DEPOSITED BY THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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:

Beginning January 3, 1956

TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1956

The Honorable RICHARD M. NIXON,
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate, called the Sen-
ate to order, and the Chaplain, Rev.
Frederick Brown Harris, D. D., of Wash-
ington, D. C., offered prayer.

QUESTION OF QUORUM

Mr. JOHNSON of Texas raised a ques-

tion as to the presence of a quorum;

Whereupon

The VICE PRESIDENT directed the

roll to be called;

When

Ninety-one Senators answered to their

names, as follows:

From the State of Alabama:

Messrs, LISTER HILL and JOHN

SPARKMAN:

From the State of Arizona:

Messrs. CARL HAYDEN and BARRY

M. GOLDWATER;

From the State of Arkansas:

Messrs. JOHN L. MCCLELLAN and
J. W. FULBRIGHT;
From the State of California:

Messrs WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND and
THOMAS H. KUCHEL;

From the State of Colorado:

Messrs. EUGENE D. MILLIKIN and

GORDON ALLOTT;

From the State of Connecticut:

Messrs. PRESCOTT BUSH and WIL-
LIAM A. PURTELL;

From the State of Delaware:

Messrs. JOHN J. WILLIAMS and J.
ALLEN FREAR;

From the State of Florida:

Mr. SPESSARD L. HOLLAND;

From the State of Georgia:

Messrs. WALTER F. GEORGE and

RICHARD B. RUSSELL;

From the State of Idaho:

Messrs. HENRY C. DWORSHAK and
HERMAN WELKER;
From the State of Illinois:

Messrs. PAUL H. DOUGLAS and Ev-
ERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN;
From the State of Indiana:

Messrs. HOMER E. CAPEHART and
WILLIAM E. JENNER;

From the State of Iowa:

Messrs. BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER

and THOMAS E. MARTIN;

From the State of Kansas:

Messrs. ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL and

FRANK CARLSON;

From the State of Kentucky:

Messrs. EARLE C. CLEMENTS and

ALBEN W. BARKLEY;

From the State of Louisiana:

Messrs. ALLEN J. ELLENDER, Sr.,
and RUSSELL B. LONG;

From the State of Maine:

Mrs. MARGARET CHASE SMITH and

Mr. FREDERICK G. PAYNE;

From the State of Maryland:

Messrs. JOHN MARSHALL BUTLER
and J. GLENN BEALL;

From the State of Massachusetts:

Messrs. LEVERETT SALTONSTALL and

JOHN F. KENNEDY;

From the State of Michigan:

Messrs. CHARLES E. POTTER and

PAT MCNAMARA;

From the State of Minnesota:

Messrs. EDWARD J. THYE and Hu-

BERT H. HUMPHREY;

From the State of Mississippi:

Messrs. JAMES O. EASTLAND and

JOHN STENNIS;

From the State of Missouri:

Messrs. THOMAS C. HENNINGS, Jr.,
and STUART SYMINGTON;

From the State of Montana:

Messrs. JAMES E. MURRAY and

MIKE MANSFIELD;

From the State of Nebraska:

Messrs. ROMAN L. HRUSKA and

CARL T. CURTIS;

From the State of Nevada:

Messrs. GEORGE W. (MOLLY) MA-

LONE and ALAN BIBLE;

From the State of New Hampshire:

Messrs. STYLES BRIDGES and NOR-
RIS COTTON;

From the State of New Jersey:

Messrs. H. ALEXANDER SMITH and

CLIFFORD P. CASE;

From the State of New Mexico:

Messrs. DENNIS CHAVEZ and CLIN-

TON P. ANDERSON;

From the State of New York:

Messrs. HERBERT H. LEHMAN and

IRVING M. IVES;

From the State of North Carolina:

Messrs. SAM J. ERVIN, Jr., and W.

KERR SCOTT;

From the State of North Dakota:

Messrs. WILLIAM LANGER and MIL-

TON R. YOUNG;

From the State of Ohio:

Messrs. JOHN W. BRICKER and

GEORGE H. BENDER:

From the State of Oregon:

Messrs. WAYNE MORSE and RICH-

ARD L. NEUBERGER;

From the State of Pennsylvania:

Messrs. EDWARD MARTIN and JAMES

H. DUFF;

From the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations:

Messrs. THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN

and JOHN O. PASTORE;

From the State of South Carolina:

Messrs. OLIN B. JOHNSTON and

STROM THURMOND;

From the State of South Dakota:

Messrs. KARL E. MUNDT and FRAN-

CIS CASE;

From the State of Tennessee:

Mr. ALBERT GORE;

From the State of Texas:

Messrs. LYNDON B. JOHNSON and

PRICE DANIEL;

From the State of Utah:

Messrs. ARTHUR V. WATKINS and
WALLACE F. BENNETT;

From the State of Vermont:

Mr. GEORGE D. AIKEN;

From the State of Virginia:

Messrs. HARRY FLOOD BYRD and A.
WILLIS ROBERTSON;

From the State of Washington:

Messrs. WARREN G. MAGNUSON and

HENRY M. JACKSON;

From the State of West Virginia:

Messrs. HARLEY M. KILGORE and
MATTHEW M. NEELY;
From the State of Wisconsin:

Messrs. ALEXANDER WILEY and
JOSEPH R. MCCARTHY;
From the State of Wyoming:

Messrs. FRANK A. BARRETT and
JOSEPH O. O'MAHONEY.

A quorum being present,

COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE PRESIDENT

Mr. JOHNSON of Texas submitted the

following resolution (S. Res. 150), which

was considered by unanimous consent

and agreed to:

Resolved, That a committee consisting

of two Senators be appointed by the Vice

President to join such committee as may

be appointed by the House of Repre-

sentatives to notify the President of the

United States that a quorum of each

House is assembled and that the Con-

gress is ready to receive any communi-

cation he may be pleased to make.

The VICE PRESIDENT appointed Mr.

JOHNSON of Texas and Mr. KNOWLAND as

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NOTIFICATION TO THE HOUSE Mr. KNOWLAND submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 151), which was considered by unanimous consent and agreed to;

Resolved, That the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and that the Senate is ready to proceed to business.

HOUR OF DAILY MEETING

Mr. CLEMENTS submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 152), which was considered by unanimous consent and agreed to:

Resolved, That the hour of daily meeting of the Senate be 12 o'clock meridian, unless otherwise ordered.

ADJOURNMENT

On motion by Mr. Johnson of Texas, at 12 o'clock and 12 minutes p. m., The Senate adjourned until Thursday

next.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1956

The VICE PRESIDENT called the Senate to order and the Chaplain offered prayer.

ATTENDANCE OF SENATORS

Mr. RALPH E. FLANDERS, from the State of Vermont, Mr. ESTES KEFAUVER, from the State of Tennessee, Mr. ROBERT S. KERR, from the State of Oklahoma, and Mr. MIKE MONRONEY, from the State of Oklahoma, attended.

THE JOURNAL

On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, and by unanimous consent.

The reading of the Journal of the proceedings of Tuesday, January 3, 1956, was dispensed with.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Bartlett, one of its clerks:

Mr. President: I am directed to inform the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representatives has appeared and that the House is ready to proceed with business.

I am also directed to inform the Senate that the House has passed the following resolution:

Resolved, That a committee of three Members be appointed by the Speaker on the part of the House of Representatives to join with a committee on the part of the Senate to notify the President of the United States that a quorum of each House has assembled and Congress is ready to receive any communication that he may be pleased to make.

The House has passed the following resolutions, which I am directed to communicate to the Senate:

House Resolution 347 Resolved. That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. JOHN D. DINGELL, a Representative from the State of Michigan.

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and

the deceased.

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect the House do now adjourn.

House Resolution 348

Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of Hon. VERA BUCHANAN, a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania.

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect the House do now adjourn. MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

The VICE PRESIDENT appointed during the adjournment of the Senate Mr. SYMINGTON as a member on the part of the Senate to the Joint Congressional Committee on the Construction of a Building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian Institution, created by the act of June 28, 1955.

BOARD OF VISITORS TO UNITED STATES
MILITARY ACADEMY

The VICE PRESIDENT appointed during the adjournment of the Senate Mr. HILL, Mr. MORSE, and Mr. POTTER as members of the Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy for 1956.

REPORT OF NOTIFICATION COMMITTEE Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, from the committee appointed to join a similar committee appointed by the House of Representatives to wait upon the President of the United States and to inform him that a quorum of each House is assembled and ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make, reported that on Tuesday, January 3, 1956, the committee communicated with the President by telephone and had been advised that he would send his state of the Union message to the Congress today.

VISIT OF PRESIDENT-ELECT OF BRAZIL

Mr. JOHNSON of Texas announced that the President-elect of Brazil, Hon. Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, would visit the Senate today.

QUESTION OF QUORUM

Mr. JOHNSON of Texas raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon

The VICE PRESIDENT directed the roll to be called;

A quorum being present, ORDER FOR CONSIDERATION OF MORNING BUSINESS

On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, and by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That, following the reading of the message of the President of the United States on the state of the Union, speeches during morning business be limited to 2 minutes.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following message from the President of the United States, which was read:

To the Congress of the United States:

The opening of this new year must arouse in us all grateful thanks to a kind providence whose protection has been ever present and whose bounty has been manifold and abundant. The state of the Union today demonstrates what can be accomplished under God by a free people; by their vision, their understanding of national problems, their initiative, their self-reliance, their capacity for work—and by their willingness to sacrifice whenever sacrifice is needed.

In the past 3 years, responding to what our people want their Government to do, the Congress and the Executive have done much in building a stronger, better America. There has been broad progress in fostering the energies of our people, in providing greater opportunity for the satisfaction of their needs, and in fulfilling their demands for the strength and security of the Republic.

Our country is at peace. Our security posture commands respect. A spiritual vigor marks our national life. Our economy, approaching the $400 billion mark, is at an unparalleled level of prosperity. The national income is more widely and fairly distributed than ever before. The number of Americans at work has reached an all-time high. As a people, we are achieving ever higher standards of living-earning more, producing more, consuming more, building more, and investing more than ever before.

Virtually all sectors of our society are sharing in these good times. Our farm families, if we act wisely, imaginatively. and promptly to strengthen our present farm programs, can also look forward to sharing equitably in the prosperity they have helped to create.

War in Korea ended 21⁄2 years ago. The collective-security system has been powerfully strengthened. Our defenses have been reinforced at sharply reduced costs. Programs to expand world trade and to harness the atom for the better