4410 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE MAY 20 By Mr. BREWSTER, from the Committee on Brig. Gen. Henry Lawrence Cullen Jones Col. James Washington Barnett (lieutenant Naval Affairs: (colonel, Field Artillery) , Army of the United colonel, Cavalry), Army of the United States. The nomination of Rear Admiral Adolphus States. Col. Randolph Tucker Pendleton, Coast Ar­ Andrews to be a vice admiral in the Navy, Brig. Gen. William Henry Harrison Morris, tillery Corps. for temporary service, to rank from the 1st Jr. (colonel, Infantry), Army of the United Col. Idwal Hubert Edwards (lieutenant day of May 1942 and to continue during his States. colonel, Air Corps; temporary colonel, Air assignment as commander, eastern sea · Brig. Gen. Durward Saunders Wilson (colo­ Corps), Army of the United States. frontier; and nel, Infantry), Army of the United States. Col. Leland Wilbur Miller (lieutenant colo­ The nomination of Rear Admiral John W. Brig. Gen. William Middleton Grimes (colo­ nel, Air Corps; temporary colonel, Air Corps), Greenslade to be a vice admiral in the Navy, nel, Cavalry), Army of the United States. Army of the United States. for temporary service, to rank from the 1st Brig. Gen. Rapp Brush (colonel, Infantry), Col. Thomas James Hanley, Jr. (lieutenant day of May 1942 and to continue during his Army of the United States. colonel, Air Corps; temporary colonel, Air assignment as commander, western sea . Brig. Gen. Joseph Dorst Patch (colonel, In­ Corps), Army of the United States. frontier. fantry) , Army of the United States. Col. Thomas Henry Green (lieutenant colo-• By Mr. McKELLAR, from the Committee on Brig. Gen. John Emmitt Sloan (colonel, nel), Judge Advocate General's Department), ·Post Offices and Post Roads: Field Artillery), Army of the United States. Army of the United States. Nominations of sundry postmasters. Brig. Gen. William Hanson Gill (colonel, Col. Royal Reynolds, Medical Corps. Infantry), Army of the United States. Col. Omar Heinrich Quade, Medical Corps. The VICE PRESIDENT. If there be Brig. Gen. }larry Lewis Twaddle (colonel, Col. Charles Egbert Branshaw (lieutenant no .further· reports of committees, the Infantry), Army of the United St~tes. colonel, Air Cqrps; temporary colonel, Air clerk will state the nominations on the Brig. Gen. Frank Cadle Mahin (colonel, In-. Corps), Army of the United States. calendar. fan try), Army of the United States. Col. Thomas Bernard Larkin (lieutenant POSTMASTERS Brig. Gen. Homer Ray Oldfield (colonel, colonel, Corps of Engineers), Army of the Coast Artillery Corps), Army of the United United States. The legislative clerk proceeded to read States. Col. Leonard Russell Boyd (lieutenant colo­ sundry nominations of postmasters. Brig. Gen. Joseph Lawton Collins (lieuten­ nel, Infantry), Army of the United States. Mr. McKELLAR. I ask unanimous ant colonel, Infantry), Army of the United Col. Donald Armstrong, Ordnance Depart­ consent that the postmaster nominations States. ment. be confirmed en bloc. Brig. Gen. Harold Roe Bull (lieutenant Col.· Gordon Marshall Wells (lieutenant colonel, Infantry), Army of the United States. colonel, Ordnance Department), Army of the The VICE PRESIDENT. Without Brig. Gen. Robert Olds (lieutenant colonel, United States. objection, the nominations are confirmed Air Corps; temporary colonel, Air Corps), Col. John Kay Christmas (lieu~enant colo­ en bloc. AFmY of the UnitEd States. nel, Ordnance Department), Army of the Mr. McKELLAR. I ask unanimous TO BE BRIGADIER GENERALS United States. consent that the President be immedi- ~ Col. Thoburn Kaye Brown (lieutenant colo­ Col. Rosswell ~ric Hardy (lieutenant colo­ ately notified of these confirmations. nel, Cavalry), Army of the United States. nel, Ordnance · Department), Army of the The VICE PRESIDENT. Without Col. Lucian King Truscott, Jr. (lieutenant United States. objection: the President will be notified colonel, Cavalry), Army of the United States. APPOINTMENTS IN THE NAVY forthwith. Col. Clift Andrus, Field Artillery. Capt. Charles A. Lockwood, Jr., to be a rear That completes. the calendar. Col. Paul Everton Peabody (lieutenant admiral in the Navy for temporary service, colonel, Infantry), Army of the United RECESS to rank from the 16th day of May 1942. States. Capt. Marc A. Mitscher to be a rear admiral Mr. BARKLEY. As in legislative ses­ Col. Giltert Richard Cook, Infantry. in the Navy, for temporary service, to rank Col. Hayes Adlai Kroner, Infantry. from the 4th day of December 1941. sion, I move that the Senate take a recess Col. Leland Stanford Hobbs (lieutenant until12 o'clock noon tomorrow. colonel, Infantry), Army of the United States. The motion was agreed-to; and MARSHAL Col. Horace Logan. McBride (lieutenant Dorothy D. Clark, Hancock. Leslie S. Kofoed, of Nevada, to be United colonel, Field Artillery), Army of the United . States marshal for the district of· Nevada, States . vice Frank L. Middleton, term expired. , Col. Barnwell Rhett Legge (lieutenant colo­ nel, Infantry), Army of the United States. TEMPORARY· APPOINTMENTS IN THE ARMY OF Col. Roland Paget Shugg (lieutenant colo­ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE UNITED STATES nel, Field Artillery), Army of the United TO BE BRIGADIER GENERALS States. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1942 Col. Edward Arthur Evans, Coast Artillery Col. James Francis Brittingham (lieutenant Corps (Reserve) . colonel, Field Artlllery), Army of the United The House met at 12 o'clock noon, and Col. Kenneth Buchanan, Cavalry; (National · States. was called to order by the Speaker. Guard of the United States). · Col. Ward Hale Maris (lieutenant colonel, The .chaplain, the Reverend James Col. Albert Edward Colburn, Coa.st Artil­ Field Artillery), Army of the United States. Shera Montgomery,. D. D., . offered the lery Corps (National Guard of the United Col. Guy Ichabod Rowe, Quartermaster following ·prayer: States). · Corps. Col. Roderick Random Allen (lieutenant Our God and gracious Father, in Thy APPOINTMENT IN THE REGULAR ARMY colonel, Cavalry), Army of the United States. revealing power show us the virtue of the Maj. Gen. Levin Hicks Campbell, Jr. (colo­ Col. John Matthew Devine (lieutenant all-atoning Lamb. Increase in us the nel, Ordnance Department), Army of the colonel, Field Artillery), Army of the United manifold gifts of Thy grace, the spirit United States, for appointment in the Regu-· States. of wisdom and understanding, the spirit lar Army of the United States as Chief of Col. George Wesley Griner, Jr. (lieutenant­ Ordnance, with the rank of major general, colonel, Infantry), Army of the United States. of counsel and true godliness. We pray for a period of 4 years from date of accept­ Col. Arthur McKinley Harper (lieutenant that we may live more courageously and ance, vice Maj. Gen. Charles M. Wesson, Chief colonel, Field Artillery), Army of the United more bravely, enduring the disillusion­ of Ordnanre, who is retiring, and Maj. Gen. States. ments of life. The purest .motive is to James Ij. Burns (colonel, Ordnance Depart­ Col. Warren Thomas Hannum, Corps of love Thee, the loftiest rule, Thy will, and ment), Army of the United States, who has Engineers. the supremest end Thy honor and glory. declined to accept commission as confirmed Col. John Thomas Kennedy, Field Artillery. Heavenly Father, the ·world hath its by the Senate. Col. Royden Eugene Beebe, Infantry. tragedy; its breath is a pestilence and TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN THE ARMY OF Col. Louis Albert Kunzig, Infantry. its hate a flame. Oh, cast down the spirit THE UNITED STATES Col. James Arthur Pickering (lieutenant colonel, Field Artillery), Army of the United of destroying war; break the iron rod TO BE MAJOR GENERALS States. and destroy the destroyer and bring all Brig. Gen. Albert Eger Brown (lieutenant Col. Milton Baldridge Halsey (lieutenant nations to their intelligence and se1f- . colonel, Infantry), Army of the United States. colonel, Infantry), Army of the United States. control; be our sun, filling the whole 1942 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 4411 sphere of life with fruitfulness, VIsion, of sugar, patriotic citizens are glad to join Mr. MUNDT. Mr. Speaker, food is im­ and victory. To Thy guidance and un­ in this program. I want to call your at­ portant in connection with the winning erring counsel we commend our most tention to a situation, however, that I of this war. Despite this fact, however, notable President, our Speaker, and the think is most inconsistent. recent regulations by the Government Congress; oh, may they seek that great­ . Mr. Speaker, during last year we im­ have created a great shortage in grain­ ness which sanctifies aU desires, all pas­ ported into this country approximately storage facilities which must be cor­ sions, and all labor in the field of toil. 2,000,000 gallons of rum from Puerto Rico. rected if the United States and the United For Thy name's sake. Amen. We imported about 1,000,000 gallons from Nations are to have the necessary food The Journal of the proceedings of yes­ the Virgin Islands. That is approxi­ with which to win the war and preserve terday was read and approved. mately 250,000 gallons per month. We do the peace to follow. not know the figures for this year. It is Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent MESSAGE FRO!A: THE SENATE estimated they will be larger. We are to extend my own remarks in the REc­ ' A message from the Senate, by Mr. still importing rum. Rum is, of course, ORD at this point by inserting a telegram Frazier, its legislative clerk, announced made from sugarcane. According to esti­ from the Governor of South Dakota on that the Senate had passed, with an mates of Virgin Islands officials, the 1942 this subject. amendment in which the concurrence of crop of sugar will amount to 3,500 tons. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the House is requested, a bill of the The Puerto Rico crop will, of course, be a the request of the gentleman from South House of th!=l followi:hg title: great deal more. Mr. Speaker, there is Dakota [Mr. MUNDT]? H. R. 6979. An act to authorize an increase no logical reason why this sugar should There was no objection. of the number of cadets at the United States not be used to help take care of the short­ The telegram referred to follows: Military Academy and to provide for main­ age in this country rather than make it PmRRE, S. DAK., May 19, 1942. taining the corps of cadets at authorized into rum. Furthermore, Mr. Speaker, the Hon. KARL MuNDT, strength. · irony of the situation is that the United House of Representatives, States Government subsidizes the Virgin Washington, D. C.: The message also announced that the Grain storage in South Dakota for the Senate had passed a joint resolution of Islands to the extent of approximately $60,000 per year for the production of carry-over and the prospective new crop is the following title, in which the concur­ sugarcane. in a critical condition. In a conference to­ rence of the House is requested: day of all governmental agencies, farm agen­ The Government, instead of importing S. J. Res. 129. Joint resolution t0 remove cies, lumber and transportation groups the certain limitations on the cost of construc­ the sugar, permits it to be manufactured following resolution was adopted: tion of Army and Navy living quarters. into rum and then sold in the United "Whereas South Dakota farmers and all States. We certainly do .not need the citizens wish to participate in the food-for­ MRS. HATTIE DAVIS rum. We do need the sugar. freedom program to the absolute limit; ·and "Where~s during the past few years, on ac­ Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. Speaker, by di­ Mr. RICH. Will the gentleman yield? count of drought conditions, farm-storage fa­ rection of the committee on Accounts, I Mr. REES of Kansas. I yield to the cilities have deteriorated; and submit a privileged resolution, and ask gentleman from Pennsylvania. "Whereas prospects are that South Dakota for its immediate consideration. Mr. RICH. The gentleman knows that will have an estimated small-grain crop plus The Clerk read the ·resolution commandant quired materials may be made available for Speaker, at the request of my distin­ of the Twelfth Naval District, and a construction of emergency farm storage fa­ guished colleague the gentleman from White House text on ships. cilities, including stocks already frozen. Missouri [Mr. SHANNON], who 1s tempo­ "4. We especially urge that South Dakota The SPEAKER. Is there objection to be allocated her fair share of the 100,000,000- rarily confined to the Doctor's Hospital the request of the gentleman from Wash­ bushel program for new contemplated con­ in this city I ask unanimous consent that ington [Mr. SMITH]? struction of storage to be provided by the he may have leave to extend his own re­ There was no objection. Commodity Credit Corporation, and in that marks in the RECORD and to include a [Mr. SMITH of Washington addressed connection that a proper allocation of steel notable address which he delivered before bins from other States be made to this State the House. His remarks appear in the for the emergency." the Rotary Club of Independence, Mo., Appendix.] on May 11, 1942, relating to subjects of Will be glad ·to come personally to assist EXTENSION OF REMARKS in pressing this matter if you think advisable. interest to Missouri and Missourians. HARLAN J. BUSHFIELD, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Mr. GEHRMANN. Mr. Speaker, I ask Governor. the request of the gentleman from Mis­ unanimous consent to extend my own re­ EXTENSION· OF REMARKS souri [Mr. CANNON]? marks in the Appendix of the RECORD. There was no objection. Mr. CARTwRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I . The SPEAKER. Is there objection to ask .unanimous consent to extend my own SUGAR ORRUM the request of the gentleman from Wis- consin [Mr. GEHRMANN]? · remarks in the RECORD and to include Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I There was no objection. some letters from the executive and mili­ ask unanimous consent to proceed for 1 tary officials in reference to the selection minute. · SHORTAGE OF GRAIN-STORAGE of military sites. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to FACILITIES The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the-request of the gentleman from Kan­ Mr. MUNDT. Mr. Speaker, I ask the request of the gentleman from Okla­ sas [Mr. REES]? unanimous consent to proceed for 1 homa [Mr. CARTWRIGHT]? There was no objection. minute. There was no objection. Mr. REES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to THE CONGRESS there has recently been a considerable the request of the gentleman from South Mr. VOORHIS of California . . Mr. amount of discussion concerning the ra­ Dakota [Mr. MUNDT]? Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to pro­ tioning of sugar. In view of the shortage nere was no objection! ceed for 1 minute. 4412 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE MAY 20 The SPEAKER. Is there objection to The SPEAKER. Is there objection to amendment& of the Senate to the bill (H. R. the request of the gentleman from Cali• the request of the gentleman from Mas- 6927) to amend the National Housing Act, fornia [Mr. VOORHIS]? sachusetts? · and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to There was no objection. There was no objection. recommend and do recommend to their re­ Mr. VOORHIS of California. Mr. Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Mr. spective Houses as follows: Speaker, I take this time in order to ask Speaker, may I ask the majority leader That the House recede from its disagree­ unanimous consent to extend my own re­ if he can tell us the program for today· ment to the amendments of the Senate num­ marks ln the Appendix of the RECORD and tomorrow? · bered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7·, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and to include an editorial from th.e Mr. McCORMACK. A. conference re­ 17, and 18; and agree to the same. Philadelphia Record entitled "Irs Your port was filed yesterday on a bill from That the House recede from its disagree­ ment to the amendment of the Senate num­ Congress-Help Guard It Now." the Committee on Banking and Currency; bered 11, and agree ·to the same- with an I agree with all of this editorial, in­ and its consideration will be in order to­ amendment, as follows: Restore the matter cluding certain points it makes to the day. There will be nothing else today. proposed to be stricken out by the Sena'te effect that some of us have at times by On tomorrow there will be brought up amendment, and in lieu of the matter pro­ bad judgment given weight to criticism , a joint resolution froin the Committee on posed to be inserted by the said amendment of the Congress. However, I want to Appropriations in connection with war­ insert a colon and the following: "Provided, read the last part of the editorial. It is risk insurance. A road bill has also been That such mortgage shall not in any event exceed the amount which the Administrator reported out and ~ rule providing ~or its addressed to the people and says: estimates will be the cost of the completed Keep your. mind vigilant. Vigilant against consideration is being reported out to­ physical improvements on the property or any effort to make you lose faith in Congress, day. The bill is H. R. 6908, to amend the proj-ect, exclusive of off-site public utilities and, hence, in democracy. Defense Highway Act of 1941, and it and streets, and organization and legal ex­ Just as the British Parliament ha.s been a. deal's with access roads. I understand it penses"; and the Senate agree to the same. great source of strength in Britain's war is quite an important bill. effort, so has our Congress. a. -magnificent HENRY B. STEAGALL, Agreement has already been reached CLYDE WILLIAMS, record of vigor, initiative, and cooperation. on 1 hour of general debate on the joint BRENT SPENCE, Finally, ·remember this: That if there are resolution from the Committee on Ap­ JESSE P. WOLCOTT, . some weak and incompetent men in Con­ Managers on the part of the House. gress, they are there because· we, the voters, propriations, and I understand there is . sent them there. not much controversy over it. If we have GEORGE L. RADCLIFFE, Congress _is not something apart from us. time after that joint resolution is dis­ J; H. BANKHEAD, It is us. Our voice. Our strength. Our posed of, then tbis road bill will be FRANCIS MALONEY, power. And our hope for future freedom. JOHN A. DANAHER, brought up. RoBERT A. TAFT, [Here the gavel fell.] I announced yesterday that on Mon­ Managers on the part of the Senate. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to day a bill relating to small businessmen the request of the gentleman from Cali­ would be considered. If a rule is reported STATEMENT fornia [Mr. VOORHIS]? out today on that bill, the· bill will be The managers on the part of the House at There was no objection. brought up Monday. the conference on the disagreeing votes of the I shall be in a better position tomorrow two Houses on .the amendments of the Senate EXTENSION OF REMARKS to advise the distinguished minority to the bill (H. R. 692-7) to amend the Na­ leader as'to the probable program for the tional Housing Act, and for other purposes, Mr. SECREST. Mr. Speaker, I ask submit the following statement in explana­ unanimous consent to extend my own re­ rest of next week. tion of the effect of the action agreed upon marks tn the RECORD and include therein Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. It is by· the conferees anOhio? tleman yield? Amendments Nos. 3 and 16: These amend­ There was no objection. Mr. McCORMACK. I yield to the gen- ments provide that the Administrator may tle·man from Peimsylvania. . prescribe such procedures as are necessary to Mr. LANE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani­ secure to war workers occupancy priority with mous consent to extend my own remarks Mr. RICH. When can we expect the respect to properties not previously occupied in the RECORD and include therein a letter tax bill to come in? and which are covered by mortgages insured written by me to the president of the Mr. McCORMACK. I ·wish I could under title VI, and with respect to additional Western Union Telegraph Co. and his answer the question, but it is impossible living accommodations provided under title I reply; and I further ask unanimous con­ for me to say. I could not say anything of the National Housing Act. The House sent to extend my own remarks in the about it that would be definite or reliable recedes. at this time. I wish I could. Amendments Nos. 7 and 15: The House bill RECORD and include therein a radio ad­ Mr. RICH. I may say to the majority provided that to be eligible for insurance dress delivered by me on Sunday, May 17, under the new section 608 the mortgaged 1942, over station WLAW, at Lawrence, leader that I noticed on the Treasury property must be designed for rent for resi­ Mass., on the subject of I am an American statement of May 16 that we have already dential use "primarily" to war workers, and Day. gone in the red $16,139,000,000. You will it also provided that the additional living have to hurry and get that tax bill in or accommodations under section 2 (b) should The SPEAKER. Is there objection to we will be wrecked. be "suitable for war workers". In view of the the request of the gentleman from Mas­ [Here the gavel fell.] occupancy priority provisions of amendments sachusetts? numbered 3 and 16 the language above quoted There was no objection. AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL HOUSING ACT was omitted by the Senate amendments PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE Mr. STEAGALL. Mr. Speaker, I call numbered 7 and 15. The House recedes. up the conference report on the bill Michigan. Mr. New York City at the Holland tunnel; em­ table the bill (S. 2025) to readjust the pay Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex­ ployers of all kinds, in fact, can be forced to · and allowances of personnel of the Army, "hire" any number of men whom they do not Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast tend my own remarks in the RECORD and need and who perform no work, and under include therein an article by George the existing Federal Antiracketeering Act and Geodetic Survey and. Public Health Rothwell Brown absolutely nothing can be done about it. Service, with a House amendment, insist The SPEAKER. Is there objection to All that the Hobbs bill does is to strengthen on the House amendment, and agree to the request of the gentleman from Michi­ the Antiracketeering Act and remove the the conference asked by the Senate. gan? special immunity to union racketeers, who The Clerk read the title of the bill. There was no objection. would henceforth be treated like other hood­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection to lums. It may be seriously questioned whether the request of the gentleman from Ken­ INTERFERENCE WITH INTERSTATE Mr. Green's opposition to the Hobbs bill helps tucky? [After a pause.] The Chair COMMERCE the cause of honest labor. If union leaders are going to rush to the defense even of hood­ hears none, and appoints the following Mr. HOBBS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan­ lumism, .they. must inevitably weaken the conferees: Messrs. MAY, THOMASON, imous consent to address the House for 1 infiuence of their opposition to measures that HARTER, ANDREWS, and SHORT. minute and to revise and extend my re-. really threaten the interests of the great body INCREASE OF NUMBER OF CADETS AT marks and include therein an .editorial of labor. UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY from today's New York Times. EXTENSION OF REMARKS The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Mr. MAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani­ the request of the gentleman from Ala;.. Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani­ mous consent to take from the Speaker's bama? mous consent th~t the gentleman from table the bill Italy will go with the Whole House on the state of the Union it for granted that when a letter or package America again, for the Italians never were for the -consideration of the bill (H. R. 6315) is deposited in one place it will reach the against the United States. Today we are all to extend for 2 additional years the reduced person to whom it is addressed in the shortest united here for one purpose and you should rates of interest on Federal land bank and possible space of time-that is, if we have be proud of yourselves. Our Commander Land Bank Commissioner loans. That after properly addressed it and put on the proper in Chief, President Roosevelt, dedicated this general debate, which shall be confined to amount of postage. · day as I Am an American Day. But I urge the bill and continue not to exceed 1 hour, to Occasionally mistakes are made, but they you to be an American not only today, but be equally divided and controlled by the are so unusual as to be utterly negligible. every day and our posterity a thousand years chairman and ranking minority member of The laborer is worthy of his hire, especially from now. the Committee on Agriculture, the bill shall when rendering a community and national service so important to everybody. This brought forth a tremendous shout be read for amendment under the 5-minute of approval that thrilled every one of us. rule. At the conclusion of such considera­ And it is a fact that not since 1925 have tion, the Committee shall rise and report the :Post-office employees had any adjustment In presenting that $1,000 bond to me to the bill to the House with such amendments of their pay schedules. give as a gift to our Government, Mr. as may have been adopted and the previous So there has been a growing disparity be­ Pete Alfano said: order shall be considered as ordered on the tween what they are paid and that of the employees of other Government services. In behalf of the Italian-American com­ bill and amendments thereto to final pas­ munity, I present this bond to be used as sage without intervening motion, except one Moreover, many ·post offices in the country already are feeling the pinch of conditions the Government sees fit, so that we may gain motion to recommit. which developed in the last war, namely, a the victory we all desire. DEFENSE ffiGHW AY ACT lack of personnel because of the more at­ In addition to the gift of $1,000 there tractive jobs available in other Government Mr. LEWIS, from the Committee on departments, in the State services, or in war· was also presented a check in the sum of Rules, submitted the following privileged industries. $100 for the American Red Cross and report on House Resolution 486 (Rept. No. A bill providing for modest increases in $173 to· the U. S. 0. The occasion was 2139), which was referred to the House postal wage schedules has been intro~uced in ·an inspiring one and worthy of fine citi­ Calendar and ordered printed: Congress by Representative MARTIN SWEENEY, zenship in a great country. Resolved, That upon the adoption of this of Ohio, and is being considered by the House Mr. COFFEE of Washington. Mr. resolution it shall be in order to move that Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Speaker, will the gentleman from Ohio the House resolve itself into a Committee of Its favorable consideration is highly desir­ yield to permit me to submit a unani­ the Whole House on the state of the Union able in due justice to the cause it favors. mous-consent request? for the consideration of the bill (H. R. 6908) Mr. VOORHIS of California. I also Mr. YOUNG. I yield. to amend the Defense Highway Act of 1941. That after general debate, which shall be want to add that it seems to me worthy . EXTENSION OF REMARKS confined to the bill and continue not to ex­ of consideration to try to find some of ceed 1 hour, to be equally divided and con­ the money necessary for this purpose by Mr. COFFEE of Washington. Mr. trolled by the chairman and ranking mi­ a reasonable reduction in some of the Speaker, I ask unar.imous consent to ex­ nority member of the Committee on Roads, higher salaries of governmental om­ tend my own remarks in the RECORD and the bill shall be read for amendment under cials-say of all those receiving in excess to include therein excerpts from the the 5-minute rule. At the conclusion of such of $7,500 a year. Washington Daily Star and the Wash­ consideration, the Committee shall rise and [Here the gavel fell.] ington Times-Herald of yesterday. report the bill to the House with such amend­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. With­ ments as may have been adopted and the PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE out objection, it is so ordered. previous question shall be considered as or­ Mr. HAINES. Mr. Speaker, will the There was no objection. dered on the bill and amendments thereto to gentleman from Ohio yield and permit final passage without intervening motion, ex­ CIVILIAN DEFENSE cept one motion to recommit. . me to address the House for a minute? Mr. YOUNG. Certainly. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen­ ADJUSTMENT OF PAY OF POSTAJ,. Mr. HAINES. Mr. Speaker, I ask tleman from Ohio [Mr. YoUNG] is recog­ EMPLOYEES unanimous consent to address the House nized for 10 minutes. Mr. VOORHIS of California. Mr. for 1 minute. Mr. YOUNG. Mr. Speaker, civilian de­ Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ad­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there fense and · military defense go .hand in dress the House for 1 minute. objection to the request of the gentleman hand and it has seemed to me all along The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under from Pennsylvania? that civilian defense should be directed previous order of the House, the gentle­ There was no objection. by military leaders. Civilian and mili­ man from Ohio [Mr. YoUNG] is entitled Mr. HAINES. Mr. Speaker, I want tary defense is so interlocked that in to recognition for 10 minutes. Does the to express my thanks to the gentleman event of emergency, it would be dimcult gentleman from Ohio yield? from Ohio for his courtesy. to determine where military defense Mr. YOUNG. I yield the 1 minute to Mr. Speaker, I have about 300 citizens ended and civilian defense began. Ade­ the gentleman from California. living in York, Pa., of Italian parentage. quate civilian defense is of the utmost The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Over the pa.st week end I was invited to importance. Civilian defense would be objection to the request of the gentleman attend a meeting of an organization at much more effective if the Army were in · from California? which time there was presented to me a charge, but instead Dean James M. Lan­ There was no objection. $1,000 Defense bond payable to the dis was appointed as national director. 1942 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 4417 In the State I represent, Dan Tyler Mrs. Mabel Montgomery, who was ac­ ordered on the bill and amendments thereto Moore, Jr., who has never had any mili­ tively in charge of the contemptible little to final passage without intervening motion, tary training nor experience to my knowl­ group of Communists calling themselves except one motion to recommit. edge, is the head of the civilian defense. American Peace Mobilization, which The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Da~ Tyler Moore, Jr., has taken the picketed the White House and held so­ the previous order of the House, the gen­ Ohio bar examinations, according to in­ called peace parades in front of our tleman from Indiana [Mr. WILSON] is formation given me, and may have passed President's home up to the moment Hit­ recognized for 10 minutes. a recent one and may have been admit­ ler invaded Russia, has been connected Mr. TREADWAY. Mr. Speaker, will ted to the bar in Ohio as an attorney-at­ With civilian defense as an assistant· in the gentleman yield? law, though my information is that he Air Raid Warden Murphy's office, this Mr.·WILSON. I yield. has not as yet done so. Does legal train­ according to the Washington Daily News. ing qualify a man to be national di­ May I voice the hope that Mrs. Mont­ SMALL BUSINESSMAN'S BILL rector or regional director of civilian de­ gomery is not at this time employed in Mr. TREADWAY. Mr. Speaker, I un­ fense? A colonel in the Army receives civilian defense as a co-worker with the derstand that in the very near future we $4,000 and a small subsistence allow­ thousands of splendid, patriotic Ameri­ ·are to have before the House for action ance per annum. Would not a retired cans who are volunteering their services what is known as the small business­ colonel or some Army officer incapaci­ without compensation in this time of our man's bill. I desire to say in advance tated for active· combat service, be better country's peril. that I am heartily in favor of legislation qualified for regional director of civilian It i.3 our hope that civilian defense will to help the small business people in the defense than Dan Tyler Moore, Jr., whose never be put to a real test. It is our hope present crisis. There are a great many experience has been holding appointive that no enemy bombs will ever fall on of them in my district who have been political office as Chief of Division of Se­ any American cities, but if such catas­ seriously afiected by the conversion to the curities for Ohio, and a position under trophes occur, many thoughtful people all-out war efiort. Already some of them authority of the Securities and Exchange believe it will be evident that the Army have been forced out of business. No Commission? should have been in charge of civilian time should be lost by Congress in coming My comrades in the Ohio department defense from the outset. to the aid of the small businessman in of the American Legion charged that PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE order that he may carry on and contrib-. Moore was "gambling with the public ute his part in the common efiort. safety" by retaining his position as re­ Mr. WILSON. Mr. Speal~er, I ask The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gional director of the Securities and Ex­ unanimous consent that after the dispo­ gentleman from Indiana is recognized for change Commission and "by doing a part­ sition of other special orders for today I 10 minutes. may address the House for 10 minutes. time job" in civilian defense. I feel his IDLENESS IN THE WAR DEPARTMENT salary of $6,500 is ample even if he were The SPEAKER pro tempore: Is there to devote full time to civilian defense objection to the reque~t of the g_entleman Mr. WILSON. Mr. Speaker, I take this and resign from his position in the Secu­ from Indiana? time to refer to a picture in today's rities and Exchange Commission. I do The-re was no objection. Washington Daily News. This picture not believe a man should be permitted to INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS shows War Department X Building, in which hundreds of employees recently hold one appointive position under Fed­ Mr. SABATH, from the Committee on eral authority and then enjoy a $6,500 per brought to Washington have nothing to Rules, presented the following report on do but loaf. I quote from the Washing­ annum salary from another position. House Joint Resolution 310, to authorize Furthermore, the American Legion ob ... ton Daily News, caption appearing be­ the Federal Bureau of Investigation of neath a picture showing girls and boys jected to his removal of the regional the Department of Justice, the Military 0. C. D. office to Cleveland from Colum­ loafing, holding hands, and gazing from Intelligence Division of the War Depart­ the windows: bus, stating this was done to suit his own ment, and the Office of Naval Intelligence convenience as his Securities and Ex­ of the Navy Department in the conduct (Caption ab9ve picture) change office is in Cleveland. It appears of certain investigations in the interest Ho-HUM COORDINATOR-WAR DEPARTMENT unfortunate that some outstanding mem­ of prosecution of the war, to make use Hmi:D HANDS LOAF WHILE OFFICE Is REOR­ ber of the American Legion with a back­ of intercepted communications without GANIZED ground of service and military training, regard to the limitations contained in (Explanation under picture) or a retired Army officer is not in charge section 605 of the Communications Act For lack of work, many of the employees at of civi_lian defense in Ohio and adjoin- · of 1934 (48 Stat. 1103), and for other X building pass a lot of time at the windows. ing States instead of Mr. Moore. Left, an unoccupied couple holds hands. purposes (Rept. No. 2140), which was Above, with nothing to do, girls look out at These are desperate times for our Na­ read, referred to the House Calendar, and the world and smile. tion, and I am utterly opposed to boon­ ordered to be printed. doggling. It is the duty of a representa­ (Article accompanying picture) Resolved, That upon the adoption of this (By Gladys Haack) tive of the people to curtail nondefense resolution it shall be in order to move that expenditures and to watch carefully over We ~ent to the temporary X building to the House resolve itself into a Committee of track down the knitting stenographers and defense expenditures and prevent waste. the Whole House on the state of the Union idle file clerks on the Government pay roll, -In Ohio the civilian defense set-up ap­ for the consideration of the Hou15e joint reso­ who, tipsters reported, were sitting on desks pears likely to be costly to our taxpayers. lutidn (H. J. Res. 310) to authorize the Fed­ eral Bureau of Investigation of the Depart­ swinging their shapely legs and wandering Mr. Moore's salary is $6,500 per annum as ment of Justice, the Military Intelligence around the halls eating popcicles. regional director of civilian defense, and Division of the War Department, and the We didn't find the knitters, but otherwise it appears he will have a large number of Office of Naval Intelligence of the Navy De­ the tipsters were right. Such things may salaried officials and employees under his partme.nt in the conduct of certain investi­ happen, it seems, when a War Department authority. This seems unfair, unfortu­ gations in the interest of the prosecution of project is trying to get under way. C'est la the war, to make use of intercepted com­ Guerre. nate, and unnecessary when so much of X building at Seventeenth and East Capitol the work of civilian defense is being done munications without regard to tbe limitations Streets marks the spot for War Department's by volunteer workers without salary. contained in section 605 of the Communi­ new office of superfinance. A block long and There are thousands and thousands of cations Act of 1934 (48 Stat. 1103), and for nearly that wide, the E-shaped building has other purposes. That after general debate, 100,000 square feet of office space. It will ac­ splendid citizens in my own State of Ohio which shall be confined to the joint resolu­ commodate 4,000 war workers. Of X building who are devoting their talents and un­ tion and continue not to exceed 1 hour, to be it is prophesied that it will be the largest tiring energies in civilian defense serv­ equally divided and controlled by the chair­ single disburing agency in the world. ice without the thought of compensa­ man and ranking minority member of the tion. It seems to me to be unjust to these Committee on the Judiciary, the joint resolu­ LONG LUNCH PERIOD splendid, patriotic citizens that at the tion shall be read for amendment under the B Building makes a good place for a re­ 5-minute rule. At the conclusion of such porter and photographer on investigation to top, from Washington throughout the consideration, the Committee shall rise and play hide-and-seek. It seemed to be general States, civilian defense is being loaded report the joint resolution to the House with lunch hour when we arrived at 11 a. m., many down with regional directors, State di­ such amendments as may have been adopted, rooms empty as employees strolled up and rectors, and assistants at high salaries. and the previous order shall be considered as down the long halls. At 1 p. m., two hours 4418 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE MAY 20 after our arrival, the file clerks seemed still that is asking school children for dimes to entire Nation is being produced within to be on lunch hour. Two of t hem told us help MacArthur; and a warning of things to this country. We are told that the short­ that they had been told to take as long a come if the social visionaries are allowed to to noon siesta as they liked. go on plundering the country's producers. age is due solely lack of tr ansportation We hit one large office where a supervisor facilities. The possibility that this short­ was assigning desks to a group of girls who It will be recalled by the Members of age would arise was first brought force­ said they had been sitting around for over this Bouse that I made a determined ef­ fully to public attention by Secretary a week. fort as far back as last January to pre­ Ickes many months ago. Yet the ration­ In a little office on the third floor we found vent the wholesale hiring of thousands of ing Pl{:Ln for gasoline was developed hur­ a dejected lot, a sulky boy and three girls unnecessary employees by Federal agen­ riedly during the past few weeks on what sitting on a desk and looking out of the obviously is a temporary basis, to be ef­ window. They were file clerks, and after 10 cies. days on the j9b, they hadn't seen the letter ·A. At that time I advanced a 10-point fective only to July 1, and to be limited Explanation for all this came from a man program, which has been adopted in to the Eastern States. The plan has in the office of the Chief of Finance, who part and enlarged upon by several Mem­ proved to be inequitable in operation, as didn't want his name used. "This depart­ bers of Congress, and those parts seem­ certain parts of the country to which ment is in a state of organization and reor­ ingly have worked very well; but other gasoline and fuel oil are transported by ganization,'' he said. "From 400 to 700 per­ points .of the 10 might alleviate the situ­ rail are not rationed, and therefore are sons come in a week, and we move as many ations described in these articles. My not called upon to shoulder part of the as 600 at a time from our former offices in the third point was that preliminary train­ common burden. The plan of rationing War Department." He admitted that people· sat around "for as ing for defense workers could be done has brought peculiar hardships to sales­ long as a week" before they were put to work, in some nearby city. Possibly training men and small businessmen, whose that the building would not be completely centers could be set up in several large weekly income frequently not large, is furnished for a month, that there were a cities over the country, and only when severely reduced by their inability to se­ "few pools" of people waiting in idleness until a Government worker was absolutely cure the gasoline necessary to cover the they would be needed. ready to do a job, and a good one, would territory which they normally would In many other Government departments he be allowed to come to Washington to visit. Other small businessmen operating around town there aren't enough stenog­ work. We must become a district of raphers to meet the demand. But: "We restaurants, roadside stands, and other have them here so we can get them when we experts at our jobs, and no one incapable businesses along the highway have actu­ want them," the spokesman said. "Right or unwilling to carry his load should be ally been forced to close their doors, with now we are training people for technical work given working space in this crowded city. almost total loss of their investment and . in finance and allotments. We must be ready Another point which would be worth means of livelihood. The rationing sys­ before the volume of work hits us." at least a trial would be the doubling up tem has reduced travel g1·eatly and clearly He promised streamlined production once of shifts, which would save hundreds of shows that the people of the Eastern · organization is completed. "There won't be dollars in equipment costs and thousands States are cooperating fully with the au­ any waste or lost motion in this ·office," he of dollars spent for additional buildings. thorities in reducing the use of gasoline said. On our way out we decided to tell the sulky Gentlemen, we simply must do some­ in the affected areas. All of our large boy about the highly technical training he thing besides appropriate money. · Pres­ industrial plants employ workmen who was receiving. "Have you learned stream­ ent taxation on the average American travel many miles to and from the fac­ lined accounting or filing?" we asked. worker is far beyond the load he should tories. Frequently the distance of the "The only thing I have learned,'' he said be asked by his Government to carry, and plant from the home is over 20 miles. No very rudely, "is how to twiddle my thumbs so far this body has not offered any sub­ sufficient provision is made for the needs backward and forward." stitutes for the easiest way out. We of these persons who are so important Mr. Speaker, in connection with this were not elected to shovel out the people's to the successful outcome of the war. deplorable condition I take leave to il).­ money faster than they could work and They are told to double up insofar as clude the following editorial which ap­ pay it into the Treasury. We were sup­ possible and are doing so in great num­ peared in the Indianapolis News, In­ posed to be men of .ideas and ideals, or bers. dianapolis, Ind., under date of May 15, we campaigned on such platforms, I am Under these circumstances, it makes 1942: sure; but I, for one, am not very proud people wonder when they read in the FEDERAL PAY ROLL · of our record for not thinking, but just newspapers, as some did a few days ago, According to a Civil Service Commission re­ voting more and more money whenever that two full tank cars were refused in port of May 12, there were 238,000 civilians requested. the large town of Palmer, Mass., because on the Federal pay roll in Washington on Let us get our thinking caps on and there was no more storage space,. avail­ March 31. Employees were being added at our lead -soled shoes off and help to run able and that an official of a major oil the rate of about 7,000 a month. this country-and I do not mean in "the company reported that his headquarters Probably 50,000 of these employees are hole," either. had request.ed him to take more gasoline necessary to the proper operation of the Mr. WILSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask because there we:re two tankers at Provi­ Government's departments and the great bu­ unanimous consent to revise and extend dence_with no place to store their con­ reaus which contribute so much to the in­ my remarks and to include therein an crease of n ational wealth and the health and tents. These conditions would indicate well-being of the people. These employees editorial from the Indianapolis News and that the distribution within the affected are devoted to the public service. Nearly all also two reviews or remarks on this sub- area is not being handled efficiently. of them are competent and industrious. ject. r • I have brought a number of complaints They earn more than their pay. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there arising in my district to the attention of Another 50,000 are manning New Deal bu­ obj ection to the request of the gentle­ Government officials because they seem reaus. They were brought in to pay political man from Indiana? to me to be well-founded. Undoubtedly debts aftc: r March 4, 1933. On that date, -There was no objection. others have done likewise. Perhaps they 66,000 civil employees were on the Federal pay roll in Washington. By 1941, before Pearl PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE have had some effect. At any rate I feel Harbor, the number had been increased to that President Roosevelt was well war­ 167,000. It is believed that fully half of the Mr. CLASON Mr. Speaker, I ask ranted in his press conference yesterday 100,000 that were added between 1933 and unanimous consent to address the House in stating that he is opposed to the con­ 1941 are mere pay-roll riders, kept at use­ for 2 minutes. tinuance of gasoline restrictions on a less jobs to satisfy the demands of poli­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without purely -sectional basis. I agree with him ticians. objection, it is so ordered. that in the areas where oil is produced The remainder may be charged to the war There was no objection. and to which it is delivered by pipe-line, effo:r;t, but it is significant that the number Mr. CLASON Mr. Speaker, it has been restrictions need not be applied. If, how­ of civilian employees in Washington is now more than double the 117,000 who worked difficult, if not impossible for the people ever. as the President suggests, the re­ there- during the first World War. of the Eastern States, where gasoline is strictions are applied to all other sections Washington has become not only the cen­ now rationed, to believe that the situa­ of the country, obviously tank cars and ter of the war effort, but the refuge of thou­ tion has been handled with the best judg­ other facilities in much larger numbers sands of pay-rollers who are a drag on the ment. We are told that all gasoline nec­ will be made available to the east coast war effort; a disgrace to an administration essary to meet the reqUirements of the on a basis. whero;by all section:;r of the 1942 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 4419 country will receive amounts based upon 1651. A communication from the Presi­ Code, entitled "Arbitration"; to the Com­ their needs. The main problem, as I see dent of the United States trans:rtrittiri.g sup­ mittee on Revision of the Laws. it, is to assure equal treatment to all af­ plemental estimates of appropriations for the H. R. 7113. A .bill to codify and enact into Civilian Conservation Corps, Federal Security absolute law title 4 of the United States fected sections of the country while every Agency, for the fiscal year 1943, amounting Code, entitled "Flag arid Seal, Seat of Gov­ effort is made to complete a~ditional fa­ to $31,717,000, in the form of amendments ernment, and the States"; to the Committee cilities, such as tank cars, pipe lines, to the Budget for said fiscal year as con­ on Revision of the Laws. barges, and trucks, which will end the tained in House Document No. 718 (H. Doc. By Mr. SECREST: shortage at the earliest possible date No. 730); to the Committee on Appropria­ H. R. 7114. A bill to amend the Library of without interfering with the all-impor­ tions and ordered to be printed. Congress Trust Fund Board Act; to the Com- tant war-production program. 1652. A letter from the Acting Secretary of mittee on the Library. · The news item to which I referred is the Interior, transmitting copies of legisla­ By Mr. JOHNSON of Oklahoma: tion passed by the Municipal Council of St. · H . R. 7115. A bill to promote the war effort contained in the Springfield (Mass.) Thomas and St. John and approved by the by facilitating the planting of the full Union of May 18, 1942, and is as follows: Acting Governor of the Virgin Islands, pur­ allotted acreage of cotton as recommended STORAGE TANKS FULL, TWO CARS OF GAS ARE suant to section 16 of the Organic Act of by the Secretary of Agriculture as the REFUSED-OFFICIAL OF ONE CONCERN SAYS the Vir&in Islands of the United States, ap­ Nation's war goal; to the Committee on Agri­ TANKERS OF FUEL AT PROVIDENCE UNABLE TO proved June 22, 1936, which requires that all culture. UNLOAD laws enacted by the Municipal Councils in PALMER, May lB.-Revising the lines to the Virgin Islands shall be reported by the PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS "gasoline, gasoline everywhere, but not many Governor to the Secretary of the Interior drops to use" may explain the condition here· and by the Secretary of the Interior to the Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private relative to the motor fuel. It was learned Congress; to the Committee on Insular Af­ bills and resolutions were introduced and today that bulk plants in this vicinity are fairs. severally referred as follows: filled to the fullest extent and could handle 1653. A letter from the Secretary of War, By Mr. BUCKLEY of New York: the normal needs of motorists for some time. transmitting a letter from the Chief of En­ H. R. 7116. A bill to record the lawful ad­ TANK CARS REFUSED gineers, United States Army, dated March mission to the United States for permanent 10, 1942, submitting a report, together with residence of Stella. Hertchikoff; to the Com­ Two full tank cars have been refused here accompanying papers, on a review of reports because tliere was no more available storage mittee on Immigration and Naturalization. on the Holland Harbor and Black Lake (Lake l3y Mr. McMILLAN: space, and an official of one major company's Macatawa) Mich., requested by a resolution station here reported that his_ headquarters H. R. 7117. A bill for the relief of A. L. of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Sauls Planograph Co.; to the Committee on requested him to take more gasoline because House of Representatives, adopted on Feb­ there had been two tankers of the fuel in Claims. ruary 11, 1941; to the Committee on Rivers By Mr. PETERSON of Geo.rgia: Providence with no place to store its contents. and Harbors. However, regardless of the reported abun­ H. R. 7118. A bill for the relief of Capt. dance, gasoline-station owners reported today Leland M. Mower and Lt Percy K. Morrison; that the week end saw cooperation to the REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLTC to the Committee on Claims. highest degree by the average motorist, and BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS in all but a few exceptions rationing cards PETITIONS, ETC. were presented upon applications for gaso­ Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of line. Service-station proprietors reported a committees were delivered to the Clerk Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions definite downward trend in the week-end for printing and reference to. the proper and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk business, as was expected, since it appeared calendar, as follows: and referred as follows: that motorists on the highway had a definite purpose in being there in most cases while Mr. COCHRAN: Committee on Accounts. 2857. By Mr. CRAVENS: Petition of Orner the majority of Sunday motorists had de­ House Resolution 484. Resolution granting R. Cantrell and others of Sebastian and Scott clared a moratorium on travel. a gratuity to Hattie Davis; without amend­ Counties, Ark., concerning Senate bill 860 ment (Rept. ·No. 2137). Referred to the House to provide for the common defense in re­ SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION REFERRED Calendar. lation to the sale of alcoholic liquors to the A joint resolution of the Senate of the Mr. NELSON: Committee on Rules. House land and naval forces of the United States, Resolution 485. Resolution providing for and to provide for the suppression of vice following title was taken from the the consideration of H. R. 6315, a bill to ex­ in vicinity of military camps and naval Speaker's table, and, under the rule, re- tend for 2 additional years the reduced rates establishments; to the Committee on Mili· ferred as follows: · of interest on Federal land bank and Land tary Affairs. S. J. Res. 129. Joint resolution to remove Bank Commissioner loans; without amend­ 2858. By Mr. THOMAS F. FORD: Resolu­ certain limitations on the cost of construc­ ment (Rept. No. 2138'. Referred to the tion of the Board of Supervisors of Los Ange­ tion of Army and Navy living quarters; to House Calendar. les County, urging the Work Projects Ad­ the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. LEWIS: Committee on Rules. House ministration to give favorable consideration Resolution 486. Resolution providing for the to transferring or alloting an additionai ADJOURNMENT consideration of H. R. 6!108, a bill to amend quota of 500 to Work Projects Administra­ Mr. LARRABEE. Mr. Speaker,-! move the Defense Highway Act of 1941; without tion in southern California; to the Commit­ that the House do now adjourn. amendment (Rept. No. 2139). Referred to tee on Appropriations. the House Calendar. 2859. By Mr. GRAHAM: Petition of the The motion was agreed to; accord­ Mr. SABATH: Committee on Rules. House Sara Shaw Bible Class of the First Presby­ ingly (at 1 o'clock and 1 minute p. m.) Resolution 487. Resolution providing for the terian Church, Beaver Falls, Pa., urging an. the House adjourned until tomorrow, consideration of House Joint Resolution 310, early passage of Senate bill 860, to provide Thursday, May 21, 1942. a joint resolution to authorize the Federal for the common defense in relation to the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of sale of alcoholic liquors to the land and Justice, the Military Intelligence Division of naval forces of the United States, and to pro­ COMMITTEE HEARINGS the War Department, and tpe Office of Naval vide for the suppression of vice in vicinity Intelligence of the Navy Department in the of military camps and naval establishments; COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN conduct of certain investigations in the in­ to the Committee on Military Affairs. COMMERCE terest-of prosecution of war, to make use of 2860. Also, petition of 49 members and intercepted communications without regard adherents of the Clinton United Presbyterian There will be a meeting of the Com­ to the limitations contained in section 605 of Church near Saxonburg in Butler County, mittee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ the Communications Act of 1934 (48 Stat. Pa., urging the prohibition of the sale of all merce at 10 a. m., Thursday, May 21, 1103), and for other purposes; without amend­ alcoholic beverages in the vicinity of our 1942. ment (Rept. No. 2140). Referred to the Army camps; to the Committee on Military Business to be considered: The hear­ House Calendar. Affairs. · ings in connection with the Federal Com­ 2861. Also, petition of Rev. J. L. Hull, min­ ister, and 36 members of the First Church r,f munications Commission will be resumed PUBLIC BILLS- AND RESOLUTIONS on May 21 at 10 a. m. God, New Brighton, Pa., urging the early Under clause 3 of rule XXII, public passage of Senate bill 860, to provide for the bills and resolutions were introduced and common defense in relation to the sale of EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. alcoholic liquors to the land, air, and naval severally referred as follows: forces of the United States, and to provide Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, executive By Mr. KEOGH: for the suppression of vice in the vicinity of communications were taken from the H. R. 7112. A bill to codify and enact into military camps and naval establishments; to Speaker's table and referred as follows: absolute law, title 9 of the United States the Committee on Military Affairs. 4420 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD..-SENATE MAY 21 '2862. Also, petition of patrons of .Frankfort 2875. By Mr. !LYNCH: R-esolutions of the CALL OF THE .ROLL Springs Grange, No. 1989, Beaver County, Pa.. Central Union Label Council of Greater New urging the early passage of Senate bill 860, York, urging increase . in salary for postal Mr. HilL. I suggest the abseace of a to provide for the common defense in rela­ -employees; · to th-e Committee on the Post ·quorum. tion to the sale of alcoholic liquors to the Office and Post Roads. -The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk land and naval forces of the United States, 2876. By Mr. MARTIN of Iowa: Petition of will call the roll. and to provide for the suppression <>f vice in Frank J. Venning and a number of citizens - The Chief Clerk called the roll, and vicinity of military camps and naval estab­ pf Keokuk, Iowa, urging tpe passage of Sen­ the following Senators answered to their lishments; to the Committee on Military Af­ ate bill 860, providing for the suppression of names: fair~ vice in, the vicinity of military and nav.al -camps and cantonments; te the Committee Aiken Ellender Norris 2863. Also, petition of 46 citizens of Beaver Andrews · G-eorge Nye County, Pa., urging enactment of Senate bill on Military Affairs. Bailey Gerry. O'D.anlel 860, as a contribution to a wholesome defense 287\1. By Mr. ROLPH: Resolution of the Ball Gillett.e O'Mahoney program and a reenactment of legislation Watchmak-er's Local No. 101, International Bankhead Glass Overton similar to that <>f 19i7 and so give to 'the .Jewelry Workers' Union, .at San Francisco. Batkley Green Pepper young men of 1942 the protection their fath­ Calif.. adopted April 24, 1942, xelative to Bilbo Gurney Radcliffe ers bad in 1.917; to the Coli_lmittee on Military House bill ~6, .a ·bill tC3 increase the salaries Bone Hatcll ReynOlds of oertain !IJIG&ta.l employees; to the Commit­ Brewster lia;rden Rosier Affairs. Brooks Hili R'W!Selil 2864. Also, petiti-on .of 105 citizens of tee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Brown Holman Schwartz Beaver County, Pa., urging the early passage 287-8 .. By )lr. SMI'IH of Wisconsin: .Resolu­ Bulow Hughes Smathers of Senate bill 860, to provide for the common tion of the United Automobile Worker.s ol' Bunker John'!lon, Calif. Smith defense in relation to the sale of '8ilcoh.olic Ameri-ca, Local .85, Racine, Wis., approving Burton Kilgore Spencer liquors to the land and naval f-orces of the the ffillowing general principl-es of taxation; Butler La F~ette T.a!t 1 The income tax and estate tax be utilized at Byrd Langer Thomas, Okla. United States, and to provide for the sup- capper Lee Tobey pression nf vice in the vicinity .of military m&ldmum .effi.cieacy; undivided surplus iunds oar.a way McQarr:an Tunnell camps and naval estabUsbments; :to the Com­ be :re_gar-ded .as taxable income; excess-profits Chandler McF.arJand Tydtn.gs mittee on Ml1itary .Alfairs. tax--!l"ate .o-f pmfit to corporation not to ex­ Cha-vez MeK-eUaT Vttncrenberg 2S65. Also. petition of 63 members of the ceed rate all6wed individuals who lend .money Clark, Idaho .!MeNm-y V'Bn Nuys East .B.r.ook United Presbyterian Churcb, East to -Go~ernment--namely, 2 U! ,percent; e~empt Clank, Mo. .Maloney Wa_gner conna11y Maybank Wtt'ls'h 'Brook, Pa., urging enactment .of Senate bUt .securities ,and '()bligations to be ;placed on taKable basis; taxation oi excessive bonuses Dantther Mead 'Wb€eler 860, taking liquor from our Army camps, .and Davi~ Milliun Whlte also legislation probibiting liquor adv,er'ttsing _paid by corporations; and l.ndividual and Doxey . Murdock Willis over the radio; to the Committee on Military corpor.ate incomes to be limlteJ to .$25,000; to Affairs. the Committee .on W.ays and Means. Mr~ HILL. I .announce that the Sen­ 2866. Also, petition of ~07 residents of 2879. By the SPEAKER: ·Petition of the ator fr.om California ,[Mr. Dow.NEY) is l3eaver County. P.a., CJriginated in the First Townsend Club, No. 2, of Du Bois, ?a., peti­ .detained on .offici'B.l bu.siness in his State. Methodist Church of .Beaver F.allsA P.a., urg­ tioning.considerat1on of their resolution with Tbe .Senator fmm Pennsylvania [Mr. ing the enactment o! Senate .bil'l '81)0 to Jlro­ 'l'ef€renee to A•pay a'S -y_(j)u wa fM:r. HEruuNcl. THURSOAY, MAY2l, 1942 iE:vangeUcal Congregational Church of Ycrk, the Senator from Montana [Mr. M-uR­ Pa.; to the Committee on. Military .Affa.ws. (Legislative day of hiday, May 15, 1942} 'RAY], the Senator from Tennessee ['Mr. . 2868. By Mr. P.etithm HEIDINGER: of Roy STEWART], the Senator from Ut-ah 1Mr. Adams and 63 <>thers, r-esiOf Senate singleness of purpose. The Senator· rrom New .Jersey IMr. bii1600; to t;he ()f Ewing, IlL, :and. :surrounding men in the Natio-n~s service -as wen a-s .SmP.sUA:D J i:s absent bee.ause of illness eammunity. urging tbe passage :of :.Benaile bill their sons, for lea1iers ami f-or humble in his family. "860; bo the Committee vn :Military Afiairs. The Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. 2872. By Ur. JONES; Petition .of Edith men and women in the ranks of life. Es­ BRIDGES] is absent as a result of an in­ Ptiehal'd and t 1'I residents f the of this hour may Thy kingdom oome. The VICE PRESIDENT. Seventy­ Metropolitan Water District of Southern Througb JesJ]s Christ~ DUr Lord. eight Sena-tors have -answered to their California, urging that the situation .en'Sttng ·names. A quorum is present. on the Qolorado River at and in the vicinity Am-en. of the city of Needles, Calif., be imm'ed1at.eiy ·THE JOURNAL EXECUTIVE COMMUNJCATIONS. ETC. Investigated and that ap.pr.opriate action to On request of Mr. HILL, and by unani­ The VICE PRESIDENT 1aid bef'Ore th-e remeay tl¥e fiood conditions on the l"i:v.er at molJIS eonsent_, tbe rea