6290 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JULY 24 . By Mr. CASE of South Dakota:

H. R . 5397. A bill to provide for the pro­tection of the fish-cultural station at Spear­fish, S.Dak.; to the Committee on the Mer­chant Marine and Fisheries.

By Mr. KNUTSON: H. R. 5398. A bill to declare that the United

States holds certain lands in trust for the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; to the Com­mittee on Indian Affairs.

By Mr. SCANLON: H. R. 5399. A bill establishing a minimum

rate of pay for persons enlisted in, inducted Into, or called to serve in the land and naval forces of the United States, and granting a monthly allotment to the dependents of said enlistees, inductees, or selectees; to the Committee on Mil1tary Affairs.

By Mr. JONES: H. R. 5400. A bill to repeal certain pro­

visions of la-w prescribing penalties upon producers of farm products; to the Com­mittee on Agriculture.

By Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts: H. R 5401. A bill authorizing the Federal

Bureau of Investigation to cooperate with . State authorities in the investigation of cer­tain crimes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. BLAND: H. J. Res. 221. Joint resolution to declare

abandoned the title of the city of Marquette, Mich., to certain land in the county of Mar­quette and to vest control of such land in the Secretary of the Treasury for Coast Guard purposes; to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

By Mr. THILL: H. Con. Res. 48. Concurrent resolution de­

claring that it is the sense of the Congress that all members of the armed forces of the United States be encouraged to vote by mail; to the COmmittee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. NICHOLS: H. Res. 277. Resolution to provide for the

further expenses for the Select Committee to Investigate Air Accidents; to the Committee on Accounts.

PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. BROWN of Ohio: H. R. 5402. A bill granting an increase of

pension to Martha E. Craig; to the Committee on Invalid Pensions.

By Mr. CLAYPOOL: H. R. 5403. A bill for the relief of Cecil

Higgenbottom; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. CROWTHER:

H. R. 5404. A bill granting an increase of pension to Elizabeth Ann Hoke; to the Com­mittee on Pensions.

By Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee: H. R. 5405. A bill authorizing the President

of the United States to appoint Sgt. Alvin C. York as a colonel in the Umted States Army and then place him on the retired list; to the Committee on Military Affairs . .

By Mr. FLAHERTY: H. R. 5406. A bill to provide for the placing

of Frank L. Downey on the retired list of· the Army as a captain; to the Committee on Mili­tary Affairs.

By Mr. KERR: H. R. 5407. A bill for the relief of Ruth

Cooke; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. MERRITT:

H. R. 5408. A bill for the relief of Salvatore and Joseph Falcone; to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. McLAUGHLIN: H. R. 5409. A bill for the relief of Gwen­

dolyn Anne Olhava and Anthony L. Olhava; to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. OSMERS: H. R. 5410. A bill to authorize the presen­

tation to Harry H. Weiss of a Distinguished

.Service Cross; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. WILSON: H. R. 5411. A bill for the relief of John M.

Montgomery and Carrie E. Montgomery; to the Committee on M111tary Affairs.

PETITIONS, ETC.

Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows:

1675. By Mr. HAINES: Petition signed by Mrs. Milton R. Remmel, of Gettysburg, Pa., and others in that vicinity, urging Congress to vote for Senate bill 860 as a contribution to a wholesome defense program, etc.; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

1676. By Mr. JOHNSON of California: Pe­tition signed by 37 persons who are parents, relatives, and friends of boys in the Two Hun­dred and Fifty-first Coast Artlllery, National Guard of California, called into active serv­ice September 16, 1940, for 1 year of training, and transferred to Hawaii, where they are stationed at the present time, protesting against their being held there longer than 1 year, and also against their being sent to any foreign soil; to the Committee on M111-tary Affairs.

1677. By Mr. KEOGH: Petition of the Greater New York Industrial Union Council, concerning the passage of Senate bill 1617, to amend the Employment Stabilization Act of 1931; to the Committee on Education and LabOr.

1678. By Mr. ROLPH: Resolution of the board of governors of the State Bar of Cali­fornia, relative to the proposed legislation to eliminate separate income-tax returns by husband and wife and to require joint re­turns; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

1679. By Mr. MO'IT: Petition signed by Elgen L. Mapes and 73 other citizens of Gas­ton, Oreg., protesting against the enactment of House bill 3852 or Senate bill 983; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

1680: Also, petition signed by w. B. Gieske and 52 other citizens of Yamhill County, Oreg., protesting against the enact­ment of House bill 3852 or Senate bill 983; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

1681. Also, petition signed by Ed Rustin and 25 other citizens of Washington County, Oreg., protesting against the enactment of House bill 3852 or Senate bill 983; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

1682. Also, petition signed by Rev. H. 8. Fulton and 19 other citizens of Woodburn, Oreg., urging the passage of House bill 2475, a bill to prohibit prostitution within certain distances of military and naval establish­ments; to the Committee on Mil1tary Affairs.

1683: Also, petition signed by Martha Poole and 30 other citizens of the State of Oregon, urging the passage of House bill 2475, a bill to prohibit prostitution within certain dis­tances of military and naval establishments; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

SENATE THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1941

Rev. Hunter M. Lewis, B. D., assistant rector, Church of the Epiphany, Wash­ington, D. C., offered the following prayer:

0 God, our Heavenly Father, who through Thy Son, Jesus Christ,_hast given the splendid vision of an ordered world governed by love, and hast taught of a kingdom of justice and peace, in which all men shall dwell together in unity and brotherly love: Look with the tender eyes of Thy mercy upon the holocaust into

which the nations of the earth have been plunged; deal mercifully with those who sacrifice Thy children to the lust for power, wealth, and vengeance, and by Thy Holy Spirit, guide, we beseech Thee, . in the restoration of law and order in a disastrously shaken world. ·

Help us, 0 Lord, to prepare for that better day to come, in which the angels of light shall subdue the legions of dark­ness, the ideals of civilization shall tri­umph over the forces of barbarism, and a world order, establishing fully and ade­quately the equal rights of all people to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness shal: supersede the reign of conquest, op~ prc.ssion, and terror, in which Thy little ones are slain. We ask it in the name and for the sake of Him who taught that it is not the will of our Father which is in Heaven, that one of these little ones should perish; Thy Son, our Sa vi our Jesus Christ. Amen. '

THE JOURNAL

On_ request of Mr. BARKLEY, and by unammous consent, the reading of the Journal of the proceedings of the calen­d~r day of Tuesday, July 22, 1941, was dispensed with, and the Journal was approved.

MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT­APPROVAL OF BILLS

Messages in writing from the President of the United States were communicated to the ~enate by Mr. Latta, one ·of his secretanes, who also announced that the President had approved and signed the following acts:

On July 22, 1941: S. 347. An act authorizing the Secretary

of the Navy to issue the Navy Expeditionary Medal to certain Army and civilian per­sonnel;

S.1142. An act for the relief of J. Mae Chambers and Retta E. Hultgren; and

S. 1166. An act for the relief of Danlel Steele.

On July 23, 1941: S. 851. An act for the relief of Edson E.

Downs.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

A message from the House of Repre­sent~tives by Mr. Calloway, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House had agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagree­ing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill <H. R. 4816) to facilitate the construc­tion, extension, or completion of inter­state petroleum pipe lines related to na­tional defense, and to promote inter­state commerce.

The message also announced that the House insisted upon its amendment to the bill (S. 1580) to supplement the Fed­eral Aid Road Act, approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, to au­thorize appropriations during the na­tional emergency declared by the Presi­dent on May 27, 1941, for the immediate construction of roads urgently needed for the national defense, and for othPr pur­poses, disagreed to by the Senate; agreed to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. WHITTINGTON, Mr. RoBINSON of Utah, Mr. WOLCOTT, and Mr. MOTT were appointed

1941 'CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 6291 managers on the part of ·tlie House at the conference.

The message further announced that the House had passed the following bills, in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate:

H. R. 1057. An act to establish a system of longevity pay for postal employees;

H. R. 2075. An act to extend to custodial­service employees employed by the Post Of­fice Department certain benefits applicable to postal employees;

H. R. 2528. An act to clarify the employ­ment status of special-delivery messengers In the Postal Service;

H. R. 4961. An act to amend section 9 (b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, as amended by section 14 of the act of August 81, 1935;

H. R. 5074. A:o, act to provide additional safeguards to the radio communications service of ships of the United States in the interest of national defense, and for other purposes; and

H. R. 5312. An act to authorize the Secre­tary of the Navy to proceed with the con­struction of certain public works, and for other purposes.

The message also announced that the House had agreed to a concurrent reso­lution <H. Con. Res. 38) in which it re­quested the concurrence of the Senate, as follows:

Resolved by the Rouse of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That sections 6 and 6 of House Concurrent Resolution 82, which passed the House of Representatives on the Slst day of July 1939, and the Senate on the 2d day of August 1939, establishing the Vir­ginia (Merrimac) -Monitor Commission, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEc. 5. That the Commission shall on or before the 15th day of April 1943 make a report to Congress for such enabling legis­lation, if any, as the Congress may desire.

"SEc. 6. That the Commission hereby cre­ated shall expire within 2 years after the adoption of this concurrent resolution ."

ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLU-TIONS SIGNED

The message further announced that the Speaker had affixed his signature to the following enrolled bills and joint res­olutions, and they were signed by the Vice President:

S. 849. An act for the reiief of Eben Vaughn Cleaves;

s. 1110. An act to amend section 1118 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to elimi­nate the prohibition against enlistment in the military service of the United States of any· person convicted of a felony;

S.1120. An act for the acquisition of In­dian lands for the Central Valley project. and for other purposes;

s. 1200. An act to authorize additional ap­propriations to provide for the further de­velopment of cooperative agrieultural exten­sion work;

S. J . Res.l. Joint resolution directing the Comptroller General to readjust the account between the United States and the State of Vermont; and

S. J. Res. 88. Joint resolution to strengthen the common defense by suspending section 24b of the National Defense Act and author­izing a more expeditious procedure to vital­ize the active list of the Army.

EXTENSION OF SERVICE OF MEMBERS OF MILITARY FORCES-CORRECTION

Mr. TRUMAN. Mr. President, on last Tuesday I submitted an amendment to the joint resolution <S. J. Res. 92) to further provide for the strengthening of the national defense by removing there-

strictions on numbers and length of serv­ice of selectees, and for other purposes. This resolution affects the draft. The amendment, as proposed, carried · the name of the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. CHAVEZ] and myself. The name of the Senator from New Mexico was in­advertently left off. I should like to have the correction made.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The correc­tion will be made.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following letter, which was referred as indicated:

A letter from the Acting Attorney General, transmitting, pursuant to law, a preliminary report prepared jointly by the United States Maritime Commission and the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Depart­ment· of Justice, relative to making pro­vision out of funds provided in the act of June 6, 1941, entitled "An act to authorize the acquisition by the United States of title to or the use of domestic or foreign mer­chant vessels for urgent needs of commerce and national defense, and for other pur­poses,'· for employees displaced by the taking of any ship under the above-mentioned act (with an accompanying report); to the Com­mittee on Commerce.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

Petitions, etc., were laid before the Senate by the Vice President, or pre­sented by a Senator, and referred as indicated:

By the VICE PRESIDENT: A letter in the nature of a memorial from

M. J. Hayes, of India11arous, Ind., remon­strating against the enactment of legislation to retain draft selectees in the military serv­ice for more than 1 year; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Petitions of sundry citizens of the States of Pennsylvania and Tennessee, praying for the enactment of the bill (S. 860} to provide for the common defense in relation to the sale c.f alcoholic liquors to the members of the land and naval forces of the United States and to provide for the suppression of vice in the vicinity of r..lllitary camps and naval establishments; to the table.

A petition of sundry citizens of Columbus, Ohio, praying for the enactment of the bill (H. R. 2475) to prohibit prostitution within such reasonable distance of ruilitary and/or naval ~stablishments as the Secretaries of War and/ or Navy shall determine to be need­ful to the efficiency, health, and welfare of the Army and/or Navy; to the table.

By Mr. CAPPER: A memorial of sundry citizens of the State

of Kansas, remonstrating against the enact­ment of the bill (S. 983) to amend the act to regulate barbers in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Petitions. numerously s~gned, of sundry c~tizens of Topeka, Kans., praying for the enactment of the bill (H. R. 2475) to prohibit prostitution within such reasonable distance of military and/or naval establishments as the Secretaries of War and/or Navy shall de­termine to be needful to the efficiency, health, and welfare of the Army and/or Navy; to the table.

APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESB-MINORITY VIEWS FILED DURING ADJOURNMENT

Under authority of the order of the 22d instant,

On July 23, 1941, Mr. BROWN submitted the views of the minority of the Commit­tee on Commerce on the bill (H. R. 2665) to provide for apportioning Representa-

tives in Congress among the several States by the equal-proportions method, which were ordered to be printed as part 2 of Report No. 573. CONTROL OF CUMBERLAND RIVER BY

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY-RE­PORT

Mr. NORRIS. Mr. President, in ac­cordance with the unanimous consent granted on Tuesday last, I now submit a written report from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry to accompany the bill <S. 1539) to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 <Rept. No. 567).

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

The following reports of committees were submitted:

By Mr. TYDINGS, from the Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs:

H. R. 4813. A bill to amend section 73 of an act entitled "An act to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii,'' approved April SO, 1900, as amended; with an amendment (Rept. No. 576).

From the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate:

S. Res.148. Resolution providing for secur­ing, framing, and hanging pictures of former chairmen of the Committee on Foreign Rela­tions and of Presidents pro tempore in the Foreign Relations Committee rooms (sub­mitted by Mr. GEORGE on July 22, 1941); without amendment.

By Mr. McCARRAN, from the Committee on the District of Columbia:

S. 1344. A bill to authorize employees of the United States to testify on behalf of the Dis­trict of Columbia and employees of the Dis­trict of Columbia to testify on behalf of the United States and of the District of Columbia without loss of salary or annual leave; with­out amendment (Rept. No. 577); and

H. R. 4837. A bill to safeguard the confiden­tial nature of Board of Public Welfare of the District of Columbia case records in all types of relief cases, and for other purposes; with­out amendment (Rept. No. 578).

By Mr. OVERTON, from the Committee on the District of Columbia:

H. R. 4582. A bill to permit construction, maintenance, and use of certain pipe lines for petroleum and petroleum products in the District of Columbia; without amendment (Rept. No. 579) .

By Mr. HUGHES, from the Committee on the District of Columbia:

H. R. 4660. A bill to amend the act entitled "An act to provide aid for needy blind persons of the District of Columbia and authorizing appropri£'.tions therefor", approved August 24, 1935; without amendment (Rept. No. 580).

By Mr. BURTON, from the Committee on the District of Columbia:

H. R. 4599. A blll to authorize the Federal Security Administrator to accept gifts for St. Elizabeths Hospital and to provide for the administration of such gifts; with an amend­ment (Rept. No. 681).

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED

Bills and joint resolutions were intro­duced, read the first time, and, by unani­mous consent, the second time, and re~ ferred as follows:

By Mr. GLASS: S. 1773. A bill to enable the United States

Commission for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson to carry out and give effect to cer­tain approved plans; to the Committee on the Library.

By Mr. THOMAS of Oklahoma: S. 1774. A bill relating to parity prices on

farm commodities; to the Committee on Agri­culture and Forestry.

6292 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE JULY 24 (Mr ~ EASTLAND introduced Senate bill

' 1775, Which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, and appears under 8 separate heading.)

By Mr. CAPPER: S. 1776. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Agnes

S. Hathaway; to the Committee on Claims. By Mr. HILL:

8 . 1777. A bill for the relief of Robert Lee Phillips and for the six minor children of Robert Lee Phillips and the late Estelle Phillips, namely, Robert Lee Ph1llips, Jr, James Rudolph Phillips, Katherine Phillips, Richard Eugene Phillips, Charles Ray Phillips, and David Delano Phillips; to the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. LANGER: S. 1778. A bill for the relief of Leslie

Truax; to the Committee on Claims. -S. 1779. A blll to exempt gasoline mixed

with 10 percent or more of anhydrous ethyl alcohol from the tax imposed by section 3412 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended; to the Committee on Finance.

S. 1780. A bill for the relief of the Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands of Sioux Indians; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

S. 1781. A bill to permit the unlimited im­migration, until July 1, 1946, of persons whose national origin is Iceland; to the Committee on Immigration.

By Mr. REYNOLDS: 8.1782. A bill to authorize the payment

of a donation to and to provide for the travel at Government expense of persons dis­charged from the Army of the United States on account of fraudulent enlistment; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. SCHWARTZ: S. 1783. A bill to improve the efficiency of

the armed forces by providing additional compensation for certain duties performed; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. WHEELER: S. 1784. A bill to provide compensation for

disability or death resulting from injury to employees of contractors on public build­ings and public works, and to employees em­ployed at places subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Edu­cation and Labor.

By Mr. AUSTIN (for Mr. McNARY) : S. 1785. A bill granting a pension to Mary

8. Sowers; to the Committee on Pensions. By Mr. AUSTIN:

s. J. Res. 97. Joint resolution declaring 8 national emergency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

By Mr. HILL: S. J. Res. 98. Joint resolution to declare

that the national interest is imperiled in ac­cordance with the provisions of section 3 (b) of the Selective Training and Servi"e Act of 1940; and

s. J. Res. 99. Joint resolution to declare the existence of a national emergency and to authorize the President to extend the period of active military service of members and units of reserve components and retired per­sonnel of the Regular Army; to the Com­mittee on Military Affairs.

DISPOSAL OF GOVERNMENT-HELD COTTON

Mr. EASTLAND. Mr. President, I in­troduce a bill for appropriate reference.

'The bill (S. 1775) to provide for the withholding from the market of cotton held on behalf of the United States was read twice by its title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.

Mr. EASTLAND. Mr. President, I de­sire to explain the bill I have just intro­duced.

Under the Agricultural Adju~tment Act of 1938 the Commodity Credit Corpora­tion is authorized to sell Government­held cotton when the proceeds of such

sale are at least sufficient to reimburse the United States for the amounts, in­cluding price-adjustment payments, paid out by any vf its agencies with respect to the cotton so held. Under that act 300,000 bales of cotton a month can be sold, to a total of 1,500,000 bales.

Yesterday the Department of Agricul­ture gave out a statement that it was considering selling this cotton held by the Government. As the result, the price of spot cotton on the New York Exchange broke 40 points.

My State and the South generally and large areas of the Southwest are depend­ent solely on cotton for their prosperity. The poorest people we have, those witll the lowest standard of living in the United States, are the small cotton grow­ers and tenant farmers. 'They have sold their crops since the inception of the Federal farm program and for years pre­viously at less than parity.

When the Agricultural Department can give out a statement, as it did yester­day, that it intends to hold that cotton over the market and dispose of it at less than parity, as it said, or at any price, then it can by depressing the cotton market destroy the standard of living of people in entire States of the Union and take the very bread of life from the poor­est class of people in our economic struc­ture.

The Government has held this cotton for several years, and during all this length of time cotton has sold sometimes for only 40 percent of parity. The mar­ket has only recently for the first time in years reached parity in price. It has not yet reached parity in income.

Cotton gins today are humming in Texas and within 3 weeks will be running in Mississippi and the Carolinas. It is extremely unfortunate that the Govern­ment, after spending millions of dollars in an attempt to put the cotton market at a parity price with industrial products, should attempt by selling Government­held cotton deliberately to depr~ss the cotton market right at the time when the cotton is in the hands of the pro­ducer, and thus deprive the cotton grower not only of a prosperous year but of the first opportunity to recoup his former losses.

Cotton at 17 cents per pound is too cheap because the prices of products pur­chased by the farmer have enormously increased, and cotton should be worth at least 30 cents a pound in order to in­sure the cotton grower not only of a pros­perous year but to meet increased costs.

Before the Agricultural Department's statement of yesterday, cotton _was on the upgrade. The price of cotton was slated for a big increase. Wall Street realized this, the cotton trade realized it, and the Department of Agriculture realized that cotton would go much higher; hence, the statement emanating from the Department yesterday which depressed the market. If the bill intro­duced by me today is enacted into law, the cotton market will be left free, and cotton will be greatly enhanced in value on the cotton exchanges of the world. For the first time since the great depres­sion, the . farmers and business of the South will have a really prosperous year.

Therefore, I have prepared and have introduced a bill which provides that the Commodity Credit Corporation cannot dispose of any Government-held cotton until the price of spot cotton on the 10 leading exchanges in the United States reaches and remains at 30 cents a pound, and, in no event, at less than the parity price, because, in the future, with the price structure rising as it is, 30 cents might not be parity for cotton.

HOUSE BILLS REFERRED

'The following bills were severally read twice by their titles and referred as indi­cated:

H. R 1057. An act to establish a system of longevity pay for postal employees;

H. R. 2075. An act to extend to custodial­service employees employed by the Pest Office Department certain benefits applicable to postal employees; and

H. R. 2528. An act to clarify the employ­ment status of special-delivery messengers in the Postal Service; to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.

H. R. 4961. An act to amend section 9 (b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, as amended by section 14 of the act of August 31, 1935; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. · H. R. 5074. An act to provide additional safeguards to the radio communications serv­ice of ships of the United States in the inter­est of national defense, and for other pur­poses; to the Committee on Commerce .

H. R. 5312. An act to authorize the Secre­tary of the Navy to proceed with the con­struction of certain public works, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

LICENSING OF CERTAIN STATIONARY POWER ENGINEERS AND BOILER OPER­ATOR&-AMENDMENTS

Mr. LANGER submitted several amend­ments intended to be proposed by him to the bill <S. 1128) to provide for the licensing of stationary power engineers and boiler operators in certain generat­ing electric, steam, or other power plants, to protect the national-defense program, and for other purposes, which were re­ferred to the Committee on Military Af­fairs and ordered to be printed. TERMS AND . CONDITIONS OF EVENTUAL

PEACE TREATY

Mr. McFARLAND. Mr. President, I desire to submit a Senate resolution, but before doing so I ask unanimous consent to make a few brief remarks concern­ing it.

'The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­jection, the Senator may proceed.

Mr. McFARLAND. Mr. President, since taking my seat in the United States Senate I have given my best thought and consideration to affairs affecting the Na­tion. I have listened to the debates upon the :floor of the Senate. I listened par­ticularly attentively to the debates upon the so-called lease-lend measure. As the distinguished senior Senator from Ken­tucky . [Mr. BARKLEY], our majority leader, opened the debate on that bill I was impressed with his speech, and felt that it should go down in history as a classic. I listened to the able addresses of various other Senators on the floor on that question, ·and I was impressed with one thought, and that thought was that whether they opposed or favored the

1941 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 6293 measure, they expressed the hope that Hitler would be crushed.

One thing that occurred on this floor particularly impressed me, and that was when the distinguished senior Senator from Georgia [Mr. GEORGE] rose and said, "I place my country ahead of my prejudices." Coming as it did from so distinguished a man, I feel that that statement will go down in history along with those of Patrick Henry and others as a phrase affecting the destiny of the Nation.

Mr. President, we have seen men come to leadership on the other side of the water who, by mere force and might, have destroyed less powerful neighbors. We have seen the lights of liberty and justice in the Old World go out one by one until there is left but one flickering flame that yet burns in Britain. As we listened to these speeches and as we have seen these things happen, the majority of us have felt, and have so acted, that the destiny of the United States could never be safe so long as such madmen are left in lead­ership over on the other side. For this reason we felt that the safe policy was to give aid to Great Britain in her struggle.

As I have listened to the debates, and as I have given the matter my thought, another question has come to my mind, and that is, What are we going to do to prevent a recurrence of what is hap­pening today?

I notjce by the newspapers that the Acting Secretary of State has also given thought to this subject, and I desire to compliment Mr. Welles for giving thought to such an important question affecting the. destiny of this Nation and affecting the destiny of the world. I wish to read one paragraph from his address, delivered day before yesterday, and printed in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD yesterday:

I feel it is not premature for me to sug­. gest that the free governments of peace­loving nations everywhere should even now be considering and discussing the way in which they can best prepare for the better day which must come, when the present contest is ended in the victory of the forces of liberty and of human freedom and in the crushing defeat of those who are sacri­ficing mankind t ,o their own lust for power and for loot.

Mr. Welles then discusses the reasons why the League of Nations failed at the end of the last world conflict. I wish to add to those reasons one other, and that is that the Congress of the United States, and particularly the United States Senate, did not consider the principles which were advocated in connection with the League of Nations before the ar­mistice was signed. I feel that it is particularly important that we at this time should give some thought to that question. Therefore I have prepared the following resolution:

Resolved, That a committee composed of 10 members be appointed by the President of the Senate to study, recommend, and report terms and conditions to be placed in any treaty of peace which . results from a victory by Great Britain and her alUes in the present conflict; also, if said committee shall find it advisable, to study, recommend, and report whether an agreement to accept such terms and conditions should be made a condition of aid by the United States to any

of the warring nations, and whether the "United States should withhold aid against any nation which accepts and agrees to such terms and conditions.

Mr. President, I feel that this resolu­tion is particularly fitting at this time, because Russia is now participating in the present conflict. The communistic government of Russia has been consid­ered by almost everyone in the United States as directly and diametrically op­posed to the fundamental principles of liberty and justice of our own Govern­ment. So I say that we should at this time carefully consider these matters. I desire to compliment the Secretary of State; I desire to compliment the State Department, for giving study to this im­portant question, but the fact that they are giving consideration to the subject does not relieve us of our responsibility. The Constitution of the United States provides that this body shall pass upon any treaty before it can become effective, and I say it is particularly fitting that we should make such a study at this time.

Another matter which I wish to call to the attention of the Senate is an arti­cle which appeared in one of the news­papers on the 13th day of this month. It was, as I recall, published in the Wash­ington Times-Herald, and I shall read just a small portion of it:

MAY was one of those not enthusiastic about changing the law untll recent con­ferences with Gen. George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff.

He said yesterday that a conference of House leaders with the Chief of Staff has con­vinced him of the "paramount necessity of untying Marshall's hands."

"Information furnished by Marshall would be enough to knock the hats off Congress if it could be released," MAY said.

"The Nation w111 need every possible man of m111tary value and the War Department should be given free rein to meet any possible emergency."

Mr. President, I say that any informa­tion which General Marshall may have of intent on the part of the Nazi government to attack tht United States should be no secret from any Member of Congress and it should not be a secret withheld from the people of the United States. I be­lieve in keeping military secrets, but what possible good could come from keeping secret the intent of powers on the other side? General Marshall has no knowl­edge of such intent that Hitler does not have. Why not give General Marshall's information to the people? Why not give it to the Congress?

We have a democratic Nation. We have a patriotic Nation. If we keep our people in our confidence, they will keep our Government in their confidence. Freedom of speech is important. I do not want the War Department to give out any secrets, but if General Marshall or anyone else has any information that the United States is about to be attacked, I say it should be given to the press and to the people of the United States. Then we will find the people rallying in support of any measure looking to the defense of our country.

Mr. President, a short time ago we cele­brated the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Our forefathers thought it necessary to declare certain fundamen-

tal principles at that time. Those prin­ciples were an inspiration to the people of this country to fight for liberty and justice. They became a part of the fun­damentals of our Government, a part of the Constitution which has lived through­out all this time. I say that it is fitting and proper that we again declare some fundamental principles, and that we ask those nations to which we are giving aid to agree to those principles, in order that the nations which have been crushed by the Axis Powers may have an inspiration to rise up at the proper time and throw off the yoke of Hitler which has been placed upon them.

Mr. President, I submit at this time the resolution which I have read, and I ask that it be referred to the appropriate committee. It is my hope that it will receive favorable action.

The resolution <S. Res. 149) was re­ferred to the Committee on Foreign Re-· lations. EVIL EFFECTS OF SHORT-TERM ENLIST·

MENTS (S. DOC. NO. 90)

Mr. HAYDEN. I ask unanimous con-· sent to have printed as a Senate docu­ment certain extracts from The Military Policy of the United States, by Brevet Maj. Gen. Emory Upton, relating to the evil effects of short-term enli::;tments.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­jection, it is so ordered. NEW MEXICO-LAND OF ENCHANTMENT

(S. DOC. NO. 91)

Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have a revised edi­tion of Senate Document No. 147, Seven­ty-first Congress, second session, printed as a Senate document. The document to which I refer is entitled "New Mexico Mythology, Tradition, History." It was presented by former Senator Sam G. Bratton. Since that time it has been revised by Dr. Dorothy Woodward and J. H. Feth, of the University of New Mex­ico, and is now entitled· "New Mexico-­Land of Enchantment." It is the revised edition that I ask to have printed as a Senate document.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob~ jection, it is so ordered.

ADDRESS BY SENATOR BANKHEAD ON ALABAMA YOUTH DAY

[Mr. HILL asked and obtained leave to have printed in the RECORD an address delivered by Senator BANKHEAD at Birmingham, Ala., on Alabama Youth Day, June 26, 1941, which appears in the Appendix.]

. ADDRESS BY SENATOR TOBEY IN REPLY TO SECRETARY KNOX

[Mr. TOBEY asked and obtained leave to have printed in the RECORD a radio address entitled "My Reply to Secretary Knox," de­Ilvered by him on July 16, 1941, which appears in the Appendix.]

ADDRESS BY HON. SUMNER WELLES AT DEDICATION OF NEW WING OF NOR· WEGIAN LEGATION

[Mr. GREEN asked and obtained leave to h;we printed in the RECORD the address deliv­ered by Hon. Sumner Welles, Acting Secre­tary of State, on the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone of the new wing of the Norwegian Legation in washington on Tues­day, July 22, 1941, which appears 1n the Appendix.)

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EDITORIAL FROM PHILADELPHIA REC­ORD ON A DIE-HARD DEFENDER OF JUDICIAL SABOTAGE [Mr. BARKLEY asked and obtained leave to

have printed in the RECORD an editorial from the Philadelphia Record, entitled "A Die-Hard Defender of Judicial Sabotage," which ap­pears in the Appendix.]

VffiGINIA (MERRIMAC) -MONITOR COM­MISSION

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate House Concurrent Resolution 38, which was read, as follows:

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That sections 5 and 6 of House Concurrent Resolution 32, which passed the House of Representatives on the 31st day of July 1939 and the Senate on the 2d day of August 1939, establishing the Vir­ginia (Merrimac) -Monitor Commission, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEc. 5. That the Commission shall on or before the 15th day of April 1943 make a report to Congress for such enabling legisla­tion, if any, as the Congress may desire.

"SEC. 6. That the Commission hereby cre­ated shall expire within 2 years after the adoption of this concurrent resolution."

Mr. BARKLEY. I move that the Sen­ate concur in the concurrent resolution of the House.

The motion was agreed to. CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS NEEDED FOR

NATIONAL DEFENSE-CONFERENCE RE­PORT

Mr. McKELLAR submitted the follow­ing report:

The committee of conference on the dis­agreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 1580) to supplement the Federal Aid Road Act, ap­proved July 11, 1916, as amended and sup:pie­mented, to authorize appropriations during the national emergency declared by the Presi­dent on May 27, 1941, for the immediate con­struction of roads urgently needed for the national defense, and for other purposes, hav­ing met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses . as follows:

That the Senate recede from its disagree­ment to the amendment of the House to the said bill and agree to the same with amend­ments as follows:

In section 2 of the House amendment, strike out the figure "$100,000,000" and in­sert in lieu thereof the figure "$125,000,000".

In section 4 of the House amendment, strike out the figure "$2,000,000" and insert in lieu thereof the figure "$10,000,000".

And the House agree to the same. KENNETH McKELLAR, CARL HAYDEN, J. w. BAn.EY, DENNIS CHAVEZ, RAYMOND E. WILLIS, JOHN THOMAS,

Managers on the part of the Senate. Wn.BURN CARTWRIGHT, Wn.LIAM M. WHITTINGTON, J. W. ROBINSON, JESSE P. WoLCOTT, JAMES W. MoTT,

Managers on the part of the House.

Mr. McKELLAR. Mr. President, I may say that only two substantial changes were made by the conferees in the bill as it was passed by the House. The amount appropriated for strategic highways by the House was $100,000,000, and the con­.ferees increased that to $125,000,000. The amount appropriated for airway strips was $2,000,000, and that was increased to

$10,000,000. Those were the only changes made in the bill. · •

The differences between the bill which passed the House and that passed by the Senate were not very material, it seemed to us, and we accepted the House bill with the exception of the two amend­ments I have mentioned. I move that the report be agreed to.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the conference report.

The report was agreed to. STRIKES IN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES

The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair lays before the Senate a concurrent reso­lution coming over from a previous day, which will be stated.

The LEGISLATIVE CLERK. A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 12) submitted by Mr. BYRD on May 26, 1941, relative to strikes in defense industries.

Mr. BARKLEY. Let the concurrent resolution go over.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­jection, the concurrent resolution will be passed over.

The morning business is closed. RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS­

FLOOD CONTROL

Mr. OVERTON. Mr. President, from the Committee on Commerce I report fa­vorably, with amendments, House bill 4911, authorizing construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes, and I submit a report <No. 575) thereon. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill.

Mr. ADAMS. Has the bill been printed?

Mr. OVERTON. There is a subcom­mittee print, and one or two changes have been made by the full committee.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The· clerk will report the bill by title.

The CHIEF CLERK. A bill (H. R. 4911) authorizing construction of certain pub1ic works on rivers and harbors for flood con­trol, and for other purposes.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob­jection to the present consideration of the bill?

Mr. ADAMS. I do not like to object, but it seems to me that in the case of a bill of this magnitude the Senator should not ask for consideration without the bill being printed and being on our desks.

• Is there some special reason for it? Mr. OVERTON. A few days ago I con­

sulted the majority leader and the minority leader with a view to having the bill brought up today by unanimous con­sent. The reason is that I apprehend if it is delayed it will get behind certain proposed legislation which is very con­troversial in nature, and that there will be considerable delay. The bill is a rather important one. It deals not only with flood control but with projects con­templating mUltiple use of water, and especially with relation to the generation of power. · The bill was very thoroughly consid­ered by the House of Representatives and passed by the House, and the Senate committee has added a few amendments. It has added some additional projects amounting to $12,322,000. It has also incorporated some amendments sug.

gested by the President in his letter of July 3 to the Vice President and to the Speaker of the House, dealing with the general provisions of the bill.

I can explain the bill, and as to each project which has been added make a statement in reference to it. I am quite sure the Senator from Colorado will have no objection to any project recommended by the Co:r;nmittee on Commerce.

Mr. ADAMS. I assume that to be true, but I think taking the bill up under these conditions would be very bad leg­islative practice. As a Member of the Senate I like to know what is going on, and I like to have opportunity to read any bill presented. The Senator says this is a very important bill, and that is the very reason why I think there should be an opportunity to study it for a brief time. The bill involving a very large sum of money is brought in with amendments, and we are asked to take it up for consideration immediately.

Mr. President, I shall ask that the bill go over. I shall object to it being taken up by unanimous consent.

Mr. OVERTON. I will ask the able Senator from Colorado if he will with­hold his objection until the return of the majority leader, who stepped out of the Chamber for a moment. I see the Sena­tor from Kentucky has just returned. I wish to say to him that the Senator from Colorado desires that the bill be not taken up at this time. I was wondering whether the Senate would have an op­portunity to consider the bill ~t its next session.

Mr. BARKLEY. I will say to the Sen­ator that if the Committee on Military Affairs should report, as I understand it may, the so-called draft-extension meas­ure before Monday, it was my purpose to attempt to have that bill taken up and disposed of. However, if the considera­tion of the bill referred to by the Senator from Louisiana would not take long, so that it might be put in ahead of the draft-extension measure, I should have no objection to letting it come up early Monday, and then follow it with the draft-extension measure.

Mr. OVERTON. I do not think the bill would take very long to dispose of. We can probably dispose of it in an hour or so, or perhaps in half an hour.

Mr. BARKLEY. In view of the situa­tion, I think probably the Senator from Louisiana had better take a chance on that, and I will cooperate with him as much as I can to have his bill considered ahead of the other bill. Of course, if the other bill is not ready by Monday, we will have all the time we need Monday.

Mr. OVERTON. Does the majority leader object to the bill being made the unfinished business for Monday?

Mr. BARKLEY. I do not think that is necessary, I will say to the Senator from Louisiana, because if the situation justifies it on Monday there will be no trouble about having the bill taken up.

Mr. OVERTON. I wish to say in that connection that some of the agencies of the Government, especially the Federal Power Commission, are very anxious that the bill be enacted into law at as early a date as possible, because it contains a great many power projects.

1941 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 6295 Mr. BARKLEY. I appreciate that the

bill does provide for essential works. I cannot visualize any great. delay in the enactment of the measure when it is taken up. Its consideration ought not to take very long. I will assist the Senator as much as I can in having it taken up and considered.

Mr. OVERTON. I thank. the Senator from Kentucky. I withdraw my unani­mous-consent request, and I will say in withdrawing it that I know it ts an un­usual request, and I would not have made it except for the circumstances which I have stated.

Mr. BARKLEY. I will say to the Sen­ator from Louisiana and also to the Sen­ator from Colorado that a few days ago the Senator from Louisiana consulted me about the possibility of having the bill taken up for considerat:on today in the event the committee reported it favor­ably, and I assured the Senate:.~.· that, so far as I was concerned, I would have no objection to that course, but, of course, I could not speak for other Senators.

Mr. OVERTON. Mr. President, I will say that I also consulted the Senator from Vermont [Mr. AusTIN], who is act­ing as minority leader. He consulted with some of his colleagues on the other side of the aisle, and came to me and reported that there would be no objec­tion from that side of the aisle.

Mr. BARKLEY. I do not anticipate there will be any objection to disposing of the bill.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be placed on the calendar. AUTHORIZATION FOR REPORTING OF

BILLS DURING ADJOURNMENT

Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask per­mission to submit a report from the Com­mittee on Agriculture and Forestry on House bill 5300, to amend Public Law No. 74 of the Seventy-seventh Congress, re­lating to whtat-marketing quotas under

. the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, during the adjournment of the session, so the bill may go to the calendar.

Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, I will say to the Senator that I was about to ask unanimous consent that all commit­tees may make reports during the ad­journment of the Senate, and, of course, his committee would be included ·in that request.

Mr. President, 1 now ask unanimous consent that during the adjournment of the Senate following today's s'ession, all committees may make reports of bills.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­jection, it is so ordered.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Mr. BARKLEY. I move that the Sen­ate proceed to the consideration of ex­ecutive business.

The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business.

EXEC~VE MESSAGES REFERRED

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate messages from the President of the United States, submitting sundry nominations (and withdrawing a nomi­nation), which were referred to the ap­propriate committees.

<For nominations this day received and nomination withdrawn, see the end of Senate proceedings.)

EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

The following favorable comrriitt.ee re­ports of nominations were submitted:

By Mr. McCARRAN, from the Committee on the District of Columbia:

Guy Mason, of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner of the District of Colum­bia for a term of 3 years, and until his suc­cessor is appointed and qualified, vice Melvin C. Hazen, deceased.

By Mr. McKELLAR, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads:

Sundry postmasters.

The VICE PRESIDENT. If there be no further reports of committees, the clerk will proceed to state the nomina­tions on the calendar.

DIPLOMATIC AND FOREIGN SERVICE

The legislative clerk read the nomina­tion of Thomas M. Wilson, of Tennessee, to act as Commissioner of the United States of America to India, with the rank of Minister.

Mr. McKELLAR. I ask that the nomi­nation be confirmed, and that the Presi­dent be immediately notified.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­jection, the nomination is confirmed, and the President will be notified.

POSTMASTERS

The legislative clerk proceeded to read sundry nominations of postmasters.

Mr. McKELLAR. I ask that the nom­inations of postmasters be confirmed en bloc, and that the President be immedi­ately notified.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­jection, the nominations are confirmed en bloc, and the President will be noti­fied.

COAST GUARD OF THE ur;nTED STATES

The legislative clerk proceeded to read sundry nominations in the Coast Guard of the United States.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob­jection, the nominations in the Coast Guard are confirmed en bloc, and, with­out objection, the President will be im­mediately notified.

That completes the calendar. ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY

Mr. BARKLEY. As in legislative ses­sion, I move that the Senate adjourn un­til Monday next.

The motion was agreed to; and <at 12 o'clock and 35 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until Monday, July 28, 1941, at 12 o'clock meridian.

NOMINATIONS

Executive nominations received by the Senate July 24, 1941:

BOARD OF INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH

The following-named persons to be mem­bers of the Board of Investigation and Re­search for the period of the existence of the Board as provided in title III, part I, of the Transportation Act of 1940, approved Septem­ber 18, 1940:

Robert E. Webb, of Kentucky. C. E. Childe, of Nebraska.

DIPLOMATIC SERVICE

Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr., of Pennsyl­vania, now Ambassador Extraordinary and

Plenipotentiary to Poland, serving concur­rently as Ambassador Extraordinary a!ld Plenipotentiary near the Government of Bel­gium, and as Envoy Extraordinary and Min­Ister Plenipotentiary near the Governments of Norway and the Netherlands, now estab­lished in London, to serve concurrently and without additional compensation also as En­voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten­tiary of the United States of America near the Government of Yugoslavia also now established in London.

FEDERAL BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Robert Watt, of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, representing the interests of labor, for the 3-year term beginning July 17, 1941.

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

The following-named dentists to be assist­ant dental surgeons in the United States Public Health Service, to rank as such from date of oath of office:

Kenneth A. Haines Clovis E. Martin

CONFIRMATIONS

Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate July 24, 1941:

DIPLOMATIC AND FOREIGN SERVICE

Thomas M. Wilson to act as Commissioner of the United States of America to India, with the rank of Minister.

POSTMASTERS

INDIANA

Donald P. Sprott, Auburn.

NEW YORK

Samuel L. Knowles, Campbell. Henry V. Allen, Hoosick Falls. George E. Callaghan, Medina. Robert N. Towne, Munnsville. Arthur .Sharron, Plattsburg. Henry C. Olney, Prattsburg. Francis M. Collins, Troy. William F. Parker, Jr., Watervliet. John M. Jasek, Yorkville.

VERMONT

Charles L. Bishop, Johnson.

WYOMING

Ella K. Peck, Saratoga.

COAST GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES

TO BE LIEUTENANTS (JUNIOR GRADE)

Alexander W. Wuerker Benjamin D. Shoe-John E. D. Hudgens maker, Jr. Arthur Pfeiffer Raymond A. Tuttle George E. Howarth Donald M. Morell Benjamin F. Engel Charles E. Leising, Jr. Robert Waldron Benjamin P. Clark George T. Murat! Thomas R. Sargent III James W. Williams John A. Pritchard, Jr. Henry P. Kniskern, Jr. Edwin B. Ing Cornelius G. Houtsma Winslow H. Buxton Edward C. Allen, Jr. James B. Weaver Arthur B . Engel

TO BE CHIEF MACHINISTS

Charles Jerabeck William E. Lowe

WITHDRAWAL

Executive nomination withdrawn from the Senate July 24, 1941:

BOARD OF INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH

Charles West, of Ohio, to be a member of the Board of Investigation ·and Research for the period of the existence of the Board, as provided In title III, part I, of the Transpor­tation Act of 1940, approved September 18, 1940, which was sent to the Senate March 20, 1941.