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2790 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- 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 , 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.

• 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 2813 troduced the bill to continue Federal have for removing the Federal Govern­ If anyone is qualified to know what is rent controls, but they did no such thing. ment from the control of private prop­ taking place within the District of Co­ The Senator from South Carolina has erty at the earliest possible moment. lumbia, it ought to' be Mr. Robert Cogs­ publicly stated that he had no intention The Housing Expediter is now feverish­ well, the District of Columbia rent ad­ of introducing such a bill, and so far as ly rushing around the corridors of our ministrator. One would think that Mr. I know, the Senator from Alabama has Congress in an effort to find those who Cogswell, rather than a Federal agent, said nothing. The State of Alabama, by will support his request for additional should be on that program tomorrow the way, is to ,be decontrolled on May deficiency sums. If, finally, he does not night. Was he invited, and if he was, 31, 1950, as a result of action taken by secure from the Congress what he might why did he reject the invitation? its . All of this is to reasonably need to operate his office un­ Fortunately, Mr. President, it happens suggest that the administration is faced til the rent law expires on June 30 of that Mr. Cogswell is a man who under­ with another awkward situation. In his this year, he will have only himself to stands his job and its responsibilities, state of the Union message the Presi­ blame. He saw fit, when before the Ap­ and he is a man of principle and char­ dent of the United States promised con­ propriations Committee, not to be fac­ acter. Mr. Cogswell was invited to take tinuing Federal rent controls and its tual and accurate, when accuracy and a part in the program, but he rejected the leaders in the Senate must make some disclosure of the complete truth would invitation, as he ought to have done. pretense of fulftlling this political prom­ have better served his own purpose. He said that his job was to administer ise. Thoughtful persons everywhere, Mr. I want to press this point of prejudice, the law and not to lobby for or against President, will be interested to observe self-interest, and perpetuating Federal its continuance unless or until he was that the administration has been. unable controls a bit further. called to offer his views to the appropri- to get its representatives on the Banking In this morning's Times-Herald I read -;-ate committees of the Congress. We and Currency Committee to offer a pro­ the following news item on page 3. Its can well afford to compliment Mr. posal to continue Federal controls. The title is "Round Table To Debate Rent Cogswell for his understanding of the members of the Banking and Currency Control in District of Columbia." The true relationship between executive Committee are students of this question item is brief, and states: agents and legislative bodies. of Federal property management. Many Whether rent control should be continued Without prejudice, as a person, to Mr. Senators on the committee voted most in the District will be discussed on the William G. Barr, special assistant to the reluctantly a year ago to continue Fed­ District Round Table on radio station WWDC Housing Expediter, I want to point out eral rent controls. It is obvious that at 10 p. m. Sunday. Participants in the and make very clear that he has no right some of them can see no present reasons forum will be Representative Miller, Re­ of any kind to participate in the radio of any kind to continue the Federal rent publican, of Nebraska; William Barr, deputy program to which I have referred. If law. The administration, however, pos­ administrator of the national office of the he does so he will be completely guilty, expediter of rent control; and Rufus. Lusk, sesses no such hesitancy. It is clearly president of the Washington Taxpayers As­ to my mind at least, of coming under the . much less interested in economics and sociation. provisions of title 18, Public Law 772, of facts than it is in politics. I have never the Eightieth Congress, second session, heard it said that either the majority As soon as I read this article I imme­ section 1913. This law provides that "no leader or the majority whip is an au­ diately began to telephone throughout member of the executiv·e branch shall thority or student of the rent-control the District to have someone tell me attempt to influence in any manner a question. What they do know is what why an agent of the Office of the Hous­ Member of the Congress to favor or op­ every other American knows, and that ing Expediter was going to discuss pose by vote or otherwise any legislation is that there are many more tenants whether rent controls should or should or appropriation by Congress, whether than there are landlords. This knowl­ not be continued in the District of Co­ before or after the introduction of any edge, in my opinion, will not result in lumbia. Every Senator knows that the bill or resolution proposing such legis­ continuing Federal rent controls as it District has it own rent-control law, and lation or appropriation." did a year ago. this law, like the Federal law, has a Mr. President, I should like at this I have made this observation, Mr. termination date of June 30, 1950. I was time, or at any time in the future, to President, because of my desire to assist told by those who sponsor the program, have any Member of this body or of the in focusing public attention on this the junior bar section of the Bar Asso­ House of Representatives stand up and question of the management of private ciation of the District of Columbia, that deny that that is the law of the land property by political procedures and Mr. Barr, the Federal rent agent, would and that it should be observed. It is agents of the Federal Government. appear on the program to explain what being broken, as we all know, by agents On Saturday, February 25, the Senate had taken place in those areas through­ of the executive branch of the Govern­ Appropriations Committee thought it out the land which have been decon­ ment, 365 days out of every year. proper to deny a large part of a defi­ trolled in recent months. Has one any If Mr. Barr takes part in the radio ciency approprfations request by the right, Mr. President, to expect that an program tomorrow night, he will simply Housing Expediter. I have no desire to agent of the Housing Expediter will be be lobbying for the continuation of the argue the merits of this action at the any more factual or accurate than was Federal rent law and the District of Co­ moment, but I do want to suggest that lumbia rent law. He will use the prestige the Housing Expediter when he so suc­ of what ought to be a high office, at least the action was taken, at least in part, cessfully defeated his own purpose when because the Housing Expediter and those an office which our people could respect, he recently appeared before the Senate to influence legislation which is the con­ of his staff who were with him when he Appropriations Committee in support of testified did not accurately or objective­ cern, not of the Office of the Housing Ex­ a deficiency request? One can only con­ pediter, but of the Congress of the ly provide the committee with the re­ clude that Mr. Barr will only use the sults of decontrol in various communi­ United States. If Mr. Barr understood ties and States throughout the Nation. inaccurate information which was em­ his responsibility, as Mr. Cogswell, the From reading the testimony offered by ployed by his superior. local agent, understands his, Mr. Barr the Housing Expediter and his asso­ I want someone to tell me what con­ would have been the first to appreciate ciates I gained the impression that those ceivable interest the Office of the Hous­ and then decline the invitation to talk who testified assumed that the Senators ing Expediter can have in whether or about a question which is none of his who listened knew almost nothing about not rent controls are continued in the official business. the operation of the Office of the Housing District of Columbia. The Housing Ex­ Mr. President, as an individual Sena­ Expediter or about the Federal rent­ pediter and his staff ·are Federal agents. tor I am far too busy to worry further at control problem. Any impartial and The administrator of rent control in this time about whether Mr. Barr does reasonably intelligent reader of the tes­ the District of Columbia can be accu­ or does not appear on tomorrow night's timony will begin to become convinced rately thought of as being a local agent program. As an individual I expect to that the Housing Expediter and his office in the sense that he administers and has listen to that program; I want to go to have a far greater regard for maintain­ jurisdiction over a local or municipal hear it, if time permits me to do so; and ing their jobs in perpetuity than they situation. I hope that any statements made by XCVI--177 2814 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE MARCH 4 anyone on the program will be accurate. It is quite clear that the Taft-Hartley parties-to have the guts to end this de.:. If the statements are taken out of offi­ law, far from being a decisive weapon plorable tottering on the brink of dis- cial Government documents, they had against strikes such as this, can be sabo­ aster. · better be accurate. If Mr. Barr; an ad­ taged by those who maladminister it. TRIBUTES TO THE VICE PRESIDENT ON ministrative assistant to the Housing Thus, the· President invoked the Taft­ THE THIRTY-SEVENTH . ANNIVERSARY Expediter' is on the program, and if he Hartley law too late to do any real good. OF HIS SERVICE IN 'lHE CONGRESS uses the information which the Housing Then when the contempt case was pre­ Expediter used before the Committee on sented in the courts, Department of Jus­ Mr. WHERRY. Mr. President, the Appropriations of the Senate last week, tice attorneys miserably failed in their Senate has been discussing a very con­ which resulted in the Housing Expediter responsibility to present the affidavits troversial issue, namely, the question of not getting what he asked for, I shall be about the union complacency. In other displaced persons. As usual, on both privileged to draw that to the attention words, Mr. President, the basic problem sides of the aisle there have bee~ some of this body. Should Mr. Barr, howevey, that we face is: No single law which very forceful arguments presented on an see fit to relate what obviously are the the Congress has written thus far is fool­ issue which is far reaching. We have facts, which the Housing Expediter, Mr. proof against a national paralysis be- . such issueu before us very often. Dur­ Barr's employer and superior, did not cause the administration can and has ing my service here we have debated use, I shall likewise be pleased to call the maladministered the statute. some questions which to my mind have contradictions ·to the attention of the I submit, therefore, that those of my meant much to the future life of Amer­ Senate of .the United States. colleagues on the Senate Committee cm ica and the world. It would hardly be proper, but under Labor and Public Welfare should con:­ The question of displaced persons, al­ these circumstances it might be consid­ sider amendments to the Taft-Hartley though it is a very serious one, brings to ered to be absolutely necessary, for the law in connection with the injunction my mind one who now is in our midst and Housing Expediter to say one thing be­ provision, to tighten that provision and who is anything but a displac(.d person. fore the Senate Committee on Appropri­ to make it more foolproof against those I refer to our distinguished and beloved ations and for the Housing Expediter's who want to violate it ·in letter and in Vice President, ALBEN w. BARKLEY. He special assistant to say quite another spirit. became a 37 years thing on the same subject to those who America will no longer tolerate these ago today. He has served in the House listen to this local radio program tomor­ off-again, on-again lynchings of the of Representatives and in the Senate, row night. public welfare. We are sick of being and is now serving as Vice President. Mr. President, the Office of the Hous­ thrown from the frying pan into the fire. I should like to say, in a very serious, ing Expediter has been charged by the We demand a permanent solution to but also humorous vein, that he was past several Congresses, at least by the strikes in key industries in which the pretty well screened when he came from several in which I have been privileged national health, welfare, and safety is . the State of Kentucky, and certainly he to sit, with removing the Federal Gov­ involved. has been screened many times since ernment from the management of pri­ Let not our people for get the closing then. I believe no one gets a more thor­ vate property just as soon as that is pos­ of their schools, the shutting down of ough screening than a man in public sible. All their energy, their concentra­ their factories, the reduction of railroad life, particularly in the legislative branch tion, their loyalty, and their efforts operations, the shivering patients in the of the Government. Every time he has should be directed to this end. Until hospitals. Let not our people forget made an invasion, firet, as a Representa­ their mission has been achieved, it seems that five times the Government has tive from his district in Kentucky, then to me there is neither time, excuse, nor seized the coal mines. Let not our peo­ as a Senator of long years of service, and reason for any agent of the Housing Ex­ ple forget that the President has used finally as Vice President of the United pediter addressing himself to a District the Taft-Hartley law eight times, al­ States, he has been well received. Not of Columbia problem, with which the Of­ though he has repeatedly asked that this only has he been successful in his legis­ fice of the Federal Housing Expediter vital law be repealed. lative invasion but he has been most has no remote connection or legitimate The administration wants the people successful in his invasion recently of the interest. to forget these facts, but it is the job of State of Missouri in his domestic rela­ the Republican Part:' and all independ­ tions, when he brought a little of the CONGRESS MUST ACT TO PREVENT RE­ ent-minded citizens to repeat them again spirit of st. Louis back to Washington. CURRENCE OF STRIKE PARALYSIS and again so that the national interests So, Mr. President, on this thirty­ Mr. WILEY. Mr. President, with the will not again be endangered. seventh anniversary, to the day, of the announcement of the agreement be­ John L. Lewis pulled off his strikes at Vice President's arrival here, first as a tween the coal negotiators, the Nation will during the Second Wofld War. Representative and then as a Senator, has heaved a sigh of relief. Thus, once ·Dare we allow this situation to recur I wish to extend to him, having served again, by the mere whim of one labor­ in the event of world war III with with him when he was majority leader in union big shot and a few men across the atomic bombs falling on America? Has the Senate and since he has been Vice conference table, America has been any individual in the administration President, my wholehearted felicitations spared a complete national paralysis. thought of the terrible possibilities of and congratulations· on his 37 years of Now, the Democratic administration national suicide by allowing this sort of very valuable service, and I know that in will undoubtedly urge everybody to for­ situation to occur again? that statement I speak the sentiments of get the whole thing until the next big The master minds in the Communist every Senator on both sides of the aisle. national crisis looms. In my 11 Y4 years Kremlin must be rubbing their hands In concluding, Mr. President, i: should in the Senate, I have seen these off­ with glee. How delightful they must like to say that I am glad there has been again, on-again national stoppages, but think it would be for them to begin an long continuity in the service of the dis­ never has the Democratic administra­ atomic war on America when, let us say, tinguished Presiding Officer of the Sen­ tion had the guts to come forward with another coal strike is on, our railroads ate and when 1952 rolls around, if the permanent legislation for the statute are shut down, and 1 or 2 days' fuel is next Vice President must be a Democrat, books to prevent the public welfare from left in our factories. Do not the ad­ we would prefer to have ALBEN W. BARK­ being crtlcified time and again. The ad­ ministration leaders recognize that even ley, of Kentucky, return in that capacity. ministration hopes that the public will 1f such a strike were called off in the [Applause. J sit back in complacency and will not re­ event of an atomic attack, it takes lit­ Mr. GEORGE. Mr. President, the member how close it came to economic erally weeks and weeks before the fuel years since March 4, 1913, have covered disaster. But, Mr. President, I, for one, stock piles in our factories can be re­ a long period as we measure time. It will do everything I can in order to seek plenished and before the railroads can was in 1913 that we laid the foundations a permanent solution to this problem­ resume full operations. The adminis­ of all estimates of property values so far a solution that will be fair to the inter­ tration has been tampering with na­ as income-tax purposes were concerned. ests of both labor, management, and, tional suicide, and I say it is time for the That made that year peculiarly sig­ most important of all, the general public. Congress-for members of both political nificant in my mind. 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 2815 But there is a happy side to the pic­ Mr. KNOWLAND. Mr. President, I R:public has been in existence, few men ture. During these 37 years there has would not want this day to ~Jass without have served continuously for 37 years in served in the two Chambers of the Con­ adding a word to what has already so the Congress of the United States. Few gress a man who has always been a ably been said by the Senator from Ne­ men; if any, have given more of their most loyal partisan, yet without bitter­ braska [Mr. WHERRY] and the Senator time and effort in the promotion of the ness and without guile, an upstanding from Georgia [Mr. GEORGE]. I believe I ideals of the Republic than has the dis­ American in public service. am the only Member of this body who is tinguished Vice President, to whom we do Many things l.ave happened since a second generation Member, who has honor upon this occasion. March 4, 1913. Two great wars have served in either the House or the Senate When I first came to the s~nate some been fought. The soldiers of this Na­ with the distinguished Presiding Officer. 11 years ago, the present Vice President tion have marched away to fight in for­ It so happened that my father served in of the United States was then the ma­ eign lands, and in the Second World the House of Representatives with the jority leader of this deliberative body. War in almost all the areas of the earth distinguished Vice President of the Like all neophytes who come here and where men were called upon to fight. United States. One of my earliest recol­ do not have a clear understanding of par­ The distinguished Vice President of the lections is of the very high regard in liamentary procedure and the various United States lived through those wars which my father held the distinguished questions which come before the Senate as a public servant. He knew all the Vice President during the years he served from time to time, it was necessary for heartaches which men in public life were with him in the House of Representatives. me to seek advice and counsel. I sought called upon to hear in those eventful When I came to the Senate I had al­ that advice and counsel from the then years, and all the difilcult decisions they ready formed a very high regard for our majority leader, Senator BARKLEY, of had to make in 1917 and again in 1941. distinguished Presiding Officer. He was Kentucky. No one was ever more char­ Mr. President, it is a happy circum­ then occupying the position of majority itable, more kind, more constructive than stance that this distinguished public leader. I know o~ no majority leader was he. servant has lived to enjoy the good will, who carried a heavier burden than he As I sta~1d here today as the majority the confidence, the esteem, and the love did in the months immediately following leader of this great deliberative body, the of his colleagues on both Sides Of the the close of the great World War, when only one of its kind now in existence in aisle, in all parties, during this long a change had taken place in the national the world, I believe I am more conscious period of his distinguished service. administration. While debates on the of the burdensome problems which were There were in this body on March 4, - floor of the Senate were sometimes tense, on Senator BARKLEY'S shoulders than I 1927, when the distinguished Vice Pres­ always at the close of the discussion Sen­ realized when I was simply a Member ident became a Member of the Senate, ator BARKLEY, by some appropriate story without any particular responsibilities only two men who are here today, the or some felicitous remark, relieved the on the floor of the Senate. To one sit­ senior Senator from Tennessee [Mr. tenseness, so that when the time for ad­ ting on the side lines, he seemed to per­ MCKELLAR] and the senior Senator from journment came the Members of the form his work rather easily. It was, of Georgia, tbe present speaker. Time and Senate left the Chamber with that sense course, easy for him to carry the heavY politics have taken a great toll of the of fellowship for which this body has burden of work that rested upon him, Members of this body since March 4, been known throughout the years. because of his familiarity with parlia­ 1927. Particul~rly has that been true Mr. President, I wanted tO make these mentary procedure, because of his vast of both parties in the Congress since few remarks in paying my own high per­ experience in legislative work, and be­ March 4, 1913. sonal respects to one who I think is not cause of his profound knowledge of the Many things have · occurred in the only an outstanding public servant but rich traditions of America from the time world. It is doubtful whether in all the one of the great Americans of this period. of the founding fathers. history of mankind so many great events, Mr. LONG. Mr. President, I cannot Mr. President, I have always looked so many world-shaking events, have oc­ recall the day when the Vice President upon the Vice President as one who was curred as have taken place within that came to Congress. I was born 5 years the champion of oppressed humanity, as period of time. thereafter. I can say, however, that dur­ one who believed that this Government Yet, here is the Vice President, in good ing the brief period of my service in the of ours was a moving thing, not one that )lealth, and, as always, in a happy frame Senate I have had some occasion to ob­ was static but one that constantly kept of mind, because he has never borne serve the great qualities of leadership of pace with the march of events. malice against anyone in or out of public the present Vice President of the United Mr. President, it has been my great life. He has disagreed, but disagreements States. privilege and pleasure to serve with tl.1e do not always amount to a division or I recall well that when the statue of Vice President since I have been in the my father was dedicated in the Capitol dispute upon any essential or controlling S~nate. He has been of great illi'pira­ principle. He has· differed, of course, in building the then majority leader, now tion to me, and I know he has been of politics, because that has been the his­ the Vice President of the United States, great inspiration to other Senators who tory of American politics, and properly delivered an address in which he bespok3 have served with him, whether they were so; but · always without malice and al­ his admiration for a man with whom he Democrats or Republicans. He has been ways without guile the distinguished had frequently disagreed, but who stood and is eminently fair. He has attempted Vice President, who now has the honor forth and fought for what he believed to preside over this body, during all this was a righteous cause. The fairness and to mete out justice, both as majority long period of time has lived a life worthy impartiality of the Vice President have leader· and as Vice President, believing, of a great American statesman and pub­ always been typified by such events, and as the great Senator from Georgia said, lic servant. over the years, long before I came to the in charity for all and malice toward I am very happy to be here now-and . United States Senate, in my estimation none. I hope the Vice President will be here he had reached the highest possible Mr. PrE-sident, in the years to come many years after I have departed this stature. may you continue to work for justice and scene-to attest not only my own per­ As one who was born after the Vice peace, may you preserve faith in your sonal feeling but what I believe to be President of the United States com­ country, may you continue to have good the feeling of all Americans everywhere, menced his service in the Congress, I health, may you live long and enjoy regardless of party. Certainly no one certainly hope that those of us who fol­ unbounded prosperity. entertains for the Vice· President any­ low after him may be able to live up to The VICE PRESIDENT. · The Chair thing but that profound respect which the great traditions he has developed will ask the indulgence of the Members is due to a good public servant who has and the fine example of American states­ of the Senate to make a brief response 'borne his part in many a hard battle, manship he has established. to the very generous remarks which but without malice, and always relying Mr. LUCAS. Mr. President, this is a somewhat took the Chair by surprise. upon the worthiness and justice of his historic day in the Congress of the United I had not recalled today that this was cause. States. Over the long period of time this the thirty-seventh anninrsary of my 2816 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE MARCH · 4 entrance into the House of -Representa­ most 300 percent. vur wealth has. in­ have for the Members of the Senate will tives until our thoughtful, efficient, and creased by about 400 percent. During never diminish, and that statement ap­ beloved Secretary, Leslie Biffie, reminded those 37 years, our position and influence plies with equal force to the entire Gov­ me of it a while ago. . and responsibility among the other na­ ernment of the United States and all its When the Senator from Nebraska tions of the world have increased to an branches. CMr. WHERRY] began his remarks, I was extent far greater than it would have Mr. LUCAS. Mr. President, before to­ really in truth and in fact physically a been possible to have foretold at the day's session closes, I wish to say that I displaced person, because I was seated beginning of that period. Political par­ am sure all Members of the Senate deep­ on the ftoor of the Senate, where I so ties have changed. Administrations have ly appreciate what the distinguished Vice frequently sit, and which ;r enjoy doing. changed. President has just said, and all of us But I was not the possessor even at that I have served, in one capacity or an­ know what affection he has for all Mem­ time of a displaced heart, because I other, under every President from Wood­ bers of the Senate. always enjoy reminiscing about events row Wilson to Harry S. Truman. I had I am very happy that this is the thirty­ which took place during my service on the pleasure, of course, while serving in seventh anniversary of the distinguished the ftoor as a Member of the Senate. I either the House or the Senate, of en­ Vice President's coming to the Congress. really love to resume a seat there now gaging in many controversies affecting I am happy about it for many reasons . . and then and sit down by Members of our domestic affairs and our interna­ The last one I happened to think of while the Senate on both sides and talk about tional relationships. Many changes in I was listening just now to the Vice Presi­ anything that comes into our minds. viewpoint and in many of the basic con­ dent is that the observance of this anni­ Sometimes I perpetrate a story upon ceptions of the relationship of the Gov­ versary gives him an opportunity to make them. Which reminds me of the fact ernment to the people and of the people a speech in the Senate. Frequently he that Abraham Lincoln was the greatest to the Government have taken place dur­ has told me that he would like to leave story teller who ever held public office ing those 37 years. I am happy to say the rostrum and come down to the ftoor of in the history of the United States. that, without regard to the political the Senate and address the Members of There is a very amusing and lovable party in power or the identity of the ad­ the Senate and the country. I know that story about him when he was practicing ministration in control of the Govern­ as he presides over· the Senate he fre­ law in Springfield, Ill. Judge David Da­ ment at any particular time, nothing quently observes the majority leader and vis, whom he later appointed to the Su­ which has taken place has weakened my other Members of the Senate miss points preme Court of the United States, was faith in the fundamental honesty of the which he always caught so ably when he the presiding judge of the court. Mr. American people and the basic f ounda­ was serving as majority leader of the Lincoln was not engaged in the trial of tions of the sort of democracy and the Senate. the case that was pending, but was seated sort of Government under which we live. So I am glad the Vice President has had over in one corner of the courtroom I do not believe that any economic this opportunity to make a speech. I am telling stories to a group of lawyers and changes, any political changes, or any sure he appreciates the opportunity, too, friends. They were so amused at the social changes which may take place in because up until this time he has not stories that they were disturbing the this great Republic, either in the near niade a speech in the Senate since he has court. Finally Judge Davis rapped on future or in the distant future, will oper­ been Vice President. the bench, and said; "Mr. Lincoln, there ate to change the high regard and re­ The VICE PRESIDENT. I thank the can be only one court held in this court­ spect which the American people have Senator from Illinois for his reference to house, and I think I am going to hold for their Government and for their po­ me; but, in reply, I wish to say that I have it." litical and social institutions. Not only never observed the Senator from Illinois Whereupon the group disbanded, and during another 37 years, but during the . miss any points. To the contrary, he quiet was restored. centuries that are to come, I believe thinks of points that I never thought of A few minutes later Judge Davis called we shall continue as a democratic Na­ up to the bench one of the participants tion, a Nation in which Lincoln called during the time when I served in the posi­ in the previous disorder in the courtroom, a government of, by, and for the people, tion in which he now serves so ably. and leaned over and whispered to him, and what Jefferson referred to as a Mr. WHERRY. Mr. President, if I may ''What was that story Lincoln was tell­ government in which there should be say a word at this time, I should like to ing?" [Laughter.] equal rights to all and exclusive privi­ point out that I try to help the majority Since the Members of the Senate have leges to none, will be .maintained. It is leader think of those points. I do so as often as I can, for I do not want him to b~en so generous and kind as to recall my fervent and profound hope and that this is the thirty-seventh anniver­ prayer that the influence of our country miss any of them.. [Laughter.] sary of the beginning of my service in and of our Government and of our peo­ Mr. LUCAS. Of course the Senator the Congress, I have been thinking of ple upon the other nations and peoples from Nebraska is always very cooperative. what has happened since I .entered the of the world will be so effectiye and so The VICE PRESIDENT. Of course Congress of the United States as a young profound that before any of us here have whenever either the majority leader or man. When I entered the House of ''shuffled off this mortal coil," we may the minority leader wishes to confer with Representatives, I was approximately see all over the world democracy, free­ the Chair on such matters, he is always the same age that the Senator from dom, liberty, and self-government in at liberty to do so. Louisiana was .when he entered the Sen­ which all the people, without regard to Mr. LUCAS. That happens frequent­ ate. Today there is in the House of Rep­ race, color, creed, or national origin, may ly, so far as the Senator from Illinois is resentatives only one man who entered not only be permitted to participate, but concerned. the House with me at that time, and that which they may control for their own MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE is the Speaker, SAM RAYBURN' of Texas. welfare. That is real democracy, that Only two Members of the House who is real self-government, that is real lib­ A message from the House of Repre-· were there when I came, are still in the erty, and in my judgment democracy and sentatives, by Mr. Maurer, one of its House. One is the Honorable ROBERT L. liberty are ·interchangeable terms. reading clerks, announced that the House DOUGHTON, of North Carolina; the other Let me thank all the Senators who insisted upon its amendment to the bill is the Honorable ADOLPH SABATH, of Illi­ have been so gracious as to remember

t~e House Committee.on Agriculture un­ cerning the donations of food as authorized cate distribution be avoided in any · city or der date of March 2 reading as follows: by section 416 of the Agricultural Act of local area. 1949 we have prepared the enclosed state­ State Departments of Public Welfare can Hon. JOHN w. HESELTON, ment for your use. House of Representatives, in most cases clear up questions of eligibility Washington, D . C. Irish potatoes, dried eggs, and nonfat dry concerning needy groups or families. In­ DEAR COLLEAGUE: Your -letter of February milk solids are, as of this date, available for quiries also may be directed to the appropri­ 27, with regard to" the various bills relating distribution under section 416. The enclosed ate area offices of the Food Distribution Pro­ to surplus commodities has been received. statement describes the groups eligible to grams Branch of the Department's Produc­ I have already requested a report from the receive these foods, how eligible recipients tion and Marketing Administration. Ad­ Department of Agriculture, and I hope that may order them, and the costs which must dresses of the latter offices are listed at the hearings may be held at some time in the 1:1 borne by the recipient. close of this statement. near future. Eligible groups which request your assist­ NOTICE ·oF AVAILABILITY ance ln placing orders for commodities Cordially yours, Foods offered under section 416 are an­ HAROLD D. COOLEY. should be referred to the area office of our Food Distribution Programs Branch serving nounced through the press and radio serv..; I am today sending a letter to the Sec­ your State. The area offices are in daily com­ ices, by field offices of the Department's munication with the State agencies handling Production and Marketing Administration, retary of Agriculture which 1·am quoting and by cooperating State agencies. for the information of my colleagues: · the distribution of section 416 commodities and thus can be of maximum assistance to Each official announcement describes the Hon. CHARLES F. BRANNAN, groups wishing to participate in the program. food offered, discloses its location, indicates Secretary of Agriculture, The addresses of these area offices are shown the size and type of containers, and gives Washington, D. C. at the close of the attached statement. other pertinent details. Each announce­ DEAR MR. SECRETARY: I am enclosing a copy RALPH S. TRIGG. ment also indicates the minimum and maxi­ of the remarks which I have placed in to­ mum quantities which may be ordered, and day's RECORD. Chairman COOLEY'S letter re­ whether the commodity will be available .for fers to H. R. 7135, H. R. 7136, H. R. 7137, and UNITED STATES an extended period of time. H. R. 7138. These were identical resolutions DEPARTMENT OF . AGRICULTURE, Available commodities will be located in filed on February 2, 1950, and, as you will PRODUCTION AND MARKETING warehouses or other storage places in various, note, were supported by 24 others of our ADMINISTRATION, parts of the United States. The foods offered. colleagues. February 27, 1950. will have been thoroughly inspected by au-· In view of the very 'substantial apparent STATEMENT ON DOMESTIC AVAILABILITY OF thorized USDA personnel and will be in accumulated and continuing waste of public COMMODITIES UNDER SECTION 416 OF THE good condition. The Department's inspec­ funds involved in this procedure, I am sure AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1949 tion will assure wholesomeness of all prod:. that you will see to it personally that the Section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 ucts offered. report of the Department is promptly filed provides the United States Department of HOW TO OBTAIN AVAILABL:::: FOODS with the House Committee on Agriculture. Agriculture with authority to donate to Any agency or organization wishing to ob­ I would appreciate the courtesy of having needy groups in this country certain food tain foods available under the program may you send to each of the authors of these products acquired by the Department under make application to the State agency acting resolutions copies of that report. its price-support operations. Sincerely yours, as distributing agent for section 416 foods, This statement summarizes what commod­ or to the area office of the Food Distribution JOHN W. HESELTON. ities are available, who may obtain them, Programs Branch. No special forms are I was much interested in the memo­ how they may be obtained, minimum con­ needed for the application. The applying randum from the Administrator of Pro­ ditions to. be met by the receiving agency, organization, if eligible, will receive a single­ duction and Marketing to Members of and where additional inquiries may be di­ sheet "Order Form." This is the only _form rected. required. It is all-inclusive and covers all Congress which I received Thursday. I matters relating to the order and acceptance think it would be useful to have it, the COMMODITIES AVAILABLE Food stocks that may be made available of the foods. statement on domestic availability of are those for which no market outlet in Only a few conditions need be met to _..commodities dated February 27, 1950, normal trade channels is foreseen during obtain these foods. The applying agency and the very simple order form which their storable life, thus exposing them to the must agree to limit its distribution of the can be used for requesting section 416 · danger of deterioration and spoilage. Such foods obtained .to eligible persons, and to see that all necessary. precautions are taken commodities in the RECORD. This is in ·commodities will be donated at the point of sharp and pleasant contrast to the in­ storage, and beyond that point, all expenses to keep the donated food from entering nor­ volved · mass of red tape which sur­ incidental to handling, transportation, and mal channels of trade. Also the agency repackaging must be borne by the receiving must agree not to reduce its expenditures rounded the distribution of section 32 organization. for food because of the receipt of the donated commodities. commodities, and which I placed in the As of" this date, February 27, 1950, three RECORD February 20 at page 2000. commodities-potatoes, dried eggs, and non­ Each order which includes these provisions I have written Mr. Trigg today to in­ fat dry milk solids-have beeh declared avail­ covers only a single delivery of a specific quire when other food commodities in able to designated groups. Potatoes were quantity of a commodity. When an agency surplus may be declared · available and so declared on January f7, and are obtain­ is informed that a commodity is available able at purchase points in approximately on a continuous basis, the agency may re­ hope to·have his advice early next week. order this food item without subsequent I have also asked him if anything is be­ 20 States. The other two items were an­ nounced February 8 as obtainable at storage notice of its ~vailability. ing done to simplify the procedure under points in a large number of cities :throughout SHIPPING CHARGES section 32 commodities. the country. The receiving agency, as specified in the Again I wish to point out the very ob­ WHO MAY OBTAIN THESE FOODS act, must pay handling and transportation vious inequities so far as a great many charges, including special charges for heat­ All three of the foods announced to date ing or refrigeration, if needed, from the point communities are concerned in requiring are available to schools for lunch programs, ther... 1 to pay transportation and other of storage or availability. Information con­ incidental costs from points of storage and to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and cerning the cost of transporting commodi­ State and local public welfare agencies for ties may be obtained from local transpor­ located some distance away. I submit the assistance of needy Indians and other that only through the enactment of the t ation companies. needy persons. In addition, privat e welfare Receiving agencies having their own trucks resolutions I have msntioned can this organizations engaged exclusively in welfare may, in most cases, pick up and transport inequity be eliminated. work are eligible to receive potatoes for the section 416 foods if they wish to do so. The statement and enclosures are as needy families assisted by them. follows: Patriotic and fraternal or service organi­ PACKAGING UNITED STATES zations, which are not basically devoted to Most section 416 commodities will be DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, welfare work, even though they maintain available only in large containers. Any PRODUCTION AND MARKETING well established welfare units, are not in repackaging that is necessary must be done ADMINISTRATION, themselves eligible for section _ 416 . foods. by the receiving agency. Repackaging, of Washington, D. C., February 28, 1950. However, the groups or individuals normally course, must be carried out in full compli­ To: Members of Congress of the United assisted by the organization may become ance with State and local sanitation laws. States. eligible upon certification as needy persons AREA OFFICES, FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS From: Administrator. by the accredited public welfare agency. BRANCH, PRODUCTION AND MARKETING AD· Subject: Domestic availability of commodi­ Such regulations on the receipt and distri­ MINISTRATION, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT ties under section 416 of the Agricultural bution of commodities by private welfare OF AGRICULTURE Act of 1949. groups are necessary in order to assure that Northeast area, ti41 Washington S'treet, To assist you in answering the many in­ commodities reach only needy persons as N. Y.; Connecticut, District of Columbla, quiries you are undoubtedly receiving con- specified in the act, and in order that dupli- Delaware, Maine, Ma~sachusetts, Maryland, 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSE 2821 New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Penn­ Western -area, 30 · Van Ness Avenue, San sC:Utheast·area, 449 West Peachtree StrE!et sylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Vir­ Francisco: Arizona, California, Idaho, Mon­ NE, Atlanta: Alabama, , Georgia, Ken­ ginia. For metropolitan area, New York City, tana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, tucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South 90 Church Street. . •Wyoming. Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Midwest area, 623 South Wabash Avenue, Honolulu, T. H., 418 Dillingham Building: Chicago: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Southwest area, 101 Norman Building, Hawaii. Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebras­ Dallas: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisi­ San Juan, P. R., P. 0. Box 4349: Puerto ka, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin. ana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas. Rico and Virgin Islands.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, PRODUCTION AND MARK}!:TING ADMINISTRATION

ORDER FOR SECTION 416 CQMMODITY

1. State 3. Name of commodity

2. Agency order No. 4. Quantity (number and size units):

6. Origin of commodity

6. Consignee

7. Via

8. Send collect wire notice of shipment to: (Fill in only if desired) 9. Number of persons and quantity for commodities requested

Nu~ber persons Quantity ------

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The undersigned, being duly ~uthorized t~ act for and on ~o~alf of the below-named agency, hereby re_q!Jests and agr~es to accept the commodity under the terms and con· ditions

11. Agency representative's signature_ ------_------:------12. Date_ -- _------____ ------_------

TIIJS SPACE FOR USDA-CCC ONLY 13. Approved for USDA-CCC: I"· O'd" void ifundclive'od by,

The agency ordering the commodity speci­ . The SPEAKER. Is there objection to we come here. The-feeling has been so fied on the face hereof agrees to the follow-· the request of the gentleman from very intense because nothing was done ing terms and conditions regarding its re­ Nebraska? · about the coal strike that I, for one, am ceipt, handling, distribution, and/or use. There was no objection. very glad to be here in case something 1. Expenditures for food will not be reduced because of receipt of such food commodities. Mr. · MILLER of Nebraska. Mr. · could have been done. There has not 2. The commodity will only be distributed Speaker, personally I am glad that the only been great discomfort because of to eligible participants for their consumption House is meeting today. We folks from lack of coal but illness and real suffering. and will not be sold, traded, or otherwise the Midwest, 1,500 miles f!'om Washing­ I understand the gentleman from South · disposed of. ton, like to stay here at work. The work Dakota [Mr. CASE] a week or more ago 3. All costs incurred subsequent to the completed to date is not very imposing. had 'introduced a bill that might have transfer of title at the. CCC point of storage I listened very intently to the colloquy settled the coal strike if action had been will he promptly paid upon proper presenta­ between the gentleman from Massachu­ taken. I would like to commend him for tion by claimants. Such costs will include, setts [Mr. McCORMACK] and the gentle- his tin~less work since he has become a but are not neces:;arily limited to the cost of transportation, special protective services, . man from South Dakota [Mr. CASE]. I Member of this Congress. I was a Mem­ and handling charges. must confess it reminded me·of a patient ber when he first came here. Step by 4. Assumes entire responsibility for the I was treating at one time for cancer of step he has progressed in usefulness un­ adequate handling, storing, repackaging, the stomach, and he came to me com­ til he has reached great stature in the distribution, and/or use of the commodity plaining about a pimple on his nose. We House. He spent· endless time in study­ so that it will, insofar as practicable, be con­ ought to hold a meeting. There is work ing parliamentary procedure until he sumed by eligible participants. to be done. Let the leadership hasten has become an expert parliamentarian, The SPEAKER. The time of the gen­ the job so Members of Congress can go and he has been a very valuable member tleman from Massachusetts has expired. home and give the co~ntry a rest. of the Committee on Appropriations. He HON. FRANCJS CASE is highly respected for his great integrity EXTENSION OF REMARKS and sincerity, and he has been very Mr. JENNINGS asked and was given -Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. helpful whenever he could be. He has permission to extend his remarks in the Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ad­ been deeply interested in all veterans' Appendix of the RECORD. ' dress the House for 1 minute and to re­ and other problems in which I am espe­ Mr. MASON asked and was given per­ vise and extend my remarks. cially concerned. .111issit0n to extend his remarks in the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to The SPEAKER. The time of the RECORD and include an article by David the request of the . gentlewoman from gentlewoman from Massachusetts. has Lawrence. Massachusetts? expired. There was no objection. THE COAL SITUA'.... ION Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. THE COAL STRIKE Mr. MILLER of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, although I am here today at " Mr. SABATH. Mr. Speaker, I ask Speaker, I ask unanimous ·consent to ad­ considerable personal sacrifice, I am ex­ unanimous consent to proceed for 1 dress the House for 1 minute and to re­ tremely glad that the gentleman from minute, and to revise and extend my re- : vise and extend my remarks. South Dakota [Mr. CASE] insisted that marks. 2822 CONGRESStONAL RECORD-HOUSE MARCH 4

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to The SPEAKER. Is there objection to wo1~ k a year. The mine owners, in.many the request of the gentleman from Illi­ the request of the gentleman from-Mis- instances, find they have grave problems nois? souri? caused by the inroad of other types of There was no objection. There was no ob~ection. · fuel. These developments are having Mr. SABATH. Mr. Speaker, I also Mr. CHRISTOPHER. Mr. Speaker, I grave effects on this great basic industry. · congratulate, not only those who have think our President deserves the com- I hope the Congress will proceed to served here for 25 years, but also those mendation of every Member of this consider this proposal forthwith and set who have served longer-among them, as House on both sides of the aisle, and of all up a commission similar to the Hoover I recollect, ROBERT L. DOUGHTON' our be­ the people of the United States individ- Commission, a truly bipartisan commis­ loved Speaker, Mr. RAYBURN, CARL VIN­ ually and collectively. He has shown sion which will bring to the Congress SON, ROBERT CROSSER, DAN REED, ROY that he has · great patience, a thing a recommendations that may do away with WOODRUFF, EARL MICHENER, CLARENCE man at the head of this the greatest the misery and distress which exist in the CANNON, EMANUEL CELLER, JOHN KERR, nation in the world must have. I think coal fields, eliminate the recurring crises ALFRED BUL WIN.KLE, E. E. Cox, CHARLES he has demonstrated that he has force in production, and prevent future dis­ EATON, JOE MARTIN, Mrs. MARY NORTON, of character. He has handled this coal location of our economic life. and Mrs. EDITH ROGERS, and these who situation in a firm and dignified man- THE ECONOMIC SITUATION are now in their twenty-fifth year of ner. service-CLIFFORD HOPE, our majority In my opinion the Taft-Hartley law Mr. O'SULLIVAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask leader, JOHN MCCORMACK, RICHARD WIG­ is the reason for this strike, and the unanimous consent to address the House GLESWORTH, CHARLES WOLVERTON, and Taft.-Hartley law has worked a lot of for 1 minute and to revise and extend AUGUST ANDRESEN. harm in the United States; but the my remarks. But above all else, Mr. Speaker, I wish greatest harm it has worked is to the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to congratulate the President of the Republican Party. In my opinion the to the request of the gentleman from United States for the splendid judgment Taft-Hartley law is one reason the gen- Nebraska? he has exercised in the extremely trying tleman from Massachusetts [Mr. MAR- There was no objection. conditions that confronted him and the TIN] is not Speaker of the House today, Mr. O'SULLIVAN. Mr. Speaker, I country; that he did not permit himself and one reason that Mr. Dewey is still in feel rather favorable toward the adop"." to be forced one way or to act the ot1:1er New York. tion by Congress of the bill which the way. I think his action was that of the The SPEAKER. The time of the gen- gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. tleman from Missouri has expired. RIVERS] has introduced. I believe you prudent and courageous man that he is. must fight fire with fire. I believe that I realize that the President has been PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE one must always in any real fight give subjected to tremendous pressure from both sides. Even his greatest critics, in­ Mr. SIKES. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- back as good and, if possible, better than cluding my Republican friends who were imous consent to address the House for one receives. I do not believe you can trying to :nake political capital out of the 1 minute and to revise and extend my kill a skunk by kissing him to· death. coal strike must concede that when it remarks. Here is another thing I want to men- became necessary for him to act, he did The SPEAKER. Is there objection to tion: I can probably tell Dr. MILLEIJ., my not hesitate, but acted. I am pleased to the request of the gentleman from Flor- good colleague from Nebraska, just why see he has brought about a satisfactory ida? that man came to him to have a pimple solution to this vexing problem, and that There was no objection. on his nose treated when he was dying in the years to come I know the histo­ [Mr. SIKES addressed the House. His of cancer. The man told me that he rians will credit him with extraordinary remarks appear in the Appendix.] thought Dr. MILLER was more capable of . EXTENSION OF REMARKS curing the pimple than in handling a resourcefulness and sound judgment. cancer. I wish to again congratulate him and Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, reserving the country upon the splendid judgment the right to object, and I shall not, I THE HONORABLE SAM RAYBURN, he has used. should like for some of these hilarious · SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REP- Mr. Speaker, I have been here 44 years. speakers boasting about tb.e settlement RESENTATIVES If the Constitution had not been changed, of the coal strike to tell us just how it Mr. PATMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask setting a new date for the termination . was settled. unanimous consent to address the House of the old Congress and the convening The SPEAKER. Is there objection to for 1 minute and to revise and extend of the new, I now would have completed the request of the gentleman from my remarks. 44 yea:i.-s of service. Notwithstanding the Oklahoma that he may extend his re- The SPEAKER. Is there objection Taft-Hartley Act that tried to enslave marks in the RECORD as indicated? to the request of the gentleman from American labor, it has not affected me in There was no objection. Texas? my position in this body. I have been There was no objection. enslaved here for 44 years. COMMISSION TO STUDY THE COAL Mr. PATMAN. Mr. Speaker, it is a I am sometimes asked how it is that INDUSTRY wonderful and inspiring thing to con- I can come back, and come back, and Mr. BIEMILLER. Mr. Speaker, I ask template the record of public service come back. I tell these friends who ask unanimous consent to address the House rendered by our distinguished and able me, "Do right by the people, and you for 1 minute and to revise and extend Speaker, the Honorable SAM RAYBURN. It can come back as many times as you my remarks. was 37 years ago today that he entered desire as long as you honestly represent The SPEAKER. Is there objection to upon his first term in the Congress of the your people." That is my advice, "Do the request of the gentleman from Wis- United States. right and fear nothing." consin? That period of time spans a substan- I know that most of those who have There was no objection. tial and eventful portion of the modern served here a quarter century or more Mr. BIEMILLER. Mr. Speaker, earlier history of our Nation, and in the mak­ have, at all times, had the interest of the this week I introduced a joint resolution ing of that history Mr. RAYBURN has people at heart, and I hope some who calling for the creation of a bipartisan played a significant and influential part. have not will follow their course in the commission to make a study of the long- But, with the true modesty that is the future. To these right-thinking col­ range problems of the coal industry and hallmark of his greatness, his a~com­ leagues of mine I extend the hope and to report in January 1951 to the Con- plishments in the field of statecraft have wish for many more years of continuolis . gress with its recommendations. I was not been shouted from the housetops. service, and that they may equal or sur­ delighted to note that yesterday the That he attained the position that pass my length of service which now has President included a similar recom- President Truman himself describes as reached the forty-fourth year. mendation as part of his message to the "the second most powerful office in the Congress. · United States" without fanfare, without THE COAL STRIKE All of us must recognize, I believe, that publicity seeking, and without self­ Mr. CHRISTOPHER. Mr. Speaker, I part of the difficulty we are in today is glorification, is evidence that his prog­ a.sk unanimous consent to address the because the coal industry is in economic ress was due to work: and not to words. House for 1 minute and to revis~ and ex­ distress. The workers in the coal in-. Spz.aker RAYEURI~ U; a do3r and not a tend my remarks. dustry fre9uently get less than 200 dzys talker. 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 2823 The people of the Fourth Congres­ first time imposed safeguards for the gentleman has been talking about really sional District of Texas must have real­ public investors in stocks and bonds, and is not a pimple after all. It is simply ized that long ago, because they have a host of other measures. I could men­ part of a constructive program which has returned him to Washington every 2 tion. worked out with a profit to the Govern­ years for 19 consecutive . And, The years he has spent in Washington ment of the United States. This pro­ in doing so, they have not only assured have been years of accomplishment, of gram has provided a stabilization of themselves _of faithful representation of increasing responsibilities and burdens American agriculture, and in turn, has their affairs at the National Capital, but of office, and of growing influence in the produced a large measure of prosperity have given to the Nation a public servant councils of the Nation. for the entire Nation in addition to help­ of the highest order. Yet Mr. RAYBURN, with all his success, ing us win the war and the postwar peace It is a little difficult today to reorient with all his high position, with all the up to now. ourselves to March 4, 1913, the day that high respect and esteem in which he is WORKERS DEFENSE LEAGUE LIES ABOUT SAM RAYBURN first took the held, still is unchanged in character THE SOUTH as a Member of the House of Repre­ from the young man sent here by his sentatives. But let us glance backward neighbors and friends in Bonham and Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask a moment. the surrounding area. unanimous consent to address the House Through the Mexican border inci­ He is straightforward and honest in for 1 minute and to revise and extend dents, through the First World War, his dealings with his fellowman, just as my remarks and include excerpts from through the so-called era of normalcy in his personal life he is simple in his a newspaper article. which followed it, through the dark days tastes, without affectation or pomp. ,:I'he SPEAKER. Is there objection to of depression in the early thirties, The greatness of this man is in his the request of the gentleman from through the period of relief, reform and plain dignity, the restraint with which Mississippi? recovery, through the crisis of Pearl he exercises power, the respect he holds There was no objection. Harbor and the momentous national ef­ for an opponent's views, the humility Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, the Com­ fort and ultimate victory of World War with which he carries his responsibilities, munist advocates of a world government II, anCl now through the postwar prob­ and, in his deep and abiding faith in our are using mysterious ways their wonders lem period-through all of this SAM democratic processes and in the collec­ to perform. RAYBURN has served his country; served tive wisdom of the Congress as the direct Yesterday the Associated Press carried it faithfully, effectively, and modestly. representatives of the people. a story of a representative of the so­ A whole panorama of national events, called Workers Defense League who went Mr. RAYBURN comes of pioneer stock. to the United Nations, that communistic of political upheavals, of personalities As a boy he labored in the fields. We can appearing and disappearing from the set-up in New York that wants to domi­ be thankful that this sturdiness and nate the American people and the peo­ scene could be recalled in connection strength maintains him in good health with the period of Speaker RAYBURN'S ple of every State, and told them that in to be with us to observe this anniversary the South the share croppers, cotton career. today, and this also makes us hopeful It embraces the term of Woodrow pickers, and others were reduced to a that we can continue every year to cele­ state of slavery. Wilson, his creation of the Federal Re­ brate many more such occasions. serve System and other notable domestic A more miserable lie could not have I beli.eve it was Alexander Hamilton been uttered at any time. contributions, as well as the tragic fail­ who said: ure of America to accept the League of He went on to say that the turpentine Nations. The amelioration of the condition of man­ workers are in the same predicament, kind and the increase of human happiness and that the fruit gatherers in the It covers the era of Harding, Coolidge, ought to be the leading objects of every po­ and Hoover, the calm before the storm litical institution, and the aim of every in­ Southwest and in California are in the of economic disaster. dividual according to the measure of his same predicament. Then he went so It includes the thrilling and active power, in the situation he occupies. far away as the Pribilof Islands and days of the early and later New Deal said that they are reducing the Eskimos under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, SAM RAYBURN has always acted toward who help to gather the sealskins on the the close and daily application to vital those noble ends. Pribilof Islands to slavery. problems of war and war production on EXTENSION OF REMARKS Now, that is just one of the few Com­ which the fate of the Nation itself hung Mr. HOLIFIELD asked and was given munist fronts that are trying to use this in balance. permission to extend his remarks in the set-up in New York to take over the Thus five Presidents have come and RECORD and include a short statement. Government of the United States and gone since Mr. RAYBURN first came to dominate the people of every State of Washington, and, in the House of Rep­ ACCUMULATION OF STORAGE CHARGES this Union. It is time the American resentatives, his term of service has en­ ON COMMODITIES people knew the truth about that compassed the regimes of seven Speak­ - Mr. WHITE of California. Mr. Speak­ would-be world government and that ers before him, none of whom served er, I ask unanimous consent to address Congress woke up and withdrew from it. longer continuously in that office. the House for 1 minute. The American people are capable of Only two Members in the House to­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection to conducting their own affairs under the day-the v.enerable dean, ADOLPH SA­ the request of the gentleman from Cali­ Constitution, without any help from peo­ BATH, of Illinois, and our friend Boa fornia? ple who have shown that they are DOUGHTON, of North Carolina, have been There was no objection. incapable. of governing themselves. here longer than Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. WHITE of California. Mr. Speak­ The SPEAKER. Under previous order Even before his elevation to the er, in answer to the gentleman from Mas­ of the House, the gentleman from In­ speakership, Mr. RAYBURN left a solid im­ sachusetts [Mr. HESELTON] as to the diana [Mr. MADDEN] is recognized for 5 print on the pages of legislative history storage charges accumulating on com­ minutes. of this country. He was for long the modities which are being held by the THE COAL STRIKE chairman of the Committee on Inter­ Department of Agriculture, may I point Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Speaker, I wish to state and Foreign Commerce, and later out that these charges are accumulating congratulate President Truman on his majority leader. He was responsible for mainly on the so-called basic or non­ masterly settlement of the coal strike. the enactment of a number of major perishable commodities such as cotton The devastating coal strike is now 99 laws having a basic effect upon the wel­ and wheat. Those commodities have percent settled. Informed sources say fare and economy of the Nation; among never cost the taxpayer of this Nation that the miners will be back to work them the Rural Electrification Act which one red cent in the final analysis. Very Monday. brought to the farmers of America the few people seem to realize that. I have This unnecessary tie-up of coal pro:.. benefits of the electrical age, the War before me the statement of the Com­ duction and its repercussions on other Risk Insurance Act which gave protec­ modity Credit Corporation from Octo­ industry should be classified by a mili­ tion to the servicemen and their kin, the ber 1933 through November 1949. The tary term as "Operations Taft-Hartley." Utility Holding Company Act, the. Fed­ program to date on those basic com­ Cyrus S. Ching, Federal Mediator and eral Securities Act, and the Stock Ex­ modities shows a net profit of $83,000,000 former rubber executive, publicly stated change Regalation Act, which fo1· the to the Government. So this pimple the several weeks ago that there had not been 2824 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE any honest effort at collective bargaining also investigate the extent of the good­ Mr. MADDEN. I thank the niajoiity since contract discussions started last faith collective bargaining in other labor leader for his constructive remarks. summer. The response of the coal oper­ disputes which have tied UP. our economy ators to all collective bargaining pro­ since the Taft-Hartley Act has been in COMMITI'EE ON AGRICULTURE posals was an emphatic "No." The Amer­ force. Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask ican people were compelled to endure the I am satisfied that the report of an· unanimous consent that the Committee inconvenience of a coal crisis because investigation of this kind will reveal the on Agriculture may have until midnight powerful interests in this country insisted necessity for the immediate repeal of the tonight to me a conference report on that President Truman be compelled to Taft-Hartley Act. the bill H. R. 2023. . use the injunction provision of the Taft­ Our American economy cannot afford The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Hartley Act. At a terrible cost, a crisis to wait for the Eighty-second Congress to the request of the gentleman from North developed wherein the President was repeal this unworkable law. Carolina? compelled to use the Taft-Hartley in­ Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, will There was no objection. junction. This un-American provision the gentleman yield? REPEALING THE TAXES ON in the Taft-Hartley Act proved to be a Mr. MADDEN. I yield to the gentle­ OLEOMARGARINE 100-percent failure. Approximately 450,- man from Massachusetts. 000 miners refused to go back to work Mr. McCORMACK. While many of Mr. COOLEY, from the committee of in spite of the injunction. As soon as his critics and opponents were talking conference, submitted a conference re­ the operators discovered the monumental and creating straw men for the purpose port and statement on the bill