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1953 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE . 447 PETITIONS, ETC. THE JOURNAL which was read, a.nd, with the accom Under clause of rule XXII, On request of Mr. TAFT, and by unani panying papers, referred to the Commit tee on Labor and Public Welfare; 20. Mr. PATMAN presented a petition of mous consent, the reading of the Journal Fred D. Garner, of Winnsboro, Tex., and 97 . of the prOceedings of Friday, January 16, <For President's message, see House other citizens of Franklin County, Tex., to 1953, was dispensed with. proceedings for January 20, 1953.) amend existing Social Security Act so as to make benefits equal to all recipients, which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT- REPORT ON MUTUAL SECURITY Means. APPROVAL OF JOINT RESOLUTION PROGRAM-MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT A message in writing from the Presi • • ...... •• dent of the United States was communi- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem cated to the Senate by Mr. Miller, one pore laid before the Senate the following SENATE of his secretaries, and he announced that message from the President of the United on January 16, 1953, the President had States, which was read, and, with the T UESDAY, 'JANUARY 20, 1953 approved and signed the joint resolution accompanying report, referred to the (Legislative day of Friday, January i , · <S. J. Res. 20) making January 20, 1953, Committee on Foreign Relations: . 6 a holiday for Federal employees field · · 1953 ) service postal employees, and emp'loyees - To the Congress of the United States: The Semite met at 11:30 o'clock a.m., of the District of Columbia in the ·metro- I am transmitting herewith the Sec~.o politan area of the pistrict of Columbia. ond Report on the Mutual Security Pro on the expiration of the recess. gram, covering operations dtiring the The Chaplain, Rev. Frederick Brown ·first 6 months of 1952 in furtherance· of · Harris, D. · D., offered the following MESSAGE FRO¥ THE HOUSE the purposes of the Mutual Security Act prayer: A message from the House of Repre- of 1951 <Public Law 165, 82d Cong.). Our Father God, who hath made and sentatives, by Mr. Maurer, one of its The report reviews the steps that we preserved us a nation, on this solemn day reading clerks, announced that the House have taken with other nations to work of farewell and hail we pray the bene- . had passed a bi!J <H. R. 568) to continue for peace and security. dictions of Thy grace upon him who, until the close of June 30, 1954, the sus- The Mutual Security Program is a posi with the approbation of his colleagues pension of certain import taxes on cop- tive program for peace. It is absolutely . per, in which it requested the concur- essential to the security of the United and the abiding love of the Nation, goes renee of the Senate. States. At a time when one nation is from this exalted chair of governance b~nt ~~n w~rld conquest-as the So- after notable years of public service; and vwt ~mon IS today-other nations, we beseech Thee impart Thine enabling CALL OF THE ROLL large or small, have but two real might to him who comes to preside over Mr. TAFT. I suggest the absence of choices: to pay the ransom of ap- this body. As reverently he takes into hjs . a quorum. peasement or to ~ pay the price of build- . hand this day the historic gavel into The . ACTING PRESIDENT pro tern- ing together sufficient· strength-mili- which has seemed to enter every deCision pore. The clerk will call the roll. tary, . economic, political, and moral .. since the · Nation's . founding, may the .·, 'fhe .Chief Clerk called the roll and · . str~ngth-to keep the pe~ce. The I • mantle. of the great public servants the following Senators answered to' their .· United States and other free ·1;1ations whose hands · have grasped it · fall in names: · - have chosen to build up their strength. · double portion upon him and upon all Aiken . Griswold McClellan That is what 'the Mutual Security Pro- Anderson ·Hayden Millikin .. gram is all about. who· here serve the public. weal. Give Barrett Hendrickson Monroney During t~e ·6-month period reviewed them, we pray rhee, fairness Of ap- Beall HE)nnlngs Morse · th' t 1 · d f t ·Bennett _Hick_enlooper Mundt. m 'IS repor •. rea ·progress· was ·made -praisal, poise ami Mn usioii, he no- Bricker Hili · Murray in strengthening the free world. ·. AI.:. · bility of goodness, and 'the simple faith Bridges Hoey· Neely - though much remains to be done, we are in man that is more than coronets. Bush Holland Pastore · heading in the right direction. If we And as before the twilight falls a new . Butler, Nebr.Md. HuntHumphrey PaynePotter · k eep on, if each of the partners in this Chief Executive of the :a,epublic turns to Byrd Ives Purtell joint effort makes every effort to meet problems more tragic and thorny than Capehart Jackson. Robertson problems in a sensible manner, we shall Carlson Je~ner Russell any man in history ever knew, may there case _Johnson, Colo. Saltonstau eventually reach our goal of a secure , be given to him and to his advisers in · Chavez Johnson, Tex. Schoeppel peaceful, and confident world. ' Government the wisdom . that is from g~~~!~ts i~~~~~~~· s. c. ~:~~e~alne HARRY S. TRUMAN. above, as our ship of state plows on cordon Kennedy Smith; N.J. THE WHITE HousE, November 18, 1952. through perilous seas. In spite of rock DirksenDaniel KilgoreKerr SparkmanSmith, N.c. ·and tempest roar, in spite of false lights Douglas Knowland Stennis DEVELOPMENT OF WATER ANDRE on the shore, bring OUr national barque Duff Kuchel Symington . LATED LAND RESOURCES-MES · to the desired haven of peace, with vic- ~:S~f!~~k t!~::n i~;;e SAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT tory for truth and justice. We ask it Ellender Long Tobey in the name of the Prince of Peace. Ferguson Magnuson Watkins The ACTING PR~IDENT 'pro tern .. Flanders Malone . Welker PQre ~aid befo:re the Senate -a message Amen. ;Freav · ·Mansfield Wiley Gillette Martin Williams · from the President of the United States, · Goldwater Maybank Young relating to development of water and DESIGNATION OF ACTING PRESI- . - Gore McCan:an · related land resources, which was read; DENT PRO TEMPORE Green Mccarthy and, ·with the accompanying document, · · Mr. CLEMENTS. I announce that the referred to the Committee on Public The Chief Cler~ . read the following ·· Senator from Arkansas [Mr: FuLBRIGHT] Works. letter-: and the Senator from Georgia [Ml~ . (See similar message printed in full in UNITED STATES SENATE, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, GEORGE] are.necessarily absent. RECORD of a:ouse proceedings of Jan Washington, D ; c., January 20; 1953. ·The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tern- uary 19, 1952, pp. 438-441.) To the senate: pore. A quorum is present. Being temporarily absent from the -Senate, I appoint Ho:ri. EuGENE D. MILLIKIN, a Sena MARITIME SUBSIDY PROGRAMS- tor from. the State of Colorado, to perform , CONVENTIONS ON MIGRATION FOR COMMUNICATION · FROM THE the duties of the Chair· during my a'bsence. ·EMPLOYMENT-MESSAGE ·· FROM . PRESIDENT STYLES BRIDGES, '!'HE PRESIDENT <H. DOC. NO. Gin The ACTING- PRESIDENT pro tern Presi,rt.ent Pro Tempore. · The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- pore laid before the Senate the follow Mr. MILLIKIN thereupon took the pore laid· before the -Senate a message · ing commuii1cation from the President chair as A<::tihg. President pro tempore. · from the President 9f the United States, · of the United States; which was read. 448 CO~GRESSIONAL RECORD- SENA 'FE January 20 and, with the accompanying documents, lems, either from the standpoint of the high even with a 25 percent down pay referred to the Committee on Interstate Government, or from the long-term in- ment. However, this burden could be and Foreign Commerce: terest of the shipping industry itself. _ eased by adjusting the terms of the The principal problem that has been · mortgages, including possibly a reduc THE WHITE HOUSE, cited as possibly requiring the continu tion of the interest rate from its present Washington, January 16, 1953. ation of tax benefits is that of financing level of 3% percent to 3 percent. vessel replacement at high postwar con From the Government's standpoint, a The honorable the PRESIDENT OF THE struction costs. This problem for ship- more liberal loan policy of this nature SENATE. ping companies will be relatively more would offer a number of advantages in MY DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: In approvmg difficult than the comparable problems comparison with the tax benefit system. the recently enacted long-range shipping . of equipment replacement for other in This alternative method of assistance bill, Public Law 586, of the Eighty-second dustries. However, available evidence would merely increase the size of the Congress, I expressed my disappointment indicates that tax concessions do not Government's loan, and would require at its failure to provide a really thorough provide the most suitable solution for an eventual repayment by the operator. adjustment of existing maritime subsidy this problem. Secondly, this would represent a meas programs. I was particularly disap- By their nature, these benefits furnish ureable and controllable form of as pointed in its failure to deal with those the greatest assistance to those com sistance. Since this aid would be given provisions of the Merchant Marine Act panies whose operations are relatively ' only as part of an actual replacement of 1936 which extend liberal tax priv- most profitable, and hence which may transaction, it would be directly related ileges-amounting to indefinite tax de- have the least need for special aid.