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3034 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE APRIL 4 H. R. 4323. A bill for the relief of Lemuel 672. By Mr. HARRINGTON: Petition of ."The Senate of the State of Texas, Aus Phillips; to the· Committee on Military Affairs. the Forty-ninth General Assembly, State of tin, April 1, 1941." The letter bears also By Mr. CREAL: Iowa, memorializing the Congress of the the facsimile of the seal of the State of H. R. 4324. A bill for the relief of the estate United States relative to the early considera of James M. Bennett, deceased; to the Com tion and passage of Senate file 860; to the Texas and the return address, E. Harold mittee on Claims. Committee on Military Affairs. Beck, District No.1, Texarkana. It is ad H. R. 4325. A bill for the relief of Cyrus A. dressed to me and reads: Bennett and Burton M. Bennett; to the Com The Honorable WARREN R. AUSTIN, ·mittee on Claims. The United States Senate, By Mr. COURTNEY: SENATE Washington, D. C. H. R. 4326. A bill for the relief of Thomas DEAR SIR: Enclosed herewith you will find J. Jackson; to the Committee on Military FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1941 a certified copy of Senate Concurrent Resolu Affairs. tion No. 35, which was unanimously passed By Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee: Rev. Hunter M. Lewis, ,B. D., assistant by the senate and house of representatives, H. R. 4327. A bill for the relief of W. T. rector, Church of the Epiphany, Wash congratulating the State of Vermont upon the Martin Luckett; to the Committee on Claims. ington, D. C., offered the following occasion of the celebration of the sesquicen By Mr. DIES: prayer: tennial anniversary of its admission to the H. R. 4328. A blll for the relief of Edward Union. Johnson; to the Committee on Mllitary Af Almighty God, who hast blessed us with I am, fairs. a land fair and fertile among the na Very truly yours, By Mr. HARRIS: tions: Grant us, we beseech Thee, so to E. HAROLD BECK. H. R. 4329. A blll for the relief of Mrs. F. A. N. Yeager; to the Committee on Claims. dwell therein that her beauty may daily The resolution referred to in the letter By Mr. OLIVER: increase, and her bounty become a beni reads: H. R. 4330. A birr for the relief of Kenneth son to all the world. Grant that our SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 85 Stewart Hatch; to the Committee on Immi ideals and aspirations may be in accord (By Beck) gration and Naturalization. ance with Thy holy will, and that our H. R. 4331. A bill for the relief of Alice R. Whereas 150 years ago, on the 4th day of words and deeds may further that same March 1791, Vermont wa.s admitted to the Swett; to the Committee on Claims. will. Give us a broader vision of our Na Union of States; and By Mr. SNYDER: 'tion, fair though she may be; a land of Whereas prior to its admission it had for H. R. 4332. A bill granting a pension to . brotherhood in which all serve together 14 years asserted its independence and exer Hiram Russell Griffith; to the Committee on cised the prerogatives of a complete and self Invalid Pensions. as brethren; a land of justice wherein the weak need no protection save their sustaining :::overeignty; and . H. R. 4333. A bill granting an increase of Whereas Texas for almost 10 years prior to pension to Mary E. Miller; to the Committee weakness; a land of peace wherein order its admission as a State was similarly con on Invalid Pensions. shall not rest upon force, but upon a stituted as a republic and was in all respects H. R. 4334. A bill granting an increase of common consecration to Thee, the Source an independent Commonwealth, as was Ver pension to Mary E. Wetmiller; to the Com of all love, justice, and peace. mont; and mittee on Invalid Pensions. More especially, we beseech Thee to Whereas we are mindful. of the genuine grant to these Thy servants, into whose contribution that Vermont has made to the hand has been committed the destiny of upbuilding and maintenance of the funda PETITIONS, ETC. mental principles of government: Now, there our Nation, the faith and daring of the fore, be it Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions Kingdom .of God, that they may neither Resolved by the senate (the house of rep and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk faint nor falter in Thy holy warfare for resentatives concurring), That we extend and referred as follows: freedom and the rights of men, that the congratulations to the Governor and the 666. By Mr. HANCOCK: Petition of Mrs. whole world may become the Kingdom Legislature of Vermont and to the people of George W. Freeman and other residents of of Thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. the State upon the occasion of the celebra Liverpool, N. Y., urging favorable considera Amen. tion of the sesquicentennial anniversary of tion of the recommendations of the Sentinels THE JOURNAL its admission to the Union. of America; to the Committee on the Judi COKER. STEVENSON, ciary. On request of Mr. BARKLEY, and by President of the Senate. 667. By Mr. MAAS: Concurrent resolution unanimous consent, the reading of the I hereby certify that Senate Concurrent of the State of Minnesota, memorializing the ·Journal of the proceedings of the calen Resolution No. 35 was adopted by the sen Congress of the United States to take prompt dar day of Thursday, April 3, 1941, was ate March 26, 1941. action to ratify the agreement between the dispensed with, and the Journal was [SEAL I BoB BARKER, Government of the United States and the approved. Secretary of the Senate. HOMER LEONARD, Dominion of Canada for the development of MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE the St. Lawrence waterway; to the Committee Speaker of the House of Representatives. on Foreign Affairs. A message from the House of Repre I hereby certify that Senate Concurrent 668. Also, resolution of the council of the sentatives, by Mr. · Chaffee, one of its Resolution No. 35 was adopted by the house city of St. Paul, Minn., requesting the Con reading clerks, anounced that the House of representatives March 26, 1941. gress of the United States of America to had passed the following bills and joint E. R. LINDLEY, enact, and the President to approve, legisla resolution, in which it requested the con Chief Clerk of the House tion enabling the completion of the Great of Representatives. Lakes-St. Lawrence seaway and power project culjrence of the Senate: . by removing existing barriers; to the Commit H. R. 4239. An act to carry to the surplus Mr. President, the resemblance in the . tee on Foreign Affairs. fund of the Treasury certain trust funds de gallant fight for liberty c.onducted by the . 669. By Mr. LYNCH: Resolution of the rived from compensating taxes collected pur pioneers of both Texas and Vermont is Maritime Association of the port of New York suant to section 15 (e) of title I of the Act of one of the_causes of the cherished rela opposing the St. Lawrence seaway and power May 12, 1933 (48 Stat. 40), as amended, upon tionship between these States. project; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. certain articles coming into the United States; On behalf of the State of Vermont, I 670. Also, resolution of the Albany Cham H. R. 4276. An act making appropriations express concurrence in the fundamental ber of Commerce, Albany, N.Y., opposing the for the Department of State, the Department · of Commerce, the Department of Justice, and principles expressed in this resolution, proposed St. Lawrence seaway and power which I regard as absolutely necessary to project; to the Committee on Foreign Af the Federal Judiciary, for the fiscal year end· fairs. ing June 30, 1942, and for other purposes; and keep government free, and I express sen 671. By Mr. KRAMER: Resolution of the H. J. Res. 105. Joint resolution to continue timents of gratitude and of lasting Assembly and the Senate of the State of the temporary increases in postal rates on .friendship on the part of the State of California urging the Congress of the United first-class matter, and for other purposes. Vermont for the State of Texas. States to enact House bill 84, or such other CONGRATULATIONS . OF TEXAS. LEGISLA- ARMY DAY PARADE legislatiqn as it deems suitable to accom- ' TURE TO VERMONT pUsh the purpose of extending the benefits Mr. SHEPPARD. While under the ·of.marine hospital service to maritime fisher Mr. AUSTIN. Mr. President, there is a .proclamation of the President next Mon men, and the President of the United States kinship of spirit between the Sta~e of day, April 7, will be Army Day, I am ad 1s respectfully petitioned to approve su~h Texas and the State of Vermont which is · vised that the parade will be held tomor legishition; to the Committee on the Mer ·expressed most graciously in the follow row, Saturday afternoon. I ask unani chant Marine and Fisheries. ing manner: I read from a letter headed mous consent to have printed in the 1941 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD,-SENATE 3035 RECORD the Army Day proclamation is year ended December 31, 1939; to the Com name: wholly inadequate medical facilities; sued by the President, and also a letter mittee on Finance. Inability to contact the superintendent; received by me from Edwin S. Bettelheim, school children with no other garments than PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS one dress, a coat, stockings, and shoes; old Jr., adjutant general of the Military Petitions, etc., were laid before the women gathering their own wood; and many Order of the World War.