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The SPEAKER. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?

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

Mr. BENNETT of Michigan. I am, New Jersey? Mr. Speaker.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit.

The Clerk read as follows:

Mr. BENNETT of Michigan moves to recommit the bill, H. R. 356, to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question on the motion to recommit.

The previous question was ordered.
The SPEAKER. The question is on

the motion to recommit.

Mr. BENNETT of Michigan.

Mr.

There was no objection.

SIGNING ENROLLED BILLS Mr. HALLECK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the adjournment of the House until Monday next, the Clerk be authorized to receive messages from the Senate, and that the Speaker be authorized to sign any enrolled bills and joint resolutions passed by the two Houses and found truly

enrolled.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and the request of the gentleman from Indiana?

nays.

The yeas and nays were refused. The motion to recommit was rejected. The SPEAKER. The question is on the passage of the bill.

The bill was passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

FURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

There was no objection.

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND

FOREIGN COMMERCE

Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce may have until midnight Saturday night to file a report on H. R. 3898. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to

than $150 million next year. This is what was cut out of his budget, with his concurrence. The transfer of airline subsidies, formerly charged to the Post Office Department, to the Civil Aviation Board and the increases in parcel post rates and miscellaneous fees will further reduce the estimated postal deficit for 1954 from a beginning of $746 million originally proposed by the preceding Postmaster General to less than half the amount-$315 million.

Three hundred and fifteen million dollars is still a huge deficit. It represents a loss of more than a million dollars every working day of the year but it is as low as the Postmaster General can now bring it without the further

help of Congress through increases in postal rates.

The proposals now before the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee for postal rate increases of $240 million annually will bring the huge postal deficit into reasonable balance for the first time in many years. It is a modest, practical and realistic request which I trust this House will adopt speedily when the bill comes before us for action. To tolerate a philosophy that postal

A further message from the Senate, the request of the gentleman from deficits should not be controlled en

by Mr. Carrell, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 1802) entitled "An act to amend the act of Congress, approved March 4, 1915 (38 Stat. 1213), as amended."

FILING ACCOMPANYING VIEWS ON

HOUSE REPORT NO. 857

Mr. LANTAFF. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to file accompanying views on House Report No. 857 which has heretofore been printed.

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

Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I desire the same right to reply to the gentleman's accompanying views and have until Monday night and have them printed together.

The SPEAKER. Is that agreeable? Mr. LANTAFF. I have no objection, Mr. Speaker.

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

There was no objection.

SPECIAL ORDER GRANTED

Mr. BOW asked and was given permission to address the House for 30 minutes on Thursday next, following any special orders heretofore entered.

GENERAL LEAVE TO EXTEND Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on H. R. 356.

New Jersey?

There was no objection.

POSTMASTER GENERAL ARTHUR E.

SUMMERFIELD

Mr. CANFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the House for 5 minutes and to revise and extend

my remarks.

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

There was no objection.

Mr. CANFIELD. Mr. Speaker, as chairman of the Subcommittee on Treasury-Post Treasury-Post Office Departments of the Committee on Appropriations, I am intimately acquainted with the plans and accomplishments of Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield.

I know that the Post Office Department, for the first time in many years, is being operated in an efficient businesslike manner by the Postmaster General and his able associates.

I know that postal service has already been improved in some 200 major United States cities and that these improvements are made by better use of facilities and personnel at slight, if any extra cost to the taxpayers.

I know that service has been improved in certain rural areas of the country by consolidating mail routes, eliminating out-moded post offices, and extending rural free delivery service-all at a considerable saving of the taxpayers' dollars.

I know, too, that the Post Office Department is making better use of modern transportation facilities to speed up the delivery of the mails-and doing so at savings to the taxpayer.

The efficiencies which the Postmaster General already introduced into the Department will save the taxpayers more

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PERMANENT CONSUMER CREDIT CONTROL DESIRED BY FEDERAL RESERVE OFFICIALS AND ADMINISTRATION

The SPEAKER. Under previous order of the House, the gentleman from Texas [Mr. PATMAN] is recognized for 10 minutes.

Mr. PATMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and include extraneous matter.

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

There was no objection.

Mr. PATMAN. Mr. Speaker, there is a very strange and unusual combination that has recently come to light here in Washington. For the last few years, the Federal Reserve officials have been trying to make it plain that the System is an independent agency and is not connected directly or indirectly with the

executive branch of the Government, only admitting that the agency is a servant of Congress, having been created by Congress in 1913. But the last few days, evidence is unmistakable that there is a very pleasant and effective alliance existing between the Board of Governors and the administration in power.

Does this mean that the Board of Governors are only against an administration in power that is for fair interest rates, such as fixed during World War II as a pattern?

TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS EXTRA PER ANNUM FOR FAMILY OF FIVE

Does it mean that the Board of Gov

ernors is perfectly willing to get along with the administration that has already fixed a pattern of interest rates that will cost every man, woman, and child an additional $40 per annum? That is what the pattern of interest rates fixed with the present administration will cost-$40 per capita. All the debts of the Nation-public and private-aggregate over $600 billion. The pattern of interest rates recently fixed by the administration will cause a minimum increase of 1 percent, which is over $6 billion or approximately $40 for every man, woman, and child. This means in the future that a family of 5 will have to spend $200 of its earnings for interest instead of using the $200 to buy better food, better clothing, and more conveniences and comforts of life. It will mean $200 less for a family of 5 to spend for production of the farm or factory, and will result in a diversion of money that has heretofore gone into the bloodstream of business and commerce and helped to keep the country prosperous and healthy into the hands of those who do not need and will not buy an extra pair of shoes, an extra suit of clothes, an extra loaf of bread, or any kind of appliance or automobile.

In my remarks of Wednesday of this week, I mentioned the fact that on that very day a meeting was held at the Statler Hotel at which Mr. William Martin, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, made a talk to car dealers and finance company representatives, in which he made it plain that he was speaking for the Federal Reserve Board and the administration in power, in advocating permanent consumer credit controls. He failed to sell the group on the idea, and newspaper items indicate that he back

It is as follows:

of bonds and securities to finance the

MARTIN ASKS PERMANENT CREDIT CURB POWER public debt. In the American Banker of
FOR RESERVE IN PRIVATE TALK
WASHINGTON. Federal Reserve Board
Chairman William Martin was reported to
have told the National Automobile Dealers
Association that he would like the Board to
have the permanent authority to control
consumer credit although he wouldn't use
the authority right now.

Frederick J. Bell, executive vice president of the 34,000-member NADA, quoted Mr. Martin as saying in a private speech that he would have used such authority in the past if he had it.

Mr. Bell made it plain that fear of a possible administration request for credit

curbing powers from Congress had prompted the all-day NADA meeting here yesterday. However, he said that to his knowledge, the administration has no present plans to ask for such authority in the next legislative program it will present to Congress in January.

However, he labeled Mr. Martin's statement advocating permanent authority for credit control as an administration position, and protested it repeatedly in his meeting with the press, saying new-car dealers see no need for credit regulations.

Mr. Martin's speech was in fact entitled "The Administration's Position on Consumer Credit in the Automobile Industry.” The

meeting at which he made the talk was not open to the press.

Automobile credit, as reported by the Federal Reserve Board, hit $9.4 billion at the end of May-about $2.9 billion or 45 percent higher than a year ago.

Mr. Bell emphasized, however, that there is nothing alarming about these figures and that it was a healthy sign. He added that there has been no growth in the number of people who can't meet monthly payments

on autos.

When asked about the business outlook for automobile sales in the last half of this year, the NADA spokesman said: "I don't see anything to worry about." He added, however, that competition is more keen than in the past and that the dealers are returning to more normal merchandising conditions.

Hefty doses of consumer credit, in the past, have been a big stimulant to auto sales. Credit helped finance a larger proportion of autos purchased last year than in any other postwar year, according to the Federal Re

serve Board.

Board figures show that 57 percent of those persons buying new cars last year borrowed part of the purchase price. In 1951, the percentage was only 47 percent and in 1950 it was 46 percent. On used car purchases, those using credit amounted to 65 percent last year, 60 percent in 1951 and only 57 percent in 1950.

tracked considerably after being quizzed giving the Federal Reserve Board authority Congress, earlier this year, voted against

by the critical and suspicious group for almost 3 hours. But it should not be overlooked that the Federal Reserve Board has more controls in mind and will not relax its efforts to get them, judging the future by the past.

It is my considered opinion that if something is not done about the Federal Reserve System, Mr. Martin and his crowd will really wreck the country next time.

I am inserting herewith a statement appearing in the Wall Street Journal of yesterday, concerning the Staler Hotel meeting, sponsored by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve banks and the administration in power.

to control consumer credit.

REPRESENTING THE ADMINISTRATION

In the article by Mr. Nelson M. Shepard that appeared in the Washington Star of yesterday concerning this same meeting, it was stated:

Chairman William McChesney Martin, Jr., of the Federal Reserve Board, in a private talk before the conference, said he had been requested by Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey to speak on behalf of the administration.

NO FREE MARKET

In my remarks on Wednesday, I also made reference to the fact that there is made reference to the fact that there is no free market for the United States Government in the sale of huge amounts

yesterday, July 23, Mr. Marriner S. Eccles, who was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board for probably a longer period of time than any other person ever held that position, is quoted as saying in a talk before the Stanford University Business Conference at Berkeley, Calif., within the last few days, that "the idea of a free or unmanaged money market was supposed to go out in 1913 when the Federal Reserve System was created." The officials of the administration who contend that it is fair for the United States Government to be

required to pay any rate of interest forced upon it by a few money lenders

who control the market are certainly not working in the interest of the United States Government. It is my belief that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System are bordering on unpatriotism in failing to support our Government in time of need. An excuse is given-not a good reason-for this devastating, unfair, and cruel action. The Federal Reserve System makes money easy or tight as it desires-that is what the System claims for itself.

TIGHT MONEY-RAISE INTEREST-EASE MONEY

Recently, we had an outstanding example of the System permitting money to get real tight to justify the issuance of long-term bonds, bearing the highest rate of interest in 20 years, but soon thereafter easing the money market by permitting through one mimeographed statement the banks to create upon their books $52 billion with which they could buy bonds or make advances for stock purchases or gambling transactions or for any other purpose. The point is the money is tight or easy according to what the System desires.

The present policy of the Board of Governors is not in the interest of the United States Government, but is in the interest of Wall Street banks. Twentyone of the New York City banks have profited more from the reductions in the reserve requirements than all the other banks of the Nation combined.

OLD DOLLAR OR 1939 DOLLAR IF RETURNED TO NOW WOULD DOUBLE ALL DEBTS

Mr. PATMAN. Mr. Speaker, many make the dollar more valuable and do people are contending that we should it quickly, that they should return to the 1939 dollar.

If we returned to the 1939 dollar, we would be forcing a dollar that is worth twice as much as the present dollar, which means that the people would have to pay $2 for every dollar that they owe and the taxpayers on the Federal debt would have to do likewise.

It would be like a farmer borrowing money from his local bank to raise wheat that was worth $3 a bushel. After planting his crop, cultivating.it, and harvesting it on the basis of $3 wheat and paying prices on that basis for his labor, machinery, and other expenses, he discovers when he harvests the wheat, he

can only get $1.50 a bushel. The farmer
is in the same position as the country
would be in returning to the 1939 dol--
lar. The farmer is required to pay $2
in what he has to pay with for every
dollar borrowed.

Recently the president of the Wood-
men of the World made a statement
concerning this matter which is very
interesting. It was published in the
Times-Herald this morning and is as
follows:

Mr. PRIEST in two instances and to
include newspaper articles.

Mr. HELLER in four instances and to
include extraneous matter.

Mr. ROGERS of Texas and to include ex-
traneous matter.

Mr. IKARD in two instances and to in-
clude newspaper articles.

Mr. FRIEDEL and to include a letter.
Mr. REAMS and Mr. DONOHUE and to
include extraneous matter.

Mr. COLE of New York in connection

OLD DOLLAR WOULD BREAK UNITED STATES, with a committee report relating to the

SAYS INSURANCE MAN

(By Walter S. J. Swanson)

A man who manages $190 million in in-
surance assets looked back through 54 years
of investment experience here Thursday and
said it's a lot of bull for people to talk
about going back to the old dollar. If we
do it will break the country, he declared.
The speaker was De Emmett Bradshaw, who
still personally checks on every bond and
every mortgage that goes into the portfolio
of the Woodmen of the World Life Insur-
ance Society, and has compiled an invest-
ment record that is the envy of many other
insurance companies. He is 84 years old,
active as a 50-year-old, and looks almost
that young.

Headquarters of the Woodmen, and of
Board Chairman Bradshaw, is in Omaha,
Nebr., where ideas of national fiscal man-
agement apparently differ from those in the
Capital. For Bradshaw contended that the
recent $1 billion offering of 34 percent long-
term Government bonds was not wise fiscal
policy but simply a dangerous plaything of
the Treasury.

He said the rise in interest rates and the
tightening of money supply caused by that
action were both excessive and that the 34-
percent rate was higher than necessary.

He predicted that interest generally would
come down again as the Government is
forced to ease up on the money supply.

The Woodmen of the World is a large
insurance organization with some $600 mil-
lion insurance in force.

The group is now concluding a national
convention here at the Statler.

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

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

Mr. Bow and to include extraneous
matter.

disappearance of Major Hallahan during
World War II.

Mr. GWINN in two instances and to
include extraneous matter.

Mr. WOLVERTON in two instances and
to include speeches.

Mr. POFF.

Mr. WOLCOTT.

SENATE BILL, JOINT RESOLUTION,
AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
REFERRED

A bill, joint resolution, and a concur-
rent resolution of the Senate of the fol-

lowing titles were taken from the Speak-
er's table and, under the rule, referred as
follows:

S. 2417. An act to provide for the creation
of a Commission on Judicial and Congres-
sional Salaries, and for other purposes; to
the Committee on the Judiciary.

S. J. Res. 96. Joint resolution to strengthen
the foreign relations of the United States by
establishing a Commission on Government
Use of International Telecommunications;
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

S. Con. Res. 43. Concurrent resolution ten-
dering the thanks of Congress to Gen. Peyton
C. March, former Chief of Staff of the Army;
to the Committee on Armed Services.

ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESO-

LUTION SIGNED

Mr. LECOMPTE, from the Committee
on House Administration, reported that
that committee had examined and found
truly enrolled bills and a joint resolu-
tion of the House of the following titles,
which were thereupon signed by the
Speaker:

H. R. 4484. An act to amend section 365 of
the act entitled "An act to establish a code
of laws for the District of Columbia", ap-

Mr. ADAIR and to include an editorial. proved March 3, 1901, as amended, to in-
Mr. FARRINGTON.

Mr. LANE in two instances.

crease the maximum sum allowable by the
court of assets of a decedent's estate for

Mr. DEMPSEY and to include extrane- funeral expenses.
ous matter.

Mr. SUTTON and to include a letter.
Mr. HOLTZMAN (at the request of Mr.
FALLON) in two instances.

Mr. GRANAHAN and to include a news-
paper article.

Mr. GARY and to include an editorial.
Mr. ANDREWS and to include an ad-
dress delivered by the Honorable Harry
K. Martin.

Mr. PELLY and to include an editorial.
Mr. DAWSON of Utah and to include
extraneous matter.

Mr. DAVIS of Georgia in three instances
and to include extraneous matter.

Mr. BROWN of Georgia and to include
an editorial from the Atlanta Constitu-
tion of July 23.

H. R. 5227. An act making appropriations
for the Department of Agriculture for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for
other purposes;

H. R. 5804. An act to authorize the Secre-
tary of the Interior to grant easements for
rights-of-way, over, through, and under the
parkway land along the line of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal, and to authorize an
exchange of lands with other Federal depart-
ments and agencies, and for other pur-
poses; and

H. J. Res. 253. Joint resolution to amend
the joint resolution of June 16, 1938, creat-
ing the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission.

The SPEAKER announced his signa-
ture to an enrolled bill of the Senate of
the following title:

S. 2078. An act to provide for the orderly
transaction of the public business in the

event of the death, incapacity, or separation
from office of a disbursing officer of the mil-
itary department.

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION
PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT

Mr. LECOMPTE, from the Committee
on House Administration, reported that
that committee did on this day present
to the President, for his approval, bills
and a joint resolution of the House of
the following titles:

H. R. 4484. An act to amend section 365 of
the act entitled "An act to establish a code
of laws for the District of Columbia," ap-
proved March 3, 1901, as amended, to in-
crease the maximum sum allowable by the
court out of assets of a decedent's estate for
funeral expenses;

H. R. 5227. An act making appropriations
for the Department of Agriculture for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for
other purposes;

H. R. 5804. An act to authorize the Secre-

tary of the Interior to grant easements for
rights-of-way through, over, and under the
parkway land along the line of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal, and to authorize an
exchange of lands with other Federal depart-
ments and agencies, and for other purposes;
and

H. J. Res. 253. Joint resolution to amend
the joint resolution on June 16, 1938, creating
the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission.

ADJOURNMENT

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

The motion was agreed to; according-
ly (at 6 o'clock and 19 minutes p. m.)
the House, under its previous order, ad-
journed until Monday, July 27, 1953, at
12 o'clock noon.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS,

ETC.

871. Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, a
letter from the Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture, transmitting the report on
cooperation of the United States with
Mexico in the control and eradication of
foot-and-mouth disease for the month
of June 1953, pursuant to Public Law 8,
80th Congress, was taken from the
Speaker's table and referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUB-
LIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of
committees were delivered to the Clerk
for printing and reference to the proper
calendar, as follows:

Mr. H. CARL ANDERSEN: Committee on
Appropriations. House Joint Resolution 305.
Joint resolution making additional appropri-
ations for the Department of Agriculture for
the fiscal year 1954, and for other purposes;
without amendment (Rept. No. 922). Re-
ferred to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union.

Mr. RODINO: Committee on the Judiciary.
H. R. 4319. A bill to authorize tax refunds
on cigarettes lost in the floods of 1951; with-
out amendment (Rept. No. 932). Referred to
the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union.

Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs. H. R. 4551. A

bill to amend the Reclamation Project Act of
1939 removing authorization of projects by
the Secretary of the Interior; without
amendment (Rept. No. 933). Referred to
the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union.

Mr. HALE: Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce. H. R. 6434. A bill to
amend sections 401 and 701 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act so as to sim-
plify the procedures governing the estab-
lishment of food standards; without amend-
ment (Rept. No. 934). Referred to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union.

Mrs. ROGERS of Massachusetts: Commit-
tee on Veterans' Affairs. H. R. 6485. A bill
to preserve the eligibility for outpatient
dental care of certain veterans whose eligi-
bility was adjudicated by the Veterans' Ad-
ministration prior to July 1, 1953; without
amendment (Rept. No. 935). Referred to
the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union.

Mr. SHORT: Committee on Armed Serv-
ices. H. R. 1245. A bill to provide for the
conveyance of a tract of land in Dane County,
Wis., to the Wisconsin State Armory Board;
with amendment (Rept. No. 936). Referred
to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union.

Mr. CUNNINGHAM: Committee on Armed
Services. H. R. 2842. A bill to authorize the
Secretary of Defense to transfer certain land
and access rights to the Territory of Hawaii;
with amendment (Rept. No. 937). Referred
to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union.

Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan: Committee on
Government Operations. House Resolution

263. Resolution disapproving Reorganiza-
tion Plan No. 9 of 1953; without amendment
(Rept. No. 939). Referred to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union.

Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan: Committee on
Government Operations. House Resolution
264. Resolution disapproving Reorganiza-
tion Plan No. 10 of 1953; without amendment
(Rept. No. 940). Referred to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the
Union.

Mr. HINSHAW: Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce. S. 1402. An act to
amend the Air Commerce Act of 1926, as
amended, to authorize navigation of foreign,
nontransport, civil aircraft in the United
States through reciprocity and under regu-
lations of the Civil Aeronautics Board; with
an amendment (Rept. No. 941). Referred
to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union.

Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs. H. R. 130. A
bill to amend section 1 of the act approved
June 27, 1947 (61 Stat. 189); with amend-
ment (Rept. No. 942). Referred to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union.

Mr. WOLCOTT: Committee of conference.
H. R. 5141. A bill to create the Small Busi-
ness Administration and to preserve small-
business institutions and free, competitive
enterprise (Rept. No. 943). Ordered to be
printed.

Mr. MILLER of Nebraska: Committee of
conference. H. R. 1802. A bill to amend
the act of Congress approved March 4, 1915
(38 Stat. 1214), as amended (Rept. No. 944).
Ordered to be printed.

Mr. MEADER: Committee on the Judiciary.
House Joint Resolution 250. Joint resolu-
tion authorizing the recognition of the 200th
anniversary of the founding of Columbia
University in the city of New York and pro-
viding for the representation of the Govern-
ment and people of the United States in the
observance of this anniversary; with amend-
ment (Rept. No. 945). Referred to the Com-

mittee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union.

Mr. MEADER: Committee on the Judiciary.
House Joint Resolution 290. Joint resolu-
tion creating a committee to assist in the
celebration of the 200th anniversary of the
Congress of 1754, held at Albany, N. Y., on
June 24 of that year; with amendment (Rept.
No. 946). Referred to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRI-
VATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of
committees were delivered to the Clerk
for printing and reference to the proper
calendar, as follows:

Mr. JONAS of Illinois: Committee on the
Judiciary. H. R. 6504. A bill for the relief
of sundry claimants, and for other purposes;
without amendment (Rept. No. 921). Re-
ferred to the Committee of the Whole House.
Mr. LANE: Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 754. An act for the relief of Ethel Hudson
Morrison; without amendment (Rept. No.
923). Referred to the Committee of the

Whole House.

Mr. LANE: Committee on the Judiciary..
S. 953. An act for the relief of Mary Thaila
Womack Webb; without amendment (Rept.
No. 924). Referred to the Committee of the
Whole House.

Mr. BURDICK: Committee on the Judi-
ciary. H. R. 2022. A bill for the relief of
Don B. Whelan; with amendment (Rept.
No. 925). Referred to the Committee of the
Whole House.

Mr. LANE: Committee on the Judiciary.
H. R. 2421. A bill for the relief of Frank L.
McCartha; with amendment (Rept. No. 926).
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
House.

Mr. JONAS of Illinois: Committee on the
Judiciary. H. R. 3232. A bill for the relief
of Dennis F. Guthrie; without amendment
(Rept. No. 927). Referred to the Committee
of the Whole House.

Mr. RODINO: Committee on the Judiciary.
H. R. 3725. A bill for the relief of Curtis
W. Strong; with amendment (Rept. No. 928).
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
House.

Mr. RODINO: Committee on the Judiciary.
H. R. 4615. A bill for the relief of Joseph
S. Aldridge; without amendment (Rept. No.
929). Referred to the Committee of the
Whole House.

Mr. JONAS of Illinois: Committee on the
Judiciary. H. R. 5616. A bill for the relief
of Leon H. Callaway and others; without
amendment (Rept. No. 930). Referred to
the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. JONAS of Illinois: Committee on the
Judiciary. H. R. 6196. A bill for the relief
of Duncan M. Chalmers, and certain other
persons; without amendment (Rept. No.
931). Referred to the Committee of the
Whole House.

Mr. CUNNINGHAM: Committee on Armed
Services. H. R. 6025. A bill to authorize
the Secretary of the Army to grant a license
to the Leahi Hospital, a nonprofit institu-
tion, to use certain United States property
in the city and county of Honolulu, T. H.;
vithout amendment (Rept. No. 938). Re-
ferred to the Committee of the Whole House.

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, public
bills and resolutions were introduced
and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. BENNETT of Florida:

H. R. 6505. A bill to amend the Social
Security Act so as to change the formulas
for computing the Federal share of State

public-assistance programs; to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. DURHAM:

H. R. 6506. A bill for the relief of the city
of High Point, N. C.; to the Committee on
the Judiciary.

By Mr. ENGLE:

H. R. 6507. A bill to amend the Tariff Act
of 1930, so as to impose a duty upon the
importation of montan wax produced in
certain Communist-controlled countries or
produced from raw materials originating in
such countries; to the Committee on Ways
and Means.

By Mr. HOLTZMAN:

H. R. 6508. A bill to amend the Social Se-
curity Act to provide that, for the purpose
of old-age and survivors insurance benefits,
retirement age shall be 60 years; to the
Committee on Ways and Means.

H. R. 6509. A bill granting exemption from
income tax in the case of retirement an-
nuities and pensions; to the Committee on
Ways and Means.

H. R. 6510. A bill to allow a parent, under
certain circumstances, to deduct for income-
tax purposes amounts paid for the care of
children while the parent is working, and
to allow an income-tax exemption for any
child who is supported by the taxpayer and
who is a member of his household; to the
Committee on Ways and Means.

H. R. 6511. A bill to increase the personal
income-tax exemptions of a taxpayer (in-
cluding the exemption for a spouse, the
exemption for a dependent, and the addi-
tional exemption for old-age or blindness)
from $600 to $1,000; to the Committee on
Ways and Means.

By Mr. KING of California:

H. R. 6512. A bill to amend the Tariff Act
of 1930, so as to impose certain duties upon
the importation of tunafish, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Ways and
Means.

By Mr. OAKMAN:

H. R. 6513. A bill requiring the filing with
certain agencies of the Federal Government
of a complete disclosure of expenditures
and contributions made to influence Fed-
eral legislation; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.

By Mr. SMITH of Mississippi:

H. R. 6514. A bill for the relief of the town
of Lambert, Miss.; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.

By Mr. ALLEN of California:

H. R. 6515. A bill to establish a postal
rate-making procedure in the Post Office
Department; to the Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service.

By Mr. CRETELLA:

H. R. 6516. A bill to amend the Tariff
Act of 1930 (U. S. C. 1946 ed., title 19, sec.
1001, schedule 3); to the Committee on Ways
and Means.

By Mr. GUBSER:

H. R. 6517. A bill to amend section 402
(a) (7) of the Social Security Act, so as to
reduce the amount of the deductions which
may be made on account of outside income
from the benefits payable with respect to
needy dependent children thereunder; to
the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. LANTAFF:

H. R. 6518. A bill to authorize a prelim-
inary examination and survey of the Florida
Straits, for flood control and navigation
purposes; to the Committee on Public
Works.

By Mr. PATTEN:

H. R. 6519. A bill to authorize the Secre-

tary of the Interior to convey certain land
to the city of Tucson, Ariz., and to accept
other land in exchange therefor; to the
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
By Mr. SHORT:

H. Con. Res. 170. Concurrent resolution
tendering the thanks of Congress to Gen.
Peyton C. March, former Chief of Staff of

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By Mr. AYRES:

H. R. 6520. A bill for the relief of Paolino Berchielli, wife Heda and daughter Alba; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H. R. 6521. A bill for the relief of Giovanni Conti; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BENDER:

H. R. 6522. A bill for the relief of Darwish Abdel Kareem; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H. R. 6523. A bill for the relief of Emile N. Ghantous; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H. R. 6524. A bill for the relief of Kaiser J. Rashid; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. BERRY:

H. R. 6525. A bill authorizing the issuance of a patent in fee to Ruth Long Crow Running Horse; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

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PETITIONS, ETC.

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

398. By the SPEAKER: Petition of New England Region of Hadassah, Boston, Mass., requesting the approval of the mutual security bill and to include economic and military assistance to Israel and the Near East; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

SENATE

SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1953 (Legislative day of Monday, July 6, 1953)

The Senate met at 10 o'clock a. m., on the expiration of the recess.

Rev. Ralph C. John, Ph. D., the American University, Washington, D. C., offered the following prayer:

Eternal God, our Heavenly Father, in whose presence a thousand years are as a day: Incline Thine ear to hear our petitions, bend Thy presence to minister to our needs.

Our hearts this day are saddened by the passing of one who has merited Thine own commendation: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over many. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." We thank Thee for the depth of his integrity, for the diligence of his service, and for the warmth of his presence in his relationships with Thy people and with Thee. Our faith is that he has passed from our side and sight to Thy mansions above, to live forever in the light of Thy love and in the company of all the saints who now from their labors rest. Make the benediction of Thy spirit to rest upon him, and upon us, that the incidents of time may be seen in the ranges of eternity.

Bless this Senate, and these Senators, custodians of a sacred trust, as they fulfill the demands of public office and divine obligation. This we ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

THE JOURNAL

On request of Mr. KNOWLAND, and by unanimous consent, the reading of the Journal of the proceedings of Friday, July 24, 1953, was dispensed with.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT A message in writing from the President of the United States submitting a nomination was communicated to the Senate by Mr. Miller, one of his secretaries.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Bartlett, one of its clerks, announced that the House had passed the following bills, in which it requested the concurrence of the Senate: H. R. 356. An act to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended; and H. R. 6342. An act to amend the Public Buildings Act of 1949 to authorize the Ad

ministrator of General Services to acquire title to real property and to provide for the construction of certain public buildings thereon by executing purchase contracts; to extend the authority of the Postmaster General to lease quarters for post-office purposes; and for other purposes.

ENROLLED BILL AND JOINT RESOLUTION SIGNED

The message also announced that the Speaker had affixed his signature to the following enrolled bill and joint resolution, and they were signed by the Vice President:

H. R. 157. An act to provide that the tax on admissions shall not apply to moving picture admissions; and

H. J. Res. 228. Joint resolution to permit the entry of 500 eligible orphans under 10 years of age, adopted abroad or to be adopted in the United States by United States citizens serving abroad in the United States Armed Forces or employed abroad by the United States Government.

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