Case Kefauver Kerr Scott Chavez Kuchel Cotton Curtis Mansfield McCarthy Douglas McGee Engle Gore Metcalf Symington Hruska Miller Humphrey Morse Jordan, Idaho Long. Hawaii Long, La. Smathers Smith, Mass Smith, Maine Sparkman Stennis Talmadge Thurmond Tower Williams, N.J. Williams, Del. Yarborough Young, N. Dak. Young. Ohio A quorum being present, Mr. KERR'S motion was agreed to. PRINTING OF REVIEW OF REPORTS ON NOYO RIVER AND HARBOR, CALIF. Mr. MANSFIELD (for Mr. CHAVEZ), by unanimous consent, presented a communication from the Secretary of the Army. together with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, transmitting a report on a review of the reports on the Noyo River and Harbor. Calif.; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed as a Senate document, with illustrations. PRINTING OF REVIEW OF REPORTS ON KANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, KANSAS, NEBRASKA, AND COLORADO Mr. MANSFIELD (for Mr. CHAVEZ), by unanimous consent, presented a communication from the Secretary of the Army, together with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, transmitting a report on a review of the reports on the Kansas River and tributaries, Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Public Works and ordered to be printed with illustrations. COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE SYSTEM The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the bill (H.R. 11040) to provide for the establishment, ownership, operation, and regulation of a commercial communications satellite system, and for other purposes. On motion by Mr. MORSE to further amend the committee amendment by inserting in lieu of the language, as amended, proposed to be inserted, certain other words. Pending debate. Mr. MORSE raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; McNamara No quorum being present. Smith, Mass. Thurmond Williams, Del. On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, Ordered, That the Sergeant at Arms be directed to request the attendance of the absent Senators. Pending the execution of the order. A ken Mr. ERVIN, Mr. MONRONEY, Mr. MUNDT. Mr. SPARKMAN, Mr. MAGNUSON, Mr. MUSKIE, Mr. TOWER, Mr. WILLIAMS of New Jersey, Mr. ALLOTT, Mr. BEALL, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. BOGGS, Mr. Busн, Mr. BYRD of Virginia, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Carroll. Mr. CHURCH, Mг. CLARK, Mr. COOPER, Mr. DODD, Mr. EASTLAND, Mr. FONG, Mr. FULBRIGHT, Mr. Goldwater, Mr. GRUENING, Mr. HART, Mr. HARTKE, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. HICKEY, Mr. HOLLAND, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. LONG of Missouri, Mr. LONG of Hawaii, Mr. LONG of Louisiana, Mr. MCCLELLAN, Mr. MORTON, Mrs. NEUBERGER, Mr. PELL, Mr. ROBERTSON, Mr. STENNIS, and Mr. SYMINGTON appeared and answered to their names. A quorum being present, On motion by Mr. MORSE, The yeas and nays, being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, were ordered on the question of agreeing to his amendment. Pending debate, On motion by Mr. PASTORE to lay the amendment on the table, On motion by Mr. PASTORE, The yeas and nays, being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, were ordered on the question of agreeing to his motion. Mr. MCNAMARA raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. METCALF in the chair) directed the roll to be called; When Hickenlooper Hickey Holland Hrusks Muskle Pastore Pearson Pell Humphrey Prouty Jackson Javits Proxmire Randolph Johnston Jordan, NC. Keating Long. Hawall Carlson Case, Church Kuchel Cotton Robertson Saltonstall Scott Smith, Mass Symington Williams, NJ Williams, Del Young, N. Dak Young. Ohio On motion by Mr. KEFAUVER (for himself and Mrs. NEUBERGER, Mr. MORSE, Mr. GRUENING, MR. BARTLETT, Mr. LONG of Louisiana, and Mr. BURDICK) to further amend the reported amendment by inserting on page 34, line 24, a provision on dividends or interest payments on certain securities, Pending debate, On motion by Mr. PASTORE to lay the amendment on the table, Mr. MORSE raised a question as to the presence of a quorum. Mr. BUSH raised a question of order, viz, that the raising of the question of the presence of a quorum by Mr. MORSE was dilatory. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. PELL in the chair) sustained the point of order. From the decision of the Chair, Mr. MORSE appealed to the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER stated the question to be, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the Senate? Mr. MORSE raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon The PRESIDING OFFICER directed the roll to be called; When Eighty-two Senators answered to their names, as follows: 14 Carlson Carroll Case Church Clark Senators who voted in the affirmative Cooper are Cotton Long, La. Curtis Aiken Hartke Mundt Magnuson Dodd Mansfield Douglas McCarthy Tower Wiley Eastland McClellan Engle Ervin Fong Goldwater McNamara Metcalf Miller Monroney A quorum being present, Williams, N.J. Williams, Del. Yarborough Young, N. Dak. Young, Ohio Douglas Eastland Magnuson Ellender Mansfield Engle McClellan Ervin McGee Fong Metcalf Fulbright Kefauver Kerr Kuchel Long, Mo. Long, Hawaii Miller A quorum being present, Sparkman Stennis Symington Talmadge Thurmond Tower Williams, N.J. Young, N. Dak. On motion by Mr. PASTORE to lay the amendment on the table, It was determined in Yeas the affirmative. Nays 61 7 On motion by Mr. MORSE, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present. Senators who voted in the affirmative are Aiken Allott Beall Bennett Boggs Bottum Byrd, W. Va. Cannon Carlson Case Cooper Cotton Curtis Dodd Eastland Ellender Engle Ervin Fong Goldwater Hartke The following business was transacted, by unanimous consent. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND Mr. JOHNSTON, from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2363) to amend the Civil Service Retirement Act to provide for the inclusion in the computation of accredited service of certain periods of service rendered States or instrumentalities of States, and for other purposes, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 1880) thereon. PRINTING OF VIEWS OF THE MINORITY ON On motion by Mr. MORSE, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the views of the minority on the bill (H.R. 11040) to provide for the establishment, ownership, operation, and regulation of a commercial communications satellite system, and for other purposes, be printed separately as part II of Report No. 1873 for the use of Senators who voted in the negative the Committee on Foreign Relations. By Mr. JACKSON (by request): S. 3644. A bill to authorize the acquisition of lands for addition to the Adams National Historic Site; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. RECESS On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, at 9 o'clock and 11 minutes p.m.. The Senate took a recess until 10 o'clock a.m. tomorrow. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1962 (Legislative day of Tuesday, August 14, 1962) The VICE PRESIDENT called the Senate to order at 10 o'clock a.m., and the Chaplain offered prayer. COMMITTEES AUTHORIZED TO SIT The following-named committees were authorized to sit, as indicated, during the session of the Senate, on the request of Mr. MANSFIELD: The Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Internal Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, on today; and The Committee on the Judiciary, tomorrow morning. QUESTION OF QUORUM Mr. MORSE raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon The VICE PRESIDENT directed the roll to be called; No quorum being present. On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, Ordered, That the Sergeant at Arms be directed to request the attendance of the absent Senators. Pending the execution of the order, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. COTTON, Mr. JORDAN of Idaho, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. HART. Mr. SALTONSTALL, Mr. YOUNG of North Dakota, Mr. TowER, Mr. McGEE, Mr. KERR, Mr. ERVIN, Mr. JORDAN of North Carolina, Mr. CLARK, Mr. FONG, Mr. PROUTY, Mr. KEATING, Mr. BEALL, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. BOGGS, Mr. BusH, Mr. BYRD of Virginia, Mr. BYRD of West Virginia, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CARROLL, Mr. CASE, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. DODD, Mr. EASTLAND, Mr. ELLENDER, Mr. ENGLE, Mr. GOLDWATER, Mr. GRUENING, Mr. HARTKE, Mr. HICKEY, Mr. HILL, Mr. HUMPHREY, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. JAVITS, Mr. JOHNSTON, Mr. LONG of Missouri, Mr. LONG of Hawaii, Mr. LONG of Louisiana, Mr. MCNAMARA, Mr. MORTON, Mr. MUNDT, Mr. MUSKIE, Mrs. NEUBERGER, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. SMATHERS, Mr. STENNIS, Mr. SYMINGTON, Mr. THURMOND, Mr. WILEY, Mr. WILLIAMS of New Jersey, Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware and Mr. YARBOROUGH appeared and answered to their names. A quorum being present, COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE SYSTEM The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the bill (H.R. 11040) to provide for the establishment, ownership, operation, and regulation of a commercial communications satellite system, and for other purposes. Pending debate, Mr. CLARK raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; So the amendment was laid on the table. PRESIDENTIAL APPROVALS A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. Miller, his secretary: Mr. President: The President of the United States has approved the following acts and joint resolution: On August 14, 1962: S. 2807. An act for the relief of Mrs. Juliane C. Rockenfeller. S. 2844. An act for the relief of Alice Amar Froemming; S. 3109. An act to amend chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, in order to authorize hospital and medical care for peacetime veterans suffering from noncompensable service-connected disabilities; S. 3525. An act to authorize the Administrator of General Services, in connection with the construction and maintenance of a Federal office building, to use the public space under and over 10th Street SW. in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; and S.J. Res. 91. Joint resolution to establish the St. Augustine Quadricentennial Commission, and for other purposes. On August 15, 1962: S. 296. An act for the relief of Hanna Ghosn; S. 1771. An act to improve the usefulness of national bank branches in foreign countries; S. 1882. An act for the relief of Assunta Bianchi; S. 2572. An act for the relief of the Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp.; S. 2614. An act for the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Hua-Sing Ang; S. 2769. An act for the relief of Renato Granduc and Grazia Granduc; and S. 2978. An act to authorize the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States to investigate the claims of citizens of the United States who suffered property damage in 1951 and 1952 as the result of the artificial raising of the water level of Lake Ontario. On August 16, 1962: S. 405. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Mann Creek Federal reclamation project, Idaho, and for other purposes. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Maurer, one of its clerks: Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed without amendment the bill (S. 3428) relating to the appointment of judges to the municipal court for the District of Columbia, the municipal court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and the juvenile court of the District fo Columbia. The Speaker of the House having signed an enrolled bill, viz, S. 3491, I am directed to bring the same to the Senate for the signature of its President. ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED The Secretary reported that he had examined and found truly enrolled the bill (S. 3491) to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. The VICE PRESIDENT thereupon signed the same. COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE SYSTEM The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the bill (H.R. 11040) to provide for the establishment, ownership, operation, and regulation of a commercial communications satellite system, and for other purposes. The question being on agreeing to the reported amendment, as amended, Pending debate, On motion by Mr. KEFAUVER to further amend the reported amendment by inserting on page 38, after line 14, a new section on divestment of international telegraph operations, Mr. KEFAUVER raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. PELL in the chair) directed the roll to be called; On motion by Mr. KEFAUVER, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present. Senators who voted in the affirmative Douglas Gore Long, La. So the amendment was laid on the table. On motion by Mr. PASTORE, The yeas and nays, being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, were ordered on the question of agreeing to the committee amendment, as amended. Pending debate, Mr. DIRKSEN, having the floor, directed an inquiry to Mr. KEFAUVER. Mr. GORE raised a question of order. viz, that the rules of the Senate did not permit a Senator holding the floor to ask a question of another Senator. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. PELL in the chair) sustained the point of order. On motion by Mr. MORSE to further amend the reported amendment on page 28, line 14, by striking out certain words, and on page 30, line 11, by striking out certain words on foreign satellite stations, Mr. MORSE raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. PELL in the chair) directed the roll to be called; When On motion by Mr. KEFAUVER, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Senators who voted in the affirmative are Alken Capehart Carlson Case Chavez Church Cooper Lausche Cotton Curtis Long. Mo. Magnuson Prouty Scott Symington Williams, N.J. Young. Ohio Eighty-seven Senators answered to serting in lieu of the language proposed their names, as follows: Bottum Byrd, Va. Byrd, W. Va. Cannon Capehart Carlson Holland Hruska Humphrey Jackson Kuchel Lausche Case Chavez Cooper Cotton Long, Mo. Russell Symington Talmadge Tower Williams, N.J. Williams, Del. Young, N. Dak. Young. Ohio A quorum being present, Tower Wiley Williams, NJ. Williams, Del. Yarborough Young, N. Dak. Young, Ohio The question recurring on agreeing to the amendment of Mr. MORSE on pages 28 and 30, On motion by Mr. PASTORE, The amendment was laid on the table. On motion by Mr. MORSE to further amend the reported amendment by inserting certain words to prohibit a common carrier from owning more than 12 percent of outstanding issued shares, Pending debate, On motion by Mr. PASTORE to lay the amendment on the table, It was determined in the affirmative.......... Yeas..... 73 Nays. 13 Bennett Boggs Bottum Burdick Bush Byrd, W. Va. Hrusks Humphrey Javits Johnston Jordan, N.C. Jordan, Idaho Keating Cannon Carlson Carroll Kefauver Proxmire Randolph Russell Sparkman Symington Mr. MANSFIELD withdrew his motion to lay the amendment on the table. Pending debate, |