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H. R. 1824. An act to authorize the con­ H. R. 4221. An act for the relief of Charlotte HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES struction of a bridge across the Ohio River at E. Hunter; · or near Cannelton, Perry County, Ind.; H. R. 4239. An act to carry to the surplus FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1941 H. R. 2006. An act for the relief of Ben fund of the Treasury certain trust funds de­ Torian and Joe J. McDonald; rived from compensating taxes collected pur­ The House met at 12 o'clock noon. H. R. 2684. An act granting the consent of suant to section 15 (e) of title I of the act of The Chaplain, Rev. James Shera Mont­ Congress to the Highway Department of May 12, 1933 (48 Stat. 40), as amended, u pon gomery, D. D., offered the following Davidson County, of the State of Tennessee, certain articles coming into the United to construct, maintain, and operate a free States; and prayer: highway bridge across Cumberland River at H. J. Res. 145. Joint resolution authorizing Our Father's God, a refuge for all the a point approximately 1% miles below Clees the Federal Security Administrator to permit oppressed, to Thee we lift our hearts in Ferry, connecting a belt-line highway in the American Red Cross to construct needed Davidson County, State of Tennessee, known recreational buildings on the St. Elizabet hs prayer. Impress us that whatsoever a as the Old Hickory Boulevard; Hospital reservation. man soweth that shall he also reap; every H. R. 2766. An act to extend the t imes for seed brings forth its kind. Mistrust be­ commencing and completing the construction The message also announced that the gets mistrust, jealousy reveals jealousy, of a bridge across the St. Louis River at or Senate had adopted the following reso­ confidence inspires confidence, and love near the city of Duluth, Minn., and the city lution: bears its heavenly fruitage of love, the of Superior, Wis., and to amend the act of Senate Resolution 108 August 7, 1939, as amended, and for ot her divinest virtue of the human soul. Even Resolved, That the Senate has heard with the aggressive assault of hate floats away purposes; H. R . 2829. An act to extend the times for profound sorrow the announcement of the on the crest of the fountain of love. comm encing and completing the const ruc­ death Of Hon. ALONZO DILLARD FOLGER, late Blessed Lord, as we walk the streets of tion of a bridge across the Susquehanna River a Representat ive from t h e St ate of Nort h life, enable us to follow in these ways, at or near the city of Harrisburg, Pa.; Carolina. sustained and guided by the spirit of the H. R. 2830. An act to extend the times for Resolved, That a committee of two Sena­ Master, believing that the good in others commencing and completing the construction tors be appointed by the Vice President to of a bridge across the Susequehanna River join the committee appointed on the part floods our being with light and help. In­ of the House of Representatives to attend the spire us to dwell in the unity of peace and at or near the city of Middletown. Pa.; H. R. 3066. An act to amend an act to pro­ funeral of the deceased Representative. confidence, casting aside everything that vide for a Union Railroad Station in the Dis­ Resolved, That the Secretary communicate offends, transforming weakness into trict of Columbia, and for other purposes; these resolutions to t he House of Representa­ power and selfishness into cooperation. H. R. 3269. An act for the relief of Mary tives and transmit a copy thereof to the Breathe upon our Land the surge of com­ Fortune; family of the deceased. pulsion, of fortitude, of temperance, mak­ H. R. 3394. An act to authorize the Attorney Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect ing us a country of God-fearing and man­ General to grant easements to States over to the memory of the deceased Repre­ lands belonging to the United S tates under sentative, the Senate do now adjourn untU loving citizens. 0 Thou Christ, how Monday next. strong, how sovereign the manhood that his supervision and control; breathes Thy spirit, whose hand was H. R. 3682. An act granting the consent of The message also announced that pur­ Congress to the commissioners of Mahoning suant to the provisions of the above reso­ gloved with tenderness to wipe away the County, Ohio, to reconstruct, maintain, and publican's tears and strong enough to operate a free highway bridge across the Ma­ lution the Presiding Officer had appointed smite the Pharisee's self-righteousness. honing River in the village of Lowellville, Mr. BAILEY and Mr. REYNOLDS members Wilt Thou ha-sten the day when injustice Mahoning County, Ohio; of said committee on the part of the shall no more prevail, when mercy, truth, H. R. 3835. An act to exempt from internal­ Senate. and the spirit of brotherhood shall every­ revenue taxes, on the basis of reciprocity, The message also announced that the where abound. Be Thou a providence articles imported by consular officers and em­ Senate had passed bills and joint resolu­ ployees of foreign states for their persona~ tions of the following titles, in which the manifesting mercy in abundance to Thy or official use; children. Through Christ. Amen. H. R . 3869. An act to authorize the furnish­ concurrence of the House is requested: ing of steam from the Central Heating Plant S. 175. An act for the relief of William T. J. The Journal of the proceedings of yes­ to the District of Columbia; Ryan; terday was read and approved. H. R. 3974. An act to authorize the Admin­ S. 255. An act for the relief of August R.. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE ist rator of the Federal Security Agency to Lundstrom; adopt an official seal, and for other purposes; S. 583. An act for the relief of Maj. Harold A message from the Senate, by Mr. H. R. 4036. An act to amend the D:strict of Sorenson; Baldridge, one of its clerks, announced Columbia Motor Vehicle Financial Responsi­ S. 702. An act to increase the number of that the Senate had passed without bility Act, approved May 3, 1935; cadets allowed at the United States Military amendment bills and a joint resolution H. R. 4057. An act to authorize the Federal Academy from the District of Columbia; Security Administrator to accept gifts for the S. 774. An act to authorize the Pennsyl­ of the House of the following titles: Freedmen's Hospital and to provide for the vania Railroad Co., by means of an underpass, H. R. 59. An act for the relief of special tax administration of such gifts; to cross New York Avenue NE., to extend, school districts Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5, Broward H. R. 4063. An act to confer jurisdiction construct, maintain, and operate certain in­ County, Fla.; upon the Court of Claims to hear, determine, dustrial side tracks, and for other purposes; H. R. 198. An act for the relief of William and render judgment upon the claim of Her­ S. 853. An act for the relief of Frank and G. Sullivan; bert M. Gregory; Paulina Rublein and Mrs. Ethel Bowers; H. R. 224. An act for the relief of Antone H. R. 4065. An act for the relief of Martin S. 916. An act authorizing the Secretary of and Mary Lipka; F. Gettings; War to grant a revocable license to Guy A. H. R. 438. An act for the reliElf of Hughey H. R. 4083. An act to enlarge the powers of Thompson, trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad ParSley; the property clerk of the Police Department Co., and successors in interest, to maintain H. R. 701. An act for the relief of the Allen­ of the District of Columbia to dispose of certain railroad trackage and station facilities ~wn Airport Corporation; property coming into h is possession; on Jefferson Barracks Military Reservation: LXXXVll--223 3525 3526 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE MAY 2 S. 961. An act to extend the times for com­ ments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. next, after the reading of the Journal mencing and completing the construction of 3981) entitled "An act making appro­ and the disposition of matters on the a bridge across the Mississippi River at or priations for the Navy Department and Speaker's table and the legislative pro­ near Friar Point, Miss., and Helena, Ark.; S. 972. An act for the relief of John H. Bal­ the naval service for the fiscal year end­ gram of the day, I may be permitted to mat, Jr.; ing June 30, 1942, and for other pur­ address the House for 20 minutes. S. 1040. An act for the relief of Claude W. poses." The SPEAKER. Is there objection to LaSalle and the Dauterive Hospital; · ADJOURNMENT OVER the request of the gentleman from In­ S. 1045. An act to increase the earnings of Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, I ask diana? the United States Government life-insurance There was no objection. fund and the national service life-insurance unanimous consent that when the House fund by expediting the investment of the adjourns today it adjourn to meet on THE LATE ARNO B. CAMMERER moneys thereof, and for other p.urposes; Monday next. Mr. SCRUGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I ask S. 1060. An act to extend the 6 months' The SPEAKER. Is there objection to death gratuity benefits, now paid only to unanimous consent to address the House the request of the gentleman from Ten­ for 1 minute. dependents of officers and enlisted men of nessee? the Regular Army, to dependents of all offi­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection to cers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the There was no objection. the request of the gentleman from Ne­ Army of the United States who die in line of ACQUISITION OF DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN vada? duty while in active military service of the MERCHANT VESSELS There was no objection. United States; Mr. SCRUGHAM. Mr. Speaker, it is S.l147. An act to revive and reenact the Mr. SABATH, from the Committee on act entitled "An act authorizing the village Rules, submitted the following privileged with great sadness that I note the death of Cassville, Wis., or its assigns, to construct, report, which was referred to the House of Arno B. Cammerer, of the National maintain, and operate a toll bridge across Calendar and o:-dered to be printed: Park Service. He died early Wednesday the Mississippi River at or near Cassville, Wis., at his home at Arlington, Va., from and to a place at or near the village of House Resolution 193 coronary thrombosis, contracted in the Guttenberg, Iowa," approved August 7, 1939; Resolved, That upon the adoption of this line of duty. S.1223. An act to extend the times for resolution it shall be in order to move that commencing and completing the construction the House resolve itself into the Committee Mr. Cammerer has served the Federal of a bridge across or tunnel under the Pa­ of the Whole House on the state of the Union Government long and honorably. Most tapsco River at Baltimore, Md.; and a bridge for the considaration of the bill (H. R. 4466)" of you knew him as Director of the Na­ across the Chesapeake Bay from a point at to authorize the acquisition by the United tional Park Service, a post which he held or :q.ear Millers Island, Baltimore County, Md., States of title to or the use of domestic or with distinction from 1933 to 1940. He to a point at or near-Tolchester, Kent County, foreign merchant vessels for urgent needs of was relieved of the onerous duties of that Md., or a bridge across or tunnel under commerce and national defense, and for position in 1940, at his own request, for Ches~peake Bay, or a combined bridge and other purposes. That after general debate, tunnel, from a point .at or near Annapolis, which shall be confined to the bill and con­ reason3 of health-some months after he Anne Arundel County, Md., to a point on· tinue not to exceed 3 hours, to be equally di­ suffered his first heart attack. The Kent Island, Md.; vided and controlled by the chairman and Service continued to have the benefit of S. 1226. An act to extend the times for ranking minority member of the Committee his wealth of experience, however, as he commencing and completing the construc­ on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, the was appointed regional director of re­ tion of a bridge across the Columbia River at bill shall be read for amendment under the gion 1, covering the eastern portion of Astoria, Clatsop County, Oreg.; 5-minute rule. It shall tie in order to con­ S. 1246. An act to amend section 2 of the sider without the intervention of any point the United States. Although his official act of April 3, 1939 (53 Stat. 556), so as to of order section 2, the last sentence of sec­ headquarters under this new assignment make its provisions applicable to personnel tion 3 (a), the next to the last sentence of were in Richmond, Va., he spent much of all components of the Army of the United section 3 (b), and the last sentence of section time at the Washington headquarters, States; 4 of the bill. At the conclusion of such con­ assisting his friend and successor, Mr. S. 1348. An act for the relief of J. M. sideration the Committee shall rise and re­ Newton B. Drury, on special problems. Swinney; port the bill to the House with such amend­ Mr. Cammerer entered National Park S. 1352. An act conferring jurisdiction upon ments as may have been adopted, and the Service work in 1919 as Assistant Direc­ the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and previous questi'on shall be considered as or­ render judgment on the claim of R. Brin­ dered on the bill and amendments thereto to tor. For the previous 10 years he served skelle and Charlie Melcher; final passage without intervening motion with the National Commission of Fine S. 1390. An act to amend section 508 (d) except one motion to recommit. Arts, and was connected with numerous of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as Al'.1:ENDMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT memorial commissions in the District of amended; Columbia. His career was one of serv­ S. J. Res. 1. Joint resolution directing the Mr. SABATH, from the Committee on ice to the Federal Government, to the Comptroller General to readjust the account Rules, submitted the following privileged public, and to humanity generally. between the United States and the State of report, which was referred to the House It was my proud privilege to know Vermont; Calendar and ordered to be printed: S. J. Res. 23 . Joint resolution to amend Arno B. Cammerer personally and well. Public Law No. 861, Seventy-sixth Congress, House Resolution 189 I traveled with him; I worked with him approved October 17, 1940, an act to promote Resolved, That immediately upon the adop­ on appropriations and other problems of and strengthen the national defense by tion of this resolution it shall be in order to the National Park Service. I say whole­ suspending enforcement of certain civil lia­ move that the House resolve itself int o the heartedly that I never knew a more gen­ bilities of certain persons serving in the Committee of the Whole House on the state erous person, a finer or more self-sacri­ Military and Naval Establishments, including of the Union for the consideration of H. R. the Coast Guard; and 4534, a bill to amer.d the act approved June ficing public official, cr a warmer or truer S. J. Res. 29. Joint resolution for the relief 28, 1940, entitled "An act to expedite the na­ friend. of South Dakota Wheat Growers Association, tional defense, and for other purposes," in Mr. Cammerer served as Director Inc. order to extend the power to establish priori­ through the period of greatest expan­ ties and allocate material. That after gen­ sion in the history of the National Park The message also announced that the eral debate, which shall be confined to the Service. He was appointed on August Senate had passed, with amendments in bill and shall continue not to exce€d 1 hour, 10, 1933, just as the Service took over which the con<-urrence of the House is to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of its enlarged duties under President requested, bills of the House of the fol­ Roosevelt's first reorganization plan. lowing titles: the Committee on Naval Affairs, the bill shall be read for amendment under the 5-minute Previous to that enlargement the Na­ H. R. 694. An act for the relief of the Fair­ rule. At the conclusion of the reading of tional Park System consisted of 63 areas. child Aerial Surveys, Inc.; the bill for amendment the Committee shall On August 10, 1933, with the transfer H. R. 3827. An act for the relief of Mrs. rise and report the same to the House with from the War Department and the De­ Clyde Thatcher and her two minor children, such amendments as may have been adopted, partment of Agriculture of other Federal Marjorie Thatcher and Bobby Thatcher; and and the previous question shall be consider€d H. R. 3828. An act for the relief of So­ as ordered on the bill and amendments Park areas, the park system totaled 128 phrania Holmes. thereto to final passage without intervening areas. Also ad~ed to Service responsi­ motion except one motion to recommit. bilities were the supervision of the Na­ The message also announced that the tional Capital parks, the administration Senate agrees to the report of the com­ PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE. and control of most of the public build­ mittee of conference on the disagreeing Mr. HALLECK. Mr. Speaker, I ask ings in Washington, and membership in votes of the t1vo Houses on the amend- unanimous consent that on Monday a number of important commissions con- 1941 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 3527 nected with the welfare of the District Mr. SAUTHOFF. Mr. Speaker, I ask ELLIS] at the State convention of Young of Columbia. Added to that were the unanimous consent to extend my own re­ Democratic Clubs in Florida. responsibilities connected with the initia­ marks in the RECORD. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? tion and growth of the Civilian Conserva­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection to There was no objection. tion Corps, Public Works, and other the request of the gentleman from Wis­ Mr. BECKWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I emergency activities that could afford consin? ask unanimous consent to extend my re­ employment within -the national parks. There was no objection. marks in the RECORD and include some Although with a curtailed civil-service Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani­ information which came from the State staff, Mr. Cammerer and the Service mous consent that I may extend my re­ Department in respect to immigration. generally gladly cooperated in every way marks in the RECORD by the insertion of The matter referred to exceeds the limit, possible in providing emergency work. a statement made by the President of the but notwithstanding that I ask unani­ One of Mr. Cammerer's greatest con­ United States at Philadelphia, October mous consent that it may be included in tributions to park work was that his 23, 1940. the RECORD. enthusiasm inspired others to assist park The SPEAKER. Is there objection? The SPEAKER. Is there objection? establishment and development through There was no· objection. There was no objection. donations of time and funds. The Great STEPS TOWARD WAR Mr. YOUNGDAHL. Mr. Speaker, I ask Smoky Mountains National Park is a unanimous consent to extend my remarks lasting memorial to him, as is the Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani­ in the RECORD by the insertion of a reso­ Shenandoah. For both of these he was mous consent to address the House for 1 lution of the Minneapolis conference of instrumental in securing major contribu­ minute and to extend my remarks. the Augustana Synod of St. Paul, Minn., tions of funds. Of late he had been The SPEAKER. Is there objection? consisting of Lutheran pastors and lay­ working vigorously on the consummation There was no objection. men .. of the Mammoth Cave National Park, Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, I was very The SPEAKER. Is there objection? which, thanks largely to his efforts, will much interested to see in the newspaper There was no objection. soon assume full park status. I learned a statement made by the administration Mr. LELAND M. FORD. Mr. Speaker, from the National Park· Service that he spokesman, Senator GuFFEY, relative to I ask unanimous consent to extend my had planned to leave for Kentucky on the convoying, and I shall quote from the remarks in the.RECORD by the insertion of day he died to push along this important statement of the President of the United a letter addressed to me by a constituent States in his precampaign election showing the wages paid plasterers, and project. promises: So completely did Mr. Cammerer de­ so forth. vote his energies and activities to t.he I repeat again that I stand on the platform The SPEAKER. Is there objection? of our party. We wm not participate in for­ There was no objection. Federal service that he displayed almost eign wars, we will not send our Army and superhuman ability to work incredibly Navy or our air forces to fight in foreign THE BRIDGES TRIALS long hours. But inevitably and insid­ lands outside of the Americas except in case Mr. LELAND M. FORD. Mr. Speaker, iously his health was sapped; his physi­ of attack. I ask unanimous consent to extend my cians warned of dangers ahead, but to Now the President is going to do just remarks in the RECORD by the insertion of him the National Park Service, the pub­ an editorial from the Santa Monica Out­ lic welfare, came first. He felt, in the what JoE GuFFEY says, by sending our naval forces across the waters, and they look, and to address the House for 1 words of the courageous stagecraft, that minute. "the show must go on." are going to be attacked; and if they are attacked, then we are in the war; and · The SPEAKER. Is there objection? The National Park Service and his then where are we? Then we will have There was no objection. friends in Congress, I know, join me in to fight a battle in Europe or Asia, and Mr. LELAND M. FORD. Mr. Speaker, the solemn assurance that the work will when we do that we wilf be doing just I am having inserted in the RECORD an continue to go on, just as he would have what the President promised the Ameri­ editorial from the Santa Monica Outlook wished. can people he would not do. I say that of April 28 on the contrast in the trials EXTENSION OF REMARKS we ought to stay at home and attend to of Harry Bridges. I read a paragraph or Mr. McGREGOR. Mr. Speaker, I ask our own business. two from that editorial: unanimous consent to extend my own re­ The SPEAKER. The time of the gen­ It Is a most remarkable reflection on tleman from Pennsylvania has expired. Madam Perkins, of the Labor Department, marks in the RECORD. and her Dean Landis investigation of Harry The SPEAKER. Is there objection to RHODE ISLAND DECLARATION OF Bridges that it failed to bring to light the the request of the gentleman from Ohio? INDEPENDENCE overwhelming evidence of Bridges' connec­ There was no objection. Mr. FORAND. Mr. Speaker, I ask tion with the Communists which is available Mr. SPRINGER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the Hous-e in the present trial. The facts existed th<3n unanimous consent to extend my own re­ as now, but no thorough effort was made for 1 minute and extend my remarks in to secure them. Not until the Justice De­ marks in the RECORD and to include the RECORD. partment turned loose the F. B. I. on the therein a brief table. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? inquiry were they brought to public The SPEAKER. Is there objection to There was no objection. knowledge. the request of the gentleman fr-om In­ [Mr. FORAND addressed the House. diana? I think Members should read this edi­ His remarks appear in the Appendix of torial because it will throw a great deal There was no objection. the RECORD.] of light on the different types of trials Mr. SOUTH. Mr. Speaker, I ask EXTENSION OF REMARKS being had. unanimous consent to extend my own remarks in the RECORD and to include Mr. TENEROWICZ. Mr. Speaker, I The SPEAKER. The time of the gen­ therein a beautiful and fitting tribute ask unanimous consent to extend my re­ tleman from California has expired. recently paid by my colleague the gen­ marks in the RECORD by including a speech THE FLORIDA SHIP CANAL tleman from Texas [Hon. FRITZ LANHAM] made by His Holiness, Pope Pius XII. Mr. YOUNG. Mr. Speaker, I ask to the late Honorable ·Morris Sheppard. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? unanimous consent to address the House The SPEAKER. Is there objection to There was no objection. for 1 minute. the request of the gentleman from Texas? Mr. HILL of Colorado. Mr. Spea~er, I The SPEAKER. Is there objection? There was no objection. ask unanimous consent to extend my re­ There was no objection. Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee. Mr. Speak­ marks in the RECORD on the American Mr. YOUNG. Mr. Speaker, the Flor-· er, I ask unanimous consent to extend sugar market. ida ship· canal project apparently will my own remarks in the Appendix of the The SPEAKER. Is there objection? again come before the House of Repre­ RECORD and to include therein a radio There was no objection. sentatives. It is surprising to me that speech I made yesterday. Mr. PETERSON of Florida. Mr. the Rivers and Harbors Committee voted The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex­ out this proposal. It is high time, par­ the request of the gentleman from 'Ten­ tend PlY remarks in the RECORD by the ticularly in this period of grave national nessee? inclusion of an address by our colleague emergency, that we give scrupulous at­ There was no objection. the gentleman from Arkansas .[Mr.' tention and the greatest consideration to 3528 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE MAY 2 the American taxpayer. The American INCREASED PRODUCTION · against being drawn into a European war by taxpayer must not be the forgotten man. Mr. CASEY of Massachusetts. Mr. the propaganda of. the favorite nation. It is my judgment that national-defense I am as strong as anyone in favor of pre­ Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ad­ paredness for the defense of this Nation, but projects must go forward and that proj­ dress the House for 1 minute. I am not in favor of dissipating our strength ects involving huge expenditures such as The SPEAKER. Is there objection? in the defense of nations abroad. If we get the Florida ship canal and the St. Law­ There was no· objection. into this war our democracy will be lost in rence seaway project had better be left Mr. CASEY of Massachusetts. Mr. its aftermath. for consideration when happier times Speaker, I think the one thing that Hitler Respectfully yours, return. fears most is the power of American in­ 0. P. MAY. Many Congressmen who in normal dustry to produce. To the casual ob­ [Here the gavel fell.] times would favor the St. Lawrence sea­ server of the headlines in the newspapers EXTENSION OF REMARKS way project oppcse this at the present and even to the casual observer in the time. There is so much opposition to galleries listening to Congressmen's Mr. KEFAUVER. Mr. Speaker, I ask this proposal that in my judgment it may speeches about strikes and threats of unanimous consent to extend my re­ not even be considered during this session strikes, it would seem that the machinery marks and tnclude two brief editorials. of Congress. All of our efforts and re­ of production has stalled and stopped. I The SPEAKER. Is there objection? sources should be directed toward the think that threat has been given a dis­ There was no objection. defense of this Nation. We are in deep proportionate publicity. The Business Mr. KILDAY. ·Mr. Speaker, I ask water, and our Republic and our way of Week Index, in its last publication, shows unanimous ronsent to extend my remarks life was never menaced as it is at this production at an all-time high. Its index and include an outline of the objects of moment. Therefore, labor, materials, figure is 144.8. The steel industry is op­ the Veterans' Association. and taxpayers' money required for de­ erating at 99.8 percent capacity. The The SPEAKER. Without objection, it fense purposes should not be diverted for United States Steel had the best quarter is so ordered. any project which cannot be completed since 1929, making a net profit for the There was no objection. in time to help us during the present quarter ending· March 31 of $36,559,995. Mr. SABATH. Mr. Speaker, I ask emergency. The burden of proof is on This shows that business is actually op­ unanimous .::onsent to extend my remarks - the proponents to convince me that I erating at the peak of efficiency and mak­ in the RECORD and include therein an edi­ should support this St. Lawrence seaway ing real profits. Now it is obvious that torial from the Chicago Times. proposal, and my present view is adverse industry is not tied up by labor disputes. The SPEAKER. Without objection, it .to the Florida ship canal. At no time in The great majority of management and is so ordered. · the history of Canada and the United labor are cooperating to the extent that There was no objection. States has the feeling been as friendly our defense program is going ahead, and HOUSING IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA and the desire for mutual aid as great as going ahead in high-gear speed. It is now. The benefits of additional electri­ not stalled. [Applause.) Mr. SABATH. Mr. Speaker, I ask cal power and the advantages of this St. [Here the gavel fell.] unanimous consent to address the House Lawrence project in making Great Lakes for 1 minute. cities ocean seaports are obvious, but we EXTENSION OF REMARKS The SPEAKER. Is there objection? must subordinate matters of the sort for Mr. MICHENER. Mr. Speaker, I ask There was no objection. the time being until the return of normal unanimous consent to extend my remarks Mr. SABATH. Mr. Speaker, I desire times. I am studying this entire matt-er in the RECORD and include therein an to call attention to the deplorable situa­ and shall continue to do so in the effort address made recently at Waterbury, tion with which we are all familiar, to reach a proper conclusion if and when Conn., by the gentleman from Massa­ namely, the housing condition in the Dis­ this important proposal is presented to chusetts [Mr. MARTIN]. trict of Columbia, where Members of the House of Representatives fer debate The SPEAKER. Vvithout objection, it Congress cannot .find proper quarters in and vote. I propose to be present is so ordered. which to reside, to say nothing about the throughout the debate to learn all I can There was no objection. thcusands of employees and visitors who concerning the proposal. [Applause.] Mr. LAMBERTSON. Mr. Speaker, I come here, some of whom already are obliged to sleep in their automobiles or CONVOYS ask unanimous consent to extend my own remarks in the RECORD. find food and lodging away out some­ Mr. FADDIS. Mr. Speaker, I ask The SPEAKER. Without objection, it where in the country. This situation · unanimous consent to proceed for 1 arises because of the overcrowded condi­ is so ordered. tion of Washington hotels, rooming minute. There was no objection. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? houses, and restaurants. CONVOYS I feel · it is absolutely necessary that There was no objection. something should be done and that we Mr. FADDIS. Mr. Speaker, when my Mr. LAMBERTSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the should transfer some of the Departments colleague the gentleman from Pennsylva­ to localities where they can better be nia [Mr·. RicH] makes the statement House for 1 minute. taken care of. [Applause.] that Senator GuFFEY, in speaking for The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Mr. Speaker, so there may be no mis­ convoys, speaks as the administration's There was no obje'ction. understanding, let me say that I ·am not spokesman, I am sure the gentleman Mr. LAJ\IIBERTSON. Mr. Speaker, I suggesting that the Capital of the knows very little of what he is talk­ want to read a letter addressed to the United States be moved, but I do feel that ing about. Certainly any man in President of the United States by a dis­ due to the terrific overcrowding here we either the House or the Senate can tinguished constituent of mine, an able should move some departments to a more speak to the Nation at this time in its lawyer, an ex-service man, and an ex­ centrally located city, like Chicago, where history in favor of convoys, and honestly service legislator: more favorable housing and living condi­ believe that that is a good policy. When APRIL 27, 1941. tions obtain, with plenty of vacant office Senator GuFFEY so courageously speaks, Hon. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States, buildings, and where, within a short he speaks as Senator from the State of space of time; new buildings could be Pennsylvania. It is my belief that by far Washington, D. 0. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: I hope you will resist constructed, if found necessary. the majority of the people of the State of British pressure to send convoys, as it would I feel that the Department of Agricul­ Pennsylvania are in favor of all-out as­ be the last step in drawing us into another ture, the pepartment of the Interior, the sistance to Great Britain to the extent of futile European war. Veterans' Administration, and the Inter­ enabling her to emerge from this conflict The people are becoming incensed at patri­ state Commerce Commission can be victorious. I also believe that they are in otic Americans being referred to as copper­ moved to advantage to a centrally lo­ favor of convoying in order to insure the heads or fellow travelers. Such name call­ cated city. This would serve not only to safe arrival of the commodities pur­ ers probably would not hesitate to call George Washington a copperhead or fellow traveler, relieve overcrowded Washington, but chased with the taxes which they will as he too advised against being lead astray would result in the saving of millions of pay toward the support of the lease-lend by a strong antipathy for one nation and dollars to the Government in transporta­ program. [Applause.] excessive sympathy for another and advised tion costs. Particularly, with respect to 1941 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HGUSE 3529 the Interstate Commerce Commission, a pendix of the RECORD a resolution passed Mr. VORYS of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I very large number of hearings are now by the County Commissioners of Blair ask unanimous consent to extend my own held in Chicago, and it would be to the County, Pa. remarks in the RECORD and to include an ·decided advantage of the Commission The SPEAKER. Without objection, it editorial from the Columbus Dispatch. and to the parties to hearings to be heard is so ordered. The SPEAKER. Without objection, it and have decisions rendered by the Com­ There was no objection. is so ordered. missioners in the same city. The same is PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE There was no objection. true with regard to the Department of Mr. DWORSHAK. Mr. Speaker, I ask Agriculture which, at the present time, Mr. PATRICK. Mr. Speaker I ask unanimous consent to extend my own re­ has a very large personnel of some of unanimous consent to proceed for 1 marks in the RECORD and to include their bureaus located in Chicago. It can­ minute. therein two brief quotations. not be disputed that Chicago is nearest The SPEAKER. Without objection, it The SPEAKER. Without objection, it and most centrally located to the vast is so ordered. is so ordered. agricultural and livestock areas of the There was no objection. There was no objection. United States. I shall not unduly take Mr. PATRICK. Mr. Speaker, my fel­ Mr. SABATH. Mr. Speaker, I ask up the time of the House at this time but low Members who do not join with me unanimous consent to revise and extend at a later date I shall more fully explain now in recommending convoys will in my the remarks I made earlier today and the many advantages that will inure to opinion before very long wish they had. to include therein an editorial on that the Government and to the people of the I believe yesterday the paper reported subject. United States in the locating of some of that 1,003 additional factories are ready The SPEAKER. Without objection, it its agencies and departments in the city to go to work right now manufactur­ is so ordered. of Chicago, ing war materiel. We are cluttering up There was no objection. Mr. Speaker, in this I am not only ex­ our wharves and docks already notwith­ The SPEAKER. Under the previous pressing my own views but that of many standing disturbances and delays by order of the House the gentleman from outstanding businessmen. Bearing on strikes and so on-goods made and ready ~~Iichigan [Mr. HoFFMAN] is recognized this, I desire to insert a letter which I to use. for 15 minutes. received this morning from a very ex­ Time is so important; and if we are THE UNBELIEVABLE HAS HAPPENED­ pe:rienced gentleman having the interest doing what we ~aid we would do and what COMMUNISTS SEEK CONTROL OF HOS- of our country at heart at all times, Mr. we undertook to do-furnishing aid to PITALS . Richard J. Finnegan, part owner and England-we must see that she gets it, for England cannot shoot a gun she can­ Mr. HOFFMAN. Mr. Sp~aker, here in editor of the Chicago Daily Times, who America where we have so much for points out more clearly th:J.n I can state not get her hancis on. Time is short and which to thank our Creator, where we the reasons that prompted me to call this opportunity fleeting. The only consist­ are supposed to be civilized and Chris­ matter to your attention. He states: ent, intelligent, and logical thing for us tianized, men are exhibiting the cruelty THE TIMES, to do is to belt ourselves together and get of savages who torture those who oppose Chicago, April 28, 1941. our production over as quickly as we can them. Here in America where the spires Hon. ADOLPH J. SABATH, and is as large quantities as we can. of more than 100,000 'churches point the House of Representatives, [Here the gavel fell.] Washington, D. C. way to the Great Beyond, where the DEAR MR . SABATH: Don't you think Wash­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS bells in the towers call women and men ington ought to be slowed up a little? It's Mr. SHANLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask to thank God that Christ was born and taking too many pwple away from Chicago unanimous consent to extend my own that we have hope of eternal salvation, and other cities. It's getting too congested. men and women cause other men, other There are a lot of departments down there remarks in the RECORD and to include women, confined upon beds by infirmi­ that could be more efficiently operated for therein a State Department bulletin cov­ ering a forthcoming new book on inter­ ties, sickness, or blindness, to suffer for service to the people if they were located in want of food, care, and the kindly min­ other cities. We ought to have the Depart­ national law. ment of Agriculture in Chicago. This is the The SPEAKER. Without objection, it istrations which civilization has taught great agricultural center of the country. is so ordered. us are the birthright of all who suffer; Look at the statistics of the Department of of all who are weak and unable to care Agriculture and see how most of the acreage There was no objection. for themselves. Mr. PIERCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask and most of the crop volume in dollars and COMMUNIST:: ASSAIL CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS cents is produced in the States immediately unanimous consent to extend my own adjacent to Chicago. remarks in the RECORD and to include a In the great city of Pittsburgh, in the Instead of building a lot of new buildings copy of a letter addressed to the Presi­ prosperous and wealthy county of Alle­ to take care of the defense-program influx, dent of the United States by one of the gheny, while white-clad, patient nuns sit the Government ought to send some of the principal wheat growers of Oregon. in silence counting their Rosaries by the nondefense departments to other cities. bedsides of stricken patients, while Then it can move itf' def-ense offices into the The SPEAKER. Without objection, it vacant buildings. is so ordered. prayerful Protestant nurses, and in an­ There was no objection. other hospital, devout Jewish nurses seek Sincerely yours, to comfort frightened, crying children and RICHARD J. FINNEGAN, PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE Editor. minister to the sick and dying; wives of Mr. PIERCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask doctors and orderlies, charitable women PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE unanimous consent to address the House from the neighborhood, moved to com­ Mr. MURRAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask for 1 minute and to revise and extend my passion by the agony and suffering of unanimous consent that after the busi­ remarks. helpless patients caused by the selfish­ ness of the day and after all other pre­ The SPEAKER. Without objection, it ness, the heartlessness, of men masquer­ vious orders I may be fl.llowed to proceed is so ordered. ading as labor leaders, attempt to pre­ for 5 minutes today. There was no objection. pare the food, launder the linen, scrub The SPEAKER. Without objection, it [Mr. PIERCE addressed the House. the floors, keep infection from the pa­ is so ordered. His remarks appear in the Appendix of tients, and quiet· the fears caused by the There was no objection. ~ I the RECORD.J threats and violence of the pickets, who, by their threats and violence, seek to keep EXTENSION OF REMARKS EXTENSION OF REMARKS out of the hospital those who would enter Mr. VANZANDT. Mr. Speaker, I ask Mr. KEEFE. Mr. Speaker, · I ask to give aid and succor to bedridden unanimous consent to insert in the Ap­ unanimous consent to extend my remarks patients. pendix of the RECORD my own remarks in the RECORD and to include an edi­ NURSES INTIMIDATED concerning Americanization Day. torial published in the Oshkosh North- Yes; the unbelievable has come to pass. The SPEAKER. Without objection, it western, a paper published in my district In the city of Pittsburgh, in the county is so ordered. entitled "An Unfortunate Controversy." of Allegheny, communism has reared its There was no objection. The SPEAKER. Without objection, it ugly head and, while 75 sisters sit fearful Mr. VANZANDT. Mr. Speaker, I ask is so ordered. \ and trembling in· St. Francis Hospital, 85 unanimous consent to insert in the AI!· ~ l'bere was no objection, \. other sisters at Mercy Hospital, helpless. 3530 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE MAY 2 terrified, await what may come. Worried this un-American, selfish, and cruel driV'e our land, in every self-respecting com­ for themselves? Oh, no, not at all, but to profit out of the sufferings of others is mnnity which can by any possibility wondering what will happen to their now, in the city of Pittsburgh, the county establish and maintain one, these chari­ patients. of Allegheny. table institutions have been founded and In one of the other hospitals, a Jewish That we may unders~and the situation are being maintained. In almost every hospital, where the nurses and the pa­ which now confronts us-and this situa­ community organizations of kindly, hard­ tients are of that faith, they, too, are tion does confront the Nation, for while working, self-sacrificing women and men awaiting the result of the threat to call now the strike and the pic]:tets, the vio­ are contributing to the support of hos­ a strike in the hospital where they are lence and lawlessness are confined to one pitals so that the poor, the aged, the employed. hospital, we should recall the threat infirm who are ill, who are unable to And in the other 23 hospitals of Alle­ made on Sunday, April 27, by David care for themselves, who have no chil­ gheny County Protestant nurses, many of Kanes at a meeting of the members of dren or parents to whom they may look them young girls, who are working for far. local 601 to call a strike at the 25 other for aid, may suffer less, or die in peace. less than they could receive in other pro­ hospitals in Allegheny County. Hospitals came into existence because fessions, working because of their desire HOSPITALS OPERATED AT A LOSS of the teachings of Christ; because of the to serve humanity, to lessen suffering, and charity and the desire of His followers The seriousness of strikes in these hos­ to make the lot of the unfortunate a to aid in restoring health, are looking pitals will be better understood when we hopefully to the authorities of city and little easier. From the time when the know that the 26 hospitals have a com­ idea of a hospital was first conceived, county for relief from the situation which bined capacity of 6, 769 beds and, in addi­ confronts them. Will they look in vain? down through all the ages and until the tion, 710 bassinets in their nurseries. present day, few individuals, certainly no PITTSBURGH AND ALLEGHENY COUNTY THE The impossibility of meeting the wage BATTLEGROUND organization, have ever thought of a hos­ demands of this union will be realized pital which cared for the indigent with­ Pittsburgh and Allegheny County hold when we remember that the hospitals out charge as a source of gain or profit. the answer. For long the Irishman has from June 1, 1938, to May 31, 1939, op­ Until, because of our tolerance, com­ been the personification of the world's erated at a loss of $470,087.03. For the munism gained strength and dared to fighting man. Sure there are Irish, yes, 9-month period from June 1, 1939, to raise its ugly head here in America, no good Irish Catholics in Pittsburgh. How March 1, 1940, the combined deficit was organization would have dared to neg­ long are these sons of old Ireland going $158,913.17. lect the sick, impose suffering upon the to remain speechless and inactive while The purpose of this strike is to gain a infirm, deprive the blind of the necessi­ · the Sisters of their faith, because of the foothold in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County; to establish there the doctrine, ties of life, or interfere with operations Communists in Pittsburgh, are compelled necessary to save a life. to work endless hours, perform almost which is contrary to the law of the Com­ impossible tasks? monwealth of Pennsylvania, that hospital C. I. 0., COMMUNISTS, FmST TO PREY ON NEEDY, employees, in institutions which are in ILL, UNFORTUNATES WILL YOUNG AMERICA SUBMIT? part maintained by tax ·money, may It remained for Hospital Workers' Where are those vigorous young Amer­ stril{e against the public, and that hos­ Local Union, No. 255, of the State, icans of Protestant faith who believe in pital authorities must give unions, or, County, and Municipal Wor~·el's of law and order, who permit these men more accurately speaking, union organ­ America, affiliated with the Congress of ma&querading under the banner of izers, even though they be Communists, Industrial Orgf:t,nizations, and David unionism, who, by strong-arm methods, a voice in the management of the Kanes, Robert Weinstein, Foss Baker, l~eep willing workers from ministering to hospital. and John Donnelly, for its and their own the comfort of the hospitals' patients? Is WHEN DEATH COMES selfish purposes, to attempt this hideous it possible that those few labor organiza­ Just how would you-Jew, Catholic, or thing. To the everlasting disgrace cf tions which are sympathizing with these Protestant-believer in a Hereafter, in a the city of Pittsburgh, in the county of hospital employees do not understand Divine Being, like to have your son or Allegheny, the Communists chose that what is happening? Do they not know daughter, your mother or father, or you city and that county as the scene of their that hospitals partake of the nature of yourself, come to the last day in an in­ first revolting attempt to profit at the religious institutions? Do they not re­ stitution under the ministrations of an expense of the helpless. alize that there is such a thing as patriot­ attendant controlled in part by the rep­ It may be quite true that workers in ism and loyalty to the city, the county, resentatives of an organization which hospitals do not receive compensation the State, and the Nation, which gives insists that religion is a fraud; that paid for like services rendered elsewhere, us all our freedom and sets us apart as there is no God? but those who take service in hospitals the chosen people whose heritage is lib­ Many and devious are the ways by know the situation before they enter the erty? Do they not know that loyalty to which stalin seeks to undermine the re­ employment. Few, indeed, are the grad­ government prohibits a strike against in­ ligious faith of our people-to bring uate nurses, the apprentice nurses, the stitutions supported by the State? Are about here, as in Russia, the "red" revolu­ interns who have their college degrees they not aware that Christianity and hu­ tion. and are licensed to practice medicine, manity forbid and abhor the thought of A RED DRIVE who enter upon the duties of their pro­ seeking gain through the suffering of This strike-this drive-which now fessions or employment for the purpose others? has its inception in the C. I. 0. strong­ of enriching themselves. Service in a A. F. OF L. DISAPPROVES hold of Pittsburgh, in Allegheny County, hospital, from the nature of the employ­ ment, is ill-paid, is a work of charity, To the everlasting credit of the A. F. of is but another spearhead thrust into the and the vast majority who acc.:pt that L. be it said that that organization is not heart of America. Primarily service do so because of their desire 'to supporting the demands of the C. I. 0. the responsibility to stamp aid their fellowmen. There is no com­ and members of its teamstears' union are out this evil movement rests upon the law-enforcing officials of city, county, pulsio~ about such service. Hospital em­ delivering coal through the picket lines ployees are not conscripted, they are not and so doing what they can to alleviate and State. But the people of Pittsburgh, the suffering of the patients at West of Allegheny County, the young men of drafted, they are not compelled to be­ those communities, the mothers and the come employees of hospitals. No one Penn. disputes their right to leave their em­ Further proof that the A. F. of L. does wives, should see to it that no public official is permitted to shirk his responsi­ ployment, but there is neither legal nor not approve of this strike is found in the moral support to justify the action of attitude of J. Francis Smith, commander bility. The issue should be dragged out into the open and every man holding such employees when they attempt by cf Post No. 701 of the American Legion, force or violence to keep others from ren­ whose membership belong to the A. F. of public office should be required to meet it fairly, squarely, and without equivoca­ dering a service which they do not choose L., who characterized the strike as being to give. carried on by the C. I. 0. along com­ tion. munistic lines. HOSPITALS--cHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS COMMUNISTS DENY EXISTENCE OF GOD The time and the place to end, once Hospitals, as everyone knows, as a rule, Not so long ago in Michigan Com­ l and for all, and in no uncertain manner' l are not operated for profit. Throughou~ munists seeking political support for 1941 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 3531 their candidates put out a document The hospital during this same period receipt of such threat the hospital sent which stated: made 57,061 dispensary visits, at a total the union a communication which stated: To all Wh" hate the smug priests of the cost of $49,442.43, for none of which a At the present time there are 400 patients Catholic church and the slimy, hypocritical charge was made. in the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, many ministers of the Protestant churches; • • • During the calendar year 1940 the hos­ of whom are critically 111, requiring the most to all who are opposed by this· damnabie pital expended for the care of the poor careful attention and freedom from excite­ Government, we address this message: Vote ill ment or disturbance of any character. They for our candidate. wh'J were and who were unable to pay IY'.ust be safeguarded, as well as their anxious Close the churches and make these build­ for medicinal treatment $235,880.09, to­ relatives and friends entering and leaving ings into shelters for homeless men and ward which the Commonwealth contrib­ the hospital at all hours of the day and women. Down with religion, which is opium uted but $75,000, and the major part of night. which the ruling class feeds you to keep you the difference of $160,880.09 was made This is to give you due notice and warning satisfied with the miserable existence which up by contributions from charitable citi­ that in the event your announced plans for you lead. There is no God. zens. picket, march, or other form of demonstra­ tion on Friday next, June 28, or at any time, No true American, no believer in a During the year 1939 the hospital in­ are carried out and there is any resulting Deity-Jew, Catholic, or Protestant­ curred a deficit of $16,405.36, and during damage to patient, institution, or other party who understood and realized the purpose 1940 a deficit of $12,945.47. concerned, you and each of you will be held of a hospital devoted in part to the care The value of the hospital and its facili­ answerable to the full extent of the law. ties exceeds $3,370,000. A copy of this notice is being transmitted of the needy, would ever have dreamed to the chief executive officer of the city of of, by threat and violence, depriving the On March 28, 1940, the union submit­ Pittsburgh. ill, the aged, the infirm, the .blind of the ted demands to the conference commit­ things necessary for their comfort and tee of the hospital council of Allegheny C. I. 0. STAGES VIOLENCE AFFECTING HOSPITAL existence; of the care and kindliness of County, which represented the voluntary PATIENTS attendants. hospitals of Allegheny County, and the Notwithstanding this warning, on the No one but a Communist, cold-hearted, following June submitted the same de­ 29th of June, the union staged a demon­ merciless, and cruel, with the instincts mands to the West Penn Hospital. stration between 8 and 9 o'clock in the of a barbarian, the appetite of a hyena, The union demanded that the hospital evening, in · which some 85 persons would ever have dreamed of, much less recognize it "as the sole and exclusive marched in a parade in front of the hos­ have attempted to put into execution, a bargaining agent for all its employees" pital, bearing signs and placards contain­ procedure designed to bring profit to and that the hospital be prohibited from ing charges against the hospital. himself at tile expense of bedridden men discharging or suspending any member of Prior to July the union applied to the and women ~md helpless infants. the union without a 15-day notice. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board for That we may get a better understand­ an election to select bargaining repre­ COMMUNISTS WOULD CONTROL NURSES, HOSPITAL sentatives. On July 1 the court of com­ ing of the situation, let me recite some of MANAGEMENT the facts taken from the record. mon pleas of Dauphin County enjoined The union further demanded that it be the union from proceeding before the C. I. 0. CLAIMS SHARE OF MONEY VOTED FOR THE given the exclusive right to represent each labor board on the ground that the hos­ SUPPORT OF THE POOR and every employee, and that· if any em­ pital was a governmental agency and was The West Penn Hospital is an agency ployee was suspended or dismfssed, the not an employer within the meaning of of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania question of the right of the hospital to the Pennsylvania Labor Anti-Injunction and is supported in part by contributions suspend or dismiss such employee must, and Labor Relations Act. from the Commonwealth, but the in the event of a disagreement, be sub­ Notwithstanding the injunction an amount contributed by the State has mitted to and settled by a committee: official of the union continued to dis­ never been sufficient to cover the cost of and, in the event that the committee de­ tribute leaflets. the services rendered to the poor. Rec­ cided that the hospital had no just cause On July 31 the taxicab company, at the ords in the court of common pleas, Alle­ for the dismissal or suspension, the em­ solicitation of the union, refused to honor gheny County, Pa.-Pittsburgh-show ployee should be immediately reinstated, calls to remove patients from the that- With back pay. hospital. The hospital is a nonprofit, public, A further demand was made for an January 6, 1941, the Supreme Court of charitable corporation, and neither it nor increase in wages, a shortening of hours, the State of Pennsylvania affirmed the any of its employees is engaged in any annual leaves of absence with full pay. action of the Dauphin County cow't and, industry, commerce, trade, production, The demands for an increase in com­ among other things, said: craft, occupation, - or business; and pensation would increase the annual cost A hospital is not an industry. It has not neither it nor its employees produce any of operating the hospital by $238,654.08. been the custom in the past to unionize hos­ commodity, merchandise, or ·thing for The conference committee of the hos­ pitals. The effect of unionization and at­ profit. pital council, representing all the volun­ tendant efforts to enforce demands would involve results far more sweeping and drastic Hospital Workers Local Union, No. tary hospitals of Allegheny County, on than mere property rights. 255, of the State, County, and Municipal' May 25, 1940, refused to recognize the The questions of profits for the employer Workers of ·America is an unincorpo­ union. The union then started a cam­ or wages for the employees are not alone in­ rated association, affiliated with the C. I. paign to organiZe the employees of the volved. It is not merely a matter of sus­ 0~. created for the purpose of unionizing hospital and to create public sentiment, pending operations, ceasing work, and stop· employees in the hospitals of Allegheny and circulated pamphlets which con­ ping production, such as might be true in a tained the following . statements, which, steel mill or automobile factory. It is a ques­ County, Pa. tion of protecting the health, safety, and, in The hospital employs 650 paid em­ according to hospital authorities, are many cases, the very lives of those persons ployees, 35 of whom have executive au­ false: who need the service a hospital is organized thority. There are in addition 125 stu­ This campaign has already begun and will to render. • • • dent nurses, ~0 interns, who are gradu­ be intensified until every citizen of Allegheny We cannot conceive that the legislature ate medical students; also graduate County knows of the terrible conditions in intended to include hospitals within the pur­ nurses privately employed. hospitals and the dictatorial attitude of the view of the act. hospt tal bosses. At least one-third of the service ren­ Must have "sweatshop" conditions to op­ Referring to the Pennsylvania act, the dered by the hospital is given without erate hospitals, say bosses. court said: · charge to indigent per~ons. During the The organized hospital workers in Alle­ The purpose of the act is to preserve the 21 months preceding March 1, 1940, gheny County are faced with one of the most status quo during labor disputes, to insure 250,053 hospital days' care was given pa­ reactionary and ruthless employer organiza­ the right to bargain collectively, and to give tients, and during 84,430 of those days tions in the country, who are willing to utilize to employees the right to choose representa­ the service was free to the poor. misrepresentation, distortion, and outright tives for this purpose. falsehood to oppose any improvement in your We are convinced- During the same period 19,884 patients working conditions. received treatment at the hospital, and Said the court- of these, 6,622 were too poor to pay and Prior to June 24, 1940, the union not only that the words used in the act have received service without charge. threatened to picket the place, and on no application to a hospital, that no labor ·3532 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE MAY 2 dispute is involved as defined by the act, but board of West Penn Hospital and because it tion of the hospitals, including West Penn also that the effects of holding to the contrary concerns matters of general hospital policy, Hospital, in this matter has been made quite · would be so dangerous, disastrous, and absurd ·to the full membership of the hospital coun­ clear to you at various times, and we can as not to be within the intent of the cil comprising the 26 voluntary hospitals of only reiterate that their financial picture has legislature. Allegheny County. We have been author- been and still is very critical. Despite this After holding that the Labor Anti­ . ized not only to reply to your letter as it per­ .fact, some wage adjustments have already Injunction Act did not apply, the court, tains to West Penn Hospital, but to state also been made this year and, should our posi­ that the views expressed with respect to your tion .improve, we would, of course, hope that in holding that the Pennsylvania Labor letter and the position of West Penn Hospi­ other adjustments would be made in the Relations Act had no· application, first tal, substantially reflect the opinion of all future. The existence of "union pressure" called attention to the fact that the hos­ the members of the hospital council. is not necessary, nor will it influence these pital was supported in part by State con­ You state initially that your proposals are adjustments in any degree; hospitals being tributions of tax money; that the hos­ not calculated to diminish the administra-. public institutions, they have constantly in pital was an agency of the State; and tive authority of hospital management. In mind the welfare of their personnel and are that, if it was not exempt from the opera­ our judgment, however, recognition of your more than conscious of the fact that their union, or of any union, in a hospital, would wages, generally speaking, are not comparable tion of the Labor Act- inevitably result in a division of responsibi!-· to those in private industry and are con­ the appropriations might be diverted from ity, a duality of control, and an ultimate stantly trying to devise ways and means of their intended purpose to aid the indigent, collapse of discipline. Grievance committee improving working conditions and wages in­ sick, and injured to the payment of wages machinery and seniority rules, even on the sofar as budgets will permit. You and your and increased operating costs. We think it basis suggested, would mean constant union committee have stated many times that the is obvious and indisputable that hospitals of pressure against hospital management to most important matter in the minds of the this character are impressed with a public modify disciplinary action already taken and members is that of wages and wage increases. interest which takes them out of the purview would tend to weaken and destroy its au­ Since this is true, and for the reasons al­ of the act. thority. Disciplinary action in hospitals is ready set forth in this letter, we feel that we The court then called attention to the always carefully considered before such ac­ would be acting in bad faith were we to offer fact that among those whom the State tion is taken; thus at West Penn Hospital all you the shell of union recognition on the one discharges for cause or inefficiency are di­ hand and at the same time tell your com­ was required to assist were the "aged, rectly supervised and investigated by Super­ mittee and your members that we are unable infirm, lame, blind, or sick, who are un­ intendent Eichenlaub; union intervention in to offer hopes of immediate wage increases able to support themselves or who have these matters would necessarily tend to un­ and are unable to offer grievance-committee · no means of support," and ·whose support dermine the authority of the superintendent machinery, seniority, and all the other in­ was not obligatory upon any other person. and his assistants in a situation which is of dicia of union recognition. Therefore, we The court made it clear that it would utmost importance in hospital operation. must decline, on behalf of "est Penn Hos­ be a misuse of public funds to divert from Our judgment in this matter is strength­ pital, to recognize your union for collective- the care of these aged, infirm, blind, or ened by the experiences of the conference . bargaining purposes. · sick, money appropriated by the repre­ committee of the hospital council with your As the hospital has many times stated to union in the cases involving Mercy and South~ its employees in the past, it is always willing sentatives of the people for that purpose, side Hospitals approximately a year ago. In to meet them directly at any time to discuss and to give that money to members of a these two instances your union asserted that problems which confront them, and it will union seeking increased compensation. employees had been discharged unfairly and continue to deal directly with its employees The court concluded that the members because of their union affiliations. Actually in that manner in the future, regardless of of the union, the employees of the hospi­ the transcript of record taken before the con­ the labor organization to which such em­ tal, being public employees, had no right ference committee indicated that the charges ployees may or may not belong. It is not had been made without any real investiga­ the intention of the hospital to discriminate to attempt by force or by strikes to force tion on the part of the union and without against any of its employees for any reason ari agency of the State to yield to its any factual or logical basis whatsoever. Fur­ whatsoever, and its only interest is to main­ demands. thermore, in the Southside Hospital case the tain a personnel which is qualified and able Notwithstanding this decision of the record indicated that the orderly whose dis­ to perform its functions in a manner which Supreme Court of the State of Pennsyl- charge was protested by the union had neg­ will continue to offer hospital service to the . vania and in defiance thereof, on Febru­ lected his duties during an emergency opera­ public community in its most effective and ary 10, 1941, two of the union's officers tion and sat at a desk dozing while the opera­ efficient form. repeated the demands previously made tion was being performed. The questioning For his information we have forwarded a and threatened that, their patience hav­ of the authority of the management of the copy of this letter to Mr. Wagner who ar­ hospital in these cases caused an unfavorable ranged the meetings of Thursday, March i ing been exhausted, peaceful methods reaction on· the part of the employees and and March 20, 1941. would no longer be followed. tended to diminish the authority of the man­ Very truly yours, This was followed on February 20 by a agement in maintaining discipline and the ex­ LEO G. GRIFFITH, vote of the union, authorizing two of its periences are ones which should not and can­ .ARTHUR M. BRADLEY, officers, Kanes and Donnelly, to order a not be repeated. We feel that the attitude J. ·s. HAMMOND, strike and stoppage of work at·the West of the union in these cases is a fair indica­ F. C. REA, Penn Hospital at such time as might tion of what might be expected in the future. GEo. L. CaLLAND, Statements of your union distributed to ·Conference Committee of the Hospital ­ seem advisable to them. your membership lead us to a similar conclu­ Council of Allegheny County. Later, on March 6, at the invitation of sion and even the most superficial reading of , Robert Wagner, who was a representative your bulletins indicates that "union pressure" The strike called by Kanes and Don­ of the Pennsylvania department of labor is the keynote of your organization and the nelly at the West Penn Hospital and and industry, the hospital representa­ basis upon which your organization would which began at 4:45 a. m. on Friday, April tives met with Kanes and Donnelly in an hope to find its place in the hospital. To 18, 1941, called out the maids, the order­ effort to avoid a strike, but the union's put the matter very simply, the operations of a hospital require free and discretionary action lies, and the employees in nurses' home, representatives again demanded, and in­ on the part of the management without pres­ engineering, and garages, and was ac­ sisted upon, the recognition of the union sure "from any source, in order that the hos­ companied by threats of violence, by vio­ as sole bargaining agent. pital may fulfill its obligations to the public. lence, and by picket lines. The pickets This demand was refused by the con­ Whatever the functions of a labor union are accosted persons entering the hospital, ference committee, which represented the in an industrial concern, they have no place created disturbances which were intend­ · 26 voluntary hospitals of Allegheny in a hospital, where matters of life and death ed to, and did, interfere materially and County, and the refusal was set forth in constantly confront the management and substantially with the operations of the do not permit any delay, interference, or a letter dated March 24, 1941, which is as obstruction. hospital. follows: It is contemporaneous labor-union history Those called out on strike refused to THE HOSPITAL COUNCIL OF that despite the existence of "no strike" assist in the care of the patients in the ALLEGHENY COUNTY, clauses in contracts, as in the contract you hospital, except where the union itself­ Pittsburgh, Pa., March 24, 1941. have submitted, strikes occur and continue, and there is no evidence that there are . DAVID KANES, • despite attempted disciplinary action on the any doctors in its ranks-determined President, District 3, Pennsylvania State, part of higher union executives and despite, them to be emergency cases. County, and Municipal Workers of in some instances, indications of displeasure America, affiliated with the C. I. 0., on the part of national-defense officials. As a matter of fact, practically all the 303 Commonwealth Annex, You have not mentioned in your letter, nor .cases in the hospital were, and are, emer­ Pittsburgh, Pa. have we discussed in this reply, the question gency cases, which require the best joint DEAR MR. KANES: Your letter of March 7, of the financial position of the hospital and surgical, medical, and nursing care avail­ 1941, has been referred to the members of the its ability to pay additional wages. The post- able. 1941 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 3533 C. I. 0. DISREGARDS COURT ORDER AND STATE LAW defy the union or its organizers. Rather holding possession of the men's dormi­ Notwithstanding the fact. that a court than oppose the C. I. 0., they let the tory at the hospital and just a few days of Allegheny County on April 19, 1941, hospitals carry on the fight. ego, in that dormitory, as a loyal em­ granted an injunction restraining the de­ Although .Police Superintendent Har­ ployee was walking down the hall, he was fendant and its members from interfer­ vey Scott, according to the press, issued knocked unconscious by three assailants. ing with, hindt:ring, or obstructing the strict orders to the police not to interfere These three assailants were strikers. conduct and operation of the West Penn with pickets, he did cause the arrest of Since the 18th day of April they have Hospital by calling, instigating, or con­ a number of pickets Friday night, after remained in the dormitory. One, a tinuing a· strike or stoppage of work of the preliminary injunction was issued. Negro, hit the employee on the head the employees, and from in any manner He declared it was the duty of Sheriff with an iron pipe. Another.hit him with interfering with or obstructing the John Hines-not the duty of the city a blunt instrument, knocking him uncon­ agents, servants, and employees of the police--to enforce the restraining order, scious. That is the kind of activity, hospital who are engaged in the perform­ and instructed the police to limit their those are the kind of men-three men ance of their public duties, and from in­ efforts to the maintenance of order. armed with what appear to have been terfering or attempting to interfere with In this same connection he told the deadly weapons jump on and beat uncon­ any person or persons from freely enter­ police that they should not tolerate any scious a loyal ho·spital employee--that ing the hospital or continuing in the em­ interference by pickets with visitors or Attorney Sigal is defending in a court at ployment of the hospital, or conspiring patients seeking access to the hospital. Pittsburgh. so to do, the union and.its members have Notwithstanding these orders, pickets Three other pickets assailed two women by violence and threats of violence, seri­ have interfered with employees seeking and struck one of them in the face. ously interfered with the operation of the to go back to work. A PICKET LEADER-HIS RECORD hospital. C. I. 0. BEATS HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES From the records of the Common­ The management of the hospital has Marjorie Thornhill, seeking to return wealth of Pennsylvania comes this infor­ attempted to and has in a limited way to work, was stopped by two pickets. mation: John W. Filer, who is one of continued to give care to the sick and the She testified that on her way to work she the ringleaders handling the pickets and injured. Nurses, physicians, and chari­ was struck in the face by ·Ruth Bryant, directing their violence, was born in Pit­ table, kind-hearted women of the com­ 31, colored, a picket. Arraigned in court, cairn, Pa., in 1905. munity have, as said before, been scrub­ Ruth Bryant was asked: When he was 16, he was arrested, con­ bing the :floors, washing dishes, preparing Question. Did you strike her? victed in January 1921, and sent to Mor­ the meals, and doing their utmost to pre­ Answer. Yes. ganza Reformatory for two and a half vent suffering among the patients of the Question. Why? years, for breaking and entering. hospital. Answer. Because she wouldn't go back. On August 14, 1926, he was sentenced It has been impossible, however, for That is, Miss Thornhill was struck to the United States Penitentiary at the hosp~tal to operate in a normal man­ Leavenworth, Kans., for a year and 6 ner, and because of the violence and the because she insisted on going into the months for desertion from the Army. threats of violence and the picket lines hospital to help in caring for the sick. Would you expect any service in defense and the beatings administered to pro­ Miss Howard, 23, employed at the hos- . pital, sought to return to work because, of the Nation from a deserter? spective employees who would take the On the 21st of November 1928, Mr. place of those now on strike, only the as she said, there were a "lot of dirty linens that needed washing." As she got Filer, although arrested and convicted most urgent, the severest emergency of stealing an automobile, was given ju­ cases, can be received at the hospital. off the streetcar, she was halted by 11 pickets and . prevented from going in. dicial clemency, sentence being suspend­ Even though the judge has announced ed on the payment of costs. that he would punish for contempt of One of the pickets was a man named Yancey. In court Miss Howard said that In February of 1931 Filer was charged court those pickets who, by force or with a $5,400 robbery. He named as threat of force, drove men and women she did not care to prosecute the pickets; she just wanted theni to behave and let some of his associates in this robbery, seeking employment at the hospital from . Thomas C. Stoker, Ralph Kline, and the hospital gates, the law-enforcing her through. At this point Lt. Bert Renn said that Philip Finkelstein. Filer was arrested. offi~ials of city and county have failed to He was tried. He was convicted of rob­ give complete protection. Twenty-seven the police were not interested until there bery and was given a term in Western of the pickets were arrested for violence; was interference with those desiring to Penitentiary of from 5 to 10 years. Lat­ local Police Magistrate Lucas ordered the enter the ho~pital. He said: er, he was paroled and his parole will ex­ discharge of many upon arraignment. We are not here to settle the strike, but pire on May 21, 1941. The window of an ambulance leaving there still are laws to· enforce. Do the law-enforcing authorities of the hospital was smashed, and the union And, looking at Yancey~ he continued: Pittsburgh; do the city officials of Pitts­ contends that if it abides by .the injunc­ If I ever come out there and catch you burgh; do the good, decent citiz8ns of tion the hosp~tal should refrain from making threats, it will be just too bad. Pittsburgh, Jews, Catholics, and Prot­ hiring scab labor. In other words, the estants, want to support and encourage union insists that the sick must continue Attorney Sigal, acting for the union, violence and assault with a deadly weap­ to be sick, without adequate care, unless cut in and said to the judge: on carried on by this convict? its demands are met A patient may be It seems to me, Your Honor, that threats Is it not time that the Communists sick, at death's door, but so far as the should not be made by either side. and the criminals, masquerading under union 1s concerned the patient may die-­ Replying, Lieutenant ~enn said: the guise of labor leaders; those who pre­ in fact, it apparently takes the position Is that a threat? I said that if we went tend to be acting in the interests of work­ that he ::;hould die--unless he is willing out there and found you violating the law ers, be exposed? Should not those who that his food be prepared, his bed linen we would take action. If that's a threat, sympathize and support these so-called washed, by a member of the C. I. 0. let it stand a threat. labor leaders and who wish to force the As usual in the larger cities, the re­ It is more than passing strange that an hospital authorities to give them a voice sponsibility for the violence, for the dis­ officer of the court, sworn to uphold the in the management or operation of the regard of the court'~ injunction, for the laws, as is Attorney Sigal, if he possesses hospitals, take a look at the men and the failure to give the sick, the lame, the any patrlotism at all, tf he has any re­ records of the men they are supporting'? aged, the infirm, the injured, adequate spect for the law or for his oath, will Those who sympathize with and sup­ care seems to be evaded by public offi­ encourage pickets to violate the law-to port this leader of the pickets are en­ cials. None except Judge Patterson and assault men and women on their way t!~led to know of some of his other friends some of the police seem courageous · to minister to the ill. and associates. Among them, let me enough to actively defy the union. Ap­ mention Walter Hirth, Philip Finkelstein, parently some of Pittsburgh's public offi­ ATTORNEY SIGAL CONDONES SIT-DOWN STRIKE Ralph Kline, Anthony Cook, and Thomas cials or the politicians who control them AND VIOLENCE C. Stoker. seem so indifferent to the sufferings of Attorney Sigal knows that sit-down Finkelstein, Kline, and Stoker, accord­ the hospital patients that they will not strikes are illegal. Men on strike are ing to Filer's statement, assisted him in 3534 - CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE MAY 2 the $5,400 robbery. Kline was one of end the lawlessness, there is a possibility was the amendment offered by Senator those who carried on the racket of using of a rope, a noose at the end, and a con­ TYDINGS in the Senate when that bill phoney names and addresses when ob­ venient lamppost. God forbid that we was under consideration. taining merchandise for which they did here in America should again see that I do believe an amendment should be not pay at stores in Pittsburgh. day. placed in the law which would provide According to the Pennsylvania records, I do not know what is going to happen that a man should be free to join or not Thomas C. Stoker is serving time, having there at Pittsburgh if the pickets insist join a union. been convicted and sentenced on a upon keeping employees from the hos­ I do believe we should amend the law charge of taking young girls from Pitts­ pitals. I do know that in those hospi­ so as to make it an offense for any or­ burgh to Ohio towns and placing them tals, in the 26 hospitals, there are not ganization or any individual to require in houses of prostitution. only several hundred but several thou­ as a condition precedent to going to work Who is there in Pittsburgh who wants sand patients, people who are in bed, the joining of any organization or the to be associated with, or encourage the people who are too poor, one-third of payment of any dues to anyone. I would efforts of, men like these? Of course, them at least, to pay for their own care; free Americans so that they might work they do not represent honest, decent people who are blind, who are helpless; where and when they found a job. workers. The fact that they are in this and yet those pickets keep those people If you want to learn something more movement is evidence that it is not a from receiving the care to which they are about the iniquities of the Wagner law, workers' movement, but that it was insti­ entitled. I ask you to read Westbrook Pegler's gated and is being carried on by Com­ .Mr. MOTT. Will the gentleman yield? article in this morning's Post, and you munists, convicts, and racketeers, and all Mr. HOFFMAN. I yield to the gentle­ will get some idea of what is wrong. decent citizens, when they know the man from Oregon. I heard the gentleman from Texas [Mr. facts, will undoubtedly shun it as they Mr. MOTT. What is the gentleman's SUMNERS] the other day make a wonder­ would the smallpox. suggestion in the way of a remedy? ful speech on the floor, as I have heard Mr. MO'IT. Will the gentleman yield? Mr. HOFFMAN. I have one in mind. him before, and I agree with what he had Mr. HOFFMAN. I yield to the gentle­ Mr. MOTT. May I say it would be to say, but I know, and so do you, if you man from Oregon. very inform&tive. I want to remind the have consulted the record, that the Judi­ Mr. MO'IT. The gentleman is speak­ gentleman of the fact that wherever a ciary Committee, of which the gentleman ing about the violation of a State law situation of that kind occurs, if the people from Texas is chairman, has failed to re­ which carries a criminal penalty. Why do not put a stop to it when they have port out remedial legislation. What is are not these law violators prosecuted by a law prohibiting it, then it is the fault of the people. the use of getting up here on the floor the proper authorities of the State of and talking for an hour if they will not Pennsylvania? We had a situation of that kind out in give us the remedy? He said that we Mr. HOFFMAN. Charges have been Oregon just a few years ago, involving not a hospital strike but violent strikes had at least a partial remedy in the laws preferred against some of those who were now on the books if those laws were en­ guilty of violations of the law. On one of all kinds. We had a law prohibiting violence or the use of force in strikes or forced. He was correct about that. We occasion 23 were arrested, taken before have a Federal statute