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13708 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE NOVEMBER 22' entitled "An act for the relief of Mrs. George C. Hamilton and EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. Nanette Anderson" having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses 2029. Under cla\lse 2 of rule XXIV, a letter from the Sec as foaows: retary of the Navy, transmitting a draft of a proposed bill to That the ·senate recede from its amendment. remove certain limitations on appropriations for the pay of AMBROSE J. KENNEDY, midshipmen, was taken from the Speaker's table and referred ROBERT RAMSPECK, J. PARNELL THOMAS, to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Managers on the part of the House. ALLEN J. ELLENDER, PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS JOHN G. TOWNSEND, Jr., PRENTISS M. BROWN, Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private bills and resolutions Managers on the part of the Senate. were introduced and severally referred as follows: By Mr. GAMBLE: STATEMENT The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the H. R.10694. A bill for the relief of Gil Augusto Correai; to disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. to the bill (H. R. 4561), for the relief of Mrs. George C. Hamilton By Mrs. SMITH of Maine: and Nanette Anderson, submit the following statement in explana tion of the effect of the action agreed upon and recommended in the H. R. 10695. A bill for the relief of Marie Valida Antonia accompanying conference report. Michaud; to the Committee on IInmigration and Naturaliza The House passed this bill to provide the sum of $250 to Mrs. tion. George C. Hamilton, and the sum of $1,000 to Nanette Anderson. The Senate passed thiE? bill with an amendment reducing the amount provided for Nanette Anderson to $500. SENATE At the conference the Senate receded from its amendment. AMBROSE J. KENNEDY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1940 ROBERT RAMSPECK, J. PARNELL THOMAS, (Legislative day of Tuesday, Noveirz:ber 19, 1940) Managers on the part of the House. The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, on the expiration of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the adop the recess. · - tion of the 'conference report. The Chaplain, Rev. Z~Barney T. Phillips, D. D., offered the The conference report was agreed to. following prayer: . A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Eternal God most high, whose Spirit searcheth all things, LEAVE OF ABSENCE whose love .endureth all things: Draw us near to Thee in By unanimous consent leave of absence was granted to sincerity and truth, and save us from mere worship of the lips Mr. SATTERFIELD (at the request of Mr. BURCH), indefinitely, while our hearts are far from Thee. As we have grown un on account of death in his family. conscious of our need and accustomed to things remaining as they are, as we have lost our vision and have found ourselves PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE unwilling to pay the price of better things, do Thou stand Mr. BENDER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to before us like the light and reveal to us the dawning. sense address the House for 1 minute. · of brotherhood. The SPEAKER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Make us to love Thy will and sweep away our fears, our There was no objection. compromise with evil. As we realize our hunger after right Mr. BENDER. Mr. Speaker, if the statement of the gen eousness, teach us, as a Nation, that the way of prayer and tleman from Michigan is correct regarding the condition penitence is the only way that is safe for us and sure to lead of this roof, then certainly we are derelict in our duty in us unto Thee, where true and lasting peace alone is to be failing to take cognizance of his statement and the expert found. In our Saviour's name· we ask it. Amen. advice of engineers. We are reasonable men and womeri here and certainly we ought to consider ourselves, our THE JOURNAL families, and our guests and do something about moving this On request of Mr. BARKLEY and by-unanimous consent, the body into another meeting place until the roof is repaired. reading of the Journal of the proceedings of the calendar I cannot, for the life of me, see any sense in continuing day of Tuesday, November 19, 1940, was dispensed with, and here when expert advice indicates that the contrary is de the Journal was approved. sirable. I hope the Members of the House will have the SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS good sense to do the· thing recommended by the gentleman from Michigan. Mr. VANDENBERG. Mr. President, I send forward the [Here the gavel fell.] credentials of Hon. C. WAYLAND BRooKS, Senator-elect from Dlinois, and ask that they be read and placed on file. EXTENSION OF REMARKS . The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The credentials will be Mr. DicKSTEIN asked and was given pernnssiOn to ex .read. te.nd his own remarks in the RECORD. The credentials of C. WAYLAND BRooKS, duly chosen by the PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE qualified electors of the State of Dlinois a Senator from that Mr. DICKSTEIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent State to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1943, that on Wednesday next after disposition of business on caused by the death of the late Senator James · Hamilton the Speaker's table and any other business in order for the Lewis, were read and ordered to be filed. day I may be permitted to address the House for 20 minutes. Mr. VANDENBERG. Mr. President, the Senator-elect is The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the present and prepared to take the oath. request of the gentleman from New York [Mr. DICKSTEIN]? Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, I wish simply to state that There was no objection. I have been informed informally that there may be some Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I observe that the interest, question raised with respect to this matter, in which event, of the safety, and security of the Nation is lagging, therefore, course, the Senate would not waive any of its rights with I raise the point of no quorum. respect to the election by having Mr. BROOKS take the oath of office, as I understand. So, under the circumstances, I shall ADJOURNMENT not object. Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House The PRESIDENT pro tempore. If the Senator-elect will do now adjourn. present himself at the desk, the oath will be administered. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 1 o'clock and 22 Mr. BROOKS, escorted by Mr. VANDENBERG, advanced to the minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned desk; and the oath of office having been administered to him until Friday, November 22, 1940, at 12 o'clock noon. by the President pro tempore, he took his seat in the. Senate. 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 13709 DEATH . OF JAMES M. BAKER Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate hereby is authorized and directed to pay from the contingent fund of the Senate to Mr. BYRNES. Mr. President, with sorrow I announce to Louise Blunt, widow of Richard Blunt, late a skilled laborer in the the Senate the death at Lowndesville, S.C., of James M. Baker, document room of the Senate, a sum equal to 1 year's compensation who was for more than 6 years Secretar~ of the United States. at the rate h e was receiving by law at the time of his death, said sum to be considered inclusive of funeral expenses and all other allow Senate and for a number of years prior to that time the ances. librarian of the Senate. Subsequent to his service as Sec l'etary of this body, Mr. Baker served as Minister to Siam. ROOF REPAIR-PLACE OF MEETING OF HOUSES He rendered distinguished service to his Nation as Secretary Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, as has been stated time and of this body and in the Foreign Service. I know that the again here on the floor and elsewhere, the roofs over the personnel has changed greatly in the years which have passed, Senate Chamber and the House of Representatives have but still I believe that there are in the body many who will been declared to be unsafe. In view of the refusal of the remember Mr. Baker and who will share the sorrow of his other body to adjourn sine die, it has been thought advisable family and his friends. to seek to facilitate the immediate repair of the roofs over PETITIONS both the House and the Senate Chambers. I understand the The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the other body is going to provide today for the meeting of its petition of the chief of police and sundry members of the sessions in a large room in the House Office Building. It will police department of Whitefish Bay, Wis., praying that all take about 6 weeks to repair the roofs, and, unless we can members of police departments who are contributors to, par arrange to hold the sessions of the Senate elsewhere. between ticipants in, or beneficiaries of existing retirement and annuity now and the 3d of January, it will be impossible for the Archi systems be excluded from the operation of the proposed ex tect of the Capitol to begin the repair of the roof over the tension of the Social Security Act, which was referred to the Senate Chamber.