KATYN FOREST MASSACRE

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America is no longer made up of 48 ernmentpersonnel, as well as the great
1 different economies-it is one national estates developed by those who have`
economy; and, what hurts us in the big profited handsomely under the Roose-
Katyn Forest Massacre
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
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HON. ADOLPH J. $ABATH
OF ILLINOIS
IN THE DOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, March ' 20, 1952
Mr. SABATH. Mr. Speaker, after
hearing the remarks of my colleague the
gentleman from Indiana [Mr. MADDEN]
billions for the Military Establishment,
much of which is so recklessly spent in
many instances.
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with the administration that is follow-
ng the policy of that greatest of Vir-
knians, Thomas Jefferson.
,,.I feel that this investigation, properly
brought to its conclusion, will do more
to bring to the people behind the iron
curtain the true nature of the Commu-
nist conspiracy than the millions we are--
devoting to the psychological warfare
program. I do not discount the value
of the Voice of America program; it is
proving very effective; but what I want
to stress is the fact that the disclosures
thus far developed by the Madden com-
mittee have been extremely effective in
penetrating to the freedom-loving souls
living almost in darkness under the heel
of the Kremlin the renewed hope that
this committee is determined to bring to
justice those responsible for this out-
rageous crime against humanity. Com-
munist atrocities such as this must be
exposed to the fullest extent. With a
full knowledge of the facts involved in
this request for additional funds, I am
sure the House will give its approval.
and others who have spoken in support,
of House Resolution 556, I am more than
pleased at the part I was privileged to
take in urging the inquiry of the Katyn
Forest massacre; and in securing a favor-
able report on the resolution before my
Committee on Rules,
Not only did I hear with great inter-
est the testimony before this select com-
mittee during its hearings in Chicago of
Mr. Skarzynski, of the International Red
Cross; Mr. Sikowski; Mr. Mlynarski; and
others, but I have followed the accounts
of testimony taken in Washington shington and
at other places, and I feel very strongly
that Chairman MADDEN and his commit-
tee have been een doing, and will continue
to do, an excellent job in determining
once and for all the guilt of those who
actually perpetrated this heinous crime.
Historically, the Russians disclaim any
responsibility for this massacre blaming
it on the Nazis.. However, the lacts thus
far disclosed by this committee's inves-
tigation indicate that Russia was respon.
sible for the murder of these thousands
of Polish officers, and to add weight to
cities, has its effect In the rural areas. velt and Truman administrations.
By the same token, anything that will These same Members express fear of
assist the people of the farm districts is, our indebtedness, which is also regretted
in fact, a benefl those in the big cities. by me; but, as I stated on the floor of
I urge you, there re; set aside all the House yesterday, I do not hear them
partisanshi =End sectionaliSrrr; d adopt opposing, nor do i see them voting,
the Yates,mendment.?.against, the appropriations running into
present testimony this committee should
be allotted funds to visit Europe to gather
additional evidence that oannot be ob-
tained here but which is available there.
Therefore, I feel the amount requested
at this time to complete these hearings
should be allowed, notwithstanding the
i opposition expressed by the chairman of
the Committee on House Administration,
f The chairman of this important com-
mittee, unfortunately, follows the other
Members from Virginia in opposing all
1 such expenditures regardless of the merit
f of the request or the need therefor. I
frequently wonder what the underlying
reasons are for their opposition to such
matters as this. when the, State of Vir-
ginia has derived and is continuing to
derive greatei benefits under the pro-
'gram of this administration than any
other State ink the Union-the subsidies
and tobacco growers; the tremendously
"e increased property values in that sec
tion of the State. adjacent to Washing-
,le ton,and.the great volume of State taxes
1d derived therefrom; the vast number of
g- homes that have been constructed in
that State to house the expanding Gov-
Columbia University Propagandized
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
. HON. HENRY M. JACKSON
OF WASHINGTON
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Friday, March 21, 1952
Mr. JACKSON of Washington. Mr.
Speaker, under leave to extend my re-
marks, I wish to include the following
letter sent by Gus Norwood, executive
secretary of the Northwest Public Power
Association, to the president of Columbia
University on February 8, 1952:
NORTHWEST PUBLIC POWER
ASSOCIATION, INC.,
Vancouver, Wash., February 8, 1952.
The PRESIDENT,
Columbia University,
New York, N. Y.
DEAR SIR: I regret the necessity of calling
your attention to the publication by Colum-
bia University of a pamphlet which in fact
constitutes paid propaganda.
The itemis "Electric power and social pol-
icy: A resource guide for teachers and dis-
cussion leaders" (53 pp, 1951, available from
the teachers college for 75 cents).
Typical of the propaganda items In the
pamphlet is the use of the expression "busi-
ness managed" 'ower companies as con-
trasted to public power systems, which by
implication are not business managed. See
pages 1, 7, and 43.
A second obvious piece of propaganda, by
omission, is the section on rural electrifica-
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tion on pages 15, 18, 17, 18, 19, and 20 which
completely omits mention of the rural elec-
tric cooperatives, which as of June 30. 1951,
were serving 3,547,000 rural consumers or well
over half of all rural consumer's in the Na-
tion. They are serving the rural areas which
private utilities refused to serve because of
insufficient profit motive.
A third item of propaganda is the effort
to depreciate the usefulness of hydroelectric
dams as compared to steam plants. Here in
the Pacific Northwest we generate 98 percent
of our power from such dams and our power
pools operate just the opposite from that
shown, for example, in the graph on page 26.
Fourthly, on page 29, a propaganda attack
I& made on irrigation, flood control, and nav-
igation. The item on page 29 is misleading
and certainly unsupported.
Fifthly, the paragraph on page 39 on the
cheapness of electricity is sheer propaganda,
Public power systems are selling electricity
at much lower average prices than are pri-
vate utilities.
Sixthly, the Kellogg statement on the top
of page 40 claiming that there has been rigid
control by State public service commissions
is a Be. This again Is propaganda and
untruth.
False statements appear throughout on
pages 47, 48, and 49 where a hypocritical
show is made purporting to compare the
merits of private and public ownership.
While no one has a monopoly on efficiency,
we have rather conclusive statistics Indi-
cating that public systems are more efficient
and private systems are more wasteful. We
certainly can prove their tremendous expend-
itures, at the expense of the rate payer, for
propaganda and lobbying.
This is only a partial recital of obvious
propaganda in a pamphlet which Is pub-
lished under the name of Columbia Univer-
sity as a guide for teachers. This pamphlet
is meant to be a beacon, a true and unfaii-
ing reference point to guide teachers to whom
we entrust our children to learn about truth
and Integrity.
I beg to remind you, air, that the Federal
Trade Commission made some pointed com-
ments about the immorality of private uttli-
t'ies in seeking to corrupt educational insti-
tutions in the 1920-35 period. Volume 71A
of the hearings by the Federal Trade Com-
mission is entitled "Summary Report on
Utility Corporations, 1934." On page 139 to
218 is a record of how extensive was the util-
ity inspired corruption of our schools. These
are some of the blackest pages of American
education,
We are reallably advised that the Edison
Electric Institute financed the so-called Co-
lumbia University workshop, and the achol-
srahips which produced this pamphlet. In
view of this fact I would like to submit that
In my opinion this pamphlet is less a meas-
ure of the social effects of electricity than
it is a measure of how much it costs to get
a leading university to endorse a propaganda
pamphlet.
I hope Congress will investigate your
pamphlet. I think it reflects adversely on
the integrity and standing of Columbia Uni-
versity.
Sincerely,
Thinking Out Loud
>g i i. NSION OF REMARKS
HON. J. FRANK WILSON
the RECORD, I Include the following
article by Lynn Landrum, from the Dal-
las News of March 12, 1952:
THINKING Our Loon
(By Lynn Landrum)
The American Federation of Labor's pub-
lication, AFL-News Reporter, scents a plot:
"A Nation-wide drive to undermine for the
cial-securtity program by providing
disclosure of the name of persons on public
assistance rolls was charged by the American
Federation of Labor at hearings held by the
Senate committee" This is the charge:
"Labor believe that the attempt to force
disclosure would not only exploit the dir
needs of the poor, but also place an
sary obstacle to their rehabilitation." Boris
Shiskin, acting director, AFL social insur-
ance activities, told the committee.
"Our ability to provide relief and rehabili-
tation to people who are in want, by action
of the community which would fully safe-
guard the dignity of man, is the test of our
moral strength in the world today."
Maybe 8O. But it is a queer idea of the
dignity of man.
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The News, you may rest assured, isn't going
to publish the names of people who are
destitute and who are being helped to climb
out of destitution by the wise and proper
use of public funds. The News has other use
for its columns. Such publication would be
neither news nor headlines. There was the
publication before the passage
statute which now forbids all publication.
What might be published, however, would
be the story of people who make a profes-
sion of living solely on relief money. There
are people who will deliberately quit a job
in contemplation of drawing unemployment
compensation. There give old to their who
chil-
sell their-property
dren, in order to become eligible for pen-
sions. Then there are children well able to
look after their parents who desert the old
people, leaving them to public support.
The possibility of publication would stop a
lot of this unworthy misuse of public funds.
If you can find any dignity in such chiseling,
you are welcome to it.
ENDOWMENT
What is happening in this country is that
we are growing a generation of endowed vot-
era. Taxeaters multiply, while taxpayers are
groaning under rising burdens. We are driv-
ing hard toward a situation similar to that
in Britain today, where nobody seriously
hopes to get ahead in money, property, or
ability to take care of his own old age with-
out asking society for help.
Now that really does destroy the dignity of
man. That really does undercut the fine,
manly, respectable pride that a man has In
looking after his own family, saving up the
fruits of his own effort, and having some de-
gree of control over the manner of his own
living.
Voting on the one band and drawing pub-
lie relief money on the other make a bad
combination. It is a setup that goes against
good government. We have more voters
taking out of the the Treasury than Itdoeesn have
voters p ttSn8 into
take deep wisdom to see what that will
lead to,
There are twice as many old people draw-
ing relief money now as there are dependent
children drawing it. The reason is that the
old people vote and the children don't.
While the old people who really need help
ought to get it. the need of the children
Isn't hammered home to the lawmakers or
the relief handlers.
If a man is dignified in drawing public
Money, if that is a high and honorable thing
to do, publication will not hurt him. But
if there is something wrong about his par-
ticular case, he will shun the light.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVffi
Friday, March 21,1952
Mr, WILSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker,
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Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Let propriation bill of -1953. Following that ante of any sums heretofore made. available
us first find out what is going to happen will be the Interior appropriation bill for conducting such investigations and
tonight. How much further are we go- of 1953. Then the bill H. R. 5678, relat- studies, including expenditures for the em-
ployment of investigators, attorneys, and
to run in considering this appropri-
ing ation bill? .
Mr. THOMAS. May I say to the gen-
tleman from Massachusetts that just as
soon as the gentleman, from Massachu-
setts has finished stating the program
I shall move 'that the Committee rise.
Mr. McCORMACK. Tomorrow after
-the termination of the consideration of
this bill there will be in order the bill
H. R. 4323, reported unanimously out of
the Committee on Expenditures in the
Executive Departments. A rule has been
reported out on that bill.
There is-another bill relating to the
same subject matter, the Post Office De-
partment, reported out of the Committee
on Post Office and Civil Service, but no
rule has been reported on it. If there
are no serious objections to the bill H. R.
4323, and none are expected-however,
no one can tell about that, and my in-
formation is that there is no opposition
to the bill-then an effort might be made
to bring' the other bill up by unanimous
consent. I assume my friend from Mas-
sachusetts has been consulted about
that, and if not, he will be. The bill
H. R. 4323, however, I am programing
for tomorrow after the pending appro-
priation bill is disposed of.
We are going to be under pressure the
next 2 or 3 weeks to get appropriation
bills out of the way. The Members are
of course well aware that the leadership
on both sides are very anxious to give
the Members the usual Easter recess,
starting the Thursday preceding Easter
? Sunday and extending until a week
thereafter, that is, from April 10 to April
21. The chances now appear to be about
99 out of 100 that we will be able to
have this recess. That is the reason I
want to get these bills out of the way
as quickly as possible.
We have a number of appropriation
bills coming up, together with other leg-
islation, that we want to pass or have the
House consider by the time of the recess,
and we might meet early some days in
order to accomplish that.
The program for next week is as fol-
lows: Monday is District Day. There
are two District bills to be considered,
tions, and the bill H. R. 6635, which
exempts from taxation certain property
of the AMVETS and American Veterans
of World War II.
Also to be considered on Monday are
four bills out of the Committee on Armed
Services: H. R. 6787, to extend the Rub-
ber Act of 1948; H. R. 6336, relating to
4511, dealing with the transfer of the
Hawaiian Naval Air Station; and H. R.
5012, amending the Navy ration statute,
my impression is to permit the use of
oleomargarine in the Navy.
It is understood that if all these bills
cannot be acted on those not acted on
will be displaced, and the following pro-
gram will be in order for the remainder
of the week, from Tuesday through
Saturday.
On Tuesday we will start the consider-
ation of the Labor-Federal Security ap-
ing to the immigration and naturaliza- clerical, stenographic, and other assistants,
tion code, and H. R. 3098, concerning the and expenses necessary for travel and sub-
jurisdiction of Federal courts. That is sistence incurred by members and employ-
the $10,000 damage jurisdiction bill ees while engaged in the activities of the
which was on the program for last week select committee, shall be paid from the con-
but was displaced because I later found, tingent fund of the House of Representa-
that a promise had been made by a tives on vouchers authorized by the select -
member of the Committee on Rules that committee, signed by the chairman thereof,
reports could be filed by members who and approved by the Committee on House
favored the bill and those who opposed Administration. r
it. I understand now those reports have - The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes
been filed.
Any further program will, be an-
nounced later, the usual reservation, and,
of course, conference reports may be
brought up at any time.
Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. One
of our colleagues inquired as to whether
we are going to come in early tomorrow
morning.
Mr. McCORMACK. On that I am
guided by the chairman of the subcom-
mittee handling the bill, and he thinks
it would be a good thing. When the
Committee rises, and we are in the
House, I shall ask unanimous consent to
meet tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock.
Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Chairman, I move
that the Committee do now rise.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly the Committee rose; and
the Speaker having resumed the chair,
Mr. MILLS, Chairman of the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the
Union, reported that that Committee,
having had under consideration the bill
(H. R. 7072) making appropriations for
the Executive Office and sundry inde-
pendent executive bureaus, boards, com-
missions, corporations, agencies, and of-
fices, for the fiscal year ending June 30,
.1953, and for other purposes, had come
to no resolution thereon.
HOUR OF MEETING TOMORROW
Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I
ask unanimous consent that when the
House adjourns today, it adjourn to
meet at 11 o'clock a. m. tomorrow.
Mr. DAVIS of Wisconsin. Mr. Speak-
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er, reserving the right to object, I un- that I am not opposed to congressional
Appropriations that the full to ha on investigations in general. As a matter
meeting g tomorrow isorrow morning orning at t have a 30 of fact, I am today prepared to report to
mee the House two such bills that I heartily
out the Interior Department no app- e favor. One is to provide funds for fur-
report o tidn
time to o do tbill,hatt if the and Ho there will not eets a at be ther investigation of the waste in de-
lfense procurement, and the other is to
11 o'clock.
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The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Activities Committee. I think it is de-
he request of the gentleman from Mas cidedly within the jurisdiction of the
ach etts? legislative branch of our Government to
There was no objection. survey the operations of the executive
INVESTIGATION OF KATYN FOREST 'r branch and see that it carries out the
MASSACRE ,mandates of the Congress. We are
Mr. STANLEY. Mr. Speaker, by di-
rection of the Committee on House Ad-
ministration, I offer a resolution (H. Res.
556) and ask for its immediate considera-
tion.
The Clerk read the resolution, as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That further expenses of con-
ducting the investigations and studies au-
thorized by House Resolution 390, Eighty-,
second Congress, as amended by House Res-
olution 639, Eighty-second Congress, in-
curred by the select committee created by
such House Resolution 390, not to exceed
$100,000, in addition to the unexpended bal-
'charged with appraising the execution
of the laws we pass. I believe in the in-
vestigative function, and some investi-
gations have proved entirely worth
while. But I also believe that we should
always weigh value to b_e received
against the funds that we expend. I
think that is what the vast taxpaying
pulic would want us to do.
In regard to this investigation of the
massacre years ago in the Katyn Forest
of Russia in which no Americans were
involved. I do have the greatest pity for
the gallant Polish officers who were
the gentleman from Virginia [Mr.
STANLEY].
Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. STANLEY. I yield to the gentle-
man for a question.
Mr. MADDEN. I would like to inquire
of the gentleman regarding the division
of time. I understand that 1 hour is set
aside for debate on this. Would the mi-
nority have any time?
The SPEAKER. The time is entirely
in the control of the gentleman from
Virginia, and he may yield or not yield
to anyone during the next hour.
Mr. STANLEY. Mr. Speaker, may I
say to the gentleman from Indiana [Mr.
MADDEN], it is hoped that very little time
will be used on this resolution, and I
shall be glad to yield to him a little later.
Mr. Speaker, I am in the most unusual
position of reporting from the Commit-
tee on House Administration a resolu-
tion which I do not favor and have con-
sistently opposed in the committee. I
opposed the authorizing resolution on
the floor last week and I am still in the
same frame of mind.
This is a resolution (H. R. 556) to pro-
vide funds to continue the investigation
of the Katyn Forest massacre that oc-
curred on another continent more than
a decade ago. It provides money to ex-
tend the investigation into Europe with
some of our Members going abroad-
leaving tomorrow.
Since I am chairman of the committee
that considers all such requests for
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brandedby the Attorney General as dis-
loyal. He became publicity director of
the Wallace organization for the Presi-
dency. Examples can be cited without
end.
The Massachusetts Association of
Housing Authorities in March of 1947
wrote to Senator TOBEY pointing out that
they had "sad experience with the ad-
ministrative policies of those who were in
charge of housing and who possessed
Ideologies foreign sometimes to our
American way of life."
'Here is a copy of a clipping from the
New York Daily Mirror which charges
that thousands of pro-Communist
workers have infiltrated into the public
housing projects in New York City:
T OUSANDS of Pas-REDS Lrva IN HoumNa
PROJECTS
(By William Henderson)
While thousands of veterans and their
families are still living in inadequate. sub-
andard so-called emergency quonset hut
housing projects in outlying city districts,
thousands of Communist party-liners are oc-
cupying eminently desirable apartments in
huge new developments constructed with
Government funds, it was disclosed yester-
day.
A Mirror survey revealed that a hard core
of American Labor Party members, unswerv-
ingly devoted to the Moscow-dictated line,
has infiltrated virtually every one of the 60-
odd housing projects under jurisdiction of
the New York City Housing Authority, and
is busily engaged In stirring up dissension,
discontent and political bias In them.
. Admitting that the authority is unable to
take adequate measures to weed out the
politically disaffected and outright sub-
versive elements from the many thousand
applicants seeking apartments in city proj-
octs a spokesman for the body explained
that regulations forbid screening on the basis
of political affiliation.
CAN'T QUIZ TENANTS
Under the existing contracts for receiving
State and Federal funds for the erection of
low-cost housing units, the Authority is for-
bidden to ask questions that would disclose
Whether pospective tenants are members of
the Communist Party or of its thinly dis-
guiehed offspring, the ALP.
"Once admitted to the projects, the only
cause for eviction of even an avowed, active
Communist is nonpayment of rent, destruc-
tion of property, or willful violation of lease
obligations," the spokesman said.
A favorite device of these Red-led, low-
cost housing tenants to foment trouble for
their own political and propaganda purposes
is the immediate formation of tenant
leagues, under various titles, to attdck Au-
thority policies and practices worked out
from long experience for the common good.
Th,e two projects most heavily occupied by
Red party liners are the developments smack
in the heart of former Representative Marc-
antonio's bailiwick. These are the East
River houses, One Hundred and Second
Street and First Avenue, and the James
Weldon Johnson Houses, One Hundred and
Twelfth Street and Park Avenue.
According to the records of the board of
elections, registration for the 1950 elections
at the East River houses disclosed 387
ALPers, 134 Republicans, and 648 Democrats.
Yet, in the congressional race between Marc-
antonio and coalition candidate James Don-
ovan, the ALP candidate received 607 votes
from the project residents, a clear indication
of the underground tactics of the ALPer,Lin
concealing their affiliation by registering un-
der another party label.
"UNDERGROUND" VOTE
Registration figures at the Johnson project
showed 221 ALP-era, 379 Democrats, and 19
Republicans. Here again, there was evi-
dence of "underground" voting with Marc-
antonio receiving 817 votes on the ALP line.
Registration figures of residents of sev-
eral other large housing projects under city
management also showed sizable groups of
ALP constituents, as follows:
Vladeck Houses, Madison and Gouverneur
Streets, 85.
Lillian Wald Houses. East Houston Street
and Roosevelt Drive, 139.
Abraham Lincoln Houses, One Hundred
and Thirty-second Street and Fifth Ave.
nue, 54.
Fort Gjeene Houses, Myrtle Avenue, Brook-
lyn. 158.
Williamsburg Houses, Leonard Street,
Brooklyn, 169.
Queensbridge Houses, Bridge Plaza and
Vernon Avenue, Queens, 154.
Mr. Chairman, as the Members know,
the House Expenditures Committee dis-
covered serious Communist infiltration
in the public-housing projects in San
Diego, Calif., In 1948-see pages a and 7
of House Report 2351.
Mr. Chairman, It should be no wonder
that the Communist are building cells
in these public-housing projects across
the country since public housing is one
of the principles of the constitution of
Soviet Russia. We find here in article 8
among other things "bulk of the dwell-
ing houses In the city and industrial
areas are state projects."
The Veterans of Foreign Wars in their
last convention in 1951 petitioned the
Congress to bar members of the subver-
sive organizations from occupying pub-
lic-housing units-VFW Resolution 404.
Gentlemen of the House, is it not ob-
vious that socialized housing or any
other socialized area of our economy will
by the very nature of things be man-
aged and directed by Socialists and Com-
munists? They spread the propaganda
In every city and on the floor of this
House to the effect that private enter-
prise will not or cannot build houses for
the poor as they should; that they are
too selfish and greedy; that only the
Government is unselfish. The truth
now appears. These various Socialists
and Communists, Infiltrated in the pub-
lic-housing departments and in the rent-
control department, refuse deliberately.
cynically, with evil design to raise the
rents so that little rental housing opera-
tors and builders cannot build houses or
even improve or repair rental housing
for the poor. The result is that we have
3,000,000 less rental housing units than
we had when rent control started in 1940.
At the same time another branch of
the Government refuses to grant build-
ing permits and allocate building mate-
rials to private builders of houses. They
are willing and anxious to build houses;
they are absolutely restrained. Their
throats are cut by the Socialists and
Communists. It is done arbitrarily,
whimsically, irresponsibly so that a case
may be made out for socialized hous-
ing.
For every unit of socialized housing
built at least three to four houses ready
to be built by private enterprise are lost
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to the community. As public housing
advances with its terrific cost, waste,
and corruption, and voting of the peo-
ple under compulsion, private enterprise
must make way at an accelerating rate.
It is not only deprived of materials,
credits, and rents necessary to support
building, it is deprived of confidence in
its own Government necessary to make
plans for the future.
Since we started to socialize housing
and stopped private building of houses,
as all socialism must stop private en-
terprise, we have observed not only what
happens at home but abroad as well.
France socialized housing and rents 33
years ago. Her slums have increased
ever since. Her building of houses for
rent has almost completely dried up. In
Vienna the evidence is perfectly clear.
Socialists and Communists in charge of
the government occupied the great block
upon block of Englehoffs and Marxhoffs.
When Hitler came with his legions he
knew where theSocialist and Communist
Party members were and in the night
turned his artillery upon the public-
housing projects and destroyed the So-
cialists and Communists. Why should
they expose themselves unnecessarily by
concentrating In our public housing in
America?
Mr. Chairman, I hope we will not hear
a single dissenting voice to this amend-
ment which will stop forcing the Ameri-
can taxpayer to subsidize the Commu-
nist movement in the United States.
The CHAIRMAN. The question is on-
the amendment offered by the gentleman
from New York [Mr. GwINNI.
The amendment was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN. The Chair recog-
nizes the gentleman from Massachusetts
[Mr. McCoRmArxl.
Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Chairman, I
desire to announce to the House that
Immediately after the Committee rises
the resolution from the Committee on
House Administration in relation to the
Katyn special committee will come up.
I say this so that Members will remain
in the Chamber. Ordinarily when a mo-
tion that the Committee rise is made it
means the end of the legislative business
of the day, but it is vitally important
that this other matter be taken up to-
night, because if the resolution Is adopt-
ed, some of the members and staff of the
committee concerned will have to leave
for Europe tomorrow afternoon or to-
morrow evening.
Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Mr.
Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. McCORMACK. I yield.
Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Fol-
lowing - out what the gentleman from
Massachusetts has said, I understand
there Is some opposition to this resolu-
tion, and that it is quite possible there
will be a roll call on it.
Mr. McCORMACK. Exactly.
Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. May
I further inquire of the majority leader
as to the program for next week?
Mr. McCORMACK. May I first give
the program for the remainder of the
week, and then I will answer the inquiry
about next week?
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killed there. It was a criminal act
against every law of humanity. But any
action that we may take here goes be-
yond our jurisdiction, is a matter for
historians to research and record,' and
will not bring back to life those poor
men of Poland who died.
In taking this unusual action of re-
porting a bill out of committee and then
arising to oppose it on the floor, I am
doing it because I think we must vote
our convictions regardless of the dispo-
sition of the Congress in favor or in op-
position to a measure.
Last week when the authorization to
extend the Katyn Forest investigation
came before us, only four votes the other
way would have stopped it. It was said
in committee this morning that an over-
whelming majority of the House favored
the expansion of the investigation. I
invite my colleagues' attention to the
first roll call-163 to 156. On a second
roll call, on the resolution, the Members
did vote it overwhelmingly, having seen
the handwriting on the wall. We have
all seen this happen time and time
again. There is a natural inclination
to go along with final approval when it
appears inevitable.
I believe that first roll call vote, which
was close, shows a disposition on the part
of the membership to examine more
closely these investigations and the value
we are supposed to receive from the
funds we spend to conduct them.
Specifically, here are my reasons for
opposing the expansion of this Katyn
Forest investigation:
First. In statements on the House floor
last week, the chairman of the inves-
tigating committee, the gentleman from
Indiana [Mr. MADDEN], stated that every
bit of evidence gathered so far has indi-
cated that the Russians were entirely
responsible, and that this was already
being told to the rest of the world on
the Voice of America.
I will quote Mr. MADDEN's statement:
The testimony so far taken before our
committee preponderantly reveals that the
Soviets committed these mass murders at
Katyn.
And then the gentleman from Indiana
said:
The enslaved people are learning the true
facts. Misrepresentation in Communist
propaganda is being exposed. I have broad-
cast regarding the evidence presented to this
committee on four different occasions over
the Voice of America. I know other mem-
bers of the committee have also talked on
the Voice of America. I think this commit
tee has contributed an avalanche of ma-
terial already in overcoming Communist
propaganda.
I ask then-if the investigating com-
mittee is so convinced that the Russians
are guilty and are already telling it to
the rest of the world, why should we
continue to expand this investigation
further? The point of the whole in-
vestigation seems to have been covered
already.
Second. Let us assume that we have
proved Russia's guilt in this 12-year-old
matter, or that we are going to prove it,
what do we do about it then?
Third. In the eyes of the rest of the
world, and I refer particularly to the
free nations, what possible jurisdiction
does the Congress of the United States
have over Russian atrocities committed
against Polish nationals? Would not we
be accused of meddling? There may be
propaganda value in this investigation,
and I do not doubt that there is, but what
is our jurisdiction over these murders?
It is like a court in California trying a
murder case committed in Florida, when
the murderer cannot be caught even
if he is convicted.
Fourth. This morning it was brought
out in our committee that a bill was in-
troduced a year ago by the gentleman
from Michigan [Mr. DINGELL] to in-
vestigate the reasons why sentences had
been commuted in the case of German
murderers who killed several hundred
Americans at Malmedy, Belgium, during
the war. This bill never got beyond the
Rules Committee although the victims
of these murders were American soldiers,
not Polish. These were our own boys.
One member of the Katyn investigat-
ing committee [Mr. FLooD1] said that he
had in mind now two amendments to
the bill which authorized the investiga-
tion of the Katyn Forest murders. One
amendment would authorize the inves-
tigation of the murder of American
soldiers in Korea several months ago,
and the other would go into these mur-
ders of the Americas `soldiers in Belgium.
Now it would seem to me that we
should adopt a sort of America first atti-
tude and look into these murders of our
own citizens first. But instead, we are
going over to Europe to find out who
killed the Polish soldiers 12 years ago,
even before America entered the war.'
If those two amendments that the
gentleman has in mind are finally
passed, it looks like this special com-
mittee has a long life ahead of it. It's
another case of getting the foot in the
door and then becoming a permanent
fixture. In other words, another long-
standing committee appears imminent,
and we get even farther away from the
committee structure created by the Re-
organization Act of 1946.
Fifth. And finally, what of the finan-
cial aspects of this investigation and this
journey to Europe? The Eighty-second
Congress is already breaking all records
in granting funds for special investiga-
tions. The House Administration Com-
mittee has approved more than $2,000,-
000 in this Congress and there are re-
quests before us now for several hundred
thousand more.
It may be said on the floor of this
House that passage of an authorization
bill imposes a mandate upon us to pro-
vide funds under a companion piece of
legislation. As a member of the com-
mittee that receives so many of these
subsequent requests for funds that come
along behind the authorization, I dis-
agree with this idea. I believe that the
true mandate imposed upon me and my
committee is to view the appropriations
request separately and determine
whether there is a real justification for
going beyond the authorization and pro-
viding funds. if it is my considered
opinion that there is no merit in the
funds request, I think that I am obliged
to vote against it. By the same token, I
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would vote just as quickly to appropriate
the money if in my opinion it was to be
spent on a worthy project.
Now, $65,000 may not sound like a
whole lot of money-and don't forget
that this is the second time we have ap-
propriated funds for this Katyn Forest
thing. But I would just like to tell you
how much money it really is. It is every
single cent of all the taxes paid through
the entire year by 138 average taxpaying
citizens. Now, as one of those 138 tax-
payers, I do not want my tax money
spent to send this investigating group
over to Europe to meddle into something
that happened years ago and which is
none of our business anyway.
Mr. HAYS of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, will
the gentleman yield?
Mr. STANLEY. I yield to the gentle-
man from Ohio.
Mr. HAYS of Ohio. I do not believe
the clerk reported the committee amend-
ment, as I heard him read the bill.
Mr.. STANLEY. I was referring to the
amount carried in the amendment.
Mr. HAYS of Ohio. I realize that, but
I think we ought to have it clarified. I
do not know when the committee amend-
ment should be reported, but the resolu-
tion was amended to read "$65,000" and
I do not believe the Clerk reported it.
Mr. STANLEY. The Clerk will re-
port it when the amendment is being
considered.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 10 minutes to the
gentleman from Indiana [Mr. MADDEN].
Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Speaker, this is
a rather unusual situation. As the gen-
-tleman from Virginia stated, some time
ago the House approved a resolution to
take evidence across the ocean. That
resolution passed by a vote of 206 to
115. The gentleman's committee this
morning reported out a recommenda-
tion for $65,000 to complete the com-
mittee's work by a great majority. This
will not only include the taking of evi-
dence across the water but will include
the complete expenses of this commit-
tee until its work is completed. We also
have several series of hearings in this
country before the work of the commit-
tee will be completed.
Let me say, Mr. Speaker, in regard to
economy that I firmly believe this is the
greatest economy piece of legislation
that has ever been brought to the floor
of this House. For the sum of approxi-
mately $65,000-and to date under the
original resolution we have spent about
$15,000-the Katyn Committee will have
done more to arouse Mr. Stalin and his
henchmen across the water than the
millions of dollars that have been spent
on so-called psychological warfare dur-
ing the last few years.
I am going to prove that statement
to you by reading a couple of excerpts
here. Let me quote one paragraph from
last week's Newsweek magazine:
The Kremlin is apparently badly worried
over the revival of the Katyn Forest case.
The Voice of America has frequently broad-
cast the evidence of the hearings that the
Polish soldiers were murdered not by the
Nazis but by the Reds.
The Russians are finding it necessary
to broadcast frequent protestations of
their innocence.
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1. Let me also call your attention to the
New York Herald Tribune dated March
10, 1952. just one paragraph:
Congressional investigation that has
proved to be one of the most potent blows
yet struck in the United States campaign
of truth against Soviet communism soon
will be transferred almost within the shadow
of the Iron curtain. There it will continue
to unfold publicly a story whose impact on
the people behind that curtain is now of
obvious concern to Moscow.
Then it goes on with a lengthy dis-
sertation on the Katyn Committee.
Here is an article from the Christian
Science Monitor which states:
Apparently the Voice broadcasts directly
and indirectly reach so many people that the
gremlin felt forced to take counteraction.
Almost the entire space of Pravda was set
aside for republication of the 1944 report of
the Soviet commission.
Now that only happened 2 weeks ago.
Every newspaper behind the iron cur-
tain Ignored this 'committee's investiga-
tion up until 2 weeks ago when all iron-
curtain newspapers printed the 8-year-
old report about the Russian commission
that had investigated these massacres.
What is the reason for that? Men of
the type of Dr. Miloslavich, who was one
of the great medical experts of Europe,
and whose name is a household word In
Poland, Mr. Mlynarski, Mr. Sikowski, and
Mr. Skarzynski, of the International Red
Cross, are all names well known behind
the iron curtain. Men of that type have
testified before our committee. I myself
have made four broadcasts that have
been translated into other languages
that have gone behind the iron curtain.
When the testimony of these prominent
Poles is brought to the ears of the people
behind the iron curtain, it is certainly
going to cause more consternation and
more inquiries about the false propa-
ganda being sent out by the Kremlin in
the last 8 years than anything that has
happened.
When I say that this $65,000 is the
most economical piece of legislation that
has ever been presented to this Con-
gress, I mean it, because millions upon
millions have been spent by this Con-
gress for psychological warfare, and this
committee has brought more results in
its short period of operation than all
these various forces of psychological war-
fare have ever brought forth.
Mr. Speaker, I know that this matter
has been debated before on the floor of
this House. The House overwhelmingly
voted for it. The gentleman from Vir-
ginia's committee this morning, by a
large vote has recommended $65,000 to
complete the work of this committee.
I ask you to approve this appropriation
for this great work that the committee is
doing.
The reason why the resolution is called
up at this late hour is because our com-
mittee has had a great deal of difficulty
securing boat reservations. Two inves-
tigators leave tomorrow evening by boat.
These reservations must be reserved sev-
eral weeks ahead of time, as well as for
other members of the committee the
week after next. The Speaker of the
House asked that we utilize the Easter
recess for this h,,: :.ig across the ocean.
That is why this matter is being brought
up at this late hour.
I ask you Members of the House to
approve the resolution.
Mr. STANLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield
5 minutes to the gentleman from Iowa
[Mr. LECOMPTEI.
Mr. LECOMPTE. Mr. Speaker, the
question of the investigation of the
Katyn Forest massacre was disposed of
twice by the House, first by resolution
authorizing an investigation in this
country and then last week by an addi-
tional resolution that provides for an
investigation overseas. The people of
Poland have an heroic history and the
massacre of 12,000 officers in the Katyn
Forest 10 years ago is a terrible crime.
The only thing that is before the House
now Is a resolution providing originally
for $100,000, but by committee amend-
ment now providing for $65,000.
A good many Members including the
very distinguished gentleman from Vir-
ginia [Mr. STANLEY], have questioned
the wisdom of this investigation over-
seas. That, however, has been passed
upon,
This morning when the Committee on
House Administration looked into the
question of this resolution I offered an
amendment providing $40,000 for this
committee investigation in Europe. The
budget presented by the committee
shows a need only for $28.500 for the in-
vestigation in Europe, and there is un-
expended $4,000 in the fund that was
previously provided by the House of Rep-
resentatives.
Of course It is :,tire there Is an addi-
tional budget for completing the inves-
tigation in this country, but there will
be an opportunity later, It seems to ipe,
to provide more money to the committee
of which the gentleman from Indiana is
chairman. if a need is shown. The gen-
tleman's own estimate, as I read it. that
he submitted to the committee this
morning asked for only $28,500 for the
investigation in Europe, which he con-
templates making in London, where the
Polish Government-in-exile Is situated
at the present time, and in Berlin, in
Paris, and possibly in Geneva.
Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. LECOMPTE. I yield to the gen-
tleman from Indiana.
Mr., MADDEN. Immediately when
the committee returns from Europe
preparations will be under way to pro-
vide hearings here in Washington.
Mr. LECOMPTE. I understand that,
but that will not be for 45 days.
Mr. MADDEN. That would necessi-
tate coming in here in another 45 days
and asking for about $30,000 more.
Mr. LECOMPTE. The gentleman's
own figures here are only $28,500 for the
investigation in Europe. If I read the
gentleman's figures correctly, the inves-
tigation in Europe will cost $28,500.
Mr. MADDEN. That Includes trans-
portation, witnesses, and other expenses
In Europe. That is the estimate. It
might be less, it might be more. I do
not know.
Mr. LECOMPTE. I am not question-
ing the character of the gentleman's
committee by any means.
Mr. MADDEN. As the gentleman re-
calls, when Congress passed on this we
submitted an estimate of a total of $100,-
000, but I stated at that time that we
had not made any survey of what the
expenses to close the work of the com-
mittee would amount to. The nearest
estimate we can make, after going over
the matter, with the State Department
as to expenses in Europe, and also the
expenses involved in our future hear-
ings here, is that the cost will run about
$65,000. If any money Is left over, it
will be returned.
Mr. LECOMPTE. I am not question-
ing the fact ;hat you will save as much
money as you can, but as an actual mat-
ter of fact your estimate for the investi-
gation in Europe is $28,500, and the ad-
ditional money is for completing the
work of the committee and in writing
the report after you return to this
country.
Mr. MADDEN. No; Including the
complete closing up of the committee,
we estimate the cost to be about $65,000.
Mr. LECOMPTE. This is the sheet
the gentleman submitted to the commit-
tee, and it says in capital letters, "Total
estimated expense for Europe, $28,500."
The additional money is for completing
the work of the gentleman's committee
after returning to this country.
Mr. MADDEN. That is right.
Mr. LECOMPTE. That will be at least
30 to 45 days from now, because the gen-
tleman contemplates a 30-day investi-
gation.
Mr. MADDEN. Should we offer an-
other resolution when we return, to
wind up the committee's activities?
Mr. LECOMPTE. That I think would
be the correct; way to do it, but that is
up to the House of Representatives.
The taxpayers are laboring under a bur-
den that is backbreaking. All day we
have worked on a bill from the Appro-
priations Committee and we have suc-
ceeded in reducing many items for many
departments. The Congress must be
equally diligent in reducing requests for
our i rn c -imittees and undertakings.
I cannot in good conscience vote for $65,-
000 when the budget of the committee
itself calls for less. Let us have economy
right here.
[Mr. BURLESON addressed the House.
His remarks will appear hereafter in the
Appendix. ]
Mr. STANLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield
5 minutes to the gentleman from Wis-
consin [Mr. O'KoNsxl].
Mr. O'KONSKI. Mr. Speaker, I have
been a Member of this House for 10
years. I have yet to take a trip out-
side continental United States at Gov-
ernment expense. This record should
clearly show that I am not interested in
any junkets at taxpayers' expense.
I happen to be a member of this com-
mittee. Frankly, I do not relish the idea
of going there. Let me tell you honor-
able gentlemen of what this investiga-
tion is all about and why it is so essential.
You have heard of the Nuremberg trials,
have you not? At the Nuremberg trials
we convicted the Germans of certain
crimes. For tnost of the crimes they
should have been convicted. For many
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of their crimes we did not convict them
enough. We were a part of the Nurem-
berg trials. We were a part of the prose-
cution at the Nuremberg trials. Among
the crimes for which we convicted the
Germans was the Katyn massacre of
15,000 allied soldier prisoners of war.
I repeat, that among the crimes, for
which representatives of the United
States of America convicted the Ger-
mans, was the massacre of 15,000, some
people say, Polish soldiers; but they were
allied soldiers, first of all. In fact, they
were the first allied soldiers of World
War II at the Katyn Forest in Russia
and they buried them in a mass grave.`
Now, gentlemen of the House, I urge
you-each of you-to examine your con-
science. We have convicted the Ger-
mans for a crime which allegedly now
we find by evidence that is coming up
they did not commit. Let us as justice-
loving Americans examine our con-
science. Do you want the world to re-
main as is, under the pretext that the
Germans committed the crime, or do
you want the world to know the truth?
Do you want the world to know the truth
or are you willing to just forget about it
and not rectify our mistakes if a mistake
was committed?
On'the evidence already presented we
know that the Russians did it: That is,
on the evidence presented thus far. But
the bulk and weight of the evidence has
not yet been presented. Thus far we
have heard from persons who now re-
side in Canada and the United States.
These are people who have had first-
hand knowledge of this ghastly mas-
sacre:
Please permit me to tell you some of
the witnesses we have to interview and
have to testify in Europe. The only
place we can get them is in Europe.
Among the most prominent witnesses in
the world on that massacre today are
12 known medical men of 12 countries of
Europe who were the first medical au-
thorities to observe the scene of the
crime. One of them is in the United
States, a doctor at Loyola University in
St. Louis. He testified before us last
week. There are 11 other such doctors
who were the first great medical men
and authorities of the world to visit the
scene of this inhuman massacre. The
only place we can interview them and
have them testify is in Europe. Yes. It
looks like the Russians did it, but this is
the most beastly and the most ghastly
crime that has been committed in the
history of all mankind.
On the basis of the evidence presented
in America, the Russians seem guilty.
We have to get every shred of evidence.
This is no small matter. It will take
much effort and time to document all the
evidence. Permit me to warn you gentle-
men of the House: you are going to
regret it if you turn down this resolu-
tion. You will regret that you did not
actually and honestly establish the guilt
of the people who perpetrated this crime
with all its unbelievable horrors..
All you have to do is to look at a similar
matter in Korea. Some day gentlemen
you will need the Katyn massacre evi-
dence as a precedent. I need not remind
you that for some reason or other the
truce talks in Korea seem to come to a
dead stop whenever you ask the enemy to
account for some 50,000 missing prison-
ers. Mark you this, gentlemen of the
House, that some day and soon you will
learn to your horror that those prisoners
probably were disposed of just as the
15,000 allied soldiers were massacred in
the Katyn Forest. If you do not estab-
lish definitely the guilt and find positive
proof that is in existence in Europe today
with,regard to who actually committed
this crime in Katyn, you will regret it
for all time to come. The time is late.
Evidence is disappearing. Witnesses are
being trailed like rats and hunted down
to talk no more. Already the time is
late. We must act now or never.
I say to you, this is the first time in all
my 10 years of service in this House that
I propose to take a trip at Government
expense. I am inclined right now, with
the attitude of this House, to not hand
in a bill for it, because, I am telling you
gentlemen, this is the most important
investigation that this Congress has ever
undertaken, to my knowledge. You
know how I tried to warn this House in
1943, 1944; 1945, and 1946. In fact, in
1944 I Out in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
the fact that the Russians and not the
Germans committed the ghastliest crime
of the ages at Katyn. But what hap-
pened? The OWI went on the air at the
taxpayers' expense and said, "No. The.
Germans committed the crime and not
the Russians." We have a duty to per-
form. We have an obligation. Let us
examine our conscience. We are in-
criminated. Since we took part in con-
victing Germans for a crime we now
seem to learn was not committed by
them, we owe it to humanity, decency,
and our sacred honor to find out who
did it. Then when we discover the same
crime committed in Korea we will know
for certain who did it and why.
We owe it to the German people, to
the German nation; we owe it to decent
people all over the world and to all of
our allies to establish who it was that ac-
tually committed the crime at the Katyn
Forest where 15,000 allied soldiers were
murdered in cold blood. If we fail to do
this we do not deserve to lead the world
in truth, decency, and justice. Do we
propose to live under a lie for all time to
come? Or do we propose to tell the
truth to the freedom-loving people of the
world? That is the meat of this whole
resolution before the House.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
time of the gentleman from Wisconsin
has expired.
Mr. STANLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield
5 minutes to the gentleman from Texas
[Mr. REGAN].
Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. REGAN. I yield for a question.
Mr. PHILLIPS. I wish somebody
would explain the money involved. All
the discussion has been on the merits of
going or not going.
Mr. STANLEY. The original resolu-
tion calls for $100,000. It was amended
in the committee to $65,000.
Mr. PHILLIPS. I call attention to
one item: Eleven witnesses. abroad, $5,-
000, to take depositions from 11 witnesses
in Germany. Does not that seem high?
Could not that be reduced?
Mr. MADDEN. There are about 40 or
50 witnesses.
Mr. REGAN. I apologize for tres-
passing on your time but we took 45
minutes yesterday to consider a $1,200
item, so I hope .you will bear with me a
couple of minutes to discuss this im-
portant question.
The Committee on House Administra-
tion has various committees come before
it for appropriations to carry on investi-
gations. Some of them are most meri-
torious. But when we get to the end of
the year the authorizations amount to a
considerable sum of money. Some I do
not consider so very meritorious, and
this happens to be one I do not believe
should be passed by .this House in any
part whether it is $5,000, $50,000, or
$105,000. I do not think we ought to
grant this money.
A gentleman appeared before the
committee this morning and said: "I do
not want to appear in a cloak-and-dag-
ger role, but we are risking our lives in
going over there," or words to that effect.
Now, they want to send a delegation of
10 Members of this Congress-10 Mem-
bers, now, to go to Europe, to go to Lon-
don, Paris, Berlin, maybe Vienna, and I
do not know where else, 4 of them for
45 days and 6 for 30 days. It is true
that they are using, as the Speaker di-
rected, the Easter vacation period, but
they are also using much more time than
that; they are taking 30 to 45 days to
go over to Europe to. do what? To get
us into trouble..
I do not believe this House should
authorize this committee to expend one
dime.
We are accused often of sending
junkets around the country. That may
have been true in some cases, but we do
have some investigative committees that
are serving the best interests of the Na-
tion, but I do not think this could serve
any good interest of the Nation or do
anything except possibly get us into
trouble.
I hope you vote down the resolution.
Mr. CRAWFORD. Mr. Speaker, will
the gentleman yield?
Mr. REGAN. I yield for a question.
Mr. CRAWFORD. My question is
this: The gentleman from Texas has just
made a statement with which I am in
full accord, 100 percent. -It is not the
dollars involved; it is the risk we take
in losing our case which we have already
made, I certainly hope the House will
deny this whole proposition.
Mr. REGAN. I thank the gentleman.
Mr. STANLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield
5 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio
[Mr. HAYS].
[Mr. HAYS of Ohio addressed the
House. His remarks will appear here-
after in the Appendix.]
The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report
the committee amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
Committee amendment: On page 1, line 5,
strike out "$100,000" and insert "$65,000."
The SPEAKER. The question is on
the committee amendment.
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The committee amendment was
agreed to.
Mr. STANLEY, Mr. Speaker, I yield
2 minutes to the gentleman from Mis-
sissippi [Mr. ABERNETHY].
[Mr. ABERNETHY addressed the
House. His remarks will appear here-
after In the Appendix.]
Mr. STANLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield
S minutes to the gentleman from North
Carolina [Mr. DEANS].
Mr. DEANE. Mr. Speaker, I have
great admiration for the chairman of
our committee, the gentleman from Vir-
ginia [Mr. STANLEY], and I hesitate to
stand up here and oppose him. But
I have listened to the debate this after-
noon and I recall our meeting this morn-
ing. I do not think we are extravagant
and I believe we are doing the wise thing
In approving this resolution for the
amended amount. As an attorney I am
quite sure that any attorney in this
House this afternoon would not convict
until they had all the evidence in.
Mr. Speaker, I hope that this amended
amount will be approved.
Mr. WOLVERTON. Mr. Speaker, the
massacre at Katyn Forest was the cruel-
est and most beastly disregard of de-
cency and the laws of humanity that
can be imagined. The depravity that
existed in perpetrating such a crime
cannot be permitted to go unpunished.
We owe it not only to the Polish officers
who were killed by this dastardly act of
criminals but also to the whole civilized
world to ascertain beyond any doubt the
guilty parties of this outrageous crime
against humanity. I shall vote for the
adoption of the resolution.
Mr. STANLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that all Members
may be permitted to revise and extend
their remarks.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to
the request of the gentleman from Vir-
ginia?
There was no objection.
Mr. STANLEY. Mr. Speaker, I move
the previous question.
The previous question was ordered.
The SPEAKER. The question is on
the resolution.
Mr. STANLEY. Mr. Speaker, on that
I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The question was taken; and there
were-yeas 233, nays 114, not voting 85,
as follows:
[Roll No. 311
YEAS-233
Aandahl
Bennett, Fia.
Carnahan
Addonizio
Bennett, Mich.
Case
Albert
Bentsen
Cheif
Allen, Calif.
Bishop
Chenoweth
Andresen,
Blackney
Chudoff
August H.
Biatnik
Church
Anfuso
Boggs, Del.
Clemente
Arends
Bolling
Cole, Kans,
Armstrong
Bolton
Cole. N. Y.
Asplnall
Bramblett
Cooley
Auchincloss
Bray
Corbett
Ayres
Brehm
Cotton
Bailey
Brown, Ohio
Coudert
Baker
Browuson
Crosser
Bakewell
Buckley
Crumpacker
Barrett
Budge
Curtis, Mo.
Bates, Ky.
Burdick
Dague
Bates, Mass,
Burnside
Davis, Tenn.
Beall
Busbey
Davie, Wis.
Beamer
Bush
Dawson
Beckworth
Canfield
Deane
Delaney Karsten, Mo. Priest
Dempsey Kean Radwan
Denny Kearney Rains
Denton Kearns Reams
Devereux Keating Reed, III.
Donohue Kelly. N. Y. Reed. N. Y.
Donovan Kennedy Rhodes
Dorn Keogh Richards
Eberharter Kerr Riehiman
Elliott Kilburn Riley
Ellsworth Kllday Rodino
Fallon Kirwan Rogers, Colo.
Fenton Klein Rogers, Mass.
Fernandez Kluczyn,kl Rooney
Fine Lane Roosevelt
Fisher Lanham Ross
Flood Latham Sabath
Fogarty Lesinski Sadlak
Forand Lind St. George
Ford Lyle Sasacer
Fulton McCarthy Saylor
Furcolo McCormack Schenck
Gamble McCulloch Scott, Hardie
Garmatz McDonough Scott,
Gavin McGrath Hugh D., Jr.
George McGregor Scudder
Goodwin McGuire Secrest
Gordon McVey Seely-Brown
Graham Macbrowicz Sheehan
Granahan Mack. Wash. Shelley
Green Madden Sheppard
Greenwood Mansfield Sleminski
Gwinn Martin, Mass. Simpson. nl,
Hagen Meader Simpson, Pa.
Hale Merrow Sittler
Hall, Miller. N. Y, Smith, Kans.
Edwin Arthur Morgan Smith, Wis.
Harden Moulder Spence
Harvey Multer Springer
Havenner Mumma Stigler
Hays. Ark. ' Nicholson Tackett
Hays, Ohio O'Brien. Ill. Taylor
Heller O'Brien, Mich, Thompson,
Herter O'Konski Mich.
Heselton O'Neill Thornberry
Hess Gamer, Trimble
Killings Ostertag Vail
Hoffman, 331. O'Toole Van Pelt
Holifleld Patman Vursell
Holmes Patten Walter
Howell Patterson Wier
Irving Perkins Wigglesworth
Jackson, Wash. Phiibin Williams, N. Y.
Jpvits Phillips Withrow
Jenkins Poage Wolverton
Jensen Polk Yates
Jones, Ala, Preston Yorty
Judd Price Zablocki
NAYS-114
Abbitt Frazier Miller, Nebr.
Abernethy Fugate - Mills
Adair Gary Morris
Andersen, Gathings Murray, Tenn,
H. Carl Golden Nelson
Anderson, Calff.Gore Norblad
Andrews Gregory Norrell
Angell Gross Passman
Barden Hand Pickett
Battle Hardy Poulson
Berry Harris Prouty
Betts Harrison. Nebr. Rankin
Boggs, La. Harrison, Wyo. Redden
Bonner Herlong Rees, Kans.
Bow Hill Regan
Brooks Hoeven Robeson
Brown, Ga. Hoffman, Mich. Rogers, Fla,
Bryson Hope Schwabe
Buffett Horan Shafer
Burleson Hunter Smith, Miss.
Burton Jarman Smith, Va,
Byrnes Jenlson Stanley
Camp Johnson Steed
Cannon Jonas Stockman
Carlyle Jones, Mo. Sutton
Colmer Jones. Taber
Cooper Hamilton C. Talle
Crawford Jones, Teague
Cunningham Woodrow W. Thomas
Curtis, Nebr. Lantaff Thompson, Tex.
Davis, Ga. LeCompte Vorys
DeGraffenrled Lovre Watts
Dolllver Lucas Werdei
Doughton McIntire WWiams,Miss,
Durham McMillan Willis
Eaton McMullen Wilson, Ind.
Engle Magee Wilson, Tex.
Evlns Mahon Winstead
Forrester Marshall Wood, Idaho
NOT VOTING-85
Allen, Li. Baring Bender
Allen, La. Belcher Bosone
MARCH 20
Boykin
Hinshaw
Powell
Buchanan
Hull
Rabaut
Butler
Ikard
Ramsay
Carrlgg
Jackson, Calif.
Reece, Tenn.
Celler
James
Rlbicoff
Chatham
Kee
Rivers
Chiperfeld
Kelley, Pa.
Roberts
Clevenger
Kersten, Wis.
Rogers, Tex.
Combs
King, Calif.
Scrivner
Cox
King. Pa.
Short
D'Ewart
Larcade
Sikes
Dingell
McConnell
Staggers
Doilinger
McKinnon
Toilefson
Dondero
Mack, Ill,
Van Zandt
Doyle
Martin, Iowa
Velde
Eaton
Mason
Vinson
Felghan
Miller, Calif,
Weichel
Granger
Miller, Md.
Welch
Grant
Mitchell
Wharton
Hall,
Morano
Wheeler
Leonard W.
Morrison
Whitten
Halleck
Morton
Wickersham
Harrison, Va.
Murdock
Widnall
Hart
Murphy
Wolcott
Hebert
Murray, Wis.
Wood, Ga.
Hedrick
O'Hara
Woodruff
Heffernan
Potter
So the resolution was agreed to.
The Clerk announced the following
pairs:
Mrs. Buchanan with Mr. Halleck.
Mr. Allen of Louisiana with Mr. Leonard W.
Hall.
Mr. Ikard with Mr. Widnall.
Mrs. Bosone with Mr. Dondero.
Mr. Harrison with Mr. Butler.
Mr. Celler with Mr. Clevenger.
Mr. Cox with Mr. Van Zandt.
Mr. King of California with Mr. Tollefson,
Mr. Mack of Illinois with Mr. Hinshaw.
Mt. Murphy with Mr. Short.
Mr. Felghan with Mr. Potter.
Mr. Powell with Mr. Chiperfield.
Mr. Rabaut with Mr. McConnell,
Mr. Granger with Mr. Hull.
Mr. Larcade with Mr. Kersten of Wisconsin.
Mrs. Kee with Mr. Woodruff.
Mr. Grant with Mr. Scrivner.
Mr. Kelley of Pennsylvania with Mr. Car-
rigg.
Mr. Baring with Mr. Velde.
Mr. Hart with Mr. Jackson of California.
Mr. Chatham with Mr. King of Pennsyl-
vania.
Mr. Hedrick with Mr. D'Ewart.
Mr. Heffernan with Mr. Martin of Iowa.
Mr. Dingell with Mr. O'Hara.
Mr. McKinnon with Mr. Wolcott.
Mr. Doyle with Mr. Mason.
Mr. Miller of California with Mr. Murray
of Wisconsin.
Mr. Combs with Mr. Miller of Maryland.
Mr. Boykin with Mr. Morano.
Mr. Htbert with Mr. Morton.
Mr. Murdock with Mr. Weichel.
Mr. Mitchell with Mr. James.
Mr. Vinson with Mr. Wharton.
Mr. Rogers of Texas with Mr. Eaton.
Mr. Ribicoff with Mr. Allen of Illinois.
Mr. Wickersham with Mr. Bender.
Mr. Welch with Mr. Belcher.
Mr. RANKIN changed his vote from
"yea" to "nay.,"
Mr. SITTLER changed his vote from
"nay? to ?yea."
The result of the vote was announced
as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the
table.
TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE COMMITTEE
ON THE JUDICIARY
Mr. STANLEY. Mr. Speaker, by di-
rection of the Committee on House Ad-
ministration, I offer a privileged resolu-
tion (H. Res. 487) and ask for its im-
mediate consideration.
The Clerk read as follows:
Resolved, That the expenses of further con-
ducting the studies and investigations au-
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