1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 19 5926. Also, petition of the New York State Congress of 5944. Also, petition of the Chamber of Commerce, Houston, Parents and Teachers, Inc., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., petitioning Tex., petitioning consideration of their resolution with ref consideration of their resolution with reference to war and erence to the F1ederal oil control; to the Committee on Inter peace; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. state and Foreign. Commerce. 5927. Also, petition of the Woman's Christian Temperance 5945. Also, petition of the American Petroleum Institute, Union, Pasadena, Calif., petitioning consideration of their New York, N. Y., petitioning consideration of their resolution resolution with reference to Senate bill280, the motion-picture with reference to House bill 7372, also the trade agreement bill; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. with Venezuela; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 5928. Also, petition of the Nebraska Federation of Women's 5946. Also, petition of the California State Industrial Union Clubs, Omaha, Nebr., petitioning consideration of their resolu Council, San Francisco, Calif., petitioning consideration of tion with reference to Senate bill 280, the motion-picture bill; their resolution with reference to expansion of United States to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Housing Program; to the Committee on Banking and Cur 5929. Also, petition of the Hilo Industrial Union Council, rency. 1383 Kamehameha Avenue, Hila, Hawaii, petitioning consid 5947. Also, petition of the California State Industrial Union eration of their resolution with reference· to any European or Council, San Francisco, Calif., petitioning consideration of Asiatic conflicts; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. their resolution with reference to Federal funds for transient 5930. Also, petition of the Los Angeles Industrial Union · relief; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Council, Los Angeles, Calif., petitioning consideration of their 5948. Also, petition of the National Association of Retail resolution with reference to the expansion of United States Meat Dealers, Inc., Chicago, TIL, petitioning consideration of Housing Program; to the Committee on Banking and Cur their resolution with reference to meat-packers' inspection rency. marking; to the Committee on Agriculture. · 5931. Also, petition of the Consumers Union of United 5949. Also, petition of the city of Cambridge, in city council, States, Inc., petitioning consideration of their resolution with petitioning consideration of their resolution with reference reference to the Dies committee; to the Committee on Rules. to neutrality legislation; to the Committee on Appropriations. 5932. Also, petition of the w ·indow Trimmers and Display 5950. Also, petition of the Independent Petroleum Associa men's Union, New York, N. Y., petitioning consideration of tion of America, Washington, D. C., petitioning considera their resolution with reference to the Dies committee; to the tion of their resolution with reference to the tariff on im Committee on Rules. ports of petroleum and its products; to the Committee on 5933. Also, petition of the county of Yamhill, department Ways and Means. of education, McMinnville, Oreg., petitioning consideration 5951. Also, petition of the National Sojourners, Inc., Colum of their resolution with reference to traffic in munitions of bus ·Chapter, No. 10, Columbus, Ohio, petitioning considera war or in commodities that might be used in the manufacture tion of their resolution with reference to the National De of any instrument of war; to -the Committee on Foreign fense Act of Congress, June 20, 1920, as amended; to the Affairs. · Committee on Military Affairs. 5934. Also, petition of the American Legion and the Junior 5952. Also, petition of Los Angeles Newspaper Guild, peti Chamber of Commerce, Anniston Post, No. 26, Anniston, tioning consideration of their resolution with reference to Calhoun County, Ala., petitioning consideration of their res the expansion of the United States housing program; to the olution with reference to the Dies committee; to the Com Committee on Banking and Currency. mittee on Rules. 5953. Also, petition of the Utah Congress of Parents and 5935. Also, petition of the National Woman's Party, Wash Teachers, Salt Lake City, Utah, petitioning consideration ington, D. C., petitioning consideration of their resolution of their resolution with reference to peace in the United with reference to Commissioner Iglesias, Puerto Rican Dele States; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. gate in the United States Congress; to the Committee on 5954. Also, petition of the Honolulu Chapter, the Inter-Pro Memorials. fessional Association, Hon·olulu, Hawaii, petitioning consider 5936. Also, petition of the United States Patriotic Society, ation of their resolution with reference to the neutrality of the New York, petitioning consideration of their resolution with United States; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. reference to Dies committee; to the Committee on Rules. 5955. Also, petition of the California State Industrial Union 5937. Also, petition of the American Defense Society, Inc., Council, San Diego, Calif., petitioning consideration of their New York, N. Y., petitioning consideration of their resolution resolution with reference to Bill of Rights holiday; to the with reference to un-American activities in the United States Committee on·the Judiciary. of America; to the Committee on Rules. 5956. Also, petition of California State Industrial Union 5938. Also, petition of the ninth executive district of the Council, San Diego, Calif., petitioning consideration of their Republican Bergen County committee in River Edge, N. J., resolution with reference to expansion of United States hous petitioning consideration of their resolution with reference to ing program; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. the Dies committee on un-American activities; to the Com 5957. Also, petition of the Congress of Industrial Organiza mittee on Rules. tions, Washington, D. C., petitioning consideration of their 5939. Also, petition of the United Electrical, Radio and resolution with reference to technological unemployment; to Machine Workers of America, Newark, N.J., petitioning con the Committee on Ways and Means. sideration of their resolution with reference to un-American 5958. Also, petition of the State, County and Municipal activities; to the Committee on Rules. ·workers of America, Local 46, Philadelphia, Pa., petitioning 5940. Also, petition of the Allendale Post, No. 204, of the consideration of their resolution with reference to the actions American Legion, Allendale, N.J., petitioning consideration of of the Dies committee; to the Committee on Rules. their resolution with reference to Dies committee; to the Committee on Rules. 5941. Also, petition of the Michigan Good Roads Federa tion, Michigan section, petitioning consideration of their SENATE resolution with reference to the Michigan Good Roads Fed THURSDA-Y, JANUARY 4, 1940 eration extending its sympathy to the family of Congressman The Chaplain, Rev. Z~Barney T. Phillips, D. D., offered the Carl E. Mapes; to the Committee on Memorials. following prayer: 5942. Also, petition of the United Shoe Workers of America, New York, N. Y., petitioning consideration of their resolution Eternal·God and Heavenly Father, we bow before Thee in with reference to Dies committee; to the Committee on Rules. deep humility and tender penitence, for that Thou, being 5943. Also, petition of the South Jersey Port Commission, very high exalted above all worlds, beholdest the proud afar Camden, N. J., petitioning consideration of their resolution off yet condescendest to make the contrite heart Thy dwell with reference to the United States Army .engineers; to the ing. In this moment of silence we invoke Thy presence to Committee on Military Affairs. put away our sin;· enter into our souls deeper than we have 20: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JANUARY 4 ever known; let Thy glory dawn upon our sight clearer than - Mr. MINTON. I announce that the Senator from Wash ever before, and do Thou light the :flame upon the altar of ington [Mr. BoNE], the Senator from Arkansas [Mrs. CARA our lives, that our prayer may be set forth in Thy sight as WAY], and the Sen·ator from Missouri [Mr. CLARK] are absent the incense. - from the Senate because of illness. Grant in the rush and pressure of our modern life, when The Senator from North Carolina [Mr. BAILEY], the Sena feverish activity is made the measure of all things, that we tor from Ohio [Mr. DoNAHEY], the Senator from Virginia may be replenished with gifts of silence and rivers of peace, [Mr. GLASS], the Senator from Wyoming [Mr. O'MAHONEY], using them not to escape from our duty but that, seeing it the Senator from Florida [Mr. PEPPER], the Senator from more clearly, we may be the better enabled to do it as unto South Carolina [Mr. SMITH], and the Senator from Tennes Thee. We ask it in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. see [Mr. STEWART] are unavoidably detained. Amen. The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. McKELLAR], the Senator ATTENDANCE OF SENATORS from Louisiana [Mr. OVERTON], and the Senator from Massa CHARLES 0. ANDREWS, a Senator from the State of Florida, chusetts [Mr. WALSH] are detained on important public· WILLIAM H. SMATHERS, a Senator from the State of New Jer business. sey, and FREDERICK VAN NUYs, a Senator from the State of The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. THoMAs] is absent on Indiana, appeared in their seats today. official business for the Committee on Appropriations. THE JOURNAL Mr. AUSTIN. I announce that the Senator from Kansas [Mr. REED] is necessarily detained, and that the Senator On request of Mr. BARKLEY, and by unanimous consent, the from Wisconsin [Mr. LA FoLLETTE] is absent on official busi reading of the Journal of the proceedings of Wednesday, ness of the Senate. January 3, 1940, was dispensed with, and the Journal was Mr. TOBEY. I regret to announce the necessary absence approved. · of the senior Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. BRIDGES] MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT due to the serious illness of a member of his family. Messages in writing from_ the President of the United The VICE PRESIDENT. Seventy-two .Senators have an States were communicated to the Senate by Mr. Latta, one swered to their names. A quorum is present. of his secretaries. · ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE Mr. BARKLEY. I ask unanimous consent that when the A message from the House -of Representatives, by Mr. Senate concludes its business today it stand adjourned until Chaffee, one of its reading clerks, communicated to the Sen 12 o'clock on Monday next. ate the intelligence of the death of Han. J. Will Taylor, late The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection? The Chair a Representative from the State of Tennessee, and trans hears none, and it is so ordered. mitted the resolutions of the House thereon. THE BUDGET (H. DOC. NO. 529) The message also communicated to the Senate the intelli gence of the death of Han. Santiago Iglesias, late a Resident The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a message Commissioner of Puerto Rico, and transmitted the resolutions from the President of the United States, transmitting the of the House thereon. Budget of the United States Government for the fiscal year The message further communicated to the Senate the in ending June 30, 1941, which was read, referred to the Com-· telligence of the death of Han. Carl E. Mapes, late a Repre mittee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. sentative from the State of Michigan, and transmitted the For Budget message of the President, see -page 47 of the resolutions of the House thereon. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. The message also communicated to the Senate the intelli FELICITATIONS FROM NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF gence of the death of Han. William I. Sirovich, late a Repre EL SALVADOR sentative from the State of New York, and transmitted the The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a cablegram resolutions of the House thereon. from Francisco A. Reyes, Speaker of the National Legislative· The message further communicated to the Senate the in Assembly of El Salvador, addressed to the Senate, stating telligence of the death of Han. John A. Martin, late a Repre (translation) "During their stay in this capital we have had sentative. from the State of Colorado,- and transmitted the the pleasure of greeting the Senators on mission to Panama resolutions of the House thereon. as a token of respect and an expression of good will toward The message also communicated to the Senate the intelli the American Senate," which was ordered to lie on the table. gence of the death of Han. William A. Ashbrook, late a Rep TRIBUTES TO HON. SANTIAGO IGLESIAS resentative from the State of Ohio, and transmitted the The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate resolutions resolutions of the House thereon. adopted by the Council of Deans of the University of Puerto The message further communicated to the Senate the in Rico, Rio Piedras, P. R., and the Biennial Conference of the telligence of the death of Han. George H. Heinke, late a Rep National' Woman's Party, at Washington, D. C, as tributes to · resentative from the State of Nebraska, and transmitted the the memory of Han. Santiago Iglesias, late.Resident Commis resolutions of the House ·thereon. sioner of Puerto Rico, which were ordered to lie on the table. CALL OF THE ROLL REGENT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Mr. MINTON. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair appoints the Senator The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the roll. from Missouri [Mr. CLARK] as a Regent of the Smithsonian The legislative clerk called the roll, and the following Institution to succeed the late Senator Logan, of Kentucky. Senators answered to their names: NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, 1940-CONGRESSIONAL DAY Adams Connally Hughes Russell Andrews Danaher Johnson, Calif. Schwartz The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from Ashurst Davis Johnson, Colo. Schwellenbach the chairman of the board of the New York World's Fair, Austin Downey King Sheppard Bankhead Ellender Lee Slattery 1940, suggesting the "setting aside a day at the fair to ·be Barbour Frazier Lucas Smathers known as Congressional Day, at which time we hope we may Barkley George Lundeen -· Taft Bilbo Gibson McCarran Thomas, Utah have the privilege of bringing to the exposition the Members Borah Gillette McNary Tobey of the House and Senate and their wives as guests of the Brown Green Maloney Townsend fair," which was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Bulow Guffey Mead Truman Burke ·Gurney Miller Tydings UNITED STATES CORONADO EXPOSITION COMMISSION Byrd Harrison Minton Vandenberg Byrnes Hatch Murray VanNuys . The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from Capper Hayden Neely Wagner the Governor of _Oklahoma stating that, pursuant to law, he Chandler Herring Pittman Wheeler Chavez . Hill Radcliffe White had appointed John Frank Martin, of Oklahoma City, chair-· Clark, Idaho Holman Reynolds Wiley man; Fred Coogan, of Sayre; Everett Murphy, of Kingfisher; 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-8ENATE 21 Earl Gilson, of Guymon; and Dr. Fowler Border, of Mangum, Copper River & Northwestern Railway Co., between Cor as the Oklahoma representatives on the United States Cora- - dova and Kennecott, Alaska, discontinued from May 31, 1939. nado Exposition Commission, which was ordered to lie on the SALES OF NAVY VESSELS AND MATERIALS table. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter NOBEL PEACE PRIZE from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, pursu The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from ant to law, a report covering the sales of vessels and materials the Secretary of State, transmitting a copy of a circular issued of the Navy during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1939, which, by the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament relative with the accompanying report, was referred to the Commit to the proposal of candidates for the 1940 Nobel Peace Prize, tee on Naval Affairs. which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · VESSELS STRICKEN FROM THE NAVY REGISTER · The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter PERSHING HALL, PARIS, FRANCE, EXPENDITURE REPORT from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, pursu The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from ant to law, a report giving the names of the vessels stricken . the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, from the Navy Register during the fiscal year ended· June 30, an itemized report of expenditures made in connection with . 1939, which, with the accompanying report, was referred to Pershing Hall, in Paris, France, fiscal year 1939, which, with the Committee on Naval Affairs. the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. · · SPECIAL HELIUM-PRODUCTION FUND REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT - OF JUSTICE The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to . The VICE PRESIDENT-laid before the Senate a letter from law; the annual report ·af the Secretary showing credits, dis the Attorney General, transmitting, pursuant to law, the · bursements, and the balance on hand in the special helium annual report of the Department of Justice for the fiscal year production fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1939, ended June 30, 1939, which, with · the accompanying report, which was referred to the Committee ·on Military Affairs. was referred to the Committee a·n the Judiciary. DESTITUTE NATIVES OF .ALASKA AMENDMENT OF THE RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE The VICE· PRESIDENT laict·before the ~ Senate a letter. from . The VICE .PRESIDENT laid- before the Senate a letter the Attorney General, transmitting, pursuant to law, an ftom the. SecJetary of the Inter.ior, transmitting, pursuant to amendment to rule 81 (a) (6) of the-Rules of Civil Procedure l~w, a report c_overing expenditures made from the B:Ppr,o- . for the District Courts of the· Un-ited States, which was re priation "Education of Natives of Alas~a. 1938-40," for ·the ferred to the Committee on the· Jud ~ ciary, relief of destitution of natives of Alaska during the fiscal SUITS ARISING UNDER PUBLIC VESSEL ACT year 1939, which, with the accompanying report, was referred . , to the Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter -from the Attorney General, transmitting, pursuant to law, a list PROPOSED LEGISLATION FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT of suits arising -under the ~Public Vessel Act of March 3, 1925, The VICE PRESIDENT-laid before the Senate letters from in which final decrees were entered, exclusive of cases -on the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting drafts of proposed appeal, which was referred to the Committee on the Jud:Ciary. ·legislation, which, with the accompanying papers, were re- . SUITS IN ADMIRALTY AGAINST THE UNITED STATES ferred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, as follows: The VICE ·PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from A draft for the relief of the Gallup Mercantile Co.,· of · the Attorney General, transmitting, pursuant to law, a list ·Gallup, N.Mex.;· · - · · · of suits arising under the act of March 9, 1920, authorizing . A draft to set aside certain lands for the Minnesota Chip suits against the United States in admiralty involving mer pewa Tribe in the State of Minnesota; and chant vessels, in which final decrees were entered against the A draft-to authorize the payment of $459 to Edward Smith, United States, exclusive of cases on appeal, which, with the an Indian residing - under the- jurisdiction of· the Tomah accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on the Indian Agency. Judiciary. REPORT OF WAR MINERALS RELIEF COMMISSION REPORT OF NATIONAL FOREST RESERVATION COMMISSION (S. DOC. NO. 141) - The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from · the SEcretary of the Interior, submitting, pursuant to law, the The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from · report of the War Minerals Relief Commission from Decem the Secretary of War, as president of the National Forest ber 1, 1937, to November 30, 1939, inclusive, which was referred. Reservation Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the to the Committee on Mines and Mining. annual report of the Commission for the fiscal year e~ded June 30, 1939, which, with the -accompanying report, was ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL PARK TRUST FUND -BOARD referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate· a letter from ordered to be printed with the acco~panying illustration. the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant SPECIAL RAILWAY MAIL TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS to law, the annual report of the National Park Trust Fund The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter Board for the fiscal year ended June 30, · 1939, which was from the Postmaster General, transmitting, pursuant to law, referred to the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys. a statement relative to special contracts made with the fol LAWS OF VIRGIN ISLANDS lowing railroad companies for the transportation of mails, The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate two letters . which, with the accompanying statement, was referred to the from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pur Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, viz: suant to law, copies of legislation passed by the municipal Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co., between councils of St. Croix, and St. Thomas and St. John, respec Thistle and Marysvale, Utah; tively, which, with the accompanying papers, were referred to Rio Grande Southern Railroad Co., Cass M. Herrington, re- the Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs. ceiver, between Ridgway and Durango, Colo.; . The Alaska Railroad, between Seward and Fairbanks, INSECTICIDE -ACT OF 1910 Alaska; The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from Pacific & Arctic Railway & Navigation Co., between Skag- the Acting Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting a draft of way and White Pass, Alaska; . proposed legislation to amend the Insecticide Act of 1910 so Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co., between Hudson Ter as to include rodenticides under the provisions of the act, minal Station, New York, N. Y., and Journal ~quare, Jersey which, with· the accompanying papers, was referred to the City, N.J.; and Committee on Agricul-ture and Forestry. 22 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JANUARY 4
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC PRINTER ration's operations and expenditures for the third quarter Tile VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from of the calendar year 1939 and for the period from the organi the Public Printer, transmitting, pursuant to law, the annual zation of the Corporation on February 2, 1932, to September report of the operations of the Government Printing Office 30, 1939, inclusive, and also for the month of October 1939, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1939, which, with the accom which, with the accompanying reports, were referred to the panying report, was referred to the Committee on Printing. Committee on Banking and Currency. CLAIM OF MORRISON-KNUDSEN CO., INC., AND W. C. COLE JUDGMENTS RENDERED BY THE COURT OF CLAIMS (S. DOC. NO. 140) The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter the Acting Comptroller General of the United States, trans from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting, mitting, pursuant to law, a report and recommendation con pursuant to law, a statement of all judgments rendered by cerning the claim of Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc., and W. C. the Court of Claims for the year ended December 2, 1939, Cole against the United States, which, with the accompanying the amount thereof, the parties in whose favor rendered, and paper, was referred to the Committee on Claims. a brief synopsis of the nature of the claims, which, with the accompanying statement, was referred to the Committee on DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS OF FEDERAL OFFICERS Appropriations and ordered to be printed. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, STUDY OF INVESTMENT TRUSTS AND INV:ESTMENT COMPANIES pursuant to law, a report showing officers and administrative The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter offices of the Government delinquent in rendering or trans from the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Com mitting their accounts to the proper offices in Washington mission, transmitting, pursuant to law, chapter IV of part during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1939, and whether the 3 of the Commission's report on investment trusts and in delinquency was waived, together with a list .of officers who, vestment companies, entitled "Problems in Connection With upon final settlement of their accounts, were found to be Shifts in Control, Mergers, and Consolidations of Manage indebted to the Government and had failed to pay the same ment Investment Companies," which, with the accompany into the Treasury of the United States, which, with the ac ing report, was referred to the Committee on Interstate companying report, was referred to the Committee on Claims. ·commerce. REPORT OF FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REPORT ON PROPOSED WIRE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION LEGISLATION The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, transmit from the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commis ting, pursuant to law, the annual report of the Commission sion, transmitting, pursuant to law, its report on the subject for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1939, which, with the accom of whether or not any new wire- or radio-communication panying report, was referred to the Committee on Interstate legislation is required better to insure safety of life and ·commerce. property, which was referred to the Committee on Interstate REPORT OF NATIONAL MUNITIONS CONTROL BOARD Commerce. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter REPORT OF ELECTRIC HOME AND FARM AUTHORI~Y from the National Munitions Control Board, transmitting, The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from pursuant to law, the report of the Board for the month of the President of the Electric Home and Farm Authority, December 1938 and for the calendar year ended December transmitting, pursuant to law, the annual report of the Au 31, 1939, which was referred to the Conimittee on Foreign thority for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1939, which, with Relations. the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Mantiscript copy of report sent to House of Representa the Judiciary. tives. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE TENNE;_SSEE VALLEY AUTHOniTY The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, transmitting, from the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Au pursuant to law, a report of the activities of the Veterans' thority, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Sixth Annual Administration for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1939, which, Report of the Board. covering the activities of the Authority with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1939, which, with the '?n Finance. accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on REPORT ON CLAIMS SETTLED BY MARITIME COMMISSION Agricult~re and Forestry. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS DERIVED FROM SALE OF TENNESSEE VALLEY from the Chairman of the United States Maritime Com AUTHORITY BONDS . mission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on claims · The vicE PRESIDENT laid before the · Senate a letter arbitrated or settled by the Commission for the period from from the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tennes October 16, 1938, to October 15, 1939, which, with the ac see Valley Authority, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report companying report, was referred to the .Committee on Com of expenditure to November 30, 1939, of funds derived from merce. the sale of bonds under the Tennessee Valley Authority Act REPORT OF TARIFF COMMISSION of 1933, as amended, which, with the accompanying report, ';I'he VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. from the Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission, REPORT OF COMMISSION ON ·LICENSURE. HEALING ARTS PRACTICE transmitting, pursuant to law, the Commission's annual re ACT, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA port for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1939, which, with the The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on from the president of the Commission on Licensure, Healing Finance. Arts Practice Act, of the District of Columbia, transmitting, RADIO REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPS NAVIGATING INLAND WATERS pursuant to law, a report of the Commission's activities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1939, which, with the accom The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter panying report, was referred to the Committee on the District from the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commis sion stating that the Commission desires additional time of Columbia. within which to report on a special study of the radio re REPORTS OF RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION quirements necessary or desirable for safety purposes for The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate two letters ships navigating the Great Lakes and the inland waters of the from the Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corpora United States, which was r.eferred to the Committee on tion, transmitting, pursuant to law, reports on the Corp()- Commerce. 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 23
ANNUAL REPORT OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC UTILITIES as this corporation obeys the laws of the land as interpreted COMMISSION by the courts," which was referred to the Committee on Edu The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter cation and Labor. from the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of the He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted at the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report annual meeting of the Independent Petroleum Association of of the Commission's official proceedings and other statistical America, Fort Worth, Tex., favoring the imposition of an data for the year ended December 31, 1938, which, with the adequate tariff on imports of petroleum and its products, etc., accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on the which was referred to the Committee on Finance. District of Columbia. He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by the REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE annual meeting of the Newport Harbor Yacht Club, of Balboa, AMERICAN REVOLUTION . Calif., favoring the severance of all diplomatic and other rela The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter tions with the Government of Soviet Russia, which was from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmit- · referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. ting, pursuant to law, the annual report of the National He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for the the Honolulu chapter, the Interprofessional Association, of year ended April 1, 1939, which, with the accompanying Honolulu, T. H., requesting that the United States keep out report, was referred to the Committee on Printing. of the European war, which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. REPORT OF AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS He · also laid before the Senate a resolution of Webfoot The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter Grange, No. 718, of Yamhill County, Oreg., requesting that from the national president of the American War Mothers, at. the expiration of the present commercial treaty with Japan transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the organization no treaty permitting traffic in munitions of war and in com for the period from October 1, 1938, to October 1, 1939, which, modities useful in promoting war be made with Japan, which with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. on Military Affairs. He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by the PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS Chamber of Commerce of Houston, Tex., opposing the exten The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a resolution sion of Federal control over the oil industry, which was adopted by- the board of governors of the American Good referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. Government Society, Washington, D. C., suggesting means to He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by balance the Federal Budget in the approaching fiscal year, the Colorado Progressive Federation, Denver, Colo., condemn which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. ing the prqceedings of the so-called Dies committee investi He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by the gating un-American activities, which was referred to the convention of the California State Industrial Council, San Committee on the Judiciary; Francisco, Calif., endorsing the so-called Voorhis bill granting He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by Federal funds for transient relief, which was referred to the Dinter Post, No.3, American Legion, of Cuero, Tex., endorsing Committee on Appropriations. ahd approving the investigation and methods of the so-called He also laid before the Seriate ·a resolution adopted by the Dies committee investigating un-American activities, which Commissioners' Court of Motley County, Tex., favoring an was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. increase in W. P. A. assistance in the· drought-stricken area He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by the of West Texas, which was referred to the 'Committee on Ap State department of New Jersey, Disabled American Veterans propriations.· of the World War, favoring continuation of the activities He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by of the so-called Dies committee investigating un-American Columbus Chapter No. 10, National Sojourners, Inc., of activities, which was referred to the Committee on the Columbus, Ohio, favoring the training :of not less than 50,000 Judiciary. young men each year in the C. M. T. C. throughout the He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by the Nation, which was referred to the Committee on Appro Central Labor Union, of Boston, Mass., favoring continuation priations. of ~he activities of the so-called Dies committee investigating He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by the un-American activities, which was referred to the Committee National Electrical Contractors' Association, New York City, on the Judiciary. ' N.Y., urging the discontinuance of W. P. A. construction and He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by the substitution therefor of a continuing program of con Court Reina Christina, No. 51, Catholic Daughters of Amer struction of useful public works erected by private industry under a contract system, which was referred to the Com- - ica, of Bridgeport, Conn., favoring continuation of the activi mittee on Appropriations. -· · ties of the so-called Dies committee investigating. un-Ameri cail activities; which was referred to the Committee on the He also laid before the Senate a letter from Dr. Leoncio T. Judiciary. · · Davis, mayor, Vieques, P.R., relative to the economic situation of the Island of Vieques, which, with the accompanying paper, He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by the was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Biennial Conference of the National Woman's Party, Wash He also laid before the Senate a resolution of the Inter ington, D. C., favoring prompt report and favorable action national Fishermen ·and Allied Workers of· America, adopted on the so-called equal-rights amendment to the Constitution, at Bellingham, Wash., favoring an appropriation of $350,000 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. to the so-called La Follette Civil Liberties Committee fo in He also hiid before the Senate a resolution adopted by the vestigate "further the· question· of civil liberties ori the Pacifi·c Pittsburgh (Pa.) Central Labor Union favoring the enact Coast, which was referred to the Committee to Audit and ment of ·the so-called Mead-Cannery longevity pay bills for Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. the Postal Service, which was referred to the Committee on He also laid before the .Senate a resoluti-on adopted by the Post Offices and Post Roads. Southern Jersey Port Commission, Camden, N. J., favoring ·He also ·laid before the· Senate a resolution adopted by the continuance of the functions of the Corps of Engineers oi the National Reclamation Association, Denver, Colo., concerning United States Army in conducting_surveys, planning, and the necessity -of enlarging the personnel of the Washington execution of work in.connection with rivers and harbors, and office of the Bureau of Reclamation in order to administer so forth, which was referred to the Commit_tee on Cqmmerce. adequately the present program, which was referred to the He also laid before the Senate a resolution of the U. A. W. Committee on Public Lands and Surveys. C. I. 0., Central Council, Lansing, Mich., suggesting_in par't He also laid before the · Senate a resolution adopted by that the "United States Government refrain from any and the National Reclamation Association, Denver, Colo., con all purchases from the Ford Motor Co. until such time cerning demands from the West for the enactment of 24 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--SENATE JANUARY 4 legislation to provide for the progressive, orderly expansion of This is to certify that the above resolution was unanimously passed by the Department of Connecticut, Yankee Division Veterans' the production of beet sugar within the United States and to Asso-ciation. maintain the beet-sugar industry on a reasonable income CLYDE G. BEDWITH, State Secretary. basis by quota regulations, etc., which was referred to the · Committee on Finance. PROIDBITION OF CERTAIN RADIO ADVERTISING He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by the Mr. MALONEY. Mr. President, I also ask that there be National Committee of the Young Democratic Clubs of Amer printed in the RECORD as part of my remarks a resolution ica, at Dayton, Ohio, commending-the policies of the President adopted by the Connecticut Grand Lodge, International Order and the Congress looking toward the strengthening of the of Good Templars, urging support of the so-called Johnson national defense, which was ordered to lie on the table. bill, Senate bill ~17, with whose objectives I am in sympathy. He also la!d before the Senate a resolution adopted by the There being no objection, the resolution was ordered to be National Committee of the Young Democratic Clubs of Amer printed in the RECORD, as follows: ica, at Dayton, Ohio, endorsing the congress organized in [Connecticut Grand Lodge. International Order of Good Templars; Florida on "education for democracy," in which the young office of grand secretary and treasurer, Victor Carlson, 16 Crane Democrats of that State participated, which was referred to Street] Whereas the liquor industry is using the national broadcasting the Committee on Education and Labor. over the radio to advertise; and He also laid before the Senate resolutions of the New York Whereas we find it repugnant to many families who desire to State Congress of Parents and Teachers, of Poughkeepsie; bring up their children in a wholesome, Christian atmosphere; and the Workers Alliance of Summit County, of Akron, Ohio; the Whereas there is a bill introduced by the Honorable Enwm c. JoHNSON, Senator from Colorado, known as Senate bill No. 517, National Founders Association, of Chicago, Til.; and the West which has for its aim the prohibiting of this kind of advertising: Virginia Woman's Christian Temperance Union, of Bluefield, Be it therefore W. Va., favoring keeping the United States out of war, which Resolved, That we, the Connecticut Grand Lodge of the Interna tional Order of Good Templars, petition our honorable Senators and were ordered to lie on the table. Congressmen to use their voice and vote in support of said bill; and PROGRAM FOR AGRICULTURE be it further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to each Senator Mr. CAPPER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to and Congressman from the State of Connecticut. have printed in the RECORD resolutions adopted by a group of Connecticut Grand Lodge this date assembled in New Britain, western Kansas farmers at a meeting at Leoti, Kans., Decem Conn., September 10, 1939. ber 18, 1939. I may say that the program embodied in this By CARL w. TALLBERG, Grand Chief Templar. resolution expresses the sentiments of a great many farmers VICTOR CARLSON, of the western part of Kansas. Grand Secretary and Treasurer. · There being no objection, the resolutions were referred to BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed in the -RECORD, as follows: Bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first time, and, by unanimous consent, the second time, and re Resolutions adopted by a group of farmers assembled in Leoti, Kans., December 18, 1939: ferred as follows: Be it hereby resolved by this group assembled, First, that we hereby By Mr. MEAD: . approve the present agricultural program and believe that it should S. 3019. A bill providing for sick leave for substitute ·postal be continued without_material change. · Second. We recommend that parity payments on our major crops employees; to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. be continued and that some method such as the processing tax By Mr. HAYDEN: be developed to finance such payments. S. 3020. A bill to assist the States in the improvement of Third. We recommend that commodity loans be continued on all highways; to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. special commodities and that no material change be made in this program. S. 3021. A bill for the relief of A. A. Ramsay; to the Com Fourth. We favor the continuation of the Federal crop-insurance mittee on Claims. program," but recommend that more equitable yields and rates be By Mr. McNARY: worked out. - S. 3022. A bill for the relief of Grover C. Conger; and CHAs. F. DURHAM, President, Wichita County Farm Bureau. S. 3023. A bill for the relief of Clarence E. Enders and R. F. REAM, . Gertrude Ray Enders; to the Committee on Claims. County Change Deputy. S. 3024. A bill for the relief of Marion C. Hunter; to the A. E. ANDERSON, Chairman, County Agricultural County Committee on Finance. Conservation Committee. S. 3025. A bill granting an increase of pension to Anna M. Morgan; to the Committee on Pensions. EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY FOR FINLAND BY YANKEE DIVISION VETERANS' ASSOCIATION S. 3026. A bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to convey a certain tract of land to the State of Oregon for use Mr. MALONEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent .to have printed in the RECORD as part of my remarks a resolu as a public park and recreational site; and tion adopted by the Yankee Division Veterans' Association, S. 3027. A bill prohibiting the charging or collection of fees Department of Connecticut, expressing sympathy for the for admission to certain historic and archaeologic sites, build ings, and properties; to the Committee on Public Lands and plight of Finland. I am fully in accord with that expression of sympathy. Surveys. There being no objection, the resolution was ordered to be By Mr. WILEY: printed in the RECORD, as follows: S. 3028. A bill for the relief of R. Stern; to the Committee on Claims. [Yankee Dl vision Veterans' Association, Department of Connecticut, 1939--40] . By Mr. MILLER: DECEMBER 2.9, 1939. S. 3029. A bill to amend section 48 of the Judicial Code Hon. FRANCIS T. MALONEY, (U.S. C., title 28, sec. 109); to the Committee on the Judiciary. Room 354, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. Whereas the Yankee Division fought and left its dead on the By Mr. CONNALLY: battlefields of France in defense of the principles of freedom and S. 3030. A bill to provide a larger Federal contribution for democracy; and old-age assistance; to the Committee on Finance. Whereas the Republic of Finland, a Government of free people. By Mr. SMATHERS: meeting its obligations to other nations, and one of the few re maining democracies in Europe, is now fighting for its life and the S. 3031. A bill for the relief of the city of Perth Amboy, preservation of its democracy: Therefore be it N.J.; to the Committee on Claims. Resolved, That the Yankee Division Veterans' Association, con By Mr. SLATTERY: vened at the State armory at Ansonia, on December 10, 1939, extend a vote of sympathy to the people of Finland through our Repre S. 3032. A bill for the relief of Ethel F. O'Connor; to the sentatives and Senators. at Washington. Committee on Finance. 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 25 By Mr. CAPPER: I would appreciate your recommendation and draft of legislation if reallocation is proper at this time. S. 3033. A bill granting an increase of pension to Anna Very sincerely, Perkins; to the Committee on Pensions. MORRIS SHEPPARD, Chairman. By Mr. KING: S. 3034. A bill providing for an investigation under the Rec AG 351.11 West Point (June 21, 1939), Executive. lamation Project Act of 1939; to the Committee on Public WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, November 10, 1939. Lands and Surveys. HoN. MoRRIS SHEPPARD,
REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE Senior Surg. William H. Slaughter to be medical director, · George A. Lingo, of Alaska, to be register of the land office to rank as such from December 9, 1939. · at Anchorage, Alaska; reappointment. Surg. Oswald E. Denney to be senior surgeon, to rank as such from July 1, 1939. COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE Surg. Oliver C. Wenger to be senior surgeon, to rank as John L. Fahs, of Leesburg, Fla., to be collector of internal such from September 8, 1939. · revenue for the district of Florida. Collector Fahs is· now Surg. Stephen A. DeMartini to be senior surgeon, to rank serving under temporary commission issued during the as such from September 23, 1939. recess of the Senate. Dental Surg. Norman Y. Hooper to be senior dental COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS surgeon, to rank as such from September 29, 1939. James Elliott Heath, of Norfolk, Va., to be collector of Asst. Surg. John N. Bowden to be passed assistant surgeon, customs for Customs Collection District No. 14, with head to rank as such from August 1, 1939. quarters at Norfolk, Va., to fill an existing vacancy. Asst. Surg. Waldo B. Edwards to be passed assistant sur Paul R. Leake, of Woodland, Calif., to be collector of cus geon, to rank as such from August 1, 1939. toms for Customs Collection District No. 28, with head Asst. Surg. Howard D. Fishburn to be passed assistant sur- quarters at San Francisco, Calif., in place of Charles 0. geon, to rank as such from August 1, 1939. · Dunbar, deceased. Asst. Surg. Ralph B. Hogan to be passed assistant surgeon, These officers are now serving under temporary commis- to rank as such from August 1, 1939. sions issued during the recess of the Senate. Asst. Surg. Harris Isbell to be passed assistant surgeon, to DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE rank as such from August 1, 1939. Asst. Surg. James F. Lane to be passed assistant surgeon, Grover Bennett Hill, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary to rank as such from August 1, 1939. of Agriculture. (Appointed during the last recess of the Asst. Surg. Robert D. Mansfield to be passed assistant Senate.) surgeon, to rank as such from August 1, i939. Laurence I. Hewes, Jr., of California, to be regional direc- Asst. Surg. Theodore L. Perrin to be passed assistant sur tor, Farm Security Administration. (Appointed during the geon, to rank as such from August 1, 1939. last recess of the Senate.) Asst. Surg. Rolla R. Wolcott to be passed assistant surgeon, Albert G. Black, of Iowa, to ·be Governor, Farm Credit to rank as such from August 1, 1939. Administration. (Appointed during the last recess of the Asst. Surg. David J. Zaugg to be passed assistant surgeon, Senate.) to rank as such from August 1, 1939. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Asst. Surg. Vernon B. Link to be passed assistant surgeon, Charles Stuart Guthrie, of Dlinois, to be Special Assistant to rank as such from November 20, 1939. to the Secretary of Commerce at $9,000. TO COAST ARTILLERY CORPS Lt. Col. Ralph Waldo Wilson, Coast Artillery Corps, from Lt. Col. Donald Bridgman Sanger, Signal Corps, November October 1, 1939. 13, 1939, with rank from August 1, 1935. Lt. Col. Fred Mortimer Green, Coast Artillery Corps, from October 1, 1939. TO AIR CORPS Lt. Col. Delmar Samuel Lenzner, Coast Artillery Corps, from First Lt. James Baird Buck, Infantry, August 8, 1939, with October 1, 1939. rank from June 12, 1938. Lt. Col. Roland Wilbur Pinger, Ordnance Department, from Second Lt. Robert Marshall Batterson, Jr., Corps of Engi October 1, 1939. neers, November 28, 1939, with rank from June 14, 1938. Lt. Col. Donald Armstrong, Ordnance Department, from Second Lt. Richard Franldin Bromiley, Infantry, November October 1, 1939. 28, 1939, with rank from June 14, 1938. Lt. Col. Franklin Babcock, Coast Artillery Corps, from No Second Lt. William Hart Hanson, Infantry, November 28, vember 1, 1939. 1939, with rank from July 3, 1937. Lt. Col. Hermann Heinrich Zornig, Ordnance Department, PROMOTIONS IN THE REGULAR ARMY from November 1, 1939. To be colonels Lt. Col. Gladeon Marcus Barnes, Ordnance Department, Lt. Col. Douglas Campbell Cordiner, Quartermaster Corps, from November 1, 1939. from August 5, 1939. Lt. Col. Harvey Clark Allen, Coast Artillery Corps, from Lt. Col. Julian Sommerville Hatcher, Ordnance Depart November 1, 1939. ment, from August 15, 1939. Lt. Col. Edward Bennett Dennis, Coast Artillery Corps, from Lt. Col. Bernard Robertson Peyton, Field Artillery, from November 1, 1939. Lt. Col. Roger Baldwin Colton, Signal Corps, from Novem- August 15, 1939. Lt. Col. Everett Collins, Ordnance Department, from August ber 1, 1939. . Lt. Col. Enrique Urrutia, Jr., Infantry, from November 1 15, 1939. 1939. , Lt. Col. Russell Peter Hartle, Infantry, from August 15, Lt. Col. Arturo Moreno, Infantry, from November 1, 1939. 1939. Lt. Col. Oswald Hurtt Saunders, Infantry, from August 15, Lt. Col. Oliver Loving Spiller, Coast Artillery Corps, from November 1, 1939. 1939. Lt. Col. James Madison White, Infantry, from November 1 Lt. Col. Spencer Ball Akin, Signal Corps, from August 15, 1939. ' 1939. Lt. Col. John Wesley Hyatt, Infantry, from August 15, 1939. Lt. Col. Henry Bailey Barry, Quartermaster Corps, from Lt. Col. Raymond Waite Hardenbergh, Infantry, from November 1, 1939. Lt. Col. John Kay Clement, Ordnance Department from August·15, 1939. Lt. Col. Rigby Dewoody Valliant, Quartermaster Corps, November 5, 1939. ' Lt. Col. Lawrence Hyskell Hedrick, Judge Advocate Gen from August 15, 1939. Lt. Col. George Luberoff, Quartermaster Corps, from eral's Department, from November 18, 1939. Lt. Col. Robert John Halpin, Infantry, from November 18 AUgust 15, 1939. 1939. ' Lt. Col. Benjamin Lester Jacobson, Finance Department, from August 15, 1939. Lt. Col. Allen Fletcher, Infantry, from November 28, 1939. Lt. Col. William Arthur Turnbull, Judge Advocate Gen Lt. Col. Bowyer Brockenbrough Browne, Corps of Engineers, eral's Department, from August 15, 1939. from December 1, 1939. Lt. Col. Chester Benjamin McCormick, Field Artillery, from Lt. Col. Arthur Milton Heritage, Chemical Warfare Service, August 15, 1939. from December 1, 1939. Lt. Col. William Alexander Smith, Infantry, r"rom August Lt. CoL Malcolm Elliott, Corps of Engineers, from Decem ber 1, 19~9. 15, 1939. Lt. Col. Joseph Benjamin Pate, Infantry, from August 15, Lt. Col. Millard Flllmore Waltz, Jr., Infantry, from Decem 1939. ber 1, 1939. Lt. Col. Louis Clarence Wilson, Quartermaster Corps, from Lt. Col. ·woodell Abner Pickering, Infantry, from December August 15, 1939. 1, 1939. Lt. Col. Harry Anton Auer. Judge Advocate General's De Lt. Col. Myron Cady Cramer, Judge Advocate General's partment, from August 15, 1939. Department, from December 1, 1939. Lt. Col. Charles Emmet McCarthy, Infantry, from August Lt. Col. Seth Harold Frear. Philippine Scouts, from Decem 15, 1939. ber 1, 1939. Lt. Col. Charles Henry Traeger, Ordnance Department, Lt. Col. John Henry Mellom, Quartermaster Corps, from from August 15, 19-39. December 1, 1939. Lt. Col. William Mellard Connor, Judge Advocate General's Lt. Col. Herbert ~dward Pace, Finance Department, from Department, from September 1, 1939. December 1, 1939. ·Lt. Col. Sam Inman McCants. Infantry, from September 1, Lt. Col. John Emmitt Sloan, Field Artillery, from December 1939. 1, 1939. Lt. Col. John William Foo.s, Infantry, from September 1, Lt. Col. Alexander Wilson, Chemical Warfare Service from 1939. December 1, 1939. ·' Lt. Col. Roger Taylor, Ordnance Department, from Sep- Lt. Col. Xavier Francis Blauvelt, Infantry, from December tember 1, 1939. 1, 1939. Lt. Col. George Blair, Infantry, from September 1, 1939. Lt. Col. Frank Darwin Lackland, .Aii Corps (temporary Lt. Col. Elbert Johnston Lyman, Infantry, from September colonel, Air Corps), from December 15, 1939. 1, 1939. To be lieutenant colonels Lt. Col. Tom Kennan Price Stilwell, Infantry, from Sep- Maj. John Lester Scott, Finance Department, from August tember 1, 1939. 5, 1939. Lt. Col. Robert Kerr Alcott~ Infantry, from September 1, Maj. Philip Shaw Wood, Infantry, from August 15, 1939. 1939. Maj. William Henry McCutcheon, Infantry, from August Lt. Col. Lucius Meriwether Smith, Judge Advocate General's 15. 1939. Department, from September 20, 1939. Maj. Adlai Cyrus Young, Infantry, from August 15, 1939. Lt. Col. Fred Warde Llewellyn, Judge Advocate General's Maj. Clinton Inness McClure. Field Artillery, from August Department, from October 1, 1939. 15, 1939. Lt. Col. Laurence Woodville Young., Infantry, from October Maj .. Alva Franklin Englehart, Coast Artillery Corps., from 1, 1939. August 15, 1939. 36 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JANUARY '4 Maj. Evan Clouser Seaman, Coast Artillery Corps, from Maj. Robert Graham Forsythe, Signal Corps, from Sep August 15, 1939. tember 1, 1939. Maj. Henry Rasick Behrens, Coast Artillery Corps, from Maj. Orsen Everett Paxton, Infantry, from September 1, August 15, 1939. 1939. Maj. Roy Charles Lemach Graham, Quartermaster Corps, Maj. Thomas Courtenay Locke, Quartermaster Corps, from from August 15, 1939. September 1, 1939. Maj. George Ralph Barker, Infantry, from August 15, 1939. Maj. George Aloysius Corbin, Infantry, from September 1, Maj. John Waldemar Thompson, Infantry, from August 15, 1939. 1939. Maj. Harry William Osborn Kinnard, Field Artillery, from Maj. Philip Overstreet, Infantry, from August 15, 1939. September 1, 1939. Maj. Archie Arrington Farmer, Signal Corps, from August Maj. Howard Noah Scales, Infantry, from September 1, 1939. 15, 1939. Maj. William Arthur McAdam, Infantry, from September 1, Maj. Charles Sabin Ferrin, Field Artillery, from August 15, 1939. 1939. Maj. Frederick LeRoy Black, Quartermaster Corps, from Maj. John Moultrie Ward, Quartermaster Corps, from September 1, 1939. August 15, 1939. · Maj. Bert Marshall Lennon, Infantry, from September 1, Maj. William Tecumseh Haldeman, Cavalry, from August 1939. 15, 1939. Maj. Edward Joseph Rehmann, Infantry, from September 1, Maj. William Charles Ocker, Air Corps