19.62 Congressional· Record - House 5

19.62 CONGRESSIONAL· RECORD - HOUSE 5 The telJer.s h~ving taken. their places, Cramer Kearns Ray HOUSE OF REPRESENTAT~S Cunningham Keith Reece the House proceeded to vote for Speaker. Curtin Kilburn Reifel The following is the result of the vote:, Curtis, Mass. King, N.Y. Rhodes, Ariz. WEDNESJ?AY, JAN:UARY l~, 196~ Curtis, Mo. Knox Riehlman [Roll No. 2) Dague Kunkel Robison The House met at 12 o'clock noon and McCORMACK-248 Derounian Kyl Roudebush was called to order by the Honorable Abbitt Granahan Nix Devine Laird Rousselot Ralph R. Roberts, Clerk of the House. Abernethy Grant Norrell Dole Langen St. George Addabbo Gray O'Brien, Ill. Dominick Latta Saylor The CLERK. Members of the House of Addonizio Green, Oreg. O'Brien, N.Y. Durno Lindsay Schadeberg Representatives, the time has arrived Albert Green, Pa. O'Hara, Ill. Dwyer Lipscomb Schenck Alexander Ellsworth McCulloch Scherer for the meeting of the 2d session of the Griffi.ths O'Hara, Mich. Fenton McDonough Schneebeli 87th Congress. Since the last session of Alford Hagan, Ga. Olsen Findley Mcintire Schweiker Andrews Hagen, Calif. O'Neill Fino McVey Schwengel Congress the great and beloved Speaker Anfuso Haley Passman Ford of the House has departed this life. Ashley Hansen Patman MacGregor Scranton Ashmore Harding P.erkiJ?.S Frelinghuysen Mailliard Seely-Brown The Clerk of the House;in conformity Aspinall Fulton Martin, Mass. Short Hardy Peterson Garland Mason Shriver with the rules, has called the House to Bailey Harris Pfost Gavin Mathias Sibal order for the purpose of electing a Baring Harrison, Va . Philbin Glenn May Siler Speaker. The roll will be called to Barrett Hays '1'ike Goodell Meader Smith, Calif. Bass, Tenn. Healey Pilcher GOOdling Merrow Springer ascertain whether a quorum is present. Beckworth Hebert Poage Griffi.n The Clerk will call .the roll. Bennett, Fla. Hechler Powell Miller-. N.Y. Stafford Blatnik Hemphill Price Gross M1lliken Taber Blitch Henderson Pucinski Gubser Minshall Teague, Calif. Boggs Herlong Rains Hall Moore Thomson, Wis. CALL OF THE HOUSE Boland Holifield Randall Halpern Moorehead, Tollefson Bolling Holland Reuss Harrison, Wyo. Ohio Tupper The Clerk calleq the _roll, and the fol Bonner Huddleston Rhodes, Pa. Harsha Morse Utt Hull Rivers, Alaska Harvey, Ind. Mosher Van Pelt lowing Members failed to answer to Boykin Harvey, Mich. Nelsen Van Zandt their names: Brademas ! chord, Mo. Rivers, S.C. Hiestand Norblad Wallhauser [Roll No. 1) Breeding Inouye Roberts Brewster Jarman Rodino. Hoeven Nygaard Weaver Celler Dooley O'Konski Brooks Jennings Rogers, Colo. Hoffman, DI. Osmers Weis Davis, Hoffman, Mich. Rousselot Horan Ostertag Westland Buckley Joelson Rogers, Fla. Pelly Whalley James C. Johnson, Md. Shelley Burke, Ky. Johnson, Calif. Rogers, Tex. Hosmer Davis, Tenn. Kee Ullman Jensen Pillion Wharton Burke, Mass. Johnson, Md. Rooney Pirnie Widnall Dawson Martin, Nebr. Younger Burleson Johnson, Wis. Roosevelt Johansen Derwinski Michel Jonas Poff Wilson, Calif. Byrne, Pa. Jones, Ala. Rostenkowski Quie Wilson, Ind. Cannon Jones, Mo. Roush Judd The CLERK. Four hundred and eleven Carey Karsten Rutherford NOT VOTING-13 Members having answered to their Casey Karth Ryan names, a quorum is present. Celler Kastenmeier St. Germain Davis, Dooley O'Konski Chelf Kelly Santangelo JamesC. Hoffman, Mich. Shelley Clark Keogh Saund Davis, Tenn. Kee Ullman Coad Kilgore Scott Dawson Martin, Nebr. Younger ELEQTION OF SPEAKER Cohelan King, Calif. Selden Derwinski Michel Colmer King, Utah Sheppard PRESENT The CLERK. Nominations for Speaker Cook Kirwan Shipley of the House of Representatives are now Cooley Kitchin Sikes Halleck McCormack in .order. Corman Kluczynski Sisk The Clerk recognizes the gentleman Daddario Kornegay Slack The Clerk announced the following Daniels Kowalski Smith, Iowa pairs: from Pennsylvania [Mr. WALTER]. Davis, John W. Landrum Smith, Miss. Mr. WALTER. Mr. Clerk, as chair Delaney Lane Smith, Va. Mr. James C. Davis paired for Mr. McCor man of the Democratic caucus I am .di Dent Lankford Spence mack with Mr. Martin of Nebraska -paired Denton Lennon Staggers for Mr. Halleck. rected by the unanimous vote of that Diggs Lesinski Steed caucus to present for election to the of Dingell Libona ti Stephens Mr. Shelley paired for Mr. McCormack with Donohue Loser Stratton Mr. Michel paired for Mr. Halleck. fice of Speaker of the House of Repre Dorn McDowell Stubblefield sentatives the name of the Honorable Dowdy McFall Sullivan The CLERK. The tellers agree in their JOHN W. McCORMACK, a Representative Downing McMillan Taylor tally. The total number of votes cast Doyle Mcsween Teague, Tex. from the State of Massachusetts. Dulski Macdonald Thomas was 414, of which the Honorable JoHN The CLERK. The gentleman from Iowa Edmondson Mack Thompson, La. W. McCORMACK received 248, and the [Mr. HOEVENJ is recognized. Elliott Madden Thompson, N.J. Honorable CHARLES A. HALLECK received Everett Magnuson Thompson, Tex. Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. Clerk,-by author Evins Mahon Thornberry 166. Two voted "present." Therefore, ity, by direction, and by. unanimous vote Fallon Marshall Toll the Honorable JoHN W. McCORMACK of of the Republican conference, I nomi Farbstein Matthews Trimble Massachusetts is the duly elected Fascell Miller, Clem Tuck nate for Speaker of the House of Repre Feighan M11ler, Udall, Morris K. Speaker of the House of Representatives sentatives the Honorable CHARLES A. Finnegan George P. Vanik for the 87th Congress. HALLECK, a Representative from the Fisher J.141lls Vinson The Clerk appoints the following FlOOd Moeller . Walter State of Indiana. Flynt Monagan Watts Members to escort the Speaker-elect to The CLERK. The Honorable JOHN w. Fogarty Montoya Whitener the Chair: The gentleman from Indiana Forrester Moorhead, Pa. Whitten [Mr. HALLECK] and the gentleman from McCORMACK of Massachusetts and the Fountain Morgan Wickersham • Honorable CHARLES A. HALLECK of Indi Frazier Morris W1lliams Oklahoma [Mr. ALBERT]. ana have been. nominated for Speaker. Friedel Morrison Willis (The Doorkeeper announced the Are there further nominations? [After Gallagher Moss Winstead Speaker-elect of the House of Repre a pause.] If there are no further nomi Garmatz Moulder Wright Gary Multer Yates sentatives, who was escorted to the Chair nations, the Clerk will appoint the fol Gathings Murphy Young by the committee of escort.) lowing Members to act as tellers: the Giaimo Murray Zablocki Mr. HALLECK. Mr. Speaker, my col gentleman from Texas [Mr. BURLESON]; Gilbert Natcher Zelenko leagues of the House of Representatives, the gentlewoman from Missouri [Mrs. HALLECK-166 in my time here I have served under four SULLIVAN]; the gentleman from Ohio Adair Bates Brown Speakers-Mr. Byrns of Tennessee, Mr. [Mr. SCHENCK]; and the gentlewoman Alger Battin Broyhill Bankhead of Alabama, Mr. Rayburn of from Tennessee [Mrs. REECE]. Andersen, Becker Bruce Texas, and Mr. Martin of Massachusetts, Minn. Beermann Byrnes, Wis. The tellers will please take their places Anderson. Ill. Belcher Cah111 each a great and good man who served at the desk in , front of the Speaker's Arends Bell Cederberg with fairness and with complete dedica rostrum. Ashbrook Bennett, Mich. Chamberlain tion to the responsibility of the high Auchincloss Berry Chenoweth The roll will now be called, and Mem Avery Betts Chiperfl.eld office of Speaker of the House of Repre bers responding to their names will indi Ayres Bolton Church sentatives. A year ago in presenting cate by surname the candidate of their Baker Bow Clancy Speaker RAYBURN, whose passing has Baldwin Bray Collier choice. · · Barry Bromwell Conte saddened us all, I said there would be The Clerk will call the roll. Bass,N.H. Broom1leld Corbett disagreements among us, and that is as 6 CONGRESSIONAL: ·RECORD - HOUSE January 10 it should be so long as in this Republic otherwise, I shall perform· such duties depths of my heart for this great honor we have a two-party system. But, peo impartiaH.y with fair treatment to all that you have conferred UPon me. I ple of good will can disagree where dis-. Members in . interpreting and enforcing shall live up to the great traditions of agreement is proper without rancor and the rules, but above all protecting the this office, having in mind the contribu without malice. rights of all Members without regard to tions made by the Speakers of the past, Now may I say to you, Mr. Speaker, party affiliation. · . particularly by the great contributions and to you Members of the House on the While as leader in this body of my made by. my predecessor. majority side that we on the minority party, I have my political responsibil Again, to you my Democratic col side will not be in a negative position. ities, in the performance of my duties leagues for selecting me in caucus, and to We shall cooperate as best we· can to as Speaker, my responsibility is to the all of my colleagues for electing me in build the economic and military strength House itself and to all of its Members. the House, I express to you my deep and of our country. And if our security As majority leader I always considered sincere thanks. [Applause.] should be threatened, we shall prove that one of my primary duties was to The Chair requests that the dean of once again that we are. a united, reso protect the rights, under the rules and the House of ·Representatives, my. dear lute people. also in accordance with the customs of and valued friend, the gentleman from We have now chosen a new Speaker. the House, of the minority party. I shall Georgia [Mr. VINSON], administer the He may find it a little difficult to· move follow that course as Speaker. oath of office. from the tempest and tumult of the floor · This is not the time for extended re <Mr. VINSON then administered the of the House to the serenity of the marks on my part, an(f.

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