WHITE FLEET SUPPORTED

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• Publication Date: August 24, 1959
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1959 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD APPENDIX
In addition to digging into dusty records
in Leyden and Bernardston, the Greenfield
courthouse, and Boston, Mr. and Mrs. Arms
have hunted old cellar holes to place accu-
rately former structures. They have found
many, including the site of the old Dorril
place.
The Dorrilites were a religious sect which
flourished briefly in Leyden under tutelage
of William Dorril, former British soldier
under General Burgoyne:
"The Indians didn't live here too exten-
sively," Arms related. "They lived in lower
elevations and hunted through this area each
fall. We've found several Indian artifacts,
including the remains of a campfire."
The geographic history of the white man's
Leyden starts in 1734, according to Arms,
when "Fall Town" was included in a land
grant. This was composed of the present
Bernardston and East Leyden.
An additional grant was made in 1743, in-
chiding West Leyden and East Colrain. East
Colrain was made part of Colrain in 1779.
Leyden voas named in 1741, became an official
district in 1784, and became a township in
1809.
The latter date determines the sesquicen-
teRnial date of Leyden, to be celebrated
Saturdky and Sunday. Sesquicentennial
events will include recording of excerpts
from the history and placing a historical
marker at the former site of the Dorril place.
The Anuses came to Leyden from Green-
field 14 yeitri ago to make their home on
Egen Trail ;toad in the eastern part of town.
The history has not been writer Arms' only
project during these past few months. Al-
though weakened by illness and confined to
his home, he has assisted Mrs. Arms in plan-
ning this weekend's celebration.
With the exception of this story and two
others on this page by Dorothy Howes, Arms
wrote every word in today's Leyden anni-
versary suplement of the Recorder-Gazette.
He has also turned out countless news stories
to publicize both the history and the cele-
bration.
One might think he has been so busy the
new beard he sports on his lower jaw was the
result of being too busy. But not so. This
is Bill Arms' way of. joining in the fun of
the town's birth.
Indiana Dunes
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. PAUL H. DOUGLAS
OF ILLINOIS
IN THE SENATE 'or THE UNIiap STATES
Monday, August .24, 1959
Mr. DOUGLAS. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that a letter which
appeared in the Washington Post and
Times Herald this morning be printed in
the Appendix of the RECORD. The letter
is from Freeman E. Morgan, Jr., whose
family once owned most of the Indiana
dunes. It is a plea that the dunes be
saved from being taken over by steel
mills, and made into a national park.
There being no objection, the editorial
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
STORY OF THE DUNES
I have watched with interest and some
alarm the struggle to save the Indiana
dunes for the people waged by Senator
PAUL DOIIAAS and other friends of, nature.
Interest, because I have known and loved
the dunes since I first saw them in 1917.
Alarm, because of the general apathy I find
on the issue which must be changed if we
are to overcome the selfish forces of political
power and big industry.
A century ago the dunes belonged to my
family. My great-grandfather, Lansing Mor-
gan, cut millions of feet of pine there that
was, used to build Chicago into the great
city that it is. With the timber gone for
a while, the lumber industry moved on and
most of the 8-mile Morgan tract reverted
to the State. One mile was saved for future
development and soon after the turn of the
century it began to flourish as a recreation
center for people from Fort Wayne to
Chicago.
Cottages were built by the hundreds and
picnickers swarmed to Waverly Beach (as
the Morgan estate was then known) by the
thousands. In the middle 1920's the prop-
erty was purchased by a syndicate of public-
spirited millionaires to form the nucleus of
a .State park. The Chicago Prairie Club
property and another mile of undeveloped
property were added to the Morgan estate to
create the Indiana Dunes State Park.
In the early days of the park, the Gover-
nor of Indiana had a summer capital there.
A beach hotel was erected to accommodate
weekend visitors. Several acres were devel-
oped as a second-to-none swimming beach
and the rest retained in its natural setting.
The sand is cleaner than on any other
public beach I have ever seen. The water
is clean with a sand bottom. From Me-
morial Day to Labor Day, the temperature of
the water is ideal for swimming.
Most of the time the dunes are quiet
and tranquil, offering the nature lover a re-
laxed respite from the cares of the world.
But I love it best when the Lake Michigan
storms whip up 25-foot waves that come
crashing far up the beach and the wind
whistles through- the trees with a mournful
tune. Then it is that we see nature's tri-
umph over man, glorified and majestic.
We have camped in parks from Florida to
Ontario and from Connecticut to Minnesota,
but my family prefers the dunes to any
other campsite. The new turnpikes have
made the dunes available to travelers from
all over. For a half century it was the
playground of a relatively limited area. Now
it is only 10 minutes off the main route for
any Indiana Turnpike tourist. It is a won-
derful place to rest and relax.
Let your Congressman know that you
would rather visit a dunes park on your
next trip west than another steel mill.
FREEMAN E. MORGAN, Jr.
TAKOMA PARK, MD.
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White Fleet Supported
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EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
, HON. ED EDMONDSON
OF OKLAHOMA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, August 24, 1959
Mr. EDMONDSON. Mr. Speaker, just
a month ago the gentleman from Massa-
chusetts [Mr. BATES] and I introduced
in the House, and Senators HUBERT Hum-
PHREY and GEORGE ATKEN introduced in
the Senate, concurrent resolutions call-
ing for the establishment of a Great
White Fleet of mercy ships to carry
American surplus foods, medical aid, and
supplies to disaster and distress areas
throughout the world.
On August 4, under extension of re-
marks, I described in some detail the
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moving response of the American peo-
ple to this bright new concept for peace,
which is the idea of an Oklahoma naval
officer, Comdr. Frank A. Manson, of
Tahlequah. Life magazine, in its July 27
issue, threw its full support behind the
Manson plan far a Great White Fleet
as a "bold proposal for peace" and de-
voted its cover to a striking picture of
the proposed fleet and also devoted its
lead story to the proposal and endorsed
it in an editorial. Since that time Life
magazine has followed up on this story,
and favorable comment has come from
almost every corner of the land.
Massive mail has been received urging
establishment of the Great White Fleet
by every sponsor of these concurrent
resolutions, and I have received in my
office alone more than 1,470 communica-
tions from every State in the Union, in-
cluding Alaska and Hawaii, favoring the
proposal. Less than 1 percent of the
mail I have received has been unfavor-
able to the Manson plan.
I am informed that at the present time
4-7 Members of the House have sponsored
concurrent resolutions calling for the
establishment of the fleet, and that 35
Members of the other body are cespon-
soring the Senate concurrent resolution
calling for the establishment of the Great
White Fleet.
Since my report to you on August 4 I
have received many other communica-
tions of strong support and offers of help,
financial, technical, or personal, in the
activation of the Great White Fleet.
Mr. Speaker, as an example of the type
of endorsement and support which has
been forthcoming in connection with this
plan, I should like to insert in the RECORD
at this point an editorial by Mr. Bruce
Palmer, news director of television sta-
tion KWTV in Oklahoma, which was
broadcast over that station on August 18,
and also to salute Mr. Palmer for giving
this fine message, in the form of 'an edi-
torial, to his many listeners.
Last evening we observed that the United
States has just begun to smarten up in
terms of international propaganda. We are
learning how to give a somewhat better ac-
count of ourselves in the word war between
the free world and the Communist world.
But we need new devices to make our propa-
ganda messages more effective.
Within the last month, an imaginative
project to focus world attention on the
United States as a friend to all mankind
has been suggested by a native Oklahoman.
Comdr. Frank Manson of the U.S. Navy, who
hails from Tahlequah, proposes to form up
a new Great White Fleet, reminiscent of the
one President Theodore Roosevelt sent
around the world in 1907.
But where the Great White Fleet of 52
years ago had the mission of impressing the
world with American naval power, Com-
mander Manson's ships would carry hope
and help to areas of the world struck with
poverty, disease, or starvation. They would
carry supplies and equipment necessary to
bring relief to people of all nations in times
of emergency or disaster.
The ships would come from Uncle Sam's
mothball fleet, their crews from the Navy
or the merchant marine, and the food,
medicines, and other relief items from
America's great store of all those items.
Commander Manson offers a bold ap-
proach to our national problem of making
and keeping friends around the globe. The
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Great White Fleet could quickly become an
international symbol of American concern
for the destitute everywhere. It could carry
medicines to India to combat the annual
onslaught of dysentery, or to Indonesia,
where malaria is frequently epidemic. Its
helicopters could rescue thousands from
flooded areas, as the Navy's choppers did in
1957 when the cruiser Princeton was dis-
patched to the inundated island of Ceylon.
Its supply ships could carry wheat and other
foods to lands where crop failures threaten
mass starvation, as was the case in India
in 1951. Its potential for extending a help-
ing hand is enormous.
As Commander Manson says, a new White
Fleet would not bring peace to the world
in one sweeping movement. Progress to-
ward peace will come only a bit at a time.
America may never be able to bring peace
to the world by herself, but American lead-
ership can prevent the people of the world
from losing hope.
As the good idea of an Oklahoman, Com-
mander Manson's proposal deserves Okla-
homa's support. If you think that some of
America's fighting ships might well be trans-
formed into ships of peace and assistance to
make the, benefits of the free enterprise sys-
tem available to the entire human race,
here again is an opportunity to let your
Congressman know about it. A new Great
White Fleet could give the United States a
tremendous victory in that propaganda war.
Approval of Senate Resolution 21
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON, ALEXANDER WILEY
OF WISCONSIN
IN THE SENATE OF rkik. UNITED STATES
Monday, August 24, 1959
Mr. WILEY. Mr. President, we recall
that on August 21 the Senate approved
Senate Resolution 21, expressing the
sense of the Senate relating to making
of loans by the REA.
As we know, Senate Resolution 21
states that it is the sense of the Senate
that the Rural Electrification Act of
1936, as amended, continue to be inter-
preted to. authorize the making of loans
for the construction of facilities to, first,
bring electric service to persons in those
areas defined in the act as rural areas if
such persons are in fact not receiving
central station service, and, second, con-
tinue to serve those who are presently
being' served with the aid of funds
loaned under the act.
Today I received a resolution from the
Rural Electric Cooperative of Columbus,
Wis., expressing approval of the resolu-
tion and thus, in effect, endorsing the
Senate action.
I ask unanimous consent to have the
resolution printed in the Appendix of
the RECORD.
There being no objection, the resolu-
tion was ordered to be printed in the
RECORD, as follows:
RESOLUTION OF THE COLVMBUS RURAL
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, COLUMBUS, Wis.
"Whereas the Comptroller General a year
ago on July 21, 1958, issued a ruling impos-
ing an unprecedented restriction on the
1-1ural Electrification Administration's loan-
making authority, and completely reversing
congressional intent as set forth in the 1938,
law, and ignoring a historic precedent of 23
years' standing; and
"Whereas this ruling, in the opinion of the
Department of Agriculture General Counsel
and other lawyers conversant with the REA
program, would, if enforced, destroy the REA
loan program and jeopardize hundreds of
loans previously made; and
"Whereas protests registered by the De-
partment of Agriculture, Members of Con-
gress, rural electric cooperatives, and the
National Rural Electric Cooperative Associa-
tion have caused the Comptroller to make
no fundamental change in his original dis-
ruptive and destructive ruling; and
"Whereas Senator AIKEN and 13 of his
colleagues in the Senate have recognized this
as a potential dagger pointing at the heart
of REA and have therefore introduced Sen-
ate Resolution 21 designed to reaffirm the
original congressional intent with respect to
REA loans; and
"Whereas prompt and favorable action on
Senate Resolution 21 will contribute meas-
urably to the strength and stability of the
rural electrification program: Now, there-
fore, be it
"Resolved, That the board of directors of
the Columbus Rural Electric Cooperative
here assembled do urge our own Senator A.
WILEY to actively support and promote Sen-
ate approval of the Aiken resolution (S. Res.
21)."
This is to certify that the foregoing reso-
lution was unanimously approved by the
board of directors of the Columbus Rural
Electric Cooperative at its regular monthly
board meeting on August 12, 1959.
LESTER WELCH,
Secretary.
A Proud Record for Indiana
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OS'
HON. J. EDWARD ROUSH
OF INDIANA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, August 24, 1959
Mr. ROUSH. Mr. Speaker, every man
has an intense pride in his home State
and this is intensified when as a Memher
of Congress his whole effort is devoted to
serving a part of that State. My own
pride in Indiana is one which words can-
not adequately eskpress, but among the
many attributes which contribute to that
pride is the great industrial potential
which exists in this State which has
come to be known as the crossroads of
America.
This feeling of satisfaction which I
have is shared by my constituency and
is forcefully expressed in the following
editorial recently published in the Mari-
on Chronicle, one of the outstanding
newspapers of my district.
A PROUD RECORD FOR INDIANA
Indiana has just outdistanced 48 other
States in an important popularity contest.
Mill & Factory, a trade magazine, recent-
ly conducted a national survey asking indus-
trial firms of all types and sizes which State
they would choose for the location of a new
plant.
We finished second, 1 percentage point
behind Illinois.
Of the 133 firms participating in the sur-
vey 9 percent picked Illinois and 8 percent
chose Indiana. Ohio was third choice.
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The industrialists were also asked: Which
States do you think are doing the most to
attract new industry?
Indiana tied for third place on this point
with Ohio and Florida. Pennsylvania was
first with Georgia second.
It is interesting to note that 15 percent of
the firms said they plan to move plants in
the near future.
What does industry look for in new loca-
tions?
The survey produced these significant an-
swers:
Favorable l labor climate.
2. Favorable tax policies.
3. Nearness to market.
4. Adequate transportation.
5. Nearness of raw materials.
6. Adequate water and power supply.
Another question asked: Which States do
you think are doing the most to discourage
new industry? The replies listed Michigan,
New York and Massachusetts in that, order.
Indiana can be proud of finishing spcprid
in, choice for new plant locatins.ltnd tying
for third in doing the most tp attract new
firms.
But Indiana must keep its ,ihdtistrial
climate favorable. Industry?asti tiO
shows?is on the move.
If Indiana retains its sensible, fair, arid
dependent outlook on State government an
if our cities maintain their aggreesivp*forta
to attract new plants perhaps wql even
Illinois.
Texas Loses Dr. James I. McCord to
Princeton University
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OS'
HON. RALPH W. YARBOROMI
OF TEXAS
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Monday, August 24, 1959
Mr. YARBOROUGH. Mr. President,
this fall Dr. James I. McCord will take
another step in his distinguished career
of education, theology, and service. He
will become president of the Princeton
Seminary.
Dr. McCord, dean of the Austin Pres-
byterian Theological Seminary and who
has been associated with the University
of Texas in some capacity since 1939,
has an outstanding record on which is
based the admiring respect accorded
him by all who know him. He served
as an instructor in philosophy at the
University of Texas and has served as
dean of the Austin Presbyterian Theol-
ogical Seminary since he was 24. In ad-
dition, he assisted with the Presbyterian
Bible chair at the University of Texas;
has served as temporary pastor for The
University Presbyterian Church in Aus-
tin and is a member of the executive
committee for the Presbyterian World
Alliance.
This man's example of religious lead-
- ership, moral example for students, and
working citizenship has helped many
students find a pattern for their lives.
His leadership in the fields of education
and theology is widely recognized. I
have been stimulated by his comments
and intellectual boldness as a member of
Austin Town and Gown.
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