1953 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE 713 • LEGISLATIVE SESSION publican Club of New Jersey; the Acad .. ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY 'i Mr. SALTONSTALL. Mr. President, emy of Natural Science, in Philadelphia; Mr. SALTONSTALL. Mr. President, I now move that the Senate resume the the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; I move that the Senate adjourn until consideration of legislative business. and the Chester County (Pennsylvania) 12 o'clock noon on Monday next. The motion was agreed to; and the Historical Society. The motion was agreed to; and (at 5 Senate resumed the consideration of leg­ Mr. President, save only our distin­ o'clock and 43 minutes p.m.> the Senate islative business. guished colleague, the senior Senator adjourned until Monday, February 2. Mr. SALTONSTALL. Mr. President, from Maine n\irs. SMITH], I know of no 1953, at 12 o'clock meridian. I am about to move that the Senate ad­ woman in public life who has served her journ; but before doing so, I yield to the party with the ·same devotion and loyalty Senator from ·New Jersey. as has Mayme Cresse, unless it might be CONFIRMATIONS the .vives of those who have made pos­ Executive nominations confirmed by_ sible our success as United States Sena-. the Senate January 30, 1953: .. i.... """ ,..u MAYME R. L. CRESSE tors and Representatives in Congress. UNITED NATIONS .. _...!, Mr. HENDRICKSON. Mr. President, Mr. President, I regret that my duties Mrs. Oswald B. Lord, of New York, to be the granting of the franchise to the as a member of the Armed Services Com­ the representative of the United States of women of America-giving them the mittee at a very important hour of the America on the Human Rights Commission · right to vote-was one of the great Nation's history made it impossible for of the Economic and Social Council of the me to attend the last rites of this great United Nations, for the remainder of the advancements in our free way of life. term of 3 years expiring December 31, 1953. 1 I shall ever remember that event which lady. occurred when I was a very young mem­ Mayme Cresse helped give this Nation DEPARTMENT OF STATE ber of the district board of elections in the kind of representation it will ever Herman Phleger, of California, to be Legal Adviser, Department of State. my own district. At that tim~ I had just so desperately need. returned from World War I. I bow my head as I pay her memory DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Among the women in my State who the respect which her services to her Roger M. Kyes, of Michigan, to be Deputy · fought valiantly for the cause of equal community, State, and Nation so justly Secretary of Defense. suffrage was a great lady from a neigh­ deserve. DEPARTMENT OF 'JUSTICE boring community, a community of my H . Brian Holland, of Massachusetts, to be own county. Her name will ever be hal­ PRAGUE NEWS LETTERS an Assistant Attorney General. Warren Olney III, of California, to be As· lowed in Gloucester County history. sistant Attorney General. I refer, Mr. President, to the Honorable Mr . SALTONSTALL. Mr. President, Mayme R. L. Cresse. the senior Senator from Nebraska [Mr. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE On Tuesday of this week she passed BuTLER] found it necessary to leave dur­ Stephen F. Dun!]., of Michigan, to be gen• into the Great Beyond. Her passing is a ing the debate on another matter. He eral counsel, Department of Commerce. great loss to the county, to our State, gave me the following statement, which I desire to read into the RECORD at this .. ...... ... and to the Nation to which her· heart and soul were ever devoted. point: Sometimes, Mr. President, we are Ever so often our faith in our free insti­ SENATE given to long memorial tributes to men tutions is reemphasized by some meaningful incident. A few days ago I received a letter MoNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1953 and women whose ·names are known from Mr. Harold Hutcheson, superintend­ throughout the world, and on such occa­ ent of schools, Atkinson, Nebr., giving me The Chaplain, Rev. Frederick Brown s.ions I often wonder whether we over .. his views regarding a so-called news letter Harris, D. ·D., offered the following look the more humble souls who serve which is apparently being mailed to many prayer: .. a without reward to keep our country of our schools by one of the satellite em­ strong and virile here at home. bassies of the Communist empire. Mr. Almighty God, our ~ather, lead us who Mayme Cresse was one of these many Hutcheson's highly commendable reaction to seek Thy face, to still waters and green unsung heroes. She was a good wife, a this propaganda technique demonstrates pastures where, in some quiet shrine of again the stability of our educational insti­ the spirit, we may be reassured of those good mother, a good citizen. I use the tutions in America. I am certain his letter word "good" because the word "great" will be of interest to all Members of this values which are excellent and perril,a­ is so much overused in such circum­ body. Therefore, I request that the letter nent, and which assert their sovereignty stances. But Mayme Cresse was truly a be printed at this point in the RECORD. in all life's changing scenes. great citizen of our Republic. As we bow at this altar of prayer, with Mrs. Cresse was the wife of a diJtin­ For Mr. BuTLER of Nebraska and in his poignant sympathy we lift our suppli .. guished banker of New Jersey, Wads­ name, I ask unanimous consent that the cations for those who are in great lam­ worth Cresse. Her only son, Wadsworth letter of Harold Hutcheson be printed in entation today because of the devasta .. Cres~e. Jr., was a distinguished soldier the RECORD at this point. tions of tempest and of sea in the terri­ of world War II, and now is practicing The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there fying catastrophe· which has swept the law in the city of Woodbury, N.J., where objection? shores of ancient lands, our partners in I live. There being no objection, the letter the free world. While today with the This great lady of New Jersey began was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, Nation's Chief Executive we come to a her long political career as an active as follows: place in these solemn times when the suffragist, serving as Gloucester County ATKINSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, state of the Union is examined, may we chairman and a member of the State Atki nson, Nebr., January 20, 1953. carefully examine the state of our own board at that time. The 'Honorable HUGH BUTLER, hearts, our ideals, our motives, our rul­ When women's suffrage became law in United States Senate, New Jersey, she was appointed a mem­ Washington, D. C. ing passions, knowing that out of men's ber of the Republican State committee, Sm: I received six Prague News Letters hearts are the issues of life. And so, a post which ·she has held continuously from t~e Czechoslovakian Embassy addressed near the forum with its clash and din of to the Superintendent of Schools, Atkinson, human interest, may we ever raise an since 1920. Nebr. Mrs. Cresse was an alternate-at-large These papers are filled with the Communist altar where a constant sense of the to the Republican National Convention propaganda line and full of vilification of eternal may save us from spiritual de­ in Kansas City in 1928. the United States. cay, from moral cowardice, and from any Mrs. Cresse was also one of the organ.. The manner of addressing the package betrayal of the highest public good. We izers of, and for 7 years served as presi­ leads me to believe that similar papers have­ ask it in the dear Redeemer's name. dent of, the Gloucester County Health been mailed to most of the schools in the United States. Amen. Association. · I don't believe this type of propaganda can She was also a past president of the have any effect upon the superintendents THE JOURNAL Gloucester County Women's Republican of schools of the United States but the at­ Club, the Woman's Club of Woodbury, tempt to do so irks me. On request of Mr. TAFT, and by unani­ and the Woodbury Rotary Anns. yery truly yours, mous consent, the reading of ·the Jour.. She was a memb,er of the National HAROLD HUTCHESON, nal of the proceedings of Friday, Jan.. Repu~lican CluQ; the State w;omen'sRe .. Superi1!t7Jdent oj Schools. uar~ 30, 1953. was dispensed with. ,: . ''·.' ... ._.. .• .. ' 714: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- SENATE February 2 • COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING sonnel in the Armed Forces, and for other "Whereas the State of Idaho produces bet­ SENATE SESSION purposes (with accompanying papers); to the ter than 750,000 pounds of trout annually Committee on Armed Services. tor food; and On request of Mr. TAFT, and by unani­ REPORT OF ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL "Whereas the production of trout for com­ mous consent, the . Committee on Gov­ SERVICES mercial purposes is one of the main indus· tries in Idaho; and • ernment Operations was authorized to A letter from the Administrator, General meet this afternoon during the session Services Administration, transmitting, pur­ "Whereas the trout produced in Idaho is of the Senate. of superior quality; and suant to law, his report for the fiscal year "Whereas Idaho trout men, licensed in the On request of Mr. WILEY, and by ended June 30, 1952 (with an accompanying State of Idaho, in cooperation with trout unanimous consent, the Committee on report); to the 'committee on Government Operations.