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12802 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE AUGUST 27
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The Ivmend nts were afire i to.
The endm is were ordere~dd to be
engrosse , and th bill to be read' third
time.
The bill was read the third tim'and
passed.
ENLISTMENT OF ALIENS IN THE REGULAR
ARMY
The Senate proceeded to consider the
bill (S. 2269) to provide for the enlist-
ment of aliens in the Regular Army.
Mr. HENDRICKSON. Mr. President,
since the purpose of the bill is apparently
to take aliens into our Army, I think we
should have an explanation.
Mr. SALTONSTALL. Mr. President,
In the absence of the chairman of the
committee [Mr. TYDINGS], let me say
that this bill was introduced by my col-
league [Mr. LODGE]. It is quite similar to
S. 2016, which was adopted by the Senate
last year as an amendment to the Selec-
tive Service Act. It is somewhat more
restrictive in its provisions, and to that
extent meets the objections which were
advanced last year by the State Depart-
ment and Immigration.
It permits the enlistment or reenlist-
ment in the Regular Army of not to ex-
ceed 10,000 aliens. Specific provision is
made which requires that the Secretary
.of State concur in the manner in which
the program is Implemented.
The enlistment period is 5 years, and
the program expires at the end of 2 years.
At the end of 2 years this type of enlist-
ment will stop. There is no suggestion
of a foreign legion in this bill, In that the
restriction in last year's bill that this
personnel should be only for service over-
seas has been removed.
The bill is drawn so that persons who
enlist as a result of this Program may
become citizens of the United States,
provided they qualify. A technical qual-
ification of the 'bill specifies that if the
Individual is ordered into the United
States by military orders, this shall be
deemed to meet the technical term "per-
manent residence" used in immigration
laws. Otherwise the individual'could not
begin to.qualify until after he completed
his enlistment.
Special provision in the bill limits the
program to persons who have no married
dependents. This is in accord with pres-
ent recruiting standards, so as to insure
that these individuals are not given an
advantage which we deny our own
people. Also, it eliminates the danger
of persons using such dependents as a
lever against an individual, should he
enlist.
Mr. ELLENDER. Mr. President, will
the Senator yield?
Mr. SALTONSTALL. I yield.
Mr. ELLENDER. Is there a limit to
the number who can enlist?
Mr. SALTONSTALL. The number is
limited to 10,000, and the program ends
in 2 years. In other words, this Is good
for 2 years, but not beyond that.
Mr. ELLENDER. How long do they
serve?
Mr. SALTONSTALL. They serve for
5 years before they become eligible for
citizenship.
Mr. THOMAS of Utah. Mr. President,
I should like to associate myself with
the Senator from Massachusetts in his
remarks about the bill. This is an old
question. We have had It before us in
the Committee on Military Affairs time
and time again. The wisdom behind the
bill cannot be challenged, neither can its
purpose. I think it should become a law,
and we should make it possible for these
men to serve when they are worthy and
meet all the requirements. The bill has
every safeguard which I know our Gov-
ernment is interested in.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
question is on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed
for a third reading, read the third time,
and passed, as follows:
Be it enacted, etc., That, with' the ap-
proval of the Secretary of State, the Secre-
tary of the Army, under such regulations as
the Secretary of the Army may prescribe, is
authorized until June 30, 1951, to accept
original enlistments in the Regular Army for
periods of not less than 5 years of not to
exceed 10,000 qualified unmarried aliens
(without dependents as defined in section 4
of the act of June 18, 1942 (56 Stat. 361), as
amended), who are not less than 18 years of
age or more than 35 years of age; and with
the approval of the Secretary of State, to
accept reenlistment of any such alien upon
the expiration of his original term of enlist-
ment for such period or periods as the Sec-
retary of the Army may determine.
SEc. 2. Provisions of law prohibiting the
payment of any person not a citizen of the
United States shall neither apply to aliens
who enlist In the Regular Army under the
provisions of section 1 of this act nor to
their dependents and beneficiaries.
SEC. 3. So much of section 2 of the act ap-
proved August 1, 1894 (28 Stat., ch. 179, 216;
10 U. S. C. 625), as amended, as reads "; and
in time of peace no person (except an In-
dian) who is not a citizen of the United
States, or who has not made legal declara-
tion of his intention to become a citizen of
the United States, shall be enlisted for the
first enlistment in the Army" is hereby sus-
pended until June 30, 1951, with respect to
enlistments made under section 1 of this act.
SEC. 4. Notwithstanding the periods set
forth therein, the provisions of section 324A
of the Nationality Act of 1940, as added
by the act of June 1, 1948 (Pub. Law 567,
80th Cong.), are applicable to aliens enlisted
or reenlisted pursuant- to the provisions of
this not. Any alien enlisted or reenlisted
pursuit to the provisions of this act who
subsequently enters the United States or an
outlying possession thereof (including the
Panama Canal Zone, but excluding the Phil-
ippine Islands) pursuant to military orders
shall be deem?d to have been lawfully ad-
mitted to the, United States for permanent
residence within the meaning of such sec-
tion 824A.
SILO, PASSED OVER
The bill (S. 7) to authotize the Secre-
tary of the Interior to iss a patents for
certain lands o certain s ttlers in the
Pyramid Lake Indian Rese vation, Nev.,
was announcedlas next in order.
Mr. MURRA+. Over.
The PRESIDING OFFICIR. The bill
Is passed over.
GRANTS FOR SaHOOL CONSTRUCTION,
, ETC.-BILL PASSED O ER
The bill (S. 231fi) to autho?ize grants
to the States for sklrveying their need for
elementary and secondary school facili-
ties and for planting State-wide pro-
gramp of school colstruction; and to au-
thori a grants for: school construction,
for a4vance planning of school facilities,
and fpr other purposes was announced
as net in order.
Mr. DONNELL. Mr. President, reserv-
ing thy: right to object, I desire to call
attention of the Senate to what I `con-
sider t~ be some exceedingly important
misstatements in the report which has
been printed to acco*lpany this bilk, I
am referring to report No. 948. I as-
sume, of Scourse, therd was no intention
to make 11isstatements? in the report, but
obviously;to those of us who have p '-
ticipated fin the consideration of this bill,
there comes home a very clear realiza-
tion of thq fact that the report does not
correctly state the situation.
This bill' consists of what may prop-
erly be termed, I think, two parts, one
of which is~ declared in the report to be
"the long-range program provided for in
sections 201'` to 205, inch4sive, of S. 2317"
as originally introduced;
The second portion of the bill is purely
an emergen(v measure, bnd appears in
section 206 add perhaps fl following sec-
tions, as the: bill was originally intro-
duced.
The committee consider d with great
care the two questions in Ived. Many
other questions, 'I take it, ' ere likewise
considered with equal care. The two
sections tp which I refer In particular
were as to whether there thould be a
lpng-range program by which the Fed-
eta] Government should recognize and
carry out any obligation for contributing
toward the construction of school build-
ings in the United States.
The second proposition which was
considered was whether the Congress
shoul0 give attention to emergency situ-
ations',arising where war activities and
the transition from wartime to peace-
time cGnditions had resulted in various
schoolistricts being overburdened with
school rollments; and whether the
Federal .government should, in such
emergen situations, recognize the obli-
gation to.assist in the construction of
school bui ings.
Notwiths `ding the report of the sub-
committee lch advocated the long-
range progra as well as the emergency
situation proaln, the committee itself
determined to ktrike out the portion re-
ferring to the Ipng-range program, but
to leave in the ill the portion which
pertained to the mergency program. So
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 12601
motisly reported by the Committee on
Rules and Administration. It would
put into effect in the Senate, the same
rule which was adopted by the House
in 1929, requiring that when any com-
mittee reports a bill or joint resolution
repealing or amending any statute, it
ehall include in the report the text of
the statute to be repealed, and show ex-
actly what is proposed to be substituted
for it.
Mr. Rice, the legislative counsel, sug-
gests that inasmuch as the members of
the committee staffs are not entirely
familiar with this rule, it might be bet-
ter to amend the resolution in line 1 on
page 1, by inserting after the word "that"
the words "effective January 3, 1950."
I offer that amendment to the resolution.
Mr. KNOWLAND. Mr. President, re-
serving the right to object-and I shall
not object, because I think the rule is a
great improvement-I wonder if the able
chairman of the Committee on Rules and
Administration, during the course of the
remainder of the session and perhaps
early in the next session, will give some
thought to the possibility of including
a notation on the calendar when there
is a divided committee vote. For ex-
ample, in a committee with a member-
ship of 13, if a bill is reported by a vote
of 7 to 6, I think it would give notice
to the membership that it is highly a con-
troversial bill, whereas if it is a unani-
mous report, the situation is different.
In going through the calendar we could
note at a glance the vote by which a bill
was reported. I believe that is a sugges-
tion for the improvement of our legisla-
tive process. It might, be well to show
the vote by which the committee re=
ported tho bill.
Mr. HAYDEN, Mr. President, I be-
lieve that is an excellent suggestion.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The ques-
tion is on agreeing to the amendment
offered by the Senator from Arizona [Mr.
HAYDEN ] .
The amendment was agreed to.
The resolution, as amended, was
POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION OF THE LATE
VICE ADM. JOHN SIDNEY McCAIN,
UNITED STATES NAVY
The joint resolution (H. J. Res. 281)
to authorize the President to issue post-
humously to the late John Sidney Mc-
Cain, vice admiral, United States Navy,
a commission as admiral, United States
Navy, and for other purposes was con-
sidered, ordered to a third reading, read
the third time, and passed.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE, ST. LOUIS,
MO.
The bill (H. R. 3478) to extend the
time for completing the construction of
a badge across the Mississipi River at or
near a point between Delmar Boulevard
and Cole Street, in the city of St. Louis,
Mo., and a point opposite thereto in the
city of East St, Louis, Ill., was considered,
ordered to a third reading, read the third
time, and passed.
PURCHASE, OF CERTAIN PROPERTY IN
MORGAN COUNTY, OHIO
The bill (H. R. 3071) to authorize the
Secretary of the Army to purchase cer-
tain property in Morgan County was
considered, ordered to a third reading,
read the third time, and passed.
CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO NORFOLK
COUNTY TRUST CO., STOUGHTON, MASS.
The Senate proceeded to consider the
bill (H. R. 5356) to provide for the con-
veyance of land to the Norfolk County
Trust Co. in Stoughton, Mass.
Mr. HENDRICKSON. Mr. President,
I do not object to the bill, but I send to
the desk an appropriate amendment,
which has been agreed to by the spon-
sors of the bill.
Mr. HOLLAND. Mr. President, as I
understand the amendment, it seeks to
require that the full value be paid. That
is the intention of the purchasers. This
has to do with a narrow strip of land to
be utilized in a building. It can be spared
from the post-office site. The Govern-
ment agencies have agreed to it. There
is no thought of giving anything away.
Mr. HENDRICKSON. I assure the
distinguished Senator from Florida that
that is the only purpose of the amend-
ment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
amendment offered by the Senator from
New Jersey will be stated.
The LEGISLATIVE CLERK. On page 1,
line 4, after the word "sell" it is proposed
to insert "at an appraised fair market
value."
The amendment was agreed to.
The amendment was ordered to be en-
grossed, and the bill to be read a third
time.
The bill was read the third time, and
passed.
SALE OF LOUISVILLE MARINE HOSPITAL,
JEFFERSON COUNTY, KY.
The bill (H. R. 3197) relating to the
sale of the old Louisville Marine Hos-
pital, Jefferson County, Ky., was consid-
ered, ordered to a third reading, read the
third time, and passed.
TATION ACT OF 1946
The bill (S. 2374) to amend the
Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946,
was announced as next in order.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is
an identical bill before the Committee
on Foreign Relations, House.bill 5535, a
bill to amend the Philippine Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1946. Without objection,
the Committee on Foreign Relations will
be discharged from the further consid-
eration of House bill 5535.
Is there objection to the present con-
sideration of the House bill?
There being no objection, the Senate
proceeded to consider the bill (H. R.
5535) to amend the Philippine Rehabili-
tation Act of 1946.
Mr. HENDRICKSON. Mr. President,
I think the Senate should have an ex-
planation of the bill.
Mr. CHAVEZ. Mr. President, in 1946
the Congress passed legislation for the
rehabilitation of certain areas of the
Philippine Islands. The bill was intro-
duced by the Senator from Maryland
[Mr. TYDINGS]. The Committee on Pub-
lic Works, to which the bill was referred,
has recommended that the bill pass.
The bill provides for the extension for
1 year, from June 30, 1950, to June 30,
1951, of the time of completion of cer-
tain construction programs authorized
by sections 302 and 303, title III, of the
original Act of 1946. The programs con-
sist of restoration, improvement, and
construction of roads, essential streets
and bridges, and port and harbor facil-
ities which were destroyed during the
war. We had just granted the Philip-'
pine Islands their freedom and the right
to exist as a republic, and it was felt
that the United States was obligated to
help in the program of reconstruction.
The bill carries no further appropria-
tions, but merely extends the time.
Mr. HENDRICKSON. Can we rest as-
sured that this will not cost any addi-
tional money?
Mr. CHAVEZ. Yes, the report so
states. If the Senator will read the
letter from the Department of State ad-
dressed to the Vice President, and signed
by Mr. Webb, he will be satisfied that it
will not cost any money. The bill simply
extends the time for completing the
work.
Mr. HENDRICKSON. I thank the
distinguished Senator from New Mexico.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
question is on the third reading and pass-
age of the bill.
The bill (H. R. 5535) was ordered to
a third reading, read the third time, and
passed.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, Senate bill 2374 is indefinitely
postponed.
SALE OF LANDS IN FLORIDA TO ALBERT
M. LEWIS, JR.
The Senate proceeded to consider the
bill (H. R. 2475) to authorize and direct
the Secretary of the Interior to sell to
Albert M. Lewis, Jr., certain land in the
State of Florida.
Mr. HOLLAND. Mr. President, this
bill simply provides for the sale to a
Purple Heart veteran of 21/2 acres of
land upon which his house, where he has
been living for many years, is located.
It was put there by mistake. I under-
stand that there is no objection to the
bill.
The PRESIDING - OFFICER. The
question is on the third reading and
passage of the bill.
The bill was ordered to a third read-
ing, read the third time, and passed.
BILL PASSED OVER
The bill (S. 1596) to authorize the
Postmaster General to enter into special
agreements for certain switching service
by railway common carriers, and for
other purposes, was announced as next
in order.
Mr. HENDRICKSON. Mr. President,
by request, I object.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
bill is passed over.
CHANGE IN CLASSIFICAT:[ON OF CROW
INDIANS
The bill (H. R. 2170) authorizing
changes in the classification of Crow
Indians, was considered, ordered to a
third reading, read the third time, and
passed.
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