1949 CON_GRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 5209 O'MAHONEY], and the Senator from the committee, I desire to give notice that SENATE Washington [Mr. MAGNUSON] are de­ a public hearing has been scheduled for tained on official business in meetings Thursday, May 5, 1949, at 11 :30 a. m., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1949 of committees of the Senate. in room 424, Senate Office Building, up­ <Legislative day of Monday, April 11, The Senator from North Carolina [Mr. on the nomination of HERMAN P. EBER­ 1949) GRAHAM] is absent because of illness. HARTER, of Pennsylvania, to be United The Senator from Illinois [Mr. LucAsl States district judge for the western dis­ The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, and the Senator from New York [Mr. trict of Pennsylvania, vice Hon. Robert on the expiration of the recess. -WAGNER] are necessarily absent. M. Gibson, retired. At the indicated The Chaplain, Rev. Frederick Brown The Senator from Texas [Mr. CON­ time and place all persons interested in Harris, D. D., offered the fallowing NALLY], the Senator from Rhode Island the nomination may make such repre­ prayer: [Mr. GREEN], the Senator from Con­ sentation as may be pertinent. The sub­ necticut [Mr. McMAHON], and the Sena­ committee consists of the Senator from God our Father, in all the turmoil of tor from Maryland [Mr. TYDINGS] are Nevada [Mr. McCARRAN], chairman; the this violent world we are grateful for the excused by the Senate for the purpose Senator from Idaho [Mr. MILLER]; and daily quiet moment beside this wayside of attending sessions of the Committee the Senator from North Dakota [Mr. well of peace and prayer. As our on Foreign Relations. LANGER], thoughts are hushed to silence, may we Mr. SALTONSTALL. I announce find Thee moving upon our minds, REFUND OF TAXES DEDUCTED FROM CER­ that the Senator from Missouri [Mr. TAIN MEXICAN RAILROAD WORKERS higher ·than our fallible understanding DONNELL] is absent by leave of the yet nearer to us than our very selves. Senate for the purpose of being present Tlie VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Bend our pride to Thy control, bringing at a meeting of the Committee on For­ Senate a letter from the Secretary of all our desires and powers into con­ eign Relations. State, transmitting a draft of proposed formity with Thy will. Prepare us for The Senator from Indiana [Mr. JEN­ legislation to provide for the refund of the role committed to our hands in this NER] and the Senator from Oregon [Mr. the taxes deducted pursuant to the pro-· appalling day, with its vast issues that MoRsEJ are absent on official business. visions of subchapter B of chapter 9 of concern not. only the preservation The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. the Internal Revenue Code from the of our own dearly bought liberties but LODGE], the Senator from New Jersey wages of Mexican railroad workers em­ also keeping the beacons of freedom [Mr. SMITHJ, and the Senator from ployed in the United States under the aflame on all the continents and the isles Michigan [Mr. VANDENBERG] are excused agreement of April 29, 1943, between the which wait for Thy law. In the name of by the'Senate for the purpose of attend­ United States of America and the United that One who is the way and the truth ing sessions of the Committee on For­ Mexican States, and for other purposes, and the life. Amen. eign Relations holding hearings on the which, with accompanying papers was THE JOURNAL North Atlantic Pact. referred to the Committee on Labor and On request of Mr. MYERS, and by The- Senator from Nevada [Mr. Public Welfare. unanimous consent, the reading of the MALONE], the Senator from Wisconsin PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS [Mr. McCARTHY], the Senator from Journal of the proceedings of Wednes­ Petitions; etc., were laid before the day, April 27, 1949, was dispensed with. Utah [Mr. WATKINS], and the Senator from Delaware [Mr. WILLIAMS] are de­ Senate, or presented, and referred as MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT tained on official business. indicated: Messages in writing from the President The Senator from New Hampshire By the VICE PRESIDENT: of the United States submitting nomina­ [Mr. BRIDGES] and the Senator from A joint resolution of the Legislature of the Nebraska [Mr. WHERRY] are detained State of Oregon; to the Committee on In­ tions were communicated to the Senate terior and Insular Affairs: by Mr. Miller, one of his secretaries. because of an appointment with the President of the United States. "Senate Joint Memorial 15 CALL OF THE ROLL The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. "To the Honorable Senate and House of Rep­ Mr. MYERS. I suggest the absence of GURNEY] and the Senator from Cali­ resentatives of the United States of a quorum. America in Congress assembled: fornia [Mr. KNOWLAND] are detained at a "We, your memorialists, the Senate and The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk meeting of the Committee on Armed the House of Representatives of the State of will call the roll. Services. Oregon, in legislative session assembled, The legislative clerk called" the roll, The VICE PRESIDENT. A quorum is most respectfully represent and petition as and the following Senators answered to present. follows: their names: TRANSACTION OF ROUTINE BUSINESS "Whereas R. S. section 2324 (30 U. s. c. A., Aiken Hoey Murray section 28) requires that on each mining Anderson Holland Myers Mr. MYERS. Mr. President, I ask claim located, until a patent therefor be is­ Baldwin Hunt Neely unanimous consent that Members of the sued, not less than $100 worth of labor shall Brewster Ives O'Conor Senate may be permitted to introduce be performed each year or improvements of Bricker Johnson, Colo. Pepper bills and joint ·resolutions, present peti­ the aggregate value of $100 shall be placed Butler Johnson, Tex.. Reed thereon during each year; and Cain Johnston, S. C. Robertson tions a:rid memorials, and insert matter$ Capehart Kefauver Russell in the RECORD, without speeches and "Whereas the costs of labor and materials Chavez Kem Saltonstall without debate. are now so high, and the price of gold is Cordon Kerr Schoeppel now fixed at so low a figure that to comply Eastland Langer Smith, Maine The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­ with said statutory requirement for the Ecton Long Sparkman jection, it is so ordered. present is wasteful and a burden upon the Ferguson McCarran Stennis locators of such claims; and Flanders McClellan Taft LEAVES OF ABSENCE Frear McFarland Taylor "Whereas there ls now pending before the Fulbright McGrath Thomas, Okla. Mr. TOBEY asked and obtained con­ Congress legislation to suspend the effect of George McKellar Thomas, Utah sent to be absent from the sessions of the said section 2324 until noon of July l, 1949; Gillette Martin Thye Senate next week. and Hayden Maybank Tobey Mr. ROBERTSON asked and obtained "Whereas such legislation, if enacted, Hendrickson Miller · Wiley Hickenlooper Millikin Withers consent to be absent from the session of would be of great benefit to locators of min­ Hill Mundt Young the Senate for the remainder of the day. ing claims in the State of Oregon, many of Mr. CAIN asked and obtained consent whom are elderly people of small means, who Mr. MYERS. I announce that the to be absent from the sessions of the Sen­ have held their claims for many years and Senator from Virginia [Mr. BYRD], the ate tomorrow and Saturday. who can 111 afford to perform their assessment Senator from Kentucky [Mr. CHAPMAN], work under present conditions; Now, there­ the Senator from Illinois [Mr. DOUGLAS], NOTICE OF HEARING ON NOMINATION OF fore, be it the Senator from California [Mr. HERMAN P. EBERHARTER TO BE "Resolved by the Senate of the State of DOWNEY], the Senator from Louisiana UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE, Oregon (the house of representati ves jointly WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA concurring therein) , That the Congress of [Mr. ELLENDER], the Senator from the United States be and it hereby is memo­ Minnesota [Mr. HUMPHREY], the Sena­ Mr. McCARRAN. Mr. President, on rialized to enact legislation authorizing the tor from West Virginia [Mr. KILGORE], behalf of ·the Committee on the Judi­ suspension of the effect of said R. S. section the Senator from Wyoming [Mr. ciary, and in accordance with the rules of 2324 until noon of July 1, 1949; be it further 5210 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE APRIL 28 "Resolved, That the Secretary of State of Otlr Creator, according to the dictates of the Secretary of ·State, the Honorable Dean the State of Oregon be and he hereby is di­ one's conscience, and I ask unanimous Acheson; to the heads of the United Nations; rected to send copies of this memorial to consent that it may be printed in the to the head of the United States delegation to the President of the United States, to the the United Nations, the Honorable Warren R. President and the Chief Clerk of the United RECORD. Austin; to the delegations of Australia and States Senate, to the Speaker and the Clerk There being no objection, the resolu­ Bolivia to the United Nations; to the Sena­ of the House of Representatives of the United tion was ref erred to the Committee on tors from all the New England States; to the States and to each of the Senators and Rep­ Foreign Relations, and ordered to be· Representative from the Twelfth Congres­ resentatives in the Congress from the State printed in the RECORD, as follows: sional·District in Massachusetts, the Honora­ of Oregon. The Knights· of Lithuania ls a Catholic na­ ble John w. McCormack, and to the press." "Adopted by senate, April 2, 1949. tional organization which strives to unite the JOSEPH A.