1939 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 161 mittee to Investigate Un-American Activities a·nd the appro · Master on the heights to which He rose, help us to attain priation of additional funds to foster and continue this com that further greater ·good which, foreshadowed in dreams mittee; to the Special Committee on Un-American Activities. and sown in the soil of holy aspiration, shall one day mani _66. By Mr. PFEIFER: Petition of conference of.mayors and fest itself as the fruit of Thy purpose for Thy children. We other municipal officials of the State of New York, Albany, ask it in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. N.Y., concerning Federal taxation of municipal securities and THE JOURNAL · revenues; to the Committee on Ways and Means. · 67. By Mr. SABATH: Petition of the Cook County Council, On request of Mr. BARKLEY, and by unanimous consent, the American Legion, Department of Tilinois, petitioning con the reading of the Journal of the proceedings of the calendar sideration of their resolution which will give to veterans, their day Monday, January 9, 1939, was dispensed with, and the widows, and the wives of disabled veterans a priority in as J:ournal was approved. signment and retention on all work-relief projects in the CALL OF THE ROLL Works Progress Administration; to the Committee on Ways Mr. MINTON. I suggest the absence of a quorum. and Means. The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the roll. 68. By Mr. SHORT: Petition of certain citizens of Neosho, The Chief Clerk called the roll, and the following Senators Mo., asking Congress to pass legislation to prevent the adver answered to their names: tising of alcoholic beverages by press and radio; to the Com Adams Danaher Johnson, Calif. Pittman mittee on the Judiciary. Andrews Davis Johnson, Colo. Radclitfe 69. Also, petition of the Mountain Grove, Mo., local union Ashurst Donahey King Reed Austin Downey Lee Reynolds of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, asking Con Bailey Ellender Lewis Russell gress to pass legislation to prevent the advertising of alcoholic · Bankhead Frazier Lodge Schwartz Barbour George Logan Schwellenbach beverages by press and radio; to the Committee on the Barkley ·Gerry Lucas Sheppard Judiciary. Bilbo Gibson Lundeen Shipstead 70. By the SPEAKER: Petition of the General Welfare Bone Gillette McCarran Smathers Borah Glass McKellar Smith Federation of America, Washington, D. C., petitioning con Bridges Green McNary Taft sider~tion of their petition from California., Eighteenth Con Brown Gutrey Maloney Thomas, Okla. gressional District, with reference to the General Welfare Bulow Gurney Mead Thomas, Utah Burke Hale Miller Tobey Act; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Byrd Harrison Minton Truman · . 71. Also, petition of the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Asso Byrnes Hatch Murray Tydings Capper Hayden Neely Vandenberg ciation, Kaukauna, Wis., petitioning consideration of their Caraway Herring Norris Van Nuys resolution with reference to preventing the retroactive appli Chavez Hill Nye Wagner cation of any Federal tax upon the employees of the States Clark, Idaho Holman O'Mahoney Walsh Clark, Mo. Holt Overton White and their instrumentalities; to the Committee on Ways and Connally HUghes Pepper Wiley Means. · 72. Also, petition of Pablo Ozeguera, Habana, Cuba, peti Mr. MTh""TON. I announce that the Senator from Tilinois tioning consideration of his petition, which seems to indicate [Mr. LEWIS] and the Senator from Montana [Mr. WHEELER] the general tenor that national as well as international rela are detained on important public business. tions demand that we, as men of good will, strive for peace, Mr. AUSTIN. I announce that the Senator from Delaware stability, and for the economic progress of men and nations; [Mr. TowNsEND l is necessarily absent. to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The VICE PRESIDENT. Ninety-two Senators have an 73. Also, petition of Ireanus J. Leitemeyer Post, No. 1982, swered to their names. A quorum is present. Veterans of Foreign Wars, New Iberia, La., petitioning con SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TAXATION OF GOVERNMENTAL SECURITIES sideration of their resolution with reference to foreign sugar AND SALARIES a_nd domestic sugar industry; to the Committee on Ways and The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair announces the ap Means. pointment of the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. MILLER] as a 74. Also, petition of the National Sojourners, Inc., Columbus member of the Special Committee on Taxation of Govern Chapter, No. 10, Columbus, Ohio, petitioning consideration of mental Securities and Salaries under Senate Resolution 303, their resolution with reference to the Dies committee; to the agreed to June 16, 1938, vice Hon. George McGill, former · Committee on -Rules. Senator from Kansas. 75. Also, petition of the General Welfare Federation of REFERENCE OF NOMINATIONS AND TREATIES America, Washington, D. C., petitioning consideration of their Mr. BARKLEY. I submit a resolution and ask unanimous resolution from the State of Florida, First Congressional Dis consent for its present consideration . . trict, with reference to General Welfare Act; to the Committee There being no objection, the resolution was read, consid on Ways and Means. ered, and agreed to, as follows: 76. Also, petition of the General Welfare Federation of Resolved, That on calendar days of the present session of the America, Washington, D. C., petitioning consideration of their Congress when no executive session is held, nominations or treat ies l'esolution from the State of Missouri, Fifth Congressional received from the President of the United States may, where no District, with reference to the General Welfare Act; to the objection is interposed, be referred, as in exeeutive session, to the Committee on Ways and Means. appropriate committees by the Presiding Officer of the Senate. STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE Mr. BARKLEY. By direction of the steering committee of SENATE the majority, I send forward a list of asirlgnments of Senators TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1939 to the various committees, and ask that it be read and ap proved by the Senate. · The Chaplain, Rev. Z~Barney T. Phillips, D. D., offered the Mr. NYE. Mr. President, in conjunction with the list sub following prayer: mitted by the Senator ·from Kentucky at the request of the 0 Thou who art greater than our greatest thought of minority leader, I submit the report of the committee on Thee, whose greatness is unsearchable, waken in us by Thy committees of the minority, which I understand is to be of secret indwelling all slumbering possibi-lities of our own fered with the presentation of the majority leader. greatness, that we may show forth the gift of God within us, The viCE PRESIDENT. The clerk will read the lists of even though as yet it may be but our unaccepted, unclaimed committee assignments on behalf of the majority and th.e inheritance. Keep us calm· each day in the strength of ever minority, and, without objection, they will be considered to greater things achieved and, as we sit at the feet of the gether. LXXXIV--11 162 CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD-· SE.NA.TE JANUARY 10 The Chief Clerk read the majority and minority assign ' . On Printing: Messrs. Hayden (chairman), Walsh, Truman, Pep p~r. Lundeen, Miller, Danaher, and Gurney. ments, which, in the form of an order, were agreed to, as On Privileges and Elections: Messrs. George (chairman) , King, follows: Smith, Connally, Logan, Hatch, Minton, Green, Burke, Mead, Ordered, That the following shall constitute the standing com Lucas, ---, Austin, Johnson of California, Nye, Bridges, and mittees of the Senate of the Seventy-sixth Congress: Wiley. On Agriculture and Forestry: Messrs. Smith (chairman), Wheeler, . On Public Buildings and Grounds: Messrs. Connally (chairman), Thomas of Oklahoma, Bankhead, Bulow, Mrs. Caraway, Messrs. Ashurst, Tydings, Walsh, Maloney, Truman, Chavez, Andrews, GU Hatch, Bilbo, Schwellenbach, Gillette, Ellender, Minton, Lucas, lette, Green, Herring, Hale, Barbour, and Taft. ---, Norris, McNary, Capper, Frazier, Shipstead, and Wiley. On Public Lands _and Surveys: Messrs. . Adarps (chairman) , Pitt On Appropriations: Messrs. Glass (chairman), McKellar, Hayden, · . man, Ashurst, Wagner, Hatch, O'Mahoney, Murray, McCarran, An Thomas of Oklahoma, Byrnes, Tydings., Russell, Adams, McCarran, drews, Lee, Smathers, Nye, Borah, Gurney, and Holman. Overton, Bankhead , O'Mahoney, Truman, Burke, Green, Maloney, On Rules: Messrs. Neely (chairman), Harrison, McKellar, Adams, Chavez, Hale, Nye, Townsend, Bridges, Lodge, Holman, and Taft. Byrd, Lewis, Gillette, Miller, Andrews, Hale, Vandenberg, Barbour, To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate: and Tobey. Messrs. Byrnes (chairman), Tydings, Truman, and Townsend. - On Territories and Insular Affairs: Messrs. Tydings (chairman), On Banking and Currency: Messrs. Wagner (chairman), Glass, Pittman, Hayden, King, Clark of Missouri, Reynolds, Bone, Mc Barkley, Byrnes, Bankhead, Adams, Maloney, Radcliffe, Brown, Kellar, Wheeler, Gerry, Lundeen, Miller, Nye, Vandenberg, Gibson, Hughes, Herring, Smathers, Miller, Clark of Idaho, Downey, Town- Lodge, and Danaher. - · · send, Frazier, Tobey, Danaher, and Taft. . Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, the list of committees On Civil Service: Messrs. Bulow (chairman), McKellar, George, Logan, Neely, Byrd, Downey, White, Gibson, and Frazier. read completes the committee membership except for the On Claims: Messrs .. Logan (chairman), Bailey, Burke, Schwellen Senator-elect from Tennessee [Mr. STEWART], who has not bach, Brown, Ellender, Hughes, Schwartz, Smathers, Capper, Town- · yet been sworn in. He has been assigned to his committees, send, Tobey, and Wiley. On Commerce: Messrs. Bailey (chairman) , Sheppard, M.rs. Cara to take effect when he arrives. When that is done the way, Messrs. Clark of Missouri, Overton, Bilbo, Donahey, Guffey, committees will be complete. Maloney, Radcliffe, Pepper, Lee, Hill, Mead, McNary, Johnson of Cali- · MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT fornia, Vandenberg, White, Gibson, and Barbour. On the District of Columbia: Messrs. King (chairman), Glass, Messages in writing from . the President of the United Tydings, Lewis, Bankhead, McCarran, Reynolds, Bilbo, Overton, States were communicated to the Senate by Mr. Hess, one Hughes, Clark of Idah o, Capper, Austin, Bridges, and Holman. of his secretaries. On Education and Labor: Messrs. Thomas· of Utah (chairman) , Walsh, Murray, Donahey, Holt, Pepper, Ellender; Lee, Hiil, Borah, La REPORT _OF CENTRAL STATISTICAL BOARD Follett e, Davis, and Taft. · On Enrolled Bills: Mrs. Caraway (chairiilan), Messrs. Truman The VICE PRESIDENT-laid before the. Senate a message and Reed. from the President of the United States, which was read and On Expenditures in the Executive Departments: Messrs. Lewis referred to the Committee on Finance, as follows: (chairman), Wagner, Van Nuys, Pittman, Barkley, Davis, and Lodge. On Finance: Messrs. Harrison (chairman), King, George, Walsh, To the Congress oi the United States: Barkley, Connally, Bailey, Clark of Missouri, Byrd, Gerry, Guffey, . I transmit herewith, for the information of the Congress, Brown, Herring, Johnson of Colorado, Radcliffe, La Follette, Capper, a· report of the Central· Statistical Board on the Returns Vandenberg, Townsend, Davis, and Lodge. Made by the Public to the Federal Government. I recom On Foreign Relations: Messrs. Pittman (chairman), Harrison, George, Wagner, Connally, .Lewis, Thomas of Utah; Van Nuys, mend that this report be printed_as a public document. Murray, Schwellenbach, Pepper, Green, Barkley, Reynolds, Guffey, FRANKLIN D. RoosEVELT. Gillette, Borah, Johnson of California, Capper, La Follette, Van . THE WmTE HOUSE, January 10, 1939. denberg, White, and Shipstead. On Immigration: Messrs. Russell (chairman), King, Maloney, · [Note: Report accompanied· similar message to the House Schwellenbach, Holt, Andrews, Hughes·, Smathers, Herring, ---, .of Representatives.] Johnson of California,-Austin, Capper, and Holman. On Indian Affairs: Messrs. Thomas - of Oklahoma (chairman), REPORT .OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PANAMA RAILROAD CO. Wheeler, Ashurst, Bulow, Hatch, O'Mahoney, Donahey, Chavez, John · The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a message son of Colorado, Lundeen, Frazier, La Follette, Shipstead, and McNary. · from the President of the United States; which was read, On Interoceanic Canals: Messrs. Clark of Missouri (chairman), and,- with· the accompanying ·report, referred to the Com Hayden, Pepper, Ellender, Downey, ---, Bridges, and Lodge. mittee on Intetoceanic Canals, as follows: On Interstate Commerce: Messrs. Wheeler (chairman), Smith, Wagner, Barkley, Neely, Bone. Donahey, Minton, Truman, Andrews, To the Congress of the United States: Johnson of Colorado, Schwartz, Hiil, Lundeen, ---, White, Aus - I transmit herewith, for the information of the Congress, tin, Shipstead, Tobey, Reed, and· Gurney. the Eighty-ninth Annu.al Report· of the Board of Directors On Irrigation and Reclamation: Messrs. Bankhead (chairman), Sheppard, Pittman, Ashurst, Adams, McCarran, Overton, Hatch, of the Panama Railroad Co. for the fiscal year ended June O'Mahoney, Chavez, Lee, Clark of. Idaho, McNary, Johnson of Cali 30, 1938. fornia, Townsend, Nye, and Gurney. . FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. On the Judiciary: Messrs. Ashurst (chairman), King, Neely; · McCarran, Van Nuys, Logan, Hatch, Burke, Pittman, Connally, THE WHITE HousE, January 10, 1939. O'Mahoney, Hughes, Miller, Borah, Norris, Austin, Danaher, and MELVIN GERARD ALVEY Wiley. On the Library: Messrs. Barkley (chairman), McKellar, Thomas The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter of Oklahoma, Mrs. Caraway, Messrs. Bilbo, Radcliffe, Herring, Gibson, from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a McNary, and Tobey. draft of proposed legislation for the relief of Melvin Gerard On Manufactures: Messrs. Overton {chairman), Smith, Sheppard, Russell, Gerry, Guffey-, Brown, Johnson of Colorado, Mead, La Fol Alvey, boatswain's mate, first class, lifesaving, United States lette, Barbour, Reed, and Danaher. Coast Guard, which, with the· accompanying ·papers, was On Military Affairs: Messrs. Sheppard (chairman), Lewis, Logan, referred to the Committee on Claims. Reynolds, Thomas of Utah, Minton, Johnson of Colorado, · Lee, Schwartz, Lundeen, Hill, Clark of Missouri, Downey, Austin, Nye, EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS BY GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENTS AND Bridges, Gurney, and Holman. - AGENCIES - On Mines and Mining: Messrs. Guffey (chairman), Pittman, The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter Hayden, Logan, Bulow, Thomas of Utah, Holt, Johnson of Colorado, _ from-the· secretary of the ·Reconstruction Finance Corpora Schwartz, Davis, Reed, Taft, and Wiley. On Naval Affairs: Messrs. Walsh (chairman), Tydings, Smith, tion, submitting, in .response to Senate Resolution 285, Russell, Bone, Byrd, Gerry, Holt, Andrews,- Gillette, Ellender, Lucas, agreed to June 8, 1938, a report pertaining to'aliens employed Hale, Davis, Johnson of California, Gibson, and Barbom·. by the Corporation and the reasons for such employment, · On Patents:. Messrs. Bone {chairman), Smith, Pepper, Clark of whieh was referred the Committee on Education and Idaho, Lucas, Norris, and White. to On Pensions: Messrs. Minton · (chairman), Wheeler, Walsh, Labor; Thomas of Utah, Schwartz, Bilbo, Schwellenbach, Hill, Frazier, · He also laid before the Senate a letter from the Adminis Townsend, and Shipstead. trator of the United States Housing Authority, stating, in · On Post Offices and Post Roads: Messrs. McKellar (chairman), · response to Senate Resolution 285, agreed to June 8, 1938, Hayden, Bailey, Bulow, Byrnes, Logan, O'Mahoney, Murray, Chavez, Holt, Ellender, Smathers, Mead, Clark of Idaho, Frazier, La Follette. that no ·alien.S ·are employed- by-that Authority, which was Bridges, Davis, and Reed. referred to the Committee on Education ·and Labor. 193~ _CONGRESSIONAL ;RECORD-SENATE 163
PETITIONS Methodist Episcopal Church, K~Wlsas City, Mo.; Dr. Julius Valdemar Moldenhawer, First Presbyterian Church, New The VICEPRESIDENT laid before the Senate petitions of York City; His Eminence George Cardinal Mundelein, sundry citizens of Milwaukee, Wis.; praying for adherence by Archbishop of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.; Rev. Roger T. the United States to the principle of neutrality as contained Nooe, president, International Convention of Disciples of Christ, Nashville, Tenn.; Rt. Rev. John O'Grady, secre in existing law and the modification of the original neutral tary, National Conference of Catholic Charit ies; Very ity law so as to include civil as well as international conflicts, Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. J., president, Georgetown which were referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. University, Washington, D. C.; Rev. Joseph D. Oster mann. executive director, Committee for the Catholic Mr. LODGE presented petitions of sundry citizens of Refugees from Germany; Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, Leominster, Mass., praying for the enactment of the so-called Methodist Church, Omaha, Nebr.; Dr. Albert Wentworth Townsend General Welfare Act, which were referred to the Palmer, president, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Committee on Finance. Ill.; Rev. Daniel Alfred Poling, editor, Christian Herald .and Christian Endeavor World, Baptist Temple, Phila REFUGE FOR PERSECUTED CHILDREN OF GERMANY delphia, Pa.; Dr. George W. Richards, president, Thea-. Mr. WAGNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to logical Seminary of the Reformed Church, Lancaster, Pa.; Most Rev. Joseph Francis Rummell, S. T. D., Archbishop.. have printed in the RECORD and appropriately referred a ()f New Orleans, New Orleans, La.; Most Rev. James H. petition submitted to the President yesterday, urging the Ryan, S. T. D., Bishop of Omaha, Omaha, Nebr.; Rt. Rev. American people to join in offering refuge to German chil John Augustine Ryan, director, Social Action Department, National Catholic Welfare Conference, Washington, D. C.; dren subject to religious and racial persecution in their native Rt. Rev. William Scarlett, Bishop of Missouri Protestant land. Episcopal Church, St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. Avery A. Shaw, The petition is signed by His Eminence George Cardinal president, Denison University, Granville, Ohio; Rev. Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago, and 47 other outstanding Maurice S. Sheehy, head, Department of Religious Edu cation, Catholic University of. America; Most Rev. Ber prelates representing the Catholic and the various Protestant nard James Shell, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Ill.; Dr. faiths. Joseph Richa:rd Sizoo, St. . Nicholas Church, New York There being no objection, the petition was referred to the City; Dr. Ralph W. Bockman, Christ's Methodist Bpisco pal Church, New York City; Dr. Rol:>ert Elliott Speer, Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed in president of the board of trustees, Princeton Seminary; the RECORD, as follows: Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, cai).on of Washington Cathedral, Waihington, D. C.; Dr. John Timothy Stone, president, The American people has made clear its reaction to the oppres Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill.; Dr. sion of all minority groups, religious and racial, throughout Ger Howard Thurman, dean of chapel, Howard University, many. It has been especially moved by the plight of the childr~n. Washlngton, D. C.; Dr. Ezra Allen Van Nuys, Calvary Pres Every h eart has been touched, and the Nation has spoken out its byterian Church, San Francisco, Calif.; Dr. John Ander sorrow and dismay through the voices of its statesmen, teachers, son Vance, First Presbyterian Church, Detroit, Mich. and religious leaders. Americans have felt that protest, however vigorous, and sympathy, however deep, are not enough, and that EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES these must translate themselves into such action as shall justify faith. As in executive session, We have been stirred by the knowledge that Holland and England Mr. HARRISON, from the Committee on Finance, reported have opened their doors and homes to many of these children. We favorably the nomination of Ellen S. Woodward, of Missis conceive it to be our duty, in the name of the American traditien and the religious spirit common to our Nation to urge the people, sippi, to be a member of the Soci.al Security ;Board for the by its Congress and Executive, to express sympathy through special remainder of the term expiring August 13, 1943, to which treat ment of the young, robbed of country, homes, and parents. office she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate,· A heartening token of the mood of America is to be found in the vice Mary W. Dewson, resigned. fact that thousands of Americans of all faiths have made known their eagerness to take these young children into their homes, with He also, from the same committee, reported favorably the out burden or obligation to the State. nominations of sundry officers in the United states Public Working within and under the laws of Congress, through speciiil Health Service. enactment, if necessary, the Nation can offer sanctuary to a part of these children by united expression of its wm to help. Mr. BAILEY, from the Committee on Finance, reported fa To us it seems that the duty of Americans in dealing with the vorably the nomination of John W. Hanes, of North Carolina, youthful victims of a regime which, punishes innocent and tender to be Under Secretary of the Treasury, in place of Roswell children as if they were offenders, is to remember the monition of Magill, resigned. Him who said, "Suffer little children to come unto me." And in that spirit we call on all Americans to join together without regard Mr. WALSH, from the Committee on Finance, reported to race, religion, or creed in offering refuge to children as a token of favorably the nomination of Preston Delano, of Massachu our sympathy and as a symbol of our faith in the ideals of human setts, to be Comptroller of the Currency, in place of J. F. T. brotherhood. [The above statement by a group of representatives of Christian O'Connor, resigned. churches of America is endorsed by the following: ] He also, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported Dr. Martin Anderson, Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, favorably the nominations of sundry officers for promotion Colo.; Dr. Albert William Beaven, president of Colgate in the Navy. Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, N.Y.; Dr. Oscar F. Blackwelder, Lutheran Church of the Reformation, The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the reports Washington, D. C.; Dr. Walter Russell Bowie, Grace will be received and placed on the Executive Calendar. Church, New York City; Dr. Samuel Cavert, executive Bll.LS AND JOINT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED secretary, Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, New York. City; Dr. Allen Knight Chalmers, Bills and a joint resolution were introduced, read the first Broadway Tabernacle, 211 West Fifty-sixth Street, New time, and, by unanimous consent, the second time, and York City; Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, Union Theological referred as follows: Seminary, New York City; Dr. Henry Crane, Central Methodist Church, Detroit, Mich.; Bishop Ralph Cush By Mr. BARKLEY: man, Methodist Church, Denver, Colo.; Dr. Harry Emer- · S. 4 77. A · bill to provide for the regulation of the sale of son Fosdick, Riverside Church, New York City; Rev. certain securities in interstate and foreign commerce and Graham Frank, First Christian Church, Dallas, Tex.; Rt. Rev. James Edward Freeman, Bishop of Washington, through the mails, and the regulation of the tr~t indentures Washington, D. C.; Dr. Robert Freeman, Presbyterian under which the same are issued, and for other purposes; to Church, Pasadena, Calif.; Dr. Louis Hartman, editor, the Committee on Banking and Currency. Zion's Herald, Boston, Mass.; Dr. Ivan Lee Holt, St. Louis, By Mr. . HATCH: Mo.; Rt. Rev. Edwin H. Hughes, Bishop of Washington area, Met hodist Episcopal Church, Washington, D. c.; S. 478. A bill to provide for more expeditious payment of Dr. Robert Scott Inglis, pastor emeritus of Third Presby amounts due to farmers under agricultural programs; and terian Church, Newark, N. J.; Dr. Edgar DeWitt Jones, s. 479. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of Cent ral Woodward Church, Detroit, MlCh.; Dr. Meredith 1938, Ashby Jones, Atlanta, Ga.; Rev. Mc!lyar H. Lichliter, as amended, with respect to marketing quotas for First Congregational Church, Columbus, Ohio; Dr. Mark wheat; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Allison Matthews, First Presbyterian Church, Seattle, By Mr. MALONEY: Wash.; Most Rev. Charles Hubert Le Blond, Bishop of S. 480. A bU,l to provide for a census of unemployment, to St. Joseph, St. Joseph, Mo.; Rev. Oscar E. Maurer, mod erator, National Council of Cengregational-Christian prohibit the interstate transportation of certain articles and ChurChes, New Haven, Conn.; Bishop Charles Mead, commodities produced under conditions which are inimical 164 CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD-. SENATE JANUARY 10 to the public interest, to protect the health and provide for S. 505. A bill authorizing the President of the United the welfare of the unemployed, to provide for the general eco States to summon Sam Alexander before an Army retiring nomic welfare of the Nation, and for other purposes; and board, and for other purposes; S. 481 (by request). A bill to provide for a continuous cen S. 506. A bill to provide for a more efficient and economical sus of unemployment, to stabilize employment, to provide mileage table of distances and routes to apply for· the pay for the establishment of fair labor standards in employments ments of travel performed for the United States Government. in and affecting interstate commerce, and for other purposes; by the military personnel, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic to the Committee on Education and Labor. Survey, and the Public Health Service; S. 482. A bill to prevent the retroactive application of any S. 507. A bill to provide allowances for inactive status Federal tax upon the employees of the States and their in training and for uniforms and equipment for certain officers strumentalities; to the Committee on Finance. of the Officers' Reserve Corps; S. 483. A bill granting a pension to Sadie L. Doran; and S. 508. -A bill to amend the· National Defense Act of June ·. S. 484. A bill granting a pension to Alfarata Phillips; to the 30, 1916, as amended, with respect to the pay and allowances Committee on .Pensions. of certain Reserve officers; S. 485. A bill providing for the cancelation of certain S. 509 . .A bill to -add certain lands of the Front Royal. charges under section 20 of the River and Harbor Act of Quartermaster Depot Military Reservation, Va., to the Shen March 3, 1899; to the Committee on Commerce. andoah National Park, -and for other purposes; By Mr. MEAD: S. 510. A bill to authorize certain officers and enlisted men S. 486. A bill to further increase the efficiency and safety of the United States Army to accept such medals, orders, · of air-mail transportation, and for other purposes; and decorations-as -have been tendered them by foreign gov . S. 487. A bill to establish a system of longevity pay for ernments in appreciation of services rendered; postal employees; S. 511. A bill for the relief of Dolores P. de Williamson; and S. 488. A bill to provide for the appointment and promo S. 512. A bill for the relief of certain disbursing officers of tion of substitute postal employees, and for other purposes; the Army of the United States and for the -settlement of indi S. 489. A bill to increase the salaries of letter carriers in vidual claims approved by the War Department; to the Com the village delivery service; and mittee on Military Affairs. S. 490. A bill to adjust the basis of compensation for over · S. 513. A bill to prov!de for the promotion on the retired time services of certain employees in the Postal Service, and list of the Navy of Fred G. Leith; to the Committee on Naval for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Offices and Affairs. Post Roads. By Mr. TYDINGS: By Mr. McNARY: S. 514. A bill for the relief of Christopher C. Cole; to the S. 491. A bill to amend section 17 of the Federal Highway Committee on Commerce. Act; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. S. 515. A bill to exempt from the provisions of draft con S. 492. A bill for the relief of Theodor Knudson; to the vention No. 53 of the International Labor Conference Treaty Committee on Claims. of 1936 all American vessels under 200 tons; to the Committee S. 493. A bill to place the names of Jonathan H. Pigman on Foreign Relations. and Jeannette Earle Morser on the final roll of the Cherokee S. 516. A bill granting a pension to Florence Adele Keyes Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, and for other purposes; to the Gibson; to the Committee on Pensions. Committee on Indian Affairs. By Mr. JOHNSON of Colorado: By Mr. CAPPER: S. 517. A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to S. 494: A bill to name the bridge to be erected over the prohibit the advertising of alcoholic beverages by radio; to Anacostia River in the District of Columbia ·after the late · the Committee on Interstate Commerce. "March King," John Philip Sousa, composer of the Stars and By Mr. TYDINGS a~d Mr. RADCLIFFE: Stripes Forever; to the Committee on the District of Co- S. J. Res. 36. Joint resolution authorizing the restoration lumbia. · and preservation · of the frigate Constellation, and making S. 495. A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, · l;laltimore, Md., her home. port;- to the Committee on Naval· and the act of June 12, 1934, relating to reciprocal-trade Affairs. agreements; -to the Committee· on Finance. · CHANGE OF REFERENCE . By Mr. KING: . On motion by Mr. TYDINGS, the Committee. on Territories S. 496. A bill for the relief of Chris Barkas and Mabel and Insular Affairs was-discharged from the further considera Barkas; to the Committee on Claims. tion of the joint.resolution (S. J. Res. 6) to provide for estab S. 497. A bill providing for the · .incorporation of certain lishing a territorial form of civil government for the District persons as Group Hpspitalization, Inc.; to the Committee on of Columbia, and it was referred to the Committee on the the Judiciary. District of Columbia. By Mr. THOMAS of Oklahoma: HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE S. 498. A bill authorizing ·an appropriation to carry out Mr. BAILEY submitted the following resolution (S. Res. the provisions of section 26 of the agreement with the 50), which was referred to the Committee to Audit and Con Muskogee or Creek Tribe of Indians, approved Marcn 1, trol the Contingent Expenses of the Senate: 1901; to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Resolved, _That the Committee on Commerce, or any subcom By Mr. ASHURST: mittee thereof, is authorized during the Seventy-sixth Congress to S. 499 (by request). A bill to amend an act entitled "An act send for persons, books, and papers, to administer oaths, and to making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year employ a stenographer at a cost not exceeding 25 cents per hundred ending June 30, 1910, and for other purposes," approved March words, to report such hearings as may be had on any subject before said committee, the expense thereof to be paid out of the con 3, 1909, as amended, so as to extend commissary privileges to tingent fund of the Senate; and that the committee, or any sub civilian officers and employees of the United States at naval committee thereof, may sit during any session or recess of the stations beyond the continental limits of the United States Senate. or in Alaska; and HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICES AND POST ROADS S. 500 (by request) . A bill to provide for the appointment of. Mr. McKELLAR submitted the following resolution (S. Res. additional circuit judges; to the Committee on the Judiciary. 51), which was referred to the Committee to Audit and By Mr. SHEPPARD: Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate: S. 501. A bill for the relief of William H. Innes; to the Resolved, That the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, or Committee on Claims. any subcommittee thereof, be, and hereby is, authorized during the S. 502. A bill for the relief of Luther Morgan; Seventy-sixth Congress to send for persons, books, and papers, to 503. administer oaths, and to employ a stenographer at a cost not ex S. A bill for the relief of Llewellyn B. Griffith; ceeding 25 cents per hundred words; to report such hearings as may S. 504. A bill to provide a right-of-way; be had in connection with any subject· which may be be!ore said. 1939 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE committee, the expense thereof to be paid out· of the contingent FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION fund of the Senate; and that the committee, or any subcommittee thereof, may sit during any session or recess of the Senate. Norman S. Case, of Rhode Island, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of 7 years ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT AT CHAPEL HILL, N.C. from July 1, 1938.
Leonard ·F: Chapman, Jr. ~ugene F. Syms r Robert A. Abbott, a Citizen of Idaho. Dixon Goen Wilmer E. Barnes Ransom M. Wood, a Citizen of Alabama. Herman Nickerson, Jr. John W. Stage Bruce B. Cheever, a citizen of Michigan. Richard H. Crockett · Kenyth .A. · Damke Albert H. Follmar, a citizen of 'Oklahoma. Wesley M. Platt Kenneth D. Bailey Guy H. Kissinger, .Jr., a citizen of Texas. George A. Roll Raymond L. Murray Byron V. Leary, a citizen of Massachusetts·. Floyd R. Moore Juhn s . . Oldfield John P. Haines, Jr., a citizen of Pennsylvania. Chevey S. White Kenneth A. Jorgensen James R. Christense.n, a cttizen of Utah. Marvin H. Floom Alexander B. Swenceski Albert J. Roose, a -citizen of Ohio. Richard E. 'I'hompson Julian F. Walters . .Rol:;lert F. Steidtmann, a citizen of Virginia. Kenneth F. McLeod Hoyt McMillan Alvin S. Sanders, a citizen of South Carolina. Willard C. Fiske Harry A. Schmitz Robert B. Chadwick, a citizen of Massachl.isetts. James· G. Frazer Herbert R. Arney, Jr. Donn J. Robertson, a citizen of Minnesota. Robert E. Stannah Peter J. Negri Ralph·A. Collins, Jr., a citizen of the District of Columbia. Stanley W. Trachta Frank P. Hager, Jr. Edward H. Hurst, a citizen of Georgia. Carey A. Randall Elmer E. Brackett, Jr. Merrill M. Day, a citizen of Missouri. Ronald B. Wilde William T. Fairbourn Benjamin S. Hargrave, Jr., a citizen of Pennsylvania. WilliamS. McCormick Custis Burton, Jr. Walter S. Osipoff, a citizen of Ohio. William J. Van Ryzin Clayton 0. Totman Quartermaster Clerk Alexander N. Entringer to be a chief Albert F. Metze George H. Brockway quartermaster clerk in the Marine Corps, to rank with but Joe C. McHaney Harold G. Walker after second lieutenant, from the 7th day of June 1938. Gould P. Groves Bruno A. Hochmuth Quartermaster Clerk ·samuel G. Thompson to be a chief. Donn C. Hart Thomas F. Riley quartermaster clerk in the Marine Corps, to rank with but ·. The following-named second lieutenants to be first lieu after second lieutenant, from the 20th day of June 1938. tenants in the Marine Corps from the 1st day of September Pay Clerk Emmett G. Ha~l to be a chief pay clerk in the; 1938: . Marine Corps, to rank with but after second lieutenant, from i Frederick P. Henderson Clyde R. Huddleson the 28th day of June 1938. Donald J. Decker · William R. Collins · Pay Clerk Charles T. Gates to .be a chief pay clerk in the Michael Sampas Norman Van Dam Iy.larine Corps,. to rank with but after second lieutenant, from Charles W. Harrison John J. Nilan, Jr. the 28th day of June 1938. Frederick E. Leek Herbert H. Williamson Marine Gunner Albert S. Munsch to be a chief marine William ·R. Wendt Leo R. Smith gunner in the Marine Co.rps, to rank with but after second Arthur A. Chidest~r John c. Miller, Jr. .lieutenant, from the 23d day of December 1938. John A. Anderson Dwight M. Guillotte Gordon A. Bell Thomas S. Ivey Robert A. McGill Loren S. Fraser HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES James M. Clark William E. Boles Peter J. Speckman Harry 0. Smith, Jr. TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1939 Roy L. Kline Joseph L. Winecotf · The House met at 12 o'clock noon. Odell M. Conoley James S. O'Halloran The Chaplain, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., Louie C. Rineberg William G. Robb offered the following prayer: William W. Buchanan Ferdinand Bishop Jack Tabor Wendell H. Duplantis 0 Spirit of Truth, send us forth today in obedience to the John W. Easley Benjamin L. McMakin imperative command of our commission. Thou who made Frank L. Kilmartin Joseph R. Little, Jr. known our Father's name, warm our hearts with the splen Eschol M. Mallory Lawrence. H. McCulley dor of that revelation; deliver us from the spirit of fearful Robert D. Moser Alexander A. Vandegrift, Jr. ness. Merciful God, move our country into a wider, broader Joseph N. Renner Edwin A. Law day and let it be blest not with corruptible things but with The following-named meritorious noncommissioned officers justice, good will, . and brotherhood. Behind and beneath to be second lieutenants in the Marine Corps from the 24th ail are the potencies of love and longing which Thou alone day of June 1938: can satisfy. Forbid, blessed Lord, that we should stand by Sgt. William H. Doolen. the sea of human life and realize no God and see no home Corpl. Daniel C. Pollock. beyond the horizon. Take unto Thy care our President, our Corp!. Harvey B. Atkins. Speaker, and the whole congressional body; put Thy seal Corpl. Monfurd K. Peyton. upon us and a deep consciousness of our sonship in our Corpl. Lawrence V. Patterson. breasts. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The following-named citizens to be second lieutenants in The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and the Marine Corps from the 25th day of June 1938: approved.