Sec. 12. Section 207 (h) of such Act is amended by striking out "The" after "(h)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(1) For the calendar year 1956, the" and by adding the following new paragraph: "(2) For the calendar year 1957 and each subsequent calendar year, the quota for foreign countries other than Cuba and the Republic of the Philippines may be filled by direct-consumption sugar to the extent of 1.36 per centum of the amount of sugar determined pursuant to section 201 less the sum of the quotas established in subsections (a) and (b) of section 202: Provided, That such limitation shall not apply to countries receiving prorations under section 202 (c) of seven thousand short tons or less. The direct-consumption portion of such quota which is subject to the 1.36 per centum limitation referred to above shall be prorated to countries which receive prorations under section 202 (c) of more than seven thousand short tons on the basis of average imports of direct-consumption sugar within the quota for the years 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1954." Sec. 13. Section 301 (b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the words "(or processed)" the following: ", except for livestock feed, or for the production of livestock feed, as determined by the Secretary,". Sec. 14. Section 302 (b) of such Act is amended by inserting after "(or processed)" the words "within the proportionate share" and by striking the period at the end thereof and inserting the following: "and of the producers in any local producing area whose past production has been adversely, seriously, and generally affected by drought, storm, flood, freeze, disease, insects, or other similar abnormal and uncontrollable conditions. For the purposes of establishing proportionate shares hereunder and in order to encourage wise use of land resources, foster greater diversification of agricultural production, and promote the conservation of soil and water resources in Puerto Rico, the Secretary, on application of any owner of a farm in Puerto Rico, is hereby authorized, whenever he determines it to be in the public interest and to facilitate the sale or rental of land for other productive purposes, to transfer the sugarcane production record for any parcel or parcels of land in Puerto Rico owned by the applicant to any other pracel or parcels of land owned by such applicant in Puerto Rico.". Sec. 15. Section 405 of such Act is amended by inserting "(a)" at the beginning thereof, by striking out "(a)" and "(b)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(1)" and "(2)", respectively, and by adding the following new subsection: "(b) Any person whose sugar processing operations otherwise meet the requirements of section 101 (n) and who subjects to such processes sugar imported or brought into the continental United States under a declaration that it is raw sugar but which sugar subsequently is determined to be of direct consumption quality, shall forfeit to the United States a sum equal to 1 cent per pound for each pound, raw value, of such sugar in excess of that part of the direct-consumption portion of the applicable quota or proration or allotment thereof remaining unfilled at the time of such determination, which forfeiture shall be recoverable in a civil suit brought in the name of the United States." Sec. 16. Section 407 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sentence: "The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons whose services are obtained pursuant to section 305.". Sec. 17. Section 411 of such Act is renumbered as section 412, section 412 of such Act is renumbered as section 413, and a new section 411 inserted as follows: "Sec. 411. The Secretary is authorized to issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out article 7 of the International Sugar Agreement for the Regulation of the Production and Marketing of Sugar (ratified by and with the advice and consent of the United States Senate on April 29, 1954), restricting importations of sugar into the United States from foreign countries not participating in such agreement, or to carry out the corresponding provisions of any such future agreements ratified by and with the advice and consent of the United States Senate." Sec. 18. Renumbered section 412 of such Act (relating to termination of the powers of the Secretary under the Act) is amended by striking out "1956" in each place it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "1960". Sec. 19. Sections 4501 (c) and 6412 (d) (relating to the termination of taxes on sugar) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 are amended by striking out "1957" in each place it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "1961". Sec. 20. Section 4502 (4), chapter 37, subchapter A, "Sugar", of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is amended as follows: Strike out the parenthetical word "(Clerget)" where it occurs in the first sentence and delete the second sentence thereof. Sec. 21. (a) Section 4504, chapter 37, subchapter A, "Sugar", of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is amended by adding before the period at the end thereof the following: ", and except that such tax may be subject to refunds as a tax under the provisions of section 6418 (a)". (b) Section 6418 (a) of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is amended by striking out the "(a)" immediately following "section 4501". Sec. 22. Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made hereby shall become effective as of January 1, 1956, except that sections 1 through 4 shall become effective upon publication in the Federal Register of regulations implementing such sections, or six months af ter the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is earlier. And the Senate agree to the same. E. D. MILLIKIN, Managers on the Part of the Senate. W. R. POAGE, E. C. GATHINGS, The Senate proceeded to consider the said report; and Resolved, That the Senate agree thereto. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. TRANSFER OF PATENT RIGHTS CONSIDERED CAPITAL GAIN The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. BIBLE in the chair) laid before the Senate the message heretofore received from the House of Representatives, announcing its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 6143) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 to provide that for taxable years beginning after May 31, 1950, certain amounts received in consideration of patent rights shall be considered capital gain regardless of the basis upon which such amounts are paid, and asking a conference with the Senate thereon. On motion by Mr. BYRD, Resolved, That the Senate insist upon its amendments to the said bill, disagreed to by the House, and agree to the conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon. Ordered, That the conferees on the part of the Senate be appointed by the Presiding Officer; and The PRESIDING OFFICER appointed Mr. BYRD, Mr. KERR, Mr. FREAR, Mr. MILLIKIN, and Mr. MARTIN of Pennsylvania. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1956 The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill (H. R. 10875) to enact the Agricultural Act of 1956. Pending debate, REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 OF 1956 The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. McNAMARA in the chair) laid before the Senate the following message from the President of the United States, which was read and, with the accompanying reorganization plan, referred to the Committee on Government Operations: To the Congress of the United States: I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1956, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended. The reorganization plan is designed to provide the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation with its own management, independent of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. This organizational change accords with a recommendation of the second Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. The management of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation has been merged with and identical to that of the Federal Home Loan Bank System since the Corporation was established in 1934. It may well be that this identity of management was useful during the formative years of the Federal Home Loan Bank System and of the program of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. I am satisfied, however, that the time has come to separate the two agencies. Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1956 establishes, separate from the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, a new board of trustees of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation; vests the management of the Corporation in that board of trustees; and makes appropriate transfers of the functions of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to the board of trustees and to the Corporation. The present responsibilities of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board the principally, (1) supervision and regulation of the 11 home-loan banks established pursuant to the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of July 22, 1932, and of member institutions thereof, (2) chartering, supervision, and regulation of Federal savings and loan associations, under the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, and (3) beginning in 1934, management of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, together with related supervision and regulation of insured institutions. The reorganization plan is directed at the third of the foregoing, which is essentially a responsibility for the insurance of individual accounts in institutions of the savings and loan type, including concomitant supervision and regulation of insured institutions. Thus, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board will retain both its original functions relating to home-loan banks and their member institutions, and its functions, under the Home Owners' Loan Act, of chartering, supervision, and regulation of Federal savings and loan associations. The financial soundness of the insurance program of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation is of major and increasing interest to the Government. Under the law the Treasury may be called upon to purchase up to $750 million in obligations of the Corporation. The volume of savings insured by the Corporation has increased nearly sixfold in the last 10 years and now stands at approximately $28 billion. In its audit reports submitted to the Congress from time to time the General Accounting Office has questioned the desirability of permitting an agency having the authority to promote and charter Federal savings and loan associations, which are required by law to be insured, also to administer the insurance underwriting. The General Accounting Office has stated that experience has shown that the responsibilities for those functions are inherently conflicting and has recommended that the Congress consider separating the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation from the Home Loan Bank Board. The second Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, in its report to the Congress on the subject of lending agencies, stated that there should be a clear separation of the management of the two agencies. I am persuaded that separation of the two programs will enhance the quality of the management of the Corporation. It will promote continuing public confidence in the savings and loan insurance program and will better safeguard the interests of the Corporation and of the Treasury in minimizing the danger of losses arising from the contingent insurance liability. The primary responsibility of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board will continue to be the encouragement of local thrift associations and the maintenance of a stable flow of funds for home financing by its member institutions. The reorganization plan will enhance the Board's ability to perform these functions by relieving it of its present conflicting responsibility for administering Federal insurance of savings and loan associations. Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1956 provides that the Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board shall be one of the three members of the board of trustees of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. That arrangement is considered desirable to foster coordination of the policies of the Corporation and of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Moreover, the arrangement corresponds generally to the interrelationship of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which insures deposits of commercial banks, and the Comptroller of the Currency, who charters and supervises national banks and is a member of the Board of Directors of that Corporation but does not otherwise control it. Relationships of the Federal Savings and Loan Advisory Council will be affected by the reorganization plan to the extent that the Council will confer with the Corporation, in lieu of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, on special conditions affecting the Corporation and also will direct to the Corporation those of the Council's recommendations and requests for information which pertain to the Corporation. The plan does not otherwise affect the Council or the functions of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board with respect to the Council. After investigation I have found and hereby declare that each reorganization included in Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1956 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 it is necessary to include in the accompanying reorganization plan, by reason of reorganizations made thereby, provisions for the appointment and compensation of officers as therein provided. The rates of compensation so fixed are those which I have found to prevail in respect of comparable officers in the executive branch of the Government. I believe that the reorganizations made by the Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1956 will in the long run tend to reduce expenditures of the Government by reason of the more effective protection of the Government's large financial interest in the affairs of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation and of the institutions insured by the Corporation. It is not practicable, however, to itemize at this time the reduction in expenditures which it is probable will be brought about by the taking effect of the reorganizations included in the reorganization plan. There will be a modest increase in the overall operating expenses of the Corporation and of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which are financed from the receipts of assessments, fees, premiums, and investment income of the Corporation and of the Board, and not from ordinary Government appropriations. The insured institutions, the holders of insured accounts, and the Federal Government all have a vital stake in the insurance program of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1956 will substantially benefit all of them. I urge the Congress to allow the reorganization plan to become effective. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, THE WHITE House, May 17, 1956. AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1956 The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill (H. R. 10875) to enact the Agricultural Act of 1956. Pending debate, ENROLLED BILL PRESENTED The Secretary reported that on today he presented to the President of the United States the following enrolled bill (S. 2286) to amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 so as to provide for the utilizing of privately owned shipping services in connection with the transportation of privately owned vehicles. APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE The Secretary read the following communication from the President pro tempore: UNITED STATES SENATE, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Washington, D. C. May 18, 1956. To the Senate: Being temporarily absent from the Senate, I appoint Hon. JOHN C. STENNIS, a Senator from the State of Mississippi, to perform the duties of the Chair during my absence. WALTER F. GEORGE, President pro tempore. Mr. STENNIS thereupon took the chair. THE JOURNAL On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, and by unanimous consent, The Journal of the proceedings of Thursday, May 17, 1956, was approved. COMMITTEES AUTHORIZED TO SIT The subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary considering S. 3143, the Air Force Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, the Internal Security Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, were authorized to sit today during the session of the Senate; on the request of Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. Texas, EXECUTIVE SESSION On motion by Mr. JOHNSON of The Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business; and after the consideration of executive business, LEGISLATIVE SESSION The Senate resumed its legislative session. 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 elected JOHN W. MCCORMACK, a Representative from the State of Massachusetts, Speaker pro tempore during the absence of the Speaker. The House has passed the bill (S. 3073) to provide an adequate and economically sound transportation system or systems to serve the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes, with amendments, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. The House has passed without amendment the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 166) to designate the dam and reservoir to be constructed on the lower Cumberland River, Ky., as Barkley Dam and Lake Barkley, respectively. The House insists upon its amendments to the bill (S. 2972) to punish the willful damaging or destroying of aircraft and attempts to damage or destroy aircraft, and for other purposes, disagreed to by the Senate; it agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon and has appointed Mr. HARRIS, 71100 S J-84-2-22 Mr. WILLIAMS of Mississippi, Mr. WILLIS, Mr. WOLVERTON, and Mr. CRUMPACKER managers at the same on its part. The Speaker of the House having signed an enrolled bill, viz, H. R. 7186, I am directed to bring the same to the Senate for the signature of its President. ENROLLED BILL SIGNED The Secretary reported that he had examined and found truly enrolled the bill (H. R. 7186) to provide for the review and determination of claims for the return of lands, in the Territory of Hawaii, conveyed to the Government during World War II by organizations composed of persons of Japanese ancestry. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore thereupon signed the same. ORDER FOR CONSIDERATION OF BILLS ON On motion by Mr. BIBLE, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That following the transaction of morning business on Monday next, the calendar be called for the consideration of bills to which there is no objection, beginning with Order No. 1979. REPORT OF UNITED STATES MARITIME ADMINISTRATION ON MERCHANT SHIP SALES The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of Commerce, transmiting, pursuant to law, a report on the activities and transactions of the Maritime Administration under the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, for the quarter ended March 31, 1956; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CASES The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, transmiting, pursuant to law, a report on backlog of pending applications as of March 31, 1956; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committe on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. REIMBURSEMENT TO COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FOR COMMODITIES DISPOSED OF The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend title I of Public Law 480, the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, relating to reimbursement of the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities disposed and costs incured; which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. VALIDATION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS IN SET TLEMENT OF UNUSED ACCRUED LEAVE The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Air Force, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to validate certain payments in settlement of unused accrued leave hereto fore or hereafter made to certain members of the Army and the Air Force; which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Armed Services. GRANT OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE TO CERTAIN ALIENS UNDER SECTION 6 Of refugee rELIEF ACT OF 1953 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report granting the applications for permanent residence of certain aliens, pursuant to section 6 of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, together with a reason for such grant; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. ALIENS GRANTED PERMANENT RESIDENCE The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report granting applications for permanent residence in the United States to certain aliens under section 4 of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. SUSPENSION OF DEPORTATION OF ALIENS The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate three communications from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, reports stating all the facts and pertinent provisions of law in the cases of certain aliens whose deportation has been suspended, together with a statement of the reason for such suspension; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. REPORT OF AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report covering the receipts, expenditures, and work of the agricultural experiment stations in the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1955; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. AUDIT REPORT ON ARMY INDUSTRIAL FUND The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the audit of the Army Industrial Fund, Diamond Ordnance Fuze Laboratories, Ordnance Corps, Department of the Army, for the period September 27, 1953, to June 30, 1955; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. PETITION AND MEMORIAL The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a memorial of the Florida State Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, remonstrating against any changes which would alter the design of the central portion of the United States Capitol; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a resolution of the St. Jerome's Holy Name Society, Brooklyn, N. Y., favoring the proposed amendment to the Constitution, relative to the effect of certain treaties and other international agreements; which was ordered to lie on the table. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Mr. RUSSELL, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 8904) to amend certain laws relating to the grade of certain personnel of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps upon retirement, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 2019) thereon. Mr. RUSSELL, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1637) to extend the time limit within which recommendations for and awards of certain military decorations may be made, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 2020) thereon. Mr. STENNIS, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1961) to provide for the conveyance of part of Ethan Allen Air Force Base, Colchester, Vt., to the State of Vermont, and for other purposes, reported it with an amendment and submitted a report (No. 2021) thereon. Mr. JACKSON, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 261) authorizing the Secretary of the Army to make such transfers of supplies and equipment as may be available to The Citadel, Charleston, S. C., reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 2018) thereon. Mr. GREEN, by uanimous consent. from the Committee on Rules and Administration, to whom was referred the resolution (S. Res. 250) prohibiting the introduction of bills and joint resolutions by two or more Senators jointly, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 2022) thereon. Mr. RUSSELL, by unanimous consent. from the Committee on Appropriations. to whom was referred the bill H. R. 11177) making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 2023) thereon. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS Bills were introduced by unanimous consent, severally read the first and second times and referred as follows: By Mr. MURRAY: S. 3878. A bill directing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land situated in the State of Montana to Theresa Brost; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. By Mr. O'MAHONEY (for himself, S. 3879. A bill to supplement the antitrust laws of the United States, in order to balance the power now heavily weighted in favor of automobile manufacturers, by enabling franchise automobile dealers to bring suit in the district courts of the United States to recover twofold damages sustained by reason of the failure of automobile manufacturers to act in good faith in complying with the terms of franchises or in terminating or not renewing franchises with their dealers; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. DOUGLAS: S. 3880. A bill for the relief of Richard S. Wolffers; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. By Mr. GREEN: S. 3881. A bill authorizing the demoli tion and removal of greenhouses and otheir structures, and the replacement thereof, at the Botanic Garden, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Rules and Administration. By Mr. BEALL: S. 3882. A bill to revise and modernize the fish and game laws of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; to the Committee on the District of Columbia; By Mr. EASTLAND: S. 3883. A bill for the relief of Jew Gim Gee; S. 3884.A bill for the relief of Mrs. Seto Shun Yee; and S. 3885. A bill to provide for jury trials in condemnation proceedings in United States district courts; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. NEELY (by request): S. 3886. A bill concerning gifts of securities to minors in the District of Columbia; S. 3887. A bill to amend the act entitled "An act to provide that all cabs for hire in the District of Columbia be compelled to carry insurance for the protection of passengers, and for other purposes," approved June 29, 1938; S. 3888. A bill to amend the act entitled "An act to provide additional revenue for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved August 17, 1937, as amended; S. 3889. A bill to amend the act entitled "An act to grant additional powers to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved December 20, 1944, as amended: and S. 3890. A bill to amend the act entitled "An act to create a Board for the Condemnation of Insanitary Buildings in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved May 1, 1906, as amended; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. DIRKSEN (by request): S. 3891. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Ccde of 1954 to provide that the tax on admissions shall apply only with respect to that portion of the amount paid for any admisison which is in ex cess of $1; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. GOLDWATER: S. 3892. A bill for the relief of Mrs. Jytte Starel Synodis; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. CLEMENTS: S. 3893. A bill to authorize the furnishing without charge therefor, from data collected by the Bureau of the Census, of data necessary or useful to individuals who have filed, or who desire to file, application for old-age assistance benefits; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. ADDITIONAL COAUTHOR OF S. 3143 On motion by Mr. MCCLELLAN, and by unanimous consent. Ordered, That the names of Mr. JENNER and Mr. WOFFORD be added as coauthors of the bill (S. 3143) to establish rules of interpretation governing questions of the effect of acts of Congress on State law. MEDICAL CARE for DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF UNIFORMED SERVICES The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the message heretofore received from the House of Representatives, announcing its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 9429) to provide medical care for dependents of members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes, and asking a conference with the Senate thereon. On motion by Mr. RUSSELL, Resolved, That the Senate insist upon its amendment to the said bill, disagreed to by the House of Representatives and agree to the conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon. Ordered, That the conferees on the part of the Senate be appointed by the Acting President pro tempore; and The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore appointed Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. BYRÐ, Mr. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SALTONSTALL, and Mr. BRIDGES. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1956 The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill H. R. 10875) to enact the Agricultural Act of 1956. On motion by Mr. Young to further amend the bill by inserting a new section on page 42, after line 6, on sale of wheat for feed. A quorum being present, The question being taken on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. YOUNG, viz, on page 42, insert after line 6, the following: Sale of Wheat for Feed Sec. 213. Section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof, the following: Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions, the Corporation may sell annually not to exceed one hundred million bushels of less desirable milling quality wheat for feeding purposes: Provided, That in establishing the sales price of such wheat due consideration shall be given to the feeding value of wheat and to the effect that such sales of wheat will have on the price of feed grains." It was determined in Yeas_____ 49 the affirmative_________Nays_____ 31 So the amendment was agreed to. The bill was further amended on the motion of Mr. AIKEN, the motion of Mr. MUNDT, the motion of Mr. O'MAHONEY (for himself, Mr. BARRETT, Mr. ALLOTT, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. BIBLE, Mr. CASE of South Dakota, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. DANIEL, Mr. DWORSHAK, Mr. GOLDWATER, Mr. HRUSKA, Mr. KUCHEL, Mr. LANGER, Mr. MAGNUSON, Mr. MALONE, Mr. MANSFIELD, Mr. MURRAY, Mr. WATKINS, and Mr. WELKER). On motion by Mr. WILLIAMS to further amend the bill by striking out line 7, on page 50, and all on line 19, page 51, Clements Cotton Jenner Johnson, Tex. Johnston, S. C. Kerr Knowland Kuchel Laird Mansfield Curtis Daniel Dirksen Douglas Langer Long Magnuson Duff Dworshak Martin, Iowa Eastland Martin, Pa. Ellender McCarthy Purtell Robertson Russell Saltonstall Schoeppel Smathers Smith, Maine Smith, N. J. Sparkman Stennis Symington Thye Watkins Wiley Williams Wofford Young The question being taken on agreeing to the amendment proposed by Mr. WILLIAMS, Viz, on page 50, line 7, strike out the words "AND OTHER FEED GRAINS", and strike out all on line 19, page 51, down to and including line 19, on page 54, as amended, as follows: "(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, (1) the level of price support for the 1956 crop and, if an acreage reserve program is in effect for corn, for the 1957 crop of corn produced outside the commercial corn-producing area shall be 822 per centum of the level of price support for corn produced in the commercial corn-producing area, (2) the level of price support for the 1956 crop of each of the commodities, grain sorghums, barley, rye, and oats, shall be 76 per centum of the parity price for the commodity, and (3) if an acreage reserve program is in effect for corn, the level of price support for the 1957 crop of each of the commodities, grain sorghums, barley, rye, and oats, shall be a percentage of the parity price for the commodity which is 5 percentage points less than the percentage of the parity price announced in advance of the planting season pursuant to section 406 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, as the level of price support for corn in the commercial corn-producing area. The Secretary shall require as a condition of eligibility for such price support of the 1957 crop of each of such feed grains (corn produced outside the commercial corn-producing area, grain sorghums, barley, rye, and oats) that the producer (1) except in the case of new feed grain farms, devote an acreage on the farm to either the acreage reserve program for feed grains or the conservation reserve program equal to 15 per centum of the farm base acreage established for such feed grains under section 103 (c) hereof, and (2) not plant a total acreage of such feed grains on the farm in excess of such farm base acreage for feed grains. The acreage required to be devoted to either the acreage reserve program for feed grains or the conservation reserve program as a condition of eligibility for price support for such feed grains shall be in addition to any acreage required to be devoted to either the acreage reserve program for corn or the conservation reserve program as a condition of eligibility for price support for corn produced in the commercial corn-producing area. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section "(1) if price support for the 1957 crop of corn is made available to producers in the commercial corn producing area not meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, price support shall be made available for the 1957 crop of each of the feed grains (corn produced outside the commercial area, grain sorghums, barley, rye, and oats) to producers not meeting the foregoing requirements of this subsection at a level bearing the same relationship to the level of price support to producers of such feed grain who meet such requirements as (i) the level of price support for corn to producers in the commercial corn producing area not meeting the requirement of subsection (a) bears to (ii) the level of price support for corn to producers in such area who meet such requirements; and "(2) if price support for the 1957 crop of corn is not made available to producers in the commercial corn producing area not meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of this section, price support for the 1957 crop of each of the feed grains (corn produced outside the commercial area, grain sorghums, barley, rye, and oats) may, nevertheless, be made available to any producer who does not meet the requirements of this subsection at such level, not in excess of the level of price support to producers who meet such requirements, as the Secretary determines will facilitate the effective operation of the price support program." It was determined in Yeas__ 39 the negative_‒‒‒‒‒‒ Nays_____ 44 The yeas and nays having been heretofore ordered, Senators who voted in the affirmative |