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The Senator will note the language of the amendment adopted in the conference, as follows, in the authority for the extension:

And to containers bearing labeling which, prior to February 1, 1929, was lithographed, etched, stamped, pressed, printed, fused. or blown on or in such containers

And so forth.

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

The report was agreed to.

AMENDMENT OF TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY ACT

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the amendment of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 1796) to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933.

Mr. NORRIS. I move that the Senate disagree to the House amendment, request a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that the Chair appoint the conferees on the part of the Senate.

The motion was agreed to; and the Vice President appointed Mr. SMITH, Mr. WHEELER, Mr. THOMAS of Oklahoma, Mr. NORRIS, and Mr. McNARY conferees on the part of the Senate.

AMENDMENT OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend section 33 of the act entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright," approved March 4, 1909, and for other purposes, which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Patents.

NEW BUILDINGS FOR NAVY DEPARTMENT IN THE DISTRICT The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to authorize the construction of new buildings for the Navy Department in the District of Columbia, which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. WITHDRAWAL OF PUBLIC LANDS FOR PROTECTION OF WATERSHEDS

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw public-domain lands for the protection of watersheds, which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys. EXPENSES INCURRED BY VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION BENEFICIARIES

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to provide for allowance of expenses incurred by Veterans' Administration beneficiaries and their attendants in authorized travel for examination and treatment, which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Finance.

REPORT ON TELEPHONE INVESTIGATION (H. DOC. NO. 340) The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a letter from the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the Commission on its investigation of the telephone industry in the United States unanimously adopted by the Commission, which, with the accompanying report (in two volumes), was referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by Workers Alliance Local, No. 483, of San Francisco, Calif., protesting against the enactment of legislation depriving noncitizens of the right to work on Works Progress Administration projects, to deport certain noncitizens to concentration camps, etc., which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by Workers Alliance Local, No. 483, of San Francisco, Calif., favoring a deficiency appropriation for the Works Progress

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Administration of $50.000.000 for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and a sufficient appropriation to provide an average of 3,000,000 public-works jobs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1939, which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

He also laid before the Senate a resolution adopted by the Catholic Women's Union, representing 31 affiliated societies in New Jersey, favoring the enactment of neutrality legislation containing a prohibition against propaganda by aliens in the United States, barring secret diplomatic understandings by American officials, loans and financial agreements with foreign governments and private financial institutions, and forbidding the selling of arms, munitions, and military equipment to foreign nations, which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

He also laid before the Senate the memorial of the California Mountaineers, of Visalia, Calif., remonstrating against the enactment of legislation to create the Kings Canyon Park in California, which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys.

He also laid before the Senate a telegram in the nature of a petition from the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, in session at Beaver Falls, Pa., signed by A. A. Wylie, clerk, praying for the enactment of pending legislation to prohibit the advertising of alcoholic beverages by radio, which was ordered to lie on the table. He also laid before the Senate the memorial of Milton James Ferguson, president of the American Library Association, Chicago, Ill., remonstrating against the confirmation of the nomination of Archibald MacLeish, of Connecticut, to be Librarian of Congress, which was referred to the Committee on the Library.

Mr. REED presented telegrams and letters in the nature of memorials from J. B. Houston, of Wichita; Anne M. Keech, of Florence; (Mrs. Thor) Margaret Case Jager, presiIdent of the board of the Wichita City Library; Hattie Osborne, librarian, and Christine L. Reb, assistant librarian, Baker University, of Baldwin; the Topeka Public Library Board; Anna Jane Michener (Mrs. John M. Michener), of Wichita; Miss Nadine Hunt, acting librarian, Pratt Public Library, of Pratt; the American Library Association, by Milton James Ferguson, president, American Library Association, librarian of the Brooklyn Public Library, New York; Louis H. Grieb, member of the board of trustees of the Wichita City Library; and D. H. Stafford, of the State Exchange Bank, of Mankato, all in the State of Kansas, remonstrating against the confirmation of the nomination of Archibald MacLeish, of Connecticut, to be Librarian of Congress, which were referred to the Committee on the Library. RESOLUTIONS OF WISCONSIN BANKERS ASSOCIATION

Mr. WILEY presented resolutions adopted by the Wisconsin Bankers Association, which were referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

Resolved. That we express our appreciation to those United States Senators and Members of the House of Representatives who have sponsored and supported wholesome banking and business legislation and have consistently opposed unsound measures which are detrimental to business recovery, and be it further

Resclved, That the secretary of the Wisconsin Bankers Association be instructed to forward a copy of this resolution to all the Members of Congress from this State.

LEGISLATIVE

In view of the possibility that consolidation of the office of the Comptroller of the Currency with some other Federal examining agency would disturb our present dual system of banking, be it Resolved, That the Wisconsin Bankers Association go on record s favoring postponement of consolidation of the Comptroller's office with any other Federal examining agency pending further consideration and study of the probable effects that would follow such consolidation; be it further

Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the United States Senators and Members of the House of Representa

tives from this State.

Resolved. That the Wisconsin Bankers Association go on record as favoring the repeal of that part of the Federal Banking Act of 1935 requiring all State banks, with a million dollars or more of average deposits during the calendar year 1941, or any succeeding

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The SPEAKER. Is there objection?
There was no objection.

The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the concurrent resolution.

The concurrent resolution was agreed to, and a motion to reconsider laid on the table.

PER TON COST OF MAINTENANCE BY RAIL AND BY WATERWAYS

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection?
There was no objection.

(Mr. MANSFIELD addressed the House. His remarks appear in the Appendix.]

Mr. MAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for 1 minute.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection?
There was no objection.

Mr. MAY. Mr. Speaker, a good many statements have been made in the last few days in the press and otherwise with respect to the effect of the House amendment to Senate bill 1796, relating to the Tennessee Valley Authority. I have prepared what I regard as a fair explanation and analysis of the amendment and ask unanimous consent to include this analysis in my remarks and that it be printed in regular type in the RECORD at this point.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection?

Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to object. The other day an announcement was made that matters concerning things not under consideration in the House at the time must go into the Appendix of the RECORD. Mr. MAY. The matter is in conference at this time, but on the objection of the gentleman from Texas, our floor leader, Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it may be printed in the Appendix of the RECORD.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection?
There was no cbjection.

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

Mr. SMITH of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks in the RECORD and to include therein a radio address recently delivered by my colleague the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. ROBERTSON). The SPEAKER. Is there objection? There was no objection.

FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT-CONFERENCE REPORT Mr. LEA. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report upon the bill H. R. 5762, to provide for temporary postponement of the operations of certain provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and ask unanimous consent that the statement be read in lieu of the report.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from California calls up a conference report upon the bill H. R. 5762, which the Clerk will report.

The Clerk reported the title of the bill.

The SPEAKER. Is there cbjcction to the request of the gentleman from California that the statement be read in lieu of the report?

Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to object, though I shall not in the end cbject to this unanimous-consent request. However, are we, for the remainder of the term that we may be in session, going to permit gentlemen to call up these matters by unanimous consent without giving the membership of the House at least 24 hours' notice? If the majority leader does not want anyone to insert anything in the RECORD at this point in the proceedings, such as was requested by the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. MAY], a matter vital to the remarks that he made, why should we permit to come up on the floor of the House without a moment's notice legislation we do not know anything about, and about whose coming up we have not been advised? If so, I think we do a wrong thing, and I ask the majority leader right now to make a request of the House that a Member who wants to bring up a matter like this should give us 24 hours' notice at least.

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Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Pennsylvania has been a Member of the House long enough to know that when we approach the end of a session, and matters have been sent to conference, no one can tell when the conferecs are going to agree, and if we gave 24 hours' notice on every conference report, the House would probably adjourn sine die before some of them were adopted.

Mr. RICH. Is the gentleman going to request immediate consideration of bills in which each Member is interested? Mr. RAYBURN. I am when the majority chairman of the committee has consulted with and has an agreement with the ranking minority member.

Mr. RICH. Is the gentleman then going to expect the majority and minority leaders to be responsible for all legis-. lation that we pass?

Mr. RAYBURN. Not singly. There are 433 other Members of the House.

Mr. RICH. It does not seem to me that that is good practice.

Mr. RAYBURN. It has always been done, and it is the only way in which it can be done in the closing hours of a session.

Mr. RICH. Is the gentleman going to permit such things to come in without notification? I think the Members ought to have at least 24 hours' notice.

Mr. RAYBURN. The program of the House is available to each Member every Saturday morning, if he desires to read it.

But, of course, these matters are emergent and are agreed upon by the conferees and must come in before the sine die adjournment.

The regular order was demanded.

Mr. RICH. Does the gentleman know when we are going to have this sine die adjournment?

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from California [Mr. LEA]?

There was no objection.

The Clerk read the statement.

The conference report and statcment are as follows:

CONFERENCE REPORT

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 5762) entitled "An Act to provide for temporary postponement of the operations of certain provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act", having met, after full and free conference, hare agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 2 and agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 1: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of subdivision (b) of the engrossed bill (beginning on line 9 of page 1, and extending down to and including line 16 on page 2) and the Senate amendment numbered 1, insert the following:

(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate regulations further postponing to July 1, 1940 the effective date of the provisions of sections 403 (e) (1): 403 (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k); 502 (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h); and 602 (b) of such Act with respect to lithographed labeling which was manufactured prior to February 1, 1939, and to containers bearing labeling which, prior to February 1, 1939. was lithographed, etched, stamped, pressed, printed, fused or blown on or in such containers, where compliance with such provisions would be unduly burdensome by reason of causing the loss of valuable stocks of such labeling or containers, and where such postponement would not prevent the public interest being adequately served: Provided, That in no case shall such regulations apply to labeling which would not have complied with the requirements of the Food and Drug Act cn June 30, 1906, as amended." And the Senate agree to the same.

CLARENCE F. LEA VIRGIL CHAPMAN, CARL E. MAPES,

Managers on the part of the House. BENNETT CHAMP CLARK,

CLAUDE PEPPER,

CHAS. L. MCNARY,

Managers on the part of the Senate.

STATEMENT

The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 5762) providing for the postponement of

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the operation of certain labeling provisions of the Federal Fcod, Drug, and Cosmetic Act submit the following written statement explaining the effect of the action agreed on by the conference committee and submitted in the accompanying conference report: Subsection (a) of section 1 of the bill postpones the effective date of certain labeling provisions of the new act until January 1, 1940. The conference agreement proposes no change in these provisions.

Subsection (b) of section 1 as it passed the House would give the Secretary of Agriculture power under specified conditions to further postpone the effective date of the labeling requirements of Ecme of these sections until July 1, 1940. The purpose of subsection (b) is to permit the use after January 1, 1940, of certain labeling and containers bearing labeling which conform to the present law and where the refusal of the use thereof would be unduly burdensome.

The Senate adopted an amendment providing an additional method of securing a postponement of the effective date of these labeling provisions. It provides in substance, that by filing an andavit setting up certain facts the applicant would thereupon be entitled "as a matter of right" to postponement until July 1, 1940, without any action by the Secretary.

The substitute recommended by the conference committee eliminates the Senate amendment, more specifically defines the cases in which postponement shall be granted, and directs the Secretary by regulations to grant exemptions within the restrictions specified

in the section.

The substitute does not change the substantive law nor extend the date beyond July 1, 1940, as designated in the House bill, nor give the Secretary any greater power of extension.

The House conferees concur in the second of the Senate amendments. That amendment simply provided for grammatical changes to correct what was evidently an inadvertance in subsection (d)

of section 502.

We believe it is the desire of the House to pass no act extending postponement beyond the date already approved and to make no changes in the substantive provisions of the new Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act prior to its effective date. The proposed conference agreement is consistent with those purposes.

CLARENCE F. LEA, VIRGIL CHAPMAN, CARL E. MAPES, Managers on the part of the House.

Mr. LEA. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. MAPES).

Mr. MAPES. Mr. Speaker, I have asked for this time largely for the purpose of calling attention to some questions which have been raised in regard to this conference report and to make the record complete, so that there may be no misunderstanding in regard to it.

As the gentleman from California [Mr. LEA] knows, at first some questions were raised in regard to the report because of a fear on the part of some that it discriminated against those using printed labels. The conferees felt there was no such discrimination in fact, and I think those who first raised the question have been satisfied that is true.

Mr. LEA. There is no discrimination. The exemption applies only to labels manufactured prior to February 1 of this year and not to future manufactured labels.

Mr. MAPES. And with the adoption of this conference report all labeling provisions of the law are postponed from going into effect from June 25 to the 1st of January 1940? Mr. LEA. That is correct; yes.

Mr. MAPES. Now, there is one other question which the conferees have discussed. Of course, there are some people, a limited number to be sure, who would be glad if this law never went into effect. My understanding is that it is the position of the chairman of the committee and the other members of the conference committee, as far as the House members are concerned, and we hope the same may be said of the Senate conferees, although we are not authorized to speak for them, that there shall be no further extension of the law or any material amendments made to it, in the immediate future at least, and that the industries affected by the law should govern themselves accordingly and be prepared to comply with it as now written.

Mr. LEA. The gentleman has correctly stated the view of the conferees. It was our feeling that it is the desire of the House that there be no further extensions before the act goes into effect, or substantive amendments.

Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. LEA. I yield.

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Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. Would the gentleman mind doing a fine thing for all of us who do not know what he and the distinguished gentleman from Michigan are talking about, because you are both learned men and know what you are talking about, but we do not? What does this report concern? Mr. LEA. It is an extension of the labeling provisions of the Food and Drug Act, extending the duty to comply with the new act until January 1 of this year; but in the meantime these labels that are permissible must comply with the existing Food and Drugs Act.

Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. As I understand it, it applies to nothing but drugs?

Mr. LEA. And food; the labeling provisions of the Food and Drugs Act.

Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. To what was the gentleman from Michigan referring when he said that certain portions would be postponed until next year?

Mr. LEA. There is discretionary power in the Secretary of Agriculture to extend the use of certain old labels, where they comply with existing law, and the compliance with the new law would be unduly burdensome.

Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. Who were the persons he had in mind when he suggested there were some few people who would be highly displeased with this procedure?

Mr. LEA. I know of nobody who is highly displeased with it.

Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. I thought the gentleman indicated there would be somebody who was not satisfied with what we were doing here today?

Mr. LEA. Oh, he anticipated that in the future other people will want amendments, but I think he could not define them, and I could not define who they would be. Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. I thank the gentleman. Mr. LEA. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question. The previous question was ordered.

The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the conference report.

The conference report was agreed to.

A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

Mr. WOODRUM of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks by inserting in the Appendix a short statement on the Federal theater project. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? There was no objection.

Mr. VOORHIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks in the RECORD and include therein an article on the problem of interstate migration.

The SPEAKER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
There was no objection.

Mr. MURDOCK of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks in the RECORD in two respects: One, with reference to my appreciation of the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Mr. TAYLOR; and the other with reference to mining needs in the West. The SPEAKER. Is there objection?

There was no objection.

PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE

Mr. MILLS of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for one-half minute. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? There was no objection.

Mr. MILLS of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call the attention of the House to S. 2390, a bill that passed the Senate and is now pending before the Insular Affairs Committee. This bill has to do with amending the bill dealing with the Philippine Islands Independence Act.

I ask unanimous consent to insert in the RECORD a letter I received from Mr. C. C. Hanson, secretary of Association of Southern Commissioners of Agriculture, dealing with this bill. I may also say that this bill affects over one-half of this Nation, as well as the Philippines. If I may have permission, I would like also to insert in the RECORD a statement submitted to the Insular Affairs Committee by

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SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY APPROPRIATION BILL, 1940 Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members who spoke on the supplemental military appropriation bill may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks in the RECORD.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Pennsylvania?

There was no objection.

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

Mr. PARSONS, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that that committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the House of the following titles, which were thercupen signed by the Speaker:

H. R. 4133. An act for the relief of Joseph N. Thiele; H. R. 5619. An act to provide for the training of civil aircraft pilots, and for other purposes; and

H. R. 5762. An act to provide for temporary postponement of the operations of certain provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

The SPEAKER announced his signature to an enrolled bill of the Senate of the following title:

S. 1117. An act to provide for the reimbursement of certain enlisted men or former enlisted men of the United States Navy for the value of personal effects lost in the hurricane at the submarine base, New London, Conn., on September 21, 1938.

ADJOURNMENT

Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn.

The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 6 o'clock and 13 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, June 22, 1939, at 12 o'clock noon.

COMMITTEE HEARINGS

COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION There will be a meeting of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization on Thursday, June 22, 1939, at 10 a. m., for an executive session on H. R. 6773 and for the consideration of H. R. 6379 and H. R. 3391.

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

On Wednesday, June 28, 1939, beginning at 10 a. m., there will be continued a public hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary on the bill (H. R. 6369) to amend the act entitled "An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States," approved July 1, 1898, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto; to create a Railroad Reorganization Court; and for other purposes. COMMITTEE ON PATENTS

The Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives will hold a meeting Thursday, June 22, 1939, at 10 a. m., in the caucus room, House Office Building, to consider the following bills: H. R. 6721, classification of patents; H. R. 6618, trade-marks; H. R. 6877, Navy Department, secrecy of inventions; H. R. 6872, H. R. 6373, H. R. 6874, H. R. 6875, H. R. 6878, changes in patent laws.

COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES

The Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries will hold public hearings in room 219, House Office Building, at 10 a. m. on the bills and dates listed below:

There will be a meeting of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries at 10 a. m. Tuesday, June 27, 1939, for the consideration of H. R. 6572, relating to marine war-risk insurance.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows: 883. A letter from the Acting Postmaster General, transmitting the draft of a proposed bill designed to give the inspection service of the Post Office Department authority to serve warrants and subpenas in connection with viola

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tions of the postal laws; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

884. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental estimate of an appropriation for the legislative establishment, Capitol Building, for the fiscal year 1939, to remain available until June 30, 1941, amounting to $30,000 (H. Doc. No. 354); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

885. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a draft of a proposed provision pertaining to an existing appropriation for the Bureau of the Budget (H. Doc. No. 355); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

886. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting drafts of proposed provisions pertaining to existing appropriations for the Treasury Department and the Department of Commerce for the fiscal year 1940 (H. Doc. No. 356); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

887. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates of appropriations submitted by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to pay claims which have been settled by them under the provisions of an act authorizing the Commissioners to settle claims, amounting to $10,319.74 (H. Doc. No. 357); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND

RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 2 of rule XIII,

Mr. RANDOLPH: Committee on the District of Columbia. H. R. 6834. A bill authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to settle claims and suits of the District of Columbia; without amendment (Rept. No. 895). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. RANDOLPH: Committee on the District of Columbia. H. R. 6876. A bill to make uniform in the District of Columbia the law on fresh pursuit and to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to cooperate with the States; without amendment (Rept. No. 896). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. RANDOLPH: Committee on the District of Columbia. S. 1805. An act to establish a lien for moneys due hospitals for services rendered in cases caused by negligence or fault of others and providing for the recording and enforcing of such liens; without amendment (Rept. No. 897). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. MAY: Committee on Military Affairs. S. 2539. An act to amend section 1223 of the Revised Statutes of the United States; without amendment (Rept. No. 898). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. KENNEDY of Maryland: Committee on the District of Columbia. H. R. 3834. A bill to amend the act entitled "An act to regulate steam and other operating engineering in the District of Columbia," approved February 28, 1887, as amended; without amendment (Rept. No. 899). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. RANDOLPH: Committee on the District of Columbia. H. R. 6477. A bill to authorize and empower the Public Utility Commission of the District of Columbia to limit the number of public vehicles to be licensed and operated as taxicabs in the District of Columbia, and to limit the number of taxicab drivers' licenses to be issued; with amendment (Rept. No. 900). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. IZAC: Committee on Foreign Affairs. Senate Joint Resolution 124. Joint resolution authorizing the President to invite foreign countries to participate in the San DiegoCabrillo Quadricentennial Celebration, to be held in 1942;

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60 years to the slum dwellers in the large cities. Is it not fair that you at least set up a fund of $50,000,000 just to make loans to the poor tenants on the farm, that they might have a home of their own? [Applause.]

[Here the gavel fell.]

Mr. CANNON of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question.

The previous question was ordered.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recede and concur.

The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by Mr. JOHNSON of Oklahoma), there were-ayes 38, noes 157. Mr. JOHNSON of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I demand the yeas and nays.

The yeas and nays were refused.

So the motion was rejected.

The SPEAKER. The question recurs on the motion that the House insist upon its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate.

The motion was agreed to.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement.

The Clerk read as follows:

Amendment No. 155: Page 102, line 23, after the word "rental", insert "purchase, or construction."

Mr. CANNON of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Clerk report the next amendment in disagreement and that the two be considered en bloc.

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

There was no objection.

The Clerk read as follows:

Amendment No. 156: Page 102, line 26. after the word "maintenance", insert a comma, and the following: "but the total cost of any such building purchased or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $7,500."

Mr. CANNON of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in amendments of the Senate Nos. 155 and 156.

The motion was agreed to.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement.

The Clerk read as follows:

Amendment No. 158! Page 108, line 5, after the parenthesis following the figures "50 Stat. 5", insert a colon and the following: "Provided, That no employee of the United States on whose cer1.scate or approval loans under said act of January 29, 1937, as amended, or other acts of the same general character, are or have been made, shall be held personally liable for any loss or deficiency Occasioned by the fraud or misrepresentation of applicants or borTowers, if the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration shall determine that such employee has exercised reasonable care in the Ccumstances, and has complied with the regulations of the Farm Credit Administration in executing such certificate or giving such approval."

Mr. CANNON of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate No. 158 and concur therein.

Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield me a minute or two on the motion?

Mr. CANNON of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York.

Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, this is an amendment that exempts employees of the Farm Credit Administration from punishment on account of fraud. Why not let the courts continue to have jurisdiction just as they have in the past? I do not believe that the Farm Credit Administrator ought to pass on the question of fraud against the Government of the United States in that manner. I think this should be left to the courts and to the Department of Justice.

Mr. Speaker, I hope the House will not accept this motion. Mr. CANNON of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question.

The previous question was ordered.

The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. CANNON).

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The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by Mr. CANNON of Missouri) there were ayes 73, noes 118. So the motion was rejected.

Mr. CANNON of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House further insist on its disagreement to the Senate amendment.

The motion was agreed to.

By unanimous consent, a motion to reconsider the several votes by which the various motions were agreed to was laid on the table.

Mr. CANNON of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members who have spoken this afternoon on the conference report may have permission to revise and extend their own remarks in the RECORD.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. CANNON]?

Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, it seems to me that a great many Members of the House ought to have a lot to say about this bill, because if there is anything that will wreck the farmers of this country, I think it will be this bill.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. CANNON]? There was no objection.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted as follows:

To Mr. HARRINGTON (at the request of Mr. JACOBSEN), for balance of week, on account of sickness.

To Mr. CONNERY (at the request of Mr. FLAHERTY), on account of illness at home.

To Mr. VINSON, of Georgia, for 10 days, on account of important business.

To Mr. SMITH of Washington, for 1 day, Friday, June 23, 1939, in order to address Townsend national convention at Indianapolis, Ind.

To Mr. SHANLEY, on account of illness.

To Mr. CLAYPOOL, for 2 days, on account of important business.

To Mr. MCLAUGHLIN, for 1 week, on account of important business.

PERMISSION TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE

Mr. DONDERO. Mr. Speaker, I have a special order on the Speaker's table, but due to the lateness of the hour, I ask unanimous consent that I may be permitted to withdraw that today and that I may be given the same time to address the Hcuse tomorrow.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. DONDERO]? There was no objection.

JOINT COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING STUDY ON WINGS OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read an announcement by the Chair.

The Clerk read as follows:

Pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 130, Seventy-sixth Congress, the Chair appoints the gentleman from Michigan | Mr. RABAUT to serve on the Joint Committee to Direct a Structural Engineering Study of the Roofs and Skylights Over the Wings of the Capitol Building.

ENROLLED BILL SIGNED

Mr. PARSONS, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that that committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the House of the following title, which was thereupon signed by the Speaker:

H. R. 6260. An act making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, for civil functions administered by the War Department, and for other purposes.

BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT

Mr. PARSONS, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that that committee did on this day present to the President, for his approval, bills of the House of the following titles: