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1959 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE 5245

OHIO Inter-American Bar Association, and ask Loyal Lee Andrews, Greentown, Ohio, 1n Luis Domenech, Isabela. for its immediate consideration. place of F. L. Diffenderfer, retired. Efrain Poupart, Las Piedras. The Clerk read the title of the resolu­ Orvile C. Hoover, Salem, Ohio, in place of SOUTH CAROLINA tion. L. D. Beardmore, deceased. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Richard J . Swain, South Zanesville, Ohio, Robert B. Nickles, Donalds. in place of J. E. Kassel, retired. Thomas T. Adkins, Marietta. the request of the gentleman from WASHINGTON Florida? OKLAHOMA Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, reserving Virgil R. Hughes, Blanchard, Okla., in _Monty Fraser, Othello. the right to object, is this going to cost place of T. J. Lucado, Jr., resigned. II ..... •• any money? James R. Henderson, Lindsay, Okla., in Mr. FASCELL. It will not, I am very place of B. M. Luton, Jr., deceased. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES happy to inform the gentleman from OREGON Iowa. This just extends a very hearty Roger J. Thompson, Cutler City, Oreg., in WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1959 welcome to the Inter-American Bar As­ place of H. V. Crane, deceased. sociation holding its 11th convention in PENNSYLVANIA The House met at 12 o'clock noon. Miami, Fla. Eugene W. Mather, Benton, Pa., in place of Rev. Vladimir L. Tarasevitch, St. Pro­ Mr. GROSS. I thank the gentleman. D. E. Hartman, retired. copius Abbey, Lisle, Ill., offered the fol­ I withdraw my reservation of objection, PaUl R. Faux, Butler, Pa., in place of J. B. lowing prayer: Mr. Speaker. Murrin, deceased. Antoinette M. Klarman, Folsom, Pa., in 0 Lord, our God, who in creating man Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, it was place of E. M. Goodwin, retired. to Your image and likeness, have en­ my pleasure and privilege to introduce Merl W. Seavers, Hershey, Pa.,· in place of dowed him with certain inalienable House Concurrent Resolution 80, a com­ D. S. Graeff, retired. rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit panion bill to Senate Concurrent Resolu­ Edna V. Loeffel, Lemont Furnace, Pa., in of happiness, mercifully grant that our tion 90 sponsored by our able, distin­ place of A. J. Haught, deceased. long-suffering Byelorussian brothers may guished Senator GEORGE A. SMATHERS. Elmer C. Maurer, New Berlin, Pa., in place soon enjoy all these rights, so that they House Concurrent Resolution 80 was of J. S. Seebold, retired. unanimously approved by the House Irvin V. Diffenderfer, New Holland, Pa., may worship You, their Creator andRe­ in place of C. F. Yost, retired. deemer, in peace and freedom. Help Committee on the Judiciary yesterday. Margaret T. Silvis, Pleasant Unity, Pa., in them to remain faithful to You. Lighten I take this opportunity to assure the place of I. F. White, deceased. their heavy burden. Enkindle in them committee members of my appreciation William J. Zepp, York Springs, Pa., in the hope of deliverance. Save, 0 Lord, and gratitude for their prompt and fa­ place of P. E. Trump, resigned. Your people and bless Your inheritance. vorable action on my bill, and for their SOUTH CAROLINA Bless, 0 Lord, the United States of many courtesies extended me in connec­ Edward F. Cross, Cross, S.C., in place of America, the bastion of freedom and tion with this legislation. M. C. Rodgers, removed. hope of the oppressed. Inspire its lead­ The resolution which is before us to­ Monroe H. Hutto, Montmorenci, S.C., in ers to pursue the cause of peace and day and which will be adopted by this place of J. L. Berrie, deceased. · justice with courage. Grant, 0 Lord, body extends well-deserved recognition TENNESSEE peace in our days. To You with the and welcome to the Inter-American Bar Maggie L. Bell, Auburntown, Tenn., in Father and the Holy Spirit all honor Association which is holding its 11th place of J. F. McKnight, deceased. and glory. Amen. conference at Miami, Fla., in April of this year. VffiGINIA The Journal of the proceedings of yes­ This organization, composed of pro­ · William W. Thomas, Dryden, Va., in place terday was read and approved. of G. E. Orr, removed. fessional men interested in the field of Martin Luther Garraghty, Goode, Va., in international and comparative law, has place of J. S. McCauley, retired. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE made and will continue to make a sig­ nificant contribution to hemispheric WASHINGTON A message from the Senate by Mr. Mc­ solidarity and understanding. Congress Merle R. Johnson, Trout Lake, Wash., in Gown, one of its clerks, announced that place of C. M. Langfield, resigned. cannot discuss the Inter-American Bar the Senate had passed without amend­ A;:;sociation without paying tribute to WEST VffiGINIA ment concurrent resolutions of the William Roy Vallance, the secretary George B. Jordan, Ripley, W. Va., in place House of the following titles: general. He has performed outstanding of H. E. Starcher, removed. H. Con. Res. 15. Concurrent resolution pro­ service for 40 years in the Legal Adviser's WISCONSIN viding for the printing of the "Code of Office of the U.S. Department of State, Ethics for Government Service" as a House terminating his service in 1957. He was William G. Brown, Delafield, Wis., in place document; and ofT. A. Lowerre, retired. one of the founders of the Inter-Ameri­ H. Con. Res. 109. Concurrent resolution ex­ can Bar Association in 1940, bringing to­ WYOMING tending the felicitations of the Congress to the Commonwealth of on the gether a group of representatives of 20 Leo M. Buckley, Lander, Wyo., in place of 13 L. J. Vaughn, retired. 100th anniversary of the establishment of bar associations in countries to start Harold V. Baas, Sheridan Wyo., in place of the Superior Court of Massachusetts. the association. He has been president J. R. Gage, resigned. of the Inter-American Bar Association The message also announced that the and his personal efforts and contribu­ Senate had passed a joint resolution and tions mark a significant achievement in a concurrent resolution of the following CONFffiMATIONS individual efforts to improve Inter-Amer­ titles, in which the concurrence of the ican understanding. Executive nominations confirmed by House is requested: The present president of the Inter­ the Senate March 25, 1959: S.J. Res. 73. Joint resolution extending an American Bar Association is the Honor­ POSTMASTERS invitation to the International Olympic Com­ mittee to hold the 1964 Olympic games in able Cody Fowler, of Tampa, Fla., a ALABAMA the United States; and distinguished Floridian, former presi­ Thomas E. Fischer, Plantersville. S. Con. Res. 9. Concurrent resolution ex­ dent of the American Bar Association. ARKANSAS tending a welcome to the Inter-American Past presidents of the Inter-Ameri­ Bar Association. Ferrell S. Tucker, Caraway. can Bar Association include the Honor­ able Joseph A. Moynihan, of Detroit, KANSAS presiding circuit judge of Michigan; and Roland D. Kesler, Quinter. EXTENDING A WELCOME TO THE Hon. Robert G. Storey, dean of South­ KENTUCKY INTER-AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIA­ ern Methodist Law School, Dallas, and a John F. Murdock, Covington. TION former president of the American Bar OKLAHOMA Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Speaker, I ask Association. Henry A. Hewett, Durant. unanimous consent to take from the The vice presidents of the association Jim J . Loftis, Frederick. Speaker's desk the resolution

Ohio [Mr. LEVERING] is recognized for January fiood, our people went to work suffered greatly and know the value of 15 minutes. to see what could be done to prevent a a dollar and the value of their posses­ Mr. LEVERING. Mr. Speaker, it is recurrence of this type of catastrophe. sions, simply cannot understand why he painful for me to have to criticize U.S. We were informed, for instance that would reject our pleas for use of our own policies which, in my judgment, work to the fiood control measures that had been tax money. the detriment of our own people. I taken had saved at least $65 million in As my people know, the President is would much rather discuss constructive, damage in our area, although, as we all putting great pressure on me, and every forward-looking programs which I can know, the various reservoirs and other other legislator on Capitol Hill, to vote debate on their merits. fiood control measures that have been to appropriate almost $4 billion-in addi­ Yet, as we all know, there are times taken in other years have cost only a tion to the billions already available­ when we must face up to the facts of an fraction of this sum. In other words, for foreign aid for fiscal 1960. Just the inequitable situation and, if nothing we knew that we ought to get busy and other day, my people could read in the else, exercise the good old American pre­ to make sure that needed projects are newspapers about how President Eisen­ rogative of complaining about it. There carried out, for we believe that the time hower, standing with the President of is an old saying: "The squeaking wheel to prepare for rain and fiood is when the Mexico at Acapulco, agreed to bear a is the one that gets the grease." An­ sun is shining. great part of the cost of a new $100 mil­ other is: "Out of sight, or out of hear­ As I investigated the various flood con­ lion Diablo Dam on the Rio Grande ing, out of mind." trol areas in Ohio, I came up against the near Del Rio, Tex. This new in­ Just a few short weeks ago, the people fact that the President has adopted a ternational dam, which will supplement of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and policy of "no new starts," on such proj­ the huge Falcon Dam project on the same other midwestern States were suffering ects. waterway, will be 250 feet high and 6% from fioods. The people of my own Accordingly, I wired the President miles long. 17th District of Ohio had two very from my district on February 20, asking As noted, the President does not mind tragic situations in the course of the him to take into consideration the pos­ obligating the tax money of the people first 2 months of this year, underscoring sibilities of further damage to my people of my district to be spent to help the to them the necessity for planning to and their homes, in case of fioods, and Mexicans and the Texans-and there is work in the sunshine to prevent the urging him to release the ban on new not anything wrong with the Mexicans harmful, tragic effects of water on the projects which could be undertaken by and the Texans, in my humble judg­ rampage in time of rain or melting the Army Engineers. ment-to the tune of some $50 million, snow. I received, on March 18, 1959, a letter and the administration does not hesitate It is not necessary, I think, for me to from Mr. Staats, Deputy Director of the to pressure us on the Hill to appropri­ recount the enormous damages caused Bureau of the Budget, under the Execu­ ate huge sums for foreign aid, but when in the recent fioods in my district, and tive Office of the President, to this effect: it comes to some little projects out in my in Ohio generally. But I hold in my You may be sure that the flood losses suf­ district, the answer, in a nutshell, is hand a recent leaflet issued by the fered 'in Ohio and elsewhere are a matter "Thumbs down." American Red Cross. It is entitled of deep personal concern to the President. "Midwestern Floods, January-February The expeditious planning and construction The situation, of course, is not going to 1959," and some of the photographs in of works to reduce danger from floods are an rest there. Our people can and will this publication are those of people in important part of his program. work together to take whatever steps we my own neighborhood of the 17th However- can to help ourselves. We have been District. And I might say, Mr. Speaker, that it working on plans for a conservancy dis­ This publication shows that, through is these ''howevers" in the letters we get trict. Perhaps in some ways we can help Red Cross alone, a grand total of $2,- that throw us many times. Sometimes, ourselves, and, of course, it always has 424,485.97 in disaster relief had to be it is an "on the other hand" that makes been our intention to do so. Yet, the spent. This figure of $2.4 million, of life miserable for us, too. But I con­ fact remains that on the big jobs, we course, is merely a drop in the bucket tinue to read from Mr. Staats' letter- simply mus-t have Federal assistance, for as to the total loss suffered by the However, with the large number of water the huge machinery, the huge capital, people of the various areas. When we resources projects placed in a construction and the various adjuncts of flood control take into account the furniture that was status during the past several years, Federal planning require Army Engineer assist­ ruined in thousands of homes, the elec­ spending for programs of this type will reach trical fixtures and other accouterments the highest level in history during the com­ ance. It is unrealistic for anyone to of any home that were ruined in the ing fiscal year. The President, after weigh­ think that a local community, by its own thousands of homes, the houses that ing the desirability of a further acceleration efforts, can guard against floodwaters of these programs against the urgent fiscal that may originate far from the com­ actually were washed off their founda­ requirements of national defense and other tions, the roadways that were rutted and essential programs, decided that initiation munity itself. gutted, and the business inventories of construction of all new water resources Also, Mr. Speaker, I will be forced to damaged or lost by the swirling waters, projects should be deferred until aft er fiscal take a long, hard look at the foreign aid we can understand that this emergency, year 1960. appropriations before I vote for any of temporary relief spent by the Red Cross You urge that funds be made available for them, if I do vote in favor of them. The the initiation of planning on additional attitude that we should be solicitous of is merely a token of the total loss. ·authorized flood control projects. Funds for It was estimated authoritatively by advance planning on authorized projects are nations far removed from our country, several careful spokesmen that the included in the budget as a lump-sum while people right in our heartland are damages in Ohio alone ran more than amount. The allocation of funds from this subjected to floods that can be prevented, $100 million. This, of course, is not amount to specific projects is made by the is inconceivable to me. counting the loss of lives-34 in the Chief of Engineers with the approval of the It is incredible to me that the Presi­ Secretary of the Army. The extent to which January flood alone-and the exposure such funds should be used for new planning dent should take a stand on this issue and illness to which :many thousands of starts is therefore a matter for determina­ that, in my humble judgment, is so persons were subjected because they had t ion by t he Chief of Engineers. penny wise and pound foolish. The to fiee their homes in bitterly cold The President appreciates receiving your simple truth is this Army engineering weather. views on this important matter and I can work should be carried on apace. It is As I have said before the damage assure you that they will be given full con­ unbelievable to me that anyone would let caused by water on a rampage is utterly sideration in future budgetary recommenda­ a fiscal year, or any other artificial, man­ incalculable. But insofar as we can cal­ tions to the Congress. made fiscal device stand in the way of culate it, the total amount of loss runs Mr. Speaker, it is most difficult for me undertaking needy public improvements into astronomical figures as we know. to explain to my people in the 17th Dis­ that can save the people incalculable Naturally, as soon as the rivers and trict such a turndown from the Presi­ money, time, expense, and possible suf­ tributaries began to recede after the dent, for I am sure that they, who have fering. 1959 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 5277 Such an attitude could be compared Mr. COAD (at the request of Mr. SMITH Mr. RODINO. only to a bookkeeper in a frontier fort of Iowa), for 2 days, on account of ill- Mr. DIXON. who tells the people that they cannot ness. Mr·. ALGER in 12 instances. use any more powder this month· to fire Mr. WAMPLER, from March 26 to April ' ·(At the request of Mr. CHAMBERLAIN, at the marauding Indians, since they are 5, 1959, on account of official business-- the following Member, and to include e.lready over the budget for the month. Armed Services Committee. extraneous matter:) Protection against the ravages of natm·e Mr. MAILLIARD~ for the week Of April6, Mr. HALPERN. is elemental good sense. If there are on account of official business-official

MARCH 19, 1959. Counterpart funds REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES Foreign currency and U.S. dollar equivalents expended between July 1, 1958, and Dec. 31, 1958

Transportation Lodging Meals Gratuities Miscellaneous Total Name of cur­ Country rency Foreign U.S. Foreign U.S. Foreign U.S. Foreign U.S. Foreign U.S. Foreign U.S. currency dollars currency dollars currency dollars currency dollars currency dollars currency dollars

Austria______Schilling_------1, 160 46.00 3, 020 118.00 2, 506. 50 100. 00 1, 086.50 41. 00 ------7, 773.00 305.00 Belgium ______Franc______3, 400 68.00 10, 359 205.18 12,112 241.44 1, 250 27.80 ------27, 121 542.42 5,000 100.00 ~~~~r~~~~~----~~======- 'K;o~~======---333~6o- ----49~26- 2, 9~b~ !~: ~ -2~65i~4o- ---37i42- ---688~iio- ----92~04 - ---42iiiii- ----57~38- 7, 066.40 1, 011.88 France. _------Franc______912,051 2, 170. 94 679,373 1, 615.13 743,897 1, 769.07 151,692 360.85 291,222 692. 16 2, 778,235 6, 608.15 French West Africa ______.do ______------10, 000 47.62 ------10, 000 47.62 Germany------Deutsche mark __ 12, 215. 98 2, 908. 47 1, 947.78 470. 17 3, 242.45 780.78 540. 43 131. 18 915.94 222.31 18,862.58 4, 512. 91 Ghana ______Pound______14/6/9 12.32 ------14/6/9 12.32 Greece_------Dtaclu:rill______180 6. 00 3, 561 118.70 5, 340 178. 00 1, 140 . 38. 00 2, 202 73.40 . 12,423 414.10 Italy ______Lire ______2, 722,683 4,367.83 685,913 1,091.40 991,;ns 1,599.84 176,090 281.75 265,785 428.33 · 4, 841,789 7, 769.15 Japan ______Yen ______------9, 000 25.00 18,000 50.00 9,..000 .25. 00 36,000 100.00 Hong Kong______Dollar------29 5. 00 744 128.92 542 94.17 174 30.00 231 40.00 1, 720 298.09 350 49.43 ~~~~~co~======~~~~i~~~======6, g~g i~: i~ ------6,950 15.17 Netherlands______Guilder______873.36 229.73 529 138.95 ------687- ---i8o~22------35· -----9 ~19 - ======2,124.36 558.09 Norway------Kroner______309.29 38.20 600 87.00 800 116.00 200 29.00 320 52.00 2, 229.29 322. 20 Philippines ______Peso______94.76 47.38 365.74 182.87 216.50 108.25 304.00 152.00 219.00 109.50 1, 200.00 600. 00 Spain______Peseta_------2, 860 53.31 27,463 531.00 28,800 728.10 8, 790 166.60 5, 890 118.00 83,803 1, 597.01 Sudan ______Pound ______------12/0/0 34.56 12/0/0 34.56 Sweden ______Kroner______1, 090 201.82 600 99.00 -i~642~6o- ---299~53------325- ----57~13------32o- -- --iio~oo· 3,977. 60 717.48 Switzerland______Franc______747.55 173. 37 1, 832.50 422.73 1, 818. 05 429. 73 389. 65 89. 70 502 116. 74 5,289. 75 1, 232.27 Taiwan______Dollar ______------1, 298 36.29 946 26. 00 182 5. 00 182 5. 00 2,608 72. 29 Thailand______Baht ______------2, 400 114.29 315 15. 00 315 15. 00 105 5. 00 3,135 149.29 Turkey______Lire ______------414 46.00 401. 70 44. 64 16. 35 1. 82 23. 25 2. 58 855. 30 95.04 United Kingdom______Pound______383/0/4 1, 063.18 594/6/6 1, 673.93 230/8/6 646. 05 54/6/6 150. 51 142/11/6 . 399. 61 1, 404/13/4 3, 933.28 Vietnam______Piaster ______------4, 975 69. 10 at 530 49. 13 2, 520 35. oo 11,025 153.23 TotaL ______------11,440. 75 ------7, 767.18 ------7, 796.34 1, 804.70 2, 442.01 31,250.98

CARL VINSON, Chairman, Committee on Armed Services. 5278 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE March 25 EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRI­ Committee on Merchant Marine and Fish­ VATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS eries. ETC. H.R. 6044. A bill to eliminate discrimina­ Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, execu­ Under clause 2 of rule XIll, reports of tory employment practices on account of tive communications were taken from committees were delivered to the Clerk age by contractors and subcontractors in the Speaker's table and referred as for printing and reference to the proper the performance of contracts with the calendar, as follows: United States and the District of Colum­ follows: bia; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 761. A letter from the chief Scout execu­ Mr. KASTENMEIER: Committee on the By Mr. EVINS: tive, Boy Scouts of America, transmitting the Judiciary. H .R. 2100. A bill for the relief of H.R. 6045. A bill to change the name of 49t h Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of John F. Carmody; with amendment (Rept. Kentucky Lake to Kentucky-Tennessee America for the year 1958, pursuant to the No. 255). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House. Lake; to the Committee on Public Works. act of June 15, 1916, entitled "An act to By Mr. FLYNN: Mr. FEIGHAN: Committee on the Judi­ incorporate the Boy Scouts of America, and H.R. 6046. A bill to amend section 21 of for other purposes" (H. Doc. No. 101); to ciary. House Joint Resolution 322. Joint resolution for the relief of certain aliens; the Second Liberty Bond Act to provide for the Committee on Education and Labor and the retirement of the public debt; to the ordered to be printed with illustrations. with amendment (Rept. No. 256). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House. Committee on Ways and Means. 762. A letter from the Acting Secretary of H.R. 6047. A bill to amend the National Agriculture, transmitting a draft of proposed Cultural Center Act to provide that the legislation entitled "A bill to repeal section PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS building to be constructed for the perform­ Sf of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of a nce of symphonies and operas shall be 1933, as amended"; to the Committee on Under clause 4 of rule XXII, public named the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Hall Agriculture. bills and resolutions were introduced and and to provide for a library of the perform­ 763. A letter from the Assistant Secretary severally referred as follows: ing arts, and for other purposes; to the of the Interior, transmitting a report certi­ Committee on Public Works. By Mr. ABERNETHY: fying that an adequate soil survey and land By Mr. HOLLAND: H.R. 6032. A bill to bring employees of H .R. 6048. A bill to amend section 162(a) classification has been made of the lands Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation to be served by the Collbran project, Colo­ of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to county committees within the purview of the permit the deduction of certain expenses rado, under the change in development plan, Civil Service Retirement Act and the Fed­ and that the lands to be irrigated are sus­ by members of State legislatures; to the eral Employees' Group Life Insurance Act Committee on Ways and Means. ceptible to the production of agricultural of 1954; to the Committee on Post Office crops by means of irrigation, pursuant to By Mr. HUDDLESTON: and Civil Service. H .R. 6049. A bill to amend section 11 of Public Law 172, 83d Congress; to the Com­ By Mr. ADAIR: the Clayton Act to provide for the more ex­ mittee on AppropriationG. H .R. 6033. A bill to provide for the denial peditious enforcement of cease and desist 764. A letter from the Secretary of the of passports to persons knowingly engaged orders issued thereunder, and for other pur­ Army, transmitting a draft of proposed in activities intended to further the inter­ poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. legislation entitled "A bill to set aside and national Communist movement; to the Com­ By Mr. IRWIN: reserve Memaloose Island, Columbia River, mittee on Foreign Affairs. H.R. 6050. A bill to amend the National Oreg., for the use of the Dalles Dam project By Mr. BELCHER: Cultural Center Act to provide that the and transfer certain property to the Yakima H.R. 6034. A bill to authorize the Director, building to be constructed for the perform­ Tribe of Indians in exchange therefor"; to Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, to ance of symphonies and operas shall be the Committee on Interior and Insular Af­ approve a financial contribution for civil named the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Hall, fairs. defense purposes to the State of Oklahoma; to provide for a library of the performing 765. A letter from the Director, Bureau of to the Committee on Armed Services. arts, and for other purposes; to the Com­ the Budget, Executive Office·of the President, By Mrs. BOLTON: mittee on Public Works. transmitting a draft of proposed legislation H.R. 6035. A bill to provide for the denial By Mr. JACKSON: entitled "A bill to amend certain laws of the of passports to persons knowingly engaged in activities intended to further the inter­ H.R. 6051. A bill to provide for the denial United States in the light of the admission of passports to persons knowingly engaged in of the State of Alaska into the Union, and national Communist movement; to the Com­ mittee on Foreign Affairs. activities intended to further the interna­ for other purposes"; to the Committee on tional Communist movement; to the Com­ Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. BROOMFIELD: H.R. 6036. A bill to amend the Internal mittee on Foreign Affairs. 766. A letter from the Governor, Canal By Mr. JONES of Alabama: Zone Government, transmitting a draft of Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction from gross income for certain amounts paid H .R. 6052. A bill to amend section 377 of proposed legislation entitled "A bill to by a teacher for his further education; to the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, amend the Canal Zone Code by the addition the Committee on Ways and Means. as amended, to provide for the extension of of provisions relative to the certification of By Mr. CHIPERFIELD: the automatic preservation of acreage his­ public accountants, and the regulation of H.R. 6037. A bill to provide for the denial tory provision, with certain modifications; their practice"; to the Committee on Mer­ of passports to persons knowingly engaged to the Committee on Agriculture. chant Marine and Fisheries. in activities intended to further the inter­ By Mr. JUDD: national Communist movement; to the Com­ H.R. 6053. A bill to provide for the denial mittee on Foreign Affairs. of passports to persons knowingly engaged By Mr. DENT: in activities intended to further the inter­ REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUB­ H.R. 6038. A bill to amend section 162(a} national Communist movement; to the Com­ LIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to mittee on Foreign Affairs. permit the deduction of certain expenses by By Mr. KARTH: Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of members of State legislatures; to the Com­ H.R. 6054. A bill to continue until the committees were delivered to the Clerk mittee on Ways and Means. close of June 30, 1960, the suspension of for printing and reference to the proper H .R. 6039. A bill to provide for unemploy­ duties on metal scrap, and for other pur­ calendar, as follows: ment reinsurance grants to the States, to poses; to the Committee on Ways and revise, extend, and improve the unemploy­ Means. Mr. SMITH of Virginia: Committee -on ment insurance program, and for other pur­ By Mr. KASEM: Rules. House Resolution 216. Resolution to poses; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 6055. A bill to amend section 1552, amend House Resolution 93, without amend­ By Mr. DERWINSKI: title 10, United States Code, and section 301 ment (Rept. No. 253). Ordered to be H.R. 6040. A bill to provide for the dis­ of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of printed. · continuance of the Postal Savings System; 1944 to provide that the Board for the Cor­ Mr. HALEY: Committee on Interior and to the Committee on Post Office and Civil rection of Military or Naval Records and the Insular Affairs. H.R. 2493. A bill directing Service. Boards of Review, Discharges, and Dismissals the Secretary of the Interior to convey cer­ By Mr. DIXON: shall give consideration to satisfactory evi­ tain property in the State of New Mexico H.R. 6041. A bill to extend for 6 years the dence relating to good character and exem­ to the Pueblo of Santo Domingo; with Sugar Act of 1948, as amended; to the Com­ plary conduct in civilian life after discharge amendment (Rept. No. 254}. Referred to mittee on Agriculture. or dismissal in determining whether or not By Mr. DORN of New York: to correct certain discharges and dismissals; the Committee of the Whole House on the H.R. 6042. A bill to prohibit unjust dis­ to authorize the award of an exemplary reha­ State of the Union. crimination in employment because of age; bilitation certificate; and for other pur­ Mr. MILLS: Committee of conference. to the Committee on Education and Labor. poses; to the Committee on Armed Services. H .R. 5640. A bill to extend the time during H.R. 6043. A bill to encourage the develop­ By Mr. KING of Utah: which certain individuals may continue to ment and expansion of privately owned H.R. 6056. A bill to extend for 6 years the receive temporary unemployment compensa­ tramp shipping operations under the United Sugar Act of 1948, as amended; to the Com­ tion (Rept. No. 257). Ordered to be printed. States fiag, and for other purposes; to the mittee on Agriculture. 1959. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 5279 By Mr. MERROW: By Mr. SMITH of Iowa: which affords a feeling of security to all cat­ H.R. 6057. A bill to provide for the denial H.R. 6069. A bill to amend the Fair Labor tle and livestock owners in the State of of passports to persons knowingly engaged Standards Act of 1938 so as to increase from Texas; to the Committee on Agriculture. in activities intended to further the inter­ $1 to $1.25 the minimum hourly wage pre­ Also, memorial of the Legislature of the national Communist movement; to the Com­ scribed by section 6(a) (1) of that act; to the State of Texas, memori~lizing the President. mittee on Foreign Affairs. Committee on Education and Labor. and the Congress of the United States rela­ By Mr. MOORE: By Mr. TOLL: tive to requesting the Secretary of the In­ H.R. 6058. A bill to provide for the ex­ H.R. 6070. A bill to amend section 162(a) terior to direct a careful examination of the pansion of the national cemetery at Grafton, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to per­ Texas Trans-Pecos area and the consequent W. Va.; to the Committee on Interior and m it the deduction. of certain expenses by location of one of the five facilities men­ Insular Affairs. members of State legislatures; to the Com­ tioned at Pecos, Tex.; to the Committee on By Mr. MURRAY: mittee on Ways and Means. Interior and Insular Affairs. H.R. 6059. A bill to provide additional ci­ By Mr. TOLLEFSON: vilian positions for the Department of De­ H.R. 6071. A bill to require that each civil­ fense for purposes of scientific research and ian employee of the Federal Government in development relating to the national defense, any reduction in force shall be granted op­ PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS of such Department, and for other purposes; portunity of filling any vacant position of the Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private to improve the management of the activities same grade in his agency for which he is bills and resolutions were introduced to the Committee on Post Office and Civil qualified; to the Committee on Post Office and severally referred as follows: Service. and Civil Service. By Mr. O'BRIEN of New York: By Mr. BREWSTER: By Mr. ALBERT: H.R. 6060. A bill to amend the so-called H.R 6072. A bill to amend section 854 of H.R. 6074. A bill for the relief of John Buy American Act to provide that the Con­ title 10, United States Code (art. 54 of the Thompson; to the Committee on the Judi­ gress shall have the right to disapprove cer­ Uniform Code of Military Justice) , to provide ciary. tain contracts entered into by agencies of for a verbatim transcript of the proceedings By Mr. BAKER: the Federal Government for the purpose of of the trial in all general and special courts­ H.R. 6075. A bill for the relief of Ikram acquiring articles, materials, or supplies martial; to the Committee on Armed Services. Yusuf Dughman; to the Committee on the from abroad; to the Committee on Public By Mr. FOLEY: Judiciary. Works. H.R. 6073. A bill to authorize the payment By Mr. BENTLEY: By Mr. OLIVER: to local governments of sums in lieu of taxes H.R. 6076. A bill for the relief of Gilbert H .R. 6061. A bill to amend the Veterans' and special assessments with respect to cer­ Coty; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 to tain Federal real property, and for other pur­ H.R. 6077. A bill for the relief of Elmer m ake the educational benefits provided for poses; to the Committee on Interior and Rusch; to the Committee on the Judiciary. therein available to all veterans whether or Insular Affairs. By Mr. BREWSTER: not they serve during a period of war or of By Mr. BRADEMAS: H.R. 6078. A bill for the relief of Mrs. armed hostilities; to the Committee on Vet­ H.J. Res. 325. Joint resolution providing Socoro Vazquez Pena; to the Committee on erans' Affairs. for the issuance of a proclamation desig­ the Judiciary. By Mr. PELLY: . nating March 25 as Greek Independence By Mr. FARBSTEIN: H.R. 6062. A bill to require that each civil­ Day; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 6079. A bill for the relief of Lem ian employee of the Federal Government in By Mr. RAINS: Hong and May Hong; to the Committee on any reduction in force shall be granted op­ H.J. Res. 326. Joint resolution proposing the Judiciary. portunity of filling any vacant position of an amendment to the Constitution of the By Mr. LANE: the same grade in his agency for which he United States reserving to the States exclu­ H .R. 6080. A bill for the relief of Forrest sive control over public schools; to the Com­ E. Decker; to the Committee on the Judi- is qualified; to the Committee on Post Office ciary. and Civil Service. mittee on the Judiciary. H.R. 6063. A bill to amend the Federal Re­ By Mr. RODINO: By Mr. MciNTIRE: serve Act to authorize the establishment of H.J. Res. 327. Joint resolution relating to H .R. 6081. A bill for the relief of M. Sgt. the Italian American War Veterans of the Emery C. Jones; to the Committee on the 13 Federal Reserve districts; to the Commit­ Judiciary. tee on Banking and CUrrency. United States, Inc., under certain laws of the United States; to the Committee on By Mr. MONTOYA: By Mr. PffiNIE: Veterans' Affairs. H .R. 6082. A bill for the relief of George H.R. 6064. A bill to authorize the Com­ By Mr. SHELLEY: Louis Richard, also known as Georges Louis mandant of the Judge Advocate General's H.J. Res. 328. Joint resolution to author­ Khattar; to the Committee on the Judiciary. School to award a-ppropriate degrees and By Mr. ROGERS of Colorado: credits; to the Committee on Armed Serv- ize the reimbursement of not more than two employees in the office of each Mem­ H .R. 6083. A bill for the relief of Mary V. ices. ber of the House of Representatives for Jones; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. REES of Kansas: travel to the Member's congressional dis­ By Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts: H.R. 6065. A bill to provide additional trict, and to authorize payment of addi­ H.R. 6084. A bill for the relief of J . Butler civilian positions for the Defense Depart­ tional mileage allowance for Members of the Hyde; to the Committee on the Judiciary. ment for purposes of scientific research and House of Representatives; to the Committee By Mr. TABER: development relating to the national de­ on House Administration. H.R. 6085. A bill for the relief of Najla fense, to improve the management of the By Mr. DOYLE: Malti, Hanna Malti, Fadwa Malti, Constan­ activities of such department, and for other H. Res. 225. Resolution to print as a House tin Malti and Marie Malti; to the Committee purposes; to the Committee on Post Office document a pamphlet containing a bio­ on the Judiciary. and Civil Service. graphical sketch of each signer of the By Mr. SIMPSON of Pennsylvania: Declaration of Independence and the Con­ H .R. 6066. A bill relating to the deduction stitution of the United States, and to pro~ PETITIONS, ETC. for income tax purposes of contributions to vide for printing additional copies; to the charitable organizations whose sole purpose Committee on House Administration. Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions is making distributions to other charitable By Mr. POWELL: and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk organizations, contributions to which by in­ H. Res. 226. Resolution expressing the and referred as follows: dividuals are deductible within the 30 per­ sense of the House of Representatives with 134. By Mr. DOOLEY: Resolution of the cent limitation of adjusted gross income; to respect to the struggle of the African peo­ Westchester County American Legion, De­ the Committee on Ways and Means. ples for independence and nationhood, and partment of New York, opposing any trade By Mr. SHELLEY: recognizing April 15, 1959, as African Free­ concessions or increase in trade with the H.R. 6067. A bill to amend section 4544 of dom Day; to the Committee on Foreign Af­ Soviet Union; to the Committee on Foreign the Revised Statutes of the United States to fairs. Affairs. provide that, if the money and effects of a 135. By Mr. KASEM: Petition of Federal deceased seaman paid or delivered to a dis­ civil service employees from the 25th Dis­ trict court do not exceed in value the sum MEMORIALS trict of California, petitioning passage of an of $2,500, such court may pay and deliver equitable subsidized health and hospitali­ such money and effects to certain persons Under clause 3 of rule XXII, memo­ rials were presented and referred as fol­ zation insurance program as embodied in other than the legal personal representative H.R. 726 and H.R. 764; to the Committee on of the deceased seaman; to the Committee lows: Post Office and Civil Service. · on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. By the SPEAKER: Memorial of the Legis­ 136. By the SPEAKER: Petition of the H.R. 6068. A bill to clarify the legal status lature of the State of Texas, memorializing city and county clerk, Honolulu, T.H., ex­ of employer or joint industry contributed the President and the Congress of the pressing sincere appreciation for having apprenticeship funds and other joint or indi­ United States relative to requesting a con­ voted to admit Hawaii into the sisterhood vidual apprenticeship activities; to the Com­ tinuation of brand inspections by the Texas of States; to the Committee on Interior and mittee on Education and Labor. and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Insular Affairs.