allowances of Senators; to the Subcommittee on the Library, S. Con. Res. 61, equipment of room in Capitol to be used as Chapel by Congressmen; and to Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections, S. 2757, to create office of Senator at Large in the Senate of the U. S. for ex-Presidents of the U. S.

SMALL BUSINESS-ALUMINUM

Select Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings with respect to the scarcity of aluminum supply in industry, and heard testimony from the following witnesses:

John A. Kemper, vice president, Scott & Setzer Co., Cleveland; Bertram Given, vice president, Given Manufacturing Co., Los Angeles; Edward J. Laperouse, NuVent Awning Co., Inc., Houma, La.; Jack E. Orchard, Orchard Bros., Inc., Rutherford, N. J.; and Charles E. Hunter, president, Hunter Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Pa., all fabricators of aluminum, who related the difficulty they have had under the controlled materials plan and the cut-backs from NPA regulations restricting the use of aluminum, and also that they had been offered substantial quantities of aluminum during the

past 6 to 7 weeks, indicating that the shortage of aluminum is not so severe as NPA has indicated.

S. S. Inch, vice president, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Sales, Oakland, Calif.; David P. Reynolds, vice president, Reynolds Metals Co., Richmond, Va.; and Donovan Wilmot, Aluminum Co. of America, all major producers of aluminum, stated that there was a softening of the supply of aluminum, and suggested that regulations be liberalized in order to compensate for this increase in supply.

Ralph S. Trigg, Deputy Administrator, Program and Requirements, DPA, and William H. Lawrence, Director, Military Atomic Division, Office of Programs and Requirements, DPA; Samuel W. Anderson, Deputy Administrator for Aluminum, DPA; H. J. Holbrook, Director, Consumer Durable Goods Division, NPA; and Timothy A. Lynch, Director, Aluminum and Magnesium Division, NPA, all Government representatives, recommended that a sizable aluminum surplus, due to the stretching out of the military preparedness program, be made available to industry and claimant agencies. They also stated they would attempt to keep abreast of the changes and to maintain a fluid program.

Chamber Action

The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Monday, March 10, at 12 o'clock

noon.

Committee Meetings

MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Hébert subcommittee on procurement practices and policies of the several armed services heard testimony today regarding proposed mandatory legislation to set up a single cataloging system for purchases by the three services. Col. Eldon H. Larecey, Chief, the Standards Branch, Office of the Chief of Staff, G-4, Department of the Army, testified in opposition to the proposal. He was accompanied by Col. Charles E. Capito, Chief, Cataloging Section, G−4. Adjourned until tomorrow morning when representatives of the Air Force are scheduled to testify.

KLAMATH INDIANS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Morris Subcommittee on Indian Affairs held further hearings but took no final action on H. R. 3363, authorizes a depository for Klamath tribal loan funds. Testimony on behalf of the measure was furnished today by Boyd Jackson, Klamath Tribe delegate; Glen A. Wilkinson, attor

ney, Klamath Tribe; Dillon S. Myer, Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and Louis B. Sigler, Counsel for the same Bureau. Adjourned subject to call of the Chair.

RADIO BROADCASTING

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Held further executive consideration of S. 658, amending the Communications Act of 1934, relating to issuance and revocation of broadcasting licenses. Will continue on the same subject next Tuesday morning.

EMERGENCY POWERS CONTINUATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee No. 4 held further hearings on H. J. Res. 386, to continue in effect certain statutory provisions for the duration of the national emergency proclaimed December 16, 1950, and 6 months thereafter, notwithstanding the termination of the existing state of war. Witnesses heard at today's morning session were Jefferson D. Burrus and Franklin S. Pollak, both of the Bureau of the Budget; Lt. Col. Floyd Lundberg, Department of Defense; Col. William C. Plott, Air Force; Lt. Col. Allan E. Pool, Air Force; Ralph Picard, Department of Agriculture; John J. Finn, Department of Justice; and Henry S. Sahm and Clarence Bradshaw, both of the Department of the Interior. Adjourned until Wednesday morning, March 12.

HIGHLIGHTS

Monday, March 10, 1952

Chamber Action

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Bills Introduced: 17 bills and I resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2817 to S. 2833; and S. Res. 291. Pages 1999-2000

Bills Reported: Reports were made as follows:

S. 2380, to amend act regulating practice of dentistry in D. C. (S. Rept. 1258);

S. Res. 285, disapproving Reorganization Plan No. 1 on Bureau of Internal Revenue (parts I and II, S. Rept. 1259); and

H. J. Res. 396, providing additional appropriations for salaries and expenses for Motor Carriers Claims Commission for fiscal year 1952, with amendments (S. Rept. 1260).

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Private Bill: Senate adopted H. Con. Res. 203, requesting return by President of H. R. 3219, a private bill, for correction of clerical error.

Page 2003 Tidelands: Senate continued debate on S. J. Res. 20, to provide for continuation of operations under certain mineral leases covering submerged lands of the Continental Shelf, to encourage the development of such leases, and to provide for the protection of the interests of the U. S. in the oil and gas deposits of said lands. Pending at recess was O'Mahoney amendment respecting U. S. title or interest in lands beneath navigable inland waters within boundaries of respective States. (Consideration of committee amendment providing that for 5 years the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to grant oil and gas leases on seaward tidelands shall be subject to approval of State involved, has been temporarily put aside.)

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estimates for the Department of Agriculture, and received testimony in support of these estimates from Secretary of Agriculture Brannan, accompanied by his assistants. Subcommittee continues tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS-MOTOR CARRIER CLAIMS

COMMISSION

Committee on Appropriations: Committee, in executive session, ordered favorably reported with certain amendments H. J. Res. 396, providing additional appropriations for salaries and expenses for Motor Carrier Claims Commission for fiscal year 1952.

Committee also heard the views of Senator McMahon with respect to funds for the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, and Gen. Carl Gray, VA Administrator, who testified on transfer of funds for certain TB hospitals.

DEFENSE PRODUCTION

Committee on Banking and Currency: Committee continued hearings on S. 2594 and S. 2645, amending and extending the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and the Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended, and heard testimony from the following witnesses: Dr. C. W. Pierce and P. L. Haymes, both of Dairy Industry Committee, who favored price decontrol, for dairy products; Charles W. Holman, secretary, National Milk Producers Federation, who favored extension of section 104 on fats and oils; George Paul, National Creameries Association, who opposed price control under title IV, but favored extension of section 104; Russell Fifer, secretary, American Butter Institute, who urged decontrol on butter and dairy products, and favored extension of section 104; E. W. Gaumnitz, National Cheese Institute, who favored extension of section 104; Kenton R. Cravens, ABA, who urged the continuance for 1 year of the voluntary credit restraint and V-loan programs; Cliff D. Carpenter, president, Institute of American Poultry Industries, who testified in favor of decontrol of poultry and poultry products; and Dr. Persia Campbell, National Association of Consumers, who favored the continuance of price controls. Committee continues tomorrow.

TANKERS

Committee on Government Operations: Permanent Investigations Subcommittee continued its hearings on the sale of overseas T-2 tankers, and heard testimony from the following witnesses: L. James Falck, Transportation Division, Maritime Administration; Willard L. Thorp, Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, State Department; Arthur G. Syran, Division of Transportation, Mutual Security Administration; and Joseph S. Oppe, Assistant Chief, National Shipping Service, Maritime Administration. Subcommittee continues tomor

row.

TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Committee continued hearings on bills relating to domestic land and water transportation, and received testimony from Arthur J. Winn, American Pulp Wood Association, who appeared in opposition to S. 2357, and J. G. Kerr, Association of American Railroads, who supported the provisions of S. 2754 and was opposed to S. 2349. Committee continues tomorrow.

INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC RELATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Internal Security Subcommittee continued interrogation of Owen Lattimore, professor at Johns Hopkins University, and questioned him with respect to his associations with and knowledge of numerous individuals and their Communist records. Subcommittee continues Wednesday.

MATERNITY BENEFITS FOR DEPENDENTS OF ARMED FORCES

Committee on Labor and Public Welfare: Health Subcommittee began hearings on S. 1245, to provide maternity and infant care for wives and infants of servicemen, and S. 2337, to provide maternity and infant care for wives and infants, and hospital care for dependents of servicemen, and heard favoring testimony on S. 2337 from the following witnesses: Dr. Martha M. Eliot, Director, Children's Bureau, FSA; Dr. Leona Baumgartner, assistant commissioner of health, New York City Health Department; Miss Hazel Corbin, director, Maternity Center Association; Mrs. Milton Lachenbruch, Spokesman for Children; and Mrs. Edward C. Preble, Orangeburg. N. Y. Hearings continue

tomorrow.

MACHINE TOOLS

Select Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Mobilization and Procurement continued its hearings concerning shortage of machine tools, and heard testimony from Alfred W. Lawson, Des Moines University of Lawsonomy, who testified regarding large profits made on the resale of surplus machine tools purchased in 1947 from the WAA by the university.

Also appearing today were Under Secretary of Air Force Roswell Gilpatrick and Brig. Gen. K. D. Metzger, Chief, Industrial Resources Division, Air Matériel Command, who discussed the effects that the machine-tool shortage had on the Air Force program, and stated that this shortage was the biggest bottleneck in its program. Subcommittee meets again tomorrow.

corporations purchasing stocks in other corporations; and

U. S. District Court Clerk: S. 1345, abolition of certain fees payable to clerk of U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Sent to the Senate without amendment: Life and property protection: H. J. Res. 395, providing for maintenance of public order and protection of life and property in connection with the inaugural ceremonies;

Troops-public buildings: H. J. Res. 394, quartering of troops participating in inaugural ceremonies in certain public buildings;

Permits: H. J. Res. 393, granting of permits to Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies; and

Rent control administrator: H. R. 6805, to increase the salary of the D. C. rent control administrator;

Sent to the Senate, amended:

Unlawful entry statute: H. R. 1758, extending the D. C. unlawful entry statute to refer to public as well as private buildings, and otherwise broaden its terms, with a committee amendment;

Small Claims-Municipal Court: S. 1368, amending act relating to small claims and conciliation branch of the D. C. municipal court, with a committee amendment; and

Daylight-saving time: S. 2667, to establish daylightsaving time in the District of Columbia for 1952 only, with a committee amendment.

Prior to its passage, the House rejected an amendment to the committee amendment that was designed to exempt all Government offices and departments from the daylight-saving time provisions and to keep them on standard time.

Committee on Armed Services: Met for executive consideration of H. R. 6140, authorizing the President to construct or convert modern naval vessels not to exceed 237,500 tons in the following categories: (a) combatant vessels (192,500 tons); (b) auxiliary vessels (37,500 tons); (c) service craft (7,500 tons); (d) existing naval vessels (90,000 tons). Present at this session were Admiral William M. Fechteler, Chief of Naval Operations; and Rear Adm. Homer N. Wallin, Chief, Bureau of

Ships. Adjourned until tomorrow morning when both naval officials are scheduled to return for further testimony.

MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: The Hébert subcommittee continued hearings last Saturday morning relative to its study of procurement practices and policies by the several Armed Forces. Testimony was received from Col. Whitmell Rison and Col. William M. Miles, both of the Air Material Command, Wright Field, Ohio. Adjourned subject to call of the Chair.

FEDERAL PROPERTY

Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments: In executive session the Holifield Subcommittee on Executive and Legislative Reorganization approved for reporting to the full committee H. R. 4924, amended, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to establish and operate motor-vehicle pools and systems and to provide office furniture and furnishings when agencies are moved to new locations, to direct the Administrator to report the unauthorized use of Government motor vehicles.

Also approved for reporting to the full committee, H. R. 5350, amendments to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. Testifying on this measure were Jess Larson, General Services Administrator, accompanied by other officials of that agency; Charles E. Johnson, legislative attorney, General Accounting Office; and Henry Merry, organization and methods examiner, Bureau of the Budget.

INDIAN TRIBAL SUPERVISION Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing, but took no action on, H. J. Res. 8, to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the respective tribes, bands, and groups of Indians under his jurisdiction to determine their qualifications to manage their own affairs without supervision and control by the Federal Government. George V. Labadie, spokesman for the Osage Indians, was the first witness, and he requested that the Osage Tribe be exempt under the terms of the proposed legislation. Miles D. Kennedy, director of the national legislative committee of the American Legion, testified in favor of the bill; and John B. Cleveland, chairman, Colville Business Council, was heard in opposition to the legislation. Adjourned until tomorrow morning for consideration of other pending bills. STOLEN MAIL-FEDERAL PRISONERS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee No. 2 held hearings on H. R. 5424 and S. 2198, to amend the U. S. Code relating to the theft or receipt of stolen mail matter generally. Witnesses heard on this measure were Golden Dagger, Department of Justice; C. C. Garner, Chief Post Office Inspector; W. W. Campbell, Chief,

Legislative Section, Post Office Department; Joseph Cohen, Director, Division of Mail Losses and Depredations, Post Office Department.

Also considered H. R. 3828 and S. 1365, to assist Federal prisoners in their rehabilitation; and H. R. 5363 and S. 2160, to authorize the Attorney General to admit persons committed by State courts to Federal penal and correctional institutions when facilities are available. Speaking on behalf of this legislation was Capt. A. H. Conner, Bureau of Prisons.

Joint Committee Meetings

ATOMIC ENERGY

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy: Subcommittee on Legislation met in executive session with AEC representatives to discuss legislation.

CREDIT CONTROL AND DEBT MANAGEMENT

Joint Committee on the Economic Report: Subcommittee on General Credit Control and Debt Management

began hearings on problems of general credit control, debt management, and monetary policies, and heard views with respect thereto from Secretary of the Treasury Snyder. Hearings continue tomorrow.

PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC REPORT

Joint Committee on the Economic Report: On Saturday, March 8, committee, in executive session, discussed the proposed report on the President's Economic Report, and a subcommittee consisting of Representative Bolling and Senator Flanders was appointed by the chairman to draft an outline for a thorough study of the effect on the economy here and abroad of military and nonmilitary expenditures, the results of the proposed study to be then submitted to the full committee.

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES

Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures: Committee met in executive session to discuss committee business and plans for future studies by the committee.

Tuesday, March 11, 1952

HIGHLIGHTS

Bills Reported: Reports were made as follows:

S. 171, 569, 762, 779, 794, 1420, 1469, 1527, 1555, 1766, 1855, 1891, 2102, 2770, H. R. 748, 1416, 2283, 2775, 2833, S. 992, 1189, 1843, 2051, 2307, 2635, H. R. 3668, S. 365, H. R. 899, and S. Con. Res. 67 and 68, private bills (S. Repts. 1261-1273, and 1275-1291);

S. 2266, to authorize and validate payments of periodic pay increases for temporary indefinite employees of the Department of the Navy (S. Rept. 1274);

S. 2677, to readjust weight and size limitations for appliances for the blind sent through the mails (S. Rept.

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1292); and S. Res. 288, to extend authority of and provide additional funds for Committee on Post Office and Civil Service to investigate personnel needs and practices of the various governmental agencies (S. Rept. 1293)-referred to Committee on Rules and Administration.

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