COMMITTEES AUTHORIZED TO SIT The following-named committees were authorized to sit today during the session of the Senate: The subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce investigating waterfront racketeering, the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, and the Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations; on the request of Mr. TAFT; The Subcommittee on Improvement of Judicial Machinery of the Committee on the Judiciary, on the request of Mr. Dirksen; and The Subcommittee on Ammunition of the Committee on Armed Services, on the request of Mrs. SMITH of Maine. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following message from the President of the United States, which was read and, with the accompanying report, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. To the Congress of the United States: I transmit herewith a report by the Secretary of State on the operations of the Department of State under section 2 of Public Law 584, 79th Congress, as required by that law. The enclosed report contains a summary of developments under the program during the 1952 calendar year. It also includes texts of executive agreements concluded with foreign governments pursuant to this legislation, as well as listings of names of both American and foreign recipients of grants, a detailed statement on expenditures various statistical tables, and other information concerning the operations of this program during the 1952 calendar year. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. THE WHITE HOUSE, March 30, 1953. USELESS PAPERS IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Archivist of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a list of papers in various departments and agencies of the Government, recommended for disposition, which appear to have no permanent value or historical interest; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to a Joint Select Committee on the Disposition of Papers in the Executive Departments; and The VICE PRESIDENT appointed Mr. CARLSON and Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina as the members of the committee on the part of the Senate. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. REPORT OF TORT CLAIMS PAID DURING FISCAL YEARS 1951 AND 1952 The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Acting Administrator of the General Services Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on tort claims paid by said agency during the fiscal years 1951 and 1952; which with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, AMENDMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS ACT The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend section 501 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to change the criminal sanctions contained therein so the violations of the act will constitute, except in case of a subsequent violation of the same section of the act, a misdemeanor rather than a felony; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following petitions, etc., which were referred as indicated: Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, as follows: A joint resolution urging the repeal of the excise taxes on communication services; to the Committee on Finance. Mr. MCCARRAN presented an identical joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. A joint resolution favoring immediate approval to the construction of that portion of the Central Arizona project known as the Bridge Canyon Dam and Bridge Canyon power plant and to make the necessary appropriations therefor; to the Committee on Appropriations. A joint memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska, favoring the enactment of legislation to authorize the attachment of moneys owed by Federal agencies and instrumentalities to their employees; to the Committee on the Judiciary. A resolution of the Senate of the Territory of Alaska, favoring an amendment to the Federal income-tax laws to provide that Alaskan taxpayers receive a $1,200 personal exemption and a $900 exemption for each dependent; to the Committee on Finance. A resolution of the city of Boston, Mass., favoring the issuance of a postage stamp honoring Joseph Lee, Sr., father of the American playground, and founder of many recreational and civic groups; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. A joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of California, favoring an amendment to the Constitution pertaining to treaties and executive agreements; to the Committee on the Judiciary. A joint memorial of the Legislature of the State of Montana, favoring the enactment of legislation and a supplemental appropriation to provide adequate facilities and operating funds so that veterans in need of treatment for tuberculosis, neuropsychiatric conditions, and domiciliary care can obtain treatment in Veterans' Administration facilities in Montana; to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. A resolution of the board of directors of the city of Pasadena, Calif., favoring prompt action to alleviate flood hazard to portions of the city; to the Committee on Public Works. A joint memorial of the Legislature of the State of Arizona, favoring the reten tion of section 4 of the Interstate Commerce Act; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. A joint memorial of the Legislature of the State of Colorado, favoring the enactment of legislation providing for distribution of revenue derived from the development of oil and gas deposits of the United States to the several States and the District of Columbia for the purposes of education; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. A joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Vermont, urging the continuance of agriculture conservation program; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. A resolution of the board of directors of the California Petroleum Distributors Association, Los Angeles, Calif., urging Congress to resist efforts to limit imports of crude oil or petroleum products; to the Committee on Finance. A resolution of the board of directors of the Association of Commerce, St. Paul, Minn., urging action to revise Federal civil-service laws to permit replacement of Government employees in certain classifications with qualified personnel, and prevent those employees in classifications above 11 from bumping someone in a lower grade should there be an insufficient number of positions available in his classification to give him employment; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Resolutions of the National Sojourners, Inc., in convention at Baltimore, Md., as follows: A resolution remonstrating against world government or other form of supergovernment; A resolution remonstrating against the distribution of the U. S. S. R. information bulletin; A resolution remonstrating against the Genocide convention; A resolution remonstrating against the UNESCO pamphlets Toward World Understanding; and A resolution favoring the asserting of sovereignty promptly to certain areas of the Antarctic continent; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. A resolution favoring Senate Joint Resolution 130, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prevent treaties and executive agreements from being used to abridge individual rights and undermine the sovereignty of the United States; A resolution favoring the McCarranWalter Immigration Act; and A resolution favoring the Senate bill 2039, to prohibit the display of flags of international organizations or other nations in equal prominence to the flag of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Joint memorials of the Legislature of the State of New Mexico, as follows: A joint memorial favoring the enactment of legislation to appropriate moneys for the construction of Los Esteros Dam on the Pecos River in Guadalupe County, N. Mex., for flood control, power, and reservoir; to the Committee on Public Works, A joint memorial remonstrating against Senate bill 281, giving the Interstate Commerce Commission jurisdiction over the discontinuance of interstate railroad services; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. A joint memorial favoring a proposed amendment to the Constitution to change the method of electing the President and Vice President of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. A joint memorial favoring the grant to the State of New Mexico for the benefit of the museum of New Mexico of 500,000 acres of public lands of the United States within the State of New Mexico; and A joint memorial favoring the construction of a water-storage reservoir to be known as the Nambe Dam and to be located on the Nambe River within the Pojoaque soil-conservation district, New Mexico; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. A joint memorial favoring the enactment of Senate bill 397, constituting the State of New Mexico as a separate customs collection district; and A joint memorial favoring the repeal of the provisions of title 16 of the United States Code, providing for taxes upon sale of toilet preparations and ladies' handbags and similar articles; to the Committee on Finance. Mr. CLEMENTS (for Mr. CHAVEZ) submitted joint memorials of the Legislature of the State of New Mexico, identical with the foregoing; which were referred as indicated. Memorials of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Mexico, as follows: A memorial of the senate and a memorial of the house of representatives favoring the construction of a series of small dams at the head of the streams on the Coyote, Agua Negra, Cebolla, Sapello, and the Manuelitas Creeks, in Mora and San Miguel Counties, N. Mex.; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Mr. CLEMENTS (for Mr. CHAVEZ) presented identical memorials; which were referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. A memorial of the senate favoring the enactment of legislation to provide that the first $1,000 of personal income shall be exempt from taxation by the Federal Government; to the Committee on Finance. Two memorials of the senate favoring the enactment of legislation that would provide for a system of absentee voting on presidential election day; to the Committee on Rules and Administration. A memorial of the senate favoring the enactment of legislation which would establish an American Foreign Legion; to the Committee on Armed Services. A memorial of the house of representatives, favoring the enactment of legislation to exempt pensions or moneys received from labor-union funds from taxation by the Federal Government; to the Committee on Finance. Mr. CLEMENTS (for Mr. CHAVEZ) presented an identical house memorial; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. CLEMENTS (for Mr. CHAVEZ) presented the following joint memorials of the Legislature of the State of New Mexict, which were referred as indicated: A joint memorial urging a means to expedite hearings now pending and render a decision equalizing freight rates in the Southwest region, including New Mexico; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. A joint memorial favoring educational facilities for all Indians of a quality and character now enjoyed by the students in the public-school system for the State of New Mexico, and to make a survey designed to make available to the Indians such equipment as they might need to reclaim their lands and promote modern farming, livestock and other industries; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. A joint memorial favoring the removal of the prohibition in section 1 of the compact between the United States and the State of New Mexico relating to the sale, barter, etc., of intoxicating liquor in New Mexico to Indians; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. HOEY presented a joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of North Carolina, requesting the United States Government not to take further lands from Hoke County, N. C., and in particular for the corridor proposed to be made between Fort Bragg and Camp Mackall; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Mr. MORSE (for himself and Mr. CORDON) presented the following joint memorials of the Legislature of the State of Oregon, which were referred as indicated: A joint memorial favoring immediate construction on the Bayocean Peninsula near the city of Tillamook, Oreg., to prevent damage by high tide and westerly storms, and to provide funds to start said construction; and A joint memorial favoring the approval and the appropriation of sufficient funds to enable the Corps of Engineers. Department of the Army, to proceed on a channel 48 feet in depth and adequate width at the Columbia River entrance; to the Committee on Public Works. A joint memorial favoring an amendment to the Constitution of the United States in respect of the treatymaking power; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. HUMPHREY presented the following resolutions, which were referred as indicated: Resolutions of stockholders of the Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc., St. Paul, Minn., as follows: A resolution favoring support of the commodity loan program and agricultural conservation payments for soil conservation and that farmer-elected community committeemen have responsible participation in the administration of farm programs; A resolution favoring a policy of disaster prevention, price safeguards for both perishable and nonperishable crops, and for 100-percent parity; and A resolution urging the completion of all multipurpose dam projects providing power, flood control, irrigation, and wildlife conservation, by providing the necessary construction and administrative funds; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. A resolution of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Lodge No. 257, St. Paul, Minn., favoring a rise in the Federal income-tax exemption from $600 to $1,500; and A resolution of the United Steelworkers of America, Local Union No. 1664, Ely, Minn., favoring the reduction of Federal income tax by raising the present exemption figure of $600 for each dependent instead of a percentage decrease in rates of tax; to the Committee on Finance. A resolution of the Minesota State Federation of Labor, St. Paul, Minn., commending the Senator for his support of the proposed legislation for the construction of the St. Lawrence waterway; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. A resolution of the Farmers Union Hay Creek, Local No. 228, Roseau County. Minn., favoring legislation in suport of livestock producers and full parity on all farm products, and elected farmer committees and not county agents to administer all farm programs; A resolution of the Normania Farmers Union, Yellow Medicine County, Minn., favoring price support prices of farm commodities including perishables at 100 percent parity; and A resolution of the St. James Farmers Union, Local No. 308, St. James, Minn., favoring an improved price-support law; to the Commitee on Agriculture and Forestry. A resolution of the board of directors of the Minnesota Valley Cooperative Light and Power Association, Montevideo, Minn., remonstrating against the sale of any public dams; to the Committee on Public Works Resolutions of the Minnesota Electric Cooperative, St. Paul, Minn., as follows: A resolution favoring the plan and the agreement that has been made by 20 cooperatives and the 3 power companies for delivery and distribution of Missouri River power in the areas in Minnesota affected by the agreement; to the Committee on Public Works; and A resolution favoring the enactment of legislation for the development of the St. Lawrence seaway in cooperation with the Canadian Government; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Resolutions of the Brown County REA Cooperative, Sleepy Eye, Minn., as follows: A resolution favoring the enactment of legislation to protect and defend the right and opportunity of the cooperatives to construct and operate generating plants and transmission lines and appropriate adequate funds; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. A resolution favoring funds necessary for construction of 230-kilovolt lines through western Minnesota; to the Committee on Appropriations; and A resolution favoring legislation in support of the St. Lawrence waterway; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. A resolution of citizens of the State of Minnesota, favoring the enactment of legislation for price supports to assure full parity income on all major farm production, including perishables, and to retain the system of elected farmer PMA committeemen, and increase appropriations for the ACP program; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. A resolution of the Minnesota Poultry, Butter, and Egg Association, Minneapolis, Minn., favoring Senate bill 471, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act by clarifying the definition of "employee"; to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. CHANGE OF REFERENCE On motion by Mr. CASE, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Committee on the District of Columbia be discharged from the further consideration of the bill (H. R. 2277) to amend the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Roosevelt Memorial Association" approved May 31, 1920, so as to change the name of such association to "Theodore Roosevelt Association," and for other purposes, and that it be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT Bills and joint resolutions were introduced, severally read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred, as follows: By Mr. LEHMAN: S. 1493. A bill to authorize the Attorney General to suspend deportation and admit for permanent resident under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act certain aliens who have served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. POTTER: S. 1494. A bill to provide that time spent as a civilian internee during World War II shall be considered as active service in determining priority for induction into the Armed Forces of medical, dental, and allied specialists; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Mr. MURRAY (by request): S. 1495. A bill to establish a program of grants-in-aid to assist the States to provide maternity and infant care for the wives and infants of enlisted members of the Armed Forces during the present emergency; to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. By Mr. JOHNSTON of South S. 1496. A bill to increase the authorized amount of the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia to an amount equal to 25 percent of the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. KNOWLAND: S. 1497. A bill for the relief of Sebouh Amirian and Christine Amirin; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. HUNT: S. 1498. A bill to amend section 81, National Defense Act, as amended (32 U. S. C. 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, and 176), to provide for the organization of the National Guard Bureau, and to define the responsibilities, functions, and duties of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. S. 1499. A bill for the relief of Carl A. Annis, Wayne C. Cranney, and Leslie O. Yarwood; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. CASE: S. 1500. A bill for the relief of permittees living on Indian lands, Oahe Dam and Reservoir project, South Dakota, and others; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. TOBEY (by request): S. 1501. A bill to authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission to revoke, amend, or suspend, under certain condiitions, water carrier certificates and permits; and S. 1502. A bill to extend the records and reports provision of the Interstate Commerce Act to persons furnishing locomotives: to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. BRIDGES (by request): S. 1503. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to furnish memorial markers commemorating certain deceased members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services. S. 1504. A bill for the relief of the estate of Rev. Pang Wha Il; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. AIKEN (for himself and S. 1505. A bill to increase farmer participation in ownership and control of the Federal Farm Credit System; to make the Farm Credit Administration an independent establishment of the Federal Government; to create a Federal Farm Credit Board; to abolish certain offices; to impose a franchise tax upon certain farm credit institutions; and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. By Mr. MALONE: S. 1506. A bill to amend certain provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. By Mr. MAGNUSON (for himself and Mr. JACKSON): S. 1507. A bill to authorize the modification of the existing project for the Columbia River between Chinook, Wash., and the head of Sand Island in order to improve facilities for navigation; to the Committee on Public Works. By Mr. AIKEN: S. 1508. A bill for the relief of Borivoje Vulich; to the Committee on the Judiciary. S. 1509. A bill to facilitate the administration of the national forests; to provide for the orderly use, improvement, and development thereof; to stabilize the livestock industry dependent thereon; and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. By Mr. MANSFIELD: S. 1510. A bill to extend the provisions of the act of March 20, 1922 (42 Stat. 465), as amended, to certain lands in the State of Montana, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. By Mr. HUMPHREY: S. 1511. A bill for the relief of Tamami Kusuda; and S. 1512. A bill for the relief of Esther Cornelius; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BYRD (for himself and S. J. Res. 62. Joint resolution to establish the Jamestown-Williamsburg-Yorktown Celebration Commission, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. REVISION AND REPRINT OF PAMPHLET ENTITLED "OUR AMERICAN GOVERNMENT" Mr. KNOWLAND submitted the following concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 24), which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Joint Committee on Printing is hereby authorized and directed to revise, by bringing up to date, the pamphlet entitled "Our American Government," as set out in House Document 465, 79th Congress. SEC. 2. Such revised pamphlet shall be printed as a Senate document, and there be printed 100,000 additional copies of which 24,750 copies shall be for the use of the Senate; 66,150 copies for the use of the House of Representatives; 3,100 for the Senate Document Room, and 6,000 for the House Document Room. CALENDAR UNDER RULE VIII On motion by Mr. TAFT, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the call of the calendar begin with order No. 83. The Senate thereupon proceeded to consider the following bills, and no amendment was made: S. 55. A bill for the relief of Carol Lynn Barbara Hecht; S. 71. A bill for the relief of Bernard W. Olson; S. 142. A bill for the relief of Norman S. MacPhee; S. 306. A bill for the relief of Waltraut Mies van der Rohe; and S. 314. A bill for the relief of Cornelius A. Navori. Ordered, That they be engrossed and read a third time. The said bills were severally read the third time. Resolved, That they pass, and that the respective titles therefore be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein. QUESTION OF QUORUM Mr. MORSE raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. CARLSON in the chair) directed the roll to be called; When S. 846. A bill for the relief of Charles Anthony Desotell; S. 853. A bill for the relief of Jacqueline Sue Lawn (Akemi Inoue); S. 954. A bill for the relief of Robert Harold Wall; S. 1039. A bill for the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Lucille Grassi; S. 41. A bill to further amend the act of June 15, 1917, as amended; S. 719. A bill to provide transportation on Canadian vessels between Skagway, Alaska, and other points in Alaska, between Haines, Alaska, and other points in Alaska, and between Hyder, Alaska, and other points in Alaska or the coninental United States, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation; S. 1082. A bill to approve a conveyance made by the city of Charleston, S. C., to the South Carolina State Ports Authority, of real property heretofore granted to said city of Charleston by the United States of America; and S. 1041. A bill to abolish the United States Commission for the Construction of a Washington-Lincoln Memorial Gettysburg Boulevard. Ordered, That they be engrossed and read a third time. The said bills were severally read the third time. Resolved, That they pass, and that the respective titles thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request Eighty-one Senators answered to their the concurrence of the House of Reprenames, as follows: sentatives therein. The Senate proceeded to consider the following bills, and the reported amendments were agreed to: S. 69. A bill for the relief of Dr. Peter C. T. Kao; S. 166. A bill for the relief of Sister Louise Marie Josephine Belloir; S. 167. A bill for the relief of Sister Jeanne Maria Henneth Langlo; S. 811. A bill for the relief of George Mauner: S. 851. A bill for the relief of the estate of Mary M. Menenhall; and S. 984. A bill making provision for judicial review of certain Tax Court decisions. Ordered, That the bills be engrossed and read a third time. The said bills were severally read the third time. Resolved, That they pass, and that the respective titles thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein. The bill (S. 922) to provide for a commission to regulate the public transportation of passengers by motor vehicle and street railroad within the metropolitan area of Washington, D. C., having been reached, On motion by Mr. HENDRICKSON, and by unanimous consent, within 2 weeks. The Senate proceeded to consider the following bills, and no amendment was made: H. R. 3658. An act to extend for an additional 2 years the existing privilege of free importation of gifts from members of the Armed Forces of the United States on duty abroad: H. R. 3659. An act to extend until July 1, 1955, the period during which personal and household effects brought into the United States under Government orders shall be exempt from duty; H. R. 759. An act for the relief of Hisami Yoshida; H. R. 861. An act for the relief of Edith Marie Paulsen; H. R. 3062. An act to amend section 3841 of the Revised Statutes relating to the schedules of the arrival and departure of the mail, to repeal certain obsolete laws relating to the postal service, and for other purposes; and H. R. 3073. An act to amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, with respect to the survivorship benefits granted to Members of Congress. Ordered, That the bills pass to a third reading. The bills were severally read the third time. Resolved, That they pass. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 903) to prohibit the transportation in interstate or foreign commerce of lethal munitions except when movement is arranged for, or on behalf of, the United States of America or an instrumentality thereof, and the reported amendments having been agreed to, Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time. The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be amended, as reported by the committee, to read: “A bill to prohibit the transportation in interstate or foreign commerce of lethal munitions except when procured by or on behalf of the United States of America or an instrumentality thereof for itself or pursuant to an authorized foreign assistance program.” Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein. The bill (S. 613) for the relief of Steve Emery Sobanski, having been reached, On motion by Mr. WATKINS, and by unanimous consent, The Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from the further consideration of the bill (H. R. 1192) of an identical title. The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said bill, and no amendment being made, Ordered, That it pass to a third reading. The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. Ordered, by unanimous consent, that the bill S. 613 be postponed indefinitely. The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 556) for the relief of Marinella Talleti, and the reported amendment having been agreed to, Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time. The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be amended, as reported by the committee, to read: "A bill for the relief of Marinella Taletti." Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein. The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 1410) to amend section 9 of the Rubber Act of 1948. On the question of agreeing to the reported amendment, striking out on line 6 "July 15, 1953" and inserting in lieu thereof May 15, 1953, A quorum being present, The reported amendment was agreed to. Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time. The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein. The Senate proceeded to consider the following resolutions: S. Res. 94. Resolution to pay a gratuity to Elizabeth A. Reilly; and S. Res. 95. Resolution to pay a gratuity to Walter Quarles; and Resolved, That the Senate agree thereto. The Senate proceeded to consider the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 19) establishing a joint committee to make a study of public transportation serv ing the District of Columbia, and the reported amendments having been agreed to, The concurrent resolution, as amended, was agreed to, as follows: Resolved, etc., That (a) there is hereby established a joint congressional committee to be composed of three Members of the Senate who are members of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and three Members of the House of Representatives who are members of the House Committee on the District of Columbia, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vacancies in the membership of the joint committee shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the joint committee and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original selection. The joint committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members. (b) A quorum of the joint committee shall consist of four members, except that the joint committee may fix a lesser number as a quorum for the purpose of taking sworn testimony. SEC. 2. (a) It shall be the duty of the joint committee to make a full and complete study and investigation of public transportation serving the District of Columbia, including the fiscal, management, and operating policies of common carriers which transport passengers in the District of Columbia, the regulation of such carriers by the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, and other matters related thereto. (b) The joint committee shall, from time to time, report to the Senate and House of Representatives the results of its study and investigation, together with such recommendations as to necessary legislation as it may deem desirable. The joint committee shall submit its final report not later than January 31, 1954. (c) The joint committee shall cease to exist, and all authority conferred by this resolution shall terminate, upon the submission of its final report. SEC. 3. The joint committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such places and times during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the 83d Congress (prior to February 1, 1954), to hold such hearings, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report such hearings shall not be in excess of 40 cents per hundred words. SEC. 4. The joint committee shall have power to employ such experts, consultants, and other employees as it deems necessary in the performance of its duties, and is authorized, with the consent of the head of the department or agency concerned, to utilize the reimbursable services, information, facilities, and personnel of any of the departments or agencies of the Government of the United States. SEC. 5. The expenses of the joint committee, which shall not exceed $50,000, shall be paid one-half from the contingent fund of the Senate and one-half from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers signed by the chairman of the joint committee. Disbursements to pay such expenses shall be made by the Secretary of the Senate out of the contingent fund of the Senate, such contingent fund to be reimbursed from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives in the amount of onehalf of the disbursements so made. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein. On motion by Mr. MCCARRAN, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the following bills on the calendar be called on the next call of the calendar: S. 18. A bill to amend the Administrative Procedure Act, and eliminate certain exemptions therefrom; S. 30. A bill to provide for jury trials in condemnation proceedings in the United States district courts; and S. 39. A bill to further implement the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution. REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 1 OF 1953 On motion by Mr. TAFT, The Senate proceeded to consider the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 223) providing the Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 shall take effect 10 days after the date of enactment of this joint resolution. After debate, Ordered, That the joint resolution pass to a third reading. The said resolution was read the third time. Resolved, That it pass. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. AUTHORITY FOR SIGNING ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS On motion by Mr. TAFT, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Vice President be authorized to sign during the adjournment of the Senate bills and joint resolutions found duly enrolled. STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. GRISWOLD in the chair) laid before the Senate the following message from the President of the United States, which was read and referred to the Committee on Government Operations: To the Congress of the United States: In the state of the Union message, I expressed my deep concern for the wellbeing of all of our citizens and the attainment of equality of opportunity for all. I further stated that our social rights are a most important part of our heritage and must be guarded and defended with all of our strength. I firmly |