1938 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 5855 there sprang up an objection from an unexpected source, Paul B. Witmer, of California, to be register of the land and probably the same thing will happen tomorrow if we office at Los Angeles, Calif. (reappointment>; undertake to bring about a unanimous-consent agreement. Clarence Ogle, of Oregon, to be register of the land office I wish to say, however, that if we do not make better progress at Lakeview, Oreg. (reappointment>; with this bill than we seem to be making this week, we may Lloyd T. Morgan, of Colorado, to be register of the land have to give consideration to the holding of night sessions; office at Pueblo, Colo. (reappointment); and because I think consideration of this bill ought to be con­ Paul A. Roach, of New Mexico, to be register of the land cluded, and the bill should be voted on not later than Friday. office at Las Cruces, N.Mex. (reappointment). I hope that it may be done, but I will not present a request Mr. McKELLAR, from the Committee on Post Offices and at this time. I hope that by tomorrow the Senator from Post Roads, reported favorably the nominations of sundry North Dakota will have conferred with his associates who are postmasters. in opposition to the bill in the effort to arrive at a decision The PRESIDING OFFICER. The reports will be placed as to further debate. on the Executive Calendar. Mr. NYE. Mr. President, I think the Senator is aware of RECESS the fact that there are no less than three or four Senators Mr. BARKLEY. I move that the Senate take a recess untU who are prepared to speak upon the subject for not less than 11 o'clock a.m. tomorrow. an hour each, and I hope the Senator will delay his request The motion was agreed to; and (at 5 o'clock and 26 minutes for unanimous consent until such time tomorrow as those p. m.> the Senate took a recess until tomorrow, Thursday. three.or four Senators shall have concluded their arguments. April 28, 1938, at 11 o'clock a. m. · Then I think a unanimous-consent agreement may be an­ ticipated. However, I want to give notice that under absolutely no NOMINATION · circumstances will I give consent to a time being fixed when Executive nomination received by the Senate April 27 there shall be a vote on amendments and on the bill itself. (legislative day ot April 20), 1938 I have had such an experience heretofore, and I want to UNITED STATES ATTORNEY give the Senator notice that I should have to object if any Alexander Murchie, of New Hampshire, to be United States such proposal were made. attorney for the district of New Hampshire. <Mr. Murchie Mr. BARKLEY. I am not proposing any such agreement, is now serving in this office under an appointment which and I had no intention of proposing it at the time I asked expires May 4, 1938.) · for limitation of debate. Mr. NYE. The Senator did not propose it. Mr. BARKLEY. I had not even mentioned that to the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Senator; and I did not have that in mind, so far as any im­ mediate request was concerned. I expressed the hope, and WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1938 I still entertain it, that we shall dispose of this bill this The House met at 12 o'clock noon. week for many reasons which I need not now detail. The The Chaplain, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D.., tax bill will be ready by Monday. We still have appro­ offered the following prayer: priation bills left. The House, as I understand, will con­ clude its hearings on the work-relief program this week, Our Father in Heaven, whose will is supreme and without and will probably enact the proposed legislation early next whom nothing is pure or enduring, hear our humble prayer. week, and then it will be before the Senate. There is no We pray that we may thus renew our relationship with Thee reason why we should unnecessarily delay consideration of and be strengthened to go forward in the labors that await this bill and have pending matters pile up on our calendar us. Increas~ the power of the divine within us that we may when they ought to be considered as they come before us. know Thy will in thought and deed 0 Thou, who art the Mr. WALSH. Mr. President, will the Senator yield? light of the world, be more unto us than the light that Mr. BARKLEY. I yield. quivers in our eyes. Over against the downward tendency Mr. WALSH. Did I understand the Senator to give no­ of our human natures let us feel the upward urge of that tice that we shall have a night session tomorrow? blessed and eternal life meditated by the ageless Christ. We Mr. BARKLEY. I did not mean it exactly that way. I praise Thee for life's unity in its infinite variety. "One God said if we do not make better progress tomorrow than we and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all." have made today consideration will be given to the ques- · Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. tion of holding a night session tomorrow night and the The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and remainder of this week, if it is necessary. approved. Mr. WALSH. I think the Senate ought to be notified be­ MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT fore such action is taken. Mr. BARKLEY. I hope that early tomorrow we may reach A message in writing from the President of the United an agreement with respect to limitation of debate, which will · States· was communicated to the House by Mr. Latta, one of obviate the necessity for holding a night session, and if we his secretaries, who also informed the House that on the following dates the President approved and signed bills and can I shall not propose that a night session be held. How­ ever, we shall have to be governed by the circumstances as joint resolutions of the House of the following titles: they develop. On April 25, 1938: H. R. 9257. An act to extend the time for completing the EXECUTIVE MESSAGE REFERRED construction of a bridge across the St. Clair River at or near The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. BoNE in the chair), as Port Huron, Mich.; and in executive session, laid before the Senate a message from H. J. Res. 627. Joint resolution providing an additional ap­ the President of the United States submitting the nomina­ propriation for the Civilian Conservation Corps for the fiscal tion of Alexander Murchie, of New Hampshire, to be United year ending June 30, 1939. States attorney for the district of New Hampshire, which was On April 26, 1938: referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. H. J. Res. 463. Joint resolution to permit the transportation (For nomination this day received, see the end of Senate of passengers by Canadian passenger vessels between the proceedings.) port of Rochester, N. Y., and the port of Alexandria Bay, EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF CO~ITTEES N. Y., on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River; and As in executive session, H. R. 8993. An act making appropriations for the NavY Mr. ADAMS, from the Committee on Public Lands and Department and the naval service for the fiscal year ending SUrveys, reported favorably the following nominations: June 30, 1939, and for other purposes. · / 5856 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE APRIL 27 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE destruction of the R. 0. T. C., the removal of Army officers A message from the Senate, by Mr. St. Claire, one of its from C. C. C. camps, and their replacement by "social serv­ clerks, announced that the Senate had passed without ice" workers who in most cases would be radical agitators. amendment a joint resolution of the House of the following This so-called Young America movement is the Com.. title: munist ~ited front in action through its quasi auxiliary, H. J. Res. 573. Joint resolution to amend the joint resolu­ the Amencan Youth Congress, which drafted the American tion entitled "Joint resolution authorizing Federal partici­ Youth Act. pation in the New York World's Fair, 1939." In recent years some have been amazed at the seeming EXTENSION OF REMARKS ability of our youth to undertake and carry through large Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous. pro~rams affecting legislative education and local problems. consent to extend my remarks in the RECORD, and to in­ Be~nd the scenes we :find an explanation of this seeming clude therein a radio address I delivered yesterday, abibty. We find that our youth are simply the pawns on The SPEAKER. Is there objection? the board moving at the dictates of a clique made up of some There was no objection. of the most astute propagandists that history has known. Mr. MASON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to The tragedy of it is that too few of ~ these zealous young Americans realize that they are being used as front and extend my remarks in .the RECORD, and to include therein a very short editorial. shock troops for a vicious world revolutionary movement The SPEAKER. Is there objection? concocted and executed by a group of God-denying and God­ Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to object. de~yin~ men whose . philosophies are those of Karl Marx. What is this editorial about? · Friednch Engels, Nivolai Lenin, and Dictator Stalin of Mr. MASON.