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118 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 13 citizens of Massachusetts, advocating enact­ 1109. By Mr. MILLER of Maryland: Peti­ which is good for humanity, and thus ment of universal military training; to the tion of 85 citizens of Snow Hill, Md., in sup­ keep America strong and courageous, Committee on Armed Services. port of S. 265, a. bill to prohibit the trans­ 1093. By Mr. JENKINS of Pennsylvania: portation of alcoholic-beverage advertising that she may fulfill her assigned des­ Petition of K. McNally, legislative chairman in interstate commerce and the broadcasting tiny. In every crisis of our country, of the Auxiliary, No. 592, of alcoholic-beverage advertising over the vouchsafe to make us free from weak­ White Haven, Pa., containing the signatures radio; to the Committee on Interstate and ness and uncertainty, and constrain us of 62 residents of White Haven, urging the Foreign Commerce. to do the right in all ministries of Chris­ enactment during the Eightieth Congress of 1110. By Mr. PATMAN: Petition of M. L. tian service. 0 give our land a release legislation establishing a system of universal Johnson, Jr., Texarkana, Tex., and a num­ from the confusion of tongues, and to military training, as recommended by the ber of other people, urging the Eightieth all doubting ones send the challenge President's Advisory Commission on Uni­ Congress to support and vote for legislation versal Training; to the Committee on Armed establishing a system of universal military that in the encroachment of any pagan Services. training, as recommended by the President's philosophy America is in the hands of 1094. Also, petition of 43 residents of Advisory Commission on Universal Training; a good God. Through Jesus Christ our Wilkes-Barre, Pa., urging the enactment of to the Committee on Armed Services. Lord. Amen. legislation esta-blishing a system of universal 1111. Also, petition of Mrs. Bruce Bland, military training, as recommended by the Clarksville, Tex., and a number of other peo­ The Journal of the proceedings of yes­ President's Advisory Commission on Uni­ ple, urging the Eightieth Congress to support terday was read and approved. versal Training; to the Committee on Armed and vote for legislation establishing a system AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF WAR Services. of universal military training, as recom­ 1095. Also, petition of Black Diamond Post, mended by the President's Advisory Commis- Mr. ALLEN of Illinois, from the Com­ No. 395, American Legion, Kingston, Pa., urg­ . sian on Universal Training; to the Commit­ mittee on Rules, reported the following ing enactment of legislation establishing a. tee on Armed Services. privileged resolution

• 136 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 13 other members of the subcommittee to I will not discuss .the constitutional meeting in Milan, have decided on a which this bill was referred. questions raised during the consideration Communist uprising in April for the pur­ The Phelps-Dodge decision brought to of these amendments. Suffice for me to pose of setting up an independent popu­ an end an important protective public say that I am confident that the Con­ lar republic in north Italy unless Moscow service that has been carried. out for 40 gress wishes to go as far as constitution­ gives a counter order. years under the present law and the ally permissible in protecting the Amer­ Top Communist leaders from all parts original Food and Drug Act of 1906. ican consumer. There is certainly ample of Europe have been attending a con­ The hearings on the subject matter of authoritative precedent for these amend­ gress of the Italian Communist Party in this legislation were held during the last ments, both within and without. the Pure Milan. It is reported that Palmira Tog­ session on H. R. 3128 and H. R. 3147. Food and Drug Act. · liatti, head of the Italian Communists, Those bills proposed to amend only sec­ S2ction 301 (k) of the act now pro­ informed a small circle of top Commu­ tion 304 (a). It was after the introduc­ hibits "the .alteration, mutilation, de­ nists that a new regime could be set up tion of those bills that the decision in struction, obliteration, or removal of the at Milan within 6 days and that Russia the so-called Sullivan case was rendered. whole, or any part of the labeling of, or would give it unlimited support. As a result of that decision and discus­ the doing of any other act with respect I have thought for some time that a sion during the hearings, your commit ... to a food, drug, device, or cosmetic, if serious attempt would be made by the tee .decided on the advisability of intro­ ..mch act is done while such article is held Communists in the early spring of this ducing the bill here reported amending for sale after shipment in interstate year to capture the governments of both sections 301 (k) and 304 (a). commerce and results in such article be­ France and Italy by internal force. The The testimony before the committee, ing misbranded." strik~s and riots of last December were, including testimony of representatives Our proposed amendment to section I believe, only a forerunner of what we of the food and drug industry, was over­ 304 (a) gives the seizure law precisely may expect. Serious strikes in Italy at whelmingly in favor of the legislation on the same jurisdiction as that which Con­ this very moment are the cause of great which the hearings were held. We feel · gress gave to the misbranding law in concern. satisfied that there will be no substan­ section 301 (k) in 1938. To disapprove Mr. Chairman, we must address our­ tial opposition to· the further changes this amendment is to argue that the selves not only to the economic recovery made by the bill now before. us. protection of · the purity of food is less of Europe, not only to an effective, ener­ The enactment of the proposed important than the honest labeling of getic, and resourceful information pro­ amendments will not have the effect of food. · gram, but also to the problem of some­ excluding State authority. The Federal We find precedent for this amendment how bolstering the police in these coun­ Food and Drug Administration has outside the act in two · supplemental tries in order that they shall not become worked cooperatively with the several enactments by Congress. The first is the police states. This is the responsibility States and these amendments should Seed Act of 1912, as amended in 1926, of the administration. We must help to not disturb that excellent relationship. which provides that ·misbranded seed preserve these bastions of liberty against The Federal Food and Drug Administra­ shall be liable to a Government seizure the onslaughts of Red fascism. tion presents us with an excellent ex­ proceeding if it is being, first, transported Communist domination would jeopard­ ample of the good results that can. flow in interstate commerce; or, second, held ize the Eun~pean recovery program, the from proper cooperation between Fed­ for sale or exchange after having been national security of the United States, eral and State agencies working in the so transported. and the peace of the world. same field of endeavor. They should be The second precedent is the Caustic \Ve must resist the conquest of Europe commended. Poison Act of 1927, which provjdes that by internal force just as we would resist These proposed amendments were ap­ a misbranded dangerous caustic or cor­ overt acts of war. proved unanimously on June 20, 1947, by rosive substance shall be liable to such Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Chairman, I the Association of Food and Drug Of­ a proceeding if it is being, first, shipped have no further requests for time. in interstate or foreign commerce; or, ficials, primarily made up of State and The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will city enforcement officers, in its annual second, held for sale or exchange after having been so shipped. read. conference attended by representatives The Clerk read as follows: of 32 State-enforcement organizations. Consequently there is nothing new about this jurisdictional amendment of Be it enacted, etc., That subsection (k) of The amendments are also strongly section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and supported by the Grocery Manufacturers section 304 (a) now before you because Cosmetic Act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 331 of America, Inc., and the American Congress wrote an identical seizure au­ (k)), is amended to read as follows: Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Associ­ thority into the supplemental acts to "(k) The alteration, mUtilation, destruc­ ation. which I have just referred. No one ·can tion, obliteration, or removal of the whole or During the hearings the committee did reasonably argue that such acts should · any part of the labeling of, or the doing of receive a letter from the Indiana Can­ have a stronger seizure law than the far any other act with respect to, a food, drug, ners Association, Inc., signed by A. F. more important Federal Food, Drug, and device, or cosmetic, if such act is done while Cosmetic Act. such article is held for sale (whether or not Dreyer, secretary, in opposition to the the first sale) after shipment in interstate proposed amendments. This association It is difficult to visualize the magnitude commerce and results in such article being does, however, recommend certain other of the breech in consumer protection adulterated or misbranded." amendments to the Pure Food, Drug, that has occurred since the Phelps­ SEc. 2. Subsection (a) of section 304 of and Cosmetic Act. As an indication of Dodge decision; A spokesman for the such act, as amended (21 U. S. C. 334 (a)), Pure Food and Drug Administration is amended by inserting immediately after the attitude of this · association toward the words "when introduced· into or while in the problems of public health I wish to testified before our committee that it is a conservative estimate to say that an interstate commerce" the following: "or read just one sentence from their rec­ while held for sale (whether or not the first ommended amendments. They suggest: average of more than 20 tons of contami­ sale) after shipment in interstate com­ nated articles would be seized daily ex­ merce." The law be amended so as to prohibit the cept for the immunity conferred by this destruction of food which is admittedly fit The CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the for foocl_. and prohibit the condemnation of court decision. The committee in its food which is fit and suitable to feed to in­ files had several phqtographs that show Committee rises. mates of charitable institutions. very graphically just how our food sup­ Accordingly the Committee rose; and ply can become contaminated. I don't the Speaker pro tempore having re­ To the everlasting credit of those who think it is necessary to display these pic­ sumed the chair, Mr. RIZLEY, Chairman administer our Pure Food and Drug Act, tures in. order to impress the House with of the Committee of the Whole House let me remind you that this agency ad­ the necessity of the early enactment of on the State of the Union, reported that heres to but one standard of inspection these proposed amendments. . that Committee, having had under con­ and that standard applies equally to Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Chairman, I sideration the bill (H. R. 4071) to amend those who buy expensive foods and those yield such time as he may desire to sections 301

• 1948 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 137 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under After the transfer, the dam would be SPECIAL ORDER GRANTED the rule, the previous question is ordered. operated for flood controlin accordance Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. The bill was ordered to be engrossed with criteria established· by the Secre­ Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that I and read a third time, was read the third tary of the Army, as provided in sec­ may proceed for 10 minutes today after time, and passed, and a motion to recon­ tion 7 of the Flood Control Act of 1944. the other special orders. sider was laid on the table. The transfer to the Bureau of Recla­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE mation would assure that Folsom Dam objection to the request of the gentle­ UNITED STATES-FOLSOM DAM (H. DOC. and its important related developments woman from Massachusetts? .NO . 496) would be operated in coordination with There was no objection . other Federal conservation structures in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be­ the Central Valley to yield the greatest the previous order of the House, the gen­ fore the House the following message possible benefits. Power produced at the tleman from California [Mr. BRADLEY] from the President of the United States Folsom Dam would be used as a second is recognized for 30 minutes. which was read and referred to the Com­ source of energy for the Delta-Mendota mittee on Public Lands and ordered to be pumping plant and for other irrigation OCEAN SHIPPING AND RECOVERY printed: pumping. The income from the disposi­ PROGRAM tion, under Federal reclamation laws, of Mr. BRADLEY. Mr. Speaker, within To the Congress of the United States: the power there produced would assist the limits of time I shall.be glad to yield The estimates of appropriation for not only in amortizing the cost of the to any Member at any time for question civil functions of the Corps of Engineers, Folsom Dam and power plant, but also in or comment, and to answer any ques­ · Department Of the Army, in the 1949 paying an appropriate share of the cost tion within the limits of my ability. Budget, include $3,370,000 for beginning of irrigation canals and other works . Mr. Speaker, the funeral of an ade­ construction of the Folsom Dam on the needed to distribute water from Folsom quate American merchant marine has American River in California. This Reservoir to irrigation districts, cities, been arranged by the State Department. project was authorized for construction and suburban areas. Unless this income The pallbearers may well be some 16 by the Corps of Engineers in the Flood from power revenues is provided for in foreigners. The mourners will all be Control Act approved December 22, 1944, accordance with established practice un­ Americans. The Outline of a Euro­ "substantially in accordance with the der reclamation law many related.devel­ pean Recovery Program prepared under plans contained in House Document No. opments proposed in the Central Valley, the direction of the State Department, 649, Seventy-eighth Congress, second particularly in the American River basin aims a near mortal blow at our present session, with such modifications thereof and nearby areas of California, will not merchant marine. It may be that this as in the discretion of the Secretary of be financially feasible. Congress can s~ve the patient's life and War and the Chief of Engineers may be I recommend therefore that the Con­ disappoint those who hopefully antici­ advisable * * * " gress expand the present authorization pate the reading of the last will and The Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of for the construction of Folsom Dam to testament. Reclamation of the Department of the provide, (1) For the transfer of the dam I intend to speak briefly of the ocean Interior, and the State of California are and reservoir, upon its completion, to the shipping section of this proposed re­ agreed that the initial plans for a reser­ Bureau of Reclamation for operation and covery program, to outline the events voir of 355,000 acre-feet capacity should maintenance as a coordinated unit of the which preceded the$e proposals and to be revised to provide a reservoir of 1,000,- Central Valley project under the Federal give my reasons for believing them 000 acre-feet. This .will not only provide -reclamation law; (2) for construction by thoroughly unsound. more adequate storage for flood control the Bureau of Reclamation of a power I want it clearly understood that I but will also provide adequate storage at plant, afterbay and necessary transmis­ favor reasonable help to western Euro­ the Folsom Dam site for irrigation, hy­ sion lines; and <3) for construction by pean nations, and to their citizens to en­ droelectric-power p:r:oduction, and other the Bureau of Reclamation of irrigation able them to regain their economic foot­ uses consistent with the conservation of canals and related works needed to de­ ing even though such help is an addi­ water resources in the rentral Valley liver water from the reservoir to irriga­ tional burden upon our taxpayers. But area. The Corps of Engineers is com­ tion districts, cities, and suburban areas. I do not comprehend, as a part of that. pleting construction plans for the dam There are pending in the Congress two help, a program which will strip us of a on this revised basis and work can be bills

~. ction is approved by the President and Let me set forth our requirements for construction. The State Department, the vessel is available for such transfer. merchant ships in the event of another for example, in a report issued January National defense considerations are elim­ world upheaval. At the impact of the 7, 1948, says: inated. · The Maritime Commission is emergency an active merchant fleet, fully It is not suggested that foreign shipbuild­ bypassed. Government-owned ships be­ manned, and in operation, is vital to our ing now under way should be stopped, but come pawns in the play of the Adminis­ military forces. The Navy has indicated it is thought that a portion of the projected tratvr of the European recovery program. that a minimum of 11,400,000 tons of building could be deferred until the emer­ What reason is offered by the State shipping will be required for handling gency is over. . Department for ignoring the analysis of cargo movements during the impact Mr. Speaker, European nations are not the Harriman committee? It empha­ period. This minimum is more than our disposed to curtail their ship-construc­ sizes possible dollar savings for the for­ present privately owned fleet, and is more tion programs. eign countries or for the American tax­ than the total tonnage. which would be in If I am correct in sensing underlying payer. When ·analyzed, the savings operation under the American flag if opportunism in the Paris report, any which would be available as a result of these 500 ships are turned over to the endeavor on our part to impose curtail­ the proposed transfers amount to less European nations. ment of construction as a condition of than $213,000,000 even if foreigners op­ Second. We must have a reserve fleet aid will be met with charges that the erate most of the ships without dollar of substantial proportions to replace United States is seeking to interfere with payment for cargo carrying. This sav­ casualties, furnish transport of men and the internal economy of foreign nations. ing would amount to a maximum of only materials, and support generally our · That argument goes over in a big way between 1 and 2 percent of the cost of the striking forces as they are increased. It with our international do-gooders and it proposed Marshall plan program. The is for this reserve fleet that we have ships is usually effective. To expect curtail­ Harriman committee dealt realistically in lay-up today. It takes time, however, ment in foreign ship construction pro­ with this particular phase of the argu­ to break such ships out of lay-up, and a grams is just unrealistic. ment ~hen it said: reserve is in no way a substitute for an The safe way of preserving our mer­ The limited financial savings are not suffi­ adequate active merchant fleet. chant marine for national defense is to cient to justify the drain on United States Third. An emergency requires ship defend the shipping industry against the resources for national defense which such production in volume. A period of from inroads of competition created by our transfers would involve. 12 to 18 months may be required before own stupidity. In comparison to the It is impossible for me, Mr. Speaker, our shipyards can get into production, $15,000,000,000 which we spent for ship to understand how the State Depart­ and it is to bridge the _gap between our construction during the last war, the ment of this Government, with the anal­ active merchant fleet and our new con­ possible saving on paper of les..; than ysis of the Harriman committee before struction that the reserve fleet is es­ $213,000,000 is of small importance when it, can recommend the transfer of 500 sential. we think of the ships it will take from more American ships to European na­ Twice, within the present generation, under the American flag and the men it tions. I do not believe that my long we have been called upon to build ana­ will throw out of work. service in the Navy causes me to over­ tional defense fleet hastily and extrav­ To keep us secure and to provide us emphasize the value of our merchant agantly. At the impact of both emergen­ with the implements for effective partici­ marine for national defense, although cies we were woefully short of merchant pation in world affairs, I suggest that we I concede that I may be more sensitive vessels in every category. A saving of 1 actually save 1 or 2 percent of the costs to its importance than are those who percent or 2 percent of the cost of the of European rehabilitation by cutting off have had less contact with affairs at sea. Marshall plan does not justify a repeti­ some real money where it will not im­ Then again, the President's Advisory tion of the extravagant unpreparedness peril the security of America. Committee on the Merchant Marine which in World War II alone cost the Then let us keep a strong, healthy mer­ points out that "the American people American taxpayer some $15,000,000,000 chant marine in active operation. Let believe America should lead in shipping for ship construction. us do so with a realistic understanding of as it is expected to lead in other world · It is recognized that foreign-flag ships, its importance to the safety of the United affairs," and I do not believe that any with their low-wage crews and low States. of our citizens, or any of their repre­ standards of living, are able to compete Mr. Speaker, we should refuse to ap­ sentatives in Congress, can believe that more than successfully against American prove further transfer of American ships the ~ interests of the United Stat'es will­ shipping. In recognition of this fact, to foreign nations. be served if we have a merchant marine Congress wrote into the Merchant Ma­ Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. which carries less than 30 percent of our rine Act of 1936 provisions for substdy Speaker, will the gentleman yield? own commerce. on established trade routes. Mr. BRADLEY. I yield. . Exactly that, however, would be the The creation of a surplus of active ·Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. May inescapable result of carrying out the world tonnage can only have the effect of I ask the gentleman what he feels about proposals in the report of the State De­ creating conditions where the forces of the arrangement for the sale of tankers partment. I believe that is the t-ope of supply and demand will make it still to foreign countries or foreign firms? many European nations. more difficult -for a United States flag I do not know whether in California Wholly aside from the commercial as­ fleet to participate in world trade. This the gentleman's constituents are suffer­ pects of the proposal of the State De­ will be particularly true in the bulk-cargo ing from lack of oil, but as the gentleman partment, the international situation trades, where, in general, no subsidies knows, the people in New England are certainly does not justify the risk in­ are provided by law. suffering from a shortage of fuel. volved in the proposed transfer of ships. As a result, we can look forward, if we Mr. BRADLEY. Personally, I do not Approximately only 2,000 dry-cargo mer.­ follow the proposals of the State Depart­ like to see the sale of any of our ships chant vessels suitable for nationai de­ ment, to such vigorous foreign competi­ to any foreign countries . . I think the fense purposes remain in this Govern­ tion that the greater part of our mer­ gentlewoman has spoken about Russia. ment's possession. There is grave doubt chant marine will be driven from the From the last reports I know of, we had if the vessels remaining after the pro­ seas. some 96 ships running under the Russian posed 500 were transJerred would be a The inescapable conclusion is that, if flag-ships turned over to the Russians sufficient stock pile of national defense we transfer our ships to foreign flags in by the Department of State as a part of merchant ships for the security of the accordance with the recommendations of lend-lease. In order to get these ships N'Fttion. the State Department, we shall not be for Russia, the State Department bought Time after time it has been demon­ able to maintain the minimum active them from the War Shipping Adminis­ strated that we have never had su:tficient American merchant marine required for tration with lend-lease funds, so the ships in time of war. Now, the report impact requirements of our military Maritime Commission, successor to the of the President's Advisory Committee forces. War Shipping Administration, does nrot on the Merchant Marine points out that We must not be blinded by diplomatic have any financial interest in them. we are already short of the minimum of language intended to cover up the in­ Then the Department of State turned 11,400,000 tons of active shipping deemed evitable results of the proposed transfer, the ships over to Russia and, after th:::tt, necessary by the Navy for military pur­ by language suggesting that such trans­ handed Russia bills of sale so that the poses. fer might reduce or defer European ship ships would be safe from capture. Now 140 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 13 we talk about getting them back. The EXTENSION OF REMARKS When one stops to think that one and a Russians, however, think that the ships Mr. KLEIN asked and was given per­ half to two million handicapped appli­ belong to them, and I believe that we mission to extend his remarks in the cants for work have registered in employ­ have at least two strikes on us because RECORD and include a letter from the ment service offices across the country, they are in possession of the ships. American Legion. one must come to the conclusion that it Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. PHILBIN asked and was given is going to take more than the observance They have title to the ships? permission to extend his remarks in the· each year of a National Employ the Mr. BRADLEY. They have actual. RECORD and include a recent article from Physically Handicapped Week to solve title to the ships, but of course they the Boston Post. this problem. never paid anything for the title. As Mr. MUNDT asked and was given per­ In order to solve the problem the work far as I know, the understanding, or mission to extend his remarks in the of this national Committee must be sup­ rather the belief, was that the title RECORD and include an editorial from plemented by work on the local level. A would not be good after the war and that the Sioux Falls Daily Argus showing that great deal of the work on the local level we would get them back. South Dakota ranks first in the Nation can be done by volunteer workers. In Mrs. ROGERS cif Massachusetts. in the purchase of Government Savings fact, in many instance::; the volunteer Does not the gentleman feel that the bonds. worker can do the job better than a pro­ President should put an embargo on The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under fessional worker. Finding the right job tankers going abroad at the present time . previous order of the House, the gentle­ for a physically handicapped person is carrying oil, even with the permission man from Connecticut [Mr. MILLER] is pretty much a case of ma-king the right of some of our own oil companies, at recognized for 30 minutes. personal contacts. least during the period of the emer­ If I may be pardoned a personal ref­ gency? PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED erence, I ·would tell you that I never see Mr. BRADLEY. Of course, my -opin­ Mr. MIL.LER of Connecticut. Mr. a physically handicapped person who has ion is that we should look out for our Speaker, in this huge Federal Govern­ decided that there is nothing useful for own people first. I think that answers ment of ours it is next to .impossible for him to do and that he i:- going to just sit the gentlewoman's question fully. Members of Congress to keep in touch around for the rest of his life, but what Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. The with the work of all the agencies and I think that I might have made the same people are suffering from a lack of fuel committees. we create. Every once in a decision but for friends or relatives who in other sections of the country as well while, however, our attention is attracted just would not permit thaL to happen. as in New England. It is not purely a to the fine work oeing done by a group of Anyone who suffers a serious physical local or sectional problem with us. . men and women in some department or disability goes through a period when Mr. BRADLEY. People in several agency of the Federal Government. It he needs friends, and the right kind of parts of the United States are cold be­ is for the purpose of discussing the excel­ friends, . as never before. Having gone cause they do not have fuel, and I think lent results· being obtained by such a through a period of uncertainty as to his we .ought to look out for the necessities group that I have asked for this time ability to look out for himself, the time for our own people before we ship fuel today. soon comes when he is ready for a job. abroad. . In August. 1945 the Seventy-ninth Con­ It is at that point that the work per­ Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. I gress approved a House joint resolution formed by the President's Committee on want to take this opportunity to thank to designate as National Employ the National Employ the Physically Handi­ the gentleman from California for the Physically Handicapped Week the first capped Week has its greatest value. fight that he has made to maintain an week of each October. The resolution This Committee is deserving of our adequate Navy, as well as an adequate provided that during that week appro­ stronger support, because its purpose is number of officers and Reserve officers. priate ceremcnies were to be held not only to restore unfortunate, suffer­ Mr. BRADLEY. May I express my ap­ throughout the Nation, the· purpose of ing people to usefulness and happiness . preciation to the gentlewoman from which would be to enlist public support but to render them productive citizens Massachusetts? for and interest in the employment of who can and will take up their share of Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. I otherwise qualified but physically handi­ our tax load by becoming -~axpayers, in­ remember the gallant fight that the gen­ capped workers. stead of tax eaters themselves. tleman made on the floor in an effort to In 1945, 13,439 handicapped persons This Committee was formed to better obtain recognition for the. work done by were placed in jobs, of whom 8,141 were carry out the purposes of Public Law 176 the Reserve officers. Ninety percent of disabled veterans. The following year, of the Seventy-ninth Congress, which 1s the fighting was done by the Reserve. 1946, 29,439 handicapped were placed, of the House joint resolution to which I officers and men. whom 19,200 .were disabled veterans. In previously referred. The-Committee will Mr. BRADLEY. I thank the gentle­ 1947, 30,765 handicapped were placed, of formulate a year-round program of pub­ woman very sincerely. whom 17,802 were disabled veterans. In lic information and public education to­ Mr. EDWIN ARTHUR HALL. Mr. all, since the passage of the resolution to ward rehabilitation and employment of Speaker, will the gentleman yield? which I referred, 73,643 handicapped America's handicapped millions. Mr. BRADLEY. I yield. have been placed in suitable employment, The recommendations of this Commit­ Mr. EDWIN ARTHUR HALL. I was of whom 45,143 have been disabled vet­ tee include: very much interested in what the gentle­ erans. It will thus be seen that there has - First. Management-labor institutes man had to say about those 96 ships been a steady increase each year, which throughout the country to se-cure em­ which we handed over to Russia. Does augurs well for future observances of Na­ ployer acceptance of handicapped work­ it not seem to the gentleman that cer­ tional Employ the Physically Handi­ ers, emphasize availability and advan­ tainly in this case the old adage would capped Week. tages of Federal-States Employment apply that ''Possession is nine points of No doubt you have all by now received Service facilities, prepare a typical in­ the law"? copies of the minutes of the meeting of plant plan for employment of disabled, Mr. BRADLEY. I think that in this the President's Committee on National and secure increased employee interest case it is 99.9 percent of the law. Employ the Physically Handicapped from disabled and non disabled alike; The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Week, which was held in Washington last Second. Investigation of, and assist­ time of the gentleman from California November 4. ance to, present and future community has expired. This Committee has been es-tablished rehabilitation centers, formed to reha­ by the President for the purpose of bring­ bilitate and employ the disabled at com­ SPECIAL ORDER GRANTED ing together representatives .of organiza­ munity level; Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan­ tions outside the Government and among Third. Collaboration with governors' imous consent that after the conclusion the one-hundred-and-thirty-odd groups committees in the States; of special orders already granted I may are some of the most powerful organiza­ Fourth. Local, State, and ·National address the House for 10 minutes. tions in the United States, representing essay contests to stimulate the thinking The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there industry, business, labor, veterans, of students, parents, and teachers. objection to the request of the gentleman women, religious, fraternal, and other Fifth. Expositions showing the handi­ from Pennsylvania T · organizations, with a combined member­ capped at work to arouse public interest There was rfo objection. ship of more than thirty million. and knowledge while educating employ- 1948 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 141 ers to the value and variety of talents ll. OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMITTEE sary to stimulate employment of the physi­ To attempt to outline, at this time, the cally handicapped through specific projects possessed by handicapped workers; such as the following: Sixth. Awarding of certificates of whole future development of the work of this committee is neither practicable nor reason­ A. Management-labor institutes, to stimu­ merit to individuals and organizations able. Much time and study is needed to eval­ late interest on the part of both employers who have cooperated in the employment uate present systems, facilities, carry on re­ and employees. Such institutes, in general, of handicapped; search, and suggest improvement in our pres­ to provide a means- Seventh. Study of workmen's compen- ent programs. We understand our function 1. To secure employer acceptance and ef­ primarily concerns itself with the suitable fective utilization of qualified handicapped sation laws; and · workers, both disabled veterans and civilians. Eighth. Study of schools for handi­ employment of handicapped people. In order to achieve a reasonable goal in this direction 2. To emphasize use of Federal-State Em­ capped in order that curricula might we are well aware that we shall come into ployment Service facilities_ for recruitment bear a direct relationship upon future frequent contact with other phases of the and selection of workers. employment possibilities. program for the disabled. Men or women 3. To provide employers with facts re­ Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. permanently or temporarily handicapped garding productivity, absenteeism, and low­ Speaker, will the gentleman yield? cannot perform much, if any, work, unless accident incidence of handicapped people. Mr. MILLER of Connecticut. I yield adequate physical restoration is accom­ 4. To illustrate by a typical in-plant plan plished; therefore, our program will neces­ for employment of disabled. to the distinguished gentlewoman from sarily be closely related to the medical 5. To demonstrate the advantages of the Massachusetts. · services. selective-placement approach to hiring the Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. The The handicapped may require education handicapped-particularly the method of gentleman spoke of his own case, of his and training, or retraining, or vocational making physical-demands analyses and phys­ relatives and friends coming to his aid. guidance; all such programs deserve our ical-capacity appraisals. close study. Since many plants already have labor­ Mr. MILLER of Connecticut. And management committees, many of these no some Congresswomen. Procedures applying to the development of proper means of placement of handicapped doubt can be utilized. Where such do not Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. The are inextricably bound up with a continual exist, it would be advisable to ask that there gentleman did it himself without any study and revision of what are termed "physi­ be joint action of employer and employees, suggestions or assistance from anybody cal demands"-the new science of matching so that studies and pilot demonstrations else and is an inspiration to everybody. men with jobs-the committee must give might proceed simultaneously, to the advan­ He has been an enormous help, I know, careful study to the question of how best to vantage of both groups. increase the present approximate 8,000 jobs To the employee group it should be demon­ to those who have had a disability with strated that-- which to cope. from the estimated 27,000 different types of employment in America. The handicapped 1. Special services are available to handi­ Mr. MILLER of Connecticut. I thank can fill more jobs, and ways and means must capped through USES-State employment the distinguished gentlewoman from be devised to open the possibilities for their offices. Massachusetts. I could tell some things increased placement in these jobs. 2. Applicants, already handicapped but about her fine work in the early twenties. Cooperation must be obtained and main­ otherwise capable, should ~ecure the various I can remember when she too spoke of tained, from all public and private groups in tests and vocational-guidance procedures of the field, including those operating at Fed­ State employment and rehabilitation services discouragements and wondered if she _necessary for satisfactory placement. could do useful work back in the early eral, Sta'be, and municipal government levels, as wen as the great organizations of indus­ 3. An in-plant plan should demonstrate to twenties, but I do not want to disclose try, business, labor, veterans, religion, women, employees the possibilities of increased em­ her age. education, farm, fraternal, civic, medical, ployment by rearrangement of machines­ grouping of certain related plant activities For the benefit of the Members who welfare, sci~ntific, and professional groups, may desire to read the full report of the and other mterested organizations or indi· which may be carried on by handicapped, etc. victuals. These management-labor employment in­ President's committee I extend as part stitutes may be conducted as a joint en­ of IDY remarks the report of this com­ At the Federal level there now exists a co­ ordinating and cooperating group-The Fed­ deavor of the Federal-State employment mittee for their consideration. eral Interagency Committee on Employment services or at the local office level. (The matter referred to follows:) of the Handicapped, with official representa· B. Community rehabilitation centers: tion thereupon from the Departments of The committee should thoroughly investi­ I. BACKGROUND gate possibilities and potentials of commu­ Three consecutive annual observances of Labor, Agriculture, Commerce, War, Navy, Veterans' Administration, Federal Security nity rehabilitation centers. National Employ the Physically Handicapped Although some steps in this direction have Week enacted by the Seventy-ninth Congress Agency, United States Civil Service Commis­ sion, et cetera. already been taken, as far as is known, there and proclaimed by the President, have con­ is no national policy or program, and most clusively demonstrated the usefulness and This committee was established a year ago by Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine, USMc­ of the work has been done by private groups. necessity of such a campaign or program for If a practiCal program has been, or is being, employment of handicapped persons. · then Administrator, Retraining and Reem­ ployment of Vocational Rehabilitation, who developed, which can be adapted to the needs Each annual observance has been marked of the times, such should have the careful by increased interest in employment and re­ declared there was a great need for coordi­ nation of the multitude of activities carried attention by this committee, with the objec­ habilitation of the handicapped, on the part tive of ascertaining what developments of of the public, officials, and media of infor­ on in the Federal field. Investigation shows there are some forty-odd such agencies. such community rehabilitation and employ­ mation. Each year, however, statistics have ment centers in many cities throughout thJ shown a general "falling off" of calls for and This committee has among its membership the Disabled American Veterans, the Ameri­ Nation, through the collaboration of the placement of handicapped workers, shortly Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, the after observance of the week. can Federatio~ of the Physically Handicapped, aqd the National Association for Employ­ United States Public Health Service, and the Today, in a period of {10,000,000 Americans ment of the Handicapped, as representing USES-State Employment Services, which are being at work, in an era of full employment, the viewpoint of outside organization. necessary and need implementation by this it is estimated that at least 500,000 handi­ committee. capped applicants, registered in employment­ lli. RECOMMENDATIONS C. Collaboration with governor's commit­ service offices across country, are still out· of It is recommended that a subcommittee of tees: In many States, as a result of joint ef­ jobs, about 135,000 of whom are war-disabled the Committee on NEPHW meet in joint ses­ forts of public and private agencies, the re­ veterans, while from 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 sion with the Federal Interagency Commit­ spective governors have established Com­ more handicapped persons could and should tee, on December 11, 1947, when the Inter­ mittees on NEPHW activities. In most be rehabilitated for employment. agency Committee, doubtless will have re­ instances, such committees are composed of The work of this committee must be de­ ceived complete reports from all States and State officials of the agencies having primary signed to continue the Nation-wide observ­ cooperati~g public and private agencies and jurisdiction, but in a few instances governors ance of National Employ the Physically organizatiOns, as to this year's results on have appointed public-spirited citizens to Handicapped Week, so that its observance National Employ the Physically Handicapped head such committees, from outside the offi­ and the results obtained therefrom will con­ Week. We can then see, in all likelihood cial family. tribute to the full employment of the physi­ those areas in which effective work is being We believe our committee should offer full cally handicapped. don_e, as well as others, perhaps, in which cooperation to the governor's committees, In order to assure an effective annual ob­ additional effort is required. and endeavor to supplement, implement, and servance and real results in jobs for the hand­ Also that the committee concentrate its complement their labors. icapped, the committee must continually attention on encouraging the development D. Local, State, and National essay con­ keep before the public through public infor­ of local committees, composed of local repre­ tests: 1 In the 127,000 school districts in the mation and education, ~ day-by-day, month­ sentatives of essentially the same groups by-month effort to support the program of Which constitute the National Committee. 1 It was voted that items D, E, and F be all public and private groups in their pro­ These local committees would have the same referred to appropriate subcommittees, to grams of rehabilitation and employment of objectives as the National Committee and be appointed by the chairman, for imple­ handicapped citizens. would provide the local organization neces- mentation. 142 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 13 United States there are millions of pupils The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there The Marshall plan is being sold to the who, we believe, furnish the best possible objection to the request of the gentle- American farmer on the basis that he is means of developing an inteliigent under­ standing of the problems of handicapped peo­ man from Connecticut? · going to have a greater market for his ple-especially on a continuing, all-time There was no obJection. products. However, the following article basis. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under taken from the January 3 issue of the If, for example, an education subcommit­ the previous order of the House, the gen­ reliable Washington Farm Reporter tee of this committee, if such were appointed, tlewoman from Massachusetts [Mrs. would indicate that the farmers of some would devise a means whereby the high­ RoGERS] is recognized for 10 minutes. other countries are going to get most of school students throughout the country could the money: participate in an essay contest, the subject FUEL-OIL SHORTAGE IN MASSACHUSETTS MARSHALL PLAN EXPORTS of which might well be "The Place of the Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. Physically Handicapped in Our Economic The Marshall plan is not -to be the farm System," we would, thus, undoubtedly, stim­ Speaker, I am talking again for just a price bonanza that some had expected. It ulate the thinking and comprehension of the minute or two on the question of oil, could be a boomerang. problem of not only the students themselves the very improper distribution of oil A break-down study of President Truman's but also their teachers and parents. today as I see it, and the great difficulty proposal discloses that Canadian and Latin­ It should be stressed that if the younger we are having in finding out the true American farmers will get most of the Mar­ generation can be brought to a point of un­ . facts of the oil situation both as to pro­ shall plan dollars. derstanding and proper evaluation of the duction and distribution, and as to price. The President asked for $6,500,000,000 to handicapped-then our future programs will There are places in Massachusetts where finance aid from April 1, 1948, to June 30, be greatly accelerated in all fields of treat­ 1949 * * * approximately two-thirds of ment, training, and placement. oil without any reason that we can see which would be for foods. E. Expositions for handicapped: 1 In larger has doubled in price and in some in­ The 15-month food budget is $4,163,000,000. cities throughout the Nation there should be stances trebled. I was in Massachusetts Of that amount $2,785,000,000 would be a general program of development and pres­ to attend the funeral of a dear friend spent outside the United States, but only entation of exhibits madf' by handicapped yesterday and everywhere I went taxi­ $1,378,000,000 for domestic purchases. people and further, actual showing of the cab men and everyone spoke of the high Here is a· break-down of food-spending handicapped at work in industry and other p1 ic~ of oil and how impossible it is go­ plans: fields. Grain: United States, $840,000,000; else­ Such exhibits might well take the form of ing to· be for veterans and people with small incomes to get along if the price where, $1,300,ooo,ooo. annual expositions, in which local concerns Sugar: United States, $28,000,000; else­ employing handicapped, or schools specializ­ continues high, even if they can secure where, $268,000,000. ing in vocational education might combine the oil. to present interesting and informative Fats and oils: United States, $122,000,000; programs. In other communities in the country elsewhere,· $450,000,000. All this would add greatly to public inter­ the same situation exists, one family can Meat: United States, $7,000,000; elsewhere, est and knowled~e of the subject and would secure oil and the family in the next $385,000,000. serve to educate employers on the value and house cannot secure oil. One oil dealer Dairy and poultry products: United States; variety of talent possessed by handicapped seems to have a great deal of oil while · $271,000,000; elsewhere. not estimated but workers. the next oil dealer has not any <>il at all. probably not considerable. Industry, labor, and veterans organiza.: A total of $382,000,000 is included for cof­ tions could well be asked to cooperate in this Mr. Speaker, I asked the President to fee and other foods abroad. For fruits, veg­ endeavor. act on the 3d· of December, last year, etables, and other .minor items the United F. Awards of merit:1 An annual certificate requesting that he declare an embargo States total is $110,000,000. of merit will be issued to those individuals on oil going out of the country and on Farm machinery valued at $136,000,000 and organizations who have cooperated in the the tankers taking the oil out of the would represent a sharp increase in United employment of the handicapped. Such country. Certainly that should have States exports. About $22,000,000 would be awards will be made by the committee after spent in Canada and Latin America for farm standards of performance set by the commit­ been. done at least until the emergency machinery to be sent Europe. tee have been met. is over. I do not believe anyone in this In addition, the Marshall plan calls for G. Study of workmen's compensation country feels we should let the people expenditure of $20,000,000 in the United laws: There should be an exhaustive study of the United States get cold in order to States for fertilizer; ~22,000,000 elsewhere. of workmen's compensation laws with a view send our oil to other countries. As a The point I am going to try to drive to ascertaining their relation to the problem matter of fact, most of it, I understand, of employment of handicapped people (ad­ home is the fact that we are .furnishing vising employers of the facts), and to de­ is not going to those who are cold over all the money for this Marshall plan and velop suggested means of improving these there. giving everything away. We are not statutes. The President has the power to act and trying to make a business deal, we are H. Study of schools for handicapped: A he should act immediately. It is obvious giving away our birthright. Now, I just study and evaluation, in collaboration with we are not going to arrive at any solu­ want to call the attention of the House professional bodies interested, should be tion immediately unless he does act. made of all schools in. which the handicapped again to this: Whatever happened to are taught, both children and adults. The EXTENSION OF REMARKS the United Nations? Why do they not curricula of these schools should, in part, Mr. SMATHERS asked and was given function? Why should America do it all? bear a direct relationship to fields of em- Why? Whatever happened to the Or­ ployment possibilities. · permission to extend his remarks in the Appendix of the RECORD. ganization that we have been work­ I. Employment of handicapped in Gov­ ing for for two and a half long years, ernment: The chairman of the President's The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under committee should be empowered to appoint special order of the House, the gentleman trying to get it built up? The United a subcommittee to investigate the possibility from Pennsylvania [Mr. RICH] is recog- Nations organization; are you bypassing of the employment of handicapped people in nized for 10 minutes. · it? Several years ago we established the all governmental agencies at all levels (Fed­ Bretton Woods bank which had a capital eral, State, and municipal). WHO IS GOING TO GET THE MONEY? of $9,100,000,000. The United States IV. SUBCOMMITTE_I;:S Mr. RICH. . Mr. Speaker, who is going subscribed for $3,175,000,000 and paid the It is recommended that if the committee to get the money? Upon many occasions money in. Then we had the stabiliza­ approves this· report that the chairman be I have asked the Congress, "Where are tion fund amounting to $8,800,000,000. authorized to appoint appropriate subcom­ '!'he United States subscribed for $2,750,- mittees and chairmen to implement the we going to get the money?" The answer recommendations of this report. is that we have been putting a mortgage 000,000 of that. That was for the pur­ on our grandchildren in order to get the pose of helping these nations stabilize Mr. MILLER of Connecticut. Mr. money, We have run this country into their currencies and get on their feet. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my the greatest debt that has ever been But, we are not trying to take advantage time and ask unanimous consent to re- . placed upon any nation in history-a of the great promises made for that vise and extend my remarks and in­ greater debt than any nation has ever organization that was set up by vote of clude the report to which I have re­ seen fit to place upon its people-$257 .- the Congress, and paying in money ac­ ferred. 000,000,000 today. cording to the rule::.; and regulations laid down. These other countries are not 1 It was voted that items D, E, and F be I want to call your attention to the fact referred to appropriate subcc-J.mittees, to that if the so-called Marshall plan goes now coming in to borrow that money be appointed by the chairman, for imple­ through, it may be well to ask, "Who is frorr. this organization; oh, no! They mentation. going to get the money?" want to come over here under the Mar- 1948 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 148 shall plan and get a hand-out-some­ would not dare say such a thing or I Cross, and to the Salvation Army to thing for nothing. Everybody's doing it. would be in the brig. help those people over there until they When Secretary Marshall made his Then, we not only have that to con­ can get on their feet themselves." We proposal to those countries to get to- tend with, but goodness gracious, lo and never did such a thing before in history . gether and discuss the items they behold, yesterday the President came in as that proposed in the Marshall plan, wanted, they got together in Paris, and asking for that great, large budget of we never even dreamed oi such a thing after discussion for a few weeks, what $39,700,000,000 for this· year. Why it before the New Deal started to give us happened? They told Mr. Marshall would scare almost any one of you until away. they wanted $42,000,000,000 worth of your fingers froze clear up to your This country is in such an awfully equipment and merchandise and mate­ shoulders, or your feet almost up to your difficult position or financial situation rial from the United States. Well, it knees, and if you are frozen that far You now, and I am afraid the President is pretty nearly scared Mr. Marshall to will probably not get along without them, going to put into effect some of the New death. He did not want to present that and you have to stand still, and the first Deal ideas again, and then you will figure to the United States Congress, so thing you know you will find yourself swamp America. We will be bankrupt. he said, "Go back and sharpen your pen­ with a bald pate in a huckleberry patch. We will not be any good to ourselves or cils and do a good job; do it over again." In other words you are gone. You are any good to anybody else. You have to Then they came back and asked for through. . be careful of that, for that is just what $22,000,000,000. Mr. Marshall was still What you have to do here is to trim will happen unless you economize. I say scared to death, and finally he sharpened the Marshall plan down to what it ought it is time to economize. his pencil as much as he could and he to be. You have to cut the President's Mr. Speaker, you ought to do every­ said that he thought they ought to have budget down to what it ought to be. thing you can to aid and assist us on about $17,000,000,000 or $18,000,000,000, When you do that you are going to save ·this side of the House in cutting 'that over a 4-year peiiod. about fifteen or eighteen billion dollars budget to the very bone. Cut down the Now, Mr. Marshall is one of the finest out of this. That is the only thing that Marshall plan to a reasonable amount, men and one of the greatest army officers is ever going to keep America solvent. and then make no commitments or per­ that we have ever had. He did a won­ That is important. You cannot keep mit any commitments by the President, derful job. We gave him everything he solvent otherwise. the State Department, or anybody else wanted under the sun to win the war. I say to Congress now, l·et us get busy. longer than 1948. Let us keep on our We gave him all the money and all of Let us sharpen our wits and sharpen our own feet. I . am afraid the President, the materials, all the men and every­ ax and take care of America and the with his enormous budget, Secretary thing. He did a fine job. Nobody could American people. Be wise and econo­ Marshall with his extravagant ideas will criticize him, and I would be the last mize. That budget of the President knock the feet out from under us and one to do so. But, Mr. Marshall has got means $240 for everY man, woman, and down we will come. Down America will a new job today. He is Secretary of child in America. Think of it. Is not fall. When our country is down, what State. He is not in the Army now. that a terrible amount for the President good are we? .Be wise and economize. He is over there dealing with a lot of of the United States to ask to put into SENATE BILLS REFERRED foreigners that he has never had ex­ effect a lot of these New Deal ideas he is perience with, and they are asking him talking about now? Just for 1 year. Bills of the Senate of the following for this, that, and the other thing, and We have had enough New Deal during titles were taken from the Speaker's he thinks maybe they ought to have it, the last 10 or 12 years, and we have got table and, under the rule, referred as because every time one of his generals this country just about wrecked, with a follows: asked him for something that they $259,000,000,000 debt. S. 489 . An act to amend the· Nationality needed to win the war, he gave it to Mr. REDDEN. Mr. Speaker, will the Act of 1940, to preserve the nationality of naturalized veterans, their wives, minor chil­ them. Because the American people gentleman yield? dren, and dependent parents; to the Com­ furnished it to and for him. Now, he Mr. RICH. I defy the gentleman or mittee on the Judiciary. is going to probably see how much he anybody else on that side to tell how S. 544. An act to regulate subsistence ex­ can get for those people over there. you are going to work or get us out of the penses of officers and employees in the execu­ From the American people. His heart New Deal mess. The philosophy of tive branch of the Government while absent is bigger than the American's pocketbook. everybody living off the Government. If from their deliignated posts of duty on offi­ His schooling is not the one for Secre­ the gentleman is going to give me some­ cial business; l;o the Committee on Expendi­ tary of State. thing constructive in that line, if he is tures in the Executive Departments. S. 865. An act to provide for the striking of I say to you that we want to put the going to tell me how you are going to cut medals, in lieu of coins, for commemorative Herter plan into effect so that we will this extravagance down, I will yield. purposes; to the Committee on Banking and have somebody besides the State De­ Mr. REDDEN. Is the gentleman going Currency. partment handing out the money of the to qualify his yielding or is he going to S. 922. An act for the relief of Ruth Gross­ people of this country. We must have yield? man; to the Committee on the Judiciary. proper supervision. I want to tell you Mr. RICH. I will yield to the gen­ S. 1267. An act for the relief of Eleonore that you are going to ruin this country; tleman for a question. Do not make a M. Hannon; to the Committee on the Judi­ speech, just ask a question. , ciary. you are going to wreck it; you are going S. 1347. An act for the relief of Burks L. to put it into bankruptcy as sure as little Mr. REDDEN. I want to know how Fielder; to the Committee on the Judiciary. apples grow. It is in the making. What much the gentleman thinks the Marshall S. 1411. An act for the relief of Willie Ruth we have got to do is to put some screws plan ought to be for. He said it' ought Chapman; to the Committee on the Judi­ on Mr. Marshall; plan too. We must to be cut down to some figure. What ciary. scale it down, way down. Further, Mr. ought that figure to be? S. 1486. An act to provide for payment of Marshall says he wants all that money Mr. RICH. I am very happy to have salaries covering pe'riods of separation from or none. Well, let me tell you, if those that question. If I were appropriating the Government service in the case of per­ people over there are starving to death, sons improperly removed from such service; the American people's money for the aid to the Committee on Post Office and Civil or if I was starving to death, and some­ and assistance of Europe, I would not Service. body gave me a sandwich, I would take give them over $10,000,000 at first. Then S. 1644. ·An act to amend the Veterans' that sandwich and think that was a I would give them two or three million Preference Act of 1944 so as to permit rescis­ pretty good meal. But, Mr. Marshall dollars at a time, and I would say, "That sion of prior agency action in complying with says, "No," he wants $17,000,000,000 or is a lot of money. That is more money recommendations of the Civil Service Com­ nothing. That shows · right on the face than I ever saw in all my life, and more mission pursuant to appeals taken by prefer­ of it that he is not the man that ought than I hope I will ever have an oppor­ ence employees; to the Committee on Post to be at the head of the distribution of tunity to see." I would say to those fel­ Office and Civil Service. all this money of the taxpayers. He S. 1698. An act to define the exterior lows over there, "Here is a million dol­ boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian must know how to compromise, he didn't lars. That ought to make a lot of sand­ Reservation in the State of Utah, and for do it in the Army, here he must take it wiches." Then I would say to the .other purposes; to the Committee on Public and like it. That is my answer to him. American people, as Drew Pearson did, Lands. If this was in the Army and he was "Let us get out and of our own hearts S. 1716. An act for the relief of Mrs. lola a four-star general and I a private I give things to the churches, to the Red Veach; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 144 CONGRESSIONA-L RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 13 ADJOURNMENT vide readjustment insurance for those per­ war dead of World War II, and for other sons who served in the armed forces of the purposes; to the Committee on Armed Mr. GOFF. Mr. Speaker, I move that United States during World War II, and for Services. the House do now adjourn. other purposes; to the Committee on Vet­ By Mr. ROBERTSON: The motion was agreed to; accordingly erans' Affairs. H. R. 4942. A bill to amend section 23 of