1945 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE 4541 Edmund .Anthony Rafalko Winston Huntington Elliott to be second May we not forget all Thy benefits: Roland Wheeler Ramey lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank The price of them in blood and suffering John Edward Ray, Jr. from December 1, 1944. has been so great. We remember also William Derrick Raymond' TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN THE ARMY OF THE that Christ died for our sins according James Arnold Reints UNITED STATES John Edward Reuler to the Scriptures. Give us humble and John Edward Richards To be major generals contrite hearts that we may be worthy of . Frederick Wadsworth Robinson Holmes Ely Dager so great salvation. Robert Emmet Rochfort Bryant Edward Moore We ask Thy blessing upon the Presi­ Jack Harding Romney William Morris Hoge dent, the Speaker, and officers and Mem­ James John Rouch Charles Everett Hurdis Charles Brown Rupert Herbert Ludwell Earnest bers of this House. Bless our armed Kendell Rtissell John Matthew Devine forces and bless the representatives of Cecil Leland Rutledge, Jr. To be brigadier generals the United Nations gathered at San Francisco. Grant that enduring and Norman Gardiner Sauer George Winfered 'Smythe William Joseph Schibilsky Hugh Cort just peace may soon come to the nations Thomas Lewis Schroeder William Lynn Roberts of the world. Charles Morgan Seeger, Jr. Guide and direct the deliberations of George Elden Shaffner William Orlando Darby John Wesley Sherwood, Jr. Charles Trueman Lanham this body today that there may be used William Spearman Simpson Charles Harlan Swartz not only human wisdom, but also that Chester Arthur Skelton, Jr. Thomas Leonard Harrold there may be employed the desire to do Clarence Virgil Slack, Jr. William Nelson Gillmore Thy will. We acknowledge that Thy law John Arthur Smart PosTMASTERS is perfect and Thy judgments are true Joseph Lee Smith ALABAMA and righteous altogether. Help us to Robert McChesney Smith comprehend Thy plan and Thy purposes Robert Price Smith Burton C. Sterling, Addison. Vernon Monroe Smith VeraS. Collier, Praco. which are surely working out- in the un­ William Josiah Snow 2d ARIZONA usual events of the times. Morton Spiegel Eleanor McCoy, Yuma. And, 0 God, sustain us all with hope of Robert Elias Spragins better things to come. May the benedic­ Stewart Sylvester Stabley, Jr. ARKANSAS tion of Thy peace keep our hearts and Albert Kellogg Stebbins 3d Dorothy A. Trammell, Everton. minds in the knowledge and love of God, Arthur James Steele GEORGIA Malcolm Nebeker Stewart, Jr. and-of His Son, Jesus Christ, and may Henry· Hull Stick Ruby R. Beckwith, Springfield. the blessing of God Almighty, Father, William Robert Stickman, Jr. Ellie A. Long, St. Marys. Son, and Holy Spirit, be with us all ever­ John Standish Stoer ILLINOIS_ more. Amen. John William Storr Margaret Mulvaney, Edwards. James Arthur Summer The Journal of the proceedings of Fri­ Harold Dow Swain, Jr. INDIANA day, May 11, was read and approved. John Broomhall Swartz Mildred Maxedon, Hardinsburg. PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE Russell Eugene Taliaferro William L. Alvis, Patoka. Mr. KEEFE. Mr. Speaker, I ask Frederick Clifton Thayer, Jr. KANSAS Alfred Gardner Thompson unanimous consent that on Wednesday Lester C. Irwin, Onaga. Earl Milton Thompson next, after the disposition of bu~ine'ss on James Brierton Townsend, Jr. MASSACHUSETTS the Speaker's desk and any other special James Lee Treester Thomas F. Dehey, Hinsdale. orders heretofore entered, I may be per­ Robert Finley Trimble Yale Francis Trustin MICHIGAN . mitted to address the House for 40 Robert Graham Valpey Helen M. Verplanck, Edmore. minutes. Chauncey Brooks Vandevanter Lyman J. Telfer, Henderson. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Peter Van Matre OHIO the request of the gentleman from Wis­ Harry Grady Walker, Jr. Mahla E. Stafford, Caledonia. consin? Robert R-umley Wallace, Jr. There was no objection. Arthur Willis Walton David F. Mayer, Harrod. Henry Lee Warren Elizabeth E·. Lennex, Millbury. Mr. THOMASON. Mr. Speaker, I ask James Clark Wayne William Corrigan, Morrow. unanimous consent that I may be per­ Kenneth Homer Werner Mae H. Jones, South Point. mitted to address the House tomorrow Dirck deRyee Westervelt Lillian M. Droescher, Terrace Park. for 1 hour after the disposition of busi­ Paul Clement Whelan Helen Santulla, Washingtonville. ness on the Speaker's desk and the con­ Daniel Doremus Whitcraft, -Jr. PUERTO RICO clusion of any other special orders here­ Clair Gene Whitney Carmen Villalobos, Canovanas. Winthrop William Wild!llan tofore entered. Rafael Castaneda, Humacao. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Earl Vane Wilkinson, Jr. Luisa Rodriguez, Naguabo. Lyman Screven Willcox the request of the gentleman from George Alexander Williams, Jr. WISCONSIN Texas? Richard Wale Williver Roland B. Cary, Boulder Junction. There was no obJection. Harold Ballard Wohlford Mr. VOORHIS of California. Mr. William Leonard Wood Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ad­ Wllliam Sterling Wood dress the House for 1 hour on next Mon­ To be second lieutenant with rank from HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES day after the disposition of business on June 6, 1945 the Speaker's desk and the conclusion of AIR CORPS MONDAY, MAY 14, 1945 any other special orders heretofore en- Robert Dias Hippert tered. · To be second lieutenant with rank j'KJm The House met at 12 o'clock noon. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to June 7, 1945 Rev. Robert H. Dolliver, pastor of Old the request of the gentleman from Cali­ AIR CORPS John Street Methodist Church, New fornia? Jesse Henry Johnson York City, offered the following prayer: There was no objection. 0 God of our salvation, if Thou hadst EXTENSION OF REMARKS CONFIRMATIONS not been on our side when men rose up Mr. PINERO. Mr. Speaker, I ask Executive nominations confirmed by against us, then they had swallowed us unanimous consent ·to extend my own the Senate May 14 <legislative day of up quick, when their wrath was kindled remarks in the RECORD and include a April 16), 1945: against us: Then the waters had over­ statement by the President of the Senate IN THE ARMY whelmed us, the stream had gone over of PUerto Rico, Hon. Luis Mufi.oz-Marin. APPOINTMENTS IN THE REGULAR ARMY our soul. Blessed art Thou who hath not The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Luther Edward Brown to be second lieuten­ given us a prey to their teeth. Thou hast the request of the Resident Commissioner ant, Field Artillery, with rank _from Decem• done great things for us, whereof we are from Puerto Rico? ber 1, 1944. glad. J There was no ·objection. 4542 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE MAY 14 Mr. WINSTEAD asked and was given 551) , which was read a first and second indeed a happy occasion that he is here permission to extend his remarks and in­ time, and, with the accompanying pa­ with us today. clude therein an article from the March pers, referred to the Committee of the Now, as we plunge into this great 1944 issue of the Mississippi Law Journal Whole House on the state of the Union eastern war and the great task that is by Hon. Gibson B. Witherspoon. and ordered to be printed. before us, let us remember that today AMERICAN FREE PRESS Mr. KEEFE reserved all points of or­ we are one of the oldest forms of govern­ der on the bill. ment in the world. You say England. Mr. CELLER. Mr. Speaker, I ask ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNI­ Not so. In the year 1832 they passed unanimous consent to address the House a Reform Act changing their form of for 1 minute and to revise and extend VERSARY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION government. So the United States Gov­ my remarks. ernment, as constituted · on that day, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise to May 14, 1787, makes us on~ of the oldest the request of the gentleman from New remind the House that this is the anni­ surviving governments. York? versay. date of the opening of the Con­ There was no objection. stitutional Convention of 1787, and I a.sk Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speal{m.·, Will the Mr. CELLER. Mr. Speaker, the well­ unanimous consent that I may proceed gentleman yield? deserved praise and commendations of for 5 minutes. Mr. GRAHAM. I yield. the commanding officers of S. H. A. E. F. The SPEAKER. The Chair feels this Mr. RANKIN. This Govern~\:ent should not make us oblivious to a blind is an important occasion; and if there is would not have survived this long either spot in their planning. S. H. A. E. F. has no objection, the Chair will entertain if those· great mean whose pictures are ordered, apparently at the suggestion of the request of the gentleman from Penn­ down here at the head of the stairs had the 0. W. I., that no American news­ sylvania to address the House for 5 failed to get the Constitution adopted. paper or publication should be admitted minutes. Mr. GRAHAM. I agree with the gen­ into occupied Reich. There was no objection. tleman from Mississippi. It is difficult to understand how the Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, 158 Mr. RANDOLPH. Mr. Speaker, will refreshing steam of democracy, as exem­ years ago today, on May 14, 1787, there the able gentleman yield? I do not wish plified by the American free press, should met in the city of Philadelphia those to interrupt if in so doing he would break be turned back from Germany. How deputies selected by the various States the continuity of his speech. can we democratize the German people to compose the Constitutional Conven­ Mr. GRAHAM. I yield. if we deny their reading of our own free tion. From that day until the 17th day Mr.