UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1964

The Honorable CARL HAYDEN, President pro tempore of the Senate, called the Senate to order at 12 o'clock m., and the Chaplain, Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, D.D., of Washington, D.C., offered prayer.

QUESTION OF QUORUM

Mr. MANSFIELD raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon

The PRESIDENT pro tempore directed the roll to be called; When

Fifty-eight Senators answered to their names, as follows:

From the State of Alabama:

Mr. JOHN SPARKMAN;

From the State of Alaska:

Mr. ERNEST GRUENING;
From the State of Arizona:
Mr. CARL HAYDEN;
From the State of Arkansas:

Mr. JOHN L. MCCLELLAN;
From the State of California:

Mr. THOMAS H. KUCHEL; From the State of Colorado:

Mr. PETER H. DOMINICK; From the State of Connecticut: Mr. THOMAS J. DODD; From the State of Delaware:

Mr. JOHN J. WILLIAMS; From the State of Florida:

Mr. SPESSARD L. HOLLAND; From the State of Georgia:

Mr. HERMAN E. TALMADGE; From the State of Idaho:

Messrs. FRANK CHURCH and LEN B. JORDAN; From the State of Illinois:

Messrs. PAUL H. DOUGLAS and EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN; From the State of Indiana:

Messrs. R. VANCE HARTKE and
BIRCH E. BAYH, JR.;

From the State of Iowa:

Mr. JACK R. MILLER;

From the State of Kansas:

Mr. JAMES B. PEARSON; From the State of Kentucky:

Messrs. JOHN SHERMAN COOPER and THRUSTON B. MORTON; From the State of Louisiana:

Mr. ALLEN J. ELLENDER;

From the State of Maine:

Mrs. MARGARET CHASE SMITH; From the State of Maryland:

Mr. J. GLENN BEALL; From the State of Massachusetts: Mr. EDWARD M. KENNEDY; From the State of Michigan:

Mr. PATRICK V. MCNAMARA; From the State of Minnesota:

Mr. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY; From the State of Mississippi:

Mr. JOHN C. STENNIS;
From the State of Montana:

Messrs. MIKE MANSFIELD and
LEE METCALF;

From the State of Nebraska:

Mr. ROMAN L. HRUSKA;
From the State of Nevada:

Mr. ALAN BIBLE:
From the State of New Hampshire:
Mr. THOMAS J. MCINTYRE;
From the State of New Jersey:

Mr. CLIFFORD P. CASE;

From the State of New York:

Messrs. JACOB K. JAVITS and KENNETH B. KEATING; From the State of North Carolina: Mr. B. EVERETT JORDAN; From the State of North Dakota: Mr. MILTON R. YOUNG;

From the State of Ohio:

Messrs. FRANK J. LAUSCHE and
STEPHEN M. YOUNG;

From the State of Oregon:

Mr. WAYNE MORSE; From the State of Pennsylvania:

Messrs. JOSEPH S. CLARK, JR., and HUGH SCOTT; From the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations:

Mr. DE B CLAIBORNE PELL; From the State of South Carolina:

Mr. OLIN DEWITT JOHNSTON; From the State of South Dakota:

Messrs. KARL E. MUNDT and GEORGE MCGOVERN; From the State of Tennessee:

Messrs. ALBERT GORE and HERBERT S. WALTERS; From the State of Texas:

Messrs. RALPH W. YARBOROUGH and JOHN G. TOWER; From the State of Utah:

Messrs. WALLACE F. BENNETT and FRANK E. TED Moss;

From the State of Vermont:

Mr. GEORGE D. AIKEN; From the State of Virginia:

Mr. A. WILLIS ROBERTSON;
From the State of West Virginia:

Messrs. JENNINGS RANDOLPH and
ROBERT C. BYRD;

From the State of Wisconsin:

Mr. WILLIAM PROXMIRE; From the State of Wyoming:

Mr. MILWARD L. SIMPSON. A quorum being present,

COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE PRESIDENT Mr. MANSFIELD submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 245); which was considered by unanimous consent and agreed to:

Resolved, That a committee consisting of two Senators be appointed by the President pro tempore to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of each House is assembled and that the Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore appointed Mr. MANSFIELD and Mr. DIRKSEN as the members of the committee on the part of the Senate.

NOTIFICATION TO THE HOUSE

Mr. DIRKSEN submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 246); which was considered by unanimous consent and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and that the Senate is ready to proceed to business.

HOUR OF DAILY MEETING

Mr. HUMPHREY submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 247); which was considered by unanimous consent and agreed to:

Resolved, That the hour of daily meeting of the Senate be 12 o'clock meridian unless otherwise ordered.

ADJOURNMENT

On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, at 12 o'clock and 23 minutes p.m.,

The Senate adjourned.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1964

The PRESIDENT pro tempore called the Senate to order, and Rev. Silas G. Kessler, D.D., of Hastings, Nebr., offered prayer.

THE JOURNAL

On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, and by unanimous consent,

The reading of the Journal of the proceedings of Tuesday, January 7, 1964, was dispensed with.

ATTENDANCE OF SENATORS

Mr. CLINTON P. ANDERSON, from the State of New Mexico, Mr. J. CALEB BOGGS, from the State of Delaware, Mr. DANIEL B. BREWSTER, from the State of Maryland, Mr. HARRY FLOOD BYRD, from the State of Virginia, Mr. CARL T. CURTIS, from the State of Nebraska, Mr. J. HowARD EDMONDSON, from the State of Oklahoma, Mr. SAM J. ERVIN, Jr., from the State of North Carolina, Mr. PHILIP A. HART, from the State of Michigan, Mr. LISTER HILL, from the State of Alabama, Mr. EDWARD V. LONG, from the State of Missouri, Mr. RUSSELL B. LONG, from the State of Louisiana, Mr. EUGENE J. McCARTHY, from the State of Minnesota, Mr. EDMUND S. MUSKIE, from the State of Maine, Mr. JOHN O. PASTORE, from the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Mr. ABRAHAM A. RIBICOFF from the State of Connecticut, Mr. RICHARD B. RUSSELL, from the State of Georgia, Mr. LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, from the State of Massachusetts, Mr. GEORGE A. SMATHERS, from the State of Florida, and Mr. HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, Jr., from the State of New Jersey, attended.

CANADA-UNITED STATES INTERPARLIAMEN– TARY CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON, D.C. The PRRESIDENT pro tempore appointed Mr. KENNEDY as a member on the part of the Senate to the CanadaUnited States Interparliamentary Conference to be held in Washington, D.C., from January 14 to 18, 1964, vice Mr. DODD, resigned.

REPORT OF NOTIFICATION OF COMMITTEE

Mr. MANSFIELD, from the committee appointed to join a similar committee of the House of Representatives to wait upon the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of each House had assembled and was ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make, reported that they had performed that duty, and that the President had advised that he would be pleased to address the two Houses in joint session today.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Bartlett, one of its clerks:

Mr. President: I am directed to inform the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representatives has assembled, and that the House is ready for business.

I am directed to inform the Senate that the House has passed the following resolution:

Resolved, That a committee of three Members be appointed by the Speaker on

the part of the House of Representatives to join with a committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President of the United States that a quorum of each House has assembled and Congress is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make.

The House has agreed to the following concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 250); in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate:

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the two Houses of Congress assemble in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, January 8, 1964, at 12:30 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of receiving such communications as the President of the United States shall be pleased to make to them.

The House has passed the following resolution, which I am directed to communicate to the Senate:

Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable HOWARD H. BAKER, & Representative from the State of Tennessee.

Resolved, That a committee of 17 Members of the House with such Members of the Senate as may be joined be appointed to attend the funeral.

Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the House be authorized and directed to take such steps as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of these resolutions and that the necessary expenses in connection therewith be paid out of the contingent fund of the House.

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.

JOINT SESSION OF TWO HOUSES TO RECEIVE MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 250) establishing that the two Houses of Congress assemble in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, January 8, 1964, at 12:30 o'clock in the afternoon, this day received from the House of Representatives for concurrence, which was read.

The Senate proceeded to consider the said concurrent resolution; and

to.

On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, Resolved, That the Senate agree there

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. ADDRESS CF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ST. TE: ON THE STATE OF THE UNION

On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, The Senate, at 12 o'clock and 11 minutes p.m., proceeded to the Hall of the House of Representatives, pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution 250, to hear an address by the President of the United States, Hon. Lyndon B. Johnson; and

The two Houses being assembled, The President of the United States addressed them, as follows:

Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the House and Senate, my fellow Americans, I will be brief, for our time

is necessarily short and our agenda is already long.

Last year's congressional session was the longest in peacetime history. With that foundation, let us work together to make this year's session the best in the Nation's history.

Let this session of Congress be known as the session which did more for civil rights than the last hundred sessions combined; as the session which enacted the most far-reaching tax cut of our time; as the session which declared allout war on human poverty and unemployment in these United States; as the session which finally recognized the health needs of all of our older citizens; as the session which reformed our tangled transportation and transit policies; as the session which achieved the most effective, efficient foreign aid program ever; and as the session which helped to build more homes, and more schools, and more libraries, and more hospitals than any single session of Congress in the history of our Republic. All this and more can and must be done. It can be done by this summer.

And it can be done without any increase in spending. In fact, under the budget that I shall shortly submit, it can be done with an actual reduction in Federal expenditures and Federal employment.

We have in 1964 a unique opportunity and obligation to prove the success of our system; to disprove those cynics and critics at home and abroad who question our purpose and our competence.

If we fail, if we fritter and fumble away our opportunity in needless, senseless quarrels between Democrats and Republicans, or between the House and the Senate, or between the South and the North, or between the Congress and the administration, then history will rightfully judge us harshly. But if we succeed, if we can achieve these goals by forging in this country a greater sense of union, then, and only then, can we take full satisfaction in the state of the Union.

Here in the Congress, you can demonstrate effective legislative leadership by discharging the public business with clarity and dispatch-voting_each_important proposal up or voting it down but at least bringing it to a fair and a final vote.

Let us carry forward the plans and programs of John Fitzgerald Kennedy— not because of our sorrow or sympathy, but because they are right.

In his memory today, I especially ask all members of my own political faith, in this election year, to put your country ahead of your party, and to always debate principles-never debate personalities.

For my part, I pledge a progressive administration which is efficient, and honest, and frugal.

The budget to be submitted to the Congress shortly is in full accord with this pledge. It will cut our deficit în half, from $10 billion to $4.9 billion. It will be in proportion to our national output, the smallest budget since 1951.