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CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

 

 

Vol. 102

WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1956

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The Chaplain, Rev. Frederick Brown
Harris, D. D., offered the following
prayer:

0 Thou Eternal Spirit, whose holy
purposes are beyond defeat, we come
seeking Thy righteous will and craving
Thine enabling strength to do it. Thou
knowest that constantly we pray “Thy
kingdom come,” but we confess that
often the flaming hope of that kingdom
of love has grown dim, as hatred and.
selfishness and man’s inhumanity to man
have desecrated the earth which could
be so fair. But, in spite of temporary
rebuffs, give us to see that wherever
hatred gives way to love, wherever prej—
udice is changed to understanding,
wherever pain is soothed and ignorance
banished, there Thy banners go and Thy
truth is marching on.

And so, with all our inadequacy we
pause this quiet moment that amid the
din of conflict we may keep step with the
distant drum beat of Thy sure victory.
We ask it in the name of that One who
has changed a cross of defeat into a
crown of triumph and whose kingdom
has no frontier. Amen.

DESIGNATION OF ACTING PRESI-
DENT PRO TEMPORE

The legislative clerk read the follow-
ing letter:
UNITED STATES SENATE,
' PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE,
Washington, D. C. February 10, 1956.
To the Senate:
Being temporarily absent from the Senate,
I appoint Hon. ALAN BIBLE, a Senator from
the State of Nevada, to perform the duties of
the Chair during my absence.
WALTER F. GEORGE,
President pro tempore.

Mr. BIBLE thereupon took the chair
as Acting President pro tempore.

THE JOURNAL

On request of Mr. CLEMENTS, and by
unanimous consent, the reading of the
Journal of the proceedings of Wednes-
day February 8, 1956, was dispensed
wi h.

Senate

MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT

Messages in writing from the President
of the United States were communicated
to the Senate by Mr. Miller, one of his
secretaries.

REPORT OF NATIONAL ADVISORY
COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY AND FINANCIAL
PROBLEMS—MESSAGE FROM THE
PRESIDENT (H. DOC. NO. 336)

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
pore laid before the Senate the following
message from the President of the.
United States, which was read and,
with the accompanying report, referred
to the Committee on Banking and Cur-
rency:

To the Congress of the United States:

I transmit herewith, for the informa-
tion of the Congress, a report of the
National Advisory Council on Interna-
tional Monetary and Financial Prob-
lems submitted to me through its Chair-
man, covering its operations from Jan-
uary 1 to June 30, 1955, and describing,
in accordance with section 4 (b) (5) of
the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, the
participation of the United States in the
International Monetary Fund and the
International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development for the above period.

' DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

THE WHITE HOUSE, February 10, 1956.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

A message from the House of Repre-
sentatives, by Mr. Bartlett, one of its
clerks, announced that the House had
agreed to the amendments of the Sen-
ate to the following bills of the House:

H. R. 2667. An act to amend section 208
(b) of the Technical Changes Act of 1953
(Public Law 287, 83d Cong); and

H. R. 7054. An act to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1939 to provide a credit
against the estate tax for Federal estate taxes
paid on certain prior transfers.

The message also announced that the
House had passed a joint resolution

(H. J. Res. 514) relating to the compen-
sation of the executive director of the
Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, in
which it requested the concurrence of
the Senate.

ENROLLED BILLS SIG NED

The message further announced that
the Speaker had aflixed his signature
to the following enrolled bills, and they
were signed by the Acting President pro
tempore: ~

H.R.6043. An act to amend section 216
(b) 01‘ the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as
amended, to provide for the maintenance
of the Merchant Marine Academy;

H. R. 6790. An act for the relief of Anna K.
McQuilkin;

H. R. 6857. An act to authorize the Ad-
ministrator 01‘ the General Services Admin-
istration to convey certain land to the city
of Milwaukee, Wis.; and

H. R. 7156. An act to provide for. the con-
veyance of certain land of the United States
to the Board of County Commissioners of
Lee County, Fla.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION PLACED
ON CALENDAR

The joint resolution (H. J. Res. 514)
relating to the compensation of the ex-
ecutive director of the Joint Committee
on Atomic Energy, was read twice by its
title and placed on the calendar.

BOARD OF VISITORS TO THE
UNITED STATES MERCHANT MA-
RINE ACADEMY
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-

pore. The Chair has been requested by

the Vice President to announce that he
has appointed the Senator from New

Jersey er. CASE] a member of the Board

of Visitors to the United States Merchant

Marine Academy, pursuant to Public

Law 301, 78th Congress.

BOARD OF VISITORS TO COAST
GUARD ACADEMY

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
pore. The Chair has been requested by

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the Vice President to announce that he
has appointed the Senator from Con-
necticut [Mr. BUSH] a member of the
Board of Visitors to the Coast Guard
Academy, pursuant to Public Law 38,
78th Congress.

 

NOTICE OF HEARING ON BILLS RE-
LATING TO INSURANCE AGAINST
LOSS DUE TO FLOODS AND SIMI-
LAR NATURAL DISASTERS

Mr. CLEMENTS. Mr. President, on
behalf of the chairman of the Subcom-
mittee on Securities of the Senate Com-
mittee on Banking and Currency, the
junior Senator from New York [Mr.
LEHMAN], who is absent from the Senate
by leave of the Senate, I desire to give
notice of a public hearing to be held by
the subcommittee on pending bills re-
lating to insurance against loss due to
floods and similar natural disasters.
Presently pending before the subcom-
mittee on this matter are three bills,
namely, S. 2768; S. 2862, together with
an amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute for that bill; and S. 3137. The
hearing will begin at 10 a. m., Thursday,
February 16, 1956, in room 301, Senate
Office Building.

All persons who desire to appear and
testify at the hearing are requested to
notify Mr. J. H. Yingling, chief clerk,
Senate Committee on Banking and Cur-
rency, 303 Senate Ofiice Building, Wash-
ington, D. C., telephone: National 8—3120,
extension 865, as soon as possible, and,
in any event, before the close of busi-
ness on Wednesday, February 15, 1956.

 

LIMITATION OF DEBATE DURING
MORNING HOUR

Mr. CLEMENTS. Mr. President, there
will be the usual morning hour for the
presentation of petitions and memorials,
the introduction of bills, and the trans-
action of other routine business, and I
ask unanimous consent that no state-
ment made in connection therewith ex-
ceed 2 minutes.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
pore. Without objection, it is so or-
dered.

 

ORDER OF BUSINESS

Mr. CLEMENTS. Mr. President, be-
fore the Senate proceeds with the trans-
action of routine business in the morn-
ing hour, I should like to announce that
the first order of business today, at the
conclusion of the morning business, will
be the consideration of the urgent defi-
ciency appropriation bill, as was an-
nounced on Wednesday.

 

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS.
ETC.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
pore laid before the Senate the follow-
ing letters, which were referred as indi-
cated: _

REPORT ON OVEROBLIGATIONS OF
APPROPRIATIONS

A letter from the Deputy Secretary of De-
fense, transmitting, pursuant to law, reports
from the Departments of the Army, Navy, and
Air Force, on the overobligations of appro-

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD —— SENATE

priations (with accompanying papers); to
the Committee on Appropriations.

AMENDMENT OF CAREER COMPENSATION ACT
OF 1949

A letter from the Acting Secretary of the
Navy, transmitting a draft of proposed legis-
lation to amend the Career Compensation
Act Of 1949 to include natural children of
the spouse of a member in the definition of
“children" (with accompanying papers): to
the Committee on Armed Services.

AMENDMENT OF ARMED FORCES LEAVE ACT or
1946

A letter from the Secretary, Department of
the Air Force, transmitting a draft of pro-
posed legislation to amend the Armed Forces
Leave Act of 1946 by repealing the prohibi-
tion on payments to survivors of former
members for unused leave credit (with an
accompanying paper); to the Committee on
Armed Services.

REPORT OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ON
NARCOTICS, TREASURY DEPARTMENT

A letter from the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, transmitting, for the information of the
Senate, a report to the President of the
United States, by the Interdepartmental
Committee on Narcotics, dated February 1,
1956 (with an accompanying report); to the
Committee on Finance.

REPORT OF UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION

A letter from the Chairman, United States
Tariff Commission, Washington, D. 0., trans-
mitting, pursuant to law, a report of that
Commission on the operation of the trade-
agreements program (with an accompanying

report); to the Committee on Finance.

REPORT OF UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMIS-
SION 0N EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE

A letter from the Chairman, United States
Advisory Commission on Educational Ex-
change, Department of State, transmitting,
pursuant to law, the semiannual report of
that Commission, for the period July 1—
December 31, 1955 (with an accompanying
report); to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions.

CERTIFICATION OF ADEQUATE SOIL SURVEY AND

LAND CLASSIFICATION

A letter from the Assistant Secretary of
the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law,
a certification that an adequate soil survey
and land-classification had been made of the
lands in the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation Dis-
trict, and that lands to be irrigated are
susceptible to the production of agricultural
crops by means of irrigation (with an ac-
companying paper); to the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs.

REPORT ON BACKLOC or PENDING APPLICATIONS
AND HEARING CASES, FEDERAL COMMUNICA-
TIONS COMMISSION '

A letter from the Chairman, Federal Com-
munications Commission, Washington, D. C.,
transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on
backlog of pending applications and hear-
ing cases in that Commission, as of De-
cember 31, 1955 (with an accompanying re-
port); to the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce.

READJUSTMENT OF POSTAL RATES

A letter from the Postmaster General,
transmitting a draft Of proposed legislation
to readjust postal rates; establish a Com-
mission on Postal Rates; and for other pur-

poses (with an accompanying paper); to the

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE PAPERS

A letter from the Acting Archivist of the
United States, transmitting, pursuant to
law, a list of papers and documents on the
files of several departments and agencies of
the Government which are not needed in
the conduct of business and have no per-
manent value or historical interest, and re-
questing action looking to their disposition
(with accompanying papers); to a Joint Se-
lect Committee on the Disposition of Papers
in the Executive Departments.

February 10

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
pore appointed Mr. JOHNSTON of South
Carolina and Mr. CARLSON members of
the committee on the part of the Senate.

 

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

Petitions, etc., were laid before the
Senate, or presented, and referred as in—
dicated: '

By the ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
ore:

A concliirrent resolution of the Legislature
of the State of New York; to the Committee
on Post Office and Civil Service:

“Resolution memorializing Congress relative
to taking census of citizens of the United
States

“Whereas the constitution of this State
requires that the readjustment and altera-
tion of senate districts and the reapportion-
ment of members of the assembly be based
upon the number of inhabitants, excluding
aliens in the State and in the political sub-
divisions thereof, and further makes the last
preceding Federal decennial census con-
trolling as to the number of inhabitants in
the State and in the various political sub-
divisions thereof; and

“Whereas no provision is made under the
law of the United States for ascertaining in
connection with the taking of the Federal
decennial census, the number of inhabitants,
excluding aliens in the several States and in
the political subdivisions thereof; and

“Whereas as a result thereof, each time
the Federal decennial census is taken, it is
necessary for this State, at considerable ex-
pense, to arrange with the Bureau of the
Census to ascertain and report to this State
the number of inhabitants excluding aliens

in the State and in its various political sub- -

divisions, so that compliance may be made
with the above described provisions of the
constitution of this State in the next suc-
ceeding readjustment and alteration of the
Senate districts and reapportionment of
members of the assembly: Now, therefore,
be it
“Resolved (if the assembly concur), That
the President and the Congress of the United
States be respectfully memorialized to make
provision by Federal law for ascertaining in
the taking of each Federal decennial census
the number of inhabitants excluding aliens
in each of the States and in the political
subdivisions thereof; and be it further
“Resolved (if the assembly concur), That
copies of this resolution be transmitted to
the President of the United States, the Sec-
retary of the United States Senate, the Clerk
of the House of Representatives Of the United
States, and to Members of Congress elected
from New York State, urging them to devote
their efiorts to accomplish the purposes of
this resolution.
“By order of the senate,
“WILLIAM S. KING,
“Secretary.
“In assembly January 30, 1956, concurred
in without amendment.
“By order of assembly,
"ANSLEY B. BORKOWSKI,
‘(Clerk'Il

A joint resolution of the Legislature of
the State of Colorado; to the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs: ’

“Senate Joint Memorial 2

"Memorializing the Congress of the United
States to pass and adopt legislation deny-
ing Federal ownership of unappropriated
water of natural streams in Colorado and
the West and confirming the rights of
appropriation thereof under the State laws
"Whereas the United States of America has,

from time to time, claimed the ownership Of

the unappropriated waters of the Western

States, including the unappropriated waters

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“Whereas the Western States, including
Colorado, deny that the United States of
America is the owner of said waters; and

“Whereas the State of Colorado by its con-
stitution has declared ‘the water of every
natural stream, not heretofore appropriated,
within the State of Colorado, is hereby de-
clared to be the property of the public,
and the same is dedicated to the use of the
people Of the State, subject to appropriation
as hereinafter provided’;

“Whereas it is highly desirable that Con-
gress by legislation confirm and declare that
the water of every natural stream in Colo-
rado and other Western States are reserved
for appropriation for beneficial uses under
the laws of the States and that all uses of
the Federal Government and its agencies,
permittees, licensees, employees, and wards
shall be acquired in conformity with and
under State law; and

“Whereas the Honorable FRANK A. BARRETT,
United States Senator from the State of
Wyoming, has introduced into the United
States Senate a bill numbered S. 863, which
is designed to accomplish the above purpose:
Now, therefore, be it

"Resolved by the Senate of the 40th Gen-
eral Assembly of the State of Colorado (the
House of Representatives concurring herein),
That the purpose of S. 863 be and the same
is hereby approved by the General Assembly
of the State of Colorado and the Congress
of the United States is hereby urged to pass
and adopt said legislation or similar legisla-
tion whereby the claims to Federal owner-
ship of unappropriated waters in the West-
ern States shall be denied and that the un-
appropriated waters of Colorado and the
West shall be confirmed to have been dedi-
cated to the public subject to appropriation
for use under and in conformity with State
law; be it further .

“Resolved, That a copy of this memorial
be transmitted to the Secretary of the Senate
of the United States and the Chief Clerk
of the House of Representatives of the United
States and to each Senator and Representa-
tive from the State of Colorado and to Sen-
ator FRANK A. BARRETT, Senator from Wyo-
ming.

“STEPHEN L. R. McNICHOLAS,
“President of the Senate.
"MILDRED H. CRESSWELL,
“Secretary of the Senate.
”DAVID A. HAMIL,
“Speaker of the House of Representatives.
“LEE MAT’I'IES,
“Chief Clerk of the House
of Representatives."

A letter from the Assistant Secretary of
State, transmitting a resolution adopted by
the Supreme Soviet of the U. S. S. R., relat—
ing to the exchange ofrdelegations between
the Supreme Soviet of the U. S. S. R. and
the parliaments of foreign states; to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations.

A resolution adopted by the City Council
of the City of Elizabeth, N. J., favoring the
sale of war materials and supplies to Israel;
to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

By Mr. THURMOND (for himself and
Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina):

A concurrent resolution of the Legislature
of the State of South Carolina; to the Com-
mittee on Finance:

"Concurrent resolution memorializing Con-
gress to enact legislation to provide social-
security coverage for the municipal police-
men and firemen of South Carolina

"Whereas municipal policemen and fire-
men are not entitled to social-security cover-
age under the present social-security law;
and

“Whereas the municipal policemen and
firemen of South Carolina desire social-secu-
rity coverage because their present retire-
ment coverage is inadequate; and

“Whereas the municipal policemen and
firemen of certain other States do not wish

social-security coverage because they have
adequate retirement coverage without social
security: Now, therefore, be it

"Resolved by the house of representatives
(the senate concurring), That the Congress
of the United States be memorialized to en-
act suitable legislation to amend section 218
of the Federal social-security law so as to
provide for the extension of social—security
coverage to municipal policemen and fire—
men of the State of South Carolina on a
State and local option basis; be it further

"Resolved, That a copy of this resolution
be forwarded to each United States Senator
from South Carolina, each Member of the
House of Representatives of Congress from
South Carolina, the chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee in Congress. and the
chairman of the Finance Committee of the
United States Senate."

 

REPORT OF A COMMITTEE

The following report of a committee
was submitted:

By Mr. ELLENDER, from the Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry:

H. R. 12. An act to amend the Agricultural
Act of 1949, as amended, with respect to price
supports for basic commodities and milk;
and for other purposes; without recom-
mendation.

 

PROPOSED AGRICULTURAL ACT OF
1956—AUTHORIZATION FOR COM-
MITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND
FORESTRY TO HAVE PRINTED
MAJORITY REPORT AND MINORI-
TY VIEWS ON THE FARM BILL
DURING THE RECESS OF THE
SENATE

Mr. ELLENDER. Mr. President, this
morning, a little after midnight, the
Commtitee on Agriculture and Forestry
voted to report a farm bill. I was in—
formed a few minutes ago that the staff
is now at work preparing the bill for
submission to the Senate. It may be
that it will not be completed until after
the Senate concludes its business today.
I should like to have it printed as soon
as possible, so that it may be read and
studied by all persons interested.

I ask unanimous consent that the bill,
as well as the report, may be filed during
the recess of the Senate.

The report will not be ready at the
time the bill is reported, but I should like
permission to file the report as soon as
may be possible so that Senators who
may desire to study the report as well as
the bill may have ample opportunity to
do so.

Mr. CLEMENTS. Mr. President, it is
my understanding that the Senator from
Louisiana wishes to file his report during
the recess of the Senate.

Mr. ELLENDER. That is correct.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
pore. Does the Senator’s request in-
clude the minority views as well as the
majority report?

Mr. ELLENDER. That is correct.

Mr. CLEMENTS. I am sure the Sen-
ator from Louisiana. would want to mod-
ify his request to include both the minor-
ity views and the majority report.

Mr. ELLENDER. That is correct.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
pore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Subsequently, the bill (S. 3183) to pro-
vide an improved farm program was re-
ceived, read twice by its title, and placed
on the calendar.

 

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION
INTRODUCED

Bills and a joint resolution were intro-
duced, read the» first time, and, by unani-
mous consent, the second time, and re—
ferred as follows:

By Mr. MURRAY:

S. 3175. A bill for the relief of Jose
Ramon Perez Doalto; to the Committee on
the Judiciary.

By Mr. MURRAY (for himself, Mr.
BENDER. Mr. DOUGLAS, Mr. HUMPHREY,
Mr. KUCHEL, Mr. MCNAMARA, Mr.
MORSE, and Mr. Sco'r'r):

S. 3176. A bill to amend the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act, so as to prohibit the
movement in interstate or foreign commerce
of unsound, unhealthful, diseased. unwhole—
some or adulterated poultry or poultry prod-
ucts; to the Committee on Labor and Public
Welfare.

(See the remarks of Mr. MURRAY when he
introduced the above bill' which appear un—
der a separate heading.)

By Mr. MUNDT:

S. 3177. A bill to provide for the preserva-
tion of acreage history for the purpose of
future wheat acreage allotments where such
allotments are underplanted because of un-
favorable weather conditions; to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture and Forestry.

By Mr. ERVIN:

S. 3178. A bill to waive section 143, of title
28, United States Code. with respect to the
United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina holding court at
Bryson City, N. C.; to the Committee on the
Judiciary.

By Mr. NEUBERGER (for himself and
Mr. MORSE) :

8.3179. A bill for the relief of Redentor
Ligot Romero; to the Committee on the J udi-
ciary.

(See the remarks of Mr. NEUBERGER when
he introduced the above bill, which appear
under a separate heading.)

By Mr. CLEMENTS (for himself and
Mr. ROBERTSON):

8.3180. A bill to amend title 28 of the
United States Code to authorize the appoint-
ment of two United States commissioners
for Cumberland Gap National Historical
Park; to the Committee on Interior and
Insular Affairs.

(See the remarks of Mr. CLEMENTS when
he introduced the above bill, which appear
under a. separate heading.)

By Mr. SCHOEPPEL:

S. 3181. A bill to exempt certain shipments
of farm produce from the tax on the trans—
portation of property; to the Committee on
Finance.

(See the remarks of Mr. SCHOEPPEL when
he introduced the above bill, which appear
under a separate heading.)

By Mr. HUMPHREY:

S. 3182. A bill for the relief of Dr. Cheng-en
Lu; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. ELLENDER.:

S. 3183. A bill to provide an improved
farm program; an original bill. placed on
the calendar.

(See statement concerning the above bill,
which appears under a separate heading.)

By Mr. WATKINS:

5.3184. A bill to amend the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act so as to authorize
the Secretary of Agriculture to make or in-
sure loans to farmers and stocknien for the
purpose of refinancing existing debts, and
for other purposes; to the Committee on
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8.3185. A bill to amend the Bankhead-
Jones Farm Tenant Act so as to adJUSt the
loan limitations of title II so as to provide
more effective assistance to production and
subsistence loan borrowers.

(See the remarks of Mr. WATKINS when
he introduced the above bill, which appear
under a separate heading.)

By Mr. NEUBERGER (for himself and
Mr. MORSE) :

S. J. Res. 143. Joint resolution to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to determine the
best means of eliminating the hazards within
the city of Klamath Falls, Oreg., caused by
a canal under the jurisdiction of the Bureau
of Reclamation; to the Committee on In-
terior and Insular Affairs.

(See the remarks of Mr. NEUBERGER when
he introduced the above joint resolution,
which appear under a. separate heading.)

 

RESOLUTIONS

The following resolutions were sub-

mitted, considered, and agreed to:
By Mr. CLEMENTS:

S. Res. 210. Resolution authorizing the
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare to
employ four additional clerical assistants
for the month Of February 1956.

(See the remarks of Mr. CLEMENTS when he
submitted the above resolution, which ap-
pear under a separate heading.)

By Mr. DOUGLAS:

S. Res. 211. Resolution relative to the
death of Representative CHAUNCEY W. REED,
late a Representative of the State of Illinois.

(See the remarks of Mr. DOUGLAS when he
submitted the above resolution, which ap-
pear under a separate heading.)

 

COMPULSORY INSPECTION OF
POULTRY AND POULTRY PROD-
UCTS

Mr. MURRAY. Mr. President, one of
the major and vital health needs of the
Nation today is legislation to provide for
the compulsory inspection of poultry.

It is amazing, but true that today. 50
years after the enactment of the Meat
Inspection Act, poultry still need not be
inspected to assure the consumer a clean
and Wholesome product. Filthy and
diseased poultry may be, and often is,
sold with immunity.

This intolerable situation has had dire
results. For example, the Public Health
Service reports that an average of one-
third of the reported cases of food
poisoning are traced each year topoul-
try or poultry dishes.

Some 26 diseases have been found
transmissible from poultry to man and
they are taking their toll annually.
These illnesses include the influenza-
like and sometimes deadly psittacosis or
ornithosis; the infection, salmonellosis;
the viral Newcastle Disease and fungus
infections.

Periodically, and cyclically, diseased
poultry causes a large outbreak of
disease. Thus, for example, in 1954, an
ornithosis epidemic broke out among
turkeys in Texas. Several hundred men
and women, especially in poultry proces-
sing plants, became ill. Several persons
were fatally stricken.

Equally dangerous and despicable are
the filthy conditions in which some poul-
try is processed. Some plants are rod-
ent-infested. Sewage disposal is primi-
tive and even nonexistent. Dust, dirt
and fecal matter are allowed to stick to

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD —- SENATE

the birds.
processed.

These are not imaginary horrors.
These are facts from afiidavits of poul-
try workers and from the reports of
Food and Drug Administration inspec-
tors.

Contamination of poultry processed
under these unsanitary conditions may
result in some extremely serious diseases
in man. These include typhoid fever,
paratyphoid fever, dysentary, infectious
hepatitis and chemical poisonings.

The overwhelming majority of the in-
dustry, of course, attempts to maintain
good standards of product wholesome-
ness and sanitation. But there are a
sufficient number of chiselers in this fast
growing industry to make legislation
necessary. Not only do these men who
are after the fast buck endanger health,
but they are unfair competition to the
honest poultry processors who go to
great expense to maintain modern and
sanitary plants and sell only healthy
poultry. ~

The difiiculty is the absence of a com-
pulsory inspection system with power to
stop these abuses. A voluntary program
does exist, but it covers only 21 percent
of poultry in interstate commerce and
is ineffective in assuring wholesomeness
of even this comparatively small amount.

The Food and Drug Administration
currently has neither the authority nor
the appropriations to stop. this serious
health problem. Further, very little ef-
fective State and municipal legislation
on the subject exists.

The problem is clearly one for new
legislation from Congress.

Literally dozens of organizations have
long recognized this need. For example,
such widely varying groups as the Con-
ference of State and Territorial Health
Ofiicers, the Amalgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen (AFL—CIO) , the
Institute of American Poultry Industries
have called for mandatory inspection.
Trade associations, labor unions, public
health groups, veterinary groups, wo—
men’s clubs have all asked for legislation.

Therefore on behalf of myself, the
Senator from Ohio [Mr. BENDER], the
Senator from Illinois [Mr. DOUGLAS], the
Senator from Minnesota [Mr. HUM-
PHREY], the Senator from California
[Mr. KUCHEL], the Senator from Michi-
gan [Mr. MCNAMARA], the Senator from
Oregon [Mr. MORSE], and the Senator
from North Carolina [Mr. SCOTT], I in-
troduce, for appropriate reference, a bill
to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act, so as to prohibit the move-
ment in interstate or foreign commerce
of unsound, unhealtliful, diseased, un-
wholesome or adulterated poultry or
poultry products. The meaSure would
establish a Poultry Inspection Service in
the Food and Drug Administration. It
would be the task of this unit to inspect
poultry for wholesomeness and poultry
plants for sanitation.

Wholesomeness would be assured by
inspection both before and after slaugh-
ter. According to health authorities,
this is the only means for truly pro-
tecting the consumer. Inspection after

Slimy and rotting poultry is

Slaughter alone will not do the job.

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February 10

All poultry will be labeled after in-
spection. The healthful birds will be
marked as wholesome by the inspector.
Only poultry with such a tag will be
allowed in interstate and foreign com-
merce.

Diseased, adulterated or otherwise un-
fit poultry would receive another mark—
ing. It will be denatured or destroyed
at the processing plant under the in-
spector’s supervision.

In addition, the bill provides for re-
inspection if that should be necessary.
Suspect and condemned poultry will be
quarantined or segregated to prevent the
possible infection of healthy birds.

The detailed rules and regulations for
the inspection will be prescribed by the
Secretary Of Health, Education, and
Welfare. The bill establishes the basic
policy and framework from which he
would develop those regulations.

The Secretary is also empowered to de-
velop standards for plant sanitation and
for sanitary practices in processing. If
an inspector finds a plant to be violating
these standards, he will refuse to mark
that establishment’s poultry as whole-
some until the firm complies with the
sanitation rules nad regulations. With-
out the inspection tag, the poultry will,
of course, be barred from interstate
commerce.

The bill provides for injunction pro-
ceeding and penalties of up to 3 years
imprisonment and a $10,000 fine in case
of violations. Among the prohibited and
punishable acts are refusal to allow in-
spectors access to poultry processing
plants; the delivery, receipt, or sale in
commerce of 'uninspected poultry and
the forgery or counterfeit of inspection
marks.

In short, this bill will effectively meet
the health hazards posed by filthy and
diseased poultry. It will guarantee con-
sumers wholesomeness of product and
provide them with the protection they
badly need.

I believe the measure deserves the
careful consideration and support of
every Senator. Its enactment will be a
significant step forward in public health.
I intend to do everything in my power
to see to it that the Congress approves
this legislation promptly.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
pore. The bill will be reecived and ap-
propriately referred.

The bill (S. 3176) to amend the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cos