6672 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE May 17 them successfully is going to require CONFIRMATIONS requested, a concurrent resolution of the House of the following title: great patience, great forbearance, and Executive nominations confirmed by great determination. Let all of us-all the Senate May 17 (legislative day of H. Con. Res. 197.· Concurrent resolution senators, on both sides of the aisle­ May 13), 1954: favoring the granting of the status of work together, in helping the United permanent residence to certain aliens. States work with other countries. COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS The message also announced that the Gustav F. Doscher, Jr., of South Carolina, to be collector of customs for customs col­ Senate had passed bills of the following titles, in which the concurrence of the RECESS lection district No. 16, with headquarters at Charleston, S. C. House is requested: The PRESIDING OFFICER. What is PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE S. 1303. An act to provide for the expedi­ the pleasure of the Senate? tious naturalization of former citizens of the Mr. FERGUSON. Mr. President, un­ The following candidates for appointment United States who have lost United States in the Regular Corps of tlle Public Health citizenship by voting in a political election der the order previously entered, I now Service, effective date of acceptance: move that the Senate stand in recess or plebiscite held in occupied Japan; J. D. Leggett to be surgeon. S. 2802. An act to further encourage the until tomorrow, at 12 o'clock noon. Earl S. Schaefer to be assistant scientist. distribution of fishery products, and for The motion was agreed to; and <at 6 William B. De Witt to be senior assistant other purposes; and o'clock and 10 minutes p.m.) the Senate sanitarian. S. 3245. An act to provide emergency took a recess, the recess being, under the credit . order previously entered, until tomorrow, •• ..... • • The message also announced that the Tuesday, May 18, 1954, at 12 o'clock Senate had passed, with amendments in meridian. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill of the House of the fol- NOMINATIONS MoNDAY, MAY 17, 1954 lowing title: 1 Executive nominations received by the The House met at 12 o'clock noon. H. R. 7893. An act making appropriations Senate May 17 <legislative day of Dr. Paul N. Garber, bishop of the for the Treasury and Post Office Depart­ May 13), 1954: ments, Export-Import Bank of Washington, Richmond area of the Methodist Church, and Reconstruction Finance Corporation DIPLOMATIC AND FoREIGN SERVICE Richmond, Va., o1Iered the following for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and Lampton Berry, of Mississippi, for reap­ prayer: for other purposes. pointment in the Foreign Service as a For­ eign Service officer of class 1, a consul gen­ Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, The message also announced that the eral, and a secretary in the diplomatic serv­ we would express our thanks for our na­ Senate insists upon its amendments to Ice of the United States of America, in ac­ tional heritage and especially for those the foregoing bill; requests a conference cordance with the provisions of section 520 noble forefathers of days gone by who with the House on the disagreeing votes (a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946. laid the firm foundations of our Repub­ of the two Houses thereon, and appoints The following-named persons for appoint­ lic. We are grateful that they pro­ Mr. BRIDGES, Mr. McCARTHY, Mr. SALTON­ ment as Foreign Service officers of class 3, claimed the sacred principle that all men STALL, Mr. CARLSON, Mr. KILGORE, Mr. consuls, and secretaries in the diplomatic are created equal and are endowed by MAY BANK, and Mr. McCLELLAN to be the service of the United States of America: their Creator with certain inalienable conferees on the part of the Senate. John Crawford Brooks, of California. rights, among which are life, liberty, and The message also announced that the Jack M. Fleischer, of Wisconsin. the pursuit of happiness. John Hay, of Virginia. Vice President has appointed Mr. CARL­ Richard N. Meyer, of Maryland. We are grateful, our Heavenly Father, soN and Mr. JoHNSToN of South Carolina that our mothers and fathers believed in members of the joint select committee The following-named persons for appoint­ vital religion and that in the building of on the part of the Senate, as provided ment as Foreign Service officers of class 4, consuls, and secretaries in the diplomatio our Republic they made divine resources for in the act of August 5, 1939, entitled service of the United States of America: the chief cornerstone. "An act to provide for the disposition Stephen J. Campbell, of California. And so today we pray that we of this of certain records of the United States Rupert Prohme, of California. generation may be worthy sons and Government," for the disposition of ex­ Albert A. Rabida, of Colorado. daughters of our forebears. May we be ecutive papers referred to in the report of the Archivist of the United States The following-named persons for appoint­ loyal at all times to our noble heritage ment as Foreign Service officers of class 6, of democracy and religion. numbered 54-13. vice consuls of career, and secretaries in the Be very near, our Heavenly Father, diplomatic service of the United States of to each and every Member of our Con­ America: gress. Give them courage, give them ANNIVERSARY OF NORWAY'S INDE­ James E. Akins, of Ohio. strength, and give them wisdom in their PENDENCE DAY George M. Barbis, of California. great field of service. May they in the Mr. TALLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask Robert T. Burns, of Indiana. language of the Scriptures serve their unanimous consent to address the House Roy 0. Carlson, of Illinois. own generation by the will of God. for 1 minute and to revise and extend Joseph H. Cunningham, of Nebraska. Harold L. Davey, of Nebraska. Forgive us when we make mistakes my remarks. John L. De Ornellas, of Alabama. and at last save us, we pray in the name The SPEAKER. Is there objection to John T. Dreyfuss, of California. of our Saviour. Amen. the request of the gentleman from Iowa? James D. Farrell, of Kansas. There was no objection. Samuel R. Gammon Ill, of Texas. The Journal of the proceedings of Mr. TALLE. Mr. Speaker, this is Nor­ H. Kent Goodspeed, of California. Thursday, May 13, 1954, was read and way's Independence Day; and on this Chadwick Johnson, of Massachusetts. approved. significant occasion, I want to pay trib­ C. Dirck Keyser, of New Jersey. ute to a remarkable people. In their Miss Paulina C. Kreger, of Ohio. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE P. Wesley Kriebel, of Pennsylvania. own country they call it "den syttende Samuel W. Lewis, of Texas. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Mai," meaning the 17th of May, which Joe Lill, of Kansas. Carrell, one of its clerks, announced to the Norwegian people has the same Alan W. Lukens, of Pennsylvania. that the Senate had passed without meaning as the Fourth of July in our Miss Ruth A. McLendon, of Texas. amendment a concurrent resolution of own country. Julian F. MacDonald, Jr., of Ohio. The Norwegian people are remarkable H. Freeman Matthews, Jr., of Virginla. the House of the following title: because of their intense love of liberty. Philip C. Narten, of Ohio. H. Con. Res. 235. Concurrent resolution re­ I need not belabor that point because Joseph B. Norbury, Jr., of New York. questing the President o! the United States Frank V. Ortiz, Jr., of New Mexico. to return to the House of Representatives it is a universally accepted fact. That Raymond L. Perkins, Jr., of Colorado. H. R. 1769 for reenrollment. _ spirit pervades their writings of today. Birney A. Stokes, of New Jersey. It goes back through the Middle Ages. Richard D. Vine, of New York. The message also announced that the It is recorded in the songs of the Skalds Wllllam Marshall Wright, of Arkansas. Senate had passed, with amendments in who accompanied their soldiers to bat­ Charles T. York, of New York.. which the concurrence of the House is tle. That same spirit is portrayed in 1954 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 6673 the carvings called runes, the picto­ would make an investigation, hold hear­ The overall objective of this bill is to graphs that appear on stones of ancient ings and, if convinced of the need for re­ assure the largest volume of imports times. lief, would issue a tariff adjustment or­ that may be absorbed by this country In addition to their remarkable love der, consisting of a change in the tariff without causing import injury. It pro­ of liberty they have the accompanying or of a quota limitation or both. vides the machinery by which our tariff virtue of possessing tremendous respect The tariff adjustment order would go may be adjusted, item by item in indi­ for law. There is nothing that brings to Congress where it would lie for a pe­ vidually investigated cases, to bring to a Norwegian or to the descendants of riod of 60 days. If the order were not about such a maximum volume of trade. Norwegians a greater feeling of shame, voted down by either House during that genuine shame, than to go to jail. These period it would go into effect. are virtues which the American people Export or import interests who feel MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF understand and share. that a particular rate of duty is too INDEPENDENCE So on this occasion, in this brief time, high could likewise apply to the Tariff I want to salute the Norwegian people Commission, under the same procedure, Mr.