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SENATE MARCH 4 to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Sage of House Bills 2135 and 2136, Known As Maneuvers Which, He Said, Would Be the Fisheries 2790 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE MARCH 4 to the Committee on Merchant Marine and sage of House bills 2135 and 2136, known as maneuvers which, he said, would be the Fisheries. the Townsend plan; to the Committee on largest peacetime maneuvers in which By _Mr. TOLLEFSON: Ways and Means. the Navy had engaged. Feeling that I H. R. 7557. A bill to provide for local taxa­ 1958. Also, petition of J. H. Richmond and tion of real estate and improvements there­ others, West Palm Beach, Fla., requesting should acquire all the information I on owned by the United States, and for other passage of House bills 2135 and 2136, known could concernir.i.g our defense equipment purposes; to the Committee on Public Lands. as the Townsend plan; to the Committee on and the skill with which it can be used, By Mr. SPENCE: Ways and Means. I desire to accompany the Secretary of H . Res. 500. Resolution providing for the Defense on the trip next week. There­ consideration of H. R. 7402, a bill to assist fore, I ask unanimous consent that I cooperative and other nonprofit corporations may be excused from attendance on the in the production of housing for moderate­ o{ income families; to amend the National SENATE sessions the Senate from March 6 to Housing Act, as amended; and for other pur­ March 9, inclusive . poses; to the Committee on Rules. S ATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1950 The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ jection, the leave is granted. <Legislative day of Wednesday, February On his own request, and by unani­ PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 22, 1950) mous consent, Mr. MuNDT was excused Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, from attendance on the sessions of bills and resolutions were introduced and on the expiration of the recess. the Senate on Monday, Tuesday, and severally referred as follows: . The Chaplain, Rev. Frederick Brown Wednesday of next week. By Mr. BATTLE: Harris, D. D., offered the following EUGENIO MAISTERRENA BARRENECHE­ H. H. 7558. A bill for the relief of William MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT W. Tant; to the Committee on the Judiciary. prayer: By Mr. BYRNE of New York: Eternal God, who puttest down the The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the H. R. 7559. A bill for the relief of Mrs. mighty from their seat -and exalteth the Senate the following message from the Honora Redman; to the Committee on the humble and the meek, look with compas­ President of the United States, which Judiciary. sion upon our Nation as we strive to was read, and, with the accompanying By Mr. FARRINGTON: bill, ordered to lie on the table: H. R. 7560. A bill for the relief of Mary mend its flaws and make it the fit in­ Frances Yoshinaga; to the Committee on the strument of Thy will in these troubled To the Senate: Judiciary. days. History's tragic pages but re­ In compliance with the request con­ By Mr. GRANGER: mind us that Thy providence knows no tained in the resolution of the Senate H. R. 7561. A bill for the relief of Dr. favorites, that none can bend Thy jus­ George Peter Petropoulos; to the Commit­ <the House of Representatives concur­ tice and none can break Thy laws that ring therein), I return herewith Senate tee on the Judiciary. shall not themselves be broken. Facing By Mr. LANHAM: bill 204, entitled "An act for the relief of H. R. 7562. A bill for the relief of certain duties and decisions that far outweigh Eugenio · Maisterrena Barreneche." employees of the Southern States Manufac­ our own strength and our own wis­ HARRY S. TRUMAN. turing Co., Inc.; to the Committee on the dom, we ask for the guidance of the THE WHITE HOUSE, March 4, 1950. Judiciary. Kindly Light to lead us on o'er crag and By Mr. LEFEVRE: torrent till the night be passed. Help us TRANSACTION OF ROUTINE BUSINESS H. R. 7563. A b111 for the relief of Dr. this and every day to live more nearly Mr. LUCAS. Mr. President, I ask Nicola Di Palma; to the Committee on the as we pray. Amen. Judiciary. unanimous consent that Senators be THE JOURNAL :i;:>ermitted to introduce bills and joint On request of Mr. LUCAS, and by unani­ resolutions, present petitions and memo­ PETITIONS, ETC. mous consent, the reading of the Journal rials, and submit routine matters for the Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions ·of the proceedings of Friday, March 3, RECORD, without debate and without and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk 1950, was dispensed with. speeches, and without taking the Sena­ and referred as follows: - MESSAGES FROM THI: PRESIDENT tor from Mississippi from the floor. The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob­ 1950. By Mr. SHORT: Petition of Homer Messages in writing from the Presi­ L. Clough and other citizens of Halltown, jection? The Chair hears none, and it is Mo., urging the passage of H. R. 2428; to the dent of the United States were commu­ so ordered. · · Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ nicated to the Senate by Mr. Miller, one of his secretaries. DREDGING OF CHANNEL AND MOORING merce. BASIN IN WELLFLEET HARBOR, MASS.­ 1951. Also, petition of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE Patrick and many other citizens of Howell PETITION County, Mo., urging the passage of the Bryson A message from the House of Repre­ Mr. LODGE. Mr. President, on behalf bill, H. R. 2428; to the Committee on In­ sentatives, by Mr. Swanson, one of its of my colleague the senior Senator from terstate and Foreign Commerce. reading clerks, announced that the Massachusetts [Mr. SALTONSTALL] and 1952. Also, petition of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. House had passed a bill <H. R. 331) to Tatom and many other citizens of Webb provide for the admission of Alaska into myself, I present for appropriate refer­ City, Mo., urging the passage of H. R. 2428; the Union, in which it requested the con­ ence, and ask unanimous consent to have to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign currence of the Senate. printed in the RECORD a petition em­ Commerce. The VICE PRESIDENT. Under the bodying a resolution adopted by the citi­ 1953. Also, petition of Mr. and Mrs. Horace unanlmous-consent agreement the Sen­ zens of Wellfleet Harbor, Mass., and W. Cope and other citizens of Noel, Mo., urg­ signed by Beatrix Faust, Martha C. ing the passage of the Townsend bills, H. R. ator from Mississippi [Mr. EASTLAND] is 2135 and 2136; to the Committee on Ways entitled to the floor. Porch, and Lynne P. Townsend, favoring and Means. ORDER FOR RECESS the enactment of legislation providing 1954. By the SPEAKER: Petition of Peter funds necessary for the dredging of a Frost Muller and others, Miami, Fla., re­ Mr. LUCAS. Mr. President, I ask channel and mooring basin in the har­ questing passage of House bills 2135 and unanimous consent that when the Sen­ bor of Wellfleet. 2136, known as the Townsend plan; to 'the ate concludes its business today it take . There being no objection, the petition Committee on Ways and Means. a recess until Monday next at 12 o'clock was referred to the Committee on Pub­ 1955. Also, petition of J. F. Anstett and noon. others, Orlando, Fla., requesting passage of lic Works, and ordered to be printed in The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ the RECORD, as follows: House bills 2135 and 2136, known as the jection, it is so ordered. Townsend plan; to the Committee on Ways To -the Congress of the United States: and Means. LEAVES OF ABSENCE By unanimous vote of the town of Well­ 1956. Also, petition of B. W. Kellogg and Mr. ROBERTSON. Mr. President, fleet at the regular town meeting February others, St. Cloud, Fla., requesting passage 13, 1950, . the committee whose signatures of House bills 2135 and 2136, known as the several weeks ago the Secretary of De­ are attached to this petition were instructed Townsend plan; to the Committee on Ways fense urged all members of the Subcom­ to address the following memorial to the and Means. mittee on Armed Forces of the Commit­ Congress of the United States relative to an 1957. Also, petition of W. F. Lewis and tee on Appropriations to accompany him approved project for dredging a channel and others, St. Petersburg, Fla., requesting pas- to the Caribbean area to observe naval mooring basin in Wellfleet Harbor. The 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 2791 committee wao . also 1nstructed to petition not want Federal bureaucrats to be.pok­ Whereas compulsory health insurance, -the General Court of the Commonwealth of ing their noses into the private health wherever tried, has caused a decline in na­ Massachusetts to concur with the town o! records of individual citizens. They do tional health and deterioration of medical Wellfleet in presenting this petition. not want to have to ask the approval of standards and facilities, to the detriment of "To the Congress of the United States: · bureaucrats for an operation or for an family welfare; and "We, ·the citizens of the town of Wellfleet, Whereas compulsory health insurance, Mass., respectfully petition the Congress of examination. The . people of Wisconsin wherever tried, has taken away the family's the United States to now appropriate the and of all America want the Federal Gov­ right to choosing its own family physician; funds necessary to complete the dredging ernment to assist our great private med­ and · of a channel and mooring basin in Wellfleet ical profession to improve our already Whereas invasion of family privacy and Harbor and thus bring to completion a proj­ high health standards, but this assist­ vic:>lation of the sanctity of the patient-physi­ ect to which the town has addressed itself, ance must come in the true American cian relationship have proved to be one of for which it has already provided its share way, of voluntary encouragement, rather the most objectionable features of compul­ of the funds, and which it believes to be tpan in the European way of dictator­ sory health insurance, wherever tried; and essential to its welfare, to the welfare of the ship.
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