VICE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TO THE SENATE
I would like to thank the distinguished President
Pro-tempore, the majority leader and majority whip, the
minority leadership and the members of the Senate for
this opportunity to make a brief statement.
For twelve years I have had the privilege of being
a member of the United States Senate. It has been an
unforgetable experience for me, one of warmth and
friendship as well as, I hope, public service. And after
twelve years of working in this body, I know that there
is no institution for which I have greater respect and no
group of people for whom I have greater admiration and
affection than my collegues and friends here in the Senate.
As Vice President, I am a member of the Administration,
but under tbe Constitution I am also an official of the
Senate. Beyond duty, I consider it the greatest pleasure to
continue to serve this institution and its members in every
way I can.
As Presiding Officer of the Senate I shall do my
utmost to be fair and objective in any and all rulings
I may be called upon to make. (During the campaign I
visited nearly every state in the Union. I believe I ~\
may have promised the voters of more than thirty states
that their Senator would be recognized first if I were
elected. So I have no alternative but to be fair.)
One of the most crucial ways in which I hope to
be of service to you is in helping to maintain a respectful
and cooperative relationship between the Legislative and
Executive Branches. My interest is not primarily in
serving as a spokesman for the Administration, but in
helping to assure that the Executive Branch and our
beloved country recieve the full benefit of the wisdom,
the concern and the good sense that reside in this Body.
Your leadership and advice are essential if we are to
solve our nation's problems and it is my profound hope
that I could help contribute to that goal.
Thank you.
STATEMENT OF THE MAJORITY LEADER
Mr. PRESIDENT, I note that our former colleague,
the Vice President of the United States, has assumed the
chair this afternoon in his new capacity.
It is with
special pleasure that I welcome him back to the Senate.
He has traveled 22,300 miles, a somewhat circuitous route,
on his way to assume his new Constitutional duties.
Our
Vice President is a world traveler and, now, an accomplished
and respected diplomat, having circled the globe as the
President's special emissary to the leaders of Great
Britain , France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Japan and
I celand .
This is a particularly noteworthy occasion for it
la s been just a little more than eight years since a
Senat e col eague has presided as President of the Senate.
think
can speak f or a ll Senators when I say :
ilMr .
Vi ce President, we" are delighted to have you h e r e w: th us
and we hope
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g,
see you , as I
nderstan d .li.nesotan s are
ear ly an d often ."
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January 13, 1977
TO:
The Majority Leader
FROM:
Bill Smith
RE:
The First Session of the Senate Following the
Inauguration
Senator Mondale would like to preside at the opening
of the Senate when it first meets following the inauguration.
He had meant to speak with you personally in Plains to seek
your advice on what sort of ceremony or colloquies might be
appropriate when he first presides as Vice President.
Because of scheduling problems between now and next
Thursday, he has asked me to do this on his behalf.
I am attaching an excerpt from the January 22, 1965
Congressional Recodd when Vice President Humphrey opened
the Senate following his inauguration. At that time,
Senators Mansfield, Dirksen and others made short statements
welcoming Senator Humphrey, following which Senator Humphrey
was given permission to make a brief statement.
I would appreciate it if Jecould speak with you
about this matter at your convenience .
MEMORANDUM
January 3, 19]9
TO:
Senator Mondale
FR:
Bill Smith
RE:
Senate Ceremony After Your Inauguration
Following the Inauguration itself, there is no official
Senate ceremony on the floor or otherwise. However, traditionally,
the first time you sit in the chair, the Majority Leader and
other members of the Senate will, in all likelihood, make short
statements greeting you to the Senate as Vice President. When
this was done for Humphrey on January 22, 1965, following the
greetings Mansfield asked unanimous consent to permit Humphrey
to address the Senate, which he then did from the chair. These
proceedings were, of course, accompanied by periodic, prolonged
standing applause.
Attached are the Congressional Record pages on the Humphrey
greeting.
The only other ceremonial occasion in which you might have
participated with past Vice Presidents is the swearing in of
new Senators on the first day of the session, which is followed
by a second swearing-in ceremony in the Vice President's
ceremonial office at which each new Senator is again sworn in
so that pictures can be taken with the Vice President .
In addition, in past years there have been Senate receptions
for the Vice President following the I nauguration or his swearing
in under the 25th Amendment (in the case of Ford and Rockefell er).
These receptions have been on the afternoon or evening of the
Inauguration or swearing in.
WALTER F. MONDALE
MI N NESOTA
WA S HING T ON. D . C .
2.05 10
January 13, 1977
TO:
The Majority Leader
FROM:
Bill Smith
RE:
The First Session of the Senate Following the
Inauguration
Senator Mondale would like to preside at the open ing
of the Senate when it first meets following the inauguration.
He had meant to speak with you personally in Plains to seek
your advice on what sort of ceremony or colloquies might be
appropriate when he first presides as Vice President.
Be cause of scheduling problems between now and next
Thursday, he has asked me to do this on his behalf.
I am attaching an excerp t from the January 22, 1965
Congressional Record when Vice President Humphrey opened
the Senate following his inauguration. At that time,
Senators Mansfield, Dirksen and others made short statements
we lcoming Senator Humphrey, following which Senator Humphrey
was given permission to make a brief stat ement.
I would appreciate it if I could speak with you
about this matter at your convenience.
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47t h Anniversa.,ry of the Ind epen dence
of Ukraine
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OJ'
HON. RICHARD L. OTTI NGER '-:'
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T hursday, J a nuary 21, 1965
M r, OTTINGEn, M r, Speaker, 47
y ears ag o tl, ls month the Ukra inian NatI onal Re l' l :~ " :. d ("cl a r ed h er ind epen dence after
, ' ! , of subju ga tio n, The
independ t l "
,, ' iberty of the freedom -lovin g tiL "i =.:·~ ns was alm ost im-
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m edIately stamped out by th e SovIet
Communist d icta torsh Ip, bu t t he Indomitable spIr it of the Ukr ainia n people
survives an d th e fl a me of liberty still
burns brightly In th eir h ea rts a nd minds,
Ukrai ne r eprese nts one of the mos t
powerful forces of p a triotic natIonali sm
in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Unio n,
Its invincible figh t f or national in d epend ence an d fr eedom has forc ed Jvfos cow to r esort to a m asqu erade of Ukra in e
as an ind epen d ent and f ree na ti on withi n
the fed eral f ramework of the U.S .S.R.
Tomorrow , resid ents of Ukraini a n ex tra ction in the city of Yon J:ers, N.Y" a re
j oining in the cel eb r ation of the 47th
a nniversa ry of Uk ra ini a n ind epen d ence,
The m ay or of Y onkers, the H onora ble
J a,nno.7'Y 22 ,
J oh n E, Flynn , has 'd csigna Led torr
as Ukraini a n D ay and has give n p
slo n to rai se t he blue-gol d flag
f ree Ukraine on the city h a JJ fla g)
commemorate th e procl ama ti on of
ary 22, 1918. The Very R evercn d
Klos , pastor of st. Mich a el's Ukr'
Cathollc Church of Yonkers has
d esIgnated as t he honora ry may'
this occasion. '
I am h onored to pay tri bute t
f re edom- loving n ation for h er i ns
ex a mple in continuing the un2
struggle f or recovery of the libert.y
is ri ghtfully hers, It is the si nCCTE
of America an d the en tire free
that soon the Ukra ine will join th
t h e f amily of f ree n a ti ons. '
fo the S enate by Mr. R atch f ord , one of ita0. 'mprovements are still inade
secretaries.
an ~ \er t a in local t ax rates shot;
increa sed,
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BUDGET FOR THE D S
1. The Federal paym'en t: The an
The Senate met ,.
"' t 12 o'clock m eridian,
COLUMBIA MESS G I TRICT OF lzation for the F ederal paym ent!s a
an d was called to order by the Vice
~ A E FROM THE amoun t. Wh IJ ~ this authorizati o
PRESIDENT (H , DO C, N O , IS, PT, 2) substantially increased by the la st
P residen t, Hon . lIP"BER T H , HUMPHREY,
,," "0 was greeted by appl ause, .
.' 'T he JrCE PRESIDENT, la id before th e gress, f rom $3 2 m illi on t o $5 0 mill.
'he Chaplain, l'tev. Frederick Bro,'VD Senate the f oll owing message f rom t he still d oes n ot r eflect a n equitable
f r is, D .D " oUered the fO ll o:,mg...J P~'esiden t \Pf t h e United Stat es, which, ing by t he!ederal G overnm en t (
WIth the accompanyin g d ocument, was expense of o"ernment in the Di
\ yer : _
Ou r Fatller God, who hath made an d r~ferre d to the Committee on Appropri a- Of even mor importa nce, a fixed ar
preserved us a nation, ,at _th is noontide tlOns:
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altar of d evotion whIch ' our f athers : DI STRICT OF COLuM BIA B UDGET MESSA GE or
which should b e m a de in the auth
buiJd ed an d on which they cut deep '
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tio n in order \0 m ainta in a n equ
th eir f~w,ding faith in the devout con'~
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, _. b a lance between Federal an d loc
sponsibilit y in ' t he fu tu re. I urg
fession in God we trust we h umbly bow To the Congres!,;\ of t he U 711ie d stat es:
with the d ea thlesS ass u~ance that t urn s
I pres,ent the budget for t.he District of Congress to enact legislation auth o
even seeming tragedy into triumph t hat ColumbIa for the fi scal year b eginning a n annual F ederal paym en t b ased
th e Eternal God is our r efuge an d July 1,1965,
,
f ormula wh ich provides a continuln
u n dern ea th are the everl asti n g arms.
I have spoken m rece nt weeks of our equitable m easure ~f F ederal fin ;
We b eseech Thee to im pa rt Thine ~fsolve . to advar:c.e to:v a rd the G reat ? O- respon sibility. '
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enabling might on Thy servan t who has
ety- m our cltl es,\ in our coun trysIde,
The for mula pro osed by Pre
serv ed as a n honored Member of this an d In ~ur cl~ssroo:V s. What we do in Kennedy and approved by the S en;
body an d who this day comes 't o th is our Ca pItal CIty, I b~lleve, will stand as 1963 will accomplish 'this purpose.
C'x ::,l! 'e d chair of govern ance, as h ere h e a ~ eas ure of our ov er~ll pro gress t o that der it, t h e payment will b e comput
;
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in t h e Na t ion t akes his en . ,
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the b asis of the assessed value 0
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t he coadjutor of the Chi ef ExI sna Jl shortly se,n d t..o the Congress a est a te and p er sonal property owne
, ,' :: " '.. R everentJy this hour he has speCI al message a efinmg t he specific u sed by t h e Federal G overnm ent I
tllk t n hi.o his hands the historic gavel goals an d the st eps ~o r ,acll ieving th em District, an d will r epresen t the a "
Int.o which seems to enter every decision tha t WIll lead tlle Dl stnc t of Columbia the District would r eceive if F ed eral
since the R epublio's b eginning, May t~v,:ard the Grea t So~iety. \ The bud:et ernm ent activities were subject t o
the mantl e of the d edicated public wmch I a m tr~nsmlttll1g \,:l lj prOVIde "he D istrict taxes. Such a f ormula wi
servants whose h ands h a ve gr asped it m eans by whlch p r ogress to ard many la te the Ferleral payment 'dir ectly
ill the histori c yesterday s, fa ll in double of those go als c a n be made in fi scal y ea r to District n eeds an d t o the 'contrit
portion upon his should ers , an d upon all 1966.
of its own citizens thr ough \ lOca. I
who h ere sene the p ublic weal. Gra nt
Adequate fina ncial support Is neces- U n de r thi s f ormula, the F~d eral
him, v;e pra y, ~.nd UlOse over whose de- sary if the Di stri ct Is to h ave n eed ed serv- ment authorized in fiscal b ' car
liber ations h e p re$ldes, f a irn ess of a p- Ices a n'd facilities. I mprovement s wer e would be approximately $5 7 millloL
r. "~ isal, poise amid confu si on , the n o- m ade by the last Congress, b u t~ provi- table- a n d Is estimated t o Increa
t y of goodness, 'U1e grace of under- sions for the F ed eral p a ym ent to the Dis- appr oximately $75 million by fi sca
l ding, and t he sl:{l,cere faith in ' one's t. riet an d fO.f District, borrowi ng fo~ ca.p.:, 1971,.. ,: .', " ,: . :, > ,
(', lrades that is m rn'-e i.han cor onets. .. '
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ou ght to g ive you a han d. [Appl a llse ,
S cn a tors ri s ing.]
Mr. LONG of Louisian a. M r . Presion r eQucst of Mr. MAN SFJELD, an d by dent, wi ll the S cnator yield? .
n a J1im ou S con. en t, the Subcom m~tLee
Mr. MANSFIELD. I yield to the a s~n Vel,enms Aff a irs. of the Commlttee sis tant m a jority l ea d er ."
on L;l b or Rn d Publl~. Welfare w~s a Uf
Mr. LONG of Loui s iana. Mr, PresiillOrJ zed to m,ee t d UI mg the,~sslon 0
d ent, on one occasion, the junior S enator
the S enR t e tooay.
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f rom Louisiana informed the S enate that
~ it was once h is privil ege to r ecommend
GREETING T O VIC E PRESIDENT ' that a YO~I,lg man fr om ~innesota r el? reHU BERT H . HUMPHREY
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sent LoUI S!a na State Ulllverslty agamst
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a very able d eiJati ng t ea m that h a d been
NIr. M,AN~S}O~IELD , , Mr. Pr es ld ent--:-- se nt ::l.cross the sea fr om the Briti sh I sles.
The V lCE PR~SID E~. The S enato r I b eli eve that was the only time L ouisiana
fr om M on t a na IS I ccoglllzed .
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State Uni verSity d efinitely d efeated a
NI r. MANSFIELD . Th~s is a rr~ost British t ea m . The p erform ance of the
auspi cious an d com fortmg OCCRSlOn. young ma n f ro m Minn esota on tha t oc Tlle f <'l ct that our fo rme r coll eag ue, tIl e casio n wa s grea t, a s it al wa ys is:
Vice Pr esid e n t of the United Sta tes ,
Th e desk at wh ich I stan d a t th is mo}fO BERT H , HU MPHRE Y, has t a ken the m ent was previously occupi ed by former
pl a~e of the Pres ld ent I?ro t empore, the Presi d en t H a rry T ruma n, of M iss ouri,
dist JJ1 gUl sh ed d ean of thIS body, the Sen- an d by Lyndon J ohnso n, of T exas, both
ato r fr om Ari zo na [Mr. HAYDE N], g iv es of who m served as S enato r, Vi ce P reslus t wo qui et men on the fi oor f rom now dent, an d later President of the United
on. [Lau ghter .]
Stat.es. Both of them, in my jud gmen t,
Bu t we ar e deli ghted that one of ou r were grea t Presid en ts.
o,':n h<'lS bcen accord ed this signal h onor,
It was Lyndon John s on wh o m a de th e
1, ' '''1 we ;;re very harJpy that a fo r m er
statem ent in this Chamber that HU BERT
, :, "; ':1 now be the Presiding O~- HUMPHREY was the greates t coordin a tor
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body in his capaCity as VlCe of mind an d tongue of any man in the
Pre;,,,> :,; of the United states. You world. The time it took h im to prepare
lla ve been ~: great Senator- in my opin- a speech was the l ength of time it took
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ion , one of the g r eatest in the hi story of to draw a d eep breath.
j,]le Nation. Y ou w ill be one of the g r eat
On occasi ons when the Rep ublican
Vice Presi d ents in the h istory of the Re- leadershi p was in charge of the majori ty,
pubiic. We welcome you . We a re de- an d it seemed I,ha t thin gs were not goi ng
ligh te d to see you. We know that you tIl e way the D emocrats wanted th em to
will give you r all in exer cising yo ur re- go, and tha t we shoul d wa it a wh ile besponsi bilities as Presid~n t of the S en ate. fore voting, our f rien d from Minn esota
HU BERT, we are exceedmgl y glad to h ave woul d 'al wa ys be wa iting an d could be
you back. [Appla u se, S enato r s ri si ng,] , counted upon ·to make a ver y eloquent
Mr. DIRKSEN. M r. Presi d ent, will speech abo ut how the price of eggs llad
the distinguished majority l eader yiel d? gone down in },1'inneso1.a, an d cou ld lecMr. MANSFIELD. I yield.
ture the Senate as long as n ecessa ry with
Mr. DIRKSEN. Perhaps I had better no more than a f ew seconds to prepa re
~d dres s
the di stingui sh ed
majority himself. Now, he has lost a ll his civil
IC8 rJer ,
ri ghts. [Laughter.] No longe r will he
-. ~ few days ago it was my privilege ' address this body. If he wishes to make
, the di stin guished Vice-Presi- ' a speech, he will h ave to go somewhere
r\: .:t o a n a tional corl'len tion at else.
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ih e S , ;JLIl.' Hot.el. I wa s advise d that
As one Member of this bod y, I say that
I migh t b egin my sp eech, an d that I "it could not have happened to a n icer
wou ld be in terrupted wh en he arrived. guy,"
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The signal was to be th a t the chairman
I con gratulate him on his el evation to
would pu ll my coattails to an nounce the the posi tio n he now holds. We know
f ~c t th a t the Vice-Presi d en t- elec t had
that he will do more than p resi de over
arrived .
th e S enate. He will go arou nd the world,
WIle n h e app ea red, I l ooked a t h is r ep r esen ting this grea t Natio n. M y
aud ience an d sai d, ""Ladies an d gen tle- g u ess is tha t if the Presid ent is successmen, permit me to split a n infini tive an d ful in arranging f or a'n exchan ge with
let a partiCiple h a ng f rom the a ir for a the Soviets, so that someon e can come
moment while I pres en t the distinguish ed ' over "h e re an d present tbe S oviet side
Vi ce-P r esi d ent- elect
of
the , U nited of the argu"ment ori Am eri ca n t elevision,
S1.a Les."
no doubt we shall be tr eated to a pres - '
His l! ood f ortune h a s b ee n ou r good " en t a tion by th e Vice Presiden t of the
fOl : un e. By ('l ecting him to office, we Uni ted Sta tes, r epres en ting the P resi:-, ,'. c' : ~ ()',:."
1 him of a good d ea l of
d en t, speaking to the Sovi e t Un ion.
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principal fW1ction now
So while WP- may not in the future
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'-{ a tie- if ever there is a en j oy hi s eloquence on the Sena te fioo r,
a tit , J. :
, :.- lla ving a ratio of 2 to 1.
a t l east we can look for wa rd to h eari ng
Bu t, ,', c ' ,a ve now shorn him of an y f rom him a gain an d a ga in.
authori cy to d is cuss, with his eloqu ence
Mr. W..ANSFIELD, Mr. P resid ent, I
~n d pers uasion, th e many items that will
yield to the senior S enator f rom Mas cr oss hi s d esk. ,
sachusetts.
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Mr. Vi ce Prcsident, we are h"onored.
M r. SALTONSTALL. M r . P r esiden t,
We glory in yo u r good fo r tu ne ; we gl ory we have b ea rd f ro m the m a j ori ty lea d In ou r goo d f ortune ; an d we think we er an d f ro m the minority leader that
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Ole Vice Pr es iden t ca n no l onger t a lk.
We llave h ca rd f rom tIle m Rjority whi p
th a t it t a k es the Vice Presid ent a very
short t ime to prepare a sp eech .
Mr. P res id ent, I ask unanim ou s co nsent that th3 Vice P r esid ent be p ermi1ied
to make r ema rks for no t to exceed 1 Y2
m inutes .
The VICE PRESIDENT. I s th ere ob j ection? The Chair h ears n one .
Mr, IvIANSFIELD . Mr. Presi den t, I
object .
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The VICE PRESIDENT. The S ena tor
fra m M ontana objects.
Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. P r esident, I
shall object until more of our collea gues
finish t ellin g the Vice Presid en t in pu blic of our affection, fri endship, an d a d"m iration for him,
, I now yiel d to the di stinguish ed senior Senator fr om Vermont, the senior
R epublican in the S enate. '
M r. AIK E N .. Mr. President, I am one
M ember of the S ena te who is gla.d to see
the f orm er seni or S enator f rom Minneso t.a in his p rese nt position. I think he
w ill b e a good Vi ce Presid ent an d a good
P r esi d en t of the Senate.
The sen ior S ena tor fr om Mass achuse tt.s took the wor ds out of my mouth.
I intended to ask that, , egardl ess of the
Constitution, the l aws of th e land, or the
ru les of the Senate, the Vice Presi dent
be permitted to m ak e one la.st speech,
r egar dl ess of what rul es might be vi olate d , an d that we s u sp en d the rules an d
r egul ations and h ear this las t short
speech f rom our f ormer coll eague , the
Vice P resident.
Mr. MANSFIELD . Mr. Presidcnt, I
yield to the Senator f rom Alaska.
Mr. GRUENING. Mr. Presi den t, wh en
anyone of o ur coll eagues expresses our
t llOUghts, an d especially wh en, as so often
happe ns, they express th em more eloQuently th a n we coul d , we simply s ay t hat
we a.ssociate oursel ves with thei r r emarks
as I do wi th those of our distinguished
majority leader and majority whip.
It is difficult to express how happy an d
delighted we are tllat our f ormer associa t e f or so many fru itful years, a S enator
f rom J\lin neso ta, h a s risen to such hi gh
office. I a m more than happy to join
my c'ther col leagues wh o have ri se n in
the past f ew minutes to pay well d eserv ed
tributes 'i n an effort to d emonstr ate our
affectio n, ad mirat.io n, an d love for th e
Vice Presiden t of the United States. '
We sha ll miss him in this bod y becaus e, as the dis t ingui sh ed "ju nior Senator from Loui sia n a has sai d, h e can n o
lon ger sp eak in the Senate. His abil ity
to make a speech and our oppo r tunity to
h ea r it \\'as one "o f our grea t tr ea ts a nd
privileges. We enjoyed listen ing to his
r eady eloquen'ce, t.o h is mast ery of wor ds
in the stimu lating, expressi on of his
th ought.s, to his kee n analysiS of grea t
probl ems, to his wi t, an d to bis kindly
humor. But we r ejOice in t bat he has
risen to a more im porta nt place in go ve rnment an d in the history of the Na~oa
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\Ve know th a t he will carry' hi gh the "
Lorch th a t he h as carried s o nobly f or so
many years on int.o the st.ill gr ea t er lea dership th a t we sh a ll r eceive fr om him.
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M r. M cGO VE R N. Mr. Presid en t, I clm ive cl ub in anothe r p a r t of t he es . Mr. Vi ce P r esid ent, you ca n no t, f or t he
h ave a lwa ys t h ou gh t t ha t I was hi ghly t ab Ushme nt; n a m ely, th e S en a t e L a cU es m om en t r p ly. I t h a nk yo u f ro m th
privileg ed t o enj oy a sp ecial r ela t io nsh ip Cl ub . So we are d elighted t o h a ve b oth bottom of my h ear t f or t he m an y kin d:
with th e Vi ce P r es id en t, no t only b ecause m em b ers of. t he Humphrey f am ily wi t h n esses a n d th e deep f r ien dsh ip t ha t
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we were b ot.h b or n an d r ea r ed in the S ta t e us.
h ave afforded me d u ring my y ea r/ ~U
of S ou t h D akota, bu t also b (;ca use it h a s
Mr. MAN SFIELD. M r. P residen t, I pub lic life .
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bee n my p lea sure a n d p r ivil ege to Jive yi eld to the S en at.or fr om T ex a s [ M r.
I wi sh yo u G od sp eed an d well- looki n
n ex t doo r t o th e Vi ce P r esid en t for th e Y ARB O R OUGH ~ .
past 8 yea r s in a n eighborh ood close to
Mr. YARB OR OUGH . Mr. P r esid ent, f?rward, as I d?, to th e valu able addi~
t lOn al c? ntrJbutlO ~ t h a t T am sure you
Ch evy Ch ase. .
we welcome t h e return of t he S enate 's WIll m ake to t h e h Is t ory o . our tim es.
I full y r ecognize th a t the du ti es a nd f ormer ch ief legisla ti ve architect of reI express my gratific atioL ·tt you r sucr espon sib ilities of t he Vice Pr esiden t will cent years, in your new r ole as Vi ce cess.
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r equire th a t h e h ave a l arge r h ome tha n Presid ent of the Unit ed S t a t es.
the one h e n ow occup ies, which h om e
Already, you a r e d eli verin g on a ca m- . ~ r. ROB ERT S ON. Mr. P !",".~ i den t th
was d es ign ed (,0 t ake ca re of the needs of p a ign p led ge to r ed u ce un employme n t, JU lUor S enat o ;· f ro m Virginia corn me~ce de
ea rly last SUI
t o a ddress h is th e ~
a f a m il y of six . Bu t I look on th a t pos- by r ej oin ing the F ed era l service.
! . ;.;ident."
Our Vi ce P r es id en t is a ven turesom e coll ea gu e as " .1\
sible move with considerable r egret. I
Th e ju n i.or SC1 ,d,lo r from Vi rgi nia
h a ve enjoy ed b eing a n eighbor to this p erson and we a r e pl ea sed th a t yo u rewon der f ul f amily . I a m d elighted for t urn sa fe an d well d espi t e such h a za r d- d oes n ot claun credi t f or b ein g a p olitical
many r eason s th a t my coll ea gue h as been ous u n d er takin gs as cli m b ing aboa r d a p roph et , ? ecause h e was only saying wh a t
g iven so high a p la ce in our G overnm ent. T exas musta n g, \';ith nothi n g b u t the th ose WIth 20- 20. vision could seeI am d el ighted most of a ll b ecau se of the hard caliche soil of th e P ed ern ales Va lle y . n amel~ , th a t o.ur coll eagu e \vas t o be the
r eason cited b y the P residen t -th at he an d the li m estone outcropping down n ext VIce Pr eSI d en t of th e Un it ed S tat es.
I merely sta r t ed early a ddressin g him as
r ecom mend ed h im for this p osit ion be- below.
And w e p r·ay t hat you will be pro- such.
ca u se h e is th e best p ossibl e man in the ·
Mr . P resident , S enat or s will reca ll that
coun t r y to a ssume th e r esponsibility of vi de d suita ble office space, knowing our
P resid en t if t ha t occa si on ;;h ould ever senior coll eagues in t he Senate will walk my p ublic ~ a r ee r st arted in 1916,49 yea rs
arise.
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_. t hrough fire , s wim r ivers, d o anything to a go. Dunng that t ime I h a ve know n
Mr. :MANSFIELD. I . now yield t o t he h elp yo u in this rega r d- excep t willingly some Vice Presidents. I h ave h ea r d oth er
di st ing u ished
minority
whip
[Mr. give up their h igh groun d of office sp ace. Vi ce P resident s ; but I can t ruthfu ll y say ·
K UCH ELl.
W e h ave watch ed with pride, Mr. Vice t hat I could n ot r ecognize m or e tha n t wo
Mr. KUCH EL. Mr . Presiden t, the P residen t. a s you prov ed to t he Na tion in - r eal ora t ors in th a t p osition du r ing the
t h eme of these d elightf ul cer emonies h as these past months a wjlJin gn ess to u n d er- " p ast 50 years . One was S en a tor Barkb een se t by you r f r iends, D em ocrats an d t ake an y a ssignme n t to h elp P resi d en t ley, of K entucky , an d the oth er is our
R epublican s t oge t h er , who h a ve spoken. Lyn do n B . Joh n son m eet th e awesome p rese n t d is tingui shed Vice .Presi dent
I j oin t h eir t h eme . I h a ve b een a f ri en d r esponsibility yo u now sh a r e with hi m. fro m M in n esot a .
of t hose with wh om you h a ve ser ved in
Your r ecord of a chi eveme n t as a U .S.
· K n owing t Jl at the country wishes to
th e S ena te ; an d I a m very prou d t o call S ena tor, as a spok esman for th e gr ea t h ea r h is ora t or y 4 y ears f rom n ow I am
you my fri en d. I give you what is in t h e goals of m a nk in d is a p r ove n on e. Presi- abou t to introduce a b ill toda y U; wipe
h ea rt of everyone of your coll ea guesdent Ly n don B. J oh nso n sa id h e select ed ou t equ a l t ime. Accordingly , I cha llen ge
my sincere c on gr a tul a tions as you UJ1- his vice -presid en ti al nom inee on the anyone to a sk h im f or d eba te. Th a t is
d ert a ke a tr em en d ous Am erica n r esp on- ba sis of qu a lifi ca t ion to serve in th is my contributi on .
sibility wh ich yo u m ust discharge im- countr y 's high est offi ce. The p eople h a ve
Mr. ERVIN. Mr. P resid ent, I wish to
sh own th eir con fi den ce in t h is ch oice .
p a rti a lly .
speak a word in d efense of our n ew Vice
I b eli eve t h e t h eme a lso would in clude
We who h ave worke d with you kno w Presid ent.
a c omm iser a t ion f or you. E a ch of us th a t, r egardl ess of all otted office space,
H is f ormer coll ea gu es h ave sp oken of
who h a s serve d wit h you recalls wi th you will b e the h a rd est work ing Vice th e f ac t tha t he was som ewhat loqu ap leasure not only you r f riendly way of Presid en t in ou r Na t ion 's hi story. As- cious on occasion, a lt.ho ugh all h ave COD- .
d eali ng with y ou r colleagues, but a lso the signmen ts a lrea dy given to yo u m ak e it ced ed he was always eloquent.
consta n t ebulli ence which h as impelled cl ear tha t t his is your ch aJ lenge, an d we
I should li ke to say in his d efense t h at
you on ma ny occasions to rise in this know you will m eet it s uccessf ully. W el- h e is t ot ally u nlike th e wife of on e of roy
Ch am b er an d to exp a ti a t e u pon prob- corn e h ome, Mr. Vice President .
early clien ts. H e came to me a nd inMr. CLARK . M r . Presiden t, a little f ormed m e th a t h e wish ed to d ivorce h er.
lems- to u se th e ",l or d of my lea d er, to
ventil a t e a whole va ri ety of subj ect s.
m ore th a n 9 y ears a go, sh ortl y after I
· I h a.ppen ed t o know his wife . I sa id to
I t is quite r egret t a bl e th a t one of t he h a d fi rst b een elec te d to t hi s b ody, I ro y clien t , '·D o you no t h a ve several small
p a ins an d p en a lti es of y our high offic e is so u gh t a dvice fro m t h e p r esen t Vice child r en born of your marriag e to your
t h e cons ti tution al d enial of your ri ght P r esid en t of t h e Un ited S ta t es as to h ow wife ?"
aga in t o en gage in th a t wh ich you ha ve t o condu ct myself . W e h a d a most h ea r tH e sa id, "Yes."
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a lwa ys en j oye d in th e past.
eni ng lunch t ogeth er in New York . I
I sa id, "Has no t yoUl- wife b een a good
W11en t he d ean of the mi n ori t y sug - s aid t o h im , "HUBERT, h ow sh all I b eh a ve m oth er to yo ur chil dre n?"
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ges ts t h a t w e a bru p tly bru sh a side t h e wh en I go to th e S ena te ?"
· H e sa id, " Yes; sh e could n ot h ave been
const itu tional limi t a t io n in or d er to a cOn e hou r a nd a h alf later , I k n ew.
a b etter m oth er."
commoda te one last exp r ession, I a m a
S ince t hat t ime, I h a ve tri ed to do as " , I said , "H as sh e n ot b·een a good h o u se -__
little shocked . Howe ve r, if t h ere is no h e sa id, but not a lways a s h e d id . I have keeper?"
r eal obj ec ti on f r om any oth er S enat or, no t always b een su ccessf ul, but during
H e sa id, " Yes; sh e h as b een a perfect
t h ere w ill be n o obj ection f rom m e. I th e p as t 9 yea rs , wh en ever t h e t im e c a m e " h ou sek eep er." .
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look f orwar d t o con t inu ing a h a ppy r ela- wh en I f elt some doub t as to the h onorI s aid, "Has sh e no t b ~ en ac tive in civic
ti onsh ip wi th you offi cially a n d p erson- - a ble course t o p ursu e , t h e m a n I went
" .
" . . .
a lly.
to for a dvice- a n d so un d a dvice- was and r eligious a ffa irs 7"
He sa id, " Yes ; she h as been ext remelY
. M r . MANSFI E LD, Mr: P r esid en t, I t he presen t Vi ce Presid en t of the U nited
active in b oth ."
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yield to the S en a t or f rom O r egon [Mrs. Sta t es.
I sa id, "Wh y in t he wo rld do you " an
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A li ttle while a go; wh e~ : I achieved a
NEUBER GER).
Mrs. NEUBER GER. M r . P r esid ent; I longs tandi n g ambition ':"-not withou t the to get a di vorce f rom h er t hen?"
H e sa id, "She just t alks a n d t alks an d .
r em in d m y colleag u es tha t some of u s a re . assistance, I susp ect, of the Vi ce P resi" . ". ..
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t wice bl est. We w el come th e r e t ur n to · d en t of th e U nited S t a t es- I r eceived a t alk s all t h e t im e." . '
I sa id, "Wha t d oes she t alk about?"
t hi s b ody of the f orm er sen ior S en a tor ll ttle note fr om h im s aying, "Congr a tuHe said, "S he d oesn 't say."
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f ro m Minnesota by r eas on of his eleva - l:iti ons, S en a t or. N evermore let it be
t ion to the Vice P r eside n cy, b eca use h is said, 'Wh a t ca n I d o f or my cou n t ry ?'
Such a <em.,·k ., th ut could ~'t : ';
el ev:l Uon perm its his wife M uri el t o b e J ust a sk the Qu esti on, 'Wha t h a ve I d one sibly be m a de t r uthfu ll y a b ou t our VIC
eli gible to b e a m em b er of a ki n d of ex - l a tely fo r J OE C L.~R K 7' "
P r eside n t.
J
r OI/i.WX y
22, 1965
CONGRESSIONA L RECOR D
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ejoQu nce, bu t. al so al l\"ays wllh lu cidity.
on most occasions he has bested the rest
of us in deb ;l. ~e when ll e Illad.e his p os1. ion clear, II, hlCh he a lw ay s ol d.
v I congratulate him an d t.he Senat.e a n d
cne country on hls elevation to his present high ofIice.
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LIMITATION OF STATEMENTS T O 3
;\UNUTES DURING THE MORNIN G
HOU R
IvIr. MAJ\'SFIELD . Mr. President, I
ssk unarumous consen t that there b e a
1l1nitation of 3 minutes on statements in
Lil e morning hour.
The VICE PRESIDENT. Without ob jecti on, it is so ordered . .
1\1r. MANSFIELD. Mr. P re!;iden t, I
ask u nanim ous consent that the first one
La e recogl1lzed under t his morning h our
fillel5e :neviCePrcsloent of tnenDiteO
s121:es.
---n1e VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, it is so ord er ed. (Appl a u se, Senato rs r isin g.]
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SENATE
pntrlot\sm,
l oya lty, good ch aracter, an d goo d sense.
I th :m k the Presid e n t pro t em pore of
t.he S enate f or the m n ny fine things that
he has done for all of us.
'With tha t I be lieve m y 3 minutes may
well be a t a n en d. Sen a tors will hear
little more fr om me from this p odi um.
But I wan t them to know that I shall be
working the l obbies. I sha ll be In th e
cloakroom s.
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I thank the distinguish ed majori ty
lea der, the distinguish ed m inori ty lea der
an d my f ormer coll eag ues . [PfOlon geJd
f PPlause.J
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\.:XECUTf\TE COl\1M liNICATJONS , ET .
T he VICE PRESIDENT laid b efo r e 1he
se l~~te the f oll owing l eiters , which were
r ef el 'ed as indicated:
proj~c t wor ks s l' nlng mll n lc lp nl n d 1ndu s tri a l f u ncti on s ( \\' I1.h an f\('comp;, y ~ .i 'c r ) ;
t o the Comm !itee n I n t eri o r an d In ~ll . Fll'
Affairs.
AMENDMENT 0 7 l\ CT 0 " AlJGt:'ST 9, 1955
A le tte r f rom the .A~ s ! s tan t Sccrc ! ~ r y of
the Int.erl o r, t ransm ltt.l ng a draft of r rop ( '~e d
l egl sla tlon to »men d the act of August 9,
1955 ( with nn llccompany lng paper); to tb e
Committ.ee o n I nt erIor an d I ns1llln .'1.ffR trs .
PETITIONS AND MEMORBLS
Petitions, etc., were l ai d befori! ' t h e
Sena te, or presen t ed, ;l.n d r ef erred as i ndicated:
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By t he VICE PRES IDE NT :
A conc1lrr e n t resolutl o n of t]1e r,feglsh t u re
of the St:;t e of Okl a h uma; t.o the Commi tte e
on Arnlt:d Sen"Ices:
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"E j>.'ROLL EO
S E ]'\'AT E
C ONCURRE NT
R E50LUT fO N
No. 5
··A concurren t r'csollltlon 'expre sslng oppc slAR M ED FORCES
tlon of the Okl ?horna State Legi~ l ature to
A lette r , o m the D ep uty Secretary of Dethe p r op ose d elImInation of the U .S. Arm y
f ense, trans i,!.tlpg a draft of p roposed legRescne and reorganiza tIon of tbe N a tI on al
GlJar d
lslatlon 1.0 aut 0zIze approprIatIons dur1n g
fiscal yell r 196 6
r , procuremen t of aIrcraft,
"Vv'hereas, d urln g o ur Nation ·s hi s tory , It
miss!les , ",n d nav a
essel s, an d r esearch, de has bee n necessary to w a ge wars In order to
velopm en t, t.e s t, lin
evaluation, for the
d estroy t yrannIes which were dedica ted t o
Armed
F
orces
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an
d
for
ther
purpoges
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with
the d es tru c tion of our status as a free peo pl e,
RESPONSE BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
an accomp2nylng pape r
to the CommIttee
and su(;h tyr annies contInu e to exIs t; a n d
The VICE PRESIDENT. :Mr. Ma- on Armed Services.
'''Whereas, the very histor y o! our countr y
jolity L eade r, this is tIle b eginning of M ANDATOR Y REPORTlN G BY ' .;,HYSIClANS AN D attests t o the wIsdom of Its tr3dlt.lonlll m lllI"hat may v.:ell be a number of surprises
I NSTITUTJON S OF C ERTAIN 'p'l,lli"YSICAL ABUSE tllry concep t that, as a dem ocra cy, It may
OF CHILDREN :
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. b est deter aggressIon by the effectiv e Im in the 1 s t session of the 89th Con g ress.
A letter fr o~ th e Pr esI d en t Board o r
plemcntation ot relatively smail bu t t horBu t I want my colleagues to knov.: how
deeply gra t efu l I a m for this expression Conunlssloners , District or C OIU~b" trans - ough ly traIned proie3sionlll armed f orces,
of f riendsh ip and f ell owship Wll ich has mittln g .a dra ft or proposed l egi.Sl? i n to adequately suppor t.ed, bow ev er, by clvllian
hycompone nts of such Armed Forces; an d
taken place here today. It shall a lways pr o vIde f or tbe mandatory reportIng b
slcians an d tn stitutlons In tbe Di str ic or
"Wbereas, such cl vllia n (;ompon en t s hav e
Jive in m y meJ'nory. I shall always be Colu mbi a of certain phy sIcal abuse of Ch~ - proven th emsel ves equal to the ta.sks :l.S extremely grateful f or it an d mindful dren (with an accompanyIng paper); t.o tb~Sl gne d to them b oth In pellce ll!Jd In W IU',
of it.
Comm Ittee on the District of Columbi a.
an d have provIded .our cOllDtry with a rcs Many bleSSings come f rom change. A .
S 1 -2 (b) (3)
I
ervoir o f p erso nnel dedIcated to Its de fense
MLNDMEN.T
OF
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EC,!Q
N
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OF
N,
~ numbers which Its economy coul d not
One of them, p erhaps, is that my colsi'lRPor t an d which Its cItIzens woul d not
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TERN AL Rr..VENUE C ODE OF 1954
leagues wUI be able to go home a li ttle . A letter from th e Under Secretary of th e toll!{ate as a standing prof essional armed
earlier th an u sual. I sh all b e blessed by I nterior, transmittIng a draft of proposed f orce' a n d
,
,
knowing tha t I sha ll be able to get away leg islatIon to amen d sectIo n 152(b) (3) ot
"\~reas , we adher e ' to t h e firm belle!
f rom the Senate a little sooner.
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 f or the
that al . ough weapon s hav e changed and n o
purpose of IncludIng n ationals of the UnIted
doubt W ~ continue to change, as they have
T
~ . " a te of the United States is a
Jia m ent.ary b od y in 't he world. ~~ate s wit~,l n the defi~itlo n. of the t erm througho'~ the history of mllnk ln d, the , u co epen dent in connectlOn WIth deductIons
cessfu l defe{lse of our countr y, an d of Its
.ed by its rules, to .which this
f or personal exemp tions ( with a n accom p eop le, must:" In the final analys is, depen d
'~ Officer slla ll pay due adhe rp an ylng p a p er) ; t.o th e Commi ttee on Fiupon the abillt{ of the p eople of ou r Armed
;, n d a Hen tion ; and h e w ill apply nan ce.
F orces to t ak e ~d to hold ground; " n d
se ru les fairly to the best of his abi lity R EPORT OF' NATIONAL ADVISOR Y CO UNCIL ON
"\Vh ere a.s, In ~ ,ch b elie!, we do not d ls ... ,d knowledge.
I NTERNATIONAL MO NETAR Y AND F INANC IAL
coun t th e eIT~ctiv\ness of any ',eapon o r
The S ena te is a body t hat has been
PROBLEMS
weapon s , but r athe1:ieem it f o lly to rely
Eostablish ed by the Consti tution. It is a
A l etter fr o m the S ecreta ry of t,he Tr eas solely o n one InstruID nt Or on a fe w i nstru1ccial b ody. Those of us who have sened ury, Ch airman, Na t.l onal Ad vIsory Counci l o n m~nts of war to the 'e. \hl sion o f a ll oth er s:
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ln the Senat.e know t.hat it operates suc- InternatIonal Mon etary and Fi nancllll Prob- Now, t h er ef ore , be It
"R esol ved by the Senate o j the 30th Oklacessfu lly primarily b ecause of the mutual l ems, an d membe,'s o! the COllncii, tra! lS respect that exists amon g Members of mltting , pur suan t to law, a report of that h om a L egislcltuTe ( the !I~eo j Represcn ta Council, for the p eriod April 1, 1962, to ti ,'es concurring th ere in ) :\
the Senate, an d because of thei r fa ir- Jun
e 3 0, 1964 ( with a n accomp an yi n g re "S ';;CTJON 1. Tbe Oklllhoma St.a t e L eglsla n2$S, good sense, good humor, an d
port ); to the Committee o n F ore Ign Relature h ereby records Its comp l,e~e opposi tI on
~ e llo \\'sh i p.
tlons . ·
to t.he recent move of the Sec,~tary of D cIt is in that spiri t tha t this Presiding DISPOSITION OF JUDGMEN T ' F lJNDS ON Dz - f ense of th e United States, 7:n~ effect o r
Orr;ce r will attempt to conduct himself.
POSIT TO THE CREDIT OF THE SKOKOMIS H
whIch , If implemente d, wi l! be f.1\ destru ctIon of tl1e U .S. Army R.eserve and t e redu cI , 11all never for ge t illa t those wh o are
T'? IB E OF' I NDIAN S ·
tion of the K atlona l Gu ard to a stat
o f In\funbers of this body are , a b ove all, fin e
A l etter tr o m the Secretary of the Int.erlor , effe cU\' en ess.
l1u:n:'ll1 b eings, an d distingu isbed S ena - t ran.smitting a draft of proposed l cglsla tlon
"SEC. 2. T:'la t a du ly a.Uested co y or
hrs. I only hope t.hat in the mon ths to provide f or tl1e di sp osItI on of j udgmen t thIs re solutIon be i.mm~ d ia tc ly t r"nsn Hte d
<\11 (·2. d we rna y_ llave the kin d of warm f unds on deposIt to th e credIt of tl1e Skok o- by the secretllry of the Okl~bom a State
1'(:g,,]'d for one ano ih er tha t will expedite mish TrIbe of l nd!an s ( wIth an aCC0rnpan y- S enate to the Secret.ary of the Senate o f th e
Ing paper); t o the CommIttee on Int.erlor
the bil sin ess of our Nation.
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United States, the Cl erk of t he H OtlS e or
",n d In.sul llr AffaIrs. .
R.epresen t a tlv es of the Unitc:d States, to cHch
I pay my respe cts to the dis tinguish ed
A1'~rENDME~ T OF ACT RELATDJ G TO TRAN~}""ER
em b er o f t he Congress f rom O;;l al',om :\, an d
M
min ori t y lea der, as I do to the di s tinOF TITLE TO C ER TAL"'l J,{OVA BLE PRO?ERTY
to the pres id ing officer of each b r:lnell of
l'U! ."h ed major ity l ea der. T Il e United
_ A l etter fr om th e ASE Ista n t S ecretary of e2ch St?te legi sla tlue or a cs<:m bl y of tb e
S bte.s is very f ortunate to h a ve in t·he
United States.
.
I !1terlor, tr2 nsmi itlng a draft of propose d
the p ersons an d beings of tllcse tw o l egi slatIon to amel, d the a ct o f J u l y 29 , 1!J54, _ ' ''.';d op te d by the E~lia te the 7th cl a y o r
c !; li n;;uisllC d le?dcrs some of tIle fin est as amen ued. to permi t tr a ns f ~ r of tItle to J an uary 196 5 . .
j);:;- iamen t arians an d lcgis13 to rs that t.he
"LEO \VI"'TE'l S,
movable property to agenc Ies .. hieh a ss um e
"Pre sid e7l t oj the Se71.Qt.:.
';"tion has ever k n uv;n ; above a ll , they l operatlon and ma in t enance r espon sI bil ity for
ApPROP
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