CREDIT PROTECTION

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• Publication Date: October 31, 1967
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -DAILY DI~ October 31, 1967
National Eye Institute in the National Institutes of
Health. Testimony was heard from Representatives Frie-
del, Young, Murphy of New York, Fulton of Tennessee,
Eilberg, and Rooney of Pennsylvania; Dr. William H.
Stewart, Surgeon General, Public Health Service; and
public witnesses.
Procurement; Julien Lopez, buyer; and Armen Hand,
technician; all of the Department of the Air Force.
CREDIT PROTECTION
Committee on Banking and Currency: Subcommittee
on Consumer Affairs met in executive session and con-
tinued consideration on H.R. 116oi, the' Consumer
Credit Protection Act. No final action was taken. Ad-
journed subject to call of the Chair.
OCEAN FLOOR
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Inter-
national Organizations and Movements met in execu-
tive session and considered H.J. Res. 8r6, and related
bills, in opposition to vesting title to the ocean floor in
the United Nations. No final action was taken.
Prior to the executive session, the subcommittee con-
tinued hearings on the measures. Testimony was heard
from Dr. Robert A. Frosch, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Research and Development; Rear Adm. Wil-
fred A. Hearn, Judge Advocate General of the Navy;
and Rear Adm. O. D. Waters, Oceanographer of the
Navy.
BRIEFING-AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa
met in executive session for a briefing on Africa with
R. Peter Straus, Assistant Administrator (Africa), AID.
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on For-
eign Economic Policy continued hearings on U.S. pri-
vate enterprise and trade in the developing countries.
Testimony was heard from a public witness.
WEATHER CONTROL AND FORECAST
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Sub-
committee on Communications and Power held a hear-
ing on H.R. 9212, to authorize the Secretary of Com-
merce to carry out a comprehensive program in the
field of weather modification; and H.J. Res. 688, to pro-
vide for an expanded and intensified effort to increase
the accuracy and extend the time range of weather pre-
dictions and to request the President to take action so
that the peoples'of the U.S. derive, at the earliest possible
time, the social and economic benefits that would ac-
crue from achievement of this new level of capability in
weather predictions. Testimony was heard from Dr.
`Robert M. White, Administrator, Environmental Sci-
ence Services Administration, Department of Com-
merce; and Dr. Milner B. Schaefer, Scientist Adviser to
the Secretary, Department of the Interior.
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Sub-
committee on Public Health and Welfare held a hearing
on H.R. 12843, and related bills, to amend the Public
Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a
COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Met in executive session
and ordered reported favorably to the House S.J. Res.
1114, extending the duration of copyright protection in
certain cases.
Began consideration on H.R: 11679, to provide for uni-
form annual observances of certain legal public holidays
on Mondays. No final action was taken.
CARGO VESSELS
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcom-
mittee on Merchant Marine held a hearing on H.R.
12954, to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, with
respect to development of cargo container vessels. Testi-
mony was heard from Representatives Matsunaga and
Miller of California; and James W. Gulich, Acting Mari-
time Administrator, Department of Commerce.
TVA BRIDGES
Committee on Public Works" Subcommittee on Flood
Control met in executive session and approved for full
committee action H.R. 8953, to amend the act of Novem-
ber 21, 1941 (55 Stat. 773), providing for the alteration,
reconstruction, or relocation of certain highway and rail-
road bridges by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Prior to the executive session, the subcommittee held a
hearing on the bill. Testimony was heard from Repre-
sentative Brock; Aubrey J. Wagner, Chairman, TVA;
J. Porter Taylor, Director, Division of Reservoir Proper-
ties, TVA; Robert H. Marquis, General Counsel, TVA;
and public witnesses.
VETERANS' PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Met in open session to
review the scope of various veterans' programs. Testi-
mony was heard from William J. Driver, Administrator,
Veterans' Administration; Robert McCurdy, Chairman,
U.S. Veterans' Advisory Commission; and other mem-
bers of the Commission.
SUBVERSION
Committee on Un-American Activities: Subcommittee
continued hearings on subversive influences in rioting,
looting, and burning in various cities. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
TAX-EXEMPT FOUNDATIONS
Select Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on
Foundations, Their Impact on Small Business, continued
hearings on tax-exempt foundations. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION on the Federal pay aspects of the bill from Chairman
Committee on the judiciary: Subcommittee on Separa- John W. Macy, Jr., Civil Service Commission.
t:ion of Powers held. hearings on S. 2307, proposed Fed-
eral Constitutional Convention Act, receiving testimony
from Prof. Alexander M. Bickel, Chancellor Kent Pro-
fessor of Law and Legal History, Yale University; and
Prof. Ross Mendelson, department of government, Uni-
versity of Texas.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
POSTAL RATES AND FEDERAL SALARIES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Committee
concluded its hearings on H.R. 7977, to increase postal
rates and salaries of Federal employees, with testimony
Select Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on
Monopoly resumed hearings on competitive problems
in the drug industry. A demonstration of a medical com-
munications system was given with testimony from
George Callahan, sales projects manager, American
Telephone & Telegraph Co.; and Dr. Thomas C. Meyer,
assistant dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical
Center; and several, other members of the medical
profession.
Hearings continue November 15 and 16.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 13768--13782;
nine private bills, H.R. 13783-13791; and nine resolu-
tions, H.J. Res. 915--918; H. Con. Res. 563-566, and
H. Res. 961, were introduced. Pages H 14310-14311
Bills Reported: Reports were filed as follows:
S.J. Res. 114, to extend the duration of copyright pro-
tection in certain cases (H. Rept. 87o);
Conference reports on H.R. 8718, to increase the an-
nUal Federal payment to the District of Columbia
(H. Rept. 871);
H.R. 13669, regarding military claims (H. Rept. 872);
S. 423, regarding small-boat harbor at Manele Bay,
Lanai, Hawaii (H. Rept. 873) ;
S. 1552, to amend the Highway Safety Act, amended
(H. Rept. 874);
H.R. 3639, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act, amended (H. Rept. 875) ;
H.R. 6692, regarding Bayou Lafourche, La., amended
(H. Rept. 876) ; and
{ H.R. 2138, to amend the Immigration and Nationality
+Act, amended (H. Rept. 877)? Page H 14310
Meat Inspection Act: By a record vote of 403 yeas to
1 nay the House passed H.R. 12144, to clarify and other-
wise amend the Meat Inspection Act, to provide for co-
operation with appropriate State agencies with respect to
State meat inspection programs.
Rejected a motion to recommit the bill to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture by a voice vote.
Rejected by a teller vote of 98 yeas to 14o nays the
Smith-Foley substitute amendment designed to give the
Federal Government broader powers in regard to meat
inspection.
Adopted the committee amendments and several tech-
nical amendments.
H. Res. 957, the rule under which the legislation was
considered, was adopted earlier by a voice vote.
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Late Report: Granted permission to the Committee on
Agriculture to file a report by midnight Wednesday,
November i, on H.R. 13653, to amend the marketing
quota provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
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Quorum Calls-Record Vote: Three quorum calls and
one record vote developed during the proceedings of the
House and appear on pages H14215, H14221, H14248,
H14257.
Program for Wednesday: Adjourned at 5:56 p.m. un-
til Wednesday, November 1, 1967, at 12 o'clock noon,
when the House will consider S. 1985, the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1967 (open rule, 2 hours of de-
bate, waiving points of order).
Committee Meetings
GRAIN RESERVE
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock
and Grains met in executive session and continued con-
sideration on H.R.12067, and related bills, to provide for
the establishment and maintenance by the Commodity
Credit Corporation of reserve stocks of agricultural com-
modities for national security, public protection, meeting
international commitments. No final action was taken.
Prior to the executive session, the subcommittee con-
tinued hearings on the bills. Testimony was heard from
Dr. John A. Schnittker, Under Secretary of Agriculture,
and other officials of the Department of Agriculture.
DEFENSE PROCUREMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee for Spe-
cial Investigations held a hearing on Defense procure-
ment policies and procedures. Testimony was heard
from Anthony Scarpa, Director of Procurement and
Production; W. R. Koshak, Chief, Cost and Price Analy-
sis Branch; Ruth Sanders, Contract Officer; George E.
Miller, price analyst; all of the U.S. Army Mobile Com-
mand, St. Louis, Mo.; Col. Stanley Allen, Director of
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