3794 CONGRESSIONAL. RECORD ·-·· SENATE March 2 becomes .necessary -for representatives of·. only the hourly prevailing wage, but also. days, and work on Saturdays, Sundays, the AFkCIO and the building and con· existing fringe benefits f o.und to be the or legal holidays. These provisions are struction trades, -together with inter· prevailing practice ·in any given area primarily directed at placing all Federal ested Members of Congress; to· work• which have been established as a result· construction on ·a comparable basis, bid-· toward the inclusion of the Davis-Bacon of collective bargaining between em­ wise, and also to prevent the Federal prevailing wage provision in the legisla·; ployer and employee. For" example, sev­ Government from participating in any tion. The remedy I propose is a simple eral instances have occurred in my own ~ituation which would tend to destroy or one, involving a basic.reViSiOI?- Of the law State of Washington, where outside con­ undermine prevailing hours of work and to extend the coverage on a permanent tractors have me.t the prevailing wage rates of overtime pay arrived at through basis instead of in pie·cemeal fashion as provision, but failed to conform to . the privately negotiated collective bargain­ is presently the case. H. R. 9777 simply local prevailing fringe benefits, which ing. · guarantees that all types of grants, loans obviously placed the local contractor at Finally, H. R. 9777 would confer the or contributions made by the Federal a great disadvantage. The bill would necessary authority upon the Secretary also require the Secretary of Labor to . of Labor to make investigations and fµll Government to assist the various States enforcement power to carry out.the pro- and localities in .needed : construction predetermine prevailing practices with visions of the .act. must be automatically covered by the r'eference to hours of work and overtime It is my sincere hope that the distin­ Davis-Bacon. prevailing wage pr,ovision. payment. H. R. 9777 points up a spe.cific guished Members of. this House, recog­ In short, my bill is designed to ma!te the proyision in regard to payment at a rate nizing the need for the maintenance of Davis:..Bacon prevailing wage policy uni­ of not less than time and one'-half· the fair · labor · standards throughout the · form in its applicatibn. basic hourly wage for hours in excess of length and breadth of the Nation, will . In addition, H. R. 9777 requires. the 8 hpurs per day, in excess of ·40 hours act favorably on tnis legislation when ·it Secretary of Labor to predetermine no~ per week, work in excess of 5 consecutive comes to the floor of the House. ( to construct, operate, and maintain the consent that any statement made in con­ SENATE: Ventura River reclamation project, Cali­ nection therewith be limited to 2 iniriutes: fornia. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. With_. F~IDAY, MARCH 2, 1956 out objection, it is so ordered, . .. Rev. Joseph MacCarrop;· pasfo.r 'of the MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE Ewing Presbyterian Church, Trenton, N. J., national chaplain qf .the American A message from the House of Repre- EXECUTIVE SESSION . Legion, offered the following prayer: sentatives, by Mr. Bartlett, one of its Mr. HAYDEN obtained the' ft.oor. clerks,' announced that the l!ouse had Mr. CLEMENTS. Mr. President, will Dear Lord, and Father of Mankir..d, . passed the bill <S. 500) to authorize 'the the Senator from Arizona yield, so that Forgive our foolish waYt'i· . · , - 1 Secretary. of the In~erior to c_qnstruct, a matter of reasonable urgency may, be : I, I : Reclothe u~ fo o'.ur '.rightful m~rid~, , , ' ; op.erate, and '! maintain , the·. 'Colorado considered? ' . ! In purer lives Thy service· find · · · . River ·storage proJect and participating. Mr. HAYDEN. · I yield. In deeper reverenc~praise . .. projects; and for. other purpases, witli · Mr~ ·CLEME!NTS. Mr. President, t B:r;,~athe thro:Ugh the-hea~ of our desires, an amendment, in which l.t requested the m.ove. that the Senate proceed · to the . Thy coolness. and Thy, calm,, · · •concurrence of the Senate: · " · · consider.atioii ·of executive .business, and . , Let sense be damb,rlet flesh retire, - The message also announced that the take action on the nomination on: 'the Speak through· the earthquake, wind, House had passed a bill <H. R. 9536) mak- Executive Calendar under the heading and fire: · ·' ' · · · ihg appropriations for the . Executive · "New Report." o still ·sz,nan voice of calm: · Office of the President and sundry gen- The· motion was agreed to; and the eral Government agencies for 'the fiscal Senate proceeded to the consideration We commit .to Thee the hours of this year ending June 30, 1957, and for other Of executive business. · new day. 'May we never· consider the purposes, in which it requested the con- daily tasks trivial, or the word of faith currence of the Senate. and considera~i9n trite. But. in. all our EXEC'Q'TivE MESf?AGE ,REFERRED deliberatio!ls hold before us the sacred The ·PRIESIDENT pro tempore laid ·be­ . memory of our forefathers' w.ho made HOUSE BILL REFERRED . fore the Senate a message from the Pres­ possible the inheritance into which we The bill ·<H. R. 9536) 'making appro­ . iden:t of the United States submitting the have entered and the holy_vision Of this priations for the Executive Office of the no.minatiqn of William L. Longshore, i>f Nation, under God, launching forward President and· sundry general Govern­ Alapama,, to be United Staites attorney to a ·bright.er and .rhore blessed future. ment agencies for the fiscal year ending for th.e northern district of Alabama: Thus, may all our efforts be crowned June 30, 1957, and for other purposes, was · vice Fran~ M. Johnson, Jr., · elevated, with Thy divine favor and mellowed by read .twice by its-title and referred to the which · was· referred to the Committee our love for our fellows: 'In the name of Committee on Appropriations-. · J • • on the '. Judiciary. · : .1 ' • the Great Friend and Companion of Life. ' The PRESIDENT .pro tempore. · · If Amen. there be· no ·reports of committees, the COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING cleik:'· wm state· the nomination on the THE JOURNAL SENATE SESSION Executive Calendar under "New Re- On request of Mr. CLEMENTS, and by part." · On request· of Mr. CLEME.NTS, and. by unanimous consent, the Internal SecuritY unanimous consent, the ·reading of the Subco.mmittee of the Committee on the UNITED STATES COAST GUARD Journal of the· proceedings of Thursday, Judiciary was authorized to meet during March 1, 1956, was dispensed with. The Chief Clerk read the nomination the session of the Senate today. of Capt. Ira E. Eskridge, for promotion to the permanent rank of rear admiral, MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT­ LIMITATION OF DEBATE DURING United States Coast Guard. APPROVAL OF BILL The PRESIDENT pro tempore. With­ MORNING HOUR out objection, the nomination is con­ Messages in writing from the Presi· Mr. CLEMENTS. Mr. President, since firmed. · dent of the· United States were commu­ the Senate meets today following an ad­ Mr. CLEMENTS. Mr. President, I ask nicated to the Senate by Mr. Miller, one journment, under the rule there will be that the President be notified forthwith of his .secretaries,· and he announced the usual morning hour for the presenta­ of the nomination ·today confirmed. that on Marc.h· l, 1956, the President had tion of petitions and memorials, the in­ The PRESIDENT pro · tempore. app:i;oved and signed t.he act JS. 926) to troduction of bills, and the transaction of Without objecticn, ·the President will be · authorize the Secretary of the Interior other routine business. I ask unanimous notified forthwith. ' ' CONGRESSIONAL XECORD ..~ SENAT.E 3795 LEGISLA-TIVE SESSION silver by Henry T. ·p. 'Comstock at Virginia · of the' $100 ·m1Uion ordnance plant, Waiier· City, Nev., which became one o! the richest town Arsenal. in Watertown, Mass.; and , Mr. CLEMENTS. Mr. President. I and most famous mininE communities of all .. Whereas the members of the· .house , of move that the Senate resume the -con­ times; and r-epresentatives. believe in industrial pre­ sideration of legislative business. "Whereas Nevada was virgin western coun­ paredness for modern war . with the most The motipn was agreed to; .and the try and was not organized as a Territory until ~cientific weapons to maintain peace in these 1861, and was admitted. t6 the Union as a Senate resu~ed the consideration-Of leg­ times; and islative business. State on October 31, .1864. at the height of ''Wher·eas the Department of Defense is t1le Civil War; and giving important guided missile and new . "Whereas it was at the special ins:tance weapons work to private industrial firms and request of _President Abraham Lincoln­ which .do _not have the know-how, adding EXECuTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, t'hat statehood for Nevada was sought and additionar tax burden to -American citizens; ETC. passed, so that throughout the great con­ and fiict between the States the producing treas­ The PRESIDENT pro tem:Pore laid be­ ure of Virginia City aided-mightily the cause "Whereas Watertown Arsenal and the New fore the Senate the foliowing letters, of the North in· winning ultima-te victory; England area is noted for its skilled artisans, which were referred as -indicated: · and t1ichnlcfan.S and scientific personnel and is the center of the world's greatest concentra- · AMENDMENT OF REVISED STATUTES, RELATING . "Whereas the revenues and riches attrib­ utable to the first .discovery in UJ59 not only tion of electronic educational· and training ' TO -PHYSICAL· EXAMINATIONS OF CERT:AIN--0F• facilities; and FICERS OF NAVAL SERVICE greatly enhanced the victory in the Civil War but contributed immen-sely to the 'Con­ "Whereas the loss of the $15 million annual A letter from the Acting Secretary of the struction of San Francisco and the enrich­ payroll of Watertown Arsenal in this area Navy, transmitting a draft of proposed leg­ ment of California in general; and would dr.asticany· add to the economic plight islation to amend the provisions of the Re-· · ' "Whereas the Comstock was the first sil-.