1942 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 6853 livery of the goods that we may win this during the present war, and for other pur­ By Mr. HOFFMAN: war. · poses. H. Res. 534. Resolution to appoint a com­ Paul's second point was: "Forgetting ADJOURNMENT mittee to investigate alleged improper con­ duct; to the Committee on Rules. those things which are behind"; and at Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. Speaker, I move this time I think it is one of the most that the House do now adjourn. important of all to civilians on the home The motion was agreed to; accordingly PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS front. Now is no time to wa.s~e hours (at 1 o'clock and 21 minutes p. m.) the Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private and energy going br,ck, the result of House, pursuant to its order previously bills and resolutions were introduced and which would only be helpful to our entered, adjourned until Monday, August severally referred as follows: enemies in dividing and conquering. 17, 1942, at 12 o'clock noon. By Mr. OSMERS: Those differences of opinion went down H. R. 7486. A bill for the relief of Asmus at Pearl Harbor, and rightly so. Let us C. Erichsen; to the Committee on Claims. keep them down. Concessions must be EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. H. R. 7487. A bill for the relief of the legal made by all, and thl subject must be Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, executive guardian of Edward Polak, a minor; to the dropped if we are to remain a united Committee on Claims. communications were taken from the By Mr. VORYS of Ohio: people and exart our best to win this Speaker's table and referred as follows: damnable war, in the shortest possible H. R. 7488. A bill for the relief of Lafay­ 1852. A letter from the Reconstruction ette Gibson; to the Committee on Claims. time and with the least sacrifice of lives, Finance Corporation, Charles B. Henderson, money, and suffering. Napoleon's great chairman, transmitting reports for the PETITIONS, ETC. achievements were accredited in part to months of October 1941 to June 1942, inclu­ the fact that he lost no time brooding sive, which are submitted as provided by law; Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions over mistakes already made, and there­ to the Committee on Banking and Currency. and :c,apers were laid on the Clerk's desk fore about which he could do nothing, 1853. A letter from the Chairman, Recon­ and referred as follows: struction Finance Corporation, transmitting He was said to have analyzed the situa­ 3292. By Mr. ANGELL: Petition o! Mrs. tion to be sure he would never make that a report covering operations of the Recon­ struction Finance Corporation, for the fourth B. A. Purcell and others, from Klamath Falls, mistake again, and then to have dis­ quarter of 1941 and for the period from the Oreg._urging the adoption of Senate bill 860; carded the whole matter forever. organization of the Corporation on February to the Committee on the Judiciary. The third part of Paul's statement was: 2, 1932, to December 31, 1941, inclusive (H. 3293. By Mr. BULWINKLE: Petition of "Reaching forth unto those things which Doc. No. 830); to the Committee on Banking Mrs. J. H. White and others in the town are before." This would be of great help and Currency and ordered to be printed. of Marshall and Madison County, petitioning 1854. A letter from the Chairman, Recon· passage of Senate bill 86C and House bills in expediting our victory, if we could look 4.000 aml 6785; to the Committee O!l Mili­ straight to the mark and never take our struction Finance Corporation, transmitting P report covering operations of the Recon­ tary Att :> ~rs. eye off it. Every worker has a production struction Finance Corporation for the third 3294. By Mr. TREADWAY: Resolution o! goal ahead of him, whether he be a farm quarter of 1941, and for the period from the the Department of Massachusetts, Veterans of worker, factory worker, or legislator. organization of the Corporation on Febru­ Foreign Wars of the Unitd States, urging The farmer and the factory worker have ary 2, 1932, to September 30, 1941, inclusive that members of the armed forces, traveling accepted their challenge and your Con­ (H. Doc. No. 831); to the Committee on on furlough tickets, be accorded the privi· gress has accepted its respor.sibEity for Banking and Currency and ordered to be lege of purchasing sleeping-car berths when printed. the same are available; to the Committee seeing that proper legislation is passed on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. in order to win this war and preserve 1855. A letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copies of legis­ our democracy at h0111e. We all hav ~ our lation passed by the -: 1:unicipal Council of separate parts to play, and even though St. Thomas and St. John, V. I.; to the Com­ your part may seem insignificant, it is an mittee on Insular Affairs. SENATE integral part of the whole war effort, and 1856. A letter from the Acting Secretary of must be played by someone. You can­ the Interior, transmitting copies of certain MoNDAY, AuGusT 17, 1942 not play two positions at the same time legislation passed by the Municipal Council of St. Croix, V.I.; to the Committee on Insular Rev. Daniel A. Poling, D. D., pastor, and play them well, so when you have Baptist Temple, Philadelphia, Pa., of­ selected your job, put everything you Affairs. 1857. A letter from the Acting Secretary of fered the following prayer: have into it to be sure it is not your part the Navy, transmitting a draft of a proposed that is holding up our victory parade. bill for the relief of Charles H. Koch; to the God of our Fathers, we thank Thee The last of Paul's statement is: "I press Committee on Claims. that Thou art our God, and that in spite toward the mark"; and herein is a chal­ of dungeon, fire, and sword, our Father's lenge to all of us. Let us press on with faith is alive in us. We would be true our very best efforts that this war will PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS to Thee. Vouchsafe unto us strength be brought to the earliest possible con­ Under clause 3 of rule XXII, public bills that we shall not falter, purpose that we clusion, at which time we can settle down and resolutions were introduced and shall not fail, courage to finish the work to the problem of rebuilding a better severally referred as follows: we are in, and wisdom to win the peace. world and a lasting peace. In us and in our time may our great free­ By Mr. BARDEN: dom, now an inheritance, become an EXTENSION OF REMARKS H. R. 7484. A bill to provide for the voca­ tional rehabilitation of individuals suffering achievement. Unimpaired and strength­ Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask from war-connected or other disabilities; to ened may we hand it on to our children, unanimous consent to include in my re­ the Committee on Education. to our children's children, and to all who marks the views of the War and Navy By Mr. HARTER: come after them. Departments as expressed in letters ad­ H. R. 7485. A bill to prohibit the establish­ We pray for our sons who on the land dressed to the Speaker of the House with ment of maximum prices, under the Emer­ and in the air, on the sea and beneath gency Price Control Act of 1942, in the case reference to the bill passed today. of certain commodities essential for war pur­ it, offer now their full measure of devo­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without poses: to the Committee on Banking and tion. God, our Father, shame us if in objection, it is so ordered. Currency. shop or office, in home or school, in There was no objection. By Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts: church or in chambers of government, ENROLLED BILL SIGNED H. R. 7489. A bill to proTide for rehabilita­ we forget their sacrifices, delay support tion in civil employment of persons disabled of them, and the more endanger their Mr. KIRWAN, from the Committee on in the active military service during the pres­ precious lives. Forgive us not if we for­ Enrolled Bills, reported that that com­ ent war, and for other purposes; to the Com­ get. mittee had examined and found truly en­ mittee on World War Veterans' Legislation. Pour out Thy spirit and wisdom upon rolled a bill of the House of the following By Mr. BLOOM: H. J. Res. 342. Joint resolution authorizing the President of the United States, and title, which was thereupon signed by the the execution of certain obligations under upon all those who above us and beneath· Speaker pro tempore: the treaties of 1903 and 1936 with Panama, Thy almighty hand direct the destinies of H. R. 7211. An act to facUitate the disposi­ and other commitments; to the Committee the Republic. Bless the honored presid· tion of prizes captured by the United States on Foreign Affairs. ing officer and Members of the Senate of 6854 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE AUGUST 17 the United States. Equally bless our military camps and naval establishments; hearted loyalty and allegiance to the Presi­ Allies, those free peoples who, however ordered to lie on the table. dent, to the Government of the United States for the moment enslaved and whatever PROHIBITION OF LIQUOR SALES AND SUP­ of America, and as loyal citi2.ens we hope and pray that this resolution be accepted in the tragedy of their present estate, offer PRESSION OF VICE AROUND MILITARY the same spirit and justice in which it was their utmost for the Highest. CAMP8-PETITION drawn. Judge of the nations, while our passions Mr. GEORGE. Mr. President, I present POLISH NATIONAL A:t,LIANCE OF RHODE ISLAND, are unleashed against the evil might that and ask leave to have inserted in the REc­ JoHN M. SocHA, President. curses mankind and blights the world, ORD a petition signed by 1,625 ladies and , purge us from any hate of peoples that ADoLPH M. GRUDZINSKI, 44 men in the State of Georgia, asking Secretary. would poison the victory and spoil the for the protection of our armed forces peace. We ask for ourselves no good we from intoxicants and vices generally. i REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE would not-share and no triumph we can­ request that the petition be printed in the Mr. BYRD, from the Committee on not equally divide. REcORD, omitting the names, of course, Finance, to which was referred the bm Minister to those who suffer in battle, and that it be appropriately referred. (H. R. 6f82) to suspend, in part, the rest the souls of those who die, comfort There being no objection, the petition processing tax 01: coconut oil, reported it those who are bereft, bind up the Nation's was ordered to lie on the table and to be with an amendment and submitted a wounds, and grant peace in our · time printed in the RECORD without the signa­ report major concern on tary Affairs. Navy, reporting, in detail, all cases of certifi­ the part of those in authority to keep up the By Mr. MEAD: cates of rlillief issued during the fiscal year morale of our fi-ghting men, and morale is S. J. Res. 159. Joint resolution authorizing 1942 in favor of Navy disbursing officers in spiritual and innate rather than material and the President of the United States to pro­ pursuance of the act of July 11, 1919 (31 U. S. artificial; claim October 11 of each year General Pu­ Code, sec. 105) (with an accompanying pa­ Therefore we the undersigned mothers and laski's Memorial Day: for the observance and per); to the Committee on Naval Affairs. other women of America do earnestly peti­ commemoration of the death of Brig. Gen. OPERATIONS OF CHAmMAN OF WAR PRoDUCTION tion the Members of Congress to remove this Casimir Pulaski; to the Committee on the BOARD-DIRJ!.'""CTORS OF SMALLER WAR PLANTS temptation by reenacting for the duration of Judiciary. CORPORATION this war legislation similar to that which pro­ tected our soldiers in the first World War. THE YOUTH OF GENERAL GREENE­ A letter from the Vice Chairman of ·the ADDRESS BY SENATOR GREEN War Production Board, reporting, pursuant to RESOLUTION OF 'nfE POLISH ALLIANCE section 5 of Public Law 603, Seventy-seventh OF RHODE ISLAND-AID FOR THE [Mr. THOMAS of Utah asked and obtained Congress, upon the operations of the Chair­ POLES leave to have printed in the RECORD an ad­ man of the War Production Board under that dress entitled "The Youth of General Greene" act; to the Committee on Banking and Cur­ Mr. GREEN presented a resolution delivered by Senator GREEN at Providence, rency. adopted by the Polish National Alliance R. I., August 7, 1942, on the occasion of the of Rhode Island, which was referred to celebration of the two hundredth anniver­ PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS the Committee on Foreign Relations and sary of the birth of General Greene, which appears in the Appendix.) Petitions, etc., were laid before the ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as Senate, or presented, and referred as follows: IMPORTANCE OF THE INTERIM ELEC­ indicated: - Whereas we Americans of Polish extraction TION-EXCERPTS FROM ADDRESS BY By the VICE PRESIDENT: recognize that Poland, the land of our fore­ SENATOR KILGORE Letters in the nature of memorials from fathers, has been brutally and mercilessly [Mr. ROSIER asked and obtained leave to sundry citizens and business firms and cor­ attacked by the military might of Germany have printed in the RECORD excerpts from a porations of Dallas and Houston, Tex., remon­ without declaration.of war; and radio address by Senator KILGORE at Charles­ strating against the enactment of the bill Whereas German occupation authorities ton, W.Va., on AugustS, 1942, which appear (H. H. 7304) prohibiting the paymt.nt of con­ have shot or hanged 400,000 persons in their in the Appendix_] tingent fees for servl.ces in connection with ruthless campaign intend~d to wipe out Pol­ ADDRESS BY SENATOR HERRING AT the procurement of Government contracts, ish life and crush the last shred of resistance requiring certain warranties in Government to the Nazi regime; and IOWA STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVEN­ contracts, and for other purposes; to the Whereas these PoleS in their own country TION, DES MOINES, IOWA Committee on Naval Affairs. are absolutely helpless, therefore, we hereby [Mr. BARKLEY asked and obtained leave By Mr. C.t 'PPER: appeal to you to use your good office to give to ' have printed in the RECORD an address A petition of sundry citizens of Jewell, these victims of the German brutality some delivered by Senator HERRING at the Iowa Kans., praying for the enactment of Senate possible aid and assistance: Be it State Democratic Conv-ention, at Des Moines, bill 860, to prohibit the sale of alcoholic Resolved, in conclusion, That we all present Iowa, July 10, 1942, which appears in the liquor and to suppress vice in the vicinity of here hereby swear and reaffirm our whole- Appendix] 1942 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 6855 INCREASED EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH THE COMING ELECTION IN ILLINOI8-EDI­ the provision. One was that the services re­ .• LEGISLATION AND EXECUTIVE OR­ TORIAL FROM THE CHICAGO SUN quire time to investigate the validity of the ~ DER8-ADDRESS BY SENATOR THOMAS [Mr. LUCAS asked and obtained leave to claimants, although no investigation is re­ OF UTAH have printed in the Appendix an editorial quired in assignments to wives and children, entitled "Mr. Kelly Clears the Air," published who will be the majority of those eligible. [Mr. THOMAS of Oklahoma asked and ob­ Another excuse was that it would take time tained leave to have printed in the RECORD in the Chicago (Til.) Sun of August 14, 1942, which appears in the Appendix.] to establish bockkeeping methods and a sys­ an address entitled "Increased Effectiveness tem of records, but no explanation was of­ Through Legislation and Executive Orders" ATTACKS ON MEMBERS OF CONGRESS-­ fered why the checks could not be issued delivered by Senator THOMAS of Utah before progressively as cases were verified and en­ the Society for the Advancement of Man­ FREEDOM OF THE PRESS-THE CHiCA­ GO TRIBUNE tered on the rolls. agement's conference on Better Managerpent The simple fal'!t is that the New Deal ma­ in Wartime Government, August 13, 1942, at Mr. GUFFEY. Mr. President, with the jorjty in Congress wrote in the November 1 Washington, D. C., which appears in the permission of my colleagues, I asJ-: leave Appendix.) · payment provision in order to send millions to extend to the Chicago Tribune an op­ of voters to the pol!s in a grateful frame of PERFORMANCE OF AMERICAN FIGHTING portunity to apologize to its subscribers. mind, thinking of the beneficence of their PLANES IN ACTION -sTATEMENT BY and to its public for an editorial recently representatives in Washington. It is sig­ LT.GEN. HENRYH.ARNOLD published entitled "Anything fOP Votes." nificant that during all the discussion of the bill only Representative RoBSION of Ken­ [Mr. HAYDEN asked and obtained leave Starting with the sum total of nothing, tucky, a Republican, challenged the provi­ to have printed in the RECORD a statement the editorial continued uatil it reached sion and that now Senator VANDENBERG, an­ to the press by Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, subzero in incorrect information. The other Republican should seek to repeal it. commanding general, Army Air Forces, on mastermind writing the editorial at­ The '::3enator states that he did not know the August 15, 1942, relative to the performance tempted to accuse the New Deal of "play­ provision was in the law until just now. The of American fighting planes in action, which ing politics with human need" in the bill new dealers knew it was there, alright. Tbey appears in the Appendix.) making payment of subsistence allow­ put it there. BETTS AGAINST BRADY-EDITORIALS ances to dependents of servicemer... Mr. GUFFEY. Mr. President, the edi­ FROM ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH This supercilious effort of journalism, torial attack by the Tribune is unsub­ [Mr. NORRIS asked and obtained leave to were it characteristic of the fourth es­ stantiated by fact, uncalled for, and un­ have printed in the RECORD two editorials tate, as definitely it is not, would estab­ worthy. Coupled with others of its lilm from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of June 16, lish a . vanishing point in sane thinking. from the isolationist press it justifies the 1942, and August 10, 1942, l'egarding the de­ The editorial attempted to indict the deep resentment held by the American cision of the Supreme Court in the case of New Deal fc.r enacting legislation pro­ Betts v. Brady which appear in the Appendix.j people against such editorial opinions viding political advantage to the admin­ directed at the Congress. I now wish to SENATOR GUFFEY-ARTICLE FROM THE istration in a national matter. The Trib­ read the letter written to the editor of SCRANTON (PA.) TIMES une was attempting to charge the ad­ the Chicago Tribune by the senior Sena­ [Mr. GREEN asked and obtained leave to ministration with the prostitution of tor from Utah [Mr. THOMASJ. It is as have printed in the RECORD an article by public prestige in the enactment of a follows: Harold W. Ward, published in the Scranton public policy. UNITED STATES SENATE, (Pa.) Times of July 11, 1942, dealing with It places a stigma upon the editorial August 14, 1942. Senator GUFFEY, of Pennsylvania, which ap­ policy of that paper, and besmirches its The EDITOR, . pears in the Appendix.) fourth estate heritage. The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill. The editorial attempts a pinnacle of MY DEAR Sm: Restraint is necessary in re­ INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL AND SYNTHETIC plying to the editorial appearing recently in RUBBER-STATEMENT BY DR. EARL N. pernicious, political propaganda wi1ich the Chicago Tribune entitled "Anything for BRESSMAN would be envied by a Goebbe:s, and Votes." This had reference to the soldiers• [Mr. HERRING asked and obtained leave which, in my estimation, reaches a new family allowance bill which makes payment to have printed in the RECORD a statement by. low in intellectual impoverishment. To of subsistence allowances to dependents of Dr. Earl N. Bressman, Director, Agricultural seriously accuse the administration of servicemen. Division, Office of the Coordinator of Inter­ such low political propaganda destroys . Through no connivance of the Congress. American Affairs, before a subcommittee of the last vestige of sincerity and integrity the fact that these payments were tq fall due the Senate Committee on Agriculture and and a pretense of correct reporting. on November 1, a day before election, per­ Forestry investigating industrial alcohol and The very able and brilliant senior Sen­ mitted the Tribune in a moment of extreme synthetic rubber, on June 5, 1942, which partisan politics to state in an editorial under appears in the Appendix.) ator from Utah LMr. THoMAs], has emas­ the title "Anything for Votes" that "this is culated the alleged arguments or state­ one of the rawest examples of playing politics TRIBUTE TO ELMER J. HOLLAND BY THE ments of the Tribune in a letter written with human need that even the New Deal NEW YORK POST to the editor of that journal, so exalted has followed." [Mr. GUFFEY asked and o:)tained leave to in its. own estimation. Though it is generally agreed that politics have printed in the RECORD an editorial from In my humble opinion, the Tribune has been adjourned and that the common the New York Post of August 15, 1942, en­ should write an editorial confessing er­ enemr is Germany, Italy, and Japan, the Trib­ titled "Five Star Congressman," which ap­ une in this editorial is attempting to arouse pears in the Appendix.) ror, and apologize for this attempt to public indignation purely from a political undermine or castigate Congress and the standpoint over a condition which does not A'ITEMPTED PURGE OF ISOLATIONISTS administration. exist. [Mr. DANAHER asked and obtained leave I ask that the editorial to which I have The discussion in the Senate on July 30, to have printed in the RECORD editorials been referring be printed in the RECORD. 1942, and August 10, 1942, participated in by :published in the Hartford (Conn.) Courant The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob­ Senators ARTHUR VANDENBERG, of Michigan; and The Day, of New London, Conn., dealing ELEERT D. THOMAS, of Utah; BENNETT C. jection? CLARK, of Missouri; ScoTT W. LucAs, of Illi­ with attempted purge of isolationists, which appear in the Appendix.] There being no objection, the editorial nois, and others clearly shows that the date was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, "November 1" was placed in the bill at the BRYANT COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT AD­ as folJows: request of the War Department and no po­ DRESS BY HON. FRANCIS B. SAYRE litical significance can be attached to that ANYTHING FOR VOTES date. In the letter of the Secretary of War, [Mr. GREEN asked and obtained leave to Senator VANDENBERG is demanding repeal Stimson, dated August 7, 1942, to the Senate have printed in the RECORD the commence­ of a provision carefully tucked away in the Committee on Military Affairs: ment address delivered at Bryant College, soldiers' family allowance bill which holds up "The War Department is in favor of com­ Providence, R.I., August 7, 1942, by the Hon:. payment of subsistence allowances to de­ mencing payment of family allowances at the arable Francis B. Sayi·e, which appears in pendents of service men until November 1- earliest practicable date, but the Department the Appendix.] 2 days before the general election. At that is firmly of the opinion that November 1, 1942, time subsistence payments which will have WHAT'S WRONG WITH POLITICS-EDI­ is the earliest practicable date upon which . bee!' accumulating for 5 months since the payments can reasonably commence." TORIAL BY FRANK C. WALDROP passage of the bill are to be released in a lump Quoting from page 6793 of the CoNGRES­ [Mr. CAPPER asked and obtained leave to to all eligible dependents. SioNAL RECORD of August 10, 1942, Senator have printed in the RECORD an editorial from This is one of the rawest examples of play­ VANDENBERG in the discussion on this subject the Washington Times-Herald of August 14, ing politics with human need that even the said: 1942, entitled "What's Wrong With Politics?" New Deal has fathered. Numerous specious "From the record and from the hearings it which appears in the Appendix.) I excuses have been made for the insertion of is perfectly clear that Congress had nothing 6856 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-S~NATE AUGUST 17 whatever to do with the selection of the No­ WHEN YOU SID!AR CONGlll!'SS YOU SMEAR during the next 6 years to come. Oliver vember 1 date except to register it after the DEMOCRACY Goldsmith once said: War Department had said, 'That is the earliest A despicable anQ unwarranted attempt has CHINA Those who want that system to perish do not millions of other people in this country, Mr. THOMAS of Utah. Mr. President, belong in America. hope that Senator GEORGE NORRIS, re­ on the 29th of this month it will be The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob­ gardless of his age, will soon announce 100 years since the unjust treaty, after jection to the request of the Senator that he is a candidate for reelection. the Opium War in China, was imposed from Pennsylvania? Everyone knows that our Nation is im­ upon the Chinese Government. With There being no objection, the editorial periled. We need the eyes of vision, the that imposition came to the Far East a was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, voice of experience, and a fiow of reason practice -which had grown up in the as follows; to help guide our legislative activities Near East known as extraterritoriality. 1942 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 6857 In 1844, 2 years after that, the United Mr. President, what I want to avoid is When laws and treaties are hanging by States negotiated a treaty with China this. We made promises to Turkey, and threads, morals furnish a wise base for known today as the Caleb Cushing we were going to withdraw capitulation action. Action on the basis of morals treaty, and in that treaty the United rights in Turkey, but it took a revolution only probably would be revolutionary in Btates obtained the same rights which to accomplish it. The Turks drove us out. international relations; but certainly at England had gained in China as the re­ The strength of Japan was asserted in this time, at the culmination of a World sult of war. her country. and we withdrew from War which has come into existence after For 100 years China has not been in a Japan. twenty-odd years of the three greatest position to invoke her own law against It seems to me that with the coming social, political, and economic revolutions the foreigners who live in her midst. In of the United States-and if I may speak the world has ever known, no one can call those 100 years a great number of of the "constitution" of the United Na­ a man radical if he suggests that a sister changes have taken place. Persons who tions-there is coming a new order in nation fighting shoulder to shoulder with have been students of affairs in the Far the world, if the United Nations mean his be treated on the basis of the funda­ East generally realize that the treaty giv­ anything. Surely India and China, who mentals of morality. The United Nations ing extraterritorial rights in China is one are fighting as Allies, and who were par­ ean bring about a united world of peace respecting which the United States ties to the United Nations agreement, only on that basis after the war has should hang its head, because it has not have gained the same type of status ended. done anything to rectify that inequality. which the Domini~ms in Great Britain ORDER DISPENSING WITH CALL OF THE We have always said we are ready tone­ gained when those Dominions were given CALENDAR gotiate, and that some day we will nego­ representation in the League of Nations, tiate, and the last promise made to China or the status which they gained by con­ The VICE PRESIDENT. Morning bus­ was that when peace is restored, through stitutional act when the statute of west­ iness is concluded. The calendar, under the process of negotiation these unequal minster was put in force after the last rule VIII, is in order. rights will be rectified, and the extrater­ war. Mr. BARKLEY. I ask unanimous con­ sent that the call of the calendar be 'ritorial privileges be withdrawn. I cannot conceive how India can be an Our Government, through its consti­ dispensed with. idly in all the word mean~ and yet be The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob­ tuted representative, and the British kept in her present position of inequality. jection? Without objection, it is so Government, have said as much. That I cannot conceive why we should wait ordered. promise must be kept. But what will we until peace comes to negotiate an extra­ Mr. THOMAS of Utah. Mr. President, have to negotiate when peace is restored, territorial agreement with China, when I wonder whether the Senator from Ken­ after the experiences China has been the Japanese have rushed us, and the tucky would object to a request to pro­ through in the last few years? Chinese with us, as well as the British, ceed with the consideration of one bill In 1934, after Japan's dastardly attack and practically all the extraterritorial on the calendar, a bill whose passage is upon Chapei in China, at a time when law, out of China at the present time. Of . most necessary. It is Calendar No. 1629, China needed some kind of encourage­ course, if the Axis Powers are successful Senate bill 2686. ment, I introduced in the Senate of the in this war, we will have no rights in · Mr. CLARK of Missouri. A parlia­ United States a very mild bill whic:Q China because we will have been deprived mentary inquiry. simply called for the use of Chinese law of them by an enemy, and they will have The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator in the United States Court of China. come to an end by enemy action. from Missouri will state it. That sounds like it might be a rather They have definitely come to an end Mr. CLARK of Missouri. Would com­ harsh and rather out of the ordin~ry bill, today as a result of war. Of course, at pliance with the request of the Senator but it is an extremely ordinary bill. be­ the present time, China has greater wor­ from Utah displacP the unfinished busi­ cause all the law dealing with real prop­ ries than the one over extraterritoriality ness? erty had to be Chinese law, for the law of and therefore. she is not pressing any real property could not be transmitted The VICE PRESIDENT. The 'Unfin­ point now, but that should not prevent ished business will automatically o~ in from the United States to China. At that us from doing a proper thing. order at 2 o'clock, but not before. time the Government of the Unit--d States Mr. President, I do not want to discuss felt we should do nothing, and no action Mr. CLARK of Missouri So compli-· all the angles in connection with extra­ ance with the request of the Senator was taken. The State Department made territorial rights in the Far East and an adverse report on the bill. But the from Utah would not displace the un­ capitulations in the Near East, or the finished business; is that correct? promise was made then that by the proc­ history, but I do want to present this ess of negotiation and adjustment these The VICE PRESIDENT. No; it would simple idea, and it seems to me a most not displace lt. unequal rights would be rectified. timely one. Certainly as a war measure, In the history of getting rid of extra­ Is there objection to the request of the the United States and Great Britain Senator· from Utah? territorial rights, th~ West has an un­ should say to China that they renounce enviable position. It was assumed that their extraterritorial rights. By -so doing Mr. McNARY. Mr. President, I know we were going to give up capitulations, China will stand in her full dignity as an nothing about the bill except that, like which was the name extraterritorial independent nation in the sisterhood of others, it is on the calendar and, so far rights in Turkey was given. the United Nations. I know of no better as I know, should take its place as the Mr. NORRIS. Mr. President, will the time to do that than on August 29, 1942, others must, with the knowledge that Senator yield? 100 years after the imposition of the some day we shall reach the bills on the Mr. THOMAS of Utah. I yield. Opium War Treaty. calendar. In the absence of an explana­ Mr. NORRIS. I wonder if the Senator As for India, there is but one question, tion taking the bill out of the category from Utah has the report made by the and that is whether India shall work out of other bills which are on the calendar, Secretary of State on his bill, and if he her troublesome internal problem by I shall object, of course. has it, will he incorporate it in the RECORD herself because she has been promised Mr. THOMAS of Utah. Mr. President, as a part of his remarks? I think it freedom after the war, or whether she if we are assured that the calendar will would be interesting if we could see what shall work it out in cooperation with the soon be called, I shall have no objection objections the Secretary of State had in country which has been her exploiter. to having the bill go over. opposing the kind of measure the Sen­ One of the two things must be done. Mr. McNARY. It is not at all a ques­ ator has mentioned. Judging from the history of revolutions, tion of having objection. Mr. THOMAS of Utah. I imagine the judging from the success of the home­ Mr. THOMAS of Utah. I withdraw report is in the files of the Foreign Rela­ rule movement in India in the last 25 the words "I shall have no objection." I tions Committee, and if I can obtain it years, we know that ultimately nothing happen to come from a section of the I will be glad to insert it in the RECORD. can put off the independence of India. country where sometimes we do not talk I remember this much about the report. It seems to me, Mr. President, that it is in parliamentary language. However, let The State Department felt that it was time for the United Nations, who say me say that there happens to be on the making progress in regard to negotiations that they are fighting for the right, to calendar a bill whose prompt considera­ over Chinese affairs, and because of the settle some of these international or tion is highly desirable. We thought that very complex situation we should be sat­ inter-United Nations questions on the last Friday would be a calendar day, but isfied with that progress. basis of ethics and moral right. the Senator from Kentucky made the 6858 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE AUGUST 17 usual motion and the calling of the cal­ been reported from the Committee on Army and Navy of the right to vote, when endar was dispensed with. Privileges and Elections with amend­ we can give them that right, it seems to It seemed to me that since the war is ments. - me that we shall be doing an injustice. on, and since there is a real need for the The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk Mr. NORRIS. Mr. President, will the passage of the bill, it would not be very will proceed to state the amendments of Senator yield there? much out of order to ask for its present the committee. Mr. GREEN. I yield. consideration. However, if there is to be The CHIEF CLERK. On page 1, in line Mr. NORRIS. In connection with the a calendar day ln the near future, I have 5, it is proposed to strike out the words last sentence of the Senator's remarks, no objection to having the bill go over. "elections (including requirements as to the point arises in my mind that, by Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. Presiden~. in that registration)" and insert "elections, in­ act of Congress, these men have been de­ connection let me state that it had been cluding requirements as to registration prived of a right, although Congress could my purpose to move that the calendar but exclUding requirements a.3 to pay­ give them that right. be called today. There are only a few ment of poll tax." Mr. GREEN. I ask the Senator to ex­ bills on the calendar, and almost half of Mr. VANDENBERG. Mr. President, it cuse me; I might correct that. I did not them are bills reported from the Com­ is rather impossiblE: to understand the state "deprived by an act of Congress." mittee on Naval Affairs, in charge of the purport of the amendments unless the On the contrary, they are deprived by Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. able Senator from Rhode Island will the nonaction of Congress. WALSH], who has been called from the state generally what is contemplated by Mr. NORRIS. Very well. It makes city. Also, in view of the fact that the the proposed legislation. no difference whether it be by nonaction Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. GREEN] Mr. GREEN. I shall be glad to do so. or by action. desires that following the disposition of Mr. DANAHER. Mr. President, will Let me ask whether any consideration the unfinished business the Senate take the Senator yield? has been given by the committee in pre­ up the soldiers' voting bill, it seemed to Mr. GREEN. I yield. paring the report, or by the Senator, to me wise not to· begin the calling of the Mr. DANAHER. Before the Senator the constitutional question which seems calendar now. Let me say that I antici­ undertakes the explanation in response to me to be involved in connection with pate that within the next 2 or 3 days to the request of the Senator from Michi­ the bill. there will oe a call of the calendar. gan, I should like to propound a parlia­ Mr. GREEN. Very serious considera­ Mr. THOMAS 'lf Utah. Mr. President, mentary inquiry. tion has been given to it, and the legal I have accompHshed my purpose. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator authorities which bear on it have been will state it. ABSENTEE VOTING BY MEMBERS OF THE very carefully digested. Identical bills Mr. DANABEH.. Will the calendar were introduced by Representative RAM­ ARMED FOI\'.t:ES SERVING IN THE number of the bill under consideration UNITED STATES SAY, of West Virginia, in the House, and be stated for our information? by myself in the Senate, practically at Mr GREEN Mr. President, with the The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill has the same time, with the idea that which­ kind consent tJf the Senator from Mis­ just been reported from the Committee ever bill should pass first would be the souri [Mr. CLARK], I should like to sub­ on Privileges and Elections. basis of the legislation. mit a report on the so-called soldiers' Mr. DANAHER. Is a copy of the bill Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, will voting bill. From the Committee on available so that we may examine it? the Senator yield there? Privileges and Elections I report with The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill as Mr. GREEN. I yield. amendments the bill (H. R. 7416) to reported contains so many amendments Mr. BARKLEY. In connection with provide for a method of voting, in time that the copy which is extant is more or the question asked by the Senator from of war, by members of the land and naval less out of date. Nebraska, which did not contemplate, it forces absent from the place of their resi­ Mr. DANAHER. I do not want to seem may be, a differentiation between the dence and serving within the continental technical about a matter· of this char­ States that permit absentee voting and United States, and I submit a report Alexander Hamilton contended, that the nated from the bill now under discussion, In connection with the adoption of the provision to which I have referred ap­ so it may be considered on its merits Constitution Alexander Hamilton, in the plies to State officials. It is merely Fed­ when the opportunity arrives for more Federalist, wrote as follows: eral officials we are considering. It is in extended debate. It will not be alleged that an election law harmony with the whole theory of our The argument has been made that the· could have been framed and inserted in the Constitution. proposed measure should apply to pri­ Constitution which would have been always Mr. NORRIS. Will the Senator yield maries as well as to elections. However, applicable to every probable change in the for another question? that · is also a controversial subject. situation of the country, and it will there~ Mr. GREEN. I yield. Those matters were pending before the fore not be denied that a discretionary power Mr. NORRIS. In States which have Judiciary C<>mmittee, and we decided to over elections' ought to exist somewhere. It . allow them to be considered on their will I presume be as readily conceded that made provision by law for voting by there were only three ways in which this absentees, particularly by soldiers who merits and not encumber the bill with power could have been reasorably modified are now absent from their homes-and them. and disposed-that it must either have been that applies, of course, to State as well We have made the bill as simple as pos­ lodged wholly in the national legislature or as Federal officials-would the proposed sible and have made the machinery pro­ wholly in the State legislatures or primarily bill, if passed, make it necessary to hold vided by it as simple as possible, so that LXXXVIII-432 6860 CONGRE·SSIONAL RECORD-SENATE AUGUST 17 the millions of men in the armed services come directly or indirectly interested in any excluding requirements as to payment of may vote at the next election, as well as bet or wager depending upon the result of poll tax- this election; and that I have not been con­ in the succeeding elections. victed of bribery or any infamous crime or That was mentioned in order to calm Mr. McCARRAN. Mr. President, will if so convicted, that I have been pardoned o; the fears of some of those who thought the Senator yield for one more question? restored to all the rights of a citizen, without that question might be raised- Mr. GREEN. I yield. . restriction as to the rights of suffrage. who is otherwise qualified to vote under the Mr. McCARRAN. I am at a loss to When he has filled that out the appli­ law of the State of his residence, shall be know·how a secretary of state will know entitled, as provided in this act, to vote for :whether an applicant for a ballot is eli­ cant signs the application, and the oath electors of President and Vice President of gible to vote within the State. is to be administered before a commis­ the United States, United States Senators, Mr. GREEN. Information is available sioned officer and returned to the secre­ and Representatives in Congress. concerning the men in the service. How­ ~ary of state, who will have the .privilege of checking up in case there is any doubt So that it is limited to any provision in ever, a man who desires to vote and ap­ State law relating to registration.· plies for a ballot is required to give his as to the good faith of the voter. Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, will Mr. SCHWARTZ. Mr. President will name, address, and legal residence. the Senator yield? ' Mr. McCARRAN. Does he take an the Senator yield? · Mr. GREEN. !-yield. Mr. GREEN. I yield. oath that he actually resides at a cer­ . Mr. SCHWARTZ. Is there anything tain place within a certain State? Mr. BARKLEY. The laws of the States, and in some cases the constitu­ m the form the Senator read requiring Mr. GREEN. After I introduced the tions, require a certain length of resi­ applicants to disclose in what precinct bill we sent copies of it to the Secretary they live? of War and the Secretary of the Navy, dence within the State before a man is entitled to vote. Mr. GREEN. The word "precinct" is and asked for any comments and sug­ not used. gestions they migl)t wish to make. The Mr. GREEN. Yes. Mr. BARKLEY. In my State there­ Mr. SCHWARTZ. Does the bill pro­ Secretary of War wrote a long letter vide that the soldier's ballot niust be re­ making various suggestions. There were quirement is a year's residence within the State, 6 months within the county, and turned and go into the ballot box before 'suggested some eliminations, some the ballot is closed under the State law? changes, and some additions. 'The Sec­ 60 days within the precinct. Mr. GREEN. That is correct. Mr. GREEN. Yes; it must be before retary of the Navy concurred in the sug­ . the election. . I may say_there was dis­ gestions made by the Secretary of War, Mr. BARKLEY. In other words, · if any voter has moved out of one pt·ecinct cussion as to whether the date should be and I received a second letter from the fixed after election day because in some Secretary of War. Those three letters into another, and has not resided in the new precinct for· 60 days, he is not· en­ States the laws-provide that absentee bal- .. are incorporated. with the report.as ap­ lots may be returned at any· time-within pendices. The writers thought they did titted· to vote. Woul'd the proposed law not wish to have the responsibility of .supersede those regulations in any way? · 2 weeks after· the election,- but we de­ Mr. GREEN. No; they would be left , cide~ ' that in order to simplify the pro­ providing the forms. They stated it would ce_dure, and to reduce the possibility of be ·much better if they could be relieved . just as they .are. ·That is why the blanks ·are. left. The applicant must say how ., any opposition, it would be '6etter to limit of that responsiblity and if the forms it to election day._ themselves were provided in tl:re law;' and , long he has lived in .the,various ,places. It is all provided for in the blanks. Mr. BARKLEY. Will the Senator they are so provided. yield further? The form in which an absentee would Mr. GEORGE. Who is to be the judge apply for the ballot would be addressed of whether or not the statements made Mr. GREEN. I yield. to the secretary of state· of whatever are true? Mr. BARKLEY~ In practically all the State he might be a resident, and it Mr. GREEN. The secretary of state States, if not in all, the election officers would read: will either· put the applicant on the list who are at the -voting place on the day of or cut him off the list, as he would if he election are authorized to pass upon the Being on active duty in the armed forces of the United States and desiring to vote in were a resident voter at home. qualifications of voters who appear to the coming election, I hereby apply for an Mr. GEORGE. Does the Senator mean vote, and if a voter appeared in person official war ballot. . the Secretary of State of · the United who was not qualified under the laws of My home address is ------States? the State the officers of the election at the (number and street) Mr. GREEN. No; the secretaries of time would have the right to refuse him 1n the city, town, or village of ------· state of the respective States. the privilege of voting . .1n the county of ------· in the State Mr. GEORGE. I am a member of the Mr. GREEN. Yes. of ------· I desire that the bal­ lot be sent to me at the f~llowing address: committee, but I have not had oppor­ Mr. BARKLEY. Suppose the Secre­ tunity to attend the hearings on the bill. tary of State, either of some State or of Does the bill prescribe the qualifications the United States, neither of whom can That does not provide for the oath of the electors? know anything about the registration of but when the ballot is sent there is a pro~ Mr. GREEN. No; ·the qualifications voters in the various precincts as they vision for the oath of the elector, and are exactly those provided in the laws of would be passed upon by the election this is the oath: the States, except that the proposed law officers while the election is in progress, . I do hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a would supersede any of the requirements should make a certificate that some voter . citi2en of the United States and am now for registration. I should add, further­ was a legal voter, or suppose the-voter of the age of at least 21 years, or will be on more, that it would not take the place of himself, in filling out his blank, stated . the ------(here insert the date of the election); that I will have been an inhabitant the voting laws of the different States as that he was a legal voter in a precinct, of the State of ------for ------­ to absentee voters. The soldier or sailor and a ballot were sent forward, and on years next preceding this election and for the may, if he prefers, comply with the exist­ the day of the election it turned out that -. ------months preceding such election a ing voting laws of the State, and use the he was not a legal voter in the precinct, . resident of the county of ------• residing absentee ballot that is provided by those what authority would the election officers at (street and number, if any) ------"" laws. then have? . in the city (or town) of ------: that Mr. GEORGE. Does the bill expressly Mr. GREEN. They would have the I am in the active military (or naval) service of the United States; and that I am a quali­ say that the qualified electors of the sev­ same authority as in the case of the .ab- . fied voter under the law of the State of eral States shall have the qualifications sentee ballots which are provided for in ______; and that I have not received prescribed by the laws of the States in many of the States now. The local offi­ or offP-red, do not expect to receive, have not which they live, with the exception of the cers pass on the eligibility of voters, just paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, registration requirements? as they do in the case of the resident offered or promised to contribute to another, Mr. GREEN. Not in just those words, voters. to be paid or used, any money or other valu- Mr. BARKLEY. I do not wish to delay - able thing as a compensation or reward for but the very first words of section 1 of the the giving or withholding of a vote at this proposed act read: the Senator, but a moment ago he com­ election, and have not made any promise to In time of war, notwithstanding any pro­ mented upon the provisions of the Con­ influence the giving or withholding of any vision of State law relating to elections, in­ stitution which fix the qualifications of such vote; and that I have not made or be- cluding require~ents .as to -registration, bu~ voters in the elections of Members of 1942 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SEN_ATE 6861 Congress. In article I, section 2, with Mr. BARKLEY. The Senator has Mr. DANAHER. In the copy of the which, of course, the Senator is familiar, many qualifications for the position. bill which the Senator has so gra~iously it is provided: Mr. GREEN. I should say that is some­ loaned to me I find the fo!lowing on The House of Representative3 shall be thing with which the United States has page 5, section 4 (b) : composed of ~!£embers chosen every second nothing to do; it is for the State to In addition, such ballots shall contain year by the people of the several States and decide. (1) the name and address of each nominated the electors in each State shall have the Mr. BARKLEY. That is not a mere candidate for each office, the party or inde­ qualifications requisite for electors of the regulation? pendent body nominating him, and a desig­ most numerous branch of the State legisla­ nation of the political subdivision to be ture. Mr. GREEN. No. represented. Mr. BARKLEY. Suppose, as is the The same provision is in the seven­ case in most of the States, a State re­ What does the Senator mean by per­ teenth amendment, with reference to quired residence within the State for a mitting soldiers who are absentees to United States Senators. definite period, say 1 year; would that vote for candidates whom some inde­ Mr. GR::EN. Exactly. be a qualification, or a mere regulation? pendent body shall nominate? What Mr. BARKLEY. What was the Sena- Mr. GREEN. That is undoubtedly a does that mean? • tor's comment upon that a moment ago? qualification. Mr. GREEN. The secretary of state Did he take the position that Congress Mr. BARKLEY. Suppose the State provides that, not the voter. could modify that? laws provided that anyone who had been Mr. DANAHER. Oh, no; I am talk­ Mr. GREEN. I did not make any com­ convicted of a felony should be denied ing about the language of the Senator's ment on that; I was commenting on sec­ the right of suffrage. Would that be a bill. I want to know what he means bY tion 4. regulation or a disqualification? the language wherein he says that the Mr. BARKLEY. Of which article? Mr. GREEN. It would be a disquali­ ballots shall authorize the absentees to Mr. GREEN. Of · the same article, fication. But why pursue this inquiry, vote for the candidate of an "independent article I. when the supreme court of the Sena­ body" nominating him. What does that Mr. BARKLEY. That does not seem tor's own State has drawn the distinc­ mean? ' to me to be in conflict. Section 4 pro­ tion? Mr. GREEN. Mr. President, that vides that- Mr. BARKLEY. I understand. they means the secretary of state must put on The times, places, and manner of holding have drawn the distinction, but, not­ the ballot the names of all those who are elections for Senators and Representatives withstanding that, if one does not regis­ nominated in that election. shall be prescribed in each State by the legis­ ter, he does not vote. Mr. DANAHER. What is the "inde­ lature thereof; but Congress may at any pendent body," if it is not a political time by law make or alter such regulations. Mr. GREEN. They drew the distinc­ party subject to the rules governing the tion as to registration. Does the Senator contend that that designation of candidates for office, and Mr. BARKLEY. It matters not what otherwise coming within the nominating part of section 4 authorizes Congress to we call it, whether it is a regulation or nullify the provisions of section 1? provisions of State statutes? a qualification, unless one is qualified Mr. GREEN. Sometimes, under the Mr. GREEN. I do not; I think the pro­ by registering, he does not vote. visions are entirely consistent. laws of some States, persons are legally Mr. BARKLEY. In other words, Con­ Mr. GREEN. That is correct, and we nominated for office who do not bear the gress may regulate the time and manner want to remove that prohibition, because designation of any so-called party. of holding elections, but that does not otherwise some of the States will dis­ Mr. DANAHER. Then the Senator qualify from voting all their citizens who means that the term "independent body" impinge upon the right of the people to are in the armed forces. Because of the regulate the qualifications of voters. is intended to apply to some nominating Mr. LUCAS. Mr. President, will the war, they were taken away from civilian unit, whether it comes within the law of Senator yield? · life and put into the Army and the Navy, the state or not? Mr. GREEN. I should like to answer and the States might say, "You cannot Mr. GREEN. Under the laws of some the question . just propounded, lest I be vote because you are in the Army or the States such names go on the ballot, and if misunderstood. Navy." they are on the State ballot for residents There is a fundamental distinction be­ Mr. BARKLEY. The Senator must of a State to vote for, ought equally to be tween qualifications of voters and regu­ not conclude that my questions arise out on the ballot for men to vote for who are lations for voting. It is not contended of any opposition to the pending meas­ in the armed service and absent from the that the United States Constitution ure. I intend to vote for the bill, but I States, just as they have the same right to do feel that we shoUld have in mind takes away from the States ~he right to vote for candidates for all the Federal determine the qualifications of voters. It what may happen in States which do not offices that those who are living at home merely gives the Federal Government the permit absentee voting, and where the have the right to vote for, and only those. right to control the regulations for voting supreme courts of the States, interpret­ Mr. DANAHER. Mr. President, will the when it chooses to do so. ing the Constitution, have passed upon Senator again yield? The supreme court of the Senator's the question. My purpose is to call at­ Mr. GREEN. I yield. own State has drawn the distinction. In tention to it now, rather than hold out Mr. DANAHER. Under the law in my the case of Meffert v. Brown .U32 Ky. the false hope that some one may vote State, for example, in order to qualify as 206), the court said: who may not be able to vote. an elector one must meet certain very Mr. GREEN. Without going into the strict requiremenis, and among them is One may be a qualified voter without exer­ cising the right to vote. Registering does particulars, I may say that the great the requirement that every person shall not confer the right. weight of authority is in favor of the be able to read in the English language distinction set forth l.>y the founding any article of the Constitution or any The act of registering is only a step fathers themselves, and that even if there section of the statutes of the State before toward voting, and is not one of the ele­ were any question about it, as I stated being admitted as an elector. Does the ments that makes a citizen a qualified before, in peacetime, there is certainly Senator understand that the Congress voter. no question about it' in time of emer­ has power under the proposed legislation Mr. BARKLEY. But one cannot vote, gency. The soldiers and sailors now in to say that some soldier who will be 21 under the law, unless he has complied the service have a right to vote, and can on September 15, who ha8 never qualified with that regulation. vote, if we·do not by our inaction prevent under the laws of the State of Connecti­ Mr. GREEN. That may be; but that them from voting because the,. are in the cut, and in accordance with its constitu­ is the regulation. armed service of the United States. If tion, may nonetheless be permitted to Mr. BARKLEY. If the legislature of we enact the bill, we will be doing what vote under the absentee section? some State should say that persons are we can to remove such an injustice. I Mr. GREEN. No; I do not; and I have entitled to vote at the age of 19 instead do not mean to say that the States in­ said so, I think, several times. May I of 21, would the Senator hold that to be a tended it as an injustice, but they did refer the able Senator to page '2 of the regulation, or a qualification? not foresee the result, or provide for it. bill, lines 1 and 2, where the words are Mr. GREEN. If I were the Supreme Mr. DANAHER. Mr. President, will used: Court, as I take for granted I am as­ the Senator yield? Who is otherwise qualified to vote under sumed to be fer the moment--- Mr. GREEN. I yield, the law of the State of his residence. 6862 CON9RESSIONAL RECORD-=-SENATE AUGUST 17· ,_ Mr. DANAHER. · But if the Senator sentatives, and, by . the seventeenth passing the proposed legislatipn_is doing will refer to page 1, in the second line, amendment, Senators. But that very. no violence wl)atsoever to the qualifica­ Wherein it says: same article I, section 4, expressly says tions clauses of the constitution of each Notwithstanding- that the Congress shall have no power to State with respect to the voters thereof. make any alteration as to rules or regu­ The one thing we are trying to do is the laws of the States with reference to lations regarding the place of choosing to permit these men in the Army to vote this, that, and the other element. United States Senators. Now certainly in States where some regulation which Mr. GREEN. It is not this, that, and the pending bill ir.. no way affects the has been laid down by a State legislature, the other. It is registration alone. time of the election of the congressional and not by those who drafted the Con­ Mr. DANAHER. So that if my State, officers for whom the absentees would stitution in the beginning stands in the for example, does not require th.at a per­ be permitted to vote. Certa-inly it does way. In other words, in the State of Illi­ son register, but does require that he be­ change the manner of casting· -a ballot, nois, as my colleague [Mr ..BRooKs] well come an elector by meeting certain tests, but not the manner of an election·. It knows, we passed recently a permanent the proposed law would permit him to could in no way affect the right of the registration law. A number of our boys vote, whether he has become a voter in absentees, no matter where they are, to in the Thirty-third Division have been accordance with the provisions of our cast their ballot for United States sena­ in the service of their country for almost law, would it not? torial nominees, as to the places of 2 years, and they have had little or no Mr. GREEN. Yes; according to the choosing Senators, because the Constitu­ opportunity to return since the perma­ laws of Connecticut he wou~d be entitled tion never gave us any such power in nent registration law of Illinois. was to vote, and if he is not entitled -to vote that particular even by the section on passed, to register in· order that they under the laws of Connecticut, if he reg­ which the Senator from Rhode Island re­ might vote in the general election. The isters, he could not vote with the passage lies. So I ask him whether or not it is registration is not · a qualification under of the proposed law. his contention that this particular ex­ the constitution of any State. The regis­ Mr. DANAHER. Mr. President, will ception in article I, section 4, is met, and tration is merely something which has the Senator yield further? whether or not the elector in the field, been used primarily to keep elections free Mr. GREEN. I yield. the absentee who is casting his ballot, is .from fraud and corruption. Age, resi­ Mr. DANAHER . . Insofar as the Sen­ having the place of choosing a Senator dellce, and citizenship are the primary ator from Rhode Island has referred to changed? If he answers in the affirma­ qualifications which are found in the article I, section 4, which gives the Con­ tive, it is obvious we have· no such power. Constitution, and I challenge anyone to gress the power, as he says, to fix the If he answers in the negative, it is equally show me a State constitution which says times, places, and manner of voting for apparent that he is dealing with a sub­ that registration is a necessary qualifica­ certain congressional or Federal officers, ject which is not before us and cannot be. tion to vote. there is in it expressly an exception to Mr. LUCAS. Mr. President, what Mr. President, all the pending bill does the effect that the Congress shall have would be the difference between an ab­ is to eliminate the provision with respect no such power with reference to the sentee voter in the State of Louisiana to registration. It may not affect anum­ place of choosing a United States Sen­ voting for candidates running in the State .ber of States at all. Many States will go ·ator. Will the Senator state whether or of Connecticut, and a soldier from Con­ right ahead and follow . the same rule not the election by absentees in the field necticut,. absent from that State and with respect to absentee voting that they comes within that prohibition? serving in Louisiana, voting for candi­ have followed all these years under their Mr. LUCAS. Mr. President, will the dates in Connecticut? I understand that own State laws. But tnere are certain Senator from Rhode Island yield to me State::,, such as the State of Illinois, which on that point? what the Senator had reference to was the selection of United States Senators are affected by the proposed legislation. Mr. GREEN. I yield to the Senator prior to the adoption of the seventeenth I believe that we not only have the power from Illinois. • ·amendment in 1912 by members of the to do it under the Constitution but I be­ Mr. LUCAS. I think that what the · legislatures. Ia other words, the reason lieve that we are duty bound and are Senator from Rhode Island has reference for that clause:-- was found in that provi­ legally and morally bound to give the to is the provision of the Constitution sion, which says: man who is out in the field in the conti­ whereby Senators were elected at one nental limits of the United States, pre­ time by the State legislP,tures. That has The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, paring to give his life for the benefit of all been done away with by the consti­ chosen by the legislature thereof, for 6 years; his country, the opportunity to vote. tutional amendment of 1912. and each Senator shall have one vote. That is one of the things he is fighting Mr. DANAHER. Mr. President, will for. What we are all battling for in the Senator from, Rhode Island yield to In other words, when the framers of connection with our attempt to defeat me to reply to the Senator from Tilinois? ·the Constitution laid down that provi­ the totalitarian powers is the right to Mr. GREEN. I am very· glad to yield sion, they had·in mind, in the·opinion of vote along with the other privileges guar­ to the Senator t.o continue the colloquy. the Senator from Illinois, the fact that anteed to freemen. Mr. DANAHER. Mr. President, the only the respective State legislatures We ought not under any circumstances, Senator from Rhode Island, let me say chose United States Senators. That, in my opinion, fail to pass the proposed to the Senator from Illinois, has pointed however, has nothing to do with the pre­ legislation as soon as possible. I know out that in article I of the Constitution vious prov'.sion, which specifically says it has been brought in here in a consid­ it is provided that the electors for Repre­ that the Congress of the United States erable hurry. Perhaps a little more sentatives must have the same qualifica­ has the right to make or alter such regu­ study should be made of the matter by tions as those who are electors qualified lations. Members of the Senate before the ques­ to vote for the most numerous branch of By the way, the Senator from Con­ tion is voted on. I think perhaps it would our State legislatures. In the seven­ necticut may be interested in knowing have been better if we had had the bill teenth amendment we extended that that it has been done in the past. In printed, as well as the amendments, but very same provision to electors casting 1842 Congress partially legislated upon the bill ought not to be delayed any their ballots for United States Senators. the subject when it passed the law for the longer than necessary, because under the Now the Senator from Rhode Island says election of congressional representatives bill the Secretary of the Navy and the that this particular bill is justified, and by separate districts. Secretary of War are compelled immedi­ the congressional interposition of power Mr. President, if I may proceed for ately to send postal cards to all the men over the States thus sought for the first another observation or two in the time of in the Army and in the Navy in the con­ time is justified, because in article I, sec­ the distinguished chairman of the com­ tinental limits of the United States. tion 4, there is a provision which gives mittee, in my opinion, for whatever it Then it is up to each man immediately the Congress the power to make rules or may be worth-and I have given some lit­ to contact the secretary of state of his · regulations which alter or modify the tle thought and study to the legal aspects State, requesting of him a ballot; the State statutes or the requirements of the of this question-! think that the Con­ ballot must be sent to the applicant, and State constitutions as to the times, man­ gress of the United States is within its then he must go before an officer in the ner, and places of election of officers for rights in passing legislation of this kind. Army or in the Navy and make the neces­ the Federal Government, such as Repre- The Congress of the United States in sary affidavit, and then return the ballot. 1942 CONGRESSIONAL ··RECORD-SENATE 6863 After the bitlJot goes to the secretary of Mr.-DANAHER. Because the SenatOr Let me thank the Senator from Rhode state it is transmitted to the election has stated that the authority for the leg­ Island for his very gracious forebearance. o1flcials as is any absentee ballo~. · islation proceeds from article I,.section 4, Mr. VANDENBERG and Mr. LUCAS - In line with the ·question ;raised by the which he says, froni the words "The addressed the Chair. Senator from Kentucky a .moment .ago, Times, Places, and Manner of holding Mr. GREEN. Mr. President, before I I will say that in the event an individual Elections for Senators" provides author­ yield further I should like to reply to one is not qualified to vote under his State ity which, although originally allocated of the remarks made by the Senator from constitution, if he does not have the by the Constitution to the legislatures Connecticut. He referred to the Senator qualifications required by it, he can be of each State, may now be altered by from Rhode Island as having overlooked challenged by the judge of elections just such regulatiops as the Congress may the provision regarding the places of as any other absentee voter can be chal­ choose to adopt. election. I think the Senator from Con­ lenged, and it will be necessary then for Mr. LUCAS. I do not think there fs necticut is mistaken in assuming that the somebody to swear that the absentee any doubt about that. place of election is the place where a sol­ voter is a legal resident of the county Mr. GREEN. Mr. President, I should dier or sailor casts his vote; because un­ and the State and the precinct, as each like to answer that question myself. I · der the absentee-ballot law of Connecti­ respective State requires, before the bal­ have said several times, and I should like cut he cannot assume that if some Con-­ lot will be recognized as valid. to repeat. that the last words of section 4 necticut voters are temporarily absent in However, the fundamental difference of article 1, read as follows: each of the 48 States of the Union, the and really the only difierence which but the Congress may at any time by Law election of the Senator from Connecticut exists in this bill is one of qualifications make or alter such Regulations. • • • takes place in all of the 48 States. The election takes place in Connecticut, to and one of the manner of holding elec­ Those regulations relate to the times, tions-a difference which, in other words, which State the ballots are sent. is the regulation; we do no violence to places, and manner·of holding elections. So it is in the case of the soldiers. qualification under any law which has Mr. DANAHER. I ask the Senator There is no difference between the places been laid down by any State constitution. please to read the rest of the sentence: of election in the case of the pending bill The voter still must qualify under the law except as to the Places of chusing Senators. and in the case of the absentee-ballot law of the State of Connecticut. 'If one is of his State before he -can vote. In other Let me say to the Senator from Rhode words, in the pending bill, we even go bad the other is bad; but I do not think Island that article I, section 4, says that. that either is bad in that respect. so far as to say that if the individual has Mr. GREEN. Mr. President, will the not paid his poll tax in certain of the Mr. VANDENBERG. Mr. Presi- Senator read the article? . dent--- States which require the paryment of the Mr. DANAHER. Yes. Article I, sec­ poll tax, he cannot vote. tion 4: Mr. GREEN. I yield to the Senator On the question raised a moment ago from Michigan. - The Times, Places, and Manner of holding :Mr. VANDENBERG. I desire to in­ by the Senator from Kentucky, I seri­ Elections for Senators and Representatives, ously question whether the secretary of shall be prescriJ;led In each State by the Leg­ quire a little more specifically whether state of the Senator's own State would Islature thereof; but the Congress may at there is anything in the bill which would not be compelled to send baiiots to the any time by Law make or alter such Regula­ collide in any way with existing absentee­ boys t:rom Kentucky to vote in an elec­ tions, except as to the Places o! Chusing voters' laws in the states in which such tion for Feder9J officials, notwithstand­ Senators. laws exist. · ing that it has been said in Kentucky that Mr.GREEN. Yes. Mr. GREEN. Where one does exist, the individual must be there ili person Mr. DANAHER. If the Senator from the soldier can exercise his right · under in order to vote. I maintain that that is Rhode Island had overlooked that much it. He cannot exercise his right under another regulation and not a qualifica­ of the section, I could understand how his both. However, in many States there is tion. I honestlY believe that to be so. ardor for the particular provision might no absentee-ballot law. In other States However, it would be a matter for the subside; but the fact remains that insofar it is impracticable for the soldier or sailor secretary of state to decide. as he would cause the argument to de­ to avail himself of it. For example, in Mr. DANAHER. Mr. President, will pend upon that section, if we have juris­ the State of Delaware the law provides-­ the Senator from Rhode Island yield to diction to say that the election laws of it does not seem possible, but it does­ me? ' the State may be extended, we even have that the registrar shall go everywhere and himself have the right to attend to Mr. GREEN. I yield. the right to say that they may be con­ tracted; and I deny that the Congress the registering of the voter and the cast­ Mr. . DANAHER. Let me say to the ing of the ballot. In other words, under Senator from illinois that in my State we has any such jurisdiction in any such particular as that over the qualifications our present circUmstances he would have have in our statutes an absentee-voting to go to the Solomon Islands or to the provision. If the Senator from Illinois is of electors or over the manner, time, or Aleutian Islands or anywhere else where correct in his position that our jurisdic­ place of their casting their ballots. there happened to be a resident of Dela­ tion adheres to create an additional man­ Mr. GREEN. Mr. President, I did not ware. in order to give him an absentee ner of voting, it follows that Congress yield the :floor. . ballot. would equally have the power to say Mr. DANAHER. Mr. President, will So there are various other handicaps that no ballot cast by an absentee the Senator yield further so that I may in the existing voting laws. Many States voter in accordance with the law of answer the Senator from lllinols in one have absentee-voting laws. and many the State of Connecticut should be other particular? many States do not. So we want to make counted in favor of a candidate for the Mr. GREEN. I yield. the law uniform and practicable for ad­ United States Senate or the House of Mr. DANAHER. If the bill had de­ ministrative purposes. Representatives. If we may legislate one ·manded that the rights of absentee voters Mr. VANDENBERG. That is a very way, we may legislate in the opposite o:f the States who have authorized their worthy objective. I simp!y want to way. We have a right'to forbid the exer­ absentee voters to vote by absentee bal­ pursue the matter a little further in order cise by the voters of the States of any lot shall depend upon the laws of those to be absolutely certain. For the sake such franchise by absentee ballot, if the States and that their votes shall be of argument. let us conSider the Michi­ Senator from Dlinois is correct in saying counted in accordance with the laws of gan absentee-voter law, which I think is that we have jurisdiction over this sub­ those States and shall be cast in accord­ very comprehensive and excellent. Is ject. ance with the laws of those States, this there anything in the bill which would Does the Senator take that position? proposition, as I have stated it, would not require the secretary of state to proceed . Mr. LUCAS. I do not take that posi­ be before us. However, we would now be to set up a parallel, dual system of ab­ tion at an. I merely make a very clear perfectly ·within our rights in doing sentee ballots? distinction between what I call a qualifi­ everything we could do to facilitate ad­ Mr. GREEN. Section 11 of the voters• cation and a regulation. I do not see the ministration in view of the pOssibility of bill provides as follows: force or even the potential force cf the abaentee voters acting in accordance with Nothing in this act shall be deemed to argument just made by the Senator from the laws of their several Sta.tes; but that restrict the right of any member of the land Connecticut with reference to the point I is a. completely difierent matter, I sub­ or naval forces o! the United States to vote, made. mit, _whenever practicable, in accordance with the :6864 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE AUGUST 17 law of the State of his residence, if he does tions of electors in the several States, soldier is stationed but in the precinct, not elect to vote in accordance with the even for soldiers in wartime, it has to see that the congressional act is car­ provisions of this act. opened the door for all kinds of future ried out. There must be Federal power In other words, they have the alterna- legislation along that line. back of it to make it effective. If we have tive. I desire to make one other observa- the power, and rightly exercise it, we Mr. VANDENBERG. That does not tion. There is no doubt that by the pas­ ought to see that it is carried out. There quite meet my point. The language to sage of the bill we would subject the is no way to escape it. Extending Fed­ which I call the Senator's attention as elections in every State, insofar as they eral power over elections would be a dan­ addressed ·to each secretary of state involve elections to the House of Repre- gerous thing to do in this country. I do seems to be mandatory. sentatives and to the Senate or for Presi- not know of a better way of creating a Mr. GREEN. It is. dent and Vice President, to absolute Fed- dictatorship. There may be a better way, Mr. VANDENBERG. For instance, eral control. Federal authorities would but none occurs to me immediately. section 3 provides that "each secretary go into every remote precinct in this In view of the tremendous importance of state * * * shall, from time to country and would take charge of the of this bill, does not the Senator think it time, prepare," and so forth. elections and the election machinery, so wise to allow it to go over until Thursday, Mr. GREEN. Yes. far as the election of Federal officers was .so that the bill may be printed and we Mr. VANDENBERG. And among other concerned, to see to it that the absentee may study it? In that way we can see things, each secretary of state must ballots were handled just as Congress the whole bill. Without having the bill prepare some sort of a booklet for dis- had in its wisdom seen fit to designate before us it is very difficult to see how far tribution. that they should be handled. That would it is proposed to go by mere regulation of For the sake of argument, suppose that be another very dangerous step. the manner of holding the election or in Michigan we were proceeding under Mr. GREEN. Let me interrupt at that the nonessential things which do not go the absentee-voters' law rather than the point, Mr. President. I think the Sen­ to the actual qualifications of electors. I absentee-soldiers' law; would the pend- ator is mistaken in that respect. All that think it would be much better if we could ing bill require the secretary of state also the military authorities would have to do let this matter go over until the bill is to :fit himself into the formula which it would be to make sure that the applica­ printed and we can have a fair oppor­ prescribes? tions for ballots were distributed to the tunity to give it a day's study. Mr. GREEN. It would if after the men entitled to them. Mr. GREEN. Everyone must be con­ postal-card requests for ballots are dis- Mr. GEORGE. I know that; but when scious of the fact that whichever course tributed, any are sent in to the secretary the Congress passes a law saying whose is chosen, possible dangers are involved. of state of the State of Michigan. We vote shall count in the election in the The statement which I read from Alex­ cannot make a different law for each State, Congress has taken jurisdiction of ander Hamilton in the Federalist em­ State of the Union, and the proposed the whole :field. phasizes the fact that now, as then, law would be universal throughout the Mr. GREEN. However, the bill does we have three possible courses of action. States of the Union. ' not say that. One is to put the entire control in the Mr. VANDENBERG. So there would Mr. GEORGE. I know; but you can- State. That is open to grave objection, be two absentee-vote formulas in use in not separate yourself from it. and is dangerous to national unity .. The my State, because of course some of the Mr. GREEN. It simply would give the second course is to put the entire control cards would come in. men reasonable opportunity to apply for in the Federal Government, and that is Mr. GREEN. Yes; that is the extreme absentee ballots. Then the ballots would dangerous, as the Senator from Georgia case. be sent directiy to. the secretary of state, has well pointed out. The third course Mr. VANDENBERG. Let me ask the and the military or naval authorities to be chosen is a sort of compromise. Senator one other question, purely for in- would have nothing to do with their It seems to be as well thought out as pos­ formation. I notice that the soldier who counting. sible. The theory of that course is that desires to qualify as an e~ector must cer- Mr. GEORGE. I am not talking about · primarily the States shall have the right · tify that he is not directly or indirectly the military or naval authorities. -The to make all the regulations and pre­ interested in any bet or wager depending Senator misunderstands me. I am say­ scribe the qualifications, and that the upon the result of the election. Is any ing that we would be transferring to Federal Government shall have the such requirement forced upon any civil- Congress jurisdiction over every voting . power, when it chooses-and somebody ian voters at home? precinct in every State; and there is no must decide when to choose-tc alter the Mr. GREEN. In some States; yes. way to go halfway about it. I. am not regulations or make such further regula­ Mr. VANDENBERG. How universal making a dogmatic statement that Con- tions as are necessary. It seems to me is the requirement? gress cannot regulate elections within the that the time which Alexander Hamilton Mr. GREEN. It is not universal. State for Federal officers. I do flatly say had in mind and foresaw has come. Mr. VANDENBERG. Is it anywhere that Congress has not the power to pre­ Mr. GEORGE. I fully appreciate what a requirement of voting that the voter scribe the qualifications of electors in the the Senator says. I am not saying that shall swear, ·before he votes, that he has States, even for Federal officers; but I do Congress does not have certain powers. not bet on the election? not say that it cannot regulate the elec- I am trying to point out that this is a Mr. GREEN. No; but we thought that tions with respect to a great many things. very serious effort, and it seems to me we should include a provision which What I am trying to impress upon the that it ought to be preceded by the print­ would comply with the laws of the States Senator is that the pending bill is not an ing of the bill and an opportunity for which do have such a requirement. innocent step for the good purpose of Senators to look it over. Mr. GEORGE. Mr. President, if the permitting soldiers to vote, without at­ Mr. GREEN. This bill has been Senator will yield to me, I should like to tendant possibilities, at least, of very thoroughly debated in the committee of ask him two or three questions. great evil and of very great abuse. the House and also in the House of Rep­ Mr. GREEN. I yield. If the registration laws in my State are resentatives. Hearings were held, and Mr. GEORGE. First, let me say that broken down, the door will be wide open in my State we have an absentee-ballot for fraud. We shall never have a pure the provisions of the proposed act were law; and a qualified elector may vote at election or a fair election any more if we debated before the Committee on Priv­ all elections in the State, wherever he cannot have registration laws in my ileges and Elections. Both the Army and may be, if he goes to the trouble of send- State. We have tried to do without them the Navy, as well as the secretaries of ing in his ballot. However, I very seri- and have learned from bitter experi­ state of the various States have endorsed ously doubt, from what little I have ences that all manner of fraud is pas­ the measure. The correspondence shows heard about the bill, that it would not sible. So it is a very vital thing. I have that in reply to my letters the Secretary . really a1Iect the qualifications of elec- no doubt that when we undertake to pre­ of War and the Secretary of the Navy tors. The very requirement that the scribe the manner of the election and made certain suggestions. Every one of elector shall take an oath that he has break down the registration laws so far the suggestions made by the Secretary of not bet on the election is a qualifica- as Federal officers are concerned, we are War or the Secretary of the Navy has tion; and once the Congress embarks extending the Federal power to the elec­ been complied with and incorporated in upon the course of fixing the q.ual~~.~-- ~ons in the precinct. not :where the the bill. 1942 CONGRESSIONAL RE.CORD-SENATE 6865 Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, will the the secretaries of state .of the various .a very excellent absentee voting law in Senator yield? States. acting through a convention have Michigan, under which we presumed that The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. urged prompt action on this matter. be­ the servicemen from our State would be DowNEY in the chair) . Does the Sena­ cause a great deal of time will be re­ allowed to vote. The proposed law is tor from Rhode Island yield to the Sen­ quired to arrange the necessary machin­ mandatory. If the secretary of state of ator from Kentucky? ery. Applications for ballots must be Michigan should receive only one of the

Mr. GREEN. I yield. prepared for the armed services, and ar­ 1 postal-card applications under the pro­ Mr. BARKLEY. Would any hardship rangements must be made for their dis­ posed system he would have to employ a really result if the bill should go over un­ tribution. The secretaries of state of substitute system, and print a substitute til Thursday? No Senator can offer an the various States will have to prepare set of blanks, booklets, and so forth. amendment to it without being able to the necessary ballots. That cannot be It seems to me that we should have 20 read it. If any hardship would result done hastily. It will take some time. I minutes to find out whether or not the from a 3-day delay, I should not be in believe that in most cases an additional two systems synchronize. favor of the bill going over. It may be form of ballot, besides those already ar­ Mr. GREEN. Mr. President, let me that in good faith some Senator would ranged for, will be necessary. All that ask the Senator from Kentucky whether, like to ofi'er an amendment ii he could has to be done, and the remaining time if the bill goes over untfl Thursday, it read the bill and the amendments which is short. will be the unfinished business? have been reported by the committee. Mr. BARKLEY. I realize that. I do Mr. BARKLEY. Let me .say to the Mr GREEN. I have no doubt that, if not know just how long it will take. Senator from Rhode Island that auto­ it goes over, various Senators will offer Mr. GREEN. I do not want any Sen­ matically, at 2 o~clock, the unfinished· amendments. Many bills have been pro­ ator to vote for the bill in ignorance or business which is already under consid­ posed dealing with the subject and under a misunderstanding as to its pro­ eration wm ·come before the Senate, and having the same objective. After careful visions, but I trust that it will not be his bill will be displaced by that. consideration, all the nonessentials have amended. I advocated the substitution Mr. GREEN. I understand. been stricken out. Everything has been of the House bill for the one which I in­ Mr. BARKLEY. I am eager that this eliminated except the one fundamental troduced in the Senate because we wanted bill be considered at the very earliest question as to how to make it possible to hasten its passage. For that reason possible date and, sa far as I am con· for the boys in the service to vote. By it would be far better to pass the House cerned, I will cooperate with the Senator the action of the Federal Government, bill with the amendments reported by to make it the unfinished business next they were deprived of the privilege of the committee. It must go back to the Thursday. I do not think we could pass registering. It is only fair that the House. I do not know whether a con­ the bill in 2 minutes. At 2 o'clock the handicap imposed by us on them should ference committee will have to be ap­ bill will automatically go back on the be removed. That is all that is asked for. pointed or not. We made as few amend­ calendar. and the unfinished business, So only one principle is involved. The ments as we could in order to. facilitate regarding allotments to dependents, wnl Feder&! Government propos;es another its passage. The Committee on Privi­ come before the Senate. I shall cooper­ method of registration for those in the leges and Elections has done everything ate with the Senator. l believe that it armed service in time of war. The rest it could to hasten the passage of the bill. will be better to allow Senators an op· of the bill is to make the machinery as Mr. BARKLEY. I am sure the Senator portunity to know what is in the bill. simple as possible. The Feaeral Govern­ realizes that I do not wish to delay it. Mr. GREEN. Is it agreeable for me to ment would not take charge of the elec­ However. the proposed legislation must move to make this matter the unfinished tion It would not take charge of regis­ be passed upon by the Senate. It iS business on next Thursday? tration. It would simply assist in the before the Senate; and the Senate has Mr. BARKLEY. I ask unanimous registration by distributing the requests the obligation and responsibility to pass consent that the bill now under C()n­ for ballott among the men of the armed upon amendments and to consider the sideration be made the unfinished busi­ services. The ballots would be sent di­ bill from the standpoint of its effect upon ness and be the pending business when rectly to the men in the service in re­ legislation not only now but in the future. the Senate- meets next Thursday. pro­ sponoo to their requests. I hope the exercise of that right will not vided, of course, that the bill which i:s The extent of the obligation and au­ do an injustice to thousands, or even now the unfinished business shall have _thority which would be imposed upon the millions, of soldiers and sailors. been disposed cf. Army and Navy, representing the Fed­ I should not ask for a delay until Mr. CLARK of Missouri. Mr. Presi­ eral Government, would be simply that Thursday if by delaying it until Thursday dent, I am perfectly willing to have this of aiding in the application for ballots for any injustice would be · done; but I have bill made the unfinished business at the ·an election. The bill would make it pos­ the feeling that Senators would be a little conclusion of the present unfinished .sible for the men in the armed services better satisfied if they were able to read business. I am not willing to run any to vote. Otherwise, in most cases. they the bill and the amendments which have risk of having the present unfinished will be deprived of the right to vote. been reported by the committee. That is business displaced. Mr. BARKLEY. I do not want to de­ a matter, of course. within the judgment Mr. GREEN. That is satisfactory. prive anybody in the Army or the Navy of the Senator !rom Rhode Island, who is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there of the right to vote. The Senator has the chairman of the committee. objection to the request of the Senator not answered my question as to whether Mr. GREEN. It is not my judgment. from Kentucky, as modified by the sug­ any hardship would result if the bill It is my duty to press for passage of the gestion of the Senator from Missouri? should go over until Thursday. The bill, as the committee has urged me to do. The Chair hears none, and it is so Senator has said that all nonessentials If the Senator wishes to move to postpone ordered. have been eliminated from the bill, but action until Thursday, that is agreeable Mr. LUCAS subsequently said: Mr. we do not know what the nonessentials to me. President, I should like to make a state­ are, because we have not been able to Mr. VANDENBERG. Mr. President, ment in regard to the bill that was read the bill and examine the amend­ will the Senator yield? before us just a moment ago, and call ments which have been reported by the Mr. GREEN. I yield. the attention of the Senate to the Ap­ committee. Unless a 3-day delay would Mr. VANDENBERG. I agree with the pendix of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, occasion hardship in the administration views expressed by the able Senator from page A2550, where we find a very able of the proposed act I think it would be Kentucky. It seems to me that we should legal discussion of the question by the more satisfactory if the bill and the have an opportunity to inquire into the Honorable ROBERT L. RAMSAY, of West amendments were printed so that Sena­ possible collision between the Federal Virginia. I wish also to can the atten­ tors may see them. absentee voting law and the absentee vot­ tion Of the Senate to the CONGRESSIONAL Mr. GREEN. There is always the ing laws of the various States. I am dis­ RECORD of Thursday, July 2, 1942, page question whether a 3-da.y delay would tressed by the Senator's statement to me 5951, where there is a further discussion mean anything. · that if the bill should be enacted we of the bill and the legal aspects of it by I was about to say that the Secretary should have two absentee voting sys­ Mr. HuNTER, a Member of tbe House of of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and ·tems in operation in Mi~higan. We have Representatives. 6866 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE AUGUST 17 AMENDMENT OF SERVICEMEN'S DEPEND­ the proposed change would mean a re­ language loosely, but there was an under­ ENTS ALLOWANCE ACT OF 1942 drafting of all those forms. The Navy standing, which appears in the hearings, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The hour is bound by the law of the United States, and which has been mentioned time and of 2 o'clock having arrived, the Chair lays which makes it impossible to make the time again. before the Senate the unfinished busi­ payments in advance-ahead of time. It Mr. BRIDGES. Was it just an agree­ ness. would mean a redrafting of the forms. ment between the representatives of the The Senate resumed the consideration The Navy says it is ready to pay. The War Department and the Navy Depart­ of the bill (H. R. 7461) to amend section Navy could not pay on the forms which ment, who appeared at the hearings, or 107 of the Servicemen's Dependents Al­ are now in existence. It is physically in the Senator's judgment had there lowance Act of 1942. impossible, because the forms are gotten been a formal conference between the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The out in accordance with the present law, two Secretaries, or someone representing question is on the passage of the bill. and the present law allows the calcula­ them, wherein this date was agreed Mr. CLARK of Missouri. Mr. Presi­ tion up to November 1. It means that upon? • dent, I do not desire to detain the Sen­ the Navy would have to recalculate all Mr. THOMAS of Utah. I suppose it ate on this matter. It has been discussed its dependents' claims and get out new was an arrangement between the finance on three different occasions in the Senate forms. It took over 3 weeks to print the officers and the officers of the Judge Ad­ already. I merely wish to emphasize as original forms. It will not take that vocates General of the two Depart­ strongly as I can that the Navy Depart- long for the NavY to print new forms, but ments. Wt have a letter of the Secretary . ment says it can begin these payments it will take at least 2 weeks . of War, over his signature, written on now, and make great progress in the The whole point in what I am saying August 7, saying that it would be wrong direction of completing the payments. is that we would be holding out a promise to enact this amendment. I desire to quote briefly from a letter to the people of the country which could If there is any physical way of making written to the Acting Speaker of the not be fulfilled, and I say that regardless these payments, and not holding out a House of Representatives, Mr. BULWIN­ of the statement of the Acting Secretary promise which will not be fulfilled, there KLE, on August 5 by the Acting Secretary of the NavY. He is no more ar~xious to is no one in the Senate or in Congress of t.he Navy, Mr. James V. Forrestal, in pay those entitled to payments than who would object or could object, but I which he says; am I. I should like to have them paid am afraid we would be found in the posi­ tion of being sorry for having held out The making of these payments at once will toda:r. But it took sometime to get this have a decided effect on morale. The Navy dependency law enacted. It took weeks a promise when it could not be fulfilled. recommends the enactment of the proposed to get it passed and on the statute books. Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. President, when legislation. We were doing something new in the this matter was brought to the atten­ history of the United States. It takes tion of the Senators here today by the In this situation, when undoubtedly time to set up the forms, to set up the able Senator from Missouri, I made an there are hundreds of thousands of method of calculating, and to calculate. explanation of my position in regard to hardship cases throughout the country, If we are not to introduce confusion into the matter, and as to why I was objecting when the Navy Department says it is the administration of the law, we should to his proposed amendment of the law. willing to speed up the payments, it would leave the law as it is. I wish at this time to repeat that at the seem a sin and a shame for Congress for Mr. President, I think the worst thing time the matter was before the Com­ any cause to refuse to remove the prohi­ we can possibly do is to hold out a prom­ mittee on Military Affa~rs, several rep­ bition against the payment of the claims. ise to someone who is hard up that he is resentatives of the War Department Mr. JOHNSON of Colorado. Mr. Pres­ to get something, and then not be able were present, and they objected to the ident, will the Senator yield? to deliver. It was because of that con­ enactment of the amendment proposed Mr. CLARK of Missouri. · I yield. sideration that we took care to insert in by the Senator from Missouri and Mr. Mr. JOHNSON of Colorado. Would the the original act passed by the Congress RANKIN, of the House of Representatives, Senator favorably consider an amend­ provision for the exact time which the for the reason that it would be absolutely ment making the date October 1 instead War Department and the Navy Depart­ impossible for them to get ready to serve of November 1? ment agreed it would take to get out the all the soldiers equally in the matter. Mr. CLARK of Missouri. I would not, forms. For the record I wish to read a memo­ in the first place, because that would Of ·course, the discussion has taken randum provided by the War Depart­ not meet the point that the Navy is now such a turn that I am showing up now, if ment as of August 7, 1942, in which they prepared to make the payments. Fur­ one wanted to put it that way, a com­ state; thermore, if we are to wait until October, plete reversal of idea, a complete reversal Subject: Payment of family allowances un­ the matter might be strung out until any of a notion on the part of one of the big der the Servicemen's Dependents Allow­ action we might take would not do any departments, it being indicated that one ance Act of 1942. good at all. It seems to me that if Con­ person in the Navy Department has at 1. The Servicemen's Dependents Allowance gress is to remove this prohibition, it least withdrawn from an agreement Act of 1942, in section 107, provides, "Any should do it now, and let the Navy make which was made between the Army and allowances which accrue uLder this title for the payments now, and the Army make the period preceding November 1, 1942, shall the Navy about the payment of these not be actually paid until after November 1, the payments to soldiers as soon as it can. claims. 1942." There were no negative· votes in Mr. THOMAS of Utah. Mr. President, Mr. BRIDGES. Mr. President, will the either the Senate or the House of Representa­ as the Senator from Missouri has said, Senator yield? tives. we have discussed this question back and Mr. THOMAS of Utah. I am glad to 2. It is impracticable to provide for the forth for several days. I merely wish yield. payments of family allowances sooner than to say one thing in regard to the letter Mr. BRIDGES. Who entered into the November 1, 1942, because of the time re­ from the Acting Secretary of the Navy. agreement between the Army and the quired after passage of the act on June 23, One of the first acts agreed upon was an 1942, to do the following: Navy? Was it the two Secretaries-the a. Set up and perfect the organization and agreement between the Army and the Secretary of Vlar and the Secretary of procedures. of operations for the administra­ Navy that the dependents' allowances the Navy-or just how was the agree­ tion of the law. should be paid at the same time in both ment made? b. Procure personnel which 1s still more services, so that there would not be pref­ Mr. THOMAS of Utah. I know noth­ than 1,000 persons short of· requirement for erence, and one person would not be bet­ ing about the making of the agreement. 1 shift. ter off than another, so far as the time I merely know what testimony was given c. Train personnel. of the payment was concerned. before the committee by the representa­ d. Obtain necessary equipment and sup­ There is one more thing which will tives of the War Department, wherein plies and secure the necessary priorities have to be done if the Navy is ready to they pointed out that an understanding therefor. begin paying at the present time. The had been reached between the two Mr. VANDENBERG. Mr. President, forms which have been gotten out for branches that the sailors and the sol­ before the Senator leaves the point which both the Army and the Navy are forms diers should be paid on the same day. he has just been reading, let me ask him drawn in accordance with the date pre­ Of course, I do not think there was any whether there is anything in the pend­ scribed by the law. The enactment of formal agreement; perhaps I am using ing bill which would require the War 1942 ·coNGRESSIONAL RECORb-SENATE Department to proceed upon this enter­ we leave it November 1,- since many have these men are giving their lives, and their prise one second sooner than it in its made their arrangements to tide them­ dependents are losing their livelihood by o~n judgment desired? selves over to that time, and, according reason of husbands and sons being taken Mr. REYNOLDS. No; I do not think to my understanding, most all the checks away from them. The junior Senator so. will go out about November 1, it will save from North Carolina wants to pay every Mr. VANDENBERG. Then what is the much anxiety and much embarrassment. dollar he can to Americans, because he point about which they are complaining, Mr. VANDENBERG. We would not wants Americans to get the money before if what we are doing is permitting the change the November 1 date by the pas­ anyone else gets the money. Department to be completely autonomous sage of the proposed legislation. We Several years ago I introduced a bill in respect to the performance of an act should simply make the War Department in the Senate, which was referred to the which Congress wants performed as soon responsible for the date. The War De­ Committee on Military Affairs, provid­ as possible, and when it is willing to per­ part.ment was responsible in the first in­ ing that if and when we should get into a mit the War Department to determine stance, and it ought to be responsible in war, the soldiers of that World War No.2 when it is able to perform the act? the last instance. should be entitled to the same benefits What is the use of all the horrendous Mr. REYNOLDS. The War Depart­ that the soldiers of World War No. 1 objection to the change in the law, which ment is assuming responsibility. But the were entitled to. I am so much inter­ would change nothing except as it would War Department comes forward and says ested in our soldiers that I should like eliminate an arbitrary deadline put into "We want the date fixed as of November to see passed right now a bill providing the law by Congress at the request of the 1 because we cannot really do this job that the veterans of World War No. 2 War Department? Does not the Senator properly before that time." be entitled to the same benefits that the from North Carolina want these soldiers' Mr. BRIDGES. Mr. President, will the veterans of World War No. 1 are entitled dependents claims paid at the earliest Senator yield? to. I want the veterans to be paid, and I possible date? Mr. REYNOLDS. I yield. want to give them all they are entitled to, Mr. REYNOLDS. Certainly. Mr. BRIDGES. The Senator says that but I want what is coming to them to be Mr. VANDENBERG. Then why does one of the reasons for the November 1 given them before anything else is done the Senator want to put in the law a date date is the lack of a sufficient clerical with the money. 3 months hence, before which he insists force to do the job. In that case would Mr. President, what we are proposing no payment shall be made, even though it not be in the in'terest of efficiency to is not with the idea of delaying payment. at least one of the service departments have the Department do this job as it goes We are merely endeavoring to help the says it can make the payments much along, rather than have one great mass War Department. I am basing my opin­ sooner? Why does the Senator want to of work to be performed on November 1? ion on what the representatives of the maintain that bar against earlier pay­ Mr. REYNOLDS. Not at all. It is my War Department say about the matter, ments? opinion, and I base that opinion on the and I am dependent entirely upon them. Mr. REYNOLDS. The Senator from information provided me by the War De­ I assume they know their subject. I North Carolina desires that the de­ partment, that the contrary would be know they know more about the matter pendents be paid at the earliest possible much easier. If we are going to compute than I do. Consequently, I am willing moment. the amount of allowances from the enact­ to base my judgment on their opinion Mr. VANDENBERG. Then. .:Jre he in­ ment date to the date of computation, with respect to the matter. I really sists upon maintaining the November every amount will be different, because think we are going to cause a consider• de::?dline? payment may be made from the passage able amount of grief in the form of dis­ Mr. REYNOLDS. For the very reason of the act up to 30 days or 40 days or 50 appointment, that is to say immediate that the War Department will riot be in days, whereas under the present arrange­ disappointment, if we change the date. a position to compute the allowances ment the computation can be made up to Mr. President, for the record I ask which will go to the dependents as a November 1. unanimous consent to have the com­ whole before November 1, attributable to Mr. CLARK of Missouri. Mr. Pres­ munication from the War Department, the fact, as the Department states in the ident, will the Senator yield? from which I previously read, placed in report I have before me, that it will be Mr. REYNOLDS. I yield. the RECORD at this point as a part of my unable, or has been thus far, to secure Mr. CLARK of Missouri. The Sen­ remarks. more than half the personnel necessary ator is certainly perfectly aware of the There being no objection, the matter to bring about the computations. fact, as we all are, that all these men referred to was ordered to be printed in It has been publicized throughout the did not go into the service on the same the REcORD, as follows: entire Nation that the dependents may day, and, therefore, whether allowances WAR DEPARTMENT, not expect compensation before Novem­ are computed on the basis of November THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, ber 1. That has been generally under­ Washington, August 7, 1942. 1, or whenever they are going to be com­ Subject: Payment of family allowances under stood by everyone interested in the pay­ puted, any two men who are inducted the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance ment. If at this time we should elimi­ into the service at different dates are Act of 1942. nate "November 1"-I believe that would going to draw different amounts for their 1. The Servicemen's Dependents Allow­ be the proper way to state it-then all dependents. ance Act of 1942, in section 107, provides: those who have set their sights and made Mr. REYNOLDS. That is true, but if "Any allowances which accrue under this their plans with the idea that they will we had a set date of November 1, it title for the period preceding November 1, not receive their moneys before Novem­ would certainly eliminate a considerable 1942, shall not be actually paid until after ber 1 will be expecting to receive the pay­ November 1, 1942." There were no negative amount of work. The able Senator from votes in either the Senate or the House of ments immediately, As a result, some Utah [Mr. THOMAS], the able Senator Representatives. will get the payments now, and others from Colorado [Mr. JoHNSON], and the 2. It is impracticable to provide for the who will not get the payments will Presiding Officer of this body at the pres­ payment of family allowances sooner than find out about it and will say, "There is ent time, the junior Senator from Cali­ November 1, 1942, because of the time re­ something crooked about this; I don't fornia [Mr. DowNEY], as well as every quired after passage of the act on June 23, understand it. I have not gotten my member of the Military Affairs Commit­ 1942, to do the following: money, but my neighbor next door has (a) Set up and perfect the organization tee, are just as anxious that these men be and procedures of operations for the admin­ gotten his money. I am going to tele­ paid today as is the able Senator from istration of the law. graph my Senator and my Congressman, Michigan [Mr. VANDENBERG], or the able (b) Procure personnel which is still more and I am going to write the War Depart­ Senator from Missouri [Mr. CLARK], who than 1,000 persons short of requirements for ment." As a result, there will be a great are championing the passage of the 1 shift. · deal of confusion and a great deal of dis­ amendment to the act. We want the (c) Train personnel. satisfaction and much disappointment boys to be paid as soon as they possiblY (d) Obtain necessary equipment and sup­ on the part of those who are to get the can be paid. Insofar as the junior Sen­ plies and secure the necessary priorities there.­ money. for. ator from North Carolina is concerned, (e) Devise all blank forms and have them Why not leave the date November 1? if we could pay all these dependents to­ printed. Everyone has been advised he will get his day he would have it done, because bil­ (f) Distribute applications to the entire money_on or about November 1, and if lions of dollars are being expended, and Army throughout the world and to civilians, AUGUST l7 and to permit the return of applications by point where it can adequately handle from Time Required for Printing and Distribution applicants. Distribution started July 23, ten to twenty thousand applications and of Applications for Family Allowances.) 1942. authorizations per day. In addition to the (d) A large percentage of those distributed (g) Process these applications and insure volume of original applications, procedures have not arrived.at their destination as yet. that authorizations for payment are in ac­ must be perfected to handle hundreds of 2. In addition to the application blank, cordance with the statute. thousands of changes in address, in soldier's other forms have had to be devised and (h) Permit the Office of the Chief of Fi­ status and in the eligibility of beneficiari'es printed. Included among these are: nance to compute accounts and draw the under the act. Family Allowance Case Folder. checlts which are payable. (d) Prior to the aproval of a single au­ Work sheet. 3. The more important details involved in thorization for payment there is involved a Post card acknowledging receipt of applica­ each of the above time-consuming elements tremendous amount of administrative detail. tion (W. D. A. G. 0. Form No. 698). are indicated in the report submitted here­ Each application must be examined, evidence Authorization for Family Allowances (W. D. with. in support of the statements contained mu~t A. G. 0 . 630). 4. Such plans as were feasible prior to the be evaluated, records established· in order to Change of status work sheet. passage of the Servicemen's Dependents protect the interests of the public as well as Notification for discontinuance of family Allowance Act were made to minimize the the interests of the applicants. After the allowances. time required for making payments for family a..lthoriz.ation for payment has been approved, Notification for change of address (W. D. allowances after the bill became law. The the mechanics for effecing the disbursements A. G. 0. Form No. 640). organization prerequisite to proper adminis­ involve a series of different processes. All Post card advising applicant and payee of tration of the law is comparable to l:'etting forms must be examined to determine that action -on application. . up a large national or international business they are properly and completely executed and concern from scratch and having it in full op­ acceptable for payment. Amounts due the Report of change of status or address. eration in 4 months. No known business of beneficiaries listed on the forms must be com­ Vouchers. comparable magnitude has been set up for puted, verified, and entered on the forms. V.· VOLUME OF WORK full operation in less than 4 months. Effective accounting controls must be estab­ 1. The total number of payments that will 5. For many years men in the service have lished, and the forms processed through a be made under the act is somewhat con­ had the privilege of having a portion of their number of different operations to prepare the jectural and dependent to a large exteJ).t on pay sent home to dependents in the form of stencils and other media for writing checks future circumstances. Conservative esti­ class E allotments. After the passage of the and vouchers. The processes involved are de­ mates, however, indicate that th.e volume will Servicemenrs Dependents Allowance Act of tailed, complicated, and time consuming. reach hundreds of thousands of checks each 1.942, and to avoid possible hardships that The operation of making the mathematical month. In view of such tremendous volume, might be caused by the deduction of the $22 cc ~putations of the amounts due b.enefici­ the work requires the establishment of a new or $27 per month from · the soldier's pay as aries, involving appropriate distribution of organization which will develop into one of : his contribution to the family allowances un­ the soldier's contribution to the allowance the largest single agencies of its kind. · til the initial -payment. of the family allow­ and adding the same to the amounts· estab- · 2. It is the desire of the Degartment to ances were made, the War Department on ·Iished by the act is illustrative of the com­ effect disbursements under this act ns ·, June 30, 1942, authorized a soldier applicant plexities lnvolved. promptly as possible. At the same time, to continue or make class E allotments tp his II:' PROCUREMENT AND TRAINING OF PERSONNEL however, the responsibilities incident to the dependents, which would be deducted from 1: The war activities have drained the disbursement of _public moneys are so im­ the intial payment of the family allowance. available labor supply to a point where portant that no relaxing ot established safe­ Thus, it has been possible for: the total fa.mily .trained persoi:mel is practically out. of the guards or weakening of sound procedure can ·income each month to be the. same as Jt .has question. The personnel problem is tremen- be justified. • , been since the man has b~en in the_sEl_rViGe , dous. inexperienced employees must be' re­ 3. It-is considered opinion of this Depart- ~ - plus, of course, the pay increase of this year. cruited from wherever they can be found and ·ment that the present payment date for these REPORT INDICATING IMPRACTICABILITY OF MAK- developed by intensive training on the job. allowances cannot safely be advanced with• ING FAMILY-ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS UNDER 2. The family allowance section requires out forcing a resort to short-cuts and adopt­ THE SERVICEMEN'S DEPENDENTS ALLOWANCE -an estimated minimum of 2,500 civilian em­ ing, as expedients, questionable practices ACT OF 1942 PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 1, 1942 ployees for one full shift. Of this number which might lead to extremely unfortunate results. I. ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES OF OPERATIONS over 1,000 are yet to be procured. 1. Organization . 3. The allotment division, Office of Chief of Finance, requires an estimated minimu:q1 Mr. VANDENBERG. Mr. President, (a) The Servicemen's Dependents Allow­ of 500 civilian employees for one full shift. the point at which I find it .so dimcult to ance Act is administered by the Family Al­ Of this number over 300 are yet to be pro­ follow the able Senator from North Car­ lowance Section of the Allowance and Allot­ ·cured. olina is this: I agree with him that the ment Branch, Adjutant General's Office, ex­ War Department is the Department ·cept for the actual payment of the allowance. III. EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND PRIORITIES (b) After authorization by the Allowance 1. Essential machines, equipment and sup­ which ought to decide when these pay­ and Allotment Branch, Family Allowance Sec­ plies, priorities are available but in many ments are gqing to be made, because that tion, the checks are drawn and mailed by cases are of little value since the shortages is the Department which has to function the Office of the Chief of Finance. . of critical materials or the conversion of. the in respect to their payment. I am per­ factories by manufacturers to other war fectly willing to leave the matter to the 2. Procedures of operations needs hold up or prevent deliveries. · War Department. The proposed amend­ (a) The procedure of operations of both the 2. In the middle of May, more than a ment leaves it to the War Department. Family Allowance Section, Allowance and Al­ month before the final passage of the law, lotment Branch, Adjutant General's Office, furniture, equipment, and supplies essential It simply removes certain of the shackles and the Allotment Division, Allowance to operation were ordered. from the War Department which were Branch, Office of Chief of Finance, have been 3. Despite every effort to obtain delivery put there by congressional action, by the streamlined to reduce to the absolute mini­ at the earliest possible date, there are still votes of the Senator from North Caro­ mum the flow of correspondence and paper important shortages of typewriters, furniture, lina [Mr. REYNOLDS] and myself. So -far work. telephones, filing cabinets, and such mechan­ as I am concerned I want the congres­ (b) In the administration of the ' Service­ ical equipment as check signers, inserting and sional shackles removed, so that the War: men's Dependents Allowance Act, the War sealing machines, electric time ·stamps, etc. Department has kept the disbursing· func­ Department can act at the first moment tions separate from the administrative func­ IV. BLANK FORMS when in its own judgment it is prepared tions for policy reasons. The Adjutant Gen­ 1. "Application for Family Allowances" and ready to act. Why does the Senator ·eral has been made responsible for processing (W. D. A. G. 0 . Form No. 625): from North Carolina complain about applications and making all determinations (a) Ten million Application for Family Al­ ·lowances forms (W. D. A. G. 0. Form No. that? I am leaving it all to the War De­ of relationship and dependency as well as all partment. other determinations necessary in the admin­ 625) were ordered June 25, 2 days after the istration of the statute. The Chief of Fi­ bill became law. Mr. REYNOLDS. The War Depart-· nance has been macie responsible for making (b) The first shipment was not received ment has already told us that it will not all fiscal c_omputations necessary to the de­ until July 22. be ready to act until after November 1, termination of the amounts to be paid indi­ (c) Distribution to foreign Army installa­ and it has given the reasons. If we elim­ vidual beneficiaries and effecting the actual tions began immediately and was completed inate the date, November 1, I respectfully disbursements of funds to such beneficiaries on July 30. Distribution to domestic Army contend that we will cause a great deal of on the basis of authorizations for payment .installations was started on July 31 and is grief by way of immediate disappoint­ approved by the Adjutant General. continuing at the rate of 200,000 applications (c) To meet the prospective flood of ap­ ·per day, with 1,444,000 still to be sent out to ment, because the minute the country plications for family allowances it has been ·complete the initial domestic distribution. knows that Congress has eliminated the necessary to convert the operations into ·rou­ ·To August 6, 1942, a total of 3,132,000 applica­ date of November 1, every one is going· to ·tine in the nature of production assembly tions have been. distributed. (See · A. & A. expect his or her check in the morning lines and to gear the plant capacity to a Branch, A. G. 0. Fam1ly Allowance Section, mail. The morning mail may bring a 1942 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 6869 check to Mrs. Jones who lives here, but Navy recommends enactment of the proposed sons shall be paid tomorrow? Is there will not bring a check to Mrs. Brown who legislation." not an implication that the War Depart­ lives next door, and Mrs. Brown ·who lives Then Mr. Mallon goes on: ment is deliberately trying to keep from such persons payments which are due next door to Mrs. Jones will want to know That dld the job. why she did not get her check, and will them? feel that something crooked is going on He is now referring to the progress of Mr. President, no matter when it is in Washington. the bill in the House. made, the payment will be made in ac­ Mr VANDENBERG. That is another It is a remarkable matter when the Gov­ cordance with law. The forms will have question. That is not the question the ernment openly corrects a mistake, and all to be made out. If the Navy Depart­ who had part in this correction deserve re­ ment has already figured and made its Senator was arguing when I rose. He sounding cheers. The easier pattern of offi­ was arguing that this was a problem calculations and made its forms on a cial behavior in such matters is to insist that 1, which ought to be left in the jurisdiction there was no mistake, and to concoct all the date before November the Navy De­ of the War Department, and I am insist­ excuses and arguments which lawyers can partment has broken the law, and the ing that the passage of ·the proposed devise to justify a blunder. Secretary of the Navy knows that it has amendment of the act will leave the mat­ Acting Secretary of War Patterson, a bril­ broken the Ia w, and the Acting Secretary ter more in the jurisdiction of the war liant New York judge and attorney, for ex­ of the Navy knows that it has broken the ample, wrote a letter, also dated August 5, to Department than it would b~ without the law, because the law sets November 1 as passage of the amendment, because it the House Speaker, making two pleas, which the date. contradicted each other, in substantiation of When is the Navy going to pay? That will leave the War Department abso­ the position which Colonel Hughes had led lutely free to proceed on its own judg­ him into. is the question I wish to have answered. ment, without limitation. Patterson said it would be discrimination The letter from the Acting Secretary of Mr. SCHWARTZ. Mr. President, will against our soldiers overseas who cannot get the Navy implies that the dependents the Senator from North Carolina yield the necessary blanks quickly, if he paid the could be paid tomorrow, because he said dependents of soldiers in this country first. it would be a good thing for morale. Of to me? This, of course, is a matter of hunger and . Mr. REYNOLDS. I yield. course, it would be a good thing for rent paying. Patterson's argument would morale. WhY did we pass. the original Mr. SCHWARTZ. I merely wish to ask have you believe that, when faced with hun­ the Senator from Missouri [Mr. CLARK] dreds of thousands of hungry women and bill? It was because of need, and to whether he agrees with what has been children, it is a "diScrimination" to feed any build up the morale of our Army and said by the Senator from Michigan, that of them first. our Navy. tht passage of the pending measure will In a hospital, Patterson, if faced with a The Acting Secretary of the NaVY is hundred dying men, would refuse to treat any just as guilty as anyone can be if he still leave the War Department with full until he could get enough doctors to treat all jurisdiction to handle the matter the holds out a promise which cannot be ful­ at once-and the day before elec~ion, pre­ filled. That is what I am talking about, best it can? sumably. and that is the only thing I have been Mr. CLARK of Missouri. That is true, His other point denied his first one. It talking about. Mr. President. There is nothing in the was that "a large force of reasonably well­ I think the columnis~ might have come bill, nor is there any proposal in connec­ trained persons, many typewriters, and the necessary desks and filing equipment and to a different conclusion had he gone to tion with the bill, to provide a manda­ forms are required"-perhaps 3,000 persons the trouble of examining more closely tory date. The bill now before the Sen­ to look over 1,000,000 forms. what both the Wa.r Department and the ate simply stri}tes out the prohibition He said it would, therefore, be physically Navy Department have to live up to, date of Noveml;ler 1, before which, under impossible to get out all the checks even on first, as to getting out the forms, and, the present law, neither the Navy nor the November 1. second, as to making the calculations. Army can make any of these payments. Of course, 1!his is no excuse for delaying everyone, but he used it, and thereby unin­ Will the Acting Secretary of the Navy Mr. SCHWARTZ. Then it is the tentionally suggested that if the second front say to some dependent somewhere who opinion of the Senator that if the bill 1s to be opened on the same basis, perhaps has been forgotten by his son or by her sbou;d be passed it should not be con­ this country needs a swifter Assistant Secre­ husband, "You have no rights before the sidered by the war Department as a tary of War as well as a swifte:f Army financial law in making yout claim"? mandate that it must make payments department. • How are the forms to be made out and frpm day to day. Mr. President, I desire to say that I do how are they to be gotten out? Unless Mr. CLARK of Missouri. Certainly not concur with Mr. Mallon in his view they deliberately break the law of the not I cannot agree with the proposal of of Under Secretary Patterson, because I United States, the Departments cannot the Senator from Colorado [Mr. JoHN­ think he is an extremely capable and effi­ make advance p·ayments. They cannot soN] that October 1 be chosen, because cient official. But the point made by Mr. make payments unless they proceed in that would be selecting one mandatory MaHon in his comments about the War accordance with the regulations of the date for another mandatory date. Department are, in my opinion, correct, General Accounting Office. We would Mr. President, I do not have any dispo­ that is to say, that simply because it is not ask either our Army or our Navy to sition, by setting an arbitrary date, to not possible immediately to pay all the be legally lax in regard to the rights of force the Department to attempt to pay dependents it would be no discrimination the soldiers and the sailors. The Acting before it can pay. to make payment as soon as possible to Secretary of the Navy would be the last Mr. President, while I have the floor, some dependents of soldier~. many of man to do it, because I know how careful since the Senator from North Carolina whom are in dire need as to food, clothes, he has been in regard to contracts; and has referred to the communication from and medicine, and shoes for their chil­ if a man is careful in regard to contracts the War Department, I wish to take a dren so they may send them to school. and in regard to thE. Government's minute or two of the Senate's time to I hope very much, Mr. President, that money, certainly he will be careful in read some very pertinent comments on the bill may be passed, particularly be­ regard to dependents' pay and in regard that report, particularly with regard to cause. as the Senator from Michigan to the rights of soldiers and sailors. the assertion that it would be a discrimi­ [Mr. VANDENBERG] has stated, it does not If we can figure out how the promise of nation to pay the dependents of one serv­ establish any mandatory date, it does not the Acting Secretary of the Navy can be icemen before they pay them all. I read compel the War Department to move up fulfilled, then it will be time to bring in from the column by Paul Mallon, pub­ the date from November 1 if it is entirely the argument which has been made. If lished in this morning's Philadelphia impossible for them to do so. It seems we can figure out how the promise of the Inquirer; in my opinion, Mr. Mallon is to me that is as little as the Congress can columnist can be fulfilled, then will be one of the ablest publicists connected do at the present time. the time to bring in the argument. with the newspaper business in the Mr. THOMAS of Utah. Mr. President, We asked the representative of the War United States. He refers to the letter I do not wish to carry on an argument Department, "If you were ordered to pay which I just read from the Acting Secre­ with a newspaper columnist, and I do tomorrow, how many could you pay?" tary of the Navy. He says: not think the Senator from Missouri read He said, "Probably at the end of the In a letter to Acting Speaker BULWINKLE, the comments of the newspaper column­ day we could get together 50." · dated August 5, the Acting Navy Secretary, ist for the purpose of bringing those com­ That shows that it would be physically James Forrestal, wrote: ments into the argument on the flo·or of possible to make some of the payments, . :·~ - making of tPese payments at once the Senate. But is there not an implica­ but it would mean new forms, it would will have .a decided e~ect . on ~orale. .The tion in those ·comments that some per- mean starting over again, and so on. 6870 CONGRESSIONAL 'RE.CORD-SENATE AUGUST 17

The Senator from Missouri has called WAR DEP.'1R.TMENT, DEATH OF . COL. ALBERT .K. B. LYMAN OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF, it a mistake, a mistake made by Congress. Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. President, I a.sk . The mistake was not made in the Sen­ Washington. Han. ROBERT R. REYNOLDS, unanimous consent to have printed in the ' . ate bill, I am glad to say, because we put United States Senate. REcoRD at this point. a letter informing no dates in the Senate bill. The date DEAR SENATOR REYNOLDS: I am concerned us of the death on August 13 of Col. Al­ 'came in as the result of a desire to try to over the question raised in the Senate on bert K. B. Lyman, whose nomination for hold forth a promise, and the date was August 13 regarding possible discrimination brigadier general had been submitted to changed in conference, in order to con­ against otficers of the National Guard, since the Senate for confirmation. form with the time limit in the Senate there are few matters more highly iJl!por­ tant or to which I devote more personal at­ There being no objection, the letter bill. tention than recommendations for general was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, Mr. President, I have talked so much otficers. as follows: on this subject that I have talked as an The success of military campaigns and the WAR DEPARTMENT, advocate. I am not an administrative safety of thousands of lives are dependent Washington. officer of the Government; but I ha-ve upon a general otficer in combat. I view with Senator ROBERT R. REYNOLDS, taken the word of the administrative keen anxiety. a tendency to place too much United States Senate, officers, and I have taken seriously the emphasis upon the honor attached to the Washington, D. C. . rank of a general, and too little upon the DEAR SENATOR . REYNOLDS: Information has letter of the Secretary of War. We great responsibilities and the requirements been received in the War Department that should have had it before us sooner; it is involved in such position. Consequently, too Col. Albert K. B. Lyman, whose nomination a letter which comes rather late, it seems much thought and consideration has been for brigadier general has been submitted to to me, after the discussion in Congress. given the individual, and far too little to -the Senate for confirmation, died August 13 I cannot sit down without referring to the thousands whose lives are to be entrusted as a result of coronary occlusion. the Speech of the Senator from Nebraska to his leadership. Colonel Lyman was department engineer of I feel that my responsibility to the soldier the Hawaiian Department at the time of the ![Mr. NORRIS] on the first day we talked and his family, and the necessity for main­ outbreak of war. In that capacity he was in about this matter. At least more Sen­ taining maximum etficiency in our armed charge of a tremendous engineer construction ators are present today than were then forces, take full precedence over any interest program and the activation of numerous en­ present. So I do not have to carry in the individual otficer whose effective lead­ gineer units. His services were outstanding back to the committee the message I ership is in doubt. in every respect, -and the War Department promised to carry back when the Senator The crit-ical nature of this period makes it co~equently requests that his name not be from Nebraska asked me to inform the · imper.ative that all personal considerations removed from the list of nominations. It is Committee on Military Affairs just how be ruthlessly ignored in the.selection of gen­ desired tq promote him posthumously to many Senators were demanding that the eral otficers. This high rank cannot be given brigadier general under the provisions of as a reward for long and faithful service, or section 3, Public Law 680. bill be passed. I was somewhat em­ for reputed peacetime etficiency. The cri­ Sincerely yours, barrassed by that request; but I shall not terion for a general otficer must be demon­ HENRY L. STIMSON, have to comply with it today, because strated ability to meet his great responsi­ Secretary of War. many more Senators are present today bilities. No compromise is possible. Highly than were present at the time when the etficient and energetic leadership is essential PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY AND NAVY Senator from Nebraska made his request. . to success. The attributes of a general otfi­ . Mr. McNARY. Mr. President, while The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill . cer cannot be permitted to relate to branch . the Senator from North Carolina has or component, or to personal or partisan fac­ having been heretofore read the third tors. No considerations other than evident the floor, and before we go into executive time, the question is, Shall it pass? ability to produce results can be the yard­ session and act on the Army nominations The bill (H. R. 7461) was passed. stick for my recommendations. to which I lodged objection on Thursday Mr. CLARK of Missouri. Mr. Presi­ The ablest high ranking National Guard because they had not gone to the calen­ dent, I ask unanimous consent to have and Reserve otficers are being promoted and dar, let me ask the Senator whether he printed in the RECORD immediately fol­ utilized to their full capacity. Any otficer will supply for the REcORD the data lowing the passage of the bill a telegram who is professionally equipped to cope with necessary in order to answer a question from the junior Senator from Mississippi the terrific pressures of modern warfare, and which has come ·to me regarding the [Mr. DoxEY] with regard to the bill. who gives evicl.ence of outstanding qualities number of commissions granted and the of leader~ip, will be recorr..mended for pro­ There being no objection, the telegram motion. My responsibility, anci the interest promotion of commissioned officers in the was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, of our country, demand that we place in Army and Navy since the enactment of as follows: command only those who have given clear the Sel~ctive Service Act. . If the Sena.­ JACKSON, Miss., August 16, 1942. evidence of capacity for the rank of general tor, as chairman of the Committee on Senator BENNETT CLARK, otficer. Consequently, I propose to continue Military Affairs, can obtain such data, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C.: . recommending only those otficers who, in my I should be very much obliged to him. I heartily favor bill for immediate payment estimation, have measured up to the highest Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. President, as I·· of allotments and allowances to dependents standards of military skill, who have demon­ of men in our armed forces up for considera­ strated a comprehensive understanding of understand the request, the Senator de­ tion in the Senate Monday and shall thank modern methods of warfare, and who pos­ sires information from the authorities you to pair me in favor of this bill. sess the physical stamina, the moral courage, regarding the number of commissions WALL DoxEY, United States Senator. the strength of character, and the flexibility which have been granted since Decem­ of mind necessary to withstand the burdens ber 7, the time of the attack on Pearl RATIO OF NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS TO which modern combat conditions will im­ Harbor, the designation of those com­ REGULAR ARMY OFFICERS RECEIVING pose. These attributes necessarily rise above, missions in rank, and whether from the PROMOTIONS and have no relation to, quotas for various branches or components, political considera­ Regular Army, Ofiicers' Reserve Corps, Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. President, in tions, or geographical allocations. National Guard, or other units of the regard to nominations coming from the I might add that I have been far more armed forces; is that correct? Committee on Military Affairs, let me say severe in dealing with Regular personnel Mr. McNARY. I said that I should that a few days ago an inquiry was di­ than with the citizen-army personnel. like to have information regarding the rected to me, as chairman of the Com­ Throughout I have made it my personal busi­ granting of such commissions since the mittee on Military Affairs, by our dis­ ness to guard against the undue influence, enactment of the Selective Service Act. tinguished friend and colleague the Sen­ favorable or unfavorable, of a single individ­ I do not know .the date of its enact­ ator from Florida [Mr. PEPPER], in ref­ ual or headquarters. I have guarded against ment. erence to the ratio of National Guard the pressures which result from propinquity, Mr. REYNOLDS. I shall be very glad officers to Regular Army officers receiv­ from the natural desire of higher comman­ to endeavor to supply the able minority ing promotions. ders to advance their own staff offi.cers or the men they happen to know best. I have leader with that information at the I have in my hand a letter received had searching examinations and reports made earliest possible moment. from Gen. George Marshall, Chief of before each promotion list was approved to EXECUTIVE SESSION Staff, in particular refe ...·ence to the in­ locate members of the National Guard and quiry. I ask unanimous consent that the Reserves with grades of colonel and brigadier Mr. BARKLEY. I move that the Sen­ letter be printed at this point in the general with a view to recommending them ate proceed to consider executive busi- RECORD. for promotion. ness. There being no objection, the letter Faithfully yours, The motion was agreed to; and the was ordered to be printed in the RECORD G. C. MARSHALL, Senate proceeded to the consideration of as follows: Chief of Staff. executive business. 1942 CONGRESSIONAL-RECORD-SENATE 6871

EXECUTIVE MESSAGES R~EitRED Mr. BARKLEY: I ask that the nomi­ 'IN THE ARMY The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. nation be confirmed. TEMPORARY APPOIN'l'MENTS IN THE ARMY OF THE DowNEY in the chair) laid before the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without UNITED STATES Senate messages from the President of objection, the nomination is confirmed. To be major generals the United States submitting .sundry THE MARINE CORPS Harry James Maiony nominations, which were referred to the The legislative clerk proceeded to read Paul Lewis Ranson appropriate committees. . John Benjamin Anderson sundry nominations in the Marine Corps. Gilbert Richard Cook (For nominations this day received, see Mr. BARKLEY. I ask th~t the nomi­ Raymond Oscar Barton the end of Senate proceedings.) nations in the Marine Corps be confirmed Paul Everton Peabody EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES en bloc, and that the President be im­ Manton Sprague Eddy Matthew Bunker Ridgway The following favorable reports of mediately notified of -all nominations Edward Hale Brooks nominations were submitted: confirmed today. Carlos Brewer The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Cortlandt Parker By Mr. HAYDEN, from the Committee on objection, the nominations in the Marine Charles Philip Gross Post Offices and Post Roads; Sundry postmasters. Corps are confirmed en bloc, and the Richard Jaquelin Marshall _ By Mr. GEORGE, from the Committee on President will be notified forthwith of all Homer McLaughlin Groninger nominations confirmed today. Ernest Nason Harmon Finance: .Roger Baldwin Colton Dentist Norman Louis Zwickel to be an That completes the Executive Cal­ Muir Stephen Fairchild assistant dental surgeon in the Public Health endar. Walter Melville Robertson Service; and Wilhelm Delp Styer Several senior surgeons to be medical di­ AUTHORIZATION FOR SIGNING BILLS, ETC. Frederick Augustus Irving rectors in the Public Health Service. Harold Lee George MURRAY W. LATIMER Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, as in Withers Alexander Burress legislative session, I ask unanimous con­ William Carey Lee Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, from sent that during the adjournment of the John Louis Homer the Committee on Interstate Co~merce, Senate following today's session, the Vice To be brigadier generals -I report favorablY the nomination of President be authorized to sign bills and Harlan Nelson Hartness Murray W. Latimer, of New York, to be resolutions ready for his signature, and Louis Joseph Fortier a member of the Railroad Retirement that the Secretary of the Senate be au­ George Leland Eberle Board for a term of 5 years from August thorized to receive messages from the Boniface Campbell 29, 1942. The nomination is for reap­ House of Representatives. Charles Manly Busbee pointment, and I ask unanimous consent Tlie PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Herman Frederick Kramer for its present consideration. objection, it is so ordered. William Caldwell Dunckel The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Bryan Lee Milburn ADJOURNMENT TO THURSDAY Willard Wadsworth Irvine objection to the request of the Senator Ai.exandet- Russell Bolling from Kentucky? The Chair hears none; Mr. BARKLEY. As in legislative ses­ George Price Hays and, without objection, the nomination sion, I move that the Senate adjourn Morris Clinton Handwerk is confirmed. until 12 o'clock on Thursday next. Horace Lincoln Whittaker Mr. BARKLEY. I ask unanimous con­ The motion was agreed to; and (at 2 Stephen Huntting Sherrill sent that the -President be immediately o'clock and 40 minutes p.m.) the Senate Harris Marcy Melasky notified of the confirmation of the nom­ adjourned, the adjournment being, under Guy Orth Kurtz ination. the order previously entered, until Don Forrester Pratt William Willis Eagles The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Thursday, August 20, 1942, at 12 o'clock Joseph Louis Ready objection, the President will be notified meridian. John Russell Deane forthwith. Williston Birkhimer Palmer The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there NOMINATIONS Jehn James Bohn be no further reports of committees, the Executive nominations received by the Morrill Ross clerk will proceed to state the nomina- Senate August 17, 1942: Charles Love Mullins, Jr. tions on the calendar. · Howard Louis Peckham DIPLOMATIC AND FOREIGN SERVICE Robert Horace Dunlop POSTMASTERS Owen W _ Gaines, of Georgia, now a Foreign Ralph 'Brundidge Lovett The legislative clerk proceeded to read Service officer of class 8 and a secretary in Donald Armpriester Stroh the Diplomatic Service, to be also a consul of Theron DeWitt Weaver sundry nominations of postmasters. the United States of America. George David Shea Mr. BARKLEY. I ask that the nomi­ The following-named persons for appoint­ David Sheridan Rumbaugh nations of postmasters be confirmed en ment as Foreign Service officers, unclassified, Ra~' Wehnes Barker bloc. vice consuls of career, and secretaries in the Allison Joseph Barnett The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Diplomatic Service of the United States of Creswell Garlington objection, the nominations are confirmed America: R:tymond Eccleston Serveira Williamson en bloc. Howard Brandon, of Maryland. Haywood Shepherd Hansell, Jr. Mr. BARKLEY. I ask unanimous con­ Terry B. Sanders, Jr., of Texas. William Frazer Tompkins sent that the President be immediately APPOINTMENTS IN THE .ARMY SPECIALIST CORPS William Hesketh notified of the confirmation of the nom­ George Washington Hervey, liaison officer, Jerry Vrchlicky Matejka headquarters, Army Specialist Corps, $6,000. Ra.y Edison Porter inations. Albert Charles Stanford The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without PROMOTIONS, FOR TEMPORARY SERVICE, IN THE Claudius Miller Easley objection, the President will be notified NAVY Ben,iamln Franklin Giles forthwith. TO BE REAR ADMIRALS Frank Watkins Weed THE ARMY Capt_ Harold C. Train to be a rear admiral Edgar Lewis Clewell in the Navy, for temporary service, to rank Archie Arrington Farmer The legislative clerk proceeded to read from the 6th. day of March 1942. Fred Warde Llewellyn sundry nominations in the Army. Capt. Andrew C. Bennett to be a rear ad­ Eugene Lowry Eubank Mr. BARKLEY. I ask unanimous con­ miral in the Navy, tor temporary service, to Howard Arnold Craig sent that the nominations in the Army rank from the 15th day of May 1942. Clements McMullen be confirmed en bloc. Robert Gale Breene Charles Carl Chauncey The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without CONFIRMATIONS Grandison Gardner objection, the nominations in the Army Lester Thomas Miller are confirmed en bloc. Executive nnminations confirmed by the Senate August 17, 1942: Auby Casey Strickland THE NAVY Edmund Walton Hill RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD Joseph Leon Philips The legislative clerk read the nomina­ Murray W. Latimt>r to be a. member of the Daniel Noce tion of Richard S. Edwards to _be vice Railroad Retirement Board for a. term of 5 Frank Augustus Keating admiral. years from August 20, 1942. Lowell Warde Rooks .6872 :coNGRESSIONAL RECORD~HOUSE AUGUST 17

Albert Kualii Brickwood Lyman KENTUCKY Mabel B. McConnico, Port Lavaca. •Tames Kirk Zaidee G. Neville, Arlington. Guy E. Warren, Refugio . J ames Kerr Crain Edward W. Cubbage, Clarkson. John A. Nicholson, Sanger. John Elliott Wood Ralph E. Vaughn, Greensburg. John T. Davis, Jr., Throckmorton. Herbert Daskum Gibson' Frances W. LyeJl, Hickory. Emma S. Vick, Valentine. Edmund Bower Sebree Dalph E. Creal, Hodgenville. Margaret E. Lasseter, Westbrook. Joseph Nicholas Dalton May K. Hall, Island. UTAH Anthony Clement McAuliffe Amelia B. Samuels, Lebanon Junction. Elbridge Gerry Chapman, Jr. Theophilus B. Terry, Sonora. Wells P. Starley, Fillmore. George Pierce Howell Homer B. Burks, Upton. WEST VIRGINIA Hugh Joseph Gaffey Reginald William Buzzell MARYLAND Leo B. Ott, Terra Alta. Jacob R . L. Wink, Manchester. Kenneth Frank Cramer WISCONSIN Henry Cotheal Evans Charles W. Carney, Mount Savage. Edwin Whiting Jones Malcolm F. Caplan, St. Michaels. Helen A. Tuttle, Balsam Lake. George Heiderer, Butternut. Alexander Gallatin Paxton MASSACHUSETTS Nat Smith Perrine George J. Armbruster, Cedarburg. Frances A. Rogers, Billerica. Leo J. Ford, Janesville. Ralph Clifford Tobin John R . McManus, Concord. Hanford MacNider Edward F. Smith, King. Charles L. Goodspeed, Dennis. Leo M. Meyer, Loyal. Joseph Wilson, Byron William J . Farley, Hanson. John Reed Kilpatrick Levy Williamson, Mineral Point. · Mary E. Sheehan, Hatfield. Albert Hansen, New Lisbon. IN THE NAVY Josephine R. McLaughlin, Hathorne. Frank·J. Horak, Oconto. TEMPORARY SERVICE Harry T. Swett, Manchester. Gregory C. Flatley, Oconto Falls. Gladys V. Crane, Merrimac. Richard S. Edwards to be a vice admiral in Meridan D. Anderson, Omro. Veronica Manning, Minot. Rudolph I. Baumann, Ph1llips. the Navy, for temporary service, to rank from William T . Martin, Monterey. August 15, 1942. John P. Pabst, Pittsville. Ephrem J. Dian, Northbridge. Ida M. Melchert, Saxon. IN THE MARINE CORPS James B. Logan, North Wilbraham. Henry A. Kirk, Spring Valley. Bennet Puryear, Jr., to be assistant quar­ Alexander John MacQuade, Osterville. William S. Wagner, Thorp. termaster with the rank of brigadier general James G. Cassidy, Sheffield. George W. Shenkenberg, Waterford. for temporary service. Charles A. McCarthy, Shirley. Irwin J. Rieck, Weyauwega. George M. Lynch, Somerset. Martin J. Wilaarns, Winneconne. TEMPORARY SERVICE Alice C. Redlon, South Duxbury. To be brigadier generals for general duty Harvey E. Lenon, Swansea. WYOMING Allen H. Turnage Alphonse DeCarre John J. Kent, Jr., West Bridgewater. Jesse B. Budd, Big Piney. Ralph J. Mitchell Samuel L. Howard Margaret E. Coughlin, West Concord. Allen T. Frans, Meeteetse. James L. Underhill DeWitt Peck NEW YORK Clyde M. Elbert, Ten Sleep. Keller E. Rockey Archie F. Howard Kenneth W. Hagadorn, Almond. To be brigadier general on the retired list Vincent L. Keenan, Churchville. Matthew H. Kingman Earl P. Talley, East Rochester. Archie C. Montanye, Esperance. POSTMASTERS Matthew F. Dixon, Hamilton. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARIZONA Edith A. Moritz; Helmuth. · MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1942 Waltice B. Ham, Somerton. Edward J. McSweeney, Long Lake. CALIFORNIA Joseph T . Lockbaum, North Lawrence. Arthur B. Stiles, Owego. The House met at 12 o'clock noon, and John M. Gondring, Jr., Ceres. Elmer R . Chaffer, Point Pleasant. was called to order by the Speaker pro Charles L. Pierce, Clarksburg. Dennis T. Dillon, Jr., Raquette Lake. tempore, Mr. BULWINKLE. Alfred F. Seale, Cottonwood. Arthur W. Eaton, Rheims. Rev. Bernard Braskamp, D. D., P.astor Dina M. Tobin, Cutler. Edith S. Bierman, St. Johnsville. of the Gunton Temple Memorial Pres­ William Francis Richmond, El Centro. Madge E. Mcintyre, Springwater. byterian Church, Wash'r~gton, D. C., of­ Lempi J. Kiviaho, Georgetown. Mary Gallagher, Witherbee. Ethel M. Strong, Lake Arrowhead. fered the following prayer: Ray W. Miner, Lincoln. NORTH CAROLINA 0 Thou God of all counsel and con­ Charles M. Jones, Lodi. Cornelius H. Julian, Franklinville. solation, we are coming unto Thee with Agnes McCausland, Ripon. Jennings M. Koontz, Kannapolis. Hugh M. McArn, Laurinburg. bamed minds and burdened hearts, pray­ CONNECTICUT Paul Green, Thomasvme. ing that we may find shelter and strength John E. Lynch, Hazardville. in the sanctuary of Thy wisdom and John Welsh, Killingly. OHIO compassion. FLORIDA Willard R. Hower, Doylestown. We confess with penitence that we are John E. Kassell, South Zanesville. Emma A. Laird, Greenville. continually sinning against 'i'hy com­ Jean A. Hopkins, Reddick. OREGON mandments by our disobedience and sel­ GEORGIA Clifford 0. Dougherty, Cloverdale. fishness. Help us to realize that when­ Tracy Savery, Dallas. Cleo H. Price, Adairsville. ever we sin we are not breaking "'hy Henry Alm, Silverton. laws, for they cannot be broken, but we Roy R. Powell, Arlington. Grace E. Neibert, Stayton. Harry B. Vickers, Brunswick. are breaking ourselv~s. destroying the William M. Denton, Dalton. PENNSYLVANIA peace of our souls and blighting them Nathaniel M. Hawley, Douglasville. Jesse C. Yoders, Clarksville. with fear and anguish. Stanley L. Morgan, Fayetteville. Marion S. Macomber, Delta. We pray that Thou wilt hear our pray­ Joseph W. Murphy, Menlo. A very S. Van Campen, Elmhurst. ers of intercession for suffering human­ Arthur B. Caldwell, Smyrna. Blanche Ritchie, Fairbank. Ferman F. Chapman, Summerville. Lewis M. Kachel, Mohnton. ity. Give us courage to believe that the Nettie H. Woolard, Sylvester. George G. Foley, Pocono Manor. world is in the agony of a new birth and Cecil F. Aultman, W.arwick. Caroline B. Warner, Trevose. that as, at the beginning, Thy Spirit DeWitt. P. Trulock, Whigham. Mae E. Ford, Twin Roc1.ts. created order out of chaos, so Thou wilt Swiler M. Zeigler, Wellsville. IDAHO again move upon the face of the earth Wando J . Andrasen, St. Anthony. TEXAS and fill it with righteousness and peace. Lowell H. Merrlem, Grace. James Curtis McKenzie. Alba. To Thy name, through Christ our Lord, Edward T. Gilroy, Kooskia. Hunter H. McWilliams, Atlanta. shall be all the praise. Amen. John B. Cato, Meridian. Grace B. Jones, Bivins. The Journal of the proceedings of Fred L. Cruikshank, Montpelier. Frederick M. Faust, Comfort. Henry G. Reiniger, Rathdrum. Gleason Frank Purdue, Groveton. Thursday, August 13, 1942, was read and Daisy P. Moody, Sandpoint. Baxter Orr, Idalou. approved. Rose J. Hamacher, Spirit Lake. Esther L. Berry, Joinerville. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE Carl W. Amberg, La Grange. n.LJNOIS Georgia C. Wolfe, Lefors. A message from the Senate, by Mr. James E. Muckian, Calumet City. Alonzo P. Campbell, Lipan, Frazier, its legislative clerk, announced Arthur L. Larson, Des Plaines. Evlyn M. Berry, Mesquite. that the Senate had passed without 1942 CONGR'ESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 6873 amendment a concurrent resolution of years, and shall, moreover, be thereafter in­ Mr. RANKIN of Mississippi. Mr. the House of the following title: eligible to any office, or place of honor, profit, Speaker, the Senate is today considering or trust created by the Constitution or laws H. Con. Res. 80. Concurrent resolution au­ my bill for immediate payment of allow .. thorizing the printing of additional copies of the United States." ances to the dependents of men in our of House Report No. 2333, current session, on Whoever inspired, wrote, and caused to be circulated the letter reproduced below, vio­ armed forces. As you know, that meas­ the bill entitled "To provide revenue, and ure passed the House on last Thursday. for other purposes." lated the law here quoted, in my opinion. I intend to prosecute all parties to this con- . If it passes the Senate it will bring to a The message also announced that the spiracy to the limit of my ability. successful conclusion the second battle Vice President bad appointed Mr. BARK- ~ ELEANOR PATTERSON. that I have waged for the servicemen in LEY and Mr. BREWSTER members Of the BALTIMORE, Mo., August 10, 1942. the last few weeks, the other one being, Joint Select Committee on the part of the ADVERTISING MANAGER, • as you will recall, to raise their base pay Senate, as provided for in the act of to $50 per month. Washington, D. 0. I have no apology for having remained August 5, 1939, entitled "An act to pro­ DEAR Sm: The New York newspaper PM vide for the disposition of certain records has been exposing for some time the Axis , at my post of duty during these times of the United States Government," for line used by the publishers of the Chicago and exerting every possible effort on be­ the disposition of executive papers in the Dail}" Tribune, the New York News, and the half of these dependents who are in dire following department and agencies: Washington Times-Herald. PM has printed need of this relief at this time. Department of the Treasury. not witty little essays or theoretical fancies, I have done so because I know of the Federal Security Agency. but documented proof that a definite dan- · great hardships now being endured by gerous parallel propaganda of defeatism exists Federal Works Agency. between the editorial pages of these three · these dependent fathers, mothers, wives, National Housing Agency. papers and the official Axis propaganda em- · and children of our brave boys who are ADJOURNMENT OVER anating from Berlin and Tokyo. offering up their lives in this war. Newspapers, good and bad, exist mainly It has been surprising to note that Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. Speaker, I a.sk from advertising revenue. Advertising makes while I was here waging this fight in a unanimous consent that when the House the newspaper. Take away advertising and . just cause I was being attacked by those adjourns today it adjourn to meet on the paper becomes flaccid and impotent. As elements that want to destroy almost Thursday next. an important company which invests thou­ everything my people hold dear. The .SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there sands and thousands of dollars in advertising, your firm is in a position to do important That radical publication known a.s PM objection to the request of the gentleman harm to a newspaper by withdrawing its . that has been trying to browbeat the Red from Missouri [Mr. CocHRAN]? planned advertising lineage. It would not be Cross into removing the labels from the There was no objection. too difficult a matter to shift advertising­ blood that is being banked for our PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE or at least a bulk of It-from one newspaper wounded boys in the service, so one could to another; it would be a striking blow to Mr. DELANEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask the newspaper lasing the lineage. not tell what race it came from, con-· unanimous consent to address the House The Times-Herald has a large circulation tinues to criticize me for upholding the for 1 minute. indeed, but why select advertising media on Red Cross in that position. They call me The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there the basis of circulation alone? You wouldn't an obstructionist. Probably that is be ..· objection to the request of the gentleman advertise in a German Bund newspaper or the cause I have obstructed them in their at­ from New York [Mr. DELANEY]? Daily Worker, or a Ku Klux Klan publication. tempts to have the blood of other races Why place your advertisip.g In a newspaper injected into the veins of our wounded There was no objection. that does everything in its power to fight the Mr. DELANEY. Mr. Speaker, for President and his direction of the war pro­ men. many years the New York Herald Trib­ gram? I note from the paper that certain une has carried at the masthead the quo­ May I refer your attention to the issues of communistic organizations that have tation of Voltaire on Helvetius: PM, dated August 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. They tell been raising money here and in New York very simply and quickly the things about the to try to defeat southern Congressmen I disapprove of what you say but I will Patterson press that an enlightened, demo­ who oppose their crazy schemes are now defend to the death your right to say it. cratic-minded, patriotic advertiser should know. They are things he sh1uld know and required to file with the Clerk of the This is perhaps truer today than any­ more, must know, 11 we are to survive and House a statement of their collections time in our history. In the Sunday issue go on. and expenditures, which will probably of the Washington Times-Herald there Hitler 1s our enemy. Don't aid those who land some of them in the penitentiary. appeared the following article and at this aid Hitler. Stop giving money to Hitler's Their opposition is coming to be regarded point, Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con­ helpers. as a badge of honor and their support as sent to insert it. Respectfully submitted. the kiss of death. They tried to defeat The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there The time is fast approaching when two of our colleagues from Virginia, Hon. objection to the request of the gentleman newspapers, magazines, radio announc­ HOWARD SMITH and Hon. CLIFF WOODRUM. from New York? ers, and others dispensing news will be Mr. SMITH won by a majority of 5 to 1 There was no objection. subjected to the blackjack of blackmail in the primary a few days ago and Mr. Mr. DELANEY. Mr. Speaker, the ar­ if they do not express views or opinions WOODRUM by 6 to 1. These crackpots ticle referred to follows: in consonance with the viewpoint of their were calling these two worthy sons of .$1,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION REVEALING THE readers and listeners. Their families, Virginia obstructionists, because they IDENTITY OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE their sponsors, and advertisers, or all, were opposing the program of these radi-· LETTER REPRODUCED BELOW will be subjected to anonymous attacks cals, who are striving to destroy our Reproduced belo~ is a letter recently re­ and letters such as the one referred to American institutions, our form of gov­ ceived by an advertiser in the Washington above. ernment, and our way of life, and to force Times-Herald. I feel it is not necessary to say any Negro equality upon the white people of ObViously, it was prepared by a. person or the Southern States. persons well acquainted with newspaper prac­ more, but I am certain that if this mat­ . tices and advertising methods. ter is brought to the attention of the A friend of mine has just sent me a Obviously, also, ·it is designed to injure Postmaster General those who authored circular that is being distributed over my the Washington Times-Herald as punishment this underhanded method of attack will district headed "RANKIN, the obstruction­ for continuing to exercise as a free press, be properly dealt with. ist," which contains almost the same guaranteed its freedom by the Constitution SERVICEMEN'S DEPENDENTS ALLOWANCES identical attacks on me that were made of the United States. There is a Federal criminal law (title 18, SHOULD BE PAID NOW by them on the two gentlemen from. Vir .. ch. 3, par. 51) which provides: Mr. RANKIN of Mississippi. Mr. ginia. They seem to have been written "If two or more persons conspire to Injure, Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to pro­ by the same hand. oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen ceed for 1 minute and to revise and ex­ One of the false charges that has been in the free exercise or enjoyment -or any made and published in the press down right or privilege secured to him by the Con­ tend my own remarks in the RECORD. stitution or laws of the United States, or The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there there is that I voted to strike out the because of his having so exercised the same objection to the request of the gentle­ $5,000,000 to fortify Guam, giving the • • • they shall be fined not more than man from Mississippi [Mr. RANKIN]? very page of the RECORD on which the $5,000 and imprisoned not mor~ tha~ ~o . 1r.bere was no objection~ · vote on that amendment appears, page ·-6874 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD__:_HOUSE AUGUST · l7 · 1842 of the first session of the Seventy­ passed my bill with only one or two dis­ Some people continue 'to clamor for sixth Congress. I have that RECORD be­ senting votes. and content themselves with mere state­ fore me now, opened at page 1842, and it I am simply overjoyed. This is one of ments on the subject from this and that shows that, instead of voting 'to strike the most just and humane measures that agency. Demands for the true picture of · out that item, I voted against striking it was ever passed by the Congress of the conditions and for frank statements to out and in favor of fortifying Guam. United States. It will bring relief to assure confidence -were made by me as But this circular I refer to tries to many destitute dependent fathers, moth­ long ago as July 1941. But the time for make much of the fact that I missed two ers, wives, and childr-en of our brave men ptetty statements has long since passed. or three roll calls back in 1938. At that in the service and will greatly add to the Just as you cannot kindle love, affection, time I was in bed sick and could not be morale of our fighting forces by relieving or patriotism on pretty statements alone · present. Everyone here knows that I the anxiety of the men for the welfare of neither can you kindle the homes for never miss a roll call when it is possible their loved on,es at _home. love, affection, and patriotism to thrive for me to be here. · SUSPENSION OF THE STATUTES OF LIMI­ in without a minimum amount of mate­ It also intimates that I favored the so­ TATIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN rial heating units. What we need now is called congressional ·pension or Retire- OFFENSES action, and the extension of rationing . ment Act, when every Member of this throughout the country is the first step House knows that I opposed it from the Mr. TOLAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani­ to be taken. Next in the line of action beginning, refused to qualify under it, mous consent to take from the Speaker's would be the speedy passage of my bill, and ·led a drive to get it r.epealed.:_and table H. R. 6484, to suspend during the H. R. 7302, introduced by me on June 25, we did get it repealed. present war the running of statutes of 1942, to help relieve the fuel oil and gaso­ limitations applicable to certain offenses, line shortage by authorizing the sum of It tries to take away from me the credit ·with a Senate ame!ldment thereto, and for my amendment to raise the base pay $10,000,000 to construct towboats and agree to the Senate ·amendment.· barges adapted Ior use in the transporta­ of our men in the armed forces to $50 a The Clerk read the title of the bill. month, when everyone here and through­ tion of oil, gasoline, fuels, and other com­ The Clerk read the Senate amendment, modities within the Atlantic Intracoastal out the country knows that it was my as follows: amendment and my fight that raised the vVaterway territory. base pay of these men to $50 a month. Lines 7 and 8, E:.trike out "for the period of Immediate action, not statements, can the present war and for 6 months thereafter'' be the only answer at this late date, so Think of resorting to such tactics to and ipsert "until June 30,'1945, or until such -try to discredit Members of Congress who earlier time as the Congress by concurrent · that if Mr. Nelson fails to act, Congress are here doing their duty, and especially resolution, or the President may designate." must. at a time like this, when we are engaged EXTENSION OF REMARKS in the greatest war in history. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there · Mr. GEARHART. Mr. 'speaker; I objection ·to the request·of the gentleman have three requests; first that my col­ One of these radical publications in its from California [Mr. ToLAN]? attack on -me admits that "RANKIN has league the gentleman from Michigan There was no objection. [Mz. MICHENER] may be permitted to ex­ supported the President's foreign policy," The Senate amendment was agreed to. and that "he [RANKIN] has been a real tend his own remarks in the RECORD and The title was amended so as to read: to include an article from the Detroit leader in the public power fight." Of "An act to suspend temporarily the course they did not have to tell that to Free Press of August 14, 1942. running of statutes of limitations appli­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there the people I represent; for they know cable to certain offenses." that had it not been for my efforts in objection to the request of the gentle­ A motion to reconsider was laid on the man from California [Mr. GEARHART]. helping to create and develop the T.V. A. table . . and in getting rural electrification ex­ There was no objection. tended over the district, our farrpers PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE Mr. GEARHART. Mr. Speaker, I ask down there would now be in the dark, Mr. MEYER of Maryland. Mr. unanimous consent that I may be per­ without any electricity at all, and the Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to mitted to extend my own remarks in the people in the towns and cities through­ proceed for 1 minute. REcoRD and to include a brief newspaper out that area would be paying twice as .The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there article from the Long Beach Telegram. high rates for their electricity as they objection to· the request of the gentleman The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there are paying now. from Maryland [Mr. MEYER]? object-ion to the request of the gentle­ But this publication accuses me of race There was no objection. man from California [Mr. GEARHART]? prejudice because I believe iri the segre­ Mr. MEYER of Maryland. Mr. Speak­ There was no objection. gation or separation of the races, and be­ er, I find in my district a growing dissat­ PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE cause I am opposed to injecting the blood isfaction with the Government's ration­ Mr. GEARHART. Mr. Speaker, I ask of other races into the veins of our white ing program. When gasoline rationing unanimous consent that I may be per­ boys who are injured in this war. It was first introduced into •the Eastern mitten to address the House for 6 min­ also says that I am antialien. I suppose States, the people believed that it was utes today after all other special orders that is because of my demand that we get made necessary by the fact that trans­ have been disposed of. rid of the Japs. If that makes me anti­ portation difficulties prevented a su:fll­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there alien, then 90 percent of the white people cient supply to be· delivered. Later there objection to the request of the ·gentle­ · of this country are antialien. What emanated from Government sources the man from California [Mr. GEARHART]? rights do aliens have to say what Con­ information that rationing was necessary There was no objection: · gress shal1 do? That is the business of chiefly because there was a necessity to EXTENSION OF REMARKS Americans, and not of aliens. save tires. These contradictory declara­ tions on the subject have been the source Mr. YOUNG. Mr. Speaker, I ask But I just cite these facts to show the unanimous consent to extend my own re­ kind of attacks being made by these of a large part of the dissatisfaction. marks in the Appendix of the RECORD. crackpots on Members cf Congress who More recently we have been told there is danger of fuel-oil shortage in the East The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there stay on the job and attempt to represent objection to the request of the gentle­ the American people during these trying this winter and it is said the reason is man from Ohio [Mr. YouNGJ? times. lack of transportation. I wish here and now to demand that as There was no objection. We all know that our first duty is to CAPT. FRANK E. LOCKE, AMERICAN HERO win this war. Our brave men are doing a remedial measure gasoline rationing be a glorious job every time they come in extended to include the remainder of the Mr. YOUNG. Mr. Speaker, I ask contact with the enemy; and I have no country, so that the shortage of transpor­ unanimous consent to address the House apology for having remained here and tation may be relieved and a greater sup­ for 1 minute. ply of gasoline and fuel oil may be deliv­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there worked to get this measure through, ered to the eastern section of the coun­ objection to the request of the gentleman which will do so much to relieve their try-enough to assure the workers the from Ohio [Mr. YOUNG]? anxiety by providing for their dependent ·gasoline needed to get them to and from There was no objection. loved ones at home. their work and assure at least a mini­ Mr. YOUNG. Mr. Speaker, it is with Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to tell the mum su:fllciency of fuel oil in the East to a feeling of great ·sorrow I report that a House now that the Senate has just heat their houses this winter. fine young man, Capt. Frank E. Locke, 1942 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 6875 who was appointed by me to the United EXTENSION OF_ REMARKS Coast Guard, including the retired and States Military Academy about 6 years Mr. DELANEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask r..eserve components thereof; the Coast ago, has given his life as a sacrifice on unanimous consent to extend my re­ and Geodetic Survey and the Public the altar of freedom .. Capt. Franl~ E. marks in the RECORD on the death of the Health Service, and civilian employees of Locke was only 24 years old at the time late Christopher D. Sullivan. the executive departments, independent the Army plane he was piloting crashed The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there establishments and agencies, during peri­ and he was killed. His mother, Mrs. objection to the request of the gentleman ods of absence from post of duty, and for Grace Locke, lives in Cleveland. The from New York [Mr. DELANEY]? other purposes. However, this bill ex­ Young man's father, the late Frank E. There was no objection. cluded the civilian workers employed by Locke, Sr., was a lieutenant colonel in Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, I ask the Pacific Naval Air Base Construction World War No. 1. unanimous consent to extend my own re­ Co. at Wake Island because the clause During my three terms as Congress­ marks in the RECORD and to include "agency" was used instead of ''direct man at Large representing Ohio, I have therein an article from the Beaver Daily agency" of the Government. been most painstaking. in connection Times. An amendment should be added to this with my service academy appointments. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there bill, H. R. 6446, which would include the Frank E. Locke, Jr., won his appoint­ objection to the request of the gentleman civilian workers of Wake Island, and at ment from me for the reason that he was from Pennsylvania [Mr. GRAHAM]? the present time this amendment has an outstanding young man. He made been drawn up and is in perfect form and an excellent record at the United States There was no objection. approved by the Attorney General and is Military Academy. A promis!ng career · PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE known as amendment S. 2329. It is be­ in the service of his country ended as a Mr. BURDICK. Mr. Speaker, I ask fore the Naval Affairs Committee, Sena­ result of his death. unanimous consent to proceed for 1 tor WALSH, of Massachusetts, acting as Incidents like this bring the war closer minute on the subject of lignite c..oal. chairman. to all of us. Congressmen give conscien­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there EXTENSION OF REMARKS tious consideration to their service acad­ objection to the request of the gentleman Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois: Mr. Speaker, emy appointments. We are proud of the from North Dakota [Mr. BURDICK]? young men we appoint to the United I ask unanimous consent that my col­ States service academies, and it is upon . There was no objection. league, Hon. ROBERT B. CHIPERFIELD, of fine young men like Capt. Frank E. Locke [Mr. BuRDICK addressed the House. Illinois, may be allowed to extend his own that we are depending for leadership, His remarks appear in the Appendix.] remarks in the RECORD and to include daring, initiative, and courage to pre­ Mr. BURDICK. Mr. Speaker, I ask therein an editorial. serve this Nation as a place where people unanimous consent to revise and extend The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there are free. my remarks, and I further ask unani­ objection to the request of the gentle­ man from Illinois [Mr. JoHNSON]? :Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue mous consent that my remarks and the I've topped the wind-swept heights with revision thereof appear in the AJ?pendix · There was no objection. easy grace Of the RECORD. PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE · The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there :Where never lark, or even eagle flew- Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've objection to the request of the gentleman trod from North Dakota [Mr. BURDICK]? Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that The high untrespassed sanctity of space, There was no objection. I may address the House for 10 minutes, · Put out _my hand, and touched the face after the other special orders of the day, of God. PAY AND ALLOWANCES TO MILITARY AND on fuel. NAVAL PERSONNEL The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there EXTENSION OF REMARKS Mr. ANGELL. Mr. Speaker, I ask objection to the request of the gen­ Mr. BLOOM. Mr. Speaker, I have two unanimous consent to proceed for 1 min­ tlewoman from Massachusetts [Mrs. unanimous consent requests, one, that I ute. ROGERS]? may be permitted to extend my own re­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there There was no objection. marks in· the RECORD and to include objection to the request of the gentleman Mr. McGREGOR. Mr. Speaker, I ask therein an editorial from the Washing­ from Oregon [Mr. ANGELL]? unanimous consent to address the House ton Evening Star of Saturday, August 15, for 1 minute and to revise and extend 1942, concerning the President's message There was no objection. my own remarks in the RECORD. regarding the execution of certain obli­ Mr. ANGELL. Mr. Speaker, I urge the The SPEAKER pr'o tempore. Is there gations under treaties of 1903 and 1936 speedy enactment of s. 2329. Under it objection to the request of the gentle­ with Panama. the provisions of H. R. 6446, Seventy­ man from Ohio [Mr. McGREGOR]? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there seventh Congress, second session, are ex­ There was no objection. objection to the request of the gentle­ tended to include employees of contrac­ man from New York [Mr. BLOOM]? tors on public works outside the United SERVICE DEPENDENTS ALLOWANCE ACT There was no objection. States or in Alaska. Mr. McGREGOR. Mr. Speaker, I am Mr. BLOOM. Mr. Speaker, I ask Twenty-three days after the outbreak glad to be able to assist in the passage of unanimous consent to extend my own of the war the contracts of the civilian H. R. 7461 to amend the Servicemen's remarks in the RECORD and to include workers on Wake Island were canceled Dependents Allowance Act so as to make therein several editorials relating to the by the company by which they were em­ it possible for the War and the Navy De­ visit of Her Majesty, Queen Wilhelmip.a ployed, the Pacific Naval Air Base Con­ partments to make payments imme­ of the Netherlands to the city of Wash- . struction Co. The contracts stipulated diately. ington. that their pay would continue until the Under the original act such ·payments The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there men were returned to the mainland and could not be made uptil after Novem­ objection to the request of the gentleman did not include any clause whatsoever to ber 1, which provision I feel was most from New York [Mr. BLOOM]? the effect that the contracts would be unfair, I am sure the membership of There was no objection. canceled in the event that war was de­ Congress had no knowledge of the "date clared. However, the cancelation of these sleeper" having been inserted when they PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE contracts has caused much suffering and were called upon to vote on the accept­ Mr. PIERCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask many hardships on the dependents of the ance of the conference report. unanimous consent that on Thursday men and it has been necessary for The passage of H. R. 7461 will bring next I may be permitted to address the mothers to leave their families in the care relief in many needy cases to mothers, House for 20 minutes on the Federal of strangers and others and obtain work fathers, wives, and children who are ac­ farm-credit proposition. to meet their obligations. tually in distress and who would suffer The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there In March the bill, H. R. 6446, was great hardship if these payments were objection to the request of the gentleman passed to provide for continuing pay­ held up until November 1. from Oregon [Mr. PIERCE]? ment of pay and allowances of personnel May I respectfully call attention to the There was no objection. of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and fact that the passage of this measure LXXXVIII-433 :6876 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE AUGUST 17 now will not add an extra dollar to the cover the costs of transportation and War Production Board; Leon Henderson, cost of the administration of the Service­ keep. Director of the Office of Price Adminis­ men's Dependents Allowance Act. On But though everything is in order for tration; and executives of the oil and the other hand, it will relieve untold suf­ a mass migration of Mexican farm work­ anthracite coal industries. I shall also fering among the dependents of our men ers, nothing has been accomplished. So ask Mr. Bernard Baruch if he will join in the armed forces, and it will certainly far as I can learn, not a Mexican has put the conference. I am also asking all stimulate the morale of our country. in an appearance at an American farm the Senators and Representati•Jes of the where laborers are so desperately needed. New England States to meet with those PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE Is the execution of this program to be men on Monday next if the heads of those The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a just another demonstration of that which organizations can see us then. previous order of the House, the gentle­ has been our sad experience so many, I have a very great pity for the peo­ man from Alabama [Mr. PATRICK] is many times-just another "too little and ple of New England today because so recognized for 10 minutes. too late" performance? many con:flicting stories are told regard­ Mr. PATRICK. Mr. Speaker, instead In central California, there is now a ing the fuel-oil and coal situation. Re­ of speaking today, I ask unanimous con­ crying need for 29,000 additional grape garding the oil, people are told to con­ sent that on Thursday next, at the con­ pickers and the supply is less than 50 vert their furnaces to coal as far as pos­ clusion of any special orders heretofore percent of that which was available last sible. Then perhaps that same day an­ entered, I may be permitted to address year. other department of the Government will the House for 10 minutes. This, in the face of the demands of the tell those same people that there will be The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there war agencies that the production of a shortage of coal. As a result, a per­ objection to the request of the gentleman raisins as food for the fighting men of fectly chaotic condition exists. from Alabama? the United Nations be increased from My object in asking if this meeting can There was no objection. 200,000 tons, the usual production, to be held on next Monday is to see if the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a 300,000 tons this year. different departments of the Govern­ previous order of the House, the gentle­ Mr. Speaker, the situation is desperate. ment can decide upon a program, and man from California [Mr. GEARHART] is What is the Government going to do decide then what they will ask the people recognized for 6 minutes. about it? Are our grapes going to be to do. The people in New England are · FARM-LABOR SHORTAGE permitted to rot on the vines? Has pro­ perfectly willing to make any sacrifice crastination in our executive depart­ that is necessary but they bitterly resent Mr. GEARHART. Mr. Speaker, for ments and in the war agencies caught us over 6 months it has been quite apparent the fact that today they are called upon again unprepared for the meeting of a to go without gasoline. I do not mean that there would be a farm-labor short­ situation which everyone tstrict_of for any · reward, save that of knowing ADJOURNMENT Columbia, and for other pu!poses," apl?roved May 1, 1906, as amended, and for other pur­ that we do Thy will. And may the peace Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. Speaker, I move poses; to the Committee on the District of of God rule in all our hearts, both now that the House do now adjourn. Columbia. and evermore. Amen.