Mr. WEAVER (at the request of Mr. HECHLER), on account of official busi

ness.

Mr. KARTH (at the request of Mr. HECHLER), on account of official business.

SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED

By unanimous consent, permission to address the House, following the legislative program and any special orders heretofore entered, was granted to:

Mr. PUCINSKI, for 10 minutes, today. Mr. BRUCE (at the request of Mr. REIFEL), for 1 hour, on November 13.

Mr. SIBAL (at the request of Mr. REIFEL), for 1 hour, on November 21.

Mr. HALPERN (at the request of Mr. REIFEL), for 15 minutes, today.

Mr. DERWINSKI (at the request of Mr. REIFEL), for 15 minutes, on November 14.

Mr. MCDOWELL (at the request of Mr. MATSUNAGA), for 30 minutes, today, to revise and extend his remarks, and include extraneous matter.

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

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

Mr. STEED the remarks he made earlier today and to include a tabulation.

(The following Members (at the request of Mr. REIFEL) and to include extraneous matter:)

Mr. BARRY.

Mr. CURTIS.

(The following Members (at the request of Mr. MATSUNAGA) and to include extraneous matter:)

Mr. COOLEY.

Mr. LEGGETT.

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED Mr. BURLESON, from the Committee on House Administration, reported that that committee had examined and found truly enrolled bills of the House of the following titles, which were thereupon signed by the Speaker:

H.R. 2073. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain submerged lands to the Governments of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, and for other purposes;

H.R. 3488. An act to provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the statehood of the State of Indiana;

H.R. 5244. An act to modify the project on the Mississippi River at Muscatine, Iowa, to permit the use of certain property for public park purposes; and

H.R. 7193. An act to provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the first union health center in the United States by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

ADJOURNMENT

Mr. MATSUNAGA. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 5 o'clock and 9 minutes p.m.) the

House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, November 14, 1963, at 12 o'clock

noon.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS,

ETC.

Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

1363. A letter from the Administrator, General Services Administration, transmitting a report on the progress of the liquidation activities of the national defense, war and reconversion activities of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as of the period ended September 30, 1963, pursuant to

Public Law 163, 83d Congress and Reorga

nization Plan No. 1 of 1957 (22 F.R. 4633); to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 1364. A letter from the Acting Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting a draft of a proposed bill entitled "A bill to amend 18 U.S.C. 1114, relating to assaults and homicides, and for other purposes"; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

to benefits on such individual's wage record; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R. 9106. A bill to establish a Commission on Congressional Reorganization, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules.

By Mr. KNOX:

H.R. 9107. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a 10-year net operating loss carryover for losses arising from expropriation, intervention, or confiscation of property by governments of foreign countries and to specify the tax treatment of the recovery of such losses; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. MACDONALD:

H.R. 9108. A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act so as to extend to qualified schools of optometry and students of optometry those provisions thereof relat

ing to student loan programs; to the Com

mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. MATHIAS:

H.R. 9109. A bill to prohibit interference with the free exercise of religion; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. SCHWEIKER:

H.R. 9110. A bill to provide for the health care of senior citizens through a program of voluntary medical and hospital insurance and tax credits, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

1365. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report on the study of the causes and prevention of injuries, health hazards, and other health and safety conditions in metal and nonmetallic mines conducted pursuant to the act of Sep- ness Act to authorize loans to small-business

tember 26, 1961, Public Law 87-300; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC 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. DULSKI: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. H.R. 10. A bill to extend the apportionment requirement in the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883, to temporary summer employment, and for other purposes; with amendment (Rept. No. 897). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. MORRISON: Committee on Post Office

By Mr. STAEBLER:

H.R. 9111. A bill to amend the Small Busi

concerns injured by their inability to process and market certain products because of disease or toxicity in such products; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. BROYHILL of North Carolina: H.R. 9112. A bill to grant officers and employees subject to the Civil Service Act of

January 16, 1883, the opportunity to examine and reply to certain evaluations of their promotion qualifications, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

By Mr. MARSH:

H.R. 9113. A bill to amend section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the furnishing of economic assistance to any country which does not grant to the United States most-favored-nation treatment with respect to the admission of our exports; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. COHELAN:

H.R. 9114. A bill to provide a method for collection of certain erroneous payments of water rents in the District of Columbia; to

By Mr. EDWARDS:

Mr. THOMPSON of New Jersey: Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers. House Report No. 898. Report on the disposition of certain papers of sundry executive departments. Ordered to be printed. the Committee on the District of Columbia. and Civil Service. H.R. 8986. A bill to adjust the rates of basic compensation of certain officers and employees in the Federal Government, and for other purposes; without amendment (Rept. No. 899). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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

By Mr. GRABOWSKI:

H.R. 9104. A bill to provide Federal assistance for projects which will demonstrate or develop techniques and practices leading to improved methods of education of students with epilepsy in public and private schools and institutions of higher learning; to the Committee on Education and Labor.

By Mr. JOELSON:

H.R. 9105. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the period within which (in certain cases) the adoption of a child by the surviving spouse of an insured individual will entitle such child

H. Con. Res. 235. Concurrent resolution relative to planning for peace; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. SMITH of California: H. Con. Res. 236. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. mission to the United Nations to bring the Baltic States question before that body with a view to obtaining the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia; the return of exiles from these nations from slave-labor camps in the Soviet Union; and the conduct of free elections in these nations; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. CAREY:

H.R. 9115. A bill for the relief of Georgious Kaloides; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. EDWARDS:

H.R. 9116. A bill for the relief of Prof. and Mrs. Evangelos Moustakas; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. FASCELL:

H.R. 9117. A bill for the relief of Dr. Rafael L. Fernandez Rivas; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. McDADE:

from the State of Montana, to perform the duties of the Chair during my absence. CARL HAYDEN,

President pro tempore.

By Mr. STINSON:

H.R. 9119. A bill for the relief of Agaram K. Sreekanth; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

PETITIONS, ETC.

Under clause 1 of rule XXII,

450. The SPEAKER presented a petition of Charles W. Winegarner, legislative secretary, Citizens Congressional Committee, Los Angeles, Calif., to take the initial steps necessary to bring about an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which will forever guarantee the protection of our Christian traditions and the right of our people to pray and honor Holy Scripture in their institutions, which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

SENATE

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1963

(Legislative day of Tuesday,
October 22, 1963)

The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, on the expiration of the recess, and was called to order by Hon. LEE METCALF, a Senator from the State of Montana.

The Chaplain, Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, D.D., offered the following

prayer:

Eternal God, in whose peace our restless spirits are quieted: From the flickering torches of our own understanding, into Thy holy light we would lift the difficult decisions of the public service which are focused within these walls. In the brooding silence of this still moment may the open windows of faith flood our darkness with the radiance of the eternal, that in Thy sunshine's blaze this toiling day may brighter, fairer be.

Clothe

We give Thee thanks for all interpreters of Thy mind who, with brush or pen or winged words, bring even one more syllable of reality, one more gleam of the truth which makes men free. our failing flesh with Thy renewing grace, as now we bring our incompleteness to Thy completeness. Grant us inner greatness of spirit and clearness of vision to meet and match the large designs of this glorious and challenging day, that we may keep step with the drumbeat of Thy truth which is marching on.

In the dear Redeemer's name we pray. Amen.

DESIGNATION OF ACTING PRESI-
DENT PRO TEMPORE
The legislative clerk read the follow-
ing letter:

U.S. SENATE, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Washington, D.C., November 13, 1963. To the Senate:

Being temporarily absent from the Senate, I appoint Hon. LEE METCALF, a Senator

tary of the Interior to convey certain submerged lands to the governments of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, and for other purposes;

H.R. 2073. An act to authorize the Secre

H.R. 3488. An act to provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the 150th

anniversary of the statehood of the State of Indiana;

H.R. 5244. An act to modify the project on the Mississippi River at Muscatine, Iowa, to permit the use of certain property for public park purposes; and

H.R. 7193. An act to provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the 50th health center in the United States by the anniversary of the founding of the first union International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

TRANSACTION OF ROUTINE
BUSINESS

On request of Mr. MANSFIELD, and by unanimous consent, it was ordered that there be a morning hour, with state

ments limited to 3 minutes.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I move that the Senate proceed to the consideration of executive business, to consider the nomination on the Executive Calendar.

The motion was agreed to; and the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business.

EXECUTIVE MESSAGE REFERRED

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate messages from the President of the United States submitting sundry nominations, and withdrawing the nominations of Col. Alfred Carlisle Harrison, Col. Erwin Case

Hostetler, Col. Robert Louis Stevenson, and Col. Thomas Roberts White, all of the Adjutant General's Corps, for appointment as Reserve commissioned officers of the Army in the grade of major general, which nominating messages were referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

(For nominations this day received, see the end of Senate proceedings.)

EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

The following favorable reports of nominations submitted:

By Mr. JOHNSTON, from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service:

One hundred and sixty-six postmaster nominations.

By Mr. MAGNUSON, from the Committee on Commerce:

Otto E. Graham, Jr., to be a member of the permanent commissioned teaching staff of the Coast Guard Academy, as an associate professor with the grade of commander; and William R. Gill, and sundry other persons, for appointment in the U.S. Coast Guard.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. If there be no further reports of committees, the nomination on the Executive Calendar will be stated.

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

The Chief Clerk read the nomination of Philip Elman, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the term of 7 years, from September 26, 1963.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. pore. Without objection, the nomination is confirmed.

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the President be immediately notified of the confirmation of this nomination.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. pore. Without objection, the President will be notified forthwith.

LEGISLATIVE SESSION

On motion of Mr. MANSFIELD, the Senate resumed the consideration of legislative business.

CONGRATULATIONS TO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I move that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 619, Senate Resolution 218.

The motion was agreed to; and the resolution (S. Res. 218) conveying to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council congratulations for its contributions to science and technology was considered and agreed to, as follows:

Resolved, That the Senate hereby joins tion in conveying to the National Academy with the President and people of our Naof Sciences and the National Research Council of such Academy congratulations and appreciation for the many outstanding contributions made by the Academy during the

past one hundred years, and in expressing high confidence that the Academy will continue to serve the best interests of this country and all mankind.

The preamble was agreed to.

TRANSACTION OF ROUTINE

BUSINESS

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the order previously entered, morning business is in order.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES The following reports of committees were submitted:

By Mr. MAGNUSON, from the Committee on Appropriations, with amendments:

H.R. 8747. An act making appropriations for sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 641). By Mr. JOHNSTON, from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, with amendments:

S. 1561. A bill to amend the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 (Rept. No. 642).

By Mr. SPARKMAN, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, without amendment:

REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF NONESSENTIAL FEDERAL EXPENDITURES-FEDERAL STOCKPILE INVENTORIES Mr. BYRD of Virginia. Mr. President, as chairman of the Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, I submit a report on Federal stockpile inventories as of July 1963. I

ask unanimous consent to have the report printed in the RECORD, together with a statement by me.

There being no objection, the report and statement were ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

Helium.....

Total, all inventories___

92,317, 100

2,208,600 90, 108, 500 92,317, 100

Detailed tables in this report show each commodity, by the major categories summarized above, in terms of quantity and cost value as of the beginning and end of the month. Net change figures reflect acquisitions, disposals, and accounting and other adjustments during the month.

The cost value figures represent generally the original acquisition cost of the commodities delivered to permanent storage locaessing, upgrading, et cetera, costs as cartions, together with certain packaging, procried in agency inventory accounts. tities are stated in the designated stockpile

unit of measure.

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INTRODUCTION

This is the 44th in a series of monthly reports on Federal stockpile inventories. It is for the month of July 1963.

The report is compiled from official data on quantities and cost value of commodities in these stockpiles submitted to the Joint

The stockpile inventories covered by the report are tabulated in detail as follows:

Table 1: Strategic and critical materials inventories (all grades), July 1963 (showing by commodity net changes during the month in terms of cost value and quantity, and excesses over maximum objectives in

terms of quantity as of the end of the month).

Table 2: Agricultural commodities inventories, July 1963 (showing by commodity net changes during the month in terms of cost value and quantity).

Table 3: Civil defense supplies and equipment inventories, July 1963 (showing by item net changes during the month in terms of cost value and quantity).

Table 4: Machine tools inventories, July 1963 (showing by item net changes during the month in terms of cost value and quantity).

Table 5: Helium inventories, July 1963 (showing by item net changes during the month in terms of cost value and quantity).

New stockpile objectives

The Office of Emergency Planning is in strategic and critical materials. Table 1 of the process of establishing new objectives for this report reflects the new objectives for 12 materials.

Appendix B contains excerpts from the Office of Emergency Planning statement setting forth the new policy with respect to objectives for strategic and critical materials.