Kovner is now married?

Mr. COMBS. No; I don't know to whom she is now married. Our information was in September or November of last year. Her husband was a man by the name of Mukes.

The CHAIRMAN. Do you know anything

about his record?

Mr. COMBS. I would hesitate to testify from memory, because we didn't subpena him and I don't recollect. I know we have some record, but what it is I am unable to say.

tion Act of 1950.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, on previous occasions the committee has asked

The CHAIRMAN. Any other questions? Mr. HILLELSON. I would like to ask a question.

Mr. Combs, are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?

Mr. COMBS. No, sir.

Mr. COMBS. Not at all, not at all. I am happy to have the opportunity to do so.

all other agencies. This has to do with the National Science Foundation and no record and no check has been made

have.

Mr. COMBS. I might add, in all fairness, Mr. Chairman, I am sure you will bear with me, that our sole interest-I am just doing

this for the sake of the record-that our sole interest in coming to southern California and investigating the housing authority at that time was exclusively in connection with

its problem of Communist infiltration, and nothing else. We did so at the joint request of the housing authority, the Attorney General, the district attorney, and I think the city council, as a matter of fact.

Letters and communications from all of those bodies we have on file. We did come down and we ran all of the personnel of the housing authority through our files. The 5 members of the board, the staff, 475 employees, I believe.

The CHAIRMAN. The housing authority requested you to do that at that time?

Mr. COMBS. Yes. After we had done that, all of those individuals concerning whom we found any evidence of Communist activity or affiliation we subpenaed the personnel files from the housing authority and listed them, and in cases where the individuals had a record, we will say, in San Francisco, we also ran various official files in that and other localities.

So far as we are able to determine, we caught everybody whom we had any idea was a member of the Communist Party or a fellow traveler, or under party discipline. We subpenaed many, many witnesses at that hearing simply because we wanted to get information from them and concerning whom we had no evidence of Communist affiliation at all.

That was one of the reasons we held the hearings in executive rather than open session.

The CHAIRMAN. When you made your report, those that in your opinion, or in the opinion of that committee were Communists were discharged?

Mr. COMBS. They were immediately.

The CHAIRMAN. I am sure the Members of the Congress will not only be interested, but will receive a great deal of instruction from this which we all need, with reference to this question of who is and who is not a Communist.

Mr. COMBS. I am happy to be here.

agency gets its appropriation. I respectfully suggest that this bill at least should be brought up under the suspension of the rules and that 20 minutes may be given to each side for a discussion of the bill.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the bill may be passed over without prejudice.

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

There was no objection.

SURFACE RIGHTS OF LOCATOR OF MINING CLAIM

The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 4983) to define the surface rights vested in the locator of a mining claim hereafter made under the mining laws of the United States, prior to issuance of patent therefor, and for other purposes.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

Mr. PRICE. Mr. Speaker, I object. Mr. D'EWART. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks at this point in the RECORD.

The SPEAKER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

There was no objection.

Mr. D'EWART. Mr. Speaker, I regret very much that objection has been raised to H. R. 4983, the bill to define the surface rights of the locators of mining claims and having as its objective the end of locating fraudulent mining claims.

From the statements made in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 2 weeks ago and comments in the press, it appears that there is a deliberate attempt underway to misrepresent this bill. Some of the comment goes so far as to attribute to the bill the very evils it is intended to correct.

Under the administration of the United States Forest Service for the past twenty

odd years there have been some abuses in the location of mining claims on national forest lands. Claims have been located where it later appeared the real purpose was not mining but timber cutting, summer cabins, filling stations, and so forth.

The existing law provides for the invalidation of a mining claim when it is discovered that it was fraudulently located. Since 1910 there has been an agreement between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior on this subject. The agreement is that whenever the Secretary of Agriculture finds what he believes is a fraudu

lent mining claim on the National Forest lands or other areas under his jurisdiction, he will report the same to the Secretary of the Interior who will then proceed to investigate the claim and vacate it if it is found to be fraudulent.

The fact is that the United States Forest Service has not asked the Secretary of the Interior to take action against hundreds of violations it claims are to be found on lands under its jurisdiction.

There is evidence that leads one to believe that certain former officials of the national forests and others would rather have a horrible example than a correction of the evil to the end that all

mining claims on national forests would be brought under forest official administration dictatorship. To this end they have been joined by those who would like to see all natural resources nationalized.

Our mineral resources must be found and made available for the Nation's use if we are to continue to have a growing and expanding economy. The only way we are going to get this exploration and development is to encourage prospectors to go into the hills, risk their capital, invest days and weeks and years of their time and labor, and search out and find the great resources that are still undeveloped.

The men who go into the hills prospecting are willing to do so only because they believe that there is a chance to discover a rich and valuable deposit of ore, and that they may then receive a patent to their mining claims, and then receive a reward commensurate with their labors and investment. This is the way the United States of America has grown and developed through the years and it has provided this country with the minerals necessary to its growth. We must be exceedingly careful in amending the present mining laws that we do not enact legislation that kill future exploration and development of our mineral wealth.

H. R. 4983 has been carefully written and edited by those experienced in mining so as to end the evil of fraudulent mining claims, yet not kill the incentive necessary to explore and develop our mining resources. The Regan bill, H. R. 334, which passed the House a short time ago will be of further help toward this end.

The Mines and Mining Subcommittee of the House, and the mining industry, believe that proper enforcement of the present mining laws as to existing claims, plus these two bills, will put an end to fraudulent mining claims.

We, therefore, deeply regret that those who are crying the loudest about fraudulent mining claims should see fit to delay enactment of legislation that will correct the evil of fraudulent mining claims. Mr. DEANE. Mr. Speaker, I object.

Mr. MILLER of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to object for the purpose of making a statement. My colleagues, there is some conflict between this bill reported by the Interior Committee and another bill reported by the Committee on Agriculture. I have felt the bill reported by the Agriculture Committee invades the jurisdiction of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. There are problems on surface rights and mining covering forests and public domain that must be solved-I feel they are now in the process of being resolved. As chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, I have appointed a subcommittee to meet with a similar Committee on Agriculture to iron out these differences. I have appointed the gentleman from Montana [Mr. D'EWART], the gentleman from California [Mr. ENGLE], and the gentleman from New York [Mr. WHARTON] as a committee to meet with the gentleman from Colorado [Mr. HILL], the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. HAGEN], and the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. ABBITT). The last three have been appointed by Mr. HOPE, chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, to iron out any difference of jurisdiction between the two committees.

The SPEAKER. Two Members have objected. Is there objection?

Mr. METCALF. Mr. Speaker, I object.

The SPEAKER. Three objections are heard. The bill is stricken from the calendar.

PAYMENT OF 10- AND 20-PERCENT

DISABILITY COMPENSATION PAYMENTS ON QUARTERLY BASIS RATHER THAN MONTHLY

The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 631) to provide that compensation of veterans for service-connected disability, rated 20 percent or less disabling, shall be paid quarterly rather than monthly.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill? Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that this bill be passed over without prejudice.

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

There was no objection.

RATING OF TOTAL OR PERMANENT DISABILITIES WHICH HAVE BEEN IN FORCE FOR 20 OR MORE YEARS The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 2984) to prohibit. reduction of any rating of total disability or permanent total disability for compensation, pension, or insurance purposes which has been in effect for 20 or more years.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill? Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, for the purpose of

asking the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. SECREST] for any information he may have with reference to this proposed legislation.

committee amendments

The agreed to.

were

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed.

The title was amended so as to read: "A bill to prohibit reduction of any rating of total disability or permanent total disability for compensation or pension purposes which has been in effect for 20 or more years."

A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

Mr. SECREST. Mr. Speaker, this legislation passed the House unanimously in the last Congress. Under the present rules of the Veterans' Adminpresent rules of the Veterans' Administration, if a totally disabled veteran or a veteran with permanent total disability is examined twice within 5 years, and if it is found that the disability is still continuing, that veteran is never called back for another examination. This bill would enact into law what is now a regulation of the Veterans' Administration. Instead of using the 5-year base period, we in the committee have used 20 years. It gives the veteran assurance that his payments will not be taken hereafter amended, to certain persons away, but it gives him no additional benefit.

Furthermore, in my opinion, this will result in economy, because every time a veteran goes into a hospital he is reexamined for this same total disability, and they have found practically no cases in the history of this country where a man has been permanently disabled 5 years and his disability has been corrected. So it would eliminate these unnecessary examinations and result in some economy. It would give to the totally disabled veteran, who has been that way for 20 years, some assurance that he would not have to worry unnecessarily in regard to his case.

Mr. FORD. Is there any assurance that a person who has been so disabled will be examined in the 19th year, so that there is some protection taken?

Mr. SECREST. The Veterans' Bureau could reexamine any veteran at any time, but under the present regulations, if he is found to be totally disabled upon 2 examinations within a 5-year period, he is never called for examination again, because experience has shown that a veteran totally disabled for 5 years does not recover.

Mr. FORD. Under this legislation any time up to the 20th year he could be so examined again and stricken from the rolls?

Mr. SECREST. There is nothing to prevent the Veterans' Administration, except by their own regulation, from doing that. They limit it to 5 years instead of 20 years.

Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That a rating of total disability or permanent total disability which has been made for compensation, pension, or insurance purposes under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration, and which has been continuously in force for 20 years or more shall not be reduced thereafter.

With the following committee amendments:

Page 1, line 4, strike out "compensation, pension, or insurance" and insert "compensation or pension."

Page 1, line 8, after the word "thereafter," insert "except upon a showing that such rating was based on fraud.”

EXTENSION OF PENSION BENEFITS The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 5380) to extend pension benefits under the laws reenacted by Public Law 269, 74th Congress, August 13, 1935, as now or

who served with the United States military or naval forces engaged in hostilities in the Moro Province, including Mindanao, or in the islands of Samar and Leyte, after July 4, 1902, and prior to January 1, 1914, and to their unremarried widows, child, or children.

The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 5636) to amend veterans regulations to establish for persons who served in the Armed Forces during World War II a further presumption of service connection for tuberculosis other than pulmonary.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill? There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That subparagraph (c) of paragraph I, part I, eterans Regulation No. 1 (a), as amended, is hereby further amended by adding after the words "that active pulmonary tuberculosis," the following: "or all other types of active tuberculosis."

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

TO INCORPORATE NATIONAL
SAFETY COUNCIL

The Clerk called the bill (S. 1105) to incorporate the National Safety Council.

There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That Melvin H. Baker, Lawrence D. Bell, James B. Black, S. Bruce Black, Morgan B. Brainard, John W. Carpenter, Ray Carr, William G. Chandler, Kenneth B. Colman, Frederick C. Crawford, Walter J. Cummings, Richard R. Deupree, Benjamin F. Fairless, Wallace Falvey, Francis J. Gavin, George A. Jacoby, George E. Leighty, Horace P. Liversidge, Henry E. North, Thomas I. Parkinson, A. V. Rohweder, William A. Simpson, Lee E. Skeel, W. A. Stewart, John Stilwell, J. E. Trainer, and Juan T.

Trippe are hereby created and declared to be a body corporate by the name of National Safety Council (hereinafter called the corporation) and by such name shall be known and have perpetual succession and the powers and limitations contained in this act.

COMPLETION OF ORGANIZATION

SEC. 2. The persons named in the first section of this act are authorized to complete. the organization of the corporation by the selection of officers and employees, the adoption of a constitution and bylaws, and the doing of such other acts as may be necessary for such purpose.

OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF CORPORATION

SEC. 3. The objects and purposes of the corporation shall be

(1) to further, encourage, and promote methods and procedures leading to increased safety, protection, and health among employees and employers and among children, in industries, on farms, in schools and colleges, in homes, on streets and highways, in recreation, and in other public and private places;

(2) to collect, correlate, publish, distribute, and disseminate educational and informative data, reports, and all other data relative to safety methods and procedures;

(3) to arouse and maintain the interest of the people of the United States in safety and in accident prevention, and to encourage the adoption and institution of safety methods by all persons, corporations, and other organizations;

(4) to organize, establish, and conduct programs, lectures, conferences, and other activities for the education of all persons, corporations, and other organizations in safety methods and procedures;

(5) to organize and to aid in the organization of, local safety chapters throughout

the Nation, and to provide organizational guidance and materials to promote the national safety;

(6) to cooperate with, enlist, and develop the cooperation of and between all persons, corporations, and other organizations and agencies, both public and private engaged or interested in, or in any manner connected with, any or all of the foregoing purposes; and

(7) to do any and all lawful acts which may be necessary, useful, suitable, desirable, and proper for the furtherance, accomplishment, and attainment of any or all of the foregoing purposes.

CORPORATE POWERS

SEC. 4. The corporation shall have power(1) to sue and be sued, complain, and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction;

(2) to adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal;

(3) to choose such officers, directors, trustees, managers, agents, and employees as the business of the corporation may require;

(4) to adopt, amend, and alter a constitution and bylaws, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or any State in which the corporation is to operate, for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs;

(5) to contract and be contracted with; (6) to charge and collect membership dues; subscription fees, and receive contributions or grants of money or property to be devoted to the carrying out of its pur

pose;

(7) to take and hold by lease, gift, purchase, grant, devise, or bequest any property, real or personal, necessary for attaining the objects and carrying into effect the purposes of the corporation, subject to applicable provisions of law in any State (a) governing the amount or kind of real and personal property which may be held by, or (b) otherwise limiting or controlling the ownership of real or personal property by a corporation operating in such State;

(8) to transfer, encumber, and convey real or personal property;

(9) to borrow money for the purposes of the corporation, issue bonds therefor, and secure the same by mortgage, subject to all applicable provisions of Federal or State law;

(10) to use the corporate funds to give prizes, awards, or other evidences of merit or recognition to persons, organizations, associations, or corporations, public or private, for outstanding contributions toward the achievement of the purposes of the corporation;

(11) to publish magazines and other publications and materials, whether periodic or occasional, consistent with its corporate purposes;

(12) to organize, establish, and conduct conferences on safety and accident prevention;

(13) to adopt, alter, use, and display such emblems, seals, and badges as it may adopt;

(14) to establish and maintain offices for the conduct of its business, and to charter local, State, and regional safety organizations, and to establish, regulate, and discontinue departmental subdivisions and local, State, and regional chapters in appropriate places throughout the United States, its Territories and possessions; and

(15) to do any and all acts and things necessary and proper to carry out the objects and purposes of the corporation and, for such purpose, the corporation shall also have, in addition to the foregoing in this section and subsection, the rights, powers, duties, and liabilities of the existing corporation referred to in section 18 as far as they are not modified or superseded by this act. HEADQUARTERS AND PRINCIPAL OFFICES; SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AGENT

SEC. 5. (a) The national headquarters and

principal offices of the corporation shall be

located in Chicago, Ill., or in such other

places as may later be determined by the

board of directors, but the activities of the corporation shall not be confined to that place and may be conducted throughout the various States, Territories, and possessions of the United States, and elsewhere, as may be necessary for the accomplishment of its corporate purposes and powers.

(b) The corporation shall maintain at all times in the District of Columbia a designated agent authorized to accept service or process for the corporation, and notice to or service upon such agent, or mailed to the business address of such agent, shall be deemed notice to or service upon the corporation.

MEMBERSHIP; VOTING RIGHTS

SEC. 6 (a) Eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights and privileges of members shall, except as provided in this act, be determined as the constitution and bylaws of the corporation may provide.

(b) In the conduct of the business of the corporation, each member, other than honorary and sustaining members, shall have one vote. The corporation may, by its constitution and bylaws, provide for additional voting rights in accordance with dues paid. BOARD OF DIRECTORS; COMPOSITION; RESPONSIBILITIES

SEC. 7. Upon enactment of this act, the board of directors of the corporation shall be the following persons, to wit

Chairman of the board of directors: E. F. du Pont, Wilmington, Del.; vice chairman of the board of directors: Franklin M. Kreml, Evanston, Ill.; members: A. F. Allen, Dallas, Tex.; J. I. Banash, West Los Angeles, Calif.; William B. Barton, Washington, D. C.; C. W. Bergquist, Indianapolis, Ind.; R. A. L. Bogan, Chicago, Ill.; Norman E. Borgerson, Lansing, Mich.; Harry H. Brainerd, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Fred W. Braun, Wausau, Wis.; Theo Brown, Moline, Ill.; E. J. Buhner, Louis

ville, Ky.; Alfred W. Cantwell,, Washington, D. C.; Ray Carr, Portland, Oreg.; Jesse Clark, Chicago, Ill.; Reginald M. Cleveland, New York, N. Y.; William L. Connolly, Washington, D. C.; Dr. B. L. Corbett, Milwaukee, Wis.; Charles R. Cos, New York, N. Y.; Ernest G. Cox, Washington, D. C.; R. S. Damon, Kansas City, Mo.; Ned H. Dearborn, Chicago, Ill.; J. Dewey Dorsett, New York, N. Y.; E. F. du Pont, Wilmington, Del.; Martin P. Durkin, Washington, D. C.; Wallace Falvey, Boston, Mass.; Kirk Fox, Des Moines, Iowa; C. H. Gallaway, Southbridge, Mass.; George F. Getz, Jr., Chicago, Ill.; Gordon C. Graham, Detroit, Mich.; Howard Gramlich, Chicago, Ill.; W. Earl Hall, Mason City, Iowa; R. A. Harschnek, Chicago, Ill.; O. R. Hartwig, Portland, Oreg.; Dr. Herold C. Hunt, Chicago, Ill.; Harold P. Jackson, Newark, N. J.; George A. Jacoby, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. George W. Jaqua, Winchester, Ind.; Joseph M. Kaplan, Los Angeles, Calif.; E. W. Kempton, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Fred W. Knight, Cartersville, Ga.; Franklin M. Kreml, Evanston, Ill.; Walter G. Legge, New York, N. Y.; Boyd Lewis, New York, N. Y.; Thomas H. MacDonald, College Station, Tex.; Miss Marion E. Martin, Augusta, Maine; I. W. Millard, Danville, Ill.; Harry M. Moses, Washington, D. C.; D. E. Mumford, New York, N. Y.; Hallie L. Myers, Indianapolis, Ind.; Guy L. Noble, Chicago, Ill.; Henry E. North, San Francisco, Calif.; Clifton W. Phaolen, Detroit, Mich.; Harry L. Powell, Milwaukee, Wis.; Harry Read, Washington, D. C.; A. V. Rohweder, Duluth, Minn.; Robert T. Ross, Dearborn, Mich.; Dr. K. Frances Scott, Northampton, Mass.; Hon. Lee E. Skeel, Cleveland, Ohio; Robert R. Snodgrass, Atlanta, Ga.; Leslie J. Sorenson, Chicago, Ill.; Dr. H. J. Stack, New York, N. Y.; J. C. Stennett, Chicago, Ill.; W. A. Stewart, Southbridge, Mass.; Miss Judith Waller, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. George Welles, Jr., Duluth, Minn.; Dr. George M. Wheatley, New York, N. Y.; E. C. Woodward, Milwaukee, Wis.; Dr. William P. Yant, Pittsburgh, Pa.

(b) Thereafter, the board of directors of the corporation shall consist of such number (not less than 15), shall be selected in such manner (including the filling of vacancies), and shall serve for such term as may be prescribed in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation.

(c) The board of directors shall be the governing board of the corporation and shall, during the intervals between corporation meetings, be responsible for the general policies and program of the corporation. The board shall be responsible for all finance except as provided for in section 9.

NATIONAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF OFFICERS SEC. 8. (a) The national officers of the corporation shall be a chairman of the board of directors, a president, three or more vice presidents (as may be prescribed in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation), a secretary, a treasurer, and an executive vice president. The duties of the officers shall be as prescribed in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation.

(b) Officers, except the executive vice president, shall be elected annually at the annual meeting of the corporation. The executive vice president shall be elected by the board of directors in such manner as may be prescribed by the constitution and bylaws of the corporation.

(c) Ex officio membership of officers on the board of directors, or on the trustees, shall be as the constitution and bylaws of the corporation may prescribe.

TRUSTEES

SEC. 9. There shall be trustees, whose number (not less than 15) method of selection, and term of office shall be as the constitution and bylaws of the corporation may prescribe. The trustees shall have full power and control over such contributed funds as may be raised by them.

USE OF INCOME; LOANS TO OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, OR EMPLOYEES

SEC. 10. (a) No part of the income or assets of the corporation shall inure to any member, officer, or director, or be distributable to any such person otherwise than upon dissolution or final liquidation of the corporation, as provided in section 16 of this act. Nothing in this subsection, however, shall be construed to prevent the payment of compensation to officers of the corporation in amounts approved by the executive committee of the corporation.

(b) The corporation shall not make loans to its officers, directors, or employees. Any director who votes for or assents to the making of a loan to an officer, director, or employee of the corporation, and any officer who participates in the making of such loan, shall be jointly and severally liable to the corporation for the amount of such loan until the repayment thereof. This subsection shall not preclude the making or awarding of prizes, awards, or grants in recognition of satisfactory progress in safety and accident prevention when such recipient meets the standards established for selecting recipients of such awards, prizes, or grants.

NONPOLITICAL NATURE OF CORPORATION

SEC. 11. The corporation, and its officer and directors as such, shall not contribute to or otherwise support or assist any political party or candidate for office.

LIABILITY FOR ACTS OF OFFICERS AND AGENTS

SEC. 12. The corporation shall be liable for the acts of its officers and. agents when acting within the scope of their authority.

PROHIBITION AGAINST ISSUANCE OF STOCK OR PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS

SEC. 13. The corporation shall have no power to issue any shares of stock nor to declare nor pay any dividends.

BOOKS AND RECORDS; INSPECTION

SEC. 14. The corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its members, board of directors, and committees having any of the authority of the board of directors; and it shall also keep at its principal office a record of the names and addresses of its members entitled to vote. All books and records of the corporation may be inspected by any member entitled to vote, or his agent or attorney, for any proper purpose, at any reasonable time.

AUDIT OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS SEC. 15. (a) The financial transactions shall be audited annually, at the end of the fiscal year established by the corporation, by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with the principles and procedures applicable to commercial corporate transactions. The audit shall be conducted at the place or places where the accounts of the corporation are normally kept. All books, accounts, financial records, reports, files, and all other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by the corporation and necessary to facilitate the audit shall be made available to the person or persons conducting the audit; and full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or securities held by depositors, fiscal agents, and custodians shall be afforded to such person or persons.

(b) A report of such audit shall be made by the corporation to the Congress not later than 6 months following the close of such fiscal year for which the audit is made. The report shall set forth the scope of the audit and shall include verification by the person or persons concluding the audit of statements of (1) assets and liabilities, (2) capital and surplus or deficit, (3) surplus or deficit analysis, (4) income and expense, and (5) sources and application of funds. Such report shall not be printed as a public document.

USE OF ASSETS ON DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION

SEC. 16. Upon final dissolution or liquidation of the corporation, and after discharge or satisfaction of all outstanding obligations and liabilities, the remaining assets of the corporation may be distributed in accordance with the determination of the board of directors of the corporation.

EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO NAME, EMBLEM, SEALS, AND BADGES

SEC. 17. The corporation, and its subordinate divisions and regional, State, and local chapters, shall have the sole and exclusive right to use the name, National Safety Council.

The corporation shall have the exclusive and sole right to use, or to allow or refuse the use of, such emblems, seals, and badges as it may legally adopt, and such emblems, seals, and badges as have heretofore been used by the Illinois corporation referred to in section 18 in carrying out its program, it being distinctly understood, however, that nothing in this act shall interfere or conflict with established or vested rights.

TRANSFER OF ASSETS

SEC. 18. The corporation may acquire the assets of the National Safety Council, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, upon discharging or satisfactorily providing for the payment and discharge of all of the liability of such corporation.

RESERVATION OF RIGHT TO AMEND OR REPEAL CHARTER

SEC. 19. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved.

With the following committee amendment:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: "That Melvin H. Baker, Lawrence D. Bell, James B. Black, S. Bruce Black, Morgan B. Brainard, John W. Carpenter, Ray Carr, William G. Chandler, Kenneth B. Colman, Frederick C. Crawford, Walter J. Cummings, Richard R. Deupree, Benjamin F. Fairless, Wallace Falvey, Francis J. Gavin, George A. Jacoby, George E. Leighty, Horace P. Liversidge, Henry E. North, Thomas I. Parkinson, W. S. S. Rodgers, A. V. Rohweder, William A. Simpson, Lee E. Skeel, W. A. Stewart, John Stilwell, J. E. Trainer, and Juan T. Trippe, and their successors, are hereby created

a body corporate, the name of which shall be the 'National Safety Council.'

"SEC. 2. The purposes of this corporation shall be (a) to further, encourage, and promote methods and procedures leading to increased safety, protection, and health, in industries, in homes, on streets and highways, and in other public and private places; (b) to collect, correlate, distribute, and disseminate educational and informative data, reports, and all other data relative to safety methods and procedures; (c) to encourage the adoption and institution of safety methods by all persons, corporations, and other organizations; (d) to organize, establish, and conduct programs, lectures, and other activities for the education of all persons, corporations, and other organizations in safety methods and proceduces; (e) to organize, and to aid in the organization of, local safety chapters throughout the Nation, and to provide organizational guidance and materials to promote the national safety; (f) to cooperate with, enlist, and develop the cooperation of and between all persons, corporations, and other organizations and agencies, both public and private, engaged or interested in, or in any manner connected with, any or all of the foregoing purposes; (g) to do any and all lawful acts which may be necessary, useful, suitable, desirable, and proper for the furtherance, accomplishment, and attainment of any or all of the foregoing purposes.

"SEC. 3. The Corporation (a) shall have perpetual succession; (b) may charge and collect membership dues and receive contributions of money or property to be devoted to carrying out the purposes of the organization; (c) may sue or be sued; (d) may adopt a corporate seal and alter it at pleasure; (e) may adopt and alter a constitution and bylaws not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States or of any State; (f) may establish and maintain offices for the conduct of its business; (g) may appoint or elect officers and agents; (h) may choose a governing board, of not less than 15 persons, to conduct the business and exercise the powers of the corporation; (i) may acquire, by purchase, devise, bequest, gift, or otherwise, and hold, encumber, convey, or otherwise dispose of such real and personal property as may be necessary or appropriate for its corporate purposes; and (j) generally may do any and all lawful acts necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes for which the corporation is created.

"SEC. 4. The Corporation shall, on or before the first day of December in each year, transmit to Congress a report of its proceedings and activities for the preceding calendar year, including the full and complete statement of its receipts and expenditures. Such reports shall not be printed as public documents.

SEC. 5. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act at any time is hereby expressly reserved."

The committee amendment was agreed to.

The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

EXTENDING DURATION OF HOSPITAL SURVEY AND CONSTRUCTION ACT

The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 5419) to extend the duration of the Hospital Survey and Construction Act (title VI of the Public Health Service Act).

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that this bill may be passed over without prejudice; and, if I may, to make this statement:

Mr. Speaker, I am not going into the merits of the legislation. It should be said, however, that this authorizes the expenditure of $300 million. It seems to me a matter of that category involving that amount of money should be considered by some other method than on the Consent Calendar so that the merits can be thoroughly discussed. It is on that basis that I submit the request.

Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, the gentleman understands that this merely extends the Hospital Survey and Construction Act for 2 years, as recommended by the administration.

Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin. That is right.

Mr. HARRIS. The gentleman's feeling about it is that it should be considered in a different way whereby there could be full discussion of it?

Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin. I think the gentleman will agree that by extending it 2 years you are also extending the authorization for the expenditure of $150 million a year on this program, so

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 3191) conferring jurisdiction on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to hear, determine, and render judgment upon certain claims of the State of California.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, this proposal has been recommended not for approval by the Department of Justice, as set forth in the committee report. As a result, I am constrained to request that the bill be passed over without prejudice.

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

There was no objection.

SPACE IN VETERANS' ADMINISTRA

TION INSTALLATIONS

The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 3685) to amend the Servicemen's Readjust

conditions, of money paid as premiums on United States Government life insurance or national service life insurance which is canceled for fraud.

There being no objection, the Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of State is authorized, notwithstanding any

Be it enacted, etc., That section 602 (w) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, as amended (38 U. S. C. 802 (w)), is hereby amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a colon and adding the following: "Provided, That in any case in which a contract or policy of insurance is canceled or voided, after the date of enactment of this proviso, because of fraud, the

Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is author

ized and directed to refund to the insured, if living, or, if deceased, to the person designated as beneficiary (or if none survives, to the estate of the insured) all money, without interest, paid as premiums on such contract or policy for any period subsequent to 2 years after the date such fraud induced the Veterans' Administration to issue, reinstate, or convert such insurance."

SEC. 2. Section 307 of the World War Veterans' Act, 1924, as amended (38 U. S. C. 518), is hereby amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a colon and adding the following: "And provided further, That in any case in which a contract or policy of insurance is canceled or voided, after the date of enactment of this proviso, because of fraud, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized and directed to refund to the insured, if living, or, if deceased, to the person designated as beneficiary (or if none survives, to the estate of the insured) all money, without interest, paid as premiums on such contract or policy for any period subsequent to 2 years after the date such fraud induced the Veterans' Administration to issue, reinstate, or convert such insurance."

conditions provided in this act, to enter into an agreement with the appropriate official or operation and maintenance by the Internaofficials of the United Mexican States for the tional Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, of the Nogales sanitation project, located at Nogales, Ariz., and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, heretofore constructed by the said Commission, which agreement shall contain such provisions relating to a division between the two Governments of the costs of such operation and maintenance, or of the work involved therein, as may be recommended by said Commission

and approved by the Government of Mexico and by the Secretary of State on behalf of

the Government of the United States: Provided, That no such agreement shall be entered into until the governing body of the city of Nogales, Ariz., has given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of State that it will, so long as such agreement remains in force, contribute an equitable proportion, as determined by the United States section of said Commission, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, of the costs of such operation and maintenance allocated to the

United States.

SEC. 2. There is authorized to be appropriated to the United States section, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, such sums as may be necessary to defray such costs as may accrue to the United States arising out of any such agreement for the operation and maintenance of such project: Provided, That funds heretofore appropriated to the Department of State under the heading "International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico," shall be available for expenditure for the purposes of this act:

Page 2, line 7, after "insurance", insert "less any dividends, loan, or other payment made to the insured under such contract or policy."

Page 2, line 22, after "insurance", insert "less any dividends, loan, or other payment made to the insured under such contract or policy."

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

poses of this act.

The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time and passed.

A similar House bill (H. R. 2972) was laid on the table.

A motion to reconsider was laid on the

authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish space and facilities, if available, to State veteran agencies.

Mr. SCRIVNER. Mr. Speaker, in view of the fact the Veterans' Administration has not favored passage of this bill and, further, in view of the fact that I have not been able to get certain information that I feel all Members of the House should have, I ask unanimous consent that this bill be passed over without prejudice.

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

There was no objection.

REFUND OF CERTAIN INSURANCE PREMIUMS

The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 5773) to provide for the refund, under certain

NOGALES SANITATION PROJECT

The Clerk called the bill (H. R. 2972) to authorize an agreement between the United States and Mexico for the joint operation and maintenance by the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, of the Nogales sanitation project, and for other purposes.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill? There was no objection.

Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, an identical bill (S. 498) has passed the Senate and I ask unanimous consent that it be substituted for the House bill.

The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill.

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

CONTINUATION

OF EMERGENCY POWERS RELATING TO MILITARY TRAFFIC

The Clerk called the bill (S. 1981) to continue in effect certain provisions of section 6 of the act of February 4, 1887, as amended, relating to military traffic in time of war or threatened war, for the duration of the national emergency proclaimed December 16, 1950, and 6 months thereafter, or until such earlier date as may be established by concurrent resolution of Congress.

There being no objection, the Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the provisions of the eighth paragraph (designated "Military traffic in time of war") of section 6 of the act of February 4, 1887 (ch. 104, 24 Stat. 380), as that section was amended by sec