JULY 8, 1953. COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE (Pursuant to S. Res. 258, agreed to January 24, 1952, investigating problems relating to the airline industry, the U. S. merchant marine; domestic land and water transportation; and radio, telegraph, and telephone communications; continued by S. Res. 23, agreed to January 30, 1953) To the SECRETARY OF THE SENATE: The above-mentioned committee, pursuant to Senate Resolution 123, 80th Congress, 1st session, submits the following report showing the name, profession, and total salary of each person employed by it and its subcommittees for the period from January 1, 1953, to June 30, 1953, together with the funds available to and expended by it and its subcommittees: $3,805.08 $1, 004. 11 4, 187.45 348.95 Mildred C. Brandon, clerical assist annual salary Total salary received 4, 187.45 348.95 Louis D. Luttrell, professional staff (to Jan. 31, 1953). 9, 238.93 769.91 John R. Butz, clerical assistant: JULY 8, 1953. COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE (Pursuant to S. Res. 41, to investigate certain problems relating to interstate and foreign commerce, agreed to January 30, 1953) To the SECRETARY OF THE SENATE: The above-mentioned committee, pursuant to Senate Resolution 123, 80th Congress, 1st session, submits the following report showing the name, profession, and total salary of each person employed by it and its subcommittees for the period from January 30, 1953, to June 30, 1953, together with the funds available to and expended by it and its subcommittees: Jan. 1-15. Jan. 16-31. Pauline Chaternuck, clerical assistant (Jan. 1-31) .... Amount expended.. 17, 756. 87 Halford G. Davis, professional staff member (from Jan. 16).. John M. Drewry, special counsel (from May 1). Chairman. Charles W. Radcliffe, professional staff member (Feb. 14-Mar. 31). $5,047.77 $210.32 6, 003. 71 250.15 5, 143. 38 428.61 11, 646.00 5,337.75 10, 649. 11 1, 774. 84 8, 005. 36 1,045. 14 $14,865.70 9, 194. 56 5, 671. 14 - Amount expended... $75,000.00 35, 863. 26 Balance unexpended. CHARLES W. TOBEY, CHARLES W. TOBEY, Chairman. 39, 136. 74 Chairman. JULY 11, 1953. COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE To the SECRETARY OF THE SENATE: The above-mentioned committee, pursuant to Senate Resolution 123, 80th Congress, 1st session, submits the following report showing the name, profession, and total salary of each person employed by it and its subcommittees for the period from January 1, 1953, to June 30, 1953, together with the funds available to and expended by it and its subcommittees: JULY 8, 1953. COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE (Pursuant to S. Res. 22, agreed to January 30, 1953, to investigate the Interstate Commerce Commission; continuation of S. Res. 332, agreed to June 26, 1952) To the SECRETARY OF THE SENATE: The above-mentioned committee, pursuant to Senate Resolution 123, 80th Congress, 1st session, submits the following report showing the name, profession, and total salary of each person employed by it and its subcommittees for the period from January 1, 1953, to June 30, 1953, together with the funds available to and expended by it and its subcommittees: COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE SUBCOMMITTEES ON LABOR AND HEALTH To the SECRETARY OF THE SENATE: The above-mentioned committee, pursuant to Senate Resolution 123, 80th Congress, 1st session, submits the following report showing the name, profession, and total salary of each person employed by it and its subcommittees for the period from January 1, 1953, to January 31, 1953, together with the funds available to and expended by it and its subcommittees: SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR Name and profession Edward S. Jarrett, chief clerk. Edward R. Jelsma, professional Jack Barbash,1 staff director.. Curtis E. Johnson,1 staff member.. Alexander K. Christie,1 staff member... Rate of Total Name and profession annual salary 5, 143. 38 2, 143. 05 18, 017. 76 Balance unexpended...... 11, 922. 41 Dorothy Hahne,5 stenographer.. CHARLES W. TOBEY, Chairmans See footnotes at end of table. Pauline Chaternuck, clerical assistant (from Feb. 1)----- $6,003. 71 $2, 501. 50 Funds authorized or appropriated for committee expenditure, balance Dec. 31, 1952... $29, 940. 17 Amount expended... Vivien Harman,2 clerical assistant.. Paul Sample,3 clerical assistant... Marjorie M. Whittaker, clerksecretary. Mary Jane Del Balzo,2 stenographer 1 Jan. 31, 1953, employment authority expired. 2 Jan. 19, 1953, to Jan. 31, 1953 transferred from full committee to Labor Subcommittee; employment authority terminated Jan. 31, 1953. * Jan. 19, 1953, to Jan. 31, 1953, transferred from full committee to Labor Subcommittee; Feb. 1, 1953 transferred back to full committee. 4 Feb. 1, 1953, transferred to full committee. 5 Jan. 16, 1953, to Jan. 31, 1953, period of employment. Jan. 4, 1953, employment terminated. 7 Jan. 19, 1953, transferred to full committee. 8 Jan. 19, 1953, to Jan. 31, 1953, transferred from full committee to Health Subcommittee. Employment authority expired on Jan. 31, 1953. Funds authorized for Subcommittees on Labor and Health (Jan. 1, 1953, to Jan. 31, 1953)__ $33,862.65 Amount expended by Subcommittees on Labor and Health (Jan. 1, 1953, to Jan. 31, 1953)... Balance unexpended... 10,908.57 22, 954. 08 The above-mentioned committee, pursuant to Senate Resolution 123, 80th Congress, 1st session, submits the following report showing the name, profession, and total salary of each person employed by it and its subcommittees for the period from January 3, 1953, to June 30, 1953, together with the funds available to and expended by it and its subcommittees: Name and profession Frank A. Paschal, chief clerk and staff director (from Jan. 16). Virginia Bobo, clerical assistant.. H. W. Brawley, professional staff member_.. Costas D. Chrissos, clerical assistant (to Feb. 5)... Colette E. Homan, clerical assistant (from Feb. 6). Mary A. Irwin, professional staff member R. W. Johnson, counsel (from Feb. 16). J. Austin Latimer, professional staff member (to Feb. 16).. Marty McElroy, clerical assistant (from Feb. 1). George M. Moore, professional staff member (from Jan. 16 to Apr. 13) Olive T. Olson, clerical assistant (to Jan. 15). Mary Anne Paramore, clerical assistant (from Jan. 16). E. Luise Shawn, clerical assistant (to Jan. 31). Mary H. Sutherland, clerical assistant.. Gustav C. Hertz, investigatoranalyst.. Colette E. Homan, clerical assistant (to Feb. 5). Katherine K. Jennings, stenographer. Robert W. Johnson, professional staff member (from Feb. 6 to Feb. 15). Witmer H. Kelley, investigatoranalyst.. Rudolph H. Kroetz, investigatoranalyst.. William K. Levin, investigatoranalyst Charles B. Lipsen, investigatoranalyst.... $10, 234. 35 $1, 279. 29 4,856. 61 472.16 4, 283. 04 535.38 11, 646.00 323.50 8, 552.84 1,069.09 8,005. 36 1,000. 66 Edward L. MacDonald, investiga tor-analyst.. Theo A. Moore, investigatoranalyst.. Ethel P. Powers, clerical assistant.. Lloyd S. Smith, investigatoranalyst.. Betsy B. Thomas, clerical assistant. Christine Winslow, clerical assistant.... 4,378. 64 11, 646.00 1, 455. 75 COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE INVESTIGATING THE POSTAL SERVICE (Under S. Res. 49, agreed to March 6, 1953) To the SECRETARY OF THE SENATE: The above-mentioned committee, pursuant to Senate Resolution 123, 80th Congress, 1st session, submits the following report showing the name, profession, and total salary of each person employed by it and its subcommittees for the period from January 3, 1953, to June 30, 1953, together with the funds available to and expended by it and its subcommittees: Philip R. Rodgers, staff director... William H. Coburn, minority staff director.. Vivien Harman,1, clerical assistant Crawford C. Heerlein, clerical assistant.. Paul Sample,27 clerical assistant.. Thelma W. Blankenship, clerical assistant.. Patricia G. Calder, clerical assistant. Barbara Anderson, clerical assistant.... Loretta A. Hogan, clerical assistant. Helen H. Papps, clerical assistant.. Marjorie Whittaker,37 clerical assistant.. Mary Jane Del Balzo, clerical assistant... Melvin W. Sneed, professional staff member. Michael J. Bernstein, professional staff member. William G. Reidy, professional staff member. Ralph W. Kittle, professional staff member. Paul Badger,1 professional staff member. Charles Bragman, professional staff member.. Paul H. Menk,' professional staff member. $11, 646. 00 $5, 823.00 11, 646.00 5,790. 65 6, 290.49 314.52 6, 290.49 3, 121.30 5, 812. 53 2, 712. 47 5, 812. 53 2, 615. 60 5, 812. 53 2, 131. 23 4,952. 20 1,953.35 4, 952. 20 1, 953. 35 4,952. 20 2, 476. 07 4, 952.20 2,063. 40 4,952. 20 247.60 11, 646.00 5,240. 70 COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FEDERAL MANPOWER POLICIES (Under authority of S. Res. 288, agreed to March 26, 1952) To the SECRETARY OF THE SENATE: The above-mentioned committee, pursuant to Senate Resolution 123, 80th Congress, 1st session, submits the following report showing the name, profession, and total salary of each person employed by it and its subcommittees for the period from January 1, 1953, to February 15, 1953, together with the funds available to and expended by it and its subcommittees: 1 Jan. 19, 1953, transferred to Labor Subcommittee. Jan. 19, 1953, to Jan. 31, 1953, with Labor Subcommittee. 3 Jan. 1, 1953, to Jan. 31, 1953, with Labor Subcommittee. Jan. 19, 1953, transferred to Health Subcommittee. 5 Jan. 31, 1953, employment authority expired (S. Res. 243, 82d Cong.). 6 Jan. 1, 1953, to Jan. 18, 1953, with Health Subcommittee. 7 Under authority of S. Res. 37. Ralph R. Drennen, investigatoranalyst (to Feb. 8). Robert G. Dunphy, investigatoranalyst... Cecial A. Gasque, investigatoranalyst.... Guy B. Hathorn, investigator analyst.... 583.17 630.96 284. 15 893.16 881.89 8, 005. 36 1,000. 66 Public representative (from John W. Benson, investigator (from Mar. 1)___. Patricia E. Brewer, clerical assistant (from May 21). Irene Brown, clerical assistant (from Feb. 13 to June 25). Hector H. Cervantes, investigator (from June 12).. James J. Connelly, court representative (from June 4). Leonard W. Dennis, special investigator (from Apr. 1 to Apr. 5). John M. Drewry, associate counsel (from Feb. 26 to Apr. 30)--Myron G. Ehrlich, associate counsel (from June 6). Douglas E. Florance, special counJames J. Florance, investigator sel (from Feb. 23). (from May 12). Raymond B. Garcia, guard (from May 1).. Albert Gutierrez, guard (from Fred C. Hannahs, staff represen- 5, 238.97 324. 19 7,819. 96 2, 606. 64 10,815. 02 1, 802. 50 7,819. 96 2, 584.92 401.53 3,613. 89 3,805. 08 1, 405. 76 3,613. 89 190. 73 5, 238.97 392.92 6,003. 71 83.38 10, 068. 45 1,817.89 10, 815.02 751.04 The above-mentioned committee, pursuant to Senate Resolution 123, 80th Congress, 1st session, submits the following report showing the name, profession, and total salary of each person employed by it and its subcommittees for the period from January 1, 1953, to July 30, 1953, together with the funds available to and expended by it and its subcommittees: Name and profession Saidee, F. Blair, clerical assistant (to Mar. 15, 1953).. Elizabeth A. Byrne, clerical assistant (to Mar. 15, 1953) assistant chief clerk (from Mar. 16, 1953).. Robt. A. Forsythe, professional staff (from May 1, 1953). Laurance G. Henderson, professional staff. Patricia W. Hobbs, clerical assistant: From Mar. 16 to Mar. 31.---. From June 1, 1953.... Philip F. Jehle, professional staff (from June 16, 1953)... Sara Betty Laskey, clerical assist ant.. Charles M. Noone, professional staff: From Jan. 1 to May 31, 1953). From June 1 to June 15, 1953. Gertrude C. Novak, clerical assistant: From Mar. 16 to May 31, 1953.. From June 1, 1953.. Blake O'Connor, professional staff (from Jan. 1 to Apr. 30, 1953). Minna L. Ruppert, chief clerk.. Walter B. Stults, professional staff. Ruth N. Thomas, assistant chief clerk (from Jan. 1 to Mar. 15, 1953). Rate of Total gross annual salary salary received Burton S. Hill, Sr., associate counsel (from Mar. 3). Balance unexpended------ EDWARD MARTIN, Chairman. JULY 15, 1953. Margaret W. Tucker, clerical as sistant: From June 1, 1953.. 6, 099. 30 1,270.67 Funds authorized or appropriated for committee expenditure, 83d Congress. $10,000.00 879.82 9, 120. 18 COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE ON PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS To the SECRETARY OF THE SENATE: The above-mentioned committee, pursuant to Senate Resolution 123, 80th Congress, 1st session, submits the following report showing the name, profession, and total salary of each person employed by it and its subcommittees for the period from January 1, 1953, to June 30, 1953, together with the funds available to and expended by it and its subcommittees: Alexander J. Jack, investigator (from Feb. 13). L. Stanley Kemp, investigator (from Mar. 11).. Philip F. Kennedy, Jr., guard (from June 6). Marvin E. Linner, staff representative (from June 4). Samuel Lord, Jr., guard (from May 30).. Emma M. Majeski, clerical assisttant (from Feb. 27).. Robert J. Majeski, investigator (from June 1)____ James A. May, staff representative (from June 4). Robert B. Miller, guard (from June 18). Barbara A. Miriani, clerical assistant (from Mar. 1 to June 30). Robert B. Miller, guard (from June 18).. Richard E. Philbin, investigator (from Jan. 21).. Jack M. Poorbaugh, investigator (from Mar. 11 to Apr. 30)_ _ Mary S. Richardson, clerical assistant (from Feb. 27)___ Patricio S. Sanchez, staff representative (from June 4)..-. Marilyn E. Scott, clerical assistant (from Feb. 2)-- Mary L. Strain, clerk (from Jan. 23). Thelma M. Troiano, clerical assistant (from Feb. 27). Wellford H. Ware: Assistant counsel (to Jan. 27). Chief counsel (from Jan. 28) Farley W. Warner, associate counsel (from Feb. 1).. 11, 646.00 5,704. 68 9, 570. 74 3, 987.80 4,091.85 1,261. 63 SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS (Pursuant to S. Res. 329, agreed to June 12, 1952) To the SECRETARY OF THE SENATE: The above-mentioned committee, pursuant to Senate Resolution 123, 80th Congress, 1st session, submits the following report 4,283.04 $452.09 showing the name, profession, and total 5,430. 16 750.00 5,430. 16 1 301.67 12.08 1 301.67 1 226.25 1 181.00 Ruth M. Webner, clerical assistant 5, 430. 16 5, 430.16 5, 430.16 1 301.67 8,552.84 712.73 When actually employed. salary of each person employed by it and its subcommittees for the period from January 1, 1953, to June 30, 1953, together with the funds available to and expended by it and its subcommittees: Name and profession Allan Goodman, assistant counsel (to Jan. 31).. Grace E. Johnson, clerk (to Jan. 17). Samuel H. Kramer, assistant counsel (to Jan. 31).. Genevieve Litwin, stenographer (to Jan. 31).. Robert L. Shortley, investigator (to Jan. 31)... 1301.67 1226. 25 1226. 25 Name and profession Philip F. Jehle, professional staff (from Apr. 20 to June 15, 1953)... Gillis W. Long, professional staff (from Jan. 2, to Feb. 16, 1953)---Joyce Bissell Meyer, clerical assistant (from Jan. 1 to September 1953)... Gertrude C. Novak, clerical assistant (to Mar. 15, 1953)... Blake O'Connor, professional staff (from May 1 to June 29, 1953) Robert Spitzler, messenger (from Jan. 5 to Feb. 14, 1953).. Ruth N. Thomas, clerical assistant (from Mar. 16 to Apr. 15, 1953)- COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL SALARIES Mr. DIRKSEN. In the last Congress I introduced a bill to create a congressional salary commission. The bill was reported by the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. It languished on the calendar during that Congress. The same bill was introduced at the present session, but no hearings have been held on it. I ask unanimous consent, before the close of the session today, to introduce a similar bill, modified somewhat, and ask that it be referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is Is there objection to the request of the Senator from Illinois? The Chair hears none, and it is so ordered. Subsequently, Mr. DIRKSEN introduced a bill (S. 2417) to provide for the creation of a Commission on Judicial and Congressional Salaries, and for other purposes, which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. BILLS INTRODUCED Bills were introduced, read the first time, and, by unanimous consent, the second time, and referred as follows: By Mr. SMITH of New Jersey: S. 2406. A bill to amend the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 to provide for an educational cost grant to institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. (See the remarks of Mr. SMITH of New Jersey when he introduced the above bill, which appear under a separate heading.) By Mr. POTTER (for himself and Mr. S. 2407. A bill to amend the Ship Mortgage Act, 1920, as amended; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. POTTER (for himself and Mr. S. 2408. 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; and S. 2409. A bill to amend certain provisions of title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to facilitate private financing of new ship construction, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. (See the remarks of Mr. POTTER when he introduced the above bills, which appear under separate headings.) By Mr. SALTONSTALL (by request): S. 2410. A bill to revise certain laws re lating to warrant officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. (See the remarks of Mr. SALTONSTALL When he introduced the above bill, which appear under a separate heading.) By Mr. BENNETT: S. 2411. A bill for the relief of Ruth Berndt; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. GORE: S. 2412. A bill providing that the length of staple of cotton presented for entry into the United States be determined in accordance with the official standards of the United States as established by the Secretary of Agriculture; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. CASE (for himself, Mr. BARRETT, Mr. BUTLER of Maryland, Mr. CARLSON, Mr. CHAVEZ, Mr. COOPER, Mr. DOUGLAS, Mr. DUFF, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. FLANDERS, Mr. GILLETTE, Mr. GOLDWATER, Mr. HENDRICKSON, Mr. HUMPHREY, Mr. HUNT, Mr. IVES, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. KEFAUVER, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILGORE, Mr. LEHMAN, Mr. MAGNUSON, Mr. MANSFIELD, Mr. McCARRAN, Mr. MORSE, Mr. MURRAY, Mr. NEELY, Mr. PASTORE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POTTER, Mr. SALTONSTALL, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. TOBEY): S. 2413. A bill to provide an elected mayor, city council, school board, and nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. YOUNG: S. 2414. A bill to provide for the designation of the Heart-Butte Dam and Reservoir project in Morton County, N. Dak., as the Tschida Reservoir and Dam; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. HOEY: S. 2415. A bill for the relief of the State of North Carolina; to the Committee on Public Works. By Mr. AIKEN (for himself and Mr. S. 2416. A bill for the relief of the widow and children of Irvin Scranton Ross; to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. By Mr. DIRKSEN: S. 2417. A bill to provide for the creation of a Commission on Judicial and Congressional Salaries, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. (See the remarks of Mr. DIRKSEN when he received permission to introduce the above bill, which appear under a separate heading.) By Mr. SALTONSTALL (by request): S. 2418. A bill to clarify and strengthen the existing authority to order to active duty persons who have obligated periods of active duty, and for other purposes; and S. 2419. A bill to provide for the appoint ment of additional commissioned officers in the Regular Army, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. (See the remarks of Mr. SALTONSTALL when he introduced the above bills, which appear under separate headings.) AMENDMENT OF MERCHANT MARINE ACT RELATING TO PRIVATE FINANCING OF NEW SHIP CONSTRUCTION half of the junior Senator from New Mr. POTTER. Mr. President, on beHampshire [Mr. TOBEY] and myself, I introduced for appropriate reference a bill which will facilitate the private financing of new ship construction. Consistent with the principles of sound business and considerate of our urgent maritime requirements, this bill authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to insure up to 90 percent of the unpaid balances of principals on loans made to finance the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of vessels for our merchant marine fleet. The aggregate amount of insurance shall never exceed $100 million at any one time. The bill would clarify the present cumbersome and unsatisfactory mortgage insurance provisions of title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, and is consistent with the program of the President as expressed through the Secretary of Commerce and the Bureau of the Budget. I can say as a result of the extensive hearings we have held in respect to the size and composition of our merchant marine fleet, that there is a most urgent need to schedule hearings on this bill next week. Our maritime requirements are increasing steadily while our construction and replacement efforts have been lagging. This bill spells out a clear ship-construction insurance formula and will encourage private financing at a time when new ships are most needed. I am therefore hopeful that immediate attention be given this proposal that is consistent with the President's program, consistent with sound business, and most important, consistent with the best interests of our national welfare and security. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be received and appropriately referred. The bill (S. 2409) to amend certain provisions of title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to facilitate private financing of new ship construction, and for other purposes, introduced by Mr. POTTER (for himself and Mr. TOBEY (by request)), was received, read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. AMENDMENT OF VETERANS' READJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1952, RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL COST GRANT TO CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. President, I introduce for appropriate reference a bill to amend the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 to provide for an educational cost grant to institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes. I am introducing the bill at the rerequest of representatives of various educational institutions throughout the country. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the RECORD at this point, as a part of my remarks the bill, together with a statement prepared by the Association of American Colleges, the group which asked me to introduce the bill. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill will be received and appropriately referred; and, without objection, the bill and statement will be printed in the RECORD. The bill (S. 2406) to amend the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, to provide for an educational cost grant to institutions of higher learning, and for other purposes, introduced by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, was received, read twice by its title, referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, and ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That part IV of title II of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "PARTIAL EDUCATIONAL COST GRANTS TO CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS "SEC. 235. (a) The Administrator shall pay to each educational institution a partial educational cost grant on account of each eligible veteran who is pursuing a course of education or training consisting wholly or partly of credit courses at such institutions and who is entitled to receive an education and training allowance under section 232 (a). Such grants shall be computed at the rate of $30 per month, except that where the veteran is not pursuing his course of education or training on a full-time basis or is not pursuing his course of education or training at that institution on a fulltime basis, or where his course of education or training does not consist wholly of credit courses, the grant to the institution shall bear the same relationship to $30 per month as the credit courses in which he is enrolled at such institution bear to a normal fulltime course of education or training in the same field. "(b) Such grants shall be paid for each day with respect to which the veteran is entitled to receive an education and training allowance; and shall be paid at the end of each semester or quarter in the case of an educational institution regularly operated on the semester or quarter system, and at the end of each regular enrollment period in the case of other educational institutions. "(c) As used in this section, the term 'credit courses' means courses offered at a nonprofit public or private junior college, teachers college, college, normal school, professional school, university, scientific or technical institution, or other comparable institution, for the successful completion of which credit is customarily given toward graduation from the institution. "(d) The amount of any partial educational cost grant paid to an educational institution on account of an eligible veteran under this section for any period shall be deducted from the education and training allowance to which such veteran is entitled under section 232 (a) for such period." SEC. 2. (a) Section 232 (a) of the Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952 is amended by striking out "shall be computed as follows" and by inserting in lieu thereof "shall, subject to the provisions of section 235 (d), be computed as follows." (b) Section 234 of such act is amended (1) by inserting after "any amount" the following: "which either alone, or when added to any partial educational cost grant paid under section 235 on account of the veteran, is", and (2) by inserting after "resident" the following: "other than a veteran on whose account a partial educational cost grant is paid under section 235." SEC. 3. The amendments made by this act shall apply only with respect to veterans initiating their program of education or training after May 1, 1954. The statement presented by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey is as follows: STATEMENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN COLLEGES COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LAW 550 Public Law 550 (the Korean GI bill) will, on August 20, 1953, have been in operation 1 calendar year. Experience has shown that the act is educationally unsound and the cost differential between the low-tuition and high-tuition institution becomes the determining factor in the veteran's selection of the college he chooses to attend. This differential operates to the detriment of the veteran and of both public and private colleges. The act creates inequality among the veterans themselves in that those in free or low-cost institutions receive in effect a bonus for subsistence purposes. The low-cost institutions have to accommodate a disproportionate number of veterans with a resulting inability to serve the students who constitute their normal clientele and are thus obliged to seek admission to more costly institutions. The high-tuition institutions find some veterans gravitating to the low-cost colleges in order to reserve for subsistence purposes all or most of their Federal allowances. Consequently, the Association of American Colleges, composed of 699 accredited colleges and universities, at its 1953 annual meeting resolved that the association should seek the amendment of Public Law 550, and that a committee be appointed to further this purpose. After consultation with many key persons in the field of higher education, the committee proposes that such an amendment take the form of a direct payment to the veteran for subsistence and a direct payment to the college of a partial educational cost grant for each veteran enrolled. Although the amendment, as proposed, would not require the additional expenditure of Federal funds, it will correct many of the inequalities under the present law. It is the carefully-considered judgment of the committee that: 1. The proposal is to the educational advantage of the veteran, because it treats all alike. 2. It will help to preserve a sensible balance between low-cost and high-cost institutions. This balance, traditional in America, should be maintained in the interest of the most creative and constructive system of higher education. The welfare of the enrolled veteran and the welfare of the institution cannot logically be separated. 3. The proposal will insure the use of public funds for the purposes for which they were intended. 4. In the case where communities maintain their tax-supported institutions, it will eliminate the "double taxation" permitted under the present law. We submit the proposal as the best method yet devised, in our judgment, to arrive at a solution to the problems created by Public Law 550. Chancellor William P. Tolley, Syracuse University, Chairman; President John C. Baker, Ohio University; President Gordon K. Chalmers, Kenyon College; President Philip G. Davidson, Jr., University of Louisville; President I. Lynd Esch, Indiana Central College; Vice President John E. Fields, University of Southern California; President Vincent J. Flynn, College of St. Thomas; President Francis P. Gaines, Washington and Lee University; President William H. Gill, Colorado College; President Rufus C. Harris, Tulane University; President Theodore H. Hesburgh, Notre Dame University; President Walter C. Langsam, Gettysburg College; President Albert A. Lemineux, Seattle University; President J. Walter Malone, James Millikin University; President M. E. Sadler, Texas Christian University; President Robert J. Slavin, Providence College; Dean Robert M. Strozier, University of Chicago; President John J. Theobald, Queens College (New York). AMENDMENT OF MERCHANT MA RINE ACT RELATING TO CON- Mr. POTTER. Mr. President, on behalf of the chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, the distinguished Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. TOBEY] and myself, I introduce for appropriate reference a bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act to provide a national defense reserve of tankers and to promote the construction of new tankers. The proposed legislation is recommended by the Secretary of Commerce. In Secretary Weeks' letter to the President of the Senate, transmitting the draft bill, he states that recent studies indicate that one of the most serious risks to the national security, in the event of grave national emergency, stems from the prospective shortage of tankers, and he strongly urges enactment of the bill before Congress adjourns. It is anticipated that the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce will hold hearings on this measure early next week. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill and Secretary Weeks' communication, together with a statement of explanation of the purpose and provision of the bill be printed in the RECORD at this point. The The PRESIDENT pro tempore. bill will be received and appropriately referred; and, without objection, the bill, communication, and statement will be printed in the RECORD. The bill (S. 2408) 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, introduced by Mr. POTTER (for himself and Mr. TOBEY) (by request), was received, read twice by its title, referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: Be it enacted, etc., That section 510 (b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "The Secretary of Commerce is authorized, until June 30, 1958, subject to the provisions of this section, to acquire any tanker not less than 10 years old and otherwise within the definition of 'obsolete vessel' contained in the proviso clause of subsection (a) (1), as amended, in exchange for an allowance of credit to be applied upon the purchase price of a new tanker or tankers, and to pay the cost of national defense features incorporated in the new tankers. Title to the obsolete tanker shall be transferred to the United States at the time of execution of the contract for the construction of the new tanker, and such obsolete tanker shall thereafter be placed in the national defense reserve subject to the provisions of section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, as amended: Provided, That notwithstanding such transfer of title, any such obsolete tanker in the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce may be used thereafter by the former owner, subject to the provisions of subsection (d), during the period of construction of the new tankers." SEC. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary of Commerce such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of section 510 (b) of the Merchant Marine |