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2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE February 1-4 Miss Alix S. Bouldin, of California. Thee· thanks and praise for the many following title, in which the concurrence Benjamin N. Brown, Jr., of the District of great gifts Thou hast seen fit to bestow of the House is requested: Columbia. on our land -and its people. We thank Robert S. Cameron, of California. S. 394. An act to waive the limitation on Miss Pamela Cheatham, of Pennsylvania. Thee especially for the material gifts the time within which a medal of honor J. Chapmar.. Chester, of Wisconsin. which have made our land strong antl may be awarded to Comdr. Hugh Barr Mtller, George E. Chewning, of Virginia. powerful, for the deep faith in God which Jr., United States Navy. William Clark, Jr., of California. has imbued our people and leaders with Peter D. Constable, of New York. the unquenchable love of liberty and for John E. Crump, of Kansas. the qualities of mercy and understanding TREASURY-POST OFFICE APPRO Curtis C. Cutter, of California. for the downtrodden and the oppressed. Robert B. Dollison, of Pennsylvania. PRIATION BILL Marvin B. Durning, of' Louisiana. 0 Eternal Father, bless our President, Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I ask Miss Doris Ann Fetters, of California. grant him strength and health, wisdom, unanimous consent that the Committee· Rudy V. Fimbres, of Arizona. prudence, and patience, and above all, on Appropriations may have until mid Robert L. Flanegin, of Illinois. shine Thy guiding light upon him as he night tomorrow night, February 15, to Miss Dagmar Frahme, of Ohio. wrestles with the momentous problems of Benson Lee Grayson, of New York. file a report on the Treasury-Post Office mankind. Thou ·know est his love and appropriation bill. Miss Elinor Greer, of the District of Co- thirst for peace. Aid him in his quest to lumbia. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to William H. Hallman, of Texas. bring the peace. of Bethlehem to every corner of the world. the request of . the gentleman from Charles H. Hallock, of Virginia. Missouri? Miss Jo Ann Hallquist, of Wisconsin. O Heavenly Father, bless this august Williani Bruce Harbin, of California. body of lawmakers, enlighten their There was no objection. Thomas J. Henighan, of New York. minds with wisdom as needed to steer Mr. CANFIELD reserved all points of Miss Evelyn R. Hessler, of New York. the true course through the tempestu order on the bill. Marvin J. Hoffen berg, of Maryland. ous seas of strife, hatred, and prejudice Martin Jacobs, of New York. · James D. Johnston, of California. to the port of peace. Fill their hearts Samuel C. Keiter, of New York. with mercy toward the underprivileged FAILURE OF THE LEASE-PURCHASE James E. Kerr, Jr., of Virginia. in this country and those who live in PROGRAM John W. Kizler, of Texas. want and in the shadow of fear all over Mr. LANHAM. Mr. Speaker, I ask George B. Lambrakis, of New York. the world. Make them ever strong in unanimous consent to address the House Henry Ellis Mattox, of Mississippi. the struggle against those who seek to Robert Marden Miller, of California. for 1 minute and to revise and extend i·ule by force, to enslave nations, and to my Yemarks. F. Pierce Olson, of Minnesota. stamp into dust under the heel of John A. Perkins, of California: tyranny.· The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Kenneth W. Preston, of New York. the request of the gentleman from Robert G. Ryan, of New York. We pray Thee, Father of Heaven anci Georgia? George M. Scanlan, of New York. Earth, to keep the Members of this C. Richard Spurgin, of Illinois. august body ever under Thy protection. There was no objection. Ulrich A: St_raus, of Michigan. Give them the light to s~e and the power Mr. LANHAM. Mr. Speaker, I wapt George H. Wall, of North Dakota. to perform their tasks as they see them to call attention to the fact which I am Howard.,_,. Worthington, Jr., of Virginia. and according to Thy holy will. Make sure you noticed in the news this morn-, The following-named ,Foreign Service staff them strong in their fight against Thine ing that the much-vaunted lease-pur .officers to be consuls of the United States o! enemies. Help them extend a generous chase prograin had been suspended in America: hand to the nations which know not Thy the interest of the control of inflation. Arthur L. Funk, o! Florida. peace, whose people are held in bonds But that is not the reason it was sus DwJ ght B. Herrick, of New Jersey. and chains of slavery. Help them re-. pended. As ~ matter of fact, it was not Henry C. Palm,·Jr., of California. turn peace and liberty to the land of suspended. It has simply bogged down Henry H. Stephen, of New Jersey. and ground to a halt. John M. Stuart, of New York. Lithuania whose people last possessed it Miss Geraldine B. Stibbe, of Ohio, a For 17 · years ago and who today writhe in During the 3 or 4 years since it has eign Service reserve officer, to be a consul agony and te'rror in the merciless grip been authorized I am informed that only of the United States of America. of a godless oppressor who seeks to bring one building has been even started. The following-named Foreign Service re the entire world under the rule of his What is the reason for that? It is the serve officers to be secretaries in the diplo clenched fist. administration's hard-money policy. m atic service of the United States ·or We beseech Thee, o God of Mercy, to They have been unable to get anybody America. shorten the days of darkness and tyr_; to finance these buildings at a return of Robert M. Snyder, of West Virginia. anny for these people and all other peo 4 percent as provided in the law. This Vasia C. Gmirkin, of California. ples whose homelands have been op is just another effort of the administra~ Miss Frances D. Hyland, of California. tion to cover up a dismal failure. Mansfield D. Sprague, of Connecticut, to pressed. Grant us the grace to share be an Assistant Secreta:ry of Defense, vice the blessings of Thy generous bounty Moreover, this hard-money policy has Gordon Gray, resigned. with all peoples and nations. Grant our brought practically to a halt the build President and this august body the loving ing of homes for veterans. If it is con heart, nobility of spirit, firmness of pur tinued, we will be faced with deflation WITHDRAWAL pose to be the hope of the oppressed, to and a recession. After all, the hard Executive nomination withdrawn carry the torch of freedom that shines money policy affects only the small from the Senate February 14, 1957: brightly in our land, to all nations. homeowner and in no way limits or holds We humbly implore Thee, Our Father, in check the huge corporations and giant DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE grant us this blessing on this, the anni industries, who always are able to get Mansfield D. Sprague, of Connecticut, an funds for their own building and ex Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Carter versary of the independence of Lithu Lane Burgess. (Received on January 14, ania, where freedom has been suppressed pansion. 1957.) by brute force. May Thy name, O God, •• ..... •• be forever glorified by us, Thy children. COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS Amen. Mr. CQOPER. Mr. Speaker, I ask HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Journal of the proceedings of unanimous consent that the Committee THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1957 Monday, February 11, 1957, was read on Ways and Means and the subcom and approved. mittees thereof be authorized to sit dur The House met at 12 o'clock noon. ing -sessions of the House during the Rev. Peter P. Cinikas, executive di- 85th Congress. - rector, Lithuanian Daily Draugas, Chi MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE The SPEAKER. Is there objection to cago, Ill., offered the following prayer: A message from the Senate, by Mr. the request of the gentleman from Ten• O Eternal Father; Lord of the Uni- McBride, ·one of its clerks, announced nessee? verse, God of Love and Mercy, we give that the Senate had passed a bill of the There was no objecti~n. 1957 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 2023 COMMI'ITEE ON THE JUDICIARY Mr. Speaker, it is not my nature to fariµers a level of prices that will hold Mr. FEIGHAN. ' Mr. Speaker, I ask .seek satisfaction or even amusement in .some hope that they may shake off the unanimous ·consent that the Committee an I-told-you-so attitude when some depres.sion that now grips them and that on the Judiciary may sit today while the body blunders. And it is not ·in that at they will share, as our other citizens, in House is in session. titude, but rather with a f.eeling of regret the prosperity of this great Nation. The SPEAKER. Without objection, it and gloom that·! must emphasize what is so ordered. has happened to agriculture in this There was no objection. country since the attack was launched 4 LAWS RELATING TO CAMPAIGN years ago to break down the firm 90 per PRACTICES cent of parity supports for the basic Mr. DA VIS of Tennessee. , Mr. Speak SOIL BANK AND PRICE SUPPORTS crops. er, I ask unanimou5 consent to address Mr. B~OWN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, The firm-support program was de the House for 1 minute and to revise and I ask unanimous consent to address the stroyed in 1954, and we now have the extend my remarks.