plentiful rainfall provides extensive lush pasturage.

The rapid growth of the aluminum reduction industry in the Pacific Northwest is the result of alert action by leaders of the region and progressive development of cheap hydroelectric power. There were no aluminum reduction plants in the area prior to 1940. However, by 1944 the Pacific Northwest's capacity to produce aluminum from alumina-shipped in from other areasamounted to 316,000 net tons, or 28 percent of the national total. By December 1952, the region's capacity had grown to 498,300 tons, an increase of 58 percent over 1944, and to 41 percent of the national capacity. The Big Three of the

aluminum industry-Alcoa, Kaiser, and Reynolds have been in the region for some time. It is expected that 104,000 tons of new capacity may be added during 1953-54 by the Harvey Machine Co.54,000 tons, and the Anaconda Copper Co.-50,000 tons.

The following table portrays the comparative capacities of aluminum reduction plants in the Pacific Northwest in 1944 and 1952 and the probable 1953-54 expansions. For continued expansion of the aluminum and other industries there will have to be rapid development of more hydroelectric power which is the region's greatest resource. Luckily, it is not exhaustible like natural gas, or oil, and some other forms of energy.

tions with a layer of mineral deficient cover, some of it very thin but grading into thick deposits of thousands of feet.

We can only speculate on what might be under this great lava blanket and what could be revealed by a well-planned program of geologic mapping and mineral exploration.

An examination of a mineral map of the West will show that a broad belt of heavy mineralization extends through the entire reach of mountainous sections of the West. Just south of the lava blanketed Northwest this belt extends from central California across Nevada and Utah and to the crest of the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado. The same mineralization continues on into southern California, across Arizona and well into New Mexico.

That it extends to the north is indicated by the rich mining areas in western Montana and the Panhandle of Idaho where the geological formations are outside the lava fields.

Over extensive areas this blanket of recent outpourings would not be a block to effective mining where workable deposits are found. In these critical times when the possession of a plentiful supply of minerals is so vital to the welfare and very life of the Nation, there is great merit in probing the potentials of this great Northwest region.

We in this great new continent of America, with its wealth of natural resources, should not underestimate the favored position in which we find ourselves and the blessings that are ours. As has been said, let us confess that our great good fortune is not because we in America are one whit better or more de

2 Indefinite.

This necessarily brief presentation of the basic features of the natural resources of the Pacific Northwest and the unfolding pattern of economic functioning of the area has omitted many features that are important.

many unique and powerful forces that merit consideration that it would take a substantial volume to tell the whole story.

The picture of the Northwest is not complete, however, or even realistic with a mere description of developments that have already taken place.

The most important economic facts about the Northwest are its undeveloped potential and the dynamic program that is needed to bring its great resources fully to the service of the Nation.

To see these points more clearly it is only necessary to recall the outstanding developments that have occurred on the

basis of fractional use of available resources.

By January 1953 only 11.8 percent of the power potential of the great Columbia River system had been developed. Yet this was sufficient to give the region an outstanding position in several heavy power-consuming industries and to impart momentum to the growth of numerous other economic activities and also permit a substantial increase in the plane of living of the region's population

because of the Nation's lowest power

rates.

The remarkable contribution of the Northwest to the Nation's lumber supply-more than one-half of the total in 1952-still leaves tremendous areas of virgin forest land untouched. virgin forest land untouched. Millions of acres of rich timberland are not cropped because they are not accessible much of this Northwest in the high mountainous areas is still an unbroken wilderness and even in the developed timber areas the incomplete network of access roads permits countless trees to grow to great dimensions only to die, then decay and make room for new growth and the repetition of the wasteful uncropped process.

Over much of this same inaccessible wilderness area of the Northwest there has been little or no systematic exploration for minerals. Scarcity of geological maps and neglected surveys make it difficult to appraise the potentials. Much

of this unexplored area, however, is known to be in belts of heavy mineralization, which makes it relatively safe to assume that systematic exploration will yield important new producing mines.

praisal of mineral potential is the basic Another significant feature in any apfact that more than half of the entire Northwest has been blanketed with a geologically recent outflow of lava. This has covered the older geological forma

because we have the tremendous virgin resources of a new continent to divide among only 150 million skilled people, while in Asia nearly 1,500 million unskilled people must divide the meager resources of a long-used continent.

Mr. Speaker, this brief survey of the natural resources, present development,. and potential possibilities of this great region known as the Pacific Northwest stresses the importance of the program which was initiated even before President Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark cn their memorable journey across the Nation to explore this great region. The pioneers who followed laid the foundations of a civilization which has rarely been equaled in any part of the world's surface.

Theodore Roosevelt as President of the United States in 1908 made a great contribution in this program for the conservation, development, and full utilization of the natural resources of this great Nation and particularly the forests, minerals, water, and soil of the Far West. He said:

Each river system, from its headwaters in

the forest to its mouth on the coast, is a single unit and should be treated as such.

Running water is a most valuable natural

asset of the people, and there is urgent need

for conserving it for navigation, for power,

for irrigation, and for domestic and munici

pal supply.

The improvement of our inland waterways can be and should be made to pay for itself as far as practicable from the incidental proceeds from waterpower and other uses. Navigation should of course be free.

But the greatest return will come from the increased commerce, growth, and prosperity of our people. For this we have already waited too long. Adequate funds should be provided, by bond issue if necessary, and the work should be delayed no longer. The development of our waterways and the conservation of our forests are the two most pressing physical needs of the country. They are interdependent, and they should be met vigorously, together, and at once.

There is urgent need for prompt and decisive action.

President Theodore Roosevelt in pleading this cause for the conservation and development of America's natural resources was only following the sage advice of another great American statesman of long ago, Daniel Webster, whose words are chiseled in the plaque over our Speaker's rostrum:

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, promote all its great interests and see whether we also in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.

As in the days of Theodore Roosevelt there was need, as he said, for prompt and decisive action in the conservation and development of these great natural resources, so today we in our time and generation will be derelict in our duty and short-sighted in our vision if we fail to provide the necessary funds and legislation needed to conserve and protect to the full these great natural resources which belong to all the people and which are being wasted and depleted. Unless we make possible the full use of our water, forests, soil, and hydroelectric power we will be unable to meet the heavy demands upon our economy and to provide for our own people the high standard of living they now enjoy, and at the same time to perform our full part in maintaining a peaceful and stable world. Notwithstanding the great productive capacity of America and the high standards of living we enjoy, we have been dissipating and frittering away our resources in world wars, three such titanic struggles having taken place in one generation. Since the Korean war began we have spent over $100 billion in warfare which seemingly is leading nowhere.

We have come to the full realization that the great economic, social, and political problems of the world cannot be solved by guns and bombs but by cooperation and spiritual values. Recently 34 United States Senators introduced in the Senate of the United States a resolution looking toward worldwide disarmament and mu

tual cooperation among the nations of the world.

On June 15 last I introduced a similar resolution in the House (H. Con. Res.

111). In this resolution we called attention to the fact that the peoples of the earth are plunged into an accelerated armament race which imposes tremendous burdens on their economic wellbeing and threatens their very lives and basic freedoms, which can only be obviated by international agreements for universal disarmament buttressed with security against violation. The resolution calls upon the President to develop a plan for universal disarmament and the use of our resources and manpower now being used for arms for construc

tive ends at home and abroad, coupled with concerted action by the United Nawith concerted action by the United Nations and its member states in a plan to secure vastly increased trade with other nations and in helping to overcome hunger, disease, illiteracy, and despair which have been among the prime causes of past wars, to the end that world peace through peaceful means may be achieved.

President Eisenhower, a devoted advocate of peace among the nations of the world, on April 16, 1953, made an appeal for world peace which has had a great impact on international relations. President laid down five principles of international relationship:

The

First, no people on earth can be held, as a people, to be an enemy, for all humanity shares the common hunger for peace and fellowship and justice.

Second, no nation's security and wellbeing can be lastingly achieved in isolation, but only in effective cooperation with fellow nations.

Third, any nation's right to a form of government and an economic system of its own choosing is inalienable.

Fourth, any nation's attempt to dictate to other nations their form of government is indefensible.

Fifth, a nation's hope of lasting peace cannot be firmly based upon any race in armaments, but rather upon just relations and honest understanding with all other nations.

The President in his program for world cooperation to promote peace said:

We are prepared to reaffirm, with the most concrete evidence, our readiness to help build a world in which all peoples can be productive and prosperous.

This Government is ready to ask the people to join with all nations in devoting a sub

stantial percentage of any savings achieved

by real disarmament to a fund for world aid and reconstruction. The purposes of this great work would be: To help other peoples to develop the underdeveloped areas of the world, to stimulate profitable and fair world trade, to assist all peoples to know the blessings of productive freedom.

The monuments of this new kind of war would be these: Roads and schools, hospitals and homes, food and health. We are ready, in short, to dedicate our strength to serving

the needs, rather than the fears, of the

I know of nothing I can add to make plainer the sincere purpose of the United States.

If the objective of these resolutions and the peace program of the President were put into effect a new day of hope tions of the world, and the great progress and courage would dawn for all the nawe have made in the development of the God-given resources of our country could be used by our citizens for their own welfare, comfort, and enjoyment rather than having three-fourths of our production given to the prosecution of war and the destruction of human life.

SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED Mr. PATMAN asked and was given permission to address the House on Thursday and Friday of this week for 20 minutes each, following the legislative business of the day and any special orders heretofore entered.

Mr. HESELTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 20 minutes tomorrow, following the legislative business of the day and any special orders heretofore entered.

DISARMAMENT AND PEACE

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

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

There was no objection.

Mr. HESELTON. Mr. Speaker, I regret that circumstances beyond my control prevented me yesterday from advising the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. ARENDS] that I wanted to be associated with those who joined in the sponsorship of House Concurrent Resolution 132, which he introduced, and the identical resolution, House Concurrent Resolution 133, which the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. HAYS] introduced.

In a previous session of Congress, I joined with others both here and in the other body in sponsoring similar resolutions.

The gentleman from Illinois [Mr. ARENDS] called specific attention to the fact that on many occasions President Eisenhower has said that our one great objective is to bring about permanent peace "founded upon decent trust and cooperative effort among nations." And as the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. HAYS] stated, these resolutions are in entire accord with what the President said in his magnificent address in April. Surely, the overwhelming majority of the American people want to do everything possible to further the efforts of their Government toward achieving complete disarmament with safeguards to protect their security and that of all other nations and they realize that a great deal of the tremendous expenditures now flowing into armaments all over the world could be used for more constructive and essential purposes if we could only have an effective peace. I want to emphasize that the resolutions cannot possibly be properly construed as indicating any lack of effort on the part of this Government now or in the past toward that end. Rather, they seek to give added impetus to those efforts, which I think, is particularly appropriate at this time in view of the developments throughout the countries behind the Iron Curtain.

VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts.

address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend my remarks.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Massachusetts?

There was no objection.

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I take this minute to announce that on tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock a subcommittee of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs will hear Mr. Stirling, the Acting Director of Veterans' Affairs, Admiral Boone, the Medical Director,

and Mr. Odum, who has been the legal counsel and who under the new reorganization plan is the Deputy Administrator of a new and larger division. They are making suggestions as to how hospitalization of non-service-connected cases can be accomplished justly and satisfactorily, and also certain recommendations regarding dental care of patients.

Mr. YoRTY in five instances and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. LANE in 4 instances, in 1 instance to include his own remarks and in the other to include extraneous matters also. Mrs. CHURCH and to include extraneous

matter.

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. I yield.

Mr. HALLECK. When we had the appropriations bill before the House a short time ago it was suggested in respect to one amendment that the gentlewoman's committee would report out some legislation dealing with the matter of hospitalization of non-service-connected disabilities. Can the gentlewoman tell us whether or not that legislation will be reported out of her committee?

I

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. may say that the Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs is considering it, and I hope it will be ready. The American Medical Association, American Hospital Association, the head of the NP Association, the head of the Tuberculosis Association, the veterans' organizations and insurance companies, and others are testifying on better insurance. The committee has held numerous hearings and has more scheduled. The Veterans' Administration also is very much interested. Of course, I think some plan will be worked out that will be satisfactory and just. It is not an easy problem. I am sure of one thing, and that is the Members of the House want the veterans who are injured and ill cared for.

Mr. HALLECK. May we expect it by the end of the session?

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts. That depends on when we adjourn.

Mr. HALLECK. We are hoping to adjourn the last of this month.

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

By unanimous consent, permission to extend remarks in the Appendix of the RECORD, or to revise and extend remarks, was granted to:

Mr. O'KONSKI and to include an article. Mrs. KEE and to include extraneous matter.

by a constituent.

Mr. SCHENCK and to include extraneous material.

Mr. HESELTON and to include extraneous material.

Mr. MARTIN of Iowa notwithstanding that the cost is estimated by the Public Printed to be $378 and in another instance to include an editorial.

Mrs. HARDEN and to include a report. Mr. HAYS of Arkansas notwithstanding that the cost of printing is estimated at $224 by the Public Printer.

Mr. BAILEY and to include an article from the New York Journal-American. Mr. ELLIOTT and to include a newspaper editorial.

ADJOURNMENT

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

The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 5 o'clock and 16 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, July 16, 1953, at 12 o'clock noon.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS,

ETC.

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

848. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, of Agriculture, transmitting the report on cooperation of the United States with Mexico in the control and eradication of footand-mouth disease for the month of May 1953, pursuant to Public Law 8, 80th Congress; to the Committee on Agriculture.

Mr. SIEMINSKI and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. HOPE and to include extraneous matter.

Professor Fisher.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to:

Mr. O'HARA of Minnesota (at the request of Mr. AUGUST H. ANDRESEN), indefinitely, on account of illness.

Mr. TOLLEFSON, for July 16 to 21, inclusive, on account of official business.

SENATE BILL REFERRED

A bill of the Senate of the following title was taken from the Speaker's table and, under the rule, referred as follows: S. 2394. An act to amend the District Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED

Mr. LECOMPTE, from the Committee on House Administration, reported that that committee had examined and found truly enrolled a joint resolution of the House of the following title, which was thereupon signed by the Speaker:

H. J. Res. 294. Joint resolution continuing the availability of appropriations for the Small Defense Plants Administration for the month of July 1953, and for other purposes.

BILLS PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT

Mr. ROONEY to include extraneous matter in his remarks in Committee of the Whole.

H. R. 5710. An act to amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended, and for other purposes; and

fiscal year 1954 in the amount of $150 million for the Department of Agriculture (H. Doc. No. 208); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

851. A letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting a draft of a bill entitled "A bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to provide a national-defense reserve of tankers and to promote the construction of new tankers, and for other purposes"; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows:

Mr. BISHOP: Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers. House Report No. 808. Report on the disposition of certain papers of sundry executive departments. Ordered to be printed.

Mr. BISHOP: Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers. House Report No. 809. Report on the disposition of certain papers of sundry executive departments. Ordered to be printed.

Mr. DONDERO: Committee on Public Works. H. R. 6201. A bill authorizing the State of California to collect tolls for the use of certain highway crossings across the Bay of San Francisco; without amendment (Rept. No, 810). Referred to the House Calendar.

Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. S. 122. An act directing the conveyance of certain property to the city of Rupert, Idaho; without amendment (Rept. No. 834). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. S. 2097. An act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for the construction of the Eklutna project; with amendment (Rept. No. 835). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. R. 4985. A bill to provide a decree of competency for United States Indians in certain cases; with amendment (Rept. No. 836). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. R. 3598. A bill to consolidate the Parker Dam power project and the Davis Dam project; without amendment (Rept. No. 837). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Resolution 315. Resolution requesting the Secretary of the Interior negotiate a fair and just settlement with the Crow Tribe of Indians for use of tribal property in construction of the Hardin project; with amendment (Rept. No. 838). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. JOHNSON: Committee on Armed Serv

ices. H. R. 6039. A bill to amend section 47c of the National Defense Act; without amendment (Rept. No. 839). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. H. R. 6217. A bill relating to mining claims located on land with respect to which a permit or lease has been issued, or an application or offer for permit or lease has been made, under the mineral leasing laws, or known to be valuable for minerals subject to disposition under the mineral leasing laws, and for other purposes; without amendment (Rept. No. 840). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. House Concurrent Resolution 108. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that certain tribes of Indians should be freed from Fed

eral supervision; without amendment (Rept. No. 841). Referred to the House Calendar.

Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: Committee on

Interior and Insular Affairs. H. R. 1797. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain land to the State of Oklahoma for the use and benefit of the Eastern Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College at Wilburton, Okla., and for other purposes; with amendment (Rept. No. 842). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan: Committee on Government Operations. House Resolution 261. Resolution disapproving Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1953; without amendment (Rept. No. 843). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan: Committee on Government Operations. House Resolution 262. Resolution disapproving Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1953; without amendment (Rept. No. 844). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan: Committee on Government Operations. H. R. 6117. A bill to provide for the orderly transaction of the public business in the event of the death, incapacity, or separation from office of a disbursing officer of the military departments; without amendment (Rept. No. 845). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. REED of New York: Committee on Ways and Means. H. R. 5256. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the retirement of judges of the Tax Court of the United States; with amendment (Rept. No. 846). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. K. 2650. A bill for the relief of Sister Anna Ettl; with amendment (Rept. No. 812). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 3005. A bill for the relief of Charles Sabah; without amendment (Rept. No. 813). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Miss THOMPSON of Michigan: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 3035. A bill for the relief of Stephania Ziegler (Sister Benitia), Anna Hagel (Sister Clara), and Theresia Tuppinger (Sister Romana); without amendment (Rept. No. 814). Referred to the Com

mittee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 3228. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Ursula Eichner Clawges; with amendment (Rept. No. 815). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 3235. A bill for the relief of Ruth Rumiko Fukano; without amendment (Rept. No. 816). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. HILLINGS: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 3236. A bill for the relief of Constantin and Lucia (Bercescu) Turcano; with amendment (Rept. No. 817). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 3255. A bill for the relief of Ernst Sbaschnik, Sr.; without amendment (Rept. No. 818). Referred to the Committee

of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judi

ciary. H. R. 3281. A bill for the relief of Peter P. S. Ching; without amendment (Rept. No. 819). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 3360. A bill for the relief of Yuriko Akimoto; with amendment (Rept. No. 820). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. HILLINGS: Committee on the Judi

ciary. H. R. 3390. A bill for the relief of Eiko Tanaka; with amendment (Rept. No. 821). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. HILLINGS: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 3455. A bill for the relief of Jalal Rashtian; with amendment (Rept. No. 822). Referred to the Committee of the

Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 4254. A bill for the relief of Aneta Popa; with amendment (Rept. No. 824). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 3828. A bill for the relief of Antonio Bruno; without amendment (Rept. No. 825). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Miss THOMPSON of Michigan: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 4439. A bill for the relief of John Abraham and Ann Abraham; without amendment (Rept. No. 826). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 4577. A bill for the relief of Edith Maria Gore; without amendment (Rept. No. 827). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Miss THOMPSON of Michigan: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 4707. A bill for the relief of Lee Yim Quon; without amendment (Rept. No. 828). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 4972. A bill for the relief of John Jeremiah Botelho; without amendment (Rept. No. 829). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 5195. A bill for the relief of Max Kassner; without amendment (Rept. No. 830). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. HILLINGS: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 5268. A bill for the relief of Selim (Robert) Salloum; without amendment (Rept. No. 831). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 5887. A bill for the relief of George Michael Jabour; without amendment (Rept. No. 832). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. HILLINGS: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 5951. A bill for the relief of Eveline Brigitte Bartl (Eveline B. Hermann); without amendment (Rept. No. 833). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

H. R. 6309 A bill to provide for the return to the former owners of certain lands acquired in connection with the Jim Woodruff Dam project of mineral interests in such lands; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

By Mr. YOUNGER:

H. R. 6310. A bill to amend the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 to exempt operations in the transportation of livestock, fish, and agricultural, floricultural, and horticultural commodities from the act and from regulation by the Civil Aeronautics Board thereunder; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

By Mr. DOWDY:

H. R. 6311. A bill to exempt an increased number of acres harvested for nuts from the marketing quotas on peanuts; to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. KEARNS:

H. R. 6312. A bill to amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of

1953; to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

By Mr. PRIEST:

H. R. 6313. A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to restore military status to the commissioned corps; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

By Mr. SIMPSON of Pennsylvania: H. R. 6314. A bill to amend section 3404 and related sections of the Internal Revenue Code; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

H. R. 6315. A bill to provide that reversionary interests in life insurance shall not be included in the gross estate of a decedent in certain cases; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. WEICHEL (by request):

H. R. 6316. A bill to amend the act of December 3, 1942; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

H. R. 6317. A bill to authorize the sale of certain vessels to Brazil for use in the coastwise trade of Brazil; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

H. R. 6318. A bill to extend emergency foreign merchant vessel acquisition and operating authority of Public Law 101, 77th Congress, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. By Mr. WITHROW:

H. R. 6319. A bill to establish fifth-class mail; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

By Mr. O'BRIEN of Michigan:

H. R. 6320. A bill to extend and improve the old-age and survivors insurance system, to provide permanent and total disability insurance and rehabilitation benefits, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. TAYLOR:

H. R. 6321. A bill granting the consent of Congress to a compact between the State of New Jersey and the State of New York known as the waterfront commission compact, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. GORDON:

H. Con. Res. 135. Concurrent resolution favoring universal disarmament; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. BATTLE:

H. Con. Res. 136. Concurrent resolution favoring universal disarmament; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. CARNAHAN:

H. Con. Res. 137. Concurrent resolution favoring universal disarmament; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. ZABLOCKI:

H. Con. Res. 138. Concurrent resolution favoring universal disarmament; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. ADDONIZIO:

H. Con. Res. 139. Concurrent resolution favoring universal disarmament; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. BOLLING:

H. Con. Res. 140. Concurrent resolution favoring universal disarmament; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. DONOHUE:

H. Con. Res. 141. Concurrent resolution favoring universal disarmament; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. FRIEDEL:

H. Con. Res. 142. Concurrent resolution favoring universal disarmament; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. GARY:

H. Con. Res. 143. Concurrent resolution favoring universal disarmament; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. HOLIFIELD:

H. Con. Res. 144. Concurrent resolution favoring universal disarmament; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. HOWELL:

H. Con. Res. 145. Concurrent resolution favoring universal disarmament; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

H. R. 6329. A bill for the relief of Truus Yetta de Lange Zygala (Mrs. John Zygala); to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mrs. KELLY of New York:

H. R. 6330. A bill for the relief of Irving Beilin Chang and Wonona Wong Chang (or Yit Chen Wong) and Amos Hwei Chang (or Amos Hwei Cheh Chang); to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. KELLEY of Pennsylvania: H. R. 6331. A bill for the relief of Roy Fujisaki; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. McCORMACK:

H. R. 6332. A bill for the relief of James Philip Coyle; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. MORANO:

H. R. 6333. A bill for the relief of Louis DiScala; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 6334. A bill for the relief of Michele Agostino; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. ROGERS of Florida:

H. R. 6335. A bill for the relief of Otto Arild Sletta; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. VAN ZANDT:

H. R. 6336. A bill for the relief of Capt. Frederick C. Wiesner; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

PETITIONS, ETC.

Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows:

391. By Mr. MERRILL: Petition of Thelma Bridges and other citizens of Clark County, Ind., requesting the passage of H. R. 1227; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

392. By the SPEAKER: Petition of Wister R. Williams and others, Daytona Beach, Fla., requesting passage of H. R. 2446 and H. R. 2447, social-security legislation known as the Townsend plan; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

SENATE

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1953
(Legislative day of Monday, July 6,
1953)

The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, on the expiration of the recess.

The Chaplain, Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, D. D., offered the following prayer:

Our Father God, we thank Thee for this world of beauty in the midst of which we walk; for the dawn of the morning, for the stars in the night sky, for the gifts of love and of friendship, for sacred and sunny memories, and for every radiant hope which inspires us on our pilgrim way.

Help us this day to live worthily as Thy children, to be true and just in meeting every experience, to rise above all worry, fear, and hatred, and to live in an atmosphere of spiritual serenity,