HIGHLIGHTS

Thursday, January 23, 1964

Bills Reported: Reports were made as follows:

S. Res. 285, authorizing an additional $10,000 for expenses of Committee on Armed Services (no written report)—referred to Committee on Rules and Administration; and

S. Res. 286, authorizing $190,000 for expenses of the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services (no written report)-referred to Committee on Rules and Administration.

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Senate Rules: By 57 yeas to 25 nays (motion to reconsider tabled), Senate adopted without amendment S. Res. 89, to amend Senate rule VIII so as to require that for 3 hours each day the debate on the floor of the Senate be germane to the pending business.

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Small Business Investment: Senate disagreed to House amendments to S. 298, to encourage the growth of small business investment companies, asked for conference, and appointed as conferees Senators Proxmire, Robertson, Sparkman, Douglas, Neuberger, McIntyre, Simpson, Tower, and Dominick.

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of Government employees assigned to duty in Alaska, was passed without amendment and cleared for President.

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Government Transferred Records: Senate passed without amendment and cleared for President H.R. 4801, authorizing the GSA Administrator to make administrative determinations on the basis of records transferred to him.

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Government Employees: S. 1833, authorizing Federal agencies to provide quarters and subsistence for civilian employees where conditions of employment require same, was passed without amendment. Pages 1089-1090 Confirmations: The following nominations were confirmed: Ellsworth Bunker, of Vermont, to be U.S. Representative on the Council of Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador; Edwin M. Martin, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to Argentina; C. Burke Elbrick, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to Yugoslavia; and Tyler Abell, of D.C., to be an Assistant Postmaster General.

Page 1093 Nominations: Senate received nominations of Carl T. Rowan, of Minnesota, to be Director of U.S. Information Agency; and one judicial nomination. Adjournment: Adjourned at 5:46 p.m.

Committee Meetings

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

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Committee on Armed Services: Committee, in executive session, ordered favorably reported H.R. 7356, to change the method of selection of candidates for appointment to the Military and Air Force Academies (amended); an original resolution requesting $190,000 for expenses of the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee; an original resolution requesting an additional $10,000 for committee expenses; and 4,693 nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force, including those of Cyrus R. Vance, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense; Stephen Ailes, to be Secretary of the Army; Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster, for special assignment in the grade of lieutenant general, Army; Maj. Gen. Harold C. Connelly, for spe

cial assignment in the grade of lieutenant general, Air Force; and Rear Adms. John B. Colwell and Reynolds D. Hogle for special assignments in the rank of vice admirals in the Navy.

STOCKPILING

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on the National Stockpile and Naval Petroleum Reserves met in executive session to consider proposed amendments to S. 2272, proposed Materials Reserve and Stockpile Act. Subcommittee will hold open hearings on this bill and proposed amendments thereto tomorrow.

FIREARMS

Committee on Commerce: Committee resumed its hearings on S. 1975, S. 2345, and other legislation to amend the Federal Firearms Act so as to regulate more strictly the interstate shipment and ownership of guns, with testimony from Representatives Sikes and Flynt; James V. Bennett, Director, Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice; Judge Bartlett Rummel, Superior Court of the State of Washington, Tacoma; B. K. Goodwin, National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association; Irvine C. Porter, Alabama Bar Association, Birmingham; and Woodson D. Scott, of the law firm of Lord, Day & Lord, New York City.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

QUALITY STABILIZATION ACT

Committee on Commerce: Special subcommittee continued its hearings on S. 774, to promote quality and price stabilization, with testimony from William Orrick, Assistant Attorney General; Andrew Biemiller, Department of Legislation, AFL-CIO; and Joseph M. Klamon, professor at Washington University, St. Louis. Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 5.

D.C. MATTERS

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Business and Commerce held hearings on the following two bills:

H.R. 6128, relating to the regulation of life insurance companies in the D.C., with testimony from Thomas F. Moyer, Assistant Corporation Counsel, and Albert Jordan, Superintendent of Insurance, both of the D.C. government; and John J. Jaskot, United Services Life Insurance Co.; and

H.R. 6413, to permit the packaging of smaller quantities of dairy products in the D.C., with testimony from R. W. Skinner, East Coast Ice Cream Novelties, Laurel, Md.; Thomas F. Moyer, who was accompanied by Dr. George D. Coffee, Chief, Milk and Veterinary Division, D.C. Department of Public Health; and Ernest A. Tupper, American Can Co., Washington, D.C. Hearings were adjourned subject to call.

TAXATION

Committee on Finance: Committee, in executive session, concluded action on and ordered favorably reported with amendments H.R. 8363, proposed Revenue Act of 1964. It was announced that the report would be ready in a week or 10 days.

Actions taken by the committee today would:

(1) Delete from the bill amendment No. 228-the so-called Long (Louisiana) simplified tax method;

(2) Preserve House provisions of Section 202(a)— Investment Credit-Repeal of Basis Adjustment Provision;

(3) Reject amendment No. 377-redefining “Head of Household";

(4) Delete from the bill excise tax reductions previously approved by the committee;

(5) Adopt amendment No. 381-increasing limitation on retirement income in the case of certain married couples; and

(6) Increase from $50,000 to $70,000 the ceiling on group term life insurance provisions.

Sundry other proposed amendments were rejected by the committee.

PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments continued its hearings on S.J. Res. 139, and other pending legislation, proposing amendments to the Constitution with regard to Presidential and Vice-Presidential succession and inability, having as its witnesses Senators Javits, Moss, Hruska, Church, and Long of Missouri.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

NOMINATION

Committee on Labor and Public Welfare: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Donald F. Hornig, of New Jersey, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology.

INVESTIGATION-SENATE EMPLOYEES

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed its hearings in connection with the financial and business activities of Senate employees and former Senate employees, having as its witnesses Al H. Drennan, Jr., a committee investigator; Dorsey H. Etzler, Fraternal Federal Savings & Loan Association, Baltimore; William C. Rogers, Jr., Title Guarantee Corp. of Baltimore; Harry Cropper and R. H. Rhett, both of the Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C.; Meredith Hoffmaster, Baltimore branch, SBA; Richard Darling, telephone page, Office of the Secretary for the Majority; and John Yingling, a former employee of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

Chamber Action

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Senate Rules: Senate began consideration of S. Res. III, to amend Senate rule XXV so as to permit committees to meet while the Senate is in session until the end of the morning hour. Pages 1153-1154

Treaties Reported: Protocol amending the interim convention on conservation of North Pacific fur seals, signed at Washington October 8, 1963, on behalf of Canada, Japan, U.S.S.R., and the U.S. (Ex. O, 88th Cong., 1st sess.), was reported (Ex. Rept. 1).

Protocol for the prolongation of the International Sugar Agreement of 1958, dated at London August 1, 1963 (Ex. R, 88th Cong., 1st sess.), was reported (Ex. Rept. 2).

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Confirmations: The following nominations were confirmed: Cyrus Roberts Vance, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense; Stephen Ailes, of the D.C., to be Secretary of the Army; Donald F. Hornig, of New Jersey, to be Director of Office of Science and Technology; two

FIREARMS Committee on Commerce: On Friday, January 24, committee continued its hearings on S. 1975,

Committee on Armed Services: On Friday, January 24, Subcommittee on the National Stockpile and Naval Petroleum Reserves held hearings on S. 2272, proposed Materials Reserve and Stockpile Act, with testimony from Simon D. Strauss, American Smelting & Refining Co., and James Boyd, Copper Range Co., both appearing in behalf of the American Mining Congress; Leon E. Hickman, Aluminum Co. of America; Aubrey Fletcher, C. Tennant Sons Co. of New York; and Maurice J. Connell, Commissioner, Defense Materials Service, General Services Administration.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

HOUSING FORECLOSURES

Committee on Banking and Currency: The Housing Subcommittee held hearings to receive testimony on foreclosure problems of the Federal Housing Administration from FHA Commissioner Philip N. Brownstein. Hearings continue tomorrow, when officials of the GAO will be heard.

S. 2345, and other legislation to amend the Federal Firearms Act so as to regulate more strictly the interstate shipment and ownership of guns. Witnesses heard were Dr. Gerald D. Atlas, who was accompanied by Leslie E. Field, both representing Shore Galleries, Chicago; La Dow Johnston, president, Ohio Gun Collectors Association, Toledo, who also represented the American Society of Arms Collectors and Michigan Gun Collectors Association; Raymond L. Sargent, Texas Rifle & Pistol Association, Houston; David J. Steinberg, Alexandria, Va.; James Linford and James J. Vaughn, who represented Suffolk County Fish & Game Association of New York. Hearings continue on Thursday, January 30. INVESTIGATION-SENATE EMPLOYEES Committee on Rules and Administration: On Friday, January 24, committee continued its investigation into financial and business activities of Senate employees and former Senate employees, having as its witnesses Maywood Boggs, an officer of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, AFL-CIO; C. William Tayler, River Park Mutual Homes, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Harry Johnson, Cooperative Housing Division, Federal Housing Administration; and Lorin Drennan, a committee investigator.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

Chamber Action

Bills Introduced: 16 public bills, H.R. 9745-9760; 8 private bills, H.R. 9761-9768; and 7 resolutions, H.J. Res. 897-903, were introduced.

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Board of Visitors: Received and read a communication from the chairman of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries in which he appointed Representatives Garmatz, Lennon, and Glenn to serve with him on the Board of Visitors to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Page 1155

Executive Communication-NASA: Heard the reading of a communication from the President transmitting a report for the calendar year 1963 on the Nation's aeronautics and space activities. The report was referred to the Committee on Science and Astronautics and ordered printed as a House document (H. Doc. 207).

Pages 1155-1156 President's Message-Housing and Community Development: Heard the reading of a message from the