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Interested governmental or other public or private agencies, organizations, or groups, or to the public, the results of surveys or studies made pursuant to subsection (a).

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Mr. DIES. I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin.

Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin. The only "(c) For each fiscal year beginning after reason for my demanding a second was June 30, 1956, there are authorized to be so that we might have a full understandappropriated such sums as the Congress maying of what the bill is all about. It did determine for carrying out the provisions of not indicate an objection to the bill this section. at all.

"(d) To assist in carrying out the provi sions of this section the Surgeon General is authorized and directed to cooperate and consult with the Departments of Commerce and Labor and any other interested Federal Departments or agencies and with State health departments. For such purpose he shall utilize insofar as possible the services or facilities of any agency of the Federal Government and, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, of any appropriate State or other public agency, and may, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, utilize the services or facilities of any private agency, organization, group, or individual, in accordance with written agreements between the head of such agèncy, organization, or group, or such individual, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Payment, if any, for such services or facilities shall be made in such amounts as may be provided in such agreement."

SEC. 4. Section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U. S. C. 241) is amended by striking out the word "and" at the end of paragraph (f), redesignating paragraph (g) as paragraph (h), and inserting immediately following paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:

"(g) Make available, to health officials, scientists, and appropriate public and other nonprofit institutions and organizations, technical advice and assistance on the application of statistical methods to experiments, studies, and surveys in health and medical fields; and."

The SPEAKER. Is a second demanded?

Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin, Mr. Speak er, I demand a second.

Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that a second be considered as ordered.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Tennessee?

There was no objection.

Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Dies).

Mr. DIES. Mr. Speaker, this bill was passed by the Senate and referred to our committee where we amended it in certain respects and improved the bill.

It provides for a continuing study and survey of sickness and disability in the United States. There is an urgent need for such study. It has been 20 years since there has been a similar study. At the present time there is a serious lack of statistical information that is so necessary for the planning and execution of health programs by the States or the Federal Government or by local organizations.

It is contemplated this survey will be conducted by the Census Bureau. There will not be an increase in personnel and it is on a non-compulsory basis. The committee has reported the bill unani mously.

If anyone desires any information I
will be glad to answer questions.
Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin.
Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr.

Mr. DIES. Yes.

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Mr. DIES. If there are no other questions, Mr. Speaker, that will conclude my remarks.

The SPEAKER. The question is on suspending the rules and passing the bill.

The question was taken; and 'twothirds having voted in favor thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.

Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin. I wonder
if the gentleman can tell us whether
there are departmental reports on the
bill S. 3076 which is before us and what DEFINITION
the departmental reports were?

Mr. DIES. The bill was recommended
by the administration. As a matter of
fact, it was the subject of a special mes-
sage sent to the Congress by President
Eisenhower. We also have a letter of
recommendation from the Department
of Health, Education, and Welfare.
There is no opposition from any quarter
to the bill and it is very necessary that
we pass it quickly. The Surgeon General
will conduct the study in cooperation
with State and private agencies, which
will avoid duplication of effort.

Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin. The gentleman may have answered this question already, but what about an estimate of the cost of this survey? Is there any estimate?

Mr. DIES. So far as I know we do not have any definite estimate of the cost but since it is contemplated to use existing personnel there will be no necessity to enlarge the personnel in the Depart ment of Public Health. They will utilize the personnel in the Census Bureau to take these samplings, geographically. Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. DIES. I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee.

Mr. PRIEST. The gentleman from Texas is absolutely correct in that respect. There was a possible estimate that came to the chairman later, after the hearings, that it might amount to as much as $1,250,000 out of the regular budget; that is, that much of the regular budget might be used in paying the personnel already employed to do this job.

Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin. My understanding then is that the real reason for this bill is to authorize the departments to use funds that they presently have to engage in this activity; that there is not today on the books any authorization to make this survey, or am I wrong in that?

Mr. DIES. No; there is no authorization to make this survey. It is necessary that we pass this to authorize it.

Mr. SPRINGER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. DIES. I yield to the gentleman from Illinois.

Mr. SPRINGER. May I say to the gentleman from Wisconsin that all matters which he has had under discussion were carefully gone into by the committee. This bill was unanimously approved by those on both sides of the aisle. The cost was very, very carefully surveyed before we decided to do any thing on this bill. I believe, in view of that finding of the committee, that this bill is very much in order.

OP "NONFAT DRY
MILKTM

Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (8. 1614) to amend the act entitled "An act to fix a reasonable definition and standard of identity of certain dry milk solids."

The Clerk read as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That Public Law 244, 2, 1944, title 21, United States Code, sec78th Congress, 2d session, approved March tión 321c, entitled "An act to fix a reasonable definition and standard of identity of . certain dry milk solids" is amended to read as follows: "That for the purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 26, 1938 (ch. 675, sec. 1, 52 Stat. 1040). nonfat dry milk is the product resulting from the removal of fat and water from milk, and contains the lactose, milk proteins, and milk minerals in the same relative proportions as in the fresh milk from which made. It con tains not over 5 percent by weight of moisture. The fat content is not over 11⁄21⁄2 percent by weight unless otherwise indicated

The term "milk," when used herein, means sweet milk of cows.

The SPEAKER. Is a second demanded?

Mr. SPRINGER. Mr. Speaker, I demand a second.

The SPEAKER. Without objection a second will be considered as ordered. There was no objection.

Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. ROBERTS).

Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. Speaker, this bill which has already passed the other body comes to us as S. 1614 and is, I think, best explained in the report. It is a very simple bill. It merely has to do with eliminating some definitions and simplifying Public Law 244 which was passed by the 78th Congress. I will read the law:

Be it enacted, etc., That for the purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 26, 1938 (ch. 675, sec. 1, 52 Stat. 1040), nonfat dry milk "solids or defatted milk solids is the product resulting from the removal of fat and water from milk, and contains the lactose, milk proteins, and milk minerals in the same relative propor tions as in the fresh milk from which made. It contains not over 5 percent by weight of moisture. The fat content is not over 11⁄2 percent by weight unless otherwise indicated.

The term "milk", when used herein, means sweet milk of cows.

This bill was sponsored by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. O'HARA] and I am positive that if it had any substantial opposition from the fresh-milk industry in that State, he would certainly not have introduced it. It was unanimously approved by the Health and Science Subcommittee. There was no

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opposition to the bill in the full committee. Representatives of the American Dry Milk Institute appeared and testified in behalf of the bill. The Department of Agriculture approved the bill but felt it unnecessary to testify in behalf of it.

In simple terms, when a housewife goes to the grocery store and calls for dry milk, she does not ask for nonfat dry milk solids or defatted milk solids. She asks for dry milk. All this bill does is to remove the word "solids" or "defatted milk solids" and what you have left is nonfat dry milk. That is all it is. In the interest of free enterprise and in order not to load down a definition on the cartons or bottles in which it is soid, I think this is a good amendment.

Mr. SPRINGER. Mr. Speaker, this bill came from the Subcommittee on Health and Science of which I am a member. The bill was reported out of the committee unanimously. We felt there was a need for this redefinition. It was in order. In my estimation this bill should be passed under suspension of the rules.

The SPEAKER. The question is, will the House suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 1614) as amended?

The question was taken; and (twothirds having voted in favor thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.

A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

A similar House bill was laid on the table.

TO PERMIT CERTAIN AIR CARRIERS TO GRANT FREE OR REDUCED RATE TRANSFORTATION TO MIN

ISTERS OF RELIGION

Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 3149) to amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 in order to permit certain air carriers to grant free or reduced rate transportation to ministers of religion, with an amendment.

The Clerk read as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That subsection (b) of section 403 of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sentence: "Any air carrier or foreign air carrier, under such terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe, may grant reduced-rate transportation to ministers of religion, except that such a carrier may not grant such reduced-rate transportation during any period with respect to which it receives any compensation, determined under section 406 of this act, which is payable by the Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 10 of 1953."

The SPEAKER. Is a second demanded?

Mr. SPRINGER. Mr. Speaker, I demand a second.

Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the second be considered as ordered.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Wisconsin?

There was no objection.

Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. CARLYLE), the author of the House bill

Mr. CARLYLE. Mr. Speaker, this proposed legislation has been carefully considered by the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and by the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. We feel that it is a good bill. It is permissive legislation. There is nothing compulsory about it.

The air carriers are permitted to grant to ministers of religion reduced fares if they elect to do so. It is a bill that has been carefully framed so that it will not cost this Government any money. Air carriers who are receiving any subsidy from the Government are not permitted to grant such reduced rates. We think it is a good bill and we ask that it pass the House.

Mrs. CHURCH. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. PRIEST. I yield to the gentle woman from Illincis.

Mrs. CHURCH. Mr. Speaker, I should like to congratulate the gentleman for having brought this bill so quickly to the attention of the House. From every side of my district I have received evidence of support of the clergy and of other citizens for this proposed legislation.

Mr. CARLYLE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Illinois. Mr. McCORMACK Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. CARLYLE. I yield to the distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. McCORMACK).

Mr. McCORMACK Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my friend from North Carolina. I should like to say also that the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. CARLYLE] is one of the most subStantial Members of the House. His contributions have been noted by his colleagues who are aware of his quiet, but effective judgment, which has contributed so much to the drafting and enactment of legislation to the benefit of the people of his district. his State, and of the Nation. Also I should like to convey to my friend from North Carolina the fact that I have always valued his friendship and always shall. I want to emphasize as strongly as I can that the distinguished gentieman from North Carolina Mr. CARLYLE] every since his service in this body has been one of its most respected Members.

Mr. CARLYLE. I thank the gentleman very much.

Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. CARLYLE. I yield to the gentleman from Arkansas.

Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, I have had the great honor and privilege of serving for several years in this body and on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce with our distinguished colleague from North Carolina. You get to know Members much better by work ing with and serving on committees together. It has been my pleasure to sit in the same committee room and work with my distinguished colleague and friend on highly important legislation affecting our people throughout the Nation. I have always observed him to be one of the most able and outstanding members of our committee. He has been industrious, resourceful and faithful to duty and public trust.

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Mr. CARLYLE. I thank the gentleman.

Mr. HARRIS. I want to commend him for sponsoring this bill. It is an example of the fine service he is rendering and has rendered in the Congress.

Mr. SPRINGER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. CARLYLE. I yield to the gentleman from Illinois.

Mr. SPRINGER. I have been a member of this committee for some 4 years. All of that time the gentleman from North Carolina has been a member of the committee. In all the legislation he has brought forth from that committee I have not known anything that has not been to the best interests not only of his district but of all the people of the country. He has been a conscientious servant of the people he represents. He has been a regular attendant at committee meetings. In my opinion, he has been one of the outstanding members of this committee. I congratulate him on bringing forward this piece of legislation, for which he has fought for a number of years in attempting to enact it into law. This is the culmination of all those efforts and all the time he has spent on this proposed legislation.

Mr. CARLYLE. I thank the gentle

man

Mr. PRIEST. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. CARLYLE. I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee.

Mr. PRIEST. As chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, I join with our distinguished majority leader [Mr. McCORMACK), the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. HARRIS], and the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. SPRINGER], in expressing my own appreciation for the services of the gentleman from North Carolina to the committee, the Congress, and the country. I have had ample opportunity to observe the industry and diligence with which he has pursued legislative matters as a member of that committee. I want to make it a matter of record at this point that he has been one of our most able and valuable members.

Mr. CARLYLE. I thank my chairman. Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. CARLYLE. I yield to the gentleman from Alabama.

Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. Speaker, I join my chairman and the other members of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce in paying tribute to our colleague, the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. CARLYLE). Having served with him on the Health and Science Subcommittee for the past 2 years, I know the fine work he has rendered in behalf of his district, the State, and of the Nation. He has served as chairman of the Carlyle Subcommittee on Refrigerator Safety. He will be sorely missed not only as a coworker here but as a sincere colleague and friend.

Mr. CARLYLE. I thank the gentleman from Alabama very much.

Mr. SPRINGER. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. RADWAN].

Mr. RADWAN. Mr. Speaker. I join the sentiments expressed on this legisla

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I am pleased that a mutually agreeable approach has been reached on this matter, and I urge the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to take speedy action on this bill so that it may be enacted into law during the current session.

PROGRESS OF CONFERENCE ON FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY BILL

Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. President, I should like to announce that I have been informed that the conferees have reached an agreement on the Federal-aid highway bill. I should like Senators to be on notice that there is a possibility that the conference report may be submitted to the Senate tomorrow.

Mr. CHAVEZ. Mr. President, I do not wish to misinform Senators as to the status of the road bill. We have agreed in principle in conference on every item. However, a meeting is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock to discuss certain language in the bill in which every member of the conference committee is interested. I am pretty sure that the conferees will be able to report tomorrow.

DEFINITION

AND STANDARD OF IDENTITY OF CERTAIN DRY MILK SOLIDS

The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 1614) to amend the act entitled "An act to fix a reasonable definition and standard of identity of certain dry milk solids", title 21, United States Code, section 321c, which were on page 1, line 3, strike out "numbered"; on page 1, line 7, strike out "for" and insert "that for": and on page 2, strike out lines 6 and 7, and insert:

The term "milk" when used herein means sweet milk of cows.

Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, I move that the Senate concur in the amendments of the House, Let me explain that the House amendments are technical and clerical. They are a matter of drafting. They make no substantive change whatever in the bill. The purpose of the amendments is clarification.

attaché program. In the May 1956, is-
sue of Geological Newsletter, issued by
the American Geological Institute, an
editorial was devoted to this subject.

The American Geological Institute is
also, of course, greatly interested in the
State Department's corps of mineral at-
tachés. Critics have recently pointed

out too, Mr. President, that in this field
as well the distribution of the attachés
is very sparse and bears very little rela-
tionship to our dependence on foreign

mineral resources.

I ask unanimous consent that the editorial from the Geological Newsletter appear at this point in my remarks.

There being no objection, the editorial was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

UNITED STATES RECALLS SCIENCE AIDS To be commended is President Eisenhower's move to establish on April 3 a National Committee for the Development of Scientists and Engineers. A group of outstanding Americans have been appointed to

serve on this Committee. The National Foundation is to provide the President's Committee with staff services under the direction of Robert L. Clark as Executive Secretary. The Committee is charged with the task of stimulating greater educational efforts in the training of scientists and engineers to meet the ever-increasing demands of the modern era and to encourage a better understanding of science and technology by the general public.

To be condemned is the extreme shortsightedness of the President's United States Department of State for its policy with regard to science attachés. In mid-1952 the State Department had the impressive total of 10 science attachés in foreign service scattered sparsely among its many embassies and consulates. By January 1956 all science attachés had been recalled, so that at the present time the United States overseas arm has its scientific head in the sand. Furthermore, indications are that no effort is planned to remedy the situation. To make matters still worse, many of our top scientists feel that international travel restrictions imposed by the United States are curbing our advancement of science and technology.

The State Department is equally deficient in another area-that of mineral attachés. Despite the fact that our prosperity and future security are contingent upon vital supplies of minerals, such as oil, manganese, chrome, and many others, our policymakers continue to shape our future course abroad without the benefit of observation and inter

Mr. POTTER. Mr. President, will the pretation by staff career men with mining Senator yield?

Mr. HUMPHREY. I yield.

Mr. POTTER. Is this a House bill? Mr. HUMPHREY. No; it is a Senate bill. The bill was passed by the Senate, and the House accepted the Senate bill, but the drafting clerk of the House used different language. The amendments are clarifying, and are not substantive in nature.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion of the Senator from Minnesota. The motion was agreed to.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S SCIENCE

ATTACHÉ PROGRAM

Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, I have recently had occasion to comment on the Senate floor about the deterioration of the State Department's science

and petroleum backgrounds. We have only five mineral attachés abroad today. It cannot be disputed that mineral endowment is a major factor in the destiny of any nation and that our highly industrialized economy would languish without the flow of ores and minerals from many sectors of the globe. Is it unrealistic to propose a well-trained corps of mineral specialists as foreign-serv ice career officers to provide continuing mineral surveillance abroad for the United States, which in 1952 imported nearly $2 billion in mineral raw materials?

The apathy of our United States Department of State toward science is a matter of grave concern. The tremendous surge of the Soviets in the education of scientists and technologists has been much publicized. One prominent American scientist has pointed out the real danger of a Russian scientist surplus that can be exported to spread a scientific intelligence network throughout the world. The growing number of Russian scientists and technologists cannot be denied and we can ill afford to

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speculate disparagingly concerning their scientific abilities.

It could be that the State Department lacks confidence in its own abilities to delineate programs for and the staming of worldwide corps of scientific and mineral attachés. Many scientists would hasten to agree. The State Department could scarcely do better than to seek the recommendations of scientists themselves. The National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, in its independent position, detached from government and political pressures, is able to call on the best scientific resources of our Nation to address these vital problems.

Mr. HUMPHREY. I present the editorial in the hope that the State Department will read the RECORD, because the program of scientific attachés has practically come to a dead stop. The number involved today is so few that for all practical purposes there is no program. It seems to me that at a time when there is serious concern in our Nation about the technical and scientific training of large numbers of scientists and technicians in the Soviet Union, it might be very well for our State Department to give friendly consideration to the advice and counsel of distinguished editors, publishers, and scientists.

Mr. President, I desire now to refer to another subject. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota has the floor.

THE ILO FORCED LABOR ISSUE

Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, I wish to call to the attention of Senators an editorial which appeared in this morning's New York Times. I shall not ask to have it reprinted.

I also invite attention to a news story which has appeared in the American press in the past 2 days, from Geneva, Switzerland. The news story and editorial relate to the ILO conference which is taking place there, and the unbelievable spectacle the representatives of our country are affording, when, instead of spearheading the efforts to outlaw forced labor, they are advocating halfhearted measures.

Mr. President, those of us who have been concerned about the administration's foot-dragging on the ILO forced labor issue can now take cold comfort that our fears seem to have been well founded. The New York Times this morning contains 8 dispatch from Geneva pointing out the Soviet Government is taking the lead at the ILO conference to promote a convention that will "outlaw forced labor in all its forms and anywhere."

I ask unanimous consent that the article referred to be printed in the RECORD at this point in my remarks.

There being no objection, the article was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

SOVIET RUSE SEEN ON FORCED LABOR-DELEGATES TO I. L. O. PARLEY NOTE MOSCOW MANEUVERS TO EMBARRASS THE WEST

(By Michael L. Hoffman) GENEVA, June 18-The Soviet Union has tried to grab the ball from the Western Governments and trade unions on the forced labor issue in the International Labor Organization.

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H. R. 5790. An act relating to the application in the Territory of Hawaii of the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act and the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act;

H. R. 8493. An act to exempt from taxation certain property of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Inc., in the District of Columbia:

H. R. 9582. An act to provide for the delayed reporting of births within the District of Columbia;

H. R. 9671. An act to provide for the conveyance of certaih property of the United States in the village of Carey, Ohio;

H. R. 10374. An act to amend the act to incorporate the Oak Hill Cemetery, in the District of Columbia;

H. R. 10768. An act to amend section 5 of the Act of August 7, 1946, entitled "An act for the retirement of public-school teachers in the District of Columbia," as amended; and

H. R. 11473. An act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.

SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

The SPEAKER announced his signature to enrolled bills of the Senate of the following titles:

S. 1614. An act to amend the act entitled "An act to fix a reasonable definition and standard of identity of certain dry milk solids," title 21, United States Code, section 321c;

S. 2771. An act to authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment and provide certain services to the Boy Scouts of America for use at the Fourth National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.

SENATE BILLS REFERRED

Bills of the Senate of the following titles were taken from the Speaker's table and, under the rule, referred as follows:

S. 2654. An act to authorize the Administrator of General Services to convey certain lands in the State of Wyoming to the city of Cheyenne, Wyo.; to the Committee on Government Operations.

S. 3042. An act to amend section 27 of the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended (30 U. S. C., sec. 184), in order to promote the development of phosphate on the public domain; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

S. 3467. An act to authorize the conveyance of tribal lands from the Shoshone Indian Tribe and the Arapahoe Indian Tribe of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming to the United States; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

S. 3512. An act to permit desert land entries on disconnected tracts of lands which, in the case of any one entryman, form a compact unit and do not exceed in the aggregate 320 acres; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

BILLS

AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT Mr. BURLESON, from the Committee on House Administration, reported that that committee did on the following dates present to the President, for his approval, bills and joint resolutions of the House of the following titles:

On June 21, 1956:

H. R. 2106. An act to provide that the enlistment contracts or periods of obligated service of members of the Armed Forces shall

not terminate by reason of appointment as
cadets or midshipmen at the Military, Naval,
Air Force, or Coast Guard Academies, or as
midshipmen in the Naval Reserve, and for
other purposes;

H. R. 10060. An act to amend the District
of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act
of 1953, as amended;

H. J. Res. 533. Joint resolution to facilitate
the admission into the United States of cer-
tain allens;
waive
H. J. Res. 534. Joint resolution to
certain provisions of the Immigration and
Nationality Act in behalf of certain aliens;
H. J. Res. 535. Joint resolution for the relief
of certain aliens;

H. J. Res. 553. Joint resolution waiving
certain subsections of section 212 (a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf
of certain aliens, end for other purposes;
H. J. Res. 554. Joint resolution for the re-
lief of certain aliens;

H. J. Res. 555. Joint resolution to facilitate
the admission into the United States of cer-
tain aliens; and

H. J. Res. 566. Joint resolution to waive certain provisions of section 212 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf of certain aliens.

On June 22, 1956:

H. R. 9739. An act making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.

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Stat. 85); to the Committee on Interior and
Insular Affairs.

2011. A letter from the Assistant Secre-
tary of the Interior, transmitting a proposed
concession contract with the Lake McDonald
Boat Co., which, when executed by the super-
intendent, Glacier National Park, Mont., will
authorize it to provide boat transportation
and rental service on Lake McDonald and
St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park for
a period of from 2 to 5 years from January 1,
1957, depending on the facilities installed by
the concessioner, pursuant to the act of
July 31, 1953 (67 Stat. 271); to the Com-
mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

2012. A letter from the Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled "A bill to authorize the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate minimum standards of qualifications for probation officers"; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2013. A letter from the Commissioner, Naturalization Service, Immigration and United States Department of Justice, transmitting additional information relative to the case of Todrys Wallach, A-7988112, involving the provisions of section 6 of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, and requesting that it be withdrawn from those before the Congress and returned to the jurisdiction of this Service; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2014. A letter from the Secretary of the Army, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the United States Army, dated April 30, 1956, submitting an interim report, together with accompany

Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, I move. ing papers and illustrations, on a survey of that the House do now adjourn.

The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 1 o'clock and 53 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, June 26, 1956, at 12 o'clock noon.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS,

ETC.

Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

2006. A letter from the Secretary of the Air Force, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled "A bill to amend the act of June 21, 1950, relating to the appointment of boards of medical officers"; to the Committee on Armed Services.

2007. A letter from the president, Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled "A bill to provide for the maintenance of public order and the protection of life and property in connection with the Presidential inaugural ceremonies"; to the Committec on the District of Columbia.

2008. A letter from the Acting Archivist of the United States, transmitting a report on records proposed for disposal and lists or schedules covering records proposed for disposal by certain Government agencies, pursuant to the act approved July 7, 1943 (57 Stat. 380), as amended by the act approved July 6, 1945 (59 Stat. 434); to the Committee on House Administration.

2009. A letter from the secretary, National Trust for Historic Preservation, transmitting a report by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States for the calendar year 1955, pursuant to section 6 of Public Law 408, 81st Congress; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

2010. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report on the activities of, expenditures by, and donations Forks, N. Dak., for the calendar year 1955, to, the Lignite Research Laboratory, Grand pursuant to the act of March 25, 1948 (62

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Minnesota River at Mankato and North Man-
This report is submitted in
kato, Minn.
partial response to the authority contained
in the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936,
for a preliminary examination and survey of
Minnesota River, Minn. (H. Doc. No. 437);
to the Committee on Public Works and or-
dered to be printed with two illustrations
2015. A letter from the Secretary of the
Army, transmitting a draft of proposed legis-
lation entitled "A bill to amend section 5 of
the Flood Control Act of August 18, 1941, as
amended, pertaining to emergency flood-
control work"; to the Committee on Public
Works.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows:

Mr. CANNON: Committee of conference. H. R. 11319. A bill making appropriations for the Tennessee Valley Authority, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, and civil functions administered by the Department of the Army, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 2413). Ordered to be printed.

Mr. FOGARTY: Committee of conference. H. R. 9720. A bill making appropriations for the Department of Labor, Health, Education, and Welfare, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 2414). Ordered to be printed.

on Post Mr. ALEXANDER: Committee A bill Office and Civil Service. H. R. 4938. relating to contracts for the conduct of conwith amendment stations; tract postal (Rept. No. 2416). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. WILLIS: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 10263. A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, entitled "Copyrights," with respect to certain fees; without amendment

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ices Act of 1949, as amended, to authorize the disposal of surplus property for civil-defense purposes, to provide that certain Federal surplus property be disposed of to State and local civil defense organizations which are established by or pursuant to State law, and for other purposes; and

H. R. 6634. An act to authorize the conveyance of a certain tract of land in North Carolina to the city of Charlotte, N. C.

The message also announced that the House had disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 6243) authorizing the construction of a nuclear-powered merchant ship to promote the peacetime application of atomic energy, and for other purposes; asked a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that Mr. BONNER, Mr. ROBESON of Virginia, Mr. TUMULTY, Mr. TOLLEFSON, and Mr. ALLEN of California were appointed managers on the part of the House at the conference.

The message further announced that the House had disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R 7380) to amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953 to correct certain inequities; asked a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that Mr. DAVIS of Georgia, Mr. WILLIAMS of Mississippi, and Mr. BROYHILL were appointed managers on the part of the House at the conference.

The message also announced that the House had disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 9052) to amend the Export Control Act of 1949 to continue for an additional period of 2 years the authority provided thereunder for the regulation of exports; asked a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that Mr. SPENCE, Mr. BROWN of Georgia, Mr. PATMAN, Mr. RAINS, Mr. WOLCOTT, Mr. GAMBLE, and Mr. TALLE were appointed managers on the part of the House at the conference.

The message further announced that the House had disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 9852) to extend the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and for other purposes; asked a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that Mr. SPENCE, Mr. BROWN of Georgia, Mr. PATMAN, Mr. RAINS, Mr. WOLCOTT, Mr. GAMBLE, and Mr. TALLE were appointed managers on the part of the House at the conference.

The message also announced that the House had disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 11320) to

effect the control of narcotics, barbiturates, and dangerous drugs in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; asked a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that Mr. ABERNETHY, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, and Mr. MILLER of Nebraska were appointed managers on the part of the House at the conference.

The message further announced that the House had disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 11619) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act to provide for a

more effective control of narcotic drugs and marihuana, and for other purposes; agreed to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that Mr. COOPER, Mr. MILLS, Mr. BoGcs, Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin, and Mr. SADLAK were appointed managers on the part of the House at the conference.

The message aiso announced that the House, had agreed to a concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 256) correcting the enrollment of H. R. 6782, in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate.

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

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

S. 1614. An act to amend the act entitled "An act to fix a reasonable definition and standard of identity of certain dry milk solids", title 21, United States Code, section 321c

S. 2771. An act to authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment and provide certain services to the Boy Scouts of America for use at the Fourth National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes;

H. R. 101. An act relating to the administration by the Secretary of the Interior of section 9, subsections (d) and (e), of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939;

H. R. 5590. An act to amend the act en

titled "An act to recognize the high public service rendered by Maj. Walter Reed and those associated with him in the discovery of the cause of means of transmission of yellow fever," approved February 28, 1929, by including therein the name of Gustaf E Lambert;

H. R. 5790. An act relating to the application in the Territory of Hawail of the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act and the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act;

H. R. 8493. An act to exempt from taxation certain property of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Inc., in the District of Columbia;

H. R. 9582. An act to provide for the delayed reporting of births within the District of Columbia;

H. R. 9671. An act to provide for the conveyance of certain property of the United States in the village of Carey, Ohio;

H. R. 10374. An act to amend the act to incorporate the Oak Hill Cemetery, in the District of Columbia;

H. R. 10768. An act to amend section 5 of the act of August 7, 1946, entitled "An Act for the Retirement of Public School Teachers in the District of Columbia," as amended; and

H. R. 11473. An act making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.

ENROLLED BILLS PRESENTED The Secretary of the Senate reported that on today, June 25, 1956, he presented to the President of the United States the following enrolled bills:

S. 1614. An act to amend the act entitled "An act to fix a reasonable definition and standard of identity of certain dry milk solids," title 21, United States Code, section 321c; and

S. 2771. An act to authorize the Secretary of Defense to lend certain Army, Navy, and Air Force equipment and provide certain services to the Boy Scouts of America for use at the fourth national jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS, 1957

The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill (H. R. 10986) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes.

Mr. ELLENDER. Mr. President, I am not posing this afternon as an armchair strategist. I serve on the subcommittee which recommended the appropriation of this money, and I regret that because I was busily engaged first on the farm bill, and later on the public works appropriation bill, I was unable to attend as many of the hearings before the Subcommittee on Armed Services of the Appropriations Committee as I desired.

Mr. President, I personally do not know what it may be best to do in the way of appropriating specific sums for defense purposes for the simple reason that I do not have the facts at hand which the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the President have. Because they have these facts-as far as I know-they are the only individuals so equipped, I believe that we must, by all means, rely on what they tell us is necessary.

I realize that if we should be forced to engage in another war, it will be necessary for us to have the best of everything-the best Army, the best Navy, and the best Air Force. I believe I can illustrate my point by a story. I recall reading that during the Civil War it was necessary for the Confederate Army to obtain more recruits; quite a number of the Confederate soldiers had been killed, and the ranks were growing very thin. Someone thought of a method by which more recruits could be obtained: In various States, officers serving in the Confederate Army were told to do some recruiting to make talks to the younger men, and to get them to enlist in the Confederate Army. In South Carolina, a young major volunteered to make speeches, in the attempt to get as many recruits as possible. Every time he began to speak, he would tell his audience, "Why should we fear those Yankees? We can beat them with cornstalks," And in each case he ended his speech with the same statement: "Why should we fear them? We can beat them with cornstalks." Recruits flocked to the Confederate cause-sparked, no doubt, by the man's eloquence.

Of course, all of us know what the result was.

After the Civil War was over, the same major decided to run for Congress. He proceeded to make speeches on behalf of his candidacy. He would make riproaring speeches among the citizens of his district. One day, an old fellow in the back row called out, "Look here, Major: You ain't fit to be a Congressman. I thought you told us during the war that we could beat those Yankees with cornstalks."

The major scratched his head a while, and then said: Yes, I did say that. But the devil of it was that those Yankees wouldn't fight with cornstalks." [Laughter]

Mr. President, I am not expert in the matter of what weapons the Russians might use against us should hostilities

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