By Mr. BUSH: S. 758. A bill for the relief of Andrew Friedmann and Vera Friedmann, nee Gorog; and S. 759. A bill for the relief of Chenoch Lieberman; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. MARTIN: S. 760. A bill to revise requirement for award of additional disability compensation to veterans who have dependents, and for other purposes; S. 761. A bill to amend section 304 of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, relating to reinstatement of war risk yearly renewable term insurance and United States Government life insurance by service-connected disabled World War I veterans; and S. 762. A bill to liberalize the basis for establishing wartime service connection for active tuberculosis, the psychoses, and multiple sclerosis; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. CLEMENTS: S. 763. A bill to provide that Inauguration Day shall be a national holiday; to the Committee on the Judiciary. S. 764. A bill to authorize the acquisition of land for expansion of the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. KEFAUVER: S. 765. A bill for the relief of Constantinous Tzortzis; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. MURRAY (for himself, S. 766. A bill to amend the existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, to provide additional punishment for violations of such laws, and to permit the United States, as well as private persons, to commence treble-damage actions; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. YOUNG: S. 767. A bill for the relief of Walter L. Monson; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. DIRKSEN: S. 768. A bill to amend part II of the Interstate Commerce Act to provide for filing of equipment trust agreements and other documents evidencing or relating to the lease, mortgage, conditional sale, or bailment of trucks and trailers; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey: S. 769. A bill for the relief of Maria E. Laedel; and S. 770. A bill for the relief of H. O. Schundler and others; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. MANSFIELD: S. 771. A bill for the relief of Anni Wolf and her minor son; and S. 772. A bill for the relief of Dimitri N. Berkoff (Berkov), his wife Lydie M. Berkoff, and his sons, Michael Berkoff and Nicholas D. Berkoff; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. FREAR: S. 773. A bill relating to the appointment of postmasters, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. By Mr. GREEN: S. 774. A bill for the relief of Eugene Kahan, Gizella Kahan, and Kathleen Judith Kahan; and S. 775. A bill for the relief of certain Greek aliens; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. GREEN (for himself and S. 776. A bill to repeal section 10 of the act entitled "An act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the United States, and for other purposes," approved June 30, 1936 (the so-called WalshHealey Act); to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. By Mr. TOBEY (by request): S. 777. A bill to require that merchant seamen be able to understand orders given in the English language, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. EASTLAND (for Mr. Mc- S. 778. A bill for the relief of Juan Jose Goirrigalcarri; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. LANGER: S. 779. A bill to indemnify drivers of motor vehicles of the postal service against liability for damages arising out of the operation of such vehicles in the performance of official duties; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. KNOWLAND (for himself and Mr. KuCHEL): S. 780. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to construct and operate the De Luz Dam and Reservoir on Santa Margarita River, Calif., to construct, operate, and maintain certain facilities to provide water for irrigation and domestic uses from said reservoir, and to provide for the joint utilization of the reservoir and other waterworks facilities by the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. LEHMAN: S. 781. A bill for the relief of Dr. Jacob Griffel; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. ANDERSON: S. 782. A bill to grant an exemption from the admissions tax to certain national folk festivals; to the Committee on Finance. S. 783. A bill to protect the surface values of lands within the national forests, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. ANDERSON (for himself and Mr. YOUNG): S. 784. A bill to prohibit the blending of wheat imported as unfit for human consumption with wheat suitable for human consumption; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BENNETT: S. 785. A bill to provide for the settlement of certain claims of the Uintah and White River Bands of Ute Indians asserted in Court of Claims case No. 47568 and to provide for the administration of the lands and moneys paid or to be paid Indians in settlement: to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. BEALL: S. 786. A bill for the relief of John N. Wilson and Hamilton M. Webb; to the Committee on Armed Services. S. 787. A bill to provide for the extension of terms of patents, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. HUMPHREY: S. 788. A bill establishing a general policy and procedures with respect to payments to State and local governments on account of Federal real property and tangible personal property, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Government Operations. By Mr. CLEMENTS: S. J. Res. 37. Joint resolution to authorize the erection of a memorial to Sara Louisa Rittenhouse in Montrose Park, District of Columbia; to the Committee on Rules and Administration. CONSOLIDATED GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL Mr. BYRD (for himself, Mr. BRIDGES, Mr. TAFT, Mr. SALTONSTALL, Mr. CLEMENTS, Mr. JENNER, Mr. ANDERSON, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. BRICKER, Mr. BUTLER Of Maryland, Mr. BUTLER of Nebraska, Mr. CAPEHART, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CORDON, Mr. DIRKSEN, Mr. DOUGLAS, Mr. DUFF, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. FLANDERS, Mr. GILLETTE, Mr. GOLDWATER, Mr. GRISWOLD, Mr. HENDRICKSON, Mr. HENNINGS, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. HUNT, Mr. IVES, Mr. JOHNSON of Colorado, Mr. KEFAUVER, Mr. KUCHEL, Mr. MALONE, Mr. MARTIN, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. MUNDT, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ROBERTSON, Mr. SCHOEPPEL, Mr. SMATHERS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs. SMITH of Maine, Mr. THYE, Mг. TOBEY, Mr. WELKER, Mr. WILEY, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. KENNEDY) submitted the following concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 8); which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That effective on the first day of the second regular session of the Eighty-third Congress, the joint rule of the Senate and of the House of Representatives contained in section 138 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(c) (1) All appropriations for each fiscal year shall be consolidated in one general appropriation bill to be known as the Consolidated General Appropriation Act of — (the blank to be filled in with the appropriate fiscal year). The consolidated general appropriation bill may be divided into separate titles, each title corresponding so far as practicable to the respective regular general appropriation bills heretofore enacted. As used in this paragraph, the term 'appropriations' shall not include deficiency or supplemental appropriations, appropriations under private acts of Congress, or rescissions of appropriations. "(2) The consolidated general appropriation bill for each fiscal year, and each deficiency and supplemental general appropriation bill containing ap propriations available for obligation during such fiscal year, shall contain provisions limiting the net amount to be obligated during such fiscal year in the case of each appropriation made therein which is available for obligation beyond the close of such fiscal year. Such consolidated general appropriation bill shall also contain provisions limiting the net amounts to be obligated during such fiscal year from all other prior appropriations which are available for obligation beyond the close of such fiscal year. Each such general appropriation bill shall also contain a provision that the limitations required by this paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the incurring of an obligation in the form of a contract within the respective amounts appropriated or otherwise authorized by law, if such contract does not provide for the delivery of property or the rendition of services during such fiscal year in excess of the applicable limitations on obligations. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall not be applicable to appropriations made specifically for the payment of claims certified by the Comptroller General of the United States and of judgments, to amounts appropriated under private acts of Congress, to appropriations for the payment of interest on the public debt, or to revolving funds or appropriations thereto. "(3) The committee reports accompanying each consolidated general appropriation bill, and any conference report thereon, shall show in tabular form, for information purposes, by items and totals "(A) the amount of each appropriation, including estimates of amounts becoming available in the fiscal year under permanent appropriations; "(B) estimates of the amounts to be transferred between such appropriations; "(C) estimates of the net amount to be expended in such fiscal year from each appropriation referred to in clause (A); "(D) estimates of the net amount to be expended in such fiscal year from the balances of prior appropriations; "(E) the totals of the amounts referred to in clauses (C) and (D); and "(F) estimates of the total amount which will be available for expenditure subsequent to the close of such fiscal year from the appropriations referred to in clause (A). The committee reports accompanying each deficiency and supplemental appropriation bill containing appropriations available for obligation or expenditure during such fiscal year, and each appropriation rescission bill, and any conference report on any such bill, shall include appropriate cumulative revisions of such tabulations. "(4) The committee reports accompanying each consolidated general appropriation bill, and any conference report thereon, shall show in tabular form, for information purposes, for each wholly owned Government corporation or other agency of the Government which is authorized to receive and expend receipts without covering such receipts into the Treasury of the United States and which uses a checking account maintained with the Treasurer of the United States for that purpose (A) the estimated expenditures (other than retirement of borrowing) to be made out of such checking account for the fiscal year, (B) the estimated receipts (other than borrowing) to be deposited in such checking account for such fiscal year, and (C) the difference between (A) and .(B). "(5) The provisions of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) shall not be applicable to appropriations of trust funds or to transactions involving public-debt retirement. "(6) No general appropriation bill shall be received or considered in either House unless the bill and the report accompanying it conform with this rule. "(7) The Appropriations Committees of the two Houses may hold hearings simultaneously on each general appropriation bill or may hold joint hearings thereon. "(d) The consolidated general appropriation bill for each fiscal year, and each deficiency and supplemental general appropriation bill containing appropriations available for obligation during such fiscal year, shall at the time the bill is reported to the House of Representatives and to the Senate contain in the body of the bill or in a preamble thereto, as the respective committees may deem appropriate, a current estimate of the Secretary of the Treasury of the over-all Federal receipts for such fiscal year." EXPENDITURES FOR INVESTIGATION OF Mr. LANGER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following resolution (S. Res. 62) and submitted a report (No. 33) thereon: Resolved, That in holding hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investigations as authorized by subsection (k) (6) of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, or by section 134 (a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Committee on the Judiciary, or the standing Subcommittee on National Penitentiaries, is authorized during the period beginning on February 1, 1953, and ending on January 31, 1954, to make such expenditures, and to employ upon a temporary basis such investigators, and such technical, clerical, and other assistants, as it deems advisable. SEC. 2. The expenses of the committee under this resolution, which shall not exceed $5,000, shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee. Ordered, That the resolution be referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. AMENDMENT OF RULES RELATING TO CLOTURE Mr. LEHMAN (for himself, Mr. DOUGLAS, Mr. HENNINGS, Mr. HUMPHREY, Mr. KILGORE, Mr. MAGNUSON, Mr. NEELY, and Mr. PASTORE) submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 63); which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration: Resolved, That (a) subsection 2 of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, relating to cloture, is amended to read as follows: "2. If at any time, notwithstanding the provisions of rule III or rule VI or any other rule of the Senate, a motion, signed by 16 Senators, to bring to a close the debate upon any measure, motion, or other matter pending before the Senate, or the unfinished business, is presented to the Senate pursuant to this subsection, the Presiding Officer shall at once state the motion to the Senate, and 1 hour after the Senate meets on the following calendar day but one, he shall lay the motion before the Senate and direct that the Secretary call the roll, and, upon the ascertainment that a quorum is present, the Presiding Officer shall, without debate, submit to the Senate by a yea-and-nay vote the question: "Is it the sense of the Senate that the debate shall be brought to a close?' 66 "And if that question shall be decided in the affirmative by a two-thirds vote of those voting, then said measure, motion, or other matter pending before the Senate, or the unfinished business, shall be the unfinished business to the exclusion of all other business until disposed of. "Thereafter no Senator shall be entitled to speak in all more than 1 hour on the measure, motion, or other matter pending before the Senate, or the unfinished business, the amendments thereto, and motions affecting the same, and it shall be the duty of the Presiding Officer to keep the time of each Senator who speaks. Except by unanimous consent, no amendment shall be in order after the vote to bring the debate to a close, unless the same has been presented and read prior to that time. No dilatory motion, or dilatory amendment, or amendment not germane shall be in order. Points of order, including questions of relevancy, and appeals from the decision of the Presiding Officer, shall be decided without debate." (b) Subsection 3 of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate relating to cloture, is amended to read as follows: "3. If at any time, notwithstanding the provisions of rule III or rule VI or any other rule of the Senate, a motion, signed by 16 Senators, to bring to a close the debate upon any measure, motion, or other matter pending before the Senate, or the unfinished business, is presented to the Senate pursuant to this subsection, the Presiding Officer shall at once state the motion to the Senate, and 1 hour after the Senate meets on the fourteenth calendar day thereafter (exclusive of Sundays and legal holidays), he shall lay the motion before the Senate and direct that the Secretary call the roll, and, upon the ascertainment that a quorum is pres S. 799. A bill to amend the Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services Act of 1951, as amended; and S. 800. A bill to amend the ExportImport Act of 1945, as amended; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. By Mr. MAGNUSON: S. 801. A bill for the relief of Eugenio S. Roiles; S. 802. A bill for the relief of Edward Kowalczyk; S. 803. A bill for the relief of Donald R. Dyson and Kenneth M. Dyson; S. 804. A bill for the relief of Antonios Vasillos Zarkadis; and S. 805. A bill making the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in every even-numbered year, a legal holiday; to the Committee on the Judiciary. S. 806. A bill to provide a 3-day period for the election of Members of Congress and the appointment of electors of President and Vice President; to the Committee on Rules and Administration. By Mr. HUNT: S. 807. A bill to provide for granting to the several States the mineral rights in public lands belonging to the United States; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. DOUGLAS: S. 808. A bill for the relief of Frederick Wiesinger; and S. 809. A bill for the relief of Vittoria Sperti; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. PURTELL: S. 810. A bill for the relief of Jan E. Tomczycki; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. LEHMAN: S. 811. A bill for the relief of George Mauner; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. YOUNG: S. 812. A bill to exempt amateur and semi-professional baseball games conducted by certain nonprofit organizations from the admissions tax; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. GRISWOLD: S. 813. A bill for the relief of Helen Stembera; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. PAYNE: S. 814. A bill for the relief of Pauline Martha Fimeri; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. TAFT: S. 815. A bill for the relief of Steven M. Pivnicki; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. RUSSELL: S. 816. A bill for the relief of Bruno Lanier; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. CHAVEZ: S. 817. A bill for the relief of Rev. Petros Constantine Remoundos; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. KNOWLAND: S. 818. A bill to amend the Universal Military Training and Service Act to provide for the deportation of certain aliens who apply for relief from liability thereunder; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Mr. SMATHERS: S. 819. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the sale at certain post offices of tobacco, cigar, and cigarette tax stamps; to the Committee on Finance. S. 820. A bill for the relief of the estate of Carlos M. Cochran; and S. 821. A bill for the relief of Sarkis Diarbekerian and his family; to the Committee on the Judiciary. S. 822. A bill to provide biweekly pay periods for postmasters, officers, and employees in the postal field service; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. S. 823. A bill to provide for a preliminary examination and survey to determine the need for improvement of East Pass Channel from the Gulf of Mexico to Chottawhatchee Bay, Fla., via Destin; and S. 824. A bill to anthorize an improved entrance and channel from Pensacola Bay, Fla.; to the Committee on Public Works. By Mr. HENDRICKSON: S. 825. A bill for the relief of Karin Rita Grubb; S. 826. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Valentine Averdoff; S. 827. A bill for the relief of Matthew J. Berckman; S. 828. A bill for the relief of Ruth Sonin; S. 829. A bill for the relief of Sister Anna Ettl; S. 830. A bill for the relief of Samuel, Agnes, and Sonya Lieberman; and S. 831. A bill for the relief of Pietro Meduri; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. WILEY: S. 832. A bill to authorize acquisition and interception of communications in interest of national security and defense; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. McCLELLAN (for himself, S. 833. A bill to amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide for more effective evaluation of the fiscal requirements of the executive agencies of the Government of the United States; to the Committee on Government Operations. By Mr. CLEMENTS: S. 834. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Clementine DeRyck; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (by request): S. 835. A bill to protect the public health and welfare by restoring authority for factory inspections under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cometic Act; to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. By Mr. BYRD (for himself and S. 836. A bill to amend section 16 of the act entitled "An act to prevent pernicious political activities," approved August 2, 1939; to the Committee on Rules and Administration. By Mr. JENNER: S. 837. A bill for the relief of Eugene Rivoche and Marie Barsky; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. MAGNUSON: S. 838. A bill to legalize maritime hiring halls; to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. By Mr. BEALL: S. 839. A bill conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment on the claims of G. W. Todd and Lloyd Parks, copartners; and S. 840. A bill conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear, determine, and render judgment on the claims of Ira T. Todd and Major C. Todd, copartners, trading as Todd Bros.; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. LANGER: S. 841. A bill for the relief of Dionysio Antypas; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. IVES: S. 842. A bill for the relief of John P. Hayes; and S. 843. A bill for the relief of Rabbi Eugene Feigelstock; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. MILLIKIN (for himself and Mr. JOHNSON of Colorado): S. 844. A bill to authorize Federal aid with respect to the costs of constructing that portion of an approved hospital project which was commenced without Federal participation and prior to January 1, 1953; to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. By Mr. MAGNUSON: S. J. Res. 38. Joint resolutions to designate the lake to be formed by the McNary lock and dam in the Columbia River, Wash., and Oreg., as Lake Wallula; to the Committee on Public Works. By Mr. KNOWLAND: S. J. Res. 39. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to enable the Congress, in aid of the common defense, to function effectively in time of emergency or disaster; to the Committee on the Judiciary. COAUTHOR OF SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1 On motion by Mr. BRICKER, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the name of Mr. SMATHERS be added as a coauthor of the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 1) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the making of treaties and executive agreements. COAUTHORS OF SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8 On motion by Mr. BYRD, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the names of Mr. BEALL, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SMITH of North Carolina, and Mr. DANIEL be added as coauthors of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 8) providing for a Consolidated General Appropriation Act. AMENDMENT OF RULE RELATING TO OBJECTION TO CONSIDERATION OF BILLS ON CALENDAR Mr. GILLETTE submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 64); which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration: Resolved, That rule VIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by inserting "1." before the first paragraph of such rule and by adding at the end of such rule the following: "2. Any Senator may file with the Secretary of the Senate a written objection, signed by such Senator, to any bill or resolution on the Calendar of Bills and Resolutions, and any such objection so filed shall have the effect with respect to such bill or resolution of an objection interposed under subsection 1 of this rule, and shall continue to have such effect for the remainder of the Congress unless and until withdrawn by such Senator either orally on the floor of the Senate or in writing signed by such Senator and filed with the Secretary of the Senate. The daily Calendar of Business of the Senate shall be prepared so as to indicate when an objection as provided for under this subsection is on file with respect to any bill or resolution, and the name of the Senator or Senators filing such objection." AMENDMENT OF RULE WITH REFERENCE TO RESOLUTIONS RELATING TO INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS AND COMMITTEE PER SONNEL Mr. GILLETTE submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 65); which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration: Resolved, That the Standing Rules of the Senate are amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new rule: "RULE XLI "INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS AND COMMITTEE PERSONNEL "1. No resolution authorizing an inquiry or investigation, or extension thereof, shall contain any authorization for any payment from the contingent fund of the Senate. Any committee reporting any such resolution to the Senate involving an inquiry or investigation in the conduct of which expenses will be incurred shall include in the report on such resolution a budget setting forth its estimate of expenses to be incurred in such inquiry or investigation. Any such budget shall include separate estimates for personal services, hearings, and travel, and shall contain such other information as the Committee on Rules and Administration may require. "2. Authorization to pay from the contingent fund of the Senate for the expenses of any inquiry or investigation hereafter authorized or extended shall be made by a resolution separate from the resolution authorizing such inquiry or investigation or extension thereof. No resolution authorizing or reauthorizing the payment of the expenses of any such inquiry or investigation shall be agreed to by the Senate until after the resolution authorizing such inqury or investigation, or extension thereof, has been agreed to by the Senate. "3. The Committee on Rules and Administration is authorized and directed to prescribe uniform requirements for the form and contents of the budget required to be submitted under subsection 1 of this rule, and to make such studies as may be necessary to enable it so to prescribe. "4. Whenever the head of any department or agency of the Government shall have detailed or assigned personnel of such department or agency to the staff of any Senate committee or subcommittee thereof, the appropriations of such department or agency from which the personnel so assigned or detailed is paid shall be reimbursed from funds available to the committee or subcommittee at the end of each quarterly period in the amount of the salaries of such personnel while on such detail or assignment; and the services of any personnel so detailed or assigned shall not be accepted or utilized unless, at the time of such detail, or assignment, funds are available to such committee or subcommittee for the reimbursement of appro priations, as herein provided, for the period of such detail or assignment." SEC. 2. Paragraph (0) (1) (A) of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended to read as follows: "(A) Matters relating to the payment of money out of the contingent fund of the Senate or creating a charge upon the same, but no resolution which authorizes an inquiry or investigation, or an extension thereof, and does not contain an authorization for payment out of such contingent fund shall be deemed to create a charge upon the same." SEC. 3. Senate Resolution 77, Seventyninth Congress, agreed to June 28, 1945, as amended, is repealed. STANDING COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS Mr. FERGUSON submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 66); which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration: Resolved, That commencing with the Eighty-fourth Congress, rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate (relating to standing committees) is amended by (1) striking out subparagraphs 10 through 13 in paragraph (h) of section 1; (2) striking out subparagraphs 16 through 19 in paragraph (1) of section 1; (3) inserting in section 1 after paragraph (o) the following new paragraph; "(p) Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to consist of nine Senators, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects: "1. Veterans' measures, generally. "2. Pensions of all wars of the United States, general and special. "3. Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in the Armed Forces. "4. Compensation of veterans. "5. Vocational rehabilitation and education of veterans. "6. Veterans' hospitals, medical care, and treatment of veterans. "7. Soldiers' and sailors' civil relief. "8. Readjustment of servicemen to civil life."; (4) striking out section 4 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(4) Each Senator shall serve on two standing committees and no more; except that not to exceed 19 Senators of the majority party, and not to exceed 7 Senators of the minority party, who are members of the Committee on the District of Columbia, the Committee on Government Operations, the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, or the Committee on Veterans' Affairs may serve on three standing committees and no more." VICE PRESIDENT RESUMED THE CHAIR The VICE PRESIDENT resumed the chair. SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS The VICE PRESIDENT appointed Mr. THYE, Mr. TOBEY, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. SALTONSTALL, Mr. HENDRICKSON, Mr. SCHOEPPEL, Mr. DUFF, Mr. SPARKMAN, Mr. LONG, Mr. GILLETTE, Mr. HUMPHREY, Mr. HUNT, and Mr. SMATHERS as members of the Select Committee on Small Business, created by Senate Resolution 58 (81st Cong.). DIRECTOR OF COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF The VICE PRESIDENT appointed Mr. SALTONSTALL a Director of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf. EXTENDING REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1949 On motion by Mr. TAFT, The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. 1979) to amend the Reorganization Act of 1949 so that such act will apply to reorganization plans transmitted before April 1, 1955. Mr. TAFT raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon A quorum being present, The question being taken on agreeing to Mr. MCCLELLAN'S amendment, viz, strike out all on lines 1 to 6, both inclusive, and insert in lieu thereof the following: That subsection (b) of section 5 of the Reorganization Act of 1949 is amended to read as follows: "(b) No provision contained in a reorganization plan shall take effect unless the plan is transmitted to the Congress before April 1, 1955.” Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 6 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(a) Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the provisions of the reorganization plan shall take effect upon the expiration of the first period of sixty calendar days, of continuous session of the Congress, following the date on which the plan is transmitted to it; but only if, between the date of transmittal and the expiration of such sixty-day period, there has not been passed by either of the two Houses a resolution stating in substance that that House does not favor the reorganization plan." Anderson Griswold Barrett Hayden Beall Hendrickson Bennett Hennings Bricker Hill Mundt Bush Hoey Murray Butler, Md. Holland Pastore Humphrey Payne Hunt Potter Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. SENATORS EXCUSED FROM ATTENDANCE The following-named Senators were excused from attendance upon the Senate for the period indicated: Mr. MCCLELLAN, for the balance of today and until Wednesday of next week, on his own request. Mr. MCCARTHY, for the balance of today and until Wednesday of next week, on his own request. Mr. Ives, for next week, on his own request. ENROLLED BILL PRESENTED The Secretary reported that on today he presented to the President of the United States the enrolled bill (S. 243) to amend Public Law 73, Eighty-first Congress, first session (63 Stat. 111), to provide for an Under Secretary of State for Administration. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN IMPORT TAXES ON COPPER On motion by Mr. KNOWLAND, The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. 568) to continue until the close of June 30, 1954, the suspension of certain import taxes on copper. Pending debate, EXECUTIVE SESSION On motion by Mr. KNOWLAND, The Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business; and after the consideration of executive business, On motion by Mr. KNOWLAND, at 7 o'clock and 5 minutes p. m., The Senate, as in legislative session, adjourned until Tuesday next. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1953 The VICE PRESIDENT called the Senate to order and the Chaplain offered prayer. THE JOURNAL On motion by Mr. TAFT, and by unanimous consent, The Journal of the proceedings of Friday, February 6, 1953, was approved. PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. Miller, his secretary: Mr. President: The President of the United States approved and signed on February 7, 1953, the act (S. 243) to amend Public Law 73, Eighty-first Congress, first session (63 Stat. 111), to provide for an Under Secretary of State for Administration. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Maurer, one of its clerks: Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill, viz, H. R. 1979, I am directed to bring the same to the Senate for the signature of its President. |