Amendment No. 16-General provisionsDepartment of State: Deletes the House language as proposed by the Senate. The deleted language has been inserted in the general provisions for the entire bill.

Amendment No. 17-General provisionsDepartment of State: Reported in disagreement.

TITLE II-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Legal activities and general administration Amendment No. 18-Salaries and expenses, general administration: Appropriates $2,495,000 as proposed by the House instead of $2,375,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 19-Salaries and expenses, general legal activities: Appropriates $10,160,000 as proposed by the House instead of $9,960,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 20-Fees and expenses of witnesses: Appropriates $1,200,000 as proposed by the House instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Federal prison system

Amendment No. 21-Salaries and expenses, Bureau of Prisons: Appropriates $25,385,000 instead of $25,770,000 as proposed by the House and $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Office of Alien Property

Amendment No. 22-Salaries and expenses: Authorizes $2,500,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $3,500,000 as proposed by the House.

General provisions—Department of Justice Amendment No. 23-Section 202: Reported in disagreement.

Amendment No. 24-Section 208: Reported in disagreement.

TITLE III-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary

Amendment No. 25-Salaries and expenses: Appropriates $1,750,000 instead of $1,875,000 as proposed by the House and $1,533,281 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 26-Salaries and expenses: Reported in disagreement.

Bureau of the Census

Amendment No. 27-Salaries and expenses: Appropriates $6,770,000 as proposed by the House instead of $6,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 28-Censuses of Business and Manufactures: Reported in disagreement.

Amendment No. 29-Census of Agriculture: Strikes out the Senate provision for this item.

Civil Aeronautics Administration Amendment No. 30-Salaries and expenses: Appropriates $105,000,000 instead of $105,500,000 as proposed by the House and $104,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 31-Establishment of Air

Navigation Facilities: Appropriates $7,000,000

as proposed by the House instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 32-Technical development and evaluation: Appropriates $750,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 33-Construction, Washington National Airport: Appropriates $400,000 as proposed by the House instead of $200,000 as proposed by the Senate.

Amendment No. 34 Federal aid airport program, Federal Airport Act: Reported in disagreement.

Amendment No. 35-Air navigation development: Appropriates $1,085,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $1,500,000 as proposed by the House.

Coast and Geodetic Survey

Amendment No. 36-Salaries and expenses: Appropriates $12,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $12,200,000 as proposed by the House.

Amendments Nos. 42 and 43-State marine schools: Appropriate $890,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $860,000 as proposed by the House, of which $379,800 is for maintenance and repair of vessels loaned by the United States instead of $349,800 as proposed by the House.

Bureau of Public Roads Amendment No. 44-Federal-aid highways: Appropriates $475,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $510,000,000 as proposed by the House.

Amendment No. 45-Forest highways: Ap

propriates $15,000,000 as proposed by the House instead of $14,000,000 as proposed by

the Senate.

Amendment No. 50-Salaries and expenses: Appropriates $27,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $24,700,000 as proposed by the House.

TITLE IV-CORPORATIONS

Amendments Nos. 51 and 52-Inland Waadministrative expenses as proposed by the terways Corporation: Authorize $480,000 for Senate instead of $240,000 as proposed by for travel expenses as proposed by the Senthe House and places a limitation of $12,000 ate instead of $6,000 as proposed by the House.

TITLE V-GENERAL PROVISIONS Amendment No. 53: Inserts the Senate provision, prohibiting the use of any appropriation contained in this Act to pay expenses incident to or in connection with participation in the International Materials Conference.

CLIFF CLEVENGER,
F. R. COUDERT, Jr.,
FRANK T. Bow,

SAM COON,

JOHN TABER,

JOHN J. ROONEY,

PRINCE H. PRESTON,

ROBERT L. F. SIKES, CLARENCE CANNON, Managers on the Part of the House.

Mr. CLEVENGER. Mr. Speaker, the original budget estimate for the State, Justice, and Commerce bill totaled $1,469,494,515.

The revised budget estimates totaled $1,272,234,262.

The amount as passed the House was $1,143,146,712.

The total amount of the conference bill is $1,086,645,601, which is a reduction of $56,501,111 below the bill as passed the House.

The bill in its present form is $382,848,914 below the original budget estimates.

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York [Mr. ROONEY].

Mr. ROONEY. Mr. Speaker, I feel obliged to point out that the conference figure just cited by my friend and chairman, the distinguished gentleman from Ohio includes at least $65 million in phony cuts. I know I can justify the words "phony cuts" because I refer to the $65 million taken out of the funds needed to pay for the Federal public roads program. That money has to be paid, there is no question or doubt about it. You are merely postponing the time of payment. There is not an ounce of economy in such action. It has to catch up with you.

I am pleased that the conference com

mittee brings back in technical disagree

ment amendment No. 17, and that the gentleman from Ohio will move that the House recede and concur in that amendment, which reads as follows:

It is the sense of the Congress that the Communist Chinese Government should not be admitted to membership in the United Nations as a representative of China.

will be given an opportunity to vote on I trust that every Member of the House this amendment on a roll call, and that there will not be a dissenting vote. There was no dissenting vote in the other body at the time of the adoption of this language.

Mr. CLEVENGER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. ROONEY. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.

Mr. CLEVENGER. I might agree about the phony cut of $65 million. I am only following the leadership of the distinguished gentleman from New York in the years that he was chairman of this committee. I would call it an educated guess.

Mr. ROONEY. Of course there is nothing inherently wrong in what you are doing. It might be considered cricket. I just wanted to point out that it was a $65 million phony cut so everyone would understand. After all, the gentleman and his colleagues on that side of the aisle are now surrounded with a halo of glory and righteousness. They are the champions of economy and all that is good. No one ever accused us of that.

Mr. CLEVENGER. We accept the accolade.

Mr. JAVITS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. ROONEY. I yield to the gentleman from New York.

Mr. JAVITS. What has happened to the salaries and the expenses of the

State Department? It is a little hard to tell from this report. They were very materially cut here.

Mr. ROONEY. Of course.

Mr. CLEVENGER. They are $65,600,000.

Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question.

The previous question was ordered. The conference report was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the first amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows:

Senate amendment No. 1: Page 1, line 10, insert the following: "the cost of transporting to and from a place of storage and the cost of storing the furniture and household and personal effects of an employee of the Foreign Service who is assigned to a post at which he is unable to use his furniture and effects, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe."

The Clerk read as follows:

Mr. CLEVENGER moves that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 10, and concur

The motion was agreed to.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows:

23, insert: Senate amendment No. 11: Page 6, line

"Section 602 of the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1952, as amended (65 Stat. 599), is hereby amended as follows: At the end of the second proviso in the first paragraph and before the period, insert', Caribbean Commission and the Joint Support program of the International Civil Aviation Organization'."

Mr. CLEVENGER. offer a motion.

Mr. Speaker, I

The Clerk read as follows: Mr. CLEVENGER moves that the House recede from its disagreement to the amend

Mr. CLEVENGER. I yield to the gentleman from New York.

Mr. ROONEY. This action on the part of the committee would. save the taxpayers' dollars?

Mr. CLEVENGER. Yes. That was the promise made and that is the reason for the motion.

The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion.

The motion was agreed to.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows:

Senate amendment No. 4: Page 4, line 5, insert the following: "and in addition $15,600,000 of the unobligated balances of all appropriations available to the Department of State during fiscal year 1953 of which latter amount not to exceed $5,600,000 may be used to cover the costs of reduction in

force, including salaries, terminal leave, travel and transportation expenses of officers and employees whose services are terminated, and travel and transportation costs in connection with transfers necessary as a result of reduction in force."

Mr. CLEVENGER. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment.

The Clerk read as follows:

Mr. CLEVENGER moves that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 4, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert "and in addition $15,600,000 of the unobligated balances of all appropriations available to the Department of State during fiscal year 1953."

The motion was agreed to.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows:

cur therein.

The motion was agreed to.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows:

Senate amendment No. 17: Page 15, line 23, insert:

"SEC. 111. It is the sense of the Congress that the Communist Chinese Government should not be admitted to membership in the United Nations as the representative of China."

which brazenly went to war with the U. N. itself. Such action by the U. N. would only further weaken it and strengthen those who are its enemiesand ours.

The Committee on Foreign Affairs issued a sued a carefully prepared report to accompany House Concurrent Resolution 129. It sets forth the legal, moral, practical, and psychological reasons why the Congress should take this action rejecting the Communist bid for U. N. membership, which is one of its real goals in the Korean aggression. I ask unanimous consent to include the committee report herewith. I believe the arguments it presents are unanswerable. EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS ARE NOT ENTITLED TO AND SHOULD NOT BE RECOGNIZED TO REPRESENT CHINA IN THE UNITED NATIONS

Mr. JUDD, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following report:

The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 129) expressing the sense of the Congress that the Chinese Communists are not entitled to and should not be recognized to represent China in the United Nations, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the concurrent resolution do pass.

The Congress, particularly the House of Representatives, has shown a continuing concern that the United Nations might seat a representative of the Chinese Communists in place of the representative of the National Government of the Republic of China. This attitude by the Congress arises from an Mr. Speaker, I understanding of the nature of the Com

The Clerk read as follows:

Mr. CLEVENGER moves that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 17, and concur therein.

Mr. JUDD. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 10, mittee on Foreign Affairs on July 10, 1953, unanimously reported out favorably House Concurrent Resolution 129, which has the same purpose as the Senate amendment which I am sure will be concurred in unanimously by the Members of this House. Our committee resolution, introduced resolution, introduced by Chairman CHIPERFIELD, was a modification of similar resolutions introduced on June 27, 1953, by Hon. LAURIE C. BATTLE and Hon. MARGUERITE STITT CHURCH. The resolution follows:

House Concurrent Resolution 129 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the Chinese Communists are not entitled to and should not be recognized to represent China in the United Nations.

munist regime in China and its active participation in the aggression against the Republic of Korea. In 1948 the committee's report on the strategy and tactics of world communism included a special study on communism in China. The report stated that "Chinese communism is regular communism" and its adherents "have followed

faithfully every zigzag of the Kremlin's line for a generation." Less than 7 months after the invasion of Korea the House approved a resolution urging the United Nations to "declare the Chinese Communist authorities an aggressor in Korea." In May 1951, the House passed a resolution expressing its view "that the Chinese Communist authorities should not be permitted to represent China in the United Nations."

This concern is presently heightened by the truce negotiations that may be followed by an armistice and a political settlement. It is reasonable to expect that the Chinese Communists may hold out for a seat in the United Nations as a quid pro quo for an armistice or a political settlement. The purpose of House Concurrent Resolution 129 is to reaffirm earlier congressional expressions on the subject. The genesis of House Concurrent Resolution 129 is House Resolution 307 introduced by the Honorable LAURIE C. BATTLE on June 27, 1953, and House Resolution 308 introduced on the same day by the

Mr. Speaker, I believe the language of the above resolution is more complete and Honorable MARGUERITE STITT CHURCH. These precise because it states the indisputable reason why the Chinese Communists

"PAYMENT TO THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA "The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be paid annually out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $430,000 as a payment to the Republic of Panama in accordance with the treaty of 1936 (53 Stat. 1818)."

Mr. CLEVENGER. offer a motion.

resolutions were identical. They stated that it is the sense of the House "that the Chinese Communist authorities should not be admitted to membership in the United Nations to represent China.” The subcommittee on the Far East and the Pacific, under the chairmanship of the Honorable WALTER H. JUDD, considered both resolutions and

recommended to the full committee a concurrent resolution with slightly altered language. After a complete exploration by the full committee of the different issues involved, House Concurrent Resolution 129 was unanimously approved and introduced as a committee resolution by the Honorable

ROBERT B. CHIPERFIELD, chairman of the committee. Thus the resolution is a carefully thought out expression of congressional intention.

In response to the chairman's request for an expression of its views, the Department of State advised him that "the aim of this resolution accords with the views expressed by the President."

China has been a member of the United Nations since the beginning of that organization. Its seat has always been, and is, occupied by a representative of the National Government of the Republic of China, now on Formosa. The issue is whether the single seat assigned to China-one of the five permanent members of the Security Councilshould continue to be held by the representative of the National Government of the Republic of China or whether that representative should be unseated and a representative of the Chinese Communists who have seized the mainland given that seat. The attitude of Congress is an unequivocal expression of opposition to the latter alternative.

The legal issues involved in determining whether the Chinese Communists should be seated in place of the representative from Nationalist China have been exhaustively debated in the organs of the United Nations. In its resolution of December 14, 1950, the General Assembly recommended that in cases where "more than one authority claims to be the government entitled to represent a member state*** the question should be considered in the light of the purposes and principles of the charter and the circumstances of each case."

An examination of those portions of the charter strengthens the committee's conviction that the Chinese Communists have no basis upon which to lay claim to representation in the United Nations. The preamble of the charter states the spirit that motivated the establishment of that organization, namely:

"To reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small; and

"To establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained; and

"To promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom; and for these ends to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors; and

"To unite our strength to maintain international peace and security; and

"To insure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interests; and

"To employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples; have resolved to combine our efforts to accomplish these aims."

Article 1 spells out the purposes for which the United Nations has been organized

"To maintain international peace and security, and to that end, to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;

"To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other apppropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;

"To achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for funda

mental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and

"To be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends."

Article 2 imposes rules of conduct upon the members:

"The organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its members.

"All members, in order to insure to all of them the rights and benefits resulting from membership, shall fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present charter.

"All members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered.

"All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.

"All members shall give the United Nations every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the present Charter, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any state against which the United Nations is taking preventive or enforcement action."

Measured against the criteria laid down in the charter, the Chinese Communists do not meet the standards prescribed for membership in the United Nations. They have shown a consistent disregard for fundamental human rights, they have degraded the dignity of persons, and they have obliterated the rights of individuals. Freedom has been stifled; intolerance has been substituted for tolerance.

In the international field the Chinese Communists have not only refused to assist the United Nations in its action taken in accordance with the charter against aggression in Korea; they have participated in the aggression. This is not alone the judgment of the United States. It is the considered conclusion reached by an overwhelming majority of the General Assembly. A regime that has been held to have violated the charter cannot plead that it meets the standards necessary to hold a seat in an organization pledged to support that very charter. Indeed, to seat the Chinese Communists would only qualify them for expulsion. Article 6 states that "a member of the United Nations which has persistently violated the principles contained in the present charter may be expelled from the organization ***." To accord representation to a regime that is unable or unwilling to discharge its international responsibilities would make a mockery of the very principles that led to the creation of the United Nations. It would violate both the letter and the spirit of the charter.

The moral and legal issues involved in this question are not in conflict with the practical issues. The United States and the United Nations are engaged in hostilities against the Chinese Communists. To give them a permanent seat on the Security Council, equal in weight of that of the United States and the other permanent members, would enhance their prestige, give courage to their sympathizers, and weaken those who are resisting Communist aggression from without and Communist subjugation from within. It would imply an acceptance of their permanent conquest of China and give them an air of respectability. All of this is in contradiction of the judgment already expressed by the members.

The psychological consequences of seating the Chinese Communists would be disastrous. It would be a reward to the enemies of the United Nations and of the United States. The prestige of the organization would suffer irreparably no less than that of the members who are fighting to uphold its principles.

In the course of the present truce negotiations, our Government has taken an adamant position that it will not turn over to the Chinese Communists some 15,000 Chinese prisoners who are opposed to the Communist regime. The committee believes that the American people will not accept for 450 million people what it rejects for 15,000.

For these reasons our Government should actively oppose granting representation to the Chinese Communists in the United Nations or in any of the specialized agencies. Should the Chinese Communist delegate, nevertheless, be seated over our opposition, the Congress, representing the overwhelming. sentiment of the American people on this matter, would properly insist upon a reexamination of our participation in the United Nations or any of the specialized agencies.

The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion of the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. CLEVENGER].

Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

The yeas and nays were ordered. The question was taken; and there were-yeas 379, nays 0, not voting 52, as follows:

Mr. Rhodes of Arizona with Mr. Donohue. Mr. Case with Mr. Chatham.

Mr. Hoffman of Michigan with Mr. Morrison.

Mr. Hinshaw with Mr. Battle. Mr. Springer with Mr. Blatnik. Mr. Johnson with Mr. Holifield. Mr. Riehlman with Mr. Kilday. Mr. Robsion of Kentucky with Mr. Elliott. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Mr. JUDD. Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Foreign Affairs unanimously reported on July 10 a resolution substantially the same as that which we have just adopted in agreeing to the motion to recede and concur in the Senate amendment. I ask unanimous consent that the committee report on House Concurrent Resolution No. 129 be printed in the RECORD just prior to the rollcall

vote.

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

There was no objection.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows:

Senate amendment No. 23: Page 23, line 18, strike out all of section 202 and insert the following:

"SEC. 202. Not to exceed $1 million in the aggregate from the appropriations made in this title for general administration, generallegal activities and United States attorneys

and marshals shall be available for compensation of United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys, special attorneys and special assistants to the Attorney General and to United States attorneys without regard to the Classification Act of 1949 as amended: Provided, That in no event shall the annual salary of any United States attorney be less than $10,000 or more than $15,000 and in no event shall the annual salary of any assistant United States attorney or any special attorney or special assistant be less than $6,000 or more than $12,000: Provided further, That the maximum of $12,000 shall only apply to the Chief Assistant United States Attorney in each office."

Mr. CLEVENGER. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment with amendment.

The Clerk read as follows:

Mr. CLEVENGER moves that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 23, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out and inserted by said amendment insert the following:

"SEC. 202. Not to exceed $1 million in the aggregate from the appropriations made in this title for general administration, general legal activities and United States attorneys and marshals shall be available for increases in the compensation of United States attorneys, assistant United States at torneys, special attorneys, and special assistants to the Attorney General and to United States attorneys without regard to the Classification Act of 1949 as amended: Provided, That in no event shall the annual salary of any United States attorney be less than $10,000 or more than $15,000 and in no event shall the annual salary of any assistant United States attorney or any special attorney or special assistant be less than $6,000, if the official has been admitted to the practice of law for 3 years, or more than $12,000: Provided further, That the maximum of $12,000 shall only apply to the chief assistant United States attorney in each office: Provided further, That reports be submitted

to the Congress on the 1st of July and January showing the names of the persons employed under the foregoing limitation, the annual rate of compensation or amount of any fee paid to each, together with a description of their duties."

The motion was agreed to.

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

The Clerk read as follows:

Senate amendment No. 24: Page 25, line 23, insert:

"SEC. 208. Not to exceed 10 percent of the appropriations for legal activities and general administration in this title shall be available interchangeably, with the approval of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, but no appropriation shall be increased by of appropriations hereunder shall be reported more than 10 percent and any interchange to the Congress in the annual budget.”

Mr. CLEVENGER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion.

The Clerk read as follows:

Mr. CLEVENGER moves that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 24, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: Wherever the figure "10" appears in said amendment insert in lieu thereof the figure

"5."

The motion was agreed to.

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

The Clerk read as follows:

Senate amendment No. 26: Page 26, line 13, insert"; and in addition, in order to provide for additional organization and management surveys of the Department of Commerce, the Secretary may transfer not to exceed $100,000 to this appropriation from any other appropriations available to the Department of Commerce for salaries and expenses for the current fiscal year and in addition not to exceed $450,000 of the unobligated balances of all annual appropriations available to the Department of Commerce during fiscal year 1953 to be used to cover the costs of reduction-in-force of officers and employees whose services are terminated, which amount may be allotted by the Secretary, to be used exclusively for terminal leave expenses of the offices and bureaus concerned."

Mr. CLEVENGER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion.

The Clerk read as follows:

Mr. CLEVENGER moves that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 26, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the figure "$450,000" named in said amendment insert "$400,000."

The motion was agreed to.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows:

Senate amendment No. 28: Page 27, line 16, insert:

"Censuses of business and manufactures: For expenses necessary for taking, compiling, and publishing the censuses of business and manufactures as authorized by law, including personal services by contract or otherwise at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Commerce without regard to the Classification Act of 1949 as amended; and additional compensation of Federal employees temporarily detailed for fieldwork under this appropriation; $9,400,000, to remain available until December 31, 1956.”

The Clerk read as follows:

Mr. CLEVENGER moves that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 28, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed by said

amendment insert:

"Censuses of business and manufacturers and agriculture: For expenses for 'spot checking' business, manufactures, and agriculture in such manner as the Secretary of Commerce shall decide to be most helpful and informative to said undertakings including personal services by contract or otherwise at rates to be fixed by said Secretary without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended; and additional compensation of Federal employees temporarily detailed for fieldwork under this appropriation; $1,500,000."

Mr. ROONEY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. CLEVENGER. I yield.

Mr. ROONEY. Mr. Speaker, this is one of the many amendments in disagreement between this body and the other body on which the present speaker, the gentleman from New York, has not and does not now agree with the majority. The other body inserted provisions in this bill for the censuses of business and manufacturers and mineral industries in the amount of $9,400,000, and to the amount of $2,200,000 for a census of agriculture. The conference committee has seen fit to compromise this by allowing for all merely the sum of $1,500,000. I have previously pointed out to the House the importance of these censuses, and I feel the action of the conferees in agreeing to the amount of $1,500,000 for-what? For something new in the manner of taking censuses and authorizing censuses-we have the interesting language, “Censuses of business and manufactures and agriculture for expenses for spot checking business, manufacturers, and agriculture." That is an entirely new departure and one with which the gentleman from New York has not agreed.

Mr. CLEVENGER. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question on the motion.

The previous question was ordered. The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion of the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. CLEVENGER].

The motion was agreed to.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will re

port the next amendment in disagree

ment.

The Clerk read as follows:

Senate amendment No. 34: Page 31, line 6, strike out all of line 6 down to and including line 16 and insert:

"Federal-aid airport program, Federal Airport Act: For carrying out the provisions of the Federal Airport Act of May 13, 1946, as amended (except sec. 5 (a)), to be available until June 30, 1958, $12,500,000, of which (1) $10 million shall be for projects in the States in accordance with section 6 of said act, (2) $400,000 for projects in Puerto Rico, (3) $25,000 for projects in the Virgin Islands, (4) $400,000 for projects in the Territory of Hawaii, (5) $175,000 for projects in the Territory of Alaska, and (6) $1,500,000 shall be available as one fund for necessary planning, research, and administrative expenses; including purchase (not to exceed 10 for replacement only) of passenger motor vehicles;

may be transferred to the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, Civil Aeronautics Administration," to provide for necessary administrative expenses, including the maintenance and operation of aircraft: Provided,

That the appropriation under this head for the next preceding fiscal year is hereby merged with this appropriation and the contract authorization heretofore granted for the foregoing purposes may hereafter be accounted for under this head."

Mr. POLK. I rise at this time to support the gentleman's motion, and to state that in the Sixth Congressional District of Ohio, in Scioto County, and in the city of Portsmouth, there is now lying in the bank $400,000 which is the result of a bond issue voted in that county a few months ago. This money is for an airport that should be built near the new atomic-energy plant in Scioto and Pike Counties. It is necessary that there be

The Clerk read as follows:

Mr. CLEVENGER moves that the House insist on its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 34.

Mr. PRESTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to offer a preferential motion. I move that the House recede from its disagreement to Senate amendment No. 34 and concur therein.

the motion.

The Clerk read as follows:

Mr. PRESTON moves that the House recede from its disagreement to Senate amendment No. 34 and concur therein.

Mr. CLEVENGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. PRESTON].

Mr. PRESTON. Mr. Speaker, this program was authorized by the Congress in 1946, and it has worked so effectively, especially in the areas of the large cities of America. It must be noted in considering this item that an airport is an interstate operation. Without the assistance of the Federal Government to improve and establish airports in the metropolitan areas of our country, the cities themselves would be financially unable to provide the type of facilities and safety devices necessary to make air travel safe.

This program has worked very well, indeed, and many of our cities have voted bonds for the purpose of carrying on expansions and adding various safety devices to the airports. Such cities as Columbus, Ohio, for instance, have issued bonds in the sum of $300,000 for the specific purpose of improving airports and for the specific purpose of having Federal funds matched dollar for dollar. Mr. VORYS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. PRESTON. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.

ing contributions to the States for the purpose of building roads. Here we ask for the puny sum of $12.5 million compared to $500 million for roads, and the House conferees have said, "No, we will not go along with the Senate on that proposition."

Now, there is a matter of good faith involved in this question. I do not think we can afford to cut off this Federal aid to airports until we have served notice on the cities that the funds will not be available any longer. They had every right to issue bonds in good faith, believing that the program would continue. No notice had been served upon the cities that it would not continue. So we have gotten the cities into a very awkward position by virtue of the House action in not allowing any funds for this Federal aid to airports program.

It is understandable that it is necessary in the time of financial stress to eliminate some of our programs which are most desirable, but not perhaps absolutely necessary, but in so doing we should not do it without giving the cities adequate warning in order to prevent their getting into this awkward position in which approximately 27 of our major cities find themselves today.

Mr. VORYS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. PRESTON. I yield.

Mr. VORYS. Is it not a fact that at Port Columbus the defense activities sur

Mr. PRESTON. Yes. I would like to correct my statement. Lansing, Mich.; issued $300,000 of bonds, and Columbus, Ohio, has voted $32 million of bonds, upon which they are paying interest. They are not allowed to spend those funds for any other purpose except for airport development. San Francisco, Calif., has voted $3 million in bonds. Likewise, they are paying interest on those bonds and the money is lying idle in the bank waiting for the Federal Government to continue this program which was inaugurated in 1946 and which has been carried forward each year until this year.

of all the landings on that airport? It has a high defense priority. If the Federal Government can get a defense airport for 50 cents on the dollar by simply matching funds which have already been provided by a city's bond issue, they should do so. It is economy.

Mr. PRESTON. I am sure the gentleman is correct in his statement. Mr. EVINS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. PRESTON. I yield.

Mr. EVINS. In a number of cities funds have been raised and bond issues floated. It seems to me it certainly is a violation of an implied contract on the part of the Federal Government not to

Mr. PRESTON. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio.

development of the airport program.

Mr. PRESTON. I thank the gentleman for his statement.