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H.R. I82 (amended), to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to acquire Appomattox Manor, a historic property in Hopewell, Va., for addition to the Petersburg
National Battlefield in Virginia, to provide for a revision
of the boundaries of the battlefield; and
H.R. I308 (amended), to establish the Saugus Iron
Works National Historic Site in the State of Massachusetts.
Considered but took no final action on H.R. 5605, to
provide for the establishment of the Florissant Fossil
Beds National Monument in the State of Colorado.
EDUCATIONAL TV

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Met
in executive session and continued consideration on
H.R. 6736, the Public Television Act of Hfi7· No final
action was taken.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in
executive session on committee business.. Announced
that it will conduct public hearings to hear testimony
from Members of Congress for its guidance in preparing
a code of standards for the conduct of House·Members
and employees. Hearings begin on Wednesday, August
23, at IO a.m., in room 356, Cannon House Office
Building.
SMALL BUSINESS

Select Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on
Activities of Regulatory Agencies Relating to Small
Business continued hearings on small business problems
in the drug industry. Testimony was heard from a public witness. Adjourned subject to call of the Chair.

IMMIGRATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee No. I met
in executive session and approved for full committee
action H.R. II993, to amend the act of October 3, I¢5·
Prior to the executive session the subcommittee heard
testimony on private immigration bills.
POSTAL UNIFORM

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee No.2 met
in executive session and approved for full committee
action H.R. I0773, to amend title I8, U.S.C., to permit
the uniform or badge of the letter-carrier branch of the
postal service to be worn in theatrical, television, or motion picture productions under certain circumstances.
Also approved several private claims bills.
POSTAL RATES

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Met in executive session and continued consideration on H.R.
7977, to adjust certain postage rates. No final action was
taken.
WORK-STUDY PROGRAM

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing
for the consideration of and I hour of debate on H.R.
II945, to amend the college work-study program with
respect to institutional matching and permissible hours
of work. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Perkins and Green of Oregon.
BIOLOGICAL PROGRAM

Committee on Science and Astronautics: Subcommittee
on Science, Research, and Development continued hearings on H. Con. Res. 273, expressing the support of the
Congress, and urging the support of persons and organizations, both public and private, for the international
biological program. Testimony was heard from Dr. Sidney Galler, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and a public witness.

Thursday, August 10, 1967

Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages 22151-22193
Bills Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2268-2274.
Pages 22151-22152
Resolutions Adopted: Senate adopted the following
three resolutions:
Committee expenditures: S. Res. I49, providing an
additional $I7,500 for the Subcommittee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery of the Committee on the
Judiciary;
Printing: S. Res. I47, to print as a Senate document a
report entitled "Parity Returns Positions of Farms"
(with committee amendments) ; and
Bonneville Power Administration: S. Res. I42, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the creation of the
Bonneville Power Administration.
Pages 22133, 22226
Export-Import Bank: Senate continued its work on
S. 1155, extending period within which the ExportImport Bank is authorized to exercise its functions,
taking the following actions on amendments to committee amendment (in the nature of a substitute) :
Adopted: Muskie amendments to make mandatory
rather than only congressional policy the restriction
against guarantee or insurance in extension of credit in
connection with the purchase of any product by Communist country or national thereof; by 56 yeas to 26 nays,
Byrd (Virginia) amendments No. 247, barring the bank
from guaranteeing, insuring, or extending credit in
any product (I) by any
connection with purchase
nation, or national thereof, with which U.S. is engaged

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in armed conflict or (2) by any nation which is furnishing goods or supplies to a nation engaged in armed conflict with U.S. (motion to reconsider tabled) ; and
Muskie amendment stating policy of Congress to be
chat the bank should supplement and not compete with
private capital; that loans should be for specific purposes
and offer reasonable assurance of repayment; and that
it should take into account any possible adverse effects
upon U.S. economy and the desirability of safeguarding
our international balance-of-payments position.
Rejected: By 35 yeas to 51 nays (motion to reconsider
tabled), modified Dirksen amendment No. 246, barring
the bank from guaranteeing or insuring or making
loans in any extension of credit for purchase or lease of
any product by Communist country or national thereof.
Pending at adjournment was Dirksen amendment
No. 252, providing that after the President determines
that a guarantee or insurance or extension of credit in
connection with purchase of any product by a Communist nation would be in the national security interest of
the U.S. he may report that determination to Congress
and unless either branch thereof passes a resolution
within 6o days stating it does not concur in such determination, the guarantee, insurance, or credit may be
made.
Pages 22193-22226
Adjournment: Adjourned at 6:50p.m.

Committee Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS-JUSTICE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee continued its hearings on H.R. 10345, fiscal rg68 appropriations
for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce,
the Judiciary, and related agencies, with testimony in
behalf of funds for the Department of Justice from
Attorney General Ramsey Clark; Ernest C. Friesen, Jr.,
Assistant Deputy Attorney General; Courtney Evans,
Director, Office of Law Enforcement Assistance; Myrl ·
E. Alexander, Director, Bureau of Prisons, all of the
Department of Justice; and Roger W. Wilkins, Director, Community Relations Service, Department of
Commerce.
Hearings continue tomorrow, on funds for related
agenctes.
AIR WAR AGAINST NORTH VIETNAM

Committee on Armed Services: The Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee continued, in executive session, its hearings on the conduct and effectiveness of the
air war against North Vietnam, receiving further testimony from Adm. Ulysses S. G. Sharp, Commander in
Chief of U.S. Forces in the Pacific, who was accompanied by Gen. John Ryan, Commanding General of the
Pacific Air Force, and Adm. Roy Johnson, Commander
in Chief of the Pacific Fleet.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.

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SECURITIES, AND FLOOD INSURANCE

Committee on Banking and Currency: Committee, in
executive session, ordered favorably reported with
amendments s. sro, providing for full disclosure of corporate equity ownership of securities under the Securities Exchange Act, and S. 1985, to provide a national
program of flood insurance.
HOUSING

Committee on Banking and Currency: Subcommittee
on Housing and Urban Affairs continued its executive
consideration of all pending bills dealing with housing,
and related matters, but did not conclude action thereon,
and recessed subject to call.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on Commerce: Committee, in executive session, ordered favorably reported the nominations of
William Haddon, Jr., of New York, to be Director of
the National Highway Safety Bureau, Robert E. Lee, to
be a member of the Federal Communications Commission, Lawrence C. McQuade, to be an Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Domestic and International Business,
and routine nominations in the Coast Guard and Environmental Science Services Administration; and S. r 124,
to promote the cooperation with and assistance to public
and private agencies in fire research and safety programs (amended); H.R. r58, requiring future authorizations of funds for certain programs of the Maritime
Administration; and S. 292, exempting from provisions
of the Merchant Marine Act transportation of merchandise which is in part over Canadian highways
(amended).
Committee announced that its next executive meeting
will be held on Tuesday, August 15.
TOUCHET DIVISION, AND FOSS RESERVOIR

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources held hearings on
S. 485, authorizing construction of the Touchet division,
Walia Walla project, Washington and Oregon, with
testimony from Representative May; Kenneth Holum,
Assistant Secretary for Water and Power Development,
G. G. Stamm, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, and Dr. James J. Flannery, Federal Pollution
Control Administration, all of the Department of the
Interior; Vernon Marll, Touchet Valley Irrigation District, Dayton, Wash.; H. N. Woolson, mayor of Dayton,
Wash.; Benjamin B. Flathers, Walla Walla Port District, Prescott, Wash.; and Glenn Hofer, National Association of Wheat Growers.
Subcommittee also held hearings on S. 1946, to amend
the repayment contract with the Foss Reservoir Master
Conservancy District, Clinton, Okla., with testimony
from Senators Monroney and Harris; Representative
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Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, and
Jack A. Hunter, Director, Office of Saline Water, all of
the Department of the Interior; Charles E. Engleman,
president, Foss Reservoir Master Conservancy District;
and several other local witnesses.
Hearings were adjourned subject to call.

retary of the Interior; James Quigley, Commissioner;
Dr. Allan Hirsch, Murray Stein, and Dr. Leon Weinberger, all Assistant Commissioners; and Thomas Ferry,
Director, Development of Construction Grants, all of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.

RIOTS

DRUG PRICES

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee continued its
hearings on H.R. 421, to make it a Federal crime to
travel in interstate commerce with intent to incite a riot,
having as its witness Sgt. John Ungvary, of the Cleveland, Ohio, Police Department.
Hearings continue tomorrow.

Select Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on
Monopoly continued its hearings on competitive problems in the drug industry, having as its witness Dr.
James L. Goddard, Administrator, Food and Drug Administration, Department of HEW.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.

POVER1Y

Committee on Labor and Public Welfare: Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty continued
its executive consideration of S. 1545, proposed Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1967, and related
measures, but did not conclude action thereon, and will
meet again on Monday, August 14.
EDUCATION

Committee on Labor and Public Welfare: Subcommittee on Education continued its hearings on S. 1125 and
H.R. 7819, proposed Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1¢7, and related measures, receiving testimony from Mrs. Bernice S. Frieder, president,
National Association of State Boards of Education;
Msgr. James C. Donohue, United States Catholic Conference; the following panel of witnesses representing
the National School Boards Association: Mrs. Leonard
L. Mancuso, Glassboro, N,J., Board of Education; Dr.
Harold V. Webb, Evanston, Ill., Board of Education;
Paul N. Carlin, Federal and Congressional Relations;
Fred M. Reddinger, Pennsylvania School Boards Association; Dr. Aaron Brown, Board of Education, New
York City; Morris Baker, Board of Education, Colorado
Springs; Hugh Calkins, Cleveland City School District
Board of Education; and Alfred Newman, Vallejo Unified School District, California; and the following panel
of witnesses who discussed the Nelson Teacher Aid
Proposal: Dr. Gordon Klopf, Bank Street College of
Education, New York City; Dorothy Meyers, National
Commission on Teacher Education & Professional
Standards; and Mrs. Doris M. Cook and Dr. Herbert
Klausmeir, both of Research & Development Center for
Learning and Re-Education, University of Wisconsin.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
WATER POLLUTION

Committee on Public Works: Subcommittee on Air and
Water Pollution continued its hearings to review the
progress of carrying out programs and policies of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, receiving testimony from Frank ~Di Luzio, Assistant Sec-

House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 55 public bills, H.R. 1225o-12304;
eight private bills, H.R. 12305-12312; and 39 resolutions,
H. J. Res. 779-784, H. Con. Res. 490, and H. Res. 868899, were introduced.
Pages 22339-22341
Late Report: Granted permission to the Committee on:
Foreign Affairs to file a report by midnight Friday,
August u, on H.R. 12048, to amend further the Foreign
Assistance Act of 15)61.
Page 22232
Rules: Adopted H. Res. 86o, providing for consideration of H.R. 43, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the San Felipe
division, Central Valley project, California; and H. Res.
861, providing for consideration of H.R. 845, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate,
and maintain the Nebraska midstate division, Missouri
River Basin project.
Pages 22234-22235
Mid-Decade Census: By a record vote of 255 yeas to
127 nays the House passed H.R. 7659, to provide for a
mid-decade census of population in the year 1975 and
every 10 years thereafter.
Adopted the committee amendments; and amendments regarding redistricting on the basis of the latest
decennial census, and the forms to be used in taking the
mid-decade census.
H. Res. 826, the rule under which the legislation was
considered, was adopted earlier by a voice vote.
Pages 22232-22233, 22237-22257

College Work-Study Program: By a voice vote the
House passed H.R. 11945, to amend the college workstudy program with r~spect to institutional matching
and permissible hours of work.
H. Res. 867, the rule under which the legislation was
considered, was adopted earlier by a voice vote.
Pages 22233-22234, 22257-22262

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Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with Calendar Wednesday business of August r6, r¢7. Page 22286
Referral: Two Senate-passed measures were referred
Page 22338
to the appropriate committees.
Adjournment: Adjourned at 5:24 p.m.

Committee Meetings
COMMODITIES RESERVE

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock
and Grains continued hearings on H.R. 12o67, to provide
for the establishment and maintenance by the Commodity Credit Corporation of reserve stocks of agricultural
commodities for national security, public protection,
meeting international commitments. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
PROMOTION POLICY

Committee on Armed Services: Special Subcommittee
on Enlisted Promotions continued hearings on enlisted
promotion policy. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen.
Albert 0. Connor, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel,
USA; and other officials of the Department of the Army.
NATIONAL GUARD-CIVIL DISTURBANCE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on the
National Guard met in executive session and considered
the preparedness of the National Guard and other forces
in coping with civil disturbances. Testimony was heard
from David McGiffert, Acting Secretary of the Army;
Gen. Ralph Haines, Jr., Acting Chief of Staff, U.S.
Army; Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wilson, Chief, National
Guard Bureau; and other officials of the Department of
the Army.
CREDIT PROTECTION

Committee on Banking and Currency: Subcommittee
on Consumer Affairs continued hearings on H.R. rr6or,
and related bills, the Consumer Credit Protection Act.
Testimony was heard from Robert C. Weaver, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development;
and public witnesses.
D.C. AIR POLLUTION

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee
No.2 held a hearing on H.R. 6981 and H.R. roor7, to
provide for the prevention, abatement, and control of
air pollution in the District of Columbia. Testimony was
heard from Representative Gude; S. Smith Griswald,
Department of HEW; Lt. Col. William F. Henson, Assistant Engineer Commissioner; Dr. Murray Grant,
Director, Department of Public Health; and Gilbert
Gimble, Assistant Corporation Counsel, all of the government of the District of Columbia; and public witnesses.

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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Special Subcommittee on Labor continued hearings on H.R. r 1725, to
amend the National Labor Relations Act, in order to
increase the effectiveness of the remedies. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee
on Foreign Operations and Government Information
met in executive session on committee business. No announcements were made.
INDIAN AFFAIRS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Indian Affairs met in open session and approved
for full committee action the following bills:
H.R. 8580 (amended), to convey certain land to the
Squaxin Tribe of Indians;
H.R. 2828 (amended), to provide for the disposition
of funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the
Iowa Tribes of Kansas and Nebraska and of Oklahoma
in Indian Claims Commission docket No. 138; and
S. 491, to determine the rights and interests of the
Navajo Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation in and
to certain lands in the State of New Mexico.
Referred H.R. 3273 and H.R. 9553, to determine the
rights and interests of the Navajo Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation in and to certain lands in the
State of New Mexico, to full committee for appropriate
disposition.
Considered, but took no final action on H.R. 11847,
and related bills, to provide for the disposition of judgment funds now on deposit to the credit of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
Prior to this action the subcommittee held a hearing
on the bills. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Mize and Aspinall; and Robert Bennett, Commissioner,
Bureau of Indian Affairs. A statement for the record
was submitted by Representative Walker.
EDUCATIONAL TV

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Met
in executive session and ordered reported favorably to
the House H.R. 6736 (amended), the Public Television
Acto£ 1967.
PRIVATE CLAIMS BILLS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee No.2 met
in executive session and acted on several private claims
bills.
WATERFOWL REGULATIONS
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation held
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the coming season on ducks and geese. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Kastenmeier, Schadeberg,
and Steiger of Wisconsin; and JohnS. Gottschalk, Director, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, and
other officials of the Department of the Interior; and
public witnesses. Statements for the record were submitted by Representatives Long of Louisiana, Wylie,
Devine, and Edwards of Louisiana.

the cost of the Potomac interceptor sewer system, with
amendments (S. Rept. 500); and
S. 1688, authorizing U.S. to increase by $900 million
resources of the Fund for Special Operations of the
Inter-American Development Bank, with amendment,
and with minority views (S. Rept. 501).
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POSTAL RATES

Export-Import Bank: Senate passed (motion to reconsider tabled) S. 1155, extending period within which the
Export-Import Bank is authorized to exercise its functions, after adopting amended committee amendment
(in the nature of a substitute), as to which the following
additional actions on amendments thereto had been
taken:
Adopted: Dirksen amendment to include leases as
well as purchases in the restriction against the bank
guaranteeing or insuring in any extension of credit t.o a
Communist country or national thereof; Mundt amendment to bar the bank from guaranteeing or insuring in
financing purchase or lease of any product for construction of an auto factory by U.S.S.R.; and
Rejected: On tie vote of 34 yeas to 34 nays, modified
Dirksen amendment providing that a Presidential determination that guarantee, insurance, financing pur-·
chase or lease of any product by a Communist nation
would be in the national security interest of the U.S. may
be overcome by either branch of Congress adopting a
resolution to the contrary within 6o days during continuous session of Congress. _
· Pages 22392-22406

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Met in executive session and continued consideration on H.R.
7977, to adjust certain postage rates. No final action was
taken.
...
RELIGION

Committee on Un-American Activities: Subcommittee
held a hearing on Communist dissemination of false and
misleading information concerning Communist doctrine and practices in regard to religion. Testimony
was heard from a public witness.

Joint Committee Meetings
RADIATION EXPOSURE

Joint Committee on Atomic Energy: Subcommittee on
Research, Development, and Radiation continued its
hearings on problems of radiation exposure of uranium
miners, receiving testimony from John W. Gardner,
Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
VETERANS

Conferees, in executive session, agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the Senate- and
House-passed versions of S. 16, to provide additional readjustment assistance to veterans who have served in the
military during the Vietnam era.

Friday, August 11, 1967

Senate

Bills Referred: Two House-passed bills were appropriately referred.
Page 22364

Crime-Riots: By unanimous vote of 59 yeas (motion
to reconsider tabled), Senate adopted with committee
amendments S. Res. 150, authorizing the Committee on
Government Operations to investigate crime and lawlessness within the U.S., and requesting $15o,ooo therefor, after rejecting, by 26 yeas to 36 nays, amendment
offered by Senator Cooper and other Senators authorizing the committee to study the extent to which economic
or social causes have bearing on recent disorders, community attitudes where such disorders have occurred,
Pages 22408-22425
and the·response of local authorities.
Foreign Aid: Senate made its unfinished business
S. 1872, proposed Foreign Assistance Act of 1¢7.
Pages 22432-22435

Bills Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2275-2280; S.J. Res. 103; and
S. Con. Res. 40.
Page 22364

Confirmations: The following nominations were confirmed: Lawrence W. McQuade, of Arizona, to be an
Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Robert E. Lee, of
D.C., to be a member of the FCC; William Haddon, Jr.,
of New York, to be Director of the National Highway
Safety Bureau; and Leonard Unger, of Maryland, and
Sheldon B. Vance, of Minnesota, to be Ambassadors,
respectively, to Thailand and the Republic of Chad.

Bills Reported: Reports were made as follows:
S. 161~, to increase amount of Federal contribution to

Adjournment: Adjourned at 6:28p.m.

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages 22364-22392

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