Mr. TOLLEFSON: Committee of conference. S. 2408. An act to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to provide a national defense reserve of tankers and to promote the construction of new tankers, and for other purposes; without amendment (Rept. No. 2431). Ordered to be printed.

Mr. ARENDS: Committee of conference. H. R. 6725. A bill to extend the authority for the appointment of certain officers in the Regular Navy and Marine Corps (Rept. No. 2432). Ordered to be printed.

Mr. WOLVERTON: Committee of conference. S. 2846. An act to amend certain provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Rept. No. 2433). Ordered to be printed.

Mr. VORYS. Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. R. 9910. A bill to amend section 413 (b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946; without amendment (Rept. No. 2434). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. ALLEN of Illinois: Committee on Rules. House Resolution 653. Resolution for consideration of H. R. 8498, a bill authorizing construction of works to reestablish for the Palo Verde Irrigation District, Calif., a means of diversion of its irrigation water supply from the Colorado River, and for other purposes; without amendment (Rept. No. 2435). Referred to the House Calendar.

Mr. ALLEN of Illinois: Committee on Rules. House Resolution 654. Resolution for consideration of H. R. 8384, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Talent division of the Rogue River Basin reclamation project, Oregon; without amendment (Rept. No. 2436). Referred to the House Calendar.

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Mr. ALLEN of Illinois: Committee Rules. House Resolution 655. Resolution for consideration of H. R. 3534, a bill to authorize the extension of patents covering inventions whose practice was prevented or curtailed during certain emergency periods by service of the patent owner in the Armed Forces or by production controls; without amendment (Rept. No. 2437). Referred to the House Calendar.

Mr. ALLEN of Illinois: Committee on Rules. House Resolution 656. Resolution for consideration of H. R. 9413, a bill to reorganize the Capitol Police force in order to increase its efficiency in the performance of its duties; without amendment (Rept. No. 2438). Referred to the House Calendar.

Mr. ALLEN of Illinois: Committee on Rules. House Resolution 657. Resolution for consideration of H. R. 9390, a bill to extend certain civilian-internee and prisoner-ofwar benefits under the War Claims Act of 1948, as amended, to civilian internees and American prisoners of war captured and held during the hostilities in Korea; with amendment (Rept. No. 2439). Referred to the House Calendar.

Mr. ALLEN of Illinois: Committee on Rules. House Resolution 658. Resolution for consideration of S. 3137, an act to make the provisions of the act of August 28, 1937, relating to the conservation of water resources in the arid and semiarid areas of the United States, applicable to the entire United States, and to increase and revise the limitation on aid available under the provisions of the said act, and for other purposes; without amendment (Rept. No. 2440). Referred to the House Calendar.

Mr. HOFFMAN of Michigan: Committee on Government Operations. H. R. 9835. A bill to provide for the termination of Government operations which are in competition with private enterprise; with amendment (Rept. No. 2441). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE 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. BURDICK: Committee on the Judi

ciary. H. R. 1156. A bill for the relief of William H. Barney; without amendment (Rept. No. 2349). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. LANE: Committee on the Judiciary.

H. R. 1785. A bill for the relief of Herman

E. Mosley; with amendment (Rept. No. 2350). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. LANE: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 5125. A bill for the relief of the children of the late Mateo Ortiz Vazquez; with amendment (Rept. No. 2351). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7594. A bill for the relief of Yin Mow Moy; without amendment (Rept. No. 2352). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. JONAS of Illinois: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 5586. A bill for the relief of Constantine Nitsas; without amendment (Rept. No. 2353). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. LANE: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 6978. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Lorenza O'Malley (de Amusategui); with amendment (Rept. No. 2354). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. BURDICK: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7073. A bill for the relief of Irving I. Erdheim; with amendment (Rept. No. 2355). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. LANE: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7750. A bill for the relief of Kermit R. Lay, Sr.; with amendment (Rept. No. 2356). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. BURDICK: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 8307. A bill for the relief of Virginia Hell; with amendment (Rept. No. 2357). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. JONAS of Illinois: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 8606. A bill for the relief of Neil C. Hemmer and Mildred Hemmer; with amendment (Rept. No. 2358). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. LANE: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 8810. A bill for the relief of William Martin, of Tok Junction, Alaska; without amendment (Rept. No. 2359). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 717. A bill for the relief of Henriette Matter; with amendment (Rept. No. 2361). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. CELLER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 785. A bill for the relief of Apostolos Vasili Percas; without amendment (Rept. No. 2362). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Miss THOMPSON of Michigan: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 822. A bill for the relief of Sister Giuseppina Giaccone; without amendment (Rept. No. 2363). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. HYDE: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 826. A bill for the relief of Zbigniew Wolynski; without amendment (Rept. No. 2364). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 832. A bill for the relief of Katharine Balsamo; with amendment (Rept. No. 2365). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 839. A bill for the relief of Sister Mary Gertrude (Mary Gertrude Kelly);

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 2393. A bill for the relief of Brother Eugene Cumerlato; without amendment (Rept. No. 2370). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Miss THOMPSON of Michigan: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 3013. A bill for the relief of Spyridon Saintcufis and Mrs. Efrossini Saintoufis; without amendment (Rept. No. 2371). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 3330. A bill for the relief of Milos Hamza and Mrs. Jirina Hamza; with amendment (Rept. No. 2372). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 3507. A bill for the relief of Maj. Elias M. Tsougranis; without amendment (Rept. No. 2373). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 4015. A bill for the relief of Josef, Paula, and Kurt Friedberg; without amendment (Rept. No. 2374). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 4103. A bill for the relief of Alberto D'Agliano; with amendment (Rept. No. 2375). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 4426. A bill for the relief of Andrea Paulette Quatrehomme; with amendment (Rept. No. 2376). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Miss THOMPSON of Michigan: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 4427. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Helena Piasecka, without amendment (Rept. No. 2377). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 4581. A bill to legalize the entry of Solomon Joseph Sadakne, a native of Syria; with amendment (Rept. No. 2378). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. CELLER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 4815. A bill for the relief of without amendment Alexander Petsche; (Rept. No. 2379). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 4908. A bill for the relief of Pietro Petralia; without amendment (Rept. No. 2380). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 4969. A bill for the relief of Basilios Xarhoulacos; without amendment (Rept. No. 2381). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 5553. A bill for the relief of Dr. Lu Jenlung, without amendment (Rept. No. 2382). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 5978. A bill for the relief of Chung Fook Yee Chung, without amendment (Rept. No. 2383). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. HYDE: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 6492. A bill for the relief of Rodolfo Navarro; with amendment (Rept. No. 2384). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 6752. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Maria Giuseppa De Lisa Quagliano; with amendment (Rept. No. 2385). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7051. A bill for the relief of Mary George Solomon; without amendment (Rept. No. 2386). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Miss THOMPSON of Michigan: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7053. A bill for the relief of Elisabeth Stiegler Lewis; without amendment (Rept. No. 2387). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. HYDE: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7080. A bill for the relief of Bartolomeo Montalto; with amendment (Rept. No. 2388). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7243. A bill for the relief of Namiko Nitoh and her child, George F. X. Nitoh; without amendment (Rept. No. 2389). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House. Mr. HYDE: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7252. A bill for the relief of Glicerio M. Ebuna; without amendment (Rept. No. 2390). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. CELLER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7406. A bill for the relief of Janis Arvids Reinfelds; without amendment (Rept. No. 2391). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. CELLER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7463. A bill for the relief of Theodora Sammartino; without amendment (Rept. No. 2392). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. HYDE: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7498. Á bill for the relief of David Manuel Porter; without amendment (Rept. No. 2393). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Miss THOMPSON of Michigan: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7499. A bill for the relief of Charles Chan; without amendment (Rept. No. 2394). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7572. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Marjorie Fligor (nee Sproul); with amendment (Rept. No. 2395). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 7947. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Erika (Hohenleitner) Stapleton; with amendment (Rept. No. 2396). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. HYDE: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 8065. A bill for the relief of Carlos Francisco, Manriqueta Mina, and Roberto Mina Ver; without amendment (Rept. No. 2397). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 8115. A bill for the relief of Tannous Estephan, with amendment (Rept. No. 2398). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Miss THOMPSON of Michigan: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 8244. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Dorothy Nell Woolgar Allen; with amendment (Rept. No. 2399). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. CELLER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 8554. A bill for the relief of Maria M. Khoe; without amendment (Rept. No. 2400). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 8557. A bill for the relief of Ezio Bertoni; without amendment (Rept. No. 2401). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 8936. A bill for the relief of Dana Evanovich; without amendment (Rept. No. 2402). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 9336. A bill for the relief of Marianne Geymeier; with amendment (Rept. No. 2403). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. HYDE: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 9512. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Franziska (Han) Rigau; with amendment (Rept. No. 2404). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. CELLER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 9844. A bill for the relief of Gabriella

Sardo; without amendment (Rept. No. 2405). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. WALTER: Committee on the Judiciary. H. R. 9953. A bill for the relief of Mr. Fu-Ho Chan and Mrs. Fu-Ho Chan; without amendment (Rept. No. 2406). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 232. An act for the relief of Hugo Kern; without amendment (Rept. No. 2407). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 354. An act for the relief of Inger Larsson; without amendment (Rept. No. 2408). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 447. An act for the relief of Vasiliki Tountas (nee Vasiliki Georgion Karoumbali); without amendment (Rept. No. 2409). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 810. An act for the relief of Jan E. Tomczycki; without amendment (Rept. No. 2410). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 974. An act for the relief of certain Chinese children; without amendment (Rept. No. 2411). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 1798. An act for the relief of Charles Peroulas; without amendment (Rept. No. 2412). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 1940. An act for the relief of Michela Aurucci; without amendment (Rept. No. 2413). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 2135. An act for the relief of Fernando A. Rubio, Jr., without amendment (Rept. No. 2414). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 2214. An act for the relief of Peter James Copses, Beatrice Copses, Victoria Copses, and James Peter Copses; without amendment (Rept. No. 2415). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 2363. An act for the relief of Dr. Mien Fa Tchou and his wife, Li Hoei Ming Tchou; without amendment (Rept. No. 2416). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 2411. An act for the relief of Ruth Berndt; without amendment (Rept. No. 2417). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 2456. An act for the relief of Martin Genuth; without amendment (Rept. No. 2418). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 2510. An act for the relief of Paul Lewerenz and Margareta Ehrhard Lewerenz;

without amendment (Rept. No. 2419). Re-. ferred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 2594. An act for the relief of Paolino Berchielli, his wife Leda, and daughter Alba; without amendment (Rept. No. 2420). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 2607. An act for the relief of Faustino Achaval Aldecoa and his wife, Carmen Achaval (nee Cortabitarte); without amendment (Rept. No. 2421). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 2635. An act for the relief of Nadeem Tannous and Mrs. Jamile Tannous; without amendment (Rept. No. 2422). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 3126. An act for the relief of Waltraut Claassen; without amendment (Rept. No. 2423). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Concurrent Resolution 83. Concurrent resolution favoring the suspension of deportation in the case of certain aliens; without amendment (Rept. No. 2424). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Concurrent Resolution 92. Concurrent resolution favoring the suspension of deportation in the case of certain aliens; with amendment (Rept. No. 2425). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

Mr. GRAHAM: Committee on the Judiciary. S. 231. An act for the relief of Otmar Sprah; without amendment (Rept. No. 2426). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House.

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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

By Mr. BENTLEY:

H. R. 9980. A bill to make certain increases in the annuities of annuitants under the Foreign Service retirement and disability system; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. ENGLE:

H. R. 9981. A bill to provide for the construction of distribution systems on authorized Federal reclamation projects by irrigation districts and other public agencies; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

By Mr. FOGARTY:

H. R. 9982. A bill to amend section 1 (d) of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

By Mr. MASON:

H. R. 9983. A bill to amend section 723 of the Internal Revenue Code; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. PILCHER:

H. R. 9984. A bill to provide for adjustments in the lands or interests therein ac

quired for the Jim Woodruff Reservoir, Ga., by the reconveyance of certain lands or interests therein to the former owners thereof; to the Committee on Public Works.

By Mrs. ST. GEORGE:

H. R. 9985. A bill to amend the Trading With the Enemy Act; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

By Mr. SMITH of Mississippi:

H. R. 9986. A bill to provide Federal assistance to business enterprises, communities, and individuals injured by tariff reductions; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. TOLLEFSON:

H. R. 9987. A bill to amend certain provisions of title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to facilitate private financing of new ship construction, and for other

By Mr. FULTON:

H. R. 9988. A bill for the relief of the Fed

Judiciary.

By Mr. COLE of New York:

H. R. 9990. A bill for the relief of Mrs.

on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. JACKSON:

H. J. Res. 565. Joint resolution to amend the joint resolution providing for the membership of the United States in the Pan American Institute of Geography and History and authorize appropriations therefor; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. FULTON:

H. J. Res. 566. Joint resolution to provide for increasing the salary and allowances of the present Chief of the United States Mission to Guatemala; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

By Mr. WOLCOTT:

H. Con. Res. 259. Concurrent resolution to provide for the Joint Committee on Tin; to the Committee on Rules.

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

By Mr. LANE:

H. R. 9989. A bill for the relief of Thomas F. Harney, Jr., doing business as the Harney

the Judiciary.

By Mr. GUBSER:

H. R. 9991. A bill for the relief of Irma Fontanini Citti; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. REED of Illinois:

H. R. 9992. A bill for the relief of Hans Kuzura; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. SCUDDER:

H. R. 9993. A bill for the relief of Joseph Righetti and Marjorie Righetti; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. SMITH of Mississippi: H. R. 9994. A bill for the relief of Riley Aircraft, Inc.; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mrs. SULLIVAN (by request): H. R. 9995. A bill for the relief of Walter Oppenheim; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. WALTER:

H. R. 9996. A bill for the relief of Susan Ellen Heiney; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. BURDICK:

H. Res. 659. Resolution providing for sending to the United States Court of Claims the bill (H. R. 9334) for the relief of Walter W. Flora and Mildred L. Flora, doing business as Flora Engineering Co.; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

PETITIONS, ETC.

Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows:

1111. By Mr. DEROUNIAN: Petition of Mrs. Mary E. Wind of Bayville, N. Y., and approximately 125 other signers, urging favorable action by the Congress on the bill (H. R. 9434) to place the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point on a permanent basis; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

1112. By the SPEAKER: Petition of the chairman, Kushiro Municipal Assembly, Kushiro, Japan, requesting that efforts may be taken to prohibit the experiment of Aand H-bombs as soon as possible; to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.

The Late Honorable Joe Farrington

EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF

HON. ROBERT HALE

OF MAINE

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, July 21, 1954

Mr. HALE. Mr. Speaker, Maine had its primary election on June 21, and so I was not on the floor on that day to join in the eulogies to my friend Joe Farrington, the late Delegate from Hawaii. I shall always regret this. No

one could have been fonder of Joe Far

rington than I was, and no one could have had a greater admiration for his capacity and character as a legislator. There was no Member of our body

better qualified to render a decision on any question that can arise here than

Joe Farrington. Yet, under the peculiar terms on which he served, he was disqualified from voting on any question even if it was one of vital importance to the people whom he represented. I often wondered how he endured a situation which to me would be so humiliat ing and galling. But he did endure it with the utmost cheerfulness as he endured all the vicissitudes and frustra

tions of his service here.

Back in the year 1931 I first met Joe Farrington's father, the Honorable Wallace Rider Farrington, then Governor of Hawaii. His family came from the town of Brewer in Penobscot County, Maine. The Farringtons have always been a good Maine family. Joe and his father took the utmost pride in their Maine ancestry and were always deeply interested in all the affairs of the State. It was on that account that I first got to know Joe Farrington and so to become

fond of him, when we arrived here together in the 78th Congress in January 1943.

As everyone knows, Joe's ambition was to make Hawaii the 49th State of the Union and all his labors in this vineyard were with that ultimate objective in mind. He could not have conducted this struggle with more dignity, more intelligence, and more ability. Statehood bills actually passed the House in June 1947 and in March 1950, but these triumphs were in vain because in each of these sessions the Senate failed to act. In the present Congress the House passed the statehood on March 7, 1953, and the

Senate passed a statehood bill on April 1, 1954, but tied Alaska up with Hawaii, disentangled. I should like to say with and up to this point they have not been all possible emphasis that Hawaii should be given statehood before the present Congress adjourns. Joe Farrington needs no monument for his services, but Hawaii deserves justice, and I am convinced that statehood is no more than justice for this great and progressive Territory.

Joe Farrington was a good man and a man. He had reasonable Yankee shrewdness. He also had a tolerance and a temperateness which must have been his birthright as a citizen of those beautiful islands where, more than anywhere else in the entire world, people from all nations and of all races have learned to work together in democratic association for the common good.

Joe had Yankee culture behind him. He had the training of a famous American university. But he also was a product of Polynesian culture which is more remarkable than many of our people realize.

I particularly agree with what Walter Judd has said about Joe Farrington.

He had great vision. He realized that this country could not hope to lead the world in the cause of freedom if its own institutions were defaced by racism and intolerance. He knew from earliest youth in Hawaii that to be a human being did not necessarily mean to be a Caucasian; and that, as far as Asia is concerned, the Asians would accept Communist supremacy rather than white supremacy. He knew that to be a good American did not depend on the color of the skin. To judge Joe Farrington's life work one must realize the spiritual greatness of his concept of America.

Mr. Speaker, you did me the honor to appoint me a member of the official delegation which went from this House to last resting place in Nuuanu Cemetery, accompany our colleague's ashes to their Honolulu, and to attend the mémorial services which were held for him in the constituency which he represented so worthily.

That visit to Hawaii, though it could

not have been sadder, was deeply revealing to me and I shall always be happy that I was able to make the journey. People in Hawaii told me that not since the end of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 has there been such an outpouring of affection, respect, and grief as was manifested for our colleague. This I can readily believe.

In addition to the funeral services held

in the Congregationalist Church, our delegation attended the ceremonies where our colleague's ashes lay in state in the throne room of the Iolani Palace. That was one of the most extraordinary tributes to a man that I can imagine. Hour after hour the people of the Territory came to do reverence to Joe's memory while various groups of his people sang chants and funeral music in

his honor. Nothing could have been more moving.

Quite apart from Joe Farrington's character and achievements as a legislator I would pay tribute to him as a human being. A delightful host, a selfless friend, convivial in the best sense, sharing in the joys of life, one could never find a more charming companion. It is hard to understand that we shall not see him again in the flesh.

I want to take this occasion to express my sympathy to Betty Farrington his devoted wife, the very able partner in all his work, and to his two children of whom he was so fond who owe so much to his devotion.

Defense Contracts With General Motors

Corp.

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

OF

HON. CHARLES S. GUBSER

OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, July 21, 1954

Mr. GUBSER. Mr. Speaker, I recently received a request from one of my constituents to obtain for him information regarding defense contracts placed by this Government with the General Motors Corp. "Is it true," my constituent inquired, "that the United States has cancelled defense contracts with many industrial firms, but not a single one with General Motors?"

In order to reply, I requested the Department of Defense to release statistics showing the status of such contract cancellations, and I believe the answer to be of sufficient general interest to bring it to public attention.

I have in my possession a table showing cumulative net totals of military prime contract awards of $10,000 or more to all business firms in the United States in one column, and to the General Motors Corp. in another column, at 6-month intervals since Korea and through April 1954. The table shows that contract cancellations since June 1953 reduced the General Motors total from $7,095,800,000 to $6,728,900,000 in contracts of $10,000 or more. It also shows that the ratio of General Motors to all United States contracts of that size is now lower than at the end of any fiscal or calendar year since Korea. While at the end of June 1951, General Motors' ratio was 8 percent of the total, and stood at 7.2 percent at the end of the 1953 fiscal year, it dropped to 6.4 percent of the total by April 30, 1954.

According to the Defense Department, these General Motors figures include all contracts with subsidiaries and divisions of that corporation.

Mr. Speaker, there has been a considerable amount of loose talk and insidious

rumor mongering on this subject, and to my knowledge, this is the first time that a clear-cut refutation has been furnished by authoritative sources, citing dollars and cents to set the record straight.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, July 21, 1954

Mr. BYRD. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heaviness of spirit that I feel compelled to make these remarks bearing upon the frenzied diplomatic activities of our country and the other members of the coalition, Britain and France.

In the face of all evidence, and almost in defiance of reason, I, like so many million other Americans, have been hoping against hope that the situation in Indochina could be retrieved. Against our better judgment, we have let ourselves believe that the flurry of diplomatic activities these last several weeks could somehow change the essentials of a sorry situation. Eagerly we have snatched up the latest newspaper and hopefully listened to the last word on the broadcasts, devoutly wishing, in our souls, for some miraculous extraction from the pit into which which weak, vacillating policy has plunged the Western World.

To be sure, a dramatic effort has been made to put substance into froth, as is evidenced by the abstention of America from Geneva, by the winging of Secretary Dulles to Paris, and by the dispatch of Under Secretary Smith to Geneva. I

am not unmindful of the efforts of the

Department of State or the administration to establish and hold a firm policy relative to Communist aggression in Asia. I acknowledge, and not grudgingly, that Mr. Dulles has been energetic and zealous in this pursuit. But the fact remains, Mr. Speaker, that when the last headline has been made, when the last broadcast has been completed, when the last flight has been checked in, the net

result of all of this show is another and a substantial victory for the Communists—a victory that is not going to be contained within its present dimensions, but one that will spill over into other parts of Asia to be felt around the entire world.

What happens, Mr. Speaker, between the high-sounding, avowed purpose of our diplomacy and the regrettable accomplished result? The words are phrased in one way, but they come out as an entirely different record. This, the case of Indochina, is not an isolated example of how our morally proclaimed foreign policy comes to a shabby end. In fact, Mr. Speaker, not only is it not an isolated example, but it is, in fact, the pattern.

What disturbs me enormously-and I know that I largely speak the sentiments of this body-is the official thinking, as reflected in end-official policy, that it is an all-right arrangement to assent to carving up the world into zones to be handed over to the Communists at the price of an alleged armistice. This, it would seem to me, is appeasement by partition.

We are aghast at the notion that we should allow the Communists, at this stage of the game, to take over a whole country. This would be aggression; this could constitute imperialism; this would be repugnant to the West's moral code. But, somehow, it becomes all right to countenance, if not to actually assist in, the division of a country into two parts. Just how does it become a right and moral proposition to consign 2 million people to Communist slavery if it is an unthinkable thing to allow Communist conquest of 10 million people? morals divisible by arithmetic, Mr. Speaker? Can a moral principle be halved or separated into quarters? Does the application of a percentage table, applied to human slavery, make it palatable to the world?

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I have said it before, and I shall say it often, the Lord willing, that what is morally wrong can never be politically right, and no amount of transoceanic flights or communiques or highly touted unity can make it right.

That which is going on, that which is being covered up with a shower of diplomatic language, Mr. Speaker, is a negotiation of conditional surrender in Indochina. Despite the mumbo-jumbo which pretends that great new starts are in the making along the diplomatic front, a country is being halved in such a way and under such circumstances that the

Communists will be in position to gain full control ultimately.

This did not need to happen. It may be a convenient expedient for our State Department at this stage of the game to pretend that the United States is merely an onlooker, to give off with that handsoff statement, "I'm only waiting for a streetcar," but the fact remains, Mr. Speaker, that we footed the big end of the war costs in Indochina-something like 70 percent of the French expenditures-and, to make matters worse, it looks very much as though the Communists are about to fall heir to a most

valuable cache of military loot-armament and supplies that will equip them well for new aggressions.

This is the same thing that happened in Korea. Do not we ever learn? Where is the coordination between our diplomats, our intelligence services, and the military? We should have been informed as to what French intentions were; we ought to have been apprised of the way the fighting was going; we should have known what the ultimate prospect was. But, above all, we should have been cognizant of the point at which it became advisable to plug the military pipeline.

But all of these considerations, important as they are, are swallowed up in the larger question: When, where, and how will the West stop falling back before the onpressing Communist tide?

As I have said before, Mr. Speaker, none but the whole world will suffice to satisfy the aggressive appetite of Communist imperialism. Each day brings evidence of that anew. As for ourselves, we must decide when we are going to cease being sold on successive retreats and we must decide to look the full threat of Communist imperialism in the face. We can no longer afford the luxury of wishful thinking. It has already started the free world down the road to defeat.

Today Is a Black Day for Freedom

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

OF

HON. PATRICK J. HILLINGS

OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, July 21, 1954

Mr. HILLINGS. Mr. Speaker, Communist tyrants across the world are rejoicing today. At dawn this morning in Geneva 12 million human beings were sold into Communist slavery by the action of leaders of the free world with the

exception of the United States. The boundary line of the Iron Curtain was moved forward to include 77,000 square miles of territory in Indochina. This is, indeed, a black day for those who believe in the principles of human freedom and the dignity of man. This is a day which

has strengthened the Communist hand immeasurably and which has undoubtedly advanced the date when we may be faced with world war III.

Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Se

lect Committee on Communist Aggression, I have just returned from hearings conducted in Europe. I listened to scores of witnesses who had escaped from behind the Iron Curtain and who told us in graphic detail of conditions there and

of what it means to live under the Com

munist heel. In addition, I visited the Soviet zone of Germany to briefly inspect that area and I talked with a large number of individuals in other parts of Europe in an effort to understand the situation. Last month, prior to joining the Committee on Communist Aggression in Europe, I was in Guatemala on the eve of the successful revolution which overthrew the Red regime.

As a result of my service on this committee, I am completely convinced that the more the free world surrenders to the Communists, the greater the chances are of a third world war. The stronger we allow the Reds to become the sooner they will proceed with their plans to destroy the United States and all remaining free nations.

The best allies the free world has today are the millions of people behind the Iron Curtain who know and understand the terrible consequences of communism. The Soviet Union and her Communist satellites do not dare risk war today for fear that the Communist world would collapse and that the enslaved peoples would turn on the Soviet masters. Just as the Guatemalan Army refused to defend the Red regime against the anti-Communist forces attempting to overthrow it, the satellite armies of the Soviets would not defend their Communist masters today if war should come. However, a few years from now the Reds hope to consolidate their gains by ruthless liquidation of leaders of anti-Communist movements behind the Iron Curtain. When that time comes, the Soviet Union and other Communist nations will be ready for all-out war.

It is essential that the leaders of the free world understand this basic fact: The Russians do not want war today. They are not prepared for it. If we are willing to risk war in order to stand firm against Communist demands and pressures, the Reds will have no choice but to back down in the face of such a determined position on the part of the free peoples. If we are not willing to take such a strong stand, the Communists will continue to gain in their plans for world conquest until such time as they are prepared for all-out conflict.

Those who talk of peaceful coexistence with Communists are making a terrible mistake. There can be no peaceful coexistence with the devil. Peaceful coexistence means giving the Communists time to gather the necessary strength to destroy us. It is my sincere hope and prayer that the leaders of the free world will awaken to this fact.

General Agreement on Trade and Tariff

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

OF

HON. HUBERT B. SCUDDER

OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, July 21, 1954

Mr. SCUDDER. Mr. Speaker, I am very much interested in the operation of GATT. The reason for my interest lies in the fact that my district is one that is much affected by the tariff question. We grow wine and wool in my district. We grow cherries and walnuts and hops. We have lumber, shingles, and hardboard production. We have tuna fisheries.

These products are all sensitive to import competition and unless proper protection is provided, imports can drive any of these producers to the wall. For this reason the tariff and how it is administered is of the greatest importance to us. That accounts for my interest in the operation of GATT.

This is an international body that meets once a year, usually in Geneva, Switzerland, and it concerns itself with questions arising from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. GATT wields a great many powers over tariff and trade matters that I do not recall Congress giving up. It is something of a mystery how GATT came into possession of these powers. We in Congress did not deliver them.

If the Tariff Commission makes a recommendation to the President to raise a duty under the escape clause and if the President complies with the recommendation, GATT reviews the case to determine whether the action was justified. This has happened in every case that has been approved by the President to date when a protest was lodged by a GATT member.

Also when Congress in 1951 passed a law calling on the President to withdraw trade agreement concessions from Communist-controlled countries, we were not free to do so with respect to Czechoslovakia although that country had gone behind the Iron Curtain. Why were we not free after Congress passed and the President approved a law that we do so? It was because Czechoslovakia is a mem

generation. Eventually they will be in a position to overtake us.

Mr. Speaker, Premier Mendes-France returns to his country today and Mr. Anthony Eden returns to his to proreturn to their countries from Geneva claim peace in our time. They will where they sat at the conference table with ruthless murderers of innocent people who represented the Communist nations. They will not mention the rendered at Geneva. They will place no great moral principles which they sursignificance on the fact that Communist Poland and pro-Communist India will control the so-called free elections which are scheduled for Vietnam under the terms of the Geneva agreement. This means there will be no free elections but only a Communist victory. Today is indeed a black day for freedom.

that body at its next meeting in Geneva whether we could withdraw from our trade agreement with Czechoslovakia.

cided that we were free to make the After debating the issue GATT de

withdrawal.

issue should be discussed by the ConIt is my opinion that the entire tariff gress and a law passed for the guidance ments. I am not one who would exclude of those who affect our trade agreetrading, nor do I believe in excessively live and let live, but that our trade nehigh tariffs. I believe that we should gotiations should be realistic.

There is a great difference in the standard of living between various countries. There are climatic conditions that alter the customs of various places which should be taken into consideration. I believe that there is a solution to the entire trade program, but