1937~ CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 105 By Mr. PLUMLEY: A bill (H. R. 2178) for the relief- of Also, a bill (H. R. 2215) for the relief of Gallup's, Inc.; to widows of certain Reserve officers of the Army who died the Committee on Claims. while serving with the Civilian Conservation Corps; to the , Also, a bill MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE his annual report for the fiscal year ended June ao: 1936, A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. which, with the accompanying report, was ordered to lie c~ Haltigan, one of its reading clerks, announced that the the table and to be printed. House had passed the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 3) to pro REPORTS OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS hibit the exportation of arms, ammunition, and implements The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from of war from the United States to Spain. the Librarian of Congress, transmitting, pursuant to law, ENROLL~D JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED his annual report, together with the report of the Register The message also announced that the Speaker had affixed of Copyrights, both for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936, his signature to the enrolled joint resolution (S. J. Res. 3) to which, with the accompanying reports, was referred to the prohibit the exportation of arms, ammunition, and imple . Committee on the Library. ments of war from the United States to ·spain, and it was STUDY OF INVESTMENT TRUSTS AND COMPANIES-PRELIMINARY signed by the Vice President. SUMMARY FELICITATIONS ON THE REELECTION OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Com from the president of the Senate of the Republic of Cuba, mission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a preliminary sum embodying a resolution congratulating and felicitating mary of the progress of the study of investment trusts and Franklin Delano Roosevelt upon his reelection as President investment companies conducted by the Commission, which, of the United States, which was ordered to lie on the table. with the accompanying document, was referred to the Com· mittee on Banking and Currency. THE LATE SENATOR FLETCHER, OF FLORIDA The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate resolutions PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS . adopted as a tribute to the memory of Hon. Duncan U. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the follow Fletcher, late a Senator from the State of Florida, by the ing concurrent memorial of the Legislature of the State of Chamber of Commerce of Tampa and the Democratic Execu Arizona, which was referred to the Committee on Finance: · tive Committee of the Fourth Congressional District· of Concurrent memorial relating to the inclusion of tribal Indians Florida, which were ordered to lie on the table. · within the provisions of the Old Age Assistance Act To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress of the THE LATE SENATOR TRAMMELL, OF FLORIDA United States of America: · . The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a resolution · _Y~ur memor~alist respectfully represents-:-;- Section ~ of the Federal Social Security Act, approved August 14, adopted as a tribute to the memory of Hon. Park Trammell, . 1935, requJ.res that States accepting the provisions of the said act, . late a Senator from the State of Florida, by the.Democratic · as · they rel-ate to old-age assistance, must impose · no citizenship Executive Committee of .the Fourth Congressional District of requirement which excludes any citizen of the United States. - The act of Congress approved June 2, 1924 (ch. 233, Public Laws Flor~da, which was ordered to lie on the table. of the United States, 68th Cong.), provides: "That all noncitizen FIVE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF SWEDISH _Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States be, PARLIAMENT and they are hereby, declared to be citizens of the United States." It follows that a strict interpretation of the acts above cited Will The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from ·entitle reservation Indians having the qualifications specified in the the Assistant Secretary of State, enclosing copy of a note Social ~ecurity Act, and in State acts contorming thereto, to old rece.ived from the Swedish Legation in Washington, together ag_e ass.:.stance up to $30 per month. The total number of Indians in the United States (annual with certain publications issued in connection with the cele re}:ort of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the year 1932) is bration of the five hundredth anniversary of the founding 317,234. Of these the State of Arizona has 48,162, or above 15 of the Swedish Parliament, which, with the accompanying percent of all the Indians of the United States. documents, was referred to the Committee on ·Foreign Whatever may be true of the Indian tribes of other States Arizona tribes contain a large percentage of old Indians, who, a~ Relations. regards the age requirement, will be eligible for old-age assistance. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY The additi_on of these aged Indians to the old-age assistance rolls would impose a burden upon the State of Arizona which it could The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from hardly bear, and which it should not in reason be expected to bear. the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to iaw, The area of Arizona is approximately 72,931,860 acres. Of this his annual report on the state of the finances for the fiscal total, 19,566,339 acres, or 26.8 percent, lies within Indian reserva tions. Much of this Indian land embraces particularly choice areas. year ended June 30, 1936, which, with the accompanying None of it is taxable, nor are the Indians who occupy it contribu report, was referred to the Committee on Finance. tors to the cost of maintaining the State government. REPORT OF THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY Aside fro~ the fact ~hat Arizona, as shown by the above figures, has an Indtan populatwn altogether out of proportion to her total The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from population and wealth, and an Indian territory likewise dispro the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant portionate to her total area, it would also clearly appear that the matter of economic security for the Nation's Indian citizens iS to law, the annual report of the Office of Education upon the entirely a Federal responsibility. affairs of Howard University for the fiscal year ended June Wherefore, your memorialist, 30, 1936, which, with the accompanying report, was referred The House of Representatives of the State of Arizona (the senate to the Committee on Education and Labor. concurring), respectfully but earnestly requests: 1. That the Congress of the United States do so amend the CLAIM OF J. HARVEY BLANCHARD Social Security Act as to specifically except from its provisions relating to old-age assistance, or old-age pensions, all nontaxable The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from tribal Indians residing upon reservations. the Acting Comptroller General of the United States, trans Approved, November 23, 1936. mitting, pursuant to law, a report and recommendation con cerning the claim of J. Harvey Blanchard for certain prop The VICE PRESIDENT also laid before the Senate the fol· erty damages, which, with the accompanying. papers, was lowing resolution of the Assembly of the State of California, referred to the Committee on Claims. which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations: Resolution relative to memorializing and petitioning the President REPORT ON TEXTILE INDUSTRIES and the Congress of the United States to authorize the con The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from . struction of the Central Valley project and to make an appro the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, transmit . priation therefor ting copy of a report transmitted to the President of the Whereas California is in urgent need of the development, ·con servation, and stabilization of its water resources to prevent the United States entitled "The Textile Industries in the Last abandonment of thousands of farms and homes and to avert tre Half of 1935-Part ill-The Silk and Rayon Textile Indus mendous financial losses; and try", which, with the accompanying document, was referred Whereas the State of California has prepared a comprehensive coordinated plan for the progressive economic development of. the to the Committee on Education and Labor. water resources of the State, carefully formulated over a period of REPORT OF SECRETARY OF THE SENATE (S. DOC. NO. 1) 14 years, which provides for the control of floods and salinity en croachment, the improvement of navigation, the conservation and The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from stabilization of water supplies·for municipal, irrigation," industrial the Secretary of _the Senate; transmitting, pursuan~ to law, ~ and mining uses, and for the generation of electric power; and • 1937 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 107 Whereas the Legislature of the State of California in 1933 passed Resolved, That the Congress be urged to complete, as soon as the Central Va.lley Project Act, which was signed by the Governor possible, international treaties to prevent the discharge of oil on and was thereafter approved by vote of the people of the State at the high seas, in order that the present destruction of waterfowl, a special election held on December 19, 1933; and shellfish, and other natural resources may be stopped, and dam Whereas the said Central Valley Project Act created the Water age to coastal property eliminated; and be it further Project Authority of the State of California to execute and ad Resolved, That the secretary of the Commonwealth forthwith minister the Central Valley project, which project is a coordinated forward a copy of these resolutions to the President of the United plan for the immediate needs of the great Central Valley of Cali States, to the presiding officers of both branches of Congress, and fornia; and to the Members thereof from this Commonwealth. Whereas said Central Valley project has been investigated and approved by 13 agencies of the Federal Government and has The VICE PRESIDENT also laid before the Senate the been recommended for Federal financing; and following concurrent resolutions of the Legislature of the Whereas said project has further been recommended by the State of Michigan, which were referred to the Committee President's committee on water flow and by the National Resources Board as one of the country's foremost projects for a national pro on Finance: gram of public works; and Concurrent resolution memorializing the President and Con Whereas the House of Representatives has passed H. R. 6732, gress of the United States to amend the Social Security Act authorizing the improvement of the Sacramento River in accord to provide for the immediate payment of benefits, and the ance with the plan as set forth in House of Representatives Docu holding of reserves in the several States ment No. 35, Seventy-third Congress, which recommends a Federal Whereas the State of Michigan has adopted a "pay as you go" contribution of $12,000,000 to the cost of the Kennett Dam of the policy, with success and approval of the people of this State, so Central Valley project; and that Michigan today is an outstanding example of sound govern Whereas the said project will be self-liquidating, and the cost ment; and thereof will be returned to the Federal Government from revenues Whereas the provisions of the Social Security Act now provide obtained by the sale of water and power; and for the building up of large reserves in Washington and the use Whereas the consummation of the said project will enable 50,000 of such reserves by the Federal Government for the uses of the American people to sustain themselves by their present means of Government in its operation, giving in return to the fund only livelihood, and will prevent their being thrown into the ranks of promiees to repay such borrowings in the future; and the unemployed, and, further, will stop the reversion to desert of Whereas the moneys which go into such reserves are tru.:,t one-half million acres of highly developed and settled lands valued liabilities of the Government to the workers of this country and at $100,000,000; and should not be used for any other purposes; and Whereas a greater degree of flood protection in the Sacramento Whereas the Social Security Act also provides for the payment Valley is highly desirable; and of large sums for assistance of the aged, children, blind, and Whereas the construction ·of said project will give employment health welfare, which have been considered immediate demands; to thousands of workers, now unemployed, not only in California and but throughout the Nation, thereby relieving unemployment in Whereas the needs of the unemployed worker are as pressing tnany branehes of industry, particularly in the heavy manufac as the needs of the aged, children, and blind when necessity arises; turing industries ih the East and Middle West; and and . . . Whereas the Secretary of the Interior did heretofore report to Whereas the reserve funds should belong to the workers of each the President that said project was feasible from engineering, agri State from which they are collected, and should be held in such cultural, and :financial standpoints, and was adaptab~e for settle States rather than through a central organization with its expen ment and farm homes; that the estimated construct10n cost was sive governmental machinery: Now, therefore, be it adequate and that the anticipated revenues would be sufficient to Resolved by the house of representatives (the senate concur return the cost to the United Stares; and did approve and recom r ing), That the Michigan Legislature hereby respectfully requests mend the construction of said project, which recommendation was the President and Congress of the United States to enact amend thereafter approved by the President; and ments to the Social Security Act providing for immediate pay Whereas the President did, by virtue of the author:ity of the ment of benefits, and the holding of the reserve trust funds by Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935, the several Stares from which the funds are collected from the allocate the sum of $15,000,000 from the appropriation made under workers of such States under such protective restrictions as Con- said act to the Department of the Interior, Reclamation Service, gress may impose; and be it further . to be reimbursable in accordance with the reclamation law, for Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the the construction of the Central Valley project; and Honorable Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, Whereas said project is now in the ~ourse of construction in to the President of the Senate of the Congress of the United accordance with said allocation, and it is imperative that continu States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the ing appropriations be made under congressional authorization to Congress of the United Stares, and to the Michigan Members in assure the successfUl completion of the project; and the Congress of the United States. Whereas the cost of said project has been carefully estimated by competent Federal and State authorities to be $170,000,000, and will The VICE PRESIDENT also laid before the Senate a reso be repaid tb the United States, in accordance with the reclamation law, out of the revenues of said project; and lution adopted at Minneapolis, Minn., by the board of direc Whereas there is now pending before the Congress Department tors of Associated Bankers of Minnesota, favoring an of the Interior appropriation bill H. R. 10630, which, among other amendment to the Revenue Act of 1936 to enable millers things, authorizes construction of said Central Valley project by to refund impounded processing taxes to those other than the United States and appropriates for the construction thereof the sum of $16,000,000 for the fiscal year 1937: Now, therefore, be it customers with whom they had a bona-fide written agree Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the ment to make such refunds, which was referred to the State of California., through its assembly, recommends the Central Committee on Finance. Valley project to the President and to the Congress of the United States as of first and prime importance to the State of California, He also laid, before the Senate the petition of John J. and respectfully requests that the construction of said Central Val Haistings, of New York City, praying fqr an old-age pension ley project be authorized, and that adequate funds be appropriated of at least $100 a month to those over 70 years of age, which so that the construction of said project may be continued, to the was referred the Committee on Finance. end that the same may be completed, thereby conferring lasting to benefits not only upon the people of the State of California but He also laid before the Senate the petition of the National upon the entire Nation, and thus affording substantial unemploy Pension League of Los Angeles, Calif., praying for the en ment relief now vitally necessary and rehabilitating a vast area actment of a national pension act for the aged, which was ot valuable and highly developed lands, thereby enabling thousands of American families to sustain themselves on their present farms; referred to the Committee on Finance. and be it further He also laid · before the Senate a resolution adopted by Resolved, That certified copies of this resolution be transmitted the Brooklyn Young Men's Chamber of Commerce, of by the chief clerk of the Assembly of the State of California to Brooklyn, N.Y., favoring the payment of foreign debts owed the President and to the Vice President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the Senators and to the United States by means of the issuance of certifi Representatives of the Stare of California in the Congress. cates of indebtedness by foreign debtor governments, pay The VICE PRESIDENT also laid before the Senate the able only in services or commodities bought and consumed following resolution of the House of Representatives of the within the debtor countries, which was referred to the Com General Court of Massachusetts, which was referred to the mittee on Finance. Committee ·on Commerce: He also laid before the Senate the petition of Newton T. Resolutions memorializing Congress in favor of adequate enforce Mattoon and other citizens of Lapwai, Idaho, and vicinity, ment and sutncient appropriations of money to eliminate oil praying for an investigation of the administration of old pollution from coastal waters age assistance in the State of Idaho, which was referred to Resolved, That the House of Representatives of the General the Committee on Finance. Court of Massachusetts hereby records itself in favor of the en forcement of Federal laws for the prevention of oil pollution in He also laid before the Senate resolutions adopted by the coastal waters, and urges the appropriation of sufficient :funds for Board of Aldermen of Chelsea, Mass., the Council of the the proper enforcement thereof; and be it further City of Cleveland, Ohio, and the CUyahoga County tees of the Senate. The resolution conforms to that adopted · The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The assignments ~11 be at the last session with two exceptions: In this resolution read. the Committee on Pensions is increased from 10 to 11 mem The Chief Clerk read the assignments; bers and the Committee on Printing from 7 to 8 members. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the I ask that the resolution be read, and that then it may be two assignments will be considered together. agreed to. Mr. ROBINSON. I move the adoption of an order in· The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The resolution submitted corporating the names just read. by the Senator from Arkansas will be read. The order was read and agreed to, as follows: The Chief Clerk read the resolution (S. Res. 37), as ' Ordered, That the following shall constitute the standing com· follows: mittees of the Senate o! the Seventy-fifth Congress: Resolved, That paragraph 1 of rule XXV of the Standing Rules On Agriculture and Foreetry: Messrs. Smith (chairman) , Wheeler, of the Senate be, and it is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: Thomas of Oklahoma, McGill, Bankhead, Bulow, Mrs. Caraway, "1. The following standing committees shall be appointed at the Pope, Hatch, Bilbo, Moore, Schwellenbach, Gillette, Ellender, Norris, commencement of each Congress~ with leave to report by bill or McNary, Capper, Frazier, and Shipstead. otherwise: On Appropriations: Messrs. Glass (chairman). McKellar, Cope "Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to consist of 19 Sen land, Hayden, Thomas of Oklahoma, Byrnes, Tydings, Russell, ators. Adams, McCarran, Overton, Bankhead, O'Mahoney, McAdoo, Tru "Committee on Appropriations, to consist of 24 Senators. man, Burke, Du.tfy, Hitchcock, Green, Hale. Nye, Steiwer, Townsend. "Committee to Audit and Control the Conting.ent Expenses of and Bridges. the Senate, to consist of 4 Senators, to which shall be referred all To Audit and ~ntrol the Contingent Expenses of the Senate: resolutions directing the payment of money out of the contingent Messrs. Byrnes (chairman), Tydings, Bachman, and Townsend. fund of the Senate or creating a charge upon the same: Provided, On Banking and Currency: Messrs. Wagner (chairman), Glass, That any such resolution relating to substantive matter within Barkley, Bulkley, Reynolds, Byrnes, Bankhead, McAdoo, Adams, the jurisdiction of any other standing committee of the Senate 1 Maloney, Radcillfe, Brown of Michigan. Hitchcock, Hughes,---, shall be first referred to such committee. ---, Townsend, Steiwer, Frazier, and Lodge. "Committee on Banking and CUrrency, to consist of 20 Senators. On Civil Service: Messrs. Bulow (chairman), McKellar, George, "Committee on Civil Service, to consist of 10 Senators. Logan, Neely, Diet erich, Byrd, White, Gibson, and Frazier. "Committee on Claims, to consist of 13 Senators. On Claims: Messrs. Bailey (chairman), Black, Logan, Burke, "Committee on Commerce, to consist of 20 Senators. Schwellenbacb, Brown of Michigan, Ellender, Hughes, Schwartz, "Committee on the District of Columbia, to consist of 15 Sen ---, Capper, Townsend, and White. ators. On Commerce: Messrs. Copeland (chairman), Sheppard, Bailey, "Committee on Education and Labor, to consist of 13 Senators. Mrs. Caraway, Clark, Overton, Bachman, :qilbo, Donahey, Guffey, "Committee on Enrolled Bills, to consist of 3 Senators, who Maloney, Radcliffe, Pepper, Lee, McNary, Johnson of California, Nye, shall exam!ne all bills, amendments, and joint resolutions b~fore Vandenberg, White, and Gibson. they go out of the possession of the Senate, and which shall have On the D!strict of Columbia: Messrs. King (chairman), Glass, power to act jointly with the same committee of the House of Copeland, Tydings, Lewis, Bankhead, McCarran, Reynolds, Bilbo, Representatives, and which, or some one of which, shall examine Overton, Hitchcock, Hughes, Capper, Austin, and Bridges. an bills or joint resolutions which shall have passed both Houses, On Education and Labor: Messrs. Black (chairman), Copeland, to see that the same are correctly enrolled, and, when signed by Walsh, Thomas of Utah, Murray, Donahey, Holt, Pepper, Ellender, the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, shall forth Lee, Borah, La Follette, and Davis. with present the same, when they shall have originated in the . On Enrolled Bills: Mrs. Caraway (chairman), Messrs. Lonergan Senate, to the President of the United States in person, and report and Vandenberg. the fact and date of such presentation to the Senate. On Expenditures in the Executive Departments: Messrs. Lewis ncommittee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, to (chairman), Wagner, Van Nuys, Pittman, Barkley, Davis, and consi ~t of 7 Senators. Lad~. · "Committee on Finance, to consist of 21 Senators. ·on Finance: Messrs. Harrison (chairman), King, George, Walsh, "Committee on Foreign Relations, to consist of 23 Senators. Barkley, Connally, Bailey, Clark, Byrd, Lonergan, Black, Gerry. "Committee on Immigration, to consist of 14 Senators. , Guffey, Bulkley, Brown of Michigan, ---, La Follette, Capper, "Committee on Indian Affairs, to consist of 14 Senators. Vandenberg, Townsend, and Davis. "Committee on Interoceanic Canals, to consist of 8 Senators. On Fore~gn . Relations: Messrs. Pittman (chairman), Robinson, "Co1llllllttee on Interstate Commerce, to consist of 20 .Senators. Harrison. George, Black, Wagner, Ccn:nally, Lewis, Bachman, "Comm!ttee on Irrigation and Reclamation, to consist of 17 Sen- Thomas of Utah, Van Nuys. Duffy, Pope, Murray, Chavez, Schwel ators. lenbach, Borah, Johnson of California, Capper, La Follete. Vanden~ ••committee on the Judiciary, to consist of 18 Senators. berg, White, and Shipstead. "Committee on the Library, to consist of 10 Senl:>tors, which shall On Immigration: Messrs. Russell (chairman). King, Copeland, have power to act jointly with the same committee of the House of McGfil. Maloney, Moore, Schwellenbach, Holt, Andrews, Hughes. Representatives. Johnson of California, Austin, Capper, and Shipstead. "Committee on Manufactures, to consist of 13 Senators. On Indian Affairs: Messrs. Thomas of Oklahoma ( chah-man), "Committee on Military Affairs, to consist of 17 Senators. Wheeler, Ashurst, Bulow, Hatch, O'Mahoney, Donahey, Chavez, "Committee on Mines and Mining, to consist of 13 Senators. Johnson of Colorado, Lundeen, Frazier, La Follette, Steiwer, and "Committee on Naval Affairs, to consist of 17 Senators. Shipstead. "Committee on Patents, to consist o! 7 Senators. On Interoceanic Canals: Messrs. Clark (chairman), Duffy, Hay ''Committee on Pensions, to consist of 11 Senators. den, Pepper, Ellender,---, Bridges, and Lodge. - "Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to consist o! 19 On Interstate Commerce: Messrs. Wheeler (chairman), Smith, Senators. Wagner, Barkley, Neely, Dieterich, Lonergan, Brown of New Hamp "Committee on Printing, to consist of 8 Senators, which shall shire. Bone, Donahey, Minton, Moore, Truman, Andrews, Johnson have power to act jointly With tbe same committee of the House of of Colorado, Schwartz, White, Davis, Austin, and Shipstead. Representatives. On Irr:igat~on and Reclamation: Messrs. Bankhead (chairman), "Committee on Privileges and Elections, to consist ot 17 Senators. Sheppard, Prttman, Ashurst, Adams, Pope, McCarran, Overton.. "Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to consist of 14 Hatch, O'Mahoney, Burke, Chavez, Lee, McNary, Johnson of Cali- Senators, which shall have power to act jointly with the same com~ fornia, Townseruj, and Nye. · · . mittee of the House of Representatives. On the Judiciary: Messrs. Ashurst (chairman), King, Neely, "Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, to consist of 15 Sen~ Van Nuys, McCarran, Logan, Dieterich, McGill, Hatch, Burke, Pitt a tors. rna~, Connally, O'Mahoney, Hughes, Borah, Norris, Austin, and "Comlll.ittee on Rules, to consist of 13 Senators. Ste1wer. "Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs, to consist of 17 On the Library: Messrs. Barkley (chairman), McKellar, ThOIIlJ\S Senators." of Oklahoma, Mrs. Caraway, Bilbo, Moore, Radcliffe, ---, Gibson, and McNary. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on the On Manufactures: Messrs. Bulkley (chairman), Smith, Shep adoption of the resolution. pard, Russell, Brown of New Hampshire, Overton, Gerry, Guffey, The resolution was agreed to. Brown of Michigan, Johnson of Colorado, La Follette, McNary. and Lodge. Mr. ROBINSON. On behalf of the majority, pursuant to On Military Affairs:· Messrs. Sh·eppard (chairman), Black, Lewis, the resolution just agreed to, I submit the list of assign. Logan, Reynolds, Bachman, Thomas of Utah, Minton, Pepper, John~ ments to committees. son of Colorado, Lee, Schwartz, Lundeen, Austin, Nye. Bridges. and The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The assignments will be Lodge. On Mines and Mining: Messrs. Logan (chairman), Pittman, read. Hayden. Enlow, Pope, Thomas of Utah. Guff.ey, Holt, Johnson of The Chief Clerk read the assignments submitted by Mr. Colorado, Schwartz,---, Frazier, and Davis. ROBINSON. 0~ Naval Affairs: Messrs. Walsh .(chairman), Tydings, Smith, Mr. McNARY. On behalf of the minority I submit the McGrll, Russell, Bone, Byrd, Dieterich, Brown of New H~pshire, Gerry, Holt, Andrews, Gillette, Bale, Davis, Johnson of Californi~ assignments to the vari_ous committees. · and Gibson. ·I 110 PONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JANUARY 8 On Patents: Messrs. :McAdoo (chairman), Smith, Bone, Rad· fee of the United States during the World War; to the cli.tre, Duffy, Norris, and White. On Pensions: Messrs. McGill (chairman), Wheeler, Walsh, Bulk· Committee on Finance. ley, Lonergan, Thomas of Utah, Minton, Schwartz Frazier Town- By Mr. WALSH: send, and Shipstead. ' ' A bill (S. 424) to authorize the Secretary of the NavY to On Post Offices and Post Roads: Messrs. McKellar (chairman), proceed with the construction of certain public works; Hayden, Bailey, Bulow, Byrnes, Logan, Brown of New Hampshire O'Mahoney, Murray, Chavez, Holt, Ellender, Green, Lundeen: A bill (S. 425) to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to --,Frazier, La Follette, Gibson, and Bridges. proceed with the construction of certain public works; On Printing: Messrs. Hayden (chairman), Walsh, Black, Tru A bill (S. 426) to authorize the Secretary of the NavY to man, Pepper, Lundeen, Vandenberg, and Lodge. proceed with the construction of certain public works· and On Privileges and Elections: Messrs. George (chairman), King, Smith, Connally, Bulkley, Logan, Bachman, Brown of New Hamp A bill (S. 427) to authorize the Secretary of the N~vY to shire, Duffy, Hatch, Minton, Hitchcock, Green, Austin, Johnson of proceed with the construction of· certain public works; to California, Nye, and Bridges. the Committee on Naval Affairs. On Public Buildings and Grounds: Messrs. Connally (chairman), By Mr. CAPPER: Ashurst, Tydings, Walsh, Maloney, Truman, Chavez, Andrews, Gil· lette, Green, --, Austin, Hale, and Shipstead. A bill (S. 428) to extend the times for commencing and On Public Lands and Surveys: Messrs. Adams (chairman), Pitt completing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri man, Ashurst, Wagner, Hatch, O'Mahoney, Murray, McCarran, An River at or near Atchison, Kans.; to the Committee· on drews, Hitchcock, Lee, --, Nye, Steiwer, and Borah. On Rules: _Messrs. Neely (chairman), Robinson, Copeland, Har Commerce. rison, McKellar, Black, Adams, Byrd, Lewis, Gillette, Hale, Steiwer, A bill employ a stenographer, at a cost not exceeding 25 cents per hundred Whereas it is desired by the Senate· to have information concern words, to report such hearings as may be had on any subject ing such regional offices for the purpose of proposed legislation: before said committee, the expense thereof to be paid from the Therefore be it contingent fund of the Senate; and· that the committee, or any Resolved, That the Federal Home Loan Bank Board furnish to subcommittee thereof, may sit during any session or recess of the the Senate, at the earliest practicable moment, the number of Senate. regional offices, the number of persons employed in each, the names and addresses of the various otficials and employees of such offices, HEARmGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS when they were appointed, the salary of each, the general duties Mr. WALSH submitted the following resolution (S. Res. of such offices, and for what reasons, 1f any, regional offices were 44), which was referred to the Committee to Audit and Con established in States where there are State orga~ation.S or set-ups. trol the Contingent Expenses of the Senate: DATA RELATIVE TO COTTON COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs, or any subcom Mr. McKELLAR submitted the following resolution ------~·~· ------~ 118 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JANUARY 8 has taken place In tb.e economic oondltions of the country. Receipts: Treasury receipts in the fiscal year 1938 are The Revenue Act of 1936, which was designed for the purpose expected to reach a total of $7,293,607,000, -an increase uf of repla-Cing revenue lost through the invalidation of proc $1,465,456,000 over similar receipts for 1937 and $3,177,650,000 essing taxes, of providing sufficient revenue to amortize the over 1936. This gain is largely due to an increase in income cost of the adjusted -compensation payments, and of equaliz taxes as a result of improved business conditions and the mg tax bur~ns. gives every indicatiDn of satisfactorily ac operation of the Revenue Act of 1936. complishing those purposes. I should like at this point to The amount expected to be collected in 1938 from income emphasize the importance of maintaining the productiveness taxes is $3,365,300,000, a gain of $992,400,000 over the fiscal of the present tax structure, so that we may properly provide year 1937. Miseellaneous internal revenue wili produce for the fulfillment of our fiscal program. $2,508_,332,000, or $233,364,000 more than is expected from Under legis1ation .-enacted during the 1ast session of Con this source for 1937. The tax on unjust enrichment and the gress, which created authorizations for future appropria tax-es on carriers and their employees, from which $82,{)00,000 tions aggr.egating more than $1,500,(){)0,000, there is included and $134,552,000, respectivelY, will be derived in 1937, will about $130,000,000 in the estimates of appropriations con produce no revenue in 1938~ since under existing law these tained in this Budget. Such authorizations are contained taxes expire during 1937. The first full year uf tax eollectim~ in the new Federal Highway Act, the Rivers and Harbors under the Social Security Act will result in revenue of and the Flood Control Acts, and the Rural Electrification Act. $774,800,000 in 1938, which sum is $450,200,000 greater than There is also included $812,225,000 for social security 1 the anticipated -revenue in 1937, when collectit.ms will be for grants and for the Government's contribution to the old only '6 months. It is believed that customs revenues will rise age reserve aecount, more than ·double the expenditures for from $446,800,000 during the present fiscal year to $41i3,- these purposes in 1937, and there will be for several years 000,000 in 1938, a gain of $16,200,000. Miscellaneous re still further increases in these requirements. It should be ceipts, however, will decrease $8,950,000, the 1938 oollections pointed out that these expenditures will be offset to a large being estimated at $151,550,000, as compared with ·$1GD,- extent by the increasing revenues under the Social Security 500,000 during 1937. From realization upon assets $30,- Act. 625,000 will be received, while in 1937 receipts from this No estimate of appropriation is presented for the needs source will amount to $31,830,000. of the Civilian Conservation Corps, since its extension be Expenditures: The expenditures for 1938 contemplated yond March 31 of this year is dependent on the acti{)n of under this Budget (exclusive of those from postal revenues) Congress. In furtherance of my recommendation for the will total $6,157,999,000, or approximately $2 ,323,000~000 iles3 enactment of legislation to continue it as a permanent than is ~ow estimated for 1937. General expenditures for agency of the Government, there is included in the "Supple regular activities amount to $5,841,968,000, as compared witli mental items" an amount sufficient to meet the expenditure .$5,664,647,000 in 1937, an increase of $177,321,000. The 1937 requirements for the fiscal year 1938. estimate, however, contains an amount of $563,500,000 for The following table shows the 'Ctistribution, on a func- , completion of adjusted compensation payments to veterall3, tional basis, of the expenditure figures contained in this so that the comparable increase ov,er 1937 is :$740,821,000. Budget and compares them with similar figures for previous For recovery and relief there is included in the expenditures years: I for 1938 the amount of $316,031,000, which, of course, is net Actual and estimated expenditures of the Government tor the fiscal the full amount that will be required for relief during that years 1932-38 (classifica_tions include expenditures from both year. As previously indicated, it is our present hope that the general and emergency funds) additional amount to be requested for this purpose will not [In millions of dollars] exceed $1,537,123,000. Thus the total expenditure for re covery and relief during 1938 would be $1,853,154,000, or Estimated Actual $963,003,000 less than the amount estimated for 1937. Again .I emphasize the contribution which employers can make to 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 this attainment. ------The general expenditures include $860,000,000 for interest Regula~; operating expendi- on the public debt, an increase of $25;000,000 over the amount tures: Legislative, judicial, and for the present fiscal year, and $401,515,000 for statutory civil establishments ____ 771.8 859.0 781.1 597. i 572.5 697.5 978.8 ' debt retirements, a decrease of $3,010;000. Exclusive of the Na-tional defen e ______991.6 964..9 911.6 709.9 540.3 667.8 707 6 pensions and · 1 service on the· public debt and the payment .of adjusted com- Veteransbenefits' ______577.5 1, 1.«.'7 2,351.4 607.1 556.9 863.2 984.8 pensation to veterans, there is a net increase of $718,831,000 Interest on the public 1 debt_------_ 860.0 835.0 749.4 820.9 756.6 689.4 599. 3 in expenditures for regular activities as compared with 1937. ------·------This increase is accounted for as follows: For increased re- 52 2 TotaL ______3• 200· 9 3• 803· 6 4. 793· • 735· 6 • 426· 3 2• 917· 9 3•"270. 5 quirements under the Social Security Act, $436,337,000; for Public works______908.3 1, 146.7 868.7 704.3 551.9 427.7 439. 5 additional expenditures under the general public works pro- . == === ' $ unemployment relief; gram, 132,519,000; for national defense to provide for the Direct relieL______13. o 100.7 591. 7 1, 914.1 715.8 350.7 ______: increased strength of the Army as directed by Congress and relief (W. Workand C. W .. A.)______P. A. I. 21,400. 51,264.4 11.3 805.1 ------to provide for replacement of naval vessels in .accordance Civilian conservation with eXisting authorizations, $92,882,000; for the necessary 5 1 Corps------~------_<'_> __3_ 68_·0 _486._3 _~__·5 _ 33_ _·9 _---_--_- _---_--_-- funds for the activities of the Railroad Retirement Board Total______13.2 1, 875.2 2, 342. t 2, 360.9 1, 8C2. 8 350.7 ------and for rural electrification, $39,566,0GO; and for increased == = =I=== Loans (net)______1 153.3 3 419.9 a 1'75. 2 80.5 788. 6 8'74. 4 404.. 0 needs of other activlties, ·$17,527,000. Subscriptions to st.ock______17. 2 51. 5 69. 3 156.8 826. 5 110. 7 6'Zl. 0 The ======I= Surplus and public debt: sur_plus for the fiscal year Agriculturaladjustmentpro- 1938, as presented in this Budget, is $1,135,608.000, after pro- gram______482.4 4.67. 6 M2. 6 7~. o 290.3 ------viding for debt retirement. Excluding provision for debt re- Less revenues.. ______--_--_--_-- _---_--_-- _ 76_·6 _ 5_21_·4. _ 353_·0 _---_-_-- _------tirement, the surplus will amount to $1,537,123,000. As I Net______482.4 467. 6 466. o 221.6 '62. 7 ----.A.------have previously stated, it is hoped the additional needs for 'Social security_------836. 0 399. 6 28. 4 ·------__ .:. ____ ------relief during the fiscal year 1938 will not require expenditure Debt retirement __ ------401. 5 .o4. 5 403 . .2 573. 6 359.9 4.6L 6 ~12. 6 of this MiscellaneotiS______1. 8 2. 0 6. 8 2L 1 8. 7 ------more than latter amount. On this basis the estimated Supplemental items______4.50. 0 750.0 ------~ gross public debt, on June 30, 1938, will be about the same Grand total______1 6,158. 0 8, .SO. 8 8, 803.16,854.4 6, 752.0 5, 143.0 5, 153.6 · amount as at the elose of the fiseal year 1937. This does not take into account any change which may occur as a result of the Treasury policy in holding as ¥"' inactive" future acqui 1 To be increased by any amount appropriated by Congress for recovery and relief for the fiscal year 1938. As indicated in the message, it is hoped the amotmt will not sitions of gold. exceed $1,537,123,000. 2 Funds for continuation of the Civilian CoDS(lrvation Corps are included under Appropriations: The total appropriations recommended in 44Supplementa1 items.'" this Budget aggregate $6,839,000,000, including those for the a Excess of credits, deduct. • Excess of revenues, deduct. Postal Serviee, Di.strtct 'Of Columbia, and probable supple- 1937 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 119 mental items, while the appropriations already made and of course, to provide additional revenue. Sources of addi prospective supplemental items for the fiscal year 1937, ex tional revenue are indicated in the report. clusive of requirements for recovery and relief, total $6,261,- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 000,000, an increase of $578,000,000 for 1938. This increase JANUARY 5, 1937. is due to additional appropriations amounting to $309,000,000 FISCAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT on account of the Social Security Act, $80,000,000 required OF COLUMBIA (S. DOC. 12) under the general public-works program, and $189,000,000 on The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a account of departmental requirements, including the national message from the President of the United States, transmit defense. The appropriations made and contemplated for ting a report on the fiscal relations between the United recovery and relief for 1937 total $2,215,000,000, whereas it is States and the District of Columbia, which was read, and, hoped that corresponding appropriations for 1938 will not with the accompanying report, referred to the Committee on exceed $1,537,123,000. Appropriations and ordered to be printed, with illustrations, PART IV as follows: THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The first section of the 1937 District of Colll.lllbia Appro A message from the President of the United States trans priation Act, approved June 23, 1936 (Public, No. 762, 74th mitting the report on Fiscal Relations Between the United Cong.), contains the following provision: -States and the District of Columbia for the consideration Not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for expenditure, under of the Seventy-fifth Congress the direction of the President, for making an independent study of THE WHITE HOUSE, the fiscal relations between the United States and the District of Washington, D. C., January 8, 1937. Columbia and enabling him -to report to Congress at the be4 ginning of the next regular session, what, in his judgment, is a To the Congress of the United States: fair and equitable amount to be paid by the United States as an Pursuant to the provisions in the 1937 District of Columbia annual contribution toward the expenses of the government of Appropriation Act approved June 23, 1936 (Public, No. 762, the District of Columbia; such sum shall be available for personal services without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classifica 74th Cong.), I have the honor to transmit herewith for the tion Act ·of 1923, as amended, and for such other expenditures as consideration of Congress the following report on Fiscal may be necessary in connection with such study. Relations Between the United States and the District of · Pursuant to the above I appointed a director and an ad Columbia. · visory committee of three members to conduct an inde ·The major recommendations in this report ~re outlined. in pendent study of the various elements and conditions · my 1938 Budget message as transmitted to you on this date. affecting the fiscal rela~ions between the United States and I have considered these findings and recommendations in col- · the Distrlct of Columbia. . laboration with the Advisory Committee and the Director of . The report contains detailed findings and recommenda- · the Study, and I earnestly commend these to· your close con- · tions with the supporting. data and information collected sideration at this session of Congress. I urge early enact from the Federal and District Governments in Washington ment of the necessary legislative measures to assure a con and from 17 comparable American cities and the capital tinuing equitable determination of fiscal relations between cities of 21 foreign countries. the two governments. Special attention is invited to sections 10 and 13, which The application of the basic principles and recommenda show that while the extent of local governmental services in · tions as ·outlined and detailed in the report is reflected in the District of Columbia is substantially equal to that in 17 the following three-point formula, which I recommend be comparable cities, both the property tax and the total tax carefully considered by the Congre~s with a view to enacting such legislation at this session as may be necessary to estab load in the District of Columbia are lower than in any of lish equitable fiscal relationships between the two govern these cities. FRANKLIN D. RoosEVELT. ments. I. Intergovernmental contractual services: Contractual arrange By unanimous consent, the following business was trans- . ments shall be established for the reimbursement of the cost o! specific intergovernmental services supplied either government by acted: the other. Appropriations therefor shall be included in the re TAX EXEMPTION ON TICKETS FOR INAUGURAL CEREMONIES spective annual departmental budgets. KING. I II. Capital outlays of joint interest: The National Capital Plan Mr. From the Committee on Finance, report ning Commission (proposed in the report) shall determine the ex back favorably, without amendment, Senate Joint Resolu tent of the respective Federal and District interests in capital out tion 18, and ask unanimous consent for its immediate con lays and improvements to be included in the District budget. sideration. III. Per capita governmental costs: Pending the grant of broader powers of local control over purely local affairs, the excess of the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The joint resolution will District governmental costs per capita over the average of those in be read. . · comparable cities shall be assumed by the Federal Government: The joint. resolution (S. J. Res. 18) to exempt from the Provided, however, That such excess District governmental costs tax on admissions amounts paid for admission tickets sold shall be assumed only after allowance has been made for reim bursements due to unusual costs occasioned by congressional by authority of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies on enactments. the occasion of the inauguration of the President-elect in I also recommend that, concurrently with enactment of January 1937 was read as follows: Resolved, etc., That all amounts paid for admission tickets sold any legislation which carries into effect the provisions of by authority of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of the this continuing formula, the substantive law providing for Inauguration of the President-elect in January 1937, said com annual Federal contributions of a fixed percentage of Dis mittee to be appointed with the approval of the President-elect, shall be exempt from the tax on admissions imposed by section trict appropriations be repealed and that the system of an 500 of the Revenue Act of 1926, as amended, all the net proceeds nual Federal lump-sum contributions be abandoned. from the sale of said tickets to be donated by the said committee . The application of this formula to the 1938 Budget esti to charity. mates would provide for a net reimbursement by the Fed Mr. KING. Mr. President, I wish to say a word in ex eral Government to the District of Columbia of $2,533,357, planation of the joint resolution. It is an emergency meas made up as follows: ure which provides for the exemption from tax of the I. Intergovernmental contractual services ______$1, 996, 407 tickets for seats which are sold for the inaugural ceremonies. n. Capital outlays______536, 950 It is the usual joint resolution adopted in all like circum m. Excess per capita District of Columbia govern- stances. mental costs------Mr. McNARY. Mr. President, the request of the Senator Total------2,533,357 from Utah does not come within the sphere of my usual After the application of the formula there will still be a objection. I have discussed the matter with the Senator deficit in the general revenue account of the District of from Utah, and I am in accord with· his desire for present Columbia of about $9,800,000, which will make it necessary, · consideration of the joint resolution. 120 CON_GRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JANUARY 8 Mr. KING . .I may say that the joint resolution is. suP His amazing and colorful career, from Canadian immi- . ported unanimously by tl:le members of the co~ittee: grant to 14 years of honored· and honorable service in the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to the Senate of the United States, from an humble car checker on present consideration of the joint resolution? ' the railroads in Detroit to partne.rship with Henry Ford in There being no objection, the joint resOlution was con the greatest single industrial triumph of all time, from the sidered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read pinch of meagerest means to the affipence of a great for the third time, and passed. tune-all this is the epic drama of American opportunity QUARTERING OF TROOPS PARTICIPATING IN INAUGURAL CEREMONIES at its maximum. All this is self-made life in its fullest tide. Mr. CONNALLY. From the Comnlittee on Public Build·· Such men do not often come our way. Such careers rarely ings and Grounds, I report back favorably without amend exist outside of story books. Such a death deserves the ment Senate Joint Resolution 17, and ask unanimous con Senate's apostropne in this memorial moment of farewell. sent for its immediate consideration. Senator CouzENs was born in Chatham, Ontario, August 26, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The joint resolution will 1872. He died in Detroit on October 22, 1936, after a long be read. battle with ill health, which he bore with typical stoic The joint resolution bacteriological methods of warfare, signed at Geneva, Swit RUERENCE OF TREATIES AND NOMINATIONS zerland, on June 17, 1925 (Executive G, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). On motion by Mr. RoBINSON, it was A convention signed between the United States and the Ordered, That on calendar days of the present session of the Republic of Panama on July 28, 1926, for the settlement of Congress when no executive session is held nominations or trea certain points of di.fference between them which have arisen ties received from the President of the United States may, where no objection is interposed, be referred, as in executive session, out of the exercise by the United States of sovereign rights in to the appropriate committees by the Presiding Otficer of the the Canal Zone by virtue of the Panama Canal treaty of Senate. November 18, 1923 U. C{}l. Clarence Lynn .sturdevant, Corps of Engineers, Maj. Joseph Je3se Teter, Adjutant General~ Department, from October 1, 1936. · from .Jlliy 1, 1936. Lt. Oot .James Hetiry BurnS, .Qrdnanee De].Jartment, from · Maj. Lewis Clarke Davidson, 'Infantry, from July 1, 1936., October 1, 1936. Maj. Dwight David Eisenhower, Infantry, from July 1, Lt. Ool. Everett Strait Hughes, Ordnance I)epa.rtment, 1936. . from October 1, 1936. Maj. Harold William J~mes, Infantry, from JulY t 19'36. Lt. Co-l. Thomas Jefferson Smith, Ordnance Department, Maj. Hume Peabody, Air Corps_. from July 1.. 1936. from October-1, 1936. Maj. Martin ..John Ol3rien, Coast .Artillery Corps, from · Lt.· Co1. Roger Sheffield Parrott, Field· Artillery, from July 1, 1936. . October 1, 193 fi. :Maj. JoSeph CUmming Haw, Coast Arti.ller.y Corps, from Lt. Cd. Oliver And:rews Diekinson, Field Artille!'y, from July l, 1936. October 1, 1935. Maj. Janres Basevi Ord, J:nflmtry, from Jniy 1, 19313. · U. -Cnl. Riehard Edgar Cummins, Cavalry, from 'October - Maj. Earl Larue Naiden, Air Corps, tram Jmy 13, 193'6. 1, 1936. Maj. Henry McElderry Pendleton.. ca-valry_, from August U. Col. Telesphor Geor~ Gottschalk, Pield Artillery, from 1. 19J6. October 1, 1936. · • Maj. Iverson Brooks SUmmers. Adjutant Generars De Lt. Col. Harvey Douglas Higley, Pield Artillery, from partment, from August 1, 193ft October 1, 1936. Maj. Edmund de Trevflle Ellis, Quartermaster Corps_, from Lt. Col. :.James Wilbur Lyon, Chemical Warfare Service, August 10, 1936~ from October .28, 1l}J6. Maj. Robert William strong, Cavalry, from August 19, Lt. Col. Rodney Hamilton Smith, Coast Artillery Corps, 1936.. . from November 1, 1936, subject to examination r-equired by Maj. Clifford RandaU J',ones, Coast Artillery Corps, from Jaw. September 1, 193'6. Lt. Col Albert Lawrenee Lousta1ot; Ooast Artillery Corps~ Maj. John Beugnot Wogan, F'reld Artillery, tram Septem- from November 1, 19.36. ber l, 1.9a6.. · · Lt. Col. Richard Donovan, Coast Artillery Corps, f'l"om Maj. Clesen Henry Tenney, Coast Artillery Corps, from· November l, 19.36. · Seprem.ber 1, 1936. Lt. Col. Robert Clive Rodgers, Cavalry, from Deeember Maj. Clifford Barrington King, FLeld Artillery., from Sep 1, 1936. tember 1, 1936. Lt. Col Homer Havron Slaughter, Infantry, from Decem Maj. Frank Edwin Emery, Jr~. Coast .Artillery Corps, ir.om ber 1, 1936. September 5, 1936. Lt. Col. Sanderford Jarman, Coast Artillery Corps, from Maj. Edwar-d Caswell Wallington, Chemical Warfare Serv December 1, 1936. ice, from September 18, 1936. Lt. Ool. Clair Warren Baird, Coast Artillery Corps, from Maj. Carl Ernest Ho,cker, Coast ArtiTiery Corps, from December 1, 1936. October 1, 1936. Lt. Col. Edward Willis Putney, {Joost Artillery Corps, from Maj. Joon William Leonard, Infantry, from October 1, December 1, 1936. 1936. . Lt. Col. Henry Clinton Kress Muhlenberg, Air CorpsJ from Maj. Richmond Trumbull Gibson, Coast Artillery Corps, December 18, 1936. from October 1, 1936. lit. Maj. Thomas James Hanley, Jr~~~ Air Corps, from Decem Capt. H:a.l Marney Rose, CavaJry, ·from July 1, 1!}36. ber 1, 1936. Capt. John Ter Bush Bissell, Field Artillery. from July 1, Maj. Jacob John Gerhardt, Infantry, from Deeember 1936. . 1, 1936. Capt. John Bellinger Bellinger, Or First Lt. Kenneth Ross Hagen, Medical Corps, from De PROMOTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE SCOUTS cember 20, 1936. TO BE MAJORS First Lt. Robert Weston Boal, Medical Corps, from De cember 20, 1936. Capt. Fidel Ventura Segundo, Philippine Scouts, from June 26, 1936. · First Lt. Lewis William Kirkman, Medical Corps, from December 23, 1936. Capt. Salvador Formoso Reyes, Philippine Scouts, from July 1, 1936. DENTAL CORPS To be lieutenant colonels APPOINTMENTS TO TEMPORARY RANK IN THE Am CORPS IN THE REGULAR ARMY Maj. Brantley Ingold Newsom, Dental Corps, from Sep tember 23, 1936. TO BE COLONELS WITH RANK FROM AUGUST 26, 1936 Maj. Oscar Peter Snyder, Dental Corps, from October 27, Lt. Col. Arnold Norman Krogstad. 1936. Lt. Col. Walter Hale Frank. Maj. Rex McKinley McDowell, Dental Corps, from October Lt. Col. Frank Darwin Lackland. 27, 1936. Lt. Col. Herbert Arthur Dargue. Maj. Charles Melville Taylor, Dental Corps, from October Lt. Col. Harrison Henry Cocke Richards. 27, 1936. Lt. Col. Ira Adelbert Rader. Maj. Thomas Lovett Smith, Dental Corps, from October 27, Lt. Col. Douglas Blakeshaw Netherwood. 1936. Lt. Col. Lewis Hyde Brereton. Maj. George Ray Tressel, Dental Corps, from October 27, Lt. Col. Hugh Johnston Knerr. 1936. Lt. Col. Eugene Alexander Lohman. Maj. Frederic Harold Bockoven, Dental Corps, from Octo Lt. Col. Follett Bradley. ber 27, 1936. Lt. Col. Shepler Ward FitzGerald. To be majors Lt. Col. Leslie MacDill. Capt. Everitte Favor Arnold, Dental Corps, from July 5, Lt. Col. Lawrence Sprague Churchill. 1936. Lt. Col. Clarence Leonard Tinker. Capt. Marvin Edward Kennebeck, Dental Corps, from Sep Lt. Col. Martin Francis Scanlon. tember 9, 1936. Lt. Col. Byron Quinby Jones. Capt. Walter Edwin Chase, Dental Corps, from November Lt. Col. Davenport Johnson. 12, 1936. . Lt. Col. Walter Glenn Kilner. To be captain Lt. Col. Henry William Harms. First Lt. Oscar John Ogren, Dental Corps, from July 27, TO BE LIEUTENANT COLONELS WITH RANK FROJI AUGUST 26, 1938 1936. Maj. William Orman Butler. VETER~ARY CORPS Maj. John Graham Colgan. To be lieutenant colonels Maj. Vernon Lee Burge. Maj. William Benjamin Wright, Jr. Maj. Mott Ramsey, Veterinary Corps, from July 11, 1936. Maj. Raymond Edward O'Neill. Maj. Gerald Woodward Fitz Gerald, Veterinary Corps, Maj. Dudley Blanchard Howard. from July 19, 1936. Maj. Floyd Emerson Galloway. Maj. Daniel Sommer Robertson, Veterinary Corps, from Maj. Calvin Earl Giffin. August 3, 1936. Maj. Stephen Joseph Idzorek. To ·be maj~s Maj. Harrison William Flickinger. Capt. Herbert Morris Cox, Veterinary Corps, from August Maj. Carl William Connell. 29, 1936. Maj. Thomas Settle Voss. Capt. Laurence Robert Bower, Veterinary Corps. from Maj. Thomas Watson Hastey. 1 August 29, 1936. Maj. Morris Berman. To be captains Maj. Walter Bender. First Lt. Wayne Otho Kester, Veterinary Corps, from July Maj. Albert Michael Guidera. 1 8, 1936, Maj. James Francis Doherty. First Lt. Robert Arthur Boyce, Jr., Veterinary Corps, from Maj. Lynwood Benjamin Jacobs. l July 12, 1936. . Maj. Frank Wilbur Wright. First Lt. Clarence Leonard Taylor, Veterinary Corps, from Maj. Edgar Peter Sorensen. I July 18, 1936. Maj. Robert Olds. MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE CORPS Maj. Ross Gordon Hoyt. To be first lieutenants Maj. William Bentley Mayer. Maj. Richard Henry Ballard. Second Lt. Paul Christian Borup, Medical Administr~tive Corps, from July 21, 1936. Maj. Ralph Hudson Wooten. Second Lt. Philip Wright Hockersmith, Medical Adminis Maj. Harold Mark McClelland. trative Corps, from July 21, 1936. Maj. Wolcott Paige Hayes. Maj. Edmund Walton Hill. CHAPLAINS Maj. Walter Francis Kraus. To be chaplains with the rank of lieutenant colonel Maj. William Eugene Farthing. Chaplain
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