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The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ TO BE MAJOR GENERALS WITH :RANK FROM '1'0 BE PASSED ASSISTANT SANITARY ENGINEERS jection, the nomination is confirmed. JANUARY 3Q, 1941 Mark D. Hollis Mr. BARKLEY. I ask unanimous con­ Brig. Gen. Donald Cameron Cubbison, Frank E. Del1artini sent that the President be immediately United States Army. TO BE ASSISTANT SANITARY ENGINEERS Brig. Gen. Clarence Sel! Ridley, United notified of the confirmation of the nomi­ Richard T . Page States Army. Philip J. Coffey nation. Brig. Gen. William Edgar Shedd, United The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ States Army. CoAST GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES jection, the President will be notified TO BE BRIGADmR GENERALS WITH RANK FROM TO BE COMMANDER immediately, JANUARY 29, 1941 Robert C. Jewell UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Col. Ralph McTyeire Pennell, Field Artillery. TO BE LmUTENANT COMMANDERS Col. Donald Allister Robinson,. Cavalry. Chester McP. Anderson The legislative clerk proceeded to read Col. Leroy Pierce Collins, Field Artillery. Julius F. J acot ·sundry nominations in the Public Health Col. Jesse Cyrus Drain, Infantry. Glenn E. Trester Service. Col. Marshall Guion Randol, Field Artillery. TO BE CHIEF MACHINIST Col. John Wesley Niesz Schulz, Corps of Mr. BARKLEY. I ask that the nomi­ Harold H. Wheeler nations in the Public Health Service be Engineers. confirmed en bloc. Col. Olin Harrington Longino, Coast Artil­ TO BE CHIEF CARPENTER The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob­ lery Corps. James E. Rivard Col. George Fleming Moore. Coast Artillery TO BE CHIEF PAY CLERKS jection? The Chair hears none, and the Corps. nominations are confirmed en bloc. Col. Donald Hilary Connolly, Corps of Engi­ Wilfred C. Brocklehurst neers. Philip A. Krugler POSTMASTERS Col. Ralph Edward Haines, Coast Artillery : TO BE LIEUTENANT The legislative clerk proceeded to read Corps. John H. Wagline sundry nominations of postmasters. Col. Alvan Cullom Gillem, Jr., Infantry. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY Mr. McKELLAR. I ask unanimous Col. Philip Bracken Fleming, Corps of En­ gineers. John Carraway Bull to be junior hydro­ consent that the nominations be con­ Col. Charles Philip Hall. Infantry. graphic and geodetic engineer (with relative firmed en bloc. Col. Henry Terrell, Jr. (lieutenant colonel. rank of lieutenant, junior grade, in the Navy). The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ Infantry), Army of the United States. Leonard Carl Johnson to be hydrographic jection, the nominations of i>ostmasters Col. Russell Lamonte Maxwell (lieutenant and geodetic engineer (with relative rank of are confirmed en bloc. colonel, Ordnance Department), Army of the lieutenant in the Navy). That concludes the Executive Calendar. United States. PosTMASTERs Col. Wade Hampton Haislip (lieutenant lLLINOIS ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY colonel, Infantry), Army of the United States. Albert T .. Humrichous, Georgetown. Mr. BARKLEY. As in legislative ses­ Col. Harry James Malony (lieutenant colo­ Colla C. Saunders, Palos Park, sion, I move that the Senate adjourn nel, Field Artillery), Army of the United Emma E. Pugh, Plymouth. States. until 12 o'clock noon on Monday next. Col. Junius Wallace Jones (lieutenant colo­ OHIO The motion was agreed to; and

NOMINATIONS CONFIRMATIONS Executive nominations received by the Executive nominations confirmed by HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ~enate January 31, 1941, as follows: the Senate January 31, 1941, as follows: UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1941 Peter woodbury, of New- Hampshire,. to be TO BE ASSISTANT SECRE'l'ABY OF STATE judge of the United States Circuit Court of The House met at 12 o'clock noon. Appeals for the First Circuit, vice Hon. Scott Dean G. Acheson. Rev. A. Wycislo, Catholic Charities, Wilson, retired. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Chicago, Dl .• offered the following prayer: UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE JoHN E. MILLER to be United States district Almighty God, we praise Thy name; judge for the western district of Arkansas. Hon. JoHN E. MILLER, of Arkansas, to be we tum to Thee in humble prayer; United States district judge for the western WORK PROJECTS ADliiiiNISTRATION hearken to our plea. In these days our district of Arkansas, vice Hon. Heartslll Ragon, Charles B. Braun to be regional director, troubled hearts await Thy grace; g~ant deceased. region VI, Work Projects Administration. us the fullness of Thy benediction. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF PuERTO Henry Russell Amory to be Work Projects RICO administrator for southern California, effec­ Infinite God. steady our faith, strengthen tive February 1, 1941. our hope, guide our actions, for there is Roberto H. Todd, Jr., of Puerto Rico, to be none other to whom we can turn save to associate justice of the Supreme Court of NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD Thee, our God. Puerto Rico, vice Hon. Harvey M. Hutchinson, Otto S. Beyer to be a member of the Na­ l'etired. Merciful God, our Saviour, make us tional Mediation Board. worthy of Thine infinite love. Give us REAPPOINTMENTS IN THE OFFICERS' RESERVE CALIFORNIA DEBRIS COMMISSION CORPS OF THE ARMY OF. THE UNITED STATES faith to keep this day in accordance with Col. John R. D. Matheson to be a member UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 37 OF THE Thy holy will And, lest we lose hope, NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT, AS AMENDED of the California Debris Commission. remind us of our destiny: Peace is our GENERAL OFFICERS UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE heritage; the way to peace is through TO BE MEMCAL DmECTORS To be brigadier general, Reserve Thee. Dear God, bring peace to our Brig. Gen. Richard Coke Marshall, Jr., Re­ Sanders L. Christian hearts. Bless us with Thy charity, that serve, from February 4, 1941. Paul M. Stewart we might be joined together in one com­ Roscoe R. Spencer To be brigadier general, Inactive Reserve mon bond: love of God and love of our Walter C. Teufel neighbor. Brig. Gen. Benedict Crowell, Inactive Re­ Royd R. Sayers Holy Spirit, to whom all hearts are serve, fr~m January 23, 1941. TO BE ASSISTANT SURGEONS TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN THE ARMY OF open, enlighten our understanding; make THE U.NITED STATES, UNDER THE PROVISIONS John G. Crawford wise our judgments; inspire us with the · Clarence K. Aldrich OF SECTION 127A, NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT, AS light and strength of Thy grace, lest .we Evert A. Swensson AMENDED BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED Vernon W . Foster fail to master the difficulties of these SEPTEMBER 9, 1940 Robert D. Berkebile anxious hours. Refresh us from the TO BE MAJOR GENERAL WITH RANK FROM Paul W. Lucas fountain of truth and justice, so that, JANUARY 29, 1941 Roy E. Wolfe with strong purpose and clear sight, we Brig. Gen. Walter Evans Prosser, United Lyman C. Burgess might enter into the solution of the States Army. Frederick K. Albrecht problems before us. 1941 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 445 ·Bless, Almighty God, this session of - ·appealing to .the Joint Committee on­ . FILING OF MINORITY VIEWS Congress, in the name of the Father, and Printing to adopt some rules that will Mr. FISH. · Mr. Speaker, I ask -unani-· of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. protect the CONGR'ESSIONAL RECORD. mous consent that the minority members Amen. In this morning's RECORD we find an of · the Committee on Foreign Affairs The Journal of the proceedings of yes­ extension of remarks which includes a have until midnight tonight to file terday was read and approved. speech by a bank president. There is minority views to be printed. not one word of comment in reference to The SPEAKER. Is there objection? MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT the banking laws; there is not one para­ There was no objection. graph of national interest. It is purely A message in writing from the Presi­ ADJOURNMENT OVER dent of the United States was communi­ an advertisement, and as we all know, if cated to the House by Mr. Latta, one of they desire to take advantage of the law, Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I his secretaries, who also informed the they can send millions of copies of this ask unanimous consent that when the House that- on the following dates the speech through the mails without paying House adjourns today it adjourn to meet President approved and signed bills of 1 cent of postage. Such insertions do on Monday next. the House of the following titles: not belong in the R,EcORD by any stretch The SPEAKER. Is there objection? On January 29, 1941: of imagination. Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Mr. H. R. 1053. An act to authorize major Something should be done by the Joint Speaker, I reserve -the right to object, but alterations to ·certain naval ve.Ssels. Committee on- Printing to keep the REc­ shall not object. For the information of On January 30, 1941: ORD free of any such extension of remarks the House, it ts understood, is it not, that as appears in today's RECORD, as wen as we are going to take up the so-called H. R. 2318. An act to remove certain eliminate matters not relating to Con­ lease-lending bill on Monday? limitations on appropriations for the pay gress. The RECORD should be confined to of midshipmen, and for other purposes. Mr. McCORMACK. The national-de­ the proceedings of the House and the fense bill. COMMITTEE ON COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND Senate and should not be used for ad­ Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. MEASURES vertising purposes. [Applause.] Which is the national-defense bill? Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Mr. PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE Mr. McCORMACK. It is the same bill Speaker, I offer a resolution, which I send that the gentleman has in mind. to the Clerk's desk, and ask for its imme­ Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, I ask Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Oh, diate consideration. unanimous consent that the special order it has changed its title overnight, has it? The Clerk read as follows: of 40 minutes wh.ich I have for this earn­ Mr. McCORMACK. Oh, no; it has not ing Monday be put forward 1 week. House Resolution 88 changed. The -gentleman has changed. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to The gentleman's -understanding ·is- cor­ Resolved, That WILLIAM H. STEVENSON, of tne requ~st of-the gentleman from Penn­ rect. Wisconsin, be, and he is hereby, _elected to sylvania? the Committee· on Coinage, Weights, and Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. A Measures of the:_ HC?use of Representatives. There was no objection. rose by any c·olor is just the same. Mr. HOFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ftSk Mr; McCORMACK . ..Oh, we do not The resolution was agreed to. unanimous consent to proceed·for 1 min­ care what the gentleman calls it. . RESIGNATION OF MEMBER ute and to revise and extend my remarks. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Mas­ CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, the request of the gentleman from Mich­ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, sachusetts? Washington, D. c., January 30, 1941. igan? There was no objection. Hon. SAM RAYBURN, There was no objection. Speaker of the House of Representatives, [Mr. HOFFMAN · addressed the House. FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY Washington, D. C.: His remarks appear in the Appendix of SYSTEM DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I beg leave to inform the RECORD.] The SPEAKER laid before the House you that I have within the past 2 or 3 days transmitted to the Governor of Alabama my EXTENSION OF REMARKS the following message from the President resignation, effective February 1, 1941, as a Mr. BURDICK. Mr. Speaker, I ask of the United States, .which was read, and, with the accompanying papers, re~erred Representative ln the Congress of the United unanimous consent to extend my remarks States from the· Seventh District of Alabama. to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and It is a privilege to.have been able to serve by including a letter from the· Civilian ordered printed: for a short length of time under your most Pilot Training Administration program able leadership. I have also enjoyeo the un­ on pending ~€:gislation. . To the· Congress ot the United States: usual opporturt1ty ·of knowing and associat­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection to I transmit herewith a report by the · ing with many-fine Members of the House. 'the request of the gentleman fro:in North Secretary of State showing all receipts Sincerely· yours, · · Dakota? and disbursements on account of refunds, W. W. BANKHEAD. There was no objection. . allowances, and annuities for the fiscal The resignation was accepted. Mr. ELIOT of Massachusetts. Mr. year ended June 30, 1940, in connection Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex­ with the Foreign Service retirement and BOARD OF VISITORS TO THE UNITED STATES tend my remarks in the RECORD and to disability system as required by section NAVAL ACADEMY include ari article from a Cambridge, 26 (a) of ari act for the grading and The SPEAKER. Pursuant to the pro­ ·Mass., paper on the lend-lease bill. classification of clerks in the Foreign visions of title 34, section 1081, ·United The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Service of the United States of America, States Code, the Chair appoints as mem­ the request of. the gentleman from Mas­ and providing compensation therefor, ap­ bers of the Board of Visitors to the United sachusetts? proved February 23, 1931, as amended. States Naval ·Academy the following There was no objection. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Members. of the House: Mr. RAMSPECK, Mr. LUDLOW. Mr. Speaker, I ask THE" WHITE HOUSE, January 31-, 1941. Mr; SUTPHIN, Mr. SASSCER, Mr. COLE of unanimous consent to· extend my re­ New York, and Mr. GRANT of Indiana. [Enclosure:- Report concerning retire­ marks in the ·RE-CORD and include the ment and disability fund, Foreign THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD inaugural address of the Governor of Service.] Indiana. JANUARY 30, 1941. Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask The SPEAKER. Is there objection? The PRESIDENT:· unanimous consent to proceed for 1 There was no objection. The undersigned, the Secretary of State, mirtute. Mr. SPRINGER. Mr. Speaker, I ask has the honor to lay before the President a . The SPEAKER. Is there objection to unanimous consent to ·extend · my re­ report showing all receipts and disbursements the request of-the gentleman from Mis­ marks in· the REcORD and include an edi­ on account of · refunds, allowances, and an­ souri?· torial from the Wheeling Intelligencer of nuities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1940, 'There was no ·abjection. in connection with. the Foreign Service retire­ recent date on the .Subject Are We Gam- ment and disability system, as required by Mr. COCHRAN. - Mr. Speaker, I dislike bling With National Security? · section 26 (a) of an act for the grading and to be critical,. but I feel I am justified in The SPEAKER. Is there objection? classification of clerks in the Foreign Serv­ . taking the .floor .this morning -and again There was no -objection.- · ice of -tlie United States of America, and 446 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 3f providing compensation tnerefor, approved Foreign Service retirement and ~lfsabtlity Foreign Service rettrement and disabilitv February 23·: 1931, as amended. jundr-Statement of receipts and disburse­ fundr-Statement of receipts and dis~urse­ - Respectfully submitted. - - - ments, fiscal year 1940-Continued ments, fiscal year 1940-Continued CORDELL HULL. Deposits by offi.cers for service Annuities-Continued. Clement S. Edwards______$1,871.12 The PRESIDENT, The White House. credit-Continued. Paul S. Guinn ______$3,581.35 Cornelius Ferris------3,284.91 (Enclosure: Report concerning retirement Franklin Matt Gunther__ _ 3,279.25 Fred D. Fisher______2,625.00 and disabll1ty fund, Foreign Service.] Robert F. Hale ______400.00 ltay FoX------~------1,025.00 Foreign Service retirement and disability John P. Hoover ______80.00 John A. Gamon ______3,206.71 fund-statement of receipts and disburse­ George C. Howard ______6,752.72 Arthur Garrels______5,420.83 ments, fiscal year 1940 Thomas L. Hughes ______2,699.01 William P. Garrety______828.97 RECEIPTS Frederick D. Hunt______150.05 Hugh S. Gibson ______6,000.00 Arminlus T. Haeberle ______Congressional appropriation--- $199, 400. 00 Coldwell S. Johnston ______740.63 4,622.17 George L. Jones, Jr______25.00 Albert Halstead ______4, 130.00 Erwin P. Keeler ______2,378.36 Margaret M. Hanna ______2,942.93 'l'ransfers from appropriations Thormod 0. Klath __ .;. ____ _ Ernest L. Harris ______on account of mandatory de­ 6, 261.01 4,579.17 Charles F. Knox, Jr ______1,642.10 Charles M. Hathaway, Jr __ _ 4,845.49 auctions from salaries: Edward B. Lawson ______Salaries, Foreign Service 3,785.38 P. Stewart Heintzleman __ _ 4,200.00 offi.cers, 1940 ______Charles A. Livengood ______6,723. 41 Oscar· S. Heizer ______2,954, 63 176,000.00 Frank P. Lockhart ______Calvin M. Hitch ______Salaries of ambassadors and 412.55 2, 331.91 Charles L. Luedtke ______1,000.00 ministers, 1940 ------­ 11,225,00 ltobertson Honey------1,856.96 Clinton E. MacEachran ___ _ 728.43 Charles L. Hoover______3,652.10 Salaries, Department of H. Colt MacLean ______George Horton ______· State, 1940 ______2,460.00 3,771.49 2,780.29 Lester De Witt Mallory---- 500.00 William H. Hunt______2,400.00 Salaries and expenses, For­ Eugene A. Masuret ___ .____ _ eign Commerce Service, 2,787.72 Carlton Bailey Hurst______4,929.34 Minedee McLean ______2,584.37 George N. Ifft ______2,466.67 Department of S t a t e , George E. Miller ______Ernest L. Ives ______26,185,00 3,000.00 4,382.17 1940 ------Paul G. Minneman ______Jesse B. Jackson ______Salaries and expenses, For- 2,539. 82 3,308.17 Kathleen Molesworth----- 1,193.00 Henry A. Johnson ______2,082.17 eign Agricultural Serv- Oliver B. North ______ice, Department of State, 3,487.14 Francis B. Keene ______2,646.30 Albert F. Nufer ______4,026.35 1940 ------2,610.00 Juliustate ______G. Lay and es~ _ Katherine E. O'Connor ___ _ 2,670. 62 941.05 Salaries, ~oreign Service Samuel T. Lee ______11,828.59 Avery F. Peterson ______160. 00 4,992.83 offi.cers, 1939------­ Karl L. Rankin ______Marion Letcher ______Salaries of ambassadors and 1,000.00 8,814.36 J. Bartlett Richards ______4,220.59 Will L. Lowrie ______mlnlsters, 1939 ------­ 12,040.27 3,663.83 Salaries, Department of Gardner Richardson ------5,507.22 David B. Macgowen_.______2,363.48 .Harold D. Robison ______2,500.00 State, 1939 ------­ 102.54 . Alexander R. Magruder__ _ 4,487.29 H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld __ _ 7,204.34 Lester Maynard ______3,407. 00 Salaries, Foreign Service A. Viola Smith ______4,668.53 William J. McCafferty____ _ 1,200.00 offi.cers, 1938------­ 122.27 Earl C. Squire ______Salaries, Department ·o f .l 7,465.36 Andrew J. McConnice ____ _ . 2, 622.08 Paul P. Steint0rf_:.. ______3,340.81 Carl D. Meinhardt______2,035.38 State, 1938 ------13. 77 Laurits S. Swenson ______Salaries, Foreign Service 7, 012.66 . Maxwell K. Moorhead____ _ 3,607.50 Clifford c. Taylor______David J. D. Myers ______om.cer, 1936------3. 33 3,039.43 2,769.39 ===== Howard H. Tewksbury---- 3,956,23 Edward I. Nathan ______2, 921.41 214,708.51 John Carter Vincent ______159.26 John Ball Osborne ______4,234.44 Joe D. Walstrom ______1,500.00 Hoffman PhiliP------6,000.00 Transfers from appropriations Alexander W. Weddell____ _ 5,305.14 George H. PickerelL ______3,126.67 Frank S. Williams______4,928.47 Bradstreet S. Rairden ___ _ . on account of voluntary de­ Evan M. Wilson ______1,735.42 auctions from ·salaries: 71.57 BartH M. Rasmussen ______. 1, 573.41 10.00 Salaries, Foreign Service WilliamSam E. WoodsWitman______2d------_ Gabriel Bie ltavndaL ___ _ 5,400.00 offi.cers, 1940 ______10,571.48 8,130.83 Wllliam H. Robertson ______4,275.00 William P. Wright______1, 601.90 William W. RusselL ______Salaries of ambassadors and Lacey C. Zapf-____ .:. ______4,048.80 ministers, 1940 ------541.65 1,729.71 Walter H. Schoellkopt_ ___ _ 1, 265 ..81 Salaries and expenses, For­ ltobert Peet Skinner______6,165.66 eign Commerce Service, 203,793.10 Fred C. Slater ______1,417.50 Department of State, Interest on investments______152, 333. 56 Alexander K. Sloan ______1,375.00 Carl Ober Spazer ______1940 ------275.21 1,606.05 Total receipts______781, 623. 51 Elizabeth M. Squire ______266.17 11,388.34 DISBURSEMENTS Francis R. Stewart______2,552.97 Annuities: Laurits S. Swenson ______8, 861.10 Ph111p Adams ______Deposits by offi.cers for service 1,653.45 Merritt Swift ______1,650.00 Ralph J. Totten ______c:redit: Knox Alexand~r------1, 219. 97 5,820.00 Ralph H . . Ackerman ____ ;. __ 1,700.00 Franklin B. Atwood______220.68 Roger Culver Tredwen ___ _ 3,689.70 Fritz A. M. Alfsen ______949.96 Herbert C. Biar ______750.00 Thomas W. Voetter ______2,203.50 Daniel V. Anderson ______89.51 Robert Woods Bliss______Egmont C. von Tresckow__ Frank Bohr ______6,000. 00 1,579.95 Julean H. Arnold ______9,578.01 2,400.00 Craig W. Wadsworth ____ _ 2,835.19 Henry M. Bankhead ______120.00 John L. BouchaL ______930.13 Ernest A. Wakefield ______1,850.00 Barry T. Benson ______242.62 Robert R. Bradford ______1,250.00 Post Wheeler______4, 561.52 Maurice M. Bernbaum ___ _ Norton F. Brand ______212.39 924.59 Herbertestate ______0. Williams and _ Sidney H. Browne ______56.10 Lawrence P. Briggs ______2,566.09 216.43 David H. Buffum ______1,024.08 William .W. Brunswick ____ _ 6, 501.60 Mabel P. Williams ______500.00 George R. Canty------4,000.00 George A. Bucklin ______4, 211. 17 Charles 8. Wilson ______6,000. 00 Selden Chapin ______95.80 Alfred Theodore Burri_ ___ _ 1,710.32 G. Carleton Woodward ___ _ 1, 691.68 Archie W. Childs______8,998.90 Ralph C. Busser______1,355.45 Harriet S. Wright______1,430.53 Albert H. Cousins, Jr ______28.11 Wilbur J. Carr ______5,060.22 William J. Yerby______2,400.00 Frederick J. Cunningham_ 50. 00 George E. Chamberlin ____ _ 4,169.50 Bartley F. Yost ______2,828.42 Basil D. DahL ______2,310.25 Arthur B. Cooke ______2,055.83 Owen L. Dawson ______4,922.67 Harris N. Cookingham ____ _ 2,910.00 298,428.07 Samuel H. Day______6,109.30 Alexande..r P. Cruger ______2,172.29 Walter J. Donnelly ______3,000.00 Edwin B. Cunningham ___ _ 5,460. 00 Refunds: Edward A. Dow, Jr ______519.75 Claude I. Dawson ______4,929.00 John McArdle ------­ 3,336. 43 James C. Dunn ______6,331.36 Fred Morris Dearing ______4,750.00 Henry A. W. Beck estate __ 2, 451.58 William E. Dunn ______2,277.83 Carl F. Delchman ______4,595.17 William E. Beitz estate__ _ 2,963.96 Alexander V. Dye ______9,468.52 Jose de Olivares ______2,166.66 Arnold Van Benschoten__ _ 1,255. 19 Robert English ------221.43 Charles L. De Vault ______959. 60 Robert C. McCloud estate_ 1,058. 18 Wilson C. Plake ______600.00 Alfred W. Donegan ______4,009.00 Samuel S. Dickson ______3 ,- 868.75 Leys A. French ______3,536.68 W. Roderick Dorsey______8,709.33 Donald C. Dunham ______1,235.50 Robert G . Glover ______2, Hi3. 29 William F. Doty______2,316.60 Prentiss B. Gilbert estate __ 6,325.66 Julian C. Greenup ______2,474.73 Freaerick T. F. Dumont es- Leonard N. Green ______3,845.17 Lawrence H. Groves ______2,000.00 tate----~------~--- 41.06 Stanley Hawks------4, 117.52 s Credit. Charles C. Eberhardt______6,849. as Lawrenc~ Higgins ______2,609.17 1941 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 447 .

Foreign Service retirement and disability The Clerk read as follows: · as an endeavor ' ~ to encourage an_!i assi~t fund-Statement of recei pts and disburse­ TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY appropriate agencies in their efforts to · ment s, fiscal year 1940-Continued For the purpose of carrying out the provi­ achieve improved State and local govern­ Refunds-Continued. Robert D. Longyear ______sions of the act entitled "The Tennessee Val­ ments in the Valley area," $47,000; for $3,946.54 ley Authority Act of 1933," approved May 18, schools, which it is asserted local com­ Henry V. Poor ______270.29 Walter T. Prendergast____ _ 1933, as amended by the act approved August munities cannot carry on, $94,391. 4,561.43 31 , 1935, and by the act approved July 26, Laurits S. Swenson ______11.60 There are other sums not specified for Lee Worley ______1939 (16 U . S. C., ch. 12a), including the con­ police protection, fire protection, and 1,350. 06 tinued construction of Kentucky Dam at Gilbertsville, Ky.; Watts Bar Dam and steam about everything anyone could think of 43, 207.03 plant; Fort Loudoun Dam; and Cherokee to make himself comfortable at Govern­ Dam; and the acquisition of necessary land, ment expense. If you include an item Miscellaneous: the clearing of such land, relocation of high­ for the information office of $215,000, you Preparing estimates of an­ nual appropriations re­ ways, and the construction or purchase of have a total in the items that I have just quired, and for making transmission lines and other facilities, and listed of $1,206,591. act uarial valuations of all other necessary works authorized by such My amendment would reduce the sum acts, and for printing and binding, lawbooks, available for these purposes by $500,000. fund------63.78 books of reference, newspapers, periodicals, Additionaladjustment receipts ______, ::.939; _ purchase, maintenance, and operation of It does not affect the principal program _ 3.33 passenger-carrying vehicles, rents in the Dis­ of the T. V. A. It amounts to less than trict of Columbia and elsewhere, and all nec­ a !-percent reduction in this the greatest 67.11 request to date by this agency. If Cost of additional investments essary salaries and expenses connected with less value of investments re­ the organization, operation, and investiga­ adopted, it will make a half. million dol­ deemed______398, 000. 00 tions of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and lars available for national-defense pur­ for examination of estimates ·of appropria­ poses. I hope the amendment will be tions and activities in the field, $69 ,800,000, of Total disbursements---- 739, 702. 21 adopted. Balance in fund exclusive of which not exceeding $1,500,000 shall be avail­ able 'immediately: Provided, That this ap­ Mr. WOODRUM of Virginia. Mr. investments, June 30, 1940__ 50,893. 28 Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that Face value of investments, propriation and any unexpended balance on June 30, 1940 ______3, 926, 000. 00 June 30, 1941, in the "Tennessee Valley Au­ all debate upon this amendment close in thority fund, 1941," and the receipts of the 2 minutes. RECAPITULATION, FISCAL YEARS 1925 TO 1940, Tennessee Valley Authority from all sources The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection? INCLUSIVE during the fiscal year ,1942 (subject to the There was no objection. Receipts: provisions of sec. 26 of the Tennessee Val­ Congressional appropria- Mr. WOODRUM of Virginia. Mr. tions ______$2,650,500.00 ley Authority Act of 1933, as amended) , sh!'lll Chairman, this is a large appropriation be covered into and accounted for as one fund Transfers from appropri­ to be known as the "Tennessee Valley Au­ for the Tennessee Valley Authority; but ations on account of thority fund, 1941," to remain available until if we consider the magnitude of the op- mandatory deductions June 30, 1942, and to be available for the 1 eration engaged in by this agency, I from salaries ______2,728,198. 17 payment of obligations chargeable against think we will understand the necessity Transfers from appropri­ the "Tennessee Valley Authority fund, 1941": for large expenses in_connection with it .. ations on account of Provided further, That the extent and loca­ They . are engaged· in operations . .on voluntary ·deductions from salaries ______tion of the transmission lines provided for in over six or seven hundred miles. of the. 11,388 34 joint resolution approved July 31, 19.40 (Pub­ Tennessee River. They have seven or Deposits by officers for He Res. No. 95) , shall receive the approval of service credit ______233,021.20 the President. eight dams already in operation, and. Interest on investments•• 1, 176, 620. 92 they operate in seven States. The build­ Miscellaneous ______931. 85 Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. Mr. Chair­ ing of those dams and the flooding of man, I offer the following amendment, those areas necessitates the moving and Total rece~pts ------6, 800, 660. 48 which I send to the desk. shifting of roads, highways, and bridges, The Clerk read as follows: and whole beds' of streams at times; the Disbursements: building of new towns, the moving of Annuities ------2,438,915. 80 Amendment offered by Mr. WIGGLESWORTH: Refunds ______383,451.88 Page 69, line 16, strike out "$69,800,000" and , other towns. The social. and economic re-· · Miscellaneous ______1,399. 52 insert "$69,100,000." arrangement necessitated by this gigan­ Cost of additional invest- tic program calls for expenditures of the ments less value of in- Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. Mr. Chair­ type which the gentleman from Massa­ vestments redeemed ___ _ 3,926,000. 00 man, the appropriation for the Tennessee chusetts [Mr. WIGGLESWORTH] has set Valley Authority requested in this bill is forth in the record. Total disbursements __ _ 6,749,767. 20 the biggest appropriation which has ever The committee went into it very care­ been requested for that agency. It fully, and we feel that the Tennessee Balance in fund exclu­ amounts to $69,800,000. sive of investments, Valley Authority needs all the funds for June 30, 1940 ______50,893.28 A part of that, about $51,000,000, goes these purposes which have been recom­ Face value of investments, to the construction of the dams included mended in this bill. June 30, 1940 ______3,926,000.00 in the project; about $15,000,000 is for [Here the gavel fell.] transmission lines; about $3,600,000 is for The CHAIRMAN. The question is on INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION BILL- the fertilizer program. Over and above 1942 agreeing to the amendment offered by these items there is a total of $2,153,000 the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Mr. WOODRUM of Virginia. Mr. which is requested for so-called related WIGGLESWORTH]. Speaker, I move that the House resolve property operations and development ac­ The question was taken; and on a divi­ itself into the Committee of the Whole tivities in the T.V. A. area. I call atten­ sion (demanded by Mr. WIGGLESWORTH) House on the state of the Union for the tion· to a few of the items included in there were ayes 51 and noes 66. further consideration of the bill smash members are subversive, but that 7 per­ charges and reveal the antilabor motive the closed shop in this industry. You cent occupy every key strategic posi­ behind them. The character of the even go further in that you deprive the tion in the union. Of course, we know charges cannot be fully revealed in this union under your amendment of any say the great majority of the seamen are short time. However, an examination of whatsoever in the selection of the crew, American citizens, law-abiding Ameri­ the character of some of the informers is and in doing that, what happens to your can citizens, but they are dominated, most revealing. union? You are smashing the union, and controlled, and run by the 7 percent at The spearhead of the informing group, whether it is the gentleman's purpose to the top that are subversive. There is no as we may call it, has recently been con­ smash the union or not, I do not know. getting around that. There is plenty of victed on a charge of manslaughter by I cannot make that charge. I do, how­ evidence to prove that. that very subversive and communistic ever, charge that his amendment will The question has been raised as to district attorney's office, that of Thomas smash the union. I ask my colleagues to whether if this amendment were adopted E. Dewey; and another one of these in­ read this amendment. There is only one it would affect the bargaining power of formants is also being sought after by conclusion to be reached, and that is it unions. It would have no effect what­ that very likewise communistic, subver­ will mean the end of collective bargaining ever upon the bargaining powers of the sive district attorney's office down in New for the maritime union and that means union and the right to bargain collec­ Orleans. So the very character of some the end of the union; therefore, this is tively. of the informants-one convicted of strictly an antilabor amendment, and I I hold in my hand the laws relating to manslaughter and another charged with hope every friend (jf labor will vote it shipping and the merchant marine: On murder--ought to make us pause, look, down, despite the ~:ed smoke screen that page 309 there is a title which states and listen before we destroy the unions in has been throwv ap by its proponents in certain things concerning working con­ the maritime industry by adopting this order to conceal its vicious antilabor char­ ditions; and then in section 1002 it states amendment. Yet on such information acter. [Applause. J the following: from disreputable sources this House is [Here the gavel fell.] 454 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 31 The CHAffiMAN. The gentleman from I think a complete answer to the whole he read somewhere in a magazine or California [Mr. LELAND M. FORD] is rec­ question is the fact that Henry Ford was somebody told him that we had a lot of ognized for 4 minutes. denied contracts, if the newspaper re­ "reds" who were going to take over the Mr. LELAND M. FORD. Mr. Chair­ ports are correct, because Mr. Hillman, American merchant marine. man, I do not think anyone has more who represents this ideology, this new I am not that afraid of the "reds." confidence in the gentleman from Vir­ philosophy in the country, who repre­ There have been more speeches made here ginia than I have. I have great confi­ sents that group and who has great in this House about "reds" than there dence in his judgment and in his integ­ power in this Government, denies the big­ are "reds" in the country, and that is the rity, and, in my opinion, he believes in gest concern we have in the United truth of it. [Applause.] I have no sym­ what he says on this fioor. On the other States and the most efficient concern we pathy with any Communists. I have no hand, I have to judge this matter by the have in the United States the right to sympathy with some of the men in these way it has affected us. In California the work on war orders. maritime unions, and I told them so over fact is and has been that they have killed This either is or is not an emergency . . there at the hearings before the Com­ shipping on the Pacific Coast. I do not If it is not, we have been misled into mittee on Merchant Marine and Fish­ know whether the gentleman knows that appropriating billions of dollars. If it eries. I voted for the deportation of for 101 consecutive days they cost us is an emergency, and if we do need these Harry Bridges. However, I am not going $8,000,000 per day. That is only part of things the way we are told we need them, to wreck the maritime industry on the the picture. I wonder if the gentleman then we had better get the production of spur of the moment because we may knows of the stink bombs that have been such plants as Ford's. It resolves itself think there are a few "reds" in one of thrown into the houses of these men? I into the question of who is going to con­ the maritime unions. Let us deal with wonder if the gentleman knows of men trol, the Socialist, the Communist, the the question in a sensible, sane way, who have had their arms broken out businessmen, or the American people of through a committee of the House. You there and their jaws broken? I wonder the United States. I hope that every can search the membership of that com­ if the gentleman knows of the men who single man on this fioor will vote for the mittee and I expect you will find I am have been the beneficiaries of brass amendment because it is an American about the only member on it who has knuckles and things of that kind to coerce amendment. Why should we not keep been charged with being too friendly with them into this union, namely the C. I. 0. out the Communists? That is all it says. labor, yet this labor is not even in my union? [Applause.] district and I have no interest in them Why should not a captain have a free [Here the gavel fell.] particularly. hand in saying who he is going to em­ The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman Mr. VOORHIS of California. Mr. ploy? Is this still America? Have we from Georgia [Mr. RAMSPECKJ is recog­ Chairman, will the gentleman yield? come to such a point of socialism or com­ nized. Mr. RAMSPECK. I yield to the gen­ munism that the owner of a ship today Mr. RAMSPECK. Mr. Chairman, I tleman from California. cannot say, "I will take you, I will take hold no brief for the unions in the mari­ Mr. VOORHIS of California. I believe you, but not you?" It is not a question time industry. It is at least 300 miles we all realize that there are some bad of denying authority to the unions. It is from my district to the nearest port. I elements in this maritime situation. May a question of not giving them all the say, have no operators of ships in my district I say that I have taken the trouble to that say which belongs to the union and and I have no personal interest in the talk to some of the men in the maritime that which belongs to the owner. maritime industry. But I have been a industry who were trying to fight for a Mr. BRADLEY of Michigan. Will the member of the Merchant Marine Com­ constructive leadership and a construc­ gentleman yield mittee for a number of years and have tive program and against any subversive Mr. LELAND M. FORD. I yield to the some familiarity with the problem which elements. It is my judgment that if this gentleman from Michigan. this amendment raises. amendment is passed, those men, the Mr. BRADLEY of Michigan. There is We have been struggling with the prob­ constructive group, the 93 percent, are one distinct difference between a ship on lem for many years. We have made con­ going to be just as much against our ac­ the water and a plant on land. The cap­ siderable progress. We have authorized tion as any of the 7 percent, and that we tain is the sole authority of law to pre­ the Maritime Commission to set up a will actually enhance the chances of con­ serve order on that boat and to protect training system for workers in the mari­ tinued domination by the wrong elements. that property. If he cannot say who shall time industry and they are making con­ For we will give the most radical elements go on that boat, I do not know who in siderable progress in remedying the sit­ an excellent talking point, which is al­ God's name should say so. uation about which the gentleman from ways the thing they want most. Such Mr. LELAND M. FORD. The safety of Illinois speaks. action will, in my opinion, hurt the one the passengers, if it be a passenger ship, Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from thing we have ultimately to rely upon to and the safety of the freighter is in the Illinois [Mr. DIRKSEN] stated, "Let us clean up the situation, and that is the hands of that captain. He is responsible. strike while the iron is hot." The gen­ constructive element, the constructive Why should he not have the authority? tleman from Illinois [Mr. MASON] states, memb~rs, who, as has been brought out, Is there any objection to getting rid of "We cannot wait even a week to remedy compnse the vast majority of marine the Communists? this situation." Yet they offer you the workers. We want to improve the situa­ Mr. Chairman, this comes to a head absurd proposition of a limitation on an tion, not make it worse. I agree with the right here and right now. It is a ques­ appropriation bill that does not go into gentleman that only through careful con­ tion of how far these communistic and · effect for 5 months. It does not become sideration by the Merchant Marine Com­ socialistic interests are going to go and .effective until the 1st day of July 1941. mittee can this be done. how far they shall be permitted to go in We have a standing Committee on Mer­ Mr. RAMSPECK. I thank the gentle­ taking over the ownership of private in­ chant Marine matters, ready to consider man for his contribution. dustry in this country. There are two the bill and to go into this .Question im­ I am opposed to this amendment for ways to do it, either directly or indirectly, mediately, and that committee could re­ the same reason I am opposed to lynch­ and I say that the Communists are now port legislation here within 30 days if ing. You are not willing to give a hearing engaged in an undeclared war not only the situation is as bad as is alleged. to the people involved if you adopt this on industry but on our philosophy of gov­ We have a complicated set-up in the type of amendment. ernment and the United States itself, maritime industry. It involves the op­ The truth about it is that the rules of and the sooner we recognize that the bet­ erators of ships who are operating under this House ought not to permit this type ter off we are going to be. We had better contracts with these unions. They are of legislation on an appropriation bill. be on guard right now in recognizing that operating under contracts with the Mari­ It is no limitation; it is an effort on the the first war we have to fight in this time Commission. They have loans with part of the gentleman from Illinois to country is a war against the Socialists and the Maritime Commission, the Govern­ control the maritime industry, to legis­ Communists, which has already been de­ ment, and with bankers; and yet the gen­ late for the maritime industry on an ap­ clared. They have taken advantage of tleman from Illinois [Mr. DIRKSEN] pro­ ~ropriation bill. It does not save money; this time of emergency to put it over be­ poses to wreck that system without any It does not operate as a saving to the cause they think they can do it now more consideration of the facts and the equi­ United States Treasury. It simply pro­ effectively. ties and the people involved in it, because poses to "lynch" the maritime industry 1941 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 455 without a trial and without a hearing. certain information from the Committee this suggestion that has been so often It would not even accomplish what he on Appropriations. repeated and what the possibility may says his purpose is, which is to get early The various bureaus of the Govern­ be of bringing about a condition of action, because it would not go into effect ment have been created by acts of Con­ proper economy and of proper relief in until July 1, 1941, and that is 5 months gress. Theoretically, the Congress is the this regard to the people all over our land from this very day. master and has control of the bureaus. who bear the financial obligation of op­ Mr. LELAND M. FORD. Mr. Chair­ As a matter of practice, the policy seems erating this Government. [Applause.] man, will the gentleman yield for a ques­ to have been largely reversed. When a [Here the gavel fell.J tion? bill is introduced by a Member o: the The pro forma amendment was with­ Mr. RAMSPECK. I am sorry; I can­ House the chairman of the committee to drawn. not yield. which it is referred sends it to the appro­ The Clerk read as follows: You have the Merchant Marine Com­ priate department, and the report which STATE MARINE SCHOOLS, ACT OF MARCH 4, 1911 mittee headed by the gentleman from is returned to the committee is usually To reimburse the State of California, Virginia, in whom everybody -in this made by someone in one of the bureaus. $25,000; the State of Massachusetts, $25,000; House has confidence. We have on the If that report be adverse, the usual pro­ the State of New York, $25,000; and the State minority side of the committee the gen­ cedure is that the committee fails or of Pennsylvania, $25,000, for expenses in­ tleman from New York [Mr. CULKIN] refuses to act upon the measure intro­ curred in the maintenance and support of marine schools in such States as provided in and the gentleman from California [Mr. duced by the Member. So I say we are the act authorizing the establishment of WELCH], who are sane and sensible men. becoming very largely the servants of the marine schools, etc., approved March 4, 1911 The gentleman from Texas, Judge MANS­ bureaus that we ourselves have created. (34 U.S. C. 1121), and for the maintenance FIELD, is a member of that committee; We are living in a time when the ex­ and repair of the particular vessels loaned also, the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. penses of the Government are very con­ by the United States to the said States on BOYKIN], the gentleman from New Jersey siderable. Sometimes under the guise of the date of the approval of this act for use [Mr. HART], the gentleman from New national defense many of these bureaus, in connection with such State marine schools, York [Mr. O'LEARY], and many other in no pertinent way connected with na­ $90,000, and no other vessels shall be fur­ splendid gentlemen. They are not sub­ tional defense, take advantage of the op­ nished by or through the United States 'servient to labor organizations and they Maritime Commission; in all, $190,000. portunity to request additional sums. I Total, United States Maritime Comm i ss ~ on, are certainly not subject to any influence suppose it is human nature for these bu­ $160,190,000. from any Communists or "reds." reaus when they are created to endeavor Give them a chance to go into this to grow and expand and multiply .and Mr. WALTER. Mr. Chairman, I make question in an orderly manner, and let magnify their functions. We are having a point of order against the language us thrash it out. If there is anything a number of appropriation bills presented contained on page 72, line 10, after the that is necessary to be done to protect to us and from the information I have comma, "and no other vessels shall be the American merchant marine, I am recei~ed practically every one of them furnished by or through the United satisfied in my own mind they will do it, will carry a substantial increase. So we States Maritime Commission," as being regardless of any labor organization, and are more or less at the mercy of the bu­ legislation on an appropriation bill. I will join them in it. I do not believe reaus in what they recommend because Mr. WOODRUM of Virginia. Mr. there is any man in this House who is in the multiplicity of our duties we have Chairman, I concede the point of order. subservient to any radical labor organi­ no time or opportunity to get accurate The CHAffiMAN. The Chair sustains zation, but we ought to proceed in an information as to the necessity to appro­ the point of order. orderly manner. We ought to give the Mr. TABER. Mr. Chairman, I move priate for many of these items. to strike out the last word. committee that has jurisdiction of this The suggestion has been made on the subject a chance to hear the merits of Mr. Chairman, this bill carries a total floor of this House many times, once at of $1,400,000,000 and contract authoriza­ this proposal. The owners, the operators, least by myself, although I did not and the employees all should be heard. tions· probably totaling $300,000,000 or originate it, that the Congress of the right around there. It is a very large One thing this amendment proposes to United States should authorize the em­ do is to try to correct what the gentleman bill. It carries a lot of activities that ployment of certain experts to function were not carried in the bill a year ago. from Illinois said is a wrong situation by with our Appropriations Committee upon setting up another wrong situation, be­ We are in a situation where it is neces­ a basis of annual duty to inspect these sary to conserve every possible dollar for cause the masters of these vessels are various bureaus and departments, to see controlled by the operators and owners national defense, and having this fact in what they are doing, where the money is mind and believing that it is necessary of the vessels, and you are simply trans­ going, where they are expanding unnec­ ferring the control from one group to the that the regular activitie.s of the Gov­ essarily, and to what extent we may be ernment make some contribution toward other and not protecting the public able to practice economy without doing interest. that figure, I propose if I am recognized substantial detriment to the real pur­ for that purpose, to offer a motion to re­ Let us vote this amendment down and poses for which legitimate bureaus were give the committee having jurisdiction an commit, instructing the committee to de­ organized. duct a total of $25,000,000 from the bill opportunity to go into it in an orderly My purpose in making these observa­ manner. [Applause.] out of items other than those for na­ tions is to request information from the tional defense and the Veterans' Bureau. [Here the gavel fell.] Committee on Appropriations as to what The CHAIRMAN. All time has expired. I do not believe we ought to tackle the extent this suggestion that has been national-defense items on this motion, The question is on the amendment iterated and reiterated here many tiines offered by the gentleman from Illinois and the Veterans' Bureau items are al­ [Mr. DIRKSEN]. is being carried out, because we have so most entirely statutory and are necessary. many functions to perform as Members of It seems to me that it is possible for The question· was taken; and on a the Congress that we cannot have first­ this Committee to go through this bill division (demanded by Mr. DIRKSEN) hand knowledge of the conditions that and cut out $25,000,000 without substan­ there were-ayes 51, noes 73. exist and of the way these moneys are tial damage to these institutions that are So the amendment was rejected. expended. I think it is high time, when of a civil character. If we do not take a The Clerk read as follows: many of these bureaus apparently are step toward this, we are going to be in In addition to the contract authorizations taking advantage of conditions that exist difficulties. We have got to get every contained in previous acts, the Commission in our country and in the world to come dollar we can, not only by taxes but by 1s authorized to enter into contract for fur­ in under the cloak of national defense, saving wherever we possibly can. ther carrying out the provisions of the Mer­ to refrain from placing unnecessary ad­ I hope this motion will prevail when chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, in an ditional burdens upon the taxpayers of the time comes to offer it. amount not to exceed $180,000,000. this country, who are certainly burdened The pro forma amendment was with­ Mr. LANHAM. Mr. Chairman, I move sufficiently to carry on the normal and drawn. to strike out the last word. the proper conduct of this Government The Clerk concluded the reading of the Mr. Chairman, I have offered this pro of ours. So I should like to inquire of bill. forma amendment for the purpose of the Appropriations Committee concern­ Mr. WOODRUM of Virginia. Mr. making a few remarks and requesting ing their views as to carrying into effect Chairman, I move the Committee now 456 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 31 rise and report the bill back to the House Gilchrist Knutson Rolph Cartwright Holmes Patrick Gillie Kunkel Rutherford Celler Izac Pfeifer, with an amendment, with the recom­ Graham Landis Sauthoff Cluett Jacobsen Joseph L. mendation that the amendment be Grant, Ind. LeCompte Shafer, Mich. Collins Jarman Plumley agreed to and that the bill as amended Guyer, Kans. McGregor Short Copeland Jenkins, Ohio Powers Gwynne Maas Simpson, Pa. Crosser Johnson, lll. Randolph do pass. Hall, Edwin A. Martin, Iowa Smith, Maine Darden Kee Rees, Kans. The motion was agreed to. Hall, Martin, Mass. Smith, Ohio Delaney Kennedy, Rich Accordingly the Committee rose; and Leonard W. Mason Springer Dickstein MartinJ. Rockefeller Hancock Michener Stearns, N H. Dies Kennedy, Sacks the Speaker having resumed the chair. Harness Moser Stefan Disney Michael J. Schaefer, Ill. Mr. THOMASON, Chairman of the Com­ Hartley Mundt Stevenson Dondero Keogh Schulte mittee of the Whole House on the state Heidinger Murr.ay Stratton Douglas Kerr Scott Hess • O'Brien, N.Y. Sumner, Ill. Drewry Kirwan Secrest of the Union, reported that that Com­ Hill, Colo. O'Hara Taber Durham Kopplemann Sikes mittee had had under consideration the Hinshaw Oliver Talle Edelstein Lambertson Smith, Pa. bill H. R. 2788, the independent offices Hoffman Osmers Thill Edmiston Lea Somers, N.Y. appropriation, 1942, and had directed Hope Paddock Thomas, N.J. Fitzgerald Lynch Sparkman Howell Pheiffer, Tibbott Folger McArdle Starnes, Ala. him to report the same back to the House Hull WilliamT. Tinkham Gavaga.n McGranery Steagall with an amendment, with the recom­ Jarrett Pittenger VanZandt Gerlach McLean Sweeney Jenks, N. H. Ploeser Vorys, Ohio Grant, Ala. Merritt Tenerowicz mendation that the amendment be Jensen Rankin, Mont. Vreeland Green Mitchell Traynor agreed to and that the bill as amended Johns Reece, Tenn. Welch Halleck Matt Treadway do pass. Johnson, Ca!lf. Reed, Ill. Wheat Harrington Myers, Pa. Wadsworth Mr. WOODRUM of Virginia. Mr. Johnson, Ind. Reed, N.Y. Wigglesworth Heffernan O'Connor Wene Jones Rizley Wilson Hendricks O'Day White Speaker, I move the previous question Jonkman Robertson, Winter Hobbs O'Leary Wolcott on the bill and amendment to final Kean N.Dak. Wolfenden, Pa. Hal brock O'Neal Wolverton, N. J. passage. Keefe Robsion, Ky. Woodruff, Mich. Kilburn Rodgers, Pa. Youngdahl So the motion to recommit was re· The previous question was ordered. Kinzer Rogers, Mass. jected. The SPEAKER. The question is on NAY8-192 The Clerk announced the following agreeing to the amendment. pairs: The amendment was agreed to. Allen, La. Gibson Peterson, Fla. Anderson, Gore }>eterson, Ga. Mr. Matt for, with Mr. Michael J. Kennedy The SPEAKER. The question is on N. Mex. Gossett • Pierce the engrossment and third reading of the Arnold Granger Plauche against. Barden, N. C. Gregory Poage Mr. Treadway for, with Mr. Cannon of Flor­ bill as amended. Barnes Haines Priest ida against. The bill was ordered to be engrossed Bates, Ky. Hare Rabaut Mr. Dondero for, with Mr. Fitzgerald and read a third time and was read the Beam Harris Ramsay against. Beckworth Hart Ramspeck Mr. Bolles for, with Mr. Izac against. third time. Beiter Harter Rankin, Miss. The SPEAKER. The question is on Bell Healey Richards Mr. Cluett for, with Mr. Kopplemann the passage of the bill. Bland Hebert Rivers against. Boggs Hill, Wash. Robertson, Va. Mr. Halleck for, with Mr. Myers of Pennsyl­ Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, I offer the Boland Hook Robinson, Utah vania against. following motion to recommit. Boren Houston Rogers, Okla. Mr. Douglas for, with Mr. Sacks against. The SPEAKER. Is the gentleman op­ Bradley, Pa. Hunter Romjue Mr. Jenkins of Ohio for, with Mr. Keogh Brooks Imhoff Russell posed to the bill? Brown, Ga. Jackson Sabath against. Mr. TABER. I am. Bryson Jennings Sanders Mr. Lambertson for, with Mr. Collins The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report Buck Johnson, Sasscer against. the motion to recommit. Buckler, Minn. Luther A. Satterfield Mr. Holmes for, with Mr. Martin J. Ken­ Bulwinkle Johnson, Scanlon nedy against. The Clerk read as follows: Camp Lyndon B. Schuetz Cannon, Mo. Johnson, Okla. Schwert Mr. Carlson for, with Mr. Dickstein against. Mr. TABER moves to recommit the bill to Mr. McLean for, with Mr. Joseph L. P!eifer the Committee on Appropriations with in­ Casey, Mass. Johnson, W. Va. Scrugham Chapman Kefauver Shanley against. structions to report the same back with re­ Clark Kelley, Pa. Shannon Mr. Powers for, with Mr. Delaney against. ductions in items therein other than those Claypool Kelly, Ill. Sheppard Mr. Wolcott for, with Mr. Bloom against. for national defense and the Veterans' Bu- · Cochran Kilday Sheridan Mr. Rockefeller for, with Mr. Gavagan reau, totaling $25,000,000. Coffee, Wash. Kleberg Smith, Conn. Cole, Md. Kocialkowski Smith, Va. against. Mr. WOODRUM of Virginia. Mr. Colmer Kramer Smith, Wash. Mr. Johnson of Illinois for, with Mr. Barry Speaker, I move the previous question on Connery Lanham Smith, W. Va. against. Cooley Larrabee Snyder Mr. Rees of Kansas for, with Mr. Byrne the motion to recommit. Cooper Leavy South of New York against. The previous question was ordered. Costello Lesinski Spence Mr. Rich for, with Mr. Edelstein against. The SPEAKER. The question is on Courtney Lewis Sullivan Cox Ludlow Sumners, Tex. Mr. Carter for, with Mr . .Lynch against. the motion to recommit. eravens McCormack Sutphin Mr. Copeland for, with Mr. Capozzoli Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, I ask for a Creal McGehee Tarver against. division on that. Cullen Mcintyre Taylor Mr. Gerlach for, with Mr. Buckley of New D' Alesandro McKeough Terry York against. The House divided; and there were­ Davis. Ohio McLaughlin Thorn Mr. Plumley for, with Mr. Somers of New ayes 64, noes 102. Davis, Tenn. McMillan Thomas, Tex. Dingell Maciejewski Thomason York against. Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, I demand Domengeaux Maciora Tolan the yeas and nays. Daughton Magnuson Vincent, Ky. General pairs: The yeas and nays were ordered. Downs Mahon Vinson, Ga. Mr. Burch with Mr. Wadsworth. The question was taken; and there Doxey Mansfield Voorhis, Calif. Mr. Hobbs with Mr. Wolverton of New Duncan Marcantonio Walter Jersey. were-yeas 141, nays 192, not voting 99, Eberharter May Ward Eliot, Mass. Meyer, Md. Wasielewski Mr. Kerr with Mr. Scott .. as follows: Elliott, Calif. Mills, Ark. Weaver Mr. Starnes of Alabama with Mr. Schulte. [Roll No.5] Ellis Mills, La. Weiss Mr. Steagall with Mr. O'Leary. YEA8-141 Faddis Monroney West Mr. Bonner with Mr. Randolph. Fitzpatrick Murdock Whelchel Mr. Celler with Mr. Mitchell. Allen, Ill. Bradley, Mich. Dewey Flaherty Nelson Whittington Andersen, Brown, Ohio Dirksen Flannagan Nichols Williams Mr. Drewry with Mr. Kirwan. H. Carl Burdick Ditter Flannery Norrell Woodrum, Va. Mr. Jarman with Mr. Heffernan-. Anderson, Calif. Canfield Dworshak Fogarty Norton Worley Mr. O'Neal with Mr. Byron. Andresen, Case, S.Dak. Eaton Forand O'Brien, Mich. Wright Mr. McArdle with Mr. Edmiston. August H. Chenoweth Elston Ford, Miss. O'Toole Young Mr. O'Connor with Mr. Green. Andrews Chiperfield Engel Ford, Thomas F. Pace Zimmerman Mr. Folger with Mr. Schaefer of Illinois. Angell Clason Englebright Fulmer Patman Arends Clevenger Fellows Gathings Patton Mr. Boykin with Mr. Jacobsen. Bates, Mass. Coffee, Nebr. Fenton Geyer, Calif. Pearson Mr. Cartwright with Mr. Grant of Alabama. Baumhart Cole, N.Y. Fish NOT VOTING-99 Mrs. O'Day with Mr. Burgin. Bender Crawford Ford, Leland M. Mr. Kee with Mr. Sparkman. Bennett Crowther Gale Bankhead Boykin Byron Mr. Disney with Mr. Merritt. Bishop Culkin Gamble Barry Buckley, N.Y. Cannon, Fla. Blackney Cunningham Gearhart Bloom Burch Capozzoli Mr. Crosser with Mr. Hendricks. Boehne Curtis Gehrmann Bolles Burgin Carlson Mr. Secrest with Mr. Tenerowicz. Bolton Day Gifford Bonner Byrne Carter Mr. Durham with Mr. Sikes. 1941 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 457 Mr. Lea with Mr. Dies. Peterson, Fla. Sasscer Taylor Mr. Capozzoli with Mr. Copeland. Mr. l>weeney with Mr. Traynor. Peterson, Ga. Satterfield Terry Mr. Buckley of New York with Mr. Gerlack. Mr. Holbrock with Mr. Harrington. Pfeifer, Sauthoff Thill Mr. Somers of New York with Mr. Plumley. Mr. Patrick with Mr. Darden. Joseph L. Schuetz Thorn Pheiffer, Schulte Thomas, N.J. Mr. Michael J. Kennedy with Mr. Matt. The result of the vote was announced W1lliam T. Schwert Thomas, Tex. Mr. Burch with Mr. Wadsworth. Pierce Scrugham Thomason Mr. Kerr with Mr. Scott. as above record€d. Pittenger Shafer, Mich. Tibbott Mr. Randolph with Mr. Bankhead. The SPEAKER. The question is on Plauche Shanley Tolan Mr. Celler with Mr. Mitchell. the passage of the bill. Poage Shannon VanZandt Mr. Drewry with Mr. Kirwan. Powers Sheppard Vincent, Ky. Mr. Green with Mr. Heffernan. Mr. WOODRUM of Virginia. Mr. Priest Sheridan Vinson, Ga. Speaker, on the passage of the bill I ask 1 Rabaut Simpson Voorhis, Calif. Mr. O'Neal with Mr. Byron. for the yeas and nays. Ramsay Smith, Conn. Vorys, Ohio Mr. McArdle with Mr. Edmiston. Ramspeck Smith, Maine Vreeland Mr. Folger with Mr. Schaefer of Illinois. The yeas and nays were ordered. Rankin, Miss. Smith, Ohio Walter Mr. Cartwright with Mr. Hendricks. The question was taken; and there Rankin, Mont. Smith, Va. Ward Mrs. O'Day with Mr. Burgin. were-yeas 340, nays 12, answered "pres­ Reece, Tenn. Smith, Wash. Wasielewski Mr. Secrest with Mr. Tenerowicz. Reed, Til. Smith, W.Va. Weaver ent" 1, not voting 79, as follows: Richards Snyder Weiss Mr. Durham with Mr. Sikes. [Roll No. 6] Rivers South Welch Mr. Lea with Mr. Dies. Rizley Sparkman West Mr. Sweeney with Mr. Traynor. YEAS-340 Robertson, Spence Wheat Mr. Holbrock with Mr. Darden of Virginia. Allen, Ill. Daughton Jensen N.Dak. Springer Whelchel Allen, La. Downs Johns Robertson, Va. Starnes, Ala. Whittington Mr. PLOESER. . Mr. Speaker, how am Andersen, Doxey Johnson, Cali!. Robinson, Utah Steagall Wigglesworth I recorded? H. Carl Duncan Johnson, Ind. Robsion, Ky. Stearns, N.H. Williams Anderson, Cali!. Dworshak Johnson, Rodgers, Pa. Stefan Wilson The SPEAKER. The gentleman is re­ Anderson, Eaton Luther A. Rogers, Mass. Stevenson Wolverton, N. J. corded as voting "yea." N.Mex. Eberharter Johnson, Rogers, Okla. Stratton Woodruff, Mich. Mr. PLOESER. I did not vote, Mr. Andresen, Edelstein Lyndon B. Rolph Sullivan Woodrum, Va. August H. Eliot, Mass. Johnson, Okla. Romjue Sumner, Ill. Worley Speaker. Andrews Elliott, Calif. Johnson, W. Va. Russell Sumners, Tex. Wright The SPEAKER. How does the gentle­ Angell Ellis Jones Ruiherford Sutphin Young man wish to be recorded? Arends Elston Jonkman Sabath Talle Youngdahl Arnold Engel Kee Sanders Tarver Zimmerman Mr. PLOESER. I vote "present," Mr. Barden, N.c. Englebright Keefe Speaker. Barnes Fellows Kefauver NAYS-12 The result of the vote was announced Bates, Ky. Fenton Kelley, Pa. Bender Hoffman Short Bates, Mass. Fish Kelly, Til. Cole,N. Y. Kean Taber as above recorded. · Baumhart Fitzpatrick Kennedy, Crawford Kilburn Tinkham A motion to reconsider was laid on the Beam Flaherty Martin J. Day Reed, N.Y. Winter Beckworth Flannagan Keogh table. Beiter Flannery Kilday ANSWERED "PRESENT"-! H. R. 1776 Bell Fogarty Kinzer Ploeser Bennett Forand Kleberg Mr. SABATH, from the Committee on Bishop Ford, Leland M. Knutson NOT VOTING-79 Rules, filed the following report on the Blackney Ford, Miss. Kocialkowski Bankhead Durham Myers, Pa. bill (H. R. 1776) further to promote the Bland Ford, Thomas F.Kramer Barry Edmiston O'Day defense of the United States, and for Boehne Fulmer Kunkel Bloom Faddis O'Leary Boggs Gale Landis Bolles Fitzgerald O'Neal other purposes, which was referred to the Boland Gamble Lanham Bonner Folger Plumley House Calendar and ordered printed: Bolton Gathings Larrabee Buckley, N.Y. Green Randolph Boren Gavagan Leavy Burch Halleck Rees, Kans. House Resolution 89 Boykin Gearhart LeCompte Burgin Hebert Rich Resolved, That upon the adoption of this Bradley, Mich. Gehrmann Lesinski Byrne Heffernan Rockefeller resolution it shall be in order to move that Bradley, Pa. Gerlach Lewis Byron Hendricks Sacks the House resolve itself into the Committee Brooks Geyer, Calif. Ludlow Cannon, Fla. Holbrock Scan!on Brown, Ga. Gibson Lynch Capozzoli Holmes Schaefer, Ill. of the Whole House on the state of the Union Br.own, Ohio Gifford McCormack Carlson Izac Scott for consideration of H. R. 1776, a bill further Bryson Gilchrist McGehee Carter Jenkins, Ohio Secrest to promote the defense of the United States, Buck Gillie McGregor Cartwright Johnson, Ill. Sikes and fo.r other purposes, and all points of order Buckler, Minn. Gore Mcintyre Celler Kennedy, Smith, Pa. against said bill are hereby waived. That Bulwinkle Gossett McKeough Clark Michael J. Somers, N. Y. after general debate, which shall be confined Burdick Graham McLaughlin Cluett Kerr Sweeney Camp Granger McM1llan Coll1ns Kirwan Tenerowicz to the bill and shall continue not to exceed Canfield Grant, Ala. Maas Copeland Kopplemann Traynor 3 days, to be equally divided and controlled cannon, Mo. Grant, Ind. Maciejewski Darden, Va. Lambertson Treadway by the chairman and ranking minority mem­ Case, S. Dak. Gregory Maciora Delaney Lea Wadsworth ber of the Committ.ee on Foreign Affairs, the casey, Mass. Guyer, Kans. Magnuson Dickstein McArdle Wene bill shall be read for amendment under the Chapman Gwynne Mahon Dies McGranery White Chenoweth Haines Mansfield 5-minute rule. At the conclusion of the read­ Dondero McLean Wolcott ing of the bill for amendment, the Commit­ Chiperfield Hall, Marcantonio Douglas Mitchell Wolfenden, Pa. Clason Edwin Arthur Martin, Iowa Drewry Mott tee shall rise and report the same to the Claypool Hall, Martin. Mass. House with such amendments as may have Clevenger Leonard W. Mason So the bill was passed. been adopted, and the previous question shall Cochran Hancock May The Clerk announced the following be considered as ordered on the bill and Coffee, Nebr. Hare Merritt amendments thereto to final passage without Coffee, Wash. Harness Meyer, Md. additional pairs: Cole, Md. Harrington Michener Until further notice: intervening motion except one motion to re­ Colmer Harris Mills, Ark. commit, wi.th or without instructions. Connery Hart Mills, La. Mr. Cannon of Florida with Mr. Treadway. Cooley Harter Monroney Mr. Fitzgerald with Mr. Dondero. EXTENSION OF REMARKS Cooper Hartley Moser Mr. Izac with Mr. Bolles. Costello Healey Mundt Mr. Kopplemann with Mr. Cluett. Mr. COLE of Maryland asked and was Courtney Heidinger Murdock Mr. Myers of Pennsylvania with Mr. Hal- given permission to extend his own re­ Cox Hess Murray leck. · Cravens Hill, Colo. Nelson marks in the RECORD. Creal Hill, Wash. Nichols Mr. Sacks with Mr. Douglas. Mr. DIRKSEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask Crosser Hinshaw Norrell Mr. Faddis with Mr. Jenkins of Ohio. unanimous consent to revise and extend Crowther Hobbs Norton Mr. Collins with Mr. Lambertson. Culkin Hook O'Brien, Mich. Mr. Scanlon with Mr. Holmes. my remarks and to include therein cer­ Cullen Hope O'Brien, N.Y. Mr. Dickstein with Mr. Carlson. tain excerpts. Cunningham Houston O'Connor Mr. Clark with Mr. McLean. The· SPEAKER. Without objection, it Curtis Howell O'Hara D'Alesandro Hull Oliver Mr. Delaney \Vith Mr. Rich. is so ordered. Davis, Ohio Hunter Osmers Mr. Bloom with Mr. Wolcott. There was no objection. Davis, Tenn. Imhoff O'Toole Mr. White with Mr. Rockefeller. Mr. BRADLEY of Michigan. Mr. Dewey Jackson Pace Mr. Barry with Mr. Johnson of Illinois. Dingell Jacobsen Paddock Mr. Byrne with Mr. Rees of Kansas. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex­ Dirksen Jarman Patman Mr. Bonner with Mr. Wolfenden of Penn­ tend my own remarks and to include Disney Jarrett Patrick Ditter Jenks, N.H. Patton sylvania. therein a short article from the Wash­ Domengeaux Jennings Pearson Mr. O'Leary with Mr. Carter. ington News of today. 458 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 31 The SPEAKER. Without objection, it crimes to which he has pleaded guilty to include an editorial by Claire Clarlt is so ordered. naturally increased that sense ·of outrage. Knight, in the Bainbridge News. There was no objection. PROMISCUOUS SLANDERS SHOULD BE REBUKED The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Mr. COFFEE of Washington. Mr. The pamphlet contains other untruths the request of the gentleman from New Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex­ and innuendoes about me and other York [Mr. EDWIN ARTHUR HALL]? tend my own remarks in the RECORD and Members of this body. It is a vicious at­ There was no objection. to include therein a radio address de­ tack upon high officials of our Govern­ Mr. GUYER of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, livered by me. ment and upon the President and Mrs. I ask unanimous consent that my col­ The SPEAKER. Without objection, it Roosevelt. It is a document whose cir­ league from Karisas [Mr. LAMBERTSON] is so ordered. culation is calculated to spread distrust may be permitted to extend his own re­ There was no objection. and disruption at a time of national marks in the RECORD. crisis, when unity based on calm, earnest, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to REFUTING AN ASPERSION-GARDNER JACKSON the request of the gentleman from Kansas DEFENDED and intelligent facing of the dangers con­ fronting our Nation is essential. The [Mr. GUYER]? Mr. COFFEE of Washington. Mr. committee the pamphlet sets forth to de­ There was no objection. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ad­ fend has a patriotic duty, it seems to me, Mr. PLOESER. Mr. Speaker, I ask dress the House for 1 minute. to investigate the author of the material unanimous consent to extend my own re­ The SPEAKER. Without objection, it and the organization circulating it. marks in the RECORD and to include there­ is so ordered. · [Applause:J in an article from Fortune magazine. There was no objection. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Mr. COFFEE of Washington. Mr. EXTENSION OF REMARKS the request of the ·gentleman from Mis­ Speaker, there has come to my attention Mr. BOGGS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan­ souri [Mr.PLOESER]? a re~ently published pamphlet entitled imous consent to extend my own remarks There was no objection. "The 'Fifth Column' Versus the Dies in the RECORD and to include therein a Mr. PATMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask Committee." The author of the pam­ statement of the Governor of Louisiana unanimous consent to extend my own re­ phlet is Joseph P. Kamp, whose anti­ on the St. Lawrence waterway project. marks in the RECORD and to include an Semitic and Fascist writings and activi­ The SPEAKER. Without objection, it address delivered by Mr. A. W. De Birney ties are well known. The pamphlet is is so ordered. of the Chief Counsel's otlice, Federai published and copyrighted in 1941 by the There was no objection. Trade Commission, with reference to the Constitutional Educational League, Inc., Mr. PETERSON of Florida. Mr. Cla.yton Act and amendments thereto. New Haven, Conn., the pretenses of Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex­ The SPEAKER.. Is there objection to which organization the senior Senator tend my own remarks in the RECORD and the request of the gentleman from Texas from Utah, ELBERT THOMAS, scathingly to include therein a letter from George [Mr. PATMAN]? revealed during hearings of the Senate Walsh. There was no objection. Civil Liberties Committee. The .pam­ The SPEAKER. Without objection, it Mr. PATMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask phlet was mailed, I believe, to every is so ordered. unanimous consent to extend my own Member of Congress in envelopes bearing There was no objection. remarks on policies of insurance com­ the return address of the organization Mr. VOORHIS of California. Mr. panies. at 342 Madison Avenue, New York City. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection to ERRONEOUS CHARGES ANSWERED tend my own remarks in the RECORD on the request of the gentleman from Texas I would not dignify the document by two subjects, to include in one a reso­ f.Mr. PATMAN]? calling attention to it were it not for the lution from the Institute of Constitu­ There was no objection. fact that among the mass of falsehoods, tional Government, and in the other a Mr. GATHINGs·. Mr. Speaker, I ask distortions, and innuendoes there is re­ resolution from the General Welfare unanimous consent to extend my own peated the fiat lie that Gardner Jackson Federation. remarks in the RECORD and to include a induced my colleague the gentleman The SPEAKER. Without objection. it speech delivered by the Honorable Homer from Michigan, FRANK HooK, to put the is so ordered. M. Adkins, Governor of Arkansas. so-called Pelley forgery letters in the There was no objection. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to CONGRESSIONAL RECORD "after"-and I Mr. WIGGLESWORTH. Mr. Speaker, the request of the gentleman from Ar­ quote from the pamphlet- I ask unanimous consent to revise and kansas [Mr. GATHINGS]? Congressman CoFFEE had refused to use them extend the remarks I made today, and There was no objection. because he believed they were spurious and also to extend my remarks and include