1944 CONGRESSIONAL 'RECORD-SENATE 4957 manufacture-, ·&ale, or transportation of al­ MESSAGE FROM THE HOUsE, coholic liquors in the. United States for t.tle SENATE duration of the war; to tne. Committee on A message from the House of Repre­ tl:e. Judicia~y. THUBSDAY, MAY 25, 1944 sentatives. by Mr. Chrufee, one of its 51140. Also. petition of William E. Roop and reading clerks, announc~d that the House 16 otber citizens of Westminster, .Md., urging (Legislative day oj Tuesday, May 9, 1944) had disagreed to the amendments of the enactment of House billi 2082, a meas.u:re to - sena.te to the l>ilJ lli. R. 4559 ) making redw:e absen.teeism, COJ!lSerVe manpower. and The Senate met at 12 o'cloc~ meridian. appropria.tions for the Navy Department speed production of matelials :necessary for on the expiration of the recessr and the naval service for the .Dsc~d year the winning the b7 prohibiting the ot war Tbe Chaplain, Rev~ Frederick Brown i ending June 30, 1945, and additional ap­ manufacture, sale. or tTansportation Ol.f area-. Harris, D. D., c:ft'ered the foUowing holic liquors in the United States for tbe propriations therefor for the fiscal year duration of the war; to the Committee on prayer: 2g44, and for other purposes; agreed to the .Tudieiary. Our Father Gcd, whose handiwork the the conference ask.ed by the. Senate on 5741. Also, petition of Blanche Matron and earth showeth, the centuries casting the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 20 other citizens of Watexvliet, Mich.., urging their shadows on the diai of eternity. thereon, and th3.t Mr. SHEPPARD. Mr• . enactment of House bill 2082, a measure to where a. thousand years are but as yes­ THOMAS o! Tex:a.s, Mr. COFFEE, Mr. WHIT­ reduce abS'enteeism, ~ve manpower. a:nd terday when it is past but record the TEN, Mr. PLUMLEY. Mr, JOHNSON of In­ speed product.ion. of materials necessary for diana, and Mr. Pr.OESER were appointed the winning of the· war by prohibiting the slow yet steady attainment o-f Thy pur­ managers on the p~t. of the House at the manuiacture. sale, or transportation of alco­ pose in a. universe whose heart is love: conference.. holic liquors in the United States for t:ne Thou. bast made man so that in Thy duration of the war; to the _Committee on image he may read Thy thoughts after The message. also announced that. tbe the Judiciary. Thee. It is: Thou who hast put tbe House: had pa.ssed. the fo-llowing bills, in. 5742. A1so. petition of Eun~ce Lee Smith golden key of invention and discovery which it requested the coneunence of· and 18 other citiz~ns of Hanford, Calif., urg­ in his searching hand with the promise the Senate.= , ing enactment of HOWle bill 2082, a measure H. R. 4to-a. An aet to extend 'for l addi­ to reduce absenteei&m, conserve manpower, wbieh is a prophecy: "Thou shaJt have' dominion/• At Thy bidding he bas har­ tional year the reduced :rate of Interut on and speed production of materials necessary La.nd . Bank Commiss.ioner lcan.s,; for the wfnning of the war. by prohibiting the nessed the mystic energy which, un­ H.R. 4184. An ac:t to amend sect.fon · 321, manufacture, sale, or transportatfon of alco­ tamed, shatters and stabs with its forked title Jll, part U, Transportation Act cof 1.940'~ holic liquors fn the United States for the du­ sword; and. lo. as the servant of man's with .respe.ct to the m~veme-nt of Government. ration of tbe war; to the Committee on the traffic; and Judiciary. desire speeding his thoughts across the mocking miles. it whispers, "What hath H. R. 4861. An. act making appropriations 5743. Also, petition of .rennie Collins. and for the government or the Di!strtct of Co­ 43 other citizens of :Mount Vernon. ru., urging God wrought!•' So on the wings of the lightning soundeth Tby wo1d. Thou dost lumbia ftnd other activities cbargeab:Fe In enactment of House bill 2082', a. mea.swe. to whole cr In pa:rt. against. tbe revenues of such reduce absenteeism, conserve manpower. and cause even the spiteful wrath of man to District for the :fiscal yeru: endil!lg June: 30,. speed production of materials necessary !or praise Thee. The wonders man's mind 1945. and fOJ: other purposes. the Winning ot the wa:r by prohibiting the bath wrought, which. without the reign PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS manufacture, sale, or transportation of alco­ of Thy will, tear and destroy, becoxne the holic liquors 1n the -United States. for thei messengers of brotherhood and of an un­ Petitions, etc., were laid before the dUration ot the war; to the Committee on derstanding which encircles the earth as Senate• .or presented,. and referred as in- the Judiciary. · · dlcated: · 5744. Also, petition of ;r, A. Lawrence and ' :it speUs out the accents of go.od will. · 18 other citizens or Baltimore Md., urging Bring us to a golden tomorrow when By tbti ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ enactment of House bili 2082, a measure to the instrumentalities that now destroy pore: reduce absen,teeis.zn, conserve manpower, and shall be the channels of health and heal­ A resolution adopted. by Local No. 639'• speed production of rna tertals necessary for ing, when redeemed generations living U. A. W . (C. I- 0.), of. Flint, Mich-. favoring the winning of the . war by prohibiting the in peace and plenty shall lift up the the appropriation of $585.000' to finance the manufacture, sale, or transportation CJf alco­ F. E. P. C. for anotheF Jear; to the Commit-. holic Ifquors in the United States for the grateful ' paean cf praise, "Wbat· hath tee on Appropriations. duration of the war; to the Committee on the God wrought!" We ask it in the dear I A r~olution adopted by Local No. 465. Judiciary. Redeemer's name. ·Amen. Protective. Order at rnntng Oar Waiters. of Los Angeles. Cali!. • favoring extension of the 5745. Also. petition of Richard Ennis and DESIGNATION OF ACTING PRESIDENT 22 other cftizens o! Chance, Md., urging en­ Emergency Price Control Act: to the,- Com­ actment ot House bfll 2082, a measure to re­ PRO TEMPORE' mittee on .Banldng: and C'urrency. duce a~nteeism. conserve manpower. and · The Chief Clerk read the following let­ Resolutions adopted by United: cannery speed production of materials necessary for ter: Packing and Pooc:t Preservers. Local No. 'l-2. the ~inning of the war by prohibiting the (C. I. 0 .}, o1 Seattle, and the Tacom& and. manufacture, sale, or transportation of alco­ UN.ITED S'l'ATES SENATE, Pierce County Industrial (C. I . 0 .} U.m:lon PRESIDENT PRO TE:lloiPORJt, holic liquorl!f in the United States for tbe' ' eoun~n. or Tacoma~ both in the State of Washington, D. C., May 25, 1944. 1 duration of the war; to the Committee on • Washington. favmlng tb.e extension and im­ the Judiciary. To the Senate.- provement of the Emergency Price Control 5746. By. Mr. CANFIELD: Resolution Bel!ng temporarily absent from the Senate. Act; to the Oommittee on Bankfng and CUr­ adopted by the borough of North Haledon. I appoint Hon. ELMER THoMAS, a Senaror rency. county of Passaic, N.J., endorsing Senate om·. from the State of Oklahoma:, to perform the A resolution adopted: by Journeymen Bar­ 1737 sponsored by Senator HAWKES, of New duties of the Chair during my .absence. bers Union, No. 295, of Los Angeles, Calif., Jersey, prov.idlng for certain payments· to CARTER. GLASS', favoring the maintenance of ceiling prices states and · their poll.tlcal subdivisions as President pro tempore. and the continuance of the 0. P. A. program compensation. for loss of revenues occasioned and endorsing the resolutions adopted by the by the a.cqwsition of real property by the Mr. THOMAS of Ok1ahoma thereupon cost-of-UVing conference held' at Los An­ United States for military purposes; to the took the chair as Acting President pro geles, Calif., on 'April 2, 1944, relattng to re­ Committee on Military Affairs. tempore. newal of the Eme.rgeney Price. Control Act 5747. By Mrs. NORTON: Petition of the ' and suppo.rt of the 0 . P. A. subsidy pro- THE JOURNAL Polish Council of Bayonne, N. J., petitioning 1 g.ram; to tbe "Committee on Bankfng and Currency. the Government and the Congress. of tbe On request of Mr. BARKLEY~ and by Resolutions adopted by United Cannery United States to use their fullest influence unapimous consent, the reading of the and authority to the end that. Poland may be Pacldng and Food PJ'e6el'Vers Local No. 7-a Journal of the proceedings of the calen­ (C. I. 0.) , of Seattle, and Tacoma and Pierce accorded justice and freedom; to the Com­ County IndustrjaJ (C. I. 0.) Union CouncJ!I, mittee on Foreign Affairs. dar day Tuesday May 23, 1944, was dis .. pensed with, and the Journal .Was ap­ of Tacoma, bOth in the S-tate ot Washington, 5748. By Mr. THOMAS of New Jersey: Pett- 1 1 proved. and the San Diego county Federated Trades tion ot boroughs ot Glen BQck, Passaic, Wash­ and LabOr Council, or San Diego, Calif., !avvr­ ington, Sussex, Milford, township of Hardy­ MESSAGES PROM THE PRESIDENT lng tbe adoption of measures to establish a ston and the. Board o! Chosen Freeholders of Messages in writing from the President Nation-wide broadcast of cong7essionaJ Jl!"O­ ~en .county, ·N.J.. endorsing the meas­ ceedings; to the COmmittee on Rules. ures now pending in the United States Sen­ of the United States were commUnicated By ID. WEEKS: ate known as: Senate bill 1'23'7; to the Com­ to the Senate by Mr. Miller, one of his Petitions of sundry citizens of' Massachu­ mittee on Banking and CUrrency. secretaries. • aetts:, praying for the enactment of the bHl 4958 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE MAY 25 (S. 860) ·to provide for the common defense "The wrongfulness of requiring workmen board of directors of the Illinois Manufac­ in relation to the sale of alcoholic liquors to to belong to any organization or to pay trib­ turers' Association adopted on May 9, 1942, as the members of the land and naval forces ute to any person or group as a condition quoted above has not been adopted, but on of the United States; to the Committee on precedent to the right to work is entirely the contrary the National War ·Labor Board Military Affairs. clear. h _as made it a practice to order and require By Mr. TYDINGS: "We believe that the overwhelming ma­ employers engaged in war production to en­ A resolution adopted by the national boara jority of persons in all walks of life share the ter · into contracts providing "union main­ of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Amer­ conviction that as a matter of principle, tenance" and "check-off," the effect of which ica and its ladies' auxiliary at New Yor_k workmen should not be required to support a is to require workers to produce a union card City, N.Y., favoring removal of the political union as the price of being permitted to con­ and pay dues as a condition o·· employment boundary dividing Northern and Southern tinue to produce vital war materials for the in the production of war materials; Ireland and urging relief for Ireland from Army and the Navy. Whereas it has become the practice of the measures taken because of alleged violation "However, the primary test which should executive branch of the Federal Government of her neutrality; to the Committee on For­ be applied to the propTiety of these decisions to enforce such contracts by threat of seizure eign Relations. of the War Labor Board is whether they will and by seizure of the properties and busi­ help win the war, whether they will expedite RESOLUTIONS BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS nesses of such employers: Now, therefore, be war production. it OF ILLINOIS MANUFACTURERS' ASSO­ "In our opinion, these decisions will not , Resolved by the board of directors of the CIATION-LABOR POLICIES help win the war. On the other hand, we Illinois Manufacturers' Association, That Illi­ Mr. BROOKS. Mr. President, I re­ believe that the ultimate effect of these deci­ nois industry again urge the adoption of a sions will be a serious deterrent to the war Federal law whicll will provide that no gov­ quest unanimous consent for publica­ effort. These decisions will, we submit, in­ tion in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD and ernmental agency shall require any-employer cite labor union organizers in war-produc­ to require any employee to belong to any appropriate reference thereof of resolu­ tion plants throughout America to raise the organization as a condition of employment in tions .adopten by the board of directors of union-shop or the closed-shop issue in those the production of ·any war materials. the Illinois Manufacturers' Association. plants, to agitate to the point of endangering In view of the numerous strikes that war-materials production, and thus to force PROTEST AGAINST MEASURES THAT MAY are being reported daily and the inquiry that issue into the hands of the War Labor CAUSE RISE IN LIVING COSTS into the seizure of the Chicago and Board, whence they may reasonably .expect to get the camouflaged closed ~hop in the Mr. CAPPER. Mr. President, I have Springfield property of Montgomery name of union security or union mainte­ received a telegram from William C. Fox, Ward & Co., these resolutions are timely nance. president of the Wichita Trades and La­ and deserving of the consideration of the. "This campaign of organized labor leaders bor Assembly, protesting against the en­ Congress. to get the closed shop and the check-off will actment of any legislation which will There being no objection, the .resolu­ spread rapidly. Many industrial executives cause a rise in the cost of living. I ask tions were referred to the Committee on from this State, ·who should be devoting their time to the vital problem of war pro­ unanimous consent to have this message the Judiciary and ordered to be printed duction, are already required to divert their printed in the RECORD-and appropriately in the RECORD, as follows: time and energies to this closed-shop issue. referred. RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Many executives of Illinois industry, en­ There being no objection, the telegram IL;LINOIS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, Rl!: gaged in war production, will be obliged to was referred to the Committee on Bank­ SEIZURE OF CHICAGO PROPERTY OF MONTGOM­ spend much time before the War Labor ing and Currency and ordered to be ERY WARD & CO., APRIL 26, 1944 Board. printed in the RECORD, as follows: ' Whereas recently, in the city of Chicago, "The practical effect of any device which Ill., where the courts, both State and Fed­ will force the closed shop upon the war in­ WICHITA, KANS., May 17, 1944. eral, were functioning and colllmanded the dustries of America will be to take away The Honorable Senator ARTHUR CAPPER, respect and support of the people, and where from American workmen and from Ameri­ Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C.: ample and efficient police forces were avail­ can management the control over the pro­ We are informed amendments proposed in able to carry out the mandates of these duction of the armaments, munitions, and Banking Committee will seriously impair the courts, the head of the legal branch of the materials essential-to the prosecution of the effectiveness of the price-control law. 0. P. A. executive department of the Federal Gov­ war. has, up to now, done a g6od job for the com­ ernment disdained to employ due process of · "A general closed shop will vest in the la­ mon citizen. We protest the enactment of law anq, in disregard of the rights of all cit­ bor unions and the labor-union leaders prac­ any amendment which will cause a rise in izens, used the ruthless methods of martial tically complete domination and control the cost of living. · law to enforce· an Executive order: Now, over the workmen and the war industries of WILLIAM C. Fox, therefore, be it America. President, Wichita Trades· Resolved, That the directors of the Illinois "The serious threat to our war produc­ · • and Labor AssemZ,ly. tion program involved in this issue will be. Manufacturers' Association hereby express EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY PRICE their condemnation of such unprecedented immediately clear to anyone who is familiar and high-handed procedure and call upon with the realities of employment relations. CONTROL ACT the Congress to take such action as will make "The only adequate answer to this prob­ lem is the prompt passage by Congress of a Mr. CAPPER. Mr. President,. I have impossible future outrages of this character. received an interesting letter from the We further urge that the Congress by ap­ measure which will prohibit any agreement propriate means hold accountable those re­ requiring any employee to belong to any or­ Woman's Missionary Federation of St. sponsible for this violation of the rights of ganization as a condition of employment in Louis, urging support of the Price Con­ the citizens and .of the letter and spirit of the production of any war materials. trol and Stabilizatiop Act as a means of the fundamental charter of our "liberties. "Congress, and only Congress, can meet keeping the cost of living, as stable as this threat to our war production effort. possible. This group is also urging that "No man is required to produce a union something be done in the way of feeding RESOLUTION ADOPTE:> BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, card at the battle front, and no man should ILLINOIS MANUFACTU:RERS' ASSOCIATION, RE be required to produce a union card at the the starving children of Europe. I ask POLICY OF WAR LABOR BOARD ON UNION MAIN­ war-materials factory gate. unanimous consent to have this letter TENANCE AND UNION SECURITY "Congress should act now to protect war printeq in the RECORD and appropriately Whereas under date of May 9, 1942, the production and national security. referred. board of directors of the lllinois Manufac-. "The issue is union security versus na- There being no objection, the letter ture.rs' Association approved and issued the tional security." was referred to the Committee on Bank­ following statement: . Whereas the Illinois Manufacturers' Asso­ ing and Currency and ordered to be "The war Labor Board has issued several ciation and the individual member .firms <;lecisions ordering the firms involved to in­ of the association have• frequently, since. the printed in the RECORD, as follows: · corporate the so-called union-security. and beginn.jng of the war emergency, urged upon WOMAN'S MISSIONARY -pnion-maintenance provisions in contracts ~e Federal administration, the Members of FEDERATION OF ST. LOUIS, with organized labor groups. We believe that Congress, and members of the War Labor St. Louis, Mo., May 20, 1944. the inevitable result of these decisions will be Board the vital -importance to ' the war pro­ Hon. ARTHUR CAPPER. to impose the closed shpp and the un-Ameri-; duction :program of the adoption by Con­ DEAR Sm: The members of the Woman~ can check-off upon the employers and em­ gress. of a law which would prohibit any Missionary Federation wish to urge your sup­ ployees -in.vol ved. _ agreement tequiring any employee to belong port of the Price Control and Stabilization "Under these decisions, the employer is in. to any qrganization as a condition. of em­ Act, S. 1745, as a means of keeping the cost effect ordered to join with union leaders to ployment in the production of any war ma-­ of living as stable as possible. .. require workers to produce a union card and terials; and '· This is not in any sense a political organi­ pay dues as a condition of employment in: Whereas thus far legislati<'-n of the char-: zation and we are not prepared to ..say. what the production of war materials. acter recommended in the statement of the improvements may need to be made in the 1944 CONGRESSIONAL R~CORD-SENATE 4959 prel*lnt act. We are only interested to see Mr. GUFFEY. Has the bill as pro­ S. 1771. An act authorizing appropriations that the less prosperous of our people have posed to be amended been printed? for the United States Navy for additional ord­ their fair share of the .available food supply, nance manufacturing and production facili­ and it seems that the present plan has been Mr. OVERTON. It has not as yet ties; and for other purposes. working reasonably well in assuring them of been printed. I am reporting it now so that share. that it may be printed in the next day BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION This organization is also interested to know or two. · · INTRODUCED why nothing has been done about feeding The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ Bills and a joint resolution were intro­ the starving children of Europe. Was not a pore. Without objection, the report will duced,-read the first time, and, by unan­ bill passed in both the House and the Senate be ·received and the bill will be placed imous consent, the second time, and re- providing for the allocation of funds for this on the calendar. program sometime ago? ferred as follows: · ELSIE M. DUWE (Mrs. A. H.), REPORTS OF COMMITTEES (Mr. McCARRAN introduced Senate bills corresponding Secretary. The following reports of committees 1949 and 1950, which were referred to the were submitted: Committee on Commerce, and appear under NATION-WIDE BROADCAST OF CONGRES­ a separate heading.) SIONAL PROCEEDINGS By Mr. LANGER, from the Committee on By Mr. KILGORE: the Judiciary : S. 1951. A bill granting an increase of pen­ Mr. CAPPER. Mr. President, the S. 1898. A bill to amencl : ection 99 of the School Custodians Local No. 255, of the sion to Robert Blake; to the Committee on Judicial Code, as amended, so as to change Pensions. American Federation of Labor, Kansas the term of the District Court for the District City, Kans., have adopted resolutions of North Dakota at Minot, N. Oak.; with­ By Mr. WHEELER: S. 1952. A bill authorizing and directing the urging Congress to establish· a Nation­ out amendment. Secretary of the Interior to issue to Minnie wide broadcast of its proceedings, a pro­ By Mr. WALSH of Massachusetts, from the Ortley Kirk, a patent in fee to certain land; posal which I think might be worthy of Committee on Naval Affairs: to the Committee on Indian Affairs. H. R. 634. A bill to provide for the advance­ serious consideration. I ask unanimous ment of Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Con­ By Mr. CHAVEZ: consent to have the resolutions printed struction· Corps, United States Navy', retired, S. 1953. A bill to auth.orize the Secretary of in the RECORD and appropriately referred. to the rank of vice admiral; without amend­ the Interior to contract with the Middle Rio There being no objection, the resolu­ ment (Rept. No. 904). Grande Conservancy District of New Mexico tions were referred to the Committee on By Mr. WHEELER, from the Committee on for the payment of operation and mainte­ Rules and ordered to be printed in the Interstate Commerce: nancf! charges on certain Pueblo Indian lands; S. 1473. A bill to amend the Interstate to the Committee on Indian Affairs. RECORD, as folio~: (Mr. FERGUSON introduced Senate Joint Commerce Act, as amended~ with ..amend­ Resolution requesting that the proceedings ments (Rept. No. 905); and Resolution 133, which was referred to the of Congress be broadcas1- so that the people H. J. Res. 227. Joint resolution extending Committee on the Judiciary, and appears un­ will understand clearly the functions of the period for the acquisition by the Railroad der a separate heading.) den;10cracy in the making Retirement Board of data. needed in carrying DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN COMMERCIAL Whereas the affairs of Congress and of out the provisions of the Railroad Retirement AVIATION government in general are vital to every cit­ Acts; without amendment (Rept. No. 906). izen; and By Mr. BYRD, from the Committee on Civil Mr. McCARRAN. Mr. President, some Whereas no present method exists to pro­ Service: time ago I introduced a bill, now known vide full info1:mation to the average citizen H. R. 4115. A bill to give honorably dis­ asS. 1790, bearing on the subject of avia.: about the real happenings in our .Congress; charged veterans, their widows, and the and · tion. The bill had in it two outstanding wives of disabled 'lleterans, who themselves phases affecting the law of aviation. One Whereas radio is the simplest and most are not qualified, preference in employment effective medium for communicating with where Federal funds are disbursed; with was that relating to domestic aviation. eve1:y American in every part of the coun­ amendments (Rept. No. 907). It was, and is, a complete rewriting of try; and By Mr. KILGORE, from the Committee on the law of aviation. The other phase of Whereas New Zealand adopted a program Claims: the bill dealt with foreign commercial of short-wave broadcasts of the proceedings S. 887. A bill conferring jurisdiction upon aviation. of its Parliament, and has successfully dem­ the United States District Court for the At the time of the introduction of onstrated that full knowledge by citizens of Western Di~trict of Virginia to hear, deter­ the affairs of government stimulates and the .bill I issued an explanatory state­ mine, and render judgment upon the claims ment, and sent copies of the bill through­ strengthens the democratic system; and of John Weakley and Rella Moyer; without Whereas our Congress could lease radio amendment (Rept. No. 908); and out the entire country, for study by those time from one or more networks, several H. R. 3596. A bill conferring jurisdiction who are interested in the subject. important and powerful stations, or broad­ upon the Court of Claims of the United Since that time the Committee on cast by short-wave all important debates, ex­ States to consider and render judgment on Commerce has been giving careful atten­ cepting such matters as might jeopardize the claim of the Zephyr Aircraft Corperation tion to the general subject of post-war national security during this war: ~ow, there­ against the United States; without amend­ fore, be it aviation. · The comments I have received ment (Rept. No. 909). from students of this subject have im­ Resolved, That we propose and urge upon By Mr. EASTLAND, from the Committee on Congress enactment of the necessary meas­ Claims: pressed me with the thought that the ures to establish a Nation-wide broadcast of H. R. 2769. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Lil­ whole subject would best be understood its proceedings; and be it further lian W. Timmerman, mother of Ann Timmer­ and both phases of the question would Resolved, That we communicate with each best be studied and considered if the two political party asking that this proposal be man, a minor, deceased; without amendment considered and included in the program · (Rept. No. 910); and phases were separated, that is if the pro­ adopted at its next convention; and be it H. R. 3737. A bill for the relief of M. H. visions relating to the law of domestic Harris; without amendment (Rept. No. 911). aviation, as I have hoped to write them, further · By Mr. TUNNELL, from the. Committee on Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be should be considered separate from the sent to the Members of Congress. Claims: provisions relating to the law of what I By CHARLES H. IRELAND, S. 1365. A bill for the relief of J. C. Drewry; without amendment (Rept. No. 912); choose to call foreign aviation, or that Secr etary, Local No. 255, B.S. E. I. U. form of commercial aviation having to of A. F. of L. s. 1709. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Clark Gourley; with amendments (Rept. No. 914); do with air transportation from this RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS­ s. 1904. A bill for the relief of J. Fletcher country to the other countries of the REPORT OF COMMERCE C,OMMITTEE Lankton and John N. Ziegele; without world. amendment (Rept. No. 913); and . In order that the Committee on Com­ Mr. OVERTON. From the Committee - H. R. 2097. A bill for the relief of W. J. Cox; on Commerce, I report back favorably, with amendments (Rept. No. 915). merce may have a better opportunity to with amendments, the bill New York City, on May 23, 1944, colleague, the Senator from Nevada [Mr. South of the Panama Canal the prestige of which appears in the Appendix.] McCARRAN], who is sponsoring an amend­ this Nation is steadily falling. In fact, it has ment to the cabaret-tax provision, and probably never been so low as it is today. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE WAR?-AD.­ who w'ili offer that amendment when the Argentina's Fa.scist Government has been DRESS BY CHESTER BOWLES bill extending the debt limit is reported recognized by Bolivia, Chile, and Paraguay, and it seems probable at this writing that [Mr. TUNNELL asked and obtained leave by the Finance Committee to the Senate~ to have printed in the RECORD an address some other South American countries will entitled "What Happens After the War?" by I also ask unanimous consent to have fall in line. If Stalin recognizes it, the irony Chester Bowles, Price Administrator, pub­ printed as a part of my remarks a letter will be perfect and complete. lished in the Washington Post for May 4, of explanation respecting the proposal We recognize, as all thoughtful Americans 1944, by the International Latex Corpora­ to amend the cabaret tax, received from must, that the establishment of a workable tion, which appears in the Appendix.] Richard T. Flanagan, chairman of the good-neighbor policy is no easy matter. After VIEWS OF GOVERNOR DEWEY ON THE Cafe Owners' Association, as follows: all, the world is in a state of un)."est and ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY . i. The night club and hotel entertainment ferment, with the yeast of fascism working industry is one of the largest taxpaying in many a revolutionary brew; but it is ob­ rMr. AIKEN asked and obtained leave to industries in the country. We pay enormous vious by this time that Senator BUTLER's have printed in the RECORD comments on 1;\ taxes such ·as the cabaret tax, floor tax, Social warnings were to the point. Our policy sim­ press conference held by Governor Dewey, Security, withholding, and numerous other ply isn't working and we need a change. of New York, from the Watertown Daily Federal taxes. Because of the 30 percent tax, What the change should be we don't pre­ Times, the Albany Knickerbocker News, the a great number of clubs and hotel rooms tend to know; but we suspect that more firm­ New York Times, and the Buffalo Evening must close. Many people have put forth ness and less HENRY WALLACE would be a good News, which appear in the Appendix.) the idea that although a club loses 80 percent -ingredient. We have tried to 'Juy good will; AMERICAN -BRITISH INFLUENCE IN AR- of its business, the Treasury Department it can't be bought from any proud and civi;. lized people. We have taken the role of the GENTINA-ARTICLE BY STANLEY will still receive the same amount of tax. While this is true, any club or hotel room big brother guardian, but apparently our JOHNSTON when it lose~ 50 percent of its business will neighbors don't look upon us as their keeper. [Mr. BUTLER asked and obtained leave to close. It won't even wait until it loses 80 And we have dislocated their economy, ar­ have ·printed in the RECORD an article en­ percent. While it is a fact that the Treasury bitra!'ily raised their wages, and raised the titled "United States Carrying Britain's Ball Department has received a greater amount ·merry d,evil between employer and employees. in Running Against Argentina," by Stanley of tax during the month of April and again It is still a world in which force speaks the Johnson, published in the Washington Times­ in May, this condition will not last--because loudest language; in which the exchange of -Herald for May 25, 19~4. which appears in all of the major clubs on Bro!).dway in New goods means more than volumes of empty the Appendix.] · York City, and I know that the same applies idealism; and in which most nations under­ to the rest of the country, who have been stand horse trading better than sermons. PRESIDENTIAL· ELECTION IN ARGEN- paying this huge amount of tax will close South Americans have goods to sell which TINA-ARTICLE BY STANLEY JOHNS­ within the next 3 weeks unless aid is given to we need and can use; we have goods to sell TON them. The Government has lost an enor­ which they want. Beyond the economic ba­ [Mr. BUTLER asked and obtained leave to mous amou'nt of ·taxes from places that hav~ sis there isn't much upon which a sound have printed in the RECORD an article en­ already either closed or cut out their enter­ good-neighbor policy can be built. We'd like titled "Argentines See Opportunity to Elect tainment entirely. The Government has also to s.ee hard-headed businessmen sent down Their President," by Stanley Johnston, pub­ lost a great amount of tax from places that there instead of Rockefeller's culture boys lished in the Washington Times-Herald for have cut out entertainment during the din­ and the New Deal's p_lanners. Then perhaps May 24, 19;1;4, which appears in the Appen­ ner hour. Heretofore the Government was we'd get somewhere. dix.] collecting 5 percent in all of these clubs and hotel rooms mentioned. RELEASE ON JOINT STATEMENT OF SO­ THE CABARET TAX 2. Thousands of people have been thrown CIAL SECURITY BY THE NATIONAL Mr. MEAD. Mr. President, I ask out of work and many thousands more will PLANNING ASSOCIATION unanimous consent to have printed in follow, unless relief is given. Opponents to Mr. WAGNER. Mr. President, I wish the RECORD an editorial from the Buffalo the reduction of this tax have stated that waiters could go into defense indm·tries. I to call the attention of the Senate "to Evening News, vf Buffalo, N. Y., under know from speaking to many of them that joint statement on social security, re­ date of May 22, 1944, the title of which they were turned down for defense jobs be­ cently issued by the National Planning is "The Cabaret Tax." cause of physical disabilities. Association, which contains the joint rec­ There being no objection, the editorial 3. Night clubs and hotel rooms have played ommendations of the distinguished mem­ was ordered to be.printed in the RECORD, a tremendous part in keeping up the morale bers of the association's agriculture, as follows: of this country. Our entertainers have given business, and labor committees on na­ THE CABARET TAX freely of their time doing · Army and Navy benefit shows, touring the various camps and tional policy. This statement is a com­ As an amendment to the debt-limitation canteens. We have play:ed an important part prehensive and informative report on the bill scheduled to come before the Senate this in every Red Cross and U. S. 0 . drive, and suoject of social security, and it deserves week, a proposal is made to cut the cabaret more especially in bond drives. Bond drive our careful attention and study. I ask t ax rate from 30 percent to 10 percent, for­ nights held in night clubs throughout the unanimous consent to have printed in merly the rate. Chairman WALTER F. GEORGE, country produced xp.any millions of dollars the RECORD a release issued by the Na­ of the Finance Committee, is said to be will­ for the United States Treasury. No one can ing to accept the change, but the Treasury tion Planning Association on April 30, doubt our effort on the morale of the service which summarizes the main points of has gone on record against a reduction in men on furlough, who have either been across •this tax. or are going across and need these moments the 'joint statement. The proposal is deserving of serious con­ of relaxation which can only be found in There :being no objection, the release sideration. Protests have been made against clubs witb entertainment. was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, the 30-percent tax, principally by enter­ tainers, waiters, and other workers who have OUR GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY TOWARD as follows: been complaining about loss of jobs. In New LATIN AMERICA Immediate action to guarantee a mint­ York City hundreds of cocktail lounges, mum flow of incomes through an effective cafes, and night clubs bave closed and it is Mr. THOMAS of Idaho. Mr. Presi­ social-security program is as much in the estimated by union officials that from 8,000 dent, a recent issue of the .Idaho Daily int·erest of" business as of labor, according to 10,000 have become jobless. Statesman, published at Boise, Idaho, · to a joint statement on social security by 4962 CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-SENATE MAY 25 its agriculture, business, arid labor com­ presents estimates of the upper and lower "6. Want and distress do not arise solely mittees on national policy, issued today by limits of the money costs of the recommend­ as a result of unemployment. Many fam­ the National Planning Association. Assur­ ed programs. Emphasizing the difficulties ilies in need do not have employable mem­ ance of continued purchasing power, the of preparing such estimates, the conunittees bers. committees said, is an important element purposely selected a series of assumptions "7. In large measure, the costs of assuring in a program of full employment because it which, they believe, lead to overestimates income to those who are at any given time will help to maintain markets on which rather than underestimates of probable deprived of private incomes, are inescapable. business and. agriculture can count and to costs. "Even if the national income does "8. Far too large_a proportion of the in­ avoid a downward spiralling of economic not rise above $120,000,000,000 during the ability to work or to find employment and activity 1n the period of post-war readjust­ next decade" the report states, "expendi­ thus of the need for social security income ment. tures for income maintenance and health is due to conditions which even now could William L. Batt, N. P. A. chairman, in com­ and employment services would only amount be prevented. menting on the 48-page statement discussing to about 7.5 perc~nt of the national income."· "9. The problem of insecurity weighs the issues raised by social-security extension These estimate.s which are also projected heavily on the minds of many millions of and presenting a series of concrete proposals, 60 years ahead and on dillering assump­ Americans. said, "When you get a .representative group tions as to the se'\'erity of unemployment "10. Social insurance applies the sound show clearly that the higher cost figures principle of pooling risks to reduce individ­ of business, labor, and agriculture agreeing which are often quoted by opponents of so­ on a social-security policy, I think you have ual hardship. something." Chairman of the three com­ cial security extension must refer to a period "11. The provisions of the present Social after 1980 and be assuming unemployment Security laws !ll'e, however, far from ade­ mittees responsible for the statement are: in the neighborhood of ten million. Regard­ Theodore W. Schultz, University of Chicago, quate. • ing the first condltion, it is stated, "if the for agriculture; David C. Prince, General "12. The increasingly large scale on which costs of social security are to be judged in governmental-security programs must nec­ Electric Co., for business; and Clinton S. terms of the probable costs of the year 2000 Golden, United Steelworkers of America, !or essarily operate has tended to divorce the it is incumbent on those w.ho regard the bur­ citizen from participation in the program." labor. den as staggering to state their assumptions In emphasizing that immediate action is as to the level of national income at that PROPOSALS FOR INCOME MAINTENANCE PBOGBAJIL required, the committees state, "We believe future date. If the experience of the l?ast The committees recommend increased that the specific program we have outlined continues, output per man-hour will con­ benefits fo"t the present old-age and survivors is practical, economical, and democra­ tinue to increase." insurance program and extended coverage "to tic. • • • It would be highly irrespon­ Regarding the high-cost figures which include employees and nonprofit corporation, sible to assume that all the necessary post­ would result from assuming an average level agricultural and domestic workers and the war adjustments can be carried through of 10,000,000 unemployed, the statement as­ self-employed as well as owners o! busi­ without the accompaniment of some meas­ serts, "We do not believe that a progressive nesses." ure of unemployment. Early achievement society will be prepared to plan for the future Income losses due tc sickness and disabil­ of the program we have suggested would on the assumption that 10,000,000 unem­ Ity should be provided for by setting up a make possible the accumulation of benefit ployed must be accepted as normal. If this disability-insurance program covering the rights. so that if and when post-war unem­ defeatist attitude is rejected, the extremely gainfully employed population, including ag­ ployment comes, benefits may be paid ac­ high-cost estimate' for oocial-security pro­ ricultural workers and the self-employed. It cording to the orderly processes ot social grams, which assume so high an unemploy­ is obvious that such a program must be insurance. Lacking such advance provision, ment level, must also re rejected." complemented by a program for medical we shall only repeat the errors of the The statement recommends that the costs treatment and rehabilitation. 1930's." of the social-insurance program proposed The unemployment-insurance system Of first importance, the statement em­ should be shared by employers and workers should provide, after a waiting period of 1 phasizes, is a program to help returning through wage and pay-roll taxes, and by the week, for payment of normal benefits for 26 soldiers and displaced war workers live wbile citizens generally out of national tax rev­ weeks of involuntary unemployment. Ex­ the~ are looking for peacetime jobs. A enues. Careful consideration of the possible tension of benefit peyond that period, if special unemployment insurance program inflationary or defiationary effects of dif­ neither private nor public work is avail­ _and measures to protect tbe rights of ex­ ferent methods of financing social-security­ able, should be made dependent on training service men and women under old -age and expenditures is also called for. or retraining or other steps which would survivors and disability insurance programs A 9-page foreword by theN. P. A. executive enhance prospects o! employment. Cover­ should "properly be regarded as a war cost committee, signed by its chairman, H. C. age should be extended to include seamen, and charged to the Federal Government." Sonne, of Amsinck, Sonne & Co., asserts that agricultural wage earners, and employees of B.imilarly, benefits for all displaced ex-war an important feature of the statement lies small firms and nonprofit corporations, and workers during the reconversion period 1n its demonstration ''that men and women the system should be amended to raise the should be assured, either through extension who take their civic responsibilities seriously level of benefits and provide benefits for de­ and federalization of the existing unemploy­ can work out an area of agreement, despite pendents; and to protect those who work in ment insurance systems or through a tem­ the fact that none would claim to be expert moie than one State during their eligibility porary Federal war-adjustment pay program. on social security." The statement, ap­ period from impairment of benefit rights. The committees specifically propose ex­ proved by representatives of each major eco­ St.ate and local general relief programs tending coverage to those ineligible under nomic group of the country, emphasizes this should be strengthened and made more ade­ the present soCial security system-agricul­ point by including a number of "basic facts" quate by the provision of a Federal grant-in­ tural and domestic workers, employees of concerning social security, which members aid distributed to· States inversely according nonprofit corporations, the self-employed, of the committees believe will "command a to wealth, so that relatively more financial aid afl.d the owners of small businesses. They very wide measure of support throughout would be given to the poorer States. call for a new program of insurance benefits all segments of the Nation." The old-age and survivors' unemployment for sick or disabled workers, and recommend and temporary and permanent disability-in­ an expanded unemployment insurance pro­ "BASIC FACTS surance programs should be administered by gram which will pay benefits for as much as "1. No democratic country can afford to the National Government. The public-as­ 26 weeks to those who · nnot find jobs, either stand passively by if millions of its citizens sistance programs, both special and general, -public or private. To assure a basic living are deprived of income. should continue to be operated by the States for needy persons, not covered by the pro­ "2. A social-security program is not a sub­ and localities. There should be conveniently posed program, the committees suggest Fed­ stitute for a program of full employment, accessible to every citizen seeking advice, aid, eral grants-in-aid to States, so distributed although by maintaining a -minimum of pur­ or services a single central information office that relatively more financial aid would go chasing power lt is an important element in where he could discover what community re­ to the poorer States. such a program. sources, either public or private, are avail­ The statement also calls for a strength­ "3. The major goal of the post-war economy able to him and where he could be put in ened employment service and for expanded should be eno·ugh jobs and lasting jobs at touch with appropriate service agencies. curative and preventive health services. fair rates of pay and reasonable hours of work. Day-to-day administration of the social­ These proposals were included in the joint "4. Knowledge about some causes of mal­ insurance programs can be decentralized statement because the committees were "im­ adjustment in our economic system is still through a network· of area and local offices pressed with the obvious waste both in hu­ inadequate, and considerable disagreement and more extensive use of regional organiza­ man and financial terms of tailing to take exists among professional students and in tion, and more effective use vf local advisory advantage ot any measures which would re­ other ·circles about the needec remedies·. bodies and citizen participation. duce the need for income maintenance to a "5. Unemployment, should it occur, not Calling for more democracy in social se• minimum. So long as these constructive only causes need and su1!ering to the work­ curity, the committees suggest appointment and preventive measures are incompletely de­ ers concerned; it also threatens the standard by the President, with the approval of the veloped, so long will the Nation's bill for of living of the entire Nation; for the total Senate, of a "truly representative national social security be unnecessarily large." national income on which our prosperity advisory committee on social security, com­ Unlike most social security proposals now depends is lowered when men and plants posed of a cross section of business, agri­ befor~ the American public, this sta~ement are idle. culture, labor, and the general public," to 1944 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 4963 study the operation of the social-security associated with poverty and insecurity ica; Paul Hutchings, International ·Council system as a whole and make periodic re­ • • or that any one program would .be of Office Employees Union; David Kaplan, ports and recommendations to the Congress. satisfactory forever • · • •. But the mem­ International Brotherhood of . Teamsters; Similar advisory bodies in the States and bers of the agriculture, busines·s, and labor Julius Luhrsen, Railroad Labor Executives large communities are suggested to perform committees believe that it would be unwise Association; Walter Reuther, United Auto­ the same functions for their respective areas. to follow a no-action policy, on the ground mobile Workers; Emil Rieve, Textile Workers PROPOSALS FOR SPECIAL WAR EMERGENCY that the proposed program is incomplete or Union; Harold Ruttepberg, Congress of In­ MEASURES that a better solution may be found in later dustrial Organizations; Boris Shishkin, Amer­ years. For what happens or does not happen ican Federation of Labor; Theodore F. Silvey, Steps must be taken immediately to create to the people of America in the first post-war Congress of Industrial Organizations; Mark a special unemployment-insurance program decade," they say, "may well be crucial Starr, International Ladies Garment Workers' providing benefits at uniform rates for un­ • * •. The proper course, therefore, ap­ Union; Lazare Teper,1 International Ladies employed ex-service men and women and pears to us to be to take such steps as are Garment Workers' Union; Florence C. Thorne, their dependents for a period of 26 weeks even now indicated in the light of our pres­ American Federation of Labor; Raymond following demobilization, or lopger if no ent knowledge and needs and to continue to Walsh, Cong~ess of Industrial Organizations; private or public work is available. For the press for a solution of the problems that still Robert J. Watt, Amrrican Federation of old-age and survivors and disability-insur­ Labor. ance programs, continuity of benefit . rights remain." and amount of benefits of those absent from ,Among questions which the committee THE CONTRffiUTION OF FARMERS TO THE would like to see the subject of fur.ther study covered employment because in the arm~d WAR forces should be assured by crediting their are: (1) The feasibility of insuring to all accounts with a specified sum. In both aged persons the right to a certain minimum Mrs. CARAWAY. Mr. President, I cases the cost of these benefits should prop­ income which would assure independence in should like to bring to the attention of erly "be regarded as a war cost and charged old age. (2) The feasibility of making more the Senate a matter which has been on to the Federal Government." The least the adequate provision for the special needs of my mind for some time. It is in regard Nation can do, the report continues, "is to children. (3) Consideration of the special to a group whose contribution to the war malte sure that ex-service men and women problems of agriculture-a subject which is currently being studied by the agriculture is not only as essential as any in this are not penalized by their military service." country, but compares favorably with The committees insist that. it "is necessary committee. (4) The feasibility of strength­ to make some special provision to supple­ ening inducements to maintain a continuing any group in these United States from ment at Federal expense the existing sys­ high level of employment. (5) Ways and the standpoint of sheer achievement. I tem of unemployment insurance during the means of increasing the effectiveness of the refer to the farm people of this great process of reconversion already begun and employment service. Nation. until such time as a comprehensive program Last summer I heard much said and • • • shall become operative." The ad­ STANDIN~ COMMITTEES ON NATIONAL POLICY OF read much printed matter to the ef­ vantages of the temporary scheme suggested THE NATIONAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION, JAN• fect that our people would be on the would "insure comprehensive coverage and UARY 10, 1944 verge of starvation by winter, and it was payment of benefits for a significant period AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE to all workers !1-ffected by the process of even predicted that by February there reconversion, while allowing time for the re­ Theodore w. Schultz, chairman, University would be food riots because of shortages. conciliation of the present divergent views as of Chicago; James G. Patton, vice chairman, The facts have proved the fallacy of to the future roles of the Federal Govern­ .National Farmers Union; Frank App, Sea­ brook Farms; Henry :B. Arthur, Swift & Co.; those predictions. ment and the States in the permanent un­ It was not taken into account that employment-insurance program," and would Murray R. Benedict, Giannini- Foundation; protect the finances of present State programs John D. Black, Harvard University; Eugene farmers and their families would be will­ from actuarial distortions due to the emer­ W. Burgess, General Mills, Inc.; Harry B. ing to work longer hours, with less help .gency and nonrecurrent character of the Caldwell, North Carolina State Grange; Harry and less machinery and equipment, in post-war reconversion drain. Clark, Mountain States Beet Growers Mar­ order to grow the products which are so keting Association; Oscar Johnston, National essential to winning this war. I beg the PROPOSED ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES Cotton Council of America; Allan B. Kline, The statement calls for . an effective em­ Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Donald B. indulgence of my colleagues for a few ployment service to assist in the solution of Murphy, Wallaces' Farmer and Iowa Home­ minutes while I review some of the amaz­ labor-market problems in the reconversion stead; Lowry Nelson, University cif Minne­ ing contributions the farm people are period. "Whatever form of collaboration be­ sota; Charles w. Smith, Eastern Oregon making to the defeat of Hitler and Tojo. tween the Federal Government and the Wheat League; Thad Snow, Charleston, Mo.; We know that the demand for the States may ultimately be decided upon," the Glenn J. Talbott. North Dakota Farmers products of the soil, like the demand for committees believe that the following fea­ Union; M. W. Thatcher, Farmers Union Grain the products of the factory, is at an all­ -tures must characterize the employment Terminal Association; Odin Thomas, Harry service: provision for labor-management Ferguson, Inc.; Marcel J. Voorhies, American time high in the Nation's history. This participation on a national and local basis; Sugar Cane League. emergency has clearly demonstrated that power and equipment to carry out estimates; food is as truly a war weapon as any top­ labor-market analyses for local communities, BUSINESS COMMITTEE priority item on the munitions list. This States, and the Nation as a whole; special David C. Prince, chairman, General Elec­ is substantiated by the fact that the suc­ guidance and placement of youth, veterans, tric Co.; Beardsley Ruml, vice chairman, R. H. cess of every battlefield operation begins and other special groups such · as handi­ Macy & Co.; J. 0. Chesley, Aluml.num Co. of in the mess line. And back of that is the capped .workers; means for facilitating the America; A. D. Chiquoine, Jr., Batten, Bar­ geographical movement of workers; cooper­ ton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc.; David Craig, food-supply line, which originates on the ation at all levels with agencies responsible American Retail Federation; Guy Emerson, fields of our farms. for rehabilitation and vocational education;· Bankers Trust co. of New York; H. K. Fer­ Only strong, able-bodied men can sur­ · an adequate and well-trained staff. · guson, The H. K. Ferguson Co.; S. T. Henry, vive the grueling experience of front-line The .report calls for an expansion of both McGraw:.Hm Publishing Co.; s. A. Holme, action. We know that strenuous phys­ curative and preventive health services. Pro­ General Electric Co.; Arthur A. Hood, Johns­ ical exercise can harden muscles, but that posals are made for an expanded and broad­ Manville, Inc.; T. G. McOowan, Akron, Ohio; only nourishing food can build them. ened public-health service, effective and well­ Anderson Pace, Illinois Central System; Leo planned nutri.tion programs, efforts within H. Rich, Walter Darwin Teague; Edgar w. I wonder if all my colleagues have ever industry by management and labor to keep Smith, New York, N. Y.; H. Chr. Sonne, stopped really to consider the tremen­ occupational accidents .and diseases to an ir­ Amsinck, Sonne & Co.; Ch.arles J. Stilwell, dous job the soldiers of the soil are doing reducible minimum; and medical care, in­ Warner & Swasey Co.; P. B. Stull, Hercules here on the- home front. Those millions cluding facilities for hospitalization and re- Powder Co. of men, women, and children-for on the habilitation, for all people. • LABOR COMMITTEE farm they all work-are truly turning The committees emphasize that a program Clinton S. Golden, chairman, United Steel­ their farm fields into battlefields. "adequate to save all our people from the workers of America; Marion H. Hedges, vice Think for a moment, Mr. President, if specter of want arisine; from inability to chairman, International Brotherhood of Elec­ you will, of all the people who are looking earn;' can yet leave 'ltmple leeway for the trical Workers; Solomon Barkin, Textile · individual, through his own efforts, to pro­ to the American farmer for the suste­ Workers Union of America; James Carey, nance of life. In addition to our fight­ vide for himself and his family a larger share Congress of. Industrial Organizations; John of the goods and services which our great Childs, American Federation of Teachers; S. ing men on the far-flung battle stations American productive potential mak.es possible H. Dalrymple, United Rubber Workers of around the world, our army of war work­ over and above this minimum. America; Katherine Pollak Ellickson, Con­ ers who are turning out the industrial They were under no illusion, says the state­ gress of Industrial Organizations; 1Frank Fen­ ment, "that a social-security program is a ton, American Federation of Labor; H. W. 1 Absent while serving in the armed services final and complete answer to all the problems Fraser, Order of Railway Conductors of Amer- of the United States.

, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE MAY 25 products of war, and the rest of our civil­ lot of those who till the soU, I think they · farmers' problems and a keener sense of ians on the . home front, many of our would receive better treatment at the gratitude for the great service our farm allies, and ·the unfortunate peoples ln hands of the Government and the Con­ people are rendering to their Nation and Axis-occupied countries-all are looking gress. The farmer has to contend with to humanity in this time of war. to the American farmer. the elements~ pests, the high cost of those AUTHORITY TO REPORT EXTENSION OF I should like to ~ve - a few figures show­ things which he has to buy, and many PRICE CONTROL AND STABILIZATION ing what the farmer has done in this other problems, and when his crop is ACT war. To begin with, the output of food made, he is one of the few who cannot de­ has been increased appreciably each year mand a certain price for his product, as Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, I ask since the war started. Moreover, the do others. He has to take what he can unanimous consent that the Committee output of some specially needed war get in uncertain markets. Early one cold on Banking and Currency be authorized crops has been increased several hundred morning last fall, as I was driving along to report during any recess of the Senate percent. It is significant to note also the highway in Arkansas, I passed a cot­ until next Monday the House bill extend­ that food production in 1943 was about ton field. The farmer and his family ing the Price Control and Stabilization one-third greater than the pre-war aver- . were picking cotton. As I watched the Act. . age, 1935-39, and almost one-half little chilled fingers picking this valuable The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ greater than in 1918. Mind you, this crop I thought then, as I think now, that pore. Without objection, it 1s so ordered. was accomplished in the face of the there are few other groups of our people AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE MESSAGES AND dwindling supply of manpower, farm who give as much to their Nation as do SIGN BILLS machinery, and fertilizer. I am often our farmers. I, for one, shall continue tmmense1Y intrigued by wondering how my efforts to see that the farmer gets Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, I ask much the farmer would have produced justice. Farming is the basic asset of unanimous consent that the Secretary of last year if he could have had all the la­ this Nation. When the farmer is pros­ the Senate be authorized to receive mes­ bor and other production facilities he perous, the rest of us are prosperous. He sages from the House, and -that the Pre­ needed, including machinery and ferti- is entitled to .special consideration at the siding Officer of the Senate be authorized lizer. . · hands of his Government and the Con­ to .sign bills and resolutions, during the Just to give an idea of the commodity gress. recess of the Senate. level of production farmers achieved in Another factor that figured so largely The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ 1943, here are some figures which cer­ in the success of last year's agricultural pore. Without ,objection, it is so ordered. tainly merit a hearty vote of thanks to production record was the increase in HOURS OF DUTY OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES­ the farmer. Record production of oil crop yields, attributable in a large meas­ ORDER FOR CONSIDERATION OF CON­ crops and direct food crops included soy­ ure to the reserves of soil fertility ac­ FERENCE REPORT bean production at 380 percent of the 10- cumulated and stored through recent Mr. McKELLAR. Mr. President, there year pre-war 1932-41 average, peanuts years of the farm program. Of course, is on the table. a conference report on 211 percent of that average, flaxseed 366 we know that farmers in general also got House bill 2928, to amend the act entitled percent, dried peas 415 percent, beans 152 a fair break in the weather last year. "An act to fix the hours of duty of postal percent, and potatoes 128 percent. Egg But good weather af-one cannot produce employees, and for other purposes," ap­ production was at record le~els, and milk heavy crop yields on land that is severely proved August 14, 1.935, as amended. I production was higher than in any year depleted of its fertility. During the past have agreed, and the Senator from Kan­ except 1942. Livestock production was 8 6 years crop yields averaged 21 percent sas fMr. REED] has agreed to have it percent above 1942 and one-third above above the 10-year average, 1923-32. taken up the first thing on Monday. I the 5-year average 1937-41. The year They were 24 percent above the aver­ ask unanimous consent that the bill be ended with the largest livestock inventory age in 1943. I do not mean to imply by taken up at that time. in history, with 3 percent more cattle,19 any means that the conservation job is percent more hogs, and 4 percent fewer finished. It is my opinion-and I be­ The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ sheep and lambs than a year earlier. lieve that opinion is shared by the De­ pore. Is there objection? Without ob­ Production of hay and the four prin­ partment of Agriculture-that conserva­ jection, it is so ordered. cipal feed grains was second only to the tion is one of the fundamental post-war THE CALENDAR record crops -of 1942. In spite of con­ problems which we need to be consider­ Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, I ask sumption by the 1943 record number of ing in connection with agriculture. unanimous consent that the Senate pro­ livestock, the year ended with total sup­ There are in the Department of Agri­ ceed to the consideration -of measures on plies of feed grains the largest in history culture some who are in a position to the calenqar to which there is no objec­ with the exception of 1942. know who .say that about 90 percent of tion, beginning with Calendar No. 805. After hearing figures ·such· as these, the conservation job still lies ahead. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there some might be inclined to wonder how it But we cannot hope ·to see that job objection? The Chair hears none, and was possible for the farmer to produce so through ur...til this war has been fought the clerk will proceed to call the calendar. much when he was handicapped by to a successful conclusion. shortages of production materials. It By extolling the accomplishments of FREDERICK G. GOEBEL seems to me that there are a number of the farmer thus far in the war I do not The bill to authorize the 461 will be indefinitely postponed .. Secretary of the Interior to exchange The bill (H. R. 2438) for the relief of DISPOSITION OF TRIBAL FUNDS OF certain lands within the Navajo Indian Bernadine Salmons was considered, or­ MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA TRIBE OF Reservation, Ariz., ·was considered, or­ dered to a third reading, read the third INDIANS dered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. time, and passed. ESTATE OF GERTRUDE MULLINS The bill to provide night differential for during such reemployment there shall be de­ The amendments were agreed to. ducted and withheld from the salary, pa.y, or . certain employees, was considered, or­ The amendments were ordered to be compensation of such employee at each pay dered to a third reading, read the third engrossed and the bill to be read a third period a proportionate amount of the annual time, and passed. time. difference between the life annuity to which The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ The bill was read the third time and the employee would have been ·entitled and pore. Without objection, Senate bi11 passed. the reduced annuity elected by the employee. 1705 will be indefinitely postponed. The amounts so deducted and withheld shall RIGHTS OF BENEFICIARIES OF REEM­ Mr. MEAD subsequently said: Mr. be deposited in the Treasury of the United President, earlier today House bill 3891 PLOYED ANNUITANTS UNDER CIVIL States to the credit of civil service retire­ SERVICE RETIREMENT ACT was passed. I regret I was not present . ment and disability fund." when the bill was substituted for Senate The Senate proceeded to consider the SEc. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this act shall be effective as of bill 1705, Calendar No. 828, and passed. bill to amend section 1, act of The Senate proceeded to consider the compensation for their deaths; and <3) June 29, 1940 (54 Stat. 703), for the bill for the relief of All the joint resolution seeks to do is to· torneys for this tribe. Mrs. Mildred Maag was considered, or­ permit the proceeds which the Court of Mr. DANAHER. Mr. President, will dered to a third reading, read the third Claims has found are due the Indians to the Senator further yield? time, and passed. be utilized to buy the swampland from Mr. LA FOLLETTE. I yield. 4970 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE MAY 25 Mr. DANAHER. The way the lan­ The amendments are as follows: treaty. The sale of these lands to anyc:me guage reads in the House joint resolu­ On page 2, lines 10 and 11, strike the else would seriously complicate the loggmg figures "1,420,836.03" and in lieu thereof and lumbering operations conducted on the tion, if the court is authorized t? re­ insert the figures "1,767,616.11." reservation by the Government for the Indi­ determine the amount of attorneys fees On page 4, line 22, strike the wo:rds "3 ans. Without these lands, it would be diffi­ it may redetermine the amount upward years" and in lieu thereof insert "1 year." cult to .continne to operate the forests on a sustained-yield-basis as contemplated by ex­ as well as downward. Ten percent of PURPOSE OF THE BILL $1,700,000-odd is $170,000 plus, which ~s isting law (act of Mar. 28, 1908, 35 Stat. 51). This bill sets up the mechanics and pro­ On the other hand, the acquisition of these a very considerable fee. I wonder 1f cedure by which the United States may carry it is the Senator's understanding that lands for the Menominee Tribe would increase out a treaty obligation to the Menominee In­ the value of their timbered lands and be of the court, under this joint resolution, dians which has now been adjudicated in substantial help to the tribe in enabling it to would be authorized to increase the fee favor of said Indians by the Court of Claims. continue to be self-supporting, and thus not hitherto permitted to the attorneys It has favorable reports from the Depart­ be required to ask for help from the Public under the· original act. ments of Interior and Justice, the Bureau of Treasury. (The Menominee Tribe 1s one of the Budget, and has the approval of the the few tribes that are self-supporting, even Mr. LA FOLLETTE. The full purpose Menominee Indians and the unanimous en­ of this language, as I understand, is to paying for its own education.) dorsement of your committee. The jurisdictional act, however, does not permit the court to take into considera­ The treaty obligation and the proce~ure set tip any procedure for the acquisition of tion the additional professional serv­ devised for its fulfillment may be summanzed these lands. F-u:·thermore, although it was ices which have been rendered in con­ as follows: evidently intended under that act that the nection with the entire transaction. I On May 12, 1854, the United States entered United States might use the judgment money think the Senator may rest assured into a treaty with the Menominee Indians to acquire the lands in behalf of the tribe, that the court will not allow any exces­ (10 Stat. 1064) by which, in exchange for the it is possible, because of other broad lan­ surrender of extensive areas of land to the guage in the present act, that the United sive fees . . As I understand, the record United States, the United States agreed to of the Court of Claims js not one of States may set off against the judgment the set apart and forever hold as a reser~a~ion amount of all gratuities expended for the allowing unconscionable fees. The at­ for the Menominee Indians 12, townships of benefit of these Indians since March 28, 1908. torneys are entitled to have the matter land, which were specifically descri1:5ed. Later If this were done, even though the amount reconsidered in -the light of develop­ the Indians ceded 2 of these townships to the of gratuities expended for the tribe may be ments which have taken place, and the United States, retaining 10 for their reserva­ relatively small, the net amount of the judg­ necessity of their rendering professional tion. Subsequently the State of Wisconsin ment would. be insufficient to permit the services, which were not in the purview claimed title to all the swamplands located United States to exercise the desired alter­ within the r~maining 10 townships, by vir­ of the original determination of the native. tue of the Swamp Land Act of September 28, The proposed bill would remedy this situ­ court. 1850 (9 Stat. 519), which ceded to the States ation (1) by providing for the purchase of Mr. DANAHER. I thank the Senator. all swamplands within their respective bor­ the swamplands for the Indians instead of The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ ders. (Legally swamplands constitute those paying them a monetary judgment, and by pore. Is there objection to the present legal subdivisions of land which are pre­ (2) providing that gratuities, if any, given ponderantly swamp; consequently large acre­ to the tribe by the United States shall be consideration of the joint resolution? ages of these swamplands are actually non­ There being no objection, the Senate deferred and applied against judgments ob­ swamp in character.) T~e claim of Wiscon­ tained in other • suits of the Menominee proceeded to consider the joint resolu­ sin was resist~d by the United States, result­ Tribe now pending, and not be offset against tion United States Army of the United States after the taking to amend sections 202, 203, and 207 of on which such suit would lie, would tend to of such oath shall have been continuous. title 2 of the Hawaiian Homes Commis­ endanger the security of the United States DENTAL CORPS OFFICERS' COMMAND sion Act, 1920, and for other purposes, or any of the naval or military operations in such war, or to interfere with such opera­ The bill "Its affairs are conducted in many respects "No. 4. Is titl-e to the project, including acres per farmer, which is in accordanca with as are those of a municipal corporation, its its power features, vested in the Uni.ted the intent of the reclamation law. This purposes are th-ose generally found only in -or­ States? Upon ccmplete payment of the in­ places the political control of a pl'.oject in ganizations such as irrigation districts an4 debtedness incurred in respect of the proj­ the hands of those who own family-sized other similar institutions, which are consid­ ect will title thereto under present law farms, whereas large corporatlon-qwm:d ered as municipal corporations for most pur­ still remain in the United States? Does any farms often dictate the management of irri­ poses, and it has been given the right to 'equity' resulting from the activities of the gation districts because of the right to v-ote exercise many powers .similar to those usually Salt River Valley Water Users• Association according to the total number of ~rcres held. conferred only on branches of the Govern­ accrue to or be realized by individual mem­ The bylaws of a water users' association can­ ment. .It ean probably be best described as bers?" not be changed without the approval of the a private corporation with a pubiic purpose, As to the first question: Title to the proJ­ Secretary of the Interior. and having quasi-governmental powers.'' ect, including its power features, is vested "No. 2. Does the Department of the In­ in the United States, and by act of Congress A judicial determination by the Treasury must .remain so until otherwise provided by Department in the case now pending before terior exercise extensive control over the ac­ Congress (sec. 6 of the act of June 17. the Board of Tax Appeals, if decided adversely tivities of the Salt River Val!.ey Water Users' 1902, 32 Stat. 388}. This applies both to to the Salt River Valley Water Users' Asso­ Associati-on in furnishing water to members. in the distribution of electric power, both to wor"ks built by the United States and works ciation, would result in an interpretation built by the . association. The latter were binding on the United States, and conse­ members and nonmembers, in the determi­ nation of rates for both water service and constructed upon public lands of the United quently on the Interior Department, to the States pursuant to contracts providing effect that the revenues produced by the power, and in the distrtbution of earnings from whatever .source derived?" specifically for the vesting of title in the Federal reclamation project works are .owned United States. by the assoc.iation which operates them, and The answer is in the affirmative. The De­ As to the second quest! on~ that the association -owns the equity in these partment is now conducting a s'tudy of power "Upon complete_payment ~of the indebted­ works, the Government retaining titl-e for :rates on the Salt River project., asserts the ness ~ncurred in respect of the project, will security purposes only. Such conclusions right to exercise plenary control over such title thereto under present law· still remain would be entirely contrary to the purpose rates. has_power to make rules and regula­ tions governing them, and requires that pow­ in the United States?" and policy of the ~eral reclamation laws. Yes. Tit1e remains in the United States The reclamation laws, making money from er contracts extending beyond 1 year be submitted to the Department for approval. to all these w-orks until otherwise provided the Unlted States Treasury available for the by Congress (sec. 6 of the act of June 17, 1902, reclamation of arid lands. do not contem­ The degree of the Department's control over the application of earnings is a matter supra). This result obtains after the l'epay- plate that any intermediary between the ment period as well as before. · Government and the landowners shall make of construction of the Federal reclamation laws, the articles of incorporation and by­ As to the tbird question; a profit out of the revenues produced by these "Does any equity resulting from the ac­ Federal properties, nor acquire any proprie­ laws of the association, and the contracts be­ tween the association and the United States. tivities of the Salt River Valley Water Users• tary inter~st 1n them. The association in Association accrue to or be realized by indi­ question does not assert any such ownership While dlfferlng interpretations might be ar­ gued, inasmuch as both the statutes and the vidual members?" in revenues or properties. It claims to . be No. Neither the association nor its mem.. simply a conduit between the landowners and contracts have grown by a process of accre­ tion during the evolution of the present Fed­ bers have a contractual right to acquire title the Government. upon completion of repayment of the cost of The officials of 'the Salt River Valley Water eral reclamation policies, the interpretation of its contracts asserted by the Salt River the works, nor do they have any interest Users' Association have furnished me with a therein which is capable of hypothecation or copy of the inquiries addressed by the Va lley Water Us~rs· Association is in accord Sec­ with existing departmental policies. sale, nor do they have any contra<:tual right retary of the Treasury to the Secretary of to obtain such an interest. The association, the Interior under date of February 20, 1942. "No. 2. Is it th~ policy of the Bureau of as a corporate entity, is entitled under the I ~ quote these inquiries with my comments Reclamation to encourage expansion. of the t-erms of tts 1917 contract with the United thereon; activities of water users' associations in the States~ to operate and maintain the pr-oject "No.1. Are the purposes, form of organiza­ distribution of electrical energy and to ·works, or, at its option. to return operation tion, and financial structul'e of Salt River u t ilize the proceed in amortizing the cost of and maintenance to the United States; and Valley Water Users' Association fundamen­ construetion of irrigation work and power it may be discharged from that function on tally the same as the purposes, form of or­ project s?" failure to maintam the works to the satis­ ganization, and financial structure of other The a.n:swer 1s in the affirmative. The plan _f.action of the United States. water users' associations and irrigation dis- , miginally adopted was that of having the The function of the .association as oper­ tricts?" water users' associations or irrigation dis­ ator during the repayment period does not They are. This water users• association is. tricts underwrite all the costs of a particular differ from its function as operator there­ one of 14 associations with w.hich the Recla­ project and providing by statute that net after. Upon retir~ment from that function, mation Bureau has contracts. Federal recla­ power 1'evenues should be credited to the voluntari1y, or by action of the United States, mation laws recognize associations and dis­ total cost of the project. Provision was ln consequence of the association's failure trict indiscriminately and authmlze the Sec- · later made for application· of the power properly t-o maintain the Federal works, it retary to contract in exact!.y the same way revenues against current 1-epayment install­ takes nothing with it; that is to say, it has With either form of water userst organization. ments. See subsection (i) of the act of not acquired, out -of the receipt and dis­ This is demonstrated by various laws, in the r December 5, 1924 (43 Stat. 'l03). bursement of project revenues, or the opera­ enactment at which l actively took part. now The present policy brings substantially tion of the Federal works, any 'assets or embodied in the t:ollowing sections o! the the same result insofar as having power equity which it migl1t liquidate. The same 4980 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE MAY 25 would be true if the association should dis­ SAL'l' RIVER VALLEY WAT'ER gency war project for the partial con­ solve. It would have no assets to distribute. USERS' AsSOCIATION, struction of the ·Hungry Horse Dam on The individual landowners on every proj­ Washington, D. C., June 25, 1942. the South Fork of the Flathead River ect, whether the project is operated by an HoN. HAROLD L. IcKES, association, by an irrigation district, or di· The Secretary of the Interior, in the State of Montana, and for other: rect by the United States, do, of course, Washington, D. C. purposes, which had been reported from benefit by the gradual repayment to the MY DEAR MR. SECRETARY: Senator HAYDEN the Committee on Irrigation and Recla­ United States of the obligations incurred for has shown us the memorandum he has writ­ mation with an amendment, on page 1, construction and operation of the works-, ten you on the subject of the taxes which the line 6, after the word "energy", to strike particularly if power revenues are av,ailable Bureau .of Internal Revenue is endeavoring out "urgently needed for the war effort.'' for that purpose, in lieu of full collection to collect on the power and water revenues of all charges by way of taxes or assessments. of the Salt River project. The amendment was agreed to. Upon completion of repayment, the individ· I have read it, and so have the other The amendment was ordered to be ual landowner, regardless of how the project members of the board of governors, who are engrossed and the bill to be read a third is operated, will undoubtedly hold a per­ here with me in Washington, and we entirely time. retual contract right entitling him to the de- agree with what the Senator says. The bill was read the third time and 1ivery of water from the project works. I simply want to add that if there is any - passed. The important point is that there is no uncertainty arising from the association's Mr. DANAHER. Mr. President, is the distinction in this respect between landown­ contractual relation_s with the Secretary ot the Interior, which I do not believe to be the Senate considering Calendar No. 873, ers on projects operated direct by the United House bill 3570? States, projects operated by districts, and case, and if it proves necessary in order to projects operated by associations, and conse­ dispose o~ the tax problem, the association The ACTING PRESIDENT- pro tem­ quently there should be no differentiation in will gladly proceed to amend those contracts pore. The Senate has had· under con­ .the tax policies applicable to the revenues to conform with the principles stated in the sideration and just passed that bill . from water and power which go to accom· Senator's memorandum. Mr. DANAHER. I was seeking recog­ plish this result, whatever the exact naturEt These involve the Secretary's power of re­ nition. I have no objection to action on of the resulting contractual claim of the indi· view and control over power contracts and the amendment, but·I do not-wantaction vidual landowners upon the United States rates, Federal title to all of the project's on the bill until an explanation may be may be after repayment of the debt. power and water facilities, Federal ownership of the· net power revenues after the repay­ made of it. I ask unanimous consent RECOMMENDATION ment of all investments of the power and that the V()te on the passage of the bill There is a definite conflict between the water facilities of the project (subject to the be reconsidered. policies of the Interior Department, on the continuing right of the project to the utili­ The ACTING ·PRESIDENT pro tern.: one hand, reflecting the policies of Congress zation of power for pumping and project pur­ pore. Without objection, the vote as expressed in the reclamation laws, in mak· poses), and Federal authority over the asso­ whereby the bill was passed is recon­ ing Federal funds available for the construc­ ciation's operation and maintenance of the tion of reclamation works and making power power and water facilities of the project. We sidered. revenues available to help pay for them, all believe the contracts are clear in these re­ Mr. DANAHER. Now, Mr. President, so that the farmers will not have to pay more spects now, but we will be glad to make may we have an explanation of the bill for water than they can afford; and, on the them explicit if there is any uncertainty for the RECORD, please? •· other hand, the policy of the Treasury Depart­ about them which exposes the project to taxa­ Mr. WHEELER. Mr. President, this ment, expressed in the pending Salt River · tion. It is unreasonable that the project bill is simply an authorization for a Valley Water Users' Association tax case, to should be taxed upon an interpretation· of the contracts not asserted by either party project which has been under considera­ collect income and excess-profits taxes upon tion and for which surveys have been these same power and wat~r revenues as to them, giving us greater rights than we though the projects were built and operated claim or the Department would grant. made in Flathead Valley, Mont. The for private gain. That conflict ought to be Respectfully, Senator has probably heard Members of resolved by an agreement between the two LIN B~ 0RME, President. Congress from .Montana talk about the Departments at the policy-making level. BILL PASSED OVER project. The Army engineers proposed The pending Salt River tax case should be to raise Flathead Lake some 20 feet, as I closed by a stipulation between the Treasury The bill (H. R. 3429) to amend section recall the height-! may not be exact in and the association, satisfactory to the Inte­ 1 of an act entitled ''An act authorizing the figure-but because of protests which rior Department, correctly stating and ·apply­ the Secretary of the Interior to employ were made by people living in the district ing what we all know to be the intent of the engineers and economists for consulta­ and because of the fact that it was pro­ reclamation law as to the Government's own­ tion purposes on im..,Jortant reclamation ership of and control over project works and posed to ftood large areas of farm lands, work," approved February 28, 1929 <45 to leave the city of Kalispell practically revenues, and the consequent lack of any Stat. 1406), as amended by the Act of taxable interest in them for the account of an island, and to ftood certain industries, April 22, 1940 (54 Stat. 148), was an­ particularly the lumber industries, this anyone else. nounced as next in order. The Interior Department ought to take the project was suggested as an alternative, strongest possible initiative in the matter, Mr. VANDENBERG. I ask that the for the purpose of storing up enough wa..; 15earing in mind that while the Treasury will bill go over. ter in this particular region to help the suffer no loss of future revenue by such a The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ ftow of water downstream for he power settlement, inasmuch as all of the associa­ pore. The bill will be passed over. projects at Spokane and also for irrigat­ tions are perfectly free to change into district KLAMATH DRAINAGE DISTRICT ing certain lands. It is recommended by tax-free forms of organizations, the Reclama­ the Department of the Interior, by the tion Bureau will suffer serious embarrassment The Senate proceeded to consider the 1f the case goes to trial and the Bureau of bill BEST ter of section 81. township 8, of .range 2:• thousands of people in that section of RESOURCES SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first the State that something more drastic The bill Nebraska to request an Be it enacted, etc., That the secretary of mobile, as a result of an accident whlch oc­ explanation of the bill? the Treasury is authorized and directed to curred when his automobile was struck by The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ pay, out of any money in the Treasury not a United States Army vehicle at the inter­ pore. The Chair so understands. otherwise appropriated, to Dr. A. R. Adams, section of Aliso and Alameda Streets 1n Los Mr. BUSHFIELD. Mr. President, as I of Leavenworth, Kans., the sum of $225, in Angeles, Calif., on January 29, 1942: Provided, look over v~rious names on the calendar, full satisfaction of h1a claim against the That no part of the amount appropriated in 4984 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE MAY 25 this act in excess of 10 percent thereof shall of evidence that a release, satisfactory to the "irnmediately'', to strike out "sent" and · be paid or delivered to or received by any War Department, of the United States from insert "certified"; in line 6, after the agent or attorney on account of services ren­ any further claim for damages and from any dered in connection with this claim, and the further liability of any kind by reason of the word "brought", to insert "which court same shall be unlawful, any contract to the grant of the easement, has been executed by shall thereupon have jurisdiction to hear contrary notwithstanding. Any person vio­ the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy Dis­ and determine the appeal in such cas~": lating the provisions of this act shall be trict and has been recorded in the proper land in line 21, after the words "reason of", to deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon records of the State of Ohio. There is hereby insert "disqualification"; and on page 3, conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum appropriated the sum of $1,745, or so much line 8, to strike out "This amendment not exceeding $1,000. thereof as may be necessary, for the payment shall apply to every case pending before of said claim. The amendment was agreed to. ~ the Supreme Court of.the United States The bill was ordered to be engrossed FERMIN SALAS on or after the date of enactment of this for a third reading, read the third time, The Senate proceeded to consider the act", and insert "This act shall apply and passed. bill BOSTON HARBOR, MASS. The amendment was ordered to be en­ que, N. Mex., when the automobile which grossed and the bill to be read a third he was driving was struck by a United The bill (S. 1934) to provide for aban­ time. States Army motor vehicle" .and to in­ donment of the project authorized in sert in lieu thereof, "$400, in full settle­ the act of October 17, 1940, for a sea­ The bill was read the third time and ment of all claims of the said Fermin passed. plane channel and basin in Boston Har­ SQUARED CO. Salas against the United states for prop­ bor, Mass., was considered, ordered to be erty damages and personal injuries sus­ engrossed for a third reading, read the The bill (S. 1763) for the relief of tained by him as the result of an acci­ third time, and passed, as follows: SquareD Co., was considered, ordered to dent which occurred on March 16, 1943, be engrossed for a third reading, read the Be it enacted, etc., That the project for when his automobile was struck by an construction of a seaplane channel and basin third time, and passed, as follows: Army reconn8.issance car on North Sixth in Boston Harbor, Mass., authorized in the Be it enacted, etc., That the Comptroller Street, Albuquerque, N. Mex.: Provided, act of October 17, 1940, is hereby abandoned, General of the United States be, and he That no part of the amount appropri­ such abandonment having been recommended hereby is, authorized and directed to settle ated in this act in excess of 10 percent by the Chief of Engineers in a report con­ and adjust the claim of the Square D Co. for thereof shall be paid or dtHivered to or tained in House Document No. 472, Seventy­ payment for certain electrical supplies which eighth Congress. were delivered by the said company to the received by any agent or attorney on War Department, construction quartermaster, account of services rendered in connec­ CITY NATIONAL BANK BUILDING CO. Borinquen Field, P. R., on or about April 1, tion with this claim, and the same shall The bill ided, That a rate or premium used or petent jurisdiction by appeal or through charged In accordance with a schedule, rat­ considered, ordered to be engrossed for any other appropriate proceedings, as pro­ ing method, or rule previously approved' by a third reading, read the third time, and vided under sections 44 and 45, chapter II, the Superintendent need not be specifically passed, as follows: Public, No. 824, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved by the Superintendent. No com­ Be it enacted, etc., That section 1 of the known as the Fire and Casualty Act, ap­ pany, agent, or broker shall issue any form act entitled "An act to provide books for proved Octoper 9, 1940 (54 Stat. 1082; D. C. of policy, clause, warranty, rider, or en­ the adult blind," approved March 3, 1931, as Code, 1940 ed., title 35, sees. 1348 and 1349). dorsement until such form shall have been amended, is amended to read as follows: SEc. 4. Within 120 days after the approval filed with and approved by the Superin­ "That there is hereby authorized to be of this act and under the supervision of the tendent. appropriated annually to the Library of Con­ Superintendent, the insurance companies SEc. 9. Arly company or any agent or gress, in addition to appropriations other­ authorized to effect insurance in the District broker guilty of violating any of the pro­ wise made to said Library, the sum of against the risk of loss or damage by hazards visions of this act shall be subject to the $500,000, which sum shall be expended under within the scope of this act shall organize a provisions of sections 3 and 36, respectively, the direction of the Librarian of Congress to rating bureau for the purpose of administer­ and as may be amended, of chapter II, Public, provide books published either in raised ing rates for such insurance, and all such No. 824, Seventy-sixth Congress, known as characters, on sound-reproduction records, or companies now or hereafter authorized to the Fire and Casualty Act, approved October in any other form, for the use of the adult transact such business in the District shall 9, 1940 (54 Stat. 1066 and 1079; D. C. Code, blind residents of the United States, includ­ be members of such bureau. The govern­ 1940 ed., title 35, sees. 1306 and 1340). ing the several States, Territories, insular ment of the rating bureau shall be vested SEc. 10. All laws or parts of laws, insofar possessions, and the District of Columbia: in its members and it shall not be subject as they relate to business affected hereby and Provided, That of said annual appropriation to the direction or control of any other bu­ in confiict with any of the provisions of this of $500,000, not exceeding $100,000 thereof reau, association, corporation, company, in­ act, are hereby repealed. shall be expended for books in raised char­ dividual, or group of individuals. The rat­ SEc. 11. Should any section or provision acters, and not exceeding $400,000 thereof ing bureau shall have power to establish rea- of this act be decided by the courts to be ahall be expended for sound-reproduction 4986 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE MAY 25 records and for the maintenance and replace­ course anyway these men will be given Regular Army, with rank from August 31, ment of the Government-owned reproducers their commissions? 1943, vice Maj. Gen. WalterS. Grant, retired; for sound-reproduction records for the blind. 1\ifr. CHANDLER. Yes. Lt. Gen. Joseph Warren Stilwell (brigadier In the purchase of such books, the Librarian general, U. S. Army), Army of the United of Congress, without reference to section Mr. WHITE. I see no reason for ob­ States, to be major general in the Regular 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., 1934 jecting to confirmation of the nomina­ Army, with rank from September 1, 1943, ed., title 41, sec. 5), shall give prefer­ tions at this time. vice Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short, retired; ence to non-profit-making institutions or The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tern .. Lt. Gen. Brehon Burke Somervell (colonel, agencies whose activities are primarily con­ pore. The Chair lays before the Senate Corps of Engineers) , Army of the United cerned with the blind, in all cases where the list of nominations of graduates from States, to be major general in the Regular the prices or bids submitted by such institu­ the United States Military Academy at Army, with rank from September 3, 1943, tions or agencies are, by said Librarian, under West Point. vice Maj. Gen. Ernest D. Peek, retired; all the circumstances and needs involved, Lt. Gen. Joseph Taggart McNarney (colo­ determined to be fair and reasonable." Mr. CHANDLER. I ask unanimous nel, Air Corps), Arm•y of the United States, SEc. 2. This act shall be applicable with consent that the nominations be con­ to be major general in the Regular Army, with respect to the fiscal year ending June 30, firmed en bloc. rank from September 4, 1943, vice Maj. Gen. 1945, and for each fiscal year thereafter. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ Daniel Van Voorhis, retired; LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM pore. Is there objection to the present Brig. Gen. Frank Thomas Hines, Inactive consideration of the nominations? The Reserve, who resigned his commission as Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. ~ President, I wish ~hair hears none. Without objection, the brigadier general, Regular Army, after more to state for the information of the Sen­ nominations are confirmed en bloc. than 15 years of military service, and who ate that it is my purpose to move, in a Mr. CHANDLER. Mr. President, I ask subsequently served for a period of more few minutes, that the Senate take a re­ than 15 years as· Director of the Veterans' that the President be immediately noti­ Bureau and as Administrator of Veterans' cess until Monday. So far as I know, fied of the confirmation of the nomina· there will be no important business to be Affairs, to be brigadier general i:fi the Regular tions. Army, with rank from March 10, 1944, under transacted on Monday. Inasmuch as The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ the provisions of law; Tuesday will be Decoration Day, it is not pore. Without objection, the President Sundry officers to be first lieutenants 1n planned to have a session of the Senate will be so notified. .. the Regular Army, Medical Corps, under the on Tuesday. Unless the Senator from provisions of law, with rank from the date Georgia wishes to have the Senate take EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES of appointment; up the debt limitation bill on Wednesday, The following favorable reports of Sundry officers for promotion in the Regu­ it is anticipated that on Monday the nominations were submitted: lar Army, under the provisions of law; Sundry officers for appointment, by trans­ Senate will take a recess until Thursday, By Mr. McKELLAR, from the Committee on 0. A. fer, in the Regular Army; at which time the P. extension bill Post Offices and Pest Roads: Kenneth H. McGill for appointment as will be ready for consideration by the · Several postmasters. chief statistician in the Selective Service Senate. By Mr. CHANDLER, from the Committee on System, under the provisions of section 10 Military Affairs: (a) (3) of the Selective Training and Service AUTHORITY TO FILE PRELIMINARY The following-named officers for appoint­ REPORT ON LIQUOR INDUSTRY Act of 1940. (Compensation to be paid Mr. ment as brigadier generals in the Regular McGill will be $6,500 per annum); Mr. McCARRAN. Mr. President, I Army, with rank from September 1; 1943: Frank D. Rash for appointment as State ask unanimous consent that during the Lt. Gen. Brehon Burke Somervell (colonel, director of selective service for Kentucky, recess which will be taken today until Corps of Engineers), Army of the United under the provisions of section 10 (a) (3) of Monday next, the Committee on tl}e States, vice Brig. Gen. Henry C. Pratt, ap­ the Selective Training and Service Act of pointed major general, Regular Army. 1940, as amended. (Compensation for the Judiciary, or a subcommittee thereof, Lt. Gen. Joseph Taggart McNarney (colonel, 206 office of the State director of selective service acting under Resolution of the Sen­ Air Corps), Army of the United States, vice for Kentucky will be at the rate of $5,600 per ate, be permitted to file with the Senate Brig. Gen. Walter K. Wilson, appointed ma­ annum); and · its preliminary report on the liquor jor general, Regular Army. Louis A. Boening for appointment as as­ industry in the United States. Lt. Gen. George Churchill Kenney (lieu­ sistant State director of selective service for The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ tenant colonel, Air Corps; temporary colonel, Illinois, under the }Jrovisions of section 10 Air Corps), Army of the United States, vice pore. Is there objection to the request (a) (3) of the Selective Training and Service Brig. Gen. Ernest D. Peek, appointed major Act of 1940. (Compensation for the office of the Senator from Nevada? The general, Regular Army. Chair hears none, and it is so ordered. of the assistant State director of selective Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz (brigadier general, As­ service for Illinois will be· at the rate of EXECUTIVE SESSION sistant to the Chief of the Air Corps), Army $5,600 per annum.) of the United States, vice Brig. Gen. Frederic Mr. BARKLEY. I move that the Sen­ H. Smith, appointed major general, Regular The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ ate proceed to the consideration of Army. pore. If there be no further reports of executive business. Lt. Gen. Omar Nelson Bradley (lieutenant committees, the clerk will state the The motion was agreed to; and the colonel, Infantry), Army of the United States, nominations on the calendar. Senate proceeded to the consideration of vice Brig. Gen. Philip B. Peyton, appointed major general, Regular Army: POSTMASTERS executive business. Lt. Gen. Ira Clarence Eaker (lieutenant EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED colonel, Air Corps; temporary colonel, Air The legislative clerk proceeded to read Corps), Army of the United States, vice sundry nominations of postmasters. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ Brig. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, appointed major Mr. BARKLEY. I ask unanimous con­ pore laid before the Senate messages general, Regular Army. sent that the nominations of postmasters from the President of the United States, Lt. Gen. Millard Fillmore Harmon (colonel, be confirmed en bloc. which were referred to the appropriate Air Corps), Army of the United States, vice The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ committees. Brig. Gen. Clement A. Trott, retired. · pore. Without objection, the nomina­ Walter Bedell Smith (lieutenant The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ port the nominations of the graduates colonel, Infantry), Army of the United States, pore. Without objection, the nomina· in this year's class at the United States vice Brig. Gen. Joseph M. CUmmins, retired; tion is confirmed. Military Academy, and I ask for imme­ and The legislative clerk read the nomi­ diate confirmation of the nominations. Lt. Gen. Mark Wayne Clark (lieutenant colonel, Infantry), Army of the United States, nation of Marc A. Mitscher, to be vice The ACTING PRESIDENT protem· vice Brig. Gen. John N. Greely, retired. admiral, for temporary service. pore. Is there objection? Lt. Gen. Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tern .. Mr. WHITE. Mr. President, I take it (brigadier general, U.S. Army), Army of the pore. Without objection, the nomina· this is simply a routine matter. In due United States, to be major general in the tion is confirmed. 1944 CONGRESSIO~AL RECORD-SENATE 4987 The legislative clerk read the nomi­ John Edward Glab Robert McClellan Mummey nation of John H. Hoover, to be vice William Byron .Graham Robert Houstoun Murphy Ernest Graves, Jr. William Best Murray admiral, for temporary service. Walter Allen Guild, Jr. Richard Nalle The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ Francis Joseph Hale Patrick McAlester Neilond pore. Without objection, the nomina­ Roger Joseph Hendrick James Kenneth O'Brien tion is confirmed. John Welsh Howell David Ewing Ott The legislative clerk read the nomi­ John William liuling Elton Caron Parker nation of Geqrge T. Owen, to be commo­ Donald Clarence Ingram Robert White Parks dore, for temporary service, to continue James Irvine, Jr. Nels August Parson, Jr. Andrew King Keller Robert Mcintyre Pearce while serving as commander, Fleet Air John Franklin Kimbel Dee William Pettigrew, Jr. Wing Fifteen, and commanding officer, Erwin Howard Kleist Jack Murph Pollin naval air station, Port Lyautey. Dallas Loyd Knoll, Jr. Robert Paul Reagan The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ Jean Belair LaMarre Robert Warren Samuel pore. Without objection, the nomina­ Bryan Henry Leeper Dorsey Daniel Schaper tion is confirmed. Kermit Orvill Lindell Ralph Anthony Sciolla Alexander Morton Maish Norman Cornelius Shepard, Jr. THE MARINE CORPS Arthur Roy Marshall William Madison Shirey The legislative clerk proceeded to read Howard Charles Metzler Harold Blackwood Sloan sundry nomimrtions in the Marine Corps. Franklin Boyd Moon Robert Alexander Smith Arthur Derry Nelson Winfield Scott Solomon 3d Mr. BARKLEY. I ask that the nomi­ Robert Tharp Nixon John Case Trimmer nations in the Marine Corps be con­ Edwin Thomas O'Donnell Anthony Jack Vitullo firmed en bloc. Robert Boyd Robinson · Alvin Miles Wald The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ Robert Morris Rodden Richard Samuel Ware, Jr. pore. Without objection, the nomina­ Beverly Carradine Snow, Jr. · Mason James Young, Jr . . William Frederic Spalding tions are confirmed en bloc. Charles Lowndes Steel, Jr. COAST ARTILLERY CORPS Mr. BARKLEY. I ask that the Presi­ Otto William Steinhardt James Bradshaw Adamson dent be immediately notified of all nomi­ John James Tkacik Leslie Edwards Babcock, Jr. nations confirmed today. William Milner Wallace, Jr. DeRosey Carroll Cabell, Jr. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ Alan Evans Weston Leslie Griffin Callahan, Jr. pore. Without objection, the President James Todd White, Jr. Robert Mitchell Cowherd Edward Basilio DiNapoli, Jr. will be notified forthwith. SIGNAL CORPS Edward Johnson Dravo That completes the Executive Calen­ Oliver George Becker George Harold Farne dar. Lawrence F'rank CiSzewski Grey Fitzpatrick RECESS TO MONDAY Howard Kaplan John William Gaffney. Mr. BARKLEY. As in legislative ses­ Vernon Everett Robbins Robin Schofield Kendall James Franklin Scoggin, Jr. Mark Joseph Klein sion, I move that the Senate take ·a re­ Donald Foster Thompson Henry Caleb Lindsey cess until 12 o'clock noon on Monday John Francis Mangan next. CAVALRY John Francis Xavier McArdle The motion was agreed to; and (at 1 Frank Errette Cash, Jr. William Thomas Miller o'clock and 35 minutes) the Senate took Richard Mansur Cowherd Robert Stephen Mills a recess until Monday, May 29, 1944, at Alva J. Forsythe George Steve Pappas 12 o'clock meridian. John Stapleton Howland John Thornton Peterson Edward Worthington Samuell, Jr. Robert Gist Pickens Stephen Harrison Smith Robert Kelly Routh NOMINATIONS FIELD ARTILLERY Robert Nicholas Rudelle Executive nominations received by the Bruton Burke Schardt Wendell Glen Allison Robert Francis Shannon Senate May 25 (legislative day of May 9), Roald Max Andresen John Mills Simmons 1944: James Tuttle Bartley Leonard Henderson Sims, Jr. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION James Thomas Blandford, Jr. William Benjamin Tuttle, Jr. George Bellinger Brown, Jr. Leland Olds, of New York, to be a member James Wesley Weathers, Jr. Harry Archer Buzzett Grady Olan White of the Federal Power Commission for the Jelks Henry Cabaniss, Jr. term expiring June 22, 1949. (Reappoint­ James Boniface Campbell INFANTRY ment.) Edward Charles Christl, Jr." Edwin Moriel Aldrich APPOINTMENTS IN THE REGULAR ARMY Joseph Frederick Hughes Cutrona Peter Williams Almquist The following-named cadets, United States Clarence Wilfred Cyr Theodore John Altier Military Academy, who are scheduled for Eugene Alex Dabrowski Raymond Adelbert Auringer, Jr. graduation on June·a, 1944, for appointment Robert Clinton Dart Frederick Harry Black, Jr. in the Regular Army of the United States, Harold Griswold DeArment George Samuel Blanchard, Jr. under the provisions of sections 23 and 24e Dale Denman, Jr. Pierre Bontecou of the National Defense Act, as amended: John Benedict Desmond Wilson Norton Boyles, Jr. Wilfred LaVern Dondanvllle John Bernard Brady To be second lieutenants with rank from James Wilkie Dunham Dean Michael Bressler June 6, 1944 Thomas Francis Flynn, Jr. Harry Grandy Brickhouse, Jr. CORPS OF ENGINEERS Henry Minton Francis John Wesley Brown, Jr. Henry Spiese Aurand, Jr. Douglas Warren Gallez Henry Hastings Burnett Joseph Philip Barnes Robert Neville Ginsburgh William Edward Burr 2d Albert Lambert Bethel Henry Augustus Grace John Wisdom Carley John Pierre Bradley Fielding Lewis Greaves Doniphan Carter Albert Quincy Brooks John Louis Grimmeison Randolph Jefferson Cary Jack Brown Bruno Donald Alfred Gruenther Duncan Dixon Clore Jerry George Capka Douglas Lee Harris Warren Sanderson Conlon John Henry Carlson Walter Rawlins.Harris James Maguire Connell John Goold Cleveland George Robert Hayman, Jr. Francis Allyn Cooch 3d Robert Bruce Codling John Livermore Hazen, Jr. Robert Charles Daly Robert Warren Conant Saul Aaron Jackson Charles David Daniel Kenneth Banks Cooper Wilbur Leonard Kahn · Chalmer Lee Deeter, Jr. John Holloway Cushman Leo Douglas Kinnard Andrew James DeGraff Albert Guy Dancy Archer Lynn Lerch, Jr. Armond DiSilvio Charles Junior Davis Rodney Walter Lindell John Willson Donaldson Robert Sherwood Day Dennis Philip McAuliffe James Shepard Douglas Edwin Radford Decker Alfred Mudge McCoy, Jr. Robert Evans Drake Keith Edward Eiler Thomas Joseph McGuire, Jr. Oscar Eugene Duttweiler, Jr. Richard Erlenkotter Gerald St. Claire Mickle, Jr. John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower Franklin Oliver Fo1·tho1fer Thomas Edward Moore, Jr. J Paul Caspar Emley 4988 CONGRESSIONAL RECO.RD-SENATE MAY 25 William Francis Enos QUARTERMASTER CORPS William Harry Goes John Robert Flynn Lorin Russell Klingle Nabla Franklin Greenhill, Jr. Edgar Willis Gregory 2d Nicholas Anthony Fuller CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICB James Bascom Giles, Jr. Paul James Hamm Abraham Merton Glass William Bell 3d William Robert Hammond Raymond Lee Gordon, Jr. · Alexander Carver Bridewell, Jr. John Warren Hanley Philip Schuyler Grant John Tyler Elliott Glen Roger Hempleman­ Leslie Harrison Halstead ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT Frank David Henderson, Jr. William Justus Henderson Arthur Linton Handley, Jr. E. Paul Anderson Wilson Clark Harper Leslie H. Hendrickson, Jr. Charles Roscoe Howland Bootz Francis Benedict Hennessy Harold Ira Hayward Lindley Corydon Ellis .John Joseph Hennessey Sam Dowty Hesse Hiram Baldwin. Ely, Jr. Leo Hinkey Edward Heacock ·Hibbard Alfe Levando Francis Erickson Ralph Carl Hollstein George Earl Hoffman, Jr. Charles Francis Frotk Harlan Ware Holden, Jr. Louis William Howe Gerald Dean Hall Robert Henry Hurst Thomas Byron. Hoxie Robert Odell Harper William Johnston Humma Arthur Siegmar Hyman Gerson Kirkland Heiss, Jr. Leverett Norton Jenks Robert Dorrance Ingalls, Jr. Charles Spurgeon Johnson, Jr. Roy Albert Hoffttlan George Lyman Ingersoll Henry Sweet Jones, Jr. Joseph Wesley Losch Quitman Bellinger Jackson, Jr. William Charles Jones 3d William John Nelson Raymond Janeczek Frederick John-Keifer, Jr. Joseph Carlton Petrone, Jr. John Nettleton Johnson 3d William Clark Kennedy Am CORPS Louis Verne Jones, Jr. Henry Paul Kutchinski, Jr. Robert Louis Algermissen Paul Jones, Jr. Thomas Edward Lawrence Carl Bayard Anderson, Jr. Charles Jay Keathley J ames Richard Lynch Winston Paine Andel"son John Peyton Kincaid Donald Gribble MacWilliams Randolph Hutchinson Andrews John Creighton King Frank Cadle Mahin, Jr, Luther Erwin Armstrong, Jr. John Oscar Lamp 'thomas Owen Mahon Robert Hawkins Armstrong Daniel Pryor ~ee Simon Seelig ·Marks Noel Degner Austin John Travis Lisenby, Jr. Willard Ainsworth Marks Roy Andrew Bahls Thomas James Lynn Max Lawrence Marshall William Albert Baker Thomas Edmund Mahoney, Jr. Charles Co1eman Martin, Jr. James Ross Bandy, Jr. George Emmett Maxon, Jr. Robert Taylor Martin Lloyd Barnett, Jr. · Martin Everett McCoy, Jr. Alfred St ewart McCorkle, Jr. Theodore John- Bartz John Octavius McElvey 2d Bernard Edward McKeever, Jr. Henry Shaw Beukema William Claude McGlothlin, Jr. James Thomas Milam Arthur Peter Bick, Jr. Arthur Joseph McLean Edgar Norman Millington William Lane Bingham John Richard McPherson Clarence Andrew Mitchell, Jr. David Blalte ' Francis Ellis Merritt, ·Jr. Cornelius John Molloy, Jr. John Boning Malcolm Pitzer Mickelwait F rank Edward Moore, Jr. Heath Bottomly . William Henry Milnor, Wallace James Moulis Harold Knight Boutwell Odie David Minatra, Jr. Steve Watson Mulkey, Jr. William Francis Bradley Evarice Camile Mire, Jr. Maxwell Cole Murphy, Jr. Paul Bradshaw, Jr. James Gregory l\!onihan Jr. Michael Edward Nicoletti Robert Paul Bright John Peter Mom;e ' George Buford Norman Robert Graham Brotherton John Tardy Moore, Jr. Charles Byers Nye George Andrew Brown Wallace Daniel Moore Alan Lyon Partridge Robert Henrik Brundin Robert Eugene Morrison Richard King Patch William Robert Buckley, Jr. Robert Amos Mortland James J oseph Patterson Hugh Robert Burns, Jr. Hollis LeRoy Muller, Jr. Oliver Beirne Patton Gordon Emmons Burrell Charles Harris Mullin Carl Leroy Peterson, Jr. John Davis Calhoun Edward Conley Murphy Paul Washington Phillips Eugene Francis Callaghan Gerard Francis Murphy Thomas Oakley Phillips, Jr. Robert Brown <::allan Casimir Myslinski George Edward Pickett 4th William Sidney Chandler Ivan Windingland Nealon John Ch ristopher Pile William Edward Charlson James Richard Nelson Kern Ph illips Pitts Geoffrey Cheadle Marshall Emerson Nolan Howard Wade Richards Lawrence Locke Clayton, Jr. Lewis Sheppard Norman, Jr. Dixon Carle Rogers Clifford Dlxon Coble Aloysius Arthur Norton Harry Lovejoy Rogers 3d John William Combs James Harvey O'Connor Robert Warren Selton William Taylor Courtney Duncan Palmer J oser h Richards Shelton, Jr. James Oliver Cowee Munson Hackett Pardee David Lin t on Silver, Jr. Richard Lawrence Creed, Jr. William Earl Peugh Fredericl.: Adair Smith, Jr. Ilean Garland Crowell Frederick Brenton Porter, Jr. Walt er Hugh Snelling James Richard Cumberpatch Val Edward Prahl Bruce Ingle St aser Andrew Joseph Cupper Lloyd Randolph Pugh, Jr, James Harvye Stewart Charles Harold Czapar Thomas Ben Ragland, Jr. William McGregor Stowell George Arthur Davis, Jr. Owen Thornton Reeves Robert Homer Strecker Bruce Keeley Deakin Ralph Leach Rhodes John Stephen Sullivan, Jr. Lyall Davies de la Mater, Jr. Robert Stafford Rivers Thomas McKee Tarpley Richard Llewellyn Dennen John Nicholas Robinson, Jr. William, Neely Todd 3d James Albert Downs, Jr. R::Jbert Louis Royem, Jr. Philip Barrett Toon Ray Aloysius Dunn, Jr. Lester LeRoy Salzer Donald Edgerton Tripp Alan Clifford Edmunds Charles William Sampson Corbie Ralph Truman Harold Robert Emerson John Sanders Larkin S~ith Tully Robert William Faas Corydon Fargo Schellenger George Albert Tuttle William Herman Fairbrother Robert Carey Sellers, Jr. Luther Daniel .Wallis, Jr. Stephen Adam Farris, Jr. Robert Milton Shoemaker Frank Edward Walton, Jr. David Edwards Fitton, Jr. Carleton Paul Smith, Jr. George Elmer Wear Richard Bernard Fowler Drew Merritt Smith John Th omas Wells 3d \Villiam Charles Fullilove · Foster Lee Smith Robert Rogers Wessels Louis George Gamble Bernard Sohn William Blackburn White 4th Theodore Hess Geltz Edward Schuyler Stahl Harold Lan gford Wilhite Fr€derick William Gerhard, Jr. Eugene Qulrn St~ffes, Jr. Candler Asbury Wi?kinson, Jr. James Cruden Gerhard William Elbert Steger Claren ce Emanuel Wolfinger, Jr. Frederick Banks Gervais John Clarence St~vens Andrew Woloszyn John Russell Geyer William Randolph Sullivan David Perry Wood Jr. Channing Wallace Gilson John Leon Susott · David Zi.llmer ' Gregg F. Glick George Van Swearingen 1944 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 4989 Howard Hamlet Symons NORTH DAKOTA GEORGIA Howard Nelson Tanner, Jr. Gladys S. Dunn, Center, N. Oak., in place Viola Browning, Arco. Pierre Anthony Tisdale of S. J. Dunn, resigned. Thomas C. Conley, Blairsville. Robert Chest-er Tompkins Leon M. Bleckley, Clayton. Donald Charles Vogler OKLAHOMA William Henry Walters Estella C. Lacy, Kingston, Okla. Office be­ IDAHO Joseph Raymond Waterman came Presidential July 1, 1$43. Betty G. More, Bayview. John Gordon Weir PENNSYLVANIA Joh n Martin Werner, Jr. ILLINOIS Edward A. Schoeffel, Evans City, Pa., in Michael .C. Appleman, Atkinson. Carlyle Fairfax Whiting place of C. R. Wahl, resigned. Will'iam Edward Wightman Walter H. Powers, Cambridge. Robert Stanley Davis, Kimberton, Pa. Of­ Valentin W. Streit, Eola. John Gordon Williams, Jr. fice became Presidential July 1, 1943. Louis Andrew Wilson. Jr. Walter J. Holt, Hanna City. Dorothea B. Wright, Morton, Pa., in place Percy E. Bail, St. Elmo. Melville Brooke Withers of G. G. Makens, resigned. Graham Castel Woodlaw Joseph B. Casassa, Spring Valley. SOUTH CAROLINA Robert Charles Zott .INDIANA IN THE MARINE CORPS William B. Gillespie, Effingham, S. C. Of­ fice became Presidential July 1, 1943. Harry W. Ohming, Michigan City. The following-named midshipmen to be Elsie E. Mitchell,. Sweetsers. second lieutenants in the Marine Corps from SOUTH DAKOTA James L. Wall, Winchester. Jane Dunn, Elkton, S. Oak., 1n pl~e of the 7th day of June 1944, in lieu of appoint­ KANSAS ment as ensign in the Navy as previously J. E. Dunn, deceased. Sarah Zoe Alley, Derby. nominated and con{lrmed: VIRGINIA William L. McCulloch Thomas J. McCarthy, Lansing. William W. Argabrite, Blacksburg, Va., ln Dorothy E. Stewart, Nashville. Robert J. McDevitt place of J. H. Woolwine, retired. Sumner A. Vale Hudson 0. Turner, PortiS. WISCONSIN Iona F. Helmke, Zenda. POSTMASTERS Norman L. Adams, Hancock, Wis., in place MISSOURI The following-named personS to be post­ of R. E. Caves, transferred. masters: Edna J. Donaldson, Diamond. Grace A. Johnson, Merrimack, Wis. Office James P. Payne, Gilliam. ARKANSAS became Presidential July 1, 1943. Ernest A. Hisle, Miami. James J. Sharum, Walnut Ridge, Ark., in Albert R. White, Nelson. place of C. C. Snapp. Incumbent's commis­ CONFffiMATIONS' Lou A. Kaylor, Shelbyv1lle. sion expired June 23, 1942. Maude Dahl, Tipton. CALIFORNIA Executive nominations confirmed by NEBRASKA • the Senate May 25