568 ·CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE January 14 corps, subject to qualifications ·therefor as Marine· Corps, subject to the qualifications the existing remedies, including partic­ provided by law: therefor as provided by law: ularly the escape clause of the Trade Richard I Adams Joseph V. Osterman, Robert C. Sebilian Agreements Act, have failed to work sat­ Robert E. Ades III Jr. The following-named officer from the tem­ isfactorily. We need a system of import Alton L. Amidon Timothy M. Ryder porary disability retired list for permanent regulation that will be fair both to for­ Robert M. Black James H. Sanderford appointment to the grade of first lieutenant eign countries that look to our market Allan J. Burnes Dudley M. Shreve in the Marine Corps, subject to the qualifica­ for an outlet for their products and to Francis M. Corrigan Ronald A. Frederick- tions therefor as provided by law: James E. Crocker sen our.own industries and workers. Leonard S. De Palma Paul A.Hahn Robert C. Sebilian The bill makes provision for upholding John T. Easley Eugene N. Halladay the national security by requiring con­ Jimmy L. Ellis Emmett S. Huff, Jr. •• ..... •• formity with findings under existing law, James F. Farber JimR.Joy that is, section 7 of the Trade Agree­ Stanley G. Fitzgerald John A. Linnemann HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments Extension Act of 1955 which Joseph V. Manzo Ethan A. Steinger, Jr. John L. Mason, Jr. Ralph J. Straley MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1957 authorizes the President to limit imports Wilbur N. Moore, Jr. Bruce E. Townsend of any product that would injure a do­ James E. Mora Richard J. Webb The House met at 12 o'clock noon. mestic industry that is vital to the Daniel E. Mullally, Jr. James H. Westmore- The Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp, national security. Carl E. Mundy, Jr. land D. D., offered the f olbwing prayer: To make sure that there will be no con­ William J. O'Connor Benjamin D. Williams flict between this bill and defense needs, James H. Ohman O Thou who hast endowed and en­ the bill further provides that if a finding The following named (Army Reserve Of­ trusted us with the power of choice, in­ has been made by the National Defense ficers Training Corps) for permanent ap­ spire us this day witli a desire to choose Establishment or any other duly author­ pointment to the grade of second lieutenant the true and higher values and to serve ized body or person, that a minimum in the Marine Corps, subject to qualifications them with unwavering fidelity. supply of any given product should be therefor as provided by law: May we covet more earnestly that produced by domestic producers or that Frank B. Faust, Jr. finer spirit which can transform the imports of the product in question should The following-named Reserve officers for inner life and the intractable heart of not exceed a specified volume, the Tariff permanent appointment to the grade of sec­ humanity, changing it from hatred to Commission sh.all adjust any absolute ond lieutenant in the Marine Corps, subject love, from selfishness to sympathy. quota calculated under the other pro­ to the qualifications therefor as provided by Whatever the differences and distinc­ visions of the bill into conformity with law: ti0ns among the members of the human the findings of the Nati9nal Defense Es­ Robert W. Bartsch James L. Ludlow family may be, help us to discover and tablishr..1ent or other duly authorized Wallace J. Butler William E. McKenna, emphasize our oneness and the things body or person. John M. Coykendall .Jr. we have in common. This provision establishes the priority Frank T. Crews, Jr. William J. McManus Constrain us to be willing to identify Robert C. Finn James F. Sheehan of national defense needs as defined by ourselves more closely with our fell ow competent authority over any other Perry L. James James A. Schumacher men in their struggles and sorrows and Lester E. Johnson Edwin H. Walker IV method of establishing import quotas. may we strive to make life less difficult Also it does not repeal any existing law The following-named women Reserve of­ for the poor and the needy. ficers for permanent appointment to second relating to the national defense. As the Show us how we may build a nobler provision just cited demonstrates, the bill lieutenant in the Marine Corps subject to civilization and may we never be tempted qualifications therefor as provided by law: to feel that the spirit of man has ex­ would not disturb existing statutes on Patricia A. Colmer Dorothy A. Olds pended itself and is incapable of as­ national defense m~terials but would ex­ Shirley J. Gifford Claire A. Pinney cending to loftier heights. tend coverage to cases in which the na­ Louise E. Kuttel Patsy A. Twilley tional defense may be an element but not Betty L. Leonard Mary L. Vertalino · Hear us in the name of our blessed Lord. Amen. the controlling one, sometimes called The following-named woman Reserve of­ borderline cases. · ficer for temporary appointment to the grade The Journal of the proceedings of There is no necessary conflict between of first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, sub­ Thursday, January 10, 1957, was read healthy commerce with friendly nations ject to qualifications therefor as provided by and approved. and a prosperous condition in our own law: industries, upon which our own workers depend for their livelihood and well­ Dorothy A. Olds MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT The following named for permanent ap­ being. The ends of a lively foreign trade pointment to the grade of captain as director Messages in writing from the President can be served without · sacrificing the of the Marine Corps Band, subject to the of the United States were communicated wholly legitimate needs of our own in­ qualifications therefor as provided by law: to the Hcuse by Mr. Tribbe, one of his dustries. They too need a market; and Albert F. Schoepper secretaries. they have their most important market here in the United States. Nevertheless The following named for permanent ap­ pointment to the grade of first lieutenant BILL TO PROVIDE REASONABLE they can share this market quite gen­ as Assistant Directors of the Marine Corps LIMITATION OF IMPORTS erously with imports if such sharing does Band, subject to the qualifications therefor not, as it need not, lead to the disruption as provided by law: Mr. SEELY-BROWN. Mr. Speaker, I of the very market to which both we and Dale L. Harpham ask unanimous consent to address the foreign countries look so anxiously. It is James B. King, Jr. - House for 1 minute and· to revise and a matter of regulating the competition. The following-named officer for perma­ extend my remarks. Almost any industry can withstand nent appointment to chief warrant officer The SPEAKER. Is there objection to foreign competition and share the mar­ (W-2) in the Marine Corps, subject to quali­ the request of the gentleman from Con­ ket with it if it can be sure of two things: fications therefor as provided by law: necticut? first, that no matter how great the wage. William H. Dodds. There was no objection. cost advantage of the foreign competitor Mr. SEELY-BROWN. Mr. Speaker, I the imported product cannot absorb The following-named personnel for perma­ have today introduced a bill that provides nent appointment to the grade of second more than a predetermined, even if lib­ lieutenant for limited duty in the Marine for. the reasonable limitation of imports eral, share of our market and, second, if Corps, subject to the qualifications therefor of any product when its importation when the domestic producer improves as provided by law: causes serious injury to our own pro­ and expands his facilities and promotes Lawerence Beeunas Arthur C. Katen ducers of the same or directly competi­ consumption of his product he is sure of James R. Drake Earl G. Trapp tive products. The bill is intended to enjoying a fair share of any increased Frank P. Elardo, Jr. Haines D. Waite ·correct actual and potential economic market that may result. This simply James H. Fraser Aden D. Windham . evils that affect commerce in my own means holding on to the usual incentive Barker P. Germagian district and in many other districts of to efficiency rather than destroying it as The following-named officer from the tem­ this country. happens under the present system of porary disability retired list for temporary The need for such limitations has be· regulation that permits foreign producers appointment to the grade of captain in the come more evident from year to year as to reap the benefit of advertising, product 1957 . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-. ·HOUSE 569 -improvement and sales ·promotion cam­ This means that a tariff quota rather .and thus· cause a rise in prices. · Another paigns financed by our domestic pro­ than an absolute quota would be manda­ provides for cutting back the quota if a ducers. tory when imports supplied 1ess than 25 burdensome surplus develops in any The bill that I have introduced to­ percent of the market; that either a tariff product, leading to a decline in prices gether with other Members is designed quota or an absolute quota could be and a mounting inventory. to provide these two assurances. It will established if imports supplied from 25 All these provisions would make for a grant a reasonable share of the market percent to 50 percent of the market, but fair and effective means of regulating to imports but it will not allow them to that under such circumstances the tariff imports without subjecting our trade to run rampant.