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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE July 17
senior Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Mc- ers are diametrically opposed to long- Senate relating to the second Hoover Com-
CLELLANI is chairman. Of the 15, 12 standing congressional policy, and that mission's reports is sutSmitted herewith for
were referred by the Committee on Gov- all of them require extensive staff work, your information.
A staff study of legislation introduced in
ernment Operations to the Subcommittee exhaustive examination, and thorough the let session of the 85th Congress indicates
on Reorganization. deliberation by committees before judi- that some 49 bills which relate either to the
It is with some gratification that I cious action can be taken, It is my opin- Commission's recommendations or to its gen-
report to the Senate that the subcommit- ion, Mr. President, in view of these Con- eral objectives had been introduced as of
tee has acted favorably upon 8 of these siderations, that the action.taken by the July 15,1957.
12 Hoover Commission proposals, 1 of Senate to date indicates that steady These bills, along with Senate Joint Reso-bill w which-records management improve- progress, indeed, is being made on these lution app. R. 53, Housemendment whiich ch the
de-
ments-has become public law; 3 others, important reports. Senate
appropriation bill, and Reorganization
of which, on the recommendation of the Mr. President, as a matter of informa- Plan No. 1 of 1957 are tabulated hereafter in
Committee on Government Operations, Lion to Members of the Senate, I ask chronological order, cross referenced as to
have passed the Senate; and 4 of which unanimous consent that the staff mem- title, the Hoover Commission report to which
have been reported favorably by the orandum of the Subcommittee on Re- each relates, committee reference and action
Subcommittee on Reorganization to the organization, relating to action upon the reported to date.
Government Operations Committee. Of Hoover Commission's Reports, be incor- As may be noted, three of these measures,
the 4 remaining measures, 1, Reorgani- porated herewith as part of my remarks. H. R. 53 (codification of Veterans' Adminis-
zation No. 1 of 1957, became effective There being no objection, the memo- tration laws), S. 1536 (transfer of historical
June 30; 2 were superseded by bills upon randum was ordered to be printed in the, records to the National Archives) and Re-
which the subcommittee favorably re- RECORD, as follows: organization Plan No. 1 of 1957 (final liqui-
ported, so no further action wAs neces- SUBCOMMITTEE ON REORGANIZATION, dation of the Reconstruction Finance Corpo-
sary upon them; while the fourth is SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERN- ration) have become public law.
scheduled for consideration at an im- MENT OPERATIONS, A more detailed analysis of action by both
Staff memorandum No. 85-1-50 SR. of the Congress on legislation relat-
pending executive session. July 15, 1957.
.
In considering the pressures for action Subject:. Action by the Senate on Hoover ing to the Hoover Commission reports is ex-
on the Hoover Commission's reports, it Commission bills, 85th Congress, let petted to be available shortly after the Con-
must be borne in mind that many of the session. gress recesses.
Commission's recommendations are In response to many inquiries, the follow- MILS!s SCULL, Jr.,
Professional I LV S Staff Member.
highly controversial in nature, that oth- lug tabulation of bills introduced in the
-Action by the Senate on Hoover Commission bills, 85th Cong., T st sess., as of July 15, 1957
S. 149; FItEAR et al.---.-.--..
S. 313; AIEEN et al----_--_----
S. 316; SMITH of Maine of al--
S. 318; SMITH Of Maine --..--..
S. 385; JOHNSTON of South
Carolina et al.
S. 734; JOHNSTON of South
Carolina of al.
S, 894; BEALL-----------------
S. 932; HENNINGS et al ........
S, 1032; JOHNSTON of South
Carolina.
Provides for appointment of Post-
masters under civil Service Laws.
Provides for inspection by Depart.
montof Agriculture of poultry prod-
ucts.
Converts appropriation estimates to
an annual accrued expenditure basis.
Provides for appointment of customs
officials tinder civil-service laws.
Provides for training Government em-
ployees at civilian facilities.
Converts appropriation estimates to
an annual accrued expenditure basis.
Provides for inspection by Depart-
ment of Agriculture of poultry prod-
nets.
Establishes new classification Act
compensation schedule.
Personnel and Civil Service;
task force report, pp. 134-
135.
Federal Medical Services;
task force report, p. 82.
Budget and Accounting; rec-
ommendation 7.
Personnel and Civil Service;
recommendation 10 (in
part).
Personnel and Civil Service;
recommendation 7 (in
part).
Budget and accounting; rec-
ommendation 7.
Federal medical services;
task force report, p. 82.
Post Office and Civil service-
Agriculture and Forestry ----
Government Operations.....
Post Office and Civil Service-
Personnel and Civil Service; I Post office and Civil Service-
recommendation 8 (a) (in
part).
Water Resources and Power;
consistent with recommend.
ation 1 (d).
Business enterprises; general
objectives of eliminating
Government competition
with private industry.
Legal services and procedure;
Western Water Rights Settlement Act
of 1957. Recognizes water rights of
certain Western States.
Limits acquisition by the Government
of equipment for reproducing docu-
ments on sensitized materials where
commercial facilities are available.
Federal Administrative Practices Re-
organization Act of 1957. Estab-
lishes an office of Federal Adminis-
trative Practice, etc.
Includes- Post Office Department's
contributions to civil service retire-
ment fund in costs of operating the
postal service.
Authorizes General Services Admin-
istration to determine records man-
agement policies.
Provides for inspection by Depart-
ment of Agriculture of poultry
products.
Strengthens the Judge Advocate Gen-
eral Corps of the Armed Services.
Provides
ule for scientific, professional, and
technological employees.
Abolishes the Postal Savings System..
recommendations 11, 12, 22-
28,52.
Business enterprises; in line
with general objectives of
recommendation 11.
Paperwork management, pt.
I; consistent with recom-
mendation 1 (b).
Federal Medical Services;
task force report, p. 82.
Legal services and procedure;
recommendation 18 (in
part).
Research and Development;
task force subcommittee;
recommendation 14.
S. 1030; HUAcPHREY------ .....
S. 1128; HUMPHREY et al.....-
S, 1165; THURMOND----------_
8. 1326; JOHNSTON of South
Carolina.
S. 1394; CAiu,sON et al --------
Business Enterprises; recom-
mendation 10.
Pending.
Hearings 1747 'Feb. 7-28, 195
(H? R. 6814, a similar bill,
passed House July 10, 1957).
Hearings Apr. 12, 1957; superseded by
5.434.
Pending.
Reported Apr. 8, 1957, S. Rept. 213;
passed Senate Apr.-12, 1957; referred
to House Post Office and Civil Serb-
ice Committee; pending.
Hearings Apr. 12, 1967; Subcommittee
on Reorganization; reported May 29,
1957, Government Operations Com-
mittee, S. Rept. 394; passed Senate
June 5,1957; referred to House Gov-
ernment Operations Committee;
(11. It. 8002 reported June 18, 1957,
H. Rept. 572, in lieu of S. 434 by
House Government Operations Com-
mtt
Hearings Feb. 27-28, 1957; superseded
by S. 1747 (H. It. 6814, a similar bill,
passed House July 10, 1957.)
Hearings, May 20-23,27,1957; Subcom-
mittee on Federal Employee Com-
ponsation; reported to
July 3, 196 ; pending, full commit-
Pending.
Judiciary------ -----
Post Office and civilservice-
Government Operations.....
Armed Services .............
Post Office and Civil Serv-
ice.
I-Icarings Feb.
S. 1747 (11. . 28, 1057; 0814, similar
ilarebill,
passed House July 11, 1957).
Pending.
Hearings May 20-23, 27, 1957; pending.
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1957 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE
The United States Import Duties, 1952, and prompt action under the- Reciprocal Trade
amendments is a large book full of protec- Act to limit oil imports to the 1954 ratio.
tion for the many American industries but Respectfully submitted.
so fax there is absolutely no protection in it Raymond Kary, Oklahoma: Price Daniel,
for the American albacore industry: Texas; George Docking, Kansas;
try, are entirely at the mercy of the Japanese.
We only ask the same protection for our
industry as is enjoyed by other American
industries. If it is fair that they should be
protected then protect us also. If it is fair
that there should be no quota or duty on
Japanese frozen albacore, then take the
duties off all other commodities and treat
us all alike.
I could go on and on, to show you that the
albacore fleet has steadily decreased in num-
bers. I could give you figures to show that
shipyards who were turning out albacore
boats- regularly have not built an albacore
boat in 8 or 9 years, resulting in loss of em-
ployment to American labor. I could show
you where the $10 million set up by Congress
to be loaned to fishermen in distress has
been used up and another $10 million Cecil H. Underwood, West Virginia; HOOVER COMMISSION REPORTS
is being sought. I could show you that the Harold W. Handley
Indiana.
,
banks are refusing loans to the albacore Before that telegram was sent the Of- Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, as
boats because of the chaotic condition of Senators are aware, a great amount of
the industry, however, even though they are flee of Defense Mobilization had twice interest has been generated throughout
a part of the overall picture they are caused reported to the President that, in its the country in the Second Hoover Com-
by the fact that the unlimited and unre- opinion, the excessive importation of oil mission's Reports. Not a day passes
stricted imports of Japanese frozen albacore would be a threat to national security; that I do not receive inquiries from pri-
tuna has increased to the point where it not and on April 25 President Eisenhower vate citizens, trade associations, and
only controls the American albacore fishing notified Mr. Gordon Gray, the Director business interests relating to implemen-
industry but threatens to exterminate it. of the office of Defense Mobilization,
I understand other fishing organizations
intend to contact that he, the President, had decided the tation of the 300-odd recommendations
you regarding this same the Commission made.
subject. You may be sure that we will all current level of oil imports was such that At my direction, the staff of the Sub-
be united in our efforts to secure much it could threaten national security, and committee on Reorganization of the
needed protection for our industry he re
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ments give you some help in the con-
sideration of our unfortunate plight and if
you can make any suggestions as to how
we should proceed in this matter I would
appreciate it greatly.
Sincerely yours,
W. E. FARRAR,
General Manager.
FOREIGN OIL IMPORTS
Mr. O'MAHONEY. Mr. President, the
air in Washington is full of reports that
the President's Cabinet Committee to
consider the problem of excessive impor-
tations of petroleum, to the disadvantage
of the oil-producing States of the Nation,
is about to submit a report. There are
numerous guesses about the character
of the. report which is to be made and
about the manner and pattern of the
restriction of oil imports which the Cabi-
net Committee has in mind.
I believe it important to make a matter
of record the fact that while the Gov-
ernors' Conference was in session at Wil-
liamsburg, Va., only a few weeks ago, a
telegram was sent to the President by 32
governors, urging speedy action. I wish
to read the telegram, which is as follows:
The Honorable DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER,
President of the United States,
Washington, D. C.:
Because foreign oil imports are far in ex-
cess of the 1954 ratio above which your Cabi-
net Committee on Fuels Policy -found that
the security of the Nation would be endan-
gered and because these excessive imports
are seriously damaging the conservation and
taxation programs of many of our states and
causingcurtailment in exploration and de-
velopment of new domestic reserves essential
to the economy and security of the Nation,
We, the undersigned Governors, urge your
No. 126-5
ilit,,
p
r
s mig
e ef-
fectively limited by voluntary agreement
of the importing companies.
Mr. President, because of the antitrust
laws, I do not believe the importing com-
panies can come to voluntary binding
agreement, but action can be taken un-
der the power which was granted to the
President by section 7 of the extension of
the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of
1955. The Congress, in that section,
delegated to the President complete and
full authority to make the adjustment.
Because there has been delay in making
the adjustment, the imports have been
rising.
The President's Cabinet Committee on
Energy Supplies reported a recommen-
dation that the limitation of imports
should be at the level of 656,000 barrels
of petroleum and diesel fuel, the average
daily production of the year 1954. Now
there is talk of raising the average to the
1956 figure.
Daily average imports have been
steadily increasing, and in July the
American Petroleum Institute an-
nounced that during the week which
ended June 21 of this year the average
daily imports had reached a new high of
1,783,900 barrels. That is more than
twice as much as the level which was
recommended by the President's Cabinet
Committee on Energy Supplies after the
extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agree-
ments Act was made.
I point this out because, on the testi-
mony of the governors, on the facts
which we know from the Department of
the Interior and elsewhere, the revenues
of schools in the public land States, such
as Texas and Oklahoma, the revenues of
States for the building of roads; the rev-
Charles H. Russell, Nevada; Ernest W.
McFarland, Arizona; Mike Stepovich,
Alaska; Orval E. Faubus, Arkansas;
James E. Folsom, Alabama; J. P. Cole-
man, Mississippi; Wilward L. Simpson,
Wyoming; Albert D. Rossellini, Wash-
ington; Stephen L, R. McNichols, Colo-
rado; George D. Clyde, Utah; Robert
D. Holmes, Oregon; George Bell Tim-
merman, Jr., South Carolina; Marvin
Griffin, Georgia; Joe Foss, South Da-
kota; Albert B. Chandler, Kentucky;
J. Hugo Aronson, Montana; Earl Long,
Louisiana; William G. Stratton, Illi-
nois; Herschel C. Lovezess, Iowa; Rob-
ert E. Smylie, Idaho; Frank G. Clem-
ent, Tennessee; Victor E. Anderson,
Nebraska; Luther H. Hodees. North
10805
enues obtained by companies that are
engaged in the independent oil in-
dustry, and in the whole oil industry, are
suffering.
So, Mr. President, I want the RECORD
to show what the situation seems to be,
and how important it is that we have a
speedy decision, and that the decision
should not be made on voluntary action
by the companies, because that would be
delegating the legislative authority of
the Congress to the importing com-
panies. Whatever limit is placed on im-
ports must be placed by the President,
under the authority granted to him in
the -act of 1955, amending the Reciprocal
Trade Agreements Act, and giving him
the power to make this limitation.
of which subcommittee I have the priv-
ilege of serving as chairman, has pre-
pared a tabulation of legislation intro-
duced in the Senate during the present
Congress relating to the Commission's
recommendations, showing action taken
as of July 15, 1957. I am hopeful this
tabulation will be of help to my col-
leagues in the Senate, in responding to
the inquiries which have been made of
their offices. -
The tabulation reveals that 49 Senate
bills had been introduced as of July 15,
1957. In addition, Senate Joint Resolu-
tion 97, H. R. 53, a House bill which the
Senate approved, Reorganization Plan
No. 1 of 1957, and an amendment to the
Defense appropriation bill, all of which
relate to the Hoover Commission's Re-
ports, have been submitted to the Senate.
Ten of these measures have passed, or,
in the instance of Reorganization Plan
No. 1 of 1957, have been accepted by the
Senate. Three, H. R. 53, providing for
codification of Veterans Administration
statutes; S. 1536 providing for certain im-
provements in the Government's records
management program; and Reorganiza-
tion Plan No. 1 of 1957, providing for
the final liquidation of the Reconstruc-
tion Finance Corporation, have become
public law, or, again as in the instance of
the Reorganization Plan, have the effect
of public law. Staff work, hearings, and
committee consideration of the re-
mainder are proceeding as expeditiously
as the heavy workload of the Senate
permits. -
Fifteen of the measures introduced in
the Senate, including Reorganization
Plan No. 1 of 1957, were referred to the
Committee on Government Operations,
of which my distinguished colleague, the