[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 117 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 117

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service 
should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring Admiral Ben Moreell 
and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the 
            Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2014

  Mr. Lance submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service 
should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring Admiral Ben Moreell 
and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the 
            Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.

Whereas Admiral Moreell served his country with distinction during World Wars I 
        and II in the United States Navy;
Whereas President Franklin Delano Roosevelt personally selected Commander 
        Moreell to be the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Chief 
        of Civil Engineers of the Navy on December 1, 1937, and advanced him to 
        the rank of Rear Admiral;
Whereas Rear Admiral Moreell urged the construction of two giant dry-docks at 
        Pearl Harbor and initiated Navy construction projects on Midway and Wake 
        Island, which were instrumental in repairing the battleships damaged in 
        the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941;
Whereas Rear Admiral Moreell recognized the need for a militarized Naval 
        Construction force during World War II began organizing and manning 
        Naval construction units in the Pacific;
Whereas Rear Admiral Moreell gained authority from the Bureau of Navigation to 
        recruit men from the construction trades for assignment to a Naval 
        Construction Regiment composed of three Naval Construction Battalions on 
        January 5, 1942;
Whereas Rear Admiral Moreell was granted permission for the construction 
        battalions to use the name ``Seabees'', who obtained their designation 
        from the initial letters of Construction Battalion, on March 5, 1942;
Whereas Rear Admiral Moreell created the motto of the Seabees: Construimus, 
        Batuimus, ``We Build, We Fight'';
Whereas Rear Admiral Moreell became the Chief of the Navy's Material Division in 
        1943 and at the request of Vice President Truman, negotiated a 
        settlement to the national strike of oil refinery workers;
Whereas Rear Admiral Moreell became the first staff corps officer to achieve the 
        rank of Admiral in the history of the United States Navy on June 11, 
        1946;
Whereas Admiral Moreell turned his attention to industry for the next 12 years 
        as President of Turner Construction Company then as President, Chief 
        Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Jones and Laughlin Steel 
        Company;
Whereas Admiral Moreell served as Chairman of the Task Force on Water Resources 
        and Power of the Second Hoover Commission which President Herbert Hoover 
        called ``the most far-reaching and penetrating inquiry into our water 
        problems ever made in our history'';
Whereas Admiral Moreell's life was punctuated by accomplishments, awards, and 
        well-earned recognition in which he, among other things, received 12 
        honorary doctoral degrees, was elected to the National Academy of 
        Engineering and was named one of the 10 men who contributed most to the 
        advancement of construction methods in the United States between 1925 
        and 1975;
Whereas the Seabees named their Kuwait facility Camp Moreell in honor of Admiral 
        Moreell; and
Whereas Admiral Ben Moreell is known as the Father of the Navy's Seabees: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the United States Postal Service should issue a 
        commemorative postage stamp honoring Admiral Ben Moreell; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such stamp be issued.
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