means, which on Thursday last, was postponed.

The VICE PRESIDENT, in the following statement, referred the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary:

The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, section 137, provides:

"SEC. 137. In any case in which a controversy arises as to the jurisdiction of any standing committee of the Senate with respect to any proposed legislation, the question of jurisdiction shall be decided by the Presiding Officer of the Senate, without debate, in favor of that committee which has jurisdiction over the subject matter which predominates in such proposed legislation; but such decision shall be subject to an appeal."

The Mansfield-Dirksen bill, S. 2750, is a bill to protect the right to vote in Federal elections free from arbitrary discriminations by literacy tests or other means. It amends the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the subject matter of which was within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary.

A jurisdictional question having been raised, and the senior Senator from New York having asked for a ruling, the Chair is required under the law of the land and the rules of the Senate to refer it to the committee which has jurisdiction over the subject matter which predominates in the bill.

The bill in question proposes a substitute for subsection (b) of section 131 of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and, in the main, provides that no person shall be subject or attempt to subject any other person to the deprivation of the right to vote in any Federal election, and defines the term "deprivation of the right to vote."

The bill does not confer upon a person the right to vote. That right already exists. It has for its purpose the prevention of discriminations against the right of a person to vote; in other words, it relates to the enforcement of his right to vote.

After a careful and thorough study by the Senate Parliamentarian, the Assistant Parliamentarian, and other parliamentary authorities, the Chair is informed by all consulted that under the historical precedents of the Senate, bills dealing with civil rights, civil liberties, court proceedings, and enforcement of the laws, have universally been held to be within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary.

The Chair believes that he should give due consideration to the precedents heretofore established and follow those precedents unless otherwise determined by the Senate. Therefore, the Chair refers the bill to the Committee on the Judiciary.

From the decision of the Chair, Mr. JAVITS appealed to the Senate.

The VICE PRESIDENT stated the question to be, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the Senate?

On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, and by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That on any appeal that may be taken from the decision of the Pre

siding Officer on the reference of the bill, debate be limited to 90 minutes, to be equally divided between those favoring and those opposing the appeal, and controlled, respectively, by Mr. JAVITS and the majority leader. Pending debate,

On motion by Mr. RUSSELL, The yeas and nays, being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, were ordered on the question of the appeal. Pending debate,

On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD to lay the appeal on the table,

It was determined in Yeas_____ 61 the affirmative_____ Nays 25

On motion by Mr. JAVITS, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present.

Senators who voted in the affirmative

So the motion to appeal was laid on the table.

MEMBERSHIP OF CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL COMMISSION

The VICE PRESIDENT appointed Mr. ToWER as a member of the Civil War Centennial Commission, vice Mr. CURTIS, resigned.

COMMITTEES AUTHORIZED TO SIT The Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Government Operations were authorized to sit today during the session of the Senate, on the request of Mr. MANSFIELD. AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR PURCHASE OF UNITED NATIONS BONDS The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following message from the President of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

To the Congress of the United States:

I am transmitting herewith for the consideration of the Congress a suggested bill to promote the foreign policy of the United States by authorizing the pur

chase of United Nations bonds and the appropriation of funds therefor. This bill would authorize the appropriation of up to $100 million for the purchase of

United Nations bonds.

The United Nations is faced with a financial crisis due largely to extraordinary expenditures which it incurred in fulfilling the pledges in its charter to secure peace, progress, and human rights. I regard it as vital to the interests of our country and to the maintenance of peace that the capacity of the United Nations to act for peace not be inhibited by a lack of financial re

sources.

Some members have failed to pay special assessments levied for peacekeeping operations in the Middle East and in the Congo, claiming that these assessments are not binding upon them. The shortage of operating funds thus created has reduced the working capital fund of the United Nations to zero and compelled it to hold back on the payment of bills and borrow from United Nations agencies.

Prudence and good management require all institutions-public or private. national or international-to keep their affairs in good financial order. The Secretary General of the United Nations therefore urged the adoption of, and the members approved by a large majority. a three-point plan to relieve the cash deficit and to avoid the need for makeshift financing of emergency operations designed to keep or restore the peace:

Point 1 is to cover anticipated expenses for the United Nations operation in the Congo and for the United Nations Emergency Force in the Middle East through the end of the present fiscal year. The 16th General Assembly approved a new appropriation for these purposes, assessed against all members.

Point 2 is to resolve all doubt as to whether delinquent members must pay special assessments for the Congo (ONUC) and Middle East (UNEF) operations, or face the loss of their voting rights. To this end, the United Nations General Assembly requested from the International Court of Justice an advisory opinion as to whether these special assessments, like regular assessments, are "expenses of the Organization" legally binding on all members by the terms of the United Nations Charter.

It is the opinion of the United States that special assessments voted by a twothirds majority of the General Assembly are obligatory. We anticipate a decision by early summer of this year. If our view, which is shared by most of the members of the United Nations, is confirmed by the Court, then all members will have to pay their dues or lose their right to vote in the General Assembly. It is only fair that members that participate in the privileges of membership should participate also in its obligations.

Even if the Court's opinion goes as we believe it should, the United Nations would still be faced with a serious cash problem, aggravated by any further delays in collecting back dues from those

who have not been willing to pay the who have not been willing to pay the special assessments. Consequently,

Point 3 of the United Nations financial plan is to acquire a special fund to relieve the present cash deficit by paying off current bills and debts, and by setting aside a reasonable reserve to help finance United Nations peace-keeping operations in future emergencies.

For this purpose the General Assembly has authorized the Secretary General to issue $200 million worth of United Nations bonds repayable at 2 percent interest over a 25-year period with annual repayments charged against the budget of the United Nations. All members are assessed a share of that budget.

If this program is successful, the United Nations will be in a vastly improved financial position. It is my judgment that this plan is sound both for the United Nations and for its members. These bonds will be repaid with interest at the rate of approximately $10 million a year, as part of the regular assessment. Every nation-including the Soviet Union-will thus be required to pay its fair share or lose its vote. And the United States will be obligated, in the long run, to meet only 32 percent of these special costs instead of the nearly 50 percent we are presently contributing to the special operations of the United Nations.

I ask that the Congress act now to back the United Nations by authorizing the purchase of these bonds. Failure to act would serve the interests of the Soviet Union, which has been particularly opposed to the operation in the Congo and which voted against this plan as part of the consistent Communist effort to undermine the United Nations and undercut its new Secretary General. For, without the bond issue, either the United Nations executive arm will wither or the United States will be compelled to pay a larger share of the costs of operation than is reasonable for any one member of an international organization.

The central purpose of the United Nations is to keep the peace wherever possible and to restore the peace whenever it is broken.

The United Nations has received the support of both political parties since its inception.

By emergency action the United Nations turned back aggression in Korea.

By emergency action the United Nations brought a halt to war in the Middle East over 5 years ago, and ever since has safeguarded the armistice lines.

By emergency action the United Nations has prevented large-scale civil war and avoided great-power intervention in the Congo.

We shall spend this year nearly onehalf of the Federal budget for national defense. This authorization represents an investment of one-tenth of 1 percent of that budget in the peace-keeping capacity of the United Nations.

Whatever its imperfections, the United Nations effectiveness and existence are an essential part of the machinery to

bring peace out of this world of danger and discord.

I earnestly hope that the Congress will give early and favorably considera

tion to this request.

JOHN F. KENNEDY. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 30, 1962.

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 1 OF 1962 TO CREATE A DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following message from the President of the United States; which. with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations:

To the Congress of the United States:

I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1962, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended.

In my special message on housing of March 9, 1961, and again in my message on the state of the Union earlier this year, I recommended the establishment in the executive branch of a new Department of Urban Affairs and Housing. of Cabinet rank. This plan would fulfill that recommendation.

The times we live in urgently call for this action. In a few short decades we have passed from a rural to an urban way of life; in a few short decades more we shall be a nation of vastly expanded population, living in expanded urban areas in housing that does not now exist, served by community facilities that do not now exist, moving about by means of systems of urban transportation that do not now exist. The challenge is great. and the time is short. I propose to act how to strengthen and improve the machinery through which, in large part, the Federal Government must act to carry out its proper role of encouragement and assistance to States and local governments, to voluntary efforts and to private enterprise. in the solution of these problems.

The present and future problems of our cities are as complex as they are manifold. There must be expansion: but orderly and planned expansion, not explosion and sprawl. Basic public facilities must be extended ever further into the areas surrounding urban centers; but they must be planned and coordinated so as to favor rather than hamper the sound growth of our communities. The scourge of blight must be overcome, and the central core areas of our cities, with all their great richness of economic and cultural wealth, must be restored to lasting vitality. New values must be created to provide a more efficient local economy and provide revenues to support essential local services. Sound old housing must be conserved and improved, and new housing created, to serve better all income groups in our population and to move ever closer to the goal of a decent home in a suitable living environment for every American family. We will neglect our cities at our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the Nation.

The reorganization plan I am transmitting would establish a new executive department to be known as the Department of Urban Affairs and Housing. To the Department would be transferred the existing programs and responsibilities of the Housing and Home Finance Agency. These programs include an extraordinary range of diverse yet closely interrelated activities: insurance of mortgages to finance the construction of homes and the ready interchange of existing homes, as well as their modernization and improvement; financial aids to local communities in comprehensive local planning, in slum clearance and urban renewal, and in the conservation and rehabilitation of neighborhoods and whole urban areas; advances and loans to assist in the planning and construction of needed public facilities; loans to assist in meeting the needs of our hardpressed colleges and universities for student and faculty housing; financial aids in the search for solutions to the baffling problems of urban mass transportation; a variety of tools to stabilize and encourage liquidity in the private mortgage market; financial assistance in providing decent housing for low-income families; and others still.

Widely different as these Federal programs are in subject matter and in techniques, they all affect the lives and welfare of families in our cities and their surrounding areas, and they all impinge in one degree or another on each other. None can or should stand by itself. The basic purpose of this plan is to establish a department which will bring a maximum degree of coordination and effectiveness to the planning and execution of all of them.

Our cities and the people who live in and near them need and deserve an adequate voice in the highest councils of government. The executive branch and the Congress need an adequate instrument to assist them in the formulation and execution of policy concerning urban affairs and housing. States and local governing bodies urgently need an agency at the departmental level to assist them in formulating and carrying out their local programs for dealing with these problems. All these needs can best be met through the establishment of the Department provided for in this reorganization plan.

It should not be assumed that these are matters of concern only to our larger cities. Hundreds of smaller cities and towns are located on or near the fringes of rapidly growing urban areas. The problems of the cities affect them today, and will be theirs tomorrow. Hundreds of other smaller towns and cities not not now affected will be so situated a few short years hence. Thus, the smaller towns and cities have a stake in this proposal as vital as, and only a little less immediate than, that of our large urban centers. This plan is addressed to their needs as well as to those of the major cities. Likewise, it should be emphasized that the Department will have important activities of service to the States. The establishment of this De

partment does not connote any bypassing or reduction of the constitutional powers and responsibilities of the States under our Federal system of government. Rather, the States must assume additional leadership in the future in dealing with problems of urban areas, and the Department will maintain close working and consultative relationships relationships with them. An example of this relationship can already be found in the urban planning assistance program of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, which provide matching funds for use by States to aid municipalities and State, metropolitan, and regional planning agencies facing rapid urbanization. Grants may be used by the States themselves to prepare statewide comprehensive plans for urban development. Just as the programs of the Department of Agriculture have strengthened the role of the States in measuring and helping solve the problems of their farmers, so the Department of Urban Affairs and Housing will provide additional opportunities for the States to play a strong role in the development of their urban communities.

As the Senate committee noted in its report on S. 1633 (S. Rept. No. 879, 87th Cong., 1st sess.): "A Department of Urban Affairs and Housing is needed to provide Federal leadership to solve the problems emerging from the transformation of the American scene from a predominantly rural society to a vast urban complex. More than two-thirds of the American population now lives in metropolitan centers. The figure is multiplying. It is compounded of explosive population growth resulting from an increased birth rate, a declining death rate, and rapid migration of people from rural areas to cities, towns, and villages." The importance of our Nation's metropolitan areas entitling them to representation at the Cabinet table is further emphasized by the great amount of tax revenues they contribute to the Federal Government. For example, in 1959, taxpayers in the 10 largest metropolitan areas paid over $13 billion in taxes, or 35 percent of the total amount of individual income tax.

The need for such a department has been increasingly recognized in recent years. A proposal for a Cabinet department substantially similar in nature was advanced at about the same time that the first consolidted Federal Housing Agency was established, 20 years ago. Since then, year by year, both the executive branch and the Congress have taken successive steps to create a more coordinated agency with a fuller range of tools to attack these problems. No fewer than five reorganization plans submitted by my predecessors have contributed to this process. On the legislative side, the Congress has enacted major legislation in the field of urban affairs and housing in every year but one since 1946. The time is here to take the next needed step.

First, Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1962 would establish a Department of Urban Affairs and Housing, to be headed by a Secretary who would be assisted by an Under Secretary, three Assistant Sec

retaries, and a General Counsel. All of these officers would be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. There would also be in the Department, as in many others, an Administrative Assistant Secretary appointed from the classified civil service by the Secretary, with the approval of the President.

Second, the plan transfers to the Secretary of Urban Affairs and Housing the functions of the Housing and Home Finance Agency and its Administrator, including the administration of the programs of the Urban Renewal Administration and the Community Facilities Administration and the authorities now vested by law in the Public Housing Administration and its officers.

Because of its magnitude in our economy and the immediacy of its impact on our people, housing has been and will continue to be the heart of this complex of related programs. In recognition of this fact, the plan provides for the transfer of the Federal Housing Administration as an entity to the new Department. Provision is also made for the continuance of the existing office of Federal Housing Commissioner, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Commissioner would continue to head the Federal Housing Administration under the supervision and direction of the Secretary as head of the Department.

Finally, in view of its special legal status as a mixed-ownership corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association would be transferred to the Department without change. The Secretary would serve as Chairman of the Board of the Association, as the Housing and Home Finance Administrator now does. No change in the organization or functions of the Association within the Department affecting its secondary market operations could be made unless the Secretary finds that such change would not adversely affect the rights and interests of owners of outstanding common stock of the Association.

In accordance with the spirit and intent of the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, this plan promotes the better execution of the laws, the more effective management of the executive branch of the Government, and the expeditious administration of the public business. It aims to promote economy and increase efficiency to the fullest extent practicable. Its significance in the pursuit of these purposes must be judged in the light of the magnitude and significance of the programs affected.

The various programs with which the new Department would be charged involve Federal investments of billions of dollars, and contingent liabilities of billions more. The quality of administration of these programs has profound effects on land values and tax revenues in local communities throughout the country. The operations of these programs figure importantly in the vitality of the general economy. The policies that govern them play a major role in determi

nations of national fiscal and monetary policy. Their management in the most effective and coordinated way possible, therefore, will yield economies in the broad sense far outweighing the amount involved in the administrative cost of their operations. And even in the latter area, I am convinced that economy and efficiency will be importantly enhanced by the improved coordination which this reorganization plan will make possible.

For all the reasons herein set forth, I have concluded that the creation of a Department of Urban Affairs and Housing is urgently needed to permit me to discharge most effectively the responsibilities in the area placed upon the President by the Constitution and by the statutes respecting these matters enacted by the Congress.

After investigation, I have found and hereby declare that each reorganization included in Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1962 is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes set forth in section 2(a) of the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended. I have also found and hereby declare that by reason of these reorganizations it is necessary to include in the reorganization plan provisions for the appointment and compensation of the new officers specified in section 2 of the reorganization plan. The rates of compensation fixed for these officers are, respectively, those which I have found to prevail in respect of comparable officers in the executive branch of the Government.

Although the taking effect of the reorganizations provided for in the reorganization plan will not in itself result in immediate savings, the improvement achieved in administration will in the future allow the performance of necessary services at greater savings than present operations would permit. An itemization of these savings in advance of actual experience is not practicable. JOHN F. KENNEDY. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 30, 1692. RENOVATION OF MICHOUD ORDNANCE PLANT,

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, its decision to reprogram certain funds for the renovation of the Michoud Ordnance Plant, New Orleans, La.: which was referred to the Committee on Aeronautics and Space Sciences.

REPORT OF LIQUIDATION ACTIVITIES OF RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Acting Administrator of General Services Administration, transmitting. pursuant to law, a progress report of the liquidation activities of the national defense, war, and reconversion activities of Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the quarter ended December 31, 1961; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

CONTROL OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN TIME OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Air Force, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the President to take possession and assume control of transportation systems in time of national emergency; which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

STUDY OF THUNDERSTORMS

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, an iterim report for the fiscal year 1961 of the Chief of the Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce on the study and causes and characteristics of thunderstorms; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Commerce. ANNUAL REPORT OF CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board. transmitting, pursuant to law, the annual report of the Board for the fiscal year 1961; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

PURCHASE OF UNITED NATIONS BONDS The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of State, transmitting his views in favor of the President's proposal requesting appropriations up to $100 million for the purchase of United Nations bonds; which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

REPORT OF AUDIT OF FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC.

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, an audit report of Federal Prison Industries, Inc., Department of Justice, fiscal year 1961; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

REPORT OF AUDIT OF PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the

Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, an audit report of Public Housing Administration, Housing and Home Finance Agency, fiscal year 1961; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

REPORT OF REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATION OF FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES BY PORTLAND OFFICE

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the review of administration of forest

management activities by Portland area office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. REPORT OF EXAMINATION OF PROCUREMENT OF SPECIAL TOOLING FOR B-58 AIRPLANE PROGRAM

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of the examination of procurement of special tooling for the B-58 airplane program under Department of the Air Force negotiated cost-plus-incentive-fee contracts with Convair, a division of General Dynamics Corp., Fort Worth. Tex.; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

AMENDMENT OF ACT PROVIDING BETTER FACILITIES FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION LAWS

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend the act entitled "An act to provide better facilities for the enforcement of the customs and immigration laws," to increase the amounts authorized to be expended; which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Public Works.

ANNUAL REPORT OF U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a communication from the US. Atomic Energy Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the annual report of the Commission for the calendar year 1961; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.

PETITIONS

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following petitions, etc.. which were referred as indicated:

A resolution of the Atlantic Convention of NATO Nations adopted in Paris, France, favoring the creation of a true Atlantic Community within the next decade; and

A resolution of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Inc., Detroit, Mich., favoring a free and independent state of the Ukrainian people; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

A resolution of the Legislature of the Territory of Guam favoring a locally elected chief executive for the territory of Guam; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Mr. PASTORE (for himself and Mr. PELL) presented a concurrent resolution of the Legislature of the State of Rhode Island expressing sorrow at the death of Hon. Sam Rayburn. Speaker of the House of Representatives; which was ordered to lie on the table.

EXTENSION OF TIME FOR COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE TO REPORT

On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, and by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the time for report by the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, pursuant to Senate Resolution 86 (87th Cong., 1st sess.), to investigate matters pertaining to migratory labor, be extended until February 28, 1962. REFERENCE OF S. 2754 TO COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES

On motion by Mr. ANDERSON, and by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That when the Committee on the Judiciary completes action on the bill (S. 2754) to establish a uniform national policy concerning rights to inventions under contracts with the U.S. Government, it be referred to the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Bills were introduced, severally read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as follows:

By Mr. LONG of Louisiana:

S. 2762. A bill authorizing the modification of the general plan for flood control and other purposes on Red River, Tex., Okla., Ark., and La., below Denison Dam, Tex. and Okla.; to the Committee on Public Works.

By Mr. KEFAUVER:

S. 2763. A bill for the relief of Marie Karoline Dollar and Alex Peter Pedersen; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. MAGNUSON (by request): S. 2764. A bill to make the civil forfeiture provisions of section 222 (h) of the Interstate Commerce Act applicable to unlawful operations and safety violations by motor carriers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. MCCLELLAN (by request): S. 2765. A bill to amend section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 to provide for regulation by the President of the employment of experts or consultants or organizations thereof, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Government Operations.

By Mr. FONG:

S. 2766. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Tom Pon Shee (also known as Tom Pon Ma Cheung); to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. METCALF:

S. 2767. A bill to amend title 23 of the United States Code relating to highways in order to require the approval of the Secretary of the Interior to surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates for projects on the Federal-aid highway systems for the purpose of protecting fish and wildlife and recreation resources; to the Committee on Public Works.

By Mr. SPARKMAN:

S. 2768. A bill to promote the foreign policy of the United States by authorizing the purchase of United Nations bonds and the appropriation of funds therefor; to the Committee on Foreign Relations,

By Mr. LAUSCHE:

S. 2769. A bill for the relief of Renato Granduc O'Neal and Grazia Granduc O'Neal; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL COPIES OF REPORT ENTITLED "STUDY OF ADMINISTERED PRICES IN THE DRUG INDUSTRY"

Mr. KEFAUVER submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 287); which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration:

Resolved, That there be printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary two thousand additional copies of Senate Report Numbered 448, Eighty-seventh Congress, first session, entitled "Study of Administered Prices in the Drug Industry", a report issued by the Committee on the Judiciary and made by its Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly pursuant to S. Res. 52, Eightyseventh Congress.

CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TO THE STATE OF WYOMING

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate its unfinished business, viz, the bill (H.R. 3879) to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the State of Wyoming for agricultural purposes certain real property in Sweetwater County, Wyo.; and The Senate resumed the consideration of the said bill.

Under the unanimous consent agreement of yesterday, Mr. ELLENDER was recognized for remarks. Pending debate,

EXECUTIVE SESSION

On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, The Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business; and after the consideration of executive business, LEGISLATIVE SESSION

The Senate resumed its legislative session.

CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TO THE STATE OF WYOMING

The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the bill (H.R. 3879) to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the State of Wyoming for agricultural purposes certain real property in Sweetwater County, Wyo.; when

EXTENSION OF COMPLETION TIME FOR FREE BRIDGE BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND CANADA

On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 512) to extend the time for completion of the free highway bridge between Lubec, Maine, and Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada.

Pending debate,

ADJOURNMENT

On motion by Mr. CLARK, at 6 o'clock and 6 minutes p.m.,

The Senate adjourned,

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1962

The VICE PRESIDENT called the Senate to order, and Rev. Joseph A. Mason, D.D., of Pekin, Ill., offered prayer.

THE JOURNAL

On motion by Mr. HUMPHREY, and by unanimous consent,

The reading of the Journal of the proceedings of Tuesday, January 30, 1962, was dispensed with.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Bartlett, one of its clerks:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed the bill (H.R. 8900) to authorize assistance to public and other nonprofit institutions of higher education in financing the construction, rehabilitation, or improvement of needed academic and related facilities, and to authorize financial assistance for undergraduate study in such institutions, and for other purposes, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate.

H.R. 8900 PLACED ON THE CALENDAR

The bill H.R. 8900, this day received from the House of Representatives for concurrence, was read the first and second time by unanimous consent and ordered placed on the calendar.

COMMITTEE AUTHORIZED TO SIT The Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the Committee of the Judiciary was authorized to sit today during the session of the Senate, on the request of Mr. HUMPHREY.

REPORT ON U.S. AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ACTIVITIES

The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following message from the President of the United States; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences:

To the Congress of the United States:

In accordance with section 206(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended, I transmit herewith a report for the calendar year 1961 on this Nation's aeronautics and space activities.

During 1961, major attention was devoted to establishing our policy objective of space leadership and to accelerating our efforts toward achieving that objective.

In my message to the Congress on May 25, 1961, I stated that a leading role in space achievements may well hold the key to this country's future. That I reaffirm. Last year, we made necessary decisions and, with the support of the Congress, stepped up the pace of performance. Even greater strides must be made in the coming months and years, and thus the recommended budget which I submitted to the Congress earlier this month contains requests for funds for