tin smelter at Texas City, Tex, after December 31, 1950, shall be con- ducted by or under the supervision of the United States Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior, and the detailed results of all such research and experimentation shall be made available to American private en- terprise unless and except to the extent that such results would reveal details of processes owned and contributed by any op- erator of the tin smelter and not known to the minerals and metals industry or de- scribed in literature available to the public, That amendment does not scuttle the bill; it says that if you cannot get an merican operator who is ready to take t over by December 31, 1950, you will turn it over to the Bureau of Mines and let the Bureau of Mines operate it. JULY 25 Certainly, the history of tin in Amer- ica is not one which does us much credit. I happen to represent a district which has at various times thought it had a good deal of tin ore. We have many towns out there which carry the name “Tin”: we have the town of Tinton and Tin Mountain and Tin Reef. We have the old Harney-Peak Tin Co. which fig- ures in the deeds to a great deal of prop- erty in the Black Hillis area. The Hill City Tin Miner was the name of a paper published for some years in that area. Shortly after the Harney-Peak Tin Co. got under way back in the nineties and it threatened to become a factor in the production of tin in the United States or in the world, British interests came in and bought up the stock and closed it down. While I cannot here suggest that we have tin enough to supply the needs of the country, yet we do have tin enough that representatives of the Bureau of Mines and the Geological Survey and other Government agencies have indi- cated they might be of great value to the country in a critical period, The whole tendency of our legislation in this country has been to cater to British and Dutch tin interests, with the result that we have stifled the develop- ment of the tin industry in this country and handicapped the exploration of such deposits as we do have in the States and in Alaska, When I was returning from Europe with the Herter committee in the fall of 1947, I remember reading in the Lon- don Economist an article to the effect that we should shut down the tin smel- ters in this country to show our good faith in our efforts toward the rehabili- tation of Europe. The Economist advo- cated that as a reciprocal act on the part of the United States that would show that we were really trying to rehabilitate Europe. Imagine that. And soI say we depend upon them too much. Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. CASE of South Dakota. I yleld. Mr. THOMAS. Let me say to my friend from South Dakota that there is much in what he said, and there is much in what the gentleman from Pennsyl- vania has said; in truth and in fact, there js too much truth in what has been said on the other side of the aisle. But let me talk about this for just a minute from a practical standpoint. Mr. CASE of South Dakota. Does the gentleman want to use the remainder of my time? Mr. THOMAS. No; I will get the gen- tleman more time if I may proceed for just a minute. The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from South Dakota has expired. Mr. THOMAS, Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman may proceed for five additional minutes, The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas? There was no objection. Mr. CASE of South Dakota. I yield to the gentleman.
1950 Mr. THOMAS. We know that there is @ monopoly, a world-wide monopoly in tin ore. When this original contract was written, it was written by Jesse Jones, Chairman of the RFC, and I do not think there is a harder or straighter one in America today, Let us go ahead with this thing as it is, because tin is one of the most important war materials that the Army and the Navy require. The gentleman from South Dakota knows that I have tried to go along with him, and we are going along with him in developing some strategic materials out in the mountainous country of the West, and that ought to be done. We will earmark some money in the inde- pendent offices appropriation bill, and when we go to conference with the Sen- ate we are going to try to work that thing out and develop those resources in his State and the other States where they have tin, manganese, and these very crit- ical materials. Let us not upset the apple cart in the case of this tin smelter, We need it badly. We are flirting with dynamite, Let us not slow down the processes. Of course, we do not like the situation we are in, but the simple truth of the matter is that we must have that ore, and the only place we can get it in large quantity is from the British and the Dutch. I hope the amendment is voted down; however, I will cooperate with the gentleman on the matters he is interested in. Mr. CASE of South Dakota. Mr. Chairman, may I say in conclusion that the reason we find ourselves in one crisis after another is because we do not stand up on our hind legs as Americans and develop the United States. As long as we continue contracts and practices like this, where we rely upon the favor of other people, we are going to have more and more of these crises. The American people are getting sick and tired of this continual recurrence of crises, getting in- to one trouble, then getting out of that by pointing to something a little bigger and more dangerous. The American people are going to express themselves on this subject one of these days and in no uncertain terms. The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from South Dakota has ex- pired. Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the pending amend- ment. Mr. Chairman, the smelter in question is located in my district and, naturally, I am very vitally interested in it and quite familiar with it. There are a good many misconceptions that have been voiced here this afternoon. One fact I would like very much to impress par- ticularly on the committee is that every agency of the Government which has any responsibility whatever for national defense, the stockpile, security in gen- eral, has asked for the passage of the bill as is. They know all of the objec- tions which have been raised by the opposition. These have been weighed carefully and considered and put aside in the interest of the Nation. Let me say just a word about the oper- ators. The contract was made with them during the war for the reason that CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE they had the know-how to treat the low- grade Bolivian ore which then seemed to be our only source of ore. They had the know-how. Also if anybody could ever get any ore out of the Far East only they would be able to do it. Now, like any business firm, they wrote into the contract, passed by Jesse Jones, that they would have certain options. Any busi- ness firm would have done exactly the same thing. They have provided an ex- cellent operation. They have brought out the tin that was needed, and which was essential during the war, and still is for the stockpile. May I clear up one other little miscon- ception. This is not a war hysteria measure. This has been thought of and talked about; it has been in process in one way or another for 2 years that I know of, because I have a bill pending which would turn that plant over to priv- ate enterprise. If I return here next year I expect to renew the effort to place that plant in private hands to operate; then it will be up to the Government agency responsible to pick a proper pur- chaser or lessee, as the case may be. But in the meantime this amendment would ask the operators, who have done &@ good successful job, to turn over their trade secrets to a rival concern. I think that is what is at the bottom of all this objection. It comes up every time a smelter bill is being considered in the committee or in the House. It stems, I believe, from a riva] concern that would like very much to have those secrets. They would like to go into a competitive operation. I hope that the opposition, in the in- terests of national defense, will withhold its opposition this afternoon and let us provide for the continued operation of that plant for the next 5 years. I will work with them for the permanent dis- position of it whenever they are ready. In the meantime, let us not hamper the Smelter and, above all, do not set a limit of 1 year, and do not require them to terminate the agreement by the end of this year, because if you do the operators cannot make a contract that would be worth anything, They cannot proceed as any business firm ought to proceed on a reasonably long-range basis. I hope this amendment will be de- feated and that you will give us an opportunity to provide for the national defense in this matter. Mr. CLEMENTE. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. THOMPSON. I yield to the gen- tleman from New York. Mr. CLEMENTE. Can the gentleman tell me what benefit the Government of the United States will derive from this contract? Mr. THOMPSON. They will continue the production of tin, and we will be cer- tain to have tin for war purposes out of the stockpile. Mr. CLEMENTE. Well, do we get any as the result of this contract? Mr. THOMPSON. Certainly we do. ‘We have a tremendous stockpile of it. It has: been successful. They smelt 36,000 tons a year, The stockpiling fig- ures are confidential, as the gentieman 11013 knows, but the national defense people think it is extremely successful. Mr. Chairman, I ask that the amend- ment be voted down. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentle- man from Pennsylvania [Mr. Sartor]. The amendment was rejected. Mr. D’'EWART. Mr. Chairman, I of- fer an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. D’Ewart: Page 2, line 4, strike out the period and add: “in- cluding the right to the knowledge and use of any patents, formulas, process, plans and methods for smelting tin or recovering the byproducts thereof.” Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Chairman, I make the point of order against the amend- ment that it is not germane. It is prac- tically the same amendment that has just been voted on; in practically the same words, I think. The CHAIRMAN. The Chair is pre- pared to rule. The gentleman from Kentucky has made the point of order against the amendment offered by the gentleman from Montana (Mr. D'Ewarr], that it is not germane and that it is identical with the amendment just voted on by the committee. In the opinion of the Chair the amendment is not an identical amendment, although it contains a portion of an amendment previously ‘voted on by the committee; therefore the Chair holds that the amendment is germane and overrules the point of order. Mr. D’EWART. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is not identical with the other amendment in that it does not dis- turb the present contract and does not limit the time. It simply provides that this process, these patents, this knowl- edge, this understanding of the handling of tin that is gained through the use of our money, through a plant that our money built, will be available to Ameri- can processors. It does not interfere with the present contract. The opera- tion of the plant can go on as heretofore, but it does make this knowledge and these patents available to our American industry. I think it is important that this amendment be adopted so that we can distribute to other tin plants in this country the knowledge that the taxpay- ers’ money in this country has provided and will develop in the future. Mr. REES, Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. D’EWART. I yield to the gentle- man from Kansas. Mr. REES. I am not as familiar with this legislation as I should be, but I am wondering if this observation is not cor- rect, that American taxpayers are more or less financing or supporting a foreign cartel with respect to this tin business. Mr. DIEWART. There is no question but that there is a cartel mixed up with this whole tin industry and the cartel, in effect, distributes the ores that are de- veloped in Bolivia and other countries and also has a lot to do with what be- comes of the metals that are processed from these ores. Mr. REES. I thank the gentleman.
11014 Mr. D'9EWART. Mr. Chairman, Mem- bers of the Committee, I earnestly urge that this amendment be agreed to. Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. Mr. Chairman, I think the purpose of this amendment is exactly the same as that of the one we just voted down. It is certainly not intended to help the operation of the tin smelter. Let me in- vite your attention to this: So far as a cartel is concerned, through this plant you have the only protection you could possibly have against a cartel. In that plant there are two and sometimes three members of the Dutch firm that operates it. All the rest are American workmen, most of them recruited locally, and every one taught the know-how necessary to operate a tin smelter. Presumably that force would stay right there in the event of any change of hands, in the event the Billiton people went out of business. There seems to be no reason on earth why the applecart, as the gentleman from Texas (Mr. THomas] just said, should be upset at this stage of the game. If you do want to tamper with the long- range operation, then let us do it under the permanent legislation that will follow and is designed to really give us private operation of the plant. Mr. POULSON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. THOMPSON. I yield to the gen- tleman from California. Mr. POULSON. I was very much in- terested in the gentleman’s explanation of why it was not a cartel. Will not the profits and the benefits inure to the benefit of the owners rather than to the laborers, just as if the laborers were working in some other factory? I cannot see the gentleman's logic in saying this is not a cartel for the simple reason that though the ownership is in the Dutch the operations are performed by American laborers. Mr. THOMPSON. The ownership is not in the Dutch at all, the ownership is in the American Government, the Recon- struction Finance Corporation. The Dutch operate it simply because they had the best offer at the time the first lease was made. Mr.POULSON. That is the ownership of the plant, but the benefits as far as the know-how is concerned are still in the ownership of the Dutch? Mr. THOMPSON. That is correct, but do not forget that all of those secrets are now in the hands of the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation and at the dis- posal of the Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration, to be turned over to anybody they think is proper. Mr. Chairman, I hope the amend- ment will be voted down. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Montana. The amendment was rejected. The CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the Committee rises, Accordingly the Committee rose; and the Speaker having resumed the chair, Mr. Preston, Chairman of the Commit- tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE CH. R. 8569) to strengthen the common defense by extending for 5 years the au- thority for the Texas City tin-smelter operation, pursuant to House Resolution 714, he reported the bill back to the House with an amendment adopted by the Committee of the Whole. The SPEAKER. Under the rule, the previous question is ordered. The question is on the amendment. The amendment was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time and was read the third time. The SPEAKER. The question is on the passage of the bill. The bill was passed. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consen: for the present con- sideration of the bill (S. 3666) to extend for 5 years the authority to provide for the maintenance of a domestic tin- smelting industry. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Ken- tucky? There was no objection The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That section 2 of the joint recolution entitled “Joint resolution to strengthen the common defense and to meet industrial needs for tin by providing for the maintenance of a domestic tin-sme)ting industry”, approved June 28, 1947, as amended, is amended by striking out “June 30, 1951” and inserting in leu thereof “June 39, 1956” Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr Spence’ Strike out all after the enacting clause of the bill and insert the provisions of the bill H R. 8569 as passed, as follows: “That section 2 of the joint resolution en- titled ‘Joint resolution to strengthen the common defense and to meet industrial needs for tin by providing for the mainte- nance of a domestic tin-smelting industry’, approved June 28, 1947 (61 Stat 190), as amended, is amended by striking out ‘1951’ and inserting in Meu thereof ‘1956’, and by substituting for the period after the word ‘designate’ a colon, and adding the follow- ing’ ‘Provided, That such powers, functions, duties, and authority shall be exercised and performed with due regard to the public in- terest in the maintenance of domestic smelt- ing of Western Hemisphere tin ores and con- centrates by American private enterprise.’ ” The amendment was agreed to. 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. The proceedings by which the bill H R. 8569 was passed were vacated and the bill was laid on the table. GET THE RECORD STRAIGHT Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the remarks I made in Committee of the Whole may be printed at this point in the Recorp. JULY 25 The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the. gentleman from Michigan? There was no objection. The matter referred to follows. Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike out the last word, and ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan? There was no objection. Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Mr. Chairman, Thursday, July 20, from the well of the House, the Representative from Massachusetts [Mrs. Rocers], in a l-minute speech, among other things, said: Mr. Speaker, I am having a great many re- quests from women, saying they would like to join the Marines or WAVES or WACS They are anxious to do all they can for their country in this time of emergency and stress. Some have even stated that they would like to have a draft of women if they have a draft of men. Replying immediately thereafter, I tried to make the point that we were not yet so weak in manpower that it was necessary to draft women or com- pe’ them to fight with the armed serv- ces. A further point which I sought to make was that, in drafting the young men, both a physical and a mental ex- amination was required; that the result was that those among the young men who were the more physically and men- tally fit were taken into the service while those who did not pass these tests re- mained at home; and that many of the drafted were killed, more were wounded, a still smaller percentage returned to this country mentally impaired. My further argument was that the women of this country, whose loyalty, whose contribution to our wars has never been questioned, were entitled as a mat- ter of right to select as a husband and the father of their children a typical young American—not a displaced person who, after a war, came to this country, or one from a group from which the most physically and mentally desirable had been removed by the draft. Any- thing wrong about that? Ordinarily, I can make my meaning clear, leave little room for misunder. standing, but apparently on this occa- sion I was too subtle, for it is evident my words were misunderstood. The Detroit Free Press, in an editorial of Saturday, July 22, referring to me, among other things, said: He intimated that woman's interest in getting 1n some war activity was to catch a husband. If they want men that bad, HorrmMan suggested, they can get displaced persons from Europe. For some reason best known to its publisher or editorial writers, the De- troit Free Press has more than once either misconstrued or misrepresented what I have said, what I have condemned or advocated. In replying to the suggestion that, if we are to have a draft of men, we should have a draft of women, I did not then
1950 use, nor have I ever at any time used, words which carried the suggestion “that women’s chief interest in getting into some war activity was to catch a hus- band.” Nor did I ever suggest that, if the women of America wanted a husband, “they can get displaced persons from Europe.” Several times I have argued, as I now contend, that, if the draft is to take two or three million young Americans and, in taking them, is to select those best physically and mentally qualified, that process deprives the young woman of America of the opportunity to get the kind of a man she might otherwise have; that, to a large extent, her choice would be limited to those who were disqualified for the draft, or to some displaced per- son or an immigrant. My thought was, and it is, that such a result was most unfair to the young women of America, The Detroit Free Press editorial fur- ther states: No woman of whom we know really wants to go to war. Nor doI. In my humble judgment, it would be a grievous mistake to draft the young women, put them into the armed services as we do the men. What I tried to say was this: That, because of the war and the selective- service draft, the opportunity of the av- erage young American woman to find a husband of her choice would be limited. After my remarks were made on the floor, the Member from Massachusetts {Mrs. Roarrs] phoned me, said she had been hurt by my remarks and requested that I omit them from the printed Rec- ORD. Because I did not consider my state- ment of very great importance, and be- cause I greatly admire Mrs. Rocers and did not care to needlessly hurt her feel- ings, I complied with her request. Now, because of letters which I have received, protesting my remarks—the letters un- doubtedly being based upon a miscon- ception of what I said—and because of this editorial, which is circulated in my district, I now ask permission to include the remarks made on that occasion. Those remarks were as follows: WoMEN IN THE ARMED SERVICES Mr, Horrman of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, no one questions the patriotism, the ability or the willingness of women to render serv- ice either in peacetime or when we are at war. Nor does anyone question the value of those services. But 1 do not agree with the suggestion that we should draft women. Women can render the most valuable serv- ice when we are at war if, instead of serving in the front lines, they will just stay at home, doing their part on the home front in many ‘ways—sometimes in industrial plants, some- times as civilian or profesaiona) workers and assistants, or in taking care of their hus- bands and sons, or, by letters of encourage- ment, maintaining the morale of those they have sent to the front. I do not believe that it is either necessary or desirable, as has been suggested, that wo create an army of Amasons, Nor do I believe that our women should be required, as the years or the centuries roll on, to provide continuous crops of can- non fodder Jor successive wars, as they will CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE be required to do if we are to police the world, fight in every war in which ambitious or power-mad politicians of other nations may from time to time involve us, But there ts something in the situation which calis for the drafting of our men which tends to cloud the future. That ts the fact that the best young men of Amer- ica—at least from a physical and mental standpoint—are to be drafted, sent abroad there to fight, some to die, others to be wounded, others to be returned home men- tally impaired, their initiative broken while from those rejected, or from those who come to us from abroad, our women select their husbands. Our young women can look forward, on the record thus far made, not to having a fine young American for a husband, for the father of their children, but being compelled, if she would marry, to select that husband from among those who were left behind or from the displaced persons or others who come to us from Europe or Asia, some of whom-—all too often—feeling charged with & mission to remake our form of govern- ment. PROVIDING FOR MODIFICATION OR CAN- CELLATION OF CERTAIN ROYALTY- FREE LICENSES Mr. BRYSON submitted a conference report and statement on the bill (S. 2128) to provide for the modification or cancellation of certain royalty-free licenses granted to the Government by private holders of patents and rights thereunder. FEPO Mr. DAVENPORT. 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 Pennsylvania? There was no objection. Mr. DAVENPORT. Mr. Speaker, Americans who understand the true na- ture of the world-wide struggle between democracy and totalitarianism were shocked when the struggle for an FEPC was abandoned. To the peoples of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, this action is being interpreted to mean that we talk democracy but do not live it. We know this is not the case, that by comparison with other nations our democracy is of the highest order. Nevertheless, the FEPC would have improved our way of life. It would have added significantly to individual opportunity and would have blunted antiminority groups in this country. In addition, it would have knocked the props from under Soviet propagandists who are trying to mislead struggling peoples everywhere. If we are to hold the offensive in a world of ideals and community practice, we must not give the cynical and duping Commu- nists the opportunity to throw up our shortcomings to the religious, economic, and racial minorities throughout the world. Mr. Speaker, I wish to insert a letter to President Truman from the Allegheny County Council for Civil Rights: JULY 25, 1950, Harry 8. Tauman, President of the United States, The White House. Deas Ma. Paxswwewr: On behalf of the 40 organisations in the Allegheny County Coun- ell for Civil Rights, we wish to call to your 11015 attention proposals which are basic to the success of the United Nations action in Korea. As persons of all races, creeds, and na- tional origins, we believe it is urgent that the United States demonstrate to people every- where that democracy works effectively. Every American wants to share in the re- sponsibilities as well aa the privileges of de- mocracy. To accomplish this we urge you to use your office to insure the most effictent utilization of the Nation’s human resources. We urge you to consider the following proposals: 1. That you continue and accelerate the policy of nonsegregation in the armed forces; 2. That you issue an order comparable to the FEPC Executive order which eliminated discrimination in industrial employment during World War II; 3. That you encourage the earliest possible ratification of the Genocide Convention; 4. That you take steps to end the Oriental Exclusion Policy of our immigration laws. These actions will demonstrate clearly to the peoples of the world the validity of our claim to the democratic way of life. Respectfully yours, Rev. L. B. Mosrrer, Rev. R. Prerre JOHNSON, Cochatrmen. Member organizations: Allegheny County Committee on Fair Employment; Americans for Democratic Action; American Federation of Labor, Teamsters 609; American Jewish Committee; American Service Institute of Allegheny County; American Veterans Com- mittee Auxillary; Amvets, Allegheny County Council; Association of Community Coun- ceils; B'nai B’rith Women’s Council of Greater Pittsburgh; Conference of Jewish Women's Organizations; Council of Churches (Race Relations Commission); First Unitarian Church Social Action Committee; Hill Dis- trict People’s Forum; Interracial Action Council; Irene Kaufmann Settlement; Jew- ish Community Relations Council of Pitts- burgh; Jewish Labor Committee; Loendi Club; Mayor's Civic Unity Council; National Achievement Clubs, Inc.; National Assocta- tion for the Advancement of Colored People; Pittsburgh Council of Catholic Women; Pittsburgh Metropolitan Council of Negro Women; Pittsburgh Roundtable, National Conference of Christians and Jews; Pitts- burgh Section, National Council of Jewish Women; Sociology Club (Instructors); Soho Community House; Steel City Industrial Union Council, CIO; United Mine Workers of America; Urban League of Pittsburgh; Western Pennsylvania Council of B'nai Brith; United Vocational and Employment Service; Youth Advisory Committee, Federa- tion of Jewish Philanthropies; Young ‘Women's Christian Association of Pitts- burgh. TRAGEDY AT MYRTLE BEACH, 8, C. Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- imous consent to address the House for 1 minute. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Ten- nessee? There was no objection. Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, the city of Nashville is in mourning today. On Sunday afternoon, as members of their families awaited their returning from maneuvers, word came that 30 val- jant sons and soldiers had perished in the inferno of a National Guard plane crash near Myrtle Beach. Words are weak in the face of sac- Tificial action that characterized the dy- ing of these young men. They died in line of duty, and I have been informed
11016 by the Air Forces that they were traveling under competent orders. Un- der these circumstances, Mr. Speaker, I am sure the Government through the Veterans’ Administration will assume the full responsibility it owes to the families of these young men. This, of course, can be but small comfort to the loved ones left behind, but it is the least a grateful Government can do for men who wear the uniform of the armed services. These young men were preparing themselves for service in the defense of freedom and liberty at a time when forces of evil and aggression again challenge democratic ideals and institutions. I knew personally some of them and I am sure that Members of the House join me in extending our very sincere sym- pathy to the families of all of them in their hour of grief. GENERAL LEAVE TO EXTEND Mr. SPENCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have five legislative days to extend their remarks on the bill just passed. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Kentucky? There was no objection. THE CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN RAIS- ING REVENUES Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ad- Gress 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. BYRNES of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, according to this morning's paper, it is being suggested that the tax bill which passed this House just prior to the Korean conflict, and which is now in the Senate, be used as the vehicle for the enactment of the emergency taxes needed to meet our increased defense costs. I certainly believe that we must take the necessary action to raise as far as possible the revenue to pay for the en- larged defense expenditures of this country, and I believe the Ways and Means Committee should begin work on this job immediately. I object strenu- ously, however, to any procedure which will violate the spirit of the Constitution and invade the prerogatives of the House of Representatives. Article I, section 7 of the Constitution provides that all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Repre- sentatives. It is shocking that consider- ation is being given to violating the spirit, if not the letter, of this provision of the Constitution. If such a procedure is followed, it will mean that the Ways and Means Com- mittee will be shut out completely from consideration of this most important matter, It will mean denial to the House itself of one of its basic prerogatives under the Constitution. This matter will come to the floor of the House, not as @ bill entitled to full and complete de- bate, but it will come to us only as a con- ference report. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE Mr. Speaker, the integrity of the Con- stitution, of the House of Representa- tives, and of the Ways and Means Com- mittee is involved in this decision. The SPEAKER, Under previous or- der of the House, the gentleman from Kansas {Mr. Ress] is recognized for 10 minutes. THIS 18 NOT THE TIME TO ASK OUR GOV- ERNMENT FOR MONEY EXCEPT WHERE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY—WE MUST CUT EXPENDITURES TO THE BONE Mr. REES. Mr. Speaker, the time has come when this Congress must reap- praise and reexamine expenditures and authorizations charged to the Federal Government. It must be done in light of the impending crisis. We have got to cut our nondefense expenditures to the bone and cancel all unnecessary non- defense authorizations if we expect to protect our country and have sufficient funds to carry us through this imminent emergency. Only a short time ago, and after weeks of debate, a liberal authorization bill costing the taxpayers of this country $27,340,000,000 was approved by the House. It was my view then, and I am now more convinced than ever, that amount could have been reduced with respect to nonwar activities. Even so, it was considerably lower than the rec- ommendation of the administration. Approximately $11,000,000,000 is for nondefense agencies. When the bill got to the other end of the Capitol, the committee in charge not only restored the cuts made by the House for departmental operation, but assured a continuance of business as usual in the operation of the already overmanned nonwar agencies. This was done, and is still being done, in the face of a world crisis, I was surprised to learn that the Sen- ate committee increased the House bill from $27,340,000,000 to $32,500,000,000, an increase of more than $5,000,000,000, almost all for nonwar activities. I am amazed that the body at the other end of the Capitol has thus far outdone itself in deference to “pork- barrel interests.” The House, in my judgment, allocated more funds than necessary for public works projects. The House bill, as I have already suggested, was liberal in its expenditures. But the Senate has added $132,400,000, nearly all of which goes to provide funds for new projects, including a good many of doubtful necessity. The thing to which I want to call your attention is that nearly all of the in- creases at the other end of the Capitol have nothing to do with the war effort. $132,500,000 is for nonwar public proj- ects. It is purely “pork.” When the appropriation bill came be- fore the House, I tried at that time to convince the membership that no new projects of any kind should be started unless it could be shown they were abso- lutely necessary. I find today that 79 new planning projects have been added by the other body that were not in the House bill. There are 23 projects for construction not in the House bill and not even in the President’s budget, and JULY 25 in 125 other cases the committee ap- proved sums in excess of the House pill. Mr, Speaker, in view of international commitments already made, and more to be made, all unnecessary projects should at least be deferred. Some of them might be worth while, but a good many harbors and inlets are more im- portant for yachting and pleasure boat- ing and boondoggling than for the in- terests of our country. There are other items to be consid- ered. The House cut operating expenses in the Department of Agriculture amounting to $16,300,000. ‘These ex- penses take nothing away from the farmer, but the committee at the other end of the Capitol decided to put it all back in the bill. On independent offices and other agencies they did a similar job. Mr. Speaker, in view of the condition of our Treasury and the terrific debt that is hanging over us, and considering especially the millions and billions that will need to be expended for the protec- tion of our people, we ought to cut every proposed nonwar expenditure to the very limit and save every dollar possible for the present crisis. The head of every agency of our Government ought to come forth with a report telling this Congress wherein funds for manpower can be saved, so we may have more to apply on the need for war expenditures that confront us. This is no time to be asking the Government for any money not absolutely necded. Mr. Speaker, I call your attention to the fact that in 1948, only 2 years ago, the Federal Government spent $6,400,- 000,000 on a domestic program. The 1951 budget now under consideration calls for $12,000,000,000 for a similar program. Mr. Speaker, we can, in my opinion, save not less than $5,000,000,000 by re- ducing activities of nonwar agencies, in- cluding peacetime public projects and other items not absolutely needed at this critical time. We could also reduce the expenditure of funds that are being sent to Europe for civilian projects, including the building of power plants in Italy and in France. Yes, and strike out such items as one that provides for such in- creases as the rehabilitation of Monte Carlo. Let no one ask for money from our Government unless it can be shown that it is absolutely necessary at this crucial hour. We have got to tighten our belts and work together to pull our country through the impending crisis. EXTENSION OF REMARKS Mr. BECKWORTH asked and was given permission to extend his remarks and include newspaper clippings. Mr. LANE asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks in two instances and include extraneous matter. Mr. PRICE asked and was given per- mission to extend his remarks and to include a newspaper article. Mr. POULSON asked and was given permission to extend his remarks. Mr. CASE of South Dakota asked and was given permission to revise and ex- tend the remarks he made in Committee of the Whole and at one point insert
1950 two letters, and another point to include some extraneous material. Mr. JENISON asked and was given permisston to extend his remarks and in- clude an editorial. Mr. GILMER (at the request of Mr. STEED) was given permission to extend his remarks. Mr. BIEMILLER AND Mr. DINGELL (at the request of Mr. Priest) were given permission to extend their remarks and include extraneous matter. Mr, CLEMENTE asked and was given permission to extend his remarks, not- withstanding the fact that it is estimated by the Public Printer to cost over $300. Mr. LYNCH and Mr. GARMATZ (at the request of Mr. CLEMENTE) were given Permission to extend their remarks. Mr. MURDOCK asked and was given Permission to extend his remarks and include a clipping from yesterday's pa- per, SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED The SPEAKER announced his signa- ture to enrolled bills of the Senate of the following titles: 5.1027. An act for the relief of the Merit 0.5 5. 1049. An act for the relief of Amy Alex- androvna Taylor and Myrna Taylor; 8.1792. An act for the relief of Thomas Nicholas Epiphaniades and Wanda Julia Epi- phantades; 8. 2243. An act for the relief of Tevfik Ka- mil Kutay; 8. 2864. An act to authorize certain admin- istrative expenses for the Department of Jus- tice, and for other purposes; and 8 3937. An act to authorize the President to extend enlistments in the armed forces of the United States. BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT Mrs. NORTON, from the Committee o.. House Administration, reported that that committee did on this day present to the President, for his approval, a bill of the House of the following title: H.R. 8506. An act for the relief of Louls P. Murphy, United States immigrant inspec- tor, El Paso, Tex. ADJOURNMENT Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accord- ingly (at 6 o’clock and 21 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, July 26, 1950, at 12 o’clock noon, EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. 1590. Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, a letter from the Acting Chairman, Muni- tions Board, transmitting the semian- nual report on the stock-piling program and a statistical supplement to that re- port, pursuant to section 4 of the Stra- tegic and Critical Materials Stock Pil- ing Act, Public Law 520, Seventy-ninth Congress, was taken from the Speaker's table and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. =e REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 2 of rule XITI, reports of committees were delivered to the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE Clerk for printing and reference to the Proper calendar, as follows: Mr. WHITTINGTON: Committee on Pub- lic Works. H.R. 8896. A bill to authorize Federal assistance to States and local gov- 6rnments in major disasters, and for other Purposes; with amendment (Rept. No. 2727), Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. FORAND: Committee on Ways and Means. H. R. 8726. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to exempt from duty sound recordings for news broadcasts; with amendment (Rept. No. 2728). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. GARMATZ: Joint Committee on the disposition of Executive papers. House Re- port No 2734. Report on the disposition of certain papers of sundry executive depart- ments. Ordered to be printed. Mr, GARMATZ: Joint Committee on the disposition of Executive papers. House Re- port No. 2785. Report on the disposition of certain papers of sundry executive depart- ments. Ordered to be printed. Mr, GARMATZ: Joint Committee on the disposition of Executive papers. House Re- port No, 2736. Report on the disposition of certain papers of sundry executive depart- ments. Ordered to be printed. Mr. DOUGHTON: Committee on Ways and Means. H. R. 6343. A bill relating to cus- toms dutics on articles coming into the United States from the Virgin Islands; with- out amendment (Rept. No. 2787). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. KING: Committee on Ways and Means. H. R. 7447, A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1980, as amended, with respect to sound- recording materials for use in connection with moving-picture exhibits and newsreels; with amendment (Rept. No. 2738). Referred to the Committee of the Whvule House on the State of the Union. Mr. DOUGHTON: Committee on Ways and Means. H. R. 6514. A bill to amend the Tari? Act of 1930 to provide for exemption fr.m duty of certain sound recordings im- ported by the Department of State, and for other purposes; without amendment (Rept. No. 2739). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. CELLER: Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 9216. A bill to authorize the President to control the anchorage and movement of foreign-flag vessels in waters of the United States when the national security of the United States is endangered, and for other purposes; with amendment (Rept. No. 2740). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr, CARNAHAN: Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. R. 6804. A bill to provide cer- tain authorizations for the Department of State and the United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commis- sion, United States and Mexico, in carrying out the functions of the Commission and to facilitate compliance with the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican Btates signed at Washington on February 8, 1944, relating to the utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tia Juana Rivers and of the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Tex., and for other purposes; with amendment (Rept. No. 2741). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. BRYSON: Committee of conference. 8. 2128, An act to provide for the modifica- tion or cancellation of certain royalty-free licenses granted to the Government by pri- vate holders of patente and rights there- under; without amendment (Rept. No. 2742). Ordered to be printed. 11017 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of, committees were delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows: Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judictary. H.R. 4256. A bill for the relief of James A. G. Martindale; with amendment (Rept. No. 2729), Referred to the Committee of the Whole House Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 6760. A bill for the relief of Dr. In Sung Kwak; without amendment (Rept. No. 2780). Referred to the Committce of the Whole House Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judictary. H. R. 9166. A bill for the relief of Lou's J. T, Hendrickx; without amendment (Rept. No. 2781). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House Mr. DENTON: Committce on the Judictary. H. R. 6244. A bil) for the rellef of Lt. Col, Charles J. Trees, Army of the United States; with amendment (Rept No 2732). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House. Mr. BYRNE of New York: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 9067. A bill for the relict of H. Dale Madison; with amendment (Rept. No. 2733). Referred to the Comm titea of the Whole House. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 3 of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred, as follows: By Mr. JACCBS: H.R. 9227. A bill to require Federal dis- trict courts to enforce certain support ordcrs of State courts, to the Committee on the Judictary. By Mr. BATTLE: H OR. 9228. A bill for the creation of the Foreign Affairs Advisory Commission; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. CELLER: H.R. 9229. A b.ll to amend the act of April 29, 1941, to authorize the waiving of the requirement of performance and pay- ment bonds in connection with certain Coast Guard contracts, to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. DAWSON: H.R. 9230, A bill to amend the act en- titled “An act to authorize certain adminis- trative expenses in the Government service, and for other purposes,” approved August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806), and for other purposes; to the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments. By Mr. CELLER: H.R. 9231. A bill to amend section 10 of the act entitled “An act to supplement exist- ing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes” (Clay- ton Act), approved October 15, 1914, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. GARMATZ: H.R. 9232. A bill authorizing and directing the construction and repair of passenger, cargo, and tanker vessels necessary for the national defense; to the Committee on Mer- chant Marine and Fisheries. By Mr. JACOBS; H. R. 8283. A bill to provide that certain enlisted men of the Armed Forces shall not be assigned to duty in combat zones; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Mr. WOLVERTON: H.R. 9234, A bill to promote the common defense by authorizing and directing the Becretary of Commerce to undertake the survey and repair of certain reserve-status
11018 merchant vessels; to the Committee on Mere chant Marine and Fisheries, By Mr. CELLER: HI Res. 735. Resolution to authorize the creation of a special committee to conduct studies and investigations relating to the procurement of materials and supplies purs suant to the national defense program, and a other purposes; to the Committee on Rules. MEMORIALS Under clause 3 of rule XXII, memo- rials were presented and referred as follows: By the SPEAKER. Memorial of the Legis- lature of the State of Alabama, requesting the enactment of legislation ordering the deportation of all Communists in the United States who are deportable; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Also, memorial of the Legislature of the State of Washington, requesting that appro- priate action be taken to recompense the State of Washington for wear and deteriora- tion of its highways; to the Committee on Public Works. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows: By Mr HAVENNER: H.R 9235. A bill for the relief of Mrs Cat- alina Apacible Limjap and her three chil- dren; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. KENNEDY: H R 9236. A bill for the relief of H Hal- pern & Bro, Inc, of Boston, Mass.; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. McDONOUGH: H.R. 9237. A bill for the relief of Robert E. Robinson; to the Committee on the Ju- diclary. H.R 9238. A bill for the rellef of Maurice C. Myers; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. PRESTON: EH R 9289. A bill for the relief of Mikiko Nishimura; to the Committee on the Judi- elary. By Mr. REES- H.R. 9240. A bill for the rellef of Atsuko Iemura; to the Committee on the Judictary. By Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts: H R 9241 A bill to grant increased retired pay to Maj, Gen. Wilson B. Burtt, United States Army, retired; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Mr. YATES: H R 9242. A bill for the rellef of Yoko Kominam! and Betty Ann Kominam!}; to the Committee on the Judiciary By Mr. BYRNE of New York; H. Res 734. Resolution for the relief of Otho F Hipkins, individually, and Otho F. Hipkins; Cectl Clyde Squier; Conrad Reid; J. Thomas C. Hopkins, Jr.; and Isalah Law- rence Paxton, as trustees of the Hipkins Traction Device Co.; to the Committee on the Judiciary. PETITIONS, ETO. Under clause 1 of rule X<XTT, petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: 2288, By the SPEAKER: Petition of Mrs. Bertha Miller and others, Orlando, Fia., re- questing passage of House bills 2135 and 2136, Known as the Townsend plan; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 2289. Also, petition of James Nels Ekberg, Represa, Calif,, relative to a redress of griev- ance for just compensation for a term of unlawful and illegal Federal restraint and imprisonment; to the Committee on the Ju- diciary. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE SENATE Wepnespay, Jucy 26, 1950 (Legislative day of Thursday, July 20, 1950) The Senate met at 12 o’clock meridian, on the expiration of the recess. The Chaplain, Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, D. D., offered the following prayer: Our Father God, from the tumult of an angry world we seek the sanctuary of Thy presence, not that we may escape the world, but that we may turn to the perplexing maze of its tragic problems with strengthened spirits and quiet minds. In a shaken world we seek sta- bility. In an anguished world we need inner peace. In a fearful world grant us confidence and courage. We confess that in the conceit of our self-sufficiency too often we have turned with our burning thirsts to the broken cisterns of worldly wisdom and of our own sophisticated cleverness. Help us this noontide to turn our faces to Thy shining, O Thou Sun of our help and strength. If in this hour of a supreme test, as the free world battles against slavery, the way to victory is long and dificult and won at last with crimson cost, still keep our wills steadfast and our faith strong as was the faith of our fathers when they built this Nation of our love and prayer, We ask it in the Redeemer’s name, Amen. THE JOURNAL On request of Mr. McFartanp, and by unanimous consent, the reading of the Journal of the proceedings of Tuesday, July 25, 1950, was dispensed with. MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT Messages in writing from the President of the United States were communicated to the Senate by Mr. Miller, one of his secretaries. LEAVES OF ABSENCE On request of Mr. Wuerry, and by unanimous consent, Mr. Carn, who is ab- sent by leave of the Senate until August 2, was further excused from attendance upon the sessions of the Senate until August 15, On his own request, and by unanimous consent, Mr. ScHOEPPEL, was excused from attendance on the session of the Senate from today until August 3 On his own request, and by unanimous consent, Mr. AIKEN was excused from attendance on the sessions of the Senate unti) Tuesday of next week. CALL OF THE ROLL Mr. McFARLAND. I suggest the ab- sence of a quorum The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secre- tary will call the roll. The roll was called, and the following Senators answered to their names: Aiken Chapman Eastland Anderson Chavez Ecton Benton Connally Ellender Brewster Cordon Ferguson Bricker Darby Flanders Bridges Donnell Frear Butler Douglas George Byrd Downey Gillette Capehart Dworshak Graham JULY 26 Green anger Robertson Gurney ehman Russell Hayden Lodge Saltonstall Hendrickson McCarra Schoeppel Hickenlooper McOCarth Smith, Maine Hill McClellan Smith, N J, Hoey McFarland Sparkman Holland McKellar Stennis Humphrey McMahon Taft Hunt Magnuson Thomas, Okla. Ives Malone Thomas, Utah Jenner Martin Thye Johnson, Colo, Maybank Tydings Johnson, Tex. Morse Watkins Johnston, 8.0, Mundt Wherry Kefauver Murray Wiley Kem Neely Williams Kerr o'Conor Young Kilgore O'Mahoney Knowland Pepper Mr. McFARLAND. I announce that the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Fo.- BRIGHT] and the Senator from Iili- nois [Mr. Lucas] are absent on public business. The Senator from Louisiana [Mr. Lone], the Senator from Idaho [Mr. Tay.Lor], and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. WirHers] are absent by leave of the Senate. The Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Lrauy] 1s necessarily absent. The Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. Myers] is detained on official business. Mr. SALTONSTALL. I announce that the Senator from Washington [Mr, Carn], the Senator from Colorado [Mr, MILLIKIN], and the Senator from Michi- gan [Mr. VANDENBERG] are absent by leave of the Senate. The Senator from New Hampshire {Mr. Tosey! is necessarily absent. The VICE PRESIDENT. A quorum is present. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE A message from the House of Repre- sentatives, by Mr. Chaffee, one of its clerks, announced that the House had passed the bill (S. 3666) to extend for 5 years the authority to provide for the maintenance of a domestic tin-smelting industry, with an amendment, in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate. The message also announced that the House had passed a bill (H R. 9178) to suspend restrictions on the authorize personnel strength of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes, in which it re- quested the concurrence of the Senate. TRANSACTION OF ROUTINE BUSINESS By unanimous consent, the following routine business was transacted: MIDYEAR ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT-—-MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following message from the President of the United States, which was read and, with the accompanying report, referred to the Joint Committee on the Economic Report: Tue Wits Hovuss, Washington, D.C., July 26, 1950. The honorable the PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, , The honorable the SPEAKER OF THE Housr OF REPRESENTATIVES. Sirs: I am presenting herewith a Mid- year Economic Report to the Congress. This is supplementary to the Economic Report of the President of January 6,
1950 1950, and is transmitted in accordance with section 3 (b) of the Employment Act of 1946. In preparing this report, I have had the advice and assistance of the Council of Economic Advisers, members of the Cabinet, and heads of independent agencies. Together with this report, I am trans- mitting a report, The Economic Situa- tion at Midyear 1950, prepared for me by the Council of Economic Advisers in accordance with section 4 (c) (2) of the Employment Act of 1946. Respectfully, Harry 8. Truman. PETTTIONS Petitions were laid before the Senate and referred as indicated: By the VICE PRESIDENT: A resolution adopted by the Townsend Clubs of Hillsborough County, at Tampa, Fla., favoring the enactment of the so-called Townsend plan, providing old-age assistance; to the Committee on Finance. A letter in the nature of a petition from W. E. Anderson, commissioner, Louistana Department of Agriculture and Immigra- tion, Baton Rouge, La., transmitting a con- current resolution of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, which letter and concur- rent resolution were referred to the Commit- tee on Agriculture and Forestry, and the concurrent resolution was ordered to be printed in the Recorp, aa follows: “House Concurrent Resolution 84 “Whereas the economy of the State of Loul- siana is basically agricuitural, with the total cash income from farm commodities during 1949 reaching a total of more than @401,- 000,000; and “Whereas the national farm programs of the Federal Government, which have been in operation over the past 15 years, have not obtained the desirable objective of stabiliz- ing the national farm economy, which econ- omy has the most direct bearing on our nea- tional income, the fallure fn this regard being contrary to the success obtained in affording protection to American manufac~ turers by way of tariffs and to labor by the minimum wage-end-hour law, and “Whereas the purchasing power of the farm people of the United States may be maintained at 100 percent of parity without subsidies from the Federal Treasury if ac- corded the same national legislative protec- tion es that afforded manufacturers and labor; and “Whereas the Congress of the United States has before it for consideration farm plans of national legislation which have for their purpose the maintenance of the purchasing power of the farm people of our Nation on a level comparable to labor and other groups for the benefit of all the people of the Na- tion, and “Whereas the national debt is the greatest in the history of the United States, and that substantially this debt wag created during 8 period of high national income and should be Uquidated during a similar period of high national income; and “Whereas it ts recognized by eminent econ- omists that the national income is seven times the amount received by farmers for raw agricultural products or five times the amount received by farmers and all other producers of raw materials; and “Whereas the Honorable Henry D. LARCADE, Jx., Member of the United States House of Representatives from the Seventh Congres- sional District of Louisiana, has very ably presented before the House of Representa- tives a national farm plan sponsored by the Association of Southern Commissioners of Agriculture, whieh plan would provide for CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE the control of the basic agricultural products by restricting the amount of farm products farmers could sell on the American market to the quantities needed for domestic con- sumption by establishing production quotas and issuing certificates that would entitle the farmer to sell on the American market his fair share of such agricultural products at 100 percent of parity with no subsidy from the Federal Treasury; with any or all prod- ucts which a farmer produced in excess of his production quota being sold on the world market, held over until another season, or sold on the American market by use of un- used certificates of another farmer, and “Whereas this farm plan would provide for more efficient utilization of farm land and a progressive, approved, and scientific appli- cation of @ soil and natural-resource conser- vation program, which méans so much to the conservation, protection, and improve- ment of our soils and natural resources; and “Whereas the plan proposed by the Asso- ciation of Southern Commissioners of Agri- culture eliminates the objectional features of restrictions and Federal control over our farm people and their economy to the mini~- mum and would prevent the continued econ- omy-wrecking drains on our Federal Treas- ury by the payment of production subsidies; and “Whereas the slogan adopted by the South- ern Commissioners of Agriculture in propos- ing their farm plan, ‘Reserve the American market for the American farmer and laborer with 100 percent parity and without subsidy from the Federal Treasury,’ truly represents the free-enterprise system on which this great Nation was founded and has progressed to make it the greatest Nation in the world: Therefore be !t “Resolved by the Legtslature of Loutsiana, That the senate and house of representatives concurring herein do hereby endorse the Tarm plan as proposed by the Association of Southern Commissioners of Agriculture; and be it further Resolved by the Legislature of Loutsiane (the senate and house of representatives concurring herein), That the Congress of the United States, especially the Louisiana dele- gation, be memorialized to champion the farm plan as proposed by the Association of Southern Commissioners of Agriculture so that it may receive a fair and impartial hear- ing on its merits” REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ‘ The following reports of committees were submitied: By Mr. GREEN, from the Committee on Rules and Administration: H.R, 8112. A bill to provide for the trans- fer to the States of the replicas of the State seals removed from the Chamber of the House of Representatives of the United States; with an amendment; and H J Res 501. Joint resolution to author- ize the procurement of an oil portrait and a marble bust of the late Chief Justice Harlan ¥. Stone, without amendment. By Mr. JOHNSON of Colorado, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com- merce: H.R. 7043. A bill to provide for the grant- ing of an casement for a public road or pub- lio toll road through th wildlife refuge located in Princess Anne County, Va.; with- out amentment (Rept No. 2167). By Mr. BREWSTER, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: H R.7209. A bill authorizing and direct- ing the Secretary of the Interior to under- take continuing studies of Atlantic coast fish species for the purpose of developing and protecting fsh resources; without amendment (Rept. No. 2168); and H.R. 7887. A bill granting the consent and anproval of Congress to an amendment to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Com-~ pact, and repealing the limitation on the 11019 life of such compact; without amendment (Rept. No, 2169), _ REPORTS ON DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE PAPERS Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina, from the Joint Select Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, to which were referred for examination and rec- ommendation three lists of records transmitted to the Senate by the Archi- vist of the United States that appeared to have no permanent value or historical interest, submitted reports thereon pur- suant to law BILLS INTRODUCED Bills were introduced, read the first time, and by unanimous consent, the second time, and referred as follows: By Mr. LEHMAN: S.3975. A bill for the relief of Fumiko Tan: ifuji; to the Committee on the Judict- ary. By Mr MURRAY: 8 3976 A bill to promote the rehabilite- tion of the Landless Indians of Montana, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. MURRAY (for himself, Mr. Leuman, Mr. THOMas of Utah, and Mr. Humpurey). 8 3977 A bill to extend Public Law 16, Seventy-eighth Congress, approved March 24, 1943, as amended, so as to provide for re- habilitation of service-connected disabled veterans, and for other purposes; to the Com~ mittee on Labor and Public Welfare. By Mr. SPAREMAN: 8.3978. A bill to create the Small Defense Plants Corporation and to preserve small- business institutions and free, competitive enterprise; to the Committee on Banking and Currency By Mr. NEELY (by request): S 3979 A bill to fix the responsibilities of the disbursing officer and of the auditor of the District of Columbia and for other pur- poses; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr MAGNUSON: 8.3980 A bill to extend the requirements for fixing the minimum number of deck officers on steam vessels to certain additional vessels of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. REDUCTION OF EXCISE TAXES— AMENDMENTS Mr. WILLIAMS (for himself and Mr. Brewster) submitted amendments in- tended to be proposed by them, jointly, to the bill CH, R. 8920) to reduce excise taxes, and for other purposes, which were referred to the Committee on Fi- nance, and ordered to be printed, CANADIAN RIVER RECLAMATION PROJ- ECT, TEXAS—AMENDMENT Mr. CHAVEZ submitted an amend- ment intended to be proposed by him to the bill (H. R. 2733) to authorize the construction, operation, and mainte- nance by the Secretary of the Interior of the Canadian River reclamation pro}- ect, Texas, which was ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. STATEMENT BY SENATOR WILEY AND CORRESPONDENCE ON KOREA WITH PRO-COMMUNIST MILWAUKEE GROUP [ Mr. WILEY asked and obtained leave to have printed in the Recogn a statement pre- pared by him relative to certain Communist activities and correspondence between him and the Milwaukee Labor Peace Committee, which appear in the Appendix.]
11020 POSTWAR DEFENSE EXPENDITURES {Mr JOHNSON of Colorado asked and ob- tained leave to have printed in the Recorp an article entitled “Where Did Defense Bil- lions Go?” published tn the July 28 issue of U. 8 News and World Report, which ap- pears in the Appendix ] EXCERPT FROM PUBLICATION BY CITI- ZENS COMMITTEE FOR THE HOOVER REPORT [Mr. CHAPMAN asked and obtained leave to have printed tn the Recorp an excerpt from a recent publication by the Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report, which ap- pears in the Appendix ] TRIBUTE TO PAUL M HERZOG—EDI- TORIAL FROM THE WASHINGTON Post [Mr LEHMAN asked and obtained leave to have printed in the Recorp an editorial entitled “NLRB Chairman,” published in the Washington Post of July 26, which ap- pears in the Appendix. ] EXPANSION OF THE BUSINESS OF THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY [Mr. MARTIN asked and obtained leave to have printed in the Recorp an article regard- ing the expansion of the business of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, which ap- pears in the Appendix ]} PLANT GAMBLING. MOBSTERS MOVE IN— ARTICLE FROM MODERN INDUSTRY (Mr. MARTIN asked and obtained leave to have printed in the Recorp an article en- titled “Plant Gambling: Mobsters Move In,” published in the magazine Modern Industry for June 15, 1950, which appears in the Ap- pendix ] THE CALENDAR The VICE PRESIDENT, In accord- ance with the unanimous-consent agree- ment, the Senate will proceed to con- sider the calendar, and the clerk will report the first bill on the calendar be- ginning where the Senate left off at the last call. EXECUTION OF OIL AND GAS LEASE IN PARK COUNTY, WYO. The bill (S. 3315) to authorize and di- rect the Secretary of the Interior to execute an oi] and gas lease on a certain tract of land in Park County, Wyo, was announced as next in order. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the present consideration of the bill? Mr. TAFT, What is the bill; what number? The VICE PRESIDENT. Senate bull 3315, order of business 1848. Mr, TAFT. Are we going to return to the other bills included in the unani- mous-consent agreement at the end of the call of the calendar? The VICE PRESIDENT, At the end of the call of the calendar. Is there objection to the present con- sideration of Senate bill 3315? There being no objection, the bill was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue an oll and gas lease, as herein provided, covering lot 1 and the south- east quarter of the northeast quarter of sec. tion 23, township 68 north, range 100 west, sixth principal meridian, Wyoming, compris- ing fifty-nine and thirty-nine one-hun- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE dredths acres, more or less. The lease shall be issued to the operator who has been in continuous possession of the land described since prior to February 25, 1920, under an oil and gas lease issued by all the persons who located the land as an of] placer mining claim on October 15, 1915, and shall be held by said operator for itself and the said locators and their successors as their interests may appear, Bec. 2. The lease shall be dated May 1, 1946, shall be in the form provided by section 17 of the act of February 25, 1920, as amended by the act of August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 951), and 43 C F R, 1946 Supplement, 192 64, and shall provide for the payment of royalty at the rates regularly prescribed for competitive leases under section 17 of said act, as amend- ed, in amount or value of oi] and gas removal or sold from nonunitized horizons or zones or removed or sold from or allocated to the lease under the provisions of the Elk Basin Unit agreement, approved by the Secretary of the Interior on May 29, 1946. Sec, 8. The lease shall not be issued unless and until, within 6 months from the effective date of this act— (1) an application for the lease is filed by the operator to whom the Jease is to be is- sued, (2) the applicant pays to the United States as royalty an amount at the rates provided in the lease to be issued on all oll and gas produced and saved prior to May 1, 1946, from the land to be leased; (3) the applicant, together with all persons or their successors in interest having a con- tract or lease with the applicant under which they claim or hold an interest in lots 1 and 2 and the south half of the northeast quarter of section 23, township 68 north, range 100 west, sixth principal meridian, shall relin- quish and quitclaim to the United States all their interests and claims of whatever character in the land described, and shall agree that the interests to be held by them or inuring to their benefit under the lease au- thorized by this act shall be held by them in full satisfaction for every interest or claim which they may have or assert with respect to the land described; (4) the lease to be issued under this act shall be fully committed to the Elk Basin Unit agreement, approved on May 29, 1946, such commitment to be effective as of May 1, 1946, and (5) the applicant agrees and binds itself to reimburse the unit operator, without inter- est, for the share of investment costs and operating expenses incurred from and after May 1, 1946, and allocated under the unit agreement to the land to be leased. AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS The bill (S 2809) to provide for an agricultural program in the Virgin Islands was announced as next in order, Mr. HENDRICKSON. Mr. President, may we have an explanation of the bill? Mr. ELLENDER. Mr. President, this bill, S. 2809, is designed to provide, on a restricted scale, an agricultural pro- gram for the Virgin Islands A survey conducteu last year by representatives of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture revealed the urgent need for an adequate program in agriculture research and extension to aid in stabilizing the economy of the islands. At present, the Government of the Virgin Islands operates on a deficit basis, receiving an appropriation of approxi- mately $700,000 each year from Congress. One of the foremost industries is agri- culture, and there are more than 55,000 acres of farm land in the three islands, JULY 26 This bill will provide assistance to the islands and their farmers, and looks to- ward the day when, as a result of in- creased agricultural production, the importation of food will be eliminated and deficit spending for the islands’ economy can be substantially reduced or terminated. I should like to give the Senators a brief résumé, Mr. President, of agricul- tural assistance in the Virgin Islands. An cxperimental station was established by the Danish Government in 191), and transferred to the United States De- partment of Agriculture in 1919, In July 1932, this station was taken over by the Department of the Interior, which now administers it. One of the primary purposes of this bill is to transfer this station back to the Department of Agri- culture, along with such part of its func- tions, property, personnel, records, and unexpended balance of appropriations as may be agreed between the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior. The bill fur- ther permits the Secretary of Agricul- ture to maintain in the islands an agri- cultural research and extension service program I might say that as presently administered by Interior, only a small educational and extension service is pro- vided The subcommittee considering this bill—and I was chairman of that subcommittee—has received letters from both Interior and Agriculture whole- heartedly approving the measure. Ap- parently both Departments are agreed that the functions of this agricultural station can be most efficiently carried out under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture. No opposition has been voiced to this bill from any source. The cost of administration of the pro- gram outlined in 8. 2809 is authorized in the measure and I quote from the bill: “as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.” Actual expendi- tures will be appropriated in addition to, and not in substitution for, sums other- wise available to the Department of Agriculture. Under the present admin- istration of the Department of the In- terior, approximately $50,000 annually has been expended. The Agriculture Department contemplates a cost of $100,000 per year in the immediate future, with a reduction as the program for agricultural independence becomes increasingly effective. I repeat, this bill has had no opposi- tion. I trust and hope that the Senate will approve it Mr. HENDRICKSON. I thank the Senator. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the consideration of the bill? There being no objection, the bill was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish and maintain in the Virgin Islands of the United Btates an agricultural research and exten- sion service program. In carrying out the program authorized by this act the Secre- tary shall utilize the agencies, facilities, and employees of the Department of Agriculture, and may cooperate with the government of the Virgin Islands, and other public and private organizations and individuals in the Virgin Islands and elsewhere.
1950 Sze 2. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to transfer to the United States Department of Agriculture such part of the functions, property, personnel, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations of the agricultural experiment stations in t: 2 Virgin Islands as may be agreed upon between the Secretary of the Interlor and the Secretary of Agriculture Src 3. There ts authorized to be appro- priated cuch amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. The moneys appropriated in pursuance of this act shall also be available for the purchase and rental of land and the construction or acquisttior. of buildings, for the equipment and maintenance of such buildings, purchase and rental of passenger-cairying automo- biles, employment of persons in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and for printing and disseminating the results of research, and such other expenditures as may be nec- essary to carry out the purposes of this act. Sums appropriated in pursuance of this act shall be in addition to, and not in substitu- tion for, sums appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Agri- culture, and may be allocated to such agen- cies of the Department as are concerned with the administration of the program of the Virgin Islands. TECHNICAL SERV.CES FOR PRIVATE FOREST LANDOWNERS The bill (H. R. 7155) to cuthorize the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the States to enable them to pro- vide technical services to private forest Jandowners, and for other purposes, was announced as next in order. Mr. McFARLAND. Mr. President, in behalf of the jumor Senator from Penn- sylvania [Mr. Myers] I object. The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill goes over. Mr. ELLENDER subsequently said: Mr President, I understand that the Sen- ator from Pennsylvania will be back later today, and the bill just called was passed over because of his objection. I wonder if the Serator from Arizona would agree to permit this bill to go to the foot of the calendar until the Senator from Pennsylvania returns. I know that if I can talk to the Senator from Pennsyl- vania I can get him to change his mind. Mr. McFARLAND. I have no objec- tion to the bill going to the foot of the calendar, but unless the Senator from Pennsylvania withdraws his objection, I shall have to object to it at that time. The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will go to the foot of the calendar. TRANSFER OF DRY-LAND AND IRRIGA- TION STATIONS The Senate proceeded to consider the bill CH. R 5679) to authorize the trans- fer of certain agricultural dry land and irrigation field stations to the States in which such stations are located, and for other purposes, which had been reported from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry with an amendment, on page 2, line 6, afte “New Mexico”, to strike out “Lawton, Okla.” The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was ordered to be en- grossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time and passed. XCVI-——694 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE MUTUAL-AID PLAN FOR FIRE PROTEC- TION—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND ADJACENT COMMUNITIES The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. 4788) to provide for a mutual- aid plan for fire protection by and for the District of Columbia and certain ad- jacent communities in Maryland and Virginia, and for other purposes, which had been reported from the Committee on the District of Columbia, with amend- ments, on page 1, line 9, after the words “Alexandria, Va.,”, to insert “with the city of Falls Church, Va,”; on page 2, line 20, after the words “Alexandria, Va ,”, to insert “and the city of Falls Church, Va.,”; and on page 3, line 1, after the word “Act”, to insert “service performed by any officer or member of the Fire De- partment of the District of Columbia at any other city, area, municipality, or other location where they shall have been directed to respond for the purpose of saving lves, extinguishing fires, or preserving property on orders of the Commissioners of the District of Colum- bia, or of the Chief Engineer of said Fire Department or his acting designate.” The amendments were ‘agreed to. The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time and passed. BILL PASSED OVER The bill (S. 3584) to amend the act of June 9, 1906 (34 Stat 227), entitled “An act granting land to the city of Albu- querque for public purposes,” was an- nounced as next in order. Mr. HENDRICKSON. Mr. President, may we have an explanation of the bill? The VICE PRESIDENT. Is any Sen- ator prepared to explain the bill? Mr. McFARLAND. Mr. President, IT ask that the bill go to the foot of the calendar, so we may have an explanation when we reach it again. Mr. HENDRICKSON. Mr President, I join in that request. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- jection, the bill will be passed to the foot of the calendar. KAREN R. MCANDREWS The bill (H. R. 6994) for the relief of Karen R. McAndrews was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. Mr. WHERRY subsequently said: Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote by which the bill (H. R. 6994) for the relief of Karen R. McAndrews, was passed, be @onsidered so I may ask for an explanation of the bill. The amount involved is very large, and I be- lieve a bill calling for so large an amount should be explained to the Senate. I do not say I am not in favor of passing the bill. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- fection to the request of the Senator from Nebraska that the Senate recon- sider the vote by which House bill 6994 was passed? The Chair hears none, and it is so ordered. Mr. MCCARRAN. Mr. President, this is the case of a young woman who was 11021 very seriously and permanently injured as the result of the explosion of a hand grenade in the hands of a soldier in the United States Army. Senators who have looked at the re- port will have seen the pictures of the pitifully crippled left hand and arm of this girl. She sustained other severe and disfiguring injuries. This girl was employed as a hostess by the Special Service Branch of the De- partment of the Army. She was sta- tioned in Munich, Germany. She and other young women similarly employed were entertaining a group of servicemen. Testimony before the committee by Army authorities was that this was in line of their assignment. One of the soldiers backed this claimant into a cor- ner, and pulled the pin of a hand gren- ade with his teeth, while he held her to prevent her escape. The grenade went off, injuring the girl, and causing injuries to the soldier from which he subse- quently died. The Department of the Army, after an investigation of the case, found that the soldier met his death in line of duty, and he was buried with full military honors and his next of kin received all the bene- fits usual in the case of the death of a soldier in line of duty, including the pay- ment of a death gratuity and national service life insurance. The committee originally postponed this bill indefinitely on the theory that the soldier had not been on active duty at the time the girl was injured. Subse- quently the bill was reconsidered, and testimony was heard before a subcom- mittee of six Senators. The claimant herself appeared, as did officials of the Department of the Army. Mr. WHERRY. Mr. President, so far as the junior Senator from Nebraska is concerned, in view of the explanation already given by the Senator from Ne- vada, I have no objection to the passage of the bill. If the Senator desires to have the remainder of his explanation printed in the Recorn, I have no objection. Mr. McCARRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the remainder of the explanation may be printed in the Recorp at this point. There being no objection, the matter referred to was ordered to be printed in the Recorp, as follows: The Department urged payment of the claim The subcommittee reported the bill, unanimously, to the full committee; and the full committee thereafter, by unanimous vote, reported the bill favorably to the Benate. This is a case in which there is, strictly speaking, no legal claim on the Government of the United States; but it was the feeling of the committee that this young woman who had gone overseas in the service of her country, and had been so severely and per~ manently injured and disfigured, deserved at the hands of her Government nothing less than this bill provides. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the present consideration of the bill? There being no objection, the bill (H. R. 6994) for the relief of Karen R. McAndrews was considered, ordered to
11022 a third reading, read the third time, and passed. BILL PASSED OVER The bill (S. 3147) to establish a tem- porary National Commission on Inter- governmental] Relations, was announced as next in order, Mr. SCHOEPPEL. Mr. President, by request, I ask that the bill be passed over. The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over. MR. AND MRS. RAY 8S. BERRUM The bill (6. 1501) for the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Ray 8. Berrum was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third read- ing, read the third time, and passed, 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 Mr. and Mrs. Ray 8. Berrum, of Chippewa Falls, Wis., the sum of $5,000, in full satisfaction of their claims against the United States for compensation for the death of their daughter, Dorothy Marte Berrum, who was killed by a United States marine in the District of Columbia, an or about October 5, 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 recevied 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 ex- ceeding $1,000. Mr. WILEY subsequently said: Mr, President, when Senate bill 1501, for the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Ray 8. Berrum, was considered and passed, I was un- avoidably detained on important official business. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Recorp following the passage of the bill a memorandum pre- pared for me relating to the bill. There being no objection, the memo- randum was ordered to be printed in the REcorp, as follows: MemonaNDUM FoR SENATOR WILEY SUBIECT: BERRUM CLAIM, &, 1501-—-NEW EVIDENCE Subsequent to the committee's action of reporting favorably on the above subject bill, new evidence reached the committee staff in- dicating that the Marine Corpa was on notice that McFarland, who murdered the Berrum girl, was a sexual pervert. You will recall that the committee report on the bill recommends payment on two grounds, namely, viz: 1. That the Government was responsible for the safety of the girl since it had encour- aged her to come to Washington; and 2. That the Government was on construc- tive 1f not at least actual notice that McFar- Jand was a dangerous, habitual criminal, and that therefore there was negligence on the part of the Government or the Marine Corps to permit him to remain at large. The new evidence now before the commit- tee staff does away with any doubt about the type of notice, for now it appears that the Government had actual notice that McFar- land was a dangerous person and should at all times have been incarcerated. It appears thet on August 25, 1044, at 3:15 &. ™., Private Earl McFarland was arrested by Officer W. J. McGrath, of the Third Pre- cinct, for a homosexual offense. Upon his arrest Private McFarland was booked at the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE third precinct in the District of Columbia and turned over to the Navy Shore Patrol Officers, Officer McGrath states that on that early morning hour a cab driver, coming around the Mayflower, informed him that there was a naked man bleeding around the corner. The officer apprehended the man near 1837 M Street NW., and was informed that a person, who turned out to be McFar- land, in an apartment near there had slashed him with a knife and that he had fled from the apartment for fear that said person was going to kill him. Officer McGrath en- tered the designated apartment to find McFarland drunk and undressed. The in- jured man, a member of the Navy, was taken to Emergency Hospital, and after treatment was turned over to the Shore Patrol. It was obvious that as a result of this arrest by the local police and their action in turn- ing him over to the proper officers of the Navy and Marines, the Government was on actual notice that McFarland was not only a homosexual but wag also a homicidal maniac. Yet he was permitted to remain at large and the very knife with which he slashed the Officer was the same knife used to cut the throat of Mrs. Fitzwater, whom McFarland raped and murdered shortly thereafter, and Just a short while before the Berrum murder. Nothing about this case was mentioned in the departmental report, which would seem to indicate thatthe Department, in recom- mending against the bill, was far less than candid. The sources of the above information are the police records from Washington, the files of the Washington Times-Herald, and direct evidence from Officer McGrath, who still is on the local police force, CONSTRUCTION OF MODERN NAVAL VESSELS The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. 7764) to authorize the con- struction of modern naval vessels, and for other purposes, which had been re- ported from the Committee on Armed Services, with amendments, on page 1, line 4, after the word “authorized”, to strike out “and directed’: in line 10, after the word “authorized”, to strike out “and directed”; on page 2, at the beginning of line 7, to insert “Construc- tion authorized by this section shall be chargeable against tonnages authorized by existing law’; and in line 15, after the word “appropriated”, to insert “not to exceed.” The amendments were agreed to. The amendments were ordered to be Fperossed and the bill to be read a third me. The bill was read the third time and Passed. MIDSHIPMAN WILLIS HOWARD DUKELOW The bill (8. 3579) for the relief of Mid- shipman Willis Howardggpkelow, United States Navy, was consid€red, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the President is authorized to appoint Willis Howard Duke- low, midshipman, United States Navy, an ensign in the United States Navy and the Secretary of the Navy is thereafter author- ized to effect his retirement or separation from the active list of the United States Navy in accordance with the provisions of title IV of the Career Compensation Act of 1949. Upon such retirement or separation the said Willis Howard Dukelow shall be en- titled to receive disability retirement pay or disability severance pay as authorized by the Career Compensation Act of 1949: Provided, That pay as a midshipman shall in this case JULY 26 be deemed to be basic pay for the purposes of section 402 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949. CONVEYANCE OF PERCY JONES GENERAL HOSPITAL TO W. K. KELLOGG FOUNDA~ TION The bill (H. R. 8604) to provide for the conveyance of the Percy Jones Gen- eral Hospital Gull Lake Annex, Gull Lake, Mich., to the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Mich., was announced as next in order. Mr. SCHOEPPEL. Mr. President, may we have an explanation of that measure, please? Mr. FERGUSON. Mr. President, the purpose of this bill is to permit the Gen- eral Services Administrator to convey to the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Mich., an installation which is known as the Gull Lake Annex to the Percy Jones General Hospital. The Percy Jones General Hospital is located at Battle Creek, Mich. In 1944 the W. K. Kellogg Foundation donated to the Government without any reserva- tion whatsoever, the residential property originally occupied by Mr. Kellogg. The property is located at Gull Lake and con- sists of approximately 72 acres of land improved by a residence and related structures. The estimated cost of the property to Mr. Kellogg is $750,000. The Government used the property as a convalescent facility in connection with the Percy Jones Hospital. The Government improved the property at a total cost of $15,000. The improvements consist of a mess hall and sewerage sys- tem. The property is no longer required for hospital purposes and the Department of the Army is sympathetic to the idea of returning the property to its prior owner, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. ‘This foundation is a tax-exempt, non-profit educational and charitable organization applying its efforts to scientific and edu- cational purposes. It should be noted this property was donated to the Gov- ernment with no restrictions whatso-«- ever in 1844 and with no cost to the Gov- ernment. The bill contains a proviso that the property shall not be returned to the W. K. Kellogg Foundation until {t has been determined that it is surplus to the requirements of all Government depart- ments. The Army which is the only Government agency to ever have used the property has already declared it ex- cess to its needs and it is not anticipated that any other Government Agency can use it. However, the bill specifically pro- vides that the Government shall retain the property until it has been deter- mined whether there is in fact any agency which desires it. Mr, JOHNSON of Texas. dent, will the Senator yield? Mr. FERGUSON. I yield. Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. I simply wish to say to the Senate that the Armed Services Committee considered this bill very carefully. They talked to officials in the Defense Establishment about the matter and received their favorable rec- ommendation. The bill was reported unanimously, and the committee feels it is a very worthy measure. Mr. Presi-
1950 Mr. FERGUSON. Mr. President, I appreciate the remarks of the very dis- tinguished Senator from Texas. The Government feels that it has gotten out of the property many times more than the $15,000 expended on it, It consists merely of & mess hall and some sewage facilities. It is proposed to return the property to the foundation, which is a scientific, educational, and charitable organization, by which the property was donated to the United States Govern- ment. I hope there will be no objection to the passage of the bill. Mr. SCHOEPPEL. Mr. President, I have no objection, The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the present consideration of the bill? There bemg no objection, the bill (H. R 8604) to provide for the convey- ance of the Percy Jones Gencral Hos- pital Gull Lake Annex, Gull Lake, Mich., to the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Mich., was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. BALE OF LAND ON WINNEBAGO INDIAN RESERVATION, NEBR. The bill (H. R. 6270) to authorize the sale of certain allotted inherited land on the Winnebago Indian Reservation, Nebr., was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. ISSUE OF DUPLICATE OF WILL GERARD'S SCRIPT CERTIFICATE NO. 2 TO LUCY P CROWELL The bill (H. R. 8287) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue dupli- cate of William Gerard’s script certificate No. 2, subdivision 13, to Lucy P. Crowell was considered, ordered to a third read- ing, read the third time, and passed. INHERITANCE RESTRICTION RELATING TO OSAGE INDIANS OF OKLAHOMA The bill (S. 2423) to amend section 7 of the act of February 27, 1925 (43 Stat. 1008), relating to the Osage Indians of Oklahoma, was announced as next in order, Mr. WHERRY. Mr. President, is the amendment to strike out all after the enacting clause? The VICE PRESIDENT. That is the amendment; yes. Mr. WHERRY. I wonder if the Sen- ator from Oklahoma [Mr. THomas] can give us a short explanation of the bill? Mr. President, I have consulted with several Senators, and I withdraw the objection. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the present consideration of the bill? There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill (8. 2423) to amend section 7 of the act of February 27, 1925 (43 Stat. 1008), re- lating to the Osage Indians of Oklahoma, which had been reported from the Com- mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs with an amendment to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: That section 7 of the act of February 27, 1025 (43 Stat. 1008, 1011), which imposes an inheritance restriction with relation to lands and funds of the Osage Indians, is amended by inserting after the comma following the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE word “Provided” the following additional re- striction’ “That (except in cases where a person claiming as such heir is a party to judicial proceedings pending on the date of the enactment of this proviso in which the claimant has filed a formal pleading alleging Indinn blood) no claim of heirship shall be recognized unless the claimant shall establish that he is a citizen of the United States and {s enrolled on a membership, census, or other roll prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, or has a lineal Indian ancestor so enrolled: Provided further.” The amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY IN BOISE BARRACKS, BOISE, IDAHO—BILL PLACED AT FOOT OF CALENDAR The bill (8. 3256) directing the trans- fer to the Department of the Interior by the General Services Administration of certain property in Boise Barracks, Boise, Idaho, was announced as next in order. The VICE PRESIDENT. There is an identical House bill on the calendar, which the Secretary will state by title. The LecisLative CLerkK. A bill (H. R, 7667) directing the transfer to the De- partment of the Interior by the General Services Administration of certain prop- erty in Boise Barracks, Boise, Idaho. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the present consideration of the House bill? There being no objection, the bill (H. R. 7667) was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- jection, Senate bill 3256 1s indefinitely postponed. Mr. MORSE subsequently said: Mr. ‘President, a parliamentary inquiry. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Sena- tor will state it. Mr. MORSE. Has the Senator from Oregon a right to ask for an explana- tion of a bill on the calendar which has already been passed? It is Calendar 1869, Senate bill 3256. He thinks that probably he would have no objection. The bill happened to be passed before the Senator from Oregon reached the floor I should merely like to make cer- tain whether it involves a gift of prop- erty to any local division of government or to any private institution. My pre. liminary inquiry is whether I am in or- der, if I should ask for such an expla- nation now; or must I ask for reconsid- eration of the vote by which the bill was passed? The VICE PRESIDENT. If the Sena- tor desires to reopen the consideration of the bill, he will have to request re- consideration of the vote by which the bill was passed. Mr, MORSE. I should like to ask a reconsideration of the vote by which the bill was passed. Mr. TAFT. Mr. President, I call the attention of the Senator to the fact that the House bill was passed. It is Calen- dar No, 2096, the bill H. R. 7667, direct- ing the transfer to the Department of the Interior by the General Services Ad- 11023 munistration of certain property in Boise Barracks, Boise, Idaho. The Senate bill was indefinitely postponed. Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote by which the bill, H. R. 7667, was passe: be reconsidered. The VICE PRESIDENT, Is there ob- jection? The Chair hears none, and the bill is before the Senate for further con- sideration. The Senator from Arkansas reported the bill. Mr. McCLELLAN. Mr. President, I have no objection to its being recon- sidered and placed at the foot of the calendar, The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- jection, the bill will be placed at the foot of the calendar. BILL PASSED OVER The bill (H. R. 5526) to authorize the President to provide for the performance of certain functions of the President by other officers of the Government, and for other purposes, was announced as next in order. Mr. HENDRICKSON. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I wonder if we may have an explanation of the pul? It seems to be a very important 11. Mr. McCLELLAN. Mr President, I have just come into the Chamber from a committee meeting. I ask that the bill be passed over, and that it may be placed at the foot of the calendar. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- jection, the bill will be passed over and placed at the foot of the calendar. FIVE-DAY WEEK FOR METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCE AND OTHERS The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H_ _R. 7695) to provide a 5-day week for officers and members of the Metro- politan Police force, the United States Park Police force, and the White House Police force, which had been reported from the Committee on the District of Columbia with amendments, on page 2, after line 20, to strike out: 1 8xc. 2, This act shall take effect on July , 1950. On page 2, after line 21, to insert: Src.2 The first sentence of section 203 (a) of title 8, United States Code, ig amended by striking out the words “one hundred and ten” and by inserting the words “one hun- dred and thirty-three” in lieu thereof. On page 3, after line 3, to insert: Src, 3. This act shall take effect when funds have been appropriated and made available for the additional personnel nec. es ary to carry out the purposes of this act. The amendments were agreed to. The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third ime, The bill was read the third time and passed, COMPACT ESTABLISHING BOUNDARY BE- TTWEEN MISSOURI AND KANSAS The joint resolution (8. J. Res. 147) giving the consent of Congress to an agreement between the State of Missouri and the State of Kansas establishing a boundary between said States was con- sidered, ordered to be engrossed for a
11024 third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows: Resolved, etc., That the consent of the Con- gress is hereby given to such agreement and to the establishment of such boundary, and said acta of the States of Missouri and Kan- gas are hereby approved. The preamble was agreed to. MRS, CLAYRE LOUISE FORSYTH "The bill (S. 1866) for the relief of Mrs. Clayre Louise Forsyth was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third read- ing, read the third time, and passed, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the provisions of section 401 (e) of the Nationality Act of 1940, as amended (U. 8. C., title 8, sec. 8C1 (e)) (relating to loss of nationality through vot- ing or participating in an election or plebi- scite to determine the sovereignty over for- eign territory), shall not apply in the case of the pertictpation of Mrs. Clayre Louise Por- syth, who was born in Augusta, Ga,., in the plebiscites held in Labrador in June and July of 1948. JURISDICTION TO ACT ON CLAIM OF A. K. CHAHROUDI The bill (8. 2457) to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, deter- mine, and render judgment upon the claim of A. K. Chahroudi, was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third read- ing, read the third time, and passed, as follows: Be tt enacted, ete., That notwithstanding any imitation upon the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims with respect to claims against the United States by subjects of for- eign governments which do not accord to citizens of the United States the right to prosecute claims against their governments, jurisdiction 1s hereby conferred upon such court to hear, determine, and render judg- ment upon the claim of A. K. Chahroudi, a subject of Iran, now a permanent resident of the United States, growing out of an alleged breach by the United States of war construc- tion contract No. W-512-eng-7, dated No- vember 22, 1942, under which the said A. K. Chahroud! constructed certain cantonment buildings for the United States at Ahwag, Tran. Src 2. Suit upon such claim may be insti- tuted at any time within 6 months after the date of enactment of this act. Proceedings for the determination of such claim, and appeals from, and payment of, any Judgment thereon shall be in the same manner as in the case of claims over which such court has jurisdiction under section 1491 of title 28 of the United States Code. IvO MARSAK The bill (S. 2625) for the relief of Ivo Marsak was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows: Be tt enacted, etc., That, for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws, Ivo Marsak shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of his last entry into the United States, upon payment of the required visa fee and head tax. Upon the enactment 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. R. W. HARRIS, AUTHORIZED CERTIFYING OFFICER, BUREAU OF FEDERAL SUPPLY The bill (S. 3610) for the relief of R. W, Harris, authorized certifying officer, Bu- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE reau of Federal Supply, Treasury De- partment, was announced as next in order. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the present consideration of the bill? Mr, McCARRAN. Mr. President, I think an explanation is desirable in con- nection with this measure. When the claimant, R. W. Harris, cer- tified the vouchers referred to in the bill, he was an authorized certifying officer, in the Bureau of Federal Supply, Treas- ury Department. By Public Law 152, Eighty-first Congress, the Bureau of Fed- eral Supply, Treasury Department, pur- suant to the Hoover Commission recom- mendations, was transferred to the Gen- eral Services Administration. By chang- ing the wording of the bill from the Sec- retary of the Treasury to Administrator of General Services, it will be easier ad- ministratively to effectuate the purposes of the bill when it becomes private law, for the simple reason that all the facts concerned are now in the files of the General Services Administration, rather than in the Treasury Department. Thus, the bill, as amended, would involve only one agency, rather than two, namely, Treasury and General Services Adminis- tration. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the present consideration of the bill? There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. Mr. McCARRAN. Mr. President, to this bill I offer an amendment which I send to the desk and ask to have stated. The VICE PRESIDENT. The amend- ment will be stated. The LEGISLATIVE CLERK. On page 1, in lines 10 and 11, it is proposed to strike “Secretary of the Treasury” and insert in lieu thereof “Administrator of Gen- eral Services.” The amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Comptroller General of the United States !s authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of R. W. Harris, authorized certifying of- ficer, Bureau of Federal Supply, Treasury Department, for the amount of $149.40, for which credit has been suspended, and dis- allowances raised, by the General Account- ing Office, on account of payments made in accordance with two vouchers certified by the said certifying officer: Provided, That the Administrator of General Services or his au- thorized representative shall certify that in his opinion there is no evidence of fraud or collusion on the part of said certifying officer in connection with such payments, JOHN B. UNDERWOOD, JR. The bill (S. 3614) for the relief of John B. Underwood, Jr., TMC, United States Navy, was considered, ordered to be en- grossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That John B, Under- wood, Jr., TMC, United States Navy, is here- by relieved of all liability to pay to the United States the sum of @576.25, said amount rep- resenting overpayments to him of money al- lowance for quarters for a dependent wife for sine period July 28, 1942, to October 31, JULY 26 AMENDMENT OF WAR CLAIMS ACT OF 1948 The bill (S. 3644) to amend the War Claims Act of 1948, as amended, was an- nounced as next in order. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the present consideration of the bill? There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. Mr. McCARRAN. Mr. President, the purpose of this bill is to give the War Claims Commission necessary authority to subpena witnesses and documents and to administer oaths in connection with hearings which it is required under the law to hold, There has been no objection to the bill, and the Department of Justice has recommended that the proposed legis- lation be enacted, since it is deemed es- sential to the efficient and expeditious conduct of the. work of the Commission. One question has been raised, by the Minority Calendar Committee. This question is whether the word “investiga- tion” should be retained in the bill. Sen- ators will note that the bill now uses the words, in lines 9 and 10 on page 1, “for the purpose of any hearing, exam- ination, or investigation under this act.” The question raised by the Minority Calendar Committee was whether this language is sufficiently broad to include investigations initiated by the War Claims Commission outside the specific duties with which the Commission is charged under the present law. While the answer to this question is that the term could not be so broadly construed, the matter has been taken up with the War Claims Commission; and there ap- pears to be no objection whatsoever to eliminating the word “investigation.” Therefore, Mr. President, I offer an amendment to accomplish this purpose, and ask its adoption. In the opinion of the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, the present lan- guage of the bill could not be construed to grant to the War Claims Commission any authority to undertake any investi- gation not directly connected with the duties already imposed, by statute, upon the Commission. However, my amend- ment will remove any possible doubt on this point. The VICE PRESIDENT. The amend- ment will be stated. The LEGISLATIVE CLERK, On page 1,in lines 9 and 10, it is proposed to strike out “hearing, examination, or investigation”, and insert in lieu thereof “hearing or examination.” The amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That section 2 of the War Claims Act of 1948 (Public Law 896, 80th Cong., approved July 3, 1948), as amended, be further amended by redesignating subsec- tion “(d)” thereof as subsection "(g)”, and by adding to section 2 three new subsections “(a)”, “(e)", and “(f)” to read as follows: “(d) For the purpose of any hearing or examination under this act the Commission and those employees designated by the Com- mission shall have the power to issue sub- penas for, and compel the attendance of, witnesses to appear and testify or to appear
1950 and produce documents, or both, at any des- ignated place where such hearing, examina- tion, or investigation 1s being held. The pro- duction of a person's documents at any place other than his place of business shall not be required, however, in any case in which, prior to the return date specified in the subpena with respect thereto, such person either has furnished the issuer of the subpena with a copy of such documents (certified by such person under oath to be a true and correct copy) or has entered into a stipulation with the issuer of the subpena as to the informa- tion contained in such documents “(e) The Commission may, in case of a failure to comply with any such subpena, employ the aid of any district court, for the district in which such person is found, re- sides or transacts husiness, in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence. Such court may, in case of a refusal to obey the subpena issued to such person, issue an order requiring that person to appear there to produce records, if so ordered, or to give evidence concerning the matter in question. Any failure to obey such order of the court shall be punishable by such court as a con- tempt thereof Witnesses subpenaed under subsection 2 (d) or (e) shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are allowed and paid witnesses in United States district courts. “(f) The Commission may authorize and empower any of its employees to administer to, or take from, any person an oath, affirma~ tion, or afidavit when such instrument 1s re- quired in the performance of the functions or activities of the Commission.” JURISDICTION TO ACT ON CLAIM OF ALVIN 8MITH The bill (H. R 1022) conferring juris- diction upon the United States District Court for the District of Delaware to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of Alvin Smith, of New Castle, Del., arising out of the damage sustained by him as a result of the con- struction and maintenance of the New Castle United States Army Air Base, New Castle, Del., was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. SAMUEL J.D MARSHALL The bill (H. R. 2535) for the relief of Samuel J. D. Marshall was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. PARISH BROS, The bill (H. R. 4041) for the relief of Parish Bros. was announced as next in order. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the present consideration of the bill? Mr. HENDRICKSON. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I wish the Senator in charge of the bill would ex- plain it and also would discuss the amount involved Mr. McCARRAN. Mr. President, this is a private claim bill in the amount of $13,322 for the relief of a partnership in California, for losses incurred in con- nection with a Reclamation Bureau con- tract. The amount does not include any profits, actual or anticipated. The losses were caused by the fact that the work was suspended on order of the Reclama- tion Bureau because funds ran out. The contractor had indicated willingness to continue full-scale operations until sup- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE plemental funds became available: but this could not be arranged because the Government did not even have enough money to buy cement for the company to work with. The Bureau of Reclamation has audited the claim and approved the amount that is provided in the bill. The Department of Justice wants the claim sent to the Court of Claims for adjudica- tion; but since other similar claims of other contractors who suffered losses in connection with the exhaustion of funds for reclamation projects have been paid by special acts of Congress, the com- mittee recommended this bill be enacted. This is not the first claim of this nature which has been considered by the Con- gress. The similar claims of other con- tractors, who likewise suffered losses in connection with the exhaustion of funds for reclamation projects, have been paid, both by special acts of Congress and by provisions written into the Interior De- partment appropriations bill in a previ- ous session Accordingly, it is only jus- tice that this claimant should be treated in the same manner as other similar claimants have been treated. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the present consideration of the bill. There being no objection, the bill (H R 4041) was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. EDWIN F. SHOCKLEY The bill (H. R 4141) for the relief of Edwin F. Shockley was considered, or- derec to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. MRS. RUTH B. MOORE AND OTHERS The bill (H. R. 4364) for the relief of Mrs, Ruth B. Moore; John Robert Lusk III; John R. Lusk, Sr.; Mrs. Minnie P. Pruitt; and Mrs Billie John Bickle, was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT OF 1938 The bill (H. R. 4386) to amend sec- tion 2 (a) and section 7 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to make failure of registration a continuing offense, and to continue the obligation of officers, directors, and per- sons acting as such, to comply with the act despite dissolution of a foreign agent, was announced as next in order. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the present consideration of the bill? Mr. SCHOEPPEL. Mr. President, re- serving the right to object, may we have an explanation of this bill? Mr. McCARRAN. Mr President, the purpose of this bill is to close some loop- holes in the Foreign Agents Pegistra- tion Act. Under the present law, subversive or- ganizations can and do resist registra- tion under the act by statements in one of three categories: First, that the or- ganization has disaffiliated from its for- eign principals; second, that the organi- zation has ceased the activity which re- quired its registration; or, third, that the organization has dissolved. 11025 This bill would make failure of regis- tration a continuing offense, and would continue the obligation of officers, di- rectors, and persons acting as such, to comply with the Registration Act despite the dissolution of a foreign agent. This bill not only eliminates the ex- cuses to which I have referred but also closes another loophole, by making cer- tain that a person charged with viola- tion of the act cannot plead the statute of hmitations At the present time, it may be contended that the statute be- gins to run at the time when the agent was first required to register. Under such an interpretation, if he could es- cape prosecution for the period of the statute, he would thereafter be exempted from registering even though he con- tinued his subversive activities. Under the bill now before the Senate the stat- ute would begin to run only from the le t day on which the unregistered agent acted as such. So far as the chairman of the Com- mittee on the Judiciary is aware, there has been no objection to this bill, which has already passed the House; and it appears that there could be no expecta- tion of any objection except perhaps from some agent of a foreign principal who might not wish to be regulated by the proposed law. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection? There being no objection, the bill (H. R. 4386) to amend section 2 (a) and section 7 of the Foreign Agents Registra- tion Act of 1938, as amended, to make failure of registration a continuing of- fense, and to continue the obligation of officers, directors, and persons acting as such, to comply with the act despite dis- solution of a foreign agent, was consid- ered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. SAMUEL M KORNEGAY The bill (H_ R. 5849) for the relief of Samuel M. Kornegay was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. ANTONIO ARTOLOZAGA EUSCOLA The bill (H, R. 6482) for the relief of Antonio Artolozaga Euscola was an- nounced as next in order. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection? Mr. HENDRICKSON. Reserving the right to object, I think this bill should be carefully explained. Mr. WATKINS. Mr. President, this bill provides for the granting of perma- nent residence for a Spanish national with the appropriate quota deduction and the payment of the visa fee and head tax. The bill was introduced in the House by my colleague, Representative Bosone. This individual is employed in Utah as a sheepherder by one of the large sheep outfits in my State. The problem of securing satisfactory sheepherders has been a difficult one. Sheepherders lead uw lonely anc. rigorous life. They must stay in the hills with the sheep for months at a time without ever coming in contact with other humans. When the sheep owners find a sheepherder who is reliable and who will
11026 stay with the herd as is required, such an employee 1s invaluable, The beneficiary of this bill has been with this same outfit for 5 years and has been doing a most satisfactory job. If this bill is not passed, he will be subject to deportation. This would result in an economic loss to his employer and to the sheep industry as a whole. There is another bill now pending in the Judiciary Committee, 8. 1192, which provides for similar relief to a number of sheepherders. It is my understanding that this bill is being held up in the Justice Department for what seems to me to be an unreasonable length of time. In this period of emergency, the coun- try cannot afford to be without compe- tent sheepherders who can maintain our domestic herds and flocks to a satis- factory level so that we will not be de- pendent on outside sources for our wool and the meat provided from these ani- mals, I urge the support of this measure and the support of all Senators in securing the immediate report and passage of the afore-mentioned bill, S. 1192. I may say further, Mr. President, that during World War II extreme difficulty was encountered in my State and in all the Intermountain States in securing sufficient help to keep the sheep indus- try going. Many times it meant that men far beyond the age when they should have been out in the mountains alone had to perform this kind of work, and young boys who should not have been entrusted with tasks of this kind, had to go along with their fathers and oth- ers in order to maintain and preserve the family sheep herds. These men are necessary to our econ- omy, and since we are in this present emergency, with a possible shortage of labor, more acute than it has been in the past, we certainly should get men for this work, This is the case of a Basque sheep- herder. He has been employed as a sheep herder in Utah since 1945, and his employer has stated that his services are satisfactory and necessary. Most Senators are familiar with the situation in sheep-raising States, where the services of trained and experienced sheep herders are in greatdemand This man is such a sheep herder, and the purpose of this bill is to save him from being deported so that he can continue to contribute by his services to the suc- cess of the sheep-raising industry in Utah. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection? There being no objection, the bill (H R. 6482) for the relief of Antonio Artolozaga was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. UNITED TRANSFORMER CO.-—BILL PASSED OVER The bill (H. R. 6489) for the relief of United Transformer Co. (formerly United Transformer Corp.) was an- nounced as next in order. Is there ob- The VICE PRESIDENT. jection? Mr. SCHOEPPEL. Mr. President, re- serving the right to object, may we have CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE an explanation of this measure, espe- cially with reference to whether it pro- vides for the income tax or other taxes to be paid upon this award, in the event the bill is passed? The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Nevada. Mr. McCARRAN. Mr, President, this bill would pay the claim of the United Transformer Co. of New York for com- pensation for war materials shipped to another company at the direction and request of the Signal Corps, after the Signal Corps had failed to notify the Transformer Co. of the stoppage of ad- vance payments to the second company to whom the shipments were made. The facts are that the company to whom the transformers were shipped had a bad credit rating and the United Trans- former Co. originally declined to make shipments except on a strictly c. o. d. basis. However, because of the war emergency, the claimant company con- sented to make shipments, at the request of the Signal Corps, after having been assured by the Signal Corps that this was necessary as a part of the war effort. The company to whom the shipments were made went into bankruptcy owing the Transformer Co. more than $136,000. The item of $54,458 for which claim is made represents the value of certain transformers which were returned to the claimant by the second company, and for which the accounts of the second company were credited. Thereafter the Government entered into an agreement with the second company to pay for these transformers, and, although noti- fied that the matter should be handled directly with the claimant here, actually made payment to the second company only a short time before the second company went into bankruptcy. The Signal Corps knew that this claim for these returned transformers was payable to the Transformer Co., but insisted that the matter be handled through the second company. It was the view of the committee that by this means the Signal Corps adopted the second company as its agent and should be hable for the second company’s failure to pay the Transformer Co. the amount of the claim. TAXABILITY The question has been raised whether the amount which this bill would pay would be deemed to represent taxable income to the claimant. It was the view of both the House and Senate commit- tees that the sum paid would be taxable. The advice of the Bureau of Internal Revenue has been sought on this point, and we have been assured that the sum which the bill would pay will be held by the Treasury to be taxable income. A request has heen made that this inter- pretation be transmitted in writing, and we have been assured also that this will be done, although the written interpre- tation has not yet been received. For that reason, as chairman of the committee, I request that the bill go over until we do receive in writing such advice. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- jection, the bill will go over. JULY 26 EDWIN F. ROUNDS The bill (H. R. 6644) for the relief of Edwin F. Rounds was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. MRS. YOUNG JA KIM The bill (H. R. 7072) for the relief of Mrs. Young Ja Kim was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. COLUMBUS FINLEY The bill (H. R. 7392) for the relief of Columbus Finley was considered, ordered to a third reading, rea’ the third time, and passed. ADMISSION OF ALIEN SPOUSES AND MINOR CHILDREN OF CITIZEN MEM- BERS OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 1858) to permit the admission of alien spouses and minor children of citizen members of the United States Armed Forces, which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment on page 2, line 1, after “(8 U. S. C. 204 (a))”, to insert a colon and the following proviso: “Pro- vided, That in the cases of such alien spouses of United States citizens serving in, or having an honorable discharge cer- tificate from the Armed Forces of the United States during World War II, the marriage shall have occurred before 80 days after enactment of this act’’, so as to make the bill read: Be it enacted, etc., That notwithstanding the provisions of section 18 (c) of the Immi- gration Act of 1924, as amended (8 U.S C. 213 (c)), alien spouses or unmarried minor children of United States citizens serving in, or having an honorable discharge certificate from the Armed Forces of the United States during World War ITI shall, if otherwise ad- missible under the immigration laws, be eligible to enter the United States with non- quote immigration visas issued under the provisions of section 4 (a) of the Immigra- tion Act of 1924, as amended (8 U.S C 204 (a)):; Provided, That in the cases of such allen spouses of United States citizens serv- ing in, or baving an honorable discharge certificate from the Armed Forces of the United States during World War II, the mar- riage shall have occurred before 90 days after enactment of this act. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. RUDOLPH FARCHER The bill (8, 2204) for the relief of Ru- dolph Farcher was announced as next in order. Mr, HENDRICKSON. Mr. President, I ask that that bill go over. The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over. ERMALINDA MARY PIZZUTO The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 2617) for the relief of Ermalinda Mary Pizzuto which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment, at the top of page 4, to strike out section 2, as follows: Sxc. 2. In the administration of the immi- gration laws, the cc!d Ermalinda Mary Pis- suto, shv.l be considcred as having been law-
1950 fully admitted to the United States for per- manent residence as of the date of her last entry into the United States, upon payment of the required head tax and visa fee, So as to make the bill read: Be it enacted, etc., That the Attorney Gen- eral is authorized and directed to discontinue any deportation proceedings and to cancel any outstanding order and warrant of depor- tation, warrant of arrest, and bond, which may have been issued in the case of Erma- linda Mary Pizzuto. From and after the date of enactment of this act, the said Ermalinda Mary Pizzuto, shall not again be subject to deportation by reason of the same facts upon which such deportation proceedings were commenced, or any such warrants and order have issued. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. JOHN J, SEBENICK The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 3059) for the relief of John J. Sebenick which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment, on page 1, line 10, after the numerals ‘'1947”, to insert a colon and the following proviso: “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 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 misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000’’, so as to make the bill read: 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 John J Sebenick, of 4722 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, @ sum equal to his pay and allowances for 834 additional days of terminal leave as a lieu- tenant (junior grade) in the United States Naval Reserve, which the Board for the Cor- rection of Naval Records found he was en- titled to, in a decision dated May 23, 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 in connection with this claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any contract to the contrary notwithstanding Any person vio- 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 $1,000. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. CREATION OF A GREENVILLE DIVISION IN NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 3098) to amend section 104 of title 28 of the United States Code so as to create a Greenville division in the north- ern district of Mississippi, with terms of court to be held at Greenville, Miss., which had been reported from the Com- mittee on the Judiciary with an amend- ment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: That section 104 of title 28 of the United States Code is hereby amended to read as follows: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE “§ 104. Mississippi “Mississipp! is divided into two Judicial districts to be known as the northern and southern districts of Mississippi, “NORTHERN DISTRICT “(a) The northern district comprises four divisions “(1) Eastern division comprises the coun- ties of Alcorn, Attala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Ok- tibbeha, Prentiss, Tishomingo, and Winston, “Court for the eastern division shall be held at Aberdeen. “(2) The western division comprises the counties of Benton, Calhoun, Grenada, La- fayette, Marshall, Montgomery, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union, Webster, and Yalobusha,. “Court for the western division shall be held at Oxford. “(8) The Delta division comprises the counties of Bolivar, Coahoma, De Soto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, and Tunica, “Court for the Delta division shall be held at Clarksdale. “(4) The Greenville division comprises the counties of Carroll, Humphreys, Leflore, Sun- flower, and Washington. “Court for the Greenville division shall be held at Greenville. “SOUTHERN DISTRICT “(b) The southern district comprises five divisions “(1) The Jackson division comprises the counties of Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Holmes, Leake? Lincoln, Madison, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, and Smith “Court for the Jackson division rall be held at Jackson. “(2) The eastern division comprises the counties of Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauder- dale, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, and Wayne. “Court for the eastern division shall be held at Meridian. “(3) The western division comprises the counties of Adams, Claiborne, Issaquena, Jefferson, Sharkey, Warren, Wilkinson, and Yazoo. “Court for the western division shall be held at Vicksburg “(4) The southern division comprises the counties of George, Hancock, Harrison, Jack- son, Pearl River, and Stone “Court for the southern division shall be held at Biloxi. “(5) The Hattiesburg division comprises the counties of Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jefferson, Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, and Walthall. “Court for the Hattiesburg division shall be held at Hattiesburg.” The amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, HARRY C. GOAKES The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H_ _R. 3007) for the relief of Harry C. Goakes, which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment on page 1, line 6, after the words “sum of’, to strike out “$3,194.61” and insert “$208.11.” The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was ordered to be en- grossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time and passed. MRS. DAVID MUNSON OSBORNE The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. 6505) to legalize the entry of Mrs. David Munson Osborne (nee Janet Mary Tole), a native of New Zealand, 11027 which had been reported from the Com- mittee on the Judiciary with an amend- ment on page 1, line 7, after the name “New York”, to insert “upon payment of the required head tax and visa fee.” The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was ordered to be en- grossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time and passed. HYMAN D. LANGER, HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER The bill (S, 2897) for the relief of Hy- man D. Langer, his wife and daughter, was announced as next 1n order. Mr. HENDRICKSON. Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, may we have an explanation of the bill? Mr. McCARRAN. Mr. President, this is the case of two aliens, man and wife, natives of Poland and citizens of Canada. The man is an organizer and business agent for the International Ladies Gar- ment Workers’ Union. It has been certi- fied that his presence in the United States is essential from the standpoint of the garment industry, and in the in- terests of good labor relations in that industry. He and his wife are both of good character. The bill is sponsored by the Senator from West Virginia [Mr Kiicore}. As originally introduced, the bill also cov- ered the minor daughter of this couple; but the daughter’s name has been stricken from the bill as amended by the committee, since she was born in Can- ada and is therefore a nonquota immi- grant, needing no special legislation. The effect of enactment of the bill would be to let this man and wife remain in the United States as permanent resi- dents. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the present consideration of the bill? There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S, 2897) for the relief of Hyman D. Langer, his wife and daughter, which had been re- ported from the Committee on the Judi- ciary with an amendment to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: That in the administration of the immi- gration and naturalization laws Hyman D. Langer and his wife, Alta Jourard Langer, shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence as of the date of their last entries into the United States upon payment of the required head taxes and visa fees. Upon the enact- ment of this act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct two numbers from the appropriate quota for the first year that such quota is available. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The title was amended so as to read: “A bill for the relief of Hyman D. Langer and Alta Jourard Langer.” SGT. JAMES C. HOLLON AND BESSIE L, HOLLON The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (8 3017) for the relief of Sgt. James C, Hollon and Bessie L. Hollon, which
11028 had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendments on page 1, line 6, after the word “of”, to strike out “$25,000” and insert “$6,500”, and in line 9, after the word “of”, to strike out “$10,000” and insert “$6,000”, 80 as to make the bill read: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury 1s authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, (1) to Sgt. James C. Hollon and his wife, Bessie L, Hollon, the sum of $6,500, in full satisfaction of their claim against the United Btates for compensation for the death of thetr infant son, and (2) to Bessie L. Hollon the sum of @6,000, in full satisfaction of her claim against the United States for compensation for personal in- juries received by her, both such death and such injuries having resulted from the colli- sion of a train and a jeep owned by and on an official mission for the Department of the Air Force, in which the said Bessie L. Hollon and her infant son were passengers, such col- lision having occurred near the Nagoya Air Force Base in Japan on January 23, 1949, due to the negligence of the driver of such jeep: Provided, That no part of the amount appropriated in this act in excess of 10 per~ cent thereof shail 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 notwithstand- ing. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined tn any sum not exceeding $1,000, The amendments were agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. JURISDICTION TO ACT UPON THE CLAIM OF O. 8S, REES The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (8. 3097) conferring jurisdiction on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of O. 5. Rees, which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendments on page 1, line 8, after the words “and the”, to strike out “taking” and insert “acqui- sition”, and in line 9, after the word “he”, to insert ‘‘claims to have”, so as to make the bill read: Be it enacted, etc., That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the claim of O. 5S. Rees, of Jackson, Miss., against the United States for compensation for loss and damage sustained by him as a result of the destruction of his pipe line and the acquisition by the United States of land in which he claims to have held an easement for such pipeline, in con- nection with the construction of Foster Gen- eral Hospital. Sec, 2. Notwithstanding any statute of imitations or lapse of time, suit upon such claim may be instituted at any time within 1 year after the date of enactment of this act. In any such sult brought pursuant to this act proceedings shall be had and the Hability, {f any, of the United States shall be determined in accordance with the pro- visions of law applicable in the case of tort claims against the United States. The amendments were agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE ISOLDE BEXNER The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (8. 3325) for the relief of Isolde Bexner which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment on page 1, line 6, after the name “Isolde”, to strike out “Bexner" and insert ‘“Bezner, a native and citizen of Germany, the fiancée of Lt. Jack L. White, a veteran of World War IT, and a citizen of the United States, insofar as concerns any conviction or admission of the commission of a crime by her of which the Department of Justice or the Department of State has knowledge on the date of enactment hereof, and that Isolde Bezner may be eligible for a visa as a nonimmigrant temporary visitor for a period of 3 months: Provided, That the administrative authorities find that the said Isolde Bezner is coming to the United States with a bona fide intention of being married to Lt. Jack L. White, and that she is found otherwise admis- sible under the immigration laws. In the event the marriage between the sbove- named parties does not occur within 3 months after the entry of said Isolde Bezner, 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 Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 (U. S. C., title 8, secs. 155 and 156). In the event the marriage between the above-named parties shall occur within 3 months after the entry of said Isolde Bezner, the Attorney General is author- ized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of said Isolde Bezner, as of the date of her entry into the United States, upon the payment by her of the required visa fees and head tax.” So as to make the bill read: Be it enacted, etc., That in the administra- tion of the immigration laws the eleventh category of section 8 of the Immigration Act of 1917, as amended (8 U.S. C. 186 (a) ), shall not hereafter be held to apply to Isolde Bez- ner, a native and citizen of Germany, the fiancée of Lt. Jack L. White, a veteran of World World II, and a citizen of the United States, insofar as concerns any conviction or admission of the commission of a crime by her of which the Department of Justice or the Department of State has knowledge on the date of enactment hereof, and that Isolde Bezner may be eligible for a visa as a non- immigrant temporary visitor for a period of 8 months: Provided, That the administrative authorities find that the said Isolde Bezner is coming to the United States with a bona fide intention of heing married to Lt. Jack L. White, and that she is found otherwise admissible under the immigration laws. In the event the marriage between the above- named parties does not occur within 3 months after the entry of said Isolde Bezner, she shall be required to depart from the United States and upon failure to do so shall be deported in accordance with the provi- sions of sections 19 and 20 of the Immigra- tion 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 the entry of said Isolde Bezner, the Attorney General is au- thorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent resident of said Isolde Bezner, as of the date of her entry into the United States, upon the payment by her of the required visa fees and head tax. The amendment was agreed to. JULY 26 The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, The title was amended so as to read: “A bill for the relief of Isolde Bezner.” BILL PASSED OVER The bill (H. R. 2233) for the relief of Ewa Plantation Co., a Hawatian corpora- tion, was announced as next in order. Mr. GILLETTE, Mr. President, I ask that the bill go over. The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over. DR. AGOSTINO DzLISI The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. 5566) for the relief of Dr. Agostino DeLisi, which had been re- ported from the Committee on the Ju- diciary with amendments on page 1, line 5, after the word “on”, to strike out “June 26, 1948” and insert “June 27, 1948”, and in line 8, after the word “residence”, to insert “upon payment of the required visa fee and head tax.” The amendments were agreed to. The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time and passed. DISPOSAL OF DEAD HUMAN BODIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The bill (S. 3658) to amend the act en- titled “An act to establish a code for the District of Columbia,” approved March 3, 1901, regulating the disposal of dead hu- man bodies in the District of Columbia, was announced as next in order. The VICE PRESIDENT. There is a similar House bill on the calendar, al- though the two bills are not identical. Without objection, the House bill will be considered. The Secretary will state the House bill by title. The Lucis.aTive CLerK. A bill (H. R. 7881) to amend sections 675 and 676 of the act entitled “An act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia,” approved March 38, 1901, regulating the disposal of dead human bodies in the District of Columbia. Mr. HUNT. Mr. President, I move that the House bill be amended by strik- ing out all after the enacting clause and substituting therefor the language of the Senate bill (8. 3658). The VICE PRESIDENT. The amend- ment will be stated. The LecrstaTIveE CuEerK. It is pro- posed to strike out all after the enacting clause of the House bill and insert: That sections 675, 675 (a), and 676 of the act entitled “An act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia," approved March 8, 1901 (31 Stat. 1296), as amended, are hereby repealed and the following substi- tuted therefor: “Sxcs. 675 and 676. It shall be unlawful to remove, transport, inter, disinter, or other- wise dispose of the dead body, or any part thereof, of any human being, except upon a permit, duly issued by the Health Officer of the District of Columbia, or such other per- son or persons as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall designate, upon such terms and conditions as the Commis- sioners may specify. Any violation hereof shall be subject to the penalties contained in section 684 of this subchapter.”
1950 Src. 2. This act shall take effect 60 days after enactment. The amendment was agreed to. The bill was ordered to a third read- ing, read the third time, and passed. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob- jection, Senate bill 3658 is indefinitely postponed. Mr. HUNT. Mr. President, I move that the Senate insist on its amendment, request a conference with the House thereon, and that the Chair appoint con- ferees on the part of the Senate. The motion was agreed to; and the Vice President appointed Mr. Lrany, Mr. Frear, and Mrs. SmitH of Maine con- ferees on the part of the Senate. DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH, DISTRICT OF COLUM- BIA The bill (S. 3678) to change the desig- nations of Health Officer and Assistant Health Officer of the District of Colum- bia, respectively, to Director of Public Health and Assistant Director of Public Health, was announced as next in order, The VICE PRESIDENT. There is on the calendar an identical House bill which the Secretary will state. Mr. HUNT. Mr. President, the House has passed a similar bill, House bill 8709. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secre- tary will state the House bill by title. The LEGISLATIVE CLERK. A bill (H. R. 8709) to change the designations of Health Officer and Assistant Health Offi- cer of the District of Columbia, respec- tively, to Director of Public Health, and Assistant Director of Public Health. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the consideration of the House bill? There being no objection, the bill (H. R. 8709) was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. The VICE PRESIDENT. ‘Without ob- jection, Senate bill 3678 is indefinitely postponed, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TEACHERS’ LEAVE ACT OF 1949 The bill (S. 2930) to amend and clarify the District of Columbia Teachers’ Leave Act of 1949, and for other purposes was announced as next in order. Mr. HENDRICKSON. Reserving the right to object, may we have an explana- tion of this bill? We are particularly anxious to know what costs are involved, Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina, Mr. President, the purpose of the bill is to eliminate certain inequities which have developed in the District of Colum-~ bia Teachers’ Leave Act of 1949. Ishould like to answer the question of the Senator from New Jersey by saying that it is estimated that it will not cost anything. It simply liberalizes the situation in cer- tain instances. Mr. HENDRICKSON, I Senator from South Carolina. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob- jection to the consideration of the bill? The Chair hears none, There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S, 2930), which had been reported from the Com- thank the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE mittee on the District of Columbia, with an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert: That the District of Columbia Teachers’ Leave Act of 1949 (Public Law 353, ch. 686, Bist Cong., lst sess.) is amended— 1. By adding at the end of section 1 there- of: ‘Three days of such leave may be used in any school year by a teacher or attendance officer, in his or her discretion, for the trans- action of personal affairs, upon giving timely notice of intended absence.” 2. By striking from section 1 thereof the language “and the total cumulation shall not exceed 10 days for temporary teachers and attendance officers”, and inserting in Neu thereof “and temporary teachers and attend- ance officers”, . 8. Sections 1 and 2 are amended by strik- ing out "60" and inserting in Meu thereof 0075)", 4 Section 6 is amended to add at the end thereof the following: “: Provided, That such rate of compensation shall not exceed two- thirds of one-one hundred and eightieth of the basic pay of teachers in group A, class 1 to 8. Under such rules and regulations ag the Board of Education may prescribe, teach- ers and attendance officers, whether they have exhausted their accumulated sick leave or not, may be granted not to exceed 5 days of leave in any school year with part pay to consist of the difference between their regular pay and the pay of a substitute. Buch leave may be extended to the close of the then current school year, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Board, where the teacher or attendance officer has exhausted all accrued leave and is unable, by reason of illness, to perform his or her duties.” 8rc, 2. That the District of Columbia Pub- lic Schoo] Teachers’ Retirement Act of Janu- ary 15, 1920 (41 Stat. 388, ch. 39), as amended, is amended— 1, By deleting from section 1 of the amend- ment of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 875, ch. 779, sec. 1), the following: "No deduction shall be made from less than an entire month’s salary.” 2. By adding at the end of section 1 of said amendment the following: “Deductions shall be made for every month in which the salary of a teacher exceeds the amount of such deduction, Any teacher may, at his option and under such regulations and at euch times as may be prescribed by the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia, de- posit with the Collector of Taxes, District of Columbia, the amount which would other- wise be deductible during any period of leave without pay, to be credited as herein provided, “Any teacher or attendance officer granted leave without pay for any purpose shall, at the termination of such leave, be reinstated to his former position, or, if such position is ie longer in existence, to an equivalent posi on. The amendment was agreed to. Mr. WHERRY. Mr. President, may I ask the distinguished Senator from South Carolina if the amendment changes the statement made by him? Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina. It will not cost any additional money. It merely liberalizes the matter in re- gard to leave. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, The title was amended so as to read: “A bill to amend and clarify the District of Columbia Teachers’ Leave Act of 1949, and the District of Columbia Public School Teachers’ Retirement Act of 1920, and for other purposes.” 11029 BILLS PASSED OVER The bill (8S, 3350) to amend the mint- mum wage law by extending the applica- tion of minimum wage orders to men, and for other purposes, was announced as next in order. Mr, SCHOEPPEL. Mr. President, I ask that the bill go over. The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over. The bill (H. R. 4237) to amend the act entitled “An act to regulate the practice of optometry in the District of Colum- bia,” was announced as next in order. Mr. HUNT. Mr. President, I request that that bill go over. The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over. REGULATION OF BOXING CONTESTS AND EXHIBITIONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. 7662) to amend the act en- titled “An act to regulate boxing contests and exhibitions in the District of Colum- ba, and for other purposes,” approved December 20, 1944, which had been re- ported from the Committee on the Dis- trict of Columbia with an amendment to strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert: That the act entitled “An act to regulate boxing contests and exhibitions in the Dis- trict of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 823), is amended by changing the second sentence of section 1 to read as follows: “No person shall be eligible for appointment to membership on the Commission unless such person at the time of appointment is, and for at least 3 years prior thereto has been, a resident of the District of Columbia: Provided, That one member may, at the time of appointment, be & resident of the metropolitan area of the city of Washington, comprised within the areas of Maryland and Virginia adjacent to the District of Columbia.” Sec. 2. Said act is further amended by add- {ng at the end thereof the following new section: “Sec. 18. Notwithstanding the limitation of any other law or regulation to the con- trary, any person heretofore or hereafter ap- pointed as a member of the Commission may receive the compensation authorized by thia act to be paid to such member, as well as any retired pay, retirement compensation, or annuity to which such member may be en- titled on account of previous service ren- dered to the United States or District of Columbia governments.” The amendment was agreed to. Mr. WHERRY. May we have an ex- planation of the amendment? When everything after the enacting clause is stricken out and new matter inserted, I should like to know what is in the amendment. Mr. HUNT. Iam unfamiliar with this bill except that I have a brief explana- tion before me which I shall be very glad to give to the Senator. The bill has two purposes, The first purpose is to allow a person serving on the boxing commission to draw an annual salary of $2,400, which commissioners receive, in addition to any retirement pay or annuity which such person now receives from the Federal or District governments. The second pur- pose is to provide that one member of the commission may reside within the metropolitan area of Washington, rather
11030 than to require all three members to be for at least 3 years residents of the Dis- trict. as presently required by law. Mr. WHERRY. May I ask a question of the Senator? If it is the desire of the Commissioners to appoint as commis- stoner « retired person who may be liv- ing outside the District but in the vicin- ity of the District, such a person would be barred from that appointment? Mr. HUNT. Iam sorry. I will have to ask that the question be repeated. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senate will be in order. Mr. WHERRY. Mr. President, it is very difficult to hear. If I understand correctly, the second amendment would provide that an official retired from serv- ice and living outside the District but within the metropolitan area, would not be eligible to appointment? Mr. HUNT. I do not think the Sena- tor is correct in his understanding. Mr. WHERRY. The first amendment provided that a person who is retired is eligible to appointment to the office. T could not hear the Senator when he made his explanation. Mr. HUNT. The first part of the bill, I will say to the Senator, is to allow a person serving on the boxing commis- sion in the District of Columbia to draw the annual salary of $2,400, which com- missioners receive, in addition to any re- tirement pay or annuity which he may receive from the Federal Government or the District of Columbia government. Mr. WHERRY. I understand. In other words, one who is retired, if he receives the appointment, can draw the additional pay. Mr. HUNT. Yes. Mr. WHERRY. What is the second part? Mr. HUNT. The second purpose is to permit one member of the commission to reside within the metropolitan area of Washington, instead of requiring all three members to be and to have been District residents, as required in the present law. Mr. WHERRY. I thank the Senator, I have no objection to the amendment. I think the substantive law is all right. I suppose the law is being changed to meet new conditions so that a person who has been retired can serve on the Commission. Mr. HUNT. Yes. The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The amendment was agreed to. The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time and Passed, Mr. HUNT subsequently said: Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we revert to order No, 1910, H. R. 7662, in order that I may ask for a conference, and for the appointment of conferees, The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Stennis in the chair), Is there objection to returning to the consideration of H. R. 1662, which has already been passed, for the purpose of permitting the Senator to request a conference and suggest the appointment of conferees? The Chair bears none. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE Mr. HUNT. Mr. President, I move that the Senate insist on its amendment to the bill (H. R. 7662), ask for a con- ference with the House thereon, and that the Chair appoint the conferees on the part of the Senate. The motion was agreed to, and the Chair appointed Mr. Leany, Mr. FreEar, and Mrs. SmitH of Maine conferees on the part of the Senate. BILL PASSED OVER The bill (S, 2923) to authorize the Fed- eral Deposit Insurance Corporation to acquire or construct, with its own funds, @ building within the District of Colum- bia suitable for the Corporation, was an- nounced as next in order. Mr. DOUGLAS, I object. Mr. LANGER. Over. The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over. INCORPORATION OF THE FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (8. 2868) to incorporate the Future Farmers of America, and for other pur- poses, which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with amend- ments, on page 1, line 8, after the name “Earl”, to strike out “E.” and insert “H.”; on page 2, line 13, after the word “students”, to insert “and former stu- dents”; on page 4, line 9, after the word “managers”, to strike out “and”; in line 10, after the word “agents”, to insert “and employees’’; on page 7, line 14, after the word “delegate”, to strike out “of a local chapter or State association”; in line 21, after “(2)”, to strike out “the Assistant Chief of the Agricultural Edu- cation Service; (3) the executive secre- tary of the corporation; (4)”; in line 24, after the word “Agency”, to strike out “(5)” and insert “and (3)”; in line 25, after the word “education”, to strike out the semicolon and (6) the treasurer of the corporation; and (7) the most recent- ly retired student president of the cor- poration”; on page 10, line 4, after the word “of”, to strike out “directors. It’ and insert “directors; and it’; in the same line, after the word “shall”, to insert “also”; in the same line, after the word “Keep”, to strike out “at its principal office’; in line 6, after the word “vote”, to strike out “in a national convention”; in line 10, after the word “vote”, to strike out “in a national convention’; after line 12 to strike out: Sec. 14. (a) The financial transactions of the corporation for each fiscal year ending June 30 shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with the principles and procedures applicable to commercial corporate transactions and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States. The audit shall be conducted at the place or places where the accounts of the corporation are normally kept. All books, accounts, financial records, reports, files, and all other papers, things, or property belonging to or tn use by the corporation and necessary to facilitate the audit shall be made available to the person or persons conducting the audit; and full facilities for verifying transactions with the halances or securities held by depositories, Niecal agents, and custodians shall be afforded to such person or persons, JULY 26 (b) A complete statement of each annual audit, verified by the certified public ac- countant by whom the audit is made, shall be filed annually with the Comptroller Gen- eral, in accordance with such regulations and upon such form as he shall prescribe. And insert in leu thereof the follow- ing: Src. 14. (a) The financial transactions shall be audited annually by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with the principles and procedures applicable to commercial corporate transactions. The audit shall be conducted at the place ur places where the accounts of the corporation are normally kept. All books, accounts, financial records, reports, files, and all other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by the corporation and necessary to facilitate the audit shall be made available to the person or persons conducting the audit; and full facilities for verifying trans- actions with the balances or securities held by depositors, fiscal agents, and custodians shall be afforded to such person or persons. (b) A report of such audit shall be made by the corporation to the Congress not later than January 15 of each year. The report shall set forth the scope of the audit and shall include a verification by the person or persone conducting the audit of state- ments of (1) assets and liabilities, (2) capl- tal and surplus or deficit, (3) surplus or deficit analysis, (4) income and expense, and (5) sources and application of funds. On page 13, line 4, after the word “corporation”, to strike out “to” and in- sert “administer or’’; in line 13, after the word “education”, to strike out “and local school districts’; and in the same hne, after the word “the”, to strike out “ad- ministration” and insert ‘promotion’, so as to make the bill read: Be tt enacted, ete., That the following per- sons; William T. Spanton, Washington, D. C.; Dudley M. Clements, College Park, Md ; Her- bert B. Swanson, Washington, D. C.; R. Ed- ward Naugher, Arlington, Va.; Elmer J. John- son, Arlington, Va.; Rodolph D. Anderson, Columbia, 8 C.; Earl H. Little, Concord, N. H.; Bert L. Brown, Olympia, Wash.; and Ralph A. Howard, Columbus, Ohio, are hereby created 8 body corporate by the name of Future Farmers of America (hereinafter re- ferred to as the “corporation’’) and by such name shall be known and have perpetual succession and the powers and limitations contained In this act. Src. 2. The persons named in the first sec- tion of this act are authorized to meet to complete the organization of the corpora- tion by the selection of officers, the adoption of regulations and bylaws, and the doing of such other acts as may be necessary for such purpose. Src. 8. The objects and purposes of the corporation shall be— (1) to create, foster, and assist subsidiary chapters composed of students and former students of vocational agriculture in public schools qualifying for Federal reimbursement under the Smith-Hughes Vocational Educa- tion Act or the Vocational Education Act of 1946 (Public Law 947, 64th Cong., and Public Law 56, 79th Cong.), and associations of such chapters in the several States and Ter« ritories of the United States; (2) to develop character, train for useful citizenship, and foster patriotism, and thereby to develop competent, aggressive rural] and agricultural leadershtp; (3) to create and nurture 4 love of coun- try itfe by encouraging members to improve the farm home and its surroundings, to de- velop organized rural recreational activities, and to create more interest in the intelligent cheice of farming eccupations; (4) to encourage the practice of thrift;