8540 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE June 21 members of this committee. Our voices were regular proceedings of the is a fair sample of the proceedings and the silenced, and we left the committee. Senate. manner of conducting proceedings in the These things occurred during our absence, I do not think we have altogether lived up highest lawmaking body in the world. and I let the public judge in this closing to the dignity and prestige of this body in Mr. Chairman, I can only pledge that in hour whether any Democrat was responsible, which I am honored and privileged to serve. as has been intimated here, for what hap­ I think we could have conducted the hearing the further duties we have to perform here, I pened that necessitated and brought about a little better, and I will take my share of shall try to be as conscientious and as sin­ these proceedings. any responsibility that falls upon us for that. cere and as fair and impartial as I possibly I trust that the American people will not But I would hate for the country to think, can to arrive at a just decision and the judge these proceedings as the best or as the people of the Nation to think, that this proper action to be taken thereon.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secre­ p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to­ SENATE tary will call the roll. morrow, Tuesday, June 22, 1954, at 12 The Chief Clerk proceeded to call the o'clock meridian. MoNDAY, JuNE 21, 1954 roll. ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED modity Exchange Act; · making appropriations for the Depart­ H. R. 7434. An act to establish a Natio-nal Mr. LECOMPTE, from the Committee Advisory Committee on Education; _ ments of State, Justice, and Commerce, on House Administration, reported that H. R. 7601. An act to provide for a White and the United States Information that committee had examined and found House · Conference on Education; Agency for the fiscal year ending June truly enrolled bills of the House of the H. R. 8873. An act .making appropriations 30, 1955, and for other purposes, with following titles, which were thereupon -for the Department of Defense and related Senate amendments thereto, disagree to signed by the Speaker:· independent agency. for the fiscal year end· the Senate amendments, and agree to the ing June 30, 1955, and for other purposes; H. R. 2848. An act to amend section 89 of conference asked by the Senate. the Hawaiian Organic Act, as amended; and The SPEAKER. Is there objection to H. R. 9040. An act to authorize cooperative H. R . 3350. An act for the relief of Ralston research in education. the request of the gentleman from Ohio? Edward Harry; [After a pause.] The Chair hears none, H. R. 5840. An act to authorize the Ha­ The message also announced that the and appoints the following conferees: waiian Homes Commission to exchange cer­ ·senate had pa.ssed bills and a concurrent Messrs. CLEVENGER, COUDERT, Bow, tain Hawaiian Homes Commission land and resolution of the following titles, in COON, TABER, ROONEY, PRESTON, SIKES, certain easements for certain privately owned which the concurrence of the House is land; and CANNON. H. R. 8583. An act making appropriations requested: for the Executive Office and sundry inde­ S. 2900. An act to authorize the sale of cer­ pendent executive bureaus, boards, commis­ tain land in Alaska to the Harding Lake CIVIL FUNCTIONS' APPROPRIATION sions, corporations, agencies, and offices for Camp, Inc., of Fairbanks, Alaska, for use as BILit 1955 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for a youth camp and related purposes; Mr. DAVIS of Wisconsin submitted a other purposes. S. 3487. An act to authorize the Central Bank for Cooperatives and the regional banks conference report and statement on the The SPEAKER announced his signa.. to issue consolidated debentures, and for bill

Where.a::;, as a man of culture, dignity, and the islands: ''Aloha. Un~il we meet shocked and saddened yesterday when ability, he became a symbol of Hawaiian hos.:. again." I learned of his untimely death. pitality and charm in the Nation's Capital, I liked JoE FARRINGTON. He was a and h1s life added luster to the Territory and Mr. MILLER of Nebraska. M.r. Speak­ exalted its stature before the United States er, I yield to the gentleman from Penn­ friendly person. I think everyone liked and the world; sylvania [Mr. KE/lRNS]. JOE FARRINGTON WhO knew him. He was Whereas, serving with the House Commit­ Mr. KEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a genial man. I never met him but what tee on Agriculture, he endeared hi~self to pay my tribute to my great personal he had something pleasant to say. He all its Members: Now, therefore, be 1t friend, a great statesman, a great Amer­ made life happier for all of us. I never Resolved, That the committee has heard ican, JOE FARRINGTON. Today the eulogy heard anyone say an unkind work about with profound sorrow and a sense of deep that iS being paid JOE FARRINGTON, beau­ JoE FARRINGTON and I never heard him loss of the untimely death of JosEPH R. tiful as it may be, may still lack the speak unkindly of anyone. FARRINGTON; and be it further Mr. FARRINGTON was of course intensely Resolved, That the committee express its words and the rhythm and the expres­ sincere sympathy to the widow and other sion of the heartfelt affection that we interested in statehood for Hawaii, which members of the family; and be it further have for JOE FARRINGTON. Men may has been a controversial issue in Con~ R esolved , That the committee clerk com­ come and men may go, but there never gress for many years. There were many n:unicate this resolution to the family of the Will be another JOE FARRINGTON. heated and acrimonious debates on this deceased. The work that he and his lovely wife, subject, but I never saw JoE FARRINGTON Mr. MILLER of Nebraska. Mr. Betty, have done for the island of Ha­ lose his kindly and genial disposition. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from waii is one that will be written in in­ He was always of the same even temper New York [Mrs. ST. GEORGE]. delible pencil for all time to come; and and won many friends for statehood by Mrs. ST. GEORGE. Mr. Speaker, I the monument of statehood which has his friendly approach. also, with my colleagues, was deeply been referred to here so often this after­ The passing of JOE FARRINGTON is a grieved at the sudden passing of JoE noon will be theirs, because they put in great loss not only to Hawaii, which he FARRINGTON. I had known the Farring­ the footings, as we say in the field of loved so deeply and served so faithfully, tons long before I came to Congress construction. but to the entire Nation and to everyone largely through my great friendship for JOE FARRINGTON when he USed to COm­ who knew him personally. We are go­ Mrs. Farrington, with whom I had ment about the Members of the House ing to miss his gracious smile. All of worked for many years in different and his service in this body used to call us have lost a dear friend. My life is it "the most lovely experience I ever richer because of my association with endeavors. JOE FARRINGTON. I admired them both. I think if it is had," because though all did not agree with him on the great issue of state­ To Mrs. Farrington and the family I possible for any outsider to say so, that extend my deepest personal sympathy. I understood how close they were to­ hood, his love for every individual Mem­ ber of this House was something that he Mr. MILLER of Nebraska. Mr. Speak­ gether, how much they worked together, er, I yield to the gentleman from Minne­ how they had the same objectives, the treasured and took to his grave with him. May God bless his lovely family and sota [Mr. JunnJ. same ambitions, and the same ideals; Mr. JUDD. Mr. Speaker, there are and nothing can be finer than that. may the spirit of the greatest salesman Hawaii ever produced live on forever. some words in our language that we do It was my good fortune to be in Ha­ not use easily. One of them is the word waii last October and to enjoy their Mr. MILLER of Nebraska. Mr. Speak­ "nobility." It is not given to us to know great hospitality and to see their beau­ er, I yield to the gentleman from Maine many persons who fully deserve that tiful home that has been alluded to here. [Mr. MciNTIRE]. word to describe their character. I remember saying to JOE FARRINGTON! Mr. MciNTIRE. Mr. Speaker, the JoE FARRINGTON was one who eminent­ ''I should think that you would hate to name of Farrington is as inextricably as­ ly deserved and merited it. He was a leave all this even for the time that you sociated with Maine as with Hawaii, for good man, a truly noble man. He was have to be in Washington." The min­ while my district cannot claim the dis­ possessed of good commonsense, remark­ ute I had said it I realized that, of course, tinction of having given birth to our re­ able industry and the forceful drive we he wanted to leave it, because he had a spected and beloved late colleague, it was think of as belonging to the Yankee. great purpose in leaving it, and that the cradle of his ancestors. From the But he had lived in Hawaii long enough great purpose was to bring about state­ comparatively small communities of to have absorbed the gentle spirit and hood for his beloved islands. Brewer and Holden, Maine, the family manners of the peoples of the Pacific. He is an example to all of us as we sent illustrious sons throughout our As much as any man I have ever known think of what we can do if we truly State, and to the far corners of the world. of any of the races which have so many believe in something and in an objective. At home and abroad they contributed distinguished representatives in his be­ Singlehanded he fought on the floor of largely to the development of business, loved Hawaiian Islands, he himself in this House for statehood for the islands, education, and government. his own person embodied the finest in and he had almost achieved it. He knew As a younger and freshman Member of the various cultures which have devel­ that he was not well, he must have Congress, I became aware immediately oped around the Pacific basin and con­ known it, because his doctor himself of the keenness of mind and of the verge on the Hawaiian Islands in its said that he was living on borrowed time. charm of the Delegate of Hawaii, and center. But that did not change his personality; his kindness and example meant much But along with what a man is-and he was cheerful, he was happy, he was, to me. that is his highest accomplishment, as indeed, a happy warrior in a fight to win, Words of ours cannot lessen the shock has been said repeatedly here today­ and victory was so well in sight. and sorrow of the widow and their family, goes the record of what the man does. So, whatever happens, whether state­ but it is my privilege and Maine's to Eloquent tribute has been paid to the hood comes to Hawaii now in these next share those feelings, and to extend to all singleness of purpose with which this 60 days, or whether it takes a little those who felt affection for JosEPH R. man worked to get statehood for the longer, statehood for Hawaii will be the Hawaiian Islands, but it was not prima­ enduring monument of the Farring­ FARRINGTON our heartfelt sympathy. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues from rily or solely due to his devotion to the tons-and I put them both together be­ Hawaiian Islands. JOE FARRINGTON was cause they both strove together for this Maine, Mr. HALE and Mr. NELSON, are to­ day in Maine, but they share with me the a man of still larger vision. He saw that final crown of their lives and of their the struggle of the ages is taking place country's ambitions. sympathy I have expressed. in the Pacific between the peoples of the Yes; he was a great representative of Mr. MILLER of Nebraska. Mr. Speak­ white races and those of the nonwhite the islands; but above all that, he was er, I yield to the gentleman from Colo­ races. The last time I talked to him was a great American. He died probably as rado [Mr. CHENOWETH]. only last week standing behind the rail he would have liked to die, in harness, Mr. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, I over there. He said, "How much more quickly. And so we can say to him as wish to join my colleagues in paying time do we Americans think we have?" they say in the song as you go away from tribute to JOE FARRINGTON. I was deeply That is as near as I ever recall hearing 1951, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 8551 him say a word of frustration at the the Hawaiians become the 49th State of passing of LESTER HuNT, late a Senator many and long delays. It was not per­ our Republic. But he knew it was com­ from the State of Wyoming. LESTER sonal frustration. He trembled for his ing because it is right, and I am sure HuNT had a great record, not only in his country as he saw it fiddling while Rome that no greater tribute can be paid to State politics but in national politics. In burned. Which way are the two-thirds him by those of us who knew him well every responsibility that was placed upon of the people of the world who are not and mourn his passing than for us to his shoulders, he lived up to the expec­ Caucasians to go? He knew that Hawaii carry through quickly to fruition this tation of his friends. is one of the focal spots where that ques­ which was his life's crusade. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent tion will be answered. He knew that his Our deep sympathy goes to his devoted that all Members who desire to may ex­ duty was far more than to get statehood wife and partner in his work and to his tend their remarks on the life and char­ for this one group of islands. That ef­ family. . acter of LESTER HuNT at this point in the fort was only a part of his loyal, thor­ Mr. MILLER of Nebraska. Mr. RECORD. oughgoing Americanism; his duty to his Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from - The SPEAKER. Is there objection country; his concern for the survival of Virginia [Mr. WAMPLER]. to the request of the gentleman from the civilization of which he and you and Mr. WAMPLER. Mr. Speaker, like Texas? I are trustees. He was motivated by his all of my colleagues, I was deeply There was no objection. vision of the total struggle, not just his shocked and grieved to learn of the Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I offer proper concern to get a change of status death of our colleague, JoE FARRINGTON. a resolution . ther mark of respect to the memory of So the immigration or property or per­ The Clerk read the resolution, as fol­ the deceased, I move that the House do sonal rights of hundreds of the~~) have lows: now adjourn. to be.handled by private bills to get equity Resolved, That the House has heard with The motion was agreed to; accordingly and justice. Joe, I think, introduced far profound sorrow of the death of Hon. JosEPH (at 1 o'clock and 25 minutes p. m.) the more of these bills and carried them R. FARRINGTON, a Delegate from the Terri­ House adjourned until tomorrow, Tues­ through to successful passage than any­ tory of Hawaii. day, June 22, 1954, at 12 o'clock noon. Resolved, That a committee of nine Mem­ body that has ever been in the Congress. bers of the House with such Members of He sometimes said, "They may think I the Senate as may be joined be appointed to am going overboard for Asians and peo­ attend the funeral. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC~ ples of other color, but it is because they Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, executive are human beings who have no other re­ House be authorized and directed to take such steps as may be necessary for carrying communications were taken from the course. Here are persons who have no Speaker's table and referred as follows: chance to get their prized American citi­ out the provisions of these resolutions and that the necessary expenses in connection 1643. A communication from the Presi­ zenship or their immigration status clari­ therewith be paid out of the contingent dent of the United States, transmitting pro­ fied unless I put in the bills and get them fund of the House. posed supplemental appropriations for the through the Congress." Resolved, That the Clerk communicate fiscal year 1955 in the amount of $132,098,500 He was selfless. I suppose the final these resolutions to the Senate and trans­ for the Department of Health, Education, test of any man's patriotism is his will­ mit a copy thereof to the family of the de­ and Welfare, and the Department of Labor ingness to give his life for his country ceased. (H. Doc. No. 438); to the Committee on Ap­ JOE FARRINGTON never left the field of propriations and ordered to be printed. The resolution was agreed to. 1644. A communication from the President battle, although he was mortally wound­ The SPEAKER. Without objection, of the United States, transmitting a pro­ ed. Thrice stricken down to my knowl­ the Chair will announce the funeral posed supplemental appropriation for the edge, he continued to fight. We wm not committee tomorrow. fiscal year 1955 for the Veterans' Adminis­ soon see his equal again. There was no objection. tration (H. Doc. No. 439) ; to the Committee When I was a boy in Sunday school it on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. seemed to me too bad that-Moses never 1645. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a proposed got into the Promised Land. It seemed THE LATE LESTER C. HUNT kind of unfair, having led his people out supplemental appropriation for the fiscal Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, in all year 1955 in the amount of $553,150 for the of Egypt and through the 40 years in the Commission on Organization of the Execu­ wilderness, that he, himself, was denied the things that have been said about our tive Branch of the Government (H. Doc. No. more than a glimpse of the Promised late colleague, Mr. FARRINGTON, 1 join 440); to the Committee on Appropriations Land. Sitting here today, I had that wholeheartedly and fully. and ordered to be printed. same feeling regarding our departed col­ In the absence of the gentleman from 1646. A letter from the Attorney General, league-a feeling of it not being right Wyoming [Mr. HARRISON], I assume the transmitting a draft of legislation entitled that JOE FARRINGTON did not get to see duty of announcing to the House the "a bill to authorize the employment in a c-537 8552 CONGRESSIONAL R;ECORp -_ J.I:OUSE June 21

civilian position in the Department of Jus­ Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan: Committee ~erred to the Committe.e of the Whole House tice of Maj. Gen. Frank H. Partridge, United on Government Operations. H. R. 8713. A on the state of the Union. States Army, retired, and for other pur­ bill to amend section 1 (d) of the Helium poses"; to the Committee on Armed Services. Act (50 U. S. C. sec. 161 (d)), and to repeal 1647. A letter from the Administrator, section 3 (13) of the act entitled "An act REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRI­ Federal Civil Defense Administration, trans­ to amend or repeal certain Government prop­ VATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS mitting the quarterly report of property erty laws, and for other purposes," approved acquisitions for the quarter ending March October 31, 1951 (65 Stat. 701); with amend­ Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports o! 31, 1954, pursuant to subsection 201 (h) of ment (Rept. No. 1890). Referred to the committees were delivered to the Clerk the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950; to the Committee of the Whole House on the State' for printing and reference to the proper Committee on Armed Services. of the Union. calendar, as follows: 1648. A letter from the Secretary of the Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan: Committee Army, transmitting a draft of legislation on Government Operations. H. R . 9232. A Mr. DONDERO: Committee on Public Works. H . R. 7158. A bill authorizing the entitled "a bill to amend section 508 of the bill to amend the Federal Property and Ad­ Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amend­ United States Government to reconvey cer­ ministrative Services Act of 1949, as amend­ tain lands to S. J. Carver; with amendment ed, relating to the compensation of cadets ed, to extend until June 30, 1955, the period and midshipmen"; to the Committee on during which disposals of surplus property (Rept. No. 1893). Referred to the Commit­ Armed Services. may be made by negotiation; without amend­ tee of the Whole House. . 1649. A letter from the Assistant Secre­ ment (Rept. No. 1891). Referred to the Com­ tary of the Interior, transmitting one copy mittee of the Whole House on the State of each of certain bills passed by the Legis­ the Union. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS lative Assembly of the Virgin Islands, the [Submi tted June 21 , 1954] Under clause 4 of rule XXII, public Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. bills and resolutions were introduced John, and the Municipal Council of St. Croix, Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of and severally referred as follows: pursuant to section 16 of the Organic Act committees were . delivered to the Clerk of the Virgin Islands of the United States for printing and reference to the proper B-· Mr. LYLE: approved June 22, 1936; to the Committee on calendar, as follows: H. R . 9614. A bill to provide for modifica­ Interior and Insular Affairs. tion of certain works of improvem-ent au­ 1650. A letter from the Commissioner, Im­ Mr. DAVIS of Wisconsin: Committee of thorized on Guadalupe River, Tex., by the migration and Naturalization Service, De­ Conference. H. R. 8367. A bill making ap­ act of March 2, 1945; to the Committee on partment of Justice, transmitting new and propriations for civil functions administered Public Works. additional evidence in the case of Athanasios by the Department of the Army for the fiscal By Mr. THOMPSON of Texas: Elias Cheliotis, A-6657670, involving suspen­ year ending June 30, 1955, and for other H. R. 9615. A bill to provide for modifica­ sion of deportation, and requesting that it purposes (Rept. No. 1892). Ordered to be tion o! certain works of improvement au­ be withdrawn from those now before the printed. thorized on Guadalupe River, Tex., by the Congress and returned to the jurisdiction of Mr. FULTON: · Committee on Foreign Af­ act of March 2, 1945; to the Committee on this Service; to the Committee on the Ju­ fairs. House Joint Resolution 257. Joint Public Works. diciary. - resolution authorizing the President to in­ By Mr. FISHER: 1651. A letter from the Commissioner, Im­ vite the States of the Union and foreign H. R. 9616. A bill to provide for modifica­ migration and Naturalization Service, De­ countries to participate in the First Inter­ tion of certain works of improvement au­ partment of Justice, transmitting copies of national Instrument Congress and Exposition thorized on Guadalupe River, Tex., by the orders suspending deportation as well as a to be held in Philadelphia, Pa., from Septem­ act of March 2, 1945; to the Committee on list.of the persons involved, pursuant to Pub­ ber 13 to September 25, 1954; with amend­ Public Works. lic Law 863, 80th Congress, amending sub­ ment (Rept. No. 1894). Referred to the By Mr. THORNBERRY: section (c) of section 19 of the Immigra­ House Calendar. H . R. 9617. A bill to provide for modifica­ tion Act of ·February 5, 1917, as amended Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: Committee on tion of certain works of improvement au­ (8 U. S. C. 155 (c)); to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. S. 3336. An thorized on Guadalupe River, Tex., by the the Judiciary. act to promote the apportionment of the act of March 2, 1945; to the Committee on 1652. A letter from the Commissioner, Im­ waters of the Columbia River and tributaries Public Works. migration and Naturalization Service, De­ for irrigation and other purposes by includ­ By Mr. RAY: partment of Justice, transmitting copies o! ing the States of Nevada and Utah among H. R. 9618. A bill to amend the Internal orders suspending deportation as well as a the States authorized to negotiate a compact Revenue Code to encourage the establish­ list of the persons involved, pursuant to sec­ providing for such apportionment; without m-ent of voluntary pension plans by indi­ tion 244 (a) (5) of the Immigration and Na­ amendment (Rept. No. 1895). Referred to viduals, to promote thrift, and to stimulate tionality Act of 1952 (8 U. S. C. 1254 (a) the Committee of the Whole House on the expansion of employment through invest­ (5)); to the Committee on the Judiciary. State of the Union. ment; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 1653. A letter from the Commissioner, Im­ Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: Committee on. By Mr. LATHAM: migration and Naturalization Service, De­ Interior and Insular Affairs. H. R. 6882. A H. R. 9619. A bill to amend the Internal partment of Justice, transmitting copies of bill to amend the act of September 27, 1950, Revenue Code to encourage the establish­ orders suspending deportation as well as a relating to construction of the Vermejo rec­ ment of voluntary pension plans by individ­ list of the persons involved, pursuant to sec­ lamation project; without amendment uals, to promote thrift, and to stimulate tion 244 (a) (1) of the Immigration and (Rept. No. 1896). Referred to the Commit­ expansion of employment through invest­ Nationality Act o! 1952 (8 U. S. C. 1254 (a) tee of the Whole House on the State of the ment; to the Committee on Ways and Means. ( 1) ) ; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Union. By Mr. BOSCH: 1654. A letter from the Commissioner, Im­ Mr. MILLER o! Nebraska: Committee on H. R. 9620. A bill to amend the Internal migration and Naturalization Service, De­ Interior and Insular Affairs. H. R. 7466. A Revenue Code to encourage the establish­ partment of Justice, transmitting copies o! bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior ment of voluntary pension plans by individ­ orders granting the applications for perma­ to execute an amendatory repayment con­ uals, to promote thrift, and to stimulate nent residence filed by the subjects, pursuant tract with the Pine River Irrigation Dis­ expansion of employment through invest­ to section 6 of the Refugee Relief Act o! trict, Colorado, and for other purposes; with­ ment; to the Committee on Ways and Means. 1953; to the Committee on the Judiciary. out amendment (Rept. No. 1897). Referred By Mr. DORN of New York: to the Committee of the Whole House on H. R . 9621. A bill to amend the Internal the State of the Union. Revenue Code to encourage the establish­ REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUB­ Mr. ROBSION of Kentucky: Committee on ment of voluntary pension plans by individ­ LIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS the Judiciary. ·H . R. 9505. A bill to con­ uals, to promote thrift, and to stimulate tinue the effectiveness of the act o! De­ expansion of employment through invest­ Under clause 2 of rule XIII, pursuant cember 2, 1942, as amended, and the act ment; to the Committeee on Ways and to the order of the House of June 17, of July 28, 1945, as amended, relating to Means. 1954, the following bills were reported war-risk hazard and detention benefits until By Mr. KEARNEY: on June 18, 1954: July 1, 1955; without amendment (Rept. No. H. R. 9622. A bill to amend the Internal 1898). Referred to the Committee of the Revenue Code to encourage the establish­ Mr. HOFFMAN o! Michigan: Committee ment of voluntary pension plans by individ­ Whole House on the State of Union. on Government Operations. H. R. 6658. A uals, to promote thrift, and to stimulate bill to provide for the conveyance o! cer­ Mr. WOLVERTON: Committee on Inter­ expansion of employment through invest­ tain lands by the United States to the coun­ state and Foreign Commerce. H. R. 7840. ment; to the Committee on Ways and Means. ty of Cumberland, N. C., without remunera­ A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement By Mr. KEATING: tion; with an amendment (Rept. No. 1889). Act, the Railroad Retirement Tax Act, and· H. R. 9623. A bill to amend the Internal Referred to the Committee o! the Whole the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act; Revenue Code to encourage the establish­ House on the State of the Union. with amendment (Rept. No. 1899). Re- ment o! voluntary pension plans by indivld- 1954 CONGRESSIONAL' RECORD- HOUSE 8553 uals, to promote thrift, and to stimulate voir project, Texas, to former owners of such By Mr. MARTIN of Iowa: expansion of employment through invest­ lands; to the Committee on Public Works. H. R. 9637. A bill for the relief of Mrs. San­ ment; to the Committee on Ways and Means. - H. R. 9632. A bill to provide for · the re­ tina Reichardt; to the Committee on tbe By Mrs. ST. GEORGE: conveyance of certain lands in the Whitney ,!udiciary. H. R. 9624. A bill to amend the Internal Reservoir project, Texas, to former owners By Mr. REED of Illinois : Revenue Code to encourage the establish­ of such· lands; to the Committee on Public H. R . 9638. A bill to reimburse certain em­ ment of voluntary pension plans by individ­ Works. ployees of the Veterans' Administration for uals, to promote thrift, and to stimulate By Mr. VANZANDT: amounts paid by them to the United States expansion of employment through invest­ H. R . 9633. A bill to provide for programs as a result of certain overpayment~ and defi­ ment; to the Committee on Ways and Means. of public facilities construction which will ciencies in their accounts; to the Committee By Mr. WILLIAMS of New York: . stimulate employment in areas having a on the Judiciary. H. R. 9625. A bill to amend the Internal substantial surplus of labor, and for other By Mr. STRINGFELLOW: Revenue Code to encourage the .establish­ purposes; to the Committee on Public Works. H. R. 9639. A bill for the relief of Laurie ·ment of voluntary pension plans by indi­ By Mr. DAVIS of Georgia: Dea Holly; to the Committee on the Judi­ viduals, to promote thrift, and to stimulate H. J . Res. 547. Joint resolution to provide ciary. expansion of employment through invest­ for the establishment of an annual Old ment; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Folks Day; to the Committee on the Judi­ PETITIONS, ETC. By Mr. BATES: ciary. Under clause 1-of rule XXII, petitions H. R. 9626. A bill to protect the rights of and-papers were laid on the Clerk's desk vessels of the United States on the high seas MEMORIALS and in territorial waters of foreign coun­ and referred as follows: tries; to the Committee on Merchant Ma­ _ Under clause 4 of rule XXII, memo-. · 1026. By Mr. NORBLAD: Petition of Elsie rine and Fisheries. rials were presented and referred as fol­ L. Oldham and 53 other citizens of Yamhill ~y Mr. DINGELL: lows: County, Oreg., urging the enactment of the H. R. 9627. A bill to increase the useful­ Bryson bill, H. R. 1227; to the Committee on ' By the SPEAKER: Memorial of the Legis­ Interstate and Foreign 'Commerce. ness of the St. Lawrence seaway by provid­ lature o:( the State of Arkansas, memorial­ ing for the deepening of certain connecting 1027. By the SPEAKER: ·Petition of the izing the President and the Congress of the city clerk, city of Chicago, Ill., relative to waterways in the Great Lakes area so as to United States relative to a duly authenti­ permit oceangoing vessels using such seaway cated copy of an interstate civil-defense urging the Congress to take prompt and to reach all· the Great Lakes ports; to the earnest consideration of the recommenda­ compact as entered into and ratified by the tions contained in the Womble report in Committee on Public Works. State of Arkansas, pursuant to subsection H. R . 9628. A bill to repeal the 3 cents per 201 (g) of the Federal Civil Defense Act of order to encourage enlistments in the mili­ pound processing tax on coconut oil, and tary service; to the Committee on Armed 1950 (Public Law 290, 81st Cong.); to the Services. for other purposes; to the Committee on Committee on Armed Services. Ways and Means. 1028. Also, petition of the city and county By Mr. HOWELL: clerk, Honolulu, T. H., urging favorable ac­ H. R. 9629. A bill to protect the right of tion on H. R. 6886, providing for the issuance Individuals to be free from discrimination by PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS of public improvement bonds of the Terri­ reason of their color, religion, or national tory of Hawaii; to the Committee on Interior Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private and Insular Affairs. origin; to the Committee on the Judiciary. bills and resolutions were introduced and By Mr. MILLER of Nebraska (by re­ 1029. Also, petition of Eugene Chapter, No. quest): severally referred as follows: · 79, National Association of Retired Civil Em­ By Mr. BENNETr of Florida: ployees, Eugene, Oreg., relative to immediate H. R. 9630. A bill to authorize the Secre­ action on H. R. 8894 regarding increase of tary of the Interior to execute an amenda­ H. R. 9634. A bill for the relief of William P. Reed; to the Committee on the Judiciary. annuities to retired civil service employees; tory contract with the Black Canyon Irri­ to the Committee on Post Oillce and Civil gation District, Idaho, and for other pur­ By Mr. GUBSER: Service. poses; to the Committee on Interior and H. R. 9635. A bill for the relief of Aavo 1030. Also, petition of sOfia Peterson and Insular Affairs. Loharu; to the Committee on the Judiciary. others, Holly Hill, Fla., requesting passage of By Mr. POAGE: By Mr. KIRWAN: H. R. 2446 and H. R. 2447, proposed social­ · H. R. 9631. A bill to provide for the recon­ H. R. 9636. A bill for the relief of Antonio security legislation known as the Townsend veyance of certain lands in the Belton Reser- Bianco; to the Committee on the Judiciary. plan; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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President's Pledge to People. in TVA Area cartoon depicting a TVA dam being de­ The TVA itself is not only being denied stroyed, the TVA system impaired, by and has been denied funds for needed Broken-TVA Steam Plant Denied the election of a Republican Congress expansion of its facilities for normal While Three Steam Plants Are To Be and President. growth and defense needs in the area, Built by Unite-d States Government in Candidate Eisenhower denounced this but the President in this unwarranted action and praised the TVA , giving out and unprecedented order seems bent on Korea-GAO Questions Wisdom and repeated statements of his admiration destroying the TVA-and the low -cost Authority of President To Order Atomic for the work and efficiency of the TVA. yardstick rate established by the TVA operation-and fostering a return to Yet, today, Mr. Speaker, I must again Energy Commission To Contract for high-cost private power for the TVA Private Power; Urges Competitive Bid­ conclude that the cartoon depicted, in area. truth, was the future held for the TVA. ding This proposed contract is opposed by Since Mr. Eisenhower entered the three members of the Atomic Energy White House, funds have been denied for Commission-it is opposed by the TVA­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS the building of essential, needed and and, certainly, it is opposed by the tax­ OF necessary steam generating capacity for payers of the Nation who will, in the TVA-and more recently, the President event of its completion, have to foot the HON. JOEL. EVINS has ordered the Atomic Energy Commis­ bill. OF TENNESSEE sion to enter into a contract with a The Acting Comptroller General of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES private syndicate for the purchase of United States has questioned the wis­ Monday, June 21, 1954 from 500,000 to 600,000 kilowatts of dom of the proposed contract, as well Mr. EVINS. Mr. Speaker, during the power instead of procuring this power as the General Manager of the Atomic campaign in Tennessee in 1952 of Presi­ through the TVA system at a greatly re­ Energy Commission. Each has pointed dent Eisenhower-then Candidate Eisen­ duced cost to the taxpayers of the Na­ out that the private-power contract hower-there appeared in the press a tion. would cost in excess of $3,600,000 a year 8554 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- HOUSE June 21 more than a similar arrangement with posed toward-the TVA must now-be com­ over, it will be required to pay one-half the the TVA. The contract is for a 25-year pletely discounted and disregarded. cost of the plant over $107,250,000 and up to period-the ultimate cost of this thing In this connection, I desire to have in­ $117 million. And as if these windfalls were not enough, is estimated by the Atomic Energy Com­ serted in the RECORD two editorials the private combine will get another in the mission's technical staff to be in excess recently appearing in the press. One, form of a requirement that TVA build and of $92 million. TVA's power manager. entitled "Mr. Giveaway Does It Again," maintain the transmission lines from the puts the figure even higher-at an esti­ is from the June 19, last, issue of the West Memphis plant to the TVA system. mated inGreased cost of $139,175,000 over Nashville Tennesseean; the other, en­ The net etrect of this brazen deal will be the 25-year period of the proposed con­ titled "Condemning TVA," is from the to block needed TVA expansion, to give pri­ vate power the foothold in the TV A area it tract. June 20, last, issue of the Washington has been seeking so long, and to guarantee In addition to this windfall, the pri­ Post and Times Herald; also a copy of the participating companies a huge built-in vate-power combine will get still another the FOA press release of June 10, last, profit at the expense of the American tax­ windfall in the form of the proposed re­ relative to the building of steam plants payer. quirement that TVA will build and main­ in Korea. It is not without reason, therefore, that tain transmission lines from .the site of The editorials and press release follow: Senator ALBERT GORE has denounced the pro­ the plant to be so built to the TVA posal as "a deal to operate Dixon-Yates (the [From the Nashville Tennessean of June 19, utilities syndicate) at maximum efficiency." system. 1954] And in ordering this incredible contract, Should President Eisenhower's shock­ MR. GIVEAWAY DOES IT AGAIN President Eisenhower not only has reempha­ ing order ·be carried into effect, a brazen Even in an administration that has shown sized his hostility to public power but has deal thus will not only block TVA's ex­ a singular capacity for disregard of the na­ demonstrated the hollowness of his plati­ panding to meet its normal need, but it tional interest, the giveaway President tudes about encouraging local private inter­ will give the private-power combine a Eisenhower has now ordered over the objec­ ests to develop power projects. foothold in the TVA area it has long been tions of the Atomic Energy Commission For Middle South Utilities, Inc., and the Southern Co. are not local interests but are seeking and a guaranty to private-power assumes monumental proportions. From the standpoint of the American peo­ holding companies with headquarters in New companies of huge profits at the expense ple, there simply is no way to justify the York. of the American taxpayers. Presidential order tliat the AEC contract They represent big business in a big way. The warning of enmity and hostility with a private power syndicate for a steam And because they do, they can now look for· to TVA which were so hotly denied by plant that would supply electric power to the ward to bountiful rewards won at the ex­ Candidate Eisenhower have now clearly Tennessee Valley Authority. pense of the public interest and bestowed by For what purports to be an economy ad­ an administration that points proudly to been demonstrated.- its business philosophy. In addition, Mr. Speaker, as if this ministration, the cost factor alone should threat were not sufficiently wounding, have been sufficient reason for expanding TVA's facilities enough to meet the AEC [From the Washington Post and Times simultaneously there has been issued by needs instead of negotiating this circuitous · Herald of June 20, 1954) the Foreign Operations Administration handout to the private power industry. CONDEMNING TVA