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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA <iongr_cssional Record th PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 76 CONGRESS, THIRD SESSION SENATE the rank and pay of the highest grade held by such officers as assistant chiefs and wing commanders, and for other purposes; TUE.SDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1940 S. 3868. An act for the relief of certain former disbursing (Legislative day of Wednesday, September 18, 1940) officers for the Civil Works Administration and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration; The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, on the expiration S. 4258. An act to remove the restriction placed upon the of the recess. use of certain lands acquired in connection with the expan Rev. Albert Joseph McCartney, D. D., pastor of the Cove sion of Mitchel Field, N.Y.; and nant-First Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C., offered S. J. Res. 267. Joint resolution providing for the acquisition the following prayer: by the Railroad Retirement Board of data needed in carrying God is our refuge and our strength. I will lift up mine out the provisions of the Railroad Retirement Act. eyes unto the hills from. whence cometh my help. He that The message also announced that the House had disagreed dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under to the amendments of the Senate to the bill <H. R. 960) ex the shadow of the Almighty. tending the classified executive civil service of the United states; agreed to the conference asked by the Senate on the Let us pray: dis-agreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that Mr. Almighty God, we, Thy servants, here assembled humbly RAMSPECK, Mr. RANDOLPH, Mr. FRIES, Mrs. ROGERS of Massa acknowledge our constant need of divine guidance. Espe chusetts, and Mr. REES of Kansas were appointed managers cially amid all the tumult and confusion of these days of deci on the part of the House at the conference. sion through which our people are passing, when our hearts The message further announced that the House had agreed are anxious and our minds perplexed, we are made deeply to the amendments of the Senate to each of the following conscious, in a very new a.nd real sense, of our dependence on bills of the House: the wisdom and the coun,sel that cometh down from above, H. R. 8868. An act conferring jurisdiction upon the Court and is ever profitable to direct. of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment upon the Behold the needs of these representatives of the people. claim of the Bolinross Chemical Co., Inc.; and · Give them strength of body, clarity of mind, and honesty of H. R. 9722. An act to provide for the regulation of the busi heart, that they may counsel and act together for the welfare ness of fire, marine, and casualty insurance, and for other of our Nation and the world. Strengthen any who are espe purposes. cially burdened among us, and give us fortitude of spirit The message also announced that the House had agreed to for all our undertakings. God bless our land, defend our the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing liberties, preserve our unity, and give us peace. In the name votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the House to of Jesus Christ the Prince of Peace. Amen. the bill (S. 1160) for the relief of Roland Hanson, a minor, THE JOURNAL and Dr. E. A. Julien. On request of Mr. BARKLEY, and by unanimous consent, The message further announced that the House had agreed the reading of the Journal of the proceedings of the calendar to the reports of the committees of conference on the dis day of Monday, September 30, 1940, was dispensed with, and agreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the the Journal was approved. Senate to each of the following bills of the House: H. R. 3481. An act for the relief of C. Z. Bush and W. D. MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT Kennedy; and Messages in writing from the President of the United States H. R. 4126. An act for the relief of Warren Zimmerman. were communicated to the Senate by Mr. Latta, one of his CALL OF THE ROLL secretaries. Mr. MINTON. I suggest the absence of a quorum. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the roll. A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. The Chief Clerk called the roll, and the following Senators Chaffee, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House answered to their names: had passed without amendment the following bills and joint Adams · Burke Davis Guffey resolution of the ·senate: Andrews Byrd Downey Gurney s . 253. An act to authorize the leasing of certain Indian Ashurst Byrnes Ellender Hale Austin Capper Frazier Harrison lands subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; Bailey Caraway George Hatch S. 3636. An act to amend the National Defense Act, as Barkley Chavez • Gerry Hayden Bilbo Clark, Idaho Gillette Herring amended, so as to provide for retirement of assistant chiefs Brown Connally Glass Hill of branches and of wing commanders of the Air Corps with Bulow Danaher Green Holt LXXXVI-812 12901 129{)2 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE OCTOBER 1 Hughes Norris Schwellenbach Townsend reference to holding companies, affiliates, and operating com Johnson, Calif. Nye Sheppard Truman Johnson, Co!o. O'Mahoney Shipstead Tydings panies, which, with the accompanying papers, was referred King Overton Smathers Vandenberg to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. McKellar Pepper Stewart Van Nuys McNary Pittman Taft Walsh REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Maloney Radcl11Ie Thomas, Idaho · Wheeler Mr. TYDINGS, from the Com"inittee on Territories and Mead Reed Thomas, Okla. White Minton · Russell Thomas, Utah Wiley Insular Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 4218) to Murray Schwartz Tobey extend to the Virgin Islands the provisions of certain laws , Mr. MINTON. I announce that the Senator from Wash relating to vocational education and civilian rehabilitation, ington [Mr. BoNE] and the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. reported it with amendments and submitted a report <No. · CHANDLER] are absent because of illness. 2189) thereon. The Senator from Alabama [Mr. BANKHEAD], the Senator Mr. SHEPPARD, from the Committee on Military Affairs, from Missouri [Mr. CLARK], the Senator from Ohio [Mr. to which were referred the following bills, reported· them each DONAHEY], the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. LEE], the Sena without amendment and submitted reports thereon: tor from Illinois [Mr. LucAs], the Senator from Nevada [Mr. H. R. 8333. An act for the relief of Ralph W. Daggett, McCARRAN], the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. MILLER], the formerly lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps, United States Senator from West Virginia [Mr. NEELY], the Senator from Army <Rept. No. 2190) ; and North Carolina [Mr. REYNOLDS], .the Senator from Illinois· H. R. 8613. An act to amend the act to provide for the [Mr. SLATTERY], the Senator from South Carolina [Mr. retirement of disabled nurses of the Army and the Navy SMITH], and the Senator from New York [Mr. WAGNER] are (Rept. No. 2191) . nec·essarily absent. ·Mrs. CARAWAY, from the Committee on Commerce, to Mr. AUSTIN. I announce that the Senator from New· Jer which was referred the bill <S. 4363) granting the consent or .sey [Mr. BARBOUR], the Senator from Vermont [Mr. GIBSON], Congress to the Department of Highways and the county of the Senator from Oregon [Mr. HoLMAN], and the Senator Big Stone, State of Minnesota, to construct, maintain, and from Massachusetts [Mr. LODGE] are necessarily absent. operate a free highway bridge across the Whetstone Diver·· The VICE PRESIDENT. Seventy-five Senators have an sian Channel at or near Ortonville, Minn., reported it without swered to their names. A quorum is present. amendment and submitted a report <No. 2192) thereon. PUBLIC-SCHOOL BUILDINGS, FROID, MONT.-VETO MESSAGE (S. DOC. BILL INTRODUCED N0.301 Mr. BAILEY introduced a bill (S. 4392) for the relief of The viCE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the follow Thcmas P. Waters, which was read twice by its title and ing message from the President of the United States, which referred to. the Committee on Military Affairs. · was . r.ead, and, with th~ accompanying bill, referred to the ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN BRITISH POSSESSIONS AND REDUCTION OF ~ommittee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed: GREAT BRITAIN'S INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNITED STATEs-REFER ENCE OF BILL To the Senate: Mr. KING. Mr. President, yesterday I introduced Senate · I return herewith, without my approval, the enrolled blll bill 4391, to authorize negotiations for the acquisition of s. 1450, which would authorize an appropriation of $30,000 certain British possessions, to provide for. reducing the for cooperation with school district numbered 15, Froid, Mont., indebtedness of Great Britain to. the United States, and for for the extensi6n and improvement of public-school buildings. other purposes. The bill is upon the table. I ask that it be Of a total school enrollment for the Froid district for th.e referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, where I current year o"f 214, the Indian enrollment is only 14. Less think it is appropriate for it to go. than 7 percent, in other words, of the enrollment in the Froid The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection? The Chair district is comprised of children whose education is a res·pon hears none, and it is so ordered. sibility of the Indian Service. Tuition for these Indian chil: NOTICE OF MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULE~AMENDMENT dren is pa ~ d at the rate of 30 cents per day, with 10 cents a day per child additional for the noonday lurich.