1930 Congressional Record

1930 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE ~069 court has held with that contention, but that is the contention HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that has been made before some of the courts. The Supreme Court of the United States did not pass on the FRIDAY, Feb1'1.14ry ~1, 1930 question at all as presented by Mr. Hughes in the district court The House met at 12 o'clock noon and w~J,s called to order by pf appeals, and the district court of appeals, in deciding the the Speaker pro tempore, Mr. TIL-soN. case, waived that matter aside and placed its decision on the The Chaplain, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., offered basis of public interest. So far as I know it has not been passed the following prayer : on, except that the Federal courts in Illinois have declared c.gainst it. The matter is coming to the Supreme Court by Our Father, little by little show us the beauty of Thy truth. reference from one of the Federal courts in Illinois on a Lighten our eyes and help us to read Thy presence in our glad constitutional question of confiscation of property rights in ness and in our sorrow. 0 bless us with the patient, cheerful, the air, and that question will probably be passed on by the and healing ways of Thy Holy Spirit. 0 Lord, take the mys Supreme Court within the coming year. teries of our hearts, the spiritual forces that breathe them, the Mr. WHEELER. Mr. President, I am not going to press the hidden desires that impel them, and drop into them the pure point that Mr. Saltzman be rejected at the present time, par dews of a gqod life. Bless the common hopes that bind us to ticularly because of the understanding that when Mr. Robinson gether, and in the stress and strain of duty may we never lose and Mr. Sykes were appointed there was a general feeling on the comradeship of Him who is destined to become the center both sides that we should let them be confirmed. of the world's night. Give us the benediction of that peace t wanted to call attention to how the commission has been which rests and radiates in the silent stars. Through Christ functioning and the way they have been selecting their help to our Saviour. Amen. perform their functions. I feel very keenly that the commis The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and sioners should not just pick out politicians to head the legal approved. staff, but that they ought to be guided by the competency of MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE the men, and pick out men who know something about the sub ject with which they are to deal. A message from the Senate by Mr. Craven, its principal clerk, Mr. President, I am not going to ask that Mr. Saltzman be announced that the Senate had passed a bill of the following rejected, but, having explained my position with reference to title, in which the concurrence of the House is requested: his nomination and his attitude on some of these things and S. 875. An act authorizing 0. N. Jenks, F. J. Stransky, L. H. my feeling that there ought to be a stop put to this interference Miles, John Grandy, and Bruce Machen, their heirs, legal repre by Mr. Richey in appointments affecting this commission and sentatives, and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate 8 some of the others, I am going to withdraw any objection and bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Savanna, Ill. permit the nomination to be acted on at this time without even ADDRESS BY HON. WILLIAM E. HULL a roll call. Mr. HALL of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent Mr. COUZENS. I move that the nomination of Charles McK. to extend my remarks in the RECORD by inserting a patriotic Saltzman be confirmed. address by my colleague [Mr. WILLIAM E. HuLL] in support of The motion was agreed to. legislation in behalf of ex-service men before the American The VICE PRESIDENT. The President will be notified. Legion post in Washington, D. C., February 18, 1930. The next question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the re the nomination of Harold A. Lafount, of Utah, to be a member quest of the gentleman from Illinois? of the Federal Radio Commission for a term of five years from There was no objection. February 24, 1930? The address is as follows: Mr. COUZENS. I move that the nomination be confirmed. LEGISLATION IN BEHALF' OF' EX-SERVICE MEN The motion was agreed to. I meet with your post to-night, not as a Representative in Congress The VICE PRESIDENT. The President will be notified. but as the son of a soldier. It is a pleasure, indeed, to speak to the The next question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to World War veterans. The Government is not unmindful of the debt of the nomination of William D. L. Starbuck, of Connecticut, to be gratitude they owe the men who crossed the sea and followed the flag a member of the Federal Radio Commission for a term of four to victory. Neither is the Government forgetting the service of those years from F'ebruary 24, 1930? whose fate it was to remain on this side of the water. You were all Mr. WATSON. Mr. President, I want to ask my good friend soldiers. the Senator from Montana if he will not withdraw his objection I meet daily with men on Capitol Hill who have the power to pass to this nomination? legislation favorable to you and your comrades. I can truthfully say Mr. WHEELER. I will say to the Senator that I would like that, in my opinion, out of the 435 Members of the House, not one, very much to accommodate him, but I have been given some regardless of politics, would vote against a measure to help the soldiers. information to-day which I would like to have an opportunity Some of the Legion feel that they would fare better if Congress were to look into, and I will do so by Monday. Unless by that time made up of their own members. In the natural course the time will I find the situation is different from what I think it is at the come when a large majority of the Members of Congress will have seen present time, I will not have any objection on Monday. service in the Army during the late war, and they will then have an RECESS opportunity to demonstrate this theory. But when that time arrives I doubt whether you will have then a Congress as eager to serve the Mr. WATSON. Mr. President, as in legislative session, I move soldier as sincerely and as regardless of circumstances as the Congress that the Senate now take a recess, the recess being until to now in session on Capitol Hill. morrow morning at 11 o'clock. It is true that some legislation already passed was not as helpful to The motion was agreed to; and the Senate (at 5 o'clock p.m.), the soldier as it was intended. But a willing Congress will help secure under the order previously entered, took a recess until to-mor additional legislation for the soldier. row, Saturday, February 22, 1930, at 11 o'clock a. m. I am one of those who told the boys when they went overseas that if they did a good job we would be ready to take care of them when CONFIRMATIONS they came back home. History recalls how well they did that job, and I am ready to stand b:9' the promise made in that patriotic hour. Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate February U 1 have not forgotten the pride and enthusiasm that we all felt as our (legislative day of January 6), 1930 bOys charged through Belleau Wood and on to victory and accomplished MEMBEBS OF THE FEDERAL RADIO COMMISSION in a few months, by their bravery and daring, what the great military leaders of the world thought would take from two to three years. Ira E. Robinson, for a term of two years. You can recall the enormous sum the war was costing us in dollars Eugene 0. Sykes, for a term of three years. and cents each day, to say nothing about the great loss of human life, Harold A. Lafount, for a term of :five years. but it is almost impossible to visualize the sum it would have taken to Charles McK. Saltzman, for a term of six years. have carried the war along two or three additional years, and there is COAST GUARD no question but what that bill would have been paid. The total amount that we will ever pay for the relief of our soldier boys and their de· Henry G. Hemingway to be commander. pendents will never in any way equal this tremendous sum. Thaddeus G. Crapster to be captain. There is some talk of postponing additional legislation for the relief Jeremiah A. Starr to be commander. of the World War soldier to some later date, but I, for one, stand ready PosTMASTER to vote at this time for a bill to provide for the sick and crippled soldier, regardless as to whether he received his disability in actual TENNESSEE service or not, so that he and his dependents may enjoy the necessities Thomas M. Boyd, Bruceton. of life in a manner becoming a soldier of this great Government.

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