Q:ongrrssional Rrcord United States PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 82dcONGREss, FIRST SESSION of America votes of the two Houses thereon, and ples could accept depended then, as it de­ SENATE that Mr. COOLEY, Mr. POAGE, Mr. GRANT, pends now, upon the physical capacity and Mr. HOPE, and Mr. AUGUST H. ANDRESEN moral determination of the free world to stem THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1951 those forces which seek to cloak the whole were appointed managers on the part of earth with the mantle of totalitarianism. (Legislative day of Tuesday, April 17, the House at the conference. The mutual defense assistance program rep­ ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED resents one part of our effort to assist in the 1951) development of this essential capacity and The message also ·announced that the determination and, as the attached report The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, Speaker had affixed his signature to the clearly demonstrates, is, and must continue on the expiration of the recess. enrolled joint resolution <H.J. Res. 223) to be, an integral part of the total policy of The Chaplain, Rev. Frederick Bro~n to give the Department of Commerce the the United States. Harris, D. D., offered the followmg authority to extend certain charters of prayer: Events since that time have proved be­ vessels to citizens of the Republic of the yond reasonable doubt the truth of these God of all mercy, bowing at this noon­ Philippines, and for other purposes, and principles. tide altar may we be vividly conscious it was signed by the President pro tem­ HARRY S. TRUMAN, that we need turn not back to bygone pore. The WHITE HOUSE, April 25, 1951. centuries to hear Thy voice, as if Thou COMMITTEE MEETING DURING SENATE dost speak no longer to us now. For­ SESSION <Enclosure: Second Semiannual Re­ give us that we talk so much and are On request of Mr. KILGORE, and by port on the Mutual Defense· Assist~ . nee silent so seldom, that we are in such Program, April 6, 1950, to October 6, constant motion and are so rarely still; unanimous consent, the Subcommittee on Treasury and Post Offices of the Ap­ 1950.) that we depend so implicitly on the ef­ PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS fectiveness of our organizations and our propriations Committee was authorized own contriving, and so little on the power to meet this afternoon during the ses­ Petitions, etc., were presented and re­ of Thy spirit. sion of the Senate. f erred as indicated: O God who hast called our Nation to TRANSACTION OF ROUTINE BUSINESS By Mr. THYE: a of trust and responsibility A joint resolution of the Legislature of positi~n Mr. McFARLAND. Mr. President, I the State of Minnesota; to the Committee throughout the world, we confess before ask unanimous consent that Senators be on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Thee with shame all that has been evil permitted to present petitions and me­ in our history and all the denials, the morials, submit reports, introduce bills "Resolution 9 corruption and the dishonesty that even "Joint resolution memorializing the Federal and joint resolutions, and transact other Fish and Wildlife Service of the United now make us unworthy to be called a routine business, without debate and Christian people. Take from us, we be­ States Department of Interior and the without speeches. Congress of the United States to take seech Thee, all pride, greed, and injus­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is necessary action to assure equal treatment tice; and grant to us the spirit of un­ there objection? The Chair hears none, for Minnesota as compared with North selfish service which alone can make us and it is so ordered. Dakota and other States in respect to sea­ free. Make pure our motives, ridding sons and bag limits under presently de­ us as a nation of all base desire for self­ REPORT ON THE MUTUAL DEFENSE AS­ fined flyways SISTANCE PROGRAM-MESSAGE FROM advantage which does not include the "Whereas the Federal Fish and Wildlife weal of all lands. So hearing and heed­ THE PRESIDENT (H. DOC. NO. 119) Service of the Department of the Interior ing the voice divine, may our compas­ The PRESLJENT pro tempore laid be- at Washington, D. C., determined in 1950, sion help to heal the open sores of the fore the Senate the following message the existence of four separate flywa ys, world as we serve the present age. In namely, the Atlantic," Mississippi, Central, from the President of the United States, and Pacific flyways, and allotted to the Mis­ the dear Redeemer's name. Amen. which was read, and, with the accom­ sissippi flyway, including the State of Min­ THE JOURNAL panying report, referred to the Commit­ nesota, a 35-day season on wild fowl and a . tee on Foreign Relations: daily bag limit on ducks of four and eight in On request of Mr. McFARLAND, and by possession, with a similar season for geese; unanimous consent, the reading of the To the Congress of the United States: and allotted to the Central flyway, including Journal of the proceedings of Wednes­ Pursuant to the provisions of Public the State of North Dakota, a 45-day season day, April 25, 1951, was dispensed with. Law 329 (8lst Cong., 1st Sess., 63 Stat. with a daily bag limit on ducks of 5 and 10 in possession with a similar season on MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT 714), I submit the Second Semiannual geese; and Messages in writing from the President Report on the Mutual Defense Assistance "Whereas the division of the Mississippi of the United States submitting nomi­ Program, covering the period from April and the Central flyways having in common nations were communicated to the Sen­ 6, 1950 to October 6, 1950. the border between North Dakota and Min· ate by Mr. Miller, one of his secretaries. In making this submission I can do no nesota effects an unwarranted discrimina­ better than to reiterate the following t ion against the people of Minnesota as these MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE words which were contained in my letter two States have similar local nesti"lg condi­ tions and experience similar overlapping A message from the House of Repre­ submitting the First Semiannual Report flights of wild fowl in season; and sentatives, by Mr. Chaffee, one of its on June 1, 1950: "Whereas Minnesota has cooperated with reading clerks, announced that the House By its enactment of the Mutual Defense the Fish and Wildlife Service and Federal had insisted upon its amendment to the Assistance Act of 1949, and by its earlier pro­ authorities at all times, notably setting aside bill <S. 271) to authorize the transfer to vision of aid for Greece and Turkey, the r~fuges for water fowl of far more acreage the Vermont Agricultural College of cer­ Congress of the United States recognized that than any other State: Now, therefore, be it the security of ·the United States required "Resolved by the Legislature of the State . tain lands in Addison County, Vt., for a strengthening of the will and ability of cer­ of M innesota- agricultural purposes, disagreed to by tain free nations to resist the aggression with " ( 1) That the Federal Fish and Wildlife the Senate; agreed to the conference which they were threatened. The preserva­ Service of the Department of thP- I nterior, ~ked by the Senate on the· disagreeing tion of world peace in a form which free peo- Washington, D. C., be requested to reclassify · XCVII-277 4391 4392 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE APRIL 26 Minnesota in respect to its determination command in an effort to have the Federal ment to render aid to Nationalist China, and of flyways so that the States of North Dakota Government proceed with a program of de­ the refusal to advance the moneys appro­ and Minnesota enjoy equal privileges under velopment and improvement of the inlets, priated by the Congress for the defense of such reclassification of flyw:i.~1 s and the States harbors, ports, and inland waterways which South Korea, the Communists of North Ko­ allotted thereto; are of such vital importance not only to rea were enabled to, and did, in June of 1950, "(2) That copies of this resolution be sent the economic life of this State, but to the launch a successful invasion of South Korea, to Albert M. Day, Director of Fish and Wild­ entire Nation in the furtherance of its de­ and in which they were later fortified and life Service, Washington, D. C., to the Sec­ fense program. assisted by Red Chinese armies; retary of the Interior at Washington, D. C., "SEC. 2. The governor of the State of North 5. Immediately thereafter President Tru­ and to each Member of the Congress from Carolina is respectfully requested to join man did, contrary to his constitutional au­ the State of Minnesota. with our Senators and Representatives in thority, engage these United States in a war, "JOHN A. HARTLE, Congress in a concerted effort to secure under the guise and pretext that he was act­ "Spc-a.ker cf the House of Representatives. necessary Federal appropriations to give ef­ ing under authority of the United Nations "C. ELMER ANDERSON, fect to an adequate program of development, and engaging solely in a police action; "President of the Senate. with particular regard to the deepening and 6. Having involved this Nation illegally in "Passed the house of representatives the widening of the several inlets leading into a war in Korea, the President and the Secre­ 10th day of April 1951. our harbors and inland waterways, includ­ tary of State did, in contradiction to the "G.