THE WHITE FLEET

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00357R000100220021-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2013
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: August 20, 1960
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/08/20: CIA-RDP61-00357R000100220021-4
A7196 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD --- APPENDIX
Offenses known to police, cities 500,000 to 1,000,000 population, calendar year 1958
August 2
-
1950 popula-
tion, 1,000
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter
Forcible rape
Robbery
Aggravated
assault
Burglary
Larceny over
$50
Auto theft
Total
Baltimore
950
100
96
798
2,224
3,807
3,923
4,451
15, 399
Boston
801
27
64
523
448
3, 113
2,739
4,543
11,457
Buffalo
580
19
16
191
247
1,184
380
1, 607
3,644
Cincinnati
504
30
85
242
288
1,379
1, 141
918
4,083
Cleveland
916
73
50
1, 107
524
2,939
1,026
2,315
8,044
Houston
596
117
110
597
1,130
7,790
2,593
3,393
15,770
Milwaukee
637
(0
(1)
(')
(0
(0
(0
(0
(0
Minneapolis
?
522
8
16
389
95
3,449
1,948
1, 548
7,453
New Orleans
570
55
117
1, 191
625
4,417
3, 079
4, 558
14,022
Pittsburgh
677
27
94
884
671
4,499
2,378
3,007
11,5641
St. Louis
857
91
220
2,222
2,432
9,543
4,683
4,483
23, 574
San Francisco
775
34
144
1,518
1, 217
6,087
2,303
'5, 929
17, 232
Washington
802
74
58
639
2,329
3,316
1,548
1, 723
9,687
1 Only 11 months of reports received by the PBI. Source: FBI reports.
The White Fleet
EXTENSION OF REMA KS
OF
HON. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY
OF MINNESOTA
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Thursday, August 20, 1959
Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, we
are receiving literally thousands of let-
ters in support of the Great White Fleet
proposal which was advanced in a reso-
lution introduced by myself and the Sen-
ator from Vermont [Mr. AIKEN] and in
the other body by Representatives ED-
MIINDSON and BATES. The editorial sup-
port of the Great White Fleet proposal
is broad and enthusiastic. One of the
good editorials which has come to my at-
tention on this subject was published in
the Faribault Daily News, of Faribault,
Minn., on July 31.
Mr. President, I asked my staff this
morning how many communications we
had received on the Great White Fleet
proposal. The number is more than
11,000. So the proposal has had a con-
siderable amount of enthusiastic support
as a result of the publicity given to it and
the information about it which was pub-
lished in Life magazine.
I ask unanimous consent that the edi-
torial may be printed in the Appendix of
the RECORD.
There being no objection, the editorial
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
[From the Faribault (Minn.) Daily NeWs,
July 31, 19591
AN IDEA WORTH CONSIDERING
The Great White Fleet idea to foster world
peace through humanitarian service has been
revived and the idea deserves wholehearted
consideration from all citizens. "
In 1907 President Theodore Roosevelt sent
16 American battleships on a cruise around
the world. The "Great White Fleet" (Amer-
ican warships were then painted white in
peacetime) carried its intended message:
That the United States was emerging from
an era of preoccupation with recovering from
its own great civil conflict and with develop-
ing a continent under a network of rail-
roads-from an era of taken-for-granted se-
curity behind the British Navy-and that it
now was a world power.
Today an idea initiated by a young Navy
commander, Frank Manson, and now spon-
sored by Senators Humphrey, Minnesota,
and Aiken, Vermont, and Representatives
Bates and Edmondson-a bipartisan group-
is being framed into a resolution asking
President Eisenhower to recommission from
ships now in mothballs a modern "Great
White Fleet."
This would carry aid to disaster-stricken
areas throughout the world and technical
assistance to nations which welcome it.
There are, of course, practical problems to
be solved. Except for emergency rescues,
care of the injured, food and shelter, the
needs arising from disasters vary greatly.
And the fleet could be a long way off from
the place it would be needed. But these
difficulties are not wholly unsolvable. Even
tardy, partial aid would not necessarily be
futile. And technical assistance (instruc-
tion) could be a continuation service.
As a dramatic, impressive, traveling ad-
vertisement of Americans' dominant desire
to be helpful, not warlike, the idea has enor-
mous possibilities.
It certainly should be seriously explored
and considered.
Need for Joint Committee on a National
Fuels Policy
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. ELIZABETH KEE
01' WEST VIRGINIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, August 20, 1959
Mrs. KEE. Mr. Speaker, I have today
introduced a concurrent resolution call-
ing for the creation of a Joint Commit-
tee on a National Fuels Policy.
I sincerely hope that the resolution,
which has also been introduced by a
number of my colleagues, will be ap-
proved at this session of the Congress.
There is an urgent need, Mr. Speaker,
for the Government to formulate a fuels
policy. We have an oil and gas policy
and a policy for the development of
atomic energy. But the Federal Govern-
ment has never determined just what
the national policy for coal should be.
Nor has it determined just how each of
these fuels shall be fitted into a national
picture.
Tremendous demands for fuels of all
kinds can be expected in the future.
The United States has a rapidly expand-
ing economy. And we can all agree, I
am sure, that adequate fuels are essen-
tial to the national security.
The National Coal Policy Committee
is strongly supporting this resolution.
This new organization represents all
segments of the coal industry-mine op-
erators, miners, coal-carrying railroads,
and machinery manufacturers.
The new Coal Policy Committee is
naturally interested in the growth and
development of the coal industry. But
more importantly, it is interested in
seeing that a national policy, making
full use of all of our fuels, is worked out.
I can think of no better way to ac-
complish this objective than by entrust-
ing the difficult job to a joint congres-
sional committee.
Exchange of Classroom Teachers Would
Aid International Understanding
ENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. RICHARD L. NEUBERGER
OF OREGON
IN THE SENATE OF TRE UNI rm.) STATES
Thursday, August 20, 1959
Mr. NEUBERGER. Mr. President,
while peace is fought with different
weapons than war, man-to-man contact
is an essential factor in both.
In recognition of this fact, our Govern-
ment has sponsored or supported a series
of programs designed to better acquaint
people of other lands with America and
increase knowledge on the part of our
citizens of different nations. Experts in
a multitude of fields have been sent
abroad to exchange views with their
counterparts in another country. Sim-
ilarly, the United States has played host
to numerous foreign delegations. The
result has been better understanding.
One field where such meetings have
realized spectacular success is education.
Many myths regarding Russian educa-
tion have been dispelled due to knowl-
edge gained by American educators who
visited the Soviet Union.
Mr. President, at the anntial conven-
tion of the National Education Associa-
tion held in St. Louis earlier this year,
the NEA Department of Classroom
Teachers approved a resolution which I
believe would increase our opportunity
to gain from exchange visits. The reso-
lution urged that groups of classroom
teachers be sent abroad to communicate
directly with teachers of other lands.
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