Hon. Norris Cotton

1961 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE 10277 this suggestion very serious considera so, I move that the Senate stand in ad FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION tion. journment until 12 o'clock noon tomor Howard Morgan, of Oregon, to be a member I thank him very much for yielding. row. of the Federal Power Commission for the Mr. KUCHEL. I thank the able Sena The motion was agreed to; and (at 6 remainder of the term expiring June 22, 1963, tor. o'clock and 16 minutes p.m.) the Senate vice PaUl A. Sweeney. adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, June 14, 1961, at 12 o'clock meridian. U.S. REPRESENTATIVES TO THE INTERNATIONAL ADJOURNMENT ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY Mr. KUCHEL. Mr. President, the Henry DeWolf Smyth, of New Jersey, to be hour is late. I do not know whether or CONFffiMATIONS representative of the United States of Amer not Senators read the CoNGRES Executive nominations confirmed by ica to the International Atomic Energy SION AL RECORD very carefully before they the Senate June 13, 1961: Agency. vote. I do not even know whether we U.S. A'!TORNEY William I. Cargo, of Maryland, a Foreign shall have a full house tomorrow when Harold C. Doyle, of South Dakota, to be Service officer of class 1, to be deputy rep we debate this matter. But, in the in U.S. attorney for the district of South Dakota resentative of the United States of America terest of the majority leader, if I may do for the term of 4 years. to the International Atomic Energy Agency. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Commencement Day Address by Senator the platform from which Senator BRIDGES ucts which were not even known a decade spoke were such distinguished Democrats or so ago. Bridges, of New Hampshire, at St. An as Dr. James J. Powers of Manchester and "Here, in New Hampshire, where formerly former Gov. Foster Furcolo of Massachusetts. we relied on our old, stable industries of selm's College After touching upon the terrifying conse farming, recreation, shoe and textile and quences of the actions by the policymakers similar industries, we have, within a few EXTENSION OF REMARKS behind the Kremlin walls, the Senator opti miles of this college, new electronic plants OF mistically indicated that counterbalancing and factories. the challenge of danger facing this year's "Within this 20th century we have leaped HON. NORRIS COTTON crop of college graduates is the "challenge from the air age of the Wright brothers' OF NEW HAMPSHIRE of a bright future." Here Senator BRIDGES' flight at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903, approach was truly that of the world states to the atomic age in 1945 when the first IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES man. He found ground for great hopes. atomic bomb was exploded. And now In Tuesday, June 13, 1961 In the realm of material advantages and 1961 we are already existing in the space age opportunity he said to the St. Anselm's grad which our neighbor, Comdr. Alan Shepard, Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, last uates, "the astronautics industry may be opened to us in his recent flight. Thursday my colleague, the senior Sena come larger than the automotive industry. "Commander Shepard's flight was made in tor from New Hampshire [Mr. BRIDGES], As this new industry grows, it will create the full glare of publicity for all the world received due recognition from St. An new jobs, thus taking up part of the slack to see. It was in sharp contrast to the Com selm's College in Manchester, N.H., where caused by automation." munist Gagarin flight which is still doubted The Senator dealt with this happier aspect in some quarters. We do not know how he delivered the commencement address of the grave international situation in ample many Russian failures there were before this and received the honorary doctor of laws detail, more than enough to satisfy all who flight--how many luckless Russian astro degree. hunger for hints of better times ahead. As nauts lost their lives and disappeared into The able address by Senator BRIDGES he developed the theme, he did not overlook, the spaceless skies. All we know is that was published in detail in the Laconia of course, Premier Khrushchev's boast that there was an orbital flight at the time con (N.H.) Evening Citizen of June 9, and I our grandchildren will be living under com-. taining a human being but whether Ga ask unanimous consent that the editorial munism, nor did he fail to show the extent garin was the person in it no one knows. to which Russians go to indoctrinate their "What are your opportunities in this new comment in that newspaper, and the children with this notion. Convinced, how space age? Senator's address, be printed in the ever, there is a substantial area in which "Already more than 3,200 space-related RECORD. hardy optimists, people with profound faith products have been developed. These are There being no objection, the editorial in the ultimate triumph of the United the products of 5,000 companies and research and address were ordered to be printed States, may find foothold, the Senator de outfits now engaged in missile-space work. in the RECORD, as follows: voted a good portion of an astute appraisal "It is confidently predicted that within of world problems, to elaborating on possi 20 years, the astronautics industry may be SENATOR BRIDGES SEES BRIGHTER FUTURE bilities of a brighter future. This brought come larger than the automotive industry. St. Anselm's College yesterday conferred him to Comdr. Alan Shepard's success As this new industry grows, it will create a well-deserved honorary doctor of laws de ful flight into space, and a listing of re new jobs, thus taking up part of the slack gree upon Senator STYLES BRIDGES. He de markable opportunities for citizens in the caused by automation. livered the commencement address. The space age. In this category he discovered "Our space agency is engaged in more speech is one we feel certain will attract much that is definitely encouraging. than a quest to satisfy scientific curiosity. wide attention. Without disclosing secrets He pointed to changes that spell great ad The research they are doing affects jobs, to our enemies in the cold war, he stressed vance which are occurring with tremendous home, health, and the future. new opportunities for our young people that impact in the field of science. It was appro "Let us briefly explore some of these new science has unfolded. The senior Senator's priate that he chose St. Anselm's as the spot wonders. text reveals the vision of statesmanship with for these significant utterances because "Out of these explorations has come a which he is endowed, and is inspired to extraordinary progress is clearly in evidence metal developed for the nose cone of a bring to the fore on occasions such as a at the college, with its six new buildings, missile which is now going into pots and visit to a college campus. Father Placidus, enlarged faculty, increased enrollment. pans which can be taken from the coldest the dean, reading the citation he had pre Rev. Bernard G. Holmes, 0.S.B., president of freezer and placed on the hottest flame with pared relative to the Senator's career preced the college, announced plans for further out danger. ing the degree ceremony, spoke of him as "a building. Under the heading, "Brighter Fu "A stainless steel cloth has been designed keen observer of domestic and international ture" the Senator said: for parachuting spaceships back to earth affairs." Father Placidus is the son of the · "I have discussed here the challenge o:f which is almost indestructible. The body late William H. Riley, who was for many our times in its concept of danger. But harnesses and molded seats of the space years State commissioner of labor and served there is another side of the coin. That is ships-if adapted to automobiles, would in that department when BRIDGES was Gov the challenge of the bright future. Let me serve as protection in almost any kind of ernor. Most Rev. Ernest J. Primeau, bishop cite a few examples. highway accident. of Manchester, who introduced the Senator "As the ranking minority member of the "The power sources we are developing for to the large audience assembled in St. An Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences space flight--solar batteries, gaseous fuel selm's spacious new gymnasium, described Committee with a knowledge of the develop cells, lightweight nuclear reactors-may re the honored guest as "a man of talents, ment of these sciences I can foresee new place oil and coal for earthbound vehicles. integrity and dedication." Bishop Primeau opportunities for our young people never "Cosmic communications may eventually said Senator BRIDGES needed no introduc dreamed of before. replace long-distance lines. Already the tion in New Hampshire, the United States, "Today, millions of persons are working Navy is bouncing signals from the mainland or in many parts of the world. Seated on and employed in industries producing prod- to Hawaii by means of the moon. Project 10278 June 13 Echo I proved the feasibility of using a Soon after the outbreak of that war publicly aired and the culprits should be satellite to relay transoceanic phone calls. the Soviet Government made impossible identified. The case points up a need Similar satellites could bring live television demands upon Lithuanians, the accept for-greater Federal authority to investi to a worldwide audience. In our schools and colleges, students could watch events as they ance of which made a mockery of Lithu gate and study the internal operations of happen.

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