1946 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 7265 PETITIONS, ETC. In this our Father's world, while striv­ By Mr. DOWNEY, from the Committee on ing in the day's heat valiantly as men, Civil Service: Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions S. 2083. A bill to amend section 6 of the and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk may we keep our faith simple and Classification Act of 1923, as amended; with­ and referred as follows: our hearts happy as children. In the out amendment (Rept. No. 1566); 2118. By Mr. VOORHIS of California: Redeemer's name. Amen. H. R. 3492. A bill to amend further the Petition of Mrs. Ruth Reynolds of Red Creek, THE JOURNAL Civil Service Retirement Act, approved May N. Y., and 24 others, petitioning Congress to 29, 1930, as amended; without amendment withhold all grain from distillers and brewers On request of Mr. BARKLEY, and by (Rept. No. 1567); and for beverage liquor, to the Committee on unanimous consent, the reading of the H. R. 4651. A bill to amend section 6 of Agriculture. Journal of the proceedings of the cal­ the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 2019. By Mr. HANCOCK: Petition of Floyd endar day Thursday, June 20, 1946, was 1930, as amended; without amendment E. McBride and other residents of Skaneateles, (Rept. No. 1568}. dispensed with, and the Journal was By Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on N. Y., urging legislation to prevent the use approved. of grain in the manufacture of alcoholic Public Lands and Surveys: beverages; to the Committee on Agriculture. MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT S. 1602. A bill to confirm title to certain railroad-grant lands located in the county 2020. By Mr. KEARNEY: Petition contain­ Messages in writing from the President ing the signatures of 260 citizens of the of Kern. State of California; without amend­ of the United States submitting nomina­ ment (Rept. No. 1570); Thirty-first Congressional District, State of S . 1839. A bill to provide basic authority New York, protesting against the enactment tions were communicated to the Senate for the performance of certain functions and of prohibition legislation; to the Committee by Mr. Miller, one of his secretaries. on the Judiciary. activities of the National Park Service; with LEAVE OF ABSENCE amendments (Rept. No. 1569); and 2021. Also, petition containing the signa­ H. R. 4486. A bill to abolish the Santa Rosa tures of 366 citizens of the Thirty-first Con­ Mr. WHITE. Mr. President, on behalf of the Senator from Iowa [Mr. HICKEN­ Island National Monument and to provide for gressional District, State of New York, the conveyance to Escambia County, St ate of protesting against the enactment of prohibi­ LOOPER], I ask unanimous consent that Florida, of that portion of Santa Rosa Island tion legislation; to the Committee on the he may be excused from attendance upon which is under the jurisdiction of the Depart­ Judiciary. the sessions of the Senate while he is ment of the Interior; without amendment 2022. By Mr. KELLEY of Pennsylvania: serving and absent as a member of the (Rept. No. 1571) . 'Petition of Amos A. J. Myers Post, No. 28, By Mr. JOHNSON of Colorado, from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Jeannette, Pa., Special Committee on Atomic Energy. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is Committee on Public Lands and Surveys: and others protesting against 30 percent H. R. 5840. A bill to authorize an exchange reduction in grains available for the manu­ there objection? The Chair he.ars none, of land in Eagle County, 'Jolo.; without facture of beer and protesting further any and leave is granted. amendment (Rept. No. 1572). additional restrictions now under considera­ Mr. CORDON. Mr. President, I ask By Mr. CORDON, from the Committee on -tion; to the Committee on Agriculture. Public Lands and Surveys: 2023. By The SPEAKER: Petition of the unanimous consent to be absent from the Senate for such time as may be necessary H . R. 2423. A bill to authorize the exchange Geological Society of Washington, petitioning of lands acquired by the United States for consideration of their resolution with refer­ in connection with the Bikini atom-bomb the Silver Creek recreational demonstration ence to endorsement of Senate bill 1717; to test. project, Oregon, for the purpose of consolidat­ the Committee on Military Affairs. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. With­ ing holdings therein, and for other purposes; 2024. Also, petition of the Great Lakes out objection; leave is granted. Without amendment (Rept. No. 1573}. Harbors Association, petitioning considera­ By Mr. HILL, from the Committee on Edu­ tion of their resolution with reference to en­ SENATE BILLS RETURNED BY THE HOUSE cation and Labor: dorsement of Senate Joint Resolution 48; to AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED S.1561. A bill to amend ·the act entitled the Committee on the Judiciary. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The "Compensation for injury, death, or deten­ 2025. Also, petition of the Great Lakes tion of employees of contractors with the Harbors Association, petitioning considera­ Chair desires to state that, in compliance United States outside the United States," as tion of their resolution with reference to with a request of the Senate, the House amended, for the purpose of making the 100- postwar restoration and rehabilitation of of Representatives has returned two percent earning provisions effective as of Great Lakes shipping and of the domestic Senate bills which were passed by the January 1, 1942; with an amendment (Rept. merchant marine generally; to the Committee Senate on June 14, and on which day No. 1574}; and on Rivers and Harbors. S. 1920. A bill to provide for the demon­ the House passed identical bills, which stration of public-library service in areas were later passed by the Senate. without such service or with inadequate li­ The Senate bills areS. 2141, amending brary facilities; with amendments (Rept. No. the American Battle Monuments Com­ 1575) . SENATE mission Act, and S. 2200, providing for By Mr. TUNNELL, from the Committee on the settlement of certain damage claims Education and Labor: FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 194-6 S. 1178. A bill providing equal pay for by the War Department. · equal work for women, and for other pur­ <Legislative day of Tuesday, March 5, When the House bills were passed, poses; with amendments (Rept. No. 1576). 1946) the Senator from Utah [Mr. THOMAS] en­ By Mr. CHAVEZ, from the Committee on tered motions to reconsider the votes on Territories and Insular Affairs: The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m., on the passage of the two Senate bills, which S. 2259. A bill to amend the Philippine Re­ the expiration of the recess. habilitation Act of 1946, for the purpose of had been transmitted to the House. making a clerical correction; with an amend­ The Chaplain, Rev. Frederick Brown Without objection, the votes on · the ment (Rept. No. 1577); Harris, D. D., offered the following passage of the two Senate bills will be S. 2345. A bill to provide for the retention prayer: reconsidered and the bills will be indefi­ by the United States Government or its agencies or instrumentalities of real and per­ 0 Lord our God, who renewest our nitely postponed. sonal property within the Philippines now sight with the fresh gladness of the REPORTS OF COMMITTEES owned or later acquired and for. the admin­ morning, how excellent is Thy name in istration of the Trading With the Enemy Act all the earth! Through the changing The following reports of committees of October 6, 1917, as amended, in the Phil­ pageant of nature with form and color were submitted: ippines, subsequent to independence; with which thrill the senses, Thou makest By Mr. HOEY, from the Committee on the an amendment (Rept. No. 1578); Thyself known to us; for beauty is but District of Columbia: S. 2348. A bill to authorize the continuance s. 2234. A bill to amend the District of Co­ of the acceptance by the Treasury of deposits Thy handwriting. Through shining lives of public moneys from the· Philippine Is­ of men and women that rise in moral lumbia Unemployment Compensation Act, to provide for unemployment compensation in lands; without amendment (Rept. No. 1579}; splendor even as lo·NlY vines climb to H. R. 5112. A bill to authorize the city of blossoming glory, we glimpse the heights the District of Columbia, and for other pur­ Anchorage, Alaska, to issue bonds in a sum poses; with an amendment (Rept. No. 1564). not to exceed $5,000,000 for the purpose of of Thy holiness. We give Thee thanks By Mr. RADCLIFFE, from the Committee for all interpreters of Thy mind who, constructing, reconstructing, improving, ex­ on Immigration: tending, bettering, repairing, equipping, or with brush or pen or uttered word, bring S.1478. A bill to record the lawful admis­ acquiring public works of a permanent char­ even one more syllable of reality, one sion to the United States for permanent resi­ acter, and to provide for the payment there­ more gleam of the truth which makes dence of Edith Frances De Becker Sebald; of, and for other purposes; without amend· men free. without amendment (Rept. No. 1565). ment (Rept. No. 1580); and XCII-458 7266 CONGRESSIONAL· RECORD-SENATE JUNE 21 H. R. 5800. A bill to authorize school dis­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. With­ provisions which . axe hereinafter amended tricts in Alaska to issue bonds for school con­ out objection, the change of reference or repealed. struction, and for other purposes; without "SEc. 2. (a) So much of the first sentence amendment (Rept. No. 1581). will be made. of section 3 (a) of the Selective Training and INCLUSION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN Service Act of 1940, as amended, as precedes BILLS INTRODUCED INTERPRETATION OF "FUNDAMENTAL the first proviso is hereby amended to read Bills were introduced, read the first FREEDOMS" BY UNITED NATIONS as follows: "'SEc.