2346 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE FEBRUARY 23 Brig. Gen. Frank W h eaton Rowell, United States Army, ministered unto· us. By ·au that is sacred in our religious from April 1, 1938, vice Maj. Gen. Geor geS. Simonds, United faith and by all that is sacred in the diVine heart may we States Army, to be retire~ lVIarch 31, 1938. bring Thee the offerings of our best. Grant, our Father, TO BE BRIGADIER GENERALS that the fruits of the Spirit may be in us and be as the gar Col. Joseph Michael Cummins, Infantry, from February den of the Lord, full of willingness, industry, and growing 1, 1938, Vice Brig. Gen. Louis M. Nuttman, United States fruit for the good of all. Blessed Lord God, may our labors Anny, retired January 31, 1938. be nothing less than noble. In the Redeemer's name. Cal. Richard Curtis Moore, Corps of _Erigineers, vice Brig. Amen. Gen. James A. Woodruff, United States Army, nominated for The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and appointment as major general. approved. Col. Karl Truesdell, Infantry, vice Brig. Gen. Frank W. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE Rowell, United States A.n:ny, nominated for appointment as A message from the Senate, by Mr. Frazier, its legislative major general. clerk, announced that the Senate agrees to the amendments Col. Fulton Quintus Cincinnatus Gardner, Coast Artillery of the House to bills of the Senate of the following titles: Corps, from May 1, 1938, Vice Brig. Gen. Manus McCloskey, S. 2215. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to estab United States Army, to be retired April 30, 1938. lish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United TO BE THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, WITH THE RANK OF MAJOR GENERAL, States,'' approved July 1, 1898, and acts amendatory thereof FOR A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS FROM DATE OF ACCEPTANCE, WITH RANK and supplementary thereto; and FROM MAY 1, 1938 . S. 2381. An act to amend the Criminal Code by providing Col. Emery Sherwood Adams, Adjutant General's Depart punishment for impersonation of officers and employees of ment, vice Maj. Gen. Edgar T. Coriley, The Adjutant General, Government-owned and Government-controlled corpora to be retired April 30, 1938. tions. TO BE CIDEF OF CAVALRY, WITH THE RANK OF MAJOR GENERAL, FOR MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS FROM DATE OF ACCEPTANCE, WITH RANK FROM MARCH 26, 1938 A message in writing from the President of the Unlted Col. John Knowles Herr, Cavah·y, vice Maj. Gen. Leon B. States was communicated to the House by Mr. Latta, one of Kromer, Chief of Cavalry, whose term of office expires March his secretaries. 25, 1938. EXTENSION OF REMARKS TO BE CHIEF OF FIELD ARTILLERY, WITH THE RANK OF MAJOR Mr. TREADWAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent GENERAL , FOR A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS FROM DATE OF ACCEPTANCE, to extend my remarks by inserting in the RECORD an address WITH RANK FROM MARCH 26, 1938 I delivered in New York before the National Republican Col. Robert Melville Danford, Field Artillery, vice Maj. Gen. Club on Saturday last. Upton Birnie, Jr., Chief of Field Artillery, whose term of office Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object. expires March 25, 1938. and I am not going to object, I would like. to can the atten tion of the House, and especially the majority leader, the CONFIRMATIONS gentleman from Texas [Mr. RAYBURN J, to the fact that the Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate February Senate yesterday inserted in the main part of the RECORD 23 (legislative day ot January 5), 1938 over 18 pages of editorials. The Senate permitted these 18 UNITED STATES MARITIME COMMISSION pages, or almost 95 editorials, to desecrat8 the RECORD on Max O'Rell Truitt to be a member of the United States Washington's Birthday. I think the Senate ought to be Maritime Commission. chastised [laughter J for permitting such a desecration of COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS the RECORD. This is the wrong thing to do. They spent 40 J. Walter Doyle to be collector of customs for customs days on the lynching bill; now all these editorials. Will these collection district No. 32, with headquarters at Honolulu, Senators never wake up and stop such desecration of the Hawaii. RECORD? It should be a record of things that happen in Con REGISTERS OF LAND OFFICES gress, and if you men of the House of Representatives will William G. Johnson to be register of the land ofii.ce at look into this and bring it to the attention of the Senators, probably they will realize that something should be done. Cheyenne, Wyo. Ellis Purlee to be register of the land office at Sacramento, Mr. RAYBURN. My only answer to the gentleman from calif. Pennsylvania is, "You tell 'em." [Laughter.] POSTMASTERS Mr. RICH. Mr. Majority Leader, I am trying to "tell 'em," NEW YORK and if I were permitted to go over there I would want to have something more than words. Raymond H. LaClair, Huntington. Mr. O'CONNOR of New York. Mr. Speaker, will the gen William J. Holbert, Morrisville. tleman yield? Francis X. Desmond, Niagara University. Mr. RICH. I yield. TE:r..TNESSEE :M:r. O'CONNOR of New York. Did the distinguished gen Phil W. Campbell, Tiptonville. tleman from Pennsylvania ever think that possibly the solu WISCONSIN tion of all this might be a unicameral legislature like they Arthur C. Finder, Ableman. have in Nebraska with only one legislative body instead of two? Mr. RICH. If they had one party- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. O'CONNOR of New York. One body. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1938 Mr. RICH. Oh, body! [Laughter.] We would have an opportunity to say something if the gentleman from New The House met at 12 o'clock noon. The Chaplain, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., offered ·York and I were in that body. the following prayer: Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to ob ject, I understand the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of TREADWAY] desires to amend his request. our God, in the mountain of His holiness. Bea:tltl.]ul tor sit Mr. TREADWAY. Mr. Speaker, the remarks that I asked uation, the joy ot the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the to have inserted in the RECORD were made in conjunction with sides of the north, the city ot the great King. God is known remarks made by Dr. Henry F. Gra.dy,.Chairman of the Tariff in her palaces tor. a refuge. Commission, in a joint debate, and I ask unanimous consent We thank Thee that Thou art our God and will be our guide that both his remarks and mine may be included in the even unto death; may we realize the great. mercy wbich.)s REcoRD. 1938 ·coNGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 2347 The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the amended request Administration in Washington, D. C., on January 12, asking of the gentleman from Massachusetts? them to give me information in respect to the resettlement There was no objection. project at Greensburg, Pa., and I ask unanimous consent to Mr. SAUTHOFF. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent insert that letter in the REcoRD as well as the reply they sent to extend my remarks in the REcoRD and include therein a to me from the Farm Security Administration relative to that letter to Hon. Louis Johnson, AssiStant Secretary of War. project. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to have that privi gentleman from Wisconsin? lege, and the letters follow: There was no objection. WESTMORELAND HOMESTEAD PROJECT OF THE RESETTLEMENT Mr. PACE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex ADMINISTRATION tend my remarks and include therein a portion of the proc JANUARY 12, 1938. lamation of the Secretary of Agriculture fixing a national RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION, Washington, D. C. allotment for cotton. GENTLEMEN: I am very much interested in the Wer¥;moreland The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the County (Pa.) homestead project of the Resettlement Administra gentleman from Georgia? tion, which is located near Greensburg, Pa. It is my understanding that some sort of manufacturing plant There was no objection. is being built at this site, and I am interested to know what it is. Mr. LA1v1BERTSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con Will you kindly give me a statement of how many homes have sent to extend my remarks in the RECORD and insert an been constructed at this project, how many you expect ultimately address given today by the Ambassador from China before to construct, how many people are living there at the present time, what the houses cost as a whole, and what the average cost the Rotary Club in Washington on their anniversary? of each of these houses is to the Federal Government? Also, is The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the the Resettlement Administration building a manufacturing estab gentleman from Kansas? lishment at the Westmoreland homestead project; and if so, what is to be manufactured there? How many people will be employed, There was no objection. and what will be the cost of the buildings and machinery and THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY equipment? Awaiting a reply at your earliest convenience, and thanking you Mr. CREAL. Mr. Speaker, •. ~ the request of the chair in advance for the information, I am, man of the Committee on the Judiciary, I ask unanimous Very respectfully, consent that that committee may be permitted to sit during ROBERT F. RICH. sessions of the House for the remainder of the week. Is UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, The SPEAKER. there objection to the request of the FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, gentleman from Kentucky? OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, There was no objection. Washington, January 26, 1938. Hon. RoBERT F. RicH, CALENDAR WEDNESDAY · House of Representatives. The SPEAKER. Today is Calendar Wednesday. The MY DEAR MR. RICH: This is in reply to your letter of January 12, requesting information concerning the Westmoreland Home Clerk will call the committees. steads project an
are lndulging in espionage as far as our own Government is To Mr. BOLAND of Pennsylvania, on account of important concerned. I have pictures, as I told you before, of all of business. them. I may say also that they have pictures of our forts, PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE of oUr bridges, and that they know more about our Govern Mr. HOFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent ment than we do ourBelves. that after the business on the Speaker's desk has been dis Mr. WHITE of Idaho. Will the gentleman yield? posed of tomorrow and at the conclusion of the other special Mr. DICKSTEIN. I yield to the gentleman from Idaho. orders I may be permitted to speak for 10 minutes. Mr. WHITE of Idaho. The gentleman speaks of the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the Russian group and the Nazi group. There is no cooperation gentleman from Michigan? or connection between those two lines of activities, is there? There was no objection. Mr. DICKSTEIN. Yes; there is. Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, by request, Mr. WHITE of Idaho. Between the Communists and the I ask unanimous consent to proceed for 1 minute. I have Nazis? been asked to make this request. Mr. DICKSTEIN. No. There is a group known as the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the White RUBSians who do not like Stalin. They have con gentlewoman from Massachusetts? spited and combined with the Nazis in this country, by There was no objection. whiCh they put their heads and forces together to carry on Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I ask an attack against ·Soviet Russia. The Nazis' bund is a bund unanimous consent to revise and extend my own remarks foreign to our democracy and contrary to our principles. at this point in the RECORD and include therein an editorial They are carrying on a fight againSt democracy. from the New York Sun of Monday night. Mr. WHITE of Idaho. Does not the gentleman think the Mr. RICH. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, courts of the United States and the laws of the United States may I call the attention of the.gentlewoman to the fact that are able to cope with this situation? the Senate on yesterday inserted almost 100 editorials in the Mr. DICKSTEIN. No; that is the trouble. Let us take REcoRD in one batch. If the gentlewoman inserts one edi our Intelligence Service. We are going to vote in the next torial in the RECORD, we are liable to embarrass the Senate. couple of weeks on a bill which will carry $800,000;000 for [Laughter.] armament, for defensive purposes, so to speak. I say rigbt Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. We are being very mod now our defenses are not worth a dollar unless we turn est. I believe it iB a good plan to call to the attention of the around and go further than that. We have to organize other body how modest we are in our requests. some sort of a group. Mr. RICH. I will admit the gentlewoman 1s always very [Here the gavel fell.] gracious and modest. Mr. DICKSTEIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent [Here the gavel fell.] to proceed for 2 additional minutes. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Massachusetts? gentleman from New York? There was no objection. There wa.s no objection. 'the editorial is as follows: Mr. DICKSTEIN. Mr. Speaker, we have to have a group [From the New York Sun of February 21, 19381 which will watch these foreign agitators; we have to have MR. HULL IN IOWA someone on the inside who will check on these various groups In Des Moines last Saturday night Secretary Hull tried hard to convince the National Farm Institute that the administration is which seek to undermine our Government, these groups which the farmers' best friend in Its reciprocal-trade policy. Aware of seek to overthrow it one way or another. What good are Iowa's Interest 1n corn and pork products, he said that tn 5 years ow· defenses when we have such a rotten condition on the preceding the depression corn imports totaled only 15,000,000 bush els. He argued that if an embargo had kept out this corn, either inside? Unless we can clean up that rotten condition in this as grain or as lard and other hog products, it would lia.ve meant a country, all of our defenses are not worth much. surplus of corn here, for in those 5 years 800,000,000 bushels of Mr. RICH. Will the gentleman yield? corn as grain and as hog products were exported. Mr. Hull did not cite the fact, however, that tn the first 11 Mr. DICKSTEIN. I yield to the gentleman from Penn- months of last year more than 16.548,500 pounds of live hogs and sylvania. · 44,140,000 pounds of pork products came into this country from Mr. RICH. If Hitler makes good his threat, as indicated abroad. These imports should be compared with the 3,400,000 pounds of live hogs and 5,300,000 pounds of hog products imported in his speech the other daY, this organization of 500,000 men in 1935. in America is ready to go in and scoop us up? Neither did Secretary Hull tell the Iowans that last year 86,000.- Mr. DICKSTEIN. Yes. 000 bushels of foreign corn entered this country, compaTed with 43,000,000 bushels 1n 1935. He failed to mention that 1~ making Mr. RICH. They have their eye on that and we ought to its trade pact With Cuba the United States cut the duty on corn do everything to stop them, because Hitler is a dangerous 50 percent. man, and the Nazis in this country are dangerous to our form His chief intention was to convince his audience that the recip rocal-trade pact now pending With the United Kingdom and the of government. British Colonial Empire will help business here. The greatest Mr. DICKsTEIN. In Hitler's speech the other day he consumers of Iowan corn and hogs. and of all other American farm stated he is ready to defend hisnationalsnomatterwherethey products, are American Industrial workers. Hearings 1n March on are located. They are already irrepared in this country. If the proposed British pact will consider tariff cuts on a long list of competitive manufactures made abroad. Textiles on this list in you men are reasonable, if you love your country, and I know clude cotton and woolen fabrics, blankets. carpets, rugs, curtains, you do, you will go to the bottom of this thing and find out linoleums, and many kinds of wearing apparel, Including under who is financing these groups and who is behind them. wear, knitted outerwear, gloves, mittens, handkerchiefs, and muf fiers. Will more severe foreign competition in these help domestic [Applause.] consumers to buy more farm products? EXTENSION OF REMARKS Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I ask Mr. DICKSTEIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent unanimous consent to proceed for 1 additional minute. to extend my own remarks in the RECORD and to include The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the therein a radio address which I made over station WJZ on gentlewoman from Massachusetts? February 18. . There was no objection. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, the edi gentleman from New York? torial I have just secured permission to insert in the RECORD There was no objection. points out that in his Iowa speech to the farmers Secretary LEAVE OF ABSENCE Hull spoke of exports and sales of corn and grain to foreign By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as countries, but he failed to mention the very large increase in follows: the importations of corn and pork and pork products over To Mr. EvANs, indefinitely, on account of illness. the importations in 1935. 1938 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-. HOUSE 2351 Mr. Speaker, I was also very much distressed to note, as COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY I listened to Mr. Hull's address over the radio, and in read There will be a hearing before Subcommittee No. n of the ing a copy of his speech, that he attacked people who Committee on the Judiciary at 10 a. m., on Tuesday, March 1, make protests in behalf of their various industries and 1938, on the bill