1944 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 8951 tion of available .personnel and facilities of heavens are the work of Thine hands. ternal Revenue Code, and for other pur other departments and agencies and coordina They shall perish, but Thou remainest: poses; and tion of activities abroad of the United States and they all shall wax old as doth a gar H. R. 5565. A bill to authorize collectors of under a Foreign Service for the Unite States internal revenue to receive certain checks unified under the guidance of the Depart ment: and as a vesture shalt Thou fold and money orders in payment of taxes and ment of State; without amendment (Rept. them up, and they shall be changed: but for revenue stamps. No. 2028). Referred to the Committee of the Thou art the same, and Thy years shall Whole House on the state of the Union. not fail. ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED - Once again we commit our dear coun The message further announced that PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS try in the midst of a changing world the Speaker had affixed his signature to Under clause 3 of rule XXII, public to the changeless God, asking fat Thy the following enrolled bills, and they bills and resolutions were introduced and guidance for our President, and for . all were signed by the Vice President: severally referred as follows: rulers everywhere, and for those asso S. 218. An act to authorize relief of dis ciated with them in the governance of bursing officers of the Army on account of By Mr. CASE: loss or deficiency of Government funds, H. R. 5588. A bill to extend the renegotia the peoples; giving over to Thy merciful vouchers, records, ur papers in their charge; tion Act to December 31, 1945, and to author protection our sons and daughters in all S. 267. An act relating to marriage and ize the President to make an additional ex war places, whether on island, or conti divorce among members of the Klamath tension of not more than 6 months after nent, on sea or in air; and commending such date; to the Committee on Ways and and . Modoc Tribes and Yahooskin Band of Means. to Thy consoling grace all the anxious Snake Indians; By Mr. BLAND: and sorrowing of our bewildered world. S. 556. An act for the relief of Pedro Jose H. R. 5589. A bill to ·repeal the act en Above all else, we ask for Thy help and Arrecoechea; titled "An act to authorize the conveyance strength that we may serve our genera S. 6l6. An act · for the relief of Mrs. Mary of the old lighthouse keeper's residence ·in Vullo; tion by the will of God and may be ad S. 1002. An act to compensate Roy W. Ol Manitowoc, Wis., to the Otto Oas Post, No. mitted at last to that realm where the 659, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United sen for the loss of an eye on account of States, Manitowoc, Wis.,'' approved June 16, will of the Heavenly Father is the law of negligence of Works Progress Administration 1938; to the Committee on the Merchant all his children; through Jesus Christ employees September 25, 1938, at Cranston, Marine and Fisheries. our Lord. Amen. R.I.; S. 1274. An act for the relief of Vodie Jack By Mr. COCHRAN: THE JOURNAL H. R. 5590. A bill to increase clerk hire, and son; for other purposes; to the Committee on Ac On request of Mr. HILL, and by unan S. 1462. An act for the relief of Solomon counts. imous consent, the reading of the Jour and Marie Theriault; By Miss SUMNER of Illinois: . S. 1557. An act for the relief of Joel A. nal of the proceedings of the calendar Hart; H. R. 5591. A bill to prevent United States day Wednesday, December 6, 1944, was participation in violations of the Atlantic S. 1732. An act for the relief of Arthur M. Charter; to the Committee on Foreign Af dispensed with, and the Journal was Sellers; · fairs. ap~roved. S. 1740. An act' conferring jurisdiction By Mr. DIMOND: MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT upon the United States District Court for the H. Res. 670. Resolution requesting tne District of Massachusetts to hear, determine, . Smaller War Plants Corporation to investi Messages in writing from the President and render judgment upon the claims of gate the possibilities for establishing small, of the United States were communi Marjorie E. Drake, Edith Mae Drake, Minnie independent enterprises in Alaska by veter cated to the Senate by Mr: Miller, one of L .. Bickford, and Irene M. Paolini; ans, and for other purposes; to the Commit his secretaries. S. 1756. An act for the relief of William tee on Banking and Currency. Luther Thaxton, Jr., and William Luther MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE Thaxton, Sr.; S. 1853. An act for the relie1 of Dr. Frank PETITIONS, ETC. A message from the House of Repre K. Boland, Sr.; Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions sentatives, by Mr. Megill, its assistant S. 1869. An act for the relief of Mr$. Mamie and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk enrolling clerk, announced that the Dutch Vaughn; and referred as follows: House had passed without amendment S. 1897. An act for the relief of Mrs. Sophia the joint resolution
killing of Jews and others in Europe, pub de~k. the oath will be administeref to of some business which it now gets from lished in the Washington Post of December him. the Erie Canal. I think that· fear is en 3, 1944, which appears in the Appendix.] Mr. SMITH, escorted by Mr. HAWKES, tirely groundless. That was pointed out ST. LAWRENCE WATERWAY AND. POWER advanced to the Vice President's desk, in 1922, I believe, by the Fr0ntier Corpo DEVELOPMENT-STATEMENT BY JOHN and the oath prescribed by law was ad ration, a corporation comprised of. the L. LEWIS ministered to him by the Vice President. General Electric Co., the Aluminum Co. (Mr. DAVIS asked and obtained leave to RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS of America, and the du Pont 'Co. , which have printed in the RECORD a statement on . The Senate resumed the consideration sought to obtain a r ight to develop the St. the subject of the St. Lawrence waterway Lawrence River. It was the claim of . and power development, made by John L. of the bill (H. R. 3961) authorizing the these corpor&.tions at that time that if Lewis, president, United Mine Workers of construction, repair, and preservation of the St. Lawrence could be developed and America, before the House Rivers and Har- certain pUblic works on rivers and har- 1,100,000 horsepower of electricity made bors :Jommittee, July 28, 1941, which appears bors, and for other purposes. · available to indust ry on the American in the Appendix.] Mr. AIKEN. Mr. President, .before I side of the river, so much new traffic SUPPLY OF AMMUNITION AND EQUIPM~NT resume my argument in favor of the St. would ·b8 created that the Erie Canal F_OR FIGHTING .FORCES-ARTICLE BY Lawrence seaway from the p~int where would be taken out of its status as a lcs WESTBROOK PEGLER I left off yesterday when I yielded so that ing proposition, and be made a paying (Mr. REED asked and obtained leave to other business m ight come before the proposition to the State of Nev: York. have printed in the RECORD an article· by Senate in executive session, I wish to It appears to me th at the argument set westbrook Pegler concerning the amplitude discuss briefly a matter which was raised forth by these giant CClrporations in that of the ammunition and equipment being sent by the S:mator from Missouri [1\-ir. ·year are much more sound and plausible to. American fighting men . overseas, which CLt:RK], and -:; hat is this. The S2nator than are any 'reasons given by members appears in the Appendix.] from Missouri brought up the fact that of the port authority of Albany. UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD REAC- certain groups had in p~st years recom- Furthermore, there would be bound to :J'IONARY REGIMES . IN LIBERA~ED .mended an all-Amt:rican waterway from . be more business for the Erie Canal if the couNTRIES the St. Lawrence to the Atlantic Ocean, · St. Lawrence de elopment g.oes through, · [Mr. HATCH asked and obtained leave to_ that is, canal ·water vays which would because it would become a feeder line, have printed in the RECORD a statement ]jy _ lead from the Great Lakes across taking freight from the interior of New Americans United for World Organization northern New York to the Atlantic York directly to the port of Oswego, and of · _its approval of the American policy Ocean, and he called attention to the I think it is near Buffalo that the other toward reactionary r~gimes in . liberated fact that -certain groups who advocated bmnch of the· Erie Canal comes out. countries,· :which appears in the Appendix.] the _all-American waterway were op- There is another reason why the port OU-R RUBBER BATTLE IS .WON=-ARTICLE , posed to the St. Lawrence seaway, among of Albany need have rio fear ·whatsoever . BY BRADLEY DEWEY these groups being. C8rtain persons con- of the· development of the St. Lawrence '[:Mr. B~TLER asked and obtained leave to nected with the port of Albany, N.Y. seaway, and that is because the develop have printed in ·';he REcoRD an article en- I . did not have opportunity to reach ment of this great seaway wo_uld inevita titled "Our Rubqer Batt~e Is Won ," by Brad- this matter last night ·because I yielded bly be followed by the development of the ley Dewey, published in the December 1944' so the Senate might consider other mat- so-called Champlain cut-off whieh leads issu'e· of the Americ'an magazine, which ap- ters. However, this question /of an all- from New York to Montreal by way of the pears in the Appendix.] American waterway across northern New Hudson River and Lake Champlain. SENA-TOR FROM NEW JERSEY . York to the Hudson River, and thence to· There already is a 12-foot waterway from Mr~ HAWKES. - Mr. President, 1 pre- the· Atlantic Ocean, has been thoroughly New York City clear to the Canadian sent the credentials of my friend, Mr·. investigated by the United_St;ates Army border, and by deepening this and im H. ALEXANDER SMITH, of New Jersey, who engineers, and they have advised against proving a few mUes on the Canadian side h:as been elected senator from that state. any such undertaking, and instead have of the river large ships would be able to Mr . . SMITH is present -and -ready to take recommended the route through the St. carry cargo to and from New York and the oath of offi-ce. I have been infor-med Lawrence River. · The reasons for this the different cities by way of this cut-off, by the Secretary of the Senate that the are manifold, but principally because and save a distance of 1,460 miles on the certificate of election has· been'examined', there is some question as to whether trip each way. When that comes to found to be in order, and has been prop- wa.ter would be available for an all- pass-and it cannot come to· pass until ·erly attested by the secretary of state of American• route across northern New the St. Lawrence seaway is completed New Jersey. York without pumping it from some the port of Albany would undoubtedly The VICE- PRESIDENT. The clerk source at· ·a lower level. realize more business than it has ever will read the credentials. Then there is the matt~r of bridge dreamed of until this time. I make. this The credentials were read.and.ordered clearances.. The present Erie Canal, explanation because the question was to be placed on file, as follows: which has a depth of from 12 to 20 feet, ra ~ sed by the Senator from Missouri yes STATE OF NEW JERSEY--cERTIFICATE OF ELECTION has bridge clearance of 20 feet, whereas terday. To the PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF THE a · canal for deep-draft vessels would re Simply because members of the port UNITED STATES: quire clearance of 120 feet, and that fact autliorl.ty of Albany are opposed to the This certifies that at a general election held alone puts 'an all-American canal almost St. Lawrence seaway does not mean that in the said State on the 7th day of November out of the question. So far as the St. the people of Albany and Schenectady in the year of otir Lord one thousand nine Lawrence is concerned, the Thousand County and vicinity are opposed to it, be hundred and forty-four H. AL.EXANDER · SMIT~ Islands Bridge, ·which· was completed 5 cause most of the labor unions of that was duly chosen by the qualified electors of the State of New Jersey, to be a Senator from or 6 years ago, does have a clearance, I vicinity are on record as favoring the St. the said State, to represent the said State in think, of 120 or ' 150 feet, and was given Lawrence development, although at least the Senate of the United States to fill the that clearance in anticipation of the one chamber of commerce is in opposi .vacancy cam:ed by the death of the Honorable construction of the Great Lakes-St. tion . W. Warren Barbour. .Lawr.ence seaway and the use o~ it by I now wish to proceed from where I In testimony whereof, are hereunto affixed the large vessels engaged in oceangoing left off yesterday. I call attention to the my han1 and the official seal at Trenton this commerce. fact that previous to the war, back in 5th day of December A. D. 1944. By the president of the senate, Acting I think one reason for the opposition 1940 and 1941,· offiCials of our Govern Governor: of· certain persons living in Albany and ·ment had pleaded unsuccessfully with GEO. H. STANGER, connected with the port authority is that the Congress to start construction of the President of the Senate, Albany is the eastern terminus of the Erie St. Lawren.-::e seaway becau~ ~ it was held Acting Govern or. Canal, and they feel that if freight from to be absolutely necessary in order suc Attest: the Lakes was enabled to go around cessfully to wage the war toward which [SEAL] J. A. BROPHY, through the Gt. Lawrence River and down everyone could see we were drifting. Secretary of State. the Atlantic coast to Portland, Boston, But they· were unsuccessful in this; and, The VICE PRESIDENT. If the Sen New York, Philadelphia, and other sea of course, after Pearl Harbor, construc ator-elect will present 'himself at the ports, it might deprive the port of Albany tion of the seaway was given up for the 1944 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 8957 duration of the war. Now we are ask vision of the Chief of Engineers.. The The bill would approve the agreement wit h ing to have it approved -as-a · post-war · bill woulct provide for an agreement between Canada, publiEhed in Hou se Document No. project. It appears that the same offi the .ft'ederal Government and the Power Au- 153, Ssvent y-sevent h Congress, first se£sion, . thorfty of the State of New York for the providing for the construction of dams and cials of our Government are equally de transfer to the State of the power facili power works in the International Rapids sec sirous of having it completed as a post ties and the right to use the United Stat es tion of the St. Lawrence River. and t he com war project, because they consider it es share of the waters at the project for hydro pletion of the St. Lawrence deep waterway, sential to our post-war economy and electric purposes, such arrangement not to and authonze .the President to fu!fi ll t he national welfare. become effective until approved by the Con u ndertakings mad.e in said agreement on be I wish to present some of the state gress. h alf of t he United St ates. The constru ::tion would be undertal{en under the d.irection of ments from high Government officials I su ~gest that S. 1385 be amended to au thorize construction as a post-war rather the Secretary of War and the supervision of who favor t.he St. Lawrence dt:velopment the Chief of Engineers. as a post-war project; but first I wish than as a wartime project. This could be done by ·deleting the word " immediately" - The bill would further authorize an d to read a 1etter which was written to me in line 12, page 2, of the bill, as well · as direC't the President to negotiat e an arrange under date of · March 3, 1944, by the the phrase "and shall be diligently pros ment with the power authority of the State President cf the United States. This ecuted with a view to making ~ssential facili of New York for the transfer to the State letter came to me unsolicited. I llad no ties of said projact available for national of the power facilities and the right to use the United States' share of the waters at the idea that it was coming, and there cer defense u~ e s at the earliest possible mo tainly was no collusion between the me.n t" in lines 16 to 19 on the same page. project for hydroelectric-power purposes upon terms a~d conditions to bs agreed White House and myself in connection Consideration might well be given to the d esirability of describing the terms of the upon, including provision for payment of with this letter. The letter reads as arrangement with the Power Aut hority of $93,375.000, with interest. This arrane;ement follows: New YL>rk by means of a formula rather is not to become effective until ratified by THE WHITE HOUSE, than the statement of a particular amount. Congress. Wasl]ingto_n, March 3, 1944. The Corps of Engineers, acting pursuant Hon. GEoRGE D. AIKEN, !'understand that since that time that to Executive Order No. 8568, rlated October United St ates Senate, Washington, D. C. matter has been satisfactorily settled be 18, 1940, has made investigations of s!tes DEAR SENATOR AIKEN: l am COnVinced that tween the State of New York and the for the dams, powerhouse, and locks in the the time has ccme for - a non:r:artisan effort Federal Go-vernment. International Rapids section of the St. Law to secure -congressional authorization for the rence River, and prep.ared plans and specifi S.t. Lawrence devefopment in order that the Subject to the foregoing suggestions, 1 cations for construction of some of the£e project may be a vail able fc.! ea; ly post-war recommend the enactment of S. 1385. I works, made surveys of the .lands necessary construction. . . b.elieve that it would be desirable to assure for such development, and investigated the . The undertaking will offer such imaortant the availability of the Great Lakes-St. Law titles to said lands. Work can be started lienefits to· many States that I am sure it · rence seaway and power project ·for ._ early promptly after authorization and appropri will provide a c •1944 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 8973 tral Valley and all these other projects, will Mr. . DoNDERO. The procedure in making ened the submarine menace by 1,500 miles. it not? these estimates by the Joint Board of Engi That means thousands of lives and hundreds General RoBINS. Yes, sir; it is a better neers differed in no manner from the usual of ships and months of war which should power proposition than any of them, except procedure employed by the Board of Army have been saved. It would have greatly re Bonneville. Engineers in engineering matters in our own lieved the war strain on our railroads and on Mr. CuLKIN. It is what the engineers call country? Atlantic port labor. With large oil tankers a "natural," is it not? General RoBINS. As soon as this investiga on that route, that precious war material General RoBINS. It is a "natural'' from an tion and restudy was ordered by the Presi could have followed a safer route, and ahead engineering standpoint, and it is located in dent in 1940 we established an engineer dis of the war-constructed long pipe lines from a very densely populated region with an trict at Massena, N.· Y., and that district has western fields. It would have saved 500 almost unlimited power market. been staffed by many of our regular em water-miles ea-ch way to Britain, France, and Mr. CULKIN. Now, all the waters of the ployees and has functioned just the same as Russia. The New World commerce in coming Great Lakes-and I have heard the statement any other engineering district; and we have days of peace needs the same economy of dis that it constitutes hal! of the fresh water in addition to that employed eminent con tance and costs. of the globe-flows down through the nar sulting engineers on this work, just the same Six last Presidents favored this project. row gorge in the St. Lawrence? as we do for all our river and harbor work. President Roosevelt has our commendation The CHAmMAN. Chicago gets some of it. for his steadfast recognition. Senator AIKEN General RoBINS . All of it that does not go Mr. SHIPSTEAD. I now wish to pre deserves well of America for his vision and down the nunoi.s. sent for the RECORD, Mr. President, a steadfast courage. So does Congressman PIT · Mr. CULKIN What is the cubic second-feet statement issued November 28, 1944, by TENGER, both sponsors of today's agreement flow there at the St. Lawrence. at that point? the National St. Lawrence Association, now before Congress. There are many men · General RoBINS. The mean flow over a pe headed by an advisory committee of 50 of proven vision in Congress. riod of some 60 years is about 240,000 second leading businessmen, representativ_es of We call on America to value the judgment feet. It fiuctuates very little comparatively. of responsible public officers, the President, I think it has got as high at one time as 318,- State and National farm organizations, the Secretaries of State, War, Navy, Com 000, and as low at one time as 170,000; but editors, and other civic leaders. The merce, and Agriculture, the Army engineers, that wide fluctuation is due to ice conditions president of this association is Hon. and the Maritime Commission. and not to the water available. Julius H. Barnes, a distinguished citizen We appeal to Congress to rise above sec Mr. CULKIN. Yes. There is nothing like it of my own State and one of the leading tional jealousy, single-industry selfishness, in the world? businessmen of the Nation. and the mistaken attitude of cities, sections, General RoBINS. No, sir. I ask unanimous consent that this or industries that fear diversion of tonnage Mr. CULKIN. No place in the world where statement be printed in the RECORD at when every waterway records commercial power, which is now a part of our defense growth and volume by its sheer economy. So economy in the United States and abroad, this point as a part of my remarks, with the Suez and the Panama. The Panama can be created at so low a cost; is that cor out reading, faced the same kind of opposition in its day. rect? There being no objection, the state The Jap would rejoice today if it had failed. General RoBINS. I think that is correct. I ment was ordered to be printed in the We urge Governors, legislators, business do not know of any other place that can de RECORD, as follows: men, labor leaders, and agriculture to reaHze velop that quality of power at such a cost. THE NATIONAL ST. LAWRENCE that here is the greatest unused natural re Mr. DoNDERO. Is it not true that this be· AsSOCIATION, source of America. We do not exaggerate. ing an international project, the procedure Detroit, Mich. The addition of a fourth seacoast in the heart differs from that of a domestic engineering The National St. Lawrence Association ap of America added to the three great coasts project? peals to American fair play and American already developed will strengthen America's General RoBINS. Yes, sir; that is true. In business sense at this timely crisis. leadership in the new day of world peaceful this case the economic studies and reports New factors of recent years demand the commerce. Have confidence in America's have been made by the Department of Com open seaway to ocean routes. expanding future. merce, but the engineering estimates and On the Great Lakes industrial cities have JULIUS H. BARNES, the plans for this project have been passed developed amazing growth. Cleveland, To President. on by the Office of the Chief of Engineers in ledo, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Duluth, W. C. COWLING, the same way as any other project that is typify American labor skills and management Executive Vice President. handled and reported upon by the Board of genius, applied to large-scale production. .ALLEN DEAN, Engineers. This area of 50,000,000 people, after this Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. President, in order to save time, I .striking war service, must reach by water Mr. SHIPSTEAD. Mr. President, beo. ask to have the remainder of this cross large markets of new earning and buying power. High-wage employment must be thus fore this debate is concluded, I shall examination of General Robins by · the stabilized. present to the Senate a concise summary House committee members printed in the Twenty agricultural States find in this full of the voluminous hearings and reports RECORD without reading. labor employment their most secure and of recent years bearing directly upon the There being no objection, the matter ready market. merits of the St. Lawrence seaway and referred to was ordered to be printed in The problem is simple. Just modernize 50 power project. I wish to say now that the RECORD, as follows: miles, still with its old-fashioned locks and the demonstration which has been made · Mr. DoNDERO. And the reports that have channels of a half century ago. That is the in these hearings and reports is over been filed have been by really an interna only block left by American enterprise in an whelming in its proof of the soundness tional board of engineers of the two coun unequaled waterway of 2,400 sheltered miles. West of that block ships have grown from and merit of the improvement. The ex tries? 2,000 to 20,000 tons. Transport costs prove perience of two destructive wars in a General ROBINS. The International Board single generation has shown to all men of Engineers is the agency that reports on amazingly low. the engineering questions, but the men In that 50 years the outlet of Lake Super1or that we need to develop our transporta working on the cost estimates and the plans has been provided with 6 great locks instead tion and power facilities, in all sections of and everything connected with the engineer of L St. Clair channels are now 27 feet deep our country alike, to strengthen this ing features of the project are exactly the instead of 15. Around Niagara, at Canada's Nation, to avoid shortages in war, and same men that work on other projects that own expense, the new Welland waits with to maintain and im::;>rove our living the Engineer Department has in charge. ocean-size locks of 30 feet depth. standards in time of peace. Perhaps it Mr. DoNDERO. Has the Board of Engineers Meantime the St. Lawrence 14-foot chan is because the necessity of adequate low of this country always been represented on nels and 260-foot locks wait, as half a cen cost transportation and low-cost power that Board? tury ago, to serve the small ships that have General RoBINS. Yes, sir; since the begin passed away. Its modernization costs 1 day's and the experiences of this war are so ning. expenditure in war. vividly present in the public mind that Mr. DoNDERO. The Board of Engineers has In this last decade American power re opponents of the St. Lawrence project in been represented on this Board that has quirements have arisen from 90,000,000,000 the Senate have refused to conduct hear made the reports on the project? kilowatt-hours to 190,000,000,000. More is ings on the merits of the St. Lawrence General RoBINS. Yes; either the Chief of needed for farm and industry. The St. Law project bill. Engineers or the Assistant Chief of Engineers rence fiows ·to the sea unused with power Mr. President, the claims which now has always been on the joint boards consider 3 times Russia's famed Dnieper Dam. ing the St. Lawrence project. This growth 1n American industry and are advanced to obstruct the St. Lawrence Mr. DONDERO. All of the work that was car American power requirements emphasize to project run directly counter to the facts ried on in 1932 and 1936-was that carried day·s timeliness. of the record, facts with which all of us on mainly by American funds and American The Senate majority of 1934 should have who live in the Great Lakes area and engineers? initiated the construction which, if it had who have watched the development and General RoBINS. It was. preceded World War ;N:o. 2, would llave short- growth of this natural waterway are xc-566 -- 8974 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE :0ECEMBER 7 entirely familiar. By succesive steps we vision that agreements between the Canada, by the private utilities interests, have deepened channels, installed new United States and Canada "expressed by and never once has a single voice· been works, and made other improvements to concurrent or reciprocal legislation on raised in objection to doing so because keep pace with the enormous growth the part of Congress and the Parliament the franchises have been granted under in the size of ships now operating on the of Canada" should not be subject, like the treaty of 1909. Yet, as soon as it is Great Lakes. The ships which reach the applications of private corporations suggested that a dam be put across in 1,500 miles from the Coast to the greatest for permits, to review and decision by ternational boundary waters for the ben inland harbor in the world, at Duluth, the International Joint Commission set efit of the public, certain persons sud are larger than the average ocean carrier. up by the treaty of 1909. I say that denly become very righteous in their ad These channels today carry a greater when the Senate ratified the treaty of herence to the Constitution, and raise the annual commerce than the Panama 1909, this body had those precedents question and draw all kinds of red her Canal and the Suez Canal combined. clearly in mind, and gave its countenance rings across the trail. But they were This is the case, despite the fact that the and approval to the continued improve significantly silent when franchises were mighty commerce of the Great Lakes is ment of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence being given to private utility companies bottled up and prevented from sharing system by acts of Congress such as the to build dams across international in our water-borne intercoastal and for amendment now proposed. boundary waters and to divert water eign trade by the outmoded 14-foot I do not propose at this time to deal from the rivers which form our bound canals and unharnessed rapids of the at more.Iength with the'numerous prece aries. St. Lawrence River. dents we have before us for dealing with Mr. SHIPSTEAD. That is correct; It is a fact, Mr. President, borne out other nations by adoption of reciprocal that was done all the way from Winni by the whole history of the Great Lakes legislation. On December 4, the senior peg. St. Lawrence system and by the legisla Senator from New York [Mr. VvAGNER] Mr. AIKEN. · It was done all the way tive records of the Congress itself, that placed· an extended but partial list of from Maine to Vancouver. not a single navigation improvement such acts of Congress in the RECORD. We Mr. SHIPSTEAD. That is correct. has ever been made by the Government know that in 1911 President Taft entered Whenever a dam was wanted, request of the United States or by the Govern into an agreement with Canada for the was made of Congress for that purpose. ment of Canada in the entire Great mutual reduction of tariff duties, and Mr. AIKEN. No, Mr. President; the Lakes-St. Lawrence system by means that Congress passed legislation approv permission of Congress was not asked in of a treaty. It is equally true that this ing that reciprocity agreement. that connection. Permission was ob Government has made numerous im The St. Lawrence project will remain tained from the International Joint Com provements in United States sections of under the control of the Congress at mission which was established under the these boundary waters by simple acts of every stage of its construction and future treaty of 19.09. Congress and that we have repeatedly operation. We are now asked to pass a Mr.SHIPSTEAD. Yes. provided for improvements across the mere authorization bill. Later Congress Mr. AIKEN. That Commission has line in Canadian waters, by authoriza will be called upon to make appropria granted the requests of private utility tions carried in river and harbor bills. tions for the carrying out of the construc companies to build dams across the inter In the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of yester tion of the works specified in the 1941 national boundary waters. day, on page 8893, appears a list showing agreement. At every stage in the prog It is so surprising that today men who in detail the improvements we have ress of this work, Congress will have full were silent when that was being done carried out in Canadian waters, in the opportunity to exercise its power of in suddenly come to life and acquire a great L~vingston Channel, and elsewhere, un vestigation and review over the acts of deal of reverence for the Constitution, der river and harbor acts authorizing the Corps of Engineers, and to do any when it is proposed to build a dam for the expenditure of tens of millions of thing required to protect the rights of the benefit of the public. dollars in United States funds. this Nation and the public interest. Mr. SHIPSTEAD. Mr. President, I, therefore, contend that we are Mr. President, I now return, in con when I said request had been made of creating no new precedent, that we are clusion, to the merits of the Great Lakes Congress, and then the Senator from violating no provision of the Constitu St. Lawrence seaway and power project. Vermont referred to the treaty of 1909, tion, when we provide for the completion For more than 20 years I have stood on I referred to dams which were built prior of the St. Lawrence seaway by an this floor and battled, in season and out, to 1909. So far as the record shows. amendment to the same kind of a river in session after session, for the balanced many dams were built without consUlt and harbor bill under which we have development of the river basins and the ing any authority. The persons or organ heretofore proceeded. power and navigation resources of this izations concerned merely went there The improvements in Canadian waters country. With all my strength, I have and built them. But, of course, under the to which I have referred have been car fought against the efforts of railroad and treaty of 1909, certain jurisdiction was ried out by our Corps of Engineers over utility interests to hold back such de given to the International Joint Com a period of more than 40 years. The velopments, to obstruct rural electrifica mission and about 1923 some amend river and harbor bills authorizing these tion, T. V. A., and our Pacific coast ments were added to that treaty. improvements became law when they public power projects, to hamstring the Mr. AIKEN. Mr. President, if the were approved by Presidents Theodore use of our inland waterways by cut Senator will yield further, at this time I Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Calvin throat competition and by various de should like to refer, for the benefit of Coolidge, and nearly every other Chief vices of rate juggling. the Senate, to a few sample cases which Executive who has served since 1902, Mr. AIKEN. Mr. President, will the have been considered and acted upon down to the present time. In some in Senator yield? by the International Joint Commission stances notes to make necessary arrange The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. JEN under the treaty of January 11, 1909, ments to facilitate the work were trans NER in the chair). Does the Senator and without subsequent agreement be mitted by Secretaries of State, such as from Minnesota yield to the Senator tween the two governments or action by Elihu Root, Philander C. Knox, and from Vermont? the Congress of the United States and Charles Evans Hughes. I do not believe, Mr. SHIPSTEAD. I yield. the Canadian Parliament. Mr. President, that the Senate of the Mr. AIKEN. I noticed that the Sen-· The treaty of 1909 completely cov United States at this hour is prepared to ator from Minnesota called attention to ered the case, so far as the private repudiate the course followed by former the fact that the United States has spent utilities were concerned, but it does not Secretary of State Hull and to reject the a great deal of money in improving chan cover it according to some of the op amendment to effectuate the agreement nels in Canadian waters by reason of au ponents of the St. Lawrence seaway, of 1941, when the record shows that thorizations which were approved by the so far as public dams and the public Secretary Hull followed a well-beaten Commerce Committee and pa~sed by the good are concerned. track of precedents. Congress. I wonder if the Senator also On January 21, 1914, the Algoma Steel It was no doubt because of those prece realizes that a great many dams have Corporation applied for approval of di dents that Secretary of State Elihu Root, been built across international boundary version and use of waters on the St. in negotiating the Boundary Waters waters, across streams which form the Marys River at Sault Ste. Marie, On Trea~y of 1909, was careful to make pro- boundary between the United States and tario. The application was approved. -... 1944 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 8975 On January 29, 1915, the St. Croix Canada by contract and not by treaty, 000,000, and an ultimate cost of more River Power Co. made application I think some statutes can be cited. We than $400,000,000. The pending river for the diversion of waters of the St. can go back as far as 1874, Statutes at and harbor bill carries several items Croix River. The development required Large, volume 18, at page 237. A river which would increase the authorizations the construction of a dam. The appli and harbor appropriation of $25,000 was on the Columbia, the Ohio, and other cation was approved by the International made for the removal of boulders and streams to more than $200,000,000 in Joint Commission. rocks in the Detroit River, partly in the case of each of those river basins. On February 20, 1925, the New Bruns Canadian waters. The question has been The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence seaway wick Electric Power Co. requested the raised that the St. Lawrence River proj and power project can be completed at approval of certain ' works to be con ect would have to be constructed under a net cost to the Federal Treasury of structed on the St. John River. I be a treaty. The question has been raised well under $200,000,000, with the Power lieve that the location of the work was because the work would have to be done, Authority of the State of New York as to be between Maine and New Brpns in part at least, in Canadian waters. suming the cost of the power develop wick. The application was for ·hydro There were other statutes of a similar ment in that State. No one will deny electric power development, and was ap nature enacted following the last date that considering the developed com proved by the International Joint Com to which I have referred. · merce, population, and industry of the mission. On July 3, 1930, Statutes at Large, area served, the navigation and power On June 16, 1926, the St. John River volume 46, at page 918, in relation to benefits which will flow from the Great Power Co. made an application for the the building of the Livingstone Channel, Lakes-St. Lawrence improv~ment far construction of permanent works in the which was mostly in Canadian waters, an outstrip the benefits to the general pub St. John River for the development of appropriation was made. The amount lic which can be expected from any other power. The application was approved, authorized to be expended upon the project authorized by either the flood and no question was raised at that time channel was $29,266,000. control or the river and harbor till. as to the constitutionality of the ap We find that in those particular cases Under the circumstances, Mr. Presi proval. the work was done not even under an dent, I appeal from the Committee on At various times the Governments of executive agreement or a contract, but Commerce to the Senate itself to give the United States and Canada have made under merely an exchange of notes, and full consideration to the St. Lawrence applications to the International Joint an appropriation of money by the United project on its merits, on a parity with Commission either for the construction States Congress. other projects already authorized by the of dams or the diversion of water. I Mr. SHIPSTEAD. I thank the Sena Senate. The great majority of Senators have been given four instances of such ·tor ·for his contribution. from States in the Great Lakes-St. Law applications having been made to the Mr. FERGUSON. In order that the rence area, from Vermont to Minnesota International Joint Commission. record may be made clear, I might cite and westward to the Pacific coast, have On April 7, 1937, the Government of other acts. · endorsed this project and support it now. Canada asked for the right to make im Mr. SHIPSTEAD. I wish the Senator We have a right to demand, before the provements on the Richelieu River which would do so. flood-control bill and the river and har would have raised the waters on the Mr. FERGUSON. March 7, 1907, bor bill are finally enacted into law at United States side of the boundary line. Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, page this session of an expiring.Congress, that The application was approved. the merits of the St. Lawrence develop 1073. ment and the post-war needs of our On September i6, 1929, the West June 25, 1910, Thirty-sixth Statutes at people shall receive proper consideration Kootenay River Power & Light Co. asked Large, page 655. at the hands of this body. for the approval of the construction March 2, 1919, Fortieth Statutes at Mr. President, the greatest territory in .of a dam of sufficient height to raise the Large, page 1286. the world which has escaped the devasta water level of the Kootenay River on Mr. SHIPSTEAD. I thank the Sena tions of this war lies in the United States the United States side of the boundary. tor. · If I may be permitted to do so, I and Canada. North America is a tre The application was approved. wish to compliment the Senator on the mendous continent, and we are merely in On October 3, 1940, the Government industry which he has shown in having the beginning of its development. There of the United States made application looked up the precedents to which he has are vast water resources on this continent to the International Joint Commission referred. I think he deserves much which have been but barely touched. for permission to raise the water levels credit. ·There are vast areas, particularly in on the Canadian side of the boundary Mr. President, I have favored the de Canada and in the Middle West, which resulting from the construction of the velopment, not only of the upper Mis"" Grand Coulee Dam. The application have not been developed. During the sissippi in my own State, but also of the next 50 years there will be n~ed for the was approved. lower Mississippi, the Tennessee and its most extensive development of both the On August 22, 1941, the city of Seattle tributaries, the Ohio, the Colorado, the United States and Canada because the made application to construct a dam on Arkansas, the Missouri, and the Colum probab;lities are that we are destined to the Skagit River, which would have af bia. In the past 20 years I have joined make provision for a population of 250,- fected the water level on the Canadian with other Senators in voting billions 000,000 people within the next 50 years. side of the river. The application was in appropriations for those projects to approved. develop resources outside 1.ay own State, CONDEMNATION OF BLOCS AND REGIONAL At no time was any question raised just as I have helped to vote billions to GR( JPS AFFECTING INTERNATIONAL that the International Joint Commis improve our seaports and their ap SECURITY sion did not have authority to grant proaches and a merchant marine which, Mr. ELLENDER. Mr. President, for those applications to which I have re until the St. Lawrence Rapids are over the past 2 weeks I have had on my desk ferred, and at no time was the question come, can never enter Duluth and the for presentation to· the Senate a resolu raised that the Constitution of the other mighty harbors of the Great Lakes. tion which reads as follows: United States was in peril. It has been I believe that as we enter the post Resolved, That it ts the sense of the Senate only upon the proposal to construct the war era the time has come to put forever that the formation or existence of any bloc dam which would provide the greatest behind us any policy in respect to the or regional group of nations for military pur benefits for the greatest number of peo developmrnt of our natural resources poses, except in conjunction with and with ple in North America that the question which can possibly lead to pitting sec the approval · of a general world security or ganization, is iniln.ical to international peace of constitutionality of the method of tion against section. We now have in and security. granting the approval has been raised. conference a flood-control bill which Mr. FERGUSON. Mr. President, will carries more than $200,000,000 for the For fear of precipitating a debate the Senator yield.? lower Mississippi, increasing the total which might cause the use of harsh Mr. SHIPSTEAD. I yield. authorizations for that area to upward words in the direction of one of our allies, Mr. FERGUSON. On the question of of $800,001),000. We have authJrized in I have hesitated to present the resolu whether the proposed project could be that pill improveinents on the Missouri tion. I for one have always been unwill built between the United States and River of an initial cost in excess of $200,- ing to pursue a course that may lead to .. 8976 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE DECEMBER 7 disunity among the United Nations. To opposed to the objects and purposes for and referred to the Committee on For day, on the eve of victory in Europe over which we in America are fighting. We ·· eign Relations. Germany, Great Britain is taking the want to free the peoples of the earth and The resolution Member· Name ship Local Affiliation Aluminum Workers of America·------l, 500 26 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Chicago, Dl. Do ..• ______------___ ------______----____ 7, 500 2 Congress of Industrial Organizations, New Kensington, Pa. Do ... ___ _-- -_------.------.---- 10 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Cincinnati, Ohio. United Automobile, Aircraft, Agricultural Implement Workers ______------( 1) Congress of Industrial Organizations, Detroit, Mich. 1 International. As we all know, that is one of the the largest. I do not know what its rela- I continue to read from the list: largest unio.ns in the United States, if not tive .r:ank is. · Member· Name ship Local Affiliation United Auto Workers ___ ------__ ------40 864 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Medina, N.Y. United Auton::obilc Workers of America------ 200 364 American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, Wis. Awning, Canvas, and Display Decorators------ 150 34 American Federation of Labor, Detroit, Mich. Bakery and Confectionery Workers (joint executive board of Greater New York 25,000 (1) American Federation of Labor, New York City, and vicinity). ' 49 locals. Incidentally, I should like to say, and ing are the names of approximately 117 have endorsed the project are scattered I am sure the Senate will be interested labor unions in the State of Massachu among the other States. Some of the in this matter, that the largest number setts which have endorsed the St. Law unions, such as those in Colorado, Iowa, of labor unions in any. State which have rence project. Somewhat less than 100 endorsed the St. Lawrence seaway is labor unions in New York and a similar and Vermont, have endorsed it on a found in the State of Massachusetts. In number in Wisconsin have also endorsed State-wide scale, not by locals. clucied in the list from which I am read- the project. The other unions which I continue to read from the list: 1944 CONGRESSIONl\L RECORD-SENATE 8983 Member· Name ship Local Affiliation BakeryDo ______and Confectionery--______Workers·------•• ______._ 1, 50083 339348 American Federation of Labor, Cambridge, Mass. American Federation of Labor, Green Bay, Wis. Do __ ------.----.. --... ------.--.---••. ----.• ------__ 400 165 American Federation of Labor, Paterson, N.J. Barbers and Beauty Culturists------·------1 Congress oflndustrial Organizations, New York City. Barbers Union _____ ------______------200 894 American Federation of Labor, Chelsea, Mass. Journeymen Barbers ______------____ ------____ ------_ 55 331 American Federation of Labor, Fall River, Mass. Do_.------__ ------•••• -----•. -----•• __ ---- __ ---- __ ... -- 225 224 American Federation of Labor, Providence, R I. Bartenders Union. ______------__ ----- __ ------63 114 American Federation of Labor, Pittsfield, Mass. Do.•• ------·---__ ----. ____ • __ ._. ______._._ .••• _•• ___ • ______•••.. 32 Z75 American Federation of Labor, Gardner, Mass. Do ______--· ___ ---. _____ •••• ______._ ••• ______• ______••... _ 31 463 American Federation of Labor, Hibbing, Minn. Do ______------. _____ ------__ ------~------___ -----.---. 43 231 International Falls, Minn. Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers------26 ------American Federation of Labor, Duluth, Minn. Blue Island Central Labor Union------·------Boilermakers ______------.---••• ___ ------200 304 American Federation of Labor, Boston, Mass. American Federation of Labor, Kaukauna, Wis. Boo??t>iii I 54 locals. The carpenters and builders unions would ensue. They realize that not only upon thousands of homes would be built are particularly interested in this de would there be town homes to be built for persons who live in other States and velopment because they realize the tre where small industries would be main who maintain summer homes up in the mendous need for new homes which tained or increased, but that thousands hills, as they very properly should be. Member Name ship Local Affiliation 33 1092 American Federation of Labor, Salem Depot, N.H. ~~~~e~~~~,niii~~iiifcoillicii::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 4,000 American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee1 Wis. Cabinrt Makers' and Millman's Union ______-·--·····-----=------135 -···---i284- American Federation of Labor, Duluth, Mmn. United Celotex Workers. ------·--···--·------2,000 1189 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Marrero, La, UnitedDo ______Cement, ______Lime, and Gypsum Workers------______158 177 American Federation of Labor, Bay Bridge, Ohio. 95 174 American Federation of Labor, LouisvilleJ Nebr. Do _____ • ____ •• _. ____ • ___ • __ .---__ ._._---•• ___ •••• __ • ___ •.••• __ .---__ ••• _•••. 30,000 (1) American Federation of Labor, Chicago, J.Jl. Do------151 55 American Federation of Labor, West Conshohocken, Pa. Do______---••• __ • __ •••• ---._ •.••. ------____ •••...••• ______• ____ .. 263 19 American Federation of Labor, St. Louis, Mo. Do______• __ • ___ •• _. ______•• __ •• __ ••• ---••••• _•••• _•••• _••••• __ •••• _•. 142 165 American Federation of Labor, Coldwater, Mich. Do_·------~------450 American Federation of Labor, St. Louis, Mo. Do______-----______• ______------140 ------65- American Federation of Labor, Howes Cave, N. Y. Do __------_ ------___ ------•• ------. ___ ----.---- 162 25 American Federation of Labor, Concrete, Wash. Do ______.___ -----______----_------______------______423 92 American Federsttion of Labor, Bellefonte, P&.. Do ______• ______••• ---••••• __ •• ---•• __ •• _•••• __ • ____ •• __ ! _ 105 101 American Federation of Labor, Drvils Slide, Utah. J)oDo ___·------______• ______------·-- • _____------• ______•• __ _ 262 5 American Federation of Labor, Dewey, Okla. 550 8 American Federation of Labor, Bangor, Pa. Do ______• ___ ._._._. ___ • __ -----._ •• __ ••••• __ ---••••• .:••• __ ••• ______. 728 115 American Federation of Labor, Northampton, Pa. Do------280 17 American Federation of Labor, Nazareth, Pa. Do. ____ ••••••.• _•.• __ . __ • ___ •• __ •.•• __ ••••• ------165 173 .American Federation of Labor, Wampum, Pa. Do. ____ .------·------191 30 American Federation of Labor, Mitchell, Ind. Do. ______.------~ __ 449 107 American Fedrration of Labor, St. Louis, Mo. Do_ __ _•• ____ •• __ •••••••••••• __ • __ •••• __ -•••••• ---.----.-.-.------.------125 190 ·American Federation of Labor, Fort Collins, Colo. Do .. ____ ---- __ ------272 164 American Federation of Labor, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Do ____ ••••••••••• _. __ •••• __ • ---•• ____ ••• --•••• ----.--.-.------250 2 American Federation of Labor, Gardendale, Ala. Do __ ----___ •••• __ ••• _•• __ ••• _••• _•••••••••• ------.------94 75 American Federation of Labor, Fredonia, Kans. Do _------_____ ------265 6 American Federation of IAl.bor, Buffalo, Iowa. no------ 135 31 American Federation of Labor, Union Bridge. Md. Do·------··------·------165 179 American Federation of Labor, York, Pa. Do ______------______------.• ------135 35 AmC'rican FederAtion of Labor, Thomaston, Maine. Central Labor Council of New Haven------ 15,000 --··-(i)____ _ .American Federation of Labor, New Haven, Conn. Central Laoor Council of Fort Atkinson, Wis., and vicinitY------ 1,100 American Federation of Labor, Fort Atkinson, Wis. Central Labor Union of'Wisconsin, Rapids, Wis •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3,500 .American Federation of Labor, Point Edwards, Wls. 1 International. 211locals. 8984 ·coNGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE DECEMB~R 1 Member Name ship Local Affiliation Chasers Protective Union·------liO 17388 American Federation of Labor, New York City. Chicago Federation of Labor .. ------____ ------···· Chicago, ill. Chicago Heights Trades and Labor AssemblY-----•------·--- Do. South Chicago Trades and Labor AssemblY------·· --·------Do. Citizens Lobby (Boston>------·······-···----····--·--·-··---····----- (34 !) Boston, Mass. City and County Public Service Union (Duluth)------·····------600 66 American Federation of Labor, Duluth, Minn. Retail Clerks .•••••••.• ------138 'Zl Superior, Wis. Do. ______------·----·- 4.00 11150 American Federation of Labor, New York City. Congress of Industrial Organizations, New York City. 1 Do. AmEg~~~~~~=~l;=t~i;=~-: :::======::= ==::: ==::::: ====:: ::: :=:·:::::::: ::=:::: :::: ____ ~~: ~~~ _ (1) ~ Congress of Industrial Organizations, Newark, N.J. Do ______------10, 000 (6) Congress of Industrial Organizations, Boston, Mass. Do ______------1, 350 280 Congress of Industrial Organizations, New York City. Congress of Industrial Organizations, Passaic, N.J. Congress of Industrial Organizations, Kingston, N.Y. InternalEg:== ional======Ladies' Garment ======Workers Union ======::::::::______250,0004, ~~ ------·-iso·(1) American Federation of Labor. Do .------__ .------___ ------____ ------425 101 American Federation of Labor, San Francisco, Calif. Do .. ------.------85, 000 (7) American Federation of Labor, New York City. Do ______------______------27, 000 22 Do. Do .. ______.• _. ___ .• __ ._._ .•••. __ ._. ______.______144 American Federation of Labor, Newark, N.J. Do._-_------._ ... ------._ .•.... __ •••• -----•• _••••• ---.• ----___ ------_____ ------150 American :Federation or Labor, South River, N. f. Do ------_. _••• __ ----______. ______-----. ___ (8) American Federation or Labor, Boston, Mass. Do .... -----____ . ______. ______._._. ______----____ . ___ • ______(~) American Federation of Labor, Cleveland, Ohio. Do __ • _____ • _____ -----·-. ______---______• ___ • _. _••• _•. __ ••••••••• _ ------113 American Federation of Labor, Peoria, Ill. Do ______.• ______.• ___ ••. _. ___ • ___ ·----·-_. ______• __ • __ ••• ___ •• 329 American Federation of Labor, St. Lonis, Mo. Do. __ . ~ -·-· __ ••.•• __ • ____ ._. __ • ______•• __ ••• _. ______•• ______• ______----.------_ 20 American Federation of Labor, New York City. Do ______. ______.. ______----- ______323 American Federation of Labor, Richmond, Mo. Do ... ______• ______••. _. ___ •. __ • __ -----______:.______3, 000 105 American Federation of Labor, New York City. Do ..• ___ .• ______------__ ------___ ._ •• __ .. ___ • ______~- ______Zl Do. Do ..• ------______-----______• ___ ._-----______100 75 American Federation of Labor, Worcester, Mass. Do.------__ •.•• __ •• ____ ••• ___ ------. __ ------_ •••. _____ • ______----- 550 ___ • ______•• American Federation of Labor, Detroit, Mich. 1 International. 125 American Federation of Labor unions. 4 35 Congress of Lndustrial Organizations unions. 6 flO civic or:mnizations. eJoint board. 7 Joillt board, 3Z locals. !Joint board, 71oraL~. e Joint board, 11 locals. The St. Lawrence seaway project seems I gamated Clothing Workers and the appear to be absolutely agreed. to be one thing upon which the Amal- International Ladies' Garment Workers I continue to read: Member Name ship Local Affiliation United Garment Workers------391 126 American Federation of Labor, Oshkosh, Wis. Do.. ______... __ .------•.. ------••• ----. __ •• ______.• ______•• __ 58 148 American Federation of Labor, Green Bay, Wis. Colorado State Federation______tiO, 000 (1) American Federation of Labor, Denver Colo. American Communications Association •• ------···------400 2 Congress of Industrial Organizations, New York City. Riverside. Consumers Cooperative .. ------·----- ______: ______------Buffalo, N.Y. Brookline, Mass. ~~l~~£(f~~;i:~:fi~ncW;::k~;:-~~~~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 7~ ------9i- Congress or Industrial Organizations, New York City, Building and Construction Trades·------10,000 ------American Federation of Labor, Kansas City, Mo. Building and Construction Trades, Council, LaCrosse and vicinity, Wisconsin... 1, 000 ------LaCrosse, Wis. · Building and Construction Trades, Council, Minneapolis, Minn______10,000 • ---- American Federation of Labor, Minneapoijs~ Minn. Dairy " 'orkers .. ------·---·--·-·- 170 - - 22i39- American Federation of Labor, Detroit, Mien. Dairy and Bakery Workers ______------·---- 335 87 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Saginaw, Mich. Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees ..• ------····------105 511 American Federation of Labor, Kenosha, Wis. Uuited Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employees ______------·--·----- Congress of Industrial Organizations, New York City, Do .• ------______104 Do. · Do .• ---_. ____ -- __ --- __ -----_------_-- __ ------.• ______----______2;ooo 1250 J)o. Do. E~:: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1, ~~ ~ Do. D.o ••••••••••• ------••• --._.: ••• ·--- 200 305 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Mount Vernon, N.Y. Do.------______18 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Pbiladelpbiat. Pa. Do .••• ------.-----· •• -----.--.---- __ ••.•• ----._ •• _.• ____ •• -----______123 290 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Newark, N.J. Do ____ --.--•• ------.---•••••• ----.------__ --- ___ •. ____ •••. 800 15 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Chicago, Ill. Do ______------·------____ 4, 000 _. ______Congress of Industrial Organizations, St. Louis, Mo. Do .• ------.------·--.------.--••••••• _.• ------___ -----______700 250 Congcess of Industrial Organizations, Long Island City, N.Y. Do .•. ------...••••.•. ___ .• ______220 84 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Providence, R. I. 1 Congress of Industrial Organizations, St. LoUis, Mo. E~:: ::::::::::: ==== ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ' ~ ~ig Do. United Store Workers ..• ------25 152 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Ebensburg, Pa. Retail Clothing Salesmen ... ------75 1050 American Federation of Labor, Detroit, Mich. Detroit and " '.ayne County Federation of Labor•• ------···------Do. Duluth school employees_.------.------126 956 American Federation of Labor, Duluth, Minn. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers·------11 1222 American Federation of Labor, Denver, Colo. Do .•. ------.• ------•. ------.------_------· ______----______3 American Federation of Labor, New York City. Do .••• ------•• __ •• __ .------______------___ ------______817 Do. Do .••• ~-----·------·------·-· __ .-----__ ------. 70 B 1026 American Federation of Labor, Malden, Mass. Do ______--.------.• ------._ •• ___ ------____ ------80 764 American Federation of Labor, Keene, N.H. Do .•.••• ------.------.------______------_------65 294 American Federation of Labor, Hibbing, Minn. Do..•••••• ------•• ------•• ----______._____ 80 610 American Federation of Labor, Philadelphia, Pa. 0 American Federation of Labor, Lawrence, Mass. E~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::: :::::::= :::::: ======~=== I, ~ B1~~ American Federation of Labor, Bridgeport, Conn. l)o ______------· ------_------554 B1063 American Federation of Labor, Detroit, Mich. Do.. ------•• ------.------.------...... 160 B1050 Do . American Federation of Labor, Minneapolis, Minn. . ~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1, 1~ · B~gg American Federation of Labor, New Iberia, La. Electrical Workers •. ___ ------____ ------______142 B437 American Federation of Labor, Fall River, Mass. Do .. ------·····------_------450 B130 Americali Federation of Labor, New Orleans, La. Do.. ------·------__ ------·--- 1, 500 58 American Federation of Labor, Detroit, Mich. United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers------22,000 301 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Schenectady, N.Y. Congress of Industrial Organizations, Brooklyn, N.Y. Congress of Industrial Organizations, New Britain, Conn. Congress of Industrial Organizations, Bridgeport, Conn. Congress of Industrial Organizations, Tonawanda,_~. Y. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~: m 1~~ Congress of Industrial Organizations, Buffalo, N. x. Congress of Industrial Organizations, Jamestown, N. Y. fig======~==::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1:. m :~1 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1 State federation. 1944 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 8985 Member· Name ship Local .Affiliation International Union of Elevator Constructors ~ ------150 36 American Federation of Labor, Detroit, Mich. Do .. ______------______------_ 55 15 American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, Wis. Intern ational Union of Operating Engineers------40 352 American Federation of Labor, Lowell, Mass. Do.. ______------_____ ----- __ ------__ ------.---.• ------American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. 0, Do.. ______------___ ------_------______65 100 American Federation of Labor, Providence, R. I. Do .. ______------____ ------______------______2, 440 (2) American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, Wis. Do .• __ ---- __ ------______------__ 700 311, 311A Do. Do.. _------______------__ ------______-----___ 4, 000 150 American Federation of Labor, Chicago, Ul. Do.. _------__ ------__ ------. ___ ------__ ------__ 300 327 American l!' ederation of Labor, Detroit, Mich. Do .. ------__ ------__ ------______1, 500 15 American Federation of Labor, New York City. Do . . ------______------·- __ ------____ ------______-----___ 26 336 American Federation of Labor, Battle Creek, Mich. American Federation of Labor, Cleveland, Ohio. B~~~ ~~==== ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: =~::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::: 5, 5~~ 7~g American Federation of Labor, Kenosha, Wis. Do .. __ __------___ ------_------1, 500 49 American Federation of Labor, Minneapolis, Minn. New York Regional Council of United Federal Workers______5, 000 (3) Congress of Industrial Orgamzations, New York City. Federal Labor Union·------16 22869 American Federation of Labor, Winona, Minn. Do. . ______------__ ------______361 18518 American Federation of Labor, Chicopee, Mass. · Do.. ______---- __ ------____ ------______165 , 20582 American Federation of Labor, Springfield. Mass. Do. . ______------__ ------______130 18545 American Federation of !Jabor, Sheboygan, Wis. Do .. ______------______------____ ------______325 20690 American Federation of Labor, Warsaw, Wis. Uniform Firemen's Association______500 82 American Federation of Labor, Minneapolis, Minn. International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers·------·------85 937 International Falls, Minn. American Federation of Labor, Mankato, Minn. Winona, Minn. ~~~i~~;:;ri~~i~~~~i~!~~~~=:::::. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~~ g~~ Red Wing, Minn. United Retail and Wholesale Food·------28 315 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Atlanta, Ga. Fur Dyers Union. __ ------80 Congress of Indusfrial Organizations, New York City. Fancy Fur Dyers Union·------88 . ·no. Fur Floor and Shipping Clerks ______------125 Do. Eur Merchants Employees ______---····---. _ 64 Do. Fur and Leather (leather handlers>----·------75 308 American Federation of Labor, Boston, Mas.s. Lamb and Rabbit Workers.------·-·----- 85 Congress of Industrial Organizations, New York City. Fur v,r orkers ____ ------__ ----______------___ • _ 50 94 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Duluth, Minn. International Fur and Leather Workers.------·------··------Congress of Industrial Orgaillzations, New York City. Do ..• __ ------______------______------___ 65 89 Congress of Industrial1 Organizations, St. Louis, Mo. Do.• ------=---- ____ ------______65 240 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Emporium, Pa. 1 1 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Wilmington, Del. Ne!:&a-ven-iiurWorii:ei-8-uriiori:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: • ~8 ~! Congress of Industrial Organizations, New Haven, Conn. United Furniture Workers·------2,000 154 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Gardner, Mass. Upholsterers International Union of North America______liO, 000 ------American Federation of Labor, Philadelphia, Pa. Garage Washers and Polishers.------5, 800 272 American Federation of Labor, New York City. Glaziers Union .. ------·------____ ------··-----·------550 1087 Do. , American Federation of Grain Processors______250 19199 American Federation of Labor, Superior, Wis. Do .. ______------_-----______------·--______------__ 1, 700 19152 American Federation of Labor, Minneapolis, Minn. Hat Workers Union·------2, 500 60 American Federation of Labor, Philadelphia, Pa. United Hatters. ____ ------150 29 American Federation of Labor, Fall River, Mass. United Hatters, Cap, and Millinery_. __ ------300 11 American Federation of Labor Danbury, Conn. United Hatters------__ ------__ 27 1 Do. Do. ___ ; ______------·---____ · 80 100 American Federation of Labor, Michigan City, Ind. International Hod Carriers and Common Laborers Union ______. ______400 363 American Federation of Labor, Minneapolis, Minn. Do.. ___ ------___ ------·--____ 80 1, 107 American Federation of Labor, New London Wis. Do·------·------____ 400 317 American Federation of Labor, Eau Clair, Wis. Do .. ------______------_-----·------f\04 29 American Fed'eration of Labor, New York City. Laborers District Council of Milwaukee and Vicinity------4, 000 (f) American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, Wis. International Laborers Local (Hod Carriers)_------5, 000 334 American Federation of Labor, Detroit, Mich. Hotel and Restaurant Waiters and Waitresses Union ••••• --··------·------2 American Federation of Labor, Brooklyn, N.Y. . Hotel and Restaurant------·------·-··"·------·------300 164 American Federation of Labor, Bempst;(',ad, L. I. Waiters Union ______·------·------··------8, 500 1 American Federation of Labor, New York City. Chain Service Employees.------·------3, 000 42 Do. Cooks, Countermen, Soda Dispensers .•·------·---··-·----- 3, 000 325 American Federation of Labor, Brooklyn, N.Y. t Wisconsin State. 116 locals. 'District Council B39. Unions representing practically every a clearer vision of what is ahead of us fled to let things remain as they are. The line of work in the whole United States and what our needs will be than have list continues: have endorsed the seaway. Sometimes others who have been very eminently suc I think the members of the unions have cessful in life, and are perfectly satis- Member· Name ship Local Affiliation Culinary Workers ______·------·-·------.. ------·------200 -·-··------American Federation of Labor, Providence, R.I. Beverage Dispensers •••• ------···------·------346 American Federation of Labor, Minneapolis, Minn. Housewives League ______------100 ------·---- Boston, Mass. Bridgeyort Industrial Union CounciL ______------Congress of Industrial Organizations, Bridgeport, Conn. (lapita District Industrial Union CounciL______50,000 (1) Congress of Industrial Organizations, Schenectady, N.Y. Greater Buffalo Industrial Union Council______------(2) Congress of Industrial Organizations, Buffalo, N.Y. Minnesota State Industrial Union Council______35,000 ------·- Congress of Industrial Organizations, Minneapolis~¥ inn Milwaukee County Industrial Union Council______70, 000 ----·------Congress of Industrial Organizations, Milwaukee, vv is, Greater Newark Industrial Union CounciL------____ -----·------Congress-of Industrial Organizations, Newark, N . J. New Jersey State Industrial Union CounciL •••.••------300,000 --·------~ Congress of Industrial Organizations. Los Angeles Industrial Union CounciL ______~------. Congress of Industrial Organizations, Los Angeles, Calif, Rhode Island State Industrial Union CounciL ••••••••••..•.••.•••••••••• ______40,000 ------Congress of Industrial Organizations, Providence, R. l. South Jersey Industrial Union CounciL ______~------55,000 ------Congress of Industrial Organizations, Camden, N.J. :Pes Moines Industrial Union CounciL ------20,000 ------Congress of Industrial Organizations, Des Moine~ Iowa. New York State Industrial Union CounciL.------Congress of Industrial Organizations, New York uity. Wisconsin State Industrial Union CounciL______100,000 --····------Congress of Industrial Organizations, Milwaukee, Wis. Industrial Insurance Agents Union..• ------·------1, 000 41 Congress of Industrial Organizationst !_3oston, Mass. Iowa State Federation of Labor~------~------·------American Federation of Labor, Des Moines, Iowa, International Jewelry Workers------.1 American Federation of Labor, New York City. Do .. ------10, 000 -····------Do. Jewelry, Tool Makers, and Die Cutters______400 129 American Federation of Labor, Providence, R.I. Joan of Arc Victory Committee ______·-·-·--·------125 ------American Federation of Labor, New York City. Labor's Non-Partisan League·------40,000 ----··------Congress of Industrial Organizations, New Haven...! Conn. Lapel Makers and Pairers Union •• ------~------600 161 Congress of Industrial Organizations, New York uity. Lake County (Independent) Central Labor Union·------··------United Laundry Workers Union·------200 271 Congress of Industrial Orgaillzations, Echenectady, N.Y. Laundry Workers and Cleaners______1, 000 183 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Minneapolis, Minn. National Association of Letter Carriers .•------·------·- 1, 250 1 American Federation of Labor, Detroit, Mich. Do ______------______------___ -----_. __ ----- __ • 7 806 American Federation of Labor,_Fergus Falls, Minn. Do·------·------·--·-·------______------392 28 American Federation ol Labor, St. Paul, Minn. '22unions. 2 60unions. 8986 :CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE DECEMBER 7. Member Name ship Local Affiliation United Leather Workers International Union ..••••••• ·------·----·------350 77 American Federation of Labor, Racine, Wis. Amalgamated Lithographers of America.------31\0 7 American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, Wis. Retail Wine and Liquor Clerks.·------·-·------534 -······----- American Federation of Labor, New York City. International Longshoremen's Association . .•••• ----·------·------·-- 100 822 American Federation of Labor, East Boston, Mass. :E>o ______----- __ •• ______------. ___• ______300 815 American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, Wis. Seafood Workers Union.------·------·-----·-----·----··------1,100 2 American Federation of Labor, Boston, Mass. United Locomotive Workers Union.------6,000 2054 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Schenectady;N. Y, Lug~age and Novelty Workers------400 65 American Federation of Labor, Fall River, Mass. Lumber and Sawmill Workers·------72 2806 American Federation of Labor, Tigerton, Wis. International Association of Machinists .. ·--·------·------. 721 34 American Federation of Labor, Kenosha, Wis; Do .•••••••.•.•••••. ------___ ------··------4, 180 66 American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, Wis. Do. ______• ______•••. _.•• ___ • __ •. ____ .•• ------•• ------___ . ______------·- 70 1037 American Federation of Labor, Hopkins, Minn. Do . . ______------·----·------14 1198 American F-ederation of Labor, Mankato, -Minn. Riverside Lodge (machinists)_------·------116 1, 415 American Federation of Labor, Fond duLac, Wis. Auto Mechanics •••• ------75 697 American Federation of Labor, Manville, R.I. Mailers Union._------·------230 40 American Federation of Labor, Detroit,-Mich. National Maritime Union ______. . ------400 --······---- Congress of Industrial Organizations, Buffalo, N.Y. Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers· ------·······----- 42 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Philadelphia, Pa, Do .. ____ . _____ . ______. ______,.______-----· __ •• ___ ••• __ -'------•••••••• ____ •••••••••. _. Congress of Industrial Organizations, Camden, N. J; Union of Marine Draftsmen and Technicians.·: ______250 24 Congress of-Industrial-Organizations, New York City. Massachusetts State Congress of .Industrial Organizations ______-······----- ·········--- Congress of Industrial Organizations, Boston, Mass. Minneapolis City and County Employees •• ·------·------·------630 9 American Federation of Labor, Oak Terrace, Minn, Amalgamated Meat . Cutters.~------· ·------•••••••••. __ 623 American Federation of Labor, New York City. Do... _____ ------______•• ______----______------.-----_------__ 35 477 American Federation of Labor, Eveleth, Minn. Do .. ______------______••• ------_____ ------·----______1, 050 653 American Federation of Labor, Minneapolis, Minn. American F{lderation of Labor,-New York City. Mil~n;~-~-~~~~~~~-~-~i~-~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 20, ggg . 2, 24, 42, ~~ American Federation of Labor, Atlanta, Ga. . Do .• ___ ------______._----______----- __ • ______------.•••••••• __ _ _ 41 American Federation of Labor, Los Angeles, Calif. Do.. ______._. __ . __ .------__ .•.• __ •••• ---- 280 50 American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, Wis. United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers ______·······----- . (1) American Federation-of. Labor,-New York City. International Alliance of Theatrical, Stage and Moving Picture Machine Oper· 19 655 American Federation of Labor, Sheboygan, Wis. ators. · South bridge Musicians Association ______------______..•• ------40 494 American Federation of Labor, Southbridge, Mass. Milwaukee Musicians Association .••••• ------1,.400 . - 8 American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, Wis. St. Paul Musicians Association .. ---·-·-----:·------1, 001 30 American Federation of Labor, St. Paul, Minn. American Federation of Musicians .. ------·-----·------200 173 . American Federation of Labof, Fitchburg,-Mass. American Federatien of Labor, Cincinnati; Ohio. :t.Iet010~-~l!~~~~~:~~~~·-~l~-t~~~:-~~~-~~l-~~:-_::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -·- --~~:~~- •••••••• 139- American Federation of Labor, Northampton, Mass. Do .• ______~ __ • _. ______••• _------.----••••••• ___ • __ ----·---·------__ • ·---- ·so1 66 American Federation of Labor, Louisville, Ky. Metal Poiishers ....• ------. 1, 400 .1 . American Federation of Labor, Detroit, Mich . . Sheet Metal Workers •• _------27 158 American Federation of Labor, Sheboygan, Wis. Do .• __ ------______._------. ___ ------___ ------.------____ ---- 250 76 American Federation of Labor, St. Paul, Minn. Do ___ . __.. ______.. _. ______••• ______•• ------. __ ._------__ ---- 50 32- American. Federation of Labor, Duluth, Minn. Fabricated Metal Workers.·------·------655 19340 American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, Wis . . United Office and Professional Workers.------~~------·------5, 000 16 Congress oflndustrial Organizations, New York City. 0 1 Do. -- om~ w oriei-S'uiifo·ri~ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ' i~ 21~~~ Congress of Industrial Organizations, Duluth, Minn. Do. ______. ______. ____ .----__ ---- __ ----______----·------300 16456 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Milwaukee, Wis. United Optical Workers Union ••••••• •--·------2, 500 2,08 Congress of Industrial Organizations, New York·City. United Packinghpuse Workers .. ------·-··-- 1, 200 .11. Congress of Industrial Organizations, Cambridge, Mass. International Brotherhood of Papermakers------40 149 American Federation of Labor, Sartell, Minn. Do.. ------· •••.•• ----•• ----____ •• _____ • __ ------•• ------254 319 American Federation of Labor, Rothschild, Wis. Do. ______------~------·- ______-----_------. __ -~ ______------186 227 American Federation of Labor, Peshtigo, Wis. Do...... ______------. ______------102 159 American Federation of Labor, International Falls, Minn. Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America...... 250 636 American Federation of Labor, Culver City, Calif. Do.• __ ------_ ..• ___ •• ------____ --·------9, 000 (') American Federation of Labor, New York City. Do. . ______• ______------.-----______------·--•• -··--- 2, 000 ($) American Federation of Labor, Brooklyn, N. Y, Do. ••• ______. __ •• __ •• ______• _____ . ______------·------•••• ---- 160, 000 American Federation of Labor, Lafayette, Ind. Do...•• ------__ . __ ---. ___ ----.------__ ---- __ ------•• ------92 ------·-ios- American Federation of Labor, Racine, Wis. Do .••• ___ .-----______•• _.-·--.--- ___ • ____ . _____ •••••• ------·--_ •••• ------38 882 American Federation of Labor, Hibbing, Minn. Do. ______------; __ . __ •• __ ------··----•• __ ------·60 797 American Federation of Labor, Fredericksburg, Va, Do .. ------_____ ------__ ------•• __ ------•• __ ------21 667 American Federation of Labor, Titusville, Pa. Do...• _------______------__ ----- __ ----·---. ___ ----••• ______---- 10 295 American Federation of Labor, Westville Ill. Do. _____ ---______------______----- __ ------·------_------55 393 American Federation of Labor, Wichita Falls, Tex. Do ..• ------______---- __ ----______------______------40 1205 American Federation of Labor, Bristol, Va. Do ______------__ ------.------•••• ---••• ___ •• -·······--.. 616 American Federation of Labor, Tucumcari, N.Mex. Do. ______• ____ • ___ • __ •• _•. __ •• _••••••• _. ____ •• ______• __ ._._...... 65 431 American Federation of Labor, Marion, Ill. aInternational. •lllocals. 66 locals. The list gives the membership as 160,000 at Lafayette, Ind., and 2,000 at Brooklyn, I think those figures are reversed. The list continues: Member Name ship Local Affiliation Painters._.------·------·---____ •• _•• ·------.----·--•••• ___ ._------130 48 American Federation of Labor, Worcester, Mass. Do .••. ______._-·------••• __ •• ____ •• _.----- ______.____ 42 247 American Federation of Labor, Salem, Mass. Do .. _.------. ___ ---·------____ ••••• _••.• ______.• ______• _____ ------72 175 American Federation of Labor, Fitchburg, Maser Do .. __ ------__ •• ·-·------__ .-----••• _.---- ___ ------__ ------10 771 American Federation of Labor, Gardner, Mass. Do .• --.------._------.------. _____ .------•• _•. ____ ._. __ ------•--_ 1, 200 781 American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, W ie, Do .• ---•• __ -----_____ • ______------__ ._. _____ • __ -----. ______•• _____ -----·-- 70 934 American Federation.ofLabor, Kenosha, Wis. Do •..••• --•••.•••••• ----._ •• ~------•• _____ • __ •• _••••••••• ____ •• ------______65 1077 American l!'ederation of Labor, Johnson City, Tenn. Do•. ______• ____ • ______------_. ______•••• ______•••••••••. __ 753 American Federation of Labor, Dothan, Ala. Do .....• ______•.• ____ . ______._. ______------__ ._. ______.• ______.---- 257 31 American Federation of Labor, Syracuse, N. Y. Do •• ----- __ • ______• ____ ••••••• _---- ______·------.-~---- ____ •• ------~00 318 American Federation of Labor, Fort Worth, Tex. Do .. -----.--.-----.------~------••••••••••••• ------•• __ ••••• ------175 90 American Federation of Labor, Springfie!d.,~ Ill. Paperhangers .. _----- __ ------·--·-•••••••••••••••••• ______•• ·------_ 64 258 American Federation of Labor, Everett, Mass. Plasterers Union. __ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ___ ••• ------400 10 American Federation of Labor, Boston, Mass. Do .. ------.--... ------•. -.• ------___ ---_.----- __ .----.------••••• _ BOO 850 American Federation of Labor, Detroit, Mich. Operative Plasterers and Cement Finishers International Association...... 310 557 American Federation of Labor, Minneapolis, Minn. Lynn Association Pattern Makers League •• ------· 96 American Federation of Labor, West Lynn Mass. International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers...... 200 324 American Federation of Labor, Appleton Wis. Do ••••••• __ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ------•••• _._._...... '150 107 American Federation of Labor, New YorK1 City. Do•... ------. ____ ._------••• ___ ------. ______.------465 158 American Federation of Labor, Cloquet, Minn. United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters of United States 46 5811 American Federation of Labor, Hibbing, Minn. and Canada. Do·------····················------401 American Federation of Labor, Sheboygan, Wis. National Association of Post Office Laborers .. ------·------~-----·-··- II American Federation of Labor, Roxbury, Mass. National Federation of Post Office Clerks ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 677 American Federation of Labor, Sheboygan, Wis. Do .•• _. ______----______------·-··-----·_ ••••••••••• 8 American Federation oJ tabor, Milwaukee, Wis. American Federation of Government Employees •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 178 American Federation of Labor, Springfield, Mass. 1944 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 8987 Name Member ship Local .Affiliation Brockton Printing Pressmen .••••••••.•..••••. ·····-----·-·····················- 20 102 American Federation of Labor, Brockton, Mass. Minneapolis Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 500 20 American Federation of Labor, Minneapolis, Minn. Pressmen's Union ______---·····--·····--· •••••• ··-·········- 36 237 American Federation of Labor, Winona, Minn. Milwaukee Allied Printing Trades CounciL •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1,500 American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee Wis. Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America •••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••.•... 24 ------685 American Federation of Labor, Ashland, Wis. Do .• __ ._. __ ------..••••• ______----- ______156 499 American Federation of Labor, West Allis, Wis. .Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway, and Motor Coach Em 36 1310 American Federation of Labor, Eau Claire, Wis. ployees, Sheboygan Central Labor Council .•• ------85 American Federation of Labor, Sheboygan, Wis. Boot and Shoe Workers Union·------550 -·--·---378" American Federation of Labor, Watertown, Wis. Do .• ------•• ______-----_-----___ 140 686 J\merican Federation of Labor, Wausau, Wis. Do•• ------______------__ 58 419 American Federation of Labor, St. Paul, Minn. Do .. ------____ ----___ ---______------_------______160 197 American Federation of Labor, Sheboygan, Wis. Lasters, Brotherhood of Shoe Allied Craftsmen______1,100 ------Ind~~~dent, Brockton, Mass. Heelers Local, Brotherhood of Shoe Allied Craftsmen._------275 ------Webster Shoe Workers Independent Union .. ------1, 300 ------Independent, Webster, Mass. United Shoe Workers of America· ------250 141 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Bingham to~ N. Y. Do.•... --.------__ .-----______• ___ ••• ------_____ ------10, 000 (1) Congress oflndustrial Organizations, New York vity, State, county, and municipal workers·------(') (3) Do. Do ______------_____ ------______------______------______------___ _ 80 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Albany, N.Y. Do.. _._-- __ .... ______------. ______------_ 700 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Philadelphia, Pa,. .American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees______30 ------426- American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, Wis. Do•• ------.------. ______------___ ------______------50 47 Do. Do•. ---_. ____ ------•• __ • ____ ----____ ------__ -----______------_ 20t1 151 American Federation of Labor, St. Paul, Minn. United Steel Workers of America·------837 1809 Congress of lndustrial Organizations, Worcester, Mass. Do..• ______•• ___ ••• _. __ •••• _._ ••• __ •• _____ • ___ •• __ • ______• ___ .______250 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Providence, R. I. Do .. ------______------__ ------_------_____ ------900 ------i56i- Do. Stone Masons and Marble Masons·------100 ------American Federation of Labor, Boston, Mass. Marble Cutters-and Setters Union·------800 ------American Federation of Labor, New York City, Switchmen's Union ______------__ ------110 107 American Federation of Labor, Superior, Wis. Work Projects Administration Teachers Union·------····------ Independent, New York City. Teachers Union of the City of New York·------ Do. New York College Teachers Union·------Do. Floodwood Federation of Teachers ______: ______18 506 American Federation of Labor, Floodwood, Minn. American Federation of Teachers. __ ------567 American Federation of Labor, Pueblo, Colo. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and 700 619 American Federation of Labor, Manitowoc, Wis. Helpers. Do .. ______------·-----____ ------______------__ -----____ _ American Federation of Labor, Mich;gan. Terrazzo Workers Helpers------36 37 American Federation of Labor, Roxbury, Mass. Tile Layers Protective Union·------41 5 American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, Wis. Roofers LocaL------__ ------_------250 65 Do. Do. .. ______._. ______------___ • _____ ------____ 36 73 American Federation of Labor, Duluth, Minn. United Textile Workers of America._------1813 American Federation of Labor, Allston, Mass. Do. . ______•• ______• ______----- __ ------______:___ 45 2639 American Federation of Labor, Grafton, Wis. Textile Workers Union of America·------7, 000 1 and 489 Congress of Industrial Organizations, AmsterdamJ.. N. Y, Do••••• ___ ------___ .-·-.------______----______; __ ------25 98 Congress of Industrial Organizations, New York vity. Do ______------______---- __ •• _._._. ____ • __ • __ ••• ______---·----____ ------____ _ Congress oflndustrial Organizations, Utica, N.Y. Do.. _. ______•• ______------700 129 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Osw e~o, N.Y. United Paper Nov.elty and Toy Workers International Union______1, 800 61, 59 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Leommster, Mass. Boston Women's Trade Union Leagt:e ______------Consumer, Boston, Mass. Neenah-Menasha Trades and Labor CounciL.------3, 500 (') American Federation of Labor, Menasha, Wis. · Federated Traqes Council of Milwaukee·------American Federation of Labor, Milwaukee, Wis. Federated Trades A~sembly ------10, 000 ------American Federation of Labor, Duluth, Minn. Truck Drivers Union ___ ------1, 200 653 American Federation of Labor, Brockton, Mass. T,ransport Workers Union. ------·------QO, 000 (5) Congress of Industrial Organizations, New York City. 15 Congress of Industrial Organizations, Schenectady, N. Y. New I?~i-I-rfY"v 1 Joint Council No. 13. a 25locals. ~International. 2 14,0CO to 15,000. '24locals. I have just a few which have been re N. Y., Arthur Patrick Farren; Building Ross, secretary, 40 Waverley Street, Wa ceived recently, within the last 2 or 3 and Construction Trades Council, 317 verley 79, Mass.; Central Labor Council, months, as follows: Cherry Street, Jamestown, N. Y., Mur Sheboygan, Wis., Andrews Beimel, sec Building and Construction Trades ray F. Horn, recording secretary; Ithaca retary, 2206 North Eighteenth Street; Council, 85 West Western Avenue, Mus Central Labor Union, 134 East State Building and Construction Trades Coun kegon, Mich., Henry TerBorg, secretary; Street, Ithaca, N. Y., Dorothy Marcuse, cil, 418 Auditorium Street, St. Paul, Carpenters Local No. 2060, Logansport, secretary; Twin City Federation of La Minn., Frank J. Thill, secretary; Stam Ind., 434 Washington Street, Lambert bor, Champaign-Urbana, TIL, W. H. ford Structural Building Trades ·Alliance, Halsema, vice president; Basic Building Thompson, secretary; Port Washington 67 Gay Street, Stamford, Conn., Louis H. Trades Council, 309 South Franklin Street, Trades and Labor Council, Port Wash Hardvall, secretary. Syracuse, N. Y., Arthur Peil, secretary; ington, Wis., Edward Fay, secretary. The State Federation of Labor of New Toledo Central Labor Union, 912 Adams Building Trades Council, Fitchburg, York state has for the first time gone Street, Toledo 2, Ohio, George J. Englert, Mass., Charles E. Hartford, correspond on record this year as favoring the St. executive secretary; Building and Con ing secretary; Central Labor Union of Lawrence seaway and power project. struction Trades Council, 216% East Indianapolis, 136 East Market Street, In The State Federation of Vermont and Monroe Street, Springfield, Ill., J. Earl dianapolis, Ind., Clyde McCormack, busi the State c. I. 0. organizations of Ver Welch, recording secretary; Federation ness manager; Meadville Building and mont have both adopted resolutions fa of Labor, Lancaster, Ohio, Ted Purcell,, Construction Trades Council, Meadville, voring the seaway for the first time this secretary; Dearborn County Central La Pa., Merle E. Jannot; Federation of La year. ' l:for Union, 408 Shipping Street, Law bor, Park and Montcalm, Detroit 1, Mr. President, I appreciate the indul renceburg, Ind., Hobert Autterson, acting Mich., Frank X. Martell, president; gence of the Senate in listening to this recording secretary; Central Labor Building and Construction Trades Coun rather dry presentation of the support Union, Marion, Ind., Margaret Barton, cil, 401% Franklin Street, Michigan City, ers of the St. Lawrence seaway and secretary; Central Trades and Labor. Ind., M. C. Meyn, recording secretary; power proJect. As I have said, I under Council, 16 State Street, Rochester 4, Carpenters District Council, John G. stand that there are four Senators who 8988 CONGRESSIONAL. -RECORD-SENATE. - DECEMBER 7 desire to speak -tomorrow on the bill Mr. ELLENDER.· The Senator is cor of Greece and our British allies will work to in connection with the St. Lawrence sea rect. It simply authorizes an appropria gether in ~ebuilding that ravished country. way and power development, so far as it tion for that purpose. The committee ·Mr. President, I want to express my atfects the river and harbor program. has amended the bill by giving prefer agreement with Secretary Stettinius. I IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES AND PAY- ence to certain named projects which are am sure that the American people MENT OF DETENTION EXPENSES INCI to be undertaken first. strongly. feel that the people of Greece · DENT TO BRINGING ALIENS INTO THE Mr. WHITE. I hope. Mr. President, have the right to choose their own form UNITED STATES that the bill will be passed. of government without interference or Mr. HILL. Mr. President, will the During the delivery of Mr. AIKEN's dictation from any other government. Senator yield to me? Any such interference or dictation would address: Mr. ELLENDER. I yield. Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. President, I won be contrary to and in violation of one of Mr. HILL. I understand the bill has the fundamental rights for which we are der if the Senator from Vermont would the unanimous approval of the Commit carrying on the present war. be generous enough to permit the Chair tee on Territories and Insular Atfairs. to lay down a message from the House Mr. ELLENDER. The Senator is cor BILLS AFFECTING THE DISTRICT OF of Representatives on a Senate bill which rect. · COLUMBIA passed in _September, in order that we The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Mr. BILBO. Mr. President, I want to may take action on certain amendments. objection to the request of the Senator ask permission to call up the bills on the Mr. AIKEN. I shall be glad to yield from Louisana. calendar atfecting the Distrjct of Colum for that purpose. There being no objection, the Senate bia. I wish to say- that they are largely . The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be. proceeded to consider the bill