628 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 19 The VICE PRESIDENT. If there be For these ends we will say the Lord's WHEN WILL THERE BE PEACE? no reports of commfttees, the clerk will Prayer: Mrs. BOSONE. Mr. Speaker, I . ask proceed to state the nominations on the . Our Father,· who· art in heaven, hal unanimous consent to address the House Executive Calendar. lowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, for 1 minute. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY Thy will be done, on earth as it is in The SPEAKER. Is there objection to The legislative clerk read the nomina heaven. Give us this day our daily the request of the gentlewoman from tion of Jolin F. Floberg to be Assistant bread, and for give us our trespasses as utah? Secretary of the Navy. we forgive those who trespass against There was no objection. The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob us, and lead us not into temptation, but Mrs. BOSONE. Mr. Speaker, since the jection, the nomipation is confirmed. deliver us from evil. last bullet was fired in Europe and since the last prisoner of war was released in Without objection, the President will be Amen. notified forthwith. the Pacific the imponderable hanging Mr. LUCAS. The nomination of Ad The Journal of the proceedings of yes over all of us has been, "When will there miral Forrest P. Sherman will go over. terday was read and approved. be peace?" The VICE PRESIDENT. That com- MF.SSAGE FROM THE SENATE Believe me, nothing is going to matter pletes the calendar. · much until the minds of men are quieted A message from the Senate, by Mr. on the fear of combat. We may speak RECESS McDaniel, its enrolling clerk, announced of building the greatest projects on Mr. LUCAS. As in legislative session, ·that the Senate had passed, with amend earth, of creating the greatest mass pro I move that the Senate stand in recess ments in which the concurrence of the duction, educating the greatest number until 12 o'clock noon tomorrow. House is requested, a bill of the House of people, protecting the health of the The motion was agreed. to; and (at 5 of the fallowing title: millions, procuring financial security, o'clock and 40 minutes p. m.) the Senate H. R. 2023. An act to regulate oleomar but nothing is going to matter unless took a recess until tomorrow, Friday, garine, to repeal certain taxes relating to there is peace on this earth. The next January 20, 1950, at 12 o'clock meridian. oleomargarine, and for other purposes. war, if it comes, will prove not who is The message also announced that the right, but who is left. NOMINATION Senate insists upon its amendments to UnderIYing all that we do in Congress the foregoing bill, requests a conference is the thought of "When will we have Executive nomination received by the peace?" Senate January 19 (legislative day of with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints The United Nations, I believe, has done January 4), 1950: Mr. GEORGE, Mr. CONNALLY, Mr. BYRD, a magnificent job, and its work has not DIPLOMATIC AND FOREIGN SERVICE Mr. MILLIKIN, and Mr. TAFT to be the been in vain. Hundreds of groups have John M. Cabot, of Massachusetts, a For conferees .on the part of the Senate. been stimulated to further their work in eign Service officer of the class of career min organizing for worlci good will. But time ister, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minis The message also announced that the moves on rapidly, and fear becomes so ter Plenipotentiary of the United States of Vice President has appointed Mr. JOHN huge and powerful that its grotesqueness America to Finland. STON of South Carolina and Mr. LANGER chokes our prospects for a joyous, pros members of the Joint Select Committee perous, and happy world. CONFIRMATION on the part of the Senate, as provided Any move in the direction of peace is for in the act of August 5, 1939, entitled Executive nomination confirmed by the worth trying. When I read in the Wash "An act to provide for the disposition of ington Evening Star on January 9 the Senate January 19 (legislative day of certain records of the United States Gov January 4), 1950: article by Mr. Thomas L. Stokes-and I ernment," for •the disposition of execu always read Thomas L. Stokes, for I think DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY tive papers referred to in the report of he is one of the finest and most humane John F. Floberg to be Assistant Secretary the Archivist of the United States num columnists in America-I was particu of the Navy. bered 50-13. larly impressed with his reference to Mr. SPECIAL- ORDER GRANTED Irving Pftaum, foreign editor of the Chi cago Sun-Tilnes, who has made the sug HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. PATMAN asked and was given gestion that the people of the United permission to address the House on Tues States present to the people of Russia a day next for 30 minutes, at the con THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1950 · statue of peace and brotherhood to be clusion of the legislative program of the paid for by popular subscription by our The House met at 12 o'clock noon. day and following any special orders people. His thought is much the same Rev. Father John J. Keahane, St. John heretofore entered. as that ·which inspired the people of the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, EXTENSION OF REMARKS France to give to the United States that Cambridge, Mass"., offered the following Mr. RANKIN asked and was given per glorious Goddess of Liberty which stands prayer: mission to extend his remarks in the in New York Harbor. In the name of the Father and of the RECORD and include a statement made The little people of Russia-the little Son and of the Holy Ghost. by Hon. George N. Craig, national com people of the world, I am convinced, are mander of the American Legion, before not interested in war. They have suf O Almighty and Eternal God from fered too much; they are tired. I feel whom all blessings flow, we ask Thee to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. sure that the ·little people of Russia bless this country of ours-at present Mr. LANE asked and was given per would appreciate a gift from the little the hope of freedom-loving people mission to extend his remarks in the people of America. At least Mr. Pftaum's throughout the world-that it may be RECORD in three instances and include idea is well worth trying. faithful to its trust. extraneous matter. I should like to expand upon Mr. We ask Thee to bless the President Mr. KLEIN asked and was given per Pftaum's idea. I have long since believed of these United States in his unparalleled mission to extend his remarks in the that the women of the world should de task of guiding the destinies of our be RECORD in four instances and include clare a strike on war. It is about time loved country in these difficult times. extraneous matter. they did something about it. Women We ask Thee to endow the Congress Mr. EBERHARTER asked and was everywhere feel the same about war with wisdom and understanding so they given permission to extend his remarks regardless of the type of government can frame and enact laws for the pros in the RECORD in two instances and in under which they live or the language perity and peace of our people. clude extraneous matter. they speak. Any woman who has ever We ask Thee to assist the Speaker and Mr. HAYS of Ohio asked and was given borne a child will fight in every way she Members of this House and direct their permission to extend his remarks in the can to keep war from coming to her deliberations according to Thy holy will RECORD and include a newspaper edi country and perhaps taking her child thro11gh Christ our Lord. torial. from her. No woman, anywhere, wants 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORJ}T ~HOUSE 629 to see her son, or her husband, or her and the cost to the Commodity Credit fens es which still require both fine and. father, or her daughter sent into battle. Corporation in handling this type peanut imprisonment were not incorporated in I am wondering, therefore, if the program has been negligible. Therefore, the Criminal Code and consequently were women who live in America-this great instead of reporting out this amendment, not amended by the act revising that country where women are free to ex the entire peanut program should be re code. press their opinions in their own way vised so as to divide the peanut-produc The Committee on the Judiciary of should not pick up Mr. Pflaum's idea and ing areas into types similar to tl_le to the House of Representatives in its re give a statue of peace and brotherhood bacco program; that is, there should be port on the revision-House Report 304, to the women of Russia. I feel sure that the Virginia-type area, the runner-type Eightieth Congress-in commenting our women's organizations in America area, and the Spanish-type area. In the upon the change in punishment provi would spearhead the movement and light of the facts above, it is my present sions, stated that "legislative attempts to stimulate women of this country to offer intention. to oppose the resolution pre control the discretion of the sentencing such a statue of peace to the Russian sented to the House from the Commit judge are contrary to the opinions of women. Surely· the Government of the tee on Agriculture for further increasing experienced criminologists and crimi Soviet Union would not ref use to allow the production of cotton and peanuts in nal-law experts. They are calculated to the entry and acceptance of such a gift. the face of a great surplus in the market work manifest injustice in many cases." · I believe this gesture of good will and today in both crops. I am interested in. In the light of that statement, my bill desire for peace would be very tangible saving the entire farm program-not de also eliminated minimum punishments evidence, not only to the women of Rus stroying it through patchwork. - in these cases. The court could, by ex sia, but to women all over the world, of UNITED STATES CRIMINAL CODE ercising the power it has to suspend sen the sincerity and earnest desire of the tence, avoid the imposition of any fine American people to seek peace among Mr. FRAZIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask or imprisonment at all, and should have unanimous consent to address the House the authority to impose fines or im nations. for 1 minute and revise and extend my EXTENSION OF REMARKS prisonments to a limited extent. As a remarks. matter of fact, the elimination of the Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was given The SPEAKER. Is there objection to minimum will enable the court to im ·permission to extend his remarks in the the request of the gentleman from pose a just penalty where otherwise it RECORD and include an editorial. Tennessee? would have suspended the imposition of Mr. KEOGH orts adjournment and urges its Mr. HERTER. I do not agree with Mr. HERTER. The gentleman is cor friends to vote for adjournment to the gentleman's statement with regard rect. morrow. to rate-holes. I think we have a secu Mr. ALLEN of Illinois. Is it not a fact M ;:. HERTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield rity interest of the first order in trying that if we gj,ve these $130,000,000 to myself such time as I may desire. to maintain ·the free peoples of this Korea we will have to borrow the money, Mr. Speaker, I am in favor of the rule world. We are not strong enough mili or else raise the national debt? on this bill, but I have very serious tarily or financially or in any other way Mr. HERTER. It will certainly in doubts with regard to the bill itself. It to live in a world whicb. ~ completely crease tne deficit. There is no question is a bill that brings up some extremely dominated by .the Communists on every about that. I think that is a very im important considerations dealing with side of us. portant consideration. I had hoped the foreign policy of the United States. Mr. WHITE of Idaho. Mr. Speaker, that this Korean matter could be cared . Testimony will be given here . at a will the gentleman yield? for on a different basis from that which later date to the effect that Korea is Mr. HERTER. I yield. is provided for in this bill. Actually, militarily untenable, that under none of Mr. WHITE of Idaho. Korea is a you will hear testimony to the effect that our defense plans as such could we con small country among the vast population this bill makes an authorization, or will, sider trying to hold Korea in the event of China, is it not? after an amendment offered by the of aggressive action north of the thirty Mr. HERTER. It is. The area that committee, for only $60,000,000 addi· ' eighth parallel by either Communist we are talking about, I think, embraces tional. However, the statement of in trained Korean troops or by Russian about 21,000,000 people. tent, at the beginning of the bill, will troops. Mr. WHITE of Idaho. If Korea were make for a moral commitment which On the other hand, Mr. Speaker, armed according to our standards, as we would certainly carry over a very much Korea is an independent republic. It are today, could it maintain its inde longer period of time. became an independent republic as a re pendence against an onslaught from the However, Mr. Speaker, as this is a mat sult of our military action and as a re rest of China and Russia? ter of real major policy in connection · sult of the United Nations recognition of Mr. HERTER. I would think probably with our over-all world policy, I feel the it as a newly created independent re not. rule should be adopted and that both public, an independence which it had Mr. KEATL'N'G. Mr. Speaker, will the sides ought to have a full opportunity not had for a long period of time since gentleman yield? to be heard. it had been under Japanese domination. Mr. HERTER. I yield. Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, will the That republic is today struggling in Mr. KEATING. Did I understand the gentleman yield? the southern half of what constituted the gentleman to say that since the establish Mr. HERTER. I yield. old territory of Korea to maintain itself ment of the Republic of Korea we have Mr. RANKIN. I would like to call the from an economic point of view in the spent $60,000,000 there? gentleman's attention to the fact that face of a very serious and difficult eco Mr. HERTER. We have done that we are trying to get funds to build some nomic situation. We have spent nearly through appropriations in one form or veterans' hospitals which are very neces half a billion dollars in military occupa another, but without any formal author sary. We are told that the opposition tion costs in that country. We have ization. The Congress, as I understand is opposing it on the ground of economy. already spent some $60,00'0,000 since the it, has never made any commitment of Yet here they come along and propose to independent republic was established in any kind by legislation for continuing give out of the taxpayers' money, out of trying to give it economic aid so that it Korean aid. the pockets of many of these disabled can stand on its own feet. Mr. KEATING. Unless I am in error. veterans themselves, not only $150,000,- The main objection that I have to the · the total expenditures set forth on page 000 provided in this bill, but probably bill that will be before us is to its state 26 of the report, which have been made it will run to half a billion before it is ment of purpose at the outset, which in Korea to date, are $385,000,000. through. I cannot see the consistency. commits us to what in effect is a long Mr. HERTER. Those figures include Mr. HERTER. I think the gentleman range aid-to-Korea program. In the the military occupation costs before the is correct in his statement. On the 634 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 19 other hand, I think we have a major cation that Mr. Butterworth, when it suppressed almost all of the hearings problem that comes ahead of any other came to his testimony, deleted not only that would give the background of this problem, and that is the .problem of our what he said but what the gentleman matter. However, not quite all. own security. from Minnesota [Mr. JUDD] and I said, I have been attempting for 6 months Mr. ALLEN of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, and you will find no indication that there to find out what military or diplomatic will the gentleman yield for one fur has been a deletion or suppression. secrecy justified the suppression, not ther question? Mr. HERTER. Mr. Speaker, will the only of the testimony of departmental Mr. HERTER. I yield. gentleman yield for a moment? witnesses, but statements of mine and Mr. ALLEN of Illinois. Has it come Mr. VORYS. I yield. Mr. JUDD'S before the committee. I re to the gentleman's attention that many, CALL OF THE HOUSE ceived a letter from Secretary Acheson many Members on both sides of the aisle on that, last evening, and this is what he went back to their districts this last sum Mr. HERTER. Mr. Speaker, I make said: mer and got up and told how they were the point of order that a quorum is not . I ·have given careful consideration to your for economy; that we were spending too present. request that certain ~testimony given in ex much, and that we could not continue to The SPEAKER. The Chair will count. ecutive session in June 1949 be released for do what we were doing. Is that not [After counting.] Evidently a quorum is publication and I regret that I cannot agree true? not present. with your proposal. Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I It will be recalled that at the inception Mr. HERTER. I am very sure of that. of the hearing in question, it was agreed Mr. ALLEN of Illinois. Today some move a call of the House. that no departmental testimony would be of those people who have been talking A call of the House was ordered. made public without the consent of the economy will have a chance to vote, and The Clerk called the roll, and the fol Department. Ip. making our recommenda we will see whether they will back up the lowing Members failed to answer to their tions to the committee last year as to which promises they made to the people back names: testimony shpuld be made public, we fol home. · [Roll No. 4] lowed the principle of including in the testi mony cleared for release only the informa Mr. HERTER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve Abbitt Green Phillips, Tenn. tion which pertained to the subject of aid the remainder of my time. Allen, Call!. Heffernan Powell Barrett, Pa. Hobbs Sasscer to Korea, the issue involved in this legisla Mr. SABATH. Does the gentleman Bennett, Fla. Hoffman, Ill. Scudder tion-€xcept for a small portion thereof from Massachusetts desire to use any Bland Irving Simpson, Pa. which, for security reasons, we felt should additional time? Blatnik Jensen Smathers not be made public. Mr. HERTER. I yield 15 minutes to Buckley, N. Y. Judd Smith, Ohio Officials of the Department discussed very Bulwinkle Keogh Stanley frankly with members of the committee in the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. VoRYS]. Burdick Kilburn Stigler executive session many other matters. To Mr. VORYS. Mr. Speaker, I oppose Cavalcante King Taylor Cell er McGrath Vursell publish a discussion of this nature, extrane this b111 and I oppose this rule. Con Davenport Mcsweeney Wadsworth ous to the main issue involved, or to publish sidered in the light of our policy in the Davies, N. Y. Macy White, Idaho excerpts from it out of context, would, in Far East, this program, which is not a . Dingell Moulder Wier my opinion, not be consistent with the kind one-hundred-and-twenty-tnillion-dollar Dondero Murphy Withrow of continuing confidential relationship Durham Noland Wolcott which, of necessity, must exist between of program but a permanent policy which Fugate Pace Wolverton involves a present program of $385,000,- Fulton Pfeiffer, Woodhouse ficials of the Department and members of Gilmer William L. the committee on matters handled in execu 000, is, to use General Marshall's words, tive session. a "piecemeal palliative" that I think we The SPEAKER. On this· roll call 376 just cannot afford. Members have answered to their names, However, you will find a, statement We are not going to get enough light a quorum. read by Under Secretary of State Webb · on our far-eastern policy, with reference By unanimous consent, further pro on the whole Chinese situation on page to China and the rest of Asia, from the ceedings under the call were dispensed 115 of the hearings. That was appar published hearings or in 1 hour of gen with. ently not considered extraneous. That eral debate to make an intelligent deci KOREAN AID ACT bF 1949 was information which pertains to the sion. Remember, this is not a 1-year subject of aid to Korea. But you will proposition. True, the authorization is Mr. VORYS. Mr. Speaker, I did not. not find any cross-examination of Mr. ask for a quorum. But there were those Webb, Mr. Kennan, or Mr. Butterworth for 1 year, but if you will look at the bill, who thought some of you who we:r:.e ab section 2 provides : on the background of the Chinese policy, sent might like to hear something about Anything the committee asked was ap It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Korean aid bill. I am opposed to the people of the United States to continue parently "extraneous." to assist the people of Korea- the bill and opposed to the rule. The These hearings were such as· are con rule provides 1 hour of debate. I think ducted on appropriations and by other And there is no termination date put in the light of our total far ea.stern committees. They were in executive on it. policy-or lack of policy-this permanent session, in this case to prevent any inad Since this is such a long-range policy, policy of assisting Korea with a program, vertent leak of military or diplomatic your committee last June decided to ob not of $120,000,000, that is only the first secrets. But there was to be prepared a tain testimony on our whole far-eastern · installment, but of $385,000,000, ·and record to come to the floor so that the situation from Secretary Acheson, Under leaving Korea in the red $35,000,000 after rest of the Congress would know some Secretary Webb, George Kennon, and 3 years, is-to use General Marshall's thing· about what went on. The Depart Assistant Secretary Butterworth for words_:...a "piecemeal palliative." To use ment officials were permitted to edit the the Far East. You will find hardly any a ·more common expression, this is statements of their own witnesses and to of that testimony, however, in the hear strictly rat-hole money which we cannot take out anything of. military or diplo ings. I tried to find out from the De afford. matic secrecy. I will not disclose what partment of State the reason for this You cannot consider this intelligently any administration witness said in the suppression of testimony, and I received without considering our whole far-east hearing. I do feel justified, however, in a letter from the Secretary of State last ern policy, but you will not get our far telling you not what some witness said, night, in which he said: eastern policy out of the hearings printed not what I asked but what I said there, We followed the principle of including in in this bill. so as to ask you whether or not you can the testimony cleared for release, only infor When this bill came up in commit conceive that what I referred to was a mation which pertained to the subject of aid tee on June 8, last summer, with orders diplomatic or military secret. I said: to Korea, the issue involved in this legisla that it must be through the Congress Mr. VoRYS. The gentleman is so highly er tion. by June 30, the committee wanted to . roneous and distorts the history of the legis However, on page 115 of the hearings, know about our whole far-eastern pol lation so shockingly that I feel I should cor you will find a statement by Mr. Webb, icy, of which Korea and its policy is a rect him. I want to read from the conference report. Under Secretary of State, of the Adminis small part, and called for administra":" The Senate does not have a conference re tration's story on the whole situation in tion witnesses and held hearings for 9 port , but by tradition and u sage, uses the China. If you will look, however, on days. But you will not find all that in House conferen ce report to explain the thing pages 149 and 150 you will find no indi- this book. The State Department has on the floor of the Sena~e . : '1950 .CONGRESSIONAL· RECORD.-. HQUSE 635.· 11 · ..,, f .. d j, "Of the total aut horization it was agreed However, using such light as we have, assurance t h at Korea will go in 2 or 3 months_ t hat $125,000,000 should be provided u nder viewed in the perspective of our Far if you do not do t his. I ' t h e language of the Senate bill, allowing for Eastern policy, let us look at this Korean ' aid of military charact er, with $338,000,000 Last June the Secretary said r '} ' r emaining for the economic r econstruct ion aid proposition. I want t o take my text There is comp lete assurance that Korea will , t ype of aid. In m aking this adjustment the from General Marshall in his famous go in 2 or 3 m cmths if you do not do this. ~ allotment for milit ary aid is slightly larger Harvard speech of June 5, 1947. We had 1 in proportion to purely economic aid than gone through a lot of piecemeal, stop-gap Six months later, Korea is still holding her head up as an independent nation 1 in the original House bill. These changes foreign-aid legislation, and Congress and are embodied in section 404 of the agreed the country were getting tired of it; so and we have not done this; we have not I bill." at Harvard General Marshall said, as to passed this bill. When it comes to the It was at the insistence of the Depart future aid policy: Far East, our Secretary of State shows' ment of St at e, their ent reaties and insist Such assistance, I am convinced, must not as much ability in predicting the future ence during that conference, that the words as he does explaining the past. "military aid" were not inserted into the be on a piecemeal basis as various crises rn bill, and the same thing happened on the develop; any assistance t hat this Govern We cannot justify this as conscienc0- Senat e bill. But the House report shows ment may render in the future should pro· money. There are those who would vote· quite clearly that the net result of the con vide a cure rather than a mere pall1ative. for it because their consciences hurt ference was to raise the military aid as it I believed that, and that is the policy them for what they have done, or not said here: I have been attempting to follow ever done, about China and Formosa. My "The allotment for military aid is slightly since. It is the policy that is not fol conscience does not hurt me as to what larger in proportion than in the original lowed here. In this legislation there is I have advocated for Asia, China, House bill." Formosa. So any deletion of the word "military," no direct benefit to our military security; and insistence that it should be put in sole our troops are out; the Soviets can come There are those who want to vote for ly as an .appropriation to the President, was into southern Korea whenever they wish. this on an "iffy" basis; on the basis that solely at the insistence of the State Depart I call your attention to page 170 of the if we had done what we should have in ment, in opposition to the views of both hearings. China, Manchuria, Formosa, at Yalta, Houses and the conferees of both Houses, This is no economic cure, but a pallia· and so forth, Korea would now be a sound and therefore to take that as a statement of tive. The program was ably and hon· economic and military part of our policy. the intention of Congress, in view of the estly presented by ECA. Mr. Hoffman I cannot justify a vote based on some contemporary statements outside the stat.:. thing that did not happen, merely be ute, that this was to be military aid, is himself testified, and you will find his shockingly inaccurate history. testimony at page 15 of the hearings and cause I wish it had happened. We must in the report at pages 27 and 28, that 25 face the situation as it is, regardless of Here is what Mr. JUDD said that was percent of this money is to go for freight. how it got that way. deleted from the published hearings: The first part of the program is to last There are those who will vote for this Mr. JUDD. It is worse than subterfuge to 3 years and to cost not $120,000,000; but as a vote of confidence in the policy or come down and ask Congress to agree to $385,000,000. At the end of that period lack of policy of their administration language that would be less provocative and $35,000,- and the Secretary of State. I have no then take our agreement as indicating we Korea will be out of balance 000. So it cannot be justified as an such confidence. did not want you to carry out the purpose '!'here are those who are voting for this that was in the original language. economic cure for the ills of Korea. There is no commitment, no agree on a sympathy basis. Congress voted Mr. JUDD later furnished for insertion ment, no obligation. If you will turn money for Finland back in 1940 out of in the Korean aid hearings the following to page 182 of the hearings you will find sympathy. I voted against it. I felt from the hearings before the Committee that Mr. Claxton from the Department then about them as I do about this. I on Appropriations, United States Senate, of State, said: feel a great sympathy for the Republic of Korea and will show it in my own June 10, 1948, page 527: This is not a · commitment in the sense Mr. THORP. May I make sure that my an of an international treaty, an international voluntary way; but I do not think Con . swer to t he question of our att itude on this agreement; it is not as much as a promise. gressmen have any right to be sympa 'legislation is clear, that we in the State De: thetic or charitable with other people's partment question the desirability of the Why, therefore, do we go forward with money. proviso which was placed by the House Ap this program which does not involve our I have given a good bit of thought, as propriations Committee in connection with mu~ ·~ary security, which does not help we get closer to the deadline in our own this expenditure which would . tie it into the objectives and limitations in the act for solve our own economic problems and financial status, as we go deeper into the assistance to Greece and Turkey. At that will not solve Korea's economic problems, red, to this whole matter. This is a good:. point we feel that there should be a change ·with half of Korea under Communist will, humanitarian, charity measure. Of in the legislation. control, and for which we have no obli all human virtues, the greatest is charity, • gation, no commitment? Why? Because but it is an individual virtue, and it Mr. BUTTERWORTH. May I make one state we helped Korea secure independence. must be voluntary. You: cannot be ment, sir ? The Secretary of State, who I How about Indonesia? We helped charitable with somebody else's money. believe is appearing before the committee Indonesia secure independence in the I have come to the conclusion that Con sh0rtly, did authorize me to state that he is United Nations and outside. How about gress has no right to appropriate money, opposed t o the provision regarding the in to take it from American taxpayers by clusion of China in Greek-Turkish legisla Israel? We helped Israel secure inde tion. pendence in the United Nations and out involuntary means, to give to foreign side. How about India, Finland, Burma, countries for solely charitable purposes. This quotation from· a public hearing, .Austria, and other countries whose inde The SPEAKER pro tempore. The furnished for the record by a member time of the gentleman from Ohio has of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. pencience and membership in the family of expired. JUDD, was deleted from the purported nations we aided and welcomed? Are Mr. HERTER. Mr. Speaker, I yield hearings on Korean aid by the State De we to continue to assist them, or is the gentleman the balance of the tim-e partment. Korea to be a special case? on this side. The statement of Mr. W.W. Butter The Koreans are fine people, a_gallant Mr. VORYS. Mr.· Speaker,- not only worth on June 20, contained on pages people who are making a magnificent has Congress no right under our Con 149 and 150 of the printed hearings does struggle. We have helped them to the stitution to give away taxpayers' money not indicat e that there was any omission tune of $445,000,000 already. They may, solely for charitable purposes, but or deletion of any kind in his own testi however, have to do as we did after we foreign countries do not believe us when mony, nor does it show the suppression achieved our independence-get along we say we are giving them something of these statements by two ·committee without outside help. just because we love them. They look members. On June 23, Secretary Acheson stated for the-"gimmick." As I say, the full story of our Far East before our committee in summing up his Mr. Speaker, I hope our people con ern policy is suppressed in the hearings, argument for Korean aid-hearings, tinue to be big-hearted, charitable, and · and this story cannot be presented ade page 192: -humanitarian. I hope that our great quately under a rule that permits only There is no· assurance that the thing is ·voluntary agencies, our churches, con l hour of debate. · going to be successful; there is complet e tinue the fine work they have carried on 636' CONGRESSIONAL-RECO-RD-. HOUSE . JANUAR.Y 19 so magnificently during the 160 years Mr. STEFAN. That ought to be cor man from Ohio concedes that the of our existence. But whatever our rected in the gentleman's committee by Koreans are a splendid people, and I Government does should serve our own a rule set up in that committee. concur. Although I am interested in purpose and policies and we should say Mr. VORYS. It certainly should. economy, I f.eel that by our aiding the so. Mr. STEFAN. The gentleman quoted Koreans and helping them maintain Under present circumstances and in the Secretary of State. If the gentle their freedom~ it is well worth the view of our present policies in Asia, we man will read further in the statement amount called for in this bill as opposed are not justified in adding to our deficit of the Secretary of State he said that if to the spending of billions of dollars to any further by voting money for this nothing is done, Korea will be lost within aid the old Chinese clique in Formosa permanent policy of economic aid to 2 or 3 months. What would the gentle and thei.r lust for returned power, as the Korea. It may be that in the future as man say to that? gentleman from Ohio [Mr. VoRYS] and we develop a new policy, as .we develop Mr. VORYS. On June 23 the Secre others urged. It is comparable to sink~ legislation which is now before our com tary of State said-and it is in the hear ing money into a rat hole, for certainly mittee, Korea will receive aid under some ings-"There is no assurance that the that is what has happened to the bil mutual aid plan, some far eastern plan thing is going to be successful. There is lions of dollars that we have. spent and that makes sense and conforms to some complete assurance that Korea will go in that the gentleman from Ohio would like sensible policy. I hope that day will 2 or 3 months if you do not do this." us to spend on China and Formosa. come. But ln the present state of our Tha.t was 6 months ago. I submit that Of course, there are seyeral other gen policy or lack of policy, we should not his ability as a prophet is equal to his tlemen on his Republican side who vote money down the Korean rat hole ability as an apologist for our policy in preach economy and yet advocate the that will not save them militarily, that the Far East. spending·of billions of dollars on the iost will not add to our military security, that The SPEAKER. The time for the c~use of China. All this because they will not help us economically, but will gentleman from Ohio has expfred. were in China for a short time and sym be, on the contrary, an economic drain, Mr. SABATH. Mr. Speaker, I followed pathize with China, but not with the that will not solve their economic prob- closely the remarks of the _gentleman poor, unfortunate, oppressed common , lem, a program for which we have made from Ohio [Mr. VORYS], and with a great people of China who have been fighting no promise, no commitm.ent, no obliga deal of interest. I appreciate the fact valiantly for many years to overthrow tion. that he has spent considerable time in the corrupt Chiang government so that Mr. Speaker, this rule should be voted China and that he has an active interest they can obtain better social and eco down. If it is not voted down, I shall in Chinese affairs. nomic conditions . for themselves and offer a motion to recommit this bill for Of course, we have two or three other their families. . further study and hearings s·o that it gentlemen, who, like the gentleman from However, other well-informed men, in may be brought in here later in order Ohio [Mr. VORYS], seem to be, for rea addition to our State Department, which that we may know what we are doing. sons unknown to me, continually assail seems to be possessed ·of all the facts, Mr. STEFAN. Mr. Speaker, will the ing the administration policy and urging know what is for the best interests of the gentleman yield? the support of the corrupt and vicious United States-certainly more so than Mr. VORYS. I yield to the gentle- Chiang Kai-shek government. This lat the gentlemen who are appealing for aid man from Nebraska. ' · ter government· has been misruled for to the Chinese and Formosa. · Mr. STEFAN. I do not know what many years by a most tainted clique, I personally believe that the. appro rules the gentleman has in his commit whom the United States has aided, in the priation provided for herein will be of tee in the taking of testimony in hear last few years, with three to four billion tremendous help in strengthening the ings, but I have never yet heard in our dollars and with. millions upon millions Koreans in their desire to retain their committee that departments are given of dollars worth of supplies and war ma independence, and the Koreans do not permission to edit or delete any of the terials. Yes, with air power, naval fear any Russian threats. I have been questions propounded by a Member of power, vehicles, and ammunition, not at all times in favor of aiding all peoples Congress on the committee. However, withstanding the reports of such men as and countries who are seeking their in case of security we have an under Gen. George Marshall and General freedom and independence. Conse Wedemeyer, who reported to the people quently, after talking with many people standing that the testimony is always of the United States that Chiang and his available to all of the committee, and who know -the true facts, as I said before, dishonest group refused to bring about although I was first opposed to this bill, there is no deletion. any agreement for peace between the Mr. VORYS. Up to this Korean aid I came to the conclusion that it will be Chinese Nationalists and the revolution of tremendous aid and benefit to the bill that was, so far as I remember, the ary forces. Not only these two great practice in our committ_ee. In this in:. Koreans and to the United States as well. generals, but many others have. made smce I have not observed any real stance not....my questions, but my state clear the fact that our aid to China could ment as well as that of the gentleman opposition to the rule, and ·as the HoJise not and has not saved the crooked is well-informed on the subject, I move from Minnesota [Mr. JUDD], to the com Chiang government from def eat. ·wit mittee-not on any military or diplo the previous question. ness the Chinese white paper that was The previous question was ordered. matic question but on what the China published last year by our State De- Aid Act of 1948 meant-was deleted, and The resolution was agreed to. partment. · Mr. KEE. Mr. Speaker, I move that I have been unable to get it back in, and In the last three or four months we I have been trying for 6 months. the House resolve itself into the Commit have come to generally recognize and tee of the Whole House on the State of Mr. STEFAN. Under the rule of our realize that the days of the Chiang re the Union for the consideration of the committee when that happens in a de:. gime are gone forever and are far beyond bill The purposes to be served by this ECA could not have dared forecast the· North Korean army and a Communist aid. operation of Yongwol power plant at 44.5 government. We withdrew our forces (c) A forecast of the effect which kilowatts. last summer. This was a year after a these aid supplies would have on the Here is an example of Korean energy, democratic election was conducted by a Korean economy. perseverance, and will to succeed. Korea United Nations Commission in the south I need not remind the Members of bas more than met the projections for ern zone as the result of a resolution in Congress that we did not authorize the coal production, a most difficult task. All troduced into the General Assembly by $150,000,000 which the Foreign Affairs these things have been accomplished be the United States. Russia would not al Committee, after careful investigation, cause there has been- low the conducting of such an election recommended to the Congress. (a) A tremendous effort on the part in the northern zone. I may say also By reason of legislative accidents of the Koreans. . that in the north there are now 9,000,000 Korea has received a total of $60,000,000 (b) Judicious use of available sup Koreans while in the south there are for 7% months, rather than $75,000,000 plies. 21,000,000 Koreans. Last year there for 6 months. In short, we have granted (c) An energetic effort at improvising. were more than 2,000,000 who came from 64 cents on each requested dollar. (d) Wonderful cooperation between the north to the south to join the south With these seriously restricted funds, Americans and Koreans. in its :fight for independence for Korea, nonetheless, ECA has been able to cling (e) A firm attitudff on the part of the really true independence, not one under to its basic purpose---which is to assist Americans that the Koreans must use the domination of the Communist forces. in the economic recovery of Korea. It - their best efforts. • Because the thirty-eighth parallel iron has taken great prudence to cut back Take, for example, the export of rice. curtain divides Korea into two zones every dollar by 36 percent and yet avoid This was not an easy task for the Ko which are normally dependent upon each an abortive retreat into a purposeless reans. It was loaded with political other economically and industrially, the relief program. dynamite. It took perseverance on the Republic continues to need United States For the most part ECA has met this part of the Americans, courage on the aid in the form of ECA grants. The fact :fiscal stringency by a program of pre part of the Koreans. And yet, sooner or that the Republic has used wisely the aid paratory deferment. later this step had to be taken. The given to it so far has been attested by (a) It has gone ahead with recovery American view was that it should be both officials of the ECA and our con projects that it could afford. taken this year. gressional mission which visited Korea n.::: Another reference point for the infor What was once a friendly coast to the stant turmoil and uncertainty. · mation of the committee is Vladivostok West now serves the same enemy as faces However, it is not alone the people of 500 miles to the north. It is quite obvi the Republic on the north. To expect Korea or the Korean Republic whom we ous that in any economic or political South Korea to resist the political and must think of in these trying times. We challenge to supply contesting forces in military infiltration which is the constant must likewise think in terms of the sub the north and the south, that we· would dread of every nation in western Europe stantial welfare of the 150.,000,000- Amer be at a decided disadvantage as repre is, quite frankly, to expect the impossible. ican people. Our ability to help and as sented by the difierence between 500 and Our resources are not unlimited. The sist nations and peoples in distress is not 7,0.00 miles. necessity of conducting a world-wide op measured alone in terms of our financial. The third of the arrows, and perhaps eration for the containment of aggres-· and physical resources. If the def eat of the one most important from the Soviet sive and godless communism requires the the forces of world chaos were simpl~ a standpoint, is the one which indicates careful husbanding of our financial and matter of logistics, of transportation,, of the direction of arid the distance to the physical means. Within a very few days communications, then, ·indeed, tl!e price Russian industrial area east of the Urals. or weeks this body will be called upon asked in this legislation would be a small It is inconceivable to many of us that to consider the so-called point-4 leg price to pay for the confusion and the the Communists would countenance the islation f oi the development of backward· def eat of our common enemy. maintenance of such a threat to.. their . areas throughout the world. We must· However, Mr. Chairman, the problem productive capacity. Two years ago put our resources and our help not only Wifh respect to Korea is much more even a year ago-the Republic of South· where our hearts dictate but where our complex than this. There are physical Korea might have managed a precarious heads tell us the national security and factors and geographical considerations and uncertain tenure, but if anything is the national welfare are at stake. whi.ch render the propased program not likely or certain in this world today it South Korea is no Japan, no Okinawa, only one of the most hazardous we have would appear to be the eventual engulf-· no Philippines. Not one word of mili ever undertaken, but one which is less ment of South Korea by the rampant tary testimony is on the record indica t likely to succeed in the final analysis, forces of communism, which in their ing the essential nature of the peninsula than any other program of which I have drive through Manchuria and north in the plans for the national defense. To any personal knowledge. China have left Korea unsupported and the contrary, it has been stated time and First of all, let us piace Kore~ in its tragically isolated. again that from the military standpoint proper geographic perspective. As the It is not my desire, Mr. Chairman, to South Korea is indefensible and tacti map will indicate, Korea is no Greece, debate the China problem at this time, cally isolated. flanked by an allied Italy and a friendly but it is impossible to consider Korea The pending legislation might stand Turkey. Korea is already half behind except as it. relates to the physical and the test of urgent necessity if it were the iron curtain, severed in two at the political conditions surrounding it. . proposed as a part of an over-all policy thirty-eighth parallel. Dominant in the There is no counterpart in recent legisla- for the United States in the Far East, northern half of this tragically .divided . tion for what is here proposed to be done but such is certainly not the case. The country are the Communist forces in in the instance of Korea. Here is no development of such a policy is ad North Korea. The other portion of the wide and defensible belt of interlocking mittedly one of the most pressing re country, representing the Republic of states, no community of common ideas quirements of the moment, but it will South Korea, is the portion of the map and cultures such as have rendered pos never be initiated with South Korea as which is colored blue. Here is the· sible the success of the European recovery a reference point. South Korea· is ex Ongjin Peninsula where sporadic fight program in western Europe. , All of the actly what the map shows it to be-a ing has been in progress for many, many factors which made possible the putting small peninsula separated by 7 ,000 miles months, and will doubtles·s continue on down of guerrilla activities in Greece are of ocean from the mainland of the United an increased scale in· the future. It will missing in the case of Korea. Greece States and completely surrounded by the be noted that South Korea is hopelessly found a Tito willing to close his com raging tides of international commu- outflanked on the ·west by the adjacent mon frontier in return for the favors nism. . land mass of China, and that the entire which could be obtained from the west. In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, I believe line along the thirty-eighth parallel is but no such quid pro quo can be expected that it is valid to say. that the case for open to full-scale and 'unrestricted war along the thirty-eighth parallel. Korea cannot by any measurement other fare at any time. Yes, Mr. Chairman, one can admire and than that put forth as a commitment In addition to that, large bands of respect the South Koreans in their period stand upon its merits. This commitment guerrillas at the present time are har of dire tribulation, but to fatten the prize is brought to the Congress not as a sub assing the southern portion of the Re for an ultimate conqueror who at this ject for discussion and debate, but as a public. Korea is by no means in a serene moment holds all of the trumps is neither fait accompli which we are told we must and placid stat e. South Korea has ex kindness to Korea nor justice to the ratify, although we have taken no direct perien ~ed a series of severe constitu American taxpayer who must foot the action or legislative step which consti tional crises which continue to this very bill. tuted a pledge or a promise or.. the part of .644 CON.GRESSIONAL RECORD-HQUSE JANUARY 19 the Congress of the United States. This that time to the Speaker, "If we are not In other words, this is a call for a far is the last in a long series of diplomatic going to follow through, let us send a eastern recovery program. Of such -a commitments, arrived at on the basis of cable to President Syngman Rhee, and program. South Korea is an integral discussions far removed from the legisla send it immediately, and tell him that and absolutely essential part. tive branch, commitments which we are no help is coming, that he might as well That is a positive far-eastern policy; told we must honor with never-ending make the best deal he can with the north~ and now as a means by which to hold appropriations from the Federal Treas ern Communist forces and not sacrifice these 21,000,000 people in South Korea ury. those gallant young men who are wear for 6 months, until there can be a posi South Korea is a Bataan without a ing the uniform of that new Republic tive far-eastern policy-to spend $60,- Corregidor, a Dunkerque without a flo over there, trying to hold that beachhead 000,0M to hold 21,000,000 people in the tilla, a dead-end street without an of democracy." Far East in reserve for the great posi escape. If the Congress wills it we shall I think this is very important legisla tive policy-these gentlemen say "Oh, invest in a gambit of pawns against an tion and should be passed. I hope that no." opponent whose major pieces are skill Members will not use this as an oppor; Let us examine the arguments made fully jockeyed against both South Korea tunity to demagogue but will realize the against this bill. The first argument is and the United States on terrain chosen commitments we have, and will not break that Korea is a very long way from the by our opponent and on terms which he faith with the Korean people. In effect United States. The second is that it is alone will dictate. Let us be humani we are their sponsors. We have helped indefensible militarily. I ask these same tarian, but let us not close our eyes to them to set up their Government. That gentlemen whether Korea ·is any more reality in a day when the fate of a world Government is a going concern. It is a indefensible militarily than is Berlin. depends upon clear judgment and· good Government, and it is destined to be Berlin is an isolated island in the very straight thinking. a great democracy. If you want to help heart of the occupied zone of Germany Mr. KEE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 them, then I know you will help to pass where we have few troops. minutes to the gentleman from Ohio this bill. Mr, ,JACKSON of California. Mr. [Mr. HUBER]. Mr. VORYS. Mr. Chairman, will the Cb.airman, will the gentleman yield? Mr. HUBER. Mr. Chairman, I re gentleman yield? Mr. J AVITS. I am sorry I cannot yield cently had the very great honor of being Mr. HUBER. I yield to the gentleman now. chairman of the subcommittee of the from Ohio. . Mr. JACKSON of California. The gen Committee on Expenditures that visited Mr. VORYS. The gentleman from tleman is asking for an answer to a ques Korea severa1 months ago. I did not North Dakota said a moment ago that tion. find conditions there exactly as they have he heard in MacArthur's headquarters Mr. JAVITS. I wish the gentleman been described by some of the Members that we were going to def end South would permit me to go on at the moment who have occupied the well and have not Korea, and if the Russians attacked it and I will yield later, as I permitted the had the opportunity to see conditions world war III would start there. Did gentleman to do. first hand in Korea. the gentleman from Ohio receive any Mr. Chairman, Berlin is an island in If you ever want an excuse to vote such information? the Soviet Zone, surrounded on all sides against a bill, this would be an easy bill to Mr. HUBER. I think if all the rumors by Soviet troops. Every military man vote against. If you want to go back we hear that are attributed to General and every commentator has said that the home and demagogue about it and say, MacArthur's headquarters were laid end Soviet could push us out of Berlin by "I voted to save the taxpayers money," to end, it would be a good thing. I do military action at will. But the Soviet it is an easy thing to do on this bill. But not know. has not pushed us out of Berlin, nor will I think it might be penny-wise and Mr. EATON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 it, any more than the Soviet will seek to PoUnd-foolish. I think you ought to give minutes to the gentleman from New York push us out of the areas we occupy in it just a little bit more thought. [Mr. JAVITS]. the Far East at will, because she knows We have made definite commitments Mr. JAVITS. Mr. Chairman, the gen that means war. in Korea, commitments · that we must tlemen who argue here against this aid It is not what military forces we have keep. Our committee worked very dil to Korea, I think, are the very same gen igently while we were there. We did not there. It is not General Roberts, with tlemen who have been most eloquent and his 500 officers, that are going to hold the depend on the so-called cocktail circuit most vocal in arguing for a positive for Soviet, but it is the unwi1lingness of the to get our information. We talked to eign policy in the Far East on the ground Soviet Union to attack us. and interviewed people right down to the that is where the whole civilized world is smallest person we could find, and we also Then consider the outposts of United likely to go down the drain. They have States security. Have the gentlemen talked to Ambassadors and State Depart argued that the loss we are in a way suf ment officials. Everything we could find forgotten that we are basing our security fering in the Far East would be a loss in that area today on Japan and Oki out about Korea was good. even greater than the loss we run the risk Not long ago I attended a press confer nawa, which are directly· flanked by of suffering if we lose Europe. Yet these South Korea? I say to the gentleman if ence. Somebody said, "How about all same gentlemen have voted $5,000,0QO, the political prisoners that are in prison we are driven out of there in 6 months, ooo and $3,500,000,000 and will probably or if we should be driven out of there there?" I said, "I have it on very good vote again about $3,000,000,000 this year authority that is not true." This news in 6 months, with the incalculable stakes paperman said, "What is your author for ERP to Europe. The demand for a which the advocates of a positive China ity?" I gave the name of one of the positive policy for the Far East, in the policy say we have in the Far East, it is outstanding news reporters in the world, face of the opposition to the $60,000,000 still worth $60,000,000 to take this op who was the authority for that state in this bill for Korea, sounds hollow. If portunity to save these people. ment. So some of these things that we the committee will look at the Mutual· A great deal has been made here of the have heard are just not true. Defense Assistance Act-Public Law 329 economic situation of Korea. Certainly We have a great many people who of the Eighty-first Congress-which the the economic situation of Korea is bad. would propose that we send men and Congress passed and which the Commit-. Why? Because we have not followed money to certain places in the Far East. tee on Foreign Affairs reported out, and through on the recovery program needed In supporting this measure you are not fully backed, it will find that the Com to help their economy. That is why she ·asked to send men there, you are not mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House has been working her printing presses. asked for armed intervention, you are has provided a positive far eastern for They have no other way to sustain their asked only to give financial support, eign policy. That policy is expressed as economy except as they get this very financial support that is desperately follows: support from this very bill from the needed. Congress hereby expresses itself as favoring United States. The circulation of I know when we returned last fall, the creation among the free countries and Korean money has' doubled in the period joined by the other members of the com the free peoples of the Far East of a joint from March 1949 until today. Why? organization consistent with the Charter of Because we have not aided them. It is mittee, I went to the leadership and the United Nations to establish a program of spoke to the leadership of the House. At self-help and mutual cooperation designed to not because they are fundamentally that time we realized there was some develop their economic and social well-being wrong in Korea. doubt as to whether even the $20,000,000 to safeguard basic rights and liberties and to The CHAIRMAN. The time of the appropriation would be passed. I said at protect their security and independence. gentleman from New York has expired. 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 645 Mr. EATON. Mr. Chairman, I yield under a Communist govermnent--and Asia in resisting the control of the Commu the gentleman two additional minutes. Russian influence . nist forces which have overrun them. . Mr. JACKSON of California. Mr. We cannot guarantee that this eco This is what the President has said ·chairman, will the gentleman yield? nomic program will insure a democratic about the positive effect of carrying out Mr. J AVITS. I yield. Korea, but we can be sure of what will this program. Now let me read you what Mr. JACKSON of California. The happen if we do not help them. the Secretary of State testified about the gentleman has mentioned the Korean Mr. WIDTE of Idaho. Mr. Chairman, negative effect of failing to carry out this situation in relation to Berlin. I should will the gentlewoman yield for a program: question? like to ask the gentlem·an- in what re If you do not take this step, it seems to spects he considers the situations to be Mrs. DOUGLAS. I yield. me that it is a public declaration that we are at all analogous. Mr. WHITE of Idaho. The Chinese not going to do anything in the Far East, and Mr. JAVITS. I think I made that very were marching toward democracy under I think you will get a shiver of fear all clear. I said that in Berlin today we do Sun Yat-sen, but something happen~ through the Philippines, all through south not have any military force which is able to reverse their direction in recent years. east Asia, India, and all the other parts of to resist the Russians if they wanted to Mrs. DOUGLAS. That is right. They the Far East, which would be quite unjusti roll over the western sectors. Yet we were marching toward democracy, but fied, because we are not taking that attitude then there was a terrible war, a devas toward t!lose areas. If we do not do what know very well that the Russians will we can slavery, sion still in Korea. ·under the direct 1 supervision of the will be our answer to their question. Mr. VORYS. Our military force has United Nations at this time. 'So bear in mind that it is not quite the same kind The CHAffiMAN. The time of the been withdrawn and we were told it was gentlewoman from California has ex .withdrawn so we would·not become in of situation that you could have in some other places of the world. · pired. volved. Is that not correct? Mr. KEE. Mr. Chairman, I yield the Mr. JAVITS. We withdrew our mili• It was just stated that there was tes timony before our committee by repre gentlewoman from California one addi- tary force in. response to-a ree sure tliat in 2 or 3 munist propaganda with which they are be months they will collapse, economically, sieged. Moreover, the Korean Republic, by nation made has been unfortunate which will mean that the Communist demonstrating the success and tenacity of whether we acted from ignorance, fro~ ·forces in that southern part will take democracy in resisting communism, will a partial knowledge, or from a refusal to over~ and 1;1.ll of Korea will then come stand as a beacon to the people of northern faqe facts. 646 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY: .1~. There are very few people in America as we were, we would not have had half any other way, how are we going to today who do not feel that China always of Korea. I would remind her that we maintain the civilization and the won has been and still is the very center of have had testimony showing that if we derful blessings inherited by us from our and the key to the peace of the world. had been able to get there a little faster, fathers? So, !Or this reason I feel that My very able colleague from California we would have had more of it. But, our our policy in the Orient has been a most '[Mrs. DOUGLAS] spoke a moment ago of troops were too far south for us to get disastrous one in recent years, and I the understanding that is necessary if we them there before the Russians could look upon this little group in the penin are to have a peaceful world. That reach the thirty-eighth parallel. sula of Korea as the last toe hold we leadership must be given. The peoples Here is this little Republic fighting its have on the Asiatic Continent at the of the world who are struggling up from way. We know well that the best soil present moment. These people are difficulty and ignorance, who are freeing for communistic control is starvation worthy; they have a great history. Two themselves from foreign domination do and discouragement. Abov·e the thirty thousand years before Christ they had need leadership. This is so throughout eighth parallel they have the power a great civilization, a great religion, a the world, and unless we find a way to plants and they have all the ease. If we great literature. They are a fine people . . give them leadership they will fall into give help to the South Korean Republic There are 21,000,000 of them. They in hands that will make the world a very to put up power plants near the coal herit a fruitful and fine section of the unsafe place for us and for all the free- mines, they can then mine their coal, world. They have the shadow of Russia . dom-loving people of the world. It is they can also build and run railroads, over them all the time. Russia, taking quite impossible for us to separate our there is every possibility that that little the north half of this peninsula, has seen future well-being and our future security seed will grow into a very thriving to it that it runs up contiguous to Siberia, from that of the peoples of all con country, so that it is a continuous portion of Rus tinents all over the globe. ·I am not say I would urge strongly that this House sian-dominated territory and will con ' ing it is my opinion that we should give vote for this$60,000,000. I agree that $60,- tinue to be. and give and give without any question, 000,000 might do more somewhere else, For the reason that we are now face to without any attempt to curtail extrava or that we may be preparing something face with a world challenge which sooner gance, or to limit the misuse of funds. for the Kremlin to take over. But, Mr. or later will have to be decided by a My record in this House will make that Chairman, we heard that same argument terrific sacrifice, perhaps, of men and very clear to everyone. But I do feel over Greece and Turkey. ·We heard the treasure, I do not want to see this coun very strongly that there is a force far same argument about Europe generally: try at this moment withdraw from the greater than the military force, a force that we would just be getting everything one spot in all of dark Asia where people . that comes from the hearts of a people. ready for the Kremlin to walk in and are struggling to be free and where they Mr. Chairman, I ask you if there is any take over. Well, the Kremlin has not have a right to expect our help and our country in the world that has so illus walked in at any of those points. assistance: trated the strength of that inner courage Mr. JACKSON of California. Mr. Mr. WHITE of Idaho. Mr. Chairman, of that inner power than the little Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield? will the gentleman· yield for a question? country of Finland? Finland has been Mrs. BOLTON of Ohio. I yield to Mr. EATON. For a question. · the only country to pay her war debts the gentleman from California. Mr. WHITE of Idaho. Does the gen to us. Finland has been the only country Mr . .'.JACKSON of California. Does tleman think our Navy should have in that has stood firmly for democratic the gentlewoman think that it would tervened when the Chinese Communists forces regardless of anything that was have been possible to achieve victory in turned their artillery on that English done on her borders. Greece on the basis of economic aid ship and drove it out of China? Mr. MILLER of Nebraska. Mr. Chair alone, without some considerable ele Mr. EATON. I will be glad to take a man, will the gentlewoman yield? I want ment of military aid which was given to day or two off sometime-and discuss that to ask if Finland received ECA help? them? question with the gentleman, but it has Mrs. -BOLTON of Ohio. Finland, I Mrs. BOLTON of Ohio. We did it nothing to do with this subject. believe, paid her debts to us. I have had piecemeal, if the gentleman remembers. Mr. WHITE of Idaho. I am afraid it the pleasure of lunching today with one The CHAIRMAN. The time of the will take a good deal longer than a day of the Representatives in the Finland gentlewoman from Ohio has again or two· to settle that. Parliament, Miss Pohjali, who has been expired. Mr. EATON. I know the gentleman in this country at various times during Mr. EATON. Mr. Chairman, I yield enjoys chasing intellectual rabbit tracks the last few years. To our great joy she myself such time as I may desire. but I will not join him at this time in told us that the situation in Finland is Mr. Chairman, I have listened to that practice. steadily progressing, that life has re these very able and learned discussions turned almost to what it was before the from the financial point of view; much Mr. NORRELL. Mr. Chairman, will war, that the people are beginning to of which is beyond any comprehension the gentleman yield? · breathe more freely. again. Why? Be that I possess. But, I · approach this Mr. EATON. I yield to the gentleman cause of the inner courage they have problem from a point of view of my own from Arkansas. · ' displayed. which I have fallowed for a long num Mr. NORRELL. I endorse every word Being a mother-and may I say this in ber of years. the distinguished gentleman has said. repiy to a question of a _colleague of mine I have been a student of the great If there was ever a bill that ought to be a few moments ago-I know that no forces that make human history, and I passed by this Congress for the assistance child is ever helped by too much assist feel confident that we are here as of a nation that is really trying to help ance, too much ease, too few demands sembled today in the most tragic, diffi itself, this bill is it, with the amendments upon his own strength. I am in com cult, and challenging hour of human the committee will recommend. plete agreement that no nation is helped history and that these tremendous is Mr. EATON. I have always had the by similar methods. sues are complicated beyond words by highest regard for the gentleman's abil The CHAIRMAN. The time of the the emergence into the influence of ity and intelligence, but it goes even a gentlewoman from Ohio has expired. public policy throughout the world by little higher at this moment. I thank Mr. EATON. Mr. Chairman, I yield · about a billion and half of brown people the gentleman. the gentlewoman from Ohio two addi in the Orient. Mr. GROSS. :Mr. Chairman, will the tional minutes. · Mr. Chairman, the situation is tragic gentleman yield? Mrs. BOLTON of Ohio. Mr. Chair from our American point of view, be Mr. EATON. I yield to the gentleman man, wisdom must be used, judgment cause, if under the leadership and world from Iowa. must be used and, above all things, program of the Russian Communists Mr. GROSS. I understand this money mothers know that one must never break they are able to mass against a handful is to be dispensed through ECA; is that a promise to a child. of free, white folks here, such as we right? We set up this little R :! public over are, with our traditions of democracy Mr. EATON. Yes. The ECA is there there, surely our responsibility is not and self-government behind us, if they carrying on, and I suppose will continue over. are able to amass a force of from a to carry on. That is one of the most My colleague from California sug billion and a half to two billion of people successful and practical administrations gested that if we had not been as fast against us militarily or economically or of funds we have ever l'~ad. 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 647 Mr. GROSS. I am glad to hear the With adequate aid Korea could be con Now, as to Korea, I would like to read gentleman say that. The ECA in its sidered a strong and secure outpost of a letter, or part of a speech that the fifth report to the Congress on Septem freedom and decency in a chaotic world. chairman of the National Assembly gave ber 15 said in connection with counter I urge each and every Member of this to our committee when we were in Korea. part funds that the Korean Government House who believes in the inherent rights This is what he says, in part: had collected from importers only half of mankind to enjoy the rights of lib While other material supplies are highly of its bill for ECA-financed goods. Are erty and freed om on this earth to vote Important for the rehabilitation of Korea, importers collecting from the Korean for this bill. the American military aid can be considered people and then not paying the Korean Mr. KEE. Mr. Chairman, I yield the most important and urgent to her. We Government? Does the gentleman know balance of the time to the gentleman have no munitions and arms with which to from Montana [Mr. MANSFIELD]. fight the aggressors. We do not expect about that? other people to defend our country. We Mr. EATON. In regard to the specific Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. Chairman, want to defend it with our own lives; but question about the lag between the mak there is not much I can add to the debate to do so we must have arms. God helps ing of counterpart deposits and colbc which has already gone on. But I am those who help themselves. We will sacri tions from end users of the assistance pleased that the debate has been on such fice our lives for our country. -Therefore, ! believe that 59 percent is the current a high plane that we have stuck, gen we are earnestly appealing to the United figure for the portion collected of the erally speaking, to the question of aid States for aid and munitions. value of goods furnished. . to Korea. As my distinguished col I think that is very definitely the thing In part the government of the Repub league the gentleman from Ohio said, that they want. lic of Korea has to subsidize the sale of this is an easy bill to vote against. This goods to the end users. This practice is is an easy bill to demagogue about. This I would point out to you also it is not is an easy bill to vote against because you the food situation in Korea that is urgent, diminishing as stability increases and the because I read from page 33 of the Re threat of in:tlation abates. However,. the can say you are doing it in the name of port on Aid to Korea: government of South Korea P,Uts .the economy. . But before you do so you had equivalent of one whole cost-bQt)l the b(;!tter think of your responsibilities as It is estimated that the 1950 crop will en American citizens and you had better able Korea to provide for•its domestic needs sale price and the subsidized portion- and to export some 200,000 metric tons of 1nto the counterpart deposit. Thi$ ac think of the welfare and security of your rice. This contrasts with exports of 100,000 counts for part of the discrepancy. The own country. metric tons from the 1949 crop. rest of the discrepancy is accounted for This country was responsible for the· by normal lag between billing and col setting up of t..lie Republic of South So it is not food. What we are doing lection. Korea. You and I know that if this aid in this bill. as I understand it, is to put Mr. STAGGERS. Mr. Chairman, I.am is not forthcoming the American-spon in some heavy equipment. We are sup going to vote for this bill. Our United sored Korean Republic will not be able plying electric-power plants, dams, irri States Government has made definite to ·stand on . its own feet very long. gation districts to irrigate, according to commitments to the Republic of Korea, You must know that just as we took a the report, 235,000 acres of land. We and I feel in all fairness we must k~ep ealculated risk in entering into the Euro are supplying fertilizer plants. I am not faith with these people who are making pean recovery program so you will be revealing any secret when I tell you that such a magnificent struggle to take their taking a calculated risk in this program our military commission in Korea, the rightful place among the nations of the for Korea. omcers and men under General Rob world. Korea is fighting its battles un,. The choice is pretty definite-the deci erts who are helping to train the Korean der tremendous odds and now is the hour sion is up to us. In my opinion, a vote Army, made the statement that it is not of destiny for them and their fight for for this measure is a vote to strengthen a question of if the Communists were freedom-and they need a friendly help our hand in Japan-northeast Asia. going to move, but when they would ing hand. The CHAIRMAN. The time of the move in. Korea is standing almost alone in the gentleman from Montana has expired. In such an attack South Korea can world today as a nation which is actively All time has expired. only last 8 or 10 days. Well, are we fighting communism. It is in a virtual The Clerk will read. going to put a lot of heavy, permanent state of war. Attacks occur almost daily The Clerk read as follows: improvements in Korea and let the Com it along the thirty-eighth parallel and the Be it enacted, etc., That this act may be munists then take over? depredations of the guerrillas who have cited as the "Korean Aid Act of 1949." I note in the December .30 report of infiltrated even to its southern provinces the ECA that we have appropriated or are a severe drain on Korea's economy. Mr. MILLER of Nebraska. Mr. Chair made available to Korea $10,450,000 for They are particularly costly because man, I move to strike out the last word. an electric-light plant in Korea.· Korea is holding a defensive position Mr. Chairman, I do want to bring some Korea has other troubles besides ma which is more expensive than maintain observations before my colleagues about chinery, and it is mostly military, because ing an offensive. It is essential that Korea, because in company with three they are going to get along without all Korea not only maintain a minimum sub Members of the m·ajority side I had an of this economic aid. They might need sistence level, but it must have a margin opportunity to visit Korea this last No some fertilizer, and I think probably of safety and enough food and industrial vember. Our committee has issued a re they do. I would be willing to see that supplies to tide it over an emergency and port and while I am not free to tell you they had some fertilizer. They do not enough economic rehabilitation at least what is in the report it is in the hands need the rice, because they are exporting to give hope and encouragement to the of the Committee on Appropriations and rice. people of Korea. some of you may be able to read it there. But with reference to the money sit Industrial and social development has I do want to comment briefly on some uation in Korea, I happened to be there progressed tremendously since the gov things that have been said here on the in 1935 and 1936. The yuan was worth ernment of occupation has gone out of floor of the House. The gentlewoman about four to the dollar. We were there Korea. They have plenty of labor-all from Ohio spoke very highly of Finland. last November, and I believe it was 450 Korea needs is more equipment and ma I agree with her 100 percent on Finland. to the dollar omcially, but on the street terial with which to work. Finland made a great recovery. But I you could get 950 or 1,000 yuans to the We do not want Korea to go along the would point out to my colleagues who dollar. road the rest of the Asiatic countries are voting for ECA funds that Finland Another reason I hesitate to vote for have. I feel-and it is the opinion of did not get any help from the ECA funds. this bill is that the defense dollars in our men who should know-that if Korea is The countries that have made the great own country are definitely limited. We given this aid now, she will be able to est recoveries are those that did not get are spreading it pretty thin. If we are withstand the onslaught of the Commu help. England is a country that has the going to have real defense of our coun nists and will be able to stand as a first lion's share of help and she is coming try, perhaps we had better take this $60,- line of defense in the far-eastern waters. back for ·more billions. 000,000 and defend Okinawa or the Phil Korea is industrious. She has proved If that is the history of what happens ippines or Japan. The State Depart her loyalty, and Korea is most apprecia. to countries that have gotten ECA help, ment and the War Department have t~ve for the help which has been given. then I would like to have more countries written off Korea as a lost cause. Look There is no sign in her weakening. like Finland. at the map that Dean Acheson presented _648 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 19 in his address to the Press Club the other ures set out: In the year 1950, $150,- I do not think we should walk out on day. It did not include Korea. Korea 000,000; in 1951, $115,000,000; in 1952, China now. I think we ought to be very is written off. $85,000,000; and in 1953, $35,000,000. careful not to turn China over lock, The CHAIRMAN. The time of the That is the report from our own com stock, and barrel to Russian influence. gentleman from Nebraska [Mr. MILLER] mittee. That is what we are talking How do we prevent this? Certainly not has explred. about-$385,000,000; not $60,000,000, as by going to war. Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair has been said. It seems to me it is about Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin. The gentle man, I move to strike out the last word. time that we talk and act for our own woman would not say that the Com Mr. Chairman, as I have listened to the people. Our taxpayers are entitled to munists do not control China today, debate, I have been trying to learn just some consideration. This is absolutely would she? what our responsibility is in Korea. It "operation rat hole." It will be said, of Mrs. DOUGLAS. I would say that the seems to me that there has been only course, that that is demagoguery, but if leadership in China today is Communist, one point made, and that is that we have that be demagoguery, make the most of yes, certainly; but if the gentleman a moral commitment-a moral commit it. means by that that Russia controls ;nent. I am wondering if we had a moral The CHAIRMAN. The time of the China today, I do not' think that he can commitment to the boys who are today gentleman from Wisconsin has expired. make a case for that. We do not know. buried in the South Pacific. We have Mrs. DOUGLAS. Mr. Chairman, I Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin. Has not heard no word from the Democratic side move to strike out the last word. Mao Tse-tung been over to a conference of the aisle as to what occurred in China, Mr. Chairman, those of us who support at the Kremlin in Moscow? and yet we went to war in defense of this legislation providing aid to Korea Mrs. DOUGLAS. Yes. China. We talk about this cold war-- believe that it is in the interests of the Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin. He is tak Mr. BURNSIDE. Mr. Chairman, will American people to do so. Although ing his orders from the Kremlin, from the gentleman yield? Korea would not be strategic in case of Russia? Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin. I do not another war-nevertheless, Korea is im Mrs DOUGLAS. That does not prove yield. I have only 5 minutes. You had portant to the security of the people of that China is lost behind the Russian 5 minutes and I did not interrupt you. the United States. We hope that in iron curtain for all time. This is not the I call to your attention that, try as Korea we can help build a sound demo first time that Russia has had her finger we may, and as fine as our ideals and our cratic nation that will be an example to in China and has .given advice to China. concepts may be as to our responsibility the people of Asia. Show them that it Sun Yat-sen turned to Russia for advice to the Koreans, we cannot lose sight of is possible to have not only security but in the twenties when the Western World the fact that under the bankrupt policy freedom as well. would not come to the aid of his non of our State Department and this ad We are playing for very high stakes; Communist Revolutionary Party. ministration we are losing the cold war. we are playing for a world in which free Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin. Even the In 1945 there were 190,000,000 under dom and a decent standard of living will white paper says that he had to take Communist domination. In July of 1948 be enjoyed . by all people. We want a over. there were 480,000,000. In January 1950 democratic world, not a totalitarian one. Mrs. DOUGLAS. White paper or no there were 800,000,000. And why? Be Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair white paper. cause we have been following the iden man, will the gentleman yield? We can save Korea if we act now; we can help it economically, perhaps politi tical policy that has occurred in China, Mrs. DOUGLAS. I cannot yield at and now, after the horse is gone we are cally. I think we should. this time. I want to say to the gentle The CHAIRMAN. The time of the going to lock the door in Korea. The man, whom I respect very greatly, that - horse is gone. Everyone who testified, gentlewoman from California has ex those of us who support this bill do so pired. among the military men especially, there in the broadest sense, and that is for the was not one bit of testimony to justify Mr. JACKSON of California. Mr. good of the American people. We be Chairman, I move to strike out the requi our continued interest, militarily, in lieve that it is not in the interest of the Korea. · site number of words. American people to turn our back on Mr. Chairman, to continue the line of What is asked for in this bill? The Korea now that China has come under statement is made that we are asking argument which I was following at the a Communist government. We do not time of my previous remarks, I should like for $60,000,000. Mr. Chairman, under believe it wise to turn ·our backs on this stand, this legislation calls for-$385,000,- the Committee to consider further the new Republic, which has given every in matter of Korea with relation to the 000. dication that it has the resistance needed · Just a short time ago, just a week ago national defense of the United States. to withstand communism. Shall we In my opinion, we are not justified in we had before our committee a distin- give up the one foothold we have in that . guished member of the State Depart doing anything in this world today un part of the world, where our voice can be less it furthers the enlightened self ment. In fixing the limitations of our heard, where the way we behave can be responsibility he indicated that what we interest and the national defense of observed and judged in relationship to America. Again, if that be demagoguery, should do was to confine our interests the way the Russians behave by the within the limitations of a certain arrow make the most of it. other peoples of Asia? Shall we do It is unfortunate that from time to running f ram the Philippines to Japan, that? and then to the Aleutians. There was time when one takes an honest, sincere not one word as to the value of Korea, The gentleman talks about the amount position out of a· very deep conviction, not one. of money involved. This program may it is deemed necessary by some who hold I say to you that as far as a moral com be cut as we make progress. It is a lot other views to refer to his stand as dema mitment to ·Korea is concerned we should of money, but what happens if we do not goguery. encourage the Koreans, but we are going spend it? There is the question, What Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. Chairman, so to encourage them that we pour in may that cost in the end? will the gentleman yield? $385,000,000 and build up civil establish Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair Mr. JACKSON of California. I yield ments only to have the Communists from man, will the gentlewoman yield? to the gentleman from Montana. North Korea walk in and take them over? Mrs. DOUGLAS. I yield to the gentle Mr. MANSFIELD. On the map the That is what we are preparing for; that man from Wisconsin. gentleman showed in his previous dis is what this money will do. Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin. Did we not cussion, I notice he made a comparison Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. Chairman, will walk out on China? between Korea and what it was sur the gentleman yield? Mrs. DOUGLAS. No; I do not agree rounded by, and Greece and what it was Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin. I yield. with the gentleman that we walked out surrounded by, but the gentleman did Mr. MANSFIELD. The gentleman on China. I do not agree at all that we not have a map of Japan to the east of mentioned the figure of $385,000,000 walked out on China. We gave aid to Korea showing that the difference, as Korean aid. Will the gentleman explain China and did everything we could to far as separation is concerned, is noth his statement? support the Nationalist Government of ing but the Chosen Strait between Korea Mr. - SMITH of Wisconsin. If the China, but that Government lost the and Japan. Is Japan in its present gentleman will refer to pages 27 and 28 confidence of the Chinese people; that is .shape, occupied by us, necessary to our o:: the report he will there find the fig- a hard fact. security; and if it is, then what is the 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 649 position of South Korea pointing right Mr. Chairman, I agree with one of my free people· and an independent nation at the heart of Japan? · preceding colleagues who said that the is of vital importance to us for a num Mr. JACKSON of California~ The debate on this bill has been conducted on ber of reasons. A Communist southern position of South Korea,-if one may take a very high level, and I hope that it Korea will be a direct threat to Japan.. the words of the military experts who will continue to be discussed on that One of my colleagues referred to that testified, has absolutely no strategic po level, and· that the debate will confine in a question he asked. It will also be a sition with reference. to our national de itself mainly to the issue involved in the direct threat to our interests in the Phil f erise; nor is it contemplated that South bill, which is whether or not we will pro ippines and in Okinawa, and in the Korea would be def ended by the United vide economic assistance to the people of Aleutian Islands. States in the event of armed ·aggression. South Korea, thereby strengthening To those of us who stand for affirma It is untenable; it is outflanked; it is their political institutions against Com tive policies in the Far East and else not within the consideration of our na munist aggression. where, failure to pass this bill, in my tional defense to defend it- in case of at Korea is one of the newest free na opinion, would be a matter of vital im tack, and that testimony is in the record. tions of the world. Forty years under portance. Therefore, it seems to me What kind of a policy in the Far East foreign domination, now 18 months as a that those who favor intervention in could be predicated upon Korea an_d the Republic and a sovereign nation, it has Formosa in one way or another should geographical location which it occupies? done a remarkable job in government. be the strongest supporters of this What kind of a policy for the Far East As an illustratiop of the ability of the measure. would put economic aid .intp Korea, present Government to function and For one thing, it is quite probable that which bears no relationship to our, na maintain internal order against the if the southern Korean Government re tional defense, and at the same time re fore es of aggression from within, it has ceives no assistance from the United fuse a request to put aid into Formosa? put down two armed Communist upris States, the chances of that Government's ;Formosa is essentially a po!nt in the line ings during the· past 18 months. The retaining its sovereignty and of its peo of defenses which include Japan, the Government is stronger and more stable ple retaining their freedom and resist Philippines, and Okinawa, allr'essential now than at any time during the past ing communism are slim. I do not say and vitai to the national 'defense of the 18 µionths. that they cannot resist. I would not United States. Formosa is a tenable · Some Members of the Congress have say that about any people or any other position; ~t is a position which might expressed doubts, and properly so, · I nation. It would be too presumptuous well be held; it is a position, certainly, think, as to whether or not the new on my part. But I make the statement which should be strengthened if we are Republic can resist external aggression and express my opinion that their going to have any kind nf policy at any against border attacks of Communists. chances, without our assistance in this time in the. Pacific ar~a. . . · The important fact ·is that such forces economic rehabilitation and political Now, to commitments. The g~ntle strengthening, would be very slim. man from Ohio has pointed out that have not made gains, and the internal there is no commitment with respect to militafy forces, the militia and the :Po- . Therefore, Mr. Chairman, in my opin Korea. It was stated ·very clearIY in . lice, of the new Republic have been able ion, the passage of this bill is in the na the testimony before the committee that to resist the border attacks that have tional interest of the United States, in no commitment, no promise, was· ever been made by the Communists of north- · view of our world-wide cons.iderations. made with respect to tlie Republic of ern .Korea. Southern Korea can resist I hope the House will pass this bill. any attack by northern Korea: That has · Mr. DEANE. Mr. Chairman, I move South Korea. It ~s verr st!ange that a commitment was not made, because we been testified to by the highest military to strike out the last word. have been confronted. on many occa authority of our country, and I think , Mr. Chairman,. I was interested a· sions since I have been in the Congress it was testified to before the Committee moment ago in a comparison. I do with a never-ending series of commit on Foreign Affairs. not wish to make comparisons between ments, diplomatic commitments, in Suppose the Soviet Union attacked distinguished Members of the House. which the legislative branch, that body southern Korea, what then? Of course, but I recall that the gentleman having responsibility for expending that would be different. If the Soviet from Nebraska [Mr. MILLER] took an public funds, has had no part. It seems Union did attack, it would do so at a opposing view to this bill, whereas to many of us that the time has come calculated risk. However, as I see it, it the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. NOR when the Congress should. be consulted would not be different than if the Soviet RELL] urges the passage of this bill. more frequently with respect to foreign Union were to attack other countries in These gentlemen were in Korea some commitments which entail expenditures Europe that we are now assisting, the months ago. For the benefit of those from the Public Treasury. We do have probabilities are that if such an attack who may not have heard his statement paramount commitments to the Ameri were made, which would probably mean earlier in the debate, the gentleman can people and, again, that is not the war, it could take over those countries. from Arkansas, a conservative member statement of a demagogue. We have a So it is not a matter of southern Korea of the Appropriations Committee, stated: continuing responsibility to see that the alone. That would be taken over in the "If there is any reason to vote for a public funds in the United States Treas event the Soviet Union itself moved, but measure for relief, this is the one bill that ury are expended wisely, and only in the same situation would apply to other should pass." those places where we may expect to re countries we are assisting. I realize that in view of the gradual ceive the greatest possible return for The question is, With the power of increase in our present recovery pro them. · America as it is, and I hope the power grams we need to recast our thinking So, the case for Korea, aside from the of America will be stronger, would the on economic aid to foreign nations. emotional approach to the Korean prob Soviet Union take the calculated risk of This new approach which, in my opin lem, cannot stand on its merits as es a fighting war ·rather than the cold war ion, promises so much is through the sential to the national defense, or as in in which we are now engaged? President's point-4 program of techni any manner as being related to the na While I am talking about power, there cal assistance and the encouragement tional security of this country. Our is only one respect the Communists have bf private capital to enter these coun resources, financial and physical, are by or that any Communist nation has, as I tries. no means unlimited. It is true that I see it, and that is respect through fear, As a member of the congressional com. have supported the expenditure of many where there is a greater power than mittee mentioned by the gentleman from billions of dollars in those areas of the themselves. That is unfortunately so, Ohio [Mr. HUBER], I desire to point out world where there appears to be a hope but as it is a fact, I believe that we and that of the several countries we visited of success; but only on those occasions the countries associated with us in the in September and October, which in where there appeared to be a reasonable North Atlantic Pact or under any other cluded Indochina, Indonesia, Thailand, hope of success. Calculated risks are relationship should be more powerful Burma, and Korea, I can in all frank one thing, incalculable risks are quite than the forces of communism through ness state that we did not see in any another matter. out the world. of those countries the military power The CHAIRMAN. The time of the Should we ·fail to act in the case of comparable to what we saw in Korea. gentleman from California has expired. southern Korea, the last foothold of de Let me make this observation: All too Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Chairman, I mocracy in northeast Asia will be lost. pften we forget and fail to appreciate move to strike out the last several words. The retention of southern Korea as a the splendid services of our personnel CONGRESSIONAL RECOR15"-H6USE JANUARY 19 who are administering this program in called trusteed area into the Philippines, miles of ocean area. Right there today Korea. I recall our able Ambassador, Formosa, and Okinawa, and on to Tokyo. we cover the trusteed areas, the Mar John Muccio, as well as Dr. Arthur C. Since the end of World War II we have shalls, the Marianas, the Carolines, and Bunce, director of our ECA program in been thinking in terms of a new triangle the Gilbert Islands. The load on the Korea. These men and their faithful which runs from the tip of the Aleutians American people w111 aggregate billions staffs are performing an excellent job. down through Japan, embracing south of dollars in decades to come. Those are I recall Dr. Oscar Underwood, as well ern Korea, on past Okinawa in the gen not going to be revenue-producing is as Dr. Ned Adams, outstanding mission eral vicinity of Formosa, down through lands; they are part of your defense line, aries who have served in Korea for many the Philippines, down through the trus and that is why we took them on. Un years, who spoke so affectionately of teed area to the Panama Canal. fortunately, we tied it up with the prop members of the Committee on Foreign The whole question in my mind with osition under the trust agreement with Affairs. They mentioned in particular respect to national defense in the far the United Nations Organization, and Dr. EATON, as well as Dr. JUDD, and sev Pacific is whether or not we want to we must conform to that agreement in e:ral other distinguished members of this maintain that second triangle. If we do stead of the judgment of the American committee. not want to maintain that second trian people. The Russian agents can meet These faithful servants asked that we gle, unbroken-and by that I mean run in the trustee council annually and punc come back and urge the Congress to ning from the Aleutians, through Japan, ture holes in everything that we author pass the assistance contained in this bill Okinawa, Formosa, the Philippines, the ize or do for the trustee area by reason ~md thus keep faith with the Govern trusteed area, with as much support from of our sins of omission as well as our sins ment and people of Korea. New Zealand and New Guinea and Aus of commission. That whole area has got We have already committed ourselves tralia as we can get, and. on into the to be tied together through the acts of to great projects in that country in the Panama Canal-if we do not want to this Congress. Proposals will, no doubt, way of hydroelectric developments and maintain that second triangle, I think come before you between now and June other programs. To cut off the funds the head of every Member of this House 30 next; that situation is facing you. at this particular time would cause us ought to be examined and exposed to ,We have practically ditched Honolulu to lose the value of what we have already the people of this country. and Pearl Harbor as bases by reason of put into the country. I have as little patience with Secretary what we are doing in Guam, Okinawa, It has been said that this particular of State Dean Acheson and his position and other points farther away. How can country is not prepared, militarily speak on Formosa as a person could have with you defend the Nation unless you have ing. I remember talking personally to anything on earth. To me it is the most your outposts? How can you hold this President Rhyee. I asked him this ques ridiculous performance that has ever extended line if you give up Formosa? tion: "Mr. President, is there any chance occurred in the history of our State I wish some practical person would an your army may move out before it is Department. swer that question for me sometime. It i·eady?" It has been my privilege to visit is like playing a game of checkers: I · He spoke immediately and said: "We through this area a number of times. I have two men with a space between and are prepared now to resist the aggression am not a member of the Foreign Affairs my ·opponent comes between them. of the northern Communists." Committee. I am not a member of the What is going to happen? I will lose one Furthermore, if we fail in this particu Military Affairs Committee, and the in of those men just as sure as you know lar effort there will be repercussions not formation I have got I have to pick u'p as anything about the game of checkers. only in southeast Asia, but throughout best I can from dead reckoning and from We are placing the agents of the Com . the world. the contacts that I make. As far as I am munist Government in between two of Furthermore, I am convinced that we -personally concerned, I am ready to ded our men through our giving up Formosa. will be breaking faith with the Korean icate everything that I have in human This breaks the line of defense. people, with that nation which today blood or otherwise, to hold that second The CHAffiMAN. The time of the stands out so far ahead of any other defense line against all forces that might gentleman from Michigan has expired. country in southeast Asia. · oppose this country, directly or indi By unanimous consent, the pro f orma I am confident, if the United Nations rectly. By that I mean to say I have amendments were withdrawn. will take a firm stand, so far as ag-. little patience with any person who ad The Clerk read as follows: gression from north of the thirty-eighth vocates the breaking of that line. To SEC. 2. It is hereby declared to be the policy parallel, together with our continued say to our people from time to time that of the people of the United States to con assistance economically speaking, Korea we ought to contribute to western Eu tinue, on terms consonant with the inde will withstand the assaults from .the rope-in opposition to the spread of com pendence of the Republic of Korea and the north. munism, as we have contributed since security of the United States, to assist the The CHAIRMAN. The time of the July 1945, and at the same time perform peop~e of Korea in their endeavors to estab• gentleman from North Carolina has ex in the Far East, as we have performed, in lish a sound economy, to support the growth pired. of individual liberty, free institutions, genu my opinion, is an insult to the intelli ine independence, and representative govern Mr. CRAWFORD. Mr. Chairman, I gence of the people of the United States. ment in Korea, to strengthen the ties of move to strike out the last three words, Three years ago, while in Tokyo, I friendship between the American and Korean and I ask unanimous consent to pro raised with our top officials this basic peoples, and to help to achieve the basic ob ceed for two additional minutes. question: I said, "It is only a matter of jectives of the Charter of the United Nations. The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection months until the Congress of the United SEC. 3. The Administrator for Economic to the request of the gentleman from States will have to substantially decide Cooperation is hereby authorized to furnish Michigan? whether or not it pulls out of western assistance to the I,?.epublic of Korea in con There was no objection. Europe or the Far East. When the pres formity with- ( a) the provisions of this act; Mr. CRAWFORD. Mr. Chairman, the sure of events forces us to make that (b) the provisions of the Economic Co defense of our people continually raises decision what in your opinion-I was operation Act of 19-18, as amended, wherever in my mind the location of two triangles talking to our forces in Tokyo-what in such provisions are applicable and not in which I shall illustrate by the map that your opinion should we do? I am not consistent with the intent and purposes of is now being placed before you . going to quote what was said to me. this act; and In times past, and prior to World War Quoting these statements that are made (c) the agreement on aid between the II, we substantially thought in terms of directly to us by top-level military men United States of America and the Republic a triangle which runs from Alaska down does not amount to a hill of beans on this · of Korea signed December 10, 1948, or any floor; yet the principal members of this supplementary or succeeding agreement to Honolulu and back to the Panama which shall not substantially alter the basic Canal. When we got into World War committee will come to this fioor and obligations of either party. II we expanded our liabilities consider quote all that is said to them and expect ably by reason of the success of our gal us to swallow it without any considera The Clerk read the committee amend lant youth under the leadership of Gen tion whatsoever. You can draw your ments as follows: f!ral MacArthur, and we moved from own conclusions. Page 2, line 7, strike out "(a)" and insert American Samoa, below the equator, Here throughout the trust area we have "'(l) ." down in this general area which I point assumed the responsibility for an area Page 2, line 8, strike out "(b)" and insert out on the map back through the so- which covers approximately 3,000,000 ''.(2) :· 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 651 Page 2, line 12, strike out "(c)" and insert As you know, that policy has been effective and comprehensive policy, at "(3)." faithfully f ollo.wed since 1946, although· least I am not willing to tear a way the Page 2, after line 16, insert a new section as follows: I do not think the State Department and only hope it has. "(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any the promoters of the Chinese Commu Second, I agree completely with the other law, the Administrator shall imme nists have been fully successful in con words of Dean Acheson appearing on diately t erminate aid under this act in the vincing our people that our Government. page 47 of the committee report: event of the formation in the Republic of did not give free China a push. For us just to quit and walk out without Korea of a coalition government which in He states further: giving these fellows who have trusted in us cludes on e or more members of the Com Korea is another chapter in the same un any possible chance to survive is Just not a munist Party or of the party now in control decent American thing to do. of the government of northern Korea." happy story. I have yet to meet an American who knows all the facts • and believes that I am sorry he does not agree with his The CHAIRMAN. The question is on Syngman Rhee ls either a popular or a com own principles when it comes to China the committee amendments. petent President of South Korea. In spite of high-pressure elections, his legislature is and Formosa. I wish he had reread his The committee amendments were more badly split against him than China's own statement before he and the Presi agreed to. was against Chiang Kai-shek. dent did to the Chinese on Formosa only Mr. JUDD. Mr. Chairman, I move to The thing to do, therefore, is to let South 2 weeks ago what they ask us not to do, strike out the last word. Korea fall-but not to let it look as though and I am not willing to do, to the Mr. Chairman, I intend to vote for we pushed it. Hence, the recommendation Koreans. I refer particularly to those this bill, despite some grave misgivings of a parting grant of $150,000,000. thousands of Chinese on Formosa, still and full realization that there are sev 'I'h3re is no question but that there are unwilling to yield no matter what the eral strong arguments against it which people in the State Department who odds. The weakest elements in the have real validity and cogency. In the first place, Korea is not essential to our think South Korea is doomed as a result Chinese Government are gone; they have security. No military man says that it in no small degree of our own Govern been sloughed off or defeated or defected. ment's blunders in this whole area which The best elements are in Formosa is; every military man before our com they want to cover up. They ask us to mittee said that it is not. Also the Sec many of them trained in the United retary of State last week, in a speech he put UP this money now so that if and States, almost the only men on the con~ made before the press club, is reported when the day comes that Korea goes, tinent of east Asia who understand to have said that Formosa is not essen they will have their alibi already pre western democracy, om:. type of civiliza tial to our security because it is beyond pared. They can then issue a white tion, our free-economic system, and who a line he drew from the Aleutians paper on Korea and say: "Well, we did are committed to them. Their crime through Japan and Okinawa to the everything we could, and Congress ap was that they tried to orient China to propriated plenty of money. But the ward the west instead of toward the Philippines. Korea is also beyond that Government of Korea was just so in line. If Acheson's argument regarding Kremlin. Now they are backed up Formosa's dispensability is sound, then competent and inefficient and undemo- . against the wall in Formosa and we pulled he himself ought to be opposing·· aid for cratic ·and corrupt that it failed to hold the rug out from under them. For us Korea, too. • · · the support of the people and so col· to walk out on those fellows who have In the second place; South Korea is lapsed before the Communists." trusted us and not give them any possible not tenable whenever there is any effort To those people this bill never was a chance to survive is just not a decent by Russia or her satellites to take it. I bona fide effort to save Korea. It is a. phony-an attempt to shift blame from American thing to do. Besides, if they would like to quote the expert opinion are liquidated, who will there be in China of General Marshall on this point from themselves for the Communist conquest of Korea which they expect. If we make· to try to turn her millions toward the the hearings 2 years ago when he ap West and freedom again? peared before our committee: th~ money available, they can blame the Koreans; if we were not to pass the bill If on top of the blow the administra Representative Junn. If North China and they could blame the Congress. In any tion has just dealt to the last hope of the Manchuria should be taken over and organ Chinese, we here today walk out on the ized by the Communists, do you think our case the primary aim to them is to get position in Korea would long be tenable? themselves off the hook in Asia, to get Koreans, what do you think it will do Secretary MARSHALL. I think it would not an excuse for their failure to save Korea to the hearts and hopes and confidence in be tenable. a!l fixed up in advance-. us of the other 800,000,000 human beings So you can properly argue, if you wish, There is a fourth argument against the in Asia? On their decision depends that it is a waste of money to pour mil bill. I myself feel our greatest need is more of our own future than we realize. lions into an .area which cannot be de for a positive, over-all consistent and de Just because Mr. Acheson has, in one f ended because of the situation we have fensible far eastern policy. China was case, China, done what by his own defi helped produce in Manchuria and China, important to such a policy, in fact nition is just not a decent American and an area which we have no intention essential to it; Formosa is vital to it. thing to do, is no reason or justification of making the slightest effort to help The Philippines, Japan, southeast Asia for you or me to go and do likewise in the defend. Furthermore, it may well be are all vital to it. South Korea is not. case of Korea. against the interests of Korean security Those are all valid reasons why you The CHAIRMAN. The time of the to built it up industrially, making it so can oppose this bill. But despite those gentleman from Minnesota has expired~ much more desirable a prize f :>r Rus reasons-and I respect completely the Mr. LEMKE. Mr. Chairman, I ask sia's agents to seize and use fdr Russia's integrity and sincerity of the Members unanimous consent that the gentleman interests and against our own. who hold them-and despite my fear be permitted to proceed for one ad di· A third argument you can give for that as a result of our actions at Yalta tional minute. voting against it is that there is reason to and our inaction in China, the odds are The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection believe some in the State Department against this young Republic and the to the request of the gentleman from who sponsor the bill do not do so in good difficulties we have helped pile up for it North Dakota? faith. · Owen Lattimore, whose ideas un may prove beyond its strength, still I am There was no objection. fortunately have probably had more to in favor of passing this bill because the reasons for it outweigh those against it. Mr. JUDD. Just because the Secre do with our whole Far Eastern policy in tary of State, in other parts of Asia, the last decade than any other one per First, it provides the only hope Korea son's in America, and also with public has. I may think it cannot be saved, follows a policy which I feel is unworthy, thinking regarding Asian matters, wrote but I am not God, and Dean Acheson is indefensible, and disastrous beyond cal an article on this subject which was not God, George Marshall is not God. culation to our country, is no reason why published last July 17 in the Sunday Com Who can say for sure that Korea is I should follow that bad example and pass, which is the successor to the news doomed? We are responsible for the unwise precedent. It seems to me that paper PM and the New York Star. I formation of this young republic, and we have got to give Korea the benefit ·should like to quote from it. He said, we are duty bound to give it the best of the doubt no matter how big it be. speaking about China: possible chance we can. My complaint We ought to give every possible assist The problem was how to allow them to fall about our Korea policy is that it does ance we can, because again and again without making it look as if the United States not provide enough. But if we cannot and again it has been demonstrated in had pushed them. get our Government to adopt a really Asia that if, when things look utterly 652 CON.QRESSIONAL RECPRD.-l!OUSE JANUARY 19 impossible or hopeless from any west is no use for us to literally give this to been passed without amendment, which ern standards, you give them moral sup Russia. E;very competent military man provides a permanent policy of contin port and sympathetic encouragement says that South Korea will inevitably uing to assist the Republic of Korea. and just a modicum of balanced mili pass to North Korea and to Soviet Com · When you vote for this bill, if you do, tary and economic advice and assist ~unist control. you will be voting a permanent policy ance-not American combat soldiers We had better keep these millions here which is estimated to cost $385,000 in the more can be done for less than any.. and apply them to our national debt next 3 years and leave Korea, as long as where else in the world. which is increasing at the rate of $17,- the far eastern situation is the way it is I am willing to bet this much on 000,000 per day. now, still in the red to the tune of about Korea: I am willing to bet the amount The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will read. $35,000,000 a year. of money involved in this in order to The Clerk read as follows: There is one other point I want to give those people a chance. It is, in part, SEC. 4. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions make. The words promise and com a Gense of moral obligation, in part a of any other law, the Administrator is au mitment have crept into the debate concern not to destroy what faith in us thorized to make available to the Republic now and then. I urge you to look at page still remains in Asia, and in part to get of Korea merchant vessels of tonnage not in 182 of the hearings, where Mr. Claxton, a load off my conscience, or rather to excess of 2,500 gross tons each, in a number on behalf of the Secretary of State, said try to atone for what I believe are the not to exceed 10 at any one time, with a there was no promise, no commitment, sins of · our Government in Asia, for stipulation that such vessels shall be oper no international treaty, no obligation in ated only in east Asian waters and must be which sins we will eternally stand in returned forthwith upon demand of the Ad volved. He said, "It is not as much as a judgment before God and before history. ministrator and in any event not ~ater than promise." The burden of error and guilt which we June 30, 1951. In view of the fact that our present carry is already heavy indeed. Let us (b) Any agency of the United States Gov hearings have been so fragmentary, for not today make it heavier. ernment owning or operating any such vessel reasons I have mentioned earlier, and . Mr. RIBICOFF. Mr. Chairman, I move is authorized to make such vessel available to in view of the fact that they are 6 to strike out the last word. the Administrator for the purposes of this months stale, and that a lot of water has Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from section upon his application, notwithstand gone over the dam in the Far East with ing the provisions of any other law and with-. reference to the movements of Russia Minnesota has really posed the real is out reimbursement by the Administrator, and. sue to the House today. His statement title to any such vessel so supplied shall re and to the backward movements of the should be considered together with the main in the United States Government. United States with respect to that half remarks of the gentleman from Califor SEC. 5. (a) In order to carry out the pro a billion people in northern Asia whom nia. The gentleman from California said visions of this act, there is hereby authorized we have abandoned, all except this 21,- today that we are only interested in one to be appropriated to the President for the 000,000, I am going to offer a motion to proposition, and that is the security of fl.seal year ending June 30, 1950, not to exceed -recommit this bill to the Committee on the United States of America. There is $150,000,000. Foreign Affairs for further study and a further consideration, and that is the (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any hearing. I suggest that those of you who good name of the United States of Amer other law, until such time as an appropria feel that maybe we had better take an tion shall be made pursuant to subsection ica. If this House throws South Korea (a) of this section, the Reconstruction other look at this in view of what has to the wolves, we are jeopardizing the Finance Corporation is authorized and happened, much of which we do not good name of the United States of Amer directed to make advances not to exceed in know about now, can carry out that idea ica. Our Nation is' responsible for the the aggregate $50,000,000 to carry out the pro by voting to recommit this bill to our creation of the South Korean Republic. visions of this act, in such manner, at such committee for further study and hear Our Nation gave encouragement to those times, and in such amounts as the Adminis ings. people. Our Nation has allowed 21,000,- trator shall request, and no interest shall be Mr. KEATING. Mr. Chairman. will 000 people, who do not want communism, charged on advances made by the Treasury the gentleman yield? to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation who want decency and democracy, and for this purpose. The Reconstruction Mr. VORYS. I yield. a nation who is willing to fight for its Finance Corporation shall be repaid without Mr. KEATING. If the bill is recom survival, to expect our assistance. They interest for advances made by it hereunder, mitted and further study is given to the· need our help. Now, are we going to let from funds made available for the purposes matter, will that not give the Secretary them down on the basis that their posi of this act. of State an opportunity to revise his tion is militarily indefensible? I agree Mr. KEE. Mr. Chairman, I offer an testimony which appears at page 47 of with the gentleman from Minnesota that amendment. the record, where he said, "There is no the good name of the United States is assurance that the thing is going to be too important in the world today, be The Clerk read as follows: successful. There is complete assurance cause if we let Korea go down, what faith Amendment offered by Mr. KEE: On page 3, that Korea will . go in 2 or 3 months, if will anyone else in south Asia have in line 14, strike out all of lines 14 through 25 you do not do this." Those statements and through line 4 on page 4, and insert in the word of the United States. If you lieu thereof: were made in June of last year. expect India to have faith in us, if you "SEC. 5. In order to carry out the provisions Mr. VORYS. That was his stc..tement expect Indonesia to have faith in us, or of this act, there is hereby authorized to be on June 23. There is no complete assur any other nation in southeast Asia to appropriated to the President, in !).ddition ance that Korea will go in 2 or 3 months have faith in us, it is important that our to sums already appropriated, not to exceed if this bill is not passed. commitments and our implied promises $60,000,000 for the period February 15, 1950 Now the Secretary of State can have to Korea be kept. to June 30, 1950." an opportunity, if we have further hear Mr. WHITE of Idaho. Mr. Chairman, Mr. KEE. Mr. Chairman, this is the ings, to bring' his prophecy up to date on will the g-entleman yield? amendment I stated would be offered, this matter. Mr. RIBICOFF. I yield to the gentle when I made my opening statement. I Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. Chairman, will man from Idaho. have no desire to speak further on the the gentleman yield? Mr. WHITE of Idaho. How far would amendment. Mr. VORYS. I yield. the gentleman have us go in protecting Mr. MANSFIELD. In response to Korea from the wolves of communism? Mr. VORYS. Mr. Chairman, I move to what the gentleman from New York just To war? strike out the last word. said about the possible collapse of South Mr. RIBICOFF. I do not think that ·Mr. Chairman, I am going to support Korea if aid is not forthcoming, let me is the question at all that is involved to this amendment, but do not kid your call his attention to the fact that Korea day. We are concerned here with eco self that this cuts the Korean aid pro has been kept going because of appro nomic aid only. No one has asked for gram from $150,000,000 to $.60,000,000. It priations which have been made since military intervention. cuts it to $120,000,000 for the first year, the end of the last fiscal year. The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gen but the explanations that have been Furthermore, in response to the Ql:..es tleman from Connecticut has expired. made to our committee do not reduce the tion raised by the gentleman from Ohio, Mr. JENKINS. Mr. Chairman, I move total amount of the program, which you I am sure the gentleman did not mean to strike out the last two words. will find on pages 28 and 29 of the com that there was any misapprehension on · Mr. Chairman, I am opposed to this mittee report. this side insofar as the amount needed legislation. This is a good opportunity This amendment also does not change this year is concerned to carry South for us to save about $300,000,000. There section 2 of the bill, which has already Korea through, We have stated that 1950 CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-HOUSE 653 $60,000,000 was already appropriated and many other farm products if .there is to Mr. GROSS. Is there anything in this obligated, and this additional $60,000,- be storage space for surplus commodities amendment that would preclude ship 000, which will be put into the bill if this on the farms, or in the warehouses. And ping some of the 73,0-00,000 pounds of amendment is carried, means the total so the question arises, What are we to do dried eggs to Korea? for this fiscal -year will be $120,000,000. with this great surplus which is fast ac Mr. REDDEN. Not at all. This in Mr. VORYS. That is correct; under a cumulating and will soon be completely cludes any products of the farm that the program which was set before us very out of control? · Department of AgricUlture or the Ad ably and intelligently by the ECA offi One day the Congress will have to or ministrator of ECA say can reasonably be cials which will require $385,000,000 to der it given away or dumped into the used by the people of Korea. So I con bring Korea within $35,000,000 of bal ocean. It is depreciating now to the ex tend that if this amendment is adopted ancing their dollar budget. tent that for the current fiscal year be it will have two effects: First, it will help Mr. MANSFIELD. Unless Congress tween June and October 1949, the Gov to relieve the surplus agricUltural com decrees otherwise. ernment sustained a loss of $43,958,.000 modities that are available in tremendous Mr. KEE. Mr. Chairman, I ask unani in carrying out this program. The loss abundance everywhere in this country. mous consent that on·page 1, line 3, the for one year prior to June 30, 1949, was Second, if this policy is followed in this figure "1949" be changed to ·~1950.'' $254,000,000. bill and in all other foreign-aid programs The CHAffiMAN. Is there objection In all surplus commodities·· as of No that this Congress may adopt, it will pos to the request of the· gentleman from vember 30, 1949, the Department of Ag sibly relieve appropriations by this Con West Virginia? · riculture had invested $3,370,190,000 gress in a minimum of $3,090,000,000, be under the price-support program ad cause if we fallow out the recommenda There was no objection. ministered by the Production and Mar tions of the administration with, respect The CHAIRMAN. The question is on keting Administration. to the ECA pro~ram for this year, we will the amendment offered by the gentleman This is a staggering figure of surplus appropriate around three and one-half from West Virginia [Mr. KEE]. farm commodities in America; It will billion or perhaps four . billion. If half The amendment was agreed to. 1 bring catastrophe to the farmer if al or two-thirds of that amount is spent Mr. REDDEN. Mr. Chairman, ·1 offer lowed to continue. It will upset our en for surplus commodities, then, instead of an amendment. tire economy, and something should be appropriating dollars, we will be appro The Clerk read as follows: done about it before it is too late. priating surplus farm commodities. Amendment offered by Mr. REDDEN: Page 4. If this amendment is adopted and Is So I · hope this House may adopt the after line 4, add the following new sub- carried through our entire foreign aid amendment, not only in order to help section: · programs,· it will remove approxim.ately "(c) ·At least one-half of·the funds made the people of Korea but to help the farm available to carry out the provisions of this $3,000,000,000 worth of ·surplus agricul ers of America who have filled all the act (including funds advanced by the Recon tural commodities from the warehouses warehouses, including their own, with struction Finance Corporation but excluding of the Production and Marketing Ad surplus agricultural commodities. appropriated funds used to repay such ad: ministration. The effect of such an op I understand loans have been advanced vances) shall be used to purchase from the eration . would be twofold. First, it by the Commodity Credit Corporation ~ommodity Credit Corporation wheat,' cor11. would remove a vast part of the surplus on grains that are lying out upon the soil tobacco, and cotton heretofore or herea;fter agricultural commodities from the ware ii,cquired by the Corporation 1n the adminis now; that we have corn and wheat and iration of its price-support programs, and houses, and prohibit them from being rye and other farm products in such tre.. ~uch other surplus agtlcultural commodities sold again on the open market in compe mendous quantities that· they cannot so acquired as the Administrator determines tition with the farm products of 1950. even find shelter' for them.- At least we can reasonably be used by the people of Second, it would reduce by approximate might offer them to the people of Korea~ Korea, .and to .furnish the commodities so ly $3,000,000,000 a budget recently sub~ since this appropriation is a gift. . · purchased to the Republic .of Korea." mitted by the President, because we I would like to say further that if cot• Mr. REDDEN. Mr. Chairman, the pur would be authorizing the expenditure of · ton, tobacco, wheat, and corn in this pose -0f this amendment is to require at surplus commodities rather than dollars. country are removed from storage and least one-half of the money appropriated Certain Members of the Senate have across the waters to the people to whom under this bill to be spent in the purchai;;e recently suggested that around $3,000,- we are going to give this money, it will of surplus agricultural commodities. 000,000 could be cut from the budget in save us someday from being called upon · According to a report just issued by the various ways. If their program is added to send it out into the ocean and there to the suggestion which would be possible Department of Agriculture, price-sup dump it without any compensation~ It port· operations in four commodities ac by this amendment, we will have no reminds me of the story of a man that I counted for the bulk of the loan total. trouble in balancing the budget, and I talked to down home. I asked the fel These commodities, the quantities of col urge that this amendment be adopted low if he raised any rye that year. He lateral pledged, and the loans ·outstand forthwith. said, "Raise rye? I raised so much rye ing, as of November 30, 1949, were as Other commodities which are in sur on my farm this year until I had to rent follows: plus supply, against which loans have my neighbor's farm to store it on." We been made, aggregate $194,850,926. are just about that way with surplus Quantity Amount The warehouses of this country, I un farm commodities in this country. We derstand, according to the Department are going ~o have to find some other of Agriculture, are completely bulging and Wheat______busheJs __ 299, 3~9, 674 $593, 635, 564 country to pile it upon or else send it to 497, 482, 734 overflowing with surplus farm commodi foreign countries under legislative gg~ri:_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-~~e.s== 3~: ~:: ~~ 222, 370, 127 ties. We have invested in those com Tobacco ______pounds__ 363, 385, 733 149, 755, 155 enactment. Other_------______194, 850, 926 modities approximately $3,250,000,000, all of which are on hand, or were as of The CHAIRMAN. The time of the TotaL------1, 658, 094, 506 gentleman from North Carolina has November 30, 1949. expired. · Mr. MILES. Mr. Chairman, will the The warehouses available to the Pro gentleman yield? Mr. RICHARDS. Mr. Chairman, I duction and Marketing Administration Mr. REDDEN. I yield. · rise in opposition to the amendment. are overflowing with surplus farm com Mr. MILES. I feel this is a very worthy Mr. Chairman, this amendment on its modities. In many instances, large sur amendment. Should the amendment be face seems to be a pretty good thing. pluses against which loans have been adopted, I will vote for the bill. Other I come from a tobacco, cotton, and corn granted, are still in storage on the farms. wise, I woUld seriously consider voting country too. We are going to have a In some cases loans have been granted against it. real problem of getting rid of our farm against grain piled high in the fielctS Mr. REDDEN. I appreciate that from surpluses some day, but when we do have because the warehouses available and the the gentleman. to give them away, we want ·them to do storage places of the farmers were all in Mr. GROSS. Mr. Chairman, will the somebody some good. sufficient to care for these surpluses. gentleman yield? As far as the Koreans are concerned, The figures I have given you with re Mr. REDDEN. I yield. t.i:ley do not need this stuff. It may be spect to these four basic commodities Mr. GROSS. Our farmers In Iowa are better to follow one of the alternative represent the products ·now on hand, and getting 18 cents a dozen for their eggs. suggestions of the gentleman from North which must be disposed of along with Mr. REDDEN. I so understand. Carolina, the suggestion that if we do not '654 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 'JANUARY: .l 9.· f;end some of our surplus farm produds That means tha~ this is an amendment - to visit Korea in order to obtain cer Ito Korea it might be necessary to dump to cut this bill by 50 percent, period. tain tnformation for our committee. We them in the Pacific Ocean. So far as ·Mr. RICHARDS. By 50 percent? have .w.ade our report to the gentleman !'benefit to all concerned, it ·might be Mr. JAVITS. That is exactly what from . Missouri [Mr. CANNON], chair \better to dump them into the Pacific the a'mendment states. man of our . House Appropriations pcean. ·Certainly they would not be of Mr. RICHARDS. It means that the 1 Committee. We did say in our report material benefit to the Koreans because Koreans will gef but $30,000,000. that we doubted the wisdom of con ;they do not need them. If we dump this The CHAIRMAN. The time of the structing permanent projects until the 1produce into the Pacific Ocean, then gentleman from South Carolina has matter of our foreign policy could be :probably the fish would eat it and we expired. . ironed out and settled in the Far East. ;could catch the fish and eat the fish at Mr. MILLER of Nebraska. Mr. Chair- !This, however, is a matter that the Ap 1home and it would help a great many man, I rise in opposition to the amend propriations Committee can handle. I IAmerican taxpayers. - Agricultural food ment. am sure that seriou·s consideration shall lp:i:-oducts are not in short supply in Ko- Mr. Chairman, I think the spirit .of be given to this matter. The bill, after lrea. The estimate of Korea's immediate this amendment is good; I do not believe the amendments that we have adopted. \peeds does not include food, except $160,- that it would work. The Chinese now should be passed. \000 of vegetable oils and $630,000 for salt. have sufficient rice; in fact, last Year Mr. Chairman, so far as I am con I do not know whether we have any sur- they exported 100,000 metric tons and cerned, we were placed in Korea at the Jplus salt in this country; maybe we have expect to export 200,000 metdc tons this surrender conference of Japan. The a little surplus vegetable oil. year. They use but.little corn and wheat. American flag was placed there, and I It Mr. KEE. Mr. Chairman, will the I think they do want their cotton ancl am not willing to retreat. We have al gentleman yield? tobacco. I doubt very much whether the ways enjoyed the friendship of the Ko \ Mr. RICHARDS. I yield. amendment would be practicable, al- rean people. They are a fine and noble I' Mr. KEE. We have reports from Ko- though I think the spirit of it is com people. We have assisted them in estab ,rea that they are now in a situation mendable. , lishing their Government. The Govern ;where they can produce all the salt they - Mr. Chairman, I call attention to the nient ·is young artholigh their nation is want and more too. fact that a motion to recommit this bill old in years of existence. The seeds of )', Mr. RICHARDS. In Korea· we have a is going to be offered by the gentleman democracY. have been planted and I hope country that can produce aJl of its own from Ohio. Inasmuch as . the chairman in the ~ears to com,e the Republic of .food; and, given some additional help, of the committee has said there has been Korea shall be a strong democratic na ~ it can grow into a self-sustaining eco- a change in the situation, that they do tion. This bill should be passed. The 'nomic unit. A country that is self-sus- not need salt now-I note the hearings request of Korea has been reduced. This 1.taining usually' has the will to defend were held in June of last year-that 'is was done by the Republic of Korea. itself. It is not easy to find peoples these another reason .for recommitting this They reduced their request $30,000,000. "days who are willing to sacrifice and fight bill to see if Jwe c.an get a little more We have ·already given them.$60,000,000, ·:r or the democratic ideal. We do not find information. Perh.aps :they do not need and this constitutes the reason for re ithe will to sacrifice and fight in the all of this vegetable oil. · We were told ducing the amount of the pending bill ipearts of everybody we are helping these that they are doing pretty. well on coal 1 to $60,000,000. I hope this bill as days, but the evidence is uncontradicted and that the elec_tric-light situation has amended will Pass. ,.that the wilJ to fight is in the hearts of improved a great deal since this report Mr. KRUSE. Mr. Chairman, I mov~ 1the Koreans. They have 100,000 sol- was written. to strike out the requisite number of diers ready to fight. They have turned My object in coming again to the well words. · · · iback the Communists "on their borders of the House is this: the gentleman from Mr. Chairman, I was a member of the ,:twice by force of arms. Korea is one· of North Carolina [Mr. DEANE], made the committee that went to Korea, along ,the few spots in Asia, Mr. Chairman, · statement that there apparently is some with the gentlems,n from Arkansas [Mr. ;right now where we can depend on· th~ difference of opinion between the gen- NORRELL], and I endorse what he just 1people to ftght to the limit. You have tleman from Arkansas [Mr. NORRELL], said about the particular legislation now !got something here, you have a peopl~ and myself with reference to our visit in before us. I agree that ·in our consid 1who believe in democracy, you have a Korea. There is no difference of opinion eration of Korea we certainly have to !>eople who have indicated a will to fight in our committ~e. as the gentleman from 1for democracy. The whole Pacific and North Carolina [Mr. DEANE] has stated consider it in its relation to the whole !Asiatic area is looking to the Congress or: the floor of the House. I think the picture in the Far East. We do feel that 1of the United States today. We have Members of Congress ought to have this possibly our whole policy, insofar as· the Far East situation is concerned, needs to 1promisedthe people of the world that w~ report,. which is now · in the hands of be clarified in some respects. 1would help those who ~elieve in democ- the Appropriations Committee. I hope 1;racy and who would fight for it. Nqw, it will be made a public document I would like to say this so far as my :having put our hand to the plow, are we . shortly. I quote Jrom it as follows: personal observation of the Korean peo 'going to turn back? For example, South Korea needs fertilizer ple is concerned. I have never been more impressed with a group of people 11 Mr. WHITE of Ida,ho. Mr. Chairman, plants and other facilities, but the wisdom ill the gentleman yield? of our aiding them to build industrial facil and their determination and their wil W ities, unless the United States is entrenched lingness to sacrifice their lives, if neces 1• Mr. RICHARDS. I yield. in the Far East sufficiently to buttress Sou.th sary, in behalf of what they believe is 1: Mr. WHITE of Idaho. The gentleman Korea, is open to question .. We certainly do right and for the kind Qf government is not laboring under the impression that not want to be party to developing ready :there are no hungry people in Korea, is made industrial capacity and other capital they wish to have. Korea has had a tur be? improvements to fall into the hands of the bulent history of some 4,000 years. Dur 11 Mr. RICHARDS. No; there are some Communists if they should take the country. ing the 40-year domination by the Jap hu-ngry people everywhere. At least we ought to go slow in this respect anese, which has just recently ended, I until the situation is clarified. · would like to point out the fact that the 1 Mr. WHITE of Idaho. Should we not then do something for them by sending This report was signed by the four Korean people had a government in ex them surplus farm products? members of the committee who visited ile, and they never lost their determina Mr. RICHARDS. We are dealing here that area. tion to establish a free, independent, with the needs of Korea. The CHAIRMAN. The time of the democratic government. I think the cir Mr. JAVITS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman from Nebraska has . expired. cumstances warrant our supporting this gentleman yield? Mr. NORRELL. Mr. Chairman, . I legislation at this time. Mr. RICHARDS. I yield. move to strike out the requisite num The CHAIRMAN. The question is on ' Mr. JAVITS. If the gentleman will ber of words. the amendment offered by the gentleman read the amendment he will find that it Mr. Chairman, may I say that we en from North Carolina [Mr. REDDEN]. reads as follows: dorse the request of the Korean Gov The question was taken; and on a At least one-half shall be used for the pur ernment, as the chairman of the .Sub division (demanded by Mr. · REDDEN) pose contained in the amendment. committee on Appropriations appointed there were-ayes 55, noes S5. 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 655 Mr. REDDEN. Mr. Chairman, I de- by the State Department is the one thing Is a separate vote demanded on any mand tellers. in the nature of a commitment to amendment? If not, the Chair will put Tellers were refused. which the gentleman referred in his re them en gross. So the amendment was rejected. marks in the general debate? The amendments were agreed to. Mr. JAVITS. Mr. Chairman, I ofier Mr. JAVITS. Exactly. The SPEAKER. The question is on an amendment. Mr. KEATING. The gentleman would the engrossment and third reading of The Clerk read as follows: recognize, would he not, that the use of the bill. Amendment offered by Mr. JAVITS: On page the word "commitment" is a rather The bill was ordered to be engrossed 8 after section number 5 insert a new sec strong phrase to use under these cir and read a third time and was read the tion as follows: cumstances? third time. "SEC. 6. The authorization for appropria Mr. JAVITS. I grant it is inappro Mr. VORYS. Mr. Speaker, I ofier a tions in this act is limited to the period end priate. motion to recommit. ing June 30, 1950, in orde.r . that any subse Mr. JACKSON of California. Mr. quent authorizations may be separately The SPEAKER. Is the gentleman passed on, and is not to be construed as an Chairman, will the gentleman yield? opposed to the bill? express or implied commitment to provide Mr. JAVITS. I yield. Mr. VORYS. I am, Mr. Speaker. further authorizations or appropriations." Mr. JACKSON of California. I be The SPEAKER. The gentleman quali lieve the gentleman has an excellent fies. The Clerk will report the motion Mr. JAVITS. Mr. Chairman, ~ ask amendment, inasmuch as it will serve to to recommit. unanimous consent that the page refer clear up any consideration of commit The Clerk read as follows: · ence contained in the amendment be ment and will make it, as the gentleman made -to read pag2 4 instead of page · ~. Mr. VoRYS moves to recommit H. R. 5330 said, crystal clear that future decisions to the Committee on Foreign Affairs for The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection with respect to Korean aid will largely further study and hearings. · to the request of the gentleman from rest within this body. New York? Mr. JAVITS. May I say in all fair The previous question was ordered. There was no objection. _, . ness, Mr. Chairman, that I have con The SPEAKER. The question is on Mr. JAVITS. Mr. Chairman, the pur sulted the chairman of the committee, the motion to recommit. pose of this amendment is to answ~r and I think most of ·the members of The question was taken; and on a the statements which have been ma,de the committee favor this bill and may division (demanded by Mr: VORYS) there here and which are not grounded upon favor this amendment. were-ayes 89, noes 112. the record, that this is a commitment by I should like to make one other point Mr. VORYS. Mr. Speaker, I demand the Congress to engage in a $380,000,000 before completing my remarks about this the yeas and nays. recovery program for Korea. The idea amendment, and that is t-0 answer briefly The yeas and nays were ordered. with which the committee reported this the question which has been asked about The question was taken· and there bill to the floor was that it meant ex this bill. I quote this question: were-:-yeas 190, nays 194, not voting 47, actly what the bill said; that it was an What kind of a policy for the Far East as follows: appropriation limited by the date which could be based on Korea, and is our national [Roll No. 5) is contained in the bill itself, June 30, security involved in Korea? YEAS-190 1950. It was confined to this particular Abernethy Goodwin Mason amount, $60,000,000, and that thereafter I think we all must understand and Allen, Ill. Gossett Meyer the committes of Congress and the Con we all niust believe that our national Allen, La. Graham Michener security is involved in the people of Asia, Andersen, Grant Miller, Md. gress itself could determine whether the H. Carl Gross M1ller, Nebr. situation warranted going on further. that the policy for the Far East which Anderson, Callf. Gwinn Morris That is borne out by the record to which we must build must be built upon the Andresen, Hagen Morton people of Asia, and that this bill designs August H Hall, Moulder my colleague, the gentleman from Ohio Andrews Edwin Art!rnr Murray, Tenn. [Mr. VoRYS] referred, when he read the to preserve for our cause, the cause of Angell Halleck Murray, Wis. statement of Mr. Claxton, but he did not democracy and freedom, the 21,000,000 Arends Hand Nelson people of Asia. who reside in Korea. Auchincloss Harden Nicholson read it all. Mr. Claxton said as follows: Barden Hare Nixon "It is not as much as a promise." That Mr. KEE. Mr. Chairman, in my opin- Barrett, Wyo. Harrison Norblad is what the gentleman from Ohio read. , ion, the amendment ofiered by the gen Bennett, Mich. Harvey O'Hara, Minn. tleman from New York is not necessary, Bishop Hebert O'Konski Then he goes on: Blackney Herlong Passman We have made numerous declarations as but in view of the fact that it is abso· Boggs, Del. Hill Patterson to our intention with the Government of lutely impossible for one Congress to Bramblett Hinshaw Phill1ps, Calif. Korea. It was a question simply of whether bind a succeeding Congress, and that this Breen Hoeven Pickett the United States was going to carry through Brehm Hoffman, Ill. Plumley amendment merely states what is true, Brown, Ohio Hoffman, Mich. Poage on its declarations as distinguished from anyway. that a succeeding Congress can Bryson Hope Potter carrying through on a commitment or always review what has taken place in a Byrnes, Wis. Hull Poulson obligation. preceding Congress, I am willing to ac Camp Jackson, Calif. Powell Carlyle James Preston In other words, this has been declared cept the amendment. Case, S. Dak. Jenison Rains to be the policy with respect to the The CHAIRMAN. The quettion is on Chiperfield Jenkins Rankin the amendment ofiered by the gentleman Church Jennings Reed, Ill. United States, subject-and I underline Clevenger Johnson Reed, N. Y . the word "subject"-to what the Con from New York. Cole, Kans. Jonas Rees gress ·may do about furnishing money. The amendment was agreed to. Colmer. Jones, Mo. Regan The CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the Corbett Kean Rich The Congress by the amendment which Cotton Kearney Rivers I have just proposed makes it crystal Committee rises. Crawford Kearns Sadlack clear that it is going along with the Accordingly the Committee rose; and Cunningham Keating Sadowski Curtis Keefe St. George policy only to the extent authorized by the Speaker having resumed the chair, Dague Kilday Sanborn this act, to wit, to June 30, 1950, for the Mr. BONNER, Chairman of the Committee Davies, N. Y. Kunk.el Saylor · amount of money which is specified in of the Whole House on the State of the Davis, Ga. Larcade Scott, Hardie the act, $60,000,000. With that, no one Union, reported that that Committee, Davis, Tenn. Latham Scott, Davis, Wis. Lecompte Hugh D., Jr. can say we are writing a blank check or having had under consideration the bill D'Ewart LeFevre Scrivner a check for more than the exact amount onough Tackett Clemente Kelley, Pa. Riehlman Addonizio Fogarty Mack, Ill.· Davies, N. Y. McGregor Talle Cole, N. Y. Kelly, N. Y. Rodino Albert Forand Madden Davis, Ga. . McMillen, Ill. Tauriello Combs Kennedy Rogers, F:a. Aspir..all Fulton Mahon · Davis, Terin. Mack, Wash. Taylor Cooley Kerr Rogers, Mass. Bailey Furcolo Mansfield Davis, Wis. Magee Teague Cooper King Rooney Baring Garmatz Marsalis · D'Ewart Marcantonio Thomas Cox Kirwan Roosevelt Bates Gary Marshall Dolliver Martin, Iowa Tollefson Crook Klein Saba th Battle Gathings Merrow Doughton Marti-n, Mass. Towe Crosser Kruse Shelley Beckworth Gordon Miller, Calif. Ellsworth Mason Van Zandt Davenport Lane Sims Biem1ller Gore Mills Elston Meyer Velde Dawson Lanham Spence Bog;;s, La. Gorski Mitchell Fellows Michener Vorys Monroney Deane Lemke Staggers Bolling Granahan F~nton Miles . Weichel DeGraffenried Lesinski Steed Bolton, Md. Granger Morgan F1sher Miller, Md. Welch Delaney Lind Stigler Bolton, Ohio Green Morrison Ford Miller, Nebr. Werdel Denton Linehan· Sullivan Bonner Gregory Multer Frazier Morris Wheeler Dingell Lodge Thompson Bosone Hale Murdock Gamble . Morton White,. Calif. Dollinger Lyle Thornberry Brooks Hall, Noland Gavin Moulder White, Idaho Donohue Lynch Trimble Brown, Ga. Leonard W. Norrell Golden Murray, Tenn. Whitten Hardy Dougias McCarthy Underwood Buchanan Norton Goodwin Murr~y. Wis. Willianis Eaton McCormack Wagner :Buckley, Ill. Harris O'Brien, Ill. Gossett Nelson Willis Eberharter McGuire Walsh , Burke Hart O'Brien, Mich. Graham Nicholson Wilson, Ind. Elliott McKinnon Walter Burleson Havenner O'Hara, Ill. Grant Nixon Wilson, Tax. Engle, Calif. McMillan, S. C. Whittington Burnside Hays, Ark. O'Neill Gross Norblad Winstead Evins Mcsweeney Wickersham Burton Hays, Ohio O'Sullivan .Gwinn O'Hara, Minn. Wolcott Fallon Mack, Ill. Wigglesworth Byrne, N. Y. Hedrick O'Toole Hagen O'Konski Wood Pace Feighan Madden Wilson, Okla. Canfield Heller Hall, PaEsman Wo~druff Fernandez Mahon Withrow Cannon Herter Patman Edwin Arthur Patterson Fogarty Mansfield Worley Carnahan HeEelton Patten Halleck Phillips, Calif. Forand Marsalis Yates Carroll Holifield Perkins Fulton Marshall Young _ Case, N. J. Holmes Peterson NOT VOTING-48 Furcolo Merrow Zablocki Chatham Horan Pfeifer, Chelf Howell Joseph L. Abbitt Fugate Sasscer Garmatz Miles Allen; Calif. Gillette Gary Miller, Calif. Chesney Huber Philbin Sheppard Christopher Jackson, WaEh. Polk Barrett, Pa. Gilmer SimpEon, Pa. NOT VOTING-47 Chudoff Javits Price Beall Heffernan Smathers. Abbitt Doyle Pfeiffer, Clemente Johnson Priest ·Bennett, Fla. Hobbs Smith, Ohio Allen, Cali!. Durham William L. Cole, N. Y. Jones, Ala. Quinn Bland · Irving st"anley Barrett, Pa. Engel, Mich. Phillips, Tenn. Combs Jones, N. C. Rabaut Blatnik Jensen Vinson Beall Flood Sasscer Cooley Judd Ram my Boykin Keogh Vursell Bennett, Fla. Fugate Sheppard Cooper Karst Redden Buckley, N. Y. Kerr Wadsworth Biemiller Gillette Simpson, Pa. Cox Karsten Rhodes Bulwinkle Kilburn Whitaker Bland Gilmer Smathers Crook Kee Ribicoff Burdick Lemke Wier Blatnik Heffernan Smith, Ohio Crosser Kelley, Pa. Richards rCavalcante McGrath Wolverton Boykin Hobbs Stanley Davenport Kelly, N. Y. Riehlman Celler McMillan,·S. c. Woodhouse Buckley, N. Y. Irving Vinson Dawson Kennedy Rodino coudert ,Macy Bulwinkle Jensen Vursell Deane King Rogers, Mass. Dondero Murphy Burdi cl~ Keogh Wadsworth DeGrafienried Kirwan Rooney Durham Pfeiffer Klein Cava~cante Kilburn Whitaker Delaney Roosevelt Engel, Mich. William L. Cell er McGrath Wier Denton Kruse Sabath Flood Phillips,. Tenn. Coudert Macy Wolverton Dingell Lane Shelley Dondero Murphy Woodhouse Dollinger Lanham Sims · So the bill was rejected. Donohue Lesinski Spence So the motion to recommit was re- Douglas Lind Staggers The Clerk announced the following je~ted. Doyle Linehan Steed pairs: Eaton Lodge Stigler The Clerk announced the following Eberharter Lyle . Sullivan On this vote: pairs: Elliott Lynch Thompson Mr. Wolverton for, with Mr. Vursell against. On this vote : Engle, Calif. McCarthy Thornberry Mr. Allen of California for, with Mr. Cou Evins McCormack Trimble dert against. , Mr. Vursell for, with Mr. Wolverton against. Fallon McGuire Underwood 1\_:·. C ::mdert fer, wlth Mr. Allen of Cali Feighan McKinnon Wagner Mr. Gilmer for, with Mr. Bennett of Florida fornia against. Fernande2i Mcsweeney Walsh against. ·1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 657 Mr. Lemke for, ' with Mr. Smith of Ohio part in the destruction of the Spanish the Star.-Spangled Banner and followed against. fleet on July 3, 1398. it by There's a Hot Time. . Mr. William L. Pfeiffer for, with .J.VIr. Don- As detailed in the Oregon Journal of The crew of the Oregon, 500 strong, dero against. · Sunday, December 7, 1947, on March 18, bare to the waist, begrimed with powder Mr. Keogh for, with Mr. Macy against. 1898, the Oregon sailed from what had and coal dust, danced and cheered with Additional general p~irs: been her home port and where she had joy. They cheered their captain rous Mrs. Woodhouse with Mr. Kilburn. been christened to steam a way on a ingly. The Brooklyn signaled, "Con Mr. Murphy with Mr: Wadsworth.·. renowned cruise. gratulations upon a glorious victory." Mr. Celler with Mr. Simpson of P~nnsyl The Oregon covered a distance of 14,- On the fallowing morning the Oregon vania. 500 miles from Bremerton, Wash., to sailed back over the route of the victory Mr. McGrat h with Mr. B eall. Jupiter Inlet, Fla., using 4,000 ·tons of to see what was left of the pride and 1 Mr. -Barrett of Pennsylvania with Mr. coal and maintaining an average speed glory of Spain piled in burning wreckage Engel of Michigan. off 11.6 knots per hour. Mr. Vinson with Mr: Gillette. for miles along the Cuban coast. Mr. Heffernan with Mr: Jensen. She reached Santiago on the morning The reception given on the Fourth of Mr. Hobbs with Mr. Phi~lips of_ Tennessee. of June 1. July to the Oregon will never be forgot Mr. Blatnik with Mr. Burdick. On the Sunday morning of July 3, the ten. Commodore Schley's greeting, sig ships lay at anchor in waters as calm nal of "Welcome back, brave Oregon," Mr. LYLE, Mr. GRANGER, and Mr. HAYS as an inland lake. Officers and men of Ohio changed their votes from "nay" will be remembered as long as there is a alike, clad in spotless white, were ready history to record the events of those days. to "yea." . for the general muster to 1isten to the The citizens of our Nation anq par The result of the vote was announced reading of the Articles of War, a cus ticularly the State of Oregon are proud as above recorded. tomary rule in the Navy on the first of this heroic achievement of the battle Mr. JACKSON of :California. Mr. Sunday of every month. · · ship Oregon. When the time arrived·f or Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote · Suddenly there was a clanging of gongs retiring the Oregon from active service in just taken and lay that motion on the · and men and omcers ;alike rushed for the N~vy, possession was turned over to table. · · 7> '. J • ,..., their stations. the State of Oregon, and from June. 1a25 The motion was agreed to. r Shouts and cheers rang out. "There to October 1942 the State had possession SPECIAL' ORDER they are. There they are." Caps were and custody under the memorandum re waved and shouts rose higher as the Mr. ·ANGELL. Mr. Speaker, I have ceipt executed to the Secretary of the Maria Theresa, one of the:most power Navy by the Battleship Oregon Commis I been granted a special . order to . a~dJ:"eSS ful battleships in the world at that time, sion, an agency of the State. Title; J the House for 15 minutes today. I ask led the Spanish fleet through. the nar I unanimous conse.~t Fo. extend · my re- however, remained in the United States. row channel and swept majestically from The Oregon was moored in a histOric 1 marks at this pomt m · the RECORD and the harbor of Santiago. include certain excerpts. park on the banks of the Willamette 1 Cervera's fleet was making for the The SPEAKER. ls there objection to River, within the corporate limits of. the open. sea ·'when Conimodore Schley, on city of Portland, where it was maintained 1 the request of t~e gentle~an · from the Brooklyn, ordered the Atlantic squad Oregon? _ ·· by the people of Oregon as a historic ron to close in. The first ship ·had shrine in commemoration of heroic There was no objection. scarcely cleared the harbor when a shot achievement in defense of our country. TAPS SOUND FOR BATTLESHIP "OREGON" was made from one. of the Oregon's The biennial reports of the secretary Mr. ANGELL. Mr. Speaker, hereto- 6-pouriders, fired by Private O'Shay, of of state for Oregon show that from 1927 fore on several occasions I have called the gun.crew. to June 1941 the State appropriated 1 The Oregon had been ready and-wait attention in the House 'to the sad plight ing for this time to come. Chief Engi $154,961.14 for the care and maintenance ' of the u: :s. s. Oregon, the old battleship neer Milligan had sufiicient steam up to of the ship, under the supervision of the · which performed such heroic service in Battleship Oregon · Commission, the 1 give the vessel a speed of 10 knots, \vhile members of which served without com the Spanish-American War. The final the other ships started from 5 or 6. ' cliapter ~ in th,e history of this famo_us pensation or other allowance. During Full speed ahead went the old Oregon. this period these appropriations by· the battleship seems now to have been wnt She ranged up near the Maria Theresa ten. State, --together with appropriations by which was already afire from bursting the port of Portland, the city of Port Aftei· the ship was decommissioned by shells of the Indiana and Iowa, and raked reason of age and obsolescence it was the Spanish ship until she ran ashore land, public subscriptions, and contribu turned over to the State of Oregon and on the rocks, 6 miles from Santiag(). tion from the United States· made :Possi from June 1925 to October 1942. the Then the Oregon charged after the ble providing a permanent anchorage for the Oregon in the historic park to State of Oregon had. possession arid cus Almirante Oquindo; ·which be~c_l'le~ in a tody of the ship, which was maintained mass of flames 10 minutes after the which I have referred, which was dedi as a shrine and historical monument to Spanish flagship had run on the rocks. cated and improved· with the assistance instill in the hearts and minds of our By now the Oregon had worked her of the Work Projects Administration and people, and particularly the boys and speed up to 16 knots, and when about was known as the Battleship Oregon girls, patriotism and love of country. 3,000 yards from the Viscaya, which had Marine Park. However, D~cember 7, ·1942, the old bat swung offshore and headed across · the The Oregon as maintained by the com tlewagon was repossessed by the United Oregon's bow, launched a furious broad mission was not only a relic of great States Navy and in February 1943 was side. On fire, she, too, headed for shore historic and patriotic interest but" was 1 sold to be junked, against the wishes of 10 miles from Morro Castle. maintained as a museum for the preser thousands of Oregon residents whose af Commodore Schley, -of the Brooklyn, vation and display of historic objects . f ection for the battle.ship led them to signaled, "Oregon, well done." The only having reference to the old battleship. believe that it would be of far greater one of the Spanish fleet that had escaped The gun deck also served as a meeting ·value to the Nation to maintain the ship from the harbor was the Colon. The place for Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts, Boy as a shrine than to junk it for the small Brooklyn and Oregon shortened· the Rangers, Girl Scouts, Campfire Girls, amount of salvage it contained. 6-mile lead in short order. From the Girl Mariners, and various other civic, It may be of interest to future genera- Oregon's 13-pounder, shells struck under patriotic, and character-building organ tions to recite here some of the history of the Colon's stern, and the last shot of izations, particularly having to do with the youth of our Nation. There was an 1 this famous battleship. The battleship July 3 had been fired. , Oregon was constructed Pl,lrsuant to an The commander of the Colon dropped average monthly attendance of 6,000 1 act of Congress June 30, 1890, at a cost her colors at the foot of the flagstaff. A visitors to the ship, composed largely c! of $6 ,280,oo9, and was la.unched October boat from the Brooklyn was sent, under school children and other organizations. 26, 1893. Capt. Charles Edgar Clark was cover of the guns of the Oregon, to re The old ship, by reason of its heroic , in command when the historic ship made ceive the surrender of the Colon. Bugles achievements in the Spanish-American its famous run around South America, sounded "Cease firing." War and its glorious history as a fighting · through the Straits of Magellan, on to The thunder ·of the heavy guns battle wagon in the American Navy and Key West, and then to Santiago, to take stopped. The band on the deck played its maintenance through the years by XCVI-42 658 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 19 ( the State of Oregon as a symbol of patri funds received by the Federal Govern On September 7, 1942, Mr. Bard stated otism. to our country had enshrined itself ment therefor and the disposjtion of the to the commander of }Aarin-Sonoma County Council, VFW of San Rafael, Calif.: in the hearts of the people of Oregon salvage material. "It is, therefore, the present intention of to such an extent that it had become an As shown by this report the ship was the Navy Department to retain the Oregon invaluable factor in all patriotic endeav turned over to Edward M. Ricker & Co., on the Navy list to remain in the possession ors engaged in my our State particularly on a purchase price of $35,000. The total of the State of Oregon under a loan status." in time of war. In passing I may say amount received from sales of the salvage On July 22, 1942, Mr. Forrestal wrote the there can be little question that the value material by the Edward M. Ricker & Co. Governor of Oregon as follows: of the ship for war purposes as a his as shown by the reports to me amount to "Your letter of July 16, 1942, enclosing toric shrine in building morale and pa correspondence with Mr. C. W. Wendle, of $189,629.35 against which the allowable the War Production Board, in regard to the triotism in our people far exceeded the costs and expenses of the contractor to use of the battleship Oregon as salvage ma nominal value of the material involved that time, including the purchase price of terial, is greatly appreciated. for purely salvage purposes. the ship of $35,000 was $161,811.03. After "Your answer to Mr. Wendle regarding the On October 12, 1942, the Navy Depart the hull of the ship was requisitioned by status of the Oregon was correct. The vessel ment, with the approval of the Presi the Navy, the Maritime Commission de can be disposed of only by the Navy Depart dent, as contended in order to meet the termined on April 13, 1948, that $10,250 ment and by that agency only in accordance exigencies of the war occasioned by the was just compensation for title to the with the existing laws concerning the dis position of naval vessels. shortage of scrap metals, ordered the hull that had been requisitioned by the "The action of the Seattle omce of the War vessel scrapped, and these operations be United States and that $1,020.80 was just Production Board was taken without the gan on about December 8, 1942. I was in compensation for delay in payment. knowledge of the Navy Department. Portland in my district at the time, and These amounts were unsatisfactory to "The great need of all available metal for I sent a telegram to the ofticials in charge Edward M. Ricker & Co., whereupon the use in the war effort is realized. However, it of the dismantling of ship reading as Maritime Commission paid to the Com is considered that memorials, such as the follows: pany 75 percent of these amounts, namely battleship Oregon, representing in their $7,687.50 plus $765.60, in June of 1949, being the spirit and traditions of the Navy Oregon cooperating 100 percent in war and of the country it represents, constitute effort. Willing to sacrifice old Oregon bat reserving to the owner the right to sue a distinct morale factor and should be pre tleship so near to our hearts that the old the United States to collect an additional served until all other sources of material ship may again in a new form perform gal amount. The Maritime Commission ad have been exhausted." lantly as she did in her memorable fight. vised me on January 16, 1950, that they Other examples could be cited. We hope you will see that the ship be ~ot had received no notice of the filing of any The scrapping of the Oregon was directed sold to dealers but may go through to war action for this collection. by the President on October 26, 1942. The needs without profit to anyone. Please advise ship was sold to the Edw. M. Ricker & Co., 1f this can be done. - These reports, to me, disclose that the of Portland, Oreg., for scrapping, and the War Shipping Administration repos contract provided that the removal of mate In reply to this telegram, on October sessed from Edward M. Ricker & Co., rial would be under the direction or approval 24, 1942, I received a letter from R. W. salvage material for which they paid the of the War Production Board and/or the Berry, commander, United States Navy, company $93,278.63 which, together with Bureau of Supplies and Accounts in the Navy deputy Director in the Office of Public -the amounts paid by the Maritime Com Department. Relations, Navy Department, reading as mission on account -of payment for the In the spring of 1944 an operational use follows: developed for the hull of the ship, which had hull of the battleship, namely $8,453.10, not been scrapped, and on April 11, 1944, the As our omcial news release indicated, the makes a total aggregate of $101,731.73 War Shipping Administration directed that U. s. S. Oregon is to be dismantled under the paid to Edward M. Ricker & Co. by Gov strict supervision of the War Production the hull be requisitioned for the Navy, pur Board and the Navy Department. ernment agencies for salvage material suant to section 902 of the Merchant Marine from the battleship. In other words, the Act of 1936, as amended. The ship was de I am advised, however, by the Salvage Con livered to the Navy by the War Shipping struction Section of the Bureau of Supplie_s United States Government disposed of Administration on April 19, 1944, and was and Accounts, that it cannot be guaranteed the ship for $35,000 but paid back to subsequently fitted for use in the Pacific to have the ship wrecked without profit to the purchaser $101,731.73 for purchases campaigns, and was so used. anyone. of a portion of the salvage material from As requested by you, there is forwarded The only way she can be dismantled is by the ship and is still subject to a suit for herewith a list of materials removed from the a qualified wrecker. The project is an enor additional amounts claimed by the com ship up to the time it was requisitioned by · mous one. It is regarded as being next to the War Shipping Administration, together impossible to obtain the services of a wrecker pany as payment for the hull taken over with its value and disposition. who will do this job without profit and for by the Government. At the time the ship was requisitioned a sentiment only. Unless you, or perhaps I include as a part of these remarks cost inspection was made covering the execu someone else, knows of a person or a company correspondence received by me which tion of the contract by the scrapping com on the west coast who will warrant to wreck will show in detail the entire trans pany. This inspection indicated that the the Oregon without profit, there is no alter contractor, to that time, had received from native to proceeding as contemplated. action: sales of material the amount of $189,629.35, Please be assured that your feelings about THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, and the allowable costs and expenses of the the Oregon are fully appreciated. Every Washington, August 17, 1949. contractor to that time (including the pur effort will be exerted by all concerned to Hon. HOMER D. ANGELL, chase price of the ship of $35,000) was wreck her in accordance with the spirit of Congress of the United States, $161,811.03. your wishes. House of Representatives, Section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act Washington, D. C. of June 29, 1936 (46 U. S. C. 1242), under Mr. Speaker, after the dismantling of DEAR MR. ANGELL: In my letter of July 15, which the Oregon was requisitioned from the the battleship Oregon was presumed to 1949, I advised you that I would take steps to scrapping contractor for use in the Pacific, have been completed I asked for the re assemble certain information concerning the places the determination of compensation for port on the salvage operations and the Oregon, desired by you, and would forward the seizure in the hands of the Maritime disposition of the salvage material and it when it had been compiled. Commission. It is understood that this de the payment received by the Federal As you are aware, the Department of the termination has not been finally made, and, Government therefor, and the contribu Navy was most reluctant to scrap this ship. accordingly, any fiscal data subsequent to On numerous occasions it expressed the be the cost inspection made at the time the tion to the war effort of the scrapping of lief that the ship could best serve the inter ship was requisitioned is not avatlable. I the battleship. ests of the country by remaining a relic. For suggest that inquiries· in regard to this set On April 19, 1944, I urged the chair example, Mr. Foirestal, in his letter to Mr. tlement with the wrecker be addressed to man of the Committee on Naval Affairs Paul C. Cabot, Deputy Director of the Con the Maritime Commission. in the House to make an investigation servation Division of the War Production I trust the above information adequately and report on the salvaging operations, Board, stated on August 6, 1942: answers the request for information con "The great need of all available metal for tained in your letter of July 7. without avail. However, I continued my use in the war effort is realized. However, it Sincerely yours, investigations and inquiries and at last is considered that memorials such as the DAN A. KIMBALL, have received from the Secretary of the battleship Oregon constitute a distinct mo Acting Secretary of the Navy. Navy and the Maritime Commission re rale factor and should be preserved until [Enclosure: (1) Copy of list of material ports purporting to show the results of all other sources of material have been disposed of as a result of the dismantling of the salvaging operations and all of the exhausted." the battleship Oregon.] 1950 CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD-HOUSE 659. Material disposed of as a result of the dism._antling' of the llattleship "Oregon" ,, - . ·.. ..,. ·;,
Deli wry Material Dollar Invoice date Weight value Purchaser No.
Pounds . 1 2yz hp. llO·V. d. c. shunt-wound motor______1, OOOE $140. 15 Marine Electric Co •• ··--·-·-·----·------101 11314 hp. 110-v. d. c. shunt-wound motor ______900E 108. 90 - ____ do .•••• ------____ ----•• _------____ •. ______--·- __ _ 1 200 Al\'.IP ammeter. ______·------··------~- - - 20E 28.00 .•••._____ do ______.•••·-·------·-·---·------_ 1 150-volt voltmeter.. ____ ------_____ ------_-----·--- ______20E 28.00 _____ do ______3 electric controllers ______~------_____ ------300E 90.00 Apr. 21 ! 100-kw. steam gen<'rator, complete with ammeter, voltmeter, 22, OOOE 10, 000. 00 War Shipping Administration .•••• -----·-----·------102 rheostat, and circuit breaker. · 2 600 cu. ft. per min. blowers with motors attached, 7" outlet, 7Y2" 3,000E 190. 70 -•••• do .••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• --···-.•••••••. inlet motor #16.5620 #14484. · · 6 4,000 cu. ft. per min. blowers with motors #163543, #1635G8, #163572, 12, OOOE 1, 899. 78 ••••• do .•••••• -----···--···------·--·------·------·----·· #163564, #163569, #163570. ( ~f: ~~: rt. per min. blow<'rs with motors #1()3489, #163500, #163474, 6, oooE 956. 80 ••••. do ______• ____ ------.-----·-··-•••• ------·-----· 7 June 11()" dfa. bronze hand wheeL.----·------·------25E 6.15 ___Columbia .. do ______River Deperming Sta..• ~------____ ••• ___104 _ 16 37" brass deck stanchions. ____ ------448E 91. 20 4 37" brass deck stanchions with end rings_ ...... : ______120E 24.40 ____ _do ______------______June 16 35 valves from Y2" to 1 ~4" ------'------~ 90E 36. 25 V. E. Stevens.------105 30 used valves. _____ ------85E 33. 75 Yelton Plumbing & Heatmg______100 4 brass wheels (used) ______40E 3. 75 _-- •. do .•••• __ ••••• ------______------____ ------· 2 7. 75 -•• --do ______•• ______------·----_ -·--- __ • ~ ~~~ ~~~~\~dd:1?: :~~-:::::::::::::::::::::::~:======~ } June 9 2 rolls linoleum _____ ------"------_ -·------____ _ 120. 00 ~v·egon ;Eie~tric Ste~! ~ollii:ig Mills______101 1 5" Leslie reducing valve _____ ,_ ___ ,______••------'----- 50 220.00 ar Sh1ppmg .Adm1mstrat1on______108 1 2" Leslie reducing valve ______~------40 78.50 -- ___ es 5". July 9 4 fire, bilge, and ballast pumps ______. ______8,000 2, 785. 20 _____ do __· ------·------·------125 2 auxiliary air pumps 11 x ·Hl x· 11, wi th Iii valves, 5 discharge valves, 6, 000 1, 392. 60 _____ do ______------______------1 go\Crning valve, I manifold, 6 air chambers. 2 Westinghouse air compressors------1,800 500. 00 _____ do _____ ------______------______------______. July 16 1 spare armature for IOO·kw. generator______3,000E 1, 500. 00 _____ do ______------.______126 1 electric winch. ______------·------1, 300 2, 000. 00 -______dQdo _____ •-- ______------____- - •---- ______------______------:_.-- 1-211 Mason reducing valve ... ------40 87. 50 11!-2" Leslie reducing val\•e ______25 45. 00 _____ do ______------______------______------· 2 hot-water heaters ______------______1, 500 200. 00 ___ •. do _____ ------______.______----- ______------. July 15 2 100-kw. generators with 2 bundles pipe fit tings, 2 flywheel guards, 42, OOOE 20, 000. 00 _____ do _____ ------______-----______------_ 127 2 rheostats for generators, 6 extra >vri st pins for generators, and l bundle piping. July 28 1 lot copper pipe------25, 560 6, 390. 00 _____ do ______------128 Aug. 2 1 C/L scrap stceL------1~6, 200 1, 315. 58 Lw-ia Bros. & Co., Inc------129 July 16 Rope ______------919 34. 46 Zidell Machinery & Supply Co______130 6 pieces smokestack ______------______---______19, 075E 170. 31 __ --.do ______• ______• ______• July 15 3 pieces smokestack .. _---- __ • ------______17, 2COE 153. 57 - ___ .do ______------131 Aug. 4 1 tin locker ______.-----_ ---_------_------_. _. --_------_--- ____ _ 10 1. 50 R. D. Mason·------·------132 1 60 -gallon tank _____ .------______• ______100 10.00 ----.do ______---- __ • ______• ______-·-·---.i 2 brackets ______------__ ----_------____ ----- SOE 1. 94 \Vm. Ball .. _------133 2 lights ______---______-_------___ • __ • ______21 6. 25 H. Crawford. ______------______._____ 134 4 tin drawers ______--_---- _- _------______--_. --______------______80E 1. 94 __ --.do ______-----______-----______Aug. 2 1 C/L scrap steeL------118, 080 1, 238. 79 Luria Bros. & Co., Inc______135 July 19 --_. . do ______-_------_---- __ _ 55, 300 234. 53 Zidell Machinery & Supply Co______136 Aug. 5 2 reduction gear assemblies ______------250E 50.00 Sundfelt Equipment Co______137 July 16- 5 feed pumps. __ ------12, 500E 5, 211. 25 War Shipping Administration. ___ ------138 24, 27. July 4.5. 00 ____ .do ______-----______------______------____ ------. rn 11}4" Leslie reducing val\e.• ------25E __ __ .do ______---- ______••• _. ______------. ____ •• ___ _ Aug. () 6 shaft alley lube oil tanks __ ------3, 240E 324.00 ____ .do ______•• ___ •••• ______• ______._____ 139 1 electric warping winch.------13, OQOE 2, 000.00 ____ .do ______------__------______----. 1 steam warping winch. _------8, OOOE 750. 00 ____ .do ______1 250. 00 Aug. Consigned Sundfelt Equipment Co._------•140 ~ ~o~~;ac1~:p~~:a~gl~~ rn ~~v======------~~~~~ Consigned ___ .. do. ______~ __ ------War Shipping Administration______141 Aug. ~ ~~~~~~- ?e!1:U~f~~sr1:aiiks: :::::::::::::::::::::::~=====~===~::::::::: ----·-2:100E- 1, 050. 00 _____ do ______•• __ 142 2 shaft alloy oil tanks, 8x37x11------1, OBOE 108. 00 Aug. 12 2 3-hp. GE motors ______------Consigned Sundfelt Equipment Co______•144 4 motor generators. ______• ______• ______----. ___ • ____ _ Consigned ____ .do .•• ______------____ •• __ _ 115-hp. GE motor ______------Consigned ____ . do ___ • ______. ______• ______• ----_____ ------. 3 15-kw. convertor. ______----- __ ------__ Consigned ___ .. do . •••• ______------__ • ____ • __ • ______-----____ --_-- _ 1 GE controller. ______------·------·------__ Consigned ..... do ____ ------.... ------__ ------•145 1 GE back geared motor. ______------Consigned __ •.. do .••• _. ______---_-- ______----- __ ------• 4 GE motors ______------.. ____ ------Consigned _____ do._. ______-----__ • ------· 1 GE motor shell and armature------Consigned -____ cto ___ • ______------_. ---• ______------·--- 1 2Y2-hp. motor generator__ ___------__ ------Consigned --_ .. do .••• ___ • ___ . ______------. _____ ---____ • ______--·-·· Consigned __ ... do. __ • ____ ---______• __ • ______---_. -·- _-- • -·-- :::::::::-::::::::: ::: : :::::::: : : ::: : :::::::: . __ ..do .••• ______. ______•• _------~ ~~ ~·ea~~d ~oot~;s~~~~i~-~~~s!_-_-_-:;: Consigned -•..• do. ______----______•• , __•• ___ _ 2 motor generators. __ ------~------:: ______• ------Consigned Consigned _____ do .• __ ------______------·------•145 ~ ?t~n~~~~~y~a~ci-i}{-k',~-:: ::: :::::: :::::: ::: :: ::::: ::::::: ::::::::: c::::======Consigned _____ do._ •• ______. ______--______-- ______------1 split case motor. ______------Consigned __ ... do .• ------____ ------2 motor generator sets ______------.. ___ _ Consigned - ___ .do .••• ______--_---- ______• ____ ------___ .. do .••• ______• ______• - __ _ . ------. 2 motors. ______------Consigned ____ .do. ______---___ ----- __ - 1 Consigned Aug. 11 ~ ~/f ~~i~o;t~~ i ~~- ~~~~~~-i-~i~~:: ::::: :: :: ======----i32;38ii __ _ 620. 53 0 1 2},~" release val\·c_. ------·------20E 8.00 tuc:i~ :.~~~a1t ~- -·~ -~ :::::::::: :: :: ======~= :: :::::::: m •Refer to inYoice No. 248. 660 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-. HOUSE JANUARY _19 Material disposed of as a result of the dismantling of the battleship "Oregon"-Continued
Delivery Dollar Invoice date Material Weight value Purchaser No.
1943 Pounds Aug. 18 1toilet with PllIDP------75E $10. 00 R. KrimbeL ______~------150 '10 galvanized chain __ ------__ _ 32 1. 92 _____ do ______------__ _------______------__ ------Aug. 19 985 4 pieces shafting __ ------_ 29. 35 Janisch Bros·------151 Bolts.4 pieces __ plate ------______------______85 } 210 10. 50 _____ do ______------_------______Aug. 20 H 3. 50 B. E. Goodrich______156 Aug. 24 f ~l:ciiii)-it"eeC:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 124, 560 583. 87 Luria Bros. & Co., Inc.------158 Aug. 26 750E 810 ~: ~ _:.~~~;-~~~~-~~-~-~======:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -----~~~ w2 stairWays------c!r~~ri:~~===:======::======454 12. 48 _____ do------______1 lub. part______------______------______5E 1. 00 R. D. Mason------160 l mail box •••••------60E l. 20 _____ do------___ -----· ______-----_____ ------1 wall shelf------_------15E 2. 00 ____ .dO------______------______1 toilet ___ ------75E 7. 50 C. J. NageL------161 1 wash bow 1- _____ ------_------______50E 5. 00 _____ do ______------______------______20' 1~" pipe ______60E 2. 05 ____ .do _____ ------___ ------______40' 1 ~" pipe_------______------___ _ 160E 6. 60 ___ __ do ______------_____ ------Aug.27 2 auxiliary condensers with comb. air and circulating pump, 7~ x 6,000E 2, 921. 00 War Shipping Administration.------162 9~x 11". ____ .do ______• ______---- ______1 lW' Leslie reducing valve------25E 45.00 1 Westinghouse Simplex air compressor, u·x 11x12. ______4 small chain blocks ______. ___ _ 850E 250. 00 _____ do ______• ______------~------_ Aug. 25 200E 100. 00 _"Brown__ •. do ______Bros. Welding • Co------______.______163 1 small chain block incomplete ______50E 15.00 2 reduction gear assemblies______.do ______----______• ______----__ ----__ _ 200E 30.00 _____ do ______• ______•• ______• 1 gong bell.------5E 1. 50 ____ .do______.______2 hand-operated hydraulic pumJ>S------lOOE 40.00 Aug. 24 1 truckload armor-plate studs .•------32, 370 645. 40 PQrtland Bag & Metal Co·------164 Aug. 27 1 C/L scrap steeL------116, 660 729.12 Salco Iron & Metal Co .•. ------165 Aug. 28 1 piece angle llOE 2.91 A. 0. Kainu. _------·------166 Aug. 27 Copper pipe ___iron...·------______------______-----_ 11, 666 2, 916. 50 War Shipping Administration______167 Sept. l 9 wooden drawers and 200E 18.00 H. B. Crawford.------168 8 wooden wall shelves.. Iram.es.------______120E 16.00 R. D. Maspn..______169 Brass2 fl ladders. pipe and --- fittings------______194 9. 70 Fraiik Key ___ __ ------170 15 3. 75 Perry Nagle.------_ 171 Turnbuckles ______---__ ---__ ---__ ------42 2.10 _____ do ______------______------_ Brass pipe and small v.alve.------13 3.25 F. W. Melville______172 - __ .. do. ______------__ ------· - ~------___ ---- ___ _ 14 3. 50 _____R. KrimbeL do ______.______------______----173_ Small chain.. ______------~!' ---· ------. ------24 1.20 _____ do ______2 small wooden skylights______200E 20. 00 Aug. 16 2 turret-turning assemblies consisting of 1 roller race bolder, and 22,330 -334. 95 Steel Tank & Pipe Co·------174 ring and housing for same. Sept. 3 Steel plate.------390 10. 73 Fielding & Shepley_------175 Sept. 1 Old bolts------:.------2(X) 10. 00 Pacific Paperboard Co ______.:___ 176 Sept. 7 Sept. 3 tf?-~!'"'::Sept. 27 ti.~*~~-~!:~~~~=~~;;::;:e!====::::::::::::::=:::::::::::::: ---·-1a~~ro;· -----~:~- -f.Ufi~~~~~~~·~~~~======::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -----~~ Sept. 28 1 small brass gong·------2 • 50 C. B. Korten.------218 1 boat toilet ... ------75 5. 00 Sept. 29 1 C/L steel scraP------118, 760 556. 69 -i5Ulieii-si001 p~0a.u.·c-t8-c0 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~== --- --2i9 Sept. 25 _____ do ____ ------97, 460 700. 62 Salco Iron & Metal Co------220 Sept. 27 1 C/L nonferrous scrap •• ------72, 200 7, 581. 00 Portland Bag & Metal Co______221 Sept. 25 1 C/L lead 8Cr8P------~------95, 140 5, 042. 42 ____ .do______------_ 222 Sept. 30 Brass fittings·------~ 12 3. 00 R. D. Mason•... ------223 Sept. 20 Portland Bag & Metal Co·------224 Sept. 30 ~~~'i :~~$:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~: ~ 2~:~ Fred A. RupleY------225 July 10 Brass valves.------65 16. 25 Clark & Wilson Lumber Co______226 Brass washers·------26 6. 50 _____ do______------Brass shaft ______------____ ----- __ ------______------_ 29 7. 25 _____ do______------Brass flexible hose.------8 8. 00 _____ do ______------. ------Oct. 5 1 C/L scrap lead ______------89, 100 8, 662. 30 Portland Bag & Metal Co ______------227 Oct. 11 20 board feet teakwood •.. ------·------10. 00 1 R.~: ~~~~~r~D. :rvrason~10::: _____ .______:.:: : :: :: :: : : : :: :: :: :: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :: :: ~~~230 Oct. 13 U~!W~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~===::=:=::====::::::::::::::: ~ 1~: ~ _-- ..do.------_ ------Oct. 1 galvanir.ed iron tank------3!l0 84. 00 Pacific Paperboard CO------231 Br8$S fittings ____ ~------ll 2. 75 ____ do------·------Brass steam coil------120 24. 00 .•••. dO------·------•----- • - - - - Oct. 8 1 piece ship plate------817 8. 72 _____ do------____ .do______---______------~ B~:: ;~fhier:~~~~~:~:~:~~~~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Hi {: ~i _____ do ______- __ ------Oct. 13 Brass fittings------40 10. 00 --__ .do.------__ •• --•• ------:·-·-·· \1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE .661 Material disposed of as a result of the dismantling of the battleship "Oregon"-Continued
Delivery Material Weight Dollar Purchaser Invoice I date valuo No.
I I 194S Pounds Oct. 5 10 H.P. boiler______~------4, 500 $100.00 Frank C. Mccrum______232 Oct. 14 1 bathtub .. ______.. _-- _------__ - 150 10.00 Rafael Pumula ____ ------233 San Francisco Bridge Co______234 Oct. 13 1611716" x 9' 2" steel rods and nuts------1, 264 34. 76 _____ do ______------______12 sets 1~" and 1" double coil steel springs 16" long______1, 176 70. 56 24 bronze spacers ______------192 48.00 _____ do ______------__ ------___ ------___ ------______Oct. 14 1 lot tin drawers and galvanized iron cabinet______500 10.00 R. D. Mason------235 10 drawers ______------_------_ 200 5.00 --- __ do _____ ---______------______------______do ______------______12 pounds of brass fittings------12 3.00 Adjustment invoice No. 119------308. 21 Portland Bag & Metal Co______236 Oct. 11 1 C/L scrap steel stack and pipe------47, 560 399. 82 Zidell Machinery & Supply Co______237 Oct. 20 2 sheave load blocks _____ ------__ ------400 40. 00 Oct. 19 1 piece shafting 10' 6" long______'150 12. 38 Small shafts ___ ------__ ------_-- 830 22. 82 2 1~" x 9" bars ______·: ______280 7. 70 ---_!~~~~~~~~~~~;;~~~~==·=-=-=-==~-==-=-=-======.. do _____ ---______------______-----~~ _ 5.80 _____ do _____ ---______------___ ------______b~~:i:; '~~:~~---::::::::::::::::: =: =: =:::::: :: :: : : : : : : =::::::: ===::: ~ ~~ 6.40 _____ do ______------______------__ ------______Oct. 20 Brass ______-_____ ------_-_ - ---- _- _. - 5 1. 25 Ken Krivanek ___ ------240 Brass fittings __ ------__ ----_------26 6. 50 Pacific Paperboard ______------241 Iron fittings ______------____ ------__ ------_-- 130 13. 00 _____ do ______------______Oct. 19 1 C/L steel scraP------88, 420 690. 78 Commercial Iron Works ____ ------242 Oct. 18 _____ do ______• _____ ---______----___ ------121, 780 761.12 Salco Iron & Metal Co______243 Prepared steel scrap _____ ------22, 040 118. 07 Zidell Machinery & Supply Co______244 Oct. 25 1 piece~ steel ring from 13" gun turret 3~" x 5" x 8' ()" ------463 4.13 ~cme J,ool.Works, ~n~ ----: ------245 Oct. 20 Copper pipe.------_------22, 800 5, 700. 00 ar S 1ppmg Admm1stratrnn______247 For merchandise consigned to you on our invoices No. 140, 144, 145, ------1, 600. 00 Sundfelt Equipment Co______248 and 146. Davits ______-----_-----·------_ --_- --___ - __ --__ 9, 570 478. 50 · War Shipping Administration______249 Oct. 26 45. 00 - ____ do ______------______11~" Leslie reducing valve ____ ------"------25 1 engine oil tank, capacity 72 gallons------21. 50 --- __ do _____ ------__ --___ ----_--- ______------__ ------_•_ ___ _ 250 2 engine oil tanks, capacity 197 gallons_------184. 40 _____ do ______------___ ------1 engine oil tank, capacity 66 gallons------20. 00 _____ do ______------______------2 storm oil tanks, capacity 129 gallons ______------69. 00 _____ do ______------___ ------_ 3 linseed oil tanks, capacity 63 gallons------51. 60 _____ do _____ ------______------___ ------______1 230. 00 _____ do------. 250 ~ ~~~~i:1v~~e~o~~~~ -~~~~~~:'-~~~ -~ ~~:::: :::: :::::::::: ::::::::::::: :::::::::::::: 210. 60 _____ do ______------__ ------______------______1 Westinghouse cross compound steam compressor ______------425. 00 do ______------______------______Oct. 28 2 small towel rings------8 2. 00 Francis Majors ______------251 lliO. 00 Sundfelt Equipment Co______254 Oct. 29 2 back geared GE motors------'------1, 225E 750. 00 ----.do _____ • _____ . __ .. ------. ______1 squirrel caged. r. motor------600E ------______.. __ .do ______------______Equipment for motors ____ ------_ 975E Nov. 8 pieces shafting ___ ------~------1, 732 47. 63 Portland Fabricating Co______257 1 flagstaff ______. ______- - _------·------400 20. 00 Charles W. Ackerman. __ ------258 Nov. Adjustment weight on invoice# 15 8------7C.O 781l. 81 Lqria Bros. & Co., Inc______261 Nov. 2 10' extra hc::w y 2}2" pipe------125 2. 50 E. Erion·------270 Oct. 30 ~ ~~c~~f~~::i;g_--~======::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 16: m } 599. 40 War Shipping Administration______271 Nov. 8 1 lot wood grating ______------4. 00 R. D. Mason------280 Brass fittings._._-.- ___ ------_------11 2. 75 . ____ do _____ . ____ .------______10. 50 H. B. Crawford.------281 ~ b~~h;~~~~~---~ =:::::::::: ::: :::::: :::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::: = 1t5E 10. 00 Ross LaRoy _. __ ------282 _____ do ______-- __ ------c------lliOE 10. no R. E. Lindsay_------283 1 toilet (broken base) __ ------75E 5. 00 ___ ._do ______------______Nov. 5 1. 94 A. Doe·------'------284 Nov. 9 ~~~~i~~ -siock-:is seiecteCi: :: :: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ::::: ::: :: : : : : : : : : : : : : = · 14, ~ 125. 03 Portland Fabricating CO------285 Nov. 11 Forging stock _____ ------5, 900 52. 68 Acme Tool Works------287 Adjustment on nickel content on invoice #148 ______------768. 28 Luria Bros. & Co., Tnc______297 Nov. 1 1 lot scrap lead------4, 700 249.10 Portland Bag & Metal Co______300 Nov. 9 _____ do ______------__ --_--- ~- _------_ 80, 860 4, 285. 58 . _____ do ______--- __ ------__ ------_ 301 Nov. 17 Brass fittings __ ------38 9.. 50 ••R. ___ D. do ______Mason·------._._._. ______;_------______302 _ 10' ~"pipe_------15 2 tin drawers __ ------40 2. 00 .. ___ do ______.. ___ . _____ ------______------______Nov. 22 1 piece steel ring_------628 5. ul Acme Tool Works __ ------313 Nov. 12 66' iron bands ____ ------112 12. 32 Pacific Paperboard Co.------314 132' iron bands _____ ------_ 336 19. 25 _____ do ______------_ 2 strainers ______------700 _____ do ______------__ ------1 enamclen-lined trough ___ ------150 5.00 _____ do ______------______. ______------_ 2 plates ____ ------160 7.15 ----.do ______----______------__ 80' 8" pipe ______-- 800 40. 00 _____ do ______------______3 tin drawerg ____ ------·- 60 1. 50 _____ do ______------______315 112. 14 _____ do ______--_------______316 Nov. 22 ~~~ra_a~~p~~~~~=::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::: ::::: :: : ::::::: = 1~: E~& 70.20 ·---.do ______------______52' 2W' galvanized pipe------390 10.92 _____ do ______------____ 317 1 steel stairway_------190 5. 22 _____ do______------__ ----______------______- _-- - ___ --_ 170 4. 68 _____ do~------___ ------______------______do ______------_------______------______1 lot various sizes piping·------.. 2, 885 57. 50 R. D. Mason ______-______318 Nov. 26 Wooden grating _____ ----- __ ------_____ ------______------______5. 00 Nov. 23 55. 00 W. E. Burdett Co------319 Pacific Paperboard Co______337 Nov. 27 ~ ~~~f;a~~~ !~·~~~:::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::: :::::::::::::::::: i: g~ moo _____ do ______------______1 tin box ______------20 1. 50 5.00 --- __ do ______------______do______338 Nov. 23 124. 00 _____ do ______-----______6.90 10.00 ____ .do ______. ___ ------______~ri~:~J~~~t:~~=-======t~~ 14.00 _____ do _____ ------______339 Nov. 27 _____ do ______------______14~. 64 Nov. 24· 10 pieces 91 board feet used teakwood blocks ______------5, ----- 63. 70 Seattle Police Department_ ___ ------340 ~=i~J:~~~~~~~~~~~:======~ Port of Kalama______341 Nov. 27 1 used 250# steam gauge------25E 10.00 Nov. 16 90. 06 Longview Fibre Co_------353 Dec. 2 75.00 Albina Engine & Machine Works______354 Nov. 26 2. 50 Kelso Junk Co______357 ~K~~~~~r:::~~=~~~~=~~~~:::::~~:::~:~:~:::~:::~:~:~::~:~~:::~~ "1! 3.00 _____ do _____ ----_____ --______------______---•-___ --- ______20 4.00 _____ do ______-- ____ -----______-----___ ------______Dec. 5 ~ ~~~s\af~Delivery Material Weight Dollar Purchaser Invoice date value No.
1943 Pounds Dec. 6 1 C{L nonferrous metals------104, 200 $10, 941. 00 Portland Bag & Metal Co·------~'------380 1 Dec. 14 100' 2" black pipe------600 21. 00 Frank O. Mccrum_------382 200' 1%" black pipe______goo 33. 00 _____ do ______------__ ------______250'40' 1" %;"black black pipe.------pipe______:. ______37580 4. 10 _____ do ______------_------______20. 00 ----.do--·------___ ------______Oct. 16 85' 2" pipe.------510 17. 85 _____ do ______------· 383 96' 1%" pipe __ ------425 15. 84 _____ do ______------__ ------______Oct. 6 Brass fittings __ ------154 38. 50 Pacific Paperboard Co_------384 Steel plates._------• 136 3. 74 --- __ do______384 _____ do ______---______45 1. 23 _____ do ______------__ ------______Oct. 8 900. 75 War Shipping Administration______387 Dec. 1 f ~fo~~r Jft~:n"k 91·x6i-x "iQii:: ::: : ::: : : : : ::: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :: : ______~~ ~~ __ _ 186. 60 _____ do ______--- ______------387 20 iron ladders_------3, 449 172. 45 _____ do ______------___ ------______150. 00 _____ do ______------___ ------______Dec. 23 t:1bi~ ft~~~~~-~~'-~-~~-~-~'~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ------85 __ _ 21. 25 M & M Plywood Co_·------389 1 load usable plates ail{l beams.• ------1, 465 40. 29 W. E. Burdett Co ____ ------390 Dec. 27 I lamp ______------_------5 1. 25 W. G. PeterR------392 1 only stock anchor complete with mooring shackle______4, 340 Dec. 9 260.4. 5040 NiederPerry Burcham & Marcus ______------'------:;______393399 Dec. 27 Bolts and nuts ___------90 Universal coupling ______------11 2. 75 _____ do ______------____ ------______Flexible hose and coupling ______.__ 6 1. 50 _____ do __ .______------______Dec. 28 20 blocks teakwood, 270 board feet------189. 00 Seattle Police Department------396 1944 :Tan. 3 Flat iron_ ___ -----______------150 4.13 H. G. Burkhamer______397 Jan. 14 1 radiator ___ ------______----______20. 00 Columbia Shipbuilding & Drydock Co______428 'l!' valve, brass ______------10 1%" valve. brass ___ "------5 l" union ___ ------______------_ ------__ _ :r=rn=~~~~~=~=m~~~~=m=~~~~~~~~==~~=~:::::~~~~:~=m~~ m~~m Jan. 20 1, 257. 00 War Shipping Administration______457 Jan. 21 -~~~k~~~~~~f~~~~-~~-~-~~~~~~-~~~~~-~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----i~~~--- 2 Jan. 24 20' ~"used pipe------~------~- Feb. 2 l, :!: ~ - w~~::rt#r~!~i=~i======::::::::::::::::=:=::::::: -----:~ Fob. 23 Mar. 1 Mar. 2 -~~llif~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~~ ~ :~: ~! Bolts and nuts------1, 060 6 ' : ~~~ ~~rii.1.1t8~======: ======::::: ======~~ ~miti~~~~~=mm~===~i~:~~~~~~~~~:~~~m~~ii~~~~~mm=Adminis~a:tion______::::~ 1, i:i500. oo . War Shipping 499 Dec. 7 2 duplex auxiliary hydraulic pumps------
On Mar. 3, Edw. M. Ricker & Co. sold to the William Shenker Co. a co-partnership, 427 Pacific Building, Portland, Oreg., the·remaining armor plate, teakwood, nonferrous metals, lead, boilers, pumps, miscellaneous scrap and machinery as then located on the Battleship Oregon including anchors, chain, and windlass, but exclusive of hull itself together with all -mat.erials from ship then existing on the dock for the sum of $27,500. Contract. UNITED STATES MARITIME COMMISSION, the RECORD and include extraneous Mr. MORTON asked and was given . Washington, January 16, 1950. material. permission to extend his remarks in the The Honorable HOMER D. ANGELL, Mr. REED of New York asked and was Member of Congress, RECORD and include an editorial from the given permission to extend his remark& . Louisville Courier-Journal. House of Representatives. in the RECORD in three instances and in DEAR CONGRESSMAN ANGELL: . This is in re SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED ply to your inq'!llrY of January 10, 1950, each to include extraneous matter. about payment for title to the vessel (former Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. Speaker, last Mr. CHURCH asked and w.as given battleship) Oregon, which was requisitioned week I was given permission to extend permission to address the House for · 10 on April 19, 1944. my remarks in the RECORD and include minutes tomorrow and for 20 minutes on On April -13, 1948, the Maritime Commis a speech by the head of the Curtis Pub Tuesday following the disposition of sion determined that $10,250 was just com lishing Co. · on the value of advertising - business on the Speaker's desk and the_ pensation for title to the vessel and that to the future of this country. I am in $1,020.80 was compensation for delay in pay conclusion of special orders heretofore ment. Those amounts were unsatisfactory formed by the Public Printer that it will granted. take.up two and two-thirds pages of the to Edward M. Ricker & Co., the owner, so ADJOURNMENT 75 percent of those amounts ($7,687.50 plus RECORD and will cost $218.68, but I ask $765.60) was_ paicl to the owner late in June that it be printed notwithstanding that Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I 1949, reserving to the owner the right to sue fact. move that the House do now adjourn. to collect an additional amount. The SPEAKER. Without objection, The motion was agreed to; accord We have not received notice of· the filing notwithstanding the cast, the extension of any action for this collection. ingly (at 5 o'clock and 6 minutes p. m.> Sincerely yours, may be made. the Ho'Use adjourned until tomorrow. . CHARLES D. MARSHALL, There was no objection. Friday, January 20, 1950, at 12 o'clock General Man~ger. Mr. WEICHEL asked and was given noon. permission to extend his remarks in the EXTENSION OF REMARKS RECORD. Mr. KUNKEL and Mr. PATTERSON Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts asked REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIO (at the request of Mr. SMITH of Wis and was given permission to extend her BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS consin) were given permission to extend remarks in the RECORD and include a Under clause 2 of rule xm, reports their remarks in the RECORD. telegram from a firm in her district in of committees were delivered to the Clerk . Mr. SMITH of Wisconsin asked and Watertown, Mass., regarding the coal for printing and reference to the proper was given permission to extend his re shortage. · calendar, as follows: marks in the RECORD. Mr. HELLER asked and was given per Mr. GOSSETT: Committee on the Judi Mr. KEE asked and was given permis mission to extend his remarks in the ciary. H. R. 6616. A bill to provide for the sion to extend his remarks in the RECORD RECORD and include extraneous matter, expeditious naturalization of former citizens and include an editorial and an article Mr. WHITE of Idaho asked and wa-s of the United States who have lost United from the Richmond Times-Dispatch. given permission to extend his remarks States citizenship through voting in a po Mr. ROOSEVELT asked and was given in the RECORD and include extraneous litical election or 1n a plebiscite held in· permission to extend his remarks in matter in two instances. Italy; without amendment (Rept. No. 1506). 1950 CONGRESSIONAL . RECORD-HOUSE 663 Referred to the Committee of the Whole lltical election or in a plebiscite held in Italy; ings and on Government property; to the House on the State of the Union. to the Committee on the Judiciary. Committee on Public Works. By Mr. CLEMENTE: By Mr. CASE of South Dakota: REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE 'H. R. 6859. A bill to extend the educational H. Con. Res. 177. Concurrent resolution re BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS benefits of the Servicemen's Readjustment questing that the Secretary of the Air Force Act of 1944 to the designated children of select an appropriate airfield and name it in Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports veterans of World War II where the veterans honor of the late Gen. Henry H. Arnold; to of committees were delivered to the Clerk have received no educational benefits under the Committee on Armed Services. for printing and reference to the proper such act; to the Committee on Veterans' By Mr. CURTIS: calendar, as follows: Affairs. H. Con. Res. 178. Concurrent resolution fa By Mr. MAHON: voring the invoking by the President of the Mr. FRAZIER: Committee on the Judi H. R. 6860. A bill to provide for the con United States of the national-emergency pro ciary. S. 570. An act for the relief of Donald struction of a Federal building at Snyder, visions of the Labor Management Relations Francis Wierda; without amendment (Rept. Tex., to accommodate the postal service and Act, 1947, in the pending coal strike; to the .No. 1495). Referred to the Committee of the other Federal agencies entitled to otfice space Committee on Education and Labor. Whole House. in such a building; to the Committee on By Mr. FORD: Mr. FRAZIER: Committee on the Judi Public Works. H. Con. Res. 179. Concurrent resolution rel ciary. S. 1003. An act for the relief of By Mr. PETERSON: ative to invoking the national emergency pro Emory T. Wales; without amendment (Rept. H. R. 6861. A bill to repeal certain laws re visions (secs. 206 to 210, inclusive) of the No. 1496). Referred to the Committee of lating to timber and stone on the public Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, in the Whole House. domain; to the Committee on Public Lands. the current strike in the coal industry; to Mr. BYRNE of New York: Committee on the H. R. 6862. A bill to provide for the dispo the Committee on Education and Labor. Judiciary. S. 1054. An act for the relief of sition of tribal funds of the Confederated . Northwest Missouri Fair Association, of Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Wash.; to PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Bethany, Harrison County, Mo.; without the Committee on Public Lands. amendment (Rept. No. 1497). Referred to H. R. 6863. A bill to return to the public Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private the Committee of the Whole House. domain a tract of land known as the Battle bills and resolutions were introduced and Mr. FRAZIER: Committee on the Judi Mountain -Sanitarium Reserve, South Da severally referred as follows: ciary. S. 1604. An act t:onferring jurisdic kota; to the Committee on Public Lands. tion upon the United States District Court By Mr. BUCKLEY of Illinois: By Mr. REES: H. R. 6874. A bill for the relief of George for the District of New Mexico to hear, de H. R. 6864. A bill to provide three addi termine, and render judgment upon the claim Panagoti Glikis; to the Committee on the tional longevity increases for hourly em Judiciary. of F. DuWayne Blankley; with an amendment ployees of the postal field service; to the (Rept. No. 1498). Referred to the Commit By Mr. CASE of South Dakota: Committee on Post Otfice and Civil Service. H. R. 6875. A bill authorizing the issuance tee of the Whole House. · By Mr. RIBICOFF: Mr. FRAZIER: Committee on the Judi of a patent in fee to Alice Bear Shield Knock; H. R. 686.5. A bill to incorporate the Ital to the Committee on Public Lands. ciary. S. 1801. An act for the relief of Mrs. ian-American World War Veterans of the Ettie S. Campbell; without amendment -'.Rept. By Mr. COUDERT: United States; to the Committee on the H. R. 6876. A bill for the relief of Mrs. No. 1499). Referred to the Committee of the Judiciary. ,Whole House. Marianne Speelman; to the Committee on By Mr. RODINO: the Judiciary. Mr. FRAZIER: Committee on the Judi H. R. 6866. A bill to provide for the expe ciary. S. 2031. An act for the relief of the H. R. 6877. A bill for the relief of Michel ditious naturalization of former citizens Speelman; to the Committee on the Judi ,Willow River Power Co.; without amendment of the United States who have lost United (Rept. No. 15.QO). Referred to the Commit ciary. States citizenship through voting in a politi H. R. 6878. A bill for the relief of. Uttal tee of the Whole House. cal election or in a plebiscite held in Italy; Mr. KEATING: Committee on the Judi Bros.; to tQ.e Committee on the Judiciary. to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. DOLLINGER: ciary. H. R. 1293. A bill for the relief of H. R. 6867. A bill to assist cooperative and the Franco-Italian Packing Co.; with a.n H. R. 6879. A bill for the relief of Mrs. other noprofit corporations in the produc Szyfra Szefner; to the Committee on the amendment (Rept. No. 1501). Referred to tion of housing for families of moderate in the Committee of the Whole House. Judiciary. come; to the Committee on Banking and By Mrs. DOUGLAS: Mr. KEATING: Committee on the Judi Currency. ciary. H. R. 3351. A bill for the relief of H. R. 6880. A bill for the relief of the wife, John J. Franklin, James H. Bradford, Wil By Mr. TAURIELLO: the son aged 2, and the stepdaughter aged 10 liam M. Orr Co., and Alex Maier; without H. R. 6868. A bill to provide for the expe of George S. Murakami; to the Committee on l'.mendment (Rept. No. 1502). Referred to ditious naturalization of former citizens of the Judiciary. the Committee of the Whole House. the United States who have lost United States H. R. 6881. A bill for the relief of Carl citizenship through voting in a political elec Mr. BYRNE of New York: Committee on Schmuser; to the Committee on the Judi tion or in a plebiscite held in Italy; to the the Judiciary. H. R. 4100. A bill for the ciary. relief of'Calvin E. Cranford; without amend Committee on the Judiciary. Ey Mr. DOYLE: . ment (Rept. No. 1503). Referred to the By Mr. WALTER: H. R. 6882. A bill for the relief of Oldrich Committee of the Whole House. H. R. 6869. A bill to repeal the prohibition (Olda) Evse Spytihenev Karlik; to the Com ,· Mr. BYRNE of New York: Committee on against the filling of the vacancy in the otHce mittee on the Judiciary. the Judicia_ry. H. R. 3924. A bill for the of district judge for the western district of H. R. 6883. A bill to relinquish the mineral relief of Dr. T. F. Harrison; with an amend Pennsylvania; to the Committee on the Ju rights of the United States under certain ment (Rept. No. 1504). Referred to the diciary. lands in the county of Santa Barbara, Calif.; Committee of the Whole House. By Mr. WHITAKER: to the Committee on Armed Services. H. R. 6870. A bill to amend Veterans Reg °, :Mr. DENTON: Committee on the Judi By Mr. JACKSON of Washington: ciary. H. R. 6003. A bill for the relief of ulation No. 1 (a) with respect to the compu H. R. 6884. A bill for the relief of Erkki John E. White; with an amendment (Rept. tation of estimated costs of teaching person Mainio Sakari Salo; to the Committee on the No. 1505). Referred to the Committee of nel and supplies for instruction in the case Judiciary. the Whole ·House. of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic By Mr. JENNINGS: arts; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. R. 6885. A bill for the relief of E. Elmer By Mr. WILLIAMS: Mynatt; to the Committee on the Judiciary. PUBLIC BILLS AND ~ESOLUTIONS H. R. 6871. A bill relating to the employ By Mr. KEEFE: Under clause 3 of rule XXII, public ment of married persons by the Federal Gov H. R. 6886. A bill for the relief of Fortunato ernment; to the Committee on Post Office Giulio Torre; to the Committee on the bills and resolutions were introduced and and Civil Service. Judiciary. severally referred as follows: By Mr. KENNEDY: By Mr. KENNEDY (by request): By Mr. ADDONIZIO: H. R. 6872. A bill to provide for the issu H. R. 6887. A bill for the relief of Dr. H. R. 6857. A bill to assist cooperative and ance of a special postage stamp in commemo Panagiotis Darviris; to the Committee on other nonprofit corporations in the produc- ration of the one hundred and seventy-fifth the Judiciary. tion of housing for families of moderate in anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, By Mr. KILDAY: come; to the Committee on Banking and Massachusetts; to the Committee on Post 1 H. R. 6888. A bill for the relief of Edward Currency. Otfice and Civil Service. c. Brunett; to the Committee on the Judi I· H. R. 6858. A bill to provide for the expe By Mr. RAMSAY: ciary. ditious naturalization of former citizens of H. R. 6873. A bill to create a Government By Mr. MULTER: the United States who have lost United corporation to operate cafeterias and conduct H. R. 6889. A bill to confer jurisdiction 1, States citizenship through voting in a po- certain other activities in Government build- upon the District Court for the Northern .664 CON_GRESSIONAL RECORD.-HQU£E JANUARY 19 District of Illinois to hear and determine the COMMITI'EE EMPLOYEES claims of the Aetna Insurance Co. and others; COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE Total to the Committee on the Judiciary. gross By Mr. O'KONSKI: JANUARY 10, 1950, Name of employee Profession salary To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE:· during H. R. 6890. A bill for the relief of Tadeusz 6-month Danielewski; to the Committee on the Judi The above-mentioned committee or sub period H. R. 6891. A bill for the relief of Sylvia committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of Lakomska; to the Committee on the Judi the Legislative Reorg~nization Act of 1946, Josephine E, Frick____ Clerk-stenographer $1, 927.11 ciary. Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, to subcommittee By Mr. RIBICOFF: approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub chairman. H. R. 6892. A bill for the relief of the Del mits the following report showing the name, 1, 927.1" }j~j:nDG.R~~~!::::::: :::::~~:: ::::::::::::: 1, 694. 90 Rio Grille, Inc.; to the Committee on the profession, and total salary of each person ~ette L. Kelley ______do ______Judiciary. 947. 76 employed by it during the 6-month period :Ruth T. Ringstrom ______do ______~------1, 927.10 H. R. 6893. A biU for the relief of Christian from July l, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in 1, 927.10 Dorn; to the Committee on the Judiciary. clusive, together with total funds authorized ~:~jg~Alice C. ~·t!~~:::====Keeffe. ______===== ~~do :::::::::::::::______631.84 . By Mr. WILLIS: . or appropriated and expended by it: 979. 34 H. R. 6894. A bill for the rellef of Mrs. 979. 34 :roann~.n~~~!ri-~£~~::::: Womack ______:::::~g::::::::::::::: do ______979. 34 Nobuko Eto Heard; to the Committee on the Total 232.19 Judiciary. gross salary Name of employee Profession during Funds authorized or appropriated for com-· PETITIONS, ETC. 6-month .mittee expenditures __ ------$212, 000. 00 period Amount expended from July 1, 1949, to Dec. Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions 31, 1949______96, 677.11 and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk Joseph 0. Parker______Attorney ______$5, 250. 98 Balance unexpended as of Dec. 31, and ref erred as follows: · · John J. Heimburger ___ Commodity and re· 5, 250. 98 1949______115, 322. 89 1694. By Mr. CASE of South DakQta: Peti search specialist. Altavenc Clark ______Executive officer ___ _ 5, 250.98 CLARENCE CANNON, tion of Minnie L. McVey and 15 others, of Mabel C. Downey ____ Clerk ______5, 250. 98 Chairman. Bison, S. Dak., requesting enactment of legis Lydia Vacin __ ------Staff assistant ______2, 347.82 Lorraine Adamson ______do ______lation. to prohibit the transportation and Betty Prezioso ______do. ______1, 856. 96 broadcasting of alcoholic-beverage advertis 1, 716. 72 Alice M. Baker _____ : ______do ______437. 92 JANUARY 16, 1950. ing; to the Committee on Interstate and Ruth B. Phillips ______do ______834.14 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (INVESTIGATIVE Foreign Commerce: STAFF) 1695. Also, petition of Bernard B. Ridings, To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: Rapid City, S. Dak., and 74 other citizens, Funds authorized or appropriated for com· requesting enactment of legislation to pro mittee expenditures------.- $50, 000. 00 The above-mentioned committee or sub hibit the transportation and broadcasting of Amount expended from July 1, 1949, to Dec. committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of alcoholic-beverage advertising; to the Com 31, 1949 ______·--- 9, 030. 65 the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. T.otaJ amount expended from July 1, 1949, to Public Law 601, Se~enty-ninth Congress, 1696. Also, petition of Otto Stensland and Dec. 31, 1949------9, 030. 65 approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub 93 other citizens of Faith, S. Dak., expressing Balance unexpended as of Jan.1, 1950__ 40, 969. 35 mits the following report showing the name, opposition to the enactment of legislation HAROLD D. COOLEY, profession, and ·total -salary of each person that would limit the size and weight of Chairman. employed by it during the 6-month period parcel-post packages; to the Committee on from July 1, 19<.1:9, to December 31, 1949, in Post OtHce and Civil Service. COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS clusive, together with total funds authorized 1697. By Mr. COLE of New York: Petition or appropriated and expended by it: of residents of Ithaca, Newfield,' Freeville, JANUARY 16, 1950. Dryden, Waverly, Montour Falls, Chemung, To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: Elmira, Wallace, Cohocton, Avoca, Savona, The above-mentioned committee or sub Total J3ath, Corning, Painted Post, Hornell, Addi· committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of gross Name of e~ployee salary son, and Trumansburg, in the Thirty-ninth the· Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Profession during Congressional District of New York, for the Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, 6-month enactment of legislation to prohibit the approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub period transportation of alcoholic-bever.age adver mits the following report showing the name, tising in interstate commerce and the broad profession, and total salary of each person Edward E. Hargett_.~ Chief investigator ___ $4, 229. 02 pasting of alcoholic-beverage advertising over employed by it during the 6-month period Orrin H. Bartlett-____ Investigator ______2, 101. 44 Lorene Hudgens_----- Clerk·stenographer__ the radio; the Committee on Interstate and from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in Rena F. Sylvestre ______do ______1, 758. 80 clusive, together with total funds authorizad 1, 590.52 Foreign Commerce. James J. Maloney _____ Investigator ______2, 103, 45 1698. By Mr. LECOMPTE: Petition of sun or appropriated and expended by it: Tennessee Valley .Au- _____ do ______212.17 dry citizens of Chariton, Iowa, urging the thority: Reimburse- passage of a bill to prohibit the transporta -ment for services of Total Van Court Hare. tion of alcoholic-beverage advertising; to the gross Feder al Security _____ do ______735. 63 Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com Name of employee salary Agency: Reim- merce. Professi on during bursement for ser- 6-month vices of David W. 1699, By the SPEAKER: Petition of the period Bishop. secretary, Florida State Townsend Council, Federal Bureau of In- _____ do ______1, 886. 61 Tampa, Fla., requesting passage of House vestigation: Reim· bills 2135 and 2136, known as the Townsend George Y. Harvey ____ The clerk ______$5, 250. 98 bursement for ser- Kenneth Sprankle ____ The assistant clerk __ 5, 250. 98 vices of James J. plan; to the Committee on Ways and Means. William A. Duvall____ Second assistant 5, 076.10 Maloney. 1700. Also, petition of Mrs. N. B. Day and clerk. Civil Service Com- _____ do ______2, 292. 80 others, Cassadaga, Fla., requesting passage Corhal D. Orescan____ Assistant clerk ______5, 076.10 mission: Reim- of House bills 2135 and 2136, known as the Robert E. Lambert______do ______5, 076.-10 bursement for ser- Arthur Orr ______do ______4, 741.42 vices of Edward J. Townsend plan; to the Committee on Ways Robert P. Williams ______do ______4, 406. 76 Hickey. and Means. Paul M . Wilson ______do ______4, 631. 70 Civil Service Com- _____ do ______1, 940. 12 Claude E . Hobbs, Jr__ ~----do ______1701. Also, petition of Mrs. May B. White !ray B. Howe ______do ______4,072.12 mission: Reim· head and others, Tampa, Fla., requesting pas 4, 072.12 bursement for ser· Frank Sanders ______do ______3, 737.46 vices of Alfred F. sage of House bills 2135 and 2136, known as Lawrence C. Miller ___ Junior assistant 2,558.16 Fraser. the Townsend plan; to the Committee on Federal Bureau of In- ___ __ do ______G. Homer Skarin ______·clerk. do ______1, 887. 09 Ways and Means. Earl C. Silsby ______do ______2, 347.82 vestigation: Reim- 1702. Also, petition of Ray F. Smith and 2, 137.44 bursement for ser· Melvin E. Lefever____ Clerk-stenographer __ 1, 927.10 vices of Warren A. others, Tampa, Fla., requesting passage of Robert W. Thompson ______do ______1, 927.10 Hughes. House bills 2135 and 2136, known as the Ralph A. O'Malley ______do ______1, 927.10 Federal Bureau of _____ do •• ______1, 887. 09 T-0wnsend plan; to the Committee on Ways !Tames A. Eastop ______.do______821.38 Investigation: Reim· and Means. 0 3, 096. 88 bursement for serv- ~~~~ £:: teWis::::: tfe~~~;!~~~:::::: 1, 632.60 ices of Arthur 1. 1703. Also, petition of Josie B. Gardner and Frank B. Avery, Jr ___ Page ______1, 506.a,8 Norstrom. others, St. Petersburg, Fla., requesting pas E. L. Eckloff______Clerk to majority __ _ 4,072.12 Federal Bureau of _____ do ______1, 910. 61 sage of House bills 2135 and 2136, known as Robert E. Lee ___ ----· Clerk to minority __ _ 6,250. 98 Investigation: Reim· Lawrence A. DiCenzo_ Clerk-stenographer 1, 927.10 bursement for serv- the Townsend plan; to the Committee on to ranking minor· ices of Harold H. Ways and Means. itymember. ~~ii:._ 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 665 the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Total Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, Total gross approved August 2, 1946, as amended; sub gross Nam£: of employee !'.alary mits the ·following report showing the name, Name ol employee salary Profession during Profession during 6-month profession, and total salary of each person the period employed by it during the 6-month period · period from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in Department of the Investigator ______$1, 616.19 clusive, together with total funds author!zed Hyman Fischbaek •••• Counsel (no voucher Air Force: Reim- or appropriated and expended by it: subru i tted for bursement for serv- services to present ices of Thompson J. time). Total Simpson. John F. Woo~------Investigator ______~654. 37 Department of tl:e _____ do______1, 572. 66 gross P. Gabrielle 'l'artcr_ ___ Secretary______salnry 52.3. 56 Army: Corps of N::u'.Je of employee Profession Mary Ellen McFerron. Stenographer______475. 45 Engineers: Reim- during 'bursement for ser v- G-month iC<'s of Allen W. period Funds authorized or appropriated for com- Burkholder. mitt.ee expencrnures. __ ------$10, 000 ..oo · Department of th<' _____ do _____ ~ ------644. 53 Amount expended from Nov. 4 to Dec. 3L.. 1,653.38 Army: Corps of Orman S. Fink______Professional staff ___ _ $4, 607. 56 Enp.inccrs: Reim- 3, 503. 42 Balance unexpended______8, 346. 62 bursement for serv- {~~1~a~; ~.~i!~Vi:liail== ·cie·ii~---======5,250. 98 E lsie L. Gould ______Assistant clerk ______3, €03. 58 JoHN L. McMILLAN, ices of Charles E. Margaret P. Battle ____ ·Stenographer______Zedaker. 2. 347. 82 Chairman. Department of the __ __ _do______812. 00 Helen E. Long______Assistant clerk ______2, 312. 74 Air Force: Reim- bursement for serv· Funrls authorized or appropriated for com- JANUARY 12, 1950. ices of John P. mittee expcnditmos .. ------$25, 000. 00 Huebsch. COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION . AND LABOR T reasury Department: _____ do______2, 341. 'Z7 Amount expended from Oct. 19, 1949, to Dec. To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: Bmcau of Internal 31, 1949______6, 038. 40 The above-mentioned committee or sub RoY e nuc: Reim- Total amount expended from Oct. 19, 1949, to bursement for serv- Dec. 31, 1949______6, 038. 40 committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of · ices of Edgar E. the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Hoppe. Balance unexpended as of Dec. 31, 1£49_ 18, 961. 00 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, BRENT SPENCE, approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub Funds authorized or appropriated for com· Chairman. mits the following report showing the name, mittcc expenditnrcs. __ ------$150, 000. 00 Amount expended from July I, 1949, to Dec. profession, and total salary of each person 31, 1949______35, 713.11 JANUARY 12, 1950. employed by it during the 6-month period from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in Balance unexpended ______114, 286. 89 COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT .OF COLUMBIA To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: clusive, together with total funds authorized CLARENCE CANNON, The ·above-mentioned committee or sub or appropriated and expended by it: Chairman. committee, pursuant to -section 134 (b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Total JANUARY 3, 1950. Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, gross Name of employC'e Profession salary ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub durinit To the CLERK OF THE HousE: mits the.following report showing the name, 6-month The above-mentioned committee or sub profession, and total salary of each person period committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of · employed by it during the 6-month period the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in Joseph Koski______Chief clerk and ex. $5, 250. 1)8 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, clusive, together with total funds authorized approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub or appropriated and expended by it: Johns~ Forsythe______G~~;~ye ass~~~;cl 5, 250. 98 (professional mits the following report showing the name, staff) . profession, and total salary of each person Total Joseph S. J arosz______R esearch specialist 5, 250. 98 employed by it during the 6-month period gross (profession al from July l, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in salary staff). Name of emplo yee Profession during Frank E. Boyer______Investigator (pro 5, 250. 98 clusive, together with total funds author!zed 6-month fessional staff). or appropriated and expended by it: period John 0. Graham ______Minority clerk (pro· 5, 250. 98 fess iona l staff) • Frances A. Los ______Assistant clerk ______2, 642. 28 Total William N. McLeod, Clerk ______$5, 250.10 Eleanor Bare______As.sistant rlerk (re 1, 299. 48 gross Jr. signed Aug. 31) . sal:iry Assistant clerk __ _.__ _ Mary Pauline Smith__ Assistant clerk ______2, 642. 28 _ Na.me of employee Profession Ruth Butterworth . •• ~ 2, 347. 82 Mary E. Gilbert San- _____ do ______during - Charles D. Farmer. .•. Minority clerk ______2, 558.16 2, 642. 28 6-month Mabel Haller.-·------Professional staff ___ _ 4,4.06. 76 ders. - _ period Charles Howe ______Messenger------1, 276. 00 B arbar.a A. White_ ____ Assistant clerk (from 1, 342. 80 Oct. 1). Myrtle S. Locher._____ Assistant clerk ______2, 642. 28 Robert H. Harper_____ Chief clerk ______$5, 250. 98 Funds authorized or appropriated for com- James D eakins ______Assistant r lt'rk ______2, 074. 32 mittee expenditures ______:: _____ $12, 000. 00 Amount expended from July 1, 1949, to Jan. Funds authorized or appropriated for com· John R. Blandford____ Professional staff 5, 250. 98 1, 1950 ______l ], 653. 38 member. mittec expenditures ______$30, 000. 00 Clinton B . D. Brown. _____ do ______5, 250. 98 1 For Davis special crime committee. 1 voucher for Bryce N. Harlow _____ .••.• do ______5, 250. 98 this special committee pending. Amount of expenditures previously reported_ 863. 20 Robert W. Smart ______do . ______. 5, 250. 98 Amount expended from July 1 to Dec. 3L... 12, 621.11 ) · Agnes H. Johnston_ ___ Secretary ______2,600. 24 JOHN L. McMILLAN, Rosemar:v Curry___ _ Stenograpbcr.------2,403. 90 Chairman. Total amount C.."\'.pended from Jan. 2 to Gladys Flanagan ______do ______2, 403. 90 Dec. 3L______13, 484. 31 Balance unexpended as ofJan.1, 1950 ______16,515.69 Berniece Kalinowski.. ----.dO------2,403. 90 JANUARY 12, 1950. SPECIAL SUBCOMMlTTEE OF THE HOUSE DISTRICT JOHN LESINSKI, Funds authorized or appropriated for com- COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE CRIME IN THE Chairman. mittee expenditures .• _------$25, 000. 00 DISTnICT OF COLUMBIA Amount expended from July 1, to Dec. 3L.. 16, 318. 82 (This subcommittee created by H. Res. 340) . JANUARY 12, 1950. Total amount expended from July I to Dec. To the CLERK OF THE .HOUSE: COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE 31-.------.------16, 318. 82 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS The above-mentioned committee or sub Bahnce unexpended as of Dec. 31, HJ.1!L 8, 681. 18 committee, pursuant to section 134-(b) of To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: CARL VINSON, the Legislative Reorganization Act of 194.6, The above-mentioned committee or sub Chairman. Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, committee, Pl.!rsuant to section 134 (b) of approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, mits the following report showing the name, Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, JANUARY 12, 1950. profession, and total salary of each person approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY employed by it during the period from No mits the following report showing the name, To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: vember 4, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in profession, and total salary of each person The above-mentioned committee or sub clusive, together with total funds authorized employed by it during the 6-mont h period committee, pursuant to sect ion 13·1 (b) of or appropriated and expended by it: from July l, 1949, to December 31, 1949, 666 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 19 inclusive, together with total funds author Gordon Peyton, legal services in connection from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in ized or appropriated and expended by it: with hearings ... ---·····--·------$2, 400. 00 clusive, together with total funds authorized Mildred H. Lang, stenographer______1, 274. 72 Full committee------.------$10, 610. 97 Olive Willeroy, steno·grapher ______1,951.62 or appropriated and ex,I>ended by it: Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, Eloise G. Menefee, stenographer ______1,311. 74 Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, chair- Elizabeth A. Kultchar, stenographer_____ 314.92 man______1, 464. 37 Doris Brassell, stenographer______111. 98 TotRl Executive and Legislative Reorganization gross Subcommittee, Congressman Chet Holi- EXPENSES Name of employee salary field, chairman______16, 857. 01 Profession during Federal Relations with International Organi- For conducting official business-taxi fares, 6-month zations Subcommittee, Congressman hotel, per diem, postage-miscellaneous ex- period Henderson Lanham, chairman ___ ------2, 884. 41 penses for following: · Government Ope~ations Subcommittee, Con· Congressman Porter Hardy, Jr------531.06 gressman Porter Hardy, Jr., chairman_____ 39, 501. 03 Congressman Richard Belling ______232. 72 Congressman M. G. Burnside ______78.03 ~afl.!1e .McDonagh. ___ Clerk_ .. ------·· $3, 737. 4f. Total spent______71 , 317. 79 Congressman Clare E. Hoffman ______119. 90 ar1one Savage ______Assistant Clerk, 3, 603. 58 CarlCongressman H. Monsees R. ______Walter ______Riehlman ...... _ 67. 62 clerk to Subcom- Balance unexpended June 30, 1949______80, 120. 77 71.35 mittee on Ac· Additional appropriation July 14, 1949______50, 000. 00 James T. GobbeL ______210.36 counts. Charles Futterer _-······------··-···----- 3.60 Jack Watson ______Assistant Clerk, 3,469. 74 130, 120. 77 514. 45 clerk to Subcom- 272.10 Amount spent from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1949___ 71, ?17. 79 ~:b!.·tStephen ~v-&r~~ni.leis&=::::::::::::=::: D. Carnes, Jr ______mittce on Enrolled Goorge M. Rose ______24.62 Bills, Library, Balance unexpended Jan. 1, 1950______58, 802. 98 19.05 Disposition of Ex- 5.80 ecutive Papers r~~e cf~r~~::::::::::::::=::::::=::::::: 3.60 and Memorials. Total Air traveL .. __ ------907. 78 Maureen Sandiford ____ Assistant clerk, 2,347. 82 gross Railroad travel______579. 92 clerk to Subcom- salary Telephone __ _------______• 79.25 mittee on Elec- Name of employee Prolession · during Truman Ward ___ ------69.50 tions. 6-month Stationery supplies. ____ . ____ ------244. 93 Lura Cannon ______Assistant clerk, 2, 347. 82 period clerk to Subcom· Total expense ______39, 501.03 mittee on Print· ing. Christine Ray Davis.. Chief clerk------· $5, 250. 98 WILLifiM L. DAWSON, Merle Harri~ ~ - ~~ ------Assistant clerk 2, 347. 82 Martha C. Roland ____ Assistant chief 4, 072.12 Chairman.~ and stenographer. clerk. William A. Young____ Stafi director ______5, 250. 98 Thomas A. Kennedy.. General counseJ. ___ _ 5,250. 98 JANUARY 14, 1950. MARY T. NORTON, :r. Robert Brown______Research analyst_ __ _ 3, 737. 46 Dolores Fel'Dotto_____ Clerk-stenographer__ 2, 838: 64 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS Chairman. Adrienne C. Master- _____ do ______2, 621.47 To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: son. Teresa Barrett______Clerk-typist ______1, 506. 38 The above-mentioned committee or sub JANUARY 1, 1950. Annabell Zue ______Minority clerk ______3, 189.26 committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN Francis T. O'Donnell_ Minority counsel...- 4, 406. 76 the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, COMMERCE Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: EXPENSES OF COMMITTEE approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub mits the following report showing the name, The above-mentioned committee or sub Stationery supplies. ___ ----••• __ • ___ .------$194. 66 profession, and total salary of each person committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) o! Telephone ____ .. _•. ___ :_. _____ ._ ••• _•• ___ •• __ _ 135. 25 the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Air travel._------·------737.35 employed by it during the 6-month period Expenses, taxi fare, postage, etc __ ------ 28. 75 from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, Foreign travel: clusive, together with total funds authorized approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub Expenses incurred by 5 members of the committee and 1 statr member on trip or appropriated and expended by it: mits the following report showing the name, to the Far East______2, 694. 75 profession, and total salary of each person Expenses incurred by 8 Members of the employed by it during the 6-month period Congress, 2 statr members, 2 liaison rep Total resentatives on trip to Europe and the gross from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in Near East------6, 820. 21 Name of employee Profession salary clusive, together with total funds authorized during or appropriated and expended by it: Total expenses full committee, July 1 6-month to Dec. 31, 1949 ______10, 610. 97 period Intergoveriµnental Relations Subcommittee, Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, chairman; Total Boyd Crawford______Clerk and admin· $5, 250. 98 . gross Lindsay C. Warren, Jr., clerk, July 1 to Sept. salary 21, 1949.------1, 464. -.r7 istrative officer. Name of employee Profession tlharles Burton Mar· Staff consultant ____ _ 5, 250. 98 during 6-month Executive and Legislative Reorganization= Irashall. E. Bennett ______do ______Subcommittee, Congressman Chet Holi- 5, 250. 98 period field, chairman: Sheldon Z. Kaplan. ___ St-aff consultant 4, 390.15 W. Brooke Graves, stafi director_------5, 250. 98 (from .Aug. 1 to Julian Fahy, research analyst______4, 406. 76 Dec. 31). CLERICAL STAFi' Herbert Roback, administrative analyst.- 4, 296. 34 George L. Millikan ____ Staff consultant 3,844. 93 Dorothy D. Morrison, clerk______2, 838. 64 (from Aug. 20 to Elton J. Layton______Clerk ... ------$5, 250. 98 Dec. 31). Glenn R. Ward.------Assistant clerk______2, 558.10 Stationery supplies.------64. 2!l June Nigh ______Staff assistant______Royice Reno ______.....do______2, 347. 82 Winifred Osborne ______do. ______z, 768. 54 Total expenses·------16. 857. 01 2, 875. 44 Georgia G. Glasmann. Assistant clerk- 2, 221. 56 Doris Leone ...______do ______2, 768. 54 stenographer. Federal relations with International Organ---- Mahe! Wofiord. ______do. ______2, 558.16 Helen A. Grickis ______do______2, 137. 44 i7.ations Subcommittee, Congressman Hen· Mary G. Cllace ______do_. ______3, 469. 74 Frances W. Galvin ____ Assistant clerk· 2, 039. 28 derson Lanham, chairman: stenographer (RU· Franklin D. Rogers, Jr., clerk______2, 768. 54 thorized. under H. Stationery supplies.------13. 10 Funds authorized or appropriated for com- Res 157). Telephone ..------3. 65 mittee expenditures ______$50, 000. 00 Roy P. Wilkinson____ Assistant clerk______1, 822. 48 Expenses for trip to New York, N. Y., for Congressman John A. Blatnik__ 56. 62 Amount expended from July 1 to Dec. 3L __ _ 6,442. 94 PROFESSIONAL STAFF Expenses for trip to New York, N. Y., Total amount expended from Jan. 2 to Dec. 6,442. 94 Arlin E. Stockburger.. Aviation and engi- 5, 250. 98 for Franklin D. Rogers.------42. 50 31. ------· - neering consultant. l'>, Tot~! expenses______2, 884. 41 Balance unexpended as of Dec. 31, 1949. 43, 558. 06 Andrew Stevenson ____ Expert...... 250. 98 Kurt Borchardt______Professional assist· 5, 250. 98 Government Operations Subcommittee, Con- JOHN KEE, ant. ·gressman Porter Hardy, Jr., chairman: Chairman. Sam G. SpaL.------Research specialist._ 4, 072.12 Carl H. Monsees, staff director______5, 142. 96 Frank F. Reynolds, legal analyst ______1, 563. 30 George H. Bowers, legal analyst ______899.36 DECEMBER 30, 1949. Funds authorized or appropriated for com !Joseph V. Machugh, legal analyst______230. 73 COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION mittee expenditures (funds authorized un- Charles Futterer, administrative analyst._ 3, 804.38 der H. Res. 157).------· $60, 000. 00 Edwin S. Ketchum, administrative ana· To the CLERK OF THE HousE: lyst.______2, 084. 40 The above-mentioned committee or sub Amount of expenditures previously reported_ 323. 64 George M. Rose, adniinistrative analyst.. 3, 011. 47 committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) o! Amowit expended from July 1 to December !James T. Gobbel, administrative analyst. 3, 804. 38 31, 1949______11, 000. 58 Ann F. Cavanagh, administrative analyst_ 2, 373. 29 the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Publlc Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, Total amount expended from January Stephen D. Carnes, Jr., administrative 1 to December 31, 1949______11, 324. 22 analysL------····-··------1, 873.11 approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub Herbert E. Wickenheiser, administrative mits the following report showing the name. Balance unexpended as of December 31, 1949_ 48, 675. 78 analyst.------1, 578. 04 ROBERT CROSSER, Hester H. Harper, administrative analyst_ 61. 53 profession, and total salary of each person .Tohn C. Vick, administrative analyst_____ 1, 673. 46 employed by it during the 6-month period Chairman. CON_GRESSIONAL RECORD_-- HQU_SE 667. JANUARY 14, 1950. JANUARY 12, 1950, the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, COMMITTEE ON TI-IE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, FISHERIES approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: mits the following report showing the name, ·1 The above-mentioned committee or sub profession, and total salary of each person 'committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of The above-mentioned committee or sub committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of employed by it during the 6-month period ,the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, from June 30, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, clusive, together with total funds authorized approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub or appropriated and expended by it: mits the following report showing the name, approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub profession, and total salary of each person mits the following report showing the name, J'lmployed by it duripg the 6-month period profession, and total salary of each person Total from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in employed by it during the 6-month period gross N amc of employee salary 'clusive, together with total funds authorized from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in Profession durinl? or appropriated and expended by it: clusive, together with total funds authorized 6-month or appropriated and expended by it: period Total gross Total ~eroy C. Bedell, Jr --- Investigator______$1, 033. 15 salary gross Name of employee Profession during salary l, 6·month Name of employee Profession during C~e~"f.~f1!cr======~~======m: i~ period 6-month Funds authorized or appropriated for com- - period mittee expenditures.------$50, 000. 00 · 1 Dick, Bess Effrat_ ___ _ Chief Clerk______$5, 250. 98 Hugh A. Meade ______General counsel. ___ _ Amount expended from June 30 to Dec. 3L.. 8, 718. 74 Bernhardt, C. Mur- Committee counseL 5, 250. !l8 $229. 53 'l'otal amount expended from June 30 to Dec. I1 ray. John M. Drewry ______Assistant general 240. 80 ' Besterman, Walter l'.YL Legislative assistant. 5, 250. 98 counsel. 3L------8, 718. 74 : Foley, William R_____ Committee counseL 5, 250. 98 Do______General counsel. ___ _ 4, 963. 99 Balance unexpended as of Dec. 31, 1949_ 41, 281. 26 I Lee, Walter R ______Legislative assistant_ 5, 250. 98 Lynn E. Mote ______Asi;;istant counsel.. •. 2, 456. 22 ; Smedley, Velma ______A~ ~~~~nt Chief 5, 250. 98 Reginald S. Losee_____ Chief investigator __ _ 4,339.80 S. 0. BLAND, 1 Gus S. Caras______Investigator to mi- 4, 339. 80 Chairman. Berger, Anne J______Clerk-stenographer __ 2, 417. 92 nority. 2,417. 92 Elizabeth B. Bedell___ Chief clerk ______3, 094.13 2, 207. 58 3, 286. 02 3,399. 60 -~~~~~~ ~t.nli.oo\er~=== 1~;1~~:~~ -cierie:===== 2, 908. 78 JANUARY 9, 1950. :~~~?;1£~~~:~~~~ :~J~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2, 069. 62 Marie Wilson ______do ______2, 957. 06 COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE Leonard P. Pliska_ ___ _ Clerk to minority __ _ 2, 908. 73 - To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: l 1. Funds for preparation of The above-mentioned committee or sub ~· 0. BLAND, committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of United States Code and revi Chairman. sion of the laws: the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, A. Preparation of new edi Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, tion of United States Code · JANUARY 12, 1950. approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub.:. (no year): - SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE PANAMA CANAL mits the following report showing the name, Unexpended balance TOLLS profession, and total ~alary of each person July 1, 1949 ______$13, 036. 8'9 employed by it during the 6-month perioct (Pursuant to H. Res. 44, 8lst Cong., 1st sess.) from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in Expended ------0 To the CLERK OF THE Houi:E: clusive, together with total funds authorized The above-mentioned committee or sub- or appropriated and expended by it: Balance Dec. 31, 1949 __ _ 13,036.89 committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Total B. Preparation of _ United Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, gross States Code: ap_prqved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub Name of employee Profession salary Authorized by Legisla mits the following report showing the name, during tive Appropriation Act, profession, and total salary of each person 6-month .1950 ______150,000.00 period. Expended ______employed by it during the 6-month period 4, 751. 88 from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in clusive, together with total funds authorized George M. Moore _____ ChiefcounseL ______$5, 250. 98 Balance Dec. 31, 1949 ___ 145, 248. 12 Frederick C. Belen____ CounseJ______5, 250. 98 or appropriated and expended by it: John B. Price ______Staff assistant______2,468, 52 Lucy K. Daley_------Assistant clerk ______2, 698.40 C. Revision of the Laws Elayne Morelle ______Secretary ______2,347.82 Total Lillian Hopkins ______do ______2, 347.82 1950: gross Ann Hayden______Stenographer ______2, 173. 09 Authorized by Legisla salary Elizabeth Feltman____ Clerk-stenographer __ 689. 31 Name of employee _ Profession during tive1950 Aprropriation ______Act, _ 12,000.00 6-month period Funds authorized or appropriated for com- Expended------5,250.98 mittee expenditures ______: __ $25, 000. oo Balance Dec. 31, 1949 __ _ 6,749.02 Madonna Haworth ___ Stenographer______~2, 816. 82 Amount of expenditures previously reported. 5.00 Amount expended from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1949------500. 60 2. Funds authorized or appropri Funds authorized or appropriated for com- mittee expenditures ______$15, 000. 00 ated for committee expendi Total amount expended from Jan. 3 to Dec. 31, 1949..• ------595. 60 ture by H. Res. 156 (pursuant Amount of expenditures previously reported_ 2, 731. Zl 30,000.00 Amount expended from July 1, to Dec. 31, Balance unexpended------24, 404. 40 toA1nount H. Res. 137)expended ------______15,138.31 1949 _____ ------4, 829. 55 TOM MURRAY, Total amount expended from Feb. 28, Chairman. Balance unexpended as of to Dec. 31, 1949______7, 560.82 Dec. 31, 1949 ______14, 861. 69 Balance unexpended as of Dec. 31, 1949______7, 439.18 s. o. BLAND, DECEMBER 31, 1949. 3. Funds authorized or appropri Chairman. COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS ated for committee expendi To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: ture by H. Res. 246 (pursuant JANUARY 12, 1950. The above-mentioned committee or sub to H. Res. 238) ------45,000.00 committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of Amount expended------26,360.00 SPECIAL INVESTIGATING SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES COMMITTEE Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, Balance unexpended as of (Pursuant to H. Res. 215, Blst Cong.) approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub Dec. 31, 1949 ______18,640.00 To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: mits the following report showing the name, EMANUEL CELLER, The above-mentioned committee or sub profession, and total salary of each person Chairman. committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of employed by it during the 6-month period 668 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE JANUARY 19 from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in JANUARY 11, 1950. Total clusive, together with total funds authorized CoMMI'l'TEE ON_VET~s· AFFAIRS or appropriated and expended by it: s~:~ To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: Name of employee Profession during 6-month The above-mentioned committee or sub .. Total period committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of gross the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, salary Humphrey S. Shaw __ _ Clerk.------$5, 209. g4 Name of employee Profession during Merritt R. Kotin ____ _ Assistant clerk_----- 4, 406. 76 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, 6-month Jane W. Snader______Minority clerk ______2, 922. 76 approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub period Elliodor M. LibonatL Stenographer-clerk __ 2, g22. 76 T. Howard Dolan ____ _ Assistant to the 2, 102. 96 mits the following report showing the name, clerk. profession, and total salary of each person George H. Soule ______Technical consult· $5, 250. 9S employed by it during the 6-month period ant. A. J. SABATH, Saul C. Corwin______CounseL ______5, 2ro. gs from June 30, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in Preston E. Peden_____ Attorney______5,076.10 Chairman. clusive, together With total funds authorized Mary L. Steele ______Clerk ______5,250. gs 5, 250. gs JANUARY 12, 1950. or appropriated and expended by it: ~!:c~ lA1;:~~--~~== :::::~~=::::::::::::: 3, 603.-58 ginia McMichaeL. _____ do ______2, 90S. 7S COMMrrr!l'E ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES raldine Eaker_----- ._____ do ______2,347.82 To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: Total tty Lee Angus ______do ______1, ll97.2? gross t The above-mentioned committee or sub salary committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of Name of employee Profession during Funds authorized or appropriated for com- · the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 6-month mittee expenditures------$30, 000. 00 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, period approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub Amount of expenditures pre-viously reported. 1, 407. 61 Amount expended from July 1, to Dec. 31, mits the following report showing the name, Ida Rowan______Chief clerk.------$5, 250. 98 Edwin B. Patterson___ Professional aide____ 5, 250. 98 1949------13, 156. 02 profession, and total sa.lary of each perso~ Casey M. Jones ______do______5, 250. 98 employed by it during the 6-month period Karl Standish______do______5, 250. 98 Total amount expended from A.pr. 1, to Dec. :n, 1949______14; 563. 63 from June 30, 1949, t6 December 31, 1949, in Paul K. Jones______Assistant clerk______4, 406. 76 clusive, together with total funds auth9rized Edward C. Wrede ______do______4, 406. 76 Balance unexpended as of Dec. 31, 1949. 25, 436. 37 or appropriated and expended by it: Frances Montanye ___ ~ Clerk-stenographer__ 2, 347. S2 Mary Schmidt Ponow_ Stenographer______2, 347. S2 t There are some bills still outstanding for expenses in· George J. Turner______Assistant clerk______2, 417. 92 curred but not yet paid and not included herein. Total gross J. HARDIN PETERSON, Tota.I _____ ------36, 931. 00 Name of employee Profession salary Chairman. ' during 6-month period J. E. RANKIN, Chairman. JANUARY 7, 1950. EMPLOYEES PAID BY VOUCHER CoMMITrEE oN PuBLIC WORKS William A. Wheeler ___ Investigator______$4, 139. 08 JANUARY 9, 1950. Courtney E. Owens ______do ______To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: 3, 871. 30 Charles E. McKillips ______do ______3,S71. 30 COMl\PTTEE ON y.IAYS AND MEANS The above-mentioned committee or sub William J. Jones.---•- _____ do ___ , ______3, 737.4S To the GLER:it OF THE HousE: committee, pursuant to section ~~ (b) of Alvin Stokes------_____ do ______3, 737. 4S The above-mentioned committee or sub the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Belen Mattson ______Research clerk ______2, S38.14 Lillian E. Howard. ______do ______2, 698. 40 committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, Mary Ann Moffett ______do ______2,347.82 the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Asselia Poore ______do ______approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub 2, 908. 78 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, Margaret Pinet ______Research clerk (Jaly 406. 69 mits the following report showing the name, 1 through Aug. 6, approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub profession,· and total salary of each person 1949J. mits the following report showing the name, employed by it during the 6-month period Blanche McCall______Research clrrk (Oct. 94S. 95 profession, and total salary of each person 10 through Dec. 31, from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in 1949). employed by it during the 6-month period clusive,· together with total funds authorized Pearle Gay______Cl~rk-stenographer __ 2, 207. 58 from July l, 1949, -to December 31, 1949, in Jane Gordon______do ______2, 067. 36 or appropriated and expended by it: Helen McCarthy______do ______clusive, together with total funds authorized 2, 207. 58 or appropriated and expended by it: Lorraine M. Nichols .• _____ do ______2,347. 82 Rose M. Sanko ______do ______2, 347. S2 Total Katherine Zimmer- _____ do ______gross 1 2, 314.46 Total salary man. Name of employee Profession Ruth Tansill ______do______2,347. 82 gross during Jo B. Benisch______Clerk-typist______salary 6-month 2, 347. s~ Name of employee Profession during period 2, 067. 36 6-"Jnonth Lucille6~te~!'16~~~===== Fitzgerald ______-File~~0rii~======do ______2, 347.S2 period . I 2,347.S2 Thomas E. Massie____ Counsel______$4, 205. 00 2,207. 58 iroseph H. McGann, Clerk______4, 205. 00 ~iie':nA.lice Walker i~::~c~======______=====~g======do ______2, 207. 58 Charles W. Davis _____ Clerk (C) ______$5, 250. 98 Sr. 2, 347.S2 Leo H. Irwin______Professional assist- 3, 084.04 Robert F. McConnell_ Assistant clerk______3, 1S9. 26 ant (P). lroseph H. McGann, _____ do______2, 698. 40 EMPLOYEES cA1mmn Ste1fa 0. Miller ______Assistant clerk (C) __ 2, 97S.88 ON PERMANENT Jr. Gladys L. Kullberg ___ Staff assistant (C).~- 2, 558.16 Mrs. Alice B. Norton_ Clerk-stenographer__ 1, 327. 08 HOUSE PAY ROLL Ralph 0. Simmerson ______do ______2,032.2S Mrs. Margaret R. _____ do______2, 6gs. 40 Harriet B. Lamb______Clerk-stenographer 2, 137. 44 Belter. Frank S. Tavenner, Committee counseL 5, 250. 9S (0). Miss Mary E. McBee. _____ do______2, 69S. 40 Jr. Gordon Grand, Jr_____ Minority adviser 5, 076.10 Lonis J. Russell______Senior investigator __ 5, 115. 53 (P). John W. Carrington___ Clerk of committee __ 4,406. 71 Susan Alice Taylor ____ Minority stenogra- Benjamin MandeL___ Director of research __ 4, 741.40 2,289. 58 Funds authorized or appropriated for committee . Donald T. Appell _____ Investigator______4, 373. 79 pher (C). expenditures------·------$15, 000 Anne D. Turner ______File chieL ______Fedele F. Fauri______Social security ad- 2, 581.09 Balance unexpended as of Dec. 31, 1949______15, 000 3, 003.06 viser (P). Carolyn Roberts______Assistant file chieL_ 2, 62S.30 Harry Parker ______Messenger ______Rosella A. Purdy_____ Clerk-stenographer __ 1,33S.08 WILL M. WHITTINGTON, !Tulietfe Joray ______do ______3, 049. 02 Sam Hardy_------_____ do ______1, 298.24 2,347.S2 Hughlon Greene ______do __ ------Chairman. Thelma Scearce ______do______2, 698.40 Esmer Durham ______do ______1, 005. 00 Margaret S. Kerwan__ Clerk · steoogra- 884. 72 447.60 . · pher (June 30, 194S, through Funds authorized or appropriated for com· JANUARY 5, 1950. A.ug. 31, 1949). mittee expenditures ______1$25,000 COMMITTEE ON RULES Funds authorized or appropriated for com· To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: mittee expenditures ______1$200,000. 00 Balance unexpended as of December 31, 1941L 25, 000 1 H. Res. 333, authorizing the committee as a whole or The above-mentioned committee or sub A.mount of expenditures previously re- by subcommittee, to conduct studies or investigations of committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) of ported, Dec. 31, 194S, through June 30, all matters coming within the jurisdiction of the com· the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 1949_ ------65, g10.s5 mittee. A.mount expended from June 30 to Dec. R. L. DOUGHTON, Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, $65, 356.26 Chairman. approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub 31, 194g_ ------mits the following report showing tQe name, Total amount expended from Dec. 31, 194S, to Dec. 31, 1949 ______131, 267.11 profession, and total salary of each person JANUARY 12, 1950. employed by it during the 6-month period Balance unexpended as of Dec. 31, 1949 ____ · 6S, 732. S9 SELECT COMMITTEE ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES from July 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, in iH. Res. 7S ,8lst Cong, To the CLERK OF THE HOUSE: clusive, together with total funds authorized JOHN S. Woon, The above-mentioned committee or sub or appropriated and expended by it: Chairman. committee, pursuant to section 134 (b) o! 1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 669 the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, cated to the Senate by Mr. Miller, one of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, Total his secretaries. approved August 2, 1946, as amended, sub gross salary CALL OF THE ROLL mits the following report showing the name, N ame of employee Profession during profession, and total salary of each person 6-montb Mr. MYERS. I suggest the absence of employed by it during the 2-month period period a quorum. from November 1, 1949, to December 31, 1949, The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secre· inclusive, together with total funds author Victor P. D almas ____ _ Chief, special serv $5, 132.16 ices (July 1 to Aug. tary will call the roll. ized or appropriated and expended by it: 31, inclusive); ex ecutive director The roll was called, and the following (Sept. 1 to Dec. Senators answered to their names: Total 31, inclusive). gross Mildred Deen______Stenographer. ______l, 828. 90 Aiken Hill Maybank Otis H. Ellis ______Anderson Hoey Millikin Name of employee Profession salary Execut.ive director 3, 487. 92 dnring (July 1 to Aug. 31, Benton Humphrey Mundt 2-montb inclusive); special Brewster Hunt Murray period counsel for Petro Bricker Ives Myers leum (Sept. 1 to Bridges Jenner Neely Dec. 31, inclu Butler Johnson, Colo. O'Conor Lucien Hilmer______8tnff director ______$1, 724. 46 sive). Cain Johnson, Tex. O'Mahoney Thomas F. Flynn, Jr__ Legal-investigative 1, 047. 33 Janus Morgan Glover_ Messenger (from 492. 65 Capehart Johnston, S. C. Robertson staff. Nov. 4). Jerome H. Spingarn_ __ Research assistant 1, 597. 72 Richard R. Haas ______Research assistant__ 1, 632. 60 Chapman Kefauver Russell to the chairman. Rowan F. Howard ___ _ Special investigator 190.14 Cordon Kem Saltonstall Irene Salmans______Clerk - st en o g C40. 50 (Sept. 16 to 30, Darby Kerr Schoeppel rapher. inclusive). Donnell Kilgore Smith, Maine William Earl Griffin __ Clerk ______1, 001. 38 Joseph W. Kaufman __ Chief counsel______5, 250. 98 Douglas Knowland Smith, N. J. Benedict F. Fitzger- L egal-investigative 747. 02 Eugene Kelly_------Research assistant 1, 965. 62 Downey Langer Sparkman
aid, Jr. staff. 0 (from Sept. 26). DworEhak Leahy Taft Louis Little ______do ______798. 86 Suzanne D. ManfulL _ Administrative as 779. 39 Eastland Lehman Taylor Joseph M. Mannix______do ______541. 72 sistant (from July Ecton Lodge Thomas, Utah Charles B . Holstein___ Re1'carcb director_ __ 37q. 4p 1 to Aug. 15 and Ellender Long Thye Nov. 16 to 30, Flar..ders Lucas Tobey TotaL_ ------8, 472. 44 inclusive). La Verne Maynard ___ _ Stenographer ______2,039. 28 Frear McCarran Tydings Bertha A. Padgett_ __ _ Secretary ______2, 347. 82 Fulbright McCarthy Watkins Funds authorized or appropriated for com- Arlone Read ______Stenographer (Oct. 29. 98 George McClellan Wherry mittee expenditures_------$4(1, 000. 00 12, 13, and 14). Gillette McFarland Wiley Suzanne Shepherd ___ _ Research assistant 501. 94 Graham McKellar Williams Amount expended from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, (Sept. 1 to Oct. Gurney McMahon Withers 1949_ ------53. 26 30, inclusive). Hayden Magnuson Young Total amount expended from Nov. 1 to Dec. K athryn E. Smith ___ _ Chief clerk_------2, 347. 82 31, 1949 ______:______8, 825. 70 Hendrickson Martin Mr. MYERS. I announce that the Balance unexpended as or D ec. 31, 1949_ 31, 474. 30 Funds authorized or appropriated for com- mittee expenditures.------$100, 000. 00 Senator from Virginia [Mr. BYRD], the FRANK BUCHANAN, Amount of expenditures previously re Senator from Texas [Mr. CONNALLY], the Chairman. ported______26, 915. 67 Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. GREEN], Amount expended from July 1 to Dec. 31, and the Senators from Florida [Mr. HoL· 1949_ ------29, 986. 93 LAND and Mr. PEPPER] are absent on im· SPECIAL COMMITTEE To ATTEND THE WORLD Total amount e.'