DAILY DIGEST Require approval of the act by a national referendum; and Place a limitation of $15,500,000 on the amount authorized for enforcement of the act. Pages 2705-2805 President's Message Health: Received and read a message from the President transmitting his recommendations for enactment of legislation to improve the health of the Nation. The message was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Page 2832 Bills Referred: Three Senate-passed bills were referred No committee meetings were held. Union and ordered printed as a House document (H. Joint Committee Meetings Doc. 224). Pages 2805-2809 ΤΑΧΑΤΙΟΝ Conferees met in executive session on H.R. 8363, proposed Revenue Act of 1964, for a staff explanation of the Senate amendments, but did approve the 14-percent withholding rate for 1964, as passed by Senate, so as to enable the Treasury Department to expedite distribution of the withholding tables. Conferees will meet again on Monday, February 17. Thursday, February 13, 1964 Chamber Action Senate Senate met at noon and, pursuant to order previously entered, immediately recessed (without transaction of any business) until noon Monday, February 17, when its unfinished business will be S. Res. 275, to provide an additional $10,000 for Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Committee Meetings WHEAT Committee on Agriculture and Forestry: On Tuesday, February 11, committee concluded hearings on pending wheat legislation (S. 1946, 2357, 2492, 1581, 1617, and 2258), with testimony from Senator Burdick; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Under Secretary of Agriculture Charles S. Murphy; James G. Patton, president, National Farmers Union, accompanied by his associates, Leonard Kenfield (Montana) and Ed Smith (North Dakota); Jack C. Lynn and Marvin L. McLain, American Farm Bureau Federation; Carl Farrington, Millers' National Federation; Alfred Schutte, Webster County (Nebraska) Farm Bureau; and W. H. Lance, West Texas Chamber of Commerce. Secretary Freeman and Under Secretary Murphy also testified on pending cotton legislation, concluding the hearings thereon. Full committee will meet in executive session on Tuesday, February 18, on these items of legislation. VESSEL CONSTRUCTION Committee on Commerce: On Tuesday, February 11, Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries continued its hearings on S. 1773, to encourage investment in the merchant marine by establishing a program of assistance in vessel construction; and S. 1774, to authorize construction differential subsidies for certain qualified merchant marine operators, with testimony from Antonio Fernós-Isern, Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; Charles R. Seal, Virginia State Ports Authority, Norfolk; Philip F. Welsh, Association of American Railroads; Niels W. Johnson, Central Gulf S.S. Corp.; and Richard D. Ford, Washington Public Ports Association, Olympia. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. COMMITTEE BUSINESS Committee on Foreign Relations: On Tuesday, February II, committee heard testimony from William Attwood, of Connecticut, and G. McMurtrie Godley, of District of Columbia, in behalf of their nominations to be Ambassadors to Kenya and to the Congo, respectively. Testimony also was heard from numerous witnesses from the executive branch of the Government and from the public respecting the following treaties transmitted to the Senate during the 88th Congress: Partial revision of radio regulations at Geneva, and additional protocol (Ex. S); International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil (Ex. C); and International agreement regarding the maintenance of certain lights in the Red Sea (Ex. F). Hearings adjourned subject to call. Chamber Action House of Representatives Bills Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 9977-9988; 2 Bills Reported: Reports were filed as follows: H.R. 9637, authorizing Defense procurement and research and development, amended (H. Rept. 1138); and H.R. 9876, to amend the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act of 1961 by extending its provisions for 2 additional years and providing for a special project and study (H. Rept. 1139). Page 2871 Military Procurement: Permission was granted for the filing on Monday of additional views in a report on H.R. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee heard testimony from numerous witnesses respecting 1965 budget request for Government of the District of Columbia, including Walter N. Tobriner, John B. Duncan, and Brig. Gen. Charles M. Duke, D.C. Commissioners; Schuyler Lowe, Director of General Administration; and D. P. Herman, Budget Officer, all of the D.C. Government. Hearings recessed subject to call. MILITARY PROCUREMENT-NAVY Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed its joint executive hearings with the Defense Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations on S. 2433, authorizing funds for procurement of aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels, and research and development for the Armed Forces, and on proposed Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 1965, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their Department from Paul H. Nitze, Secretary of the Navy; Adm. David L. McDonald, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Wallace M. Greene, Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps. Hearings continue tomorrow to hear further testimony from Navy witnesses. PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ANTITRUST BILL Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly continued its hearings on S. 2391, to limit the applicability of the antitrust laws so as to exempt certain aspects of designated professional team sports, with testimony from Joe Foss, commissioner, American Football League; George T. Gareff, commissioner, United Football League; Ordell Braase, Baltimore Colts, representing National Football League Players Association; and Pete Rozelle, commissioner, National Football League. Hearings continue Tuesday, February 18. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES' BACK PAY Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Committee held and concluded hearings on H.R. 4837 (S. 1134), proposed Back Pay Act of 1963, with favoring testimony from John W. Macy, Jr., Chairman, Civil Service Commission, accompanied by his associates; Jerome Keating, National Association of Letter Carriers; John F. Griner, accompanied by George Meagher, both of the American Federation of Government Employees; Baux Owen, National Federation of Federal Employees; John Emeigh, secretary, National Rural Letter Carriers' Association; and John McCart, Government Employes' Council, AFL-CIO. Statements for the record may be submitted to the committee until noon Friday, February 21. INVESTIGATION-SENATE EMPLOYEES Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee continued, in executive session, its study of financial and business activities of Senate employees and former Senate employees, with testimony from Fred B. Black, Jr., consultant, North American Aviation Corp.; and William N. McLeod, Jr., an attorney, Washington, D.C. Hearings continue tomorrow in open session. Chamber Action House of Representatives H.R. 5964, providing for the inclusion of Hopkins County within the Paris Division of the Eastern District for the U.S. District Courts in Texas (H. Rept. 1141); S. 1561, amendments to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959, amended (H. Rept. 1142); First Progress Report of the Select Committee on Government Research entitled "Federal Research and Development Programs" (H. Rept. 1143); and Supplemental report on H.R. 9637, to authorize appropriations for procurement during fiscal year 1965 for aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, research and develop Consent Calendar: Passed the following bills on the call of the Consent Calendar: Cleared for the President: Veterans' Administration: S. 2064 (in lieu of H.R. 7932), to relieve the Veterans' Administration from paying interest on funds transferred from the direct loan revolving fund to the loan guarantee revolving fund; and Shipping Act: S. 2317, to amend the Shipping Act of 1916, to provide for the exemption of certain terminal leases from penalties. Sent to Senate without amendment: Forestry loans: H.R. 8230, to amend the Federal Reserve Act to liberalize the conditions of loans by national banks on forest tracts. Sent to the Senate, amended: Pesticides: S. 1605 (in lieu of H.R. 9739), to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, to provide for labeling of economic poisons with registration numbers to eliminate registration under protest; Veterans' loans: H.R. 6652, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to sell, at prices which he determines to be reasonable, direct loans made to veterans; and Monocacy Battle: H.R. 9094, to authorize the President to declare July 9, 1964, as the Monocacy Battle Centennial in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Monocacy. Eligible bills not considered: Passed over without prejudice: S. 102, 254, H.R. 1828, 4018, 5838, 6920, and 9609. Stricken from Calendar: S.J. Res. 17 and H.R. 1096. Pages 2943-2950 Los Angeles VA Hospital: By a voice vote the House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 7751, to extend Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Irrigation and Reclamation ordered reported favorably to the full committee H.R. 9521, to increase the authorization and appropriations for continuing work in the Missouri River basin. Following consideration of H.R. 9521, the subcommittee met with the board of directors of the National Reclamation Association for a general discussion of reclamation matters. WATER POLLUTION Committee on Public Works: Held a hearing on H.R. 3166, 9963, 4571, S. 649, and H.R. 6844, and related bills, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Testimony was given by public witnesses. NASA AUTHORIZATION Committee on Science and Astronautics: Subcommittee on Space Sciences continued a hearing on H.R. 9641, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration authorization. Heard testimony from Dr. Homer E. Newell, Jr., Office of Space Science and Applications, NASA; and Edgar M. Cortright, Associate Administrator for Space, Science, and Applications, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Senate cleared for President bill on Puerto Rico status and passed Missouri River project bill. Dual-compensation bill passed by House. Senate Committee Funds: Senate adopted S. Res. 275, to provide an additional $10,000 for Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Pages 3071, 3094-3095 Private Bill: Senate made its unfinished business H.R. 2772, a private bill. Page 3095 Nominations: The following nominations were received: 4 civilian nominations, including those of Frederick C. Belen, of Michigan, to be Deputy Postmaster General, and William M. McMillan, of Texas, to be an Assistant Postmaster General; numerous Navy, including 53 in the grade of admiral; and 21 Coast Guard. Recess: Recessed at 1:48 p.m. Pages 3095-3103 Committee Meetings WHEAT-COTTON Committee on Agriculture and Forestry: Committee met in executive session to discuss pending wheat and cotton legislation and will meet again tomorrow on these subjects at 10:30 a.m. APPROPRIATIONS-LABOR-HEW Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee heard testimony from Department of Labor witnesses respecting 1965 budget request for their Department as follows: John F. Henning, Under Secretary of Labor, and Manpower Administrator; Harry Weiss, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor, and Administrator of International Labor Affairs; Ewan Clague, Commissioner of Labor Statistics; Edward E. Goshen, Administrator, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training; and Robert C. Goodwin, Administrator of Employment Security. Hearings continue tomorrow. MILITARY PROCUREMENT-NAVY Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued its joint executive hearings with the Defense Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations on S. 2433, authorizing funds for procurement of aircraft, missiles, and naval vessels, and research and development for the Armed Forces, and on proposed Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 1965, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their Department from Vice Adm. John S. Thach, DCNO (Air); Vice Adm. Lawson P. Ramage, DCNO (Fleet Operations and Readiness); and James H. Wakelin, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Hearings continue tomorrow to hear Air Force officials. |