To fix a reasonable definition and standard of identity of certain dry milk solids.

OCTOBER 5 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 15), 1943 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce

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Kansas (Mr. REED] and myself, I ask unanimous consent to submit an ad interim report from the Special Committee to Investigate Production, Transportation, and Use of Fuels in Certain Areas West of the Mississippi River, pursuant to Senate Resolution 319, Seventy-seventh Congress, as continued by Senate Resolution 61 Seventy-eighth Congress.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the report will be received and printed.

REPORT ON DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE PAPERS

Mr. BARKLEY, from the Joint Select Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, to which was referred for examination and recommendation a list of records transmitted to the Senate by the Archivist of the United States that appeared to have no permanent value or historical interest, submitted a report the con pursuant to law.

EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES As in executive session,

The following favorable reports of nominations were submitted:

By Mr. MCKELLAR, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Reads: Sundry postmasters.

ROBERT E. HANNEGAN

Mr. GEORGE. Mr. President, from the Committee on Finance I report favorably the nomination of Robert E. Hannegan, of St. Louis, Mo., to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and ask that the report be received as in executive session for the Executive Calendar.

Mr. McNARY. Mr. President, the report made by the Senator from Georgia is simply a report for the calendar? Mr. GEORGE. Yes.

Mr. McNARY. Not accompanied with a request for consideration today?

Mr. GEORGE. No; I asked merely that it be received for the calendar.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the report will be received, as in executive session, and placed on the Executive Calendar.

BILLS INTRODUCED

Bills were introduced, read the first tine, and, by unanimous consent, the second time, and referred as follows:

By Mr. DAVIS:

S. 1414. A bill to authorize the issuance of a special series of stamps commemorative of the life and services of George Westinghouse; to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.

By Mr. CLARK of Missouri:

S. 1415. A bill to provide additional allowances for certain dependents of certain disabled veterans; to the Committee on Finance.

HOUSE BILLS REFERRED

The following bills were severally read twice by their titles and referred, as indicated:

H. R. 340. An act to authorize the Legislature of the Territory of Ainska to grant and convey certain lands to the city of Sitka, Alaska, for street purposes; to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

H. R. 149. An act to fix a reasonable definition and standard of identity of certain drymilk solids;

Mr. REVERCOMB (for himself and Mr. ROBERTSON) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them jointly to the amendment of Mr. TAFT in the nature of a substitute to the bill (S. 763) exempting certain married men who have children from liability under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, which was ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.

INDUSTRIAL DECENTRALIZATION ADDRESS BY SENATOR MCCARRAN Mr. NYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the body of the RECORD the remarks of the senior Senator from Nevada | Mr. MCCARRAN) at a joint meeting of the Members of the House and Senate held yesterday, October 4, at which more than 50 Members of the House of Representatives determined to aline themselves with an already established group of more than 30 Senators to work for industrial decentralization, with particular stress on the establishment of a new facility for protection of iron and steel in accordance with the policy and in pursuit of the program outlined as of yesterday by the Senator from Nevada.

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

Senator McCARRAN. On behalf of my colleagues of the Senate. I wish to welcome to this meeting the many Members of the House who have come here today. I knew that the presence of these House Members is an indication of their community of interest with us, and of their sincerity of purpose in working toward a solution of the problem which we propose to attack. I sincerely hope that out of this meeting may come a degree of organization which shall insure the affirmative cooperation we must have in order to attain our purposes. I refer not only to affirmative cooperation between the two Houses of Congress, but also between the various Members of each House.

Early last July, shortly before the summer recess of the Congress, I addressed a letter to a number of my colleagues in the Senate, calling attention to a particular phase of this problem-namely, the desirability of decentralizing heavy industry (perhaps I should say recentralizing heavy industry), especially through establishment of new or expanded facilities for production of iron and steel, in areas outside the few acknowledged steel centers of this country.

As I pointed out in the letter to my colleagues, known coal deposits are to be found in 32 of the 48 States, while iron ore, in usable quantity and quality, is known to exist in 34 States. Twenty-seven States have both coal and iron ore. Thirteen of these 27 States have some iron or steel production. Fourteen of those 27 States have no On iron or steel production whatsoever. the other hand, seven of the States which now produce iron or steel, lack, as a part of their natural resources, either coal or iron

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ore. States which now produce iron or steel in any quantity are: Alabama, California, Colorado. Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Misscurt, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. As we all know. many of those States produce so little iron or steel that their total contribution to the national output is hardly a drop in the bucket. But there is no reason why those States whose production now is so small should not, as a result of the coordinated program which we hope to undertake, achieve a substantial expansion of this industry, so as to attain that place in the national picture which should be theirs on the basis of their natural resources.

States which have both. iron ore and natural coal deposits in usable quantity and quality, but which produce no iron or steel. include Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wyoming. There is no com- . pelling immutable reason why any one or all of those States should not have such facilities for iron and steel production as their natural rescurces justify.

One of the important problems which should engage the attention of the country. and of the Congrees, not only in relation to the post-war period, but now, while the war is in progress, because it is an important factor in the conduct of that war, is the problem of a proper use of our natural resources.

Particularly disturbing, to many of us in the Senate, has been the fact that much of this country's expar.sion for war production has ignored such basic factors as the location of resources, and has followed what appears to have been the line of least resistance; that is, augmentation and expansion of facilities already in existence; building plant upon plant to create a sort of inverted pyramid of production facilities. This policy has not only prevented the country from reaching its maximum potentialities in various lines of production, but also has contributed greatly to transportation bottlenecks.

Recently, a high official of our Government was praised, in an article in a national magazine, because, among other reasons, on one occasion he ordered a special train to rush A shipment of steel to a shipyard which needed it. In my view, if you have a shipyard here, which needs steel in a hurry, and the nearest steel is over there, any 10-yearold child can figure out that it would be a good idea to take the steel to the shipyard; and if he had authority to order a special train, he would probably order it. What I am greatly concerned about is the situation under which it is necessary to transport steel from one end of the country to the other in order to put that steel into a ship. when all the resources necessary for producing steel are available within a relatively short distance of the shipyard.

It should be understood, and I think you will all agree, that no one here has any desire to move a blast furnace from Pittsburgh, or a rolling mill from Gary, to any other part of the country. We need today all the steel production facilities we have, and more; and we shall need far more tomorrow. The decentralization-or recentralization-which we hope to achieve, is not through moving anything, but through the creation of new production facilities, or the substantial expansion of facilities which are now far less than those amply justified by available

resources.

Iron has been spoken of as the mother of metals. This is a most apt description. While the age of light metals may be well on its way, there is no question about the fact that today, and for some years to come,

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A resolution by the Board of Supervisors of Dickinson County. Mich., protesting against the adoption of a Federal sales tax; to the Committee on Finance.

A resolution adopted by Menominée Post No. 1887. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, favoring the enactment of legislation granting to veterans of World Wars Nos. 1 and 2 a monthly compensation of $20 a month for veterans up to the age of 40 years; $10 a month for veterans between the ages of 40 and 50, $50 a month for veterans between the ages of 50 and 60, and $60 a month for veterans over 60 years of age; to the Committee on Finance.

A resolution adopted by several Finnish organizations of Detroit, Mich., favoring a just and fair consideration of the cause of Finland; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

A resolution adopted by the Jewish community of Bay City, Mich., favoring the opening of Palestine to unimpeded Jewish immigration in accordance with the Balfour Declaration; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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A resolution adopted by the Munising (ich.) Rotary Club, favoring the stricted immigration of Jews into Palestine; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

A resolution adopted by a meeting of the Bethlehem Finnish Lutheran Congregation of Detroit, Mich., favoring a just and fair consideration of the cause of Finland; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

A resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Allegan County, Mich., relating to the attitude toward the Government of John L. Lewis in connection with recent coal strikes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Memorials of sundry citizens of Detroit, Mich., remonstrating against the enactment of prohibition legislation; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A resolution by members of Local No. €00, Press Steel Executive Board, in the State of Michigan, favoring the enactment of pending anti-poll-tax legislation; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A resolution by the Wayne University Graduate School Committee on Research, of Detroit, Mich., protesting against the enactment of pending legislation to establish an office of Scientific and Technical Mobilization; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

A resolution by New York Central System Post, No. 134, American Legion, of Detroit, Mich., protesting against the use of prisoners of war in connection with work on the Nation's transportation systems; to the Committee on Military Affairs.

A resolution adopted by the Common Council of Hamtramck, Mich., favoring the enactment of legislation fixing a straight 11⁄2-cent postage rate on newspapers mailed to members of the armed forces; to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. JEWISH NATIONAL HOME IN PALESTINE

Mr. MALONEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there may be printed in the body of the RECORD, and thereafter referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, a resolution adopted at a meeting of the New Britain Zionist District, held in New Britain, Conn., on November 16, 1943. This resolution favors the establishment of a Jewish National Home in Palestine.

There being no objection, the resolution was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

Whereas the Congress of the United States on June 30, 1922, adopted a resolution favoring the establishment of the Jewish National Home in Palestine; and

Whereas the interest of the Unltd States in the development of the Jewish homeland has been evidenced in statements issued by every President since the adoption of said resolution and by numerous other Government officials and Members of Congress, and

Whereas the Jewish community of the United States in consonance with the interest displayed by the Government of the United States has given heavily of its resources and energy toward the establishment of the Jewish home in Palestine, and Whereas the British Government has by the issuance of the White Paper on Palestine checked and endangered the development of the Jewish National Home: Be it

Resolved, That we the New Britain Jewish Community represented in this gathering here tonight request the Representatives and Senators from the State of Connecticut that they bring to the attention of the President and the State Department the great wrong and injustice caused the Jewish people by the terms of the White Paper and that our Covernment strongly urge upon the British Government the abrogation of the said White Paper.

NEW BRITAIN ZIONIST DISTRICT, GEORGE L. GANS, President. SAMUEL S. GVOGEL, Secretary. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE The following report of a committee was submitted:

By Mr. CLARK of Missouri, from the Committee on Commerce:

H. R. 149. A bill to fix a reasonable definition and standard of identity of certain drymilk solids; without amendment (Rept. No. 623)..

Mr. CLARK of Missouri. Mr. President, on behalf of the Senator from Louisiana [Mr. OVERTON], I submit his minority views on House bill 149, just reported by me, which I request may be printed.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the minority views will be printed together with Report No. 623. REPORT ON DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE PAPERS

Mr. BARKLEY, from the Joint Select Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, to which was referred for examination and recommendation a list of records transmitted to the Senate by the Archivist of the United States that appeared to have no permanent value or historical interest, submitted a report thereon pursuant to law.

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
INTRODUCED

Bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first time, and, by unanimous consent, the second time, and referred as follows:

By Mr. DOWNEY:

6. 1605. A bill for the relief of Mr. and Mrs. John Borrego and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Silva; to the Committee on Claims.

(Mr. GEORGE introduced Senate bill 1606, which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, and appears under a separate heading.)

(Mr. MALONEY introduced Senate bill 1607. which was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, and appears under a separate heading.)

By Mr. THOMAS of Oklahoma:

S. J. Res. 104. Joint resolution to assist in making additional manpower available during the war emergency and for 6 months

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thereafter, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Appropriations.

(Mr. BARKLEY introduced Senate Joint Resolution 105, which was passed, and appears under a separate heading.) VENUE OF SUITS BROUGHT UNDER PRICE

CONTROL ACT

Mr. GEORGE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to introduce a bill to amend the Emergency Price Control Act and request that it be referred to the appropriate committee. I suppose it might be proper to have the bill referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency, although it proposes to amend a law with reference to the jurisdiction of the courts. However, it relates to the Emergency Price Control Act.

Mr. President, I propose to offer an amendment to require all civil actions, including injunctions, to be brought in the district of the defendant against whom substantial relief is prayed, or in any district where the defendant maintains an agent or an office or a place of business.

The second section of the bill provides for the transfer of any pending cases to the proper jurisdiction, upon the application of the Administrator; or, if no application is made, the bill provides for the dismissal of the case within 30 days.

Mr. President, when we passed the Emergency Price Control Act, there was inserted, inadvertently, I hope-certainly without anyone's scrutinizing it very carefully-a sentence which permitted the bringing of suits for triple damages, injunction, and general civil relief against any defendant, in any section of the United States in which any part of a transaction occurred. The Office of Price Administration has repeatedly brought suit against citizens of one State, in jurisdictions thousands of miles removed from their place of residence, merely because they shipped, through the ordinary course, on an order, either telephonic or by telegraph or by letter, some goods or other merchandise on which a price was charged or paid which is alleged to have exceeded the ceiling price.

The bill seeks to go way back to the very fundamentals of English law, the very fundamentals of law in the United States, and to provide what should be the law in peacetime as well as in wartime that no suit shall be brought against any citizen except in the jurisdiction where he lives or where he has an office or an agent, or a place of business.

There being no objection, the bill (8. 1606) to amend section 205 (c) of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, as amended, was received, read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

DISPOSITION OF FEDERAL WAR
HOUSING

Mr. MALONEY. Mr. President, in July of this year the National Committee on the Housing Emergency, Inc., which had long before been appointed by the Fresident, issued a report entitled "Recommendations for the Disposition of Federal War Housing."

The chairman of this committee is Mrs. Samuel L Rosenman, of New York,