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1939 CONGRESSIONAL RE.CORD-SENATE 83 secure a bonus by backing a bill to be introduced in Congress to serve Thee is perfect freedom and everlasting joy. Thus by our Resident Commissioner, the Honorable SANTIAGO we commit ourselves, 0 gracious Father, into Thy holy keep­ IGLESIAS; to the Committee on Insular Affairs. ing. In the spirit of Him whom heaven and earth adore, 38. Also, petition of the National Farm Loan Association, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Decatur, Ala., petitioning consideration of their resolution THE JOURNAL adopted August 8 and 9, 1938, with reference to interest rate on loans; to the Committee on AgricUlture. On request of Mr. BARKLEY, and by unanimous consent, 39. Also, petition of the United Mine Workers of America, the reading of the Journal of the proceedings of Wednesday, Morrisdale, Pa., petitioning consideration of their resolution ·January 4, 1939, was dispensed with, and the Journal was adopted by the members of Local Union No. 6240, with refer­ approved. ence to imported oil, hydroelectricity, and natural gas; to· the MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT Committee on Ways and Means. Messages in writing from the President of the United 40. Also, petition of the Northern Baptist Convention, New States were communicated to the Senate by Mr. Latta, one York, N.Y., petitioning consideration of their resolution dated of his secretaries. May 26 to 31, 1938, with reference to the international arma­ CALL OF THE ROLL ment race; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. MINTON. I sugg~st the absence of a quorum. 41. Also, petition of D. G. Esslinger, Jasper, Ala., petition­ The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will call the roll. ing consideration of his plan relative to employment of men The Chief Clerk called the roll, and the following Senators and women; to the Committee on Labor. answered to their names: 42. Also, petition of Hollywood Anti-Nazi League for the Adams Donahey La Follette Russell Defense of American Democracy, Hollywood, Calif., petition­ Andrews Downey Lee Schwartz ing consideration of their resolution approved August 24, 1938, A ustin Ellender Lewis Sch wellen bach Bailey Frazier Logan Sheppard with reference to the Dies committee; to the Committee on Bankhead George Lucas Smathers Rules. Barbour Gerry Lundeen Smith Barkley Gibson McCarran Taft· 43. Also, petition of the National Farm Loan Association, Bilbo Gillette McKellar Thomas, Okla. Cullman, Ala., petitioning consideration of their resolution Borah Glass Maloney Thomas, Utah dated August 23, 1938, with reference to interest rates; to the Bridges Green Mead Tobey Brown Gu1fey Miller Townsend Committee on Agriculture. Bulow Gurney Minton Truman 44. Also, petition of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Burke Harrison Murray Tydings Byrd Hatch Neely Vandenberg Association, ';t;ashington, D. G., petitioning consideration of Byrnes Hayden Norris Van Nuys their Resolution No. 1, by Local Union No. 28, Capper Herring Nye Wagner City, with reference to President Roosevelt's recovery pro­ Caraway Hill O'Mahoney Walsh Chavez Holman Overton Wheeler gram; to the Committee on Appropriations. Clark, Idaho Holt Pepper White · 45. Also, petition of Labor's Non-Partisan League, Detroit, Clark, Mo. Hughes . Pittman Wiley Connally Johnson, Call!. Radcliffe Mich., petitioning consideration of their resolution dated Danaher Johnson, Colo. Reed August 26, 1938, with reference to the Dies committee; to the Davis King Reynolds Committee on RUles. Mr. BARKLEY. I announce that the Senator from Arf.;. 46. Also, petition of the American Legion Post No. 13, zona CMr. AsHURST] is absent, attending the session of the Brooklyn, N. Y., petitioning consideration of their resolution Supreme Court. dated December 5, 1938, with reference to the Dies commit­ Mr. AUSTIN. I announce that the Senator from Oregon tee; to the Committee on RUles. [Mr. McNARY] is temporarily absent from the Senate, being 47. Also, petition of Mrs. Carrie Jones, Winfield, Ala., peti­ engaged in the Supreme Court of the . tioning to hold the Wagner Labor Relations Act as it is at I further announce that the Senator from Maine [Mr. · present; to the Committee on Labor. HALE] and the Senator from Minnesota CMr. SHIPSTEAD] are 48. Also, petition of the Teachers Association, necessarily absent. BatGn Rouge, La., petitioning consideration of their resolu­ Mr. WALSH. I announce the absence of my colleague ~Mr! tion passed November 19, No. 139, with reference to the Na­ LoDGE] because of illness. tional Youth Administration; to the Committee on Education. The VICE PRESIDENT. Eighty-nine Senators have an­ 49. By Mr. RICH: Petition from Union No. 1, Woman's swered to their names. A quorum is present. Christian Temperance Union, of Jersey Shore, Pa., asking the Congress to pass legislation to prevent the advertising of REGENT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION alcoholic beverages by press and radio; to the Committee on The VICE PRESIDENT. Under authority of section 5581 the Judiciary. of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. C., title 50. Also, petition from businessmen of Williamsport, Pa., 20, ch. 3, sec. 43), the Chair reappoints the Senator from asking that the National Labor Relations Act be revised; to Kentucky [Mr. BARKLEY] as a member of the Board of the Committee on ·Labor. Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION COMMISSION The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair appoints the Senator SENATE from [Mr. DowNEY] as a member on the part of THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1939 the Senate of the United States Golden Gate International Exposition Commission, established by Public Resolution 52, The Chaplain, Rev. Z~Barney T. Phillips, D. D., offered the approved July 9, 1937, to fill the vacancy caused by the resig­ following prayer: nation of Han. Wm. G. McAdoo. Loving Father of mankind, who hast revealed the vastness COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF of the universe in the blue depths of the sky, whose im­ The VICE PRESIDENT. Under authority of section 4863 mensities are lit by spining stars. beyond the strength of of the Revised Statutes, the Chair appoints the Senator from mind to follow, enable us, as we bow before Thy glory, to Utah [Mr. KING] as a director of the Columbia Institution realize Thy wonderful nearness to us, for we are Thy spirit­ for the Deaf. born children linked by nature, love, and choice to Thy mighty being. May this vision make all fears to fade and JOINT COMMITTEE ON FORESTRY a divine strength to pulse within, that we may bring courage The VICE PRESIDENT. Under authority of Senate Con­ to our exacting duties and a sweet reasonableness to every current Resolution 31 of the Seventy-fifth Congress, the Chair day's most . quiet need. To think of Thee is rest, to know appoints the Senator from Idaho [Mr. CLARK] as a member Thee is eternal life, to see Thee is the end of all desire, and on the part of the Senate of the Joint Committee on Forestry, 84 CONGRESSIONAL ~ECORD-SENAT:E JANUARY 5 to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of expanded its program in an effort mare nearly to meet the service of Hon. James P. Pope. needs of the unemployed. . While, beginning in July 1938, FINAL REPORT OF ADVISORY COUNCIL ON SOCIAL SECURITY 125,000 to 150,000 workers were voluntarily leaving Works (S. DOC. NO. 4) . Progress Administration projects. each month, it was neces­ Mr. HARRISON. Mr. President, in May 1937 the Senate sary to add from 200,000 to 300,000 others monthly to the Finance Committee appointed a subcommittee, consisting of rolls in order to meet the needs of those whose personal the Senator from Michigan [Mr. VANDENBERG], the Senator resources or compensation benefits had become exhausted, from [Mr. BYRD], and myself, to act in cooperation and to take back, as required by section 12 of the act, those with the Social Security Board in the designation of an who had left the Works Progress Administration for advisory council consisting of experts from various sections employment and whose employment had been terminated of the country to study the Social Security Act, with a view through no fault of their own. to making certain recommendations, if necessary, as to The demands upon the Works Progress Administration changes in that law. The advisory council made their re­ appropriation were increased by two additional factors. The port some 10 days ago. It is very interesting, and most il­ critical foreign situation has had an adverse effect upon luminating, and I am sure that the Members of the Senate American business and industrial employment in this coun­ and the House, as well as the people of the country generally, try, and has been an unexpected deflationary force affecting would like to read it and study it. I ask that the report be the prices of commodities entering into world markets, such printed a Senate document. as c_ertain of our important agricultural commodities. This as has accentuated relief problems in important areas in the The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection? The Chair country. In addition, the hurricane which devastated large hears none and it is so ordered. areas of New England last September seriously dislocated THE BUDGET industry and trade in the northeastern section of the country The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a message and added to the relief burden in that area. from the President of the United States, which was read, As a result of the foregoing factors, the employment pro­ and, with the accompanying document, referred to the Com­ vided from the Works Progress Administration appropriation mittee on Appropriations, as follows: increased from 2,900,000 at the beginning of July 1938 to a

The VICE P~ESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from I from the president of the Gorgas Memorial Institute of· the Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission,. trans:-· Tropical and Preventive Medicine, Inc., transmitting, pursu­ initting, in resi>onse to Senate Resolution 270 (74th Cong.), ant to ·law, the annual· report of the Gorgas Meme>rial Lab­ a repor t ·Of an' invest~g~t~on ordered under section 336 Of the· . oratory for the fiscal year ended June ·30, 1938, which, with, Tariff ·Act of ·1930, with r~spect to differences in costs o(. pro~ , t.he accompanying report-, was referred t.o the Committee-on­ duction of embroidered wool knit gloves and mittens dutiable , Inte:receanic Canals. · -· under paragraph 1529 (a) · of that act, which was referred to NATIONAL cmCKAMAUGA CELEBRATION . the

REPoRT OF ,FEDE~~ p ~uitPLlis- _cp _MMODITIEs _CORPORAT~oN ... _ ' mittee_on tpe ~b1: a:ry. · The VICE PRESIDENT laid .before the Senate a · letter from I . . DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE PAPERS the President of the Federal Surplus Commodities Corpora-· ' · The ·· viCE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate letters tion, transm1tting, pursuant-to law, .the annual rei>ert. of ~pe : · from· the Arch}vist· of the ·united States, transmitting, pur- Corporation for the 'fiscal ' year·. elided June 30; -1938, - ~hich, l suant to law:·nsts of papers :and documents in the files' . of ~ with .the a.ccompanyjng.repor.t, was referred-to the Committee ; tP:e · _nepartm~i:it of; tpe _Interior, the Civil Service Commis- : , on AgticUlture antl.Fdrestry:·- - ·. '· .. - . ; . . . -~ " - . - .. ~ sion, the. Federal _Reserve Board, the Federal Housing Ad-· REPORT OF TENNESSEE ·VA.bLEY AUTHORITY ministration, the Federal Emergency Administration of The VICE PRESIDENT iaJd bef~re the Senate a letter from· · Public Works, the Panama canal, and the United' States the secretary of the Tennessee Valley Authority, transmitting, Maritime Commission, Which 'are not needed ·in the conduct' pursuant to')aw; a ret>ort of- the:· activities of that-Authority . of business and have no permanent -value or historical 1n-' for the fiscal year ended·June ao; 1938, .which, with-the:acconi-· I tereSt, and requesting actiOn l00ki.hg· tO tfieir. 'diSpOSitiOn, panying ·r"eport-, was referred to· the- Committee .on Agr-iculture • which, -with· the accompanying papers; were refetrea to~ a ~nd Forestry. · Joint Select Committee on the Disposition of Papers· in tfie· REPORT OF ELECTRIC·.HOME- AND FARM AUTHORITY . Executive Departments. · · The VICE PRESIDENT .laid before the Senate a. letter· . ·. The VICE PRESIDENT appointed Mr. BARKLEY and Mr. from the president of the Electric Home and Farm Authority, ~ 1 GIBSON members of the committee on the ,part of ~ the Seriate. transmitting;·· pursuant· to ·law; the annual report · of that ' PE.:XITION AND MEMORIAL Authority, covering operations from July 1, 1937, to June · Mr. WAGNER presented a resolution adopted by- Helder­ 30, 1938, inclusive, which,. with the. accompanying report, was . berg-Post, No. 977, the American Legion, of Altamont, N. Y., referred-to the· committee·on·the Judiciary. - · I favoring the ·location of a contemplated veterans' facility CLAIMS SETTLED BY MARI~IME COMMISl:?ION ' . hospital in or near .the village of Altamont, N. Y., which was· The -VICE PRESIDENT I~id before the Senate. a letter referred to.the Committee on Finance. from the eiiaiiman of the United States Maritime Commis-· 1 Mr; ·wAGNER. I ask unanimous consent to have printed sion, transmitting~ :Pursuant to law, a report on claims a~bi.;. , in the RECORD and appropriately referred a memorial of the trated. or settled· by ·the Co,:nnrtssion for the per-iod from community of .the city. of Nyack,. protesting against the per­ October 16, 1937, to Octo~er 1~. 1938, which, with the .accom­ secution of the Jewish race in Germany. ~anying ~ re);)ort; -was refe~red tq the Committee on Commerce. , ·~ There being, rio objection, the . memorial was referred to' the Committee on · Foreign Relations and orrdered to be J.UDGMEN.TS OF .THE . COURT Company M Sixteenth Commerce. Infantry, , as a in the urtited states S. 31G. A bill to authorize and direct the Commissioners of Army and then place him on the retired list; to the Commit­ the District of Columbia to set aside the trial-board conviction tee on Military Affairs. of Policemen David R. Thompson and RalphS. Warner and S. 337. A bill for the relief of C. W. Pearce; to the Com­ their- resultant dismissal, and to reinstate David R. Thompson Inittee on Mines and Mining. and RalphS. Warner to their former positions as members of By Mrs. CARAWAY: the Metropolitan Police Department; to the Committee on the S. 338. A bill to amend the Social Security Act with respect District of Co-lumbia. to grants to States for old-age assistance; to the Committee By Mr. TOWNSEND: on Finance. S. 317. A bill to amend the civil-service law to permit cer­ S. 339. A bill for the relief of Benjamin H. Southern; tain employees of the legislative branch of the Government to S. 340. A bill for the relief of Henry Brown; and qualify 1or positions under the competitive classified civil S. 3'41. A bill making eligible fer retirement under the same service; to the Committee on Civil Service. conditions as now provided for officers· of the Regular Army S. 318. A bill granting a pension t& Raymond J. Coffin; Capt. Oliver A. Barber, an o:fficer of the United States Army S. 319. A bill granting a pension to Keturah Jane Pool during the World War, who incuned physical disability in Long; line of duty; to the Committee on Military Affairs. S. 320. A bill granting a pension to Augusta S. Skelly; and S. 342. A bill for the relief of L. L. Stokes; S. 321. A bill granting a· pension to Nettie LaTour Welcome· S. 343. A bill for the· relief of Frank R. Garner, formerly to the COmmittee on Pensions. ' , United States Anny; By Mr. THOMAS of Oklahoma: S. 344. A bill for the relief of James F. Dubberly; S. 322. A bill to regulate the times ·and places of holding S. 345. A bill for the relief of Samuel H. McAlexander; court in Oklahoma; to the Committee on the Judiciary. S. 346. A bill providing for reimbursement of the St. Louis , S. 323. A bffi for the relief of E. C. Beaver, who su1Iered Southwestern Railway Co·. for expenditure in revetment work- ' loss qn account of the Lawton, Okla., fire, 1917; and on the Arkansas. River during the fi.Dod of 1927; . 1 S. 324. A bill for the rellef of S. A. Rourke; to the Com- S. 347. A bill for the relief of Jack Chestnutt; mittee on Claims. - S. 348. A bill for the relief of Abner E~ McGuire; 1939 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· SENATE 89 S. 349. A bill for the relief of C. F. Cooley, administrator S. 398. A bill granting an increase of pension to Nancy J. of the estate of Charles F. Cooley, Jr.; Walker; S. 350. A bill for the relief of Jordan Roberts; S. 399. A bill granting an increase of pension to Drusilla S. 351. A bill for the relief of Warren J. Fox; Wright; S. 352. A bill for the relief of H. M. Gregory; S. 400. A bill granting a pension to Lydia C ..Wark; S. 353. A bill for the relief of Sue F. Melton; S. 401. A bill granting a pension to Emma Williams; and S. 354. A bill for the relief of Lark Simms, Elliott Burnett, S. 402. A bill granting a pension to Alice Wright; to the and G. W. Simms; Committee on Pensions. s. 355. A bill for the relief of Guss Berry and Ernest Dew- (Mr .. REYNOLDS introduced Senate bills 403, 404, and 405, berry; which were referred to the Committee on Finance and appeal' S. 356. A bill for the relief of Mrs. W. Spear Harris; under a separate heading.) S. 357. A bill for the relief of Sadie McElroy; and (Mr. REYNOLDS introduced Senate bill 406, which was re­ s. 358. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Emmett Turner; to the ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs and appears Committee on Claims. under a separate heading.) S. 359. A bill granting a pension to Lillie R. Willmore; ~Mr. - REYNOLDS - introduced Senate bills 407, 408, 409, 410, S. 360. A bill granting a pension to Theta B. Spring; and-411, which were referred to the Committee on Immigra­ S. 361. A bill granting a pension to Anna J. Darby; tion and appear under a separate heading.) S. 362. A bill granting a pension to Edward H. Wolff; By Mr. VANDENBERG: s. 363. A bill granting a pension to Roy A. Ault; S. 412. A bill placing the position of postmaster in first-, · S. 364. A bill granting a r)ension to Robert Johnson; second-, and third-class offices in the competitive classified S. 365. A bill granting a pension to Ernest J. Hollis; service, and for other purposes essential to the establishment S. 366. A bill granting a pension to E. Corinne Miller; of the Post Office Department on a nonpolitical career basis; S. 367. A bill granting a pension to Jennie Railey; to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. S. 368. A bill granting a pension to Norfleet Hughes; By Mr. HILL: S. 369. A bill granting a pension to Ernest McCord; and S. J. Res. 27. Joint resolution to amend joint resolution of S. 370. A bill granting a pension to Florence L. Bailey; to January 30, 1925 (ch. 120, 43 Stat. 801; U. S. C., title 49, sec. the Committee on Pensions. 55); to the Committee on Interstate Commerce. By _Mr. CAPPER:

DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE STEPHEN W. GAMBRILL voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following States of America to Latvia and Estonia. resolution lutions to .the ice of the United States of America: Senate alld transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. William Belton, of Oregon. Mr. TYDINGS. Mr. President, I submit a resolution and William H. Cordell, of Arkansas. ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration. Robert T. Cowan, of Texas. The VICE PRESIDENT. The resolution will be read. Philip M. Davenport, of Maryland. The resolution (S. Res. 37) was read, considered by unani­ Vernon L. Fluharty, of . mous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows: A. David Fritzlan, of Kentucky. Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the John Goodyear, of New York. announcement of the death of Ron. STEPHEN W. GAMBRILL, late a Robert Grinnell, of New York. Representative from the State of Maryland. Parker T. Hart, of Massachusetts. Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the Franklin Hawley, of Michigan. family of the deceased. Carl F. Norden, of New York. David T. Ray, of California. DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE ALLARD H. GASQUE David M. Smythe, of Tennessee. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the follow­ Philip D. Sprouse, of Tennessee. ing resolution (H. Res. 20) from the House of Representa­ The following-named persons for promotion in the Foreign tives, which was read: Service of the United States, effective as of August 17, 1938, Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the to the offices to which they were apP0inted during the last death of Hon. ALLARD H. GASQUE, a Representative from the State of South Carolina. recess of the Senate, as follows: Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the From Foreign Service officer of class 7 to Foreign Service Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. officer of class 6 : Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I offer a resolution, and ask LaVerne Baldwin, of New York. unanimous consent for its immediate consideration. Robert L. Buell, of New York. The VICE PRESIDENT. The resolution submitted by the John M. Cabot, of Massachusetts. Senator from South Carolina will be read. Augustus S. Chase, of . ·The resolution (S. Res. 38) was· read, considered by unani­ Oliver Edmund Clubb, of Minnesota. mous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows: Raymond A. Hare, of . Berte! E. Kuniholni, of Massachusetts.· Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the announcement of the death of Hon. ALLARD H. GASQUE, late a Rep­ Rufus H. Lane, Jr., of Virginia. resentative from the State of South Carolina. John H. Lord, of Massachusetts. Resolved, That the Secretary communic.ate these resolutions to William T. Turner, of Georgia·. the House of Representatives_ and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. From Foreign Service officer of class 8 to Foreign Service officer of class 7: RECESS TO MONDAY Stuart Allen, of Minnesota. Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, as a further mark of re­ John M. Allison, of Nebraska. spect to the memory of the deceased Representatives, I move Gordon L. Burke, of Georgia. that the Senate take a recess until12 o'clock noon on Monday Edmund J. Dorsz, of Michigan. next. Dorsey Gas~away Fisher, of Maryland. The motion was unanimously agreed to; and'

Dr. Harold Tycho Ca.stberg to be assist~nt surgeon, to Passed Asst. Surg. William Hendon Gol'don to be surgeon, .rank as such from July -16, 1938. .to rank as such from November 1, 1938 . Dr. Robert Roland Smith to be assistant surgeon, to rank Dr. Albert Gallatin Love, Jr., to be assistant surgeon, to as sueh fr-om July 11, 1938. rank as such from December 1, 193a: · Dr. Donald Roland Auten to be assistant surgeon; to rank Dr. Waldron Morton Sennott to be assistant surgeon, to as such from July 9, 19·38. rank as such from December 1, 1938.. · Dr. Murray Allen Diamond to be assistant surgeon, to rank Dr. Kenneth Martin Joye to be assistant surgeon, to rank as such from July 19, 1938. as such from December 1, 1938. - Dr. Max Rudolph Kiesselbach to be assistant surgeon, to Dr. John Patrick Turner to be assistant surgeon, to rank rank as such from July 9, 1938. as such from December 1, 1938. · - · Dr. James Allen Grider, Jr., to be assistant surgeon, to Dr. Walter Eugene Sharpe to be assistant surgeon, to rank rank as such from July 8, 1938. as such from December 1, 1938. · Dr. Frank Lewis Price to be assistant surgeon, to rank as Asst. Surg. Frederick J. Krueger to be passed assistant such from July 7, 1938. surgeon, to rank as such from October 15, 1938. Dr. Weldon Algenon Williamson to be assistant surgeon, These officers are now serving 'under temporary commis­ to rank as such from July 11, 1938. · sions issued during the recess of the Senate. Dr. Robert Dean Wright to be assistant surgeon, to rank COAST GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES as such from July 25, 1938. Commander Thomas A. Shanley to be , to rank as Dr. Aaron William Christensen to be assistant surgeon, to such from July 1, 1938. rank as such from July 8, 1938. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) William H. Snyder to be lieutenant, to rank Dr. Carl Vincent Morrison to be assistant surgeon, to as such from September 2'4, 1937. rank as such from July 15, 1938.- Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Richard D. Schmidtman t6 be lieutenant, to Dr. Nobel W. Guthrie to be assistant surgeon, to rank as rank as such from March 1, 1938. such from July 8, 1938. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) John T. Stanley to be lieutenant, to rank as Passed Assistant Sanitary Engineer Judson L. Robertson, such from March 1, f938. Jr., to be sanitary engineer, to rank as such from July 1, Ensign Clayton M. Opp to be lieutenant (junior grade), to 1938. Passed Asst. Sanitary Engineer Charles T. Wright to be rank as such from May 27, 1938. sanitary engineer, to rank as such from July 1, 1938. Ensign Loren E. Brunner to be lieutenant (junior grade) , Passed Assistant Sanitary Engineer John J. Bloomfield to to rank as such from May 27, 1938. be sanitary engineer, to rank as such from July 1, 1938. Ensign Charles E. Columbus to be lieutenant (junior grade), Passed Assistant Sanitary Engineer Henry A. Johnson to to rank as such from May 27, 1932. be sanitary engineer, to rank as such from July 3, 1938. Ensign William L. Sutter to be lieutenant (junior grade), to Senior Surg. Grover A. Kempf to be medical director, to rank as such from May 27, 1938. · rank as such from August 1G, 1938. Ensign Gilbert R. Evans to be lieutenant (junior grade), to Asst. Surg. Eric C. Johnson to be passed assistant surgeon, rank as such from May 27, 1938. to rank as such from July 1, 1938. Ensign Wallace L. Hancock, Jr., to be lieutenant (junior Asst. Surg. Erwin C. Drescher to be passed assistant grade), te rank as such from May 27, 1938. surgeon, to rank as ~uch from July 1, 1938. · Ensign Adrian F. Werner to be lieutenant (junior grade), to Asst. Surg. John B. Hazier to be passed assistant surgeon, rank as such from May 27, 1938. to rank as such from July 1, 1938. Ensign Woodrow W. Vennel to be lieutenant (junior grade), Asst. Surg. Virgil J. Dorset to be passed assistant surgeon, to rank as such from May 27, 1938. to rank as such from July 1, 1938. Commander

First Lt. Ernest Martin Nielsen, Medical Corps Reserve. APPOINTMENTS, BY TRANsFER, m THE REGULAR A.RllirtY First Lt. Robert McAllister Davis, Medical Corps Reserve. TO ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT First Lt. George Andrew Rader, Medical Corps Reserve. Capt. Leland Stuart Smith, Coast Artillery Corps, Septem­ First Lt. Edwin Wayne Hakala, Medical Corps Reserve. ber 22, 1938, with rank from August 1, 1935. First Lt. William Clinton White, Medical Corps Reserve. First Lt. William Enloe Strozier, Medical Corps Reserve. TO QUARTERMASTER CORPS First Lt. Robert Sexton Higdon, Medical Corps Reserve. Lt. Col. James Fred Byrom, Infantry, September 8, 1938, First Lt. Fred James Fielding, Medical Corps Reserve. with rank from October 1, 1935. First Lt. Oswald Raymond Jensen, Medical Corps Reserve. Lt. Col. James Albert Gillespie, Field Artillery, June 17, To be first lieutenants, with rank from September 21, 1938 1938, with rank from August 1, 1935. Maj. Francis Sylvester Conaty, Field Artillery, with rank First Lt. Andrew Fredrick Scheele, Medical Corps Reserve. from August 1, 1935. First Lt. Joseph Francis Linsman, Medical Corps Reserve.' Maj. Harry Adamson, Infantry, August 24, 1938, with rank First Lt. Eldred La Monte Gann, Medical Corps Reserve. from October 1, 1934. First Lt. Michael Louis Sheppeck, Medical Corps Reserve. Maj. Milo Clair Calhoun, Field Artillery (promoted major First Lt. Merrill Clark Davenport, Medical Corps Reserve. Field Artillery, during the recess of the Senate), October 3, Capt. John Washington Simpson, Medical Corps Reserve. 1938, with rank from July 22, 1938. To be first lieutenants, tuith rank from November 1, 1938 Maj. David Henry Finley, Infantry, July 26, 1938, with rank First Lt. Frederick James Knoblauch, Medical Corps Re- from August 1, 1935. · serve. _ Maj. Charles Robert Hall, Field Artillery, October 13, 1938, First Lt. John William Linfesty, Medical Corps Reserve. with rank from August 1, 1935. First Lt. Thomas Earl Patton, Medical Corps Reserve. Maj. Joseph Aloysius St. Louis, Infantry, September 21, To be first lieutenants, with rank from December 1, 1938 1938, with rank from August 1, 1935. Maj. Alfred Timothy Wright, Infantry, September 2, 1938, First Lt. John Meredith Burgin, Medical Corps Reserve. with rank from August 1, 1935. First Lt. Arthur Thomas Jones, Medical Corps Reserve. Capt. Charles Cavelli, Jr., Field Artillery, July 26, 1938, First Lt. Homan Elfred Leech, Medical Corps Reserve. with rank from August 1, 1935. - First Lt. John Beardsley Wallace, Medical Corps Reserve. Capt. William jesse Deyo, Jr., Infantry, October 24, 1938, First Lt. John Randall McBride, Medical Corps Reserve. First Lt. Robert William Lloyd, Medical Corps Reserve. with rank from June 12, 1936. First Lt. Rollin Farrington Bunch, Medical Corps Reserve. Capt. Wilber Russell Ellis, Coast Artillery Corps, August 8, First Lt. Oscar Elliott Ursin, Medical Corps Reserve. 1938, with rank from August 1, 1935. First Lt. Charles Raymond Sharp, Medical Corps Reserve. Capt. Leon Eugene Lichtenwalter, Infantry, November 3, First Lt. Dan Beville Searcy, Medical Corps Reserve. 1938, with rank from August 1, 1935. _ Capt. James Bryan McDavid, Infantry, September 7, 1938, DENTAL CORPS with rank from December 1, 1932. To be first lieutenants with rank from July 8, 1938 Capt. Charles Richardson Smith, Infantry, October 31, First Lt. Lawrence Carlton Radford, Dental Corps Reserve. 1938, with rank from October 1, 1934. First Lt. Donald Charles Hudson, Dental Corps Reserve. Capt. Fred Leroy Thorpe, Infantry, October 27, 1938, with First Lt. Leon Guin McConnell, Dental Corps Reserve. rank from June 14, 1937. First Lt. Winlaw Archiebald Priebe, De~al Corps Reserve. Capt. Calvin Louis Whittle, -Infantry, ·August 26, 1938, with First Lt. Benjamin Walter Dunn, Dental Corps Reserve. rank from June 14, 1937. T9 be first lieutenants with rank from December 1, 1938 TO FINANCE DEPARTMENT First Lt. Charles Sidney Winston, Dental Corps Reserve. 1\faj. Castle Hobart Farish, Infantry (promoted major, In· First Lt. W-illfam Foster Perkins, Jr., Dental Corps Reserve. fantry, during the recess of the Senate), November 29, 1938, First Lt. Clarence Ellwyn Sheets, Jr., Dentaf Corps Reserve. with rank from October 1, 1938. · First Lt. William Paxton Fly, Jr., Dental Corps Reserve. Maj. Wallace Chace Steiger, . Cavalry, November 30, 1938, First Lt. Herbert Lester Gullickson, Dental Corps Reserve. with rank from August 1, 1935. - First Lt. Gerald Arthur McCracken, Dental Corps Reserve. Capt. Moses · Alexander, Infantry, December 6, 1938, with First Lt. Jerome Joseph Hiniker, Dental Corps Reserve. rank from October 1, 1934. First Lt. Douglas Monroe Beebe, Dental Corps Reserve. Capt. Ord Gariche Chrisman, Infantry, October 5, 1938, F~ rst Lt. Kenneth David Eye, Dental Corps Reserve. with rank from August 1, 1935. First Lt. Theodore Emmett Fischer, Dental Corps Reserve. Capt. William Adrian Enos, Field Artillery, December 13, Flrst Lt. Virgil Gordon Walker, Dental Corps Reserve. 1938, with rank from September 1, 1934. VETER~ARY CORPS Capt. Frank Gil~rt Fraser, Cavalry, October 31, 1938, with First Lt. Stephen Grieve Asbill, Veterinary Corps Reserve, rank from August 1, 1935. to be first lieutenant with rank from September 8, 1938. Capt. Lester Erasmus Gruber, Infantry, November 21, 1938, First Lt. Robert James Brown, Veterinary Corps Reserve, with rank from October 1, 1934. to be first lieutenant with rank from October 1, 1938. Capt. David Best Latimer, Coast Artillery Corps, December First Lt. Karl Harry Willers, Veterinary Corps Reserve, to 20, 1938, with rank from August 1, 1935. be first lieutenant with rank from November 1, 1938. Capt. Kenneth Sharp Olson, Infantry, November 22, 1938, Capt. Frank Arnold Todd, Veterinary Corps Reserve, to be with rank from August 1, 1935. first lieutenant with rank from December 1, 1938. Capt. Grover Adlai Summa, Infantry, December 10, 1938, CHAPLAINS with rank from October 1, 1934. Rev. John Allen DeVeaux, of Williamsport, Pa., to be First Lt. Jacob George Reynolds, Coast Artillery Corps, chaplain with the rank of first lieutenant, with rank from November 23, 1938, with rank from October 1, 1934. August 24, 1938. TO CORPS OF ENGINEERS Chaplain

TO CAVALRY Second Lt. Marshall Randolph Gray, Infantry, October 6, First Lt. James Ellison Glattly, Infantry, October 21, 1938, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. with rank from August 1~ 1935. Second Lt. Horace Greeley, Infantry, October 6, 1938, with First Lt. Thomas Robert Starratt, Air Corps, September 1, rank from June 12, 1937. 1938, with rank from October 1, 1934. Second Lt. Malcolm Green, Jr., Infantry, October 6, 1938, Second Lt. Thomas Walker Cllandler, Infantry, November with rank from June 12, 1937. 12, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1936. Second Lt. Samuel Charles Gurney, Jr., Cavalry, October 6, Second Lt. Leonard Copeland Shea. Field Artillery, July 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. 5, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1936. Second Lt. Richard Hilton Hackford, Coast Artillery Corps, October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. TO FIELD ARTILLERY Second Lt. Harry Edwin Hammond, Field Artillery, October First Lt. Frank Carter Norvell, Air Corps, September 13, 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Robert Hensey Herman, Coast Artillery Corps, Second Lt. John Harold Daly, Cavalry, July 21, 1938, with October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. rank from June 12, 1936. Second Lt. William Grover Hipps, Cavalry, October 6, 1938, TO COAST ARTILLERY CORPS with rank from June 12, 1937. First Lt. William Hammond Waugh, Jr., Infantry, August Second Lt. George Lawrence Holcomb, Corps of Engineers, 8, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. TO INFANTRY Second Lt. Thomas Alexander Holdiman, Quartermaster Corps, October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. First Lt. Louis Lee Ingram, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank Second Lt. Bruce Keener Holloway, Cavalry, October 6, 1938, from June 12, 1937, effective March 28, 1939. with rank from June 12, 1937. · Second Lt. Frank Pattillo Norman, Jr., Signal Corps, No­ Second Lt. William Kienle Horrigan, Field Artillery, Octo­ vember 12, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1936. ber 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. TO AIR CORPS Second Lt. Richard Phillip Klocko, Corps of Engineers, First Lt. Charles John Bondley, Jr., Coast Artillery Corps, October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Gordon Custer Leland, Infantry, October 6, 1938, First Lt. Robert Merrill Lee, Cavalry, October 6, 1938, with with rank from June 12, 1937. rank from August 1, 1935. Second Lt. Curtis Raymond Low, Coast Artillery Corps, First Lt. John Trueheart Mosby, Infantry, October 6, 1938, October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. with rank from June 12, 1938. Second Lt. Morton David Magoffin, Infantry, October 6, First Lt. Eugene Nail, Cavalry, with rank from June 12, 1938, with rank from Ju.11e 12, 1937. 1938. Second Lt. Whiteford carlisle Mauldin, Signal Corps, Oc- First Lt. Henry Agnew Sebastian, Infantry, with rank from tober 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. · August 1, 1938. Second Lt. William Emmett McDonald, Cavalry, October 6. Second Lt. Edwin Borden Broadhurst, Field Artillery, with 1938, with ·rank from June 12, 1937. l'ank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Ivan Wi.lson McElroy, Field Artillery, October 6, Second Lt. Colin Purdie Kelly, Jr., Infantry, with rank from 19!:l8, with rank from June 12, 1937. June 12, 1937. decond Lt. Joseph· Alfred Miller, Jr., Infantry, October 6, Second Lt. Sam Wilkerson Agee, Jr., Field Artillery, October 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Nils Ol.af Ohman, Corps of Engineers, October Second Lt. Richard Risley Barden, Signal Corps, October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Floyd Joaquin Pell, Cavalry, October 6, 1938, Second Lt. John Francis Batjer, Field Artillery, October 6, with rank from June 12, 1937. 1938, with rank from June i2, 1937. Second Lt. James Thea Posey, Infantry, October 6, 1938, Second Lt. Donald Bowen Brummel, Quartermaster Corps, with rank from June 12, 1937. October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Thomas Everett Powell, Infantry, October 6, Second Lt. William Joseph Cain, Jr., Infantry, October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Maurice Arthur Preston, Cavalry, October 6, Second Lt. Jack Edward Caldwell, Infantry, October 6, 1938, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Charles Louis Robbins, Coast Artillery Corps, Second Lt. Alan Doane Clark, Coast Artillery Corps, Octo­ October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. ber 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Alvord Rutherford, Coast Artillery Corps, Octo- Second Lt. William Ray Clingerman, Jr., Corps of Engineers, ber 6, 1938, with rank from June 12; 1937. · October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Kenneth Oliver Sanborn, Infantry, October 6, Second Lt. Render Dowdell Denson, Infantry, October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Lawrence Augustus Spilman, Cavalry, October Second Lt. Conrad Henry Diehl, Jr., Field Artillery, October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 193'7. 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Charles Andrews Sprague, Cavalry, October 6, Second Lt. Jack Norman Donohew, Corps of Engineers, Oc­ 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. tober 6, 1938, with rank from June 12; 1937. Second Lt. Charles William Stark, Jr., Infantry, October 6, Second Lt. Harvey Charles Dorney, Cavalry, October 6, 1938, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. John Dudley Stevenson, Corps of Engineers, w~th rank from June 12, 1937. October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Se:cond Lt. Woodrow William. Dunlop, Infantry, October 6, Second Lt. Wilbur Harvey Stratton, Cavalry, October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Seco~d Lt. Jasper Newton Durham, Infantry, October 6, Second Lt. Robert Taylor, 3d, Coast Artillery Corps, October 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Walter Eckman, Corps of Engineers, October 6, Second Lt. John Russell Ulricson, Cavalry, October 6, 1938, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. John Gordon Eriksen, Field Artillery, October 6, Second Lt. Harry Francis van Leuven, Field Artillery, Octo­ 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. ber 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. Second Lt. Richard William Fellows, Cavalry, October 6, Second Lt. Kenneth Sayre Wade, Signal Corps, October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. 102 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JANuARY S Second Lt. Charles Bainbridge Westover, Field Artillery, Lt. Col. Ralph Ernest Jones, Infantry, from September 22, October 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. 1938. Second Lt. Harold Bell Wright, Corps of Engineers, October Lt. Col. Willis Shippam, Coast Artillery Corps, from Oc- 6, 1938, with rank from June 12, 1937. tober 1, '1938. · PROMOTIONS IN TH~ REGULAR ARMY Lt. Col. Frank Dexter· Applin, Signal Corps, from October To be colonels 1, 1938. Lt. Col. Rollin Larrabee Tilton, Coast Artillery Corps, from Lt. Col. Jacob Loucks Devers, Field Artillery, from July 1, October 1, 1938. 1938. Lt. Col. Raymond Eliot Lee, Field Artillery, from October · Lt. Col. PhJip Hayes, Field Artillery, from July 1, 1938. 1, 1938, subject to examination ~equired by law. Lt. Col. Francis August Doniat, Field Artillery, from July 1, Lt. Col. Louis Blaine Bender, Signal Corps, from October 1938. . . 1, 1938. . . . Lt. Col. Carl Adolph Baehr, Field Artillery, from J~ly 1, Lt. Col. Frapcis Page ·Hardaway, Coast Artillery Corps, 1938. . . from October 1, 1938. · _ . Lt. Col. George Smith Patton, Jr., Cavalry, from July 1, 1938. Lt. Col. Frederic Alton Price, Coast Artillery Corps, from Lt. Col. Edward Luke Kelly, · Coast Artillery Corps, from October 1 1938. · · · · ·· · · . July 1, 1938. - · Lt. CoL Edward Prescott Noyes, Coast Artilleey CorPs, from · Lt. Col. James Garesche' Ord, Infantry, from July 1, 1938. ' October 1, 1938. · ~' · · · · _ · ·· · · · · Lt. Col. Thruston Hughes, Adjutant General's Departmeat, Lt. Col. William David Frazer, Coast Artillery Corps, from from July 1, 1938. October 1, 1938. . Lt. Col. Wallace Copeland Philoon, Infantry, from July 1, Lt. Col. George Fleming Moore, Coast Artillery Corps, 1938. - from October 1, 1938. Lt. Col. Charles Bartell Meyer, Coast Artillery Corps, from Lt. Col. George Lane Van Deus(m, Signal Corps, from Oc- July 1, 1938. tober 1, 1938. · · · · Lt. Col. James Rowland Hill, Quartermaster Corps, from Lt. Col. Cuthbert Powell St-earns, Cavalry, from October July 1, 1938. 1, 1938. . . . . Lt. Col. Frederick Arthur Mountford, Coast Artillery Corps, Lt. Col. Courtney Hicks Hodges, Infantry, from October 1, from July 1, 1938. 1938. . Lt. Col. Horace .Hayes Fuller, Field Artillery, July 1, 1938, Lt. Col. Rollo Curt~n Ditto, Chemical Warfare Service, subject to examination required by law. from October 1, 1938. Lt. Col. Delos Carleton Emmons (brigadier general, wing Lt. Col. Charles Carter Reynolds, Quartermaster Corps, commander), Air Corps, from July 1, 1938. from october 1, '1938. Lt. Col. Arnold Norman Krogstad , from September 21, 1938. 1, 1938. First Lt. Louis Keller Pohl, Medical Corps (appointed dur­ Capt. Francis Elbert Council, Medical Corps, from August ing the recess of the Senate), from September 21, 1938. 1, 1938. First Lt. Hartwin Adolph Schulze, Medical Corps (appointed Capt. John Presly Bachman, Medical Corps, from · August during the recess of the Senate) , from September 22, 1938. 1, 1938. First Lt. Frank Hiram Van Wagoner, Medical Corps, from Capt. John Buist Chester. Medical Corps, from August October 1, 1938. 1, 1938. First Lt. Clarence Asa Tinsman, Medical Corps, from Oc­ Capt. George Barnard M.oore, Jr., Medical Corps, from tober 1, 1938. August 1, 1938. First Lt. Donald Bullen Peterson, Medical Corps, from Capt. Hugh Richmond Gilmore, Jr., Medical Corps, from October 1, 1938. August 25, 1938. First Lt. Myron Jewell Tremaine, Medical Corps, from Capt. Herbert Ellsworth Tomlinson, Medical Corps, from October 1, 1938. August 25, 1938. First Lt. Henry George. Moehring, Medical Corps, from Capt. Clarence Albert Mcintyre, Medical Corps, from October 14, 1938. :August 25, 1938. First Lt. Raymond McKinley Williams, Medical Corps, Capt. Rawley Ernest Chambers, Medical Corps, from Sep.. from November 1, 1938. tember 3, 1938. First Lt. Lloyd Ethan Gould, Medical Corps, from No­ To be captains vember 1, 1938. First Lt. Dell Fred Dullum, Medical Corps, from May 12, First Lt. Henry Armand Kind, Medical Corps, from No­ 1938. vember 12, 1938. First Lt. Richard Leland Bohannon, Medical Corps, from First Lt. Charles Bateman Perkins, Medical Corps, from May 12, 1938. November 19, 1938. _ First Lt. Ralph Moody Patterson, Medical Corps, from May First Lt. Robert Joseph Benford, Medical Corps, from 12, 1938. November 28, 1938. First Lt. Charles Francis Haughey, Medical Corps, from First Lt. James Peter Pappas, Medical Corps, from De­ June 15, 1938. cember 9, 1938. First Lt. Robert Stuart Nelson, Medical Corps, from July 1, First Lt. Paul Owen Wells, Medical Corps, from Decem.;. 1938. ber 16, 1938. First Lt. Bruno Jastremski, Medical Corps, from July 1, DENTAL CORPS 1938. To be colonels First Lt. Arnold Lorentz Ahnfeldt, Medical Corps, from Lt. Col. Charles DeWitt Deyton, Dental Corps, from July January 11 , 1939. 5, 1938. First Lt. Donald Edward Casad, MedicalCorps, from Janu­ Lt. Col. Herman Stanton Rush, Dental Corps, from No­ ary 15, 1939. vember 11, 1938. First Lt. Raymond Edward Duke, Medical Corps, from Lt. Col. Lester Caris Ogg, Dental Corps, from November January 16, 1939. 12, 1938. First Lt. Beverly Dixon Holland, Medical Corps, from To be lieutenant colonels January 22, 1939. Maj. John Samuel Ross, Dental Corps, from July 4, 1938. First Lt. Theodore Moffett Carow, Medical Corps, from July Maj. Elmer Henry Nicklies, Dental Corps, from July 13, 1, 1938. 1938. First Lt. James Polk Sullivan, Medical Corps, from July 5, Maj. Clarence Walter Johnson, Dental Corps, from August 1938. '1, 1938. First Lt. David Wanless Clotfelter, Medical Corps, from Maj. Walter Duncan Love, Dental Corps, from August 14, July 13, 1938. 1938. 1939 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 109 Maj. Egbert Wesley van Delden Cowan, Dental Corps, First Lf Robert Lee Black, Medical Administrative Corps, from September 3, 1938. from December 26, 1938. Maj. Arthur Edmon Brown, Dental Corps, from Septem- To be first lieutenants ber 8, 1938. · · Maj. Robert Clyde Craven, Dental Corps, from Septem­ Second Lt. Carrol Conrad Barrick, Medical Administrative Corps, from July 13, 1938. · ber 18, 1938. Maj. Melville Alexander Sanderson, Dental Corps, from Second Lt. Thomas Raymond Jones, Medical Administrative Corps, from July 13, 1938. · September 19, 1938. Maj. Earl George Gebhardt, Dental Corps, from September Second Lt. Cornelius John Curran, Medical Administrative 20, 1938. Corps, from July 13, 1938. Maj. Frank Alf Crane, Dental Corps, from September 22, Second Lt. Gerard Adrien Belanger, Medical Administrative 13, 1938. 1938. Corps, from July Maj. Arne Sorum, Dental Corps, from September 23, 1938. Second Lt. Guy Wycoff Harlow, Medical Administrative Corps, from July 13, 1938. Maj. Vivian Z. Brown, Dental Corps, from November 1, 1938. Maj. Henry Allen Winslow, Dental Corps, from November CHAPLAINS 14, 1938. To be chaplain with the rank of colonel Maj. Ernest Frank Sharp, Dental Corps, from November 16, Chaplain Wallace Hubbard Watts (lieutenant colonel), 1938. United States Army, from September 23, 1938. Maj. Clarence Roy Benney, Dental Corps, from November 21, 1938. To be chaplains with the rank of lieutenant colonel Maj. Arthur Benedict McCormick, Dental Corps, from Jan­ Chaplain Mariano Vassallo (major), United States Army uary 1, 1939. · from July 19, 1938. ' Maj. Clarence Constantin Olson, Dental Corps, from Janu­ Chaplain Benjamin Joseph Tarskey (major), United States ary 10, 1939. Army, from August 8, 1938. To be major Chaplain John Francis Monahan (major), United States Capt. Dale Bowlby Ridgely, Dental Corps, from July 15, Army, from August 8, 1938. 1938. Chaplain Luther Deck Miller (major), United States Army To be captains from August 15, 1938. ' Chaplain William Donoghue Cleary (major), United States First Lt. Marion Lawerance Mills, Dental Corps, from Au­ Army, from August 16, 1938. gust 5, 1938. Chaplain Edmund Charles Sliney (major), United States First Lt. Robert Donald Johnson, Dental CorPs, from Au­ Army, from September 10, 1938. gust 25, 1938. First Lt. Edgar Gunther, Dental Corps, from August 28, Chaplain Hal Coleman Head (major), United States Army from September 26, 1938. ' 1938. First Lt. Bernard Charles Hammon, Dental Corps, from Chaplain Walter John Donoghue (major), United States Army, from September 26, 1938. October 1, 1938. Chaplain Oscar Whitefield Reyriolds (major), United First Lt. Stanley Fos~er Steele, Dental Corps, from January States Army, from October 6, 1938. 17, 1939. First Lt. Jack Monroe Hawkins, Dental Corps, from Janu­ Chaplain Jchn M!=i cWilliams (m..ajor), United States Army, from October 31, 1938. ary 21, 1939. . First Lt. Charles Max :rarl;>er, Dental Corps, from January Chaplain Roy Hartford . Parker (major), United States 23, 1939. Army, from November 7, 1938. VETERINARY CORPS Chaplain Willis Timmons. Howard (major), United states Army, from December 25, 1938. To be lieutenant colonels Chaplain Perry Orlando Wilcox (major), 'united States Maj. Harry Lawrence Watson, .veterinary Corps, from July Army, from January 20, 1939. 18, 1938. . Maj. Gardiner Bouton Jones, Veterinary Corps, fro'1l August To be chaplains with the rank of captain 11, 1938. Chaplain Paul Judson Maddox (first lieutenant) United Maj. Nathan Menzo Neate, Veterinary Corps, from Novem­ States Army, from September '"25, 1938. ' . ber 24, 1938. Chaplain Joseph Calvin Sides (first lieutenant), United To be major States Army (appointed during the recess of the Senate) from October 1, 1938. · ' Capt. Stanley McLeod Nevin, Veterinary Corps, frorr.. August Chaplain Harold Henry Schulz (first lieutenant), United 4, 1938. States Army, from November 1, 1938. To be captains Chaplain Aubrey John O'Reilly (first lieutenant), United First Lt. Thomas Carlyle Jones, Veterinary Corps, from States Army, from November 8, 1938. July 24, 1938. First Lt. Edwin Louis MillEmbruck, Veterinary Corps, from PROMOTION IN THE PHILIPPINE SCOUTS July 26, 1938. Lt. Col. Charles Herbert Lantz, Philippine Scouts, to be First Lt. Lloyd Christopher Tekse, Veterinary Corps, from colonel from December 1, 1938. September 30, 1938. OFFICERS' RESERVE CORPS OF THE ARMY First Lt. Wayne Devere Shipley, Veterinary Corps, from GENERAL OFFICERS October 22, 1938. First Lt. Walter Tederoff Carll, Veterinary Co:i,Js, from De­ To be brigadier general, Inactive Reserve cember 4, 1938. Brig. Gen. John Ross Delafield, Inactive Reserve, from MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE CORPS October 25, 1938. Brig. Gen. Samuel McRoberts, Inactive Reserve, from Sep­ To be captains tember 27, 1938. First Lt. Paul Estabrooke Zuver, Medical Administrative Corps, from November 28, 1938. APPOINTMENTS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES First Lt. Orion Victor Kempf, Medical Administrative Corps, GENERAL OFFICERS from December 26, 1938. . To be mt!jor general, National Guard of the United States First Lt. Kindrick Ownby, Medical Administrative Corps, Maj. Gen. Ralph Emerson Truman, Missouri National from December 26, 1938. Guard, from November 30, 1938. 110 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JANUARY 5

To be brigadier general, Adjutant General's Department, The following-named lieutenant commanders to be com­ National Guard of the United States manders in the Navy, to rank from the date stated opposite their names: Brig. Gen. William Leslie Hornor, Adjutant General's De­ George William Johnson, April 1, 1938. partment, West Virginia National Guard, from November 15, Henry E. Thornhill, April 1, 1938. 1938. Jerauld Wright, June 2, 1938. To be brigadier generals, National Guard of the United States Charles D. Leffler, Jr., June 2, 1938. Brig. Gen. Alexander Edward Anderson, New York Na­ Graeme Bannerman, June 8, 1938. tional Guard, from September 22, 1938. The following-named lieutenant commanders to be com- Brig. Gen. Richard Eugene Mittelstaedt, California Na­ manders in the Navy, to rank from the 23d day of June 1938: tional Guard, from November 10, 1938. John D. H. Kane · George R. Henderson Brig. Gen. Diller Slyder Myers, Illinois National Guard, James W. Whitfield Theodore C. Lonnquest (an from September 6, 1938. Peter K. Fischler additional number in Brig. Gen. Edward Clark Rose, New Jersey National Guard, Herbert B. Knowles grade) from September 8, 1938. John J. Twomey George T. Owen Brig. Gen. Leonard Fish Wing, Vermont National Guard, George L. Harriss James R. Allen . Flaherty,- August 29, 1936. Louis D. M~Gregor, Jr., February 3, 1938. Rollo N. Norgaard, September 1, 1936. Rowland C. Lawyer, March 1, 1938. Robert J. Archer; September 1, 1936. Ray E. Malpass, March 1, 1938. Idris B. Monahan, September 2, 1936. George G. Palmer, March 26, 1938. Thomas Ashcraft, September 6, 1936. Joseph B. H. Young, March 29, 1938. John L. Collis, September 21, 1936. Edmund S. L. -Marshall, March 31, 1938. George E. King; October 1, 1936. Roy A. Newton, April 1, 1938. Charles H. Kendall, October 1, 1936. Theodore T. Miller, April 30, 1938. James H. Brett, Jr., November 1, 1936. Harold M. Heming, May 5, 1938. Francois C. B. Jordan, November 1, 1936. Medical Inspector Ross T. Mcintire to be Surgeon General Chesford Brown, November 1, 1936. and Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in the Edward A. Hannegan, November 3, 1936. Department of the Navy, with the rank of rear , from Leonard F. Freiburghouse, November 22, 1936. the 1st day of December 1938 for a term of 4 years. Neale R. Curtin, November 25, 1936. Medical Dire.ctor Harold W. Smith to be a medical director Edwin J. S. Young, November 25, 1936. in the Navy with the rank of rear admiral, to rank from the Clarence M. Bowley, December 1, 1936. 1st day of July 1936. Thomas A. Donovan, December 1, 1936. The following-named medical inspectors to be medical Frederick E. Moore, December 25, 1936. directors in the Navy with the rank of captain, to rank from Joe E. Wyatt, January 1, 1937. the 2d day of June 1938: J. Clark Riggs, January 22, 1937. William W. Hargrave John M. Boyd, February 1, 1937. Walter C. Espach Marcel R. Gerin, February 1, 1937. The following-named surgeons to be medical inspectors in John E. Burke, February 1, 1937. the Navy with the rank of commander, to rank from the 1st Roger M. Daisley, February 27, 1937. day of July 1937: Jesse J. Underhill, March 1, 1937. Alanson L. Bryan James B. Moloney Alfred M. Aichel, March 1, 1937. Louis Iverson Warwick T. Brown Paul R. Anderson, March 13, 1937. Victor S. Armstrong Herbert L. Barbour Philip D. Gallery, April 1, 1937. Charles E. Morse Stephen N. Tackney, May 1, 1937. The following-named surgeons to be medical inspectors in John A. Williams, May 8, 1937. the Navy with the rank of commander, to rank from the 23d William F. Raborn, Jr., May·15, 1937. day of June 1938: Robert T. S. Keith, May 19, 1937 . . Samuel E. Johnson Clarence N. Smith Robert W. Wood, June 1, 1937. Houston B. Fite George G. Herman George K. Huff, June 1, 1937. James Kenneth Gordon George E. Mott William D. Thomas, June 1, 1937. Jose A. Perez James P. Bowles Frank McD. Nichols, June 1, 1937. Henry A. N. Bruckshaw Clyde W. Brunson Granville C. Briant, June 3, 1937. Thomas H. Taber James D. Blackwood, Jr. Charles H. Crichton, June 3, 1937. William F. Kennedy Robert F. Sledge Samuel B. Frankel, June 3, 1937. Charles R. Tatum Emil J. Stelter John Andrews, Jr., June 21, 1937. Maurice Joses Jesse D. Jewell William M. Walsh, June 26, 1937. James D. Benjamin Harvey W. Miller Dudley W. Morton, June 30, 199-7. Emmett J. Brady Francis E. Tierney John R. McKnight, Jr., June 30, 193'1. Lincoln Humphreys Joseph J. Kaveney Lynne C. Quiggle, June 30, 1937. Albion H. Cecha , Edward H. Sparkman, Jr. John M. Lewis, July 1, 1937. Aclpfar A. Marsteller Forrest M. Harrison Gifford Scull, July 1, 1937. Earl E. Dockery Everett B. Taylor LXXXIV--8 114 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--SENATE JANUARY 5 Dwight Dickinson, Jr. Camille M. Shaar The following-named dental-surgeons to be dental surgeons Walter P. Dey John Thomas O'Connell in the Navy, with the nink of captain, to rank from the William A. Epstein Vincent Hernandez 2d day of June 1938: Arthur J. White Benjamin H. Adams William L. Darnall Harrison L. Wyatt Clifford G. Hines John V. McAlpin Alva A. Shadday William H. Harrell Marson W. Mangold Henry DeW. Hubbard Clinton G. DeFoney The following-named dental surgeons to be dental surgeons Jonathan E. Henry James G. Dickson in the Navy, with the rank of commander, to rank from the Guy Fish Richard B. Blackwell 1st day of July 1937: Isaac B. Polak Charles G. Terrell James C. Lough Harry L. Kalen The following-named passed assistant surgeons to be John E. Herlihy Tyler W. Spear surgeons in the Navy, with the rank of lieutenant com­ David L. Cohen Robert H. Fladeland mander, to rank from the 30th day of June 1937: The following-named passed assistant dental surgeons to Charles H. Bitner be dental surgeons in the NaVY, with the rank of lieutenant Thomas H. Hayes commander, to rank from the 23d day of June 1938: The following-named passed assistant surgeons to be Daniel W. Ryan surgeons in the Navy, with the rank of lieutenant com­ William R. Burns mander, to rank from the 23d day of June 1938: The following-named assistant dental surgeons to be James R. Fulton Charles G. McCormack passed assistant dental surgeons in the Navy, with the rank Ralph H. Hofler Melvin D. Abbott of lieutenant, to rank from the 30th day of Jurie 1938: CEfford A. Swanson Bruce V. Leamer Erwin J. Shieids John N.C. Gordon Bartholomew W. Hogan Lauro J. Turbini Bernard S. Pupek Harry L. Goff Max W. Kle:nman Henry W. Patton LeRoy F. Farrell The following-named citizens of the United States to be Ocie B. Morrison, Jr. Clark T. Alexander assistant dental surgeons in the NaVY, with the rank of lieu­ John P. Brady David 0. Zearbaugh tenant (junior grade), to rank from the 15th day of David W. Lyon, Jr. Harold 0. Cozby August 1938: Hugo 0. G. Wagner Dewey D. Jackson Robert L. Love The following-named assistant surgeons to be passed as­ Charles J. Schork Claude M. Fraleigh sistant surgeons in the Navy, with the rank of lieutenant, to Albert T. Smith August Bartelle rank from the dates stated opposite their names: Henry C. Knight Conrad H. Brandt Edgar J. Easley, June 3, 1937. J ohn C. Farquhar Myron G. Turner Clifford P. Powell, June 30, 1937. Paul L. Brandt Carl A. Veline The following-named acting assistant surgeons to be assist­ William E. Sanders Edmund E. Jeansonne ant surgeons in the Navy, with the rank of lieutenant (junior Clarence R. Connell William R. Franklin grade), to rank from the 21st day of June 1938: John D. Gillig Estes W. Murphy Ralph C. Parker, Jr. Felix H. Ocko Edward V. Barth William D. Owen William T. Foley Jacque E. Miller The following-named pay inspectors to be pay directors in Eldon C. Olson Ronald B. Fankboner the Navy, with the rank of captain, to rank from the 23d day Robert E. Bruner Robert B. Jamieson, Jr. of June 1938: Boris Schuster Karl J. Palmberg Oscar W. Leidel John A. Byrne· Louis E. Daily NormanS. Hunt Charles C. Copp John B. Ewald Ralph B. Berry Robert B. Johnson John J. Gaffney Samuel R. White, Jr. Joseph J. Zuska The following-named paymasters to be pay Inspectors In The following-named citizens of the United States to be the Navy, with the rank of commander, to rank from the a~is tant surgeons in the NaVY with the rank of lieutenant 23d day of June 1938: (junior grade) , to rank from the 16th day of July 1938: Howard M. Shaffer David W. Mitchell Howell E. Wiggins James A. Grindell Gerald A. Shattuck Edward R. McKenzie WilliamS. Wray John D. Walters Melvin F. Talbot Herbert C. Lassiter Chalmers R. Carr Marcellus C. Shurtleff Walter W. Gilmore William R. Ryan Thomas M. Foley, Jr. Edward F. Szlosek Edwin D. Foster Samuel V. Dunham George L. Calvy Robert L. Findley Allen H. White Independent W. Gorton Francis W. Gross Jesse F. Richardson Horace D. Nuber James M. Easter Joseph J. Blanch Lamar B. Harper John N. Harriman Daniel Lynch George T. Ferguson James E. Eppley Murrey L. Royar William B. Young Robert B. Greenman Arthur J. Vandergrind William J. Carter Francis L. Gaffney Joseph L. Yon Peter P. Machung Thomas S. Wylly Maw·ice M. Smith Ralph W. Geise Joseph M. Picciochi The following-named passed assistant paymasters to be Roald N. Grant Norman L. Barr paymasters in the Navy with the rank of lieutenant com­ Edward L. Hammond Robert H. Mershon mander, to rank from the date stated opposite their names: Edward A. Anderson Clement D. Burroughs Austin S. Keeth, February 1, 1938. Sylvester F. Williams Frederic G. Hirsch Walter E. Gist, June 2, 1938. William F. Queen George W. Mast Francis C. Kennedy Emmett F. Norwood The following-named passed assistant paymasters to be John E. Koett Louis G. Llewelyn paymasters in the Navy with the rank of lieutenant com­ Derrick C. Turnipseed Vernon E. Martens mander, to rank from the date stated opposite their names: William W. Ayres George H. C. McKeown Malcolm w. Pemberton, June 23, 1938. Bruno 0. Junnila Walter F. Berberich Morris Smellow, June 23, 1938. Melville M. Driskell Sherley A. Fuhring John J. Jecklin, June 23, 1938. Robert 0. Canada, Jr. Robert G. Gilbert Reed T. Roberts, June 28, 1938. Paul J. Ritchie Nicholas M. Musso Julian J. Levasseur, July 1, 1938.

I 1939 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 115 The following-named assistant. paymasters to be -passed tenant (junior grade), to rank from the 5th day of August assistant paymasters in the Navy with the rank of lieutenant 1938: to rank from the date stated opposite their names: Cecil J. Espy, Jr. Jack Agnew, December 1, 1937. Carl A. Et:ickson Walter F. Prien, January 29, 1938. The following-named boatswains to be chief boatswains in Aubrey J. Bourgeois, March 1, 1938. the Navy, to rank with but after ensign, from the date stated Lee DeV. Boyle, June 2, 1938. opposite their names: Hiram W. Spence, June 2, _1938. Eugene T. Sanders, October 22, 1938.. Carlos M. Charneco, June 2, 1938. William F. Bell, October 22, 1938. The following-named assistant paymasters to be passed Frank Rigley, October 22, 1938. - assistant paymasters in the Navy With tbe rank of lieutenant Owen vV. Huff, October 22, 1938 .­ to rank from the 30th day of June 1938: Rudolph L. Ward, November 2, 1938. Albert Konigsberg · Onnie P. Lattu · Dewey Walley, December 2, 1938. Hugh C. Haynsworth, Jr. Clark T. Abbott The following-named gunners to be chief gunners in the George W. Foott, Jr. Jesse S. McAfee • Navy, to rank with but after ensign, from the date stated - Robley E. Brown Peyton P. Callaway opposite their names:- Thomas L. Becknell, Jr. Stanley Mumford William T. -Smith,- October 15, 1937. James H. Payne, Jr. Oakleigh W. Robinson Oliver H. Craig, October 22, 1938. James W. Boundy Cecil 0. Hamrick James M. Hal-e, November 21, 1938. • · Willard c. Johnson Electrician Frank L. Smith to be a chief electrician in the · The following-named assistant paymasters to be passed · Navy, to rank with but after ensign, from the 2d day of­ assistant paymasters in the Navy with the rank of lieutenant November 1938. to rank from the lst day of July 1938: The following-named machinists to be chief machinists in ­ Charles R. Almgren the Navy, to rank with but after ensign, from the date stated Joseph F·. Tenney opposite their names: Harold V. Hutchings, a citizen of the United States, to be Paul R. McGlohon, March 2, 1938. an assistant paymaster in the Navy, with the rank of ensign, Kenneth B. Bell, March 2, 1938. to rank from the 6th day of October 1938: Raymond P. Lawson, April 2, 1938. The following-named citizens of the United States to be Wilfred I. Kennedy, April 2, 1938. assistant paymasters in the Navy, with the rank of ensign, to Walter M. Smith, April 2, 1938. rank from the 15th day of August 1938: Milton B. Beresford, Jack J. Appleby \Vinston H. Schleef October 22, 1938. James V. Cooper Franklin D. Smith Edward W. Mulford, October 22, 1938. James J. Davis, Jr. Robert M. Whittemore Victor E. Marriott, October 22, 1938. Frank E. Floyd, Jr. George T. Waite Chester M. Stearns, October 22, 1938. Thomas Fuller Richard E. Welsh Carpenter James T. Kelly to be a chief carpenter in the . Karl A. Grahn, Jr. Robert P. Webber Navy, to rank With but after ensign, from the 22d day of Robert G. Lavenson Richard C. Carey October 1938. Lincoln L. Letterman Wallace F. Millson The following-named pay clerks to be chief pay clerks in David C. Norton Wallace L. Atkinson, Jr. the Navy, to rank with but after ensign, from the date stated Charles F. Palmer John ):t. Johnston opposite their names: James F. Parker Maynard G. Stokes Victor R. vVhite, February 2, 1938. John M. Quackenbush Fowler W. Martin Robert F. Slach, February 2, 1938. John B. Robertson Philip F. Ashier Edgar M. Brown, October 22, 1938. Naval Constructor Charles L. Brand to be a naval construc­ Embrey J. Beasley, October 22, 1938. tor in the Navy, with the rank of captain, to rank from the Glenn D. Wood, October 22, 1938. 23d day of June 1938. Carl L. Stokes, October 22, 1938. The following-named naval constructors to be naval con­ Capt. Robert L. Ghormley to be a rear admiral in the Navy, structors in the Navy, with tl;le. rank of commander, to rank to rank from the 1st day of October 1938. from the 23d day of June 1938. James G. McPherson Lt. Comdr. Russell M. Ihrig to be a commander in the Navy, Frederick B. Britt to rank from the 1st day of July 1938. Assistant Naval Constructor Schuyler N. Pyne to be a naval The following-named lieutenants to be lieutenant com- constructor in the Navy, with the rank of lieutenant. to rank manders in the Navy, to rank from the 23d day of June 1938: from the 30th day of June 1934. Gerald U. Quinn Walter C. Russell Ensign William W. Keller to be an assistant naval con­ Paul C. Wirtz Leon N. Blair structor in the Navy, with the rank of lieutenant (junior Charles W. Humphreys grade), to rank from the 31st day of May 1937. The following-named lieutenants to be lieutenant com­ The following-named ensigns to be assistant naval con­ ,manders in the Navy-, to rank from the date stated opposite structors in the Navy, with the rank of ensign, to :r:ank from their names: the 6th day of June 1935: Louis N. Miller, June 28, 1938. Lewis L. Schock, Jr. Benjamin G. Wade Donald E. Wilcox, July 1, 1938. John J. Fee Bradley F. Bennett William P. Burford, October 1, 1938. John H. McQuilkin Thomas H. Hederman, November 1-, 1938. The following-named ensigns to be assistant civil engineers William G. Pogue, November 24, 1938. in the Navy, with the rank of ensign, to rank from the 6th · The following-named ensigns to be lieutenants (junior day of June 1935: grade) iri the Navy, to rank from the date stated opposite Joseph P. Plichta John H. Lofland, Jr. their names: William A. McManus James A. Bentley Alexander C. Husband Robert E. McC. Ward, June 6, 1938. The following-named citizens of the United States to be Kerfoot B. Smith, August 29, 1938. assistant civil engineers in the Navy, with the rank of lieu- Philip K. Sherman, August 29, 1938.. 116 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 5. The following-named passed assistant paymasters to be The Clerk read as follows: passed assistant paymasters in the Navy, with the rank of House Resolution 34 lieutenant, to rank from the date stated opposite their names, Whereas JOSEPH B. SHANNON, a Representative from the State of to correct the date of rank as previously nominated and Missouri, from the Fifth District thereof, has been unable, because confirmed: of sickness in his family, to appear in person to be swam as a Mem­ ber of the House, an