1578 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE FEBRUARY 7 Mr. McFARLAND. I think the Re­ had tomorrow, then it seems to me the 15 minutes following any special orders publicans will need a much longer time. observation made by the distinguished heretofore entered. Mr. WHERRY. We shall take a week, Senator that he would insist upon the CRIME COMMITTEE if our colleagues will give it to us. legislation being kept before the Senate Mr. McFARLAND. But as the one and voted upon, in view of what has been Mr. McMILLAN of South Carolina. who is in charge of the pending legis­ the custom for the past 10 years, places Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent lation, I wish to say that we have pro­ us in a very difficult position. that the Subcommittee on Crime of the ceeded in good faith with the under­ Mr. McFARLAND. Frankly, I think Committee on the District of Columbia standing that we would dispose of this the amendments the senior Senator from be permitted to sit today during gen­ measure this week. I am willing to work California stated on the fioor this after­ eral debate. day and night in order to do so. noon would be offered by the Senators The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Mr. WHERRY. So am I. from California in fairness to the Senate the request of the gentleman from Mr. McFARLAND. On the other should have been submitted to the Senate South Carolina? hand, I am willing to accommodate my to be printed and to lie on the table, There was no objection. friends on the other side of the aisle. so the Senate would have an opportunity EXTENSION OF REMARKS If the opponents of this bill-the distin­ to study them. It has been said they Mr. WAGNER asked and was given guished Senators from California-wish will require ·considerable time, and that permission to extend his remarks in the to enter into some kind of an agreement we have tomorrow in which to discuss RECORD and include an editorial from in regard to a time for a final vote dis­ them. But the sponsors of the amend­ the Cincinnati Enquirer entitled "Korea posing of this measure, I am· willing to ments have not been fair enough to sub­ Is a Must." cooperate with them. mit them, so the Senate might know Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin asked and Otherwise, I must say frankly that I their contents. was given permission to extend his re­ shall have to insist upon its disposition The PRESIDING OFFICER. What is marks in the RECORD and include a tran­ and that it not be displaced. the pleasure of the Senate? script of a Nation-wide broadcast by I am willing to do everything I can RECESS Bert Andrews in an interview with Whit­ to cooperate with the distinguished mi­ taker Chambers. nority leader if he will get in touch with Mr. McFARLAND. Mr. President, I move that the Senate stand in recess Mr. RICH asked and was given per­ the absent Sena"tors and try to work out mission to extend his remarks in the some such arrangement. I will try to until 12 o'clock noon tomorrow. The motion was agreed to; and (at RECORD in two instances and include an accommodate them, of course. But in editorial and a letter. fairness to my State, I cannot agree to 6 o'clock and 41 minutes p. m.) the Sen­ ate took a recess until tomorrow, Wednes­ Mr. DONDERO asked and was given have this measure displaced, without an permfssion to extend his remarks in the agreement for a time certain to vote day, February 8, 1950, at 12 o'clock meridian. RECORD and include an article. upon it. · Mr. FORD asked and was given per­ Does the distinguished minority leader mission to extend his remarks in the wish to reply? RECORD and include an article. Mr. WHERRY. No, Mr. President; HOUSE OF -REPRESENTATIVES Mr. HORAN asked and was given per­ but I should like to have the Senator mission to extend his remarks in the yield to me for a moment. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1950 RECORD in three instances and include Mr. McF4RLAND. Yes; I yield. newspaper articles. Mr. WHERRY. Then, let me say that The House met at 11 o'clock a. m. Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts asked for 10 days I have been proceeding under The Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp, and was given permission to extend her the assumption, that regardless of what D. D., offered the fallowing prayer: remarks in the RECORD and include the bills were before the Senate, no votes on speech of Commander Craig, of the controversial measures would be taken Infinite and eternal God, Thou art the American Legion, last night regarding between the 9th and the 16th of Febru­ supreme intelligence, far beyond the the Hoover Commission. ary. Now for the distinguished Senator comprehension of our finite minds but Mr. LODGE asked and was given per­ from Arizona to say that unless an agree­ always within reach of simple and child­ mission to extend his remarks in the ment is reached to vote on a day certain like faith. RECORD in three instances and include on the measure we have been discussing, We pray-that our hearts may be en­ extraneous material. he will not agree to this arrangement, larged with a greater faith in the reality Mr. CASE of New Jersey asked and places us in a very difficult situation. of moral and spiritual forces and in the was given permission to extend his re­ I hope the Senator will refiect further power of righteousness and the strength marks in the RECORD and include a reso­ on the situation and will try to arrive at of justice. lution. a program in accordance with what has May this faith never be eclipsed by Mr. KEATING asked and was given been done over a period of years, so far doubt or extinguished by despair as we permission to extend his remarks in the as such arrangements for this period of strive to solve our difficult national and RECORD and include extraneous matter. time are concerned. international problems. Mr. ADDONIZIO asked and was given Mr. McFARLAND. Mr. President, I Grant that at the close of each day permission to extend his remarks 4n the think it is a constructive program. It is we may receive the benediction which RECORD and include an editorial. a program which, a little over a year ago Thou dost bestow upon the faithful who Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN. Mr. the then majority leader, who is now the do justly love mercy and walk humbly Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to distinguished minority leader, followed with the Lord. extend my remarks in the RECORD and in trying to obtain stipulations and In Christ's narme we bring our petition. include an editorial entitled "As the agreements. There is no reason in the Amen. Twig Is Bent," by Mr. Fay George Child, world why we cannot enter into a unani­ publisher of the Maynard News, of May­ mous consent agreement. If the Sena­ The Journal of the proceedings of yes­ terday was read and approved. nard, Minn. Mr. Child will be remem­ tors from California will not agree then bered as the secretary to Congressman EXTENSION OF REMARKS the only thing we can do in fairness to HAGEN. our States is to insist that we continue the Mr. TAURIELLO asked and was given The SPEAKER. Is there objection to consideration of this measure until a permission to extend his remarks in the the request of the gentleman from Min­ vote is reached. RECORD and include a resolution adopted nesota? Mr. WHERRY. Mr. President, will by a group of ministers in the Buffalo There was no objection. the Senator yield for another question? area. S P ECIAL ORDERS GRANTED Mr. McFARLAND. I yield. Mr. LANE asked and was given per­ Mr. WHERRY. I did not want the mission to extend his remarks in the Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin asked and Senator to misunderstand, and to think RECORD and include an editorial. was given permission to address the I was in favor of obtaining a unanimous­ House for 15 minutes on Monda~next, at consent agreement. I should be glad. to SPECIAL ORDER GRANTED the conclusion of the legislative prcgram help in any .way I can. But I said, in Mr. LANE asked and was given per-. of the day and following any special or­ the event an agreement could not be mission to address the House today for ders heretofore entered. 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1579 Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts asked RIYOKO SATO The bill was ordered to be read a third and was given permission to address the The Clerk called the bill (S. 1702) for time, was read the third time, and passed, House for 10 minutes today following the relief of Riyoko Sato. and a motion to reconsider was laid on any special orders heretofore entered. There being . no objection, the Clerk the table. Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan asked and read the bill, as follows: MITSUE SHIGENO was give permission to address the Be it enacted, etc., That notwithstanding The Clerk called the bill (S. 2114) for House for 10 minutes on Thursday next the provisions of section 13 (c) of the Immi­ and on the following Monday at the gration Act of 1924, as amended, or any of the relief of Mitsue Shigeno. conclusion of the legislative program of the other provisions of the immigration laws There being no objection, the Clerk those days and following any special or­ relating to the exclusion of aliens ineligible read the bill, as follows: ders heretofore entered. to citizenship, the Attorney General is au­ Be it enacted, etc., That the provisions of thorized and directed to permit the entry the immigration laws relating to the exclu­ Mr. JAVITS asked and was given per­ into the United States for permanent resi­ mission to transfer the special order sion of aliens inadmissible because of race dence of Riyoko Sato, the Japanese fiancee shall not hereafter apply to Mitsue Shigeno, granted him for today to tomorrow. of William F. Corkery, a citizen of the United Tokyo, Japan, the Japanese fiancee of Carrol SOUTHERN FIREPROOFING CO. States and an honorably discharged veteran Louis Klotzbach, a citizen of the United of World War II: Provided, That the admin­ States and an honorably discharged veteran Mr. LANE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani­ istrative authorities find that the said Riyoko of World War II, and that Mitsue Shigeno mous consent to take from the Speaker's Sato is coming to the United States with a may be eligible for a visa as a nonimmigrant desk the bill Washington, D. C., The bill was ordered to be read a third ministration of the immigration and nat­ shall be held and considered to have been time, was read the third time, and passed, uralization laws, the provisions of section lawfully admitted to the United States for and a motion to reconsider was laid on 13 ( c) of the Immigration Act of 1924, as permanent residence as of the date of his the table. amended, which exclude from admission to last entry into the United States, upon pay­ the United States persons who are ineligible ment of the required visa fee and head tax. PENELOPE COROL YN COX to citizenship, shall not hereafter apply to Upon enactment of this act the Secretary of The Clerk ·Called the bill New York City, as of the date of consider was laid on the table. The committee amendment was agreed her arrival at Baltimore, Md., July 30, 1942, to. if she be found admissible ur:der the provi­ JANIS SHIMADA The bill was ordered to be engrossed sions of the immigration laws other than The Clerlt: called the bill (H. R. 5704) and read a third time, was read the third section 3 of the act o:f February 5, 1917 (39 for the relief of Janis Shimada. _ Stat. 875; U. S. C., title 8, section 136). time, and.passed, and a motion to recon­ There being no objection, the Clerk sider was laid on the table. With the following committee amend­ rea,d the bill, as follows-: SISTER ELIZABETH KENNY ment: Be it enacted, etc., That the provisions of The Clerk called the next business, On line 9, between the words "than" and the immigration laws relating to the exclu­ "section", insert the weirds "the second sion of aliens inadmissible because of race House Joint Resolution 299',- to provide category of." · shall not hereafter apply to Janis Shimada, unrestricted entry privileges for Sister the Japanese fiancee of Gordon Leslie Page, Elizabeth Kenny. · The committee amendment was agreed a citizen of the United. States and an hon­ · The SPEAKER. Is there objection to to. orably discharged veteran of World. War II, the present consideration of the joint - The bill was ordered to be engrossed and that Janis Shimada may be eligible for a resolution? visa as a no~immigrant temporary visitor for and read a third time, was read the third a period of 3 months: Provided, That the There was no objection. time, and passed, and a motion to recon­ admii+istrative authorities find that the said Mr. WALTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask sider was laid op the table. Janis Shimada is coming to the United States unanimous consent to substitute an ex­ - MRS. KATSUKO NAKAHARA HUNTLEY with a bona fide intention of being married actly similar Senate resolution (S. J. Res. to said Gordon Leslie Page, and that she is ~05). The Clerk called the bill lands allotted to her on the Crow Indian 2 of section 3; the northwest quarter of sec­ to confer jurisdiction upon the Court of Reservation, Mont.: The west half of the tion 11; and the north half and the north Claims to hear, determine, and render southwest quarter of section 9 and lots 3 &..nd half of the north half of the southeast quar­ judgment upon a certain claim of J. T. 4, the northwest quarter of the northwest ter of section 35, township 6 south, range 27 quarter, the east half of the southwest quar­ east, Montana principal meridian; the south Melson against the United States. ter of the northwest quarter and the west half of the northwest quarter and the north­ There being no objection, the Clerk half of the southeast quarter of the north­ east quarter of the southwest quarter of sec­ read the bill, as follows: west quarter of section 16, township 7 south, tion 33, township 5 south, range 27 east, Be it enacted, etc., That jurisdiction is range 28 east, Montana principal meridian; Montana principal meridian; the northeast hereby conferred upon the Court of Claims the south half of section 10, the west half quarter of the northeast quarter of section to hear, determine, and render judgment of the southwest quarter of section 11, the 11; the west half of the northwest quarter upon the claim of J. T. Melson, Craddock­ west half of section 14, the northwest quar­ and ·the southeast quarter of the northwest ville, Va., against the . United States for ter of the northeast quarter and the north quarter of section 12, township 7 south, losses sustained as a result of the burning half of the northwest quarter of section 23, range 28 east, Montana principal meridian, of timber and damage to marshland caused township 6 south, range 27 east, Montana containing nine hundred twenty-four and by fire started by a flare used in maneuvers principal meridian, containing one thousand sbcty-five one-hundredths acres: Provided, by the United States naval forces August 6, twenty-two and seven one-hundredths acres That when the land herein described is of­ 1943. more or less. fered for sale, the Crow Tribe, or any Indian SEC. 2. Proc<:ledings for the determination who is a member of said tribe, shall have 90 of said claim shall be had in the same man­ With the following committee amend­ days in which to execute preferential rights ner as in cases of which said court has juris­ ments: to purchase said tract at a price offered to diction under the provision of section 145 of Page 1, line 6, strike out everything fol­ the seller by a prospective buyer willing and the Judicial Code, as amended: Provided, lowing the colon and insert in lieu thereof able to purchase." That suit hereunder shall be instituted with­ the following: "The east ha~f of the north­ The committee amendments were in 4 months after the enactment of this west quarter of the southwest quarter of sec­ agreed to. · act: And proVided further, That this act tion 9, township 7 south, range 28 east, Mon­ shall be construed only to waive the im­ tana principal meridian; the south half of The bill was ordered to be engrossed munity from suit of the Government of the section 10, the west half of the southwest and read a third time, was read the third United States with respect to the claim of quarter of section 11, the west half of sec­ time, and passed. said J. T. Melson, his heirs, administrators, tion 14, the northwest quarter of the north­ The title was amended so as to read: or assigns, and not otherwise to affect any east quarter, and the north half of the north­ ''A bill authorizing the Secretary of the · substantive rights of the parties. _west quarter of section 23, township 6 south, Interior to issue a patent in fee to Charles range 27 east, Montana principal meridian, With the following committee amerid-· M. Phelps." ments: containing eight hundred sbcty acres more or A motion to reconsider was laid on less: Provided, That when the land herein Page 1, line 6, after "States", insert " ( 1) described is offered for sale, the Crow Tribe, the table., on the question of liability, and (2) on the or any Indian who is a member of said tribe, FRANK PHELPS question of the amount of recovery." shall have 90 days in which to execute prefer­ The Clerk called the bill 28 east, Montana principal meridian, con- for the relief of the estate of Susie Lee There being no objection, the Clerk taining 720 acres. · read the bill, as follows: Spencer. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of With the following committee amend­ There being no objection, the Clerk the Interior is authorized and directed to ment: read the bill, as follows: issue to Charles W. Phelps, of Pryor, Mont., Strike out all after the enacting clause and Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of a patent in fee to the following-described insert the following: Upon the filing of a the Treasury be,_and he is hereby, authorized lands allotted to him on the Crow Indian written application by Frank Phelps, Crow and directed to pay, out of any money in the Reservation, Mont.: The northwest quarter Indian allottee No. 2171, the Secretary of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of the northwest quarter of section 2; the Interior is hereby authorized to sell to a of $7,500 to the estate of Susie Lee Spencer, north half of the northeast quarter of sec­ Crow Indian, or to the Crow Tribe under of Spartanburg, S. C., in full settlement of tion 3; the northwest quarter of section 11; existing regulations, the homestead and all claims against the United States for the and the north half and the north half of other land of said Frank Phelps, described as death of the said Susie Lee Spencer sustained the north half of the southeast quarter of the south half of the southeast quarter of as a result of an accident involving a United section 35, township 6 south, range 27 east, section 20; the south half of the south half States Navy locomotive while removing cars Montana principal meridian; the south ·half of section 21; the north half of section 28; from: the rear of building 384, Norfolk Naval of the northwest quarter and the northeast the northeast quarter of section 29, town­ Shipyard, Norfolk, Va., on December -11, 1943: quarter of the southwest quarter of section ship 6 south, range 28 east, Montana princi­ Provided, That no part of the amount appro­ 83, township 5 south, range 27 east, Montana pal meridian, containing 720 acres, the status priated in this act in exc,ess of 10 percent principal meridian; the northeast quarter of of such land with respect to taxability to thereof shall be paid or delivered to or re­ the northeast quarter of section 11; the west remain unchanged." cei:ved by any agent or attorney on account 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1585 of services rendered in connection with this on July 29, 1941, obtained judgment, includ­ With the following committee amend­ ciaim, and the same shall be unlawful, any ing costs, in the amount of $2,55fl.05, which ment: contract to the contrary notwithstanding. judgment is now unsatisfied because of the inability of such employee to pay such judg­ Page 1, line 6, strilte out "$2,500" and in­ Any person violating the provisions of this sert "$1,087.50." act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor ment. Such sum of $2,559.05 shall be paid and upon conviction thereof shall be fined only upon the assignment to the United The committee amendment was agreed in any sum not exceeding $1,000. States of all rights of the estate under such to. judgment: Provided, That no part of the With the following committee amend­ amount appropriated in this act in excess of Mr. ASPINALL. Mr. Speaker, I offer ment: 10 percent thereof shall be paid or delivered an amendment to correct the Christian Page 1, line 5, strike out "$7,500" and in­ to or received by any agent or attorney on name of the person involved in this bill. sert "$5 ,000." account of services rendered in connection The Clerk read as fallows: with this claim, and the same shall be un­ Amendment offered by Mr. ASPINALL: The committee amendment was agreed lawful, any contract to the contrary notwith­ Page 1, line 5, strike out "Alleen" and insert to. standing. Any person violating the provi­ in lieu thereof "Aileen." The bill was ordered to be engrossed sions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a and read a third time, was read the third misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof The amendment was agreed to. shall be fined in any sum not exceeding The bill was ordered to be engrossed time, and passed, and a motion to recon­ $1,000. sider was laid on the table. and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. MICHAEL A. DRISCOLL Tqe bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third The title was amended so as to read: The Clerk called the bill otherwise appropriated, to Michael A. Dris­ composing a firm, doing business as A. S. for the relief of Antonio Rojas Velez. coll, East Boston, Mass., the the sum of $218; Horner Construction Co . There being no objection, the Clerk . The payment of such sum shall be in full There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: settlement of all claims of the said Michael read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of A. Driscoll against the United States for the Treasury is authorized and directed to ·damages resulting from an accident which Be it enacted, etc., That jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the District Court of pay, out of any money in the Treasury not occurred on October 14, 1944, when a United otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,500 to States Coast Guard car struck a car owned the United States for the District of Colorado to hear, determine, and render findings of Antonio Rojas Velez, who was injured on and driven by the said Michael A. Driscoll July 1, 1944, at Bayam6n, Puerto Rico, when at the intersection of Kingston and Essex fact as to the amount of loss, if any, sus­ tained by Arthur S. Horner, Leah B. Horner, a vehicle in which he was riding was struck Streets, Boston, Mass.: Provided, That no by a United States Coast Guard tank truck. .part of the amount appropriated in this act and Maude Brewer, partners composing a firm, doing business as A. S. Horner Construc­ The payment of such sum shall be in full in excess of 10 percent thereof shall be paid settlement of all claims against the United or delivered to or received by any agent or tion Co., of Denver, under Reclamation Bu­ reau Contract No. 12r-15632 arising out of or States on account of such accident: Pro­ attorney on account of services rendered in vided, That no part of the amount appro­ connection with this claim, and the same attributable to the alleged failure of the Government to supply materials as provided priated in this act in excess of 10 percent shall be unlawful, any contract to the con­ thereof shall be paid or delivered to or re­ trary notwithstanding. Any person violat­ for in said contracts. • SEC. 2. The court shall cause such findings ceived by any agent or attorney on account ing the provisions of this act shall be deemed of services rendered in connection with this guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction to be certified to the Secretary of the Treas­ ury, who is hereby authorized and directed claim, and the same shall be unlawful, any thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceed­ contract to the contrary notwithstanding. ing $1,000. to pay, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the amount set forth in said Any person violating the provisions of this With the following committee amend- findings .to Arthur S. Horner, Leah B. Horner, act shall be demed guilty of a misdemeanor ment: · and upon conviction thereof shall be fined and Maude Brewer, partners composing a in any sum not exceeding $1,000. Page 1, line 6, strike out "$218" and insert firm, doing business as A. S. Horner Con- "$207.75." struction Co. · With the following committee amend­ ments: The committee amendment was agreed The bill was ordered to be engrossed to. · and read a third time, was read the third Page 1, line 5, strike out "$1,500" and in­ time, and passed, and a motion to recon­ sert "$1,250." The bill was ordered to be engrossed Page 1, line 6, strike out· the bill down to and read a third time, was read the third sider was laid on the table. the colon on page 1, line 10, and insert in lieu time, and passed, and a motion to re­ ALLEEN L. SHERWOOD thereof "in full settlement of all claims consider was laid on the table. against the United States for personal in­ The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 2351) juries sustained as a result of an accident ESTATE OF JULIUS ZAFFARENI for the relief of Alleen L. Sherwood. involving a United States Coast Guard tank The Clerk called the bill

The paymen~ of such sum shall be in full shall be paid or delivered to or received by and directed to pay, out of any money in t_!ie settlement of all claims against the United any agent or attorney on account of services Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the States q.n account of such accident: Pro­ rendered in connection with this claim and sum of $161.27 to Raymond B. White, of vided, That no part of the amount appro­ t h e same shall be unlawful, any contract to 2423 Good Hope Ro~d Southeast, Washing­ priated in this act in excess of 10 percent the contrary notwithstanding. Any person ton, District of Columbia, in full settlement thereof shall be paid or delivered to or re­ violating the provisions of this act shall be of all claims against the United States for ceived by any agent or attorney on account deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon property damage sustained as the res.ult of an of services rendered in connection with this conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum accident involving an Army vehicle on Oc­ claim, and the same shall .be unlawful, any not exceeding $1,000. tober 1, 1942, near .the intersection of G cod contract to the contrary notwithstanding. Hope Road and Twenty-fourth Street SE., Any person violating the provisions of this With the following committee amend­ Washington, D. C.: Provided, That no part of act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor ment: the amount appropriated in this act in excern and upon c0nviction thereof shall be fined in Page 1, line 5, strike out "$3,500" and in­ of 10 percent thereof shall be paid or any sum not exceeding $1,000. sert "$2,000." delivered to or received by any agent or :::t­ torney on account of services rendered in With the following committee amend­ The committee amendment was agreed connection with this claim, and the same ment.s: to. shall be unlawful, any contract to the con­ Page 1, line 5, strike out "$3,000" and The bill was ordered to be engrossed trary notwithstanding. Any person violat­ insert "$2,530." and read a third time, was read the third ing the provisions of this act shall be deemed Page 1, line 5, strike out "guardian" and time, and passed, and a motion to recon- guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceed­ insert "estate." sider was laid 01 .... the table. · ing $1,000. The committee amendments were WILLIAM T. ORTON agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed The bill was ordered to be engrossed The Clerk called the bill Seattle, Wash. same shall be unlawful,. any contract to the faction of his claim against the United States There being no objection, the Clerk contrary notwithstanding. Any person vio­ as compensation for use of his automobile read ·the bill, as follows : lating the provisions of this act shall. be _during the years 1933 and 1934, in the State Be it enacted, etc., That the jurisdiction deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon of California, under the direction of the conferred upon the United States District conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum Public Works Administration and/or the Court for the Western District of Washington not exceeding $1,000. Civil Works Administration and/or F. E. by subsection (b) of section 1346, title 28, Trask, State engineer of California, and/or United States Code, is hereby extended to a The bill was ordered to be read a third an advisory board composed of Hamilton H. civil action, which may be commenced not time, was read the third time, and passed, Cotton, Franck Havenner, E. F. Scattergood, later than 1 year after the enactment of this and a motion to reconsider was laid on and Justus Wardell: Provided, That no part act, asserting any claim or claims of _Carl J, the table. of the amount appropriated in this act in Freund and Pauline H. Freund, his wife, of excess of· 10 percent thereof shall be paid or Seattle, Wash., against the United States for ABE LINCOLN AND ELENA B. LINCOLN delivered to or received by any agent or at­ mone~ damages arising out of personal in­ The Clerk called the bill ,s fearful that Korean nationals might realize that our choice in Formosa and have told the Commission the truth. along and we get a chance-it only comes Korea, for example, is not between the to us, my friends, once in a long, long Employment conditions in Korea are existing governments and something bet­ deplorable. According to the New York time-when we get a chance to celebrate ter; it is between those governments and or brag about something, the Speaker, Times of September 14, 1949, there were seizure by Communists, which is infinitely between 889,000 to 1,500,000 unemployed. in his discretion, using his judgment, worse. I talked to a man this week who saying we are pressed for time, he cuts Farm population of Korea is 11,500,000 has just returned from North China, and out of a total population of 19,000,000. out the 1-minute speeches. But you he reports there are twice as many politi­ have an agreement, as you have today, In foreign trade the total imports of cal prisoners in jail now as there ever to adjourn earlier to go up to New York the first half of 1949 as against exports were before. Thus, regardless of how to one of those big parties. You are in of $79,624. many there may have been in jail under no hurry today to get the aid to Korea Here is what one of the Korean papers. the Nationalist Government, which the if the progr~m interferes with your little stated editorially as to conditions pre­ gentleman called a corrupt tyranny, the party. Oh, say, are you not ashamed of vailing in South Korea. The newspaper, number in jail increases rather than yourselves now, gentlemen, for what you Donga Ilbo, is an anti-Communist publi­ decreases under the peoples' democratic did to us today? cation: dictatorshiP-Which is the Communist The CHAffiMAN. The time of the "Despite the necessity of controlling the regime's description of itself. The Chi­ gentleman from Michigan has expired. Soviet-inspired subversive elements, uneasi­ nese Government, weakened and ex­ Mr. KEE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 7 ness ls increasing rather than abating. The hausted at the end of the war, was not minutes to the gentleman from South people and the Government must cooperate a good government by our standards, Carolina [Mr. RICHARDS]. more closely than ever." Asserting that secu­ but in refusing to help effectively and Mr. RICHARDS. Mr. Chairman, I lis­ rity authorities are imprisoning or shooting thereby helping the Communists to de­ tened a little bit ago to the gentleman law-abiding citizens, the newspaper declared: stroy that Government, we got something "Sometimes even those known as passionate, from New York [Mr. MARCANTONIO]. I patriots are accused as leftist subversive ele­ infinitely worse, not only for the Chinese listened very carefully, and though he ments without material evidence." but for ourselves. The first was a proved condemned roundly the action that friend of the United States; the Com­ America is taking in the field of foreign Incidentally, according to the United munists a proved enemy. In a choice relations and international cooperation Nations Commission over 89,000 people between friend and enemy it ought to to preserve the peace, condemned our were arrested from September 4, 1948, to be easy to decide where our own inter­ policy in Europe and in the Pacific, as April 30, 1949. ests lie. usual I did not hear one word of con­ Here is an example of what happens to The CHAffiMAN. The time of .the demnation of the activities and the some of the goods we send to Korea. It gentleman from Minnesota has expired. machinations of the Russian Govern­ is merely a sample of the gross graft and Mr. EATON. Mr. Chairman, I yield ment in the tragic arena of the world corruption that exists there. I quote 3 minutes to the gentleman from Mich­ today. The gentleman from New York, from an editorial in the Kuk Che Shin igan [Mr. HOFFMANJ. who believes so strongly in democratic Mun-the International Times-which Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Mr. government and freedom and democratic contends that United States Army relief Chairman, earlier in the day attention processes, claims and contends that we goods became the object of profiteering was called to the need for the immediate have no right to aid the Korean people, during September 1948: passage of this legislation. On page 2 because the government there does not On September 3, 1948, the United States of the report, at the bottom of the page, represent the people. He mentions the Civil Affairs Section handed over 2,745 pairs I find this statement: United Nations position and responsi­ of boots, 1,296 pairs of shoes, and a great bility in the premises, but he does not say amount of aluminum, some 200 items. Without the legislation here proposed, that the existing government in Korea The Bureau of Industry and Commerce of both the Chinese and the Korean economic­ today is a child of the United Nations. the Provincial Government of Kyonggi-do assistance programs would be without funds as of February 16, 1950. He does not say that the United States 1 sold them to the New Korea Industrial De­ first sponsored the existing government l velopment Co. at 810,000 won, on the supposi­ That is pretty soon now. in Korea. He does not say that a com- 1 tion that the relief materials amounted to You will all recall that we met at 11 about 81 truckloads and that one load was mission was appointed by the United Na­ worth 10,000 won. The company sold 2,235 o'clock in order to get about our business tions over the oJ;}position of Russia to. pairs of boots and 15 different kinds of goods and get this bill through. Then later on conduct a fair, democratic election in to the Y-ongwol power plant for about 1,500,­ the Speaker exercised his discretion, as Korea. He does n-0t tell you that 75 per­ ooo won and later got 3,500,000 won for the you will remember, just denied to the cent of the eHgible voters in South Korea goods distributed to the Department of Home Republicans the opportunity to call the- registered for this election nor that 95.2 mos · CONGRES.SIONAL RECORD-HOUSE FEBRUARY 7 of these cast their ballots. It seems that ized. It is just a question of extending eon, which we had yesterday. It was a neither the gentleman nor Russia ap­ the time in which it oan be spent. · dollar luncheon where we had chicken proves of this kind of election. He does There may be some hope that the and all the things that go with it. And not tell you that over 2,500,000 of the peo­ Chiang Kai-shek government will suc­ we paid 20 cents on the dollar in the ple of northern Korea-there are left c'eed in Korea. I hope it does. Cer­ form of taxes to help run this Govern­ only 10,000,000 there-fled the confines tainly geographical conditions there are ment of ours. You New Dealers come of that Russian-dominated section of just as favorable for success as can be along, and you are going to have a $100 Korea and came to South Korea, where found anywhere in the China area. plate dinner, and you are not going to there are already 20,000,000 people, to en­ Chiang has an island there of 6,000,000 pay any taxes, because you have enough joy the blessings of the free, democratic people with over half a million of the pull with the administration to get out government, that the United States has democratic forces, the Nationalist forces, of paying your taxes, which would sponsored and the United Nations has the cream of the crop, as the gentleman amount to $20 on every ticket for that sponsored. He does not tell you that the from Minnesota [Mr. JUDD] said, to help dinner of yours. You ought to be Koreans under this government have him. They have a large, well-equipped ashamed of yourselves. I would with­ actually fought the North Koreans for army. They controt most of the Chinese draw this legislation and try to go about their liberty. Navy and Air Force. If the Chiang Kai­ it in the right way, in a common-sense The gentleman from New York and shek government is ever going to make way. The missionaries of America­ others here freely predicted only last a successful stand against the rising tide Protestant, Catholic, and Jew---can do year that the Korean Government could of communism, they have the chance the job for a million dollars and do it in not stand up more than 6 weeks. It is to do it right there. I favor allowing the rjght way. standing today. The South Korean · them to use $5,000,000 or $10,000,000 of Mr. HALE. Mr. Chairman, will the Government has turned back the army the remaining $103,000,000 appropriation gentleman yield? of the North Korean Government, spon­ in an effort to show the world whether Mr. RICH. I yield for a question. sored by Russia, the nation in which, I or not this branch of the great Chinese Mr. HALE. The reason their dinner assume from his remarks, the gentleman race under these favorable circumstances is tax-exempt is that it is not enter­ from New York has great confidence. will rally behind the Nationalist Govern­ taining. The Korean Government, without the ment. If they do not; then we must look Mr. RICH. Well, they had some aid of American troops, has turned back for a new leader of the democratic forces entertainment. They had some songs. the troops backed by Russia in northern in China. They have a right to pay taxes on the Korea, and Russia has not had the nerve Mr. EATON. Mr. Chairman, I yield dinners that they have. They are only to come in. 3 minutes to the gentleman from Penn­ short-changing the American taxpayer. I am not trying here to argue that if sylvania [Mr. RICH]. They are only taking the money from the Russia brought . her own army into Mr. RICH. Mr. Chairman, here we American taxpayers and making them northern Korea and attacked southern are at it again. Here comes our Com­ believe that they· have to pay the taxes Korea, they would not succeed. Prob­ mittee on Foreign Affairs with this leg­ and that they will enjoy the dinners. ably they would. They might succeed islation, when 2 or 3 weeks ago they were Get rid of the New Deal or America· is some other places in the world where the against it. Today they turn around and lost. America will go Socialist with any cold war rages. But they dare not take are for it. Sometimes I cannot under­ more New Deal or any Fair Deal. It will the chance. stand how in the world we go in through _be a raw deal. The underlying principle of American one door and come out the other. It is Mr. KEE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 aid abroad in this cold war is to help just about as much sense as. the situa­ minutes to the gentleman from Pennsyl­ those who believe in democratic institu­ tion in the State Department under vania [Mr. GAVIN]. tions and who exhibit an inclination to Acheson, Hiss and Hiss. If you· are go­ Mr. · GAVIN. Mr. Chairman, it 1s help themselves. ing to continue to give the money of the always a real pleasure to follow my dis­ We might just as well admit there is taxpayers of this country away, as you tinguished friend my very able colleague no use spending good money for batj.. have been doing, and as you propose in from Pennsylvania [Mr. RICH]. Money spent that way is wasted. But this bill to give $60,000,000 away, from I wanted to talk for a moment about here in Korea we have the one point in now until the 30th day of June, which the report that I submitted to the chair­ the whole Asiatic picture where we can means $400,000 a day, which you are man of the Armed Services Committee reasonably expect success for democratic going to waste, then you will drive the the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. VIN­ government and democratic forces country into bankruptcy. I shall tell - f?ON] on my return from Europe. This is against the Communist-backed forces. you what you can do. The other day I what I said about economic recovery and The evidence is here. The Koreans are had the pleasure of listening to Frank the ECA: willing to do and have done something Laubach, a Congregational missionary. While matters in these fields are more for themselves. Given a chance, it is a He said that he can stop communism in clearly within the purview of the Committee self-sustaining country. It is a patri­ any country in the world if you just give on Foreign Afi'airs, I believe that the other otic people, fiercely devoted to the kind him aid and assistance in trying to con­ members of this committee are, like myself, of liberty in which we believe. vert these people to the realization that interested in the results which our numerous I know that sometime, somewhere, communism is wrong and unwise, by and very substantial programs of aid have obtained. Since the end of hostilities in somehow, the United. States Govern- Christian deeds and teachings. Europe Congress, by means of UNRRA, in­ . ment, facing the financial difficulties Give him $400,000, and he will do more terim aid, United Nations welfare and relief with which we are confronted, must cur­ than Acheson, Hiss and Hiss Will do organizations, funds for the government and tail our expenditures abroad. We must with $60,000,000; and he will do it in relief of occupied areas, loans and credits to only continue to spend where we can ex­ just as short a time. · Britain, and the Economic Cooperation Act pect a reasonable return on the invest­ I want to help the Koreans, because I have made available very large sums for the ment. That investment must be in our have always been taught, ever since my relief, rehabilitation, and recovery of the own national interest. I think Korea mother took me to Sunday school, to try European economy. According to a Com­ today is a good field for long-range in­ merce Department report carried in the press to support missionaries in Korea and on January 3, the Unit ed States. has laid out vestment in sound Asiatic policy. China and other countries. I am a be­ nearly $30,000,000,000 in postwar aid to for­ So far as Formosa is concerned, I want liever in that. But if you want to help eign nations, including $3,385,000,000 sub­ to be frank with you about that. I have these people and keep them from starv­ scribed to the World Banl,;: and Monetary grave doubts that there will be a return ing, this is not the way to do it. This ad­ Fund, and $24,802,000,000 in aid furnished on the investment there. It has already ministration is the greatest squandering directly to foreign countries. been testified that out of the $103,000,000 administration in the world. Instead of For a moment I want to talk about authorized and appropriated by the taking some $80,000,000 worth of pota­ Austria, which is a comparable situation, Eightieth Congress for the Pacific area. toes and throwing blue vitriol on them because that is within the Russian sphere not more than $10,000,000 of this money and destroying them, send them to Ko­ or Russian orbit: can be spent on Formosan aid for the rea and China and try to help those peo­ Despite the spirited and efficient efforts of period February 15 to July 1. That is ple in that way. Another thing, you the Army and the Department of State, in the extension p·eriod. This money has Members on the other side of the House the rehabilitation of Austria and the recovery already been appropriated and author: can learn a lesson from our dollar lunch- thus far achieved, the future of that country 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 1609. as an independent nation, it would seem, de­ in the bill, would give him an oppor­ Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. pends on continued United States subsidies. tunity of getting the food to the needy Chairman, will the gentleman yield? Austria lost her empire in World War I and and to those who are in greatest dis­ Mr. FULTON. I yield. ls now located within the Russian orbit. While United States funds for economic re­ tress. It would lower the tax bill to the Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Does covery will alleviate distress, they can scarcely American people, would reduce the cost not the gentleman suggest that aid to alter the basic situation. The Russians have of storing the commodities, of crating, Korea be administered as effectively as taken over the Danube River shipping and cooperage, anci additional personnel. I the dollar dinner last night was admin­ control the only oil field in that country, am very happy to say that 28 Members istered? It was a wonderful job. which they are exploiting in a manner which on the Republican side of the House have Mr. FULTON. Yes; if Korean aid is is certain to reduce its life. From the oil joined in support of the proposals con­ administered as effectively as the dinner production they take a significant proportion prior to refining and a large output from the tained in this bill. We solicit your ear­ was, Korea will be safe and the economy refineries. They also requisition substantial nest attention to it on both sides of the will be sound. amounts of wheat and beet sugar. In addi­ House. Mr. RICH. Mr. Chairman, will the tion, they claim as an extraterritorial status But if you are going to pay this Korean gentleman yield? for a number of industries and plants as Ger­ aid bill you will need tax money to help Mr. FULTON. I yield to the gentle­ man assets. The relative amounts of Rus­ you much as we helped you last night at man, my good friend from Pennsylvania sian requisitions as compared to United the Lincoln Day box supper. We only with whom I sometimes disagree. States aid is not known; but I fail to see how Mr. RICH. Let us see whether the we can ever place that country on its feet, charged a dollar for entertainment that no matter how much money we pour in, so was worth a lot more, but we added 20 gentleman does or not. Why is it that long as the present drain continues. cents on every ticket, to pay to the Fed­ you would turn over $60,000,000 to the eral Government. That 20 cents paid by Chief Executive of the United States Now in view of the fact that these each one of 10,000 or 12,000 people goes through the Department of State to areas which are being considered in this to the Government of the United States. spend in order to help any nation in legislation are within the Russian sphere, We did not invite people dowri here un­ the world, I do not care wbat nation I cannot see how you can possibly im­ der false pretenses. We told them about it is, when we are trying to save and prove conditions in these countries, no the tax and we will pay it. You Demo­ when the gentleman knows that the ad­ matter how much money you pour in. crats do neither when you charge $100 a ministration is as extravagant and reck­ The question before the House is, how plate for your evening's entertainment. less in its expenditures as the gentleman long can the economy of this country Each $100 ticket should have paid an ad­ knows them to be? Now answer that stand this terrific drain on our finances ditional $20 intO' the Federal Govern­ one. and our natural resources, without ment. When you folks invited people to Mr. FULTON. May I say that the eventually going into bankruptcy. Let come down here as guests of the Govern­ President of the United States, although me· impress upon the Members of the ment, as you called it in the letters in­ I did not vote for him, is my President House that no bankrupt countries ever viting them, when they were in reality too, and the Secretary of State and the won a war. guests of the Democratic Party, you were Department of State, although I did The CHAIRMAN. The time of the guilty of hypocrisy. When you invited not put them in omce, represent me and fSentleman from Pennsylvania has ex­ them as guests of the Government you I am going to try to see that they carry pired. meant as guests of your party, as guests out any policy efficiently, if the policy Mr. EATON. Mr. Chairman, I yield of the Democratic National Committee. is needed. If the gentleman from Penn­ 3 minutes to the gentleman from Penn­ Then, as I say, on each $100 admission sylvania were on his feet asking for real sylvania [Mr. HUGH D. SCOTT, JR.J. there should have been a $20 tax paid to economy and saying to all the subsidy Mr. HUGH D. SCOTT, JR. Mr. Chair­ the Government. Otherwise, you are seekers including the wool growers of man, if we are going to continue expendi­ gypping the· taxpayers $20 on each this country, "Do not come in here and tures abroad, as I suppose we must-and admission paid. ask us for your subsidy," I would have I have an open mind on the bill, I am Mr. KEATING. Mr. Chairman, will more confidence in the correctness of not yet convinced that the additional the gentleman yield? his present opposition. sugar coating designed to convert some Mr. HUGH D. SCOTT, JR. I yield. Mr. RICH. Does the gentleman think of my colleagues here, on the Republican Mr. KEATING. The gentleman will for a moment I asked for a subsidy for side of the House, is more than just bait remember that the Democrats tried to do wool growers and manufacturers? or whether it is actually a sufficient the same thing with regard to the inau­ Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Mr. reason for changing one's opinion on the guration, escape taxation. Chairman, will the gentleman yield? entire bill-of one thing I am certain, Mr. HUGH D. SCOTT, JR. As the Mr. FULTON. I yield to the gentle­ that we must find means to effect some gentleman knows, there is apparently one man from Michigan. savings in our economy, and we must tax law for Republicans but another one Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Permit strengthen our economy at home if we for Democrats. This is known as the . me to say to the gentleman from Penn­ are going to continue to pour out these Fair Deal. sylvania that while we very seldom agree millions all over the world. Therefore The CHAIRMAN. The time of the in our votes, I hope that the next time on Thursday last I introduced a bill, H. gentleman from Pennsylvania has ex­ he goes home he will express the ap­ R. 7135, which would direct the Secretary preciation of the Republicans on this side of Agriculture, Mr. Brannan-who as is pired. of the aisle to those people who elected well known, has done everything he could Mr. EATON. Mr. Chairman, may I him, because we would rather have him to sabotage the Anderson bill-recognize inquire how much time remains on this down here than any Democrat in his that situation. This bill would direct side? district. the Secretary of Agriculture and the The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman has Mr. FULTON. Thank you .. I happen Commodity Credit- _Corporation to dis­ 3 minutes remaining. to be a Republican representing a very tribute the surpluses wpich are accumu­ Mr. EATON. Mr. Chairman, I yield large industrial district in south Pitts­ lating over the country to Federal such time as he may desire to the gentle­ burgh and Allegheny County, Pa. welfare agencies, the school-lunch pro­ man from Pennsylvania [Mr. Fut.TON]. Mr. UICH. Does the gentleman re­ gram, State welfare agencies, private Mr. FULTON. Mr. Chairman, I be-­ member the time he and I had a con­ welfare agencies at home, and then in Iieve it must be obvious that Pennsyl.. versation in which he said that if I later priority to welfare agencies abroad, vania is interested both in Korea and in were representing his district they would and to advance as against the cost of economy. ride me out on a rail? And I said, "I transportation a sum equivalent to not Mr. GAVIN. Mr. Chairman, will the · would rather stay on the rail in order to more than 6 months' storage. The cost gentleman yield? get out"? · of storing these commodities is running Mr. FULTON. Gladly, Mr. FULTON. Yes, we laughed a good between 10 and 15 millions a month. Mr. GAVIN. I want to thank the dis .. bit over your quick turn of the com­ The Secretary claims that he cannot dis­ tinguished gentleman from West Vir-­ ment. Now, may we go back to the tribute them because he cannot pay ginia for granting me a little time, be .. subject of Korea and Formosa? transportation. This bill would remove cause I was unable to secure time from The CHAIRMAN. The time of the that obstacle, would cause him to stop my own side. I am very grateful to the gentleman from Pennsylvania has ex­ faking on the application of that section gentleman from. West Virginia. pired. 1610 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE FEBRUARY '1_ Mr. KEE. Mr. Chairman, I yieJd the Korea and Formosa, if the gentleman - Another result of the Yalta agreement gentleman 3 minutes. will deal with tha,t for a few minutes. · was the dismemberment of Poland and Mr. CASE .of South Dakota. Mr. Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Chairman, will the subjugation of her freedom-loving Chairman, will the gentleman yield? the gentleman yield? . , people to a foreign totalitarian state. It Mr. FULTON. I yield to the gentle­ Mr. FULTON. I yield to the gentle-_ should be recalled, too, that it was to pro­ man from South Dakota. man from Mississippi. tect the territorial integrity of this same . Mr. CASE of South Dakota. In view Mr. WILLIAMS. I have listened to 1 Poland that Gre~t Britain and France' of the gentleman's comment to the gen­ hour's debate on the rule and ·2 hours went to war in 1939. Thousands upon tleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. RICH] of general debate this afternoon, and· thousands of the so:ps and daughters of about a protection on wool, I am won­ nobody has yet told me what our Amer­ Poland fought and died for the principles dering if the gentleman is in favor of a ican ·foreign policy is in this regard. of freedom and a democratic form of little protection for steel produced in The question I want to ask, which I think government. Such princ,iples might rea­ the United States? is the whole crux of the American foreign sonably have been achieved except for Mr. FULTON. In this time of neces­ poiicy, is how far are we willing to go the agreements reached at Yalta. sity for drastic economy, I am in favor beyond economic aid to support the dem­ It is for these and many other reasons of cutting subsidies on everything, sub­ ocratic government of Korea. that I state today that most Americans, sidies on wool, high subsidies on every Mr. FULTON. We are not at this and certainly all of those who are of kind of food and agricultural products, time going beyond economic aid, because Polish descent, wish without hope that and reexamining the reciprocal trade we have withdrawn our military forces. this conference had never taken place. agreements in the light of current busi­ The CHAIRMAN. The time of the Consequently, we must continue to strive ness and budgetary conditions. I am in gentleman from Pennsylvania has ex­ to overcome and to rectify the grave in­ favor of an optional or a discretional bill pired. All time has expired. The Clerk justices which resulted from the Yalta which will give the Secretary of Agri­ will read the committee substitute. Conference and which deprived millions culture a discretion on these agricul­