of the project for flood control in the Red-Ouachita River Basin; to the Committee on Public Works. By Mr. WILLIAMS of New Jersey: S. 3432. A bill for the relief of Salvatore Briganti; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BIBLE (for himself, Mr. S. 3433. A bill giving the consent of Congress to a compact between the State of Arizona and the State of Nevada establishing a boundary between those States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BARTLETT (for himself and Mr. GRUENING): S. 3434. A bill to facilitate the selection by Alaska pursuant to the act of July 7, 1958, of certain public lands under outstanding mineral lease or permit; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. BENNETT: S. 3435. A bill to clarify the rights of States to select certain public lands subject to any outstanding mineral lease or permit; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. ADDITIONAL COAUTHOR OF SENATE BILL 3102 On motion by Mr. MAGNUSON, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the name of Mr. SMATHERS be added as a coauthor of the bill (S. 3102) to establish an Office of International Travel. ADDITIONAL COAUTHORS OF SENATE BILL 3411 On motion by Mr. ERVIN, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the names of Mr. ButLER and Mr. JORDAN be added as coauthors of the bill (S. 3411) to make voluntary admissions and confessions admissible in criminal proceedings and prosecutions in the courts of the United States and the District of Columbia. ORDER MAKING SENATE BILL 743 THE On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That at 2 o'clock p.m. the consideration of the bill (S. 743) to amend the Federal Coal Mine Safety Act, in order to remove the exemption with respect to certain mines employing no more than 14 individuals be continued, notwithstanding the unfinished business, the bill (S. 2131) to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act of the District of Columbia, approved May 25, 1954, as amended. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL COAL MINE SAFETY ACT The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill (S. 743) to amend the Federal Coal Mine Safety Act in order to remove the exemption with respect to certain mines employing no more than 14 individuals. On the question of agreeing to the reported amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof other words, Pending debate, Resolved, That the bill do pass. The title was ordered to stand as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein. On motion by Mr. CLARK to reconsider the vote on the passage of the bill, On motion by Mr. RANDOLPH, The motion to reconsider was laid on the table. RESALE OF CERTAIN VESSELS TO REPUBLIC OF CHINA The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. BYRD of West Virginia in the chair) laid before the Senate the message heretofore received from the House of Representatives, announcing its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 8042) to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to resell four C1-SAY-1 type vessels to the Government of the Republic of China for use in Chinese trade in Far East and Near East waters exclusively, and asking a conference with the Senate thereon. On motion by Mr. MAGNUSON, Resolved, That the Senate insist upon its amendments to the said bill, disagreed to by the House of Representatives, and agree to the conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon. The question being taken on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware to the committee amendment, viz, on page 19, after line 20, insert the following: (a) Section 502, which relates to use of foreign currency, is amended as follows: "(1) Subsection (b) is amended as follows: "(i) Insert after the word 'expended' in the proviso the words 'and the amounts of dollar expenditures made from appropriated funds in connection with travel outside the United States'. "(ii) Amend the second sentence to read as follows: 'Within the first sixty days that Congress is in session in each calendar year, the chairman of each such committee shall prepare a consolidated report showing the total itemized expenditures during the preceding calendar year of the committee and each subcommittee thereof, and of each member and employee of such committee or subcommittee, and shall forward such consolidated report to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives (if the committee be a committee of the House of Representatives or a joint committee whose funds are disbursed by the Clerk of the House) or to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate (if the committee be a Senate committee or a joint committee whose funds are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate).'" On page 19, in lieu of lines 21 and 22, insert the following: No Senator voted in the negative. So the amendment of Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware was agreed to. The bill was further amended on the motion of Mr. CASE of South Dakota. On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas to reconsider the vote agreeing to the amendment of Mr. CASE of South Dakota. On motion by Mr. KUCHEL, The motion to reconsider was laid on the table. On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, and by unanimous consent. Ordered, That when the Senate concludes its business today it stand in adjournment until 10 o'clock a.m. tomor row. ENROLLED BILL PRESENTED The Secretary reported that on today he presented to the President of the United States the enrolled bill (S. 1751) to place in trust status certain lands on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. ADJOURNMENT On motion by Mr. KUCHEL, at 6 o'clock and 50 minutes p.m., The Senate, under its order of today, adjourned until 10 o'clock a.m. tomorrow. THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1960 The PRESIDENT pro tempore called the Senate to order at 10 o'clock a.m. and the Chaplain offered prayer. THE JOURNAL On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, and by unanimous consent, The reading of the Journal of the proceedings of Wednesday, April 27, 1960, was dispensed with. COMMITTEES AUTHORIZED TO SIT The following-named committees were authorized to sit today during the session of the Senate: The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service; the Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs of the Committee on the District of Columbia; the Subcommittee on Flood Control, Rivers and Harbors of the Committee on Public Works; and the Investigating Subcommittee of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; on the request of Mr. JOHNSON of Texas; and The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, on the request of Mr. MAGNUSON. AUDIT REPORT OF NATIONAL FUND FOR The PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Executive Vice President of the National Fund for Medical Education, transmitting, pursuant to law, an audit report for the organization for the year ended December 31, 1959; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. REPORTS OF COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES Mr. CANNON, from the Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 10474) to authorize the construction of modern naval vessels, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1296) thereon. Mrs. SMITH, from the Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 9464) to remove the requirement that, of the Chief and Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Ships, one must be specially qualified and experienced in naval engineering and the other must be specially qualified and experienced in naval architecture, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1297) thereon. Mr. SALTONSTALL, from the Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 9465) to authorize the extension of a loan of a naval vessel to the Government of the Republic of China, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 1298) thereon. Mr. BRIDGES, from the Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2969) to authorize the award posthumously of appropriate medals to Chaplain George L. Fox, Chaplain Alexander D. Goode, Chaplain Clark V. Poling, and Chaplain John P. Washington, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1299) thereon. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS Bills were introduced, severally read the first and second times by unanimous consent and referred as follows: grams in the arts, to set aside for such local cultural activities 1 mill out of each $1 of tax revenue of the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. SCOTT (for himself and S. 3438. A bill to provide additional lands at, and change the name of the Fort Necessity National Battlefield Site, Pa., and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. SALTONSTALL (for himself, Mr. AIKEN, and Mr. PROUTY): S. 3439. A bill authorizing the President of the United States of America to present a gold medal to Robert Frost, a New England poet; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. By Mr. SCHOEPPEL: S. 3440. A bill for the relief of Giuseppa Lanza Lascuola; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. MURRAY (by request): S. 3441. A bill to provide additional lands at, and change the name of the Fort Necessity National Battlefield Site, Pa., and the other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. McGEE (for himself and S. 3442. A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent conveying certain lands in the town of Powell, Wyo., together with im-. provements, to the Shoshone Irrigation District, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. DWORSHAK: S. 3443. A bill for the relief of Marjorie D. Vogel; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. CAPEHART (by request): S. 3444. A bill to prohibit the exercise of certain judicial power in connection with administration of the internal affairs of labor organizations; to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. INCREASED EXPENDITURES FOR HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES Mr. RUSSELL, from the Committee on Armed Services, reported the following resolution (S. Res. 310); which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration: Resolved, That the Committee on Armed Services hereby is authorized to expend from the contingent fund of the Senate, during the Eighty-sixth Congress, $10,000 in addition to the amount, and for the same purposes, specified in section 134(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act approved August 2, 1946. MUTUAL SECURITY The Senate resumed, by unanimous consent, the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the bill (S. 3058) to amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. On motion by Mr. BUTLER to further amend the reported amendment by striking out certain words on page 17, lines 2 to 8, relating to Indus Basin development, Pending debate, On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, and by unanimous consent, The further consideration of the said amendment was temporarily laid aside. The committee amendment was further amended on the motion of Mr. LONG of Hawaii (for himself and Mr. FONG). On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas to reconsider the vote agreeing to the amendment, On motion by Mr. DIRKSEN, The motion to reconsider was laid on the table. The Senate resumed the consideration of the amendment proposed by Mr. BUTLER, Striking out certain words on page 17, lines 2 to 8. On motion by Mr. BUTLER, The yeas and nays, being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, were ordered on the question of agreeing to his amendment. cational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended, and title III of chapter II of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 and other Acts promoting the international educational, cultural, and related activities of the United States. Establishment of center Sec. 802. In order to carry out the purposes of this chapter the Secretary of State (hereinafter referred to as "Secretary"), after consultation with appropriate public and private authorities, may, on or before January 3, 1961, prepare and submit to the Congress a plan and program for (1) the establishment and operation in Puerto Rico of an educational institution to be known as the hemispheric center for cultural and technical interchange through arrangements to be made with public, educational, or other nonprofit institutions; (2) grants, fellowships, and other payments to outstanding scholars and authorities from the nations of the hemisphere as may be necessary to attract such scholars and authorities to the center. (3) grants, scholarships, and other payments to qualified candidates from the nations of the hemisphere as may be necessary to enable such students to engage in study at the center; and (4) making the facilities of the center available for study to other qualified persons on reasonable basis. It was determined in Yeas____ the affirmative_ ___. Nays--The yeas and nays having been heretofore ordered. 71 5 Brunsdale Dirksen Dodd Engle Chapter VIII-Hemispheric Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Ervin Fong Statement of purpose Sec. 801. The purpose of this chapter is to promote better relations and understanding between the United States and the other nations of the Western Hemisphere (hereinafter referred to as "the hemisphere”) through cooperative study and research, by establishing in Puerto Rico a hemispheric center for cultural and technical interchange, either as a branch of an existing institution of higher learning or as a separate institution, where scholars and students, in various fields from the nations of the hemisphere may meet, study, exchange ideas and views, and conduct other activities primarily in support of the objectives of the United States Information and Edu Frear Fulbright Goldwater Hayden Hennings Hickenlooper Hill Holland Jackson Johnson, Tex. Johnston, S.C. Keating Kefauver McCarthy McClellan McGee McNamara Magnuson Mansfield Martin Monroney Murray Muskie Pastore Prouty Proxmire Randolph Saltonstall Talmadge On motion by Mr. BUTLER, The yeas and nays, being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, were ordered on the question of agreeing to his amendment. ADDRESS OF KING OF NEPAL On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, at 12 o'clock and 17 minutes p.m., The Senate, pursuant to a previous announcement, took a recess subject to the call of the Chair, for the joint meeting in the Hall of the House of Representatives, to hear the address of the King of Nepal. Upon the conclusion of the address, the joint meeting was dissolved. AT 1 O'CLOCK AND 17 MINUTES P.M. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. HOLLAND in the chair) called the Senate to order. MUTUAL SECURITY The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the bill (S. 3058) to amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. The question being on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. BUTLER, Pending debate, MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Bartlett, one of its clerks: Mr. President: The House of Representatives has agreed to the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 92) creating a Joint Committee on Arrangements for the Inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice-President-elect on January 20, 1961. The House has agreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4781) to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to provide that its loan provisions shall be applicable to certain other projects, and for other purposes. The House has disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 10569) making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments, and the Tax Court of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes; it agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon and has appointed Mr. GARY, Mr. PASSMAN, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CANFIELD, and Mr. TABER managers at the same on its part. MUTUAL SECURITY The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the bill (S. 3058) to amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. The question being on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. BUTLER on page 17, line 2, Pending debate, Mr. FULBRIGHT raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Maurer, one of its clerks: Mr. President: The House of Representatives has agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 10234) making appropriations for the Department of Commerce and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes; it has receded from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 12, 23, and 27 to the said bill and agreed to the same; and it insists upon its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 13. MUTUAL SECURITY The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the bill (S. 3058) to amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. The question being on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. BUTLER on page 17, line 2, Pending debate, On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That upon the conclusion of business today the Senate convene at 10 o'clock a.m. tomorrow. Ordered further, That, effective on Friday, April 29, 1960, at the conclusion of routine morning business, during the further consideration of the pending bill, debate on any amendment, motion, or appeal, except a motion to lay on the table, shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided and controlled by the mover of any such amendment or motion and the majority leader: Provided, That in the event the majority leader is in favor of any such amendment or motion, the time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the minority leader or some Senator designated by him: Provided further, That no amendment that is not germane to the provisions of the said bill shall be received. Ordered further, That on the question of the final passage of the said bill debate shall be limited to 2 hours, to be equally divided and controlled, respectively, by the majority and minority leaders: Provided, That the said leaders, or either of them, may, from the time under their control on the passage of the said bill, allot additional time to any Senator during the consideration of any amendment, motion, or appeal. Pending debate, On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That there be a limitation of debate on the following, to be voted upon in order: On the amendment proposed by Mr. BUTLER, 15 minutes for the proponents and 15 minutes for the opponents; On an amendment to be proposed by Mr. DOUGLAS, 15 minutes for the proponents and 15 minutes for the opponents; and On an amendment to be proposed by Mr. CHURCH, 45 minutes for the proponents and 45 minutes for the opponents; to be controlled by the mover of the respective amendments and the minority leader. After debate, The question being taken on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. BUTLER, Viz, on page 17, strike out all after the word "Acts" in line 2, down to and including the word "purposes" on line 8, as follows: "; and such funds may also be used without regard to the provisions of section 901(b) of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, amended (46 U.S.C. 1241), whenever the President determines that such provisions cannot be fully satisfied without seriously impeding or preventing accomplishment of such purposes". as So Mr. BUTLER'S amendment was not agreed to. On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas to reconsider the vote disagreeing to the amendment, On motion by Mr. FULBRIGHT, The motion to reconsider was laid on the table. On motion by Mr. BUTLER to further amend the bill by adding on page 19, after line 9, the following: Provided, That compensating allowances are made in the administration of other programs to the same area to which the requirements of said section 901(b) are applicable. It was determined in (Yeas...--the negative_-_. Nays--- 243 32 44 So Mr. BUTLER'S amendment was not agreed to. On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas to reconsider the vote disagreeing to the amendment, On motion by Mr. FULBRIGHT, The motion to reconsider was laid on the table. On motion by Mr. DoUGLAS (for himself, Mr. KEATING, Mr. MANSFIELD, Mr. MORSE, Mr. HUMPHREY, Mr. ScoтT, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. CLARK, Mr. FONG, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. HART, Mr. GRUENING, Mr. YOUNG of Ohio, Mr. BRUNSDALE, Mr. CASE of New Jersey, Mr. KUCHEL, Mr. WILLIAMS of New Jersey, Mr. DODD, and Mr. PROXMIRE, Mr. MURRAY, Mr. SYMINGTON, Mr. BUSH, Mr. MCNAMARA, Mr. CARROLL, Mr. ENGLE, Mr. HARTKE, Mr. KEFAUVER, Mr. JAVITS, Mr. WILEY, and Mr. YARBOROUGH) to further amend the bill by inserting on page 11, after line 8, the following: Statement of policy Sec. 2. Section 2 of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, which is a statement of policy, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(f) It is the sense of the Congress that inasmuch as― "(1) the United States favors freedom of navigation in international waterways and economic cooperation between nations; and "(2) the purposes of this Act are negated and the peace of the world is endangered when nations which receive assistance under this Act wage economic warfare against other nations assisted under this Act, including such procedures as boycotts, blockades, and the restriction of the use of international waterways; assistance under this Act and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, shall be administered to give effect to these principles, and, in all negotiations between the United States and any foreign state arising as a result of funds appropriated under this Act or arising under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, these principles shall be applied, as the President may determine, and he shall report on measures taken by the administration to insure their application." On motion by Mr. DOUGLAS, The yeas and nays, being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, were ordered on the question of agreeing to the amendment. Pending debate, On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That each amendment offered tomorrow be discussed under the agreement heretofore entered into providing for a limitation of debate on amendments proposed following routine morning business, and that where a yea-and-nay vote is ordered on the question of agreeing to any amendment proposed tomorrow the vote be postponed until Monday next: Provided, That upon each such amendment to be voted upon on Monday next there be an additional 10 minutes allotted for debate, to be equally divided and controlled by the mover and the majority or minority leader, as provided in the previous agreement: And provided further, That on Monday next debate be limited on any additional amendments proposed, motions, or appeals to 10 minutes, to be equally divided and controlled, as hereinbefore provided. The question being taken on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. DOUGLAS (for himself and others), It was determined in Yeas____ 27 the negative____. Nays____ 32 On motion by Mr. CHURCH, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present. Senators who voted in the affirmative are Church Clark Cooper Curtis Douglas Hill Morse Jackson Moss Johnson, Tex. Johnston, S. C. Muskie Pastore Keating Proxmire Kefauver Dodd Kuchel Douglas Long, Hawaii McGee McNamara Randolph Scott Smathers Smith Symington Thurmond Wiley Dworshak Eastland Frear Gore Senators who voted in the negative The Senate resumed its legislative session. ORDER FOR TIME FOR SENATE TO CONVENE ON MONDAY NEXT On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the time for the convening of the Senate on Monday be at 10 o'clock a.m. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Maurer, one of its clerks: Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed the bill (H.R. 10213) to amend the National Housing Act to halt the serious slump in residential construction, to increase both onsite and offsite job opportunities, to help achieve an expanding full employment economy, and to broaden homeownership opportunities for the American people, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. HOUSE BILL REFERRED The bill H.R. 10213, this day received from the House of Representatives for concurrence, was read the first and second times by unanimous consent and referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. |