1951 . CONGRESSIONAL· RECORD-HOUSE 1233 · TEXAS municated to the House by Mr. Hawks, "In the course of any such investigation · Willard E. Howell, Alvord. one of his secretaries. the Tariff Commission shall hold hearings, Jack G . Rolson, Bacliff. giving reasonable public notice thereof, and Harry 0. Lindeman, Bartlett. CORRECTION OF THE RECORD shall afford reasonable opportunity for par Harold B. Manry,· Corrigan. Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, on Wednes ties interested to be present, to produce evi James H. Breeding, Encinal. day last the House was considering the dence, and to be heard at such hearings.'" Robert F. Henderson, Frost. bill nsidered so will be considered as engrossed, read a members of the Select Committee To important to the Communists that they third time and passed, and a motion to Conduct an Investigation and study of started spewing it out before they had reconsider laid on the table. the Use of Chemicals, Pesticides, and In time to give their infant "front" organi There was no objection. secticides in and With Respect to Food zation even the outward appearance of Products, and for other purposes, the fol legitimacy. COMMITTEE ON DISPOSITION OF lowing Members of the House: Mr. DE· EXECUTIVE PAPERS I am bringing this matter to the at I.ANEY, New York, chairman~ Mr. ABER tention of the House because similar fake The SPEAKER. Pursuant to the pro NETHY, Mississippi; Mr. HEDRICK, West peace councils may be operating in other visions of House Resolution 127, Eighty Virginia; Mr. JoNEs, Missouri; Mr. MIL areas, at least it is. a fair guess that if second Congress, the Chair app"oints as LER, Nebraska; Mr. McDONOUGH, Cali they are not, they soon will be; and the members of the Committee on Disposi fornia; Mr. HORAN, Washington. tion of Executive Papers the following great, free American press, which effec COMMUNIST PEACE COUNCIL tively exposed the Stockholm Peace Peti members of the House: Mr. GARMATZ1 tion, wm render another service to the Maryland; Mr. BISHOP, Illinois. Mr. YORTY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan imous consent to address the House for people by warning them not to be in NATIONAL FOREST RESERVATION l minute and to revise and extend my re- duced by the Communists into signing COMMISSION · marks and include extraneous matter~ petitions that are not directed to the The SPEAKER. Pursuant to the pro The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Congress in good faith by the instigators visions of title 16, section 513, United the request of the gentleman from Cali of the scheme, but are rather another States Code, the Chair appoints as mem fornia? attempt by the Communist traitors to bers of the National Forest Reservation ~ere was no objection. make dupes of well-intentioned persons Commission the following members on Mr. YORTY. Mr. Speaker, may I call who for their own reasons are opposed to the part of the House: Mr. COLMER, Mis the attention of the House to an at universal military training or the draft sissippi; Mr. D'EWART, Montana. tempt by the sneaking Communist ing of 18-year-olds. The Communists traitors to use the proposal to draft 18- are, of course, against any American pre BOARD OF VISITORS TO UNITED STATES paredness of any kind. They would like NAVAL ACADEMY year-olds as a wedge to reach parents of young men with their propaganda to see us weak and Russia strong. They The SPEAKER. Pursuant to the pro designed to undermine the morale of our would like to see us completely disarmed visions of PUblic Law 816, Eightieth Con people for the benefit of the Kremlin and the Communists fully armed. They gress, the Chair appoints as Members of directed Communist conspiracy. I am have no objection to universal military the Board of Visitors to the United States in receipt of several petitions printed ·training or the drafting of 18-year-olds Naval Academy the following members and circulated by the Southern Cali by the Russian Red Fascists. They will on the part of the House: Mr. BENTSEN# fornia Peace Council At the fop in not hesitate to capitalize on the slightest Texas; Mr. YATES,. Illinois; Mr. WIGGLES bold, black-faced type, they say, "I doubts of any of our citizens, or our sin WORTH, Massachusetts; Mr. MILLER# didn't raise my ooy to be a soldier." cere desire for peace, to try to convince Maryland. Tbis is followed by the usual Communist us that we need only to lie down meekly STUDY AND INVESTIGATION OF SMALL propaganda, and at the bottom the peti like a good, little lamb, and we will be BUSINF.SS PROBLEMS tion is addressed to the Congress and safe. Sate, of course, in fact, for them to has room for only four signatW'es above slaughter. These phony pea·ce councils The SPEAKER. Pursuant to the pro must be exposed, and I hope the Attorney visions of House Resolution 33, Eighty the printed words "Southern California second Congress, the Chair appoints as Peace Council, 326 West Third Street, General will place them on the subver members of the Select Committee To Los Angeles 13, Calif.'" sive list, where I am sure they belong, so Conduct a study and Investigation of the The Communists are, of course, fully that our press can tell the truth about Problems of Small Business the fallowing cognizant of the fact that many good this latest tactic of the agents of the citizens are concerned, as we all are, enemy operating within our Nation. Members of the House; Mr. PATMAN1 Texas, chairman; Mr. MANSFIELD, Mon over the necessity of requiring our young I DmN'T RAISE MY :BoY To BE A SoLDillK tana; Mr. EVINS, Tennessee; Mr. BURTON, men to spend considerable time in the The plan to draft 18-year-olds for· 27 Virginia; Mr. MUJ.TER, New York; Mr. Armed Forces. They are seeking to cap months of. universal military service woul~ McKINNON, California; Mr. HALLECK, In italize upon this concern by using it as a a:ffect. every family in America. diana; Mr. HILL, Colorado; Mr. RIEHL pretense to contact as many citizens as We who are mothers desire peace, security, MAN, New York; Mr. SEELY-BROWN, Con possible in order to spread their propa happiness for our children. We did not raise necticut; Mr. CURTI.s, Missouri. ganda calculated to destroy faith ill our them to go to war. Government, weaken our Armed Forces, We who are fathers fought in two wars SELECT COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT A and our determination to resist the ag which were supposeg to bring peace and se STUDY AND INVF.STIGATION OF THE gression plotted by the imperialists in curity to our children. We don't want them EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND LOAN the Kremlin. We can see the propa to go to war. GUARANTY PROGRAMS OF WORLD WAR ganda on the petitions, but we know not We who are young demanc> the right to II VETERANS live in the world our mothers desire, for what lies the Communists used to obtain which our fathers fought-a world of peace, The SPEAKER. Pursuant to the pro the signatures. We can well imagine of jobs, careers, marriage. visions of House Resolution 93, Eighty that those who signed will be indexed We who are children want no more bomb second Congress, the Chair appoints as and cataloged for fµture softening up drills, no more fear. We want a world of members of the Select Committee To by the Communists. hope and peace. Conduct a Study and Investigation of Before coming here from Los AngeJes, A little war in Korea has solved no prob the Education and Training and Loan I received first a telegram and then a lem. in the world. It has added to all prob Guaranty Programs World II lems. A bigger Army, a biggc : war, is not o! War mimeographed letter from this so-called a better answer. Peace can be won only Veterans the following Members of the Peace Council. The communications de through honest negotiations by heads of House: Mr. TEAGUE, Texas, chairman; nuunced the draft and universal military state. Mr. ENGLE, California; Mr. EVINS, Ten training. They claimed that these pro We can stop plans for the 27-month draft, nessee; Mr. CHUDOFF, Pennsylvania; Mr. posals emanated from a Nazi general, a bigger Anny, a bigger war, lfe ca:n speak PATTEN, Arizona ; Mr. WEICHEL; Ohio; Mr. and were so obviously the product of the and we can sign !m: peace. 1951 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1235 Your voice, your signature, can stop the of World War I was initiated by plac changing the present government in 27-month draft, can stop war, can bring ing certain colleges under military con peace. Sign this petition. Ask your neigh Washington from a government of the bors to sign, and forward it to your Con trol on a contract basis, enlisting the bureaucrats, by the bureaucrats, and gressman. students, and continuing them in regu for the bureaucrats, into the kind of To the Congress of the United States : lar army status with full pay. Vacan government ·that Lincoln was talking We petition you to act for peace-not war. cies subsequently occurring were filled about when he defined our Government Defeat all plans for the 27-month draft by the colleges themselves on the basis as a government of the people, by the of our youth for universal military service. of examinations and aptitude tests de people, and for the people. That is the Name ______Address ______City ______vised by the Army, and a central clear 7 great task that confronts this Congress SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ance arrangement made the surplus of today. May God give us the strength, P t>ACE COUNCIL, one institution available for units at the courage, and the fortitude to carry 326 West Third Street, Los Angeles, other institutions. During the brief pe out that task. Calif. riod of its existence, about 10 ,000 mem READING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SPECIAL ORDER GRANTED bers of the Students' Army Training Corps were transferred to various FAREWELL ADDRESS Mr. McCARTHY asked and was given branches of the Armed Forces for active Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I permission to address the House for 15 duty, and the program was universally ask unanimous consent that on Thurs minutes on Tuesday next, following th~ considered a valuable and promising one. day, February 22, 1951, Washington's legislative program and any special or Since under this bill the inclusion in Farewell Address may be read by a Mem ders heretofore entered. the corps of all 18-year-old inductees is ber to be designated by the Speaker. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ARMED FORCES mandatory, it is not contemplated that The SPEAKER. Is there objection to TRAINING PROGRAM the Students' Armed Forces Training to the request of the gentleman from Corps can be an exact replica of its Massachusetts? Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Mr. Speak:. There was no objection. er, I ask unanimous consent to address World War I model. However, the basic organizational structure of the Students' NATIONAL GUARD MEN the House for 1 minute and to revise Army Training Corps and the experience and extend my remarks. gained in its establishment f..nd opera Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I The SPEAKER. is there objection to tion should prove to be of great value ask unanimous consent to address the the request of the gentleman from Flor in providing for ·its present-day suc House for 1 minute and include a news ida? cessor. paper article. There was no objection. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Mr. ROGERS of Florida. Mr. Speak PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE the request of the gentleman from Mas er, I am today introducing a bill to pro Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask sachusetts? vide for the creation of a students' Armed unanimous consent to address the House There was no objection. Forces training program s,nd for other for 1 minute and to revise and extend Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, it purposes. my remarks. has recently been brought to my atten The primary purpose of this bill is to The SPEAKER. Is there objection to tion that members of the National Guard establish an Armed Forces training pro the request of the gentleman from Mis in many States are disturbed and irri gram which will utilize the existing sissippi? tated and this bitterness arises from the plants and facilities of schools and col There was no objection. uncertainty of their position, but chiefly leges to the fullest extent practicable in [Mr. RANKIN addressed the House. because private employers are denying providing preliminary military train His remarks appear in the Appendix.] increases in pay and promotion to Na ing-as well as technical, specialized, tional Guard men, using the excuse that and other scientific training-to persons SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED these employees will soon· be called into serving in the armed forces. Many Mr. DENNY (at the request of Mr. active service, and therefore will not be schools and colleges possess plants and GRAHAM) was given permission to address available for civilian work. facilities today which are well adapted the House today for 5 minutes, following It is needless for me to point out that and can be made readily available for any special orders heretofore entered. the morale of our National Guard troops such training. The establishment of Mr. MASON asked and was given per is of vital importance to the welfare of this program will substantially benefit missio~1 to address the House on Monday our country. The National Guard con the Government by eliminating the ne next for 30 minutes, at the conclusion stitutes the greatest organized force of cessity and expense of constructing and of the legislative program of the day trained troops we have in this country, maintaining numerous training camps, and following any special orders hereto many of them veterans of the last war, and will in addition enable many schools fore entered. and they would constitute an important and colleges to continue to function Mr. BUSBEY asked anr~ was given per part of our first line of defense in the under conditions which, by reason of the mission to address the House today for event of conflict. service of students in the Armed Forces, 30 minutes, following any special orders To deny these men earned pay in might otherwise force their closing. heretofore eritered. creases or promotions in their daily work In order to carry out the stated pur Mr. CUNNINGHAM asked and was because of selfish reasons, is in my opin pose of the bill, the Secretary of De given permission to address the House ion indefensible, in fact, despicable. In fense is directed in general terms to cre for 5 minutes on Wednesday next, at a sense, it is sabotage of our defense ef ate a Students' Armed Forces Training the conclusion of the legislative program fort. It should bring down on the heads Corps, to establish units of the corps of the day and fo~lowing any special of such employers righteous anger and at schools and colleges which meet the orders heretofore entered. contempt. requirements laid down by him, and to Of what value are National Guard provide by regulations for its organiza TASK ·CONFRONTING OUR GOVERNMENT men or other men called into service tion, operation, and administration. The Mr. MASON. Mr. Speaker, I ask whose enthusiastic belief in our Amer admission standards and courses of in unanimous consent to address the House ican system of private enterprise has struction are to be prescribed by the for 1 minute and to revise and extend been destroyed or impaired even before Secretary, with one exception: It is spe my remarks. they reach the fighting line. If they are cifically provided that if 18-year-olds are The SPEAKER. Is there objection not fighting for their employers as well inducted they must be given preliminary to the request of the gentleman from as their country, themselves, and their training in uits of the corps for at least Illinois? • families, who are they fighting for? a full academic year before being as There was no objection. It does not seem possible to me that signed to other duty. Mr. MASON. Mr. Speaker, as the there can be many such American busi The Students' Armed Forces Training chairman of the Illinois Republican ness or professional men, so irresponsi Corps is to be patterned as closely as delegation in Congress and as a Repre ble, so s.elfish, and so unpatriotic, as to possible after the Students' Army Train sentative from the great State of Abra penalize these volunteers for performing ing Corps created during World War I ham Lincoln, I feel it incumbent upon their patriotic duty. by order of the War Department. The me to say that the great .task that lies Those who employ members of the Na Students' Army Training Corps program before the Nation today is the task of tional Guard or other young ·men about 1236 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE FEBRUARY 12 to be called into service should recognize "although few, if any, of us relish the pros us squarely. We cannot dodge it, we that these employees are the representa pect--but we are ready if needed." must meet it without ft.inching. It is tives of their employers and the com TIMETABLE IS URGED foreign to our way of thinking, this com panies for which they work on the fight "We are ·not complaining, just begging that pulsory calling of young men to the ing line, and they should help carry the our lives are not further complicated," he armed service, but there is one thing rift.es and equipment these men ·expect said. "A timetable should be prepared. If that is worse, that is recalling the vet to carry into battle by honoring them, mobilization is to be delayed, we should eran who has served and suffered in the encouraging them, and holding out the know about it. Our lives have been more last war. He probably is married, may complex and involved than the average promise of rewards when they ·return. citizen's." have several children, and has made a A man or woman who volunteers to Governor Dever, who left his hospital bed place for himself in our economic life. protect his or her country under the to address the convention, upheld General His return to the.military life means a threat of war has developed a sense of Sirois' opinion. psychological and material loss of con responsibility of the highest order and "You should be told what the future siderable consequence. has attributes that are bound to be suc months hold in store for you," the Governor There is no way to compromise. The cessful in the business or professional said. "I have little patience with those who 18-year-old must be called or not called. would resist the call of need in this hour world. of peril. The fact of your membership in The drastic step must be talrnn because Employers should be proud of the fact the guard is proof you are willing to serve of manpower shortages and for the that those who are called into service if the need is present. . But you should be safety of our country. The young unat should be recognized for what they are, informed of any prospect of the need." tached and unfettered man must go. the defenders of their employers, and Maj. Gen. William H. Harrison, Jr., State There is, however, a way in which the have placed an obligation on their em adjutant general, described the future for harsh step of snatching him away from ployers hard to repay. the guard :c s "a foggy uncertainty." his course of education and his family Every association of business and pro Reminding commanders to be ready when the call comes, he urged "utmost zeal in may be softened if not improved. Dur fessional men in this country should pursuing your recruiting campaigns so when ing my service in the last wa1· as an in make every e:ffort to arouse enthusiasm induction comes, the measure of our industry specting officer, I had occasion to visit for our National Guard members and will be judged by the completeness of our some 50 college training detachments of every employee called into service should formations." the Air Force all over the eastern and urge their members to reward their pa General Harrison issued a warning to all southern parts of the country. triotism in every possible way while they unit commanders to hasten the completion These training detachments operated are awaiting the call, and agree to wel of a screening process ordered last week by at colleges between the basic training come them back into their old jobs or the National Guard Bureau. and the classification of pilot candidates. better ones when they are released from STATE AIR GUARD PLAN HINTED The boys underwent a college curriculum service. "It is important that all personnel who of 4 to 8 months and at the same time On the uncertainty as to when our Or will not be available or physically unaccept received military instruction and some ganized Reserves are to be called out I able for induction into active Federal service pilot instruction from Air Corps o:ffi~ers. suggest that the Army, Navy, and Air be eliminated from the Massachusetts Na In my wide experience it was a successful Force can give commanding officers some tional Guard as soon as possible," General experiment. It continued the education information as to when the National Harrison declared. He disclosed that he at tended a Washington military conference on of the young men. It interested them to Guard or other units can expect to be such an extent that it encouraged a large called into active service, and thereby Thursday. . Possibility that the Massachusetts National percentage of them to return to college reduce the uncertainty even in these un Air Guard may soon be federalized was in after their military experience. It certain times. . dicated by Maj. Gen. Willis H. Hale, com helped their morale and it made their While I realize it presents deep con manding general of the First Air Force. families feel bettsr about their future. sideration and presents difficulties, it After informing the convention that all I~cidentally, it helped the colleges, par seems to me that the Department of De enlisted personnel of the Air Force Reserve ticularly the smaller ones, in a time of fense or the Army can at least make a in the United States will be subject to in critical need. broad general statement which will allay duction starting tomorrow, he remarked in an aside "that it wouldn't be a bad idea to Basic military training is at best a fears and clarify the situation without drudge. It is not a full time job nor a giving information or aid to the potential shine up your buttons, too." This suggestion was directed to Brig. Gen. Lyle Halstead, f~ll day's work. The old Army practice, enemy. commander of the 102d Fighter Wing, a State· smce the memory of man runneth not to [From the Boston (Mass.) Globe of January guard unit. the contrary, is to get the boys up about 21, 1951] General Sirois and Col. Otis M. Whitney, 5 a. m., give them calisthenics now BAY STATE GUARD AsKS PENTAGON END commanding the 182d Regimental Combat known as P. T., followed by close order UNCERTAINTY Team, vice president, were reelected. The drill for discipline and alertness. Then The Massachusetts National Guard yester new second vice president is Col. Edward H. they indulge in obstacle races and an day appealed to Secretary of Defense Mar Bradford, Jr., commanding officer of the 102d hour or so of class work. This program shall to be informed as to the approximate Maintenance and Supply Group, M.A. N. G. date it may be called to active Federal service. Speakers at the banquet were Rev. Ed cannot go on for a full day. It is not The request was contained in a resolution mund A. Walsh, S. J., vice president of physically possible. So the students are adopted by- the National Guard Association Georgetown University who is frequently largely left to their own devices for per of Massachusetts at its sixty-fourth annual consulted by Washington as to affairs in haps half of the day. This is when their convention at the Copley Plaza. Russia because of his first-hand knowledge morale and their morals suffer, and they Some 1,100 officers of ground and air com of that country, and Maj. Gen. Ellard A. really take a beating after many weeks· ponents voted unanimous approval after Walsh, president of the National Guard Asso of the same. Brig. Gen. Edward D. Sirois, president, de ciation of the United States. clared guardsmen are being discriminated Other convention speakers were Senator My proposal, therefore, and I think it against in civilian jobs. Richard L. Furbush, president of the Massa is a practical one, is that the basic train The request to the Pentagon was based on chusetts Senate; Maj. Gen. William I. Rose, ing for 18-year-olds be combined with the the appeal that it would end unnecessary commander of the 26th Division; Maj. Gen. same number of months of college train uncertainty and undue hardship. Charles G. Helmick, commanding general of ing for those who are fitted for it and "We should be able to plan our lives ac the New England Subarea, United States continued school training for those who cordingly," said Sirois, the Twenty-sixth Army, and Col. Edgar C. Erickson, chief, have not reached that standard. There (Yankee) Division's artillery commander. administrative office, National Guard Bu will be many who are not prepared for "We have a right to know when our services reau. active college training. That this train are to be expected." be Asserting that guardsmen are confused, The SPEAKER. Under previous order ing accomplished simultaneously at a don't know what their role is to be, Sirois of the House, the gentleman from Penn number of colleges, preferably smaller heatedly told the convention that some had sylvania [Mr. DENNY] is recognized for ones, to be selected and designated by the lost jobs, been replaced, or passed over in 5 minutes. Armed Forces. This plan will continue promotion, "simply because we are ·subject the education of the young man, give him to active duty call." COLLEGE TRAINING FOR 18-YEAR-OLDS a taste of college curriculum, help his The Massachusetts National Guard, he said, Mr. DENNY. Mr. Speaker, the prob· morale, satisfy his parents, and materi was reaay to perform in an emergency, lem of the draft of 18-year-olds is facing ally help the colleges which are selected.. 1951 CONGRESSIDNAL RECORD-HOUSE 1237 The cost will not be great. A full col Civil Service Commission and the Loyalty Richardson, after 4 years as Chairman, lege tuition need not be paid. The groups Review Board. cannot say he was unaware of the short of trainees will be small so that a mini I also propose to show that these same comings of Truman's loyalty program, mum of military instructors will be on people who have been protecting Com because with all the facts of the William duty. The overhead of a large camp will munists in Government have been the Remington case before him he was the be eliminated. The comfort, housing arch conspirators in another program. one who said that the record did not feeding, and care of the boys will be im~ They have attempted either to have dis prove Remington "presently" disloyal. measurably better. They will not be in missed from Government service people Not once is there any public recorJ that troduced to military life in large ex who are best qualified to deal with this Mr. Richardson went to the President panses of primitive, dusty, and uncon loyalty program or to see that they are and pointed out. the deftciencies in the genial barracks. Life will be more pleas put away into what is generally referred loyalty program and demanded they be ant and above all they will be construc to around Washington as "the deep remedied. Nor is there any public evi tively occupied. It is niy firm belief that freeze." I will show that there would dence that a single one of the Commis if this plan is followed we will turn out never have been any necessity of spend sioners of the Civil Service Commission better soldiers and better men. The ing millions upon millions of dollars of ever informed the President that the sheep will be separated from the goats the taxpayers' money in setting up a loyalty program was inadequate and un and all of them will be develop3d, as our Loyalty Review Board if the Commis workable. pilots were in the last war, into the finest sioners of the United States Civil Service For his faithful adherence to a pro yoi.lng men in the Nation. Commission had fulfilled thejr obliga gram that was doomed to failure from The SPEAKER. Under previous order tions under the law and taken proper and the very start, Mr. Richardson was pro of the House, the gentleman from Illi adequate measures against those they moted to the chairmanship of the Sub nois [Mr. BusBEY] is recognized for 30 knew to be disloyal to our country. In versive Control Board, set up under the minutes. stead they yielded to outside pressure to McCarran Act. In his place the Civil COMMUNISTS IN GOVERNMENT have individuals rated eligible when they Service Commission has appointed a knew them to be ineligible. former governor and Senator from the Mr. BUSBEY. Mr. Speaker, every pa Mr. Speaker, let us take a look at the· State of Connecticut, Hiram W. Bing triotic American not only wants to know, Loyalty Review Board, set up by Presi ham. The position in which Mr. Bing but is entitled to know, what is wrong dent Truman under Executive Order No. ham finds himself is not an enviable one. with the so-called loyalty program .of 9835, of March 21, 1947. First, the Pres Unless he succeeds in having the loy President Truman which keeps Commu ident appointed a board of 12 people, alty standards or rules modified, at least nists in our Federal Government and at under Mr. Seth Richardson, none of to the extent of "reasonable doubt," he the same time coddles and protects them. whom were qualified for the position be will find himself saddled with all the un The one who is more guilty than anyone cause not a single qne of them had favorable publicity tLat is bound to fol else is the President himself," because worked in the field of subversive activi low the exposure of other "Remington" · he is the one who set up the present ties, particularly that of communism. cases, because there surely are others program and prescribed the standards Secondly, the President absolutely pre that will come to light in the very. near . under which the Loyalty Review Board vented· the Board from effectively carry future. has to operate under his Executive ·order ing out a real loyalty program because of It becomes more apparent each day No. 9835 of March 21, 1947. the restrictions in the standards or yard that the President has no intention of Mr. Speaker, I went to great lengths stick under which they have to work. amending his loyalty order. Confronted to point out the inconsistency of the For instance, on page 4 of his Executive more an~ more with ~pecific exarr :Jles of President's loyalty program in my tes order in section 1 under Part V, Stand the failure of the Civil Service Commis timony as a witness before the Commit ards, is the fallowing: sion and its Loyalty Review Board, the tee on Un-American Activities on Au 1. The standard for the refusal of employ President recently created the Commis gust 5, 1948. The Truman program re ment or the removal from employment in an sion on Internal Security and :rndividual minds me of the thief who hollered executive department or agency on grounds Rights with Admiral Chester W. Nimitz ·"Thief, thief" ·· and pointed to another relating to loyalty shall be that, on all the as Chairman. In the text of the order man running down the street so the peo evidence, reasonable grounds exist for belief that the person involved is disloyal to the creating this new Commission the Presi- ple would not detect his guilt. The dent said: · President should know all about "red her Government of the United States. rings" as he has been on friendly terms The Commisson will be expected to report I wish to call your attention to the last on the effectiveness and fairness of the Gov with them for years, and I now charge part of section 1, which reads as follows: ernment's loyaity and security programs. In that his loyalty program is by far the Reasonable grounds exist for belief that doing this, the Commission may wish to biggest "herring" ever to be pulled before the person involved is disloyal to .the Govern inspect individual case files, and it will be the eyes of the American people. ment of the United States. authorized to do so to whatever e::..tent it Mr. Speaker, this is but the first of a may determine to be necessary. series of speeches I propose to make You will note that the word "is" de notes present tense and proves to be the The Congress of the United States may during the next few months that will as well consider its face slapped. Time draw the iron curtain of secrecy and joker in the prescribed standards. Strictly speaking, an employee could and time again committees of Congress expose those who are guilty of protect have been refused access to loyalty files ing Communists in our Federal Govern be ever so disloyal, and so found by the Loyalty Poard within an agency where by an order of the President; yet the same ment. President creates a commission com Mr. Speaker, the recent conviction of he is employed, but when he appeals to the Loyalty Review Board of the United prised of people with absolutely no ex William Remington is cause enough to perience or background in combating make the Congress of the United States States Civil Service Commission he could contend to the Board that at that subversive activities, and makes avail give some sober thought and study to the able to them the identical records denied cause and cure of Communists and their very·moment he is entirely devoted and fellow travelers in Government service. loyal to the Government of the United the Congress. In my speeches on this subject I will give States, and under the present standards The Commission on Internal Security the names and present the documented the Loyalty Review Board would neces and Individual Rights has a year to re proof on those in high places in Govern sarily render a judgment finding the port. Is this another device of the ment and out of Government who have employee not presently disloyal. One President to protect people in Govern been guilty of protecting Communists in can readily see that the Loyalty Review ment whose loyalty is questionable be Government. I will also recommend a Board is handicapped under the Presi yond a reasonable doubt? This is the remedy whereby no person of question dent's standards as set forth in his sixth group set up, one on top of the able loyalty will remain in Government. Executive Order No. 9835. other, that has worked in favor of the Then if the President is not willing to For 4 years Mr. Seth ~ichardson was Communists in Government when the rectify his mistakes, I will lead a fight to Chairman of the Loyalty Review Board Civil Service Commission should , have have the Congress withhold every penny and it was Mr. Richardson who passed handled the job in the first place, to say of appropriation from the United States judgment in the Remington case. Mr. nothing·of the millions upon millions of 1238 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE FEBRUARY 12 dollars these inadequate and ridiculous Mr. BUSBEY. I would like to ask my viduals who have betrayed their country programs have cost the taxpayers. Thes very good and patriotic colleague the and broken their oath of office. groups are: gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Cox] I am making this first speech today. First. Civil Service Commission. what he thinks of the President's action because I have been informed that there Second. Special Loyalty Board inside in moving Mr. Seth Richardson, after will be a meeting of the entire member Civil Service Commission. being in charge of the Loyalty Review sh!p of the Loyalty Review Board tomor Third. Loyalty Rating Board inside Board for 4 years, over to being Chair row, February 13, 1951, and this next Civil Service Commission. man of the ~ommission on Internal Se- remark is directed to them. The Loy Fourth. President's Temporary Com curity and Individual Rights? · alty Review Board should unanimously mission on Employee Loyalty-Executive Mr. COX. I have no comment to adopt a resolution tomorrow demanding Order No. 9806. make on the action of the President, but that the President change the standards Fifth. Loyalty Review Board-Execu I do say it was impossible for Seth Rich under which they now have to work, tive Order No. 9835. ardson, coming from the Davies' set-up, thereby preventing the handing down Sixth. Commission on Internal Secu to perform a patriotic duty as head of of another Remington decision, when rity and Individual Rights. the Loyalty Review Board. the person involved is found ineligible Government employment is a privilege, Mr. BUSBEY. I thank the gentle for Government employment. It is not a right. The method by which the man from Georgia for his comment. hard for me to understand why, in President can eliminate all this needless As the Honorable F. EDWARD HEBERT, 4 years of operation, not a single mem red tape and really rid the Government farmer member of the House Committee ber of the Board, including Mr. Seth of all undesirables, if he is sincere in this on Un-American .b.ctivities, once said:· Richardson, the former Chairman, not once has demanded that the President direction, is to change his directive and What rtoes it profit us if we shout down use the exact words of former Commis Communists from our roof tops while we cLange his standards. I would even vol sioner Arthur S. Flemming in his testi let our front doors open to all who would unteer to rewrite the one sentence for mony before a subcommittee of the destroy that for which we stand? the President and guarantee, if the Loy House Committee on Appropriations on alty Review Board would adhere to it as December 12, 1940, that "all doubts are In my speeches I intend to bring to · diligently as they do to the present one, resolved in favor of the Government." the American public the true deceit and not a single Communist or Communist As I stated earlier, I intend this to chicanery of administration stalwarts in sympathizer would remain on the Gov be thr first of a series of talks on the high places who, while bleeding for the rights of the disloyal employees, arbi ernment payroll. operation of the Civil Service Commis ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND INFLATION sion's Loyalty Review Board and the trarily remove, or discipline,. those who President's loyalty program. Later, I believe it is a sacred privilege and not a Mr. EDWIN ARTHUR HALL. Mr. intend to show case after case of persons right to work for the American Govern Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to of questionable loyalty recei-.-ir:g the ment. address the House for 1 minute and to re blessing of the Civil Service Commission To be denied the privilege of public vise and extend my remarks. for Government positions. I intend to employment, one has almost to prove The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there show case by cane where the Loyalty high treason; thus countless decisions of objection to the request. of the gen Review Board reversed the loyalty boards the agencies are overruled by the Review tleman from New York? of various Government agencies and Board by reason of lack of evidence. It There was no objection. compelled those agencies to retain em smacks of a giant conspiracy to perpetu Mr. EDWIN ARTHUR HALL. Mr. ployees the agencies helieved to be dis ate the machinations of the architects Speaker, today is the anniversary of the loyal. I intend to show that, while Con of disaster who have reduced us to our birthday of Abraham Lincoln, one of gress was doing everything within its present unhappy state, while at the same the foremost Americans of all time. power to stop the operation of commu time it lends lip service fo administra During my seven terms as a Member of nism, the Civil Service Commission was tion puppets who proudly point to this this House, I have thought at times the constantly easing Communists and fel inept loyalty program as proof of their way for me to be difficult indeed. low travelers into Government jobs. aversion to communism. Any board the In :fighting enemies of the GI and the Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, will the gen President establishes by Executive order, veteran both at home and in Washing tleman yield for a brief observation? in my opinion, is doomed to failure be ton, there have been moments of great Mr. BUSBEY. I yield to the gentle cause if he were sincere in wanting to frustration for me, especially when these man from Georgia. rid the Government of Communists and enemies were so influential and powerful. Mr. COX. It is a fact that Congress fellow travelers, he would have selected In striving for fair pensions for elderly has met with strong resistance in its Board members who were qualified and people, I have suffered moments of an endeavor to drive the disloyal out of the experienced in the subversive field. The guish during temporary setbacks due to Government service. The Seth Richard President's entire program is so much greed and selfishness of the obstruc son Loyalty Review Board played this smoke s~reen, whitewash, and red her tionists. sorry role. The conviction of Reming ring, using as a front many well-mean Now, I find the greatest opposition in to:".l is simply further testimony as to the ing citizens who undoubtedly are well my entire career arrayed against my cru worthlessness of this Board, which at all qualified in many fields, but are too naive sade for lower food prices at the time times manifested a qui.ck and a warm to understand and comprehend the Com the cost of all food items are the highest regard for the Reds. munist conspiracy that has engulfed on record. In my opinion, the gentleman is per half a world through the very tactics we But I take heart as I thumb the pages forming a very fine ~' trvice. The "white condone here. of history and find that Abraham Lin washing" of Remington by the Seth The fight against communism, like coln had more trying days than most of Richardson board meant that he was charity, begins at home, and it will prove us will ever witness. restored to his $10,000-a-year job in the of little avail to shake our fist at" Joe I find that during the Civil War, prices Commerce Department, he was paid $10,- Stalin in Moscow while we shake the of food and clothing also hit inflationary 000 back salary, and he was able to col hand of his agents in Washington. heights. Like today, the profiteers and le_t $10,000 from a broadcaster who The case of William Remington, who the chiselers were active, realizing huge broadcasted the testimony of Miss Bent was convicted in Federal court last week, gains at the expense of the people. le:;• to the effect that Remington was a after having been cleared by the Civil Yes, Lincoln had his hands full with Communist. That is what the Seth Service Commission on at least two oc these characters, and with many right Richardson board did. casions, is just the first of similar cases in his own Cabinet and his own party. If this Seth Richardson so-called Loy which will be brought to light in the near They never lost an opportunity to stand alty Board ever manifested the slightest future. In my next speech I will start in the way of his desire to see progress. interest in ridding the Government of to name names, and show the Ameri Lincoln was not only among the fore Reds that were packed in all of the de can people for the first time who the most Americans, he was the greatest partments or ever reflected the slightest individuals are who kept these undesir Republican of all periods. sympathy for the will of the Congress ables in office when they knew they were I am and always have been, always to get them out, the record does not not eligible for employment. It is high will be an Abraham Lincoln Republican. show it. time the public is informed of those indi- My faith in the Republican Party will 1951 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1239 never be shaken as long as Lincoln is ment, calls for 12 large carriers and 15 a total of 1,265,000 men or 151 percent looked upon as its all-time leader, and light carriers or 100 percent and 150 per while present programs build up to as long as his principles are followed cent, respectively of the Forrestal recom 1,600,000 or 191 percent of the original by rank and file Republicans. I hope mendations. Secretary Forrestal fur Forrestal recommendation. we will never stray too far off his beaten ther recommended a total of 24 carrier For the Air Force, Secretary Forrestal path. air groups and 12 antisubmarine war recommended a total of 70 groups, based I have tried to pattern the Hall pro fare squadrons to man these carriers. Of on the Finletter and BREWSTER reports of gram of improving GI rights after the this number 12, 50 percent, carrier a 20,541-plane program. For 1951 a Lincoln policy of fair dealing to the sol groups, and 10, 87 percent, antisubmarine total of 68 groups, 97 percent, was au diers and veterans of the Civil Viar pe- warfare squadrons were authorized in thorized. These groups have been in-: riod. • the 1951 program, while the present creased in size and are now called wings. As an example, at the time Congress build ·UP calls for 15, 62.5 percent, groups Heavy bomber groups have been in enacted the Servicemen's Adjustment and 15, 125 percent antisubmarine war-: creased from 18-plane groups to 30- Act of World War II, better known as fare squadrons. The Forrestal program plane wings. Present programs call for the GI bill, I demanded that the home further included a total of 34 patrol a total of 90 wings, 130 percent, or con stead laws, enacted by the Lincoln ad squadrons and 31 marine fighter squad sidering the expansion just mentioned, a ministration, which made farm acres rons of which 27, 79 percent, patrol total of 150 old groups or 214. percent. available to veterans of that day, be put squadrons, and 18, 58 percent, Marine As regards military personnel for the Air back on the books. squadrons were authorized for 1951. Force, Secretary Forrestal recommended I would like to have seen our GI's and Present build-up calls for 34, 100 percent, 502,000. The 1951 program authorized veterans of World War II taken care of, patrol squadrons, and 21, 68 percent, 651,000 or 130 percent, ·while present as Lincoln's homestead laws provided Marine squadrons. build-up calls for 1,000,000 or 197 per• farms and homes for Civil War soldiers. An inspection of the per11irnmt docu cent. If Lincoln were President today, t~ ments indicates that operating aircraft On December 6, 1950, I spoke in the would insist that provisions of my pro for the Navy are not being p!ovided for House ·on a program for defense in the gram in the interest of our servicemen, i:i 1951 on the basis of the recommenda present emergency and said, among and our veterans, be made the law of the tions which were made even in peace other things, that i believed that the land. time. The Forrestal report recommend- over-all manpower requirements were Lincoln would also back me up in my . ed lJ,687 operating aircraft for the Navy closer to 10,000,000 men in the armed fight to get lower food prices for the folks in accordance with the Finletter board services than the 3,000,000 which we.re back home. report to the President, Survival in the once mentioned. I, naturally, do not FORRESTAL PROGRAM COMPARED WITH Air Age, and the Brewster board report have all of the technical knowledge re PRESENT DEFENSE PROGRAM to the Congress, National Aviation Pol quired for any authoritative answer to icy, Senate Report No. 949, Eightieth any of the defense needs of our country, Mr. BENNETT of Florida. Mr. Speak Congress, which recommended a total but I feel it my duty to express my opin er I ask unanimous consent to address supporting irventory of 14;500· air,craft. ion on the basis of the available facts. th'e House for 1 minute and to revise and The 1951 program, however, authorized 'These are serious times and I do not have extend my remarks. 7,512-70 percent-aircraft, while the the right to remain silent when I believe . The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there present program calls for 8,000~75 per that our defenses are not adequate. objection to the request of the gentleman cent-operating aircraft. On the basis of the facts available to from Florida? Secretary Forrestal also recommended me, which are the same facts available There was no objection. • a total of 668,000 military personnel for to anyone who will study the public rec Mr. BENNETT of Florida. Mr. Speak the Navy including marines-see page 5 ords and read the newspapers, it is my er, in analyzing the defense needs of our of H. R. 6226 hearings. The 1951 budget belief that, first, our mobilization is pro country, I think it is important to look program authorized a total of 689,000 gressing slowly; second, our plans for back upon the -so-called Forrestal report Navy personnel and 166,000 marines. future expansion are not nearly as large and see what was recommended then as a The number of Marine divisions and sup as they should be; and third, our plans minimum for the condition of the coun porting air wings recommended by For for naval air power-including planes try at that time and then compare it restal was four of each while both the and modern carriers-are extremely in with the present program for our na 1951 budget and the present program adequate. I hope that I am wrong on all tional defense. authorized two of each, or 50 percent of of these points; but, on the basis of the The Forrestal program is so called be the Forrestal program. data which I have cited, it appears that cause Secretary of Defense Forrestal in With regard to the Army, Secretary my position is well founded. It seems dicated that these were the minimum re Forrestal recommended 12 regular di strange, indeed, that in important cate quirements requested by the Chiefa of visions-see page 103 of H. R. 6226 hear gories the Forrestal peacetime program Staff-Generals Bradley and Spaatz and ings-while 1951 authorizations included is not being met or even planned to be Admiral Denf eld-to meet the probable 16-133 percent, divisions and present met in the present emergency of actual missions of their Departments at that. programs indicate 20 divisions, 167 per war. What seems stranger still is that time, which was in 1948. The details on cent. Army military personnel under the marines and naval air power still this program are available for public in the Forrestal program was originally set lag far behind the Forrestal recommen spection in the Senate Appropriations at 669,000 and included in its require dations, while in other aspects of our Committee hearings-supplemental ap ments support to an Air Force of 401,000 defense those recommendations are propriations-fiscal year of 1948, on H. R. personnel. The Air Force raised the per greatly exceeded. All of this is in the 6226. It sbould be borne in mind that sonnal figure from 401,000 to 502,000 face of the great record made by the we were not then at war, as we are today. based on, first, a change in strategic con marines and by naval air power in Ko When the Forrestal program is compared cept-emphasis on strategic air; second, rea. A public explanation of such plan with the 1951 program, we find that some requirements for a continental radar ning would seem appropriate. very interesting facts are revealed. warning net; and third, assumption of FALSE PROPAGANDA FOR AN IMPROPER As shown on pages 4 and 5 of the hear functions previously handled by the PURPOSE ings on H. R. 6226, under the Forrestal Army. The Army requested that its program the Navy was to' have a total of 669,'lOO figure be increased to 837 ,000 to Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan . . Mr, 12 carriers-3 of which were Midway complement the 502,000 Air Force fig Speaker, when, on January 3, 1951, the class-and 10 light carriers, primarily for ure. Otherwise the Army would have House, by a vote of 245 to 178, adopted antisubmarine warfare and close sup had to reduce its combi:1.t forces in order the rules o{ the Eighty-first Congress port. Under the 1951 budget plus the to support the increased size of the Air with the Cox amendment to subsection first and second supplementals, a total Force; for increasing the number of Air (2) of rule XI, jt. determined the pro of 10 large carriers, or 83 % percent of Force bases, for instance, necessitates cedure under which proposed legislation the Forrestal program, and 15 light car.:. extra Army personnel as they furnish is to be considered by the Eighty-second riers, or 150 percent of the Forrestal pro the military protection for the bases, Congress. gram were authorized. The present pro extra quartermaster' personnel,. and so Then why discuss that action at·this gram, as indicated by public announce- forth. The 1951 program authorized time? 1240 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE FEBRUARY 12 Because, and only because, for the past the action of the House, and to whom It is equally obvious that the Congress, 15 years certain individuals and groups, reference is here made, are just miSin in order that it may intelligently legis 8ometunes 'ln an eilort to put over their formed, and no doubt gave voice to their late, must set up some sort of screening own legislative measures, sometimes for honest opinions. organization. One might as well think financial gain, and sometimes apparently One such instance is that of the editor of taking to the mill the unthreshed field because of their own innate meanness~ · of the Grand Rapids Herald, published of wheat. have time and again sought by various at Grand Rapids, Mich., who wrote the One radio broadcaster argued that statements and unsound conclusions. to editorial captioned "A backward step," each of the 435 Members of the House discredit individual Mem:'lers of Congress the evident purpose being to show that should be given a chaace to vote on legis and the Congress itself, and there is no a small group in Congrtss adopted rules lative matters, that f'3ery Member should reason why we should cravenly submit. which prevent consideration of proposed be willing to go on record for or against These are two ways nf meeting this legisbtion desired by a majority of that a '.Jill. propaganda. One is to remain silent, body. The uninformed might understand trusting to the good sense and sound Mr. Thomas L. Stokes is a dyed-in that the gentleman meant that every judgment of the American people to cor the-wool, so-called liberal, propagandist. Member of the House should have an rectly evaluate this class of propaganda. He seell'.s to feel that i~ the New Deal ·opportunity, and should be required, to Unfortunately, mixed with these vilifi Fair Deal went on the rocks the country vote on every legislative proposal intro cations, are the statements and conclu would be ruined. He can be counted on duced. Of course that is not what he sions of honest individuals, uninformed to consistently attack the judgment of meant, for he knows very well that many or misinformed as to the facts. any and every Republican, or, for that bills are introduced in practically every It is also true that some hearing or matter, souti1ern Democrat, who ven session, with no expectation on the part reading these slanderous or libelous tures to oppose any part of the so-called of the author that they will ever be statements never hear them refuted, social program of the spenders. He favorably considered or reported by the hence conclude they are true.1 wiites so convincingly that at least on committee to which they are referred, One way of combating this vicious one occasion during the last campaign much lEss be favorably considered by the propaganda which· is designed to dis he frigGt.ened himself. House. credi.t the people's Congress is, with all Just pr-eceding the November election He also knows that such procedure, if the publicity that can be obtained, from he made a tour of the country and in one bills were to be considered in the order tne well of the House, to challenge false article wrote that a two-party. system in which they were introduced, would statements and unjustifiable conclu was essential if the interests of the peo bar adequate consideration of bills re sions. The latter method has been the ple were to be served. He then went on ported out by the Ways and Means Com one which I have followed. . to bemoan the fact that the Republicans mi~tee, by the Committee on Appropria Because, and only because, some col were not stronger Politically, were not tions. Without the enactment of tax umnists, some editors, and some radio offering an eilective resistance to the ad and appropriation bills, the Government commentators have knowingly and with ministration's policies. Mr. Stokes with could not continue to functio!l; hence, malice aforethought made untrue state his merchandise, for he sells words and the necessity of the s~reening precess. ments as to' what the Congress did on ideas, as well as criticism, has been con Imagine the situc>,tion which would sistently lambasting every Republican exist if there was no screening proce the 3d day of January, as to the pur who did not without hesitation accept dure, individual Members clamoring for pose and effect of that action, permit his views-who did not suppcrt his ver recognition, for immediate consideration me to set the record straight. sion of the New Deal. of a pet bill. Confusion and worse, the Let it again be said, as was above He may have been disturbed by the • House a bedlam. stated, some of those commenting upon failure of Republicans to reply to his TO AID THE CONGRESS, LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS criticism. He may have become appre HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SCREENED 1 RULE XI {c) hensive at the success of his propaganda. At one time the Speaker of the House Resolved, That the rules of the House of He may, in a thoughtful moment, have Representatives of the Eighty-first Congress, made the determination as to whether together with all applicable provisions of the become fearful of the effect upon the and when a bill or resolution was to be Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, be, country if the program which he had c<>nsid-=red by the House. and they are hereby, adopted as the rules of so strenuously advocated became a real On Janua:;:y 1~. 1924, the House the House of Representatives of the ~ighty ity. In any event, for a reason which adopted rule XI (c) which for 25 years, second Congress, with the following amend he never, so far as I have been able to with but a minor amendment in 1931, ment included therein as a part thereof, to learn, explained, besought Republicans gave the Rules Committee, until Janu wit: to stand up and fight. That, for once, Paragraph (2) (c) of rule XI is hereby ary 3, 1949, the authority and the duty was much-needed advice. It was not of determining when and in what man amended to read as follows: followed, and Republicans failed to win " ( c) The Committee on Rules shall pre ner a bill should be considered by the sent to the House reports concerning rules, control of the Eighty-second Congress. House. This was the rule under which joint rules, and order of business, within To show the inaccuracy of certain the Eightieth Congress functioned. three legislative days of the time when or statements which have been made, the The authority granted was not abso dered reported by the committee. If such unsoundness of conclusions which have lute. There were several limitations rule or order is not considered immediately, been drawn from what the House did upon the power granted. 1t shall be referred to the calendar and, if on January 3, permit me to make cer The two most important were carried not called up by the Member making the tain statements of fact. report within seven legislative days there in rule XXIV, subsections 4 and 7, which after, any member of the Rules Committee During the Eighty-first Congress provides for Calendar Wednesdays, and may call it up as a question of privilege and 14,988 legislative proposals-bills and rule XXVII, which provides for bringing the Speaker shall recognize any member of joint resolution-were introduced in a bill before the House by discharge the Rules Committee seeking recognition for the Senate and House. Of these pro petition. that purpose. If the Committee on Rules posals, the Congress enacted into law Briefly, rule XXIV, subsections 4 and 7, shall make an adverse report on any reso 1,081 private bills, 905 public laws, and of the Eightieth Congress, provide that lution pending before the committee, pro 4 or 5 additional public acts, were, as viding for an order of business for the con on Wednesday of each week "after the sideration by the House of any public bill of the 6th of January, still in the hands unfinished business has been disposed of, or Joint resolution, on days when it shall of the President. the Speaker shall call each standing be in order to call up motions to discharge As of the 8th of January, 287 legisla committee in regular order and then se committees it shall be 1n order for any Mem tive proposals have been introduced in lect committees, and each committee ber of the House to call up for consideration the Senate, 1,244 in the House. when named Llay call up for considera by the House any such adverse report, and/ It is obvious to the most superficial 1t shall be in order to move the adoption by tion any bill reported by it on a previous the House of said resolution adversely re thinker that the individual Members of day and on the House Calendar, and if ported notwithstanding the adverse report Congress cannot read, consider, and form the Speaker shall not complete the call of the Committee on Rules, and the Speaker sound judgment as to each of the pro of the committees before the House shall recognize the Member seeking recogni posals introduced, which when filed are passes to other business, he shall resume tion for that purpose as a question of the referred to the proper legislative com the next call where he left off, giving highest privilege." mittee. preference to the last bill under consid- 1951 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1241 eration: Provided, That whenever any Committees are called not alphabeti ported 21 calendar days after a bill had ccmmittee shall have occupied ·~he morn cally but seriatim in the order in which been referred to the Committee on Rules. ing hour on 2 days, it shall not be in they appear in the rules. There was another way by, which any onler to call up any other bill until the The rule further provides that-- Member of a majority of the House could other committees have been called in On Wednesday of each week no business force consideration of a bill by the their turn." 2 shall be in order except as provided by para House. That method was provided by graph 4 of this rule- rule XXVII (4), Eightieth Congress 2 RULE XXIV, EIGHTIETH CONGRESS, MANUAL, Just quoted- motion to discharge a committee. PAGE 423; EIGHT-FIRST CONGRESS, MANUAL, Under this rule "any Member may pre PAGE 452 unless the House, by a two-thirds vote on motion to dispense therewith, shall other sent to the Clerk a motion in writing to SEC. 4. After the unfinished business has wise determine. discharge a committee from the consid been disposed of, the Speaker shall call each eration of a public bill or resolution standing committee in regular order and then The above quotation from rule XXIV which has been referred to it 30 days select committees, and each committee when 3 (4) <7>-Calendar Wednesday, Eightieth prior thereto." · named may call up for consideration any Congress-shows conclusively that the bill reported by it on a previous day and on the House Calendar, and if the Speaker shall chairman of a committee which had a RULE XXVII, EIGHTIETH CONGRESSIONAL not complete the ·call of the committees be acted favorably upon a bill had as much MANUAL, PAGE ~38; EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRES fore the House passes to other business he authority, when so authorized . by his SIONAL MANUAL, PAGE 452 shall resume the next call where he left committee, to force consideration of a (MOTION TO DISCHARGE A COMMITTEE) off, giving preference to the last bill under bill, favorably reported by that commit consideration: Provided, That whenever any tee, as he had under rule XI -House SEc. 4. A Member may present to the Clerk committee shall have occupied the morning a motion in writing to discharge a commit Rules and Manual, page 385-adopted by tee from the consideration of a public bill hour on 2 days, it shall not be in order to the Eighty-first Congress, with just two call up any other bill until the other com or resolution which has been referred to it mittees have been called in their turn. exceptions. He was limited under the 30 days prior thereto (but only one motion SEC. 5. After 1 hour shall have been de rule of the Eightieth Congress in his may be presented for each bill or resolution). voted to the consideration of bills called right to demand consideration ·of a bill Under this rule it shall also be in order for up by committees, it shall be in order, pend on which the Rules Committee had filed a Member to file a motion to discharge the mg consideration or discussion thereof, to Committee on Rules from further considera an adverse report and to Wednesday of tion of any resolution providing either .a spe entertain a motion to go into Committee of each week, while the rule of the Eighty the Whole House on the State of the Union, cial order of business, or a special rule for or, when authorized by a committee, to go first Congress provided that he could call the consideration of any public bill or reso into the Committee of the Whole House on up a bill adversely reported or not re- lution favorably reported by a standing com the Stat,e of the Union to consider a particu mittee, or a special rule for the considera tion of a public bill or resolution which has lar bill, to which ·motion one amendment bills and resolutions of which it is com only, designating another bill, may be made; remained in a standing committee 30 or more posed, and such original bill~ and resolu days without action: and if either motion be determined in the tions, with any amendments adopted by the Provided, That said resolution from which negative, it shall not be in order to make House, shall be engrossed, where necessary, it is ·moved to discharge the Committee on either motion again until the disposal of and proceedings thereon had as if said bills Rules has been referred to that committee the matter under consideration or discus and resolutions had been passed in the House at least 7 days prior to the filing of the mo sion. severally. tion to discharge. The motion shall be SEC. 6. On the first Tuesday of each month In the consideration of any omnibus bill placed in the custody of the Clerk, who shall after disposal of such business on the the proceedings as set forth above shall have arrange some convenient place for the signa Speaker's table as requires rl!'ference only, the same force and effect as if each Senate ture of Members. A signature may be with:. the Speaker shall direct the Clerk to call the and House bill or resolution therein con drawn by a Member in writing at any time bills and resolutions on the Private Calendar. tained or referred to were considered by the before the motion is entered on the Journal. Should objection be made by two or more House as a separate and distinct bill or res When a majority of the total membership of Members to the consideration of any bill olution. the House shall have signed the motion, it or resolution so called, it shall be recom SEC. 7. On Wednesday of each week no busi shall be entered on the Journal, printed with mitted to the committee which reported the ness shall be in order except as provided by the signatures thereto in the CONGRESSIONAL bill or resolution and no reservation of ob paragraph 4 of this rule unless the House by RECORD, and referred to the Calendar of Mo jection shall be entertained by the Speaker. a two-thirds vote on motion to dispense tions To Discharge Committees. Such bills and resolutions, if considered, shall therewith shall otherwise determine. On On the second and fourth Mondays of each be considered in the House as in the Com such a motion there may be debate not to ex month except during the last 6 days of any mittee of the Whole. No other business shall ceed 5 minutes for and against. On a call session of Congress, immediately after the be in order on this day unless the House, of committees under this rule bills may be approval of the Journal, any Member who by two-thirds vote on motion .to dispense called up from either the House or the Union has signed a motion to discharge which has therewith, shall otherwise determine. On Calendar, excepting bills which are privileged been on the calendar at least 7 days prior such motion debate shall be limited to 5 under the rules; but bills called up from the thereto, and seeks recognition, shall be recog minutes for and 5 minutes against said Union Calendar shall be considered in Com nized for the purpose of calling up the mo motion. mittee of the Whole House on the State of tion, and the House shall proceed to its con On the third Tuesday of each month after the Union. This rule shall not apply during sideration in the manner herein provided the disposal of such business on the Speak the last 2 weeks of the session. It shall not without intervening motion except one mo er's table as requires reference only, the be in order for the Speaker to entertain a tion to adjourn. Recognition f_or the mo Speaker may direct the Clerk to call the bills motion for a recess on any Wednesday except tions shall be in the order in which they and resolutions on the Private Calendar, during the· last 2 weeks of the session: have been entered on the Journal. preferenc_e to be given to omnibus bills con Provided, That not more than 2 hours of When any motion under this rule shall be taining bills or resolutions which have pre general debate shall be permitted on any called up, the bill or resolution shall be read viously been objected to on a call of the Pri measure called upon on Calendar Wednesday, by title only. After 20 minutes' debate, one vate Calendar. All bills and resolutions on and all debate must be confined to the sub half in favor of the proposition and one the Private Calendar so called, if considered ject matter of the bill, the time to be equally half in opposition thereto, the House shall shall be considered in the House as in the divided between those for and against the proceed to vote on the motion to discharge. Committee of the Whole. Should objection bill: If the motion prevails to discharge the Com be made by two or more Members· to the Provided further, That whenever any com mittee on Rules from any resolution pend consideration of any bill or resolution other mittee shall have occupied one Wednesday ing before the committee, the House shall than an omnibus bill, it shall be recommit it shall not be in order, unless the House by immediately vote on the adoption of said ted to the committee which reported the a two-thirds vote shall otherwise determine, resolution, the Speaker not entertaining any bill or resolution and no reservation of ob to consider any unfinished business previous dilatory or other intervening motion except jection shall be entertained by the Speaker. ly called up by such committee, unless the one ·motion to adjourn, and, if said resolu Omnibus bills shall be read for amend previous question has been ordered thereon, tion is adopted, then the House shall im ment by paragraph, and no amendment shall upon any succeeding Wednesday until the mediately proceed to its execution. If the be in order except to strike out or to reduce other committees have been called in their motion prevails to discharge one of the amounts of money stated or to provide limi turn under this rule: standing committees of the House from any tations. Any item or matter stricken from Provided, That when, during any one ses public bill or resolution pending before the an omnibus bill shall not thereafter during sion of Congress, all of the committees of the committee who signed the motion to move the same session of Congress be included in House are not called under the Calendar that the House proceed to the immediate any omnibus bill. Wednesday rule at the next session of Con consideration of such bill or resolution (such Upon passage of any such omnibus bill, gress the call shall commence where it left off motion not being debatable), and such mo said bill shall be resolved into the several at the end of the preceding session. tion is hereby made of high privilege; and if 1242 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE FEBRUARY 12 Under this rule it was also in order that rule XI (c) of the Eighty-first Con ary 8, that the Eighty-second Congress, ''for a Member to file a motion to dis gress made it easier to get legislation to on Januar} 3, took action which deprived charge the Committee on Rules from the floor of the House, hence was more Members of an opportunity to corn:ider further consideration of any resolution liberal, ignores the fact that the dis and vote on legislative proposals; that providing either a special order of busi ·charge petition was always available to the Congress "gagged" 'tself. ness, or a special rule for the considera force c0nsidP-ration of proposed legisla Using rules XXIV (4) <7)-Calendar tion of any public bill or resolution tion, and that in the Eighty-first Con Wednesday-and XXVII <4) -discharge favorably reported by a standing com gress if the action of the Rules Com petition-which were identical in both mittee, or a special rule for the consid mittee was not favorable, the individual the Eightieth, the Eighty-first, and the eration of a public bill or resolution Member. in order to receive considera Eighty-second Congress, a majority of which has remained in a standing ccm tion for his pet measure, had also to run the House, whenever so disposed, can, mittee 30 or more days without action.'' the gantlet of the chairman and the and since 1924 always could, bring before The rule further provided: • majority of the legislative committee to it for consideration and action any legis A comparison of the provisions of rule which his bill was referred. lative proposal which has bzen intro XXIV (4) <7) of the Eightieth and of Members with experience also know duced through either bill or joint reso the Eighty-first Congress providing for that if, for example, I should send a bill lution. Calendar Wednesday shows they are the terms of which would be acceptable Permit a few quotations which mis identical in words and punctuation. to the members of the committee to state the €ffect of what the House did. Under either, the chairman of a com which it was referred, that bill would Referring to the action of the House on mittee, when so authorized, could call finally make its appearance, if it ap January 3, when it refused to adopt the up a bill for consideration by the House. peared at all, under the name of some rules of the Eighty-first Congress and A comparison of rule XXVII · ( 4) member of the committee who belonged went back to the rule which had been adopted by the Eightieth Congress and to the majority party.5 in force during the 24 years preceding rule XXVII (4) adopted by the Eighty The rules of the Eightieth, the Eighty January 3, 1949, Thomas L. Stokes wrote: first Congress relating to the discharge first, and of the Eighty-second Congress It ls, therefore, somewhat embarrassing motion shows they are identical in words provide the same method whereby a ma that a coalition of Republicans and southern and punctuation. jority of the House could and now can, Democrats in our House of Representatives The whole argument that the rules of when so desired, force consideration of has just delivered a smacking blow to de· the Eightieth and preceding Congresses mocracy. This was done on the opening day. a legislative proposal by the House. of the new Eighty-second Congress by re· acted as a gag, were reactionary, and So it is inaccurate to say, as some have storing to the Rules Committee the arbitrary said, that the action of the House in re power to pigeonhole bills approved by the it shall be decided in the affirmative, the bill jecting the rule which was used in the appropriate legislative committee and deny shall be immediately considered under the Eighty-first Congress, in adopting the the House the right to vote on theI_Il. general rules of the House, and if unfinished before adjournment of the day on which it rule of the Eightieth Congress, was, as That statement is not true, as Mr. is called up it shall remain the unfinished contended by the editor of the Grand Stokes well knew, and as anyone read business until it is fully disposed of. Should Rapids Herald, "a backward step," or, ing the provisions of the rules which the House by vote decide against the immedi as argued by Thomas L. Stokes, that have just been quoted can easily deter ate consideration of such bill or resolution, there was a "blockade again on in Con it shall be referred to its proper calendar and mine for himself. gress," or to charge, as did the A. F'. of L. Mr. Stokes further wrote: be entitled to the same rights and privileges Nc.7s of January 9, the Machinist of that it would have had had the commit tee Again a handful of men can thwart democ. to which it was referred duly reported same January 11, and the CIO News of Janu- racy in the House. to the House for its consideration: Provided,, That when any perfected mo I RULE XI (c), EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS If, by democracy, the gentleman means tion to discharge a committee from the con- · The Committee on Rules shall present to the right of a majority to legislate, once sideration of any public bill ·or resolution the House reports concerning rules, joint again he is in error. has once been acted upon by the House it rules, and order of business, within three Permit me again to Point out any time shall not be in order to entertain during the legislative days of the time when ordered a majority of the House wants to con s,ame session of Congress any other motion reported by the cor--.mittee. If s·-ch rule or sider and adopt legislation, it can do so for the discharge from that committee of order is not considered immediately, it shall said measure, or from any other committee be referred to the calendar and, if not called and two roads are wide open. The legis of any other bill or resolution substantially up by the Member making the report within lation can be called up by a committee the same, relating in substance to or deal· seven legislative days thereafter, any mem chairman on Calendar Wednesday-a ing with the same subject matter, or from ber of the Committee on Rules ma1 call it up majority of the House membership can the Committee on Rules of a resolution pro as a question of privilege and the Speaker force consideration by a discharge peti vidlng a special order of business for the shall recognize any member of the Rules tion. consideration of any other such bill or reso Committee seeking recognition for that pur· This article by Mr. Stokes received ap lution, in order that such action by the pose. If the Committee on Ruies shall ad House on a motion to discharge sball be res versely report, or fail to report within 21 proval by the A. F. of I . weekly news of acl,judicata for the remainder of that session: calendar days after reference, any resolution January 9, in the following words: Provided further, That if before any one pending before the committee providing for YOU'RE So RIGHT, MR. STOKES motion to discharge a committee has been an order of business for the consideration by WASBINGTON.-Tom Stokes, syndicated acteci upon by the House there are on 'the the House of any public bill or joint resolu columnist, called the action of Republicans Calendar of Motions To Discharge Commit· tion favorably reported by a committee of and Dixiecrats in restoring the House Rules tees other motions to discharge committees the House, on days when it shall be in order Committee's power to pigeonhole legislation from the consideration of bills or resolutions to call up motions to discharge committees "a smacking blow to democracy." substantially the same, relating in substance it shall be in order for the chairman of the He remarked that such reactionary con· to or dealing with the same subject matter, committee#which reported such bill or joint duct in the Republican-controlled Eightieth after the House shall have acted on one _resolution to call up for consideration by the Congress had helped in the reelection of motion to discharge, the remaining said mo House the resolution which the Committee President Truman in 1948. tions shall be stricken from the Calendar on on Rules has so adversely reported or failed Motions To Discharge Committee and not Labor unions told the story to their mem to report, and it shall be in order to move bers through their union newspapers, as they acted on during the remainder of that ses· the adoption by the House of said resolution sion of Congress. are telling now of repeal of the 21-day rule adversely reported, or not reported, notwith· and its meaning. ' On the second and fourth Mondays of standing the adverse report, or the failure to each month, except during the last 6 days of This is not very helpful to Republicans in report, of the Committee on Rules, and the their effort to win back labor votes. any session of Congress, immediately after Speaker shall recognize the-Member seeking the approval of the Journal, any Member l'ecognition for that purpose as a question _of The CIO News followed the same line who has signed a motion to discharge which the highest privilege. Pending the consider in its article on pages 1 and 3 of Janu has been on the calendar at least 7 days prior ation of said resolution the Speaker may en thereto, and seeks recognition, shall be rec ary .s. tertain one motion that the House adjourn; Referring to the same subject the Ma ognized for the purpose of calling up the but after the result is announced he shall motion, and the House shall proceed to its not entertain any other dilatory motion until chinist of January 11, page 8, com consideration in the manner herein provided the said resolution shall have been fully dis· mented: without intervening motion except one mo posed of (p. 359, House Rules an'1 Manual, In the1r first major action the reactionary tion to adjourn. 8lst Cong.). coalition killed the 21-day rule. In so doing 1951 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1243 it restored the power of the Rules Committee by party action of the majority leader to pigeonhole any legislation its reactionary Mr. VURSELL. But here is a better majority doesn't like. removal of the Speaker by House action. point that appeals to me. I am satisfied Perhaps that might be done, but at the that when they changed the rules in the Another misleading editorial is that moment I know of no way of doing it, Eighty-first Congress, it cost the taxpay from the Farm Union, which reads as nor is there any likelihood that either ers of this country half a billion dollars follows: the majority leader or the Speaker would during the Eighty-first Congress. Congressmen are outdoing thmsel ves to attempt to apply such a gag. Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Half a approve reactionary legislation and undo Speaking, or thinking, of gags, the billion? what little good the Eighty-first Congress change in the rules made by the Eighty Mr. VURSELL. Maybe a billion accomplished. During the first day's session first Congress would permit the chair dollars. on January 3, this Congress voted to restore men of standing committees, when after Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Maybe. the power of the Rules Committee so that 6 members of that 12-member committee 21 days and no action pn the part of the But, what is a billion or two to a spend can stymie any measure even if every other Rules Committee, to call up a bill for ing, wasteful administration? Member of both House and Senate favors it. consideration. Action by the House was, Mr. VURSELL. But, with the people Farmers Union delegations which are pour of course, subject to the limitation that crying for economy, with the lack · of ing into Washington at the rate of about 75 the chairman of a committee must first courage on the part of some .of us, Re a week, are embarrassing their Congressmen obtain recognition from the Speaker. publicans and Democrats alike, when the by asking why they voted to restore the It was possible and sometimes it hap pressure groups come after us, it is abso power of this committee which, year after year, bottlenecked legislation in the House pene~ that more than one chairman was lutely necessary to get back to the old even when the majority favored it. Varying seeking recognition. It was then the rule. I voted not to do away with it, and answers are given to these farmers from the prerogative of the Speaker to give pref with pride I voted to go back to it. grass roots who are getting a big dose of erence in recognition. Thus the Speaker Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. I thank double talk from their elected representa had the power to delay consideration of the gentleman. tives. a bill; as for example, the FEPC, which ASSISTANCE TO THE REPUBLIC OF IN Mr. Stokes and those responsible for the leadership did not want brought up. :OIA-MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT similar statements should know better. Today, as always, the majority of the OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. In a different category is the Grand House membership can force considera 56) tion of action on any desired legislation. Rapids Herald editorial. The Herald The SPEAKER laid before the House editor is misinformed. On the third day of January, two methods of providing for consideration the following message from the Presi That editorial merely states that the dent of the United States, which was present means ''of forcing a bill to the of proposed legislation were before the House. Presumably, each Member of read, referred to the Committee on For fioor cumbersome and difficult of exe eign Affairs, and ordered to be printed: cution." That is a matter of opinion. the House voted for that method which he considered more d.esirable, more effi But they are no more cumbersome or To the Congress of the United States: difficult than was the so-called 21-day · cient. It was a matter of opinion and there is no reason to criticize the vote I recommend that the Congress pro provision rule of the Eighty-first Con vide assistance to the Republic of India gress. of any Member. Neither is there reason for Members to meet the food crisis which now con As propaganda, it is well written. A~ or non-Members to continue to insist fronts the people of that country, information for the unadvised reader, that on that day the House took "a back . The people of India are in desperate it is misleading. ·ward step," or that there was a "block need of emergency assistance from this The editorial also states that- ade again on in Congress," or that there country in meeting their food problems. The Rules Committee is intended to be a was delivered a "smashing blow to de A series of natural disasters-earth "traffic control" group whose function is to mocracy," or that the membership was quakes, floods, droughts, and plagues of funnel legislation to the floor in an orderly gagged. locusts-greatly reduced the 1950 grain manner. If it worked that way, it would be crop in India. The result has been to well. Inaccuracy and vituperation are but evidence, sometimes proof, of the inac impair the ability of India to feed the Thus, the editorial acknowledges a curacy of statements-the unsoundness population in its major cities and in traffic control is needed. As to whether of an argument. many rural areas. it worked well, is a matter of opin Let us have less of propaganda de The average Indian food consumption ion. The editorial is correct in stat signed unfairly, unjustly, to discredit is little more than half of our own. ing that in previous years, time and the Congress, the Members of Congress. Grain constitutes more than three again a majority of the Rules Commit Mr. VURSELL. Mr. Speaker, will the quarters of the Indian diet. India has a tee's 12 members have kept the Rouse gentleman yield? large and effective rationing system. from considering legislation recom Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. I yield through which a large portion of the In mended by a legislative committee. The to the gentleman, the present-day Abra dian population receives some or all of Herald admits a "traffic cop" is necessary ham Lincoln of Illinois. its necessary food grain supplies. and there was always a way if a majority Mr. VURSELL. Of course, the gentle One hundred and twenty-five million of the Members desired to bypass the man realizes that any time this Congress people are covered ·by the rationing sys Rules Committee. The Rules Commit wants to pass legislation that 218 Mem tem. Some 45,000,000 depend almost tee never has had, it has not now, the bers signing a petition-- entirely upon their Government ration power to keep a bill from coming on the Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. That is for their food-grain supplies. Already :floor of the House, either on a Calendar the discharge rule. That is rule XXVII. the Government of rindia has found it Wednesday or by discharge petition. Mr. VURSELL. Yes. There can be necessary to cut the standard grain ra The gentleman who wrote that edi no gag rule as long as we have that pro tion from 12 ounces to 9 ounces a day torial just took a running hop, step, and vision. The facts are, and my observa and take other drastic measures to meet jump to reach his conclusion. tion in Congress has been, that you need the growing distress. Grain reserves Apparently all of the critics who con a strong gate to hold back crackpot legis have reached a dangerously low point. tend that the Eighty-second Congress lation. That gate has done a good job Total grain requirements for ration gagged itself by the adoption of this rule through the Committee on Rules. But, distribution this year are estimated by overlooked the cold, hard fact that a real the point I wanted to call to the at the Government of India at about 9,000,- gag can be, though it never has been, tention of the gentleman and ask him if 000 long tons or 336,000,000 bushels. To applied by the majority leadership. he thinks I am right, is this-- maintain the rationing system, even at a Recognition of a Member rests with the Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. The level below last year's, the Government Speaker. If the majority leader and gentleman is always right. of India finds that it will have to import tlle Speaker decide upon a party policy Mr. VURSELL. I thank the gentle close to 6,000,000 tons in 1951. India is or program of legislation and the man. procuring almost 4,000,000 tons of this Speaker should refuse to recognize any Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. And I total through the use of its own foreign Member advocating any other program thank him for the explanation, lucid and exchange reso"urces. This grain is to be or legislation, the House has no remedy, brief, of what I spent 10.minutes in try purchased in Australia, Argentina, Bur so far as I know, other than the removal ing to state. ma, and other countries. It includes 1244 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE FEBRUARY 12 about 1,50(),,000 tons o:f grain which demonstrated our adherence to this ob If the Coogress adopts this program, India is procuring :f OT cash from this jective throughout the world. It is nat I propose that a mission be sent to India oountry and Canada in accordance with ural that the Indian pei>ple should turn under the Economic Cooperation Ad its quotas under the Intematwnal Wheat to us for aid in meeting the tbl"eat of ministration to observe Ure distribution Agreement. famine that now oonf:.'onts them. We of tire g:rairn aoo to assist in carrymg Procurement of the remaining 2,000,- should meet their appeal in the spmt out the program. This mission wou!d 000 tons-a'oout "15,000. 0 bllShels which guides. our re ations with an free make an on-the-spot appraisal of the which India estimates it will need,. pre nations. f11H extent of tire Jnclfan needs. It would sents a serio pn>blem. This grain will . I am ccnfident that the American examine other supply possibilities and have to come in large measure, if not en people and their representatives in Con the terms upon which additional grain tirely~ from this comitry. The Govern gress will. respond to this urgent call for should be supplied from the United ment of India has req ested the United help. .Already, numerous voices fi'om States.. States to make tbi.s amount available, aD over the country have urged the Gov As in the case o:t: othtW f oreigD aid pro with shipment to begin as soon as pos ernment to send food; and a number of grams we ould expect om representa sible. India finds that it does not now members ol both parties in the Congress tives in India to be given every oppor have funds available to 1>ay for this are strongly supporting this popular tunny to obserV'e the distnlmtion of the amount, and yet, iif aciicm is not taken, demand grain and to be sure that the aid we are thae may be a real danger of famine in I have bad the executive departments snppiyfn:gisdi.stributed fairly. We would lndia. concemed. ma.ke a careful study of our ais:o expect that the Indian peop!e be We cannot turn a deaf ear to India's ability to meet the Indian request. We kept informed th:rougb full and con ·appeal Our friendship for the people do not have an oversupply of food grains. UnW)U.S publiciiy as to the source of the of India and our traditional concern for Om current cany-Gver of grain sioeks grain.. Similarly~ we would expect the human suffering impel us to take every 'is not excessive far a critica1 period like Go emment of India to deposit in a reasonable step we can to alleviate mass the present. Nevertheless,. from a supp~ special account local currency equivalent hunger and distress. Furthermore. the standpoint ii is possible for us t.o make to the proceeds from the sale in India of needs of the people of India have a spe available up to 2,.000,.000 tons of grain the g:rain we supply on a grant basis. cial claim upon mrr sympathies at this without :reaching the danger point. In This account, would be used for the de time. land iramportation and other facilities velopment and imprcvement of the India is the lugest or the new naticns to bring the grain to shipside will present Indian economy. of Asia which have attained independ some dlllicultie.s in light ot other heavy As the Congress. is a wa:re, this is the ence s-ince the end. of World War IL .demands.. 'Fo provide sufticient ocean P11'actice we have followed in those coun Pollowing the voluntary withdrawal of transparlation to get the grain to India tries which have received aid under llie the British in 194"1, the Indian people in time,. it will be necessarJ to take some programs of the Economic Cooperation adopted a constitution and began their ships from our reserve fleet and recon Administration.. In the. case of India. existence under it; as a. sovereign demo. dition them. These ships. on their re such countexpart funds. wnuld ofter a cratic republic,. OJl January 26, 1950, a imn "Voyages, can also help to :relieve the splendid ()pportunity for the improve little more than a, year ago. India's con shortage of &hipping which now impedes ment of Indian agriculture, the develop stitution, which is similar to our own, the :Oow of scarce materials o this ment of :important natural resources and provides for universal suJI:rage and for country. industries, and other projects of benefit. the :pyotection of its citizens :tn a way . The Indian Government finds that it to the people of India. We would also akin to our own Bill of Rights. The peo is: not now able to pay cash :f mt the addi expect the G€>ve:mment of India to do an ple of India are striving earnestly to es tional ~000,000 tons It is, however, it can to expand supplies and otherwise tablish representative goverruiient and prepared to pay, ancl will pay, lhe very to Jes.sen the danger- from crop shortages. democratic institutions as a unified and substantial ocean freighi ehal'ges. India m the tutn:re. independent na.tioa has limited foreign-exchange reserves 'rhe pu:rpose. of this program is to meet . Like any nation which. has just and will have a somewhat unfavorable the current emergency in India and to achieved independencey India is con balance of payments this year. If; is stimulate measures to forestall such fnmted with gr.eat, difliculties-dHlieul planning to use the major portion of crises in the future. It does not consti ties which have been aggrayat:ed by the its reserves, beyond the necesSary cover tute a precedent for conti:rming to pro c:risis in Asia caused by the aggreEve for its currency, on a long-range eco vide food to India on a grant basis or for forces of Communis.t imperialism. The nomie development program. It is., of providing similar aid for other countries. present food crisis., if permitted to con courser of major im:portance that Tndia I strongly urge that the Congress take tinue, would magnily these difti.eulties develop its rescnmres and provide a bet immediate steps to put this program and threaten the s-tali>Hity oi India. ter economic base for its citizens, many :into effect. It is within om means. Hu It is important to the free udd that of whom live in dire poverty, Unless man lives depend upon our taking prompt the democratic institutions which are India can undertake such a program, its action. Shipments must begin by April emerging in India be maintained and economic troubles will increase, the n th:rs food is to reach India in tilne to strengthened. With a population of standard of ming of its. people will oon meet the present emergency. almost 35(). •000,000 people. India bas sub tmue to dec.Jine, and here will be no In this critical time in the affairs ot stantial mineral resow:ces and impor end to its history of recurrent famine. the world it 1s vital that the democratic tant industries. Its oontinued stability In view of these factors and the press nations show their concern for the well is essential to the future o:f free institu- ing need for immediate assistance, it being of men everywhere and their- de tions in Asia , seems desirable to make a subsfantiaJ sire fo.r a better Ute for mankind. But I recognize that there are important portion of the reqnested grain available words alone are ™>t suffiCYent. We must political dil'ferences between our Gov promptly on a grant basis, with India implement our wor-ds by deeds. We must exnment and the Government of India paying fo:r the cost o:f transportation. oonnter the false promises of Communist with 1·egard to the oomse of action which This initial grant wm avert the iln imperialism with constructive action for would most efteetively cmb aggression minent danger and provide time to human betterment. In this aiy, and in and establish peace-in Asia. However, explore in greate:r detail the need for this way o:nliy, can we make human lib these differences should not blind us to the balance of the Indian request· and erty secu:re against the forces which the needs of the Indian people. These to determine the best way of suppliying threaten it thliCi>Ughout the wo:rld today. differences must not de:flect us from our the amounts needed. HARRY S. TRUMAN. tradition of f1iendly aid to alleviate hu I, therefore, recommend that the Con THE WHITE H©USE, Februaryi 12, 19'51. man suffe1·ing. gress at this time authori~e the full It is not our objective in foreign affairs amount requested by the 1ndian Gov.ern MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE to dominate other nations. Our objec ment, but that it appropriate funds now lJNIIFEf> STATES-UNIFOBM CODE OF tive is to strengthen the free nations only for the first million tons, deferring MILITABY J'US_TICE through cooperation-free and voLun~ the< aippraprfstion of funds for the bal The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be tary cooperation based on a eomnl0D de• ance until the si'tuation has been further fore the House the following message votion to freedom. Our actiQns have clarific'1. from the President of the United States, 1951 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1245 which was read by the Clerk, and, to include an editorial appearing in the lating to the printing, binding, and distribu gether with accompanying papers, re Philadelphia Enquirer. tion of decisions of the Supreme Court of the Mr. SMITH of Kansas asked and was United States, and for other purposes"; to f erred to the Committee on Armed Serv the Committee on the Judiciary . ices: . given permission to extend his remarks 193. A letter from the Assistant Secretary and include extraneous matter. of the Navy, transmitting the second annual To the Congress of the United States: Mr. KILBURN asked and was given report by the Department of the Navy in Pursuant to article 36, section 1, Pub permission to extend his remarks and accordance with the requirements of section lic Law 506, Eighty-first Congress, I am include an editorial. 404 ( d) of the. Federal Property and Admin transmittting herewith a copy of Part Mr. EDWIN ARTHUR HALL asked istrative Services Act of 1949 on the disposal II of the Federal Register, February 10, and was given permission to extend his of excess property in foreign areas; to the remarks and include a letter. Committee on Expenditures in the Execu 1951, in which there are set forth the tive Departments, rules and regulations which I have pro Mr. BURNSIDE asked and was given 194. A letter from the Chairman, Pacific mulgated to implement the Uniform permission to extend his remarks in two Marine Fisheries Commission, transmitting Code of Military Justice. instances and include two editorials from the Third Annual Report of the Pacific Ma HARRY S. TRUMAN, the Washington Post. · rine Fisheries Commission, for the year 1950, THE WHITE HOUSE, February 12, 1951 • . Mr. BRYSON asked and was given pursuant to section 2 of Public Law 232, permission to extend his remarks and Eightieth Congress; to the Committee on LEAVE OF ABSENCE include a short newspaper excerpt. Merchant Marine and Fisheries. By unanimous consent, leave of ab Mr. DOLLIVER asked and was given permission to extend his remarks and sence was granted as follows: REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC include a letter from Omar B. Ketchum, To Mr. FENTON (at the request of Mr. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS GRAHAM), indefinitely, on account of director of the national legislative serv illness. ice of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of To Mr. RABAUT, indefinitely, on ac the United States. committees were delivered to the Clerk count of illness. Mr. BOYKIN Soviet Union; to the Com Mr. FEIGHAN: Committee on·the Judiciary. taining to the display and use of the flag of mittee on Foreign Affairs. H. R. 1475. A bill for the relief of Elena the United States of America by requiring By Mr. HOLIFIELD: Erbez; with amendment (Rept. No. 113). the display of the flag of the United States H. Con. Res. 60. Concurrent resolution es Referred to the Committee of the Whole of America whenever a :flag or pennant of tablishing a Joint Select Committee on the House. any other nation is displayed; to the Com Organization of Congress; to the Committee Mr. FELLOWS: Committee on the Judici mittee on the Judiciary. on Rules. ary. H. R. 1722. A bill for the relief of By Mr. HAGEN: By Mr. DINGELL: Louise Leitzinger and her daughter; without H. R. 2567. A bill to amend the act entitled H. Res. 129. Resolution creating a select amendment (Rept. No. 114). Referred to the "An act to reclassify the salaries of post committee to conduct an investigation and Committee of the Whole House. masters, officers, and employees of the postal study of the causes and reasons for the com Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. service; to establish uniform procedures for muting of the sentences of the German H. R. 1823. A bill for the relief of Jose En computing compensation; and for other pur criminals convicted of the Malmedy atroci carnacion Ortiz; with amendment (Rept. poses," approved July 6, 1945, with respect ties; to the Committee on Rules. No. 115). Referred to the Committee of the to clerks in air mail field railway post offices; By Mr. HELLER: Whole House. to the Committee on Post Office and Civil H. Res. 130. Resolution creating a select Mr. FEIGHAN: Committee on the Judiciary. Service. committee to conduct an investigation and H. R. ~068. A bill for the relief of Sook Kat; H. R. 2568. A bill to authorize the Post study of ( 1) the "fixing" of college basketball without amendment (Rept. No. 116). Re master General to readjust the compensa games and (2) illegal sales of narcotics; to ferred to the Committee on the Whole House. tion of holders of contracts for the perform th.e Committee on Rules. ance of mail-messenger service; to the Com By Mr. PATMAN: PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS mittee on Post Office and Civil Service. H. Res. 131. Resolution providing for con By Mr. MILLER of California: sideration of H. R. 1600, to create the Small Under clause 3 of rule XXII, · public H. R. 2569. A bill to adjust the salaries of Defense Plants Corporation; to the Commit bills and resolutions were introduced and postmasters and supervisors of the field serv tee on Rules. severally referred as follows: ice of the Post Office Department; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. By Mr. ABBITT: MEMORIALS H. R. 2554. A bill to amend the tobacco By Mr. BRAY: marketing quota provisions of the Agricul H. R. 2570. A bill to amend the District of Under clause 3 of rule XXII, memo tural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended; Columbia Barber Act; to the Committee on rials were presented and referred as to the Committee en Agriculture. the District of Columbia. follows: By Mr. BURNSIDE: H. R. 2555. A bill to provide for the transfer By the SPEAKER: Memorial of the Legis to the Department of the Interior of certain H. R. 2571. A bill to create a commission to make a study of aid to medical education lature of the State of Colorado, requesting furniture for permanent exhibition at the the President and the Congress to take no Appomattox Courthouse Nati'onal Historical and to make recommendations to Congress steps to establish or to join a world govern Monument; to the Committee on House Ad with respect thereto; to the Committee on ment at this time; to the Committee on ministration. Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Foreign Affairs. By Mr. ANFUSO: By Mr. HOLMES: Also, memorial of the Legislature of the H. R. 2556. A bill to provide hospitalization H. R. 2572. A bill to provide for the alter State of Indiana, relative to the Armed and medical treatment at the Veterans' Ad ation, reconstruction, or relocation of cer Forces and the paying of Federal income ministration Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., to tain highway and railroad bridges over the taxes; to the Committee on Ways and Means. certain paraplegic veterans and other dis Col,.umbia River or its navigable tributaries; Also, memorial of the Legislature of the . a bled veterans; to the Committee on Vet to the Committee on Public Works . State of Montana, relative to the construc erans' Affairs. By Mr. KLEIN: tion of Yellowtail Dam in Big Horn County By Mr. BATTLE: H. R. 2573. A bill to amend the District of in southeastern Montana; to the Committee H. R. 2557. A bill to establish a United Columbia Barber Act; to the Committee on on Public Works. States Peace Academy; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Also, memorial of the Legislature of the Foreign Affairs. By Mr. HA,RDY: State of New Hampshire, relative to sending By Mr. CELLER: H. R. 2574: A bill to amend section 304 of a duplicate certified copy of a compact in H. R. 2558. A bill to amend sections 241 the Federal Property and Administrative reference to civil defense, in accord?..nce with and 242 of title 18, United States Code; to Services Act of 1949 and section 4 of the a letter dated January 30, 1951, from Samuel the Committee on the Judiciary. Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947; H. Sabin, general counsel, Federal Civil Da- 1951 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1247 fense Administration; to the Committee on D'Amlco, Lucia Di Foggia, Maria Stella Fati Send before them Thy pillar of light, Armed Services. bene, Anna Marino, and Lucia Spinelli; to to unite all Thy children in finding the the Committee on the Judiciary. road to enduring peace. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS By Mr. KLEIN: H. R. 2596. A bill for the relief of Arpad By Thy grace and manifold blessings Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private and Szeren Suranyi; to the Committee on Thou hast made this land the chosen t1f bills and resolutions were introduced and the Judiciary. all nations. severally referred as follows: H. R. 2597. A bill for the relief of H~nry Help us to remember that if we be Hasenberg; to the Committee on the Judi-. chosen, it is not for privilege but for re By Mr. ABBITT: ciary. H. R. 2577. A bill for the relief of Earl T. sponsibility, not to be served but to serve, Ellis, receiver of the Quantico Co., Inc., of By Mr. MANSFIELD: not alone to gain liberty but to grant it. Petersburg, Va.; to the Committee on the H. R. 2598. A bill for the relief of Mrs. O Heavenly Father: Let be heard Thy · Judiciary. Gisela G. Webeler Stockwell; to the Com word speaking to America through the By Mr. ANGELL: mittee on the Judiciary. H. R. 2599. A bill for the relief of Elfriede Prophet even as Thou didst speak to H. R. 2578. A bill for the relief of Mrs. ancient Israel. · Claire Phillips Clavier; to the Committee on Antonia Vybiral; to the Committee . on the the Judiciary. Judiciary. I the Lord have called thee in right By Mr. BATTLE: By Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: eousness and have taken hold of thy H. R. 2579. A bill for the relief of the estate H. R. 2600. A bill for the relief of Akiko hand and kept thee and set thee for a Mitsuhata; to the Committee on the Judi- of Mrs. LaDuska McFarland, deceased; to covenant of the peoples, for a light of the the Committee on the Judiciary. ciary. By Mr. BLATNIK: By Mr. O'BRIEN of Michigan: nations; to open the blind eyes, to bring H. R. 2580. A bill for the relief of Alton H. R. 2601. A bill for the relief of Mrs. out the prisoners from the dungeon and Bramer; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Olympia Cuc; to the Committee on the Judi those that sit in darkness out of the H. R. 2581. A bill for the relief of Pedro ciary. prison .-iouse. r£.paration, he goes Muhammad Elliyan, Afifeh Michail Jiries Sholom Congregation, Washington, forth into the world as a master of life, Issa Matar, Ellen Issa Zakaria, Ruth Naomi D. C., offered the following prayer: to teach and lead his brethren in the Schut, and Roseileen Schut; to the Com mittee on the Judiciary. Sovereign of the Universe: In these world the more perfect way of a full By Mr. KEOGH: challenging days our hearts are turned mental, moral, physical, and spiritual H. R. 2594. A bill for the relief of Marcus to Thee in prayer. liberty. As they are able to grasp and Moscovic, Dora Moscovic, and Mary Moscovic; Be Thou with those who guide the des follow his teachings, they follow the to the Committee on the Judiciary. tinies of o·ur Republic .. stars of their destinies. If they do this, By Mr. KIRWAN: Shepherd them with Thy wisdom that they become more like the master, as H. R. 2595. A bill for the relief of Clarice D'Amico, Chiara Antonucci, Antonietta An .their judgments may be true and pure. did the boy in Hawthorne's tale, the gelicola, Carmela Antonucci, Anna Cagnazzo, Grant them of Thy love that they may Great Stone Face. Should they not be Olimpia Cibelli, Maria Dachille, Giuliva know the heart of all the people. able to understand his message, they
