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Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/12/16 : CIA-RDP61-00357R000100090025-5 1959 . Fy had 20,000. Right now we have about . 5,000 left. «Mr. GROSS. I just wondered if this might be called a bill to protect the “sons of the wild jackasses.” I withdraw my reservation of objection, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill? There was no objection. The Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: , “§ 47. Use of aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt certain wild horses or burros; pollution of watering holes “(a) Whoever uses an aircraft or a motor vehicle to hunt, for the purpose of capturing or killing, any wild unbranded horse, mare, colt, or burro running at large on any of the public land or ranges shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. “(b) Whoever pollutes or causes the pol- lution of any watering hole on any of the public land or ranges for the purpose of trap- ping, killing, wounding, or maiming any of the animals referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than $500, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. “(c) As used in subsection (a) of this section— “(1) The term ‘aircraft’ means any con- trivance used for flight in the air; and “(2) The term ‘motor vehicle’ includes an_ automobile, automobile truck, automobile wagon, motorcycle, or any other self-pro- pelled vehicle designed for running on land.” {b) The analysis of such chapter 3, im- mediately preceding section 41, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: “47, Use of aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt certain wild horses or burros.” The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. | Roemer MISUSE OF NAMES T INDICATE FEDERAL AGENCY The Clerk called the bill (S. 355) to amend title 18 of the United States Code so as to prohibit the misuse by ccllect- ing agencies or private detective agencies of names, emblems, and insignia to in- dicate Federal agency. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chap- ter 33 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “8712, Misuse of names by collecting agencies or private detective agen- cies to Indicate Federal agency “Whoever, being engaged in the business of collecting or aiding in the collection of private debts or obligations, or being en- gaged in furnishing private police, investi- gation, or other private detective services, uses as part of the firm name of such busi- ness, or employs in any communication, cor- respondence, notice, advertisement, or cir- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE cular the words ‘national,’ ‘Federal,’ or ‘United States,’ the initials ‘US.’ or any emblem, insignia, or name, for the purpose of conveying and in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the false impression that such business is a department, agency, bureau, or instrumentality of the United States or in any manner represents the United States, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.” : Sec. 2. The provisions of this section shall become effective 60 days from the enact~ ment thereof. Sec. 3. The analysis of chapter 33 of title 18 of the United States Code which im- mediately precedes section 701 of such title is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “Sec. 712. Misuse of names by collecting agencies to indicate Federal agency.” With the following committee amend- ment: On page 2, line 11, strike out “$10,000” and insert in lieu thereof “$1,000.” The committee agreed to. The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was | laid on the table. | ADDITION TO INDEPENDENCE NA- TIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ~ The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 6781) to’ authorize the Secretary of the In- terior to acquire certain additional property to be included within the Inde- pendence National Historical Park. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America is Congress assembled, That the act entitled “An act to provide for the estab- lishment of the Independence National His- torical Park, and for other purposes,” ap- proved June 28, 1948 (16 US.C. 407m and the following), Is amended by inserting im- mediately after the first section thereof the following new section:. “Src. 1A. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by donation or with donated funds, or to acquire by purchase from the Redevelopment Authority of the City-of Philadelphia, all of the land imme- diately adjacent to Old Saint Joseph’s Church, comprising an area 15,400 square feet situated on the south side of Walnut Street, Philadelphia, commencing with and including No, 324 Walnut Street and ex- tending up to and including the southeast corner of Fourth and Walnut Streets, being known and numbered and shown on the records of the city of Philadelphia at 324, 326, 328, 3380, 332, 334, and 336 Walnut Street, to be included within’ the Independ- ence National Historical Park. The Secre- tary shall first enter into an agreement with the proprietor or proprietors of such prop- erty (Old Saint Joseph’s Church), such agreement to contain the usual and cus- amendment was tomary provisions for the protection of the’ property, assuring its physical maintenance as part of the Independence National His- torical Park, without any limitation or con- trol over its use for customary church pur- poses.” See. 2. Section 6 of such act is.amended by inserting immediately after the first sen- tence thereof the following new sentence: 14691 “There are hereby authorized to be appro- priated such sums, not exceeding $46,200 as may be necessary to acquire the property referred to in section 1A of this act.” With the following committee amend- ment: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: “That the Secretary: of the Inte- rior is authorized to acquire by donation or with donated funds, or to acquire by pur- chase, from the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia the land and inter- ests in land immediately adjacent to, but. not including the Old Saint Joseph’s Church property in the city of Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, which land and interests in land are identified on the records of the city of Phila- delphia as 324, 326, 328, 330, 332, 334 and 326 Walnut Street, for inclusion in the Independ- ence National Historical Park: Provided, That the Secretary shall first enter into an agree- ment with the proprietor or proprietors of the Old Saint Joseph’s Church property, such agreement to contain the usual and custo- ‘mary provisions for the protection and physi- cal ‘maintenance of such church property, without expense to the United States, in keeping with, but not as a part of the nearby Independence National Historical Park and providing for its continued use, without limi- tation or control, for customary church purposes. “Sec. 2. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, not exceeding $46,200 as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of section 1 of this Act.” The committee agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. améndment was . REVISING ORGANIC ACT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 7870) to amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, as amended. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of. America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the “Virgin Islands Organic Act Amendments of 1959”. Src. 2. (a2) Subsection (a) of section 6 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 499; 48 USC 1572) is amended to read as follows: (a) The term of office of each member of the legislature shall be two years. The term of office of each member shall com- mence on the second Monday in January following his election: Provided, however, That the term of office of each member elected in November 1958 shall commence on the second Monday in April 1959 and shall continue until the second Monday in April 1961, and the term of office of each member elected in November 1960 shall commence on the second Monday in April 1961 and continue until the second Monday in January 1963.” (b) The first sentence of subsection (c) of section 6 of said Act is amended to read as follows: “Each member of the legislature shall be paid the sum of $600 annually, one-third on the first day of the regular session of the legislature, one-third one month after the beginning of such regular session, and one-third at the close of such regular session.” Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/12/16 : CIA-RDP61-00357R000100090025-5 Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/12/16 : CIA-RDP61-00357R000100090025-5 14692 “(c) The first sentence of subsection (a) of section 7 of said Act (68 Stat. 500; 48 U.S.C. 1573) is amended to read. as follows: “Regular sessions of the legislature shall be held annually, commencing on the second Monday in January (unless the legislature shall by law fix a different date), and shall continue in regular session for not more than sixty consecutive calendar days in any calendar year: Provided, however, That the regular annual session for each of the years 1959, 1960, and 1961, respectively, shall com- mence on the second Monday in April and shall continue in regular session for not more than sixty consecutive calendar days.” Src. 3. The second sentence of section 16(a) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 504) as amended (48 U.S.C. 1957) is further amended to com- promise two sentences to read as follows: “The head of each executive department other than the department of law shail be designated as the‘commissioner thereof, and the commissioner of finance shall be bonded. The head of the department of law shall be known as the attorney general of the Virgin Islands.” : Sec. 4. Section 27 of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1617) is amended to read as follows: “Suc. 27, The President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, ap- point a United States attorney for the Vir- gin Islands to whose office the provisions of chapter 31 of title 28, United States Code, shall apply. Except as otherwise provided by law it shail be the duty of the United States attorney to prosecute all offenses against the United States and to conduct all legal proceedings, civil and criminal, to which the Government of the United States is a party in the district court and in the inferior courts of the Virgin Islands. He shall also prosecute in the district court in the name of the government of the Virgin Islands all offenses against the laws of the Virgin Islands which are cognizable by that court unless, at his request or with his consent, the prosecution of any such case is conducted by the attorney general of the Virgin Islands. The United States attorney may, when requested by the Governor or the attorney general of the Virgin Islands, conduct any other legal proceedings to which the government of the Virgin Islands is a party in the district court or the in- ferior courts of the Virgin Islands. In the case of a vacancy in the office of United States attorney, the District Court ‘of the Virgin Islands may appoint a United States attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled. The order of appointment by the court shall be filed with the clerk of the court.” With the following committee amend- ments: : Page 2, line 8, strike out all of section (b) and insert: : “(b) Subsection (e)of section 6 of said Act is amended to read as follows: ‘Each member of the legislature shall be paid the sum of $600 annually, one-third on the first day of the regular session of the legislature, one- third one month after the beginning of such regular session, and one-third at the close of such regular session. Each member of the legislature who is away from the island of his residence shall also receive the sum of . $20 per day for each day’s attendance while the legislature is actually in session, in lieu of his expenses for subsistence, and shall be reimbursed for his actual travel expenses in going to and returning from each session, or period thereof, for not to exceed a total of eight round trips during any calendar year. The salaries, per diem, and travel allowances of the members of the legislature shall be paid by the Government of the United States: Provided, however, That nothing CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE herein shall prohibit the Virgin Islands Leg- islature from providing for payment of travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub- sistence, at rates not in excess of those’ per- mitted by the Federal Government for its employees, for members of the legislature traveling on official business outside of the Virgin Islands.’ ” ; : Page 3, line 23, strike out “compromise” and insert “comprise.” Page 4, line 11, after “apply” insert.“except that the Attorney General shall not appoint more than one assistant United States At- torney for the Virgin Islands.” The committee amendments were agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table. REASONABLE NOTICE WHEN APPLY- ING FOR INTERLOCUTORY RE- LIEP The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 7559) to provide for reasonable notice of ap- Dlications to the U.S. courts of appeals for interlocutory relief against the orders of certain administrative agencies. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the third sentence of subsection (b) of section 9 of the Act of December 29, 1950 (64 Stat. 1132; 5 U.S.C. 1089),-is amended to read as follows: “In cases where irreparable damage would otherwise ensue to the petitioner, the court of appeals may, on hearing, after rea- sonable notice to the agency and to the At- torney General, order a temporary stay or - suspension, in whole or in part, of the opera- tion of the order of the agency for not more than sixty days from the date of such order pending the hearing on the application for such interlocutory injunction, in which case such order of the court of appeals shall con- tain a specific finding, based on’ evidence submitted to the court of appeals, and iden- tified by reference thereto, that such irrepa- rable damage would result to petitioner and specifying the nature of such damage.” Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 1006 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 795; 49 U.S.C. 1486(d)) is amended to read as follows: “(d) Upon transmittal of the petition to the Board or Administrator, the court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to affirm, modify, or set aside the order complained of, in whole or in part, and if need be, to order further proceedings by the Board or Admin-~ istrator. reasonable notice to the Board or Adminis- trator, interlocutory relief may be granted by stay of the order or by such mandatory or other relief as may be appropriate.” The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to recon- sider was laid on the table, STILLHOUSE HOLLOW DAM, TEX, The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 616) to designate the dam across the Lampasas River in Texas as Stillhouse Hollow Dam. There being no objection, the Clerk read the bill, as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Upon good cause shown and after ~ “August. 17 America in Congress assembled, That the dam across the Lampasas River in Bell County, Texas, authorized to be constructed by section 11 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, is hereby designated as Stillhouse Hol- low Dam. Any law, regulation, map, docu- ment, record, or other paper of the United States in which such dam is referred to shall be held to refer to such dam by the name of Stilthouse Hollow Dam. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY- NINE PACIFIC FESTIVAL The Clerk called the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 281) authorizing and request- ing the President to issue a proclamation with respect to the 1959 Pacific Festival, and for other purposes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the present consideration of the joint resolution? . Mr. BOW. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I would like to inquire whether any Federal funds are author- ized under this resolution. Mr. MAILLIARD. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, this resolution calls for no Federal expenditure or participa- tion. It is merely a question of having the President make official the invitation that has been issued. Mr. BOW. I should like to ask wheth- er or not it provides for any study to be made as to whether Federal funds shall be appropriated in the future. Mr. MAILLIARD. None whatsoever. Mr. BOW. Does the gentleman an- ticipate there will be any Federal funds involved? Mr. MAILLIARD. There is no expec- tation of it. --This resolution simply au- thorizes it for this year without any funds and we have no plan nor do we see any need or requirement for any Federal participation. Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? ; : Mr. BOW. I yield. Mr. GROSS. I am glad the gentle- man has asked these questions. I was prepared to do so, because these procla-~ mations usually lead to further demands upon the Treasury. ' Mr. BOW. We are going to have one such tomorrow. Mr. FULTON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? ; Mr. BOW. I yield to the gentleman. Mr. FULTON. As a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs I should like to confirm what the gentle- man from California [Mr. MAaILLrarp] has said. There are no funds, no study funds for the specific festival; Second- ly, in the tradition we have had I believe it is the understanding and I would like it on the record that the President shall not invite any nation of the Pacifie rim which holds any other nation in Com- munist subjection. That will eliminate North Korea, Communist China, as well as Northern Vietnam from any invita- tion to this specific festival. : Mr. BOW. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.