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1938 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 5341 connection with the conservation of salmon, and demonstrat The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and . ing that the Bureau of FiSheries is related to the activities approved. of other bureaus in the Department of Comm~rce, and there DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE fore urging the retention of the Bureau of Fisheries w~thin The SPEAKER.· The Chair designates the gentleman from · the Department of Commerce and opposing emphatically Texas [Mr. RAYBURN] to act as Speaker pro tempore on to any proposed removal therefrom; to the Committee on Mer morrow. , chant Marine and Fisheries. EXTENSION OF REMARKS 4814. By Mr. KRAMER: Resolution of the Los Angeles · County Council of the American Legion, relative to appropri Mr. O'CoNNELL of Rhode Island and Mr. · MosER of ation bill of the War Department; to the Committee on Ap- Pennsylvania asked and were given permission to revise and . propriations. · extend their own remarks in the REcoRD . 4815. By Mr. LAMNECK: Petition of the_Association of Mr. RUTHERFORD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con · Limb Manufacturers of America, Inc., submitted by S. E. sent to extend my remarks in the RECORD, and include Richardson, president and ,general manager, the Columbus therein an editorial from a country newspaper. Artificial Limb Co., Columbus, Ohio, urging the Federal Gov The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the ernment and its agencies to withdraw from the manufacture, gentleman from Pennsylvania? - sale, and distribution ·of artificial limbs in order that the There was no objection. general welfare, necessity, and convenience of the public be PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE better served by the sale, purchase, and distribution of arti Mr. THOMAS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani ficial limbs through the established private industry; to the mous consent to proceed for 1 minute. Committeee on Labor. , The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the 4816. By Mr. ·PFEIFER: Petition- of the New York Employ gentleman from New Jersey? . ing Printers Association, Inc., New York City, urging the There was no objection. passage of the tax bill; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. THOMAS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, during the last 4817. Also, petition of the John N. E$chen Co., Inc., New few hours of the last day of the regular session of last year, Yorlt: City, concerning the manufacture of artific-ial limbs by this Congress enacted a law permitting the exportation of the Federal Government; to the Committee on Labor. helium gas. The law was rushed through at a time when 4818. By Mr. SANDERS: Petition of the Galveston Rifle .many Members were·thiiiking more about leaving for home and Pistol Club, of Galveston, Tex., protesting against the than they were of legislation. I never could quite understand enactment of any legislation affecting sporting and protective just what the great rush to pass the law was all about, but firearms; to the Committee on Ways and Means. tO<:Iay I understand it even less, for since the helium bill was 4819. By Mr. THOMAS of New Jers.ey: _Letter from the enacted into law, the only sizeable demand for the gas has Swartswood Gun Club, Swartswood, N.J., signed by 121 mem come from the Deutsche Zeppelin Corporation of Germany, bers of the club, setting forth their opposition to. the passage a subsidized enterprise of the Nazi Government. of House bill 9999, the National Firearms Act; to the Com The Nazi interests almost immediately took advantage of mittee on Ways and Means. the passage of the act by entering an ·order · for 19,800,000 4820. By the SPEAKER: Petition from the Oklahoma Leg cubic feet of helium and even rushed a vessel to this coun-try islative League of Indians, requesting a congressional investi to pick up the first shipment. The same interests then en gation of certain Indian trust agreements; to the Committee tered a second order for 40,000,000 cubic feet, asking that the on Indian Affairs. - order be filled within 2 years. 4821. Also, petition of certain American-born wives of Fili . Based on the original order from the Deutsche company, pino sailors, urging passage of Senator COPELAND's bill in their the National Munitions Control Board of this Government behalf; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. and the Secretary of the Interior certified to an allotment 4822. Also, petition of the Board of Supervisors of the to the Deutsche company of 17,900,000 cubic feet. But the County of Los Angeles, urging support of the President and actual licensing has been held up pending a consultation the Congress of the United States in regard to House bill between Mr. Ickes and President Roosevelt. 8430; to the Committee on Military Affairs. I sincerely hope that before our President agrees to grant any such license he will give due consideration to the follow ing points: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES First. That the amount of-helium gas the Deutsche com pany is asking for would in tinle of war fill three large Zep WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1938 -pelins equal in size to the Hindenburg, or 100 small scouting blimps, or more than 150 "sausage" observation balloons. The House met at 12 o'clock noon. Second. That many of our high officials who were formerly The Chaplain, ~ev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., willing to sell helium to Germany are now skeptical of the offered the following prayer: reasons advanced by the Nazi Government for such a large Our most merciful God, the Father of our Lord and supply of gas. Savior, we pray for the inspiration of Thy spirit; it en Third. That public sentiment here is definitely opposed to livens righteousness in the soul, the home, and Nation. We the exportation of helium gas to Germany. thank Thee for this radiant day. The springtime world is Fourth. That the bill permitting the exportation of helium throbbing with new energy; it is asparkle with Thy glori gas was rushed through Congress at a time when proper de ous sunshine, breaking into flowers, instinct with life. Truly liberation was not possible in the consideration of any leg the heavens and the earth declare the glory of God. May islation. we share this magnificent life which is :flowing roundabout Fifth. That even more important than the · four reasons us. In our labors may we be coworkers with Thee, bringing already cited for holding up the license is the unsettled con into being a new creation. We entreat Thee, our Father, dition in Europe which has continued to exist since the pas that the Christ, the Revelation of Eternal Love, may be our sage of the Helium Act and which would not warrant any sale ideal. Let us constantly seek to be filled with His spirit, by us of helium gas to Germany. using our knowledge and· in:fluence to soften the sorrows of FQr these five reasons, our Government should not agree to our fellow men; in this pursuit may we not falter, but go deliver any helium gas to Germany. forward with brave and· quiet hearts. Forbid that we ·should For the same five reasons I think that this Congress shoUld pass on the other side leaving others alone to hear only the repeal the act authorizing the conservation, production, ex beating of their own hearts and the echo of their own foot- ploitation, and sale of helium gas, a mineral resource pertain steps. In our Redeemer's name. .Amen. - ing to the national defense and to the development of LXXXIII---337 5342 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE APRIL 13 commercial aeronautics, authorizing the acqUisition by pur attention has been called ·to a proposition where the Oregon chase or otherwise by the United States of properties for the voters rejected the New Deal power program by almost 2 to 1 production of helium gas,. and for other purposes. Approved last Friday. The vote was on a proposal to create a special September 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 885-887) , and ·I have today intro power district in seven coUJlties adjacent to Bonneville Dam. duced such a repealer. [Applause.] Evecy one of the seven counties rejected the proposal. The Mr. KOPPLEMANN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanilllOUS con proposition lost in all but 6 of the 46 towns involved. This sent to address the House for 1 minute. appears to be strong evidence that the people do not want The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the these gigantic projects imposed upon them from Washington. gentleman from Connecticut? · This also demonstrates how the New Deal constantly is There was no objection. creating new difilculties for the eountry. Bonneville Dam Mr. KOPPLEMANN. Mr. Speaker, in the city of New will be completed in about a year, but the people of the Britain, Conn., which is the second largest mUiiicipality in immediate vicinity have already emphatically disapproved my congressional district, the voters went to the polls yes the proposed distribution scheme. terday and elected as their mayor George J. Coyle, a Demo [From the New York Herald Tribune of April 12, 1938] crat. MORE ADVERSITY Mr. Coyle defeated the Republican incumbent by what Decisive defeat of Power Administrator J. D. Ross' northwestern I am told was the largest plurality ever given a candidate distribution program 1n Friday's Oregon elections stirred conjecture 1n ut111ty circles yesterday as to how the Federal Government might for mayor, on either side, in the history of New Britain. seek to market its abundance of natural-resource energy. With [Applause.] · approximately 45 percent of eligible voters casting ballots, each of Several of the issues upon which this great Democratic seven counties 1n Oregon voted "no" on a proposal to form a public victory was achieved were national in their implications.

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