1052 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- FEBRUARY 2 784. Also, petition of Anne Lynch and 21 residents of Jersey of our needy citizens over 60 years of age and provide pros­ City, N. J., urging the Congress of the United States to ad­ perity for America and security for all at 60; to the Com­ here to the general policy of neutrality as enunciated in the mittee on Ways and Means. act of August 31, 1935, to retain on our statute books the 797. Also, petition of certain citizens of Nezperce, Idaho, further and corollary principle enunciated in the act of urging that the United States put into effect May 1, 1~37, extending the original act to include civil as a policy of nonparticipation in aggression by stopping the well as international conflicts; to the Committee on Foreign shipment to aggressor nations all goods that can be used Affairs. by their military forces, and that immediate steps be taken 785. Also, petition of Joseph F. O'Leary and 21 other resi­ to stop shipment to Japan, and that measures be taken to dents of Jersey City, N.J., urging the Congress of the United aid China in its desperate resistance against the invaders; States to adhere to the general policy of neutrality as to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. enunciated in the act of August 31, 1935, to retain on our 798. Also, petition of Mullan Miners Union, Local No. 9, statute books the further and corollary principle enunciated Mullan, Idaho, protesting against the present system of hos­ in the act of May 1, 1937, extending the original act to in­ pital operation in the United States and favoring the estab­ clude civil as well as international conflicts; to the Com­ lishment of Government-owned and controlled hospital fa­ mittee on Foreign Affairs. cilities for civilian use; to the Committee on Public Build­ 786. Also, petition of Rev. A. L. Adzima and 66 other resi­ ings and Grounds. dents of Bayonne, N. J., urging the Congress of the United 799. By Mr. VORYS of Ohio: Petition of Benson W. States to adhere to the general policy of neutrality as enun­ Hough Post, No. 3424, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the ciated in the act of August 31, 1935, to retain on our statute United States, approving and commending most heartily books the further and corollary principle enunciated in the the past action of the Dies committee, investigating un­ act of May 1, 1937, extending the original act to include ciVil American activities, and requesting the Seventy-sixth Con­ as well as international co filets; to the Committee on For­ gress to support the above-named committee 100 percent, eign Affairs. thereby appropriating the necessary funds to carry on this 787. Also, petition of Rev. Michael Mercolino, pastor of most important and urgent work; to the Committee on For­ Our Lady of Assumption Roman Catholic Church, Bayonne, eign Affairs. N. J., and 21 parishioners, protesting against any move to 800. Also, petition of Rev. N. R. Athey and 46 others, urg­ 'ft the so-called Spanish embargo; to the Committee on ing the Government of the United States to put into effect Foreign Affairs. a policy of nonparticipation in aggression, by stopping the 788. Also, petition of Christine F. Keller and 20 other shipment to aggressor nations of all goods that can be used teachers of St. Nicholas School, Jersey City, N. J., opposing by their military forces, and that immediate steps be taken any move to lift the so-called Embargo Act; to the Com­ to stop their shipment to Japan; to the Committee on For­ mittee on Foreign Affairs. eign Affairs. 789. Also, petition of Miss C. P. Regan and 142 other resi­ dents of Bayonne and Jersey City, N.J., urging the Congress 801. By the : Petition of the Council of the City of of the United States to adhere to the general policy of Binghamton, N.Y., petitioning consideration of their resolu­ neutrality as enunciated in the act of August 31, 1935, to tion with reference to an airport; to the Committee on retain on our statute books the further and corollary prin­ Interstate and Foreign Commerce. ciple enunciated in the act of May 1, 193'7, extending the 802. Also, petition of the United Church Brotherhood of original act to include civil as well as international conflicts; Long Beach, Calif., petitioning consideration of their resolu­ to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. tion with reference to the Chinese and Japanese conflict; 790. Also, petition of Catherine L. Sheehan and 70 other to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. residents of New Jersey, urging the Congress of the Umted 803. Also, petition of Emilia Principa Roig, Juncos, P. R., States to adhere to the general policy of neutrality as petitioning consideration of their resolution with reference enunciated in the act of August 31, 1935, to retain on our to neutrality; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. statute books the further and corollary· principle enunciated 804. Also, petition of certain citizens of the State of Cali­ in the act of May 1, 1937, extending the original act to fornia, urging consideration of their petitions with refer­ include civil as well as international conflicts; to the Com­ ence to the General Welfare Act

EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES together with a statement sho·Wing the names, titles, and com­ Mr. HUGHES, from the Committee on the Judiciary, re­ pensation of the members and employees of the Federal Power ported favorably the nomination of J. Leslie Ford, of Dela­ Commission, whi·ch, with the accompanying papers, was ware (now serving under a recess appointment), to be United referred to the Committee on. Commerce. · States marshal for the district of Delaware. ALIENS UNDER NATIONAL POWER POLICY COMMITTEE Mr. McKELLAR, from the Committee on Post Offices and The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a let­ Post Roads, reported favorably the nominations of sundry ter from the Executive Assistant to the Federal Emergency postmasters. Administrator of Public Works, responding to Senate Resolu­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The reports will be placed tion 285, agreed to June 8, 1938, stating "that the salaries of on the Executive Calendar. the employees of the National Power Policy Committee are If there be no further reports of committees, the clerk will paid from P. W. A. administrative funds and therefore were proceed to state the nominations on the calendar. covered by the report contained in Administrator Ickes' letter THE JUDICIARY of January 14 to the , adVising that The legislative clerk read the nomination of Floyd H. no aliens were employed by the Federal Emergency Adminis­ Roberts to be United States district judge for the western tration of Public Works," which was referred to the Commit­ district of Virginia. tee on Education and Labor. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. This nomination has been PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS adversely reported. The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the Mr. BARKLEY. I ask that the nomination be passed over. following concurrent resolution of the Legislature of the State The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Ken­ of North Dakota, which was referred to the Committee on tucky asks that the nomination of Mr. Roberts be passed AgricUlture and Forestry: · over. Is there objection? The Chair hears none, and it is so · ordered. Senate Concurrent Resolution 24 Concurrent resolution urging the establishment of a division of UNITED STATES EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION cooperatives in the Department of Agriculture The legislative clerk read the nomination of Jewell W. Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of North Dakota (the . house of representatives concurring): Swofford to be a member of the United States Employees' Whereas the establishment and maintenance of cooperative or­ Compensation Commission. ganizations is of vital importance to the Nation and affords a com­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the mendable solution of the serious. problems involving the farmers, nomination is confirmed. workers, and consumers; and Whereas there is no Government agency dedicated to the prin­ POSTMASTERS ciples of cooperation and pledged to the upbuilding of the coopera­ The legislative clerk proceeded to read sundry nominations tive movement, the present status being as follows: In the Department of Agriculture the former Division of Coop­ of postmasters. erative Marketing has been shifted, first, to the Federal Farm Board, Mr. McKELLAR. I ask that the nominations of post­ and thence to the Farm Credit Administration, performing certain -masters be confirmed en bloc. services for farmers' producing and marketing cooperatives; the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the Consumers' Counsel Division of the Agricultural Adjustment Ad­ ministration rendering a~sistance to consumers' cooperatives by nominations of postmasters are confirmed en bloc. supplying them with information and reporting progress in The That concludes the Executive Calendar. Consumers' Guide; and In the Department of Labor the Bureau of Labor Statistics con­ LEGISLATIVE SESSION ducts surveys of consumers' cooperatives and issues publications on Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, I understand that anum­ the subject; and ber of Senators wish to introduce bills and present other Whereas it is highly desirable to coordinate the work in coopera­ tive buying and selling done in the several Government agencies and routine business. I therefore move that the Senate resume to strengthen it in such a way that it will provide the maximum the consideration of legislative business. of service to farmers, workers, and consumers: Now, therefore, be it . The motion was agreed to; and the Senate resumed the Resolved by the Senate of the State of North Dakota (the house consideration of legislative business. · of representatives concurring), That we petition and urge the Congress of the United States to enact legislation and make the DELEGATION OF QUASI...JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS BY SECRETARY OF necessary appropriations to create and establish a division of coop­ AGRICULTURE eratives in the Department of Agriculture, having for its purpose the assembling, compiling, and maintaining of files of statistical The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a data relating to the accomplishments of cooperative enterprises, the letter from the Secretary of Agriculture explaining the need statutes of Congress, of the several States and foreign countries for the enactment of legislation authorizing the Secretary affecting cooperatives, together with the coordinating of all duties of Agriculture, on occasion, to delegate to employees of the and responsibilities toward cooperatives now reposed in the various agencies of Government, all to -be used for the benefit and use of Department of Agriculture the function of issuing or pro­ established cooperatives and new projects in process of organiza­ mulgating certain orders which may have the force and tion, and further providing for the appointment of a director, whose effect of law and which may be issued or promulgated only duty it shall be to render all personal and other assistance possible to such cooperatives; to make appropriations therefor; and be it after notice and hearing, or opportunity for hearing, have further been given to persons affected by or interested in such orders, Resolved, That the secretary of state is instructed and directed to which with the accompanying list of statutory proVisions transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the United requiring or authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to States, the Secretary of Agriculture, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to each of the Members exercise quasi-judicial functions, was referred to the Com­ of Congress of this State. mittee on the Judiciary. . TRANSFER OF UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE RECORDS, ETC., The PRESIDENT pro tempore also laid before the Senate TO STATES the following resolution of the Senate of the State of Wis­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a let­ consin, which was referred to the Committee on Interstate ter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting a draft of Commerce: proposed legislation to provide for the transfer of United A resolution requesting the President of the United States to with­ draw the nomination of Thomas R. Amlie to a position on the States Employment SerVice records, files, and property in Interstate Commerce Commission local offices to the States, which, with the accompanying Whereas Thomas R. Amlie has spent his life as a communistic paper, was referred to the Committee on Educa.tion and Labor. agitator against everything in the American Government, its Con­ REPORT OF FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION stitution, and its laws; and Whereas Thomas R. Amlie is one of that small coterie of con­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a let­ gressional Representatives who joined in a message of sympathy ter from the Acting Chairman of the Federal Power Commis­ to the "red" government of Spain and its murder of thousands of sion, transmitting, pursuant to law, copy of the Eighteenth priests, bishops, nuns, and members of religious orders; and Whereas the prejudiced attitude of this man to everything held Annual Report of the Commission for the fiscal year ended sacred in the minds of American citizens unfits him for member­ June 30, 1938. with additional activities to December 1938, ship in any quasi-judicial body: Therefore be it 1939 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 1061 Resolved, That we appeal to the President of the United States to Whereas many worth-while building projects are now on file withdraw the nomination of Thomas R. Amlie to a position on the with the regional P. W. A. office, together with estimates, have Interstate Commerce Commission; and be it further been approved, elections held, and the bond issues carried, but Resolved, That if this name is not withdrawn, we appeal to the all Federal funds have been allocated; and Members of the United States Senate to withhold confirmation of Whereas these projects are being held up or must be completely this appointment. · abandoned unless a supplemental Public Works Administration appropriation is made: Now, therefore, be it The PRESIDENT pro tempore also laid -before the Senate Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Ar­ petitions of several citizens of Los Angeles, Calif., praying for kansas (senate concurring), That the Congress of the United the allotment of sufficient funds to continue the investigation States be requested to make a supplemental Public Works Admin­ istration appropriation to cover the Arkansas projects now on file of the subcommittee of the Committee on Education and in which bond elections were held at the November 8, 1938, general Labor pertaining to the violation of civil liberties, etc., which · election and the projects and bond issues approved. were referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Mrs. CARAWAY also presented the following concurrent Contingent Expenses of the Senate. resolution of the Legislature of the State of Arkansas, which He also laid before the Senate a letter in the nature of a wa:s referred to the Committee on Military Affairs: memorial from Local Union, No. 1571, United Mine Workers of America, of Tamaqua, Pa., remonstrating against any Senate Concurrent Resolution 13 Whereas the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, as change in the National Labor Relations Act, which was re­ well as other veteran and patriotic organizations, has been advo­ ferred to the Committee on Education and Labor. cating an adequate national-defense program for several years; He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by · and Whereas mandatory military training of boys in C. C. C. camps J. L. Parish Division, No. 56, Brotherhood of Locomotive wlll serve to strengthen our defensive system, and will furnish the Engineers, in the State of Missouri, protesting against the boys valuable training that will be worth a great deal in future enactment of legislation to regulate the mileage of train­ civil life: Be it therefore service employees, which was referred to the Committee on Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-second General Assembly of the State of Arkansas assembled in regular session (and concurred Interstate Commerce. therein by the house of representatives), That the Arkansas dele­ He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by the gation in our National Congress be memorialized to work for the council of the city of Cleveland, Ohio, favoring the enact­ enactment of legislation requiring military discipline and such training as map reading, bridge building, and radio cc;>mmunica­ ment of legislation providing for the observance of National tion for all boys in the C. C. C. camps a.s a. means to strengthen Inventors' Day and National Advancement Week, which was our defensive system and to provide worth-while training that can referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. be used by the boys in future civil life; and be it further Mr. WALSH presented a resolution adopted by the Holyoke Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be mailed at once to Taxpayers' Association, of Holyoke, Mass., favoring the bal­ the Senators and the Congressmen from the State of Arkansas. ancing of the Budget, and that this end be accomplished by Mr. GURNEY presented the following concurrent resolu­ -retrenchment rather than by further taxation, which was tions of the Legislature of the State of South Dakota, which referred to the Committee on Appropriations. were referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry: Mr. GUFFEY presented petitions, numerously signed, of House Concurrent Resolution 4 sundry citizens of Bethlehem, Pa., praying that the United Concurrent resolution memorializing the Congress of the United States of America to enact such legislation to the end that our States adhere to the general policy of neutrality as enunci­ farmers may become secure and self-sustaining in the possession ated by existing law, and also extend the law so as to include of their homes and property · . civil as well as international confliets, which were referred Whereas the present system of refinancing of farm mortgages on to the Committee on Foreign Relations. the part of the Federal Government has not been adequate to Mr. save the homes of our distressed farmers; and REED presented a petition of 69 citizens of Atchison, Whereas legislation which has been before the Congress for Kans., praying for the enactment of the so-called Patman several years such as the Frazier-Lemke refinancing bill, we be­ bill, imposing taxes upon chain stores, which was referred lieve would adequately solve this problem: Therefore be it to the Committee on Finance. Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of South Dakota (the senate concurring), That we do hereby me­ · He also presented a petition of 191 citizens of Stafford, morialize the Congress of the United States to enact the Frazier­ Kans., praying that the United States stop the shipment of Lemke refinancing bill to the end that our farmers may become arms and munitions to Japan, which was referred to the secure and self-sustaining in the possession of their homes and Committee on Foreign Relations. property. Be it further Resolved, That copies of this resolution be sent to our Senators Mr. CAPPER presented a petition of sundry ·citizens of and Representatives in Congress, to the President of the United Buffalo, Kans., praying for the enactment of general welfare States, and to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of legislation providing old-age assistance, which was referred the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States. to the Committee on Finance. He also presented a resolution adopted by the Woman's Senate Concurrent Resolution 4 Christian Temperance Union, of Sterling, Kans., favoring Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of South Dakota (the house of representatives concurring) : the enactment of legislation to prohibit the advertising of Whereas the Legislature of the State of South Dakota recognizes alcoholic beverages by press and radio, which was referred to that our agricultural problem is our greatest problem, believing the Committee on Interstate Commerce. that only as farmers prosper can industry and labor prosper, and He also · presented a resolution adopted by the Young pledges its support to a national program of farm legislation which will produce parity price and income or cost of production People's Religious Union of the Unitarian Church, of West­ for that part of our farm production required for domestic con­ wood, Mass., favoring the enactment of legislation to prevent sumption, and . and punish the crime of lynching, which was referred to the Whereas we recognize that the American farmer is entitled to the American market for his products to the full extent of his Committee on the Judiciary. ability to supply that market on a cost-of-production basis, and Mrs. CARAWAY presented the followingconcurrentresolu­ Whereas bill S. 570 of the Seventy-sixth Congress has been in­ tion of the Legislature of the State of Arkansas, which wa.Q. troduced in the Senate, which we believe, if enacted and properly referred to the Committee on Appropriations: .administered, would fulfill these requirements: Therefore be it Resolved by the State Legislature of the State of South Dakota House Concurrent Resolution 8 now assembled, That we memorialize Congress of the United . Whereas the Congress of the United States made an appropria­ States to enact S. 570, entitled "A bill to regulate interstate and tion for the Public Works Administration for the year 1938 to be foreign commerce in agricultural products; to provide for the used in the various States of this Union for worthy projects and orderly marketing of such products; to promote the general wel­ included in that appropriation measure a provision that all bond fare by assuring an abundant and permanent supply of such elections must be held by or before October 1, 1938, and that the products by securing to the producers a minimum price of not less project must be under construction by January 1, 1939; and than cost of production, and "for other purposes," which bill we Whereas amendment No. 17 to the Constitution of the St-ate of believe if enacted and properly administered will insure for the Arkansas, under which the electors of the various counties of the farmer parity or cost of production for that part of our farm crops State of Arkansas are governed in the matter of the issuance of that are consumed within the United States. bonds to pay the counties part of many of said projects, and That national legislation be enacted to prevent gamblers and section 3 of said amendment made it impossible to hold their speculators from determining the price of the necessities of life. bond elections prior to the general election held on November 8, That we favor the development of industrial uses for farm 1938; and products as a means of enlarging the Americ_an farm market. 1062 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE FEBRUARY 2

Whereas it has been -definitely determin~d th~t the hog pro_cess­ and falls to produce his quota of allotted home-consumption wheat ing tax collected by the Department of Agriculture was actually in following years he shall be permitted to sell on the home mar­ paid by the farmers themselves, and kets from such surplus enough to fill his quota for that year. Whereas the Supreme Court of the United States, invalidating SEc. 5. The producer shall have the privilege of accepting or said Agricultural Adjustment Act, declaring said tax to be illegal rejecting this cost-of-production plan and shall also have the priv­ and unconstitutional: Be it ilege of sowing as much or as many kinds of grain as he chooses, R_esolved, That we memorialize Congress to refund all such tax and this without restrictions except his allotment requirements to the farmer; be it further _ where he accepts the cost-of-production plan. In no case shall Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be sent to our Sen­ the allotted acres assigned to one man or one company's interest ators and Representatives in Congress, to the President of the exceed 1,500 allotted acres of wheat. United States and to the President of the Senate and the Speaker SEc. 6. Congress shall appropriate $200,000,000 as a fund to take of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United place of the insurance in such areas as are now affected by drought States. or other causes of crop failure at the present time, said advance payment to be taken out of the producer's allotted bushels sold Mr. NYE pres_ented the following concurrent resolution of when he again harvests a normal crop. When the Government -the Legislature-·of · the State of North Dakota, which was advances the premium for a farmer, as above stipulated, it shall place such farmer in. good standing in respect to this -wheat insur­ referred to the-Committee on Agriculture and Forestry: ance with the same privileges and protection as other producers Senate Concurrent Resolution 21 . who advanced their own premium. Resolution requesting Congress to include "cost of production" in SEc. 7. This insurance-adjustment plan shall be operated on as the Soil Conservation Act, together with its insurance features economical, self-supporting, and nonprofiting a plan as possible when established. Be it resolved by the senate (the house of representatives con­ curring): SUGGESTED A~MENTS SECTION 1. From and after July 1, 1939, the price paid for spring 1. Wheat to be seeded in what ts considered seasonable time wheat, durum and winter wheat shall be such a price as will in­ and in good workmanlike manner. clude "cost of production," or $1.75 per bushel for No. 1 hard 2. The Government to have the power to ~aise the allotted spring wheat, $1.50 for No. 1 durum and wint er wheat, and other wheat quota for each year if domestic needs require it. grades in proportion of· such sufficient unsettled price as the Secre­ 3. Any person or persons imitating or counterfeiting for per­ tary of Agriculture shall· deem higher to the producer than the sonal profit or gain said stamps made by the Government shall speculative and world markets at the country elevator on that b'e prosecuted to· the fullest extent of the law. portion of such crops as are consumed witllin the United States. 4. It is the intent and purpose of this act to furnish insurance Each producer shall be entitled to and receive such cost-of-produc­ to those entering the plan regardless of whether individuals have tion price only on that-part of his said crops as shall represent his · contributed to the insurance fund or not, it being expressly under­ average share of the "home consumption market" covering his pro- stood that the liability of participants shall have been discharged . duction of the previous normal 5-year period, or on 54 percent of when and if they market wheat and thereby contribute to the his allotted acres, as indicated by the A. A. A. records for the base insurance fund. years 1928 to 1932. And in case of deflation of present money value 5. To guard against any unforeseen difficulties in marketing the or war prices said cost-of-production prices shall advance propor- · wheat, the Government should establish an available revolving . tionately. · fund sufficient to take care of purchases of any peak marketing SE<;:. ,2. The Secretary _of Agriculture· shall compile data on varioti,s and storing of wheat by the producer in the country elevator. crops herein mentioned, from all sections of the country where Said revolving fund to be maintained from year to year without ·such crops are produced, and from such data shall determine the depletion, this fund to take care of all handling charges plus average cost of production on average lands under average condi- freight. . tions throughout the United States. From this compiled data on Be it further provided, That the secretary of state is hereby various crops the Secretary of Agriculture shall further determine instructed to forward copies of this resolution to chairmen of the number of bushels to be sold at said cost-of-production price ·committees on agriculture in legislative bodies of the States of for each State and county, and in tum shall issue books of "wheat South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Idaho, stamps" representing each- bushel of said cost-of-production wheat, Colorado, Wyoming, and Washington, and to our Congressmen and each State, and in turn each county, to receive "wheat stamps" in Senators from North Dakota and to the President of the United prop(:>rtion to the allotted cost-of-production wheat for that area. States. The county A. A. A. committee shall determine from the data sent them by the Secretary of Agriculture and from its own county Mr. NYE also presented the following concurrent resolution A. A. A. records the n~mber of allotted bushels for each producer. of the Legislature of the State of North Dakota, which was They shall also notify each producer of the amount of cost-of-pro- referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads: . duction wheat allotted him and at the same time deliver to the . producer "wheat stamps" of an amount equal to his allotted House Concurrent Resolution 80 bushels. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of . When the producer. sells his _grain he shall deliver to the elevator North Dakota (the senate concurring therein): man as many "wheat stamps" as bushels sold. The elevator man Whereas this year, 1939, is the fiftieth anniversary of statehood in turn shall send the ·mmer or other buyer of this wheat, "wheat of the State of North Dakota; and stamps" in the same amount as he has received representing this Whereas 'it is customary for the various States in the United cost-of-production wheat. States of America to observe this period of statehood by issuing a · No miller shall be permitted to manufacture flour for home con­ stamp commemorating a fiftieth anniversary of statehood; and sumption from any wheat other than that which is covered or rep­ Whereas the Pioneer Daughters Chapter of the North Dakota resented by "wheat stamps." . Flour manufactured from wheat not Federation of Women's Clubs brings to our attention this ob­ earmarked by "wheat stamps" must be sold in foreign markets. servance; and Any miller -violating these stipulations forfeits his bond. Whereas that this request may be placed in permanent historical SEc. 3. The producer shall sell all his allotted grain at the said record in the archives of history as a part of the official record of cost-of-production price and from this the country elevator man this legislative body: . Be it hereby shall retain 25 cents from every bushel of grain sold, or such suffi­ Resolved by the House of Representatives (and the senate con­ cient rate as will cover all losses, as the premium for the insurance­ curring) of this Twenty-sixth Legi::lative Assembly of the State of adjustment plan. These premiums shall be sent to the Secretary North Dakota, That approval of this above consideration be re­ of Agriculture and in case of loss of crops by drought, hail, rust, corded; and be it further · trost, wind, blight,- flood, or insects said losses shall be paid from Resolved, That we hereby petition the Postmaster General at this fund. (Said insurance shall not be payable on unfit seed or Washington, D. C., to bring his infiuen~e to bear in uniting with us seeding, nor on submarginal-land crops.) Appraisals on losses shall to bring about the issuance of a stamp commemorating this state­ be made by the county A. A. A. committee, and no losses shall be hood event. considered which are less than 50 percent of the county average LABELING OF WOOL PRODUCTS · production per acre. If losses occur the producer shall return to the county A. A. A. committee "wheat stamps" for his insurance Mr. WALSH. Mr. President, I present and ask unanimous payments per acre according to the following rates: 50 percent consent to have printed in the RECORD, treated as a memorial, loss, 50 percent of "wheat stamps," insurance $4; 65 percent loss, and referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce a 75 percent of "wheat stamps," insurance $6; and 80 percent or over, 100 percent of "wheat stamps," insurance $8. In case of farmers letter from Francis Willey & Co., top makers, of Boston, producing less than 100 acres they shall be entitled to $2 per acre Mass. additional insurance in case of total loss only. There being no objection, the letter was referred to the SEc. 4. The owner and renter shall each receive their share of Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed the cost-of-production prices on insurance as agreed to between themselves. In event any producer in any one year shall produce in the RECORD, as follows: more than his share of the home consumption market as repre­ FRANciS WILLEY & Co., sented by cost-of-production wheat allotted him, such overpro­ (DIVISION OF WINSLOW BROS. & SMITH Co.), duction shall be termed as exportable surplus and may be by the Boston, Mass., January 18, 1939. producer sold on the world market, stored, fed, or disposed of in Hon. DAVID I. WALSH, any manner as he sees fit, except that none of such surplus shall Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. be sold on any market in the United States for domestic-consump­ Sm: We would like to protest vigorously some features of a bill tion purposes. If a producer stores all or part of his surplus wheat known as S. 162, which we understand was introduced by Senator 1939 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 1063 SCHWARTZ on January 4, 1939, and has been referred now to the because of this bill, because of the fact that the higher manufac­ Committee on Interstate Commerce. We believe that a similar bill turing costs which the bill will impose will simply mean that in has been introduced in the House known as H. R. 944. This bill order to sell his wool and compete with foreign competition he has to do With the labeling of wool products. will take less for his wool. We are wool top makers, which means that we buy raw wool in In this letter we are touching upon only a. very narrow part of the West or from the wool dealers, most of whom are located in the effects of this bill itself, but they are the parts that particu­ Boston-sort the wool, scour it, card it, and comb it, and sell the larly affect our business. We are against a bill which definitely product known as tops to the worsted spinners. Our business, misnames in itself an important product in the manufacture of according to our interpretation, has been since 1898, or thereabouts, worsteds the selling of wool tops, which we_have always considered we made -The great majority of New England woolen and worsted manu­ of 100 percent virgin wool. facturers, who are our customers, are opposed to the bill on very Under this new bill, however, the product which we have always much broader lines, as It presents many serious difficulties to them. made would not be considered virgin wool, and in selling our prod­ We would like to go on record only on the subjects mentioned uct we would have to describe as part virgin wool and part reclaimed above which will have a direct effect upon us, and upon the in­ wool. In other words, we would have to declare our product as an dustry as a whole all the way back to the grower of wool. inferior article because of the description given in this bill -as to Senator ScHWARTZ, we understand, has stated that he does not what is recla,imeC: wool, when as a matter of. fact this is not in any consider hearings on this bill necessary in view of the fact that way the case. similar bills have been considerably discussed in Washington be­ On page 2, article D, reclaimed wool is defined as including wool fore. Such b1lls, however, did not include as reclaimed, reworked waste, and article F describes such wool waste. In article F the wool waste any of the items we have mentioned. following items are described as waste, when in point of fact they Respectfully yours, are virgin wool and cannot be considered as anything else. FRANCIS WILLEY & Co., Item No. 1, card waste: This is simply the wool that is left in the By W. R. BULLARD. worsted card and which drops out of the card while the wool is going through this machine. It is the very same wool as the origi­ REPORTS OF CO~ITTEES nal wool from which it came. The common practice in our industry Mr. THOMAS of Oklahoma, from the Committee on Agri­ is to dust this wool, thereby removing the dirt from it as it accu­ mulates and put the clean product right back with the wool from culture and Forestry, to which was referred the bill (S. 660) which it came. - - to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as Item No. 2, oily waste: If any of the virgin wool going through amended. to provide for the reapportionment of cotton acre­ any of the machinery becomes stained in any way With oil, under age allotments not planted by farmers entitled thereto, this act it is considered as waste. As a matter of fact, the common practice is to take such wool and put it back with the wool from reported it without amendment. which it came in the scouring bowls. Mr. ELLENDER, from the Committee on Claims, to which Item No. 3, card stripping: Everything we have said applying to were referred the following bills, reported them each with an card waste applies to card strips, too. This is simply the virgin wool amendment and submitted reports thereon: - that is left in the cards. When a given lot is finished running the common practice is to remove the dirt from the card strips and use S. 279. A bill for the relief of Pherne Miller

Expenditures1 -- Works Progress Civil Works Federal Emergency Population t Ac!ministration Administration Relief Administration Total

Per P-er Total Total Total Per Total P er capita capita_ capita capita

United States------.------129,257,d $5, 636, 078, 000 $43.60 $833, 199, 000 $6.40 $2, 950, 390, 000 $22.80 $9, 419, 667, 000 ------$72.80 Alabama _____ ------___ ---_----______-----______2,895, 000 Arirona ______----______59,743,000 20.60 16,110,000 5. 60 45,162,000 15.60 121, 015, 000 41.80 412,000 21,235,000 51.50 4, 786,000 11.60 16,570,000 40.10 42,591,000 103.20 Arkansas ___ ------___ ~- ______2, 048,000 51,870,000 25.30 12,220,000 5. 90 40,833,000 19.90 104, 923, 000 51.10 California ____ ----______--______----______6,154, 000 290, 056, 000 47.10 41,469,000 6. 70 159, 715, 000 25.90 491, 240, 000 79.70 Color ado ____ --__ ------_-----_------1, 071,000 64,758,000 60.40 7, 433,000 6. 90 39,432,000 36.80 111, 623, 000 104.10 Connecticut_ ___ ---______--__ --_--_-_- 1, 741,000 61,289,000 35.20 9,884, 000 5. 70 24,154,000 13.80 95,327,000 54.70 Delaware __ ------__ 261,000 5, 938,000 22.70 580,000 2. 20 2, 221,000 8. 50 - 8, 739,000 33.40. District of Columbia------'------627,000 19,671,000 31.40 5, 604,000 8.90 15,317,000 24.40 40,592,000 64.70 Florida ______--__ ------1, 670,000 57,566,000 34.40 16,838, oco 10 ..10 41, 755,000 25.00 116,-159,000 69.50 Georgia __ ------3, 085,000 .65, 310, 000 21.20 14,092,000 4. 60 46,039,000 14.90 125, 441, 000 40.70 Idaho ______--'-_------493,000 19, 127,000 38.80 5. 440,000 11. 10 13,577,000 27. 5~ 38,144, ( 0) 77.40 Illinois ___ ------______•____ --______------______7,878, 000 406. 968, 000 51.70 57,601,000 7. 30 233, 975, 000 29.70 698, 544, 000 88.70 Indian a ___ ------_-__ --_------3, 474,000 172, 585. 000 49.70 23,056,000 6. 60 53,125,000 15.30 248, 766, 000 71.60 Iowa _____ ------______: ______2, 552,000 56,505,000 22.10 14,712,000 5.80 25,108,000 9.80 96.325,000 37.70 Kansas ____ ------__ ------1, 864,000 72,692,000 39.00 12,247, 000 6. 60 40, 150,000 21.50 125, 089, 000 67. 10 2, 920,000 81,387.000 27.80 10,087,000 3. 50 39, 152,000 13.40 130, 626, 000 44.70 ~~~i~Y~!:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::: : 2,132, 000 67, 255, 000 31.50 13,203,000 6. 20 52,164,000 24.50 132, 622, 000 62.20 Maine __ ------856,000 18,111,000 21.20 4, 648,000 5.40 11,841,000 -13.80 34,600,000 40.40 Maryland ___ ------______: __ ------__ -- 1, 679,000 34,260,000 20.40 9, 043,000 5.40 33,409,000 19.90 76,712,000 45.70 Massachusetts __ ------_-_--- 4,426,000 264, 179, 000 59.70 29,699,000 6. 70 115, !>47, 000 26.20 409, 825, 000 92.60 Michigan ___ ------_--- 4, 830,000 227, 870, 000 47.20 44,417,000 9.20 127, 569, 000 26.40 399, 856, 000 82.80 Minnesota_------2, 652,000 134, 810, 000 50.80 19,547,000 7.40 68,627,000 25.90 222, 984, 000 84.10 Mississippi______------2, 023,000 45,450,000 22.·50 9, 799,000 4.80 31, 193,000 15.40 86,442,000 42.70 Missouri __ ------_------3, 989,000 160,175,000 40.10 19,983,000 5.00 65,411,000 16.40 245, 569,000 61.50 Montana------· 539,000 39,641,000 73.50 6, 309,000 11.70 22,546,000 41.80 68,.496, 000 127.00 N cbraska ___ ------______1, 364,000 51 ,100,000 37.40 6,179, 000 4.50 22,789,000 .16. 70 80,058,000 58.60 Nevada ______------101,000 5, 052,000 50.00 1, 300,000 12.90 5, 225,000 51.70 11,577,000 114.60 New Hampshire ______------510,000 17,646,000 34.60 3,028, 000 5. 90 7, 056,000 13.80 27,730,000 54.30 New Jersey __ ------4, 343,000 221, 504,000 51.00 27,732,000 6. 40 90,135,000 20.70 339, 371, 000 78.10 New Mex.ico __ ------~22. 000 22, f'31, 000 54.10 2, 352,000 5. 60 15,069,000 35. 70 40,252,000 95. 40· New York __ ------12,959,000 899, 127, 000 69.40 86,835,000 6. 70 397. 786, 000 30.70 1, 383, 748, 000 106.80 North Carolina __ ------3, 492,000 47,621,000 13.60 . 12, 942, 000 3. 70 38,745,000 11. 10 99,308,000 28.40 N ortb Dakota______------____ 706,000 34,893,000 49.50 5,102, 000 7. 20 26,239,000 37.20 66,234,000 93.90 0 hio ______------6, 733,000 414, 020, 000 61.50 58,434,000 8. 70 175,075.000 26.00 647, 529, 000 96.20 2, 543,000 96,820,000 OrOklahomaegon ______------_------______------______37.90 17,820, 000 7. 00 45,493,000 17.80 160, 133, 000 62.70 1,027, 000 40,072,000 39.00 6, 501,000 6. 30 22,354,000 21.80 68,927,000 67.10 Pennsylvania ______------_------______10,176,000 600, 091, 000 58.90 46,242,000 4. . 50 322, 778, 000 31.70 969, 111, 000 95.10 Rhode Island __ ------681,000 31,532,000 46.30 3, 823,000 5. 60 7,809, 000 11.50 43,164,000 63.40 South Carolina ______--__ --_----______1, 875,000 43,883,000 23.40 10,349,000 5. 50 36,905,000 19.70 91,137, 000 48.60 South Dakota____ ------692,000 40,354,000 58.20 6, 843,000 9. 90 32,440,000 46.90 79,637, 000 115.00 Tennessee ___ ------_-__ --_------2, 893,000 54,963,000 19.00 13,226,000 4. 60 35,350,000 12.20 103, 539, 000 35. 80 Texas __ - __ ------6, 172,000 120, 644, 000 19.50 33,706,000 5. 50 78,333,000 12.70 232, 683, 000 37.70 U tab ______------______-----______519,000 25, 146,000 48.40 .. 524,000 8. 70 18,604,000 35.80 48,274,000 92. 90 383,000 9, 018,000 23.50 1, 778,000 4. 60 3, 57R, 000 9.40 14,374,000 37.50 Washington ______2, 706; 000 4!, 775,000 15.40 12,155,000 4.50 24.280,000 9.00 78,210,000 28.90 ~r:~~i~~======1, 658,000 84,520,000 51.00 13,557,000 8. 20 40,287,000 24. ~0 13R, 364, 000 83.50 1, 865,000 81,415,000 43.60 13,014,000 7.00 50,899,000 27.30 145, 328, 000 77.90 Wyoming ______2, 926,000 144, 173,000 49.30 34,489,000 11.80 81,025,000 2i. 70 259, 687, 000 88. 80 :; r:~o~~r~~~~======~======~= == 235,000 9, 428,000 ' 40.10 2, 461,000 10.50 7,144, 000 30.40 19,033,000 81.00

1 U.S. Bureau of the Census estimate as of July 1, 1937. JU, S. Senate, Committee on Appropriations. bearinis on H. J. Res. 83, 76th Cong., 1st sess., pp. 115-118. 1084 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE FEBRUARY 2

Do these facts bear out the claim of "equal treatment for SELL, and were used by him in his address in the Sen­ all," which we hear so much about? Of course not, but just ate last Saturday in support of this Tarver amend­ the reverse. ment. Now, I have one other table which deserves your at­ This table shows that the States receiving the greatest tention. And may I say here, Mr. Speaker, that these amount of W. P. A. money are required to put up the smallest tables were secured from official sources by the junior percentage of sponsor's contribution. It is hard to believe, Senator from Georgia, the Honorable RICHARD B. Rus- but here are the figures.

TABLE B.-Expenditures on Works Progress Administration, operated prajects, by States and by sources of funds, through Nov. 30, 1938

Cumulative through Nov. 30, 1938 5 months ending Nov. 30, 1938

Sponsors' funds Sponsors' funds State Tota~=ndi- Federal funds Percent Total expendi­ Federal Percent of total tures funds of total Amount expendi- Amount expendi· tures ture9

TotaL------$6, 195,050,364 $5, 206, 312, 670 $988, 737' 694 16.0 $1. 093, 521, 558 $897, 892, 694 $195, 628, 864 17.9 Alabama..------67,946,931 53,744,645 14,202,286 20. 9 13,496,711 10,725,337 2, 771,374 20.5 Arizona ____ ------______----__ --_------26,006,875 19,243,186 6, 763,689 26.0 4, 4fJ7, 965 3, 374,784 1, 083,181 24.3 Arkansas __ ------______54,032,946 44,622,390 9, 410,556 17.4 10,543,625 8, 963,121 1, 580,504 15.0 California ______319, 970, 376 268, 857, 632 51,112,744 16.0 45,114,675 36,372,125 8, 742,550 19.4 Colorado ______71,885,189 58,672,590 13,212,599 18.4 10,989,501 8, 886,189 2, 103,312 19.1 Connecticut ______69,334,885 56,732,834 12,602,051 18.2 12,493,553 10,237,698 2, 255,855 18.1 Delaware ______5, 968,386 5, 184,750 783,636 13.1 1,216,288 976,775 239,513 19.7 20,139,667 17,370,617 2, 769,050 13.7 4,112,805 3, 5H,446 571,359 13.9 Florida_District of------Columbia------______-----______Georgia ______62,751,844 50,555,122 12,196,722 19.4 13,096,345 10,642,366 2,453, 979 18.7 Idaho ______.;... ______69,684,688 56,327,417 13,357,271 19.2 14,288,818 11,281,609 3,007, 209 21.0 22,899,371 Hl,411, 498 6,487,873 28.3 3, 666,44.6 2, 640,731 1,025, 715 28.0 illinois ___ ------______------___ (62, 489, 908 384, 307' 671 78,182,237 16.9 9(, 675,647 78,500,384 16,175,263 17.1 Indiana______------______191, 693, 147 162,740,041 28,953, 106 15. 1 36,657,738 29,853,039 6,804, 699 18.6 Iowa _____ ------______68, 98(, 079 51,953,223 17,030,856 24.7 13,157,554 9,292,076 3, 865,478 29.4 Kansas __ ------______83,391,354 65,063, 008 17,328,346 21.0 11,492,568 8, 871, 517 2, 621,051 22. 8 89,426,684 71,022,357 18,404,327 20.6 19,750,483 15,861,358 3,889,125 19.7 74,443,909 60,989,887 13,454,022 18.1 12,532,421 10,199,240 2, 333, 181 18.6 MarylandMaine.e:i~~---=-======______~------___ 18,706,403 14,948,800 3, 757,603 20.1 3,233,604 2,445, 232 788,372 24.4 36, 183,300 30, 598,393 5, 584,907 15.4 5,415, 841 4,129,872 1, 28.~. 969 23.7 Massachusetts ______266, 762, 260 249, 006, 370 37,755,890 13. 2 49,278,572 42,928,371 6, 350, 20~ 12.9 Michigan·------257, 036, 733 214,-437, 947 42,598,786 16.6 68,002,613 59,562,953 8,439, 660 12.4 Minnesota·------151, 872, 055 125, 140, 242 26,725,813 17.6 28,494,091 22,213,379 6, 280,712 22.0 53,421,627 40,104,091 13.317,536 24.9 10,261,383 7, 837,087 2,424, 296 23.6 172, 604, 112 148,' 643, 807 23,960,305 13.9 33,878,768 29,145,682 4, 733, 086 14.0 Montana.------______------______~::rt~::::======Nebraska ______n,277,536 34,411,245 6,866, 291 16.6 8, 944,195 7,019, 248 1, 924, 947 21.5 59,681,807 46.272.250 13.409.557 22.5 10,690.754 s. 356.795 2, 333, 959 21.8 Nevada______------__ -- 6, 501,457 4. 534,309 1, 967,148 30.3 1, 171,959 700,961 470,998 40.2 New Hampshire ______------_ 19,805,649 16,0~.870 3, 760,779 19.0 3, 770,713 3,075, 370 695,343 18.4 New Jersey _____ ------249,746,408 208, 701, 496 U,044., 912 16.4 44,458,161 34,677,560 9, 780,601 22.0 New Mexico.------24,036,235 19,863,932 4, 172,303 17. 4 4, 248,708 3,425, 695 823,013 19.4 NorthNew York Carolina __ ------______957, 897, 170 846, 489, 627 111,407,543 11.6 114, 695, 270 95,112,278 19,582,992 17.1 52,730,411 40,347,484 12,382, 9Zl 23.5 11; 112,574 8, 431,837 2,680, 737 24.1 North Dakota.------______------______Ohio ______37,914, ~1 30,428,436 7,485.~ 19.7 5,353,859 3,839,~ l, 514,316 28.3 452, 033, 485 393, 923, 650 58,109,835 12. 9 104, 386, 777 91,316,1 13,070,648 12.5 Oklahoma.------____ ------____ ------______108, 321, 802 84,719,322 23,602,480 21.8 17,391,551 14,095,880 3, 295, 671 18.9 PennsylvaniaOregon ____ ------______44,858,092 36,363,1121 8, 494,471 18.9 7,066, 557 5,476,325 1, 590,232 22.5 628, 514,369 565, 058, 086 63,456,283 10.1 104,375,269 90,737,611 13,637,658 13.1 Rhode Island.. ______35,248,891 29,181,329 6,067,562 17.2 7, 731,210 6, 716,131 1,015, 079 13.1 South Carolina ______47,172, 123 37,345,357 9,826, 766 20. 8 10,340,452 8, 4.37, 514 1, 902.938 18.4 South Dakota.. __ ------42,263,313 35, 141,026 7, 122,287 16.9 5, 236, 147 3, 908,201 1, 327.946 25.4 Tennessee. __ ------_--__ ---_-_-_---__ --_------70,026,648 46,791,125 23,235,523 33. 2 11,941,851 8,683, 521 3, 258,330 27.3 Texas.• ------140, 242, 552 105, 513, 240 34,729,312 24.8 24,329,529 17,726,908 6,602, 621 27.1 . VermontUtab. ______------29,573,286 22,034, 972 7, 538, 314 25.5 4, 768,460 3,429, 423 1,339,037 28.1 10,579,012 8, 018, 757 2, 560,255 24.2 2, 280,305 1, 779,897 500, 4{)8 21.9 Virginia ____ ------______------44,610,890 3(, 930,027 9, 680,863 21.7 7, 310, 169 5, 360,028 1, 950, 141 26.7 Washington ______------______92,253,260 77,044,955 15,208,305 16.5 19,593,237 15,145,860 4,447, 377 22.7 West Virginia ______------______88,011,258 74,520,200 13,491,058 15.3 14, 760,250 11,813,994 2, 946,256 20.0 Wisconsin ___ ------160,317,091 132, 811, 632 27,505,459 17.2 31,276,989 25,348,247 5, 928,742 19.0 Wyoming·------11.709,374 8, 283,691 3, 425,683 29.3 1,815,088 1, 201,318 613,770 33.8 Alaska __ __ ------____ : ______20,743 20,743 ------118 -118 ------HawaiiVirgin Islands ____ ------______7,349, 554 5, 115, 752 2, 233,802 30.4 1,436, 765 867,305 569,460 39.6 4, 015 4,015 ------200;8!5" ------200;845" ------Central textileoffice. _____account______------~------4, 944,808 4,944,808 ------·------9,231,805 -9,231,805 ------7,473,983 -7,473,983 ------Source: Federal funds represent voucher payments reported by the Treasury Department, sponsors' funds based on Works Progress Administration State office reports of sponsors' certifications. ·

You will observe that the towns, cities, and counties in my Average eurnings per worker per month on W. P. A! State pro- State must pay 19.2 percent of the cost of a project, while in grams, September, October, November, 1938 New York they were reqUired to put up only 11.6 percent, in Professional Pennsylvania only 10.1 percent, in Massachusetts only 13.2 Unskilled Intermediate Skilled and technical percent, in Ohio only 12.9 percent, and in Delaware only 13.1 percent. High Low High Low High Low High Low The pending amendment, offered by Judge TARVER, of my ------State, merely seeks to correct these inequalities by providing -- UnitedAlabama States: ______that wages for the same class of work shall not vary in any $0.40 $0.19 $0.60 $0.24 $1.50 $0.31 $1.11 $0.34 Arizona ______.50 . 36 . 75 .41 1.00 .56 1. 25 .62 part of the Nation over 25 percent, which is certainly more Arkansas _____ .28 .20 . 55 .25 1. 25 .33 . 70 .36 than sufficient to take care of any difference in the cost of California ______~ 81 .33 1. 45 .38 1. 75 .46 1. 67 . 51 Colorado ______. 72 . 30 1.00 . 41 1. 50 . 50 1.07 .56 liVing. As the following table shows, the present variation is Connecticut____ .50 . 40 1. 05 .45 1. 65 . 57 1. 30 .63 not justified and is wholly unfair to the people of my section Delaware ___ .41~ .24 . 90 28 1.50 .34 1.36 .60 Florida______.30 .19 . 73 .24 1. 75 .32 1.05 .35 of the country. Georgia_------. 30 .20 .43 .25 1.25 .33 1.50 .36 1939 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1085

Average earnings per worker per month on W. P. A. State pro­ Bradley, Pa. Ford, Thomas F. Kramer Rutherford grams, September, October, November, 1938--Continued Brewster Fries Kunkel Ryan Brown,-Ohio Gamble Landis Sa bath Buck Gartner Larrabee Sacks Professional Unskilled Intermediate Skilled Buckler, Minn. Gavagan Lea Sandager and technical Burdick Gearhart LeCompte Schaefer, Til. Byrne,N. Y. Gehrmann Lesinski Schafer, Wis. Byron Gerlach Lewis, Colo. Schiffler High -Low High Low High Low High Low Cannon, Mo. Gifford Lewis, Ohio Schuetz ------Casey, Mass. Gilchrist Lord Schulte Celler Gillie Luce Schwert United States-Con. Chiperfield Goldsborough Ludlow Scrugham Idaho------______$0.55 $9. 28~ $0 .62~ $0.32 $0. 78~ $0.39 $0. 86 $0. 43~ Church Graham McAndrews Seccombe lllinois ______1.02~ . 31 1.37 ~ . 33 1.91\ .39~ 1.50 . 44 Indiana ______. 95 .40 1.10 .41 l. .so .46 1. 66 . 50 Clason Grant, Ind. McCormack Shafer, Mich. Iowa ______------.67 ~ . 31 1.20 . 35 1. 50 .43 1. 50 .47 Claypool Griswold McDowell Shanley Kansas ______.50 .27 .85 . 32 1. 37 . 37 . 81 . 41 Clevenger Guyer, Kans. McGranery Shannon Kentucky------.50 .25 1.37 ~ .35 1. 75 . 31 1.17~ .34 Cluett Gwynne McKeough Short Louisiana_------. 35 . 20 1.00 . 25 1.38 . 32 1. 50 . 35 Cochran Hall McLaughlin Simpson Maine ______.40 . 31 . 70 . 35 1. 35 .45 1.60 . 49 Cole, N.Y. Halleck McLeod Sirovich Maryland ______. 44 .25 . 55 . 32 1.50 .38 1.10 .48 Connery Hancock Maas Smith, Conn. Massachusetts ____ . 85 . 35 1. 50 .39 . 1.66?~ .48 1.60 .53 Corbett Harness Magnuson Smith, Ill. Michigan __ ------.60 . 33 1.00 .37~ 1.58~ .45~ 1. 47 . 50~ Costello Harrington Mapes Smith, Maine Minnesota_------.68%' . 32 1.15 . 41 1.50 .46 1. 79 .55~ Mississippi______Crosser Hart Marcantonio Smith, Ohio .40 .19 .90 .25 1. 50 .31~ 2. 50 .40 Crowe Harter, N. Y. Marshall Snyder Missouri______.50 . 25 .68 .30 .88 .34 . 82 . 38 Montana______Culkin Harter, Ohio Martin, Colo. Spence .75~ .45~ 1.12 . 41 1.77~ .50 . 96 .55~ Hartley Martin, Iowa Springer Nebraska ______. 47 . 30 . . 70 . 33 1.37~ .40 1.00 .46 CUllen Nevada_------.62~ .48~ 1.50 . 55 2. 00 . 67 2.00 .74~ Cummings Havenner Martin, Mass. Stearns, N.H. New Hampshire __ .45 .35 .66 . 43 1.30 .53 1. 00 . 51 D'Alesandro Hawks Mason Sumner, Til. New Jersey ______.50 . 25 1. 30~~ .35 2. 25 .39 1.50 .44 Darrow Healey Merritt Sutphin New Mexico ______.40 .29 1.00 .35 1.50 .43 .86 .68 Delaney Heinke Michener Taber New York.. ______.62~ . 26 1. 25 . 33 2.00 .39~ 1. 41 .43% Dempsey Hennings Monkiewicz Tenerowicz North Carolina____ .29 .20 . 64 . 25 1.00 .34 . 91 .60 Dickstein Hess Moser Thill North Dakota_____ .48 .40 . 55 . 45 1. 35 . 55 .77 . 61 Dingell Hinshaw Mott Thomas, N.J• Ohio_------. 679 . 31 1. 25 . 35 2.00 .43 2. 50 . 47~ Dirksen Holmes Myers Thorkelson Oklahoma______. 41 . 25 . 73 . 35 1.50 .43 1.00 .47 . 51 Ditter Hook Norton Tibbett Oregon ______-----_ .50 .34 .80 .38 1. 50 .46 1. 25 Dondero Hope O'Brien Tinkham Pennsylvania _____ . 65 .50 1.24~ . 57 2.00 .65~ 3.03 .71~ Rhode Island _____ . 61 .78 ~ , .67~ Doughton Hunter O'Connor Tolan .50 . 40 .59~ .46~ 1. 50 Douglas 'Jacobsen O'Day South Carolina ____ .27 ~ .19 .48 .24 1. 25 . 32 :52~ .31 ~ Treadway South Dakota _____ .40 .37 .42 .38 1.37% .46 .58 . 55 Dowell Jarrett O'Leary VanZandt Tennessee ______.30 .18 .43 . 23 1. 62 . 31 .64 . 35 Duncan Jenkins, Ohio Oliver Vorys, Ohio Texas __ .__ ------__ . 35 . 20 . 55 . 26 1. 50 . 32 1. 22 . 35 Dunn Jenks, N.H. O'Neal Vreeland Utah ______.50 . 41 . 75 . 50 1. 50 . 63 1.00 . 70 ·Eaton, Calif• Johns Osmers Wallgren Vermont ______.40 .32 .50 . 35 1. 25 .43 1.10 .48 Eaton, N.J. Johnson, Ill. O'Toole Walter Virginia ______.40 .19 .57 .24 1. 50 . 31 1. 50 .34 Eberharter Johnson, Ind. Parsons Welch Washington ______.58 .34 .99 .38 1. 67 .46 1.44 .44 E111ott Jones, Ohio Pfeifer Wheat West Virginia _____ .45 .40 .58 .47 .84 .54 . 90 .84 Elston Kean Pierce, N.Y. White, Idaho Wisconsin ______1. 00 . 33~ 1. 22 .37~ 1.66 .39~ 1. 51 . 43}2 Wyoming ______. 61}2 .66 .64 Engel Keefe Pittenger White, Ohio .42 .42 .4R .47H .58 Engle bright Keller Plumley Williams, Del. New York.City ___ .93 .46 ~ 1.57 .48 2. 21 . 589 1. 518 . 70 Kelly Polk District - 01 Co- Faddis W1lliams, Mo. lumbia______.50 • 33 1.15 .43 2. 00 .67 1. 22 • 76 -Fay Kennedy, Martin Powers Wolcott Fenton Kennedy, Michael Rabaut Wolfenden, Pa. Fish Kennedy, Md. Reed, TIL Wolverton, N.J. · You notice that the wage scale for unskilled labor starts 'Fitzpatrick Keogh Reed, N.Y. Wood Flaherty Kinzer Rich Woodruff, Mich. with a low of 18 cents per hour in Tennessee, "20 cents per Flannagan Kirwan Rodgers, Pa. Woodrum, Va. hour in Georgia, and runs up to a high of $1 per hour in · Flannery Knutson Rogers, Mass. Youngdahl Wisconsin and $1.02 per hour in Illinois. And for profes­ Ford, Leland M. Kocialkowski Routzahn Zimmerman sionals it climbs to a high of $3.03 per hour, or over $24 per NAY&-140 day, in Pennsylvania. I do not understand how any man Allen, La. Dies Kerr Rankin . Allen,Pa. Disney Kilday Rees, Kans. with a conscience could take the people•s tax money, set aside Anderson, Calif. Doxey Kitchens Richards for relief purposes, and pay any man $24 per day for relief Barden Drewry Kleberg Robertson Bates, Ky. Durham Lanham Robinson, Utah work. It makes me wonder where we are going and what the Beckworth Dworshak Lemke Robsion, Ky. end will be. Bland Edmiston McGehee Rogers, Okla. Boren Ellis McMUlan, John L. Romjue Mr. WOODRUM of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I move the pre­ Brooks Ferguson McMlllan, Thos. S.Satterfield vious question on the pending motions. Brown, Ga. Fernandez Mahon Secrest The previous question was ordered. Bryson Folger Maloney Sheppard Bulwinkle Ford, Miss. Massingale Smith, Va. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. WARREN). The question Burch Fulmer May Smith, Wash. is on the preferential motion offered by the gentleman from Burgin Garrett Mllls, Ark. Smith, W.Va. Byrns, Tenn. Gathings Mills, La. South Missouri to recede and concur in the Senate amendment. Caldwell Geyer, Calif. Monroney Sparkman The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by Cannon, Fla. Gibbs Mouton Starnes, Ala. Mr. WooDRUM of Virginia and Mr. CocHRAN) there were-ayes Carlson Gore Mundt Stefan Cartwright Gossett Murdock, Ariz. Talle 104, noes 100. Case, S. Dak. Grant, Ala. Murdock, Utah Tarver Mr. TARVER. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the Chandler Griffith Murray Taylor, Tenn. Chapman Hare Nelson Terry ground there is not a quorum present. Clark Hendricks Nichols Thomas, Tex. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia Coffee, Nebr. Hill Norrell Thomason makes the point of order that there is no quorum present. Coffee, Wash. Hoffman Owen Turner Cole,Md. Horton Pace Vincent, Ky. The Chair will count. [After counting.] Two hundred and Co111ns Houston Patman Vinson, Ga. eight Members present, not a quorum. The Clerk will call Colmer Hull Patrick Voorhis, Calif. Cooley Izac Patton Wadsworth the roll. The question is on the preferential motion offered cooper Jarman Pearson Warren by the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. CocHRAN]. Cox Johnson,LutherA.Peterson, Fla. Weaver The question was taken; and there were-yeas 252, nays Crawford Johnson, Lyndon Peterson, Ga.. West curtis Johnson, Okla. Poage Whelchel 140, not voting 40, as follows: Darden Johnson, W.Va. Ramspeck Whittington [Roll No. 9] DeRouen Kee Randolph Winter YEA&-252 NOT VOTING-40 Allen, Ill. Arends Barton Bloom Alexander crowther Gross Leavy Andersen, H. Carl Arnold Bates, Mass. Boehne Ashbrook Curley Hobbs McArdle Anderson, Mo. Austin Beam Boland Boykin Daly Jeffries McLean Andresen, A. H. Ball Bell Bolles Buckley, N.Y.. Evans Jensen McReynolds Andrews Barnes Bender Bolton Carter Green Jones, Tex. Maciejewski Angell Barry Blackney Bradley, Mich. Creal Gregory Lambertson Mansfield 1086 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE FEBRUARY 2 Martin, ill. Rayburn Seger Sumners, Tex: 20,000 planes, what was to be done with them? Gentlemen Miller Reece, Tenn. Somers, N.Y. Sweeney Mitchell Risk Steagall Taylor, Colo. of the House, I think these questions should be answered to Pierce, Oreg. Rockefeller Sullivan Wigglesworth remove a lack of understanding of our present situation hav­ So the motion was agreed to. ing to do with our international relations and what our de­ The Clerk announced the following pairs: fense policy .should be. General pairs: There is one man today reputed to know of the President's original proposal. It is the Assistant Secretary of War, Mr. Mr. Rayburn with Mr. Seger. Mr. Steagall with Mr. Lambertson. Johnson. Members of the Military Affairs Committee on the Mr. McReynolds with Mr. Crowther. minority side have asked that he be heard by the committee. Mr. Jones of Texas with Mr. Reece of Tennessee. Mr. Mansfield with Mr. Carter. We believe he should be able to answer these questions. He Mr. Sullivan with Mr. Jensen. is reputed to be the President's public exponent of the original Mr. Sumners of Texas with Mr. Wigglesworth. proposal, and I hope the chairman of the committee will not Mr. Taylor of Colorado with lV".Lr. McLean. Mr. Hobbs with Mr. Risk. close the general hearings on this important proposal until Mr. Somers of New York with Mr. Gross. Mr. Johnson has had an opportiunty to answ€r these ques­ Mr. Sweeney with Mr. Rockefeller. tions. [Applause.] Mr. Daly with Mr. Alexander. Mr. Evans with Mr. Jeffries. EXTENSION OF REMARKS Mr. Green with Mr. Miller. Mr. McArdle with 1\