SENATE REPORTS

81st Congress, 1st Session

(January 3-October 19, 1949)

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1. Compensation of top Government officials.

2. Investigation of State Department Voice of America broadcasts.

3. Senators from California to employ temporary clerk each.

4. Fixing age limits for appointment of Senate pages.

5. 1st annual report of investigations subcommittee of Expenditures in Execu-

tive Departments Committee.

6. Public library service demonstration bill.

7. Amending law so as to prohibit employment agencies from charging fees for

referring persons to Govt. offices.

8. Relief of Jose Babace.

9. Relief of certain Basque aliens.

10. Authorizing payment of claims for loss or damage to property deposited by

alien enemies.

11. Relief of Milo Jurisevic and others.

12. Naturalization of Richard Kim.

13. Report on progress of Economic Cooperation Administration.

14. Transfer records of Special Committee on Small Business to Banking and

Currency Committee.

15. Relief of Engebert [Engelbert] Axer.

16. Relief of Chung Kwai Lui.

17. Relief of Ghetel P. Kahan, Magdalena L. Kahan and Susanna Kahan.

18. Relief of Claris U. Yeadon.

19. Relief of Joyce V. Angel.

20. Issuance of stamps commemorative of 300th anniversary of Annapolis, Md.

21. Prevent retroactive checkage of payments made to retired officers of Naval

or Marine Corps Reserve, etc.

22. Advancement on retired list of Navy of John T. McDermott.

23. Extending authority of the President to approve voluntary agreements and

plans by persons in industry, etc.

24. Relief of snow bound areas in western range States.

25. Oil supply and distribution problems.

26. Veterans Administration to reconvey certain lands to Helena Chamber of

Commerce, Helena, Mont.

27. Extending time for free entry of certain articles imported to promote inter-

national good will.

28. Amending act authorizing issuance of stamp commemorative of 200th anni-
versary of founding of Alexandria, Va.

29. Designation of veterans' hospital at Americus, Ga., as Marcus George

Veterans' Memorial Hospital.

30. Transfer of Bushnell General Hospital to Secretary of Interior for use as

Indian school.

31. Export control act of 1949.

32. Removing restrictions on increase in navy yard forces when presidential or

congressional elections are pending.

33. Disposition of lost, abandoned, or unclaimed personal property in possession

of Treasury Dept., Army Dept., etc.

34. Removing upper age limit for appointment to commissioned grade in Supply

Corps, Navy.

35. Naval personnel to accept certain gifts tendered by foreign Governments.

36. Pay and allowances of officers of Naval Reserve performing active duty in

grade of rear admiral.

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37. Increasing limit of cost of building for General Accounting Office.

38. Cotton planted in 1949 to be excluded in computing cotton acreage allot-

ments.

39. Granting consent of United States to upper Colorado River basin compact.

40. Daylight saving time in District of Columbia.

41. Authorizing investigation of spread between producer and consumer prices.

42. Relief of Palestine refugees.

43. Steel supply and distribution problems.

44. Changes in distribution of steel, 1940–47,

45. Participation of small business in Government procurement.

46. Small business finance and taxation.

47. Newsprint supply and distribution.

48. Suspending legislative budget until May 1, 1949.

49. Communications study.

50. Clarifying provisions of National service life insurance act rel. to payment

of accrued installments.

51. Designating Veterans Administration hospital at Chicago as Albert A.

Sprague Veterans Memorial Hospital.

52. Extending War Assets Administration from Feb. 28, 1949, until June 30,

1949.

53. Approval of Gulf States marine fisheries compact.

54. Repeal prohibition rel. to employment in executive branch of former staff
members of congressional committees.

55. Continuing authority of Maritime Commission to sell, charter, and operate
ships, etc.

56. Relief of Ella L. Browning.

57. Relief of Edwin B. Anderson.

58. Relief of certain postal employees.

59. Relief of John I. Malarin.

60. Relief of Herman A. Bennink.

61. Relief of Rachel D. Gattegno.

62. Payment of claims against Army for damage to private property, etc.

63. Relief of Kihei Matsuo.

64. Relief of Charles L. Bishop.

65. Extending authority for investigation of immigration system by Judiciary

Committee.

66. Relief of city and county of San Francisco.

67. Relating to immigration status of lawful wives and children of Chinese treaty

merchants.

68. Additional district judge for Georgia.

69. Limitation on debate in Senate.

70. Additional funds for Labor-Management Relations Joint Committee.

71. Providing for acquisitions and operation of Freedom train.

72. Amending Bankruptcy act relative to property transfer.

73. Relief of James G. Smyth.

74. Relief of William S. Meany.

75. Settlement of personal property claims of persons employed in Federal penal

and correctional institutions.

76. Retrocede to New Mexico exclusive jurisdiction over lands within Los Alamos

project.

77. Providing for payment of certain Swiss claims.

78. Continuing authority of Agriculture and Forestry Committee to investigate

foot-and-mouth disease problems.

79. Relief of owners and operators of certain closed gold mines.

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80. Authorizing gratuity payment to Myra M. Hardy, widow of Charles O.

Hardy.

81. Amendment to sec. 205 (b) of Interstate commerce act relating to joint

boards.

82. Amendments to Interstate commerce act relative to carriers.

83. Amendments to Interstate commerce act relative to undercharges and over-

charges by or against carriers.

84. Housing act of 1949. 2 pts.

85. Expenses of studies and investigations by Interior and Insular Affairs Com-

mittee.

86. Extending authority for investigation of immigration system by Judiciary

Committee.

87. Public buildings act of 1949.

88. Report of Economic Report Joint Committee on Jan. 1949 economic report

of the President. 2 pts.

89. Production disaster loans for farmers.

90. Promoting progress of science.

91. Copper import-tax suspension.

92. Broadening cooperative extension system.

93. Pay and allowances of officers of naval establishment appointed to per-

manent grades.

94. Amending sec. 9 of act of May 22, 1928, authorizing national survey of

forest resources.

95. Benefits for members of reserve components of armed forces who suffer from
injuries incurred while in training.

96. Authorizing investigation of crop production and utilization by Agriculture
and Forestry Committee.

97. Reforestation and revegetation of forest and range lands of national forests.

98. Transfer of land in Robinson remount station to Crawford, Nebr.

99. National labor relations act of 1949. 2 pts.

100. Extension of European recovery program.

101. Investigation of closing of Nashua, N. H., mills and operations of Textron,

Inc.

102. Transferring Pomona, Calif., station of Remount Service to W. K. Kellogg

Foundation, Inc.

103. Removing certain restrictions and conditions imposed on lands conveyed to

Charleston, S. C.

104. Amending National security act of 1947 to provide for Under Secretary of

Defense.

105. Attendance of Marine Band at 83rd and final encampment of Grand Army

of the Republic at Indianapolis, Ind.

106. Administration of Central Intelligence Agency.

107. Trade agreements extension act of 1949.

2 pts.

108. Designation of veterans' hospital at Wilmington, Del., as William L. Nelson

Veterans Memorial Hospital.

109. Amending act relating to appointment of postmasters under civil service.
110. Authorizing Canadian vessels to transport iron ore between United States
ports on Great Lakes.

111. Preventing disclosures concerning cryptographic systems and communica-
tion intelligence activities of U. S.

112. Study of economic concentration.

113. Relief of Reno, Nev.

114. Relief of William F. Thomas.

115. Relief of Ferd H. Gibler.

116. Conferring United States citizenship posthumously upon Vaso B. Benderach.

117. Payment of noncitizens' claims against United States.