INCREASE IN RETIRED PAY OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE FORMER LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE

The bill (H.R. 8761) to provide an increase in the retired pay of certain members of the former Lighthouse Service, was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the RECORD an excerpt from the report (No. 699), explaining the purposes of the bill.

There being no objection, the excerpt was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of the bill is to provide an increase in annuities for members of the

former Lighthouse Service to place them on an equal status which recipients of civil service annuities.

BACKGROUND

H.R. 8761, and an identical bill, S. 2216, were requested by the Secretary of the Treasury in an executive communication.

The Lighthouse Service was merged with the Coast Guard in 1939 and the remaining civilian employees of the Service continue to serve until they reach retirement age. As of May 31, 1965, the Service has 546 retirees, with 82 still on active service.

The retirement system for these individuals is separate from the Civil Service Retirement Act and previously attempts have been made to equalize the benefits. However, Lighthouse Service retirees received no increase when civil service retirees were given a 5-percent increase in 1962.

The bill as introduced provided for a similar 5-percent increase for the Lighthouse Service retirees, but the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries believed a greater increase should be made because they have not benefited from this increase for the past 3 years. Accordingly, the Coast Guard was requested to calculate that percentage which, on an annuity basis, would place Lighthouse Service retirees on a parity with civil service retirees. As a result of those studies, which indicate a 6.5-percent figure, the House amended the bill to that figure. The Senate Committee on Commerce accepts the 6.5-percent figure.

INVITATIONS FROM FOREIGN PARLIAMENTARY BODIES

The resolution (S. Res. 145) to provide for responding to invitations from foreign parliamentary bodies was announced as next in order.

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, this resolution has been referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration, and I believe it is on the calendar in error.

BILL PASSED OVER

The bill (S. 1826) to amend title V of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 relating to certain claims against the Government of Cuba, was announced as next in order.

Mr. MANSFIELD. Over, Mr. President.

ance with regulations promulgated by the committee, shall procure such pins or emblems and award them to Members, officers, and employees of the Senate who are entitled thereto.

SEC. 3. The expenses incurred in procuring such pins or emblems shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate on vouchers signed by the chairman of the committee.

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the RECORD an excerpt from the report (No. 702), explaining the purposes of the resolution.

There being no objection, the excerpt was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

Senate Resolution 21 would authorize the Committee on Rules and Administration to

provide for the awarding of service pins or emblems to Members, officers, and employees of the Senate, and to promulgate appropriate regulations governing the awarding of such pins or emblems. The pins or emblems would be of a type appropriate to be attached to the lapel of the wearer, and would be of such appropriate material and design and contain such characters, symbols, or other matter as determined by the committee.

In accordance with the committee's directive, the Secretary of the Senate would procure the pins or emblems and award them to the Members, officers, and employees who qualify. The expenses incurred in procuring the pins or emblems would be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate on vouchers signed by the chairman of the committee. tion has made a preliminary survey of the The Committee on Rules and Administraprocedures and qualification requirements established by a number of Government agencies for the awarding of service pins. If Senate Resolution 21 is agreed to by the Senate, the committee will issue implementing regulations to make the service awards proposal operative.

Regulations tentatively approved by the committee would provide, in pertinent part, as follows:

1. Type of award: The service pins or emblems shall be of a material and design and shall contain characters, symbols, and other matter as selected by the committee. In each case the recipient of an award will also be presented with an appropriate certificate of service, signed by the Secretary of the Senate.

2. Awards made annually: Early in 1966, the Secretary of the Senate shall arrange an appropriate ceremony for the initial awards

AWARDING OF SERVICE PINS OR EMBLEMS TO MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE SENATE

The resolution (S. Res. 21) providing for the awarding of service pins or emblems to Members, officers, and employees of the Senate was considered

and agreed to, as follows:

Resolved, That the Committee on Rules and Administration is hereby authorized to provide for the awarding of service pins or emblems to Members, officers, and employees of the Senate, and to promulgate regulations governing the awarding of such pins or emblems. Such pins or emblems shall be of a type appropriate to be attached to the lapel of the wearer, shall be of such appropriate material and design, and shall contain such characters, symbols, or other matter, as the committee shall select.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Senate, under direction of the committee and in accord

and employees of the Senate who were on the Senate payroll on date Senate Resolution 21 is agreed to and who at the end of the year 1965 were qualified for such award. Each recipient of these initial awards shall receive a single pin or emblem corresponding to his highest period of qualifying service. On an annual basis thereafter, the Secretary

of the Senate shall arrange similar ceremonies for the presentation of awards to those who qualify therefor during the preceding calendar year.

3. Eligibility for award: The award of a pin or emblem to a Member, officer, and employee of the Senate shall be made after completion of 10 years of Senate service. Subsequent awards shall be made after the completion of succeeding 5-year periods up to and including 50 years of Senate service. Former employees of the Senate who previously have completed a minimum of 25 years of service shall also be eligible for an award upon application to the Secretary of the Senate.

4. Senate service defined: Senate service shall be limited to all service, whether continuous or not, performed while on the Senate payroll.

FANNIE E. HOLLOWAY

The resolution (S. Res. 146) to pay a gratuity to Fannie E. Holloway was considered and agreed to, as follows:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate hereby is authorized and directed to pay, from the contingent fund of the Senate, to Fannie E. Holloway, widow of John H. Holloway, an employee of the Senate at the time of his death, a sum equal to nine and one-half months' compensation at the rate he was receiving by law at the time of his death, said sum to be considered inclusive of funeral expenses and all other allowances.

AUTHORIZATION TO STATE OF NEW MEXICO TO PLACE A STATUE OF THE LATE DENNIS CHAVEZ IN THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL COLLECTION

The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 46) to authorize placing temporarily in the rotunda of the Capitol the statue of the late Senator Dennis Chavez was considered and agreed to, as follows:

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Senator Dennis Chavez Statuary Hall Commission is hereby authorized to place temporarily in the rotunda of the Capitol a statue of the late Dennis Chavez, of New Mexico, and to

hold ceremonies in the rotunda on said occasion, and the Architect of the Capitol is hereby authorized to make the necessary arrangements therefor.

ACCEPTANCE BY CONGRESS OF A STATUE OF THE LATE DENNIS CHAVEZ IN THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL COLLECTION

The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 47) to authorize the acceptance by Congress of the statue of the late Dennis Chavez was considered and agreed to, as follows:

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the statue of the late Dennis Chavez, presented by the State of New Mexico, is accepted in the name of the United States, and that the thanks of Congress be tendered to the State for the contribution of the statue of one of its most eminent citizens, illustrious for his historic renown and distinguished civic services; and be it further

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, suitably engrossed and duly authenticated, be transmitted to the Governor of New Mexico.

AUTHORIZATION TO PRINT AS SENATE DOCUMENT PROCEEDINGS INCIDENTAL TO ACCEPTANCE AND DEDICATION OF A STATUE OF THE LATE DENNIS CHAVEZ IN THE NATIONAL STATUARY HALL COLLECTION

The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 48) to print as a Senate document the proceedings of the presentation, dedication, and acceptance by Congress of the statue of the late Senator Dennis Chavez was considered, and agreed to, as follows:

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the proceedings at the presentation, dedication, and acceptance of the statue of Dennis Chavez, to

be presented by the State of New Mexico in the rotunda of the Capitol, together with appropriate illustrations and other pertinent matter, shall be printed as a Senate document. The copy for such Senate document shall be prepared under the supervision of the Joint Committee on Printing.

SEC. 2. There shall be printed five thousand additional copies of such Senate document, which shall be bound in such style as the Joint Committee on Printing shall direct, and of which one hundred copies shall be for the use of the Senate and two thousand eight hundred copies shall be for the use of the Members of the Senate from the State of New Mexico, and five hundred copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives and one thousand six hundred copies shall be for the use of the Members of the House of Representatives from the State of New Mexico.

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the RECORD an excerpt from the report (No. 703) explaining the purposes of the three concurrent resolutions.

There being no objection, the excerpt was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

EXPLANATION OF THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS

Senate Concurrent Resolution 47 Senate Concurrent Resolution 47 would provide that the statue of the late Dennis Chavez, presented by the State of New Mexico as its first contribution to the National Statuary Hall collection, be accepted in the name of the United States; and that the thanks of Congress be tendered to the State for this statue of "one of its most eminent

citizens, illustrious for his historic renown and distinguished civic services."

Senate Concurrent Resolution 46 Senate Concurrent Resolution 46 would authorize the Senator Dennis Chavez Statuary Hall Commission to place the Chavez statue temporarily in the rotunda of the Capitol and to hold appropriate ceremonies in connection therewith. The Architect of the Capitol would be authorized to make the necessary arrangements.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 48

Senate Concurrent Resolution 48 would provide that the proceedings in the rotunda at the presentation, dedication, and acceptance of the Chavez statue, together with appropriate illustrations and other pertinent matter, be printed as a Senate document. The copy for the document would be prepared under the supervision of the Joint Committee on Printing. There would be printed and bound 5,000 additional copies of such document, of which 100 copies would be for the use of the Senate (1 per Member), 2,800 for the use of the Members of the Senate

from the State of New Mexico (1,400 each), and 1,600 copies for the use of the Members of the House of Representatives from the State of New Mexico (800 each).

and agencies of the Government of the United States operating, assisting, or otherwise concerned with museums; (3) cooperate with museums and their professional organizations in a continuing study of museum problems and opportunities; (4) assist museums and their professional organizations in training career employees in museum practices; (5) prepare and distribute significant museum publications; and (6) perform research on, and otherwise contribute to, the development of museum techniques.

And, in lieu thereof, to insert:

SEC. 2. (a) The Director of the National Museum under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall

(1) cooperate with museums and their professional organizations in a continuing study of museum problems and opportunities, both in the United States and abroad;

(2) prepare and carry out programs for training career employees in museum prac

tices in cooperation with museums and their professional organizations, wheresoever these may best be conducted;

(3) prepare and distribute significant museum publications;

(4) perform research on, and otherwise contribute to, the development of museum techniques;

(5) cooperate with departments and agencies of the Government of the United States operating, assisting, or otherwise concerned with museums; and

(6) shall report annually to the Congress on progress in these activities.

(b) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $200,000 for any fiscal year, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

So as to make the bill read:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "National Museum Act of 1965".

SEC. 2. (a) The Director of the National Museum under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution shall

(1) cooperate with museums and their professional organizations in a continuing study of museum problems and opportunities, both in the United States and abroad;

(2) prepare and carry out programs for training career employees in museum practices in cooperation with museums and their professional organizations, wheresoever these

may best be conducted;

(3) prepare and distribute significant museum publications;

(4) perform research on, and otherwise contribute to, the development of museum techniques;

(5) cooperate with departments and agencies of the Government of the United States

operating, assisting, or otherwise concerned

with museums; and

(6) shall report annually to the Congress on progress in these activities.

(b) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums, not to exceed $200,000 for any fiscal year, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. The first paragraph under the heading "National Museum" contained in the Act of July 7, 1884 (23 Stat. 214; 20 U.S.C. 65), is amended by deleting the following sentence: "And the Director of the National Museum is hereby directed to report annually to the Congress the progress of the museum during the year and its present condition.".

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I move that the amendments be considered en bloc.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request of the Senator

from Montana? The Chair hears none, and the amendments are considered and agreed to en bloc.

The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

The preamble was amended, so as to read:

House of Representatives for a period of sixty days, after which the unused balance shall revert to the respective Senate and House Document Rooms.

Passed the House of Representatives August 17, 1965.

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the RECORD an excerpt from the restitute cultural and educational institutions port (No. 705), explaining the purposes of the concurrent resolution.

Whereas the museums of the Nation con

of great importance to the Nation's progress; and

Whereas national recognition is necessary to insure that museum resources for preserving and interpreting the Nation's heritage may be more fully utilized in the enrichment of public life in the individual community: Now, therefore,

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the RECORD an excerpt from the report (No. 704), explaining the purposes of the bill.

There being no objection, the excerpt was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

its activities of service to other museums.

There being no objection, the excerpt was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

House Concurrent Resolution 451 would authorize the printing of 54,200 additional copies of House Document 234 of the 84th Congress, entitled "The Prayer Room in the United States Capitol," of which 43,900 would be for the use of the House of Representatives (100 per Member) and 10,300 would be for the use of the Senate (100 per Member). The copies of the document would be prorated to the Members of Congress for a period of 60 days, after which the unused balances would revert to the respec

tive House and Senate document rooms.

CONGRESS IN THEIR HOME STATES OR DISTRICTS

The purpose of S. 1310 is to give recogni- OFFICE SPACE FOR MEMBERS OF tion to the Nation's museums as significant cultural and educational institutions and to assist the museum field by authorizing the Smithsonian Institution to strengthen Specifically, it would provide for cooperative and coordinated programs of museum training, research, surveys, and publications, to be carried out by the Director of the National Museum under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Section 3 of the bill would repeal an obsolete reporting provision.

COST OF THE LEGISLATION

The Smithsonian has traditionally supported activities to benefit the museum community. Such activities are being carried forward on a modest scale. It is because they have proved so effective that this legislation is recommended. The Smithsonian estimates that the expansion of these activities, as specified in the act, would entail an annual expenditure of $200,000. On the basis of comprehensive testimony presented at the hearing on this legislation, conducted on June 24, 1965, by the Subcommittee on the Smithsonian Institution under Senator CLAIBORNE PELL'S chairmanship, this investment is much needed and would prove of substantial value to the Nation's museums, now numbering over 5,000 and visited by Americans an estimated 300 million times a year.

AUTHORIZATION OF PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL COPIES OF "THE PRAYER ROOM IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL"

The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 451) authorizing the printing of additional copies of "The Prayer Room in the United States Capitol" was considered and agreed to, as follows:

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be printed fifty-four thousand two hundred additional copies of House Document Numbered 234 of the Eighty-fourth Congress, entitled "The Prayer Room in the United States Capitol", of which forty-three thousand nine hundred copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives and ten thousand three hundred copies shall be for

the use of the Senate.

SEC. 2. Copies of such document shall be prorated to Members of the Senate and

The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H.R. 10014) to amend the act of July 2, 1954, relating to office space in the districts of Members of the House of Representatives which had been reported from the Committee on Rules and Administration with amendments, on page 1, line 3, after the word "That", to insert "(a)"; and, at the top of page 2, to

insert:

(b) The second paragraph under the subheading "Administrative Provisions" under the heading "SENATE" in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 52), is amended to read as follows:

"Each Senator shall be entitled to office space suitable for his official use at not more than two places designated by him in the State he represents. The Sergeant at Arms is authorized and directed to secure for each Senator such suitable office space in post offices or other Federal buildings at the places designated by each Senator in the State he represents: Provided, That in the event suitable space is not available in post offices or other Federal buildings at one or both of the places desginated by a Senator within his State, such Senator may lease or rent other office space for the purpose at such place or places, and the Sergeant at Arms shall approve for payment from the contingent fund statements of rentals due in an amount not of the Senate vouchers covering bona fide exceeding $2,400 for any fiscal year for such Senator."

The amendments were agreed to.

The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time.

The bill was read the third time, and passed.

The title was amended, so as to read: "An Act to amend the Act of July 2, 1954, relating to office space in the districts of Members of the House of Representatives, and the Act of June 27, 1956, relating to office space in the States of Senators".

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the RECORD an excerpt from the report (No. 706), explaining the purposes of the bill.

There being no objection, the excerpt was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows:

H.R. 10014 as referred would amend the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955, as amended, by increasing from $1,200 to $2,400 per year the rental allowance of Members of the House of Representatives for office space in their home districts. The other provi

sions of law relating to the rental procedure

applicable to Members of the House of Representatives (see below) would remain unsolete terms "the Delegate from Alaska, the Delegate from Hawaii."

The Committee on Rules and Administration has amended H.R. 10014 by adding a new subsection to the first section of the bill revising the provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957, which relate to office space in the home States of Senators. The revised provisions would increase from $1,200 to $2,400 the maximum amount which could be paid in any fiscal year as rent for privately owned space for Senators in their home States, to correspond to the above-described change in the provisions relating to House Members. In addition, the revision contains other changes in the provisions relating to Senators designed to bring

about uniformity in the provisions applicable to the two Houses. The most significant of these changes provides that Senators also will be entitled to office space in two places in space will be in post offices or other Federal their home States. Where available, this office buildings at places designated by the Senator, and in such cases no rent will be paid on privately owned space. If, however, suitable Federal space is not available at one or both of the places designated by a Senator, rent will be paid under the revised provior places, as the case may be, where suitable sions on privately owned space at the place Federal space was not available. Whether rental space is obtained at one or both of the designated places, the total amount that could be paid for any Senator during any fiscal year could not exceed $2,400.

Section 2 of the bill provides that the changes described above will be effective on the first day of the first month which begins after the date of enactment of the bill. Thus, for the fiscal year in which the bill is enacted only that part of the increased rental attributable to the remaining months of that fiscal year would be available.

The committee has also amended the title of the bill to reflect the changes made by its amendments to the text of the bill.

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, that concludes the call of the calendar.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.

the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call

Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

TRANSACTION OF ROUTINE
BUSINESS

By unanimous consent, the following routine business was transacted:

APPOINTMENTS BY THE VICE

PRESIDENT

The VICE PRESIDENT. The Chair, pursuant to Public Law 84-689, appoints the following Senators as delegates to the 11th NATO Parliamentary Conference, to be held in New York City be

By Mr. SCOTT:

of the United States under the direction of civic and patriotic organizations such as Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. The 450 Sertoma Clubs throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico have a freedom program which dates back nearly half a century. Last year more than 5 million copies of the Declaration of Independence were distributed by Sertoma Clubs in the United States. The Utah Education Association has fully endorsed the freedom program as one which helps to instill better citizenship in our youth.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there be printed at the end of my remarks a letter dated August 27, 1965, which I have received from H. A. Zethren, president of Sertoma International, indicating that organization's extional, indicating that organization's executive committee has unanimously approved the sponsorship of a congressional resolution relating to Freedom Sunday and Freedom Week.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The joint resolution will be received and appropriately referred; and, without objection, the letter will be printed in the

RECORD.

The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 110) to authorize the President to issue annually proclamations designating the Sunday of each year which occurs immediately preceding February 22 as Freedom Sunday

By Mr. BENNETT:

S.J. Res. 110. Joint resolution to authorize

the President to issue annually proclamations designating the Sunday of each year which occurs immediately preceding February 22 as Freedom Sunday and the calendar week of each year during which February 22 occurs as Freedom Week; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

(See the remarks of Mr. BENNETT when he introduced the above joint resolution, which appear under a separate heading.)

FREEDOM WEEK-FREEDOM

SUNDAY

Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I am today introducing a Senate joint resolution to authorize the President to issue annually proclamations designating the Sunday of each year which occurs immediately preceding February 22 as February 22 as Freedom Sunday and the calendar week of each year during which February 22 occurs as Freedom Week.

I think it most proper and fitting that a Freedom Sunday and a Freedom Week be proclaimed each year to act as a constant reminder to each of us of the heritage which we as Americans enjoy in this great land. Likewise, I think the most appropriate time for celebrating these events is during the week in which we commemorate the birth of our first President, George Washington.

It is with some pride that I announce that the suggestion for a National Freedom Sunday and a Freedom Week originated with the Salt Lake City Sertoma Club. For the past 6 years, the Utah Governor and the mayors of various cities have by proclamations set aside Freedom Sunday and Freedom Week, at the request of Utah's Sertoma Clubs. Similar celebrations have been held in other areas

ing which February 22 occurs as Freedom Week, introduced by Mr. BENNETT, was received, read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

The letter presented by Mr. BENNETT is as follows:

SERTOMA INTERNATIONAL, August 27, 1965. Hon. WALLACE F. BENNETT, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. DEAR SENATOR BENNETT: The Executive Committee of Sertoma International, in its regular meeting of August 19, 20, 21, 1965, unanimously approved the activity of Dr. Levi E. Reynolds of Salt Lake City, in seeking the sponsoring and approval of a resolution of Congress, authorizing the President to issue annually, proclamations designating a Freedom Sunday. Therefore, as president of Sertoma International, and speaking for our entire membership, I respectfully join in requesting your sponsorship of the attached resolution directing such authorization.

We, in Sertoma, have observed over a period of years, the complacence and lethargy of our people generally in regard to that precious freedom heritage given us in our Declaration of Independence, and guaranteed

to us in our Constitution. Our forefathers had such regard for these freedom principles, that they gave of their substance and even their lives to assure our children and succeeding generations, this freedom heritage and its related opportunities, as exemplified in our free enterprise system and its precious freedoms of speech and religious wor

ship.

This complacence of our citizens generally, caused us in Sertoma, to feel that a gradual deterioration of these freedom principles can take place as the years go by, unless we have a means of creating a renewed awareness of a means of creating a renewed awareness of this heritage of freedom. We also feel the this heritage of freedom. We also feel the need of implanting in the minds and hearts of our children, an appreciation and understanding of these basic freedom principles standing of these basic freedom principles

that have enabled us to achieve a stature as a nation that we now enjoy, and that have given us our abundant way of life.

This is the thing that has motivated us as an international service club organization, to establish our freedom program, that has been cited year after year by the Freedom's Foundation at Valley Forge. We feel, though, that there is so much at stake, that we cannot guard our freedom program as a selfish personal program and interest, but must share it with everyone as an American way of life program.

We, in Sertoma, are grateful for your understanding of, and dedication to, these great freedom principles, and your willingness to give of yourself in sponsoring this resolution. I will be pleased to hear of any suggestions that you may have for us as an assist to you in your sponsorship of the resolution. Sincerely,

H.A. ZETHREN,

President.

Mr. CARLSON subsequently said: Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a joint resolution introduced this morning by the Senator from Utah [Mr. BENNETT] lie at the desk for 10 days for cosponsors before it is referred to the appropriate committee.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

REPEAL OF SECTION 14(b) OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACTAMENDMENTS

AMENDMENTS NO. 442 AND 443

Mr. MUNDT (for himself and Mr. McCLELLAN) submitted two amendments, intended to be proposed by them, jointly, to the bill (H.R. 77) to repeal section 14(b) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, and section 705(b) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 and to amend the first proviso of section 8(a) (3) of the National Labor Relations Act, amended, which were ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.

as

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ACT OF 1965-AMENDMENTS

AMENDMENT NO. 444

Mr. MUNDT (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of North Dakota, Mr. CURTIS, and Mr. PEARSON) Submitted amendments, intended to be proposed by them, jointly to the bill (H.R. 9811) to maintain farm income, to stabilize prices and assure adequate supplies of agricultural commodities, to reduce surpluses, lower Government costs and promote foreign trade, to afford greater economic opportunity in rural areas, and for other purposes, which were ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.

WASHINGTON WORLD CONFERENCE ON WORLD PEACE THROUGH LAW

Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. President, I ask the Presiding Officer to lay before the Senate a message received today from the House of Representatives, and ask for its immediate consideration.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The

Chair lays before the Senate a concur

rent resolution received today from the House of Representatives, which will be stated.

The legislative clerk read as follows:
H. CON. RES. 468

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the people of the United States welcome to their shores the jurists and members of the legal profession of these many nations and will join with them in this important effort to build world peace.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request of the Senator from South Dakota?

There being no objection, the concurrent resolution was considered and

agreed to.

The preamble was agreed to.

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS OF BILL

Mr. PEARSON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the names of Senators BAYH, CURTIS, TYDINGS, and YOUNG of Ohio be added as cosponsors of the bill (S. 2411) for the establishment of a commission to study and appraise the organization and operation of the executive branch of the Government, at its next printing.

The Advisory Board, chosen from members of wildlife organizations, farm organizations, State fish and game agencies, and members of the general public, will make recommendations on wildlife policy relating to farm programs.

These new provisions, which I proposed in July, were added to title V of the farm bill by the Committee on Agriculture. They create an unusual opportunity for the farmer or rancher, who needs more income, and the urban resident, who needs more outdoor recreation space.

This program provides the best opportunity in recent years to greatly expand outdoor recreation opportunity through a small dollar investment in our rural areas.

The need is clear. The demand for recreational space, based on the availability of all kinds of outdoor resources, ability of all kinds of outdoor resources, is creating so much pressure that a substantial part of this increasing demand will have to be met on private land if it is met at all. This is because of resistance to public land acquisition in many areas and lack of sufficient public The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without money to buy and manage the recreation objection, it is so ordered. space that is needed.

ADDITIONAL COSPONSOR OF

RESOLUTION

Mr. HARTKE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that, at the next printing of the resolution (S. Res. 142) proposing a study to determine feasibility of utilizing trade credits issued by the International Monetary Fund to facilitate international trade, the name of the Senator from New York [Mr. JAVITS] be added as a cosponsor.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS OF CON

CURRENT RESOLUTION Under authority of the order of the Senate of September 1, 1965, the names of Mr. BIBLE, Mr. CANNON, Mr. FONG, Mr. HART, Mr. JORDAN of Idaho, Mr. MCGEE, Mr. McGOVERN, Mr. RANDOLPH, and Mr. TOWER were added as cosponsors of the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 55) to express the sense of Congress relative to certain water problems confronting the United States and Canada, submitted by Mr. Moss on September 1, 1965.

FARM BILL INCLUDES WILDLIFE SERVICE PAYMENTS

Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, I am pleased that the farm bill we are considering today includes a new wildlife service payments program and a permanent wildlife Advisory Board to the Secretary of Agriculture.

The service payments program will compensate farmers and ranchers who agree to manage idled cropland for wildlife and permit the public to use it without charge for hunting, fishing, trapping, hiking, and other types of recreation. It also gives State fish and game agencies an opportunity to assist in carrying out the wildlife recreation aspects of our farm program.

This new program has widespread support from leading farm and conservation organizations. It has enthusiastic endorsement of the Farmers Union, National Grange, National Wildlife Federation, International Association of Game, Fish, and Conservation Commissioners, Midwest Pheasant Council, Wildlife Management Institute, Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissioners, North American Wildlife Foundation, and the J. N. "Ding" Darling Foundation.

In addition to providing a change in land use policy from the standpoint of recreation, this program also can reverse the serious and longtime downward trend in farm game populations. The great concern of conservationists over this trend is not prompted so much by the need for increasing hunting opportunity need for increasing hunting opportunity as it is to maintain farm game populations in the face of increasingly intentions in the face of increasingly intensive farming practices.

Farming practices are becoming more and more unfavorable to wildlife in most parts of the United States, but particularly in the Midwest. Two of our best game birds, the quail and the pheasant, are most seriously affected because they require nesting cover in hayfields and similar areas. But habitat for all kinds of small game grouse, rabbits, doves. partridge, and many others-is disappearing.

The trend to more cultivated row crops such as corn and soybeans at the expense of small grains and hay is drastically reducing the acreage of these nesting cover crops. Crop rotation patterns have shifted away from the corn-oats-hay of recent years, eliminating the nesting cover it provided. Improved harvesting cover it provided. Improved harvesting and weed control methods have sharply cut waste grain and weeds that once furnished food and cover for farm wildlife.

Cover for all types of wildlife also has been reduced by the trend toward "clean" farming: clearing of woodlots and brushy fence rows, burning and draining

of marshy areas, indiscriminate spraying of weed and brush killers on fence rows and roadsides, and heavier grazing.

All these factors have cut small game numbers in our rural areas. And because of them our city sportsmen will soon have to look to properly managed private land for hunting opportunity. Farmers are willing and able to provide the management and the management and hunting access that is needed in many instances, but they should have some assistance to do

This cropland retirement program, with the wildlife and recreation aspects properly emphasized, provides the incentives that will make that possible.

The wildlife service payments program goes hand in hand with the cost-sharing soil and water conservation practices that farmers would be expected to adopt in idling cropland. Such practices as pond building and tree and shrub planting help provide habitat for fish and wildlife, land use permanence for furbearing animals, and badly needed nesting and feeding areas for migrating waterfowl.

The service payments program will encourage positive programs of wildlife management on retired cropland and make several million acres available for public use. This management and use would be administered in cooperation with our State fish and game agencies, giving them an opportunity to apply their know-how to this aspect of the farm program.

In administering this provision, the Secretary will use these State agencies as his technical arm to work with farmers in adopting wildlife practices, designating desirable areas in which the additional payment should be offered, evaluating the worth of the land for wildlife use, and formulating rules governing the use of the land. Where necessary, these agencies will assist the Secretary in determining compliance.

The service payments program is not mandatory in any respect. A producer who did not want to open his land to public access under this provision would not be precluded from participating in the program, applying wildlife uses to the land, and permitting limited public access on a fee basis. In such cases, of course, he would not be entitled to the wildlife service payment. I think this is a creative opportunity to expand our wildlife habitat and recreation opportunities at the same time.

THE AMERICAN DREAM

Mr. PEARSON. Mr. President, Kansas is perhaps the only place on the face of the earth in which it was said that a newspaper was started before there was any news to print. Henry King, an early Kansas journalist of some renown and a lover of colorful exaggeration, made this statement in 1906. His reference was to the Kansas Weekly Herald whose first issue was published at Leavenworth on September 15, 1854.

It has been said, too, that Kansas has more newspapers per capita than any other State. Among these newspapers are the one- or two-man or family oper