1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 13923 - The following-named lieutenants (junior grade) to be lieu­ The following-named lieutenants (junior grade) to be lieu­ tenants in the Navy to rank from the date stated opposite tenants in the Navy, to rank from the date stated opposite their names: their names: Salem A. Van Every, Jr., December 8, 1939. Richard Lane, July 1, 1940. . Reynolds C. Smith, February -1, 1940. Murray Hanson, December 1, 1940. Dennis S. Crowley, May 1, 1940. Passed Assistant Paymaster Bion B. Bierer, Jr., t~be a pay­ Oilbert H. Richards, Jr., July 1, 1940. master in the Navy, with the rank of lieutenant commander, Willard R. Laughon, July 1, 1940. to rank from the 1st day of July 1940. Kenneth Loveland, July 1, 1940. Lester C. Conwell, November 23, 1940. Boatswain Charles A. Parsons to be a chief boatswain in Joseph W. Williams, Jr., November 23, 1940. the Navy, to rank with but after ensign, from the 1st day of Frederick L. Ashworth, November 23, 1940. November 1940. Antone R. Gallaher, November 23, 1940. Paul W. Burton, November 23, 1940. CONFIRMATIONS Harry C. Maynard, December 1, 1940. Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate December 16 Warren B. Christie, December 1, 1940. (legislative day of November 19), 1940 Joseph F. Enright, December 1, 1940. The following-named ensigns to be lieutenants (junior APPOINTMENT IN THE NAVY grade) in the Navy to rank from the 3d day of June 1940: MARINE CORPS Edward G. De Long. Maj. Gen. 'Thomas Holcomb to be the ~!ajor General Com­ William R. Crenshaw. mandant of the Marine Corps. The following-named passed assistant surgeons to be sur­ geons in the Navy with the rank of lieutenant commander, POSTMASTERS to rank fro in the 26th day of June 1940: FLORIDA Emory E. Walter. William T. Gary, Ocala. Fred Harbert. Bishop L. Malpass. _ ILLINOIS Assistant Paymaster James S. Dietz to be a passed assistant William Harry Bruns, Camp Point. paymaster in the Navy with the rank of lieutenant, to rank John A. Miller; Nameoki. from the 1st day of July 1940. Lawrence P. Luby, Rockford. The following-named boatswains ·to be chief boa'tswain.s in the Navy, to rank with but after ensign, from the date stated WISCONSIN opposite their names: Adolph H. Meinert, Albany. Frank H. Watts, June 15, 1939. Lawrence C. Porter, Cambridge. Carter Garthright, October 20, 1940. . Mae I. Swann, Cascade. Machinist Otis c. Oliver to be a chief machinist in the Mary E. Meade, Montreal. Navy, to rank with but after ensign, from the 20th day of Jessie I. Sweney, Endeavor. October 1940. Edward E. Bengs, Greendale. The following-named lieutenant commanders to be lieu­ Harris Gilbert Hanson, lola. tenant commanders in the Navy, to rank from the date stated Clarence L. Peck, Kennan. opposite their names, to correct the date of rank as pre­ Rudolph H. Wirth, Lake Tomahawk. viously nominated and confirmed: Margaret F. McGonigle, Sun Prairie. William Miller, Jr., July 1, 1940. Richard M. Grimsrud, Westby. William R. Smedberg 3d, July 13, 1940. H. Shirley Smith, Holmen. The following-named lieutenants to be lieutenants in the Navy, to rank from the date stated opposite their names, to correct the date of rank as previously nominated and con­ firmed: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES John P. Lunger, February 1, 1940. MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1940 Brooks J. Harral, February 1, 1940. Robert E. Coombs, Jr., February 12, 1940. The House met at 12 o'clock noon and was called to order by John W. Ramey, February 20, 1940. the Speaker pro tempore, Mr. McCoRMACK. Albert E. Gates, Jr., February 20, 1940. The Chaplain, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., offered George L. Bellinger, April!, 1940. the following prayer: Edmond G. Konrad, April!, 1940. Our blessed Father in Heaven, infinite in wisdom, power, George L. Hutchinson, May 1, 1940. and goodness; we pause at the altar of prayer. We thank Ennis W. Taylor, May 1, 1940. Thee for the Christ, who is the divine heartthrob from the Clare B. Smiley, June 1, 1940. dawn of time. We pray Thee to bring all men into the king­ Frank R. Arnold, July 1, 1940. dom of love, which forever flames beyond the bounds of sense. John A. Tyree, Jr., August 1, 1940. From the simplest to the wisest, draw us nearer that epoch Carter L. Bennett, August 1, 1940. and epic when we shall behold the glorified cross and under­ Albert L. Shepherd, September 1, 1940. stand that the enchanted pursuit of life is brotherly love, deep Paymaster Reed T. Roberts to be a paymaster in the Navy, and strong, and which is the measure of man's greatness. with the rank of lieutenant commander, to rank from the 0 God, humanity, grown so very weary by its long, long 23d day of June 1938, to correct the date of rank as previously tramp down through the ages, bewildered and indicted because nominated and confirmed. of its unbrotherly hatreds and unfilial relations, we humbly The following-named lieutenants to be lieutenant com­ beseech Thee to let its darkness be dissolved in the foreglow manders in the NavY, to rank from the date stated opposite of Mary!s holy child. In our Redeemer's name. Amen. their names: Francis L. Busey, August 1, 1940. The Journal_of the proceedings of Thursday, December 1~ Claude W. Haman, September 1, 1940. 1940, was read and approved. LXXXVI--876 13924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE DECEMBER 16 RESIGNATION Mr. COOPER. I am not aware of the gentleman's under­ The Speaker pro tempore laid before too House the follow­ standing. ing communication, which was read: Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Of course, the House may NEW ORLEANS, LA., December 12, 1940. consider it any time after that if it wishes, but that is the last Han. SAM RAYBURN, day the President can veto it. However, it is not the last time Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. the House can consider it. Sm: Ill reby resign my office as Representative in the Congress of Mr. REES of Kansas. The President is withholding his the United States from the Second Dlstrlct of Louisiana, effective a_t the close of the day December 15, 1940. action until Wednesday, which is the last day. It left 'the With great respect, your obedient servant, House on December 2, as I remember it. PAUL H. MALoNEY, Mr. COOPER. Of course, the President has been away on PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY official business. Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry. Mr. REES of Kansas. On official business? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state it. Mr. COOPER. Yes; on official business. Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, how much time has been re- Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I want to propound a parlia­ quested after disposition of matters on the Speaker's table mentary inquiry to the Speaker in connection with this matter. today? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from The SPEAKER pro tempore. In answer to the gentleman's Tennessee [Mr. CooPER] yield for that purpose? inquiry, 40 minutes. Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, I yield. PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE • Mr. RANKIN. It is my understanding that this so-called Walter-Logan bill will come back here day after tomorrow Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimou; consent that with the President's veto, and that we will be called upon to at the conclusion of that time I may address the House for vote at that time on that veto. Of course, I am for sustaining 20 minutes on the subject of the St. Lawrence Inland Water- way, - the veto. But if there are not enough Members here to form a quorum, we who are in favor of sustaining the veto win, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the re­ regardless of how the vote stands, do we not? quest of the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. RANKIN]? There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair may say, of course, that a quorum is necessary to be present to determine finally EXTENSION OF REMARKS any question that may come before the House. Mr. GOSSETT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent Mr. RANKIN. If there is not a quorum present, the veto that the gentleman from Texas [Mr. LUTHER A. JOHNSON] could not be overridden if every Member present voted to may have permission to extend his own remarks in the override it? RECORD, and to include a speech of introduction of Speaker Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. And neither could it be RAYBURN at a banquet in Dallas last week. sustained. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the Mr. RANKIN. Yes; it would be sustained-if there were not request of the gentleman from Texas [Mr. GossETT]? a quorum present. The veto stands until it is overridden. There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair is unable to ADJOURNMENT OVER answer the inquiry, because that is a matter that rests with Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the House. when the House adjourns today it adjourn to meet on Mr. COX. I suppose the gentleman's hope is that the Wednesday next. President's veto Will not be overridden because a quorum is The SPEAKER pro tempore, Is there objection to the not present, request of the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. CooPER]? Mr. RANKIN. I am suggesting they better be here if they Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to want to vote on it. object, we have been going along here recessing 3 days at a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the time. We just recess as far apart as we can from one day to request of the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. CooPER]? the other. We have come to a place where we ought to find out whether or not we are going to transact any more busi­ Mr. REES of Kansas. If there is an agreement among the ness. May I ask the distinguished leader on the other side leadership on both sides of the House and the Speaker pro of the House why it is we are going to recess now until Wednes­ tempore to recess until Wednesday, of course, I do not want day? Why not just recess until tomorrow? to be the only Member on this side to upset it. Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, this request is made after Mr. MICHENER. Reserving the right to object, Mr. conference with the minority leader of the House and is in Speaker, as I understand, we expect a veto message to be accordance with an agreement with him. in here late tomorrow or Wednesday. The first time the Mr.· REES of Kansas. I do not want to quarrel with the House could possibly vote on the veto would be Wednesday. leadership on either side here, but I do-want a little explana­ Those who want expedition certainly have been favored when tion, and I think the Members of the House should know. the leadership has definitely stated that the vote will come I understand this Walter-Logan bill is still outstanding, wait­ Wednesday; therefore the vote is not being delayed. Wednes­ ing for the President's approval or disapproval; is that cor­ day is the earliest time a vote can be had if the President rect? takes the full time allowed him in which to act on the Walter­ Mr COOPER. The gentleman is correct. The bill has Logan bill. passed the House and Senate and, as far as I am advised, it Mr. COCHRAN. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, is now before the President for his consideration. In all 1 should like to offer a suggestion. I believe if the veto mes­ frankness, may I say to the gentleman that according to press sage does come in the Members of this House should have an reports there is some indication the bill may not receive opportunity to read that veto message and study it so that · Executive approval. An understanding has been reached we will learn the reasons for the veto message and can vote between the Speaker pro tempore, the majority leader, and intelligently, and not do as the House did when we agreed to ·the minority leader that in case the bill is returned without the Senate amendments, when hardly nobody knew what was Executive approval it will be presented to the House for con­ in the Senate amendments, and few know now. sideration on Wednesday. Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. The gentleman under­ Mr. REES of Kansas. Do I understand that on the very stands, of course, that according to the Constitution the House last day and the very last hour the President can hold it the is supposed to act upon a vetoed bill the minute it is read in House will have a chance to consider it? the House. 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 13925 Mr. COCHRAN. By unanimous consent, the vote on the I should like to serve notice or .to advise, whichever would vetoed bill can go over until we can all read the message be the most diplomatic and polite way to state it, that we are Wednesday and study it and vote intelligently, provided a going to insist on a quorum being present here to dispose of veto message does come. in. That is the point I am making. this veto message, and if the gentlemen who have the respon­ While the gentleman from Massachusetts was away we agreed sibility and power of leadership would advise their respective to the Senate amendments to the Logan-Walter bill, and I groups that that is going to happen we would have a chance insist not five Members of this House understood what the to dispose of this matter Wednesday. Senate amendments were, and I reassert they do- not under­ Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. As far as we are concerned, stand them now. we have already notified the Members on our side. Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Does not the gentleman Mr. SUMNERS of Texas. Then I add my notification to know that we must be in session to receive the veto message the Members of the House. on Wednesday, because that is the last day the President can [Here the gavel fell.] send it here? MINE-INSPECTION MEASURE Mr. COCHRAN. It is the last day for the President to send Mr. SHANNON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to a veto message, but it is not the last day for the House to address the House for 1 minute. act on it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is. there objection to the re­ Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. We should be here tore­ quest of the gentleman from Missouri? ceive it, and under the Constitution we are required to act There was no objection. immediately. Mr. SHANNON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to Mr. COCHRAN. Not necessarily. There are several ways include in my remarks excerpts from a letter written to Mem­ that action can be delayed by unanimous consent. One is to bers of Congress by Thomas Kennedy, secretary-treasurer, postpone the vote until Thursday, and another is to refer the United Mine Workers of America, of date December 9, 1940. message to the Judiciary Committee. Many times veto mes­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to there­ sages have been sent to committees and never heard of again. quest of the gentleman from Missouri? Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. That has been done too There was no objection. often in the past. Mr. SHANNON. Mr. Speaker, the sabotage by this Con­ Mr. HOFFMAN. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, gress of the mine-inspection measure is to be deplored. Many the Washington Post this morning carries a cartoon showing of the withdrawals from the discharge petition have been that the President is back from his vacation and all the de­ brought about by local commercial bodies to whom the divi­ fense-program problems are piled up on the table waiting for dends of the mine shareholder is of more importance than his attention. The President having finished his vacation and the life of the miner-father. others who have been on a vacation having returned, there History is full of cases where the capitalistic dollar has been would seem to be no reason why defense problems should not looked upon with more sanctity than the life of the father receive consideration. · who was killed while struggling to make a living for his wife The real emergency seems to have been an election for a and children. Shame upon such unclean work as is at this third term. That having been secured, perhaps now the moment being practiced by the so-called commercial bodies. safety of the Nation may be considered. That we may con­ I have said before, and I repeat now, that if one father is sider it, I object to further adjournments. saved to his wife and children by this act, then that is sum­ PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE cient reason for its enactment. Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Mr. Speaker, the following letter has been sent to Members today, at the conclusion of the legislative business of the day of Congress by the secretary-treasurer of the United Mine and following any special orders heretofore entered, I may be Workers of America: permitted to address the House for 15 minutes. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to there­ Washington, D. C., December 9, 1940. quest of the gentleman from Michigan? To the honorable the Members of the House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. There was no objection. GENTLEMEN: EXTENSION OF REMARKS • • • • • • There is a wholesale slaughter of American men going on in this Mr. HINSHAW. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to country. • • • extend my own remarks in the Appendix of the RECORD and You gentlemen have it within your power to bring this slaughter include therein an important article entitled "South America to an end. When a violent mine explosion ripped through the workings of and the Coming Era of Air Transportation." the Nelms mine near Cadiz, Ohio, less than 2 weeks ago 32 mine The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the workers were killed, making a total of 1,580 mine workers who have request of the gentleman from California? been killed in the mines of this country since the Neely-Keller Federal mine-inspection bill (S. 2420) was first introduced in There was no objection. Congress. VVALTER-LOGAN BILL How much longer are you going to permit this slaughter to con­ tinue? How many more bodies of American mine workers must be Mr. SUMNERS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous piled up on this already huge sacrificial altar before you wm act to consent to address the House for 1 minute. end this carnage? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the America is in the throes of a gigantic defense program. Our Government is ever on the alert to prevent sabotage in our defense request of the gentleman from Texas? industries, and justly so. There was no objection. Coal is a vital defense industry, basically and otherwise. Yet Mr. SUMNERS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately I faulty mine inspection is sabotaging this defense industry and tak­ ing its toll not in wrecked machinery but in dead American mine have just arrived in the Chamber. I do not know what has workers. · preceded here today. I gather, however, from the observa­ We do not claim that passage of the Neely-Keller mine-inspection tions to which I have listened that it is expected that the bill will arbitrarily end mine explosions. But we do claim that its enactment into law will result in a huge decrease in coal-mine President will probably veto the Walter-Logan bill, or anyhow, fatalities. that something will happen here Wednesday which may re­ You Members of the House have it within your power to end this quire the presence of a quorum. It has been stated or inti­ wholesale slaughter by forcing S. 2420 to the floor of the House for mated here by those in a position to have advance judgment a vote. You can affix your signature to the petition now resting on the Speaker's desk to bring this bill to the floor for a vote. or a good guess, or whatever it is, that this veto message will Why stand on ceremony on the signing of a petition when thou­ come up Wednesday. sands of human ·lives are at stake?

• 13926 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE DECEMBER 16 We beg of you to act on this bill favorably, and now, in the name whole of the uterus based upon a correctly established diagnosis.) of their thousands of wido·ws and orphans that these 1,580 mine The best accommodations, the most attentive nurses, and the high­ workers shall not have died in vain. est skill are here provided for the sick and homeless operatives, and Very respectfully yours, at an expense but little exceeding the cost of board, and gratuitously THOMAS KENNEDY, to those who have no means." Secretary-Treasurer. To this be might have added: To all patients, irrespective of color, class, or race are also made available every spiritual comfort and ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL, LOWELL, MASS. help of their respective creeds. Their ministers, rabbis, and priests Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan­ are always welcome, and treated with utmost respect and courtesy. Had he completed this picture of the hospital in 1930, he could imous consent to address the House for 1 minute and to revise also have included the following facts: To continue its mission and and extend my remarks in the RECORD and include therein meet its ever-increasing needs, this hospital has continually in­ an address by the Very Reverend L. G. Bachand, 0. 1\!. I., at creased its staff of doctors. It now has 28, all of the highest com­ petency. It has opened and maintains a first-class school for nurses, the centennial celebration banquet of the Lowell Corporation and finally, to carry on this work of charity, with all its ramifications Hospital, now called St. Josephs Hospital, which was held and requirements, its sponsors have, to date, paid from their own at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, Mass., on Decem­ pockets, $1,000,000. In 1930, however, as very few of these textile manufacturing cor­ ber 3. porations continued to operate in Lowell, all thought that the hos­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the pital was doomed. request of the gentlewoman from Massachusetts? But, lo and behold! Although its body had grown old and some­ what decrepit, its soul, stronger than ever, refused to die. There was no objection. Passing from generation to generation without losing any of its Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker., it was a original vitality or ardor, the spirit of its founders now filled the source of much pleasure to me to have had a small part in hearts of its directors and inspired all with the one purpose--the hospital must be saved. that celebration, and I take great pride in telling the House of At thls crucial hour in the life of the hospital, the man who did Representatives that St. Josephs Hospital has the distinction more than all others to save it, is that outstanding citizen of Lowell, of being the first industrial hospital of the country. An added that ever loyal and devoted friend of all its people--Mr. Frederick distinction is the fact that this hospital established the first A. Flather. Not only was his heart filled with the very quintessence of the children's ward in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in spirit of the foumiers, not only did the fire of his burning zeal for the year 1840. Truly this was a forerunner of what we today it fairly devour his own soul, but he actually caused it to spread far call' social security. It has often been said that corporations and wide and set all hearts aglow. · He it is who made of our regretted Joseph A. Legare not only a have no souls, but these textile corporations banded together devoted friend of the hospital but its tireless apostle. to operate this hospital proving that these corporations had It is this same Frederick A. Flather who is responsible, if the not only a soul but a heart as well. One hundred years is a Oblate Father who was then pastor of St. Josephs parish decided to long time for any business to exist. In the case of this hos­ accept the hospital, saying: "Hospital work is not a specialty of the Oblate Fathers, but this hospital must be saved to continue its pital, it has been a century of devoted service to the com­ wonderful services to suffering humanity." munity, of charity to all who needed charity, and of progress It is he, too, who is responsible, at least indirectly if from the in the field of medicine and surgery. My wishes of another Catholic Archbishop's palace came the prompt reply, •'•The hospital must be saved." century of success go to this most worthy institution. The Yes; and it is he, too, who is responsible if the Very Reverend address of the Very Reverend Bachand follows: Mother Bruno, then superior general of the Grey Nuns of Ottawa, Mr. President, my dear friends, may I ask you to consider with me although she knew and often repeated that her order had neither for a few minutes a picture truly beautiful, edifying, and inspiring? money nor Sisters available to undertake any additional work, It is strictly a product of greater Lowell, made by peoople of this nevertheless accepted the charge of this institution, saying, "This city and belonging exclusively to Lowell and the neighboring towns. hospital must be saved." Exactly 100 years ago, of their own volition, absolutely free from Evidently, however, only the Holy Ghost Himself, in His wisdom all pressure--political, social, or legal-and at a cost of untold sac­ and power, could choose to be the first superior of the hospital a rifices of time and money, a gro:up of Lowell manufacturers banded person blessed by nature and grace with all the exceptionally rare together for a truly noble purpose. And what was this purpose? qualities necessary to save and restore this grand old institution. Greater business efficiency? No; it was of a far nobler order. Was His choice, as you all know, was Sister Saint Alphonse. From the it social security? Yes; and more than that. Was it p~ilan­ very minute she arrived in Lowell, the zeal for the hospital that thropy? Yes; philanthropy of the finest type, and still more filled her big, generous heart was simply tremendous, and its re.:. than that. The purpose of these manufacturers of Lowell was suits absolutely prodigious. Not without several headaches and a nothing less than charity in the true sense of the word. few bilious attacks, but at the end of a very few weeks she could They decided to establish and maintain a hospital, not for them­ report, "All major obstacles have been overcome, the more difficult selves, not for their families, not for their intimate, personal problems solved; all is· under control, and the hospital is certainly friends, but for their employees. , As is clearly indicated in the saved," bylaws they adopted, it was not .to be a mere repair shop for used . At the end of the 7 years that she spent as superior of the hos­ and broken human tools, as laborers are too often called; not a pital, the records showed that during her term in office the hospital money-saving device, but for the convenience and the comfort of had been completely renovated and enlarged at a cost exceeding their employees when sick; to bring them medical and surgical care $50,000; that all the departments had been reorganized, brought up when needed; and, mark well, they freely and solemnly bound to the hig~est standards, and were operating at full capacity; that themselves to contribute from their own pockets funds necessary 20,000 patHmts had been admitted to the hospital proper, 150,000 for that purpose. Thus was conceived and dedicated the hospital others to the out-patient department; that the poor had received whose centenary we so gladly celebrate today. over $300,000 in charity from the hospital; and, last but not least, This hospital enjoys the enviable distinction of being the first that the reserve fund of the hospital, begun by herself, showed a industrial hospital of the country. Long before the advent of the ve~y substantial balance--a prodigious record indeed; truly a New Deal, and even of organized social workers, it marked the first mnacle of charity. awakening of social responsibility of industry in this country. For Today under the· efficient leadership of its present superior, the 27 years after its inauguration it was the only hospital in Lowell. genteel and capable Sister Saint Philip, the work of this hospital In March 1931 Dr. John Lovett Morse, professor of pediatrics at goes on, ever increasing in volume, intensity, and perfection·. Harvard Medical School, in his address before the one hundred and Seventeen Grey Nuns of the Cross, 35 staff doctors all highly com­ fiftieth annual meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society, petent and specialized, 3 internes, a score of graduate nurses, 62 states "that a children's ward with 15 beds was established at the student nurses, and 33 lay employees work together in perfect peace Lowell Corporation Hospital in 1840 and was the first of its kind and harmony for the sick who continuously crowd to overflowing in the State." Moreover, its records show that as early as August the entire hospital and its out-patient dt>partment. 25, 1887, a new ward for contagious cases was opened. . The name and management of the old hospital changed 10 years True to its ideal, the hospital, from its very beginning, :flung a~o, but its soul, received from its founders 100 years ago, never did and, please God, never will. Its spirit has always been and wide open its "portals of mercy" to all employees of the textlle cor­ alwa.ys will be charity; its purpose ever the same--medical care, porations and to all members of their families. A few years later it surgical treatment, convenience, comfort, happiness tor suffering generously extended its charity to all who needed it. humanity. Although the population of Lowell in 1840 was only 21,000 and was not hospital-minded, by 1930 this institution had hospitalized EXTENSION OF REMARKS 62,127 patients and, besides, had given 550,000 treatments to 138,000 others. All these patients received the very best that medical Mr. RANDOLPH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent science and Christian charity had then to offer. to extend my own remarks in the RECORD and to include Charles Cowley, the Lowell historian, writes: "This hospital therewith a recent address delivered by myself. ever since it was established, has been under the medical superin­ tendence of one of the ablest physicians and surgeons in the coun­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to there­ try, Dr. Gilman Kimball. (Dr. Gilman Kimball has the distinction quest of the gentleman from West Virginia? of being the first surgeon to perform successfully the removal of the There was no objection.

• 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 13927 Mr. GEARHART. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to there­ to extend my own remarks in the RECORD and to include quest of the gentleman from California? therein an article prepared by the Associated Press, which ap- · There was no objection. peared throughout the country yesterday. Mr. LELAND M. FORD. Mr. Speaker, I would like to draw The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the re­ attention to a few indisputable facts. quest of the gentleman from California? Mr. Knudsen says, "Production is 30 percent behind and There was no objection. all is·not well." THE DEFENSE PROGRAM Mr. Knudsen attributes the ·delay to industry and labor. Mr. PIERCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to The Army has now had to stop. Its training program is being interfered with. address the House for 1 minute. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the The Army cannot call additional men . . request of the gentleman from Oregon? The Army cannot build quarters for these new men. There was no objection. There is no place to house these new men. Mr. PIERCE. Mr. Speaker, we hear over the radio and we Bickering, strikes, lack of material have stopped the pro­ read in the papers much about the delay in the defense pro­ gram. gram. There came to my desk, and I presume to the desk of Eleven millions were unemployed. They want to go to all my colleagues on Friday, a speech delivered by Donald A. work, and we want them to. Nelson, Coordinator of Purchases of the National Defense The C. I. 0. will not cooperate, will not work unless they Advisory Committee, and in that address I find this para­ make the laws. graph: The C. I. 0. are trying to prevent anyone else from going to work. As I said a few minutes ago, we have passed through the greatest part of the work of letting contracts. My personal belief is that 'The C. I. 0. demand their "pound of flesh" in their ulti­ that phase was handled well and expeditiously. I see no reason matum, ''Accept our conditions or there will be no national­ for complaint on the basis of what has been done by the Defense defense program." Commission so far. The Government itself is now getting a taste of what Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to extend my re­ business and industry have had to put up with-with both marks in the RECORD and to include this entire address in the the C. I. 0. and the C. I. 0. controlled N. L. R. B. Append.\x. We have drafted men. · The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the re­ We have drafted wealth. quest of the gentleman from Oregon? We have made billions available for the national-defense There was no objection. program. THE LOGAN-WALTER BILL This House has passed the Smith amendments toN. L. R. B. We would not have done these things if they were not Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con­ necessary. sent to proceed for 1 minute. The C. I. 0., through control of N. L. R. B., controls The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the industry. request of the gentleman from Kansas? If industry is to be blamed, the blame therefor must im­ There was no objection. mediately come back to C. I. 0., and the delay must therefore Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I want to direct the be placed squarely in the lap of C. I. 0. attention of the membership of the House to the manner in What is more important-the continuation of C. I. 0. which the Logan-Walter bill is being handled. There has power or that we have a national-defense program? been plenty of criticism as to the dilatory methods by which Ceilings on certain things have been mentioned. If we are Congress has handled legislation. Here is a place where the to have a national-defense program a ceiling must be placed administration and its leadership, in my judgment, has taken on the power of the C. I. 0. part in such methods. If the Smith amendments cannot be made law, the con­ This bill has been before the Congress for many, many trol of N. L. R. B. taken from C. I. 0., and N. L. R. B. months. After considerable effort on the part of the pro­ be made workable, so that we can have a national-defense pro­ ponents of the bill, a conference report was approved on gram, then N. L. R. B. must be repealed and start all over. December 2. According to the information we have, it I commend and congratulate patriotic and constructive reached the White House on December 6. Why it took 4 individuals in labor and· those labor leaders who have days for it to reach the White House I do not know. Then fought the C. I. 0. and their principles and have seen the President left on his cruise and, according to reports, has through their program. returned to Washington today, and will finally decide next Summed up, the slow-down, the lack of production on and Wednesday, the very last day and last hour, as to whether or for our national defense, must squarely be placed in the lap not he will approve the bill. Press reports tell us he expects of the C. I. 0.; and we must eventually meet this issue of to veto it. whether we want the C. I. 0. or national defense. Mr. Speaker, this situation involves two things to which I want to direct your attention. This is not the time for the EXTENSION OF REMARKS administration or the leadership to practice dilatory methods Mr. GEYER of California. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous in the handling of legislation. I have no quarrel with those consent to extend my own remarks in the RECORD, and to who are against the bill. I have no quarrel with the admin­ include therein two articles written by myself. istration if it is opposed to this legislation. But the President The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the could have signed or vetoed this bill almost 2 weeks ago, request of the gentleman from California? Then the Congress would have a chance to override or sup­ There was no objection. port the veto as it saw fit. If Congress wants this legislation, Mr. WooDRUFF of Michigan asked and was given permission it ought to have a right to say so. If it does not want it, to revise and extend his own remarks in the RECORD. it ought to have a similar right. Mr. Speaker, I am only Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to asking for a square deal. I do not believe we are getting it in extend my own remarks in the RECORD, and to include therein this case. a telegram from a constituent. [Here the gavel fell.] The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the EXTENSION OF REMARKS request of the gentleman from Ohio? There was no objection. Mr. VooRHIS of California asked and was given permis­ Mr. JOHNS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to sion to revise and extend his own remarks in the RECORD. extend my own remarks in the Appendix of the RECORD, and NATIONAL-DEFENSE PRODUCTION to include a statement of Col. G. E. Myers, of the United Mr. LELAND M. FORD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous States Army, retired, on The Americas Must Awake to Their consent to proceed for 1 minute. Peril. 13928 CO.NGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE DECEMBER 16 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the of business. Unfortunately that is about all we have heard request of the gentleman from Wisconsin? much about for a long time. "Gain for me and profit for There was no objection. me." We have not been hearing much about service, sac­ Mr. GEHRMANN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent rifice, and preparation for the supreme effort, for the great to extend my own remarks in the RECORD, and to include a crisis toward which with rapidity we are now moving. No­ short resolution passed by the Chamber of Commerce of body has been talking about what we are going to have to Superior, Wis. give to this Government if we are to survive as a democracy. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the As a result, we are not ready to tackle this job. We are not request of the gentleman from Wisconsin? ourselves prepared. As a people we are not yet under the There was no objection. solidifying in:fluence of a consciousness of our common dan­ Mr. GEHRMANN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent ger, the shadow of which grows thicker each day as we move to extend my remarks in the RECORD by including therein a closer and closer toward possibilities being converted into resolution adopted by the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence seaway actualities. We are all in the same boat. We do not know meeting and an address made at that meeting by the Honor­ how close, but that person must be blind who does not see able Leland Olds. that we have already passed the boundary of possibilities and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the are now in the realm of probabilities, utterly unprepared request of the gentleman from Wisconsin? spiritually, patriotically, or physically to carry on or to de­ There was no objection. fend ourselves in the situation into which we are moving and Mr. PITTENGER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent moving rapidly. And we are not even ready as a people to to extend my own remarks in the RECORD in connection With tackle the job of preserving this democracy, because no people the St. Lawrence seaway project and to include a short news are who are looking to our Government in times like this as dispatch. something they can make a profit out of, whether they be the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the people who own the factories or the people who work in them, request of the gentleman from Minnesota? or any other group or class of our people. What I am saying There was no objection. may not be agreed to now; I may be misquoted and mis­ Mr. PITrENGER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent understood, but I would wager my life that if we do not agree to extend my remarks in the REcORD in connection with upon these things essential to our security now when we former President Hoover's program for aiding the small can do it, we will wish we had before we get through. countries in Europe. If we are prepared, physically equipped, equipped i'n devo­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the tion to our system of government, willing to give all we have request of the gentleman from Minnesota? if need be to preserve it~ we may not have to fight. But we . There was no objection. cannot do what. we are doing now unless we can back it up Mr. PITTENGER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent with complete military preparedness. and a solidified people to extend my remarks in the RECORD in connection with the whose courage and patriotism make them fit to be free and problems of Finland and a short editorial in connection there­ avoid fighting. These are unusual times, which come rarely with in -the Daily News for last Saturday. in the history of the ages. I do not understand how it is that The SPEAKER pro temJ)ore. Is there objection to the people who go to school and get degrees in colleges and who request of the gent~eman from Minnesota? are supposed to know the things of life fail to appreciate There was no objection. that fact, fail to have discovered in the history of the world Mr. STEARNS of New Hampshire. Mr. Speaker, I ask that there do come great periods when civilizations and gov­ unanimous consent to extend my remarks in the RECORD by ernments have to stand at t:he bar ·of judgment and answer including therein a radio address by a former Member of this under the philosophy of the parable of the talents. I do not House, Hon. Maurice H. Thatcher, of Kentucky. care whether you believe in religion or what your religion is. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, it is so I am not speaking as a religionist. I am trained in the school ordered. of practical experience. I speak as a student of the actual There was no objection. facts of life. Great epochs come which try the souls and Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent test the fiber of people. This is such a time. We are not -to extend my remarks and insert therein an article by 0. N. going to escape the test. We are not going to ·escape the Thompson. consequences of our failure to meet it, either, if we fail. I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, it is so hate to repeat the saying of these things, but these things go ordered. to the fundamentals of our possibility of preparing. There was no objection. I am not talking as a theorist. Theories are valuable only By unanimous consent, Mr. PATRICK was granted _permission as they give aid in systematizing the investigation of facts. to extend his own remarks in the RECORD. I am appealing to the everyday, to the workaday, common The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under special order of the sense of a people who are the last bulwark of free government House heretofore entered, the gentleman from Texas [Mr. of the earth that is not in immediate peril at the moment. SuMNERS] is recognized for 30 minutes. Possibly we are closer than we realize. PREPAREDNESS I believe if the American people should become conscious of the facts of our situation we could do the job. We would Mr. SUMNERS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I have permission not be fighting for profits now. I do not mean that we have to speak for 30 minutes, but I do not expect to occupy the reached the point of greatest sacrifice, but we had better entire time that has been allocated to me. begin to get ready, get prepared to do it soon. Then we The Congress and the people of the country are perhaps might not have to do it. thinking more seriously than they have for a long time about If as a people we could become conscious of the fact that ·our problems, especially those having to do with our military probably we are going to have to sacrifice to the limit before preparedness. I want to help in that direction. The people we win through the difficulties of these times we would go who are really trying to look to the bottom of things must be ahead and do our job now and escape the consequences of not convinced of a few fundamental things that we must do doing it now. Such a people would joy in the service of their something about, not as labor or capital, nor as Democrats country. · or Republicans, but as American citizens--must do it effec­ It is revealed from a study of history and from our own tively if we are to have a chance to win through the difficul­ experience that men get the thrill of their lives in doing -ties which now confront us. We have to go deeper than something for the country they love. We have to swing merely making munitions of war and getting factories into away from selfish, self-centered, group-concerned, short­ operation, though we must work unitedly, with speed and sighted self-interest, which now unfortunately is blighting -efficiency. We have heard a great deal of talk in this country the soul of this country. I am not talking about other about preserving the gains and profits-social gains and profits people. I am talking about us as a people in which I am 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 13929 included. It is not "they" it is "us," me and you. The building battleships, there is no use building cantonments, fuller life we hear so much about-unfortunately some of there is no use of putting the boys in uniform; if the heart of us seem to have got the notion that the fuller life is not America is not fundamentally sound it is a waste of energy and necessarily a greater soul, greater courage, the greater fit­ effort. This is the job of the American people. I believe it is ness to be free, greater fitness to live, but the notion seems fUndamentally sound, fundamentally patriotic. Some of you to be fuller of gasoline, moving-picture shows, prize fights, may say that I am depending upon sixth-sense stuff and that and things of that sort. Such a people cannot win. It is sort of thing as the background for what I say, but it is not not written in the book of destiny that such a people can true. I am depending upon the facts of life, upon human hold the line against the combined influences of the world nature, upon the history of time, upon the character and that challenge today the right of men to be free. quality of our people, and upon the history of our Government. We have been going along here, doing ·a mighty lot of It is not written in the book of destiny that this people can rilighty big talking considering what we are prepared to win through unless they are first fit to win _through. I will back up. We have cut out the Western Hemisphere as the risk my life on that statement. Only a great people can win area in which we tell everybody to stay out. Did you ever through these times. These are times when the balance think how much territory that is? From the tip of Cape sheet is struck. These are times when civilizations and na­ Horn to the frozen seas of the north, America says to the tions must stand at the bar of judgment and answer under rest of the world, "stay out." the philosophy of the parable of the talents. · Let nobody That is lots of territory. make any mistake about it. ·No President can do this job; . We have to consider this situation as serious grown people Congress cannot do this job; public officials cannot do this and not as a group of children. We are moving fast toward job. This job can be done only by a great people willing to the show-down. We have a notion in this count.ry that make the sacrifice necessary to preserve a free government. there is not going to be any shooting unless we shoot first. Only such a people have a chance to win. We have got time It never seems to have occurred to the average American possibly to prepare to do it, but no time to waste squabbling. that we may be "shootees" in the next shooting. This is We have an opportunity to do that great thing. We have no time to be controlled by a bumptious optimism that does the fascinating privilege, you and I and our people, to stand not rest on any solid foundation of fact. Besides the job throughout the history of the ages as the greatest generation which Mr. Monroe cut out for us with reference to this which up to this time has stood on the earth-stand not hemisphere, we are having something to say about what is proudly but humbly and gratefully. The job is not easy. We happening in every corner of the earth today, in the con­ in this country have been disposed to want to turn back flicts in Europe, in Africa, in Asia-all over the world. I when we confront difficulties. Is not that strange? It is a state this not in criticism but merely as a fact which an strange thing that people who have studied, who understand intelligent people cannot afford to ignore in this world aflame the things on the earth and the plans of nature, are disposed with the passions and the horrors of war, where we are to turn back when they confront di:ffi.culties. Difficulties lie running, so I am advised, 30 percent behind our prepared­ along the road of progress. Difficulties make the road of ness program. In such a situation there is but one business progress. in this country worthy of consideration, and that is our We had a bunch of smart fellows, "top water" thinkers in preparedness for any emergency. Everything we have or this country-would-be leaders-who wanted to turn back can hope for is at stake. when we have been confronted with difficulties. God does If as a people-plain, practical, hard, common-sense peo­ not undertake to prevent people from having difficulties. He ple-we would stop and look at our situation and see our creates difficulties. Overcoming difficulties is the thing that common danger we ·would then have done the first essential makes for progress and develops human beings, that makes thing toward our security. I am not discussing the justifica­ the muscles strong. No football team ever won strength and tion, or lack of it,-of our attitude toward peoples now at war. capacity by fighting weak opposition. No prize fighter ever I am stating the facts of that attitude. Unfortunately in won laurels by fighting a weak opponent. It is only a people discussing our preparedness program we have in effect who are able to win against great difficulties who themselves threatened most of the other people prepared to fight if become great. We either will be greater or we will go down England breaks. in defeat. This Nation, we are almost persuaded, is Nature's I presumed to suggest a formula in the beginning of this reserve in these terrible times. Let me emphasize · this preparedness movement which was that "we move as rapidly thought and develop it a little-it is at least fascinatingly as we could with all our resources to prepare fully as possible interesting: We seem to be, whether by design or command­ to meet every emergency and in the meantime do mighty ment, Nature's great reserve to protect and preserve the little talking with our mouths." That program was not possibilities of men of this age remaining free on the earth. followed. We! We in America are the great nation apparently held by In these controversies between what we call labor and Nature as its reserve force; at least that is our status in this capital that are definitely holding up this program, unfor­ world situation; we are the great ·reserve. What punish­ tunately in some instances, no doubt each one may be trying ment ought to be ours if we of this generation fail; fail the to take advantage of this situation. I am convinced that this hope of the ages; fail the great traditions of a great people has come about in no small degree in many cases because and go down with the rest because we would not prepare to they have not stopped to consider just what our situation is, defend this great democracy-30 percent behind our program, for if this country doeA not win through there will not be fighting for special advantages in the hour of the :r--ation's any social gains for labor to fight over, and if this country danger? I have nothing to say complimentary of the gen­ does not win through there will not be any private property eration of which I am a part. I look around and I see a people for the owners of factories to fight over. That is all there is provided by God Almighty with everything to make them free, to it. We are all in the same boat. My judgment is that happy, prosperous, and contented. No foreign foe has put his the heart of labor, the vast majority, is sound. My judg­ foot on American soil in 100 years; yet we have not been will­ ment is that the heart of the people who own property in this ing to pay the price ourselves for the things which we pro­ country, the vast majority, is sound. I am trying to avoid vided in the current expenses of our Government, even. Now, anything in what I am saying which may have any appear­ think of that. We strut around here, you and me and the ance of partisanship. I am trying to be helpful to my coun­ rest of this generation, talking about what great people try -now. If the heart of our people is not fundamentally Americans are, with all the things we have-food, clothing, sound-! mean if there is not something deep down in the housing, and every facility which a people could have-and heart of the man who works in the mine and the factory and we have not the patriotism and the common sense and the in that of those who own the property that will respond to the governmental capacity to pay for our own current govern­ call of his country, which it is making now in this the most mental expense. Think of that! Yet you strut around here, tragic hour in the history of the ages-there is no use of and now we quarrel and bicker while the security of the 13930 CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-HOUSE DECEMBER 16. Nation is neglected. Justice must be done ainong our people. ing their self-interests, but again demonstrating that ·we are It is our job to see that it is done while the business of the a people who love our country. who love our liberty, deter­ Nation goes forward. That is our job. -mined to prepare to defend it, and willing unitedly to fight to Mr. Speaker, we are not Republicans and Democrats any the death, if necessary, for its preservation. [Applause.] more-not now. We were a few months ago, and we may be EXTENSION OF REMARKS a year from now, but we are not Republicans or Democrats Mr. MUNDT. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the gentleman now. We cannot win as Republicans and Democrats now. from Pennsylvania [Mr. VANZANDT] I ask unanimous consent We cannot win as laboring people and the owners of factories that he may have permission to revise and extend his own now. We can win only as a great, solidified, determined remarks in the RECORD. Ame~ican people, guided by a sense of the greatest responsi­ The SPEAKER pro tempore Chicago district, is back again. pa iotic, to work for national defense, when and only when Mr. CHURCH rose. they receive the wage which they think they should receive? Mr. HOFFMAN. I am glad the gentleman on the majority Does he join with Lee Pressman, general counsel of the C. I. 0., side [Mr. SABATHJ, if I may name him, is back again. The of which Hillman is a vice president, in Pressman's demand gentleman [Mr. CHURCH] who has just risen has been here all that the right to strike on wartime orders shall not be the time, each day, each session. suspended for the duration of the emergency? Mr. SABATH. The gentleman from Dlinois is always here Is Sidney Hillman's demand influenced by his patriotism or when there is anything to be done, any business to be is it influenced by his desire to aid the president of his organi~ transacted. zation, Phil Murray, in his demand that before Ford's men can Mr. HOFFMAN. The gentleman from lllinois [Mr. SABATH] work on the war order they must join the C. I. 0.? Is Sidney is right if he means that the gentleman from Dlinois [Mr. Hillman's demand influenced by the fact that the C. I. 0., of CHURCH] is always here when there is any business to be which he is the vice president, will draw down a million dollars transacted. But the gentleman from lllinois [Mr. SABATH], or more if they can organize Ford? who represents a district which cast but 42,946 votes for the Who is demandibg an election in the Ford plant? The gentleman and his opponent in 1938, has been absent over a C. I. 0., not the Ford employees. When the Ford employees period of weeks. During all of that time there has been busi­ want an election they . can get it by filing a petition. The ness to which this House should have given attention. The C. I. 0. demands that the Ford workers '.'get religion," as they defense program has been delayed. We need legislation to call it, whether they want it. or whether they need it, or speed it up. whether it be a true religion. Come January 1, you get a new Mr. SABA TH. There has been nothing to do. Governor in Michigan. There is good reason to believe that Mr. HOFFMAN. Oh, the ,gentleman is mistaken. His you will see an organizing drive against Ford. Yes; an organ­ Rules Committee and the House itself has a great deal of izing drive. Perhaps a strike. A picket line which will keep work before it, but now that the election is over and the New men from working on a war job. Deal once more securely in office, it seems that the national­ Let the Ford workers determine for themselves what they defense program can drift, the country go deeper into bank­ want. We do not need any more sit-down strikes in Michigan. ruptcy, while vacations continue. Nor do we need imported organizers telling the Ford or any It has been 6 months or more since the President stood other workers what they should have. before this Congress and told us that we were in danger of I notice the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. RANKIN] is invasion by bombers from across the seas. Only yesterday smiling, and I recall that when the organizers came into his or Saturday the head of the Defense Commission, Mr. Knud­ district, into his home town of Tupelo, they were ridden out of sen, told us that we were 30 percent behind the defense pro­ · town on a rail. I know the gentleman from Mississippi does gram and had no prospects of getting anywhere with it un­ not approve of lawlessness in any form. But I wish that some less improvement was made. of the southern Democrats who believe in States' rights Now, I do not know why we have failed, why we are con­ would give us a little more help against those who seek to tinuing to fail to meet the situation. Is it because we are establish themselves as dictators. thoughtless, is it because we do not know how or what to do, Mr. RANKIN. I will tell the gentleman my position when or is it because we are afraid of the organized labor vote, that he gets through. we do not untangle the mess? Here we have Knudsen ap­ Mr. HOFFMAN. When the organizers went to the district proving a contract and the War Department awarding a con­ in Mississippi that the gentleman represents they were run tract covering millions of dollars of defense equipment to out of town. They did not even have free speech. That is Ford, and we have a Sidney Hillman who is on the same Com­ the way they do it down there. · We did not do that. We in mission, who is the president of a great union, who is the vice Michigan are willing to give them an election when the men president of the C. I. 0., demanding that that contract should themselves want it. But what we do say is that there is no not be given to Ford until he complies with the orders of the reason why our Michigan workers should pay tribute to the National Labor Relations Board; a board which has been vig­ C. I. 0. unless they choose to do so. It is strange indeed, if orously condemned by both the A. F. of L. and the C. I. 0., the blessings of the C. I. 0. are so great, that the Ford em­ by businessmen and the public; a board which is thoroughly ployees are too · dumb to accept it; that they prefer their discredited; a board in which the people have no confidence own independent organization. whatever. The courts have held several times that the Board Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? was right and several times that the Board was wrong with Mr. HOFFMAN. I cannot yield just now. reference to its orders against Ford. Do not forget this: Labor itself and the C. I. 0., the C. I. 0. Sidney Hillman has no authority to add penalties to the workers, when the poll was taken by Fortune Magazine, de­ N. L. R. B. and ask the War Department or the Navy Depart­ clared that Ford was the mari who had done the most for ment to enforce them. He has no legislative power. He has labor, the man in all America who was the greatest friend no judicial power. If he wants to hold a brief for and act in of labor. behalf of the C. I. 0. and as its organizing agent, let him get The June 1940 issue of Fortune found that 44.6 percent of off the National Defense Commission and not hold himself ciut American workers believed that John L. Lewis was harmful to as acting for the people as a whole, in the interests of national labor; 18.2 percent believed that William Green, of the A. F. defense, if his true interest lies with the C. I. 0. or the Labor of L., was harmful to labor; 12.3 percent believed that }i'ord . Board. was harmful to labor. Is it more important to Sidney Hillman that he have the In answer to the question, "Which of the three do you

1 privilege of add!ng to the Wagner law a penalty which Cop- believe has on the whole been helpful to labor?" 73.6 percent 1 gress did not put in than it is that the defense program go answered that they believed Ford was. helpful; 49.7 percent ~ forward? That is the purport, the natural effect of his actions believed William Green was helpful; 32.6 percent believed that i and demands. Where does he get the authority to add to a Mr. Lewis was helpful. 13932 . . · CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE DECEMBER 16 On the question· of whether the author of the Wagner bill Mr. SABATH. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield to me was helpful to labor, 51.8 percent voted yes while 42.6 percent to submit a request? voted "Don't know." Mr. RANKIN. Yes; if it is not taken out of my time. On the question of whether Henry Ford was helpful to labor, Mr. SABATH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 51.5 percent of the members of the C. I. 0. voting registered I may have 15 minutes to address the House on Wednesday their judgment that he was. next after the business program of the House for that day Now, into this organization drive of the C. I. 0. comes Phil has been disposed of. Murray, who says he has all the essentials, which means The SPEAKER pro tempore

Hours Gross No. Name Rate Tax Net Thurs­ amount amount day Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday W ~~~es- Total --1------1·------1 Ernest LuihLeleu ___ ------______13 13 21 21 13 13 13 107 $2.50 $267.50 $2.67 $264.83 2 Arthur de 13 13 21 21 13 13 13 107 1.12H 120.38 1. 20 119. 18 3 Jean P. Jones ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 35 122.20 1. 22 120.98 4 John E. Adams ______6 6 11 11 6 6 46 2.00 92.00 .92 91.08 5 Clarence Burks------__ 6 6 11 11 6 6 46 2.00 92.00 . 92 91.08 6 Wallace Kirtley_------6 6 11 11 6 ------40 2. 00 80.00 .80 79.20 7 George I. Decatur______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 104. 00 1.04 102.96 8 Harvey Schutz __ ------_ 6 6 11 11 6 ------40 2.00 80.00 .80 79.20 9 Frank Hart_------6 6 11 11 1 ------35 2. 00 70.00 . 70 69.30 10 LeeS. Griffith ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 35 122. 20 1. 22 120.98 11 Chester A. Hennigar______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 1.04 102.96 12 6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 . 1. 04 102.96 13 ~~~~~~aHiilifi!C~~======6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 1.04 102. 96 14 Robert J affares __------__ 6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 104.00 1.04 102.96 15 Charles X. Clark ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 104.00 1.04 102.96 16 Claude H. BishoP------6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 1. 04 102.96 17 William Evelly ------6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 35 122.20 1. 22 120.98 18 Augustus Gibbons ______6 6 11 11 6 6 46 2.00 92.00 . 92 91.08 19 John W. Sanderson ______6 6 11 11 6 6 46 2. 00 92. 00 . 92 91.08 20 Ed. L. Smith ______6 6 11 11 6 6 46 2. 00 92.00 . 92 91.08 21 Brawlie Stinson_------6 6 8 11 6 6 43 2.00 86.00 .86 85.14 22 John J. Hull ______6 6 11 11 6 6 46 2. 00 92. 00 . 92 91.08 23 Joseph Gervais ______6 11 11 6 6 46 2.00 92.()0 . 92 91.08 24 Ray B. Hanus ______6 11 11 3 6 37 2.35 86.95 . 87 86.08 25 John D . Jenkins ______6 11 11 3 6 37 2.00 74.00 . 74 73.26 26 James B. Wilson ______6 11 11 3 6 37 2.00 74.00 . 74 73.26 27 James C. Turner_------6 11 11 3 6 37 2.00 74.00 . 74 73.26 28 Samuel Edginton ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 104.00 1. 04 102.96 29 William L. Wilson_------6 11 11 3 6 37 2.00 74.00 . 74 73.26 30 ------6------31 James C. Harris ______6 6 11 11 6 6 52 2. 35 122. 20 1.22 ----120~98 32 Henry Finch ____ ------6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 1.04 102.96 33 6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 104.00 1.04 102.96 34 ¥~~~s'dr~~~h~=~------~======6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 104.00 1.04 102.96 35 Leo Valintine ____ ------6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 104.00 1.04 102.96 36 Cornelius C. Hanley __ ------6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 104.00 1.04 102.96 37 Archie B. Northrop_------6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104. 00 1.04 102.96 38 James F. Roundtree ______6 6 11 11 6 ------40 2. 35 94.00 .94 93.06 39 Walter Reus ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 1. 04 102.96 40 Dewey Moffett_ __ ------6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 1.04 102.96 41 Elmer T. Newman______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 1.04 102.96 42 Leroy A. Hopgood_------6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 1.04 102.96 43 Charles J. Phillips ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 104.00 1.04 102.96 44 Edward W. Schultz ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 1.04 102.96 45 Edward Stewart ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 35 122. 20 1. 22 120.98 46 Harvey L. Kesterson ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 104.00 1.04 102.96 47 Walter C. Payne ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 1.04 102.96 48 Richard N. Ames __ ------6 6 11 11 6 ------40 2. 00 80.00 .80 79.20 49 Charles P. Holland ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 1.04 102.96 50 Edward Bannon ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 1. 04 102.96 51 Dewey C. Walters ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 104.00 1.04 102.96 52 Ernest D. Lewis ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 104. 00 1.04 102.96 53 Samuel Ehilick ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104. 00 1.04 102.96 54 Raymond C. Bailey______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2.00 104.00 1.04 102.96 55 Thomas Weir ____ ------6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 104.00 1. 04 102.96 56 James W. Stoddard ______------11 1 ------12 2,00 24.00 . 24 23.76 57 PaulBenjamin Terry K._ ____ Jones ----- __ -______------11 1 ------12 2.00 24.00 . 24 23.76 58 Francis J. Stanton ______------6 6 6 18 2. 00 36.00 0 36 35.64 59 ------8 8 16 1.62 ~ 26.00 . 26 25.74 60 Hursbell A. Anderson ______8 8 16 1.62~ 26.00 . 26 25.74 61 Hru:old Hensley ___ ------6 6 1.62~ 9. 75 .10 9. 65 Gerald F. Durant______------62 John W. McRoe ______------11 11 6 6 6 40 2.00 80.00 .80 79.20 63 ------11 11 6 6 6 40 2. 00 80. 00 .80 79.20 64 Edward Downey------6 11 11 6 6 6 46 2. 00 92.00 0 92 91.08 I '65 Andrew Webdale ______6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 2. 00 . 104. 00 1. 04 66 John Byers __ ------6 6 11 11 6 6 46 2. 00 92.00 0 92 18~: g~ : 67 - ~ ------68 Edward Bowie __ ------6 11 11 6 6 6 46 1.15 52.90 0 53 52.37

69 6 6 11 11 0 ErnestFrancis C. Slattery Wallace __ ------______------6 6 6 52 1. 15 59.80 60 59.20 70 6 6 11 11 6 6 6 52 1.15 59.80 0 60 59.20 ------TotaL ____ ------7 ------·------3,181 ------6, 298.08 62.97 0, 235.11 13936 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE DECEMBER 16

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, of December 1940; that no rebates or deductions have been directly OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR, or indirectly made; and that to th.e best of my knowledge and belief Washington, October 7, 1940. there exists no agreement or understanding with any person em­ Mr. DAVID LYNN, ployed on the project, or any person whatsoever, pursuant to which Architect of the Capitol, Wash!ngton, D . C. it is contemplated that I or anyone else shall, ctrrectly or indirectly, DEAR MR. LYNN: Pursuant to your request of recent date for wage by force, intimidation, threat, or otherwise, induce or receive any predetermination under the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (act of deduction or rebates in any manner whatsoever from any sum paid August 30, 1935, 49 Stat. 1011, U. S. C., title 40, sec. 276 (a)), with or to be paid to any person at any time for labor performed or to be respect to a contract for the construction of 1941 inaugural stands performed under the contract for the above-named project. at Washington, D. C., I transmit herewith the decision of the Secre­ JAMES R. SKINKER. tary of Labor. Signed and .sworn to before me this 12th day of December 1940. Very truly yours, ROBERT J. ALLEN, CHARLES D. PENNEBAKER, Notary Public, District of CoZumbia. Chief Reviewing Attorney. G. W. Martin ______Superintendent_ __ 8 8 8 8 8 40 $1. 75 $70. 00 J. W. Clayton_ ____ Carpenter ______8 8 8 8 8 40 1.62~ 65.00 OcTOBER 7, 1940. F. W. Sangster ______do ______8 8 8 7~ 8 39 ~ 1. 62~ 64.19 W. Pitner ______do ______8 8 8 7~ 8 39~ 1. 62 ~ 64. 19 DECISION OF THE SECRETARY A. Helphenstine ______do ______8 8 8 ~ 8 39~ 1. 62~ 64. 19 This case is before the Department of Labor pursuant to a re­ V. E. DuvalL ______do ______8 8 8 8 8 40 1.62~ 65. 00 quest of recent date by the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, J. E. Daniels.______do ______8 8 8 8 8 40 1.62 ~ 65.00 for wage predetermination under the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended L.E.Brown ______do ______.; ____ 8 8 8 8 8 40 1.62~ 65.00 R. W. Brigm en, Jr ______do ______4~ ------6 8 18~ 1. 62~ 30. 06 (act of August 30, 1935, 49 Stat. 1011, U.S. C., title 40, sec. 276 (a)), E. C. Richardson ______do ______8 8 8 7~ 8 39 ~ 1. 62~ 64.19 with respect to a contract for the construction of 1941 inaugural E. F. Lawson ______do ______8 8 8 7~ 8 39~ 1. 62~ 64. 19 stands at Washington, D. C. . N.C. Robinson ______do ______8 8 8 8 8 40 1.62~ 65. 00 In accordance with the terms of the regulations promulgated G. J ones ______do ______8 8 8 8 8 40 1. 62~ 65. 00 C. Gardner ______do ______8 8 8____ 8 32 1. 62~ 52. 00 by the Secretary of Labor (Regulation 503, dated September 30, A. Hon11:elL ______do ______.______3 3 1. 62 ~ 4. 88 1935), a study has been made of wage conditions in the locality on R. L. Sykes ______do ______8 8 8 8 8 32 1. 62~ 52.00 the basis of the data submitted by the Office of the Architect of the Capitol and other information assembled by the Depart­ ment of Labor. The following are hereby found to be the pre- ~u~?.Pc~y======S. Stokes_------Labor= =~~======er ______6~ =~--2 ___-~_= 8======~~ 8 24~ i . ~80 ~ 19~:. ~60 A. Sullivan ______do ______8 8 8 8 8 40 . 80 32. 00 vailing rates of wages for the requested crafts: · R. Bynum ______do ______8 8 8 ____ . 8 32 . 80 25. 60 Per hour Carpenters, journeymen______$1. 62¥2 Y. J. Gassaway ______do ______8 8 8---- 8 32 . 80 25. 60 Carpenters' apprentices: 1 First year------.60 Less s:fc~~~~-ecuriiy~======::::=::::=:::::::::::::::::=--- ~======• ~~: ~~ Second year------. 81 ~ Total------1, 051. 07 Third year ------. 977'2 Fourth year·------1.30 ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST FLIGHT BY WRIGHT BROTHERS Laborers------.80 Ornameflltal iron workers------~------2. 00 Mr. RANDOLPH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent Ornamental-iron workers' apprentices______1. 15 to address the House for 2 minutes. Painters------1 . 57~ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the re­ Painters, apprentices: · Per week Frrst 6 months______$14.00 quest of the gentleman from West Virginia? Second 6 months------17.00 There was no objection. Third 6 months------20.00 Mr. RANDOLPH. Mr. Speaker, had this House been in Fourth 6 monthS------23 . 00 session tomorrow, it was my purpose to call attention at some Fifth 6 monthS------26. 00 Sixth 6 months------29.00 length to the achievement with its_implications of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, N. C., on December 17, 1903. On Roofers, composition: Perhou.r · Frrst hand------$1. 45 that date they successfully completed the first :flight in a Second hand------1.15 heavier-than-air power-driven machine. We know it today Third hand------. 95 as the modern airplane. I think it proper and fitting this Kettlemen ------. 95 Sheet-metal workers------1.6272 year that the President of the United States has designated this anniversary of the flight of the Wright brothers as Pan­ · Sheet-metal workers' apprentices: First year: Frrst half, 35 percent; 5econd half, 40 per­ American Aviation Day. Certain it is incumbent upon this cent. country that increasingly we think in terms of a closer eco­ Second year: First half, 45 percent; second half, 50 per­ nomic and cultural relationship with the Latin-American cent. Thud year: First half, 55 percent; second half, 60 per- republics and those neighbors of ours--not enemies-who live cent. · to the south of us. Civil aviation can do much to foster a Fourth year: First half, 70 percent; second half, 80 per- better understanding between our American republics. cent. Mr. COCHRAN. Will the gentleman yield? Structural nonworkers------2.00 Structural ironworkers' apprentices------1. 15 Mr. RANDOLPH. I yield to the gentleman. Truck drivers (dump): Mr. COCHRAN. I understand the gentleman is well ac­ 2 tons or less------. 70 quainted with Mr. Orville Wright. I was wondering if some­ Over 2 tons------.80 Truck drivers (heavy hauling flat trucks)------1. 00 things could not be done to prevail upon him to bring that Truck drivers (heavy hauling flat trucks), helpers______.75 plane back here from England. It belongs here. It does not Truck drivers (light delivery trucks), l?lz tons or less______. 50 belong in England. The flight was made here. That mis­ In accordance with the provisions of the said Davis-Bacon Act, as understanding between Mr. Wright and the Smithsonian amended, these are the minimum wages to be inserted in the adver­ tised specifications for said contract, and any class of laborers and Institution should not prevent him from bringing that plane mechanics not listed in the preceding paragraph, which will be back to this country. I understand that when he did take employed on this contract, shall be classified or reclassified conform­ it over there it was with the distinct understanding that he ably to the foregoing schedule. In the event the interested parties could bring it back if so desired. cannot agree on the proper classification or reclassification of a par­ ticular class of laborers and mechanics to be used, the question, Mr. RANDOLPH. I thank the gentleman from Missouri accompanied by the recommendation of the contracting officer, shall for his contribution. I have long admired Orville Wright and be referred to the Secretary of Laoor for final determination. have studied the work he and his brother did for early avia­ By direction of the Secretary of Labor: tion. I may say that there is a sentiment now to see if proper contacts cannot be made to bring this plane back to the WASIDNGTON, United States. District of Columbia, ss :· I, James R. Sk1nker, do hereby certify that I am partner of Skinker In that connection I would like to say that ·on the sands & Garrett who supervised the payment of the employees of Skink.er of Kitty Hawk or above them, 37 years ago tomorrow, Wilbur & Garrett; that the attached pay roll is a true and accurate report Wright made four flights about 120 feet in length and then of the full weekly wages due and paid each person employed by the Orville Wright made a flight of about 859 feet in 59 seconds. said contractor for the construction of stands for the 1941 inaugura­ tion at the east front of the United States Capitol for the weekly These young men led the way. Certainly we are seeing today pay-roll period from the 5th day of December 1940 to the 11th day the use of the airplane diverted from constructive efforts to 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 13937 destructive efforts. I only hope for the time when civil suggested as limits beyond which man could not fly, yet one by one these speed limits have been equaled and surpassed until the aviation will reach its real heights. Certainly :flight orders velocity of :Hight approaches the speed of sound. for aviation, not for .a world gone wild, but to a day when Today man crosses the Atlantic Ocean in a passenger plane in less peace will come again, is onward and upward. I do trust than the time it took to travel by rail from Boston to Washington, that this country will pay its proper respect to those who D. C., when the airplane industry was in its infancy. And the world is encircled by 5 men in an airplane in 3 days, 19 hours, and 8 min­ have led in this endeavor. utes, or 1 hour and 38 minutes less than the fastest crossing of the Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? Atlantic by a great ocean liner capable of developing 200,000 Mr. RANDOLPH. I yield. horsepower. · Beginning with the first historic :flights of the Wright brothers in Mr. COCHRAN. I may say to the gentleman that I had 1903, great epoch-making achievements in the field of aviation are the pleasure of meeting the telegraph operator who sent the recorded below. mes:;;age to the Press Association that this successful :flight SOME FAMOUS AVIATION FIRSTS had been made. They refused to accept it. They wanted First heavier-than-air engine-driven :flights: Orville and Wilbur confirmation. They could. not believe that the flight had Wright, 4 :flights of 120 feet or more at Kitty Hawk, N. C., December been successfully made. It is a very interesting story, and 17, 1903. Wilbur Wright fiew 852 feet in 59 seconds. First officially recorded :Hight: Orville Wright, 11.12 miles in 18 that monument down there to the Wright brothers is some­ minutes, 9 seconds, at Dayton, Ohio, September 26, 1905. thing all Americans should see. First airplane :Hight across the English Channel: Louis Bleriot, 32 Mr. RANDOLPH. Certainly. In the fifteenth century miles, in 37 minutes, July 25, 1909. First airplane · accepted by the United States War Department: Leonardo da Vinci was dreaming of :flying. Men all over Wright brothers' plane, July 30, 1909. · the world have been dreaming of it down through the cen­ Historic cross-country :Hight, Albany to New York: Glenn H. turies. With us today there is an obligation to make the Curtiss, 143 miles in 2 hours, 51 minutes, May 29, 1910. fullest use of the forces of aviation in a peaceful world, not a First major airplane altitude record: A. Hoxsie, 11,474 feet, San Francisco, December 26, 1910. world war crazed and falling apart. [Applause.] First regular air-mail service in the United States: Established Mr. Speaker, I believe the following article by Freeman May 15, 1918, between Washington, D. C., and New York. Cleaves, appearing in Air Youth Horizons for December, is First nonstop flight, Chicago to New York: Capt. E. F. White, 727 most interesting. I quote the article in full: miles, April 19, 1919. First trans-Atlantic flight, Newfoundland to England, via the FAMOUS FIRSTS IN AVIATION Azores: Lt. Commander A. C. Read, United States Navy, in :Hying boat (By Freeman Cleaves) NC-4, 3,925 miles, May 16-27, 1919. First nonstop trans-Atlantic fiight: Capt. JohJ?. Alcock and Lt. For five centuries and more man endeavored to harness and Arthur Brown, of England, from St. John's, Newfoundland, to control forces · of gravity, lift, thrust, and drag in learning to fiy. Clifden, Ireland, 1,980 miles, June 14-15, 1919. During this long period of groping after discovery no notable First lighter-than-air trans-Atlantic nonstop :Hight: British dirig.,. achievement in the field of aviation was ever made without years of ible R-34, Scotland to Mineola, N. Y., 3,310 miles, in 108 hours, 12 experiment and the testing of aerial forces with various types of minutes, July 2-6, 1919. Return trip, 3,200 miles in 74 hours, 56 model planes. In the early stages of man's attempt to conquer the minutes. July 9-12, 1919. · · · air these experiments were confined to trial-and-error methods, . First nonstop transcontinental :Hight: Lieutenants Oakley Kelly since little was known concerning the laws governing :Hight. Today and John A. Macready, United States Army, New. York to San Diego, we build airplane models for three purposes-as a hobby and sport, .Calif., 2,516 miles, in 26 hours 50 minutes, May 2-3, 1923. as an educational aid, and for experiment and research looking First round-the-world :Hight: Two United States Douglas biplanes, toward the future. starting at Seattle, distance fiown 26,345 miles, in 363 :Hying-hours, · As long ago as the fifteenth century the first model aircraft was April 6-September 28, 1924. 'constructed by Leonardo da Vinci, famous Italian artist and First nonstop flight, Germany to New Jersey: . German dJrigible sculptor, who studied the anatomy and :Hight of birds. The idea SR-3 (rechristened the Los Angeles), 5,066 miles, in 81 hours, 17 of patterning man-made :Hight after winged birds continued to minutes, October 12-15, 1924. infiuence inventors for centuries. In 1678 a French locksmith First :flights over North Pole: Lt. Comdr. Richard :S. Byrd·, United ·named Besnier either fiew or was wafted a short distance by means States Navy, and Floyd Bennett, from Spitzbergen to the North Pole ·of a glider propelled by great :Happing wings. Nearly a ·century and return, May 9, 1926. On May 11-14 the Amundsen-Ellsworth­ -later the first model aircraft ever to fiy was constructed by Sir Nobile Expedition fiew the semirigid dirigible Norge from Spitz· George Cayley, of England. Cayley's model had two propellers of bergen over the North Pole, thence to Point Barrow, Alaska. · -cork and feathers, with a bent whalebone and propeller shaft First solo nonstop trans-Atlantic :Hight: Col. Charles A. Lind­ ·supplying the necessary power. John Stringfellow, of England, and ' bergh, New York to Paris, 3,610 Iniles, in 33 hours 39 minutes, May Alphonse Penaud, a Frenchman, later invented several beautiful 2Q-21, 1927. . :Hying and soaring models. In 1848 Stringfellow built the first First nonstop :Hight, Canada to Cuba: Capt. George Haldeman, model airplane, powered by a st!'lam engine, ever to fiy. In 1871, from Walkerville to Habana, 1,404 miles, in 12 hours 56 minutes, one of Penaud's models, a monoplane weighing less than an ounce February 23, 1929. . and powered by a rubber bana, fiew 131 feet -in 11 seconds. Notable transcontinental flight: Capt. Frank Ha.wkes, Roosevelt A number of unsuccessful attempts to fiy full-scale airplanes Field, Long Island, to Los Angeles and return, breaking e~istin~ east­ followed. One of the most famous was that of Clement Ader, of west and west-east transc.ontinental records. Total fl.ymg tlme 36 France, who, -in 1897, hopped off in a ·monoplane driven by two hours 46 minutes 48 seconds, June 27-29, 1929. 20-horsepower engines. Witnesses disputed whether t~e plane left the ground under its own power or was lifted by the wmd. In any First dirigible round-the-world fiight: Graf Zeppelin, German dirigible, encircled globe in 21 days 7 hours 34 minutes, dist~nce event, the plane crashed upon landing, was patched up, and placed 19,000 miles, in 9 days 20 hours 23 minutes, actual :Hying trme, in a museum. August 8-29, 1929. Otto Lilienthal in Germany, Perry S. Pilcher in England, Prof. First blind solo :Hight: Lt; James H. Doolittle (:Hying and land­ . s. P. Langley, Octave Chanute, and the Wright brothers in America ing entirely by instrument), September 24, 1929. further advanced upon the studies of Stringfellow and Ader. The First :Hight over South Pole: Commander Richard E. Byrd and two Europeans fiew several successful man-carrying gliders. Lang­ crew of three, Antarctic base to South Pole and return, 1,600 miles, ley operated an ingenious motor-driven model monoplane and in 15 hours 51 minutes, November 28-29, 1929. finally built a full-scale replica, which was considered the h~ight_ of engineering development. Charles M. Manly, of Cornell Uruvers1ty, First solo round-the-world :Hight: Wiley Post, New York to New constructed an efficient and powerful naphtha engine for the Lang­ York, via Germany, Russia, and Alaska, 15,596 miles, in 7 days, July ley plane. Two trial :flights ended in failure, however, the machine 15-22, 1933. . . being partly wrecked on December 8, 1903, when the launching Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend mechanism failed, collapsing the rear wing. · Meantime two obscure bicycle manufacturers, Wilbur and Orville my remarks and to insert therein certain material pertinent Wright, had been studying the forces of lift and drag while experi­ to the subject. menting with model planes in a wind tunnel at Dayton, Ohio. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, it is so They also made careful studies of all previous tests made by other inventors. Much of the data at hand they found inaccurate. They ordered. made their own man-carrying gliders and finally their own airplane, There was no objection. in which four successful trial :flights were made on December 17, 1903, only 9 days following Professor Langley's failure. Newspapers EXTENSION OF -REI\'IARKS throughout the cCi>untry were still deriding Langley when Orville Mr. SPARKMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent Wright fiew 120 feet in 20 seconds and his brother Wilbur fiew 852 feet in 59 seconds at Kitty Hawk, N. C. to extend my own remarks in the RECORD, and to include The years have been few since this long pioneering era, yet within therein an address by Mr. I. W. Duggan before the American less than half a century man's achievements in the air have far Farm Bureau Federation. surpassed the wildest :flights of imagination. Those who scoffed at The SPEAKER ~ro tempore. Without objection, it is so . Professor Langley and the Wright brothers would not later believe that man could ever conquer the English Channel by air, not to ordered. mention the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Various speeds have been There was no objection. 13938 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE DECEMBER 18 Mr. SPARKMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent H. R. 10730. A bill for the relief of Edgar H. Ingham; to the that my colleague the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. JAR­ Committee on Claims. MAN] may extend his own remarks in the RECORD on two H. R.10731. A bill for the relief of· J. H. Redding, Inc.; to different matters and to include therein certain tables. the Committee on Claims. . The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, it is so H. R.10732. A bill for the relief of Ervine J. Stenson; to the ordered. Committee on Claims. There was no objection. H. R. 10733. A bill for the relief of Addie Myers; to the Com­ Mr. HOFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to mittee on Claims. extend my own remarks in the RECORD. By Mr. MACIEJEWSKI: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, it is so H. R.10734. A bill for the relief of Anton Nemec; to the ordered. Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. There was no objection. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION REFERRED PETITIONS, ETC. A joint resolution of the Senate of the following title was taken from the Speaker's table and, under the rule, referred Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid as follows: on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: S. J. Res. 307. Joint resolution vesting the chairman of the 9408. By Mr. ENGLEBRIGHT: Senate Joint Resolution Inaugural Committee with authority to determine the loca­ No. 2, relative to purchases of woolen materials and products tion of stands along the inaugural parade route; to the Com­ for national-defense program; to the Committee on Military mittee on the District of Columbia. Affairs. 9409. By Mr. KRAMER: Resolution of the California SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED State Firemen's Association, urging the appropriation of. The SPEAKER pro tempore announced his signature to an sufficient funds for the United States Forestry Service so enrolled joint resolution of the Senate of the following title: that the forests of the United States and the natural re­ S. J. Res. 302. Joint resolution authorizing the President to sources of the country may be protected and preserved; to invite foreign countries to participate in the Pan American the Committee on Agriculture. Cotton Congress. 9410. Also, resolution of the California State Firemen's BILL PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT Association urging the adoption of amendments to the Mr. PARSONS, fro:rn the Committee on Enrolled Bills, re­ present Federal laws making it mandatory to deport or expel ported that that committee did on Thursday, December 12, any alien from the United States who does not avail himself 1940, present to the President, for his approval, a bill of the of the right of citizenship within a specified time; to the House of the following title: Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. H. R. 658. An act for the relief of the estate of Dr. B. L. 9411. By Mr. STEARNS of New Hampshire: Petition of Pursifull, Grace Pursifull, Eugene Pursifull, Ralph Pursifull, Rev. William M. Kittredge, of Antrim, N. H., and 42 others, Bobby Pursifull, and Dora Little. urging all possible aid to Britain short of war; opposition to American intervention in the European and Asiatic wars; ADJOURNMENT and the strengthening of our own defenses; to the Com­ Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now mittee on Foreign Affairs. adjourn. 9412. By the SPEAKER: Petition of the Daughters of The motio;n was agreed to; accordingly