Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Foreign Operations met in executive session and received testimony with regard to Cuba from Roy R. Rubottom, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, and William A. Wieland, Director, Office of Middle American Affairs, Department of State.

Joint Committee Meetings

CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy: Committee continued, in executive session, its informal meetings regarding the civilian nuclear power program, with testimony from representatives of the atomic equipment industry and architectural engineers. Hearings continue tomorrow.

gate Nonessential Federal Expenditures was announced:
Representatives Mills, Forand, and Reed from the
Committee on Ways and Means; and Representatives
Cannon, Mahon, and Taber from the Committee on
Appropriations.
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Adjournment: Adjourned at 1:39 p.m.
Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held.

Joint Committee Meetings

NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS

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Joint Committee on Atomic Energy: Committee held further executive hearings to receive testimony with regard to results of recent nuclear weapons tests (Hardtack operation, phases 1 and 2) and possible effects of a moratorium on further nuclear weapons development, with testimony from Adm. E. N. Parker, Chief, and Col. Jack Ledford, both of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project; and Gen. Herbert B. Loper, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy. POLARIS PROJECT

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy: Subcommittee on Military Applications held an executive session to receive a briefing on the Polaris missile project from Rear Adm. W. F. Raborn, Director, Special Projects, Navy.

PRINTING

Joint Committee on Printing: Committee approved the awarding of contracts on 33,632,500 pounds of paper in the amount of $4,203,869, and for 47,901,000 envelopes in the amount of $202,604.

Following this action the committee held an executive session to conduct routine committee business, included in which was the adoption of rules of procedure for the 86th Congress.

Tuesday, January 20, 1959

Chamber Action

Routine Proceedings, pages 861-919

Bills Introduced: 103 bills and 14 resolutions were
introduced, as follows: S. 498-600; S.J. Res. 18-22; and
S. Res. 26-34.
Pages 870-875

Resolutions Reported: Reports were made as follows: S. Res. 31, authorizing Committee on Foreign Relations to make study of foreign affairs, with special reference to Latin American and Canadian affairs, and problems of world disarmament, and authorizing

expenditures of $500,000 therefor (S. Rept. 2)—referred to Committee on Rules and Administration;

S. Res. 32, authorizing Committee on Foreign Relations to employ one additional professional staff member to assist Senators in connection with reception of foreign dignitaries (S. Rept. 3)—referred to Committee on Rules and Administration;

S. Res. 11, authorizing Committee on Banking and Currency to expend $114,500 to make study of matters pertaining to public and private housing (S. Rept. 4);

S. Res. 20, authorizing Committee on Banking and Currency to expend $70,000 to make investigation of financial and economic matters generally (S. Rept. 5); S. Res. 26, authorizing Committee on Armed Services to expend $190,000 to make study of matters connected with defense (no written report)-referred to Committee on Rules and Administration; and

S. Res. 30, authorizing Committee on Foreign Relations to employ two professional staff members and three clerical assistants (no written report)-referred to Committee on Rules and Administration. Pages 870-871

President's Message-Budget: President's message transmitting proposed budget of $77 billion for fiscal year 1960 was laid down and referred to Committee on Appropriations. Pages 861-862 President's Message-Economic Report: President's message transmitting Economic Report was laid down and referred to the Joint Economic Committee.

Page 861 Standing Committee Assignments: Minority slate of assignments to standing committees for the 86th Congress was submitted by Senator Dirksen and order for its approval was, by unanimous consent, adopted.

Pages 864-865

Printing Colorado River: Second annual report on status of Colorado River storage project and participating projects, transmitted by Assistant Secretary of Interior, was ordered to be printed as S. Doc. 8.

Pages 908-909

Junior Achievement Week: S. Con. Res. 3, authorizing President to declare the week of January 25–31, 1959, as National Junior Achievement Week, was adopted, following discharge of Committee on the Judi

Chamber Action

Nominations: Senate received the following nomina-
tions: Julian H. Zimmerman, of Kansas, to be Federal
Housing Commissioner; Henry A. Byroade, of Indiana,
to be Ambassador to Afghanistan; Sheldon T. Mills, of
Oregon, to be Ambassador to Jordan; William C.
Trimble, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Cambodia;
William L. Mitchell, of D.C., to be Commissioner of
Social Security of the Department of HEW; and
Herbert S. Boreman, of West Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit
Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
Adjournment: Adjourned at 4:25 p.m.
Committee Meetings

DEFENSE BRIEFING

Pages 937-938

Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in executive session to receive a briefing from Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Nathan F. Twining, who did not conclude their remarks and will continue same tomorrow.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held an executive meeting, following which it announced that it will hold hearings on January 27 on the nominations of Leonard J. Saccio, to be Deputy Director for Mutual Security, ICA; Livingston T. Merchant, to be Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs; John O. Bell, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs; and 5 of 50 pending Foreign Service nominations.

Committee also considered a draft resolution relative to the Berlin situation, but postponed its further consideration until January 27.

BRIEFING ON U.S.S.R.

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held an afternoon executive session to receive a briefing on Soviet matters from Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr., Ambassador to the U.S.S.R.

Chamber Action

Routine Proceedings, pages 963-992

Wednesday, January 21, 1959

the status of the Air Force Missiles Program. Witnesses heard were William M. Holaday, Director of Guided Missiles, Office of the Secretary of Defense; and Under Secretary Malcom A. MacIntyre; Assistant Secretary Lyle S. Garlock; and Lt. Gen. C. S. Irvine, Deputy Chief of Staff for Materiel, all of the Air Force. DEFENSE BRIEFING

Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued in executive session to receive a briefing from Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Nathan F. Twining.

Committee will meet again tomorrow to hear Secretary of the Army Brucker and Army Chief of Staff General Taylor.

ECONOMICS AND FOREIGN POLICY

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in executive session to hear testimony with regard to economics and foreign policy from Deputy Under Secretary of State C. Douglas Dillon.