CONGRESSIONAL RECORD PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 84TH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

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Congressional Record
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of America
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Mayock on the entire $30,000.
CARL HOYDEN, hairman. "Mayock without any power of attorney
CONTRIBUTIONS TO TIME DEMO-
CRATIC PARTY NO LONGER TAX
EXEMPT
Mr. MORSE obtained the floor.'.
Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. President,Vill
It the Senator yield? 1 11
Mr. MORSEL Only for a question.
Exempt."
There be
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WAS aroN, D. C.-Welb n S. Mayock,
form attorney for the Dem atic National
th$Republican administration 14onday.
The 63-year-old Washington 4awyer Is
charged with having failed to re rt more
than $115,000 income over a,pert of 6
received in $48 to get the cooperation of
John W. cyder, former Secretary of the
Treasury n "a questionable tax ruling" for
$35,960 of the money he collected from the
WI am S, Lasdon tax case as a legal fee
1 his work before the Treasury Department.
ekptic campaign fund in September-1948.
The tax dispute became public Monday
aftek- ayock filed 3 petitions iu the United
States. Tax Court disputing the Internal
Revenub\ Service claim that he owes $69,-
896.10 ln'.4"ederal taxes and fraud penalties
for the yeasts 1948 through 1953.
In May, leaioner of internal Rev-
enue T. Cole n Andrews notified Mayock
that the additio 1 tax and penalties would
be assessed if he not file a contest In the
United States Tax urt.
Mayock stated In hbipetition that his tax
returns were "not false, ere not fraudulent
and were not made ? ?`Q with the Intent
to evade tax."
Tax officials contend that' ayock and his
wife paid $10,000 In taxes in a 6-year pe-
riod involved In the dispute. ax officials
contend that if he had reportedt$l of his
income their correct tax would have been
more than $50,000 in this period. 1. "1
The greatest single item in the dtapute
creased Mayock's business income by $5
944.19 for that year.
Since Mayock, and his wife, Barbara, then
residents of California filed separate tax re-
tb. represent this taxpayer, but solely in his
capacity as chief counsel for the Democratic
Natlopal Committee, ? ? ? contacted John
Snydet,, the Secretary of Treasury, and
promptly, obtained the favorable ruling of
Mr. Lasdoi'a tax question," WILLIAMS told
the Senate earlier this year.
"In return for obtaining this favorable
ruling which would save nearly $7 million
for Mr. Lasdon, Mr. Mayock was to receive a
$65,000 cash fee with the understanding that
$30,000 of this amount was to go to the
Democratic National Committee," WILLIAMS
said.
WILLIAMS said that Mayock then took the
$30,000 "hot money" and put it in the Demo-
cratic campaign by arranging for his friends
to write their personal checks payable to
the Democratic National Committee in ex-
change for an equivalent amount of cash.
The Delaware Senator had attacked the
"callousness of the political regime" of the
Truman administration, In then allowing
Mayock "to get away with reporting on his
1948 Federal income tax return only $17,500
of this $65,000 fee."
"Before computing his taxes he was per-
mitted to deduct from the fee the $30,000
set aside for the Democratic National Com-
mittee," WILLIAMS said.
Landon also deducted from the gross fee
another $17,600 which he said he gave to
New York men, William Solom and Louis
Markus, who had contacted him on the case.
Both of these men denied that they had
been paid any money.
The petitions filed in the United States
Tax Court show that the Republican con-
trolled Internal Revenue Service is now fol-
lowing WILLIAMs' suggestion, and is ruling
that the entire $65,000 is taxable to Mayock.
Here is a breakdown on Income reported
Ipy Mayock and his wife and the figures that
ellx officials say they should have reported:
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1948___________________
1949___________________
1950___________________
1951___________________
1952_-_________._-____
1953_____ _____________
$17,777.38
8 865.50
11,411.11
6,474.06
7,190.92
4:884.15
Tex odicials'
figures on nor-
reoted moome
$77,136.66
14,874.29
25, 489. 55
23,797.36
19,037.67
8,706.36
Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. President, on
February 8, 1955, I called attention to
how Mr. Welburn Mayock, former attor-
ney for the Democratic National Com-
mittee, had, during the 1948 campaign,
accepted $65,000 as a fee from a New
York businessman, with the understand-
ing that he could get a favorable ruling
from the Treasury Department.
The record showed that at that time
he took $35,000 of that fee paid into the
Democratic National committee, and did
not pay any tax on it, on the basis that
such a fee to the Democratic Party was
not taxable. Therefore, for the first
time in history, we had a situation where
a political campaign was being financed
indirectly out of the Treasury of the
United States.
That ruling was obviously granted at
that time by top officials in the Treasury
Department on the basis that it was a
party matter, in the same way in which
other rulings were made involving Mr.
Reynolds and Mr. Field, to which atten-
tion has been called.
The whole country was shocked at the
low state of morals which existed at that
time in the departments which would
stoop to issue rulings on a favorable
basis, that could be purchased by contri-
butions to the Democratic Party.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous con-
sent to have the statement on this sub-
ject which I made In the Senate Cham-
ber on February 8 of this year, printed
at this point in the body of the RECORD.
There being no objection, the state-
ment was ordered to be printed in the
RECORD, as follows:
Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. President, on August 4,
1953, Mr. Welburn Mayock, an attorney in
Washington, D. C., was testifying before the
Kean subcommittee. At that time the Kean
committee was investigating the scandal-
ridden Bureau of Internal Revenue.
In his testimony of that date Mr. Mayock
explained how in 1948, while Serving as the
Chief counsel of the Democratic National
CamlgSttee, he had entered into an agree-
ment with Mr. William S. Lasdon, Katonah,
New York, whereby he was to obtain for
Mr. Lasdon a favorable ruling from the
Treasury Department on his then pending
tax case.
In return for obtaining this favorable rul-
ing which would save nearly $7 million for
Mr. Lasdon, Mr. Mayock was to receive a
$65,000 cash fee With the understanding that
$30,000 of this amount was to go to the
Democratic National Committee.
Mr. Mayock without any power of at-
torney to represent this taxpayer but solely
In his capacity as chief counsel of the Demo-
cratic National Committee then Contacted
Mr. John W. Snyder, the Secretary of True.
Dry, and promptly obtained the favorable
\ ruling on Mr. Lasdon's tax question.
Mr. Lasdon previously had been denied a
favorable decision upon this same question
by the Treasury Department.
After this tax-fix scheme had been ar-
wnged and after Mr. Mayock had collected
~ $65,000 fee, he was confronted with the
problem of how to get the $30,000 into the
Democratic campaign fund without ob-
viously violating the Hatch Act. (The Hatch
Act prohibits contributions to a political
campaign in excess of $5,000 by any one in-
dividual.)
However, once having agreed to fix a tax
case for $65,000 the question of violating the
Hatch Act apparently was not bothersome
to Mr. Maycock and his associates.
Accordingly, as Mr. Mayock explained it,
be merely arranged to have some of his
friends write their personal checks payable
to the Democratic National Committee in
exchange for an equivalent amount of cash.
In this manner he siphoned this $30,000 of
"hot money" into the treasury of the Demo-
cratic National Committee.
While freely admitting all of the above
transactions during his testimony before the
Kean subcommittee under date of August 4,
1953, Mr. Mayock flatly refused to tell that
committee the names of the individuals who
cooperated In this underhanded method of
financing a political campaign. Each time
the committee pressed him for the names of
these individuals Mr. Mayock replied, "That
I am going to refuse to answer."
Since Mr. Mayock was reluctant to publish
the names of the Individuals who exchanged
their personal checks payable to the National
Committee for an equivalent amount of this
"tax-fix fee," I shall read that list to the
Senate along with a breakdown of the
amount handled by each individual plus
the dates of the transactions.
Oct. 14, 1948
Do._____
Oct. 18, 1948
Do__-----
Do__,..__
Name and address Amount
Democratic County Central
Committee William H.
Malone l hairman, 955
Mills tower, San Fran-
cisco
Harold A. Berliner, 10 Crown
Ter., San Francisco-______
William J. Mahoney, 2412
Russ Bldg., San Francisco.
Roy O. Owens, 1204 South
Hill St., I. Angeles.._____
Willis Allen, 634 North
Cherokee Ave., Los An.
gales.
William B. Peeler, 7133 Sun-
set Blvd., Hollywood.....
Lawrence W. Allan, 2104
North Highland Ave.,
Hollywood .................
Total ..................
$10,000
5, 000
k 000
2,500
2,500
2, 50o
This was not the only time that the Treas-
ury Department, under the New Deal ad-
ministration resorted to the issuance of
questionable rulings for the purpose of fi-
nancing the 1948 political campaign.
On April 29, 1952, I incorporated in the
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD copies of a series of
political rulings which had been Issued by
the Treasury Department while Mr. John
W. Snyder was Secretary of the Treasury,
wherein Mr. Richard J. Reynolds, Winston-
Salem, N. C., Mr. MarshdH Field, and Mr.
David A. Schulte, both of New York City,
were permitted to charge oR es bad business
debts their approximately $4Ob1000 contribu-
tione to the 1948 Democratic campaign.
Since Incorporating those rulings in the
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD I have discovered that
this same Mr. Welburn Mayock wisp one of
prime factors behind those rulings.
On December 17, 1948, Mr. Mayock;?,w1th-
out any power of attorney to represent Mr.
Reynolds or the others involved but so`ely
in his official capacity as chief counsel cf
the Democratic National Committee, held l
Department. At that meeting they discussed
the Richard W. Reynolds case, which in-
volved a $300,000 contribution to the Demo-
cratic Party, as a party case and arranged for
the issuance of a favorable ruling allowing
him to write off this contribution as a bad
business loan.
As further evidence of the callousness of
the political regime then in power we find
that the Treasury Department even per-
mitted Mr. Mayock to get away with report-
ing on his 1948 Federal Income-tax returns
only $17,500 of this $65,000 fee collected
from Mr. Lasdon. Before computing his
taxes he was permitted to deduct from the
fee the $30,000 which he set aside for the
Democratic National Committee. He de-
ducted from the gross fee another $17,500
solely upon his claim that he paid $3,750
each to Mr. William Solomon, 275 Central
Park West, New York City, and Mr. Louis
Markus, 9445 86th Road, Woodhaven, Long
Island, as their share of the tax-fix payoff.
This latter deduction was allowed not-
withstanding the fact that when both Mr.
Markus and Mr. Solomon testified under
oath (August 5, 1953) before the Kean sub-
committee, they emphatically denied that
they had received any of this fee, and ac-
cordingly they had paid no taxes on their
alleged share.
But the mere fact that no one was paying
any tax on this $17,500 in controversy did
not In the least bother the Treasury De-
partment. They merely placed it to the same
category as the $30,000 contribution to the
Democratic National Committee and allowed
everybody to write it off their tax returns.
This procedure of turning favorable Treas-
ury rulings In exchange for contributions
to a political party was extremely costly to
the American taxpayers from two angles:
First, the granting of these favorable
rulings which apparently would not other-
wise have been extended resulted in a sub-
stantial loss in revenue.
Second, the issuance of these rulings had
the indirect effect of financing a part of the
1948 Democratic campaign out of the Federal
Treasury.
The disclosure of these transactions was
a shock to the American people and the
overwhelming majority of the members of
the Democratic Party were just as indignant
as were the members of the Republican Party
to find that certain high officials in that
administration had stooped to such low tac-
ties for the purpose of financing a political
campaign.
Even after publishing the additional list
of names of those involved in this deal there
are still many questions left unanswered
in this case, and I suggest that both the
Department of Justice and the Treasury
Department reexamine the concocting tes-
timony given before the Kean subcommittee
In August 1953.
For Instance, the conflict of testimony
wherein Mr. Mayock under oath told the
committee that he paid $8,750 each to Mr.
William Solomon and Mr. Louis Marcus and
their testimony of the following day em-
phatically denying this statement obviously
is the basis of a perjury charge.
The statute of limitations may have ex-
pired on violations of the Corrupt Practices
Act In 1948, but it has not expired on any
possible perjury charges resulting from tes-
timony given before the Kean subcommittee
In 1953, nor has it expired upon the ability
of the Treasury Department to collect back
taxes due on the erroneous deduction of the
$30,000 fee to the Democratic National Com-
mittee as well as the controversial $17,500
referred to above.
THE EXECUTIVE PAY BILL
Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, since I
had the floor before and yielded it, I have
been educated on the executive pay
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 bill-and some education it has been. In bill is as bad as I understand it to be, it
fact, I owe a great deal to the Senator should be prevented from passing to-
from Maine [Mrs. SMITH], to the Sena- night, and certainly it ought to be pre-
tor from Georgia [Mr. RussELLI, and to vented from passing if the procedures
others of my colleagues in the Senate for which have been followed or the pro-
informing me as to what has happened cedures which the chairman of the Com-
in regard to the executive pay bill. mittee on Post Office and Civil Service,
In the rush of the work of the Senate, the Senator from South Carolina [Mr.
I was of the understanding that we had a JOHNSTON], has stated, namely, that
bill here which was ready to be passed, there have been no hearings, and no
and I assumed that it would follow the witnesses have testified, and no oppor-
regular parliamentary procedures. But tunity has been afforded to sit down and
I have discovered that it is a bill which iron out the unfair discriminations
the President sent to Congress only a which are contained in the executive pay
few days ago. It is a bill on which there bill.
have been no hearings. It is a bill, I Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. President, will
understand, which is pocked with dis- the Senator yield?
criminations and unfairness. It is a bill Mr. MORSE. I merely wish to say
which, if passed in its present form, will that I do not think that we should pass
result in the setting of pay scales in cer- the bill. If the Senator from Georgia
tain instances that can never be cor- will excuse me for a moment longer, I
rected, so far as the injustice done to think we can correct any injustice which
others is concerned, unless a whole group our failure to pass the bill tonight may
of people are subsequently raised to create, come January. Then we can
higher pay levels. pass the bill after hearings have been
Mr. FULBRIGHT. Mr. President, will held, and we can make the terms of the
the Senator yield for a question? bill retroactive in order to correct any
Mr. MORSE. I yield for a question. unfairness which any particular indi-
Mr. FULBRIGHT. Is the Senator dis- vidual may suffer as a result of not pass-
cussing the sugar bill or the pay bill? Ing the bill tonight.
Mr. MORSE. I am discussing the pay But it is not my fault that the admin-
bill. istration did not send the bill to us
Mr. FULBRIGHT. It sounds to me earlier. It is not the fault of the Sena-
like the sugar bill. tor from Georgia that the administra-
Mr. MORSE. It is simply sugar-coat- tion did not send it here earlier, so that
ed; that Is all. hearings could be held.
Again, as is always my practice, I I am simply opposed to this kind of
shall deal frankly in what I am about to parliamentary procedure. I am going to
say. A number of colleagues have said talk about the educational needs of
to me, "WAYNE, it should not pass." America's schoolchildren, whom we have
That is up to them; and because we can not been taking care of. I think it is
change it from "It should not pass" into more important that we take care of the
"It shall not pass," if cooperation be ex- educational needs of America's school-
tended, and although I have been speak- children than that the administrative
ing half jocularly, I now speak in dead assistants on the White House staff
earnestness, I think it should not pass. I should receive $22,500 a year salary.
do not think that in the closing hours of Mr. CARLSON. Mr. President, will
this session we should pass an executive the Senator yield?
pay bill on which no hearings have been Mr. MORSE. No, not at this time.
held and about which I have heard so I am going to discuss the plight of
much complaint as I have heard in the America's schoolchildren for a while.
last half hour since the Senator from Mr. RUSSELL. The Senator from
Georgia, and very rightly so, I may say- Oregon mentioned my name. I am cer-
I take no offense at all; I think he fol- tain he will be generous and yield to
lowed a very sound parliamentary pro- me.
cedure-objected to the consideration of Mr. MORSE. If the Senator will ask
the executive pay bill under a unani- unanimous consent that I may yield to
mous-consent agreement. him without losing my right to the floor,
Therefore, I think it is more impor- I shall be glad to yield.
'tant that I talk about the educational Mr. RUSSELL. Mr. President, I ask
plight of America's children rather than unanimous consent that the Senator
that I should permit the passage of the from Oregon may yield to me without
executive pay bill, on which there have losing his right to the floor.
been no hearings, and about which I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there
can find no enthusiasm on this side of objection? The Chair hears none, and
the aisle, at least, in regard, particularly, the Senator from Georgia may proceed.
to the procedures which have been Mr. RUSSELL. I merely wish to say
adopted. that my objection to the bill was not
I did not talk to them, but I under- based on a fundamental objection to an
stand some representatives of the ex- increase in salaries in the executive
ecutive branch of the Government, who branch of the Government. I well
might be called Government lobbyists, realize that there may be substantial in-
have been at the Capitol for the last creases in compensation for some of
few days, buttonholing and discussing those in administrative posts. I have
the matter with Senators, urging that glanced at the bill. As I say, there have
the bill be passed in this highly, I think, been no hearings.
irregular way. I notice, for example, the very im-
I do not like it. The only difference portant position of the Commissioner of
is that I think such matters ought to be Internal Revenue. The occupant of
discussed on the floor of the Senate, and that office Is charged with the responsi-
ved For RelAI9E 20>tWW125?rciAl )a&@kDoMolU6" 1-sbility of collecting about $60 billion
which is used to pay the salaries of all
the employees of the Government. His
position was classified with the lowest of
the assistant postmasters general. It
seems to me that that was a very un-
fair provision for a man who is charged
with the great responsibility of prevent-
ing frauds and of keeping tax collections
moving. That is one position I hap-
pened to observe.
I do not think it would be right to pass
a bill that might enforce inequities of
that nature into the statutes of the
United States, particularly when there
have been no hearings, as the Senator
from Oregon has pointed out.
I thank the Senator for allowing me
to clarify my position.
Mr. CARLSON. Mr. President, will
the Senator yield?
Mr. MORSE. I always want to extend
courtesy to the Senator from Kansas. If
he will protect my right to the floor by
asking unanimous consent that I do not
lose the floor, I shall be glad to yield to
him.
Mr. CARLSON. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that the Senator
from Oregon may yield to me for a few
minutes, without losing his right to the
floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. CARLSON. I appreciate the
courtesy of the Senator from Oregon.
I sincerely hope that an executive pay
bill can be approved at this session of
Congress. Congress has voted increases
in pay for Members of Congress. We
have voted increases in pay for the legis-
lative branch of the Government. We
have voted increases totaling $700 mil-
lion for the salaried employees of the
Government. Congress has voted in-
increases of $200 million for the postal
employees of the Nation, and $300 mil-
lion for the classified workers of the
Government.
Now we are asked in the closing hours
of this session to vote $1,500,000 for in-
creases in pay for the executive branch
of the Government. Frankly, I do not
think it is fair to ask the executive
branch of the Government to operate on
their present basis.
I sincerely hope the distinguished Sen-
ator from Oregon will permit us to pro-
ceed at this time with the bill. I do not
think there would be any difficulty in
approving the proposed legislation, be-
cause the Senate might take the House
bill, adopt it with some amendments,
send it back to the House, and I am
advised the House would accept it.
The distinguished Senator from Ore-
gon and the distinguished Senator from
Georgia are absolutely correct when
they say there were no hearings. The
bill came to the Senate on July 15. It
was not the fault of the chairman of the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Serv-
ice, or of the ranking minority member,
or of any other member. Frankly, I wish
the bill had come to the Senate before
that date, but that is the situation.
The President sent a letter to the Com-
mittee on Post Office and Civil Service
and asked for the proposed legislation.
We have tried to comply with that re-
quest, and I sincerely hope the Congress
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kill not adjourn without passing the matters troublesome and has been in- ment of its people depends more on ade-
ill. I thank the Senator for yielding. volved in difficulty. quate support of the school system of
Mr. MORSE. I thank the Senator, and I wish to remind the Senate that last America than on any other one factor.
t wish to make a very brief reply to year it passed a pay bill for postal work- I think it is time that the Congress
him. The other salary increases to ers, after hearings. The bill was vetoed. and the executive branch of the Gov-
which he has referred were arrived at as The Senate passed a postal pay bill this ernment devoted themselves to legisla-
result of studies of a special commis- year, after more hearings, and it was tion which will strengthen financial sup-
ion appointed by the Congress to go vetoed. port for the schoolchildren of America.
to the matter- There were long and I remind my colleagues that the ex- I am going to proceed to discuss that
ubstantial hearings on that question. ecutive branch has had a pay increase. situation.
e other increases to which the Senator I do not say one is not needed, but one
as s referred were all the result of con- was granted some time ago, in about COMPENSATION OF SUPERINTEND-
gressional hearings. A thorough record 1951, I believe it was. Since that time, ENTS OF SENATE PRESS, RADIO,
as madei That does not happen to be if it had been thought that there was a AND PERIODICAL GALLERIES
rue in this case. great need for pay increases, there have
I do not blame the chairman of the been almost 3 years-some 31 months- Mr. MORSE. Mr. President-
ommittee on Post Office and Civil Serv- in which the practical suggestion of a Mr. CLEMENTS. Mr. President, will
'ce or the ranking Republican member pay increase could have been made, the Senator from Oregon yield?
of the committee for the fact that hear- Furthermore, I think it should be Mr. MORSE. I yield for a question.
'ngs were not held, because we did not noted that the executive branch of the Mr. CLEMENTS. Will the Senator
et the bill in time to have hearings, and Government is spawning like fish in the from Oregon yield, to permit the intro-
he Senator is not responsible for the spawning beds of rivers. There are duction of a joint resolution, if unani-
act that the bill did not come in time. more and more assistant secretaries, mous consent is obtained that he will
e executive branch of the govern- more and more bureau chiefs, more and retain all his rights to the floor?
en, which wants the increases, must more everything, with more and more Mr. MORSE. Yes; if nothing in the
assume that responsibility, and it should pay. It appears to me that if new titles joint resolution would result in taking
wait until January so Congress can go are to be provided, if salary schedules me off the floor.
into the matter and see to it that it are to be expanded, if the entire pay Mr. CLEMENTS. I assure my friend
tries to protect the taxpayers' interest. schedule is to be expanded, then Con- that the joint resolution does not con-
I do not know of any better public gress should have time to study the mat- tain anything of that sort.
service I can render in the closing hours ter. Mr. MORSE. Very well; I shall yield
of the session than to do what I can, and I wish to join with the Senator from for that purpose, if I am amply pro-
I understand I am going to be assisted by Oregon, and say that if there is to be an tected.
other Senators, to prevent a vote on the executive pay bill passed, Congress Mr. CLEMENTS. Mr. President, I ask
measure, until Congress can have time, ought to make up its mind to stay in unanimous consent that the Senator
when it convenes in January, to go into session to see that a legislative job is from Oregon may yield to me with that
the matter. done properly. understanding and for that purpose.
I am very sorry for the plight in which We need roads before we need pay The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there
the schoolchildren find themselves be- raises. We need schools before we need objection? Without objection, it is so
cause of the failure of Congress to enact pay increases in some particular job ordered.
legislation to assist our educational sys- most of us have not even heard of. We Mr. CLEMENTS. Mr. President, on
tem. I think it is more important for will be needing social security for per- behalf of myself and the Senator from
Congress to provide for adequate edu- sons who have not had their pay in- California (Mr. KNOWLANII, I introduce
cational facilities than to provide for creased by this Congress, too. a joint resolution providing for compen-
higher salaries for certain Government I join with the Senator and say at this sation for the superintendents of the
officials. hour I always feel better, too. I shall Senate press, radio, and periodical gal-
Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, will be delighted to join in whatever efforts leries; and I request the immediate con-
the Senator yield? will be necessary to prevent the passage sideration ries; of the joint resolution.
Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, I yield of this particular measure. The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be-
right only if to I the am floor. Senator. from losing my atoMO MORSE. wish him, to tharik the
ow the fore the Senate the joint resolution (S. J. Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, I volumes he can speak on this subje Res. 104), which was read the first time
ct, by its title and the second time at length,
ask unanimous consent that I may make and I shall stay with him even after et'
as follows:
a 2-minute statement with reference to get through, because I would not know Resolved, etc., Notwithstanding any other
the comments of the Senator from Ore- to miss the contributions wllich I am
gon. provision of law (including the Legislative
sure he will make to this record before Appropriation Act, 1956) effective August 1,
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. we get through with the discussion. 1955. the basic annual compensation of the
BARKLEY in the chair). Is there objec- I am particularly concerned now following positions under the Sergeant at
tion? The chair hears none, and the about the plight of the American school- Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall be:
Senator from Minnesota may proceed. children [Laughter in the galleries.1 Superintendent, press gallery, $5,300; first as-
Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, I Mr. HUMPHREY. I join with the sistant superintendent, press gallery, $4.700;
second assistant superintendent, press gal-
number Senate oughts, s e know Senator fro r a Senator that CI lery, $3,800: third assistant superintendent,
number Y Senatoras the from Mr. MORSE. I want t make a reds press gallery, $3,300; fourth assistant super-
Oregon has pointed out, have discussed ord with regard to the educational needs intendant, press gallery, $2,580; secretary,
the executive Pay bill, not privately, but of the country, in the hope that between press gallery, $2,100; superintendent, radio
collectively. It would be sheer folly to now and January each Member of Con- press gallery, $5,200; first assistant superin.
I assume that an executive pay bill of gress will resolve to come back to Con- tendent, radio press gallery. $4,000; second
these dimensions and proportions would gress and enact legislation which will assistant superintendent, radio press gallery,
pass the Senate tonight, or even to- help protect one of the greatest sources $3,500; third assistant superintendent, radio
morrow. of America's power, namely, the develop- press gallery, $3,000: and superintendent,
periodical press gallery, $4,300.
I think it is only fair to say that when ment the brains our children.
an attempt is being made to revise the I wish sh to repeat t what the Senator from Mr. CLEMENTS. Mr. President, the
entire pay schedule of a branch of the Minnesota heard me say in Minnesota, joint resolution would affect-
Government, it is rather insulting to when he and I appeared on a platform Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, just a
that branch not to give it the considera- together there not so long ago. minute, please. Now that the joint res-
tion of polite testimony or hearing. We need always to keep in mind that olution has been introduced and read, I
We have had several experiences in great statement of Thomas Jefferson, wish to make certain that any ensuing
which Congress has legislated in a hurry namely, that the strength of our democ- debate or proceedings will be under the
in this manner. Every time that has racy can be no greater than the enlight- terms of the agreement protecting my
been done, Congress has found those enment of its people, and the enlighten- rights to the floor.
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