[Senate Document 105-19]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

MINUTES OF THE SENATE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE 1911-1964

MINUTES OF THE SENATE REPUBLICAN
CONFERENCE

Sixty-second Congress through Eighty-eighth Congress

1911-1964

Edited by

Wendy Wolff
and
Donald A. Ritchie

U.S. Senate Historical Office

Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington
105th Congress

S. Doc. 105-19

U.S. Government Printing Office

Washington: 1999

Cover illustration: A modern view of the room in the Russell Senate Office
Building where the Republican Conference held its meetings for many years.
The room now houses the offices of the Republican Policy Committee.
Architect of the Capitol

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Senate Republican Conference (U.S.)

Minutes of the Senate Republican Conference : Sixty-second

Congress through Eighty-eighth Congress, 1911-1964 / edited by Wendy Wolff
and Donald A. Ritchie ; prepared under the direction of the Secretary of
the Senate.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. United States. Congress. Senate--History--20th century
Sources. 2. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--20th century
Sources. I. Wolff, Wendy. II. Ritchie, Donald A., 1945- . III.
United States. Congress. Senate. Office of the Secretary. IV.
Title.

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CONTENTS
Foreword.......................................... xiii
Preface........................................... xv
Introduction...................................... xvii

62nd Congress (1911-1913)

April 4, 1911................................. 2
April 26, 1911................................ 3
May 8, 1911................................... 20
June 13, 1911................................. 21
January 28, 1913.............................. 29
February 6, 1913.............................. 30
February 15, 1913............................. 31

63rd Congress (1913-1915)

March 5, 1913................................. 35
March 10, 1913................................ 36
March 13, 1913................................ 37
March 15, 1913................................ 38
April 15, 1913................................ 38
April 21, 1913................................ 39
April 22, 1913................................ 41
April 24, 1913................................ 41
May 22, 1913.................................. 42
July 2, 1913.................................. 43
July 18, 1913................................. 43
December 2, 1913.............................. 44
September 15, 1914............................ 44

64th Congress (1915-1917)

December 6, 1915.............................. 45
December 13, 1915............................. 46
March 25, 1916................................ 60
March 27, 1916................................ 60
July 11, 1916................................. 61
August 10, 1916............................... 62
January 5, 1917............................... 63
February 6, 1917.............................. 64
February 23, 1917............................. 64

65th Congress (1917-1919)

March 6, 1917................................. 67
March 7, 1917................................. 69
March 12, 1917................................ 70
April 17, 1917................................ 75
February 9, 1918.............................. 76
August 24, 1918............................... 76
October 1, 1918............................... 80
November 19, 1918............................. 81
January 22, 1919.............................. 86
February 8, 1919.............................. 88
March 1, 1919................................. 89

66th Congress (1919-1921)

May 14, 1919.................................. 91
May 26, 1919.................................. 94
May 27, 1919.................................. 99
June 2, 1919.................................. 105
May 22, 1920.................................. 112
January 21, 1921.............................. 113

67th Congress (1921-1923)

March 5, 1921................................. 115
April 12, 1921................................ 117
January 18, 1922.............................. 122
April 18, 1922................................ 128
May 25, 1922.................................. 129
May 27, 1922.................................. 131
May 31, 1922.................................. 132
June 19, 1922................................. 133
November 28, 1922............................. 135
December 2, 1922.............................. 136

68th Congress (1923-1925)

December 1, 1923.............................. 137
December 10, 1923............................. 139
April 14, 1924................................ 150
May 5, 1924................................... 150
May 6, 1924................................... 151
May 7, 1924................................... 152
November 28, 1924............................. 153
December 3, 1924.............................. 156
January 22, 1925.............................. 164
February 10, 1925............................. 164
February 14, 1925............................. 165

69th Congress (1925-1927)

March 5, 1925................................. 167
March 6, 1925................................. 169
March 7, 1925................................. 170
March 12, 1925................................ 173
March 17, 1925................................ 176
December 5, 1925.............................. 177
February 17, 1926............................. 178
March 30, 1926................................ 179
December 14, 1926............................. 183

70th Congress (1927-1929)

December 2, 1927.............................. 189
December 6, 1927.............................. 191
December 12, 1927............................. 196
December 19, 1927............................. 199
February 10, 1928............................. 201

71st Congress (1929-1931)

March 5, 1929................................. 209
April 22, 1929................................ 210
June 19, 1929................................. 214
September 19, 1929............................ 222
January 10, 1930.............................. 223
January 11, 1930.............................. 227
May 26, 1930.................................. 234
February 9, 1931.............................. 235

72nd Congress (1931-1933)

December 4, 1931.............................. 237

73rd Congress (1933-1935)

March 7, 1933................................. 241
March 8, 1933................................. 242
March 13, 1933................................ 246
April 5, 1933................................. 253
April 6, 1933................................. 257
April 7, 1933................................. 267
May 16, 1933.................................. 268
June 7, 1933.................................. 270
January 16, 1934.............................. 272
May 4, 1934................................... 274
May 8, 1934................................... 275
June 14, 1934................................. 276
June 15, 1934................................. 278

74th Congress (1935-1937)

January 7, 1935............................... 283
January 26, 1935.............................. 295
February 15, 1935............................. 296
June 2, 1936.................................. 299

75th Congress (1937-1939)

January 7, 1937............................... 301

76th Congress (1939-1941)

January 3, 1939............................... 307
January 17, 1939.............................. 309
January 25, 1939.............................. 310
April 19, 1939................................ 311
July 20, 1939................................. 312
January 5, 1940............................... 313
June 6, 1940.................................. 314

77th Congress (1941-1943)

January 4, 1941............................... 317
January 21, 1941.............................. 320
December 11, 1941............................. 325
July 14, 1942................................. 325
September 17, 1942............................ 326
September 19, 1942............................ 328

78th Congress (1943-1945)

January 8, 1943............................... 334
September 16, 1943............................ 337
November 22, 1943............................. 338
January 20, 1944.............................. 340
January 27, 1944.............................. 343
February 8, 1944.............................. 347
February 18, 1944............................. 351
February 24, 1944............................. 356
March 15, 1944................................ 359
April 28, 1944................................ 364
August 8, 1944................................ 370
August 24, 1944............................... 372
September 16, 1944............................ 373
December 15, 1944............................. 374

79th Congress (1945-1947)

January 4, 1945............................... 385
January 29, 1945.............................. 391
April 13, 1945................................ 397
May 11, 1945.................................. 400
June 9, 1945.................................. 401
June 29, 1945................................. 402
September 15, 1945............................ 405
September 22, 1945............................ 409
December 4, 1945.............................. 411
December 5, 1945.............................. 412
December 18, 1945............................. 415
January 19, 1946.............................. 416
January 23, 1946.............................. 419
February 5, 1946.............................. 421
March 18, 1946................................ 422
May 28, 1946.................................. 423
June 24, 1946................................. 424
July 13, 1946................................. 425

80th Congress (1947-1949)

December 30, 1946............................. 430
January 2, 1947............................... 440
January 4, 1947............................... 462
January 13, 1947.............................. 468
January 14, 1947.............................. 472
February 18, 1947............................. 478
March 10, 1947................................ 492
March 14, 1947................................ 505
March 22, 1947................................ 510
April 12, 1947................................ 513
May 8, 1947................................... 518
May 16, 1947.................................. 522
May 29, 1947.................................. 527
June 23, 1947................................. 529
July 8, 1947.................................. 530
November 21, 1947............................. 534
December 3, 1947.............................. 537
December 13, 1947............................. 538
January 26, 1948.............................. 547
March 18, 1948................................ 549
April 9, 1948................................. 550
June 10, 1948................................. 553
July 28, 1948................................. 554
August 4, 1948................................ 558

81st Congress (1949-1951)

January 3, 1949............................... 563
January 6, 1949............................... 577
January 10, 1949.............................. 586
January 27, 1949.............................. 592
March 15, 1949................................ 595
April 13, 1949................................ 597
May 18, 1949.................................. 598
May 26, 1949.................................. 600
June 7, 1949.................................. 603
July 26, 1949................................. 607
August 4, 1949................................ 609
January 3, 1950............................... 611
January 12, 1950.............................. 616
February 1, 1950.............................. 622
February 6, 1950 (10 a.m.).................... 624
February 6, 1950 (2:30 p.m.).................. 626
April 21, 1950................................ 633
June 14, 1950................................. 634
June 26, 1950................................. 636
August 15, 1950............................... 637
November 30, 1950............................. 645
December 15, 1950............................. 647

82nd Congress (1951-1953)

January 3, 1951............................... 653
January 8, 1951............................... 657
January 11, 1951.............................. 660
January 12, 1951.............................. 664
February 27, 1951............................. 670
April 16, 1951................................ 672
May 3, 1951................................... 674
May 21, 1951.................................. 678
June 22, 1951................................. 681
September 27, 1951............................ 682
January 8, 1952............................... 684
January 14, 1952.............................. 687
March 31, 1952................................ 689

83rd Congress (1953-1955)

January 2, 1953............................... 696
January 7, 1953............................... 702
January 13, 1953.............................. 706
March 6, 1953................................. 712
June 2, 1953.................................. 716
June 23, 1953................................. 720
June 30, 1953................................. 722
August 4, 1953................................ 724
January 12, 1954.............................. 730
March 23, 1954................................ 738
April 30, 1954................................ 740
June 3, 1954.................................. 744
June 30, 1954................................. 746
July 9, 1954.................................. 748

84th Congress (1955-1957)

January 4, 1955............................... 751
January 11, 1955.............................. 758
March 23, 1955................................ 766
May 24, 1955.................................. 775
January 5, 1956............................... 777
February 28, 1956............................. 779

85th Congress (1957-1959)

January 3, 1957............................... 783
January 7, 1957............................... 787
January 9, 1957............................... 796
March 12, 1957................................ 799
May 21, 1957.................................. 805
June 18, 1957................................. 807
July 17, 1957................................. 808
July 19, 1957................................. 810
July 26, 1957................................. 812
January 7, 1958............................... 813

86th Congress (1959-1961)

January 7, 1959............................... 817
January 14, 1959.............................. 822
January 20, 1959.............................. 830
January 21, 1959.............................. 835
February 6, 1959.............................. 840
April 20, 1959................................ 841
April 25, 1959................................ 845
January 6, 1960............................... 846
January 18, 1960.............................. 856
March 3, 1960................................. 861
March 30, 1960................................ 862
June 30, 1960................................. 864

87th Congress (1961-1963)

January 3, 1961............................... 867
January 5, 1961............................... 872
January 13, 1961.............................. 880
May 16, 1961.................................. 884
July 11, 1961................................. 888
January 10, 1962.............................. 895
February 1, 1962.............................. 903
March 13, 1962................................ 908
April 3, 1962................................. 910
May 2, 1962................................... 912
June 7, 1962.................................. 922
June 25, 1962................................. 931
July 18, 1962................................. 938
August 8, 1962................................ 940

88th Congress (1963-1965)

January 8, 1963............................... 943
January 14, 1963.............................. 949
February 19, 1963............................. 958
April 2, 1963................................. 960
May 27, 1963.................................. 961
June 6, 1963.................................. 963
June 19, 1963................................. 969
August 26, 1963............................... 971
January 29, 1964.............................. 973
April 9, 1964................................. 975
May 19, 1964.................................. 976
May 20, 1964.................................. 978
May 22, 1964.................................. 979
May 25, 1964.................................. 981
Appendix A-1: Senate Republican Conference
Chairmen........................................ 985
Appendix A-2: Senate Republican Floor Leaders..... 987
Appendix B: Members of the Senate Republican
Conference, 1911-1964........................... 989
Appendix C: Chairmen of Committees of Senate
Republican Conference, 1911-1964................ 997
Index............................................. 1001

FOREWORD

Because these minutes tell a valuable story about the evolution of our
party's organization over a crucial half century, the Advisory Committee
on the Records of Congress recommended in 1991 that they, and their
Democratic counterparts, be edited for publication.
My predecessor, Senator Thad Cochran, chairman of the Republican
Conference from 1991 to 1997, initiated the process of making these
minutes available. I am proud to join in opening this rich resource to
all who are interested in the development of political parties in the
United States Senate.

Connie Mack
Chairman, Republican Conference
PREFACE

These conference minutes add significantly to our knowledge of the
Senate's institutional development during the first two-thirds of the
twentieth century. Their publication, on the unanimous recommendation of
the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress, serves as a further
demonstration of the Senate's desire to open its historical records in a
timely and useful manner. As the Senate officer responsible for
preserving and making publicly available this body's noncurrent records,
I take particular pleasure in this volume's release. Over the past five
years, the Senate Historical Office, operating under the Secretary of
the Senate's supervision, has carefully transcribed, annotated, edited,
and indexed the minutes of both party conferences. Special thanks go to
my predecessors Walter J. Stewart and Kelly D. Johnston for coordinating
this project with the Senate's party leaders, and to party secretaries
Elizabeth B. Greene and Martin P. Paone for their generous cooperation.
Within the Senate Historical Office, I wish to acknowledge Senate
Historian Richard A. Baker, who has resolutely advocated this enterprise
almost since his appointment in 1975, and to Associate Historian Donald
A. Ritchie and Historical Editor Wendy Wolff, the two professional staff
members who did the hard work of transcribing, editing, and annotating.
Wendy Wolff also prepared the detailed index that greatly enhances this
work's reference value.

Gary Sisco
Secretary of the Senate
INTRODUCTION
The Development of Senate Party Caucuses

The authors of the United States Constitution did not anticipate
political parties and therefore made no provisions for political
organizations within Congress. Yet party caucuses--meetings open only to
members of the same party--emerged early in the histories of both the
Senate and the House of Representatives and over time became the
``fountainhead'' of political power in Congress. Caucuses, later called
conferences, took responsibility for choosing party candidates for such
officers of the Senate as the president pro tempore, the chaplain, the
secretary of the Senate, and the sergeant at arms. They also selected
the majority and minority leaders and whips, the policy committees,
steering committees, and members of all the standing and special
committees. Depending upon the particular time, the issues, the
incumbent president, the inclinations of the leadership, and the party's
numerical strength, caucuses have attempted to maintain party unity and
promote the party's program. ¹
``Caucus'' derived from an Algonquian Indian word for counselors.
Before the American Revolution, secret caucuses within the colonial
legislatures plotted opposition to British-appointed governors. By the
time the First Congress met in 1789, the term ``caucusing'' had become a
commonplace expression for any private conference of like-minded
legislators. Between 1796 and 1836, formal congressional caucuses
nominated candidates for president of the United States--until protests
against ``King Caucus'' led to the convening of national party
conventions. Less regularly during these early congresses, party
caucuses met to plan strategy dealing with legislation, nominations, and
treaties. When the Jeffersonian Republicans won control of Congress in
1800, the Federalist minority accused the majority of trying to
reconcile their differences in caucuses before debating anything in
public, thereby treating the minority as ``nullities.'' When legislation
dealing with the purchase of Louisiana reached the Senate, a Federalist
senator complained that ``the democratic senators held a Caucus last
evening in which they settled the principles of the bill--and agreed to
the same in the Senate without any debate.'' ²
Caucus innovations generally emerged from the majority party and were
later adopted by the minority. Prior to the Civil War, when Democrats
more often held the majority, the Democratic caucus originated the
practice of submitting slates of names of its members for committee
assignments (rather than have the Senate as a whole elect committee
members as was the practice before 1846). Republicans gained the
majority during the Civil War and held it for most of the remainder of
the nineteenth century. During this era, Republican senators made their
party caucus a vehicle for scheduling legislation on the floor, a
function that they eventually assigned to a steering committee within
the caucus. Republicans also established a committee on committees to
make party assignments to the standing committees. Senate Democrats
adopted similar committees during the two congresses in which they held
the majority between the Civil War and the end of the century. By
contrast, in the twentieth century Democrats held the majority more
frequently than Republicans. During these times, the Democratic
Conference invented such offices as the majority leader and the whip,
which in turn were adopted by the Republicans. ³
Senators have also attempted to exert party discipline through their
caucuses. In December 1858, the Democratic caucus voted to remove
Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas as chairman of the Committee on
Territories, because of his opposition to President James Buchanan's
plans for the organization of the Kansas territory. Similarly, in 1871,
the Senate Republican caucus deposed Massachusetts Senator Charles
Sumner as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee after he opposed
President U.S. Grant's plans to annex Santo Domingo. Senator Sumner had
also refused to acknowledge that his party caucus could limit the topics
for consideration on the floor or tie senators' hands in advance.
Nevertheless, by 1900 the two party caucuses controlled both committee
assignments and calendars and imposed what one scholar has called
``unprecedented discipline'' on roll-call votes. ⁴
The progressive reform movement at the opening of the twentieth
century had a significant impact on the congressional caucuses.
Suspicious of any exercise of power in secret meetings, the progressives
discredited the term ``caucus,'' which increasingly came to be replaced
by ``conference.'' Republicans officially designated their meetings as
conferences in 1913, while the Democrats switched from the word caucus
to conference more informally. Although the two terms continue to be
used interchangeably, ``caucus'' came to refer to those attempts at
binding the party's vote, while ``conference'' referred to the election
of officers and the general discussions of legislative business.
⁵ For instance, on April 19, 1916, while debating a tariff on
sugar, Nevada Senator Francis G. Newlands asked whether the meeting was
a conference or a caucus--that is, whether those participating in the
meeting were to be bound by its actions. The chairman declared the
meeting to be a conference and explained that it would not ``assume the
character of a caucus'' unless two-thirds of the Democratic senators
first voted to make the question ``a party question.'' At that point,
Georgia Senator Thomas W. Hardwick rose to state that unless the caucus
coerced him he would ``use every means in his power'' to prevent the
Senate from adopting the House version of the bill. But Hardwick added
that if bound by the caucus he would ``submit to such vote as a good
party man.''
A keen observer of the caucus' potential was the political scientist
Woodrow Wilson. In his book, Congressional Government, published in
1885, Wilson had argued that ``No one is the Senator. No one may speak
for his party as well as for himself; no one exercises the special trust
of acknowledged leadership.'' However, by 1908, in his study
Constitutional Government in the United States, Wilson had identified
the chairman of the majority caucus as the leader of the Senate: ``Each
party in the Senate finds its real, its permanent, its effective
organization in its caucus, and follows the leadership, in all important
political battles, of the chairman of that caucus, its organization and
leadership alike resting upon arrangements quite outside the
Constitution, for which there is no better and no other sanction than
human nature.'' ⁶
Republican Conference Overview

Founded in 1854, the Republican party became the majority party in the
Senate in 1861, as the Democratic members from the seceding states
withdrew or were expelled from the body. The party continued to control
the Senate throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction until 1879, when
the Democrats gained the majority for a single Congress. Thereafter, the
Republicans were again in the majority until 1913, except for the two
years from 1893 to 1895. In fact, Republicans organized the Senate for
sixty-four of the seventy-two years between 1861 and 1933, when the
worsening depression cost the party its majority status. ⁷
During these years, the Republican caucus met privately to hold
discussions designed to foster party unity on legislation and other
matters. The caucus also made committee assignments through a Committee
on Committees; scheduled legislation through a Committee on the Order of
Business, informally known as the Steering Committee; and filled Senate
patronage positions when in the majority. The chairman of the Conference
appointed all three committees.
During the 1870s, the caucus chairman, Henry B. Anthony of Rhode
Island, had little power beyond choosing the members of the Committee on
Committees. Although the caucus tried to determine the order of Senate
business, members did not feel bound by caucus decisions, since there
was no effective mechanism to enforce obedience. (The caucus'
willingness in 1871 to remove Charles Sumner from the chairmanship of
the Foreign Relations Committee, as mentioned above, owed more to the
Massachusetts senator's embarrassing refusal to moderate his feud with
the Republican president and secretary of state than it did to his
opposition to party policy.) By the 1880s the caucus appointed a
Steering Committee to make recommendations on the order of business in
the Senate, but it did not require members to follow party policy in
floor votes. ⁸
By 1900, the party had become more organized in the Senate thanks to
strong leadership from William B. Allison of Iowa (who served as
Republican caucus chairman from 1897 to 1908), Nelson Aldrich of Rhode
Island (chairman of the Senate Finance Committee), and a group of
charismatic and powerful colleagues. As caucus chairman, Allison quickly
began exerting control over the party. He appointed himself to chair the
Steering Committee and named the members of the Committee on Committees,
although committee chairmen were generally chosen on the basis of
seniority. His position gave him the power to enforce decisions through
committee assignments and control of the legislative process.
⁹
The use of patronage to fill Senate staff positions was a major
concern of the Conference in its early days. Although originally the
caucus voted on each position, by the late nineteenth century it had
adopted the more equitable approach of assigning each Republican senator
a certain number of appointments. From 1911 to 1929, whenever the party
was in the majority, a patronage committee of the Conference made a
detailed review of all Senate employees and recommended which positions
should be considered nonpolitical and which should be available for
senators to fill.
As the Republican caucus evolved, it began electing officers in
addition to a chairman, beginning with a Conference secretary in the
mid-1890s. No formal minutes exist prior to April 4, 1911, when the
Conference elected Charles Curtis of Kansas as secretary. ¹⁰
At that time, the Senate had seventy-two committees, many of which had
no function except to provide office space and a clerk to their
chairmen. (With so many committees, it was even possible to grant
chairmanships to senior members of the minority party.) At the beginning
of each Congress, the party's Committee on Committees was responsible
for making Republican assignments to all seventy-two. In 1921 the
Republican Conference supported a change in Senate rules that reduced
the number of committees from seventy-two to thirty-four.
The selection of official party leaders to manage legislation on the
Senate floor did not begin until the 1920s. Although Massachusetts
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, as Republican Conference chairman, was
essentially the party's floor leader from 1918 to 1924, Charles Curtis
in 1925 became the first Republican to be officially elected floor
leader. Curtis also continued to hold the Conference chairmanship. A
decade earlier, the Republicans had elected Curtis as whip to help move
legislation on the floor and ensure that senators were present to vote,
a position he held from 1915 until his election as floor leader in 1925.
He served as majority leader until he won election as vice president in
1928. ¹¹
When the Republicans held the majority, the Conference selected its
candidates for the Senate's officers--the secretary of the Senate, the
sergeant at arms, and the chaplain. Even when in the minority, the party
offered a slate of candidates, although without expecting them to win
election in the full Senate. In 1933, the Republican Conference chose a
longtime staff member, Carl A. Loeffler, to serve as the first party
secretary (the official title is usually ``secretary to the majority''
or ``secretary to the minority'' depending on the circumstances). A
preface at the beginning of these minutes indicates that, in practice,
Loeffler had been in charge of the Republican Conference minutes from
their inception in 1911. ¹²
Senate Republicans used their conference as a forum for discussion
rather than as an instrument to enforce party discipline. In February
1913 the Republican caucus started calling itself a ``conference,''
implying that its positions were not binding on its members. A dozen
years later, on March 12, 1925, the Conference members made this point
explicit by adopting a resolution:
To make clear and beyond question the long-settled policy of
Republicans that our conferences are not caucuses or of
binding effect upon those participating therein but are
meetings solely for the purpose of exchanging views to
promote harmony and united action so far as possible.

When the Republican Conference adopted its first formal rules in 1944,
Rule VI reiterated this point, stating:
No action by the Conference upon any matter pending or to be
proposed in the Senate shall be binding in any way on
members in casting their votes thereon. ¹³

This Conference rule remains in effect.
The Republican Conference, 1911-1965

These minutes cover a sweep of fifty-four years. During this time, the
Republican party in the Senate evolved from a relatively informal
grouping to a highly organized and effective operation with a
professional staff.
In 1911, near the end of a long stretch as the majority party, the
Republican Conference elected Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois as chairman.
Two years later, as the Democrats gained control of both the House and
the Senate, Jacob Gallinger of New Hampshire succeeded Cullom as
Conference chairman in March 1913. During his tenure, the Conference was
concerned with United States efforts at neutrality and later with the
country's entry into World War I.

In the Majority

When Gallinger died in August 1918, the party elected Henry Cabot
Lodge chairman, just as the war was ending and postwar planning began.
Starting in 1919, with Republicans once more in control of the Senate,
Lodge also chaired the Foreign Relations Committee and thus was in a
powerful position to influence Senate action on the Treaty of
Versailles, which he persuaded the Senate to reject.
During the 1920s, the Conference devoted increasing attention to
legislation and the order of Senate business. Starting in late 1924 and
continuing as long as the party remained in the majority, the Committee
on Order of Business (Steering Committee) regularly submitted to the
Conference detailed lists of measures to be considered in order of
priority.
Although the Republicans held a margin of ten over the Democrats in
1923, Lodge faced a rebellion by six progressive Republican senators,
who--combined with the two Farmer-Labor senators--were able to hold the
balance of power, blocking election of one committee chairman for so
long that the office ultimately went to a Democrat. Then, in the 1924
election, Republican Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin ran for
president on the Progressive ticket in opposition to incumbent
Republican President Calvin Coolidge. In November 1924, after Coolidge's
reelection increased Republican majorities in Congress, the Conference
voted that La Follette and the senators who had bolted the party should
not be invited to attend Republican conferences and should not receive
Republican committee assignments. Two years later, however, after the
1926 election reduced the Republican margin of control, the Conference
reinstated the senators who had been denied Republican committee
assignments.
When Charles Curtis was inaugurated vice president in March 1929, the
Republican Conference chose James E. Watson of Indiana as its chairman
and floor leader. Following the stock market crash of 1929 and the onset
of the Great Depression, Republican numbers declined in the Senate. From
1931 to 1932, they had only a slim margin, enabling twelve progressive
Republicans to hold the balance of power.

In the Minority

The 1932 election brought the Democrats to power in both the White
House and Congress. In the minority in 1933, the Republicans elected
Charles McNary of Oregon as Conference chairman and floor leader. During
the New Deal, the Conference devoted considerable time to responding to
the flood of legislation that was rushing through Congress. Down to 25
members in 1935, the Republican Conference decided against electing a
whip or assistant leader or appointing a Steering Committee; instead,
McNary was authorized to appoint senators to help temporarily as needed.
That policy continued until the party's fortunes improved in 1944. Also
in 1935, the Conference for the first time reached out to recruit allies
who were not officially Republicans. It invited Henrik Shipstead, a
Farmer-Labor senator from Minnesota, and Robert La Follette, Jr.,
previously a Republican but reelected in 1934 as a Progressive, to
attend Conference meetings. (While neither attended conferences that
year, both received their committee assignments from the Republicans.
Shipstead became a Republican six years later, in 1941.)
McNary ran unsuccessfully for vice president in 1940 on the Republican
ticket headed by Wendell Willkie. During the campaign, Warren Austin of
Vermont served as acting chairman of the Republican Conference. When
McNary became ill in November 1943, Conference Secretary Wallace H.
White, Jr., of Maine served as acting floor leader for the remainder of
the Seventy-eighth Congress, even after McNary died in February 1944. To
broaden the party leadership at a time when Republican ranks were again
growing, the Conference elected Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan as
acting Conference chairman. This decision marked the beginning of the
Republican practice of dividing the principal leadership posts among
different individuals. Unlike the Democratic Conference, in which the
floor leader also served as Conference chairman and as chairman of the
Policy Committee, the Republicans since that time have continued to
separate the three positions. ¹⁴
In 1943 an important new player moved into a leading role in the
Conference. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, who had entered the Senate in 1939,
encouraged the Conference to organize for the postwar world and develop
a set of operating rules, since the Republicans were once again gaining
numbers in the Senate. Under the chairmanship of Taft, a five-member
committee prepared a report and a set of draft Conference rules covering
election of officers, duties of officers, and special committees of the
Conference. The rules, as initially adopted in February 1944, provided
for election of a chairman, vice chairman, floor leader, assistant floor
leader, and whip, as well as a secretary. In December of that year, the
Conference amended the rules to remove the vice chairman and assistant
floor leader from the list, requiring only election of a chairman,
secretary, floor leader, and whip. After creation of the Policy
Committee in 1947, the chairman of that committee was added to the list,
as was a chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in
1980. In 1969 the title of whip was changed to ``assistant floor
leader.'' ¹⁵
Taft's committee also recommended reconstituting the Senate Republican
Steering Committee of nine members to ``consider the legislative program
in the Senate . . . and present recommendations for action by the
Conference.'' On March 15, 1944, Acting Conference Chairman Arthur
Vandenberg appointed the members of this committee, with Robert Taft as
its chairman. Under Taft's leadership, the Senate Republican Steering
Committee hired a research assistant to help coordinate a postwar
legislative program for the Republicans. The Steering Committee also
began meeting jointly with a similar House committee in January 1945, in
an effort to devise a statement of Republican principles regarding
postwar legislation, and with the ultimate goal of regaining the
majority in Congress. The Conference, which during this period was
considering measures designed to aid the transition from a wartime to a
peacetime economy, approved the resulting statement in December 1945.
In the post-World War II era, the Conference considered the need to
improve the organization of the Senate as a whole, especially to reduce
the number of committees and committee assignments. These concerns,
shared by many inside and outside of Congress, led to creation in 1945
of a Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, whose
recommendations led to passage of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946. Taking effect at the beginning of the Eightieth Congress in 1947,
the act provided staff for members and reduced the number of House and
Senate standing committees (cutting the Senate's standing committees
from thirty-three to fifteen). The joint committee had also recommended
creating majority and minority policy committees in each house as a way
of developing and coordinating legislative policy, but objection by
House Speaker Sam Rayburn--who saw such committees as a threat to his
own power--prevented inclusion of that requirement in the new law.
Instead, the Senate policy committees were provided for in an
appropriations bill. In December 1946, after Republicans regained the
majority in that fall's election, the Conference formally voted to make
its Republican Steering Committee, under the chairmanship of Robert
Taft, the official ``Majority Policy Committee'' required by the new
law.

The Eightieth Congress

Once more in control of the House and Senate in 1947, the Republicans
were in a position to focus on initiating legislation. They particularly
emphasized cutting the federal budget, which set the stage for conflict
with Democratic President Harry Truman. Some of the large class of newly
elected Republican senators, seeking to be more closely involved in
determining party policy, urged holding frequent conferences to discuss
policy issues and asked that some freshmen senators be named to the
Policy Committee. Conference Chairman Eugene Millikin of Colorado agreed
to hold a conference every two weeks, and the Conference met almost that
often during the spring of 1947. (The Conference held more meetings--
twenty-four--during the Eightieth Congress than in any previous or
subsequent Congress covered in this volume.) In some instances, the
Conference authorized the Policy Committee to determine party strategy,
as it did in the dispute over seating Mississippi Democrat Theodore
Bilbo, who was charged with improper campaign practices. During the
session, the Policy Committee outlined to the Conference its recommended
legislative program, and the Conference itself held lengthy discussions
of such issues as aid to Greece and Turkey, amending labor legislation,
and ending some wartime economic controls.
In both 1947 and 1948, President Truman called extraordinary sessions
of Congress to deal with domestic issues. When the Republican-dominated
Eightieth Congress failed to pass his initiatives, he made the ``do-
nothing'' Congress the focus of his successful 1948 presidential
campaign. In late July 1948, the Conference tried to limit the political
damage by issuing a statement that ``serious legislative problems cannot
be satisfactorily handled in the midst of a political campaign'' and
asserting that the conflict with the president stemmed not from
Congress' failure to act but from ``a fundamental difference in
government philosophy.'' Still, in November Truman not only won the
election but the Democrats also regained control of Congress.

In and Out of Power

Four years later, with Dwight D. Eisenhower's election as president in
1952, Republicans won back control of Congress. The margin in the Senate
was so narrow, however, that the deaths of nine senators during the
Eighty-third Congress (including that of Senate Majority Leader Robert
Taft) shifted the party totals on several occasions to make the party
balance even or at some points actually give the Democrats an edge.
Despite these shifts, the Republicans retained the leadership offices
and committee chairmanships throughout the Congress, thanks in part to
the potentially deciding vote of Republican Vice President Richard M.
Nixon.
In 1957, following the retirement of longtime Conference Chairman
Eugene Millikin, the Republicans--once again in the minority--elected
Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts to chair the Conference. As junior
senators pressed to have more access to the Policy Committee, that
committee decided to invite all Republican senators to attend a weekly
luncheon meeting in the Capitol as a way of encouraging party unity. The
luncheons proved to be a successful and continuing institution.
Over the years, newer senators exerted increasing pressure to revise
the Conference's method of making committee assignments. The old system
allowed each senior senator to choose several of the most powerful
committees, filling slots on such committees long before the junior
members had a chance to be selected. Finally, in 1965, the Republican
Conference adopted a rules change that designated the four most popular
committees--Appropriations, Armed Services, Finance, and Foreign
Relations--as ``excepted'' committees. All new assignments would be made
by allowing each Republican senator in order of seniority to select one
such committee. No senator could request a second of these important
committees until all Republican senators had had an opportunity to
select one.
With the coming of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations in the
1960s, the Conference, although still in the minority, held lengthy
discussions of such pending measures as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
proposals that became the Medicare program in 1965. Although the
Republican party's fortunes must have seemed at a low ebb in 1964, the
cutoff date for this publication, the Conference was making changes that
would help position the party in the Senate to make gains in both
numbers and influence in the coming years.
Editorial Method

This publication represents a transcription of the original typed
copies of the Republican Conference minutes, which were in the keeping
of the Conference until 1996, when the Conference chairman arranged for
their transfer to the Senate Historical Office. The original bound
typescripts through 1964 have been transmitted to the National Archives,
where they will be available to researchers. The minutes have been
reproduced in their entirety, along with many but not all of the
attachments. Minutes of the Committee on Committees, which were bound
with the Conference minutes, are also included here.
The format of the original minutes has been retained as much as
possible, with a few minor rearrangements due to space considerations.
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, and minor
changes have been made for uniformity of style in capitalization and
punctuation. In general, spelling has not been altered, so that a word
like ``subcommittee'' may be spelled in a variety of ways over the
fifty-four year period of these minutes.
Editorial notes have been added in square brackets at the beginning of
each Congress. Occasional explanatory footnotes also appear in brackets
to differentiate them from the original footnotes contained in
attachments to the minutes.
During some periods, especially the 1930s and 1950s, copies of bills
and committee reports under discussion by the Conference were bound with
the Conference minutes. Since many of these measures were too lengthy to
include here, the key information (bill number, whether as reported or
passed by House or Senate, report number, etc.) is shown at the point
where the document appears in the minutes, with an indication of the
page number where it may be found in the original set of the minutes at
the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Senator Thad Cochran, chairman of the Republican Conference from 1991
to 1997, was instrumental in making these minutes available.

Wendy Wolff
Donald A. Ritchie

Senate Historical Office
Notes

1. Remarks by Senator William Proxmire, Congressional Record, 23
February 1959, 86th Congress, 1st sess., p. 2814.
2. Robert Luce, Legislative Procedure: Parliamentary Practices and the
Course of Business in the Framing of Statutes (New York: Da Capo Press,
1972 [1922]), 506-10; Noble E. Cunningham, Jr., The Process of
Government Under Jefferson (Princeton: Princeton University Press,
1978), pp. 280-82.
3. U.S., Congress, Senate, The Senate, 1789-1989: Addresses on the
History of the United States Senate, by Robert C. Byrd, S. Doc. 100-20,
100th Congress, 1st sess., vol. 2, 1991, p. 219.
4. David J. Rothman, Politics and Power: The United States Senate, 1868-
1901 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966), pp. 4, 18-25.
5. George H. Haynes, The Senate of the United States: Its History and
Practice (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938), vol. 1, pp. 474-89.
6. Woodrow Wilson, Congressional Government: A Study in American
Politics (Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1956 [1885]), p. 147;
Woodrow Wilson, Constitutional Government in the United States (New
York; Columbia University Press, 1908), p. 133.
7. Byrd, The Senate, 1789-1989, Vol. IV, Historical Statistics: 1789-
1992, pp. 417-18.
8. David J. Rothman, Politics and Power: The United States Senate, 1869-
1901 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966), pp. 17-30, 42, 44, 54,
60.
9. Horace Samuel Merrill and Marion Galbraith Merrill, The Republican
Command, 1897-1913 (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1971),
p. 17.
10. Gerald Gamm and Steven S. Smith, ``The Emergence of Senate
Leadership, 1881-1946,'' April 1997 (unpublished manuscript in the files
of the Senate Historical Office).
11. Byrd, Historical Statistics, pp. 502, 506.
12. Ibid., p. 510.
13. Now Rule VII. See History, Rules & Precedents of the Senate
Republican Conference, 105th Congress, revised March 1997.
14. Byrd, Historical Statistics, pp. 504, 511.
15. History, Rules & Precedents of the Senate Republican Conference.
PREFACE

Prior to April 4, 1911, no minutes were kept of Conferences held by the
Republican members of the United States Senate.
The suggestion to do so originated with Senator Boies Penrose, and
thereafter a written record of proceedings was begun under the direction
of a Senator chosen as Secretary of the Conference.
Acting as custodian of these minutes from April 4, 1911, to June 2,
1936, I have completed an index, and include it, to form Volume Number
One. ¹
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Carl A. Loeffler
Secretary for the Minority
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APRIL 4, 1911
Sixty-second Congress (1911-1913)

[Editor's note: In an effort to ensure party cohesion, the Republican
Conference (called the Republican Caucus until February 1913) had begun
holding meetings shortly after the Civil War when it was engaged in a
power struggle with President Andrew Johnson over Reconstruction. During
the 1890s, Republicans began to feel an increasing need to enforce party
regularity because a group of western Silver Republicans and Populists
held the balance of power in the Senate. Previous caucus chairmen
exerted little power, but in 1897 Appropriations Committee Chairman
William B. Allison of Iowa was elected as Conference chairman. Under his
leadership, the Conference and its Steering Committee developed
considerable influence over the legislative process.
Allison died in 1908. In the 1910 election, Republicans lost control
of the House, and their majority in the Senate also shrank. Thus, during
the Sixty-second Congress when the party conference began keeping
minutes, the Republicans held a majority of 52 to 44 in the Senate, with
Republican President William Howard Taft in the White House, while
Democrats controlled the House. Then, in the 1912 presidential election,
came the Republican party split, when Taft was the Republican nominee
and Theodore Roosevelt ran on the Progressive ticket. Democrat Woodrow
Wilson won the presidency, and Democrats took control of the Senate as
well. Consequently, the Republican Conference meetings in January and
February 1913 reflected the party's effort to pass legislation quickly
before the new Democratic Congress convened in March.
Preferring not to call their Conference a caucus, Republicans consider
the Conference a forum for discussion of party positions that in no way
binds the Senate votes of its members.]
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[April 4, 1911]

APRIL 4, 1911
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
April 4, 1911

The first caucus of the 62nd Congress was called to order in the Marble
Room of the Senate by Senator William P. Frye, of Maine, at 2:12 p.m.,
April 4, 1911.
Senator Frye declined to serve as Chairman of the Caucus and suggested
Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois for the chairmanship.
The question was put and Senator Cullom was unanimously elected
Chairman.
Senator Penrose nominated Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas for
Secretary, and, upon the question being put, he was unanimously elected.
The roll was then called and the following Senators responded to their
names:

Messrs. Borah, Bourne, Bradley, Brandegee, Briggs, Bristow,
Brown, Burnham, Burton, Clapp, Clark of Wyoming, Crane,
Crawford, Cullom, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, Dixon, du
Pont, Frye, Gallinger, Gamble, Gronna, Guggenheim, Heyburn,
Jones, La Follette, Lippitt, Lodge, Lorimer, McCumber,
McLean, Nelson, Nixon, Oliver, Page, Penrose, Perkins,
Richardson, Root, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Stephenson,
Sutherland, Townsend, Warren, Wetmore, Works, and Young.

The roll call developed the presence of every Republican Senator who had
qualified to date. Total being 49.
Senator Gallinger moved that the Chairman of the Caucus (Senator Cullom)
be authorized to appoint a Committee on Committees to consist of eleven
members.
The motion was put and carried unanimously.
Senator Warren moved that the Chairman of the Caucus be authorized to
appoint a Committee on Order of Business to consist of eleven members,
and that the Chairman of the Caucus be ex officio a member of the
Committee.
The motion was put and carried unanimously.
Mr. Dixon spoke on the question of authorizing the Committee on
Committees or a special committee to look into senatorial patronage.
A general debate followed on this subject, participated in by Senators
Warren, Penrose and Smoot.
Senator Dixon moved that the Chairman of the Caucus be authorized to
appoint a Committee to look into senatorial patronage and report to the
Caucus.
The motion was put and carried unanimously.
Chairman Cullom informed the Caucus it would take him two or three days
to prepare a list of Committees.
Senator Penrose moved that the Caucus adjourn subject to the call of the
Chairman.
The question was put and carried unanimously, and the Caucus adjourned
at two o'clock and thirty minutes p.m.

[signed] Charles Curtis

Secretary.

Acting under authority conferred upon him by the Republican caucus of
April 4, 1911, the Chairman, Senator Cullom, appointed the following
committees:
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

Messrs. Gallinger of New Hampshire, Lodge of Massachusetts, Warren of
Wyoming, Penrose of Pennsylvania, Heyburn of Idaho, Smoot of Utah, La
Follette of Wisconsin, Bourne of Oregon, Cummins of Iowa, Bradley of
Kentucky, and Bristow of Kansas.
STEERING COMMITTEE

Messrs. Cullom of Illinois, Gallinger of New Hampshire, Clark of
Wyoming, Nelson of Minnesota, Gamble of South Dakota, Brandegee of
Connecticut, William Alden Smith of Michigan, Borah of Idaho, Brown of
Nebraska, Briggs of New Jersey, and Jones of Washington.
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[April 26, 1911]

APRIL 26, 1911
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
April 26, 1911

The Republican Caucus met in the Marble Room of the Senate at three
o'clock p.m., April 26, 1911, and was called to order by the Chairman,
Senator Cullom.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Borah, Bourne, Brandegee, Briggs, Bristow, Brown, Burnham,
Burton, Clapp, Crane, Cullom, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, Dixon, du
Pont, Gallinger, Gamble, Gronna, Guggenheim, Heyburn, Jones, Kenyon,
La Follette, Lippitt, Lodge, McCumber, Nelson, Nixon, Oliver, Page,
Penrose, Perkins, Poindexter, Richardson, Smith of Michigan, Smoot,
Stephenson, Sutherland, Townsend, Warren, Wetmore, Works. Total 43.

Senator Gallinger, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, made the
following report for committee assignments of Republican Senators for
the Sixty-second Congress, to wit:

Additional Accommodations for the
Library of Congress

Cullom
Nelson
Poindexter - ²
² [These lines appear in the original minutes, but there is
no indication of their meaning.]

Agriculture and Forestry

Burnham, chairman
Warren
Perkins
Guggenheim
Page
Crawford -
Bradley -
Lorimer -
Gronna -

Appropriations

Warren, chairman
Perkins
Gallinger
Curtis
Gamble -
Smoot -
Nixon -
Dixon -
Bourne -
Wetmore -

To Audit and Control the Contingent
Expenses of the Senate

Briggs, chairman -
Dillingham -
Bristow -

Canadian Relations

Oliver, chairman -
Cummins
Burton
Root
McLean -

The Census

La Follette, chairman
Guggenheim
Cummins
du Pont -
McLean -
Townsend -
Lippitt -

Civil Service and Retrenchment

Cummins, chairman
La Follette
Lodge
Smoot
Borah
Dixon
Gallinger -

Claims

Crawford, chairman
Smoot
Bristow
Oliver
Bradley
Page -
Jones -
McLean -
Townsend -

Coast and Insular Survey

Townsend, chairman -
Richardson
Frye
Cullom
Works -

Coast Defenses

Curtis, chairman -
Nixon
du Pont
Crane
Root
Works -

Commerce

Frye, chairman
Nelson
Perkins
Smith of Michigan
Bourne
Burton
Burnham -
Stephenson -
Crawford -
Oliver -

Conservation of National Resources

Dixon, chairman
Clark of Wyoming
Dillingham
Briggs
Guggenheim
Jones
Richardson -
Gronna -
Townsend -

Corporations Organized in the District
of Columbia

Brown
La Follette
Lippitt -

Cuban Relations

Page, chairman -
Burnham
Clapp
Curtis
Crane -
Kenyon -

Disposition of Useless Papers in the
Executive Departments

Burnham -

District of Columbia

Gallinger, chairman
Dillingham
Curtis -
Jones -
Oliver -
Lorimer -
Works -
Kenyon -

Education and Labor

Borah, chairman
Penrose
du Pont -
Page -
McLean -
Kenyon -

Engrossed Bills

Lodge
Burton

Enrolled Bills

Stephenson, chairman
Gronna -

To Examine the Several Branches of the
Civil Service

Richardson
Crawford
Perkins -
Townsend -

Expenditures in the Department of
Agriculture

Lippitt, chairman -
Stephenson
Gronna -

Expenditures in the Interior Department

Poindexter, chairman -
McCumber
Frye -

Expenditures in the Department of
Justice

Bradley, chairman
Burnham
Borah -

Expenditures in the Navy Department

Gronna, chairman -
Dillingham
Bradley -

Expenditures in the Post Office
Department

Bristow, chairman
Smith of Michigan
Penrose -

Expenditures in the Department of State

Kenyon, chairman -
Warren
La Follette

Expenditures in the Treasury Department

Burton, chairman
Briggs
Works -

Expenditures in the War Department

Works, chairman -
du Pont
Cullom

Finance

Penrose, chairman
Cullom
Lodge
McCumber
Smoot
Gallinger -
Clark of Wyoming -
Heyburn -
La Follette -

Fisheries

Jones, chairman
Bourne
Perkins
Briggs
Curtis -

Five Civilized Tribes of Indians

Clapp
Curtis
Smith of Michigan

Foreign Relations

Cullom, chairman
Frye
Lodge
Smith of Michigan
Root
McCumber -
Sutherland -
Borah -
Burton -

Forest Reservations and the Protection
of Game

McLean, chairman -
Perkins
Burnham
Lodge
Poindexter -

Geological Survey

Briggs
Wetmore -
Page -
Kenyon -

Immigration

Lodge, chairman
Dillingham
Penrose
Brown
Richardson
Burton -
Gronna -

Indian Affairs

Gamble, chairman
Clapp
McCumber
Sutherland
La Follette
Curtis
Brown
Dixon
Page

Indian Depredations

Dixon
Stephenson
Crawford
Brandegee -
Lippitt -

Industrial Expositions

Root, chairman
Jones
Crane
Stephenson
Oliver
Gronna -
Works -

Interoceanic Canals

Brandegee, chairman
Borah
Crawford
Bristow
Perkins -
Page -
Jones -
Townsend -

Interstate Commerce

Clapp, chairman
Cullom
Crane
Nixon
Cummins
Brandegee -
Oliver -
Lippitt -
Townsend -

To Investigate Trespassers Upon Indian
Lands

Bradley
Richardson -
Poindexter -

Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands

Nixon, chairman
Warren
Sutherland
Borah
Jones
Brandegee -
Works -

Joint Committee on the Revision of the
Laws of the United States

Heyburn, chairman
Sutherland

The Judiciary

Clark of Wyoming, chairman
Nelson
Dillingham
Sutherland
Brandegee
Borah
Brown -
Cummins -
Root -

The Library

Wetmore, chairman
Briggs
Cummins
Root
Burton

Manufactures

Heyburn, chairman
Oliver
Lorimer
La Follette -
Cummins -
McLean -

Military Affairs

du Pont, chairman
Warren
Dixon
Briggs
Brown
Guggenheim -
Bristow -
Jones -
Lorimer -

Mines and Mining

Lorimer, chairman -
Heyburn
Nixon
Sutherland
Guggenheim
Poindexter -

Mississippi River and its Tributaries

Brown
Burton
Stephenson -
Wetmore -

Naval Affairs

Perkins, chairman
Penrose
Wetmore
Clapp
Lodge -
Smith of Michigan -
Page -
Poindexter -

Pacific Islands and Porto ³
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Richardson, chairman
Clapp
Lorimer
Nelson -
Burnham -
Brandegee -
Poindexter -

Pacific Railroads

Frye
Smith of Michigan
Stephenson
McCumber -
Brown -

Patents

Brown, chairman
Brandegee
Kenyon -
Works -

Pensions

McCumber, chairman
Burnham
Smoot
Curtis
du Pont
Brown -
Bradley -
Poindexter -

The Philippines

Guggenheim, chairman
Lodge
Nixon
Heyburn
Bristow -
Crawford -
McLean -
Lippitt -

Post Offices and Post Roads

Bourne, chairman
Penrose
Crane
Guggenheim
Briggs -
Richardson -
Bradley -
Bristow -
Lorimer -

Printing

Smoot, chairman
Gallinger
Richardson
Page -
Kenyon -

Private Land Claims

Smith of Michigan
Oliver
Lorimer
Gronna -

Privileges and Elections

Dillingham, chairman
Gamble
Heyburn
Clapp -
Sutherland -
Bradley -
Jones -
Oliver -
Kenyon -

Public Buildings and Grounds

Sutherland, chairman -
Warren
Heyburn
Wetmore
Gamble
du Pont
Stephenson
Bourne -
Poindexter -

Public Health and National Quarantine

Smoot
Crawford
Crane -
Gronna -
Lippitt -
Works -

Public Lands

Nelson, chairman
Clark of Wyoming
Gamble
Smoot
Heyburn
Dixon
Jones
Guggenheim -
Works -

Railroads

Clark of Wyoming
Nelson
Bourne
Bristow
Penrose -
McCumber -

Revolutionary Claims

Bradley
Root
Borah -

Rules

Crane, chairman
Warren
Gallinger -
Nelson -
Cummins -

Standards, Weights and Measures

Borah
Clapp -
Gamble -

Territories

Smith of Michigan, chairman -
Nelson
Burnham
Brown -
Bristow -
McLean -
Lippitt -

Transportation Routes to the Seaboard

Clark of Wyoming
McCumber -
Brandegee -
Bourne -
Burton -

Transportation and Sale of Meat Products

Clark of Wyoming
Nixon
Townsend -

University of the United States

Frye
Dillingham
Curtis
Wetmore
Dixon
Cummins -

Woman Suffrage

Wetmore
du Pont -
Bourne -

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After submitting said report Senator Gallinger also made a report giving
the committee assignments of each Republican Senator, to wit:

Mr. Borah............................... Education and Labor, chairman
Civil Service and Retrenchment
Expenditures in the Department
of Justice
Foreign Relations
Interoceanic Canals
Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands
Judiciary
Revolutionary Claims
Standards, Weights, and
Measures

Mr. Bourne.............................. Post Offices and Post Roads,
chairman
Appropriations
Commerce
Fisheries
Public Buildings and Grounds
Railroads
Transportation Routes to the
Seaboard
Woman Suffrage

Mr. Bradley............................. Expenditures in the Department
of Justice, chairman
Agriculture and Forestry
Claims
Expenditures in the Navy
Department
Investigate Trespassers upon
Indian Lands
Pensions
Post Offices and Post Roads
Privileges and Elections
Revolutionary Claims

Mr. Brandegee........................... Interoceanic Canals
Indian Depredations
Interstate Commerce
Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands
Judiciary
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico
Patents
Transportation Routes to the
Seaboard

Mr. Briggs.............................. Audit and Control the
Contingent Expenses of the
Senate, chairman
Conservation of National
Resources
Expenditures in the Treasury
Department
Fisheries
Geological Survey
Library
Military Affairs
Post Offices and Post Roads

Mr. Bristow............................. Expenditures in the Post
Office Department, chairman
Audit and Control the
Contingent Expenses of the
Senate
Claims
Interoceanic Canals
Military Affairs
Philippines
Post Offices and Post Roads
Railroads
Territories

Mr. Brown............................... Patents, chairman
Corporations Organized in the
District of Columbia
Immigration
Indian Affairs
Judiciary
Military Affairs
Mississippi River and its
Tributaries
Pacific Railroads
Pensions
Territories

Mr. Burnham............................. Agriculture and Forestry,
chairman
Commerce
Cuban Relations
Disposition of Useless Papers
in the Executive Departments
Expenditures in the Department
of Justice
Forest Reservations and the
Protection of Game
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico
Pensions
Territories

Mr. Burton.............................. Expenditures in the Treasury
Department, chairman
Canadian Relations
Commerce
Engrossed Bills
Foreign Relations
Immigration
Library
Mississippi River and its
Tributaries
Transportation Routes to the
Seaboard

Mr. Clapp............................... Interstate Commerce, chairman
Cuban Relations
Five Civilized Tribes of
Indians
Indian Affairs
Naval Affairs
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico
Privileges and Elections
Standards, Weights and
Measures

Mr. Clark of Wyoming.................... Judiciary, chairman
Conservation of National
Resources
Finance
Public Lands
Railroads
Transportation Routes to the
Seaboard
Transportation and Sale of
Meat Products

Mr. Crane............................... Rules, chairman
Coast Defenses
Cuban Relations
Industrial Expositions
Interstate Commerce
Post Offices and Post Roads
Public Health and National
Quarantine

Mr. Crawford............................ Claims, chairman
Agriculture and Forestry
Commerce
Examine the Several Branches
of the Civil Service
Indian Depredations
Interoceanic Canals
Philippines
Public Health and National
Quarantine

Mr. Cullom.............................. Foreign Relations, chairman
Additional Accommodations for
the Library of Congress
Coast and Insular Survey
Expenditures in the War
Department
Finance
Interstate Commerce

Mr. Cummins............................. Civil Service and
Retrenchment, chairman
Canadian Relations
Census
Interstate Commerce
Judiciary
Library
Manufactures
Rules
University of the United
States

Mr. Curtis.............................. Coast Defenses, chairman
Appropriations
Cuban Relations
District of Columbia
Fisheries
Indian Affairs
Indian Depredations
Pensions
University of the United
States

Mr. Dillingham.......................... Privileges and Elections,
chairman
Audit and Control the
Contingent Expenses of the
Senate
Conservation of National
Resources
District of Columbia
Expenditures in the Navy
Department
Immigration
Judiciary
University of the United
States

Mr. Dixon............................... Conservation of National
Resources, chairman
Appropriations
Civil Service and Retrenchment
Indian Affairs
Indian Depredations
Military Affairs
Public Lands
University of the United
States

Mr. du Pont............................. Military Affairs, chairman
Census
Coast Defenses
Education and Labor
Expenditures in the War
Department
Pensions
Public Buildings and Grounds
Woman Suffrage

Mr. Frye................................ Commerce, chairman
Coast and Insular Survey
Expenditures in the Interior
Department
Foreign Relations
Pacific Railroads
University of the United
States

Mr. Gallinger........................... District of Columbia, chairman
Appropriations
Civil Service and Retrenchment
Finance
Printing
Rules

Mr. Gamble.............................. Indian Affairs, chairman
Appropriations
Privileges and Elections
Public Buildings and Grounds
Public Lands
Standards, Weights and
Measures

Mr. Gronna.............................. Expenditures in the Navy
Department, chairman
Agriculture and Forestry
Conservation of National
Resources
Enrolled Bills
Expenditures in the Department
of Agriculture
Immigration
Industrial Expositions
Private Land Claims
Public Health and National
Quarantine

Mr. Guggenheim.......................... Philippines, chairman
Agriculture and Forestry
Census
Conservation of National
Resources
Military Affairs
Mines and Mining
Post Offices and Post Roads
Public Lands

Mr. Heyburn............................. Manufactures, chairman
Finance
Joint Committee on Revision of
the Laws of the United
States, chairman
Mines and Mining
Philippines
Privileges and Elections
Public Buildings and Grounds
Public Lands

Mr. Jones............................... Fisheries, chairman
Claims
Conservation of National
Resources
District of Columbia
Industrial Expositions
Interoceanic Canals
Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands
Military Affairs
Privileges and Elections
Public Lands

Mr. Kenyon.............................. Expenditures in the Department
of State, chairman
Cuban Relations
District of Columbia
Education and Labor
Geological Survey
Patents
Printing
Privileges and Elections

Mr. La Follette......................... Census, chairman
Civil Service and Retrenchment
Corporations Organized in the
District of Columbia
Expenditures in the Department
of State
Finance
Indian Affairs
Manufactures

Mr. Lippitt............................. Expenditures in the Department
of Agriculture, chairman
Census
Corporations Organized in the
District of Columbia
Indian Depredations
Interstate Commerce
Philippines
Public Health and National
Quarantine
Territories

Mr. Lodge............................... Immigration, chairman
Civil Service and Retrenchment
Engrossed Bills
Finance
Foreign Relations
Forest Reservations and the
Protection of Game
Naval Affairs
Philippines

Mr. Lorimer............................. Mines and Mining, chairman
Agriculture and Forestry
District of Columbia
Manufactures
Military Affairs
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico
Post Offices and Post Roads
Private Land Claims

Mr. McCumber............................ Pensions, chairman
Expenditures in the Interior
Department
Finance
Foreign Relations
Indian Affairs
Pacific Railroads
Railroads
Transportation Routes to the
Seaboard

Mr. McLean.............................. Forest Reservations and the
Protection of Game, chairman
Canadian Relations
Census
Claims
Education and Labor
Manufactures
Philippines
Territories

Mr. Nelson.............................. Public Lands, chairman
Additional Accommodations for
the Library of Congress
Commerce
Judiciary
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico
Railroads
Rules
Territories

Mr. Nixon............................... Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands, chairman
Appropriations
Coast Defenses
Five Civilized Tribes of
Indians
Interstate Commerce
Mines and Mining
Philippines
Transportation and Sale of
Meat Products

Mr. Oliver.............................. Canadian Relations, chairman
Claims
Commerce
District of Columbia
Industrial Expositions
Interstate Commerce
Manufactures
Private Land Claims
Privileges and Elections

Mr. Page................................ Cuban Relations, chairman
Agriculture and Forestry
Claims
Education and Labor
Geological Survey
Indian Affairs
Interoceanic Canals
Naval Affairs
Printing

Mr. Penrose............................. Finance, chairman
Education and Labor
Expenditures in the Post
Office Department
Immigration
Naval Affairs
Post Offices and Post Roads
Railroads

Mr. Perkins............................. Naval Affairs, chairman
Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations
Commerce
Examine the Several Branches
of the Civil Service
Fisheries
Forest Reservations and the
Protection of Game
Interoceanic Canals

Mr. Poindexter.......................... Expenditures in the Interior
Department, chairman
Additional Accommodations for
the Library of Congress
Forest Reservations and the
Protection of Game
Investigate Trespassers upon
Indian Lands
Mines and Mining
Naval Affairs
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico
Pensions
Public Buildings and Grounds

Mr. Richardson.......................... Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico, chairman
Coast and Insular Survey
Conservation of National
Resources
Examine the Several Branches
of the Civil Service
Immigration
Investigate Trespassers upon
Indian Lands
Post Offices and Post Roads
Printing

Mr. Root................................ Industrial Expositions,
chairman
Canadian Relations
Coast Defenses
Foreign Relations
Judiciary
Library
Revolutionary Claims

Mr. Smith of Michigan................... Territories, chairman
Commerce
Expenditures in the Post
Office Department
Five Civilized Tribes of
Indians
Foreign Relations
Naval Affairs
Pacific Railroads
Private Land Claims

Mr. Smoot............................... Printing, chairman
Appropriations
Civil Service and Retrenchment
Claims
Finance
Pensions
Public Health and National
Quarantine
Public Lands

Mr. Stephenson.......................... Enrolled Bills, chairman
Commerce
Expenditures in the Department
of Agriculture
Indian Depredations
Industrial Expositions
Mississippi River and its
Tributaries
Pacific Railroads
Public Buildings and Grounds

Mr. Sutherland.......................... Public Buildings and Grounds,
chairman
Foreign Relations
Indian Affairs
Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands
Joint Committee on Revision of
the Laws of the United States
Judiciary
Mines and Mining
Privileges and Elections

Mr. Townsend............................ Coast and Insular Survey,
chairman
Census
Claims
Conservation of National
Resources
Examine the Several Branches
of the Civil Service
Interoceanic Canals
Interstate Commerce
Transportation and Sale of
Meat Products

Mr. Warren.............................. Appropriations, chairman
Agriculture and Forestry
Expenditures in the Department
of State
Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands
Military Affairs
Public Buildings and Grounds
Rules

Mr. Wetmore............................. Library, chairman
Appropriations
Geological Survey
Mississippi River and its
Tributaries
Naval Affairs
Public Buildings and Grounds
University of the United
States
Woman Suffrage

Mr. Works............................... Expenditures in the War
Department, chairman
Coast and Insular Survey
Coast Defenses
District of Columbia
Expenditures in the Treasury
Department
Industrial Expositions
Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands
Patents
Public Health and National
Quarantine
Public Lands

Following the presentation, Senator Gallinger moved the adoption of the
report.
Senator Cummins, on behalf of four members of the Committee on
Committees, suggested the enlargement of the membership of the Committee
on Interstate Commerce and the Committee on Finance, and at the
conclusion of his remarks moved that the Committee on Interstate
Commerce be enlarged and that Senator La Follette be added to the
Republican membership of that Committee.

This motion was opposed by Senator Gallinger, who said that the
Committee on Committees had considered membership and had done the best
it could under the circumstances.

Senator Cummins demanded the yeas and nays on the proposition.
The roll call disclosed eleven in the affirmative and thirty-one in the
negative, so the motion was not adopted.
Those who voted in the affirmative were--

Messrs. Borah, Bournes, Bristow, Brown, Clapp, Cummins, Dixon, Gronna,
Kenyon, Poindexter, and Works. Total 11.

Those who voted in the negative were--

Messrs. Bradley, Brandegee, Briggs, Burnham, Burton, Crane, Cullom,
Curtis, Dillingham, du Pont, Gallinger, Gamble, Guggenheim, Heyburn,
Jones, Lippitt, Lodge, McCumber, Nelson, Nixon, Oliver, Page, Penrose,
Perkins, Richardson, Root, Smoot, Sutherland, Townsend, Warren, and
Wetmore. Total 31.

Senator Cummins then moved that Senator Bristow of Kansas be added to
the Finance Committee.

This motion was opposed by Senator Gallinger, who gave the Committee
assignments of Senator Bristow.
It was also opposed by Senator McCumber.
Senator Cummins demanded the yeas and nays on his motion.
The roll was called and twelve Senators responded in the affirmative and
thirty-one in the negative, so the motion was lost.
Those who voted in the affirmative were--

Messrs. Borah, Bourne, Brown, Clapp, Cummins, Curtis, Dixon, Gronna,
Kenyon, La Follette, Poindexter, and Works. Total 12.

Those who voted in the negative were--

Messrs. Bradley, Brandegee, Briggs, Burnham, Crane, Cullom,
Dillingham, du Pont, Gallinger, Gamble, Guggenheim, Heyburn, Jones,
Lippitt, Lodge, McCumber, Nelson, Nixon, Oliver, Page, Penrose,
Perkins, Richardson, Root, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Stephenson,
Sutherland, Townsend, Warren, and Wetmore. Total 31.

A motion was then put on the adoption of the report of the Committee on
Committees which was carried on a viva voce vote.
Senator Cummins then gave notice that the four members of the Committee
on Committees reserve the right to take such action as they saw proper
when the matter came up in the Senate.
Senator La Follette gave notice that they reserved the right to take
such action as they saw proper on any of the committee assignments when
the matter came up in the Senate.
Senator Lodge moved to adjourn subject to the call of the Chairman.
The motion was carried and the caucus adjourned.

[signed] Charles Curtis

Secretary.
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[May 8, 1911]

MAY 8, 1911
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
May 8, 1911

The Caucus was called to order at 4:25 p.m. by the Chairman, Senator
Cullom.
The Secretary, Senator Curtis, called the roll and the following
Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Borah, Brandegee, Briggs, Brown, Burnham, Burton, Clark of
Wyoming, Crane, Cullom, Curtis, Dillingham, Dixon, du Pont, Gallinger,
Gamble, Guggenheim, Heyburn, Kenyon, Lippitt, McCumber, Nelson, Nixon,
Oliver, Page, Penrose, Perkins, Smoot, Sutherland, Townsend, Warren,
and Wetmore.

Total 31.

The Chairman announced the resignation of Senator Frye as President pro
tempore of the Senate, and said the Caucus was called to select his
successor.

Senator Warren spoke of the service of the retiring President pro
tempore, Senator Frye, and in concluding his remarks placed the name of
Senator Jacob H. Gallinger of New Hampshire in nomination, which was
seconded by several Senators.
There being no other nominations, the roll was called on this question,
the yeas being 30 and the nays none, as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative were--

Messrs. Borah, Brandegee, Briggs, Brown, Burnham, Burton, Clark of
Wyoming, Crane, Cullom, Curtis, Dillingham, Dixon, du Pont, Gamble,
Guggenheim, Heyburn, Kenyon, Lippitt, McCumber, Nelson, Nixon, Oliver,
Page, Penrose, Perkins, Smoot, Sutherland, Townsend, Warren, and
Wetmore.

Total 30.

None vote in the negative.

So Senator Gallinger was unanimously chosen as the nominee of the
Republican Caucus for President pro tempore of the Senate.
On motion of Senator Smoot the Caucus then adjourned subject to the call
of its Chairman.

[signed] Charles Curtis

Secretary.
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[June 13, 1911]

JUNE 13, 1911

REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
June 13, 1911

The Caucus met at 5:05 p.m.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bourne, Bradley, Brandegee, Briggs, Bristow, Brown, Burnham,
Burton, Clapp, Clark of Wyoming, Crawford, Cullom, Cummins, Curtis,
Dillingham, Dixon, du Pont, Gallinger, Gamble, Guggenheim, Heyburn,
Jones, Kenyon, Lodge, Lorimer, McCumber, Nelson, Nixon, Page, Penrose,
Perkins, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Sutherland, Townsend, Warren,
Wetmore, and Works.

Total 38.

The Chairman, Senator Cullom, stated that the object of the Caucus was
to receive the report of the Committee on Committees in regard to the
question of patronage.

Senator Gallinger, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, stated that
he had appointed a sub-committee to look into the Senate patronage and
report, said sub-committee being composed of Senators Lodge, Smoot and
Cummins, and he requested Senator Lodge, Chairman of the sub-committee
to make the report.
Senator Lodge made the report for the full committee and after general
discussion, on motion of Senator du Pont, the same was adopted, with an
amendment suggested by Senator Smith of Michigan that Bryant E. Avery,
W. Grant Lieuallen, A.D. Sumner and J.B. McClure be added to the Senate
roll.
Attached hereto is a full report of Senator Lodge.
On motion of Senator Dixon it was ordered that the report in reference
to ``Details'' shall take effect August 1, 1911.
On motion of several Senators the Caucus adjourned, subject to the call
of its Chairman.

[signed] Charles Curtis

Secretary.
* * *
CONFIDENTIAL

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
[As adopted by the caucus June 13, 1911]

The Committee on Committees was instructed by the Republicans of the
Senate to make inquiry into the arrangement and distribution of the
Senate offices and this work was delegated by the full committee to a
subcommittee appointed by the chairman.
The subcommittee made the investigation with which it was charged and
reported the results of its inquiries to the full committee. The
committee adopted the report of the subcommittee with certain amendments
and directed its presentation to the conference.
The subcommittee had before it the officers of each department of the
Senate and went through all the lists of offices and employees and made
thorough inquiry as to the work and efficiency of each one. The
committee has reached certain conclusions which it now lays before the
conference, together with recommendations which seem to be wise.
It was found that two rolls existed, known as the Senate roll and the
reserved roll, established in 1899. The Senate roll at that time was
made up of 34 employees ``retained for long and efficient service and
not to be charged to any Senator,'' and the reserved roll was made up of
18 employees who were ``temporarily retained for efficient services.''
In the process of time, by death and transfer, the Senate roll has been
reduced to 19 persons, including one who was added, and the reserved
roll has been reduced to 8. There is no real distinction between these
two rolls and they are made up simply on the basis of long service
without any regard to the office or to the character of the work of
these employees. In the opinion of the committee this arrangement should
be changed. The committee recommends that there should be a roll, known
as the Senate roll, which shall include certain leading offices upon
which, on account of their importance, the proper transaction of the
business of the Senate largely depends. In the opinion of the committee
this roll should be made up with regard to the offices and not with
reference to the incumbents. The committee recommends that none of the
offices on this proposed Senate roll should be charged to any Senator or
Senators and that appointments to these positions should be made, when
vacancies occur, by the Sergeant at Arms, the Secretary of the Senate,
and the Superintendent of the Capitol, respectively, after consultation
with the representatives of the majority party in the Senate or in
accordance with specific action of the majority conference. The purpose
of this recommendation is to secure to these offices, so far as
possible, the permanency of tenure which they ought to possess.
The Senate roll which the committee proposes is as follows:

Office of the Secretary of the Senate

Salary
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Assistant Secretary of the Senate........................ $5,000
Chief Clerk of the Senate................................ 3,250
Financial clerk.......................................... 4,250
Assistant financial clerk................................ 2,750
Minute and journal clerk................................. 3,000
Enrolling clerk.......................................... 3,000
Principal clerk.......................................... 2,750
Executive clerk.......................................... 2,750
Reading clerk............................................ 2,500
Librarian................................................ 2,500
Chief bookkeeper......................................... 2,500
Keeper of stationery..................................... 2,400
Assistant keeper of stationery........................... 1,800
Superintendent of document room.......................... 3,000
First assistant, document room........................... 2,000
Assistant in document room............................... 2,000

Office of the Sergeant at Arms

Assistant Sergeant at Arms (formerly clerk to the 2,500
Sergeant at Arms).......................................
First assistant doorkeeper (formerly assistant 2,592
doorkeeper).............................................
Second assistant doorkeeper (formerly acting assistant 2,592
doorkeeper).............................................
Postmaster............................................... 2,250
Chief clerk, post office (formerly assistant postmaster). 1,800
Journal clerk (with official reporters).................. 2,000
Two messengers on floor, each............................ 2,000

Office of Superintendent of the Capitol

Superintendent of Senate Office Building per month....... 200

The committee further recommends the establishment of a long-service
roll, to include those employees who have been for many years in the
service of the Senate and whose names are now upon the existing Senate
roll and the reserved roll. This roll is not to be kept up by additions,
but as the persons now upon it shall be removed by death, resignation,
or transfer, the offices which they have held shall then go back among
the offices which are subject to the recommendation and appointment of
Senators. The list proposed by the committee for this long-service roll,
upon which are placed employees who are not to be charged to any Senator
or Senators, is as follows:

Long-service roll

When
Names Salary Appointed Position
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E.L. Givens................................... $2,220 1885 Clerk, office of Secretary.
E.W. Doherty.................................. 1,800 1888 Acting assistant doorkeeper.
J.F. Edwards.................................. 1,800 1879 Do.
A.D. Gaston................................... 1,440 1892 Messenger.
W.E. Pressey.................................. 1,600 1884 Now assistant postmaster, to be
messenger.
H.H. Brewer................................... 1,400 1885 Foreman folding room.
J.C. Donaldson................................ 1,800 1884 Assistant librarian.
D.S. Corser................................... 1,440 1891 Messenger.
William Lucas................................. 720 1869 Laborer.
J.M. Baker.................................... 2,000 1893 Assistant librarian.
J.J. McGrain.................................. 1,800 1893 Storekeeper.
Joe Montgomery................................ 720 1869 Laborer.
John Sims..................................... 1,000 1892 Barber.
W. [?] Collins................................ 1,400 1892 Assistant folding room.
C.R. Nixon.................................... 2,220 1887 Clerk to Secretary.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In addition, there is a small number of persons on either the existing
Senate roll or the reserved roll who perform little or no work but who
draw pay, sometimes to quite a large amount, which is in the nature of a
pension. The committee feels that these men ought to be dropped from the
rolls of the Senate. The names of the persons who perform little or no
work but who are on the rolls and draw pay are as follows:
J.T. Gaskin, $1,440 a year, a messenger attached formerly to Senator
Hale's committee. He has not rendered any service or been present in the
Capitol, so far as the subcommittee can learn, for the past 18 months.
C.F. Lynch, $1,440 a year, a messenger. His work is merely nominal and
for a considerable period he was not present in the Capitol at all. Many
years ago he received some injury while in the service of the Senate and
has apparently regarded himself as entitled to pay since that time.
James Jones, $720 a year, a laborer formerly in the stationery room. He
has not been in the Capitol for two years and his work is being
performed by another man.
The committee also recommends that the following places be exempt from
recommendation by Senators. These places are nearly all exempted at this
time, and are as follows:
Official telegrapher (appointed by the Vice President).
Chief telephone operator.
Attendants in press gallery (selected by correspondents).
Employees in the heating and ventilating department.
Employees in the carpenter shop.
Employees in the barber shop and bathrooms.
All laborers not specifically mentioned as charged to a Senator or
Senators.
Ten messengers allowed to the minority party to be distributed in
accordance with the directions of the minority conference.
The offices subject to the recommendation of Senators and charged to
them, after deducting those persons who are upon the Senate roll, the
long-service roll, and the pension roll, who are detailed to Senators,
or exempt from recommendation, are as follows:

Office of the Secretary
2 clerks, at............................................. $2,220.00
5 clerks, at............................................. 2,100.00
1 assistant librarian, at................................ 1,600.00
1 skilled laborer in library, at......................... 1,200.00
1 assistant in stationery room, at....................... 1,200.00
1 assistant in document room, at......................... 1,440.00
2 clerks in document room, at............................ 1,440.00
1 skilled laborer, document room, at..................... 1,200.00
1 clerk, at.............................................. 1,800.00
1 clerk, at.............................................. 1,600.00
1 messenger, financial room, at.......................... 1,440.00
1 assistant messenger, at................................ 1,200.00
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Total................................................ $30,500.00

Office of the Sergeant at Arms

2 messengers, acting assistant doorkeepers, at........... $1,800.00
1 messenger, Maltby Building, at......................... 1,800.00
8 mail carriers, at...................................... 1,200.00
6 folders, at............................................ 1,000.00
7 folders, at............................................ 840.00
21 elevator conductors, at............................... 1,200.00
1 elevator conductor, at................................. 800.00
49 policemen, at......................................... 1,050.00
1 captain of police, at.................................. 1,800.00
1 lieutenant of police, at............................... 1,200.00
2 special officers, at................................... 1,200.00
13 pages, at............................................. 400.00
2 riding pages, at....................................... 912.50
1 clerk in folding room, at.............................. 1,200.00
2 telephone operators, at................................ 900.00
1 night telephone operator, at........................... 720.00
1 telephone page, at..................................... 720.00
1 stenographer, at....................................... 1,200.00
6 laborers, at........................................... 720.00
1 laborer, at............................................ 840.00
1 janitor (baths), at.................................... 720.00
1 janitor, at............................................ 1,200.00
1 engineer (Maltby Building), at......................... 1,440.00
3 firemen (Maltby Building), at.......................... 1,000.00
1 foreman of stables, at................................. 900.00
1 wagonmaster, at........................................ 1,200.00
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Total (office Sergeant at Arms)...................... $176,335.00
Secretary's office....................................... 30,500.00
==============
Grand total.......................................... 206,835.00
------------------------------------------------------------------------

There are four changes in the present official force which will be
observed by anyone who carefully examines these rolls and compares them
with the rolls as they at present exist. The committee found that the
assistant postmastership of the Senate was held by W.E. Pressey, who is
upon the long-service roll. Mr. Pressey does not perform, and has not
performed for many years, any duties whatever connected with the post
office. The work of the actual administration of the office is carried
on by the clerk, Mr. F.A. Eckstein. Mr. Pressey is a messenger at the
card door of the Senate. It seemed to the committee that this was an
entirely improper arrangement. They therefore recommend that the office
of assistant postmaster be abolished and that Mr. Eckstein be made chief
clerk with a salary of $1,800 which will place him upon the Senate roll
and that Mr. Pressey be retained in his present position of messenger
with a salary of $1,600 in view of his long service.
The office of superintendent of the folding room, which draws a salary
of $2,160, has no connection with the folding room at all. In reality
the Sergeant at Arms is the superintendent of the folding room and has
full charge of it. The work is carried on by a foreman and assistant
foreman with a number of folders. The present superintendent of the
folding room is detailed to the service of a Senator and performs no
duty in connection with his nominal position. The committee recommends
the abolition of the office of superintendent of the folding room, as it
is totally unnecessary.
An office, the duties of which are described as ``Compiling a history of
revenue and general appropriation bills'' of which the latter part is
entirely performed by the clerks of the Committee on Appropriations, is
held by Benjamin Durfee, who was appointed many years ago on the
recommendation of Senator Sherman. He has at intervals done work for the
Finance Committee when a tariff bill was under consideration. This is
special and temporary work for which special and temporary provision can
be made. Mr. Durfee's salary is $2,500, and the committee recommends the
abolition of this office.
In the legislative act for the year 1904 provision was made for two
attendants at a salary of $1,200, and two watchmen, who were to serve in
the old library space and be under the control of the superintendent of
the Capitol. In 1906 the salary of the two attendants was fixed at
$1,500 each and one watchman was abolished. In 1909 the two attendants
and the watchman were transferred to the Doorkeeper of the House, and
one attendant was provided at $1,500 and transferred to the Senate under
the supervision of the superintendent. He performs no duties for the
superintendent or the Senate, and is attached to the service of an
individual Senator. The committee recommends that the office of
attendant be abolished, or that the attendant be returned to the service
of the Superintendent of the Capitol.
There are now on the rolls of the Sergeant at Arms two elevator
conductors at a salary of $800 each, which is paid from the lump sum
appropriated for the maintenance of the Maltby Building. The positions
were first created many years ago and the persons holding them do not
perform and are not expected to perform the duties of elevator
conductor, one being now a laborer and one performing work in the
folding room. The committee recommends that these places be abolished
and that the persons now holding them be classified according to the
duties which they now perform.
Details

There are 44 persons on the roll of the Sergeant at Arms who are
detailed to the committee service of individual Senators. Of these 44,
10 are messengers who, by an agreement of long standing, are assigned to
the minority for such distribution and assignment as their conference
sees fit to make. There remain 34 persons on this roll detailed to the
service of 27 Republican Senators. These persons perform no duties for
the Senate or for the Sergeant at Arms. They appear on the roll of the
Sergeant at Arms when they ought to appear on the list of the financial
clerk, which gives the names of all persons assigned as clerks,
messengers, or stenographers to the chairman of the different
committees. The 27 Republican Senators who have details are not, as a
rule, the Senators who have large committees with a great deal of
committee work and who, therefore, are provided with extra service. In
the opinion of the committee the statement of these facts carries almost
without explanation the condemnation of such a system, for it is
obviously unfair. Moreover, it is entirely misleading. No one should
appear on the rolls of the Senate unless he is described truthfully as
performing the duties which he actually performs. Clerks, stenographers,
and other persons doing the work of committees should not be borne on
the rolls of the Sergeant at Arms as messengers and folders and skilled
laborers. The committee believes that on every ground, not only as a
matter of justice, but as a matter affecting the methods of spending the
public money, this system of details should be abolished. They are
thoroughly of the opinion that each Senator should have all the
assistance he can reasonably need in the work of his committee. If the
abolition of the details leaves any Senator or Senators insufficiently
provided for, additional service should be given them in the regular
way, by report of the Committee to Audit and Control and by action of
the Senate; but no Senator should have anyone attached to the service of
his committee who is not so described but who is borne on the roll of
the Sergeant at Arms as performing duties which he never undertakes.
The committee would recommend that in view of the abolition of the
details there should be two additional assistant clerks authorized for
the Committee on Finance, one messenger for the Committee on Indian
Affairs, one messenger for the Committee on Naval Affairs, and one
messenger for the Committee on Public Lands. These additions seem
obviously necessary to the subcommittee after carefully examining the
list of committee employees submitted by the financial clerk. It may be
that there are other cases where a committee should receive additional
assistance, but the point which the subcommittee desires to insist upon
is that these additional assistants should be given to the committees by
a Senate resolution and not by a detail from the force of the Sergeant
at Arms. In other words, the accounts should show exactly what duties
each employee performs and what persons are attached to the service of
each committee.
Changes in Designation

The committee further recommends that Rule II of the Rules for the
Regulation of the Senate Wing of the United States Capitol, adopted by
the Committee on Rules, be amended to read as follows:

The first assistant doorkeeper and the second assistant doorkeeper
shall be assigned during the daily sessions of the Senate to duty upon
the Senate floor. They shall see that the messengers assigned to the
doors upon the Senate floor are at their posts, and that the floor and
cloakrooms are cleared at least five minutes before the opening of
daily sessions of all persons not entitled to remain there. In the
absence of the Sergeant at Arms the duties of his office, so far as
they pertain to the enforcement of this rule, shall devolve upon the
first assistant doorkeeper.

The purpose of amending this rule is to get rid of the absurdity of
using the word ``acting'' which is applied to a permanent employee.
In this connection the committee suggests the further change that the
title of ``Clerk to the Sergeant at Arms'' be changed to that of
``Assistant Sergeant at Arms,'' who shall perform the duties of the
Sergeant at Arms in his absence, except as provided in Rule II.
Supplies

The committee further recommends that expenditures for supplies in the
Senate Office Building should be placed under the control of the
Committee to Audit and Control, as is the case now with the expenditures
for supplies in the Capitol. All these expenditures for the service of
the Senate ought to be under the jurisdiction of the same committee.
Appointments by Senators

Assuming that the recommendations of the committee are adopted, each
Republican Senator will be entitled to recommend appointments to offices
or positions the salaries of which will amount in the aggregate to
$4,200 a year. The committee recommends that the Sergeant at Arms of the
Senate, the Secretary of the Senate and the Superintendent of the
Capitol, respectively, after consultation with the Committee on
Committees of the majority conference, readjust the distribution of
those offices to which appointments are made on recommendation, so that
each Republican Senator shall receive as nearly as practicable the
number of appointments due to him under this plan.
The committee appends to its report a list of all employees of the
Senate, with their salaries, a list of the employees now charged to each
Senator after deducting details, a list of the employees now detailed to
Republican Senators, a list of persons now carried on the rolls of the
Senate who are not charged to any Senator now in office, and the list of
employees carried on the roll of the financial clerk. ⁴
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at this point. See page 27 of Volume 1 of the original minutes.]
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[January 28, 1913]

JANUARY 28, 1913
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
January 28, 1913

The meeting of Republican Senators assembled at 10:30 a.m. in response
to call.
Senator Cullom, the Chairman, called the meeting to order, and in the
absence of Senator Curtis, the Secretary, Senator Brandegee was elected
Secretary pro tempore.
The Secretary called the roll and the following Senators responded to
their names:

Messrs. Bradley, Brandegee, Briggs, Brown, Burnham, Catron, Clark,
C.D. Crawford, Cullom, Cummins, Gallinger, Gamble, Jackson, Jones,
Lippitt, Lodge, McCumber, McLean, Nelson, Page, Penrose, Perkins,
Richardson, Root, Sanders, Smoot, Stephenson, Sutherland, Townsend,
Wetmore, and Works.

Total 31.

The following Senators were stated as absent from the City:

Messrs. Borah, Crane, Curtis, du Pont, Fall, Guggenheim, Kenyon,
Massey, Oliver, Smith of Michigan, and Warren.

Senators La Follette and Gronna entered the meeting after the roll had
been called.

Senator Smoot stated that the object of the meeting was to discuss the
policy to be pursued in relation to confirming nominations pending
before the Senate, and Senators Gallinger, Root, Clark of Wyoming,
Cummins, Works, Sutherland, Brandegee, Townsend, Lippitt, Wetmore,
Gronna, Lodge and McCumber participated in the debate.
Senator Gallinger offered the following resolution, which was declared
by the Chairman to have been unanimously carried:

Resolved, That it is the sense of this conference that at
the conclusion of the routine morning business today a
motion shall be made to proceed to the consideration of
executive business, that in executive session the chairman
of the conference shall ask that the calendar be taken up in
its order for the consideration of unobjected nominations;
nominations objected to shall go over without prejudice, and
that a motion be made each day at the conclusion of the
routine morning business to go into executive session unless
it shall interfere with conference reports, the
consideration of appropriation bills, or unanimous consent
agreements.
The meeting thereupon adjourned, subject to the call of the
Chairman.

(signed) Frank B. Brandegee

Secretary pro tempore.

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[February 6, 1913]

FEBRUARY 6, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 6, 1913

Owing to the illness of Senator Cullom, the Chairman, the Conference was
called to order by Senator Gallinger.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Brandegee, Brown, Burnham, Catron, Clark of Wyoming, Crane,
Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, Gallinger, Gamble, Guggenheim, Jones,
Kenyon, Lippitt, Lodge, McCumber, Nelson, Oliver, Page, Perkins, Root,
Smoot, Townsend, and Wetmore.

Total 25.

Senators Bourne, La Follette, Smith of Michigan, and Stephenson entered
after the roll call had been concluded.

Senator Smoot briefly stated the object of the Conference.
Senator Root submitted a statement outlining the feeling as to the
position of the Republican Senators on the question of confirming the
nominations of President Taft; also showing the opposition of the
Democratic Senators.
Senators Brandegee, Smoot, Lodge, Clark of Wyoming, Nelson, Catron,
Guggenheim, McCumber, Oliver, Townsend, Brown, Curtis, Perkins, Kenyon,
Cummins, Smith of Michigan, La Follette, Bourne, Jones, and Lippitt
participated in the discussion of this subject.
Senators Gamble and Brown were called from the Conference by important
committee work and authorized the Secretary of the Conference to vote
them on all questions that might be presented to the Conference for
action.
Senator Clark of Wyoming moved that it be the sense of this Conference
that the Republican Senators proceed in regard to executive business as
provided in the resolution adopted by the Conference held January 28,
1913, with the exception of the clause that the Chairman should be
directed to proceed in a certain way.
This motion was seconded by Senator Lippitt, and upon being submitted to
a vote, was agreed to unanimously.
Senator Oliver moved that a special committee of five Senators on order
of legislative business be appointed by the Chair to report at a later
date to a conference of Republican Senators.
The motion was adopted without debate.
Senator Smoot moved that the Conference adjourn, subject to the call of
its Chairman, which was agreed to, and the Conference adjourned at 11:58
a.m.

[signed] Charles Curtis

Secretary.

Pursuant to authority vested in the Chairman by the terms of the motion
of Senator Oliver made and adopted at the Conference of February 6,
1913, the following Committee on Order of Legislative Business was
appointed by Senator Gallinger: Senators Oliver, La Follette, Root,
Smoot, and Cummins.
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[February 15, 1913]

FEBRUARY 15, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 15, 1913

The Conference was called to order by Senator Cullom, its Chairman, at
10:22 a.m.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bradley, Burnham, Cullom, Curtis, Dillingham, Fall, Gallinger,
Jackson, Jones, Lippitt, Lodge, Oliver, Perkins, Richardson, Smoot,
Sutherland, Townsend, Warren, Wetmore, and Works.

Total 20.

Senators Catron, Root, Guggenheim, Nelson, Smith of Michigan, Brown,
Borah, Crane, and Bourne entered after the roll had been concluded.

Senator Oliver submitted the following report from the Special Committee
on Order of Legislation:

The Committee on Order of Business appointed by the
Republican Conference recommend that all Republican Senators
unite in an effort to secure the enactment of the following
legislation during the present session of Congress:
FIRST--House Bill number 22593, providing for the physical
valuation of railroads, now pending before the Committee on
Interstate Commerce, with such amendments thereto as may be
recommended by said Committee.
SECOND--Senate Bill number 8337, now on the calendar, to
create a legislative drafting bureau and establish a
legislative reference division of the Library of Congress.
THIRD--Senate Bill number 8439, restricting the issuance of
interlocutory injunctions, with such amendments as may be
recommended by the Committee on Judiciary.
FOURTH--Senate Bill number 7723, to regulate the hours of
employment of females employed in the District of Columbia,
with such amendments as may be recommended by the Committee
on the District of Columbia.
FIFTH--That the Committee on Finance be requested to report
at once a bill providing for the creation of a Tariff
Commission, and that if possible the bill be pressed to a
vote at the present session of Congress.

After discussion by Senators Oliver, Gallinger, Nelson, Warren, Smoot,
Lippitt, Root, Borah, Lodge, Works, Dillingham, Jones, Brown, and
Curtis, the report was adopted.

Senator Oliver moved that the Secretary of the Conference advise the
Chairmen of each Committee having bills covered by the report of the
Special Committee on Order of Legislation of the action of the
Conference, and that it declared itself in favor of the principles
contained therein, but did not commit itself to any particular measure
but only on the principle with such amendments as might be made and that
each such Committee should be requested to take up these measures as
early as practicable.
Acting under these instructions the Secretary, Senator Curtis, sent the
following letter to each of the Chairmen of Committees indicated
thereon:
February 17, 1913

My dear Senator:--

I am handing you herewith copy of resolution adopted at a
Conference of Republican Senators held last Saturday. I was
instructed at this meeting to hand a copy of this resolution
to the Chairmen of each of the Committees having charge of
the bills referred to, with the statement that the
resolution simply expressed the sentiment of the Republican
Senators on the question of principle and did not commit
them to any special bill. I was instructed by the Conference
to urge that you bring the bill pending before your
committee to its attention at the earliest possible moment
with the view of having it reported with such amendments as
your Committee deem proper.
With personal regard, I am,

Very sincerely yours,

To Hon. M.E. Clapp, Interstate Commerce.

George P. Wetmore, Committee on the Library.
C.D. Clark, Committee on the Judiciary.
J.H. Gallinger, Committee on the District of Columbia.
Boies Penrose, Committee on Finance.

Senator Gallinger then moved that the Conference adjourn, which was
agreed to, and the Conference adjourned at 11:15 a.m., subject to the
call of its Chairman.

[signed] Charles Curtis

Secretary.
Sixty-third Congress (1913-1915)

[Editor's Note: When the Sixty-third Congress opened with the
inauguration of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson, the Republicans
found themselves in the minority in both houses of Congress for the
first time since 1895. In the Senate the division stood at 51 Democrats
to 44 Republicans and one Progressive. The Democrats, eager to enact the
president's New Freedom program, held unusually long sessions. After a
special Senate session in March to review presidential nominations,
Congress convened in April, on the call of President Wilson, and
continued to meet straight through to the beginning of the second
session in December. After a short Christmas break, it continued to meet
until October 1914, then reconvened for a third session from December
1914 until March 1915. Major legislation enacted during this marathon
performance included the Underwood Tariff, the Clayton Antitrust Act,
the Federal Reserve Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and income
tax legislation.]
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[March 5, 1913]

MARCH 5, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 5, 1913

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m., and Senator Gallinger
was chosen Chairman unanimously.
Senator Kenyon was then chosen Secretary.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bradley, Brady, Brandegee, Burton, Catron, Clark, C.D. Colt,
Dillingham, Fall, Gallinger, Jackson, Jones, Kenyon, La Follette,
Lippitt, Lodge, McCumber, McLean, Nelson, Oliver, Page, Penrose,
Perkins, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend,
Warren, Weeks, and Works.

Total 31.

Senators du Pont and Root entered after the roll had been concluded.

The Chairman, Senator Gallinger, was authorized to appoint a committee
on Committees, to consist of eleven Senators, after which the Conference
adjourned, subject to the call of its Chairman.

(Signed) WM. S. KENYON

Secretary.

Pursuant to authority vested in him by the Conference of March 5, 1913,
Senator Gallinger appointed the following Committee on Committees for
the 63rd Congress:

Senators Lodge, Warren, Nelson, Penrose, Smoot, La Follette,
Brandegee, Smith of Michigan, Crawford, Jones, and Fall.
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[Mar. 10, 1913]

MAR. 10, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 10, 1913

The Conference was called to order at 1:05 p.m., by Senator Gallinger,
its Chairman.
Senator Sutherland was chosen Secretary pro tempore.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Borah, Bradley, Brandegee, Catron, Clark, C.D. Colt,
Dillingham, Fall, Gallinger, Jones, La Follette, Lodge, McCumber,
Nelson, Oliver, Page, Penrose, Perkins, Root, Smith of Michigan,
Smoot, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Warren, and Weeks.

Total 26.

Senator Lodge made a brief statement outlining the work accomplished
thus far by the Committee on Committees.

Senator Lodge moved that it be the sense of the Conference that
Republicans vote for Senator Gallinger for President pro tempore, and
said motion was unanimously carried.
Senator Penrose moved that Carl A. Loeffler be selected as the candidate
for Acting Assistant Doorkeeper, and that the vote be taken by ballot.
It was decided that the vote be by ballot.
Senator C.D. Clark nominated A.D. Sumner.
The ballot was then taken.
Senator Borah voted the proxy of Senator Brady.
Senator La Follette voted the proxy of Senator Bristow.
Senator Clark voted the proxy of Senator Burleigh.
Senator Gallinger voted the proxy of Senator Burton.
Senator La Follette voted the proxy of Senator Clapp.
Senator Clark voted the proxy of Senator Cummins.
Senator Gallinger voted the proxy of Senator du Pont.
Senator Smoot voted the proxy of Senator Gronna.
Senator Lodge voted the proxy of Senator Jackson.
Senator Clark voted the proxy of Senator Kenyon.
Senator Lodge voted the proxy of Senator Lippitt.
The result of the ballot was as follows:
Carl A. Loeffler----26
A.D. Sumner----11
So Mr. Loeffler was chosen as the nominee for Acting Assistant
Doorkeeper.
Senator Root moved the nomination of Chas. G. Bennett for Secretary, and
the motion was carried.
Senator Smoot moved the nomination of E.L. Cornelius for Sergeant at
Arms, and the motion was carried.
Senator Penrose moved the nomination of Rev. U.G. Pierce for Chaplain,
and the motion was carried.
Senator McCumber moved that the Committee on Committees be instructed to
look after rooms for minority Senators, which was agreed to.
The Conference then adjourned.

(Signed) GEO. SUTHERLAND

Secretary pro tempore.
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[March 13, 1913]

MARCH 13, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 13, 1913

The Conference was called to order by its Chairman, Senator Gallinger.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names.

Messrs. Borah, Bradley, Brandegee, Bristow, Catron, C.D. Clark,
Dillingham, Fall, Gallinger, Jones, La Follette, Lodge, Nelson,
Oliver, Page, Perkins, Root, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Sutherland,
Townsend, and Warren.

Total 22.
Senator Brandegee presented the proxy of Senator Penrose.
Senator Lodge submitted a report from the Committee on Committees and
moved its adoption. The motion was carried.
Senator Smoot moved that the Chairman of the Committee on Committees be
authorized to designate to the Sergeant at Arms the minority committees
which are to have detailed messengers or stenographers, and the motion
was carried.
Senator Lodge moved that the Chairman of the Conference be authorized to
request of the Democratic Committee that a third man be provided those
Senators who were not now so taken care of. This motion carried.
The Conference then adjourned.

(Signed) Geo. Sutherland

Secretary pro tempore.

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[March 15, 1913]

MARCH 15, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 15, 1913

The Conference was called to order by Senator Gallinger, its Chairman.
The following Senators responded to a call of the roll:

Messrs. Borah, Brandegee, Bristow, Bradley, Catron, C.D. Clark,
Dillingham, Fall, Gallinger, Jones, La Follette, Nelson, Oliver,
Perkins, Root, Sutherland, Townsend, Warren.

Total 18.

Senator Warren reported certain changes in committee assignments,
wherein the Democrats took Public Health and National Quarantine, and
Woman Suffrage, and gave the minority Expenditures in the Department of
Justice, and Expenditures in the Interior Department. The report was
adopted except as to Senator Poindexter.

The Conference then adjourned.

(Signed) Geo. Sutherland

Secretary pro tempore.

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[April 15, 1913]

APRIL 15, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
April 15, 1913

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Gallinger,
in the Conference Room on the third floor, N.W. Corner, of the Senate
Office Building.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Brady, Burton, Clark of Wyoming, Colt, Crawford, Dillingham,
Gallinger, Goff, Gronna, Jones, Kenyon, Lippitt, Lodge, McCumber,
Nelson, Norris, Oliver, Page, Penrose, Perkins, Sherman, Sterling,
Sutherland, Townsend, and Warren.

Total 25.

Senators Borah, Brandegee, and Smoot entered after the roll call had
been concluded.

On motion it was agreed: That a committee of five Senators be appointed
by the Chairman to take into consideration the matter of appointments to
office and report to a subsequent conference of Republican Senators, and
the Chairman appointed the following committee:

Senator Burton
Senator Townsend
Senator Clark of Wyoming
Senator Lippitt
Senator Oliver

It was then moved and agreed, that the Chairman be instructed to make
application to the Committee on Rules for the use of the Conference Room
in which this meeting was held.

The Conference then adjourned, subject to the call of its Chairman.

(Signed) Wm. S. Kenyon

Secretary.

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[April 21, 1913]

APRIL 21, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
April 21, 1913

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Gallinger,
at 10:30 a.m.
Senator Burton, Chairman of the Special Committee on Appointments and
Confirmations, on behalf of that committee submitted the following
report, which was read:

The Committee appointed under the resolution of the Caucus of April
15th to take into consideration the matter of appointments to office
and to report to a subsequent conference of Republican Senators, would
respectfully report:

1. We advise that the Republican minority of the Senate
use every reasonable effort to safeguard the consular
service of the United States and minor Diplomatic
positions, including Secretaries of embassies and
legations, with a view to the continuance of the policy
observed by the administrations of Presidents Roosevelt
and Taft, under which appointments have been made from
an eligible list made up of those who have passed an
examination to determine their fitness for the consular
or diplomatic service. We believe the continuance of
this policy essential for the maintenance of the
standing and efficiency of these branches of the public
service and that any rule which justifies appointments
to the positions named without examination, or
authorizes promotions, unless in accordance with due
regard for qualifications and efficiency, should be
vigorously opposed.
2. When removals are made from offices having a fixed
tenure prior to the expiration of the term thereof, we
advise that confirmation should be resisted unless
sufficient reason exists for such removal and further
advise that every proper means be adopted for obtaining
information in such cases.
3. In case of officials of indeterminate tenure, we
favor like investigation of causes for removal. Your
committee would especially advise that this policy be
observed in relation to offices non-political in their
nature, or in which special or technical qualifications
are required.
4. Your committee regards the action of the Democratic
minority in the last session of the 62nd Congress in
refusing for political reasons to confirm appointments
of the President, where terms had expired, to be without
precedent and a serious injury to the public service as
well as a gross injustice to those whose names were sent
to the Senate. It advises that in these cases reasonable
effort be exerted for the retention of those now in
office who failed of confirmation, and that careful
scrutiny be exercised in determining the qualifications
of appointees proposed for such positions.

It was moved and carried that the four divisions of the report be acted
on separately.

Division one of the report was carried unanimously.
Division two was also carried unanimously.
Action on divisions three and four was deferred until the meeting to be
held the following day at 10:30 a.m., and the Conference then adjourned
until Tuesday, April 22, 1913, at 10:30 a.m.

(Signed) Wm. S. Kenyon

Secretary.

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[April 22, 1913]

APRIL 22, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
April 22, 1913

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Gallinger,
at 10:30 a.m., and the discussion of the report of the Special Committee
on Appointments and Confirmations was resumed.
No action was taken on the report at this meeting, and the Conference
adjourned to meet again at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, April 24, 1913.

(Signed) Wm. S. Kenyon

Secretary.

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[April 24, 1913]

APRIL 24, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
April 24, 1913

The Conference reconvened at 10:30 a.m.
Senator Gallinger, the Chairman, presided.
After a further discussion the report of the Special Committee on
Appointments and Confirmations, as modified in the Conference, was made
and adopted as follows:

The Committee appointed under the resolution of the Conference of
April 15th, to take into consideration the matter of appointments to
offices and to report to a subsequent Conference of Republican
Senators, would respectfully submit the following report:

1. We advise that the Republican minority in the Senate
use every reasonable effort to safeguard the consular
service of the United States and minor diplomatic
positions, including secretaries of embassies and
legations, with a view to the continuance of the policy
observed by the administrations of Presidents Roosevelt
and Taft, under which appointments have been made from
an eligible list made up of those who have passed an
examination to determine their fitness for the consular
or diplomatic service. We believe the continuance of
this policy essential for the maintenance of the
standing and efficiency of these branches of the public
service and that any rule which justifies appointments
to the positions named without examination, or
authorizes promotions, unless in accordance with due
regard for qualifications and efficiency, should be
vigorously opposed.
2. We believe that the maintenance of a proper standard
in the public service requires that no removals should
be made from offices having a fixed tenure prior to the
expiration of the term thereof except for cause. We also
believe that removals from offices of indeterminate
tenure should only be made for cause and that this
particularly applies to those in which special or
technical qualifications are required.
3. We regard the action of the Democratic party in the
last session of the 62nd Congress in refusing for
political reasons to confirm appointments of the
Presidents made regularly and in due course to be
without justification and against sound public policy.

The Conference then adjourned, subject to the call of the Chairman.

(Signed) Wm. S. Kenyon

Secretary.

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[May 22, 1913]

MAY 22, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 22, 1913

The Conference was called to order by its Chairman, Senator Gallinger.
Twenty-six Senators were in attendance.
The question of pairs, in view of the action of the Democratic Caucus on
that subject, was fully discussed, and it was determined that the matter
of continuing or breaking pairs should be left to the individual
Senators.
Other matters of party interest were generally discussed but no action
taken.
On motion of Senator Townsend the Chair was authorized to appoint a
Committee of five, of whom the Presiding Officer should be Chairman, to
consult with the Republican Members of the House of Representatives with
a view to holding a joint caucus of the members of the two Houses for
the purpose of selecting a Congressional Committee. The Chair appointed
as said committee, Messrs. Gallinger, Townsend, Clark of Wyoming, Jones
and Norris.
It was also the expressed view of the Conference that headquarters
should be opened in the near future for the purpose of publicity and the
advancement of the principles of the Republican Party looking to the
campaign of the next year.
On motion of Senator Lippitt the Conference adjourned subject to the
call of the Chairman.

[signed] Wm. S. Kenyon

Secretary.

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[July 2, 1913]

JULY 2, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
July 2, 1913

The Conference was called to order by its Chairman, Senator Gallinger,
and the object of the call was stated.
On motion made by Senator McCumber, and agreed to by the Conference, the
Chairman was directed to present to the Democratic Majority, a request
on behalf of the Republican Minority, that an additional employee under
the Sergeant-at-Arms be allowed the Minority; and the Chairman was
further directed to report upon the same at a subsequent conference.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of its Chairman.

[signed] Wm. S. Kenyon

Secretary.

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[July 18, 1913]

JULY 18, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
July 18, 1913

The Republican Conference met at ten o'clock pursuant to call, and after
a friendly discussion as to party procedure on the Tariff Bill, it was
understood that the same leeway that has always been accorded all
Republican Senators in the proposal of amendments and demanding of
record votes should be continued, and that when any Senator demands a
vote, his request shall be supported by all Republicans.
It was further agreed by general consent that Senator Jacob H. Gallinger
shall be the recognized leader of the Republicans in all tariff matters.

[signed] Wm. S. Kenyon

Secretary.

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[December 2, 1913]

DECEMBER 2, 1913
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 2, 1913

The Conference was called to order at 10:10 a.m. by Senator Gallinger,
its Chairman, a quorum being present.
The Resolution of the Democratic Majority, to lengthen the daily hours
of the sessions of the Senate, was discussed and the Chairman was
authorized to make such statement in relation thereto as in his
judgement the situation should warrant.
The Conference then adjourned subject to call.

Secretary.

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[September 15, 1914]

SEPTEMBER 15, 1914
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
September 15, 1914

The Conference was called to order at 10:10 a.m. by its Chairman,
Senator Gallinger.
It was agreed that the Chairman be directed to notify all absent
Republican Senators who have no campaigns on hand that they should
return to Washington as soon as their business interests will warrant.
On motion of Senator Smith of Michigan, the Chairman was authorized to
appoint a committee of five Senators to consider and prepare a tentative
program looking to the restoration of duties on imports which will be
both protective and revenue producing: and the Chairman accordingly
named as the Committee, Senators Smoot, McCumber, Smith of Michigan,
Weeks and Sterling.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of its Chairman.

[signed] J.H. Gallinger

Chairman.
Sixty-fourth Congress (1915-1917)

[Editor's Note: In 1913 the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution
took effect, providing for direct popular election of U.S. senators. The
Sixty-fourth Congress saw the first incoming class of senators elected
under the new system, with ten freshmen senators arriving as a result of
these elections. The Democrats increased their Senate margin, with 56
members to 40 Republicans, but decreased their margin somewhat in the
House, where they had 230 seats to 196 Republicans and 9 independents.
At the opening of the Congress, the Republican Conference for the
first time elected not only a chairman and a secretary but also a whip
to assist in maintaining a quorum and rounding up votes.
In their Conference meetings, Republican senators expressed concern
about the U.S. expedition begun in March 1916 to pursue Pancho Villa's
renegade forces into Mexico and watched with apprehension the progress
of the war in Europe and U.S. efforts to remain neutral. Two days before
the Sixty-fourth Congress ended at noon on March 4, 1917, the Senate
began debate on a bill that would allow the president to supply
defensive arms to American merchant ships. Fearing the legislation could
lead the country into war, a small group of senators, including both
progressive Republicans and Democrats, mounted a filibuster in the
waning hours of the Congress, which effectively killed the bill.
Furious, President Wilson blamed the defeat on ``a little group of
willful men'' and called for reform of the Senate rules to enable the
body to end a filibuster.]

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[December 6, 1915]

DECEMBER 6, 1915
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 6, 1915

The Conference was called to order at ten o'clock by the Chairman,
Senator Gallinger, and the Secretary, Senator Kenyon, was directed to
call the roll.
The following Senators responded to their names:

Senators Brandegee, Clark of Wyoming, Colt, Cummins, Curtis,
Dillingham, du Pont, Gallinger, Gronna, Harding, Jones, Kenyon, Lodge,
McCumber, Oliver, Page, Penrose, Sherman, Smoot, Sterling, Sutherland,
Wadsworth, Warren, Weeks, and Works.

Senators Nelson, Poindexter, and Townsend entered after the roll call
had been concluded.
On motion made and put by Senator Lodge, Senator Gallinger was chosen
Chairman of the Conference.
The Chairman suggested that the next thing in order was the election of
a Secretary and Whip, and on motion of Senator Kenyon, Senator Elect
Wadsworth was nominated; and there being no further nominations, Senator
Elect Wadsworth was unanimously elected.
Senator Elect Wadsworth thereupon assumed the duties of the office,
relieving Senator Kenyon as Secretary of the Conference.
Senator Smoot moved that Senator Gallinger be chosen as the Republican
nominee for President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and said motion being
put by Senator Smoot, was unanimously adopted.
Senator Lodge moved that the Chairman, Senator Gallinger, be authorized
to appoint a Committee on Committees to consist of nine Senators, to
serve during the 64th Congress, which was unanimously agreed to.
The Chairman stated that he would take a little time in naming the
Committee, and announce the same later.
The question of procedure by the Democrats in the opening organization
of the Senate being under consideration, Mr. Cummins moved, that the
Conference insist on all Senators being sworn prior to the election of a
President Pro Tempore, that they might thus be enabled to vote on that
question, which was carried: and after further discussion, on motion of
Senator Penrose, it was agreed: that Senators Gallinger and Lodge be
authorized to confer with the Democratic leaders as to procedure
governing the organization of the Senate, relating to the administration
of the oath to new Senators, and the election of a President Pro
Tempore, and to take such action in regard thereto on the floor of the
Senate as might be rendered necessary.
On motion of Senator Smoot the Conference then adjourned subject to the
call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

Acting under authorization of the Conference of December 6, 1915, the
Chairman, Senator Gallinger, appointed the following Committee on
Committees: Senators Lodge Chairman, Smoot, du Pont, Page, Cummins,
Jones, Oliver, Gronna, and Curtis.

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[December 13, 1915]

DECEMBER 13, 1915
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 13, 1915

The Conference was called to order by Senator Gallinger, its Chairman,
at eleven o'clock.
The roll was called by the Secretary and the following Senators
responded to their names:

Senators Brandegee, Catron, Clark of Wyoming, Colt, Curtis,
Dillingham, Fall, Gallinger, Gronna, Harding, Jones, Lippitt, Lodge,
McCumber, Nelson, Norris, Oliver, Page, Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot,
Sterling, Sutherland, Wadsworth, Warren, Weeks, and Works.

Senator Wadsworth resigned as Whip of the Minority, retaining the
Secretaryship.
On motion of Senator Smoot, Senator Curtis was unanimously elected Whip.
The minutes of the previous Conference were adopted without reading.
Senator Lodge, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, made a report
from that Committee (which is appended to these minutes in printed
form). The report was adopted without modification.
On motion of Senator Lodge, the Conference then adjourned, subject to
call of its Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
* * *
(Confidential)
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS
Sixty-fourth Congress
(Matter in italic indicates new assignment.)

Mr. BORAH............................... Indian Depredations, chairman.
Education and Labor.
Expenditures in the Department
of Justice.
Foreign Relations.
Interoceanic Canals.
Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands.
Judiciary.
Mr. BRADY............................... Agriculture and Forestry.
Coast and Insular Survey.
Conservation of National
Resources.
Expenditures in the Department
of Commerce.
Military Affairs.
National Banks.
Public Buildings and Grounds.
Public Health and National
Quarantine.

Mr. BRANDEGEE........................... Pacific Railroads, chairman.
Examine the Several Branches
of the Civil Service.
Foreign Relations.
Interoceanic canals.
Judiciary.
Patents.
University of the United
States.

Mr. BURLEIGH............................ Claims.
Coast Defenses.
Fisheries.
Indian Depredations.
Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico.
Philippines.
Public Buildings and Grounds.
Revolutionary Claims.
Transportation Routes to the
Seaboard.

Mr. CATRON.............................. Claims.
Coast Defenses.
Expenditures in the Interior
Department.
Expenditures in the Department
of Labor.
Industrial Expositions.
Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands.
Military Affairs.
Post Offices and Post Roads.
Woman Suffrage.

Mr. CLAPP............................... Standards, Weights, and
Measures, chairman.
Indian Affairs.
Interstate Commerce.
Naval Affairs.
Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico.
Philippines.
Privileges and Elections.
Woman Suffrage.

Mr. CLARK of Wyo........................ Geological Survey, chairman.
Conservation of National
Resources.
Finance.
Judiciary.
National Banks.
Public Lands.
Railroads.

Mr. COLT................................ Civil Service and
Retrenchment.
Five Civilized Tribes of
Indians.
Immigration.
Interoceanic Canals.
Military Affairs.
Patents.
Post Offices and Post Roads.
Revision of the Laws of the
United States (Joint).
University of the United
States.

Mr. CUMMINS............................. Mississippi River and its
Tributaries, chairman.
Census.
Civil Service and
Retrenchment.
Interoceanic Canals.
Interstate Commerce.
Judiciary.
Library.
Manufactures.
Rules.

Mr. CURTIS.............................. Appropriations.
Canadian Relations.
Enrolled Bills.
Examine the Several Branches
of the Civil Service.
Fisheries.
Indian Affairs.
Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. DILLINGHAM.......................... University of the United
States, chairman.
Appropriations.
Audit and Control the
Contingent Expenses of the
Senate.
District of Columbia.
Expenditures in the Navy
Department.
Immigration.
Judiciary.
Privileges and Elections.

Mr. du PONT............................. Expenditures in the War
Department, chairman.
Census.
Coast Defenses.
Expenditures in the Department
of Justice.
Library.
Military Affairs.
Railroads.
Standards, Weights, and
Measures.

Mr. FALL................................ Expenditures in the Department
of Commerce.
Geological Survey.
Indian Affairs.
Mines and Mining.
Naval Affairs.
Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico.
Philippines.
Privileges and Elections.
Public Buildings and Grounds.
Public Lands.

Mr. GALLINGER........................... Conference of the Minority,
chairman.
Appropriations.
Finance.
Library.
Manufactures.
Pacific Railroads.
Printing.
Rules.

Mr. GOFF................................ Claims.
Conservation of National
Resources.
Expenditures in the Department
of Labor.
Immigration.
Interoceanic Canals.
Military Affairs.
Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico.
Pensions.
Railroads.
University of the United
States.

Mr. GRONNA.............................. Agriculture and Forestry.
Banking and Currency.
Claims.
Conservation of National
Resources.
Expenditures in the Navy
Department.
Indian Affairs.
Industrial Expositions.
Private Land Claims.

Mr. HARDING............................. Claims
Coast Defenses.
Commerce.
Expenditures in the Treasury
Department.
Investigate Trespassers upon
Indian Lands.
Territories.
Transportation and Sale of
Meat Products.

Mr. JONES............................... Disposition of Useless Papers,
Chairman.
Appropriations.
Commerce.
Conservation of National
Resources.
District of Columbia.
Fisheries.
Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands.
Pacific Railroads.
Territories.
Woman Suffrage.

Mr. KENYON.............................. Agriculture and Forestry.
Commerce.
District of Columbia.
Education and Labor.
Expenditures in the War
Department.
Patents.
Philippines.
Privileges and Elections.

Mr. LA FOLLETTE......................... Corporations Organized in the
District of Columbia,
chairman.
Census.
Civil Service and
Retrenchment.
Finance.
Indian Affairs.
Interstate Commerce.
Manufactures.

Mr. LIPPITT............................. Commerce.
Corporations Organized in the
District of Columbia.
Expenditures in the Department
of Agriculture.
Expenditures in the Department
of State.
Interstate Commerce.
Mines and Mining.
Philippines.
Territories.

Mr. LODGE............................... Private Land Claims, chairman.
Finance.
Foreign Relations.
Immigration.
Naval Affairs.
Transportation Routes to the
Seaboard.

Mr. MCCUMBER............................ Transportation Routes to the
Seaboard, chairman.
Finance.
Foreign Relations.
Indian Depredations.
Pacific Railroads.
Pensions.
University of the United
States.

Mr. MCLEAN.............................. Banking and Currency.
Census.
Education and Labor.
Forest Reservations and the
Protection of Game.
Manufactures.
Philippines.
Post Offices and Post Roads.
Territories.

Mr. NELSON.............................. Five Civilized Tribes of
Indians, chairman.
Banking and Currency.
Commerce.
Judiciary.
Rules
Territories.

Mr. NORRIS.............................. Agriculture and Forestry.
[Commerce--crossed out]
Banking and Currency
[handwritten insert]
Expenditures in the War
Department.
Forest Reservations and the
Protection of Game.
Geological Survey.
Industrial Expositions.
Public Lands.

Railroads.

Mr. OLIVER.............................. Appropriations.
Canadian Relations.
Commerce.
Foreign Relations.
Industrial Expositions.
Interstate Commerce.
Manufactures.
Railroads.

Mr. PAGE................................ Transportation and Sale of
Meat Products, chairman.
Agriculture and Forestry.
Banking and Currency.
Education and Labor.
Indian Affairs.
Interoceanic Canals.
Naval Affairs.
Printing.

Mr. PENROSE............................. Additional Accommodations for
the Library of Congress,
chairman.
Education and Labor.
Expenditures in the Department
of State.
Finance.
Immigration.
Naval Affairs.
Post Offices and Post Roads.

Mr. POINDEXTER.......................... Additional Accommodations for
the Library of Congress.
Expenditures in the Interior
Department.
Interstate Commerce.
Investigate Trespassers upon
Indian Lands.
Mines and Mining.
Naval Affairs.
Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico.
Pensions.
Public Buildings and Grounds.

Mr. SHERMAN............................. [Banking and Currency--crossed
out]
Canadian Relations
Commerce [handwritten insert]
Disposition of Useless Papers
in the Executive Departments.
District of Columbia.
Expenditures in the Post
Office Department.
Forest Reservations and the
Protection of Game.
Pensions.
Privileges and Elections.
Transportation Routes to the
Seaboard.

Mr. SMITH of Mich....................... To Examine the Several
Branches of the Civil
Service, chairman.
Commerce.
Cuban Relations.
Expenditures in the Post
Office Department.
Foreign Relations.
Industrial Expositions.
Naval Affairs.
Private Land Claims.

Mr. SMOOT............................... Expenditures in the Interior
Department, chairman.
Appropriations.
Audit and Control the
Contingent Expenses of the
Senate.
Civil Service and
Retrenchment.
Finance.
Pensions.
Printing.
Public Health and National
Quarantine.
Public Lands.

Mr. STERLING............................ Civil Service and
Retrenchment.
Coast and Insular Survey.
Conservation of National
Resources.
District of Columbia.
Immigration.
Mines and Mining
Mississippi River and its
Tributaries.
Pensions.
Post Offices and Post Roads.
Public Lands.

Mr. SUTHERLAND.......................... Expenditures in the Department
of Justice, chairman.
Cuban Relations.
Foreign Relations.
Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands.
Judiciary.
Privileges and Elections.
Public Buildings and Grounds.
Revision of the Laws of the
United States (Joint).
Woman Suffrage.

Mr. TOWNSEND............................ Appropriations.
Census.
Coast and Insular Survey.
Interstate Commerce.
Pacific Railroads.
Post Offices and Post Roads.
Public Health and National
Quarantine.

Mr. WADSWORTH........................... Agriculture and Forestry.
Canadian Relations.
Claims
Expenditures in the Department
of Agriculture.
Indian Depredations.
Mississippi River and its
Tributaries.

Mr. WARREN.............................. Engrossed Bills, chairman.
Agriculture and Forestry.
Appropriations.
Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands.
Military Affairs.
Public Buildings and Grounds.
Rules.

Mr. WEEKS............................... Banking and Currency.
Coast Defenses.
Conservation of National
Resources.
Forest Reservations and the
Protection of Game.
Indian Depredations.
Military Affairs.
Post Offices and Post Roads.
Public Health and National
Quarantine.

Mr. WORKS............................... Coast and Insular Survey.
District of Columbia.
Expenditures in the Treasury
Department.
Fisheries.
Industrial Expositions.
Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands.
Judiciary.
Public Health and National
Quarantine.
Public Lands.
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(Confidential)
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Note.--Names in italic indicate new assignments

On Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress. (Republicans,
2.)

Messrs. PENROSE, Chairman, POINDEXTER.

On Agriculture and Forestry. (Republicans, 7.)

Messrs. WARREN, PAGE, GRONNA, BRADY, NORRIS, KENYON,
WADSWORTH.

On Appropriations.* (Republicans, 8.)

Messrs. WARREN, GALLINGER, SMOOT, OLIVER, DILLINGHAM, JONES,
TOWNSEND, CURTIS.

To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate.
(Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. DILLINGHAM, SMOOT.

On Banking and Currency.* (Republicans, 6.)

Messrs. NELSON, MCLEAN, WEEKS, PAGE, GRONNA, [SHERMAN--
crossed out] NORRIS [handwritten insert].

On Canadian Relations. (Republicans, 4.)

Messrs. OLIVER, SHERMAN, CURTIS, WADSWORTH.

On the Census. (Republicans, 5.)

Messrs. LA FOLLETTE, CUMMINS, duPONT, MCLEAN, TOWNSEND.

On Civil Service and Retrenchment. (Republicans, 5.)

Messrs. CUMMINS, LA FOLLETTE, SMOOT, COLT, STERLING.

On Claims. ¹ (Republicans, 6.)
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¹ Senators Norris and McLean resigned.
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Messrs. BURLEIGH, GOFF, GRONNA, CATRON, HARDING, WADSWORTH.

On Coast and Insular Survey. (Republicans, 4.)

Messrs. TOWNSEND, WORKS, BRADY, STERLING.

On Coast Defenses. (Republicans, 5.)

Messrs. du PONT, CATRON, WEEKS, BURLEIGH, HARDING.

On Commerce.* (Republicans, 8.)

Messrs. NELSON, SMITH of Michigan, OLIVER, JONES, LIPPITT,
KENYON, [NORRIS--crossed out] SHERMAN [handwritten insert],
HARDING.

On Conservation of National Resources (Republicans, 7.)

Messrs. CLARK of Wyoming, JONES, GRONNA, BRADY, GOFF,
STERLING, WEEKS.

On Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia. (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. LA FOLLETTE, Chairman, LIPPITT.

On Cuban Relations. ² (Republicans, 2.)
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Messrs. SMITH of Michigan, SUTHERLAND.

On Disposition of Useless papers in the Executive Departments.
(Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. JONES, Chairman, SHERMAN.

On the District of Columbia. ³ (Republicans, 6.)
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Messrs. DILLINGHAM, JONES, WORKS, KENYON, SHERMAN, STERLING.

On Education and Labor. (Republicans, 5.)

Messrs. BORAH, PENROSE, PAGE, MCLEAN, KENYON.

On Engrossed Bills. (Republicans, 1.)

Mr. WARREN, Chairman.

On Enrolled Bills. (Republicans, 1.)

Mr. CURTIS.

To Examine the Several Branches of the Civil Service. (Republicans, 3.)

Messrs. SMITH of Michigan, Chairman, BRANDEGEE, CURTIS.

On Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture. (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. LIPPITT, WADSWORTH.

On Expenditures in the Department of Commerce. (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. FALL, BRADY.

On Expenditures in the Interior Department. (Republicans, 3.)

Messrs. SMOOT, Chairman, CATRON, POINDEXTER.

On Expenditures in the Department of Justice. (Republicans, 3.)

Messrs. SUTHERLAND, Chairman, BORAH, du PONT.

On Expenditures in the Department of Labor. (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. CATRON, GOFF.

On Expenditures in the Navy Department. (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. GRONNA, DILLINGHAM.

On Expenditures in the Post Office Department. (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. SMITH of Michigan, SHERMAN.

On Expenditures in the Department of State. (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. PENROSE, LIPPITT.

On Expenditures in the Treasury Department. (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. WORKS, HARDING.

On Expenditures in the War Department. (Republicans, 3.)

Messrs. du PONT, Chairman, KENYON, NORRIS.

On Finance. (Republicans, 7.)

Messrs. PENROSE, LODGE, MCCUMBER, SMOOT, GALLINGER, CLARK of
Wyoming, LA FOLLETTE.

On Fisheries. (Republicans, 4.)

Messrs. WORKS, JONES, BURLEIGH, CURTIS.

On the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians. (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. NELSON, Chairman, COLT.

On Foreign Relations. (Republicans, 7.)

Messrs. LODGE, SMITH of Michigan, MCCUMBER, SUTHERLAND,
BORAH, BRANDEGEE, OLIVER.

On Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game. (Republicans, 4.)

Messrs. MCLEAN, NORRIS, WEEKS, SHERMAN.

On the Geological Survey. (Republicans, 3.)

Messrs. CLARK of Wyoming, Chairman, FALL, NORRIS.

On Immigration. ⁴ (Republicans, 6.)
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Messrs. LODGE, DILLINGHAM, PENROSE, COLT, GOFF, STERLING.

On Indian Affairs. ⁵ (Republicans, 6.)
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Messrs. CLAPP, LA FOLLETTE, PAGE, GRONNA, FALL, CURTIS.

On Indian Depredations. (Republicans, 5.)

Messrs. BORAH, Chairman, MCCUMBER, BURLEIGH, WEEKS,
WADSWORTH.

On Industrial Expositions. (Republicans, 6.)

Messrs. OLIVER, GRONNA, WORKS, CATRON, SMITH, W.A., NORRIS.

On Interoceanic Canals. (Republicans, 6.)

Messrs. BRANDEGEE, BORAH, PAGE, CUMMINS, COLT, GOFF.

On Interstate Commerce. ⁶ (Republicans, 7.)
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Messrs. CLAPP, CUMMINS, OLIVER, LIPPITT, TOWNSEND, LA
FOLLETTE, POINDEXTER.

To Investigate Trespassers Upon Indian Lands. ⁷ (Republicans,
2.)
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Messrs. POINDEXTER, HARDING.

On Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. (Republicans, 6.)

Messrs. JONES, WARREN, SUTHERLAND, BORAH, WORKS, CATRON.

On Revision of the Laws of the United States (Joint). (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. SUTHERLAND, COLT.

On the Judiciary. (Republicans, 8.)

Messrs. CLARK of Wyoming, NELSON, DILLINGHAM, SUTHERLAND,
BRANDEGEE, BORAH, CUMMINS, WORKS.

On the Library. (Republicans, 3.)

Messrs. CUMMINS, GALLINGER, du PONT.

On Manufactures. (Republicans, 5.)

Messrs. OLIVER, LA FOLLETTE, CUMMINS, MCLEAN, GALLINGER.

On Military Affairs. (Republicans, 7.)

Messrs. du PONT, WARREN, CATRON, BRADY, GOFF, COLT, WEEKS.

On Mines and Mining. (Republicans, 4.)

Messrs. POINDEXTER, [SUTHERLAND--crossed out], FALL,
STERLING [handwritten insert], LIPPITT.

On the Mississippi River and its Tributaries. (Republicans, 3.)

Messrs. CUMMINS, Chairman, STERLING, WADSWORTH.

On National Banks. (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. BRADY, CLARK of Wyoming.

On Naval Affairs. (Republicans, 7.)

Messrs. PENROSE, LODGE, SMITH of Michigan, PAGE, POINDEXTER,
FALL.

On Pacific Islands and Porto Rico. (Republicans, 5.)

Messrs. POINDEXTER, CLAPP, FALL, BURLEIGH, GOFF.

On Pacific Railroads. (Minority.) (Republicans, 5.)

Messrs. BRANDEGEE, Chairman, GALLINGER, MCCUMBER, JONES,
TOWNSEND.

On Patents. (Republicans, 3.)

Messrs. BRANDEGEE, KENYON, COLT.

On Pensions. (Republicans, 6.)

Messrs. MCCUMBER, SMOOT, POINDEXTER, GOFF, STERLING,
SHERMAN.

On the Philippines. ⁸ (Republicans, 6.)
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Messrs. MCLEAN, LIPPITT, KENYON, CLAPP, FALL, BURLEIGH.

On Post Offices and Post Roads. (Republicans, 7.)

Messrs. PENROSE, TOWNSEND, CATRON, COLT, WEEKS, STERLING,
MCLEAN.

On Printing. (Republicans, 3.)

Messrs. SMOOT, GALLINGER, PAGE.

On Private Land Claims. (Republicans, 3.)

Messrs. LODGE, Chairman, SMITH of Michigan, GRONNA.

On Privileges and Elections. (Republicans, 6.)

Messrs. DILLINGHAM, CLAPP, SUTHERLAND, KENYON, SHERMAN,
FALL.

On Public Buildings and Grounds. ⁹ (Republicans, 7.)
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Messrs. SUTHERLAND, WARREN, POINDEXTER, BURLEIGH, BRADY,
FALL, WADSWORTH.

On Public Health and National Quarantine. (Republicans, 5.)

Messrs. SMOOT, WORKS, BRADY, WEEKS, TOWNSEND.

On Public Lands. (Republicans, 6.)

Messrs. SMOOT, CLARK of Wyoming, WORKS, FALL, NORRIS,
STERLING.

On Railroads. ¹⁰ (Republicans, 5.)
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Messrs. OLIVER, NORRIS, GOFF, du PONT, CLARK.

On Revolutionary Claims. (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. BURLEIGH, CURTIS.

On Rules. (Republicans, 4.)

Messrs. [WARREN--crossed out], GALLINGER, WARREN
[handwritten insert], NELSON, CUMMINS.

On Standards, Weights, and Measures. (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. CLAPP, Chairman, du PONT.

On Territories. (Republicans, 5.)

Messrs. NELSON, MCLEAN, LIPPITT, JONES, HARDING.

On Transportation Routes to the Seaboard. (Republicans, 4.)

Messrs. MCCUMBER, Chairman, LODGE, BURLEIGH, SHERMAN.

On Transportation and Sale of Meat Products. (Republicans, 2.)

Messrs. PAGE, Chairman, HARDING.

On the University of the United States. ¹¹ (Republicans, 6.)
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Messrs. DILLINGHAM, Chairman, BRANDEGEE, MCCUMBER, GOFF,
COLT.

On Woman Suffrage. (Republicans, 4.)

Messrs. SUTHERLAND, JONES, CLAPP, CATRON.

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[March 25, 1916]

MARCH 25, 1916
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 25, 1916

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Gallinger,
at 10:30 a.m. in the Minority Conference Room of the Senate Office
Building.
The roll was called by the Secretary, and the following Senators
responded to their names:

Senators Borah, Brandegee, Catron, Clark of Wyoming, Cummins, Curtis,
Gallinger, Harding, Kenyon, Lippitt, Lodge, McCumber, Page,
Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth,
Weeks, and Works.

The duties of the minority in the present contingency, due to the
Mexican situation, were discussed until 11:55 a.m., at which time the
Conference adjourned, to meet again on Monday, March 27, 1916, at 10:30
a.m.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

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[March 27, 1916]

MARCH 27, 1916
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 27, 1916

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by its Chairman,
Senator Gallinger, and the roll being called, the following Senators
responded to their names:

Senators Borah, Brandegee, Catron, Clark of Wyoming, Cummins, Curtis,
du Pont, Gallinger, Gronna, Harding, Jones, Kenyon, Lippitt, Lodge,
McCumber, Oliver, Page, Sherman, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Sterling,
Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Weeks, and Works.

Senator Lodge, on behalf of a committee having the subject under
consideration, presented a resolution bearing on the military situation
connected with the troubles in Mexico, which was discussed; but no
action was taken thereon.

On motion of Senator Lippitt, the Chairman, Senator Gallinger, was
authorized to issue a public statement, setting forth the position of
the Republican senators.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
* * *

The following statement was issued by Senator Gallinger, under authority
of the action of the Republican Conference of March 27, 1916.

Republican Senators fully recognize that the duty of dealing
with the present Mexican crisis rests with the President,
and they have not at any time had any purpose of interfering
with the Executive or any Department of the Government in
that matter, but they have been, and are now, very
solicitous that the military expedition in Mexico shall be
adequately protected, and if necessary reinforced, and that
the border line shall be provided with forces sufficient to
prevent raids similar to the one that occurred at Columbus.
While realizing that their information may not be fully
complete they believe that, upon the information which they
do have, all available Regulars should be sent to the
border, to be reinforced by detachments from the National
Guard if circumstances demand it. Not only should Villa and
his murderous band be captured and punished, but the lives
and property of American citizens on both sides of the
border should be fully protected, a thing which has not
heretofore been done by our Government.

March 27, 1916

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[July 11, 1916]

JULY 11, 1916
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
July 11, 1916

The Conference was called to order by the chairman, Senator Gallinger,
at 9:30 a.m., pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Borah, Brady, Brandegee, Catron, Clark of Wyoming, Colt,
Cummins, Curtis, du Pont, Gallinger, Gronna, Harding, Jones, Lippitt,
Lodge, McCumber, Nelson, Oliver, Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot, Sterling,
Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Weeks, and Works.

Discussion was had upon the attitude of the minority with respect to the
Democratic program of legislation.

It was generally agreed that the minority would not attempt to unduly
prolong the session.
Discussion was also had upon the suggestion that the minority prepare,
present and support substitute measures for the Democratic Revenue Bill
and the Democratic Shipping Bill.
The Conference, on motion, requested the minority members of the
Committee on Finance and the minority members of the Committee on
Commerce to take under consideration the question of appropriate action
by the minority upon the Revenue Bill and the Shipping Bill
respectively.
The following Committee was appointed to confer with the Democratic
Steering Committee as to the legislative program:

Messrs.
Gallinger
Clark of Wyoming
Townsend
Cummins
Harding

The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

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[August 10, 1916]

AUGUST 10, 1916
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
August 10, 1916

The Conference met at ten o'clock a.m., and a quorum being present, the
chairman laid before the Conference a resolution presented by the
Democratic steering committee, which read as follows:

Resolved--That it is the judgement of this committee that no
seriously contested legislation should be undertaken during
the present session except
1st. The appropriation bills and conference reports,
2nd. The shipping bill,
3rd. The revenue bill,
4th. The workmens compensation bill,
and that the Congress should adjourn sine die as soon as
said matters are disposed of.

Extended discussion was had as to the proper action which the Republican
Conference should take with respect to the above resolution, and--
On motion of the Senator from Illinois, Mr. Sherman, and the Senator
from Idaho, Mr. Borah, the following resolution was adopted as
expressing the attitude of the Republican Conference with respect to the
conduct of the minority during the remainder of the session--

Resolved, That the power to control both legislation and
adjournment rests with the Democratic majority in Congress.
The Republican Senators reserve the right to support or
oppose or request action on any legislation now pending, and
they further urge that the Immigration Bill shall be taken
up, considered and acted on at this session.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the
chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

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[January 5, 1917]

JANUARY 5, 1917
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 5, 1917

Upon petition signed by certain Republican Senators the Chairman called
a Conference which assembled at 11 o'clock a.m. Friday, January 5th,
1917, Senator Gallinger, its Chairman, presiding.
Those present were,

Senators Borah, Brady, Clark, Curtis, Dillingham, Gallinger, Gronna,
Harding, Kenyon, Lippitt, Lodge, McCumber, McLean, Nelson, Oliver,
Page, Sherman, Smoot, Sterling, Townsend, Wadsworth, Watson, Weeks,
and Works.

Senate Resolution #298, pending before the Senate and known as the
Hitchcock Peace Resolution, was discussed, and the Conference ordered
the appointment by the Chairman of a committee to consist of five
Senators, of which the Chairman should be a member; to consider and
draft a substitute for the Hitchcock Resolution, which all Republican
Senators would support:

and, the Chairman forthwith appointed the following Senators to
constitute said committee: Mr. Gallinger, Mr. Lippitt, Mr. Gronna, Mr.
Nelson, and Mr. Watson.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

Note: At 2 o'clock p.m. of the same day the Republican Senators
reassembled without formal call in Senator Gallinger's office, agreed to
support the resolution drafted by their committee, and directed Senator
Gallinger to report the same.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

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[February 6, 1917]

FEBRUARY 6, 1917
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 6, 1917

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Gallinger,
at 10 o'clock a.m. the following senators being present--

Senators Borah, Brady, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, du Pont,
Fall, Gallinger, Gronna, Harding, Jones, Lippitt, Lodge, McCumber,
Page, Penrose, Poindexter, Sherman, Smith of Michigan, Smoot,
Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Weeks, and
Works.

The Bill, Senate 8109, introduced by Senator Poindexter, ``Providing for
the construction of eighty coast submarines and twenty fleet
submarines'' was taken up, and after consideration, it was agreed by the
Conference, that Republican Senators should support the same.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

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[February 23, 1917]

FEBRUARY 23, 1917
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 23, 1917

Upon petition, the Acting Chairman, Senator Lodge, called a Conference,
which met at 10 o'clock a.m. in Senator Gallinger's office at the
Capitol.
The following Senators were present:

Messrs. Brady, Brandegee, Catron, Clark, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham,
du Pont, Fernald, Harding, Jones, Kenyon, La Follette, Lippitt, Lodge,
McCumber, Nelson, Oliver, Page, Penrose, Poindexter, Sherman, Smith of
Michigan, Smoot, Sterling, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, and Works.

The general legislative situation existing in the Senate in its relation
to the duty of the minority, was discussed, and--
at 11:15 the Conference adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
Sixty-fifth Congress (1917-1919)

[Editor's Note: In 1916 Woodrow Wilson won reelection as president,
and in the Sixty-fifth Congress Republicans remained in the minority,
with 42 members to 54 Democrats in the Senate. The House was more evenly
divided, for the Democrats had 214 members to 215 Republicans but were
able to organize the House with the help of 6 independents.
Responding to President Wilson's outrage at the Senate's failure to
pass the Armed Ship bill at the close of the previous Congress, the
Senate, on March 8, 1917 during its special session, adopted the first
cloture rule to make it possible to end a filibuster.
Less than a month later, President Wilson called Congress into
extraordinary session to deal with the threat of war. On April 6, 1917,
the U.S. Congress declared war on Germany, and the nation officially
entered World War I. Senate Republicans rallied behind the president to
enable the country to present a united front in prosecuting the war.
After the armistice in November 1918, the Conference considered a
proposal to establish six joint committees to deal with such postwar
issues as demobilization, foreign trade, labor disputes, rising prices,
and food production.]

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[March 6, 1917]

MARCH 6, 1917
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 6, 1917

The Conference met at 3:30 p.m. in the Minority Conference Room in the
Senate Office Building, on call of the Acting Chairman, Senator Lodge,
who presided.
The following Senators were present:

Mr. Borah, Brady, Brandegee, Calder, Colt, Cummins, Curtis,
Dillingham, Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen, Hale, Harding, Jones,
Kellogg, Knox, Lodge, McCumber, McLean, Nelson, New, Page, Penrose,
Poindexter, Sherman, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Sterling, Sutherland,
Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Weeks.

Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire was chosen Chairman of the Minority
and Senator Wadsworth was chosen Secretary of the Minority, and Senator
Curtis was chosen whip.
The Acting Chairman was authorized to appoint a Committee on Committees
consisting of nine members, to serve during the 65th Congress.
The following Committee of Five Senators was authorized and appointed to
confer with the Democratic Majority on the question of Rules:

Messrs. Lodge, Brandegee, Penrose, Cummins, and Borah.

The Conference then adjourned subject to call.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
* * *
Confidential Print of Proposed Amendment to Senate Rules

65th Congress,
Special Session of the Senate.
S. .

In the Senate of the United States.
March 7, 1917.

AMENDMENT

Intended to be proposed to the Senate rules.
At the close of Rule XXII add:

``Provided, however, That if at any time a motion, signed
by sixteen Senators, to bring to a close the debate upon any
pending measure is presented to the Senate, the presiding
officer shall at once state the motion to the Senate, and
one hour after the Senate meets on the following calendar
day but one, he shall lay the motion before the Senate and
direct that the Secretary call the roll, and, upon the
ascertainment that a quorum is present, the presiding
officer shall, without debate, submit to the Senate by an
aye-and-nay vote the question:
`` `Is it the sense of the Senate that the debate shall be
brought to a close?'
``And if that question shall be decided in the affirmative
by a two-thirds vote of those voting, then said measure
shall be the unfinished business to the exclusion of all
other business until disposed of.
``Thereafter no Senator shall be entitled to speak in all
more than one hour on the pending measure, the amendments
thereto, and motions affecting the same, and it shall be the
duty of the presiding officer to keep the time of each
Senator who speaks. Except by unanimous consent, no
amendment shall be in order after the vote to bring the
debate to a close, unless the same has been presented and
read prior to that time. No dilatory motion, or dilatory
amendment, or amendment not germane, shall be in order.
Points of order, including questions of relevancy, and
appeals from the decision of the presiding officer, shall be
decided without debate.''

The Acting Chairman of the Republican Conference appointed the following
Committee on Committees to serve during the 65th Congress, under
authority given him by the Conference of March 6th, 1917:

Mr. Warren, Chairman, and Messrs. Smoot, Brandegee, Borah, Poindexter,
Fall, Weeks, Harding, and Wadsworth.

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[March 7, 1917]

MARCH 7, 1917
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 7, 1917

The Conference was called to order at 4 o'clock p.m. in the Minority
Conference Room, Senate Office Building, by the Acting Chairman, Senator
Lodge:
The following Senators being present--

Messrs. Borah, Brady, Brandegee, Calder, Colt, Cummins, Curtis,
Dillingham, Fall, Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen, Hale, Harding,
Jones, Kellogg, Knox, Lodge, McCumber, McLean, Nelson, New, Norris,
Page, Penrose, Sherman, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Sterling,
Sutherland, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, and Weeks.

The Acting Chairman, Senator Lodge, announced the appointment of the
following Committee on Committees for the 65th Congress:

Mr. Warren, Chairman, and Messrs. Smoot, Brandegee, Borah, Poindexter,
Fall, Weeks, Harding, and Wadsworth.

Senator Lodge, as Chairman of the Committee of five appointed to confer
with the Democratic Majority on the subject of Rules, submitted a draft
of a proposed change in the Senate Rules (copy of which appears opposite
this page).*
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[See page 68.]
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This rule was discussed, and two minor amendments suggested and
tentatively agreed to by the Conference; and--
On motion by Senator Smoot, the Committee on Rules was instructed to
report to the Committee on Rules of the Democratic Majority, that the
proposed amendment met with the approval of the Republican Conference:
the vote on Approval of the same being as follows:

For--Messrs. Borah, Brady, Brandegee, Calder, Colt, Cummins, Curtis,
Dillingham, Fall, Fernald, Frelinghuysen, Hale, Harding, Jones,
Kellogg, Knox, Lodge, Nelson, New, Norris, Page, Penrose, Smith of
Michigan, Smoot, Sutherland, Sterling, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, and
Weeks.

Total 30

Against--Messrs. France and Sherman.

Total 2

So the motion to approve was adopted.

The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

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[March 12, 1917]

MARCH 12, 1917
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 12, 1917

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Senator Lodge, the
Acting Chairman, to consider the Report of the Committee on Committees.
The roll was called and the following senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Brady, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, Fall, France,
Frelinghuysen, Hale, Harding, Jones, Kellogg, Kenyon, Knox, Lodge,
McCumber, McLean, Nelson, New, Page, Penrose, Poindexter, Smoot,
Sterling, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, and Watson.

The report of the Committee on Committees (which is appended to these
minutes) was presented by Senator Warren, the Chairman of the Committee,
who explained the same.
After reading by the Secretary, the Report was adopted without
objection.
The Conference then adjourned subject to call.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
* * *

On Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress.

Messrs. PENROSE, Chairman, SUTHERLAND.

On Agriculture and Forestry.

Messrs. WARREN, PAGE, GRONNA, BRADY, NORRIS, KENYON,
WADSWORTH.

On Appropriations.

Messrs. WARREN, GALLINGER, SMOOT, DILLINGHAM, JONES,
Washington, CURTIS, KENYON, SHERMAN.

To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate.

Messrs. SMOOT, FRANCE.

On Banking and Currency.

Messrs. MCLEAN, WEEKS, PAGE, GRONNA, NORRIS, GOFF.

On Canadian Relations.

Messrs. SHERMAN, CURTIS, WADSWORTH, HALE.

On the Census.

Messrs. LA FOLLETTE, MCLEAN, TOWNSEND, SUTHERLAND, NEW.

On Civil Service and Retrenchment.

Messrs. CUMMINS, LA FOLLETTE, SMOOT, COLT, ______ ______.

On Claims.

Messrs. GOFF, GRONNA, WADSWORTH, FERNALD, FRELINGHUYSEN,
NEW.

On Coast and Insular Survey.

Messrs. TOWNSEND, STERLING, HALE, ______ ______.

On Coast Defenses.

Messrs. WEEKS, FERNALD, NELSON, CALDER, FRELINGHUYSEN.

On Commerce.

Messrs. NELSON, SMITH, Michigan, JONES, Washington, SHERMAN,
HARDING, FERNALD, CALDER, ______ ______.

On Conservation of National Resources.

Messrs. GRONNA, BRADY, GOFF, STERLING, CALDER, HALE, FRANCE.

On Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia.

Messrs. LA FOLLETTE, Chairman, KNOX.

On Cuban Relations.

Messrs. SMITH, Michigan, KNOX.

On Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments.

Messrs. JONES, Washington, Chairman, FRANCE.

On the District of Columbia.

Messrs. DILLINGHAM, JONES, Washington, KENYON, SHERMAN,
CALDER, NEW.

On Education and Labor.

Messrs. BORAH, PENROSE, PAGE, MCLEAN, KENYON.

On Engrossed Bills.

Mr. WARREN, Chairman.

On Enrolled Bills.

Mr. CURTIS.

To Examine the Several Branches of the Civil Service.

Messrs. SMITH, Michigan, Chairman, BRANDEGEE, CURTIS.

On Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture.

Messrs. WADSWORTH, FRANCE.

On Expenditures in the Department of Commerce.

Messrs. FALL, BRADY.

On Expenditures in the Interior Department.

Messrs. SMOOT, Chairman, POINDEXTER, NEW.

On Expenditures in the Department of Justice.

Messrs. BORAH, Chairman, FRELINGHUYSEN, HALE.

On Expenditures in the Department of Labor.

Messrs. GOFF, KELLOGG.

On Expenditures in the Navy Department.

Messrs. GRONNA, Chairman, DILLINGHAM.

On Expenditures in the Post Office Department.

Messrs. SMITH, Michigan, WATSON.

On Expenditures in the Department of State.

Messrs. PENROSE, HALE.

On Expenditures in the Treasury Department.

Messrs. HARDING, KNOX.

On Expenditures in the War Department.

Messrs. TOWNSEND, Chairman, NORRIS, CALDER.

On Finance.

Messrs. PENROSE, LODGE, MCCUMBER, SMOOT, GALLINGER, LA
FOLLETTE, TOWNSEND.

On Fisheries.

Messrs. JONES, Washington, CURTIS, FERNALD, ______ ______.

On Five Civilized Tribes of Indians.

Messrs. NELSON, Chairman, COLT.

On Foreign Relations.

Messrs. LODGE, SMITH, Michigan, MCCUMBER, BORAH, BRANDEGEE,
FALL, KNOX.

On Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game.

Messrs. MCLEAN, Chairman, NORRIS, WEEKS, SHERMAN, NEW.

On the Geological Survey.

Messrs. FALL, Chairman, NORRIS, SUTHERLAND.

On Immigration.

Messrs. DILLINGHAM, PENROSE, COLT, GOFF, STERLING, ______
______.

On Indian Affairs.

Messrs. LA FOLLETTE, GRONNA, FALL, CURTIS, FERNALD, CALDER.

On Indian Depredations.

Messrs. POINDEXTER, Chairman, MCCUMBER, WADSWORTH, WATSON,
FRELINGHUYSEN.

On Industrial Expositions.

Messrs. GRONNA, SMITH, Michigan, NORRIS, CALDER, SUTHERLAND,
KELLOGG.

On Interoceanic Canals.

Messrs. BRANDEGEE, BORAH, PAGE, CUMMINS, COLT, GOFF.

On Interstate Commerce.

Messrs. CUMMINS, TOWNSEND, LA FOLLETTE, POINDEXTER, MCLEAN,
WATSON, KELLOGG.

To Investigate Trespassers upon Indian Lands.

Messrs. HARDING, SUTHERLAND.

On Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands.

Messrs. JONES, Washington, WARREN, BORAH, WEEKS, KELLOGG,
______ ______.

On Revision of the Laws of the United States (Joint).

Messrs. COLT, KELLOGG.

On the Judiciary.

Messrs. NELSON, DILLINGHAM, BRANDEGEE, BORAH, CUMMINS,
POINDEXTER, COLT, STERLING.

On the Library.

Messrs. GALLINGER, WEEKS, WADSWORTH.

On Manufactures.

Messrs. LA FOLLETTE, [CUMMINS--crossed out], GALLINGER,
LODGE, KENYON [handwritten insert], FERNALD.

On Military Affairs.

Messrs. WARREN, BRADY, WEEKS, WADSWORTH, SUTHERLAND, NEW,
FRELINGHUYSEN.

On Mines and Mining.

Messrs. POINDEXTER, STERLING, BRADY, SUTHERLAND.

On the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries.

Messrs. CUMMINS, Chairman, STERLING, WADSWORTH.

On National Banks.

Messrs. BRADY, KELLOGG.

On Naval Affairs.

Messrs. PENROSE, LODGE, SMITH, Michigan, PAGE, POINDEXTER,
HARDING, HALE.

On Pacific Islands and Porto Rico.

Messrs. POINDEXTER, FALL, FERNALD, HARDING, WATSON.

On Pacific Railroads.

Messrs. BRANDEGEE, Chairman, MCCUMBER, JONES, Washington,
TOWNSEND, WATSON.

On Patents.

Messrs. BRANDEGEE, COLT, KNOX.

On Pensions.

Messrs. MCCUMBER, SMOOT, POINDEXTER, GOFF, SHERMAN, NEW.

On the Philippines.

Messrs. MCLEAN, KENYON, HARDING, GOFF, KNOX, ______ ______.

On Post Offices and Post Roads.

Messrs. PENROSE, TOWNSEND, WEEKS, STERLING, MCLEAN, WATSON,
FRANCE.

On Printing.

Messrs. SMOOT, GALLINGER, PAGE.

On Private Land Claims.

Messrs. LODGE, Chairman, SMITH, Michigan, GRONNA.

On Privileges and Elections.

Messrs. DILLINGHAM, KENYON, SHERMAN, FALL, KNOX, KELLOGG.

On Public Buildings and Grounds.

Messrs. WARREN, BRADY, FERNALD, CURTIS, SUTHERLAND,
FRELINGHUYSEN, FRANCE.

On Public Health and National Quarantine.

Messrs. SMOOT, WEEKS, TOWNSEND, FRANCE, FRELINGHUYSEN.

On Public Lands.

Messrs. SMOOT, FALL, NORRIS, STERLING, BRADY, KELLOGG.

On Railroads.

Messrs. NORRIS, GOFF, CALDER, HALE, FRANCE.

On Revolutionary Claims.

Messrs. CURTIS, WATSON.

On Rules.

Messrs. GALLINGER, WARREN, NELSON, CUMMINS, KNOX.

On Standards, Weights, and Measures.

Messrs. KENYON, Chairman, HARDING.

On Territories.

Messrs. MCLEAN, JONES, Washington, HARDING, NEW, HALE.

On Transportation and Sale of Meat Products.

Messrs. PAGE, Chairman, FRELINGHUYSEN.

On Transportation Routes to the Seaboard.

Messrs. MCCUMBER, Chairman, LODGE, SHERMAN, WATSON.

On the University of the United States.

Messrs. DILLINGHAM, Chairman, BRANDEGEE, MCCUMBER, GOFF,
COLT.

On Woman Suffrage.

Messrs. JONES, Washington, NELSON, CUMMINS, ______ ______.

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[April 17, 1917]

APRIL 17, 1917
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
April 17, 1917

Upon petition, a Conference was called by the Chairman, Senator
Gallinger, which met in the Minority Conference Room, Senate Office
Building, at 10 o'clock a.m., April 17, 1917.
The following Senators were present:

Messrs. Brady, Brandegee, Calder, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham,
Fall, Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen, Gallinger, Hale, Harding,
Johnson of California, Jones, Kellogg, Kenyon, Knox, Lodge, McCumber,
McLean, Nelson, New, Norris, Page, Penrose, Poindexter, Sherman,
Smoot, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth, Watson, and Weeks.

The Chairman was authorized to inform Democratic Leaders that it was the
desire of the Republican Senators that general legislation not connected
with the prosecution of the War should not be pressed at the present
session, but that the Republican Senators earnestly hoped that a Joint
Committee on the Conduct of the War be created to keep in touch with the
expenditures of the Government during the recess of Congress.
The Conference entered a general discussion of the details of bond
issues, and adjourned at 11:10 a.m.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[February 9, 1918]

FEBRUARY 9, 1918
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 9, 1918

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Gallinger,
at 10:20 a.m.
The following Senators being present:

Messrs. Borah, Calder, Colt, Curtis, Dillingham, France,
Frelinghuysen, Gallinger, Gronna, Harding, Kellogg, Knox, Lodge,
McCumber, McNary, Nelson, New, Norris, Poindexter, Smith of Michigan,
Smoot, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, and
Weeks.

After a general discussion, the Chairman was instructed by a vote of the
Conference to issue the following statement:

The Conference was not called for the purpose of securing
party action on war measures, and no such action will be
taken. Republican Senators will as heretofore, give cordial
support to all necessary legislation for the vigorous
prosecution of the war to a successful issue.

The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[August 24, 1918]

AUGUST 24, 1918
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
August 24, 1918

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by Senator Lodge, the
Acting Chairman.
The following Senators were present:

Messrs. Brandegee, Calder, Colt, Curtis, Dillingham, Fall, Fernald,
France, Frelinghuysen, Hale, Jones, Kellogg, Kenyon, Knox, Lodge,
McCumber, McNary, Nelson, New, Norris, Penrose, Poindexter, Sherman,
Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Sutherland, Sterling, Townsend, Wadsworth,
and Weeks.

The question of the selection of a Chairman to succeed the late Senator
from New Hampshire, Hon. Jacob H. Gallinger, being before the meeting,
Senator Nelson moved that Senator Lodge be chosen Chairman, and the
motion was unanimously adopted.

Senator Fall offered the following resolution which was carried on a
viva voce vote:

Resolved: That the Republican members of the United States
Senate in conference, urge that the consideration of House
Joint Resolution 200, proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, extending the right of
suffrage to women, should be proceeded with at the earliest
possible moment;
And be it further resolved: That we shall insist upon such
consideration immediately after the disposition of the
pending unfinished business, H.R. 11945 with all amendments
thereto, and shall also insist upon a final vote upon said
House Joint Resolution 200 and all amendments pending or to
be offered thereto at the earliest possible moment.
Provided: That this resolution shall not be construed as in
any way binding the action or vote of any member of the
Senate upon the merits of said suffrage amendment.

The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of its Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
* * *

65th Congress
2d Session.
S. CON. RES. 21.
In the Senate of the United States.
September 17, 1918.
Mr. Weeks submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
ordered to lie on the table.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That
there is hereby created a committee, to be known as the Joint
Congressional Committee on Reconstruction, composed of six Senators and
six Representatives in Congress. The members of said committee shall be
selected as follows: Three Senators by the Democratic senatorial caucus,
three Senators by the Republican senatorial conference, three
Representatives in Congress by the Democratic House caucus and three
Representatives in Congress by the Republican House conference:
Provided, That only Senators and Representatives in Congress who have
been elected to serve in the Sixty-sixth Congress shall be eligible for
membership on said committee. Such membership shall terminate with the
service in Congress of the Member, and vacancies shall be filled in the
same manner as the original selections were made, respectively.
That said committee shall make an investigation of the following
subjects, and report to Congress from time to time, with such
recommendations, as to additional legislation or otherwise, as it may
deem advisable:

1. Problems affecting labor, including--

(a) Unemployment which may follow war.
(b) Utilization of discharged soldiers and sailors in
civil employments.
(c) Conciliation and arbitration of labor disputes.
(d) The relation of men and women in similar employments.
(e) Substitution of female employees for male, and vice
versa.
(f) Feasibility of organizing permanent employment
agencies.
(g) Requirements for labor after the war, both in
agricultural and industrial occupations.
(h) Distribution of labor.
(i) Employment of surplus labor on public works of which
the construction or completion has been suspended due to
the war.

2. Problems affecting capital and credit, including--

(a) All matters relating to trusts and combinations.
(b) Federal loans to private enterprises.
(c) Federal supervision of capital issues.

3. Problems affecting public utilities, including--

(a) The establishment of a railroad policy after the war,
and the relation of the Interstate Commerce Commission to
the railroads.
(b) All questions relating to communication by wire.

4. Problems resulting from the demobilization of our
industrial and military war resources, including--

(a) The disposal of surplus Government properties and
supplies in this country and abroad.
(b) The conversion of munition industries into those of
peace.
(c) The demobilization of the war strength of the Army and
Navy, and the disposition of the men who have been in the
service.
(d) The demobilization of civil war workers.

5. Problems affecting our foreign trade, including--

(a) The development of new markets.
(b) Combinations for the purpose of increasing our selling
facilities.
(c) Changes in our banking facilities necessary to
cooperate with such trade.

6. Problems affecting the continuance of exsting industries
and the establishment of new industries, including--

(a) The supply and control of raw materials.
(b) The encouragement of the production in the United
States of articles that have not been made in this country
heretofore.
(c) The encouragement of private enterprise in the
development of the resources of the public domain.
(d) The utilization of a tariff on imports as a means to
protect and encourage home industries.

7. Problems relating to agriculture, including--

(a) The advisability of continuing after the war price
fixing of food products.
(b) Federal loans to farmers.
(c) Distribution of food products.
(d) The allotment of lands to returned soldiers and
sailors, and their establishment in new homes on the
public domain.

8. Problems affecting the adequate production and effective
distribution of coal, gasoline, and other fuels.
9. Problems relating to shipping, including shipyards, and
especially in regard to the sale, continuance of ownership,
or leasing of both yards and ships.
10. Housing conditions and the disposition of houses
constructed by the Government during the war.
11. War legislation now on the statute books, with reference
to its repeal, extension, or amendment.
12. And in general all matters necessarily arising during
the change from the activities of war to the pursuits of
peace, including those that may be referred to it by the
Senate or House of Representatives.
That the committee is authorized to employ such clerical
assistance as it may deem necessary, including the services
of experts, and may, by subcommittee or otherwise, send for
persons or papers, administer oaths, and employ
stenographers, at a cost not to exceed $1 per printed page,
to report such hearings as may be had in connection with any
subject before it.
That the committee may sit during the sessions or recesses
of the Senate and House of Representatives, and that
expenses contracted hereunder shall be paid one-half from
the contingent fund of the Senate and one-half from the
contingent fund of the House upon the presentation of
vouchers approved by the chairman of said committee, until
otherwise provided by law.
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[October 1, 1918]

OCTOBER 1, 1918
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
October 1, 1918

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Lodge, at
ten o'clock, after notice duly given.
The Secretary, Senator Wadsworth, called the roll and the following
Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Baird, Calder, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, Drew,
Fernald, France, Gronna, Hale, Jones, Kellogg, Kenyon, Lenroot, Lodge,
McCumber, McNary, Nelson, Norris, New, Page, Penrose, Poindexter,
Smoot, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth, Watson, and Weeks.

The following Resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote:

Resolved: That the Republicans of the Senate in conference
assembled declare by a unanimous vote that they are in favor
of early action to be taken by Congress to prepare for
measures of reconstruction following the close of the war.
The Republican Conference declares itself in favor of the
early consideration by the Senate of the resolution of the
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Weeks), Concurrent
Resolution No. 21, and of prompt action by the Senate on the
subject matter therein contained.

The Chairman was authorized to appoint a Committee of three Senators to
urge early consideration of the measures referred to in the resolution
adopted by the Conference.

Pursuant to this authority, the Chairman, Senator Lodge, appointed

Messrs. Watson, Poindexter, and Cummins.

Senator France gave notice that at the next meeting he would bring up
for discussion a motion for the appointment of a committee on
legislative program.
The conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[November 19, 1918]

NOVEMBER 19, 1918
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
November 19, 1918

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Lodge, at
10:30 a.m. pursuant to call.
Senator Wadsworth, the Secretary, being absent, the Chairman requested
Senator Curtis to act in that capacity.
The minutes of the Conference of October 1, 1918, were read and
approved.
The roll was called and the following senators answered to their names:

Messrs. Calder, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, Frelinghuysen, Hale,
Harding, Kellogg, Knox, Lenroot, Lodge, McCumber, McLean, Moses,
Norris, Penrose, Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot, Sutherland, Townsend,
Warren, Watson, and Weeks.

Senator Borah entered later.

Senator Lodge made a statement relating to the object of the
administration in enacting such legislation as would prevent the
necessity for calling an extra session of Congress after the 4th of
March, 1919.
Senator Watson from the Committee on Reconstruction (appointed under
authority of the Conference of October 1, 1918) submitted a report from
said committee, which is appended to these minutes.
Senator Townsend moved:

That the Congress shall assert and exercise its normal and
constitutional functions including legislation necessary for
reconstruction:

Which motion was submitted and carried.

Senator Lenroot moved to amend the report of the Committee on
Reconstruction by transferring subdivisions a and b of the First
Committee's investigations to the Fourth Committee's subjects for
investigation, which was agreed to.

After general discussion, Senator Harding moved the adoption of the
Report, and the question on adoption being put, was carried.
Senator Curtis made a statement concerning the right of Senator [George
B.] Martin [Democrat] of Kentucky to serve as a Senator, and upon motion
of Senator Penrose, Senator Curtis was authorized to ask unanimous
consent in the Senate, when next the question arose, to have the same
referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections for investigation
and report.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Charles Curtis

Acting Secretary.
* * *

65th Congress
2d Session
S. CON. RES. 25.
In the Senate of the United States.
November 21, 1918.

Mr. Cummins submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That
there are hereby created six committees, to be known as the Joint
Congressional Committees on Reconstruction. Each of said committees
shall be composed of five Senators and five Representatives in Congress.
The members of said committees shall be selected as follows:
The Senators in the manner provided in the rules of the Senate for the
selection of the standing committees of the Senate and the
Representatives in the manner provided in the rules of the House for the
selection of the standing committees of the House.
The members of these committees shall be subject to change from time to
time by the Senate and House, respectively, as are said standing
committees, and all vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the
original selections were made.
The said committees shall make, respectively, investigations of the
subjects hereinafter named and herein assigned to them, respectively,
and shall report to Congress from time to time with such recommendations
as to additional legislation, or otherwise, as they, respectively, may
deem advisable.
The first committee, which shall be known as the Joint Congressional
Committee upon the Demobilization of the Army and Navy, shall so
investigate and report upon the following matters, to wit:

(a) The employment of discharged soldiers and sailors in
civil pursuits.
(b) The allotment of lands to returned soldiers and sailors
and their establishment in homes upon the public domain.
(c) All legislation which may be required in the proper care
for those who have suffered the dangers of war, and
especially those who have been disabled and whose ability to
earn a livelihood has been impaired.

The second of the said committees, which shall be known as the Joint
Congressional Committee upon Foreign Trade and Commerce, shall so
investigate and report upon the following matters, to wit:

(a) Duties on imports for the protection and encouragement
of home industry.
(b) The development of new foreign markets.
(c) Combinations for the purpose of increasing our selling
facilities.
(d) Changes in our banking facilities necessary to cooperate
with such trade.
(e) Our merchant marine, including the construction of
ships; the continuance of Government ownership and
operation, and in general with respect to the various
problems of transportation upon the high seas.

The third of said committees, which shall be known as the Joint
Congressional Committee on Interstate Transportation, shall so
investigate and report upon the following matters, to wit:

(a) The permanent relation which the Government of the
United States should sustain to the common carriers of the
country.
(b) Whether the systems of transportation now in possession
of and being operated by the Government should be returned
to their former owners and operated as heretofore, or
whether Government operation should continue with or without
Government ownership; or, if private ownership is to
continue and private operation resumed, what system of
regulation and control will be best adapted to secure
efficiency in service, reasonable rates of transportation,
and fairness to the capital invested.
(c) The relation which should be established between inland
water transportation and the railways, including the control
of the former.
(d) All questions relating to communication by wire.

The fourth of said committees, which shall be known as the Joint
Congressional Committee on Domestic Business, shall so investigate and
report upon the following matters, to wit:

(a) To what extent, if any, should our laws relating to
trusts and combinations be modified.
(b) What cooperation should be permitted in order to
increase efficiency, reduce cost, and enable this country to
successfully meet foreign competition.
(c) To what extent should the Government undertake to
control prices.
(d) Government loans to private enterprises.
(e) Government supervision of capital issues.
(f) The supply and control of raw materials and
encouragement in the production of articles that have not
heretofore been manufactured in this country.

The fifth of said committees, which shall be known as the Joint
Congressional Committee on Employers and Employees, shall so investigate
and report upon the following matters, to wit:

(a) Conciliation and arbitration in labor disputes.
(b) The relation of men and women in similar employments.
(c) Substitution of female employees for male employees, and
vice versa.
(d) The organization of permanent employment agencies.
(e) The distribution of labor, including employment of
surplus labor on public works.
(f) The sanitary housing of employees and the disposition of
houses constructed by the Government during the war.
(g) The freedom of labor, and of employment in its relation
to trade unionism; and wages, hours, and conditions of
employment.

The sixth of said committees, which shall be known as the Joint
Congressional Committee upon Natural Resources, shall so investigate and
report on the following matters, to wit:

(a) The encouragement of private enterprises in the
development of the resources of the public domain.
(b) The tendency toward urban population and the best means
of checking it, including the requirements for farm labor
and the best means of securing it.
(c) Government loans to farmers.
(d) The distribution of food products.
(e) Our timber problems.
(f) The adequate production and proper distribution of our
mineral resources, including coal, petroleum, and other
fuels.
(g) The development and control of water power.

Each of said committees is empowered to take up and examine any other
subject which in the course of its investigation it finds to be
inseparably connected with the subjects herein assigned to it and which
ought to be considered in view of the change from the activities of war
to the pursuits of peace, and especially the demobilization of war
commissions, administrations, bureaus, and other civilian war agencies,
and the adjustment of the forces employed therein to private industry
and commerce under normal peace conditions.
Each of said committees is authorized to employ such clerical assistance
as it may deem necessary, including the services of experts, and may, by
subcommittee or otherwise, send for persons or papers, administer oaths,
and employ stenographers at a cost not to exceed $1 per printed page to
report such hearings as may be had in connection with any subject before
it.
Each of said committees may sit during the sessions or recesses of the
Senate and House of Representatives.
* * *

65th Congress.
2d Session
S. CON. RES. 21
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

AMENDMENT

Amend Senate Concurrent Resolution 21, as follows, to wit: Beginning
with the word ``that'' in line two, page one, strike out to and
including the word ``representatives'' line six, page five, and in lieu
of the part stricken out, insert the following:
``That there are hereby created committees to be known as the Joint
Congressional Committees on Reconstruction. Each of said committees
shall be composed of five Senators and five Representatives in Congress.
The members of said committees shall be selected, as follows:
``The Senators in the manner provided in the rules of the Senate for the
selection of the standing committees of the Senate, and the
Representatives in the manner provided in the rules of the House for the
selection of the standing committees of the House.
``The members of these committees shall be subject to change from time
to time by the Senate and House respectively, as are said standing
committees, and all vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the
original selections were made.

[The amendment continues virtually verbatim the text of S. Con. Res. 25
above through the description of the sixth committee. Then it
continues:]

``Each of said committees is empowered to take up and examine any other
subject which, in the course of its investigation, it finds to be
inseparably connected with the subjects herein assigned to it and which
ought to be considered in view of the change from the activities of war
to the pursuits of peace.''
Strike from line seven (7) page five (5) the words ``that the
committee'' and insert in lieu thereof ``Each of said committees.''
Amend by striking out in line fourteen (14) page five (5) the words
``That the committee'' and insert in lieu thereof ``each of said
committees.''

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[January 22, 1919]

JANUARY 22, 1919
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 22, 1919

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by the Chairman,
Senator Lodge.
The Secretary called the roll and the following Senators responded to
their names:

Messrs. Calder, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, France, Frelinghuysen, Gronna,
Hale, Harding, Johnson of California, Jones, Kellogg, Kenyon, Knox,
Lenroot, Lodge, McCumber, McNary, Moses, Nelson, New, Norris, Page,
Poindexter, Sherman, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling,
Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Weeks.

Following a brief discussion of the Newberry-Ford Election case, the
Norris Res. S. 339 (which was the question for which the Conference was
called) was discussed; as was also a suggestion on the same subject
submitted by Senator Cummins.

Senator Lenroot moved that a Committee of five be appointed by the
Chairman to consider the matter of Committees and report to the
Conference at a later date.

The motion was agreed to, and the whole matter was referred to said
Committee.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

Note: The Norris Resolution and suggestions of Senator Cummins are
appended to these minutes.
Note: The Committee authorized by these minutes is contained in a letter
of Senator Lodge, copy of which is hereto attached.
* * *

65th Congress,
2d Session.
S. RES. 339.

In the Senate of the United States.
November 18, 1918.

Mr. Norris submitted the following resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on Rules.

RESOLUTION.

Resolved, That Rule XXV of the standing rules of the Senate be amended
by adding thereto a new paragraph, as follows:
``3. After the fourth day of March, nineteen hundred and nineteen, any
Senator who is chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, Finance,
Foreign Relations, Interstate Commerce, Judiciary, Military Affairs,
Naval Affairs, or Post Offices and Post Roads, while holding such
chairmanship, shall not be a member of any of the other of said
committees.''
* * *

Suggestions submitted to the Conference of Jan. 22, 1919 by Senator
Cummins.
No Senator shall be a member of more than two of the following standing
Committees of the Senate, viz: Appropriations, Agriculture and Forestry,
Commerce, Finance, Foreign Relations, Inter State Commerce, Judiciary,
Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, Post Offices and Post Roads; no Senator
being Chairman of either of the foregoing committees shall be appointed
on a conference committee upon any bill reported by either of said
standing committees unless it is reported by the committee of which he
is chairman.
* * *

Mr. Lodge, Chairman
United States Senate,
Conference of the Minority.

January 22, 1919.

My dear Senator:

Finding it extremely difficult to make up a committee
upon the subject involved in the Norris Resolution with a
membership not exceeding five, I have taken the liberty to
increase the committee to seven as was originally proposed
because in this way I can secure a better representation
of the differing views of the questions arising from the
Norris Resolution. Of course, if there is any objection to
this enlargement, I will immediately call another
conference to pass upon it. I have as chairman, under the
authority vested in me, appointed the following Senators
members of the Committee: Mr. Lenroot, Mr. Cummins, Mr.
Smoot, Mr. Norris, Mr. Harding, Mr. Knox, and Mr. Hale.
Very truly yours,

[signed] H.C. Lodge
Chairman Minority Conference.
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[February 8, 1919]

FEBRUARY 8, 1919
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 8, 1919

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by the Chairman,
Senator Lodge.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, Fernald, France,
Frelinghuysen, Hale, Harding, Jones, Kellogg, Lenroot, Lodge,
McCumber, McNary, Moses, Nelson, New, Page, Poindexter, Sherman,
Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren,
Watson, and Weeks.

Senator Lenroot, from the Committee appointed by the Chairman, under
authority of the Conference of January 22, 1919, to consider the subject
matter of the Norris Resolution, submitted a report which was read; and
after the adoption of an amendment by Senator Smoot, was agreed to.

Said resolution as agreed to is appended to these minutes.
Senator Jones of Washington moved:

That it is the Sense of the Conference that the Rules of the
Senate be amended to provide that the memberships of no
standing committee of the Senate should exceed seventeen in
number, which was agreed to.

The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
* * *

RESOLVED, That it is the sense of this Conference that Rule XXV of the
Standing Rules of the Senate be amended by adding thereto a new
paragraph, as follows:

III. After March 4, 1919, no Senator shall be a member of
more than two of the following standing committees of the
Senate, viz:

Appropriations,
Agriculture and Forestry,
Commerce,
Finance,
Foreign Relations,
Interstate Commerce,
Judiciary,
Military Affairs,
Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads.

No Senator being Chairman of either of the foregoing
committees shall be appointed on a conference committee upon
any bill reported by either of said standing committees
unless it is reported by the committee of which he is
chairman.

And be it further resolved, That it is the sense of the Conference that
Rule 16 of the standing rules of the Senate be amended as follows:

After the words ``to the Committee on Military Affairs''
insert: ``the Diplomatic and Consular Service Bill to the
Committee on Foreign Relations.''

And be it further resolved, That it is the sense of this Conference that
no chairman of any committee named in the foregoing proposed amendment
of the Rules, who may be a ranking member of any committee, other than
those named in said amendment, should be appointed on a conference
committee upon any bill reported by the committee of which he is such
ranking member, unless the majority members of such committee shall upon
specific bills so recommend.
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[March 1, 1919]

MARCH 1, 1919
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 1, 1919

The Conference was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by the Chairman, Senator
Lodge.
The Secretary called the roll and the following Senators responded to
their names:

Messrs. Borah, Brandegee, Calder, Colt, Curtis, Fernald, France,
Frelinghuysen, Harding, Jones, Kellogg, Kenyon, Knox, Lenroot, Lodge,
McCumber, McNary, Moses, Nelson, New, Page, Penrose, Poindexter,
Sherman, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland,
Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, and Weeks.

The question of the action to be taken by the Republicans on the Bond
Bill, Naval Appropriation Bill, Army Appropriation Bill, Wheat Price
Bill, Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill, and General Deficiency
Appropriation Bill, was discussed, but no conclusion was reached;

And, at 7 o'clock p.m. the Conference adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
Sixty-sixth Congress (1919-1921)

[Editor's Note: In the Sixty-sixth Congress Republicans regained
control of both the Senate and House, in the Senate by the narrow margin
of 49 Republicans to 47 Democrats. In the House, 240 Republicans faced
192 Democrats and 2 independents.
During 1919 President Wilson's bitter opponent Henry Cabot Lodge, who
chaired both the Republican Conference and the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, led the party in blocking ratification of the Treaty of
Versailles. The treaty--not mentioned in the minutes--was apparently not
discussed in the Conference. Instead, the Conference focused on taking
advantage of its majority status to fill such Senate offices as
secretary of the Senate, sergeant at arms, and chaplain, as well as
assigning committee posts and chairmanships. In one particularly
contentious case, the Republican Conference, which usually met in
private, held an unusual open meeting on May 27, 1919, to consider
whether to permit Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania to become
chairman of the Finance Committee. The minutes include the verbatim
transcript of that meeting.]
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[May 14, 1919]

MAY 14, 1919
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 14, 1919

The Conference was called to order at 11 o'clock a.m. by the Chairman,
Senator Lodge.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Borah, Brandegee, Calder, Capper, Colt, Curtis,
Dillingham, Edge, Elkins, Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen, Hale,
Harding, Johnson of California, Jones, Kellogg, Kenyon, Keyes, Knox,
Lodge, McCormick, McCumber, McLean, McNary, Moses, Nelson, New,
Newberry, Norris, Page, Penrose, Phipps, Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot,
Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland, Wadsworth, Warren, and Watson.

Senator Knox nominated Senator Lodge for Chairman of the Conference, and
the question being put was adopted unanimously.

Senator Calder nominated Senator Wadsworth for Secretary of the
Conference, and the question being put was adopted.
Senator Sutherland nominated Senator Curtis for Whip, and the question
being put was adopted.
Senator Brandegee moved that the Chairman be authorized to appoint a
Committee on Committees to consist of nine members. The motion was
carried.
Senator Lodge brought to the attention of the Conference the following
motion which was adopted by a prior conference, which was readopted:

Resolved: That it is the sense of the Conference that the
Rules of the Senate be amended to provide that the
memberships of no standing committee of the Senate should
exceed seventeen in number.

Senator Lodge also brought to the attention of the Conference the
following resolution adopted by a prior conference, which was readopted:

Resolved: That it is the sense of this Conference that Rule
XXV of the standing Rules of the Senate be amended by adding
thereto a new paragraph, as follows:
III. After March 4, 1919, no Senator shall be a member of
more than two of the following standing committees of the
Senate, viz:

Appropriations Judiciary
Agriculture and Forestry Military Affairs
Commerce Naval Affairs, Post Offices
Finance & Post Roads
Foreign Relations
Interstate Commerce

No senator being chairman of either of the foregoing
committees shall be appointed on a conference committee upon
any bill reported by either of said standing committees
unless it is reported by the committee of which he is
chairman.
And be it further resolved, That it is the sense of the
Conference that Rule 16 of the Standing Rules of the Senate
be amended as follows:
After the words ``to the committee on Military Affairs''
insert: ``The Diplomatic and Consular Service Bill to the
Committee on Foreign Relations''.
And be it further resolved: That it is the sense of this
Conference that no chairman of any committee named in the
foregoing proposed amendment of the Rules, who may be a
ranking member of any committee, other than those named in
said amendment, should be appointed on a conference
committee upon any bill reported by the committee of which
he is the ranking member, unless the majority members of
such committee shall upon specific bills so recommend.

Senator McCumber moved that the Chairman be authorized to appoint a
Committee on Order of Business to consist of nine members, and that the
Chairman of the Conference shall be ex officio, a member of the
Committee. The motion was carried.
Senator New moved that the Chairman of the Conference be authorized to
appoint a Committee on Patronage to consist of three members. The motion
was carried.
Senator Borah nominated Senator Cummins as President Pro Tempore of the
Senate, and the question being put was adopted.
Senator Sherman nominated Mr. George A. Sanderson of Illinois for
Secretary of the Senate, and Senator Calder nominated Mr. Fairchild of
New York for the same office. The vote was as follows:

For Sanderson----37
For Mr. Fairchild----5

On motion the vote was made unanimous, and Mr. Sanderson was nominated.
Senator Knox nominated Mr. David S. Barry of R.I. for Sergeant at Arms
of the Senate, and Senator Spencer nominated Mr. W. L. Cole of Missouri
for the same office. The vote was as follows:

Barry----34
Cole----8

On motion the vote was made unanimous, and Mr. Barry was nominated.
Mr. Carl A. Loeffler of Pennsylvania was nominated for Assistant
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and the nomination was unanimously carried.
Senator Norris offered the following resolution, which was rejected on a
viva voce vote:

Resolved that the Committee on Committees be instructed that
in making up the committees named in Senate Resolution 339
as reported in the 65th Congress, 2nd Session, no chairman
of any of said committees shall be placed on any other of
said committees until all other Republican Senators have
been placed on two of said committees.

Senator Knox moved that the Chairman be instructed to notify the
Chairman of the Democratic Conference that on all questions of
organization of the Senate, pairs are ``off'' (cancelled) and that it is
the sense of the Republican Conference that each Republican Senator
notify his pair to the same effect except in case of sickness or death
in the family.
The motion was carried.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

Pursuant to authority, Senator Lodge appointed the following members of
Committees for the 66th Congress.
Committee on Committees

Senators Brandegee, Calder, Watson, Curtis, Knox, Sterling, Harding,
Gronna, and McNary.

Committee on Order of Business

McCumber, Chairman, La Follette, Wadsworth, Fernald, France,
Frelinghuysen, Kellogg, McCormick, Lodge Ex Officio

Committee on Patronage

Senator New, Chairman, Sutherland, and Lenroot.
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[May 26, 1919]

MAY 26, 1919
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 26, 1919

The Conference met at 10 o'clock a.m. pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Brandegee, Calder, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham,
Edge, Elkins, Fall, Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen, Gronna, Hale,
Harding, Johnson of California, Kellogg, Keyes, Knox, Lodge,
McCormick, McCumber, McLean, McNary, Moses, Nelson, New, Newberry,
Page, Penrose, Phipps, Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling,
Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson.

Senator Brandegee, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, submitted a
report (appended hereto) which was read by the Secretary.
Senator Johnson of California moved to strike out the name of Senator
Penrose as Chairman of the Committee on Finance. The roll was called
upon the question, resulting as follows:

Yeas----5
Nays----35

So the motion failed to carry.
Senator Brandegee informed the Conference that the Democratic Steering
Committee requested an increase in the membership of the Committee on
Foreign Relations so as to permit the retention of Senator [Joseph T.]
Robinson [of Arkansas] (Democrat) on that Committee.
Senator Knox moved that the question be referred to the Chairman of the
Conference (Senator Lodge) and the Chairman of the Committee on
Committees (Senator Brandegee) with power to act; and the motion was
adopted.
The question recurring on the adoption of the Report of the Committee on
Committees, the same was adopted.
Senator Curtis offered the following Resolution which was adopted:

Resolved:----That the Republican members of the United
States Senate, in conference, urge that the consideration of
House Joint Resolution 1, proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, extending the right of
suffrage to women, should be proceeded with and urged to a
final vote at the earliest possible moment.
Provided: That this resolution shall not be considered as in
any way binding the action or vote of any members of the
Senate upon the merits of said suffrage amendment.

The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
* * *

The Secretary read as follows:
On Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress: Messrs.
Penrose, Sutherland, and Keyes.
On Agriculture and Forestry: Messrs. Gronna (chairman), Page, Norris,
Kenyon, Wadsworth, France, McNary, Capper, and Keyes.
On Appropriations: Messrs. Warren (chairman), Smoot, Jones of
Washington, Curtis, Kenyon, Sherman, Gronna, Hale, Spencer, Phipps, and
Newberry.
To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate: Messrs.
Calder (chairman), Smoot and France.
On Banking and Currency: Messrs. McLean (chairman), Page, Gronna,
Norris, Frelinghuysen, Penrose, Calder, Newberry, and Keyes.
On Canadian Relations: Messrs. Hale (chairman), Sherman, Wadsworth,
Spencer, and Newberry.
On the Census: Messrs Sutherland (chairman), La Follette, McLean,
Townsend, New, Calder, and Moses.
On Civil Service and Retrenchment: Messrs. Sterling (chairman), Cummins,
La Follette, Smoot, Colt, Ball, and Capper.
On Claims: Messrs. Spencer (chairman), Gronna, Wadsworth, Fernald,
Frelinghuysen, New, Keyes, and Capper.
On Coast and Insular Survey: Messrs. Edge (chairman), Townsend,
Sterling, Hale, and Borah.
On Coast Defenses: Messrs. Frelinghuysen (chairman), Fernald, Nelson,
Calder, Lenroot, and Ball.
On Commerce: Messrs. Jones of Washington (chairman), Nelson, Sherman,
Harding, Fernald, Calder, Lenroot, Colt, McNary, Ball, and Edge.
On Conservation of National Resources: Messrs. Colt, Gronna, Calder,
Hale, France, La Follette, Kellogg, and McCormick.
On Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia: Messrs. La
Follette, Sherman, and Brandegee.
On Cuban Relations: Messrs. Johnson of California (chairman), Knox, and
McCormick.
On Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments: Messrs.
France, Warren, and McCumber.
On the District of Columbia: Messrs. Sherman (chairman), Dillingham,
Jones of Washington, Calder, New, Ball, Capper, and Elkins.
On Education and Labor: Messrs. Kenyon (chairman), Borah, Page, McLean,
Sterling, and Phipps.
On Engrossed Bills: Messrs. Warren and Elkins.
On Enrolled Bills: Messrs. Ball (chairman) and Curtis.
To Examine the Several Branches of the Civil Service: Messrs. Brandegee,
Nelson, Jones of Washington, and Elkins.
On Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture: Messrs. Capper
(chairman), Wadsworth, and Keyes.
On Expenditures in the Department of Commerce: Messrs. Elkins
(chairman), Fall, and McNary.
On Expenditures in the Interior Department: Messrs. Smoot, Poindexter,
and La Follette.
On Expenditures in the Department of Justice: Messrs. Borah, Spencer,
and France.
On Expenditures in the Department of Labor: Messrs. McCormick
(chairman), Kellogg, and Kenyon.
On Expenditures in the Navy Department: Messrs. Dillingham, Lodge, and
Newberry.
On Expenditures in the Post Office Department: Messrs. Keyes (chairman),
Watson, and Edge.
On Expenditures in the Department of State: Messrs. Phipps (chairman),
Penrose, and Hale.
On Expenditures in the Treasury Department: Messrs. Harding, Cummins,
and Ball.
On Expenditures in the War Department: Messrs. Townsend, Norris, and
Page.
On Finance: Messrs. Penrose (chairman), McCumber, Smoot, La Follette,
Dillingham, McLean, Curtis, Watson, Calder, and Sutherland.
On Fisheries: Messrs. Newberry (chairman), Jones of Washington, Fernald,
Moses, and McNary.
On the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians: Messrs. Norris, Colt, and
Wadsworth.
On Foreign Relations: Messrs. Lodge (chairman), McCumber, Borah,
Brandegee, Fall, Knox, Harding, Johnson of California, New, and Moses.
On Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game: Messrs. McLean,
Sherman, New, Warren, and Edge.
On the Geological Survey: Messrs. Norris, Sutherland, Penrose, and
Dillingham.
On Immigration: Messrs. Colt (chairman), Dillingham, Penrose, Sterling,
Johnson of California, Keyes, and Edge.
On Indian Affairs: Messrs. Curtis (chairman), La Follette, Gronna, Fall,
Fernald, McNary, Spencer, Nelson, and McCormick.
On Indian Depredations: Messrs. Poindexter, McCumber, Watson,
Frelinghuysen, Warren, and Curtis.
On Industrial Expositions: Messrs. Gronna, Norris, Sutherland, Kellogg,
Lodge, Kenyon, and Newberry.
On Interoceanic Canals: Messrs. Borah (chairman),. Page, Cummins, Colt,
Calder, Knox, Johnson of California, and Edge.
On Interstate Commerce, Messrs. Cummins (chairman), Townsend, La
Follette, Poindexter, McLean, Watson, Kellogg, Fernald, Frelinghuysen,
and Elkins.
To Investigate Trespassers upon Indian Lands: Messrs. Jones of
Washington, Sutherland, and Townsend.
On Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands: Messrs. McNary (chairman),
Jones of Washington, Borah, Johnson of California, Gronna, Fall, and
Phipps.
On the Judiciary: Messrs. Nelson (chairman), Dillingham, Brandegee,
Borah, Cummins, Colt, Sterling, Fall, Norris, and Kellogg.
On the Library: Messrs. Brandegee (chairman), Wadsworth, Moses, Johnson
of California, and Knox.
On Manufactures: Messrs. La Follette (chairman), Lodge, Kenyon, Fernald,
McNary, and Gronna.
On Military Affairs: Messrs. Wadsworth (chairman), Warren, Sutherland,
New, Frelinghuysen, Johnson of California, Knox, Lenroot, Spencer, and
Capper.
On Mines and Mining: Messrs. Poindexter (chairman), Sterling,
Sutherland, McCormick, Phipps, and Newberry.
On the Mississippi River and its Tributaries: Messrs. Cummins,
Wadsworth, Nelson, and Spencer.
On National Banks: Messrs. Kellogg (chairman), Lenroot, and Elkins.
On Naval Affairs: Messrs. Page (chairman), Penrose, Lodge, Poindexter,
Hale, Ball, McCormick, Newberry, and Keyes.
On Pacific Islands and Porto Rico: Messrs Fall (chairman), Poindexter,
Fernald, Harding, Watson, Kenyon, and McCormick.
On Pacific Railroads: Messrs. Brandegee, McCumber, Townsend, Watson,
Lenroot, and Capper.
On Patents: Messrs. Norris (chairman), Brandegee, Knox, and Kellogg.
On Pensions: Messrs. McCumber (chairman), Smoot, Poindexter, Sherman,
New, Elkins, and Ball.
On the Philippines: Messrs. Harding (chairman), Kenyon, Knox, Johnson of
California, McNary, Curtis, Frelinghuysen, and Hale.
On Post Offices and Post Roads; Messrs. Townsend (chairman), Sterling,
France, Poindexter, Moses, McCormick, Edge, Elkins, and Phipps.
On Printing: Messrs. Moses (chairman), Smoot, Page, New, and Capper.
On Private Land Claims: Messrs. Nelson, Townsend, Moses, and Edge.
On Privileges and Elections: Messrs. Dillingham (chairman), Kenyon,
Sherman, Fall, Knox, Spencer, Wadsworth, Watson, and Edge.
On Public Buildings and Grounds: Messrs. Fernald (chairman), Warren,
Curtis, Sutherland, Frelinghuysen, France, Lenroot, Spencer, and Keyes.
On Public Health and National Quarantine: Messrs. France (chairman),
Townsend, Frelinghuysen, Penrose, Harding, and Ball.
On Public Lands: Messrs. Smoot (chairman), Fall, Norris, Sterling,
Kellogg, McNary, McCumber, Poindexter, and Lenroot.
On Railroads: Messrs. Lenroot (chairman), Lodge, Warren, Dillingham,
Phipps, and Newberry.
On Revolutionary Claims: Messrs. Lodge, Kellogg, and Lenroot.
On Rules: Messrs. Knox (chairman), Nelson, Cummins, Curtis, Hale, Moses,
and McCormick.
On Standards, Weights, and Measures: Messrs. Harding, Borah, and
Kellogg.
On Territories: Messrs. New (chairman), McLean, Jones of Washington,
Harding, Hale, Borah, and Smoot.
On Transportation Routes to the Seaboard: Messrs. McCumber, Lodge,
Sherman, Phipps, and Capper.
On Transportation and Sale of Meat Products: Messrs. Page, McLean, and
France.
On the University of the United States: Messrs. Dillingham, Brandegee,
McCumber, Colt, Sterling, and Elkins.
On Woman Suffrage: Messrs. Watson (chairman), Jones of Washington,
Nelson, Cummins, and Johnson of California.
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[May 27, 1919]

MAY 27, 1919
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 27, 1919

The Conference met at 11:30 a.m. pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Borah, Brandegee, Calder, Capper, Colt, Dillingham, Edge,
Elkins, Fall, Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen, Gronna, Hale, Harding,
Johnson of California, Kenyon, Keyes, Knox, Lenroot, Lodge, McCormick,
McCumber, McLean, McNary, Moses, Nelson, Newberry, New, Page, Phipps,
Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend,
Wadsworth, Warren, Watson.

Senator Brandegee moved that the doors be opened and the public
admitted.

The motion was carried, and the doors were opened, admitting
the public, including representatives of the Press.

Senator Brandegee moved to reconsider the vote by which the report of
the Committee on Committees was adopted; and the question being put was
carried.
Senator Brandegee moved to reconsider the vote by which Senator Penrose
was nominated for Chairman of the Committee on Finance; and this motion
was carried.
Senators Borah, Kenyon, Spencer and Gronna discussed the issues involved
in the naming of Senator Penrose as Chairman of the Finance Committee.
Senator Borah moved to strike the name of Senator Penrose from the
Chairmanship of the Finance Committee; upon which the roll was called.

Those voting in the affirmative were:

Messrs. Borah, Capper, Cummins, Johnson of California,
Kenyon, Lenroot, McCormick, and McNary.

Total 8

Those voting in the negative were:

Messrs. Brandegee, Calder, Colt, Dillingham, Edge,
Elkins, Fall, Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen, Gronna,
Hale, Harding, Newberry, Page, Phipps, Poindexter,
Sherman, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend,
Wadsworth, Warren, and Watson.

Total 34
So the motion was not agreed to.
Upon motion of Senator Fernald, the Conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
* * *
Transcript

The Open Conference of Republican Senators was called to order by the
Chairman (Senator Lodge) at 11:55 a.m., Tuesday, May 27, 1919.
The Chairman. Those who have been admitted to the room will kindly take
seats and preserve order.
Senator Brandegee. Mr. Chairman, in view of the fact that several
Senators were not in attendance upon the Conference yesterday who desire
to express views upon the action taken by the Conference yesterday, I
move that the action of the Conference by which the list of committees
was accepted and approved be reconsidered.
The Chairman. The Senator from Connecticut moves that the vote by which
the report of the Committee on Committees was adopted be reconsidered.
The motion was agreed to.
Senator Brandegee. Now I move that the action of the Conference in
appointing Senator Penrose chairman of the Finance Committee be
reconsidered.
The Chairman. The Senator from Connecticut moves that the vote by which
the Conference adopted the name of Senator Penrose for chairman of the
Committee on Finance also be reconsidered. If there is no objection it
will be so ordered. The Chair hears no objection and it is so ordered.
Senator Borah. Mr. Chairman, this conference has been called I presume
largely in deference to some of the Senators who were not present
yesterday and who hold a view in controversy with the report of the
Committee on Committees. We preferred to have this matter settled under
such circumstances and surroundings that there shall not be any
misunderstanding or mistake as to the position of those who are at
variance with the report, and for that reason it was thought wise to
have a reconsideration under conditions which would permit the
consideration in open conference.
Mr. Chairman, I will be very brief in stating the position which some of
us occupy. I think I speak for others as well as for myself with
reference to this matter. There are two or three things which ought to
be eliminated from the consideration of the subject, and it will clarify
the situation both here and elsewhere if those things are specifically
referred to. In the first place we do not wish it understood that the
opposition which we have to Senator Penrose as chairman of the Finance
Committee is based upon mere personal objections. The question of
personalities or of individuals with reference to these matters, if
there be such questions, are for settlement in other forums and not for
discussion in a Congress or in a committee of Congress which has to do
with legislation concerning the public welfare. We are therefore not
basing our opposition to Senator Penrose upon any question of personal
antipathy. Neither do we desire it understood that we are challenging
either the capacity or the intelligence or ability of Senator Penrose or
the chairman of the Appropriations Committee. It is not a question of
the capacity of these gentlemen at all. It is simply a difference of
view and a very marked difference of view between particularly the view
of Senator Penrose with reference to finance and taxation and the view
of those who are opposed to his being chairman. Our opposition is based
upon that principle and that alone. Had it been a mere question of
individual liking or disliking we would not have asked for any
conference here of this nature or any nature at all; neither would we
have interposed any delay; but it involves what seems to us a matter of
tremendous import not only to the Party but also to the Country.
While we had not supposed that we would effectuate any particular result
at this particular time by taking the position which we have taken, we
have taken it believing that by insistent and persistent urging of
opposition the time would come in legislation when we would be able to
effectuate a change of the policy which has been supposed to be the
policy of the Senator from Pennsylvania; and we are not here seeking to
do otherwise than to brace ourselves for what we believe will be the
ultimate contest upon the question of taxation and finance in this
country.
Mr. Chairman, I am going to be brief and yet I wish to say a word or two
more in order that I may not be misunderstood. It has been a serious
question for discussion with historians and financiers whether war
superinduces greater suffering during the time that it is in progress or
after the war is over and when the time comes to meet its burdens by
reason of the system of taxation which has generally prevailed after
wars in order to meet the burdens of war. I think it would be a matter
of speculation whether the great wars of the world have caused more
suffering and sorrow during the time they were in progress or after they
were closed by reason of the system which has usually been adopted to
pay the expenses of the war. It has been said by a great English
historian--and he has furnished some startling facts and figures to
support his position--that the suffering during the Napoleonic wars was
not to be compared with the suffering which took place in Great Britain
thereafter, when Great Britain adopted her vicious system with reference
to paying the burdens of the war. That is the question which we will
have to meet in this country at no very distant day.
If it were not for the question of the League of Nations at this time
which is interesting the entire country as a matter of the most
immediate concern, the question of taxation and the method of raising
means by which to meet this stupendous indebtedness would be engaging
the attention of this country from one end of it to the other. Just as
soon as we shall dispose of the question of whether or not we are going
to be an independent government at all and get to the proposition of
what we are going to do with our domestic questions, just as soon as
that is settled the most engaging proposition with which this country
will have to do will be the question of raising revenue to meet the
stupendous debt which is now upon us.
The contest of 1917 over what is known as the Revenue Bill established a
wide line of cleavage between those who are opposed to the Senator from
Pennsylvania and some of those at least who are supporting him. We think
that that bill was founded upon--I was going to use a stronger term--a
supremely unjust principle, founded upon a principle which if carried
out and finally established as the system in this country by which we
are to pay this debt, will do more to breed Bolshevism and destroy
American institutions than any one thing that we could mention in this
assembly today. It is not, therefore, a mere question of personal likes
or dislikes; it is the fact that we are at variance upon this question
which we believe with the utmost sincerity--and we credit those who
differ with us with the same sincerity--is of sufficient importance to
engage our persistent effort upon every occasion to record our
opposition to it.
Since the Senator from Pennsylvania has returned to Washington during
the last two or three weeks he has announced what is supposed to be the
policy of the party with reference to revenue, with reference to
finance, and so forth. As I interpret his announcement, it is upon the
same principle as that contained in the last two revenue bills which
have been passed by Congress. It became absolutely necessary for those
who are not in harmony with that view and who believe that it is unsafe
as a policy both for the party and for the country to record our
objections, and this is the first opportunity we have had to record
them.
Therefore, Mr. Chairman, we have asked that this conference might be
called in order that we may here and now record what protest we may
against the Senator from Pennsylvania being chairman of the Committee on
Finance, knowing in advance the views which he will undertake to
incorporate into a bill as chairman of that committee. I may say here--I
speak for myself and I think I speak for others--that it is but fair to
our colleagues to say that if this system of raising taxes to meet the
burdens of the war is to be the policy of the party the split will come
at some time where it will be necessary either to modify our policy or
fail to receive the support of certain men who are now objecting to it.
We must either modify it or we must face the proposition that there is a
cleavage in the party upon one of the most fundamental questions in the
country.
Mr. Chairman, I do not know that I need to say anything further. When
others have spoken who desire to address the conference I shall move
that we strike out the name of Senator Penrose from the report.
The Chairman. That motion the Chair will consider pending, if that is
agreeable.
Senator Borah. Very well.
The Chairman. Are there any further remarks to be made.
Senator Kenyon. Mr. Chairman, I only wish to say that Senator Borah has
voiced the sentiment of a number of Senators. We are not engaging in any
personal matters at all, there being involved simply a fundamental
difference of opinion as to the problem of taxation. We have voiced the
sentiment which we hold, and we are done.
Senator Spencer. Mr. Chairman, I do not propose to have it understood
that by my vote on this question there is any determination of the
issues of how much revenue is needed or of the methods by which the
revenue shall be hereafter collected. I shall vote for Senator Penrose
for the reason that the Committee on Committees has determined upon him
as being the man most suitable for that position, but I do not propose
to be put in the position of voting upon any issue which to my mind is
not at all present at this gathering.
Senator Gronna. Mr. Chairman, in view of some of the statements of
Senator Borah it becomes necessary for me to say a word or two. It is
perhaps pretty well known that I have been among those who have
protested against our methods of taxation, especially with reference to
the raising of the revenue to defray the expenses of the war. I
maintained a year ago that the position taken not only by our own party
but by the other party, which was then in the majority, was unfair, that
it was unscientific; but I disagree wholly with the Senator from Idaho
that that question has anything to do with the perfection of this
organization.
Mr. Chairman, I said when I accepted appointment as an humble member of
the Committee on Committees that I had in the past, and that I propose
in the future, to speak my own mind and voice my own sentiments. So far
as I am personally concerned I do not know that I care a continental
damn whether Senator Penrose is chairman of the Committee on Finance or
not. I was here, Mr. Chairman, when the farmers of the great Northwest
appeared before the Finance Committee and protested against the so-
called Taft reciprocity bill. I am of the same opinion now that I was
then; but there are Senators, I believe, who are opposing the selection
of Senator Penrose today who were supporting that movement.
Mr. Chairman, I shall vote for Senator Penrose for chairman of the
Committee on Finance because behind closed doors I have voted for him. I
am not afraid to face my people and say to them that in the interest of
party harmony, in the interest of better legislation than we have had
during the last six years, I have found it absolutely necessary to stand
by the Republican organization; and I shall do so.
The Chairman. The question is on the motion of the Senator from Idaho.
Senator Brandegee. What is that motion?
The Chairman. To strike out the name of Senator Penrose from the list of
committees as chairman of the Committee on Finance.
Senator Borah. Let us have a yea and nay vote.
The Chairman. Let the vote be taken as it was yesterday by a call of the
roll, each Senator responding ``yea'' or ``nay.''
Senator Spencer. What is the question?
The Chairman. The question is whether the name of Senator Penrose shall
be stricken from the list of committees as chairman of the Committee on
Finance. The Chair is putting it as it was put yesterday. Those in favor
of striking out the name of Senator Penrose will vote ``Yea''; those in
favor of retaining his name will vote ``Nay.'' The Secretary will call
the roll.
The Secretary (Senator Wadsworth) called the roll, which resulted as
follows:

Yeas: Nays:
Borah Brandegee
Capper Calder
Cummins Colt
Johnson of California Dillingham
Kenyon Edge
Lenroot Elkins
McCormick Fall
McNary Fernald
France
Frelinghuysen
Gronna
Hale
Harding
Keyes
Knox
Lodge
McCumber
McLean
Moses
Nelson
New
Newberry
Page
Phipps
Poindexter
Sherman
Smoot
Spencer
Sterling
Sutherland
Townsend
Wadsworth
Warren
Watson
Total 8 34

The Chairman. On this motion the yeas are eight (8) and the nays are
thirty-four (34). The motion is lost. The question now recurs on the
adoption of the report of the Committee on Committees.
The report of the Committee on Committees was adopted.
Senator Fernald. I move that the conference adjourn.
The motion was agreed to, and (at 12 o'clock and 10 minutes p.m.) the
open conference of the Republican Senators adjourned subject to the call
of the Chairman.

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[June 2, 1919]

JUNE 2, 1919
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
June 2, 1919

The Conference met pursuant to call at 10:30 a.m.
In the absence of Senator Lodge, the Chairman, Senator Curtis presided;
and in the absence of Senator Wadsworth, the Secretary, Senator Spencer
acted as Secretary Pro Tempore.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Brandegee, Calder, Capper, Cummins, Curtis, Fall,
Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen, Gronna, Hale, Jones, Lenroot,
McCumber, McNary, Moses, New, Newberry, Page, Phipps, Poindexter,
Sherman, Smoot, Spencer, Sutherland, Warren, and Watson.

Senator New, Chairman of the Committee on Patronage, presented the
report of that Committee, which appears as an appendix to these minutes.
On motion of Senator Smoot the Report of the Committee on Patronage was
adopted.
On motion the Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Selden P. Spencer

Secretary Pro Tempore.
* * *

(Adopted by Republican Conference, June 2, 1919)
(Confidential.)

66th Congress,
1st Session.
Senate Committee Print.
SENATE PATRONAGE.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PATRONAGE TO THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE.
(Printed for the use of the Senate.)

Your committee after numerous prolonged sessions have carefully
considered the division of patronage to be made among the Republican
Senators, and the allowance to be made to the Democratic Minority.
The committee recommends that there should be a roll known as the
Efficiency Roll which shall include certain leading offices upon which,
on account of their importance and proper conduct, the business of the
Senate largely depends. They think that there is wisdom in the custom of
retaining in the service those employees who, by efficient experience,
capacity, and diligence, expedite business to the credit of the Senate.
By this recommendation the following employees in the office of the
Secretary of the Senate would be retained:

Reading clerk, J.C. Crockett............................... $3,600
Financial clerk, C.F. Pace................................. 3,000
Minute and journal clerk, Chas. L. Watkins (now chief 3,000
bookkeeper at $2,500).....................................
Printing clerk, Ansel Wold................................. 2,500
Assistant financial clerk, Eugene Colwell.................. 2,750
Clerk, P.M. Wilson (now chief clerk at $3,250)............. 2,500
Clerk, H.H. Gilfry......................................... 2,220
Assistant in document room, J.M. Lambert................... 2,250
Librarian, E.C. Goodwin.................................... 2,500
First assistant librarian, W.G. Lieuallen.................. 2,400
------------
26,720
Principal clerk, T.W. Tulley (to be retained until July 1, 3,000
1919).....................................................
------------
29,720
3 laborers, colored, $840.................................. 2,520
4 laborers, colored, $720.................................. 2,880
------------
35,120
By this arrangement the following offices in the Secretary's Office
would be filled by Democrats retained:
Financial clerk, C.F. Pace................................. $3,000
Minute and journal clerk, Chas. L. Watkins................. 3,000
Clerk, P.M. Wilson......................................... 2,500
Clerk, H.H. Gilfry......................................... 2,220
Assistant in Document Room, J.M. Lambert................... 2,250
------------
12,970
Principal clerk, T.W. Tulley (to be retained until July 1, 3,000
1919).....................................................
------------
15,970
The following offices in the Secretary's Office are now filled by
Republicans retained by Democrats:
Reading clerk, J.C. Crockett............................... $3,600
Assistant financial clerk, Eugene Colwell.................. 2,750
Printing clerk, Ansel Wold................................. 2,500
Library, E.C. Goodwin...................................... 2,500
First assistant librarian, W.G. Lieuallen.................. 2,400
------------
13,750
Eliminating these exemptions, the following positions are subject to the
appointment of the Secretary of the Senate on the nomination of
Senators:
Chief clerk................................................ $3,250
Enrolling clerk............................................ 3,000
Executive clerk............................................ 2,750
File clerk................................................. 2,500
Chief bookkeeper........................................... 2,500
Assistant journal clerk.................................... 2,500
Clerks, 2 at $2,500........................................ 5,000
Clerks, 3 at $2,220........................................ 6,660
Clerks, 2 at $2,100........................................ 4,200
Clerk...................................................... 1,800
Clerks, 2 at $1,600........................................ 3,200
Clerk...................................................... 1,440
Messenger.................................................. 1,440
Assistant messenger........................................ 1,200
Assistant in Document Room................................. 2,250
Assistant in Document Room................................. 1,440
Clerk in Document Room..................................... 1,440
Skilled laborer (Document Room)............................ 1,200
Assistant librarian........................................ 1,800
Skilled laborer (Senate Library)........................... 1,200
Keeper of stationery room.................................. 2,400
Assistant Keeper of stationery room........................ 2,000
Assistant in stationery room............................... 1,200
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56,370
RECAPITULATION

In the office of the Secretary of the Senate, under the legislative
appropriation act 1918-19, there are 49 positions amounting to $105,990
Secretary (elected by Senate).............................. $6,500
Assistant Secretary, H.M. Rose............................. 5,000
Superintendent of Document Room, G.H. Boyd................. 3,000
11 employees retained on account of efficient experience... 29,720
7 colored laborers......................................... 5,400
28 positions in patronage.................................. 56,370
------------
105,990
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS.

The committee recommends that the following employees be retained on
account of long service and efficient experience:
Halsey, E.A., assistant on floor (request of Minority)..... $2,000
O'Toole, J.E., assistant on floor.......................... 2,000
Doherty, E.W., messenger, acting as assistant doorkeeper... 1,800
Edwards, J.F., messenger, acting as assistant doorkeeper... 1,800
Anderson, R.S., messenger.................................. 1,440
McGrain, J.J., storekeeper................................. 2,220
Eckstein, F.A., chief clerk, post office (now mail carrier 1,800
at $1,200)................................................
Biffle, L.L., superintendent, folding room................. 1,600
Deards, J.W., assistant in folding room.................... 1,400
Farden, Miss A.H., messenger............................... 1,440
McKeever, Mrs. F.R., stenographer, etc..................... 1,200
Ransdell, W.J., messenger (now folder at $1,000)........... 1,440
Sellers, J.F., messenger at card door (now messenger at 1,600
$1,440)...................................................
Maryman, Sam, elevator conductor........................... 1,200
------------
22,940
The following positions are now filled by Republicans, retained by
Democrats:
Messenger, acting as assistant doorkeeper (Doherty)........ $1,800
Assistant in folding room (Deards)......................... 1,400
Mail carrier (Eckstein).................................... 1,200
Messenger (Sellers)........................................ 1,440
Messenger for minority (McNeil)............................ 1,440
Folder (Ransdell).......................................... 1,000
------------
8,280
By this arrangement the following positions would be filled by Democrats
retained:
Floor Assistants (Halsey & O'Toole), at $2,000............. $4,000
Messenger acting as Assistant Doorkeeper (Edwards)......... 1,800
Messenger (Anderson)....................................... 1,440
Storekeeper (McGrain)...................................... 2,220
Superintendent folding room (Biffle)....................... 1,600
Elevator conductor (Maryman)............................... 1,200
------------
12,260
Messenger (C.F. Lynch) Senate resolution of 1896 for 1,440
supposed injuries received................................
------------
13,700
Following positions now held by Republicans as Minority employees, to be
assigned to Democrats:
Messenger.................................................. $1,440
Messenger.................................................. 1,440
------------
2,880
------------
16,580
The following positions, 52 in number, amounting to $46,510, exempted on
account of character of service rendered:
Clerk, official reporters.................................. $2,400.00
Superintendent Press Gallery............................... 1,800.00
Assistant Superintendent Press Gallery..................... 1,400.00
Messenger, Press Gallery................................... 900.00
Upholsterer................................................ 1,440.00
Cabinetmaker............................................... 1,200.00
3 carpenters, at $1,080.................................... 3,240.00
Chief telephone operator................................... 1,200.00
3 telephone operators, at $900............................. 2,700.00
Night telephone operator................................... 720.00
4 skilled laborers, barbers, at $1,000..................... 4,000.00
Laborer in charge private passage.......................... 840.00
3 attendants, women's rooms, Capitol, at $720.............. 2,160.00
3 attendants, women's rooms, S.O.B., at $720............... 2,160.00
Wagonmaster................................................ 1,200.00
2 laborers, janitor's force, at $800....................... 1,600.00
19 laborers, janitor's force, at $720...................... 13, 680.00
Foreman, garage............................................ 990.00
4 helpers, garage, at $720................................. 2,880.00
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Old Soldiers Roll.

On July 14, 1911, the late Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, introduced the
following resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms of
the Senate are hereby directed to retain in the employ of the Senate
those persons who served in the Union Army during the late Civil War and
whose service in the Senate is necessary and satisfactory and who are
not otherwise provided for, and to continue such persons in their
positions until cause for their removal shall have been reported to and
approved of by the Senate and their removal directed.
Your committee believes that this resolution should be carried out in
its full spirit, and to this end has restored these veterans of the
Union Army of the Civil War on the Senate pay roll to their former
salaries received before reductions were made by the Democrats. These
veterans, in recognition of their patriotic services to the Union in the
Civil War, and because of efficient service as employees of the Senate,
are hereby restored to their former salaries. This is done in part
through sentiment and in tribute to the Union soldier of the Civil War,
who in our belief is entitled to full consideration, and to correct the
monstrous injustice of which these veterans were the victims at the
hands of the Democrats, which in our opinion was a gross and
unjustifiable wrong. The list of those affected is as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Present Proposed
salary salary
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gallager, W.G., messenger................... $1,440.00 $1,440.00
Corser, D.S., messenger..................... 1,440.00 1,440.00
Hammond, John, laborer, doorkeeper.......... 720.00 1,200.00
Coates, M.T., laborer, folding room......... 720.00 1,000.00
Dutton, R.R., laborer, folding room......... 720.00 1,440.00
Foster, E.W., laborer, doorkeeper........... 720.00 912.50
Crystal, J.A., mail carrier, doorkeeper..... 1,200.00 1,440.00
Gaston, A.D., riding page................... 912.50 1,440.00
Brewer, H.H., clerk, folding room........... 1,200.00 1,600.00
Bond, George H., folder, doorkeeper......... 1,000.00 1,440.00
Getchell, E.P., folder, doorkeeper.......... 840.00 1,440.00
McArthur, James, folder, doorkeeper......... 840.00 1,440.00
Osbon, O.M., folder, doorkeeper............. 840.00 1,440.00
Williams, J.R., elevator conductor, Senate 1,200.00 1,200.00
Office Building, doorkeeper................
Abbott, J.A., police, Senate Office Building 1,050.00 1,800.00
Baer, Nathan, police, Senate Office Building 1,050.00 1,200.00
Burrows, J.A., police, Senate Office 1,050.00 1,050.00
Building...................................
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16,942.50 22,922.50
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This plan provides for restoring all above to their former salaries
except Mr. Crystal, who was postmaster at $2,250, and Mr. Brewer, who
was foreman of Folding Room at $1,440 (this place having been increased
by law to $1,600, and to which Mr. Brewer has been restored).
To restore these old soldiers to their former ratings, positions which
would have been available under patronage for seven messengers at $1,440
each are required. These messengerships have been held by Democrats and
would have been included in Republican patronage.
Subtracting the aforementioned classes of exceptions the following
positions are subject to the appointment of the Sergeant at Arms on the
nomination of Senators:

Assistant Sergeant at Arms................................. $2,500
Two messengers acting as assistant doorkeepers, at $1,800.. 3,600
21 messengers, at $1,440................................... 30,240
Messenger.................................................. 1,000
Janitor.................................................... 1,200
Telephone operator......................................... 900
Telephone page............................................. 720
Laborer, folding room...................................... 800
15 laborers, folding room and post office, at $720......... 10,800
Postmaster................................................. 2,250
7 mail carriers. at $1,200................................. 8,400
2 riding pages, at $912.50................................. 1,825
6 folders, at $1,000....................................... 6,000
7 folders, at $840......................................... 5,880
22 elevator conductors, at $1,200.......................... 26,400
Lieutenant, police......................................... 1,200
2 special police, Capitol and Senate Office Building, at 2,400
$1,200....................................................
39 policemen, Capitol and Senate Office Building, at $1,050 40,950
5 policemen, Capitol, at $840.............................. 4,200
10 pages, at $400.......................................... 4,000
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155,265

RECAPITULATION

In the office of the Sergeant at Arms there are 241 positions, as
follows:

Sergeant at Arms, elected.................................. $6,500.00
Assistant doorkeeper and acting assistant doorkeeper, 6,000.00
elected, at $3,000........................................
14 employees retained on account of long service and 22,940.00
efficient experience......................................
1 messenger (Lynch), Senate Resolution..................... 1,440.00
2 messengers, alloted to minority, same having been allowed 2,880.00
by Democrats to Repubicans................................
6 pages allotted to minority, at $400 each................. 2,400.00
52 employees exempted on account of character of service 46,510.00
rendered..................................................
17 employees on Old Soldier's Roll, with proposed salaries. 22,922.50
146 positions in patronage, including 10 pages............. 155,265.00
------------
266,857.50
Deduct 16 pages, at $400 (estimated salary)................ 6,400.00
------------
260,457.50
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Assuming that the recommendations of the committee are adopted, each
Republican Senator will be entitled to recommend appointments to offices
or positions the salaries of which will amount in the aggregate to
$4,319 a year. The committee recommends that the Sergeant at Arms of the
Senate, the Secretary of the Senate and the Superintendent of the
Capitol, respectively, after consultation with the Committee on
Patronage, readjust the distribution of those offices to which
appointments are made on recommendation, so that each Republican Senator
shall receive as nearly as practicable the number of appointments due to
him under this plan.
Under the Democrats, Republicans in the Secretary's office held 5
positions, with salaries totaling $13,750, and in the Sergeant at Arms'
office, 6 positions totaling $8,280, a grand total of $22,030.
The Republicans now allow the Democrats 6 positions in the Secretary's
office, $15,970 (less 1 position at $3,000 after July 1), and 10
positions in the Sergeant at Arms' office, $16,580, a grand total of
$32,550 at present time and $29,550 after July 1, 1919.

PATRONAGE TO BE AVAILABLE.

Secretary's Office:
Total appropriation for salaries........................ $105,990
Total amount of exemptions for all causes............... 49,620
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Balance............................................... 56,370.00
Sergeant at Arms' Office:
Total appropriation for salaries........................ $265,257.50
Deduct appropriation for 16 pages..................... 4,800.00
-------------
260,457.50
Adding 16 pages at $400............................... 6,400.00
-------------
266,857.50
Total amount of exemptions for all causes............... 111,592.50
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Balance............................................... 155,265.00
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Total amount of patronage, both offices................. 211,635.00
Divided among 49 Republican Senators 4,319.00

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION ACT, 1818-19.

Office of the Secretary................................... $94,410.00
Document Room............................................. 11,580.00
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$105,990.00
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper............. $144,720.00
Police force, Senate Office Building...................... 18,000.00
Post office............................................... 17,587.50
Folding room.............................................. 17,080.00
Under Superintendent of Capitol:
10 elevator conductors, Capitol......................... 12,000.00
14 elevator conductors, Senate Office Building.......... 16,800.00
Contingent expenses:
Maintaining motors ($7,000).
Salaries foreman and 4 helpers.......................... 3,870.00
Superintendent Folding room, payable out of 1,600.00
Miscellaneous items fund, authority Senate resolution..
Capitol police ($65,550), captain, $1,800; 1 33,600.00
lieutenant, $1,200; 1 special officer, $1,200; 24
privates, at $1,050; 5 privates, at $840.............
-------------
265,257.50
Deduct appropriation for 16 pages..................... 4,800.00
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260,457.50
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[May 22, 1920]

MAY 22, 1920
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 22, 1920

The Conference was called to order, pursuant to notice, by the Chairman,
Senator Lodge.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Brandegee, Calder, Capper, Curtis, Dillingham, Edge,
Fernald, France, Hale, Harding, Jones of Washington, Kellogg, Keyes,
Knox, Lenroot, Lodge, McCormick, McCumber, McLean, McNary, New, Page,
Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Townsend, Wadsworth,
and Warren.

After discussion, the Conference, on motion of Senator Kellogg, adopted
the following resolution:

Resolved, That it is the sense of this Conference that
Appropriation Bills and Conference Reports should have
preference in the order of business of the Senate.

The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[January 21, 1921]

JANUARY 21, 1921
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 21, 1921

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by the Chairman,
Senator Lodge, and the roll being called, the following Senators
responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Brandegee, Calder, Capper, Colt, Cummins, Curtis,
Dillingham, Edge, Elkins, Fernald, France, Gooding, Gronna, Hale,
Johnson of California, Jones, Kellogg, Kenyon, Keyes, Knox, Lenroot,
Lodge, McCormick, McCumber, Moses, Nelson, New, Page, Penrose, Phipps,
Poindexter, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth,
Warren, Watson, and Willis.

On motion of Senator Warren, the title of ``Whip'' was changed to ``Vice
Chairman and Whip,'' the same to apply to the present incumbent of said
office (Senator Curtis).
Nominations for Chaplain of the Senate being in order, Senator Jones of
Washington nominated Rev. J.J. Muir, Senator New nominated Rev. James S.
Montgomery, Senator Nelson nominated Rev. Chas. Butler, Senator Calder
nominated Rev. U.T. Stevenson, Senator Kenyon nominated Rev. Lucien
Clark, and Senator Willis nominated Rev. Mitchell.
Rev. J.J. Muir was nominated on the third ballot, having received
twenty-one votes, being a majority of all the votes cast.

The ballot stood as follows:

Dr. Muir----21
Dr. Montgomery----17
Dr. Clark----2

Total 40
Necessary to nominate 21.

The Conference adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
Sixty-seventh Congress (1921-1923)

[Editor's Note: The 1920 election increased the Republican margins in
both houses of Congress and placed Senator Warren G. Harding in the
White House. In the Senate the Republican margin grew to 59 to 37
Democrats, while in the House there were 302 Republicans to 131
Democrats with 2 independents. After the special session of the Senate
met in March to review presidential nominations, President Harding
called an extraordinary session of Congress in April 1921 to consider an
emergency agricultural tariff. Congress then remained in session for
most of the next two years, from April to November 1921, from December
1921 to September 1922, and November 1922 to March 1923.
Among the measures passed during this Congress were the Budget and
Accounting Act that created the General Accounting Office and the Bureau
of the Budget, the Capper-Volstead Cooperative Marketing Act, tariff
legislation, and creation of the World War Foreign Debt Commission to
negotiate agreements on repayment of war costs.]
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[March 5, 1921]

MARCH 5, 1921
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 5, 1921

The Conference was called to order at 3:00 p.m. by the Chairman, Senator
Lodge, pursuant to call and notice of postponement.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Borah, Brandegee, Calder, Cameron, Capper, Colt,
Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, Edge, Elkins, Ernst, Fernald, France,
Frelinghuysen, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Johnson of California, Jones of
Washington, Kellogg, Kenyon, Keyes, Knox, Ladd, Lenroot, Lodge,
McCormick, McCumber, McKinley, McNary, Moses, Nelson, New, Nicholson,
Oddie, Page, Penrose, Phipps, Poindexter, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer,
Stanfield, Sterling, Sutherland, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Weller,
and Willis.

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was chosen Chairman.
Senator Charles Curtis was chosen Vice Chairman and Whip.
Senator James W. Wadsworth, Jr. was chosen Secretary.
Senator Brandegee moved that a committee of nine senators is hereby
authorized to be appointed by the Chairman to make a tentative
assignment of senators to the Committees of the Senate; such tentative
assignment list to be submitted for approval to a Conference of
Republican Senators to be called at the proper time by the Chairman of
the Republican Conference: which was agreed to.
On motion of Senator Kellogg, the Chairman was authorized to appoint a
Committee on Order of Business, to consist of nine senators, including
the Chairman and Whip.
On motion of Senator Sutherland, the Chairman was authorized to appoint
a Committee on Patronage.
On motion of Senator Kellogg, Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, was
chosen by the Conference for the office of President of the Senate pro
tempore.
On motion of Senator Curtis, Mr. George A. Sanderson of Illinois was
chosen for the office of Secretary of the Senate.
On motion of Senator Knox, Mr. David S. Barry of Rhode Island, was
chosen for the office of Sergeant at Arms of the Senate.
On motion of Senator Curtis, Mr. Carl A. Loeffler, of Pennsylvania, was
chosen for the office of Assistant Doorkeeper of the Senate.
On motion of Senator Curtis, Rev. J.J. Muir of the District of Columbia,
was chosen for Chaplain of the Senate.
The following resolution was submitted by Senator Edge and carried:

Resolved, that the Committee on Committees, in making their
assignments of Senators to Committees for the sixty-seventh
Congress, is hereby instructed to consider not only the
number of assignments which may be given to any Senator but
also the importance of such assignments.

On motion of Senator Knox, it was ordered, that the Marble Room of the
Senate should be used and set apart as a general Retiring Room for
Senators.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

Pursuant to authority vested in him by the Conference of March 5, 1921,
Senator Lodge, Chairman of the Conference, appointed the following
Committees.
Committee on Committees

Senator Brandegee, Chairman

Calder
Watson
Curtis
Sterling
McNary
McCumber
Moses
Elkins

Committee on Order of Business

Senator Lodge, Ex Officio

Curtis, Ex Officio
La Follette
Wadsworth
Fernald
France
Frelinghuysen
Kellogg
McCormick

Committee on Patronage

Senator Sutherland, Chairman

Lenroot
Hale
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[April 12, 1921]

APRIL 12, 1921
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
April 12, 1921

The Conference was called to order at 4:30 p.m. by the Chairman, Senator
Lodge, the time for assembling having been postponed from 10:00 a.m.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Brandegee, Bursum, Cameron, Capper, Colt, Cummins,
Curtis, Dillingham, Elkins, Ernst, France, Gooding, Harreld, Jones,
Kellogg, Kenyon, Keyes, Knox, Ladd, Lodge, McCormick, McCumber,
McKinley, McLean, McNary, Moses, Nelson, New, Nicholson, Norbeck,
Norris, Penrose, Phipps, Poindexter, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer,
Stanfield, Sterling, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Weller, and
Willis.

Senator Brandegee, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, presented a
printed report of the Commmittee on Committees, including a proposed
amendment to the Senate Rules.
Senator McCumber moved that the Committee on Banking and Currency be
increased from 13 to 15 members, to provide for one additional
Republican assignment and one additional Democratic assignment, which
was carried.
Senator Kellogg moved that the report of the Committee on Committees,
proposing amendments to the Rules of the Senate relating to size of
certain Committees and providing that Committees of the Senate shall
continue and have power to act until their successors are appointed, be
adopted; which was carried.
Senator Kellogg moved that the Report of the Committee on Committees,
providing for the assignments of Republican members, be adopted; which
was carried.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
* * *

[From Congressional Record of April 13, 1921]
Mr. BRANDEGEE. I gave notice yesterday that I would make a motion today
to amend the rules. I make a motion that Rule XXV be amended by the
adoption of the resolution which I send to the desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Secretary will read the resolution.
The Assistant Secretary read the resolution, as follows:

Resolved, That Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate
be, and it is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
``1. The following standing committees shall be appointed at
the commencement of each Congress, with leave to report by
bill or otherwise:
``Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to consist of 16
Senators.
``Committee on Appropriations, to consist of 16 Senators.
``Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of
the Senate, to consist of five Senators, to which shall be
referred all resolutions directing the payment of money out
of the contingent fund of the Senate or creating a charge
upon the same.
``Committee on Banking and Currency, to consist of 13
Senators.
``Committee on Civil Service, to consist of 11 Senators.
``Committee on Claims, to consist of 13 Senators.
``Committee on Commerce, to consist of 16 Senators.
``Committee on the District of Columbia, to consist of 13
Senators.
``Committee on Education and Labor, to consist of 11
Senators.
``Committee on Enrolled Bills, to consist of three Senators,
which shall examine all bills, amendments, and joint
resolutions before they go out of the possession of the
Senate, and which shall have power to act jointly with the
same committee of the House of Representatives, and which,
or some one of which, shall examine all bills or joint
resolutions which shall have passed both Houses, to see that
the same are correctly enrolled, and, when signed by the
Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, shall
forthwith present the same, when they shall have originated
in the Senate, to the President of the United States in
person, and report the fact and date of such presentation to
the Senate.
``Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, to
consist of seven Senators.
``Committee on Finance, to consist of 16 Senators.
``Committee on Foreign Relations, to consist of 16 Senators.
``Committee in Immigration, to consist of 11 Senators.
``Committee on Indian Affairs, to consist of 11 Senators.
``Committee on Interoceanic Canals, to consist of 11
Senators.
``Committee on Interstate Commerce, to consist of 16
Senators.
``Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, to consist of 11
Senators.
``Committee on the Judiciary, to consist of 16 Senators.
``Committee on the Library, to consist of seven Senators,
which shall have power to act jointly with the same
committee of the House of Representatives.
``Committee on Manufactures, to consist of 11 Senators.
``Committee on Military Affairs, to consist of 16 Senators.
``Committee on Mines and Mining, to consist of nine
Senators.
``Committee on Naval Affairs, to consist of 16 Senators.
``Committee on Patents, to consist of seven Senators.
``Committee on Pensions, to consist of 11 Senators.
``Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to consist of 16
Senators.
``Committee on Printing, to consist of seven Senators, which
shall have power to act jointly with the same committee of
the House of Representatives.
``Committee on Privileges and Elections, to consist of 13
Senators.
``Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to consist of
13 Senators, which shall have power to act jointly with the
same committee of the House of Representatives.
``Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, to consist of 13
Senators.
``Committee on Revision of the Laws, to consist of three
Senators.
``Committee on Rules, to consist of 12 Senators.
``Committee on Territories and Insular Possessions, to
consist of 13 Senators.
``2. The said committees shall continue and have the power
to act until their successors are appointed.''

[From the Congressional Record of April 18, 1921]
Mr. BRANDEGEE. I offer the amendments to the resolution which I sent to
the desk the other day.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The first amendment proposed to the resolution by
the Senator from Connecticut will be stated.
The Assistant Secretary. On page 2, line 2, before the word
``Senators,'' it is proposed to strike out ``13'' and to insert ``15,''
so as to read: ``Committee on Banking and Currency, to consist of 15
Senators.''
The VICE PRESIDENT. The question is on agreeing to the amendment
proposed by the Senator from Connecticut.
The amendment was agreed to.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The next amendment proposed by the Senator from
Connecticut will be stated.
The Assistant Secretary. On page 4 it is proposed to strike out lines 19
and 20, as follows: ``Committee on Revision of the Laws, to consist of
three Senators''.
The VICE PRESIDENT. Without objection, the amendment is agreed to. The
question now is on agreeing to the resolution as amended.

[From the Congressional Record of April 18, 1921]
The VICE PRESIDENT. The order proposed by the Senator from Massachusetts
will be read.
The Assistant Secretary read as follows:
Resolved, That the following shall constitute the standing committees
of the Senate of the Sixty-seventh Congress:
On Agriculture and Forestry (16): Messrs. Norris (chairman), Page,
Kenyon, Wadsworth, McNary, Capper, Keyes, Gooding, Ladd, Norbeck, Smith,
Ransdell, Kendrick, Harrison, Heflin, Caraway.
On Appropriations (16): Messrs. Warren (chairman), Smoot, Jones of
Washington, Curtis, Kenyon, Hale, Spencer, Phipps, Newberry, McKinley,
Overman, Owen, Culberson, Harris, Glass, Jones of New Mexico.
To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (5): Messrs.
Calder (chairman), McCormick, France, Jones of New Mexico, McKellar.
On Banking and Currency (14): Messrs. McLean (chairman), Page,
Frelinghuysen, Penrose, Calder, Newberry, Weller, Norbeck, Owen,
Hitchcock, Pomerene, Fletcher, Kendrick, Glass.
On Civil Service (11): Messrs. Sterling (chairman), Cummins, Colt,
Ball, Nicholson, Stanfield, Bursum, McKellar, Ransdell, Wolcott, Heflin.
On Claims (13): Messrs. Spencer (chairman), Frelinghuysen, New, Capper,
Gooding, Harreld, Ernst, Stanfield, Robinson, Trammell, Wolcott,
Broussard, Watson of Georgia.
On Commerce (16): Messrs. Jones of Washington (chairman), Nelson,
Fernald, Calder, Lenroot, McNary, Ball, Edge, Willis, Weller, Fletcher,
Ransdell, Sheppard, Simmons, Dial, Caraway.
On the District of Columbia (13): Messrs. Ball (chairman), Dillingham,
Jones of Washington, Capper, Elkins, Gooding, Cameron, Weller, Pomerene,
King, Sheppard, Glass, Stanley.
On Education and Labor (11): Messrs. Kenyon (chairman), Borah,
Sterling, Phipps, Warren, Kellogg, Shortridge, Jones of New Mexico,
McKellar, Wolcott, Walsh of Massachusetts.
On Enrolled Bills (3): Messrs. Sutherland (chairman), Ball, Dial.
On Expenditures in the Executive Departments (7): Messrs. McCormick
(chairman), Moses, Willis, Oddie, Underwood, Swanson, Robinson.
On Finance (16): Messrs. Penrose (chairman), McCumber, Smoot, La
Follette, Dillingham, McLean, Curtis, Watson, Calder, Sutherland,
Simmons, Williams, Jones of New Mexico, Gerry, Reed, Walsh of
Massachusetts.
On Foreign Relations (16): Messrs. Lodge (chairman), McCumber, Borah,
Brandegee, Knox, Johnson, New, Moses, Kellogg, McCormick, Hitchcock,
Williams, Swanson, Pomerene, Pittman, Shields.
On Immigration (11): Messrs. Colt (chairman), Dillingham, Penrose,
Sterling, Johnson, Keyes, Willis, King, Harris, Harrison, Watson of
Georgia.
On Indian Affairs (11): Messrs. Curtis (chairman), La Follette, McNary,
Spencer, Harreld, Cameron, Ladd, Ashurst, Owen, Walsh of Montana,
Kendrick.
On Interoceanic Canals (11): Messrs. Borah (chairman), Page, Colt,
Knox, Johnson, Edge, McKinley, Walsh of Montana, Simmons, Trammell,
Ransdell.
On Interstate Commerce (16): Messrs. Cummins (chairman), Townsend, La
Follette, Poindexter, McLean, Watson, Kellogg, Fernald, Frelinghuysen,
Elkins, Smith, Pomerene, Myers, Underwood, Wolcott, and Stanley.
On Irrigation and Reclamation (11): Messrs. McNary (chairman), Jones of
Washington, Phipps, Gooding, Cameron, Oddie, Shortridge, Sheppard, Walsh
of Montana, Kendrick, and Pittman.
On the Judiciary (16): Messrs. Nelson (chairman), Dillingham,
Brandegee, Borah, Cummins, Colt, Sterling, Norris, Ernst, Shortridge,
Culberson, Overman, Reed, Ashurst, Shields, and Walsh of Montana.
On the Library (7): Messrs. Brandegee (chairman), Wadsworth, Jr., Knox,
McCumber, Williams, McKellar, and Broussard.
On Manufactures (11): Messrs. La Follette (chairman), Kenyon, Fernald,
McNary, McKinley, Nicholson, Weller, Smith, Pomerene, Jones of New
Mexico, Reed.
On Military Affairs (16): Messrs. Wadsworth (chairman), Warren,
Sutherland, New, Frelinghuysen, Lenroot, Spencer, Capper, Cameron,
Bursum, Hitchcock, Fletcher, Myers, Sheppard, McKellar, Robinson.
On Mines and Mining (9): Messrs. Poindexter (chairman), Sutherland,
Newberry, Oddie, Nicholson, Norbeck, Walsh of Montana, Ashurst, Pittman.
On Naval Affairs (16): Messrs Page (chairman), Penrose, Lodge,
Poindexter, Hale, Ball, Newberry, Keyes, France, Nicholson, Swanson,
Pittman, Walsh of Montana, Gerry, Trammell, King.
On Patents (7): Messrs. Johnson (chairman), Norris, Brandegee, Ernst,
Smith, Stanley, and Broussard.
On Pensions (11): Messrs. McCumber (chairman), Smoot, Elkins, Townsend,
Colt, Weller, Bursum, Walsh of Montana, King, Walsh of Massachusetts,
and Gerry.
On Post Offices and Post Roads (16): Messrs. Townsend (chairman),
Sterling, France, Moses, Edge, Elkins, Phipps, Harreld, Oddie,
Stanfield, McKellar, Walsh of Massachusetts, Dial, Heflin, Watson of
Georgia, and Broussard.
On Printing (7): Messrs. Moses (chairman), Capper, Nelson, Townsend,
Fletcher, Ransdell, and Robinson.
On Privileges and Elections (13): Messrs. Dillingham (chairman),
Spencer, Wadsworth, Watson, Edge, Ernst, Shortridge, Bursum, Pomerene,
Reed, Walsh of Montana, King, and Wolcott.
On Public Buildings and Grounds (13): Messrs. Fernald (chairman),
Warren, Frelinghuysen, France, Lenroot, Keyes, McKinley, Harreld, Reed,
Ashurst, Culberson, Trammell, and Swanson.
On Public Lands and Surveys (13): Messrs. Smoot (chairman), Norris,
Poindexter, Lenroot, Ladd, Stanfield, Norbeck, Bursum, Myers, Pittman,
Jones of New Mexico, Kendrick, and Walsh of Montana.
On Revision of the Laws (3): Messrs. Ernst (chairman), Kellogg, and
______.
On Rules (12): Messrs. Knox (chairman), Nelson, Curtis, Hale, Moses,
McCormick, Watson, Overman, Owen, Underwood, Harrison, and Robinson.
On Territories and Insular Possessions (13): Messrs. New (chairman),
McLean, Cummins, Knox, Johnson, McCormick, Willis, Ladd, Pittman, Owen,
Robinson, Harris, and Broussard.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator from Massachusetts asks unanimous
consent for the immediate consideration of the order. Is there
objection? The Chair hears no objection. The question is on agreeing to
the order.
The order was agreed to.
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[January 18, 1922]

JANUARY 18, 1922
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 18, 1922

The Conference met in the room of the Senate Committee on Finance, room
310 Senate Office Bldg., at 10:30 a.m., pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Borah, Brandegee, Bursum, Calder, Cameron, Capper, Colt,
Cummins, Curtis, Edge, Ernst, Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen, Gooding,
Hale, Harreld, Jones, Kellogg, Kenyon, Keyes, Ladd, Lodge, McCumber,
McKinley, McLean, McNary, Moses, Nelson, New, Newberry, Oddie, Page,
Pepper, Phipps, Poindexter, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Stanfield,
Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Weller, and Willis.

Total 47.
On motion of Senator McCumber that it is the sense of the Conference
that the Senate take up and dispose of the bill, H.R. 8762, ``To create
a commission authorized under certain conditions to refund or convert
obligations of foreign Governments owing to the United States of
America, and for other purposes,'' the yeas were 45, and the nays 0, so
the motion was unanimously adopted; the vote thereon being as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Ball, Brandegee, Bursum, Calder, Cameron, Capper, Colt,
Cummins, Curtis, Edge, Ernst, Fernald, Frelinghuysen, Gooding, Hale,
Harreld, Jones, Kellogg, Kenyon, Keyes, Ladd, Lodge, McCumber,
McKinley, McLean, McNary, Moses, New, Newberry, Nicholson, Oddie,
Page, Pepper, Phipps, Poindexter, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer,
Stanfield, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Weller, and Willis.
Total, 45.

Nays, 0.
On motion of Senator McCumber, that it is the sense of the Conference
that a Soldiers' Bonus Bill be taken up in the Senate after the Foreign
Debt Bill, the yeas were 37, and the nays 3, so the motion was adopted;
the vote thereon being as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Ball, Brandegee, Bursum, Cameron, Capper, Colt, Cummins,
Curtis, Fernald, France, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Jones, Kellogg,
Keyes, Ladd, Lodge, McCumber, McKinley, McLean, McNary, Moses, New,
Newberry, Nicholson, Oddie, Page, Poindexter, Shortridge, Smoot,
Spencer, Stanfield, Townsend, Watson, Weller, and Willis. Total, 37.

Nays: Messrs. Pepper, Phipps, and Wadsworth. Total, 3.
The Conference then took a recess to meet again at 10:30 a.m., on
Thursday, January 19, 1922.

------

The Conference reconvened in the room of the Committee on Finance, No.
310 Senate Office Bldg., at 10:39 a.m., January 19, 1922, after recess
from the previous day.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Bursum, Cameron, Capper, Colt, Cummins, Curtis,
Dillingham, du Pont, Edge, Ernst, France, Gooding, Hale, Harreld,
Jones, Kellogg, Keyes, Ladd, Lenroot, Lodge, McCumber, McLean, McNary,
Moses, New, Newberry, Nicholson, Oddie, Page, Pepper, Phipps,
Poindexter, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Townsend, Wadsworth,
and Watson. Total 40.

House Bill 8762, ``To create a commission authorized under certain
conditions to refund or convert obligations of foreign Governments owing
to the United States of America, and for other purposes,'' being before
the Conference:
Senator Harreld proposed to amend the same by inserting on line 16, page
2, after the word ``America,'' of the bill as reported to the Senate,
the following: ``Except that interest payments may not be deferred by
the Commission for a longer term than three years.''
The amendment was disagreed to, yeas 2, nays 40; the vote being as
follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Capper and Harreld. Total 2;
Nays: Messrs. Ball, Bursum, Calder, Cameron, Colt, Cummins, Curtis,
Dillingham, du Pont, Edge, Ernst, France, Gooding, Hale, Jones,
Kellogg, Keyes, Ladd, Lenroot, Lodge, McCumber, McKinley, McLean,
McNary, Moses, New, Newberry, Nicholson, Oddie, Page, Pepper, Phipps,
Poindexter, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Townsend, Wadsworth,
and Watson. Total 40.

Senator France proposed to amend the bill by striking out all of lines 3
to 8, inclusive, on page 1, and in line 9 of the same page, strike out
the words ``Subject to the approval of,'' and in line 10, strike out the
words ``The Commission created by section 1,'' and in line 11 restore
the words ``From time to time;'' also on page 2, lines 21 and 22, strike
out the word ``Commission,'' and insert the word ``President,'' and
change the numbering of the sections accordingly; the object of said
amendments being to place sole power in the hands of the President in
lieu of a commission.
The hour being 11:55, the Conference took a recess until 4:00 p.m. of
the same afternoon.

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The Conference reconvened at 4:00 p.m., January 19, 1922, after recess.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Bursum, Calder, Cameron, Colt, Curtis, Dillingham, Edge,
France, Frelinghuysen, Gooding, Hale, Johnson, Jones, Kellogg, Keyes,
Ladd, Lenroot, Lodge, McCumber, McKinley, McLean, McNary, Moses,
Nelson, Newberry, Nicholson, Oddie, Page, Pepper, Phipps, Shortridge,
Smoot, Spencer, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, and Weller. Total
39.

The vote on the France amendment was taken, yeas 7, nays 31, so the
amendment was defeated; the poll being as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. France, Jones, Lenroot, Moses, Newberry, Spencer,
Townsend. Total 7;
Nays: Messrs. Ball, Bursum, Calder, Cameron, Colt, Curtis, Dillingham,
Frelinghuysen, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Johnson, Kellogg, Keyes, Ladd,
Lodge, McCumber, McKinley, McLean, McNary, Nelson, Nicholson, Oddie,
Page, Pepper, Phipps, Shortridge, Smoot, Wadsworth, Warren, and
Watson. Total 31.

Senator Phipps moved to strike out the proviso at the bottom of page 2,
being the Committee amendment, as follows:
``Provided, That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to
authorize or empower the Commission to extend the time of maturity of
any such bonds or obligations due the United States by any foreign
Government beyond June 15, 1947.''
The roll was called upon this amendment and it was decided in the
negative, yeas 5, nays 32; the vote being as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Moses, Nicholson, Oddie, Phipps, and Warren. Total 5;
Nays: Messrs. Ball, Bursum, Calder, Cameron, Colt, Curtis, Dillingham,
France, Frelinghuysen, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Johnson, Jones,
Kellogg, Keyes, Ladd, Lenroot, Lodge, McCumber, McKinley, McLean,
McNary, Nelson, Page, Pepper, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Townsend,
Wadsworth, and Watson. Total 32.

Senator Smoot moved to add to the proviso, at the bottom of page 1 the
following:
``Or to fix the rate of interest at less than five per cent per annum.''
Upon this amendment the roll was called and resulted in yeas 14, nays
24, so the amendment was defeated; the vote being as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Ball, Capper, Curtis, France, Jones, Lodge, McKinley,
McNary, Nelson, Nicholson, Oddie, Shortridge, Smoot, and Townsend.
Total 14.

Nays: Messrs. Bursum, Calder, Cameron, Colt, Edge, Frelinghuysen,
Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Kellogg, Keyes, Ladd, McCumber, McLean, Moses,
Newberry, Page, Pepper, Phipps, Spencer, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson,
and Weller. Total 24.

Senator Shortridge moved to add to the proviso at the bottom of page 2
the following:
``Or to fix the rate of interest at less than that fixed by existing
law.''
The roll was called upon the Shortridge amendment and the same was
carred, yeas 22, nays 8, the vote being as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Ball, Capper, Colt, Curtis, Gooding, Hale, Harreld,
Jones, Lodge, McKinley, McNary, Nelson, Newberry, Nicholson, Oddie,
Page, Phipps, Shortridge, Smoot, Townsend, Watson, and Weller. Total
22.
Nays: Messrs. Bursum, Cameron, Edge, Keyes, McCumber, Moses, Spencer,
and Wadsworth. Total 8.

On a rising vote it was unanimously agreed to oppose the insertion of a
provision for the semi-annual payment of interest by the foreign debtor
Governments.
On the motion to report the bill as amended and press the same for
action in the Senate the roll was called and it was adopted unanimously,
the vote being as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Ball, Bursum, Calder, Cameron, Colt, Curtis, Edge,
Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Jones, Kellogg, Keyes, Lenroot, Lodge,
McCumber, McKinley, McNary, Moses, Nelson, New, Newberry, Nicholson,
Oddie, Page, Phipps, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Townsend, Wadsworth,
Warren, Watson, and Weller. Total 34.
Nays: None.

The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
* * *

Calendar No. 408.

67th Congress,
2d Session.
H.R. 8762.
(Report No. 400.)

In the Senate of the United States
October 20 (calendar day, October 25), 1921.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
January 16, 1922.
Reported by Mr. McCumber, with amendments.
(Omit the part [in bold brackets] and insert the part printed in
italic.)

AN ACT

To create a commission authorized under certain conditions to refund or
convert obligations of foreign Governments owing to the United States of
America, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That a World War Foreign Debt
Commission is hereby created consisting of five members, one of whom
shall be the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall serve as chairman, and
four of whom shall be appointed by the President.[which appointments
when other than Cabinet officers shall be made] by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate.
Sec. 2. That, subject to the approval of the President, the commission
created by section 1 is hereby authorized, [from time to time,] to
refund or convert, and to extend the time of payment of the principal or
the interest, or both, of any obligation of any foreign Government now
owing to the United States of America, or any obligation of any foreign
Government hereafter received by the United States of America (including
obligations held by the United States Grain Corporation, the War
Department, the Navy Department, or the American Relief Administration),
arising out of the World War, into bonds or other obligations of such
foreign Government[, and from time to time to receive bonds and
obligations of any foreign Government] in substitution for the bonds or
obligations of such Government now or hereafter held by the United
States of America, in such form and of such terms, conditions, date or
dates of maturity, and rate or rates of interest, and with such
security, if any, as shall be deemed for the best interests of the
United States of America, and to adjust and settle any and all claims,
not now represented by bonds or obligations, which the United States of
America now has or hereafter may have against any foreign Government and
to accept securities therefor: Provided, That nothing contained in this
Act shall be construed to authorize or empower the commission to extend
the time of maturity of any such bonds or obligations due the United
States by any foreign Government beyond June 15, 1947.
Sec. 3. That this Act shall not be construed to authorize the exchange
of bonds or other obligations of any foreign Government for those of any
other foreign Government, or cancellation of any part of such
indebtedness except through payment thereof.
Sec. 4. That the authority granted by this Act shall cease and determine
at the end of three years from the date of the passage of this Act.
Sec. 5. That the annual report of this commission shall be included in
the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the
finances.
Passed the House of Representatives October 24, 1921.
Attest:

WM. TYLER PAGE,
Clerk.
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[April 18, 1922]

APRIL 18, 1922
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
April 18, 1922

The Conference met in the Marble Room of the Senate at 10:30 a.m.,
pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bursum, Calder, Capper, Curtis, du Pont, Edge, Elkins,
Fernald, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Jones, Keyes, Lenroot, Lodge,
McCormick, McKinley, McNary, Moses, Nelson, Newberry, Nicholson,
Norbeck, Oddie, Page, Pepper, Phipps, Poindexter, Shortridge, Smoot,
Spencer, Sterling, Townsend, Wadsworth, Watson, Weller, and Willis.
Total 37.

After discussion as to the necessity of Republican Senators attending
the daily sessions of the Senate in order to expedite the passage of the
Tariff Bill;
Senator Smoot made the following motion, which was carried unanimously:

``That it is the sense of the Conference that the Senate
proceed without further delay with consideration of the
Tariff Bill.''

Senator Lenroot moved:

``That it is the sense of this Conference that the Senate
should, at this session, pass a soldier bonus bill and that
the Republican members of the Finance Committee be requested
to report such a bill within three weeks from date.''

Senator Fernald moved to insert in lieu of the words, ``within three
weeks from date,'' the words, ``within a reasonable time,'' and the
question being put was carried on a rising vote.
The question recurring on the motion of Mr. Lenroot as amended, the yeas
and nays were had as follows:
Those voting in the affirmative were:

Messrs. Bursum, Capper, Curtis, du Pont, Elkins, Fernald, Gooding,
Hale, Harreld, Kellogg, Keyes, Lenroot, Lodge, McCormick, McKinley,
McNary, Nicholson, Norbeck, Oddie, Page, Shortridge, Spencer,
Sutherland, Townsend, Watson, and Willis. Total 26.

Those voting in the negative were:

Messrs. Calder, Edge, Moses, Nelson, Newberry, Pepper, Sterling,
Wadsworth, and Weller. Total 9.

So the motion was carried.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[May 25, 1922]

MAY 25, 1922
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 25, 1922

The Conference met at 10 o'clock a.m. in the Marble Room of the Senate
pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Bursum, Colt, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, Edge, Elkins,
Ernst, France, Frelinghuysen, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Kellogg, Ladd,
Lenroot, Lodge, McCumber, McKinley, McLean, McNary, Moses, Nelson,
Newberry, Nicholson, Oddie, Page, Pepper, Phipps, Rawson, Shortridge,
Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren.

Total 39.

Senators Calder and Capper entered after the Roll had been concluded.

Following a discussion of ``Absenteeism,'' Senator Curtis offered a
resolution (see appendix No. 1) which was unanimously adopted.
On motion of Senator Gooding it was agreed that when the Conference
adjourned, it should be to meet again at ten o'clock a.m. on Friday, May
26, 1922.
Senator Kellogg offered a Resolution proposing an amendment to the Rules
of the Senate which was ordered to be printed (see appendix No. 2).
On motion of Senator Spencer, that the Conference adjourn, it was
carried, and the Conference adjourned until ten o'clock a.m. May 26,
1922.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

Note: The order previously made to meet on May 26, was postponed by
general consent until May 27.

* * *
Republican Conference May 25, 1922
Exhibit No. 1.

Whereas the Republicans have a membership of 60 in the United States
Senate, which gives them a majority of 24 in the Senate.
Whereas there is and has been a much larger absenteeism than is
justified under existing circumstances, and it is important that all
Senators whose health will permit should be present at all sessions of
the Senate; therefore be it
Resolved by this Conference of Republican Senators, That it is the sense
of this conference that the chairman be, and he is hereby, instructed to
notify all Republican Senators who are absent from Washington and those
who are in the city but have been missing roll calls of the Senate that
it is important that absentees at once return to their duties, and that
those who are in the city be requested to remain within call of the
Senate during its sessions: Be it further
Resolved, That if the absentees fail or refuse to report for duty at
once that proper steps be taken to have the Sergeant at Arms of the
Senate compel the attendance of such Senators.
(Offered by Senator Curtis and unanimously adopted by the Republican
Conference of May 25, 1922.)
* * *
Republican Conference May 25, 1922
Exhibit No. 2.

Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of Rule XL of
the Standing Rules of the Senate that upon the next calendar day of the
session of the Senate a motion will be made to amend Rule XXII of the
Standing Rules of the Senate by adding at the end thereof the following:

At any time after a bill for raising revenue or an
appropriation bill shall have been under consideration
before the Senate upon five calendar days, if a motion
signed by sixteen Senators to limit the debate thereon is
presented to the Senate, the presiding officer shall at once
state the motion to the Senate, and one hour after the
Senate meets on the following calendar day but one, he shall
lay the motion before the Senate and direct that the
Secretary call the roll, and upon ascertaining that a quorum
is present, the presiding officer shall, without debate,
submit to the Senate, by an aye and nay vote, the question:
``Is it the sense of the Senate that the debate shall be
limited?'' And if that question shall be decided in the
affirmative by a majority of those voting, then thereafter
no Senator shall be entitled to speak in all more than one
hour upon the bill, nor more than ten minutes upon any
amendment or debatable motion affecting the same, and all
debate shall be confined to the question before the Senate.

A motion to lay an amendment upon the table shall be privileged and in
order at any time.
No dilatory motion, or dilatory amendment, or amendment not germane,
shall be in order. Points of order, including questions of relevancy,
and appeals from the decision of the presiding officer, shall be decided
without debate.
(Presented to the Republican Conference of May 25, 1922, by Senator
Kellogg.)
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[May 27, 1922]

MAY 27, 1922
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 27, 1922

The Conference met at ten o'clock in the Marble Room of the Senate.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bursum, Calder, Capper, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, Elkins,
Ernst, France, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Jones, Kellogg, Ladd, Lenroot,
Lodge, McCormick, McCumber, McKinley, McNary, Moses, Nelson, New,
Newberry, Nicholson, Norbeck, Oddie, Page, Pepper, Phipps, Rawson,
Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth,
and Warren. Total 38.

After debate, Senator McCumber moved that a Committee of five senators
be appointed by the Chairman to consider and report on the advisability
of presenting to the Senate at this time, a rule limiting debate on
Revenue and Appropriation Bills and to consider the draft of such an
amendment.
Senator Townsend offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That it is the sense of this Conference that the
Rules of the Senate be so amended as to provide for a
limitation of debate on appropriation and revenue bills by a
majority vote.

At eleven o'clock and five minutes the Conference adjourned to meet
again at ten o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, May 31, 1922.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[May 31, 1922]

MAY 31, 1922
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 31, 1922

The Conference met in the Marble Room of the Senate at ten o'clock a.m.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bursum, Calder, Capper, Cummins, Curtis, du Pont, Edge, Ernst,
Frelinghuysen, Hale, Gooding, Kellogg, Keyes, Lenroot, Lodge,
McCumber, McKinley, McLean, McNary, Nelson, Newberry, Nicholson,
Norbeck, Oddie, Page, Rawson, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling,
Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, and Watson. Total 34.

The Resolution of Senator Townsend was amended to read as follows:

Resolved, That it is the sense of this Conference that the
Rules of the Senate be so amended as to provide for a
limitation of debate on appropriation and revenue bills by a
majority vote, the time for the presentation of such
amendment to be determined at a future conference.

Upon agreeing to the same, the vote was taken by ayes and nays:
Those voting in the affirmative were:

Messrs. Bursum, Calder, Capper, Cummins, Curtis, du Pont, Edge, Ernst,
Frelinghuysen, Gooding, Hale, Kellogg, Keyes, Lenroot, Lodge,
McCumber, McKinley, McLean, McNary, Nelson, Newberry, Nicholson,
Norbeck, Oddie, Page, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Townsend,
Warren, and Watson. Total 32

Those voting in the negative were:
Mr. Wadsworth. Total 1
So the Resolution was agreed to.
The question coming on the adoption of Senator McCumber's motion, it was
adopted unanimously by a viva voce vote, as follows:

Moved, That a Committee of five Senators be appointed by the
Chairman to consider and report on the advisability of
presenting to the Senate at this time, a rule limiting
debate on Revenue and Appropriation Bills and to consider
the draft of such an amendment.

The Chairman appointed the following Senators to serve on the Committee
on Limitation of Debate Rule:

Messrs. Kellogg

Jones

McNary

Lenroot

Ball

The Conference then adjourned subject to call.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[June 19, 1922]

JUNE 19, 1922
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
June 19, 1922

The Conference met at ten o'clock in the Marble Room of the Senate,
pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Brandegee, Bursum, Calder, Cameron, Capper, Colt, Curtis,
Dillingham, Edge, Ernst, Fernald, Gooding, Harreld, Jones, Kellogg,
Lenroot, Lodge, McCormick, McCumber, McKinley, McLean, McNary, Nelson,
Newberry, Nicholson, Norbeck, Oddie, Phipps, Poindexter, Shortridge,
Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren,
Watson, and Willis. Total 39.

Senator Curtis offered the following resolution which was later
withdrawn:

Resolved: That it is the sense of this Republican Conference
that at the conclusion of the consideration of the Tariff
Bill, H.R. 7456 in the Senate the Bill, H.R. 10874, the
Adjusted Compensation Bill be made the unfinished business
of the Senate and that it be continued as such until it is
finally disposed of at this session.

On motion of Senator McCumber, that the Tariff Bill, be laid aside and
the Adjusted Compensation Bill be taken up, it was decided in the
negative, the yeas and nays being as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Capper, Harreld, Jones, Kellogg, Lenroot, McCumber,
Nicholson, Sutherland, and Townsend. Total 9.
Nays: Messrs. Brandegee, Bursum, Calder, Cameron, Colt, Curtis,
Dillingham, Edge, Ernst, Fernald, Gooding, Lodge, McCormick, McKinley,
McLean, McNary, Nelson, Newberry, Norbeck, Oddie, Phipps, Poindexter,
Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, and
Willis. Total 30.

Senator McCumber offered the following Resolution.

Whereas, At a Conference of the Republican members of the
Senate held on the 18th day of April, 1922, it was moved and
carried ``that it is the sense of the Conference that the
Senate proceed without further delay with the consideration
of the tariff bill, and that it is the sense of this
Conference that the Senate should at this session pass a
soldiers compensation bill, and that the Finance Committee
be requested to report such a bill within a reasonable
time''; and
Whereas, The amended soldiers compensation bill was reported
to the Senate by the Finance Committee on the 8th day of
June, 1922, and is now on the Senate Calendar for the action
of the Senate; and
Whereas, Reports have been made and circulated to the effect
that the soldiers compensation bill might be abandoned at
this session; and
Whereas, Such reports are without any foundation whatever,
and the position taken by the Republican Conference on the
18th day of April, 1922, has been in no respect modified or
changed;
Now, Therefore, For the purpose of correcting such reports
and to reassure the country and the American soldier that
there has been no change of purpose on the part of the
Republican members of the Senate; Be It Resolved by this
Conference that as soon as the vote is taken on the passage
of the Tariff bill the soldiers compensation bill shall be
immediately taken up and made the unfinished business and
its consideration proceeded with to the exclusion of any
other business except when temporarily laid aside for
matters of immediate exigency and continued the unfinished
business until it is finally disposed of.
And be it further Resolved, That both the said bills shall
be pressed to their final disposition as expeditiously as
possible and that there shall be no final adjournment of
this Congress or any recess over until both these proposed
measures are finally disposed of.

Senator Ernst offered the following substitute, which was withdrawn
after discussion:

Resolved: That the Senate continue its discussion of the
Tariff bill until finally disposed of and that the Soldiers
Compensation bill be next taken up and considered until
finally disposed of at this session.

The question coming on the adoption of the McCumber resolution, the
Chair (Senator Lodge) stated before putting the vote that no Senator was
bound to vote for or against the Compensation Act, was free to offer any
amendment he saw fit and that all that the pending motion of the Senator
from North Dakota determined was the order of business.
The yeas and nays were taken as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Bursum, Cameron, Capper, Colt, Curtis, Gooding, Harreld,
Jones, Kellogg, Lenroot, Lodge, McCormick, McCumber, McKinley, McLean,
McNary, Nicholson, Oddie, Poindexter, Shortridge, Spencer, Sterling,
Sutherland, Townsend, Warren, Watson, and Willis. Total 27.
Nays: Messrs. Brandegee, Calder, Dillingham, Edge, Ernst, Fernald,
Nelson, Newberry, Norbeck, Phipps, and Wadsworth. Total 11.

So the Resolution was adopted.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[November 28, 1922]

NOVEMBER 28, 1922
INFORMAL REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
November 28, 1922
(Held in the Senate Chamber)

At 4:20 p.m. following the adjournment of the Senate, the Chairman,
Senator Lodge, called an informal conference of those Republican
Senators in and about the Senate Chamber.
After discussion, Senator Watson moved that the Bill, H.R. 13, ``To
assure persons within the jurisdiction of every state the equal
protection of the laws, and to punish the crime of lynching,'' be
pressed.
The roll was ordered called and the vote was as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Ball, Cameron, Capper, Curtis, Edge, Frelinghuysen,
Gooding, Harreld, Jones of Washington, Lodge, McKinley, McNary, New,
Nicholson, Pepper, Phipps, Rawson, Reed, Shortridge, Smoot, Stanfield,
Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, and Willis. Total 27.
Nays: None.

So the motion was declared carried.
The conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[December 2, 1922]

DECEMBER 2, 1922
INFORMAL REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 2, 1922

The conference met in the Marble Room of the Senate at 3 p.m., Senator
Lodge, its Chairman presiding, and Senator Spencer acting as Secretary
in the absence of Senator Wadsworth.
Following a discussion in regard to the condition of the business of the
Senate due to the Democratic filibuster on the Anti Lynching Bill,
Senator Fernald moved and it was adopted by a majority vote,

That the Chairman be authorized to give assurance that the
Republicans of the Senate will make no further attempt to
take up the Bill, H.R. 13, the Dyer Anti Lynching Bill, so
called, during this special session or during the next
session of Congress.

The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Selden P. Spencer

Acting Secretary.
Sixty-eighth Congress (1923-1925)

[Editor's Note: Republicans continued to control the government in the
Sixty-eighth Congress, although the margin in the Senate had declined
slightly to 52 Republicans to 42 Democrats and 2 Farmer-Laborites. In
the House Republicans had 225 members to 207 Democrats and 3
independents. Vice President Calvin Coolidge succeeded to the presidency
on August 3, 1923, after the death of President Harding.
At the beginning of the Sixty-eighth Congress in December 1923, the
Republican Conference faced a crisis when a group of progressive Senate
Republicans stayed away from the Conference and then on the Senate floor
opposed the reelection of Albert B. Cummins of Iowa as chairman of the
Committee on Interstate Commerce. The progressives objected to giving
two powerful positions to the conservative Cummins, who was over seventy
years old and also served as president pro tempore. This group of
progressives--William Borah (ID), Smith W. Brookhart (IA), Lynn Frazier
and Edwin F. Ladd (ND), Robert M. La Follette (WI), and George Norris,
(NE)--joined by two Farmer-Labor senators from Minnesota, Magnus Johnson
and Henrik Shipstead, voted first for their progressive colleague La
Follette, who was the next ranking Republican on the committee. When he
failed to garner sufficient votes to win because the regular Republicans
refused to vote for him, a month-long deadlock ensued. Finally, after
thirty-one ballots, the Senate took the unusual step of electing the
ranking committee Democrat, Ellison D. Smith (SC) as chairman. The
incident demonstrated clearly to the Republican Conference members that
the progressives held the balance of power in the Senate.
The split continued in 1924 when Senator La Follette ran for president
on the Progressive party ticket in opposition to the Republican
candidacy of Calvin Coolidge. Although Coolidge won easily, La Follette
and his running mate, Montana Democratic Senator Burton K. Wheeler,
gained 16 percent of the popular vote. After the election, in November
1924, the Conference debated punishing La Follette and Republican
Senators Brookhart, Ladd, and Frazier, who had supported his candidacy.
The Conference voted not to invite the four to Conference meetings and
not to appoint them to Republican committee vacancies.]
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[December 1, 1923]

DECEMBER 1, 1923
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 1, 1923

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by the Chairman,
Senator Lodge, pursuant to call, in the Marble Room of the Senate.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Brandegee, Cameron, Capper, Cummins, Curtis, Dale, Edge,
Ernst, Fernald, Fess, Gooding, Greene, Hale, Harreld, Howell, Johnson
of California, Jones of Washington, Keyes, Lenroot, Lodge, McCormick,
McKinley, McNary, Moses, Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Reed, Shortridge,
Smoot, Spencer, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Weller, Willis.

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was nominated for Chairman of the Conference
by Senator Watson and elected.
Senator Curtis was nominated for Vice Chairman and Whip by Senator
Moses, and elected.
Senator Wadsworth was nominated for Secretary by Senator McNary, and
elected.
On motion of Senator Brandegee, the Chairman was authorized to appoint a
committee of nine Senators to constitute the Committee on Committees.
On motion of Senator Curtis, the Chairman was authorized to appoint a
Committee on Order of Business.
On motion of Senator Lenroot, the Chairman was authorized to appoint a
Committee of three Senators to constitute the Committee on Patronage.
Each of these motions were put to the question when made, and severally
carried.
Senator McCormick nominated Mr. George A. Sanderson for the office of
Secretary of the Senate, and said motion was carried.
Senator Curtis nominated Mr. David S. Barry for the Office of Sergeant
at Arms of the Senate, and said motion was carried.
Senator Curtis nominated Mr. Carl A. Loeffler for the Office of
Assistant Doorkeeper of the Senate, and said motion was carried.
Senator Jones nominated Rev. J.J. Muir for the Office of Chaplain of the
Senate, and said motion was carried.
On motion of Senator Curtis, the Conference adjourned subject to the
call of the Chairman.

[signed] J. W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

By authority of the Conference of December 1, 1923, Senator Lodge
appointed the following Committees:
Committee on Committees

Senator Brandegee, Chairman

Watson
Curtis
Sterling
McNary
Moses
Elkins
Wadsworth
McCormick

Committee on Order of Business

Senator Lodge, Ex Officio

Curtis, Ex Officio
Wadsworth
Fernald
McCormick
Watson
Ladd

Committee on Patronage

Senator Lenroot, Chairman

Hale
McKinley
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[December 10, 1923]

DECEMBER 10, 1923
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 10, 1923

The Conference was called to order by its Chairman, Senator Lodge, in
the Marble Room of the Senate at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Brandegee, Bursum, Cameron, Capper, Colt, Couzens,
Curtis, Dale, Elkins, Ernst, Fernald, Fess, Frazier, Gooding, Greene,
Hale, Harreld, Keyes, Ladd, Lenroot, Lodge, McCormick, McLean, McNary,
Moses, Norbeck, Oddie, Pepper, Reed of Pennsylvania, Smoot, Spencer,
Stanfield, Sterling, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Weller, and Willis.

On motion of Senator Watson, the Chairman was authorized to present the
name of Senator Cummins as the Republican candidate for President Pro
Tempore in the event a situation arises in the Senate calling for the
presentation of a Candidate.
The Report of the Committee on Committees was presented by its Chairman,
Senator Brandegee, and was adopted with certain changes in the relative
order of senators on the Committee on Finance.
This report also included the assignments of the Farmer-Labor members as
such; these members having requested the majority party to perform that
function.
The Conference authorized the presentation of an order in the Senate,
increasing the membership of certain committees.
The Report of the Patronage Committee was presented by Senator Lenroot,
its Chairman, and adopted with instructions concerning the appointments
to be allowed to Senators belonging to the Farmer-Labor Party.
The Committee on Patronage was authorized to add one person to the
efficiency roll under certain circumstances.
On motion of Senator Curtis the Sergeant at Arms and the Secretary of
the Senate were authorized to dismiss employees for incompetency or
other good cause, the appointing senator to fill the vacancy.
The conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
* * *
(Confidential)

68th Congress
1st Session
Senate Committee Print
SENATE PATRONAGE.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PATRONAGE TO THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December, 1923.

Your committee has carefully considered the division of patronage to be
made among the Republican Senators and the allowance to be made to the
Democratic minority.
The committee had before it the Secretary, the Sergeant at Arms, and the
Architect of the Capitol and went through all the lists of employees,
ascertaining the distribution of the patronage among the Republican
Senators of the last Congress and what would be available for
distribution among the Republican senators of the present Congress.
The Republican patronage committee, which considered this subject at the
beginning of the Sixty-seventh Congress, made certain recommendations as
to retaining in the service of the Senate those employees who by
efficient experience, capacity, and diligence expedited business to the
credit of the Senate. This committee follows the action of its
predecessor in recommending the retention of this roll, to be know as
the efficiency roll.

Secretary's Office.

Efficiency Roll.

Crockett, John C., reading clerk.......................... $4,500
Pace, Chas. F., financial clerk........................... 4,500
Lieuallen, W.G., superintendent document room............. 3,500
Colwell, Eugene, assistant financial clerk................ 3,600
Watkins, Chas. L., minute and journal clerk............... 3,600
Goodwin, E.C., librarian.................................. 3,000
Wilson, P.M., clerk....................................... 2,500
Lambert, J.W., first assistant document room.............. 2,500
Gilfry, Henry H., clerk................................... 2,220
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Total................................................... 29,920

By this arrangement the following places in the Secretary's office are
now filled by Democrats retained:

Financial clerk, C.F. Pace (salary under Democrats, 4,500
$3,000)..................................................
Minute and journal clerk, Chas.L. Watkins................. 3,600
Clerk, P.M.Wilson......................................... 2,500
Clerk, H.H. Gilfry........................................ 2,220
First assistant in document room, J.M. Lambert (salary 2,500
under Democrats, $2,250).................................
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Total................................................... 15,320

By this arrangement the following places in the Secretary's office are
now filled by Republicans who were retained by Democrats:

Reading clerk, J.C. Crockett (salary under Democrats, $4,500
$3,600)..................................................
Assistant financial clerk, Eugene Colwell (salary under 3,600
Democrats, $2,750).......................................
Librarian, E.C. Goodwin (salary under Democrats, $2,500).. 3,000
Superintendent document room, W.G. Lieuallen (salary under 3,500
Democrats, $2,500).......................................
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Total................................................... 14,600

Minority Employees.

In addition to the positions on the efficiency roll, now held by
Democrats, the following is allotted to the minority:

First assistant librarian (Ruskin McArdle)................ $2,400
Employee of the Secretary, not charged as patronage: Clerk- $2,100
accountant-stenographer and typist, disbursing office,
Harvey Schmidt...........................................

Colored Employees.

1 laborer in stationery room.............................. $1,200
1 messenger in library.................................... 1,000
3 laborers, at $840....................................... 2,520
2 laborers, at $720....................................... 1,440
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Total................................................... 6,160

Patronage, or positions available as patronage, Secretary's office.

20 positions in the patronage of Republican Senators...... $39,010
3 positions temporarily filled or vacant.................. 8,500
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23 Total................................................ 47,510

Recapitulation.

In the office of the Secretary of the Senate, under the legislative
appropriation act 1923-24, there are 43 positions amounting to
$100,090.

Secretary (elected by Senate)............................. $6,500
Assistant secretary, H.M. Rose............................ 5,500
9 employees retained on account of efficient experience... 29,920
1 minority employee....................................... 2,400
1 employee, not charged as patronage...................... 2,100
7 colored employees....................................... 6,160
20 positions in patronage................................. 39,010
3 positions temporarily filled or vacant.................. 8,500
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Total................................................... 100,090

Appropriation Acts, 1923-24.

Legislative:
Office of the Secretary................................. $89,510
Document room........................................... 10,080
Deficiency, approved Mar. 4, 1923: Increased salary, 500
Crockett.................................................
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Total................................................... 100,090

Offices of the Sergeant at Arms and Architect of the Capitol.

The committee recommends that the following employees be retained on
account of long service and efficient experience:

Halsey, E.A., assistant on floor (request of minority).... $3,600
Anderson, R.S., messenger................................. 1,440
McGrain, J.J. storekeeper................................. 2,500
Eckstein, F.A., postmaster................................ 2,500
Biffle, L.L., superintendent folding room................. 1,600
Deards, J.W., foreman folding room........................ 1,600
McKeever, Mrs. F.R., assistant in folding room............ 1,400
Sellers, J.F., messenger at card door..................... 1,600
Maryman, Sam, elevator conductor.......................... 1,200
McNeil, Robert J., messenger acting as assistant 1,800
doorkeeper...............................................
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Total................................................... 19,240

By this arrangement the following positions are now filled by
Democrats retained:

Floor assistant (salary under Democrats, $2,000) (Halsey). $3,600
Messenger (Anderson)...................................... 1,440
Storekeeper (McGrain) (salary under Democrats, $2,220).... 2,500
Superintendent folding room (Biffle)...................... 1,600

Elevator conductor (Maryman).............................. 1,200
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Total................................................... 10,340

By this arrangement the following positions are now filled by
Republicans who were retained by Democrats:

Postmaster (Eckstein) (salary under Democrats, $1,200).... $2,500
Foreman folding room (Deards) (salary under Democrats, 1,600
$1,400)..................................................
Messenger (Sellers) (salary under Democrats, $1,440)...... 1,600
Assistant, folding room (McKeever) (salary under 1,400
Democrats, $1,200).......................................
Messenger acting as assistant doorkeeper (McNeil) (salary 1,800
under Democrats, $1,440).................................
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Total................................................... 8,900

Minority Employees.

In addition to the positions on the efficiency roll now held by
Democrats the following are allotted to the minority:

Messenger acting as assistant doorkeeper (John R. Perry).. $1,800
Messenger (H.F. Keegan)................................... 1,440
Messenger (Philip J. Roche)............................... 1,440
6 pages, at $400.......................................... 2,400
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Total................................................... 7,080
In addition the following Democrat is on the roll:
Messenger, C.F. Lynch, Senate resolution of 1896, for $1,440.00
supposed injuries received...............................

The following positions, 57 in number, amounting to $53,522.50,
exempted on account of character of service rendered:

Clerk, official reporters................................. $2,800.00
Superintendent Press Gallery.............................. 2,500.00
Assistant superintendent Press Gallery.................... 1,600.00
Messenger, Press Gallery.................................. 1,000.00
Upholsterer............................................... 1,440.00
Cabinetmaker.............................................. 1,200.00
3 carpenters, at $1,080................................... 3,240.00
Chief telephone opererator................................ 1,800.00
4 telephone operators, at $900............................ 3,600.00
1 riding page (acting as telephone operator).............. 912.50
4 skilled laborers, barbers, at $1,000.................... 4,000.00
Laborer in charge private passage......................... 1,100.00
3 attendants, women's rooms, Capitol, at $1,000........... 3,000.00
3 attendants, women's room, Senate Office Building, at 2,160.00
$720.....................................................
Wagon master.............................................. 1,200.00
2 laborers, janitor's force, at $800...................... 1,600.00
22 laborers, janitor's force, at $720..................... 15,840.00
1 laborer in charge of toilet room, old library space..... 660.00
Foreman, garage........................................... 990.00

4 helpers, garage, at $720................................ 2,880.00
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Total................................................... 53,522.50
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Old Soldier's Roll

This roll is as follows:
Abbott, J.A., messenger, acting as assistant doorkeeper... $1,800.00
Gallager, W.G., messenger................................. 1,440.00
Corser, D.S., messenger................................... 1,440.00
Dutton, R.R., messenger................................... 1,440.00
Crystal, J.A., messenger.................................. 1,440.00
Bond, George H., messenger................................ 1,440.00
Getchell, E.P., messenger (absent)........................ 1,440.00
Baer, Nathan, messenger (absent).......................... 1,440.00
Hammond, John, messenger.................................. 1,440.00
Williams, J.R., messenger................................. 1,440.00
Coates, M.T., mail carrier................................ 1,200.00
Foster, E.W., riding page (absent)........................ 912.50
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Total................................................... 16,872.50

Employees of the Sergeant at Arms not Charged as Patronage.

Messenger (clerk and stenographer) (Grace Genzberger)..... $1,440.00
Janitor (Frank M. Smith).................................. 1,200.00
Stenographer (J. Mark Trice).............................. 1,200.00
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Total................................................... 3,840.00

Personal Appointees of the Sergeant at Arms.

2 private police, at $1,050............................... $2,100.00

Patronage, or Positions Available as Patronage.

117 places under the Sergeant at Arms and Architect of the $130,682.50
Capitol in the patronage of Republican Senators..........
32 additional places under the Sergeant at Arms and 33,840.00
Architect of the Capitol now available for patronage.....
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Total................................................... 164,522.50

Recapitulation.

In the offices of the Sergeant at Arms and Architect of the Capitol
there are 246 positions, as follows:

Sergeant at Arms, elected................................. $6,500.00
Assistant doorkeeper and acting assistant doorkeeper, 8,400.00
elected, at $4,200.......................................
10 employees retained on account of long service and 19,240.00
efficient experience.....................................
3 messengers allotted to minority, same having been 4,680.00
allowed by Democrats to Republicans......................
6 pages alloted to minority, at $400 each................. 2,400.00
1 messenger (Lynch), Senate resolution.................... 1,440.00
57 employees exempted on account of character of service 53,522.50
rendered.................................................
12 employees on old soldier's roll........................ 16,872.50
3 employees of the Sergeant at Arms, not charged as 3,840.00
patronage................................................
2 personal appointees of the Sergeant at Arms............. 2,100.00
117 positions in patronage, including 10 pages............ 130,682.50
32 positions available for patronage...................... 33,840.00
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Total................................................... 283,517.50

Appropriation Acts, 1923-24.

Legislative:
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper........... $157,580.00
Police force, Senate Office Building.................... 18,000.00
Post office............................................. 17,837.50
Folding room............................................ 17,080.00
Under Architect of the Capitol--........................
10 elevator conductors, Capitol....................... 12,000.00
14 elevator conductors, Senate Office Building........ 16,800.00
8 employees, Senate Office Building, maintenance roll. 9,840.00
Contingent expenses--...................................
Maintaining motors, etc. ($10,000); salaries, foreman 3,870.00
and helpers..........................................
Superintendent folding room, payable out of 1,600.00
miscellaneous items fund, authority Senate resolution
Capitol police ($42,450), captain, $1,800; 1 lieutenant, 22,050.00
$1,200; special officer, $1,200; 17 privates at $1,050.
Protection of the Capitol ($15,000), police sergeant, 5,300.00
$1,100; 4 privates, $1,050.............................
Deficiency approved February 20, 1923:
Increased salaries, 2 officers and 3 employees, Senate 3,600.00
floor..................................................
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285,557.50
Deduct appropriation for 16 pages....................... 8,440.00
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277,117.50
Add 16 pages at $400 (estimated salary for patronage)... 6,400.00
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Total................................................... 283,517.50

Patronage, or Positions Available as Patronage.

Secretary's office........................................ 47,510.00
Sergeant at Arms and Architect............................ 164,522.50
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Total................................................... 212,032.50
Patronage allotted to two Farmer-Labor Senators........... 2,880.00
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209,152.50

Divided among 51 Republican Senators, $4,100.
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Positions Available as Patronage.

Under the Secretary:
Principal clerk......................................... $3,000
Enrolling clerk......................................... 3,000
Clerk................................................... 2,500
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Total................................................. $8,500
Under the Sergeant at Arms:
6 messengers, at $1,440................................. 8,640
Special officer......................................... 1,200
8 private police, at $1,050............................. 8,400
3 folders, at $1,000.................................... 3,000
1 folder................................................ 840
4 laborers, post office, at $720........................ 2,880
4 laborers, folding room, at $720....................... 2,880
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Total................................................. 27,840
Under Architect of the Capitol: 5 elevator conductors, at 6,000
$1,200...................................................
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Grand total........................................... 42,340
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Your committee recommends that before the enactment of the legislative
appropriation act for the fiscal year 1924-25 the salary list should be
revised in order to make it more in conformity with the duties performed
in individual cases. It is also deemed essential that provision be made
for retiring on a pension those employees on the soldiers' roll who are
already incapacitated and those who will become so in the very near
future on account of old age and physical infirmities, so that their
places may be filled in order to provide an efficient staff for the
conduct of the business of the Senate. The number of employees so
incapacitated is now so large that the number of efficient doorkeepers
and other classes of employees is below that absolutely required.
Details.

Your committee has instructed the Secretary, the Sergeant at Arms, and
the Architect of the Capitol hereafter to adhere strictly to the rule
contained in the report of the committee on committees adopted by the
Republican caucus June 13, 1911, prohibiting the detail of any of their
employees for the committee service of individual Senators.

Irvine L. Lenroot, Chairman
Frederick Hale
William B. McKinley
* * *
Adopted by the Conference of December 10, 1923.

Resolved, That the following shall constitute the standing committees of
the Senate of the Sixty-eighth Congress.
On Agriculture and Forestry (17).

Messrs. NORRIS, Chairman, MCNARY, CAPPER, KEYES, GOODING,
LADD, NORBECK, HARRELD, MCKINLEY; JOHNSON, Minn.
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\1\ [The names in italics at the end of some committees are Farmer-
Labor party members.]
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On Appropriations (18).

Messrs. WARREN, Chairman, SMOOT, JONES, Wash., CURTIS, HALE,
SPENCER, PHIPPS, MCKINLEY, LENROOT, KEYES.

To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (5)

Messrs. KEYES, Chairman, FESS, GREENE.

On Banking and Currency (15).

Messrs. MCLEAN, Chairman, WELLER, NORBECK, SHORTRIDGE, EDGE,
PEPPER, PHIPPS, GREENE.

On Civil Service (11).

Messrs. STANFIELD, Chairman, STERLING, BALL, COUZENS, DALE,
HOWELL.

On Claims (14).

Messrs. CAPPER, Chairman, SPENCER, GOODING, HARRELD,
STANFIELD, ELKINS, BROOKHART; JOHNSON, Minn.

On Commerce (16).

Messrs. JONES, Wash., Chairman, FERNALD, MCNARY, EDGE,
WILLIS, WELLER, BALL, LADD, COUZENS.

On the District of Columbia (13).

Messrs. BALL, Chairman, JONES, Wash., CAPPER, EDGE, ELKINS,
GOODING, WELLER.

On Education and Labor (11).

Messrs. BORAH, Chairman, STERLING, PHIPPS, BROOKHART,
COUZENS, DALE.

On Enrolled Bills (3).

Messrs. WATSON, Chairman, BALL.

On Expenditures in the Executive Departments (7).

Messrs. MCCORMICK, Chairman, WILLIS, MOSES, WADSWORTH.

On Finance (17).

Messrs. SMOOT, Chairman, LA FOLLETTE, MCLEAN, CURTIS,
WATSON, REED, Pa., ELKINS, MCCORMICK, ERNST, STANFIELD.

On Foreign Relations (18).

Messrs. LODGE, Chairman, BORAH, BRANDEGEE, JOHNSON, Calif.,
MOSES, MCCORMICK, WADSWORTH, LENROOT, WILLIS, PEPPER;
SHIPSTEAD.

On Immigration (11).

Messrs. COLT, Chairman, STERLING, JOHNSON, Calif., KEYES,
WILLIS, REED, Pa.

On Indian Affairs (11).

Messrs. HARRELD, Chairman, CURTIS, LA FOLLETTE, MCNARY,
CAMERON, FRAZIER.

On Interoceanic Canals (12).

Messrs. EDGE, Chairman, BORAH, BROOKHART, COUZENS, GREENE,
HOWELL; JOHNSON, Minn.

On Interstate Commerce (17).

Messrs. CUMMINS, Chairman, LA FOLLETTE, MCLEAN, WATSON,
FERNALD, ELKINS, GOODING, COUZENS, FESS, HOWELL.

On Irrigation and Reclamation (15).

Messrs. MCNARY, Chairman, JONES, Wash., PHIPPS, GOODING,
CAMERON, ODDIE, SHORTRIDGE, BURSUM.

On the Judiciary (16).

Messrs. BRANDEGEE, Chairman, BORAH, CUMMINS, COLT, STERLING,
NORRIS, ERNST, SHORTRIDGE, SPENCER.

On the Library (7).

Messrs. PEPPER, Chairman, BRANDEGEE, FESS, HOWELL.

On Manufactures ([13--crossed out] 12 [handwritten insert]).

Messrs. LA FOLLETTE, Chairman, MCNARY, MCKINLEY, WELLER,
REED, Pa., BROOKHART, [WADSWORTH--crossed out]; JOHNSON,
Minn.

On Military Affairs (16).

Messrs. WADSWORTH, Jr., Chairman, WARREN, CAPPER, CAMERON,
BURSUM, REED, Pa., BROOKHART, JOHNSON, Calif., GREENE.

On Mines and Mining (9).

Messrs. ODDIE, Chairman, ELKINS, PHIPPS, CAMERON, FRAZIER.

On Naval Affairs (16).

Messrs. HALE, Chairman, LODGE, BALL, PEPPER, ODDIE, COLT,
NORBECK, SHORTRIDGE, WELLER.

On Patents (8).

Messrs. ERNST, Chairman, NORRIS, BRANDEGEE, COLT; SHIPSTEAD.

On Pensions (12).

Messrs. BURSUM, Chairman, SMOOT, FERNALD, NORBECK, FRAZIER,
DALE; SHIPSTEAD.

On Post Offices and Post Roads (16).

Messrs. STERLING, Chairman, MOSES, EDGE, PHIPPS, HARRELD,
ODDIE, STANFIELD, FRAZIER, DALE.

On Printing (8).

Messrs. MOSES, Chairman, CAPPER, PEPPER, FESS; SHIPSTEAD.

On Privileges and Elections (13).

Messrs. SPENCER, Chairman, WADSWORTH, Jr., WATSON, ERNST,
SHORTRIDGE, BURSUM, GREENE.

On Public Buildings and Grounds ([15--crossed out] 14 [handwritten
insert]).

Messrs. FERNALD, Chairman, WARREN, LENROOT, KEYES, MCKINLEY,
HARRELD, [JONES, Wash.--crossed out], FESS; SHIPSTEAD.

On Public Lands and Surveys (13).

Messrs. LENROOT, Chairman, SMOOT, LADD, STANFIELD, NORBECK,
BURSUM, CAMERON.

On Rules (12).

Messrs. CURTIS, Chairman, HALE, MOSES, MCCORMICK, WATSON, JOHNSON,
Calif., DALE.

On Territories and Insular Possessions (13)

Messrs. JOHNSON, Calif., Chairman, MCLEAN, CUMMINS,
MCCORMICK, WILLIS, LADD, REED, Pa.

Select Committee. On Revision of the Laws (3).

Messrs. ERNST, Chairman, PEPPER.

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[April 14, 1924]

APRIL 14, 1924
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
April 14, 1924

The Conference met in the Marble Room of the Senate at 10:30 a.m.
pursuant to call.
The Chairman, Senator Lodge, presided.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Brandegee, Bursum, Cameron, Capper, Colt, Cummins,
Curtis, Dale, Edge, Elkins, Ernst, Fernald, Fess, Gooding, Hale,
Harreld, Howell, Johnson of California, Jones of Washington, Keyes,
Lodge, McKinley, McNary, Moses, Norbeck, Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Reed
of Pennsylvania, Shortridge, Smoot, Stanfield, Sterling, Wadsworth,
Warren, Watson, Weller, and Willis.

The question of Immigration (being the subject pending before the
Senate) was discussed, after which the Conference adjourned subject to
the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[May 5, 1924]

MAY 5, 1924
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 5, 1924

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m. by its Chairman,
Senator Lodge.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Borah, Brandegee, Bursum, Cameron, Capper, Colt,
Cummins, Curtis, Dale, Edge, Ernst, Fernald, Fess, Gooding, Hale,
Harreld, Howell, Jones of Washington, Keyes, Lodge, McKinley, McLean,
McNary, Moses, Norbeck, Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Reed of Pennsylvania,
Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, and
Willis.

Discussion was had upon holding evening sessions of the Senate in order
to expedite business including the Revenue Bill, Farm legislation and
the Appropriation Bills.
Mr. Edge moved that it be the sense of the Conference that the Senate
hold night sessions beginning Tuesday, and the said motion was carried.
Mr. Sterling moved that it be the sense of the Conference that upon the
conclusion of the Revenue and necessary supply bills, the Senate proceed
before final adjournment, to the consideration of Farm Relief
legislation,
And said motion was carried.
Mr. Phipps addressed the Conference on the status of the so-called
surplus carried in the Treasury to the credit, supposedly, of the
District of Columbia, and urged the passage of legislation declaring the
surplus, about four and one half millions of dollars, to be a free
balance available for use in meeting the expenses of the District of
Columbia.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[May 6, 1924]

MAY 6, 1924
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 6, 1924

The Conference was called to order at eleven o'clock a.m. by the
Chairman, Senator Lodge.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Brandegee, Bursum, Cameron, Capper, Colt, Cummins,
Curtis, Dale, Edge, Ernst, Fernald, Fess, Gooding, Hale, Harreld,
Howell, Jones of Washington, Keyes, Lodge, McKinley, McLean, McNary,
Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Reed of Pennsylvania, Shortridge, Smoot,
Spencer, Stanfield, Sterling, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, and Willis.

The situation on the Revenue Bill came up for consideration and
discussion.
Senator Spencer moved that it be the sense of the Conference that
Senator Smoot be authorized to offer an amendment to the surtax rates
containing a 32% maximum.
The roll was called on this question and the result was announced, yeas
29, nays 3, present and not voting 3, as follows:

Yeas: Messrs. Ball, Brandegee, Bursum, Cameron, Colt, Curtis, Edge,
Fernald, Fess, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Keyes, Lodge, McKinley, McLean,
Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Reed of Pennsylvania, Shortridge, Smoot,
Spencer, Stanfield, Sterling, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, and Willis.
Nays: Messrs. Capper, Cummins, McNary.
Not voting: Messrs. Ernst, Howell, Jones of Washington.

Senator Gooding moved that it be the sense of the Conference that in the
event a 32% maximum surtax rate is defeated, the Conference support the
House rates on income tax, being a 37-1/2% maximum. The question was put
to a viva voce vote and carried.
The Conference on motion, adjourned to meet again at ten o'clock the
following day, Wednesday, May 7, 1924.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[May 7, 1924]

MAY 7, 1924
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 7, 1924

The Conference was called to order at ten o'clock by the Vice Chairman,
Senator Curtis, the Chairman, Senator Lodge, being absent.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:

[Messrs.] Ball, Brandegee, Bursum, Cameron, Capper, Colt, Cummins,
Curtis, Edge, Ernst, Fernald, Fess, Frazier, Gooding, Hale, Harreld,
Howell, Jones of Washington, Keyes, Ladd, McKinley, McLean, Moses,
Norbeck, Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Reed of Pennsylvania, Shortridge,
Smoot, Sterling, Wadsworth, Watson, and Willis.

Senators Lodge, Dale, and Warren entered later.
Discussion was had on the Revenue Bill and legislation for the relief of
the farmers, but no action was taken.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[November 28, 1924]

NOVEMBER 28, 1924
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
November 28, 1924

The Conference was called to order by Senator Curtis, the Vice Chairman
and Whip, at eleven o'clock a.m. in the Marble Room of the Senate,
pursuant to call. (Senator Lodge, the Chairman having died during the
recess of Congress).
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Bursum, Butler, Capper, Couzens, Cummins, Curtis, Dale,
Edge, Elkins, Ernst, Fess, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Howell, Keyes,
Ladd, McCormick, McKinley, McNary, Metcalf, Moses, Norbeck, Oddie,
Pepper, Reed of Pennsylvania, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Wadsworth,
Warren, Watson, and Weller.

Total 34, a quorum being present.
Senator Warren, as senior Senator, was called to the Chair.
Senator Warren, in assuming the chair, stated that he was not a
candidate for the Chairmanship of the Conference and requested that he
be not voted for on the roll call.
Senator Ernst offered the following resolution:

RESOLVED; That it is the sense of this Conference that
Senator Robert M. La Follette and those Senators who,
elected to the Senate of the United States as Republicans,
supported Senator La Follette in his campaign for President
of the United States, and with Senator La Follette opposed
the Republican nominees for President and Vice President,
have forfeited all claim or right to recognition as
Republican members of the Senate,
AND FURTHER: That they have forfeited all priority or other
rights as Republican members of the Senate Committees of
which they are now members and all claim or right to
recognition as Republicans in future assignments to any
Committees of the Senate.

Senator Reed of Pennsylvania raised the point of order that the regular
order should proceed, being the Election of a Chairman.
The Point of Order was sustained.
Senator Capper nominated Senator Curtis of Kansas for Chairman of the
Conference, and Senator Elkins seconded the nomination.
Senator Watson moved that Senator Curtis' election be made by
acclamation, and said action was carried unanimously.
Senator Curtis was thereupon elected and assumed the Chair.
Senator Reed moved that the election of Vice Chairman and Whip be
postponed to a later Conference.
Senator Ernst moved to amend Mr. Reed's motion by proceeding to the
election of a Vice Chairman.
On this question the roll was called and the result was as follows:
Those voting yea:

Messrs. Bursum, Butler, Couzens, Cummins, Dale, Edge, Elkins, Ernst,
Fess, Gooding, Harreld, Howell, Keyes, McNary, Metcalf, Moses, Oddie,
Shortridge, Spencer, Watson, and Weller.

Total yeas 21
Those voting nay:

Messrs. Ball, Capper, Hale, Ladd, McCormick, McKinley, Pepper, Reed,
Smoot, Wadsworth, and Warren.

Total nays 11
So Senator Ernst's amendment was carried.
Senator Ernst nominated Senator Watson as Vice Chairman, and Senator
Gooding seconded the nomination.
Thereupon, there being no further nominations, Senator Watson was
elected unanimously,
Senator Reed offered the following resolution:

RESOLVED: That it is the sense of the Conference that
Senators La Follette, Ladd, Brookhart and Frazier be not
invited to future Republican Conferences, and be not named
to fill any Republican vacancies on Senate Committees.

Senator Ernst offered the following amendment as a substitute:

RESOLVED: That it is the sense of this Conference that
Senator Robert M. La Follette and those Senators who,
elected to the Senate of the United States as Republicans,
supported Senator La Follette in his campaign for President
of the United States, and with Senator La Follette opposed
the Republican nominees for President and Vice President,
have forfeited all claim or right to recognition as
Republican members of the Senate,
AND FURTHER: That they have forfeited all priority or other
rights as Republican members of the Senate Committees of
which they are now members and all claim or right to
recognition as Republicans in future assignments to any
Committees of the Senate.

Senator Howell moved to lay the resolution on the table, and said action
was defeated.
The question recurring on Senator Ernst's amendment, was put and
defeated.
Senator Spencer offered an amendment authorizing the Chairman to appoint
a Committee to report recommendations on the subject, and the question
being put on this amendment, it was defeated.
Senator Harreld moved to amend the resolution by striking out the names
of Brookhart, Ladd, and Frazier, and the question being put on this
amendment, it was defeated.
Senator Cummins requested that the two propositions in the Reed
Resolution be divided, which was done.
A vote was thereupon taken on the first portion of the resolution and
carried.
A vote was then taken on the second part of the resolution and carried.
And Mr. Reed's resolution, as proposed, was adopted.
The Chairman was then authorized to appoint a Senator as Whip.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

Note: Pursuant to authority given by the Conference of November 28,
1924, the Chairman, Senator Curtis, appointed Senator W.L. Jones of
Washington to be Republican Whip.
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[December 3, 1924]

DECEMBER 3, 1924
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 3, 1924

The Conference was called to order by Senator Curtis, the Chairman, at
11 o'clock a.m. in the Marble Room of the Senate.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Butler, Cummins, Curtis, Edge, Ernst, Fernald, Fess, Gooding,
Greene, Hale, Howell, Jones of Washington, Keyes, McKinley, McNary,
Means, Metcalf, Moses, Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Reed of Pennsylvania,
Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Stanfield, Sterling, Wadsworth, Warren,
Watson, and Willis.

Total 31, a quorum being present.
By unanimous consent, the Chairman was authorized to reorganize the
Committee on Order of Business (so called Steering Committee).
It was also agreed by unanimous consent, that the enrollment clerk of
the Senate be taken from the patronage list of the Senate, and that the
Secretary of the Senate be requested to appoint an enrollment clerk and
reorganize the Office of the Secretary.
Senator Watson, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, submitted the
following report, which was adopted by the Conference.
ORDERED

That the following Senators are hereby relieved from further service
upon the following Committees:

The Junior Senator from Idaho (Mr. Gooding) from the Committee on Claims.
The Junior Senator from Vermont (Mr. Dale) from the Committee on Education and Labor.
The Senior Senator from Connecticut (Mr. McLean) from the Committee on Interstate Commerce.
The Senior Senator from Colorado (Mr. Phipps) from the Committee on Mines and Mining.
The Senior Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Edge) from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.
The Senior Senator from California (Mr. Johnson) from the Committee on Military Affairs.

That the following Senators are hereby assigned to membership on the
following Committees:

The Junior Senator from Colorado (Mr. Means) to the Committee on Claims; to the Committee on Immigration; to
the Committee on the Judiciary; to the Committee on Mines and Mining.
The Junior Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Metcalf) to the Committee on Education and Labor; to the Committee
on the Library; to the Committee on Naval Affairs; to the Committee on Patents.
The Senior Senator from Connecticut (Mr. McLean) to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The Senior Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Edge) to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The Junior Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Butler) to the Committee on the Judiciary; to the Committee on
Naval Affairs; to the Committee on Patents.

That the Senior Senator from Idaho (Mr. Borah) is hereby relieved from
further service as Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor.
That the Senior Senator from California (Mr. Johnson) is hereby relieved
from further service as Chairman of the Committee on Territories and
Insular Possessions.
That the following Senators are hereby appointed to be Chairmen of the
following Committees:

The Senior Senator from Colorado (Mr. Phipps) to be Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor.
The Senior Senator from Idaho (Mr. Borah) to be Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The Senior Senator from California (Mr. Johnson) to be Chairman of the Committee on Immigration.
The Senior Senator from Iowa (Mr. Cummins) to be Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary.
The Senior Senator from Ohio (Mr. Willis) to be Chairman of the Committee on Territories and Insular
Possessions.

The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

Note: Pursuant to authority granted by the Conference of December 3,
1924, the Chairman, Senator Curtis, named the following Committee on
Order of Business: Senator Wadsworth, Chairman, Senators McKinley,
Pepper, Willis, Gooding, Norbeck, Butler.
* * *

James W. Wadsworth, Jr., Chairman
R.E. Devendorf, Clerk.
United States Senate,
Committee on Military Affairs.

December 11, 1924

MY DEAR SENATOR:
I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of the
Republican Conference to inform you that the Committee, at a meeting
held on Monday, December 8th, made a careful examination of the bills
now pending upon the Senate Calendar, and decided to suggest the wisdom
of taking up and disposing of the following measures:

Calendar No. Bill No. Title

499 S. 2570 To provide for the establishment,
operation, and maintenance of foreign-
trade zones in ports of entry of the
United States, to expedite and
encourage foreign commerce, and for
other purposes.
556 S. 3173 To provide for the construction of a
memorial bridge across the Potomac
River from a point near the Lincoln
Memorial in the City of Washington to
an appropriate point in the State of
Virginia, and for other purposes.
694 S. 3316 To amend an Act entitled ``An Act to
provide for the consolidation of
national banking associations,''
approved November 7, 1918; to amend
Sec. 5136 as amended, Sec. 5137, Sec.
5138 as amended, Sec. 5142, Sec.
5150, Sec. 5155, Sec. 5190, Sec. 5200
as amended, Sec. 5202 as amended,
Sec. 5208 as amended, Sec. 5211 as
amended, of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, etc.
702 S.J.Res.109 Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States
relative to the adoption of
amendments thereto.
810 H.R. 2869 For the establishment of a United
States Industrial Reformatory.
383 S. 2060 To amend the Judicial Code, further to
define the jurisdiction of the
Circuit Courts of Appeals and of the
Supreme Court, and for other
purposes.
668 S. 2061 To give the Supreme Court of the
United States authority to make and
publish rules in common-law actions.
569 S. 1005 To make valid and enforceable written
provisions or agreements for
arbitration of disputes arising out
of contracts, maritime transactions,
or commerce among the States or
Territories or with foreign nations.
422 S. 56 For the allowance of certain claims
for indemnity for spoliations by the
French prior to July 31, 1801, as
reported by the Court of Claims.
479 S. 3011 To amend the Act entitled ``An Act for
the retirement of employees in the
classified civil service, and for
other purposes,'' approved May 22,
1920, and Acts in amendment thereof.
787 S. 3445 To provide for the reorganization and
more effective coordination of the
executive branch of the Government,
to create the Department of Education
and Relief, and for other purposes.

The Committee suggests that these bills
be taken up in the order in which they
are set forth above. You will note that
priority is suggested for those measures
in connection with which there will be
the least opposition or debate.
I might add that the absence from this
list of measures for agricultural relief
is due to the belief of the Committee
that the consideration of such measures
should be postponed until the
Agricultural Commission appointed by
President Coolidge has made its report.
The Committee has also omitted, and will
continue to omit in its suggestions in
the future, all of the general
appropriation bills, it being the general
custom to give such bills the right of
way in a short session.
The Committee has no intention of
attempting to dictate a program. It makes
these suggestions in the hope that, if
approved by the Republican Senators, they
will be effective in securing the passage
of desirable legislation and in
expediting, generally, the work of the
Senate. The situation in the Senate will,
of course, change from time to time
during the remainder of the session, and
the Committee expects to keep abreast
with these changes and to make such
further suggestions as may seem
desirable.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] J. W. Wadworth, Jr.
Chairman, Committee on Order of
Business.
* * *

James W. Wadsworth, Jr., Chairman.
R.E. Devendorf, Clerk.
United States Senate,
Committee on Military Affairs

February 4, 1925.

MY DEAR SENATOR:
I am instructed by the Committee on Order
of Business of the Republican Conference
to inform you that the Committee, at a
meeting held on Monday, February 2nd,
made a careful examination of the bills
now pending on the Senate Calendar, and
decided to suggest the wisdom of taking
up and disposing of the following
measures:
In Executive Session

The German Commercial Treaty, as soon as
possible after report by the Committee on
Foreign Relations.
In Legislative Session

Calendar No. Bill No. Title

980 S. 3772 A bill to authorize the reduction of,
and to fix the rate of interest to be
paid by carriers upon notes or other
evidences of indebtedness heretofore
issued under the provisions of Sec.
207 of the Transportation Act, 1920,
or Sec. 210 of said Act as amended by
an act approved June 5, 1920.
479 S. 3011 A bill to amend the act entitled ``An
act for the retirement of employees
in the classified civil service, and
for other purposes,'' approved May
22, 1920, and acts in amendment
thereof.
930 H.R. 9634 An act to provide for the creation,
organization, administration, and
maintenance of a Naval Reserve and a
Marine Corps Reserve.
(If and when H.R. 8887 To amend an act entitled ``An Act to
reported from provide for the consolidation of
the Committee national banking associations,''
on Banking approved November 7, 1918, etc.
and Currency)
653 S. 2913 A bill for the establishment of
migratory-bird refuges to furnish in
perpetuity homes for migratory birds,
the establishment of public shooting
grounds to preserve the American
system of free shooting, the
provision of funds for establishing
such areas and the furnishing of
adequate protection for migratory
birds, and for other purposes.
787 S. 3445 A bill to provide for the
reorganization and more effective
coordination of the executive branch
of the Government, to create the
Department of Education and Relief,
and for other purposes.
422 S. 56 A bill for the allowance of certain
claims for indemnity for spoliations
by the French prior to July 31, 1801,
as reported by the Court of Claims.
702 S.J.Res.109 Joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States relative to the
adoption of amendments thereto.

These suggestions are the result of an
examination of the Senate Calendar and
also of the general legislative situation
in the Senate as it now appears. The
Committee suggests that the bills noted
above be taken up in the order in which
they are listed. The Committee also
believes that measures for agricultural
relief emanating from the Commission
appointed by the President should be
added to this preferred list if and when
they are reported by the standing
committees of the Senate to which they
have been referred.
The Committee has omitted mention of the
Isle of Pines Treaty for the reason that
it already occupies a position of
preference in open executive session of
the Senate. It has also omitted all
mention of appropriation bills with the
understanding that these measures for the
support of the Government have the right
of way.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.
Chairman, Committee on Order of
Business.
* * *

February 12, 1925.

Calendar No. Bill No. Title

479 S. 3011 A bill to amend the act entitled ``An
act for the retirement of employees
in the classified civil service, and
for other purposes,'' approved May
22, 1920, and acts in amendment
thereof.
930 H.R. 9634 An act to provide for the creation,
organization, administration, and
maintenance of a Naval Reserve and a
Marine Corps Reserve.
1096 H.R. 8887 To amend an act entitled ``An Act to
provide for the consolidation of
national banking associations,''
approved November 7, 1918, etc.
653 S. 2913 A bill for the establishment of
migratory-bird refuges to furnish in
perpetuity homes for migratory birds,
etc.
767 S. 3445 A bill to provide for the
reorganization and more effective
coordination of the executive branch
of the Government, to create the
Department of Education and Relief,
and for other purposes.
422 S. 56 A bill for the allowance of certain
claims for indemnity for spoliations
by the French prior to July 31, 1801,
as reported by the Court of Claims.
702 S.J.Res.109 Joint Resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States relative to the
adoption of amendments thereto.
1114 H.R.6645 An act to amend the national
prohibition act, to provide for a
bureau of prohibition in the Treasury
Department, and to define its powers
and duties.
548 H.R. 6896 An act to amend an act entitled ``The
classification act of 1923,''
approved March 4, 1923.

Legislative program suggested by Committee on Order of Business.

Measures to have the right of way.

Conference report--Interior Department Appropriation Bill.
Conference report--Independent Offices Appropriation Bill.
Emergency Appropriation bills--Deficiency.
Conference report--Postal Salary-Rate Bill.
Other measures to receive preference.

Calendar No. Bill No. Title

1096 H.R. 8887 To amend an act entitled ``An Act to
provide for the consolidation of
national banking associations,''
approved November 7, 1918, etc.
991 S. 3314 A bill granting pensions and increase
of pensions to certain soldiers and
sailors of the Civil and Mexican wars
and to certain widows, former widows,
minor children, and helpless children
of said soldiers and sailors, and to
widows of the War of 1912, and to
certain Indian war veterans and
widows, and to certain Spanish war
soldiers and widows, and certain
maimed soldiers, and for other
purposes.
1274 S. 4300 A bill to create a Federal cooperative
marketing board, to provide for the
registration of cooperative
marketing, clearing house, and
terminal market organizations, etc.
1215 H.R.11472 An act authorizing the construction,
repair, and preservation of certain
public works on rivers and harbors,
and for other purposes.
653 S. 2913 A bill for the establishment of
migratory-bird refuges to furnish in
perpetuity homes for migratory birds,
etc.
114 H.R. 6645 An act to amend the national
prohibition act, to provide for a
bureau of prohibition in the Treasury
Department, and to define its powers
and duties.
422 S. 56 A bill for the allowance of certain
claims for indemnity for spoliations
by the French prior to July 31, 1801,
as reported by Court of Claims.
1020 S. 4151 A bill to provide for aided and
directed settlement on Government
land in irrigation projects.
1137 H.R. 2688 An act providing for sundry matters
affecting the naval service, and for
other purposes.
1156 H.R.11791 An act to provide for the construction
of certain public buildings, and for
other purposes.

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[January 22, 1925]

JANUARY 22, 1925
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 22, 1925

The Conference was called to order by Senator Curtis, the Chairman, at
11 o'clock a.m., in the Marble Room of the Senate.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Bingham, Bursum, Butler, Cameron, Capper, Cummins,
Curtis, Dale, Ernst, Fess, Greene, Hale, Harreld, Jones of Washington,
Keyes, McCormick, McKinley, McNary, Means, Metcalf, Moses, Oddie,
Pepper, Phipps, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Wadsworth,
Warren, and Watson.

Total 32, a quorum being present.
There was a formal discussion of Senate bill S. 3674, The Postal Salary
and Rate Bill, by Senators Moses, Sterling, and others, in explanation
and criticism of the same.
Senator Smoot moved that it be the sense of the Conference that the
retroactive feature of the postal salary legislation be confined to
January 1, 1925, and said motion was carried.
Senator McCormick moved that it be the sense of the Conference that the
amendment introduced by Senator Butler to Senate bill 3674 be adopted,
and said motion was defeated.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[February 10, 1925]

FEBRUARY 10, 1925
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 10, 1925

The Conference was called to order by Senator Curtis, the Chairman, at
eleven o'clock a.m., pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Bingham, Bursum, Cameron, Capper, Cummins, Curtis,
Ernst, Fernald, Fess, Gooding, Greene, Hale, Harreld, Howell, Jones of
Washington, Keyes, McKinley, McLean, McNary, Moses, Norbeck, Oddie,
Pepper, Phipps, Reed of Pennsylvania, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer,
Stanfield, Sterling, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, and Willis.

Total 35.
Upon the suggestion of Senator Curtis and by the request of the
Secretary of the Senate, the position of the Index Clerk, at present
held by James M. Cannon, was excluded from patronage.
Senator Moses moved that the Republican members of the Foreign Relations
Committee confer and select a Senator to take charge of the Isle of
Pines Treaty and consult with the Chairman of that Committee, and said
motion was agreed to.
The legislative program and recommendations of the Committee on Order of
Business were discussed but no action taken thereon.
Senator Shortridge moved that it is the sense of the Conference that
commencing Monday, February 16, 1925, the Senate hold night sessions,
and the said motion was agreed to.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[February 14, 1925]

FEBRUARY 14, 1925
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 14, 1925

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Curtis, at
eleven o'clock a.m., in the Marble Room of the Senate, pursuant to
notice.
In the absence of the Secretary (Senator Wadsworth) the Chair designated
Senator Edge to act in his place.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Ball, Bingham, Bursum, Butler, Couzens, Curtis, Dale, Edge,
Fess, Gooding, Greene, Hale, Harreld, Howell, Jones of Washington,
Keyes, Lenroot, McKinley, McLean, McNary, Metcalf, Moses, Norbeck,
Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Reed of Pennsylvania, Shortridge, Smoot,
Spencer, Stanfield, Sterling, Watson, and Willis.

Total 34, a quorum being present.
Senator Smoot explained his revised bill (S. 3445, calendar No. 787) to
provide for the reorganization and more effective coordination of the
executive branch of the Government, to create the Department of
Education and Relief, and for other purposes.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Walter E. Edge

Secretary pro tempore.
Sixty-ninth Congress (1925-1927)

[Editor's Note: After the 1924 election, the Republicans still
controlled the presidency and both houses of Congress, holding 54 Senate
seats to 41 Democrats and one Farmer-Labor member. The House had 247
Republicans to 183 Democrats and 5 independents.
The intraparty conflict experienced in the previous Congress continued
throughout the Sixty-ninth Congress, as Republicans enforced the
disciplinary action against the four senators who had supported the
Progressive party's presidential ticket in 1924, treating the renegades
as independents for purposes of committee assignments. (Both Robert La
Follette and Edwin Ladd died in June 1925; in the Seventieth Congress
the two surviving members, Lynn Frazier and Smith Brookhart, were
restored to their Republican seniority, and Frazier even served as a
committee chairman.) Although it disciplined these members for turning
their backs on the Republican party in the 1924 election, the Conference
did adopt a resolution reiterating its position that actions taken by
the Conference were not binding on its members.
For the first time since the post of whip was created in 1915, the
Conference did not elect anyone to the office but in late November 1924
authorized the Conference chairman to appoint a whip. The Conference
continued this arrangement of having an appointed whip until 1935, when
the party's numbers in the Senate were so low that the position was
dispensed with as unnecessary.]
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[March 5, 1925]

MARCH 5, 1925
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 5, 1925

The Conference was called to order at 11 o'clock a.m., in the Marble
Room of the Senate, by Senator Warren.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Butler, Cameron, Capper, Couzens, Cummins, Curtis,
Deneen, du Pont, Edge, Ernst, Fernald, Fess, Gillett, Goff, Gooding,
Hale, Harreld, Howell, Johnson, Jones of Washington, Keyes, McKinley,
McLean, McMaster, McNary, Means, Metcalf, Moses, Oddie, Pepper,
Phipps, Pine, Reed of Pennsylvania, Sackett, Schall, Shortridge,
Smoot, Spencer, Stanfield, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Weller, and
Willis.

Total 45, a quorum being present.
Senator Watson nominated Senator Curtis for Chairman of the Republican
Conference and Floor Leader, and he was unanimously chosen.
Senator Smoot nominated Senator Watson for Vice Chairman of the
Republican Conference, and he was unanimously chosen.
Senator McKinley nominated Senator Wadsworth for Secretary of the
Republican Conference, and he was unanimously chosen.
The Chairman of the Conference was authorized to appoint the Whip.
The Chairman of the Conference was authorized to fill vacancies on the
Committee on Committees.
The Chairman of the Conference was authorized to fill vacancies on the
Committee on Order of Business.
The Chairman of the Conference was authorized to fill vacancies on the
Committee on Patronage.
Senator Cummins nominated Senator Moses as the candidate of the
Republican Majority for President pro tempore of the Senate, and he was
nominated by acclamation.
On motion by Senator McKinley, Mr. George A. Sanderson, of Illinois, was
chosen for the office of Secretary of the Senate.
On motion by Senator Hale, Mr. David S. Barry, of Rhode Island, was
chosen for the office of Sergeant at Arms of the Senate.
On motion by Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carl A. Loeffler, of
Pennsylvania, was chosen for the office of Assistant Doorkeeper of the
Senate.
On motion by Senator Jones of Washington, Rev. J.J. Muir, of the
District of Columbia, was chosen for Chaplain of the Senate.
The Conference then adjourned to meet at eleven o'clock a.m. on Friday,
March 6, 1925.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

Pursuant to authority given him by the Conference of March 5, 1925,
Senator Curtis appointed Senator Wesley L. Jones as ``Whip'' and
unofficially requested Senator Fess to act as assistant to the Whip.
Senator Curtis also filled all vacancies on the Committee on Committees,
the Committee on Order of Business, and the Committee on Patronage for
the 69th Congress, which are as follows:

Committee on Committees

Watson, Chairman
McNary
Moses
Smoot
Reed
McKinley
Cameron
Ernst
Means

Committee on Order of Business

Wadsworth, Chairman
Pepper
Gooding
Butler
Willis
Norbeck
Dale

Committee on Patronage

Lenroot, Chairman
Shortridge
Bingham
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[March 6, 1925]

MARCH 6, 1925
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 6, 1925

The Conference was called to order at eleven o'clock a.m., in the Marble
Room of the Senate, by Senator Curtis, its Chairman.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Butler, Cameron, Couzens, Cummins, Curtis, Deneen, du
Pont, Edge, Ernst, Fess, Gillett, Goff, Hale, Howell, Jones of
Washington, Keyes, McKinley, McLean, McMaster, McNary, Means, Moses,
Norbeck, Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Reed of Pennsylvania, Sackett, Schall,
Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Wadsworth, Watson, Weller, and Willis.

Total 37, a quorum being present.

Senator Watson stated that the report of the Committee on Committees was
ready, but in view of the fact that the Democratic Committee had not
finished its work the report would be withheld for the present.

Senator Gooding moved that it be the sense of the Conference that the
nomination of Mr. Charles B. Warren to be Attorney General be considered
as in open executive session.
After debate, the roll was called.
Those voting in the affirmative were:

Messrs. Capper, Couzens, Cummins, Gooding, Howell, Jones of
Washington, McLean, McMaster, McNary, Shortridge, and Willis. Total
11

Those voting in the negative were:

Messrs. Bingham, Butler, Cameron, Curtis, Deneen, du Pont, Edge,
Ernst, Fess, Gillett, Goff, Hale, Keyes, McKinley, Means, Moses,
Norbeck, Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Reed of Pennsylvania, Sackett, Schall,
Smoot, Spencer, Wadsworth, Watson, and Weller. Total 28

So the motion was rejected.
On motion by Senator Watson, the Conference then adjourned until ten
o'clock a.m. on Saturday, March 7, 1925.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[March 7, 1925]

MARCH 7, 1925
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 7, 1925

The Conference was called to order at ten o'clock a.m. in the Marble
Room of the Senate, by Senator Curtis, its Chairman.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Butler, Cameron, Capper, Couzens, Cummins, Curtis,
Dale, Deneen, du Pont, Ernst, Fess, Gillett, Goff, Gooding, Hale,
Harreld, Jones of Washington, McKinley, McLean, McMaster, McNary,
Means, Metcalf, Moses, Norbeck, Oddie, Pepper, Pine, Reed of
Pennsylvania, Sackett, Shortridge, Spencer, Stanfield, Wadsworth,
Warren, Watson, Weller, and Willis.

Total 39, a quorum being present.

Senator Watson reported from the Committee on Committees the list of
assignments of Republican Senators as recommended by said Committee. The
report included the proposed assignments of Senators La Follette,
Brookhart, Ladd, and Frazier. The report (copy of which is appended to
these minutes) was unanimously adopted.

The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.

* * *

(Confidential)
Report of the Committee on Committees as Unanimously Adopted at the
Republican Conference of March 7, 1925
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Sixty-ninth Congress
(To be submitted to the Republican Conference)

On Agriculture and Forestry

Messrs. NORRIS, Chairman, MCNARY, CAPPER, KEYES, GOODING,
NORBECK, HARRELD, DENEEN, SACKETT; LADD. ¹
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\1\ [The names following semicolons are those of the Farmer-Labor
party senators and the ``renegade'' Republicans, who were being treated
as independents for purposes of committee assignments.]
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On Appropriations

Messrs. WARREN, Chairman, SMOOT, JONES, Wash., CURTIS, HALE,
SPENCER, PHIPPS, MCKINLEY, LENROOT, KEYES.

To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate

Messrs. KEYES, Chairman, FESS, GREENE.

On Banking and Currency

Messrs. MCLEAN, Chairman, WELLER, NORBECK, EDGE, PEPPER,
PHIPPS, SACKETT, ______; FRAZIER.

On Civil Service

Messrs. COUZENS, Chairman, STANFIELD, DALE, HOWELL, DUPONT,
PINE, ______, ______.

On Claims

Messrs. MEANS, Chairman, CAPPER, STANFIELD, HOWELL, DENEEN,
GOFF, PINE, ______; BROOKHART.

On Commerce

Messrs. JONES, Wash., Chairman, FERNALD, MCNARY, EDGE,
WILLIS, WELLER, COUZENS, JOHNSON, BINGHAM; LADD.

On the District of Columbia

Messrs. CAPPER, Chairman, JONES, Wash., WELLER, HARRELD,
MCKINLEY, DUPONT, SACKETT, ______.

On Education and Labor

Messrs. PHIPPS, Chairman, BORAH, COUZENS, METCALF, BINGHAM,
GILLETT, ______; BROOKHART.

On Enrolled Bills

Messrs. GREENE, Chairman, GILLETT.

On Expenditures in the Executive Departments

Messrs. REED, Pa., Chairman, MOSES, WADSWORTH, Jr., SACKETT.

On Finance

Messrs. SMOOT, Chairman, MCLEAN, CURTIS, WATSON, REED, Pa.,
ERNST, STANFIELD, WADSWORTH, Jr., MCKINLEY, SHORTRIDGE; LA
FOLLETTE.

On Foreign Relations

Messrs. BORAH, Chairman, JOHNSON, Calif., MOSES, LENROOT,
WILLIS, PEPPER, MCLEAN, EDGE, CAPPER, BUTLER, ______;
SHIPSTEAD.

On Immigration

Messrs. JOHNSON, Chairman, KEYES, WILLIS, REED, Pa., MEANS,
BINGHAM, ______, ______.

On Indian Affairs

Messrs. HARRELD, Chairman, CURTIS, MCNARY, CAMERON, SCHALL,
MCMASTER, ______; LA FOLLETTE.

On Interoceanic Canals

Messrs. EDGE, Chairman, COUZENS, GREENE, HOWELL, SCHALL,
PINE, ______, ______; BROOKHART.

On Interstate Commerce

Messrs. WATSON, Chairman, CUMMINS, FERNALD, GOODING,
COUZENS, FESS, HOWELL, GOFF, PINE, SACKETT, ______, ______,
______; LA FOLLETTE.

On Irrigation and Reclamation

Messrs. MCNARY, Chairman, JONES, Wash., PHIPPS, GOODING,
CAMERON, ODDIE, SHORTRIDGE, JOHNSON, ______, ______.

On the Judiciary

Messrs. CUMMINS, Chairman, BORAH, NORRIS, ERNST, SPENCER,
MEANS, HARRELD, DENEEN, GILLETT, ______, ______.

On the Library

Messrs. FESS, Chairman, PEPPER, HOWELL, GILLETT.

On Manufactures

Messrs. MCKINLEY, Chairman, MCNARY, WELLER, MCLEAN, METCALF;
LA FOLLETTE, BROOKHART.

On Military Affairs

Messrs. WADSWORTH, Jr., Chairman, WARREN, CAMERON, REED,
Pa., GREENE, BINGHAM, GOFF, MCMASTER, PINE; BROOKHART.

On Mines and Mining

Messrs. ODDIE, Chairman, CAMERON, MEANS, DUPONT, GOFF;
FRAZIER.

On Naval Affairs

Messrs. HALE, Chairman, PEPPER, ODDIE, NORBECK, SHORTRIDGE,
WELLER, BUTLER, METCALF, SCHALL, ______, ______.

On Patents

Messrs. ERNST, Chairman, NORRIS, BUTLER, METCALF; SHIPSTEAD.

On Pensions

Messrs. NORBECK, Chairman, FERNALD, DALE, WADSWORTH,
GOODING, SCHALL, ______, ______; FRAZIER, SHIPSTEAD.

On Post Offices and Post Roads

Messrs. MOSES, Chairman, PHIPPS, ODDIE, STANFIELD, DALE,
METCALF, DUPONT, SCHALL, MCMASTER; FRAZIER.

On Printing

Messrs. PEPPER, Chairman, MOSES, FESS, MCKINLEY; SHIPSTEAD.

On Privileges and Elections

Messrs. SPENCER, Chairman, WATSON, ERNST, SHORTRIDGE,
GREENE, DENEEN, GOFF.

On Public Buildings and Grounds

Messrs. FERNALD, Chairman, WARREN, LENROOT, KEYES, HARRELD,
FESS, MCMASTER; SHIPSTEAD.

On Public Lands and Surveys

Messrs. STANFIELD, Chairman, SMOOT, NORBECK, CAMERON,
SPENCER, ODDIE, DALE; LADD.

On Rules

Messrs. CURTIS, Chairman, HALE, MOSES, WATSON, DALE, SMOOT,
SPENCER.

On Territories and Insular Possessions

Messrs. WILLIS, Chairman, JOHNSON, CUMMINS, REED, Pa.,
LENROOT, BUTLER, BINGHAM; LADD.
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[March 12, 1925]

MARCH 12, 1925
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 12, 1925

The Conference was called to order at eleven o'clock a.m. in the Marble
Room of the Senate, by the Chairman, Senator Curtis.
In the absence of Senator Wadsworth, Senator Fess acted as Secretary.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Borah, Bingham, Butler, Cameron, Capper, Cummins, Curtis,
Dale, Deneen, du Pont, Fess, Gillett, Goff, Hale, Harreld, Johnson,
Jones of Washington, Keyes, McKinley, McLean, McMaster, McNary, Means,
Metcalf, Moses, Norbeck, Oddie, Pepper, Pine, Reed of Pennsylvania,
Schall, Shortridge, Smoot, Wadsworth, Watson, and Willis.

Total 36, a quorum being present.
Senator Jones offered the following resolution, which was adopted
without discussion:
RESOLUTION

To make clear and beyond question the long-settled policy of
Republicans that our conferences are not caucuses or of
binding effect upon those participating therein but are
meetings solely for the purpose of exchanging views to
promote harmony and united action so far as possible,
BE IT RESOLVED: That no Senator attending this conference or
any conference held hereafter shall be deemed to be bound in
any way by any action taken by such conference but he shall
be entirely free to act upon any matter considered by the
conference as his judgment may dictate, and it shall not be
necessary for any Senator to give notice of his intention to
take action different from any recommended by the
conference.
ADOPTED BY THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE OF MARCH 12, 1925.

Senator Shortridge presented the report of the Committee on Patronage
(copy of which is appended to these minutes) and it was approved by the
Conference.
The program was discussed and it was decided by the Conference that the
Isle of Pines Treaty should be pressed to a final vote.
It was further decided by the Conference that the program on the Turkish
Treaties should be left to the Chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee (Senator Borah) and the Chairman of the Conference (Senator
Curtis) who should report any agreement looking to their disposition to
a later conference.
The Conference then adjourned subject to call by the Chairman.

[signed] Simeon D. Fess

Acting Secretary.
* * *
(Confidential)

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PATRONAGE TO THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE MARCH,
1925

Your Committee has carefully considered the division of patronage to be
made among the Republican Senators and the allowance to be made to the
Democratic Minority and others. Your Committee has gone through the pay
roll ascertaining the present distribution of the patronage and what is
available for distribution. The Republican Patronage Committee which
considered this subject at the beginning of the 68th Congress made
certain recommendations as to retaining in service of the Senate certain
employees who by efficiency, experience, capacity, and diligence,
expedite business to the credit of the Senate and recommended the
retention of this roll, to be known as the Efficiency Roll.
Your Committee follows the action of its predecessor in recommending the
retention of this roll. We recommend the addition to it of Mr. Foster,
the assistant on the floor of the Senate, on the Republican side. This
position on the Democratic side has for some time been exempt from
patronage. In view of the death of Henry H. Gilfry, one of the Clerks on
the former Efficiency Roll, the Committee recommends that this place be
reassigned to the Patronage Roll. Your Committee recommends approval of
the action of the Republican Conference of the 68th Congress in placing
the Enrolling Clerk and the Index Clerk in the secretary's office also
on the Efficiency Roll. Otherwise your Committee recommends no changes
in positions on the Efficiency Roll or the Exempt Roll, or the Old
Soldiers' Roll, or any other part of the nonpatronage list.
Your Committee recommends that the places now allowed to the Democratic
Minority, and amounting in total to a sum of about $11,350.00, be
continued as at present without change.
Your Committee recommends that one place be allotted to the Farmer-Labor
member amounting in total to the sum of about $1,300.00.
Assuming that the recommendations of the Committee are adopted each
Republican Senator, whether a member of the Conference or not, will be
entitled to recommend appointments to offices or positions, the salaries
of which will amount in the aggregate to about $4,500.00 a year. The
Committee recommends that each Senator be requested to make known
immediately, in writing, to the Committee (at room 425 S.O.B.) his
wishes in regard to the offices to which he desires to make
appointments, strictly limiting his request to the maximum amount
allowed to each Senator, and that these wishes be considered and granted
by the Committee on the basis of seniority.
Your Committee recommends that those Senators who do not desire to avail
themselves of the entire amount of their allowances indicate at the same
time their willingness to place their balances in a ``surplus fund.''
Your committee then proposes to take this surplus fund and assign it as
follows: First, to those Senators, in order of seniority, who desire
$100.00 extra patronage; Second, to those Senators, in order of
seniority, who desire more than $100.00 and not more than $200.00 extra
patronage; and Third, to those Senators, in order of seniority, who
desire more than $200.00 and not more than $300.00 extra, and so on.
Your Committee believes that this method will provide an equitable
division of the patronage.
Your Committee purposes to instruct the Secretary, the Sergeant at Arms,
and the Architect of the Capitol to adhere strictly to the rule
contained in the report of the Committee on Committees adopted by the
Republican Caucus, June 13, 1911, prohibiting the detail of any of their
employees for the service of individual Senators--an instruction
precisely similar to that issued by the Republican Patronage Committee
of the Senate of the 68th Congress.
Approved by the Republican Conference, March 12, 1925.
NOTE: March 12, 1925. The Patronage Committee further advised Republican
Senators that the aggregate patronage had been increased from $4,500 as
stated in the above report to $4,700.
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[March 17, 1925]

MARCH 17, 1925
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 17, 1925

The Conference was called to order at eleven o'clock a.m. in the Marble
Room of the Senate, by the Chairman, Senator Curtis.
In the absence of Senator Wadsworth, the Secretary, Senator Fess acted
as the Acting Secretary.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Butler, Cameron, Capper, Cummins, Curtis, Deneen, du
Pont, Ernst, Fess, Gillett, Goff, Hale, Harreld, Jones of Washington,
Keyes, McKinley, McLean, McMaster, McNary, Means, Metcalf, Moses,
Norbeck, Norris, Oddie, Pepper, Pine, Reed of Pennsylvania, Sackett,
Schall, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer, Stanfield, and Willis.

Total 36, a quorum being present.
Senator Curtis made a brief statement on procedure for the balance of
the session.
On motion by Senator McKinley, the Patronage Committee was authorized to
adjust the patronage situation to equalize patronage among Senators.
On motion by Senator Willis, it was ordered that when a vacancy occurs
in the Efficiency Roll or Non-patronage Roll, the office thus vacated
shall become patronage.
The Conference then adjourned subject to call of the Chairman.

[signed] Simeon D. Fess

Acting Secretary.
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[December 5, 1925]

DECEMBER 5, 1925
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 5, 1925

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Curtis, at
10:30 a.m., in the Marble Room of the Senate.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Butler, Capper, Couzens, Cummins, Curtis, Deneen,
Edge, Ernst, Fess, Gillett, Goff, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Johnson,
Jones of Washington, Keyes, Lenroot, McKinley, McMaster, McNary,
Means, Moses, Norris, Oddie, Phipps, Pine, Robinson of Indiana,
Sackett, Schall, Shortridge, Smoot, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson,
Williams, and Willis.

Total 38, a quorum being present.
Senator Curtis reminded Senators of the age limit applicable to Senate
pages as a result of the school law.
Senator Watson nominated Col. Edwin P. Thayer, of Indiana, for the
office of Secretary of the Senate.
Senator Fess seconded the nomination; and, the question being put to a
vote, Mr. Thayer was unanimously chosen.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
* * *

James W. Wadsworth, Jr., Chairman.
R.E. Devendorf, Clerk
United States Senate,
Committee on Military Affairs.

February 16, 1926.

My dear Senator:
I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of the
Republican Conference to inform you that the Committee, at a meeting
held on Tuesday, February 16th, made a careful examination of the bills
now pending upon the Senate Calendar, and decided to suggest the wisdom
of taking up and disposing of the following measures:

Calendar No. Bill No.

131 H.Con.Res.4 Concurrent resolution providing for a
joint committee to conduct
negotiations for leasing Muscle
Shoals.
75 S. 575 A bill to amend section 4 of the
interstate commerce act (long and
short haul amendment).

It is understood, however, that appropriation bills, including the
deficiency appropriation bill, have the right of way. And it is further
to be remembered that the Senate has already, by unanimous consent,
agreed to take up the report on the aluminum inquiry on Thursday and the
nomination of Mr. Charles W. Hunt, of the Federal Trade Commission, in
executive session on Friday.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business
------------------------

[February 17, 1926]

FEBRUARY 17, 1926
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 17, 1926

The Conference was called to order by Senator Curtis, its Chairman, at
11:00 a.m., in the Marble Room of the Senate.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Butler, Cameron, Couzens, Cummins, Curtis, Dale,
Deneen, Edge, Ernst, Fernald, Fess, Goff, Gooding, Hale, Jones of
Washington, McKinley, McLean, McMaster, McNary, Metcalf, Nye, Oddie,
Pepper, Reed of Pennsylvania, Robinson of Indiana, Smoot, Stanfield,
Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Williams, and Willis.

Total 33, a quorum being present.

Discussion was had concerning the function of the Committee to Audit and
Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate in connection with
resolutions calling for investigations and involving expenditures.

Senator Jones of Washington moved that it be the sense of the Conference
that every resolution introduced in the Senate, which under the law must
be referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent
Expenses of the Senate, shall first be referred to the standing
committee of the Senate having jurisdiction over the subject matter
treated in the resolution in order that the Senate may be advised by the
standing committee as to the wisdom of incurring the expenditure; and
further that every resolution not required by law to be referred to the
Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
shall be referred to the appropriate standing committee if in the
judgment of a sub-committee of two Senators, members of such committee,
such action should be taken.
After further discussion, the motion of Mr. Jones of Washington was
submitted to a vote and carried.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
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[March 30, 1926]

MARCH 30, 1926
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 30, 1926

The Conference was called to order in the Marble Room of the Senate at
11 o'clock a.m. by Senator Curtis, its Chairman, pursuant to call.
In the absence of the Secretary, Senator Wadsworth, the Chairman
designated Senator Cameron to act as such.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Butler, Cameron, Capper, Couzens, Cummins, Curtis,
Dale, Deneen, Edge, Fernald, Fess, Goff, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Jones
of Washington, Keyes, McLean, McMaster, McNary, Means, Metcalf, Moses,
Oddie, Pepper, Pine, Reed, Robinson, Shortridge, Smoot, Stanfield,
Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Williams, and Willis.

Total 37

On motion of Senator Butler and seconded by Senator Smoot, and carried;
it was ordered:

That the Chairman of the Conference be authorized to appoint
a committee of one Senator and one other Senator to assist
him, to aid the Chairman in looking into bills upon the
Senate Calendar.

Senator Pepper introduced the following resolution:

Resolved, That James F. Sellers is appointed Assistant on
the floor of the Senate and that Howard C. Foster is
appointed Messenger at the Card Door, both positions to
remain on the efficiency roll so long as held by these
incumbents.

and after discussion,
Senator Pepper offered as a substitute for his resolution, the
following:

That the Conference recommend the increase of the salary of
the Messenger on the Card Door, James F. Sellers, to
$2,400.00 per annum.

and after discussion, said substitute was adopted.
The Conference then adjourned, subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Ralph H. Cameron

Acting Secretary.

Pursuant to authority granted to the Chairman at the Conference of March
30, 1926, Senator Curtis appointed Senator Williams, of Missouri, to aid
him in scrutinizing bills on the Senate calendar.
* * *

James W. Wadsworth, Jr., Chairman
W.A. Duvall, Clerk
United States Senate
Committee on Military Affairs

April 30, 1926.

My dear Senator:
I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of the
Republican Conference to inform you that the Committee, at a meeting
held on Thursday, April 29, made a careful examination of the bills now
pending upon the Senate Calendar and decided to suggest the wisdom of
taking up and disposing of the following measures:

Calendar No. Bill No. Subject

30 H.R. 6559................ A bill for the construction
of certain public buildings,
and for other purposes.
228 S. 2306.................. A bill to provide for the
prompt disposition of
disputes between carriers
and their employees, and for
other purposes.
357 H.R. 2................... An act to amend an act
entitled ``An act to provide
for the consolidation of
national banking
associations,'' approved
November 7, 1918; to amend
section 5137, etc., etc.
226 S. 3321.................. A bill to increase the
efficiency of the Air
Service of the United States
Army.
589 H.R. 7893................ An act to create a division
of cooperative marketing in
the Department of
Agriculture, etc., etc.
193 S. 2607.................. A bill for the purpose of
more effectively meeting the
obligations of the existing
migratory bird treaty with
Great Britain by the
establishment of migratory
bird refuges to furnish in
perpetuity homes for
migratory birds, etc., etc.
308 S. 1618.................. A bill to prevent deceit and
unfair prices that result
from the unrevealed presence
of substitutes for virgin
wool in woven or knitted
fabrics, etc., etc.
608 S. 2929.................. A bill to authorize the
refunding of certain
evidences of indebtedness
issued by carriers in
interstate commerce, and for
other purposes.

Pension legislation.

610 S. 786................... A bill to amend the act
entitled ``An act for the
retirement of employees in
the classified civil
service, and for other
purposes,'' approved May 22,
1920, and acts in amendment
thereof.
656 S. 62.................... A bill for the allowance of
certain claims for indemnity
for spoliations by the
French prior to July 31,
1801, as reported by the
Court of Claims.

It should be understood that appropriation bills shall have the right of
way.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
* * *

James W. Wadsworth, Jr., Chairman
W.A. Duvall, Clerk
United States Senate
Committee on Military Affairs

June 9, 1926.

My dear Senator:
I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of the
Republican Conference to inform you that the Committee, at a meeting
held on Tuesday, June 8th, made a careful examination of the bills now
pending upon the Senate Calendar and decided to suggest the wisdom of
taking up and disposing of the following measures:

Calendar No. Bill No.

308 S. 1618.................. A bill to prevent deceit and
unfair prices that result
from the unrevealed presence
of substitutes for virgin
wool in woven or knitted
fabrics, etc., etc.
608 S. 2929.................. A bill to authorize the
refunding of certain
evidences of indebtedness
issued by carriers in
interstate commerce, and for
other purposes.

656 S. 62.................... A bill for the allowance of
certain claims for indemnity
for spoliations by the
French prior to July 31,
1801, as reported by the
Court of Claims.
774 H.R. 9971................ An act for the regulation of
radio communications, and
for other purposes.
897 H.R.10729................ An act to create a Bureau of
Customs and a Bureau of
Prohibition in the
Department of the Treasury.
586 H.R. 3821................ An act to place under the
civil service act the
personnel of the Treasury
Department authorized by
sec. 38 of the national
prohibition act.
208 S. 756................... A bill directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to
complete purchases of silver
under the act of April 23,
1918, etc.

In view of the agreement already reached by the Senate for
consideration of the ``Good Roads Bill'' at 3 p.m. on Friday, June 11,
the Committee has not seen fit to include that measure in the above
list. It should be understood that appropriation bills shall have the
right of way.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
* * *

James W. Wadsworth, Jr., Chairman
W.A. Duvall, Clerk
United States Senate
Committee on Military Affairs

December 13, 1926.

My dear Senator:
I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of the
Republican Conference to inform you that the Committee, at a meeting
held on Monday, December 13, made a careful examination of the bills now
pending upon the Senate Calendar and decided to suggest the wisdom of
taking up and disposing of the following measures, without prejudice to
the River and Harbor Bill, which, by order of the Senate, is to be taken
up on Tuesday, December 14:

Calendar No. Bill No.

608 S. 2929.................. A bill to authorize the
refunding of certain
evidences of indebtedness
issued by carriers in
interstate commerce, and for
other purposes.
308 S. 1618.................. A bill to prevent deceit and
unfair prices that result
from the unrevealed presence
of substitutes for virgin
wool in woven or knitted
fabrics, etc.
666 S. 3331.................. A bill to provide for the
protection and development
of the lower Colorado River
Basin.
656 S. 62.................... A bill for the allowance of
certain claims of indemnity
for spoliations by the
French prior to July 31,
1801, as reported by the
Court of Claims.
897 H.R.10729................ An act to create a Bureau of
Customs and a Bureau of
Prohibition in the
Department of the Treasury.
586 H.R. 3821................ An act to place under the
civil service act the
personnel of the Treasury
Department authorized by
section 38 of the national
prohibition act.
719 H.R. 3858................ An act to establish in the
Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce of the
Department of Commerce a
Foreign Commerce Service of
the United States, and for
other purposes.

It should be understood that appropriation bills shall have the right of
way.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
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[December 14, 1926]

DECEMBER 14, 1926
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 14, 1926

The Conference was called to order by Senator Curtis, its Chairman,
pursuant to call at 11 a.m., in the Marble Room of the Senate.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names
(a quorum being present):

Messrs. Bingham, Borah, Capper, Couzens, Curtis, Dale, Deneen, Edge,
Fess, Gillett, Goff, Gooding, Greene, Hale, Harreld, Howell, Jones of
Washington, Keyes, McMaster, McNary, Metcalf, Moses, Oddie, Pepper,
Phipps, Pine, Reed, Sackett, Schall, Shortridge, Smoot, Stewart,
Wadsworth, Watson, Weller.

Total 35, a quorum being present.

Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, on behalf of Senator Watson, Chairman,
presented the report of the Committee on Committees, as follows, which
was adopted by the Conference:
Committee Service

On motion of Mr. Watson, and by unanimous consent, it was--
Ordered, That the following Senators be excused from
further service as members of the following committees:
Mr. Edge from the Committee on Commerce; Mr. Bingham from
the Committee on Commerce; Mr. Cameron from the Committee on
Indian Affairs; Mr. Metcalf from the Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads; and Mr. Howell from the Committee on
Civil Service.
That the following Senators be assigned to membership on the
following committees:
Mr. Bingham to the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Printing; Mr. Dale to the Committee on
Commerce; Mr. Edge to the Committee on Finance and to the
Committee on Privileges and Elections; Mr. Gillett to the
Committee on Foreign Relations; Mr. Howell to the Committee
on Naval Affairs; Mr. Reed of Pennsylvania to the Committee
on Territories and Insular Possessions; Mr. Metcalf to the
Committee on Interstate Commerce and to the Committee on
Territories and Insular Possessions; Mr. Robinson of Indiana
to the Committee on the Judiciary; Mr. du Pont to the
Committee on Interstate Commerce; Mr. Frazier, as a member
for the majority to the Committee on Indian Affairs,
preceding Mr. McMaster and Mr. La Follette by their consent,
as a member for the majority to the Committee on Banking and
Currency, the Committee on Mines and Mining, the Committee
on Pensions, and the Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads; Mr. La Follette to the Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads; Mr. Nye to the Committee on Public Lands and
Surveys; Mr. Stewart to the Committee on Commerce, the
Committee on Patents, the Committee on Pensions, and the
Committee on Civil Service; Mr. Gould to the Committee on
Commerce, the Committee on the District of Columbia, the
Committee on Manufactures, and the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds.
That Mr. Norris be excused from further service as chairman
of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
That Mr. Couzens be excused from further service as chairman
of the Committee on Civil Service.
That Mr. Phipps be excused from further service as chairman
of the Committee on Education and Labor.
That Mr. McNary be excused from further service as chairman
of the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation.
That the following Senators are hereby appointed chairmen of
the following committees:
Mr. McNary as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and
Forestry.
Mr. Dale as chairman of the Committee on Civil Service.
Mr. Couzens as chairman of the Committee on Education and
Labor.
Mr. Phipps as chairman of the Committee on Irrigation and
Reclamation.
Mr. Norris as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Weller as chairman of the Committee on Manufactures.
Mr. Metcalf as chairman of the Committee on Patents.
Mr. Lenroot as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds.

On suggestion of Senator Bingham, of the Patronage Committee, the
Conference agreed to place the position of Printing Clerk (at present
held by Guy Ives) on the Efficiency Roll so long as the position is held
by the present incumbent.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.

Secretary.
[Excerpt from Congressional Record]
Committee Service--Correction

Mr. Reed of Pennsylvania. Mr. President, when the order as to committees
was made day before yesterday an error occurred in listing the majority
members of the Committee on Indian Affairs. The name of Mr. Frazier
should have preceded that of Mr. Schall by the consent of the latter. I
ask unanimous consent that the list be corrected in that respect, and I
make this request with the consent of the Senator from Minnesota [Mr.
Schall].
The Vice President. Without objection the correction will be made.
* * *

James W. Wadsworth, Jr., Chairman
W.A. Duvall, Clerk
United States Senate
Committee on Military Affairs

February 8, 1927.

My dear Senator:
I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of the
Republican Conference to inform you that the Committee, at a meeting
held on Tuesday, February 8, made a careful examination of the bills now
pending upon the Senate Calendar and decided to suggest the wisdom of
taking up and disposing of the following measures:

Calendar No. Bill No.

608 S. 2929.................. A bill to authorize the
refunding of certain
evidences of indebtedness
issued by carriers in
interstate commerce, and for
other purposes.
308 S. 1618.................. A bill to prevent deceit and
unfair prices that result
from the unrevealed presence
of substitutes for virgin
wool in woven or knitted
fabrics, etc.
666 S. 3331.................. A bill to provide for the
protection and development
of the lower Colorado River
Basin.
656 S. 62.................... A bill for the allowance of
certain claims of indemnity
for spoliations by the
French prior to July 31,
1801, as reported by the
Court of Claims.
1235 H.R.10729................ An act to create a Bureau of
Customs and a Bureau of
Prohibition in the
Department of the Treasury.
586 H.R. 3821................ An act to place under the
civil service act the
personnel of the Treasury
Department authorized by
section 38 of the national
prohibition act.
719 H.R. 3858................ An act to establish in the
Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce of the
Department of Commerce a
Foreign Commerce Service of
the United States, and for
other purposes.
763 S. 4177.................. A bill to regulate interstate
and foreign commerce in coal
and to promote the general
welfare dependent on the use
of coal, and for other
purposes. (Or any substitute
which may be offered
affecting this subject.)

It should be understood that appropriation bills shall have the right of
way.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] J.W. Wadsworth, Jr.
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business
Seventieth Congress (1927-1929)

[Editor's Note: After the 1926 election, the Republican majority in
the Senate shrank to 48 Republicans to 46 Democrats, with one Farmer-
Labor and one vacancy, while in the House Republicans held 238 seats to
194 Democrats and 3 independents. The shrinking Senate margin enabled a
group of four progressive Republicans and Farmer-Labor Senator Henrik
Shipstead to influence the vote on control of the Senate. These five
senators used their leverage to press for assurances from the Conference
that certain legislation they supported would be voted on during the
first session of that Congress.]
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[December 2, 1927]

DECEMBER 2, 1927
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 2, 1927

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m. in the Marble Room of
the Senate, pursuant to call, by the Senior Senator, Mr. Warren (Mr.
Curtis, the former Chairman, being a Senator elect).
The temporary Chairman, Mr. Warren, designated Senator Hale to act as
temporary Secretary.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Capper, Couzens, Curtis, Dale, Deneen, Edge, Fess,
Gillett, Goff, Gooding, Gould, Hale, Howell, Johnson, Jones, Keyes,
McNary, Moses, Oddie, Phipps, Pine, Reed, Robinson, Sackett,
Shortridge, Smith, Smoot, Steiwer, Vare, Warren, Waterman, Watson, and
Willis.
Messrs. McMaster and Nye entered after the conclusion of the roll
call.

Total 36, a quorum being present.

Senator Watson nominated Senator Curtis for Chairman of the Conference
and Floor Leader, and he was unanimously chosen.

Senator Curtis assumed the Chair.
Senator Smoot nominated Senator Watson for Vice Chairman, and he was
unanimously chosen.
Senator Moses nominated Senator Hale for Secretary of the Conference,
and he was unanimously chosen.
Senator Bingham nominated Senator Moses for President pro tempore of the
Senate, and he was unanimously chosen.
On motion by Senator Smoot, the Chairman was authorized to appoint a
committee of five to consider and choose a Chaplain for the Senate.
The Chairman was authorized to appoint a Whip.
The Chairman was authorized to appoint a committee on committees.
The Chairman was authorized to appoint a committee on order of business.
The Chairman was authorized to appoint a committee on patronage.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
(Announced January 12, 1928)

Pursuant to authority vested in him by the conference of December 2,
1927, the Chairman, Senator Curtis, appointed the following committees
to serve for the 70th Congress:

Committee on Committees:

Senator Watson, Chairman
Senator McNary
Senator Moses
Senator Smoot
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania
Senator Edge
Senator Gooding
Senator Oddie
Senator Nye

Committee on Order of Business:

Senator Sackett, Chairman
Senator Keyes
Senator Norbeck
Senator Shortridge
Senator Howell
Senator Robinson of Indiana
Senator Waterman

Committee on Patronage:

Senator Bingham, Chairman
Senator Sackett
Senator Steiwer

Senator Curtis also designated Senator Jones of Washington to act as
Whip and Senator Fess to act as Assistant Whip.
Following the general custom for many years, Senator Curtis, the
Chairman, named the following:

Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee:

Senator Metcalf of Rhode Island, Chairman
Senator Phipps
Senator Deneen
Senator Gillett
Senator McMaster
Senator McNary
Senator Pine
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[December 6, 1927]

DECEMBER 6, 1927
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 6, 1927

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m., in the Marble Room of
the Senate, pursuant to call, by its Chairman, Senator Curtis.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Capper, Couzens, Curtis, Dale, Deneen, Edge, Fess,
Gillett, Goff, Gould, Greene, Hale, Howell, Johnson, Jones, Keyes,
McMaster, McNary, Metcalf, Moses, Norbeck, Nye, Oddie, Phipps, Pine,
Reed, Robinson, Sackett, Schall, Shortridge, Smith, Smoot, Steiwer,
Vare, Warren, Waterman, Watson, and Willis.

Total 39, a quorum being present.
The question of taking up the election of the Secretary of the Senate,
the Sergeant at Arms, and the Assistant Doorkeeper, came before the
Conference and, after discussion, Senator Willis made the following
nominations:

Edwin P. Thayer, of Indiana, to be Secretary of the Senate.
David S. Barry, of Rhode Island, to be Sergeant at Arms of
the Senate.
Carl A. Loeffler, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant
Doorkeeper of the Senate.

There being no other nominations, these officers were unanimously
chosen.
Senator Curtis read the following letters received by him, together with
his reply:

UNITED STATES SENATE
Committee on Manufactures
1 December 1927

Hon. Charles Curtis
Republican Leader
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.

Dear Senator Curtis:

The undersigned progressive Senators desire to bring to
your attention their attitude upon the question of
organizing the Senate.
The importance of the control of the Senate committees
is recognized by everyone. The legislative program of the
entire session of Congress is involved.
The result of the 1926 elections has placed upon us a
responsibility to our constituents which we must
discharge. We are not so vitally concerned with individual
preferment of Senators upon committees. The more important
question with us is that certain legislation which we
think is of paramount interest to the people shall not be
pigeon-holed in the various committees of the Senate which
are about to be organized.
To that end we request definite assurance from the
Republican majority that there shall be a final vote in
the Senate before the adjournment of the first session of
the 70th Congress upon the following measures:
(1) Adequate farm relief legislation on the basis of the
McNary-Haugen Bill to be reported from committee on or
before February 1st.
(2) A bill to limit the jurisdiction of Federal Courts
in the issuance of injunctions.
(3) A resolution for a thorough investigation of the
policy of the United States in Central and South America.
We do not ask that any Senator shall be committed to
support any of these propositions. We are simply
determined that the organization which we help to
construct shall not function to prevent a vote in the open
Senate upon these important questions.

Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Lynn J. Frazier
(Signed) Henrik Shipstead
(Signed) Robert M. La Follette,
Jr.
(Signed) Gerald P. Nye
(Signed) John J. Blaine

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UNITED STATES SENATE
Committee on Rules
December 3, 1927

Gentlemen:

I have your letter of December first and note the
attitude of the progressive Senators who signed the letter
on the question of organizing the Senate.
While I cannot speak for the Republican majority, I can
assure you that personally, without committing myself on
the measures covered by your letter, I feel that you are
entitled to a final vote during the first session of the
70th Congress on these questions. As leader of the
Republican majority I will gladly make every effort to
secure consideration and final vote on them when they are
reported from the committees to which they are referred.
Knowing the Senators who will be made chairmen of the
various committees, if the Republicans organize the
Senate, I do not see why you should fear that any one of
the measures mentioned would be ``pigeon-holed in the
committees'' as Senator McNary will no doubt be continued
as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture; Senator
Norris as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary and
Senator Borah as chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations. These are the committees to which the matters
you submit to me for assurance of action will be referred
in the regular course of the Senate's procedure.
I have not named the committee on Order of Business but
I assure you it will be made up of Senators who will favor
the speedy disposition of the matters before the Senate
and an early vote on all important measures reported to
the Senate.
Again assuring you that as Leader of the Republican
majority I shall do everything I can to secure early
reports, consideration and final vote on all important
measures that may be presented to the Senate, I am, with
kindest regards

Very truly yours,
(Signed) Charles Curtis

Honorable Lynn J. Frazier
Honorable Robert M. La Follette, Jr.
Honorable Henrik Shipstead
Honorable John J. Blaine
Honorable Gerald P. Nye.

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UNITED STATES SENATE
Committee on Manufactures
3 December 1927

Hon. Charles Curtis
Republican Leader
United States Senate

Dear Senator Curtis:

Your letter of December 3rd, in reply to the letter
which we addressed to you on December 1st, has been
received
You disclaim any authority to speak for the Republican
majority as to obtaining a final vote upon the
propositions set forth in our letter of December 1st. In
view of your statement we ask that you obtain from the
Senators of the Republican majority the assurance that
they will assist in obtaining a final vote on the
following propositions before the adjournment of the first
session of the 70th Congress:
(1) Adequate farm relief legislation on the basis of the
McNary-Haugen Bill, to be reported from the committee on
or before February 1st.
(2) A bill to limit the jurisdiction of Federal Courts
in the issuance of injunctions.
(3) A resolution for a thorough investigation of the
policy of the United States in Central and South America.
No vote in the Senate will be possible upon these
measures unless they are reported from committee. We have
confidence in the Chairman of the three committees to
which these propositions will be referred, but it has been
demonstrated time and again that the Chairman of a Senate
Committee cannot report any measure or resolution unless
authorized to do so by a majority of the committee.
In order that we may be assured that the committees to
which these measures will be referred will report upon
them to the Senate, we request that you obtain an
assurance from the Republican members of the Foreign
Relations, the Judiciary and the Agriculture Committees,
that they will assist in reporting to the Senate the three
measures mentioned above.

Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Lynn J. Frazier
(Signed) Henrik Shipstead
(Signed) Robert M. La Follette,
Jr.
(Signed) Gerald P. Nye
(Signed) John J. Blaine

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December 5, 1927

Gentlemen:

I have your letter of December 3rd and assure you it
together with your letter of December 1st and my answer
thereto will be brought to the attention of the Republican
conference at the first opportunity for such action as it
deems proper.
With kindest regards, I am

Very truly yours,
(Signed) Charles Curtis

Honorable Lynn J. Frazier
Honorable Henrik Shipstead
Honorable Robert M. La Follette, Jr.
Honorable Gerald P. Nye
Honorable John J. Blaine

After discussion, the Conference adopted the following order:

ORDERED, That the Chairman of the Conference be requested to
confer with the five progressive Senators upon the questions
raised in their correspondence of December 1 and December 3,
1927.

The Conference then adjourned, subject to the call of its Chairman.

[signed] Frederick Hale
Secretary.

Acting upon the request of the Conference of December 6, 1927, Senator
Curtis, its Chairman, issued the following statement:

Senator Curtis, who was requested by the Republican
Conference to confer with the five progressive Senators in
regard to their attitude on the question of organizing the
Senate and to convey to them the feeling of those who
attended the Conference on the request for assurance as to a
final vote on the three measures mentioned in their letter
of December 1, 1927, stated that he had been in conference
with the five Senators and had assured them that while the
Conference would not commit itself on any measure, a
majority of the Republican Conference took the position that
there should be no unnecessary delay in securing a vote on
the three measures this session of Congress.

NOTE: The correspondence cited in the above minutes was returned to
Senator Curtis by Mr. Loeffler after being copied.
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[December 12, 1927]

DECEMBER 12, 1927
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 12, 1927

The Conference was called to order at 11:00 a.m., in the Marble Room of
the Senate, pursuant to call, by its Chairman, Senator Curtis.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Capper, Couzens, Curtis, Deneen, Edge, Fess, Gillett,
Goff, Gould, Hale, Howell, Johnson, Jones, Keyes, McNary, Metcalf,
Moses, Norbeck, Nye, Oddie, Phipps, Pine, Reed, Robinson, Sackett,
Shortridge, Smoot, Steiwer, Warren, Waterman, Watson, and Willis.

Total 33, a quorum being present.
Senator Watson, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, submitted the
report which is appended to these minutes and, after discussion, the
same was approved.
The Conference then adjourned, subject to the call of its Chairman.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
* * *
(Confidential)

STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Seventieth Congress
(To be submitted to the Republican Conference)

On Agriculture and Forestry

Messrs. MCNARY, Chairman, NORRIS, CAPPER, KEYES, GOODING,
NORBECK, FRAZIER, GOULD, ______; SHIPSTEAD.¹
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\1\[Senator Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota was a member of the Farmer-
Labor party.]
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On Appropriations

Messrs. WARREN, Chairman, SMOOT, JONES, Wash., CURTIS, HALE,
PHIPPS, KEYES, BINGHAM, ODDIE, NYE.

To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate

Messrs. DENEEN, Chairman, FESS, GREENE.

On Banking and Currency

Messrs. NORBECK, Chairman, EDGE, PHIPPS, SACKETT, FRAZIER,
PINE, BROOKHART, STEIWER.

On Civil Service

Messrs. DALE, Chairman, COUZENS, DUPONT, PINE, BROOKHART,
BLAINE.

On Claims

Messrs. HOWELL, Chairman, CAPPER, DENEEN, NYE, MCMASTER,
STEIWER, WATERMAN.

On Commerce

Messrs. JONES, Wash., Chairman, MCNARY, WILLIS, JOHNSON,
DALE, GOULD, EDGE, SACKETT, LA FOLLETTE, NYE.

On the District of Columbia

Messrs. CAPPER, Chairman, JONES, Wash., DUPONT, SACKETT, GOULD, BLAINE,
WATERMAN.

On Education and Labor

Messrs. COUZENS, Chairman, BORAH, PHIPPS, METCALF, BINGHAM,
GILLETT.

On Enrolled Bills

Messrs. GREENE, Chairman, GILLETT.

On Expenditures in the Executive Departments

Messrs. SACKETT, Chairman, HALE, KEYES, GOFF.

On Finance

Messrs. SMOOT, Chairman, MCLEAN, CURTIS, WATSON, REED, Pa.,
SHORTRIDGE, EDGE, COUZENS, FESS, GREENE, DENEEN.

On Foreign Relations

Messrs. BORAH, Chairman, JOHNSON, MOSES, WILLIS, MCLEAN,
EDGE, CAPPER, GILLETT, REED, Pa.,______; SHIPSTEAD.

On Immigration

Messrs. JOHNSON, Chairman, KEYES, WILLIS, REED, Pa., NYE,
GOULD.

On Indian Affairs

Messrs. FRAZIER, Chairman, SCHALL, MCMASTER, LA FOLLETTE,
Jr., JONES, PINE, STEIWER.

On Interoceanic Canals

Messrs. EDGE, Chairman, GREENE, SCHALL, PINE, BROOKHART,
BLAINE.

On Interstate Commerce

Messrs. WATSON, Chairman, GOODING, COUZENS, FESS, HOWELL,
GOFF, PINE, SACKETT, METCALF, DUPONT.

On Irrigation and Reclamation

Messrs. PHIPPS, Chairman, JONES, Wash., MCNARY, GOODING,
ODDIE, SHORTRIDGE, JOHNSON, HOWELL.

On the Judiciary

Messrs. NORRIS, Chairman, BORAH, DENEEN, GILLETT, GOFF,
ROBINSON, Ind., BLAINE, STEIWER, WATERMAN.

On the Library

Messrs. FESS, Chairman, HOWELL, GILLETT, BINGHAM.

On Manufactures

Messrs. MCLEAN, Chairman, MCNARY, METCALF, LA FOLLETTE, Jr.,
GOULD, DENEEN.

On Military Affairs

Messrs. REED, Pa., Chairman, WARREN, GREENE, BINGHAM,
MCMASTER, PINE, ROBINSON, Ind., BROOKHART, BLAINE.

On Mines and Mining

Messrs. ODDIE, Chairman, DUPONT, GOFF, LA FOLLETTE, Jr.,
ROBINSON, Ind., FRAZIER.

On Naval Affairs

Messrs. HALE, Chairman, ODDIE, NORBECK, SHORTRIDGE, METCALF,
SCHALL, HOWELL, STEIWER, WATERMAN.

On Patents

Messrs. METCALF, Chairman, NORRIS, WATERMAN, ______;
SHIPSTEAD.

On Pensions

Messrs. ROBINSON, Ind., Chairman, NORBECK, DALE, SCHALL,
FRAZIER, COUZENS, ______; SHIPSTEAD.

On Post Offices and Post Roads

Messrs. MOSES, Chairman, PHIPPS, ODDIE, DALE, DUPONT,
SCHALL, MCMASTER, FRAZIER, LA FOLLETTE, Jr., BROOKHART.

On Printing

Messrs. BINGHAM, Chairman, MOSES, CAPPER, ______; SHIPSTEAD.

On Privileges and Elections

Messrs. SHORTRIDGE, Chairman, WATSON, GREENE, DENEEN, GOFF,
EDGE, STEIWER, WATERMAN.

On Public Buildings and Grounds

Messrs. KEYES, Chairman, WARREN, FESS, MCMASTER, GOULD,
SMOOT, SHORTRIDGE; SHIPSTEAD.

On Public Lands and Surveys

Messrs. NYE, Chairman, SMOOT, NORBECK, ODDIE, DALE, MCNARY,
WILLIS, GOODING.

On Rules

Messrs. CURTIS, Chairman, HALE, MOSES, WATSON, DALE, SMOOT, REED, Pa.

On Territories and Insular Possessions

Messrs. WILLIS, Chairman, JOHNSON, BINGHAM, ROBINSON, Ind.,
NYE, REED, Pa., METCALF, NORBECK.
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[December 19, 1927]

DECEMBER 19, 1927
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 19, 1927

Messrs. Bingham, Curtis, Dale, Deneen, Edge, Fess, Gillett, Goff,
Gould, Hale, Keyes, McMaster, Metcalf, Moses, Norbeck, Nye, Robinson,
Sackett, Smoot, Steiwer, Warren, Watson, and Willis.

Total 23.

The following Senators instructed the Secretary to record them as being
present:

Messrs. du Pont, Howell, Johnson, Jones, McLean, McNary, Oddie,
Phipps, and Shortridge.

Total 9.

Senator Bingham, Chairman of the Committee on Patronage, submitted the
report which is appended to these minutes and, after brief
consideration, the same was adopted without modification.

The Conference then adjourned, subject to the call of its Chairman.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
* * *
Republican Conference
December 19, 1927

(Confidential)

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PATRONAGE TO THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE,
DECEMBER, 1927

Your committee has carefully considered the division of patronage to be
made among the Republican Senators and the allowance to be made to the
Democratic minority and others. Your committee has had before it the
Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Architect of the
Capitol and has gone through the pay roll in order to ascertain the
present distribution of the patronage and what is available for
distribution. The Republican patronage committee which considered this
subject at the beginning of the Sixty-ninth Congress made certain
recommendations as to retaining in the service of the Senate certain
employees, who by efficiency, experience, capacity, and diligence,
expedite business to the credit of the Senate. This committee follows
the action of its predecessors in recommending the retention of these
names on the nonpatronage roll. Your committee recommends the addition
to it of: Mr. Lewis W. Bailey, assistant executive clerk of the Senate;
Mrs. Elsie D. Allen, assistant to the librarian, in charge of revising
the index to congressional committee hearings, and in full charge of all
copies of congressional committee hearings for the Senate library; also
Mr. P.H. Moore, doorkeeper of the Senate ladies' gallery.
Your committee recommends that the places now allotted to the Democratic
minority be increased by two pages and one laborer, amounting in total
to the sum of $14,840.
Your committee recommends that two places be allotted to the Farmer-
Labor member amounting in total to the sum of $2,780.
Assuming that the recommendations of the committee are adopted, each
Republican Senator will be entitled to recommend appointments to offices
or positions, the salaries of which will amount in the aggregate to
about $5,200 a year. Your committee recommends that each Senator be
requested to make known immediately in writing to the committee his
wishes in regard to the offices he desires to make appointments,
strictly limiting his request to the maximum amount allowed to each
Senator, and that these wishes be considered and granted by the
committee on the basis of seniority.
Your committee recommends that in view of the fact that it is impossible
to assign patronage which will exactly meet the allowance of each
Senator and that there will remain some balance from such allotments,
that these balances be placed in a ``surplus fund'' and be assigned by
the committee to positions not on the exempt roll or the efficiency
roll, but now held by efficient employees whose long term of service
makes their employment of particular advantage to the Senate, but who
were appointed by patrons no longer in the Senate.
Your committee learns that the Sergeant at Arms, the Secretary of the
Senate, and the Architect of the Capitol have had difficulty in securing
efficient and satisfactory service from certain employees because these
employees, taking advantage of senatorial support, take the attitude
that they can not be discharged, but will be protected by their patrons.
Your committee requests authority to instruct the Secretary of the
Senate, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Architect of the Capitol to insist
upon securing satisfactory service from all employees and to discharge
any employee guilty of insubordination or dereliction in the performance
of his duties.
Your committee further desires authority to instruct the Secretary, the
Sergeant at Arms, and the Architect of the Capitol to adhere strictly to
the rule adopted by the Republican caucus, June 13, 1911, prohibiting
the detail of any of their employees for the personal service of
individual Senators.

Hiram Bingham, Chairman.
Frederic M. Sackett.
Frederick Steiwer.
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[February 10, 1928]

FEBRUARY 10, 1928
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 10, 1928

Messrs. Bingham, Capper, Couzens, Curtis, Cutting, Dale, Deneen, Edge,
Fess, Gillett, Gooding, Gould, Jones, Metcalf, Moses, Norbeck, Nye,
Oddie, Pine, Sackett, Schall, Smoot, Steiwer, Warren, Waterman,
Watson, and Willis.

Total 27.

Following a general discussion on the authority and functions of the
Committee on Order of Business, the Conference adjourned subject to the
call of the Chairman.

[signed] Bronson Cutting

Secretary pro tempore.
* * *

Frederic M. Sackett, Chairman
United States Senate
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

February 16, 1928.

My Dear Senator:

I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of
the Republican Conference to inform you that the
Committee, at a meeting held on Monday, February 13, made
a careful examination of the bills now pending upon the
Senate Calendar and suggest that the following bills be
made the unfinished business of the Senate, in the order
listed, after disposal of the pending Alien Property Bill:

Calendar No. 230. S.J. Res. 46, by Mr. Norris.

Joint Resolution providing for the completion of Dam No. 2
and the steam plant at nitrate plant No. 2 in the vicinity
of Muscle Shoals for the manufacture and distribution of
fertilizer, and for other purposes.

Calendar No. 116. S. 777, by Mr. Tyson.

A bill making eligible for retirement, under certain
conditions, officers and former officers of the Army of
the United States other than officers of the Regular Army,
who incurred physical disability in line of duty while in
the service of the United States during the World War.

Calendar No. 106. S. 1271, by Mr. Norbeck.

A bill to more effectively meet the obligations of the
United States under the migratory bird treaty with Great
Britain by lessening the dangers threatening migratory
game birds from drainage and other causes, by the
acquisition of areas of land and water to furnish in
perpetuity reservations for the adequate protection of
such birds; and by providing funds for the establishment
of such areas, their maintenance and improvement, and for
other purposes.

It should be understood that appropriation bills shall
have the right of way.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Frederic M. Sackett
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
* * *

Frederic M. Sackett, Chairman
United States Senate
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

March 5, 1928.

My Dear Senator:

I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of
the Republican Conference to inform you that the
Committee, at a meeting held to-day, made a careful
examination of the bills now pending upon the Senate
Calendar and suggest that the following bills be made the
unfinished business of the Senate, in the order listed,
after disposal of S.J. Res. 46, a joint resolution
providing for the completion of Dam No. 2 and the steam
plant at nitrate plant No. 2 in the vicinity of Muscle
Shoals for the manufacture and distribution of fertilizer,
etc.:

Calendar No. 116. S. 777, by Mr. Tyson.

Calendar No. 106. S. 1271, by Mr. Norbeck.

Calendar No. 464. S. 3434.

A bill for the control of floods on the Mississippi River
from the Head of Passes to Cairo, and for other purposes.

It should be understood that appropriation bills shall
have the right of way.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Frederic M. Sackett
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
* * *

Frederic M. Sackett, Chairman
United States Senate
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

March 20, 1928.

My Dear Senator:

Calendar No. 106. S. 1271, by Mr. Norbeck.

Calendar No. 464. S. 3434, by Mr. Jones.

A bill for the control of floods on the Mississippi River
from the Head of Passes to Cairo, and for other purposes.

Calendar No. 509. S. 3555, by Mr. McNary.

A bill to establish a Federal farm board to aid in the
orderly marketing and in the control and disposition of
the surplus of agricultural commodities in interstate and
foreign commerce.

It should be understood that appropriation bills shall
have the right of way.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Frederic M. Sackett
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
* * *

Frederic M. Sackett, Chairman
United States Senate
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

April 2, 1928.

My Dear Senator:

I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of
the Republican Conference to inform you that the
Committee, at a meeting held to-day, made a careful
examination of the bills now pending upon the Senate
Calendar and suggest that the following bills be made the
unfinished business of the Senate, in the order listed,
after the disposal of the present unfinished business, S.
3555:

Calendar No. 106. S. 1271, by Mr. Norbeck.

Calendar No. 606. S. 728, by Mr. Johnson.

A bill to provide for the construction of works for the
protection and development of the lower Colorado River
Basin, for the approval of the Colorado River compact, and
for other purposes.

Calendar No. 504. S. 1093 by Mr. Caraway.

A bill to prevent the sale of cotton and grain in future
markets.

It should be understood that appropriation bills and the
Revenue Bill shall have the right of way at any time.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Frederic M. Sackett
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
* * *

Frederic M. Sackett, Chairman
United States Senate
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

April 30, 1928.

My Dear Senator:

I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of
the Republican Conference to inform you that the
Committee, at a meeting held to-day, made a careful
examination of the bills now pending upon the Senate
Calendar and suggest that the following bills be made the
unfinished business of the Senate, in the order listed,
after the disposal of the present unfinished business, S.
728:

Calendar No. 504. S. 1093 by Mr. Caraway.

A bill to prevent the sale of cotton and grain in future
markets.

Calendar No. 777. S. 2901, by Mr. Jones.

A bill to amend the National Prohibition Act, as amended
and supplemented.

Calendar No. 355. S. 1940, by Mr. Hawes.

A bill to divest goods, wares, and merchandise
manufactured, produced, or mined by convicts or prisoners
of their interstate character in certain cases.

It should be understood that appropriation bills and the
Revenue Bill shall have the right of way at any time over
the pending business.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Frederic M. Sackett
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
* * *

Frederic M. Sackett, Chairman
United States Senate
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

December 14, 1928.

My Dear Senator:

I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of
the Republican Conference to inform you that the
Committee, at a meeting held to-day, made a careful
examination of the bills now pending upon the Senate
Calendar and suggests that the following bills be made the
unfinished business of the Senate, in the order listed,
after the disposal of the present unfinished business, S.
1940:

Calendar No. 1022. H.R. 11526, reported by Mr. Hale.

An act to authorize the construction of certain Naval
vessels, and for other purposes.

Calendar No. 504. S. 1093, by Mr. Caraway.

A bill to prevent the sale of cotton and grain in future
markets.

Calendar No. 777. S. 2901, by Mr. Jones.

A bill to amend the National Prohibition Act, as amended
and supplemented.

It should be understood that appropriation bills shall
have the right of way at any time over the pending
business.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Frederic M. Sackett
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
* * *

Frederic M. Sackett, Ky., Chairman
United States Senate
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

January 25, 1929.

My Dear Senator:

I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of
the Republican Conference to inform you that the
Committee, at a meeting held to-day, made a careful
examination of the bills now pending upon the Senate
calendar and suggests that the following bills be made the
unfinished business of the Senate, in the order listed,
after the disposal of the present unfinished business,
H.R. 11526:

Calendar No. 504. S. 1093, by Mr. Caraway.

A bill to prevent the sale of cotton and grain in future
markets.

Calendar No. 777. S. 2901, by Mr. Jones.

A bill to amend the National Prohibition Act, as amended
and supplemented.

Calendar No. 785. S.J. Res. 117, by Mr. Edge.

A joint resolution authorizing an investigation and survey
for a Nicaraguan Canal.

Calendar No. 689. H.R. 8298, reported by Mr. Glass.

An Act authorizing acqusition of a site for the farmers'
produce market, and for other purposes.

It should be understood that appropriation bills shall
have the right of way at any time over the pending
business.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Frederic M. Sackett
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
* * *

Frederic M. Sackett, Ky., Chairman
United States Senate
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

February 19, 1929.

My Dear Senator:

I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of
the Republican Conference to inform you that the
Committee, at a meeting held to-day, made a careful
examination of the bills now pending upon the Senate
calendar and suggests that the following bills be made the
unfinished business of the Senate, in the order listed,
after the disposal of the present unfinished business, S.
2901:

Calendar No. 785. S.J. Res. 117, by Mr. Edge.

A joint resolution authorizing an investigation and survey
for a Nicaraguan Canal.

Calendar No. 689. H.R. 8298, reported by Mr. Glass.

An Act authorizing acquisition of a site for the farmers'
produce market, and for other purposes.

Calendar No. 1474. H.R. 11725, reported by Mr. Vandenberg.

An Act for the apportionment of Representatives in
Congress.

Calendar No. 1376. H.R. 393, reported by Mr. Jones.

An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent
decennial censuses.

It should be understood that appropriation bills shall
have the right of way at any time over the pending
business.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Frederic M. Sackett
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
* * *

Frederic M. Sackett, Ky., Chairman
United States Senate
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

February 28, 1929.

My Dear Senator:

I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of
the Republican Conference to inform you that the
Committee, at a meeting held to-day, made a careful
examination of the bills now pending upon the Senate
calendar and suggests that the following bills be made the
unfinished business of the Senate, in the order listed,
after the disposal of the present unfinished business,
H.R. 17223:

Calendar No. 1742. S. 4937, by Mr. Watson.

A bill continuing the powers and authority of the Federal
Radio Commission under the Radio Act of 1927, and for
other purposes.

Calendar No. 1485. H.R. 13929, reported by Mr. Keyes.

An Act to provide for the enlarging of the Capitol
Grounds.

Calendar No. 1680. S.J. Res. 208, by Mr. Vandenberg.

Joint Resolution to authorize the merger of street railway
corporations operating in the District of Columbia, and
for other purposes.

It should be understood that appropriation bills and
conference reports shall have the right of way at any time
over the pending business.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Frederic M. Sackett
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
Seventy-first Congress (1929-1931)

[Editor's Note: The 1928 election, in which Herbert Hoover won the
presidency, also increased the Republican majority in the Senate to 56
Republicans, 39 Democrats, and one Farmer-Labor member. Republicans also
increased their numbers in the House to 270, with 164 Democrats and one
independent.
Although the Congress started off optimistically with the stock market
climbing to ever greater heights, the national picture changed
dramatically when the market crashed in October, ushering in the
nation's most severe depression. Republicans continued to press for the
protective Smoot-Hawley Tariff, passed in June 1930. By the end of the
Congress, however, as the depression deepened, the Republican Conference
was discussing relief measures and the veterans' bonus legislation.]
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[March 5, 1929]

MARCH 5, 1929
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 5, 1929

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m., in the Marble Room of
the Senate, pursuant to call, by its Vice Chairman, Senator Watson.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Burton, Capper, Couzens, Dale, Deneen, Edge, Fess,
Frazier, Glenn, Goff, Goldsborough, Gould, Greene, Hale, Hastings,
Hatfield, Hebert, Johnson, Jones, Kean, Keyes, McMaster, McNary,
Metcalf, Moses, Nye, Patterson, Phipps, Pine, Reed, Robinson, Sackett,
Schall, Shortridge, Smoot, Steiwer, Thomas, Townsend, Vandenberg,
Walcott, Warren, Waterman, and Watson.

Total 44.

Senator Smoot nominated Senator Watson of Indiana to be Chairman of the
Conference and Floor Leader, and he was unanimously chosen.

Senator McNary nominated Senator Jones to be Vice Chairman and Assistant
Floor Leader, and he was unanimously chosen.
Senator Hale was unanimously chosen Secretary.
The Chairman was authorized to appoint a Whip, and he designated Senator
Fess.
Senator Goff nominated Senator Moses to be President pro tempore, and he
was unanimously chosen.
Mr. Edwin P. Thayer was unanimously chosen for Secretary of the Senate.
Mr. David S. Barry was unanimously chosen for Sergeant at Arms of the
Senate.
Mr. Carl A. Loeffler was unanimously chosen for Assistant Sergeant at
Arms of the Senate.
Rev. Z.B. Phillips was unanimously chosen for Chaplain of the Senate.
The Chairman of the Conference was authorized to appoint members of the
Committee on Committees, Committee on Order of Business, and Committee
on Patronage.
On motion of Senator Bingham it was agreed that new patronage be not
assigned until the end of the present fiscal year.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of its Chairman.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
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[April 22, 1929]

APRIL 22, 1929
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
April 22, 1929

The Conference was called to order at 11:00 a.m., in the Marble Room of
the Senate, pursuant to call, by its Chairman, Senator Watson.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Burton, Couzens, Cutting, Dale, Deneen,
Edge, Fess, Gillett, Goff, Goldsborough, Gould, Greene,
Hale, Hastings, Hatfield, Hebert, Kean, Keyes, Metcalf,
Moses, Nye, Oddie, Patterson, Phipps, Reed, Robinson,
Sackett, Schall, Smoot, Steiwer, Townsend, Vandenberg,
Walcott, Warren, Waterman, and Watson.

Total 37.

The Chairman stated that the Conference was called to consider the
report of the Committee on Committees.

Senator Reed, Secretary of the Committee on Committees, submitted the
following report of Republican committee assignments, which was read,
considered and adopted:
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

Messrs. McNary, Chairman, Norris, Capper, Norbeck, Frazier,
Gould, Thomas (Idaho), Hatfield, Townsend, Walcott, and
Shipstead.
APPROPRIATIONS

Messrs. Warren, Chm., Smoot, Jones, Hale, Phipps, Keyes,
Bingham, Oddie, Nye, Pine, and Glenn.
AUDIT AND CONTROL THE CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

Messrs. Deneen, Chairman, Fess, and Greene.
BANKING AND CURRENCY

Messrs. Norbeck, Chairman, Edge, Phipps, Brookhart, Steiwer,
Thomas (Idaho), Goldsborough, Hebert, Townsend, and Walcott.
CIVIL SERVICE

Messrs. Dale, Chairman, Couzens, Pine, Brookhart, Blaine,
Burton, and Kean.
CLAIMS

Messrs. Howell, Chairman, Capper, McMaster, Steiwer,
Waterman, Brookhart, Glenn, and Townsend.
COMMERCE

Messrs. Jones, Chairman, McNary, Johnson, Dale, Gould, La
Follette, Nye, Vandenberg, Burton, Deneen, and Patterson.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Messrs. Capper, Chairman, Jones, Sackett, Gould, Blaine,
Vandenberg, Hastings, and Kean.
EDUCATION AND LABOR

Messrs. Metcalf, Chairman, Borah, Phipps, Couzens, Gillett,
Burton, and Walcott.
ENROLLED BILLS

Messrs. Greene, Chairman, and Gillett.
EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

Messrs. Sackett, Chairman, Hale, Keyes, and Goff.
FINANCE

Messrs. Smoot, Chairman, Watson, Reed, Shortridge, Edge,
Couzens, Greene, Deneen, Keyes, Bingham, and Sackett.
FOREIGN RELATIONS

Messrs. Borah, Chairman, Johnson, Moses, Edge, Capper,
Gillett, Reed, Fess, Goff, La Follette, Jr., Vandenberg, and
Shipstead.
IMMIGRATION

Messrs. Johnson, Chairman, Keyes, Reed, Nye, Gould, Watson,
and Hatfield.
INDIAN AFFAIRS

Messrs. Frazier, Chairman, Schall, McMaster, La Follette,
Jr., Pine, Steiwer, and Walcott.
INTEROCEANIC CANALS

Messrs. Edge, Chairman, Schall, Pine, Brookhart, Blaine,
Hebert, and Allen.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE

Messrs. Couzens, Chairman, Watson, Fess, Howell, Goff, Pine,
Sackett, Metcalf, Glenn, Brookhart, and Kean.
IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION

Messrs. Thomas (Idaho), Chairman, Jones, McNary, Phipps,
Shortridge, Johnson, Howell, and Townsend.
JUDICIARY

Messrs. Norris, Chairman, Borah, Deneen, Gillett, Robinson
(Ind.), Blaine, Steiwer, Waterman, Hastings, and Burton.
LIBRARY

Messrs. Fess, Chairman, Howell, Gillett, Bingham, and
Norbeck.
MANUFACTURES

Messrs. La Follette, Jr., Chairman, McNary, Metcalf, Deneen,
Hale, Goldsborough, and Hatfield.
MILITARY AFFAIRS

Messrs. Reed, Chairman, Warren, Greene, McMaster, Robinson
(Ind.), Blaine, Sackett, Cutting, Hatfield, and Patterson.
MINES AND MINING

Messrs. Oddie, Chairman, Goff, La Follette, Jr., Robinson
(Ind.), Frazier, Thomas (Idaho), and Patterson.
NAVAL AFFAIRS

Messrs. Hale, Chairman, Oddie, Shortridge, Metcalf, Schall,
Howell, Waterman, Goldsborough, Kean, and Allen.
PATENTS

Messrs. Waterman, Chairman, Norris, Goldsborough, and
Hebert.
PENSIONS

Messrs. Robinson (Ind.), Chairman, Norbeck, Schall, Frazier,
Couzens, Patterson, and Shipstead.
POST OFFICES AND POST ROADS

Messrs. Phipps, Chairman, Moses, Oddie, Dale, Schall,
McMaster, Frazier, Hastings, Cutting, Hebert, and Allen.
PRINTING

Messrs. Shipstead, Chairman, Moses, Vandenberg, and Allen.
PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS

Messrs. Shortridge, Chairman, Watson, Greene, Edge, Steiwer,
Waterman, Moses, Glenn, and Hastings.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

Messrs. Keyes, Chairman, Warren, Fess, McMaster, Gould,
Smoot, Shortridge, and Shipstead.
PUBLIC LANDS AND SURVEYS

Messrs. Nye, Chairman, Smoot, Norbeck, Oddie, Dale, McNary,
Glenn, and Cutting.
RULES

Messrs. Moses, Chairman, Hale, Watson, Dale, Smoot, Reed,
and Bingham.
TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS

Messrs. Bingham, Chairman, Johnson, Robinson (Ind.), Nye,
Metcalf, Vandenberg, Goff, and Cutting.

The Conference then adjourned, subject to the call of its Chairman.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.

Acting on authority given him by the Conference of March 5, 1929,
Senator Watson, its Chairman, appointed the following committees:
Committee on Committees

Messrs. McNary, Chairman, Moses, Smoot, Reed, Edge, Oddie,
Nye, Bingham, and Deneen.
Committee on Patronage

Messrs. Bingham, Chairman, Sackett, and Steiwer.

NOTE: The Chairman made no appointment at this time of the Committee on
Order of Business or the Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Patronage Committee

Mr. Hastings was appointed to succeed Mr. Sackett (resigned)
making the membership Messrs. Bingham, Steiwer, and
Hastings.
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[June 19, 1929]

JUNE 19, 1929
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
June 19, 1929

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Watson, at
11 o'clock a.m., in the Marble Room of the Senate.
Owing to the absence of the Secretary, Senator Hale, Senator Cutting was
selected to act in his stead.
By unanimous consent the roll call was dispensed with; but the following
Senators attended the Conference:

Messrs. Allen, Bingham, Burton, Capper, Cutting, Dale, Deneen, Edge,
Fess, Gillett, Goff, Goldsborough, Greene, Hastings, Hatfield,
Johnson, Jones, Metcalf, Moses, Norris, Patterson, Robinson (Ind.),
Sackett, Schall, Shortridge, Smoot, Thomas (Idaho), Townsend, Walcott,
Warren, and Watson.

Total 31.

Senator Bingham, Chairman of the Patronage Committee, presented a report
by his committee which was discussed.

On motion of Senator Moses it was agreed that the report be accepted and
printed for the future consideration of the Republican Senators,
provided that the Committee on Patronage be authorized to assign
patronage to new Senators within the limits of the sum allowed.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Bronson Cutting

Secretary pro tempore.

The Republican Chairman (Senator Watson) appointed the following
committee, August 4, 1929:
Republican Senatorial Committee, 1929

Moses, Ch.
Steiwer, Vice Ch.
Hebert
Hatfield
Thomas (Idaho)
Patterson
Vandenberg
* * *
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.
CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Senator:

It is the wish of the Republican Conference that you
advise the Patronage Committee immediately which one of
the places now included in your patronage you prefer to
relinquish should it become necessary to deduct one place
from your present quota or take a lower salaried place in
order to secure sufficient patronage to take care of the
new Republican Senators.

[signed] Hiram Bingham
Chairman, Patronage Committee
* * *
(Confidential)

United States Senate

Preliminary Report of the
Committee on Patronage
to the
Republican Caucus

June 19, 1929

United States Government Printing Office
Washington: 1929

PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PATRONAGETO THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
JUNE 19, 1929

The present state of the Pay Roll is as follows:
Officers and employees of the Senate

New
Name Office Salary Salary

Edwin P. Thayer............. Secretary......... $6,500.00 $8,000.00
Henry M. Rose............... Assistant 4,500.00 4,500.00
secretary
(resolution).
John C. Crockett............ Chief clerk and 5,500.00 6,500.00
reading clerk
(efficiency).
Hermon W. Craven............ Principal clerk 3,420.00 3,840.00
(Jones).
Harvey A. Welsh............. Legislative clerk 3,150.00 3,540.00
(Fess).
Charles L. Watkins.......... Minute and journal 4,500.00 5,500.00
clerk
(efficiency).
Harry C. Burke.............. Assistant Journal 2,880.00 3,180.00
clerk (Keyes).
John C. Perkins............. Enrolling clerk 3,150.00 3,540.00
(efficiency).
Charles F. Pace............. Financial clerk 5,000.00 6,000.00
(efficiency).
Eugene Colwell.............. Assistant 4,200.00 4,800.00
financial clerk
(efficiency).
Chester M. Reich............ Chief bookkeeper 3,000.00 3,600.00
(exempt).
Bryan P. Weekes............. Executive clerk 2,890.00 3,180.00
(Capper).
Harold E. Hufford........... File clerk 2,880.00 3,180.00
(efficiency).
Guy E. Ives................. Printing clerk 3,150.00 3,540.00
(efficiency).
Mary J. Simpson............. Clerk (Dale)...... 2,880.00 3,180.00
Lewis W. Bailey............. Clerk (efficiency) 2,880.00 3,180.00
Peter M. Wilson............. do............ 2,880.00 3,180.00
James M. Cannon............. do............ 2,590.00 2,880.00
Oco Thompson................ Clerk (exempt).... 2,460.00 2,760.00
Geo. W. Boyd................ Special officer 2,150.00 2,460.00
(resolution).
La Verne Tucker............. Clerk (Secretary). 1,800.00 2,040.00
Robert R. Miller............ Clerk (efficiency) 2,100.00 2,400.00
Charlie Parrigin............ Clerk (Glenn)..... 2,100.00 2,400.00
Harrold R. Beckley.......... Clerk (Burton).... 1,770.00 2,040.00
W.G. Lieuallen.............. Superintendent of 3,600.00 3,960.00
document room
(efficiency).
J.W. Lambert................ First assistant 3,000.00 3,360.00
(efficiency).
Edward J. Hutter............ Second assistant 2,400.00 2,700.00
(resolution).
Copher Howell............... Indexer 1,800.00 2,040.00
(resolution).
Joseph W. Thompson.......... Clerk (Watson).... 1,770.00 2,040.00
Stephen R. Haskell.......... Clerk (Gould)..... 1,770.00 2,040.00
John W. Dooley.............. Skilled laborer 1,520.00 1,740.00
(Glenn).
Edward C. Goodwin........... Librarian 3,000.00 3,360.00
(efficiency).
Ruskin McArdle.............. First assistant 2,780.00 3,120.00
librarian
(minority).
Fred J. Williams............ Assistant 2,150.00 2,460.00
librarian (Moses).
Elsie D. Allen.............. Assistant in 1,800.00 2,040.00
Library (exempt).
Caleb Beam.................. Skilled laborer 1,520.00 1,740.00
(Watson).
James Payne................. Messenger in 1,310.00 1,560.00
library (exempt).
Fred W. Parker.............. Keeper of 2,780.00 3,120.00
stationery (Hale).
Andrew J. Kramer............ Assistant keeper 1,800.00 2,040.00
of stationery
(exempt).
Raymond P. Johnson.......... Assistant keeper 1,800.00 2,040.00
of stationery
(Deneen).
Ellis Etscovitz............. Assistant in 1,520.00 1,740.00
stationery room
(Gould).
Geo. H. Payne............... Laborer in 1,440.00 1,680.00
stationery room
(exempt).
Vernon L. Talbertt.......... Laborer (exempt).. 1,350.00 1,620.00
Henry Young................. do............ 1,350.00 1,620.00
C. Woodlen.................. do............ 1,140.00 1,380.00
Ewing W. Kenney............. do............ 1,140.00 1,380.00
Richard Blunt............... do............ 1,140.00 1,380.00
David S. Barry.............. Sergeant at Arms 6,500.00 8,000.00
and Doorkeeper
(elected).
Carl A. Loeffler............ Assistant Sergeant 4,500.00 5,400.00
at Arms (elected).
Edwin A. Halsey............. do............ 4,500.00 5,400.00
Leslie L. Biffle............ Floor assistant 3,600.00 4,320.00
(efficiency roll).
Howard C. Foster............ do............ 3,600.00 4,320.00
A.L. de Montfredy........... Messenger, acting 2,400.00 2,400.00
as Assistant
Doorkeeper
(Johnson).
James L. Moran.............. Messenger, acting 2,400.00 2,400.00
as Assistant
Doorkeeper
(Metcalf).
J.A. Abbott................. Messenger, acting 2,400.00 2,400.00
as Assistant
Doorkeeper (old
soldiers' roll).
John B. Dufault............. Messenger, acting 2,400.00 2,400.00
as Assistant
Doorkeeper
(nonpatronage
roll).
John R. Perry............... Messenger, acting 2,400.00 2,400.00
as Assistant
Doorkeeper
(minority).
James F. Sellers............ Messenger at card 2,580.00 2,880.00
door (efficiency
roll).
John R. Birch............... Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Norbeck).
Frank M. Compton............ Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Steiwer).
Leo J. O'Connor............. Messenger (Reed).. 1,770.00 2,040.00
William H.K. Depue.......... Messenger (Edge).. 1,770.00 2,040.00
Nathan Baer................. Messenger (old 1,770.00 2,040.00
soldiers' roll).
Thomas J. Anderson.......... Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Shipstead).
Harry U. Crumit............. Messenger (Goff).. 1,770.00 2,040.00
Theodore F. Hodgson......... Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Johnson).
Sam. R. Smith............... Messenger (Watson) 1,770.00 2,040.00
Thomas B. Moore............. Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Frazier).
Joseph B. Hannan............ Messenger (McLean) 1,770.00 2,040.00
Thos. P. Mitchell........... Messenger (Oddie). 1,770.00 2,040.00
Richard L. Riedel........... Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(nonpatronage
roll).
H.W. Murphy................. Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Robinson).
Lyman A. Piper.............. Messenger (Keyes). 1,770.00 2,040.00
William P. Burkinshaw....... Messenger (McLean) 1,770.00 2,040.00
Charles S. Forbes........... Messenger (Greene) 1,770.00 2,040.00
C.E. Moore.................. Messenger (Curtis 1,770.00 2,040.00
and Capper).
Columbus F. Lynch........... Messenger (exempt 1,770.00 2,040.00
roll).
Joseph C. Lingle............ Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Vandenberg).
Philip R. Layton............ Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Waterman).
Peter H. Moore.............. Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(efficiency roll).
W.E. Sanborn................ Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Gillett).
Wm. W. Lunger............... Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Steiwer).
Geo. M. Parris.............. Messenger......... 1,770.00 2,040.00
Donald L. Moody............. Messenger (McNary) 1,770.00 2,040.00
L.Q.C. Lamar................ Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(minority).
Ernesto Espinosa............ Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Larrazolo).
Crawford Kennedy............ Messenger (Howell) 1,770.00 2,040.00
M.L. Eidsness............... Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Brookhart).
Richard A. Terrell.......... Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Robinson).
John W. Brady............... Messenger (Fess).. 1,770.00 2,040.00
John Hammond................ Messenger (old 1,770.00 2,040.00
soldiers' roll).
T.E. Patteson............... Messenger (Phipps) 1,770.00 2,040.00
David S. Corser............. Messenger (old 1,770.00 2,040.00
soldiers' roll).
Joseph A. Baldwin........... Messenger 1,770.00 2,040.00
(Vandenberg).
Henry F. Keegan............. Messenger for 1,770.00 2,040.00
Minority.
Sydney H. Buttz............. Messenger 1,310.00 1,560.00
(McMaster).
E.V. Murphy, Jr............. Clerk on Journal 2,800.00 3,360.00
work for
Congressional
Record (exempt).
James D. Preston............ Superintendent of 3,300.00 3,660.00
press gallery
(exempt).
William J. Collins.......... Assistant 2,240.00 2,520.00
superintendent of
press gallery
(exempt).
Joseph E. Wills............. Messenger for 1,500.00 1,740.00
service to press
correspondents
(exempt).
John J. McGrain............. Deputy Sergeant at 4,000.00 4,440.00
Arms and
storekeeper
(efficiency roll).
Grace I. Genzberger......... Clerk (exempt).... 2,140.00 2,460.00
W.L.Walling................. Upholsterer and 2,100.00 2,400.00
locksmith
(exempt).
L.A. Nalls.................. Cabinetmaker 1,800.00 2,040.00
(exempt).
Paul Bachschmid............. Carpenter (exempt) 1,800.00 2,040.00
Wailes G. Crane............. do............ 1,800.00 2,040.00
J.W. McGinn................. do............ 1,800.00 2,040.00
Frank M. Smith.............. Janitor (exempt).. 1,800.00 2,040.00
Harriott G. Daley........... Chief telephone 2,160.00 2,460.00
operator (exempt).
Betty W. Schwickardi........ Telephone operator 1,320.00 1,560.00
(exempt).
Elizabeth G. Cole........... do............ 1,320.00 1,560.00
Cecelia M. Regan............ do............ 1,320.00 1,560.00
Florence M. Bryan........... do............ 1,320.00 1,560.00
M.E. Frydell................ do............ 1,320.00 1,560.00
Clare Mann.................. do............ 1,320.00 1,560.00
Lewis C. Joseph............. do............ 1,320.00 1,560.00
Samuel P. Griffin........... Night telephone 1,140.00 1,380.00
operator (exempt).
Joan Scott.................. Telephone page 1,010.00 1,260.00
(Couzens).
Walton Perkins.............. Skilled laborer 1,310.00 1,560.00
(Sackett).
John Sims................... Skilled laborer 1,440.00 1,680.00
(exempt).
Octavius A. Williams........ do............ 1,440.00 1,680.00
Saml. A. Bell............... do............ 1,440.00 1,680.00
W.E. Standard............... do............ 1,440.00 1,680.00
William H. Montgomery....... Laborer in charge 1,440.00 1,680.00
of private
passage (exempt).
Amelia Selby................ Female attendant 1,240.00 1,500.00
in charge of
ladies' retiring
room (exempt).
Lelia V. Wallace............ do............ 1,240.00 1,500.00
Osie A Van Horn............. do............ 1,240.00 1,500.00
Hattie T. Weaver............ Attendant in 1,240.00 1,500.00
women's toilet
room (exempt).
Jennie R. Cusick............ do............ 1,240.00 1,500.00
May Doolan.................. do............ 1,240.00 1,500.00
Robt. Buehler............... Laborer 1,100.00 1,320.00
(nonpatronage
roll).
Madison Thomas.............. Laborer (exempt).. 1,100.00 1,320.00
Costomia L. Green........... do............ 1,100.00 1,320.00
Wm. H. Underwood............ Laborer 1,010.00 1,260.00
(Pennsylvania).
Thomas F. Brady............. Laborer (Couzens). 1,010.00 1,260.00
William Brown............... Laborer (exempt).. 1,010.00 1,260.00
Joseph Spriggs.............. do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
Vernon V. Thompson.......... Laborer (Nye)..... 1,010.00 1,260.00
Richard A. Christmas........ Laborer (exempt).. 1,010.00 1,260.00
Chas. A. Neil............... do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
Ollie Jeffress.............. do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
Frederick H. Gamble......... Laborer (Sackett). 1,010.00 1,260.00
A.A. Brooks, Jr............. Laborer (exempt).. 1,010.00 1,260.00
Raymond E. Bright........... do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
Frank McCampbell............ do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
Ulysses G. Gordon........... do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
P. Ralph Twine.............. Laborer (Pine).... 1,010.00 1,260.00
Jas. E. Duffy............... Laborer (exempt).. 1,010.00 1,260.00
Wm. H. Matthews............. do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
Wm. Thomas.................. do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
William H. Taylor........... do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
Paul A. Tangora............. Laborer (Schall).. 1,010.00 1,260.00
David L. Bilisoly........... Laborer (Waterman) 1,010.00 1,260.00
August Zimmerman, Jr........ Laborer........... 1,010.00 1,260.00
Leon De Ville............... Laborer (exempt).. 1,010.00 1,260.00
A. Lincoln Brown............ Laborer........... 1,010.00 1,260.00
Wm. B. Talbert.............. Laborer (exempt).. 1,010.00 1,260.00
Joseph H. Palmer............ do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
Theodore R. Cannady......... do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
Alfred H. Selby............. do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
Edward F. Janifer........... do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
Joshua W. Barkley........... do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
Geo. T. Johnson............. do............ 1,010.00 1,260.00
A.F. Ruffu.................. Laborer (minority) 1,010.00 1,260.00
S.G. Mueller................ Laborer (Waterman) 1,010.00 1,260.00
Ernest L. Montgomery........ Laborer (exempt).. 1,010.00 1,260.00
Noble M. Clark.............. Laborer (Reed).... 1,010.00 1,260.00
Fred A. Eckstein............ Postmaster 2,740.00 3,060.00
(efficiency roll).
J. Louis Robertson.......... Chief Clerk 2,150.00 2,460.00
(Norris).
Honore J. Provencal......... Mail carrier 1,520.00 1,740.00
(Metcalf).
Ralph D. Brown.............. Mail carrier 1,520.00 1,740.00
(Greene).
Helen T. Scott.............. Mail carrier 1,520.00 1,740.00
(Moses).
Paul H. Crofts.............. Mail carrier 1,520.00 1,740.00
(Warren).
Rex D. Thomas............... Mail carrier 1,520.00 1,740.00
(Norris).
Louis D. Nattkemper......... Mail carrier 1,520.00 1,740.00
(Watson).
Frances M. Westcott......... Mail carrier 1,520.00 1,740.00
(Curtis and
Capper).
Gordon K. MacIntosh......... Riding page 1,220.00 1,440.00
(Waterman).
E.W. Foster................. Riding page (old 1,220.00 1,440.00
soldiers' roll).
Joseph H. Bishop............ Wagon master 1,800.00 2,040.00
(exempt).
John W. Deards.............. Foreman in folding 2,160.00 2,460.00
room (efficiency
roll).
F.B. McKeever............... Assistant in 1,940.00 2,160.00
folding room
(efficiency roll).
Wm. H. Gehman............... Chief in folding 1,770.00 2,040.00
room
(nonpatronage
roll).
Thomas N. Wilkerson, Jr..... Clerk in folding 1,520.00 1,740.00
room (Larrazolo).
Millard Smallwood........... Folder (Norris)... 1,310.00 1,560.00
Charles C. Barnard.......... Folder (Norbeck).. 1,310.00 1,560.00
Wm. C. Rees................. Folder (Borah).... 1,310.00 1,560.00
Moss Noble.................. Folder (Sackett).. 1,310.00 1,560.00
Eleanor M. Scott............ Folder (Couzens).. 1,310.00 1,560.00
Robert C. Boyden............ Folder (Nye)...... 1,310.00 1,560.00
W.J. Ransdell............... Folder (efficiency 1,310.00 1,560.00
roll).
James D. Francis............ Folder (Blaine)... 1,140.00 1,380.00
James G. Lyons.............. Folder (Johnson).. 1,140.00 1,380.00
William E. Kenney........... Folder (La 1,140.00 1,380.00
Follette).
John N. Alley............... Folder (Borah).... 1,140.00 1,380.00
Henry S. Martin............. do............ 1,140.00 1,380.00
Ralph B. Reily.............. Folder (Brookhart) 1,140.00 1,380.00
A.L. Lake................... Folder............ 1,140.00 1,380.00
James E. Talbert............ Laborer in charge 950.00 1,200.00
of toilet rooms
in old library
space (exempt).
Wm S. Cheatham.............. Stenographer in 1,520.00 1,740.00
charge of
furniture
accounts and
records (exempt).
John R. Curry............... Special officer 1,520.00 1,740.00
(Warren).
Clyde L. Cushion............ Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force (Brookhart).
Wm. J. Moreland............. Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force.
C.D. Thomas................. Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force (Frazier).
George K. Campbell.......... Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force (Deneen).
Nestor A. Gnash............. Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force.
Jim Reynolds................ Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force (Howell).
John Z. Williams............ Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force (Oddie).
R.S. Whitney................ Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force.
J.L. Roney.................. do............ 1,360.00 1,620.00
Virgil M. Healy............. Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force (Couzens).
Abraham P. Aaronsen......... Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force (Pine).
Harry A. Gilbert............ do............ 1,360.00 1,620.00
Francis J. Sheehy........... Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force (Hastings).
Alma F. Heath............... Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force (Thomas).
E. Becke.................... Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force
(Pennsylvania).
Frank Maguire............... Private, police 1,360.00 1,620.00
force (Metcalf).
Charles E. A'Hearn, Jr...... Page, during 3.30 4.00
session
(minority), per
day.
Arthur G. Barnhart.......... do............ 3.30 4.00
John A. Cardon.............. Page, during 3.30 4.00
session (Smoot),
per day.
George A. Carrick........... Page, during 3.00 4.00
session
(minority), per
day.
Allen S. Bours.............. do............ 3.30 4.00
Thos. P. Brodigan........... Page, during 3.30 4.00
session, per day.
Lyle T. Fritz............... do............ 3.30 4.00
Frank J. Kearney............ Page, during 3.30 4.00
session (Reed),
per day.
Phillip N. Joachim.......... Page, during 3.30 4.00
session, per day.
Reverdy Johnson............. do............ 3.30 4.00
Edward E. Jordan............ Page, during 3.30 4.00
session
(minority), per
day.
Frank M. Lane............... Page, during 3.30 4.00
session, per day.
Samuel P. Guffin, Jr........ Page, during 3.30 4.00
session
(minority), per
day.
John J. McCracken........... Page, during 3.30 4.00
session, per day.
Richard W. Oyster........... Page, during 3.30 4.00
session
(minority), per
day.
Theodore H. Pfeiffer........ Page, during 3.30 4.00
session, per day.
Laureston R. Porter......... Page, during 3.30 4.00
session (Hale),
per day.
Walter Reid................. Page, during 3.30 4.00
session
(Shipstead),.
Thomas F. Rogers............ Page, during 3.30 4.00
session, per day.
James E. Maynard............ do............ 3.30 4.00
Robert C. Davis, Jr......... Page, during 3.30 4.00
session
(minority), per
day.
Stephen J. Gnash............ Captain, Capitol 2,150.00 2,460.00
police
(nonpatronage
roll).
B.D. Wigby.................. Lieutenant 1,520.00 1,740.00
(Shipstead).
J.G. Underwood.............. Special officer 1,520.00 1,740.00
(Burton).
J.L. Harrigan............... Sergeant (Gould).. 1,410.00 1,680.00
A.S. Gillett................ Private (McMaster) 1,360.00 1,620.00
R.H. Wootton................ Private (Smoot)... 1,360.00 1,620.00
John F. Sheehan............. Private (Gillett). 1,360.00 1,620.00
H.M. Cullimore.............. Private........... 1,360.00 1,620.00
M.S. Frazier................ Private (Nye)..... 1,360.00 1,620.00
S.N. Moe.................... Private (Blaine).. 1,360.00 1,620.00
James Laughlin.............. Private (Schall).. 1,360.00 1,620.00
L.R. Wilson................. Private (Sackett). 1,360.00 1,620.00
L.L. Stentz................. Private (Norbeck). 1,360.00 1,620.00
N.B. Hearn.................. Private (Hastings) 1,360.00 1,620.00
C.F. Hayden................. Private (Schall).. 1,360.00 1,620.00
Leo Riscassi................ Private (Bingham). 1,360.00 1,620.00
D.A. Carpenter.............. Private (Phipps).. 1,360.00 1,620.00
L.J. Cullimore.............. Private (Smoot)... 1,360.00 1,620.00
R.J. Echols................. Private (Goff).... 1,360.00 1,620.00
M.B. Earle.................. Private (Oddie)... 1,360.00 1,620.00
M.J. Cohan.................. Private (Dale).... 1,360.00 1,620.00
K.P. Fennell................ Private (Greene).. 1,360.00 1,620.00
Charles S. Selby............ Private (Barry)... 1,360.00 1,620.00
A.C. Alarid................. Private 1,360.00 1,620.00
(Larrazolo).
T.J. Farmer................. Private 1,360.00 1,620.00
(Pennsylvania).
E.B. Ewell.................. Private (Nye)..... 1,360.00 1,620.00
Albert Crippa............... Private (Warren).. 1,360.00 1,620.00
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Architect of the Capitol
----------
William Mullin.............. Elevator conductor $1,520.00
(Hastings).
H.P. Kester................. Elevator conductor 1,520.00
(Borah).
Frank W. Smith.............. Elevator conductor 1,520.00
(Robinson).
J.D. Weltmer................ Elevator conductor 1,520.00
(Curtis and
Capper).
L. Kenneth Swiger........... Elevator conductor 1,520.00
(Goff).
Philip A. Hoghaug........... Elevator conductor 1,520.00
(Frazier).
Samuel Green................ Elevator conductor 1,520.00
(Pennsylvania).
John A. Kardys.............. Elevator conductor 1,520.00
(McLean).
George F. Griffin........... Elevator conductor 1,520.00
(Moses).
Howard Henry................ Elevator conductor 1,520.00
(McMaster).
Wheeler Grey................ Elevator 1,520.00
conductor, S.O.B.
(Edge).
Howard G. Campbell.......... Elevator 1,520.00
conductor, S.O.B.
(Thomas).
H.W. Ellsworth.............. do............ 1,520.00
D.D. Taylor................. Elevator 1,520.00
conductor, S.O.B.
(Jones).
T.J. Kelly.................. Elevator 1,520.00
conductor, S.O.B.
(Edge).
C.J. Ridgley................ Elevator 1,520.00
conductor, S.O.B.
(Glenn).
William Watts............... Elevator 1,520.00
conductor, S.O.B.
(McNary).
H.B. Gourley................ do............ 1,520.00
T.A. Cassara................ Elevator 1,520.00
conductor, S.O.B.
(Bingham).
F.E. Fuller................. Elevator 1,520.00
conductor, S.O.B..
R.F. Fortune................ Elevator 1,520.00
conductor, S.O.B.
(Shortridge).
A.F. Day.................... Elevator 1,520.00
conductor, S.O.B.
(Burton).
F.T. Jarrett................ Elevator 1,520.00
conductor, S.O.B..
I.S. Tanner................. Elevator 1,520.00
conductor, S.O.B.
(Smoot).
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Maintenance Roll Senate Office Building
----------
J.A. MacMahon............... Supply clerk $2,040.00
(Phipps).
J.C. Pillsbury.............. Special officer... 1,520.00
Maurice S. Swann............ Elevator conductor 1,512.00
(Shortridge).
Kenneth O'Connell........... Elevator conductor 1,512.00
(Hale).
J.G. Gullett................ Elevator conductor 1,512.00
(Deneen).
A.B. Beard.................. Elevator conductor 1,512.00
(Steiwer).
J.D. Reilly................. Elevator conductor 1,512.00
(Shortridge).

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[September 19, 1929]

SEPTEMBER 19, 1929
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
September 19, 1929

The Conference was called to order at 11 o'clock a.m., in the Marble
Room of the Senate, by the Chairman, Senator Watson, pursuant to call.
Senator Hale, Secretary of the Conference, was detained and Senator
Howell acted in his stead by request of the Chairman.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Capper, Couzens, Deneen, Edge, Gillett, Glenn, Goff,
Goldsborough, Gould, Greene, Hale, Hastings, Hatfield, Howell, Jones,
Kean, Keyes, McMaster, McNary, Moses, Oddie, Patterson, Phipps, Reed,
Sackett, Shortridge, Smoot, Steiwer, Thomas, Townsend, Vandenberg,
Walcott, Warren, and Watson.

Total 35, a quorum being present.
Messrs. Fess and Nye entered after the conclusion of the roll call.
Following a statement by the Chairman as to the necessity of expedition
in connection with the tariff bill and the need for prolonged sessions,
and after discussion:
It was moved by Senator Edge and unanimously agreed; that, ``It is the
sentiment of the Conference that the Senate hereafter meet at 11 o'clock
beginning Monday morning next.''
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned subject to the
call of the Chairman.

[signed] R.B. Howell

Acting Secretary.
------------------------

[January 10, 1930]

JANUARY 10, 1930
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 10, 1930

The Conference was called to order by Senator Watson, the Chairman, at
eleven o'clock a.m., in the Marble Room of the Senate, pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Allen, Baird, Bingham, Capper, Couzens, Dale, Deneen, Fess,
Gillett, Gould, Greene, Grundy, Hale, Hebert, Howell, Johnson, Jones,
Kean, Keyes, McCulloch, McMaster, McNary, Metcalf, Moses, Norbeck,
Norris, Nye, Oddie, Patterson, Phipps, Robinson (Indiana), Smoot,
Steiwer, Sullivan, Thomas (Idaho), Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott, and
Watson.

Total 39, a quorum being present.

The Chairman stated that, owing to his appointment as Chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations, Senator Jones felt that he could no longer
act as Vice Chairman,

Thereupon, nominations for the office of Vice Chairman were called for.
Senator Couzens nominated Senator McNary, and, there being a sufficient
second and no other nominations, he was unanimously elected.
Senator McNary, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, submitted the
following report, which was read by the Secretary:
ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

Messrs. McNary, Chairman, Norris, Capper, Norbeck, Frazier, Gould,
Thomas (Idaho), Hatfield, Townsend, Walcott, and Shipstead.
ON APPROPRIATIONS

Messrs. Jones, Chairman, Smoot, Hale, Phipps, Keyes, Bingham, Oddie,
Nye, Pine, Glenn, and Steiwer.
TO AUDIT AND CONTROL THE CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

Messrs. Deneen, Chairman, Fess, and Greene.
ON BANKING AND CURRENCY

Messrs. Norbeck, Chairman, Phipps, Brookhart, Goldsborough, Townsend,
Walcott, Blaine, Baird, Jr., Grundy, and ______.
ON CIVIL SERVICE

Messrs. Dale, Chairman, Couzens, Pine, Brookhart, Kean, Grundy, and
______.
ON CLAIMS

Messrs. Howell, Chairman, Capper, McMaster, Steiwer, Waterman,
Brookhart, Glenn, and Townsend.
ON COMMERCE

Messrs. Johnson, Chairman, Jones, McNary, Dale, Gould, Nye, Vandenberg,
Deneen, Patterson, Howell, and Allen.
ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Messrs. Capper, Chairman, Jones, Gould, Blaine, Vandenberg, Kean, Baird,
Jr., and ______.
ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

Messrs. Metcalf, Chairman, Borah, Phipps, Couzens, Gillette, Walcott,
and Baird, Jr.
ON ENROLLED BILLS

Messrs. Greene, Chairman, and Gillett.
ON EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

Messrs. Goff, Chairman, Keyes, Steiwer, and Hastings.
ON FINANCE

Messrs. Smoot, Chairman, Watson, Reed, Shortridge, Couzens, Greene,
Deneen, Keyes, Bingham, La Follette, Jr., and Thomas (Idaho).
ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

Messrs. Borah, Chairman, Johnson, Moses, Capper, Gillett, Reed, Fess,
Goff, La Follette, Jr., Vandenberg, Robinson (Indiana), and Shipstead.
ON IMMIGRATION

Messrs. Gould, Chairman, Johnson, Keyes, Reed, Nye, Watson, and
Hatfield.
ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

Messrs. Frazier, Chairman, Schall, McMaster, La Follette, Jr., Pine,
Steiwer, and Walcott.
ON INTEROCEANIC CANALS

Messrs. Schall, Chairman, Pine, Brookhart, Blaine, Hebert, Allen, and
McCulloch.
ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE

Messrs. Couzens, Chairman, Watson, Fess, Howell, Goff, Pine, Metcalf,
Glenn, Brookhart, Kean, and Hastings.
ON IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION

Messrs. Thomas (Idaho), Chairman, Jones, McNary, Phipps, Shortridge,
Johnson, Howell, Townsend, and Sullivan.
ON THE JUDICIARY

Messrs. Norris, Chairman, Borah, Deneen, Gillett, Robinson (Indiana),
Blaine, Steiwer, Waterman, Hastings, and Hebert.
ON THE LIBRARY

Messrs. Fess, Chairman, Howell, Gillett, Bingham, and Norbeck.
ON MANUFACTURES

Messrs. La Follette, Jr., Chairman, McNary, Metcalf, Deneen,
Goldsborough, Hatfield, and Grundy.
ON MILITARY AFFAIRS

Messrs. Reed, Chairman, Greene, McMaster, Cutting, Hatfield, Patterson,
McCulloch, Baird, Jr., Sullivan, and ______.
ON MINES AND MINING

Messrs. Oddie, Chairman, Goff, La Follette, Jr., Robinson (Indiana),
Frazier, Thomas (Idaho), and Patterson.
ON NAVAL AFFAIRS

Messrs. Hale, Chairman, Oddie, Shortridge, Metcalf, Schall, Waterman,
Goldsborough, Kean, Sullivan, and Grundy.
ON PATENTS

Messrs. Waterman, Chairman, Norris, Goldsborough, and Hebert.
ON PENSIONS

Messrs. Robinson (Indiana), Chairman, Norbeck, Schall, Frazier, Couzens,
Patterson, and Shipstead.
ON POST OFFICES AND POST ROADS

Messrs. Phipps, Chairman, Moses, Oddie, Dale, Schall, McMaster, Frazier,
Cutting, Hebert, Allen, and McCulloch.
ON PRINTING

Messrs. Shipstead, Chairman, Moses, Vandenberg, and Allen.
ON PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS

Messrs. Shortridge, Chairman, Watson, Greene, Waterman, Moses, Glenn,
Hastings, Blaine, and McCulloch.
ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

Messrs. Keyes, Chairman, Fess, McMaster, Gould, Smoot, Shortridge,
Sullivan, and Shipstead.
ON PUBLIC LANDS AND SURVEYS

Messrs. Nye, Chairman, Smoot, Norbeck, Oddie, Dale, McNary, Glenn, and
Cutting.
ON RULES

Messrs. Moses, Chairman, Hale, Watson, Dale, Smoot, Reed, and Bingham.
ON TERRITORIES AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

Messrs. Bingham, Chairman, Johnson, Robinson (Indiana), Nye, Metcalf,
Vandenberg, Goff, and Cutting.
Senator McMaster made a statement about the non-observance of the
seniority rule in filling the vacancy on the Committee on Interstate
Commerce.
Senator McNary stated that it was the opinion of the Committee on
Committees that the next vacancy on the Committee on Interstate Commerce
should go to Senator McMaster.
After some discussion,
Senator Howell moved to refer the report back to the Committee on
Committees with instructions to place Senator McMaster on the Committee
on Interstate Commerce to fill the vacancy on that committee.
Senator Phipps moved as a substitute for Mr. Howell's motion that the
report be referred back to the Committee on Committees with instructions
to follow the seniority rule in all appointments.
The hour of twelve o'clock having arrived, being the convening time of
the Senate, it was moved and agreed to adjourn until the following day,
Saturday, January 11, 1930, at eleven o'clock a.m.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
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[January 11, 1930]

JANUARY 11, 1930
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 11, 1930

The Conference assembled in the Marble Room of the Senate and was called
to order by the Chairman at eleven o'clock a.m., as agreed upon the day
before.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Allen, Baird, Bingham, Blaine, Deneen, Fess, Frazier, Gillett,
Glenn, Gould, Greene, Grundy, Hale, Hebert, Howell, Johnson, Jones,
Kean, Keyes, McMaster, McNary, Metcalf, Moses, Norbeck, Norris, Nye,
Oddie, Patterson, Robinson, Shortridge, Smoot, Steiwer, Sullivan,
Thomas (Idaho), Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott, Waterman, and Watson.

Total 39, a quorum being present.
On a rising vote of 19 to 15 it was decided that the Conference was in
favor of having the Senate meet daily at eleven o'clock a.m. while the
Tariff Bill, H.R. 2667, was under consideration.
Mr. Howell withdrew his motion made on the previous day, stating that he
did so at the request of Senator McMaster.
Senator Watson thereupon withdrew the motion made by Senator Phipps on
yesterday, stating that Senator Phipps had given him authority so to do.
Senator McMaster stated that he did not wish to have any understanding
or promise that he was to have the next appointment on the Committee on
Interstate Commerce.
Senator McNary, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, moved the
adoption of the report of that committee, and the motion, being
seconded, was unanimously adopted.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.

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The following order was offered in the Senate, January 11, 1930, by
Senator McNary, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, and adopted:

ORDERED: That the following Senators be excused from further
service as members of the following committees:
Mr. Steiwer from the Committee on Banking and Currency and
the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Mr. Thomas of Idaho from the Committee on Banking and
Currency.
Mr. Hebert from the Committee on Banking and Currency.
Mr. Blaine from the Committee on Civil Service and the
Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. La Follette, Jr., from the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Hastings from the Committee on the District of Columbia
and the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.
Mr. Hale from the Committee on Manufactures and the
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.
Mr. Robinson of Indiana from the Committee on Military
Affairs.
Mr. Howell from the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. Allen from the Committee on Naval Affairs.
That the following Senators be assigned to membership on the
following committees:
Mr. Allen to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Blaine to the Committee on Banking and Currency and the
Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Mr. Hastings to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and the
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.
Mr. Hebert to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Howell to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. La Follette, Jr., to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Robinson of Indiana to the Committee on Foreign
Relations.
Mr. Steiwer to the Committee on Appropriations and
Expenditures in the Executive Departments.
Mr. Thomas of Idaho to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. McCulloch to the Committee on Military Affairs, the
Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, the Committee on
Interoceanic Canals, and the Committee on Privileges and
Elections.
Mr. Baird, Jr., to the Committee on Banking and Currency,
the Committee on Military Affairs, the Committee on the
District of Columbia, and the Committee on Education and
Labor.
Mr. Sullivan to the Committee on Military Affairs, the
Committee on Naval Affairs, the Committee on Irrigation and
Reclamation, and the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds.
Mr. Grundy to the Committee on Banking and Currency, the
Committee on Naval Affairs, the Committee on Manufactures,
and the Committee on Civil Service.
Mr. Robsion to the Committee on Banking and Currency, the
Committee on Military Affairs, the Committee on the District
of Columbia, and the Committee on Civil Service.
That Mr. Jones be excused from further service as chairman
of the Committee on Commerce.
That Mr. Johnson be excused from further service as chairman
of the Committee on Immigration.
That the following Senators are hereby appointed chairman of
the following committees:
Mr. Jones as chairman of the Committee on Appropriations.
Mr. Johnson as chairman of the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Gould as chairman of the Committee on Immigration.
Mr. Schall as chairman of the Committee on Interoceanic
Canals.
Mr. Goff as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the
Executive Departments.
* * *

James E. Watson
Chairman
United States Senate
Conference of the Majority

April 8, 1930.

My dear Senator:

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Republican
Conference of March 5, 1929, I have appointed the
following Committee on Order of Business (so-called
Steering Committee) to serve during the Seventy-first
Congress:

Mr. Goff, Chairman
Mr. Vandenberg
Mr. Hastings
Mr. Frazier
Mr. Kean

Please confer with the Chairman or any member of this
Committee with reference to any legislation in which you
may be interested.

Yours very truly,
[signed] James E. Watson.
Chairman.
* * *

Guy D. Goff, Chairman
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Daniel O. Hastings
Lynn J. Frazier
Hamilton F. Kean
United States Senate
Majority Committee on
Order of Business

April 11, 1930

My dear Senator:

I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of
the Republican Conference to inform you that the
Committee, at a meeting held on Friday, April 11, 1930,
made a careful examination of the bills now pending upon
the Senate Calendar, or which have been ordered reported,
and suggest that the following bills be made the
unfinished business of the Senate, in the order listed,
after disposal of the pending Immigration Bill:

Calendar No. 316. S. Res. 227, by Mr. Swanson.

Resolution to amend the Senate rules so as to abolish
proceedings in Committee of the Whole on bills, joint
resolutions, and treaties.

Calendar No. 378. S. 3619, by Mr. Couzens.

A bill to reorganize the Federal Power Commission.

Calendar No. 282. S. 3901, by Mr. Bingham.

A bill to establish a commercial airport for the District
of Columbia.

H.R. 10288.

An act to regulate the transportation of persons in
interstate and foreign commerce by motor carriers
operating on the public highways.

Calendar No. 193. H.R. 6.

An act to amend the definition of oleomargarine contained
in the act entitled ``An act defining butter, also
imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale,
importation, and exportation of oleomargarine,'' approved
August 2, 1886, as amended.

It should be understood that appropriation bills, executive sessions,
and the unanimous consent agreement whereby S. 3059 and S. 3061,
relative to unemployment, were made special orders for April 15, 1930,
shall have the right of way.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Guy D. Goff
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
* * *

Guy D. Goff, Chairman
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Daniel O. Hastings
Lynn J. Frazier
Hamilton F. Kean
United States Senate
Majority Committee on
Order of Business

May 7, 1930.

My dear Senator:

I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business to
submit amended suggestions respecting the Senate's program
of unfinished business.
The reasons for the suggested change are that two
measures to which the Committee originally intended to
give priorities, but which were not on the Calendar when
our previous list was published, are now available for
schedule. We are confident that the Senate will desire to
pass upon them as speedily as possible.
With these premises in mind, we suggest the following
amended program:

Calendar No. 371. S. 3060, by Mr. Wagner.

A bill to provide for the establishment of a national
employment system and for cooperation with the States in
the promotion of such system, and for other purposes.

Calendar No. 615. H.R. 8574.

An Act to transfer to the Attorney General certain
functions in the administration of the national
prohibition act, to create a Bureau of Prohibition in the
Department of Justice, and for other purposes.

Calendar 316. S. Res. 227, by Mr. Swanson.

Resolution to amend the Senate rules so as to abolish
proceedings in Committee of the Whole on bills, joint
resolutions, and treaties.

S.J. Res. 161, by Mr. Couzens.

Joint resolution to suspend the authority of the
Interstate Commerce Commission to approve consolidations
or unifications of railway properties.

Calendar No. 378. S. 3619, by Mr. Couzens.

A bill to reorganize the Federal Power Commission.

Calendar No. 193. H.R. 6.

Calendar No. 419. H.R. 9592.

An act to amend sec. 407 of the merchant marine act, 1928.

It is understood that all of these suggestions are subordinate to
appropriation bills, to the tariff bill, and to the London treaty
whenever any of these measures may seek consideration.

Respectfully yours,

[signed] A.H. Vandenberg
Acting Chairman Committee on Order
of
Business.
* * *

Guy D. Goff, Chairman
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Daniel O. Hastings
Lynn J. Frazier
Hamilton F. Kean
United States Senate
Majority Committee on
Order of Business

May 20, 1930.

My Dear Senator:

The Senate has completed consideration of most of the
bills previously suggested. A number of important
measures, which deserve priorities, are not yet out of
their Committees. In order not to prejudice these
priorities, we confine the present list to only three
additional bills. This will preserve continuity and yet
should not hinder the consideration of this other
legislation as soon as it can be reached. We take the
liberty of suggesting the following program:

Calendar No. 193. H.R. 6.

Calendar No. 419. H.R. 9592.

An act to amend sec. 407 of the merchant marine act, 1928.

Calendar No. 21. S. 1133, by Mr. McNary.

A bill to amend sec. 8 of the act entitled ``An act for
preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of
adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious
foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating
traffic therein, and for other purposes,'' approved June
30, 1906, as amended.

Calendar No. 636. S. 4205, by Mr. Hawes.

A bill to amend par. (6) of sec. 5 of the interstate
commerce act, as amended.

Calendar No. 368. S. 255, by Mr. Jones.

A bill for the promotion of the health and welfare of
mothers and infants, and for other purposes.

It is understood that all of these suggestions are subordinate to
appropriation bills, to the tariff bill, and to the London treaty
whenever any of these measures may seek consideration.

Respectfully yours,
[signed] A.H. Vandenberg
Acting Chairman Committee on Order
of
Business.
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[May 26, 1930]

MAY 26, 1930
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 26, 1930

The Conference was called to order by its Chairman, Senator Watson, in
the Marble Room of the Senate at 10 o'clock a.m., pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Allen, Baird, Bingham, Blaine, Couzens, Deneen, Fess, Gillett,
Glenn, Goff, Goldsborough, Greene, Hale, Hebert, Johnson, Jones, Kean,
Keyes, McCulloch, McNary, Metcalf, Norbeck, Norris, Oddie, Patterson,
Phipps, Reed, Robinson (Indiana), Robsion, Schall, Shortridge, Smoot,
Steiwer, Sullivan, Thomas (Idaho), Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott, and
Watson.

Total 39, a quorum being present.

A general discussion was had with reference to the procedure upon the
pending legislation.

The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
* * *

Guy D. Goff, Chairman
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Daniel O. Hastings
Lynn J. Frazier
Hamilton F. Kean
United States Senate
Majority Committee on
Order of Business

January 7, 1931.

My dear Senator:

I am instructed by the Committee on Order of Business of
the Republican Conference to inform you that the
Committee, at a meeting held on January 7, 1931, made an
examination of the bills now pending on the Senate
Calendar, and suggest that the following bills be made the
unfinished business of the Senate in the order listed,
after the disposal of the pending Maternity Bill:

Calendar No. 747. Sen. Bill 3344, by Mr. Howell.

A bill supplementing the national prohibition act for the
District of Columbia.

Calendar No. 1232. H.R. 6603.

An act to provide for a shorter work week for postal
employees, and for other purposes.

Calendar No. 1227. H.R. 13518.

An act granting pensions and increase of pensions to
certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain
widows and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of
said war.

Calendar No. 794. Sen. Bill 3822, by Mr. Hawes and Mr.
Cutting.

A bill to provide for the withdrawal of the sovereignty of
the United States over the Philippine Islands and for the
recognition of their independence, etc.

It should be understood that all of these suggestions are
subordinate to appropriation bills, conference reports, and executive
business.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Guy D. Goff.
Chairman Committee on Order of
Business.
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[February 9, 1931]

FEBRUARY 9, 1931
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 9, 1931

The Conference was called to order in the Marble Room of the Senate at
11 o'clock a.m., by the Chairman, Senator Watson, pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Bingham, Capper, Carey, Couzens, Dale, Davis, Deneen, Fess,
Frazier, Gillett, Glenn, Goff, Gould, Hale, Jones, Kean, McMaster,
McNary, Morrow, Moses, Norbeck, Nye, Oddie, Partridge, Patterson,
Phipps, Reed, Robinson (Indiana), Schall, Shortridge, Smoot, Thomas
(Idaho), Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott, Waterman, and Watson.

Total 37, a quorum being present.

Messrs. Hebert, Steiwer, and Norris entered later.

The Chairman, Senator Watson, appealed to all Republican Senators to
keep in constant attendance during the balance of the session.

Veterans bonus legislation came up for informal discussion.
The letter of Secretary Hyde to Representative Wood, in regard to relief
measures, was also informally discussed.
The Conference, on motion made and carried, agreed that the patronage of
Senators whose terms of office expire on March 4, 1931, shall continue
until the organization of the next Congress.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
Seventy-second Congress (1931-1933)

[Editor's Note: The worsening depression affected the 1930
congressional election, in which the Republicans' Senate majority
slipped to a precarious single vote, 48 Republicans, 47 Democrats, and
one Farmer-Labor member. The Republicans' situation was made more
insecure because twelve of the party members were progressive
Republicans. Recognizing that they held the balance of power, these
senators flexed their political muscle, refusing to vote for
conservative New Hampshire Senator George Moses as president pro
tempore. The effect of this obstruction, however, was simply that Moses,
who already held the post, continued to serve throughout the Congress
without a vote being taken. In the House, where the election results
were 217 to 217, the Democrats were able to organize the body due to the
deaths of some Republican members.
President Hoover tried various methods to ease the depression. At his
urging, Congress passed legislation establishing the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation to provide loans to financial institutions, an act
to expand credit, and the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, designed to reduce
foreclosures. Still, banks across the country continued to fail. In June
1932 the Bonus Army marched on Washington, as World War I veterans
sought immediate cash payment of the promised government bonus, but the
Senate refused to agree to the House-passed legislation. A month later,
President Hoover used federal troops to remove the remaining veterans
from government property.
The Republican Conference minutes reflect none of this activity,
however, as the Conference met only once at the beginning of the
Congress to elect its officers and handle organizational matters.]
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[December 4, 1931]

DECEMBER 4, 1931
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 4, 1931

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m., in the Marble Room of
the Senate, pursuant to call, by the Chairman, Senator Watson.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Bingham, Capper, Carey, Couzens, Dale, Davis,
Dickinson, Fess, Glenn, Goldsborough, Hale, Hastings, Hatfield,
Hebert, Johnson, Jones, Kean, McNary, Oddie, Patterson, Reed, Robinson
(Indiana), Smoot, Steiwer, Thomas (Idaho), Townsend, Vandenberg,
Walcott, Waterman, Watson, and White.

Total 33, a quorum being present.

Messrs. Schall and Shortridge entered after the roll call.

Senator Smoot nominated Senator Watson of Indiana to be Chairman of the
Conference and Floor Leader, and he was unanimously chosen.

Senator Hebert nominated Senator Hale of Maine to be Secretary of the
Conference, and he was unanimously chosen.
On motion, made and carried, the Chairman was authorized to appoint a
Whip; and forthwith appointed Senator Fess.
On motion, made and carried, the Chairman was authorized to appoint a
Committee on Committees; and forthwith announced the following
appointments:
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
72nd Congress

McNary, Chairman
Moses
Smoot
Reed
Oddie
Nye
Bingham
Capper
Hastings

On motions, made and carried, the Chairman was authorized to appoint a
Committee on Order of Business, and also a Committee on Patronage. The
Chairman indicated he would make the appointments at a later time.
The Alabama contested election case and the administration of the oath
to Mr. Bankhead was discussed but no action was taken thereon.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
* * *
United States Senate
Conference of the Majority

December 10, 1931

My Dear Senator:

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Republican
Conference of December 4, 1931, I have appointed the
following Committee on Patronage to serve during the
Seventy-second Congress:

Mr. Bingham, Chairman
Mr. Steiwer [crossed out]
Mr. Hastings
Mr. Thomas [handwritten insert]
Yours very truly,

[signed] James E. Watson
Chairman.

[handwritten note] Note: Mr. Steiwer retired and Senator
Watson appointed Senator Thomas (Idaho), February 1932.
* * *

James E. Watson
Chairman
United States Senate
Conference of the Majority

December 10, 1931.

My dear Senator:

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Republican
Conference of December 4, 1931, I have appointed the
following Committee on Order of Business (so-called
Steering Committee) to serve during the Seventy-second
Congress:

Mr. Vandenberg, Chairman
Mr. Hastings
Mr. Frazier
Mr. Kean
Mr. Steiwer

Please confer with the Chairman or any member of this
Committee with reference to any legislation in which you
may be interested.

Yours very truly,
[signed] James E. Watson.
Chairman.
* * *

Note: The Republican Committee on Committees made their assignments
directly to the Senate on December 14, 1931 without taking them to a
Republican Conference for Approval.
* * *

James E. Watson
Chairman
United States Senate
Conference of the Majority

January 19, 1932.

My dear Senator:

I wish to advise you that I have appointed the following
members to constitute the Republican Senatorial Campaign
Committee:

Mr. Hatfield, Chairman
Mr. Hebert, Vice Chairman
Mr. Patterson
Mr. Robinson, Indiana
Mr. Goldsborough
Mr. Kean
Mr. Carey
Mr. Dickinson

Yours very truly,
[signed] James E. Watson
Chairman.
Seventy-third Congress (1933-1935)

[Editor's Note: The 1932 election that brought Franklin D. Roosevelt
to the presidency also swept Democrats into control of Congress. In the
Senate, Republicans had just 36 members to 59 Democrats and one Farmer-
Labor member, while the House had 310 Democrats to only 117 Republicans
and 5 independents.
During the first Hundred Days of the New Deal, the Republican
Conference met frequently to discuss such pending measures to fight the
depression as the Economy Act, the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the
Glass-Steagall Banking Act, and the National Industrial Recovery Act.
Congress also agreed to the president's decision to take the nation off
the gold standard. During the second session of the Congress, from
January to June 1934, the Conference continued to discuss proposed New
Deal legislation, including the labor disputes joint resolution that
established the National Labor Relations Board.]
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[March 7, 1933]

MARCH 7, 1933
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 7, 1933

The Conference was called to order at 10:30 a.m., in the Minority
Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building, by the Vice Chairman,
Senator McNary, pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Austin, Capper, Carey, Couzens, Davis, Dickinson, Fess,
Goldsborough, Hale, Hastings, Hebert, Kean, Keyes, McNary, Norbeck,
Nye, Patterson, Reed, Robinson (Indiana), Steiwer, Vandenberg,
Walcott, and White.

Total present 23, absent 13.

Senator Reed nominated Senator McNary for Chairman of the Conference and
Floor Leader for the Minority and he was unanimously chosen.

Senator McNary thereupon addressed the Conference.
Senator Fess was nominated for Vice Chairman and Assistant Floor Leader
for the Minority and he was unanimously chosen.
Senator Hale was nominated for Secretary of the Conference and he was
unanimously chosen.
Senator Vandenberg was nominated for President pro tempore and he was
unanimously chosen.
Mr. Carl A. Loeffler was nominated for Secretary for the Minority and he
was unanimously chosen.
The Chairman was authorized to appoint a Legislative Committee of seven
to take the place of the Committee on Order of Business.
The Chairman was authorized to appoint a Committee on Committees.
The Chairman was authorized to appoint a Committee on Patronage.
The Chairman was authorized to appoint a Whip.
The Committee on Legislation was authorized to examine and watch the
calendar.
The Chairman, Mr. McNary, named the following Senators to constitute the
Committee on Committees:
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
73d Congress

Reed, Chairman
Nye
Capper
Hastings
Couzens
Steiwer
Hebert
Patterson
Carey

The Conference then recessed until eleven o'clock the following morning,
March 8, 1933.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
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[March 8, 1933]

MARCH 8, 1933
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 8, 1933
(After recess)

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 11:00 a.m., in the
Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building.
The roll was not called but the following Senators were observed to be
present by the Secretary:

Messrs. Austin, Capper, Carey, Couzens, Dale, Davis, Dickinson, Fess,
Hale, Kean, Keyes, McNary, Norbeck, Nye, Patterson, Reed, Robinson
(Indiana), Steiwer, Vandenberg, Walcott, and White.

The Chairman appointed the Committee on Patronage as follows:
COMMITTEE ON PATRONAGE
73d Congress

Metcalf, Chairman
Keyes
Frazier

The Chairman also appointed the Committee on Legislation as follows:
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION
73d Congress

Vandenberg, Chairman
Hale
Johnson
Robinson (Indiana)
Goldsborough
Hatfield
Townsend
Dickinson
Austin

Senator Reed, the Chairman, presented the report of the Committee on
Committees, and it was agreed to in the form appended to these minutes.
The Chairman announced the appointment of Senator Hebert to act as Whip.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
* * *
(Confidential No. 2)
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Seventy-third Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

On Agriculture and Forestry (11-8)

Messrs. NORRIS, MCNARY, CAPPER, NORBECK, FRAZIER, HATFIELD,
CUTTING; SHIPSTEAD. ¹
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\1\ [Senator Shipstead was a member of the Farmer-Labor party.]
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On Appropriations (14-9)

Messrs. HALE, KEYES, NYE, STEIWER, NORBECK, DALE, DICKINSON,
TOWNSEND, CAREY.

To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (3-2)

Messrs. FESS, TOWNSEND.

On Banking and Currency (12-8)

Messrs. NORBECK, GOLDSBOROUGH, TOWNSEND, WALCOTT, CAREY,
COUZENS, STEIWER, KEAN.

On Civil Service (6-4)

Messrs. DALE, KEAN, WHITE, PATTERSON.

On Claims (7-6)

Messrs. CAPPER, HOWELL, TOWNSEND, WHITE, WALCOTT, AUSTIN.

On Commerce (12-8)

Messrs. MCNARY, JOHNSON, DALE, NYE, VANDENBERG, PATTERSON,
HOWELL, WHITE.

On the District of Columbia (9-6)

Messrs. CAPPER, KEAN, CAREY, AUSTIN, DAVIS, COUZENS.

On Education and Labor (8-5)

Messrs. BORAH, METCALF, WALCOTT, LA FOLLETTE, Jr., DAVIS.

On Enrolled Bills (2-1)

Mr. VANDENBERG.

On Expenditures in the Executive Departments (4-3)

Messrs. HASTINGS, KEAN, GOLDSBOROUGH.

On Finance (13-7)

Messrs. REED, COUZENS, KEYES, LA FOLLETTE, Jr., METCALF,
HASTINGS, WALCOTT.

On Foreign Relations (14-9)

Messrs. BORAH, JOHNSON, CAPPER, REED, FESS, LA FOLLETTE,
Jr., VANDENBERG, ROBINSON, Ind.; SHIPSTEAD.

On Immigration (8-6)

Messrs. JOHNSON, KEYES, REED, NYE, HATFIELD, PATTERSON.

On Indian Affairs (8-5)

Messrs. FRAZIER, SCHALL, LA FOLLETTE, Jr., STEIWER, NORBECK.

On Interoceanic Canals (5-3)

Messrs. SCHALL, HEBERT, BARBOUR.

On Interstate Commerce (12-8)

Messrs. COUZENS, FESS, HOWELL, METCALF, KEAN, HASTINGS,
HATFIELD, WHITE.

On Irrigation and Reclamation (11-6)

Messrs. MCNARY, JOHNSON, HOWELL, TOWNSEND, CAREY, CUTTING.

On the Judiciary (11-7)

Messrs. BORAH, NORRIS, ROBINSON, Ind., HASTINGS, HEBERT,
SCHALL, AUSTIN.

On the Library (6-4)

Messrs. FESS, HOWELL, NORBECK, BARBOUR.

On Manufactures (8-5)

Messrs. MCNARY, METCALF, LA FOLLETTE, Jr., CUTTING, BARBOUR.

On Military Affairs (10-7)

Messrs. REED, CUTTING, PATTERSON, CAREY, DICKINSON, AUSTIN,
BARBOUR.

On Mines and Mining (8-5)

Messrs. ROBINSON, Ind., FRAZIER, PATTERSON, HATFIELD, DAVIS.

On Naval Affairs (10-7)

Messrs. HALE, METCALF, GOLDSBOROUGH, KEAN, DAVIS, KEYES,
JOHNSON.

On Patents (4-3)

Messrs. NORRIS, GOLDSBOROUGH, HEBERT.

On Pensions (6-4)

Messrs. SCHALL, FRAZIER, ROBINSON, Ind.; SHIPSTEAD.

On Post Offices and Post Roads (11-8)

Messrs. DALE, SCHALL, FRAZIER, HEBERT, CAPPER, LA FOLLETTE,
Jr., BARBOUR, DAVIS.

On Printing (4-3)

Messrs. VANDENBERG, DICKINSON; SHIPSTEAD.

On Privileges and Elections (11-6)

Messrs. HASTINGS, HEBERT, AUSTIN, GOLDSBOROUGH, WALCOTT,
DICKINSON.

On Public Buildings and Grounds (8-6)

Messrs. KEYES, FESS, DICKINSON, AUSTIN, BARBOUR; SHIPSTEAD.

On Public Lands and Surveys (9-6)

Messrs. NORBECK, DALE, NYE, CUTTING, STEIWER, CAREY.

On Rules (8-5)

Messrs. HALE, DALE, REED, STEIWER, HEBERT.

On Territories and Insular Affairs (10-7)

Messrs. JOHNSON, ROBINSON, Ind., NYE, METCALF, VANDENBERG,
CUTTING, MCNARY.
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[March 13, 1933]

MARCH 13, 1933
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 13, 1933

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman at 10:30 a.m., in the
Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building, pursuant to call.
The roll was not called but the Secretary noted the presence of the
following Senators:

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Capper, Dale, Dickinson, Fess, Goldsborough,
Hale, Hastings, Hebert, Kean, Keyes, McNary, Metcalf, Norbeck,
Patterson, Reed, Steiwer, Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott, and White.

Senate bill 233, To maintain the credit of the United States Government
(so-called economy bill) was informally discussed, after which,
The Conference adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.

Copy of S. 233 is hereto appended.
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Calendar No. 1
Senate

73d Congress
Report
1st Session
No. 1
MAINTENANCE OF CREDIT OF THE UNITED STATES
March 9 (calendar day, March 11), 1933.--Ordered to be printed

Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following
REPORT
(To accompany S. 233)

The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. 233) to
maintain the credit of the United States Government, having considered
the same, report favorably thereon with a recommendation that the bill
do pass with amendments.
Title I

Section 1 of Title I of the bill authorizes the payment of pensions
subject to such requirements and limitations as the President by
regulation may prescribe and within the limitations of appropriations
made by the Congress to the following classes of persons:
(1) Any person who served in the active military or naval service and
who is disabled as a result of disease or injury or aggravation of a
preexisting disease or injury incurred in line of duty in such service.
(2) Any person who served in the active military or naval service during
the Spanish-American War including the Boxer rebellion and the
Philippine insurrection or the World War and who is permanently disabled
as a result of wound or disease.
(3) The widow, child or children, dependent mother or father, of any
person who dies as a result of disease or injury incurred or aggravated
in line of duty in the active military or naval service.
(4) The widow and/or child of any deceased person who served in the
active military or naval service during the Spanish-American War
including the Boxer rebellion and the Philippine insurrection.
For the purposes of pensions for nonservice-connected disabilities only
those veterans of the World War who served prior to November 11, 1918,
are included.
This section prescribes the class of persons serving for the specified
periods who may be paid a pension, but does not create any rights to
pensions except in accordance with the regulations to be issued by the
President.
Section 2. of Title I of the bill prescribes the minimum and maximum
monthly rate of pension which may be paid. The minimum for disability is
$6 per month and the maximum for disability is $275 a month. The minimum
disability payable as a result of death is $12 per month and the maximum
is $75 per month. The minimum and maximum rates specified are those now
in effect. Within the limits of these minimum and maximum rates the
President is authorized by regulation to prescribe the rates payable to
the different classes of veterans specified and the dependents of such
veterans.
Section 3 of Title I of the bill authorizes the President to prescribe
the minimum degree of disability and such higher degrees of disability,
if any, as in his judgment should be recognized, and authorizes him to
prescribe the rate of pension payable for each such degree of
disability. It further authorizes the President in fixing rates of
pensions for disabilities or deaths to make such differentiation as he
deems just and equitable in the rates to be paid to veterans of
different wars and/or their dependents and in the rates to be paid to
veterans of the same wars but who rendered different types of service.
Further, the President is authorized to differentiate between the rates
payable for disabilities and deaths resulting from (1) service-connected
injuries or diseases incurred in war-time service; (2) those resulting
from service-connected diseases or injuries incurred in peace-time
service; (3) those resulting from nonservice-connected diseases or
injuries. The principles applicable in the differentiation of rates to
be paid to the different classes of veterans as well as any other
differentiations which the President may deem just and equitable also
may be applied to the widows of the different classes of veterans.
Section 4 of Title I of the bill authorizes the President by regulation
to prescribe the date of the beginning and of the termination of the
period of each war subsequent to the Civil War which may, for the
purpose of this act, be deemed war-time service. Under this provision
the President may differentiate between actual war-time service and
actual peace-time service during technical periods of warfare. This
section further authorizes the President by regulation to specify the
required number of days of war or peace-time service before a veteran
shall be entitled to pension, prescribe the time limit for filing of
claims for each class of veterans and their dependents, the nature and
extent of proofs and presumptions for each class and any other
requirements as to entitlement to pension as he shall deem equitable and
just. Under this provision the President may prescribe that persons with
certain incomes shall not be entitled to pensions or that certain types
of discharges from the service under honorable conditions may be
required, or any other requirement or condition which he deems equitable
and just. The President is further authorized to prescribe such
conditions or requirements for the veterans of different wars and their
dependents and for veterans of the same wars or the same peace-time
service, where in his judgment conditions warrant such differentiation.
Section 5 of Title I of the bill makes the decisions of the
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs under the regulations to be issued by
the President final and conclusive on all questions of law and fact and
not reviewable by any other official of the United States or the courts.
Section 6 of Title I of the bill authorizes under such limitations as
may be prescribed by the President and within the limitations of
existing Veterans' Administration facilities to furnish to veterans of
any war, including the Boxer rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection,
domiciliary care where they are suffering with permanent disabilities
and medical and hospital treatment for diseases or injuries incurred or
aggravated in line of duty in the active military or naval service. This
section does not authorize as does the existing law the hospitalization
of veterans suffering with nonservice-connected disabilities nor
domiciliary care to those suffering with temporary conditions. Further,
the President may further limit the authorization for hospital treatment
or domiciliary care.
Section 7 of Title I of the bill authorizes the administrator, subject
to the general direction of the President and in accordance with
regulations to be issued by the President, to administer, execute, and
enforce the provisions of this title, and for such purpose confers on
him the same administrative authority and powers as are now provided
generally in connection with pensions and specifically under the
administrative provisions of the World War veterans' act, 1924, as
amended. This section of the bill authorizes no benefits, and merely
pertains to administration of the measure.
Section 8 of Title I of the bill authorizes the administrator in
carrying out the provisions of this title, to delegate authority to
render decisions to such person or persons as he may find necessary, and
within limitations of such delegations gives to the decisions of such
person or persons the same force and effect as though the decisions were
rendered by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. This same provision
is now contained in the law with reference to the administration of
claims by veterans, and is obviously necessary when it is considered
that there are over 1,000,000 allowed claims now being paid, which it
will be necessary to review under the provisions of this title of the
bill. This section, however, requires the President to personally
approve all regulations issued under Title I of the act.
Section 9 of Title I of the bill requires the filing of claims under
such regulations, including the provisions for hearing, determination,
and administrative review, as the President may approve, and limits the
commencing of payments to the date of application. It further
specifically provides that when a claim shall have been finally
disallowed under the regulations to be issued, thereafter such claim may
not be reopened or allowed. Attention is invited to the fact that under
the provisions of this section there will be hearings allowed veterans
and a determination of their claim with at least one administrative
review before final disallowance. It is further provided in the bill as
reported that no person entitled to benefits under the bill shall
participate in the determination of claims for such benefits.
Section 10 of Title I of the bill amends the emergency officers
retirement act of May 24, 1928, so that no former officer now on the
rolls may continue to draw retirement pay unless the disability for
which he was retired under such act resulted from disease or injury or
aggravation of a preexisting disease or injury which was incurred in
line of duty between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, and that the
disease or injury or aggravation of the disease or injury directly
resulted from the performance of military or naval duty. It is further
required that such former officer must also meet the requirements of
such regulations as may be issued under the provisions of this act.
Under the provisions of this section, it will be necessary for an
emergency officer, in order to continue to receive retirement pay, to
show a causative factor arising out of the performance of duty and in
the line of duty, which resulted in the 30 per cent permanent disability
for which he has been heretofore retired.
Section 11 of Title I of the bill provides that all offenses committed
and all penalties or forfeiture incurred, under the acts which grant
veterans of the Spanish-American War and the World War compensation,
pensions, etc., and which are repealed by section 17 of this title, may
be prosecuted and punished in the same manner and with the same effect
as if said repeal had not been made. It further provides that any person
who forfeited right to benefits under any such acts shall not be
entitled to any benefits under this title.
Sections 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 of Title I of the bill reenact and make
applicable to claims and claimants under Title I of this act the penal
provisions now contained in existing laws which pertain to claims and
claimants for pensions and compensation.
Section 17 of Title I of the bill repeals all laws granting medical or
hospital treatment, domiciliary care, compensation, pension, disability
allowance, or retirement pay to veterans and the dependents of veterans
of the Spanish-American War, including the Boxer rebellion and the
Philippine insurrection and the World War, also the laws granting
pensions to former members of the military or naval service for injury
or disease incurred or aggravated in the line of duty in the military or
naval service, except in so far as such laws relate to persons who
served prior to the Spanish-American War and except as to the retirement
of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army, Navy, or Marine Corps.
This section further repeals all laws granting or pertaining to yearly
renewable term insurance, including the right to institute suit or
further proceed with suits under section 19, of the World War veterans'
act, 1924, as amended.
Payments of compensation, pensions, disability allowance, or retirement
pay in accordance with the laws repealed are directed to be continued to
the 1st day of the third calendar month following the month during which
this act is enacted. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, under the
general direction of the President, is required to review all allowed
claims under the repealed laws and where any person is found entitled
under this act, to authorize payment of allowance of benefits in
accordance with the provisions of this act. It is also provided that no
new claim shall be required in so far as persons now drawing benefits
are concerned, whose claims may be reviewed and who may be found
entitled to benefits under this act.
It is further provided that payments under contracts of yearly renewable
term insurance, which matured prior to the date of the enactment of this
act and under which payments have been commenced, shall continue in
accordance with the terms of such contracts. No new awards can be made
or new payments commenced on yearly renewable term insurance under the
terms of this section. Further adjudications of claims will not be
permitted and all pending claims and suits are required to be dismissed.
Under the provisions of this section, payment of benefits under the laws
existing at the date of repeal are to continue to the first day of the
third calendar month following date of enactment and new benefits, if
any, under Title I of this act will commence with the first of the next
or fourth calendar month following the enactment of Title I of this act.
In connection with the review required to be made by the Veterans'
Administration, it is not intended that there shall be a review of each
claim file where obviously such claims are not allowable under this act
and regulations issued pursuant thereto. For example, if the President
should, by regulation, deny to a certain class of veterans pensions
where they are entitled under existing law and it is known that a
certain number of veterans fall within the class not provided for, it
will not be necessary to review the claims files in such cases. However,
there is no question but that if a man is now drawing disability
allowance and, upon review of his claim, he is found to be entitled to
service connection for his disability and eligible under the provisions
of this act and the regulations issued pursuant thereto, he shall be
paid the benefits prescribed by this act and the regulations.
Section 18 of Title I of the bill authorizes a 10 per cent reduction in
pensions and any other monetary gratuity payable to former members of
the military or naval forces in wars prior to the Spanish-American War
for service, age, disease, or injury. It is specifically provided,
however, that this reduction does not apply to retired pay of officers
and enlisted men of the Regular Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, as these
persons are affected by other provisions of this bill, later explained.
Section 19 of Title I of the bill as reported provides that regulations
of the President which are in effect at the expiration of two years
after the date of enactment of this act shall continue in effect until
Congress, by law, shall otherwise provide.
Title II

This title provides a method by which readjustment of the compensation
of officers and employees of the United States is made possible during
the closing months of the fiscal year 1933 and for the fiscal year 1934.
It is an emergency and temporary measure. The maximum reduction in
salaries from the predepression level is 15 per cent, and such
reductions as may be made are to be computed in accordance with the
decline in the cost of living. The furlough provisions of the economy
act of 1932 are repealed.
Section 1 deals with the persons subject to the provision of the title.
It excludes persons whose compensation may not, under the Constitution,
be diminished. However, by section 7, these persons may voluntarily
subject themselves to the law. It also excludes the Vice President, the
Speaker, Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and Resident
Commissioners, as well as all employees of the Senate and House of
Representatives. Other sections of the bill as reported, however, make
employees of the Senate and House of Representatives subject to the same
reduction as other employees of the Government, and provide for the
temporary reduction of salaries of Senators, Representatives, Delegates,
and Resident Commissioners, to $8,500 per annum. The effect of the
section is that all persons not excepted by section 1, who are receiving
compensation from any branch of the Government, are subjected to the
provisions of the title. Compensation is broadly defined to include any
salary, pay, wage, or allowance, except traveling allowances, paid for
service in any civilian or noncivilian position.
Section 2 provides the method for computing the reduction in
compensation which may be made. First, the compensation is computed as
it would have been computed prior to any salary deductions, including
those of the furlough plan. The deduction determined in accordance with
the following section (sec.3) is then applied to the salary so computed.
Section 3 authorizes the President to determine an index figure of the
cost of living for the first six months of 1928, which is called the
base period. This period is taken because it does not represent the
highest point attained by the cost of living and does represent the
period during which the pay readjustments contained in the Welch Act
were made.
It is thought that by maintaining the purchasing power of the salaries
paid during that period, the reductions will be no more harsh or
inconvenient than the necessity of the situation makes inevitable. After
determining the index figure for the base period, the President is then
directed to compute an index of the cost of living during the last six
months of 1932, and for each six months thereafter. The percentage, if
any, by which the cost of living index for any of these six months
periods is lower than the index for the base period is the percentage of
reduction which is made applicable in determining compensation to be
paid during the following six months period. However, no reduction can
be made in amount exceeding 15 per cent.
By this method it is made certain that no reduction will be made in
excess of 15 per cent, and no reduction of any sort will be made unless
the President determines that the cost of living has declined since the
base period. This protects the government employee against reductions in
pay unaccompanied by any decline in his necessary expenses of living.
The method employed is generally that which has been and is followed in
Great Britain. While the system is by no means perfect, it goes far to
mitigate the hardships of a rigid salary reduction.
Section 4 repeals those provisions of Part II, legislative appropriation
act, fiscal year 1933 (generally referred to as the economy act of
1932), which put into effect the furlough plan, and also repeals those
provisions of the Treasury and Post Office appropriation act, approved
March 3, 1933, which continued the furlough plan in effect for the
fiscal year 1934. There is thus no possibility of a double reduction in
salary; the present act is in lieu of the furlough plan. This section
also repeals the provisions suspending annual leave with pay. Section 4
(e) amends existing law so as to effect a 15 per cent reduction in the
pay of Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and the Resident
Commissioners in lieu of the 10 per cent reduction under the existing
economy act.
Section 5 continues in effect certain provisions of section 205 of Part
II of the economy act dealing with the maintenance of the retirement
fund for Federal employees. Section 6 makes the act applicable to
corporations, the majority stock of which is owned by the United States.
Section 7 has already been mentioned. Sections 8 and 9 merely reenact
provisions of the economy act whch are applicable to this title.
Title III

This title makes two amendments in those provisions of the Treasury and
Post Office appropriation act, approved March 3, 1933, which confer
power upon the President to order reorganizations in the executive
branch of the Government. Section 407 is amended so that the 60-day
period during which an executive order must remain inoperative after it
has been submitted to Congress will not be tolled by an adjournment of
Congress. It is still necessary that an order be submitted to Congress
while it is in session and it can not go into effect for 60 days
thereafter. However, it is highly desirable that reorganizations
effecting economy in Government expenditures should go into effect for
as much as possible of the fiscal year 1934.
These orders can not and should not be prepared hurriedly, and there is
a possibility under existing law that an adjournment of Congress might
prevent orders made within the next two months from going into effect
until 60 days after the 3d day of January, 1934. The law, as amended,
does not abridge the power of the Congress by legislation to abrogate an
order of the President, since the date of adjournment is entirely within
its control.
The amendments to section 409 are purely perfecting amendments to remove
any ambiguities in the language of that section. It still strictly
limits to a period of two years the time within which the President may
issue his orders.
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Calendar No. 1

73d Congress
1st Session
S. 233

(Report No. 1)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 9 (calendar day, March 10), 1933

Mr. Robinson of Arkansas introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
March 9 (calendar day, March 11), 1933
Reported by Mr. Harrison, with amendments
A BILL
To maintain the credit of the United States Government.

[The 21-page text of the bill as reported appears on page 266 of Vol.
1 of the original minutes.]
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73d Congress
1st Session
H.R. 2820
In the Senate of the United States
March 13, 1933

Read twice and ordered to be printed showing the amendments reported by
the Committee on Finance to S. 233.
AN ACT
To maintain the credit of the United States Government.

[The full 21-page text of the bill appears on page 267 of Vol. 1 of
the original minutes.]

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[April 5, 1933]

APRIL 5, 1933
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
April 5, 1933

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
10:30 a.m., in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to call.
The roll was not called but the Secretary noted the presence of the
following Senators:

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Carey, Dickinson, Fess, Goldsborough, Hale,
Hastings, Kean, McNary, Metcalf, Norbeck, Patterson, Reed, Steiwer,
Townsend, Vandenberg, and Walcott.

Following an informal discussion of S. 158 (by Mr. Black) to prevent
interstate commerce in certain commodities and articles produced or
manufactured in industrial activities in which persons are employed more
than five days per week or six hours per day.

The Conference adjourned to meet at 10:30 a.m. on the following day to
discuss H.R. 3835, an act to relieve the existing national economic
emergency by increasing agricultural purchasing power, should said bill
be reported to the Senate during the day.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
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Calendar No. 15
SENATE

73d Congress
Report
1st Session
No. 15
PREVENTING INTERSTATE COMMERCE IN ARTICLES MANUFACTURED
BY LABOR EMPLOYED MORE THAN 5 DAYS PER WEEK OR
6 HOURS PER DAY
March 13 (calendar day, March 30), 1933.--Ordered to be printed
Mr. Black, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following
REPORT
(To accompany S. 158)

Senate bill 158, is herewith reported favorably by the Senate Judiciary
Committee, with certain amendments, which will be hereafter set out.
This is a bill intended to revive languishing interstate commerce in the
products of mines, factories, and manufacturing establishments
throughout the Nation. Today interstate commerce is strangled and almost
paralyzed by reason of an absence of purchasing power on the part of
many millions of people throughout the land. The overwhelming proportion
of the customers of American farm, mine, and factory, are American
workers on farms, in mines, and in factories. Their millions of
industrial workers without jobs cannot buy goods that make up our
interstate commerce. Millions of farmers are thus deprived of their
industrial customers. The channels of interstate commerce are dried up
throughout the country, because men without jobs cannot buy. It is
manifest to all who squarely face the facts that our economic structure
cannot be rehabilitated until our people can work at fair wages and thus
buy the things they need. It is also self-evident that we can produce
all we can sell at home and in foreign markets on a shorter workweek and
workday than we have in force today.
This report carries with it the belief that our unemployed cannot be put
to work without reducing the hours of labor; that this reduction has not
been, and cannot be accomplished by voluntary action on the part of
employers; that it has not been done by State laws and cannot be done
with sufficient rapidity to meet the distressing emergency existing
among our millions of destitute, unemployed, and impoverished citizens.
Time is vital in meeting this situation. The destruction of our
interstate and foreign commerce threatens the health, the morale, the
happiness, the growth, progress, educational opportunities, and home
life of our whole people. This paralysis of commerce, fostered and
intensified by the absence of purchasing power of America's unemployed,
has closed our schools, stunted the growth of children, and imperiled
our national advancement.
This committee believes interstate commerce cannot be revived without
increasing the purchasing power of the people. This makes necessary that
the income of farmers and industrial workers be increased. It makes
employment of the unemployed a major objective of any program to reopen
the channels of interstate commerce upon which today hinges the economic
soundness of the Nation.
Congress is given the right to regulate interstate commerce by the
Constitution. This power was given in order that Congress might
prescribe the rules necessary to preserve the benefits of commerce to
all the people. Surely since the foundation of the Government, the right
of the people to receive the benefits of interstate commerce has never
been more seriously imperiled than today. The right to regulate, under
all the decisions, includes the right to protect the people from that
kind of commerce that produces widespread human misery, destitution,
sickness, and want. The power to regulate carries with it the right to
prescribe rules that will save commerce from self-destruction and
protect all the people from practices of some of the people engaged in
interstate commerce that destroy commerce itself.
This measure, unlike the child labor bill, does not merely affect a
small percentage of American workmen, in order to prevent working
practices within their State, thought by Congress to be detrimental to
those individual children working within the States. This bill has a
broader base and a broader object. It is directed toward interstate
commerce in its larger aspect. It affects not a small number of
children, but millions of those engaged in interstate commerce.
Interstate and foreign commerce have today reached such national
proportions that the national economic soundness and prosperity depends
upon its life and vitality. In our trading country if interstate and
foreign commerce languish, the Nation languishes, and there must
necessarily result national problems of want, destitution, misery,
illness, and undernourishment.
This bill therefore, it is believed comes within the constitutional
interpretation both of the majority and the minority of the Supreme
Court in the child labor case.
Attention is called to the fact, however, that the child labor case was
decided by a divided court of 5 to 4. Conditions today are different to
conditions that existed when that case was decided. Laws must be
interpreted to meet conditions existing when the law is interpreted.
Our Constitution has been interpreted from time to time to meet new
situations and conditions that could not have been foreseen by the
writers of that great document. Its interpretation has made it possible
to adjust laws written under its terms to fit alike the oxcart and the
aeroplane; the hand loom and the swift spinning of modern factories.
Today America faces a sad reality. Hungry and despairing men and women
have a right to demand that their representatives look at the modern
situation with modern eyes. If change is needed to cure evils growing
out of old practices, change must come.
This bill proposes to try a shorter working day and week in modern
industrial chaos and confusion for a term of two years. We believe it
will put more than 6 millions of America's unemployed to work; remove
them from the rolls of public or private charity; and increase the
Nation's power to purchase the Nation's goods. Interstate commerce
cannot live unless this unemployment ceases. It is for the purpose of
preserving interstate commerce, with its great national benefits that
this bill is reported. It is to aid in restoring hope and confidence
throughout the land; to strike against poverty, sickness, misery and
stunted mental and physical growth, that your committee expresses the
hope that this measure may be speedily enacted into law and interstate
commerce revived for the people.
For the convenience of the committee the bill with committee amendments
italicized is here set forth.
In the fourth paragraph of the preamble after the word ``has,'' strike
out down to and including the word ``burdened,'' and insert, ``brought
about conditions injuriously affecting.''
In the fifth paragraph of the preamble strike out the word ``between,''
and insert the word ``among''; also after the word ``the'' strike out
the word ``State'' and insert the words ``several States.''
In line 9, page 2, strike out the colon after the word ``day'' and
insert a period. Strike out the proviso in lines 9-11.
At end of the bill add a new section:
Sec. 3. This act shall not become effective until 30 days after the date
of its enactment, and it shall not apply to commodities or articles
produced or manufactured prior to the date it becomes effective, and
this act shall remain in force for two years after the date it becomes
effective.
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Calendar No. 15

73d Congress
1st Session
S. 158
(Report No. 14)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 9 (calendar day, March 10), 1933

Mr. Black introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
March 13 (calendar day, March 30), 1933
Reported by Mr. Black, with amendments
A BILL

To prevent interstate commerce in certain commodities and articles
produced or manufactured in industrial activities in which persons are
employed more than five days per week or six hours per day.
[The full 3-page text of S-158 appears on page 270 of Vol. 1 of the
original minutes.]
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[April 6, 1933]

APRIL 6, 1933
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
April 6, 1933

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Carey, Dickinson, Fess, Frazier,
Goldsborough, Hale, Hastings, Hebert, Kean, Keyes, McNary, Metcalf,
Nye, Patterson, Schall, Steiwer, Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott, and
White.

Calendar No. 17, H.R. 3835 to relieve the existing national economic
emergency by increasing agricultural purchasing power, was informally
discussed, after which the Conference adjourned to meet at 10:30 a.m.
the next day to further discuss the said bill, and also the Carey
substitute for the same.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary
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Calendar No. 17
SENATE

73d Congress
Report
1st Session
No. 16
RELIEVE THE EXISTING NATIONAL ECONOMIC EMERGENCY
BY INCREASING AGRICULTURAL PURCHASING POWER
March 13 (calendar day, April 5), 1933.--Ordered to be printed
Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, submitted the
following
REPORT
(To accompany H.R. 3835)

The bill as reported is practically the same as the bill that came from
the House, with, perhaps, the important amendment eliminating sheep and
cattle from the enumerated farm commodities that are so enumerated in
the House text.
This bill, with the exception of part 1, title 1, was drafted by the
Department of Agriculture and is practically unchanged from the bill as
presented to Congress. Considerable hearings were had by the Senate
committee, but on account of the desire of the administration that no
change be made the bill is presented to the Senate in practically an
unchanged form except that there is added to it title 3 which gives an
alternative to what is known as title 2. Both title 2 and title 3
attempt to lay down a principle by which the price of farm products may
be raised.
Title 4 is the farm-mortgage plan which has been attached to this bill,
as it pertains to farm relief. I think it well to set forth here the
message of the President that accompanied the presentation of the bill
to Congress:

At the same time that you and I are joining in emergency
action to bring order to our banks, and to make our regular
Federal expenditures balance our income, I deem it of equal
importance to take other and simultaneous steps without
waiting for a later meeting of the Congress.
One of these is of definite, constructive importance to our
economic recovery.
It relates to agriculture and seeks to increase the
purchasing power of our farmers and the consumption of
articles manufactured in our industrial communities; and at
the same time greatly to relieve the pressure of farm
mortgages and to increase the asset value of farm loans made
by our banking institutions.
Deep study and the joint counsel of many points of view have
produced a measure which offers great promise of good
results. I tell you frankly that it is a new and untrod
path, but I tell you with equal frankness that an
unprecedented condition calls for the trial of new means to
rescue agriculture.
If a fair administrative trial of it is made and it does not
produce the hoped-for results I shall be the first to
acknowledge it and advise you.
The proposed legislation is necessary now for the simple
reason that the spring crops will soon be planted and if we
wait for another month or 6 weeks, the effect on the prices
of this year's crops will be wholly lost.
Furthermore, by action at this time the United States will
be in a better position to discuss problems affecting world
crop surpluses at the proposed world economic conference.

Part 1, title 1 of the bill is that which was passed at the last session
of Congress and was not signed by President Hoover. This part provides
that cotton financed wholly or in part by the Government and now under
control of the Federal Government shall be sold to the Secretary of
Agriculture who is directed to sell on time this cotton to cotton
farmers at the present market price in lieu of their producing a like
amount in 1933. This cotton thus sold to the farmers and held by the
Secretary of Agriculture in trust for them is to be disposed of by March
1, 1935. After deduc[t]ing costs to the Government, the profits, if any,
are to be given to the farmer who has contracted to receive this cotton
and reduce production. The purpose of the plan is to reduce the surplus
and at the same time and under the same contract to reduce production,
the inducement to the farmer being that he gets, below the cost of
production, what cotton he takes from the Government, and by reducing
his production to a like extent he stands a chance of getting an
advanced price on what he does produce and what he takes from the
Government.
Part 2 is complex. This title, as said before, was prepared by the
Department of Agriculture and was introduced as prepared for
consideration of the House of Representatives and the Senate. There are
two principles involved in part 2, namely, the leasing of land by the
Government to reduce production, and the other the so-called allotment
plan to increase prices by taxing the processer of the raw material.
The first principle, the leasing of the lands, is a proposal that the
Government is to pay the owner for the land thus leased. It is not
clearly defined in the bill what shall be the character of the land thus
leased but it is to be assumed that the Secretary of Agriculture in
leasing these lands shall lease such land of such a productive nature as
would by removal from production decrease properly the production of the
commodities sought to be reduced. In order to obtain funds to pay the
farmer for lands thus leased, it is proposed under the leasing provision
of this part to levy and collect what is known as a processing tax from
the processer of farm products which tax shall be regulated by the
Secretary of Agriculture to such amounts as shall be necessary to pay
for lands thus leased.
The owner of the land is to be allowed to plant on these leased lands
such crops as do not enter into market competition with other staple
agricultural crops. The owner, however, can plant such crops if they are
for his individual or farm use. The amount of the land estimated to be
under cultivation in America is 350,000,000 acres. It has been suggested
that the amount necessary to be leased or taken out of cultivation in
order to bring about the proper reduction in production would be 50 or
60 million acres. Therefore, the aggregate amount of taxes to be levied
and collected from the processer would be an amount sufficient to pay
rent on this amount of land. Just what amount would be the rental per
acre is not specified in the bill.
The second principle is what is known as the allotment plan. This plan
provides that there should be a tax levied and collected on the
processor sufficient to bring the price of the farm products
domestically consumed up to a parity that existed between farm prices
and the price of the commodities that the farmer has to buy, between
1909 and 1914. This tax levied and collected from the processer shall be
added to the price that the farmer is now receiving for his products,
thus giving him for that part of his products domestically consumed a
price representing the parity that existed between what he sold and what
he bought between 1909 and 1914. To illustrate, if cotton during the
period selected for parity would bring him 12-1/2 cents per pound, a tax
would be levied upon the processor which, when levied and collected and
added to the present current price of cotton, would bring the price on
cotton domestically consumed up to 12-1/2 cents per pound, the
exportable surplus, of course, to be disposed of at the world's price
for cotton. The present price of cotton is around 6 cents per pound,
therefore, the ultimate tax upon the processor would be around 6 cents
per pound, or $30 per bale for cotton that is domestically consumed.
In the case of wheat the same principle is applied and also to all the
commodities enumerated and contained in this bill. This is the purpose
of this proposed legislation as it pertains to the allotment plan. This
plan, however, provides that in levying and collecting this tax to
attain the parity price, due regard shall be given to the consumption of
the product. The Secretary of Agriculture is given the power to alter
such tax from time to time as he may deem proper to meet the effect that
the tax may have upon the consumption of the commodity. He is to take
into consideration the effect that such a tax upon the given commodity
may have in increasing the consumption of competing commodities as well.
To effectuate the principles of the allotment plan the Secretary of
Agriculture is empowered to enter into market agreements with processors
and associations of producers and other agencies engaged in the handling
in the current of interstate and foreign commerce of any agricultural
commodity or product thereof after due notice and opportunity for
hearing to interested parties. He is also authorized at his discretion:

(3) To issue licenses permitting processors, associations of
producers, and other agencies to engage in the handling, in
the current of interstate or foreign commerce, of any basic
agricultural commodity, or product thereof, or any competing
agricultural commodity or product thereof. Such licenses
shall be subject to such terms and conditions, not in
conflict with existing acts of Congress or regulations
pursuant thereto, as may be necessary to eliminate unfair
practices or charges that prevent or tend to prevent the
effectuation of the declared policy and the restoration of
normal economic conditions in the marketing of such
commodities or products and the financing thereof. The
Secretary of Agriculture may suspend or revoke any such
license, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, for
violations of the terms or conditions thereof. Any agency
engaged in such handling without a license as required by
the Secretary under this section shall be subject to a fine
of not more than $1,000 for each day during which the
violation continues.
(4) To require any licensee under this section to furnish
such reports as to quantities of agricultural commodities or
products thereof bought and sold and the prices thereof, and
as to trade practices and charges, and to keep such systems
of accounts, as may be necessary for the purpose of this
act.
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, with the
approval of the President, to make such regulations with the
force and effect of law as may be necessary to carry out the
powers vested in him by this act.
Still further quoting:
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the powers
vested in him by this act, including regulations, with the
force and effect of law establishing conversion, factors for
any commodity and article processed therefrom to determine
the amount of tax imposed with respect thereto, and defining
processing with respect to any commodity.
The action of any officer, employee, or agent in determining
the amount of and in making any rental or benefit payment
shall not be subject to review by an officer of the
Government other than the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Treasury.

The bill provides that the Secretary of Agriculture may appoint such
officers and employees subject to the provisions of the Classification
Act of 1923 and acts amendatory thereof and such experts as are
necessary to execute the functions vested in him by this act, and that
the Secretary may make such appointments without regard to the civil
service law or regulations.
Thus will be seen the broad and drastic powers given to the Secretary of
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Treasury to administer this act.
The allotment plan also provides that in order to protect the farmer and
the processor there shall be placed in addition to the tariffs then
existing on that product an increase in such tariff equal to the tax
imposed upon the processor. To illustrate, if the tariff on wheat is 42
cents per bushel and the tax imposed on the processor in order to raise
the price of wheat to the parity is 48 cents per bushel, then the tariff
on imported wheat becomes 90 cents per bushel. Where there is no tariff
on an article the tariff shall be raised equal to such tax. To
illustrate, there is no tariff on upland cotton, and if the tax should
be 4 or 5 cents per pound, then the tariff on such cotton imported would
be 4 or 5 cents per pound or $20 to $25 per bale.
In relation to the allotment provision as to cotton, it might be well to
indicate what would be the result of the application of this principle
at the present time on the average prices of cotton. About 50 percent of
the cotton produced in America is consumed domestically and 50 percent
exported. The price then for that domestically consumed would be about
$60 per bale and $30 per bale for that exported, which would be an
average of $45 per bale or 9 cents per pound to the farmer.
Part 3 is a proposition to obtain the cost of production and has no
reference to any parity, but empowers the Secretary of Agriculture at
his discretion to estimate as nearly as practicable the cost of
production and to fix this price on the commodities herein enumerated
for the percentage of that commodity which is used in domestic
consumption and also to protect this price, thus fixed on the part of
the commodity domestically consumed as against competing articles as is
provided for under the provisions of part 2.
Title 2, part 1, is known as Agricultural Credits, and is an amendment
to the Farm Loan Act. An analysis is hereto attached explanatory of
this, which analysis was prepared and given to the committee by the
department that drafted this provision.
(The analysis referred to is as follows:)
(Analysis of S. 1110)
Title I

1. For 2 years authorize Federal land banks to issue bonds
at interest rate not to exceed 4 percent, the interest of
which is guaranteed by the United States. Maximum amount to
be $2,000,000,000. Proceeds to be used to make new mortgages
or refinance existing mortgages (sec. 1).
2. In order to reduce and refinance existing farm mortgages,
Federal land banks are authorized to exchange bonds for or
to buy outstanding farm mortgages on best terms possible,
passing savings in principal and interest on to farmer
borrowers (sec. 2).
3. Maximum interest rate to borrowers on old and new Federal
land-bank mortgages not to exceed 4-1/2 percent for 5-year
period. Appropriation of $15,000,000 to be used to
compensate the Federal land banks for loss in interest
during first year (sec. 4).
4. Neither old nor new borrowers from Federal land banks
required to pay installments on principal of mortgages for
5-year period (sec. 4).
5. For 5 years authorize Federal land banks to grant
necessary extensions of payments to deserving old and new
borrowers. Such extensions to be financed by loans from the
United States. An appropriation of $50,000,000 authorized
for this purpose for ensuing fiscal year (sec. 3).
6. Raise maximum limit of Federal land bank mortgage loans
from $25,000 to $50,000 on approval of Farm Loan
Commissioner (sec. 5).
7. Authorize Federal land banks to make direct loans to
farmer-borrowers where no local farm loan associations are
available on conditions that farmer agrees to join such
association when there are enough borrowers in the community
to establish one. Interest rate on direct loans to be one
half percent higher than on loans through local associations
but rate to be reduced when borrower joins local (sec. 6).
8. Authorizes receivers for joint-stock land banks to borrow
from Reconstruction Finance Corporation on security of
receivers' certificates in order to pay taxes on real estate
(sec. 7).
Title II

1. Prohibits joint-stock land banks from issuing tax exempt
bonds or making new farm loans except in connection with
refinancing of existing loans (sec. 201).
2. Authorizes Reconstruction Finance Corporation to loan up
to $100,000,000 to joint-stock land banks at 4 percent on
security of first mortgages, provided

(a) Joint-stock land bank reduces interest rate on mortgages to 5
percent per annum.
(b) Agrees not to foreclose on mortgage for 2-year period except in
unavoidable circumstances.

These provisions will make it possible for joint-stock land
banks to liquidate their affairs in an orderly manner giving
consideration to farmer-borrowers and to security-holders
(sec. 202).
Title III

Allocates $200,000,000 of Reconstruction Finance Corporation
funds for loans through the Farm Loan Commissioner for the
following purposes:
1. To enable farmer to redeem and/or repurchase farm
property lost through foreclosures.
2. To reduce and refinance junior obligations.
3. To provide working capital.
These loans to be under supervision of Farm Loan
Commissioner using machinery of the Federal land banks.
Loans to be made direct to farmers. No loan in excess of
$5,000. Total of first and second mortgage, if any, not to
exceed 75 percent of normal value of farm and farm property.
Repayment in 10 equal annual installments plus interest at 5
percent, but no payment on principal required for first 3
years.
Principal purpose of these loans to enable farmers to buy
back foreclosed farms and to make small, reasonably safe,
second mortgages to refinance junior liens and unsecured
debts on a scale-down sufficiently drastic to permit good
farmers to pay out. (sec. 301).
Title IV

Authorizes Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make loans
not to exceed $50,000,000 to drainage, levee, irrigation,
and similar districts to reduce and refinance indebtedness.
Loans for period not to exceed 40 years to be secured by
bonds issued by borrower which are lien on real property or
on the assessment of benefits. Such loans to be made only on
condition that the borrower shall reduce the indebtedness of
the users of such project in amounts corresponding to
reduction of its debt. No loan to be made until after
appraisal has been made of the property, taking into
consideration average market price of bonds over 6-month
period ending March 1, 1933, and the economic soundness of
the project (sec. 401).

The committee also directed that there be placed in this report a
statement as to the necessity of an expansion of the currency and the
absolute necessity for an increase in commodity prices. The statement as
prepared and adopted by the committee is attached hereto, as follows:
Deflation Must be Checked

The policy of deflation of commodity prices and farm values
inaugurated in 1920 still persists. The first groups to feel
the effects of this policy were farmers and stockmen.
Thereafter in turn merchants, factories, wage earners, and
now railroads; life insurance companies and banks are
tottering, and unless the foundation of prosperity--
agriculture--is repaired all must fall.
In reporting this bill favorably we feel that we should
advise the Senate that, in our opinion, the bill will not
alone afford the relief which the farmer must have to enable
him to survive economically.
If we concede that the bill reported will bring about all
the benefits claimed--agricultural price parity with other
commodities--yet we are forced to the conclusion that such
limited relief will not enable the farmers to meet their
fixed charges such as taxes, interest, debts, and necessary
expenses.
Experts, students of the trend of developments and
influences, are practically agreed that the deflation
process is resumed after the recent bank holiday.
Prior to the bank holiday some 12,000 banks failed,
resulting in the destruction of some 20 billions of bank
credit or deposit money. With the ending of the holiday,
additional thousands of banks failed to open, resulting in
the temporary if not permanent destruction of additional
billions of what we call and use for money.
Such holiday resulted in the further withdrawal from
circulation of all gold and gold certificates.
During the past three weeks, the Federal Reserve System has
disposed of bills and United States Government securities in
the total sum of over $1,000,000,000; reserve bank credit
has been contracted in a sum of $956,000,000 and the money
in circulation has been deflated in the total sum of
$1,185,000,000.
We report these facts and state that no substantial relief
is possible for agriculture until the policy of deflation is
not only checked but reversed and a substantial sum of
actual money is admitted and, if need be, forced into
circulation.
We report that it is not sufficient to have an ample supply
of currency in the vaults of the Federal reserve banks, and
that it is not even sufficient to have an ample supply of
currency in the vaults of the national, State, and private
banks of the country.
With some 25 billions of bank credit--deposit money--
canceled and destroyed, and with the remainder frozen and
unobtainable; with much of the actual currency outside the
Treasury hoarded and inactive, with over 40 nations of the
world enjoying a lower production cost than the United
States by reason of their depreciated currencies, the
people, without either money or credit, are stopped,
business is at a standstill, and deflation not only
continues but is accentuated.
One Hundred Cent Dollar Demand

The Federal Reserve System, created to serve and promote the
best interests of the people, commerce and industry, while
pretending to be trying to keep sufficient money and credit
available, has failed. Some 10 other Federal agencies have
been created to assist in making Federal credit available to
those needing and demanding assistance.
We report that with our present restricted volume of bank
credit and with a like restriction of actual money in
practical circulation--owing to hoarding--we recommend that
existing policies of selling bills, United States securities
and deflating the currency and credit be reversed and that a
sufficient volume of money be placed in circulation to
replace the currency hoarded and to supplement the bank
credit or deposit money now frozen in the banks of the
country.
Dollar Must Be Stabilized

Agriculture demands an adequate supply of honest and sound
money and reports that at this time we have neither.
Agriculture does not demand a 50-cent dollar or an unsound
dollar, but does protest the retention of a 200-cent dollar.
A dollar which fluctuates in purchasing power from 50 cents
in 1920 to 200 cents in 1933 is neither a sound nor an
honest dollar. Dollars so scarce as to be obscure, thereby
forcing into existence systems of barter, trade, and scrip,
are not adequate.
Agriculture demands that the farmer should have a 100-cent
dollar; that the purchasing power of the dollar should be
fixed and established at that point to serve the best
interests of the people, trade, commerce, and industry, and
that when such value is once fixed it should be stabilized
at such value.
We report further that no just, substantial, reliable, or
permanent relief can be provided agriculture or any other
industry until the money question is considered and
adjusted.
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Calendar No. 17

73d Congress
1st Session
H.R. 3835
(Report No. 16)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13 (calendar day, March 23), 1933
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
March 13 (calendar day, April 5), 1933
Reported by Mr. Smith, with amendments

AN ACT

To relieve the existing national economic emergency by increasing
agricultural purchasing power.
[The 43-page text of H.R. 3835 as reported in the Senate appears at
page 273 of Vol. 1 of the original minutes.]
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73d Congress
1st Session
H.R. 3835
In the Senate of the United States
March 13 (calendar day, April 3), 1933
Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed

AMENDMENT
(In the nature of a substitute)

Intended to be proposed by Mr. Carey to the bill (H.R. 3835) to relieve
the existing national economic emergency by increasing agricultural
purchasing power, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and
insert in lieu thereof the following:
That it is hereby declared (a) that the depression in prices for
agricultural commodities and the disparity between the prices of
agricultural and other commodities have created conditions which affect
sales of agricultural products with a national interest which burden and
obstruct the normal flow of commerce and render the enactment of this
Act for the relief of a national economic emergency imperative.
(b) That it is the policy of Congress to encourage and to assist
agricultural readjustment and planning, and to aid in balancing
agricultural production to market demand, and thereby restoring the
parity between agricultural and other industries.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and
directed to acquire by lease or contract not to exceed fifty million
acres of land in the United States of America which were during the crop
season of 1932 planted to cotton, wheat, corn, or other cereals, or
which were fallowed during the summer and fall of 1932 for planting to
such crops in 1933.
Sec. 3. The general purpose of this Act shall be the balancing of
agricultural production to the market demands by withdrawing the lands
leased hereunder from the production of the above commodities. The time,
terms, and conditions of such leases and contracts shall be fixed by the
Secretary of Agriculture, but no lease or contract shall be for a period
longer than one year.
The Secretary of Agriculture under this Act is authorized to lease or
contract for merely the tilled land of any farm, and shall require that,
during the term of the lease of contract, no part of such farm shall be
planted to the above-mentioned crops, and that the lessor will not
engage in the production of said crops on other lands, but the owner or
lessor of such farm shall have the right to use the buildings and
improvements hereon, as well as crops produced thereon other than
cotton, wheat, corn, or other cereals.
Sufficient acreage upon which to grow garden crops for family use shall
be permitted the lessor of any lands.
Sec. 4. The Secretary of Agriculture shall, in such manner as he shall
determine, proceed immediately to solicit the offer of leases for any
such lands by the owners thereof, and shall, within thirty days after
the passage of this Act, begin to lease the same upon the lowest terms
obtainable, up to a maximum of fifty million acres.
Sec. 5. In addition to any other tax or duty imposed by law, there is
hereby levied, assessed, and imposed a tax of 2 per centum of the sale
price on the sale of every article manufactured from cotton or cereals
sold in the United States by the manufacturer thereof.
Such tax shall commence on the day following the approval of this Act,
and shall terminate on the 1st day of June, 1934.
Sec. 6 (a) The taxes provided in this Act shall be collected by the
Bureau of Internal Revenue under the direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury. Such taxes shall be paid into the Treasury of the United
States.
(b) All provisions of law, including penalties, applicable with respect
to the taxes imposed by section 600 of the Revenue Act of 1926, and the
provisions of section 626 of the Revenue Act of 1932, shall, in so far
as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be
applicable in respect of taxes imposed by this Act: Provided, That the
Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to permit postponement, for a
period not exceeding sixty days, of the payment of taxes covered by any
return.
(c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary for the purposes of this Act, and the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby authorized to advance to the Secretary of Agriculture
such sums, not exceeding $150,000,000, as may be necessary for the
payment of rentals upon lands leased under the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 7. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to make and
promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations for the carrying out
of the purposes and intent of this Act as may be deemed necessary.
Sec. 8. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to appoint,
select, and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary
to carry out the terms and provisions of this Act, and is hereby
authorized to use any and all agencies and personnel of the Government
that may be necessary in carrying out the same: Provided, That when any
other existing agency or personnel of the Government is used, they shall
be paid no additional compensation therefor.
Sec. 9. Any person who shall knowingly make any material false
representations for the purpose of securing or making a lease, or of
obtaining any benefit under this Act, or shall fail to fulfill any
promise made for the purpose of securing such lease or obtaining any
such benefit, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of
not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or
both.

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[April 7, 1933]

APRIL 7, 1933
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
April 7, 1933

Messrs. Austin, Capper, Carey, Dickinson, Hale, Hebert, Kean, McNary,
Metcalf, Patterson, Reed, Robinson (Indiana), Steiwer, Townsend,
Vandenberg, and White.

During the meeting, Senators Hale, White, Dickinson, and Robinson had to
absent themselves by reason of important engagements. The Chairman,
Senator McNary, likewise was compelled to leave to keep an engagement at
11 o'clock and designated Senator Hebert to preside.

The Conference was devoted to a general discussion of the bill H.R. 3835
to relieve the existing national economic emergency by increasing
agricultural purchasing power, following which the Chairman pro tempore,
Senator Hebert, appointed Senators Carey, Steiwer, and Patterson a
Committee of three to put into form the expressed views with regard to
the bill.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary
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73d Congress
1st Session
H.R. 3835
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13 (calendar day, April 10), 1933
Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed
AMENDMENT P(In the nature of a substitute)

Intended to be proposed by Mr. Carey to the bill (H.R. 3835) to relieve
the existing national economic emergency by increasing agricultural
purchasing power, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and
insert:
[The 30-page text of the amendment appears at page 276 of Vol. 1 of
the original minutes.]
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[May 16, 1933]

MAY 16, 1933
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 16, 1933

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
10:00 a.m., in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to call.
The roll was not called but the following Senators (a quorum) were
present:

Messrs. Austin, Carey, Couzens, Dale, Dickinson, Fess, Goldsborough,
Hale, Hebert, McNary, Metcalf, Patterson, Reed, Robinson (Indiana),
Schall, Steiwer, Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott, and White.

The Conference discussed procedure in the Harold Louderback impeachment
trial and agreed for the present to go along with Senator Ashurst
(Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and managing the trial for the
Senate) in his plan to hold morning sessions on the impeachment and
afternoons on regular business.
On motion of Senator Vandenberg, it was agreed that the Secretary
(Senator Hale) extend a vote of thanks to Mr. Reginald Chauncey Robbins,
Jr., for the efficient work done by him in preparing abstracts of bills
upon the Senate Calendar.

The Conference discussed Senate Bill 1631, reported May 15, 1933 by Mr.
Glass from the Committee on Banking and Currency, ``To provide for the
safer and more effective use of the assets of Federal Reserve banks and
of national banking associations, to regulate interbank control, to
prevent the undue diversion of funds into speculative operations, and
for other purposes.''
The insurance of deposits provisions in particular were under
consideration but no action was taken by the Conference thereon or with
regard to the bill.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary
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Calendar No. 79

73d Congress
1st Session
S. 1631
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 1 (calendar day, May 10), 1933

Mr. Glass introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency
May 15, 1933
Reported by Mr. Glass, with amendments
A BILL

To provide for the safer and more effective use of the assets of Federal
reserve banks and of national banking associations, to regulate
interbank control, to prevent the undue diversion of funds into
speculative operations, and for other purposes.
[The 81-page text of S. 1631 appears at page 278 of Vol. 1 of the
original minutes.]
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[June 7, 1933]

JUNE 7, 1933
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
June 7, 1933

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Dale, Davis, Dickinson, Fess, Hale, Hastings,
Hatfield, Hebert, Kean, McNary, Nye, Patterson, Reed, Robinson
(Indiana), Schall, Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott, and White.

There was a detailed discussion of Calendar No. 130, H.R. 5755, To
encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and
to provide for the construction of certain useful public works, and for
other purposes, and suggestions of amendments but no action taken by the
Conference thereon.

The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary
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Calendar No. 130

73d Congress
1st Session
H.R. 5755P(Report No. 114)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 15 (calendar day, May 27), 1933
Referred to the Committee on Finance
May 29 (calendar day, June 5), 1933
Reported by Mr. Harrison, with amendments

AN ACT

To encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition,
and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works, and
for other purposes.
[The 44-page text of H.R. 5755 appears at page 280 of Vol. 1 of the
original minutes.]
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Calendar No. 130
SENATE

73d Congress
Report
1st Session
No. 114
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY BILL
May 29 (calendar day, June 5), 1933--Ordered to be printed
Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following
REPORT
(To accompany H.R. 5755)

The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 5755) to
encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and
to provide for the construction of certain useful public works, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon
with amendments and recommend that as amended the bill do pass.
The bill is divided into three titles, briefly summarized in the report
of the House Committee on Ways and Means (H.Rept. No. 159, 73d Cong.,
1st sess.), as follows:

Title I of this bill provides a program of industrial
recovery through removal of obstructions to the free flow of
interstate commerce, promotion of cooperative action among
trade groups and between labor and management, elimination
of unfair competition, and relief of unemployment, all under
adequate governmental sanctions and supervision in order to
protect the public interest.
Title II creates an emergency administration of public works
to plan and execute a comprehensive program of construction
under which millions of workers now idle may be reemployed
directly or indirectly through the expenditure of
$3,300,000,000 in useful public projects.
Title III contains miscellaneous provisions, including
amendments of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act.

[The full text of Senate report on H.R. 5755 appears at page 281 of
Vol. 1 of the original minutes.]
* * *
PURSUANT TO GENERAL CUSTOM THE CHAIRMAN (MR. MCNARY) APPOINTED THE
FOLLOWING REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
January 2, 1934

Honorable Daniel O. Hastings,
United States Senate.

My dear Senator Hastings:

It is my pleasure to advise you that I have appointed
the following members to constitute the Republican
Senatorial Campaign Committee:

Mr. Hastings, Chairman
Mr. Dickinson, Vice Chairman
Mr. Capper
Mr. Norbeck
Mr. White
Mr. Steiwer
Mr. Nye
Mr. Barbour
Mr. Carey

Very sincerely yours,
(Signed) Charles L. McNary,
United States Senator

McN/KB
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[January 16, 1934]

JANUARY 16, 1934
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 16, 1934

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
10:30 a.m., in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Carey, Davis, Dickinson, Fess, Frazier, Goldsborough, Hale,
Hastings, Hebert, McNary, Nye, Patterson, Reed, Robinson (Indiana),
Schall, Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott, and White.

Total 19, a quorum being present.
Senator Steiwer entered shortly after the roll call.
Following a brief statement by the Chairman, there ensued a discussion
of the financial situation as affected by the proposed legislation
pursuant to the President's message of January 15, 1934.
It was the sense of the Conference that full hearings should be held by
the committee on Banking and Currency upon the money system bill (S.
2366).
There was a general discussion of suggested amendments to the
Independent Offices Appropriation Bill (H.R. 6663) relating to the pay
of civilian employees and to remedial veterans' legislation.
It was the sense of the Conference that the manifest injustice and
inequities in the Economy Act and its administrative regulations should
be fairly rectified as respects civil employees and the veterans of all
wars.
It was the further sense of the Conference that the Senate
Appropriations Committee should open full hearings on these subjects in
connection with the pending Independent Offices Appropriation Bill.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary
* * *
SENATE

73d Congress
Document
2d Session
No. 114
IMPROVEMENT OF MONETARY SYSTEM
Message from
The President of the United States
requesting

Certain additional legislation to improve the financial and monetary
system of the United States.
January 11 (calendar day, January 15), 1934.--Read; referred to the
Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
[The text of the message from the President appears at page 284 of
Vol. 1 of the original minutes.]
* * *

73d Congress
2d Session
S. 2366
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 17, 1934

Mr. Fletcher introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency
A BILL

To protect the currency system of the United States, to provide for the
better use of the monetary gold stock of the United States and for other
purposes.
[The text of S. 2366 appears at page 285 of Vol. 1 of the original
minutes.]
* * *
United States Senate Chamber
Washington, D.C.
May 3, 1934

There will be a meeting of Republican Senators in the Minority
Conference Room of the Senate (Room 335, Senate Office Building),
Friday, May 4, 1934, at 10:30 a.m., to consider H.R. 8687, The Tariff
Trade Bill.
By order of the Chairman.

[signed] Carl A. Loeffler
Secretary for the Minority.

[Handwritten note added] May 3, 1934, by instruction of the Chairman,
Sen. McNary, an invitation to this conference was sent to Sen. Shipstead
(Farmer-Labor). This is the first time he had been invited to attend the
Republican Conference.
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[May 4, 1934]

MAY 4, 1934
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 4, 1934

Messrs. Barbour, Carey, Davis, Dickinson, Gibson, Goldsborough, Hale,
Hastings, Hebert, Kean, McNary, Metcalf, Patterson, Robinson
(Indiana), Schall, Steiwer, Townsend, Vandenberg, and White.

Total 19, a quorum being present.

There was an informal discussion by Senators of the Tariff Trade Bill
(H.R. 8687), following which the Conference adjourned to Tuesday, May 8,
1934, at 10:30 a.m.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.

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[May 8, 1934]

MAY 8, 1934
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
May 8, 1934

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Carey, Couzens, Davis, Dickinson, Fess,
Gibson, Goldsborough, Hale, Hastings, Hebert, Kean, McNary, Metcalf,
Nye, Patterson, Schall, Steiwer, Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott, and
White.

Total 23, a quorum being present.

The Conference resumed the informal discussion of the Tariff Trade Bill
(H.R. 8687) and also amendments that were suggested thereto.

The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
* * *
Calendar No. 924

73 Congress
2d Session
H.R. 8687
(Report No. 871)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 28 (calendar day, April 2), 1934
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
April 26 (calendar day, May 2), 1934
Reported by Mr. Harrison, with amendments
AN ACT
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930.

[The 6-page text of H.R. 8687 as reported in the Senate appears at
page 287 of Vol. 1 of the original minutes.]
* * *
United States Senate Chamber
Washington, D.C.
June 13, 1934

There will be a meeting of Republican Senators in the Minority
Conference Room of the Senate (Room 335, Senate Office Building),
Thursday, June 14, 1934, at 10 a.m., to consider a Labor Resolution
proposed in lieu of the pending Wagner Labor Disputes Bill.
By order of the Chairman.

[signed] Carl A. Loeffler
Secretary for the
Minority.
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[June 14, 1934]

JUNE 14, 1934
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
June 14, 1934

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
10:00 a.m., in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Austin, Capper, Couzens, Davis, Dickinson, Fess, Gibson,
Goldsborough, Hale, Hastings, Hebert, McNary, Metcalf, Patterson,
Robinson (Indiana), Steiwer, Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott, and White.

Total 20, a quorum being present.
The Chairman laid before the Conference for discussion and consideration
a draft of a resolution emanating from the Democratic leadership (copy
of which is appended to these minutes) proposed to be passed by the
Congress in lieu of the Wagner labor disputes bill.
After discussion, the Chairman appointed a committee of the conference
consisting of Senators Davis, Couzens, Steiwer, Goldsborough, and
Walcott to study and draft a substitute resolution and report the same
to a later meeting to be held the following morning, Friday, June 15,
1934, at 10:00 a.m.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
* * *
CONFIDENTIAL

To effectuate further the policy of the National Industrial Recovery
Act.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:

Section 1--In order to further effectuate the policy of
Title 1 of the National Industry Recovery Act, and in the
exercise of the powers therein and herein conferred, the
President is authorized to establish a Board or Boards
authorized and directed to investigate issues, facts,
practices or activities of employers or employees in any
controversies arising under said Act, or impairing its
effectiveness.
Section 2--Any board so established is hereby empowered when
it shall appear in the public interest, to order and conduct
an election by a secret ballot of any of the employees of
any employer, to determine by what person or persons or
organization they desire to be represented in order to
insure the right of employees to organize and to select
their representatives for the purpose of collective
bargaining as defined in Section 7-A of said Act.
For the purposes of such election such a Board shall have
the authority to order the production of such pertinent
documents or the appearance of such witnesses to give
testimony under oath, as it may deem necessary to carry out
the provisions of this Resolution. Any order issued by such
a Board under the authority of this Section may be enforced
in the same manner as an order of the Federal Trade
Commission, by any United States Court of competent
jurisdiction.
Section 3--Any such Board, with the approval of the
President, may prescribe such rules and regulations as may
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Resolution.
Section 4--Any person who shall violate any rule or
regulation authorized under Section 3 of this Resolution or
impede or interfere with any member or agent of any board
established under this Resolution in the performance of his
duties, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000,
or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
* * *
Calendar No. 1260

73d Congress
2d Session
S. 2926
(Report No. 1184)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 28 (calendar day, March 1), 1934

Mr. Wagner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
May 10 (calendar day, May 26), 1934
Reported by Mr. Walsh, with amendments
A BILL

To equalize the bargaining power of employers and employees,
to encourage the amicable settlement of disputes between
employers and employees, to create a National Labor Board,
and for other purposes.
[The text of S. 2926 as reported in the Senate appears at
page 290 of Vol. 1 of the original minutes.]
* * *
United States Senate Chamber
Washington, D. C.
June 14, 1934

There will be a meeting of Republican Senators in the Minority
Conference Room of the Senate (Room 335, Senate Office Building),
Friday, June 15, 1934, at 10 a.m., to continue consideration of the
Labor Resolution proposed in lieu of the pending Wagner Labor Disputes
Bill.
By order of the Chairman.

[signed] Carl A. Loeffler
Secretary for the
Minority.
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[June 15, 1934]

JUNE 15, 1934
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
June 15, 1934

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
ten o'clock a.m. in the Minority Conference Room of the Senate Office
Building, pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Capper, Davis, Dickinson, Gibson,
Goldsborough, Hale, Hastings, Hebert, Kean, McNary, Metcalf, Norbeck,
Patterson, Robinson, Steiwer, Townsend, Vandenberg, Walcott, and
White.

Total 21, a quorum being present.

After continuing the consideration of the Labor Disputes Resolution, and
hearing suggested amendments to the same, it was the consensus opinion
that certain changes be made and urged upon the Democratic Leadership.

Copies of the resolution as submitted to the conference, and as proposed
to be modified are appended to these minutes.
The Conference then adjourned.

[not signed]

Secretary.
* * *
ORIGINAL TEXT SUBMITTED TO THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

CONFIDENTIAL

To effectuate further the policy of the National Industrial Recovery
Act.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:

Section 1--In order to further effectuate the policy of
Title 1 of the National Industry Recovery Act, and in the
exercise of the powers therein and herein conferred, the
President is authorized to establish a Board or Boards
authorized and directed to investigate issues, facts,
practices or activities of employers or employees in any
controversies arising under said Act, or impairing its
effectiveness.
Section 2--Any Board so established is hereby empowered when
it shall appear in the public interest, to order and conduct
an election by a secret ballot of any of the employees of
any employer, to determine by what person or persons or
organization they desire to be represented in order to
insure the right of employees to organize and to select
their representatives for the purpose of collective
bargaining as defined in Section 7-A of said Act.
For the purposes of such election such a Board shall have
the authority to order the production of such pertinent
documents or the appearance of such witnesses to give
testimony under oath, as it may deem necessary to carry out
the provisions of this Resolution. Any order issued by such
a Board under the authority of this Section may be enforced
in the same manner as an order of the Federal Trade
Commission, by any United States Court of competent
jurisdiction.
Section 3--Any such Board, with the approval of the
President, may prescribe such rules and regulations as may
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Resolution.
Section 4--Any person who shall violate any rule or
regulation authorized under Section 3 of this Resolution or
impede or interfere with any member or agent of any board
established under this Resolution in the performance of his
duties, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000,
or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
* * *

TEXT SUBMITTED BY THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE TO THE DEMOCRATIC
LEADERSHIP
NOTE: CHANGES ARE INDICATED BY INSERT AND UNDERSCORED\1\ WORDS.
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CONFIDENTIAL

To effectuate further the policy of the National Industrial Recovery
Act.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:

Section 1--In order to further effectuate the policy of
Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and in the
exercise of the powers therein and herein conferred, the
President is authorized to establish a Board or Boards
authorized and directed to investigate issues, facts,
practices or activities of employers or employees in any
controversies arising under Section 7a of said Act
[remainder of sentence lined out: or which are burdening or
obstructing, or threatening to burden or obstruct the free
flow of interstate commerce.]
Section 2--Any Board so established is hereby empowered when
it shall appear in the public interest, to order and conduct
an election by a secret ballot of any of the employees of
any employer, to determine by what person or persons or
organization they desire to be represented in order to
insure the right of employees to organize and to select
their representatives for the purpose of collective
bargaining as defined in Section 7-A of said Act and now
incorporated herein.
For the purposes of such election such a Board shall have
the authority to order the production of such pertinent
documents or the appearance of such witnesses to give
testimony under oath, as it may deem necessary to carry out
the provisions of this Resolution. Any order issued by such
a Board under the authority of this Section may, upon
application of such Board or upon petition of the person or
persons to whom such order is directed, be enforced or
reviewed, as the case may be, in the same manner, so far as
applicable, as is provided in the case of an order of the
Federal Trade Commission under the Federal Trade Commission
Act.
Section 3--Any such Board, with the approval of the
President, may prescribe such rules and regulations as it
deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Resolution and to assure freedom from coercion in respect to
all elections.
Section 4--Any person who shall knowingly or willfully
violate any rule or regulation authorized under Section 3 of
this Resolution or impede or interfere with any member or
agent of any board established under this Resolution in the
performance of his duties, shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than
one year, or both.
Section 5. This Resolution shall cease to be in effect and
any board or boards established hereunder shall cease to
exist on June 16, 1935, or sooner if the President shall by
proclamation or the Congress shall by joint resolution
declare that the emergency recognized by section 1 of the
National Industrial Recovery Act has ended.
* * *
TEXT AS INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE BY THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER

CONFIDENTIAL

To effectuate further the policy of the National Industrial Recovery
Act.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:

Section 1--In order to further effectuate the policy of
Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and in the
exercise of the powers therein and herein conferred, the
President is authorized to establish a Board or Boards
authorized and directed to investigate issues, facts,
practices or activities of employers or employees in any
controversies arising under Section 7a of said Act or which
are burdening or obstructing, or threatening to burden or
obstruct the free flow of interstate commerce.
Section 2--Any Board so established is hereby empowered when
it shall appear in the public interest, to order and conduct
an election by a secret ballot of any of the employees of
any employer, to determine by what person or persons or
organization they desire to be represented in order to
insure the right of employees to organize and to select
their representatives for the purpose of collective
bargaining as defined in Section 7-A of said Act and now
incorporated herein.
For the purposes of such election such a Board shall have
the authority to order the production of such pertinent
documents or the appearance of such witnesses to give
testimony under oath, as it may deem necessary to carry out
the provisions of this Resolution. Any order issued by such
a Board under the authority of this Section may, upon
application of such Board or upon petition of the person or
persons to whom such order is directed, be enforced or
reviewed, as the case may be, in the same manner, so far as
applicable, as is provided in the case of an order of the
Federal Trade Commission under the Federal Trade Commission
Act.
Section 3--Any such Board, with the approval of the
President, may prescribe such rules and regulations as it
deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Resolution and to assure freedom from coercion in respect to
all elections.
Section 4--Any person who shall knowingly violate any rule
or regulation authorized under Section 3 of this Resolution
or impede or interfere with any member or agent of any board
established under this Resolution in the performance of his
duties, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than
$1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or
both.
Sec. 5. This Resolution shall cease to be in effect and any
board or boards established hereunder shall cease to exist
on June 16, 1935, or sooner if the President shall by
proclamation or the Congress shall by joint resolution
declare that the emergency recognized by section 1 of the
National Industrial Recovery Act has ended.
* * *

[typewritten] TEXT AS REPORTED TO THE SENATE FROM COMMITTEE.
Calendar No. 1546

73d Congress
2d Session
S.J. RES. 143
(Report No. 1447)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 6 (calendar day, June 15), 1934

Mr. Robinson of Arkansas introduced the following joint resolution;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Education and
Labor
June 6 (calendar day, June 15), 1934
Reported by Mr. Walsh, with amendments

JOINT RESOLUTION
To effectuate further the policy of the National Industrial Recovery
Act.

[The text of S.J. Res. 143 as reported in the Senate appears at page
295 of Vol. 1 of the original minutes.]
Seventy-fourth Congress (1935-1937)

[Editor's Note: Ratification of the Twentieth Amendment to the
Constitution in February 1933 changed the convening date of Congress
from March 4 to January 3 in order to eliminate the lame duck sessions
that regularly occurred between a national election in November and the
following March. The Seventy-fourth Congress was the first to convene on
January 3. The amendment also changed the date of the presidential
inauguration to January 20, beginning in 1937.
In the 1934 election Democrats had gained ten more Senate seats, for a
total of 69, to 25 for the Republicans, with one Farmer-Labor member and
one Progressive. In the House, the Democrats had a 322 to 103 majority
over Republicans with 10 independents. For the first time since 1915,
the reduced number of Republicans decided not to designate a party whip
but simply to permit the Conference chairman, Charles McNary of Oregon,
to appoint assistants from time to time as needed.
The Democratic-led Seventy-fourth Congress moved ahead to consider the
programs proposed in President Roosevelt's Second New Deal, including
the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, the Soil Conservation Act, the
Rural Electrification Administration, and in August 1935 the Social
Security Act. When the Supreme Court in May 1935 ruled the 1933 National
Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional, however, it opened other New
Deal legislation to similar challenges.]
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[January 7, 1935]

JANUARY 7, 1935
(1)
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 7, 1935

The Conference was called to order in the Minority Conference Room (335
Senate Office Building) at 11 o'clock a.m., pursuant to call, by the
Chairman, Senator McNary, who presided.
By order of the Chairman:

Conference notices were sent to the Farmer-Labor Senator
(Mr. Shipstead) and the Progressive Senator (Mr. La
Follette).

The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Austin, Capper, Couzens, Davis, Dickinson, Hale, Hastings,
McNary, Metcalf, Steiwer, Vandenberg, and White.

The Chairman stated that Messrs. Barbour, Carey, Norbeck, and Nye wished
to be counted for a quorum.
Total 16, a quorum being present.

Senator McNary was unanimously reelected Chairman of the Conference and
Floor Leader for the Minority.

On motion of Senator Hastings, duly seconded and carried, it was agreed
that no Assistant Leader or Whip be elected but that the Chairman be
authorized to appoint Senators from time to time to assist him in taking
charge of the interests of the minority.
Senator Hale was reelected Secretary of the Conference.
Mr. Carl A. Loeffler was reelected Secretary for the Minority on motion
of Senator Hale.
The report of the Committee on Committees was presented by Senator
McNary in a written report by its Chairman, Senator Nye, who was
necessarily absent from the city. Said report and printed lists of
assignments are appended to these minutes.
After discussion the following changes in the assignments, as reported
by the Committee on Committees, were made by the Conference, with the
approval of the Senators involved:

Mr. Johnson taken off Territories and Insular Affairs
Mr. White placed on Territories and Insular Affairs
Mr. McNary taken off Manufactures
Mr. Barbour replaced on Manufactures (He had been cut off
by reduced ratio)
Mr. Capper taken off Mines and Mining
Mr. McNary was placed on Mines and Mining
This reduced Senator Johnson's total assignments to six
(6).
The report with these changes was approved.

The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
* * *
United States Senate
Special Committee Investigating the Munitions Industry

January 5, 1935.

Chas. L. McNary
Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C.

My dear Senator:

Following its appointment at your hands the Committee on
Committees for the Republican side has met, considered the
vacancies existing upon committees along with requests by
Republican members of the Senate for committee assignment,
and is prepared now to report to you and the Republican
conference its recommendations.
As to release from committees, some of which have been
requested by the individual senators involved, and some of
which are necessitated by reason of the smaller ration of
committee assignments for the Republican side, your
committee recommends as follows:

Mr. Barbour from the Committee on Manufactures;
Mr. Capper from Interstate Commerce;
Mr. Cutting from Agriculture;
Mr. Cutting from Territories and Insular Possessions;
Mr. Davis from District of Columbia;
Mr. Nye from Immigration;
Mr. Shipstead from Printing.

In the matter of new appointments to committees we recommend as
follows:

Mr. Austin to Immigration;
Mr. Barbour to his choice of Mines, Claims or D. of C.
Mr. Capper to Finance, also to Mines if Barbour does
not wish it;
Mr. Cutting to Banking and Currency and Foreign
Relations
Mr. Davis to Interstate Commerce and Expenditures in
the Executive Department;
Mr. Frazier to Civil Service;
Mr. Johnson to Privileges and Elections;
Mr. Nye to Privileges and Elections;
Mr. Shipstead to Interstate Commerce and Immigration;
Mr. Vandenberg to Rules;
Mr. White to Patents.

Your committee has sought to comply with the individual requests of
Republican members but has pursued the course of granting first the
requests of those with senior rights.
If the recommendations of your committee are followed, twelve Republican
members will have three major committee assignments while all members
will have at least two such assignments. In this connection the
following table will be of interest as revealing the names of the
Senators assigned by the minority in the order of their service in the
Senate, followed by their total of committee assignments and a statement
of the number of major committee assignments which will be theirs in the
event the recommendations of the Committee on Committees are adopted:

1. Borah, 3 committees, 2 of which are majors;
2. Norris, 3-2
3. Hale, 3-2
4. Johnson, 7-3
5. McNary 5-2
6. Capper, 6-3
Keyes, 5-3
7. Norbeck, 6-3
8. Couzens, 4-3
9. Frazier, 6-2
Shipstead, 6-3

10. Metcalf, 6-3
11. Schall, 5-2
12. La Follette, 6-3
13. Nye, 5-2
14. Steiwer, 5-2
15. Vandenberg, 6-2
16. Hastings, 5-3
17. Cutting, 6-3
18. Townsend, 5-2
19. Carey, 6-3
20. Davis, 6-3
21. Dickinson, 6-2
White, 5-2
22. Austin, 6-2
23. Barbour, 6-2
24. Gibson, 5-2

Respectfully submitted.
Committee on Committees,
[signed] Gerald P. Nye
Chairman.

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MINUTES OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
January 2, 1935

The meeting was held in Room 245, Senate Office Building, the office of
the Chairman, Senator Nye (who presided) at 3:00 p.m.
Those present were Messrs. Nye, Capper, Couzens, Steiwer, Carey, White,
Davis, and Cutting.
Mr. Hastings, being absent from the city, was not present.
The Committee took no action on assignments because the majority leader
had not yet advised the minority leader of the ratios of representation
on the several committees that would be given them.
It was the consensus of opinion that a letter be sent to each minority
Senator inquiring his wishes with reference to committee assignments.
The committee considered the situation arising from the changed
political status of Senator La Follette, who held certain places of
fixed priority as a Republican on the committees and had been reelected
as a Progressive. Its relationship to the status of committee
assignments occupied by the Farmer-Labor Senator, Mr. Shipstead, was
also discussed.
It was moved by Mr. Couzens:
That the location of Senator La Follette on his committee assignments
remain as they are; and the question being put by the Chairman, it was
unanimously carried.
The Committee then adjourned, subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Carl A. Loeffler

Secretary

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Minutes of the Committee on Committees
January 5, 1935

The Committee met in the Minority Conference Room, Senate Office
Building at 11:30 a.m.
Present, were the Chairman, Senator Nye, and Messrs. Capper, Hastings,
Couzens, Steiwer, Carey, White, Davis, and Cutting, comprising all
members of said Committee.
The replies of Senators to the Committee's letter of inquiry sent out by
the Chairman, were given consideration according to their seniority of
service.
Under the ratios accorded the Minority by the Majority, the existing
minority representation on all committees was not disturbed except in
four instances, namely:
Senator Cutting had to be dropped from Agriculture.
Senator Barbour had to be dropped from Manufactures.
Senator Shipstead had to be dropped from Printing.
Senator Cutting had to be dropped from Territories, in lieu of Senator
McNary, and by Senator Cutting's request.
There were three voluntary retirements from Committees, namely:
Senator Davis from District of Columbia.
Senator Nye from Immigration.
Senator Capper from Interstate Commerce. (major Com.)
The assignments accorded the minority provided 13 vacancies to fill, 4
of which were on major committees.
With the voluntary retirements, this made a total of 16 assignments, 5
being major committees.
Mr. Cutting was cut off Agriculture.
Mr. Cutting was placed on Banking & Currency.
Mr. Frazier was placed on Civil Service.
Vacancy temporarily left on Claims.
Mr. Davis retired from District of Columbia.
Vacancy temporarily left on District of Columbia.
Mr. Davis was placed on Expenditures in Executive Depts.
Mr. Capper was placed on Finance.
Mr. Cutting was placed on Foreign Relations.
Mr. Nye retired from Immigration.
Mr. Austin was placed on Immigration.
Mr. Shipstead was placed on Immigration.
Mr. Capper retired from Interstate Commerce.
Mr. Davis was placed on Interstate Commerce.
Mr. Shipstead was placed on Interstate Commerce.
Mr. Barbour was cut off Manufactures.
Mr. Barbour [handwritten insert--Capper crossed out] was placed
on Mines and Mining.
Mr. White was placed on Patents.
Mr. Shipstead was cut off Printing.
Mr. Johnson was placed on Privileges & Elections.
Mr. Nye was placed on Privileges & Elections.
Mr. Vandenberg was placed on Rules.
Mr. Cutting was cut off Territories.
The Committee's action gave:

Senator Austin--6 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator Barbour--6 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator Borah--3 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator Capper--5 assignments with 3 majors.
Senator Carey--6 assignments with 3 majors.
Senator Couzens--4 assignments with 3 majors.
Senator Cutting--6 assignments with 3 majors.
Senator Davis--6 assignments with 3 majors.
Senator Dickinson--6 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator Frazier--6 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator Gibson--5 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator Hale--3 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator Hastings--5 assignments with 3 majors.
Senator Johnson--7 assignments with 3 majors.
Senator Keyes--5 assignments with 3 majors.
Senator La Follette--6 assignments with 3 majors.
Senator McNary--5 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator Metcalf--6 assignments with 3 majors.
Senator Norbeck--6 assignments with 3 majors.
Senator Norris--3 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator Nye--5 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator Schall--5 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator Shipstead--6 assignments with 3 majors.
Senator Steiwer--5 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator Townsend--5 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator Vandenberg--6 assignments with 2 majors.
Senator White--5 assignments with 2 majors.

The Chairman stated he would submit a written report to the Republican
Conference through the Leader, Senator McNary, as he had to be absent
from the city on the day the Conference was called.
A copy of the assignments in full is appended to these minutes.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler.

Secretary.
(2)
74th Congress

Prior to the Conference, the Leader, Senator McNary, had appointed the
Committee on Committees to consist of the following Senators:
Messrs. Nye, Chairman

Capper
Hastings
Couzens
Steiwer
Carey
White
Davis
Cutting

The Committee on Legislation was not appointed in the 74th Congress.
The Chairman continued the Committee on Patronage, as follows:

Messrs. Metcalf, Chairman
Keyes
Frazier
* * *
(Confidential No. 2)
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Seventy-fourth Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference

On Agriculture and Forestry (13-6)

Messrs. NORRIS, MCNARY, CAPPER, NORBECK, FRAZIER; SHIPSTEAD.
¹
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\1\ [Senator Shipstead was a member of the Farmer-Labor party.]
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On Appropriations (16-8)

Messrs. HALE, KEYES, NYE, STEIWER, NORBECK, DICKINSON,
TOWNSEND, CAREY.

To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (3-1)

Mr. TOWNSEND.

On Banking and Currency (14-6)

Messrs. NORBECK, TOWNSEND, CAREY, COUZENS, STEIWER, CUTTING.

On Civil Service (7-3)

Messrs. WHITE, GIBSON, FRAZIER.

On Claims (8-5)

Messrs. CAPPER, TOWNSEND, WHITE, GIBSON, ______ ______.

On Commerce (14-6)

Messrs. MCNARY, JOHNSON, NYE, VANDENBERG, WHITE, GIBSON.

On the District of Columbia (10-5)

Messrs. CAPPER, CAREY, AUSTIN, COUZENS, ______ ______.

On Education and Labor (9-4)

Messrs. BORAH, METCALF, LA FOLLETTE, Jr., DAVIS.

On Enrolled Bills (2-1)

Mr. VANDENBERG.

On Expenditures in the Executive Departments (5-2)

Messrs. HASTINGS, DAVIS.

On Finance (15-6)

Messrs. COUZENS, KEYES, LA FOLLETTE, Jr., METCALF, HASTINGS,
CAPPER.

On Foreign Relations (16-7)

Messrs. BORAH, JOHNSON, CAPPER, LA FOLLETTE, Jr.,
VANDENBERG, CUTTING; SHIPSTEAD.

On Immigration (10-4)

Messrs. JOHNSON, KEYES, AUSTIN; SHIPSTEAD.

On Indian Affairs (9-[4--crossed out] 5 [handwritten insert])

Messrs. FRAZIER, SCHALL, LA FOLLETTE, Jr., STEIWER, NORBECK.

On Interoceanic Canals (6-2)

Messrs. SCHALL, BARBOUR.

On Interstate Commerce (14-6)

Messrs. COUZENS, METCALF, HASTINGS, WHITE, DAVIS, SHIPSTEAD.

On Irrigation and Reclamation (12-5)

Messrs. MCNARY, JOHNSON, TOWNSEND, CAREY, CUTTING.

On the Judiciary (13-5)

Messrs. BORAH, NORRIS, HASTINGS, SCHALL, AUSTIN.

On the Library (7-3)

Messrs. NORBECK, BARBOUR, GIBSON.

On Manufactures (9-4)

Messrs. [MCNARY--crossed out] METCALF, LA FOLLETTE, Jr.,
CUTTING, BARBOUR [handwritten insert].

On Military Affairs (12-5)

Messrs. CUTTING, CAREY, DICKINSON, AUSTIN, BARBOUR.

On Mines and Mining (10-3)

Messrs. FRAZIER, DAVIS, [CAPPER--crossed out] [BARBOUR--
handwritten insert, also crossed out] MCNARY [handwritten
insert].

On Naval Affairs (12-5)

Messrs. HALE, METCALF, DAVIS, KEYES, JOHNSON.

On Patents (5-2)

Messrs. NORRIS, WHITE.

On Pensions (7-3)

Messrs. SCHALL, FRAZIER; SHIPSTEAD.

On Post Offices and Post Roads (13-6)

Messrs. SCHALL, FRAZIER, LA FOLLETTE, Jr., BARBOUR, DAVIS,
GIBSON.

On Printing (5-2)

Messrs. VANDENBERG, DICKINSON.

On Privileges and Elections (12-5)

Messrs. HASTINGS, AUSTIN, DICKINSON, JOHNSON, NYE.

On Public Buildings and Grounds (9-5)

Messrs. KEYES, DICKINSON, AUSTIN, BARBOUR; SHIPSTEAD.

On Public Lands and Surveys (10-5)

Messrs. NORBECK, NYE, CUTTING, STEIWER, CAREY.

On Rules (9-4)

Messrs. HALE, STEIWER, DICKINSON, VANDENBERG.

On Territories and Insular Affairs (12-5)

Messrs. [JOHNSON--crossed out] NYE, METCALF, VANDENBERG,
MCNARY, WHITE [handwritten insert].
* * *
(Confidential No. 2)
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF SENATORS
Seventy-fourth Congress
(To be submitted to the Republican Conference)

Mr. AUSTIN................................. District of Columbia.
Immigration. ²
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² [The minutes give no indication of the meaning of the italics. Perhaps
they indicate committees that are new to a member in this Congress.]

Judiciary.
Military Affairs.
Privileges and Elections.
Public Buildings and
Grounds.

Mr. BARBOUR................................ Interoceanic Canals.
Library.
Military Affairs.
[Mines and Mining--
handwritten insert, later
crossed out]
Manufactures [handwritten
insert]
Post Offices and Post
Roads.
Public Buildings and
Grounds

Mr. BORAH.................................. Foreign Relations.
Education and Labor.
Judiciary.

Mr. CAPPER................................. Agriculture and Forestry.
Claims.
District of Columbia.
Finance.
Foreign Relations.
[Mines and Mining--crossed
out]

Mr. CAREY.................................. Appropriations.
Banking and Currency.
District of Columbia.
Irrigation and Reclamation.
Military Affairs.
Public Lands and Surveys.

Mr. COUZENS................................ Banking and Currency.
District of Columbia.
Finance.
Interstate Commerce.

Mr. CUTTING................................ Banking and Currency.
Foreign Relations.
Irrigation and Reclamation.
Manufactures.
Military Affairs.
Public Lands and Surveys.

Mr. DAVIS.................................. Expenditures in the
Executive Departments.
Education and Labor.
Mines and Mining.
Interstate Commerce.
Naval Affairs.
Post Offices and Post
Roads.

Mr. DICKINSON.............................. Appropriations.
Military Affairs.
Printing.
Privileges and Elections.
Public Buildings and
Grounds.
Rules.

Mr. FRAZIER................................ Agriculture and Forestry.
Indian Affairs.
Mines and Mining.
Pensions.
Post Offices and Post
Roads.
Civil Service.

Mr. GIBSON................................. Civil Service.
Claims.
Commerce.
Library.
Post Offices and Post
Roads.

Mr. HALE................................... Appropriations.
Naval Affairs.
Rules.

Mr. HASTINGS............................... Expenditures in the
Executive Departments.
Finance.
Interstate Commerce.
Judiciary.
Privileges and Elections.

Mr. JOHNSON................................ Commerce.
Foreign Relations.
Immigration.
Irrigation and Reclamation.
Naval Affairs.
Privileges and Elections.
[Territories and Insular
Affairs--crossed out]

Mr. KEYES.................................. Appropriations.
Finance.
Immigration.
Naval Affairs.
Public Buildings and
Grounds.

Mr. LA FOLLETTE, Jr........................ Education and Labor.
Finance.
Foreign Relations.
Indian Affairs.
Manufactures.
Post Offices and Post
Roads.

Mr. MCNARY................................. Agriculture and Forestry.
Commerce.
Irrigation and Reclamation.
[Manufactures--crossed out]
Mines and Mining
[handwritten insert]
Territories and Insular
Affairs.

Mr. METCALF................................ Education and Labor.
Finance.
Interstate Commerce.
Manufactures.
Naval Affairs.
Territories and Insular
Affairs.

Mr. NORBECK................................ Agriculture and Forestry.
Appropriations.
Banking and Currency.
Indian Affairs.
Library.
Public Lands and Surveys.

Mr. NORRIS................................. Agriculture and Forestry.
Judiciary.
Patents.

Mr. NYE.................................... Appropriations.
Commerce.
Public Lands and Surveys.
Privileges and Elections.
Territories and Insular
Affairs.

Mr. SCHALL................................. Indian Affairs.
Interoceanic Canals.
Judiciary.
Pensions.
Post Offices and Post
Roads.

Mr. SHIPSTEAD.............................. Agriculture and Forestry.
Foreign Relations.
Pensions.
Immigration.
Interstate Commerce.
Public Buildings and
Grounds.

Mr. STEIWER................................ Appropriations.
Banking and Currency.
Indian Affairs.
Public Lands and Surveys.
Rules.

Mr. TOWNSEND, Jr........................... Appropriations.
Audit and Control the
Contingent Expenses of the
Senate.
Banking and Currency.
Claims.
Irrigation and Reclamation.

Mr. VANDENBERG............................. Commerce.
Enrolled Bills.
Foreign Relations.
Printing.
Rules.
Territories and Insular
Affairs.
Mr. WHITE.................................. Civil Service.
Claims.
Commerce.
Interstate Commerce.
Patents.
Territories and Insular
Affairs.
[handwritten insert]
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[January 26, 1935]

JANUARY 26, 1935
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 26, 1935

Messrs. Austin, Capper, Carey, Couzens, Davis, Hale, Hastings, Keyes,
McNary, Metcalf, Norbeck, Steiwer, Townsend, Vandenberg, and White.

Total 15, a quorum being present.

There was a discussion of H.J. Res. 117, Making appropriations for
relief purposes (so-called $4,880,000,000. resolution), copy of which is
appended to these minutes.

It was voted, that it is the sense of the Conference that open hearings
of the full Committee on Appropriations should be held on the said
resolution.
The Conference adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
* * *

74th Congress
1st Session
H.J. RES. 117
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 21 (calendar day, January 25), 1935
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making appropriations for relief purposes.

[The 6-page text of H.J. Res. 117 appears at page 317 of Vol. 1 of the
original minutes.]
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[February 15, 1935]

FEBRUARY 15, 1935
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 15, 1935

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Capper, Couzens, Davis, Dickinson, Gibson,
Hale, Hastings, Keyes, McNary, Metcalf, Nye, Steiwer, Townsend,
Vandenberg, and White.

Total 17, a quorum.

The Conference discussed H.J. Res. 117, making appropriations for relief
purposes (so-called $4,880,000,000. resolution), a copy of which is
hereto attached.

The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
* * *
Calendar No. 110

74th Congress
1st Session
H.J. RES. 117
(Report No. 109)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 21 (calendar day, January 25), 1935
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
February 14, 1935
Reported by Mr. Glass, with amendments
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making appropriations for relief purposes.

[The 9-page text of H.J. Res. 117 as reported in the Senate appears at
page 319 of Vol. 1 of the original minutes.]
* * *
United States Senate
Minority Committee on Committees

Dear Colleague:

By reason of the death of Senator Cutting there is need
for assigning committee places which were his to other
Republican Members.
The Committee on Committees is desirous of meeting this
need this week, and will appreciate your studying and
writing of any wishes which may be yours for additions or
changes in your committee assignments.
Will you be so good as to write the Committee before
Friday morning, May 17, of your wishes in this connection.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Gerald P. Nye
Chairman, Committee on
Committees.

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MINUTES OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
May 17, 1935

The Committee met at 12:30 p.m. in the office of Senator Nye (its
Chairman).

Present: Messrs. Nye, Steiwer, and White, the entire time. Messrs.
Hastings and Couzens part of the time. Senator Capper phoned the
Chairman to be excused. Senator Carey was absent from the City and
Senator Davis was absent due to illness.

There were but five requests. Senator Schall requested Military Affairs
but withdrew by phone in favor of Senator Nye.

Senator Austin and Senator White both desired Foreign Relations. Senator
White waived seniority, but won the assignment by a toss of a coin by
the Chairman.
Senator White withdrew from Territories and Senator Gibson was given
that assignment.
Senator McNary was reassigned to Manufactures, which he had yielded the
year previously to make a place on that Committee for Senator Barbour.
THE NUMBER OF ASSIGNMENTS TO COMMITTEES OF EACH REPUBLICAN SENATOR IN
CONSEQUENCE OF THE FOREGOING ACTION IS AS FOLLOWS:

Senator Total Major Senator Total Major

1. Borah.................................. 3 2 12. La Follette............. 6 3
2. Norris................................. 3 2 13. Nye..................... 6 3
3. Hale................................... 3 2 14. Steiwer................. 5 2
4. Johnson................................ 6 3 15. Vandenberg.............. 6 2
5. McNary................................. 6 2 16. Hastings................ 5 3
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6. Capper................................. 5 3 17. Townsend................ 5 2
Keyes................................... 5 3 18. Carey................... 6 3
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7. Norbeck................................ 6 3 19. Davis................... 6 3
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8. Couzens................................ 4 3 20. Dickinson............... 6 2
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9. Frazier................................ 6 2 White................... 6 3
----------
Shipstead.............................. 6 3 21. Austin.................. 6 2
----------
10. Metcalf............................... 6 3 22. Barbour................. 6 2
11. Schall................................ 5 2 23. Gibson.................. 6 2
----------------------------------
Chairman

The action of the Committee on Committees was submitted to the Senate in
the form of the following order on May 31, 1935, by the Republican
Leader (Mr. McNary), and adopted.

ORDERED: That Mr. White be excused from further service as a
member of the Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs.
That the following Senators be assigned to membership on the
following committees: Mr. McNary to the committee on
Manufactures. Mr. Nye to the committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. White to the committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Gibson
to the committee on Territories and Insular Affairs.
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[June 2, 1936]

JUNE 2, 1936
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
June 2, 1936

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Capper, Carey, Couzens, Davis, Gibson, Hale,
Hastings, McNary, Townsend, Vandenberg, and White.

Total 13--a quorum being present.

The pending Revenue Bill, H.R. 12395, and the amendments thereto made by
the Senate Committee on Finance were discussed, but no action was taken
in relation thereto.

The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
* * *
Calendar No. 2266
SENATE

74th Congress
Report
2d Session
No. 2156
REVENUE BILL OF 1936
June 1, 1936.--Ordered to be printed
Mr. King, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following
REPORT
(To accompany H.R. 12395)

The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 12395)
to provide revenue, equalize taxation, and for other purposes, having
had the same under consideration, report favorably thereon with certain
amendments and as amended recommend that the bill do pass.
[The 37-page text of the Report on the Revenue Bill of 1936 appears at
page 323 of Vol. 1 of the original minutes.]
* * *

On June 29, 1936, Senator McNary appointed the following Republican
Senatorial Campaign Committee:

Mr. Townsend, Chairman
Mr. Frazier
Mr. Steiwer
Mr. Gibson
Mr. Davis
Seventy-fifth Congress (1937-1939)

[Editor's Note: After the 1936 election in which President Roosevelt
was overwhelmingly reelected, the Democratic Senate majority climbed
further to 76, with only 16 Republicans and 4 independents. So
overwhelming was the proportion of Democrats, in fact, that they filled
their side of the Senate chamber and spilled across the aisle, with 13
Democrats sitting on the Republican side. In the House, the Democrats
held 334 seats to 88 Republicans and 13 independents.
During this period when the party was so deeply in the minority, the
Republican Conference met infrequently, usually at the beginning of a
Congress to choose its leaders and make committee assignments.
In 1937 President Roosevelt, frustrated by Supreme Court decisions
that struck down New Deal legislation, proposed increasing the size of
the Court to enable him to appoint supportive justices. This so-called
Court packing plan drew intense criticism and split congressional
Democrats, so that Republicans felt little need to intervene.
Eventually, the administration dropped the proposal after a series of
Court rulings upheld legislation from the second New Deal. As it
happened, Roosevelt soon had the opportunity to appoint a majority of
the Supreme Court as vacancies occurred.]
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[January 7, 1937]

JANUARY 7, 1937
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 7, 1937

The conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
10:30 a.m., in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Austin, Bridges, Capper, Davis, Frazier, Gibson, Hale, Lodge,
McNary, Nye, Steiwer, Vandenberg, and White.

Total 13--a quorum being present.

Senator McNary was unanimously reelected Chairman of the Conference and
Floor leader for the Minority.

Senator Hale was unanimously reelected Secretary of the Conference.
Senator Vandenberg was unanimously reelected nominee for President Pro
Tempore.
Carl A. Loeffler was unanimously reelected Secretary for the Minority.
The Chairman was authorized to appoint a Committee on Committees, and he
appointed the following members:

Messrs. Nye, Chairman
Capper
Steiwer
White
Davis
Townsend

The Chairman was authorized to appoint a Committee on Patronage.
The list of Committee assignments adopted by the Committee on Committees
and concurred in by the conference is appended to these minutes.
The Conference then adjourned.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.

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MEETING [OF] COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
January 8, 1937

The Committee met in Room 335, Senate Office Building, and completed its
work begun the day before. The completed list of assignments was
delivered by the Chairman, Senator Nye, to Senator McNary who presented
it the same day to the Senate.
The combined assignments as adopted by that body on January 8, 1937,
appear below.
Present at the meeting of the Committee were Messrs. Nye, Capper,
Steiwer, White, and Davis.

[signed] C. A. Loeffler

Secretary.
* * *
[Excerpt from Congressional Record]

Mr. ROBINSON. On behalf of the majority, pursuant to the resolution
just agreed to, I submit the list of assignments to committees.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The assignments will be read.
The Chief Clerk read the assignments submitted by Mr. ROBINSON.
Mr. McNARY. On behalf of the minority I submit the assignments to the
various committees.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The assignments will be read.
The Chief Clerk read the assignments.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the two assignments will
be considered together.
Mr. ROBINSON. I move the adoption of an order incorporating the names
just read.
The order was read and agreed to, as follows:

Ordered, That the following shall constitute the standing
committees of the Senate of the Seventy-fifth Congress:
On Agriculture and Forestry: Messrs. Smith (chairman),
Wheeler, Thomas of Oklahoma, McGill, Bankhead, Bulow, Mrs.
Caraway, Pope, Hatch, Bilbo, Moore, Schwellenbach, Gillette,
Ellender, Norris, McNary, Capper, Frazier, and Shipstead.
On Appropriations: Messrs. Glass (chairman), McKellar,
Copeland, Hayden, Thomas of Oklahoma, Byrnes, Tydings,
Russell, Adams, McCarran, Overton, Bankhead, O'Mahoney,
McAdoo, Truman, Burke, Duffy, Hitchcock, Green, Hale, Nye,
Steiwer, Townsend, and Bridges.
To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the
Senate: Messrs. Byrnes (chairman), Tydings, Bachman, and
Townsend.
On Banking and Currency: Messrs. Wagner (chairman), Glass,
Barkley, Bulkley, Reynolds, Byrnes, Bankhead, McAdoo, Adams,
Maloney, Radcliffe, Brown of Michigan, Hitchcock, Hughes,
______, ______, Townsend, Steiwer, Frazier, and Lodge.
On Civil Service: Messrs. Bulow (chairman), McKellar,
George, Logan, Neely, Dieterich, Byrd, White, Gibson, and
Frazier.
On Claims: Messrs. Bailey (chairman), Black, Logan, Burke,
Schwellenbach, Brown of Michigan, Ellender, Hughes,
Schwartz, ______, Capper, Townsend, and White.
On Commerce: Messrs. Copeland (chairman), Sheppard,
Bailey, Mrs. Caraway, Clark, Overton, Bachman, Bilbo,
Donahey, Guffey, Maloney, Radcliffe, Pepper, Lee, McNary,
Johnson of California, Nye, Vandenberg, White, and Gibson.
On the District of Columbia: Messrs. King (chairman),
Glass, Copeland, Tydings, Lewis, Bankhead, McCarran,
Reynolds, Bilbo, Overton, Hitchcock, Hughes, Capper, Austin,
and Bridges.
On Education and Labor: Messrs. Black (chairman),
Copeland, Walsh, Thomas of Utah, Murray, Donahey, Holt,
Pepper, Ellender, Lee, Borah, La Follette, and Davis.
On Enrolled Bills: Mrs. Caraway (chairman), Messrs.
Lonergan and Vandenberg.
On Expenditures in the Executive Departments: Messrs.
Lewis (chairman), Wagner, Van Nuys, Pittman, Barkley, Davis,
and Lodge.
On Finance: Messrs. Harrison (chairman), King, George,
Walsh, Barkley, Connally, Bailey, Clark, Byrd, Lonergan,
Black, Gerry, Guffey, Bulkley, Brown of Michigan, ______, La
Follette, Capper, Vandenberg, Townsend, and Davis.
On Foreign Relations: Messrs. Pittman (chairman),
Robinson, Harrison, George, Black, Wagner, Connally, Lewis,
Bachman, Thomas of Utah, Van Nuys, Duffy, Pope, Murray,
Chavez, Schwellenbach, Borah, Johnson of California, Capper,
La Follette, Vandenberg, White, and Shipstead.
On Immigration: Messrs. Russell (chairman), King,
Copeland, McGill, Maloney, Moore, Schwellenbach, Holt,
Andrews, Hughes, Johnson of California, Austin, Capper, and
Shipstead.
On Indian Affairs: Messrs. Thomas of Oklahoma (chairman),
Wheeler, Ashurst, Bulow, Hatch, O'Mahoney, Donahey, Chavez,
Johnson of Colorado, Lundeen, Frazier, La Follette, Steiwer,
and Shipstead.
On Interoceanic Canals: Messrs. Clark (chairman), Duffy,
Hayden, Pepper, Ellender, ______, Bridges, and Lodge.
On Interstate Commerce: Messrs. Wheeler (chairman), Smith,
Wagner, Barkley, Neely, Dieterich, Lonergan, Brown of New
Hampshire, Bone, Donahey, Minton, Moore, Truman, Andrews,
Johnson of Colorado, Schwartz, White, Davis, Austin, and
Shipstead.
On Irrigation and Reclamation: Messrs. Bankhead
(chairman), Sheppard, Pittman, Ashurst, Adams, Pope,
McCarran, Overton, Hatch, O'Mahoney, Burke, Chavez, Lee,
McNary, Johnson of California, Townsend, and Nye.
On the Judiciary: Messrs. Ashurst (chairman), King, Neely,
Van Nuys, McCarran, Logan, Dieterich, McGill, Hatch, Burke,
Pittman, Connally, O'Mahoney, Hughes, Borah, Norris, Austin,
and Steiwer.
On the Library: Messrs. Barkley (chairman), McKellar,
Thomas of Oklahoma, Mrs. Caraway, Bilbo, Moore, Radcliffe,
______, Gibson, and McNary.
On Manufacturers: Messrs. Bulkley (chairman), Smith,
Sheppard, Russell, Brown of New Hampshire, Overton, Gerry,
Guffey, Brown of Michigan, Johnson of Colorado, La Follette,
McNary, and Lodge.
On Military Affairs: Messrs. Sheppard (chairman), Black,
Lewis, Logan, Reynolds, Bachman, Thomas of Utah, Minton,
Pepper, Johnson of Colorado, Lee, Schwartz, Lundeen, Austin,
Nye, Bridges, and Lodge.
On Mines and Mining: Messrs. Logan (chairman), Pittman,
Hayden, Bulow, Pope, Thomas of Utah, Guffey, Holt, Johnson
of Colorado, Schwartz, ______, Frazier, and Davis.
On Naval Affairs: Messrs. Walsh (chairman), Tydings,
Smith, McGill, Russell, Bone, Byrd, Dieterich, Brown of New
Hampshire, Gerry, Holt, Andrews, Gillette, Hale, Davis,
Johnson of California, and Gibson.
On Patents: Messrs. McAdoo (chairman), Smith, Bone,
Radcliffe, Duffy, Norris, and White.
On Pensions: Messrs. McGill (chairman), Wheeler, Walsh,
Bulkley, Lonergan, Thomas of Utah, Minton, Schwartz,
Frazier, Townsend, and Shipstead.
On Post Offices and Post Roads: Messrs. McKellar
(chairman), Hayden, Bailey, Bulow, Byrnes, Logan, Brown of
New Hampshire, O'Mahoney, Murray, Chavez, Holt, Ellender,
Green, Lundeen, ______, Frazier, La Follette, Gibson, and
Bridges.
On Printing: Messrs. Hayden (chairman), Walsh, Black,
Truman, Pepper, Lundeen, Vandenberg, and Lodge.
On Privileges and Elections: Messrs. George (chairman),
King, Smith, Connally, Bulkley, Logan, Bachman, Brown of New
Hampshire, Duffy, Hatch, Minton, Hitchcock, Green, Austin,
Johnson of California, Nye, and Bridges.
On Public Buildings and Grounds: Messrs. Connally
(chairman), Ashurst, Tydings, Walsh, Maloney, Truman,
Chavez, Andrews, Gillette, Green, ______, Austin, Hale, and
Shipstead.
On Public Lands and Surveys: Messrs. Adams (chairman),
Pittman, Ashurst, Wagner, Hatch, O'Mahoney, Murray,
McCarran, Andrews, Hitchcock, Lee, ______, Nye, Steiwer, and
Borah.
On Rules: Messrs. Neely (chairman), Robinson, Copeland,
Harrison, McKellar, Black, Adams, Byrd, Lewis, Gillette,
Hale, Steiwer, and Vandenberg.
On Territories and Insular Affairs: Messrs. Tydings
(chairman), Pittman, Hayden, King, Robinson, Clark,
Reynolds, Bone, McKellar, McAdoo, Wheeler, Gerry, Lundeen,
Nye, Vandenberg, McNary, and Gibson.
REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Appointed April 17, 1937

Senator Townsend, Chairman
Senator Capper
Senator Frazier
Senator White
Senator McNary
Seventy-sixth Congress (1939-1941)

[Editor's Note: Republicans gained 7 Senate seats in the 1938
election, making the ratio 69 Democrats, 23 Republicans, and 4
independents. In the House the party gained substantially, leaving the
Democrats with 262 seats to 169 Republicans and 4 independents.
As Nazi Germany began its march across Europe in September 1939 with
the invasion of Poland, congressional and administration attention
turned from domestic matters to foreign relations, with particular
concern about national defense. That fall President Roosevelt called a
special session of Congress, which considered and passed neutrality
legislation. In 1940, the march continued, with the invasions of Norway,
Belgium, and the Netherlands and the evacuation of British troops from
Dunkirk, followed by the fall of France. The United States began
providing aid to the allies and stepped up defense production, while a
debate began between isolationists and interventionists. In view of the
national emergency, Congress remained in session continuously, with only
brief recesses, throughout 1940.]
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[January 3, 1939]

JANUARY 3, 1939
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 3, 1939

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
11 a.m., in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to call.
Senator White acted as Temporary Secretary in the absence of Senator
Hale.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Bridges, Capper, Danaher, Davis, Frazier,
Gibson, Gurney, Holman, McNary, Nye, Reed, Taft, Tobey, Townsend,
Vandenberg, White, and Wiley.

Total 19--a quorum being present. (Quorum being 14)

Senator Bridges nominated Senator Hale as Permanent Secretary of the
Conference, and he was unanimously chosen.

Senator Austin nominated Senator McNary as Chairman of the Conference
and Floor Leader, and he was unanimously chosen.
Senator McNary made a statement as to committee assignments, stressing
the requirement of reaching an agreement with Senator Barkley as to
proportionate representation before assignments can be made.
The Committee on Committees of the Seventy-fifth Congress, Messrs. Nye,
Capper, White, Davis, and Townsend, was reappointed.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Temporary Secretary.

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MEETING COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
January 9, 1939

The Committee met in the Minority Conference room, number 335 Senate
Office Building, January 9, 1939, at 2:15 p.m.
Present were Senator Nye, Chairman, Senators Davis, Capper, and White.
Senator Townsend was out of the city. The Minority Leader, Senator
McNary, attended the first part of the meeting.
The Committee considered the requests of the new group of Senators, and
also personally contacted and consulted with the Senators who
relinquished existing assignments.
Mr. Bridges gave up Public Buildings and Grounds; Mr. Davis, Interstate
Commerce; Mr. Frazier, Mines and Mining; Mr. Gibson, Post Offices and
Post Roads; Mr. Lodge, Banking and Currency, Manufactures, and Military
Affairs; Mr. McNary, Judiciary and Manufactures; Mr. Nye, Commerce; Mr.
Shipstead, Immigration and Public Buildings and Grounds; Mr. Vandenberg,
Enrolled Bills and Printing; and Mr. White, Claims.
Mr. Barbour was assigned to Commerce, Manufactures, Naval Affairs,
Public Buildings and Grounds, and Rules. Mr. Danaher was assigned to
Banking and Currency, Judiciary, Manufactures, Printing, and
Territories. Mr. Davis was assigned to Post Offices and Post Roads. Mr.
Gurney was assigned to Interstate Commerce, Irrigation and Reclamation,
Military Affairs, Printing, and Public Lands. Mr. Holman was assigned to
Appropriations, District of Columbia, Immigration, Military Affairs, and
Public Lands. Mr. Lodge was assigned to Finance. Mr. McNary was assigned
to Indian Affairs. Mr. Reed was assigned to Enrolled Bills, Interstate
Commerce, Manufactures, Mines and Mining, and Post Offices and Post
Roads. Mr. Taft was assigned to Appropriations, Banking and Currency,
Education and Labor, Mines and Mining, and Public Buildings and Grounds.
Mr. Tobey was assigned to Banking and Currency, Claims, Interstate
Commerce, Library, and Rules. Mr. Wiley was assigned to Agriculture,
Claims, Judiciary, Mines and Mining, and Privileges and Elections.
This gave all of the new Senators two major and three minor committee
assignments.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary

Note: Owing to a desire to make the report the following day in the
Senate, the Committee's action was not considered by a Republican
Conference.
* * *
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN THE SEVENTY SIXTH CONGRESS

Major Minor
Name Committee Committee

Mr. Austin.................................. 3 3
Mr. Barbour................................. 2 3
Mr. Borah................................... 2 2
Mr. Bridges................................. 3 3
Mr. Capper.................................. 3 3
Mr. Danaher................................. 2 3
Mr. Davis................................... 3 3
Mr. Frazier................................. 3 3
Mr. Gibson.................................. 2 3
Mr. Gurney.................................. 2 3
Mr. Hale.................................... 2 2
Mr. Holman.................................. 2 3
Mr. Johnson................................. 3 3
Mr. La Follette............................. 3 3
Mr. Lodge................................... 2 3
Mr. McNary.................................. 2 3
Mr. Norris.................................. 2 1
Mr. Nye..................................... 2 4
Mr. Reed.................................... 2 3
Mr. Shipstead............................... 3 2
Mr. Taft.................................... 2 3
Mr. Tobey................................... 2 3
Mr. Townsend................................ 3 4
Mr. Vandenberg.............................. 3 2
Mr. White................................... 3 2
Mr. Wiley................................... 2 3

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[January 17, 1939]

JANUARY 17, 1939
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 17, 1939

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
11 a.m., in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to call.
The roll was not called since it was evident that a quorum was present,
but those present were:

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Bridges, Capper, Danaher, Davis, Gibson,
Gurney, Holman, Lodge, McNary, Reed, Taft, Tobey, Townsend,
Vandenberg, and White.

Senators Hale and Wiley, though absent, requested to be
counted as present.

Total 19 (Quorum being 14)
Senator McNary stated the reason for calling the Conference, which was
to enable Senators to consult with regard to the pending nominations,
Harry Hopkins to be Secretary of Commerce, Felix Frankfurter to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and Frank Murphy to be Attorney
General.
Senators Austin, Barbour, Bridges, Danaher, Lodge, McNary, Taft,
Vandenberg, Townsend, Davis, and White engaged in the discussion. No
action was taken with regard to the same.
The Chairman explained that Republican Conferences were not binding upon
the individual and that it was not customary to adopt a concert of
action upon nominations.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
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[January 25, 1939]

JANUARY 25, 1939
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 25, 1939

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
11 a.m., in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to call.
The following Senators were present:

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Capper, Danaher, Davis, Gurney, Hale, Holman,
Lodge, McNary, Nye, Reed, Taft, Tobey, Townsend, White, and Wiley.

Total 17 (Quorum being 14)
H.J. Res. 83, Making additional appropriations for work relief and
relief for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, was discussed, but no
action was taken.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
* * *
Calendar No. 2

76th Congress
1st Session
H.J. RES. 83
(Report No. 4)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 16, 1939
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
January 21, 1939
Reported, under authority of the order of the Senate of PJanuary 20,
1939, by Mr. Adams, with amendments

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making an additional appropriation for work relief and relief for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1939.
[The 8-page text of H.J. Res. 83 as reported in the Senate appears at
page 333 of Vol. 2 of the original minutes.]
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[April 19, 1939]

APRIL 19, 1939
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
April 19, 1939

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
11 a.m., in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to call.
The following Senators were present:

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Bridges, Capper, Danaher, Davis, Frazier,
Gibson, Gurney, Lodge, McNary, Reed, Taft, Townsend, Vandenberg, and
Wiley.

Total 16 (Quorum being 14)

S. 1265, the Public Works Bill by Mr. Byrnes, was discussed. Mr. Bridges
moved that a committee of six Senators be appointed to consider all
substitutes and amendments proposed to the bill, which was agreed to.
The Chairman appointed Senators Vandenberg, Lodge, Davis, Frazier,
Barbour, and Taft members of said committee.

The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.
Note: In the absence of the Secretary, Senator Hale, the Chairman
requested Mr. Carl A. Loeffler, Secretary of the Minority, to write the
minutes.

[signed] C. A. Loeffler
* * *
Calendar No. 301

76th Congress
1st Session
S. 1267
(Report No. 283)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 9, 1939
Mr. Byrnes introduced the following bill: which was read twice and
referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
February 13, 1939
The Committee on Appropriations discharged, and referred to the Special
Committee
to Investigate Unemployment and ReliefApril 17, 1939
Reported by Mr. Byrnes, with amendments

A BILL

To establish a Department of Public Works, to amend certain sections of
the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.
[The 38-page text of S. 1265 as reported appears at page 335 of Vol. 2
of the original minutes.]
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[July 20, 1939]

JULY 20, 1939
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
July 20, 1939

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
11 a.m., in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to call.
The following Senators were present:

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Bridges, Danaher, Davis, Frazier, Gibson,
Gurney, Hale, Holman, Lodge, McNary, Reed, Taft, Tobey, Townsend,
Vandenberg, White, and Wiley.

Total 19 (Quorum being 14)
The Conference considered S. 2759, The Works Financing Act of 1939 (so-
called Self-liquidating Projects Bill). Senators Taft, Danaher, and
Townsend (members of the Banking and Currency Committee) explained the
provisions of the bill as revised to date by the Committee. Several
Senators engaged in a discussion of the same, but no action was taken by
the Conference.
The Conference then adjourned at 11:50 a.m. subject to the call of the
Chairman.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.
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[January 5, 1940]

JANUARY 5, 1940
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 5, 1940

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
11 a.m., in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to call.
In the absence of Senator Hale, the Chairman requested Senator White to
act as Secretary.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Austin, Capper, Danaher, Davis, Frazier, Gurney, Holman,
Lodge, McNary, Tobey, Townsend, Vandenberg, White, and Wiley.

Total 14 (Quorum being 14)
After a discussion of the President's budget message of January 4, 1940,
the Conference agreed:
That the Conference approve the Harrison proposal and that it recommends
expansion of group to include representation of Military and Naval
Committees of House and Senate to be especially charged with the study
of results of past expenditures for defense, the present size and
efficiency of our military and naval forces and our immediate future
needs of defense.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Acting Secretary.
* * *
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

On February 8, 1940, Senator McNary (Republican Leader) worked out the
following assignments and after passing the same to members of the
Republican Committee on Committees for their approval, he presented the
order to the Senate and it was adopted.
Ordered, That the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Nye) be excused from
further service as a member of the Committee on Military Affairs and
assigned to service on the Committee on Foreign Relations;
That the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Townsend) be excused from further
service as a member of the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation;
That the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Bridges) be excused from
further service as a member of the Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads and assigned to service on the Committee on Education and Labor;
That the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Taft) be assigned to service on the
Committee on the Judiciary; and that the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Thomas)
be assigned to service on the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation,
the Committee on Military Affairs, the Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads, and the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler
Secretary
Republican Committee on
Committees
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[June 6, 1940]

JUNE 6, 1940
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
June 6, 1940

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
11 a.m., in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Austin, Barbour, Bridges, Capper, Danaher, Davis, Gibson,
Gurney, Hale, Holman, Lodge, McNary, Nye, Taft, Thomas, Tobey,
Townsend, Vandenberg, White, and Wiley.

Total 20 (Quorum being 14)
After discussion, it was unanimously agreed:

That the Congress should remain in session during the
present emergency.

After general discussion of pending legislation, the Conference
adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Frederick Hale

Secretary.

HISTORICAL NOTATION: The following resolution was adopted unanimously
by a Conference of Republican Members of the House of Representatives on
June 3, 1940:

Resolved that the Republicans of the House of
Representatives are in favor of continuing in session as
long as the interest of the Country requires.
Seventy-seventh Congress (1941-1943)

[Editor's Note: In the 1940 election, President Roosevelt was
reelected to a third term over the Republican nominee, Wendell Willkie,
and his running mate, the Senate Republican Conference Chairman and
floor leader, Charles McNary of Oregon. In the Senate, Republicans
continued to make gains, although Democrats still retained control, with
66 seats to the Republicans' 28, and 2 independents. In the House
Democrats strengthened their control with 267 seats to 162 for the
Republicans, and 6 independents.
During 1941 the war in Europe and North Africa continued to preoccupy
Congress and the administration. In March the president signed the Lend-
Lease Act to supply arms and equipment to Britain. Then, on December 7,
came the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that drew the United States
into the war, both in Europe and the Pacific. On December 11, 1941, the
Conference pledged its support to the president in the war effort.]
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[January 4, 1941]

JANUARY 4, 1941
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 4, 1941

A conference of Republican members of the Senate was held at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon of this date in pursuance of notice thereof.
The meeting was called to order by the senior Senator from Vermont, Mr.
Austin, in his capacity as assistant to the Leader of the Minority and
at the request of the Minority Leader. Senator Austin, as Chairman,
stated to the Conference the general rules governing the procedure in
such conferences and, in particular, emphasized that meetings were
called for the purpose of exchange of views and for the harmonizing of
opinions so far as this could be done but that members were not bound by
any action taken.
The Chairman requested the Senator from Maine, Mr. White, to act as
temporary Secretary and directed him to call the roll of members. The
roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Austin, Ball, Brewster, Brooks, Burton, Butler, Capper,
Danaher, Gurney, Holman, Langer, Nye, Reed, Taft, Thomas, Vandenberg,
White, Wiley, and Willis.

Nineteen members having answered, the Chairman declared a
quorum present.

The Chairman then announced that the selection of a Minority Leader was
first in order. Senator Capper of Kansas thereupon nominated Senator
McNary of Oregon and a vote being had, the Chairman announced that
Senator McNary was unanimously elected.
Senator Holman of Oregon moved that the Conference by resolution express
its appreciation of the able and courteous services of Senator Austin as
Acting Minority Leader, that the members extend their grateful
acknowledgments to him and that he be requested to continue to act as
such Acting Leader until the return of Senator McNary. This motion was
put by Senator Vandenberg of Michigan and upon a vote being had the
resolution was declared unanimously adopted.
The Chairman announced that the next business was the selection of a
Secretary. Senator Danaher of Connecticut placed in nomination Senator
White of Maine for this position and upon a vote being had, the Chairman
declared Senator White elected.
Senator Reed of Kansas placed in nomination Senator Vandenberg as the
Minority candidate for President pro tempore of the Senate. Upon a vote
being had, Senator Vandenberg was declared unanimously elected.
The Chairman announced the appointment by Minority Leader McNary of the
following Committee on Committees: Senators Nye, Chairman, Capper,
White, Davis, Taft, and Danaher.
Senator Vandenberg moved that the Chairman be authorized to appoint a
committee of three Senators to be known as the Calendar Committee to be
charged with the obligation of familiarizing themselves with bills upon
the Calendar and of following the call of the Calendar in behalf of the
Minority. Upon a vote being had, this motion was declared unanimously
agreed to.
There being no further business, the Conference voted to adjourn subject
to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Secretary.

By direction of the Chairman, Senator Austin, Mr. Loeffler addressed
the following letter to Senators Danaher, Ball, and Butler.

January 7, 1941

Honorable
United States Senator
Washington, D.C.

Dear Senator :

I am directed to inform you that Senator Austin, Vice
Chairman of the Conference, has named the following
Senators to be members of the Committee on the Calendar,
authorized by the Republican Conference of January 4,
1941. A similar letter is being mailed to each of the
other members of this committee.

Honorable John A. Danaher, Chairman
Honorable Joseph H. Ball
Honorable Hugh A. Butler

Respectfully yours,
Carl A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority

cal/wbb

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETINGS
Seventy Seventh Congress

January 14, 1941.

The Committee met in Room 335, Senate Office Building, at 10 a.m.,
upon call by the Chairman, Mr. Nye.
Present were Senator Nye, Chairman, and Messrs. Capper, Davis, White,
Taft, Danaher.
The Committee took the list of seniority and noted all requests for
change on each committee on the work sheets (Confidential Print No. 1).
The Democratic Majority having made Education and Labor a major
committee, the Republican Committee on Committees so classified it.
The Committee adjourned to meet January 15, 1941, at 3 p.m.

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January 15, 1941.

The Committee met in Room 335, Senate Office Building, at 3 p.m.
All members attended. Senators White, Davis and Capper left before
adjournment.
Tentative assignments were made on all committees.
The Committee adjourned to meet January 17, 1941, at 10:30 a.m.

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January 18, 1941.

The Committee met in Room 335, Senate Office Building, at 10:30 a.m.
All members were present but Senator Davis.
Committee assignments were completed.
The Committee adjourned to meet January 20, 1941, at 10:30 a.m.

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January 20, 1941.

The Committee met in Room 335, Senate Office Building, at 10:30 a.m.
All members were present but Senator Danaher.
The Committee agreed to the report of the Chairman read by Senator
Nye.
Senator Davis was to advise Senator Nye which of two committees he
would give up, Post Offices or Education and Labor. (1/21/41, he
notified Senator Nye he would give up Education and Labor.)
The Committee adjourned.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary.
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[January 21, 1941]

JANUARY 21, 1941
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 21, 1941

A Conference of Republican members of the Senate was held at nine-thirty
o'clock in the forenoon of this date in the Minority Conference Room,
335 Senate Office Building, upon call of the Chairman.
Senator Austin presided.
The records of the previous meeting were read and approved. The Chairman
announced the appointment of Senators Danaher, Ball, and Butler as
members of the Calendar Committee authorized at the previous conference.
The roll of members was called and the following Senators responded to
their names:

Messrs. Aiken, Austin, Ball, Barbour, Brewster, Bridges, Brooks,
Burton, Butler, Danaher, Davis, Gurney, Holman, Langer, Nye, Taft,
Thomas, Tobey, Vandenberg, White, and Willis.

Twenty-one members having answered, the Chairman declared a
quorum present.

Senator Nye, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, in behalf of the
Committee, submitted its report to the Conference. Upon motion of
Senator Vandenberg the report was adopted. This report is made a part of
this record.
Senator Tobey moved that the Conference express to Senator Nye and to
the other members of the Committee on Committees the thanks of the
Minority members of the Senate for the satisfactory performance of the
task committed to them.
Upon motion it was voted to adjourn subject to the call of the Chair.

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Secretary.
* * *
United States Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations

January 18, 1941

Honorable Charles L. McNary
Minority Leader
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.

My dear Senator McNary:

Following its appointment at your hands the Committee on
Committees for the Republican side of the Senate has met,
considered the vacancies existing upon committees along
with requests by Republican members for committee
assignment and, after much deliberation, is prepared now
to report to you and the Republican conference its
recommendations.
The task of the Committee has been especially difficult
this year, the difficulty growing out of the fact that
some members of the minority were of necessity asked to
surrender assignments which were already theirs in order
that an equitable allotment of committees could be
assigned each new member, and by the further fact that the
Committee on Education and Labor had been advanced by the
majority as a major committee for the first time. This
last consideration quite naturally threw the allocation of
committee assignments entirely out of gear as respecting a
number of members of the Senate.
However, adjustment has finally been made and generally
approved by such senior members of the Senate as had to
surrender committee places to bring the whole issue of
committee assignments among Republicans into a fair and
splendid balance.
149 committee places were agreed upon by majority and
minority leaders as being the number of places to which
the minority would be entitled. With 30 members of the
Senate asking assignment by the minority, it will be seen
that each of the 30 except one could be assigned 5
committee places. Since Senator Norris consents to only
two assignments, the Committee was privileged to afford at
least 5 assignments to every Senator, and 6 places to two
Senators. In order to afford this balance it was necessary
for Senators Johnson, Capper, La Follette, Nye, Taft,
Davis and Bridges to surrender one of their 6 committee
assignments. The two Senators who will retain 6
assignments are Senators Vandenberg and Austin.
The Committee wishes to report to you and to the
conference that in those cases of contest for committee
assignments it has followed as closely as it could the
rule of right accruing to a senior Senator. The Committee
has also taken into consideration wherever it could the
desirability of assignments on a given committee among the
various states and sections of states. The Committee
wishes further to report that in determining senior rank
upon committees it has permitted previous official
experience to take precedence.
While we have not in every instance been able to comply
with the first request made by members whom we were
serving, it is our opinion that the assignments made come
as near to approximating fairness to all Senators as is
possible of attainment under all the circumstances which
attend a task of this kind.
As to release from committees, some of which have been
requested by the individual Senators involved, and some of
which are necessitated by reason of adjustment of
committee assignments for the Republican side, the
Committee recommends as follows:
Mr. Johnson from the Committee on Privileges and
Elections;
Mr. Capper from the Committee on Immigration;
Mr. La Follette from the Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads;
Mr. Nye from the Committee on Irrigation and
Reclamation;
Mr. Davis from the Committee on Education and Labor;
Mr. White from the Committee on Commerce, and the
Committee on Civil Service;
Mr. Austin from the Committee on Immigration;
Mr. Bridges from the Committee on Interoceanic Canals;
Mr. Lodge from the Committee on Expenditures in the
Executive Departments;
Mr. Taft from the Committee on Judiciary, and the
Committee on Appropriations;
Mr. Danaher from the Committee on Manufactures;
Mr. Gurney from the Committee on Printing;
Mr. Tobey from the Committee on Library;
Mr. Ball from the Committee on Interstate Commerce.
New appointments to the various committees we recommend
as follows:
Mr. Shipstead to Interstate Commerce;
Mr. Vandenberg to Interoceanic Canals;
Mr. White to Appropriations and Rules;
Mr. Austin to Territories and Insular Affairs;
Mr. Lodge to Military Affairs;
Mr. Danaher to Finance;
Mr. Gurney to Appropriations;
Mr. Taft to Finance;
Mr. Tobey to Audit and Control;
Mr. Thomas to Banking and Currency;
Mr. Ball to Committees on Banking and Currency,
Education and Labor, Manufactures, Printing and
Immigration;
Mr. Brooks to Committees on Appropriations, Interstate
Commerce, Claims, Interoceanic Canals and Pensions;
Mr. Brewster to Committees on Commerce, Naval Affairs,
Claims, Library and Public Buildings and Grounds;
Mr. Burton to Committees on Commerce, Judiciary,
District of Columbia, Civil Service and Immigration;
Mr. Butler to Committees on Education and Labor, Post
Offices and Post Roads, Privileges and Elections,
Irrigation and Reclamation and Public Buildings and
Grounds;
Mr. Langer to Committees on Judiciary, Post Offices and
Post Roads, Indian Affairs, Printing and Civil Service;
Mr. Willis to Committees on Agriculture, Post Offices
and Post Roads, Library, Printing and Public Lands and
Surveys;
Mr. Aiken to Committees on Agriculture, Education and
Labor, Civil Service, Expenditures in the Executive
Department and Pensions.
The Committee offers in explanation of the placement of
Mr. Shipstead in third ranking place on the Interstate
Commerce Committee the following: By telegraphic
arrangement following the appointment of Mr. Ball from
Minnesota last fall, Mr. Shipstead voluntarily retired
from the Interstate Commerce Committee in favor of his
colleague, Mr. Ball, so that Mr. Ball might have such
assignment as would enable him to have stationery
accommodations. Mr. Shipstead at that time enjoyed third
place on the minority side of the Interstate Commerce
Committee. Reassignment now found the Committee
considering it only fair that Mr. Shipstead should have
the same rank on the committee that he had when he
temporarily resigned it.
In conclusion, permit us to report that under this
recommendation no member of the Senate will have more than
three major committee assignments, and no Senator less
than two major committee assignments.

Respectfully submitted.
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES,
[signed] Gerald P. Nye
Chairman
* * *
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN THE SEVENTY SEVENTH CONGRESS

Major Minor
Name Committee Committee

Aiken....................................... 2 3
Austin...................................... 3 3
Ball........................................ 2 3
Barbour..................................... 2 3
Brewster.................................... 2 3
Bridges..................................... 3 2
Brooks...................................... 2 3
Burton...................................... 2 3
Butler...................................... 2 3
Capper...................................... 3 2
Danaher..................................... 3 2
Davis....................................... 3 2
Gurney...................................... 3 2
Holman...................................... 2 3
Johnson..................................... 3 2
La Follette................................. 3 2
Langer...................................... 2 3
Lodge....................................... 3 2
McNary...................................... 2 3
Norris...................................... 2 0
Nye......................................... 2 3
Reed........................................ 2 3
Shipstead................................... 3 2
Taft........................................ 3 2
Thomas Idaho................................ 3 2
Tobey....................................... 2 3
Vandenberg.................................. 3 3
White....................................... 3 2
Wiley....................................... 2 3
Willis...................................... 2 3

* * *

February 14, 1941

To the Minority Members of the United States Senate:

Dear Senator:

Conforming to the custom whereby the Chairman of the
Republican Conference selects the Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee, I designate the following members to
serve on that Committee for the Seventy-Seventh Congress:

Ex-Senator Townsend, Chairman
Senator Capper
Senator White
Senator McNary
Senator Bridges
Senator Thomas of Idaho

The selection of ex-Senator Townsend for the
Chairmanship was unanimously approved by the members of
the Campaign Committee.

Very sincerely yours,
Charles L. McNary
Chairman of the Conference

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[December 11, 1941]

DECEMBER 11, 1941
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
December 11, 1941

Messrs. Aiken, Austin, Ball, Barbour, Brewster, Bridges, Brooks,
Burton, Butler, Capper, Danaher, Davis, Gurney, Holman, Langer, Lodge,
McNary, Nye, Reed, Shipstead, Taft, Tobey, Vandenberg, White, Wiley,
and Willis.

Total 26 (Quorum being 16)
There was a general discussion of matters of interest, including the war
situation. The following resolution was unanimously adopted:

RESOLVED that the Republican Conference pledge to the
President of the United States its unanimous support in the
vigorous and efficient prosecution of the war.

The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Secretary.

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[July 14, 1942]

JULY 14, 1942
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
July 14, 1942

Messrs. Aiken, Bridges, Burton, Danaher, Gurney, Lodge, McNary, Nye,
Reed, Thomas, Tobey, Vandenberg, White, Wiley, and Willis.

Total present 15.
The Chairman requested the views of the Senators present in regard to a
recess, and following a brief discussion, on motion of Mr. Vandenberg,
it was moved that it was the sense of the Conference that the Chairman
should indicate disapproval of a recess for any fixed time but that he
be authorized to arrange for three day recesses at such times as the
legislative situation might warrant. This motion was adopted.
Senator Lodge was present and spoke on his experiences and observations
in the North African campaign as a member of our armed forces in the
Libya-Egypt sector. ¹
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\1\ [In 1942, while still a senator, Lodge served with an army tank
crew in Libya. Later, when the War Department required members of
Congress to choose either to join the armed services or to remain in
Congress, Lodge resigned from the Senate on February 4, 1944, and spent
the remainder of the war in combat in Europe.]
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The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Secretary.

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[September 17, 1942]

SEPTEMBER 17, 1942
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
September 17, 1942

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator McNary, at
10 a.m., in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to call.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Messrs. Aiken, Austin, Ball, Barbour, Brooks, Burton, Butler, Capper,
Danaher, Langer, McNary, Nye, Reed, Shipstead, Taft, Thomas, Tobey,
Vandenberg, White, Wiley, and Willis.

Total 21 (Quorum being 16).
S.J. Res. 161, To aid in stabilizing the cost of living, was considered.
After discussion the following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED that the Republican Conference recognizes the
present situation with respect to living costs, that it
believes action is necessary and will cooperate in efforts
to work out a wise solution of the problems presented to the
Senate and the country.

The Conference then adjourned with the understanding that another
meeting would be called for further consideration of the same subject.

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Secretary.
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77th Congress
2d Session
S.J. RES. 161
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 14, 1942

Mr. Brown (for himself and Mr. Wagner), under authority of the order of
the Senate of September 10, 1942, introduced the following joint
resolution; which (the first and second readings having been waived) was
referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency.
JOINT RESOLUTION
To aid in stabilizing the cost of living.

[The four-page text of S.J. Res. 161 appears at page 354 of Vol. 2 of
the original minutes.]
* * *
RESOLUTION OF REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

Mr. McNARY. Mr. President, I desire to make a brief statement. This
morning I called a conference of the Republican Members of the Senate.
The conference adopted a resolution which I ask to have inserted in the
Record.
There being no objection, the resolution was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:

United States Senate,
Republican Conference,

September 17, 1942.

Resolved, That the Republican Conference recognizes the
present situation with respect to living costs, that it
believes action is necessary, and will cooperate in an
effort to work out a wise solution of the problems
presented to the Senate and the country.

The text of the above resolution was placed in the
Congressional Record by Senator McNary, September 17,
1942, page 7405.

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[September 19, 1942]

SEPTEMBER 19, 1942
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
September 19, 1942

Messrs. Aiken, Austin, Brooks, Burton, Butler, Capper, Danaher, Davis,
Gurney, Holman, McNary, Nye, Reed, Taft, Thomas, Vandenberg, White,
Wiley, and Willis.

Total 19 (Quorum being 16).
The Conference resumed consideration of S.J. Res. 161, To aid in
stabilizing the cost of living. Senators Danaher and Taft, members of
Banking and Currency Committee, explained the amendments that had been
made by the Committee to the resolution.
Following a general discussion, the Chairman was authorized to state to
the press that the general view of the Conference was that the Banking
and Currency Committee, in its reported draft, had improved the original
bill.
The Conference then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Secretary.
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Calendar No. 1661

77th Congress
2d Session
S.J. RES. 161
(Report No. 1609)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 14, 1942

Reported by Mr. Brown, under authority of the order of the Senate of
September 17, 1942, with amendments
JOINT RESOLUTION
To aid in stabilizing the cost of living.

[The eight-page text of S.J. Res. 161 as reported appears at page 357
of Vol. 2 of the original minutes.]
* * *
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEMORANDUM
December 3, 1942

Senator McNary revised the Committee on Committees membership as
follows:

Senator Nye, Chairman
Senator White
Senator Davis
Senator Taft
Senator Danaher
Senator Butler
Senator Thomas of Idaho
* * *
Townsend Renamed GOP's Senatorial Campaign Leader PM'Nary Lauds
Delawarean For Party's Gains in Election This Year
By the Associated Press.

Former Senator John G. Townsend, Jr., of Delaware was reappointed today
to the chairmanship of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee to
serve through the 1944 campaign.
Minority Leader McNary notified the 71-year-old former legislator of the
appointment in a letter which said:

``Your splendid services as chairman of the National
Republican Senatorial Committee are sincerely appreciated by
the members of the United States Senate and the Republicans
throughout the country.
``Your management of the campaign which resulted in the
election of nine additional Republican members to the Senate
was noteworthy and demands further employment of your
talents.
``At this time and in this fashion I appoint you chairman of
the National Republican Senatorial Committee from now until
a time seasonably following the fall elections in 1944.''
``Peacemaker'' at St. Louis

Mr. Townsend, one of the peacemakers in the recent intra-party scrap at
St. Louis which culminated in the compromise selection of Harrison E.
Spangler of Iowa as Republican national chairman, believes the GOP has a
``good chance'' to gain control of the Senate in 1944.
In the Senate convening January 6 the Republicans will have 38 seats
against 29 now, the Democrats 57 and Progressives one. The minority
party would have to pick up 10 new seats in the 1944 elections to win
control, as that would give them 48 seats, against 47 for the Democrats,
and one Progressive.
Mr. Townsend and his associates base their hopes on the fact that of the
32 Senators to be elected two years from now 21 will be for seats now
held by Democrats, including only seven from the ``Solid South,'' and 11
will be for seats of Republican incumbents.

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETINGS
Seventy Eighth Congress
December 17, 1942.

The Committee met in the Minority Conference Room, Senate Office
Building, at 11 a.m.
Present were Senator Nye, Chairman, and Messrs. McNary, White, Davis,
Taft, Danaher, Butler, and Thomas of Idaho.
Senator McNary submitted to the Committee lists of the number of
assignments on each committee that had been agreed to between Senator
Barkley, the Democratic Leader, and himself.
He also explained the reason why in two instances he had agreed to the
request of Senator Barkley to depart from the absolute numerical
proportion.
On motion of Senator Danaher it was agreed that they be accepted as
stated.
The Committee then adjourned to meet in the Minority Conference room at
10 a.m., on December 18, 1942.

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December 18, 1942.

The Committee met in the Minority Conference Room, Senate Office
Building, at 10 a.m.
Present were Senator Nye, Chairman, and Messrs. White, Davis, Taft,
Danaher, Butler, and Thomas of Idaho.
The Committee considered requests for committee places received to date,
and made tentative assignments in a number of instances, following which
they adjourned to meet again December 19, 1942, at 10 a.m.

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December 19, 1942.

The Committee met in the Minority Conference Room, Senate Office
Building, at 10 a.m.
Present were Senator Nye, Chairman, and Messrs. White, Davis, Taft,
Danaher, Butler, and Thomas of Idaho.
The Committee continued their work in assigning places. Mr. Loeffler was
authorized to have a new print made on the basis of their action to
date, there being only a couple of assignments not definitely decided.
He was also authorized to arrange the assignments in the order of
seniority as heretofore practiced by the Committee.
It was agreed that the work of the Committee should not be divulged
until said Committee should remove the ban of secrecy.
The Committee then adjourned to meet again in the Minority Conference
Room at 10 a.m., on January 4, 1943.

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January 4, 1943.

The Committee met in the Minority Conference Room, Senate Office
Building, at 10 a.m.
Present were Senator Nye, Chairman, and Messrs. White, Taft, Danaher,
Butler, and Thomas of Idaho. Senator Davis was absent from the city.
The Committee continued their work on assignment to committee places.
The Committee called in Senator McNary to advise them concerning the
adoption of a rule restricting the same Senator from being assigned to
the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Finance, to apply
only to assignments herafter made, and he advised them that the
Committee on Committees had plenary power to adopt such a rule. On
motion of Senator Taft, seconded by Senator White, it was agreed that
hereafter no Senator shall be placed on both the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on Finance.
The Committee then adjourned to meet in the Minority Conference Room at
10 a.m., on January 7, 1943.

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January 7, 1943.

The Committee met in the Minority Conference Room, Senate Office
Building, at 10 a.m.
Present were Senator Nye, Chairman, and Messrs. White, Davis, Taft,
Danaher, Butler, and Thomas of Idaho.
Senator Wilson having failed to qualify, ² the Committee
substituted Senator Bushfield in his place on the Agriculture Committee.
Senator Bushfield was placed on Interoceanic Canals and removed from
Naval Affairs and Civil Service.
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\2\ [George A. Wilson of Iowa was elected to the Senate for the term
beginning January 3, 1943, but chose to continue as governor until
January 14, when he took the oath as a senator.]
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The Committee considered the request of Senator Tobey which reached them
later than the time set for replies, and assigned him to Naval Affairs,
taking him off the Committee on Rules and the Committee on Territories
and Insular Affairs in accordance with his telegram.
To effect these changes it was necessary to take Senator Thomas off of
Military Affairs and put Senator Wilson on. Also Senator Brewster was
assigned to Territories and Insular Affairs and taken off of Claims, and
Senator Robertson was placed on Claims and taken off of Irrigation and
Reclamation.
Senator Thomas was restored to Irrigation and Reclamation and placed on
Rules.
Senator Brooks was taken off of Interoceanic Canals and placed on Civil
Service.
The Committee closed the assignments and ordered a third print for
Conference use.
There was some discussion concerning the advisability of the Committee
on Committees being given authority to designate from time to time what
committees should be considered as major committees instead of following
the plan heretofore in force whereby both party organizations specified
committees to be major ones, but took no action thereon.
On motion of Senator White, Senator Nye was authorized to report the
assignments in full as agreed upon to the Republican Conference.
The Committee then adjourned.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler.

Secretary.
Seventy-eighth Congress (1943-1945)

[Editor's Note: In the 1942 election, Senate Republicans gained 10
seats, narrowing the party ratio to 57 Democrats, 38 Republicans, and 1
independent. Republicans also increased their representation in the
House to 209 seats, compared to 222 Democrats and 4 independents.
During 1943 and 1944, World War II continued to rage, with the allies
making slow progress in Europe and the Pacific. Yet Republicans were
already thinking about the postwar world. In September 1943 the
Republican party convened a meeting called the Republican Advisory
Council, at Mackinac Island, Michigan, to begin developing a postwar
policy that could be incorporated into the party platform for the 1944
election. Attending were Republican governors, fifteen senators and
representatives appointed by their party leaders, and members of the
Republican National Committee. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg played a
leading role in formulating the foreign policy position that called for
U.S. participation ``in postwar cooperative organization among sovereign
nations to prevent military aggression and to attain permanent peace
with organized justice in a free world.'' In November the Senate passed
the Connally-Fulbright Resolution favoring the creation of such an
international organization.
Under the leadership of Robert A. Taft of Ohio, the Conference began
considering effective ways to organize, since the party was increasing
its numbers in the Senate. A committee produced a list of proposed
Conference rules and officers, which the Conference adopted in February
1944. The plan included for the first time making the Conference
chairman and floor leader separate positions, rather than having one
individual hold both posts. Even though it was not the beginning of a
new Congress, the Conference then proceeded to elect its officers. In
November 1943 Conference Chairman and minority leader Charles McNary of
Oregon had become ill with a brain tumor and remained absent from the
Senate. The Conference secretary, Wallace H. White, Jr. of Maine, served
as acting leader in his absence. After reelecting the absent McNary as
chairman and floor leader, the Conference elected White assistant floor
leader and asked that he continue to serve as acting floor leader, a
title he held for the remainder of the Congress, even after McNary's
death on February 25, 1944. The Conference then also chose a whip for
the first time since 1933. In addition, the Taft plan created a nine-
member Republican Steering Committee, which met frequently during 1944
and hired a research assistant to aid Republican senators.
In addition to organizing the Republican Conference for the postwar
world, the members also recognized the need to improve the operation of
Congress as a whole, a concern that led in the next Congress to passage
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.]

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[January 8, 1943]

JANUARY 8, 1943
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 8, 1943

A meeting of the Republican Conference was held this day at 10:30
o'clock in the forenoon. The meeting was called to order by the
Chairman, Mr. McNary.
The roll was called by the Secretary and the following Senators
responded to their names:

Austin, Ball, Barbour, Brewster, Bridges, Brooks, Buck, Burton,
Bushfield, Butler, Capper, Danaher, Davis, Ferguson, Gurney, Hawkes,
Holman, Langer, Lodge, McNary, Millikin, Moore, Nye, Revercomb,
Robertson, Shipstead, Taft, Thomas, Vandenberg, Wherry, White, and
Willis.

The Chairman declared a quorum present.
Mr. Reed later entered the Conference.

The Chairman reported to the membership of the Conference his
negotiations with the Majority Leader and the agreement reached with
respect to the division of committee places between the Majority and the
Minority of the Senate.
The Chairman announced that the next business would be the selection of
the Chairman of the Conference. Mr. Vandenberg moved the reelection of
Mr. McNary, Senator from Oregon. This motion was seconded by Mr. Austin.
The motion was put by the Secretary and Mr. McNary was declared
unanimously elected.
The next business to come before the Conference was the election of a
Secretary. Mr. Bridges of New Hampshire nominated Mr. White. This
nomination was seconded by Mr. Barbour. There being no other
nominations, a viva-voce vote was had and Mr. White was declared
elected.
The next business was the selection of the Republican candidate for
President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Mr. Vandenberg of Michigan was
unanimously nominated. It was agreed that this nomination should not be
presented to the Senate until the Majority Party made its nomination of
a President Pro Tempore.
The next business was the selection of a Secretary for the Minority. On
nomination of Mr. Davis, Mr. Loeffler was reelected by a unanimous vote.
Mr. Nye thereupon presented the report of the Committee on Committees.
The Chairman of the Conference reported to the members of the Conference
the conversations between him and the Majority Leader and the
understanding reached that Republicans would be entitled to fill the
first vacancies happening in the Majority representation on the
Committees on Appropriations, Commerce and Foreign Relations. Mr. Nye,
Chairman of the Committee on Committees, then explained to the members
present the considerations governing the Committee on Committees in
making the assignments reported.
Mr. Buck expressed his appreciation of the consideration shown him by
the Committee on Committees.
Mr. Nye thereupon moved the adoption of the Committee report. The report
was unanimously adopted.
Mr. Bridges moved that no member of the Republican Conference should
hereafter be assigned to both the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Finance. This motion was unanimously adopted.
Thereupon the Conference voted to adjourn.

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Secretary.

A copy of the committee assignments as agreed upon and a list of the
assignments of each Senator to Major and Minor Committees are appended
to these minutes. ¹
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\1\ [The lists are not included here, because they consist simply of
the lists of committee assignments for all senators, Republican and
Democratic, that appear in the Congressional Directory for the Seventy-
eighth Congress. A typewritten memorandum attached to the top of the
list states: ``The minority members shown in this list of committees are
in accordance with those selected by the Committee on Committees and
endorsed by the Republican Conference and later submitted to the Senate
through the medium of the minority and Majority Leaders of the
Senate.'']
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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy Eighth Congress
January 14, 1943.

Senator McNary called the members of the Committee on Committees
together in his office at 11 a.m., to advise them that the Majority
Chairman (Mr. Barkley) had made changes in the total membership on
certain committees.
Senator McNary and all members of the Committee were present.
The only committee total which affected the minority representation was
To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. That was
increased to 5 to 3, which gave Republicans one additional place.
Senator Taft moved that Senator Nye be placed on that committee. Senator
Butler seconded the motion and it was unanimously adopted.
The Committee then adjourned.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler.
Secretary.
* * *
NUMBER OF ASSIGNMENTS OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS
78 Congress, 1 Session

------------------------------------------------------------------------
List by Seniority Majors Minors Total
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Johnson.................... 3 2 5
2. McNary..................... 2 3 5
3. Capper..................... 3 2 5
4. Shipstead.................. 3 2 5
5. La Follette................ 3 2 5
6. Nye........................ 3 2 5
7. Vandenberg................. 3 2 5
8. Davis...................... 3 2 5
9. White...................... 3 2 5
10. Austin.................... 3 2 5
11. Bridges................... 3 2 5
Lodge..................... 3 2 5
12. Barbour................... 2 3 5
13. Danaher................... 3 2 5
Gurney.................... 3 2 5
Holman.................... 2 3 5
Reed...................... 3 2 5
Taft...................... 3 2 5
Tobey..................... 3 1 4
Wiley..................... 3 2 5
14. Thomas, Ida............... 2 3 5
15. Brooks.................... 2 3 5
16. Brewster.................. 2 3 5
Burton.................... 2 3 5
Butler.................... 2 3 5
Langer.................... 2 3 5
Willis.................... 2 3 5
17. Aiken..................... 2 3 5
18. Millikin.................. 2 3 5
19. Ball...................... 2 3 5
Buck...................... 2 3 5
Bushfield................. 2 3 5
Ferguson.................. 2 3 5
Hawkes.................... 2 3 5
Moore..................... 2 3 5
Revercomb................. 2 3 5
Robertson................. 2 3 5
Wherry.................... 2 3 5
20. Wilson.................... 2 3 5
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95 99 194

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[September 16, 1943]

SEPTEMBER 16, 1943
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
September 16, 1943

A Conference of Republican Senators met this day at 10:30 o'clock in the
forenoon pursuant to call by the Senior Senator from Oregon, Chairman of
the Republican Conference. The roll of Senators entitled to participate
in the Conference was called and the following members responded to
their names.

AikeMcNary
AustMillikin
BallMoore
BarbRobertson
BridTaft
BuckThomas
BurtTobey
CappVandenberg
DanaWhite
DaviWiley
FergWillis
Hawkes

The Chairman announced a quorum present.
The Chairman stated that the meeting had been called in order that
members of the Conference might hear a report of the proceedings and
recommendations of the Republican Advisory Council Meeting held at
Mackinac, Michigan, on September 6.
In response to the request of the Chairman, Senator Vandenberg, as
Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee of the Council, reported
concerning the organization, procedure and conclusions reached by this
Committee. At the suggestion of Chairman McNary, Senator Austin also
commented on the work of this Committee.
Senator Taft, of the Domestic Problems Committee of the Council,
reported to the members as to the activities and conclusions of this
Committee.
Senator Hawkes, a member of the Council, commented generally on the
meeting of the Council and, in particular, upon the work of these two
Committees.
A suggestion of more frequent meetings of the Republican Conference was
made by Senator Wiley of Wisconsin but no action was taken in this
matter.
Senator White then moved ``that this meeting express its deep sense of
obligation to our Republican Senatorial Colleagues who participated in
the recent Mackinac Conference for the labor, sound judgment and
patriotic spirit which they gave to their infinitely difficult task and
our appreciation of their contributions at this Conference in our
country's behalf and to the cause of International order, security and
peace.''
A vote being had, the Chairman declared this motion unanimously adopted.
Thereupon the Conference adjourned.

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Secretary.
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[November 22, 1943]

NOVEMBER 22, 1943
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
November 22, 1943

A Conference of Republican Senators met at 335 Senate Office Building,
Washington, D.C., Monday, November 22, 1943, at 10:30 a.m. pursuant to
the call issued by the Senior Senator from Maine, Wallace H. White, Jr.,
as Secretary of the Republican Conference; the Senior Senator from
Oregon, Chairman of the Republican Conference, being necessarily absent
due to illness.
In the absence of the Chairman, the Senior Senator from Maine acted as
chairman of the meeting and requested Senator Burton to act as secretary
of the meeting. The roll of Senators entitled to participate in the
Conference was called and the following were found present:

AikeLanger
BallMillikin
BrewMoore
BridReed
BrooRevercomb
BuckRobertson
BurtShipstead
BushTaftd
ButlThomas
CappTobey
DanaVandenberg
DaviWherry
FergWhite
GurnWiley
HolmWillis
Wilson

(Total 31; quorum being 20)
The Chairman announced that a quorum was present and stated that the
meeting had been called by him at the request of a number of Republican
Senators, for whom Senator Vandenberg acted as spokesman, asking for a
discussion by the Conference of S. 1285--a bill to provide a method of
voting by the armed forces and others in time of war.
While approval of the purpose of the bill was uniformly expressed,
strong objection was voiced to its provisions for the procedure and
supervision prescribed for the absentee voting and for extending like
privileges to others than those in the armed forces. Amendments seeking
to meet these objections were presented and discussed. In each instance
some Senator undertook to present the matter to the Senate in the form
of an amendment, but, in accordance with the established rule of the
Conference, no formal action was taken by the Conference on the
proposals discussed. Among those voicing objections to features of the
bill or joining in the discussion of it were Senators Vandenberg,
Bridges, Brooks, Danaher, Holman, Taft, White, Ball, Butler, Bushfield
and Millikin.
Several Senators were unable to remain throughout the Conference because
of conflicting engagements and the chairman of the meeting pointed out
that although specific provisions of the bill had been reviewed,
discussion of its acceptability as a whole had not been reached. He
stated that while the discussion had indicated that those speaking were
generally in favor of the purposes of the bill there were so many
objections raised to specific provisions of the bill that it might be
advisable to postpone discussion of the bill as a whole until after
action had been taken upon many of the amendments proposed.
The Chairman was authorized to announce that the meeting had simply
canvassed the best possible way to protect the right of those absent in
the armed forces to vote in the next election and that, in accordance
with the policy of the Republican Conference, no formal action had been
taken either upon the bill as a whole or upon any amendments proposed to
it.
The Conference adjourned at 11:50 a.m. subject to the call of the
Chairman.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Acting Secretary.
* * *
Calendar No. 540

78th Congress
1st Session
S. 1285
(Report No. 532)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 29 (legislative day, May 24), 1943

Mr. Green (for himself and Mr. Lucas) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections
November 15 (legislative day, November 12), 1943
Reported by Mr. Green, with an amendment

A BILL

To amend the act of September 16, 1942, which provided a method of
voting, in time of war, by members of the land and naval forces absent
from the place of their residence, and for other purposes.
[The 37-page text of S. 1285 as reported appears at page 373 of Vol. 2
of the original minutes.]
* * *
Calendar No. 540
SENATE

78th Congress
Report
1st Session
No. 532
PROVIDING A METHOD OF VOTING FOR THE ARMED FORCES
November 15 (legislative day, November 12), 1943.--Ordered to be
printed.

Mr. Green, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the
following:
REPORT
(To accompany S. 1285)
[The 11-page report on S. 1285 appears at page 374 of Vol. 2 of the
original minutes.]
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[January 20, 1944]

JANUARY 20, 1944
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 20, 1944

A Conference of Republican Senators met at 335 Senate Office Building,
Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 20, 1944, at 10:00 a.m. pursuant to
the call issued by the Senior Senator from Maine, Wallace H. White, Jr.,
as Secretary of the Republican Conference; the Senior Senator from
Oregon, Chairman of the Republican Conference, being necessarily absent
due to illness.
In the absence of the Chairman, the Senior Senator from Maine acted as
chairman of the meeting and requested Senator Burton to act as
secretary. The roll of the Senators entitled to participate in the
Conference was called and the following were found to be present:

AikeHolman
AustMoore
BridRobertson
BuckTaft
BurtThomas
BushTobey
DaviVandenberg
FergWherry
GurnWhite
HawkWillis

(Total 20; quorum being 20)
There later entered the meeting Senators Butler, Capper, Danaher, Lodge,
Nye, Millikin, Revercomb, Shipstead, Wiley--(Total 29).
The Chairman announced that a quorum was present and stated that the
meeting had been called by him at the request of a number of Republican
Senators to consider particularly the question of further organization
among the Republican members of the Senate; a question raised by Senator
Bridges as to the confirmation of E.K. Jett as a member of the Federal
Communications Commission; and such issues as the members of the
Conference might wish to discuss in connection with the provisions for
the renegotiation of government contracts in the pending tax bill, or
the proposal to pay subsidies through the Commodity Credit Corporation.
The entire time was spent in a discussion of further organization among
the Republican members of the Senate. In the course of this discussion,
Senator White reviewed the present situation arising out of the absence
of Senator McNary, and read to the Conference the following resolution
adopted by the Republican Conference January 7, 1935: ``On motion of
Senator Hastings, duly seconded and carried, it was agreed that no
Assistant Leader or Whip be elected but that the Chairman be authorized
to appoint Senators from time to time to assist him in taking charge of
the interests of the Minority.'' He further stated that he had been
designated by Senator McNary pursuant to this resolution as acting
leader in the absence of Senator McNary and that unless action was taken
to the contrary by the Conference, he would consider it his obligation
to continue to act in that capacity. Senator Austin reviewed the
circumstances under which he had acted as Minority Leader in the absence
of Senator McNary in 1940.
A general discussion of the present situation and that which might arise
following the November 1944 election was participated in by Senators
White, Holman, Davis, Vandenberg, Tobey, Lodge, Austin, Millikin,
Butler, Bridges, Taft, Thomas, Willis, Gurney, Hawkes, Aiken, Revercomb,
Danaher and Buck.
During this discussion, Senator Taft made the following motion: ``The
Conference expresses its confidence in and approval of the leadership of
Senator McNary and of Senator White as Acting Minority Leader under
Senator McNary's designation and the Conference requests Senator White
to continue in that capacity until further action of the Conference.''
At the request of Senator White, Senator Austin acted as Chairman during
the consideration of this resolution. Senator Aiken moved that the
motion be laid on the table; this was seconded by Senator Davis but on a
standing vote the motion to lay it on the table was not adopted.
Senator Davis moved to strike out from the motion of Senator Taft the
final words, ``and the Conference requests Senator White to continue in
that capacity until further action of the Conference.'' On a standing
vote, the amendment offered by Senator Davis was not agreed to.
The original motion was then put and on a standing vote was adopted.
Senator Gurney requested that the record show that he did not vote on
the motion.
Senator Buck moved to make the action upon Senator Taft's motion
unanimous and on a viva voce vote the chair declared it adopted--no
votes being cast in the negative.
Senator White resumed the chair and Senator Willis made the following
motion: ``That the acting minority leader be empowered to appoint a
committee of five to review the need for further organization among the
Republican members of the Senate in view of the coming election and to
report back to the Conference one week from today.'' On a viva voce vote
the motion was adopted.
Senator Bridges moved: ``That it be a rule of the Conference that the
chairman of the Conference shall call a meeting of it upon receipt of a
petition from any five Republican members of the Senate requesting such
a meeting.'' Senator Danaher suggested that this motion should be
referred to the special committee of five just authorized to be
appointed by the chairman. There being no objection, the motion of
Senator Bridges was referred to the special committee.
The Chairman stated that he would announce to the press the text of the
Taft and Willis resolutions as constituting the business transacted by
the Conference.
The Conference adjourned at 11:40 a.m. until 10:00 a.m., at the same
place, Thursday, January 27, 1944.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Acting Secretary.
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[January 27, 1944]
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
January 27, 1944

Pursuant to the order of adjournment entered at the meeting of the
Republican Conference of January 20, 1944, a Conference of Republican
Senators met at 335 Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday,
January 27, 1944, at 10:00 a.m.
In the absence of the Senior Senator from Oregon, Charles L. McNary,
Chairman of the Republican Conference, the Senior Senator from Maine,
Wallace H. White, Jr., Secretary of the Conference, acted as Chairman of
the meeting and requested Senator Burton to act as Secretary of the
meeting. The roll of Senators entitled to participate in the Conference
was called and the following were found to be present:

AikeHolman
AustLodge
BallMillikin
BrewMoore
BridNye
BrooRevercomb
BuckRobertson
BurtShipstead
BushTaftd
ButlThomas
CappTobey
DanaWherry
FergWhite
GurnWillis
Hawkes

(Total 29; Quorum being 20)
The Chairman then announced that pursuant to the motion adopted by the
Conference on January 20, he had appointed a committee of five
Republican Senators to review the need for further organization among
the Republican members of the Senate in view of the coming election with
instructions to report back to the Conference on January 27. Those whom
he appointed to this committee were Senators Taft, Bridges, Holman,
Bushfield and Hawkes.
At the request of the Chairman, Senator Taft then read to the meeting
the report of the committee containing its recommendation of a form of
permanent organization for the Republican members of the Senate when
their numbers exceed thirty. A copy of the report as thus submitted is
marked ``Exhibit A'' and attached to the minutes of this meeting.
Following the reading of the report, Senator Taft moved that the report
of the special committee appointed to submit recommendations upon the
further organization among Republican members of the Senate be
mimeographed and a copy of it sent to every member of the Conference;
and that after discussion of the report at this meeting no action be
taken upon it today but that action upon it be postponed until a
subsequent meeting to be called by the Chairman.
Senator Taft then called attention to the fact that at the present time
former Senator John G. Townsend from Delaware was acting as Chairman of
the Campaign Committee at the direction of Senator McNary but that there
were no members of the Senate Campaign Committee other than the
Chairman. Discussion then ensued participated in particularly by
Senators White, Brewster, Taft, Austin, Holman, Thomas and Bridges as to
the appointment of the balance of the Campaign Committee.
On motion of Senator Taft unanimously adopted by the Conference, the
acting leader was authorized and directed to appoint the remaining four
members of a Senate Republican Campaign Committee of five; these members
to be in addition to the Chairman of such committee, former Senator John
B. Townsend, previously appointed to such chairmanship by Senator
McNary.
The Chairman suggested that it had been expected at the last meeting to
discuss the matter of the nomination of E.K. Jett for membership on the
Federal Communications Commission. Senator Bridges who had brought the
subject to the attention of the Conference suggested, however, that the
meeting proceed at once to the consideration of the Soldiers' Vote Bill,
S. 1612, then pending in the Senate.
The Soldiers' Vote Bill was informally and fully discussed by the
Conference; those especially participating being Senators Taft,
Brewster, Danaher, Shipstead, Holman, Millikin, Lodge, Moore, Ball,
White, Wherry, Revercomb, Nye, Austin, Brooks and Gurney. No action was
taken following the informal discussion and Senator White advised that
the bill would not come to a vote that day but probably would go over
for consideration on the following Monday under an agreement for
limitation of debate at that time.
The Conference adjourned at 11:45 a.m. to meet at the call of the
Chairman.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Acting Secretary.
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''--Meeting of January 27, 1944

COMMITTEE REPORT

Your Committee, in accordance with the instructions of the Conference,
submits this report, setting forth what they consider to be the best
form of permanent organization for the Republican Party in the Senate
when their numbers exceed thirty. We have considered the question
without regard to personalities or the present situation, and if the
report meets with the approval of the Conference, we recommend that the
Conference determine the time when it shall go into effect.
I.

At the beginning of each Congress, or within one week thereafter, a
Republican Party Conference shall be held. At that Conference there
shall be selected the following officers:

Chairman of the Conference
Vice Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference
Floor Leader
Assistant Floor Leader
Whip
A Steering Committee of nine Senators.

The Chairman of the Conference, the Floor Leader and the Whip shall be
members ex officio. The other six members shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the Conference, subject to confirmation by the Conference.
The members so appointed shall not be eligible for reappointment on the
Steering Committee in the next Conference.
The term of office of all party officers herein provided shall extend
for not more than two years, and shall expire at the close of each
Congress.
II.

The Chairman may call a Conference at any time, and shall call a
Conference whenever requested to do so by the Steering Committee or by
five or more Senators. The Steering Committee shall meet at least once
in two weeks, on a fixed day of the week and at a fixed hour to be
determined by the Committee. The Committee shall permit any Senator to
appear before it upon his request to present any matter in which he is
interested.
III--Duty of Party Officers.

The Chairman of the Conference shall preside at all Conference meetings,
and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by this
resolution or by the Conference, or as may seem advisable for the
welfare of the Party. In the absence of the Chairman of the Conference,
the Vice Chairman of the Conference shall perform the duties of the
Chairman.
The Secretary shall keep accurate minutes of all Conference proceedings.
The minutes of all meetings of committees of the Conference shall be
kept by the Party Floor Clerk and shall be filed with the Secretary,
which minutes shall be open to inspection by any member of the
Conference. The Secretary and Floor Clerk, respectively, shall notify
members of all Conference and committee meetings. In the absence of the
Chairman and Assistant Chairman, he shall have the same powers and
duties to call meetings of the Conference as the Chairman.
The Floor Leader shall perform the customary duties of the Majority or
Minority Leader, as the case may be, on the floor of the Senate, and
shall have full authority to deal with all questions of procedure after
consulting the Republican Senators who are concerned. In the absence of
the Floor Leader, the Assistant Floor Leader shall perform his duties.
The Whip shall assist in securing attendance of members at Party
Conferences and upon the floor of the Senate when their presence is
considered necessary by the Chairman or the Floor Leader, and shall
perform such other duties as the Chairman or Floor Leader may require.
The Steering Committee shall consider the legislative program in the
Senate and the question whether any Party policy is involved, shall
prepare and present recommendations for action by the Conference, and
advise all Senators on legislative matters which they desire to present
to the Steering Committee.
IV.

A Committee on Committees shall be appointed at the beginning of each
Congress to prepare and recommend to the Conference the complete
assignment of Republican Senators to committees, and shall recommend the
filling of vacancies occurring during the session. The Committee shall
be appointed by the Chairman of the Conference immediately after his
election subject to confirmation by the Conference.
V.

A Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee shall be appointed within six
months after the beginning of each Congress by the Chairman of the
Conference, subject to confirmation by the Conference.
VI.

No action by the Conference upon any matter pending or to be proposed in
the Senate shall be binding in any way on members in casting their votes
thereon.
VII.

These rules may be amended at any time by a majority vote of the
Conference, providing notice of the amendment has been given at least
one week in advance to every member of the Conference that action will
be sought upon the subject covered by the amendment.
* * *
Calendar No. 642

78th Congress
2d Session
S. 1612
(Report No. 632)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 11, 1944

Mr. Green (for himself and Mr. Lucas) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections
January 21 (legislative day, January 11), 1944
Reported by Mr. Green, with an amendment

A BILL

To amend the Act of September 16, 1942, which provided a method of
voting, in time of war, by members of the land and naval forces absent
from the place of their residence, and for other purposes.
[The 49-page text of S. 1612 as reported appears at page 381 of Vol. 2
of the original minutes.]
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[February 8, 1944]

FEBRUARY 8, 1944
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 8, 1944

A Conference of Republican Senators met at 335 Senate Office Building,
Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 8, 1944 at 10:00 a.m. pursuant to
the call issued by the Senior Senator from Maine, Wallace H. White, Jr.,
as Secretary of the Republican Conference; the Senior Senator from
Oregon, Chairman of the Republican Conference being necessarily absent
due to illness.
In the absence of the Chairman, the Senior Senator from Maine acted as
Chairman of the meeting and requested Senator Burton to act as
Secretary.
The roll of the Senators entitled to participate in the Conference was
called and the following were found to be present:
AikeLanger
AustMillikin
BallMoore
BrewNyer
BrooReed
BuckRevercomb
BurtRobertson
BushTaftd
ButlThomas
CappTobey
DanaWherry
DaviWhite
FergWiley
HawkWillis
Holman

(Total 29--Quorum being 19, Senator Lodge having resigned since the last
meeting of the Conference.)
The Chairman announced that pursuant to the authorization and direction
of the Conference at its meeting on January 27, he had appointed as
members of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee in addition to
former Senator John G. Townsend, previously appointed as its Chairman,
Senator Owen Brewster of Maine, Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska, Senator
Chapman Revercomb of West Virginia and Senator Edward V. Robertson of
Wyoming.
The Chairman stated that the resolution of January 27 had not required
that the names for the committee be submitted to the Conference for
confirmation, but that he reported the names for the information of the
Conference. Senator Ball moved that the appointments made by the
Chairman be approved by the Conference and there being no objection the
motion was agreed to.
The Chairman referred to the fact that Senator Bridges had wished to
call to the attention of the Conference the pending nomination of E.K.
Jett, Chief Engineer of the Federal Communications Commission for
membership on that commission. He further stated that although action on
the nomination had been delayed by the Committee on Interstate Commerce
the Chairman of that committee had stated that he expected to call a
meeting of the committee for February 9 in order to take action on the
nomination.
The nomination thereupon was informally discussed, including statements
by Senators Tobey, White and Taft.
A motion by Senator Taft was unanimously adopted to the effect that no
action be taken by the Conference as to the nomination of E.K. Jett for
membership on the Federal Communications Commission.
The Chairman announced that the other business for which the meeting had
been called was to consider the pending legislation on the Soldiers'
Vote Bill and particularly the relationship between S. 1612 and S. 1285
both before the Senate and relating to the same general subject matter.
Those taking part in the discussion were Senators Taft, Brewster, White,
Austin, Willis, Wiley, Reed, Holman, Butler and Ferguson.
The Chairman at 11:50 asked to be excused from the meeting in order to
attend the opening of the session of the Senate and asked Senator Nye to
assume the chair.
With Senator Nye in the chair, the discussion was resumed by Senators
Millikin, Hawkes, Taft, Tobey, Brewster, Danaher, Ball, Brooks,
Revercomb and Wherry.
The meeting adjourned at about 12:15 p.m. without taking further formal
action.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Acting Secretary.

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Eighth Congress

February 15, 1944
The meeting was called to order at 4 p.m. in Room 335 Senate Office
Building.
Those present were Messrs. Nye (Chairman), White, Davis, Butler, Taft,
Danaher, and Thomas of Idaho. No members were absent.
The Committee agreed that Senator White as Acting Republican Leader
should ask the Vice President to appoint Senator Nye to the vacancy
existing on the Special Committee on Conservation of Wildlife Resources.
The Committee examined the letters from Senators expressing their wishes
with regard to committee assignments and made some tentative
designations.
Because of the absence from the city of certain Senators whom they
wished to contact the Committee then adjourned subject to the call of
the Chairman.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary.

Note: The several members endorsed the action and work of Senator Nye in
completing the Committee's work by personal contact with Senators. The
completed list of assignments is recorded in the Conference minutes of
February 18, 1944.
* * *
SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
NUMBER OF MAJOR AND MINOR ASSIGNMENTS
OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS
(As of February 17, 1944)
(Senators listed according to seniority)

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Majors Minors
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Mr. Johnson.................................... 3 2
2. Mr. McNary..................................... 2 3
3. Mr. Capper..................................... 3 2
4. Mr. Shipstead.................................. 3 3
5. Mr. La Follette................................ 3 2
6. Mr. Nye........................................ 3 2
7. Mr. Vandenberg................................. 3 2
8. Mr. Davis...................................... 3 2
9. Mr. White...................................... 3 2
10. Mr. Austin.................................... 3 2
11. Mr. Bridges................................... 3 2
12. Mr. Danaher................................... 3 2
Mr. Gurney.................................... 3 2
Mr. Holman.................................... 2 4
Mr. Reed...................................... 3 2
Mr. Taft...................................... 3 2
Mr. Tobey..................................... 3 2
Mr. Wiley..................................... 3 2
13. Mr. Thomas of Idaho........................... 3 2
14. Mr. Brooks.................................... 3 2
15. Mr. Brewster.................................. 2 3
Mr. Burton.................................... 2 4
Mr. Butler.................................... 2 3
Mr. Langer.................................... 2 3
Mr. Willis.................................... 2 3
16. Mr. Aiken..................................... 2 3
17. Mr. Millikin.................................. 2 3
18. Mr. Ball...................................... 2 3
Mr. Buck...................................... 2 3
Mr. Bushfield................................. 2 3
Mr. Ferguson.................................. 2 3
Mr. Hawkes.................................... 2 3
Mr. Moore..................................... 2 3
Mr. Revercomb................................. 2 3
Mr. Robertson................................. 2 3
Mr. Wherry.................................... 2 3
19. Mr. Wilson.................................... 2 3
20. Mr. Weeks..................................... 2 3
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Total places 193................................ 94 99

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[February 18, 1944]

FEBRUARY 18, 1944
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 18, 1944

A Conference of Republican Senators met at 335 Senate Office Building,
Washington, D.C., Friday, February 18, 1944 at 10:00 a.m. pursuant to
the call issued by the Senior Senator from Maine, Wallace H. White, Jr.,
as Secretary of the Republican Conference; the Senior Senator from
Oregon, Chairman of the Republican Conference, being necessarily absent
due to illness.
In the absence of the Chairman, the Senior Senator from Maine acted as
Chairman of the meeting and requested Senator Burton to act as
Secretary.
The roll of the Senators entitled to participate in the Conference was
called and the following were found to be present:
AikeNye
AustRevercomb
BallRobertson
BurtTaft
BushVandenberg
ButlWeeks
CappWherry
DanaWhite
DaviWiley
FergWillis
HolmWilson

(Total 22--Quorum being 20.)
The Chairman stated that the meeting was called to consider and take
action upon the reports of the Committee on Committees and of the
Special Committee on the further organization among the Republican
members of the Senate.
The Chairman stated his personal conviction that a need exists for
streamlining the organization of the entire Senate, including a
reduction in the number of committees and in the number of committee
memberships, and that he would welcome action by which the Republican
Party might assume leadership in such a program.
The Senior Senator from North Dakota, Gerald P. Nye as Chairman of the
Committee on Committees, submitted the following recommendations:

That the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Shipstead) be assigned
to service on the Committee on Rules;
That the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Austin) be relieved from
further service on the Committee on Judiciary and that he be
assigned to service on the Committee on Foreign Relations;
That the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Holman) be assigned to
service on the Committee on Manufactures and the Committee
on Rules;
That the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Tobey) be assigned
to service on the Committee on Territories and Insular
Affairs;
That the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Thomas) be relieved from
service on the Committee on Rules and that he be assigned to
service on the Committee on Military Affairs;
That the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Brooks) be relieved from
further service on the Committee on Pensions and that he be
assigned to service on the Committee on Naval Affairs;
That the Senator from Maine (Mr. Brewster) be relieved from
further service on the Committee on Naval Affairs and that
he be assigned to service on the Committee on Finance;
That the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Burton) be assigned to
service on the Committee on Pensions;
That the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Ball) be relieved from
further service on the Committee on Banking and Currency and
that he be assigned to service on the Committee on
Appropriations;
That the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Bushfield) be
relieved from further service on the Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads and that he be assigned to service on
the Committee on the Judiciary;
That the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Hawkes) be relieved
from further service on the Committee on Education and Labor
and that he be assigned to service on the Committee on
Banking and Currency;
That the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Weeks) be assigned
to service on the following Committees, District of
Columbia, Education and Labor, Interoceanic Canals, Post
Offices and Post Roads, and Public Buildings and Grounds.

On motion of Senator Davis, the foregoing report was received and
accepted. On the motion of Senator Nye, the Chairman of the Conference
was authorized to report these recommendations to the Senate.
A discussion of the procedure and policy involved in making selections
for committee appointments ensued. Senator Taft suggested that a rule be
considered for the wider distribution of assignments to the more active
and influential major committees rather than treating all major
committees on the same basis. He cited with approval the rule adopted by
the Conference whereby no Senator is permitted to be selected for
service both on the Committee on Finance and on the Committee on
Appropriations.
There also was discussion of the status of Senators La Follette and
Shipstead based upon their service in the Senate as members of the
minority, but not as members of the Republican Party. No action was
taken on the subject.
Those taking part in the foregoing discussions included Senators Nye,
Taft, White, Davis, Danaher, Wiley, Revercomb and Vandenberg.
At the request of the Chairman, Senator Taft, as Chairman of the Special
Committee on the further organization among Republican members of the
Senate, reviewed the Committee report which was submitted to the
Republican Conference for January 27, 1944 and a copy of which, marked
``Exhibit A,'' is attached to the minutes of that meeting. After the
discussion, the following amendments to the report were agreed to by the
Conference:

In Section I at the end of the paragraph dealing with a
steering committee of nine Senators, strike out
``Conference'' and insert in place thereof ``Congress,'' and
at the end of the same paragraph add ``The Chairman of the
Steering Committee shall be chosen by the members of the
Committee.''
In Section II in line 3 before the words ``by five or more
Senators'' insert ``in writing,'' and before the last
sentence of the Section insert an additional sentence ``It
may meet at any time on the call of its Chairman.''
In Section III in line 3 strike out the comma following the
word ``Conference'' and insert in place thereof a period,
and in lines 3 and 4 strike out ``or as may seem advisable
for the welfare of the Party.''
In Section IV in line 4 strike out ``session'' and insert in
place thereof ``Congress.''

Discussion as to the committee report was engaged in by Senators
Vandenberg, Taft, White, Nye, Bushfield, Davis and Ball.
Upon the motion of Senator Taft, the report of the Committee as amended
was unanimously approved.
The Chairman announced that unless there were objection the report as
amended would be mimeographed and distributed promptly to the members of
the Conference and that Senators to fill the several offices provided
for in the report would be chosen at the next meeting of the Conference.
No objection was made. A copy of the report as amended and mimeographed,
and marked ``Exhibit A,'' is attached to the minutes of this meeting.
The Conference adjourned at 11:30 a.m. to meet at 10:00 at the same
place, Thursday, February 24, 1944.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Acting Secretary.
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''--Meeting of February 18, 1944

COMMITTEE REPORT

Second Print
Your Committee, in accordance with the instructions of the Conference,
submits this report, setting forth what they consider to be the best
form of permanent organization for the Republican Party in the Senate
when their numbers exceed thirty. We have considered the question
without regard to personalities or the present situation, and if the
report meets with the approval of the Conference, we recommend that the
Conference determine the time when it shall go into effect.
I.

At the beginning of each Congress, or within one week thereafter, a
Republican Party Conference shall be held. At that Conference there
shall be selected the following officers:

Chairman of the Conference
Vice Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference
Floor Leader
Assistant Floor Leader
Whip
A Steering Committee of nine Senators.

The Chairman of the Conference, the Floor Leader and the Whip shall be
members ex officio. The other six members shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the Conference, subject to confirmation by the Conference.
The members so appointed shall not be eligible for reappointment on the
Steering Committee in the next Congress. The Chairman of the Steering
Committee shall be chosen by the members of the Committee.
The term of office of all party officers herein provided shall extend
for not more than two years, and shall expire at the close of each
Congress.
II.

The Chairman may call a Conference at any time, and shall call a
Conference whenever requested to do so by the Steering Committee or in
writing by five or more Senators. The Steering Committee shall meet at
least once in two weeks, on a fixed day of the week and at a fixed hour
to be determined by the Committee. It may meet at any time on the call
of its Chairman. The Committee shall permit any Senator to appear before
it upon his request to present any matter in which he is interested.
III--Duty of Party Officers.

The Chairman of the Conference shall preside at all Conference meetings,
and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by this
resolution or by the Conference. In the absence of the Chairman of the
Conference, the Vice Chairman of the Conference shall perform the duties
of the Chairman.
The Secretary shall keep accurate minutes of all Conference proceedings.
The minutes of all meetings of committees of the Conference shall be
kept by the Party Floor Clerk and shall be filed with the Secretary,
which minutes shall be open to inspection by any member of the
Conference. The Secretary and Floor Clerk, respectively, shall notify
members of all Conference and committee meetings. In the absence of the
Chairman and Assistant Chairman, he shall have the same powers and
duties to call meetings of the Conference as the Chairman.
The Floor Leader shall perform the customary duties of the Majority or
Minority Leader, as the case may be, on the floor of the Senate, and
shall have full authority to deal with all questions of procedure after
consulting the Republican Senators who are concerned. In the absence of
the Floor Leader, the Assistant Floor Leader shall perform his duties.
The Whip shall assist in securing attendance of members at Party
Conferences and upon the floor of the Senate when their presence is
considered necessary by the Chairman or the Floor Leader, and shall
perform such other duties as the Chairman or Floor Leader may require.
The Steering Committee shall consider the legislative program in the
Senate and the question whether any Party policy is involved, shall
prepare and present recommendations for action by the Conference, and
advise all Senators on legislative matters which they desire to present
to the Steering Committee.
IV.

A Committee on Committees shall be appointed at the beginning of each
Congress to prepare and recommend to the Conference the complete
assignment of Republican Senators to committees, and shall recommend the
filling of vacancies occurring during the Congress. The Committee shall
be appointed by the Chairman of the Conference immediately after his
election subject to confirmation by the Conference.
V.

A Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee shall be appointed within six
months after the beginning of each Congress by the Chairman of the
Conference, subject to confirmation by the Conference.
VI.

No action by the Conference upon any matter pending or to be proposed in
the Senate shall be binding in any way on members in casting their votes
thereon.
VII.

[February 24, 1944]

FEBRUARY 24, 1944
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
February 24, 1944

Pursuant to the order of adjournment entered at the meeting of the
Republican Conference of February 18, 1944, a Conference of Republican
Senators met at 335 Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C., Thursday,
February 24, 1944 at 10 a.m.
In the absence of the Senior Senator from Oregon, Charles L. McNary,
Chairman of the Republican Conference, the Senior Senator from Maine,
Wallace H. White, Jr., Secretary of the Conference, acted as Chairman of
the meeting and requested Senator Burton to act as Secretary of the
meeting.
The roll of Senators entitled to participate in the Conference was
called and the following were found to be present:
AikeMillikin
AustNye
BallRevercomb
BrewTaft
BridThomas
BuckTobey
BurtVandenberg
BushWeeks
ButlWherry
DanaWhite
DaviWiley
FergWillis
HawkWilson
Holman

(Total 27--Quorum being 20.)
The Chairman announced that the purpose of the meeting was to fill the
several offices provided for in the recommended permanent organization
for the Republican Party in the Senate as provided at the Conference of
February 18, 1944. The Chairman then called for nominations to fill the
existing vacancy in the office of Vice Chairman. Senator Taft nominated
the Senior Senator from Michigan, Arthur H. Vandenberg. There were no
other nominations and upon unanimous vote for the election of Senator
Vandenberg, the Chairman declared him elected to serve as Vice Chairman
of the Conference and in the absence of Senator McNary to serve as the
acting Chairman of the Conference.
Senator Vandenberg thereupon took the chair.
The Senior Senator from Maine, Wallace H. White, Jr., thereupon
submitted his resignation as Secretary of the Conference, which
resignation was accepted by the Conference.
In response to a call for nominations for the office of Secretary,
Senator Brewster nominated the Junior Senator from Ohio, Harold H.
Burton. There were no other nominations, and upon unanimous vote he was
declared to have been elected Secretary of the Conference.
Before proceeding with the filling of other vacancies, the Chairman
suggested that in order that there might be no technical question arise
as to the continuance of Senator McNary as Chairman of the Conference
and as Floor Leader, he would entertain a motion for Senator McNary's
election to those offices which he already held by prior action of the
Conference. Upon motion of Senator Taft, the Senior Senator from Oregon,
Charles L. McNary, was thereupon unanimously elected Chairman of the
Conference and Floor Leader of the Republican Party in the Senate, and
the Secretary was instructed so to advise him by telegram and to extend
to him the best wishes of the Conference for his early recovery and
return to active duty in the Senate.
Senator Taft thereupon nominated the Senior Senator from Maine, Wallace
H. White, Jr., as Assistant Floor Leader, and to serve, in the absence
of Senator McNary, as the acting floor leader of the Republican Party in
the Senate. There were no other nominations and upon unanimous vote of
the Conference Senator White was elected Assistant Floor Leader.
Senator Bushfield thereupon nominated the Junior Senator from Nebraska,
Kenneth S. Wherry, as Whip. There were no other nominations, and upon
unanimous vote of the Conference, Senator Wherry was elected Whip of the
Republican Party in the Senate.
The Chairman of the Conference called attention to the fact that the
plan of organization called for a steering committee of nine Senators.
He stated that the Chairman of the Conference, the Floor Leader and the
Whip would be ex officio members of the steering committee and the other
six would be appointed by the Chairman of the Conference subject to
confirmation by the Conference. He stated that he would be glad to
receive from each Senator a list of six members whom that Senator would
appoint if he had the appointing power and that the chair would give
consideration to all suggestions so that the committee might be as
representative as possible of the desires of the Conference, having due
regard to geographical and other considerations. Senators Taft, Danaher,
Vandenberg and Bridges discussed briefly the nature of the
representation desirable on the committee.
Senator Wherry brought up for consideration the probability that the
House of Representatives would on that day override the President's veto
of the Revenue Act of 1943 (H.R. 3687) and that the Senate might be
called upon to act upon the veto at once. Senators White, Vandenberg,
Brewster, Tobey, Taft, Revercomb, Nye and Wherry discussed the situation
and the Chairman thereupon called for an expression of opinion, by a
show of hands to show those in favor of taking action on that day and of
authorizing the acting Floor Leader to notify the majority leader of the
Senate of such desire. Practically all hands were raised indicating an
overwhelming opinion in favor of taking action on that day. No hands
were raised in opposition.
There being no further business to come before the meeting, it was
declared adjourned.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Secretary.

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Eighth Congress

March 14, 1944.
The committee met in the Conference Room of the Minority, 335 Senate
Office Building, pursuant to request of the Chairman, Senator Nye, to
fill the vacancies on the following committees caused by the death of
the late Senator McNary:

Agriculture and Forestry
Commerce
Indian Affairs
Irrigation and Reclamation
Library.

The following Senators were present: Messrs. Nye (Chairman), White,
Davis, Taft, and Thomas.
Senator Butler was absent from the city. Senator Danaher was absent
because of another committee meeting. Senator Taft was excused during
the meeting to attend the Finance Committee meeting.
Senator White called attention to the vacancies formerly held by Senator
McNary on the Select Committee on Wild Life and the Select Committee on
Post War Planning. He stated that in addition to the McNary vacancy a
second vacancy also existed on the Wild Life Committee and that Senators
Nye and Ferguson had spoken for these two places. He also stated that
Senator Hawkes had spoken for the vacant place on the Post War Planning
Committee. Following discussion Senator Taft moved that the matter be
presented to the Conference and said motion was agreed to.
Senator Nye brought to the attention of the committee Senator Cordon's
desire for places in a letter addressed to him in which he requested
Senator McNary's assignments on Agriculture, Commerce, Indian Affairs,
and Irrigation and Reclamation.
Senator Nye stated that Senator Wilson should be considered seriously
for Agriculture in view of the political situation in Iowa, and that
Senator Wilson would give up Post Offices and Post Roads in return
therefor. Senator Thomas expressed the belief that other Senators would
desire that assignment. He mentioned Senator Robertson.
Senator Nye stated that he had to be absent tomorrow and could not
attend the Republican Conference on that day. He requested Senator White
to present the matter of committee assignments to the Conference in his
stead.
The committee then adjourned.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary.
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[March 15, 1944]

MARCH 15, 1944
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
March 15, 1944

Pursuant to the call of the Acting Chairman, a Conference of Republican
Senators met at 335 Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday,
March 15, 1944 at 10:00 a.m.
The Senior Senator from Michigan, Arthur H. Vandenberg, Acting Chairman
of the Republican Conference, presided and the Junior Senator from Ohio,
Harold H. Burton, served as Secretary of the meeting.
The following Senators were present:
AikeHolman
AustLanger
BrewMillikin
BridRevercomb
BrooRobertson
BuckShipstead
BurtTaft
BushThomas
CappTobey
CordVandenberg
DanaWeeks
DaviWhite
FergWillis
Hawkes

(Total 27--Quorum being 20)
Carl A. Loeffler, Secretary to the Minority, was also present.
There being no objection, the Chairman declared the minutes of the
Republican Conference of February 24, 1944 approved without the same
being read to the meeting. The Chairman welcomed to the meeting the
Junior Senator from Oregon, Guy Cordon, who had been appointed to
succeed the late Senator Charles L. McNary.
Senator Danaher thereupon presented the following resolution:

``Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from
us our beloved colleague the Honorable Charles Linza McNary,
late senior Senator from the State of Oregon; and
``Whereas throughout his more than 27 years in the United
States Senate he rendered to our Nation and to his State a
most distinguished service, which will ever grace his name
in the annals of history; and
``Whereas he was our affectionate friend and trusted
counselor, ever ready to give of himself, of his efforts,
and of his judgment for our guidance, and hence became our
leader and the spokesman for the Republican Party in the
United States Senate during a most critical period: Now,
therefore, be it
``Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the United
States Senate of the Honorable CHARLES LINZA McNARY, express
our sense of loss at his passing and join in asking that
this evidence of our regard for him and for his memory may
be caused to be printed in full in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD;
and
``Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
Mrs. Cornelia M. McNary, at Salem, Oreg., that she may be
assured of our deep respect for her and of our condolences
to her upon the passing of our friend, her husband.''

The foregoing resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote and
the Secretary was instructed to transmit it to the widow of the late
Senator Charles L. McNary.
The Chairman announced that at noon on March 16, statements would be
made on the floor of the Senate in memory of Senator McNary, and the
Chairman requested members of the Conference to be present.
The Chairman announced that arrangements had been made for detaching the
office rooms from the Conference room suite so that these rooms would
not be attached to any one office but would be available for use by the
members of the Conference, as would be the Minority Conference room
itself. He stated that reservations for the use of any or all of these
rooms could be made through Carl A. Loeffler, Secretary to the Minority.
The Chairman called to the attention of the Conference the following
vacancies on Special Committees of the Senate and asked for action of
the Conference as to the filling of them:

On the Special Committee on Postwar Economic Policy and
Planning (created by S. Res. 102, 78th Congress, 1st
Session), for the vacancy existing through the death of
Senator McNary, the Chairman suggested the Senior Senator
from New Jersey, Albert W. Hawkes. On motion of Senator
Holman, the Conference unanimously approved this
recommendation.
On the Special Committee on Conservation of Wildlife
Resources (created by S. Res. 246, 71st Congress, 2nd
Session), for an existing vacancy of long-standing, the
Chairman recommended the Senior Senator from North Dakota,
Gerald P. Nye, and for the vacancy created by the death of
Senator McNary, the Junior Senator from Michigan, Homer
Ferguson. On motion of Senator Bushfield, the Conference
unanimously approved these recommendations.

Pursuant to the authorization by the Conference of the appointment of a
Steering Committee, the Chairman announced the appointment of the
following members of such committee, the last six being subject to
confirmation by the Conference. As ex officio members of the Steering
Committee: the Acting Chairman Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan, the
Acting Floor Leader Wallace H. White, Jr. of Maine and the Minority Whip
Kenneth S. Wherry of Nebraska; in addition: Senators Robert A. Taft of
Ohio, John A. Danaher of Connecticut, Styles Bridges of New Hampshire,
C. Wayland Brooks of Illinois, Harlan J. Bushfield of South Dakota and
Eugene D. Millikin of Colorado. On motion of Senator Holman these
appointments were unanimously confirmed and the Chairman requested the
members of the Steering Committee to meet immediately following the
adjournment of the Conference so that they might choose the Chairman of
the Steering Committee and proceed with its business.
Senator White called attention to the vacancies on Standing Committees,
created by the death of Senator McNary as a member of the Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry, Commerce, Indian Affairs, Irrigation and
Reclamation and the Library. After a discussion participated in by
Senators White, Aiken, Vandenberg and Danaher, the proposal was made
that in order to avoid delay in filling these vacancies, even in the
absence of Senator Nye, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, a
meeting of such Committee on Committees be held on March 17 and that the
Committee communicate its recommendations to Senator Nye with a view to
obtaining unanimous consent of such Committee at the earliest
practicable date. In the absence of objection, Senator White stated that
he would consider such course satisfactory to the Conference.
Referring to the vacancies created in the office of the Chairman and the
Floor Leader by the death of Senator McNary, Senator Taft moved that no
action be taken during the present session of Congress to fill the
vacancies in the position of Chairman of the Conference and Floor Leader
unless the Conference otherwise determines.
In support of his motion Senator Taft stated that this would leave the
entire question wide open for action by the Conference in the light of
the forthcoming election and in the meantime, Senator Vandenberg as Vice
Chairman would continue to serve as Acting Chairman of the Conference
and Senator White as Assistant Floor Leader would continue to serve as
Acting Floor Leader.
Senator Vandenberg stated that in his view this would leave the
Conference completely free to reorganize itself de novo in such manner
as the situation might suggest and totally free to act on the subject at
the next session of Congress in accordance with the discretion of the
Conference.
Senator White stated that the motion of Senator Taft was entirely
satisfactory to him and that he concurred completely with the statement
of Senator Vandenberg. He stated that he wished to make it clear that he
felt that no prescriptive or ``squatter's'' rights would arise by virtue
of the service now being rendered by the acting officers and that this
service would carry with it no color of right to retain those offices.
The motion presented by Senator Taft was thereupon unanimously adopted.
Senator Langer suggested that he would like to have the benefit of the
presence of Senator La Follette at meetings of the Conference; whereupon
the Chairman stated that Senator La Follette has been regularly notified
of each meeting and the participation of Senator La Follette in the
Conference would be welcome.
There being no further business to come before the meeting it was, at
10:35 a.m., declared adjourned.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Secretary.

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Eighth Congress

March 17, 1944.
The Committee met at 11:00 a.m. in the Minority Conference Room, 335
Senate Office Building.
Senator White presided in the absence of Senator Nye.
Those present were Senators White, Davis and Thomas of Idaho.
A quorum not being present, the Committee adjourned subject to the call
of the Chairman.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary.

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Eighth Congress

April 24, 1944.
The Committee met at 4:30 p.m. in the Minority Conference Room, 335
Senate Office Building.
The following Senators were present:

Messrs. Nye (Chairman), White, Taft, Thomas and Butler.

A quorum was present.
The objective of the Committee was to fill the vacancies on committees
caused by the death of the late Senator McNary, as follows: Agriculture,
Commerce, Indian Affairs, Irrigation and Reclamation, and Library.
Although the vacancies were in existence for several weeks but two
applications were received by the Committee for the vacancy on the
Committee on Agriculture; namely, Senators Robertson and Wilson.
The Committee agreed to recommend Senator Wilson for that assignment
with the understanding that Senator Robertson shall have the next
vacancy on that committee. It was also understood that Senator Wilson
should surrender his assignment on the Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads.
On motion of Senator Taft it was unanimously agreed that Senator Cordon
should be assigned to the Committees on Commerce, Post Offices and Post
Roads, Indian Affairs, Irrigation and Reclamation, and Library.
The Chairman stated that the action of the Committee would be submitted
to a Republican Conference within the next few days.
The Committee then adjourned.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority.
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[April 28, 1944]

APRIL 28, 1944
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Eighth Congress
April 28, 1944

Pursuant to the call of the Acting Chairman a Conference of Republican
Senators met at 335 Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., Friday,
April 28, 1944 at 11:00 a.m.
Senator Vandenberg, Acting Chairman of the Republican Conference,
presided and Senator Burton, Secretary of the Conference, served as
Secretary of the meeting. At the suggestion of the Chairman, the roll
call was omitted.
Senator White, on behalf of Senator Nye, Chairman of the Committee on
Committees, read to the Conference a letter from Senator Nye and a
report of the Committee on Committees both of which are inserted in this
record immediately following the minutes of this meeting. Both relate to
recommendations for filling vacancies arising on committees of the
Senate from the death of the late Senator McNary.
Following the reading of the letter and of the report, the Conference
unanimously adopted the report and authorized the Acting Minority
Leader, Senator White, to recommend to the Senate the following
committee appointments to fill vacancies created directly or indirectly
by the death of Senator McNary: To fill a vacancy on the Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry, the Junior Senator from Iowa, George A.
Wilson; to fill vacancies on the respective committees on Commerce, on
Indian Affairs, on Irrigation and Reclamation and on the Library, the
Junior Senator from Oregon, Guy Cordon; and to fill a vacancy on the
committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, created by the resignation
from that committee of Senator Wilson, it was likewise recommended that
this vacancy be filled by the appointment of the Junior Senator from
Oregon, Guy Cordon. The adoption of the report expressly included
recognition of a priority claim in favor of Senator Robertson upon the
next available appointment to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
The Acting Chairman then brought to the attention of the Conference the
importance of early action by Congress on legislation dealing with the
demobilization and the recovery of industry. He referred to the fact
that S. 1718 on this subject recently had been approved unanimously by
the Special Committee on Postwar Economic Policy and Planning and that
it was then pending before a subcommittee of the Committee on Military
Affairs. He further indicated that the May and Vinson bills on a similar
subject were being held up in the Rules Committee of the House of
Representatives awaiting temporary action by the Senate on S. 1718. In
accordance with the recommendation of the Acting Chairman and on a
motion by Senator Taft, unanimously adopted by the Conference, the
Conference went on record in favor of the immediate consideration of S.
1718 by the Senate. Later in the meeting, it was reported by Senator
Revercomb that during the morning the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs had voted to recommend S. 1718 favorably to the Senate.
Senator Taft, as Chairman of the Steering Committee, brought up for
consideration H.R. 4278 ``An act for the control and eradication of
certain animal and plant diseases and other purposes,'' known as the
Agricultural Authorization Bill. He stated that this had been reported
to the Senate by the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry without
hearings on the bill and that there had been practically no hearings on
the bill in the House of Representatives before its passage by that
body. Senators Aiken, Bushfield, Danaher and Vandenberg joined in the
discussion of the bill and Senator Taft reported that the Steering
Committee had indicated that it felt that the bill should be recommitted
in order that hearings might be held on it or that, in any event, the
consideration of the bill in the Senate, where it is now the pending
business, should go over until next week so that there might be further
opportunity to examine its provisions.
Upon motion unanimously adopted, it was declared to be the sense of the
meeting that Senator Taft, as Chairman of the Steering Committee, should
ask on the floor of the Senate that no vote be taken on H.R. 4278 until
next week.
Senator Taft, as Chairman of the Steering Committee, then brought up the
question of the validity and propriety of the seizure by force under
orders from the President of the properties of Montgomery Ward & Company
in Chicago. This issue was discussed by Senators Hawkes, Brewster,
Vandenberg, Ferguson and Revercomb.
On motion duly made and unanimously adopted, it was declared to be the
sense of the meeting that Senator Taft should at once make a brief
statement to the Senate on the issue calling attention to the danger
arising from the abuse of discretion and the extension of authority
indicated by this seizure.
Senator Taft, as Chairman of the Steering Committee, called attention to
the letter dated April 20, 1944, copy of which is inserted in the
records immediately following the minutes of this meeting, which he had
sent to each member of the Conference calling attention to the
employment of George H.E. Smith as Research Assistant for the Minority
and setting forth a list of suggested subjects to be studied by him.
Senator Taft stated that Mr. Smith would be available to help develop
constructive measures on behalf not only of the entire Conference but of
individual members of the Conference and likewise would be prepared to
assist members of the Conference in the preparation of speeches and
material in opposition to federal policies with which the member found
himself in disagreement.
Senator Taft then presented to the meeting Mr. Smith, who made a brief
statement as to his experience and his conception of the work he was
undertaking.
There being no further business to come before the meeting, it was
declared adjourned.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Secretary

The Senators present during part or all of the meeting were:

Aiken, Ball, Brewster, Buck, Burton, Bushfield, Capper, Cordon,
Danaher, Davis, Ferguson, Hawkes, Holman, Revercomb, Robertson, Taft,
Vandenberg, Wherry, White, Wiley.
* * *
United States Senate
Committee on Appropriations
April 26, 1944

The Honorable Wallace H. White, Jr.,
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.

Dear Senator:

In my absence, you will of course pass to the conference
the recommendations by the Committee on Committees with
respect to assignment to the vacancies left by the
departure of our colleague, Senator McNary.
I hope that there will be very definite recommendation
made to the conference for its adoption of the assurances
given to Senator Robertson that with development of an
additional vacancy or vacancies on the Agricultural
Committee, he, Senator Robertson, is going to be entitled
to a prior consideration. You will recall how gracious he
was in standing aside under the circumstances which would
permit us to name Senator Wilson to the Agricultural
Committee. He was most gracious and considerate in this
connection, and you will recall how appreciative we all
were of the extent to which our Wyoming colleague
cooperated in meeting the emergency which we wanted to
combat.

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Gerald P. Nye

This Committee on Committees submits the following report:
The death of Senator McNary created vacancies to be filled by Republican
Senators upon the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; the Committee
on Commerce; the Committee on Indian Affairs; the Committee on the
Library and the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation.
Applications were received for appointment to the Committee on
Agriculture from Senator Robertson of Wyoming and Senator Wilson of
Iowa. The desires of these two Senators for this appointment presented a
difficult problem to your Committee. The rule of seniority gave definite
preference to Senator Robertson for this place but because of
considerations urged on him by Senator Nye, Senator Robertson waived his
rights of seniority and your Committee thereupon designated Senator
Wilson for this vacant membership. The Committee in appreciation of the
generous and cooperative spirit shown by Senator Robertson in solving
this problem gave assurance that they would recommend to this Conference
that Senator Robertson be accorded prior consideration in filling the
next vacancy happening on this Agricultural Committee and it now makes
such recommendation.
No requests for appointment to either of the other Committees having
vacancies were presented to your Committee on Committees. In these
circumstances, the Committee on Committees voted to recommend and do
recommend the appointment of Senator Cordon of Oregon to the Committee
on Commerce; the Committee on Indian Affairs; the Committee on
Irrigation and Reclamation; the Committee on the Library and the
Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, upon which latter Committee a
vacancy will be created by the retirement therefrom of Senator Wilson if
his designation as a member of the Committee on Agriculture is approved
by this Conference.
* * *

April 28, 1944
United States Senate
Committee on Finance
April 20, 1944

My dear Senator:
In accordance with the resolutions adopted by the Republican
Conference, the Acting Chairman appointed a Steering Committee of nine
Senators. That Committee has organized and held a number of meetings.
The Committee has agreed to meet every Friday morning at ten o'clock in
the Minority Conference Room. If any Senators desire to appear before
the Committee and discuss with the Committee any matter relating to any
legislative program of the Senate or of the Senate Committees, I should
be obliged if he would notify my office not later than the night before,
and the Committee will be delighted to have him appear at the Committee
meeting.
Some time ago, the Congress authorized the appointment of two research
assistants, one to the majority, and one to the Minority Conference.
Senator Barkley filled that position some time ago for the Majority by
the appointment of Mrs. Bratten. At the request of the Steering
Committee, Senator Vandenberg has appointed to this position for the
Minority, Mr. George H.E. Smith. A brief statement of Mr. Smith's
background and qualifications is attached hereto. Mr. Smith will be
located in the Minority Conference Room, and adequate assistance has
been provided for him by action of Senator White as Acting Minority
Leader.
Mr. Smith will be known as the Secretary of the Steering Committee. We
hope through him to coordinate the entire legislative program of the
Minority members. He will be prepared to consult with and advise any
Senators on any legislative matter which has any relation to party
policy. He has had a wide experience in nearly every field with which we
are likely to deal during the present session. I do not need to dwell
upon the importance of prompt and considered action on the matters
immediately before Congress, but the Steering Committee has felt that it
is even more important that Republicans who have affirmative views on
post-war policy, formulate those views into definite programs and
present them for consideration at this time. That does not mean that the
Republican Conference as a whole will back any particular measure or any
particular program, but we think we should assist individual Senators in
formulating constructive suggetions from which an affirmative Republican
program can be drawn in this and the next session of Congress.
We urge very strongly, therefore, that any Senator who is interested
in the present development of policy on any particular question consult
as promptly as possible with Mr. Smith.
I enclose herewith a list of subjects on which some legislation must
undoubtedly be undertaken during the next year and a half.
The Steering Committee expects to ask the Chairman of the Conference
to call a meeting of the Conference, either at the end of next week or
at the beginning of the week of May first to consider suggestions
regarding the Committee's plan. In the meantime, we hope that as many
Senators as possible will arrange to discuss matters in which they have
a particular interest with Mr. Smith, so that we may have a more
definite plan for dividing the work which should be done.

Sincerely yours,

[signed] Robert A. Taft, Chairman
Republican Steering Committee.

Enc.
RT/pr
* * *
George H.E. Smith
King's Highway
Shelton, Connecticut

Mr. Smith was born in New York. He is a graduate of the University of
Michigan and of the University of Michigan Law School. After practicing
law for five years in Michigan, he returned to the University and took
an M.A. degree in 1928. Since then he has been an economist and free
lance writer. From 1935 to 1941 he was associated with Yale University
and became an Assistant Professor, working with the Institute of
International Relations. He was associated for nine years with Dr.
Charles A. Beard, the eminent American historian, in conducting research
and writing on American business and economic conditions. He has written
a number of books. He has not been associated with any organization or
party, but has been an independent writer of articles and book reviews
on economic, historical, and political subjects.
* * *
LIST OF SUGGESTED SUBJECTS TO BE STUDIED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE
STEERING COMMITTEE

A. Current Legislative Problems.
B. Post-War Program.

(1) Stimulation of business and employment.

(a) Tax policy and post-war budget.
(b) Banking and currency problems.
(c) Relaxation of unnecessary regulation after the war. (Price
control, Priorities, etc.)
(d) Agricultural Program.
(e) Labor conciliation and arbitration and other labor
legislation.
(f) Post-War Aviation.
(g) Housing Industry.
(h) Public Works.
(i) Financing Small Business.

2. Social Security

(a) Extension of old age, unemployment and existing aid programs.
(b) Medical Care.
(c) Housing.

3. Government Reform.

(a) Reorganization and abolition of bureaus and departments.
(b) Revision of power of administrative boards.
(c) Repeal of War legislation.

4. Foreign Policy.
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[August 8, 1944]

AUGUST 8, 1944
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-eighth Congress
Tuesday, August 8, 1944

Pursuant to the call of the Acting Chairman, a Conference of Republican
Senators met at 335 Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., Tuesday,
August 8, 1944 at 10:00 a.m. Senator Vandenberg, Acting Chairman of the
Republican Conference, presided and Senator Burton, Secretary of the
Conference, served as Secretary of the meeting. The following members of
the Conference were present:
AikeRobertson
BurtTaft
ButlTobey
CappVandenberg
DaviWeeks
FergWherry
GurnWhite
MillWillis
MoorWilson
Revercomb

Senator Vandenberg presented to the meeting a letter which he had
received from the wife of the late Senator Charles L. McNary, and there
being no objection he directed that it be spread upon the minutes of
this meeting. Such letter in full is as follows:
the mayflower hotel
Washington, D.C.
May 31st

Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg
Chairman Conference of the Minority
United States Senate

My dear Senator:

A few days ago Senator Burton called and presented me
with a ``Resolution of the Republican colleagues in the
United States Senate expressing the deep appreciation of
the distinguished service, and great sense of loss at the
passing of the Republican Leader, Charles Linza McNary.''
This beautifully bound resolution with the signatures of
the members of the Minority Conference of the Senate means
very much to me, and I wish to ask you, as Chairman of the
Conference, to thank the members for me, and to express to
them my great appreciation of this tribute of their high
esteem for my husband. It is most touching and gratifying
to me to know of the affection and devotion that has been
demonstrated on the part of his colleagues, as well as the
appreciation and recognition of his long and distinguished
service to his country in the Senate of the United States.

Very sincerely,
Cornelia Morton McNary

Senator Vandenberg then reviewed the status of pending bills affecting
the reconversion and unemployment compensation policy of the government
including particularly S. 2051 (the George Bill) and S. 2061 (the
Kilgore-Murray-Truman Bill). This discussion was further participated in
by Senators Revercomb, Taft, Weeks, Gurney, Aiken, Wherry, Butler and
Wilson.
On motion of Senator Wherry, unanimously adopted, the Conference
authorized the sending of the following telegram to absentee members of
the Conference.

The Conference instructs us to advise you that the pending Senate
question is so important that the presence of all Senators immediately
is very desirable.

Arthur H. Vandenberg
Wallace H. White, Jr.
Robert A. Taft
Kenneth S. Wherry

Senator Davis thereupon brought to the attention of the meeting a number
of questions as to the pending legislation which he wished to have
called to the attention of the individual members of the Conference
before final action on the pending bills.
There being no further business to come before the meeting, it was, on
motion duly made and carried, declared adjourned at 11:55 a.m.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Secretary

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[August 24, 1944]

AUGUST 24, 1944
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-eighth Congress
Thursday, August 24, 1944

Pursuant to the call of the Acting Chairman, a Conference of Republican
Senators met at 335 U.S. Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.,
Thursday, August 24, 1944 at 10:30 a.m. Senator Vandenberg, Acting
Chairman of the Republican Conference, presided and Senator Burton,
Secretary of the Conference, served as Secretary of the meeting. Carl
Loeffler, Secretary for the Minority and Party Floor Clerk, was also
present.
The roll call was omitted but the following members of the Conference
were present during most of the proceedings:
AikeFerguson
AustGurney
BridHawkes
BuckLanger
BurtMillikin
CappVandenberg
CordWeeks
DanaWherry
DaviWiley

Senator Vandenberg reported that on August 22, during a session of the
Steering Committee, it developed that it would be of substantial benefit
if there were a Vice Chairman of the Senatorial Campaign Committee to
assist former Senator John G. Townsend, Chairman of that Committee, and
accordingly Senator Owen Brewster of Maine, a member of the Senatorial
Campaign Committee had been requested to act as such Vice Chairman. The
Chairman asked for confirmation of this appointment and upon motion by
Senator Danaher, duly seconded and unanimously adopted, the appointment
was declared confirmed.
The Chairman then stated that the principal purpose of the meeting was
to consider the provisions of S. 2065, ``A bill to establish a Surplus
War Property Administration; to provide for the proper disposal of
surplus war property; and for other purposes,'' then pending before the
Senate. Because of the necessity that he soon attend a meeting of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, he requested Senator Austin, as
ranking Republican member of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs
which recommended passage of the bill, to take charge of the meeting.
Senator Austin thereupon assumed the chair and many provisions of the
bill were discussed. Among those participating in this discussion were
Senators Vandenberg, Millikin, Cordon, Danaher, Bridges, Gurney and
Weeks.
No formal action was taken as to the bill or any of its provisions, but
after full consideration of it had been completed, the meeting, on
motion duly made, seconded and adopted, was adjourned at 12:10 p.m.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Secretary
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[September 16, 1944]

SEPTEMBER 16, 1944
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
September 16, 1944

The Conference was called to order by the Acting Chairman, Senator
Vandenberg, pursuant to call.
The Secretary, Mr. Burton, being absent from the city on business of the
Truman Committee, the Chairman requested Mr. Loeffler to take the
minutes, and directed that the roll be called.
The following Senators answered to their names:
AikeMillikin
AustReed
BallRevercomb
BridRobertson
BushShipstead
CappVandenberg
CordWherry
DanaWhite
GurnWiley
LangWillis

A quorum being present.
The Chairman invited discussion on the part of those present upon the
subject of a recess, particularly as to the form of the same.
The ensuing discussion was participated in by Senators Bridges,
Vandenberg, Reed, Shipstead, White, Willis, Millikin, Danaher, Langer,
Wherry, Aiken, Austin, Robertson, and Ball. No formal motion was made or
adopted, but a count of raised hands showed a majority of those present
favored a recess under a resolution (patterned after S. Con. Res. 46
adopted by the Senate on June 23, 1944) authorizing the recall of
Congress into session by joint action of the Majority Leaders of the
Senate and House, or by joint action of the Minority Leaders of the
Senate and House.
The Chairman pointed out that in no event would a recess be taken until
the pending post-war legislation had been signed by the President or the
period for veto expired.
The Conference then adjourned at 11:30 a.m.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority.
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[December 15, 1944]

DECEMBER 15, 1944
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-eighth Congress
Friday, December 15, 1944

Pursuant to the call of the Acting Chairman, a Conference of Republican
Senators met at 335 U.S. Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.,
Friday, December 15, 1944 at 10:00 a.m. Senator Vandenberg, Acting
Chairman of the Republican Conference, presided and Senator Burton,
Secretary of the Conference, served as Secretary of the meeting. Carl
Loeffler, Secretary for the Minority and Party Floor Clerk, and George
H.E. Smith, Secretary of the Steering Committee and Research Assistant
for the Minority, were also present. The following Senators were
present:

Aiken Capper Jenner Taft
Austin Cordon Langer Vandenberg
Brewster Danaher Millikin Weeks
Brooks Davis Reed Wherry
Burton Ferguson Revercomb White
Bushfield Gurney Robertson Wiley
Butler Hawkes Smith Willis
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(Total 28. Quorum being 21 out of total membership of 40.)
The Chairman welcomed Senators Jenner and Smith to their first
Republican Conference.
There was presented to the meeting a notice of proposed amendments to
Paragraphs I and III of the Rules of the Conference, which notice had
been given at least one week in advance of the meeting to every member
of the Conference with advice that action would be sought at this
meeting upon the subjects covered by the amendments. A copy of the
notice, marked Exhibit A, is attached to the minutes of this meeting.
Pursuant to the notice of the proposed amendments to the Rules of the
Conference, Senator White moved that Paragraph I of the Rules be amended
by striking out the words ``Vice Chairman of the Conference'' and the
words ``Assistant Floor Leader''. After brief discussion this motion was
unanimously adopted and the Rules were declared amended accordingly.
In accordance with the notice of the proposed amendments to the Rules,
Senator White moved that Paragraph I of the Rules be amended by striking
out the sentence ``The members so appointed shall not be eligible for
reappointment on the Steering Committee in the next Congress'' and
insert in place thereof, the words ``Of the members so appointed and
confirmed in 1945, the Chairman of the Conference shall designate two
who shall be ineligible for reappointment in 1947, two who shall be
ineligible for reappointment for 1949, and two who shall be ineligible
for appointment in 1951. Thereafter, no member shall be eligible for
reappointment after having served six years except after a two year
interval.''
Senator Hawkes suggested that the amendment be modified so that the
insertion would read as follows: ``Of the members so appointed and
confirmed in 1945, the Chairman of the Conference shall designate three
who shall be ineligible for reappointment in 1947, and three who shall
be ineligible for reappointment in 1949. Thereafter, no member shall be
eligible for reappointment after having served four years except after a
two year interval.''
After a full discussion of the original proposal and the proposed
modification of it, including a statement by Senator Langer in
opposition to the amendment either in its original or modified form, the
Secretary called attention to the fact that Paragraph I, in the event
that the amendment were adopted, would still include the following
sentence: ``The term of office of all party officers herein provided
shall extend for not more than two years, and shall expire at the close
of each Congress.'' He pointed out that the effect of the proposed
amendment, therefore, was not to permit the appointment of members of
the Steering Committee for terms of more than two years and was merely
to make eligible for reappointment certain members of the Steering
Committee at the expiration of their original two year term if the
Chairman of the Conference so desired and provided the appointments were
confirmed by the Conference.
Senator White accepted the modification proposed by Senator Hawkes and
after further discussion the motion to amend the Rules of the Conference
in accordance with his proposal modified as suggested by Senator Hawkes,
was adopted and the Rules were declared to be amended accordingly.
Pursuant to the notice of the proposed amendments Senator White moved to
amend Paragraph III of the Rules of the Conference by striking out the
references in that Paragraph to the Vice Chairman of the Conference and
to the Assistant Floor Leader. There being no objection, this motion was
declared unanimously adopted and the Rules of the Conference to be
amended accordingly.
A copy of the Rules of the Conference, as amended by the actions taken
at this meeting, marked Exhibit B, is attached to the minutes of this
meeting.
The Chairman then brought to the attention of the Conference the
nominations pending before the Senate, on its Executive Calendar, of
Joseph C. Grew, as Under Secretary of State, and of Nelson A.
Rockefeller, Will L. Clayton, James C. Dunn, Julius C. Holmes and
Archibald MacLeish for appointment as Assistant Secretaries of State.
The action of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations as to these
nominations was reviewed in detail and the subject fully discussed but
no action was taken by the Conference on the nominations.
The Chairman thereupon called to the attention of the Conference the
nominations pending before the Senate, on its Executive Calendar, of
Robert A. Hurley and Edward Heller to be members of the Surplus Property
Board. These nominations were discussed, particularly by the Chairman
and by Senators Austin, Revercomb, Gurney, Danaher and Hawkes, but no
action was taken by the Conference as to these nominations.
Senator Taft, as Chairman of the Steering Committee, reported upon its
recent work and particularly upon the desirability of the introduction
in the next Congress by members of the Conference of constructive
measures dealing with a number of issues before the country without,
however, attempting to identify the measures expressly as a party
program. He asked that before introducing such bills members proposing
to introduce them confer with one or more Republican members of the
Committees likely to consider them.
Senator Gurney urged the prompt confirmation of nominations for
appointments to the newly created posts of ``Generals of the Army'' and
``Fleet Admirals.''
There being no further business to come before the Conference it was
declared adjourned at 11:58 a.m.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Secretary
* * *
Exhibit A

The following amendments to the form of permanent organization adopted
by the Conference will be considered by the Conference:
In Paragraph I

1. Strike out the words ``Vice Chairman of the Conference.''
2. Strike out the words ``Assistant Floor Leader.''
3. Strike out the sentence ``The members so appointed shall not be
eligible for reappointment on the Steering Committee in the next
Congress,'' and insert "Of the members so appointed and confirmed in
1945, the Chairman of the Conference shall designate two who shall be
ineligible for reappointment in 1947, two who shall be ineligible for
reappointment for 1949, and two who shall be ineligible for appointment
in 1951. Thereafter, no member shall be eligible for reappointment after
having served six years except after a two year interval.
In Paragraph III

Strike out the references to the Vice Chairman of the Conference and to
the Assistant Floor Leader.
* * *
Exhibit B
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE RULES
(As amended by the Conference, December 15, 1944.)
I.

At the beginning of each Congress, or within one week thereafter, a
Republican Party Conference shall be held. At that Conference there
shall be selected the following officers:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference
Floor Leader
Whip
A Steering Committee of nine Senators.

The Chairman of the Conference, the Floor Leader and the Whip shall be
members ex officio. The other six members shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the Conference, subject to confirmation by the Conference.
Of the members so appointed and confirmed in 1945, the Chairman of the
Conference shall designate three who shall be ineligible for
reappointment in 1947, and three who shall be ineligible for
reappointment in 1949. Thereafter, no member shall be eligible for
reappointment after having served four years except after a two year
interval. The Chairman of the Steering Committee shall be chosen by the
members of the Committee.
The term of office of all party officers herein provided shall extend
for not more than two years, and shall expire at the close of each
Congress.
II.

The Chairman of the Conference shall preside at all Conference meetings,
and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by this
resolution or by the Conference.
The Secretary shall keep accurate minutes of all Conference proceedings.
The minutes of all meetings of committees of the Conference shall be
kept by the Party Floor Clerk and shall be filed with the Secretary,
which minutes shall be open to inspection by any member of the
Conference. The Secretary and Floor Clerk, respectively, shall notify
members of all Conference and committee meetings. In the absence of the
Chairman, he shall have the same powers and duties to call meetings of
the Conference as the Chairman.
The Floor Leader shall perform the customary duties of the Majority or
Minority Leader, as the case may be, on the floor of the Senate, and
shall have full authority to deal with all questions of procedure after
consulting the Republican Senators who are concerned.
The Whip shall assist in securing attendance of members at Party
Conferences and upon the floor of the Senate when their presence is
considered necessary by the Chairman or the Floor Leader, and shall
perform such other duties as the Chairman or Floor Leader may require.
The Steering Committee shall consider the legislative program in the
Senate and the question whether any Party policy is involved, shall
prepare and present recommendations for action by the Conference, and
advise all Senators on legislative matters which they desire to present
to the Steering Committee.
IV.

A Committee on Committees shall be appointed at the beginning of each
Congress to prepare and recommend to the Conference the complete
assignment of Republican Senators to committees, and shall recommend the
filling of vacancies occurring during the Congress. The Committee shall
be appointed by the Chairman of the Conference immediately after his
election subject to confirmation by the Conference.
V.

A Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee shall be appointed within six
months after the beginning of each Congress by the Chairman of the
Conference, subject to confirmation by the Conference.
VI.

No action by the Conference upon any matter pending or to be proposed in
the Senate shall be binding in any way on members in casting their votes
thereon.
VII.

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Eighth Congress

December 19, 1944.
The Committee met in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office
Building, at 10 a.m. pursuant to call by the Chairman, Senator White.
Those present were:
Messrs. White (Chairman), Taft, Butler, Austin, Brooks, Willis, and
Robertson.
Senator White explained to the committee the method heretofore employed
in nominating appointees to special committees, by which method names
were submitted by the Minority Leader without action of the Committee on
Committees. All members present participated in the discussion. It was
the sense of the Committee that recommendations to special committees
should be made by the Committee on Committees in view of Paragraph IV of
the Conference rules.
The Committee then considered nominations to serve as members of the
Joint Committee on the Organization of the Congress (created by S. Con.
Res. 23). It was the sense of the Committee that Senator La Follette
should be appointed to serve on that committee, but the said action was
not to be considered as setting a precedent. After further discussion
Senator Butler moved that Senators White, Brooks and La Follette be
recommended for appointment, and said motion was agreed to.
Senator White next called attention to the need of nominating a member
to serve on the Stadium Site Committee (created by S.J. Res. 155, 78-2),
and following discussion Senator Willis moved that Senator Burton be
recommended for the appointment. Said motion was agreed to.
Senator White next brought to the attention of the Committee vacancies
on the special Committee on Gasoline and Oil Shortage (created by S.
Res. 156, 77-1) and the special Committee on Wild Life (created by S.
Res. 246, 71-2). It was the sense of the Committee that nominations for
places on these two committees should be deferred for the present.
The Committee then adjourned.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority.

Approved by:

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Chairman, Committee on Committees
* * *
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE OFFICERS ANDP COMMITTEES--9/22/45

79th Congress

Senator Vandenberg--Chairman of the Conference
Senator White--Floor Leader
Senator Gurney--Secretary of the Conference
Senator Wherry--Whip

Steering Committee
Taft, Chairman--ineligible 1949
Vandenberg--ex officio
White--ex officio
Wherry--ex officio
Austin--ineligible 1947
Bridges--ineligible 1947
Bushfield--ineligible 1947
Brooks--ineligible 1949
Millikin--ineligible 1949

Committee on Committees
White, Chairman
Taft
Butler
Thomas, Idaho
Austin
Brooks
Willis
Robertson

Committee on the Calendar
Revercomb, Chairman
Buck
Cordon

Campaign Committee 1/29/45
Townsend, Chairman
Bridges, Vice Chairman
Gurney
Millikin
Morse

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Ninth Congress

December 27, 1944
The Committee met in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office
Building, at 10:30 a.m. pursuant to call by the Chairman, Senator White.
Those present were:
Messrs. White (Chairman), Taft, Butler, Thomas, Austin, and Brooks.
Senator Taft moved that Senator Austin be relieved of service on the
Committee on Privileges and Elections and that Senator Capehart be
appointed to fill the vacancy, and the motion was agreed to. Senator
Austin requested that he be assigned to four committees only.
Discussion was had regarding Senators Gurney and Wiley for the vacancy
on the Committee on Foreign Relations and the assignment of Senator
Saltonstall to the vacancy created on the Committee on Interstate
Commerce by the assignment of Senator Gurney to the Committee on Foreign
Relations or that created on the Committee on Naval Affairs by the
assignment of Senator Wiley to the Committee on Foreign Relations. No
action was taken in these cases.
Senator White stated that the work of the Committee should not be
divulged until said Committee had completed its work and made its report
to the Conference.
The Committee then adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] Howard C. Foster

Assistant Secretary for the Minority.

Approved by:

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Chairman, Committee on Committees
Seventy-ninth Congress (1945-1947)

[Editor's Note: The Seventy-ninth Congress opened with no change in
party representation in the Senate, still 57 Democrats, 38 Republicans,
and 1 independent. In the House, the Democrats had increased their
numbers to 242 seats, with 190 Republicans and 2 independents. In 1944
President Roosevelt won election to a fourth term with his new vice
president, former Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri. When Roosevelt
died suddenly on April 12, 1945, Truman succeeded to the presidency.
World War II was ending; Germany surrendered in May of 1945, and Japan
followed in August after the United States dropped atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Planning for a postwar United Nations
organization was already well underway, with a conference scheduled to
be held in San Francisco from April to June of that year. Republican
Conference Chairman Arthur H. Vandenberg served as a delegate to the San
Francisco conference. In January 1946 the UN held its first General
Assembly session in London, but the cold war with the Soviet Union was
already beginning.
During 1945, Robert A. Taft of Ohio, chairman of the Senate Republican
Steering Committee, instituted the practice of twice monthly joint
meetings with the House Republican Steering Committee. The joint group
produced a statement of Republican principles for considering postwar
legislation.
Planning for the postwar period also pointed up the need for Congress
to improve its functioning and become more efficient. In the summer of
1946 Congress passed and the president signed the Legislative
Reorganization Act, making a number of changes in the operations of
Congress. Among other provisions, it drastically reduced the number of
standing committees in both houses of Congress, more than halving the
number of Senate committees from thirty-three to fifteen. Arising from
consideration of the act, although embodied in separate legislation, was
a requirement that both Republicans and Democrats establish party policy
committees in each house of Congress. For Senate Republicans, the new
Policy Committee was based upon, and an adaptation of, the existing
Steering Committee.]

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Ninth Congress

January 2, 1945.
The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m. by Senator White, the
Chairman, pursuant to call.
Those present were:

Messrs. White (Chairman), Taft, Butler, Thomas, Austin, Brooks,
Willis, and Robertson, all members being present.

Senator White, the Chairman, read the report which he intended to submit
to the Conference in connection with the committee assignments and
requested comment upon the same. There being no suggestion of changes,
the Committee approved the same as read.
Senator White requested the attitude of the Committee with regard to the
method to be employed in determining the rank of Senators of equal
seniority assigned to the same committee, and it was the sense of the
Committee that their position on the committees should be determined by
draw.
In the manner thus agreed to, and later in the meeting, Senator Ferguson
was placed above Senator Wherry on the Appropriations Committee; Senator
Hawkes was placed above Senator Moore on the Finance Committee; and the
new members on Post Offices and Post Roads were ranked in the following
order, Capehart, Morse, Hickenlooper, Saltonstall, and Donnell.
Senator White then requested action by the Committee on the question
whether Senator Wiley should be considered eligible for a place on the
Foreign Relations Committee notwithstanding the fact that Senator La
Follette (Progressive) from the same state was a member of that
committee. On a show of hands the Committee voted that he should be
considered eligible for the place.
Senators Gurney and Wiley, having equal seniority, on motion it was
voted to assign Senator Wiley to the vacancy.
The Committee continued its work on assignments and directed the
Secretary to have a confidential print No. 3 made showing all
assignments tentatively completed to date.
The Committee then adjourned with the understanding they would recovene
at 2:30 p.m. the following day, January 3, 1945.

[signed] C.A Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority.

Approved by:

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Chairman, Committee on Committees

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy Ninth Congress

January 3, 1945.
The meeting was called to order at 2:30 p.m. by Senator White, the
Chairman.
Those present were:

Messrs. White (Chairman), Taft, Butler, Austin, Brooks, Willis and
Robertson.

Senator Thomas was absent.
Senator Butler moved that Senator Bushfield be placed on the Committee
on Finance following Senator Brewster, and that Senator Moore be placed
on the Committee on Judiciary following Senator Wherry, and said motion
was agreed to.
Senator Taft moved that Senator Hickenlooper be placed following Senator
Buck on the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and said motion
was agreed to.
Senator White was unanimously authorized by the Committee to report
Confidential Print No. 3 with the above changes to the Republican
Conference as constituting the complete work of the Committee on
Committees.
The Committee then adjourned at 3:30 p.m.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority.

Approved by:

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Chairman, Committee on Committees
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[January 4, 1945]

JANUARY 4, 1945
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
Thursday, January 4, 1945

The Chairman appointed Senator Chan Gurney to act as temporary secretary
of the Conference for this day's meeting, who on being appointed called
the roll and announced the following members present:
SENATORS:
AikeMorse
AustReed
BallRevercomb
BrewRobertson
BrooShipstead
BuckSmith
BushTaftd
ButlThomas
CapeTobey
CappVandenberg
CordWherry
FergWhite
GurnWiley
HickWilliser
LangWilson
Millikin

The meeting was called to order by Senator Vandenberg with an address of
welcome to the new Republican members of the Senate attending the
Conference for the first time.
ORDER OF BUSINESS

The temporary chairman, Senator Vandenberg, announced that the first
order of business was the election of the permanent chairman. A
discussion was had as to the advisability of electing a permanent
chairman at this time, which was resolved by unanimous consent that a
permanent chairman should be elected. Also, by unanimous consent,
Senator Willis of Indiana made the motion that Senator Vandenberg be
permanent chairman of the Conference. This motion was seconded by
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin. The motion put by Senator Willis carried
unanimously.
It was moved by Senator Millikin of Colorado that Senator Wallace White
be the Republican floor leader of the Senate. The motion was properly
seconded and when put to a vote, carried unanimously.
Senator Taft then nominated Senator Burton to be Secretary of the
Conference. After being properly seconded and put to a vote, carried
unanimously.
Senator Bushfield then nominated Senator Kenneth Wherry as Republican
Whip. After being properly seconded and put to a vote, carried
unanimously.
Under the rules of the Republican Conference the Chairman, Senator
Vandenberg, then announced the following appointments to membership on
the Republican Steering Committee:

Senators Austin, Bridges and Bushfield, who shall be
ineligible for reappointment after 1947; Senators Taft,
Brooks and Millikin, who shall be ineligible for
reappointment after 1949.

It was moved by Senator Wiley of Wisconsin to confirm these six
appointments to the Republican Steering Committee, which on being put
carried unanimously.
The Chairman of the Conference, Senator Vandenberg, then named a special
committee on the Calendar, composed of Senators Revercomb, Buck and
Cordon.
Senator Brewster then advised the Conference that the Special Republican
Senatorial Campaign Committee was ready to report and suggested that the
Conference assemble at some future early date to hear the Committee
report.
After an announcement by the Chairman that he had during the 78th
Congress appointed a Working Committee of Senators White, Taft, Butler,
Thomas, Austin, Brooks, Willis and Robertson, a motion was put to make
these Senators the permanent Committee on Committees of the 79th
Congress. It was moved by Senator Buck that this motion be agreed to and
on being put, was adopted unanimously.
Senator White then made the following committee report:
January 3, 1945

Arthur H. Vandenberg, Chairman
Republican Senatorial Conference
United States Senate

Dear Mr. Chairman:

The Committee on Committees appointed by you to consider
and to recommend Minority assignments to committees of the
Senate, submit the following unanimous report:
Your Committee has given consideration to the assignment
of members only to the Standing Committees of the Senate.
The total membership of such committees in the last
Congress was 490. In the present Congress, the size of
each committee and the total number of committee places
remain as they were in the preceding Congress. The
proportional representation of Majority and Minority
members upon committees at the convening of the 79th
Congress, as the ratio has been agreed to with the
Majority Leader, is the same as in the 78th Congress. This
rule of committee representation gives the Minority 1
place for 1.461 places for the Majority.
The application of this basic yardstick to the Standing
Committees of the Senate, and counting a major fraction as
equivalent to a member, gives to the Minority in the
present Congress, 8 places upon the Committee on
Agriculture; 10 upon Appropriations; 3 upon Audit and
Control of Contingent Expenses; 8 upon Banking and
Currency; 4 on Civil Service; 5 on Claims; 8 on Commerce;
6 on the District of Columbia; 7 on Education and Labor; 1
on Enrolled Bills; 3 on Expenditures in the Executive
Departments; 9 on Finance; 9 on Foreign Relations; 6 on
Immigration; 6 on Indian Affairs; 3 on Interoceanic
Canals; 9 on Interstate Commerce; 7 on Irrigation and
Reclamation; 7 on Judiciary; 4 on Library; 5 on
Manufactures; 7 on Military Affairs; 5 on Mines and
Mining; 7 on Naval Affairs; 3 on Patents; 4 on Pensions; 8
on Post Offices and Post Roads; 3 on Printing; 7 on
Privileges and Elections; 6 on Public Buildings and
Grounds; 6 on Public Lands and Surveys; 5 on Rules and 7
on Territories and Insular Affairs. Under this
apportionment the Minority would lose 1 place on District
of Columbia; 1 on Education and Labor; 1 on Indian Affairs
but would gain 1 on Appropriations, 1 on Commerce and 1 on
Naval Affairs.
Preliminary to its task of assigning Senators to the
available positions, your Committee made an effort to
ascertain the wishes and preference of Minority members
with respect to committee service and it has sought to
meet these expressed desires. It has not been possible to
completely do so. It has been done in substantial degree.
There are 97 places on major committees open to the 39
Minority members. This has permitted your Committee to
assign 2 major committees to each Senator and an
additional major to 19 other Senators. It has permitted
every Senator to have 5 committee assignments, if he so
wished, and 2 Senators to have 6 places.
Your Committee has made, subject to Conference approval,
the following assignments:

Committee Members

Agriculture and Forestry..... Capper, Shipstead, Willis, Aiken,
Bushfield, Wilson, Butler, Cordon,
Appropriations............... Bridges, White, Gurney, Brooks, Reed,
Burton, Ball, Willis, Ferguson, Wherry
Audit and Control of Tobey, Brooks, Wherry
Contingent Expenses.
Banking and Currency......... Tobey, Taft, Thomas, Idaho, Butler,
Capper, Buck, Millikin, Hickenlooper
Civil Service................ Langer, Burton, Aiken, Hickenlooper
Claims....................... Capper, Wiley, Wherry, Wilson, Morse
Commerce..................... Johnson, California, Vandenberg,
Brewster, Burton, Wiley, Robertson,
Cordon, Brooks
District of Columbia......... Capper, Bridges, Burton, Buck, Smith,
Saltonstall
Education and Labor.......... La Follette, Jr., Taft, Aiken, Ball,
Smith, Morse, Donnell
Enrolled Bills............... Reed
Expenditures in the Executive Aiken, Ferguson, Hickenlooper
Departments.
Finance...................... La Follette, Jr., Vandenberg, Taft,
Thomas, Idaho, Butler, Millikin,
Brewster, Bushfield, Hawkes
Foreign Relations............ Johnson, California, Capper, La Follette,
Jr., Vandenberg, White, Jr., Shipstead,
Austin, Bridges, Wiley
Immigration.................. Johnson, California, Burton, Ball, Buck,
Ferguson, Donnell
Indian Affairs............... La Follette, Jr., Shipstead, Langer,
Bushfield, Moore, Robertson
Interoceanic Canals.......... Bushfield, Hawkes, Saltonstall
Interstate Commerce.......... White, Jr., Austin, Shipstead, Tobey,
Reed, Gurney, Hawkes, Moore, Capehart
Irrigation and Reclamation... Johnson, California, Gurney, Thomas,
Idaho, Butler, Millikin, Langer, Cordon
Judiciary.................... Wiley, Langer, Ferguson, Revercomb,
Wherry, Moore, Smith
Library...................... Brewster, Hawkes, Cordon, Saltonstall
Manufactures................. La Follette, Jr., Millikin, Ball, Buck,
Capehart
Military Affairs............. Austin, Bridges, Gurney, Revercomb,
Wilson, Thomas, Idaho, Burton
Mines and Mining............. Reed, Millikin, Revercomb, Robertson,
Morse
Naval Affairs................ Johnson, California, Tobey, Willis,
Brooks, Brewster, Robertson, Saltonstall
Patents...................... White, Jr., Hawkes, Capehart
Pensions..................... Shipstead, Aiken, Moore, Donnell
Post Offices and Post Roads.. Reed, Langer, Buck, Hickenlooper,
Capehart, Morse, Saltonstall, Donnell
Printing..................... Willis, Ball, Donnell
Privileges and Elections..... Bridges, Ferguson, Moore, Revercomb,
Wilson, Smith, Capehart
Public Buildings and Grounds. Taft, Revercomb, Wherry, Wilson, Smith,
Morse
Public Lands and Surveys..... Gurney, Thomas, Idaho, Willis, Robertson,
Cordon, Hickenlooper
Rules........................ Vandenberg, White, Wiley, Shipstead,
Bushfield
Territories and Insular Vandenberg, Austin, Taft, Brewster,
Affairs. Butler, Tobey, Brooks

Your Committee has labored long and patiently in working
out these assignments. We express the hope that they may
have the approval of the Conference.
Believe me

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.
Chairman

After presentation of the report naming senators to the several
committees of the Senate, it was moved by Senator White that the
Committee's report be adopted. After a discussion in which Senator
Langer asked why some senators were given more major committee
appointments than others and citing specifically the six committee
assignments of Senator Burton as against the five committee assignments
of Senator Saltonstall, a motion was put that the committee report be
adopted and it carried unanimously.
It was moved by Senator Butler, with Senator Willis acting as temporary
chairman, that Senator Vandenberg be the Republican nominee to be the
Republican candidate for President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The
motion, on being put, carried unanimously.
Then followed an explanation by Senator Kenneth Wherry of what was in
prospect on the Senate floor during the next ten days.
Senator Taft, Chairman of the Senate Republican Steering Committee, then
told of the possibility of a joint meeting with the House Republican
Steering Committee during the period of the 79th Congress, said meetings
to be held at least every other week. He also advised the Conference
membership of research help available in Mr. Smith and his assistants,
and he unfolded the possibilities of worthwhile Republican action in
both the Senate and the House and notified the memberships of the
responsibility of the Republicans for beneficial legislation in the 79th
Congress. He also advised the membership of the Steering Committee's
meeting with Governor Thomas E. Dewey and stated that Governor Dewey as
the titular head of the Republican Party was glad to accept any
responsibility that was his because of his position, but was not in any
way seeking to lay out his own program for Republican action during the
next four years. Governor Dewey made it plain that he was not shirking
any duty that was rightfully his, and was certainly willing to cooperate
in any way on a sound Republican program.
Senator Willis then made the following motion:

It is hereby resolved by the members of the Minority
Conference that we express our appreciation of the
conscientious and constructive services rendered during the
past two years by the officers and committees of the
Conference; that in their re-election we express our
confidence in their ability to guide the Conference in the
consideration of the momentous problems which will confront
this 79th Congress, and assure them of our unqualified
support.

The motion was put by the Senior Senator of Indiana, Mr. Willis, and
carried by unanimous vote of the Conference, the Senior Senator from
North Dakota, Mr. Langer, dissenting.
Senator Robertson, after being recognized by the Chairman, then
addressed the new members of the Conference and invited the new members
to meet weekly at a luncheon with the members who came into the Senate
with the 78th Congress.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:10 a.m.

[signed] Chan Gurney

Temporary Secretary.
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[January 29, 1945]

JANUARY 29, 1945
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Monday, January 29, 1945
Minority Room, Senate Office Building
10:30 a.m.

Chairman Arthur H. Vandenberg, presiding, announced the absence from the
City on official business of Harold Burton, Secretary of the Conference.
Chan Gurney was appointed Acting Secretary for this day's session.
Thirty-two senators answered present to the call of the roll. The
following senators were absent: Brooks, Burton, Hawkes, Johnson, La
Follette, Millikin and Shipstead.
Chairman Vandenberg then announced to the membership the death of
Colonel Edwin A. Halsey, Secretary of the Senate. This was heard by the
membership with deep regret. All of them agreed with the statement of
the Chairman that Colonel Halsey was one of the great characters in
public life; that he had given a full life of public service, and that
he had faithfully served Republicans and Democrats alike. Each and every
member present felt that he had lost a personal friend. On motion, duly
seconded, a committee of three, composed of Warren Austin, Arthur Capper
and Alexander Wiley, was appointed to draft a resolution to convey the
deep sympathy of the entire Republican membership of the Senate.
The Chairman announced the first order of business was the appointment
of the 1946 Senatorial Campaign Committee and that under the rules of
the Conference the Conference chairman was authorized to make the
appointment. He desired, however, complete concurrence of the
Conference. He stated further that he had requested from the present
Senatorial Campaign Committee their views in letter form as to whether
the chairman of the Campaign Committee should be appointed from among
the present sitting senators or whether it was their suggestion that a
chairman of the committee could be selected outside of the Senate.
Chairman Vandenberg advised the Conference that he had conferred with
the present campaign committee chairman, ex-Senator Townsend, and with
the National Chairman of the Republican Party, Herbert Brownell.
He then presented to the Conference the recommendation of the present
committee in letter form, which is hereby made part of the minutes of
this meeting.
United States Senate
Special Committee Investigating
The National Defense Program

January 25, 1945

Honorable Arthur H. Vandenberg, Chairman
Republican Senate Conference
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.

Dear Van:

In compliance with our various conversations and your
recent letter to me, I am submitting hereunder the views
of the four Senate members of the Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee regarding the constitution of the
Committee for the next two years.
Out of our experience during the last campaign and
certainly without previous predilections we are completely
persuaded of the wisdom of the following course:
1. That the Chairman of the Senatorial Campaign
Committee may well be one outside the membership of the
Senate in order to avoid any embarrassments as to any
immediate personal connection of a Senator with either the
raising or distributing of funds.
2. We are all deeply impressed with the effectiveness
with which John Townsend has functioned in carrying out
the duties of his office as Chairman and we believe it
would be unfortunate at this time to make a change.
3. We are further convinced that the long standing
practice of not including in the membership of the
campaign committee any Senator from a state where there is
a contest is altogether wise in order to avoid any
suspicion of prejudice in the allocation of funds or other
activities.

Cordially yours,
[signed] Owen Brewster
Hugh Butler
E.V. Robertson
Chapman Revercomb

Chairman Vandenberg then stated that with the complete concurrence of
the present Campaign Committee and others with whom he had conferred he
was nominating ex-Senator John G. Townsend as chairman, Senator Styles
Bridges as Vice Chairman, and as members of the committee, Senators Chan
Gurney, Eugene Millikin and Wayne Morse.
It was moved by Senator Clyde Reed that the nominations be approved.
Senator Bushfield moved that the nominations be closed. On being duly
seconded, it was put to a vote and carried unanimously.
Chairman Vandenberg then made the suggestion that the Conference might
want to discuss the nomination of Henry Wallace to become Secretary of
Commerce and that too they might want to discuss the George bill, the
purpose of which is to separate the functions of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation from the jurisdiction of the Commerce Department.
¹ It was the sense of the meeting that these were subjects
for discussion, but not for action. Statements were made by Senators
Taft, Reed, Brewster, Robertson, Butler and Wherry.
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\1\ [Many members of Congress who doubted the financial skills of
former Vice President Wallace were concerned that as Commerce secretary
he would also control the massive loans made by the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation (RFC). Senators who supported his nomination to the
cabinet therefore sought to defuse the controversy by removing the RFC
from the jurisdiction of the Commerce Department.]
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The Chairman then brought up the important matter of proper organization
among the Republican members of each Senate committee for more efficient
work on each of these committees. He brought to the attention of the
Conference the excellent work Senator Bridges had done in organizing the
Republican membership of the Senate Appropriations Committee in that
Senator Bridges had agreed with the Republican membership of the
Appropriations Committee that on each subcommittee one Republican member
would be responsible for full attendance at each subcommittee meeting
and would as nearly as possible become fully informed on all
appropriation bills brought to that subcommittee for consideration;
further, that Republican on each subcommittee would follow through and
be in position to inform the Republican senators on the Senate floor of
the full facts relating to the necessity for the appropriations on each
bill brought before that subcommittee.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned.

[signed] Chan Gurney

Temporary Secretary.

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Ninth Congress

February 6, 1945.
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Senator White, at 9:30
a.m. in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building,
pursuant to notice.
Those present were:
Senator White (Chairman) and Senators Taft, Butler, Austin and Willis.
A quorum being present.
Those absent were:
Senators Thomas of Idaho, Brooks and Robertson.
Senator White called attention to two vacancies existing on theJoint
Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures caused by
the resignation of Senator La Follette and the retirement of Senator
Nye. Following discussion, Senator Taft moved that Senators Bridges and
Butler be assigned to the Committee. The motion was agreed to.
Senator White next called attention to the vacancy existing on the
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission caused by the death of Senator
McNary. No final action was taken on this vacancy.
Senator White called attention to the vacancy on the Committee on
Conservation of Wildlife Resources caused by the retirement of Senator
Nye. Following discussion, Senator Taft moved that Senator Cordon be
assigned to the Committee. The motion was agreed to.
Senator White then called attention to the vacancy on the Oliver Wendell
Holmes Devise Committee existing by reason of the resignation of Senator
Lodge. Senator Taft moved that Senator Saltonstall be assigned to the
Committee. The motion was agreed to.
Senator White called attention to the vacancy existing on the Board of
Regents of the Smithsonian Institution caused by the death of Senator
McNary. The Committee decided to take no action on the same.
Senator White raised the question whether recommendations for the
filling of these vacancies should be submitted to the Republican
Conference. It was the judgment of the Committee that such action was
not required by the Conference rules.
The Committee then adjourned.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by:

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Chairman, Committee on Committees

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Ninth Congress

February 12, 1945.
The meeting called for 10 a.m. on Monday, February 12, 1945, took no
action owing to the lack of a quorum.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by:

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Chairman, Committee on Committees

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Ninth Congress

February 28, 1945.
The Committee met at 10 a.m. in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate
Office Building.
Present: Senator White (Chairman), and Senators Taft, Butler, Willis and
Robertson.
Absent: Senators Thomas, Austin and Brooks.
A quorum was present.
Senator White explained his negotiation with the Majority Leader with
regard to committee assignments for Senator Hart, and stated that
Senator Barkley was willing to accord the Minority a place on the
following committees: Commerce, Public Buildings and Grounds, and
Manufactures. Senator White further told the Committee that Senator
Burton was willing to give up his place on Civil Service in order that
it might be assigned to Senator Hart.
Senator Taft stated that he would relinquish his place on the Special
Committee to Study and Survey Problems of Small Business Enterprises for
the purpose of assigning the same to Senator Hart.
It was the opinion of the Committee that Senator White should
communicate with Senator Vandenberg, Chairman of the Conference,
concerning the advisability of calling a Conference for the purpose of
passing upon the Committee's action on the Hart assignments.
Senator White explained the situation caused by his resignation from the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, particularly with
regard to the long standing precedent whereby the Minority Floor Leader
heretofore served in that capacity, and requested the feeling of the
Committee upon the same. It was the opinion of the Committee that
Senator White should withdraw his resignation and accept service on the
Board of Regents.
Senator White called the attention of the Committee to a Minority
vacancy existing on the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission. It being
necessary for members of the Committee to attend other committee
meetings, action on that vacancy was postponed.
The Committee thereupon adjourned.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by:

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Chairman, Committee on Committees

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Ninth Congress

April 5, 1945.
The Committee met pursuant to call by the Chairman, Senator White, in
the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building, at 10 a.m.
April 5, 1945.
Present: Senator White (Chairman), and Senators Austin, Willis, and
Butler, who had to leave the meeting but left the proxies of Senator
Thomas and himself for Senator White.
Absent: Senators Taft, Thomas, Brooks and Robertson.
Senator White explained the changed situation with regard to Majority
and Minority representation on the committees under the new ratio
created by the death of the Democrat, Senator Moses, and the appointment
of the Republican, Senator Young.
Senator White further explained the negotiations he had with Senator
Barkley, the Democratic Leader, with reference to committee assignments
for Senator Young, and stated that Senator Barkley was willing to have
Senator Young appointed to the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee
on Manufactures, the Committee on Immigration, and the Committee on the
District of Columbia.
The changed ratio on the Judiciary Committee whereby the Minority could
base a claim for an additional place on said Committee came under
discussion.
It was the consensus of opinion that Senator White should accept the
assignments for Senator Young tendered by the Majority Leader, on
condition that the vacancy on Judiciary remain unfilled for this
Congress or until some substitute agreement be worked out.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by:

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Chairman, Committee on Committees
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[April 13, 1945]

APRIL 13, 1945
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
Friday, April 13, 1945

Pursuant to the call of Chairman Arthur H. Vandenberg, the Conference of
Republican Senators met at 335 U.S. Senate Office Building, Washington,
D.C., Friday, April 13, 1945 at 11:00 a.m. Senator Vandenberg, Chairman
of the Republican Conference presided; Senator Burton, Secretary of the
Conference served as Secretary of the meeting. Carl Loeffler, Secretary
for the Minority and Party Floor Clerk and George H.E. Smith, Secretary
of the Steering Committee and Research Assistant for the Minority were
also present. The following Senators were in attendance at the
Conference:

Aiken Donnell Revercomb
Austin Ferguson Saltonstall
Ball Gurney Shipstead
Bridges Hart Smith
Brooks Hawkes Taft
Burton Langer Vandenberg
Bushfield Millikin Wherry
Butler Moore White
Capehart Morse Wiley
Cordon Reed Willis

(Total--30. Quorum being 21 out of total membership of 41.)
The Chairman stated that the meeting had been called on short notice on
recommendation of the Steering Committee which met in regular session at
10:00 a.m., April 13. The Chairman stated that the purpose of the
meeting was to consider instructions to the officers of the Conference
as to appropriate action to be taken in connection with the death of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12 and with the succession to
the Presidency on the same date of Vice President Harry S. Truman.
A draft of a telegram to be sent in the name of the Conference to
President Harry S. Truman as recommended by the Steering Committee was
presented at the meeting by the Chairman. Senators Reed, Langer, Cordon,
Taft, Hart, Saltonstall, Revercomb, Bridges, White, Ball, Capehart,
Austin and Donnell took part in a discussion of the language to be used
in the telegram, of the proposal of the Steering Committee that its
members be instructed to call upon the President and of the suggestion
that a telegram of sympathy be sent to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
As a result of such discussion, the following telegrams were authorized
to be sent in the name of the Senate Minority Conference to President
Harry S. Truman and to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt:

President Harry S. Truman
The White House
Washington, D.C.

In this critical and sorrowing hour when you are called
to the supreme responsibility of the Republic, we send you
this expression of our faith and trust in you and the
assurance of our sustaining prayers. We shall cooperate
with you for the winning of the war and a successful peace
at home and abroad. We have directed a committee to call
upon you at your convenience to advise with you.

Senate Minority Conference

By Senator A.H. Vandenberg, Chairman
Senator Harold H. Burton, Secretary

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House
Washington, D.C.

With deepest respect and profoundest sorrow we send you
our sympathy in this dark moment of the country's tragic
loss and your great bereavement.

Senate Minority Conference

By Senator A.H. Vandenberg, Chairman
Senator Harold H. Burton, Secretary

The Minority Leader, Senator White, stated that it was contemplated that
a brief session of the Senate be held at noon at which time an
appropriate resolution would be presented by the Majority Leader paying
respect to the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was agreed by
the Conference that while no restrictions were to be placed on anyone
who wished to make an oral statement at the session of the Senate it was
contemplated that one or two responses should be made on behalf of the
Republican members of the Senate and that the Chairman of the Conference
should place in the record of the Senate a copy of the telegram
authorized to be sent to President Harry S. Truman in the name of the
Senate Minority Conference.
The Chairman of the Conference asked that during his impending absence
in attendance at the San Francisco Conference, to be held beginning
April 25, 1945, the Minority Leader be authorized to call meetings of
the Conference. There being no objection the Chairman declared such
authority to have been granted by the Conference.
There being no further business to come before the meeting, it was at
11:50 a.m. declared adjourned.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Secretary.

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Ninth Congress
April 21, 1945.

The Committee met pursuant to call by the Chairman at 10 a.m. in Room
335 Senate Office Building.
Present: Senator White (Chairman), and Senators Taft, Robertson,
Willis, Brooks.
A quorum being present.
Absent from the city: Senators Austin and Butler. Absent because of
illness: Senator Thomas of Idaho.
Senator White stated that the reason for the meeting was to recommend
to the Presiding Officer of the Senate (Senator McKellar) the
appointment of a Senator to fill the Republican vacancy on the Migratory
Bird Commission. He also advised the Committee that Senators Brooks and
Bushfield had expressed a desire for the assignment.
Following a brief discussion, during which the application of the rule
of seniority was suggested, Senator Taft moved that the Chairman be
authorized to recommend the name of Senator Brooks; and said motion was
put and carried.
There being no further business, the Committee adjourned at 10:30 a.m.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by:

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Chairman, Committee on Committees
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[May 11, 1945]

MAY 11, 1945
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
Friday, May 11, 1945

Pursuant to the call of the Minority Leader, Senator Wallace H. White,
Jr., issued pursuant to the authority recognized by the Conference at
its meeting of April 13, the Conference of Republican Senators met at
335 U.S. Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., Friday, May 11, 1945
at 10:30 a.m. Senator White presided and Senator Burton, Secretary of
the Conference, served as Secretary of the meeting. Carl Loeffler,
Secretary for the Minority and Party Floor Clerk and George H.E. Smith,
Secretary of the Steering Committee and Research Assistant for the
Minority, were also present. The following Senators were in attendance
at the Conference:
AustMillikin
BallMoore
BrewMorse
BridReed
BrooRevercomb
BuckRobertson
BurtSaltonstall
BushShipstead
ButlSmith
CappTaft
CordWherry
DonnWhite
HartWiley
HickYoungper

(Total 28--quorum being 21 out of a total membership of
41)

The Chairman stated that the meeting had been called at the suggestion
of Senator Taft, Chairman of the Steering Committee, in order that the
Conference might receive an informal report from Senators Brooks, Wherry
and Saltonstall who had just returned from a trip to Europe to
investigate the atrocities at the German concentration camps in
accordance with a special request issued to the Senate and House of
Representatives by General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Senator Brooks thereupon made a statement reviewing the route of the
trip taken by the joint committee consisting of six members from the
Senate and six members from the House of Representatives and reporting
briefly on the general impressions gained during the trip which was
taken from April 22 to May 8. Senator Wherry reported upon what was
observed at the prison camps and distinguished particularly between the
treatment given by the Nazis to political prisoners who were under the
control of the SS troops and the Gestapo as contrasted with the
treatment given to military prisoners who were under the control of the
Wehrmacht. Senator Saltonstall reported on the investigation made of the
destruction of industrial centers in Germany and also reported on the
conferences held by representatives of the committee in France and
England with those who were there studying the procedure and policies to
be followed in connection with the prosecution and punishment of war
criminals.
There being no further business to come before the meeting, it was at
12:10 p.m. adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman of the
Conference or Minority Leader.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Secretary.
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[June 9, 1945]

JUNE 9, 1945
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
Saturday, June 9, 1945

Pursuant to the call of the Minority Leader, Senator Wallace H. White,
Jr., issued by authority of the Conference at its meeting of April 13,
1945, the Conference of Republican Senators met at 335 Senate Office
Building, June 9, 1945 at 10 o'clock a.m.
Senator White presided, and in the absence of Senator Burton, Secretary
of the Conference, requested Senator Aiken to act as Secretary Pro
Tempore for the meeting.
The roll was not called, but the Secretary pro Tempore noted the
presence of the following Senators:
AikeMoore
AustMorse
BallReed
BrewRobertson
BridSaltonstall
BrooShipstead
BushSmith
ButlTaft
CappTobey
DonnWherry
HartWhite
HickWileyper
Langer

A quorum was present.

Senator White opened the meeting by stating the purpose for which it had
been called, namely, to discuss Senate Joint Resolution 30, Extending
the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, now pending in the Senate; H.R.
3240, the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Extension Resolution; H.R. 3314,
To provide for the participation of the United States in the
International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development; and what may come in the way of
legislation from the San Francisco Conference.
Discussion of the Emergency Price Control Extension Act and amendments
thereto was then invited, and the following Senators participated in the
same: Messrs. Taft (who distributed copies of his revised amendment and
explained the same), Austin, Smith, Ball, Brewster, Hickenlooper,
Butler, White, Wherry, Saltonstall, Tobey, Morse, Aiken, Brooks, and
Donnell.
No definitive action was taken by the Conference.
The Conference then entered upon a general discussion of the Reciprocal
Trade Agreements Extension Act, the following Senators participating:
Messrs. Taft, Smith, Butler, Robertson, Brewster, Aiken, Hart, White,
Austin, and Langer, but no action was taken by the Conference.
At 12:10 p.m. the Conference adjourned.

[signed] George D. Aiken

Secretary Pro Tempore.
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[June 29, 1945]

JUNE 29, 1945
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
Friday, June 29, 1945

Pursuant to the call of the Chairman, Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, the
Conference of Republican Senators met in the Office of the Senate
Committee on the District of Columbia in the Capitol Building,
Washington, D.C., Friday, June 29th, 1945 at 3:00 p.m. The Chairman
presided and Senator Burton, Secretary to the Conference, served as
Secretary of the meeting. Carl A. Loeffler, Secretary for the Minority
and Party Floor Clerk and George H.E. Smith, Secretary of the Steering
Committee and Research Assistant for the Minority, were also present.
The following Senators were present:
AikeHart
AustHawkes
BallLanger
BrooMillikin
BurtMoore
BushMorse
ButlSmith
CapeTaft
CappVandenberg
CordWherry
DonnWhite
FergWiley
Gurney

(Total 25--Quorum being 21 out of a total membership of
41)

The Chairman stated that the meeting had been called to consider the
procedure of the Senate during the coming three months and especially in
connection with consideration of the Treaty for the formation of the
United Nations.
Senator Taft reported that an informal proposal was under consideration
whereby the Senate and House of Representatives would consent to
adjournments of the respective Houses for differing periods: The House
of Representatives to adjourn on Friday, July 6 until Monday, October 1,
1945, the Senate to remain in session until action upon the Treaty and
then to adjourn until Monday, October 15, 1945.
The procedure in connection with the Treaty for the formation of the
United Nations, both before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
and before the Senate, was discussed. Those participating in the
discussion included Senators Taft, Wiley, Hawkes, Burton, Wherry,
Millikin, Austin, Ball and Donnell.
While no formal action was taken, the discussion indicated approval of a
policy which would include: the adjournment of the House of
Representatives from July 6 to October 1; the beginning of hearings in
the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations as to the United Nations
Charter, on July 9th; the continuation of those hearings for whatever
time might be necessary to develop a full discussion of the Treaty
without undue cumulation of evidence; and a full consideration of the
Treaty by the Senate, ending in normal course about August 15th. This
would be followed by an adjournment of the Senate until October 15th.
Between July 9th and the date of adjournment, the business of the Senate
would be conducted under a strict agreement that no important
legislation would be acted upon.
A protest was made by Senators Morse and Ball against the manner in
which the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate conducted himself in his
enforcement of attendance by a quorum at the evening session of the
Senate on June 28th. Complaint was made that he had not carried out in
good faith the instructions of the Senate and had unduly delayed
bringing in a quorum of the Senate until after midnight on June 28th.
There being no further business to come before the meeting, it was, at
approximately 4:00 p.m., declared adjourned.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Secretary.

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Ninth Congress

September 7, 1945.
The Committee met at 9:30 a.m. pursuant to call of Senator White
(Chairman) in the Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building, to
consider assignments to the committee vacancies caused by the death of
Senator Hiram Johnson; to wit:

Foreign Relations
Naval Affairs
Commerce
Immigration
Irrigation and Reclamation.

Present: White (Chairman), Taft, Brooks and Robertson.
Senator Austin authorized Senator White to vote his proxy.

Absent: Butler, Thomas, Austin and Willis.

Also present: Carl A. Loeffler.

A voting quorum was present.

On motion by Senator Brooks, it was agreed that Senator Gurney be
assigned to Foreign Relations and removed from Interstate Commerce.
On motion of Senator Taft, it was agreed that Senator Morse be assigned
to Naval Affairs and removed from Post Offices and Post Roads.
On motion of Senator Taft, it was agreed that Senator Knowland be
assigned to Commerce, Irrigation and Immigration.
The Committee decided to make no assignments to Post Offices and Post
Roads and Interstate Commerce or other vacancies until a later time.
Senator Taft brought the matter of Senate Minority representation on the
Joint Committee to Investigate the Pearl Harbor Disaster to the
attention of the Committee. No action was taken on this matter.
The Committee then adjourned at 10:30 a.m.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by:

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Chairman, Committee on Committees
------------------------

[September 15, 1945]

SEPTEMBER 15, 1945
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
Saturday, September 15, 1945

Pursuant to the call of the Chairman, Senator Vandenberg, the Conference
of Republican Senators met at 335 U.S. Senate Office Building,
Washington, D.C., Saturday, September 15, 1945 at 10:30 a.m. Senator
Vandenberg presided and Senator Burton, Secretary of the Conference,
served as secretary of the meeting. Carl Loeffler, Secretary for the
Minority and Party Floor Clerk was also present.
The following Senators attended the Conference:

Aiken, Ball, Brewster, Bridges, Brooks, Burton, Butler,
Capper, Cordon, Donnell, Ferguson, Gurney, Hart, Hawkes,
Hickenlooper, Knowland, Langer, Millikin, Moore, Morse,
Reed, Revercomb, Robertson, Smith, Taft, Vandenberg, Wherry,
White, Wiley, Young.
(Total 30, a quorum being 21 out of a total membership of
41).

The Chairman welcomed Senator Knowland to this his first Conference
following his appointment to the Senate to succeed the late Senator
Hiram W. Johnson.
Senator White, Chairman of the Republican Committee on Committees,
thereupon submitted a report, dated September 15, 1945, dealing with the
vacancies caused by the decease of Senator Johnson. This report is
marked ``Exhibit A'' and inserted immediately following the minutes of
this meeting. In accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on
Committees as stated in such communication, the Conference recommended
the appointment of Senator Knowland to the Committee on Commerce,
Committee on Immigration, and Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation.
It likewise recommended the appointment of Senator Gurney to the
Committee on Foreign Relations and Senator Morse to the Committee on
Naval Affairs. Senator White stated that, pursuant to the unanimous
action of the Conference, he would see that the assignments were
presented promptly to the Senate for approval.
Senator Vandenberg, as a member of the Committee on Finance, thereupon
presented to the meeting S. 1274 in the form in which it was reported to
the Senate on September 14 (legislative day, September 10) 1945, it
bearing Calendar No. 564. This bill, marked ``Exhibit B'', is inserted
in these records following the minutes of this meeting. This is a bill
to amend the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944, to provide
for an orderly transition from a war to a peacetime economy through
supplementation of unemployment compensation payable under state laws,
and for other purposes. Senator Vandenberg stated that he was presenting
the bill for the information of the Conference and that no action by the
Conference was requested upon it. He thereupon discussed the provisions
in the bill, including particularly amendments which had been
incorporated in the bill since its original introduction. Those
participating in the discussion of the measure, in addition to Senator
Vandenberg, were Senators Smith, Aiken, Millikin, Wherry, Brewster,
Burton, Langer, White, Donnell, Moore, Revercomb, Ball, Hawkes, Wiley
and Taft.
Senator Taft, as a member of the Committee on Banking and Currency and
of the Subcommittee to which S. 380 had been assigned, presented to the
Conference the Committee Print of S. 380, dated September 15, 1945, a
copy of which marked ``Exhibit C'' is inserted in these records
following the minutes of this meeting. This is a bill to establish a
national policy and program for assuring continuing full employment in a
free competitive economy, through the concerted efforts of agriculture,
labor, state and local governments, and the federal government.
He explained the principal provisions and controversial points in the
bill in the form presented to the Conference, which is the form in which
the Subcommittee had reported it favorably to the full Committee on
Banking and Currency for consideration by that full Committee on
September 18. Among those joining in the discussion of the bill with
Senator Taft were Senators Hickenlooper, Revercomb, Hawkes, Vandenberg,
Millikin, Brewster, White, Aiken, Wiley, Smith and Ball.
As the discussion of S. 380 was not concluded at noon, the meeting was
then declared adjourned to meet again in the same place on Saturday,
September 22, at 10:00 a.m.

[signed] Harold H. Burton

Secretary.
* * *
Exhibit A (minutes of Conference 9/15/45)

United States Senate
Committee on Interstate Commerce
September 15, 1945

Arthur H. Vandenberg, Chairman
Republican Conference
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Chairman:

The death of Senator Johnson created minority vacancies
on three major committees of the Senate. Your Committee on
Committees felt it desirable that members should be
assigned to these places at an early date.
A meeting of the Committee was held on September 7 for
the purpose of considering the filling of these vacancies.
Various requests for assignments were received from
members of the Senate in the interval between Senator
Johnson's death and September 7. After consideration of
these applications, your Committee, subject to Conference
approval has assigned Mr. Gurney to Foreign Relations, Mr.
Morse to Naval Affairs and Mr. Knowland to Commerce. In
addition to this major committee assigned to Mr. Knowland,
your Committee recommends his appointment to the Committee
on Immigration and the Committee on Irrigation and
Reclamation, both minor committees upon which Senator
Johnson served.
Senator Gurney's new assignment required him to vacate
one of his present major committees and he has indicated
his willingness to withdraw from the Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce. It also became necessary
for Mr. Morse, in view of his assignment to Naval Affairs,
to yield up one of his other major committees and your
Committee recommends that he be released from service upon
the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.
These changes leave certain vacancies which must be
filled and certain inequities which must be adjusted as
soon as it is possible to do so. Senator Hart is entitled
to a second major committee, Senator Young should have a
second major committee and Senator Knowland is also
entitled to another major assignment and a third minor
place. Your Committee will address itself to these
problems at an early opportunity. At the moment, we ask
Conference approval of the assignments made.
Believe me

Sincerely yours,
[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.
Chairman
* * *
Exhibit B
(Minutes of Conference 9/15/45)

Calendar No. 564

79th Congress
1st Session
S. 1274
(Report No. 565)
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 17 (legislative day, July 9), 1945

Mr. Kilgore (for himself, Mr. Murray, Mr. Wagner, Mr.
Guffey, Mr. Thomas of Utah, and Mr. Pepper) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Finance
September 14 (legislative day, September 10), 1945
Reported by Mr. George, with an amendment

A BILL

To amend the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of
1944 to provide for an orderly transition from a war to a
peacetime economy through supplementation of unemployment
compensation payable under State laws, and for other
purposes.
[The 25-page text of S. 1274, as reported, appears at
page 526 of Vol. 2 of the original minutes.]
* * *
Exhibit C
(Minutes of Conference Sept. 15, 1945)

(Committee Print)
September 15, 1945

Calendar No.

79th Congress
1st Session
S. 380
(Report No. )
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 22, 1945

Mr. Murray (for himself, Mr. Wagner, Mr. Thomas of Utah,
Mr. O'Mahoney, Mr. Morse, Mr. Tobey, Mr. Aiken, and Mr.
Langer) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Banking and
Currency.
September , 1945

Reported by Mr. ______, with amendments
A BILL

To establish a national policy and program for assuring
continuing full employment in a free competitive economy,
through the concerted efforts of industry, agriculture,
labor, State and local governments, and the Federal
Government.
[The 20-page text of S. 380, as reported to the full
Banking and Currency Committee by the subcommittee,
appears at page 527 of Vol. 2 of the original minutes.]
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[September 22, 1945]

SEPTEMBER 22, 1945
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
Saturday, September 22, 1945

Pursuant to the call of the Chairman, Senator Vandenberg, the Conference
of Republican Senators met at 335 U.S. Senate Office Building,
Washington, D.C., Saturday, September 22, 1945, at 10:00 a.m. Senator
Vandenberg presided and Senator Burton, Secretary of the Conference,
served as Secretary at the start of the meeting. Carl Loeffler,
Secretary for the Minority and Party Floor Clerk, was also present.
The following Senators attended the Conference:

Aiken, Ball, Brewster, Bridges, Burton, Butler, Capehart,
Capper, Cordon, Donnell, Ferguson, Gurney, Hart,
Hickenlooper, Knowland, Langer, Millikin, Moore, Morse,
Reed, Robertson, Taft, Vandenberg, Wherry, White, Wiley,
Willis, Wilson, Young.
(Total 29, a quorum being 21 out of a total membership of
41)

The Chairman announced one of the purposes of the meeting was to fill
the vacancy of Conference Secretary, occasioned by the resignation of
Senator Burton who had been appointed as Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
The Chairman then called for nominations to fill the existing vacancy.
Senator Taft nominated the senior Senator from South Dakota, Chan
Gurney. Second to the nomination was made by Senator Wiley of Wisconsin.
There being no further nominations, and upon unanimous vote for the
election of Senator Gurney, the Chairman declared him elected to serve
as Secretary of the Conference.
Senator Taft announced a buffet supper in honor of Senator Burton and
his appointment to the Supreme Court, to be attended by all members of
the Conference and their ladies, on the following Thursday, September
27, 1945, at 6:30 p.m.
There then followed a discussion on the Full Employment Plan, S. 380.
(Committee Print attached hereto and made Exhibit I) [not attached].
First in the discussion on this bill was Senator Taft of Ohio, who read
and explained two amendments he intended to offer to the bill, followed
by questions and answers by Senator Taft and other members of the Senate
Committee on Banking and Currency. Further statements were made by
Senators Vandenberg, Robertson, Aiken, Hickenlooper, Bridges, Wiley and
Knowland. It was the consensus of the meeting that the Conference does
not believe that deficit spending by the government is the only solution
for full employment.
Senator White then made a statement on the inequity of present Senate
Committee assignments. Members were requested to indicate to the
Committee on Committees, their preferences for any change in their
Committee assignments.

[signed] Chan Gurney

Secretary.

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Ninth Congress

October 23, 1945.
The Committee was called to order at 10 a.m. in the Minority Conference
Room, 335 Senate Office Building, by the Chairman, Senator White,
pursuant to call.

Present: Senators White (Chairman), Taft, Butler, Austin and
Robertson.
Absent: Senators Thomas, Brooks and Willis.
Also present: Carl A. Loeffler.
A quorum was present.

Senator White called the Committee's attention to one Minority place on
the special Committee to Investigate the National Defense (So-called
Mead Committee) and to five probable Minority places on the Special
Committee on Atomic Energy, to be designated by the President pro
tempore, and requested suggestions of Republican Senators whom the
Committee should recommend for appointment thereto.
Following discussion, Senator Butler moved that the Committee recommend
Senator Knowland for the Mead Committee assignment and said motion was
unanimously agreed to.
The Committee next considered recommendations for appointment to the
Atomic Energy Committee. Following discussion, Senator Butler moved that
the following Senators be recommended in the following order:
Vandenberg, Austin, Millikin, Hickenlooper, Hart. The question was put
and agreed to unanimously.
Senator White then called the committee's attention to the general
situation regarding the vacancies and ratios on the standing committees
caused by the resignation of Senator Burton and the probable early
restoration of the former ratio which will occur when Senator Chandler
resigns and is succeeded by a Republican.
It was the sense of the Committee after consideration that no action
should be taken at the present time.
The Committee then adjourned at 10:30 a.m.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by:

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Chairman, Committee on Committees
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[December 4, 1945]

DECEMBER 4, 1945
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
Tuesday, December 4, 1945

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Vandenberg,
at 10 a.m. pursuant to notice.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Ball, Brooks, Buck, Bushfield, Butler, Capehart, Capper,
Donnell, Gurney, Hart, Hawkes, Hickenlooper, Knowland,
Langer, Moore, Reed, Saltonstall, Shipstead, Smith,
Stanfill, Taft, Tobey, Vandenberg, White, Wiley, Willis,
Young.
(Total 27, a quorum being 21 out of a total membership of
40)

The Chairman welcomed Senator Stanfill, the recently appointed Senator
from Kentucky, to the Conference.
He then turned the meeting over to Senator Taft, Chairman of the
Republican Steering Committee of the Senate.
Senator Taft thereupon read the statement of Republican principles as
thus far agreed to by joint meetings of the Republican Steering
Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives.
He explained that the House group had requested cooperation of the
Senate Republicans, that the National Republican Committee will meet in
Chicago on December eight, and that they want suggestions from the
Republicans in Congress on post-war problems and issues. He explained
also that the idea of such a statement had been initiated by the
Republican National Committee.
There was discussion upon the sections as they were read, and thereafter
discussion of suggestions or inquiries participated in by nearly all
Senators present.
The Conference adjourned at 11:45 a.m. to meet again on Tuesday,
December 5, 1945 immediately following the adjournment of the Senate.

[signed] Chan Gurney

Secretary.
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[December 5, 1945]

DECEMBER 5, 1945
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
Wednesday, December 5, 1945

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Vandenberg,
at 4 p.m.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Austin, Ball, Brewster, Brooks, Buck, Bushfield, Butler,
Capehart, Capper, Donnell, Ferguson, Gurney, Hawkes,
Hickenlooper, Knowland, Millikin, Reed, Revercomb,
Saltonstall, Shipstead, Smith, Stanfill, Taft, Vandenberg,
White, Wiley, Willis.
(Total 27, a quorum being 21 out of a total membership of
40)

The chairman announced the purpose of the meeting was to conclude the
conference of yesterday, at which time a statement of Republican
principles was before the Committee for approval. Senator Taft then
carefully explained the action taken by the House Republican Conference
and presented the language of the several paragraphs which the House
Conference recommended be approved by the Senate Conference.
There then followed a discussion of several paragraphs which had not
been fully approved in yesterday's meeting, with final Conference
approval on all sections except the last paragraph in the attached final
draft of principles. On this last paragraph the Conference unanimously
approved appointment of a subcommittee who were to agree with the House
group and were fully empowered to finally approve the entire draft of
principles for the Senate Conference.
With the appointment of this committee it was thereby unanimously agreed
that the full statement of principles had the full unanimous approval of
the Senate Conference.
The Conference adjourned at 5:30 p.m.

[signed] Chan Gurney

Secretary

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Ninth Congress

December 11, 1945.
The Committee was called to order at 9:30 a.m. in the Minority
Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building, by the Chairman, Senator
White, pursuant to call.

Present: Senators White (Chairman), Taft, Austin, Brooks,
Willis, and Robertson.

Absent: Senator Butler.

Also present: Carl A. Loeffler.
A quorum was present.

Senator White advised the Committee of the requests for assignments
received by him in response to his circular letter sent to all
Republican Senators.
On formal motion by Senator Austin, made and carried, it was agreed that
Senators Smith and Hart should be assigned to Military Affairs.
Thereafter several tentative assignments were made.
It being necessary for several members of the Committee to attend
important Senate committee meetings, it was agreed that Senators White
and Taft should work up a complete list of assignments based as far as
possible upon the Committee's consideration and submit the same to a
meeting of the Committee to be held later in the week.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by:

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Chairman, Committee on Committees

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Ninth Congress

December 17, 1945.
The Committee was called to order at 10 a.m. in the Minority Conference
Room, 335 Senate Office Building, by the Chairman, Senator White,
pursuant to call.
Present: Senators White (Chairman), Taft, Austin, Brooks, Robertson,
and Willis.

Absent: Senator Butler.

Also present: Carl A. Loeffler.

A quorum was present.

Senator White read the list of Senators released by their request, and
also the list of those assigned to places on the standing committees of
the Senate as they had been worked out by Senator Taft and himself
following the prior meeting of the Committee. There being no objection
raised, Senator Taft moved that the assignments be approved as read. The
motion was agreed to unanimously.
It was the sense of the Committee that a Republican Conference should be
called to receive and act upon the report, and the Chairman, Senator
White, was authorized to confer with Senator Vandenberg, Chairman of the
Conference, on this point.
The Committee then adjourned at 10:35 a.m.

[signed] C.A. Loeffler

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by:

[signed] Wallace H. White, Jr.

Chairman, Committee on Committees

Note: The assignments as agreed to by the Committee appear as Exhibit
``A'' appended to these minutes. [Not included in minute book.]
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[December 18, 1945]

DECEMBER 18, 1945
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
Tuesday, December 18, 1945

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Vandenberg
at 11 a.m.
The roll was called and the following senators responded to their names:

Austin, Capehart, Capper, Gurney, Hart, Hickenlooper,
Knowland, Millikin, Moore, Morse, Robertson, Saltonstall,
Smith, Stanfill, Taft, Vandenberg, White, Willis, Young.

The Chairman announced the purpose of the meeting was to discuss and
decide on assignment of Minority senators to vacancies on Senate
committees; also to discuss and decide on transfer from one committee to
another as requested by a number of senators and recommended by the
Republican Conference Committee on Committees.
A discussion was then had after listening to a report by the Chairman of
the Committee on Committees, the Senator from Maine, Mr. White, who
stated that there were a great many inequalities in committee
assignments, but that now our Conference leadership has worked out the
ratio of assignments for our Minority members with the leadership of the
Majority, and he therefore moved that the following assignments and
transfers be approved by the Conference:
That the following Senators of the Minority be released from service
upon the committees of the Senate here named:
The Senator from Oregon, Mr. Cordon, from Agriculture

The Senator from New Jersey, Mr. Smith, from Judiciary

The Senator from Indiana, Mr. Capehart, from Post Offices and Post Roads

The Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Saltonstall, from Post Offices and
Post Roads

The Senator from Minnesota, Mr. Shipstead, from Pensions

The Senator from Connecticut, Mr. Hart, from the Special Committee to
Study and Survey Problems of Small Business Enterprise.

Further, that the following Minority Senators be assigned to service
upon the following standing committees of the Senate:

The Senator from California, Mr. Knowland, on Agriculture.

The Senator from Oregon, Mr. Cordon, on Appropriations

The Senator from Indiana, Mr. Capehart, on Banking and Currency

The Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Saltonstall, on Finance

The Senator from Kentucky, Mr. Stanfill, on Judiciary

The Senator from New Jersey, Mr. Smith, on Military Affairs

The Senator from Connecticut, Mr. Hart, on Military Affairs

The Senator from North Dakota, Mr. Young, on Post Offices and Post Roads

The Senator from Kentucky, Mr. Stanfill, on Post Offices and Post Roads

The Senator from California, Mr. Knowland, on pensions

The Senator from Kentucky, Mr. Stanfill, on the Committee on Irrigation
and Reclamation and on Public Lands

The Senator from North Dakota, Mr. Langer, on the Senate Special Silver
Committee

The Senator from Indiana, Mr. Capehart, on the Special Committee to Study
and Survey Problems of Small Business Enterprise

After being properly seconded the question was put by the Chair and
agreed to unanimously.
The Senator from Maine, Mr. White, had previously stated that all
members of the Minority Conference had been requested to file their
choice of committee assignments with the Committee, and that with the
approval of the recommendation of the Committee there would now be
sixteen members of the Minority with three major committee assignments
and twenty-four members with two major committee assignments.
The Conference adjourned at 11:30 a.m.

[signed] Chan Gurney

Secretary
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[January 19, 1946]

JANUARY 19, 1946
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-ninth Congress
Saturday, January 19, 1946

The Conference was called to order by the Acting Chairman--Minority
Floor Leader Wallace White, at 10:15 a.m.
The roll was called and the following Senators responded to their names:

Aiken, Austin, Ball, Brewster, Bridges, Bushfield, Butler, Capehart,
Cordon, Donnell, Gurney, Hart, Langer, Millikin, Morse, Saltonstall,
Smith, Stanfill, Taft, Tobey, Wherry, White, Wiley, Willis, Young.

The Chairman announced the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the
present parliamentary situation in the Senate as a result of the
introduction of the Fair Employment Practices legislation.

A discussion then followed with Senator Smith suggesting that the
Republican leadership confer with the Majority leadership on efforts to
stop the filibuster which was blocking consideration of much needed
remedial legislation.
Senator Tobey pointed to the Republican responsibility of suggesting
needed changes in present rules governing the procedure in both Houses
of Congress. Senator White brought out the glaring deficiencies in
present day Senate rules.
Senator Ball brought to the attention of the Conference the fact that it
is the present Senate rules that now make it possible to even filibuster
any attempt to change the Senate rules, stating further than in his
opinion the issue at present is not on the present order of business but
on the question of whether the Senate can function as a body in the face
of opposition by a fanatical minority; that now is the time to face the
issue when there is no urgent matter before the Senate.
Senator Morse made a similar statement, that the present issue is not
FEPC legislation, but whether a minority or majority shall rule the
conduct of the Senate.
A long discussion then followed on the present parliamentary situation
and statements were made by Senators Capehart, Cordon, Taft, Bridges,
Wherry, White, Gurney, Millikin, Donnell.
Motion was made that the Chairman appoint a committee to recommend the
best procedure to correct the parliamentary situation; this committee
also to recommend procedure intended to effectively terminate the
present filibuster on the Senate floor, and bring its recommendations
back to the conference at its next meeting scheduled to be held January
23. After being properly seconded, the motion carried unanimously.
Thereupon, the Chairman appointed the following Committee: Taft, Wherry,
Donnell, Ball, and Morse.
There being no further business, the committee adjourned.

[signed] Chan Gurney

Secretary

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REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Saturday, January 19, 1946

Present: Bridges, Gurney, Millikin, Morse
Absent: John Townsend
It was moved by Senator Millikin that Senator Gurney act as Secretary to
the committee.
It was asked by the Vice-Chairman of the committee, Senator Bridges,
that the committee approve his authorization that Mr. Jeffrey make a
trip to Florida. All members present voted in the affirmative.
There followed a discussion of the political situation in some of the
states which will elect Senators this year and the subject of financial
aid in behalf of Republican candidates was considered.
There followed a general discussion of matters important to the
campaign, and it was decided that the next meeting would be held
immediately on return of the Chairman.

[signed] Chan Gurney
Secretary

APPROVED:

[signed] Wayne Morse
Styles Bridges
E.D. Millikin

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[January 23, 1946]

JANUARY 23, 1946
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, January 23, 1946

Present: Austin, Brewster, Bridges, Buck, Bushfield, Butler, Capehart,
Cordon, Donnell, Ferguson, Gurney, Hickenlooper, Millikin, Morse,
Reed, Robertson, Saltonstall, Shipstead, Smith, Stanfill, Taft, Tobey,
Wherry, White, Wiley, Willis, Young.
Absent: Aiken, Ball, Brooks, Capper, Hart, Hawkes, Knowland, La
Follette, Langer, Moore, Revercomb, Vandenberg, Wilson.

The meeting was called to order by the acting chairman--Minority Floor
Leader Wallace White, who first brought to the attention of the
Conference the request by the officials of Time Magazine that members of
the Conference pose for a picture to be used in their magazine some time
soon. After discussion, it was agreed that the best time for the
photograph would be on January 30 at 11:30 a.m. Senator White was
authorized to make the necessary arrangements with the Time Magazine
people.
The chairman then asked for a report from the committee appointed at our
last meeting to investigate the possibilities of ending the present
filibuster on Fair Employment Practices Commission legislation now
before the Senate.
Senator Taft reported that after a thorough canvass of the situation
there was no method by which a filibuster could be broken through
regular parliamentary procedure, excepting that an effort can be made to
terminate the present filibuster by presenting a resolution for cloture
with the proper number of signatures.
There followed a discussion of the entire matter by Senator Taft, who
concluded with the statement that continuous sessions of the Senate on a
24-hour basis probably was not possible, judging from the small
attendance of Senators on both sides of the aisle and experience this
week in obtaining quorums.
Senator Morse recommended that all amendments to the FEPC bill be made
ready and filed before the vote is taken on any cloture resolution.
Senator Hickenlooper stated it was highly important that the cloture
petition be prepared and presented as soon as possible, stating that in
his opinion it was necessary that we make it known to the country that
we are doing everything we can to bring the present filibuster to a
close.
Senator Saltonstall made the statement that the cloture petition should
be filed today.
Senator White proceeded with a discussion of the parliamentary
situation, stating that the present motion before the Senate is to
approve or disapprove an amendment to the Journal and that this motion
is a privileged matter. Further, that the cloture motion should be filed
as soon as possible; that then there would be a ruling from the chair as
to whether or not the resolution on cloture would set aside the present
privileged matter presently before the Senate and that then a vote would
probably be called on whether or not to uphold the ruling of the chair.
He further stated that in his opinion an effort should be immediately
made to as nearly as possible ascertain if there were sufficient votes
on both sides of the aisle to bring about cloture--then should there not
be, the only sensible course to follow would be to come to an agreement
that the FEPC legislation cannot pass and that then other legislation
take its place as the pending business before the Senate, stating that--
in other words--it was his opinion unless cloture could be accomplished,
it would be better to displace the FEPC legislation as the pending
business and be done with it.
Senator Wherry reported that he had received notice that Senator Ball is
quite sick and therefore unable to be present either at the conference
this morning or on the floor of the Senate.
It was moved by Senator Saltonstall that the committee (Taft, Wherry,
Donnell, Ball, Morse) appointed by the Conference on procedure on the
FEPC legislation, be authorized to file a petition on cloture on or
before Thursday, January 24 at one o'clock. On being properly seconded,
the motion was put and carried.
Senator Shipstead made a statement that he had never voted for cloture
for he had, during his membership in the Senate, seen many times when
cloture would be very dangerous and that he observed also that in many
cases the majority opinion was not always the right one.
General discussion was then had and statements were made by Senators
Wiley, Bridges and Donnell--Senator Bridges stating that he was
fundamentally against cloture on the Senate floor at any time and would
only vote in favor of cloture in case of national peril.
Senator Wiley made the statement that by our impotency in bringing this
filibuster to an end it was being believed all over the land that
members of our party were responsible for the delay in considering other
important matters at this time and that therefore our party was becoming
the target of leftist groups. Therefore he made the observation that we
should recognize the fact that this bill cannot be passed and therefore
let it go to the foot of the calendar.
Senator Donnell suggested that we not object to the introduction of
unanimous consent requests such as are usually made during the morning
hour, introduction of bills and items for printing in the Appendix of
the Record.
Motion was then made by Senator Taft and seconded by Senator Smith that
hereafter during the filibuster of the FEPC legislation prior to one
o'clock each day, no objection be made on such unanimous requests.
Motion carried.

[signed] Chan Gurney

Secretary
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[February 5, 1946]

FEBRUARY 5, 1946
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 5, 1946

The Conference was called to order by the Acting Chairman, White, at
5:10 p.m.
The roll was called and the following senators responded to their names:

Aiken, Austin, Ball, Brewster, Buck, Butler, Capehart, Cordon,
Donnell, Ferguson, Gurney, Hart, Hickenlooper, Knowland, Langer,
Millikin, Moore, Reed, Revercomb, Robertson, Saltonstall, Smith, Taft,
Tobey, Wherry, White, Wiley, Willis, Young.

The discussion was entirely on the parliamentary situation in the Senate
on account of the filibuster on the FEPC bill, S. 101. Senator White led
the discussion with a statement that almost every affirmative step that
could be taken is stopped by the present parliamentary situation.
A general discussion was had, joined in by Senators Taft, Ball,
Brewster, Donnell, Saltonstall, Knowland, Aiken, Capehart, Wiley, Gurney
and Reed.
Taft, as chairman of the subcommittee handling the present matter on the
floor for the Conference, made the statement that their committee had
not found any parliamentary way to break the filibuster. Definite
statements were made by Ball, Brewster, and Donnell that the
responsibility for breaking the filibuster, thereby allowing
constructive legislation to come before the Senate, rests with the
Majority. There was general agreement, after full discussion, that there
should be a vote on cloture before any other legislation was allowed to
displace the present bill as the pending matter before the Senate.

[signed] Chan Gurney

Secretary
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[March 18, 1946]

MARCH 18, 1946
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
2:00 p.m.
Monday, March 18, 1946

Present:

Aiken, Ball, Brewster, Bushfield, Capehart, Capper, Cordon, Donnell,
Ferguson, Gurney, Hart, Hickenlooper, Knowland, Millikin, Moore,
Revercomb, Smith, Stanfill, Taft, Vandenberg, White, Wiley, Willis.

The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Conference Chairman
Arthur H. Vandenberg, who stated the purpose of the meeting was to hear
a report from Senator Taft, ranking Republican on the Committee on
Education and Labor of the Senate.
Before Senator Taft took the floor, the Chairman made a statement to the
effect that his amendment to the bill to be reported to the Senate by
the Special Committee on Atomic Energy merely permits the President to
intervene in case any action taken by the Atomic Control Commission (set
up in the bill) adversely affects the national security.
Senator Taft then proceeded to discuss the pending legislation on labor
and wage controls before the Senate Committee on Education and Labor. He
prefaced his remarks by saying that the discussion would be carried
along as a matter of information and not to make this meeting in any
sense a discussion of a question that would be a direct partisan or
party issue.
He stated that the basic question is the Minimum Wage Law, under which
the minimum wage was set in 1938 at 25 cents per hour and for the
succeeding six years raised to 30 cents and thereafter to 40 cents, the
present Minimum Wage Bill not being a compulsory matter until the year
1944. The present proposal is to raise to 65 cents this minimum wage
which would be further raised after two years to 70 cents and after four
years to 75 cents.
After a great deal of discussion by several members of the Conference it
was stated by Senator Taft it is his opinion that the proposal is too
rapid an increase in the minimum wage and that the rate should be only
55 cents per hour with an increase to 60 cents an hour after a period of
eighteen months. Further, that if wages are fixed too high (federally)
then the Congress must immediately accept the responsibility of fixing
prices on all commodities.
As the first provision in the bill presently to be reported to the
Senate floor, there is set up a Mediation Board which is to deal with
all anticipated labor troubles for a period of sixty days before any
strike is called, and that both parties to a dispute must first exhaust
all peaceful negotiations before striking.
The purposes of the bill, four in number, are:

FIRST--Making unions equally responsible under the law;
SECOND--To determine whether or not injunctions prohibiting
violence should be permitted;
THIRD--To determine whether secondary boycotts should be
prohibited; and
FOURTH--To determine whether or not foremen who are actually
supervisors should be allowed to become bona fide union
members.

A discussion was joined in by many members of the Conference, with
statements made by Senators Taft, Ball, Capehart, and others.

[signed] Chan Gurney

Secretary
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[May 28, 1946]

MAY 28, 1946
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
Tuesday, May 28, 1946

The meeting was called to order with Chairman Vandenberg in the chair,
at 3:00 o'clock, p.m.
The Secretary reported all members present, with the exception of
Senators Butler, La Follette, and Langer.
The meeting was called for the purpose of considering emergency labor
legislation as written in H.R. 6578. Many amendments were presented and
discussed by the Caucus Committee on labor legislation.
The Conference adjourned at 5:15 p.m.

[not signed]

Secretary
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[June 24, 1946]

JUNE 24, 1946
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
June 24, 1946.

The Conference was called to order by Senator White, Chairman Designate,
in the absence of the Chairman, Senator Vandenberg, at 10 a.m. Monday,
June 24, 1946, pursuant to call.
The Chairman requested Senator Knowland to act as Secretary because of
the necessary absence of the Secretary, Senator Gurney.
The roll call was omitted, but the following Senators attended:

Aiken, Austin, Brewster, Buck, Bushfield, Butler, Capehart, Capper,
Hart, Knowland, Millikin, Moore, Morse, Revercomb, Robertson, Taft,
Wherry, White, Wiley, and Willis.

Senator Brewster addressed the Conference upon the Civil Aviation Treaty
(Ex. A, 79th Cong. 1st Sess.), pending on the Senate Executive Calendar,
explaining the terms and effects of the same, and advising deferment of
its consideration by the Senate until next session.

There was general discussion, but no expression of opinion by the
Conference as to action on the same.
Senator Taft drew attention to the situation in regard to bills on the
Calendar and the consequent need of attendance by Senators.
Senator Taft also outlined the status of negotiations existing in the
Conference between the Senate and House Conferees on H.R. 6042, the
Price Control Act.
Following general discussion he solicited individual expression of
opinion but no action was taken by the Conference.
The Conference adjourned at 11:50 a.m.

[signed] William F. Knowland

Acting Secretary
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[July 13, 1946]

JULY 13, 1946
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Seventy-Ninth Congress
July 13, 1946.

The Conference was called to order by Senator White, Chairman Designate,
in the absence of the Chairman, Senator Vandenberg, at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 13, 1946 in the Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate
Office Building, pursuant to call.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the Conference was to discuss S.
Con. Resolutions 64, 65, and 66, relating to the President's
Reorganization Plans Nos. 1, 2, and 3.
The Secretary, Senator Gurney, called the roll. The following Senators
responded to their names upon the call or attended later:

Aiken, Austin, Ball, Brooks, Buck, Cordon, Donnell, Ferguson, Gurney,
Hart, Hawkes, Knowland, Millikin, Moore, Morse, Robertson, Smith,
Stanfill, Taft, White, Wiley, and Young.

Senators Wiley, Ferguson and Taft reviewed the three plans, following
which there was general discussion. No action by the Conference was
requested and none was taken. There was a general feeling that there
should be a limitation of the debate in the Senate on the resolutions.
There was a brief discussion of the Railroad Retirement Bill,
participated in by Senators Taft, Hawkes and White.
The Conference then adjourned at 11:55 a.m.

[signed] Chan Gurney

Secretary
* * *
United States Senate
Committee on Finance

July 18, 1946.

Senator Chan Gurney
Secretary, Republican Minority Conference
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C.

My dear Senator Gurney:

I wish you would indicate in the record of the
Republican Minority Conference that I have appointed
Senator Brewster of Maine to succeed Senator Bridges
(resigned) of New Hampshire to the Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee. Senator Brewster's appointment does
not take effect until September following his re-election.
But he will cooperate unofficially with the Committee
until that time.
With warm personal regards and best wishes,

Cordially and faithfully,
[signed] Arthur H. Vandenberg
* * *
United States Senate
Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program

July 19, 1946

Hon. Chan Gurney
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.

Dear Chan:

Confirming our conversation I shall be glad to entertain
at luncheon Saturday noon at 12:30 in the Vandenberg Room
for the Senate Campaign Committee together with the
Chairman of the Conference and Chairman of the Steering
Committee.
Cordially yours

[signed] Owen Brewster
U.S.S.

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COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES [MEETING]
Seventy-Ninth Congress

December 9, 1946.
The Committee on Committees for the Seventy-Ninth Congress met in the
Minority Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building, at 2 p.m. pursuant
to call by the Chairman, Senator White.
Present: Senators White (Chairman), Taft, Brooks, Willis, Butler, and
Robertson, and Carl A. Loeffler, Secretary of the Committee.
It was agreed by the Committee that none of the work of the Committee in
making tentative assignments for submission to the new Conference should
be made public pending their report to the Conference.
It was agreed that the committees be set up as follows:
Appr12 Republicans
9 Democrats

Labo 8 Republicans
We 5 Democrats

Publ 8 Republicans
5 Democrats

Rule 8 Republicans
Ad 5 Democrats

All 7 Republicanses
6 Democrats

By this plan the Democrats would get 90 places and the Republicans 113,
thus complying with the provisions of the Act and completely filling all
places as close as possible to the former ratio system.
Mr. Loeffler was directed to bring this set up to the attention of Mr.
Biffle ² with the request that he bring it to Senator
Barkley's ³ attention.
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\2\ [Leslie L. Biffle was secretary of the Senate from 1945 to 1947
and later from 1949 to 1953.]
³ [Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky was the Democratic floor
leader from 1937 to 1949.]
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Senator Brooks suggested the advisability of a meeting of the Chairmen
of the Committees, when chosen, to go into the matter of room space and
staffing under the Act.
Senator White brought up the question of seniority in assignments. There
was discussion but no formulated policy was adopted.
The question of whether committee chairmanships should be given to
officers of the Republican Conference was discussed briefly.
On suggestion of Senator Taft, Mr. Loeffler was requested to consolidate
all requests for assignments on the several committees.
The Committee then adjourned subject to call of the Chairman.

[signed] Carl A. Loeffler

Secretary

Note: After the meeting Mr. Loeffler gave Mr. Biffle a copy of the
mathematical formula for the committee set up, and Mr. Biffle said he
would bring it to the attention of Senator Barkley.
Eightieth Congress (1947-1949)

[Editor's Note: The 1946 election brought the Republicans control of
Congress for the first time since 1933. In the Senate the party had 51
seats to 45 Democrats, while in the House there were 246 Republican
members to 188 Democrats and 1 independent. The Democratic Truman
administration still controlled the executive branch, making this the
first time since 1897 that both houses of Congress were held by a
different party than controlled the White House. (On two occasions in
the twentieth century, during the Republican administrations of William
Howard Taft and Herbert Hoover, Democrats had controlled the House for a
single Congress, but in those instances the Senate had remained
Republican.) This ``divided government'' led to contention between the
legislative and executive branches, with Truman vetoing a total of 76
bills during those two years and Congress only able to override the
vetoes on 6. In both sessions of the Eightieth Congress, in October 1947
and July 1948, President Truman called extraordinary sessions to
consider domestic issues. In the 1948 session, he challenged the
Republican leaders to pass civil rights, housing, and other legislation
supported in that year's Republican platform. When the House and Senate
failed to accomplish much in the July session, the president based his
successful 1948 reelection campaign on complaints about the ``do-
nothing'' Congress.
Enthusiastic about being in the majority, the Republican Conference
met often in the first half of 1947 (fourteen times between January and
July of that year), both for organizational purposes and to plan for
budget cutting and legislative initiatives. By 1948, however, the
meetings became less frequent.
During the Eightieth Congress, the effects of the congressional
reorganization adopted the previous year began to be felt. The Committee
on Committees had a more manageable group of fifteen committees to deal
with, and each senator generally served on only two standing committees,
compared to as many as six or seven in the past. Committees were to have
professional staff, and the Conference changed its Steering Committee to
become the Majority Policy Committee now required by law. Policy
Committee Chairman Robert A. Taft, who also chaired the new Labor and
Public Welfare Committee, took the lead on the labor legislation that
passed both houses that year as the Taft-Hartley Act.]

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DECEMBER 30, 1946
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEETING
Seventy-Ninth Congress

December 24, 1946.
The Committee on Committees met at 9:30 a.m. in the Minority Conference
Room, 335 Senate Office Building pursuant to call.
Present: Senators White (Chairman), Taft, Butler, Brooks, Robertson, and
Carl A. Loeffler, Secretary of the Committee.
The Committee reviewed the work of the prior meeting and made several
reassignments.
The Secretary was directed to have a new print made showing the work to
date.
The Committee then adjourned to meet again at 2 p.m. on Friday, December
27, 1946.

[signed] Carl A. Loeffler
Secretary
------------------------

[December 30, 1946]

DECEMBER 30, 1946
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Eightieth Congress
December 30, 1946.

The Conference was called to order at 2:30 p.m. in the Republican
Conference Room, 335 Senate Office Building, by Senator Vandenberg,
Chairman during the Seventy-ninth Congress.
The roll was called by the Secretary, Senator Gurney, and the following
Senators responded to their names:

Senators Aiken, Baldwin, Ball, Brewster, Bricker, Bridges, Brooks,
Buck, Bushfield, Butler, Cain, Capehart, Capper, Cooper, Donnell,
Dworshak, Ferguson, Flanders, Gurney, Hawkes, Hickenlooper, Ives,
Jenner, Kem, Knowland, Langer, Lodge, McCarthy, Malone, Martin,
Millikin, Moore, Morse, Reed, Revercomb, Robertson, Saltonstall,
Smith, Taft, Thye, Tobey, Vandenberg, Watkins, Wherry, White, Wiley,
Williams, Wilson, and Young.

Total 49.
Senators Cordon and Ecton were absent.
Senator-elect Kingsley Taft was present.
Senator Vandenberg extended a word of welcome and explained that
Republican Conferences were free and open forums and never bound the
Senators who attended them.
Senator Tobey made the point of order against proceeding to elect
officers and committees, pointing out that Rule I of the Republican
Conference rules states that:

``AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH CONGRESS, OR WITHIN ONE WEEK
THEREAFTER, a Republican Party Conference shall be held. AT
THAT CONFERENCE THERE SHALL BE SELECTED the following
officers:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference
Floor Leader
Whip
A Steering Committee of nine Senators''

and Rule IV states that:

``A Committee on Committees shall be appointed AT THE
BEGINNING OF EACH CONGRESS to prepare and recommend to the
Conference the complete assignment of Republican Senators to
committees. . . . The Committee shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the Conference immediately after his election
subject to confirmation by the Conference.''

Senator Tobey read both of the foregoing rules and made a point of order
that the election of officers of the Conference was not in order because
it contravened Rule I and Rule IV of the Conference rules as quoted
above, and that in accordance with the provisions of the rule the
election of officers or appointment of committees would not be in order.
Senator Tobey's point of order was overruled by Chairman Vandenberg on
the following grounds:

The phrase in the Conference rules regarding ``the beginning
of Congress'' does not refer to the actual day when Congress
itself convenes; but refers to the time when Republican
Senators ``begin'' to organize their preparations for the
new Congress. Therefore, it is appropriate for the
Republican Conference to meet before Congress itself
actually convenes. Furthermore, all Conference precedents
almost invariably indicate that it is the annual custom for
the Republican Conference to organize ahead of the actual
opening of Congress. There is a third justification for this
point of view this year; namely, that the Senate itself
could not organize and proceed unless and until the
Republican Conference met ahead of it and nominated a
President Pro Tempore and determined what to do when Senator
Bilbo presents himself at the door. Otherwise, there could
be no preparation for the Bilbo case and the Senate itself--
in the absence of a Vice President--would be powerless to
proceed. Conference rules are made to facilitate and not to
impede the work of the Conference. With forty-nine out of
fifty-one Republican Senators present--having had four weeks
notice of the meeting--it is certainly ``the beginning'' of
the next session so far as the Republican Conference is
concerned. It is on this basis that the point of order is
overruled.

Senator Tobey further argued that the language was clear on the point
and that the Conference should not cast aside the rules which they
themselves had adopted in the matter of organization and the time
thereof.
The Chairman then asked Senator Tobey if he wished to appeal from the
rule of the chair and Senator Tobey declined.
He then announced the first order of business was the election of a
Chairman of the Conference, whereupon Senator Robertson nominated
Senator Millikin. Nominations were closed and Senator Millikin was
unanimously elected.
Senator Millikin then took the chair and made a few appropriate remarks.
He announced that the next order of business was the election of a
Secretary of the Conference.
Senator Langer nominated his colleague, Senator Young, and after a
second he was unanimously elected.
The Chairman then announced the next order of business was the
nomination of a President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Senator Vandenberg was nominated by Senator Ferguson and the Chair was
directed to cast a unanimous ballot for him.
The next order of business being the election of the Majority Floor
Leader, Senator Brewster nominated Senator White. The nomination was
seconded by Senator Reed and Senator White was unanimously elected
Majority Floor leader.
The next order of business being the election of the Majority Whip,
Senator Bushfield nominated Senator Wherry and the nomination being
seconded by Senator Butler, Senator Wherry was unanimously elected
Majority Whip. Senator Wherry spoke briefly in appreciation of his
election.
The Chairman announced the next order of business being the nomination
of the Secretary of the Senate. Senator Bridges recommended and
nominated Carl Loeffler and after a second by Senator Martin, he was
unanimously nominated.
The Chairman announced the next order of business being the nomination
of Sergeant At Arms. Senator Bridges recommended and nominated Edward F.
McGinnis of Illinois. Senator Wilson moved that further nominations be
dispensed with until Congress had convened and organized. Senator
Capehart seconded the nominations and spoke in behalf of Mr. McGinnis
and suggested that the Conference proceed with nominations and
elections.
Senator Reed addressed the Conference and requested the Conference lay
over further nominations and elections until Friday. He was supported in
his recommendation by Senator Revercomb.
Senator Brooks addressed the Conference in behalf of Mr. McGinnis
explaining why his name was brought forward at this time. He stated
further that no other nominations for Sergeant At Arms had been formerly
presented to the Conference. Senator Brooks reviewed the outstanding
record of Mr. McGinnis in Illinois, and his high recognition at many
national American Legion conventions.
Senator Bridges also told the Conference that some other candidates had
been mentioned but no formal presentation had been made to the
Committee. Senator Brewster speaking to the Conference urged immediate
action in the selection of the candidates to fill the existing vacancy.
Senator Wilson again insisted on his motion on the grounds that full
information on the various candidates was needed and this information
was not available.
Senator Ball spoke in behalf of Mr. McGinnis and expressed his belief
that delay in the selection would not help the situation.
Senator Wilson withdrew his pending motion and made a new motion to
appoint a committee of three to bring in nominations, which motion
received no second. Senator Wilson's motion having been withdrawn, the
Conference unanimously nominated Mr. McGinnis.
The Chairman then announced the next order of business was the
nomination of Secretary for the Majority.
Senator Bridges nominated Mark Trice as Secretary for the Majority,
which motion was seconded by Senators Gurney and Wherry, and after which
motions Mr. Trice was unanimously nominated.
The Chairman then announced selection of the following members to serve
on the Committee on Committees: Senator Robertson, Chairman, and
Senators Taft, Brooks, Butler, Bushfield, Capehart, Donnell and
Knowland.
Senator Tobey addressing Conference criticized the method of selection
and asked for new procedure in determining Republican policy. He
believed that new blood would make for a more healthy condition.
Senator Reed asked for a delay until Thursday, expressing his belief
that more time was needed.
Senator Tobey raised seniority question as to Committee chairmanship and
memberships. He was followed by Senator Taft who explained the
difficulty the Committee encountered in the selection. He also stated
that the intricate seniority question involved presented them with a
most perplexing problem and moved the confirmation of the nomination of
the members selected to the Committee on Committees.
Senators Reed and Wilson urged this action be delayed until the
convening of Congress.
After a brief discussion, Senator Wilson moved that unanimous ballot be
cast for the proposed names on the Committee on Committees, which motion
after a second by Senator Wiley was unanimously carried.
Senator White then addressed Conference explaining the most difficult
problem the Committee had in giving consideration to the geographical
distribution, ability, and experience of the ninety-six senators.
Senator Wilson then asked to have a list of proposed Committee
assignments presented to the Conference. After the Chairman explained
that all the work of the temporary Committee will be turned over to the
new Committee selected by the Conference, Senator Wilson withdrew his
request.
The Chairman announced the next order of business was the selection of
the Committee on Personnel and the following names were given: Senators
Bridges, Bushfield, Robertson, Martin and Cain. Senator Bushfield moved
that the Committee on Personnel be approved, which motion after being
duly seconded was unanimously carried.
The Chairman announced the designation of the following senators to
constitute the Steering Committee: Senators Taft, Brooks, Hawkes,
Ferguson, Cordon and Saltonstall.
Senator Taft made the following motion: ``Resolved that the Republican
Steering Committee be designated as the Majority Policy Committee for
the purpose of all existing appropriate legislation,'' which motion was
duly seconded and carried.
Senator Taft then introduced his colleague, Senator Kingsley Taft, who
was elected to fill the short term vacancy in Ohio.
Senator Robertson announced the Committee on Committees would meet at
10:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 31st.
Senator Taft called a meeting of the Steering Committee at 10:00 a.m. in
the Agriculture Room also on Tuesday, December 31st.
Senator Wherry suggested a Republican get-together of Senators and their
wives in the Conference Room at a tentative date, preferably about the
third week in January. Definite date to be announced later.
Senator Wiley spoke briefly to the Conference on termination of war
controls and presented an outline of his studies to the Committee. He
asked the Conference for approval at a later date.
Senator Tobey read a resolution he had prepared for presentation to the
Senate, which would restore to Senator Lodge the seniority he had lost
by reason of his resignation from the Senate to enter the armed forces.
He stated that he planned to present this later to the Senate for
approval. Senator Lodge thanked Senator Tobey for his consideration but
asked that no action be taken on it, expressing his wish that no special
consideration be given him and that the regular seniority procedure be
applied to him. He was given a most hearty applause from the members of
the Conference.
Upon motion of Senator Taft, the meeting was adjourned subject to the
call of the chair.

[not signed] Chairman of the
Conference
[signed] Milton R. Young
Secretary of the Conference

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY
THE CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EDWARD V. ROBERTSON,
FOR DECEMBER 31, 1946, IN ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
Members of the Committee present were: Senators Robertson, Knowland,
Donnell, Capehart, Bushfield and Butler. Members of the Committee absent
were: Senators Taft and Brooks. Also present were Carl A. Loeffler,
Secretary for the Minority and J. Mark Trice, Secretary-elect for the
Majority.
The Chairman in his opening remarks informed the members of the
Committee what had transpired previously with respect to procedure and
assignments. He spoke of the total number of places, 203 being divided
as follows: 113 places for the Republicans and 90 places for the
Democrats. The 113 Republican places would be divided as follows: On the
Committee on Appropriations 12 Republicans and 9 Democrats, 11
committees to have a ratio of 7 to 6, and 3 committees, namely, Labor
and Public Welfare, Public Lands, and Rules and Administration, with a
ratio of 8 to 5. He called attention to the provision in the
Reorganization Act limiting the service of each Senator on two standing
committees, with the exception that Senators of the Majority Party who
were members of the Committee on the District of Columbia or of the
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments may serve on
three standing committees; and that by giving to each Senator an
assignment on two major committees there would remain available eleven
places for assignment to Senators as a third place on the District of
Columbia Committee and the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive
Departments.
Confidential work sheet No. 2 entitled ``Standing Committees of the
Senate,'' and confidential work sheet No. 2 entitled ``Committee
Assignments of Senators'' were given to the members present for study.
Senator Butler spoke on the question of seniority and informed the
Committee that in the past seniority had been respected in all committee
assignments.
Individual cases of committee assignments were raised and discussed in
general.
Senator Butler said he had received a telephone call from Senator Tobey
who had requested to appear before the Committee.
Senator Tobey appeared before the Committee and explained his interest
in committee assignments.
Senator Morse appeared at his own request and explained his position,
expressing his desire to be assigned to the Committee on Foreign
Relations, and giving his reasons therefor. He said that he desired to
receive an assignment to a ``domestic'' committee, also an assignment to
a committee ``with greater implications.'' He mentioned both the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Armed Forces as
his choice.
Senator Reed appeared on the invitation of the Committee and spoke of
the importance of the Committee on Interstate Foreign Commerce, and of
his great interest in that Committee. He gave to each member of the
Committee an editorial taken from the New York Herald Tribune, dated
Sunday, December 29, 1946, entitled ``For Republican Teamwork,'' a copy
of which is attached.
After further discussion the Committee recessed at 12:30 p.m. until 2:00
p.m.
The Committee was called to order by the Chairman at 2:00 p.m.
Members of the Committee present were: Senators Robertson, Taft,
Knowland, Brooks, Donnell, Capehart, Butler and Bushfield. Also present
were Carl A. Loeffler and J. Mark Trice.
Senator Taft spoke of the assignment of places on the Committee on
Foreign Relations, with particular reference to Senator Lodge who was
assigned a place thereon by reason of his services in the armed forces,
and that for Committee assignments seniority had been extended to him.
He spoke also of an exception made in the case of Senator Brewster who
was assigned a place on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
because of his service on the old Commerce Committee. He stated that the
appointment of two Senators from the same state was overlooked because
of the particular knowledge of Senator Brewster of aviation affairs.
Senator Capehart informed the Committee that he had communicated with
Senator Jenner and that the latter was satisfied to remain on the
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
The assignment of Senator Vandenberg as a member of the Committee on the
District of Columbia was withdrawn at the request of the Senator who
requested that he serve only on the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Senator Moore appeared before the Committee at his own request and made
inquiry as to his committee assignments. He made inquiry as to the
status of the Special Oil Committee. It was the consensus of opinion
that the continuation of select committees and assignments thereto
should be considered by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
After general discussion, the Committee recessed at 3:05 p.m. until
10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 1, 1947.

[signed] J. Mark Trice
Secretary-elect for the Majority

APPROVED:

[signed] E.V. Robertson
Chairman of the Committee on
Committees

Transmitted to the Secretary of the Conference on January 31, 1947,
for incorporation in the Minutes Book.

[signed] J. Mark Trice,
Secretary for the Majority
* * *
EDITORIAL--NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1946

``FOR REPUBLICAN TEAMWORK''

The announcement by Senator Wallace H. White, of Maine, that he will
seek both the Chairmanship of the important Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce, and the post of majority leader in the new Senate
raises the question, how thin should a statesman spread himself?
Senator White's willingness to serve and to accept positions of
responsibility in the Eightieth Congress is understandable. He is one of
that group of Republicans who for many years were a frustrated minority
in the Senate. They sat silent and ineffectual while the New Deal
thrashed and thundered around them. Now the political wheel has turned,
releasing their energies. Small wonder that they want to make the most
of their opportunities when the new Congress gets under way next month
under Republican auspices.
Yet there are two sound reasons why Senator White should restrain his
ambition and not take on too many burdensome chores. He will be seventy
years old next August 6; not a great age as United States Senators grow,
but the demands of the majority leadership during this coming Senatorial
session will assuredly challenge the physical resources of the hardiest
Maine countryman, however rugged his constitution. The duties of that
exacting office are such that they leave little time or energy for other
important Senate tasks. Were he to take the chairmanship, in addition,
of such an important committee as Interstate and Foreign Commerce, one
or the other must suffer.
The second reason has nothing to do with human capacity, but is as
important in the psychological sense as the first is in the physical. No
Senator should undertake two major assignments when able and willing
colleagues have none. Seniority and prestige have necessary functions in
so complex an organization as the United States Senate, but they should
not enable one elder statesman to assume too much authority. It is
important to the welfare of the Republican Party and the healthy sense
of teamwork which must dominate the Eightieth Congress, that younger
members be given a fair share of the responsibility and the spotlight.
Senator White should reconsider. It would be a mistake to spread himself
too thin.

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EDWARD V. ROBERTSON, FOR JANUARY 1, 1947 IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
Members of the Committee present were: Senators Robertson, Brooks,
Bushfield, Capehart, Donnell, Butler, Taft and Knowland. Also present
were Carl A. Loeffler, Secretary for the Minority and J. Mark Trice,
Secretary-elect for the Majority.
The Chairman informed the Committee that he had called upon Senator Reed
and offered to him the Chairmanship of the Committee on Civil Service,
together with an assignment on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce, but that the Senator had expressed no approval or disapproval
of the assignment. After discussion of the matter the Chairman was
requested to communicate again with Senator Reed and offer to him the
Chairmanship of the Civil Service Committee and state that if he could
not commit himself at that time, the Committee would assign him to the
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and the Committee on
Appropriations. The Chairman then communicated with Senator Reed by
telephone and informed the committee that Senator Reed did not wish the
Chairmanship of the Committee on Civil Service but would prefer to
remain as a member of the Committees on Appropriations and Interstate
and Foreign Commerce.
Senator Taft reported to the Committee that his conference with Senator
Capper about the Senator relinquishing his assignment on the Committee
on Foreign Relations was a failure.
The Chairman informed the Committee that he had received a telephone
call from Senator Gurney about Senator Martin being assigned to the
Committee on Armed Services in lieu of the present tentative assignment
to the Committee on Finance.
Senator Donnell reported to the Committee that Senator Kem had no desire
to serve on the District of Columbia Committee but that he would prefer
an assignment to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry due to his
qualifications in that field.
Senator Butler informed the Committee of the desire of his colleague,
Senator Wherry, to be assigned to the Committee on Judiciary instead of
his present assignment to the Committee on Rules and Administration. He
also spoke of the Senator's particular interest in the Special Committee
on Small Business.
Senator White appeared on invitation of the Committee and the Chairman
explained to him the difficulties which the Committee was having in
making assignments. Senator White spoke explaining his position
concerning his present assignments and said that he would leave the
entire matter in the hands of the Committee on Committees for
determination.
Senator Donnell expressed the opinion that the language appearing in the
Reorganization Act, ``Each Senator shall serve on two standing
committees'' is mandatory.
A question arose as to the seniority listings on committees of Senators
falling within the same class. After discussion, it was decided that
those Senators falling within the same class would draw for their
relative position on the same Committee.
In regard to the committee assignment of Senator Lodge, the Committee
took the position that seniority was extended to the Senator by reason
of his services in the armed forces to the extent that he would be
placed at the top of that group of Senators-elect taking the oath of
office on January 3rd, and by reason of his assignment to the Committee
on Foreign Relations, seniority was extended to him over any and all
Senators.
The Committee then approved draft No. 2 with the changes thereon and
ordered a printing of it for submission to the Conference.
The meeting recessed at 12:55 p.m., subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary-elect to the Majority

APPROVED BY:

[signed] E.V. Robertson

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

Transmitted to the Secretary of the Conference, on January 31, 1947, for
incorporation in the Minutes Book.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
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[January 2, 1947]

JANUARY 2, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 2, 1947, IN ROOM 335
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m., and suggested a
delay in proceeding with the order of business pending the arrival of
Senator Taft and other members who were attending another meeting.
The Chairman recognized Senator Robertson for the purpose of introducing
to the Members of the Conference, Senator-elect Ecton.
At 3:05 p.m. the Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to
call the roll. The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 48:
Aiken Bushfield Ecton
Baldwin Butler Ferguson
Ball Cain Flanders
Brewster Capehart Gurney
Bricker Capper Hawkes
Bridges Cooper Hickenlooper
Brooks Donnell Ives
Buck Dworshak Jenner
Kem Knowland Langer
McCarthy Malone Millikin
Moore Morse Reed
Revercomb Robertson Saltonstall
Smith Taft Thye
Tobey Vandenberg Watkins
Wherry White Wiley
Williams Wilson Young

Absent 3:
Cordon Lodge Martin

The Secretary said that Senator Cordon was on his way to Washington and
expected to be present. He read the following telegram from Senator
Martin: ``Owing to Inauguration of my successor cannot be with you
Thursday afternoon.''
The Chairman recognized Senator Robertson, Chairman of the Committee on
Committees, who addressed the Conference on the work of that Committee,
and who then read the Republican nominations for membership for the 15
standing committees of the Senate and named the recommendations of the
Committee for Chairmen. There is attached hereto confidential Work Sheet
No. 3, ``Exhibit A,'' entitled ``Standing Committees of the Senate'' and
confidential Work Sheet No. 3, ``Exhibit B,'' entitled ``Committee
Assignments of Senators'' which is the report of the Committee on
Committees, together with a copy of the remarks made by Senator
Robertson, ``Exhibit C.''
Senator Robertson then moved the adoption of the Committee's report.
The Chairman recognized Senator Reed who spoke of the importance of the
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and of the assignment made
of the Chairmanship of that Committee by the Committee on Committees.
The Chairman recognized Senator Williams who spoke of the assignments
recommended for the Committee on Agriculture, and expressed the opinion
that the East should be entitled to more representation on that
Committee.
The Chairman recognized Senator Morse who spoke of the assignments
recommended for the Committee on Foreign Relations. His contentions were
that there was no representation on the Committee for the Pacific Coast
area, and that the rule of seniority had not been followed.
The Chairman recognized Senator Saltonstall who said that his colleague,
Senator Lodge, had been unable to attend the Conference session because
of grounded airplanes. He spoke of the services of Senator Lodge in the
armed forces throughout the world, and said that had he chosen to remain
in the Senate he would have been fifth in rank of service in the Senate
at this time.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who spoke on dual offices held
by past Majority Leaders.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who said that the position of
Senator Lodge was a unique one, in that he voluntarily gave up his seat
in the Senate which meant a total abandonment of his Senatorial career,
and that the departure or exception made by the Committee was justified.
The Chairman recognized Senator Aiken who said that in the absence of a
Chairman of a Committee it should be understood that the senior
Republican member on the Committee should be appointed as Acting
Chairman of the Committee.
The Chairman recognized Senator Morse who moved that action on the
report of the Committee be postponed for 24 hours, with a new session of
the Conference after that time, subject to the call of the Chairman, and
that the vote on his motion be by secret ballot.
Senator Knowland suggested that an amendment changing the words ``secret
ballot'' to ``roll call ballot'' which amendment was accepted by Senator
Morse.
The Chairman requested the Secretary to call the roll. The Secretary
made the following announcement:

Ayes 4:
Cain Morse Reed
Williams

Nays 44:
Aiken Baldwin Ball
Brewster Bricker Bridges
Brooks Buck Bushfield
Butler Capehart Capper
Cooper Donnell Dworshak
Ecton Ferguson Flanders
Gurney Hawkes Hickenlooper
Ives Jenner Kem
Knowland Langer McCarthy
Malone Millikin Moore
Revercomb Robertson Saltonstall
Smith Taft Thye
Tobey Vandenberg Watkins
Wherry White Wiley
Wilson Young

Absent 3:
Cordon Lodge Martin

The Chairman announced that the motion of Senator Morse was defeated.
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg who said that he wished to
testify that so far as the future pattern of the membership of the
Foreign Relations Committee was concerned, he expressed the hope that
the West Coast would be represented on the Committee.
The Chairman recognized Senator Butler who said that the Committee on
Committees attempted to make a change in the membership of the Foreign
Relations Committee but did not succeed, and that representation for the
West Coast should be granted at the earliest time.
The Chairman recognized Senator Baldwin who said that the Eastern
seaboard should have greater representation on the Committee on
Agriculture.
The Chairman recognized Senator McCarthy who made inquiry as to the
World War II services of Senators assigned to the Committee on Armed
Services.
The Chairman recognized Senator Robertson who moved that the report of
his Committee be adopted, subject to minor corrections to be made by the
Committee on Committees. The motion was duly seconded, the Chairman put
the question and announced that the motion of Senator Robertson was
carried.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft, Chairman of the Policy Committee,
who reported for his Committee as follows:
It was the recommendation of his Committee that resolutions introduced
by Senators calling for the creation of Special Committees be referred
to the Committee on Rules and Administration, and that photographers
will be told that photographs cannot be taken in the Senate on opening
day, January 3rd. He said that the matter of photographs should be
considered by the new Committee on Rules and Administration. Senator
Taft then presented to the Conference the question of the seating of
Senator Bilbo. ¹ He presented the various points involved and
read a resolution approved by the Policy Committee which would request
that Senator Bilbo stand aside and let the whole matter be set down for
discussion ten days later. After general discussion and inquiries by
Senators Revercomb, Bushfield, Bridges, Hawkes, Vandenberg, Brewster and
Wilson, Senator Taft suggested that Senator Ferguson be recognized.
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\1\ [The election of Theodore G. Bilbo (D-MS) was challenged due to
charges of unfair campaign practices and corruption. In late 1946 two
Senate committees had looked into Bilbo's activities. Bilbo's opponents
believed he should not be seated when Congress convened on January 3,
1947, until the Committee on Rules and Administration could review the
allegations. Southern senators supporting the seating of Bilbo briefly
filibustered to prevent the Senate from organizing. Before the Senate
could act on the matter, Senator Bilbo became ill and returned to
Mississippi, where he died a few months later.]
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The Chairman recognized Senator Ferguson who reviewed the report of the
Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program entitled
``Transaction Between Senator Theodore G. Bilbo and Various War
Contractors.''
Senator Taft was recognized and asked Senator Hickenlooper to sum up the
election case.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hickenlooper who spoke of the Minority
views to be submitted by himself and Senator Bridges as Members of the
Campaign Expenditures Committee and as individuals.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who moved that the Policy Committee
be authorized to take such action as it deems desirable and to proceed
to take any and all necessary steps in the matter. Senator Wilson moved
that the Policy Committee be given full power to act. Senator Reed then
suggested that the motion be worded that the Policy Committee be given
full authority as to procedure to bar Senator Bilbo at the door of the
Senate. The suggested language was accepted by Senator Taft and the
motion was seconded by Senator Morse.
The Chairman put the question and the motion was agreed to unanimously.
The Chairman recognized Senator Revercomb who asked if full thought had
been given by the Policy Committee to the question of the organization
of the Senate by the Republican Party on the first day. He said that
serious thought should be given to the question of tying up the business
of the Senate for days as against the question of cleaning house.
The Chairman recognized Senator Flanders who said that he was one of
those to take the oath and that he would be willing to wait.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who nominated Rev. Peter
Marshall of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church as Republican
nominee for Chaplain of the Senate. The nomination was seconded by
Senator Wherry. Senator Bushfield expressed a word of commendation.
Nominations were closed and the Chairman announced the election of Rev.
Marshall as Chaplain.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who moved that an appropriate
resolution be drawn and sent by the Secretary on behalf of the
Conference, expressing the sympathy of the Membership of the Conference
to Senator Cordon on the death of his daughter.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wiley who moved that his report to the
Conference entitled ``Termination of War Controls'' be accepted, and
that he be authorized to prepare an appropriate resolution to carry out
the recommendation contained therewith. Copy of the report is attached
hereto.
The Chairman put the question and the motion was agreed to.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brooks who stated that Mr. McGinnis, the
new Sergeant-at-Arms, was outside and that he wished to introduce him to
the Members of the Conference. Mr. McGinnis was escorted in and
introduced by Senator Brooks.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 6:20 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 7, 1947, and
transmitted to the Secretary of the Conference on January 31, 1947, for
incorporation in the Minutes Book.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

(Confidential Work Sheet No. 3)
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Eightieth Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

On Agriculture and Forestry (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Capper (Chairman), Aiken, Bushfield, Wilson, Young,
Thye, Kem.

On Appropriations (Ratio 12-9)

Messrs. Bridges (Chairman), Gurney, Brooks, Reed, Ball,
Ferguson, Wherry, Cordon, Saltonstall, Young, Knowland,
Dworshak.

On Armed Services (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Gurney (Chairman), Bridges, Robertson, Wilson,
Saltonstall, Morse, Baldwin.

On Banking and Currency (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Tobey (Chairman), Buck, Capehart, Flanders, Cain,
Bricker, McCarthy.

On Civil Service (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Langer (Chairman), Buck, Flanders, Baldwin, Thye,
Williams, Ecton.

On District of Columbia (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Buck (Chairman), Capper, Ball, Flanders, Cooper,
Cain, Kem.

On Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Aiken (Chairman), Ferguson, Hickenlooper, Bricker,
Thye, *Ives, *McCarthy.
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*Priority of position on Committee subject to draw.
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Note: On drawing January 4, 1947, position decided as
follows: McCarthy 1, Ives 2. [signed] J. Mark Trice,
Secretary for Majority

On Finance (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Millikin (Chairman), Taft, Butler, Brewster,
Bushfield, Hawkes, Martin.

On Foreign Relations (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Vandenberg (Chairman), Capper, White, Wiley, Smith,
Hickenlooper, Lodge, Jr.

On Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. White (Chairman), Tobey, Reed, Brewster, Hawkes,
Moore, Capehart.

On the Judiciary (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Wiley (Chairman), Langer, Ferguson, Revercomb,
Moore, Donnell, Cooper.

On Labor and Public Welfare (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Taft (Chairman), Aiken, Ball, Smith, Morse, Donnell,
Jenner, Ives.

On Public Lands (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Butler (Chairman), Millikin, Robertson, Cordon,
Dworshak, *Ecton, *Malone, *Watkins.
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*Priority of position on Committee subject to draw.
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Note: On drawing January 4, 1947, position decided as
follows: Ecton 1, Malone 2, Watkins 3. [signed] J. Mark
Trice, Secretary for the Majority.

On Public Works (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Revercomb (Chairman), Cooper, Cain, Martin, *Malone,
*Watkins, *Williams.
Note: On drawing January 4, 1947, position decided as
follows: Watkins 1, Williams 2, Malone 3. [signed] J. Mark
Trice.

On Rules and Administration (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Brooks (Chairman), Wherry, Hickenlooper, Knowland,
Lodge, Jr., Jenner, Bricker, Ives.
* * *
EXHIBIT ``B''

(Confidential Work Sheet No. 3)
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF SENATORS
Eightieth Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

Mr. AIKEN............................... Expenditures in the Executive
Departments (Chairman)
Agriculture
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. BALDWIN............................. Armed Services
Civil Service

Mr. BALL................................ Appropriations
District of Columbia
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. BREWSTER............................ Finance
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. BRICKER............................. Banking and Currency
Expenditures in the Executive
Departments
Rules and Administration

Mr. BRIDGES............................. Appropriations (Chairman)
Armed Services

Mr. BROOKS.............................. Rules and Administration
(Chairman)
Appropriations

Mr. BUCK................................ District of Columbia
(Chairman)
Banking and Currency
Civil Service

Mr. BUSHFIELD........................... Agriculture and Forestry
Finance

Mr. BUTLER.............................. Public Lands (Chairman)
Finance

Mr. CAIN................................ Banking and Currency
District of Columbia
Public Works

Mr. CAPEHART............................ Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. CAPPER.............................. Agriculture and Forestry
(Chairman)
District of Columbia
Foreign Relations

Mr. COOPER.............................. District of Columbia
Judiciary
Public Works

Mr. CORDON.............................. Appropriations
Public Lands

Mr. DONNELL............................. Judiciary
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. DWORSHAK............................ Appropriations
Public Lands

Mr. ECTON............................... Civil Service
Public Lands

Mr. FERGUSON............................ Appropriations
Expenditures in the Executive
Departments
Judiciary

Mr. FLANDERS............................ Banking and Currency
Civil Service
District of Columbia

Mr. GURNEY.............................. Armed Services (Chairman)
Appropriations

Mr. HAWKES.............................. Finance
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. HICKENLOOPER........................ Expenditures in the Executive
Departments
Foreign Relations
Rules and Administration

Mr. IVES................................ Expenditures in the Executive
Departments
Labor and Public Welfare
Rules and Administration

Mr. JENNER.............................. Labor and Public Welfare
Rules and Administration

Mr. KEM................................. Agriculture and Forestry
District of Columbia

Mr. KNOWLAND............................ Appropriations
Rules and Administration

Mr. LANGER.............................. Civil Service (Chairman)
Judiciary

Mr. LODGE, Jr........................... Foreign Relations
Rules and Administration

Mr. MALONE.............................. Public Lands
Public Works

Mr. MARTIN.............................. Finance
Public Works

Mr. MCCARTHY............................ Banking and Currency
Expenditures in the Executive
Departments

Mr. MILLIKIN............................ Finance (Chairman)
Public Lands

Mr. MOORE............................... Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Judiciary

Mr. MORSE............................... Armed Services
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. REED................................ Appropriations
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. REVERCOMB........................... Public Works (Chairman)
Judiciary

Mr. ROBERTSON........................... Armed Services of Wyoming
Public Lands

Mr. SALTONSTALL......................... Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. SMITH............................... Foreign Relations
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. TAFT................................ Labor and Public Welfare
(Chairman)
Finance

Mr. THYE................................ Agriculture and Forestry
Civil Service
Expenditures in the Executive
Dept.

Mr. TOBEY............................... Banking and Currency
(Chairman)
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. VANDENBERG.......................... Foreign Relations (Chairman)

Mr. WATKINS............................. Public Lands
Public Works

Mr. WHERRY.............................. Appropriations
Rules and Administration

Mr. WHITE............................... Interstate and Foreign
Commerce (Chairman)
Foreign Relations

Mr. WILEY............................... Judiciary (Chairman)
Foreign Relations

Mr. WILLIAMS............................ Civil Service
Public Works

Mr. WILSON.............................. Agriculture and Forestry
Armed Services

Mr. YOUNG............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations
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EXHIBIT ``C''

REMARKS OF EDWARD V. ROBERTSON, JANUARY 2, 1947,
BEFORE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

Mr. Chairman:
Rule No. IV of the Republican Conference Rules states that, and I quote:

``A Committee on Committees shall be appointed at the
beginning of each Congress to prepare and recommend to the
Conference the complete assignment of Republican Senators to
Committees and shall recommend the filling of vacancies
occurring during the Congress. The Committee shall be
appointed by the Chairman of the Conference immediately
after his election, subject to confirmation by the
Conference.''

At the first meeting of the Republican Conference of the 80th Congress
on Monday last, December 30, 1946, you, Senator Millikin, were
unanimously elected Chairman of the Conference and appointed the
following Senators on the Committee on Committees:

Robertson (Chairman) Bushfield
Taft Capehart
Brooks Knowland
Butler Donnell

The Committee recognized--with you Mr. Chairman--the importance of
prompt and immediate attention to the difficult task before it and
started work with the intention of presenting a complete committee
assignment slate to the Conference today.
The Country has expressed confidence in the Republican Party by placing
it in control of the Legislative branch of the Government. I am sure it
is the wish and the intention of the 51 Senators of the Conference that
we go to the Floor of the United States Senate--not only ready to take
up the burdens and responsibilities of the office--but fully prepared to
start in tomorrow with a completely organized majority that can function
efficiently in its task of carrying out the mandate of the people with
the least possible delay.
With that end in view, Mr. Chairman, I am ready to report the
recommendations of your Committee on Committees.
In the first place, Mr. Chairman, I wish to express to our
predecessors--the Committee on Committees of the 79th Congress our
appreciation of the valuable ``spade'' work they passed on to this
Committee. I am not exaggerating when I say that but for that spade
work, the report which I am now able to present would have been delayed
two weeks and maybe longer.
This is understandable when you realize--as I know you do--that this
Committee was faced with a more difficult and complex problem of
assignment than has confronted any previous Committee on Committees.
With your permission, Mr. Chairman, I will take a few minutes to enlarge
on that situation for the benefit of the new Senators here today, and
may I say to those new Senators--and I will do so by paraphrasing a
well-known remark by a very well-known foreign statesman--``Never have
so few brought greater joy to the hearts of so many.''
Public Law 601--79th Congress--that is the ``Legislative Reorganization
Act of 1946''--calls for great changes in the Legislative setup in both
the Senate and the House.
Today in the Senate there are 33 Standing Committees. Of these twelve
are known as Major Committees and twenty-one as Minor Committees. Under
the Reorganization Act the thirty-three Standing Committees in the
Senate have been reduced to fifteen, and the number of Committees a
Senator may serve on is clearly specified in subparagraph 4 on Page 10
of the Act, which I will read to you:

Each Senator shall serve on two Standing Committees and no
more; except that Senators of the Majority Party who are
members of the Committee on the District of Columbia or of
the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments
may serve on three Standing Committees and no more.

This is a very cleverly drawn provision for it not only takes care of
the number of committees each Senator can serve on, but it also
automatically takes care of the general ratio of Minority Party
assignments to those of the Majority Party.
The initial approach to the question of party proportion on the
Committees is decided by this paragraph. That definitely restricts the
Democratic Party to two assignments to each Democratic Senator. By their
45 Senators the Democratic Party can claim ninety committee seats. On a
7 to 6 ratio for fourteen committees the Democrats would have eighty-
four seats, but this would leave them only six seats out of the twenty-
one seats on the Appropriations Committee.
This is not a fair proportion of representation on that important
Committee so this Committee recommends to this Conference that the ratio
of 7 to 6 be changed to a ratio of 8 to 5 on three Committees, and the
ratio on the Appropriations Committee be 12 to 9.
This will give the Democratic Minority their lawful ninety Committee
assignments, made up as follows:

11 Committees with 6 Democratic seats.................. 66
3 Committees with 5 Democratic seats.................. 15
1 Committee with 9 Democratic seats................... 9
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90
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The next question for the Committee to decide was which three of the
fourteen Committees would have the 8 to 5 ratio. I may say that the
Committee feels that it is entirely within the province of the
Republican Majority to decide this question.
The three Committees selected, subject to your approval, were:
The Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
The Committee on Public Lands
The Committee on Rules and Administration
The position, therefore, as far as the Republican Majority is concerned
is as follows:

11 Committees with 7 seats............................. 77
3 Committees with 8 seats............................. 24
1 Committees with 12 seats............................ 12
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Fifty-one Republican Senators with two assignments each is one hundred
and two. This leaves eleven seats to be taken care of under the second
part of Clause 4 on Page 10 of the Act, which means that eleven
Republican Senators will have three Committee assignments instead of two
and that extra assignments must be on either the Committee on the
District of Columbia or on the Committee on Expenditures in Executive
Departments.
There are a number of factors which complicate the alloting of Committee
assignments for this 80th Congress which did not exist in any previous
Congress. As I have said, the number of Standing Committees is reduced
from thirty-three to fifteen, and with it the consequent reduction of a
Senator's present assignments of five and six Committees to two.
I can assure the new Senators that it is an extremely difficult task for
a Senator to select two Committees out of five or six that he has given
so much time and thought to. However, the co-operation on the part of
the Senators has been most encouraging.
This choice has been rendered more difficult by the composition of some
of the new Committees under the Reorganization Act.
Some Committees, such as

Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations
Banking and Currency
Foreign Relations
Education and Labor

remain much as they are at present.
Other Committees combine the functions of two major Committees or two
major Committees and several minor Committees. Again a Committee will
combine the functions of one major and one minor--or the combination of
five minor Committees. Some are almost entirely new in that they combine
functions of many of the old Committees. There is an example of nearly
half the functions of one of the old major Committees being combined in
one new Committee and the rest in another new Committee.
The Committee realizes the impossibility of satisfying every Senator on
his assignments. This is particularly true of new Senators and we of the
Committee are painfully aware of the fact that with only two
assignments, many have what appears to be ``slim pickings.'' Were it
possible we would have gladly recommended all of you as you stated
preferences. There is no question that you deserve what you asked for
and I feel sure that one day, in the not very distant future, you will
get what you want and you will find that in the meantime your time has
not been wasted. I would like to advise the new Senators that as
Senators you have the privilege of a seat in any Committee meeting that
might be considering legislation you are interested in, and I can assure
you that as far as my experience goes, you will find a welcome and a
desire to have you cooperate, but you cannot participate in the voting
in any Committee that you are not a member of.
In arriving at our recommendations we have been guided largely by
seniority on existing standing committees--by the Senators'
preferences--by the relative importance of existing Committee
memberships--by a Senator's background and experience which is generally
evident in his preferences--and by geographic location.
There has been a rule, or maybe just an understanding, that no two
Senators of the same party from the same State shall be members of the
same Committee. In our recommendations we have broken this rule, or
understanding, in one case. That is in the new Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee. This Committee is a combination of two old Major
Committees--viz., the Interstate Commerce Committee and the Commerce
Committee, and two minors--the Interoceanic Canals and Manufactures.
Senator White of Maine is the ranking member of Interstate Commerce and
Senator Brewster is ranking member of Commerce. However, the main reason
for our decision in this case is based on Senator Brewster's very
special knowledge of civil aeronautics and of domestic and foreign
aviation, acquired during his membership on the Commerce Committee. The
consideration of this important means of transportation is now passed on
to the new Interstate and Commerce Committee and we feel it is very
necessary that this Committee should have available Senator Brewster's
very special knowledge of civil aeronautics.
Mr. Chairman, I will now read the Committees for the fifteen Standing
Committees of the Senate and name the recommendations for Chairman.
Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of the Committee's report.
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EXHIBIT ``D''

RESOLUTION OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE,
ADOPTED JANUARY 2, 1947

WHEREAS Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from our
colleague, the Honorable Guy Cordon, his beloved daughter, Mrs. Donald
E. Crouch, and
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Republican Colleagues in The United
States Senate of the Honorable Guy Cordon, express our sense of loss at
the passing of his daughter, and
FURTHER, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the
Honorable Guy Cordon, that he may be assured of our deep respect for him
and of our condolences to him in this hour of his bereavement.
* * *
EXHIBIT ``E''

Please Do Not Release
Until Monday, December 30, 2:30 p.m.
OUTLINE OF REPORT ON ``TERMINATION OF WAR CONTROLS'' BY SEN. ALEXANDER
WILEY OF WISCONSIN TO REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE DECEMBER 30, 1946

A. INTRODUCTION PAGE
1. Purpose of This Report................................ 1
2. History of Termination of World War I................. 1
3. Problems in Terminating War and Emergency Controls by 3
General Resolution......................................
4. Fundamental Republican Position....................... 3
B. RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Basic Recommendation.................................. 4
2. Reasons for Basic Recommendation...................... 4
3. Suggestions for Republican Action..................... 8
C. EXHIBIT (On Original Copy of Report Only) 9
Provisions of Federal Statutes Affected by the
Termination of the War and/or Emergency.................

* * * * * * *

A. INTRODUCTION
1. PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT:

It is a pleasure to present to my colleagues this report
in fulfillment of the assignment to me by the Republican
Steering Committee. The assignment requested my study into
the subject of ``Possible Termination of War Controls by
General Resolution.''

I have prepared the following analysis, based upon research covering
as many phases of the problem as I could touch upon. In the course of my
inquiry I utilized data from private and Governmental sources including
the resources of the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of
Congress. In addition, I consulted the report on this same subject made
by Representative Lewis, Republican, of Ohio to Representative Martin of
Mass., and the report of the House Post-War Planning Committee. Finally,
I consulted every member of the President's Cabinet, together with the
Veterans' Administration. I requested of the Cabinet Secretaries and the
Veterans' Administration a statement as to which emergency and war
powers lay within their jurisdiction, which war powers they regarded as
feasible of termination now and why, and which they regarded as
preferably not terminated now and when might they be so terminated.
Most of these eleven officers have replied to me. In each case, the
official listed the emergency and wartime powers within his jurisdiction
but stated that his recommendations as to which should be terminated and
when--had been submitted to the President for the Chief Executive's
review. Thereafter, I wrote to the President on December 17th, asking
for his recommendations.

Under date of December 27th, the President replied that
the situation is ``very complicated.'' It ``requires a
complete analysis before a conclusion can be reached, and it
cannot be done on a departmental basis--it must be done on
an overhaul basis,'' he stated. Moreover, ``when the
information is accumulated and analyzed,'' the President
stated, he ``would make suggestions to the Congress on the
subject.''

I may emphasize at this point that I personally believe this subject
is so important that it must be considered and handled in as non-
partisan a manner as possible.
2. HISTORY OF TERMINATION OF WORLD WAR I:
I should like to present now a very brief history of the termination
of the statutes of the first world conflict, as prepared for me by the
Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress. I quote from
this Division's report:

Considerable confusion was created by the armistice of
November 11, 1918 and the message to Congress on that day,
in which the President, after outlining the terms of the
armistice, stated: `The war thus comes to an end; for having
accepted these terms of armistice, it will be impossible for
the German command to renew it' (Cong. Rec. Vol. 56 Pt. 11
p. 11538). As evidence of this confusion we call attention
to the court litigation which commenced (See for example
U.S. v. Hicks, 1919, 256 F. 707 and Commercial Cable Co. v.
Burleson, 1919, 255 F. 99).
On April 1, 1920 there was introduced a joint resolution
(H.R. Res. 327--66th Congress) declaring the state of war at
an end. After favorable legislative consideration, this bill
was vetoed on May 27, 1920 (H. Doc. 799--66th Congress) by
President Wilson because he objected, among other things, to
terminating the war merely by repealing the joint
resolutions of war of April 6, 1917 (Germany, 40 Stat. 1)
and December 7, 1917 (Austria, 40 Stat. 429). This
resolution was one of approximately thirty bills introduced
in the 65th, 66th, and 67th Congresses providing for the
study of wartime legislation (S.J. Res. 119--65th Congress),
the repeal of specific wartime laws, or the repeal of the
joint resolutions of April 6 and December 7, 1917.
A study prepared in February, 1920 by the Legislative
Reference Service, which was printed as a Senate committee
print by the Committee on the Judiciary, indicates that the
problem at that time was far less complex than the present
one confronting Congress.
On December 6, 1920 Representative Volstead introduced
H.J. Res. 382 which declared that certain acts, joint
resolutions and proclamations should be construed as if the
war had ended and the emergency had expired (Cong. Rec. Vol.
60 Pt. 1 p. 11). After prolonged consideration, this joint
resolution was passed and approved March 3, 1921 (41 Stat.
1359). In the meantime the President had been active in
terminating war programs by executive order.
The joint resolution of July 2, 1921 (42 Stat. 105)
declared the state of war with Germany and Austria at an
end. This was followed by the proclamation of the Treaty of
Peace with Germany on November 14, 1921 (42 Stat. 1939).
3. PROBLEMS IN TERMINATING WAR AND EMERGENCY CONTROLS BY GENERAL
RESOLUTION:

The basic problem in terminating war and emergency controls by general
resolution is that it would affect several hundreds of laws of varying
complexity and importance. They may be divided broadly into five
categories as follows:

1. Legislation limited to definite termination dates;
2. Legislation predicated upon the limited emergency
proclaimed by the President September 8, 1939 (54 Stat.
2643);
3. Legislation predicated upon the unlimited emergency
proclaimed by the President May 27, 1941 (55 Stat. 1647);
4. Legislation predicated upon the cessation of
hostilities; and
5. Legislation predicated upon the end of the war.

Many of these statutes have already been terminated. We may expect
that others will be ended rapidly in the normal course of events by the
Chief Executive. However, there is a large body of laws which lie within
the field of policy differences as to when they should be terminated and
it is these which provide the fundamental basis of our problem.
4. FUNDAMENTAL REPUBLICAN POSITION:
As a last note before I submit my recommendations, may I state what I
construe to be the Republican position on the matter of terminating war
controls, especially those which affect the health of our domestic
economy. It has been the position of our Party, as I see it, that all
emergency and wartime controls be terminated at the earliest possible
date, that all powers delegated to the Chief Executive during the
emergency and war conditions, which are normally inherent within the
Legislative Branch, should be returned to the Legislative Branch, that
the unrestrained tendency to multiply a bureaucratic empire through
emergency and war powers should be vigorously curbed, and that the
bureaucracy should itself be cut.
This, as I interpret it, is the Republican position and it is a
position which, as you so well know, has been endorsed by the
overwhelming mandate of the American people expressed at the polls on
November 5, 1946.
But the Republican Party is also pledged to terminate war controls in
an orderly manner, one which will not create chaos, and, moreover, to
terminate them in such a way that they will not render our nation
helpless in the event of any domestic or foreign emergency.
These, then, are the general bases of the Republican position in my
opinion.
B. RECOMMENDATIONS
1. BASIC RECOMMENDATION

My basic recommendation is that we do NOT terminate war and
emergency controls by general resolution at this time.

2. REASONS FOR BASIC RECOMMENDATION

The following are my reasons for opposing a general
resolution at this time terminating all emergency and
wartime statutes:

(A) THE FIRST REASON--CONTINUED NATIONAL EMERGENCY:
I need hardly point out to my colleagues that, although the ``shooting
war'' is over, war emergencies remain. In the international sphere, we
are still fighting a war of ideas. The world continues in a turbulent
state, economically as well as politically. On the home front, we are
still in a domestic crisis. We have shortages that should have been
avoided. There has been widespread lack of production due to strikes and
restrictive government regulations. If we were to close our eyes to
these international and domestic emergencies and deprive our government
of such tenuous powers as it already has, for example, in the domestic
field relating to strike control, we might find that we are losing the
kind of enduring peace, for which three hundred thousand of our heroic
men gave their lives.
It is still easier to get into a war than to get out of a war. War
does NOT make for peace. It leaves a bitter legacy of problems which
exist for years and years. It is foolhardy to deny these problems and
dangerous to assume that the mere end of shooting returns us to the
peaceful world of pre-1939. We are living in a different age today. With
the advent of the Atomic Age, many of the emergency and wartime statutes
continue to be essential, at least in some degree. We must be adequate
to our responsibilities in the Atomic Age.
(B) THE SECOND REASON--VARIED AND COMPLEX NATURE OF WARTIME STATUTES:
If we were, by general resolution, at this time to terminate all of
the statutes, we would in one sweep wipe out legislation of a great
complexity and touching every conceivable subject handled by Congress--
the Armed Forces, international trade, agriculture, public lands and
natural resources, labor controls, and so on. Each of these fields can
only be handled by the appropriate Congressional Committee, looking
separately and exhaustively into the problems unique to each field.
If we were to act upon a general resolution terminating hostilities
and all war and emergency controls without exception, and if that
resolution were referred simply to a single committee, for example, the
Judiciary Committee, its members would find themselves hopelessly
inadequate to the task of reviewing all of the varied pieces of
legislation, and finding whether or not they continued to be necessary.
(C) THE THIRD REASON--CHAOTIC EFFECTS RESULTING FROM OVER-ALL REPEAL:
I have stated there are many important pieces of legislation which
must be thoroughly studied, and only after the most exhaustive study,
should it be determined whether to retain, amend or repeal them.
It should be borne in mind that the greatest number of wartime control
statutes, which have a direct impact on business operations, are those
which have a specific termination date fixed in the statute itself and
such laws will expire on the date fixed unless re-enacted or earlier
terminated by the Congress, or in some instances, by the President. They
are, in no way, dependent upon the declaration of the end of the war, of
hostilities, or other condition of emergency, except to the extent that
the existence of a state of war lends validity to the exercise of such
controls.
I call to your attention a few instances of the chaotic effect of
abrupt termination of hostilities and of war and emergency statutes:
1. Specific termination Dates

The Emergency Price Control Act would terminate on June 30, 1947.
Likewise, the Stabilization Act would terminate on the same date unless
earlier terminated by Congress or the President. The Second War Powers
Act would terminate on March 31, 1947. They contain authority for:

(a) Rationing,
(b) Priorities on delivery of materials,
(c) Allocation of materials,
(d) Motor carriers transportation preference,
(e) Inventory controls,
(f) Allocation of the use of rubber borne equipment,
(g) Allocation of food and food facilities, and
(h) Acquisition of real property.

The Selective Service and Training Act would terminate on March 31,
1947. Section 9 of the Selective Service Act, as amended by Section 3 of
the War Labor Disputes Act, authorizes the Government to seize and
operate plants, mines or facilities where there is an interruption or a
threatened interruption to work as a result of a labor dispute.
The Act of July 2, 1940 granting authority to regulate exports of
articles, technical data, materials or supplies, has the fixed
termination date of June 30, 1947.
The War Mobilization and Reconversion Act terminates June 30, 1947.
2. End of the War or Within a Fixed Time Thereafter

Over 125 statutes would terminate with the official end of the war or
within a fixed period thereafter of anywhere from three months to six
years.
Titles 1 and 2 of the First War Powers Act which, generally speaking,
have to do with the internal operation of the Government during wartime,
and do not impose controls upon our civilian economy--remain in force
during the present war and for six months thereafter. Under Title 1, the
President is authorized to reorganize and consolidate the functions of
the Executive Bureaus and Agencies, including the Army and Navy. Under
Title 2, the President is empowered to authorize any Department of
Government to enter into contracts without regard to provisions of law
regulating the making, performance, amendment, etc. of such contracts.
Army officials have stated that a declaration ending the war would mean
that the Army would have but six months to return to the United States
all troops now abroad in occupied countries and elsewhere, except those
in the Regular Army.
3. End of Hostilities or Within a Fixed Time thereafter

Within this category are found the War Labor Disputes Act, and the
Surplus Property Act. The latter Act provides for the disposal of all
Government surplus property three years after the date of cessation of
hostilities. Here, we also find the Act of July 12, 1943, which provides
that leases of silver entered into by the Secretary of the Treasury must
be terminated within six months after hostilities cease. Much of this
silver is being used by the War Department in the Atomic Energy Plant at
Oak Ridge.
4. Emergency Statutes and Permanent Law

There are permanent laws, like Trading with the Enemy Act of October
6, 1917, the Interstate Commerce Commission Act, giving the Commission
authority to establish railroad transportation priorities, and the Act
of June 3, 1916, empowering the President to seize plants, and others
which are permanent law, but they only go into operation during wartime
or periods of emergency.
5. Tax Statutes

There are 25 or 30 provisions of the Internal Revenue Code which are
effective during the war, hostilities or the emergencies, and usually
have a fixed period following the termination thereof. These statutes
have close relationship to the Government's tax program and require the
consideration of technical and specialized subjects.
6. Agriculture

The legislation on the books relating to American agriculture requires
earnest consideration. Were we arbitrarily to wipe out price supports,
we might well find before long the farmers having the same experience
that they had during the 20's and 30's. This must not happen. We are all
aware of the illustrious war performance of the American farmers, the
vast amount of foodstuffs produced to feed our country and the world,
despite the lack of machinery, of farm labor and of adequate Government
encouragement. The farmers are one class who have never struck. They are
the backbone of America. A prosperous America depends upon their
continued prosperity.
3. SUGGESTIONS FOR REPUBLICAN ACTION:
What then are my specific recommendations? I recommend the following:
(a) That immediately upon the opening of the 80th Congress, there be
enacted a Senate Resolution stating it to be the sense of the Senate (1)
that there be a review of all existing temporary and permanent emergency
and wartime legislation by each subject matter committee of the Senate
including the Senate Appropriations Committee as to matters coming
within their respective jurisdictions, and (2) that such committees, not
later than February 15, 1947, send to the Senate Judiciary Committee a
report based on their review, presenting their recommendations for
amendment, repeal, consolidation and other revision of permanent and
temporary emergency and wartime laws within their respective
jurisdictions. (This matter, both as to policy and mechanics of
operation, might be handled similarly in the House.)
(b) That the policy of each of the committees in reviewing these
statutes and making their recommendations, should be as follows:

(1) To recommend the repeal of all temporary and permanent
emergency and wartime statutes which are found to be
obsolete, the continuance of which is inadvisable or
unnecessary at present or in the foreseeable future.
Particular stress should be placed on eliminating from the
statute books laws whose repeal might result in:

(a) savings to the Federal Government, (b) resumption by
Congress of its former power delegated to the Chief
Executive, (c) reassumption by private enterprise of its
initiative rather than reliance on the Federal Government,
(d) reassumption by State Governments of powers and
controls normally within their jurisdictions.

(2) To recommend such new permanent legislation as may be
necessary to cope with any foreseeable emergency or war,
domestic or foreign. Such new permanent legislation should
provide appropriate checks and limitations to forestall the
possibility of arbitrary and despotic acts by a dictator-
minded Chief Executive.

(c) That upon receipt of the recommendations submitted to it by the
respective committees above referred to, the Senate Judiciary Committee
shall proceed to review and correlate them in the light of the over-all
national welfare; and that, not later than March 5, 1947, the Judiciary
Committee shall prepare an appropriate resolution to be submitted for
Senate action.
It should be noted again that major statutes such as the Selective
Service and Training Act and the Second War Powers Act expire
automatically on March 31, 1947 unless renewed. The wisdom of Congress
may therefore require relatively prompter consideration of these
statutes.
C. EXHIBIT
At my request, the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of
Congress has prepared a booklet listing the provisions of federal
statutes affected by the termination of the war and/or emergency. This
listing has been made to correspond with the subject-matter assignments
of the standing Committees of Congress established by the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946. Thus, if my recommendation is followed and
the statutes are siphoned into the respective Committees, this booklet
should facilitate the Committees' review by outlining the specific laws
before each of them.
The following are the numbers of provisions before each of the
Committees, 540 in all:

Individual
Committee Subject Total
Breakdown Provisions Provisions

1. Agriculture.............................................. 24
Agriculture- 3
General.
Meat Inspection. 1
Forests......... 1
Agricultural 3
Extension
Service.
Farm Credit and 5
Farm Security.
Agricultural 11
Production and
Marketing and
Stabilization
of Prices of
Agricultural
Products.
2. Appropriations........................................... 5
3. Armed Services........................................... 201
Nat'l Defense in 31
General.
Military 49
Establishment.
Naval 62
Establishment.
Pay, Promotion, 35
Retirement and
Other Benefits,
etc..
Selective 3
Service.
Size and 12
Composition of
the Army and
Navy.
Forts, Military 6
Reservations,
etc..
Panama Canal.... 2
Strategic and 1
Critical
Materials.
4. Banking and Currency..................................... 25
Banking and 2
Currency
Generally.
Financial Aid to 5
Commerce and
Industry.
Deposit 1
Insurance.
Public and 10
Private Housing.
Federal Reserve 1
System.
Control of 6
Prices of
Commodities,
Rents or
Services.
5. Civil Service............................................ 38
The Federal 24
Civil Service
Generally.
Status of 6
Officers and
Employees,
including
Compensation,
Classification
and Retirement.
Postal Service.. 6
Collection of 1
Statistics.
National 1
Archives.
6. District of Columbia..................................... 14
Municipal 11
Affairs in
General.
Public Health... 2
Taxes........... 1
7. Expenditures in Executive Departments.................... 7
8. Finance.................................................. 46
Revenue Measures 29
Generally.
Deposit of 1
Public Moneys.
Customs......... 4
Reciprocal Trade 1
Agreements.
Revenue Measures 3
Relating to
Insular
Possessions.
Tariffs......... 3
Nat'l Social 5
Security.
9. Foreign Relations........................................ 24
In General...... 14
Treaties........ 2
Protection of 2
American
Citizens Abroad
and
Expatriation.
Neutrality...... 2
American 1
National Red
Cross.
United Nations 2
Relief and
Rehabilitation.
Foreign Loans... 1
10. Interstate and Foreign Commerce......................... 60
Interstate and 7
Foreign
Commerce
Generally.
Pipe Lines...... 2
Communications.. 6
Civil 3
Aeronautics.
Merchant Marine 19
Generally.
Merchant Marine 6
Officers and
Men.
Water Carriers, 5
Inspection of
Merchant
Vessels, etc..
Coast and 1
Geodetic Survey.
Coast Guard..... 10
Weather Bureau.. 1
11. Judiciary............................................... 32
Judicial 9
Proceedings,
Civil and
Criminal,
Generally.
Federal Courts.. 1
Protection of 2
Trade and
Commerce
Against
Unlawful
Restraints and
Monopolies.
Bankruptcy...... 1
Patents, 3
Copyrights and
Trade-Marks.
Patent Office... 5
Immigration and 7
Naturalization.
Claims against 4
the U.S..
12. Labor and Public Welfare................................ 18
Measures 4
Relating to
Education,
Labor and
Public Welfare
Generally.
Mediation and 1
Arbitration of
Labor Disputes.
Wages and Hours 4
of Labor.
School-Lunch 1
Program.
St. Elizabeths 3
Hospital.
Public Health... 5
13. Public Lands............................................ 13
Public Lands 3
Generally.
Measures 4
relating to
Hawaii, Alaska
and the Insular
Possessions.
Irrigation and 2
Reclamation.
Mining Interests 1
Generally.
Mineral Land 3
Laws and Claims.
14. Public Works............................................ 14
Water Power..... 2
Public Buildings 5
and Grounds.
Capitol Building 1
Roads........... 6
15. Rules and Administration................................ 2
16. Veterans................................................ 17
Finance Measures 13
and Measures in
General.
Vocational 4
Rehabilitation,
Education,
Hospitalization
, and Soldiers'
and Sailors'
Civil Relief
Measures.

Respectfully submitted,
[signed] Alexander Wiley

Washington, D.C.
December 30, 1946
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[January 4, 1947]

JANUARY 4, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 4, 1947, IN ROOM 335
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m., and stated that
no set agenda had been prepared. The roll call was temporarily dispensed
with and the Chairman recognized Senator Ball to make a report for the
Republican Steering Committee Sub-Committee on Labor Legislation. A copy
of his report is attached hereto and marked ``Exhibit A.'' A draft of
the revised version of HR 4908, which the Senator explained to the
Conference, is also attached hereto as ``Exhibit B.''
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present--48:
Aiken Ecton Morse
Baldwin Ferguson Reed
Ball Flanders Revercomb
Brewster Gurney Robertson
Bricker Hawkes Saltonstall
Bridges Hickenlooper Smith
Brooks Ives Taft
Buck Jenner Thye
Bushfield Kem Tobey
Butler Knowland Vandenberg
Cain Langer Watkins
Capehart McCarthy Wherry
Capper Malone White
Cooper Martin Wiley
Donnell Millikin Williams
Dworshak Moore Young

Absent--3:
Cordon Lodge Wilson

The Chairman recognized Senator Morse, who stated that he had prepared a
bill independently of the Sub-Committee for introduction to the Senate,
and explained that he did not want it assumed that by his action he was
imposing on the Committee.
The Chairman recognized Senator Smith, who asked whether or not the
recommendations of the Committee and the Conference did not leave open
to individual Senators independent decisions by them on different phases
of the legislation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who moved that the report be
received and that no objection be made to the introduction of the bill
submitted by Messrs. Ball, Smith and Taft as the basis for legislative
study by the Labor Committee in connection with the Labor questions
dealt with in the bill. The motion was seconded by Senator Ball.
The Chairman recognized Senator Morse who questioned the use of the
words ``no objection'' in the motion of Senator Taft.
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg who asked if any
consideration had been given or taken by the Committee concerning Portal
to Portal Pay.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who said that he believed several
bills would be introduced on the subject, that it was a matter for the
Labor and Judiciary Committee to study, and that there would be no
object to the Conference making a statement that something should be
done.
The Chairman put the question and the motion was agreed to. Senator
Morse requested to be reported as voting ``no.''
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft, who made the motion ``Whereas the
Conference recognizes the urgent importance to the people of the United
States of the immediate settlement of the Portal to Portal Pay question,
be it resolved that the Republican Members of the Committee on Labor and
the Republican Members of the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized
to study and prepare a report on the subject of Portal to Portal Pay,
and submit their report to the Conference at the earliest possible
time.'' The motion was seconded by Senator Ball.
The Chairman recognized Senator Cooper who asked if the action taken by
the Conference would bind individual members and the reply made by the
Chairman was ``no.''
A general discussion ensued, with the Chairman recognizing Senators
Tobey, Saltonstall and Wiley, Capehart, Ferguson and Vandenberg, each
discussing various phases of the motion. The Chairman put the question
and the motion was passed.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who made a report as Chairman of
the Committee on Personnel. The Senator reported the decision of his
Committee that, persons appointed to key positions should be selected on
the basis of efficiency and placed outside of patronage and that he had
appointed Senator Martin, a member of the Committee, to recommend the
selection of a Captain of the Capitol Police to the Committee; Senator
Bushfield a member of the Committee to recommend the selection of a
Postmaster to the Committee; Senator Robertson a member of the Committee
to recommend the selection of a Librarian to the Committee; and Senator
Cain a member of the Committee to draft a policy program for action by
the Committee. The Senator spoke of various other places available and
said that each Senator would have the right to sponsor three individuals
for appointment.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ball, who moved that all matters
relating to the assignment of various places be left to the judgment of
the Personnel Committee. The motion was seconded by Senator
Hickenlooper.
The Chairman put the question and the motion was agreed to.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who reported on the present
situation concerning the seating of Senator Bilbo. He said that there
had been no change in the situation, and that Senator [John H.] Overton
[Democrat of Louisiana] had informed him that the present tactics of the
opposition would continue. He said that he had called a hurried meeting
of the Steering Committee at 4:00 p.m. on yesterday and that it was
decided by the Committee to recess until Saturday and make an effort to
break the filibuster on Monday. He informed the Conference on the
difficulties involved in breaking a filibuster. As to the question of
procedure, he requested all Senators to follow and back up the motions
made by the Floor Leader. He said that a proposed unanimous consent
agreement submitted to him by Senator Barkley was not agreeable to the
Republican Leadership. It called for the taking of the oath by Bilbo,
with a reference of the matter to the Committee on Rules and
Administration, the case to be taken up by the Senate on January 20,
1947, and a final decision made in the matter by a majority vote of the
Senate. He said that so far as the President's message is concerned, the
attitude should be taken that the Senate was not organized and that the
delivery of the message should be postponed until the Senate was
organized.
The Chairman recognized Senator Buck who said that he had been informed
by several Democrats that if Bilbo were seated now, they would join with
the Republicans at a later date and vote to unseat him.
The Chairman recognized Senator Revercomb who expressed the opinion that
the Senate should hear the President. Senator Revercomb moved that
whether or not the Senate was organized by the Republicans, the Senate
meet with the House to hear the message of the President on the state of
the Union. The motion was seconded by Senator Saltonstall.
The Chairman put the question and the motion was lost.
A general discussion ensued with the Chairman recognizing Senators
Vandenberg, Knowland, Taft, Hickenlooper and Ferguson, all of whom
expressed themselves as to the position that should be taken in the
matter.
Due to the convening of the Senate at 12:00 o'clock, the Chairman asked
if it was not the general sentiment of the Conference that, beginning
with the convening of the Senate today, the Bilbo matter be constantly
kept before the Senate until the final disposition of the matter,
leaving some possible leeways as the situation developed. There being no
objection raised to the statement of the Chairman, it is concluded that
the Chairman correctly stated the sentiment of the Conference.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 13, 1947, and
transmitted to the Secretary of the Conference on January 31, 1947, for
incorporation in the Minutes Book.

[signed] J. Mark Trice,

Secretary for the Majority
* * *
Exhibit A

Report of Republican Steering Committee
Subcommittee on Labor Legislation

The first session of the 80th Congress faces two major tasks in the
field of labor relations legislation. The first is to achieve a better
balance between legal rights and responsibilities of employers and
employees and unions in labor relations and by other means to try to
lessen the number of strikes which interfere with commerce. The second
is to provide a practical and sound solution for the industry-wide
shutdowns which have a paralyzing effect on our economy. A very wide
range of legislative proposals will be made, including creation of new
federal mediation machinery, overhauling of the National Labor Relations
Act, some amendments to the Norris-LaGuardia Act, outlawing of
compulsory membership in unions, establishment of federal standards for
unions as regards finances, election of officers, strike votes,
etcetera, compulsory adjudication of major disputes, application of the
Sherman Act to collective bargaining in certain cases, and writing of a
new anti-monopoly statute to apply to labor relations.
The subcommittee is of the opinion that an overall investigation prior
to any legislation, as proposed in some quarters, would not be wise.
Such an investigation would take many months, even years, to produce
legislative results, and there is not time for that, since the
subcommittee is strongly of the view that prompt action should be taken
in the present emergency on all those subjects which have been
adequately considered or can be adequately considered in the first
session. Also, there has been wide public discussion and many
congressional studies and hearings covering much of the field in the
past year and a half. Therefore, the subcommittee recommends that such
additional studies as need to be made, be made in the form of hearings
on specific legislative proposals.
The subcommittee also canvassed the question of whether all labor
legislation should be combined in one bill or separated into two or more
measures. Even though realizing the practical difficulties in enacting
into law more than one major bill in this field in a single session, the
subcommittee is not prepared at this time to rule out the possibility of
several bills. Because of the varying degree of information available
and crystallization of opinion on various phases of the problem, the
subcommittee believes it would be wise at this time to proceed
tentatively on the basis of two or at the most three bills. It may be
possible if committee work progresses rapidly enough to later on combine
all proposals in one measure.
The subcommittee has drafted a revised version of HR 4908, which
Congress passed and the President vetoed in 1946, and recommends that
brief hearings be held on this measure with a view to prompt action. A
separate bill to outlaw all contracts making union membership a
condition of employment will be introduced at the same time, and a
decision can be made later on this issue and when and how it should be
presented. Another bill proposing a number of amendments to the National
Labor Relations Act has been drafted and will be introduced soon after
January 3, as will several alternative legislative proposals to meet the
problem of industry-wide bargaining and shutdowns, it being the
subcommittee's view that these specific proposals should form the basis
for the Labor and Public Welfare Committee's study of these two
subjects. Clearly, these hearings will have to be somewhat more extended
and it is not possible now to estimate whether the legislative committee
will be prepared to report out a bill or bills in time to confine Senate
action to one overall measure. A draft of the revised version of HR 4908
is attached hereto as part of this report.
(Note: This report was drafted by Senators Taft, Ball and Smith. Senator
Morse, who was named to the subcommittee, was in Europe while its work
was done and did not participate.)
* * *
Exhibit ``B''

(COMMITTEE PRINT)
December 31, 1946

80th Congress
1st Session
S.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January , 1947

Mr. Ball (for himself, Mr. Taft, and Mr. Smith) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
A BILL

To provide additional facilities for the mediation of labor disputes
affecting commerce, to improve the procedures of collective bargaining,
to equalize legal responsibilities of labor organizations and employers,
and for other purposes.
[The 25-page draft of the revised bill appears as pages 51496-520 of
Vol. 3 of the original minutes.]

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MINUTES OF AN INFORMAL MEETING OF THE VARIOUS CHAIRMEN OF THE FIFTEEN
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE, CALLED BY SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT,
CHAIRMAN OF THE MAJORITY POLICY COMMITTEE

January 11, 1947
The following Senators were present:

Aiken Millikin Wherry
Bridges Revercomb White
Brooks Taft Wiley
Buck Tobey
Capper Vandenberg

The following Senators were absent:
Butler
Langer

On motion of Senator Taft which was duly seconded and passed, Senator
Styles Bridges was named Chairman of the group.
Senator Bridges informed the group of the provisions in the
Reorganization Act concerning the various staffs of the old Committees,
which under terms of the Law would carry through March 1, and the
Appropriations Committee through June 30. He recommended that all old
Committee employees be carried only on the roll through January 31.
The Chairman stated that Mr. Smith had been asked to make a study of the
situation and interview persons who might be interested in obtaining
positions as experts to the various Committees, with an idea that the
various Chairmen might have that information at their disposal.
After a general discussion concerning Committee experts and Committee
employees, Senator Taft moved that each Committee be limited to a
professional staff totaling $25,000.00 and a secretarial staff totaling
$25,000.00, with the exception of the Appropriations Committee. Senator
Taft's motion was not seconded.
Various opinions were expressed that the entire matter should be left to
the various Chairmen; that the Chairmen did not have the authority to
make appointments, but that it was a Committee matter, and that the
judgment of the Chairmen should be followed by the Members of the
various Committees.
After this discussion, Senator Taft agreed to amend his motion by
striking therefrom professional employees.
On motion of the Chairman three Members were appointed to make a study
of the compensation to be paid secretarial employees of the Committees,
and report back to the group. The Chairman appointed Senators Butler,
Buck and Brooks.
Mr. Rice, the Legislative Counsel, appeared and spoke concerning the
provisions in the Reorganization Act.
The opinion was that the experts of the various Committees would be
subject to appointment by the Committees, and the suggestion was made
that one place be given to the Minority.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority

Approved:

[signed] Styles Bridges

Chairman
------------------------

[January 13, 1947]

JANUARY 13, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 13, 1947, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:40 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present--34:
Aiken Flanders Smith
Brewster Hickenlooper Taft
Brooks Ives Thye
Buck Jenner Tobey
Bushfield Kem Vandenberg
Butler Knowland Watkins
Cain Lodge Wherry
Capper Malone White
Cordon Martin Williams
Dworshak McCarthy Young
Ecton Millikin
Ferguson Revercomb

Absent--17:
Baldwin Donnell Reed
Ball Gurney Robertson
Bricker Hawkes Saltonstall
Bridges Langer Wiley
Capehart Moore Wilson
Cooper Morse

The Chairman recognized Senator Taft, who announced that the Majority
Policy Committee had approved the extension of the War Investigating
Committee for a period of twelve months. The Senator raised the question
as to whether the resolution should be brought up before the Senate for
consideration today, but said that it certainly should be on Wednesday.
He informed the Conference of the action previously taken by the
Congress relating to Special Committees, namely, that the Senate had
first approved the version in the La Follette-Monroney Bill, eliminating
them; that the House had refused to accept that version and had
eliminated the matter; and that the Senate had finally agreed with the
House by adopting the Conference Report. He said that the policy of
continuing Special Committees was an open question and debatable. He
spoke of a conference held by Senator Brewster with the Committee on
Armed Services to avoid any possible conflict between the two
Committees, and said it was agreed that the Special Committee would
consider only past actions with the Committee on Armed Services,
considering current questions and matters arising in the future. Another
reason for the continuance of the Special Committees was that the
Standing Committees were not yet organized and staffed; that the Policy
Committee had considered only two of the existing Special Committees,
namely the War Investigating Committee and the Small Business Committee
and had recommended, so far as the latter was concerned, an extension of
eight months.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ferguson who informed the Conference
that he had reached an understanding with Senator Gurney to the effect
that the Special Committee would investigate solely war contracts, with
particular emphasis laid on corruption and profiteering growing out of
those contracts; that a final report would be made by that Committee
which no other Committee could do, for if a new committee were to take
over, many months would be consumed in covering the ground already
surveyed.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland, who stated that the problem of
a jurisdictional dispute, if any, had been ironed out and that the
Special Committee was the only committee authorized to obtain income tax
information.
The Chairman recognized Senator Lodge, who asked Senator Taft to clarify
the La Follette-Monroney Act. Senator Taft again stated that the
provision in the bill eliminating Special Committees had passed the
Senate; the House had disagreed to it and that the Senate had agreed to
the elimination by the House of Representatives. He said that Senator La
Follette saw no reason why there should not be Special Committees.
Senator Taft said he thought all Special Committees should be continued
for eight months.
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg who spoke of a colloquy on
the Senate Floor with Senator La Follette about the creation of Special
Committees and suggested that the Congressional Record be read in that
respect. He expressed the opinion that there would be no violation of
the spirit of the law by the creation of Special Committees.
The Chairman recognized Senator Tobey who said that he had received the
Conference notice only an hour previously and that a previous engagement
would prevent him from remaining and expressing his views on the matter.
The Chairman recognized Senator Aiken, who asked that action on the
Resolution go over until Wednesday. He expressed the hope that Standing
Committees would take over the work of Special Committees, and that the
Congress, as far as possible, should keep within the structure of the
Reorganization Act. He said that he regretted that the Conference had
been called on such short notice.
The Chairman informed Senator Aiken that the Conference had been called
on Saturday and regretted that more notice could not have been given but
that a Conference had to be called in order to arrive at a party policy.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dworshak who asked Senator Taft
concerning a proposed investigation of the occupation forces in Germany.
Senator Taft replied that such an investigation was within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Armed Services.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who stated that the matter
should be decided immediately by the Senate.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who recommended that the Small
Business Committee be continued or reconstituted for a period of eight
months, as well as all other Special Committees. He said that unless the
Committee was reconstituted there would be a Democratic Majority under
the terms of the existing resolution. He spoke of the work done and the
results accomplished by the old Committee, and said that it would be
very wise for that Committee to be continued.
The Chairman recognized Senator Aiken who said that the scope of Special
Committees should be definitely defined in the resolutions so that there
would be no conflict with the existing Standing Committees. Senator Taft
responded that the Small Business Committee had prepared several bills
which were referred to the Banking and Currency Committee for study and
action and that method would be followed by the new Committee.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wherry who spoke of the purposes of the
old Committee, and said that there should be some place where small
business could address its grievances. He agreed that eight months would
be a sufficient time for the Committee to conclude its work and called
attention to the fact that two hearings had been scheduled for January.
The Chairman recognized Senator Buck who stated that he had served as a
member of the Committee and that the staff employed by the Committee was
far too expensive and should be conducted for far less.
The Chairman recognized Senator Lodge who asked if the action of the
Conference would bind individual members and he was informed by the
Chairman that it would not.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wherry who stated that on Party policy
and on organization matters the Republican Members should follow the
Party policy adopted.
The Chairman stated that he believed it to be the consensus of the
Conference that no action should be taken today on the recommendations
made and that he would call another conference at 3 p.m. on Tuesday,
January 14, 1947, for a further discussion of the matter. He requested
the members to notify the Republican Whip of their absence from the City
as it was essential for him to know where they could be reached as quick
action was often needed.
There being no further discussion, the Conference adjourned at 11:20
a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 15, 1947, and
transmitted to the Secretary of the Conference on January 31, 1947, for
incorporation in the Minutes Book.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
------------------------

[January 14, 1947]

JANUARY 14, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
CALLED BY THE CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN,
FOR JANUARY 14, 1947, IN ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m., stating that the
Conference had been called for the purpose of giving all Senators an
opportunity to be heard on the question of the continuation of Special
Committees.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 43:
Aiken Ferguson Reed
Brewster Gurney Revercomb
Bricker Hickenlooper Robertson
Brooks Ives Smith
Buck Jenner Taft
Bushfield Kem Thye
Butler Knowland Tobey
Capehart Langer Vandenberg
Capper Lodge Watkins
Cooper Malone Wherry
Cordon Martin White
Donnell McCarthy Wiley
Dworshak Millikin Williams
Ecton Moore Young
Morse ......................
Absent 8:
Baldwin Cain Wilson
Ball Hawkes Flanders
Bridges Saltonstall

The Chairman recognized Senator Robertson, Chairman of the Committee on
Committees who informed the new Senators as to how his Committee had
selected them for their relative positions on the various Committees. A
list of new Senators compiled by Senator Robertson is attached hereto as
Exhibit ``A.'' There were no comments on Senator Robertson's
presentation.
The Chairman, for the benefit of new Senators, gave a resume of the
various Senate services at their disposal.
The Chairman asked Senator Tobey if he wished to be recognized, and the
Senator replied that he appreciated the deferring of the Conference, but
that he had nothing to add to what he already had said in his speech on
the Senate Floor.
The Chairman asked Senator Aiken if he cared to say anything further.
The Senator stated that he did not approve of Special Committees, and he
spoke of the amount of money expended by them in comparison with the
Standing Committees of the Senate. He again said that their scope should
definitely be defined, and that there should be no conflict between them
and the Standing Committees. He expressed doubt as to whether the
fifteen Standing Committees might be ample in number for future
purposes, and that usually Special Committees had overshadowed the
Standing Committees. He said that the Committee on Expenditures in the
Executive Departments and the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
should be able to look after the needs of small business. He further
stated that with a Party issue being raised it made it difficult for him
to arrive at a decision in the matter.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ferguson who stated that he had been a
Member of the War Investigating Committee for four years. He said that
the Democratic Party had controlled the Committee since its inception
and that, had the Republicans lost the election there would be no
question about both Committees continuing. He said that it was the job
of the Republican Party to look into war expenditures and ascertain how
the money was spent, and that he felt that the Republican Party owed it
to the people back home to have an accounting and let them know what had
happened to their dollars.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster who said that there had been
very little criticism of the work of the Special Committees, and that
the investigation should be continued to see how the four hundred
billion dollars spent in the war effort had been expended. He said that
many thousands of complaints had been received and that since the
election more complaints had been received from substantial sources. He
said that there were left two fields for further committee
investigation, (1) complaints involving irregularities of war contracts,
and (2) overall contracts and renegotiations. He agreed that the payroll
of the Committee was entirely too large and that money could be saved.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brooks who stated that the Committee on
Rules and Administration had acted promptly in the matter, believing
that a delay would only encourage those opposing the continuation, and
that it was important to act promptly in order that the experienced
personnel of the Committee could be retained. He said that he considered
it a mandate of the people to get an accounting of the unprecedented
spending of public money.
The Chairman recognized Senator Gurney who spoke of a preliminary
meeting of the Republican Members of the Committee on Armed Services
with Senators Ferguson and Brewster. He said that there had been a
complete understanding to the effect that anything relating to overseas
would be left to the Armed Services Committee, together with court
martials, and current investigations or anything which might happen in
the future, and that the War Investigating Committee would investigate
only the past. He stated that there was no conflict between the two
Committees.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who stated that he had fully
discussed the matter on yesterday, and that Special Committees served
useful purposes. He cited the fact that the La Follette-Monroney
Committee was a Special Committee. He stated that he opposed the
continuation of all Special Committees for more than eight months. It
was his opinion that there should be a rule whereby all Resolutions for
the creation of all Special Committees would first be sent to the
Committee on Rules and Administration for its decision as to policy and
then sent to the proper Standing Committee for its approval. He stated
that a permanent change in the rules should be made to discourage the
creation of Special Committees.
The Chairman recognized Senator Moore who spoke on the necessity and
importance of continuing the Special Committee to Investigate Petroleum
Resources, and that its continuance was as important as the War
Investigating Committee or the Special Committee on Atomic Energy.
The Chairman recognized Senator Robertson who spoke on the continuation
of the Special Committee to Investigate Production, Transportation and
Marketing of Wool, which was organized many years ago, and said that the
intent of the La Follette-Monroney Bill was not to eliminate those
Special Committees already formed, but to eliminate the forming of new
ones.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who said that the War
Investigating Committee had done and will continue to do constructive
jobs. He said that it was a question of public policy involved, and that
corruption and profiteering should be investigated. He stated that if
the Resolution were defeated the Democrats would claim that they had
driven a wedge into the Republican Party, and he expressed the hope of
unanimous support.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who named the other Special
Committees now operating, and he said that no particular decision had
been reached as to the continuance of the others.
The Chairman commented in regard to the continuation of the Special
Silver Committee, to the effect that when the time came his action would
either be one of reticence or vociferousness.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hickenlooper who stated that he had
found it to be the attitude of the people throughout the Country that
graft and corruption was prevalent and that something must be done about
it to bring those guilty to justice; that there was at the present time
no Standing Committee available to set up the structure or which would
have the will to do the job. He spoke of the action taken by the
Committee on Rules and Administration which he said was governed by
need, and that the action taken by that Committee could not be
considered as a precedent for the continuance of other Special
Committees. He spoke of the many investigations which had been started
by the Committee in the past and suddenly called off, with the result
that the people were wondering what had happened.
The Chairman recognized Senator Cooper who said that he favored
investigation of the war effort but that in his opinion the Act
discouraged the continuation of Special Committees, and that the burden
of proof was upon those trying to establish them.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dworshak who referred to testimony by
Lindsey Warren that, fifty billion dollars had been wasted. He said that
the Republican Party had received a mandate from the people to
investigate, and that they should accept the responsibility of that
burden.
The Chairman recognized Senator Donnell who spoke of the duties of the
Standing Committees, namely, dealing with current and future legislative
problems, as compared to that of the Special Committee dealing with a
certain specific task, namely, one of investigation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster who remarked that a special
type of investigation was needed, and that until the new Standing
Committees had organized there remained ample fields for investigation.
The Senator from Michigan, Mr. Ferguson, agreed that a specialized staff
was necessary.
The Chairman recognized Senator Malone who said that ``team play'' was
necessary, that there should be Party action, and that it was necessary
to follow the Leadership.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who made the following motion which
was duly seconded that, ``the Republican Conference go on record as
favoring the continuance of the War Investigating Committee for a period
of one year.''
The Chairman recognized Senator Wherry who thanked Senator Malone for
his remarks, and expressed the hope that all Members would notify the
Whip as to how they would vote.
The Chairman recognized Senator Langer who stated that he would vote
against all Special Committees.
The Chairman recognized Senator Robertson who said that when the time
came for extension of the Special Committee to Investigate Production,
Transportation and Marketing of Wool, he would ask that the Resolution
be voted upon in the Senate so that the Record would show that the
Democrats by their votes had beaten the Resolution to extend that
Committee and not the Republicans.
The Chairman put the question and the motion of Senator Taft was agreed
to.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wherry who gave a justification for the
continuance of the Small Business Committee and stated that he would
fully discuss the matter on the Senate Floor. He said that there were
dozens of complaints pending before the Committee and that it could not
fold up unless the gap were bridged until the time when the Standing
Committees take over. He said that the Republicans owe it to the
businessmen of the Country to give to them a place where they could
come. He stated that the House of Representatives planned to have a
Small Business Committee, and that the two Committees would act jointly
as they had in the past. He closed his remarks with a hope for Party
solidarity.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who made the following motion which
was seconded that, ``the Conference go on record as favoring the
extension of the Small Business Committee for eight (8) months.''
The Chairman put the question and the motion was agreed to.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 4:55 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference Jan. 20, 1947 and transmitted
to the Sec. of the Conference on January 31, 1947, for incorporation in
the minutes book.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

SENIORITY LIST OF NEW SENATORS

1. Flanders.................. Appointed by Governor Nov. 1; elected
regular term, beginning January 3.
--------------------------------
2. Cooper.................... Elected interim term beginning Nov. 6 and
Dworshak. ending January 3, 1949.
--------------------------------
3. Cain...................... Appointed Dec. 26 by Governor and elected
regular term beginning January 3.
4. Baldwin................... Elected interim and regular terms.
--------------------------------
5. Lodge..................... Ex-Senator--longer term of the two
Jenner................... Ex-Senator
--------------------------------
Bricker.................. Ex-Governor
Martin................... Ex-Governor
Thye..................... Ex-Governor
--------------------------------
Ecton....................
Ives..................... Where two or more were placed on the same
Kem committee seniority on it was determined
by letting them draw.
Malone
McCarthy
Watkins
Williams
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MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE CHAIRMEN OF THE VARIOUS STANDING COMMITTEES OF
THE UNITED STATES SENATE CALLED BY THE CHAIRMAN, SENATOR STYLES BRIDGES

January 24, 1947
The following Senators were present:

Aiken Langer White
Brooks Millikin Wiley
Buck Tobey
Butler Vandenberg

The following Senators were absent:
Bridges Revercomb
Capper Taft
Gurney

Also present was Senator Robertson who represented the Armed Services
Committee.
The meeting was called to order on January 24, 1947, at 10:00 a.m. in
room 335 of the Senate Office Building.
The meeting was presided over by Senator Millikin in the absence of the
Chairman, Senator Styles Bridges. The Chairman stated that the purpose
of the meeting was to arrive at the fixed regular meeting days for the
various Standing Committees. He presented a tentative summary and asked
for individual comments from the various Chairmen as to conflicts. After
discussion and some rearrangements, the matter was left with George
Smith to receive further information and work out a final schedule of
meetings.
Senator Vandenberg stated that the Committee on Appropriations would
have to be eliminated from a definite schedule because of the nature of
the meetings.
Proxy voting was discussed generally but no action was taken.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 11:15 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority

Approved:

[signed] Styles Bridges

Chairman
------------------------

[February 18, 1947]

FEBRUARY 18, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR FEBRUARY 18, 1947, IN ROOM
335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 39:
Aiken Dworshak Moore
Baldwin Ferguson Revercomb
Ball Flanders Saltonstall
Brewster Gurney Taft
Bricker Hawkes Thye
Bridges Ives Tobey
Brooks Jenner Vandenberg
Bushfield Kem Watkins
Cain Knowland Wherry
Capehart Langer White
Capper Lodge Wiley
Cooper McCarthy Williams
Donnell Millikin Young

Absent 12:
Buck Hickenlooper Reed
Butler Malone Robertson
Cordon Martin Smith
Ecton Morse Wilson

The Chairman announced that Senator Styles Bridges had resigned as the
Chairman of the Committee on Personnel and that he had appointed Senator
Harlan J. Bushfield to succeed him as Chairman.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the meeting was to consider S.
Con. Res. 7, relating to revenues and expenditures of the Federal
Government, the said Resolution placing a limit on expenditures at
$31,500,000,000.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges. Senator Bridges spoke in behalf
of the 6-billion dollar cut as recommended by the Joint Committee on the
Legislative Budget; gave a historical analysis of the creation of that
Committee; stated that the Committee had approached the problem in a
realistic way; they had used good faith, and that an honest attempt was
made to do a good job. He stated that the cut recommended would not
damage vital services and endanger national security; that the
Reorganization Act did not intend to have the Committee enumerate or
specify the cuts which would have to be made, and that if no substantial
cuts were made now, 2\1/2\ years after the war, then they never would be
made. To arrive at the 6-billion dollar reduction, the Armed Services
would be subject to a 2-billion dollar cut. He requested that whatever
action was taken that it be backed up, for it was better to take no
position, than to take one and back down.
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg who questioned the lack of
detailed figures; he said that the important thing was not the actual
figure, but to cut those things that could be cut, and do it. He stated
that the contemplated cut of the Armed Services would produce a shocking
result; and that the most that should be done would be to cut 4\1/2\
billion dollars.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who stated that the contemplated
cut represented a saving of 13\1/2\ billion dollars by reason of a 45-
billion dollar budget for the fiscal year ending June, 1947; that the
President had stated that his budget could not be cut, and that whatever
sum was cut therefrom would be a gain. He said that the 6-billion dollar
cut represented a possible 3\1/2\-billion dollar tax cut and a 2\1/2\-
billion dollar payment on the debt; that the Committee had estimated the
national income high, and that it may fall short of the figure. There
was a moral obligation to go through with the cuts, he said; that the
Committee was not in a position to accurately tell the exact amount that
should be cut, and therefore, they took ``a shot'' at 6-billion dollars.
He further said that the Republicans should take a figure that can be
maintained, and then sustain it; and that he would rather try at 4\1/2\
billion dollars and stand by it.
The Chairman recognized Senator Gurney who referred to a press release
issued by him, dated February 14, 1947, a copy of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit ``A.'' He stated that our Foreign Policy had not been
decided; that our defense forces had been reduced 85% over two years
ago, and that by a budget cut the Armed Services must be cut with the
result that the hands of the Secretary of State would be tied at Moscow.
He stated that he would go along with any economy program, and that the
job had to be left to the Joint Budget Committee.
Senator Young, the Secretary, was requested to take the Chair and
Senator Millikin was recognized.
Senator Millikin said that on tomorrow he would offer an amendment
fixing the cut at 4\1/2\ billion dollars. He said that there was no
agency of Congress now available for expert study of the matter, and
that while rough judgment was used it was merely guessing. That the road
program cannot stand a drastic cut, and that severe cuts in the
Reclamation Service would wipe out every Republican gain in the West if
intemperate action is taken. He said that there should be no cheap
budget cuts at the expense of other States; that the people expect us to
cut expenses to the bone, but that it should be a 4\1/2\ billion dollars
this time, and then get our experts to work and find out the real facts
so that by next year everybody will know the true picture.
Senator Millikin resumed the Chair and recognized the following Senators
who asked questions and spoke pro and con on the matter at hand:
Senators Revercomb, Lodge, Aiken, Brewster, Flanders, Young,
Saltonstall, Williams, Kem, Brooks, White, Thye, Baldwin, Knowland,
Dworshak, Capehart, Wherry, Hawkes, Cain and Moore.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ball who asked for a show of hands in
order that there might be an expression as to either a 6 or 4\1/2\-
billion dollar cut.
Senator Revercomb having suggested a budget cut of 5 billion dollars,
the Chairman asked for a showing of hands as to the three figures
submitted. The following result was announced:

For 4\1/2\ billion dollars--22 hands
For 5 billion dollars--1 hand
For 6 billion dollars--19 hands

The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who spoke of the necessity of
longer sessions of the Senate because of legislation, within two or
three weeks. He said that the matter had been considered by the Policy
Committee and that it was recommended to the Conference that evening
sessions be held on Monday and Wednesday after a recess around 5:00
o'clock. He requested a showing of hands as to evening sessions on
Monday and Wednesday as against sessions on Tuesday and Thursday. He
stated that at least two weeks notice would be given before they were
started.
The Chairman asked for a showing of hands, and all present except one
were in favor of evening sessions on Monday and Wednesday.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 5:20 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, March 21, 1947.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

PRESS RELEASE
Chan Gurney, (R. S.D.), Chairman
Committee on Armed Services
United States Senate

February 14, 1947
During the past several weeks I have made it my duty to study and
analyze the War and Navy Departments' budget estimates as submitted to
Congress by the President. I say ``duty'' advisedly for in the troubled
state of the world today, it is incumbent on every member of this body
and of the House of Representatives to assure himself beyond the shadow
of a doubt that adequate funds will be provided for our national
security in the coming fiscal year.
I realize that in the few weeks since we have had a chance to make even
a casual first study of the President's budget, only outstanding facts
and general over-all consideration could be given.
It is most unfortunate and very dangerous, in my opinion, that the
requirement in the Reorganization Act compels a policy decision on over-
all expenditures for the 1948 fiscal year before the several committees
of Congress have had every opportunity to go into the requests of all
departments carefully and in detail. Still, serious and timely
consideration is necessary right now and failure of the representatives
of the people of the United States to assure themselves of the adequacy
of appropriations to our Armed Forces right now is an invitation to
national disaster. Certainly if we do not give serious consideration
now, Congress must accept responsibility for repudiating the advice of
those men who have been responsible for the winning of the war and are
now responsible--for we have given them that job--of winning for us a
just and lasting peace.
Today the Full Committee appointed under the Reorganization Act is
sitting in the Ways and Means Committee room of the House--102 members
from both bodies of Congress. This body has for its consideration the
recommendation of its subcommittee which met last Tuesday and at that
time voted its recommendation to the Full Committee sitting today that
the President's budget recommendation should be reduced by 6 billion
dollars. That 6 billion dollars includes reductions for all Executive
branches but primarily, it includes a reduction of one billion dollars
in Army appropriations; \3/4\ of a billion dollars in Navy
appropriations; and a half billion dollars in Civil Functions of the War
Department.
In explanation of the Civil Functions appropriation, let me say that 725
milliion was recommended by the budget for relief of starving people
overseas in and around occupied areas. Also included in the Civil
Functions is 280 million dollars--or thereabouts--for Rivers and Harbors
work and other public works projects generally undertaken by the Army
Engineers.
Therefore, the over-all cut to the Armed Services because of the
recommendation of the Subcommittee is 2\1/4\ billion dollars.
As Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, I have been unable to
reconcile the advice of the Subcommittee with the necessity for
expenditures for our own national security. I felt, therefore, that it
was my duty to make an analysis of the effect of any reduction in the
amount submitted in the President's budget.
After such careful study in the brief time available for such study I am
convinced that the War and Navy Department estimates were
conscientiously prepared with all possible attention to considerations
of economy; and that it represents the minimum amount required to enable
the Army and Navy to perform missions vital to the well being of the
United States. I wanted to know the effects of any such reduction in the
terms of Naval strength in 1948; in terms of the needs of Gen. MacArthur
in the Pacific and Generals Clay and McNarney in the occupied areas of
Europe and, more so, the effects in the critical years immediately
ahead.
In the course of making this analysis, I discovered that great
reductions were made inside the Army and inside the Navy even before the
Secretaries presented their requests to the Budget. I found also that
even after these great reductions inside the Army and Navy, a further
cut was made at the President's request by the Budget and we now have
before us the final greatly reduced request, after two drastic cuts have
already been made.
Now along comes the request of the Subcommittee that the Full Budget
Committee of Congress made a further cut of more than 20% in the monies
allocated in the 1948 fiscal year for our own national security.
Personally, I cannot see how members of Congress could vote for such a
cut if they realized--and I think they do--that in the President's
budget, 46 cents out of each dollar is there to pay for prior wars. In
other words, if we had stayed out of World War II and those prior
thereto we could right now be rolling along on easy street with a budget
only \1/2\ as big as it presently is and still appropriate the 11-odd
billion dollars presently requested by the Armed Forces.
Do you think 11 billion dollars is too much to put out now on the chance
that it will save us from World War III (God forbid it may never come)--
and do you think retention of the 2\1/4\ billion dollars for our
national security is too much of an insurance premium to pay at this
time? Certainly I for one am convinced that to make any such cut as is
now proposed and may be adopted this afternoon in the Full Budget
Committee will impair the efficiency of the Army and Navy to the extent
that they could not carry out the tasks which have been assigned not to
themselves by the Army and Navy, but assigned to them by the Congress of
the United States representing the whole people.
Now let's take the Navy Department first and see what we find:
The Navy Department, with the President's approval, last year placed
before the Congress a plan of operation for fiscal year 1947 which
provided for the maintenance of certain naval forces. Roughly, these
forces included 662,000 Navy and Marine personnel; 1232 ships, and 6,190
operational aircraft. The Congress, in carrying out its constitutional
responsibility, approved this proposal. This force was considerably
smaller than the one the Navy Department would have requested had not
our national economy been so drastically hit during the war years.
In drawing up its plans for the Fiscal Year 1948 the Navy proposed to
maintain a force of the general strength and character I have just
described. A moderate program of material improvement throughout the
Fleet and Air Arm was contemplated. It was proposed to undertake a
shipbuilding program comprised of a small number of auxiliaries and
minor combatant prototypes. Included also was an amount representing the
first increment for construction of permanent facilities to replace
temporary wartime structures. Extensive plans for research and
development were included. A companion Naval Reserve was provided for.
These programs would have assured the naval mastery which the United
States gained during World War II. They would have strengthened the hand
of our diplomats at the International Conference Tables, and would
undoubtedly contribute greatly to peace and stability in world affairs.
After these programs were first translated into dollars, weeks of
exhaustive study and consultations followed involving all of the
responsible officers and officials of the Navy Department. The results
of these studies were submitted to the Secretary of the Navy. He
considered the Navy's responsibility for national security. He attempted
to achieve a reasonable compromise between the requirements of national
security and the known and desirable objective of ``true'' economy. As a
result, before submission to the Bureau of the Budget, the original
estimates were reduced 33 percent.
The revised program provided for maintaining the same force as
originally contemplated, but deferring until later years some of the
development, most of the material improvement and practically all of the
public works. That is the kind of recommendation which the Navy
Department submitted.
Now let me tell you what happened next.
Extensive hearings began in the Bureau of the Budget on September 15 and
continued for the following three months. It is my understanding that
based on the strength and the modified material program outlined, the
Bureau of the Budget felt that the Navy's estimates were fundamentally
sound. Nevertheless, within the confines of the Federal Budget for 1948
the Bureau of the Budget determined that no more than $3,654,000.000
could be allocated for naval purposes--and this sum included a transfer
of $150,000,000 previously appropriated. This allocation was a reduction
of 33 percent of the revised estimates submitted by the Secretary of the
Navy.
It is obvious that the Navy budget now before us is not the result of
poorly conceived plans, carelessly evaluated. All areas of possible
reduction and deferment have been so thoroughly explored that the
responsibility for the effect of further curtailment must now rest
squarely upon the Congress.
We must remember that the Navy and Marine personnel have already been
reduced 85%, from a wartime strength of almost 4,000,000. In comparison
with this, at the close of World War I the demobilization of a force \1/
8\ as large took twice as long. There has been a reduction of over 50%
in civilian personnel, from 753,000 to approximately 360,000, and of
these only about 30% are in the so-called white collar group--
notwithstanding the fact that in many naval activities civilians now
occupy positions which could only be filled with uniformed personnel
during the war.
As a part of the demobilization program, almost 4,000 shore stations and
activities have been inactivated and all remaining activities have been
reduced in size and scope of operations. There has been drastic
curtailment of procurement. Both shipbuilding and aircraft production
have been curtailed to a point where doubt exists as to the ability of
important segments of these industries to survive.
Before we can operate on a normal peacetime basis, the Navy has to
divert thousands of its personnel, both military and civilian, to the
task of inactivating ships and stations. This diversion is at the
expense of the operating forces which must be accepted. Once this work
is completed, the diverted strength can be returned to the active fleet.
During this period fleet operations are necessarily curtailed through
lack of crews, and repairs are being deferred because much of the
civilian force is occupied with inactivation.
I want to emphasize that the Navy had an orderly plan for demobilization
and an operating force plan which it had expected to employ until
changes were justified by world conditions. As I said before this plan
was accepted and approved by the Congress for the fiscal year 1947. I am
convinced that the Navy believed that the force of the size described to
us would be required until conditions changed. Against this background
the Navy Budget for 1948 was submitted to the Bureau of the Budget.
In comparison with the force of the size approved by Congress for Fiscal
1947, the Budget now before us will provide for 91,000 fewer naval and
Marine Corps personnel; 12 less combatant ships; 398 fewer supporting
ships; 60 less operating aircraft; and an average reduction of 70,000 in
civilian employment. The Budget also imposes a further cut in naval
research and development, almost completely eliminates material
improvement, and provides only a token allocation for public works. That
broadly speaking is what can be provided by the $3,654,000,000
appropriation.
Frankly, I feel that the Congress in discharging its responsibility for
common defense should be making careful inquiry as to the wisdom of the
reductions already made. Instead of this inquiry, I find that there is a
considerable body in the Congress who are going in the other direction.
They talk about still further reductions.
On Tuesday, February 11, the Subcommittee on the Legislative Budget
adopted a motion to reduce the President's expenditure estimate by 6.0
billion dollars. I opposed this action. My opposition was based on the
knowledge that this large reduction could not be obtained without a
sizable reduction in the amount allocated to the Navy and the Army.
In my search for information I tried to find out just what effect a
further cut of 750 million dollars would have on the strength of the
Navy. I found that it is impossible on short notice to secure any
quantitative data on the effect of a reduction of this magnitude. It was
clear to me that the Navy could not make a hasty evaluation on a matter
which has so many implications both domestic and international. Any
substantial change in the amounts available for Navy expenditure
requires a comprehensive study to assure a balance between operating
forces and supporting establishments.
Although the specific details are lacking, investigation discloses that
further reduction in the 1948 budget estimates, as furnished to the
Congress by the President, would seriously impair the effectiveness of
the naval arm of national security not only during fiscal year 1948 but
also for several years to follow. A reduction in the amount of
$750,000,000 would raise grave doubt as to the effectiveness of the Navy
as an instrument of national policy and would thereby remove a very
potent factor in the peace and stability of the world.
A further reduction of $750,000,000 from the President's budget would
require reductions in the following areas and more.
A sizable reduction of Navy and Marine personnel strength would be
necessary. The effect of the reduction of regular service personnel will
be:
1. Immobilization of a considerable portion of the Atlantic and Pacific
Fleets.
2. Reduction in the effectiveness of the Marine Corps to support United
States policy overseas and of Amphibious training and development of
techniques for Amphibious Operations.
3. Abandonment of Material Salvage Program, resulting in considerable
loss in logistic efficiency.
4. Inability properly to administer and train the Naval Reserve.
5. Further inactivation of advance and continental air and operating
bases.
6. Serious curtailment of essential training of pilots; air, and general
service ratings of all branches.
7. Curtailment of educational commitments to officers transferred from
Naval Reserve and enlisted categories to the regular service.
8. Breaching the contract with enlisted personnal by forced separation
from the service.
There must be a reduction in Naval Reserve personnel. There is a large
body of supporters for the Reserve Program in the Congress. Yet we
cannot lose sight of the fact that reserve training will not be
effective if limited to assembling reservists in armories for school
work. If they are not given an opportunity to fly or to go to sea, they
cannot develop effectiveness nor will they long keep their interest. Yet
with the active fleet and air squadrons drastically reduced how can we
expect the men to receive proper training? The Reserves are an integral
part of the Navy. Their training, to be effective, depends entirely on
the regular Navy and its operating establishment. Without facilities to
accommodate Reserve training we might well question the wisdom of
investing money in the Reserve Program.
There would be a crippling reduction in classified civil service
personnel. The effect would be a further reduction of personnel for
planning, design, research, contract termination settlement, industrial
mobilization planning, and surplus property disposal which is
inadequately provided for under personnel present ceilings. Backlogs of
work already exist throughout the many activities of the Navy. This
would lead to virtual inability to handle veterans' matters such as
hospitalization information, and requests for information essential to
veterans under the GI Bill of Rights. It would lead to the separation of
many civilian employees of long service and possessing special skills
peculiar and valuable to the Navy.
A similar reduction in industrial forces would be required. The effect
would be a further reduction in the personnel available for repair and
alterations to ships of the active fleet, inactivation of ships,
overhaul of aircraft and aircraft engines, care and handling of
supplies, materials and other government property. The cost of this
property to the taxpayers was 46 billion dollars. The present force is
barely adequate to prevent abnormal loss and deterioration.
I want to call attention to a tendency to compare pre-war with post-war
civilian employment. This thought apparently disregards the increased
size of the naval establishment. As a matter of fact the present ratio
between naval civilian and military personnel is less than in 1939.
Not only will curtailment of programs be required in the areas just
mentioned but research and development of vital concern to all of us
will be necessarily retarded; intelligence activities, so important when
other factors of national security are shrinking, must be curtailed.
Naval communications, including communication intelligence which played
a vital role in the recent conflict, will suffer.
Now we come to the naval shore establishment. The Navy has already
planned an orderly reduction in major shore activities such as naval
shipyards, air stations, ammunition depots, ordnance plants, supply
depots, and hospitals. A further reduction would require a downward
revision which may well be adverse to the public interest because it
will involve the abandonment of government property and weakening of
logistic support of the active forces.
This brief summary outlines in a general way the basic and desperately
important problems which will be created for the Navy Department by this
threatened appropriations reduction.
Now let us turn our attention to the other great arm of defense--the
Army, which presently has the tremendous occupation job.
It is my understanding that the Army accepted a sizeable cut in the
over-all strength it originally presented to the President as a
requirement for the fiscal year 1948. In so doing, General Eisenhower
displayed a soldierly spirit of cheerful obedience to his Commander-in-
Chief which does him credit. Even further, it appears to me that General
Eisenhower took a calculated risk, in order to attempt to accomplish the
Army's multitudinous missions, which only a most courageous man would
assume.
THE OCCUPATION TASK

In occupied areas for which the United States has responsibility, there
are approximately 125,000,000 persons whose conduct is being regulated
by an Army force of not more than 350,000 men. This is a stupendous task
and a grave responsibility. The imminent danger of unrest and disease
resulting from the privations of war-torn countries, the hard winter now
being experienced, shortages of food, and the fact that there has been
little or no opportunity for rehabilitation, all complicate the Army's
task of bringing to the conquered peoples domestic tranquility and a
realistic concept of democracy, so that the victory of World War II may
be made secure. Failure to clinch the victory will squander the efforts
made by our people through four years of the bitterest war the world has
ever known. Yet it is the immediate prospects of such failure which we
must face, and face squarely, if further cuts are made in the already
dangerously cut military manpower available for the task.
NON-EFFECTIVES

We talk of planned strength of 1,070,000. Actually this strength is not
available to the Chief of Staff in carrying out his mission. Drains of
strength over which he has no control reduce this figure by possibly as
much as 200,000 men. Public Law 704, 79th Congress, provides that the
Army must carry on its roll all personnel on terminal leave. In the
fiscal year 1948, some 40,000 or 50,000 will be on terminal leave at all
times. There will be a large number sick in hospitals who will never
return to Army duty. Many will be taking care of surplus property, and
there will be thousands in various other categories not of direct value
in the tasks of most immediate urgency--the occupation, and the
provision of national security.
CIVILIANS OVERSEAS

There are about 190,000 civilians presently overseas paid from
appropriated funds for the Military Establishment. The War Department
proposes to reduce this number in FY 1948 to 110,000. Surely, this
indicates a full awareness on the part of the Army of the needs for
economy. Out of this number must come the skilled professional and
administrative personnel charged with the implementation of U.S.
Political, social and economic policies among the 125,000,000 people who
populate the occupied areas. The multiplicity and complexity of problems
involved in the guidance and surveillance of the governmental
organizations of Germany, Japan and Korea which deal with finance,
industry, trade, labor, political structure, demilitarization, rationing
and price control, information and education, restitution, reparations
and other miscellaneous phases of a national economy indicate that,
quantitatively, the number employed are capable only of directing
affairs on broad policy and governmental levels.
Native labor and professional skill are being utilized to the extent
that about 500,000 enemy nationals are employed by the U.S. Army in
occupied areas and paid with their occupied area currencies. There is a
limit to the degree in which foreign nationals can be employed in
positions of trust and responsibility while still maintaining the
integrity and security of the occupation and military government
organizations. I am convinced we have now reached this limit. Any
further steps at this time to replace American civilians with foreign
nationals in the interest of economy would be completely incompatible
with the interests of National Safety.
FORCES IN THE UNITED STATES

Backing up our overseas forces in their vital mission is a pitifully
small force in the continental United States which, in addition to its
mission of supporting the occupation, must be prepared to meet any
emergency--anywhere, any time. The ground combat elements of this force
have been slashed to a point where they are virtually nonexistent. The
service elements are strained to their utmost capacity in training the
replacements, procuring and handling the supplies, and operating the
ports without which our troops overseas would cease to function. So it
is on the air defenses of the United States that any further reductions
would have to fall. I am reliably informed that after we have provided
the minimum air needs of the overseas commanders, our budget, with the
slash so lightheartedly proposed, would provide for only three air
groups in the continental U.S. Think of it, gentlemen--three air groups
for the defense of the richest and once the most powerful nation in the
world!
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

An adequate program of military research and development is vitally
necessary to the national defense. To exceed an adequate program of
research and development might mean unnecessary expense to the people of
the United States; to fall short of an adequate program will inevitably
breed disaster. The War Department's program of $235,000,000 as
reflected in the estimates before you, represents, in my opinion,
another calculated risk which we dare not increase. The estimates
provide for a minimum of continued progress along lines of research to
which we have already committed considerable money. This is sound.
Abandonment of these projects prior to fruition would certainly be
inconsistent with the investment already made. We could profitably
devote twice as much money to research and development. It paid big
dividends in World War II. It will also pay big dividends in the future.
Everyone here can well take to heart the lesson provided by the fall of
France. France had what was supposed to be ``the world's finest Army.''
But it was equipped with materiel which had become hopelessly obsolete
in the twenty years of peace following World War I. The Wehrmacht and
the Luftwaffe, equipped with the finest products which German science
and industry could produce, brought about in a few short weeks the ruin
of France's Army, and of France herself. Neglect of our research program
will render our materiel and techniques just as hopelessly obsolete in
the next five or ten years.
MORALE

You gentlemen saw the sorry state which Army morale reached shortly
after V-J Day. The Army and the Congress, together--and I think the
Congress can claim its fair share of the credit, by providing decent pay
and initiating a program of housing--have now brought Army morale back
to where it again reflects credit on a great country and a great
institution. Yet, even with this housing program, there now exist
permanent housing facilities for only about 200,000 men. The Army needs
family quarters, bachelor quarters, and barracks. The most urgent of
these needs is for family quarters, of which only 11,500 sets are now
available. A total of 6,700 sets of family quarters are under
construction now. Thus, the Army expects to have 18,200 sets of family
quarters on 1 July 1947, leaving a possible deficit of 100,000 units.
After full authorization has been obtained, the War Department intends
to submit a supplemental estimate of $225,000,000 for construction. Over
half of this amount will be applied to the construction of about 4,500
sets of family quarters during fiscal year 1948, a very insignificant
number which cannot in fairness be denied. If we do deny them, we will
not only deal a telling blow to morale, but I predict we will see a
significant slump in voluntary recruiting. We have a solemn obligation
to provide the American soldier with living standards befitting an
American citizen.
The distribution of grades within the Army permitted by funds in their
estimate, appears to me to offer fewer career opportunities than our
other services. Yet the success the Army will experience in the postwar
years, is also directly dependent upon the opportunities for a career
which the Army can offer the youth of America. A distribution of grades
offering opportunities just as attractive as the other services, is
essential to the Army's success. Any further cut will result in a
failure to obtain the type of soldier without which the Army will
inevitably deteriorate.
CIVILIAN COMPONENTS

Our civilian components--the National Guard and Organized Reserves--made
a contribution to victory in World War II without which that victory
could not have been attained. In 1940, however, our Allies provided the
time which was essential to the mobilization and further training of our
civilian components. But in any future emergency, this time will not be
available. The initial blow will be directed at us; and our National
Guard and Organized Reserves must be prepared to take their places
immediately, shoulder to shoulder with our Regular Army. The proposed
cut will render them incapable of so doing. Not only would their
strengths be reduced by 50% from the already low figures provided for in
the War Department estimates, but their training would inevitably fail
to reach the standard which would enable them to take their places in
the Mobilization Day Force. The President of the Reserve Officers'
Association, representing that group of patriotic and responsible
citizen-soldiers, has already found it necessary to bring to the
attention of the President the serious consequence of failure to provide
adequately for that vital component of our National Security.
RATIO OF OFFICERS TO ENLISTED MEN

Criticism has been expressed in some circles concerning the number of
officers in our interim Army. I am convinced, however, that the number
is in no way excessive. In the first place, the highly technical duties
of the Air Corps require a ratio of officers greatly in excess of that
experienced prior to World War II. Further, the greatly expanded
administrative overhead due to world-war deployment; the occupation and
military government missions; a greatly expanded military intelligence
and military attache systems, including military advisory groups to
China, Brazil, and the Philippines; an expanded program of research and
development; requirements for the care and custody of surplus property;
the settlement of claims and contracts; and a greatly expanded program
for the civilian components of the Army, impose a personnel requirement
upon the Army which fully justifies the need for more officers.
POSTS, CAMPS AND STATIONS

Prior to presenting its estimates for the coming fiscal year, the War
Department has been forced by considerations of economy to close many
stations whose retention would be essential to rapid expansion should
another emergency arise. It will have only about 450 posts, camps and
stations in the United States during fiscal year 1948, a reduction of
about 1,350 from the wartime peak of 1,800. A further reduction in the
number of small posts is in immediate prospect. In the matter of depots,
a comprehensive plan for consolidation in the minimum number of
installations has recently been placed in operation.
Any further reduction in the planned number, however, such as would be
brought about by the proposed additional cut, cannot fail to damage our
defense potential.
RATIO OF BUDGET ESTIMATE TO MILITARY STRENGTH

The military strength of the Army is one, but not the only important
factor in measuring the cost of budget for the Military Establishment.
One can so easily be misled in computing the cost of a soldier. It is
deceptively simple to divide the number of man-years of military
personnel into the total budget estimate, but the resulting figure does
not represent the cost of a soldier. It represents only a misleading and
erroneous approach to the problem. To analyze correctly the estimate in
terms of cost as related to military strength, one must separate
``direct'' costs--pay, travel, subsistence, clothing, medical care and
the maintenance of quarters from those for intelligence, research and
development, mobilization planning, disposal of surplus property, and
procurement of ``capital assets''--airplanes, gliders, guns, and other
equipment. The first group of costs do have a direct relationship to the
strength of the Army. A comparative analysis so computed shows that pay,
travel, subsistence, clothing, transportation, medical care and
maintenance of quarters costs approximately $2,800 during fiscal year
1946 and will cost approximately $3,150 during fiscal year 1947 and
fiscal year 1948. This increase in costs is entirely due to increases in
the pay of military personnel as authorized by the 79th Congress and to
the increase in prices which have taken place--in some cases 100% during
the last six years. The costs directly related to the strength of the
Army equals about 55% of the 1948 estimate.
The other 45% is for intelligence, research and development,
mobilization planning and the capital assets I have mentioned. You know
as well as I do how very important and indispensable are the latter
items. The weapons of today and tomorrow cost infinitely more than those
of yesterday. Nevertheless, we must adequately support these costs of
capital investment to provide the crucial protection which may be needed
at once in the next emergency.
ARMY AIR FORCES

Let us return again to the effects of the proposed cut on the Army Air
Forces. If I appear to dwell excessively on this subject, I ask you to
bear with me, for I am convinced that today our Air Force is our first
line of defense.
The estimate for the Air Corps has already been reduced by the Bureau of
the Budget by approximately 30%; from an estimated requirement of
$1,600,000,000 to $1,130,000,000, a reduction of $470,000,000. This
reduced estimate will not provide the number of airplanes required to
initiate effectively the modernization of a minimum peacetime Air Corps.
I am informed that it was the considered opinion of the greatest airmen
in the world, who, I am proud to say, can be found in the ranks of the
U.S. Air Forces, that a minimum of 1,800 planes of the latest type
should be provided. The estimate now before the Congress provides only
about 900 airplanes, with necessary emphasis on bombers and jet
fighters. And now a further budget cut is advanced which would halve
this pitiful number of new planes!
The War Department's own estimate will not provide the minimum number of
flying hours accepted as a requirement to maintain the efficiency of the
Air Corps personnel. It will permit the Air Corps only to maintain and
operate a substantially reduced number of aircraft and provide a minimum
of training through reduced flying hours. The end product of this must
be decreased safety and increased casualties. Yet certain gentlemen
propose even further economies, at the expense of the lives of our sons
tomorrow, and at the risk of the lives and liberties of us all in five
or ten years.
CONCLUSION

No thinking man can question the wisdom, patriotism and sincerity of the
Americans who directed our victory in World War II; and who now has
accepted the far graver responsibility of leading our country to lasting
peace. Secretary of State George Marshall, in the last few days, has
warned of the danger of premature disarmament in a world in which peace
is only a devout wish rather than an assured reality. Yet it is
disarmament which the advocates of further reductions in the Army's
budget are proposing. And it is not a planned and orderly disarmament,
but a disarmament by an insidious deterioration. I use the word
``insidious'' advisedly, gentlemen, for it would be accomplished by
giving the country a sense of false security--a security which could not
possibly exist with the drastic cuts in our forces which would
inevitably follow the reduction of $2,250,000,000 which is now proposed.
I am proud to state to this body that I can never be a party to such a
proposal.
The United States has given practical proof of its desire to rely on
law, reason and justice to resolve international disputes. Until,
however, the United Nations is a going concern, able to handle
successfully the complex problems of world security, and until the
United Nations has sufficient and usable power to compel the acceptance
of its decisions this nation cannot accept disarmament. While I believe
that the future holds promise of successful limitations of armaments, I
believe that it is unwise and definitely untimely to effect unilateral
disarmament through appropriation action.
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[March 10, 1947]

MARCH 10, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MARCH 10, 1947, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BLDG.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 45:
Aiken Ecton Morse
Baldwin Ferguson Revercomb
Ball Flanders Saltonstall
Brewster Gurney Smith
Bricker Hawkes Taft
Brooks Hickenlooper Thye
Buck Ives Tobey
Bushfield Jenner Vandenberg
Cain Kem Watkins
Capehart Knowland Wherry
Capper Langer White
Cooper Lodge Wiley
Cordon McCarthy Williams
Donnell Millikin Wilson
Dworshak Moore Young

Absent 6:
Bridges Malone Reed
Butler Martin Robertson

The Chairman recognized Senator White who announced that Senator Malone
was necessarily absent on State business.
The Chairman recognized Senator Baldwin who spoke as follows: That the
recent letter addressed to the Chairman by the newly elected Senators
constituted in no sense a revolt on their part; that the Republicans now
find themselves as a Party in a unique situation with two Republican
Houses of Congress and a Democratic President; that much responsibility
had been passed along by the Democrats to the Republicans, which
responsibility was not all theirs; that the purpose of the letter was an
endeavor to make greater contributions in order to achieve a common
goal. The Senator spoke of the recent Party policy decision concerning
the recent debt reduction resolution, as well as statements concerning a
20% income tax reduction which had placed several Senators on the spot.
He made a suggestion for frequent Conferences and the hope of finding a
common ground in the hope to carry forward an agreed upon program; that
in his opinion difficulties should be ironed out in a Conference in
order to eliminate wedges driven into the Republicans by the Democrats
on the Senate floor; that the differences should be ironed out by the
Republicans themselves in the hope of getting better teamwork and for
all to know what the signals are. His suggestions were (1) that
Conferences should be held once a week and (2) that the newly elected
Senators should have some representation on the Policy Committee. He
closed in stating that there should be a greater degree of unity,
purpose and cohesion than ever before.
The Chairman stated that he welcomed the request for more frequent
Conferences and that he could foresee difficulties in having Conferences
weekly. He made the suggestion that two of the new Senators sit in on
the Policy Committee meetings, as the Members of that Committee had been
previously named; that it had always been the rule that Policy Committee
meetings were open and that all Senators had been invited to appear at
any time to discuss legislative policy and to make suggestions.
Senator Baldwin replied that he believed the attendance of new Senators
at Policy Committee meetings was desirable.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who said that bills must be worked
out by the various Committees and that it would be a mistake for the
Policy Committee to interfere with this work; that it was the duty of
the Policy Committee to act only where Party policy was concerned. He
spoke of matters coming up on the floor without notice which would
always continue to come up and present immediate problems and decisions.
He said that if a greater percentage of things were made Party policy
there was a possibility that there would be more differences. He cited
the differences existing after the Conference on debt reduction. He said
that Conferences should be held only when the matter of Party policy is
to be decided and said one was needed on rent as well as labor. He
expressed the opinion that weekly Conferences would be a mistake and
said that there is no ``secret stuff'' going on. The Senator stated that
when we have four Senators on our side against us, we are beaten on any
proposition when the other side votes as a unit and that the Conference
was not an effective method of running Congress.
The Chairman recognized Senator Smith who said that Conferences would
keep the Members up to date as to what the Committees are doing and that
he found himself handicapped by lack of general information.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster who said that he was disturbed
by the steps taken by the new Senators to air their grievances.
Senator Baldwin responded that when the Gallup Poll showed 51% against
the Republicans he felt as though the tide was going out and that
something should be done to change it and after the floor differences
had arisen when the Deficiency Bill was up he had decided to write the
letter; that he had released the letter to a reporter of a Republican
newspaper and that the embellishments which were added were not his but
those of the reporter. He said that he did not know what was going on
and would like to pitch in and do what he could to help.
In response to a statement that the matter might have been handled in a
quiet manner, Senator Baldwin said that he regretted the publicity and
apparently it turned out to be a mistake.
The Chairman commented that he had welcomed the letter of Senator
Baldwin. He also said that a Conference could be called upon the request
of five Senators and that to his knowledge a Conference had never been
refused when a request had been made for one.
The Chairman recognized Senator Flanders who said that the following two
matters should have been previously raised in Conference. One was the
Knowland Amendment and the other the amendment of Senator Wherry.
The Chairman recognized Senator Watkins who said that he had been
somewhat disturbed and that he would much rather have a preview than a
post-mortem. He spoke of press statements concerning a bi-partisan
foreign policy and said that he would like to know in advance what was
going on; that if it was important for the President to tell fifteen
Members of the Congress something, then all should know; also that while
all might not agree on policy he would like to be informed as to events
and that he thought Conferences should be held more often.
The Chairman stated that he was of the opinion that one Conference a
week would be impractical and that it would perhaps be better to hold
them every two weeks. He said that if they did need more Conferences,
the Policy Committee could declare when one was necessary; that he
himself could call one, and that five Senators could ask that one be
called.
The opinion was expressed that attendance would fall off by having a
weekly Conference. He stated that if there was no objection he will call
a Conference every two weeks, and that he would discuss with the Policy
Committee the matter concerning the selection of and the attendance by
the new Members at those meetings.
The Chairman recognized Senator Thye who said that he was of the humble
opinion that Conferences would help. He spoke of the confusion created
in his own mind by the position taken by the leaders on the Lilienthal
nomination and expressed the opinion that perhaps the nomination should
have been made the subject matter of a Conference.
The Chairman replied that the Committee was faced with the situation of
judging a man and that if the matter had been made a Party matter the
action of the Committee would have been stultified.
The Chairman recognized Senator White who said that he believed the new
Members had been unduly sensitive; that five of the new men could have
requested the call of a Conference and that they could have presented
their views to the Policy Committee at any time. He called attention to
the fact that now there are twenty-eight of the older Members with
seniority who are not members of the Policy Committee as against sixteen
new ones. He spoke of each Senator as having two Committee assignments
and that when legislation came to the floor every member of that
Committee could be contacted for detailed information concerning
legislation at hand. He stated that he did not believe the new Members
had been neglected and he hoped that they would take an active part in
all matters.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wherry who stated that he had offered
his amendment because no Party action had been taken on the matter of
debt reduction and that he had spoken during the last campaign for
surplus property funds being applied to debt reduction. On Foreign
Policy he said that he could not understand why money should be given to
Greece to drive out Communism and money having been refused China.
The Chairman recognized Senator Baldwin who said there was absolutely
nothing personal in what he had said or done and that if there was no
foreign policy at this time it was about time we had one.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who said that there may be a real
split with the House in trying to put a debt-reduction feature into the
Resolution; that when Conferences were held not much was gained when
there was a meeting and disagreement.
The Chairman recognized Senator Revercomb who stated that an attempt
should have been made to reach an agreement before the matter came out,
to which Senator Hawkes replied that he did not ever think the Senate
could get together on the debt subject.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ferguson who said that he believed the
6-billion dollar figure was the result of Party policy.
The Chairman stated that the membership of the Senate on the Joint
Committee was outnumbered by the House membership thereon and that there
was no way to protect the Senate view.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who stated that the Senate
membership on the Committee was outnumbered two to one and that action
taken by the Joint Committee was not binding on the Senate. He said that
his amendment had been offered because there had been no set policy by
the Conference and that he thought the Republicans could operate better
as a team if properly advised.
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg who said that the matter
under discussion was reminiscent of 18 years ago when he initiated the
``Young Turks.'' He said that he felt sure that the net result of the
meeting would be wholesome and beneficial.
The Chairman recognized Senator Lodge who raised the question as to why
rent control should be a Party matter and expressed the opinion that
there would be more votes if it was not made so.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who stated that rent control had an
effect on 30 million renters and that it had been made a political
matter by the President. He said that it was therefore up to the
Conference to decide the matter.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ball who stated that it was his opinion
that the last campaign was waged on the grounds of removing all
controls, to which Senator Taft responded that every declaration which
had been made by the Republicans had been to remove them, including such
a statement in the 1944 Platform.
The Chairman recognized Senator Tobey who presented to the Conference
the rent control situation. Senator Tobey stated that the whole matter
of rent control was extremely complicated and detailed all steps which
had been taken by the Banking and Currency Committee and he gave a
history and analysis of the proposed bill which is now pending before
that Committee. He praised Senator Buck for his work in the matter.
The Chairman recognized Senator Buck who said that rent control was
extremely controversial and a politically potent bill. He said the
disagreement had arisen concerning two features, namely an across-the-
board 10% increase and the question of how to administer the Act. He
said that he was opposed to letting them stay under OPA and he was
afraid that by transfer to another agency that it would mean
administration by the same old OPA staff. He asked the advice of the
group as to how it could be administered.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ball who asked about eviction under the
terms of the legislation to which Senator Buck replied that the matter
would be left to the Courts.
Senator Brewster asked why it could not be left to the States for
administration to which Senator Buck replied the States could assume
jurisdiction but few of them now have laws on the subject.
The Chairman expressed the opinion that the subject of rent controls
could be set up in three separate propositions. (1) Shall we continue
rent control and if so to what date? (2) Whether it should be a flat 10%
increase or no increase? (3) Whether it should be administered by the
OPA or some other agency. He then asked the question as to whether there
was any objection to the continuation of rent control.
The Chairman recognized Senator Baldwin who said that he was for
complete abandonment of rent control and that it should be left up to
the State. He said that he would go along with the 10% increase provided
that it was taken out of OPA. He stated that there was a political angle
to it and that if we are to bring back reconstruction now is the year to
do it because prices would be bound to rise and by next year they would
adjust themselves.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ives who explained the rent control law
of New York State and said that he thought it a dubious question when it
came to abolishing it as a Party throughout the Country. He said that it
was no pleasant problem to wish it on the State Legislatures and
Governors, particularly where there was no law. He said based on his New
York experience there should be no 10% increase because in many cases it
is not needed. It is difficult to determine the correct amount of an
equitable increase and that it would be a ``mess'' if left in the
Courts. He stated that a brand new agency should be created and that the
extension should be for a year and he did not see how it could be
eliminated at this time.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wiley who joined in what had been said
by Senator Ives. The Senator stated that equity was needed and a little
horse sense, and spoke of the 10% across-the-board increase of being no
good in thousands of cases whereas in other situations it would be too
great.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bricker who said that he was opposed to
another Republican OPA and that the facts should be considered in each
case and equity done in all cases.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hawkes who said he did not think the
Conference could pass judgment on the question of rent control. He said
that if it is not politically expedient how can we let this injustice
prevail.
The Chairman recognized Senator Williams who stated that the sooner we
get rid of controls the better off we will all be and that he would vote
against any legislation. He expressed the opinion that we were not
helping veterans by loading them up with high priced houses.
The Chairman recognized Senator Flanders who said that he had advised
his Governor to pass a bill on the subject to be used if Congress passed
a bad bill.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who stated that if the Conference
was not unanimous for 10% then it could not be passed. He stated he
believed that a Commission of four or five members might be created with
authority to apply a percentage basis of increase for different areas in
the Country. He said that NHA might take it over but that they did not
want the job as well as the Commerce Department. He said he thought the
matter might be determined by an answer to the question of how many
wanted a flat increase, and how many wanted OPA abolished.
The Chairman recognized Senator McCarthy who said that all new rentals
should be decontrolled; that there should be an ease-up on evictions and
that an across-the-board increase was necessary as OPA cannot take care
of the hardship cases.
The Chairman recognized Senator Langer who said that he would never vote
to take off controls and never increase rentals. He said that he had
given a pledge to the people of his State as had Senator Young.
Senator Young nodded in agreement.
The Chairman recognized Senator Cain who stated that he thought the
elimination of rent controls would result in more houses and that the
builders should be told that they could build and get whatever they
could for their houses. He stated that 176 areas had been added since V-
J Day and that he was for decontrolling of all new units of
construction.
The Chairman recognized Senator Watkins who said that if it was possible
to relieve the hardship cases he would vote for the legislation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Capehart who said that the present OPA
bill gives the desired leeways. He expressed the opinion that both OPA
and rent control are good things provided a little horse sense is used.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hickenlooper who stated that the
Republicans vote their conscience while the Democrats vote their
politics; that rent control was not needed in the Middle West and that
he did not believe it could be made a strictly Party matter. He said
that the responsibility for the administration of the law would be in
the hands of our enemies and stressed the fact that we can only
legislate. He said that the legislation must be spelled out so clearly
that no discretion must be left in the law.
The Chairman stated that a Senator who was absent had asked him if it
would be possible for his assistant to attend the Conference meetings in
his absence. He stated that he had ruled against it and said that if
there was no serious objection he would adhere to that ruling. There was
no objection.
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg who spoke on Foreign Policy
as follows: He said that he would present a snapshot of what we as a
nation will shortly have to confront; that he had never spoken for the
Republican Party and never shall; that no commitments had been made by
him either directly or indirectly or by implication. He said that the
people think the Democrats and the Republicans are handling the foreign
situation but that bi-partisan action is limited to two things (1)
United Nations and (2) the preliminary peace treaties. He said that the
only commitment as far as the Republican Party is concerned to date has
been the United Nations and that there was one Republican vote against
that. He spoke of our policy in China and said that the present policy
cannot survive when there is a different policy for people in one part
of the world and another policy in a different section of the world, and
that we are entitled to demand consistency around the world; that there
is no bi-partisan Foreign Policy in South America and that we are on the
verge of losing at home infinite prestige; that Pan American unity was
at an all-time high in San Francisco but has now greatly deteriorated;
that the United States must cease to be the Dictator of the North and
join with South America on the partnership basis. As to the European
situation he said he recognized the differences of opinion and that five
minor treaties had been written to date which deal with the ``fringe.''
He stated that there would be no stability until the German and Austrian
Treaties had been written. He stated that the Russians had violated the
Potsdam agreement to operate Germany as an economic unit; that there had
been no comity between the various sectors established by the Americans,
British, French and Russians; that through American and British
cooperation in joining their sectors a civil reorganization had been
established and it had been successful. He stated that the great problem
today was the lack of a four-way treaty by the United States, Britain,
France and Russia against any German aggression. He said that this would
remove from Russia its last excuse for expansion. As to the Greek
situation he said that nothing could be revealed until the President
spoke on Wednesday at the Joint Session of Congress. He stated that
Greece was sinking into the Russian orbit and if that goes so will
Turkey. He said that intelligent American self-interest was his desire
and policy. He said that the ruling Greek Government control was a farce
on democracy; that Britain was withdrawing March 31 and that the Greek
Government had requested help of the United States. What those demands
are and how they can be fulfilled will only be known on Wednesday. He
said that the participation by the Republicans in White House
conferences did not entail Party commitments; that if a new policy were
to be announced in defense of democracy abroad he would insist that the
whole facts be laid before the American people and the Conference. He
said that so far, we had been in collision with Russia on every point
and that the Greek situation presented a basic challenge of Western
Democracy vs. Eastern Communism; that the question at hand presented the
most far reaching decision since the Monroe Doctrine; that he had asked
that the President lay it on the ``line'' and give all of the facts. He
stated that he was not speaking as a Republican spokesman or committing
the Party. He said we should say what it means and do what it says so
far as Moscow is concerned. He said that shortly the Committee on
Foreign Relations will report the I.R.O. Treaty for consideration by the
Senate.
The Chairman expressed his appreciation for the remarks made by Senator
Vandenberg.
The Chairman recognized Senator Revercomb who questioned the wording in
the Treaty relating to the immigration laws to which Senator Vandenberg
replied that it was not their intention either remotely or indirectly to
invade them and that Senator Wiley had been given complete authority to
perfect any language necessary to protect the situation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who suggested a Conference at the
end of the week because of the Greek address to be made by the
President.
The Chairman said that a Conference would be called at a time to be
decided later and after the Conference announced that one had been
called for Friday, March 14, at 10:00 a.m.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wiley who said that he had prepared a
memorandum which had been previously placed before the Senators which
was entitled ``Restriction of War Controls,'' a copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit ``A.'' He said that he would make a statement
on the matter before the Policy Committee on Saturday next.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 10:53 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference March 14, 1947.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''
OUTLINE OF STATEMENT BEFORE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
By Hon. Alexander Wiley
U.S. Senator from Wis.
Monday, March 10, 1947

RESTRICTION OF WAR CONTROLS

PART I--INTRODUCTION

(A) PURPOSES OF THIS STATEMENT
(B) TWO-FOLD NATURE OF PROBLEM
(C) REPUBLICAN PARTY POLICY
(D) REPUBLICAN PARTY SUCCESS TO DATE
PART II--SECOND WAR POWERS ACT

(A) HEARINGS BEING HELD
(B) RECOMMENDATION OF PRESIDENT
(C) COOPERATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH
(D) NEED FOR CONTINUATION OF SOME CONTROLS
(1) The World Situation
(2) The Situation in the United States
(E) NEED FOR ELIMINATION OF NUMEROUS CONTROLS
PART III--ALL OTHER WARTIME AND EMERGENCY POWERS

RESTRICTION OF WAR CONTROLS

PART I--INTRODUCTION

(A) PURPOSE OF THIS STATEMENT:
I should like to present to my colleagues certain observations on the
subject of war controls. My purpose in doing so is two-fold:
(a) To report on the activities of the Senate Judiciary Committee in
this important sphere, and
(b) To continue, as I have in the past, to secure the judgment of the
Senate Majority Conference on this subject of termininating war
controls, and, in so doing, to help promote the unity of our Party on
this subject.
(B) TWO-FOLD NATURE OF PROBLEM:
The subject of war controls may be divided for present purposes into
two categories:
(1) The most immediate problem regarding the Second War Powers Act
which automatically expires unless it is renewed on March 31, 1947.
(2) The much broader and only slightly less immediate problem,
relating to all other emergency and wartime controls which (in addition
to Second War Powers controls), come within the purview of Senate
Resolution 35. My colleagues will recall that under this Resolution, as
enacted, all Standing Committees of the Senate were directed to evaluate
all wartime and emergency laws lying within their jurisdiction.
These matters will be considered in the above order.
(C) REPUBLICAN PARTY POLICY:
As I have repeatedly asserted, the policy of the Republican Party is,
as I interpret it, to remove all controls immediately, except those
controls which are found absolutely necessary, in order that we may as
soon as possible return to a free economy and full production.
The Republican Party, I am sure, recognizes the fact that,
unfortunately, all wartime controls cannot be abruptly terminated as of
any one given date because of their complexity, because of differences
in their legal time limits, and because of the fact that the postwar
situation in the United States and throughout the world is such that
chaos might result in some fields if all controls were arbitrarily
eliminated at one time. The American people are, I believe, very
rightfully hungry for freedom from controls, but they are not hungry for
chaos.
It is Republican policy I believe to accomplish these objectives:

(1) To extend such controls, as must be extended, for the
shortest possible time limit, consistent with administrative
necessity, in order that the extension may be reviewed at an
early date and then terminated, if at all feasible.
(2) To correct the conditions which necessitate the
extension in the first place rather than to allow those
conditions to continue and thus make for need for indefinite
extension. I may say at this point that in my observation, I
have found that mal-administration has resulted in the need
for continuance of many wartime controls, which might
otherwise have been ended long before now. When this mal-
administration is corrected, the need for controls will
vanish.
The American people are aware, too, that there are
influences in the Administration which seek indefinite
perpetuation of wartime controls through planned shortages.
These influences must be vigorously counteracted.
(3) To oversee the administration of controls in such a
manner that

(a) funds required in administering them will be
conserved, and
(b) the objectives of Congress in extending the controls
will be achieved rather than violated.

(D) REPUBLICAN PARTY SUCCESS TO DATE:
I firmly believe that Republican policy along these lines has already
borne much fruit. Thus,

(1) Controls which have been eliminated thus far have been
largely at the Republican insistence.
(2) Recommendations by various agencies of the Executive
Branch for the future elimination of other controls also
indicate the success of unceasing pressure from our Party
for the dropping of unneeded controls.
(3) Constructive changes in administration of many
continuing controls also indicate the favorable effects of
Republican pressure.

By no means, I believe, can the Party claim complete success, thus
far, in the objectives listed in Part C. Nevertheless, I believe that
the splendid role played by the Party thus far should not be obscured
by:

(1) Impatience with the complex nature of the problem
before us and the fact the progress in decontrol cannot move
with the speed of light.
(2) Shifty tactics by the Administration designed to
convey the phoney impression that it would remove controls
just as fast without Republican pressure as with it. The
history of power-hungry New Dealism belies such an
impression.
PART II--SECOND WAR POWERS ACT

(A) HEARINGS BEING HELD:
Pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 35, a sub-Committee, consisting
of Senator Kilgore and myself, has been conducting Hearings of
government witnesses and will commence Hearings of public witnesses
tomorrow on Titles I, III and V of the Second War Powers Act. The
purpose of these Hearings is to elicit facts upon which to base a
recommendation respecting

(1) which controls under these titles can safely be
eliminated, and
(2) which controls are necessary to be extended.

(B) RECOMMENDATION OF PRESIDENT:
In his message of February 3, 1947, the President recommended the
extension for one year of Titles I and V, and in addition, Title III for
limited purposes. Title I vests emergency powers in the Interstate
Commerce Commission over transportation facilities. Title III vests in
the President powers of allocation and priority over materials and
supplies. Title V permits the waiver of certain navigation and
inspection laws.
(C) COOPERATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH:
Although until a relatively short time ago, there was manifested a
complete lack of cooperation by the Executive Branch in furnishing the
Committee information respecting the use of war controls,
notwithstanding repeated requests for such information, I am happy to
report that it now appears that such information is forthcoming and that
the Committee will shortly report its recommendations to the Senate.
(D) NEED FOR CONTINUATION OF SOME CONTROLS:
(1) The World Situation:

To the extent that our nation is participating and will
continue to participate in the alleviation of the hunger of
war stricken countries, it is essential that certain
allocation powers be retained in order to assure an adequate
flow of needed foodstuffs to these countries, consistent
with the maintenance of proper standards in our own nation.
It is quite apparent that the solution of this problem
involves our over-all policy respecting relief and
rehabilitation of these war stricken countries. From the
testimony presented to the Judiciary sub-Committee, it is
essential that to the extent that this nation is to
participate in the rehabilitation of war stricken countries,
controls are needed to channel into export a justifiable
share of certain commodities vital to the European economy.
The world situation also has a direct bearing on the short
supply of foodstuff and other commodities on our own
economy. For example, there is a world short supply of
sugar. Sugar will be allocated among the nations by
international agreement. If we are to avoid an international
scramble for sugar and similar commodities, which would
spiral the prices to prohibitive levels, it is essential
that all nations participating in the international
agreement limit their own consumption, which means that
power must be continued to allocate equitably our share of
the world supply.

(2) The Situation in the United States:

The short supply of commodities vital to our economy is,
as I have just pointed out, in some instances due to the
world situation. Although I do not presume here to enumerate
or assign all of our domestic ills which contribute to
shortages in the United States, many of them are due to the
impact of the war which imposed a tremendous drain on our
natural resources and production equipment. The
transportation facilities of the nation are, in particular,
overburdened, due in large part to the fact that during the
war years, repairs and replacements were not sufficiently
available. This situation appears to temporarily necessitate
at least a degree of allocation power so as to assure fair
distribution of our production.

(E) NEED FOR ELIMINATION OF NUMEROUS CONTROLS:
From the information thus far available, it appears that many of the
activities which stem from the Second War Powers Act are either no
longer utilized or should be prohibited as not absolutely essential. An
illustration of an activity which stems from the Act but which should be
prohibited, is the power vested to waive certain navigation and
inspection laws. The testimony before the sub-Committee has disclosed
that this power is no longer essential with reference to privately owned
or operated vessels.
Many other instances were presented to the sub-Committee of controls
which, in my opinion, are not justified and should be prohibited in any
extension of the Second War Powers Act. In other words, it is my opinion
that any extension of the Second War Powers Act be carefully
circumscribed so as to encompass only power to allocate on an equitable
basis among our people and between our nation and the world, essential
items in which there is short supply, and that this power be retained
only so long as there is substantial disparity between supply and need.
All other controls, with very limited exception, should be immediately
removed.
Let me make it perfectly clear, however, gentlemen, that all of the
foregoing is concerned solely with Titles I, III and V of the Second War
Powers Act which expires the 31st of this month.
PART III--ALL OTHER WARTIME AND EMERGENCY POWERS

As I have stated before, the Judiciary Committee is also, pursuant to
S. Res. 35, engaged in a survey of the over-all picture with respect to
wartime emergency controls and regulations. This survey is not as urgent
as the survey on the Second War Powers Act because it does not involve
the termination date of March 31st. Consequently the broad survey of war
controls - involving as it does - a tremendous mass of detail and
literally hundreds of laws, has not yet been completed, though the
standing Committees of the Senate are diligently at work and their
Chairmen are certainly to be complimented for their work thus far.
Since the survey is not complete, I am unable to make any definite
conclusion. I do, however, believe we may safely say that the
elimination of controls in this broader field will be much more
comprehensive and much more extensive than in the field of Titles, I,
III and V of the Second War Powers Act.
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[March 14, 1947]

MARCH 14, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MARCH 14, 1947, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BLDG.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement.

Present 45:
Aiken Dworshak Millikin
Baldwin Ecton Moore
Ball Ferguson Morse
Brewster Flanders Revercomb
Bricker Gurney Saltonstall
Bridges Hawkes Smith
Brooks Hickenlooper Taft
Buck Ives Thye
Bushfield Jenner Vandenberg
Cain Kem Watkins
Capehart Knowland Wherry
Capper Langer White
Cooper Lodge Wiley
Cordon Martin Williams
Donnell McCarthy Young

Absent 6:
Butler Reed Tobey
Malone Robertson Wilson

The Chairman recognized Senator Taft on the question of legislative
procedure for the coming sessions of the Senate. Senator Taft said that
there were five matters of legislation which it was desired to have
passed before March 31. They were, Portal-to-Portal Pay legislation,
Lilienthal nomination,² sugar, I.R.O. Treaty and the Greek
Loan. He stated that it would be necessary to meet every day and perhaps
hold evening sessions, and requested all Senators to bear in mind the
dead line and to be as reasonably brief as they possibly could; that he
would talk with Senator Barkley about getting the cooperation of the
other side. Senator Taft moved and it was duly seconded and agreed to
that the Senate proceed first with the Portal-to-Portal Pay legislation.
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\2\ [President Truman had nominated David E. Lilienthal, the chairman
of the Tennessee Valley Authority, as chairman of the new Atomic Energy
Commission. A number of Republican senators opposed the nomination,
which was nevertheless eventually confirmed.]
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Senator Taft said he desired to know how many would be absent on this
Saturday in order to ascertain whether it would be wise to hold a
session on that day and the Chairman asked those to stand who could not
be present. The following Senators stood: McCarthy, Bricker, Buck,
Flanders and Saltonstall. He stated that the Senate would not hold an
evening session Monday, but he asked that Wednesday night be reserved
and that on Monday and Wednesday nights of the following week, night
sessions would probably be held.
The Chairman recognized Senator Donnell who asked if the question of
Party policy should not be decided in regard to a provision in the
Portal-to-Portal Pay bill regarding the pay of workers in mines. He
stated that under the terms of the present bill it leaves no
compensation except by contract or custom and therefore he wished to
know whether the Conference desired to make an exception in the case of
mines.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who stated that wherever custom
rules we should follow, and that it should be a matter which should be
left to the Committee, and not one to be decided by the Conference. He
stated that the Republican membership should follow the Chairmen of the
various Committees and back them up, for as a general matter the
Senators cannot hope to pass on the work of the various fifteen
Committees. He said that he thought the matter should go back to the
Judiciary Committee and have the recommendation of that Committee; and
that debate on the bill might develop certain things which might warrant
Conference action later.
Senator Donnell said that the purpose of his raising the question was to
acquaint the Members with the situation, and that he may bring it back
for a policy decision.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wherry who said that in his opinion the
business element was not satisfied with the bill and satisfactory
amendments may have to be offered on the floor.
The Chairman asked if there were any comments to be made on the
legislative procedure offered by Senator Taft. There were no comments.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wiley who said that he believed that
Senator Pepper would seek to amend the bill by a minimum wage amendment,
and that other amendments would be offered for the purpose of attempting
to kill the bill.
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg on the matter of the Greek-
Turkish Loan. The Senator stated that he would attempt to bring the
Conference up to date but that he still could not report adequately. He
spoke of a meeting of the Foreign Relations Committee which resulted in
a decision that the bill would be given full public hearings and
everything would be face-up without reservations. He said that he wanted
to prepare a schedule of questions, and asked that all Republican
Members write out any questions they might have in mind and submit them
to him. He stated that nothing can remain undisclosed with respect to
the new policy. He said that a bill would be introduced within 24 hours
in the House, and it would contain three points. (1) Credits of 250
millions to Greece and 150 millions to Turkey. (2) Authorization to send
civilian experts to supervise the expenditure of our funds. (3) The
extension of existing statutes which permit military missions to visit
foreign countries as military advisors. He said that in his opinion the
third section was too broad. Senator Vandenberg was interrupted by
questions from Senators Bridges, Taft, Bushfield, Dworshak, Capehart,
Ball and Aiken. The questions asked were as follows: Whether the credits
would consist of loans, gifts or grants? Is the proposal one to be later
extended all over the world? How does it differ from the Roosevelt
program which put us into war? The Palestine question? The question of
Russia's veto power? Would Britain keep her forces in Greece? When the
time comes for an appropriation, could the merits of the case still be
gone into? Will the United States do the job or will Britain? To most of
the questions asked, the Senator said that he wished they would be
submitted to him in writing. Senator Vandenberg said there was no
element of intervention, it being a response to a request on the part of
the Greek Government. He read a statement which he had given to the
newspapers, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit ``A.''
He interrupted the reading of his statement to say that it is not a
problem to be handed over to the United Nations because (1) it is not so
well organized and (2) it has neither machinery or funds. Also that the
United Nations Organization is based on the use of pacific means as the
genesis of its origin, and that it has at this time no military force.
He stated that efforts had been made to reach an agreement relating to a
military force, but that Russia had held it up. He said that he had
insisted that the American delegation raise this question to force an
agreement. He said that in his opinion and belief whenever the United
States has drawn a dead line for action in earnest, it would be
respected by Russia, and that it was his feeling that all matters should
be laid on the table with Russia.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who stated that even though the
legislation would present many considerations he was inclined to go
along with the President's policy. He said that it makes us a protector
of Greece; that he believed Britain would pull out; that Britain had
notified us last October that they would get out March 31, and that
their military forces were down to 10,000 men; that it would involve no
troops and no naval force in the Mediterranean Sea; that the matter was
solely to stabilize the Government to prevent the Communists from taking
over the Greek Government; that if we did not move in, it would mean
that Russia would move in and take over just the same as we are. He
expressed the opinion that Russia would not go to war but if Russia did
to us in Cuba what we are doing to Russia in Greece we would go to war.
He questioned whether or not we would step into France, Argentina and
Brazil by reason of the Communistic elements there. He said that by our
action we would give the conservative group in Greece a break, and hope
that we would be able to get out when the Government gets on its feet,
and that we would discourage Russia for at least a year. He stated that
he believed that the same problems were worrying the leaders of the
House, and that so far as he could see the alternative was worst.
Questions were then asked by Senators Hickenlooper, Dworshak, Jenner,
Williams and Hawkes. The questions were as follows: Are we stepping in
at the specific request of the Greek Government? If Russia goes into
Asia, India and Iran what would we do? If we knew of the emergency since
last October why is the great emergency now? Who will control the oil in
the Far East? What happens to us in the world if we do adopt the present
policy? How far has Communism gone and would we have a united front with
the other 41 Nations in the United Nations Organization against Russia?
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg who said ``that the
alternative might be worse'' and that he did not like any part of the
matter and would love to be able to ignore the whole situation. He said
the question is if we do not confront this question how close are we to
war? He said that the United States had a specific interest in keeping
the Mediterranean an open sea. He said that he would never forget
Munich, and that the way to get into trouble is to run away from
trouble. The Senator said that the roll calls of the United Nations show
a division of public opinion in the world as 49 to 6; the 6 votes
representing Russia and its satelites.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hickenlooper who said that the program
presents a dilemma; that if we stay out, war is at the end of the path
we might reach, and that if we go in there is a possibility of war.
The Chairman recognized Senator Baldwin who expressed his appreciation
for the remarks made by Senator Vandenberg, and said that he hopes that
the Republicans stand behind the President and Senator Vandenberg in
this policy even though he does not like it; that if we take a firm
stand now the small nations will know that we mean what we say.
The Chairman called to the attention of the Conference the International
Trade Organization Bill which he said tied in with the whole situation;
that the Finance Committee had unanimously voted to make inquiry into
it, and that hearings had been scheduled for next week. He asked that
questions be submitted by the Members to him, and he said that he hoped
the matter would turn out to be a non partisan affair. The inquiry would
be thorough and searching, and the sole purpose of the Committee to
develop facts; that he had discussed the matter with Senator Vandenberg,
and that the Senator had written him heartily approving of the inquiry.
He said that action should be had on the bill prior to the Geneva
Conference.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft, who said that so far as rent
legislation was concerned that he and Senator McCarthy were working on
an alternative measure for the 10% across-the-board increase. The
proposed legislation would set up a new Board and divide the United
States into areas and categories.
The Chairman stated for the information of the Conference that Senators
Dworshak and Martin had been invited to be present at a meeting of the
Policy Committee on yesterday; that he would abide by the will of the
new Senators as to who the two Senators would be who would attend the
future Policy Committee meetings.
The Chairman recognized Senator Morse who stated that we should not
avoid war by a show of weakness nor by staying on this side of the
Atlantic; that Russia was now carrying on a psychological and economic
warfare and that if she moves in we might as well recognize that war has
started. He said that he has found no evidence of Russia having
conducted herself as an ally.
The Chairman recognized Senator Langer who raised the question as to the
attitude of the Conference about the 700 Postmasterships now pending
before his Committee.
The Chairman stated that there would be a meeting of the Policy
Committee on tomorrow, and that he was invited to appear and discuss the
matter there.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 12:05 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference March 18, 1947.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''
STATEMENT BY SENATOR VANDENBERG

The President's message faces facts and so must Congress. The
independence of Greece and Turkey must be preserved, not only for their
own sakes but also in defense of peace and security for all of us. In
such a critical moment the President's hands must be upheld. Any other
course could be dangerously misunderstood. But Congress must carefully
determine the methods and explore the details in so momentous a
departure from our previous policies.
The immediate problem may be treated by itself. But it is vitally
important also to frankly weigh it for the future. We are at odds with
communism on many fronts. We should evolve a total policy. It must
clearly avoid imperialism. It must primarily consult American welfare.
It must keep faith with the pledges to the Charter of the United Nations
which we all have taken.
We should proceed as far as possible within the United Nations. But that
is not practical at the immediate moment because UN has no relief funds;
and it has not yet concluded agreements with member nations for military
support. We should immediately insist in the Security Council that these
latter plans be consummated. We should also seek immediate report from
the United Nations Commission investigating alleged external invasions
of Greek sovereignty.
The plain truth is that Soviet-American relationships are at the core of
this whole problem. Every effort should be made to terminate these
controversies. This effort must occur in plain understanding of basic
principles which we shall not surrender. I repeat my own belief that it
ought to be possible for Moscow and Washington to ``live and let live,''
since neither wants anything like war. Yet we find ourselves in constant
disagreement respecting our mutually pledged objectives. There should be
frank consultations between us--with all the cards face up on the
table--in final search for mutual understanding. Now, if ever, we must
say what we mean and mean what we say. Out persistent offer of an anti-
Nazi alliance clearly proves our own good faith.
We cannot fail to back up the President at such an hour--even though
many critical details remain to be settled in consultation with the
Congress.
Meanwhile, we must review our own foreign policy in other directions and
make it consistently effective. We must proceed with calm but determined
patience to deal with practical realities as they unfold. We must either
take or surrender leadership.
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[March 22, 1947]

MARCH 22, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MARCH 22, 1947, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 37:
Aiken Flanders Reed
Baldwin Gurney Revercomb
Ball Hawkes Smith
Brewster Ives Taft
Bridges Jenner Thye
Brooks Kem Tobey
Bushfield Knowland Vandenberg
Butler Langer Watkins
Cain Malone Wherry
Donnell McCarthy White
Dworshak Millikin Wiley
Ecton Moore Young
Ferguson

Absent 14:
Bricker Cordon Robertson
Buck Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Capehart Lodge Williams
Capper Morse Wilson
Cooper Martin

The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who said that the Conference had
been called primarily at the instance of Senators McCarthy and Bricker
on the question of sugar controls. He said that he felt it should be
fully discussed and a policy adopted thereon. He stated that so far as
the legislative program for next week was concerned, the Calendar would
be called and the Lilienthal nomination presented as soon as possible.
He stated that there were two or three minor matters that should be
passed in a reasonable period of time and that Senators Hickenlooper and
Knowland were agreeable to this policy so that the Lilienthal
nomination, once taken up could be continued without interruption. He
asked if there was any objection to House Joint Resolution 18, now on
the Calendar relating to rubber and Senate 918 relative to Selective
Service records. There being no objection he expressed the hope that
they could be passed on the call of Calendar. He asked concerning the
I.R.O. Resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 77, to which Senator
Vandenberg responded that there was no fixed dead line for the passage
of the resolution, but that the Army had to make its plans prior to July
1. He also stated that an agreement so far had not been reached
concerning the language of an amendment pertaining to immigration.
Senator Taft suggested that if I.R.O. was not passed on the call of the
Calendar, and if Senator Revercomb wanted to make a speech thereon that
Resolution would be taken up after the call of the Calendar. Senator
Taft stated that legislation relating to wool had to be settled by April
15, to which Senator Aiken replied that the Agriculture Committee would
start hearings on the legislation next Wednesday and that hearings would
shortly be started on import controls. Senator Taft stated that he had
introduced bills to continue controls on specific items; that it was his
opinion that controls should only be continued where they are needed and
that specific legislation should be introduced relating to those
particular subjects. He stated that he would abide by whatever is worked
out as to fats and oils, freight cars, tractors and other extension
legislation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who asked concerning H.R. 2102,
which provides for the extension of the farm labor supply program to
which Senator Aiken responded that Senator Kem had asked that hearings
on the subject be printed and even though the dead line was not until
June 30, the legislation should be brought up as soon as possible.
The Chairman recognized Senator Flanders for the purpose of discussing
S.J. Res. 58, relating to the distribution and pricing of sugar. The
Senator explained the resolution in detail and stated the reasons of the
Committee for recommending the legislation.
The Chairman asked if there were any other proponents to speak and
Senator Tobey responded that he reserved the right to speak later if
necessary.
The Chairman then recognized Senator McCarthy who spoke on behalf [of]
S. 869 which was introduced by himself and Senator Bricker which
decontrolled sugar imediately. The Senator spoke of the amount of sugar
available from all sources together with its present distribution and
allocation and answered many questions which were interposed.
The Chairman recognized Senator Butler who said that decontrol must be
made at some time, and that he hopes the Senate would adopt the House
Resolution on the subject.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wiley who said that it was evident that
between now and March 31 there would not be an agreement reached and he
spoke of his appearance before the Policy Committee recommending
extension of controls for a three months period so that all difficult
matters could be worked out.
The Chairman asked that he be excused in order that he might attend
another meeting, and he stated that so far as he could see no policy
could be reached at this meeting on the subject of sugar. He requested
that Senator Young preside.
The Secretary, Senator Young, took the chair.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hawkes who said that he thought that
rent control would be discussed at todays meeting, and he spoke of a
news item which stated that the Policy Committee had killed his
legislation on the subject relating to a flat 10% increase. He said that
he had told Senator Taft how he felt about the matter, and after
explaining his bill he asked that an open mind be kept.
The Chairman recognized Senator Flanders who expressed the opinion that
it would be bad for the Republican Party if all controls were taken off
sugar as there would be no free market.
The Chairman recognized Senator Tobey who said that he proposed to offer
an amendment to the legislation which provided that any excess would be
given to the housewives, to which Senator Wherry replied that he hoped
the Committee would be able to increase the allocation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ball who expressed the hope that a
compromise might be worked out, and Senator Brewster expressed the same
sentiments.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 12:20 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference April 9, 1947

[signed] J. Mark Trice

SECRETARY FOR THE MAJORITY
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[April 12, 1947]

APRIL 12, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR APRIL 12, 1947, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 31:
Aiken Hawkes Robertson
Baldwin Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Ball Ives Smith
Brooks Jenner Taft
Bushfield Kem Thye
Cain Lodge Vandenberg
Capehart McCarthy Watkins
Capper Millikin Wherry
Dworshak Moore Wiley
Ecton Morse Young
Flanders

Absent 20:
Brewster Donnell Reed
Bricker Ferguson Revercomb
Bridges Gurney Tobey
Buck Knowland White
Butler Langer Williams
Cooper Malone Wilson
Cordon Martin

The Chairman announced, that in accordance with Paragraph 5, of the
Republican Conference Rules the following eight members were appointed
to serve as the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee: Ex-Senator
Townsend, Chairman, Senators Capehart, Cain, Flanders, Kem, Martin,
Watkins and Young. He stated that the previous membership of the
Committee had comprised five members, but that it had been inadequate
geographically, and that he thought eight would better serve the
purpose. Upon motion made and duly seconded the membership of the
Committee as announced by the Chairman was confirmed by the Conference.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the Conference was to consider
the Labor Bill now before the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, and
he recognized Senator Taft.
Senator Taft stated that the theory in drafting the present legislation
was to start with the Case Bill as a basis. He said that the question of
the Labor issue had arisen in the last election, that there was a
feeling that the New Deal was prejudiced as to labor, and that there had
been somewhat of a commitment on the part of the Republicans to
legislate limiting the rights and privileges of labor leaders. He said
that the labor leaders had acted solely on the theory to further the
welfare of union men which had led to boycotts and racketeering; that
their acts had been legalized by the Clayton-LaGuardia Act, and that the
Wagner Act had created further injustices. He said that it is clear that
we do not want to throw the balance of power to the employer, and that
two things were essential (1) to see that there is some equality of the
bargaining power and (2) we do not intend to destroy the right to strike
which must be preserved. He said that the purpose of the bill was to
prevent specific abuses and injustices which have arisen under the law
and to place some responsibility on the part of labor; that while the
larger companies can handle themselves the smaller ones are subject to
abuse. He analyzed the bill which he said contained approximately 150
Amendments to the Wagner Act and spoke on the six titles in the bill
which are as follows:
1. Amendments to the Wagner Act.
2. Federal Mediation Service
3. Monopolistic Practices of Labor Organizations

(a) Restrictions on union welfare funds and on the check-
off of union dues.
(b) Prohibition of certain types of boycotts and
jurisdictional strikes.
(c) Providing for suability of labor organizations.
(d) Registration of labor organizations and requirement
that financial statements be furnished to members.

4. Recess Study by Joint Committee of Senate and House.
5. National Emergencies Created by Labor Disputes.
6. Definitions.
He stated that seven members out of thirteen on the Labor Committee, in
his opinion, wanted a milder form of bill, and that the question to be
decided was whether there should be one bill or several separate bills
presented to the Senate on the subject of labor. He expressed the
opinion that it would be easier to handle one bill in the Senate and
stated that the House decided to proceed on the one bill theory; also
that the program as outlined by the Committee had been designed to
accomplish four things (1) equality and labor peace (2) industry wide
bargaining (3) prohibit all boycotts and jurisdictional strikes and (4)
to outlaw the closed shop.
The Chairman recognized Senator Smith who expressed the opinion that in
order to get some kind of constructive legislation more than one bill
should be introduced, and he stated that to do otherwise would be to
invite a Presidential veto.
The Chairman recognized Senator Morse who said that he thought it unwise
to urge an omnibus bill. He stated that it was definite that the one
bill would be vetoed, that the Congress would be unable to pass it over
the veto, and that by passing separate bills the President would have to
sign some legislation on the subject of labor. He stated that it would
be possible to enact into the law, amendments to the Wagner Act and
check off reform.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ives who expressed the opinion that
labor legislation should be taken out of politics, that the President
should be consulted to see how far he would go, and that the final
objective should be ``labor peace.''
The Chairman recognized Senator Saltonstall who said that he personally
would favor the divided bills as against one bill, and that the Country
wants some improvement in the present labor legislation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Aiken who said that he was for a
division otherwise there would be no legislation; that he would vote to
divide the bill in Committee and against uniting them on the floor; that
the Morse-Ives provision could be passed over a veto, and that by a
series of bills something could be obtained.
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg who said that if the House
passed one bill and we pass a series of bills the result would be
unsatisfactory. Both Houses he said should proceed on the same theory,
that from a standpoint of debate a division might be preferable, but
fundamentally we should agree with the House on a common procedure.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ball who stated that the House is
determined to have one bill, that the Senate should start out with one
bill, that in his opinion the President would veto any amendments to the
Wagner Act and the Case Bill provisions, and that he would sign only a
measure dealing with mediation features.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jenner who said that the House had
already agreed upon one bill, and that there was no reason to see the
President as he had already stated his position in his message to
Congress and through his Secretary of Labor and the Chairman of the
National Labor Relations Board. He said that the decision will be made
by Congress passing a fair, just and equitable bill and then having the
President veto it.
The Chairman recognized Senator Capehart who said that he was for one
bill, and the only reason for one to oppose the presentation of the
matter as a whole was because of opposition to certain provisions
therein.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who expressed the opinion that it
would be easy to handle the matter in one bill and that less time would
be consumed; that labor is all one problem and that while he would like
the situation to be outside of politics, it cannot be taken out as it is
already there. He said that every New Dealer and Democrat wants a
divided bill. He stated that while Senator Ives says he does not want to
sabotage the bill, in every possible way he is fortified not only by the
Democrats but by Senators Aiken and Morse. He said that should the
Committee decide to proceed on separate bills he would have no other
alternative but to offer a substitute on the Floor.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hawkes who said that there was not one
thing in the bill which would injure labor and that the people expected
Congress to write labor legislation and not the President.
The Chairman recognized Senator Flanders who expressed the opinion that
the will of the Senate could be brought out better by passing separate
bills.
The Chairman recognized Senator Baldwin who said that in order to elect
a Republican President in November '48 that we must give up individual
views; that the people are holding the Republican leadership responsible
and that the people themselves want some kind of labor legislation.
The Chairman said that it was highly desirable to have agreement with
the House, but that it was not always easy to proceed and to get a
reconciliation of viewpoint. He spoke of the pending Conference on the
budget legislation and the current tax bill.
The Chairman recognized Senator Morse who said that the Congress should
present to the President a series of bills with a majority of Democrats
represented, and that he felt certain that the Democratic Members of the
Committee would sign the Majority Committee report. He said that there
would not be teamwork on the part of some of the Republican Members, and
that there should be a vote on the merits before one on procedure.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ball who said that if the position of
Senators Morse, Aiken and Ives was sustained the Majority would be
yielding to a minority position in the matter.
The Chairman recognized Senator Thye who expressed the opinion that if
we hold to individual views we will be divided before we get the bill on
the Floor of the Senate, and he expressed the hope that the matter would
come out of the Committee with one view.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wherry who criticized the three bill
procedure and said that we must foreclose our own ideas for teamwork.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who moved that the Conference
recommend that the labor legislation be handled in one bill. The motion
was duly seconded and the Chairman asked the Members present to raise
their hands for and against. The Chairman made the following
announcement: 21 hands were raised in favor of the motion, and 7 hands
against it.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 12:30 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference May 5, 1947

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority

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MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE CHAIRMEN OF THE
VARIOUS STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE
UNITED STATES SENATE CALLED BY THE CHAIRMAN,
SENATOR STYLES BRIDGES

April 25, 1947
The meeting was called to order at 11:30 a.m. in the District of
Columbia Committee room, Senate Wing of the Capitol.

Present: Senators Bridges, Buck, Capper, Wiley, Aiken,
Brooks, Wherry, and Revercomb.
Absent: Senators Gurney, Tobey, Langer, Millikin,
Vandenberg, White, Taft, Butler, Brewster and Hickenlooper.
Also invited to be present as Chairmen of the Special
Committees:
Senators Wherry, Brewster, and Hickenlooper.

The Chairman called the meeting to order and said that he had invited
Honorable George M. Fay, United States District Attorney, to be present
to inform the members of procedure relating to the process of subpoena
and contempt cases.
Mr. Fay addressed the meeting in respect to the various factors
involved, and said that he would submit to Senator Wiley an analysis of
his talk, which the Senator said he would edit and have printed as a
Public Document.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 12:10 p.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority

Approved:

[signed] Styles Bridges

Chairman
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[May 8, 1947]

MAY 8, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MAY 8, 1947, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 42:
Aiken Gurney Robertson
Ball Hawkes Saltonstall
Brewster Hickenlooper Smith
Bricker Ives Taft
Bridges Jenner Thye
Brooks Kem Vandenberg
Buck Knowland Watkins
Bushfield Langer Williams
Butler Lodge Wilson
Cain Malone Young
Cordon Martin
Donnell McCarthy
Dworshak Millikin
Ecton Moore
Ferguson Morse
Flanders Revercomb

Absent 9:
Baldwin Cooper Wherry
Capehart Reed White
Capper Tobey Wiley

The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who said that he wished to speak
concerning the program for the rest of the session. He called attention
to the recent action of the Policy Committee giving priority to certain
legislation and expressed the opinion that the Congress should adjourn
for the Session in conformity with the intent of the La Follette-
Monroney Law. He said that while there were a number of important
matters still before the Congress particular emphasis should be placed
at this time on an affirmative program insofar as legislation was
concerned relating to Federal assistance. He spoke of the following
bills involving a Federal expansion program:

The Scientific Foundation Bill
The Aid to Education Bill
The Cancer Research Bill
The Stream Pollution Bill
The General Health Program Legislation
Flood Control Authorization
Various Veterans Bills

He read from the Republican Party platform of 1944 concerning the Party
stand on Social Security measures. The Senator said he did not want to
bring up any measure which did not have a majority of Republican votes;
that there should be a floor placed under essential services; that
definite federal standards are necessary in any law to be enacted; that
when setting standards there is a tendency to push them higher, and that
the President is under the domination of the present Social Security
Administration which is under the control of the New Deal setup therein.
He spoke of the Murray-Wagner-Dingell Bill as being the wrong way to
proceed, and spoke of the Republican substitute which would be limited
to people who cannot pay for medical services, with the funds going to
assist the states and only affecting about twenty percent of the people.
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg who spoke concerning his play
for coverage and benefits relating to Social Security and old age
survivors, and said that the Chairman of the Finance Committee would
announce an advisory group to lay the foundation at the next Session of
the Congress on coverage and benefits. He also stated that a program of
Republican intentions was needed.
The Chairman stated that it was his intention as Chairman of the Finance
Committee to do the very thing of which Senator Vandenberg had spoken,
and that preliminary work was being done at this time on it.
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg who then spoke of payroll
taxes, and said that action must be taken at this Session to freeze them
at the present level of one percent, and that legislation should be
included in the pending Tax Bill.
The Chairman said that a resolution on the subject had been introduced
in the House of Representatives, and that it was on the agenda for
careful watching.
The Chairman recognized Senator Young who spoke of the Soil Conservation
program as most important, and said that an affirmative statement should
be made if the Republicans are the author of the original legislation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Lodge who said that it was important
that we have an ample program; that while we are part of the free-
enterprise system there are certain fields which are not reached, and he
said that two things are uppermost in the minds of the people:

(1) High cost of living.
(2) Housing shortage.

The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who said that so far as he was
concerned something must be done to get the Republican Majority on the
Committee for housing legislation, and he doubted whether anything could
be done this session.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ball who said that what was needed was
an investigation to look into the regulations of the building industry.
The Chairman recognized Senator Donnell who said that he had been
requested by Senator Wiley who was absent on official business to
present to the Conference the matter of termination of emergency and
wartime controls. He said that certain controls expire in June and that
some extensions or changes will be necessary. He spoke of four other
matters which should receive attention:

(1) Court martials.
(2) Legal status of women.
(3) Labor relations of courts.
(4) Overlapping of agencies.

He said that legislation on export and import controls must be enacted,
but that the others could go over until the next session.
The Chairman recognized Senator Kem who said that it is necessary to
give the Government back to the people, and that he did not believe in
the philosophy of taxing and spending; that the expenses of government
must be curtailed and a constructive labor program enacted; that the
objections to the housing bill were very substantial, and that we should
not be enacting a lot of New Deal legislation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Malone who said that the CPA had caused
much trouble in his state and that it should be abolished.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who said that he did not think that
the Republican party should take the stand as expressed by Senator Kem,
and that the Federal government does have a place in stimulating the
public welfare.
The Chairman recognized Senator Martin who expressed the opinion that
the majority of the people want a good sound conservative government. He
spoke of the Federal government moving into states and interfering with
private business; that we must have tax relief, a curtailment of
expenditures, reduction of the debt, and a fair labor law. He said that
we should not imitate the New Deal, and that our interest should be to
elect a Republican President in 1948 as it was the only chance for
survival.
The Chairman said that the Finance Committee would very shortly report
the bill on tax reduction, and that he believed the legislation would
meet with the hearty support of all parties. He said that he would call
a conference on the subject because complete harmony would be needed.
The Chairman recognized Senator Thye who agreed with Senator Taft that
welfare and educational programs were needed, and he stated that we
cannot shut ourselves off from a progressive program.
The Chairman recognized Senator Langer who expressed the viewpoint of
the West insofar as REA is concerned. He said that there is a feeling
that the power companies control the Republican party and that it would
be offset by passage of the St. Lawrence waterway legislation which had
original Republican endorsement.
The Chairman recognized Senator Flanders who said that labor legislation
should be written on the statute books; that any surplus should be
applied for debt reduction and taxes; that an effective tax bill should
be worked on in the interim, and that a positive program should be
developed in Federal and state fields and incorporated in appropriate
legislation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dworshak who spoke of the large number
of Federal employees still on the payroll, and that there is a real job
ahead in taking them off the roll in order that we might have economy.
The Chairman recognized Senator Donnell who said that in his opinion the
country has become committed to certain programs; that the country and
the Republican party have gone so far that they cannot now retreat; that
the Government does have power to go into the welfare fields but that it
should not be done by deficit financing.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who presented the following motion:

That the Chairman of the Policy Committee is authorized to
appoint a Committee of Senators for the purpose of
informally meeting with a similar Committee of the House of
Representatives; the said Committee to report to the
Conference with regard to the Republican policy on proposed
legislation requiring an expansion of Federal activity and
expenditure.

After a discussion of the phrasing of the motion by the Chairman,
Senators Saltonstall and Hawkes the motion was agreed to.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 10:55 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference June 5, 1947

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
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[May 16, 1947]

MAY 16, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MAY 16, 1947, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 39:
Ball Ferguson Morse
Brewster Gurney Reed
Bridges Hawkes Revercomb
Brooks Hickenlooper Robertson
Buck Ives Saltonstall
Bushfield Jenner Smith
Cain Kem Taft
Capper Knowland Thye
Cooper Lodge Vandenberg
Cordon Martin Watkins
Donnell McCarthy White
Dworshak Millikin Wiley
Ecton Moore Williams

Absent 12:
Aiken Capehart Tobey
Baldwin Flanders Wherry
Bricker Langer Wilson
Butler Malone Young

The Chairman recognized Senator Morse who requested that before any
unanimous consent agreements are entered into in the future that a
quorum call be had.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who stated that the Senate Rules do
not require a quorum call except where a specific time is fixed for a
final vote on a bill or on a joint resolution, and that the Senate
should abide by the rules.
The Chairman recognized Senator White who stated that he thought the
present procedure bad practice in that quorum calls should be asked for
on all such votes.
The Chairman asked Senator Morse if he wished to have Conference action
on the matter, and that if he was not satisfied with the present
procedure he should think the matter over and request action at a
subsequent meeting. Senator Morse responded that he would leave the
matter up to the Party officers, but believed that quorum calls should
be had on all unanimous consent agreements.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who spoke about the necessity that
the Scientific Foundation Bill receive action today, and spoke about the
postmasters nominations which were the subject of debate on Wednesday,
and he requested that all Senators vote to reject the resolutions
proposed to discharge the Civil Service Committee.
The Chairman requested Senator Vandenberg to assume the chair which he
did, and Senator Millikin was recognized.
Senator Millikin said that he hoped to bring up before the Senate H.R.
1, the Tax Bill on Monday next, and stated that extensive hearings had
been held thereon by the Finance Committee with business
representatives, financial advisors, representatives of the CIO, and
persons representing all shades of opinion testifying thereon. He stated
that the bill had been drafted on a conservative basis and with the
Senate's view in regard to the budget in mind. He said that the
Committee had decided to base its estimate on an estimated payment of
170 billion dollars of income payments; that this was a conservative
figure, and that the estimated revenues would be had even in case of
some business recession. Insofar as expenditures were concerned, he said
that no agreement had been reached with the House as to a sound
reduction goal, and that there appeared to be no alternative but to take
the Senate version. He said he saw no reason for departing from the 4.5
figure. He presented a tabulation from the Finance Committee which
presented an approach to the problem which is attached hereto as exhibit
``A.'' He stated that the House position of fixing the effective date as
January 1, 1947 had been abandoned, and stated that the cost of the
House bill had amounted to 4.8 billions whereby making it effective July
1 there would be a saving of 1.6 billions. He said that the Tax Bill
presented was not an extravagant or an optimistic plan, but that it
would make possible a handsome cushion for contingencies which might
arise.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster who stated that he thought the
Bill a possible remedy for offsetting any depression as it was a
tendency to stimulate business. He spoke of the Treasury estimate of 1.4
surplus in 1947 when the Committee experts arrived at a surplus of 2.4
together with a Treasury estimate in 1948 of 1.4. He asserted that under
any theory the budget will be balanced.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hawkes who commented upon the testimony
of the Treasury officials to the fact that they saw no recession in view
at the present time.
The Chairman recognized Senator Buck who asked if the present Bill gave
any assistance to corporations, to which Senator Millikin replied that a
saving of 3.2 billions was reflected solely in personal income taxes.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hawkes who spoke of the Democrats taking
the position that no tax legislation should be enacted now, and that the
same ones will take that position next January when the same factors are
involved. He stated that it is impossible to figure everything that is
going to happen to us.
The Chairman recognized Senator Millikin who called attention to the
Democratic tax cut in 1945 when something extraordinary was necessary to
meet an extraordinary occasion. He said that the tax cut worked then
when we had the biggest deficit in history. He stated that all knew that
the members of the Finance Committee were conservative, and that the
Bill could be defended as to expenditure and receipts. He stated that
the Democrats were holding a conference this morning to decide on the
question of postponing action on the Bill for 30 days, the same move
having been attempted without success in the Finance Committee. He
stated that the move was purely political in order to get the President
off the limb due to his five billion dollar mistake in estimating
revenues, and in order that the Democrats might be in a position to have
the ball. He warned the Republicans not to be maneuvered into a 30 day
delay. He stated that never in the history of the country had we waited
for appropriation bills to be enacted before enacting tax legislation
and that in the past all tax legislation had been based upon estimates.
He stated that the Democrats wanted to start the Tax Bill as of January
1, 1948, and that if you cannot do it now you certainly would have no
more information available for approval now of something to start in
January. He said that the real battle for the bill would be on their
motion to postpone or to table. By a postponement it would be a play
into their hands and they would carry the ball on January 1. He said
that he believed that they could practically garner a unanimous vote on
their side by being able to hide under their own motion, and that
therefore the Republicans could not afford to lose a vote. He asked if
there was anyone present who would not stand with him on that vote.
The Chairman recognized Senator Thye who asked if the 4.5 expenditure
budget figure was agreed upon what effect it would have upon the western
projects, to which Senator Millikin replied that they should not be
unduly cut, and that was one reason he sponosored the 4.5 agreement
instead of the six billion figure.
The Chairman recognized Senator Morse who stated that he would give the
matter very careful consideration but that he would not commit himself.
However, he assured Senator Millikin that he would keep an open mind.
The Chairman recognized Senator Donnell who said that he could not
commit himself until he had heard all of the debate and it had closed.
The Chairman recognized Senator Millikin who stated that if we cannot
win this fight then it would be necessary to know beforehand so that
other tactics could be developed and he desired to know whether anyone
would support the delaying tactics. He expressed the opinion that he
thought he was entitled to know whether or not any man had serious
doubts.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who expressed the opinion that
Senator Millikin was entitled to be informed, and requested Senators to
advise the Senator by 3:00 o'clock today of their position.
The Chairman recognized Senator Revercomb who stated that the Conference
had never bound anyone and that all Senator Millikin was requesting was
a mere indication of how the Republican Senators felt about the matter.
The Chairman recognized Senator Lodge who stated that the chances were
that he would vote with the Senator, but that he believed it to be wrong
tactics if a procedure was started to settle issues before the debate
took place on the Floor.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ives who stated that the Republican men
now occupied a unique and vital position both from an economic and
political standpoint. He stated that the attitude on the part of the
Democrats had become strictly political and not moral, that serious
consideration should be given to the political maneuvers involved and
that the question of taxes and debt reduction were of primary importance
in his state. He said that he disbelieved in political maneuvers and
would vote for the bill.
The Acting Chairman, Senator Vandenberg, stated that the Senator from
Colorado was not asking that Senators bind themselves by their
commitments, and that there was no doubt in his mind as to the unanimous
attitude of the Democrats who were now meeting, but that the sole
question involved was whether or not the Republicans would face a united
opposition with a united effort in presenting the Tax Bill on Monday. He
stated that as a fraternal obligation the Republican membership owed it
to Senator Millikin to let him know how they felt concerning the matter.
He said that it is a political and not an economic assault which the
Republicans are facing, and stated that the fate and welfare of the
Republican party in the country is up for decision at this time. He
thought that the Chairman of the Finance Committee was not asking too
much in this limited approach to the question that he be informed by the
members.
The Chairman recognized Senator Morse who stated that at no time would
he reveal his position, that he would not presume that a political
strategy was involved until it had developed, and that he considered it
a mistake even within narrow brackets to ask for any binding action.
The Chairman recognized Senator Robertson who stated that the
Republicans should support the party in this matter; Senator Brewster
spoke of the procedure of Senator Lucas in the Finance Committee, and
Senator Taft spoke of [Treasury] Secretary [John W.] Snyder's testimony
before the Committee when he refused to give any estimate for 1948. The
Chairman recognized Senator Millikin who again discussed the Bill, and
said that 49 million individual income taxpayers would benefit under it
with 3.2 billions being put into the pocketbooks of the taxpayers. He
said that as to basic changes for special relief for specific groups and
for other inequities in the present law, that these matters should be
left for a general revenue revision bill to be taken up at the next
Session of Congress. He spoke briefly presenting the picture on
community property exemptions throughout the country.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 11:43 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference June 5, 1947

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

FISCAL YEAR 1948
Probable revenues.......................................... 41.4
Revenue estimated in budget................................ 39.1
Expense estimated in budget................................ 37.5
Senate expense limit....................................... 33.0
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Probable surplus........................................... 8.4
Less Senate tax cut........................................ 3.2
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Application on debt and contingencies...................... 5.2
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Suppose failure to meet budget cut......................... 1.0
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Application on debt and contingencies...................... 4.2
Suppose failure in revenue................................. 1.0
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Application on debt and contingencies...................... 3.2
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[May 29, 1947]

MAY 29, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MAY 29, 1947, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 31:
Baldwin Hawkes Robertson
Ball Hickenlooper Taft
Bricker Ives Thye
Brooks Jenner Vandenberg
Buck Knowland Watkins
Bushfield Langer Wherry
Cain Lodge White
Cordon Martin Williams
Ecton Millikin Wilson
Ferguson Moore Young
Gurney

Absent 20:
Aiken Donnell Reed
Brewster Dworshak Revercomb
Bridges Flanders Saltonstall
Butler Kem Smith
Capehart Malone Tobey
Capper McCarthy Wiley
Cooper Morse

The Chairman thanked the Republican Membership for standing superbly by
during the tax fight and said that important votes would now be coming
up from day to day and that he hoped all would endeavor to be present at
all times.
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg who stated that he wished to
chat as frankly as he knew how about the four peace treaties on the
Executive Calendar. He spoke with particular emphasis on the Italian
Treaty and said that it was quite necessary to conclude consideration of
the Treaty by June 29. He asked that the membership not decide their
votes on the Italian-American sentiment in this country and spoke of the
favorable vote of the Foreign Relations Committee in reporting out the
Treaties, 13 to 0, its previous approval by the Council of Foreign
Ministers, of the Peace Conference, the President of the United States,
the Secretary of State of the United States and the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. He informed the membership of all of the aspects
involved, including reparations, the withdrawal of troops and the
situation to be faced if there is a postponement or failure of the
Treaty to pass.
Questions were asked by Senators Wherry, Taft, Hickenlooper, Watkins,
Langer, Bricker and Hawkes.
Senator Vandenberg concluded with a statement that all phases of the
Treaties, its various aspects and all answers would be presented in his
speech to the Senate on the subject.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 11:37 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference June 5, 1947

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority

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[June 23, 1947]

JUNE 23, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN FOR JUNE 23, 1947, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.
The Chairman, Senator Millikin, requested Senator Bushfield to preside
as Acting Chairman, due to his required attendance at a Committee
meeting.
The Acting Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call
the roll. The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 39:
Aiken Ferguson McCarthy
Baldwin Flanders Millikin
Brewster Gurney Morse
Bricker Hawkes Revercomb
Bridges Hickenlooper Robertson
Brooks Ives Saltonstall
Bushfield Jenner Smith
Butler Kem Taft
Cain Knowland Thye
Capper Langer Vandenberg
Cordon Lodge Watkins
Dworshak Malone Wherry
Ecton Martin Young

Absent 12:
Ball Donnell White
Buck Moore Wiley
Capehart Reed Williams
Cooper Tobey Wilson

The Acting Chairman stated that it was his understanding that the
Conference had been called for the discussion of matters generally, and
he recognized Senator Taft who said that the schedule for the next few
days would be, after the Labor vote is concluded, to consider the Second
Deficiency Bill with a call of the Calendar to follow. The Succession
Bill would continue to be the unfinished business, and that thereafter
the Dooley nomination would be considered, with the Unification bill to
follow.
He said that the committee of Senators appointed to meet with a similar
committee from the House would again consider the legislative program
for the remaining six weeks of the Session, next week. He also stated
that by July 1, legislation on Export-Import Controls and extension of
the Second War Powers Act must be passed.
The Vice-Chairman recognized Senator Gurney who said that there were
three important bills before the Armed Services Committee which would be
reported favorably this week.
Senator Bridges reported on the status of Appropriations Bills.
Senator Baldwin raised the question concerning the appointment of the
Senators who will comprise the Joint Committee created under the terms
of the Labor Act. It was stated that under the terms of the law the
seven Senators would be appointed by the President Pro Tempore, and that
they must be members of the Labor and Public Welfare Committee.
Senators Flanders, Lodge, Revercomb and Thye agreed with Senator Baldwin
that great care should be exercised in choosing these men in order that
an impartial Committee would be named.
A general discussion ensued by Senators Taft, Aiken, Hawkes, Ives, and
Hickenlooper as to the workability of the Labor legislation.
Senator Langer requested that he be advised should any Senator not wish
confirmation of any Postmaster now pending before his Committee.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 11:12 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference June 30, 1947

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
------------------------

[July 8, 1947]

JULY 8, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JULY 8, 1947, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 41:
Aiken Dworshak Moore
Baldwin Ecton Reed
Ball Ferguson Revercomb
Brewster Flanders Robertson
Bricker Gurney Saltonstall
Bridges Hawkes Taft
Brooks Jenner Thye
Bushfield Kem Vandenberg
Butler Knowland Watkins
Cain Langer White
Capper Malone Wiley
Cooper Martin Williams
Cordon McCarthy Young
Donnell Millikin

Absent 10:
Buck Lodge Tobey
Capehart Morse Wherry
Hickenlooper Smith Wilson
Ives

The Chairman stated that the Conference had been called primarily for
Senator Brooks so that he could make some observations on the
Agriculture Appropriation Bill.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brooks who explained the various items
involved in the legislation and spoke on six items in particular. They
are as follows: AAA, REA, School Lunch, Tenant Loans, Production and
Sustenance Loans and Meat Inspection. After explaining the various
items, he requested Senators to let him know how they felt concerning
the various cuts and restorations. The following Senators interposed
opinions and questions: Senators Thye, Aiken, Revercomb, Bridges,
Williams, Donnell, Reed and Brewster.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who offered a resolution, which
was adopted, expressing the sense of loss at the passing of Mrs.
Elizabeth M. Ives. A copy of this resolution is attached as Exhibit
``A.'' He also suggested that a floral offering be sent on behalf of the
Republican Senators.
The Chairman recognized Senator Kem who requested that serious
consideration be given to the appointment of a Special Committee to
Investigate the Kansas City vote frauds, and that action be taken before
the present Congress adjourns.
The following Senators expressed opinions in the matter: Senators
Donnell, Ferguson, Bricker, Brewster and Watkins.
The Chairman informed the Membership that the Tax Bill would be before
the Senate on Thursday next and requested all Members to be present
during its consideration.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 12 noon.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference July 15, 1947

[not signed] Secretary for the Majority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

80th Congress
1st Session

Senator Styles Bridges offered the following resolution in
the Republican Majority Conference on Tuesday, July 8,
1947, which was adopted by unanimous action:

Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken
from our colleague, the Honorable Irving M. Ives, his
beloved wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Minette Skinner Ives,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in
the United States Senate of the Honorable Irving M. Ives,
express our sense of loss at the passing of his wife, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted
to the Honorable Irving M. Ives, that he may be assured of
our deep respect for him and of our condolences to him in
this hour of his bereavement.

Attest:

Chairman
Secretary

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MINUTES OF THE REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE LUNCHEON MEETING
HELD IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING, JULY 22, 1947

Senator Capehart presided. Senator Kem, Watkins, Young and Martin,
members of the committee were present. Senator Cain, member of the
committee, appeared briefly at the meeting. Also present were William
Murphy, Publicity Director for the Republican National Committee and
Senator Kenneth Wherry.
Following the opening of the meeting Senator Capehart, in compliance
with instructions from the committee at a previous session, submitted an
allocation of states to each member of the 1948 campaign. The
allocation, unanimously approved, is as follows:
Senator Cain--Oregon, Montana, Idaho
Senator Flanders--New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island
Senator Kem--Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa
Senator Martin--Delaware, New Jersey, West Virginia
Senator Young--Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska
Senator Watkins--Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado
Senator Capehart--Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan
Each Senator is also supplied with a list of the states in which
Senatorial elections will be held in 1948 and a list of the incumbent
Republican Senators subject to election in 1948.
Following a discussion on allocation of states, Senator Capehart read a
transcript from the minutes of the policy committee and Majority
Conference Committee held April 26, 1947, reading in part as follows:
``On motion of Senator Millikin and without objection it was agreed that
the jurisdiction of the Senate Campaign Committee be enlarged to include
public information on the Republican position on pending legislation.''
Following the reading of the transcript and discussion thereon Senator
Watkins made a motion which was unanimously agreed to that the Senate
Republican Campaign Committee accept from the National Republican
Central Committee a publicity man who will be under the direction of the
Senate Republican Campaign Committee and who shall have an office in the
Senate Office Building.
It was also agreed unanimously, upon motion of Senator Watkins, that
each Senate member of the campaign committee name an administrative
assistant or secretary from his office to act on a supplementary
committee to the principal Senate campaign committee for the purpose of
assisting in disseminating proper publicity for the 1948 Senatorial
campaign.
It was also agreed that each member of the committee to whom states have
been allocated shall contact the state chairman and national
committeeman in each of the states allocated to him, advising the
chairman and committeeman of the action of the Senate campaign committee
and that he stands ready to assist in any way in the 1948 campaign.
Immediately following the meeting Senator Kem named Eugene G. Lewellen
to the committee of secretaries and Senator Young named John O. Hjelle
to the committee. Senator Watkins made the temporary appointment of
Kleon Kerr to the committee and Senator Capehart named Charles L.
Egenroad to the committee with instructions to Mr. Egenroad to call a
meeting of that committee before adjournment of this Session of
Congress.
Copies of these minutes were ordered sent to each member of the Senate
Campaign Committee and to National Republican Chairman, Carroll Reece.

[signed] Homer E. Capehart

Vice Chairman

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[November 21, 1947]

NOVEMBER 21, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR NOVEMBER 21, 1947, IN ROOM
335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 37:
Aiken Dworshak Revercomb
Baldwin Ferguson Robertson
Ball Flanders Smith
Brooks Hawkes Taft
Buck Ives Thye
Bushfield Kem Tobey
Butler Knowland Vandenberg
Cain Martin Watkins
Capehart McCarthy Wherry
Capper Millikin White
Cooper Moore Wiley
Cordon Reed Young
Donnell

Absent 14:
Brewster Hickenlooper Morse
Bricker Jenner Saltonstall
Bridges Langer Williams
Ecton Lodge Wilson
Gurney Malone

The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who offered a resolution for
Senator Bridges, expressing the sympathy and condolence of the
Conference to Senator Tobey on the passing of his wife, Mrs. Francelia
Lovett Tobey. A copy of the resolution, as adopted, is attached hereto
as Exhibit ``A.''
The Chairman addressed the Conference with a plea for teamplay.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bushfield who stated that the three
candidates recommended by the Republican Personnel Committee for the
position of Chief Clerk and Reading Clerk were present and requested
that they appear for an audition.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who moved that a majority vote
be required for the selection for the office. The motion was seconded
and agreed to.
The following candidates appeared before the Conference and made a brief
statement as to their background and gave a demonstration of their
reading ability:

Mr. Edward E. Mansur, Jr.
Mr. Raymond W. Bellamy
Mr. Ray Nedrow

After a discussion concerning the availability of other candidates and
the possibility of obtaining some outstanding person for the position,
the Chairman then recognized Senator Watkins, who moved that a decision
in the matter be postponed until the next Republican Conference. The
motion was seconded and agreed to.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bushfield who stated that the Republican
Personnel Committee had recommended the following changes relating to
Senate Pages:

(1) That Pages shall not be appointed younger than 14 years
or remain in office after the age of 17 years; also to be
eligible for appointment a Page must have completed the
Eighth Grade of school.
(2) That the knickerbocker trousers and black stockings now
being worn by the Pages be discarded in favor of long pants.

The Chairman asked if there was any disagreement as to the
recommendations and there was none.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wiley who asked if Proxy voting in the
Conference was permissible.
The Chairman ruled that in his opinion it was not desirable and he would
hold that it was not permissible but that if somebody cared to make a
motion he would be pleased to entertain it.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who said that the Policy Committee
had recommended that the first order of business be the Interim Aid
Bill, Senate Bill 1774. He proceeded to analyze the ten points set forth
in the President's recent address to the Congress. He stated that the
Joint Committee on the Economic Report was already working on the
several phases of the matter and that his Committee in conjunction with
the other standing Committees would hold the necessary hearings on the
various phases.
The Chairman recognized Senators Flanders and Baldwin who spoke of
recent hearings held by a Sub-Committee to Investigate the High Price of
Consumer Goods.
Senator Baldwin analyzed the report which the Committee had recently
submitted.
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg who spoke on the Interim Aid
Bill and said that it was essentially a relief measure as against the
long-range Marshall Plan, which would be a reconstruction bill. He asked
for as prompt action as possible on the measure.
The Chairman recognized Senator Cooper who gave an analysis of the
recent election result in Kentucky.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 12:50 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference November 24, 1947

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

80th Congress
1st Session
Senator William F. Knowland (for Senator Styles Bridges) offered the
following resolution in the Republican Majority Conference on Friday,
November 21, 1947, which was adopted by unanimous action:
Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from our
colleague, the Honorable Charles W. Tobey, his beloved wife, Mrs.
Francelia Lovett Tobey,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the United
States Senate of the Honorable Charles W. Tobey, express our sense of
loss at the passing of his wife, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the
Honorable Charles W. Tobey, that he may be assured of our deep respect
for him and of our condolences to him.
Attest:

Chairman
Secretary

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[December 3, 1947]

DECEMBER 3, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR DECEMBER 3, 1947, IN THE
MARBLE ROOM AND THE SENATE CHAMBER.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 34:
Aiken Ferguson Reed
Baldwin Gurney Robertson
Bricker Hawkes Saltonstall
Bridges Hickenlooper Smith
Brooks Ives Taft
Bushfield Kem Vandenberg
Cain Lodge Wherry
Capper Martin White
Cooper McCarthy Williams
Cordon Millikin Young
Donnell Moore
Ecton Morse

Absent 17:
Ball Flanders Thye
Brewster Jenner Tobey
Buck Knowland Watkins
Butler Langer Wiley
Capehart Malone Wilson
Dworshak Revercomb

The Chairman recognized Senator Bushfield, Chairman of the Republican
Personnel Committee. Senator Bushfield spoke of the work of the
Committee in screening the thirty-nine applicants for the position of
Chief Clerk and Reading Clerk of the Senate and said that his Committee
had recommended the following three candidates:

C. A. Bottolfsen
W. Herbert Lamb
Edward E. Mansur, Jr.

The Chairman recognized Senator Donnell who spoke in behalf of candidate
Bellamy and moved that the Conference add to the list of the three names
submitted by the Republican Personnel Committee the name of Mr. Bellamy.
After a discussion of the motion the Chairman put the question and the
motion was rejected.
The above mentioned candidates appeared before the Conference and gave a
brief resume of their past experience after which they gave an audition
in the Senate Chamber.
The Chairman announced that in accordance with the previous action of
the Conference that a majority vote of the members present would be
necessary to elect.
Ballots were distributed to those Senators present and the Chairman
announced the following result:

Mansur--19
Bottolfsen--11
Lamb--0

The Chairman congratulated Mr. Mansur, Jr., on his election, and
extended words of thanks to Messrs. Bottolfsen and Lamb.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:20 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference December 4, 1947

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
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[December 13, 1947]

DECEMBER 13, 1947
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN FOR DECEMBER 13, 1947, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 33:
Aiken Ecton Morse
Brewster Ferguson Reed
Bricker Flanders Robertson
Brooks Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Bushfield Ives Smith
Butler Kem Taft
Cain Knowland Thye
Capehart Lodge Watkins
Cooper McCarthy Wiley
Cordon Millikin Wilson
Donnell Moore Young

Absent 18:
Baldwin Gurney Revercomb
Ball Hawkes Tobey
Bridges Jenner Vandenberg
Buck Langer Wherry
Capper Malone White
Dworshak Martin Williams

The Chairman recognized Senator Robertson who spoke of a printer's error
in the listing of the Republican membership on the Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry, whereby the name of Senator Kem was placed
above that of Senator Thye. Senator Robertson stated that when the
Committee on Committees acted, Senator Thye had been placed on the list
above Senator Kem because the former had been the Governor of his State.
The Chairman recognized Senator Kem who questioned the precedent which
had been followed by the Committee on Committees whereby in the case of
equal qualifications of Senators-elect for Committee service,
consideration was given to their previous service in the Senate,
previous service in the House of Representatives or previous service as
Governor of a State.
The Chairman recognized Senator Robertson who made the following motion
which was seconded and agreed to ``That the error in the listing of
Republican Members on the Committee of Agriculture and Forestry be
corrected.''
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who stated that he was presenting a
draft only of a statement of Republican policy which had been previously
approved by the Republican Policy Committee. He suggested that the
statement be issued by the Policy Committee rather than by the
Conference. He read the proposed statement and explained the various
provisions and policies therein.
The proposed statement was considered line by line and many changes were
mutually agreed upon.
Senator Aiken moved that the word ``bureaucratic'' in paragraph 2, on
Page 2 be stricken. The motion was not agreed to.
Senator Brooks moved that paragraph 6, on Page 3 read as follows:
``Support a voluntary program to eliminate waste in the use of grain and
food.'' The motion was agreed to.
The Chairman stated at the conclusion of the meeting that the statement
would be issued by the Republican Policy Committee with the approval of
the Republican Conference.
There is attached hereto as Exhibit ``A'' copy of the approved statement
of Republican policy.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 1:50 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference December 15, 1947.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

STATEMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE AUTHORIZED BY
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE.

We are deeply concerned over the steadily rising prices. Already,
these prices impose great hardship and suffering on many families. We
are equally concerned because so many individuals and groups are seeing
excessive gains. If the spiral continues the ultimate adjustment may be
drastic, threatening a serious depression. We must adopt immediately
policies which will stabilize prices, and encourage the raising of lower
incomes up to the new price level.
Many committees of Congress under Republican leadership have been
studying the causes of rising prices and the sound methods of preventing
further increase. In particular, three subcommittees of the Joint
Committee on the Economic Report have held hearings in the East,
Midwest, and far West, and all committees have been meeting steadily
since our return three weeks ago.
The present condition, while growing out of the Second World War, has
assumed dangerous proportions because of the policies of the
administration which has controlled this Government for the past fifteen
years--the policy of first restricting production, of devaluing the
dollar, of deficit spending, of exporting unnecessarily goods essential
for our own economy, and now of tremendous government expense and
corresponding taxation reflected in the price of every product bought by
40,000,000 families. The administration now seeks to impose controls on
the effects of inflation while it continues to encourage the conditions
which cause inflation.
We believe that the sound approach is to strike at the fundamental
causes of inflation rather than permit these causes to go on operating
and then vainly attempt to prevent the inevitable results by arbitrary
bureaucratic controls. Such controls have failed in time of peace to
remedy the causes of inflation wherever they have been tried.
Furthermore, the primary solution is to increase production and, since
this is a slow process, to curtail unnecessary spending in the meantime,
particularly that brought about by credit expansion for nonproductive
purposes.
The program on which our committees are now working may be stated in
general terms as follows:
1. Encourage the increase of production as rapidly as feasible.
2. Eliminate nonessential Government expenses, and reduce debt and
taxes.
3. Restrict exports, particularly to countries which have not suffered
the devastation of war. This means an extension of the Export Control
Act for another year. Legal power to restrict exports has existed for
the past year, but deliberate Administration policy has permitted
practically unlimited export, so that $10,000,000,000 of goods and
services have left this country without any corresponding imports. This
is one of the principal causes of the rise in prices. Most of these
exports have gone to countries outside of Europe.
4. Discourage further increase of bank credit for nonproductive uses.
The Administration has failed to use effectively the power which it has
had to restrain bank credit. The Administration's representatives are in
disagreement today as to the method of carrying out the President's
recommendation. We must not act without the most careful consideration,
particularly since it affects the proper management of our huge national
debt. Our committees are still studying this problem and will report at
the regular session.
5. Discourage undue increase of consumer credit.
6. Support a voluntary program to eliminate waste in the use of grain
and food.
7. Support a general program to encourage all those in a position to
do so to save more.
8. Authorize the President to enter into temporary voluntary
agreements with industries to limit inventories and authorize
priorities, so as to remove bottlenecks in the production of vital
commodities. If it appears that voluntary controls are inadequate to
meet specific problems we will consider the granting of authority to
meet such particular problems.
9. Extend rent control for another year, making such adjustments as
are required to give just treatment to tenants and owners alike.
10. Give authority to the extent necessary to prevent improper and
excessive speculation on commodity exchanges.
Under the foregoing program we shall attempt at this special session
to pass the following legislation:
1. A bill (a) extending for another year the export control power;
(b) extending for another year the control of transportation;
(c) to permit temporary voluntary agreements on inventories and
priorities.
2. An appropriation bill to provide funds where necessary to carry out
recommended programs.
The definite working out of the foregoing program will be done by the
committees of Congress which have initiated it under Republican
leadership; and specific legislation dealing with phases of the general
program which it has not been possible to study completely will be
considered at the regular session.
The present administration has failed to stimulate the initiative and
other elements of individual freedom which have made our country the
strongest, our people the happiest and freest on the face of the earth.
We intend to do our best to give those principles of freedom another
chance to operate for the greater benefit of all, with only such
restraints as the Government must impose to make them operate wisely.

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF CHAIRMEN OF THE
VARIOUS STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE
UNITED STATES SENATE CALLED BY THE CHAIRMAN,
SENATOR STYLES BRIDGES

January 9, 1948
The following Senators were present:
AikeLanger
BridMillikin
BrooRevercomb
BuckTobey
Gurney

The following Senators were absent:
ButlWiley
Vandenberg

Also present was Senator Donnell who represented Senator Wiley.
The meeting was called to order on January 9, 1948, at 10:00 a.m. in
room 335 of the Senate Office Building.
The Chairman, Senator Styles Bridges, called the meeting to order and
stated that he had called it at the suggestion of Senator Taft in order
that a general over-all picture might be obtained as to which important
matters were now pending before the various committees, and what the
committees would have in the way of general business for the next two
months.
A general discussion took place concerning the postponement of the
Legislative Budget, but no definite action was taken. There seemed to be
general agreement that the time for the filing of the report should be
postponed for six weeks or longer.
The various Chairmen were asked to give the important matters now before
their respective committees and the legislation pending before those
committees is as follows:
AGRICULTURE

1. Long Range Agriculture Program
2. Federal charter for the Commodity Credit Corporation
APPROPRIATIONS

1. Budget Postponement
2. Request for House to speed up consideration of appropriation bills
ARMED SERVICES

1. Retirement Bill
2. Universal Military Training
3. Air Force
4. Resignation of graduates of Academies
5. Construction Bill for Services
BANKING AND CURRENCY

1. Price Control, Rationing and Allocation
2. Rent Control
3. Housing
4. Eccles Bank Plan
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

1. Home Rule (House to get first)
EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

1. Investigation of the Reorganization Act
2. New Department of Health, Education and Welfare
FINANCE

1. Tax Bill
2. Reciprocal Trade and ITO
3. Social Security
FOREIGN RELATIONS

1. Marshall Plan
2. St. Lawrence Seaway
3. Voice of America
4. China
INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

1. Radio Bill
JUDICIARY

1. Displaced Persons
2. Foreign Wives
3. Anti-Lynching
4. Jennings Bill--venue relating to claims
5. Tidelands--Hearings start February 23
6. Anti-monopoly
7. Changes in Patent, Trademark and Copyright Laws
8. Japanese Internees
9. Constitutional Amendments:
A. Uniform divorce
B. Improvements in Judicial Machinery
10. Codification Bills
LABOR

1. FEPC
2. Health
3. Minimum Wage Hour
POST OFFICES

1. Pay increase
2. Cafeteria hearings
3. Appointments of Postmasters--extension of filing report to March
31, 1948
PUBLIC LANDS

1. Statehood for Hawaii
2. Statehood for Alaska
3. 160 acre limitation bill
4. Reclamation and power projects
5. Colorado River
PUBLIC WORKS

1. Federal Aid to Road System
2. Rivers and Harbors
3. Senate Office Building (See House)
4. Advance Planning for Public Building
5. Investigation of TVA income return
RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

1. Poll Tax
2. Maryland and West Virginia Contest Cases
3. Changes in Hatch Act
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 11:10 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary of the Majority

Approved:

[signed] Styles Bridges

Chairman

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MINUTES OF THE REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE LUNCHEON MEETING
HELD IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING, JANUARY 16, 1948

Senator Homer E. Capehart, Vice-Chairman of the Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee, presided at a luncheon meeting in the Vandenberg
Room.
Senator Capehart had as his guests for the luncheon the following
members of the Committee: Senators Watkins, Young, Kem, Flanders, and
Cain. Senator Martin, the remaining member of the Committee, was absent
from the city.
Also guests at the luncheon were the following Senators whose positions
are subject to the election this year: Ball, Bridges, Buck, Bushfield,
Capper, Brooks, Dworshak, Ferguson, Hawkes, Moore, Revercomb, Robertson,
Wilson, Wherry, and Saltonstall.
Also present was Mr. John Townsend, Chairman of the Committee, and Mr.
Charles Ellis, Senate publicity man. The following members of the Senate
Secretarial Campaign Committee were also present: Charles L. Egenroad,
Chairman, Charles Kapnic, Secretary, and Arthur Burgess.
Senator Capehart opened the discussion by advising those present that
the Senatorial Campaign Committee expected to do all in its power to
elect Republicans to the Senate in the coming election and urged those
who had ideas, which they believed would be of value, to the Committee,
to feel free in voicing them.
Mr. Ellis was introduced by Senator Capehart with the explanation that
Mr. Ellis stands ready to be helpful in any way he can in the Campaign.
After explaining that the Senate Campaign Committee, nearly a year ago,
had created a Secretarial Campaign Committee existing of one male staff
member from each Committee Senator's office, Senator Capehart said that
three of the Secretarial Committee members were asked to attend the
meeting to explain a suggestion which that Committee had unanimously
adopted. Senator Capehart said the suggestion would be in the form of a
motion picture campaign project and asked Mr. Egenroad, who is a member
of Senator Capehart's staff, to open the presentation.
Mr. Egenroad said that the Secretaries Committee had made a preliminary
study of a 16 mm. motion picture program showing the record of the 80th
Congress. He said the Secretaries Committee had given unanimous approval
of recommending a suggested program to the Senate Campaign Committee and
pointed out that distribution of the series of films might be
accomplished through Young Republican Organizations in all states.
He also said that the Secretaries Committee investigation disclosed that
many films are already available showing many phases of the
Congressional record which would be considered highly acceptable to such
a program. Mr. Egenroad advised the Senators that the cost of such a
program could not be estimated until a more thorough study was made of
the type of films sought and the prepared film which would be available
at rental figures or without charge.
He then introduced Mr. Kapnic, who stressed the value of a visual
education campaign program and pointed out that word has been received
that Democrats have already embarked on such a program.
He intended that the availability of projection machines for 16 mm.
films among Young Republican Organizations would greatly reduce the cost
of such a program.
Mr. Burgess [cited] the numerous Congressional issues, on which
background film is available or could be made available stressing the
efforts of the 80th Congress. Among possible film subjects outlined by
Mr. Burgess were reclamation projects, cost of government, causes of
high prices and animated exhibits disclosing exceptional statistical
advantages to the Republican cause.
Senator Capehart expressed his extreme interest in such a program and
called upon the opinions of all those Senators present. In the informal
discussion which followed, it was apparent that each Senator felt that
the suggested program had merit.
Upon the entertainment by Senator Capehart, a motion was made by Senator
Bushfield that the idea of a 16 mm. motion picture program be submitted
immediately to the National Committee with a recommendation that it be
thoroughly studied and a reply made to the Senate Campaign Committee in
two weeks.
Senator Capehart was given a vote of thanks for the luncheon and for his
enthusiasm in the campaign and the meeting was adjourned.

[signed] Homer E. Capehart

Vice Chairman
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[January 26, 1948]

JANUARY 26, 1948
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 26, 1948, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 36:
Aiken Gurney Revercomb
Baldwin Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Brewster Ives Smith
Bridges Jenner Taft
Brooks Kem Thye
Bushfield Knowland Tobey
Butler Langer Watkins
Cooper Lodge Wherry
Cordon McCarthy Wiley
Donnell Millikin Williams
Dworshak Morse Young
Ecton Reed
Ferguson

Absent 15:
Ball Capper Moore
Bricker Flanders Robertson
Buck Hawkes Vandenberg
Cain Malone White
Capehart Martin Wilson

This being the first Conference of the Session, the Chairman greeted
those members present, and said that the main purpose of the meeting was
to discuss the budget and tax reduction. These subjects were considered
at several joint meetings attended by the members of the Majority Policy
Committee and the Republican leaders of the House of Representatives. He
asked that, with the permission of the Conference, the minutes show that
at the request of Senator Bridges two experts were present to assist the
Senator in his presentation.
The Chairman then called on Senator Bridges who informed the Conference
as to all aspects pertaining to the budget. Senator Bridges recommended
that the Senate agree with the House in the submission of a budget
figure by February 15th, and, also, that the Reorganization Act be
amended in regard to the mechanics of arriving at a budget figure.
The Chairman asked if all were in agreement that they proceed to do the
best they can to work out amendatory budget legislation. There was no
objection.
The Chairman asked if there would be any objection to a budget cut of
not less than 2.0 billions. After discussion he re-phrased his question
and asked if all were in agreement that the Senate Members of the Joint
Budget Committee should proceed to meet the various views expressed on
the subject with a determination to reach a budget figure which could be
supported on a conservative basis. There was no objection.
The Chairman stated that last year the Republicans were in unanimous
agreement that the national debt for the fiscal year 1948 should be
reduced by 2.6 billions, and asked whether it might be assumed that it
is the sense of the Conference that the leadership proceed on the same
theory for the fiscal year 1949. There was no objection.
The Chairman stated that so far as a tax bill was concerned, he did not
intend to report a bill until it could be completely defended on the
Senate Floor. He asked if there was any objection to his stating to the
press that no division existed between the Republican Members of the two
Houses of Congress as to the need of tax reduction legislation. There
was no objection.
In response to a statement by Senator Dworshak that the civilian
personnel of the Executive Departments of the Government should be cut
10%, Senator Hickenlooper said that the Chairmen of the various standing
Committees of the Senate should assume the responsibility of reporting
to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations such economies which
they believe can be made in the departments under the jurisdiction of
those committees.
The Chairman congratulated Senator Hickenlooper for the fine job which
he is doing as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.
Senator Kem made the following motion which was approved; that it is the
sense of the Conference that the Chairman of each of the various
standing Committees carry forward the idea expressed by Senator
Hickenlooper and pass on the information to the Chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations.
Senator Taft suggested that George Smith, Secretary of the Majority
Policy Committee, prepare and send a letter to the various Chairmen in
this respect.
Senator Taft stated that the Senate would meet on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays, and that the week of Lincoln's birthday the Senate would
meet on Monday and Thursday; that legislation on rent control, the
extension of the Second War Powers Act and the budget, would have to be
copleted prior to February 29.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:50 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference February 4, 1948

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
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[March 18, 1948]

MARCH 18, 1948
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MARCH 18, 1948, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:00 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 32:
Aiken Flanders Smith
Ball Hawkes Taft
Brewster Hickenlooper Thye
Bricker Ives Tobey
Brooks Kem Vandenberg
Buck Knowland Watkins
Butler Langer Wherry
Capehart Malone Wiley
Cordon Martin Williams
Ecton Millikin Young
Ferguson Reed

Absent 19:
Baldwin Dworshak Revercomb
Bridges Gurney Robertson
Bushfield Jenner Saltonstall
Cain Lodge White
Capper McCarthy Wilson
Cooper Moore
Donnell Morse

The Chairman stated that the primary purpose of the meeting was to
consider the Tax Bill, H.R. 4790. He explained the various provisions of
the bill and spoke of the political problems which confronted the
Republicans during its consideration. He requested that the Republicans
take a unified position on the following amendments which were likely to
be presented by the Democratic minority: (1) A substitute proposal to
limit tax reductions to $4.0 billion; (2) An amendment relating to the
repeal of the tax on oleomargarine, and (3) An amendment to restore the
excess profits tax. The Chairman pointed out that a vote against any
oleomargarine amendment would not be a vote on the merits of the
subject. The Chairman also stated that if the fiscal situation
permitted, a bill relating to obnoxious excise taxes might be presented
later in the Session.
Questions were asked of the Chairman by various Members concerning the
various provisions in the bill.
The Chairman requested that he be permitted to have a poll taken by the
Secretary for the Majority on the various amendments involved. There was
no objection.
The Chairman stated that he would extend to Senator Donnell, the
sympathy of the Conference on the death of his mother.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:25 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference March 22, 1948

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
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[April 9, 1948]

APRIL 9, 1948
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR APRIL 9, 1948, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:00 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present: 30
Aiken Ecton Reed
Baldwin Ferguson Saltonstall
Ball Hawkes Taft
Bricker Hickenlooper Tobey
Bridges Ives Vandenberg
Brooks Jenner Watkins
Bushfield Knowland Wherry
Cordon Langer White
Donnell McCarthy Wiley
Dworshak Millikin Young

Absent 21:
Brewster Flanders Morse
Buck Gurney Revercomb
Butler Kem Robertson
Cain Lodge Smith
Capehart Malone Thye
Capper Martin Williams
Cooper Moore Wilson

The Chairman recognized Senator Taft, who stated that the purpose of the
Conference was to ascertain the position of the Republican Majority as
to which one of the three Civil Rights Bills should be considered first
by the Senate, and that the Policy Committee believed it to be a matter
for the Conference to decide. He stated that, in his opinion, the Senate
should dispose of any military legislation first before they encountered
the Civil Rights bills. He said that he had received a number of
individual requests to bring up FEPC [Fair Employment Practice
Committee], the Poll Tax Bill, and the Anti-Lynching bill, and he
suggested that the Conference decide which should come up first, with
the further suggestion that after the legislation is taken up, a poll be
taken as to cloture thereon.
The Chairman suggested that a ballot be taken by the Members present,
and asked if there was any discussion.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ives who spoke in behalf of his FEPC
Bill.
Senator Brooks spoke on the Poll Tax Bill which is now before his
Committee.
Senator Wiley and Senator Ferguson spoke on the Anti-Lynching Bill.
Senator Donnell was recognized and made inquiry as to the provisions in
the Republican Platform of 1944, relating to these issues.
The Chairman read the statements in the Platform concerning these
matters.
After discussion, the Chairman stated that there was apparently a
division of opinion as to all three bills, but assumed that the
Conference wished to proceed with one of them. He stated that if there
was no objection to such a determination, those Senators present would
be asked to so designate their choice by marking a ballot passed by the
Secretary.
There was no objection, but Senator Donnell suggested that should the
Poll Tax Bill receive the number one choice, a small group should first
consider the question as to whether or not the legislation should take
the form of a bill or by means of a Constitutional Amendment.
A secret ballot was taken and the Chairman announced the result as
follows:

Anti-Lynching Bill--13
Poll Tax Bill--7
do--By Constitutional Amendment--2
FEPC--2
Blank ballots returned--4

The Chairman stated that by the decision of the Conference, the Anti-
Lynching Bill would be taken up first by the Senate.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wiley who made inquiry concerning
legislation relating to displaced persons, and he along with Senator
Donnell asked that it be taken up as soon as possible.
Senator Taft stated that a Policy Committee meeting had been called for
Thursday next, to give this legislation further study.
Senator Bricker was recognized and made inquiry concerning any
Republican policy relating to Presidential appointments.
After a discussion of the matter, the Chairman stated it was his
understanding that we are to have no fixed policy, but that judgment
should be used in the individual cases. There was no objection.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:26 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference April 20, 1948

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority

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[June 10, 1948]

JUNE 10, 1948
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HON. EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JUNE 10, 1948, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:00 a.m.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with, but the following Senators
were present:

Aiken Ferguson Reed
Baldwin Flanders Revercomb
Ball Gurney Robertson
Brewster Hawkes Saltonstall
Bricker Hickenlooper Smith
Brooks Ives Taft
Buck Kem Thye
Butler Knowland Tobey
Cain Langer Vandenberg
Capper Malone Wherry
Cooper Martin White
Cordon Millikin Wiley
Donnell Moore Williams
Dworshak Morse Young

The following Senators were absent:
Bridges Ecton McCarthy
Bushfield Jenner Watkins
Capehart Lodge Wilson

The Chairman said that he wished to talk to the Members of the
Conference about the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1948. He
explained the provisions of the bill as it passed the House and the
changes made by the Committee amendment approved by the Senate Finance
Committee. He stated that after consultation with the Members of the
House he was informed that the House would not accept an unconditional
extension of the present act for any period, but that they were
agreeable to accepting the bill as reported by his Committee. He stated
that, in his opinion, if the Committee amendment did not carry, then the
Reciprocal Trade Act would expire. He also stated that while the
Committee amendment did not please everybody, it was the very best
legislation that could be enacted at this time.
Technical questions were asked of the Chairman concerning various phases
of the present act and of the suggested legislation, but no opposition
was expressed to the Committee version.
After an inquiry was made as to the attendance at the Saturday session
it was decided that Monday would probably be the best day for a vote on
the measure.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who spoke of the legislative
problems confronting the Senate and the possibility of not being able to
adjourn for the Session on the 19th. He listed those important measures
which are now pending on the calendar.
After a discussion of the matter, Senator Taft stated that on Monday a
reappraisal would be made of the legislative situation and a decision
made at that time.
The Chairman then stated that he assumed that it was agreeable with the
Members present for the Policy Committee to decide on the closing date
of this Session. There was no objection.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:50 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference June 10, 1948

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
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[July 28, 1948]

JULY 28, 1948
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HON. EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JULY 28, 1948, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 9:00 a.m.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with, but the following Senators
were present:

Aiken Gurney Reed
Baldwin Hawkes Revercomb
Ball Hickenlooper Robertson
Brewster Ives Saltonstall
Buck Jenner Smith
Butler Kem Taft
Cain Knowland Thye
Capehart Langer Tobey
Capper Lodge Vandenberg
Cooper Malone Watkins
Cordon McCarthy Wherry
Donnell Millikin Wiley
Ecton Moore Williams
Ferguson Morse Young

The following Senators were absent:
Bricker Bushfield Martin
Bridges Dworshak White
Brooks Flanders Wilson

The Chairman stated that the purpose of the Conference was to discuss
the question of policy to be followed at the Special Session. He stated
that it was necessary for the Congressional Leaders to make some kind of
a statement because the Members of the House would not have a conference
until Thursday; that constant demands were made upon them by the press
and radio, and that Governor [Thomas E.] Dewey [of New York] had made it
clear that he did not think Congress should meet and immediately
adjourn. A copy of the statement which was released late the day before
for use in the morning papers is attached hereto as Exhibit ``A.''
The Chairman asked that Senator Taft be recognized in order to explain
the contents of the statement.
Senator Taft read the statement and commented thereon as follows: That a
two week limitation had been originally stated for the duration of the
Session but that the Leaders of the House thought that no definite time
should be stated; that so far as high prices were concerned, legislation
might be considered concerning increasing deposits against Federal
Reserve notes and additional legislation relating to consumer credit;
that the House showed no disposition to change its views on housing
legislation but that some corrective legislation might be introduced in
that respect; that he regretted that no consideration had been given to
civil rights legislation at the previous Session; that he felt inclined
to file a cloture motion on the motion to take up the Poll Tax Bill, and
that later it might be wise to shift from the Poll Tax legislation to
the Saltonstall Resolution, amending Rule 22, relating to cloture and
state that it would be the first order of business at the next Session.
Several Senators expressed regret that the statement had been released
before approval by the Conference but after a general discussion, the
consensus of opinion seemed to be that under the circumstances, it was
better for the statement to have been issued prior to the Conference
meeting.
Suggestions were made that something else be taken up besides the Poll
Tax Bill, but after discussion, it seemed logical that the Poll Tax
legislation would be more appropriate.
Several opinions were expressed for immediate adjournment.
The prevailing opinion was that something should be done so far as
prices and housing were concerned.
After a full discussion, it was generally agreed that the legislative
procedure should be left in the hands of the Leadership.
The Chairman outlined to the Conference what he would say to the press
at the conclusion of the meeting which was as follows: That the Senate
would start consideration of the Poll Tax Bill, and that the Republicans
intend to pursue it to a final decision; that the various Committees
will study every recommendation made by the President, with a view of
reporting to the Senate their recommendations; that only matters of
national importance and of an emergency character and which could be
processed within the limited time available would be considered; that no
appropriations or nominations would be considered; that the Calendar
would not be considered; that all of the Republican Members were in
agreement as to the general policy outlined and that an effort would be
made to adjourn the Session as soon as possible.
There being no objection to the statement of the Chairman and no further
business, the meeting adjourned at 12:05 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference July 29, 1948

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

THIS STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS OF THE SENATE AND
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITH A VIEW TO ITS PRESENTATION TO THEIR
RESPECTIVE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCES FOR CONSIDERATION

1. This session was called by the President not because this is an
``extraordinary occasion'' as required by the Constitution, but solely
as a political maneuver in the campaign for his own reelection, and to
add zest to an otherwise discouraged political convention. It was called
without consultation with the leaders of Congress, after Congress had
adjourned with the full acquiescence and approval of the minority
leaders.
2. The call involves no reference to the critical situation in foreign
policy in which no emergency action is requested of the Congress.
3. Serious legislative problems cannot be satisfactorily handled in the
midst of a political campaign. Legislation should be a deliberative
process, and every important measure should be debated from the
viewpoint of the public interest. In the Eightieth Congress our debates
have been remarkably free of partisan argument. The Eightieth Congress
enacted a tremendous program of foreign and domestic legislation and
completed all routine and emergency matters generally recognized as an
extraordinary record of accomplishment. Few realize that Federal
legislation today covers such a wide field of subjects that only a
fraction can be properly studied and handled in any one year. It would
take at least 6 months to give proper consideration to the President's
program. We agree with Senator Barkley's statement made in the Senate a
month ago before politics entered the situation:

I have done what I could to cooperate with the majority in
bringing about an adjournment because I think if we sit here
until after the convention, or if we sit here between the
conventions, or after the two conventions, the entire time
of the Congress will be taken up with political bickering
and political legislation and political oratory and I do not
want that to be brought about. I want to finish what we can
finish and adjourn the Congress, and I have tried my best to
cooperate with the leaders on the other side to bring about
an adjournment.

4. The President's quarrel with the Eightieth Congress is not its
failure to enact legislation, but a fundamental difference in government
philosophy between the President and Congress. The President would fix
wages, fix prices, expand Government spending, increase Federal taxes,
socialize and nationalize medicine and generally regiment the life of
every family, as well as agriculture, labor and industry, and his
proposals would create an annual budget which could not be less than
$60,000,000,000 which would make inflation inevitable and permanent. The
Congress believes that progress must be made and all our problems solved
within the principles of liberty, equality and justice to all men which
guided this country for 150 years. This difference has resulted in a
constant conflict, resulting in many vetoes by the President, and
frequent action overriding his vetoes. Constructive legislation which
the President did not dare to veto, has been criticized and attacked by
him. It is difficult and dangerous to work out great public problems
without the slightest cooperation from a hostile President. The only way
this fundamental difference can be resolved is by vote of the people at
the November election.
5. In the President's program there is very little of an emergency
nature. Most of the social welfare legislation proposed is of a
permanent character which can be considered more thoroughly next winter.
The Democrats controlled Congress for 14 years, professing the greatest
interest in social welfare legislation. Now they say that they failed to
deal adequately with social security, education, health, and housing and
blame the Republicans for not enacting the program they failed to enact
during 14 years.
6. We believe, therefore, that this session should be limited to a short
period as suggested by the President himself, and our efforts will be
devoted to completing the session as soon as possible. We shall
carefully examine all of the President's recommendations to determine
whether there are any matters which can be dealt with promptly on an
emergency basis. We do not intend to consider routine legislation or
open the Pandora's box of the legislative calendar. The Senate does not
intend to consider nominations. We do not intend to make any substantial
additions to the huge appropriations already provided for the
administration which already threaten the continuance of a balanced
budget, and would add to the fires of inflation.
7. According to present intentions, the program for the first week will
include Senate consideration of the anti-poll tax bill already passed by
the House in order that there may be a proper opportunity for all to
vote in the November election. During the first week also the committees
of both Houses will give consideration to the President's anti-inflation
proposals to determine whether there are any additional powers which
might be helpful in dealing with high prices, and which the Executive
does not already have.
The present situation has been brought about largely by the
administration's policies in encouraging and failing to prevent vastly
excessive exports, inflating the debt and currency before and during the
war, encouraging general patterns of wage increase on the theory that
they would not increase prices, failing to use their powers to restrain
bank credit, and spending vast amounts of Government money for every
kind of project, competing for labor and materials with private
industry. It is our view that the restoration of OPA, subsidies, price
control, wage control, and rationing, the police state methods decried
by President Truman himself, would only make the situation worse, create
black markets, and check the increase in production which is the only
ultimate solution. The President already has wide powers to check
inflation if he were willing to use them. He has power to cut the amount
of Government spending in many fields, to limit Government purchasing in
those fields where commodities are short, to limit bank credit and limit
consumer credit.
During the first week also, committees of both Houses will give further
consideration to the housing problem and any proposals in respect
thereto. Much already has been done to solve that problem. Stimulated by
the legislation adopted by the Eightieth Congress, a million new
dwelling units are being constructed this year, and their construction
practically exhausts the materials and labor available for the purpose.
This is more than twice the number of dwelling units constructed when
the Truman administration, with every emergency power and millions of
subsidy funds, was fumbling with the situation. We are deeply concerned
with a long-range program increasing still further the number of homes
to be constructed, but such a program involves serious complications and
differences of opinion which cannot be dealt with adequately at this
special session.
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[August 4, 1948]

AUGUST 4, 1948
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HON. EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR AUGUST 4, 1948, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:00 a.m.
The calling of the roll was dispensed with, and the following Senators
were present:

Aiken Ferguson Moore
Baldwin Flanders Morse
Ball Gurney Reed
Brewster Hawkes Revercomb
Bricker Hickenlooper Robertson
Bridges Ives Saltonstall
Brooks Jenner Smith
Butler Kem Taft
Cain Knowland Thye
Capper Langer Tobey
Cooper Lodge Vandenberg
Cordon Malone Watkins
Donnell Martin Wherry
Dworshak McCarthy Wiley
Ecton Millikin Williams
Young

The following Senators were absent:
Buck Capehart Wilson
Bushfield White

The Chairman stated that the Republican Policy Committee at a meeting on
yesterday had reviewed the legislative situation and had decided that a
Conference of Republican Senators should be called to decide the next
legislative step as well as canvass the situation in general.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft for an analysis of the legislative
situation. Senator Taft said that the Senate Committees were proceeding
with their work according to schedule, and that all parliamentary moves
had been made on the Poll Tax Bill. He stated that he was willing to
admit that the filibuster cannot be broken within a reasonable length of
time, and that we should be ready to proceed with any anti-inflationary
legislation on Friday. He spoke of Senator Wherry's conversation with
Senator [Richard B.] Russell [, Jr., Democrat of Georgia] concerning the
constitutional amendment approach to the Poll Tax issue, and was of the
opinion that we should refuse to make any deals with those engaging in
the filibuster. He said that the House was going ahead with legislation
on the anti-inflation program dealing with the extension of Regulation W
and control of consumer credit, also including a provision increasing
the gold reserve, and giving authority to the Federal Reserve Board to
increase bank reserves by three percentage points. On the question of
final adjournment, he said that we should aim at adjournment on Tuesday
of next week rather than this Saturday in order to have the weekend to
work out any details. He spoke of the possibility of action on the Equal
Rights Amendment.
There was discussion pro and con as to the constitutional-amendment
approach to the poll tax subject.
The Chairman recognized Senator Vandenberg who spoke of the
worthlessness of the present Cloture Rule and stated that for national
safety it should be changed. He asked for a special study of the Senate
Rules with a view to changing them so that the Senate can function at
all times.
The Chairman recognized Senator Lodge who made the following motion
which was seconded by Senator Knowland and agreed to:

That the Chairman of the Conference appoint a Committee
whose duty it shall be to make a study of the Senate Rules
in their bearing on cloture and recommend appropriate
changes therein, and that the said changes in the rules
shall be the first order of business in the January Session.

The Chairman announced the appointment of the following committee:

C. Wayland Brooks (Chairman) William E. Jenner
Kenneth S. Wherry John W. Bricker
Bourke B. Hickenlooper Irving M. Ives
William F. Knowland Homer Ferguson
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Leverett Saltonstall

In answer to a question by Senator Robertson, Senator Taft stated that
the way out of the present legislative situation was for the Senate to
adjourn today.
The Chairman then stated that, if there was no objection, the Poll Tax
Bill would be set aside and the Senate adjourned when it had completed
its business for the day. There was no objection.
There was discussion pro and con as to any changes to be made in the
Displaced Persons Act.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ferguson who raised the question as to
whether or not his Committee should press the issue of obtaining records
from the Executive Branch of the Government. The consensus of opinion
was that the decision should be left to the Committee.
The Chairman asked if there would be any objection to his stating to the
Press that it was the intention to adjourn as soon as possible in an
orderly fashion on Saturday, but if not then early next week. There was
no objection.
The Chairman recognized Senator Baldwin who asked as to what action the
Republicans intended to take on Price Controls. He asked that some
action be taken either by the appointment of a Special Committee or at a
Special Session in November.
The Chairman stated that without objection he would state to the Press
that it was the sense of the Conference that the Senate Committees
having jurisdiction should give instant attention to the subject of high
prices. There was no objection.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 12:40 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference August 6, 1948.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
Eighty-first Congress (1949-1951)

[Editor's Note: Not only did President Harry S. Truman unexpectedly
win reelection in 1948 but the election also returned Congress to
Democratic control, with 54 Democrats to 42 Republicans in the Senate
and 263 Democrats to 171 Republicans and one independent in the House.
When the new Congress convened, the Republican Conference set about
revising its rules and elected Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska as its new
floor leader to replace Wallace White, who had retired at the end of the
Eightieth Congress. Although challenged by Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.,
Robert Taft easily won reelection as chairman of the Republican Policy
Committee.
The use of filibusters to block civil rights legislation continued to
plague the Senate. A committee of the Conference considered ways to
revise the cloture rule to make it easier to end a filibuster. But, as
finally adopted in a compromise form after itself being filibustered,
the new rule actually made it more, rather than less, difficult to
achieve cloture, since it required a vote by two-thirds of all senators
rather than the previous two- thirds of senators present and voting.
In foreign policy 1949 saw the founding of the North American Treaty
Organization (NATO), with U.S. participation, to guarantee the mutual
defense of its member countries. When North Korea invaded South Korea in
June 1950, President Truman sent United States troops to defend the
South under the aegis of the United Nations without asking Congress to
declare war. Also in 1950, as the cold war deepened, Republican Senator
Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin began charging that the State Department
and other government agencies had been infiltrated by Communists. His
excesses led Maine Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith to deliver
her famous ``Declaration of Conscience'' speech in the Senate,
concluding with a statement denouncing McCarthy's ``selfish political
exploitation of fear, bigotry, ignorance, and intolerance,'' in which
she was joined by six other members of the Republican Conference.]
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[January 3, 1949]

JANUARY 3, 1949
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 3, 1949, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:15 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 42:
Aiken Hendrickson Reed
Baldwin Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Brewster Ives Schoeppel
Bricker Jenner Smith (Me.)
Bridges Kem Smith (N.J.)
Butler Knowland Taft
Cain Langer Thye
Capehart Lodge Tobey
Cordon Malone Vandenberg
Donnell Martin Watkins
Ecton McCarthy Wherry
Ferguson Millikin Wiley
Flanders Morse Williams
Gurney Mundt Young

There were no absences.
At the request of the Chairman, the Secretary read the Conference notice
which had been previously delivered to all of the Republican Senators. A
copy of the notice is attached hereto and marked Exhibit ``A.'' There is
also attached hereto a copy of the amendment proposed by Senators
Brewster, Butler, and Bricker which is marked Exhibit ``B,'' the
amendment proposed by Senator Morse, marked Exhibit ``C'' and there is
further attached as Exhibit ``D'' an amendment to the Republican
Conference Rules proposed by Senator Knowland which had been previously
distributed by him to the Republican membership.
Senator Knowland, at the Conference, proposed two amendments to the
amendment offered by Senators Brewster, Bricker and Butler which are
attached hereto as Exhibits ``E'' and ``F.'' The amendment of Senator
Knowland marked Exhibit ``F'' was later modified by him to read ``six''
in lieu of ``seven'' and ``twelve'' in lieu of ``fourteen,'' where those
words appear in the amendment.
The Chairman suggested a temporary Conference organization.
It was moved, seconded and unanimously agreed that Senator Eugene D.
Millikin should act as temporary Chairman and that Senator Milton R.
Young should act as temporary Secretary.
The temporary Chairman assumed the Chair.
The Chairman invited attention to copies before each Senator of the
existing rules and of the amendments ``B,'' ``C'' and ``D'' and stated
that it was his understanding that Senator Knowland would propose two
additional amendments, ``E'' and ``F.'' He stated that each of the
amendments related to Article I of the Conference Rules; that in his
opinion the various amendments could be resolved into a series of simple
issues which could be voted on and that then a style committee could be
appointed to bring in a draft reflecting amendments which might be
adopted. The Chairman stated that in his opinion it would be better to
proceed in that way rather than to try to work on each amendment by
itself or to use one of them as a working nucleus.
The Chairman read Rule VII and stated that under his interpretation of
this rule, the proposed amendments served as vehicles for consideration
of their subject matters and that the Conference was free to do as it
pleased regarding the subject matters thus brought before it. There was
no objection to this interpretation of the rule.
Senators Brewster, Morse and Knowland then explained their respective
amendments.
The Chairman stated that it seemed to him relevant that he advise the
Conference how he would rule if question arose on certain provisions of
the existing rules and of the proposed amendments. He stated that he
would rule (1) that all of the proposed amendments except ``E'' would be
construed as entirely prospective; (2) that under the existing rules the
Chairman of the Policy Committee is not an ex officio member of that
body; that he is appointed as a member of the Policy Committee by the
Chairman of the Conference (subject to the confirmation of the
Conference); that since under the present rules a member so appointed to
the Policy Committee cannot serve more than four consecutive years, the
term of the Chairman of the Policy Committee is necessarily limited in
the same way and that under the present rules the Chairman of the Policy
Committee during the 80th Congress, having served four consecutive years
as a member of the Policy Committee, was no longer eligible as an
appointed member of that committee and, therefore, no longer eligible as
its Chairman; (3) that under the custom of the Conference secret ballots
are taken only in cases where conference members are involved in a
contest requiring a vote for decision.
Senator Brewster then made the following motion--``That the Chairman of
the Policy Committee shall be elected by the members of the
Conference.'' After discussion, the motion was passed by acclamation.
The Chairman then referred to the Knowland amendment (Exhibit ``E'')
prescribing limitations with retroactive effect upon the term of service
of the Chairman of the Policy Committee.
Senator Cain then moved that a secret ballot be taken on all issues
submitted to the Conference as a result of the proposed amendments and
on all elections required by the Conference in cases where there were
contests between members. After discussion, a record vote was taken and
the motion was lost by a vote of 16 to 25.¹
The Knowland amendment (Exhibit ``E'') was then brought before the
Conference for action and after discussion it was defeated by a record
vote of 13 to 29.
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votes taken.]
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Senator Brewster then moved--``that no limitation of service be
applicable to the Chairman of the Policy Committee.'' After discussion
the motion was carried by a record vote of 29 to 13.
The Chairman stated that action should be had on the size of the Policy
Committee.
Senator Brewster moved that this committee shall consist of eleven
members including the ex officio and other members.
Senators Morse and Knowland whose amendments (``C'' and ``D'')
contemplated a nine man committee stated that an eleven man committee
was acceptable to them and without objection the motion of Senator
Brewster was agreed to.
Senator Langer then moved that the 42 Republican Senators comprising the
Conference Committee be the Policy Committee. The motion was defeated by
voice vote.
The Chairman then stated that the next order of business was to
determine who should be the ex officio members of the Policy Committee.
Senator Brewster moved--``that the following list officers be ex officio
of the Policy Committee:''

Chairman of Conference
Floor Leader
Whip
Chairman of Policy Committee

After discussion during which it was pointed out that neither the Morse
amendment ``C'' or the Knowland amendment ``D'' included the Chairman of
the Policy Committee as a member ex officio and that the Knowland
amendment ``D'' included the Secretary of the Conference as a member ex
officio, Senator Morse stated that it was agreeable to him to include
the Secretary of the Conference as an ex officio member of the Policy
Committee and Senator Knowland asked that his amendment be modified to
include the Chairman of the Policy Committee.
Senator Brewster modified his amendment to include the Secretary of the
Conference as an ex officio member of the Policy Committee and his
motion, as so modified, was agreed to without objection.
The Chairman then stated that the next order of business was the manner
of choosing members of the Policy Committee other than those ex officio.
Senator Knowland's amendment on the subject (Exhibit ``F'') then came
before the Conference for action. Senator Morse stated that he would
withdraw that part of his amendment relating to the selection of the
members of the Policy Committee other than those ex officio by the
Committee on Committees, and that he would support the Knowland
amendment. After discussion the Knowland amendment was defeated by voice
vote.
Senator Brewster then moved--``that the Chairman of the Conference shall
nominate six Republican members to constitute the Policy Committee
(other than the ex officio members) with the understanding that the
Conference could confirm or reject the nominations thus made in whole or
in part, or substitute the names of other nominees; also that within 24
hours after the selection of a Chairman of the Conference each Senator
may submit to the Chairman a list of six members suggested for
nomination for members of the Policy Committee.''
After discussion of the motion by Senator Brewster it was agreed to by
voice vote.
Senator Cain then moved ``that whenever 25% of the entire membership of
the Republican Conference so desires, a secret ballot shall be had on
any matter calling for a vote.''
The motion was defeated by a record vote of 21 to 21.
Senator Morse then moved that whenever there is a contest in the
Conference between members requiring a vote for decision, it shall be
decided by secret ballot. The motion was agreed to by voice vote.
The Chairman then stated the next question to be decided was the term of
office of the Policy Committee. He put the question, shall the term of
office of a member of the Policy Committee be for two years. By voice
vote this was decided in the affirmative.
The Chairman then put the question, shall the term of office of a member
of the Policy Committee, other than ex officio, be limited to four
consecutive years and that after such consecutive service, no such
member shall be eligible for further service in such capacity until
after the expiration of an interval of two years. By voice vote this was
decided in the affirmative.
Senator Taft then moved that Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg be nominated
on the floor of the Senate as the Republican candidate for President Pro
Tempore of the Senate. On motion of Senator Lodge, the nomination was
closed and Senator Taft's motion was unanimously agreed to, with Senator
Langer on his own request being considered as absent.
Senator Bridges proposed and the Conference approved the following slate
of Republican elective officers:

Carl A. Loeffler for Secretary
Edward F. McGinnis for Sergeant-at-Arms
Reverend Peter Marshall for Chaplain
J. Mark Trice for Secretary to the Minority

Senator Bridges was instructed to do the necessary things to secure
action on the slate at the first session of the Senate.
Senator McCarthy presented a resolution of condolence which was
unanimously adopted by the Conference on the death of Mrs. May Jenkins
Wiley, a copy of which is attached hereto.
At the suggestion of the Chairman, the Conference passed a resolution of
condolence on the death of Senator Harlan A. Bushfield, a copy of which
is attached hereto.
The Chairman appointed Senator Guy Cordon as a committee of one to draft
Article I of the Republican Conference rules to reflect the amending
action taken by the Conference. The Chairman requested Senator Cordon to
confer on questions which might arise in the performance of his task
with the sponsors of the various amendments and with Mr. George H.E.
Smith, Staff Director of the Policy Committee.
There being unfinished business and because of the convening of the
Senate at 12 noon, the Chairman recessed the Conference until 3 p.m.
The Conference recessed at 11:45 a.m.

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The second session of the Conference was called to order by the Chairman
at 3:10 p.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary to call the roll. The Secretary
announced that the entire Republican membership of 42 was present.
The Chairman recognized Senator Reed who asked for a reconsideration of
the vote whereby the Knowland amendment was previously rejected. This
amendment related to the selection of the members of the Policy
Committee by ballot. On a record vote, the motion for reconsideration
was defeated by a vote of 18 to 24.
The Chairman read a draft of Section I of the Republican Conference
Rules as submitted by the Style Committee and after several minor
corrections, it was moved ``That the draft as read and amended be
adopted.'' The motion was approved by a record vote of 30 to 12.
The draft as approved is as follows:
I.

At the beginning of each Congress, or within one week
thereafter, a Republican Party Conference shall be held. At
that Conference there shall be elected the following
officers:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference
Floor Leader
Whip
Chairman of Policy Committee
A Policy Committee of eleven Senators

The Chairman of the Conference, Secretary of the Conference,
the Floor Leader, the Whip, and the Chairman of the Policy
Committee shall be ex officio members of the Policy
Committee. The other six members shall be nominated by the
Chairman of the Conference, subject to action by the
Conference. The six members so nominated and elected shall
serve for two years and may be re-elected for an additional
two years, but no such member may serve more than four
consecutive years and then shall be eligible for further
service in such capacity only after an interval of two
years. Within 24 hours after the election of the Chairman of
the Conference each Senator may submit a list of six members
suggested for nomination as members of the Policy Committee.
In all contested elections vote shall be by written ballot.
The term of office of all party officers herein provided
shall extend for not more than two years, and shall expire
at the close of each Congress.

The Chairman recognized Senator Saltonstall who asked for an opinion as
to how the new changes in the Rules affected the service of any present
members of the Policy Committee.
The Chairman said that in his opinion all of the members of the new
Policy Committee would start on the same basis and be eligible for a
term of two years and an additional two years. He said that so far as
past service was concerned, it did not count.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who placed in nomination the
name of Eugene D. Millikin as Chairman of the Conference. The Secretary
was authorized to cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Millikin and did
so.
The Chairman recognized Senator Langer who nominated Senator Milton R.
Young as Secretary of the Conference. The Secretary was authorized to
cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Young and did so.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bricker who nominated Senator Kenneth S.
Wherry as Floor Leader.
The Chairman recognized Senator Baldwin who nominated Senator William
Knowland as Floor Leader.
The Chairman instructed the Secretary to distribute ballots and the
result of the balloting, with Senator Donnell as teller, was as follows:

Senator Wherry--28
Senator Knowland--14

The Chairman declared the selection of Senator Wherry as Floor Leader.
The Chairman recognized Senator Butler who nominated Senator Leverett
Saltonstall as Whip.
It was moved ``That nominations be closed.''
The Secretary was instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Senator
Saltonstall, and did so.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who nominated Senator Robert A.
Taft as Chairman of the Policy Committee.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ives who nominated Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, Jr. as Chairman of the Policy Committee.
The Chairman instructed the Secretary to distribute ballots and the
result of the balloting, with Senator Donnell as teller, was as follows:

Senator Taft--28
Senator Lodge--14

The Chairman declared the election of Senator Taft as Chairman of the
Policy Committee.
The Chairman announced and the Conference approved the appointment of
the Committee on Personnel as follows: Senator Bridges, Chairman,
Senator Martin and Senator Cain.
The Chairman welcomed Mrs. Smith as the first lady member of the
Republican Conference and also welcomed Messrs. Mundt, Hendrickson and
Schoeppel as new members of the Republican Conference.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who extended an invitation to all
Senators to appear before the Policy Committee at any time. He stated
that the principles of liberty and justice of the Republican Party must
be maintained and that economic and social progress must go forward in
every field, keeping in mind, however, those two paramount principles.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 4:35 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 24, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''
UNITED STATES SENATE
Washington, D.C.

NOTICE

December 27, 1948

There will be a meeting of Republican Senators in their Conference Room
(Room 335 Senate Office Building) on Monday, January 3, 1949, at 9:00
a.m., for the election of officers and for consideration of or action on
such other matters as may properly come before the meeting including
those hereinafter specified.
Pursuant to Article VII of the Republican Conference Rules as amended by
the Conference, December 15, 1944, notice is hereby given that action
will be sought at this conference upon the subjects covered by the
amendments which will be proposed and which are attached hereto as a
part hereof.
For your convenience a copy of the Republican Conference Rules as
amended by the Conference, December 15, 1944, is also attached hereto.
By order of the Chairman:
[not signed] Secretary of the Republican Conference
* * *
(Confidential)
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE RULES
(As amended by the Conference, December 15, 1944)

At the beginning of each Congress, or within 1 week thereafter, a
Republican Party Conference shall be held. At that Conference there
shall be selected the following officers:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference
Floor Leader
Whip
*A Steering Committee of nine Senators.
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December 30, 1946.
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The Chairman of the Conference, the Floor Leader, and the Whip shall be
members ex officio. The other six members shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the Conference, subject to confirmation by the Conference.
Of the members so appointed and confirmed in 1945, the Chairman of the
Conference shall designate three who shall be ineligible for
reappointment in 1947, and three who shall be ineligible for
reappointment in 1949. Thereafter, no member shall be eligible for
reappointment after having served 4 years except after a 2-year
interval. The Chairman of the Steering Committee shall be chosen by the
members of the Committee.
The term of office of all party officers herein provided shall extend
for not more than 2 years, and shall expire at the close of each
Congress.
II.

The Chairman may call a Conference at any time, and shall call a
Conference whenever requested to do so by the Steering Committee or in
writing by five or more Senators. The Steering Committee shall meet at
least once in 2 weeks, on a fixed day of the week and at a fixed hour to
be determined by the Committee. It may meet at any time on the call of
its Chairman. The Committee shall permit any Senator to appear before it
upon his request to present any matter in which he is interested.
III. Duty of Party Officers.

A Committee on Committees shall be appointed at the beginning of each
Congress to prepare and recommend to the Conference the complete
assignment of Republican Senators to committees, and shall recommend the
filling of vacancies occurring during the Congress. The Committee shall
be appointed by the Chairman of the Conference immediately after his
election subject to confirmation by the Conference.
V.

A Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee shall be appointed within 6
months after the beginning of each Congress by the Chairman of the
Conference, subject to confirmation by the Conference.
VI.

No action by the Conference upon any matter pending or to be proposed in
the Senate shall be binding in any way on members in casting their votes
thereon.
VII.

Proposed by Senators Brewster, Bricker and Butler:
AMENDMENT TO REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE RULES

Article I of the Republican Conference Rules as amended by the
Conference, December 15, 1944, shall be amended to read as follows:
I.

At the beginning of each Congress or within one week thereafter, a
Republican Party Conference shall be held. At that Conference there
shall be selected the following officers whose terms shall extend for
two years and shall expire at the close of each Congress:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference
Chairman of the Policy Committee
Floor Leader
Whip

At such Conference, or at the following Conference, a Policy Committee
of eleven Senators whose terms shall extend for two years and shall
expire at the close of each Congress, shall be selected, of which the
Chairman of the Conference, Chairman of the Policy Committee, Floor
Leader, and the Whip, shall be members ex officio. The other seven
members shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Conference, subject to
confirmation by the Conference. No one of such appointed members shall
be eligible for reappointment if he has served for four years, except
after a two-year interval.
* * *
EXHIBIT ``C''
Proposed by Senator Morse:

It is proposed that Rule I of the Republican Conference Rules be amended
by the adoption of the following substitute rule therefor:
I.

At the beginning of each Congress, or within one week thereafter, a
Republican Party Conference shall be held. At that Conference there
shall be selected the following officers:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference
Floor Leader
Whip
Chairman of Steering Committee

The Chairman of the Conference, the Floor Leader and the Whip shall be
members ex officio of the Steering Committee. The Chairman of the
Steering Committee shall be selected by the members of the Republican
Conference at the first meeting of the Republican Party Conference at
the beginning of each Congress. The other five members of the Steering
Committee shall be nominated by the Committee on Committees subject to
confirmation by the Republican Conference at a second meeting of the
Conference to be held within two weeks after the first meeting of the
Conference at the beginning of each Congress. The Chairman of the
Steering Committee shall serve for a two-year term and no member of the
Republican Party Conference shall be eligible for reelection to the
Chairmanship of the Steering Committee except after a two-year interval.
Of the five members of the Steering Committee nominated and confirmed in
1949, two shall be designated to serve a two-year term and three shall
be designated to serve a four-year term. Thereafter no member of the
Steering Committee shall be eligible for membership on the Steering
Committee after having served four years except after a two-year
interval.
The term of office of the Chairman of the Conference, Secretary of the
Conference, Floor Leader, Whip and Chairman of the Steering Committee
herein provided shall extend for not more than two years and shall
expire at the close of each Congress.
The voting on the selection of all party officers and Chairman of the
Steering Committee shall be by secret written ballot. A majority of the
ballots cast shall be required for election to any office herein
provided. In the event of nominations from the floor of any Republican
Party Conference for the filling of any committee assignment or other
office of the Conference the vote shall be by secret written ballot.
* * *
EXHIBIT ``D''

Proposed by Senator Knowland:
It is proposed that Rule I of the Republican Conference Rules be amended
by the adoption of the following substitute rule therefor:
I

At the beginning of each Congress, or within one week thereafter, a
Republican Party Conference shall be held. At that Conference there
shall be selected the following officers:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference
Floor Leader
Whip
A Steering Committee of nine Senators

The Chairman of the Conference, the Secretary of the Conference, the
Floor Leader, and the Whip shall be members ex officio. The other five
members shall be elected by the Conference in the following manner. Each
member of the Conference shall vote by ballot for five eligible
Republican Senators of his choice. The votes of all members of the
Conference shall be tabulated, and the five persons receiving the
highest vote shall be elected for a two year term. In the event of a tie
for fifth place, a run off ballot shall be had for the persons so tied.
No person shall be eligible for election as one of the five elected
members of the Committee after having served four consecutive years,
except after a two year interval. The Chairman of the Steering Committee
shall be chosen by the members of the Committee.
The term of office of all party officers herein provided shall extend
for not more than 2 years, and shall expire at the close of each
Congress.
* * *
EXHIBIT ``E''

By Senator Knowland:
AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT OFFERED BY SENATORS BREWSTER, BRICKER AND
BUTLER

(Immediately following the list of officers a new first sentence to the
existing paragraph to be added):
``NONE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED OFFICERS WHO HAVE SERVED IN ANY OF THE
ABOVE MENTIONED POSITIONS FOR FOUR YEARS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR RETENTION
IN SUCH POSITION EXCEPT AFTER A TWO YEAR INTERVAL.''
* * *
EXHIBIT ``F''

By Senator Knowland
AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT OFFERED BY SENATORS BREWSTER, BRICKER AND
BUTLER

(On line 6 of the existing first paragraph strike out ``shall be
appointed by the Chairman of the Conference, subject to confirmation of
the conference'' and insert the following:)
``Shall be selected in the following manner: each member of the
Conference shall vote by ballot for six eligible Republican Senators of
his choice. From among the twelve persons receiving the highest number
of votes the Chairman of the Conference shall appoint six, subject to
confirmation by the entire Conference.''
* * *

81st Congress
1st Session
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy offered the following resolution in the
Republican Minority Conference on Monday, January 3, 1949, which was
adopted by unanimous action:
Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from our
colleague, the Honorable Alexander Wiley, his beloved wife, Mrs. May
Jenkins Wiley,
Now therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the United
States Senate of the Honorable Alexander Wiley, express our sense of
loss at the passing of his wife, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the
Honorable Alexander Wiley, that he may be assured of our deep respect
for him and of our condolences to him.
Attest:

Chairman
Secretary
* * *

81st Congress
1st Session
Harlan John Bushfield

Senator Chan Gurney offered the following resolution in the Republican
Minority Conference on Monday, January 3, 1949, which was adopted by
unanimous action:
Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from us our
beloved colleague, the Honorable Harlan John Bushfield, late junior
Senator from the State of South Dakota, and
Whereas throughout his six years in the United States Senate he
rendered to our Nation and to his State a most distinguished service,
and
Whereas he was our affectionate friend and our esteemed colleague,
ever ready to give of himself, of his efforts, and of his judgment,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the United
States Senate of the Honorable Harlan John Bushfield, express our sense
of loss at his passing, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Mrs. Vera C.
Bushfield at Miller, South Dakota, that she may be assured of our deep
respect for her and of our condolences to her upon the passing of our
friend, her husband.
Attest:

Chairman
Secretary
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[January 6, 1949]

JANUARY 6, 1949
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 6, 1949, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 38:
Aiken Hendrickson Saltonstall
Baldwin Hickenlooper Schoeppel
Bricker Ives Smith (Me.)
Bridges Jenner Smith (N.J.)
Butler Kem Taft
Cain Knowland Thye
Capehart Langer Tobey
Cordon Lodge Watkins
Donnell McCarthy Wherry
Ecton Millikin Wiley
Ferguson Morse Williams
Flanders Mundt Young
Gurney Reed

Absent 4:
Brewster Martin Vandenberg
Malone

The Chairman read to the Conference Section 4 of the Republican
Conference Rules relating to the appointment of members on the Committee
on Committees, and he then announced the following eleven members to
constitute the Republican Committee on Committees: Senator Hugh Butler
of Nebraska to be Chairman, Senator Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut,
Senator John W. Bricker of Ohio, Senator Homer E. Capehart of Indiana,
Senator Forrest C. Donnell of Missouri, Senator Homer Ferguson of
Michigan, Senator William F. Knowland of California, Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, Jr., of Massachusetts, Senator George W. Malone of Nevada,
Senator Edward Martin of Pennsylvania and Senator H. Alexander Smith of
New Jersey.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who moved that the
recommendations of the Chairman be confirmed by the Conference. The
motion was agreed to by voice vote.
The Chairman read to the Conference the provisions of Section I of the
Republican Conference Rules relating to the nomination by the Chairman
of six members of the Policy Committee. He announced the following six
members to constitute the Policy Committee: Senator Styles Bridges of
New Hampshire, Senator Guy Cordon of Oregon, Senator Irving M. Ives of
New York, Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Iowa, Senator Margaret Chase
Smith of Maine and Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan.
The Chairman recognized Senator Butler who moved that the nominations as
announced by the Chairman be approved. The motion was adopted by voice
vote.
The Chairman praised the helfpfulness and good spirit shown by Senators
Ferguson and Brewster in asking that any rights they might have for
membership on the Policy Committee be waived in order that the senior
Senator from Michigan, Mr. Vandenberg, and the junior Senator from
Maine, Mrs. Smith, might be appointed thereto.
The Chairman stated that he would have liked very much to have nominated
Senator Knowland for the Policy Committee, but because of geographical
and other factors, it could not be done.
He stated that if he is here two years from now, he will ``root and
toot'' to have Senator Knowland put on that Committee.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who spoke of the difficulty which
the Committee on Committees will have in making committee assignments.
He read a proposed amendment relating to suggested changes in the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, whereby 8 committees would be
increased from 13 to 15 and on certain other committees the Minority
would receive 8 additional places and the Majority 19 instead of their
present 11 additional ones. He stated that he had talked the matter over
with Senator Barkley and suggested some decision on the part of the
Conference as to the merits of his proposal. After a discussion of the
matter, the Chairman asked if there was any objection to leaving the
matter up to Senator Taft to have further discussions with the
Democratic Members concerning the proposal. There was no objection
raised and the Chairman informed Senator Taft that he should feel free
to carry on further discussions with the other side. A copy of the
proposed amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit ``A.''
The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who informed the Conference as
to the difficulty to be experienced by the Personnel Committee in the
allocation of Minority Patronage, and the difficulty to be experienced
by the Minority Members so far as Committee personnel is concerned.
The Chairman recognized Senator Morse who suggested that a watchdog
committee be appointed for Floor purposes, as well as unity of action on
the part of the Republican Minority in keeping watchful eyes on the
actions of the Presiding Officer on recognitions and rulings of the
chair.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:15 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 24, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

It is proposed to amend the Senate rules as contained in the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946 by increasing the number of Senators on the
following Committees from 13 to 15: Agriculture, Armed Services,
Finance, Foreign Relations, Interior, Interstate Commerce, Judiciary and
Labor. It will then be necessary to amend (Paragraph 4) of Section 102
to read as follows:

Each Senator shall serve on two standing Committees and no
more; except that no more than 20% of the Senators of the
Minority Party may serve on three standing Committees, and
no more, if one of such standing Committees is the Committee
on the District of Columbia, the Committee on Expenditures
in the Executive Departments, the Committee on Post Offices
and Civil Service, the Committee on Public Works or the
Committee on Rules and Administration; and except that
Senators of the Majority Party who are members of any said
five Committees may serve on three standing Committees and
no more.

Under the Reorganization Act, it is contemplated that all of the
Committees be of substantially equal importance. This has not turned out
to be true. Five Committees listed in the foregoing amendment are not of
interest to Senators and the result is that all the places on the first
ten Committees are taken by the Senators having seniority and the Junior
Senators are left with a very poor selection. The ten more important
Committees have a number of subcommittees dealing with different
subjects, and the Junior Senators are excluded from participation in all
of these subjects, while the members of the ten best Committees are
supposed to cover all of them.
The foregoing rules should be supplemented by a rule of the Republican
Conference to the effect that every Senator shall be entitled to a place
on one of the ten principal Committees.

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR HUGH BUTLER, JANUARY 6, 1949, IN ROOM 335, SENATE
OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m.
Members of the Committee present were: Senators Butler, Chairman,
Baldwin, Bricker, Capehart, Donnell, Ferguson, Knowland, Lodge and
Smith. Members of the Committee absent were: Senators Malone and Martin.
Also present was J. Mark Trice.
The Chairman informed the members that this would be called a
preliminary meeting and that he hoped a final decision could be reached
tomorrow and he would call a meeting of the Committee at 9:00 a.m., in
the morning.
The Secretary distributed to those members present confidential work
sheets No. 1, entitled (1) Committee Assignments of Senators, and (2)
Standing Committees of the Senate.
The Chairman spoke of the rules which had been previously followed by
past Committees on Committees in making assignments to Committees, and
that the first step was to take care of Senators who received
practically nothing two years ago and second, to try to take care of
Senators who were bumped off of Committees by reason of a change in the
control of the Senate.
After a discussion of the various aspects, the following motion was
made, seconded and approved:

That, where a Senator has served on a Committee, and has
lost his membership thereon by a change of Committee ratio
as a result in the change in control of the Senate, he shall
have seniority over any and all other Senators to the first
vacancy on the Committee from which he was displaced.

After discussion, the following motions were made, seconded and
approved:

That Senator Hickenlooper be assigned to the Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry.
That Senator Knowland be assigned to the Committee on Armed
Services.
That Senator Bricker be assigned to the Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
That Senator Jenner be assigned to the Committee on
Judiciary.

Senator Lodge asked that the minutes of the meeting show that he would
like to be assigned to the Committee on Armed Services as soon as
possible.
Senator Flanders personally appeared before the Committee and stated
that while his main interest was in becoming a member of the Committee
on Finance and the Committee on Foreign Relations, that due to the
explanation to him by the Chairman, he would be glad to give up his
desire in favor of Senator Williams.
Senator Capehart communicated with Senator Jenner who waived his right
to an assignment on the Committee on Finance.
Senator Donnell talked with Senator Kem by telephone and the Chairman
invited the latter to appear before the Committee.
Senator Kem personally appeared and expressed a desire to be assigned to
the Committee on Finance because of his interest in such matters. He
said that he was of the opinion that assignments to special committees
should be considered in connection with appointments to standing
Committees. He said that he would stand on his rights and let the
Committee decide the issue.
There being no further business, the Committee recessed at 5:40 p.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Hugh Butler

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR HUGH BUTLER, FOR JANUARY 7, 1949 IN ROOM 335, SENATE
OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:10 a.m.
Members of the Committee present were: Senators Butler, Chairman,
Bricker, Capehart, Donnell, Ferguson, Knowland, Lodge and Smith. Members
of the Committee absent were: Senators Baldwin, Malone and Martin. Also
present was J. Mark Trice.
After a discussion of the assignments of Senators Kem and Williams to
the Commitee on Finance, the Committee voted in favor of the assignment
of Senator Williams to the Committee on Finance.
Senator Lodge congratulated Senator Donnell on his fine argument on
behalf of his colleague, Senator Kem.
Senator McCarthy was invited to appear personally before the Committee
and he raised objection to the tentative assignments suggested, and
expressed the opinion that all Senators should have at least one major
Committee assignment. Senator McCarthy informed the Chairman that if he
were assigned to the Committee on the District of Columbia that he would
not wish to be placed in the ranking minority position thereon.
The Chairman called to the attention of the members of the Committee the
situation where two years ago Senator Bridges had waived his seniority
rights to the Chairmanship of the Committee on Armed Services and
Senators Taft and Butler had waived their rights to the Chairmanship of
the Committee on Finance, in order that the Chairmanships might be
assumed by Senators Gurney and Millikin. He stated that the question had
been raised, now that the control of the Senate had changed, whether or
not in the Committee listing, the minority Senators should be listed in
accordance with their seniority.
After a discussion of the matter, the following motion was made,
seconded and approved:

That, where a Republican member of any committee has waived
his right to the chairmanship of that committee because of
his desire to serve as chairman of another committee and
there is a change of majority relieving said Senator of his
chairmanship, he shall be restored to his senior position on
the committee wherein he had waived his rights to the
chairmanship, except where such right is voluntarily
relinquished.

The Committee then proceeded to make further Committee assignments and
there is attached hereto as Exhibits ``A'' and ``B,'' the final drafts.
It was moved, seconded and approved:

That the Committee on Committees report to the Republican
Conference the final draft as approved.

The Chairman informed the Secretary of the Committee, following the
meeting, that Senators Taft and Butler had waived their rights of
seniority listing on the Committee on Finance for the 81st Congress
only, in favor of Senator Millikin in order that his name might be
carried at the top of the minority membership on the said Committee.
There being no further business, the Committee adjourned at 11:50 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Hugh Butler

Chairman of the Committee on Committees
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

(Confidential Work Sheet No. 2)

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF SENATORS
Eighty-first Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)
Mr. Aiken............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. Baldwin............................. Armed Services
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. Brewster............................ Finance
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. Bricker............................. Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. Bridges............................. Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. Butler.............................. Finance
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. Cain................................ Banking and Currency
Public Works

Mr. Capehart............................ Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. Cordon.............................. Appropriations
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. Donnell............................. Judiciary
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. Ecton............................... Interior and Insular Affairs
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. Ferguson............................ Appropriations
Judiciary

Mr. Flanders............................ Banking and Currency
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. Gurney.............................. Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. Hendrickson......................... District of Columbia
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. Hickenlooper........................ Agriculture and Forestry
Foreign Relations

Mr. Ives................................ Expenditures in the Executive
Departments
Rules and Administration

Mr. Jenner.............................. Judiciary
Rules and Administration

Mr. Kem................................. Agriculture and Forestry
Public Works

Mr. Knowland............................ Armed Services
Rules and Administration

Mr. Langer.............................. Judiciary
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. Lodge, Jr........................... Foreign Relations
Rules and Administration

Mr. Malone.............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Public Works

Mr. Martin.............................. Finance
Public Works

Mr. McCarthy............................ District of Columbia
Expenditures in the Executive
Departments

Mr. Millikin............................ Finance
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. Morse............................... Armed Services
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. Mundt............................... District of Columbia
Expenditures in the Executive
Departments

Mr. Reed................................ Appropriations
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. Saltonstall......................... Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. Schoeppel........................... District of Columbia
Expenditures in the Executive
Departments

Mr. Smith............................... Foreign Relations
Labor and Public Welfare

Mrs. Smith.............................. District of Columbia
Expenditures in the Executive
Departments

Mr. Taft................................ Finance
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. Thye................................ Agriculture and Forestry
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. Tobey............................... Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. Vandenberg.......................... Expenditures in the Executive
Departments
Foreign Relations

Mr. Watkins............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Public Works

Mr. Wherry.............................. Appropriations
Rules and Administration

Mr. Wiley............................... Foreign Relations
Judiciary

Mr. Williams............................ District of Columbia
Finance

Mr. Young............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations

* * *
EXHIBIT ``B''

(Confidential Work Sheet No. 2)
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Eighty-first Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

On Agriculture and Forestry (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Aiken, Young, Thye, Kem, Hickenlooper

On Appropriations (Ratio 13-8)

Messrs. Bridges, Gurney, Reed, Ferguson, Wherry, Cordon,
Saltonstall, Young

On Armed Services (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Bridges, Gurney, Saltonstall, Morse, Baldwin,
Knowland

On Banking and Currency (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Tobey, Capehart, Flanders, Cain, Bricker

On District of Columbia (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Williams, McCarthy, Mundt, Mrs. Smith, Messrs.
Schoeppel, Hendrickson

On Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. McCarthy, Ives, Vandenberg, Mundt, Mrs. Smith, Mr.
Schoeppel

On Finance (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Millikin, Taft, Butler, Brewster, Martin, Williams

On Foreign Relations (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Vandenberg, Wiley, Smith, Hickenlooper, Lodge, Jr.

On Interior and Insular Affairs (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Butler, Millikin, Cordon, Ecton, Malone, Watkins

On Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Tobey, Reed, Brewster, Capehart, Bricker

On the Judiciary (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Wiley, Langer, Ferguson, Donnell, Jenner

On Labor and Public Welfare (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Taft, Aiken, Smith, Morse, Donnell

On Post Office and Civil Service (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Langer, Flanders, Baldwin, Thye, Ecton, Hendrickson

On Public Works (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Cain, Martin, Watkins, Malone, Kem

On Rules and Administration (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Wherry, Knowland, Lodge, Jr., Jenner, Ives
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[January 10, 1949]

JANUARY 10, 1949
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 10, 1949, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 34:
Aiken Hickenlooper Reed
Baldwin Ives Schoeppel
Brewster Jenner Smith, Me.
Butler Kem Smith, N.J.
Cain Knowland Taft
Cordon Langer Thye
Donnell Lodge Tobey
Ecton Malone Vandenberg
Ferguson McCarthy Watkins
Gurney Millikin Wherry
Hendrickson Morse Williams
Young
Absent 8:
Bricker Flanders Saltonstall
Bridges Martin Wiley
Capehart Mundt

The Chairman read to the Conference the provisions of the Conference
Rules relating to the appointment of the Committee on Committees and
their duties.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Butler who presented to the
Conference a written report on the action taken by the Committee on
Committees of which he is Chairman. The report of the Chairman of the
Committee is attached hereto as Exhibit ``A.''
There is also attached hereto as Exhibits ``B'' and ``C'' the Minority
committee listings as approved by the Conference.
There was distributed to the members of the Conference work sheets No. 2
entitled ``Committee Assignments of Senators'' and ``Standing Committees
of the Senate.''
Senator Butler requested that the following recommendation of the
Committee on Committees be approved by the Conference:

Where a Senator has served on a committee, and has lost his
membership thereon by a change of committee ratio as a
result of a change in control of the Senate, he shall have
seniority over any and all other Senators to the first
vacancy on the committee from which he was removed.

The Chairman asked if there was any objection. There being none, the
recommendation was unanimously approved.
Senator Butler then moved that the following recommendation of the
Committee on Committees be approved:

Where a Republican member of any committee has waived his
right to a chairmanship of that committee because of his
desire to serve as chairman of another committee, and later
there is a change in Senate control, relieving said Senator
of his chairmanship, he shall be restored to his position of
seniority on the committee where he had waived his rights to
the chairmanship, except where such rights are voluntarily
relinquished.

After a discussion of the previous resolution and a number of suggested
changes, it was agreed that the following words should be added at the
end thereof: ``for the current Congress.''
There being no further discussion, the Chairman then announced that the
resolution as amended was agreed to.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Vandenberg who moved that the
Senator from Michigan (Mr. Vandenberg) be listed at the bottom of the
minority assignments on the Committee on the Expenditures in the
Executive Departments for this Congress.
The Chairman announced that there was no objection to the motion and it
was agreed to.
A discussion arose about the listings on the Committee on Armed
Services, whereby Senator Bridges, due to his seniority had been placed
first on the list of minority members ahead of Senator Gurney, the ex-
Chairman.
In the absence of Senator Bridges, it was deemed wise to leave the
listing as it was at the present time until Senator Bridges' return.
Senator Butler then moved that the Committee assignments as recommended
by the Committee on Committees, with the changes listed, be agreed to.
The Chairman announced that the assignments were agreed to without
objection. There was no objection.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who presented to the Conference his
suggested changes in the rules relating to additional membership on the
various Committees of the Senate.
The Chairman stated that without objection Senator Taft be instructed to
present the resolution to the Senate. There was no objection.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster who spoke in regard to the
Senatorial Campaign Committee. The Chairman read from the Conference
Rules, relating to the appointment by him of the Senatorial Campaign
Committee and stated that he would very shortly announce the membership
of that Committee.
Senator Taft announced that there would be a meeting of the Policy
Committee at 3:00 p.m. today.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:15 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary for the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 24, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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EXHIBIT ``A''
Report of the Committee on Committees, to the Republican Conference,
January 10, 1949

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Conference:
Your Committee on Committees makes the following report:
Two meetings of the Committee were held, the first extending from 3:00
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on January 6 and the second started at 9:00 a.m. the
7th and extended until about 12 o'clock. There was a splendid attendance
of the members at these meetings. The Secretary of the Minority, Mr. J.
Mark Trice, acted as Secretary and made and will preserve the detailed
minutes of both meetings. All letters addressed to Mr. Robertson, or to
me or to others, concerning requests for Committee assignments, have
been turned over to Mr. Trice to be kept for future reference should
occasion require. In this connection I wish to say that I have found it
necessary several times to check the minutes and records of previous
committees.
At the beginning of the first session of the Committee on Committees
the Chairman cancelled his request for a committee as did his junior
colleague, Mr. Wherry, in order that more desirable committee
assignments might be made available to others who, as yet, had not
secured what they wanted. I asked that other members of the Committee
follow the same plan, and am pleased to say that we had splendid
cooperation in this respect. Also, I want to compliment the Senators who
were called into the meeting and requested to waive seniority in order
that the Committee could give each member except the four newly elected
members at least one major committee assignment. The four new members of
necessity had to be assigned to the District of Columbia Committee;
three are on the Committee Expenditures in Executive Departments and one
on Post Office and Civil Service. Due to the fact that some of the
senior Senators lost positions on important committees as a result of
the change in Senate control, our Committee had some very difficult
problems, and except for the fine cooperation of other members it could
have been far more disappointing than it is. With one or two exceptions,
all senior members have been placed on at least one major committee. I
have not given up hope of ultimately solving these problems, either
through temporary surrender of seniority by another Senator, or by
getting Senate approval of the Taft proposal, that membership on certain
committees be increased from 13 to 15. The Committee, however, has been
requested to file its report today, with the understanding that some
changes may be submitted at a later date. Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I
submit the following report on Committee assignments:
On Agriculture and Forestry (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Aiken, Young, Thye, Kem, Hickenlooper

On Appropriations (Ratio 13-8)

Messrs. Bridges, Gurney, Reed, Ferguson, Wherry, Cordon,
Saltonstall, Young

On Armed Services (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Bridges, Gurney, Saltonstall, Morse, Baldwin,
Knowland

On Banking and Currency (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Tobey, Capehart, Flanders, Cain, Bricker

On District of Columbia (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Williams, McCarthy, Mundt, Mrs. Smith, Messrs.
Schoeppel, Hendrickson

On Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. McCarthy, Ives, Vandenberg, Mundt, Mrs. Smith, Mr.
Schoeppel

On Finance (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Millikin, Taft, Butler, Brewster, Martin, Williams

On Foreign Relations (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Vandenberg, Wiley, Smith, Hickenlooper, Lodge, Jr.

On Interior and Insular Affairs (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Butler, Millikin, Cordon, Ecton, Malone, Watkins

On Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Tobey, Reed, Brewster, Capehart, Bricker

On the Judiciary (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Wiley, Langer, Ferguson, Donnell, Jenner

On Labor and Public Welfare (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Taft, Aiken, Smith, Morse, Donnell

On Post Office and Civil Service (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Langer, Flanders, Baldwin, Thye, Ecton, Hendrickson

On Public Works (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Cain, Martin, Watkins, Malone, Kem

On Rules and Administration (Ratio 8-5)

Messrs. Wherry, Knowland, Lodge, Jr., Jenner, Ives

I wish to make mention of the action taken by the Committee with
reference to members who were bumped off a committee as a result of our
losing control of the Senate. As an illustration--there is now a ratio
of 13 to 8 on the Appropriations Committee. We had nine carry-over
members. Senator Knowland as a result lost his membership on this
Committee. He wants to regain his place on the Committee at any time
conditions permit. To cover such situations the Committee on Committees
passed the following motion:

Where a Senator has served on a Committee, and has lost his
membership thereon by a change of Committee ratio as a
result of a change in control of the Senate, he shall have
seniority over any and all other Senators to the first
vacancy on the Committee from which he was removed.

Mr. Chairman, I think this is a very fair rule and I trust it will be
adopted by the Conference. There are a number of such cases other than
the one I have used as an illustration.
The second resolution which was adopted by the Committee and recommended
by unanimous vote to the Conference is with reference to the listing of
Committee members on a seniority basis. The matter was brought to the
attention of the Committee at the request of Senator Bridges, who two
years ago was ranking member on two Committees, Appropriations and Armed
Services. He took the chairmanship of Appropriations and Senator Gurney,
second ranking member became Chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
Senator Bridges wants to retain his position as first ranking member on
each committee when listings are published. Then when we become the
majority party again, he will have the choice of chairmanships the same
as he had two years ago. The Committee, therefore, passed the following
resolution and asks for its approval by the Conference:

Where a Republican member of any Committee has waived his
right to a chairmanship of that Committee because of his
desire to serve as Chairman of another Committee and later
there is a change in Senate control relieving said Senator
of his chairmanship, he shall be restored to his position of
seniority on the Committee where he had waived his rights to
the chairmanship, except where such rights are voluntarily
relinquished.

If the resolution is passed by the Conference, Committee members on the
Minority side will be listed on the basis of their seniority on said
Committee, unless otherwise agreed to by the members affected. The only
Committee Chairman affected that I recall is the Chairman of our
Conference, Mr. Millikin, who has been Chairman of the Finance Committee
during the 80th Congress. For the record I might say that Senator Taft
and myself, who have seniority rank, are willing that Senator Millikin's
name be listed first on the Finance Committee, but this in line with the
resolution suggested does not take committee seniority from either Mr.
Taft or myself. The resolution was passed by unanimous vote of the
Committee.
There is ample precedent for this action. Senator Johnson of California
was Chairman of Commerce Committee in 1931 but in 1932 was listed
second, after Senator McNary of Oregon.
In 1931 Senator McNary was Chairman of Agriculture and Forestry, but
with the change in control in 1932 he was listed following Senator
Norris.
In the same year, 1931, Senator Metcalf was Chairman of Education and
Labor. In 1932 the listing reverted to Senator Borah and then to Senator
Metcalf.
Senator Norris was Chairman of Judiciary in 1931, but the listing after
the change in control was Senator Borah and then Senator Norris.
Senator La Follette was Chairman of the Committee on Manufactures in
1931 but became the third ranking member of the Committee in 1932--
Senators McNary, Metcalf, La Follette.
Senator Hebert was Chairman of the Committee on Patents in 1931 but like
Senator La Follette he became the third ranking member when the lists
were published in 1932--Senators Norris, Goldsborough, Hebert.
Senator Robinson of Indiana was Chairman of the Committee on Pensions in
1931, but was third in the listing after 1932--Senators Scholl, Frazier,
Robinson.
Mr. Chairman, this completes the report of the Committee with this final
sincere thank you to those who have labored and cooperated with the
members in trying to smooth out all our problems. We desperately need
one or two more major assignments for able and deserving members. On the
basis of the above resolution, providing that a member does not lose his
seniority, may I hope that we will have the offer from one or two
Senators who are willing to temporarily yield a Committee, in order that
one or two others can be given better assignments, temporarily.
Respectfully submitted,
* * *
EXHIBIT ``B''
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF SENATORS
Eighty-first Congress
[repeats Exhibit ``A'' on pp. 583-85.]

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EXHIBIT ``C''
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Eighty-first Congress
[Repeats Exhibit ``B'' on pp. 585-86.]
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[January 27, 1949]

JANUARY 27, 1949
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 27, 1949, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 33:
Aiken Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Baldwin Ives Schoeppel
Bricker Kem Smith, (Me.)
Bridges Knowland Smith, (N.J.)
Cain Langer Taft
Cordon Malone Thye
Donnell Martin Tobey
Ecton Millikin Watkins
Ferguson Morse Wiley
Gurney Mundt Williams
Hendrickson Reed Young

Absent 9:
Brewster Flanders McCarthy
Butler Jenner Vandenberg
Capehart Lodge Wherry

The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who offered on behalf of Senator
Wherry a resolution of condolences to Mrs. Catherine Marshall due to the
death of her husband, the Reverend Peter Marshall, Chaplain of the
United States Senate. The resolution was read by the Secretary and
unanimously adopted by the Conference. A copy of the resolution is
attached hereto as Exhibit ``A.''
Senator Bridges informed the Conference as to the patronage places which
had been allocated to the Republican Minority by the Democratic
Majority, and asked for instructions by the Conference as to how the
Committee on Personnel should allocate the 12 positions available.
The Chairman recognized Senator Cain who made the motion ``That the
Personnel Committee allocate the positions on the basis of seniority.''
The motion was agreed to by voice vote.
The Chairman then read Section 5 of the Republican Conference Rules
relating to appointment by him of a Republican Senatorial Campaign
Committee. Before naming the committee he said that the appointment of a
Chairman of the committee had caused some concern, due to the question
as to whether the Chairman should be a sitting Senator or an outside
individual. He expressed the opinion that the overall control of the
Committee should be vested in a member of the Senate; that the committee
should not have the responsibility of raising the funds needed, and that
the fund raising task should be left to an outside individual.
The Chairman first appointed Ex-Senator John Townsend as Chairman of the
Finance Committee of the Senatorial Campaign Committee, and after a
general discussion concerning the advisability of replacing Senator
Townsend as Chairman of the Committee, the Chairman asked if there was
any objection to having Senator Townsend appointed as Co-Chairman of the
Committee.
The Chairman had previously recognized Senator Malone who moved ``That
the nominations be approved as read,'' but Senator Taft moved ``That the
previous motion be amended in order to make Ex-Senator John Townsend,
Co-Chairman.'' Both motions were agreed to by voice vote, and the
Chairman then reread the members of the Committee as follows: Chairman,
Senator Owen Brewster of Maine, Co-Chairman, Honorable John Townsend,
Members, Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska, Senator Zales N. Ecton of
Montana, Senator Homer Ferguson of Michigan, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
Jr., of Massachusetts, Senator H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey, Senator
Edward J. Thye of Minnesota and Senator John J. Williams of Delaware.
The Chairman read to the Conference a letter which he had received from
Senator Morse in regard to the attendance of Senators Wherry, Butler,
Brewster and Capehart at the Omaha meeting of the Republican National
Committee.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who read from the minutes of the
Policy Committee meeting of January 21 on the point in question. Senator
Taft also said that all Senators had been invited to attend the Omaha
meeting, and that no Senator had been appointed by the Policy Committee
to attend. Senator Morse stated that he had no objection to the
explanation as given by Senator Taft.
The Chairman then read to the Conference a letter he had received from
Senator Tobey in which he suggested the holding of Republican
Conferences for the purpose of developing trends and political
philosophy.
The Chairman also read his reply to Senator Tobey which expressed his
willingness to hold such Conferences as an experiment, but suggested
that the Republican Conference itself should act on the subject.
After a discussion of the matter, the Chairman asked how many of those
Senators present would be willing to make fifteen minute discussions
before such a Conference. Ten Senators raised their hands.
After a motion by Senator Taft ``That the Chairman be authorized to
appoint a committee to arrange a series of Conferences,'' it was
suggested by Senator Saltonstall that the details be left with the
Republican Policy Committee. The Chairman stated that if there was no
objection, the Policy Committee would work out the details. No
objections were recorded.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:45 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 24, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

81st Congress
1st Session
Senator Styles Bridges on behalf of Senator Kenneth S. Wherry offered
the following resolution which was unanimously adopted by the Republican
Minority Conference, Thursday, January 27, 1949:
Reverend Peter Marshall, D.D.

Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from the United
States Senate its beloved Chaplain, the Reverend Peter Marshall, and
Whereas he has rendered to the membership of the United States Senate
through his daily prayers a spiritual service of great and lasting
value, and
Whereas he was our affectionate friend, ever ready to give of himself,
of his efforts, and of his judgment for our guidance in the ways of
righteousness and Christian living,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican members of the United States
Senate, express our sense of loss at his passing, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Mrs.
Catherine Marshall that she may be assured of our deep sympathy and
condolences upon the passing of our friend, her husband.
Attest:

Chairman
Secretary
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[March 15, 1949]

MARCH 15, 1949
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MARCH 15, 1949 IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 3:20 p.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 37:
Aiken Ives Reed
Baldwin Jenner Schoeppel
Brewster Kem Smith, Maine
Bricker Knowland Smith, N.J.
Butler Langer Taft
Cain Lodge Thye
Capehart Malone Vandenberg
Cordon Martin Watkins
Ecton McCarthy Wherry
Ferguson Millikin Wiley
Gurney Morse Williams
Hendrickson Mundt Young
Hickenlooper
(Senator Saltonstall could not attend because of the Conference being
held while the Senate was in session. Senator Saltonstall remained on
the Floor.)

Absent 4:
Bridges Flanders Tobey
Donnell

The Chairman stated that as all Senators knew, negotiations were being
conducted to solve the impasse in which the Senate found itself with
reference to cloture rules. He stated that Senator Wherry had been
conducting these negotiations and he asked him to address the
Conference.
Senator Wherry spoke in detail of all of the negotiations which had been
conducted, including the appointment of the membership of the committee;
the individual propositions proposed and of the final failure of the
committee to reach a compromise agreement. He stated that the
propositions boiled down to only three, namely (1) the Hayden-Wherry
Resolution (2) the Hayden-Wherry Resolution with a two-third
constitutional cloture vote pertaining to the Rules and (3) a two-third
constitutional vote relating to both the Rules and motions to take up
the Journal and other legislative procedures. He spoke of a possible
compromise by circulating a petition to support a two-third
constitutional cloture vote on the Rules and legislative procedures,
with the understanding that those who signed would be bound to support
that position to a final determination.
Senator Knowland as a member of the committee also spoke of the
negotiations conducted by the group.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who stated that throughout, the
Policy Committee had supported the Hayden-Wherry Resolution. He stated
that the Southern Senators had insisted that the Hayden-Wherry
Resolution be perfected so as not to apply to the Rules and that they
insisted on a two-third constitutional cloture vote on motions and
legislative procedures. He said that he was for any compromise provided
all parties were in agreement and expressed the doubt as to whether we
should assume responsibility in joining with the Southern Democrats. He
stated that he was inclined to believe that the best action would be to
have the Democrats move to adjourn the Senate.
After much discussion, the Chairman stated that if there was no
objection that he would announce to the press the following positions
taken by the Conference:

(1) It was the sense of the Conference that the
Republicans would resist adjournment.
(2) It is the policy of the Republicans to stay and break
the filibuster, irrespective of the turn it might take.
(3) That as a Minority Party, we would like to see the
Hayden-Wherry Resolution, to amend the Rules, passed and
that it is the hope that the Hayden-Wherry approach will
prevail.
(4) That if it becomes impossible to accomplish the
foregoing, then it might become necessary to compromise in
which case, the matter would be left to the individual
judgment of the Republican Senators.
(5) Individual opinions were expressed by the members
attending the Conference and that the suggestions relating
to a petition were being explored.

There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 5:25 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 24, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[April 13, 1949]

APRIL 13, 1949
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR APRIL 13, 1949, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.
The Chairman requested J. Mark Trice to call the roll in the absence of
the Secretary. Mr. Trice made the following announcement:

Present 33:
Aiken Hendrickson Morse
Baldwin Hickenlooper Mundt
Brewster Ives Reed
Bricker Jenner Saltonstall
Bridges Kem Schoeppel
Cain Knowland Smith, Maine
Capehart Lodge Taft
Donnell Malone Tobey
Ecton Martin Watkins
Ferguson McCarthy Wherry
Flanders Millikin Williams

Absent 9:
Butler Langer Vandenberg
Cordon Smith, N.J. Wiley
Gurney Thye Young

The Chairman stated that the Conference had been called for no special
purpose but for a general discussion of the legislative matters soon to
be under consideration by the Senate.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who listed the following
legislative measures now on the Senate Calendar and which would be
shortly under consideration:

Housing Bill
Reciprocal Trade
Aid to Education
School Health
Labor Bill

He announced that Mr. George Smith was soon retiring as Staff Director
of the Policy Committee and that Mr. Pillsbury would succeed him in that
position May 15.
He asked that Senator Flanders present to the Conference an analysis of
the Housing Bill.
The Chairman recognized Senator Flanders and he discussed the various
sections of the bill.
Following the analysis of the bill by Senator Flanders, the Chairman
recognized a number of Senators who expressed their particular views on
the Housing legislation and the effects of that and similar social
legislation on the national budget.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who moved that the Conference
approve the recommendations of the Republican Policy Committee that
Senators Brewster, Butler and Lodge be named as the three Republican
Senators on the Coordinating Policy Committee of the Republican National
Committee. The recommendations were agreed to by voice vote.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster who spoke briefly of the work
of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee.
There being no further business, the conference adjourned at 11:55 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 24, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[May 18, 1949]

MAY 18, 1949
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MAY 18, 1949, IN ROOM 335, IN
THE SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.
The Chairman requested J. Mark Trice to call the roll in the absence of
the Secretary. Mr. Trice made the following announcement:

Present 30:
Baldwin Hendrickson Mundt
Brewster Jenner Schoeppel
Bricker Kem Smith, Maine
Butler Knowland Thye
Cain Langer Tobey
Capehart Lodge Vandenberg
Donnell Malone Watkins
Ecton Martin Wherry
Ferguson McCarthy Wiley
Gurney Millikin Williams

Absent 12:
Aiken Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Bridges Ives Smith, N.J.
Cordon Morse Taft
Flanders Reed Young

The Chairman presented Mr. John Pillsbury, newly appointed Staff
Director of the Republican Policy Committee who succeeded Mr. George
H.E. Smith, resigned.
Senator Wherry was recognized and he spoke of the present legislative
situation. He suggested that the Republican members vote as a party for
the 5 per cent economy cuts in the various appropriation bills.
A discussion ensued as to the best way by which the cut might be made,
and the general consensus of opinion was that the present efforts be
continued.
The Chairman stated that the pending business before the Senate being
the extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act (H.R. 1211) it was thought
advisable to have a conference on that subject. The Chairman then gave a
comprehensive analysis of the legislation which included its past
history and the domestic and political implications involved. He said
that there must be unanimity among the Republicans if they hoped to win,
but even if they did not win an issue will have been made.
Questions were asked of the Chairman, and the consensus of opinion
expressed was that the Republican membership would support a
continuation of the present law which contained the ``peril point''
procedure.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 12:05 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 24, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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[May 26, 1949]

MAY 26, 1949
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MAY 26, 1949, IN THE SENATE
OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:15 a.m. and deferred
the calling of the roll. At the conclusion of the meeting the Secretary
was instructed to list those members who were present:

Present 24:
Brewster Gurney Millikin
Bricker Hendrickson Saltonstall
Butler Ives Schoeppel
Cain Langer Taft
Donnell Lodge Thye
Ecton Malone Watkins
Ferguson Martin Williams
Flanders McCarthy Young

Absent 18:
Aiken Jenner Smith, Maine
Baldwin Kem Smith, New Jersey
Bridges Knowland Tobey
Capehart Morse Vandenberg
Cordon Mundt Wherry
Hickenlooper Reed Wiley

The Chairman read a letter from Senator Malone enclosing a letter of
request on the part of several Senators that a conference be called for
further discussion of the bill to extend the Reciprocal Trade Agreements
Act (H.R. 1211). The letter of Senator Malone, dated May 24, 1949,
together with the letter of request dated May 23, 1949, is attached
hereto as Exhibit ``A.''
The Chairman recognized Senator Malone who presented his argument in
opposition to the administration bill. He spoke in favor of the ``peril
point'' provision contained in the present law and stated that he would
offer as an amendment his flexible import fee bill.
Several Senators expressed their opinions concerning the Reciprocal
Trade Agreements program and fear was expressed that a continuation of
the administration's program would lead to national insecurity,
unemployment, and great hardship on certain industries.
Favorable comment was expressed concerning the program instituted by the
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee for better press and radio
relations. This program comprised luncheon meetings to inform the press
and radio of the Republican point of view on specific issues in advance.
There was no objection made to the statement by the Chairman that he
would inform the press that the Republican Senators were practically
unanimous in their support of the ``peril point'' procedure and a
continuation of the 1948 act.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 12:45 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 24, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

May 24, 1949

Honorable Eugene D. Millikin
United States Senator
Senate Office Building
Washington 25, D.C.

Dear Gene:

I have encouraged the enclosed request for an additional
caucus of our party members due to the extreme importance
of the bill to extend the ``1934 Trade Agreements Act''
for three years.
It is my firm opinion that the three-part ``free trade''
policy of the administration resulting in a division of
our markets and wealth with the nations of the world is
even now bringing on a severe depression which has so far
been cushioned by unemployment insurance, and that the
Republican party should have a clean cut policy to which
the people will return when the ``free trade'' policy
fails.
I am greatly perturbed by the assertion that the
Republican party is not opposed to ``reciprocal'' trade as
such.
It is, of course, impossible to make a trade treaty with
any country which manipulates its currency--and they all
do--also, it is of course impossible to prevent raids on
the markets of this country when every other nation is
given the benefit of the concessions made to an individual
nation.
I, of course, favor your ``peril point'' idea as a step
in the right direction--but it is my firm opinion that no
good will result from it, since we know the firmly
established ``free trade'' policy will be continued--and
that the President will, at the proper time, merely notify
Congress that in the interest of increased world trade it
was, of course, necessary for us to concede something.
It has been well established Republican policy for over
eighty-five years to protect the American working men with
a tariff or import fee making up the differential of cost
of production between this nation and the competitive
foreign nation, and I feel that it would be a grave
mistake to fail now to establish our position--that such
an import fee is in effect a floor under wages.
You are familiar with the flexible import fee bill which
I introduced last year, which would name the Tariff
Commission the Foreign Trade Authority--and give them full
authority to adjust this flexible import fee, so that
credit would be given to any raise in living standards of
a competitive nation through a corresponding lowering of
the import fee--and when these living standards approach
our own--``free trade'' would be the immediate and almost
automatic result.

Sincerely,
George W. Malone
* * *

23 May 1949

Honorable Eugene D. Millikin
United States Senator
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.

Dear Senator:

Due to the importance of the proposal of the
Administration to extend the 1934 Trade Agreements Act for
a period of three years, to the basic economy of the
United States--we respectfully request that you call a
further caucus of the members of the Republican party at
your earliest convenience.
Due to the imminence of the floor debate and the
inadequate time devoted to the subject in our last caucus,
we further suggest that a conference meeting be held
before the ``Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act'' comes up for
debate.
Thanking you in advance for this courtesy, we are

Sincerely yours,

Edward Martin Geo. W. Malone
Zales N. Ecton Owen Brewster
Hugh Butler
Karl E. Mundt
Kenneth S. Wherry

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[June 7, 1949]

JUNE 7, 1949
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN FOR JUNE 7, 1949, IN ROOM 335, IN
THE SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:10 a.m.
The calling of the roll was deferred, but the following Senators were
present:

Present 27:
Aiken Flanders Millikin
Baldwin Hickenlooper Mundt
Brewster Ives Schoeppel
Bricker Jenner Smith, Maine
Butler Knowland Taft
Cordon Langer Thye
Donnell Lodge Vandenberg
Ecton Malone Wiley
Ferguson Martin Williams

Absent 15:
Bridges Kem Smith, N.J.
Cain McCarthy Tobey
Capehart Morse Watkins
Gurney Reed Wherry
Hendrickson Saltonstall Young

Senator Saltonstall could not be present because of attendance at a
meeting of the Committee on Appropriations.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft for the purpose of discussing the
issues involved in the pending legislative business before the Senate--
The National Labor Relations Act of 1949.
Senator Taft gave a historical analysis of the Taft-Hartley Act,
reciting the conditions which existed before its enactment and the
results accomplished by its passage. He spoke of the arbitrary action
taken by the Committee on Labor in refusing to consider amendments and
of subsequent meetings by the Republican members of that Committee to
perfect amendments which culminated in the Minority Report recommending
28 changes.
Attached hereto as Exhibit ``A'' is the printed statement of Senator
Taft showing the list of important features retained if the minority
amendments are adopted, and a list of proposed changes from the present
Taft-Hartley Act.
Senator Taft emphasized that the basic features of the Taft-Hartley Act
had been retained, and that in arriving at a decision in the matter, the
minority members had always kept in mind the following three
considerations: (1) Equality and justice, (2) Union responsibility, and
(3) Elimination of specific abuses.
He stated that the Democrats had agreed to modify the administration
bill in four ways which pertained to the retention of certain provisions
of the Taft-Hartley Act which are listed as Exhibit ``A,'' as Nos. 2, 6,
15 and 16. This action he referred to ``as an attempt to pick up votes
for the Thomas bill.'' The procedure to be followed would be an
amendment offered by him on National Emergency Strikes, and then an
amendment in the nature of a substitute for the other provisions of the
pending bill.
Senators Lodge, Flanders, Ives, Aiken and Wiley participated in the
discussion and asked questions concerning specific issues. Senator Ives
said that any new provisions must follow the pattern of the Taft-Hartley
Act and that the purpose was to bring the situation back into balance.
He, as well as Senator Taft, stated that many of the present
difficulties had been brought about by gimmicks put in the existing law
by the conference committee.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:35 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 24, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR HUGH BUTLER, FOR JULY 15, 1949, IN ROOM 335, SENATE
OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.
Members of the Committee present were: Senators Butler, Chairman,
Ferguson, Baldwin, Knowland, Capehart, Lodge and Bricker. Members of the
Committee absent were: Senators Malone, Martin, Donnell and Smith of New
Jersey. Also present was J. Mark Trice.
The Chairman stated that the reason for calling the meeting of the
Committee was to present the proposition of finding two Committee places
for Senator Dulles.
The Chairman stated that he had previously discussed the matter with
Senator Taft, Chairman of the Policy Committee, who had discussed the
matter with Senator [Scott W.] Lucas [Illinois] and who then informed
the Chairman that the Policy Committee had decided that it should be a
matter for the Committee on Committees to determine.
The Chairman stated that the proposition proposed by the Democratic
Majority was that the membership on the Committee on Appropriations be
temporarily increased by one place with the second place being the
Committee on Rules by reason of moving Senator Long from the Rules
Committee to the Wagner vacancy on the Committee on Banking and
Currency.
Discussion ensued as to whether or not the Committee should accept the
proposition as suggested by the Democratic Majority.
Senator Capehart made the following motion which was agreed to: That the
Democratic Majority comply with the law under the ratio as set forth in
the Reorganization Act and request immediate action.
There being no further business, the Committee adjourned at 10:40 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by:

[signed] Hugh Butler

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR HUGH BUTLER, FOR JULY 19, 1949, IN ROOM 335, SENATE
OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:40 a.m.
Members of the Committee present were: Senators Butler, Chairman,
Baldwin, Bricker, Donnell, Knowland, Lodge, Malone, Martin and Smith of
New Jersey. Members of the Committee absent were: Senators Capehart and
Ferguson. Also present was J. Mark Trice.
The Chairman gave for the benefit of those members not present at the
last meeting a synopsis of the discussion and the action then taken.
The Chairman presented for Committee action the second proposition
presented by the Democratic Majority that the Committee on
Appropriations be temporarily increased by one place and that the
vacancy on the Banking and Currency Committee be given to the Republican
Minority as the second place.
After general discussion of the second proposition, it was moved,
seconded and approved: That the Chairman of the Committee inform Senator
Lucas that the Committee does not favor a change in the total number of
Committee places from 203 to 204.
There being no further business, the Committee adjourned at 10:15 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary of the Minority

Approved by:

[signed] Hugh Butler

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR HUGH BUTLER, FOR JULY 25, 1949, IN THE OFFICE OF THE
SECRETARY FOR THE MINORITY IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
Members of the Committee present were: Senators Butler, Chairman,
Knowland, Capehart, Bricker, Martin and Donnell. Members of the
Committee absent were: Senators Ferguson, Baldwin, Lodge, Malone and
Smith of New Jersey. Also present was J. Mark Trice.
The Chairman reported that the Democratic Majority had excused Senator
[A. W.] Robertson [of Virginia] from service on the Committee on
Appropriations and had assigned him to the Committee on Expenditures in
Executive Departments; that Senator [Russell B.] Long [of Louisiana] had
been excused from further service on the Committee on Rules and
Administration and the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive
Departments, and assigned to the Committee on Banking and Currency.
These changes left two Committee places open to the Republican Minority,
one on the Committee on Appropriations and the other on the Committee on
Rules and Administration.
He said that by previous Conference action, Senator Knowland would be
entitled to assignment to the Committee on Appropriations and that a
conflict was involved by assigning Senator Dulles to the Committee on
Rules by reason of his colleague being already on the Committee.
He said that he had contacted Senator Schoeppel who was willing to
release his assignment on the Committee on the District of Columbia and
be assigned to the Committee on Rules as well as Senator Hendrickson who
was willing to release the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
and also be assigned to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
This would leave open the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and
the Committee on the District of Columbia for Senator Dulles.
The Chairman suggested that it might be wise to protect the seniority
listing on the Committees released by Senators Knowland and Schoeppel,
but after discussion, it was deemed wise to make no recommendation in
this respect.
The following motions were made and agreed to:

That Mr. Knowland be excused from further service as a member of the
Committee on Rules and Administration and assigned to service on the
Committee on Appropriations.
That Mr. Schoeppel be excused from further service as a member of the
Committee on the District of Columbia and assigned to service on the
Committee on Rules and Administration.
That Mr. Hendrickson be excused from further service as a member of
the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and assigned to service
on the Committee on Rules and Administration.
That Mr. Dulles be assigned to the Committee on Post Office and Civil
Service and to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

There being no further business, the Committee adjourned at 5:20 p.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by:

[signed] Hugh Butler

Chairman of the Committee on Committees
------------------------

[July 26, 1949]

JULY 26, 1949
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JULY 26, 1949, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:45 a.m.
The calling of the roll was deferred, but the following Senators were
present:

Present 27:
Aiken Hendrickson Schoeppel
Brewster Ives Smith, Maine
Butler Knowland Taft
Cain Langer Thye
Donnell Lodge Tobey
Dulles McCarthy Vandenberg
Ferguson Millikin Watkins
Flanders Morse Wherry
Gurney Mundt Young

Absent 16:
Baldwin Hickenlooper Reed
Bricker Jenner Saltonstall
Bridges Kem Smith, N.J.
Capehart Malone Wiley
Cordon Martin Williams
Ecton

The Chairman read the provisions of the Conference Rules relating to the
appointment of the Committee on Committees and their functions. He said
that he interpreted the Rules to be that the only function of the
Committee on Committees was to make their recommendations to the
Republican Conference and, therefore, he had called the Republican
Conference to act on their recommendations.
The Chairman asked Senator Butler to report the recommendations of the
Committee on Committees.
Senator Butler stated that the Democratic Majority had notified the
Republican Minority on yesterday that two places were available, one on
the Committee on Appropriations and the other on the Committee on Rules
and Administration. He stated that Senator Knowland wished to release
the Committee on Rules and Administration, therefore, the Republican
Minority had in reality two places on the Committee on Rules and
Administration. He said that he had talked with Senator Schoeppel about
releasing the Committee on the District of Columbia and with Senator
Hendrickson about releasing the Committee on Post Office and Civil
Service in order that they might be reassigned to the Committee on Rules
and Administration, and thereby save a conflict by having two Senators
from the same State serving on the same Committee. Both Senators were
agreeable to the change.
Senator Butler then moved that the following recommendations of the
Committee on Committees be approved:

That Mr. Knowland be excused from further service as a
member of the Committee on Rules and Administration and
assigned to service on the Committee on Appropriations.
That Mr. Schoeppel be excused from further service as a
member of the Committee on the District of Columbia and
assigned to service on the Committee on Rules and
Administration.
That Mr. Hendrickson be excused from further service as a
member of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and
assigned to service on the Committee on Rules and
Administration.
That Mr. Dulles be assigned to the Committee on Post Office
and Civil Service and the Committee on the District of
Columbia.

The previous motions were agreed to by voice vote.
The Chairman asked Senator Lodge if he wished to discuss his Joint
Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States providing for the election of the President and Vice President.
Senator Lodge stated that he did not wish to do so at this time.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster who spoke of the work of the
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee and said that tentative
arrangements had been made for a banquet to be held on the evening of
August 4, at the Mayflower Hotel by the members of the Senate and the
House for the members of the National Committee. He also spoke of the
various conferences that had been scheduled and reported progress in
general.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:55 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 24, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
------------------------

[August 4, 1949]

AUGUST 4, 1949
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR AUGUST 4, 1949, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.
The calling of the roll was deferred, but the following Senators were
present:

Present 38:
Aiken Gurney Mundt
Baldwin Hendrickson Saltonstall
Brewster Hickenlooper Schoeppel
Bricker Ives Smith, Maine
Bridges Jenner Smith, N.J.
Butler Kem Taft
Cain Knowland Thye
Capehart Langer Tobey
Cordon Lodge Vandenberg
Donnell Martin Wherry
Dulles Millikin Williams
Ecton Morse Young
Ferguson
Flanders

Absent 5:
Malone Reed Wiley
McCarthy Watkins

The Chairman stated that the main purpose in calling the Conference was
to discuss the question of adjournment of this session of the Congress,
the said question having been raised by Senator Morse and several other
Senators.
The Chairman recognized Senator Morse who stated that it was his opinion
that the Republican Minority should adopt some kind of strategy to
oppose the utter lack of any policy on the part of the Democratic
Majority. He advanced the following suggestions: (1) That the Majority
Leadership be advised that the Republicans would cooperate in any
reasonable way for adjournment not later than September 1; (2) That an
attempt would be made to work out unanimous consent agreements and to
hold early and late sessions and meet on Saturdays if necessary; (3)
That a legislative program be agreed upon, and (4) That the Congress
return to a Special Session in the Fall to complete the program.
A number of Senators spoke in favor of the Morse position, and others
took the position that the responsibility of the program must be borne
by the Democratic Leadership and that the Republican Minority should not
assume the responsibility for a program.
Senator Wherry said that he had had several conversations with Senator
Lucas at the suggestion of the Republican Policy Committee and that the
Majority Leader stated that he was not willing to make any definite
commitment until the Appropriation Bills had been passed.
Senator Wherry asked for a showing of hands as to whether or not there
should be night sessions, 11 o'clock a.m. meetings, and Saturday
sessions. Hands were shown on each question but not a majority on any
one question.
Senator Millikin said that if there was no objection that he would state
to the press that the Republicans had expressed much concern and shock
at the demoralization of the Democratic Leadership by not setting a
definite program; that when a sensible program was announced, the
Republicans would join in expediting its enactment, and that the
Republican Minority was not asking for an adjournment of this session of
the Congress. There was no objection.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster who spoke of the dinner to be
given tonight by the Republicans in Congress for the members of the
National Committee and asked for all Senators to be present. He stated
that in his opinion it was a subtle part of the Fair Deal program to
hold the Republican Members of Congress here in Washington.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:05 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 24, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
------------------------

[January 3, 1950]

JANUARY 3, 1950
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 3, 1950, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 35:
Aiken Flanders Lodge Taft
Brewster Gurney Malone Thye
Bricker Hendrickson Martin Tobey
Butler Hickenlooper McCarthy Vandenberg
Cordon Ives Millikin Watkins
Darby Jenner Morse Wherry
Dworshak Kem Saltonstall Williams
Ecton Knowland Schoeppel Young
Ferguson Langer Smith, N.J.

Absent 7:
Bridges Donnell Wiley
Cain Mundt
Capehart Smith, Me.

The Chairman recognized Senator Schoeppel who presented the following
resolution which was agreed to without objection:

Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from
us our beloved colleague, the Honorable Clyde Martin Reed,
late Senator from the State of Kansas, and
Whereas throughout his eleven years in the United States
Senate he rendered to our Nation and to his State a most
distinguished service, and
Whereas he was our affectionate friend and our esteemed
colleague, ever ready to give of himself, of his efforts,
and of his judgment,
Now, therefore,
Be it resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the
United States Senate of the Honorable Clyde Martin Reed,
express our sense of loss at his passing, and
Further, that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
Mrs. Minnie E. Reed at Parsons, Kansas, that she may be
assured of our deep respect for her and of our condolences
to her upon the passing of our friend, her husband.

The Chairman welcomed to the Conference the new Senator from Kansas, Mr.
Darby, and the return of Senator Vandenberg.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft for the purpose of informing the
Conference on the subject of the appointment of a Committee of
Republican Senators to formulate a statement of the aims and purposes of
the Republican Members of Congress.
Senator Taft stated that Mr. Gabrielson, the Chairman of the Republican
National Committee, had talked with him concerning the appointment of a
committee of Senators to join with a like committee of the House of
Representatives and the Republican National Committee, for the purpose
of formulating a statement of the aims and purposes of the Republican
party. He expressed the opinion that any statement of principles should
be made by the Republicans of the Senate and House and that there was a
question in his mind as to whether or not the National Committee had the
authority to formulate such a statement. He stated that a Republican
Conference had been requested for the purpose of considering whether the
Conference would like to authorize the appointment of such a committee,
and he offered the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved: That the Chairman of the Minority Conference
name a Committee of the Conference to confer with a
committee of the House on the formulation of a restatement
of the aims and purposes of the Republican Members of
Congress, supplementing the 1948 Republican platform, for
the approval of the Republican Conferences of Senate and
House, and to confer with a committee of the Republican
National Committee and other interested Republicans.

After a discussion of the resolution, Senator Bricker made the following
motion which was duly seconded:

That consideration of the resolution be postponed for a period of 90
days.

The Chairman asked the Secretary to call the roll and the Chairman
announced the result of the vote of the Bricker motion, Yeas: 9; Nays:
26. The vote was as follows:

Yeas:
Aiken Malone
Bricker Martin
Dworshak Morse
Flanders Williams
Hendrickson

Nays:
Brewster Jenner Smith, N.J.
Butler Kem Taft
Cordon Knowland Thye
Darby Langer Tobey
Ecton Lodge Vandenberg
Ferguson McCarthy Watkins
Gurney Millikin Wherry
Hickenlooper Saltonstall Young
Ives Schoeppel

The Chairman recognized Senator McCarthy who suggested that the word
``statement'' be changed to ``restatement.'' Senator Taft accepted the
amendment of Senator McCarthy.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jenner who moved that the resolution of
Senator Taft be adopted. The Chairman put the question and the
resolution was adopted by voice vote.
The Chairman, during the discussion, asked for the views of Republican
Senators up for reelection this fall as to whether they desired to serve
as members of the committee. Senator Morse and Senator Hickenlooper
announced that they did not wish to serve. It was also the general
consensus of opinion that the Committee to be named by the Chairman of
the Conference need not be ratified by a subsequent meeting of the
Republican Conference.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster, who spoke of a meeting to be
called next Thursday for a discussion of the use of the funds of the
Republican Senatorial Committee. He also enlightened the Conference on a
Lincoln Day Party to be sponsored by the Women's Republican Club of the
District of Columbia on the evening of February 6.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 4:10 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 4, 1950

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
------------------------

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESTATEMENT OF REPUBLICAN
PRINCIPLES, SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT, CHAIRMAN, ON MONDAY, JANUARY 9,
1950, AT 4:00 P.M., 335 SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Present: Senator Robert A. Taft, Chairman; Aiken,
Brewster, Butler, Cordon, Ferguson, Ives, Lodge, Taft,
Watkins, Wherry, Young.
Absent: Knowland, Mundt, Smith, Me., Smith, N.J.
Others: J. Mark Trice, John Pillsbury.

A quorum was present.
Senator Taft stated that the object of the meeting was to agree on a
method of procedure to be used in arriving at a final draft, and he
spoke of a previous meeting he had attended with Messrs. Gabrielson,
Kelland, and Representative Joe Martin. He suggested that the Senate and
House committees work independently, but each appoint subcommittees to
meet and do the actual drafting. At the time of drafting Representatives
of the Republican National Committee would be requested to confer with
the group, and when the drafting is completed the statement would be
submitted to the individual Republican Conferences of both Houses of
Congress. Prior to submission to the individual Conferences, the entire
National Committee would be consulted so that their suggestions could be
considered.
It was requested that no publicity be given during the drafting period.
After a general discussion of various paragraphs appearing in the
Platform of 1948 and the Statement of Policy issued by the Republican
Members of Congress in 1946, it was agreed that the present statement
should be limited to approximately 800 words.
It was then agreed that the individual members of the Committee would
prepare statements of their own and submit them to the Chairman by
Friday, January 13, in order that their views might be correlated and a
digest made for the next meeting.
The Chairman announced that the next meeting of the Committee would be
held on Tuesday, January 17, 1950, at 10:00 a.m.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Robert A. Taft

Chairman, Committee on Restatement
------------------------

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR HUGH BUTLER, JANUARY 10, 1950, ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE
BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
Members of the Committee present were: Senators Butler, Bricker,
Donnell, Ferguson, Knowland, Lodge, Martin, Smith, N.J. Members of the
Committee absent were: Senators Malone, Capehart. Also present was J.
Mark Trice.
The Chairman stated that he had made a preliminary study and survey of
the Committee situation caused by the present 54-42 political ratio of
the Senate which had resulted in a change by the Democrats of the ratio
from 7-6 to 8-5 of the Committee on Finance, a vacancy on the Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Commerce caused by the demise of Senator Reed,
a vacancy on the Committee on Armed Services caused by the resignation
of Senator Baldwin, and two vacancies on the Committee on Post Office
and Civil Service, and one on the Committee on the District of Columbia.
By reason of selection by the Democratic Majority, of the Committee on
Finance as an 8-5 committee, it was necessary to bump Senator Williams
from that committee. He stated that in the suggested changes, a vacancy
was available on the Committee on Banking and Currency and that, because
Senator McCarthy had been previously bumped from that Committee, the
vacancy thereon had been offered to him. Senator Mccarthy, however,
informed the Chairman that he did not wish at this time to return to the
Committee and was satisfied with his present assignments. The Chairman
recommended the adoption by the Committee, for recommendation to the
Republican Conference, the following Committee assignments: Senator Cain
to release Banking and Currency and be assigned to the Committee on
Armed Services; Senator Ives to release the Committee on Rules and
Administration and be assigned to the Committee on Banking and Currency;
Senator Williams who was forced to release the Committee on Finance to
be assigned to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Senator
Mundt to release the Committee on the District of Columbia and be
assigned to the Committee on Rules and Administration; Senators Dworshak
and Darby to be assigned to the Committee on the District of Columbia
and to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
After a discussion of the matter it was moved and seconded that the
recommendations be adopted and submitted to the Republican Conference
for approval. The Committee instructed the Chairman that they were
agreeable if the trade in Committee assignments might be arranged by
Senators Williams and Kem--Senator Kem to release Agriculture for
Interstate and Foreign Commerce and Senator Williams to go to the
Committee on Agriculture.
There being no further business, the Committee adjourned at 4:45 p.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

[signed] Hugh Butler

Chairman of the Committee on Committees
------------------------

[January 12, 1950]

JANUARY 12, 1950
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
SECRETARY, SENATOR MILTON R. YOUNG, FOR JANUARY 12, 1950, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Senator Young, the Secretary, called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.
in the temporary absence of the Chairman.
He stated that a quorum was present and the following Senators were
present at the meeting:

Present 38:
Aiken Gurney Schoeppel
Brewster Hendrickson Smith, Me.
Bridges Hickenlooper Smith, N.J.
Butler Ives Taft
Cain Jenner Thye
Capehart Knowland Tobey
Cordon Langer Vandenberg
Darby Lodge Watkins
Donnell Martin Wherry
Dworshak McCarthy Williams
Ecton Millikin Young
Ferguson Mundt
Flanders Saltonstall

Absent 4:
Bricker Malone
Kem Morse

The Acting Chairman recognized Senator Butler, Chairman of the Committee
on Committees, to make his report for that Committee. Senator Butler
stated that his Committee had worked faithfully and diligently in making
the various assignments and that everything possible was done to satisfy
the Republican Senators. He then offered the following report of his
Committee and moved its adoption:

Ordered, That Mr. Cain be, and he is hereby, excused from
further service as a member of the Committee on Banking and
Currency and assigned to service on the Committee on Armed
Services;
That Mr. Dworshak be, and he is hereby, assigned to
service on the Committee on the District of Columbia and to
service on the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service;
That Mr. Darby be, and he is hereby, assigned to service
on the Committee on the District of Columbia and to service
on the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service;
That Mr. Ives be, and he is hereby, excused from further
service as a member of the Committee on Rules and
Administration, and assigned to service on the Committee on
Banking and Currency;
That Mr. Mundt be, and he is hereby, excused from further
service as a member of the Committee on the District of
Columbia, and assigned to service on the Committee on Rules
and Administration;
That Mr. Williams be, and he is hereby, excused from
further service on the Committee on Finance, and assigned to
service on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

There was no discussion and the report was adopted by voice vote.
The Acting Chairman recognized Senator Dworshak who spoke briefly on the
unfairness of Committee assignments caused primarily by the passage of
the Reorganization Act. Senator Taft replied to Senator Dworshak with a
suggestion that the Committee on Committees attempt to draft a rule for
Conference action based on the theory that each Senator should have at
least one major committee assignment.
The Acting Chairman recognized Senator Wherry who questioned if there
should be any policy adopted in regard to Senator Langer's three Civil
Rights amendments which had been offered to the Oleomargarine Bill.
After a discussion of the matter, the general consensus of opinion was
that no policy should be adopted in regard to these amendments by the
Conference.
The Acting Chairman presented to the Conference for incorporation in the
minutes a letter addressed to him by the Chairman dated January 5, 1950,
appointing a Committee of 15 Senators to serve as members of the
Committee on Restatement of Republican Principles. The letter is
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 11:03.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Acting Chairman, and Secretary of the Minority Conference
* * *
EXHIBIT A
United States Senate
Conference of the Minority

January 5, 1950

Honorable Milton R. Young
Secretary, Conference Republican Senators
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.

Dear Senator:

Pursuant to the resolution of the Conference of
Republican Senators Tuesday, January 3, 1950, I hereby
appoint the following Senators as members of the Committee
having to do with a restatement of aims and purposes of
the Republican members of Congress:

1. Honorable George D. Aiken (Vermont)
2. Honorable Owen Brewster (Maine)
3. Honorable Hugh Butler (Nebraska)
4. Honorable Guy Cordon (Oregon)
5. Honorable Homer Ferguson (Michigan)
6. Honorable Irving M. Ives (New York)
7. Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (Massachusetts)
8. Honorable William F. Knowland (California)
9. Honorable Karl E. Mundt (South Dakota)
10. Honorable H. Alexander Smith (New Jersey)
11. Honorable Margaret Chase Smith (Maine)
12. Honorable Robert A. Taft (Ohio)
13. Honorable Arthur V. Watkins (Utah)
14. Honorable Kenneth S. Wherry (Nebraska)
15. Honorable Milton R. Young (North Dakota)
Senator Robert A. Taft is hereby appointed as Chairman of this
Committee.
Copies of this communication are being sent to the members of the
Committee.
With very best regards, I am

Sincerely,
[signed] Eugene D. Millikin
Chairman

EDM:dmb

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESTATEMENT OF REPUBLICAN
PRINCIPLES, SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT, CHAIRMAN, ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 19,
1950, AT 10:00 A.M., 335 SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Present: Senator Robert A. Taft, Chairman; Aiken, Brewster, Butler,
Cordon, Ives, Knowland, Lodge, Smith, Me., Smith, N.J., Watkins, Young.
Also present: Senator George W. Malone.
Absent: Ferguson, Mundt, Wherry.
Others: J. Mark Trice, John Pillsbury.
A quorum was present.
The Chairman stated that Senator Malone had requested to appear before
the Committee and Senator Taft had invited him to be present. Senator
Malone expressed the opinion that a good spearhead for the restatement
of policy would be support of the flexible import fee principle and
opposition to I.T.O. He furnished to the members of the committee, a
copy of his remarks made on the Senate floor last May on the subject.
The Chairman announced that nine statements had been submitted and these
had been mimeographed together in one general statement for the use of
the committee. He stated that he had talked with Representative [Joseph
W.] Martin [, Jr., of Massachusetts] concerning the membership of sub-
committees to be appointed to do the drafting. It was suggested that the
subcommittees should comprise three members of each group with the
respective chairmen as ex-officio members.
After a general discussion of a number of specific subjects, the general
consensus of opinion was that a statement should be made reaffirming the
Republican Platform of 1948. There was a discussion of the form of an
agricultural statement to include cooperatives and rural
electrification; of foreign policy; of labor; of socialism and excessive
government power and spending.
The Chairman suggested that the members of the Committee rewrite and
shorten the paragraphs on the subjects discussed and requested that no
information be given to the press on the material submitted.
The Chairman announced that the next meeting would be held on Monday,
January 23, 1950, at 10:00 a.m.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:40 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Robert A. Taft

Chairman, Restatement Committee

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESTATEMENT OF REPUBLICAN
PRINCIPLES, SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT, CHAIRMAN, ON MONDAY, JANUARY 23,
1950, AT 10:00 A.M., 335 SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Present: Senator Robert A. Taft, Chairman; Aiken, Brewster, Butler,
Knowland, Lodge, Mundt, Smith, Me., Wherry.
Absent: Cordon, Ferguson, Ives, Smith, N.J., Watkins, Young.
Others: J. Mark Trice, John Pillsbury.
A quorum was present.
The Chairman stated that if it was agreeable to the Committee, he would
appoint as a sub-committee of the Committee for the purpose of drafting
a tentative restatement of principles, the following Senators: Brewster,
Lodge, and Wherry, with the Chairman Senator Taft, as an ex-officio
member of the Committee. There was no objection.
The sub-committee was asked to consult with Senators Aiken and Young on
the writing of a farm statement.
As a starting point on a statement of foreign policy, the committee
approved the paragraph on the subject submitted by Senator Taft and
amended by Senator Vandenberg, with the addition of the following words:
``--and we deplore the failure of the administration in so many fields
to give such cooperation or even adequate information to the Congress.''
In the fifth line from the end of the statement, the word ``but'' was
eliminated and a new sentence begun. The amended paragraph then read as
follows:

The primary aim of our foreign policy should be to assure
peace with justice in a free world while maintaining the
independence and the rights of the American people. We favor
a strong policy against the spread of Communism or Fascism
at home and abroad. We favor full support of the United
Nations, and of the inter-American system as an integral
part of the international organization, and of our treaty
obligations to the North Atlantic Community; and the
improvement of the United Nations Charter so that it may be
an effective international organization of independent
states prepared to mobilize the armed forces and public
opinion of the world against aggression. We favor aid to
those States resisting Communism to the extent that such aid
is effective and without danger to a sound American economy.
We oppose secret commitments, or international obligations
which lack due Constitutional process. Under our
indispensable two-party system we shall exercise every
vigilance in the critical exploration of foreign policy. We
favor fully reciprocal cooperation between the Parties and
between the Executive and Legislative branches of government
in the mutual initiation and development of a united
American foreign policy, and we deplore the failure of the
administration in so many fields to give such cooperation or
even adequate information to the Congress.

The following specified subjects were suggested for inclusion in the
Restatement: farm, labor, general welfare and foreign policy.
The Committee discussed the paragraph submitted by Senator Taft on
``welfare'' and the following changes: the insertion of the words ``--
that the need is demonstrated'' in lieu of ``--that it is only given to
communities or persons that are actually in need''; the words ``--where
the need is clearly demonstrated'' in the first sentence to be stricken.
The paragraph then read:

We favor federal assistance to States to enable them to do a better
job in health, education, welfare and housing, so that there may be a
reasonable equality for all and especially for all children no matter
how poor the family or the district or the State into which they may
be born. We recognize that such federal aid must be carefully
safeguarded so that it leaves the administration and control of all
such programs in the hands of the States or local communities, that
the need is demonstrated, and that it does not impose too great a tax
burden on the federal treasury. We favor extension of the federal old
age and survivors insurance program and increase of benefits to a more
realistic level, with due regard to the tax burden on those who labor.

It was suggested that the sub-committee start work on the draft,
consulting with a like Committee of the House, and report back to the
full Committee a tentative draft.
The Chairman called a meeting of the full Committee for 10:00 a.m. next
Wednesday morning, February 1, 1950.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Robert A. Taft

Chairman, Restatement Committee
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[February 1, 1950]

FEBRUARY 1, 1950
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR FEBRUARY 1, 1950, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

A quorum not being present at 10:10, the Chairman stated that if there
was no objection, he would call the meeting to order. There was no
objection. Several minutes later, the following Senators appeared and
were present: 32.

Aiken Flanders Saltonstall
Bricker Gurney Schoeppel
Bridges Ives Smith, Me.
Butler Jenner Smith, N.J.
Cain Knowland Taft
Cordon Langer Tobey
Darby Lodge Vandenberg
Donnell Malone Watkins
Dworshak Martin Wherry
Ecton Millikin Williams
Ferguson Mundt

Absent: 10
Brewster Kem Thye
Capehart McCarthy Wiley
Hendrickson Morse Young
Hickenlooper

The Chairman stated that he had received a letter signed by five
Republican Senators requesting him to call a conference for the purpose
of discussing Senate Joint Resolution II, a resolution to amend the
Constitution relative to the election of the President and Vice
President. He stated that the purpose of the meeting was not to arrive
at a decision of Party Policy, but for the purpose of information and
instruction on the subject. The Chairman recognized Senator Lodge, who
spoke at some length on the merits of his Joint Resolution.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Taft who spoke in opposition to the
Joint Resolution.
The following Senators were recognized by the Chairman and spoke in
favor of the Resolution: Senators Knowland, Smith, N.J., Cain, and Ives.
Those speaking against the resolution were: Senators Ferguson, Malone,
Schoeppel, Jenner and Donnell.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the meeting had been well served
by the discussion that had taken place.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:48.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by the Chairman February 2, 1950.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESTATEMENT OF REPUBLICAN
PRINCIPLES, SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT, CHAIRMAN, ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4,
1950, 335 SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

Present: Senator Robert A. Taft, Chairman: Brewster, Butler, Cordon,
Ferguson, Knowland, Lodge, Mundt, Smith, Me., Smith, N.J., Taft, Wherry,
Young.
Absent: Aiken, Ives, Watkins.
Others: J. Mark Trice, John Pillsbury.
A quorum was present.
The Chairman called the meeting to order and stated that the sub-
committee had been working diligently with a like sub-committee of the
House of Representatives. He presented a draft to those members present
and stated that it should not be considered as final, as a further
meeting was scheduled for the afternoon. The Chairman then read the
draft, paragraph by paragraph, and certain corrections and suggestions
were made in the text by the various members of the Committee.
It was suggested that a one-page summary be prepared of the approved
text for publicity purposes.
The Chairman announced that there would be a meeting of the full
Committee on Monday, February 6, 1950, at 9:00 a.m., for final approval
before submission of the statement to the Republican Conference.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:40 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Robert A. Taft

Chairman, Restatement Committee

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESTATEMENT OF REPUBLICAN
PRINCIPLES, SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT, CHAIRMAN, ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6,
1950, AT 9:00 A.M., 335 SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Present: Aiken, Brewster, Ferguson, Knowland, Lodge, Mundt, Smith,
Me., Smith, N.J., Taft, Watkins, Wherry, Young.
Absent: Butler, Cordon, Ives.
Others: John Pillsbury, J. Mark Trice
The Chairman called the meeting to order and read those paragraphs of
the final draft which represented the thoughts previously expressed and
the changes recommended at the Saturday meeting of the Committee.
After discussion several minor changes were made and it was moved,
seconded and agreed to that the Committee recommend to the Republican
Conference the approved draft of the Restatement of Party Principles.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:10 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Robert A. Taft

Chairman, Restatement Committee.
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[February 6, 1950]

FEBRUARY 6, 1950
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR FEBRUARY 6, 1950, AT 10:00
A.M., 335 SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:15.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 29:
Aiken Ferguson Mundt
Brewster Flanders Schoeppel
Butler Gurney Smith, Me.
Cain Hendrickson Smith, N.J.
Capehart Jenner Taft
Darby Knowland Tobey
Donnell Lodge Watkins
Dworshak Malone Wherry
Ecton Martin Young
McCarthy
Millikin

Absent 13:
Bricker Kem Thye
Bridges Langer Vandenberg
Cordon Morse Wiley
Hickenlooper Saltonstall Williams
Ives

The Chairman recognized Senator Taft, the Chairman of the Committee on
Restatement of Republican Principles, who explained the methods used in
arriving at a final draft and then suggested that he read the statement
recommended to the Conference by his Committee. There was no objection
and Senator Taft proceeded to read the statement paragraph by paragraph.
Votes were taken on the following motions by count of hands:
The motion of Senator McCarthy to strike out the words ``liberty against
socialism.'' Rejected 7 to 13.
The motion of Senator Mundt to insert the word ``national'' before the
word ``socialism.'' Agreed to 18 to 8.
The motion of Senator McCarthy that language be included to the effect
that the Republicans favor Farm Cooperatives. Rejected 7 to 8.
After a general discussion of the statement by those members present,
and due to certain additions and deletions made in the text, Senator
Taft suggested that a further meeting be held with the members of the
House Committee and that another Conference be called for later in the
day.
The Chairman announced that if there was no objection this procedure
would be followed, and a Conference would be called for 2:30 p.m. There
was no objection.
There being no further business, the Conference was adjourned at 12:20.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, February 7, 1950

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
------------------------

[February 6, 1950]

FEBRUARY 6, 1950
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR FEBRUARY 6, 1950, AT 2:30
P.M., 335 SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 2:30.

Present:
Aiken Flanders Saltonstall
Brewster Gurney Schoeppel
Bricker Hendrickson Smith, Me.
Cain Ives Smith, N.J.
Capehart Jenner Taft
Cordon Lodge Tobey
Darby Martin Watkins
Donnell McCarthy Wherry
Dworshak Millikin Williams
Ecton Mundt Young
Ferguson

Absent:
Bridges Knowland Thye
Butler Langer Vandenberg
Hickenlooper Malone Wiley
Kem Morse

The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who asked that Senator Brewster
report to the Conference the results of the meeting with the House
Committee and the changes made.
Senator Brewster explained to the Conference why the members of the
House Committee would not accept certain of the proposed changes
suggested by the Senate Committee and gave an explanation of the other
changes.
Votes were taken on the following motions by count of hands:
The motion of Senator Ives that language be included which would
reaffirm the plank on Civil Rights in the 1948 platform. Rejected 13 to
15.
The motion of Senator McCarthy that the members of the Senate Committee
be instructed to insist on the inclusion of language re R.E.A. Agreed to
18 to 10. (The language previously agreed to read as follows:
``Continued development of electric service to rural areas.'').
After a discussion, it was moved, seconded and agreed to that the
Conference adopt the statement of principles and objectives.
There is attached hereto as Exhibit A the text of the statement as
adopted.
There being no further business, the Conference was adjourned at 3:20
p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, February 7, 1950

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
EXHIBIT A--CONFERENCE MINUTES
February 6, 1950

ADVANCE COPY FOR RELEASE AT
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NOTE RELEASE TIME February 6, 1950

STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVES

Adopted by the Republican Members of the House of Representatives and
the Republican Members of the Senate, and concurred in by the Members of
the Republican National Committee on February 6, 1950
To win lasting peace, to build a country in which every citizen may make
the most of his skill, initiative and enterprise, and to hold aloft the
inspiring torch of American freedom, opportunity and justice, assuring
better and happier life for all our people, we dedicate our efforts and
issue this Statement of Principles and Objectives supplementing the
Republican Platform of 1948.
We shall not passively defend the principles stated here, but shall
fight for them with all the vigor with which our forefathers fought to
establish what we now seek to advance and perpetuate--Human Liberty and
Individual Dignity.
We pledge that in all we will advocate and in all that we will perform
the first test shall be: Does this conduct enlarge and strengthen or
does it undermine and lessen Human Liberty and Individual Dignity.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

The American people face the hard fact that though they won the war
nearly five years ago they have not yet won the peace. We offer them
leadership in new efforts to achieve this vital end.
We favor a foreign policy in which all Americans, regardless of party,
will join to assure peace with justice in a free world while maintaining
the independence and the rights of the American people.
We insist upon restoration of our foreign agreements to their proper
place inside the Constitution and we insist that the United States shall
not be bound to any course of action unless the spirit and letter of our
Constitutional procedure are followed.
We oppose secret commitments, and we denounce the refusal of the
Administration to furnish accurate and adequate information to the
Congress.
Under our indispensable two-party system, we shall be vigilant in
critical exploration of Administration Foreign Policy. We favor
consultation between the Executive and Members of both major parties in
the Legislative Branch of Government in the initiation and development
of a united American Foreign Policy; and we deplore the tragic
consequences of the Administration's failure to pursue these objectives
in many fields, particularly in the secret agreements of Yalta,
subsequently confirmed at Potsdam, which have created new injustices and
new dangers throughout the world.
We favor full support of the United Nations and the improvement of its
Charter so that it may be an effective international organization of
independent states prepared to mobilize public opinion and the armed
forces of the world against aggression. We favor full support of the
inter-American system as an integral part of the international
organization, and of our treaty obligations in the North Atlantic
Community.
We advocate a strong policy against the spread of Communism or Fascism
at home and abroad, and we insist that America's efforts toward this end
be directed by those who have no sympathy either with Communism or
Fascism.
We support aid to those states resisting Communism but such aid should
be given only if it is essential to our national security, if it is
within the total limits which the American economy can afford, if it
will be effective, if it is beyond the ability of the aided nation to
supply for itself, and if there is a program for progressive reduction.
The Republican Party has always believed in a strong national defense.
We must maintain our armed forces at a strength completely adequate for
the security of our people.
We favor the promotion of world trade on the basis of fair and
reasonable competition and we assert that this can be done within the
Republican principle that foreign products of underpaid foreign labor
shall not be admitted to this country on terms which imperil the living
standards of the American workman or the American farmer, or threaten
serious injury to a domestic industry. A strong American economy is a
vital factor for our security.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

The major domestic issue today is liberty against socialism: whether we
shall remain in this country a free people in constant control of our
governments, or whether we shall delegate to an all-powerful Federal
Government with unlimited power to tax and spend, the rights to direct
and operate our agriculture, industry, labor and local communities and
the daily lives of our citizens. We believe there is no frontier beyond
which devotion to the American system may not increase our knowledge,
character and material welfare; but we believe these goals can only be
secured in a framework of liberty, equality and justice, with adequate
incentive and rewards to workmen and to industry for ability, knowledge,
character, hard work, daring and genius.
Basic American principles are threatened by the Administration's program
for a planned economy modeled on the socialist governments of Europe,
including price and wage control, rationing, socialized medicine,
regional authorities, and the Brannan Plan with its controls, penalties,
fines and jail sentences. This program is dictated by a small but
powerful group of persons who believe in socialism, who have no concept
of the true foundation of American progress, and whose proposals are
wholly out of accord with the true interests and real wishes of the
workers, farmers and businessmen.
As the Iron Curtain descends on half the globe, and as nation after
nation samples the drug of totalitarianism, the Republican Party is the
champion of human liberty and the essential dignity of the individual.
To it falls the task of offering not only its opposition, but of
proposing a program to restore faith in free institutions, and bring
about stability, opportunity and progress.
We hold that Government can use its just powers to foster national
health, promote real security for the aged, develop sound agricultural
and labor-management policies and advance civil rights. These ideas are
in keeping with the earliest and finest Republican traditions, and can
be achieved without establishing socialism or discipline or dependence.
The Democrats have also professed these ideals, but the stark truth is
that after eighteen years of Democratic control and endless talk, they
have reduced this whole field to confusion and futility. The
Administration is seeking to make demagogic appeals rather than enact
sound legislation. It seeks to keep glittering goals intact to lure
votes in anticipation of favors to come. Such a cynical procedure raises
the naked issue of sincerity, of responsibility, and of achievement.
To achieve our objectives, we offer certain fundamental proposals, and
constructive undertakings to rebuild a prosperous and progressive
America:
I. The Economy.
Liberty cannot breathe the air of bankruptcy and live.
Reckless and extravagant spending by the Federal Government, as now
advocated by the Democratic Administration, with recurring annual
deficits or continually increasing taxes, can result only in disaster
and ruin for our country. It will further cheapen the dollar, rob the
wage earner, impoverish the farmer and destroy the savings, pensions,
insurance and investments of millions of people. Therefore we urge:
A. An end of deficit spending and a return to a balanced budget.
B. That Federal spending be materially reduced.
C. The achievement of efficiency and economy in Government especially by
adoption of measures along the lines of the Hoover Report.
D. A policy of general tax reduction to be accomplished as rapidly as
reduction in Federal expenditures will permit. We favor immediate repeal
of oppressive wartime excises and reduction of taxes on small business
to stimulate new industry and growth. This will create new jobs, new
wealth, and eventually greater tax revenue. It will provide opportunity
for youth, furnish incentives for stable employment and retention of
older employees and encourage lower prices.
E. Strict enforcement of the laws against monopoly and unfair
competition.
F. Establishment of a non-partisan commission to study and recommend a
sensible redistribution of governmental functions and sources of revenue
between the Federal, State and local entities, to secure the sovereignty
of the several states with as much decentralization as is compatible
with the national welfare.
II. Agriculture.
A prosperous agriculture is fundamental to a prosperous America. We join
farm organizations in condemning the Brannan Plan which would regiment
our farmers, cost untold billions of the taxpayers' money, and would
mean the ultimate nationalization of agriculture. Its inefficiency and
increased costs would adversely affect both the producer and the
consumer. It would place every farmer in a state of complete dependency
on Government for a large part of his income from uncertain annual
Congressional appropriations. We deplore the maladministration for
political purposes of the present agricultural law by the Department of
Agriculture.
We will continue to work with the farmers, farm organizations and all
friends of agriculture to bring about a sound solution of the many
problems confronting the farmers of this country. Such farm policies
must be developed in the interest of the farmer, the consumer and the
national economy. Agriculture is a growing and dynamic industry
undergoing constant change and improvement. No farm program can succeed
which is not in harmony with this concept. Specifically we propose the
following:
A. A program to provide a fair price for the farmers' products in the
market place aided by a system of price supports and by protection
against the dumping of competitive commodities produced by underpaid
foreign labor, to the end that the farmer's standard of living will be
in line with the contribution he makes to the national economy.
B. Continue and enlarge programs of research and education, both in
production and marketing, with particular attention to cheaper and more
effective production, a better and more effective marketing system
especially for perishable commodities, sound cooperative marketing, and
the development and expansion of industrial uses for agricultural
products and by-products.
C. Continued development and restoration of our soil and water resources
through soil conservation and reclamation.
D. Expansion of animal agriculture as a means of reducing surpluses,
rebuilding the soil and providing a better diet for our people.
E. Special encouragement for the development and ownership of family-
sized farms, improvement of rural living conditions, and completion of
the rural electrification program.
F. Development of export markets for the surplus crops which can be
efficiently produced in this country.
III. Labor-Management Relations.
Industrial harmony and justice are essential to the country's well-
being. To that end, government should encourage and promote free
collective bargaining. On management and unions falls an equal
responsibility to act in good faith toward each other and toward the
country. We favor:
A. Continuation of the Taft-Hartley law because it has restored equality
between employer and employees, guaranteed the right of collective
bargaining, the recognition of unions and the right to strike, while
protecting the rights of the public and the union members. Under this
law union membership has increased to new highs, wages have risen to
record levels and strikes have decreased.
B. Continuation of our efforts to enact such improvements in the law as
have been shown to be necessary to accomplish its purposes more
effectively and achieve more complete equality. We deplore the action of
the Administration in playing politics in this vital area of human
relations, thereby blocking the enactment of necessary amendments to the
law.
IV. Civil Rights.
The right of equal opportunity to work, to vote, to advance in life and
to be protected under the law should never be limited in any individual
because of race, religion, color, or country of origin. Therefore, we
shall continue to sponsor legislation to protect the rights of
minorities.
V. Social Responsibility.
The obligation of Government to those in need has long been recognized.
Recognizing the inequities and injustices of the present program of
social security, we urge:
A. The extension of the coverage of the Federal old-age and survivors
insurance program, reduction of eligibility requirements and increase of
benefits to a more generous level, with due regard to the tax burden on
those who labor.
B. A thorough-going study of a program of more nearly universal coverage
including the principle of pay-as-you-go.
C. Federal aid, where the need is clearly demonstrated, to states and
through states to their subdivisions, to assist them in affording
subsistence, shelter and medical care to their citizens who are unable
to provide for themselves. Such aid, including unemployment
compensation, must be based on state and local initiative, operation,
contribution and responsibility, without Federal bureaucratic
interference. It must avoid socialization of the medical profession or
of any other activity. Federal aid must be in amounts which do not
impose an unreasonable burden of taxation on the American people who pay
the bills.
VI. Veterans.
A grateful nation demands that those who fought in its defense, their
widows and orphans, must never be forgotten. We urge:
A. Continuing and sympathetic consideration of the rights and deserts of
the veterans and their dependents.
B. Prompt and efficient handling of claims and other problems of
veterans.
VII. Loyalty.
Communism is an international conspiracy aiming at world-wide
dictatorship and the suppression of religious, political and economic
freedoms throughout the world. It corrupts ideals, corrodes basic
religious teachings, destroys the fiber of man and denies the existence
of God. It is imperative that the nations of the world develop new
methods to offset this frontal attack on civilization.
We condemn the failure of the Administration to recognize the full
implications of this threat to our security. We deplore the dangerous
degree to which Communists and their fellow travelers have been employed
in important Government posts and the fact that information vital to our
security has been made available to alien agents and persons of
questionable loyalty. We denounce the soft attitude of this
Administration toward Government employees and officials who hold or
support Communist attitudes. We pledge immediate action to bring about:
A. The complete overhaul of the so-called loyalty and security checks of
Federal personnel.
B. The prompt elimination of all Communists, fellow travelers and
Communist sympathizers from our Federal payroll.
C. Closer coordination between our intelligence agencies, with full use
of the facilities of the FBI for protecting our security.
CONCLUSION

To this program we subscribe, confident that the overwhelming majority
of Americans cherish our heritage of freedom and will join us in this
crusade to see that it shall not perish from the earth.
Our people must arouse themselves to preserve our precious liberties and
freedoms--the right to worship God in our own way; to speak freely our
minds without fear; to conduct our lives and our affairs without
officious meddling by too powerful government. We must revivify those
qualities of diligence, economy, courage, initiative and patriotism
which enabled our forefathers to make this Nation great.
This Republic is the custodian of Human Liberty. The Republican Party
will endeavor to see to it that we are worthy of this guardianship.

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[April 21, 1950]

APRIL 21, 1950
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR APRIL 21, 1950, AT 10:00 A.M.,
335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:15 and stated that the
call of the roll would be deferred, but the following Senators were
present:

Present:
Aiken Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Brewster Ives Schoeppel
Bricker Jenner Smith, Maine
Butler Kem Taft
Capehart Knowland Thye
Cordon Langer Watkins
Darby Lodge Wherry
Dworshak Martin Williams
Flanders Millikin Young
Hendrickson Mundt

Absent:
Bridges Gurney Smith, N.J.
Cain Malone Tobey
Donnell McCarthy Vandenberg
Ecton Morse Wiley
Ferguson

The Chairman stated that he had received a petition addressed to him by
Senators Lodge, Wiley and Hickenlooper, requesting him to call a
Conference of Republican Senators for the purpose of discussing S. 3303,
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1950.
The Chairman recognized Senator Lodge who proceeded to discuss the
substance of the bill and answer questions raised on the various
sections of the measure.
The Chairman stated that he would, in conjunction with Senator
Saltonstall, offer a substitute for the ``Point-4'' amendment, intended
to be proposed to the bill by Senator [Thomas T.] Connally [Democrat of
Texas].
The meeting was devoted to questions and answers on the bill and no
direct or indirect attempt was made to establish Republican policy on
the measure.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 12:05 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, April 24, 1950

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[June 14, 1950]

JUNE 14, 1950
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HON. EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JUNE 14, 1950, AT 10:00 A.M., 335
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.
The Chairman requested the Secretary of the Conference to call the roll.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 32:
Aiken Ecton Mundt
Brewster Ferguson Saltonstall
Bricker Flanders Smith, Maine
Bridges Gurney Smith, N.J.
Butler Hendrickson Taft
Cain Jenner Thye
Capehart Langer Watkins
Cordon Malone Wherry
Darby Martin Williams
Donnell McCarthy Young
Dworshak Millikin

Absent 10:
Hickenlooper Lodge Vandenberg
Ives Morse Wiley
Kem Schoeppel
Knowland Tobey

The Chairman on behalf of Senator Ferguson, who was temporarily absent,
offered the following resolution and at the suggestion of Senator
Donnell it was unanimously adopted by rising vote:
RESOLUTION

WHEREAS Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from
our colleague, the Honorable Arthur H. Vandenberg, his
beloved wife, Mrs. Hazel Whittaker Vandenberg,
Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Republican colleagues in the
United States Senate of the Honorable Arthur H. Vandenberg,
express our sense of loss at the passing of his wife, and
FURTHER, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
the Honorable Arthur H. Vandenberg, that he may be assured
of our deep respect for him and our condolences to him.

The Chairman stated that the meeting had been called for the purpose of
discussing the subject of Social Security, because there was under
consideration by the Senate, H.R. 6000, an act to amend and improve the
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance System. The Chairman discussed
the history of the legislation, the part which the Republican members of
the Finance Committee had played in the past by investigation of the
whole system, and he stated that the Republicans could take a great
share of the credit for the benefits coming from the passage of the
present bill. He also stated that in his opinion it was inevitable that
we move into universal coverage and a pay-as-you-go system. The Chairman
asked that favorable Republican support be given to a resolution
sponsored by Senators [Walter F.] George [Democrat of Georgia] and
Millikin for an investigation of the whole subject.
Questions were asked of the Chairman, and there was general discussion
of the measure.
At the conclusion of the conference the Chairman asked if it would be
agreeable to state to the press that no polls of any kind had been
taken, and that there seemed to be a wide area of support for the
present bill and of the resolution for a study of the entire matter.
There was no objection.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:50 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, June 15, 1950.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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[June 26, 1950]

JUNE 26, 1950
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HON. EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JUNE 26, 1950, IN ROOM 335,
SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m. and waived the
calling of the roll but the following Senators were present:

Present 28:
Bricker Jenner Schoeppel
Bridges Knowland Smith, Maine
Butler Lodge Smith, New Jersey
Cain Malone Taft
Cordon Martin Tobey
Darby McCarthy Watkins
Donnell Millikin Wherry
Ferguson Mundt Wiley
Gurney Saltonstall Williams
Hendrickson

Absent 14:
Aiken Flanders Morse
Brewster Hickenlooper Thye
Capehart Ives Vandenberg
Dworshak Kem Young
Ecton Langer

The Chairman recognized Senator H. Alexander Smith, active ranking
minority leader of the Committee on Foreign Relations who had previously
requested that he address the Conference on the subject of the Military
Assistance Program.
Senator Smith analyzed the various sections of the bill, questions were
asked, and the general subject of military aid was discussed.
Also discussed was the invasion of southern Korea.
Senator Mundt expressed the opinion that the Republicans should take a
definite stand on the subject of Communism. It was suggested that he
appear at the next meeting of the Policy Committee.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:45 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, June 26, 1950

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[August 15, 1950]

AUGUST 15, 1950
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HON. EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR AUGUST 15, 1950, AT 10:00 A.M.,
335 SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m. and requested the
Secretary to call the roll. The Secretary made the following
announcement:

Present 30:
Aiken Gurney Mundt
Brewster Hendrickson Saltonstall
Bricker Hickenlooper Schoeppel
Butler Ives Smith, N.J.
Capehart Knowland Taft
Darby Langer Watkins
Donnell Lodge Wherry
Dworshak Malone Wiley
Ecton Martin Williams
Ferguson Millikin Young

Absent 12:
Bridges Jenner Smith, Maine
Cain Kem Thye
Cordon McCarthy Tobey
Flanders Morse Vandenberg

The Chairman stated that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the
Defense Production Act of 1950, S. 3936, and he recognized Senator
Bricker, a member of the Committee on Banking and Currency, for a
discussion of the provisions of the bill.
Senator Bricker spoke at some length on the various sections of the
bill, the testimony taken by the Committee, the reason for the various
actions taken by the Committee, and on the amendments which he intended
to propose to the bill. There is attached hereto as ``Exhibit A'' a
memorandum prepared by him on the bill and on his amendments.
The discussion centered primarily on Title IV ``Price and Wage
Stabilization'' and Title V ``Settlement of Labor Disputes.'' There was
a wide variety of views and there was no effort to establish a policy.
All present were of the opinion that the Administration should announce
a definite policy in regard to finance, expenditures, and controls.
The discussion concluded at 11:45 a.m. when the meeting adjourned.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, August 16, 1950.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

August 12, 1950
MEMORANDUM OF SENATOR JOHN W. BRICKER ON S. 3936 AND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

The Senate Committee on Banking and Currency made many improving
amendments to S. 3936, the Defense Production Act of 1950. The powers
requested by the President in his message of July 19, 1950 are contained
in Titles I, II, III, VI and VII. Only brief hearings were held on these
titles, and no hearings whatever were held on the price and wage
stabilization provisions of Titles IV and V. The necessity for quick
action on the powers requested by the President prevented the committee
from giving full consideration to every section of the bill. As a
result, numerous amendments to the bill appear to be required.
It is hoped that all Republican Senators who are not members of the
Banking and Currency Committee will find this summary of the bill and
proposed amendments of some help in understanding the issues involved.
Title I--Priorities and Allocations

Section 101 provides general priority and allocation powers similar to
those under which the War Production Board allocated materials and
facilities during World War II. Section 102 makes hoarding a criminal
offense. Title I is probably the least controversial title of the bill.
There is little doubt that priorities and allocation powers may be
needed in the present emergency. The expanded military program will
probably create some shortages. If shortages of vital materials develop,
it will be necessary to give some contracts and orders preference over
the filling of other contracts or orders. If military needs are to be
satisfied at reasonable cost, it may be necessary to restrict, or even
to prohibit, the flow of scarce materials into non-essential industries.
The priority and allocation powers contained in Title I are broad enough
to permit the President to manage the whole economy. As a practical
matter, however, the extent of the power granted to the President in
Title I is limited by the need for establishing priorities and
allocating materials and facilities. It is entirely possible that
American industry will be able to satisfy both the increased demands of
the military and normal civilian needs. Therefore, if serious shortages
do not occur, the power to fix priorities and allocate materials would
not be of much practical significance.
An immediate danger connected with priorities and allocation powers lies
in the possibility of inept or divided administration of those powers.
Poor administration could create many artificial scarcities which would
tend to hasten the need for overall price and wage controls. The
committee felt that the best insurance against poor administration was
to give industry a major role in formulating priorities and allocations
plans subject to appropriate supervision by the government. Accordingly,
the committee provided for the exercise of priorities and allocations
pursuant to voluntary government-industry agreements (S. 3936, sec. 712)
similar to the program authorized by the 80th Congress in P.L. 395.
To guarantee unified direction and control of the priorities and
allocations program, whether voluntary or mandatory, I intend to offer
an amendment to Title I vesting administration of this program in the
Secretary of Commerce.
Title II--Authority to Requisition

As amended by the committee, Title II conforms generally to the
requisitioning authority which existed during World War II. The
President is authorized to requisition equipment and supplies, or
materials or facilities necessary for the manufacture, servicing or
operation thereof. Three conditions are attached to the exercise of this
power: (1) the material or facility must be needed for the national
defense; (2) the need must be so immediate that resort to any other
source of supply would cause undue delay; and (3) all other means for
obtaining the property on reasonable terms must have been exhausted.
Appropriate provision is made for just compensation.
The authority contained in Title II is needed primarily to seize
excessive inventories and supplies needed for the national defense. This
power should be particularly effective in proceeding against hoarders
and black-market operators. It may also be necessary for the President
to requisition certain ``facilities,'' including factories. This is a
drastic power and one which should be used sparingly. Although provision
is made for the return of property to the original owners when it is no
longer needed for national defense, the power to requisition
``facilities'' should be limited by other safeguards.
The most obvious danger inherent in Title II is that the President could
requisition a struck plant, negotiate a contract for higher wages with
the union, and then return the plant to its owners, That happened in
1946 when the coal mines were seized, after which the Krug-Lewis
agreement meeting the demands of the UMW was negotiated, and the mines
returned subject to acceptance of that agreement. I intend to propose an
amendment to Title II which will prevent wage negotiations between the
government and the union with respect to property which has been
requisitioned under Title II. Collective bargaining between industry and
labor is impossible if the union can force seizure in the hope of
getting a better contract as a result of bargaining with government
officials.
The word ``facilities'' was defined in section 702 so as to exclude from
the power of requisition farms, churches, and private dwelling houses.
Banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions should also
be excluded from the power to allocate and requisition ``facilities.''
Title III--Expansion of Productive Capacity and Supply

Section 301 revives the so-called V-loan program of guaranteed loans
which operated successfully during the last war. This section authorizes
the President, through the Federal Reserve Board, to guarantee loans
which may be required by business to expedite production and deliveries
under government contracts.
Section 302 authorizes a direct government loan program for the purpose
of (1) expansion of plant capacity; (2) development of technological
processes; and (3) production of essential materials. A motion to strike
this section lost by a vote of 7-6 in committee. Those who supported
that motion felt that the advantages of a new direct lending program
were outweighed by the possibility of unsound loans, and by the fact
that adequate private capital seems to be available. The committee,
however, amended section 302 by placing important restrictions on the
power to lend money directly to private business enterprises. Instead of
loans ``to assist in carrying out the objectives of this Act,'' the
purpose of direct loans was confined ``to expedite production and
deliveries under Government contracts for the procurement of materials
for the national defense.'' In its original form section 302 made loans
contingent on financial assistance ``not otherwise available on
reasonable terms,'' but the committee required such financial assistance
to be ``not otherwise available.''
In other sections of S. 3936 the Federal Reserve Board is given
extensive powers over the control of credit. With respect to government
housing credit, section 605, and government loans under section 301, the
guaranteeing or lending agency is required to consult with the Federal
Reserve Board. In order to centralize credit controls so far as
practicable in the Federal Reserve Board, major government loans under
section 302 should also require consultation with the Federal Reserve
Board. I intend to amend section 302 by requiring such consultation on
all loans exceeding $100,000.
In my opinion, S. 3936 places too much emphasis on expansion of plant
capacity. The expansion of ``production'' is far more important than the
expansion of ``productive facilities.'' I propose to amend the
declaration of policy (page 28, line 16) accordingly.
Section 303 provides for government purchasing programs of metals,
minerals, and other raw materials and for exploration and development
and mining of critical and strategic minerals and metals. In effect,
section 303 overcomes various limitations which exist in connection with
the stockpiling program authorized under existing law. These broad
procurement powers may be necessary to carry out the increased armament
program.
Section 304 permits the President to utilize any existing department or
agency of the government (including government corporations) for the
purpose of carrying out sections 302 and 303. The President may also
create new agencies to carry out these loan and procurement programs but
he may not create new corporations. The agencies which may be utilized
under section 304 are authorized to borrow from the Treasury an
aggregate amount of $2,000,000,000.
The administrative arrangement provided for in section 304 is unusual
and would no doubt prove to be cumbersome. The loan and procurement
programs are essentially business operations for which government
corporations are particularly well adapted. I propose to amend section
304 by permitting the creation of government corporations, but reducing
the amount which may be borrowed to $500,000,000. With this sum the
programs can be started without appropriation of funds by the Congress,
but thereafter the additional funds required either by corporations or
agencies would be subject to the usual appropriation procedure. Such an
amendment would give the Congress a much better check on the programs
authorized by sections 302 and 303.
In this connection, it should be noted that section 304, in the bill as
originally introduced, provided for the authority to create new
corporations. The admittedly awkward substitute reported out by the
Senate committee reflects the strong desire of the committee to insure
Congressional supervision of any new administrative arms. The amendment
I propose to offer would restore the more flexible and efficient
corporate form, at the same time assuring an adequate check by the
General Accounting Office and an annual review by the Appropriations
Committees of the Congress.
Title IV--Price and Wage Stabilization

The arguments for and against price, wage, and consumer rationing
legislation require no elaboration. But regardless of any Senator's
position on the advisability of such controls, there remains the
question as to whether price and wage controls should be included in S.
3936. The fact that S. 3936 authorizes price and wage controls on a
stand-by basis indicates that, in the committee's judgment, they are not
needed now. President Truman holds the same opinion.
There are impelling reasons why Title IV should not be made a part of S.
3936. Hearings on price and wage stabilization policies have not been
held. The committee did not have time to hear any evidence evaluating
the Nation's experience under World War II price and wage control laws,
even from the viewpoint of those who administered it. It would be
unfortunate to revive all of the mistakes, hardships and injustices
experienced during the last war merely for the sake of quick action in
circumstances where speed is not required. Even a cursory reading of
Title IV will show that adequate consideration has not been given to the
complex problems involved in price-wage-rationing controls. It is
impossible to write a satisfactory price and wage control law on the
floor of the Senate. Because of my belief that legislation dealing with
price, wage, and consumer rationing controls should have very careful
study by the Banking and Currency Committee, I shall move to strike
Title IV from the bill.
If the move to strike Title IV is unsuccessful, the next major question
is whether the stand-by controls should become operative (1) at the
discretion of the President (as in S. 3936); (2) by concurrent
resolution of the Congress (as recommended by Senator Taft); or (3)
automatically upon the consumer price index advancing a certain percent
(the Fulbright amendment). The principal argument in favor of the
automatic mechanism suggested by Senators Fulbright, Douglas and
Flanders is that business and labor would have a strong incentive to
hold prices down through voluntary action. The principal argument
against this trigger mechanism is that it might cause price and wage
controls to be imposed at some future date when neither the President
nor the general public felt that such controls were required under
conditions then existing.
Assuming that stand-by price and wage controls should be activated at
the discretion of the President, the next major question is whether or
not selective price and wage controls should be authorized as now
provided in Section 402(b). The idea of trying selective price and wage
controls before resorting to general controls is inconsistent with the
so-called Baruch Plan. Mr. Baruch's thesis, confirmed by the experience
in two world wars, is that any attempt to control a few prices or wages
is futile. The American economy is so interdependent and specialized
that a piecemeal approach is bound to create inequities faster than they
can be corrected. As a result, materials and labor would tend to move
from the controlled industry to the uncontrolled segment of the economy,
thus causing a result exactly contrary to the purposes sought to be
attained. Since the controlled industry will undoubtedly be vital to the
national defense, selective controls must inevitably expand. A
particular injustice attached to selective controls is that certain
employers and employees would find their incomes limited at a time when
all other prices and wages were free to rise. The greatest danger in the
idea of selective price and wage controls is that the President will be
subjected to tremendous pressure to control particular commodities, the
price of which people, rightly or wrongly feel to be excessive. Having
initiated a piecemeal system of controls, the President would be
powerless to stop general price and wage controls even if he should feel
they were premature. Accordingly, I propose to eliminate Section 402(b)
and to make the changes which such action would require with respect to
Section 402(c).
In Section 402 (c) the committee attempted to tie prices and wages
together. The ambiguities in Section 402 (c) are such that the committee
might not have succeeded in accomplishing its purpose. The imposition of
controls on prices and controls on wages need not be simultaneous under
the language of subsections (c)(1) and (c)(2). However, the last
paragraph of Section 402(c) (page 42, lines 9-13) does require wages,
salaries and other compensation to be stabilized generally whenever
ceilings have been established generally on materials, services, and
property.
The committee's efforts to tie prices and wages together are nullified
by the provisions of Section 402(d). In that section, the President is
required to give ``due consideration'' to various factors at the time he
imposes price and wage controls. As now written, S. 3936 permits the
President to use one period for the purpose of establishing price
ceilings and an entirely different period for the purpose of stabilizing
wages. Section 402 (d) does not prevent the President from rolling back
prices to their June, 1949 levels and stabilizing wages at the current
or some future level. I intend to offer an amendment to Section 402 (d)
which will prohibit the President from selecting a base period for the
stabilization of the component wage or salary of any material, service
or property which is different from the base period selected for
establishing the ceiling price of that material, service or property.
This amendment would deny the President power to destroy general price-
wage relationships.
Section 402(e)(3) provides special treatment for establishing ceilings
on agricultural conmmodities. It is provided in 402(e)(3) that the
ceiling shall not be below the higher of (i) the parity price, or (ii)
the average price received by producers on June 15, 1950. Undoubtedly
there will be many amendments offered to this subsection. Senator
[Burnett R.] Maybank [Democrat of South Carolina] has already proposed
four amendments, all of which are designed to eliminate some of the
inequities which are inherent in any attempt to control the prices of
agricultural commodities.
Section 402 (f) excepts from price control prices of real property, fees
for professional services, and other prices which were excluded from the
Emergency Price Control Act of 1942. I also intend to offer amendments
which restrict the power to compel changes in business practices, cost
practices, or methods of distribution, and the power to require
standardization of materials or grade labeling. These amendments are
substantially identical with language found in the Emergency Price
Control Act of 1942.
Section 403 provides that when the President imposes price and wage
controls generally that such controls, together with the rationing at
the consumer level, shall be administered through a single independent
agency. This section is designed to obviate many of the conflicts in
jurisdiction which developed during the last war, and to make certain
that the control of prices is not frustrated by independent
administration of controls over wages.
Sections 407 through 409 provide for the filing of protests against
regulations and orders, judicial review, criminal sanctions, and civil
suits for price over-charges. In general those provisions are comparable
to those found in the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942. However,
Section 408(d) was amended by the committee in order to permit a person
charged with violating price control laws or regulations to contest the
validity of those regulations in the court in which he is tried or sued.
This was not possible under the provisions of World War II legislation.
Title V--Settlement of Labor Disputes

I intend to move to strike Title V from the bill. There has been no
evidence that this title is necessary, and its vague language seems to
carry a vast amount of indefinite power. If mediation and conciliation
procedures are not adequately provided for in existing law, there is no
reason why this cannot be handled in separate legislation.
If the move to strike Title V from the bill is not successful, I propose
to amend it by prohibiting (1) compulsory arbitration; (2) conscription
of striking workers into military service; and (3) increases or
decreases in wages achieved by the President through a collective
bargaining agreement negotiated by the government with employers or
labor organizations.
Title VI--Control of Consumer and Real Estate Credit

Section 601 authorizes the Federal Reserve Board to impose controls over
consumer credit. Such controls are identical with those exercised during
the last war pursuant to the executive order under which Regulation W
was promulgated.
Section 602 authorizes the Federal Reserve Board to exercise control
over credit on new real estate construction begun after August 3, 1950.
Section 605 authorizes the President, after consultation with the
Federal Reserve Board, to control credit on real estate which is being
extended, insured, or guaranteed by the government.
The committee deleted a sub-title of S. 3936 as introduced which was
intended to control speculation on commodity exchanges. The testimony on
this sub-title tended to show that margin requirements have little or no
long-term influence on prices. Because of the study which the Senate
Agriculture Committee has given to this complex subject, the Banking and
Currency Committee voted to refer the commodity speculation section to
the Agriculture Committee.
Title VII--General Provisions

Section 703(a) should be amended so as to make it clear that litigation
under the Act shall be exercised through the Department of Justice and
local district attorneys and not by attorneys appointed under the Act.
Such an amendment would prevent price administration lawyers from
starting litigation of which the Department of Justice might have no
knowledge or control.
Section 708 provides that no act or omission to act requested by the
President pursuant to the Act shall be construed to be within the
prohibitions of the anti-trust laws or the Federal Trade Commission Act.
Section 712 provides for the same type of anti-trust exemption in the
case of voluntary agreements and programs. Because Sections 708 and 712
seem to be duplicative, I intend to amend the bill by striking Section
712 and expressly providing in Section 708 for voluntary agreements.
This is desirable for the further reason that Section 712 as now written
prohibits price-fixing whereas Section 401 authorizes voluntary
agreements concerning prices. The proposed amendment to Section 708
provides that the voluntary agreements program with respect to
priorities and allocations shall be administered by a single official of
the government in order to prevent conflicts in jurisdiction asserted by
various governmental departments and agencies. Also for the purpose of
avoiding needless friction, the amendment requires consultation in
connection with the anti-trust exemption only with the Attorney General.
Section 713(c) establishes a committee to be known as the Joint
Committee on Defense Production. In my opinion, it is desirable to amend
this section by inserting a new subsection specifically providing for
consultation between the President and the Joint Committee with respect
to the exercise of certain specific powers.
Section 716 permits the authority contained in the Act to be terminated
at any time prior to June 30, 1952 by Concurrent Resolution of the
Congress or by the President. I intend to offer an amendment to Section
716 which would permit the Congress to terminate any section of the Act
prior to June 30, 1952 by Concurrent Resolution. Congress may want to
terminate some of the powers in S. 3936 before June 30, 1952 but allow
the continuance of other powers.
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[November 30, 1950]

NOVEMBER 30, 1950
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HON. EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR NOVEMBER 30, 1950, AT 10:00 A.M.,
335 SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:20 a.m. and requested the
Secretary of the Conference to call the roll. The Secretary made the
following announcement:

Present 35:
Aiken Ferguson Schoeppel
Brewster Flanders Smith, Me.
Bricker Gurney Smith, N.J.
Bridges Hendrickson Taft
Butler, Nebr. Ives Thye
Cain Langer Tobey
Capehart Malone Watkins
Carlson Martin Wherry
Cordon McCarthy Wiley
Donnell Millikin Williams
Dworshak Morse Young
Ecton Saltonstall

Absent 7:
Hickenlooper Knowland Mundt
Jenner Lodge Vandenberg
Kem

The Chairman stated that [as] it had been customary to have a Conference
at the first of every session, he had issued a call and that the meeting
was unusual in that the Conference would proceed without agenda. After
stating that the Republican Party had a terrific responsibility that its
members must fully meet in connection with the grave predicament that
the country is now facing, he stated that the seven newly elected
Senators had been invited to attend, and after extending to them words
of greeting he requested that the Secretary call the roll of new
Senators.
The Secretary made the following announcement:

Present 7:
Bennett Dirksen Nixon
Butler, Md. Duff Welker
Case

Absent 0

The Chairman recognized Senator Butler who spoke briefly in regard to
Committee assignments and requested all Senators to immediately write a
letter to him as Chairman [of the Committee on Committees] in regard to
their individual Committee requests. He suggested that the two Committee
places released by Senator Darby, one on the Committee on the District
of Columbia and the other on the Committee on Post Office and Civil
Service be assigned temporarily to Senators Carlson and Nixon. At the
conclusion of his brief remarks he then moved that Messrs. Carlson and
Nixon be each assigned to one of the two existing Committee vacancies on
a temporary basis to January 3, 1951, with the understanding that the
assignment would create no seniority or tenure on the Committee to which
they were appointed.
The Chairman stated that without objection it would be so ordered. There
was no objection.
The Chairman recognized Senator McCarthy who requested that the
Conference go on record to the effect that each of the newly elected
Republican members have one major Committee assignment and that
seniority would not apply to a second major Committee assignment for
senior Republican Senators until the new Senators had been assigned one
major Committee. After discussion Senator McCarthy withdrew his previous
suggestion and it was moved, seconded, and agreed to, that it is the
sense of the Conference that if it can be worked out each senior Senator
as well as the newly elected Republican Senators be assigned to one
major Committee.
The Chairman after commenting on Conference procedure, the election of
officers and the committees of the Conference, stated that the question
of Committee assignments would properly be the order of business for the
Conference in the next Congress.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who announced that the Policy
Committee at its recent meeting had resolved no policy in regard to
present pending legislation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster who stated that his Campaign
Committee would shortly have its report ready and he recommended
continuous activity on the part of any new Campaign Committee. Senator
Brewster requested approval on behalf of the Women's Republican Club of
the District of Columbia of an affair similar to the box supper held by
them last year. The Chairman stated that this should be a matter of
decision for the Conference of the new Congress, but that as long as all
of the newly elected Senators were present, Senator Brewster could
inform the ladies that insofar as the present Conference is concerned,
approval was granted. There being no objection to the statement made by
the Chairman, it was so ordered.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wiley who spoke of the liaison offices
of the Veterans Administration and Civil Service Commission being moved
from the Senate Office Building. The Chairman stated that if there was
no objection the Minority Floor Leader would contact the appropriate
Democratic officials and endeavor to see that no change is made. There
was no objection.
Words of praise were extended to Senators Darby, Donnell and Gurney and
the members of the Conference arose and applauded.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:12 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, December 1, 1950

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[December 15, 1950]

DECEMBER 15, 1950
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR DECEMBER 15, 1950, AT 4:30
P.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 4:40 p.m., and he
requested that the Secretary call the roll. The Secretary made the
following announcement:

Present 33:
Aiken Hickenlooper Nixon
Brewster Ives Saltonstall
Butler Jenner Smith, Maine
Capehart Kem Smith, N.J.
Carlson Knowland Taft
Cordon Langer Thye
Donnell Malone Tobey
Dworshak McCarthy Watkins
Ecton Millikin Wherry
Gurney Morse Williams
Hendrickson Mundt Young

Absent 10:
Bricker Flanders Schoeppel
Bridges Lodge Vandenberg
Cain Martin Wiley
Ferguson

The Chairman stated that the business of the Conference was well known,
involving the Department of State and Secretary Acheson.
Before proceeding with the business of the meeting, the Chairman read a
proposed telegram to be sent by the Secretary to Senator Cain. By
unanimous action the Secretary was authorized to send the following
telegram:

Your Republican colleagues at their Conference today
unanimously voted to extend to you their wishes for a
successful operation, inform you of their friendship and
esteem and express the hope that you will soon be back with
them as good as ever.

At the suggestion of Senator Taft and by unanimous action the Secretary
was authorized to send the following telegram to Senator Vandenberg:

Your Republican colleagues in Conference assembled
unanimously voted to extend to you their very good wishes,
to inform you that they miss you very much, that it is their
earnest hope that your health will be completely restored
and that you will be able to join with them once again in
the new Congress. They send greetings for the Christmas
season and the wish for a happy and healthy New Year.

The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who stated that the Policy
Committee was of the opinion that the proposal of Senator Ives
requesting some affirmative action on the part of the Republican members
of the Senate in regard to Secretary Acheson was of sufficient
importance to call a Conference of Republican Senators. He spoke of the
appointment of a sub-committee of the Policy Committee to draft a
resolution but that after several meetings the members thereof could not
agree as to its phraseology. In order that the Conference might have
some basis for a start he offered a perfected text of the original
resolution of Senator Ives which is as follows:

Recognizing that national unity and public confidence in our
government are indispensable at this time of desperate
national crisis, and recognizing that such unity and
confidence are unobtainable while Mr. Dean G. Acheson
continues as Secretary of State because the people have lost
confidence in him and other personnel in the Department of
State, and because of the failure of the Administration's
foreign policy,
We, Republican Members of the United States Senate, call
upon the President to appoint a new Secretary of State who
will reorganize the Department and who will be able thus to
earn and command public confidence and support.
We pledge our fullest cooperation with the President and the
Administration in a united effort to meet by the most
effective means the present national crisis. For this effort
there must be national unity in substance as well as in
form, in fact as well as in name.

There was much discussion which followed and the Chairman recognized
numerous Senators who expressed individual opinions and suggested
certain phraseology.
The Chairman recognized Senator Smith of New Jersey who presented the
following resolution and spoke in support of it:

We, Republican Members of the United States Senate,
recognize that national unity and confidence in the foreign
policy of our government are indispensable at this time of
crisis.
We recognize that if unity and confidence are to be restored
it is essential that effective steps be taken immediately to
reestablish the confidence of the Amercan people in the
Department of State. The Department of State under its
present leadership has lost that confidence.
We, therefore, propose consultation between the Executive
and leaders, chosen by both major parties, in the
legislative branch of the government to consider such steps,
including changes in personnel, policies and procedures in
the Department of State and other departments of the
government as may reestablish public confidence and rebuild
a united American Foreign Policy.
We pledge our fullest cooperation with the President and the
Administration in the present national emergency.

Senator Taft modified his resolution in line with certain ideas
expressed and the modified resolution read as follows:

Recognizing that national cooperation and public confidence
in our government are indispensable at this time of
desperate national crisis, and recognizing that such
cooperation and confidence was unobtainable while Mr. Dean
G. Acheson continues as Secretary of State because the
people have lost confidence in him and other personnel in
the Department of State, and because of the failures of the
Administration's foreign policy in many vital fields.
We, Republican Members of the United States Senate,
earnestly insist for the good of our country that Mr.
Acheson be replaced as Secretary of State, that there be a
thorough housecleaning in the State Department, and changes
in personnel and policies responsible for this lack of
confidence.
We pledge our fullest cooperation with the President and the
Administration in a united effort to meet by the most
effective means the present national crisis. For this effort
there must be national cooperation in substance as well as
in form, in fact as well as in name.
We must be free to speak and to defend the dictates of our
conscience. We retain the privilege to express our opinions
on policies proposed.

The Chairman recognized Senator Kem who offered the following resolution
passed by the Republican Members of the House of Representatives as a
substitute for the Taft proposal:

The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who moved to amend the
substitute of Senator Kem by the addition of the following language:

We pledge our fullest cooperation with the President and the
Administration in a united effort to meet by the most effective means
the present national crisis.

The Chairman recognized Senator Kem who accepted the amendment of
Senator Knowland.
The Chairman recognized Senator Capehart who moved to amend the
substitute of Senator Kem as modified by the inclusion of the words ``by
one who has not been identified with our present foreign policy,'' the
said words to be inserted following the words ``Secretary of State'' in
the second paragraph.
The Chairman put the question and by voice vote the amendment was
defeated.
The Chairman recognized Senator Saltonstall who substituted the
following substitute for the substitute of Senator Kem as modified:

Recognizing that national cooperation and public confidence
in our government are indispensable at this time of
desperate national crisis, and recognizing that such
cooperation and confidence are unobtainable while the work
of developing our future foreign policies is left in the
hands of those developing them at the present time--
We, the Republican members of the United States Senate, call
upon the President to reorganize the State Department from
top to bottom--
We want to join with the President and his Administration in
a united effort to meet by the most effective means the
present national crisis. When such a reorganization has been
accomplished, we believe that there will be an opportunity
for more cooperation on our national policies in substance
as well as in form--in fact as well as in name.

A roll call vote was requested and after the Secretary called the roll,
the Chairman announced the result as follows: Yeas: 8; Nays: 20. The
vote was as follows:

Yeas:
Aiken Nixon Smith, N.J.
Ecton Saltonstall Watkins
Langer Smith, Maine

Nays:
Brewster Hickenlooper Morse
Butler Ives Mundt
Capehart Jenner Taft
Carlson Kem Thye
Donnell Knowland Wherry
Dworshak McCarthy Young
Hendrickson Millikin

The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who suggested that the following
words be added to the last paragraph of the substitute of Senator Kem as
modified: ``For this effort there must be national unity in substance as
well as in form, in fact as well as in name.'' The suggested amendment
was accepted by Senator Kem.
A record vote was requested on the substitute of Senator Kem as
modified, and after the Secretary called the roll the Chairman announced
that the substitute of Senator Kem as modified was agreed to as follows:
Yeas: 24; Nays: 4. The vote was as follows:

Yeas:
Brewster Hickenlooper Mundt
Butler Ives Nixon
Capehart Jenner Saltonstall
Carlson Kem Taft
Donnell Knowland Thye
Dworshak Langer Watkins
Ecton McCarthy Wherry
Hendrickson Millikin Young

Nays:
Aiken Smith, Maine
Morse Smith, N.J.

If present and voting, the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Martin), the
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Schoeppel), and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr.
Wiley) would each vote ``yea.''
A roll call vote was requested on the final passage of the resolution as
amended and after the Secretary called the roll the Chairman announced
that the resolution was agreed to as follows: Yeas: 23; Nays: 5. The
vote was as follows:

Yeas:
Brewster Hickenlooper Nixon
Butler Ives Saltonstall
Capehart Jenner Taft
Carlson Kem Thye
Donnell Knowland Watkins
Dworshak McCarthy Wherry
Ecton Millikin Young
Hendrickson Mundt

Nays:
Aiken Morse Smith, N.J.
Langer Smith, Maine

If present and voting, the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Martin), the
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Schoeppel), and the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr.
Wiley) would each vote ``yea.''
Final copy of the resolution as passed is attached hereto as Exhibit
``A.''
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 6:45 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, December 19, 1950

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''
RESOLUTION PASSED BY REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE SENATE IN CONFERENCE
ASSEMBLED DECEMBER 15, 1950

In this critical hour, confidence of the American people in their
leadership is essential to our security.
It is completely obvious that Secretary Acheson and the State Department
under his leadership have lost the confidence of the Congress and the
American people and cannot regain it.
Recognizing this fact, we earnestly insist for the good of our country
that Mr. Acheson be replaced as Secretary of State, that there be a
thorough housecleaning in the State Department, and changes in personnel
and policies responsible for this lack of confidence.
We pledge our fullest cooperation with the President and the
Administration in a united effort to meet by the most effective means
the present national crisis. For this effort there must be national
cooperation in substance as well as in form, in fact as well as in name.
Eighty-second Congress (1951-1953)

[Editor's Note: In the 1950 election, Republicans made such
substantial gains that the Democrats retained control of the Senate by
only a two-vote margin--49 to 47, while the House had 235 Democrats to
199 Republicans and one independent.
As the Korean War continued, President Truman in April 1951 fired
General Douglas MacArthur for insubordination in seeking to extend the
war north to China, in violation of the president's orders. Outraged
members of Congress invited MacArthur to address a joint session of
Congress, and the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
held hearings on the matter.
Late in 1951 Minority Leader Kenneth S. Wherry died, and the
Conference elected Styles Bridges of New Hampshire to replace him.
Policy Committee Chairman Robert A. Taft was a leading contender for the
Republican presidential nomination in 1952, although the choice
ultimately went to General Dwight D. Eisenhower. California Senator
Richard M. Nixon became the Republican vice-presidential candidate.]
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[January 3, 1951]

JANUARY 3, 1951
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 3, 1951, AT 4:00
P.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order and at the suggestion of
Senator Taft, Senator Styles Bridges was requested to act as temporary
Chairman. There was no objection and Senator Bridges assumed the chair.
He suggested that Senator Milton R. Young be designated as temporary
Secretary. There was no objection. The roll was called and the Secretary
made the following announcement:

Present 43:
Aiken Flanders Saltonstall
Bennett Hendrickson Schoeppel
Brewster Hickenlooper Smith, Maine
Bricker Ives Smith, N.J.
Bridges Jenner Taft
Butler, Md. Kem Thye
Butler, Nebr. Knowland Tobey
Capehart Langer Watkins
Carlson Malone Welker
Case Martin Wherry
Cordon McCarthy Wiley
Dirksen Millikin Williams
Dworshak Morse Young
Ecton Mundt
Ferguson Nixon

Absent 4:
Cain Lodge
Duff * Vandenberg

* Will not take the oath until January 17

The temporary Chairman read a letter from Senator Vandenberg addressed
to the Secretary of the Conference expressing appreciation to the
members of the Conference for the telegram sent by the Secretary of the
Conference on December 16.
Senator Bridges stated that the first item of business was the election
of a permanent Chairman. He recognized Senator Knowland who nominated
Senator Eugene D. Millikin. The nomination was seconded by Senator
Ferguson. Senator Martin moved that nominations be closed and the motion
was agreed to by voice vote. Senator Bridges then directed the Secretary
to cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Millikin which was done. Senator
Millikin took the chair and expressed a few words of appreciation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Langer who nominated Senator Young as
Secretary of the Conference and the nomination was seconded by Senator
Smith of New Jersey. It was moved that nominations be closed and the
Secretary was instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Young
which was done. The Chairman recognized Senator Bricker who nominated
Senator Kenneth S. Wherry as Minority Floor Leader. The nomination was
duly seconded and it was moved that nominations be closed. The Chairman
instructed the Secretary to cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Wherry
which was done. The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster who nominated
Senator Leverett Saltonstall as Whip. The nomination was duly seconded,
nominations closed, and the Chairman authorized the Secretary to cast a
unanimous ballot for Senator Saltonstall which was done. The Chairman
recognized Senator Butler of Nebraska who nominated Senator Robert A.
Taft as Chairman of the Policy Committee, the nomination was duly
seconded, nominations were closed and the Chairman authorized the
Secretary to cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Taft which was done.
The Chairman announced that he would very shortly nominate the six
members to constitute the Policy Committee and the membership of the
Committee on Committees. He suggested that each Senator within twenty-
four hours submit to him a list of six members suggested for nomination
as members of the Policy Committee. He also stated he would soon appoint
a Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. The Chairman recognized
Senator Brewster who spoke of the importance of appointing a new
Senatorial Campaign Committee due to a meeting of the Republican
National Committee to take place soon. The Chairman suggested that if
the Committee had not been appointed by the time the meeting took place
that Senator Brewster carry on informally. Senator Brewster gave notice
of his intention to amend Chapter 5 of the Conference Rules to eliminate
the present wording relating to the appointment of a Committee within
six months.
The Chairman stated that Senator Bridges as Chairman of the Personnel
Committee would continue to act informally.
The Chairman recognized Senator McCarthy who made the following motion:

It is proposed that Article 4 of the Republican Conference
Rules be amended by the adoption of the additional language:
The Committee on Committees of the Republican Conference in
determining Committee appointments is authorized and
directed:
1. To respect the present seniority rules insofar as they
affect the rights of Senators to hold their present major
Committee assignments or the right of those who have lost
major Committee assignments and desire to maintain their
right to be reseated on such major committee if and when an
opening occurs on said Committee.
2. Except as set forth in ``No. 1,'' vacancies on major
committees shall be assigned to Senators who hold no major
Committee appointments, assignment being made in the order
of seniority.
3. Except as stated in ``No. 1,'' no Senator regardless of
seniority shall obtain priority insofar as Committee
vacancies are concerned until each Senator has one major
Committee assignment, or unless he first surrenders all
major Committee assignments held by him, in which case he
will have seniority on any unassigned major Committee.
4. There shall be no change in the present seniority rules
insofar as minor Committees are concerned, and the minor
Committees shall be designated as follows:

District of Columbia
Post Office and Civil Service
Expenditures in Executive Departments
Rules and Administration

After discussion of the motion the Chair recognized Senator Kem who made
a point of order against the motion of Senator McCarthy on the grounds
that it was an amendment to the Conference Rules and therefore required
one week's notice. The Chairman ruled that the point of order raised by
Senator Kem was well taken because the motion made by Senator McCarthy
was in reality the establishment of a rule. The Chairman recognized
Senator Cordon who asked unanimous consent that the provision of Article
7 of the Conference Rules be waived for the purpose of determining the
matter now. The Chairman after asking for advice held that the
Conference Rules should not be amended in the absence of Senators who
had not received due notice and that therefore the requested unanimous
consent was out of order.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who asked that Senator McCarthy
give notice of his intention to present an amendment to Chapter 4 of the
Conference Rules and suggested that a conference be called Thursday a
week. The Chairman recognized Senator McCarthy who gave notice of his
intention to amend the Conference Rules and he agreed to the suggestion
of the Chairman that the matter be referred to the members of the Policy
Committee of the 81st Congress for study and report. The Chairman stated
that a Conference would be called for Thursday, January 11 at 9:30 a.m.
at which time any amendment in order would be subject to further
amendment; that under the rules a proposed amendment simply raised the
subject matter for consideration or action.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wherry who reported on the lack of
success which was encountered with the Democratic members of the Senate
when a suggestion was made to change the membership of the various
committees in order that more major committee places might be at the
disposal of both sides.
After several motions made to lay on the table and the sustaining of
points of order, the Chairman asked that the Policy Committee of the
81st Congress informally take the matter for study and be prepared to
discuss the subject at the Conference on Thursday.
The Chairman recognized Senator Kem who made the motion that it is the
sense of the Conference that the question regarding the change in the
seniority rule be indefinitely postponed at this time. Senator Kem then
requested a secret ballot on his motion. The Chairman put the question
and by voice vote it was decided to have a secret ballot. The Chairman
directed the Secretary to distribute ballots, and after tabulation the
Chairman announced that the Kem motion had failed by the following vote:
Yeas--17
Nays--23
In response to an inquiry by Senator Cordon the Chairman stated that all
members of the present Policy Committee were eligible for reappointment
and that service prior to the change in the rules two years ago would
not count.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, January 6, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[January 8, 1951]

JANUARY 8, 1951
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 8, 1951, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order and requested that the
Secretary call the roll. The roll was called and the Secretary made the
following announcement:

Present 38:
Aiken Flanders Morse
Bennett Hendrickson Mundt
Brewster Hickenlooper Nixon
Bricker Ives Schoeppel
Butler, Md. Jenner Taft
Butler, Nebr. Kem Thye
Capehart Knowland Watkins
Carlson Langer Welker
Case Lodge Wherry
Dirksen Malone Wiley
Dworshak Martin Williams
Ecton McCarthy Young
Ferguson Millikin

Absent 9:
Bridges * Duff Smith, N.J.
Cain Saltonstall Tobey
Cordon Smith, Me. Vandenberg

* Will not take oath until January 17.

The Chairman stated that the business of the Conference was to act on
the nominations to be submitted by him for the membership of the various
Conference committees. The Chairman first submitted his nominations for
the Policy Committee which are as follows:

Knowland, William F. (California)
Smith, H. Alexander (New Jersey)
Ferguson, Homer (Michigan)
Thye, Edward J. (Minnesota)
Brewster, Owen (Maine)
Martin, Edward (Pennsylvania)

The Chairman recognized Senator Hickenlooper who moved that the
nominations be confirmed. The Chairman recognized Senator Langer who
moved that the membership of the Policy Committee be increased by one
member and he nominated Senator Wayne Morse. Senator Langer withdrew his
motion at the request of Senator Morse. The Chairman put the question
and by voice vote the nominations were confirmed. The Chairman requested
the newly elected Senators to designate one of their members to sit in
at the meetings of the Policy Committee in an advisory capacity, without
vote. The Chairman asked if this was acceptable to the Conference and
there was no objection.
The Chairman then nominated the following members to constitute the
Committee on Committees:

Butler, Hugh (Nebraska), Chairman
Bricker, John W. (Ohio)
Cain, Harry P. (Washington)
Ecton, Zales N. (Montana)
Flanders, Ralph E. (Vermont)
Ives, Irving M. (New York)
Jenner, William E. (Indiana)
Kem, James P. (Missouri)
Langer, William (North Dakota)
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. (Massachusetts)
Malone, George W. (Nevada)
McCarthy, Joseph R. (Wisconsin)
Smith, Margaret Chase (Maine)
Watkins, Arthur V. (Utah)
Williams, John J. (Delaware)

The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who moved that the nominations
be confirmed, the Chairman put the question and by voice vote they were
confirmed.
The Chairman then nominated the following members for membership on the
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee:

Bridges, Styles (New Hampshire), Chairman
Townsend, John (Delaware), Finance Chairman
Cordon, Guy (Oregon)
Dworshak, Henry C. (Idaho)
Hickenlooper, Bourke B. (Iowa)
Mundt, Karl E. (South Dakota)
Schoeppel, Andrew F. (Kansas)
Case, Francis (South Dakota)
Dirksen, Everett M. (Illinois)
Welker, Herman (Idaho)

The list of nominations submitted by the Chairman included the name of
Senator Wayne Morse who asked that his name be withdrawn. The Chairman
stated that without objection he would announce another selection for
the Committee without confirmation by the Conference. There was no
objection and it was so ordered. The Chairman recognized Senator Martin
who moved that the nominations be confirmed. The Chairman put the
question and by voice vote they were confirmed. The Chairman recognized
Senator Malone who raised the question concerning the office of
Treasurer for the Committee. After discussion the Chairman announced
that if there was no objection the Chairman of the Committee would be
authorized to appoint a Treasurer from the membership of the Committee.
Without objection and by voice vote the suggestion of the Chairman was
agreed to.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wherry who stated that every attempt has
been made to negotiate with the Democratic members for an increase in
the size of certain committees. He gave notice that if the matter was
not ironed out there was a possibility that he might request that action
be taken on the floor of the Senate when the Committee lists are
submitted.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who announced that there is to be a
meeting of the Policy Committee at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:25 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, January 9, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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[January 11, 1951]

JANUARY 11, 1951
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 11, 1951, AT 9:30
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 9:40 a.m. and directed
the Secretary to call the roll. The roll was called and the Secretary
made the following announcement:

Present 39:
Aiken Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Bennett Ives Schoeppel
Brewster Jenner Smith, Maine
Bricker Kem Smith, N.J.
Bridges Knowland Taft
Butler, Md. Langer Thye
Butler, Nebr. Lodge Tobey
Capehart Malone Watkins
Carlson Martin Welker
Case McCarthy Wherry
Dirksen Millikin Wiley
Dworshak Mundt Williams
Ecton Nixon Young

Absent 8:
Cain Ferguson Morse
Cordon Flanders Vandenberg
* Duff Hendrickson

* Will not take oath until January 18, 1951.

The Chairman stated that the business of the Conference was to consider
the subject matter of the McCarthy amendment to the Conference Rules
which related to a change in the seniority rule regarding assignments of
the individual Senators to the various standing committees of the
Senate. He stated that he had taken the liberty of delegating the matter
to the new Policy Committee which would make its report. There was
distributed to the membership a draft of the McCarthy amendment as
perfected by the Policy Committee and a copy is attached hereto as
Exhibit ``A.''
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who gave an interpretation of what
the proposed amendment would do. He stated that it was presented solely
for the consideration of the Conference, and that the Policy Committee
did not make any recommendation in respect thereto. After discussion the
Chairman authorized the Secretary to distribute ballots, and after
tabulation the Chairman announced that the McCarthy amendment had failed
by the following vote:

Yeas--10
Nays--29

The Chairman recognized Senator Case who offered the following perfected
amendment to the Conference Rules:

After the initial committee assignments for the 82nd
Congress are made, new assignments of Republican Senators to
the Appropriations Committee shall be exclusive of other
assignments except to the Committee on Rules and
Administration and the Committee on District of Columbia.
Provided that this shall not be construed to apply to ex-
officio members of the Committee on Appropriations.

The Chairman recognized Senator Saltonstall who made a point of order
that the amendment was not in order on the grounds that notice had not
been given. The Chairman overruled the point of order on the grounds
that the Case amendment related to the subject matter raised for
discussion by the McCarthy amendment. After discussion of the amendment
offered by Senator Case the Chairman delegated the Secretary to
distribute ballots and after tabulation the Chairman announced that the
Case amendment had failed by the following vote:

Yeas--7
Nays--32

The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster who having previously given
notice offered the following amendment to the Conference Rules:

A Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee shall be
appointed at the beginning of each Congress by the Chairman
of the Conference, subject to confirmation by the
Conference.

After a brief discussion a voice vote was taken and the Chairman
announced that the amendment was adopted.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who spoke of the intent of the
Reorganization Act regarding the staffs of the various committees and he
stated that the Minority members should insist on the retention of
permanent staff members as well as the right to have a Minority staff
member and clerk.
The Chairman stated that the Republican members of the various
committees should be more aggressive in dealing with bad legislation
before the respective committees.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who moved that the Chairman of
the Conference, Minority Leader and Chairman of the Policy Committee
sponsor a resolution which would increase the membership of three major
committees by two members and detract from the membership of three minor
committees by two members. The Chairman stated that it was not a good
precedent for the Conference to direct individual Senators to sponsor
specific legislation. The Chairman then asked Senator Bridges if he
would withdraw his motion which was done, and the Chair asked that
action be taken on the question of whether it was the sense of the
Conference that an adjustment be made in the membership of the standing
committees of the Senate. The Chairman put the question and by voice
vote it was agreed to. The Chairman requested that the Republican
members of the Committee on Rules make a study of the matter and be at
liberty to proceed with appropriate floor action.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:15 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, January 17, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

The Committee on Committees of the Republican Conference in determining
Committee appointments is authorized and directed to:
1. Follow the present seniority rules and customs insofar as they affect
the rights of Senators now holding two major Committee assignments.
2. Follow the present seniority rules and customs insofar as they apply
to the right of any Senator holding one major Committee assignment to
give up that Committee for a more desirable major Committee. Assign no
second major Committee to any Senator holding only one major Committee
until all Senators have been assigned at least one major Committee.
3. Any Senator who was ``bumped'' from a major Committee will retain any
seniority or right to such major Committee which he would have had if
this change in rules had not been made; and he may substitute such major
Committee for his minor Committee.
4. There shall be no change in the present seniority rules insofar as
minor Committees are concerned, and for the purpose of this rule only,
the minor Committees shall be designated as follows:

District of Columbia
Post Office and Civil Service
Expenditures in Executive Departments
Rules and Administration

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR HUGH BUTLER, FOR JANUARY 11, 1951, IN ROOM 335, SENATE
OFFICE BUILDING, AT 3:00 P.M.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
Members of the Committee present were: Senator Butler of Nebraska,
Langer, Smith of Maine, Williams, McCarthy, Ecton, Flanders, Watkins,
Kem, Malone, Ives, Bricker, Lodge. Members of the Committee absent were:
Cain and Jenner. Also present was J. Mark Trice.
The Chairman stated that as had been the custom he had requested
committee preferences from all Republican Senators, and that two work
sheets had been compiled in order that the new Committee might have
sufficient information to proceed. The Chairman then proceeded to
explain the two work sheets which were distributed to each member of the
Committee. Individual assignments were made in accordance with
seniority, and after discussion Senator Bricker moved that the
assignments as approved by the Committee be reported to the Republican
Conference. The Chairman put the question and the motion was agreed to
by voice vote. See Exhibit ``A'' of Conference minutes of January 12,
1951 for the committee assignments recommended.
Senator Watkins stated during the meeting that he wished the record to
show that the West is without representation on the Committee on Foreign
Relations.
Senator Flanders stated that he regretted his release of the Committee
on Banking and Currency, but did so for the benefit of the new members
of the Senate.
Senator McCarthy raised the question concerning the possible assignment
to the same Committee of both Republican Senators from the same State.
The matter was discussed in the light of a possible assignment of
Senator McCarthy to the Committee on Judiciary, but no action was taken.
The Chairman recognized Senator McCarthy who moved that the Chairman of
the Committee contact Senator Vandenberg and ask him if he would release
his assignment on the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive
Departments for the Committee on the District of Columbia, and that if
he should do so that the vacancy on the Committee on Expenditures in the
Executive Departments be assigned to Senator Nixon. The motion was
agreed to by voice vote.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:10 p.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

[signed] Hugh Butler

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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[January 12, 1951]

JANUARY 12, 1951
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 12, 1951, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:10 a.m. and directed
the Secretary to call the roll. The roll was called and the Secretary
made the following announcement:

Present 38:
Aiken Flanders Saltonstall
Bennett Hendrickson Schoeppel
Brewster Hickenlooper Smith, Me.
Bricker Ives Smith, N.J.
Bridges Kem Taft
Butler, Md. Knowland Thye
Butler, Nebr. Lodge Tobey
Carlson Malone Watkins
Case Martin Welker
Cordon McCarthy Wherry
Dirksen Millikin Williams
Dworshak Mundt Young
Ecton Nixon

Absent 9:
Cain Ferguson Morse
Capehart Jenner Vandenberg
* Duff Langer Wiley

* Will not take oath until January 18, 1951

The Chairman recognized Senator Butler, Nebraska, Chairman of the
Republican Committee on Committees who reported to the Conference the
recommendations of his Committee concerning assignment of Republican
Senators to the various standing committees of the Senate. Attached
hereto are the recommendations of the Committee on Committees marked
Exhibits ``A'' and ``B.'' Senator Butler read the list of Committee
assignments, called particular attention to the new assignments which
had been recommended by the Committee and spoke of the generosity
exercised by certain senior members in order that major committees might
be assigned to the new Senators. The Chairman recognized Senator
Knowland who moved that the recommendations of the Committee on
Committees be approved by the Conference. The Chairman put the question
and by voice vote the motion was agreed to.
The Chairman recognized Senator McCarthy who asked Senator Butler if he
had contacted Senator Vandenberg concerning a possible change from
membership on the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments
to the Committee on the District of Columbia in order that Senator Nixon
might be on the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.
Senator Butler stated that he had not received any word as yet from
Senator Vandenberg, and if there was no objection, the exchange of
committee places would be made without further formal Conference action.
There was no objection.
The Chairman raised the question concerning the appointment of
Republican Senators to special and select committees of the Senate, and
after a discussion of the matter it was moved and by voice vote agreed
to that the Floor Leader be instructed to advise the Presiding Officer
of the Senate that the Conference desired to continue on the Joint
Committee on Atomic Energy Messrs. Hickenlooper, Millikin, Knowland and
Bricker, those members constituting the present Republican Senate
membership of the Joint Committee.
A question was raised concerning the Committee on Small Business now
comprising a Republican membership of Messrs. Tobey, Saltonstall, Thye,
Hendrickson and Schoeppel. It was moved and agreed to that the Floor
Leader convey to the Presiding Officer of the Senate the desire that the
same membership continue with the hope that there might be a change in
ratio favoring the Republican Minority.
The Chairman recognized in turn Senators Thye, Hendrickson and Schoeppel
who stated that they would gladly yield their membership on the
Committee in order that the new members of the Senate might be assigned
to that Committee. It was then moved and agreed to that it be the sense
of the Conference that the Committee on Committees look into the
appointment of members of the Committee on Small Business and make
recommendations concerning the membership thereof to the Minority Floor
Leader.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster who expressed the opinion that
there should be a definite policy on the part of the Republicans in
regard to the whole matter of Senate investigations, and he expressed
the opinion that the Policy Committee and the Conference should make a
study of the matter.
The Chairman recognized Senator Butler of Maryland who spoke briefly on
the possibility of the investigation of the election in Maryland and the
Chairman stated that attention would be given to the desires of the
Senator from Maryland as to what action should be taken ultimately.
The Chairman announced with regret that Senator Styles Bridges had
declined his appointment as Chairman of the Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee and that he therefore nominated for the Chairmanship
of that Committee Senator Everett M. Dirksen. It was moved by Senator
Brewster, seconded by Senator Smith of New Jersey, that the nomination
be confirmed, and by voice vote it was agreed to. The Chairman announced
that Senator Styles Bridges would remain as a member of the Republican
Senatorial Campaign Committee.
The Chairman announced the nomination of the following three Senators to
constitute the Republican Personnel Committee: Senator Styles Bridges,
Chairman, Senators Martin and Cain. The Chairman recognized Senator
Wherry who moved that the nominations be confirmed, and after seconding
the motion was agreed to by voice vote.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wherry who again raised the question
concerning Minority employees on standing committees of the Senate and
he stated that the Minority members of the Committee should insist upon
their rights. Senator Bridges was recognized and he stated that on some
Committees the Minority has not had employee recognition and that the
matter should be written into the law.
The Chairman expressed the gratitude of the Conference to Senator Butler
of Nebraska, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, and his Committee
for the excellent job which the Committee had performed.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:53 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, January 17, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

(Note: Senator Butler was advised by Senator Vandenberg that it was
agreeable that he be released from the Committee on Expenditures in the
Executive Departments and be assigned to service on the Committee on the
District of Columbia. Therefore, the attached list shows the switch
between Senator Vandenberg and Senator Nixon.)
* * *
(Confidential Work Sheet)
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF SENATORS
Eighty-second Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

Mr. AIKEN............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. BENNETT............................. Banking and Currency
District of Columbia

Mr. BREWSTER............................ Finance
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. BRICKER............................. Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. BRIDGES............................. Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. BUTLER, Md.......................... District of Columbia
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. BUTLER, Nebr........................ Finance
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. CAIN................................ Armed Services
Public Works

Mr. CAPEHART............................ Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. CARLSON............................. Post Office and Civil Service
Public Works

Mr. CASE................................ District of Columbia
Public Works

Mr. CORDON.............................. Appropriations
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. DIRKSEN............................. Banking and Currency
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. DUFF................................ District of Columbia
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. DWORSHAK............................ Expenditures in the Executive
Departments
Public Works

Mr. ECTON............................... Appropriations
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. FERGUSON............................ Appropriations
Judiciary

Mr. FLANDERS............................ Armed Services
Rules and Administration

Mr. HENDRICKSON......................... Judiciary
Rules and Administration

Mr. HICKENLOOPER........................ Agriculture and Forestry
Foreign Relations

Mr. IVES................................ Banking and Currency
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. JENNER.............................. Judiciary
Rules and Administration

Mr. KEM................................. Agriculture and Forestry
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. KNOWLAND............................ Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. LANGER.............................. Judiciary
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. LODGE, Jr........................... Foreign Relations
Rules and Administration

Mr. MALONE.............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Public Works

Mr. MARTIN.............................. Finance
Public Works

Mr. MCCARTHY............................ Appropriations
Expenditures in the Executive
Departments

Mr. MILLIKIN............................ Finance
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. MORSE............................... Armed Services
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. MUNDT............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Expenditures in the Executive
Departments

Mr. NIXON............................... Expenditures in the Executive
Departments
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. SALTONSTALL......................... Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. SCHOEPPEL........................... Banking and Currency
Expenditures in the Executive
Departments

Mr. SMITH............................... Foreign Relations
Labor and Public Welfare

Mrs. SMITH.............................. Expenditures in the Executive
Departments
Rules and Administration

Mr. TAFT................................ Finance
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. THYE................................ Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations

Mr. TOBEY............................... Foreign Relations
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. VANDENBERG.......................... District of Columbia
Foreign Relations

Mr. WATKINS............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Judiciary

Mr. WELKER.............................. District of Columbia
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. WHERRY.............................. Appropriations
Rules and Administration

Mr. WILEY............................... Foreign Relations
Judiciary

Mr. WILLIAMS............................ Finance
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. YOUNG............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations
------------------------------------------------------------------------

* * *
(Confidential Work Sheet)
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Eighty-second Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

On Agriculture and Forestry (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. AIKEN, YOUNG, THYE, KEM, HICKENLOOPER, MUNDT

On Appropriations (Ratio 11-10)

Messrs. BRIDGES, FERGUSON, WHERRY, CORDON, SALTONSTALL,
YOUNG, KNOWLAND, THYE, * (1.)ECTON, (2.) MCCARTHY
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* Determined by draw.
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On Armed Services (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. BRIDGES, SALTONSTALL, MORSE, KNOWLAND, CAIN,
FLANDERS

On Banking and Currency (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. CAPEHART, BRICKER, IVES, SCHOEPPEL, DIRKSEN, BENNETT

On District of Columbia (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. CASE, * (1.) BUTLER, Md., (2.) WELKER, (3.) BENNETT,
** DUFF, VANDENBERG
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** Sworn in 1/18/51
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On Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. MCCARTHY, MUNDT, Mrs. SMITH, MAINE, Messrs.
SCHOEPPEL, DWORSHAK, NIXON

On Finance (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. MILLIKIN, TAFT, BUTLER, Nebr., BREWSTER, MARTIN,
WILLIAMS

On Foreign Relations (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. VANDENBERG, WILEY, SMITH, N.J., HICKENLOOPER, LODGE,
Jr., TOBEY

On Interior and Insular Affairs (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. BUTLER, Nebr., MILLIKIN, CORDON, ECTON, MALONE,
WATKINS

On Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. TOBEY, BREWSTER, CAPEHART, BRICKER, WILLIAMS, KEM

On the Judiciary (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. WILEY, LANGER, FERGUSON, JENNER, WATKINS,
HENDRICKSON

On Labor and Public Welfare (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. TAFT, AIKEN, SMITH, N.J., MORSE, IVES, NIXON

On Post Office and Civil Service (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. LANGER, CARLSON, DIRKSEN, * (1) WELKER, (2) BUTLER,
Md., ** DUFF
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* Determined by draw.
** Sworn in 1/18/51
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On Public Works (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. CAIN, MARTIN, MALONE, DWORSHAK, CARLSON, CASE

On Rules and Administration (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. WHERRY, LODGE, Jr., JENNER, HENDRICKSON, FLANDERS,
Mrs. SMITH, Maine
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[February 27, 1951]

FEBRUARY 27, 1951
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN FOR FEBRUARY 27, 1951, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:15 a.m., and stated
that it had been called for the purpose of discussing S. 1, the Manpower
Bill.
The roll was not called but the following Senators were present:

Present 33:
Aiken Ferguson Nixon
Bricker Flanders Saltonstall
Butler, Md. Ives Schoeppel
Butler, Nebr. Jenner Smith, Maine
Cain Knowland Smith, N.J.
Carlson Langer Taft
Cordon Malone Thye
Dirksen Martin Tobey
Duff Millikin Watkins
Dworshak Morse Williams
Ecton Mundt Young

Absent 14:
Bennett Hendrickson Vandenberg
Brewster Hickenlooper Welker
Bridges Kem Wherry
Capehart Lodge Wiley
Case McCarthy

The Chairman recognized Senator Saltonstall who explained in detail the
purposes of the bill as well as the various points in controversy. After
completion of the remarks by Senator Saltonstall and questions asked by
various members of the Conference, the Chairman asked if there were any
other members of the Committee on Armed Services who wished to speak in
support of the committee bill. Senators Flanders and Knowland were
recognized and spoke briefly thereon.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Morse who expressed his opposition
to certain features of the bill, and stated that he would offer on the
floor of the Senate certain specific amendments in respect thereto.
There was no attempt made to establish a party policy.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:45 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference February 28, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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[April 16, 1951]

APRIL 16, 1951
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR APRIL 16, 1951, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:18 a.m. and asked the
Secretary to call the roll. The roll was called and the Secretary made
the following announcement:

Present 33:
Aiken Flanders Nixon
Bennett Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Brewster Ives Schoeppel
Bricker Jenner Smith, Maine
Butler, Md. Kem Smith, N.J.
Butler, Nebr. Knowland Taft
Cain Langer Watkins
Carlson Lodge Wherry
Dworshak McCarthy Wiley
Ecton Millikin Williams
Ferguson Mundt Young

Absent 14:
Bridges Duff Thye
Capehart Hendrickson Tobey
Case Malone Vandenberg
Cordon Martin Welker
Dirksen Morse

The Chairman stated that the meeting had been called at the request of
several Senators to discuss matters precipitated by the dismissal of
General Douglas A. MacArthur.
At the suggestion of the Chairman, Senator Taft spoke of the results of
a meeting in the office of the Minority Leader of the House,
Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr., which was attended by Republican
members of both Houses of Congress.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wherry who spoke of the changes recently
made in his resolution calling for an invitation to General MacArthur to
appear before a joint meeting of the two Houses of Congress.
The Chairman recognized a number of Senators who spoke on various
aspects of the firing of General MacArthur. The impeachment of the
President, the creation of a committee to investigate foreign and
military policy, the political aspects of the situation, and the effort
to make it appear that the Democratic Party is the peace party were some
of the matters discussed.
The Chairman recognized Senator Brewster who offered the following
resolution which was agreed to by unanimous vote:

That the Conference refer to the Republican Policy Committee
the formulation of an appropriate resolution dealing with
the subject matter under discussion and that the Committee
confer with those Senators interested.

The Chairman was authorized to make public announcement of the pleasure
of the Conference that following his dismissal General MacArthur decided
to return to the United States and that by reason of Republican demands
he would address a joint meeting of the two Houses of Congress.
The Chairman was also authorized to state that the Conference was of the
opinion that there should be a complete investigation of our foreign and
military policy, that it had unanimously adopted a resolution whereby
the Republican Policy Committee would perfect a resolution for a
complete investigation, with consideration to be given by them to the
resolution of Senator Ferguson and any other resolution, that concerning
impeachment, this action must originate in the House of Representatives
and that the consensus of opinion of the Conference was that any
conclusions should await the outcome of further investigations.
The Chairman received the permission of Senator Cain to state that his
discussion of a resolution to declare war on Red China was for the
purpose of crystallizing the fact that the war in Korea is a Truman war.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 12:30 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, April 18, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR HUGH BUTLER, FOR MAY 3, 1951, IN ROOM 335, SENATE
OFFICE BUILDING, AT 9:00 A.M.

The Chairman called the meeting to order.
Members of the Committee present were: Senators Butler of Nebraska,
Smith of Maine, Kem, McCarthy, Malone, Bricker, Ecton, Cain. Also
present was J. Mark Trice.
The Chairman stated that it had been called for the purpose of
recommending assignments to committees due to the reshuffling of places
caused by the death of Senator Vandenberg. He stated that nothing could
be done at this time because the Majority had postponed a meeting which
they had scheduled the day before and at this time there was no way of
knowing which committees would be involved.
After informal discussion it was concluded that Senator Brewster was the
top applicant for the vacancy on the Committee on Foreign Relations if
it remained a 7 to 6 committee.
It was suggested that the usual letter be sent to all Republican
Senators by the Chairman, informing them of possible committee vacancies
and suggesting that they inform him of their desires.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:25 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

[signed] Hugh Butler

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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[May 3, 1951]

MAY 3, 1951
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MAY 3, 1951, AT 9:30 A.M.,
ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m. and suggested that
the meeting begin without waiting for a quorum since several Senators
had to leave before 10:00 a.m. The following Senators appeared while the
meeting was in progress:

Present 30:
Aiken Dirksen Millikin
Bennett Dworshak Morse
Brewster Ecton Mundt
Bricker Ferguson Nixon
Butler, Md. Flanders Saltonstall
Butler, Nebr. Hendrickson Schoeppel
Cain Jenner Smith, Maine
Carlson Malone Smith, N.J.
Case Martin Thye
Cordon McCarthy Wherry

Absent 16:
Bridges Knowland Watkins
Capehart Langer Welker
Duff Lodge Wiley
Hickenlooper Taft Williams
Ives Tobey Young
Kem

The Chairman stated that the purpose in calling the Conference was to
receive the recommendation of the Committee on Committees caused by the
reshuffling of committee assignments due to the death of Senator
Vandenberg. The Chairman requested Senator Wherry to report anything he
had in respect to possible committee changes. Senator Wherry stated that
while it was not official there would be a change in membership on
Appropriations and that the Majority was inclined to leave the present
ratio of 7 to 6 in effect on the Committee on Foreign Relations. He
stated that he had endeavored without success to have them agree to a
special order so that the Senator selected by the Conference as a member
of the Committee on Foreign Relations might be approved by the Senate in
order that he could become a member of that Committee at the start of
the MacArthur hearings.
The Chairman recognized Senator Morse who stated that he thought it a
mistake if the Committee on Committees overloaded the Committee on
Foreign Relations with Senators from the Midwest and eastern sections of
the country and that some attention should be taken of geographic
distribution in order that the West Coast might be represented.
The Senator also suggested that an organized supply of speakers be
always available to continue to urge open meetings by the joint
committee on Armed Services and Foreign Relations during the hearings re
the MacArthur matter.
The Chairman asked if the Committee on Committees was ready to make a
report on the assumption that the Committee on Foreign Relations was to
be a 7 to 6 committee. Senator Butler, Chairman of the Committee, was
recognized and stated that the Committee had nothing to report but that
Senator Brewster by reason of his seniority was the top applicant for
the vacancy. The Chairman recognized Senator Jenner who moved that
Senator Brewster be appointed to the existing vacancy on the Committee
on Foreign Relations provided that the said Committee retains its
present ratio of 7 to 6. The Chairman put the motion and it was agreed
to by voice vote--a quorum then being present.
The Chairman stated that Senator Cain had suggested that he ascertain if
the Conference would care to have Mr. Eric Johnston, Administrator of
the Economic Stabilization Agency appear before it to present his views
and answer questions concerning ESA. After discussion of the matter
concerning the advisability of having an outsider appear before a
Republican Conference, the Chairman was authorized to suggest to Senator
Cain that a privately sponsored luncheon meeting at which Republican
Senators could be present might be considered as an alternative.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wherry who stated that he had contacted
various Republican Senators in regard to making speeches on the Floor of
the Senate in behalf of open hearings by the Committees on Armed
Services and Foreign Relations on the MacArthur matter. He stated the
advisability of appointing three assistants to facilitate the work of
the Republican Whip. Also he suggested that the Chairman sound out the
Conference in regard to a motion being made in the Senate for
consideration of the Watkins-Ferguson resolution for the purpose of
further forcing to a decision the matter of open hearings re the
MacArthur matter. After general discussion the Chairman stated that if
there was no objection the Floor Leader was authorized to make such a
motion. There was no objection.
The Chairman stated that he intends to call a Conference soon on the
subject of Reciprocal Trade and to deal with committee membership
problems resulting from any change of ratio put into effect by the
Majority.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:15 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, May 7, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR HUGH BUTLER, FOR MAY 10, 1951, IN ROOM 335, SENATE
OFFICE BUILDING. AT 9:30 A.M.

The Chairman called the meeting to order.
Members of the Committee present were: Senators Butler of Nebraska,
Brewster, McCarthy, Malone, Bricker, Flanders, Kem, Cain, Williams,
Ecton. Also present was J. Mark Trice.
The Chairman stated that because of the death of Senator Vandenberg the
Majority had taken a place on the Appropriation Committee and selected
the Committee on Banking and Currency as their 8 to 5 committee. By
reason of previous Conference action, Senator Brewster having been
assigned to the Committee on Foreign Relations and releasing the
Committee on Finance, there were two vacancies to be filled, one on
Finance and one on the Committee on the District of Columbia. The action
of the Majority required the reassigning of Senator McCarthy who had
been on Appropriations and Senator Bennett who was a member of the
Committee on Banking and Currency.
The Chairman stated that Senator Flanders was the top applicant for the
Committee on Finance and would release the Committee on Rules and
Administration. The Chairman spoke of contacting several Senators with
the possibility of being assigned to the Committee on Rules and
Administration and the choice had finally resolved itself to Senators
Bennett and Welker.
Senator Flanders stated that he was very much interested in becoming a
member of the Committee on Finance and in the future returning to the
Committee on Banking and Currency. He stated that in the future he might
release the Committee on Armed Services in order to return to the
Committee on Banking and Currency.
Senator McCarthy stated he felt that he should receive some
consideration due to his being bumped from the Committee on
Appropriations and after discussion of the matter he made several
motions but withdrew them.
After further discussion it was decided to reappraise the situation and
decide the assignments at a subsequent meeting.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:00 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority

[signed] Hugh Butler

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR HUGH BUTLER, FOR MAY 19, 1951 IN ROOM 335, SENATE
OFFICE BUILDING, AT 10:00 A.M.

The Chairman called the meeting to order.
Members of the Committee present were: Senators Butler of Nebraska,
Smith of Maine, Flanders, Langer, Lodge, Malone. Also present was J.
Mark Trice. Absent: Senators Bricker, Cain, Ecton, Ives, Jenner, Kem,
McCarthy, Watkins, Williams.
The Chairman stated that due to pressure from the Majority it was
necessary that the Committee on Committees recommend to the Conference
some action in order that the Majority might fill the places selected by
them on the respective committees of Appropriations and Banking and
Currency.
After discussion it was moved and agreed to, without objection, that the
Committee recommend to the Conference the following action: That Mr.
Bennett be excused from further service as a member of the Committee on
Banking and Currency and that Mr. McCarthy be excused from further
service as a member of the Committee on Appropriations.
The Chairman stated that he would not ask that recommendations be made
as to the resultant vacancies and that he would continue to attempt to
arrange committee transfers in order to help Senator McCarthy.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:15 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

[signed] Hugh Butler

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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[May 21, 1951]

MAY 21, 1951
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MAY 21, 1951 AT 9:30 A.M.,
ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:40 a.m. and stated that it
would be best to proceed without a roll call because of other important
committee meetings scheduled for later in the morning.
The following Senators were present:

Present 29:
Aiken Duff McCarthy
Bennett Dworshak Millikin
Brewster Ferguson Schoeppel
Butler, Nebr. Hendrickson Smith, N.J.
Cain Hickenlooper Taft
Capehart Jenner Thye
Carlson Langer Welker
Case Lodge Wherry
Cordon Malone Williams
Dirksen Martin

Absent 17:
Bricker Kem Smith, Maine
Bridges Knowland Tobey
Butler, Md. Morse Watkins
Ecton Mundt Wiley
Flanders Nixon Young
Ives Saltonstall

The Chairman stated that the Conference had been called for the purpose
of discussing H.R. 1612, an act to extend the authority of the President
to enter into trade agreements under section 350 of the Tariff Act,
1930. The Chairman who was also the ranking Minority member of the
Committee on Finance informed the membership as to the various sections
of the bill, gave a legislative history of the peril point provision
included in the bill and covered the legislative field of reciprocal
trade and tariff enactments.
Questions were asked on various phases of the subject and no effort was
made to establish party policy.
The Chairman recognized Senator Butler of Nebraska, Chairman of the
Republican Committee on Committees, who moved the adoption of the
following resolution:

That Mr. Bennett be, and he is hereby, excused from further
service as a member of the Committee on Banking and
Currency;
That Mr. McCarthy be, and he is hereby, excused from further
service as a member of the Committee on Appropriations.

He stated that his Committee was not ready at this time to recommend the
filling of the existing vacancies, one on the Committee on Finance and
the other on the Committee on the District of Columbia. The motion was
agreed to by voice vote.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:23 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, May 28, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY SENATOR
JOHN W. BRICKER WHO HAD BEEN SO DESIGNATED TO ACT BY SENATOR BUTLER OF
NEBRASKA, THE CHAIRMAN, FOR JUNE 22, 1951, IN ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE
BUILDING, AT 10:00 A.M.

Senator Bricker called the meeting to order at 10:23 a.m. and stated
that Senators Smith of Maine, Ives and Watkins had given him permission
to use their names for quorum purposes.
The following Senators were present: Bricker, Ecton, Williams, McCarthy,
Flanders, Kem, Malone. Also present was J. Mark Trice. Absent: Butler,
Nebraska, Cain, Jenner, Langer, Lodge.
Senator Bricker stated that after negotiations he would recommend the
following Committee assignments which were satisfactory to the parties
concerned:

Senator Flanders was to be excused from the Committee on
Rules and Administration and assigned to the Committee on
Finance.
Senator Dirksen was to be excused from the Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service and assigned to the Committee on
the District of Columbia.
Senator McCarthy was to be assigned to the Committee on
Rules andAdministration.
Senator Bennett was to be assigned to the Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service.

It was moved, seconded and agreed to that the previously listed
assignments be reported favorably to the Republican Conference.
Senator Bricker then moved:

That if in the future Mr. Dirksen should desire to return to
service on the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
that he be granted the same seniority standing that he held
on the said committee when he graciously released himself
from service thereon.

The motion was seconded and agreed to as a recommendation for action by
the Republican Conference.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

[signed] John Bricker

Acting Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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[June 22, 1951]

JUNE 22, 1951
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JUNE 22, 1951, AT 11:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 11:10 a.m.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the meeting was to receive a
report from the Committee on Committees and he recognized Senator
Bricker, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Committees, who had been so
designated by Senator Butler of Nebraska, Chairman. Senator Bricker
presented the findings of the Committee on Committees and moved that the
committee assignments recommended be agreed to. The motion was seconded
and agreed to by voice vote as follows:

That Senator Flanders be excused from service on the
Committee on Rules and Administration and assigned to the
Committee on Finance.
That Senator Dirksen be excused from service on the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and assigned to
the Committee on the District of Columbia.
That Senator McCarthy be assigned to the Committee on Rules
and Administration.
That Senator Bennett be assigned to the Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service.

Senator Bricker then stated that because Senator Dirksen had consented
to be released from service on the Committee on Post Office and Civil
Service that his seniority standing should be protected if he wished to
return to that committee in the future. Therefore, the following motion
was made, seconded and agreed to by voice vote:

The Chairman recognized Senator Welker who expressed regret at the
bumping of Senator Bennett from the Committee on Banking and Currency
and he stated that he hoped that some consideration might be given in
the future to a possible enlargement of the Policy Committee in order
that the Senator's knowledge in the field of business might be utilized.
The Chairman thanked the members of the Committee on Committees and all
who had participated in working out the committee assignments.
The Chairman recognized Senators Taft and Wherry who informed the
members as to the legislative situation on the Floor, relating to a
motion made by Senator Taft to reconsider H.R. 2416 due to an amendment
presented and adopted by Senator [Ernest W.] McFarland [Democrat of
Arizona] to amend the Social Security law to increase by $5.00 per
individual per month the Federal payment to States for assistance to the
aged, blind and totally disabled and to increase payments for dependent
children by $3.00.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, June 22, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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[September 27, 1951]

SEPTEMBER 27, 1951
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR SEPTEMBER 27, 1951, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m. and received the
unanimous approval of the Conference to send the following telegram to
Senators Wherry and Tobey:

The Conference this morning expressed its affection for you
and hopes your convalescence may be most speedy and
complete.

The Chairman then stated that the meeting had been called to hear
Senator Capehart and other Republican Members of the Committee on
Banking and Currency of the Senate on the subject of pending legislation
to amend the Defense Production Act.
The roll was not called but the following Senators were present:

Present 28:
Aiken Dirksen Millikin
Bennett Duff Saltonstall
Brewster Dworshak Schoeppel
Bricker Ecton Smith, Maine
Butler, Md. Ferguson Smith, N.J.
Butler, Nebr. Flanders Taft
Cain Knowland Welker
Capehart Martin Williams
Carlson McCarthy Young
Cordon

Absent 18:
Bridges Kem Nixon
Case Langer Thye
Hendrickson Lodge Tobey
Hickenlooper Malone Watkins
Ives Morse Wherry
Jenner Mundt Wiley

The Chairman recognized Senator Capehart who informed the Members of the
Conference of the legislative history and the action of the Banking and
Currency Committee on the three bills now on the Senate Calendar for
consideration.
In his Message to the Congress, the President had demanded that three
sections of the law be repealed and one reinstated. Repeal was requested
of the sections relating to Fats and Oils and Dairy Products, the
Capehart amendment which related to certain cost increases, and the
Herlong amendment guaranteeing pre-Korean mark-ups for distributors. It
was requested that slaughter quotas be reinstated.
Senator Capehart stated that the Committee on Banking and Currency took
no action on the Herlong amendment on the theory that it was a matter
for the House to decide. He discussed at length that provision of the
law known as the Capehart amendment and stated that a substitute
proposal set forth in the Minority views of the Committee Report might
be offered on the Floor.
Senator Dirksen explained the Committee action relating to the bill to
repeal the sections of the law relating to Fats and Oils and Dairy
Products.
Senator Schoeppel explained the action of the Committee and the
provisions of the bill to provide for slaughtering quotas and
allocations of livestock.
Questions were asked by the individual members of the Conference. No
attempt was made to establish party policy in the legislation involved.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:45 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, October 26, 1951

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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[January 8, 1952]

JANUARY 8, 1952
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 8, 1952, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m.
In the absence of the Secretary, the roll was not called but the
following members were present:

Present 41:
Aiken Ecton Millikin
Bennett Ferguson Morse
Bricker Flanders Saltonstall
Bridges Hendrickson Schoeppel
Butler, Md. Hickenlooper Seaton
Butler, Nebr. Ives Smith, Maine
Cain Jenner Smith, N.J.
Capehart Kem Taft
Carlson Knowland Thye
Case Langer Tobey
Cordon Lodge Welker
Dirksen Malone Wiley
Duff Martin Williams
Dworshak McCarthy

Absent 5:
Brewster Nixon Young
Mundt Watkins

The Chairman recognized Senator Butler from Nebraska who read and
presented the following resolution which was unanimously agreed to:

WHEREAS Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from
us our beloved colleague, the Honorable Kenneth Spicer
Wherry, late junior Senator from the State of Nebraska, and
WHEREAS throughout his nine years in the United States
Senate he rendered to our Nation and to his State a most
distinguished service, and hence was elected by the
Conference of Republican Senators first as Whip and then as
Floor Leader, and
WHEREAS he was our affectionate friend and our esteemed
colleague, ever ready to give of himself, of his efforts,
and of his judgment,
Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Republican colleagues in the
United States Senate of the Honorable Kenneth Spicer Wherry,
express our sense of loss at his passing, and
FURTHER, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
Mrs. Marjorie C. Wherry, that she may be assured of our deep
respect for her and of our condolences to her upon the
passing of our friend, her husband.

The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who read and presented the
following resolution which was unanimously agreed to:

WHEREAS Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from
our colleague, the Honorable Charles W. Tobey, his beloved
wife, Mrs. Loretta Rabenhorst Tobey,
Now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Republican colleagues in the
United States Senate of the Honorable Charles W. Tobey,
express our sense of loss of the passing of his wife, and
FURTHER, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
the Honorable Charles W. Tobey, that he may be assured of
our deep respect for him and of our condolences to him.

The Chairman recognized Senator Butler from Nebraska who presented his
colleague from Nebraska, Fred A. Seaton, to the members of the
Conference.
The Chairman stated that the business of the Conference was to select a
successor to Senator Kenneth S. Wherry, the Minority Floor Leader, and
he recognized Senator Bricker who placed in nomination the name of
Senator Styles Bridges. The nomination was seconded by Senator Ferguson.
The Chairman recognized Senator Smith from New Jersey who placed in
nomination the name of Senator Leverett Saltonstall. Senator Thye and
Senator Lodge were recognized by the Chairman and they seconded the
nomination.
The Chairman authorized the Clerk to distribute ballots to those
Senators present and after the ballots were collected and tabulated, the
Chairman announced the result as follows:

Senator Styles Bridges--26
Senator Leverett Saltonstall--15

The Chairman then declared that Senator Styles Bridges had been elected
Minority Floor Leader.
The Chairman recognized Senator Saltonstall who pledged his cooperation
and support to the newly elected Floor Leader. The Chairman then
recognized Senator Bridges who thanked his colleagues for the honor
which they had bestowed upon him.
Senator Butler from Nebraska, Chairman of the Committee on Committees,
reported that within several days he should be able to make
recommendations concerning committee vacancies.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who announced that a Policy meeting
had been called for 3 o'clock in Room 335.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 10:40 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, January 9, 1952

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR HUGH BUTLER, FOR JANUARY 10, 1952 IN ROOM 335, SENATE
OFFICE BUILDING, AT 2:30 P.M.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 2:40 p.m.
Members of the Committee present were: Senators Butler of Nebraska,
Ecton, Jenner, Langer, Smith of Maine. Members of the Committee absent
were: Senators Bricker, Cain, Flanders, Ives, Kem, Lodge, Malone,
McCarthy, Watkins, Williams. Also present was J. Mark Trice.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the meeting was for the
Committee to recommend to the Republican Conference the following
committee changes caused by the demise of Senator Wherry who had served
on the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Rules and
Administration.
The Chairman stated that he had personally contacted all Senators who
might have any interest in a committee reassignment and that his
recommendation to the Committee was as follows:

That Senator McCarthy by reason of previous bumping in
Conference action be reassigned to service on the Committee
on Appropriations and released from service on the Committee
on Rules and Administration.
That Senator Dirksen be assigned to service on the
Committee on Rules and Administration and released from
service on the Committee on the District of Columbia.
That Senator Welker be assigned to service on the
Committee on Rules and Administration and released from
service on the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
That Senator Seaton be assigned to service on the
Committee on the District of Columbia and to service on the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

After brief discussion it was moved, seconded and agreed to that the
recommendation of the Chairman be adopted by the Committee and those
recommendations be submitted to the Republican Conference.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

[signed] Hugh Butler

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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[January 14, 1952]

JANUARY 14, 1952
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 14, 1952, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m. and announced
that the purpose of the meeting was to ratify certain committee
assignments as well as to hear a report from Senators Brewster, Smith of
New Jersey, Ferguson and Hickenlooper on their recent travels.
Following the report by Senator Smith of New Jersey the Chairman asked
the Clerk to call the roll and the following Senators were present:

Present 33:
Aiken Dirksen Martin
Bennett Dworshak Millikin
Brewster Ecton Nixon
Bricker Ferguson Saltonstall
Butler, Md. Hendrickson Schoeppel
Butler, Nebr. Hickenlooper Seaton
Cain Ives Smith, N.J.
Capehart Jenner Taft
Carlson Knowland Thye
Case Langer Tobey
Cordon Malone Wiley

Absent 13:
Bridges McCarthy Watkins
Duff Morse Welker
Flanders Mundt Williams
Kem Smith, Me. Young
Lodge

Senators Smith of New Jersey and Ferguson informed the Conference on the
results of their travels in the Far East, and Senator Brewster spoke on
the result of his visit to the Far East as well as India and Iran.
Senator Hickenlooper spoke of his recent visit to Europe. Senator Malone
also was recognized and he commented on the world situation as he had
found it.
The Chairman recognized Senator Butler of Nebraska, Chairman of the
Committee on Committees, who reported as follows: That due to the demise
of Senator Kenneth S. Wherry the following Committee assignments be
made:

Senator McCarthy to release the Committee on Rules and
Administration and be assigned to the Committee on
Appropriations.
Senator Dirksen to release the Committee on the District of
Columbia and be assigned to the Committee on Rules and
Administration.
Senator Welker to release the Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service and be assigned to the Committee on Rules and
Administration.
Senator Seaton to be assigned to the Committee on the
District of Columbia and to the Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service.

The Chairman recognized Senator Ferguson who moved that the assignments
submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Committees be adopted and
that the appointments become effective immediately. The motion was
agreed to unanimously.
The Chairman stated that without objection the following telegram would
be sent to Senator Young who is now recovering from an operation:

Your Republican colleagues at their Conference today
unanimously voted to extend to you their wishes for a fast
recovery from your recent operation, inform you of their
friendship and esteem and express the hope that you will
soon be back with them as good as ever.

The Chairman recognized Senator Ferguson who submitted for the
information of the Conference a resolution favoring the consolidation in
one general appropriation bill of all regular appropriations for the
support of the Government as a permanent feature of fiscal policy.
Senator Ferguson had intended to offer this resolution as business of
the Conference, but after a suggestion by the Chairman, that, in his
opinion, notice should be given on important business to be transacted,
Senator Ferguson withdrew the resolution. The Chairman stated that he
would be glad to include it in the agenda of business of the next
Conference if Senator Ferguson so desired.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:53 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, January 17, 1952

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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[March 31, 1952]

MARCH 31, 1952
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MARCH 31, 1952, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:20 a.m. and asked that
the Secretary call the roll.
The following Senators were present:

Present 27:
Bennett Ferguson Schoeppel
Bricker Flanders Smith, Me.
Bridges Ives Smith, N.J.
Butler, Md. Knowland Thye
Cain Malone Tobey
Capehart Martin Watkins
Cordon McCarthy Welker
Dirksen Milliken Williams
Dworshak Mundt Young

Absent 19:
Aiken Hendrickson Morse
Brewster Hickenlooper Nixon
Butler, Nebr. Jenner Saltonstall
Carlson Kem Seaton
Case Langer Taft
Duff Lodge Wiley
Ecton

The Chairman stated that the purpose of the Conference was to consider a
resolution offered by Senator Ferguson on the consolidation of general
appropriations, as well as S. 913, a bill by Mr. [John L.] McClellan
[Democrat of Arkansas] and others for the creating of a joint
Congressional committee on the budget.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ferguson who recommended that the
Conference take some action on the issue of economy in government and he
presented his resolution for one general appropriation bill. A copy of
the resolution is attached hereto as Exhibit ``A.'' The Chairman
recognized Senator Bridges who also spoke in regard to the resolution of
Senator Ferguson as well as S. 913, the McClellan bill to create a joint
Congressional committee on the budget, and he suggested that the
Republicans should offer an amendment to the latter bill specifying a
certain percentage of the staff for the Minority.
After general discussion of the resolution and the McClellan bill the
Chairman suggested that the resolution of Senator Ferguson be considered
paragraph by paragraph. Certain amendments and omissions were made in
the original resolution and the final draft of the resolution is
attached hereto as Exhibit ``B.''
When the text of the resolution was perfected the Chairman stated that
he would announce to the press that it was the consensus of opinion of
the Conference that a one-package appropriation bill was favored as well
as the endorsement of the McClellan bill in principle. There was no
objection.
The Chairman on behalf of Senators Owen Brewster and Margaret Chase
Smith offered a resolution of condolence on the death of former Senator
Wallace H. White, Jr. of Maine. A copy of the resolution is attached
hereto as Exhibit ``C.''
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 11:40 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, April 1, 1952

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''
RESOLUTION ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS

Whereas, the power of the purse is the constitutional birthright of the
Congress of the United States; and
Whereas, the efforts of Congress to control expenditures have been
repeatedly frustrated; and
Whereas, recurring Treasury deficits, huge Federal outlays for defense
and civilian purposes, and the rising burden of the public debt are
fundamental factors in inflation and jeopardize the fiscal solvency of
the Nation; and
Whereas, there is an insistent and growing demand from the country and
the taxpayers that Congress develop a more efficient and effective
system of handling the annual appropriation bills; and
Whereas, the existing fiscal machinery and procedures of Congress are
fragmented and dispersive, affording little or no coordination in the
consideration of revenue and spending measures; and
Whereas, the appropriation process has hitherto been piecemeal in
nature, each supply bill being separately considered by different
subcommittees in each chamber, but without consideraion of their
interrelationships or of the over-all aspects of expenditure and revenue
programs; and
Whereas, the recurring log-jam of appropriation bills at the end of
recent sessions of Congress has required the passage of a series of
continuing resolutions to keep the government going, handicapped the
planning of public programs, and delayed the adjournment of Congress;
and
Whereas, the public business cannot be operated successfully or
economically when its policies and programs are held in suspense for
more than three months of the new fiscal year; and
Whereas, the experiment with the single-package appropriation bill
procedure during 1950, compared with the multiple-bill procedure used
during 1951, conclusively demonstrated that the consolidated-bill
procedure is both more expeditious and resulted in greater economies
than the piecemeal method; and
Whereas, the most American cities and states and foreign countries have
long and successfully used the consolidated procedure; and
Whereas, there has seldom been such need for prompt, expeditious, and
economical action on the money bills as at the present session; and
Whereas, it is impossible for Congress to balance the Federal budget
unless it is in a position to compare total estimated receipts with
total prospective expenditures, as set forth in the single-package money
bill;
Now, therefore, Be it Resolved by the Republican Conference of the
Senate that we favor the consolidation in one general appropriation bill
of all the regular appropriations for the support of the Government as a
permanent feature of fiscal policy and strongly urge the Democratic
Administration now in control of Congress to take prompt and suitable
steps to prepare a single appropriation bill in this 2d Session of the
82d Congress.
* * *
EXHIBIT ``B''
RESOLUTION ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS AND ON
IMPROVED BUDGET PROCEDURES
Adopted by Republican Conference of the Senate on Monday, March 31,
1952.

Whereas, the power of the purse is the exclusive constitutional right
and responsibility of the Congress of the United States; and
Whereas, the efforts of Congress to control expenditures have been
repeatedly frustrated by the Executive Departments of the Government;
and
Whereas, recurring Treasury deficits, huge Federal outlays for defense,
foreign aid, and civilian purposes, including indefensible waste, and
the rising burden of the public debt and taxes are fundamental factors
in inflation and jeopardize the fiscal solvency of the Nation; and
Whereas, there is an insistent and growing demand from the country and
the taxpayers that Congress develop a more efficient and effective
system of handling the annual appropriation bills; and
Whereas, the appropriation process has hitherto been piecemeal in
nature, each supply bill being separately considered by different
subcommittees in each Chamber, but without consideration of their
interrelationships or of the over-all aspects of expenditure and revenue
programs; and
Whereas, the recurring log-jam of appropriation bills at the end of
recent sessions of Congress has required the passage of a series of
continuing resolutions to keep the government going, and handicap the
sensible planning of public business; and
Whereas, the experiment with the single-package appropriation bill
procedure during 1950 was abandoned without adequate experience; and
Whereas, it is extremely difficult for Congress to balance the Federal
budget unless it is in a position to compare total estimated receipts
with total prospective expenditures as set forth in a single-package
appropriation bill;
Now, therefore, Be it Resolved by the Republican Conference of the
Senate that we favor as a permanent feature of Federal fiscal policy the
consolidation into one general appropriation bill of all the regular
appropriations for the support of the Government; and
Be it further Resolved that we favor and will support legislation to
equip our appropriations committees with sufficient trained staffs and
other needed powers and facilities to enable the thorough detection and
elimination of waste and useless Government functions so that taxes may
be reduced, the budget balanced, and payments made for the reduction of
the national debt; and
Be it further Resolved that we favor in principle the creation of a
Joint Committee on the Budget as set forth in Senate 913, 82d Congress,
1st Session.
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EXHIBIT ``C''

82d Congress
2d Session
Wallace H. White, Jr.

Senator Eugene D. Millikin on behalf of Senators Owen Brewster and
Margaret Chase Smith offered the following resolution in the Republican
Minority Conference on Monday, March 31, 1952, which was adopted by
unanimous action:
Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from us our
former colleague, the Honorable Wallace H. White, Jr., late senior
Senator from the State of Maine, and
Whereas throughout his eighteen years in the United States Senate he
rendered to our Nation and to his State a most distinguished service,
and hence was elected by the Conference of Republican Senators first as
Minority and then as Majority Leader, and
Whereas he was our affectionate friend and our esteemed colleague,
ever ready to give of himself, of his efforts, and of his judgment,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the United
States Senate of the Honorable Wallace H. White, Jr., express our sense
of loss at his passing, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Mrs. Nina L.
White, that she may be assured of our deep respect for her and of our
condolences to her upon the passing of our friend, her husband.
Attest:

Chairman
Secretary
Eighty-third Congress (1953-1955)

[Editor's Note: As Dwight D. Eisenhower won the presidency in 1952, he
swept Republicans into control of Congress. In the House Republicans had
221 members to 213 Democrats and one Independent, but the Senate was
almost evenly divided, with 48 Republicans to 47 Democrats. Former
Republican Wayne Morse of Oregon, who had become an Independent in
October 1952, promised to vote with the Republicans to organize the
Senate.
Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, who had served as minority leader in
1952, chose to become president pro tempore of the Senate and chairman
of the Appropriations Committee, clearing the way for the Conference to
elect Robert Taft as majority leader. Republican control of the Senate
became more tenuous in July 1953 when Taft died and was replaced by a
Democrat, giving the Democrats 48 members to only 47 Republicans. In
fact, during the Eighty-third Congress a total of nine senators died
(five Democrats and four Republicans), in three cases being replaced by
a member of the other party. The result was a confusing and unstable
situation with shifting party totals, leaving the ``majority'' party at
times with a minority of the members. The leadership positions and
committee chairmanships, however, remained in Republican hands, partly
because Vice President Nixon was available if necessary to break a tie.
The Conference elected William F. Knowland of California as the new
majority leader.
In June 1953 a truce ended the Korean War, but the cold war continued,
and the U.S. military sought the capacity for ``massive retaliation'' in
the case of a Soviet attack.
As chairman of the Senate's Government Operations Committee and its
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Wisconsin Republican Senator
Joseph R. McCarthy held hearings throughout 1953 on alleged Communist
influence on government, the press, and the U.S. Army. Then, in the
spring of 1954, the Investigations Subcommittee asked McCarthy
temporarily to step aside as chairman and expanded its investigation of
the army to also consider McCarthy's attacks on the army. The Wisconsin
senator continued to badger witnesses during the nationally televised
hearings, and in July 1954 Vermont Republican Ralph Flanders introduced
a resolution calling for the censure of McCarthy because his conduct in
the hearings brought the Senate into disrepute. In a contentious drama--
not noted in the Conference minutes--a bipartisan committee chaired by
Utah Republican Arthur Watkins unanimously recommended that McCarthy be
censured. On December 2, 1954, the full Senate voted 67 to 22 for
censure.]

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[January 2, 1953]

JANUARY 2, 1953
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 2, 1953, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:10 a.m. and requested
that Senator Styles Bridges act as Temporary Chairman. Senator Styles
Bridges took the Chair as Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman
asked Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel to act as Temporary Secretary. The
Temporary Chairman asked that the roll be called and the Temporary
Secretary called the roll.
The following Senators were present:

Present 47:
Aiken Dworshak Payne
Barrett Ferguson Potter
Beall Flanders Purtell
Bennett Goldwater Saltonstall
Bricker Griswold Schoeppel
Bridges Hickenlooper Smith, Maine
Bush Ives Smith, N.J.
Butler, Md. Jenner Taft
Butler, Nebr. Knowland Thye
Capehart Kuchel Tobey
Carlson Langer Watkins
Case Malone Welker
Cooper Martin Wiley
Cordon McCarthy Williams
Dirksen Millikin Young
Duff Mundt

Absent 1:
Hendrickson

(Senator Smith of New Jersey, stated that his colleague was absent due
to illness.)
The Temporary Chairman announced that the first order of business of the
Conference was that the Chairman would receive nominations for the
Chairman of the Conference. Senator Bridges was recognized and nominated
Senator Eugene Millikin. Senators Smith of New Jersey and Capehart
seconded the nomination. Senator Cordon moved that nominations be closed
and the Secretary authorized to cast a unanimous ballot for Senator
Millikin. The motion was agreed to and the Secretary was instructed to
and did cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Eugene Millikin.
Senator Millikin assumed the Chair as Chairman of the Conference and
addressed the Conference briefly.
The Chairman announced that he would receive nominations for Secretary
of the Conference. Senator Langer nominated Senator Milton R. Young as
Secretary of the Conference. The nomination was seconded by Senator
Thye, and Senator Capehart moved that nominations be closed and that the
Secretary cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Young. The motion was
agreed to and the Secretary was instructed to and did cast a unanimous
ballot for Senator Young.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen, Chairman of the Republican
Senatorial Committee who introduced to the members of the Conference the
newly elected Senators as well as sitting Senators who had been
reelected. Senator Langer moved that a vote of thanks be extended to the
Chairman and members of the Republican Senatorial Committee, for the
magnificent job which they had performed during the last election. The
motion was agreed to unanimously.
The Chairman announced that nominations would be received for President
Pro Tempore of the Senate. Senator Bricker nominated Senator Styles
Bridges and Senator Smith of Maine seconded the nomination. Senator
Knowland moved that nominations be closed and the Secretary instructed
to cast a unanimous ballot. The motion was agreed to and the Secretary
was instructed to and did cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Styles
Bridges.
The Chairman announced that nominations were in order for Majority Floor
Leader. Senator Bridges nominated Senator Taft and the nomination was
seconded by Senator Smith of New Jersey. Senator Dirksen moved that
nominations be closed and the Secretary instructed to cast a unanimous
ballot for Senator Robert A. Taft. The motion was agreed to and the
Chairman instructed the Secretary to cast a unanimous ballot for Senator
Robert A. Taft which was done.
The Chairman announced that nominations were in order for Whip. Senator
Smith of New Jersey nominated Senator Leverett Saltonstall and the
motion was seconded by Senator Ferguson. Senator Butler of Nebraska
moved that nominations be closed and the Secretary instructed to cast a
unanimous ballot for Senator Saltonstall. The motion was agreed to and
the Chairman instructed the Secretary to cast a unanimous ballot for
Senator Leverett Saltonstall which was done.
The Chairman announced that nominations were in order for a Chairman of
the Policy Committee. Senator Taft nominated Senator William F.
Knowland. The motion was seconded by Senators Cordon, Hickenlooper and
Thye and the Secretary instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Senator
Knowland. The motion was agreed to and the Chairman instructed the
Secretary to cast a unanimous ballot for Senator William F. Knowland
which was done.
The Chairman announced that nominations were in order for Secretary of
the Senate. Senator Bridges nominated J. Mark Trice and the nomination
was seconded by Senators Butler of Maryland, Young and Smith of New
Jersey. Senator Ferguson moved that nominations be closed and the
Secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Mr. Trice. The
motion was agreed to and the Chairman instructed the Secretary to cast a
unanimous ballot which was done.
The Chairman announced that nominations were in order for Sergeant at
Arms of the Senate. Senator Saltonstall nominated William T. Reed. The
nomination was seconded by Senator Ives. Senator Jenner nominated Forest
A. Harness and the nomination was seconded by Senator Capehart. Senator
Dirksen was recognized and stated he intended to propose the nomination
of Edward F. McGinnis but that he had been requested not to present his
name and he did not do so. There being no further nominations the
Chairman instructed the Secretary to distribute ballots and after they
were collected and tabulated the Chairman announced the results as
follows:

Mr. Harness--32
Mr. Reed--14

The Chairman announced that Forest A. Harness had been elected as
Sergeant at Arms.
The Chairman announced that nominations were in order for Secretary for
the Majority. Senator Bridges, Chairman of the Personnel Committee,
recommended that nominations for this position be postponed for a few
days in order that candidates might be screened by the Personnel
Committee and then presented to the Republican Committee. The Chairman
stated that if there was no objection to this method it would be
pursued. There was no objection, and it was so ordered.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who recommended that the
nominations for Chaplain be passed over as no affirmative action of the
Conference was needed for the continuation in office of Dr. Frederick
Brown Harris. The Chairman asked if there were any objections to this
action and there were none.
The Chairman requested that the Republican Members of the Conference
within 24 hours submit to him a list of six members suggested for
nomination as members of the Policy Committee.
The Chairman announced that Senator Bridges, the present Chairman of the
Personnel Committee, had requested that he not be re-named as Chairman
and therefore the Committee on Personnel would be comprised of the
following membership:

Edward Martin, Chairman
Styles Bridges
Herman Welker

Without objection the action of the Chairman was approved.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who spoke of the respective
lists of Republican and Democrat personnel agreed upon as well as other
employee situations in the Senate. Senator Bridges suggested that if
Senators up for reelection in 1954 wished a doorkeeper place they might
be given first consideration in that respect. The Chairman asked if
there was any objection and there being none it was so ordered.
Senator Wiley spoke of the possibility of extending patronage to
Southern Democrats who had been of help to the Republicans in the last
election. Senator Mundt also spoke about patronage for the Southern
Democrats and the Chairman announced that without objection the
Personnel Committee would be allowed to use its judgment in regard to
assigning places to the Southern Democrats.
Senator Dirksen was recognized and raised the question concerning salary
and expenses of Senators and Senatorial employees. Senator Ives made
similar remarks. Without objection the Chairman assigned the Republican
members of the Rules Committee to study these subjects and make
appropriate recommendations.
The Chairman recognized Senator Case who suggested that the Chairman
appoint a committee of Republican Members to investigate and report as
to a possible change in the size of the membership of the various
committees and report back to the Conference not later than Tuesday
next. The Committee appointed is as follows:

Case, Chairman
Taft
Jenner
Butler, Nebraska
Cooper

The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who impressed upon all Senators the
necessity of being present at the session tomorrow, not only from the
standpoint of an organization problem but the possibility of certain
Senatorial contests. He stated that all Senators should be sworn in and
so recommended.
The Chairman nominated membership of the Committee on Committees as
follows:

Butler, Nebraska, Chairman
Bricker
Ferguson
Bennett
Butler, Maryland
Capehart
Carlson
Case
Duff
Tobey
Hickenlooper

and the Conference unanimously approved.
The Chairman recognized Senator Payne who presented the attached
resolution which was agreed to unanimously.
The Chairman announced that he would leave it to the Members of the
Conference as to whether or not they wished to proceed or recess until 2
o'clock, in order that Senator Taft might present to the Conference the
question to be raised tomorrow as to whether the Senate is a continuing
body and the present Senate rules continue in force and effect. It was
the consensus of opinion that a recess be taken.
The Conference recessed at 11:45 a.m.

------

The second session of the Conference was called to order by the Chairman
at 2:10 p.m.
Vice President-elect Nixon attended the afternoon Conference and was
greeted by applause.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who discussed at some length the
question as to whether or not the Senate is a continuing body and
whether or not the Senate rules continue in full force and effect.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jenner who presented the new Sergeant at
Arms, Forest A. Harness.
Senator Dirksen was recognized and called attention to the action taken
by the Rules Committee at the last Session of Congress in reporting
Senate Resolution 203.
The Chairman recognized Senator Ives who spoke in favor of adopting
Senate rules at the beginning of each session of the Senate.
Senator Malone moved that the Conference approve the stand taken by the
Majority Leader and that the sense of the Conference is that the Senate
is a continuing body and that the Senate rules continue in full force
and effect until changed. The motion was seconded by Senator Knowland.
The Chairman put the question and announced that the motion was agreed
to.
Senator Taft announced that he had talked with Mr. Sherman Adams
¹ concerning political appointments and that it was agreed
that some specific and constructive decision would be reached in the
matter.
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\1\ [Sherman Adams was a top aide to President-elect Eisenhower who
became the chief presidential assistant in the White House.]
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Senator Knowland suggested that constant check be made during the
sessions of absences of Senators by the Whip and the Secretary for the
Majority and that no important legislation be taken up during the
Lincoln and Jackson Day period.
The Chairman requested that Mark Trice call a meeting of the newly
elected Senators and brief them as to Senate prerogatives.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who stated that if a motion were
made to stop any newly elected Senator from taking the oath, a motion be
made to lay that motion on the table. He said he hoped that all
Republican Senators would vote to lay the motion on the table.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 3:55 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 6, 1953

[signed] J. Mark Trice
* * *

83d Congress
1st Session
Senate Resolution
In the Senate of the United States

Senator Frederick G. Payne offered the following resolution in the
Republican Majority Conference on Friday, January 2, 1953, which was
adopted by unanimous action:
Resolution

Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from our
colleague, the Honorable Margaret Chase Smith, her beloved mother, Mrs.
Carrie M. Chase,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the United
States Senate of the Honorable Margaret Chase Smith, express our sense
of loss at the passing of her mother, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the
Honorable Margaret Chase Smith, that she may be assured of our deep
respect for her and our condolences to her.
Attest:

Chairman.
Secretary.

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[January 7, 1953]

JANUARY 7, 1953
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 7, 1953, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:05 a.m. The Chairman
requested that the roll be called. The roll was called and the following
Senators were present:

Present 44:
Aiken Cooper Jenner Saltonstall
Barrett Cordon Knowland Smith, Maine
Beall Dirksen Kuchel Smith, N.J.
Bennett Duff Langer Taft
Bricker Dworshak Malone Thye
Bridges Ferguson Martin Tobey
Bush Flanders McCarthy Watkins
Butler, Md. Goldwater Millikin Welker
Capehart Griswold Payne Wiley
Carlson Hendrickson Potter Williams
Case Hickenlooper Purtell Young

Absent 4:
Butler, Nebr. Ives Mundt Schoeppel

The Chairman recognized Senator Case, who had previously been selected
as Chairman of a Conference Committee to study the number and size of
the various standing committees of the Senate. There had been previously
distributed the report of the Special Committee and a copy thereof is
attached hereto as Exhibit ``A.'' In substance the report created 1
committee of 23 Members, 9 Committees of 15 Members, 5 Committees of 11
Members or a total of 15 Committees with a total of 213 Committee
positions in lieu of 203.
After the assignment of two places to each of the 96 Members, it would
allow the Majority 15 extra places and the Minority 3 extra places. To
allow for the 18 Senators to serve on a third committee the Committee on
Post Office and Civil Service was recommended to be included with the
present 2 Committees, District of Columbia and Committee on Government
Operations.
Senator Wiley was recognized who discussed the possibility of creating a
separate committee to take some of the work load off the Committee on
the Judiciary and confine the jurisdiction of the latter committee to
legal problems.
Senator Case moved that the report be accepted and that the Chairman of
the Special Committee be instructed to introduce legislation embodying
the terms of the report. The Chairman put the question and the motion
was agreed to by voice vote.
The Chairman recognized Senator Carlson who raised the question
concerning leave for Government employees on the 19th of January as well
as the 20th. After discussion the motion was withdrawn and the matter
was left up to the Policy Committee for decision.
The Chairman recognized Senator Capehart who raised a question
concerning the obtaining of a list of all Federal and State jobs as to
number and as to classification.
The Chairman recognized Senator Carlson who stated that he had prepared
a resolution which was similar to those previously adopted when the
Administration changes, requesting information concerning jobs. Senator
Carlson then moved that the Conference go on record in favor of his
resolution.
The Chairman recognized Senator Capehart who moved as an amendment to
the motion of Senator Carlson the following:

That the Conference go on record and ask the Administration
to furnish to the Congress the names and addresses by
category and States of each Federal employee in the United
States.

The Chairman put the question on the Capehart amendment and it was
defeated by a voice vote. The Chairman put the question on the original
Carlson motion and it was agreed to by voice vote.
Senator Taft informed the Conference of various conversations he had had
with Mr. Arthur Summerfield ² and other persons in New York
concerning a solution of the patronage problem. Senator Taft stated that
no definite conclusions had been reached and he was merely reporting on
the situation. There was general discussion on the subject, at the
conclusion of which the Chairman stated that if there was no objection
the Policy Committee get in touch with those persons attempting to work
out the problem and advise the consensus of opinion of the Conference
that the traditional rights of Senators in patronage matters be observed
and there was no objection.
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\2\ [Arthur E. Summerfield served as postmaster general in
Eisenhower's cabinet from 1953 to 1961.]
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The Chairman announced nominations for the six vacancies on the Policy
Committee as follows:
CordSchoeppel
DworSmith, Maine
FergBridges

The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who asked that he be permitted
to withdraw his name as he was President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
After a discussion as to whether or not the President Pro Tempore was an
Ex Officio Member and the statement made that he was not, it was decided
that Senator Bridges would remain as a Member of the Policy Committee.
The Chairman also stated that one newly elected member would be invited
to sit in on each Policy meeting as had been past custom in the matter.
The Chairman recognized Senator Martin who moved that the nominations be
confirmed and by voice vote they were agreed to.
Senator Bridges was recognized and spoke of several actions recommended
by the Committee on Personnel but after discussion it was suggested that
these matters go over to the next meeting of the Conference.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 11:40 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference February 2, 1953

[signed] J. Mark Trice
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SIZE AND NUMBER OF COMMITTEES
for the Senate Republican Conference, January 7, 1953

Your Committee proposes:
1. To increase 10 Standing Committees by 2 members each (1 Majority, 1
Minority), and to reduce 5 similarly.
2. To permit 18 Senators of the Majority and 3 of the Minority to serve
on a third standing committee--Civil Service, District of Columbia or
Government Operations. (Present rules do not include Civil Service and
do not recognize the Minority.)
This will present the following Committee picture:

15 Members instead of 13 (9)

Agriculture
Armed Services
Banking and Currency
Finance
Foreign Relations
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Judiciary
Labor and Public Welfare
Interior and Insular Affairs

11 Members instead of 13 (5)

Civil Service
District of Columbia
Government Operations
Public Works
Rules and Administration

23 Members instead of 21 (1)

Appropriations

The proposal--
1. Creates 20 new positions in the more desired committees (10 each
for Majority and Minority) without increasing total number of
committees.
2. Makes committee size more nearly reflect committee work-load and
thereby adjusts burdens and responsibilities more equally to all
Senators and all committees.
3. Establishes a minimum margin of 1 for the Majority party in each of
the Senate's 15 committees, which present rules do not, in an evenly
divided Senate. This can be seen from the following:

Present 1 Committee of 21 21
Committee Structure 14 Committees of 13 182
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Total Committee Positions 203
Two assignments for each of 96 Senators requires 192
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Leaving for members serving on 3 committees 11
Which does not provide the necessary minimum of 15 for control of 15 committees in an evenly divided Senate.
Proposed 1 Committee of 23 23
Committee Structure 9 Committees of 15 135
5 Committees of 11 55
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Total Committee Positions 213
Two assignments for each of 96 Senators requires 192
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Leaving for members serving on 3 committees 21
Which divided 18 to the Majority and 3 to the Minority gives the margin of 15 for the Majority to have the
minimum 1 on each of 15 Committees.

4. Permits continuity and experience for both parties on the
committees which, in the past, have tended to be loaded with new
Senators.
5. Insures better use of senatorial talent, industry and ability, for
both Majority and Minority.
In summary:
1. The plan meets the necessary mechanics of an evenly divided Senate.
2. It opens the door for new Senators on major committees.
3. It retains the values of long Senate service.
4. It dispossesses no one, has distinct advantages for majority and
minority.
Respectfully submitted by the committee, Senators Case, Taft, Butler,
Jenner and Cooper, by

FRANCIS CASE, Chairman
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[January 13, 1953]

JANUARY 13, 1953
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 13, 1953, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:05 a.m. The Chairman
requested that the roll be called. The roll was called and the following
Senators were present:

Present 45:
Aiken Cooper Kuchel Schoeppel
Barrett Cordon Langer Smith, Maine
Beall Dworshak Malone Smith, N.J.
Bennett Ferguson Martin Taft
Bricker Flanders McCarthy Thye
Bridges Goldwater Millikin Tobey
Bush Griswold Mundt Watkins
Butler, Md. Hendrickson Payne Welker
Butler, Nebr. Ives Potter Wiley
Capehart Jenner Purtell Williams
Carlson Knowland Saltonstall Young
Case

Absent 3:
Dirksen Duff Hickenlooper

The Chairman recognized Senator Martin, Chairman of the Committee on
Personnel, who moved on behalf of his Committee that Mr. William T. Reed
be appointed as Secretary for the Majority and Mr. Howard C. Foster as
Assistant Secretary for the Majority. The Chairman put the question and
the motion was agreed to.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who spoke on the subject of
pairing and he requested that Republican Senators not make pairs except
through the Secretary for the Majority.
He also stated that the Policy Committee had recommended that only a one
day holiday be granted to Federal employees for the Inauguration.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft who spoke on the work of the Senate
during the Lincoln Day Period. He informally agreed that there would be
no important votes between February 6th and the 16th. He stated,
however, that the Committee should keep working on legislation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who spoke of a meeting in New
York with General Eisenhower together with Senators Taft and Millikin in
regard to political appointments. He stated that the meeting was most
cordial and that the General wanted to work out the matter in a mutually
satisfactory way. He stated that the Committee of Senators was
authorized to make a press statement that future Federal appointments
would be made in the customary way through the Senators and in some
instances, in accord with traditional practice, through Congressmen.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska who submitted a
report of the Committee on Committees of which he is Chairman. The
Senator stated that the Committee had followed Seniority Rules except
where a senior Senator had yielded his position for someone further down
the list. He expressed appreciation for the cooperation which he had
received as well as for the work done by the respective members of his
Committee. He spoke of Senator McCarthy releasing his seniority to a
place on the Committee of Banking and Currency and asked that the
Conference protect him in the future if the Senator wishes to avail
himself of a place on that Committee. Senator Butler then moved that the
report submitted be adopted and that the protection of the seniority
rights of Senator McCarthy in regard to the Committee on Banking and
Currency be recognized.
The final report as adopted is attached hereto as Exhibit ``A.'' As
originally submitted by the Committee on Committees Senator Wayne Morse
of Oregon had been assigned to the Committee on Armed Services and to
the Committee on the District of Columbia.
There followed a discussion as to the assignments of Senator Morse by
Senators Flanders, Ives, Taft, Smith of New Jersey, Welker, Cordon,
Saltonstall, Mundt and Knowland. The Chairman recognized Senator
Knowland who moved that the Butler of Nebraska motion be modified as
follows:

That whereas Senator Morse has declared that he is not a
Republican and has withdrawn himself from the Republican
Party, that Committee assignments not be assigned him by the
Republican Conference and that the assignments of the
Republican Senators as recommended by the Committee on
Committees be adopted except that the Committee on
Committees would assign a Republican to the Committee on
Armed Services and make other adjustments shown on the
attached list.

The Chairman recognized Senator Butler of Nebraska who accepted the
modification. The Chairman put the question and the Knowland motion was
agreed to by voice vote.
The Chairman recognized Senator Cooper who said that he hoped that
sometime soon it might be possible to receive an assignment to the
Committee on Agriculture and Forestry because of the interest of
Kentucky in agricultural matters.
The Chairman recognized Senator Griswold who asked if there might be any
objection to the newly elected Senators organizing for the purpose of
better acquainting themselves with the legislative situation. The
Chairman stated that he saw no objection to such action.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 11:32 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference February 2, 1953

[signed] J. Mark Trice
* * *
(Confidential Work Sheet)
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Eighty-third Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

On Agriculture and Forestry (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. AIKEN, Chairman, YOUNG, THYE, HICKENLOOPER, MUNDT,
WILLIAMS, SCHOEPPEL, WELKER.

On Appropriations (Ratio 12-11)

Messrs. BRIDGES, Chairman, FERGUSON, CORDON, SALTONSTALL,
YOUNG, KNOWLAND, THYE, MCCARTHY, MUNDT, Mrs. SMITH, Maine,
Messrs. DWORSHAK, DIRKSEN.

On Armed Services (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. SALTONSTALL, Chairman, BRIDGES, FLANDERS, Mrs.
SMITH, Maine, Messrs. HENDRICKSON, CASE, DUFF, COOPER.

On Banking and Currency (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. CAPEHART, Chairman, BRICKER, IVES, BENNETT, BUSH,
BEALL, PAYNE, GOLDWATER.

On District of Columbia (Ratio 5-4)

Messrs. CASE, Chairman, BARRETT, BEALL, PAYNE, ______.

On Finance (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. MILLIKIN, Chairman, BUTLER, Nebr., MARTIN, WILLIAMS,
FLANDERS, MALONE, CARLSON, BENNETT.

On Foreign Relations (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. WILEY, Chairman, SMITH, N.J., HICKENLOOPER, TOBEY,
TAFT, LANGER, FERGUSON, KNOWLAND.

On Government Operations (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. MCCARTHY, Chairman, MUNDT, Mrs. SMITH, Maine,
Messrs. DWORSHAK, DIRKSEN, BUTLER, Md., POTTER.

On Interior and Insular Affairs (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. BUTLER, Nebr., Chairman, MILLIKIN, CORDON, MALONE,
WATKINS, DWORSHAK, KUCHEL, BARRETT.

On Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. TOBEY, Chairman, CAPEHART, BRICKER, SCHOEPPEL,
BUTLER, Md., COOPER, GRISWOLD, POTTER.

On the Judiciary (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. LANGER, Chairman, WILEY, JENNER, WATKINS,
HENDRICKSON, DIRKSEN, WELKER, BUTLER, Md.

On Labor and Public Welfare (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. SMITH, N.J., Chairman, TAFT, AIKEN, IVES, PURTELL,
BARRETT, GOLDWATER.

On Post Office and Civil Service (Ratio 6-5)

Messrs. CARLSON, Chairman, DUFF, JENNER, COOPER, GRISWOLD,
PURTELL.

On Public Works (Ratio 6-5)

Messrs. MARTIN, Chairman, CASE, BUSH, KUCHEL, BEALL, ______.

On Rules and Administration (Ratio 5-4)

Messrs. JENNER, Chairman, CARLSON, POTTER, GRISWOLD,
PURTELL.
* * *
(Confidential Work Sheet)
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF SENATORS
Eighty-third Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

Mr. AIKEN............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. BARRETT............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Labor and Public Welfare
District of Columbia

Mr. BEALL............................... Banking and Currency
District of Columbia
Public Works

Mr. BENNETT............................. Banking and Currency
Finance

Mr. BRICKER............................. Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. BRIDGES............................. Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. BUSH................................ Banking and Currency
Public Works

Mr. BUTLER, Md.......................... Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Judiciary
Government Operations

Mr. BUTLER, Nebr........................ Finance
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. CAPEHART............................ Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. CARLSON............................. Post Office and Civil Service
Finance
Rules and Administration

Mr. CASE................................ District of Columbia
Armed Services
Public Works

Mr. COOPER.............................. Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Armed Services
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. CORDON.............................. Appropriations
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. DIRKSEN............................. Appropriations
Judiciary
Government Operations

Mr. DUFF................................ Armed Services
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. DWORSHAK............................ Government Operations
Appropriations
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. FERGUSON............................ Appropriations
Foreign Relations

Mr. FLANDERS............................ Armed Services
Finance

Mr. GOLDWATER........................... Labor and Public Welfare
Banking and Currency

Mr. GRISWOLD............................ Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Rules and Administration
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. HENDRICKSON......................... Judiciary
Armed Services

Mr. HICKENLOOPER........................ Agriculture and Forestry
Foreign Relations

Mr. IVES................................ Banking and Currency
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. JENNER.............................. Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. KNOWLAND............................ Appropriations
Foreign Relations

Mr. KUCHEL.............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Public Works

Mr. LANGER.............................. Judiciary
Foreign Relations

Mr. MALONE.............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Finance

Mr. MARTIN.............................. Finance
Public Works

Mr. MCCARTHY............................ Appropriations
Government Operations

Mr. MILLIKIN............................ Finance
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. MUNDT............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations
Government Operations

Mr. PAYNE............................... Banking and Currency
District of Columbia

Mr. POTTER.............................. Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Rules and Administration
Government Operations

Mr. PURTELL............................. Labor and Public Welfare
Rules and Administration
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. SALTONSTALL......................... Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. SCHOEPPEL........................... Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Agriculture and Forestry

Mrs. SMITH, Maine....................... Armed Services
Appropriations
Government Operations

Mr. SMITH, N.J.......................... Foreign Relations
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. TAFT................................ Foreign Relations
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. THYE................................ Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations

Mr. TOBEY............................... Foreign Relations
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. WATKINS............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Judiciary

Mr. WELKER.............................. Agriculture and Forestry
Judiciary

Mr. WILEY............................... Foreign Relations
Judiciary

Mr. WILLIAMS............................ Finance
Agriculture and Forestry

Mr. YOUNG............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations

Mr. MORSE (Independent)................. ______________
______________
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[March 6, 1953]

MARCH 6, 1953
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MARCH 6, 1953, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:00 a.m., and asked the
Secretary to call the roll. The following Senators were present:

Present 36:
Aiken Dirksen Langer Taft
Barrett Dworshak Malone Thye
Beall Ferguson Martin Tobey
Bennett Griswold McCarthy Watkins
Bricker Hendrickson Millikin Welker
Bush Hickenlooper Payne Wiley
Butler, Nebr. Ives Purtell Young
Carlson Jenner Saltonstall
Cooper Knowland Smith, N.J.
Cordon Kuchel

Absent 12:
Bridges Goldwater
Butler, Maryland Mundt
Capehart Potter
Case Schoeppel
Duff Smith, Maine
Flanders Williams

The Chairman announced that the first order of business would be the
unfinished business from the previous meeting, namely, the approval of
the readjustment of the majority membership of two committees: The
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and the Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce. The Chairman read the proposed majority membership
of both committees.
Senator Langer moved that the new majority membership of the two
committees be accepted as read, and it was seconded. The Chairman put
the question and the motion was unanimously agreed to by a voice vote.
Rosters of the new majority membership of the Committee on Labor and
Public Welfare, and Interstate and Foreign Commerce are attached hereto
as Exhibit ``A.''
The Chairman offered the following motion: ``Ordered that Senator Dwight
Griswold be excused from further service on the Committee on Rules and
Administration and that Senator Frank A. Barrett be assigned to the
Majority Membership of the said Committee.''
Senator Jenner moved its adoption, it was seconded and unanimously
agreed to by a voice vote.
There being no further unfinished business, the Chairman explained that
the Conference meeting had been called primarily to take up two matters
of new business. The first of these was the consideration of an
amendment to the Conference Rules proposed by Senator Smith of New
Jersey. A copy of the amendment is attached hereto as ``Exhibit B.''
The amendment was read, Senator Smith of New Jersey, moved the adoption
of the amendment and it was seconded. The Chairman put the question and
the motion was unanimously agreed to by a voice vote.
The Chairman then nominated and Senator Smith of New Jersey moved the
appointment of Senator Hendrickson to membership on the Policy
Committee. After the nomination was seconded, the nominations were
closed and Senator Hendrickson was unanimously elected by a voice vote.
The Chairman then announced the second matter for consideration, namely,
the selection of a Campaign Committee. He read the following slate of
nominees:
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee

Honorable Everett M. Dirksen, Illinois, Chairman
Honorable John Townsend, Delaware, Co-Chairman
Honorable William A. Purtell, Connecticut
Honorable Irving M. Ives, New York
Honorable John W. Bricker, Ohio
Honorable Milton R. Young, North Dakota
Honorable Wallace Bennett, Utah
Honorable Barry Goldwater, Arizona
Honorable John M. Butler, Maryland

Senator Malone made inquiry regarding the title of Co-Chairman, and
suggested it should be Finance Chairman. A general discussion of the
title and duties of the position ensued, but the matter was left as
reported.
Senator Langer moved, and it was seconded, that nominations be closed
and that the slate be accepted as presented. The Chairman put the
question and the motion was unanimously agreed to by a voice vote.
The Chairman recognized Senator Taft, who discussed H.J. Res. 200,
regarding the subjugation of free peoples by the Soviet Union.
Senator Taft yielded in turn to Senator McCarthy, Senator Ives, Senator
Dworshak, Senator Hickenlooper, Senator Ferguson, Senator Watkins,
Senator Smith of New Jersey, Senator Carlson, Senator Bricker and
Senator Knowland, each of whom expressed himself with regard to H.J.
Res. 200. A copy of this Resolution is attached as Exhibit ``C.''
No action was taken. Senator Smith of New Jersey, said that an attempt
was being made to work out a new draft which might meet with greater
acceptance. Both Senator Taft and Senator Knowland explained that the
inadvertance whereby the Resolution was given to the press and the
Democrats prior to being cleared with the Republicans in the Congress
had caused much of the difficulty and that this in large part was due to
the failure of liaison between the Executive Department and the
Congress. They explained further that, in the future every effort would
be made to prevent such a recurrence.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 11:05 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference April 20, 1953

[signed] William T. Reed
* * *
Exhibit A

ORDERED, that the following persons shall constitute the Majority
Membership of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce:

Charles W. Tobey, Chairman
Homer E. Capehart
John W. Bricker
Anrew F. Schoeppel
John Marshall Butler
Dwight Griswold
John Sherman Cooper
Charles E. Potter
* * *
Exhibit A

ORDERED, that the following persons shall constitute the Majority
Membership of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare:

H. Alexander Smith, Chairman
Robert A. Taft
George D. Aiken
Irving M. Ives
Dwight Griswold
William A. Purtell
Barry Goldwater
* * *
Exhibit B
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONFERENCE RULES

Senator Smith of New Jersey proposes the following amendments:
Amend Rule 1 so as to read as follows:
I.

At the beginning of each Congress, or within one week
thereafter, a Republican Party Conference shall be held. At
that Conference there shall be elected the following
officers:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference
Floor Leader
Whip
Chairman of Policy Committee
A Policy Committee of Twelve Senators

The Chairman of the Conference, the Secretary of the
Conference, the Floor Leader, the Whip, the Chairman of the
Policy Committee, and the President pro tem of the Senate
(if a Republican), shall be members ex officio of the Policy
Committee. The other six members shall be nominated by the
Chairman of the Conference, subject to action by the
Conference. The six members so nominated and elected shall
serve for two years and may be reelected for an additional 2
years, but no such member may serve more than 4 consecutive
years and then shall be eligible for further service in such
capacity only after an interval of 2 years. Within 24 hours
after the election of the Chairman of the Conference each
Senator may submit a list of six members suggested for
nomination as members of the Policy Committee.
In all contested elections, vote shall be by written ballot.
The term of office of all party officers herein provided
shall extend for not more than 2 years, and shall expire at
the close of each Congress.
* * *
Exhibit C

83d Congress
1st Session
H.J. RES. 200
In the House of Representatives
February 23, 1953

Mr. Vorys introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
JOINT RESOLUTION

Joining with the President of the United States in a declaration
regarding the subjugation of free peoples by the Soviet Union.
Whereas during World War II, representatives of the United States,
during the course of secret conferences, entered into various
international agreements or understandings concerning other peoples;
and
Whereas the leaders of the Soviet Communist Party, who now control
Russia, have, in violation of the clear intent of these agreements or
understandings, subjected the peoples concerned, including whole
nations, to the domination of a totalitarian imperialism; and
Whereas such forcible absorption of free peoples into an aggressive
despotism increases the threat against the security of all remaining
free peoples including our own; and
Whereas the people of the United States, true to their tradition and
heritage of freedom, are never acquiescent in such enslavement of any
peoples; and
Whereas it is appropriate that the Congress join with the President in
giving expression to the desires and hopes of the people of the United
States: Therefore be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress join with the
President in declaring that the United States rejects any
interpretations or applications of any international agreements or
understandings, made during the course of World War II, which have been
perverted to bring about the subjugation of free peoples; and be it
further
Resolved, That Congress join with the President of the United States
in proclaiming the hope that the peoples who have been subjected to the
captivity of Soviet despotism shall again enjoy the right of self-
determination within a framework which will sustain the peace; that they
shall again have the right to choose the form of government under which
they will live, and that sovereign rights of self-government shall be
restored to them all in accordance with the pledge of the Atlantic
Charter.
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[June 2, 1953]

JUNE 2, 1953
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JUNE 2, 1953, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:00 a.m., and asked the
Secretary to call the roll. The following Senators were present:

Present 38:
Aiken Knowland
Barrett Kuchel
Beall Langer
Bennett Malone
Bricker Martin
Bush Millikin
Butler, Md. Mundt
Capehart Payne
Carlson Potter
Cooper Purtell
Cordon Saltonstall
Dworshak Schoeppel
Ferguson Smith, Maine
Flanders Tobey
Goldwater Watkins
Griswold Welker
Hendrickson Wiley
Hickenlooper Williams
Jenner Young

Absent 10:
Bridges Ives
Butler, Nebr. McCarthy
Case Smith, N.J.
Dirksen Taft
Duff Thye

The Chairman, speaking for the entire Conference, said he was very happy
to hear that Senator Butler of Nebraska had fully recovered from his
illness and would soon rejoin his Senate colleagues.
The Chairman stated that the Conference had been called for the purpose
of discussing the matters of current importance and interest to the
Members. Prior to getting into the main portion of the program, he
suggested that whenever a Senator plans to deliver a speech on the
Floor, which he feels is important or may occasion debate, he notify the
Secretary to the Majority, who in turn will notify the Republican
Senators, to give them a chance to be present. As early notice as
possible was recommended so that a good attendance might be assured. It
was the sense of the meeting that such a plan should be followed.
Senator Knowland was recognized by the Chairman for the purpose of
outlining the legislative program necessary to be considered prior to
adjournment.
Before discussing the legislation Senator Knowland stressed the
importance of better attendance at Committee meetings in order to
expedite legislation reaching the Floor. He also urged prompt response
to quorum calls in order to prevent undue delay in Floor action on
legislation being considered. He further requested that the members
notify the Secretary to the Majority when they were planning to be
absent and if a pair was desired, to let the Secretary arrange it rather
than handle it themselves.
The Senator then outlined the legislative goals which should be reached
prior to adjournment. The goals are as follows:
Completion of the Appropriation Bills; Continental Shelf Submerged Lands
Bill; Customs Simplification; Extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act; Tax
Legislation; Mutual Security Authorization; Emergency Wheat Loan to
Pakistan; Hawaiian Statehood; Reorganization Plans; Emergency Displaced
Persons Legislation.
Old Age Pension and Survivors Insurance and Taft Hartley Amendments may
not be ready until next Session.
Senator Bricker was recognized by the Chairman and raised the question
as to when S.J. Res. 1 would be reported out by the Judiciary Committee.
A brisk discussion of the resolution followed and it was the sense of
the meeting that the resolution should be reported out at an early date.
³
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\3\ [Republican Senator John W. Bricker of Ohio proposed a
constitutional amendment--opposed by the Eisenhower administration--that
would limit the president's authority to negotiate treaties and
executive agreements. The Senate rejected the Bricker amendment by a
single vote in February 1954.]
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The Conference concurred in the Patronage Committee's selection of
William Brownrigg, III, as the Assistant Secretary to the Majority, to
succeed Mr. Howard Foster, who voluntarily retired on June 1, 1953. The
Chairman requested that the Conference Secretary extend to Mr. Foster
the good wishes and appreciation of the membership for his many years of
faithful Senate service. A copy of a resolution, unanimously agreed to,
is attached.
After a brief discussion relative to summer adjournment of the Senate
until January 1954, versus recess and return in the Fall, the Chairman
asked for a show of hands and a large majority voted in favor of
adjournment until January 1954, assuming satisfactory accomplishment
could be shown.
The question was raised and a discussion followed as to Presidential
appointment of a Commission to study and make recommendation as to
Congressional salaries. During the discussion it was brought out that
the President was willing to appoint such a Commission if the Congress
wanted him to do so. The Conference voted 25 to 9 in favor of the
President appointing a Commission and the Chairman said he would so
inform the President at the next White House Conference.
The Chairman recognized Senator Cooper, who said he thought that if the
Republican Senators could be briefed on each appropriation bill prior to
its going to the Floor, there would be a much better understanding of
the legislation. Senator Ferguson concurred in the thinking of Senator
Cooper and said he would mention the suggestion to Senator Bridges.
Senator Saltonstall was recognized by the Chairman who asked him to
bring the Conference up to date regarding the proposed cut in the Air
Defense budget. Senator Saltonstall furnished facts and figures
submitted by the Department of Defense comparing the air power of the
Navy and Air Force to be developed under the Eisenhower military budget
for the fiscal year 1954, with that planned under the Truman budget.
The staff of the Policy Committee was asked by the Conference Chairman,
with the concurrence of the Policy Committee Chairman, to prepare, after
action had been taken on the Defense Appropriation Bill, a report to
distribute to all Republican Senators, showing amount of air power
provided by the Appropriation Bill, and the facts and arguments to
support the Republican position.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 11:30 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference June 22, 1953

[signed] William T. Reed

Secretary for the Majority
* * *

83d Congress
1st Session

Senator Eugene D. Millikin offered the following resolution
in the Republican Majority Conference on Tuesday, June 2,
1953, which was adopted by unanimous action:

Resolved, That the Republican Majority Conference of the Senate
expresses its deep sense of appreciation to Howard C. Foster, its
retiring Assistant Secretary to the Majority, for his efficient long and
faithful service, and extends its best wishes for continued success and
happiness in all of his future endeavors.
Attest:

Chairman
------------------------

[June 23, 1953]

JUNE 23, 1953
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JUNE 23, 1953, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:00 a.m., recognized
Senator Dirksen and requested him to give a brief resume of his recent
trip to the Far East, as the Republican member of a two-man
Appropriations Committee team to investigate conditions there and report
back. The Senator from Illinois high-pointed his trip, which included
visits to Korea, Japan, Indo-China and Formosa, in a brief but thorough
explanation of conditions as they exist in each of the countries today.
He gained this information from conferences he had with officials in
each of the countries visited and from his own observations with respect
to our Mutual Aid Program to those countries. Considerable interest was
shown in Senator Dirksen's report as evidenced by the questions asked
him at the conclusion of his remarks.
The Chairman, on behalf of the Conference, expressed his thanks to
Senator Dirksen for his excellent report.
At this point, prior to taking up any regular business, the Chairman
asked the Secretary to call the roll. The following Senators were
present:

Present 36:
Aiken Kuchel
Barrett Langer
Beall Malone
Bennett Martin
Bush Millikin
Butler, Md. Mundt
Butler, Nebr. Payne
Capehart Potter
Carlson Purtell
Case Saltonstall
Cordon Smith, Maine
Dirksen Smith, N.J.
Dworshak Taft
Goldwater Tobey
Griswold Watkins
Hendrickson Welker
Jenner Wiley
Knowland Young

Absent 12:
Bricker Hickenlooper
Bridges Ives
Cooper McCarthy
Duff Schoeppel
Ferguson Thye
Flanders Williams

Senator Knowland was recognized and discussed the importance of a good
attendance at all sessions in order to expedite the legislative program
and assure Republican control. He requested that live pairs be arranged
through the Secretary to the Majority and that pairs be held to a
minimum. He also suggested that if there are objections to nominations
appearing on the Executive Calendar, that the Acting Majority Leader be
advised prior to the Calendar call. In relation to Conference Reports
being called up, Senator Knowland emphasized the importance of team play
if the Majority expects to control the legislative program. He also
requested that conferees advise the Acting Majority Leader of the
decision reached by them as soon as possible, especially when a
disagreement develops.
The importance of every Senator advising his office staff where he can
be reached at all times was stressed by Senator Knowland.
In response to an inquiry, the legislative program for the rest of the
week and plans for adjournment over the July 4th weekend were outlined.
The Chairman, on behalf of himself and the Conference, expressed great
pleasure at seeing Senator Butler of Nebraska in attendance and looking
so well.
Senator Wiley, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, was
recognized by the Conference Chairman and was asked to explain and
discuss the Act authorizing the extension of the Mutual Security
Administration. Prior to starting his explanation, Senator Wiley
requested that Francis O. Wilcox, Chief of the Professional Staff of the
Foreign Relations Committee, be permitted to attend the meeting during
the M.S.A. discussion and the request was granted, it being explained by
the Chairman that such action was not to be taken as a precedent.
Senator Wiley then outlined the proposed M.S.A. legislation, explaining
various committee changes and answering inquiries concerning certain
phases of the Act.
At the conclusion of Senator Wiley's remarks, Senator Taft was
recognized and made a number of pertinent observations relative to
various sections of the Act.
After Senator Taft's remarks, a brief, general discussion of various
aspects and provisions of the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended,
followed.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 11:47 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

SECRETARY OF THE CONFERENCE

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference July 25, 1953

[signed] William T. Reed

Secretary for the Majority

------------------------

[June 30, 1953]

JUNE 30, 1953
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JUNE 30, 1953, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:00 a.m. The roll was
not called, but the following Senators were observed to be present.

Present 32:
Barrett Griswold
Beall Hendrickson
Bennett Hickenlooper
Bricker Knowland
Bush Malone
Butler, Md. Martin
Capehart Millikin
Carlson Mundt
Case Payne
Cooper Saltonstall
Cordon Schoeppel
Dirksen Smith, N.J.
Dworshak Thye
Ferguson Watkins
Flanders Welker
Goldwater Young

Absent 16:
Aiken McCarthy
Bridges Potter
Butler, Nebr. Purtell
Duff Smith, Maine
Ives Taft
Jenner Tobey
Kuchel Wiley
Langer Williams

A quorum being present, the Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who
outlined the legislative program for the remainder of the week and for
Monday, July 6 and Tuesday, July 7.
Following Senator Knowland's presentation, the Chairman explained that
the Conference had been called to consider the Trade Agreements
Extension Act of 1953, which would be the pending business on the Floor
following passage of the M.S.A. Act.
He first mentioned that the President was anxious to have the Act
extended for one year in its present form. The extension, he explained,
provides for the establishment of a bipartisan commission on foreign
economic policy, ``to examine, study and report on the subject of
international trade and to recommend policies, measures and practices
for stimulating its sound enlargement.'' The Commission is to make its
report to the President and the Congress within 60 days after the second
regular Session of the 83rd Congress is convened.
Senator Millikin outlined the history of the Act since 1947, explaining
the ``peril point'' and ``escape clause'' which were included in the
1948 Act. In 1950, it was pointed out, the Democrats repealed the Act
but reinstated it in 1951 and included both the ``peril point'' and the
``escape clause,'' by a vote of 75-2. The present Act is substantially
the same as that passed in 1951.
At the conclusion of the Chairman's resume a general discussion of the
legislation took place and it was moved, seconded and agreed to by a
voice vote that it was the sense of the Conference that its Chairman
should request the President to call on the Tariff Commission for a new
study of the impact of competitive imports on the wool industry in the
current year and make recommendations for a remedy. The Chairman thanked
the Conference for its backing and said he would convey its sentiments
to the President.
After a brief explanation by the Chairman of the Commission on Foreign
Economic Policy to be appointed to study the trade problem, he again
urged support of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1953, together
with the Committee Report.
There being no further business the Conference was adjourned at 11:30
a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, July 25, 1953

[signed] William T. Reed

Secretary for the Majority
* * *

Calendar No. 474
SENATE

83d Congress
Report
1st Session
No. 472
TRADE AGREEMENTS EXTENSION ACT OF 1953
June 26 (legislative day, June 8), 1953--Ordered to be printed
Mr. Millikin, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following

REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5495]

The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 5495) to
extend the authority of the President to enter into trade agreements
under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with
amendments and recommend that the bill do pass.
[The 7-page text of the report appears at pp. 60181-87 of Vol. 6 of
the original minutes, and the 12-page text of H.R. 5495 as reported by
the Senate appears at page 60188 of Vol. 6 of the original minutes.]
------------------------

[August 4, 1953]

AUGUST 4, 1953
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR AUGUST 4, 1953, AT 2:00
P.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m., and asked the
Secretary to call the roll. The following Senators were present:

Present 39:
Aiken Jenner
Barrett Knowland
Beall Kuchel
Bennett Langer
Bush Martin
Butler, Md. Millikin
Butler, Nebr. Mundt
Capehart Payne
Carlson Potter
Case Purtell
Cooper Saltonstall
Cordon Schoeppel
Dirksen Smith, Maine
Duff Smith, N.J.
Dworshak Thye
Ferguson Watkins
Griswold Wiley
Hendrickson Williams
Hickenlooper Young
Ives

Absent 7:
Bricker Malone
Bridges McCarthy
Flanders Welker
Goldwater

The Chairman recognized Senator Ferguson who offered the attached
resolutions (Exhibits ``A'' and ``B''), both of which were unanimously
agreed to.
Senator Dirksen was then recognized and explained that the large manila
envelope which had been given to each Senator contained campaign
material for their use when they returned home.
At this point the Chairman read the letter of resignation as Policy
Chairman which had been tendered by Senator Knowland. The letter is
attached at ``Exhibit C.''
The Chairman then recognized Senator Cordon who spoke at some length in
praise and appreciation of the outstanding job Senator Knowland had done
under extremely difficult circumstances, while serving as both the
Acting Floor Leader and as Chairman of the Policy Committee. At the
conclusion of his commendatory remarks Senator Cordon placed Senator
Knowland's name in nomination for the position of Floor Leader. The
nomination was seconded by Senators Thye, Smith of New Jersey, Langer
and Hendrickson.
Senator Ives then moved that if there were no further nominations, the
nominations be closed and that the Secretary cast a single ballot for
Senator Knowland. The motion was seconded and Senator Knowland was
unanimously elected Majority Floor Leader.
Senator Knowland then thanked the Conference Members for their
confidence in him and for the great honor they had bestowed upon him. He
said he would do his utmost to justify their belief in him and carry out
the Party program during the second Session of the 83rd Congress.
Senator Carlson, after being recognized by the Chairman, said he thought
the Conference ought to know that, at the beginning of the 83rd
Congress, when the late Senator Taft expressed to President Eisenhower
his desire to be the Majority Floor Leader, he had also mentioned to the
President that he would like to have Senator Knowland be his assistant.
At this point it was moved by Senator Langer that the resignation of
Senator Knowland as Policy Chairman be unanimously accepted. The motion
was seconded and agreed to without dissent.
After stating that nominations were in order for the position of
Chairman of the Policy Committee, Senator Millikin recognized Senator
Saltonstall who made a brief nominating speech and then placed the name
of Senator Ferguson in nomination.
The nomination was seconded by Senators Smith of Maine, Dirksen, Thye,
Langer, Capehart and Griswold. Senator Mundt then moved that the
nominations be closed and that the Secretary cast a unanimous ballot for
Senator Ferguson.
The motion was promptly seconded and Senator Ferguson was unanimously
elected Chairman of the Policy Committee. After being recognized by
Senator Millikin, he expressed his deep appreciation to the Conference
for electing him its new Policy Committee Chairman and assured the
members that he would do his best to handle the job to the satisfaction
of the Party.
Senator Capehart requested and was given recognition by the Chairman. He
announced that at the next meeting of the Conference he planned to move
to amend the Conference rules. He said his amendment would change the
method of selecting the members of the Policy Committee. In addition to
the President Pro Tempore (if he were a Republican), the Floor Leader,
the Conference Chairman and the Whip, all of whom would be ex officio
members, his amendment would specify that the Chairmen of all Standing
Committees, when the Republicans have the Majority, plus one Member of
the Freshman Senators shall constitute regular membership of the Policy
Committee.
When the Republicans are in the minority, then the ranking Republican
Members of all Standing Committees will become regular members of the
Policy Committee.
Both Senator Smith of New Jersey and Senator Thye raised objections to
Senator Capehart's suggested amendment and each discussed alternative
methods, but did not state that they planned to offer them as amendments
to the Conference rules.
Senator Dirksen was recognized by the Chairman and after making a few
brief remarks relative to the legislation passed on August 3rd, creating
a Commission to study Judicial and Congressional salaries, he suggested
that the Senators give some careful consideration to possible candidates
to be selected from the ranks of industry, as members of the Commission.
Chairman Millikin urged the Members to give thoughtful study to ways and
means of improving the functioning of the Party.
Upon recognition by the Chairman, Senator Griswold mentioned the matter
of a vacancy on the Policy Committee and suggested that Senator Cooper
be chosen to fill the vacancy. Both Senators Wiley and Butler of
Nebraska spoke in behalf of Senator Cooper and the Chairman thanked the
Members and assured them that when the time came to fill the vacancy, he
would give careful consideration to their recommendations.
Senator Knowland was recognized and outlined the various possible
situations that could develop relative to committee membership ratios if
Governor Lausche should appoint a Democrat to fill the vacancy created
by the death of Senator Taft. He suggested that some study ought to be
given toward determining the most practical way of solving such a
situation.
Senator Case was then recognized and explained briefly some of the
situations that may and can occur with regard to committee ratios,
should such an appointment materialize.
Chairman Millikin complimented the Conference for its action in choosing
the new leaders and expressed pride in the success that had been
attained during the Session. He urged all of the Members to speak with
pride concerning the accomplishments of the 1st Session of the 83rd
Congress. The Republicans, he emphasized, should leave here to return to
their various states and to let it be known that we are a united Party.
Senator Carlson was recognized and said he thought that Senator Millikin
deserved high praise for the splendid job he had done as the Chairman of
the Majority Conference. Unanimous agreement of the Members of the
Conference was indicated by a rousing round of applause.
There being no further business to come before it, the Conference was
adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, August 17, 1953

[signed] William T. Reed

Secretary for the Majority
* * *
EXHIBIT ``A''

83d Congress
1st Session
Charles William Tobey

Senator Homer Ferguson offered the following resolution for Senator
Styles Bridges in the Republican Majority Conference on Tuesday, August
4, 1953, which was adopted by unanimous action.
Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from us our
beloved colleague, the Honorable Charles William Tobey, late junior
Senator from the State of New Hampshire, and
Whereas throughout his fourteen years in the United States Senate he
rendered to our Nation and to his State a most distinguished service,
and
Whereas he was our affectionate friend and our esteemed colleague,
ever ready to give of himself, of his efforts, and of his judgment,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the United
States Senate of the Honorable Charles William Tobey, express our sense
of loss at his passing, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Mrs. Lillian
S. Tobey, that she may be assured of our deep respect for her and of our
condolences to her upon the passing of our friend, her husband.
Attest:

Chairman
Secretary
* * *
EXHIBIT ``B''

83d Congress
1st Session
Robert Alphonso Taft

Senator Homer Ferguson offered the following resolution for Senator
John W. Bricker in the Republican Majority Conference on Tuesday, August
4, 1953, which was adopted by unanimous action:
Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from us our
beloved colleague, the Honorable Robert Alphonso Taft, late senior
Senator from the State of Ohio, and
Whereas throughout his fourteen years in the United States Senate he
rendered to our Nation and to his State a most distinguished service,
and
Whereas he was our affectionate friend and our esteemed colleague,
ever ready to give of himself, of his efforts, and of his judgment,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the United
States Senate of the Honorable Robert Alphonso Taft, express our sense
of loss at his passing, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Mrs. Martha
B. Taft, that she may be assured of our deep respect for her and of our
condolences to her upon the passing of our friend, her husband.
Attest:

Chairman
Secretary
* * *
EXHIBIT ``C''

August 3, 1953

Eugene Millikin, Chairman
Conference of Republican Senators
I hereby tender my resignation as Chairman of the Senate Republican
Policy Committee effective at 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 4, 1953

[signed] William Knowland
U.S. Senator

------

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES, CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR HUGH BUTLER, FOR JANUARY 11, 1954, IN THE OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, AT 2:30 P.M.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.
The following members of the Committee were present: Senators Butler of
Nebraska, Bricker, Butler of Maryland, Capehart, Carlson and Case. The
following members were absent: Duff, Ferguson and Hickenlooper. Also
present was William T. Reed, Secretary for the Majority.
The Chairman stated that he had written each Republican Senator the
customary letter requesting committee preferences, and that two work
sheets had been compiled in order that the Committee might have the
necessary information on which to base their decisions. He then
explained the two work sheets to the members. Assignments to the various
committees were filled in accordance with eligibility and seniority.
After a brief discussion, Senator Bricker moved that the assignments as
approved by the Committee be reported to the Republican Conference
called for Tuesday, January 12, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 335, Senate
Office Building. The Chairman put the question and the motion was agreed
to by a voice vote.
Following are the changes in, and assignments made to, the various
committees: Senator Aiken was excused from the Committee on Labor and
Public Welfare, and assigned to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Senator Capehart was excused from the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce, and was assigned to the committee on Foreign
Relations. Senator McCarthy was assigned to the Committee on Rules and
Administration. Senator Duff was assigned to the Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce. Senator Cooper was excused from the Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and assigned to the Committee on Labor
and Public Welfare.
Senator Purtell was excused from the Committee on Rules and
Administration, and was assigned to the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce. Senator Payne was assigned to the Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Senator Upton was assigned to the
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, the Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service, and the Committee on Public Works.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.

[signed] William T. Reed

Secretary for the Majority

[signed] Hugh Butler

Chairman of the Committee on Committees
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[January 12, 1954]

JANUARY 12, 1954
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 12, 1954, AT 10:00
A.M., IN ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m., and asked the
Secretary to call the roll. The following Senators were present:

Present 43:
Aiken Knowland
Barrett Kuchel
Beall Langer
Bennett Malone
Bricker Martin
Bush McCarthy
Butler, Md. Millikin
Butler, Nebr. Mundt
Carlson Payne
Case Potter
Cooper Purtell
Cordon Saltonstall
Dirksen Schoeppel
Duff Smith, Maine
Dworshak Smith, N.J.
Flanders Thye
Goldwater Upton
Griswold Watkins
Hendrickson Welker
Hickenlooper Wiley
Jenner Williams
Young
Absent 4:
Bridges Ferguson
Capehart Ives

Others present: J. Mark Trice, Lloyd Jones, William T. Reed.
A quorum was present.
The Chairman extended personal greetings to all his colleagues and
expressed great pleasure on having such a fine attendance at the first
Conference of the Session.
Senator Knowland was recognized and said he hoped that during the week
of February eighth, the principal week devoted to Lincoln's Birthday
Dinners, there would not be too many of the Senators away from the
Senate at the same time. His concern, he said, stemmed from the fact
that it was customary for an agreement to be made with the Democrats
that no record votes on major legislation would be taken during that
week or the week of the Jackson Day Dinners, if many Senators are
absent. Therefore, if many are to be away the legislative program will
be considerably delayed.
He further stated that, now since the Administration's honeymoon is
over, there may be frequent criticism on the Floor of the Republican
Committee Chairmen and the Cabinet Members, by the Democrats. If this
does occur, the Senator suggested that the Floor Secretary and his staff
should immediately notify the Chairman being criticized.
In order that none of the Senators be penalized, Senator Knowland urged
that everyone cooperate in taking a turn at relieving the Floor Leader
or, the Vice President, from their Floor duties when asked.
At this point he explained the committee ratio agreement that has been
worked out with the Democrats. Included as Exhibit ``A'' is a copy of
the agreement. He emphasized that the present proposal would apply to
the balance of the 83rd Congress only. The agreement was approved by the
Conference.
Senator Butler of Nebraska was recognized and explained the committee
assignments that had been worked out by the Committee on Committees.
Exhibit ``B'' explains the changes. He also read a statement, Exhibit
``C'' attached, which explains a correction that has been made in the
seniority rating on the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee,
between Senators Potter and Griswold. The new order as corrected is as
follows:

That the majority Members of the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce shall be the following: Mr. John W. Bricker
of Ohio, Chairman; Mr. Andrew F. Schoeppel of Kansas; Mr.
John M. Butler of Maryland; Mr. Charles E. Potter of
Michigan; Mr. Dwight Griswold of Nebraska; Mr. James H. Duff
of Pennsylvania; Mr. William A. Purtell of Connecticut; and
Mr. Frederick G. Payne of Maine.

Senator Case requested that Senator Payne be permitted to remain on the
District of Columbia Committee, instead of assigning Senator
Hendrickson, as was done by the Committee. Senator Hendrickson gladly
withdrew in favor of Senator Payne.
Senator Knowland moved, and Senator Langer seconded, that the Committee
on Committees report be accepted as presented, together with the
substitution of Senator Payne for Senator Hendrickson on the District of
Columbia Committee.
Exhibits ``D'' and ``E'' are the new lists of Committee assignments as
submitted to, and approved by, the Conference.
The Conference Chairman thanked the Floor Leader and the Chairman and
Members of the Committee on Committees for the splendid job they did in
working out a mutually satisfactory committee ratio agreement with the
Democrats, and in the individual assignments that were made to the
committees.
Senator Upton of New Hampshire, who was appointed to fill the vacancy
created by the death of Senator Tobey, was welcomed by the Chairman, and
introduced to the Members of the Conference.
Senator Smith of New Jersey was recognized and expressed his pleasure on
having Senator Upton assigned to the Committee on Labor and Public
Welfare, of which Senator Smith is Chairman.
Senator Dirksen, Chairman of the Senatorial Campaign Committee, was
recognized and asked to make a report of the Committee's activities.
After a brief review of the special elections recently held in New
Jersey and California, the Senator discussed this year's Senatorial
contests, state by state. He was quite optimistic regarding the results
next November.
At this point a brief discussion took place relative to Secretary
Benson, and his farm program. Messrs. McCarthy, Welker, Watkins, Young,
Thye and Jenner, contributed to the discussion.
Chairman Millikin closed the meeting by urging that there be as much
party cooperation as possible and that the Majority Party Members be
confident, hard working, forthright, and present a solid front to the
voters throughout the coming year.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, April 1, 1954

[signed] William T. Reed

Secretary for the Majority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''

Resolved, That during the remainder of the 83rd Congress section (1)
of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate (relating to standing
committees) is amended--
(1) by striking out ``11'' in subsection (e) (relating to the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service) and inserting in lieu
thereof ``13'' and
(2) by striking out ``11'' in subsection (n) (relating to the
Committee on Public Works) and inserting in lieu thereof ``13.''
Sec. 2. During the remainder of the 83rd Congress section (4) of rule
XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, as amended, is further amended
by inserting ``(a)'' after ``4'' and by striking out ``14'' and
inserting in lieu thereof ``18'', and by adding the following new
paragraph:
``(b) In the event that during the remainder of the 83rd Congress
members of one party in the Senate are replaced by members of the other
party, the 21 third-committee assignments shall in such event be
distributed in accordance with the following table:

``Senate seats Third committee assignments

Majority Minority Majority Minority

48 48 18 3
49 47 16 5
50 46 14 7
51 45 12 9''

* * *
Exhibit ``B''
COMMITTEE SERVICE

Ordered, that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Aiken) be, and he is
hereby, excused from further service as a member of the Committee on
Labor and Public Welfare and is assigned to service on the Committee on
Foreign Relations.
Ordered, that the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Capehart) be, and he is
hereby, excused from further service as a member of the Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce and is assigned to service on the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
Ordered, that the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. McCarthy) be, and he is
hereby, assigned to service on the Committee on Rules and
Administration.
Ordered, that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Duff) be, and he is
hereby, assigned to service on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce.
Ordered that the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Cooper) be, and he is
hereby, excused from further service as a member of the Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce and is assigned to service on the
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
Ordered, that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Purtell) be, and he is
hereby, excused from further service as a member of the Committee on
Rules and Administration and is assigned to service on the Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Ordered, that the Senator from Maine (Mr. Payne) be, and he is hereby,
assigned to service on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Ordered, that the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Upton) be, and he is
hereby, assigned to service on the Committee on Labor and Public
Welfare; the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service; the Committee
on Public Works.
* * *
Exhibit ``C''
STATEMENT READ BY SENATOR BUTLER OF NEBRASKA

Last January when the Republican Conference approved the committee
assignments, Senator Potter's name was inadvertently placed junior to
that of Senator Griswold on the Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee, when actually, on the basis of established seniority, their
positions should have been reversed.
To correct the oversight Senator Potter's name now appears in its
proper seniority position on the committee lists you have before you.
* * *
Exhibit ``D''
January 12, 1954
(Confidential Work Sheet)
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF SENATORS
Eighty-third Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

Mr. AIKEN............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Foreign Relations

Mr. BARRETT............................. District of Columbia
Interior and Insular Affairs
Rules and Administration

Mr. BEALL............................... Banking and Currency
District of Columbia
Public Works

Mr. BENNETT............................. Banking and Currency
Finance

Mr. BRICKER............................. Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. BRIDGES............................. Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. BUSH................................ Banking and Currency
Public Works

Mr. BUTLER, Md.......................... Government Operations
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Judiciary

Mr. BUTLER, Nebr........................ Finance
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. CAPEHART............................ Banking and Currency
Foreign Relations

Mr. CARLSON............................. Finance
Post Office and Civil Service
Rules and Administration

Mr. CASE................................ Armed Services
District of Columbia
Public Works

Mr. COOPER.............................. Armed Services
Labor and Public Welfare
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. CORDON.............................. Appropriations
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. DIRKSEN............................. Appropriations
Government Operations
Judiciary

Mr. DUFF................................ Armed Services
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. DWORSHAK............................ Appropriations
Government Operations
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. FERGUSON............................ Appropriations
Foreign Relations

Mr. FLANDERS............................ Armed Services
Finance

Mr. GOLDWATER........................... Banking and Currency
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. GRISWOLD............................ Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Labor and Public Welfare
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. HENDRICKSON......................... Armed Services
Judiciary

Mr. HICKENLOOPER........................ Agriculture and Forestry
Foreign Relations

Mr. IVES................................ Banking and Currency
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. JENNER.............................. Judiciary
Post Office and Civil Service
Rules and Administration

Mr. KNOWLAND............................ Appropriations
Foreign Relations

Mr. KUCHEL.............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Public Works

Mr. LANGER.............................. Foreign Relations
Judiciary

Mr. MALONE.............................. Finance
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. MARTIN.............................. Finance
Public Works

Mr. MCCARTHY............................ Appropriations
Government Operations
Rules and Administration

Mr. MILLIKIN............................ Finance
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. MUNDT............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations
Government Operations

Mr. PAYNE............................... Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
District of Columbia

Mr. POTTER.............................. Government Operations
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Rules and Administration

Mr. PURTELL............................. Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Labor and Public Welfare
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. SALTONSTALL......................... Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. SCHOEPPEL........................... Agriculture and Forestry
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mrs. SMITH, Maine....................... Appropriations
Armed Services
Government Operations

Mr. SMITH, N.J.......................... Foreign Relations
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. THYE................................ Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations

Mr. UPTON............................... Labor and Public Welfare
Post Office and Civil Service
Public Works

Mr. WATKINS............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Judiciary

Mr. WELKER.............................. Agriculture and Forestry
Judiciary

Mr. WILEY............................... Foreign Relations
Judiciary

Mr. WILLIAMS............................ Agriculture and Forestry
Finance

Mr. YOUNG............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations

Mr. MORSE (Independent)................. District of Columbia
Public Works

* * *
Exhibit ``E''
January 12, 1954
(Confidential Work Sheet)
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Eighty-third Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

On Agriculture and Forestry (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. AIKEN, Chairman, YOUNG, THYE, HICKENLOOPER, MUNDT,
WILLIAMS, SCHOEPPEL, WELKER.

On Appropriations (Ratio 12-11)

Messrs. BRIDGES, Chairman, FERGUSON, CORDON, SALTONSTALL,
YOUNG, KNOWLAND, THYE, MCCARTHY, MUNDT, Mrs. SMITH, Maine,
Messrs. DWORSHAK, DIRKSEN.

On Armed Services (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. SALTONSTALL, Chairman, BRIDGES, FLANDERS, Mrs.
SMITH, Maine, Messrs. HENDRICKSON, CASE, DUFF, COOPER.

On Banking and Currency (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. CAPEHART, Chairman, BRICKER, IVES, BENNETT, BUSH,
BEALL, PAYNE, GOLDWATER.

On District of Columbia (Ratio 5-4)

Messrs. CASE, Chairman, BARRETT, BEALL, PAYNE. MORSE.

On Finance (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. MILLIKIN, Chairman, BUTLER, Nebr., MARTIN, WILLIAMS,
FLANDERS, MALONE, CARLSON, BENNETT.

On Foreign Relations (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. WILEY, Chairman, SMITH, N.J., HICKENLOOPER, LANGER,
FERGUSON, KNOWLAND, AIKEN, CAPEHART.

On Government Operations (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. MCCARTHY, Chairman, MUNDT, Mrs. SMITH, Maine,
Messrs. DWORSHAK, DIRKSEN, BUTLER, Md., POTTER.

On Interior and Insular Affairs (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. BUTLER, Nebr., Chairman, MILLIKIN, CORDON, MALONE,
WATKINS, DWORSHAK, KUCHEL, BARRETT.

On Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. BRICKER, Chairman, SCHOEPPEL, BUTLER, Md., POTTER,
GRISWORLD, DUFF, PURTELL, PAYNE.

On the Judiciary (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. LANGER, Chairman, WILEY, JENNER, WATKINS,
HENDRICKSON, DIRKSEN, WELKER, BUTLER, Md.

On Labor and Public Welfare (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. SMITH, N.J., Chairman, IVES, GRISWOLD, PURTELL,
GOLDWATER, COOPER, UPTON.

On Post Office and Civil Service (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. CARLSON, Chairman, DUFF, JENNER, COOPER, GRISWOLD,
PURTELL, UPTON.

On Public Works (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. MARTIN, Chairman, CASE, BUSH, KUCHEL, BEALL, UPTON.
MORSE.

On Rules and Administration (Ratio 5-4)

Messrs. JENNER, Chairman, CARLSON, POTTER, BARRETT,
MCCARTHY.

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[March 23, 1954]

MARCH 23, 1954
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, SENATOR EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MARCH 23, 1954, AT 10:00 A.M.
IN ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m.
In the absence of Senator Young the Chair designated Senator Saltonstall
to be acting secretary and asked him to call the roll. The following
Senators were present:

Present 39:
Barrett Ives
Beall Jenner
Bennett Kuchel
Bricker Malone
Bush Martin
Butler, Nebr. McCarthy
Capehart Millikin
Carlson Mundt
Cooper Potter
Cordon Purtell
Dirksen Saltonstall
Duff Schoeppel
Dworshak Smith, Maine
Ferguson Smith, N.J.
Flanders Thye
Goldwater Upton
Griswold Watkins
Hendrickson Welker
Hickenlooper Wiley
Williams
Absent 8:
Aiken Knowland
Bridges Langer
Butler, Md. Payne
Case Young

Others present: J. Mark Trice, Lloyd Jones, William T. Reed, James
Gleason.
A quorum was present.
Senator Barrett, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Privileges and
Elections was recognized by Chairman Millikin, who requested that
Senator Barrett explain New Mexico Senatorial Election Resolution 220,
which he did in detail. ⁴ A number of the Senators
interrogated Senator Barrett and Senator Millikin concerning various
aspects of the Resolution. Senator Barrett made it very clear that
Senate Resolution 220 in no way directly involved Senator Chavez, but
rather had to do with the unconstitutional manner in which the
senatorial election was conducted in New Mexico.
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\4\ [The slim Republican margin at the beginning of the Congress lent
importance to the challenge filed by losing Republican candidate Patrick
J. Hurley of New Mexico against incumbent Democrat Dennis Chavez.
Hurley's petition in the close race charged numerous election
irregularities. The Senate initially seated Chavez ``without prejudice''
to Hurley's challenge and did not complete work on the case until March
1954, when it voted to allow Chavez to retain his seat.]
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Several Senators complimented the Committee Members--Barrett and
Potter--for the excellent investigation that was conducted and on the
comprehensive report that was prepared. They also praised the work of
Wilford Ware, chief counsel of the subcommittee, and his staff for doing
a thorough job under most difficult conditions.
A majority of the speakers expressed the view that the Republican
Senators should support the Committee even if the vote failed to carry.
Senator Cordon was recognized and explained his amendment to the
resolution which in essence would provide that in the event Resolution
220 was upheld as amended, then it would be suggested that the Senate
seat vacated as result of the action would not be filled by an appointee
of the Governor of New Mexico, but instead would be filled by the voters
at the first general or special election to be held thereafter.
At the conclusion of the discussion of Senate Resolution 220, Senator
Millikin briefly explained the Excise Tax Bill (H.R. 8224) as amended by
the Finance Committee. In the opinion of the Chairman the bill in its
present structure effects all the relief possible at this time without
seriously undermining the financial position of the Government.
There being no further business the meeting was closed at 12:00 noon.

[signed] Leverett Saltonstall

Acting Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, April 1, 1954

[signed] William T. Reed

Secretary for the Majority

------------------------

[April 30, 1954]

APRIL 30, 1954
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1954, IN
ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m., and asked the
Secretary to call the roll. The following Senators were present:

Present 24:
Aiken Ives
Beall Knowland
Bennett Malone
Bowring Martin
Bush Millikin
Butler, Nebr. Payne
Carlson Purtell
Case Saltonstall
Duff Smith, N.J.
Dworshak Thye
Ferguson Welker
Goldwater Young

Absent 23:
Barrett Kuchel
Bricker Langer
Bridges McCarthy
Butler, Md. Mundt
Capehart Potter
Cooper Schoeppel
Cordon Smith, Maine
Dirksen Upton
Flanders Watkins
Hendrickson Wiley
Hickenlooper Williams
Jenner

Others present: Lloyd Jones, William T. Reed.
A quorum was present.
The Chairman recognized Senator Beall who discussed the filling of the
position of the Comptroller General when it becomes vacant on May 1. He
recommended and urged that the Senate support J. Mark Trice, the present
Secretary of the Senate, for the position. At this point Senator
Knowland was recognized and explained in some detail the complications
which have developed relative to the selection of a new Comptroller
General. He stated that the House of Representatives is supporting
Representative Sterling Cole of New York, for the position and seems
adamant against withdrawing his name.
Senator Knowland further explained that if the House-Senate stalemate
were not resolved, a third party might be named by the President. It was
his feeling, however, that the Senate should continue to support Mark
Trice.
Senator Beall was again recognized, and moved on behalf of Senator
Butler of Maryland and himself that the Senate should support Mark Trice
for appointment to the position of Comptroller General of the United
States. The motion was seconded and unanimously agreed to.
At this point, Senator Millikin welcomed Mrs. Eva Bowring, the recently
appointed Senator from Nebraska, to the Conference and expressed the
hope that she would grace many future conferences with her presence.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who stressed the importance of
better attendance on the Floor and the prompt answering of quorum calls
in the interest of expediting the legislative program, to make it
possible to adjourn sine die on July 31st.
Senator Butler of Nebraska, Chairman of the Committee on Committees, was
recognized by the Chairman and reported that after consultation with his
Committee Members, it was unanimously decided to assign Mrs. Eva Bowring
to the same committees to which the late Senator Dwight Griswold had
been assigned: Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Labor and Public Welfare
and Post Office and Civil Service. The Conference unanimously approved
the Committee assignments.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Smith of New Jersey, Chairman of
the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Mr. Smith explained in great
detail the background of the legislative changes in the Taft-Hartley Act
to be considered on the Floor next week. He also discussed the Party
position in relation to the proposed legislation, as well as the
position the opposition would take. Each Senator was given a copy of
Committee Print #2, dated March 13, 1954, of the Taft-Hartley Act as
Modified by Proposed Amendments, (Exhibit A), so that they might follow
Senator Smith's explanation of the Committee amendments.
Following his discussion of the proposed Committee amendments, Senator
Smith urged the support of the Conference Members in preventing any
attempt for recommittal of the legislation.
Senator Knowland was again recognized and requested a united Republican
support of night sessions, if necessary, to complete work on the Taft-
Hartley Act. He also recommended a united stand in opposition to
recommittal of the legislation.
Chairman Millikin recognized Senator Goldwater and he explained the
provisions of his so-called ``States Rights'' amendment #4-29-54A
(Exhibit B). A number of the Senators asked questions concerning the
effect of the amendment on the Act and Senator Goldwater said that in
essence, it would provide certain restraining authority to the states.
He urged the Conference to support his amendment.
The Chairman recognized Senator Purtell and asked him to explain his
proposed ``secret strike ballot'' amendment to the Taft-Hartley Act.
This he did, in detail. He also urged Conference support of his
amendment.
Senator Ives was recognized and explained his views regarding the
regulation of secret strike balloting, and its [in]corporation into the
Taft-Hartley Act. Senators Bush, Case, Smith of New Jersey, Ferguson,
Knowland and Welker, all contributed to the discussion of the question
regarding secret strike balloting.
The Chairman recognized Senator Butler of Nebraska, who moved that a
resolution (copy attached) be prepared by the Secretary, and sent to
Mrs. Dwight Griswold, expressing the sympathy of the Conference upon the
death of her husband, the late Senator Dwight Griswold. The motion was
seconded and unanimously agreed to.
There being no further business, the Conference was adjourned at 11:57
a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, August 27, 1954

[signed] William T. Reed

Secretary for the Majority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''
(COMMITTEE PRINT NO. 2)
March 13, 1954
Taft-Hartley Act as Modified by Proposed Amendments
AN ACT

To amend the National Labor Relations Act, to provide additional
facilities for the mediation of labor disputes affecting commerce, to
equalize legal responsibilities of labor organizations and employers,
and for other purposes.
[The 79-page text of Committee Print No. 2 appears at page 60234 of
Vol. 6 of the original minutes.]
* * *
Exhibit ``B''

Calendar No. 1217

83d Congress
2d Session
S. 2650
In the Senate of the United States
April 29 (legislative day, April 14), 1954
Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed

AMENDMENT

Intended to be proposed by Mr. Goldwater to the bill (S. 2650) to
amend the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and for other purposes,
viz: On page 18, strike out all of lines 6 to 16 inclusive, and insert
in lieu thereof the following:
(c) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), nothing in this Act
shall be construed to nullify or impair the power of any State or
Territory--

(1) to exercise its police powers, and to deal with labor
disputes causing, or likely to cause, emergencies affecting
the health or safety of citizens of such State or Territory;
or
(2) in any other case, to give effect to its law:
Provided, That no such law may be applied so as to permit
employers or labor organizations to interfere with,
restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights
guaranteed to employees by this Act.
* * *

83d Congress
2d Session
Dwight Palmer Griswold

Senator Hugh Butler offered the following resolution in the
Republican Majority Conference on Friday, April 30, 1954,
which was adopted by unanimous action.

Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from us our
beloved colleague, the Honorable Dwight Palmer Griswold, late junior
Senator from the State of Nebraska, and
Whereas while he was in the United States Senate he rendered to our
Nation and to his State a most distinguished service, and
Whereas he was our affectionate friend and our esteemed colleague,
ever ready to give of himself, of his efforts, and of his judgment,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the United
States Senate of the honorable Dwight Palmer Griswold, express our sense
of loss at his passing, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Mrs. Erma E.
Griswold, that she may be assured of our deep respect for her and of our
condolences to her upon the passing of our friend, her husband.
Attest:

Chairman
Secretary
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[June 3, 1954]

JUNE 3, 1954
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE MAJORITY CONFERENCE, CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR 10:00 A.M., JUNE 3, 1954,
ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
The Secretary called the roll and the following Senators were present:

Present 30:
Aiken Knowland
Barrett Langer
Beall Malone
Bennett Martin
Bowring Millikin
Bricker Payne
Bush Purtell
Capehart Saltonstall
Carlson Schoeppel
Cordon Smith, Maine
Ferguson Smith, N.J.
Goldwater Watkins
Hendrickson Welker
Ives Wiley
Jenner Young

Absent 17:
Bridges Flanders
Butler, Md. Hickenlooper
Butler, Nebr. Kuchel
Case McCarthy
Cooper Mundt
Dirksen Potter
Duff Thye
Dworshak Upton
Williams

Others present: J. Mark Trice, Lloyd Jones, William T. Reed.
A quorum was present.
Senator Knowland was recognized and discussed the importance of
maintaining a good attendance on the Floor. He stated that many proposed
amendments can be disposed of by voice vote if a sufficient Floor
attendance is maintained. He also urged the Senators not to give live
pairs to their Democrat colleagues but rather, if they find it necessary
to vote contrary to the Party, to give live pairs to the absent
Republican colleagues.
At this point the Floor Leader raised the question as to whether the
legislation relative to an increase in Congressional and Judicial
salaries should be acted on in this Congress. After a brief discussion
of the matter a show of hands indicated that a majority of those present
were in favor of bringing S. 1663 to the Floor for consideration.
After complimenting Senator Knowland on his suggestions relative to the
handling of the Congressional and Judicial salary increase legislation,
Chairman Millikin recognized Senator Capehart and asked him to explain
the Housing Act of 1954.
The Chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee, Mr. Capehart,
explained that the bill had been made more liberal in that the required
down payments had been reduced, and the time to pay out had been
extended. He also cited the sections of the Act which were affected by
the ``irregularities'' charges made by the Justice Department.
Senator Saltonstall was recognized and inquired about the slum clearance
section of the bill. Senator Capehart explained that section of the bill
and then discussed public housing, which he said would be the principal
issue on the Floor. He also discussed the President's position and
desire relative to public housing.
Senator Capehart resumed his explanation of the bill, stating that it
was unanimously reported out of the full Committee, while the public
housing section authorizing approximately 617,000 units as proposed by
Senator [Burnet R.] Maybank [Democrat of South Carolina] was agreed to
by an 11 to 4 vote. He further stated that Senator Maybank now planned
to remove the public housing section by means of a floor amendment
because of the segregation issue.
Senator Ives was recognized and explained an amendment he had prepared
as a substitute to the Maybank amendment. His amendment provides for
140,000 units over a four year period, but not to exceed 35,000 units in
any one year. Senator Ives stated that his substitute was in agreement
with President Eisenhower's suggested program.
Senator Capehart was again recognized and said that Senator [Harry F.]
Byrd [Democrat of Virginia] planned to offer several amendments
purported to tighten certain sections of the bill where irregularities
had previously occurred. He said that after he had an opportunity to
study the Byrd Amendments, if he considered them beneficial to the bill
he would be glad to take them to conference.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:10 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, August 27, 1954

[signed] William T. Reed

Secretary for the Majority
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[June 30, 1954]

JUNE 30, 1954
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, ON JUNE 30, 1954, AT 10:00
A.M., IN ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. The following
Senators were present:

Present 39:
Aiken Knowland
Barrett Kuchel
Beall Langer
Bennett Martin
Bowring Millikin
Bridges Mundt
Bush Payne
Butler, Md. Potter
Butler, Nebr. Purtell
Carlson Saltonstall
Cordon Schoeppel
Crippa Smith, Maine
Dworshak Smith, N.J.
Ferguson Thye
Flanders Upton
Goldwater Welker
Hendrickson Wiley
Hickenlooper Williams
Ives Young
Jenner

Absent 9:
Bricker Duff
Capehart Malone
Case McCarthy
Cooper Watkins
Dirksen

Others present: J. Mark Trice, Lloyd Jones, William T. Reed.
A quorum was present.
Chairman Millikin, on behalf of his colleagues, welcomed Senator Crippa
of Wyoming, to his first Conference. He also welcomed Mrs. Bowring from
Nebraska, and expressed his appreciation of the fine attendance.
The Chairman then announced that voting on H.R. 8300, the Tax Revision
Bill, would start this afternoon. He briefly explained the amendment
which Senator [Walter F.] George [Democrat of Georgia] has proposed and
which is now pending, the purpose of which is to increase personal
exemption from $600 to $700, and urged the Conference Members to oppose
it.
He then stated that many Republican Senators think the Republicans
should offer an amendment to Senator George's amendment which would help
the low-income taxpayers, and asked for an expression from the
Conference.
Senator Knowland was recognized and explained to the Conference that the
Policy Committee Members thought the Republicans should offer an
amendment of benefit to the low-income groups.
So many Senators agreed with Senator Knowland's suggestion that Senator
Millikin explained a proposed amendment suggested by Senator Ives. He
also explained an amendment to change the dividend exemption. The
consensus of the Conference was that Senator Millikin should offer both
amendments.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:45 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, August 27, 1954

[signed] William T. Reed

Secretary for the Majority
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[July 9, 1954]

JULY 9, 1954
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JULY 9, 1954, AT 9:30
A.M.

Chairman Millikin called the Conference to order at 9:45 a.m.
The following Senators were present:

Present 26:
Barrett Kuchel
Bennett Malone
Bowring Martin
Bush Millikin
Butler Payne
Carlson Reynolds
Cordon Saltonstall
Crippa Schoeppel
Dirksen Smith, Maine
Duff Smith, N.J.
Dworshak Thye
Ferguson Upton
Knowland Welker

Absent 22:
Aiken Ives
Beall Jenner
Bricker Langer
Bridges McCarthy
Capehart Mundt
Case Potter
Cooper Purtell
Flanders Watkins
Goldwater Wiley
Hendrickson Williams
Hickenlooper Young

Others present: J. Mark Trice, Lloyd Jones, William T. Reed.
A quorum was present.
Senator Eva Bowring of Nebraska was recognized and moved that a
resolution be prepared on behalf of the Conference and sent to Mrs.
Maudlee L. Butler, sister-in-law of the late Senator Hugh Butler,
expressing its deep sympathy upon the death of their colleague. The
motion was seconded and unanimously agreed to.
Chairman Millikin then explained that the Conference had been called
primarily to approve certain committee assignments and appointments. He
further explained that a new chairman needed to be appointed for the
Committee on Committees and suggested that since Senator Bricker was the
ranking member, that he be chosen. Senator Bennett moved, and it was
seconded, that Senator Bricker be named as Chairman of the Committee on
Committees for the remainder of the Session. It was unanimously agreed
to.
Senator Millikin then suggested that Senator Cordon be assigned as
Chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Senator Thye
so moved and it was seconded and unanimously agreed to.
After advising the Conference of the vacancies on the Committee on
Finance and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the Chairman
suggested that rather than get involved in a number of permanent changes
at this point in the closing days of the Session, Senator Crippa of
Wyoming be relieved of membership on the Committee on the District of
Columbia, and be assigned to the Committee on Interior and Insular
Affairs. Also that Senator Reynolds of Nebraska be assigned to the
Committee on Finance and the Committee on the District of Columbia.
Senator Smith of New Jersey moved, and it was seconded, that Senator
Crippa be assigned to service on the Committee on Interior and Insular
Affairs, and Senator Reynolds be assigned to service on the Committee on
Finance. It was unanimously agreed to.
Senator Ferguson then moved and it was seconded and unanimously agreed
to, that Senator Crippa be relieved of service on the Committee on the
District of Columbia, and Senator Reynolds be assigned to service on
that Committee.
Senator Ferguson also moved, and it was seconded and unanimously agreed
to, that Senator Mundt be made a member of the Policy Committee.
In order to provide for the filling of possible vacancies on the Policy
Committee between now and January, 1955, Senator Saltonstall moved, and
it was seconded, that if and when a vacancy should occur on the Policy
Committee the Conference Chairman be authorized to fill such a vacancy
by making a temporary appointment.
Senator Knowland was recognized and urged the Senators not to make plans
to be away from the Senate from now until the Session ends, except when
absolutely necessary. Only by having a quorum present at all times can
the Senate hope to complete the work and adjourn by July 31, Knowland
stated.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 10:00 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, August 27, 1954

[signed] William T. Reed

Secretary for the Majority
* * *

83d Congress
2d Session
Hugh Butler

Senator Eva Bowring offered the following resolution in the Republican
Majority Conference on Friday, July 9, 1954, which was adopted by
unanimous action:
Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from us our
beloved colleague, the Honorable Hugh Butler, late senior Senator from
the State of Nebraska, and
Whereas while he was in the United States Senate he rendered to our
Nation and to his State a most distinguished service, and
Whereas he was our affectionate friend and our esteemed colleague,
ever ready to give of himself, of his efforts, and of his judgment,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the United
States Senate of the honorable Hugh Butler, express our sense of loss at
his passing, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Mrs. Maudlee
L. Butler, that she may be assured of our deep respect for her and of
our condolences to her upon the passing of our friend, her brother-in-
law.
Attest:

Chairman
Secretary
Eighty-fourth Congress (1955-1957)

[Editor's Note: The 1954 election returned control of Congress to the
Democrats, who had 232 members in the House to 203 Republicans. In the
Senate, however, their lead was slim, with only 49 Democrats--including
former Independent Wayne Morse, who became a Democrat in February 1955,
and South Carolina's Strom Thurmond, who had won election as an
Independent Democrat--to 47 Republicans.
In foreign affairs the cold war tensions continued. Egypt's President
Nasser, who had been moving toward the Soviet orbit, precipitated a
crisis in 1956 by nationalizing control of the Suez Canal. Israel
retaliated by invading and occupying the Sinai Peninsula, joined for a
time by British and French troops, while the United States sought to end
the crisis through negotiations before it could explode into a full-
scale war. At about the same time, Soviet troops brutally suppressed
freedom fighters in Hungary.
On the domestic front, Congress in June 1956 passed the Highway Act
that authorized construction of the interstate highway system and
established a Highway Trust Fund financed by gasoline taxes to pay for
the projects.]
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[January 4, 1955]

JANUARY 4, 1955
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 4, 1955, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:12 a.m. and requested
that Senator Styles Bridges act as Temporary Chairman. Senator Bridges
took the Chair as Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman asked
Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel to act as Temporary Secretary and requested
that the roll be called. The roll was called.
The following Senators were present:

Present 43:
Aiken Dirksen Mundt
Allott Dworshak Payne
Barrett Flanders Potter
Beall Goldwater Purtell
Bender Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Bricker Hruska Schoeppel
Bridges Jenner Smith, Maine
Bush Knowland Smith, N.J.
Butler Kuchel Thye
Capehart Langer Watkins
Carlson Martin, Iowa Welker
Case, N.J. Martin, Pa. Wiley
Case, S.D. McCarthy Williams
Cotton Millikin Young
Curtis

Absent 4:
Bennett Ives
Duff Malone

Others present were: J. Mark Trice, Lloyd Jones, William T. Reed.
A quorum was present.
The Temporary Chairman announced that the first order of business was
the nomination and election of a permanent Chairman of the Conference
and he asked for nominations. Senator Knowland was recognized and
nominated Senator Eugene Millikin. The nomination was seconded by
Senators Bricker, Smith, New Jersey, and Capehart. Senator Welker then
moved that the nominations be closed and that the Temporary Secretary
cast a unanimous vote for Senator Millikin. The Temporary Secretary cast
a unanimous vote for Senator Millikin.
Senator Millikin assumed the Chair as Chairman of the Conference and
thanked the Conference for its vote of confidence and for the fine
attendance. He then greeted the new Senators and asked Senator Everett
Dirksen to introduce them to the Conference which he did, very ably. The
new Senators as introduced were: Messrs. Thomas Martin of Iowa; Gordon
Allott of Colorado; Roman Hruska of Nebraska; George Bender of Ohio;
Carl T. Curtis of Nebraska; Clifford Case of New Jersey and Norris
Cotton of New Hampshire. Following the introductions Senator Dirksen as
Chairman of the Senatorial Campaign Committee made a comprehensive
report on the activities of the Campaign Committee relative to the 1954
campaign. He urged that a unified Republican front be established
between now and the 1956 campaign and emphasized that only through unity
can the Party hope to win in 1956.
Senator Bridges was recognized and moved that the Conference go on
record and that the Secretary prepare a resolution extending the
gratitude of the Conference to Senator Dirksen for his outstanding
efforts on behalf of the Party as Chairman of the Senatorial Campaign
Committee. Senator Margaret Chase Smith and Senator Capehart seconded
the motion. Chairman Millikin spoke highly of the fine work done by
Senator Dirksen then put the question which was unanimously adopted. A
copy of the resolution is attached hereto as Exhibit ``A.''
The Chairman announced that nominations were in order for Secretary of
the Conference. Senator Langer nominated Senator Milton R. Young as
Secretary of the Conference, it was seconded by Senator Capehart and
Senator Thye moved that the nominations be closed and that the Secretary
cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Young. The motion was agreed to and
a unanimous ballot was cast for Senator Young.
The Chairman announced that nominations were in order for Minority Floor
Leader. Senator Carlson nominated Senator William F. Knowland and
Senator Bricker moved that the nominations be closed. Senator Kuchel
seconded the nomination and the motion that the nominations be closed.
He also spoke briefly in praise of Senator Knowland and the fine job he
did throughout the 83rd Congress. Chairman Millikin added his words of
praise and put the question. Senator Knowland was elected unanimously to
Minority Floor leader. Senator Knowland thanked the Conference for its
expression of confidence and pledged his complete cooperation.
The Chairman announced that nominations were in order for Whip. Senator
Thye nominated Senator Leverett Saltonstall, it was seconded by Senator
Bridges who moved that the nominations be closed and that the Secretary
cast a single ballot for Senator Saltonstall. The motion was seconded,
agreed to, and the Secretary cast a unanimous ballot.
The Chairman announced that nominations were in order for Chairman of
the Policy Committee. Senator Bricker nominated Senator Styles Bridges
for Chairman of the Policy Committee. The motion was seconded by
Senators Cotton and Capehart. It was moved that nominations be closed
and that the Secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for
Senator Bridges. The motion was agreed to and the Secretary cast the
unanimous ballot.
The Chairman announced that nominations were in order for Secretary for
the Minority. Senator Bridges nominated J. Mark Trice and it was
seconded by Senator Butler. The nominations were closed and Mr. Trice
was unanimously elected Secretary for the Minority.
The Chairman explained that it was customary for the Minority Party to
submit a slate for President Pro Tempore, Secretary of the Senate and
Sergeant at Arms. Senator Knowland nominated Senator Styles Bridges for
President Pro Tempore, J. Mark Trice for Secretary of the Senate and
Forest A. Harness for Sergeant at Arms. The nominations were seconded,
closed and the three nominees unanimously elected.
The Chairman requested that the members of the Conference interested in
serving on the Policy Committee convey their interest to him by letter
within 24 hours.
The Chairman then reappointed the Committee on Personnel which served
throughout the 83rd Congress, namely:

Edward Martin, Chairman
Styles Bridges
Herman Welker

Without objection the action of the Chairman was approved.
The Chairman announced that without objection the proceedings would be
considered as having taken place following the convening of the Senate
and the swearing in of the Senators tomorrow (January 5, 1955). He then
announced that the following Senators were nominated to membership on
the Committee on Committees:

Bricker, Chairman, Kuchel, Allott, Purtell, Jenner, Martin,
Iowa, Schoeppel, Smith, Me., Beall, Hruska, Case, N.J.,
Langer, Mundt, Watkins, Flanders, McCarthy, Cotton, Bender.

and the Conference unanimously approved.
Senator Knowland was recognized and he urged that no pairs be made
without first consulting with the Floor Leader, the Whip or the Floor
Secretary. He further urged the Senators to have their Administrative
Assistants keep the leadership advised in advance of any plans their
Senators may have for being out of the city so that votes may be
scheduled when the attendance will be the best possible.
Senator Case of South Dakota was recognized and suggested Senator Mundt
as a potential candidate for the position of Chairman of the Senatorial
Campaign Committee. He discussed Senator Mundt's qualifications briefly
and emphasized his well-rounded experience in politics.
Senator Dirksen was recognized and praised the excellent cooperation and
fine work done by John A. Reilly of The Second National Bank of
Washington who acted as Treasurer of the Senatorial Campaign Committee
and Olive Hurley who has for several years been Secretary to the
Committee. He moved that the Conference express its appreciation for the
excellent job done by both Miss Hurley and Mr. Reilly and that a
suitable resolution be drafted by the Secretary and sent to each of
them. Without objection the motion was agreed to unanimously.
Resolutions attached hereto as Exhibit ``B.''
Senator Langer was recognized and offered the suggestion that at least
three of the new Senators be included as members of the Policy
Committee.
Senator Williams was recognized and nominated former Senator John
Townsend of Delaware as Co-Chairman of the Senatorial Campaign
Committee. The nomination was seconded and without objection the
nominations were closed and the election was unanimous.
Senator Goldwater was recognized and addressed himself to the matter of
suggesting that more Conferences be held this session than were held
during the 83rd Congress. He urged that this be done in an effort to
improve party unity and keep the Senators better informed with regard to
the Party position on legislation.
Senator Knowland was recognized and responded by agreeing with Senator
Goldwater on the need for more Conferences.
Senator Thye was recognized and commended Senator Goldwater for his
suggestion that more Conferences be held. He said he felt that the
leaders did not keep the other Senators fully informed on the thinking
of the White House. Senator Knowland was recognized and responded to
Senator Thye explaining that the leaders tried at all times to keep all
of the Senators informed on legislation and had always tried to
represent their thinking at the White House conferences and would
continue to do so.
Senator Purtell was recognized and also spoke briefly on the need for
more conferences.
Senator Millikin said that he did not object to more frequent
conferences provided the Senators would exercise personal restraint in
what they said.
The Chairman suggested that one of the new Senators be selected to
attend the Policy Committee meetings each time the Committee meets.
The Chairman also suggested that the ranking Republican members on each
committee endeavor to see that committee meetings do not conflict with
Conferences.
Senator Dirksen was recognized and urged that early plans be made by the
Senators relative to their Lincoln Birthday plans so as not to conflict
with the legislative program. He also moved and it was unanimously
agreed that a letter or wire be sent to Senator Wallace Bennett
expressing the sympathy of the Conference over his illness and its
desire for his speedy recovery. Copy of telegram is attached as Exhibit
``C.''
There being no further business the Conference was adjourned at 11:40
a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 26, 1955

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''

84th Congress
1st Session
Everett McKinley Dirksen

Senator Styles Bridges offered the following resolution in
the Republican Minority Conference on Monday, January 4,
1955, which was adopted by unanimous action:

Resolved, That the individual members of the Republican Minority
Conference of the United States Senate express to their beloved
colleague, the Honorable Everett McKinley Dirksen, United States Senator
from the State of Illinois, their sincere esteem and untold gratitude
for his unceasing efforts, his able and outstanding services, and his
unselfish devotion to them and to the Republican Party throughout his
long and faithful tenure as Chairman of the National Republican
Senatorial Campaign Committee from January 12, 1951, to January 11,
1955.
Attest:

Chairman, Republican Conference

Attest:

Secretary, Republican Conference
* * *
Exhibit ``B''

84th Congress
1st Session
RESOLVED, That the Republican Minority Conference of the United States
Senate expresses its sincere gratitude and best wishes to John A. Reilly
for his splendid cooperation and efficient work while serving as
Treasurer of the National Republican Campaign Committee from February,
1940 up to the present time.
RESOLVED, That the Republican Minority Conference of the United States
Senate expresses its sincere gratitude and best wishes to Olive B.
Hurley for her efficient, loyal and faithful service as Secretary to the
National Republican Campaign Committee from February, 1940 up to the
present time.

Chairman, Republican Conference
Secretary, Republican Conference
* * *
Exhibit ``C''

WESTERN UNION

January 7, 1955

Honorable Wallace F. Bennett
United States Senator
65 West First South
Salt Lake City, Utah
THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE AT ITS MEETING ON TUESDAY LAST REQUESTED THAT
THE SECRETARY EXPRESS TO YOU DEEP REGRET THAT YOU COULD NOT BE PRESENT
BECAUSE OF YOUR RECENT OPERATION AND HOPES THAT YOU WILL HAVE A SPEEDY
RECOVERY. YOUR COLLEAGUES SEND TO YOU THEIR SINCERE BEST WISHES AND HIGH
ESTEEM AND HOPE YOU WILL REJOIN THEM SOON

Milton R. Young, Secretary of the Republican Conference

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE JOHN W. BRICKER, FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 11,
1955, AT 9:30 A.M. IN ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Chairman John W. Bricker called the meeting to order at 9:40 a.m.
The Chairman asked the Clerk to call the roll. The Clerk called the roll
and the following Senators were present:

Present 17:
Bricker Hruska
Kuchel Case, New Jersey
Allott Langer
Purtell Mundt
Jenner Watkins
Martin, Iowa Flanders
Schoeppel Cotton
Smith, Maine Bender
Beall

Absent 1:
McCarthy

Others present: J. Mark Trice and William T. Reed. A quorum was present.
The Chairman gave a brief resume of the work that had been done by him
with the assistance of Messrs. Trice and Reed preparatory to holding the
meeting of the full committee. A copy of his remarks is incorporated
with the minutes of today's Conference as Exhibit ``C.''
The Chairman explained how the conflict between Senators Bennett and
Welker, both of whom had equal seniority, had been resolved by Senator
Bennett withdrawing in favor of Senator Welker since Senator Welker had
been bumped from Agriculture and Forestry and needed a second major
committee assignment.
Since the question had been raised regarding a Senator serving on both
the Appropriations and Finance Committee, Senator Bricker read the
Conference rule previously adopted governing service on Appropriations
and Finance at the same time.
Senator Beall was recognized and asked that a note be made that he would
like to be reassigned to service on the Public Works Committee as a
third committee assignment at the first opportunity. Without objection
it was agreed to.
Senator Langer inquired why Senator Wiley was carried as ranking member
of two committees, Foreign Relations and Judiciary. The Chairman
explained that when the party was in the minority, committee ranking
followed a strict seniority rule.
Senator Schoeppel moved and Senator Purtell seconded the motion that the
committee assignments as worked out and presented to the Committee on
Committees be accepted and be so submitted to the Conference for its
approval when it meets at 11:00 a.m.
Senator Case of New Jersey offered an amendment to Senator Schoeppel's
motion, that Senator McCarthy's name be stricken from the membership of
the Committee on Government Operations.
The Chairman ruled the amendment out of order on the basis of the
existing seniority rule.
The Chairman asked if there was objection to Senator Schoeppel's motion
and as there was none it was agreed to unanimously.
Both Senator Margaret Chase Smith and Senator Flanders said they thought
that the seniority rule should be adhered to strictly.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 10:05 a.m.

[signed] William T. Reed

Secretary of the Conference [sic]

[signed] John W. Bricker

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference

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[January 11, 1955]

JANUARY 11, 1955
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 11, 1955, AT 11:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 11:03 a.m. and several
minutes later the Secretary called the roll.
The following Senators were present:

Present 43:
Aiken Dworshak Mundt
Allott Flanders Payne
Barrett Goldwater Potter
Beall Hickenlooper Purtell
Bender Hruska Saltonstall
Bricker Ives Schoeppel
Bridges Jenner Smith, Maine
Butler Knowland Smith, N.J.
Capehart Kuchel Thye
Carlson Langer Watkins
Case, N.J. Malone Welker
Cotton Martin, Iowa Wiley
Curtis Martin, Pa. Williams
Dirksen Millikin Young
Duff

Absent 4:
Bennett Case, S. Dak.
Bush McCarthy

The Chairman recognized Senator Bricker, Chairman of the Committee on
Committees who reported as to the action taken by that Committee.
Senator Bricker moved that the recommendations submitted by his
Committee (Exhibits ``A'' and ``B'') which had been previously
distributed be approved by the Conference. Senator Bricker's remarks
relating to the conclusions of his Committee are attached hereto as
Exhibit ``C.''
The Senator also stated that Senator Bennett of Utah, who wished
assignment to the Committee on Appropriations, had been prevented from
receiving that appointment by reason of a long-standing Conference rule
prohibiting Senators from service on both the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on Finance.
The Chairman recognized Senator Welker who expressed thanks and
appreciation for the kindness of Senator Bennett in waiving his desire
to be assigned to Armed Services.
The Chairman put the question of agreeing to the motion of Senator
Bricker and it was unanimously adopted.
The Chairman presented for consideration of the Conference an amendment
to the rules as follows:

Resolved: That for the duration of the 84th Congress the
Policy Committee shall consist of the Officers of the
Conference and 18 additional members selected as provided by
Rule I of the Republican Conference Rules.

He stated that the change in the rules was suggested as an experiment
due to the fact that 17 Republican Senators are up for reelection in
1956 and there were three special cases which warranted consideration,
namely those of Senators Smith of Maine, Smith of New Jersey and Senator
Bricker.
The Chairman stated that the proposed amendment could be considered only
by the consent of all Republican Senators due to a provision in the
Conference Rules relating to one week's notice. After a brief discussion
it was moved by Senator Knowland and seconded that the amendment be
agreed to. The Chairman put the question and the amendment was agreed to
unanimously with the understanding that the four Senators not present
would be contacted and that when they gave their approval the amendment
would be effective immediately. (Following the meeting Mark Trice,
Secretary for the Minority, checked the absentees, Messrs. Bennett,
Bush, Case of South Dakota and McCarthy and all were in favor of the
amendment.)
The Chairman then stated that without objection he would nominate and
ask the Conference to confirm the following persons for membership on
the Policy Committee, subject to the previous understanding that all
absent members agree to the change in Conference Rules:

George D. Aiken, George H. Bender, Wallace F. Bennett, John W.
Bricker, Prescott Bush, John Marshall Butler, Homer E. Capehart, Frank
Carlson, Francis Case, S. Dak., Norris Cotton, Everett M. Dirksen,
James H. Duff, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Thomas H. Kuchel, Margaret
Chase Smith, Maine, H. Alexander Smith, N.J., Herman Welker, Alexander
Wiley.

There was no objection and the Chairman announced that the Members
previously named were confirmed by the Conference.
The Chairman nominated the following Senators for membership on the
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee:

Barry Goldwater, Chairman; Frank A. Barrett, Carl T. Curtis, Irving M.
Ives, George W. Malone, Frederick G. Payne, Charles E. Potter, Edward
J. Thye, John J. Williams.

The Chairman recognized Senator Jenner who moved that the nominations be
approved. The Chairman put the question, and the nominations were
approved unanimously.
The Chairman nominated as an additional member of the Committee on
Committees Senator Henry C. Dworshak.
The Chairman stated that without objection the nomination would be
agreed to. There was no objection.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland and he stated that at the White
House conference this morning the President expressed the hope that the
three treaties now before the Senate, namely, the Manila Pact, Republic
of China and the Paris-London agreements would be the first order of
Senate business. Senator Knowland also stated that he would like to get
the expression of the Conference on the subject matter of Congressional
salaries. The questions to be decided were the amount, was it wise to
consider the legislation early or late and whether or not on a roll call
vote the individual Republican members would vote for it. After
discussion the Chairman recognized Senator Beall who recommended that
the Conference go on record approving an increase in salary to $25,000.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Knowland who stated he did not
think a motion was necessary as some agreement must be worked out with
the Majority as well as with those in authority in the House of
Representatives. He stated that he merely wished to ascertain the
consensus of opinion of the Republican membership as to what the salary
should be and whether or not there might be opposition.
The Chairman requested Senator Beall to withdraw his motion and he
suggested that the Minority Leader be instructed to negotiate with the
parties involved for a salary increase within the range of $22,500 to
$25,000. There was no objection voiced as to this method of procedure.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who spoke on the matter of
Senate Floor procedure which he had worked out with the Majority Leader
now that the Republicans are in the Minority. It was agreed between the
respective leaders that notice would be given to the Minority Leader in
order that the ranking Minority member of the committee involved could
be contacted before approval was given for the request. The procedure
suggested was the same that the Republicans had extended to the
Democrats in the 83rd Congress but which now would be reversed in its
application to the Republican Minority.
The Chairman suggested that the new Members contact Mark Trice in regard
to their prerogatives as new Members.
The Chairman recognized Senator Goldwater who expressed his appreciation
and gratitude in being named Chairman of the Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee.
The Chairman recognized Senator Martin, Chairman of the Republican
Personnel Committee who announced that his Committee was making progress
with the Democratic Majority and that an announcement would be made by
him later.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:58 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference January 26, 1955

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''
January 11, 1955
(Confidential Work Sheet)
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Eighty-fourth Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

On Agriculture and Forestry (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. AIKEN, YOUNG, THYE, HICKENLOOPER, MUNDT, WILLIAMS,
SCHOEPPEL.

On Appropriations (Ratio 12-11)

Messrs. BRIDGES, SALTONSTALL, YOUNG, KNOWLAND, THYE,
MCCARTHY, MUNDT, Mrs. SMITH, Maine, Messrs. DWORSHAK,
DIRKSEN, POTTER.

On Armed Services (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. BRIDGES, SALTONSTALL, FLANDERS, Mrs. SMITH, Maine,
Messrs. CASE, S. Dak., DUFF, WELKER.

On Banking and Currency (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. CAPEHART, BRICKER, IVES, BENNETT, BUSH, BEALL,
PAYNE.

On District of Columbia (Ratio 5-4)

Messrs. BEALL, HRUSKA, CASE, N.J., ALLOTT.

On Finance (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. MILLIKIN, MARTIN, Pa., WILLIAMS, FLANDERS, MALONE,
CARLSON, BENNETT.

On Foreign Relations (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. WILEY, SMITH, N.J., HICKENLOOPER, LANGER, KNOWLAND,
AIKEN, CAPEHART.

On Government Operations (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. MCCARTHY, MUNDT, Mrs. SMITH, Maine, Messrs. COTTON,
BENDER, MARTIN, Iowa.

On Interior and Insular Affairs (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. MILLIKIN, MALONE, WATKINS, DWORSHAK, KUCHEL,
BARRETT, GOLDWATER.

On Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. BRICKER, SCHOEPPEL, BUTLER, POTTER, DUFF, PURTELL,
PAYNE.

On the Judiciary (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. WILEY, LANGER, JENNER, WATKINS, DIRKSEN, WELKER,
BUTLER.

On Labor and Public Welfare (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. SMITH, N.J., IVES, PURTELL, GOLDWATER, BENDER,
ALLOTT.

On Post Office and Civil Service (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. CARLSON, JENNER, LANGER, CURTIS, MARTIN, Iowa, CASE,
N.J.

On Public Works (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. MARTIN, Pa., CASE, S. Dak., BUSH, KUCHEL, COTTON,
HRUSKA.

On Rules and Administration (Ratio 5-4)

Messrs. JENNER, BARRETT, MCCARTHY, CURTIS.
* * *
Exhibit ``B''
January 11, 1955
(Confidential Work Sheet)
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF SENATORS
Eighty-fourth Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

Mr. AIKEN............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Foreign Relations

Mr. ALLOTT.............................. District of Columbia
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. BARRETT............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Rules and Administration

Mr. BEALL............................... Banking and Currency
District of Columbia

Mr. BENDER.............................. Government Operations
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. BENNETT............................. Banking and Currency
Finance

Mr. BRICKER............................. Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. BRIDGES............................. Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. BUSH................................ Banking and Currency
Public Works

Mr. BUTLER.............................. Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Judiciary

Mr. CAPEHART............................ Banking and Currency
Foreign Relations

Mr. CARLSON............................. Finance
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. CASE, N.J........................... District of Columbia
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. CASE, S. Dak........................ Armed Services
Public Works

Mr. COTTON.............................. Government Operations
Public Works

Mr. CURTIS.............................. Post Office and Civil Service
Rules and Administration

Mr. DIRKSEN............................. Appropriations
Judiciary

Mr. DUFF................................ Armed Services
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. DWORSHAK............................ Appropriations
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. FLANDERS............................ Armed Services
Finance

Mr. GOLDWATER........................... Interior and Insular Affairs
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. HICKENLOOPER........................ Agriculture and Forestry
Foreign Relations

Mr. HRUSKA.............................. District of Columbia
Public Works

Mr. IVES................................ Banking and Currency
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. JENNER.............................. Judiciary
Post Office and Civil Service
Rules and Administration

Mr. KNOWLAND............................ Appropriations
Foreign Relations

Mr. KUCHEL.............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Public Works

Mr. LANGER.............................. Foreign Relations
Judiciary
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. MALONE.............................. Finance
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. MARTIN, Iowa........................ Government Operations
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. MARTIN, Pa.......................... Finance
Public Works

Mr. MCCARTHY............................ Appropriations
Government Operations
Rules and Administration

Mr. MILLIKIN............................ Finance
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. MUNDT............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations
Government Operations

Mr. PAYNE............................... Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. POTTER.............................. Appropriations
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. PURTELL............................. Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. SALTONSTALL......................... Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. SCHOEPPEL........................... Agriculture and Forestry
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mrs. SMITH, Maine....................... Appropriations
Armed Services
Government Operations

Mr. SMITH, N.J.......................... Foreign Relations
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. THYE................................ Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations

Mr. WATKINS............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Judiciary

Mr. WELKER.............................. Armed Services
Judiciary

Mr. WILEY............................... Foreign Relations
Judiciary

Mr. WILLIAMS............................ Agriculture and Forestry
Finance

Mr. YOUNG............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations
------------------------------------------------------------------------

* * *
Exhibit ``C''

Under the terms of S. Res. 14, as amended, 84th Congress, the
Republican Minority of 47 has 99 Committee spots. Of the 99 spots, 83
are on Major Committees and 16 spots on Minor Committees--District of
Columbia, Government Operations and Post Office and Civil Service.
By reason of the change from the Majority to the Minority Party with a
resultant change in Committee ratios, Senator Welker was bumped from
Agriculture and Forestry and Senator Goldwater from Banking and
Currency.
Your Committee was presented with the task of filling the following
vacancies caused by expiration of terms, change in ratios and a
reduction of third place assignments from 16 to 5:

Appropriations--1
Armed Services--1
District of Columbia--3
Government Operations--3
Interior and Insular Affairs--1
Labor and Public Welfare--2
Post Office and Civil Service--4
Public Works--2
Rules and Administration--1

Senator Welker who was bumped from Agriculture and Forestry was
assigned to Armed Services.
Senator Goldwater who was bumped from Banking and Currency was
assigned to Interior and Insular Affairs.
Senator Potter selected as a second major committee Appropriations in
place of Government Operations and Rules and Administration.
Senator Bender and Senator Allott were assigned to Labor and Public
Welfare.
Senators Cotton and Hruska were assigned to Public Works.
Senator Curtis was assigned to Rules and Administration.
Senator Langer requested assignment to Post Office and Civil Service
and his request was granted because of seniority as well as a previous
commitment.
The five Senators holding third committee assignments were Senator
Langer on Post Office and Civil Service, Senator Jenner on Post Office
and Civil Service, Senator McCarthy on Government Operations, Senator
Mundt on Government Operations and Mrs. Smith on Government Operations.
Your Committee appreciates the release by Senators Dworshak and
Carlson of third committee assignments thereby making it possible to
pass these committees on to the newly-elected Senators.
Your Committee regrets that all of the newly-elected Senators could
not receive at least one major committee assignment. It was with regret
that Senators Martin of Iowa and Case of New Jersey were each assigned
two minor committees.
------------------------

[March 23, 1955]

MARCH 23, 1955
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MARCH 23, 1955, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m. and asked the
Secretary to call the roll.
The following Senators were present:

Present 37:
Aiken Curtis Millikin
Allott Dirksen Mundt
Barrett Duff Payne
Bender Dworshak Purtell
Bennett Goldwater Saltonstall
Bridges Hruska Schoeppel
Bush Ives Smith, Maine
Butler Jenner Smith, N.J.
Carlson Knowland Thye
Case, N.J. Kuchel Welker
Case, S. Dak. Langer Wiley
Cotton Martin, Iowa Williams
....................... Young

Absent 10:
Beall Flanders Martin, Pa.
Bricker Hickenlooper McCarthy
Capehart Malone Potter
....................... Watkins

Following the call of the roll Chairman Millikin had to leave to attend
a Finance Committee hearing so he turned the gavel over to Secretary
Milton R. Young, as acting chairman.
Senator Knowland was recognized and briefly discussed the postal pay
bill which will soon be up for consideration on the floor and explained
the President's views and position, saying the President probably felt
stronger about this Bill than any other legislation. He also stated that
both the classified pay bill and the military pay bill would be up for
consideration not too long after the postal pay bill is acted upon.
At the conclusion of Senator Knowland's remarks the Chair recognized
Senator Carlson who discussed S. 1, the Postal Pay Bill of 1955, a copy
of which together with its Report No. 41 are attached as Exhibit ``A.''
He also discussed at some length his substitute for the Postal Pay Bill,
S. 1489, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit ``B.'' Also attached as
Exhibit ``C'' is a copy of the statement to be made on the floor by
Senator Carlson on his substitute Bill No. 1489 which explains the
salient elements of the substitute. Following Senator Carlson's remarks
there was a general discussion of the principal elements of H.R. 4644,
attached as Exhibit ``D''; S. 1489, Exhibit ``B,'' and S. 1, Exhibit
``A.''
Senator Knowland inquired as to the effect of Senator [Harry F.] Byrd's
[Democrat of Virginia] proposed amendment, attached as Exhibit ``E,''
and was informed that it made the Act effective the first day of the
first pay period which begins after the date of its enactment.
Senator Dirksen was recognized and discussed the Postal Pay Bill at some
length. He said he felt sure the President would veto S. 1 in its
present form but that H.R. 4644 was satisfactory. He also said that
while he thought a postal rate increase was needed he did not favor its
addition to the pay bill. He spoke highly of the debt reduction job that
Postmaster [Arthur E.] Summerfield has done to date and said he thought
a further reduction should be made possible by increasing the postal
rates on all classes of mail at the earliest opportunity.
Senator Bridges was recognized and reiterated Senator Knowland's
statement about the President feeling more strongly about this
legislation than any other. He read a telegram received from the heads
of several postal associations urging the adoption of Senator Carlson's
substitute S. 1489. He also read a list of postal salary facts which
explained briefly the various fringe benefits which are being enjoyed by
the postal workers. Copies of the mimeographed facts were distributed
among those senators present so the facts could be used in replying to
inquiries of constituents and one is attached as Exhibit ``F.''
Senator Thye was recognized and spoke at length on S. 1 which he would
like to see supported. However, he said if Senator Carlson would
increase the percentage of pay increase in his substitute from 7.6% to
8.6% he would support the substitute.
A general discussion ensued relative to the percent of increase that
should be incorporated in the pay bill and the majority of senators
present expressed themselves as being in favor of an 8.6% increase if
the President would not veto it.
Senator Knowland asked for a show of hands, without the commitment being
binding, as to how many would be in favor of an 8.6% increase and
reclassification providing it was acceptable to the President. Of the 27
senators present 23 indicated they would support such an amendment. Four
indicated they were committed to vote for a 10% increase.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 12:00.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Acting Chairman of the Conference March 29, 1955

[signed] William T. Reed

Assistant for the Minority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''

Calendar No. 44
SENATE

1st Session
84th Congress

Report No. 41
POSTAL PAY BILL OF 1955
March 2, 1955 -- Ordered to be printed
Mr. Johnston of South Carolina, from the Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany S.1]

The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to whom was referred
the bill (S.1) to increase the rates of compensation of officers and
employees in the field service of the Post Office Department, having
considered the same, report favorably thereon, with amendments, and
recommend that the bill, as amended, do pass.
[The 12-page full report appears at page 60646 of Vol. 8 of the
original minutes.]
Exhibit ``A''

Calendar No. 44

84th Congress
1st Session
S. 1
[Report No. 41]

[Full text of the 8-page bill as reported from the Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service appears at page 60658 of Vol. 8 of the original
minutes.]
* * *
Exhibit ``B''

84th Congress
1st Session
S. 1489
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 18 (legislative day, March 10), 1955

Mr. Carlson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL

To increase the rates of basic salary of postmasters, officers,
supervisors, and employees in the postal field service, to eliminate
certain salary inequities, and for other purposes.
[The full 110-page text of S. 1489 appears at page 60667 of Vol. 8 of
the original minutes.]
* * *
Exhibit ``C''

Statement on floor of Senate by Senator Frank Carlson on the
substitution of Senate Bill No. 1489 for Senate Bill No. 1, Postal Pay
Legislation
MR. PRESIDENT:
I am offering as a substitute for Senate Bill No. 1, Senate Bill No.
1489.
I regret sincerely that I am unable to support Senate No. 1, which was
reported by a majority of the members of the Senate Post Office and
Civil Service Committee.
I think I have demonstrated my interest in behalf of our Federal
employees, both from the standpoint of securing a substantial wage
increase and fringe benefits, which are essential in modern-day
employment.
I feel, however, that today we are confronted with a very realistic
problem, that is, that the action taken by the Senate should be in
accordance with the recommendations of the President in his message of
January 11 to the Congress, in which he recommended legislation
incorporating a modern and equitable salary plan for the postal service.
The President's proposal provides a substantial increase in the average
wage of postal employees, along with a correction of serious inequities
in the salary structure.
POSTAL SALARIES

The salary plan proposed by the President in his January 11 message
would place the wages for postal service positions in proper
relationship to each other, and would give effect to the principle of
equal pay for equal work.
Senate 1489 embodies the essential features of the President's
recommendation and is identical with H.R. 4644, which was reported out
by a bi-partisan majority of 17 to 6 of the House Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service, except that the salary schedule for rural
carriers is adjusted to maintain the present relationship with the
salaries for city carriers.
This bill provides a general increase in salary for all postal field
service employees averaging 7.6%. For example, the present salary range
for letter carriers and clerks, who make up 300,000 of the 500,000
employed in the Postal Field Service, is $3270 to $4070 per annum. Under
Senate 1489 the range would become $3640 to $4360 per annum.
The total annual cost of the salary increases provided by the bill is
estimated at $161,582,000.
COST OF LIVING COMPARISON

Since 1945, the cost of living has advanced 48.6%. During the same
period the starting salary for clerks and letter carriers has been
increased by 92%, from $1700 in 1945 to $3270 at present. Senate 1489
would increase this starting salary to $3640, or 114%.
Since 1945, the top salary for clerks and carriers has increased by 94%,
from $2100 to $4070. (This does not include longevity payments of $100
each at the end of 13, 18 and 25 years of service.) Senate 1489 would
increase the top rate to $4360, or 108%.
The clerk or carrier working for the Department in 1945 at $1700 will
earn $4360 upon passage of Senate 1489, an increase in basic salary of
156%.
ELIMINATES INEQUITIES

This bill establishes carefully developed schedules of compensation for
each level of work, and these levels are interrelated so that those
employees who are doing work of a similar level of difficulty will be
paid the same; those who are doing work of a higher level will be paid
at commensurately higher rates. Thus present serious inequities are
eliminated. No longer would some supervisor salaries be set on the sole
basis of cubic feet supervised, or number of employees supervised, but
rather on the sound basis of duties and responsibilities.
The bill contains 50 key position descriptions, to which 90% of the
postal employees are assigned. The salary level for each key position is
set forth in the bill. The 50 key positions are assigned to the Schedule
in their ascending importance. Thus, the key position of janitor is in
salary level 1, that of regional director is assigned to the top salary
level 21.
APPEAL RIGHTS PROVIDED

The positions occupied by the relatively few employees who are not in
one of the 50 key positions will be ranked by the Post Office Department
in relation to the key positions, and placed in the proper salary level
of the Schedule by the Department. Appeal rights to the Civil Service
Commission are provided for the employee who feels that his position has
been assigned to the wrong salary level.
As an employee's duties change, or as new positions are created because
of technological improvements in the movement of mail, the Department
will be able to assign the position to its proper salary level, and pay
the employee accordingly. Under present law, the Department has been
limited by the job titles set forth in P.L. 134, and the pay rates
established for those job titles.
In addition to the Postal Field service compensation schedule with its
21 salary levels, the bill provides separate compensation schedules
adapted to their conditions of service for rural carriers and
postmasters of fourth class offices. The schedule for fourth class
office postmasters contains eight categories of annual receipts, rather
than the 17 now provided. This means that slight changes in cash
receipts will not so readily change the postmaster's compensation.
ELIMINATES DISCRIMINATION

The bill provides a seven step range of pay rates for each employee, so
that he may advance in pay each year until he reaches the top step for
his range. Under present law, postmasters and supervisors are paid at
single rates and may not advance in the same job; rank and file
employees have varying ranges of steps or grades through which they
automatically advance. There is no valid reason for this discrimination.
The bill provides that when an employee is promoted to a position in a
higher salary level, he will receive a substantial guaranteed increase,
in contrast to the present system which frequently involves a token
increase or no increase at all.
The bill also permits an increase to $9 in the present per diem
allowance of $6 for railway post office clerks while in travel status.
The bill provides longevity increases for substitutes and hourly-rate
employees for the first time. This is particularly important to the many
substitutes in third-class offices, whose opportunities for conversion
to regular are seriously limited.
The bill relaxes the ratio of classified substitutes to regular
employees from the present ratio of one classified substitute for every
six regulars, to one for five. This will permit the conversion of
several thousand substitutes from indefinite or temporary tenure to
career tenure.
BI-WEEKLY PAY PERIODS

The bill provides bi-weekly pay periods, in place of the present semi-
monthly pay periods. This will permit standardization of the pay day so
that it will occur on the same day of each alternate week throughout the
year. It also serves to give employees an extra day's pay during the
year.
The bill provides new promotion opportunities for postal employees, by
the creation of salary levels which permit for the first time the
recognition of more responsible duties.
The bill contains safeguards to employees, in the form of appeal rights,
prohibition on reduction of present salaries plus six percent, and
protection of the employee's salary plus the six percent even if it
exceeds the normal range for his position.
SUMMARY

In summary, the bill:

1. Provides an average increase of 7.6% along with an
equitable basis for compensating postal employees, not only
in terms of their own job requirements but also in relation
to the duties and compensation of all other postal
employees.
2. It establishes salary levels which are proper in relation
to each other and in relation to the wage standards of non-
governmental enterprises.
3. It provides a number of supplemental benefits to
employees, such as the longevity increases for substitutes,
and the bi-weekly pay period.
4. It affords safeguards to employees so that no one may be
injured by its provisions.
5. The cost is $161,582,000 a year.

And while removing present inequities, and preventing the introduction
of new inequities, it also provides a pay structure which will encourage
incentive for advancement and for improvement in the postal service.
* * *
Exhibit ``D''

Report No. 224
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

84th Congress
1st Session
POSTAL FIELD SERVICE COMPENSATION ACT OF 1955

March 16, 1955--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. Murray of Tennessee, from the Committee on Post Office and Civil
Service, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4644]

The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 4644) to increase the rates of basic salary of
postmasters, officers, supervisors, and employees in the postal field
service, to eliminate certain salary inequities, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment
and recommend that the bill do pass.
[The text of the 67-page report appears at page 60783 of Vol. 8 of the
original minutes.]
* * *
Exhibit ``D''

Union Calendar No. 52

84th Congress
1st Session
H.R. 4644
[Report No. 224]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 7, 1955

Mr. Murray of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
March 16, 1955

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed.
A BILL

To increase the rates of basic salary of postmasters, officers,
supervisors, and employees in the postal field service, to eliminate
certain salary inequities, and for other purposes.
[The text of the 110-page bill appears at page 60850 of Vol. 8 of the
original minutes.]
* * *
Exhibit ``E''

Calendar No. 44

84th Congress
1st Session
S. 1
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 23 (legislative day, March 10), 1955
Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed
AMENDMENT

Intended to be proposed by Mr. Byrd to the bill (S.1) to increase the
rates of basic compensation of officers and employees in the field
service of the Post Office Department, viz: On page 7, beginning with
line 23, strike out over through line 24, on page 8, and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
Sec. 7. This Act shall become effective on the first day of the first
pay period which begins after the date of its enactment.
* * *
Exhibit ``F''

3-21-55
POSTAL SALARY FACTS

I. More than 300,000 of the 500,000 postal field service employees are
clerks and letter carriers. Increases in basic salary rates of these
employees in recent years were as follows:

Rate Range per
Annum

Prior to 1945................................... $1700 to $2100
(82 cents to $1.01
per hour)
1945............................................ 1700 to 2700
1946............................................ 2100 to 3100
1948............................................ 2550 to 3550
1949............................................ 2670 to 3670
1951............................................ 3270 to 4070
S.1489 and H.R. 4644 would increase these 3640 to 4360
salaries to.................................... ($1.75 to $2.10
per hour)
Percentage Increase since 1945.................. 92% to 114%
During the same period, the cost of living 48.6%
increased......................................

II. Other benefits of employment enjoyed by this group include:

A. Liberal vacations ranging from a minimum of 13 working
days for new employees to 26 working days, or more than five
(5) weeks, for employees with fifteen years and more of
service;
B. Thirteen (13) days of paid sick leave each year, which is
cumulative if not taken;
C. A 40-hour work week;
D. Civil Service status and retirement benefits. (Letter
carriers also will receive a $100.00 tax free uniform
allowance when Congress makes the funds available).

III. In addition to basic salary, these employees receive a $100.00
further increase after 13 years service, a second $100.00 increase after
18 years of service and a third $100.00 increase after 25 years service.
Thus, under S. 1489 and H.R. 4644 a long service clerk or letter carrier
would receive $2.24 per hour.
IV. Since July, 1951, when clerks and letter carriers were given a
salary increase of from $400 to $600 a year, the cost of living has
increased slightly more than 3%. The salary increase proposed in S. 1489
and H.R. 4644 for this group of employees averages 8% with a minimum
increase of 6%.
V. Annual cost of S. 1489 and H.R. 4644 is estimated at $161,582,000.
Enacted and proposed fringe benefits, including group life insurance,
group health insurance, and uniforms, will cost an additional
$37,000,000 per year.
VI. Each 1% increase in postal salaries costs approximately $20,000,000
per year.
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[May 24, 1955]

MAY 24, 1955
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR MAY 24, 1955, AT 10:30 A.M.,
ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:37 a.m. and asked the
Secretary to call the roll. The roll was called and the following
Senators were present:

Present 40:
Aiken Cotton Martin, Iowa
Allott Curtis Martin, Pa.
Barrett Dirksen Millikin
Beall Duff Mundt
Bender Dworshak Payne
Bennett Flanders Potter
Bricker Goldwater Purtell
Bridges Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Bush Hruska Smith, Maine
Butler Ives Smith, N.J.
Capehart Knowland Thye
Carlson Kuchel Watkins
Case, S. Dak. Malone Williams
....................... Young

Absent 7:
Case, N.J. Langer Schoeppel
Jenner McCarthy Welker
....................... Wiley

The Chairman recognized Senator Edward Martin, ranking Minority Member
of the Committee on Public Works, for the purpose of informing the
Conference as to the provisions of S. 1048, a bill to amend and
supplement the Federal Road Act, to authorize the appropriations for
continuing the construction of highways and for other purposes.
At the request of Senator Martin the Conference permitted Mr. F.B. du
Pont, Commissioner of the Bureau of Public Roads, to sit in on the
meeting.
Senator Martin explained the various differences between S. 1048, the
Gore bill, and the substitute which he intended to offer which
represented the views of the Administration. He recommended that the
Senate adopt the substitute bill which would give the country a complete
road system in ten years with funds to be authorized by corporate bonds
and paid for in thirty years. He spoke of the Gore bill as a piece-meal
proposition which would create a direct deficit on the Treasury of $7.0
billion.
The Chairman then recognized Senators Prescott Bush and Francis Case,
also members of the Committee on Public Works, to further explain the
particular features of the bill.
Senator Martin spoke of the possibility of making a motion to recommit
the bill if the substitute amendment failed of passage, because of the
$7.0 billion deficit to be created by the passage of the Gore bill, as
well as allowing more time for the Committee to study the matter due to
a more favorable reaction by the Members of the House of Representatives
to the road plan of the Administration.
Many questions were asked by the members present.
No action was requested of the Conference and none was taken.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 12:02.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference May 27, 1955

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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[January 5, 1956]

JANUARY 5, 1956
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, FOR JANUARY 5, 1956, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

In the absence of the Chairman, Senator Milton R. Young, the Secretary
of the Conference, called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m. and he
asked that the Secretary for the Minority call the roll.
The following Senators were present:

Present 43:
Aiken Cotton Malone
Allott Curtis Martin, Iowa
Barrett Dirksen Martin, Pa.
Beall Duff Mundt
Bender Dworshak Potter
Bennett Flanders Purtell
Bricker Goldwater Saltonstall
Bridges Hickenlooper Schoeppel
Bush Hruska Smith, Maine
Butler Ives Thye
Capehart Jenner Watkins
Carlson Knowland Welker
Case, N.J. Kuchel Wiley
Case, S.Dak. Langer Williams
....................... Young
Absent 4:
McCarthy Payne
Millikin Smith, N.J.

The acting Chairman stated that he had been requested by Senator
Millikin, who was ill, to assume the Chair. He stated that the purpose
of the meeting was to review and discuss the State of the Union Message
of the President of the United States, and present a position of unity.
The acting Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who reviewed the
individual recommendations of the President of the United States as set
forth in the message and stated that there had been prepared by the
staff of the Republican Policy Committee statements in regard to the
individual recommendations in the message. These were available for the
use of Senators as a basis for their individual publicity releases. He
stated that he hoped a unified position could be taken by stressing
particularly those things which the individual Senators could support.
He also listed the dates when the President would send to the Congress
his specific recommendations on certain proposals set forth in his
message. The Senator urged good attendance on the Floor while the
message was being read by the Clerk and also requested that there be
Minority representation at all times at meetings of the various
investigating committees. He requested also that during the session of
the Senate the Leadership be informed as to individual attendance.
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Eisenhower until November and forced him to curtail his activities for
several months. Thus, in January 1956 the president did not deliver his
State of the Union address in person.]
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Inquiry was made as to the best time for the customary Lincoln Day
period. A vote of hands revealed that 20 Senators were in favor of the
period two days prior to and three days following February 12, as
against 7 for the week following Lincoln's birthday. He stated that he
had been advised that a number of out of the city committee meetings had
been planned and he recommended that these be cut to a minimum.
Cooperation was asked when it became necessary to conduct a poll of the
membership.
The acting Chairman recognized Senator Saltonstall who stated his
willingness to be of more assistance and to do anything he could to
help. He expressed the theme of optimism and peace and prosperity with
faith in the future and the accomplishments of the party during the last
three years.
The acting Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who spoke concerning the
recent issuance of joint statements which he said caused some
embarrassment to those senators who did not sign and which also seemed
to reflect disunity in the Party. He recommended in the future an
individual approach as best. The Senator also said that all funds for
Senate investigations had been exhausted and that the matter should be
watched closely. He also spoke about complaints which he had heard in
regard to the lack of information on the part of the membership as to
Administration plans and that he was endeavoring to work out some means
by which the entire membership could know the results of the leadership
meetings at the White House. He stated that he would welcome
suggestions. He also stated that he and Senator Knowland had been
consulted concerning a propective appointee for Assistant Secretary of
State, both Senators considering him at this time to be objectionable.
He stated that on major appointments it was most desirable that prior
consultation be had with the Republican members of the respective
committees, in order that there might not be embarrassment later. On
other appointments Senators were still being completely ignored and he
asked for suggestions as to how best to meet this issue.
There were several expressions that there should be more frequent
Conferences or meetings in order that the membership might be informed
but the question of how it should be done was not resolved.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 11:20 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Acting Chairman of the Conference and the Minority
Leader January 9, 1956

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[February 28, 1956]

FEBRUARY 28, 1956
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE AND OF THE MINORITY
POLICY COMMITTEE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1956, AT 12:30 P.M., DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ROOM

Senator Styles Bridges, Chairman of the Minority Policy Committee,
called the meeting to order at 1:25 p.m.
The following Senators were present:

Present 35:
Aiken Curtis Martin, Pa.
Allott Dirksen Mundt
Beall Dworshak Potter
Bender Flanders Purtell
Bricker Goldwater Saltonstall
Bridges Hickenlooper Schoeppel
Bush Hruska Smith, N.J.
Butler Ives Thye
Capehart Knowland Watkins
Carlson Kuchel Williams
Case, N.J. Malone Young
Cotton Martin, Iowa

Absent 12:
Barrett Jenner Payne
Bennett Langer Smith, Maine
Case, S.Dak. McCarthy Welker
Duff Millikin Wiley

Others 4:
Trice Reed
Jones Brownrigg

Senator Bridges stated that as this was a joint meeting of the two
Conference Committees he would first ask for a report by Senator
Saltonstall on the White House Legislative Conference held this morning.
Senator Saltonstall informed the membership that five matters were
discussed at the White House meeting, the first being the Agricultural
bill on which Senator Aiken made a report to the President. There was
discussion as to when a vote might be had on the bill and a discussion
of procedural questions after the bill had passed the Senate. The
question of a possible veto of the bill should it pass with 90% supports
was not discussed. Second the Upper Colorado River project. This bill
passed the Senate last session and is now before the House of
Representatives. The President expressed his intense interest in this
matter and his desire that it be enacted into law. Third, the Central
Intelligence Agency. The President again expressed his opinion that
legislation to create a joint committee on this subject should not be
enacted, and he briefly gave his reasons therefor. Fourth, the Federal
Highway bill. This measure now before the House of Representatives was
briefly discussed as to financing but no decision was made. The question
of taxation of trucks versus automobiles was discussed and whether or
not there was enough money to be derived from the taxation features of
the bill to put the program on a sound pay-as-you-go basis. It was
stated that irrespective of how the bill was passed by the House, the
Senate Committee on Finance would be able to look into the matter once
again. Fifth, the investigation of the Air Force. There was a brief
procedural discussion of this matter.
Senator Saltonstall stated that the President was looking well and
bubbling over in spirits.
Senator Bridges recognized Senator Kuchel who stated that he had
recently received a number of letters in regard to the defense budget re
missiles. He stated that it was his opinion some statement should be
made by the President as to the facts in the matter.
Senator Bridges then turned the meeting over to Senator Milton R. Young,
as acting Chairman of the Conference, in the absence of the Chairman.
Senator Young called the Conference to order and stated that Senator
Millikin had requested him to assume the Chair. He stated that the
Senator was feeling much better and was spending some time each day with
the members of his staff.
Senator Young stated that the purpose of the Conference was to formally
accept the resignation of Senator Barry Goldwater, Chairman of the
Senatorial Campaign Committee, and of Senator Edward J. Thye, a member
of the committee. Both Senators have submitted their resignations
because of their appointment as members of the Select Committee created
under Senate Resolution 219. ²
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Senator Young recognized Senator Bush who moved that the resignations be
accepted with regret. The motion was agreed to.
Senator Young then recognized Senator Bridges who moved that there be a
rising vote in order that the members might express their appreciation
for the fine work done by Senator Goldwater as Chairman of the Campaign
Committee. Members of the Conference stood and applauded.
Senator Young recognized Senator Goldwater who stated that the job he
was relinquishing was a most enjoyable one, and that it had been a real
pleasure working with the senatorial candidates. He expressed his thanks
to the members of his committee and the staff.
Senator Young then stated that nominations would be in order for the
election of a Chairman of the Senatorial Campaign Committee, and he
recognized Senator Saltonstall who placed the name of Senator Andrew F.
Schoeppel in nomination. The nomination of Senator Schoeppel was
seconded by Senator Carlson. It was moved and agreed to that nominations
be closed, and Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel was unanimously elected
Chairman of the Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Senator Young recognized Senator Malone who nominated Senator Henry C.
Dworshak as a member of the Committee to fill the existing vacancy.
Senator Goldwater seconded the nomination. It was moved and agreed to
that nominations be closed and Senator Dworshak was unanimously elected.
Senator Young concluded the meeting of the Conference by turning the
gavel over to Senator Bridges.
Senator Bridges recognized Senator Schoeppel who stated he appreciated
very much the opportunity to be of service and that it was his hope and
aspiration that he could reasonably fulfill the job done by his able
predecessors. He stated that he would counsel with all parties for
guidance and assistance.
Senator Bridges recognized Senator Butler of Maryland who spoke of an
embarrassing situation at this time in his State due to ``rifting'' of
employees in defense plants. Senators Ives and Watkins stated that a
similar situation was existing in their States.
Senator Bridges recognized Senator Hickenlooper who spoke at some length
on the farm situation and the pending farm bill dealing with 90% of
parity versus flexible supports. He particularly called attention to
certain amendments which he has pending dealing with the commercial corn
areas. He stated that strong Democratic elements do not want an
effective farm program and that they would like to see no legislation
enacted. He stressed the importance of the Republicans not being charged
with blocking the farm legislation.
Because of previous engagements Senator Bridges had to leave the meeting
and he asked Senator Knowland to preside.
Senator Knowland stated that because of Democratic opposition it was not
possible today to obtain a unanimous consent agreement to vote on the
farm bill but that another effort would be made tomorrow.
He also stated that the President of Italy would address a joint session
of the Congress on Wednesday, February 29, at 12:30.
Senator Knowland recognized Senators Young, Mundt, Carlson, Dworshak,
Thye and Capehart who each expressed his opinion as to why a farm bill
should be enacted and the political perplexities of the situation.
In response to inquiries as to whether or not the President would sign
the bill, Senator Knowland stated that the President has made it very
clear on any number of occasions that he is for flexible supports and
not for 90% of parity.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 2:25 p.m.

[signed] Styles Bridges

Chairman of the Policy Committee

Approved by the Chairman of the Policy Committee and the Acting Chairman
of the Conference

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
Eighty-fifth Congress (1957-1959)

[Editor's Note: In 1956 President Eisenhower easily won reelection,
but Congress remained in Democratic hands, with 234 Democrats to 201
Republicans in the House. The Senate continued closely divided between
49 Democrats and 47 Republicans.
Since Eugene Millikin had retired at the end of the previous Congress
after leading the Republican Conference for eleven years, the Conference
chose a new chairman, Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts, while
William Knowland continued as floor leader.
In 1957, for the first time since Reconstruction, Congress passed a
civil rights law, designed to ensure enforcement of the right to vote.
After the bill passed the House in June, Senator Knowland and other
supporters arranged to bypass the hostile Judiciary Committee and send
the bill directly to the Senate floor. On August 7 the full Senate voted
72 to 18 to pass the bill, with final passage following in late August
after differences with the House were resolved. (During consideration of
the bill in August, South Carolina Democratic Senator Strom Thurmond,
made the longest speech in Senate history, speaking for just over
twenty-four hours.)
When the Soviet Union in October 1957 launched the first artificial
satellite, Sputnik, Congress, concerned about both national security and
the need for increased research and development, took a number of
actions, including hearings by the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee,
establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), and passage of the National Defense Education Act.]
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[January 3, 1957]

JANUARY 3, 1957
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE STYLES BRIDGES, FOR JANUARY 3, 1957, AT
9:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Conference was called to order at 9:45 a.m. by Senator Styles
Bridges, acting as Temporary Chairman.
Senator Schoeppel was asked to introduce each of the new Republican
Senators-elect which he did in the following order:

Senator Cooper of Kentucky
Senator Revercomb of West Virginia
Senator Javits of New York, who was not present
Senator Morton of Kentucky

Senator Bridges then appointed Senator Williams as Temporary Secretary
of the Conference and asked him to call the roll.

Present 44:
Aiken Curtis Morton
Allott Dirksen Mundt
Barrett Dworshak Payne
Beall Flanders Potter
Bennett Goldwater Purtell
Bricker Hruska Revercomb
Bridges Ives Saltonstall
Bush Jenner Schoeppel
Butler Knowland Smith, Maine
Capehart Kuchel Smith, N.J.
Carlson Langer Thye
Case, N.J. Malone Watkins
Case, S. Dak. Martin, Iowa Wiley
Cooper Martin, Pa. Williams
Cotton McCarthy

Absent 3:
Hickenlooper Javits Young

A quorum was present.
Also present were J. Mark Trice, Lloyd Jones, William T. Reed and
William Brownrigg III.
Senator Bridges announced that the first order of business would be the
election of a Conference Chairman and explained the ground rules which
were that in case of more than two candidates for any office either a
plurality vote could elect or a second ballot could be taken on the two
that received the highest votes.
Senator Smith of New Jersey moved that a majority vote prevail in the
event of a second ballot and the second ballot be confined to the two
highest on the first ballot. The motion was seconded and agreed to.
Senator Smith of New Jersey then nominated Senator Leverett Saltonstall
for the position of Chairman of the Conference. Senator Thye seconded
the nomination. Senator Goldwater nominated Senator Bricker for Chairman
of the Conference but Senator Bricker after thanking Senator Goldwater
requested that he be permitted to withdraw his name. His request was
granted, nominations were closed and the Chair hearing no objections
asked the Secretary to cast a single ballot for Senator Saltonstall.
Senator Saltonstall took the Chair and announced that nominations were
in order for Secretary of the Conference. Senator Langer nominated his
colleague, Senator Young, and it was seconded. Nominations were closed
and a single ballot was cast for Senator Young. Senator Young not being
present the Chairman requested Senator Williams to continue as Acting
Secretary.
Senator Bridges moved and it was seconded and agreed to that a
resolution of appreciation be presented to Senator Schoeppel by the
Conference for his splendid performance in his position as Chairman of
the Campaign Committee.
Senator Cotton nominated Senator Bridges as President Pro Tempore of the
Senate. The nominations were seconded, the nominations were closed and
the Secretary was instructed to cast a single ballot for Senator
Bridges.
Senator Carlson nominated Senator Knowland as Floor Leader, it was
seconded, the nominations were closed and the Secretary instructed to
cast a single ballot for Senator Knowland.
Senator Bricker nominated Senator Dirksen to be Whip and it was
seconded. Senator Ives nominated Senator Thye to be Whip and it was
seconded. Nominations were closed and Senators Bricker and Ives were
appointed tellers. In the balloting Senator Dirksen received 27 votes,
Senator Thye 17. Therefore, Senator Dirksen was elected Minority Whip.
Senator Allott was recognized and moved that the Conference send a
letter of appreciation and high regard to Senator Millikin. Senator
Martin of Pennsylvania seconded the motion paying high tribute to
Senator Millikin. The motion was agreed to unanimously.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine nominated Senator Bridges as the
Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. It was seconded, the
nominations closed and the Secretary was instructed to cast one ballot.
Senator Ives inquired relative to the nomination of a candidate for the
position of Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and was advised by the Chair
that no nominations would be made for elective officers at this time.
At this point in the Conference a general discussion took place relative
to the organization of the Senate.
Senator Knowland was recognized and requested all newly-elected and
reelected Senators to be sure and arrange for a colleague to escort them
to the rostrum for their swearing-in. He then outlined the order of
business to be taken up in the Chamber today and announced that
President Eisenhower would deliver his message on the Middle East to a
Joint Session of Congress on Saturday, January 5.¹
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\1\ [On January 5 President Eisenhower addressed a joint session in
support of what became known as the ``Eisenhower Doctrine.'' This policy
would permit him to grant aid to Middle Eastern countries to resist
armed aggression by Communist countries. In July 1958 the United States
sent troops to Lebanon under this doctrine to protect the country from
possible Iraqi aggression until United Nations forces took over a few
months later.]
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Senator Thye asked unanimous consent to withdraw his nomination for Whip
and make Senator Dirksen's election unanimous. There was no objection.
There being no further business the Conference recessed at 11:15 a.m.
subject to the call of the Chairman.

[signed] John J. Williams

Acting Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on March 18, 1957

[signed] William T. Reed

Assistant for the Minority
* * *

January 9, 1957

Honorable Eugene D. Millikin, U.S.S.
2101 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Gene:

When we Republicans met to organize ourselves this last
week, we were poignantly reminded of your absence. Gone
was your booming voice and your wit from the head of the
table, and gone also was the guiding hand which you have
exerted as Chairman of the Republican Conference since the
beginning of the 80th Congress.
How do you say that you miss a friend? How do you say
that you need his counsel? How do you say in a hundred
different times and places yet to come you will wish that
he were there with his courage and clear thinking to guide
and assist? We do not know how to say these things, but we
do know that these thoughts were in everyone's mind as we
met the other day; and because they were in our minds, we
decided to express to you our appreciation for all you
have done; for all you have been.
As your friends we wish you a pleasant trip to sunny
Arizona and many happy hours there with renewed strength
and your old smile returned in all its vigor and the joy
it gives us all.

Sincerely yours,
Leverett Saltonstall
Chairman of Senate
Republican Conference,
for all of your friends
and associates in the Conference

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[January 7, 1957]

JANUARY 7, 1957
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE BY THE CHAIRMAN,
HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR JANUARY 7, 1957, AT 3:00 P.M., ROOM
335 SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Chairman Saltonstall called the Conference to order at 3:05 p.m. and
asked the Secretary to call the roll.
The following Senators were present:

Present 37:
Aiken Dirksen Mundt
Allott Dworshak Payne
Barrett Flanders Potter
Beall Hickenlooper Purtell
Bennett Hruska Revercomb
Bricker Jenner Saltonstall
Bridges Knowland Schoeppel
Bush Kuchel Smith, N.J.
Carlson Malone Thye
Case, N.J. Martin, Iowa Watkins
Case, S. Dak. McCarthy Williams
Cooper Morton Young
Cotton

Absent 9:
Butler Goldwater Martin, Pa.
Capehart Ives Smith, Maine
Curtis Langer Wiley

(Senator Javits of New York had not been sworn in as a senator at the
time of this conference)
A quorum was present.
Also present were J. Mark Trice, Lloyd Jones, William T. Reed and
William Brownrigg III.
There being a quorum present the Chairman announced that the purpose of
calling the meeting was to name the members of the Policy Committee, the
Committee on Committees, the Personnel Committee and the Senatorial
Campaign Committee. He also said that the Minority Floor Leader would
have a few words to say.
Before announcing the new committee members the Chairman explained that
after much consideration he was returning to the policy used prior to
the 84th Congress in setting up the Policy Committee membership which
was that it would consist of the Party Officers plus six appointed
members. Since the 84th, 1st, it has been customary to appoint all the
candidates up for election at the next election plus the officers which
made a very unwieldy committee. Since the weekly Policy luncheons are to
be continued to which all the Republican Senators are invited he said he
felt a smaller Policy Committee would be better. He then asked if there
was any objection to his proposal. There was none. The Chairman then
said that if there were no objections, Senator Bricker, Chairman of the
Committee on Committees and Senator Schoeppel, Chairman of the
Senatorial Campaign Committee, would be named as ex officio members of
the Policy Committee. There were no objections.
The Chairman then read off the names of members of the Committee on
Committees in order of seniority with Senator John Bricker continuing as
Chairman. List attached. The Committee was approved unanimously. He then
read the names of the members of the campaign Committee in order of
seniority with Senator Andrew Schoeppel as Chairman. List attached. It
was unanimously approved.
The Personnel Committee consisting of Senator Edward Martin, Chairman,
Senator Styles Bridges and Senator Carl Curtis was approved as read.
The members of the Policy Committee were then read in the order of their
seniority and unanimously approved. List attached.
Senator Knowland was recognized and announced that the customary Policy
luncheons, to which all the Republican Senators are invited, would be
resumed starting tomorrow, Tuesday, January 8 at 12:30 in Room F-
39^}2 of the Capitol. Subsequent weekly luncheons will be held
each Tuesday at the same time and place.
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After this announcement Senator Knowland read and explained a Senate
Resolution to be introduced by him, a copy of which accompanies these
minutes. He read Senate Rule VIII and explained its relationship to Rule
XXII and Chairman Saltonstall then explained the history and reason why
it was needed at the time Rule XXII was adopted.
After a general discussion of the proposed resolution, Senator Case of
New Jersey, suggested that the last sentence might suffice if it read,
``the Rules of the Senate shall continue from one Congress to the next
Congress.''
Senators Mundt and Jenner suggested that a period of notice should be
incorporated in the resolution and expressed doubt as to its acceptance
if not incorporated.
In both instances Senator Knowland said he would look into the
suggestions.
At this point Senator Knowland made an announcement that after he had
completed his present term in 1958 he would not run for reelection. The
announcement stunned the members and several, including Senators Thye,
Bridges, Saltonstall, Kuchel and Revercomb expressed their deep regret
and hoped that he would reconsider his decision. Senator Malone moved
that it be the sense of the Conference that it is the extreme regret of
his colleagues that Senator Knowland is retiring and that Senator
Bridges should draft the release and give it to the press on behalf of
the Conference. This was unanimously approved.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on March 18, 1957

[signed] William T. Reed

Assistant for the Minority
85th Congress
Committee on Committees

Bricker, John W., Chairman; Wiley, Alexander; Langer,
William; Aiken, George D.; Hickenlooper, Bourke B.;
Flanders, Ralph E.; Jenner, William E.; Ives, Irving M.;
McCarthy, Joseph R.; Malone, George W.; Watkins, Arthur V.;
Case, Francis (S. Dak.); [Bush, Prescott--crossed out];
Purtell, William A.; Barrett, Frank A.; Beall, J. Glenn;
Payne, Frederick G.; Goldwater, Barry; Cotton, Norris;
Hruska, Roman L.; Martin, Thomas E.; Allott, Gordon;
Revercomb, Chapman [handwritten insert]; Morton, Thruston
85th Congress
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee

Schoeppel, Andrew, Chairman; Capehart, Homer; Smith,
Margaret Chase; Dworshak, Henry C.; Bennett, Wallace;
Butler, John M.; Bush, Prescott [handwritten insert];
Kuchel, Thomas; Case, Clifford (N.J.); [Revercomb, Chapman--
crossed out]; Cooper, John Sherman; Javits, Jacob
85th Congress
Personnel Committee

Martin, Edward, Chairman; Bridges, Styles; Curtis, Carl
85th Congress
Republican Policy Committee

Bridges, Styles, Chairman; Saltonstall, Leverett; Young,
Milton; Knowland, William; Dirksen, Everett M.; Smith,
Alexander (N.J.); Thye, Edward; Williams, John; Mundt, Karl;
Carlson, Frank; Potter, Charles
* * *

85th Congress
1st Session
S. RES. ______
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MR. KNOWLAND submitted the following resolution; which was ______
RESOLUTION

That subsection 2 of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is
amended (1) by striking out ``except subsection 3 of rule XXII,'', and
(2) by striking out ``two-thirds of the Senators duly chosen and sworn''
and inserting in lieu thereof ``two-thirds of the Senators present and
voting''.
Sec. 2. Subsection 3 of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is
amended by striking out ``and of subsection 2 of this rule''.
Sec. 3. Rule XXXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by
inserting ``1.'' immediately preceding ``At'', and by adding at the end
thereof a new paragraph as follows:

``2. The Rules of the Senate shall continue from one
Congress to the next Congress unless they are changed as
provided in these Rules.''

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE JOHN W. BRICKER, FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9,
1957, AT 10:00 A.M. IN ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Chairman Bricker called the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m. and asked the
clerk to call the roll. The following Senators were present:

Present 20:
Bricker Purtell
Aiken Barrett
Hickenlooper Beall
Flanders Payne
Jenner Cotton
Ives Hruska
McCarthy Martin, Iowa
Malone Allott
Watkins Revercomb
Case, S. Dak. Martin

The following Senators were absent:
Wiley
Langer
Goldwater

Also present: William T. Reed

A quorum being present the Chairman read off the suggested assignments
to committee vacancies. He explained that in filling the second vacancy
on Armed Services, Senator Thomas Kuchel had agreed to waive his
seniority rights for two years in favor of Senator Frank Barrett. He
also explained that Senator Joseph McCarthy who became ranking member of
the Committee on Rules and Administration when Senator Jenner moved to
the Finance Committee had agreed to let Senator Carl Curtis precede him
on the Committee and become ranking member for the next two years.
Copies of letters are attached explaining these arrangements.
Senator Jenner moved that the Committee assignments as read be approved,
it was seconded and unanimously approved. Copies of the approved
assignments accompany these minutes.
There being no further business the Committee adjourned at 10:30 a.m.

[not signed] Assistant to the Minority

APPROVED:

[signed] John W. Bricker

Chairman of the Committee on Committees
* * *
United States Senate
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

January 8, 1957

Honorable John W. Bricker, USS
U.S. Senate Office Building
Washington 25, D.C.

My dear John:

Senator Thomas Kuchel has agreed to waive his request
for assignment on the Armed Services Committee in order to
permit me to be assigned to that Committee at this time. I
appreciate Tommy Kuchel's courtesy very much.
I have agreed with him that in the event he is assigned
to the Committee two years from now, and if I am still on
the Committee, that he will take seniority over me on the
Committee. This is only as it should be.
I am writing you since I want to reduce to writing my
understanding on this matter.
With very best wishes and kind personal regards, I am

Sincerely,
[signed] Frank Barrett
Frank A. Barrett, USS

cc: Honorable Thomas Kuchel
* * *
United States Senate
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

January 9, 1957

Honorable John W. Bricker
Chairman of the Committee on Committees
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.

Dear John:

I have been very glad to waive my request for assignment
to the Armed Services Committee to permit our friend
Senator Frank Barrett to be assigned it for the 85th
Congress. He and I have agreed that two years from now I
may exercise my seniority to ask for membership on the
Armed Services Committee ahead of Frank. In other words,
we have both agreed that I do not waive my seniority in
this situation for more than the present Congress.
It may be, of course, that I will not want to exercise
this right two years from now. In any event, I was very
glad to accede to Frank's request.
With kindest regards,

Sincerely,
[signed] Thomas H. Kuchel
Thomas H. Kuchel
* * *
United States Senate
Committee on Government Operations

February 2, 1957

Mr. J. Mark Trice
Secretary for the Minority
United States Senate
Washington 25, D.C.

Dear Mark:

I understand that you desire something in writing in
regard to my surrender of seniority on the Rules Committee
to Senator Curtis.
This is intended by me to be a permanent surrender of
seniority. I do not desire to regain it at the end of two
years' time or at any other time.
With kindest regards, I am

Very sincerely yours,
[signed] Joe McCarthy
Joe McCarthy

cc: Senator Carl T. Curtis
* * *
January 9, 1957
(Confidential Work Sheet No. 1)
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF SENATORS
Eighty-fifth Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

Mr. AIKEN............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Foreign Relations

Mr. ALLOTT.............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. BARRETT............................. Armed Services
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. BEALL............................... Banking and Currency
District of Columbia

Mr. BENNETT............................. Banking and Currency
Finance

Mr. BRICKER............................. Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. BRIDGES............................. Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. BUSH................................ Armed Services
Banking and Currency

Mr. BUTLER.............................. Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Judiciary

Mr. CAPEHART............................ Banking and Currency
Foreign Relations

Mr. CARLSON............................. Finance
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. CASE, N.J........................... District of Columbia
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. CASE, S.Dak......................... Armed Services
Public Works

Mr. COOPER.............................. Labor and Public Welfare
[Public Works--crossed out]
Rules and Administration
[handwritten insert]

Mr. COTTON.............................. Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Public Works

Mr. CURTIS.............................. Government Operations
Rules and Administration

Mr. DIRKSEN............................. Appropriations
Judiciary

Mr. DWORSHAK............................ Appropriations
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. FLANDERS............................ Armed Services
Finance

Mr. GOLDWATER........................... Interior and Insular Affairs
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. HICKENLOOPER........................ Agriculture and Forestry
Foreign Relations

Mr. HRUSKA.............................. Judiciary
Public Works

Mr. IVES................................ Banking and Currency
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. JAVITS.............................. District of Columbia
Rules and Administration

Mr. JENNER.............................. Judiciary
Post Office and Civil Service
[Rules and Administration--
crossed out]
Finance [handwritten insert]

Mr. KNOWLAND............................ Appropriations
Foreign Relations

Mr. KUCHEL.............................. [Finance--crossed out]
Interior and Insular Affairs
Public Works [handwritten
insert]

Mr. LANGER.............................. Foreign Relations
Judiciary
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. MALONE.............................. Finance
Interior and Insular Affairs

Mr. MARTIN, Iowa........................ Government Operations
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. MARTIN, Pa.......................... Finance
Public Works

Mr. MCCARTHY............................ Appropriations
Government Operations
Rules and Administration

Mr. MORTON.............................. District of Columbia
Post Office and Civil Service

Mr. MUNDT............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations
Government Operations

Mr. PAYNE............................... Banking and Currency
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. POTTER.............................. Appropriations
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mr. PURTELL............................. Interstate and Foreign
Commerce
Labor and Public Welfare

Mr. REVERCOMB........................... Government Operations
Public Works

Mr. SALTONSTALL......................... Appropriations
Armed Services

Mr. SCHOEPPEL........................... Agriculture and Forestry
Interstate and Foreign
Commerce

Mrs. SMITH, Maine....................... Appropriations
Armed Services
Government Operations

Mr. SMITH, N.J.......................... Foreign Relations
Labor and Public Welfare
Mr. THYE................................ Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations

Mr. WATKINS............................. Interior and Insular Affairs
Judiciary

Mr. WILEY............................... Foreign Relations
Judiciary

Mr. WILLIAMS............................ Agriculture and Forestry
Finance

Mr. YOUNG............................... Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations
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January 9, 1957
(Confidential Work Sheet No. 2)
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Eighty-fifth Congress
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

On Agriculture and Forestry (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. Aiken, Young, Thye, Hickenlooper, Mundt, Williams,
Schoeppel

On Appropriations (Ratio 12-11)

Messrs. Bridges, Saltonstall, Young, Knowland, Thye,
McCarthy, Mundt, Mrs. Smith, Maine, Messrs. Dworshak,
Dirksen, Potter

On Armed Services (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. Bridges, Saltonstall, Flanders, Mrs. Smith, Maine,
Messrs. Case, S. Dak., Bush, Barrett

On Banking and Currency (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. Capehart, Bricker, Ives, Bennett, Bush, Beall, Payne

On District of Columbia (Ratio 5-4)

Messrs. Beall, Case, N.J., Morton, Javits

On Finance (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. Martin, Pa., Williams, Flanders, Malone, Carlson,
Bennett, [Kuchel--crossed out] Jenner [handwritten insert]

On Foreign Relations (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. Wiley, Smith, N.J., Hickenlooper, Langer, Knowland,
Aiken, Capehart

On Government Operations (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. McCarthy, Mundt, Mrs. Smith, Maine, Messrs. Martin,
Iowa, Curtis, Revercomb

On Interior and Insular Affairs (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. Malone, Watkins, Dworshak, Kuchel, Barrett,
Goldwater, Allott

On Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. Bricker, Schoeppel, Butler, Potter, Purtell, Payne,
Cotton

On the Judiciary (Ratio 8-7)

Messrs. Wiley, Langer, Jenner, Watkins, Dirksen, Butler,
Hruska

On Labor and Public Welfare (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Smith, N.J., Ives, Purtell, Goldwater, Allott,
Cooper

On Post Office and Civil Service (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Carlson, Jenner, Langer, Martin, Iowa, Case, N.J.,
Morton

On Public Works (Ratio 7-6)

Messrs. Martin, Pa., Case, S. Dak., Kuchel [handwritten
insert], Cotton, Hruska, Revercomb, [Cooper--crossed out]

On Rules and Administration (Ratio 5-4)

Messrs. [Jenner--crossed out] Curtis [handwritten insert],
McCarthy, [Curtis--crossed out] Cooper [handwritten insert],
Javits
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[January 9, 1957]

JANUARY 9, 1957
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR JANUARY 9, 1957, AT 11:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Chairman Saltonstall called the Conference to order at 11:08 a.m. and
asked the Secretary to call the roll. Thirty-three Senators as follows
answering their names, a quorum was present:

Present 33:
Aiken Cooper Morton
Allott Cotton Mundt
Barrett Curtis Purtell
Beall Dirksen Revercomb
Bennett Dworshak Saltonstall
Bricker Hruska Schoeppel
Bush Jenner Smith, Maine
Capehart Knowland Smith, N.J.
Carlson Kuchel Watkins
Case, N.J. Malone Williams
Case, S. Dak. McCarthy Young
Absent 13:
Bridges Ives Payne
Butler Langer Potter
Flanders Martin, Iowa Thye
Goldwater Martin, Pa. Wiley
Hickenlooper

(Senator Javits of New York had not been sworn in as a senator at the
time of this conference)
A quorum was present.
Also present were J. Mark Trice, Lloyd Jones, William T. Reed, William
Brownrigg III.
Senator Smith of New Jersey was recognized and explained an amendment to
the Conference Rules, copy of which is attached, which he said he would
like to propose. He mentioned, however, that unless a one week layover
rule relative to amendments could be waived his amendment could not be
proposed. He therefore asked unanimous consent that the amendment
layover rule of one week be waived in this instance. There was no
objection.
Without objection the Smith amendment was adopted. Senator Bricker was
then recognized and explained the Committee assignments which had been
approved by the Committee on Committees and moved their adoption by the
Conference. The motion was seconded and unanimously approved. Copies of
the Committee assignments are attached. [See lists on pages 793-96.]
Senator Bricker then explained that a Resolution which had been passed
in the 84th Congress, 1st Session, copy attached, called for the
appointment of the chairman and members of the Select Committee on Small
Business, ``in the same manner and at the same time as Chairmen and
Members of the standing committees of the Senate at the beginning of
each Congress.'' He wondered therefore whether the committee was now
considered a standing committee and if so whether a major committee or a
third committee.
Senator Knowland said the matter would be taken under consideration by
the Majority Leader and himself and would be worked out. Senator
Knowland then announced that Senator-elect Javits would be sworn in at
one p.m. and asked the Senators to be present if possible. He also
announced that he would introduce his Resolution amending Rule XXII and
suggested that the opposition might raise the question of
constitutionality. A brief discussion ensued relative to various aspects
of the proposed changes in the Rule and what the parliamentary approach
to them would be.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 11:37 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on March 18, 1957

[signed] William T. Reed

Assistant for the Minority
* * *
AMENDMENT TO CONFERENCE RULES

Senator Smith of New Jersey proposes the following amendments to the
Republican Conference Rules:
Paragraph 2 of the Republican Conference Rules is amended by inserting
the following language after the phrase ``, the Chairman of the Policy
Committee,'' :

the Chairman of the Committee on Committees, the Chairman of
the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Chairman
of the Republican Personnel Committee
The caption ``A Policy Committee of Twelve Senators'' shall
be amended to read ``A Policy Committee of Fifteen
Senators''
* * *

84th Congress
1st Session
S. RES. 120
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 30, 1955

Mr. Green, from the Committee on Rules and Administration, reported the
following resolution; which was ordered to be placed on the calendar
July 1, 1955
Considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION

Resolved, That the chairman and members of the Select Committee on
Small Business, created by S. Res. 58, Eighty-first Congress, second
session, shall be appointed in the same manner and at the same time as
the chairmen and members of the standing committees of the Senate at the
beginning of each Congress.

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[March 12, 1957]

MARCH 12, 1957
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1957,
AT 4:30 P.M., ROOM F-41,³ SENATE WING OF THE CAPITOL
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The Chairman called the meeting to order at 4:35 p.m. and stated that
the Minority Leader had prepared a suggested resolution for the
consideration of the Members of the Conference. He suggested that in
order to save time the roll would not be called at this time by the
Secretary. There was no objection.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who distributed to the Members
the suggested resolution in regard to the budget. A copy of the
resolution as presented is attached hereto as Exhibit ``A.'' Senator
Knowland stated that included in the draft were suggestions which had
been made at the Republican Policy meeting held earlier in the day. The
Senator also read for the information of the Members of the Conference a
resolution which Senator McNamara had offered in the Senate today on the
subject of the budget.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hickenlooper who moved to strike from
Section 4 of the resolved clause of the resolution the following words:
``in its appropriation bills''.
The Chairman, due to the absence of Senator Young, the Secretary,
appointed Senator Gordon Allott as Acting Secretary and asked that the
roll be called. The roll was called.
The following Senators were present:

Present 36:
Allott Curtis Martin, Iowa
Barrett Dirksen Martin, Pa.
Beall Dworshak Morton
Bennett Flanders Mundt
Bricker Goldwater Payne
Bridges Hickenlooper Revercomb
Bush Hruska Saltonstall
Butler Ives Schoeppel
Carlson Javits Smith, Maine
Case, N.J. Knowland Smith, N.J.
Case, S. Dak. Kuchel Thye
Cooper Malone Wiley
Absent 11:
Aiken Langer Watkins
Capehart McCarthy Williams
Cotton Potter Young
Jenner Purtell

Also present: J. Mark Trice, William T. Reed, Lloyd Jones
General discussion followed and suggestions were offered in regard to
phraseology and the Chairman recognized Senators Case of New Jersey,
Goldwater, Allott, Case of South Dakota, Javits, Bricker, Cooper,
Revercomb, Martin of Pennsylvania and Flanders.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Dirksen who offered a substitute
for the third whereas clause of the resolution as follows: ``Whereas tax
reduction wherever practicable will strengthen the economy and increase
the purchasing power of every citizen; and''.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Revercomb who moved to strike the
language of the third whereas clause of the resolution.
There being no further discussion the Chairman put the question of the
adoption of the substitute of Senator Dirksen and it was agreed to by
voice vote.
The Chairman then stated that the pending question was the motion of
Senator Revercomb to strike from the resolution the substitute language.
On a division vote of 9 ``yeas'' and 16 ``nays'' the Chairman announced
that the language of the substitute prevailed with the clause remaining
in the resolution.
The Chairman then requested action on the other whereas clauses of the
resolution and the first whereas clause was agreed to by voice vote.
The second whereas clause was taken up for consideration and the
Chairman recognized Senator Smith of New Jersey who moved to strike the
following language ``and requires high taxes to avoid deficit financing,
and''. The Chairman put the question and after a voice vote the Chairman
announced that the motion was not agreed to.
The Chairman stated that paragraph 3 of the whereas clause had been
previously adopted.
Paragraph 4 of the whereas clause was then considered and agreed to by
voice vote.
The Chairman then stated that paragraph 5 of the whereas clause would be
considered and he recognized Senator Allott who suggested the following
substitute: ``Whereas the President has expressed his desire that the
budget be reduced wherever possible:''. This language was first agreed
to and then withdrawn in favor of the text finally agreed to.
The Chairman recognized Senator Curtis who moved that paragraph 5 of the
whereas clause as amended be stricken but the Senator later withdrew his
motion.
The Chairman recognized Senator Kuchel who suggested the following
amendment but withdrew it: ``Whereas the President and this Conference
are agreed that no Federal spending should be approved in the absence of
full consideration and justification by the Congress:''.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Mundt who suggested that the
language be changed to read as follows: ``Whereas the Republican
Conference has heard with approval the President's recommendation that
Congress reduce the budget wherever possible:''.
This clause had been discussed previously and the Chairman recognized
Senator Knowland who offered the following language which had been
tentatively agreed to: ``Whereas the Republican Conference of the Senate
is in accord with the President's recommendation that the Congress
reduce the budget wherever possible:''
The Chairman put the question and the substitute of Senator Knowland was
agreed to by voice vote.
The Chairman then stated that Section 1 of the resolving clause which
had been previously discussed was agreed to by voice vote as follows:
``That the Congress reduce the budget wherever possible consistent with
the security of the national defense and the essential functioning of
the Government; and''.
The Chairman stated that Section 2 of the resolved clause was open for
discussion and after suggestions by Senators Butler, Case of South
Dakota and Bricker it was agreed to by voice vote as follows: ``That the
Appropriations Committee of the Senate consider carefully each
appropriation with a view to keeping expenditures within the lowest
practicable bounds; and''.
The Chairman stated that Section 3 of the resolved clause was the next
order of business and after suggestions by Senators Barrett, Dirksen and
Knowland the section was agreed to as follows: ``That hereafter each
legislative committee of the Senate, in reporting a bill to the Senate,
include in its report a statement of the estimated initial and projected
cost of any activity authorized by the legislation which requires
expenditure of funds; and''.
The Chairman then stated that Section 4 of the resolved clause was
before the Conference for action and suggested that the following
language be substituted: ``That the Congress by its appropriations limit
civilian employment to the lowest levels consistent with the authorized
operation of the Department or Agency involved.''
The Chairman recognized Senator Case of South Dakota who suggested that
the following language be substituted: ``That the Congress in each
appropriation bill place a ceiling on civilian Federal employment for
the Department or individual Agency for which appropriations are made.''
The Chairman recognized Senator Barrett who suggested that the following
language be substituted: ``That the Appropriations Committee restrict
Federal employment for each Department to the 1957 federal year level
wherever possible.''
The Chairman then put the question on the substitute of Senator Barrett
and announced that the substitute was not agreed to.
The Chairman then put the question on the substitute of Senator Case of
South Dakota and announced that the substitute was not agreed to.
The Chairman then put the question as to the language of the substitute
offered by Senator Saltonstall and announced that it was agreed to.
The Chairman then announced that the individual paragraphs of the
resolution having been acted upon the question resolved itself as to the
adoption of the resolution, as amended. A voice vote was had and the
Chairman announced that the resolution was agreed to. There were no
``nays.'' A copy of the resolution as adopted is attached hereto as
Exhibit ``B.''
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 5:55 p.m.

[signed] Gordon Allott

Acting Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on March 14, 1957

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''
RESOLUTION

Whereas it is necessary to preserve a sound, stable economy which
avoids inflation and deflation, which maintains the purchasing power of
the dollar, and which encourages growth and expansion, and
Whereas excessive Federal spending under present conditions adds to
inflationary pressure and requires high taxes to avoid deficit
financing, and
Whereas through present high levels of taxation the Federal Government
is siphoning off funds that otherwise could go into private business
investment needed to provide continuing economic growth and the creation
of new jobs, and
Whereas the appropriation of funds for Federal Government activities
is the Constitutional responsibility of the Congress, and
Whereas the President of the United States has invited the Congress to
exercise such responsibility, to reduce the budget wherever possible:
Therefore, be it resolved that the Republican Conference of the Senate
(organization of all Republican Senators) recommends
1. That the Congress accept the invitation of the President to reduce
the budget wherever possible; and
2. That the Appropriations Committees scrutinize carefully each
request for appropriations with a view to keeping such requests within
the lowest practical bounds; and
3. That each legislative committee of the Senate in reporting a bill
to the Senate include in its report a statement of the bill's estimated
initial and projected costs, if any; and
4. That the Congress in its appropriation bills place a ceiling on
Federal employment for each Department and agency.
* * *
Exhibit ``B''

Resolution adopted by Republican Conference of the Senate (organization
of all Republican Senators) at a meeting Tuesday afternoon, March 12,
1957.
RESOLUTION

Whereas it is necessary to preserve a sound, stable economy which
avoids inflation and deflation, which maintains the purchasing power of
the dollar, and which encourages growth and expansion; and
Whereas excessive Federal spending under present conditions adds to
inflationary pressure and requires high taxes to avoid deficit
financing; and
Whereas tax reduction wherever practicable will strengthen the economy
and increase the purchasing power of every citizen; and
Whereas the appropriation of funds for Federal Government activities
is the Constitutional responsibility of the Congress; and
Whereas the Republican Conference of the Senate is in accord with the
President's recommendation that the Congress reduce the budget wherever
possible:
Therefore, be it resolved that the Republican Conference of the Senate
recommends
1. That the Congress reduce the budget wherever possible consistent
with the security of the national defense and the essential functioning
of the Government; and
2. That the Appropriations Committee of the Senate consider carefully
each appropriation with a view to keeping expenditures within the lowest
practicable bounds; and
3. That hereafter each legislative committee of the Senate, in
reporting a bill to the Senate, include in its report a statement of the
estimated initial and projected cost of any activity authorized by the
legislation which requires expenditure of funds; and
4. That the Congress by its appropriations limit civilian employment
to the lowest levels consistent with the authorized operation of the
Department or Agency involved.

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE JOHN W. BRICKER, FOR TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1957,
AT 12:00 P.M., ROOM P-55,⁴ SENATE WING, CAPITOL BUILDING
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Chairman Bricker called the meeting to order at 12:00 noon. The
following members of the Committee were present:

Present:
Wiley Hruska
Hickenlooper Martin, Iowa
Ives Allott
Purtell Morton
Beall

The following Senators were absent:
Langer Case, S.D.
Aiken Barrett
Flanders Payne
Jenner Goldwater
Malone Cotton
Watkins Revercomb

Also present:
J. Mark Trice William T. Reed

The Chairman then read for the information of the meeting the following
statement which represented the conclusions which the Chairman had
reached in regard to filling the three vacancies caused by the death of
Senator Joseph McCarthy, namely the Committees on Appropriations, Rules
and Administration and Government Operations.

The death of Senator McCarthy caused the following three
vacancies: Appropriations, Rules and Administration and
Government Operations.
Senator Capehart being number seven in seniority requested a
third Committee and was therefore assigned to Government
Operations.
Senators Ives and Watkins both being in class fourteen and
each requesting assignment to Appropriations, a drawing was
required and Senator Ives won. He was therefore assigned to
Appropriations releasing the Committee on Banking and
Currency.
No request having been received by the Committee on
Committees for assignment to either Banking and Currency or
Rules and Administration, Senator Case of New Jersey who had
expressed an interest in being assigned to any Committees
other than the two which he now has was assigned to the
Committee on Banking and Currency and the Committee on Rules
and Administration. He therefore released District of
Columbia and Post Office and Civil Service.
District of Columbia and Post Office and Civil Service will
be reserved for the new Senator from Wisconsin.

After a brief discussion it was moved by Senator Purtell that the
recommendations of the Chairman be approved. The motion was unanimously
adopted.
It was suggested that the Republican leadership be contacted by the
Chairman in regard to reviewing at some future date at a meeting of all
Republican Senators the method by which Committee assignments are made.
There being no further business the Committee adjourned at 12:30 p.m.
APPROVED:

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary to the Minority

[signed] John W. Bricker

Chairman of the Committee on Committees
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[May 21, 1957]

MAY 21, 1957
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR MAY 21, 1957, AT 12:30
P.M., ROOM F-41, SENATE WING, CAPITOL BUILDING

Senator Saltonstall called the Conference to order at 1:17 p.m. at the
conclusion of the Policy Committee luncheon and asked the Secretary to
call the roll.
The following Senators were present:

Present 37:
Aiken Cotton Morton
Allott Curtis Mundt
Beall Dirksen Potter
Bennett Dworshak Purtell
Bricker Goldwater Revercomb
Bridges Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Bush Hruska Schoeppel
Butler Ives Smith, N.J.
Capehart Knowland Thye
Carlson Kuchel Wiley
Case, N.J. Malone Williams
Case, S.D. Martin, Iowa Young
Cooper

Absent 9:
Barrett Jenner Payne
Flanders Langer Smith, Maine
Javits Martin, Pa. Watkins

A quorum was present.
Also present were J. Mark Trice, Lloyd Jones, William T. Reed and
William Brownrigg III.
The Chairman announced that the purpose of the meeting was to act on the
Committee vacancies caused by the death of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bricker, Chairman of the Republican
Committee on Committees to present the recommendations of his Committee.
Senator Bricker made the following statement which is attached hereto.
At the conclusion of which it was moved and seconded that the Report of
his Committee be adopted. The motion was agreed to by unanimous action.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 1:20 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference May 22, 1957

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES--1957

The death of Senator McCarthy caused the following three vacancies:
Appropriations, Rules and Administration and Government Operations.
Senator Capehart being number seven in seniority requested a third
Committee and was therefore assigned to Government Operations.
Senators Ives and Watkins both being in class fourteen and each
requesting assignment to Appropriations, a drawing was required and
Senator Ives won. He was therefore assigned to Appropriations releasing
the Committee on Banking and Currency.
No request having been received by the Committee on Committees for
assignment to either Banking and Currency or Rules and Administration,
Senator Case of New Jersey who had expressed an interest in being
assigned to any Committees other than the two which he now has was
assigned to the Committee on Banking and Currency and the Committee on
Rules and Administration. He therefore released District of Columbia and
Post Office and Civil Service.
District of Columbia and Post Office and Civil Service will be reserved
for the new Senator from Wisconsin.
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[June 18, 1957]

JUNE 18, 1957
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, IN THE COURSE OF A REPUBLICAN
POLICY MEETING ON JUNE 18, 1957, AT 1:18 P.M., ROOM F-41, SENATE WING,
CAPITOL BUILDING

Senator Saltonstall called the Conference to order at 1:18 p.m. and
asked the Secretary for the Minority to call the roll. The call of the
roll was dispensed with on the motion of Senator Goldwater.
The following Senators were present:

Present 26:
Allott Dirksen Morton
Bennett Dworshak Potter
Bricker Goldwater Purtell
Bush Hickenlooper Revercomb
Butler Javits Saltonstall
Carlson Jenner Schoeppel
Case, N.J. Knowland Watkins
Cooper Kuchel Wiley
Cotton Martin, Pa.

The Chairman announced that a quorum was present.
Also present were J. Mark Trice, Lloyd Jones and William T. Reed.
The Chairman announced that the purpose of the meeting was to fill the
vacancy existing on the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
After discussion Senator Bricker, Chairman of the Committee on
Committees, moved that the Conference approve the appointment of Senator
Martin of Pennsylvania to temporary membership on the Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service. The Chairman asked if there was any objection
to the motion and there being none, the motion was unanimously adopted.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 1:21 p.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on June 18, 1957

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[July 17, 1957]

JULY 17, 1957
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1957,
AT 9:00 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Senator Saltonstall called the Conference to order at 9:10 a.m. and
asked the Secretary to call the roll. the Secretary called the roll and
the following Senators were present:

Present 40:
Aiken Case, S.D. Ives Potter
Allott Cooper Javits Purtell
Barrett Cotton Jenner Revercomb
Beall Curtis Knowland Saltonstall
Bennett Dirksen Kuchel Smith, Maine
Bricker Dworshak Malone Smith, N.J.
Bush Flanders Martin, Iowa Watkins
Capehart Goldwater Martin, Pa. Wiley
Carlson Hickenlooper Morton Williams
Case, N.J. Hruska Mundt Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, Lloyd Jones, William T. Reed and
William Brownrigg III.
The Chairman recognized Senator Carlson who moved that the Chairman on
behalf of the Conference write a note to Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel
expressing the hope that the recent operation of the Senator was a
success, extending to him their love and affection and expressing the
hope that he would shortly return. The motion was seconded and
unanimously agreed to.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the meeting was to ascertain
from the members their forthright expressions and views on the subject
of Civil Rights and he recommended that the Minority Leader, Senator
William F. Knowland, lead the discussion.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland who stated that the Policy
Committee meeting of yesterday had been postponed because of the Senate
sessions requiring the attendance of Senators on the Floor, as well as a
desire on the part of the leadership not to discuss possible amendments
until after the vote making the Civil Rights bill the pending business
before the Senate.
He stated that at the White House Conference with the Congressional
leaders on yesterday there was a discussion of the budget with Budget
Director [Percival F.] Brundage present. There followed a discussion of
Civil Rights legislation. The Senator then read a recent White House
release on the subject and a copy is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Senator Knowland discussed the various ramifications of the bill and
spoke of the conflicting interpretations which had been placed thereon.
The Senator read for information a possible substitute for Section 3. It
required that a request be made by local authorities for the Attorney
General to act before the institution by him of injunction or
restraining proceedings. Also Section 1993 of the Code would be
repealed.
After much discussion of the various provisions of the bill, requests
made for interpretations, and the expression of personal opinions there
was an informal showing of hands in three particulars:
1. By those favoring Section 3 as it now stands,
2. By those favoring the Anderson motion to strike Section 3, and
3. By those against striking Section 3 if amended.
It was suggested that within the next few days another Conference be
called to further discuss the matter and resolve differences of opinion.
There being no further business the Conference recessed at 11:15 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference July 18, 1957

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
IMMEDIATE RELEASE July
16, 1957
James C. Hagerty, Press Secretary to the President

THE WHITE HOUSE
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

I am gratified that the Senate, by a vote of 71 to 18 has now made
H.R. 6127 the pending business before that body.
This legislation seeks to accomplish these four simple objectives:
1. To protect the constitutional right of all citizens to vote
regardless of race or color. In this connection we seek to uphold the
traditional authority of the Federal courts to enforce their orders.
This means that a jury trial should not be interposed in contempt of
court cases growing out of violations of such orders.
2. To provide a reasonable program of assistance in efforts to protect
other constitutional rights of our citizens.
3. To establish a bi-partisan Presidential commission to study and
recommend any further appropriate steps to protect these constitutional
rights.
4. To authorize an additional Assistant Attorney General to administer
the legal responsibilities of the Federal Government involving civil
rights.
The details of language changes is a legislative matter. I would hope,
however, that the Senate, in whatever clarification it may determine to
make, will keep the measure an effective piece of legislation to carry
out these four objectives--each one of which is consistent with simple
justice and equality afforded to every citizen under the Constitution of
the United States.
I hope that Senate action on this measure will be accomplished at this
session without undue delay.
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[July 19, 1957]

JULY 19, 1957
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1957, AT
9:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Senator Saltonstall called the Conference to order at 9:37 a.m. and
suggested that as the Secretary of the Conference had made an informal
check of those Senators present a formal calling of the roll would be
dispensed with. There was no objection. The following Senators were
present.

Present 35:
Aiken Curtis Mundt
Allott Dirksen Potter
Barrett Dworshak Purtell
Beall Flanders Revercomb
Bennett Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Bricker Ives Smith, Me.
Bush Javits Smith, N.J.
Carlson Knowland Thye
Case, N.J. Kuchel Watkins
Case, S.D. Malone Wiley
Cooper Martin, Pa. Young
Cotton Morton

The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland for the purpose of giving a
preliminary report to the Conference, as well as leading an open
discussion on the Civil Rights legislation pending in the Senate.
Senator Knowland stated that there would be no Saturday session of the
Senate, that the debate would continue today on Section 3 of the bill,
that there was hope of obtaining a unanimous consent agreement to vote
on this Section some time Monday and even if there was an objection he
thought that it would be disposed of not later than Tuesday.
He stated that several amendments had been prepared by him to Part I of
the bill and after discussion of the practical problems faced insofar as
Section 3 of the bill was concerned, he requested that Senator Dirksen
present to the members of the Conference amendments in the form of three
suggestions to Section 3.
Senator Dirksen was recognized and read for the information of the
Conference certain alternative language for Section 3.
Senator Watkins was recognized and read for the information of the
Conference an amendment which he had also prepared.
Later Senator Cooper was recognized who suggested a further amendment to
Section 3.
There was full and complete discussion in regard to the various
amendments suggested and there was no request made for a consensus of
opinion on the matter presented. It was generally agreed that following
action on the pending Knowland-Humphrey amendment that the Minority
Leader would present clarifying amendments to Section 3, as well as to
other Sections of the bill.
There being no further business the Conference recessed at 11:37 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference July 22, 1957

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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[July 26, 1957]

JULY 26, 1957
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL FOR FRIDAY, JULY 26TH, 1957, AT
9:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 9:36 a.m. and suggested that
no roll call be made at this time, but that the Secretary check Members
as they entered. There was no objection. The following senators were
present.

Present 38:
Aiken Case, N.J. Kuchel Revercomb
Allott Cooper Langer Saltonstall
Barrett Cotton Malone Smith, Me.
Beall Curtis Martin, Iowa Smith, N.J.
Bennett Dirksen Martin, Pa. Thye
Bricker Dworshak Morton Watkins
Bush Ives Mundt Wiley
Butler Javits Potter Williams
Capehart Jenner Purtell Young
Carlson Knowland

Also present were J. Mark Trice, Lloyd Jones, William T. Reed and
William Brownrigg III.
The Chairman recognized Senator Knowland for a statement on the Civil
Rights legislation now under consideration by the Senate. Senator
Knowland emphasized that now is the decisive phase of the Civil Rights
bill, that is Part 4 to protect voting rights.
He discussed the several jury trial amendments proposed to Part 4. He
reported that at a meeting earlier today with President Eisenhower that
the President reaffirmed his position in favor of Part 4 without
amendment.
Senator Dirksen was recognized by the Chairman for a historical
explanation of jury trials and the adverse effect of jury trials on this
legislation, and on the prerogatives of the Courts.
Senator Knowland on question said a vote on Part 4 was expected next
Tuesday.
There was a general discussion of the Civil Rights proposal and a
detailed discussion of jury trial amendments and their effect on the
merits of the bill and on the political situation.
After discussion on this subject there being no further business the
Conference was adjourned at 11:06 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, July 29, 1957

[signed] William Brownrigg III

Assistant Secretary for the Minority
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[January 7, 1958]

JANUARY 7, 1958
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 7TH,
1958, AT 2:30 P.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Senator Saltonstall called the Conference to order at 2:35 p.m. and
requested that the Secretary call the roll. The Secretary called the
roll and the following Senators were present:

Present 39:
Aiken Cooper Jenner Revercomb
Allott Cotton Knowland Saltonstall
Barrett Curtis Kuchel Schoeppel
Beall Dworshak Langer Smith, Maine
Bennett Flanders Malone Smith, N.J.
Bricker Goldwater Martin, Iowa Thye
Bush Hickenlooper Mundt Wiley
Capehart Hruska Payne Williams
Carlson Ives Potter Young
Case, S.D. Javits Purtell

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III, and Lloyd Jones.
The Chairman moved that the Secretary send a telegram to those
Republican Senators detained from the opening Session of the Senate by
temporary illness. The motion was unanimously agreed to, and a copy of
the telegram sent to Senators Bridges, Martin of Pennsylvania and Morton
is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Senator Saltonstall also stated that Senator Dirksen could not be
present at the Conference due to a slight illness.
There is also attached as Exhibit B a letter addressed to the Chairman
by Mrs. Mamie D. Eisenhower in regard to flowers sent by the Republican
members during her illness and which was read.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bricker, Chairman of the Committee on
Committees, who informed the members present of two existing vacancies,
one temporarily filled on the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
and the other vacancy existing on the Committee of the District of
Columbia. He asked that if any Senator was interested in a third
Committee assignment to please contact him.
Senator Saltonstall stated that there were two items on the Conference
agenda for today, first being the report by the Minority Leader on the
White House Conference, and the second being the report by the members
of the Armed Services Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee.
Senator Saltonstall then recognized Senator Knowland who stated that at
the White House meeting with the Republican leaders today the President
participated throughout the meeting and was in fine spirits and good
humor.
The meeting constituted a preview of the President's State of the Union
Message which he will deliver to the Congress on Thursday. He stated
that the message would differ from previous ones in that it will deal
solely with the United States in the world situation today and how to
deal with the present situations confronting this country.
Presidential recommendations on the domestic situation will be covered
in the economic message to be submitted later. The budget message will
be sent to the Congress on January 13th, with other special messages
following at later dates.
He also stated that the President would submit a supplemental budget for
Defense in an additional sum of 1.5 billion.
The Chairman stated that after conferences with Senators Bridges and
Knowland it was deemed wise to have a Conference on the subject matter
of defense and missiles, and present to the Republican membership the
latest information available in a similar manner that the information
was presented to the Democratic Conference early today.
There being no objection Mr. Edwin L. Weisl, Mr. Cyrus R. Vance and Mr.
Stuart P. French, staff members of the Armed Services Preparedness
Investigating Subcommittee, were escorted into the Conference Room and
introduced to the membership.
Senator Saltonstall then covered the past and present actions of the
Subcommittee and laid the foundation for the specific presentations
which were to follow.
The Chairman recognized Senator Flanders who spoke on the I.R.B.M.
Program; Senator Case of South Dakota who addressed himself to the
I.C.B.M. ² Program and outer space satellites; Senator Bush
who covered ``Forces in Being''; and Senator Barrett who discussed the
operations of the Strategic Air Command.
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ballistic missile.]
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At the conclusion of the individual presentations a number of questions
were asked of the speakers as well as of the staff.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 5:10 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference, January 10, 1958

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''

January 7, 1958

This telegram is to be sent to:

Honorable Styles Bridges
18 School Street
Concord, New Hampshire

Honorable Edward Martin
147 Le Moyne Avenue
Washington, Pennsylvania

Honorable Thruston Morton
Glenview, Kentucky

THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE AT ITS MEETING TODAY REQUESTED
THAT THE SECRETARY EXPRESS TO YOU DEEP REGRET THAT YOU
COULD NOT BE PRESENT BECAUSE OF YOUR TEMPORARY ILLNESS.
YOUR COLLEAGUES SEND TO YOU THEIR SINCERE BEST WISHES
AND HIGH ESTEEM AND WITH THIS HOPE THAT YOUR RECOVERY WILL
BE RAPID AND THAT YOU WILL REJOIN THEM SOON.

Milton R. Young
Secretary of the Republican
Conference

Charge:

Official Business
United States Senate
* * *
Exhibit ``B''
The White House
Washington

September 6, 1957

Dear Senator Saltonstall,

I want to extend my very warmest thanks to you and your
colleagues for your very thoughtful remembrance of me. The
arrangement of flowers which you sent to me at the
hospital was just lovely. I wish you all might have seen
how beautiful they looked in my room.
Please extend my kindest regard to all

[signed] Mamie Doud Eisenhower

The Honorable Leverett Saltonstall
Chairman, Republican Conference of
the United States Senate
Washington, D.C.
Eighty-Sixth Congress (1959-1961)

[Editor's Note: A recession combined with scandals uncovered in the
Eisenhower administration helped the Democrats make substantial gains in
the 1958 congressional elections. The Senate, which had been narrowly
divided since 1951, became almost two-to-one Democratic, with 64
Democrats to 34 Republicans, while the House had 283 Democrats to 153
Republicans, and one independent. ¹
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the Union in 1959, the House had a total of 437 voting members.]
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Reflecting the shrinking number of Republican senators, the party
ratios on committees changed to provide fewer Republican slots, obliging
the Committee on Committees to spend considerable time attempting to
satisfy all Conference members. Since William Knowland had retired at
the end of the previous Congress, the Conference elected Everett M.
Dirksen of Illinois as floor leader. Thomas Kuchel of California
replaced him as whip.
With so few Republicans in the House and Senate, President Eisenhower
became more confrontational with Congress as he sought to control
expenditures, vetoing a number of congressional initiatives that he
considered too expensive. As the civil rights movement gathered
momentum, Congress took up the Civil Rights Act of 1960, designed to
strengthen voting rights provisions of the 1957 act. This time, however,
the measure faced a full-scale filibuster that lasted nine days in
February and March of 1960 before a compromise was finally reached.
The 1960 presidential campaign saw a number of Democratic senators
vying for their party's nomination to face the Republican choice, Vice
President Richard M. Nixon. The eventual winners were John F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts as presidential nominee and Majority Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson of Texas for the vice-presidency.]
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[January 7, 1959]

JANUARY 7, 1959
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7,
1959, AT 9:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Conference was called to order at 9:37 a.m. by the Honorable
Leverett Saltonstall, Chairman of the Republican Conference for the 85th
Congress, who requested that Senator Styles Bridges act as Temporary
Chairman.
Senator Bridges assumed the Chair and recognized Senator Andrew F.
Schoeppel, Chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, who
introduced to the members of the Conference the newly-elected Republican
Senators in the following order:
Senator Kenneth B. Keating of New York
Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania
Senator Winston Prouty of Vermont
Senator Bridges appointed Senator Thruston B. Morton as Temporary
Secretary of the Conference and requested that the roll be called.
The following Senators answered ``Present.''

Present 34:
Aiken Cooper Langer
Allott Cotton Martin
Beall Curtis Morton
Bennett Dirksen Mundt
Bridges Dworshak Prouty
Bush Goldwater Saltonstall
Butler Hickenlooper Schoeppel
Capehart Hruska Scott
Carlson Javits Smith
Case, N.J. Keating Wiley
Case, S.D. Kuchel Williams
Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
Senator Bridges announced the appointment of Senators George D. Aiken
and Barry Goldwater to act as Tellers in any disputed election.
Senator Bridges then announced that the first order of business would be
the election of a Conference Chairman and he recognized Senator Francis
Case of South Dakota, who nominated Senator Saltonstall for the position
of Chairman of the Conference. The nomination of Senator Saltonstall was
seconded by Senator Clifford P. Case of New Jersey, Senator Margaret
Chase Smith and Senator John J. Williams.
It was moved and seconded that nominations be closed and after an
affirmative vote the Secretary was authorized to cast a unanimous ballot
for Senator Saltonstall as Chairman of the Conference. The Secretary
announced that he had cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Saltonstall.
Senator Saltonstall then assumed the Chair and after expressing words of
appreciation to the Members of the Conference he announced that
nominations would be in order for the office of Secretary of the
Conference.
The Chairman recognized Senator William Langer who placed in nomination
the name of Senator Milton R. Young as Secretary. The nomination of
Senator Young was seconded by Senators Bridges and Carlson. It was moved
and seconded that nominations be closed and after a vote in the
affirmative the Secretary was authorized to cast a unanimous ballot for
Senator Young as Secretary of the Conference. The Secretary announced
that he had cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Young.
The Chairman suggested a motion be made by some member of the Conference
to the effect that the Secretary prepare a resolution of appreciation
for the services rendered by Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel as Chairman of
the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. The Chairman recognized
Senator Prescott Bush who, after speaking words of appreciation in
behalf of Senator Schoeppel, made a recommendation that a resolution be
so prepared. The motion was seconded by Senators Jacob K. Javits, Barry
Goldwater, J. Glenn Beall, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, George D. Aiken and
Francis Case of South Dakota, and unanimously adopted.
The Chairman recognized Senator Schoeppel who expressed words of
appreciation for the action taken. The Chairman then requested the
Secretary to prepare a suitable resolution, copy of which is attached
hereto marked Exhibit ``A.''
The Chairman then announced that nominations were in order for Chairman
of the Policy Committee and Senator Smith was recognized and placed in
nomination the name of Senator Bridges. The nomination of Senator
Bridges was seconded by Senators Norris Cotton and Jacob K. Javits. It
was moved, seconded and agreed to that nominations be closed and after a
vote in the affirmative the Secretary was authorized to cast a unanimous
vote for Senator Bridges for Chairman of the Policy Committee. The
Secretary announced that he had cast a unanimous ballot for Senator
Bridges.
The Chairman then announced that nominations were in order for Floor
Leader and Senator Hickenlooper was recognized. He placed in nomination
the name of Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen. The nomination of Senator
Dirksen was seconded by Senator John Marshall Butler. The Chairman then
recognized Senator Bush who placed in nomination the name of Senator
John Sherman Cooper for Floor Leader and this nomination was seconded by
Senators Thruston Morton and George D. Aiken. It was then moved and
seconded that nominations be closed and after an affirmative vote
nominations were closed. The Chairman instructed the Clerk to distribute
ballots to those members present and after the ballots were distributed
and collected the results were supervised by the two Tellers previously
appointed, Senators Aiken and Goldwater. They informed the Chairman of
the results as follows:

Senator Dirksen--20
Senator Cooper--14

The Chairman announced that Senator Dirksen had been elected Floor
Leader.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Cooper who moved that the vote be
made unanimous and after the request was put the motion was unanimously
carried.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who expressed his deep
appreciation for the action taken by his colleagues.
The Chairman then announced that nominations would be in order for Whip
and recognized Senator Schoeppel who placed in nomination the name of
Senator Karl E. Mundt. This nomination was seconded by Senator Case of
South Dakota. The Chairman then recognized Senator Carlson who placed in
nomination the name of Senator Thomas H. Kuchel and this nomination was
seconded by Senators Smith, Javits, Scott and Case of New Jersey. It was
moved and seconded that nominations be closed and after an affirmative
vote the motion prevailed. The Chairman instructed the Clerk to
distribute ballots and after they were distributed and collected under
the supervision of the two Tellers previously appointed, Senators Aiken
and Goldwater, the Chairman was informed that the vote was as follows:

Senator Kuchel--20
Senator Mundt--14

The Chairman recognized Senator Mundt who moved that the vote be made
unanimous and after the request was put the motion was unanimously
carried.
The Chairman recognized Senator Kuchel who expressed his appreciation to
the members of the Conference for the action taken.
The Chairman requested that any Senator desiring to do so make
recommendations to him in writing within 24 hours with regard to
nominations for the Policy Committee. He also stated that he is awaiting
word from the Democratic Leadership as to Committee ratios.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who informed the Membership as
to the Senate program for today.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who stated that an agreement had
been reached with the Democratic Membership in regard to Minority
patronage and that it will amount to approximately the same number of
places which had been allocated to the Republicans last year. He stated
that shortly a canvass would be made of the Membership by the Secretary
for the Minority in regard to individual selections.
Senator Bridges also stated that he hoped it might be possible to obtain
more Committee places for assignment by the enlargement of several
Committees.
The Chairman recognized Senator Cooper who spoke of the desirability of
the President receiving an expression of the viewpoint of all Members of
the Republican Conference and he stated it was his opinion that all
members would work together and cooperate for a stronger Republican
program.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 11:37 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on January 14, 1959

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''
(Conference of January 7, 1959)

86th Congress
1st Session
Andrew F. Schoeppel

Senator Prescott Bush moved that the following resolution be adopted,
and the motion was seconded by Senators Javits, Goldwater, Beall,
Hickenlooper, Aiken, and Case of South Dakota. The resolution was then
adopted by the unanimous action of the Republican Minority Conference on
Wednesday, January 7, 1959:
Resolved, That the individual members of the Republican Minority
Conference of the United States Senate express to their esteemed
colleague, the Honorable Andrew F. Schoeppel, United States Senator from
the State of Kansas, their high regard and sincere appreciation for his
inspiring and able leadership, his tireless efforts and his dedicated
devotion to them and to the Republican Party as Chairman of the National
Republican Senatorial Committee from February 28, 1956, to January 7,
1959.
Attest:

Chairman, Republican Conference

Attest:

Secretary, Republican Conference

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[January 14, 1959]

JANUARY 14, 1959
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14,
1959, AT 9:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Conference was called to order at 9:35 a.m. by the Honorable
Leverett Saltonstall, Chairman of the Republican Conference, and he
requested that the Secretary call the roll:
The following Senators answered ``Present''

Present 31:
Aiken Cooper Langer
Allott Cotton Martin
Beall Curtis Morton
Bennett Dirksen Mundt
Bridges Dworshak Prouty
Bush Goldwater Saltonstall
Butler Hickenlooper Schoeppel
Carlson Hruska Scott
Case, N.J. Keating Smith
Case, S.Dak. Kuchel Wiley
Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III, and Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the Conference was to present to
the Conference an amendment by Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper in regard
to a proposed change in Article 5 of the Republican Conference Rules.
Attached is a copy of the proposed amendment as well as a copy of the
required notice.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hickenlooper who explained the reasons
for the proposed change, and he asked unanimous consent that the
amendment be considered at this meeting of the Conference.
The Chairman recognized Senator William Langer who objected to the
immediate consideration of the amendment, but reserved his objection in
order that Senators might speak.
The Chairman recognized Senators George D. Aiken, Clifford P. Case, New
Jersey, Gordon Allott, Frank Carlson, Roman L. Hruska, Thomas H. Kuchel,
Karl E. Mundt, Andrew F. Schoeppel, Francis Case, South Dakota, Margaret
Chase Smith, Wallace F. Bennett, Prescott Bush and Styles Bridges for
the purpose of speaking and asking questions concerning the proposed
amendment.
During the course of the discussion the Chairman ruled that under
Conference Rule 5 a motion would not be in order to instruct the
Chairman of the Conference to appoint a Chairman of the Republican
Senatorial Committee, nor would it be good procedure to ``instruct the
Chair.''
The Chairman also ruled that any amendment of substance would be in
order if presented in writing today to the Secretary. Incidental
amendments would be in order at the time of consideration.
In response to a question of procedure, should there be three nominees,
the Chairman stated that if on the first ballot one nominee did not
receive a majority of the votes cast, a second ballot would be taken on
the names of those two nominees who had received the highest number of
votes on the first ballot. A majority vote would decide the winner.
The Chairman also stated that under the terms of the proposed amendment
the nominations for the office of Chairman of the National Republican
Senatorial Committee would have to come either from a meeting of the
candidates held for that purpose or from any candidate who did not
attend the meeting. All nominations would be submitted to him prior to
the Conference meeting, and any nomination made in the Conference would
not be in order.
After all discussion had been concluded the Chairman asked if unanimous
consent might be given to consider the proposed amendment.
The Chairman recognized Senator Langer and he objected to its immediate
consideration.
The Chairman presented to the Conference for its approval the following
nominations:

Policy Committee:
Styles Bridges, Chairman Margaret Chase Smith
Leverett Saltonstall George D. Aiken
Milton R. Young Karl E. Mundt
Everett McKinley Dirksen Carl T. Curtis
Thomas H. Kuchel Thomas E. Martin
Andrew F. Schoeppel John Sherman Cooper
Barry Goldwater Kenneth B. Keating

Committee on Committees:
Andrew F. Schoeppel, Chairman Gordon Allott
William Langer Clifford P. Case, N.J.
Bourke B. Hickenlooper Thruston B. Morton
John J. Williams Jacob K. Javits
Henry Dworshak Winston L. Prouty
Francis Case, S. Dak. Hugh Scott
Roman L. Hruska

Personnel Committee:
Margaret Chase Smith, Chairman John Marshall Butler
Styles Bridges

The Chairman asked for a vote on the confirmation of the respective
nominees to the three previously listed Committees and when the question
was put the nominations were unanimously confirmed by a ``yea'' vote.
The Chairman then announced the membership of the Calendar Committee, as
follows:

Thomas E. Martin, Chairman Kenneth B. Keating
Thruston B. Morton

The Chairman recommended that the Minority Floor Leader reexamine the
Conference Rules with particular attention to Rule 5, with the idea in
mind that possible changes might be recommended for the purpose of
clarification.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who made a brief report on the
White House meeting held today with the Leadership.
Senator Dirksen also spoke of the various standing committee ratios and
said that the recommendations of the Majority Leader would be made at
noon. Senator Hickenlooper expressed the hope that the present committee
ratio on the Joint Atomic Energy Committee would not be changed.
The Chairman recognized Senator Barry Goldwater who spoke briefly about
the Administration Labor Bill and he was requested by the Chairman to
call the matter to his attention when the message was received in order
that a Republican Conference might be called.
The question having been previously raised as to who might represent the
Republican members of the Senate at the National Committee Meeting in
Des Moines, Iowa, next week, the Chairman designated the former Chairman
of the Republican Senatorial Committee, Senator Schoeppel, for that
purpose.
The Chairman announced that a Republican Conference would be called next
week and there being no further business the Conference adjourned at
11:12 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on February 6, 1959

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
UNITED STATES SENATE
Washington, D.C.
N O T I C E

January 13, 1959

An amendment to the Republican Conference Rules as set forth in Annex I
hereof has been proposed, and pursuant to Article VII of said rules a
Conference of the Republican Senators is hereby called for Wednesday,
January 14, 1959, at 9:30 in the morning at Room 335, Senate Office
Building, for the consideration of or action on the subject matter
covered by said amendment, provided that unanimous consent is given for
its immediate consideration, and for the consideration of or action on
such other matters as may properly come before the meeting.
It is the announced purpose of the Chairman of the Conference that
should the said proposed amendment be adopted by the Conference on
Wednesday, then a Conference of the Republican Senators will be called
for Thursday, January 15, 1959, at 9:30 in the morning at Room 335,
Senate Office Building, for the purpose of confirming those nominations
made by the Chairman for the various Conference Committees, the election
of a Chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, and for
the consideration of or action on such other matters as may properly
come before the meeting.
The Chairman regrets that it is not possible to give to the Membership
more notice of the meeting, but it was deemed wise to proceed
immediately in order to expedite the organization of the Senate.
By order of the Chairman

[signed] Milton R. Young
Secretary of the Republican Conference
* * *
ANNEX I
AMENDMENT TO REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE RULES

Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper proposed that Article 5 be amended by the
addition of the following language:

Provided, that the Chairman of said committee shall be
chosen by the Conference from one or more nominations made
by those Senators whose terms expire on January 3, 1961, and
that the said nominations shall be handed to the Chairman of
the Conference prior to the meeting at which confirmation of
said Committee shall be determined.

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, FOR SATURDAY, JANUARY
17, 1959, AT 10:00 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m. and the Secretary
called the roll. The following Senators answered their names:

Schoeppel Hruska
Langer Allott
Hickenlooper Case, N.J.
Williams Morton
Dworshak Prouty
Case, S. Dak. Scott

Senator Javits arrived at 10:20 a.m.
Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III, and John M.
McElroy.
A quorum being present, the Chairman explained that he had received no
instructions from the Leadership and was following the precedence of
previous committees by making tentative appointments on the basis of
seniority. The Chairman stated that the members of special committees
such as Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Select Committee on Small
Business, Joint Committee on Economic Report and Aeronautical and Space
Sciences Committee had been appointed by the Vice President but that
future appointments to Select Committee on Small Business and
Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee will be controlled by this
Committee.
Senators Allott, Case (S.D.), Morton and Javits discussed the
disadvantages of the seniority rule and pointed out the political
advantages the Democrats have had in this regard by giving freshmen
Senators good assignments.
Senator Langer moved to compliment the Chairman for his work. He also
moved to recommend the acceptance of the report to the full committee.
More discussion followed.
Senator Allott objected to waiving of the rule that no two Senators from
the same State serve on the same committee.
Senators Allott and Williams discussed the disadvantages of the Floor
Leader and Whip serving on Appropriations Committee because of heavy
work load they would carry.
Senator Dworshak questioned the Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Committee being classified as a third Committee and suggested that some
committees be further increased in size to afford additional openings.
Senator Hickenlooper expressed his opposition to a change in the law
regarding the 5-4 ratio on the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Committee.
Senators Javits and Scott moved to be taken off District of Columbia
Committee. Senator Case (S.D.) seconded the motion. Senator Hickenlooper
objected to this as a ``bad precedent.'' Senator Javits withdrew his
motion.
Senator Case (S.D.) said he would exercise his seniority and ask to be
assigned to the District of Columbia Committee (to help Senator Javits).
The Chairman suggested and Senator Allott moved to adjourn until 2:00
p.m. and asked the attendance of the Leadership, Senators Bridges,
Saltonstall, Dirksen and Kuchel. It was so ordered and the committee
adjourned at 11:50 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

[signed] William Brownrigg III

Assistant Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Andrew F. Schoeppel

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, FOR SATURDAY, JANUARY
17, 1959, AT 2:00 P.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 2:45 p.m. The following
Senators were present:

Schoeppel Allott
Hickenlooper Case (N.J.)
Williams Morton
Dworshak Javits
Case (S. Dak.) Prouty
Hruska Scott

Absent:
Langer

In accordance with previous agreement, Senator Bridges, Chairman, Policy
Committee, Senator Saltonstall, Chairman, Republican Conference, Senator
Dirksen, Floor Leader and Senator Kuchel, Whip, were present.
Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and John M.
McElroy.
The Chairman explained the problems encountered at the previous meeting
and the Leadership was requested to be present for their suggestions.
Senator Dirksen suggested that the Select Committee on Small Business
appointments be made by this Committee. It was agreed that the present
membership of the Select Committee on Small Business be maintained.
Various committee assignments were discussed and the Chairman reported
that his efforts to get members to waive the seniority rule were
unproductive.
Senator Allott emphasized the need of good committee assignments for
those Senators up for reelection in 1960.
Senator Dirksen agreed to relinquish Appropriations.
Senator Kuchel agreed to relinquish the Select Committee on Small
Business.
Senator Saltonstall agreed to relinquish the Select Committee on Small
Business and Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee.
Senator Case (S.D.) moved and it was agreed that the Select Committee on
Small Business be classified with other third committees for future
assignments.
Senator Williams suggested that the committee assignments be tentatively
approved as is.
In accordance with the discussion, the Chairman suggested that he would
meet with the Leadership on Monday, January 19, 1959, in Senator
Dirksen's office, #204 Senate Office Building, to discuss with certain
Senators their particular need of better Committee assignments.
Senator Javits raised the question, in view of the Leadership meeting on
Monday, that nothing further be done on the tentative committee
assignments. The Chairman ruled that all suggested assignments be held
in abeyance until after the Leadership meeting on Monday.
Senator Case (S.D.) gave his proxy on the Monday meeting to Senator
Dirksen.
Senator Williams gave his proxy on the Monday meeting to Senator
Schoeppel.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 p.m. until Monday January 19, 1959, at
4:00 p.m.

[signed] William Brownrigg III

Assistant Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Andrew F. Schoeppel

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 19,
1959, AT 4:00 P.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 4:10 p.m., and the Secretary
called the roll.
The following Senators answered their names:

Schoeppel Hruska
Langer Allott
Hickenlooper Morton
Williams Javits
Dworshak Prouty
Scott

The following Senators were absent: Case, S. Dak. Case, N.J.
Also present were J. Mark Trice and William Brownrigg III.
The Chairman reported on the morning meeting with the Leadership and
Senators Jacob K. Javits, Hugh Scott, Winston L. Prouty, Kenneth B.
Keating and Gordon Allott.
The Chairman presented to the Committee two proposals of the Leadership.
The first is as follows:

Resolved, That it is the sense of the Republican Conference that the
present unwritten rules of seniority now applicable to the assignment
of Republican Senators to the respective standing committees of the
Senate are hereby interpreted to be as follows:
Each Republican Senator shall be listed in accordance with his
seniority standing in the Senate, and beginning with the No. 1 Senator
on said list, and proceeding through the list in its entirety, each
Senator shall first select one committee of his choice. When choice
No. 1 has been exercised by each Senator on the seniority list, choice
No. 2 shall be exercised by the same process used in the selection of
Committee No. 1.
Provided further, that any Senator now serving on a Committee of the
Senate shall maintain his seniority standing on that Committee or
Committees should he by his new selection of committees select the
same Committee or Committees.

Senators Thruston B. Morton, John J. Williams, Roman L. Hruska, Javits
and Bourke B. Hickenlooper discussed the proposal.
The Chairman presented to the Committee the second proposal of the
Leadership which was:

Resolved, That it is the sense of the Republican Conference that no
Republican Senator who serves on three standing committees of the
Senate shall receive the recommendation of the Committee on Committees
for appointment to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, the Joint
Economic Committee, Select Committee on Small Business or any other
Joint, Select or Special Committee.

Senators Hickenlooper, Scott, Hruska, Allott and Javits discussed the
proposal.
Senator Williams suggested that the two proposals be tabled and the
Committee proceed to accept the present assignments.

Senator Hickenlooper offered under certain conditions known to all to
give up Aeronautical and Space Sciences.
Senator Williams offered under certain conditions known to all to give
up his request for Aeronautical and Space Sciences.
The Chairman reported that Senator Kuchel offered to give up his
request for Aeronautical and Space Sciences.

Senators Scott, Javits, Allott and Morton discussed various solutions of
the Committee assignments.
It was agreed that the Chairman continue negotiations with individual
Senators to solve the problem rather than try to adopt new rules for
Committee assignments.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 p.m.

[signed] William Brownrigg III

Assistant Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Andrew F. Schoeppel

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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[January 20, 1959]

JANUARY 20, 1959
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1959,
AT 10:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Conference was called to order at 10:32 a.m. by the Honorable
Leverett Saltonstall, Chairman of the Republican Conference, and he
requested that the Secretary call the roll:
The following Senators answered ``Present.''

Present 32:
Aiken Cotton Martin
Allott Curtis Morton
Beall Dirksen Mundt
Bennett Dworshak Prouty
Bridges Goldwater Saltonstall
Bush Hickenlooper Schoeppel
Butler Hruska Scott
Carlson Javits Smith
Case, N.J. Keating Williams
Case, S.Dak. Kuchel Young
Cooper Langer

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman recognized Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, Chairman of the
Committee on Committees, who stated that after several meetings with
members of his Committee and after two conferences with the Republican
Leadership of the Senate, he wished to make a report not only to the
Conference but also to the Members of his Committee, in regard to
assignment of Republican Senators to the Standing Committee vacancies.
The report was made to the Members of the Committee on Committees due to
the fact that they had not been contacted on the conclusions reached. At
the last session of the Committee, it was left up to the Chairman to
make a further survey in regard to the Committee assignments and because
it was necessary for the Chairman to be at the White House this morning,
it was not possible for him to contact the Members of his committee.
Senator Schoeppel suggested that there be distributed to the members of
the Conference the lists showing the Committee assignment which had been
recommended. He also stated that he was not recommending the filling of
vacancies on special and joint committees as those appointments were
within the jurisdiction of the Vice President, upon the recommendation
of the Republican Leadership.
Senator Schoeppel stated that Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen had
agreed to be released from the Committee on Appropriations in order that
it might help out in the difficulty and that Senators Saltonstall and
Bourke B. Hickenlooper would release their assignments on the Space
Committee, if by so doing the situation could be worked out.
Senator Schoeppel then proceeded to read the individual assignments.
The Chairman of the Conference then recognized Senators Thomas E.
Martin, Iowa, Jacob K. Javits, Kenneth B. Keating, Clifford P. Case, New
Jersey, and Francis Case of South Dakota.
From conversations that ensued it appeared that it might be possible to
further adjust the Committee assignments. In order that this might be
done the Chairman suggested a recess until 11:45 am.

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At 11:48 a.m. the Chairman of the Conference reconvened the meeting and
he requested that the Secretary call the roll.
The following Senators answered ``Present.''

The Chairman recognized Senator Schoeppel, Chairman of the Committee on
Committees, who again read for the information of the Members of the
Conference the list of assignments previously submitted.
It was moved and seconded that the Committee assignments as submitted be
approved and submitted to the Senate for action.
The Chairman of the Conference put the motion to a vote and it was
unanimously agreed to. The Committee assignments as agreed to are
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who expressed his thanks to
Senator Schoeppel for the difficult task he had assumed and
accomplished.
The Chairman recognized Senator Allott who expressed his appreciation to
Senator Dirksen for releasing his assignment on the Committee on
Appropriations.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 12:05 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on February 6, 1959

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''
(Conference of January 20, 1959)

AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES

Messrs. BRIDGES, WILEY, Mrs. SMITH, Messrs. JAVITS, CASE,
New Jersey

AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

Messrs. AIKEN, YOUNG, HICKENLOOPER, MUNDT, WILLIAMS,
SCHOEPPEL

APPROPRIATIONS

Messrs. BRIDGES, SALTONSTALL, YOUNG, MUNDT, Mrs. SMITH,
Messrs. DWORSHAK, KUCHEL, HRUSKA, ALLOTT

ARMED SERVICES

Messrs. [SALTONSTALL--crossed out] BRIDGES [typed insert],
[BRIDGES--crossed out] SALTONSTALL [typed insert], Mrs.
SMITH, CASE, S. Dak., BUSH, BEALL

BANKING AND CURRENCY

Messrs. CAPEHART, BENNETT, BUSH, BEALL, KEATING

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Messrs. BEALL, [JAVITS--crossed out] CASE, S. Dak. [typed
insert], PROUTY

FINANCE

Messrs. WILLIAMS, CARLSON, BENNETT, BUTLER, COTTON, CURTIS

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Messrs. WILEY, HICKENLOOPER, LANGER, AIKEN, CAPEHART,
CARLSON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Messrs. MUNDT, CURTIS, CAPEHART

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

Messrs. DWORSHAK, KUCHEL, GOLDWATER, ALLOTT, KEATING

INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

Messrs. SCHOEPPEL, BUTLER, COTTON, CASE, N.J., MORTON, SCOTT

JUDICIARY

Messrs. WILEY, LANGER, DIRKSEN, HRUSKA, MARTIN

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

Messrs. GOLDWATER, COOPER, DIRKSEN, CASE, N.J., JAVITS,
PROUTY

POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE

Messrs. CARLSON, LANGER, MORTON

PUBLIC WORKS

Messrs. CASE, S. Dak., MARTIN, COOPER, SCOTT, PROUTY

RULES AND ADMINISTRATION

Messrs. CURTIS, JAVITS, MORTON

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 20,
1959, AT 11:20 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 11:20 a.m.
The following Senators were present:

Schoeppel Allott
Langer Case, N.J.
Hickenlooper Morton
Williams Javits
Dworshak Prouty
Case, S. Dak. Scott
Hruska

Also present were J. Mark Trice and William Brownrigg III.
The Chairman stressed the need for resolving the Committee assignment
problems at this time so the Republican Conference, which is adjourned
until 11:45 a.m., could act on this Committee's recommendations and the
Committee slate be presented to the Senate at 12:00 noon today.
Senators Francis Case, South Dakota, Roman L. Hruska, Jacob K. Javits
and Gordon Allott discussed the Martin-Keating proposed switch of
Judiciary and Interior and Insular Affairs Committees. After the
discussion the Chairman stated it appeared that such a committee trade
would result in more difficulties.
Senator Javits expressed his dissatisfaction with his assignments.
Senator William Langer moved to adopt the proposed slate.
Senator John J. Williams seconded the motion.
Senator Javits moved to amend the Langer motion by the addition of ``Any
future change in committee assignments be referred back to the Committee
on Committees.''
The Chairman ordered the roll be called on the Langer motion as amended
by Senator Javits. The results were announced, 13 yeas, 0 nays.
The proposed committee membership thus was approved as amended.
The Committee adjourned at 11:55 a.m.

[signed] William Brownrigg III

Assistant Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Andrew F. Schoeppel

Chairman of the Committee on Committees
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[January 21, 1959]

JANUARY 21, 1959
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21,
1959, AT 3:00 P.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Conference was called to order at 3:05 p.m. by the Honorable
Leverett Saltonstall, Chairman of the Republican Conference, and he
requested that the Secretary call the roll:
The following Senators answered ``Present'':

Present 28:
Aiken Cotton Kuchel
Allott Curtis Martin
Beall Dirksen Morton
Bennett Dworshak Mundt
Bridges Goldwater Prouty
Bush Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Carlson Hruska Schoeppel
Case, N.J. Javits Smith
Case, S. Dak. Keating Williams
Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman then read for the information of the members of the
Conference the notice dated January 15, 1959, together with amendments,
which is attached hereto as Exhibit I. He stated that the Conference had
been called for the purpose of considering these amendments. The
amendment proposed by Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper was now pending.
After general comment on the three propositions and recognition by the
Chairman of Senators Hickenlooper, Prescott Bush, Gordon Allott, George
D. Aiken, Norris Cotton, Karl E. Mundt, Wallace F. Bennett and Everett
McKinley Dirksen, there was no objection registered to the Hickenlooper
amendment being modified by the Allott amendment. The Hickenlooper
amendment was accordingly modified. During the discussion Senator Bush
modified his amendment to read as follows:

Chairman of Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee to [be]
elected within 30 days from the beginning of the Congress.

The Chairman then stated that if there was no objection, the next
question to be decided would be ``Shall the Bush amendment as modified
be substituted for the Hickenlooper amendment, as modified?'' There
being no objection, the Chairman then called for a show of hands on the
proposition and the Secretary reported to the Chairman as follows: Yeas
14, Nays 13.
The Chairman announced that the Bush amendment, as modified, had
displaced the Hickenlooper amendment, as modified, and it was the
pending question.
Prior to the vote the Chairman ruled upon inquiry by Senator Aiken, who
held the proxy of Senator John Sherman Cooper, that a proxy vote in the
Conference was not in order, as proxy voting had never been used in the
Conference either by custom or rule.
The Chairman then put the question, ``Shall the Bush amendment as
modified be agreed to?'' After a show of hands the Secretary reported to
the Chair as follows: Yeas 9, Nays 18.
The Chairman announced that the Bush amendment, as modified, had been
rejected, and the Conference rules remained unchanged.
The Chairman then presented to the Conference the names of his nominees
for service on the Republican Campaign Committee. They were as follows:

Barry Goldwater, Chairman Wallace F. Bennett
Alexander Wiley Prescott Bush
Homer E. Capehart J. Glenn Beall
Frank Carlson Norris Cotton

The Chairman then asked for a vote of confirmation and by a unanimous
affirmative vote the nominations submitted were confirmed.
The Chairman recognized Senator Barry Goldwater who stated that he would
do his utmost and give as much financial assistance as he could to all.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who asked about speaking
commitments of Republican Senators during the Lincoln Day period in
order that the customary arrangements might be made with the Democratic
Leadership. He also spoke about the employment of persons for the
Agricultural Census in the Fall of 1959 and the general census in 1960.
He stated that he would follow through on the matter by contacting the
Administrative Assistants. The Senator also expressed the hope that the
Republican Senators would accept assignments when called on to
participate in a new plan for monitoring debate on the Senate floor.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 3:58 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on February 6, 1959

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
Exhibit #1
(Conference of January 21, 1959)
NOTICE

January 15, 1959.

Notice is hereby given of two amendments to the Republican Conference
Rules as set forth in Annexes I and II hereof.
Annex I is an amendment by Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper to Article V
restated as modified.
Also stated is the language of an amendment to the Hickenlooper
amendment proposed by Senator Gordon Allott.
Annex II is an amendment by Senator Prescott Bush to amend Article I.
Notice of these amendments is given under Article VII of the Conference
Rules and action will be sought upon the subject matter covered by the
said amendments at a Conference to be called after at least a week's
time by the Chairman.

By order of the Chairman,
[signed] Milton R. Young
Secretary of the Republican
Conference
ANNEX I
AMENDMENT TO REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE RULES

Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper proposes that Article 5 be amended by the
addition of the following language:

Provided, that the Chairman of said committee for the 86th
Congress shall be chosen by the Conference from one or more
nominations made by those Senators whose terms expire on
January 3, 1961, and that the said nominations shall be
handed to the Chairman of the Conference prior to the
meeting at which confirmation of said Committee shall be
determined.
AMENDMENT TO THE AFORESAID AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
CONFERENCE

Senator Gordon Allott proposes the following amendment:

Strike the words ``on January 3, 1961'' and insert in lieu
thereof the following words: ``prior to the beginning of the
next succeeding Congress''.
ANNEX II
AMENDMENT TO REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE RULES

Senator Prescott Bush proposed that Article I be amended by the addition
of the following language.
Insert following the words ``Chairman of Policy Committee'' which
constitute line 8, a new line 9, to read as follows:

Chairman of Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee to be
elected within 30 days from the beginning of the Congress.

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 27,
1959, AT 10:00 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Acting Chairman, Senator Hickenlooper, called the meeting to order
at 10:10 a.m. The Secretary called the roll. The following Senators
answered their names:

Hickenlooper Allott
Williams Morton
Dworshak Javits
Case (S.D.) Hruska

Absent:
Schoeppel Prouty
Langer Scott
Case (N.J.)

Also present were J. Mark Trice and William Brownrigg III.
Senator Hickenlooper read the following letter from the Chairman,
Senator Schoeppel:

January 23, 1959

The Honorable Bourke B. Hickenlooper
United States Senate
Washington, D.C.

Dear Bourke:
I am writing you today to request you, as the ranking
Republican of the Committee on Committees, to take charge
of the meeting of our Committee, on Tuesday, January 27,
at 10 o'clock a.m.
I understand that an agreement has been reached among
all interested parties, as follows:
Senator Martin is agreeable to taking
Public Works
Interior and Insular Affairs
Space
Senator Javits will take
Banking and Currency
Labor and Public Welfare
Senator Keating will accept
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
which would leave Senator Prouty with
Labor and Public Welfare
Public Works
District of Columbia
I further understand that it is the desire of the
interested parties to expedite this matter in order that
subcommittee assignments can be made as early as possible,
and I hope you can take charge of this meeting and report
the results of the final decision of the Committee on
Committees to the full Conference for its determination
and confirmation.
If by any chance my information with reference to the
general agreement above referred to is incorrect or
different circumstances or proposals arise, contrary to
the above suggested assignments, then I request that any
further action of our Committee on Committees be deferred
until my return from Kansas.
Thanking you in advance for taking care of this for me,
I beg to remain

Sincerely,
(signed) Andrew [F.] Schoeppel
Chairman
Committee on Committees
Republican Conference
United States Senate

Senator Hickenlooper read the proposed committee assignment changes:

Ordered, that the junior Senator from Iowa (Mr. Martin) be released
from further service on the Committee on the Judiciary; that the
senior Senator from New York (Mr. Javits) be released from further
service on the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences and on the
Committee on Rules; and that the junior Senator from New York (Mr.
Keating) be released from further service on the Committee on Banking
& Currency and on the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
And be it further ordered, that the junior Senator from Iowa (Mr.
Martin) be assigned to service on the Committee on Aeronautical and
Space Sciences and to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs;
that the senior Senator from New York (Mr. Javits) be assigned to
service on the Committee on Banking & Currency; and that the junior
Senator from New York (Mr. Keating) be assigned to service on the
Committee on the Judiciary and on the Committee on Rules.

Senator Javits made known his desire to be assigned to the Joint
Economic Committee. The Acting Chairman (Senator Hickenlooper) stated
that this committee did not have jurisdiction in this matter. Senator
Javits said he would discuss his request with the Minority Leader.
The proposed changes were adopted as offered.
The Committee adjourned at 10:18 a.m.

[signed] William Brownrigg III

Assistant Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Bourke B. Hickenlooper

Acting Chairman, Committee on Committees
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[February 6, 1959]

FEBRUARY 6, 1959
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1959,
AT 10:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the Conference to order at 10:42 a.m. and stated
that the purpose of the meeting was to consider S. 1, a bill to amend
the Federal Airport Act.
He stated that without objection the Conference would proceed without a
call of the roll, but the following Senators were present:

Aiken Cotton Morton
Allott Curtis Mundt
Bennett Dirksen Prouty
Bridges Dworshak Saltonstall
Capehart Hickenlooper Schoeppel
Carlson Hruska Scott
Case, S. Dak. Keating Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III, Arthur E.
Burgess as well as John M. McElroy, Assistant Chief Clerk, Interstate
and Foreign Commerce Committee, Roger W. Jones of the Budget Bureau,
Edward McCabe of the White House staff, Daggett Howard, Gordon Bennett
and John R. MacKenzie of the Federal Aviation Agency.
The Chairman stated that without objection messages of greetings as well
as flowers would be sent to Senators Thomas H. Kuchel and J. Glenn
Beall, who are temporarily incapacitated.
The Chairman recognized Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, ranking Minority
member of the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee to analyze the
reported bill and to present for the consideration of the minority the
recommendations of the Republican members of the Committee. Senator
Schoeppel stated that the Republican members of the Committee
recommended, first, the offering of a complete substitute for the
Monroney bill which would propose primarily the continuation of the
provisions of the present law, second, an amendment to be offered by
Senator Norris Cotton referred to as the ``gate to gate'' proposal and,
third, one or two amendments to be presented by Senator Morton to cut
the Monroney bill dollar-wise.
After discussion of the various phases of the bill, the Chairman
recognized Senator Carl T. Curtis who commended the Leadership for
calling a conference to consider the matter, as well as expressing
thanks to the Minority members of the Committee and to those persons of
the Executive Departments who were present.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 11:24 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on March 2, 1959

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[April 20, 1959]

APRIL 20, 1959
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR MONDAY APRIL 20, 1959, AT
10:00 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Conference was called to order by the Chairman at 10:13 a.m. and the
Secretary was requested to call the roll.

Present 26:
Allott Dworshak Prouty
Beall Goldwater Saltonstall
Bennett Hickenlooper Schoeppel
Bush Hruska Scott
Butler Javits Smith
Carlson Keating Wiley
Case, N.J. Kuchel Williams
Cooper Langer Young
Dirksen Mundt

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III, Arthur E.
Burgess and Michael J. Bernstein, Minority Counsel for the Labor and
Public Welfare Committee.
The Chairman recognized the Minority Floor Leader, Senator Everett
Dirksen, who after informing the membership of several matters relating
to the legislative situation in the Senate, raised the question
concerning an award of merit which might be presented to Honorable
Foster Dulles who recently resigned as Secretary of State. After a brief
discussion of how best to proceed in the matter the Chairman recognized
Senator Gordon Allott who made the following motion: That it is the
sense of the Republican Minority Conference that action be initiated
immediately by resolution of the Senate in regard to an award of merit
to Foster Dulles. The motion was unanimously agreed to. The Chairman
requested the Staff director of the Policy Committee to prepare the
proper resolution.
Senator Dirksen then proceeded to discuss S. 1555, the pending Labor
bill. The Senator recommended that Section 6 be retained in the pending
bill as it had the support of the White House, the Department of Labor
and labor generally and by the retention of this section it could be
used as a vehicle for the offering of other amendments. He also stated
that the chances were against another bill at this session of the
Congress dealing with changes in the Taft-Hartley law.
It was first suggested that Title 5 of the Administration bill, known as
S. 748, be offered as a substitute for Title 6 of the pending bill, and
that a vote be had by the Senate thereon before the Senate had expressed
itself on the pending motion to strike by Senator Erwin.\2\ After
discussion of the matter it was decided that it would be better to first
vote on the pending [Ervin] motion and at some later time offer Title 5.
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\2\ [Samuel J. Ervin, Jr., Democrat of North Carolina]
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The Chairman recognized Senator Barry Goldwater who asked first that
Senators keep in mind the date of June eighth as that time had been set
for a dinner to be given by the Joint Congressional and Senatorial
Campaign Committees.
Senator Goldwater had previously distributed to the membership a summary
of the Minority Report which is attached hereto as Exhibit ``A.'' The
Senator expressed his main objection to the bill because of its being
imperfectly prepared, full of gimmicks, and, in his opinion, would not
get the job done. He stated that the normal approach to the matter was
the position taken by the Administration and Senator McClellan.
The Chairman recognized a number of Senators in their own right who made
brief statements about certain specific provisions of the bill. After
general discussion, the Conference adjourned at 12:07 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on April 21, 1959

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''
BRIEF SUMMARY OF MINORITY REPORT ON THE COMMITTEE BILL, S. 1555

The committee bill, S. 1555, which has been reported to the Senate
floor, contains many ``gimmicks'' (set forth in Appendix B of the
Minority Report) which render the committee bill inadequate to
accomplish the job of eliminating or even substantially diminishing
abuses, corruption and racketeering in the labor-management field.
The most important ``gimmicks'' in the committee bill are the following:
(1) Fiduciary obligation of union officials. The bill gives the
impression that a fiduciary status is placed upon union officials by
inserting the word ``fiduciary'' in the bill's preamble. But the
minority amendment imposing a true fiduciary status on union officials
and giving the members a right to sue the union officials for a breach
thereof was rejected.
(2) Definition of ``union officer''. There is no definition of a union
``officer'' in the committee bill and yet the Supreme Court has held
that ``officers'' are only those officials who are so designated in
union constitutions. A union can rewrite its constitution so as to have
only one officer, thus freeing all other union officials from the bill's
requirements and sanctions. The minority amendment defining ``union
officers'' was rejected.
(3) Exemption of small unions. Having agreed in subcommittee to delete
the provision authorizing the Secretary to exempt small unions from
reporting, the majority reinstated the exemption in the full committee.
Such a provision would make it possible for some of the most corrupt
unions, such as the Johnny Dio paper locals, to escape the reporting
requirements of the bill.
(4) Preservation of basic union records. The bill requires the basic
records on which reports are based to be preserved but the minority
amendment giving members a right to see these records was rejected.
(5) Suits by union members to recover embezzled union funds. The
appearance is given that members may sue union officers convicted of
embezzling union funds for the recovery of such funds. But so many
obstacles are placed in the way of the members' suing, that the whole
provision becomes a nullity.
(6) ``Probable Cause'' in connection with the secretary's authority to
bring suit to enforce the trusteeship and election provisions of the
bill. Because of the insistence of the minority, an amendment was
adopted giving the Secretary investigatory powers similar to that of
other regulatory agencies. The minority amendment deleted the words
``probable cause to believe'' and substituted ``believes'' that
violations had or are about to be committed. The term ``probable cause''
would have completely hamstrung the Secretary in making investigations.
But this restrictive phrase still remains in the trusteeship and
election provisions of the bill.
In addition, the committee bill fails to achieve the following
objectives:
1. Impose fiduciary obligations, enforceable by union members, on the
officials of labor unions.
2. Impose the effective sanctions of denial of tax immunity and of
access to the National Labor Relations Board, the National Mediation
Board, etc., on unions which violate the bill's provisions.
3. Solve the problems arising out of the ``no-man's land'' by permitting
the States to exercise jurisdiction in those classes of labor cases
which the Federal Labor Board would refuse to entertain.
4. Limit organizational and recognition picketing by unions which
clearly do not represent a majority of the employees of the picketed
employer.
5. Close the loopholes in the present law dealing with secondary
boycotts.
6. Limit effectively political expenditures and contributions by labor
unions.
It is the intention of the minority to offer amendments designed to
achieve the above objectives as well as amendments to wipe out the
``gimmicks'' now contained in the committee bill.
Attached hereto is a copy of the minority report. Appendix B analyzing
the ``gimmicks'' in the committee bill begins on page 95. [Not included
in minutes.]
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[April 25, 1959]

APRIL 25, 1959
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1959,
AT 10:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Senator Saltonstall called the Conference to order at 10:37 a.m. and due
to the fact that the Senate would convene at 11:00 o'clock the roll was
not called. However, the following Senators were present.

Present 27:
Aiken Cooper Keating
Allott Cotton Kuchel
Beall Curtis Mundt
Bennett Dirksen Prouty
Bush Dworshak Saltonstall
Butler Goldwater Schoeppel
Capehart Hickenlooper Scott
Case (N.J.) Hruska Smith
Case (S.D.) Javits Williams

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman stated that the decision to hold today's Conference was
made after a meeting held the previous evening at which was present the
Minority Floor Leader and the Chairman of the Policy Committee. The
purpose of today's Conference was to discuss what action should be taken
in regard to the pending appeal from the decision of the Chair re the
Kuchel et al. amendment to the pending labor bill, and to inform the
Conference as to the discussions which [led] up to the offering of the
Kuchel et al. amendment.
The Chairman recognized Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, the Minority
Floor Leader, who informed the members of the Conference as to
discussions which had taken place between members on both sides in the
hope of finding a satisfactory substitute for the previously adopted
McClellan (bill of rights) amendment.
Senator Dirksen stated that in his opinion the Chair was correct in its
ruling on the point of order and that some decision should be made to
dispose of it in a satisfactory manner. After discussion it was decided
that the Minority Leader should contact Senator Styles Bridges before
any steps were taken to proceed with disposing of the point of order.
Senator Bridges had made the appeal and was unavoidably detained.
There was general discussion as to the differences between the pending
Kuchel et al. amendment and the original McClellan amendment which had
been previously adopted.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 11:43 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on April 28, 1959

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[January 6, 1960]

JANUARY 6, 1960
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6,
1960, AT 2:30 P.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Senator Saltonstall called the Conference to order at 2:38 p.m., and
after the roll was called by the Secretary, Senator Milton R. Young, the
Chairman announced that a quorum was present.
The following Senators were present (34):

Aiken Case, S.D. Keating
Allott Cooper Kuchel
Beall Cotton Morton
Bennett Curtis Mundt
Bridges Dirksen Prouty
Brunsdale Dworshak Saltonstall
Bush Fong Schoeppel
Butler Goldwater Scott
Capehart Hickenlooper Smith
Carlson Hruska Wiley
Case, N.J. Javits Williams
Young

Senator Saltonstall extended words of greetings to the Members and
thanked them for the great spirit of unity shown during the last session
of the Congress, and he stated that in his opinion the Party Conferences
and Policy luncheons held throughout the year had been most helpful.
The Chairman then introduced to the Members of the Conference the newly
appointed Senator from North Dakota, the Honorable Norman Brunsdale.
The Chairman recognized Senator Young who presented to the Conference a
resolution of condolence in regard to the death of Senator William
Langer. The resolution is attached hereto as Exhibit ``A'' and was
unanimously adopted by a rising vote.
The Chairman recognized Senator Styles Bridges who stated that after
consultation with Senator Carl Hayden [Democrat of Arizona] a resolution
would be offered in the Senate modifying the rule in regard to Senate
Pages to cover those boys in their senior year. He also stated that the
Policy Committee had prepared and distributed the individual voting
records of each Senator by subjects for the first session of the
Congress. He stated that the Senate Republican Memo was in its eighth
year of publication and asked for suggestions and complaints. He also
called attention to the fact that on two large boards at the rear of the
room Senators could find samples of the work done by the staff of the
Policy Committee.
The Chairman recognized Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel who stated that as
Chairman of the Committee on Committees he had sent letters to the
Republican Senators asking for any new Committee requests due to the
vacancies caused by the death of Senator Langer. He stated that he hoped
replies would be received promptly and that his Committee could meet
tomorrow.
The Chairman recognized Senator Barry Goldwater, Chairman of the
Senatorial Committee, who stated that he had written a letter to each
Republican Senator concerning the operations of his Committee. He
expressed hope that the Republican Members would become a little more
articulate, and now that more funds were available a greater use would
be made of TV facilities.
The Chairman recognized Senator Thruston B. Morton who endorsed the
statements made by Senator Goldwater and he stated that he believed it
would be most helpful if more speaking commitments were accepted.
The Chairman called to the attention of the Conference the recent death
of Mrs. Jean Thurmond, wife of Senator Strom Thurmond, and moved that
the Secretary draft a letter of condolence to the Senator which was
unanimously approved. A copy of the letter is hereto attached as Exhibit
``B.''
The Chairman also spoke of the tragic death of the son of Senator George
D. Aiken and expressed to him on behalf of all of the Members of the
Conference their sympathy.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen who stated
that his report would be long and sketchy and he would endeavor to state
what he thought might happen during the Session in the way of
legislative accomplishments. He stated that he had requested of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue a decision in regard to taxability of
political contributions. He stated that he had received a reply to the
effect that once a Senator is elected to office he is considered to be
always a candidate and therefore political contributions received at any
time are tax free. Senator Bridges requested that photostatic copies be
made of the letter in order that each Senator might have a copy.
Senator Dirksen spoke of his recent illness and the enforced
cancellation of his speaking schedule following last Session but stated
he now felt quite good and hoped to follow his doctor's advice to watch
his health. He stated that the President on the 11th would have a
bipartisan luncheon to report on his European trip and that the first
Conference of the Republican Leadership at the White House would be held
on the morning of the 12th. The Senator also spoke of the last illness
of Senator Langer and ``welcomed aboard'' Senator Brunsdale. In doing so
he spoke of him as a great Governor and citizen of the State of North
Dakota.
He informed the Conference of the illness of [Representative Richard M.]
Simpson [Republican of Pennsylvania] and on motion made by Senator Hugh
Scott which was seconded by Senators Francis Case and Kenneth B.
Keating, it was unanimously approved that a letter be sent to him
expressing the hope that he would soon recover his health and return to
his duties. (Due to the fact that Representative Simpson died the
following day before the letter could be prepared, the attached
resolution, Exhibit ``C,'' was substituted.)
Senator Dirksen then presented for the consideration of the Conference a
resolution in regard to the permanent assignment of the seat in the
Senate Chamber which has been customarily used by the Floor Leader as
the seat of the Floor Leader while he occupies that office. The
resolution reads as follows:

Resolved, That the seat on the Republican side of the Senate
Chamber usually referred to as the seat of the Floor Leader,
be assigned to that Senator holding the office of Floor
Leader as his seat while occupying that office, and should
he cease to be Floor Leader he shall be assigned a seat in
accordance with his seniority rights.

There being no objection, the resolution was unanimously agreed to.
Senator Dirksen then presented a resolution in regard to making the seat
in the Senate Chamber to the right of the Floor Leader's seat the
permanent seat of the Whip. Following a brief discussion it was moved
that the resolution be adopted. The Chairman put the question, the vote
was unanimous, and the resolution was agreed to. The resolution reads as
follows:

Resolved, That the seat on the Republican side of the Senate
Chamber to the right of the Floor Leader shall be assigned
to that Senator holding the office of Whip as his seat while
occupying that office, and should he cease to be Whip he
shall be assigned a seat in accordance with his seniority
rights.

Senator Dirksen said that it would soon be time to name a Republican
member for service on the Joint Inaugural Committee and that he would
suggest the naming of Senator Styles Bridges who had served in that
capacity on a number of occasions. He stated that he would suggest
action be taken on the matter at the next meeting of the Conference. Due
to the fact that the Republican Convention will be held in Chicago,
Senator [Dirksen] stated that he would like to know of the desires of
the Senators in regard to accommodations there, because he wanted to
make certain that appropriate rooms were assigned.
He also stated that if any difficulties were being encountered in regard
to the coming census he would be glad to assist in any way he could.
He stated that he had talked with [Senate Majority Leader] Lyndon B.
Johnson [Democrat of Texas] in regard to what the legislative timetable
might be. While the Democratic Steering Committee would determine the
order of the bills to be considered, the following legislation was
mentioned:

In regard to the bill to make the Reorganization Act
permanent, no action was expected.
There was some likelihood that the Mine Safety bill would be
considered.
The Box Car Bill was listed as ``maybe.''
The bill on the Calendar in regard to Oleomargarine was
listed as ``could be.''
There is possible consideration of the Bill to amend the
Federal Corrupt Practices Act.
Legislation in regard to Juvenile Delinquency could be
considered.
The Aid to Education Bill was listed as one that could be
first for consideration.
Senator Dirksen also stated that legislation re Loans to
Students for College Education was a possibility.
There was likelihood that Minimum Wage legislation would be
acted upon at an early date.

The Senator stated that there was some discussion regarding the ending
of the Session at an early date and because of it he expected late
sessions of the Senate to begin early in the Session.
He released the following list of dates and occasions which affect the
timetable:

January 27--Eisenhower dinners
Jackson-Jefferson Day dinners--Around January 30
Assurances to the four Democratic Presidential candidates
for speaking commitments, and the Lincoln Day dinners
from February 9 through the following Monday.

Other bills mentioned for consideration later in the session were the
Appropriation Bills, legislation from the Space Committee in the form of
a ``package'' in space exploration, Agriculture legislation, Extension
of the Sugar Act, possibility of Equal Rights for Women, Federal Labor
Standards of Compensation, an effort to get out the Fair Trade Bill, an
Omnibus Judges Bill, a Pre-Merger Bill and amendments to the Robinson-
Patman Act. Civil Rights legislation was scheduled around February 15.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who suggested that a
Conference be held prior to consideration of the Civil Rights Bill to
which the Chairman responded that if the Senator would notify him in
regard to the exact time, he would proceed in the matter.
Senator Dirksen also listed the Interest Rate Long-Term Bond Bill, the
Simpson-Keough Bill, and the Foreign Aid Bill. He also stated he
expected a number of bills to be introduced in regard to the recent
steel dispute.
Senator Dirksen stated that he had outlined the agenda as he saw it, but
that from time to time alterations would be made.
The Chairman thanked the Floor Leader for his explanation of the
Legislative program, and there being no further business the Conference
adjourned at 4:07 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on January 13, 1960

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''

86th Congress
2d Session
William Langer

Senator Milton R. Young offered the following resolution in the
Republican Minority Conference on Wednesday, January 6, 1960, which was
adopted by unanimous action:
Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from us our
beloved colleague, the Honorable William Langer, late senior Senator
from the State of North Dakota, and
Whereas throughout his nineteen years in the United States Senate he
rendered to our Nation and to his State a most distinguished service,
and
Whereas he was our affectionate friend and our esteemed colleague,
ever ready to give of himself, of his efforts, and of his judgment,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the United
States Senate of the Honorable William Langer, express our sense of loss
at his passing, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the family
of the deceased, that they may be assured of our deep respect for them
and of our condolences to them upon the passing of our friend, their
father.
Attest:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference
* * *
Exhibit ``B''

January 9, 1960

Honorable Strom Thurmond
United States Senator
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C.

Dear Senator Thurmond:

By unanimous action of the Republican Conference on
Wednesday, January 6, 1960, I was asked on behalf of our
individual members to express to you their deepest
sympathy on the sudden passing of your dear wife.
In this dark hour they wanted you to know that their
thoughts were with you, and that they were standing
resolutely by your side in the hope that it might lighten
your future burden.
Believe me when I say ``Have faith and carry on.''

Sincerely yours,
/s/ Leverett Saltonstall
Chairman
Republican Conference
* * *
Exhibit ``C''

86th Congress
2d Session
Richard M. Simpson

Senator Hugh Scott offered the following resolution in the Republican
Minority Conference which was seconded by Senators Francis Case and
Kenneth Keating, and adopted by unanimous action:
Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from us our
beloved member, the Honorable Richard M. Simpson, late a Representative
from the State of Pennsylvania, and
Whereas through his twenty-three years in the House of Representatives
he rendered to our Nation and to his State a most distinguished service,
and
Whereas he was our affectionate friend and an esteemed member, ever
ready to give of himself, of his efforts, and of his judgment,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican Members of the United States
Senate, express our sense of loss at his passing, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Mrs. Mae Cox
Simpson, that she may be assured of our deep respect for her and of our
condolences to her upon the passing of our friend, her husband.
Attest:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 8,
1960, AT 10:00 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:20 a.m.

The following Senators were present:
Schoeppel Hruska
Hickenlooper Allott
Williams Prouty
Dworshak Scott
Case (S.D.)

The following Senators were absent:
Case (N.J.) Javits
Morton

Also present were J. Mark Trice and William Brownrigg III.
The Chairman stated that due to the death of Senator William Langer the
following Committees had vacancies: Senate Foreign Relations, Judiciary,
Post Office and Civil Service. The Chairman explained that after all
requests by the Republican Senators for Committee assignments had been
assimilated, the following assignments were proposed:

Senator Williams assigned Senate Foreign Relations, release
Agriculture and Forestry
Senator Case (S.D.) assigned Post Office and Civil Service,
release District of Columbia
Senator Cotton assigned Judiciary, release Finance
Senator Cooper assigned Agriculture and Forestry, release
Labor and Public Welfare
Senator Morton assigned Finance, release Interstate and
Foreign Commerce
Senator Prouty assigned Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
release Public Works
Senator Capehart release Government Operations
Senator Fong assigned Government Operations
Senator Brunsdale (having no committees) would be assigned
Public Works, Labor and Public Welfare, and District of
Columbia

The Chairman then read a letter just received from Senator Javits
requesting assignment on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, releasing
Banking and Currency.
Senator Prouty expressed his need for assignment to Interstate and
Foreign Commerce and his release of Public Works to aid Senator
Brunsdale. It was agreed that it was important that Senator Brunsdale be
given committee assignments helpful to him in North Dakota.
Senator Williams recalled that Senator Vandenberg had released Finance
Committee only if it were to be assigned to him although other Senators
with more seniority were desirous of it.
This was discussed by Senators Cotton, Prouty, Dworshak, Case (S.D.),
Hickenlooper.
It was stated by the Chairman that Senator Javits' request would
necessitate a complete reshuffle of the proposed assignments and that
the originally proposed slate was worked out by obtaining releases of
some committees to help other members who in turn released committees to
aid Senators at the end of the seniority list.
Senator Allott suggested that the Committee should modify its rules
regarding assignments to major committees as some Senators are
overburdened and are not able to attend all their committee meetings
while others have relatively minor assignments. Senators Case (S.D.) and
Dworshak discussed need for such a rule.
Senator Scott suggested need for a rule whereby members of the
Appropriation Committee not be allowed another major committee
assignment.
After further discussion of possible assignments, Senator Schoeppel
observed that further consultation with members not now present would be
necessary.
The meeting was recessed subject to call of the Chairman at 11:20 a.m.

[signed] William Brownrigg III

Assistant Secretary for the Minority

[signed] Andrew F. Schoeppel

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 18,
1960, AT 10:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:40 a.m.

The following Senators were present:
Schoeppel Case (N.J.)
Dworshak Javits
Case (S.D.) Prouty
Hruska

The following Senators were absent:
Williams Morton
Hickenlooper Scott
Allott

Also present were J. Mark Trice and William Brownrigg III.
The Chairman stated that he had held further consultations with members
since the last meeting.
Senator Case (South Dakota) requested to stay on District of Columbia
Committee and give up Post Office and Civil Service Committee. Senator
Fong was then assigned Post Office and Civil Service.
The Chairman then presented the following resume and recommended its
adoption:
Republican committee vacancies and releases totaling 9 are as follows:

Vacancies: Foreign Relations
Judiciary
Post Office and Civil Service
Releases:
Capehart Government Operations
Williams Agriculture and Forestry
Cotton Finance
Cooper Labor and Public Welfare
Morton Post Office and Civil Service and
Rules and Administration
Recommended Assignments:
Williams Foreign Relations
Cotton Judiciary
Cooper Agriculture and Forestry
Morton Finance
Javits Government Operations
Fong Post Office and Civil Service
Brunsdale Labor and Public Welfare, Post
Office and Civil Service, and
Rules and Administration
Recapitulation:
Capehart releases Government Operations.
Williams releases Agriculture and Forestry and is assigned to Foreign
Relations.
Cotton releases Finance and is assigned to Judiciary.
Cooper releases Labor and Public Welfare and is assigned to
Agriculture and Forestry.
Morton releases Post Office and Civil Service and Rules and
Administration and is assigned to Finance.
Javits is assigned to Government Operations.
Fong is assigned to Post Office and Civil Service.
Brunsdale is assigned to Labor and Public Welfare, Post Office and
Civil Service, and Rules and Administration.

Senator Hruska moved that the proposed assignments be confirmed. Senator
Javits seconded the motion.
The roll was called with the Chairman casting proxy votes for Senators
Hickenlooper, Williams, Morton and Scott. The slate was unanimously
agreed to.
Senator Javits stressed the need for flexibility in committee
assignments in the future for newly elected members.
Senator Dworshak and Case (South Dakota) discussed the problem.
Senator Javits moved that this committee request the Republican
Conference to appoint a subcommittee to study the committee assignment
problem and make recommendations.
Senator Case (South Dakota) seconded the motion.
The Chairman moved the question and it was unanimously agreed to.
Senator Dworshak suggested special project assignments might take care
of Senators with poor committee assignments.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:05 a.m.

[signed] William Brownrigg III

Assistant Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Andrew F. Schoeppel

Chairman of the Committee on Committees
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[January 18, 1960]

JANUARY 18, 1960
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1960,
AT 11:00 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Senator Saltonstall called the Conference to order at 11:07 a.m. and
after the roll was called by the Secretary, Senator Milton R. Young, the
Chairman announced that a quorum was present.
The following Senators were present (25):

Aiken Case, N.J. Javits
Beall Case, S.D. Kuchel
Bennett Cooper Mundt
Bridges Curtis Prouty
Brunsdale Dirksen Saltonstall
Bush Dworshak Schoeppel
Butler Fong Smith
Carlson Hruska Wiley
Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the Conference was to receive a
report from Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, Chairman of the Committee on
Committees in regard to Committee assignments. The Chairman recognized
Senator Schoeppel who read for the information of the Members of the
Conference the recommendations of his Committee in regard to the
vacancies which had been caused by the death of Senator William Langer
as well as other releases and assignments as a result thereof.
Attached hereto is Exhibit ``A'' which lists recommendations made by the
Chairman of the Committee as well as Exhibit ``B'' showing the
Republican membership on the various standing committees of the Senate
as a result of the recommendations.
Senator Schoeppel moved that the recommendations submitted be approved
by the Conference.
The Chairman asked if there was any discussion on the recommendations
and there being none the question of adoption of the report was put and
the ``yeas'' were unanimous. The Chairman announced that the report was
approved.
Senator Schoeppel announced that his Committee had recommended that a
special committee be appointed by the Conference to study the matter of
the assignment of Republican Senators to various standing committees of
the Senate and report its recommendations thereon. The Senator stated
that in his opinion it would be best for a special committee to make a
study rather than the Committee on Committees.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who spoke of the
discussion and action taken by the Committee on Committees and he
introduced the following resolution:

That the Chairman of the Conference is authorized to appoint
a special committee for the purpose of studying the question
of Republican appointments to the various standing
Committees of the Senate and that the said committee shall
report its recommendations to the Republican Conference at
this session of the Congress with the understanding that
such action as may be taken by the Conference thereon shall
not be effective until the beginning of the next session of
the Congress.

After brief discussion of the motion which was duly seconded, the
Chairman put the question and announced that the resolution was adopted.
The Chairman stated that members of the committee would be announced in
due course and upon inquiry of the Chairman it was decided that the size
of the special committee would be left up to the Chairman as well as the
selection of the members thereof, and it was not necessary that they be
confirmed by the Conference.
The Chairman recognized Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, Floor Leader,
who spoke of trying to find a solution of the problem of Republican
Senators receiving advance copies of the President's messages.
Senator Dirksen, at the suggestion of Senator Barry Goldwater, Chairman
of the Republican Senatorial Committee, moved that the Conference extend
to John A. Reilly its gratitude and appreciation for the fine job which
he has done as Treasurer of the Republican Senatorial Committee. The
motion was seconded by Senator Schoeppel. The Chairman put the question
and announced that it was adopted unanimously with enthusiasm.
Senator Dirksen also announced that there would not be a luncheon
meeting of the Policy Committee on Tuesday of this week due to several
conflicts in the schedule.
He stated that it had been suggested that the name ``Policy Committee''
be changed to ``Steering Committee,'' and he asked that Senator Styles
Bridges, Chairman of the Policy Committee, be recognized.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who stated that he had been
contacted by Senators Carl Hayden and Lyndon B. Johnson in regard to
making such a change. Senator Bridges stated that the suggested change
was a result of the recent conflict in Democratic ranks, that he had
studied the matter and found that a number of changes would have to be
made in the Republican Conference rules. He requested opinions from the
membership as to their desires in the matter. After pro and con
discussion it was moved, seconded and agreed to that Senator Styles
Bridges be appointed as a committee of one to confer with Senators
Hayden and Johnson and to report back to the Conference the results of
his discussion with them for whatever action, if any, be necessary to be
taken by the Conference.
Senator Bridges stated that while he preferred that the name ``Policy
Committee'' be retained, the Democrats have the votes if they want to
insist on the change.
Senator Dirksen also stated that the file of select clippings about
which he referred at the last Conference would be kept in his Capitol
office for general use.
He also stated that he had conferred with the Majority Leader about
speaking time needed for the Republican Senators around the Lincoln Day
period and it was generally agreed that there would be no votes that
week as well as through the following Monday. He stated that they also
discussed a one-week period around the end of May during the time of
Commencement speeches and found him agreeable to time off then. The
Majority Leader also agreed to no votes around the period of the
Eisenhower dinners on January 27.
He stated that the legislative schedule would probably be Juvenile
Delinquency legislation after the Clean Elections bill, to be followed
by the bill authorizing Governors of the States to fill vacancies in the
House of Representatives and then perhaps Aid to Education.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 11:55 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on January 21, 1960

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''
(Confidential Worksheet No. 1)
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Eighty-sixth Congress--2d Session
(To be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Ratio 10-5)

Messrs. BRIDGES, WILEY, Mrs. SMITH, Messrs. MARTIN, CASE,
N.J.

On Agriculture and Forestry (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. AIKEN, YOUNG, HICKENLOOPER, MUNDT, SCHOEPPEL, COOPER

On Appropriations (Ratio 18-9)

Messrs. BRIDGES, SALTONSTALL, YOUNG, MUNDT, Mrs. SMITH,
Messrs. DWORSHAK, KUCHEL, HRUSKA, ALLOTT

On Armed Services (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. SALTONSTALL,* BRIDGES, Mrs. SMITH, Messrs. CASE, S.
Dak., BUSH, BEALL
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On Banking and Currency (Ratio 10-5)

Messrs. CAPEHART, BENNETT, BUSH, BEALL, JAVITS

On District of Columbia (Ratio 4-3)

Messrs. BEALL, PROUTY, MORTON

On Finance (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. WILLIAMS, CARLSON, BENNETT, BUTLER, CURTIS, MORTON

On Foreign Relations (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. WILEY, HICKENLOOPER, AIKEN, CAPEHART, CARLSON,
WILLIAMS

On Government Operations (Ratio 6-3)

Messrs. MUNDT, CURTIS, JAVITS

On Interior and Insular Affairs (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. DWORSHAK, KUCHEL, GOLDWATER, ALLOTT, MARTIN, FONG

On Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. SCHOEPPEL, BUTLER, COTTON, CASE, N.J., MORTON, SCOTT

On the Judiciary (Ratio 10-5)

Messrs. WILEY, DIRKSEN, HRUSKA, KEATING, COTTON

On Labor and Public Welfare (Ratio 9-6)

Messrs. GOLDWATER, DIRKSEN, CASE, N.J., JAVITS, PROUTY,
BRUNSDALE

On Post Office and Civil Service (Ratio 6-3)

Messrs. CARLSON, CASE, S.Dak., BRUNSDALE

On Public Works (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. CASE, S. Dak., MARTIN, COOPER, SCOTT, PROUTY, FONG

On Rules and Administration (Ratio 6-3)

Messrs. CURTIS, KEATING, BRUNSDALE
* * *
Exhibit ``B''
January 18, 1960
(Confidential)
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

Republican Committee vacancies and releases totaling 9 are as follows:
Vacancies:
Foreign Relations
Judiciary
Post Office and Civil Service
Releases:
Capehart......................... Government Operations
Williams......................... Agriculture and Forestry
Cotton........................... Finance
Cooper........................... Labor and Public Welfare
Morton........................... Post Office and Civil Service and
Rules and Administration
The Committee on Committees recommends the following assignments:
Williams......................... Foreign Relations
Cotton........................... Judiciary
Cooper........................... Agriculture and Forestry
Morton........................... Finance
Javits........................... Government Operations
Fong............................. Post Office and Civil Service
Brunsdale........................ Labor and Public Welfare, Post
Office and Civil Service, and
Rules and Administration
Recapitulation:
Capehart releases Government Operations.............................
Williams releases Agriculture and Forestry and is assigned to
Foreign Relations..
Cotton releases Finance and is assigned to Judiciary................
Cooper releases Labor and Public Welfare and is assigned to
Agriculture and Forestry..
Morton releases Post Office and Civil Service and Rules and
Administration and is assigned to Finance..
Javits is assigned to Government Operations.........................
Fong is assigned to Post Office and Civil Service...................
Brunsdale is assigned to Labor and Public Welfare, Post Office and
Civil Service, and Rules and Administration..

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[March 3, 1960]

MARCH 3, 1960
MINUTES OF THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY
THE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR MARCH 3, 1960, AT
12:30 P.M., ROOM F-39,³ SENATE WING, GROUND FLOOR, NORTH
CORRIDOR OF THE CAPITOL
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The Chairman, Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the Conference to
order after luncheon had been served and stated that the Conference had
been called to discuss the pending Civil Rights matter as he deemed it a
proper time to do so. He also stated that he had previously discussed
calling the Conference with the Minority Leader, Senator Everett
McKinley Dirksen.
The Chairman asked the Secretary, Senator Milton R. Young, to call the
roll. The following Senators answered ``Present'':

Present 29:
Aiken Cooper Keating
Allott Cotton Kuchel
Beall Curtis Mundt
Bennett Dirksen Prouty
Brunsdale Dworshak Saltonstall
Bush Fong Schoeppel
Capehart Goldwater Scott
Carlson Hickenlooper Wiley
Case, N.J. Hruska Young
Case, S.D. Javits

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman stated that a quorum was present.
The Chairman said that the analyses of various amendments requested of
the Staff of the Policy Committee were ready and would be delivered to
the Floor later today.
He stated that the views of all Republican Senators were desired and
that there would be sufficient time to discuss the subject.
The Chairman then called on Minority Leader Dirksen who stated he was
gratified for the fidelity of attendance on the part of the Republican
Senators. He also stated that he thought it was an appropriate time for
the Members to chart a course and arrive at a sense of direction. He
spoke of the misrepresentations in the press concerning a substitute
sponsored by the Majority Leader, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and stated
he had no knowledge of it and the Majority Leader stated to him that
there was no substitute. He stated that during the past week there had
been a number of conferences between himself and other Republican
Members as well as with the Majority Leader and others.
He also spoke of the legislative situation in the House of
Representatives in regard to its Civil Rights Bill, and compared the
four sections of the House bill with the provisions of the pending
Dirksen Package in the Senate.
He stated that it was his desire that everyone speak freely concerning
their individual views in regard to:

1. The Dirksen Package
2. Cloture
3. The more liberal proposals to be presented

In the course of the discussion which followed the Chairman recognized
the following Senators who expressed various views in regard to the
pending legislation and procedure in general:

Javits Aiken Allott
Goldwater Curtis Keating
Cotton Kuchel Prouty
Scott Bush Schoeppel
Case, S.D. Carlson Mundt
Cooper Dworshak Hickenlooper
Case, N.J.

At the conclusion of the meeting it was decided that the Secretary for
the Minority would prepare a list of four questions to be presented to
the Republican Senators for their individual answers. This questionnaire
was to be treated as confidential and the individuals were requested not
to sign it. (This was done later by Mark Trice).
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 3:04 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on March 7th, 1960

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[March 30, 1960]

MARCH 30, 1960
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR MARCH 30, 1960, AT 10:00
A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman, Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the Conference to
order at 10:15 a.m. and it started informally with 13 Senators present.
After a short period of time 25 Senators appeared. The roll was not
called but the following Senators were present:

Present 25:
Aiken Cooper Keating
Allott Cotton Kuchel
Bennett Dirksen Prouty
Brunsdale Dworshak Saltonstall
Bush Fong Schoeppel
Butler Goldwater Scott
Carlson Hruska Smith
Case, N.J. Javits Williams
Case, S.D.

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman first recognized Senator Barry Goldwater, Chairman of the
Republican Senatorial Committee, who suggested that whenever possible
the Republican Members should eulogize their Republican incumbents on
the Senate Floor for the performance of some special work performed or
for birthday celebrations.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, the
Minority Floor Leader, who presented to the Members of the Conference an
accounting of the action taken by the Committee on the Judiciary in
considering the reporting of H.R. 8601, the Civil Rights bill.
Senator Dirksen stated that there were four major amendments adopted by
the Committee out of 32 presented. They were:

1. The inclusion of the Lausche amendment to Section 1.
2. Striking the language of the Cramer amendment in regard
to false information by telephone.
3. The inclusion of the Kefauver amendment in regard to
all parties present at referee hearings.
4. The school aid amendment in regard to military
personnel.

In addition to the four major amendments of the Committee there were 11
other minor amendments approved with 17 rejected.
Senator Dirksen stated that it would be desirable if there was a solid
party vote if there was a move to strike Section 1; that the FBI was
against the Cramer amendment; that the Kefauver amendment should be
defeated, and in regard to the school aid amendment the Secretary of the
Department of Health, Education and Welfare would prefer to have that
amendment eliminated.
There was some discussion as to whether or not Sections 4 and 6 of the
original Dirksen proposal should be offered on the Senate Floor as
amendments to the pending bill.
Senator Dirksen stated that it might be necessary to present a second
cloture petition, that several of the Southern Senators are still very
much opposed to the legislation and that if one were required, he and
Senator Lyndon Johnson would present it.
He expressed the hope that the Republican Members would go along with
the bill in the hope of getting through some legislation for he feared
that if a bill could not be passed before the adjournment of Congress in
July there was a likelihood that the President might call an extra
session of Congress for this purpose.
The Chairman, on behalf of Senator Goldwater, asked that the Members
give support to a rally to be given by the Republican Women at Uline
Arena on April fourth.
The Chairman thanked the Minority Leader for his excellent presentation.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 11:30 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on April 1, 1960

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[June 30, 1960]

JUNE 30, 1960
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR JUNE 30, 1960, AT 9:15
A.M. IN THE CAPITOL OFFICE OF THE MINORITY FLOOR LEADER, P-
48,⁴ SENATE WING OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING
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The Chairman, Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the Conference to
order at 9:22 a.m. and a few minutes thereafter the Chairman announced a
quorum was present.
The following Senators were present:

Present 24:
Aiken Case, N.J. Keating
Allott Case, S.D. Kuchel
Beall Dirksen Mundt
Bennett Dworshak Saltonstall
Brunsdale Fong Schoeppel
Bush Goldwater Scott
Capehart Hickenlooper Smith
Carlson Hruska Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman stated that the meeting had been called at the request of
the Minority Leader and he recognized Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen.
The Senator stated there were several odds and ends to consider before
the business of the meeting, the Presidential veto of the pay bill.
The Senator stated that previously in this session a Republican
Conference Committee had been appointed to make recommendations in
regard to future assignments of Republican Senators to the various
standing Committees of the Senate and he had been informed that the
Chairman of the Committee, Honorable George D. Aiken, had submitted a
letter to the Conference Chairman recommending that the matter be held
in abeyance until later in the session or that it be deferred until
January.
The Chairman recognized Senator Aiken who had just arrived and he stated
that a tentative proposal of his committee had been sent to each
Republican Senator but that few replies had been received in regard to
his request for comments, showing there was very little interest. It was
his recommendation that if more interest was not shown it would be best
to defer the matter. He also stated that he would write a letter to the
Chairman of the Republican Conference. The Chairman stated that he would
consider the recommendation of Chairman Aiken as the committee's report
and that the matter would be closed for this session.
Senator Dirksen was again recognized and informed the Membership that if
the Congress adjourned or recessed over 30 days all pending nominations
would fall and that only by unanimous consent could they be held in
their present status. Senator Dirksen stated that he would ask the
Majority Leader to make the unanimous request or have it come from the
Democratic side.
Senator Dirksen then spoke concerning the possible recess of the
Congress from this Saturday until some time in August. The Chairman
recognized a number of Senators who discussed various aspects of the
matter as well as various reconvening dates together with the
possibility of obtaining a consensus of opinion as to whether or not it
should be Republican policy to vote solidly against the adjournment
resolution. After a good bit of discussion and an informal showing of
hands on various proposals, it was generally agreed that the matter stay
fluid with everybody left on his own. Statements were to be made by
those in opposition.
The Chairman turned the Chair over to the Secretary, Senator Milton R.
Young, in order that the Chairman might attend another conference
committee meeting.
Senator Dirksen then stated that the real business of the Conference was
to discuss the matter of the Presidential veto on the pay bill. He read
excerpts from the veto of the President and stated that the President
was right insofar as this matter was concerned. It was his opinion that
the Senate would not sustain the veto in its present mood and that if
the vote on the veto could be put over to August there might be some
difference in the result.
After a general discussion of the matter and with the general conclusion
reached that a vote could not be deferred, the Conference adjourned at
10:55 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

SECRETARY OF THE CONFERENCE

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on July 1, 1960

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
Eighty-seventh Congress (1961-1963)

[Editor's Note: The 1960 election that sent John F. Kennedy to the
White House also kept the Democrats firmly in control of Congress. In
the Senate 35 Republicans faced 65 Democrats, while the House had 174
Republicans to 263 Democrats.
Foreign affairs held the spotlight during the first year of the
Congress. In April 1961, three months after the Kennedy administration
took office, the United States suffered the embarrassing debacle of the
failed Bay of Pigs invasion against Fidel Castro's Cuba. In May the
United States supported formation of a coalition government in Laos,
receding from the Eisenhower administration's support for the right-wing
faction in that country. In Europe, the Communists in East Berlin, with
the support of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, began in August to
erect the Berlin wall, sealing the border between the eastern and
western portions of the city. All three of these incidents raised
concerns among Republican senators that were reflected in the party's
Declaration of Republican Principle and Policy adopted in June 1962 in
preparation for that year's congressional elections.
Domestic issues included a continuing U.S. interest in space
exploration, marked by President Kennedy's support for the goal of
sending a man to the moon within a decade. This interest stimulated a
number of Republican senators to seek appointment to the Aeronautical
and Space Sciences Committee. Congress and the Republican Conference in
1962 devoted considerable time and effort to consideration of ways to
provide medical care to the elderly, an effort that would come to
fruition three years later in passage of Medicare legislation.
Since Policy Committee Chairman Styles Bridges had died in November
1961, the Conference at the beginning of the second session voted to
replace him with Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa.]
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[January 3, 1961]

JANUARY 3, 1961
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1961,
AT 10:00 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Conference was called to order at 10:12 a.m. by the Honorable
Leverett Saltonstall, Chairman of the Republican Conference for the 86th
Congress, and he requested that the retiring Secretary of the
Conference, the Honorable Milton R. Young, call the roll in order that a
quorum might be established.
The following Senators answered ``Present.''

Present 33:
Aiken Cooper Kuchel
Allott Cotton Miller
Beall Curtis Morton
Bennett Dirksen Mundt
Boggs Dworshak Saltonstall
Bridges Fong Schoeppel
Bush Goldwater Scott
Butler Hickenlooper Smith
Carlson Hruska Wiley
Case, N.J. Javits Williams
Case, S.D. Keating Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
Senator Saltonstall requested that Senator Styles Bridges act as
Temporary Chairman of the Conference and Senator Bridges assumed the
Chair.
The Temporary Chairman suggested that Senator Barry Goldwater, Chairman
of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, might be recognized for
the purpose of introducing to the Members of the Conference the two
newly-elected Senators. Senator Goldwater suggested that the two newly-
elected Senators be introduced to the Conference by their respective
colleagues.
The Temporary Chairman recognized Senator John J. Williams who
introduced to the Members of the Conference newly-elected Senator J.
Caleb Boggs, and Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper was recognized in order
that he might introduce to the Conference Senator-elect Jack R. Miller.
The Temporary Chairman then appointed Senator Roman L. Hruska to act as
Temporary Secretary.
The Temporary Chairman announced that the first order of business would
be the election of a Conference Chairman and he recognized Senator
Francis Case of South Dakota who nominated Senator Leverett Saltonstall
for the position of Chairman of the Conference. The nomination of
Senator Saltonstall was seconded by Senators Styles Bridges, John J.
Williams and Bourke B. Hickenlooper.
It was moved by Senator Jacob K. Javits that nominations be closed, the
motion was seconded, and after an affirmative vote the Secretary was
authorized to cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Saltonstall as
Chairman of the Conference. The Secretary announced that he had cast a
unanimous ballot for Senator Saltonstall.
Senator Saltonstall then assumed the Chair and after expressing words of
appreciation to the Members of the Conference for the honor of being
once again elected as their Chairman, he announced that nominations
would be in order for the office of Secretary of the Conference. The
Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who placed in nomination the name of
Senator Milton R. Young to be Secretary of the Conference.
The nomination of Senator Young was seconded by Senator Frank Carlson.
It was moved and seconded that nominations be closed and after a vote in
the affirmative the Secretary was authorized to cast a unanimous ballot
for Senator Young as Secretary of the Conference. The Secretary
announced that he had cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Young.
The Chairman then announced that nominations were in order for Chairman
of the Policy Committee and the Chairman recognized Senator Hugh Scott.
Senator Scott placed in nomination the name of Senator Styles Bridges.
The nomination of Senator Bridges was seconded by Senators Norris Cotton
and Jacob K. Javits. It was moved by Senator Kenneth B. Keating,
seconded and agreed to that nominations be closed and after a vote in
the affirmative the Secretary was authorized to cast a unanimous ballot
for Senator Bridges for Chairman of the Policy Committee. The Secretary
announced that he had cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Bridges.
The Chairman announced that nominations were in order for Floor Leader
and Senator Hickenlooper was recognized. He placed in nomination the
name of Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen.
The nomination was seconded by Senator Prescott Bush and Senator John
Marshall Butler. Senator Bush moved and it was seconded that nominations
be closed and after a vote in the affirmative the Secretary was
authorized to cast a unanimous vote for Senator Dirksen. The Secretary
announced that he had cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Dirksen to be
Floor Leader.
The Chairman then announced that nominations were in order for Whip and
Senator Carlson was recognized. He placed in nomination the name of
Senator Thomas H. Kuchel.
The nomination was seconded by Senator George D. Aiken. It was then
moved and seconded that nominations be closed and after a vote in the
affirmative the Secretary was authorized to cast a unanimous vote for
Senator Kuchel to be Whip. The Secretary announced that he had cast a
unanimous ballot for Senator Kuchel.
The Chairman suggested that there be a resolution expressing the
appreciation of the Members of the Conference for the fine work of
Senator Barry Goldwater, Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial
Committee. In order that there be a proper resolution the Chairman
requested that Senator Karl E. Mundt prepare one for presentation at the
next meeting of the Conference.
The Chairman recognized Senators Gordon Allott and Clifford P. Case of
New Jersey who expressed words of appreciation for the wonderful work
which had been done by Senator Barry Goldwater during the last campaign.
The Chairman announced that without objection the resolution would be
prepared.
The Chairman also called to the attention of the Members of the
Conference birthdays this week of Senators Goldwater, Allott and
Dirksen.
The Chairman recognized Senator Aiken who presented a resolution
expressing condolences in the death of Mrs. Winston L. Prouty. Members
of the Conference stood and the resolution was agreed to unanimously by
a standing vote. A copy of the resolution is appended.
The Chairman suggested that a resolution be prepared expressing the
condolences of the Members of the Conference with respect to the death
of Senator-elect Keith Thomson of Wyoming. It was unanimously agreed
that it should be presented at the next Conference and the Chairman
asked Senator Francis Case of South Dakota to prepare the resolution.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bridges who suggested that a telegram be
sent to Senator Homer E. Capehart who is temporarily confined in the
Bethesda Naval Hospital and could not be present, expressing the regrets
of the Members that he was unable to be with them and also containing
the hope that he would soon be restored to good health and return to
join them. A copy of the telegram is appended.
The Chairman recognized Senator Javits who asked the question as to when
the Conference would receive the nomination of Chairman of the National
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee because he wishes to discuss
the matter. The Chairman stated that under the Conference Rules the
nomination would be submitted by him to the next Conference.
The Chairman recognized Senator Thruston B. Morton who spoke of the
responsibilities on the part of the Republican Members of the standing
Committees when hearings are held on Cabinet Members-designate. He said
that research into their backgrounds was in process now and that the
focal point of the information would be the Republican Policy Committee.
He requested that possible hearings on the various nominations should
not be held until next Monday so that the research material would be
available.
The Chairman recognized Senators Dworshak, Javits, Butler, Francis Case,
Scott, Cotton, Bush, Hickenlooper and Williams who commented on the
suggestion of Senator Morton.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who first expressed his
appreciation for the action of the Conference in electing him as Floor
Leader. He called attention to a party to be given on Thursday, January
5th, at the Statler for the President to which all Republican Senators
are invited.
He stated that it was his information that the State of the Union
message of the President would be delivered on January 12th, the Budget
on the 16th and the Economic Report on the 18th or 19th.
Senator Dirksen stated that the new Majority Leader, Senator Mike
Mansfield [Democrat of Montana], had expressed the hope that there would
be no record votes after six o'clock each day. He also stated that there
was a possibility that the Committee on Rules and Administration might
be made a third committee and that the Republican representation might
be increased on Judiciary and Appropriations.
The Senator stated that he did not believe the Republicans could pursue
a course of blind opposition to any Democratic programs but that an
effort should be made to modify them where it was necessary.
He stated that consideration was being given to the formation of an
advisory group composed of members of the Senate and House of
Representatives but that the matter was in the formative stage and
discussion of the matter would probably be gone into at the next
Conference.
Senator Dirksen also stated that when the Senate met today the question
would be raised once again as to modification of Senate Rule 22 with
various propositions offered by the respective sides.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 11:45 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on January 11, 1961

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Majority
* * *

87th Congress
1st Session
Senator George D. Aiken offered the following resolution in the
Republican Minority Conference on Tuesday, January 3, 1961, which was
adopted by unanimous action:
Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from our
colleague, the Honorable Winston L. Prouty, his beloved wife, Mrs.
Frances Hearle Prouty.
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the United
States Senate of the Honorable Winston L. Prouty, express our sense of
loss of the passing of his wife, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the
Honorable Winston L. Prouty, that he may be assured of our deep respect
for him and of our condolences to him.
Attest:

Chairman
Secretary
* * *

January 3, 1961

Honorable Homer E. Capehart
United States Senator
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bethesda, Maryland
THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE AT ITS MEETING TODAY REQUESTED THAT THE
SECRETARY EXPRESS TO YOU DEEP REGRET THAT YOU COULD NOT BE PRESENT
BECAUSE OF YOUR TEMPORARY ILLNESS
YOUR COLLEAGUES SEND TO YOU THEIR SINCERE BEST WISHES AND HIGH ESTEEM
AND WITH THE HOPE THAT YOUR RECOVERY WILL BE RAPID AND THAT YOU WILL
REJOIN THEM SOON

/s/ Milton R. Young
Secretary of the Republican Conference
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[January 5, 1961]

JANUARY 5, 1961
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1961,
AT 10:00 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Conference was called to order at 10:07 a.m. by the Honorable
Leverett Saltonstall, Chairman, and he requested that the Secretary call
the roll. The Secretary, Senator Milton R. Young, called the roll which
established the following:

Present 32:
Aiken Cooper Miller
Allott Morton
Beall Cotton Mundt
Bennett Dirksen Prouty
Boggs Dworshak Saltonstall
Bridges Goldwater Schoeppel
Bush Hickenlooper Scott
Butler Hruska Smith
Carlson Javits Wiley
Case, N.J Keating Williams
Case, S.D. Kuchel Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman recognized Senator Karl E. Mundt who presented and read a
resolution praising the services of Senator Barry Goldwater, Chairman of
the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and moved its adoption.
The Chairman recognized Senator Prescott Bush who commented favorably on
the outstanding service rendered by Senator Goldwater during the
campaign and he seconded the motion. The Chairman put the question on
agreeing to the resolution and it was adopted unanimously with a round
of applause.
The Chairman recognized Senator Goldwater who thanked his colleagues for
the expressions contained in the resolution. He stated that he had an
excellent group of candidates to work with, there was better
organization and work done which purports well for 1962 and that it was
an honor and pleasure to help his colleagues. A copy of the resolution
is appended.
The Chairman again recognized Senator Mundt who read a resolution of
praise for Senator Thruston B. Morton, Chairman of the National
Republican Committee, and moved its adoption. The Chairman recognized
Senator John Sherman Cooper who joined in the praise of his colleague
and seconded the motion. The Chairman put the question and the
resolution was agreed to unanimously with a round of applause. A copy of
the resolution is appended.
The Chairman recognized Senator Francis Case of South Dakota who read a
resolution of condolence for the late Senator-elect Keith Thomson of
Wyoming and moved its adoption. The Chairman recognized Senator
Goldwater who seconded the motion. The Chairman put the question of
adoption of the resolution and it was unanimously approved by a standing
vote. A copy of the resolution is appended.
The Chairman stated that Senator Jacob K. Javits had requested that he
be recognized at this time and the Chairman recognized the Senator from
New York. Senator Javits stated that he had requested recognition of the
Chair before various committee nominations were made by the Chairman of
the Conference, in order that he might put into focus the campaign for
1962.
Senator Javits stated that he had talked with Senator Barry Goldwater
concerning the matters which he would raise and said that after he had
presented them to the Conference he would appreciate the Senator from
Arizona making reply.
The Chairman recognized Senator Goldwater who thanked the Senator from
New York for keeping the matters discussed on a friendly basis. He made
reply to the inquiries which had been made and after doing so stated
that one of the great difficulties is the confusion arising in the press
as to whether he is speaking for himself or in his capacity as Chairman
of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
The Chairman recognized Senator Javits who thanked the Senator from
Arizona for the replies which he had given, the feeling of friendship
enunciated, and that the Senator's remarks had given to him great
confidence in the future.
The Chairman recognized Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen who commented
upon the issues raised and he referred briefly to some of his
experiences as a former Chairman of the Republican Senatorial Committee.
The Chairman then read to the Members of the Conference his nominations
for the Policy Committee, the Committee on Committees, the Campaign
Committee, the Personnel Committee and the Calendar Committee.
The Chairman recognized Senator Winston L. Prouty who asked that he be
relieved of his assignment on the Calendar Committee. The Chairman
stated that if the Senator did not wish to continue service on that
Committee he would name in his place Senator Jack R. Miller.
The Chairman put the question of approval of the nominations made by him
and they were approved unanimously. The nominations made and approved
are appended.
The Chairman recognized Senator Styles Bridges who spoke of the
helpfulness of the Policy Committee staff and of the research work they
are now doing; namely, carding important statements made by President-
elect Kennedy during the campaign, and preparing voting records and
statements of the 15 Republican Senators up for reelection in 1962.
Also, the staff is preparing material on Democratic Senators up for
reelection, and historical background information on the Democratic
Presidential nominees.
The Chairman recognized Senator George D. Aiken who said that in his
opinion the personnel of the Committee staff was the best ever and he
moved that the Conference extend a vote of thanks and appreciation to
Mr. Arthur C. Burgess and his entire staff for the fine work they had
done in the past years with the hope that they will continue the good
work in the future. The motion was seconded, the Chairman put the
question, and it was agreed to unanimously with applause.
The Chairman asked Senator Dirksen, the Floor Leader, if any information
was available concerning new committee places to be assigned to the
Republicans. Senator Dirksen stated that he had not been informed as to
the new assignments and Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, Chairman of the
Committee on Committees, stated that he hoped the information might be
obtained promptly so that letters could be sent to the Republican
members asking their requests.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who again called attention to
the party to be given in honor of the President at the Statler at 5
o'clock. He said that the State of the Union Message would be sent to
the Congress by the President on the 12th, and that the first order of
business in his opinion would be the Depressed Areas Bill. He stated
that he would today introduce the Eisenhower bill on the subject with a
statement and that he would leave the bill on the desk for co-sponsors.
Senator Dirksen also stated that the President was sending to Congress a
balanced budget.
He also stated that he was still working on some plan that would carry
the Republican story to the public.
Inquiry was made of the Senator concerning the Lincoln Day period and
his reply was that he would talk with the Majority Leader and attempt to
reach an agreement on the week following the 12th of February.
Senator Dirksen stated that in his opinion if the pending resolution now
before the Senate was not disposed of quickly there would probably be a
motion made to table.
The Chairman recognized Senators Schoeppel and Allott who spoke
concerning the 3 minute limitation in the morning hour. Senator Dirksen
replied that he would attempt to work out the matter with the Majority
Leader.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper who informed
the Members of the Conference concerning the recent atomic reactor
explosion in Idaho.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 11:45 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on January 11, 1961

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *

87th Congress
1st Session
Barry Goldwater

Senator Karl E. Mundt moved that the following resolution be
adopted. The resolution was then adopted by the unanimous
action of the Republican Minority Conference on Thursday,
January 5, 1961.

Resolved, That the individual members of the Republican Minority
Conference of the United States Senate express to their esteemed
colleague, the Honorable Barry Goldwater, United States Senator from the
State of Arizona, their high regard and sincere appreciation for his
inspiring leadership, his tireless efforts, and his dedicated devotion
to them and to the Republican Party as Chairman of the National
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee from January 21, 1959 to
January 3, 1961: Be it further
Resolved, That this Republican Conference express its congratulations
to Senator Barry Goldwater for the fact that during his leadership of
the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 1960, a noteworthy
record was established by virtue of the fact that every Incumbent
Republican Senatorial candidate seeking reelection, was reelected in the
political campaign ending on November 8, 1960.
Attest:

Chairman, Republican Conference

Attest:

Secretary, Republican Conference
* * *

87th Congress
1st Session
Thruston Morton

Senator Karl E. Mundt moved that the following resolution be
adopted, and the motion was seconded by Senator John Sherman
Cooper. The resolution was then adopted by the unanimous
action of the Republican Minority Conference on Thursday,
January 5, 1961:

Resolved, That the individual members of the Republican Minority
Conference of the United States Senate express to their esteemed
colleague, the Honorable Thruston Morton, United States Senator from the
State of Kentucky, their high regard and sincere appreciation for his
inspiring leadership, his tireless efforts, and his dedicated devotion
to them and to the Republican Party as Chairman of the National
Republican Committee during the national political campaign of 1960: Be
it further
Resolved, That this Republican Conference express its congratulations
to Senator Thruston Morton for the fact that during his leadership of
the National Republican Committee in 1960, the Republican Party
increased its membership both in the House of Representatives and in the
United States Senate and that in all other contests involving Republican
candidates for high office there was a gratifying demonstration of
Republican unity, of Republican strength, and of Republican purpose that
augurs well for the future success of the Republican Party. This
conference takes pride in the fact that one of its own members is
serving the Nation and the Party so ably in the important position of
Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Attest:

Chairman, Republican Conference

Attest:

Secretary, Republican Conference
* * *

87th Congress
1st Session
Keith Thomson

Senator Francis Case of South Dakota moved that the
following resolution be adopted and the motion was seconded
by Senator Barry Goldwater. The resolution was then
unanimously adopted by the Republican Minority Conference on
Thursday, January 5, 1961:

Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from us our
beloved colleague and Senator-elect, the Honorable Keith Thomson of the
State of Wyoming, and
Whereas throughout five years of wartime service as an officer of the
Army and six years of service as a Member of the House of
Representatives, he rendered brave and distinguished service as a
soldier and statesman to our Nation and to his State, and
Whereas he was our affectionate friend and esteemed colleague of the
Congress ever ready to give of himself, of his efforts, and of his wise
judgment,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Members of the Republican Conference in
the United States Senate, express our sense of great loss at his
passing, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Mrs. Thyra
G. Thomson and her sons, that they may be assured of our deep respect
for them and of our condolences to them upon the passing of our friend,
their husband and father.
Attest:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference
* * *
NOMINATIONS MADE BY HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, CHAIRMAN OF THE
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE, AND APPROVED

Policy Committee (14)
Ex officio
Styles Bridges, Chairman Policy Committee
Leverett Saltonstall Chairman of the Conference
Everett McKinley Dirksen Floor Leader
Thomas H. Kuchel Whip
Milton R. Young Secretary of the Conference
Andrew F. Schoeppel Chairman of the Committee
on Committees
Barry Goldwater Chairman of Campaign
Committee
Margaret Chase Smith Chairman of Personnel
Committee
The following six members nominated and confirmed today:
George D. Aiken Homer E. Capehart
John Sherman Cooper John Marshall Butler
Thruston B. Morton Wallace F. Bennett

Committee on Committees (13)
Andrew F. Schoeppel, Chairman Frank Carlson
Bourke B. Hickenlooper Prescott Bush
Francis Case Norris Cotton
Gordon Allott Carl T. Curtis
Kenneth B. Keating Hiram L. Fong
Jacob K. Javits J. Caleb Boggs
Alexander Wiley

Campaign Committee (10)
Barry Goldwater, Chairman Karl E. Mundt
J. Glenn Beall Roman L. Hruska
John J. Williams Hugh Scott
Henry Dworshak Winston L. Prouty
Clifford P. Case Jack Miller

Personnel Committee (3)
Margaret Chase Smith, Chairman
Styles Bridges
John Marshall Butler

Calendar Committee (3)
Kenneth B. Keating, Chairman
Hiram L. Fong
Jack Miller

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY
12, 1961, AT 3:00 P.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Senator Andrew F.
Schoeppel, at 3:15 p.m.
The following Senators were present:

Schoeppel Javits
Carlson Allott
Cotton Wiley
Boggs Hickenlooper
Keating Case (S.D.)
Curtis
The following Senators were absent:
Bush
Beall

Also present were J. Mark Trice and William Brownrigg III.
The Chairman stated that Senator Mike Mansfield had requested that the
Republican committee assignments be ready for Senate action on Friday,
January 13.
Senator Case (S.D.) requested that he not be assigned District of
Columbia.
Senator Javits stated that he wanted the record to show that in 1959 he
gave up Aeronautical and Space Sciences at the request of the Leadership
to Senator Martin (Iowa). He stated also that Aeronautical and Space
Sciences should be a major committee rather than a minor.
Senator Allott said although Atomic Energy Committee members were
appointed by the Vice President this Committee should exercise its right
to make the selections. He explained he was not suggesting any change in
present membership.
Senators Allott, Hickenlooper, Javits and Schoeppel discussed problems
of satisfactory assignments for new members.
Senator Schoeppel reviewed the findings of the Aiken Committee who could
not find any acceptable way of changing the seniority rule system in
regard to committee assignments.
Senator Case (S.D.) moved that the leadership seek to increase
membership of Government Operations and Rules Committees. Make Rules a
minor committee and make Government Operations a major committee.
Explore the possibility of making Aeronautical and Space Sciences a
major committee in respect to new assignments to it.
Senator Javits seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously agreed
to.
Senator Allott suggested as a possible solution for more equitable
committee assignments that each Senator by seniority make one committee
choice. After each had made one choice then start at the top of the list
and make a second choice.
Senator Schoeppel stated that the Aiken Committee considered that but
found little support for it.
Senator Schoeppel asked that the committee assignments made in
accordance with the established seniority rule be approved as submitted.
Senator Javits stated that he reserved the right to oppose the rule of
seniority in the Republican Conference and that he be free to move
changes in the assignments if the Republican Conference made any
seniority rule changes.
Senator Allott seconded the motion to approve the assignments with the
same reservation as Senator Javits.
The roll was called with the Chairman casting proxy votes for Senators
Wiley, Carlson, Cotton and Beall.
The motion was unanimously agreed to.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:20 pm.

[signed] William Brownrigg III

Assistant Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Andrew F. Schoeppel

Chairman of the Committee on Committees
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[January 13, 1961]

JANUARY 13, 1961
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1961,
AT 10:00 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Conference was called to order at 10:13 a.m. by the Honorable
Leverett Saltonstall, Chairman of the Conference.
In the absence of the Secretary of the Conference the Chairman requested
that the Secretary for the Minority, Mr. J. Mark Trice, call the roll.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered ``Present.''

Present 20:
Aiken Cooper Javits
Allott Cotton Kuchel
Boggs Dirksen Miller
Bridges Dworshak Saltonstall
Carlson Fong Schoeppel
Case, N.J. Goldwater Smith
Case, S. Dak. Hruska

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the meeting today was to receive
the recommendations of the Committee on Committees in regard to
committee assignments of the Republican Senators.
The Chairman recognized Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, Chairman of the
Committee on Committees. Senator Schoeppel stated that lists showing the
changes to be recommended by the Committee were available to each
Senator and he read to the Conference the various releases of present
assignments and the new assignments recommended by his Committee.
Senator Schoeppel stated that after discussion the recommendations
submitted were unanimously agreed to by his committee.
He further stated that his committee had passed a motion that the
Leadership request of the Majority that there be an increase of
membership on the Committee on Government Operations and the Committee
on Rules and Administration; that the Committee on Rules and
Administration be changed to a minor committee and that Government
Operations be made a major committee. Also, that the Leadership be
requested to explore the possibility of making the Committee on
Aeronautical and Space Sciences a major committee in respect to new
assignments to it.
Senator Schoeppel stated that the recommendations made by his Committee
were on the basis of the existing seniority rules.
He then moved that the assignments be approved by the Conference.
A copy of the recommended changes are appended.
The Chairman recognized Senator Barry Goldwater who stated that in his
opinion once again the Republican Party was using the wrong approach in
following its rules on seniority. He stated that the Party should take
advantage of the specialized knowledge of its members and make
assignments accordingly.
The Chairman recognized Senator Gordon Allott who also expressed the
opinion that some new way should be found. He recommended the system
used by the Minority of the Committee on Appropriations in filling their
subcommittee spots, namely, each member making one selection in turn.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who stated that the
assignments recommended were absolutely wrong in principle, that any
action taken would merely be a ``rubber stamp'' on the recommendations
presented. He then proceeded to offer the following motion: That the
Republican Conference go on record in authorizing the Committee on
Committees to consult with the Republican Leadership, comprising the
Chairman of the Conference, the Chairman of the Policy Committee, the
Floor Leader and the Whip, when the latter are unanimously agreed, to
suspend the existing seniority rules to make new committee assignments
where it would be in the best interests of the Party.
The Chairman stated that such a motion would have to go over under the
rules until the next meeting of the Conference. He accepted the motion
for the record.
The Chairman recognized Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen who stated that
this matter merits consideration and that the Members of the Conference
should come to grips with it.
The Chairman recognized Senator Francis Case of South Dakota who
suggested that the Committee on Government Operations should be made a
major committee and increased to 13 with Interior and Insular Affairs
and Public Works reduced by two members each.
The Chairman put the question of the adoption of the motion of Senator
Schoeppel to approve the recommendations of his Committee. The Chairman
announced that the motion was agreed to. Senator Javits requested that
the minutes show that he voted ``Present'' on said motion.
The Chairman announced that at a future Conference the suggestions of
Senator Javits and Senator Case of South Dakota would be considered.
There being no further business the Conference adjourned at 10:45 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on January 16, 1961

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
January 13, 1961
(Confidential Worksheet No. 1)
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Eighty-seventh Congress--1st Session
(To Be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Ratio 10-5)

Messrs. BRIDGES, WILEY, Mrs. SMITH, Messrs. CASE, N.J.,
HICKENLOOPER

On Agriculture and Forestry (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. AIKEN, YOUNG, HICKENLOOPER, MUNDT, COOPER, BOGGS

On Appropriations (Ratio 17-10)

Messrs. BRIDGES, SALTONSTALL, YOUNG, MUNDT, Mrs., SMITH,
Messrs. DWORSHAK, KUCHEL, HRUSKA, ALLOTT, SCHOEPPEL

On Armed Services (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. BRIDGES, SALTONSTALL, Mrs. SMITH, Messrs. CASE, S.
Dak., BUSH, BEALL

On Banking and Currency (Ratio 10-5)

Messrs. CAPEHART, BENNETT, BUSH, BEALL, JAVITS

On District of Columbia (Ratio 4-3)

Messrs. BEALL, PROUTY, MILLER

On Finance (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. WILLIAMS, Del., CARLSON, BENNETT, BUTLER, CURTIS,
MORTON

On Foreign Relations (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. WILEY, HICKENLOOPER, AIKEN, CAPEHART, CARLSON,
WILLIAMS, Del.

On Government Operations (Ratio 6-3)

Messrs. MUNDT, CURTIS, JAVITS

On Interior and Insular Affairs (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. DWORSHAK, KUCHEL, GOLDWATER, ALLOTT, FONG, MILLER

On Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. SCHOEPPEL, BUTLER, COTTON, CASE, N.J., MORTON, SCOTT

On the Judiciary (Ratio 10-5)

Messrs. WILEY, DIRKSEN, HRUSKA, KEATING, COTTON

On Labor and Public Welfare (Ratio 10-5)

Messrs. GOLDWATER, DIRKSEN, CASE, N.J., JAVITS, PROUTY

On Post Office and Civil Service (Ratio 6-3)

Messrs. CARLSON, FONG, BOGGS

On Public Works (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. CASE, S. Dak., [MARTIN--crossed out] COOPER, SCOTT,
PROUTY, FONG, BOGGS [handwritten insert]

On Rules and Administration (Ratio 6-3)

Messrs. CURTIS, KEATING, MILLER
* * *
January 13, 1961
(Confidential)
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

Republican committee vacancies and releases totaling eight are as
follows:

Vacancies
Appropriations Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Interior and Insular Affairs Agriculture and Forestry
Public Works Post Office and Civil Service
Rules and Administration District of Columbia
Releases
Case, S. Dak. District of Columbia
Schoeppel Agriculture and Forestry
Young Post Office and Civil Service
The Committee on Committees recommends the following assignments:
Hickenlooper Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Schoeppel Appropriations
Boggs Agriculture and Forestry, Public Works, and Post
Office and Civil Service
Miller Interior and Insular Affairs, Rules and
Administration, and District of Columbia
Recapitulation:
Young releases Post Office and Civil Service.
Case, S. Dak., releases District of Columbia.
Hickenlooper is assigned to Aeronautical and Space Sciences.
Schoeppel releases Agriculture and Forestry and is assigned to Appropriations.
Boggs is assigned to Agriculture and Forestry, Public Works, and Post Office and Civil Service.
Miller is assigned to Interior and Insular Affairs, Rules and Administration, and District of Columbia

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[May 16, 1961]

MAY 16, 1961
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1961, AT
9:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Conference was called to order at 9:42 a.m. by the Honorable
Leverett Saltonstall, Chairman of the Conference.
The Secretary, the Honorable Milton R. Young, called the roll. The
following Senators answered ``Present.''

Present 29:
Aiken Case, S. Dak. Miller
Allott Curtis Mundt
Beall Dirksen Prouty
Bennett Dworshak Saltonstall
Boggs Goldwater Schoeppel
Bridges Hickenlooper Smith, Me.
Bush Hruska Wiley
Capehart Javits Williams, Del.
Carlson Keating Young, N.D.
Case, N.J. Kuchel

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III, Arthur E.
Burgess, Michael J. Bernstein and Raymond D. Hurley. (The latter two
members of the Minority staff of the Committee on Labor and Public
Welfare.)
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the meeting today was to
consider:

1. Federal Aid to Education
2. The four Reorganization Plans recently submitted by
President Kennedy

The Chairman recognized Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen who first
discussed the four Reorganization Plans and stated that the customary
resolutions had been drawn. Two had been already introduced, one by
Senator Karl E. Mundt, cosponsored by Senator Francis Case, and the
other introduced by Senator Francis Case, cosponsored by Senator Karl E.
Mundt.
The Senator stated that the resolution relating to the plan dealing with
the Securities & Exchange Commission was in the hands of Senator Homer
E. Capehart who intends to introduce it today and that the resolution
relating to the Federal Trade Commission would probably be introduced by
Senator Roman L. Hruska.
The Senator stressed that prompt hearings should be held before the time
runs out, and it was the understanding that the legislative committees
having jurisdiction over these agencies would hold the hearings.
The Conference was informed that the expiration date for action on the
various plans was as follows:

Plans 1 and 2 June 26, 1961
Plan 3 July 2, 1961
Plan 4 July 4, 1961

Senator Dirksen spoke briefly concerning the nomination of Joseph C.
Swidler to be a member of the Federal Power Commission. He stated that
he had requested that action on this nomination be withheld until
contact could be made with the President, to find out his intention in
regard to statements made that Mr. Swidler would be designated as
Chairman of the Commission. It was the opinion of the Senator that the
present Chairman, Jerome K. Kuykendall, had been designated by specific
law to hold that office for the period of his appointment and that he
was interested to know what legal means the President intended to use to
displace him.
Senator Dirksen then gave the historical background of Federal Aid to
Education and discussed the various aspects and ramifications of the
pending legislation.
The Chairman recognized Senator Barry Goldwater who spoke concerning the
provisions of the bill and stated that he would offer two amendments,
one in regard to parochial schools and a second one relating to tax
credits.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who spoke in behalf of
the legislation and stated that he would join with Senator John Sherman
Cooper in offering an amendment dealing with the distribution of funds
formula in the bill.
The Chairman recognized Senator Francis Case who explained briefly an
amendment which he intended to offer in regard to the withholding of 1%
of personal and corporate income taxes which would be returned to the
States.
The Chairman recognized Senator Prescott Bush who read from a recent
article in regard to action taken by a convention meeting of members of
the various school boards in Philadelphia in which they opposed Federal
aid to schools as well as the National Defense Education Act.
The Chairman recognized Senator Gordon Allott who told of the events
leading to the adoption of the plank in the 1960 Republican platform in
regard to the subject. He stated that the provisions in the platform
were limited to school construction and did not in any way relate to
teachers' salary.
The Chairman stated that inasmuch as a number of Senators had to leave
to attend other committee meetings that he thought there had been
considerable discussion of the subject matter and that perhaps if
something further developed another conference could be called.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 10:58 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on May 18, 1961

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, FOR MONDAY, JULY 10,
1961, AT 10:00 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.
The following Senators were present:

Schoeppel Bush
Hickenlooper Cotton
Keating Curtis
Javits Boggs
Carlson Beall

The following Senators were absent:

Allott
Case, S.D.
Wiley

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman stated the purpose of the meeting was to assign committees
to Senator John G. Tower, Texas, and the reassignment of others.
It was stated that during the campaign Senator Tower had been told he
would be assigned to Commerce Committee and Labor and Public Welfare
Committee. Senator Morton was willing to give up Commerce only if it
would be assigned to Senator Tower. This proved not to be possible.
The Chairman proposed the following resume and recommended its adoption:
Republican committee increases and releases totaling four as follows:
Increases: Banking and Currency, Judiciary
Releases:

Dirksen Labor and Public Welfare
Fong Interior and Insular Affairs

The Committee on Committees recommends the following assignments:
Dirksen Interior and Insular Affairs
Fong Judiciary
Tower Banking and Currency and Labor and
Public Welfare

Recapitulation:
Dirksen releases Labor and Public Welfare and is assigned to Interior
and Insular Affairs.
Fong releases Interior and Insular Affairs and is assigned to Judiciary.
Tower is assigned to Banking and Currency and to Labor and Public
Welfare.
Senator Frank Carlson moved the slate be adopted.
Senator J. Caleb Boggs seconded the motion.
The motion was unanimously agreed to.
Senator Carl T. Curtis requested assignment to the Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy.
Senator Jacob K. Javits discussed the disadvantages of the Republican
seniority rule in committee assignments. He gave examples where Democrat
candidates used to their great advantage the fact that they would get
major committees if they were elected.
Senator Javits stressed the need for further study in this area.
The Chairman reminded the Committee that in 1960 a committee headed by
Senator George D. Aiken had studied this matter and was unable to come
up with a solution.
The meeting adjourned at 10:20 a.m.

[signed] William Brownrigg III

Assistant Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Andrew F. Schoeppel

Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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[July 11, 1961]

JULY 11, 1961
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1961, AT
9:30 A.M., ROOM 335 SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman, Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the Conference to
order at 9:37 a.m. and requested that the Secretary, Senator Milton R.
Young, call the roll. The following Senators answered ``Present.''

Present 30:
Aiken Curtis Mundt
Allott Dirksen Prouty
Bennett Dworshak Saltonstall
Boggs Fong Schoepel
Bush Hruska Scott
Capehart Javits Smith, Me.
Carlson Keating Tower
Case, N.J. Kuchel Wiley
Cooper Miller Williams, Del.
Cotton Morton Young, N.D.

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III, Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman read to the members of the Conference a letter from Mr.
Donald Baldwin, Director of Legislative Relations of the National Lumber
Manufacturers Association, dated June 22, 1961. The Association
presented to the Policy Committee and to the Conference a wooden gavel,
appropriately engraved, for use in the conduct of its meetings. The
Chairman stated that if there was no objection the gavel would be
accepted and kept in the custody of the Staff Director for appropriate
use. There was no objection. The Chairman requested that the Secretary
send to Mr. Baldwin a letter of appreciation.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel, Chairman of
the Committee on Committees. Senator Schoeppel read the attached
statement. At the conclusion of his remarks he moved that the Conference
adopt the recommendations of his Committee which are as follows:

Assignment of Senator Dirksen to the Committee on Interior and Insular
Affairs
Assignment of Senator Fong to the Committee on Judiciary
Assignment of Senator Tower to the Committee on Banking and Currency
and to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Senator Dirksen had been excused from service on the Committee on
Labor and Public Welfare
Senator Fong had been excused from service on the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs

The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who again raised the
question of the Conference at some time giving serious consideration to
a change in the seniority rule relating to committee assignments and he
expressed the opinion that the Leadership should propose some
proposition in regard to the matter.
The Chairman recognized Senator George D. Aiken who spoke briefly in
regard to the lack of interest shown previously in regard to the matter.
The Chairman stated that with the approval of Senator Javits it had been
agreed that a Conference would be held on the subject next session.
The Chairman put the question on the motion of Senator Schoeppel and
announced that the ``yeas'' prevailed and that the motion was adopted.
The Chairman then stated that the Leadership had a further
recommendation to make in regard to Senator John G. Tower which was to
make him a member of the Republican Policy Committee for the duration of
the 87th Congress. The Chairman stated that the five-day notice under
the Conference Rules would have to be suspended by unanimous consent in
order to consider an amendment to Paragraph I of the Rules. The question
was put and agreed to, and the Chairman then read the following motion:
``For the duration of the 87th Congress strike out `A Policy Committee
of Fifteen Senators' and insert in lieu thereof `A Policy Committee of
Sixteen Senators.' In the following paragraph strike out the word `six'
where it appears three times and in lieu thereof insert the word
`seven.' ''
The Chairman put the question and he announced that the ``yeas''
prevailed and that the amendment was agreed to. The Chairman then
announced the appointment of Senator Tower as a Member of the Policy
Committee for the duration of the 87th Congress. There was no objection.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, Minority
Floor Leader, who stressed that taxes and spending would be the
important issues in 1962. He called specific attention to the next bill
to be considered on the legislative calendar, the Oceanographic Bill. It
carried an authorization of $800 million over a ten-year period with
other open-end authorizations. He raised the question that with the
Defense Department, Budget Bureau and National Science Foundation
against it, how could it have possibly been reported from the Committee
on Commerce. There was discussion of all aspects of the bill and Senator
Dirksen stated that when the time came he would ask for a recorded vote
on passage.
Senator Dirksen spoke of the legislative program facing the Senate
before adjournment. He mentioned Aid to Education, the Foreign Aid
Authorization Bill which should be considered before the end of the
month, the Defense Education Bill about which the Committee is meeting
on Thursday and he expressed the opinion that Congressman [Charles A.]
Halleck [Republican of Indiana and House minority leader] believes there
is a good chance of the House of Representatives killing the General Aid
to Education Bill. Also included were the general appropriation bills
and the Crime Bills, as well as a modification of Rule 22.
Senator Dirksen spoke of the visit that he and Congressman Halleck had
with President Eisenhower on yesterday. He stated that a number of
subjects were discussed but that President Eisenhower was not too
communicative on the Berlin matter. He spoke of a possible deal in
regard to the admission of Outer Mongolia into the United Nations
whereby if this country agrees then the Soviet Union would agree to back
the admission of Maurentania [Mauritania]. In regard to the admission of
Red China into the United Nations he spoke of the opposition of the
State Department and stated that he would offer an amendment in this
respect when the Foreign Aid Bill reached the floor.
There was nothing new insofar as Laos was concerned and the best
judgment was to protect Viet-Nam and Thailand as best we could. Tractors
for Cuba remains the same but he understood that the Detroit Post Office
had been authorized to return all of the letters.
In regard to the Berlin situation he expressed the opinion that there is
no posture that we can take at this morning's meeting. He stated that
the situation regarding the Administration's attitude could be summed up
into three phases:

1. The political reaction on the part of the Administration
as it related to the domestic field in 1964.
2. The threat of the use of nuclear weapons.
3. The readiness field which related to Civilian Defense
matters.

He stated that so far as he could see from the attitude of the people
back home it is the desire to have the country stand firm. In his
opinion we cannot afford to have the ``nibbling'' go on and we certainly
cannot afford to make any mistakes.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits for an interruption who
stated that in his opinion some concept should be offered by us and that
while he agreed with Senator Dirksen on Berlin he would make the
recommendation that a task force of Senators and outsiders be appointed
to draft a Republican policy statement in regard to the matter. He
thought perhaps President Eisenhower and former Secretary Herter
¹ might be invited to a luncheon as a prelude to the
organization of such a task force for discussion of the matter.
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Senator Hugh Scott stated that he did not like the pro-neutralist
attitude on the part of the Administration and the Republican position
should be one of loyalty to our Allies and a position taken against the
neutralism on the part of the Administration.
Senator Thomas B. Kuchel stated that he agreed with Senator Javits and
that some action should be taken in regard to nuclear testing and he
suggested that possibly Admiral Strauss and maybe John McCone
² could appear before the group.
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1961-1965, and a former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
Lewis L. Strauss, also a former chairman of the AEC.]
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Senator Dirksen stated that he had recently had a talk with former
Secretary Herter who expressed the opinion that the ``nibbling'' would
continue but what is needed is absolute firmness with no retreat. He
stated that we could well afford to get information from other sources
but it must be done quietly and only after careful consideration as the
situation was extremely delicate.
The Chairman recognized Senator Clifford P. Case of New Jersey who
stated that should any Senator be invited to speak in New Jersey would
they be so kind as to communicate first with former Secretary Jim
Mitchell ³ or with him.
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The Chairman recognized Senator Tower who thanked the Leadership and the
members of the Conference for the consideration extended to him.
The Chairman recognized Senator Javits who raised a question that it
might be well for the Republicans to offer an amendment in regard to
Care for the Aged sometime soon in the light of the apparent desire on
the part of the Administration to delay the matter until next session.
Senator Dirksen said he thought so but would like to discuss the matter
further.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:33 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on July 13, 1961

[signed] Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
REMARKS OF SENATOR ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON
COMMITTEES

There has been placed before each Senator a printed sheet showing the
Committee increases, releases, and the recommended assignments of your
Committee on Committees.
Some days ago the Republican Minority was notified that by reason of
the ratio change in the membership of the Senate they would receive the
Committee on Banking and Currency and the Committee on the Judiciary for
allocation.
The Republican Leadership endeavored to obtain an assignment for
Senator Tower on the Commerce Committee because of the Senator's
particular interest in that Committee. This was not possible.
Once it was determined that Senator Tower could not receive an
assignment to the Committee on Commerce, contact was made with all
Senators who might be interested in the two new Committee vacancies.
The Chairman wishes to personally thank those Senators who were
willing to yield their seniority rights in order that an equitable
solution could be obtained.
As a result of a meeting of your Committee on Committees on yesterday
the following committee assignments are recommended to the Conference
for approval:

Senator Dirksen be assigned to the Committee on Interior and
Insular Affairs
Senator Fong be assigned to the Committee on the Judiciary
Senator Tower be assigned to the Committee on Banking and
Currency and to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
* * *
July 10, 1961
(Confidential)
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

Republican committee increases and releases totaling four as follows:

Increases
Banking and Currency
Judiciary
Releases
Dirksen Labor and Public Welfare
Fong Interior and Insular Affairs
The Committee on Committees recommends the following assignments:
Dirksen Interior and Insular Affairs
Fong Judiciary
Tower Banking and Currency and Labor and
Public Welfare
Recapitulation
Dirksen releases Labor and Public Welfare and is assigned to Interior
and Insular Affairs.
Fong releases Interior and Insular Affairs and is assigned to
Judiciary.
Tower is assigned to Banking and Currency and to Labor and Public
Welfare.

* * *
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE RULES

July 11, 1961.
I.

At the beginning of each Congress, or within one week thereafter, a
Republican Party Conference shall be held. At that Conference there
shall be elected the following officers:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference
Floor Leader
Whip
Chairman of Policy Committee
A Policy Committee of Fifteen* Senators

The Chairman of the Conference, the Secretary of the Conference, the
Floor Leader, the Whip, the Chairman of the Policy Committee, the
Chairman of the Committee on Committees, the Chairman of the Republican
Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Chairman of the Republican Personnel
Committee, and the President pro tem of the Senate (if a Republican),
shall be members ex officio of the Policy Committee. The other six*
members shall be nominated by the Chairman of the Conference, subject to
action by the Conference. The six* members so nominated and elected
shall serve for 2 years and may be reelected for an additional 2 years,
but no such member may serve more than 4 consecutive years and then
shall be eligible for further service in such capacity only after an
interval of 2 years. Within 24 hours after the election of the Chairman
of the Conference each Senator may submit a list of six* members
suggested for nomination as members of the Policy Committee.
*(By Conference action on July 11, 1961, the number 15 was changed to
16, and the number 6 relating to the basic membership was changed to 7.
This increase was made only for the 87th Congress.)
In all contested elections, vote shall be by written ballot.
The term of office of all party officers herein provided shall extend
for not more than 2 years, and shall expire at the close of each
Congress.
II.

The Chairman may call a Conference at any time, and shall call a
Conference whenever requested to do so by the Policy Committee or in
writing by five or more Senators. The Policy Committee shall meet at
least once in 2 weeks, on a fixed day of the week and at a fixed hour to
be determined by the Committee. It may meet at any time on the call of
its Chairman. The Committee shall permit any Senator to appear before it
upon his request to present any matter in which he is interested.
III. Duty of Party Officers

The Chairman of the Conference shall preside at all Conference
meetings, and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by
this resolution or by the Conference.
The Secretary shall keep accurate minutes of all Conference
proceedings. The minutes of all meetings of committees of the Conference
shall be kept by the Party Floor Clerk and shall be filed with the
Secretary, which minutes shall be open to inspection by any member of
the Conference. The Secretary and Floor Clerk, respectively, shall
notify members of all Conference and committee meetings. In the absence
of the Chairman, he shall have the same powers and duties to call
meetings of the Conference as the Chairman.
The Floor Leader shall perform the customary duties of the Majority or
Minority Leader, as the case may be, on the floor of the Senate, and
shall have full authority to deal with all questions of procedure after
consulting the Republican Senators who are concerned.
The Whip shall assist in securing attendance of members at Party
Conferences and upon the floor of the Senate when their presence is
considered necessary by the Chairman or the Floor Leader, and shall
perform such other duties as the Chairman or Floor Leader may require.
The Policy Committee shall consider the legislative program in the
Senate and the question whether any Party policy is involved, shall
prepare and present recommendations for action by the Conference, and
advise all Senators on legislative matters which they desire to present
to the Policy Committee.
IV.

A Committee on Committees shall be appointed at the beginning of each
Congress to prepare and recommend to the Conference the complete
assignment of Republican Senators to committees, and shall recommend the
filling of vacancies occurring during the Congress. The Committee shall
be appointed by the Chairman of the Conference immediately after his
election subject to confirmation by the Conference.
V.

A Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee shall be appointed at the
beginning of each Congress by the Chairman of the Conference, subject to
confirmation by the Conference.
VI.

No action by the Conference upon any matter pending or to be proposed
in the Senate shall be binding in any way on members in casting their
votes thereon.
VII.

These rules may be amended at any time by a majority vote of the
Conference, providing notice of the amendment has been given at least 1
week in advance to every member of the Conference that action will be
sought upon the subject covered by the amendment.
(Amended by the Conference, December 15, 1944, December 30, 1946,
January 3, 1949, January 11, 1951, March 6, 1953, January 9, 1957, and
July 11, 1961.)
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[January 10, 1962]

JANUARY 10, 1962
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10,
1962, AT 9:30 A.M. ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Conference was called to order at 9:45 a.m. by the Honorable
Leverett Saltonstall, Chairman of the Republican Conference, and he
requested that the Secretary of the Conference, the Honorable Milton R.
Young, call the roll.

Present 35:
Aiken Cotton Morton
Allott Curtis Mundt
Beall Dirksen Murphy
Bennett Dworshak Prouty
Boggs Fong Saltonstall
Bush Goldwater Scott
Butler Hickenlooper Smith
Capehart Hruska Tower
Carlson Javits Wiley
Case, N.J. Keating Williams
Case, S. Dak. Kuchel Young
Cooper Miller

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
Senator Saltonstall recognized Senator Norris Cotton who read for the
information of the members of the Conference a resolution of condolence
in regard to his late colleague, Senator Styles Bridges of New
Hampshire. After completing the reading of the resolution, Senator
Cotton asked for immediate action and a copy of the resolution is
attached hereto. The Chairman asked all those in favor of the resolution
to stand; all present stood, and the Chairman announced that the
resolution was passed by unanimous vote.
The Chairman again recognized Senator Cotton who presented to the
Members of the Conference his newly appointed colleague, Senator Maurice
J. Murphy, Jr. Senator Saltonstall then extended to the newly appointed
Senator words of greeting as well as stating that all would be glad to
help him in his work and that he was among friends.
Senator Saltonstall recognized Senator Frank Carlson who read to the
Members of the Conference a suggested telegram to be sent by the
Secretary to his temporarily ill colleague, Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel.
The Chairman announced that it was unanimously agreed by those present
that the message be sent and a copy of the telegram is attached hereto.
Senator Saltonstall then announced that the next order of business was
the election by the Conference of a Chairman of the Policy Committee and
he requested Senator Young to temporarily preside.
Senator Young assumed the chair and recognized Senator Jack Miller who
after words of commendation placed in nomination the name of Senator
Bourke B. Hickenlooper. The nomination of Senator Hickenlooper was
seconded with remarks by Senator Wallace F. Bennett and Senator Carl T.
Curtis.
Senator Young recognized Senator Hugh Scott who after words of
commendation placed in nomination the name of the Honorable Leverett
Saltonstall. The nomination of Senator Saltonstall was seconded after
further words of commendation by Senators George D. Aiken, John Sherman
Cooper and Prescott Bush.
Senator Young announced that if there were no further speeches to be
made, nominations would be closed. Nominations were closed. Senator
Young appointed Senators Scott and Miller as Tellers and after ballots
were distributed and collected, the Chair was informed by the Tellers
that Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper had been elected as Chairman of the
Policy Committee by a vote of 21 to 14.
The Chair recognized Senator Saltonstall who moved to make the election
unanimous. The motion was put and the Chair announced the motion was
agreed to.
Senator Young then recognized Senator Hickenlooper who spoke of his
great and long-standing affection for Senator Saltonstall and thanked
his colleagues for his election. He stated that he would call a meeting
of the Committee for 3:00 o'clock that afternoon and would work for a
vigorous and united Republican Party. He stated that the Committee would
endeavor to serve all Senators and that a canvass would be made of the
Membership to ascertain their particular views as to how best the
Committee could function.
Senator Leverett Saltonstall assumed the Chair and announced that after
consultation with Senators Everett McKinley Dirksen and Bourke B.
Hickenlooper, as Chairman of the Republican Conference he would name
Senator Frank Carlson as acting Chairman of the Committee on Committees,
pending the return of Senator Schoeppel who is absent because of a
temporary illness. The Chairman asked if there was any objection and
there being none Senator Carlson was named as acting Chairman of the
Committee on Committees.
The Chairman recognized in turn Senators Jack Miller, Everett McKinley
Dirksen, Barry Goldwater, Jacob K. Javits, Francis Case of South Dakota,
Carl T. Curtis, George D. Aiken and Hugh Scott, each of whom spoke
briefly concerning the necessity for a better distribution of committee
assignments and the hope that there might be some change in the present
method of assigning committee vacancies by the seniority method.
At the conclusion of the brief discussion Senator Javits moved for the
adoption of the following resolution:

That the Committee on Committees be requested to submit to
the Republican Conference at an early date its suggestions
and recommendations as to how best to proceed with the
filling of future existing committee vacancies.

The Chairman put the question and announced that the resolution was
agreed to.
Senator Saltonstall asked the Members of the Conference to rise and give
a hand to their Minority Leader, the Honorable Everett McKinley Dirksen.
Senator Dirksen first asked all Senators to please participate in the
eulogy to be held in the Senate for Senator Styles Bridges on January
17. He also stated that after a conference with the Majority Leader a
reasonably fluid period had been agreed to for Lincoln Day speeches,
namely, from February 8 through February 14 or 15, covering a period of
six or more days.
Senator Dirksen stated that the first order of business commencing on
January 15 would be the DuPont bill which he expected would be before
the Senate for ten days or two weeks.
He spoke concerning the expected message in regard to raising the debt
limit--a message on civilian air raid shelters and one concerning the
military budget. He then detailed the various subjects which had been
discussed at the White House and by various officials of the Government
as follows: medicare within the social security framework, feed grains,
gold reserves, Cuba, foreign policy beginning with Southeast Asia and
South America, Berlin, the Congo and United Nations bonds.
During the course of the discussion Senator Javits raised a question
concerning an advisory task force to deal with a Republican position on
foreign policy. Senator Dirksen stated that before anything was done he
would wish to first meet with Members of the Foreign Relations
Committee.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 11:32 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on January 15, 1962

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *

January 10, 1962

The Honorable Andrew F. Schoeppel
United States Senator
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bethesda, Maryland
THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE AT ITS MEETING TODAY REQUESTED THAT THE
SECRETARY EXPRESS TO YOU DEEP REGRET THAT YOU COULD NOT BE PRESENT
BECAUSE OF YOUR TEMPORARY ILLNESS
YOUR COLLEAGUES SEND TO YOU THEIR SINCERE BEST WISHES AND HIGH ESTEEM
AND WITH THE HOPE THAT YOUR RECOVERY WILL BE RAPID AND THAT YOU WILL
REJOIN THEM SOON

Milton R. Young
Secretary of the Republican
Conference
* * *

87th Congress
2d Session
Styles Bridges

Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire moved that the
following resolution be adopted and the motion was seconded
by Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen. The resolution was then
unanimously adopted by the Republican Minority Conference on
January 10, 1962:

Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from us our
beloved former colleague, Senator Styles Bridges, and
Whereas throughout his twenty-five years of service as a Member of the
United States Senate he rendered statesmanlike service to our Nation and
to the State of New Hampshire, and
Whereas he rendered distinguished service as President Pro Tempore of
the United States Senate, Republican Leader, Chairman of the Republican
Policy Committee, and Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, and
Whereas he was our affectionate friend and esteemed colleague, ever
ready to give of himself, of his efforts, and of his wise judgment:
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Members of the Republican Conference of
the United States Senate, express our sense of great loss at his
passing, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Mrs. Doloris
Thauwald Bridges, that she may be assured of our deep respect for her
and of our condolences to her upon the passing of our friend, her
husband.
Attest:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE ACTING CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE FRANK CARLSON, FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY
18, 1962, AT 11:00 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Acting Chairman called the meeting to order at 11:05 a.m.
The following Senators were present:

Carlson
Boggs
Allott
Javits
Keating

The following Senators were absent:
Schoeppel Bush
Hickenlooper Cotton
Case (S.D.) Curtis
Wiley Beall

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur
Burgess.
The Acting Chairman stated that the purpose of the meeting was to fill
the existing vacancies in the Appropriations, Armed Services and Space
Sciences Committees, and to assign committees to Senator Murphy who has
been appointed after the death of Senator Bridges.
The Acting Chairman explained that the method of assignment was
according to seniority and that each of the Republican Senators had been
contacted in order. He proposed the following assignments;

Aeronautical and Space Capehart
Sciences
Armed Services Committee Goldwater--releases Interior and
Insular Affairs
Appropriations Committee Case (N.J.)--releases Labor and
Public Welfare
Interior and Insular Affairs)
Labor and Public Welfare )
Murphy

The Acting Chairman expressed the hope that Senator Prouty might be
helped in his committee assignments next year.
A general discussion was had regarding the seniority rule and committee
assignments.
Senator Allott suggested a more equitable system of committee
assignments would be--Each man in order of seniority make one choice of
a committee. When each has made one choice then start at the top and go
down for the second choice. Senator Keating agreed that such a plan
would be more equitable but doubted that senior Senators would agree.
Senator Javits stated that the Democrats use to great advantage in
campaigns the fact that their candidates will get good committee
assignments if elected. Republicans have not been able to claim this.
Senator Javits suggested that the various plans (the Case (S.D.),
Allott, Javits) for more equitable committee assignments be collected
and discussed at a future meeting of this committee.
Acting Chairman Carlson agreed that such a meeting would be had.
Senator Boggs moved that the assignments as submitted be approved.
Senator Allott seconded the motion.
The motion was agreed to.
The Acting Chairman announced that the agreed to assignments would be
submitted to the Republican Conference on Monday, January 22, 1962, for
their approval.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m.

[signed] William Brownrigg III

Assistant Secretary for the Minority

Approved: Frank Carlson

Acting Chairman of the Committee on Committees

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED BY THE
ACTING CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE FRANK CARLSON, FOR JANUARY 31, 1962, IN
THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE MINORITY, G-43,⁴ SENATE
WING OF THE CAPITOL, AT 2:30 P.M.
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The Acting Chairman, Senator Frank Carlson, called the meeting to order
at 3:10 p.m. The delay was occasioned by a voting situation on the
Senate Floor.
The Members of the Committee present were as follows:

Case, S. Dak. Carlson
Allott Bush
Keating Cotton
Javits Curtis
Wiley Boggs
Beall

Also present was J. Mark Trice.
The Chairman stated that a quorum being present the purpose of the
meeting was to make recommendations to the Conference as to those
vacancies which were occasioned by the death of his colleague, Senator
Andrew F. Schoeppel. The Schoeppel vacancies were Appropriations and
Commerce.
He stated that he had contacted those Senators who were interested and
was prepared to give to the Members of the Committee his
recommendations. The recommendations were in accordance with requests
made and in line with seniority practices and precedents.
He also called attention to the fact that the Committee had previously
recommended to the Conference at its previous meeting certain
recommendations in regard to the vacancies caused by the death of
Senator Styles Bridges. These recommendations had not as yet been acted
upon due to the fact that a Conference called for this purpose had been
cancelled due to the death of Senator Schoeppel.
Senator Carlson recognized several Senators who expressed the opinion
that no action should be taken at this time and the matter of making new
assignments should be deferred until some action had been taken on the
resolution introduced by Senator Francis Case of South Dakota in regard
to making the Committees on Space and Government Operations major
committees.
The question of deferring was discussed and thereafter Senator Jacob K.
Javits was recognized who raised the question as to why two Republican
Senators from the same State could not serve on the same committee. This
matter was discussed at some length and it was generally agreed that
this being a Conference matter, the Committee on Committees could, of
course, raise the question and by motion present the matter to the
Conference for its action. After several motions were made and rejected
in regard to affirming the previous action of the Committee as well as
the Committee approving the existing precedents in regard to Senators
not serving on the same Committee, it was agreed by unanimous consent
that the previous action taken by the Committee on Committees at its
last meeting be rescinded.
The Chairman then informed the Membership of the requests that had been
received and of the various releases and assignments which resulted
therefrom. Those releases and assignments are as follows:

Capehart is assigned to Space.
Dirksen releases Interior and Insular Affairs and is
assigned to Rules and Administration.
Goldwater releases Interior and Insular Affairs and is
assigned to Armed Services.
Cotton releases Judiciary and is assigned to Appropriations.
Case, N.J. releases Labor and Public Welfare and is assigned
to Appropriations.
Scott releases Public Works and is assigned to Judiciary
Keating releases Rules and Administration and is assigned to
Commerce.
Miller releases Rules and Administration and is assigned to
Public Works.
Murphy is assigned to Interior and Insular Affairs and Labor
and Public Welfare.
Pearson is assigned to Interior and Insular Affairs and
Rules and Administration.

After brief discussion it was moved and seconded that the previous
listed recommendations of the Chairman be submitted to the Republican
Conference as the recommendations of the Committee on Committees.
Senator Javits requested that the record show that he be recorded as
``not voting'' on the question of two Republican Senators not serving on
the same Committee from the same State.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:25 p.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Frank Carlson

Acting Chairman of the Committee on Committees
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[February 1, 1962]

FEBRUARY 1, 1962
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1,
1962, AT 9:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Conference was called to order at 9:27 a.m. by the Honorable
Leverett Saltonstall, Chairman of the Republican Conference, and he
requested the Secretary, Senator Milton R. Young, to call the roll.
The Chairman announced that a quorum was present.

Present 22:
Aiken Cotton Morton
Allott Curtis Murphy
Boggs Dirksen Saltonstall
Bush Fong Smith
Capehart Goldwater Tower
Carlson Keating Wiley
Case, S. Dak. Kuchel Williams
Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman announced that the meeting was called for the purpose of
receiving a report from the Committee on Committees to fill the
vacancies caused by the sad deaths of Senator Styles Bridges and Senator
Andrew F. Schoeppel.
Senator Saltonstall recognized Senator Frank Carlson, Acting Chairman of
the Committee on Committees. Senator Carlson stated that the Committee
had met and was ready to make its report, which was based on existing
seniority rules and precedents which were binding on the Committee. He
then read for the information of the Members of the Conference the
recommendations of his Committee which are as follows:

Capehart assigned to Space.
Dirksen releases Interior and Insular Affairs and assigned
to Rules and Administration.
Goldwater releases Interior and Insular Affairs and assigned
to Armed Services.
Cotton releases Judiciary and assigned to Appropriations.
Case, N.J. releases Labor and Public Welfare and assigned to
Appropriations.
Scott releases Public Works and assigned to Judiciary.
Keating releases Rules and Administration and assigned to
Commerce.
Miller releases Rules and Administration and assigned to
Public Works.
Murphy is assigned to Interior and Insular Affairs and Labor
and Public Welfare.
Pearson is assigned to Interior and Insular Affairs and
Rules and Administration.

There had been placed before the Members detailed information as to
changes listed above and a copy of the two information sheets are
attached hereto as Exhibit A and Exhibit B.
The Chairman recognized Senator George D. Aiken who stated that he knew
of a very unhappy and disillusioned member of the Republican Conference
who had attempted in the past to yield his seniority for the benefit of
other members but that he was still waiting to obtain the committees he
desired. Senator Carlson stated that he was not happy nor was his
Committee in regard to the matter but that with the seniority rules
being followed the committees desired did not sift down the list. In
response to a question asked Senator Aiken stated that the two
committees desired were Commerce and Judiciary.
The Chairman recognized Senator John J. Williams of Delaware who stated
that there always seemed to be a lot of talking and nothing in the way
of action to help in those matters and that a stop should be put to the
assignment of a third committee until all Senators had two major
committees of their choice.
The Chairman then asked if there was any further discussion and there
being none the question was put on agreeing to the motion made by
Senator Carlson that the recommendations of the Committee on Committees
previously listed be approved.
The Chairman put the question, announced that the ``yeas'' had it, and
that the motion was adopted.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Carlson who stated that he was
merely informing the Members of the Conference that a question had been
raised in his Committee in regard to two Republican Members from the
same State serving on the same Committee. He stated that this was a
matter for Conference action and that in his opinion some time in the
future the matter should be discussed and decided.
The Chairman stated that he hoped that the Committee on Committees would
shortly report its recommendations in regard to a Resolution previously
adopted by the Conference in regard to the filling of Committee
vacancies.
The Chairman recognized Senator Carl T. Curtis who called to the
attention of the Senators that when certain committee resolutions are up
for adoption in the next day or two he will offer an amendment which
will guarantee to the Minority one employee for every ten Majority
employees with the top salary being paid in certain cases.
The Chairman recognized Senator Williams who spoke of the President's
statement yesterday concerning a Congressional investigation by Senator
Stuart Symington [Democrat of Missouri] in regard to what was referred
to as a scandal in the stockpiling of strategic materials. The Senator
stated he would shortly reveal all the facts and that in his opinion the
Republican record was clear.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:00 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on February 6, 1962

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
February 1, 1962
(Confidential)
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

Republican committee vacancies (5) and releases (7) totaling 12 are as
follows:

Vacancies:
Appropriations (2)
Armed Services
Commerce
Space
Releases:
Interior and Insular Affairs (2)
Judiciary
Labor and Public Welfare
Public Works
Rules and Administration (2)

The Committee on Committees recommends the following assignments:
Capehart Space
Dirksen Rules and Administration
Goldwater Armed Services
Cotton Appropriations
Case, N.J. Appropriations
Scott Judiciary
Keating Commerce
Miller Public Works
Murphy Interior and Insular Affairs, Labor and Public
Welfare
Pearson Interior and Insular Affairs, Rules and
Administration
Recapitulation:
Capehart is assigned to Space.
Dirksen releases Interior and Insular Affairs and is assigned to Rules and Administration.
Goldwater releases Interior and Insular Affairs and is assigned to Armed Services.
Cotton releases Judiciary and is assigned to Appropriations.
Case, N.J., releases Labor and Public Welfare and is assigned to Appropriations.
Scott releases Public Works and is assigned to Judiciary.
Keating releases Rules and Administration and is assigned to Commerce.
Miller releases Rules and Administration and is assigned to Public Works.
Murphy is assigned to Interior and Insular Affairs and Labor and Public Welfare.
Pearson is assigned to Interior and Insular Affairs and Rules and Administration.

* * *
February 1, 1962
(Confidential Worksheet No. 1)
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Eighty-seventh Congress--2d Session
(To Be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Ratio (10-5)

Mr. WILEY, Mrs. SMITH, Messrs. CASE, N.J., HICKENLOOPER,
CAPEHART

On Agriculture and Forestry (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. AIKEN, YOUNG, HICKENLOOPER, MUNDT, COOPER, BOGGS

On Appropriations (Ratio 17-10)

Messrs. SALTONSTALL, YOUNG, MUNDT, Mrs. SMITH, Messrs.
DWORSHAK, KUCHEL, HRUSKA, ALLOTT, COTTON, CASE, N.J.

On Armed Services (Ratio 11-6)

Mr. SALTONSTALL, Mrs. SMITH, Messrs. CASE, S. Dak., BUSH,
BEALL, GOLDWATER

On Banking and Currency (Ratio 9-6)

Messrs. CAPEHART, BENNETT, BUSH, BEALL, JAVITS, TOWER

On Commerce (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. BUTLER, COTTON, CASE, N.J., MORTON, SCOTT, KEATING

On District of Columbia (Ratio 4-3)

Messrs. BEALL, PROUTY, MILLER

On Finance (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. WILLIAMS, Del., CARLSON, BENNETT, BUTLER, CURTIS,
MORTON

On Foreign Relations (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. WILEY, HICKENLOOPER, AIKEN, CAPEHART, CARLSON,
WILLIAMS, Del.

On Government Operations (Ratio 6-3)

Messrs. MUNDT, CURTIS, JAVITS

On Interior and Insular Affairs (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. DWORSHAK, KUCHEL, ALLOTT, MILLER, MURPHY, PEARSON

On the Judiciary (Ratio 9-6)

Messrs. WILEY, DIRKSEN, HRUSKA, KEATING, FONG, SCOTT

On Labor and Public Welfare (Ratio 10-5)

Messrs. GOLDWATER, JAVITS, PROUTY, TOWER, MURPHY

On Post Office and Civil Service (Ratio 6-3)

Messrs. CARLSON, FONG, BOGGS

On Public Works (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. CASE, S. Dak., COOPER, PROUTY, FONG, BOGGS, MILLER

On Rules and Administration (Ratio 6-3)

Messrs. CURTIS, DIRKSEN, PEARSON

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[March 13, 1962]

MARCH 13, 1962
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 13,
1962, AT 9:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 9:38 a.m. and requested the Secretary, Senator Milton R. Young,
to call the roll.
The Chairman announced that a quorum was present.

Present 24:
Aiken Cotton Mundt
Allott Curtis Murphy
Beall Dworshak Pearson
Bennett Goldwater Prouty
Boggs Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Bush Hruska Scott
Carlson Javits Tower
Case, N.J. Keating Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Arthur E.
Burgess.
The Chairman then called attention of the Members of the Conference to
the eulogies to be held for the late Andrew F. Schoeppel at 2:00 o'clock
this afternoon.
He stated that the Conference meeting had been called after a
conversation with Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper and Senator George D.
Aiken in regard to the United Nations Bond Issue. Both Senators thought
that a meeting would be helpful.
Senator Saltonstall, the Chairman, then requested that Senator George D.
Aiken discuss the United Nations Bond Issue. In his remarks Senator
Aiken gave the historical background of the Congo issue and he spoke of
an advisory opinion to be rendered soon by the International Court of
Justice in regard to the United Nations assessments on its members and
the action recently taken by the Committee on Foreign Relations when it
considered the Administration bill, S. 2768, which called for the
purchase of $100 million of United Nations bonds at 2 percent interest.
The Senator spoke of the action taken by the Committee on an amendment
offered by himself and Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper which provided
that the United States loan up to $100 million for a period of three
years to the United Nations at prevailing interest rates. This
substitute amendment had been defeated in the Committee on Foreign
Relations by a vote of 8 to 7.
The Senator also stated that the Committee on Foreign Relations had
finally compromised the measure by the adoption of an amendment by
Senator Frank J. Lausche [Democrat of Ohio] which called for the
purchase of 25 million of U.N. bonds with a matching formula of up to
$100 million.
Senator Saltonstall turned the Chair over to Senator Hickenlooper during
the remarks of Senator Aiken because of his needed presence at a
Committee meeting.
Senator Hickenlooper addressed the meeting and stated that the
substitute proposed was a clean-cut proposition and would force the U.N.
to put its house in order.
Senator Hickenlooper stated that he believed that the majority of the
American people would like to see the U.N. continue but that if its
member nations cannot be financially responsible then there was no
question but that the United Nations would fail. He stated that the
proposition presented by them would give the United Nations three years
to find out whether they wanted the United States to continue to bail
them out of their financial difficulties.
He stated that in his opinion while the Administration was supporting
the 25 year issue he thought they would take the amended bill. He also
stated that if the substitute 3 year loan failed on the Floor, he
expected to offer a matching dollar for dollar proposition.
During the discussion of the United Nations bond issue a number of
questions were asked and several Senators participated in the
discussion.
The meeting was called primarily for a discussion of the issue and no
attempt was made to ascertain the position of Senators.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:05 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on March 14, 1962

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

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[April 3, 1962]

APRIL 3, 1962
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 3,
1962, AT 9:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 9:40 a.m. and stated that a quorum was present. He requested
the Secretary, the Honorable Milton R. Young, to record those Senators
present.

Present 25:
Aiken Dworshak Miller
Allott Fong Morton
Bush Goldwater Prouty
Capehart Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Carlson Hruska Scott
Case, N.J. Javits Smith
Cooper Keating Tower
Dirksen Kuchel Wiley
....................... Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and David S.
Teeple.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the
compromise amendment in the nature of a substitute recently presented by
Senators Everett McKinley Dirksen and Mike Mansfield to S. 2768, the
United Nations Bond bill, and in the absence of Senator George D. Aiken
who was temporarily detained, he recognized Senator Bourke B.
Hickenlooper.
The Senator spoke of participation by the White House with Senators
Dirksen, Aiken and Mansfield and the reason for attempting to compromise
the reported Committee version primarily due to the fact that the Aiken-
Hickenlooper substitute would receive a maximum of 42 votes and a low of
32 or 33. It was the opinion of the Administration that if a strong vote
was not recorded in the Senate on the measure there was a likelihood of
the House defeating the entire proposition. He spoke of the terms of the
substitute amendment which authorized an appropriation for the President
of $100 million for a loan to the United Nations, a provision in regard
to the matching of all loans by other Nations over $25 million, specific
wording that this legislation was not an authorization for any future
loan, and certain language to persuade other Nations to keep current on
their payments. The Senator stated that he could not attend several of
the meetings because of his absence in Iowa and he suggested that
Senator Dirksen inform the Membership by reason of his presence at the
meetings.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Dirksen who stated that the problem
at hand was to get the Adminstration ``off the hook'' because of a
substantial vote against it in the Senate. He stated that he thought the
substitute would do the job as effectively as it could be done, with the
Appropriations Committee getting another look at it later.
He stated that there was a chance of retrieving our money by installment
payments and the substitute presented a reasonable way to get the United
Nations ``off the hook'' without going too far.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Aiken who had arrived during
Senator Dirksen's statement and the Chairman informed him of the remarks
by Senator Hickenlooper. Senator Aiken stated that the compromise had
been agreed upon by the White House after by-passing the United Nations
and the State Department, and that the substitute would give to the
President some leverage in dealing with the United Nations. It was his
opinion that the present compromise was the best that could be arrived
at.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hickenlooper who thought that the word
``loan'' in the fourth line of the amendment should be changed to
``loans'' and Senator Dirksen when recognized suggested the addition of
a section which called upon the United Nations to report quarterly to
Congress in regard to its fiscal condition.
The Chairman in turn recognized Senators Tower, Miller, Goldwater,
Javits, Cooper, Bush, Scott, Hruska, Fong and Capehart who expressed
varying points of view in regard to what the substitute did and did not
do, namely, that bonds could be purchased under the term of ``loan,''
that in reality there had been no compromise as the President had always
been willing to assume the responsibility, that the question of interest
on any loan was questionable as well as the pay-back period, that the
measure was a complete capitulation to the White House, that definite
information should be obtained from the President as to whether the
substitute represents a bond issue or a loan and that the substitute was
an abdication of the position which the Republicans had previously
asserted.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who thought that the
proposition under consideration took the Republican Party ``off the hook
for wrecking the United Nations'' and that by the President assuming the
responsibility the process presented was the best under the
circumstances.
The Chairman stated that he believed that because of the diverse views
another Conference on the subject might be called but he would do so
after consulting with the Minority Leader and Members of the Foreign
Relations Committee who were actively interested in the subject matter.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Hickenlooper who presented to the
Members of the Conference Mr. David S. Teeple who had been appointed by
him as Staff Director of the Republican Policy Committee on April 1,
1962. The Senator stated that the Policy Committee Staff had been
instructed to serve each Republican Member with impartiality. Mr. Teeple
stood and the Members applauded.
The Chairman stated that without objection the Secretary would be
authorized to send a message of good wishes to Senator Francis Case who
had returned home from the hospital.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:39 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on April 4, 1962

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[May 2, 1962]

MAY 2, 1962
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 2,
1962, AT 9:30 A.M. ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 9:45 a.m. and requested that the Secretary, the Honorable
Milton R. Young, record those Senators present.

Present:
Aiken Curtis Miller
Allott Dirksen Morton
Beall Dworshak Mundt
Bennett Fong Prouty
Boggs Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Bush Javits Scott
Case, N.J. Keating Tower
Cotton Kuchel Wiley
....................... Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III, David S. Teeple
and John Guy Miller who was present at the request of Senator Everett
McKinley Dirksen, Mr. Miller being Senator Dirksen's expert on the
subject of Medicare.
The Chairman stated that the meeting was called at the request of
Senator Jacob K. Javits with the approval of the Leadership, and that
the meeting would be expository.
The Chairman recognized Senator Javits who stated that the issue of
Medicare, in his opinion, was a hot issue and he raised the question as
to whether or not we need to do something about it.
The comparison sheet, previously prepared by the Republican Policy
Committee, ``Comparison of Major Health Care Insurance Proposals for the
Aging 1962,'' a copy of which is attached, was used by the Senator as a
basis of comparison of the five or six proposals presently before the
Congress. He compared their advantages and disadvantages and then fully
analyzed his bill, S. 2664.
During the course of Senator Javits' remarks, the Chairman recognized
Senators Cotton, Curtis, Bennett, Miller, Hickenlooper, Mundt, Bush,
Curtis, Dworshak and Allott, who asked specific questions concerning
various provisions contained in the respective measures.
Fear was expressed that by approving the program there was a risk of
assuming community responsibility, that there was a possibility of the
Government ultimately taking over the hospitals, the great possibility
that each election year further benefits would be demanded and the
possibility of jeopardizing the present Social Security program.
Senator Javits concluded his remarks by stating that he would be glad to
cooperate with any of the Republican Senators in an endeavor to improve
his bill and was willing to approve any sound plan.
The Chairman concluded the meeting by saying that he believed a full
discussion of the measure had been helpful and that it was likely a
further conference would be held on the subject matter when specific
legislation was before the Senate.
The question was raised as to whether or not the prepared analysis sheet
should be placed in the Congressional Record and it was decided it would
be wiser not to have it included at this time.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who called to the attention of
those present at the Conference that the Cloture Petition was now at the
desk for signatures.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:55 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on May 7, 1962

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *

[The document prepared by the Policy Committee staff compared all of the
programs side by side by gluing together several sheets of paper. They
are presented here consecutively.]
COMPARISON OF MAJOR HEALTH CARE INSURANCE PROPOSALS FOR THE AGING 1962
Kerr-Mills Program
(Public Law 86-778)

[Handwritten notation in margin: 22 states in it but only NY, Mass. &
Minn. really ``means test'']

Coverage Approximately 10 million persons over 65 might meet the eligibility
requirements. The number actually affected will depend upon the number of
States participating, and the eligibility standards formulated by such
States. (S. Rept. 1856, 86th Cong.)*
How Many Each State could formulate its own eligibility standards within the State
Benefit plan, except that benefits must be provided for residents of the State who:
(1) have attained age 65, and
(2) are not recipients of Old-Age Assistance, but whose income and resources
are insufficient to meet the cost of the medical services listed below.
Persons under age 65 or persons receiving Old-Age Assistance could not be
made eligible under the State plan. The State plan may not require an
enrollment fee as a condition of eligibility or impose a lien on the
property of a beneficiary during his life or that of his surviving spouse.
Benefits The State plan for medical assistance for the aged may specify medical
services of any scope and duration, provided that both institutional and
noninstitutional services are included. The Federal Government would share
in the expense of providing the following kinds of medical services:
(1) inpatient hospital services;
(2) skilled nursing home services;
(3) outpatient hospital or clinic services;
(4) physicians' services;
(5) home health care services;
(6) private duty nursing services;
(7) physical therapy and related services;
(8) dental services;
(9) laboratory and X-ray services;
(10) prescribed drugs, eyeglasses, dentures, and prosthetic devices;
(11) diagnostic, screening and preventive services; and,
(12) any other medical care or remedial care recognized under State law.

[Handwritten note in margin: not certain of benefits until you seek them]

Administration Participating States would be reimbursed for part of their expenditures
under Federally approved State plans providing medical services to aged
persons who are not recipients of Old-Age Assistance, but whose income and
resources are insufficient to meet the cost of necessary medical services.
Financing Federal sharing in State expenses under plans for Medical Assistance for the
Aged would be determined according to an equalization formula based on
State per capita income in relation to the national average and would run
from 50 to 80 percent. There are no dollar limits beyond which no matching
will apply. The States would receive in addition an amount to half of their
administrative expenses under plans for Medical Assistance for the Aged.
Total Cost Estimated costs for the first year were as follows:
1st Year Federal--$60 million
State--56 million
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Total--116 million (S. Rept. 1856, 86th Cong.)

*As of January 1962, 25 States and 3 Jurisdictions had established MAA
Programs as follows: Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York,
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Utah, Virgin Islands, Washington, West Virginia, Alabama, California,
Connecticut, Guam, Maine, Pennsylvania and Vermont. Source--Department
of Health, Education and Welfare. Press Release, March 28, 1962.
Administration Bill (87th Cong.)
S. 909 (Senator Anderson and Others)
H.R. 4222 (Representative King)

[Coverage] (As of January 1963, see effective dates below)
OASI eligibles--14.4 million
Railroad Retirement eligibles--0.6 million
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TOTAL--15.0 million
[How Many All persons would be eligible for medical benefits who--
Benefit]
(1) are age 65 or over; and,
(2) are eligible to receive Social Security or Railroad Retirement benefits.
[Benefits] Benefits would consist of payments to medical facilities for services
rendered to eligible individuals. Such payments may be made for the
following kinds of services:
(1) inpatient care--90 days per benefit period subject to a deductible of
$10 per day for the first nine days, but not less than $20; plus,
(2) skilled nursing home care after transfer from a hospital--120 days per
benefit period plus an extra two days of nursing home care for each unused
day of hospital care, total nursing home care for each benefit period not
to exceed 180 days, plus
(3) home health services--240 visits per calendar year; plus,
(4) outpatient diagnostic services--no durational limit, but subject to a
deductible of $20 per diagnostic study.

Effective Dates

Inpatient hospital services--October 1, 1962
Outpatient diagnostic services--October 1, 1962
Home health services--October 1, 1962
Nursing home services--July 1, 1963
[Administration] Would provide medical benefits through the Social Security (OASI) mechanism
for persons 65 or over who are eligible to receive OASI benefits, or
Railroad Retirement annuities.
[Financing] The cost in percent of the estimated level premium payroll ($5,000 wage
base) would be .66%. This cost would be met in two ways:
(1) The amount of annual wages and earnings subject to Social Security
payroll taxes would be increased from $4,800 to $5,000, effective in 1962;
and,
(2) Social Security and Railroad Retirement payroll taxes would be increased
by 0.50% of taxable earnings, effective in 1963. (Increase equals 0.25% on
employers, 0.25% on employees, and 0.375% on the self-employed.)
These changes in the tax structure would derive revenue equal to .60% of the
present estimated level premium payroll ($5,000 wage base).
[Total Cost The estimated total cost of providing medical benefits would be about $2
1st Year] billion per year on a level premium (long run) basis. The cost for early
years would be slightly over $1 billion.

Javits Bill (S. 2664) ¹

[Coverage] All persons 65 and over who meet the retirement qualifications* and who are
not beneficiaries of medical care under old-age assistance or other Federal
assistance medical programs.
[How Many 12.3 million (as of 1963) estimated out of total age population of 16
Benefit] million (est.)
[Benefits] Eligible individuals may choose one of three optional programs: (1)
preventive, diagnostic and short-term illness benefits with specified
services; (2) long-term illness benefits with specified services; (3)
private insurance benefits, under which the cost of a private inusrance
plan, up to a maximum of $100 per year, is paid for. Benefits specified
under the preventive short-term care plan: (1) 21 days of hospital care;
(2) 63 days of nursing care less any days of hospitalization at a ratio of
3 nursing home days per hospital day; (3) physicians service for 12 days;
(4) first $100 of costs for ambulatory diagnostic, laboratory and x-ray
services; and (5) 24 days of visiting nurse or other home health care
services. Benefits specified per year under the catastrophic long-term or
chronic illness plan--80% of the following costs, after payment of the
first $125 of medical expenses: (1) 120 days of hospital care; (2) surgical
service, drugs and appliances, provided in a hospital; (3) 360 days of
nursing home services less any days of hospitalization at a ratio of 3
nursing home days per hospital day; (4) full home health care services.
Private Insurance benefits--payment to insurance carrier of premiums on a
renewable private health insurance policy of which an eligible individual
is beneficiary, up to $100 per year.
[Administration] By State under agreement with Secretary of HEW, or by the Secretary if he is
unable to conclude an agreement: states to be reimbursed; they can augment
benefits under same administration if they assume added costs.
[Financing] Benefits would be paid from a Federal Medical Insurance Trust Fund. (1)
Payroll taxes of employees and employers are increased 1/4 of 1% of first
$4,800 wages in 1963 each and 1/8 of 1% in 1972; for self-employed, 3/8 of
1% in 1963 and 3/16 of 1% in 1972. These increases derive the equivalent of
0.70% of payroll on a level premium (long run) basis. (2) For other
retirees, by appropriation from general revenue.
[Total Cost $1,230 billion.
1st Year]

¹ This bill contains basically the same benefit, administrative and eligibility features as S. 937, which
provides for general revenue financing. I introduced S. 937 on February 13, 1961, with Senators Cooper, Scott,
Aiken, Fong, Cotton, Keating, Kuchel, Prouty and Saltonstall as cosponsors.
* An individual would be ``retired'' if: (i) his income for Federal income tax purposes did not exceed $3,000,
or $4,500 in combined income with his spouse, in his last taxable year; or (ii) he files a sworn statement
that for taxable year in which he applies for health care insurance benefits, his income for Federal tax
purposes will not exceed $3,000, or $4,500 for a married couple; or (iii) he had attained age 72.
Source--Senator Javits' office.

Bow Bill (H.R. 10981)

[Coverage] Everyone who reaches age 65 who wishes health insurance.
[How Many
Benefit]
[Benefits] Medical care insurance under a choice of policies, the minimum benefits of
which are described as plans 1 and 2.

Bow Plan 1

(Payment of all charges is made by the insurance carrier)
Hospital room and board up to $12 per day, and up to $1,080 in a calendar
year; other hospital charges including charges for surgical or emergency
outpatient treatment up to $120 in any calendar year. Convalescent
hospital room and board up to $6 per day, and up to $186 in any 1 calendar
year, following discharge from hospital. No home health services or
nurses' fees. Surgical charges according to a fee schedule with a $300
maximum. Diagnostic, laboratory, and X-ray services when hospitalized as
above. Drugs used in hospitals.

Bow Plan 2

(Subject to a deductible feature with not to exceed 25 percent
coinsurance)*
Hospital room and board equal to charges for semiprivate accommodations;
other hospital charges including charges for surgical or emergency
outpatient treatment. Convalescent hospital room and board up to $6 per
day, and up to $540 in any 1 calendar year, following discharge from
hospital. No home health services. Up to $16 per day for registered nurse,
and up to $480 in any 1 calendar year. Surgical charges according to a fee
schedule with a $300 maximum, and $5 per call for other than surgery or
postoperative care. Diagnostic X-rays and other diagnostic and laboratory
tests; X-ray, radium, and radioactive isotope treatment. Charges for drugs
and medicines which require a doctor's prescription; blood or blood plasma
not donated or replaced; anesthetics and oxygen; rental of durable medical
or surgical equipment such as hospital beds or wheelchairs.
[Administration] Secretary of Treasury
[Financing] Through tax credits for individuals who pay their own premiums or are
covered by insurance paid for by near relatives or former employers, and
through issuance of ``medical care insurance certificates'' for all
others.
[Total Cost Cost estimated to be comparable to other legislation, but difficult to
1st Year] predict because of lack (a) precise information on amount of deduction now
taken by or for individuals over 65 which would be an offset against cost
of tax credit; (b) knowledge concerning probable degree of participation.
Estimated first-year cost--$1.6 billion.

* Payments of benefits may be subject to either (1) a deductible of not more than $100 in a calendar year and a
lifetime maximum of not less than $5,000; or (2) a deductible of not more than $200 in a calendar year and a
lifetime maximum of not less than $10,000.
Source--Representative Bow's bill (H.R. 10981) and chart from Mr. Bow's office on page 3953, Congressional
Record, March 15, 1962.

Lindsay Bill (H.R. 11253)

[Coverage] OASDI eligibles and over; also railroad retirees. 14.4 million OASDI
beneficiaries and 0.6 million railroad retirees; also subject to State
action and State eligibility standards, all those not covered by OASDI may
be made eligible (about 2.9 million).
[How Many Minimum of 15.0 million as of end of 1963; subject to State action and
Benefit] State eligibility standards, any portion or all of an additional 2.9
million could benefit, or for a total of 17.9 million of the entire aged
population.
[Benefits] I. OASDI eligibles have an option to choose between (1) protection under a
``Government Plan,'' with same benefit structure as the King-Anderson
bills (S. 909 and H.R. 4222), and (2) the right to a monthly cash payment
provided that the individual is covered by a private health insurance
policy or voluntary prepayment plan which has an actuarial value at least
equal to that of the Government Plan. Any individual electing the private
health benefits option would receive a monthly cash payment of $8 per
month (to be increased if actuarial value of benefits under Government
Plan increases). He may choose any qualified private health insurance
policy or private prepayment plan. He may assign his monthly cash payments
to the carrier of his private health benefits plan.
II. Individuals who are not covered by OASDI (including public assistance
recipients) may be made eligible for the benefits of the Government Plan
if their States wish to ``buy-in'' to the Federal program for them. A
particular state would specify the elegible class of persons (setting
whatever eligibility standards it wishes). When an eligible person enters
a hospital or nursing home he will be treated in the same way as an OASDI
beneficiary. Each State would reimburse the Federal Health Insurance Trust
Fund periodically for the aggregate amount paid out in respect of its non-
OASDI beneficiaries. States would be aided in reimbursing the Trust Fund
by Federal grants from general revenues. These grants would be paid under
the same formula as in the Kerr-Mills law, except that the Federal
percentage share of the grants would be 5% greater than under the Kerr-
Mills formula.
[Administration] (1) For Government Plan: by Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare,
making agreements with providers of services and utilizing State agencies
to determine qualification of services. (2) For private health benefits
option: State Insurance Commissioners determine qualification of private
health benefits plan for the monthly cash payment, under agreements with
the Secretary of HEW; the Secretary issues regulations prescribing
standards for determining actuarial equivalence. State ``buy-in'': States
determine eligibility; administration for the eligible class is same as
for Government Plan. All phases: Secretary consults with Health Insurance
Benefits Advisory Council, which includes at least four outstanding
private health or prepayment plan experts.
[Financing] For OASDI eligibles: Same as S. 909 and H.R. 4222, except that H.R. 11253
creates a separate health insurance trust fund rather than merging the two
existing funds and the new health insurance programs. For non-OASDI
beneficiaries made eligible under State ``buy-in'': A combination of
Federal, State and local general revenues. Federal percentage share of the
cost in any State same as under Kerr-Mills law plus 5%. Costs depend
entirely on action taken by States.
[Total Cost $1.1 billion for OASDI beneficiaries.
1st Year]

Blue Shield--Blue Cross Senior Citizens Program

(Endorsed by the American Medical Association)

[Coverage] Blue Shield--All 17.9 million persons age 65 and over, their spouses, and
any children under 19 years of age.
Blue Cross--All 17.9 million persons age 65 and over and surviving
dependents.
[How Many Same as above.
Benefit]
[Benefits] Blue Shield--surgery either in a hospital or doctor's office; in-hospital
visits up to 70 days per admission, up to 30 days of in-hospital doctor
visits per year for tuberculosis and mental patients; anesthesia performed
by physician who bills for services; nursing home care and one physician
visit per week for 13 weeks for patients (other than tubercular or mental)
who transfer from hospital to nursing home; diagnostic X-rays of
accidental injuries taken in doctor's office or hospital out-patient
department within 72 hours of accident, also diagnostic X-rays for
hospital patients when ordered by attending physician, consistent with
condition for which patient was hospitalized and performed by physician
who bills for services; radiation therapy performed by physician;
laboratory and pathological examinations done by attending physician.
Blue Cross--70 days of hospital care in rooms of 3 or more beds including
room and board, general nursing service, drugs, dressings; emergency
accident care within 72 hours in out-patient department for surgical
procedures, X-ray and radiation therapy. Care in chronic and
rehabilitation hospitals and skilled nursing homes and visiting nurse
service at home.
[Administration] Blue Shield and Blue Cross
[Financing] Blue Shield--paid in full for single persons with an annual income of
$2,500 or less, and for husband and wife whose combined income is under
$4,000. Others above income limit, pay any costs above those allowed for
particular services. Estimated cost for plan: single person $3.20 per
month, husband and wife $6.10 per month.
Blue Cross--paid for by individuals at an estimated cost of $10 to $12 per
month.
[Total Cost No estimate for either plan.
1st Year]

Prepared by the Staff of U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee Sen.
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Chairman, David S. Teeple, Staff Director

------------------------

[June 7, 1962]

JUNE 7, 1962
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 7,
1962, AT 9:00 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 9:08 a.m. and requested that the Secretary, the Honorable
Milton R. Young, call the roll and record those Senators present.

Present 28:
Aiken Cotton Miller
Allott Dirksen Mundt
Beall Dworshak Pearson
Bennett Fong Saltonstall
Boggs Hickenlooper Scott
Bush Hruska Smith
Carlson Javits Tower
Case, N.J. Keating Wiley
Cooper Kuchel Williams
....................... Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III, David S. Teeple
and William B. Prendergast, Executive Secretary of the Joint Committee.
The Chairman announced that a quorum was present and that the purpose
for today's meeting was to consider the report of the 1962 Joint
Committee on Republican Principles titled ``A Declaration of Republican
Principle and Policy.''
The Chairman also announced that without objection he would name Senator
Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. and Senator James B. Pearson as members of the
Committee on Committees. There was no objection.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper, who had served
as co-chairman of the 1962 Joint Committee on Republican Principles, who
suggested that the meeting recess for ten minutes in order to allow the
members present to read the report, copies of which had been distributed
for the first time. Senator Hickenlooper suggested that they not read
the report to find specific statements on any subject as the Committee
had attempted to prepare their recommendations as a blanket under which
to live and a floor on which to stand. He said that attempts had been
made to pattern the report for the benefit of the total membership of
the House and Senate and to boil it down to essentials. He stated that
an attempt had been made to keep it as brief as possible. A number of
suggestions had been received from President Eisenhower, President
Hoover, various Governors, Senators and others. The Senator stated that
he hoped the report would be read in that light and that no changes
would be made by either the House or the Senate as any changes would
have to be taken back to the House members and also that a press
conference had been called for 1:30 today at which time a release of the
report would be made if approved.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who raised a
parliamentary inquiry as to whether or not the committee report would be
subject to amendment and he was advised by the Chair that amendments
would be in order.
The Chairman declared a recess until 9:27 a.m. in order that each member
might read the submitted report.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Javits who raised several
questions, one in regard to a statement made in regard to unemployment,
another relating to foreign policy where the words ``victory over
freedom'' were used, and another in regard to the section relating to
United Nations voting where the words ``to reflect population
disparities'' were used.
It was suggested that certain interpretations be made clear at the press
conference which was to follow and after varying interpretations were
given by Senators Kenneth B. Keating, John G. Tower and George D. Aiken,
who had served as members of the committee, the language was left
intact.
The Chairman recognized Senator Keating who stated that Congressman
Melvin R. Laird's [Republican of Wisconsin] idea was to include one or
two gadgets in the report which would raise some questions and present
new ideas.
The Chairman recognized Senator Thomas H. Kuchel who expressed the
opinion that a firm statement should have been included, reaffirming the
1960 Republican Platform and he expressed the thought that the press
would say the Party was veering to the right.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hickenlooper who stated that the Joint
Committee made no attempt to re-write the 1960 Platform and that in his
opinion no violence had been done to it. He said that an attempt was
made to cover the various points by broad, basic statements and that
while all the details would not satisfy each person individually, it was
something that the Republican Members of the House and Senate could
stand on.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Javits who raised the question as
to how the motion of adoption was to be worded and after some discussion
Senator Javits suggested certain words.
Later the Chairman recognized Senator Roman L. Hruska who suggested that
a slight modification be made in the wording but this suggestion was
later withdrawn.
The Chairman recognized Senator Young of North Dakota who objected to
the use of the word ``massive'' where it related to the land retirement
program.
Other Senators were recognized by the Chairman who raised certain
questions about specific language.
On motion of Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper the Chairman then read the
following resolution:

RESOLVED, That the Republican Senatorial Conference approves
the issuance of this report as a declaration of Republican
principles and policy representing the consensus of
Republicans in the Senate.

The Chairman put the question and after a ``yea'' and ``nay'' vote, the
Chair announced that the report was agreed to. There was one negative
vote recorded, and the Chairman recognized Senator Young of North Dakota
who stated that he wished to explain his vote because it was based
solely on the use of the word ``massive'' in regard to the land
retirement program. As this was a political issue in North Dakota he
stated he could not vote for the report for this reason.
The Chairman recognized Senator John Sherman Cooper who stated that
while he had voted for the report he now wished to change his vote to
``nay'' because of his objection to some of the foreign policy language.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hickenlooper who requested that the
members not release their copies as he did not wish to release the
report until the House had agreed to it and the report was released at
the afternoon press conference.
A copy of the report as approved is attached.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:50 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on June 7th, 1962

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
A DECLARATION OF REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLE AND POLICY
THE REPORT
of the
1962 JOINT COMMITTEE ON REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES
Representative Melvin R. Laird, Chairman
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Co-Chairman

Senate Members House Members

Sen. George D. Aiken Rep. Peter Frelinghuysen
Sen. Wallace F. Bennett Rep. Glenard P. Lipscomb
Sen. Thruston B. Morton Rep. Catherine May
Sen. Kenneth B. Keating Rep. Charles E. Goodell
Sen. John G. Tower Rep. James E. Bromwell

William B. Prendergast, Executive Secretary
June 5, 1962

A DECLARATION OF REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLE AND POLICY

I. BASIC BELIEFS OF REPUBLICANS

Republican philosophy is rooted in the traditions of this land of
ours-- in the Declaration of Independence that made this country free,
in the Constitution that has kept it free, and in the free men and women
who have made it the greatest nation on earth.
Republican philosophy rests on the doctrines that the individual has a
God-given dignity and that government exists to serve him.

We Republicans hold these five principles as basic beliefs:

INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY

We believe in the individual's right and capacity to govern
himself--to set his own goals--to make his way to them
without the restraints of dictatorship or paternalism.

LIMITED GOVERNMENT

We believe that the basic function of government is to
maintain an environment in which the individual can freely
develop powers of mind, heart and body with which his
Creator endowed him. We believe that government should do
for the people only the things they cannot do for
themselves.

DIFFUSION OF POWER

We believe that the Federal government should act only when
the people are not adequately served by state or local
governments. We believe in separation of the powers of
government. We believe in a system of checks and balances to
prevent a monopoly of power in any branch of government.

GOVERNMENT WITH A HEART

We believe that government must act to help establish
conditions of equal opportunity for all people and to help
assure that no one is denied the requisites for a life of
dignity.

GOVERNMENT WITH A HEAD

We believe that government must prudently weigh needs
against resources, put first things first, rigorously tailor
means to ends, and understand the difference between words
and deeds. The future will be built by those who work for
it--not by those who only promise it.
II. THE GREAT ISSUE OF 1962

The vote cast by the American citizen in the election of 1962 should
be his response to the question: Which party acts more effectively to
preserve and enlarge human freedom?
The current Administration has shown little understanding of, or
concern for, institutions that buttress freedom at home--separation of
powers, checks and balances, state and local responsibilty, and a free
competitive economy.
It has demonstrated neither the wit nor the will to meet effectively
the assault of international Communism on freedom.
We Republicans cannot witness the erosion of freedom without warning
or protest. We propose a new direction for public policy in order to
advance the cause of freedom at home and throughout the world.
III. FREEDOM AT HOME

In domestic policy, the most urgent national goal is steady economic
progress with more and better products, more and better jobs, and a
constantly improving standard of living for all.
Only with a vigorous economy can the cold war be won, education
improved, slums eliminated, medical care expanded, and other urgent
national goals achieved.
Only a free competitive economy will have the needed vigor.
The Administration's lack of sympathy toward a free competitive
economy has been made plain by many of its principal advisors. They have
expressed the pessimistic theory that the economy can attain a
satisfactory rate of growth and avoid mass unemployment only through
heavy-handed direction and control by government. They have argued that
government must protect individuals from foolish spending by taking
their money and spending it for them.
The incompetence of the New Frontier in economic policy is manifest.
It has destroyed confidence. It has given the nation a multi-billion
dollar increase in federal spending and is on the way to its third
unbalanced budget. Under it the nation has had the highest annual
unemployment, the greatest number of business failures since the great
depression, and the slowest recovery from recession in the post-war
period.
The oft-heard campaign cry ``Get American Moving Again'' has become a
hollow echo.
The Economy
Republicans understand the workings of a free competitive economy. The
present Administration does not.
We hold that American labor, business, industry, science and
agriculture get the jobs done, pay the wages, and create the rising
standard of living.
Government should encourage economic growth, particularly by fostering
an environment in which Americans can earn, spend and save with
confidence. It should not compete, nor fix wages or prices, nor
substitute its decision for free bargaining in the market place.
The level of persistent unemployment which has existed under the
present Administration cannot be tolerated. We believe in meeting
unemployment with real jobs from the released energy of private
initiative. Government should help to develop skills that fit workers
for new jobs in a swiftly changing economy.
A thorough overhaul of the tax system to encourage production, build
jobs, and promote savings and investment is overdue.
The economic responsibility of government requires a halt to the
upward spiral of federal spending, especially for non-defense purposes.
Waste must be eliminated, and all proposals for expenditure must be
subjected to the most rigid test of necessity.
This responsibility requires more than lip service to a balanced
budget and reduction of the federal debt.
This responsibility requires a stable dollar, which is not likely to
result if control of the Federal Reserve System rests in the White
House.
Government should exercise impartiality and forebearance when the
immediate economic interests of management and labor come into conflict.
Above all, government must not become the partisan of any private
economic interest. We want government to be pro-business and pro-labor.
An anti-business or anti-labor orientation inevitably involves
government in every conflict between management and labor and can only
enfeeble a free-enterprise economy.
The productive capacity of American agriculture is a blessing. The
present farm problem in large part was created by government. We reject
the Administration's proposal which gives the farmer only a choice
between regimentation and ruin. We advocate a shift in resources,
encouraged by a massive voluntary long-term land retirement program,
increased emphasis on new uses for farm products, and improved marketing
and distribution practices.
Problems of surplus must be met by maintaining strategic food
reserves, by expansion of programs to feed the needy at home and abroad,
and by adjusting price supports to permit the development and growth of
markets and to remove incentives for over-production. The ever-
increasing maze of red-tape fences across the farms of this land must be
torn down.
Government must encourage, not inhibit, the ingenuity and enterprise
that produce scientific and technological progress.
We advocate decentralization and competition in scientific effort. We
favor continuation of a patent system that encourages risk-taking and
creativity. In fields such as space exploration and atomic power (which
should be swiftly developed), the preponderant role that government must
at present assume should not shut out increased participation by private
enterprise in the future.
Government with a Heart--and a Head
The Republican Party, which came into being to reassert the rights and
dignity of the individual, strongly supports measures necessary to
fulfill the promises of the Constitution. It made solid progress in the
field of human rights during its administration and specified its
objectives in its 1960 platform.
The right to vote is denied by fraud in the casting or counting of
ballots as surely as by exclusion from the polls. Republicans urge
vigorous investigation of fraud at the polls and recommend corrective
action.
As in civil rights, so in immigration policy, Republicans take their
pledges seriously. The failure of the present Administration even to
request immigration legislation exposes their 1960 platform promises as
a hoax.
Republicans seek to preserve the system that has provided the highest
quality of hospital and medical care available anywhere on earth. We
reject attempts to run a legislative bulldozer through the structure of
voluntary health insurance and private medicine.
Effective tax relief for medical and hospital insurance should be
given to all. We support government action to increase the coverage of
voluntary insurance plans and to help older citizens having difficulty
meeting the costs of adequate coverage.
Under a system of local responsibility for education, American
schools--public and private--have given the nation a higher percentage
of well-educated citizens than are found in any other nation of the
world.
Every American youth should have the opportunity to receive an
education commensurate with his ability. Selective Federal assistance is
needed. Federal direction must never be substituted for local or private
control of our schools.
Tax relief should be given to those who bear the burden of financing
education for themselves or others.
Public Assistance programs should put a floor over the pit of poverty,
never a ceiling on personal achievement. They should strive to equip
individuals to become self-supporting. The qualified recipient, as well
as the taxpayer, must be protected from the misuse of welfare funds.
Federal-State Relations
The federal system of the United States was designed to prevent
excessive centralization of political power and to defend individual
liberty at home. Without sacrificing efficiency, it gives to the nation
flexibility and durability.
The national government should be ready to cooperate with states and
localities, not elbow them aside or smother them with direction and
control.
Neglect at any level of government is likely to result in the
weakening of a federal system. For example, state and local governments
must deal with the urgent problems of urbanized areas, or run the risk
of federal control in these areas. Failure to eliminate the inequities
in representation in state legislatures gives an impetus to further
centralization of power in the Federal Government and ultimately in the
Federal Executive.
IV. FREEDOM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

The world cannot permanently endure part Communist and part free. In a
world dominated by Communism, liberty would become a luxury which
Americans could not afford. Republicans believe that this nation, which
has, under God, proclaimed liberty throughout the land, must now
dedicate its strength to proclaiming freedom throughout the world.
In foreign policy, the overriding national goal must be victory over
Communism through the establishment of a world in which men can live in
freedom, security, and national independence. There can be no real peace
short of it.
An active strategy aimed at victory does not increase the risk of
nuclear war. Weakness and irresolution on the part of the United
States--which could lead the Communists to underestimate the intensity
of the devotion of free men to their freedom--are more likely to bring
the world to hot war than are strength and firmness.
American strategy should be tested by this standard: If it advances
the cause of freedom, do it. If it injures that cause, reject it.
By its effect on freedom, American foreign policy must be judged--and
not by its effect on popularity polls or on the attitudes of neutral
leaders.
Despite this nation's position as the most powerful on earth, the
bankruptcy of its leadership was shown at critical times in the past
year. It was shown in Berlin and Cuba. It was shown in the hesitancy to
resume nuclear testing when our national security demanded it. It was
shown in the bluster followed by whimpering in respect to Laos.
Republicans demand high-powered deeds, not high-sounding words. We
want and expect the cause of freedom to win.
Diplomacy
The unity of the Free World has been shaken by the bewilderment and
irresolution of the present Administration. It must be rebuilt to
establish a new and closer relationship among free peoples. The United
States must encourage and support regional movements toward economic and
political cooperation among its allies.
The place of the United Nations in American foreign policy must be
carefully reconsidered. To ask this organization to perform tasks which
it is incapable of performing is not supporting the United Nations; it
is hastening its death. This country's responsibility of Free World
leadership must not be abdicated to the United Nations.
The United States must work to reorganize and revitalize the United
Nations. Toward this end, it would be desirable to change the method of
voting in the General Assembly and in the specialized agencies so as to
reflect population disparities among the member states and to recognize
relative ability and willingness to meet the obligations of the Charter.
The bandit leaders of Red China should neither be admitted to the
United Nations nor recognized by the United States.
Peoples living behind the walls and barbed wire of Eastern Europe and
Asia must be assured that Communist slavery is not their settled fate.
The United States should challenge the Soviet Union to swing open for
at least one year the barriers that make all of Eastern Europe a vast
prison in order to permit the inhabitants a free choice of their way of
life.
The United States must help the young and the underdeveloped nations
of Latin America, Asia and Africa which are groping for stability and
freedom. In so doing, our nation need not--and should not--sacrifice the
trust of old friends in Europe.
America should take the offensive in psychological warfare through an
information agency more willing to attack Communist weaknesses and to
speak affirmatively, not apologetically, of freedom.
Trade and Aid
The power of the bountiful American economy should be used to promote
the goals of foreign policy. Expansion of Free World trade benefits all
free nations. Achievement of this objective, however, can be realized
only in the context of sound policies on the fiscal, monetary, and wage-
cost-price front that will keep American products competitive. The
Administration fails to view the problem of foreign trade as a whole.
Such policies will help to alleviate the balance of payments problem
and to restore confidence in our currency abroad. In order to solve
these problems, vigorous action to expand markets overseas is needed,
and other prosperous nations must assume a greater share of the economic
burdens of protecting and nurturing freedom throughout the world.
A shower of dollars on other lands does not by itself make those lands
free or keep them free. Bountiful as it is, our economy is not
inexhaustible.
Republicans, therefore, believe that the American program of economic
aid must be recast so that it effectively serves the cause of freedom,
without waste and within the sensible limits of careful priorities.
Demands for assistance by those who hang back from the struggle
between freedom and slavery do not deserve the high priority that the
pressing needs of freedom's friends should have.
Aid to our sister American republics is, by law, conditional upon
progress toward development of free institutions. Aid should not be
extended to any Communist state that will not accept equally stringent
conditions.
Military Power
Republicans remain committed to maintenance of superior military force
so long as the Communist drive for world conquest continues. The United
States must never again be mousetrapped by false nuclear testing
pledges. Now the nation must make up for lost time in the development of
nuclear weapons.
Any disarmament plan must guarantee reliable inspection and assure
sufficient strength, step-by-step, to defend against violations. This
nation's arms control negotiators must never be tempted to gamble
unrealistically with our country's security.
Efficiency throughout the Defense establishment is demanded. Increased
unification is required where it enhances strength. We oppose it where
it waters down service pride and spirit.
We oppose the take-over of operational responsibilities by armchair
policy makers. Failure in Cuba has been traced to that trend.
Within the last eighteen months a Communist military base has been
established ninety miles from the coast of Florida. The tragic timidity
of those who withheld needed support from the Cuban patriots dispatched
to free their country permitted the Communists to achieve their greatest
triumph in a decade. We should never again tolerate such a failure.
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[June 25, 1962]

JUNE 25, 1962
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1962,
AT 9:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 9:48 a.m. and requested that the Secretary, the Honorable
Milton R. Young, call the roll and record those Senators present.

Present 18:
Aiken Case, N.J. Javits
Allott Cooper Keating
Beall Cotton Mundt
Bennett Dirksen Saltonstall
Bush Dworshak Williams
Carlson Hickenlooper Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and David S.
Teeple.
The Chairman announced that a quorum was present and that the Conference
had been called at the request of the Minority Leader, the Honorable
Everett McKinley Dirksen.
The Chairman, in the temporary absence of Senator Karl Mundt, and on his
behalf, presented a resolution in regard to the passing of Senator
Francis Case. The resolution was unanimously agreed to by standing vote
and a copy is attached hereto.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who stated that the Senate
having been in session for approximately six months it was time to look
down the road in regard to those legislative measures which would come
before the Senate for consideration.
In regard to ``must'' legislation, he mentioned the appropriation bills,
the debt ceiling resolution, corporate and excise tax extension, sugar
legislation and the renegotiation act extension. He mentioned as ``semi-
must'' legislation the public welfare bill, the tax revision bill, trade
expansion and agriculture. Under the heading of ``Wanted by the
Administration'' was legislation in regard to drugs and wire tapping.
Senator Dirksen discussed each piece of legislation previously mentioned
and a number of questions were asked by the members present.
On the debt ceiling and trade expansion legislation, Senator Dirksen
thought there should be some party position taken by the Republicans. In
regard to medicare, Senators Jacob K. Javits and Prescott Bush stated
that they would offer substitute proposals to the Anderson amendment.
Some question was raised as to the wisdom of making a motion to lay on
the table the Anderson amendment as such a procedure would not present
an affirmative approach. The opinion was also expressed that an extended
discussion would not present a position of dignity and strength.
The opinion was also expressed that Senator [Clinton P.] Anderson
[Democrat of New Mexico] was willing to compromise the matter by
including in the coverage those persons not under Social Security and
also couple it with some kind of income test. Senator Kenneth B. Keating
spoke of a statement by Senator Anderson which said that the only thing
the Administration would insist upon would be the Social Security aspect
but that it might be agreeable to have the program adminstered by Blue
Cross and not HEW.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Javits for the purpose of
ascertaining if he had reached any conclusions in regard to the subject
of tax reduction. Senator Javits stated that he had reached the
conclusion that any attempt made now to move for a tax cut would show us
to be irresponsible but that some way should be devised to force the
Administration to present their program now instead of next year.
Senator Javits also thought that Republicans should develop an incentive
tax cut program of their own and suggested that a bill might be
prepared.
Senator Dirksen thought that the preferable approach would be to let the
matter ride and keep the monkey on the President's back and make him ask
for a tax cut.
There was general discussion as to what approach might be made insofar
as the debt ceiling increase was concerned and as to what proper amount
should be insisted upon. Senator Karl Mundt suggested that a Sense of
the Senate resolution on the tax matter be offered as an amendment to
the debt ceiling bill or to some other legislation. Senator Hickenlooper
thought that the Administration should be put on notice that they should
not go over $300 billion, and that expenditures should be tied in with
any debt ceiling proposals.
There were no definite conclusions reached in regard to any of the
subjects discussed, and the Chairman announced that if a further
Conference was desired he would be glad to call one on the request of
any member.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:13 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on June 28, 1962

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *

87th Congress
2d Session
Francis Case

Senator Karl E. Mundt offered the following resolution in the
Republican Minority Conference on Monday, June 25, 1962, which was
adopted by unanimous action:
Whereas Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has taken from us our
beloved colleague, the Honorable Francis Case, late junior Senator from
the State of South Dakota, and
Whereas throughout his twelve years in the United States Senate and
fourteen years in the House of Representatives, he rendered to our
nation and to his State a most distinguished service, and
Whereas he was our affectionate friend and our esteemed colleague,
ever ready to give of himself, of his efforts, and of his judgment,
Now, therefore,
Be It Resolved, That we, the Republican colleagues in the United
States Senate of the Honorable Francis Case, express our sense of loss
at his passing, and
Further, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to Mrs. Myrle
Graves Case, that she may be assured of our deep respect for her and of
our condolences to her upon the passing of our friend, her husband.
Attest:

Chairman of the Conference
Secretary of the Conference

------

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE FRANK CARLSON, FOR TUESDAY, JULY 17,
1962, AT 3:00 P.M., OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE MINORITY, G-43, IN
THE CAPITOL

Senator Carlson, the Chairman, called the meeting to order at 3:15 p.m.

The following Senators were present:

Carlson
Allott
Boggs
Curtis

The following Senators were absent:
Hickenlooper Cotton
Keating Beall
Javits Murphy
Wiley Pearson
Bush

Also present: Mark Trice, Secretary for the Minority
There was distributed for the information of the Members two sheets, one
showing committee assignments of Senators by seniority and the other a
prepared statement showing recommended releases and assignments. A copy
of the assignment sheet is attached hereto.
The Chairman informed the Members present of the ground work he had done
which had resulted in the committee changes which he recommended to the
group for their consideration.
After brief discussion Senator Allott moved and Senator Boggs seconded
that the recommendations made by the Chairman be adopted. The Chairman
stated that without objection the recommendations would be adopted.
There was no objection.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:22 p.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Frank Carlson

Chairman of the Committee on Committees
* * *
July 17, 1962
(Confidential)
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

Republican committee vacancies (2) and releases (4) totaling 6 are as
follows:

Vacancies:
Armed Services
Public Works
Releases:
Commerce
Public Works
Interior and Insular Affairs
Rules and Administration

The Committee on Committees recommends the following assignments:
Case Armed Services
Prouty Commerce
Murphy, Jr. Public Works
Pearson Public Works
Bottum Interior and Insular Affairs
Rules and Administration
Recapitulation:
Case releases Commerce and is assigned to Armed Services
Prouty releases Public Works and is assigned to Commerce.
Murphy, Jr. releases Interior and Insular Affairs and is assigned to Public Works.
Pearson releases Rules and Administration and is assigned to Public Works.
Bottum is assigned to Interior and Insular Affairs and Rules and Administration.

* * *

7/16/62

87th Congress
2d Session
(Confidential Work Sheet No. 1)
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS OF SENATORS
(To Be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

Additional Assignments

1 Mr. WILEY--Satisfactory Foreign Relations
Judiciary
Space

2 Mr. AIKEN--Satisfactory Agriculture and Forestry Joint Committee on Atomic
Foreign Relations Energy

3 Mr. HICKENLOOPER-- Agriculture and Forestry Joint Committee on Atomic
Satisfactory Foreign Relations Energy
Space

4 Mr. CAPEHART-- Banking and Currency
Foreign Relations
Space

5 Mr. SALTONSTALL-- Appropriations Small Business Committee
Satisfactory, but requests Armed Services
Space for Small
Business Committee

6 Mr. YOUNG--Requests Agriculture and Forestry
Space Appropriations

7 Mr. WILLIAMS-- Finance
Satisfactory Foreign Relations

8 Mr. MUNDT--Satisfactory Agriculture and Forestry
Appropriations
Government Operations

9 Mrs. SMITH--Satisfactory Appropriations
Armed Services
Space

10 Mr. DWORSHAK-- Appropriations Joint Committee on Atomic
Satisfactory Interior and Insular Affairs Energy

11 Mr. CARLSON-- Finance
Satisfactory Foreign Relations
Post Office and Civil Service

12 Mr. DIRKSEN-- Judiciary
Satisfactory Rules and Administration

13-2 Mr. BENNETT-- Banking and Currency Joint Committee on Atomic
Satisfactory Finance Energy

13-2 Mr. BUTLER-- Commerce Joint Economic Committee
Satisfactory Finance

14 Mr. BUSH--Requests Armed Services Joint Economic Committee
Appropriations Banking and Currency

15 Mr. KUCHEL-- Appropriations Small Business Committee
Satisfactory Interior and Insular Affairs

16 Mr. BEALL--Requests Armed Services
Commerce Banking and Currency
District of Columbia

17 Mr. GOLDWATER-- Armed Services
Requests Space Labor and Public Welfare

18 Mr. COTTON-- Appropriations
Satisfactory Commerce

19 Mr. HRUSKA-- Appropriations
Satisfactory Judiciary

20 Mr. CURTIS-- Finance
Satisfactory Government Operations
Rules and Administration

21 Mr. CASE--Requests (1) Appropriations
Foreign Relations; (2) Armed Services
Armed Services Space

22 Mr. ALLOTT-- Appropriations
Satisfactory Interior and Insular Affairs

23 Mr. COOPER-- Agriculture and Forestry Small Business Committee
Satisfactory, requests Public Works
Space

24 Mr. MORTON-- Commerce
Satisfactory Finance

25 Mr. JAVITS--Requests Banking and Currency Small Business Committee
Space for Government Government Operations Joint Economic Committee
Operations Labor and Public Welfare

26 Mr. SCOTT--Requests Commerce Small Business Committee
(1) Appropriations; Judiciary
(2) Armed Services

27 Mr. KEATING-- Commerce
Requests (1) Judiciary
Appropriations; (2)
Foreign Relations; (3)
Armed Services; (4)
Government Operations

28 Mr. PROUTY-- District of Columbia Small Business Committee
Requests (1) Commerce
Appropriations; (2) Labor and Public Welfare
Commerce; (3) Space;
(4) any other major.

29 Mr. FONG-- Judiciary
Post Office and Civil Service
Public Works

30 Mr. BOGGS-- Agriculture and Forestry
Requests (1) Post Office and Civil Service
Appropriations; (2) Public Works
Armed Services; (3)
Judiciary; (4) Rules
and Administration

31 Mr. MILLER-- District of Columbia
Requests (1) Interior and Insular Affairs
Finance; (2) Armed Public Works
Services; (3)
Appropriations; (4)
Judiciary; (5)
Government Operations;
(6) Agriculture
and Forestry

32 Mr. TOWER--Requests Banking and Currency
Commerce Labor and Public Welfare

33 Mr. MURPHY, Jr.-- Labor and Public Welfare
Public Works

34 Mr. PEARSON-- Interior and Insular Affairs
Public Works

35 Mr. BOTTUM-- Interior and Insular Affairs
Rules and Administration

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[July 18, 1962]

JULY 18, 1962
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,
1962, AT 12:30 P.M., ROOM F-41, CAPITOL BUILDING

The Conference was held in conjunction with the Policy Committee meeting
called for the same time and Chairman Bourke B. Hickenlooper suspended
the Policy meeting at 1:25 p.m. in order that Senator Leverett
Saltonstall could resolve the meeting into a Conference.
Chairman Saltonstall called the Conference to order at 1:25 p.m. and the
following Senators were present:

Present 33:
Aiken Cotton Morton
Allott Curtis Mundt
Beall Dirksen Murphy
Bennett Dworshak Pearson
Boggs Fong Prouty
Bottum Goldwater Saltonstall
Bush Hickenlooper Scott
Capehart Hruska Tower
Carlson Javits Wiley
Case Keating Williams
Cooper Miller Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III, David S. Teeple,
Bryan La Plante and Robert Humphries.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the Conference was to confirm
recommendations of the Committee on Committees in regard to the
vacancies created by the death of the late Senator Francis Case.
The Chairman recognized Senator Frank Carlson, Chairman of the Committee
on Committees, who recommended that the following Committee appointments
be adopted:

Senator Clifford P. Case to Armed Services
Senator Winston L. Prouty to Commerce
Senator Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. to Public Works
Senator James B. Pearson to Public Works
Senator Joe H. Bottum to Interior and Insular Affairs and
Rules and Administration

Senator Carlson's Committee recommended that Senator Case release
Commerce, that Senator Prouty release Public Works, that Senator Murphy
release Interior and Insular Affairs and that Senator Pearson release
Rules and Administration.
It was moved and seconded that the recommendations submitted by Senator
Carlson be adopted and, there being no objection, the report was
adopted.
Chairman Saltonstall then nominated Senator Joe H. Bottum for
appointment to the Committee on Committees and stated that without
objection the nomination would be confirmed. There was no objection.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 1:28 p.m.
and the meeting of the Policy Committee continued.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

[signed] Leverett Saltonstall

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on July 20, 1962

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

------

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE FRANK CARLSON, FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8,
1962, AT 11:30 A.M., OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE MINORITY, G-43, IN
THE CAPITOL

The Chairman, Senator Frank Carlson, called the meeting to order at
11:40 a.m. and stated that the meeting would proceed provided that the
question of a quorum was not raised.
The following Senators were present:

Carlson Boggs
Javits Bottum

The following Senators were absent:

Hickenlooper Wiley Curtis
Allott Bush Beall
Keating Cotton Murphy
....................... Pearson

Also present: Mark Trice, Secretary for the Minority
There was distributed for the information of the Members two sheets, one
showing committee assignments of Senators by seniority and the other a
prepared statement showing recommended releases and assignments. A copy
of the assignment sheet is attached hereto.
The Chairman informed the Members present of the ground work he had done
which had resulted in the committee changes which he recommended to the
group for their consideration.
After brief discussion it was moved and seconded that the
recommendations made by the Chairman be adopted. The Chairman stated
that without objection the recommendations would be adopted. There was
no objection.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who congratulated the
Chairman on the fine job that he had done in working out the Committee
assignments.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:50 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] Frank Carlson

Chairman of the Committee on Committees
------------------------

[August 8, 1962]

AUGUST 8, 1962
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8,
1962, AT 12:30 P.M., ROOM F-41, CAPITOL BUILDING

The Conference was held in conjunction with the Policy Committee meeting
called for the same time and Chairman Bourke B. Hickenlooper suspended
the Policy meeting at 1:10 p.m. in order that Senator Leverett
Saltonstall could resolve the meeting into a Conference.
Chairman Saltonstall called the Conference to order at 1:10 p.m. and
stated that the roll would not be called because the Secretary, the
Honorable Milton R. Young had informed him that a quorum was present.

Present:
Aiken Carlson Kuchel
Allott Cotton Prouty
Beall Dirksen Saltonstall
Boggs Fong Scott
Bush Hickenlooper Tower
Butler Hruska Wiley
Capehart Jordan Williams
....................... Young

Also present were John A. McCone, J. Mark Trice and William Brownrigg
III.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the Conference was to confirm
the recommendations of the Committee on Committees in regard to the
vacancies created by the death of the late Senator Henry Dworshak.
The Chairman recognized Senator Frank Carlson, Chairman of the Committee
on Committees, who recommended that the following Committee appointments
be approved by the Conference:

That Senator Javits release the Committee on Banking and
Currency and be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations
That Senator Murphy release the Committee on Labor and
Public Welfare and be assigned to the Committee on Banking
and Currency and
That Senator Jordan of Idaho be assigned to service on the
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and to the
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

The Chairman then asked if there was any discussion as to the
recommendations of the Committee on Committees. There was none. The
Chairman then put the question and the report was adopted unanimously.
The Chairman recommended that Senator Len B. Jordan be made a member of
the Conference Committee on Committees and stated that without objection
the appointment would be approved. There was no objection.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 1:12 p.m.
and the meeting of the Policy Committee continued.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

[signed] Leverett Saltonstall

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on August , 1962

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
(August 8, 1962)
(Confidential)
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

Republican committee vacancies (2) and releases (2) totaling 4 are as
follows:

Vacancies:
Appropriations
Interior and Insular Affairs
Releases:
Banking and Currency
Labor and Public Welfare

The Committee on Committees recommends the following assignments:
Javits Appropriations
Murphy Banking and Currency
Jordan Interior and Insular Affairs
Labor and Public Welfare
Recapitulation:
Javits releases Banking and Currency and is assigned to
Appropriations.
Murphy releases Labor and Public Welfare and is assigned to Banking
and Currency.
Jordan is assigned to Interior and Insular Affairs and to Labor and
Public Welfare.

Eighty-eighth Congress (1963-1965)

[Editor's Note: After the 1962 elections, Republicans continued in the
minority, with 34 Senate Republicans facing 66 Democrats, while the
House had 176 Republicans to 259 Democrats. In the Senate, Everett
Dirksen continued as Republican minority leader, with Leverett
Saltonstall as Conference chairman, and Bourke Hickenlooper as chairman
of the Policy Committee.
During 1963 pressure increased in the country for civil rights
legislation, culminating in August with the massive ``March on
Washington'' led by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Also in August
1963, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union signed the
Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ending tests in the atmosphere, which
the Senate approved in September. Then in November the assassination of
President John F. Kennedy in Dallas shocked the nation and made Lyndon
B. Johnson president.
In August 1964 Congress adopted the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,
escalating the war in Vietnam, as well as passing the Economic
Opportunity Act, launching President Johnson's War on Poverty. That
spring Congress was also considering the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which
was stymied in the Senate by a lengthy southern filibuster. Minority
Leader Dirksen played a key role in moving the measure forward when he
helped to redraft certain controversial provisions in the bill to make
it more palatable to many of his fellow Republicans. Calling civil
rights ``an idea whose time has come,'' he urged his colleagues to vote
for cloture to end the filibuster. With his support, the Senate on June
10 voted cloture on a civil rights bill for the first time. After
approval by both houses, the president signed the legislation on July
2.]
------------------------

[January 8, 1963]

JANUARY 8, 1963
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1963,
AT 2:30 P.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Conference was called to order at 2:35 p.m. by the Honorable
Leverett Saltonstall, Chairman of the Republican Conference for the 87th
Congress, and he suggested that the photographers present use the next
few minutes to take any pictures that they desired. Several minutes
later the Chairman asked that the photographers leave the room.
The Chairman then asked that Senator George D. Aiken act as Temporary
Chairman of the Conference.
Senator Aiken assumed the Chair and announced that the Conference would
proceed with business.
The Temporary Chairman recognized Senator Barry Goldwater for the
purpose of introducing to the Members of the Conference the three new
Republican Senators. After a few brief words Senator Goldwater
introduced in turn Senators E.L. Mechem, Peter H. Dominick and Milward
L. Simpson. The Members rose and applauded as each one was introduced.
The Acting Chairman asked Senator Wallace F. Bennett to act as Temporary
Secretary and asked him to call the roll in order that a quorum might be
established.

Present 32:
Aiken Dominick Mundt
Allott Goldwater Pearson
Beall Hickenlooper Prouty
Bennett Hruska Saltonstall
Boggs Javits Scott
Carlson Jordan Simpson
Case Keating Smith
Cooper Kuchel Tower
Cotton Mechem Williams
Curtis Miller Young
Dirksen Morton

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and David S.
Teeple.
The Temporary Chairman announced that the first order of business would
be the election of a Conference Chairman and he recognized Senator
Everett McKinley Dirksen who nominated Senator Leverett Saltonstall for
the position of Chairman of the Conference. The nomination was seconded
by several Senators.
The Chairman asked if there were other nominations and there being none
the vote was put and after an affirmative vote the Acting Secretary was
authorized to cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Saltonstall as
Chairman of the Conference. The Secretary announced that he had cast a
unanimous ballot for Senator Saltonstall.
Senator Saltonstall then assumed the Chair and after expressing words of
appreciation to the Members of the Conference for the honor of being
once again elected as their Chairman, he announced that nominations
would be in order for the office of Secretary of the Conference. The
Chairman recognized Senator Karl E. Mundt who placed in nomination the
name of Senator Milton R. Young to be Secretary of the Conference.
The Chairman asked if there were other nominations and there being none
he stated that without objection Senator Milton R. Young was elected
Secretary of the Conference and he requested the Temporary Secretary to
cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Young as Secretary of the
Conference. The Temporary Secretary announced that he had cast a
unanimous ballot for Senator Young.
The Chairman then announced that nominations were in order for Chairman
of the Policy Committee and the Chairman recognized Senator Jack Miller
who placed in nomination the name of Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper. The
Chairman asked if there were other nominations and there being none the
Chairman announced that Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper was elected to
the post of Chairman of the Policy Committee.
The Secretary was authorized to cast a unanimous ballot for Senator
Hickenlooper as Chairman of the Policy Committee. The Secretary
announced that he had cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Hickenlooper.
The Chairman recognized Senator Hickenlooper who expressed his sincere
thanks for his election and for the honor which had been bestowed upon
him and stated that just as soon as he could discuss the matter with the
new Policy Committee the Members would be given a full report of the
activities and services of the Committee.
The Chairman then announced that nominations would be in order for Floor
Leader and recognized Senator Roman L. Hruska who placed in nomination
the name of Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen.
The Chairman asked if there were other nominations and there being none
he stated that without objection Senator Dirksen was elected Floor
Leader. The Secretary was asked to cast a unanimous ballot. The
Secretary announced that he had cast a unanimous ballot for Senator
Dirksen.
The Chairman then announced that nominations would be in order for Whip
and recognized Senator Aiken who placed in nomination the name of
Senator Thomas H. Kuchel.
The Chairman asked if there were other nominations and there being none
the Chairman announced that Senator Thomas H. Kuchel was elected Whip.
The Secretary was asked to cast a unanimous ballot. The Secretary
announced that he had cast a unanimous ballot for Senator Kuchel.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Aiken who offered for immediate
action a resolution praising Senator Barry Goldwater, the retiring
Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Senator Aiken
read the resolution, a copy of which is attached hereto, identified as
Exhibit ``A.''
The Chairman then recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who spoke briefly
in favor of the resolution and stated that he only did so in the light
of one who had expressed some opinions two years ago when the office of
Chairman of the National Senatorial Committee was to be filled. He
praised Senator Goldwater for his fairness and his discretion in the
distribution of funds and for his competency.
The Chairman asked that all in favor of the resolution stand. All
present stood and applauded. The Chairman announced that the resolution
was unanimously agreed to.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who stated that due to the fact
that Senator Carl Hayden must be re-elected, it was necessary for the
Senate to pass a resolution re-electing him President Pro Tempore of the
Senate. Therefore, he thought that the Republican Conference should
submit a candidate for that office and he placed in nomination the name
of Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont.
There being no other nominations the Chairman asked for the ``yeas'' and
``nays'' and those in favor were unanimous.
The Chairman announced that the name of Senator George D. Aiken be
submitted to the Senate by Senator Dirksen at the proper time.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Dirksen for his Legislative Report.
Senator Dirksen stated there would be a conference at the White House to
which the Leadership had been invited at 5:30 p.m.
In regard to what might be expected this session, Senator Dirksen said
that all fiscal legislation would be on the docket, namely, Tax Reform,
Debt Ceiling and Deficit Spending together with the United Nations
problems, Cuba, the Common Market and Missiles.
He spoke of the large amount of money being spent on missiles. A
question he said was raised in his mind as to whether or not it could be
a menace to the economy.
He suggested that a close look be taken at the lack of Administrative
action in regard to the Hickenlooper amendment to the AID bill.
Other legislative matters are Foreign Aid, Asia, legislation regarding
the Illiteracy Test Bill which would arise early in the session,
together with Mass Transportation. He spoke of the National Service
Corporation and a letter he had written to the Retirement Board in
regard to a $37 billion deficit in the Trust Funds, as well as
legislation concerning Strikes and the Minority Staffing on the
Committees in Congress. He suggested that any ideas on this subject be
submitted to the Committee on Rules.
He spoke of a conversation with the Majority Leader in regard to
committee ratios and gave a tentative listing of the proposed new ratios
for the standing committees. He stated that under consideration was the
question of making the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences and
Government Operations major committees and changing the Committee on
Rules to a minor one. Also, the proposal of increasing the members on
Appropriations by two and reducing the Committee on Agriculture and
Forestry by two. These matters had not been definitely resolved but will
be in a few days.
He also called to the attention of the Conference a proposal to announce
early in the session specific times when the Senate would not be in
session during holidays and specific periods. It was also suggested that
a summer recess be taken from August 3 to September 4 or an alternate
one from August 3 to November 5. Also suggested was that the daily
sessions of the Senate be confined to Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
starting at 9:30 a.m. and continuing through the day with a recess for
lunch from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Senate committees would then be free to
meet all day on Monday, Friday and Saturday. There was a good bit of
discussion and many questions asked. Senator Dirksen stated that he
wished to get the thinking of the Members present and asked that they
give it some thought and let him know in the next day or two as to their
further thinking in the matter.
The Chairman stated that the matter was something which should be
thought over and that any definite program must come from the Democratic
side.
Senator Dirksen then spoke of the opening day program and stated that
all rights had been reserved in regard to the contemplated action on the
Rules change which had been set for Tuesday the fifteenth. The
President's Message on the State of the Union had been fixed for Monday
the fourteenth and that there would be no Senate business for the
remainder of this week.
Senator Dirksen also asked the Republican Members to start action in
their respective States in regard to the Poll Tax Amendment. He also
read a letter from the Chairman of the National Republican Finance
Committee in regard to having speeches cleared through the Speakers
Bureau of the Republican National Committee.
During the course of Senator Dirksen's report Senator Javits raised a
parliamentary inquiry in regard to appointments to committees under the
Conference rules.
The Chairman stated that under the rules he would nominate Senators for
the respective chairmanships and membership on the various committees
and at some future Conference they would be presented for confirmation.
Senator Javits also raised a question regarding the submittal of two
resolutions which he later presented and they are attached hereto as
Exhibit ``B'' and ``C.''
The Chairman stated that they would not be eligible for Conference
action until they had been referred to the respective committees and
then at a later date when the Committees reported to the Conference,
action could be taken at that time.
The resolution of Senator Javits in regard to [adding] the Committee on
Government Operations and that of the Committee on Aeronautical and
Space Sciences to the list of standing committees was referred to the
Policy Committee, and his resolution relating to a new approach in
assigning Senators to Committees was referred to the Committee on
Committees.
There was a brief discussion in regard to contemplated changes in regard
to Rule XXII and the Chairman stated that full opportunity would be
given for discussion as a subsequent Conference.
Senator Hickenlooper stated there was available for each Senator a
complete brief on the Rules question. Senator Dirksen also called to the
attention of the Membership that other memorandums on the subject were
available, one by the Parliamentarian and one by the groups seeking
changes.
It was tentatively agreed that if matters of importance were raised at
the White House meeting which would warrant another meeting of the
Conference, one would be scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday but, if
not, then a Conference would be called for Monday morning, January 14,
1963.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 3:55 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on January 11, 1963

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''

88th Congress
1st Session
Barry Goldwater

Senator George Aiken moved that the following resolution be adopted. The
resolution was then adopted by the unanimous action of the Republican
Minority Conference on Tuesday, January 8, 1963.
Resolved, That the individual members of the Republican Minority
Conference of the United States Senate express to their esteemed
colleague, the Honorable Barry Goldwater, United States Senator from the
State of Arizona, their high regard and sincere appreciation for his
inspiring leadership, his tireless efforts, and his dedicated devotion
to them and to the Republican Party as Chairman of the National
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee from January 5, 1961 to January
8, 1963: Be it further
Resolved, That this Republican Conference express its congratulations to
Senator Barry Goldwater for the fact that during his leadership of the
National Republican Senatorial Committee there was a gratifying
demonstration of Republican unity, of Republican strength, and of
Republican purpose that augurs well for the future success of the
Republican Party.
Attest:

Chairman, Republican Conference

Attest:

Secretary, Republican Conference
* * *
Exhibit ``B''

Resolution submitted by Mr. Javits to the Republican
Conference on January 8, 1963, and referred by the Chairman
to the Committee on Committees

Resolved, That the Republican Senate Conference refers to its Committee
on Committees the question of the desirability of initiating a policy,
notwithstanding the rule of seniority, of assigning each Republican
Senator to at least one standing Senate committee which is generally
considered to be of major rank, of assigning third committee places
among Republican Senators and generally of serving the best interests of
the Party and the Nation in committee assignments; the Committee on
Committees to report to the Conference no later than the time of its
initial recommendation for committee places in this Congress.
* * *
Exhibit ``C''

Resolution submitted by Mr. Javits to the Republican
Conference on January 8, 1963, and referred by the Chairman
to the Policy Committee

Resolved, That it is the sense of the Republican Senate Conference that
the Minority Leader confer with the Majority Leader on the question of
bipartisan leadership action to amend Rule 25, Clause 4, of the Standing
Rules of the Senate so as to add the Committee on Government Operations
and the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences to the list of
standing committees on only two of which each Senator may serve.
------------------------

[January 14, 1963]

JANUARY 14, 1963
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 14,
1963, AT 9:45 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 9:55 a.m. and due to the temporary illness of the Secretary,
Senator Milton R. Young, the Chairman appointed Senator Wallace F.
Bennett to act as Temporary Secretary and requested that the roll be
called.

Present 30:
Aiken Dominick Miller
Allott Fong Morton
Beall Goldwater Mundt
Bennett Hickenlooper Pearson
Boggs Hruska Saltonstall
Carlson Javits Scott
Case Jordan Simpson
Cooper Keating Smith
Cotton Kuchel Tower
Dirksen Mechem Williams

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and David S.
Teeple.
The Chairman announced that a quorum was present and he submitted for
Conference approval his nominees for the respective Conference
committees. A list showing the names of the respective nominees was
distributed to the Members present and the Chairman asked if there was
any discussion. There was no discussion and the Chairman recognized
Senator Gordon Allott who moved that the Conference confirm the nominees
submitted.
The Chairman then called for the ``yeas'' and ``nays'' and there being
no voice in the negative, the Chairman announced that the nominations
were confirmed.
There is attached hereto as Exhibit ``A'' the list of nominees submitted
by the Chairman.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, the
Minority Leader, who stated that he had been informed by the Majority
Leader that the Democratic Conference had named a committee of six to
consider and make recommendations in regard to suggestions previously
submitted concerning firm dates for holidays and a possible summer
recess. Senator Dirksen recommended that a like committee be appointed
by the Chairman of the Republican Conference and he moved that a
committee of four be appointed by the Chairman. The motion was carried
and the Chairman appointed Senators Dirksen, Cotton, Hruska and Cooper
as members of the Republican Conference to confer with the Majority
Committee appointed and report back their recommendations to the
Republican Conference at a later date.
Before the Conference adjourned the Chairman recognized Senators Cotton,
Hruska, Goldwater, Allott, Javits, Cooper, Kuchel, Case and Mundt, each
of whom spoke on various political aspects of the proposed new schedule
of Senate operations.
Senator Dirksen also stated that when the State of the Union message was
concluded, discussion on Rule 22 would begin as soon as the Senate
returned to its Chamber.
He also stated that he saw no reason why routine morning business could
not be transacted during the afternoon.
Senator Javits was recognized by the Chairman and he confirmed the
opinion expressed by the Minority Leader that business could be
transacted and that a show-down on the matter could come about next
Monday, as in the past debate had run about seven days before some
action had been taken.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Chairman of the
Republican Policy Committee, who stated that he would probably call a
meeting of the Policy Committee for Wednesday morning.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:47 a.m.

[signed] Wallace F. Bennett

Acting Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on January 16, 1963

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *
Exhibit ``A''
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session

Leverett Saltonstall Chairman of the Conference
Milton R. Young Secretary of the Conference
Everett McKinley Dirksen Floor Leader
Thomas H. Kuchel Whip
Bourke B. Hickenlooper Chairman of Policy Committee
Thruston B. Morton Chairman of Campaign Committee
Frank Carlson Chairman of Committee on Committees
Norris Cotton Chairman of Personnel Committee

Policy Committee

Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Chairman Margaret Chase Smith
Leverett Saltonstall Barry Goldwater
Milton R. Young Roman L. Hruska
Everett McKinley Dirksen Hugh Scott
Thomas H. Kuchel Kenneth B. Keating
Thruston B. Morton Winston L. Prouty
Frank Carlson
Norris Cotton
Campaign Committee

Thruston B. Morton, Chairman Peter H. Dominick
George D. Aiken Len B. Jordan
J. Caleb Boggs Jack Miller
Clifford P. Case Milward L. Simpson
Carl T. Curtis John G. Tower

Committee on Committees

Frank Carlson, Chairman Jacob K. Javits
Gordon Allott E.L. Mechem
J. Glenn Beall Karl E. Mundt
John Sherman Cooper James B. Pearson
Hiram L. Fong John J. Williams
Wallace F. Bennett
Personnel Committee

Norris Cotton, Chairman
Barry Goldwater

Calendar Committee

Kenneth B. Keating, Chairman Milward L. Simpson
Jack Miller

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CALLED
BY THE CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE FRANK CARLSON, FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19,
1963, AT 9:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Senator John J. Williams called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m. in the
absence of the Chairman, Senator Frank Carlson, who was out of the city.
Senator Carlson had written Senator Williams and requested that he
conduct the meeting and act as Chairman.
The Acting Chairman requested that the roll be called and the following
Senators were present:

Williams Pearson
Bennett Allott
Beall Mundt
Cooper Javits

Also present: Mark Trice and William Brownrigg III.
The Acting Chairman announced that a quorum was present. He then read
for the information of the Members present from the work sheets which
had been distributed showing existing vacancies, releases and
recommended assignments to the various standing committees. Senator
Williams stated he was presenting to the Committee the recommended
assignments which had been worked out by Senator Carlson.
The Acting Chairman recognized Senator Gordon Allott who said that he
had been embarrassed by information reaching the Press in regard to the
new assignments. He said he had been approached several times and stated
that no information would be given out until there had been a meeting of
the Committee. He also raised objection to the procedure used in
arriving at the conclusions and thought that there should be more
participation by the Members of the Committee in the mechanics of the
operation.
He stated that he was not personally contacted but that his
Administrative Assistant was and that he had not been informed of the
existing vacancies. He seemed also to indicate that he did not know that
the Committees on Space and Government Operations were to become major
committees.
The Acting Chairman recognized Senator John Sherman Cooper who stated
that after studying the matter he was perfectly satisfied with his
committees but that he was somewhat concerned about the vacancy on
Space, but believed that all Senators had been given full information.
He did raise some objection to Members being on three major committees
and stated that he would like to be considered for an appointment on
Rules and Administration as he had previously served on that committee
and that he did not know a vacancy existed thereon.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wallace F. Bennett who stated that he
had just talked with Senator Thruston B. Morton on the telephone,
Senator Morton having called him, and Senator Bennett mentioned to
Senator Morton the desire of Senator Cooper to be assigned to the
Committee on Rules and Administration. Senator Morton, who had been
recommended to fill the vacancy, stated he would be very happy to yield
to his colleague.
It was then moved and seconded that Senator John Sherman Cooper be
assigned to the Committee on Rules and Administration, vicing Senator
Morton. The question was put and the Chair announced that the motion was
agreed to.
Senator Karl E. Mundt was recognized by the Acting Chairman and he
stated that the question of making Space and Government Operations major
committees had been previously raised at the Republican Conference and
that all Senators were on notice as to the possible change.
The Acting Chairman then stated that he thought certain valid points had
been made but that he was unfamiliar with the situation as he had only
seen the list for the first time yesterday afternoon.
Mark Trice then stated that he had worked with Senator Carlson and that
Senator Carlson had personally contacted each and every Republican
Senator or his Administrative Assistant to ascertain if the Senator was
satisfied with his Committees or wanted to make a change. He also stated
that letters had not been requested because committee releases made it
necessary to contact Senators personally in order that each and every
Senator would be on proper notice as to what committee vacancies might
be available.
The Chairman recognized Senator Allott who asked if his colleague,
Senator Peter H. Dominick, after being placed on the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs could retain the place if he so desired.
There was no reply to the question. It had been previously explained
that the appointment was temporary due to the fact that no other
solution could be worked out.
The Acting Chairman recognized Senator Mundt who moved that the
suggested recommendations be approved, the motion was seconded by
Senator Jacob K. Javits and the Acting Chairman put the question. The
motion was agreed to.
There is attached hereto the two work sheets which were submitted to the
Membership and approved.
The Acting Chairman then called to the attention of the Members a
resolution by Senator Javits previously presented to the Republican
Conference and referred to the Committee on Committees, a copy of which
is attached.
The Acting Chairman recognized Senator Javits who stated that in his
opinion there should be some re-thinking in regard to Committee
assignments and he spoke of the theory of having each Senator, by
seniority, make one choice and also of having the Leadership, by
unanimous vote, recognize the assignment of certain individuals to a
committee by reason of his special qualifications. He recommended that
several experts be obtained in order to make a study of how the
seniority system worked and report their findings to the Committee.
The Acting Chairman recognized Senator Allott who stated that in his
opinion a lot of work was being left undone in the Committees and
suggested the assignment of Republican Senators to sub-committees as had
been done on the Committee on Appropriations.
The Acting Chairman recognized Senator Javits who stated that the study
should not only relate to staffing but seniority and other operations of
the various committees.
The Acting Chairman suggested it might be wise for the Chairman of the
Committee on Committees to appoint a sub-Committee of three to look into
the matter and report their recommendations back to the Committee on
Committees and then, if approved, to the Republican Conference.
The Acting Chairman recognized Senator Javits who so moved that a
committee of three be appointed by the Chairman for this purpose and the
Acting Chairman put the question which was agreed to.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

Approved:

[signed] John J. Williams

Acting Chairman of the Committee on Committees
* * *

Resolution submitted by Mr. Javits to the Republican Conference on
January 8, 1963 and referred by the Chairman to the Committee on
Committees
RESOLVED, That the Republican Senate Conference refers to the Committee
on Committees the question of the desirability of initiating a policy,
notwithstanding the rule of seniority, of assigning each Republican
Senator to at least one standing Senate committee which is generally
considered to be of major rank, of assigning third committee places
among Republican Senators and generally of serving the best interests of
the Party and the Nation in committee assignments; the Committee on
Committees to report to the Conference no later than the time of its
initial recommendation for committee places in this Congress.
* * *
February 19, 1963
(Confidential)
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

Republican committee vacancies (10) and releases (8) totaling 18 are as
follows:

Vacancies:
Aeronautical and Space Sciences Government Operations (2)
(2)
Banking and Currency (2) Interior and Insular Affairs
Finance Rules and Administration
Foreign Relations
Releases:
Agriculture and Forestry
Banking and Currency (2)
Interior and Insular Affairs (2)
Rules and Administration
Commerce
District of Columbia

The Committee on Committees recommends the following assignments:
Mundt Foreign Relations
Dirksen Finance
Beall Commerce
Curtis Aeronautical and Space Sciences
[Morton--crossed out] Rules and Administration
Cooper [handwritten insert]
Javits Banking and Currency
Scott Rules and Administration
Keating Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Miller Government Operations
*[Tower--crossed out] [Government Operations--crossed
out]
*Pearson [Banking and Currency--crossed out]
G.O. [handwritten insert]
Simpson Interior and Insular Affairs and
Banking and Currency
Mechem Interior and Insular Affairs and
Agriculture and Forestry
Dominick Banking and Currency, Interior and
Insular Affairs, and District of
Columbia
Recapitulation:
Mundt releases Agriculture and Forestry and is assigned to Foreign
Relations.
Dirksen releases Rules and Administration and is assigned to Finance.
Beall releases Banking and Currency and is assigned to Commerce.
Curtis is assigned to Aeronautical and Space Sciences.
Morton is assigned to Rules and Administration.
Javits is assigned to Banking and Currency because of ratio change.
Scott is assigned to Rules and Administration.
Keating releases Commerce and is assigned to Aeronautical and Space
Sciences.
Miller releases Interior and Insular Affairs and District of Columbia
and is assigned to Government Operations.
*[Tower releases Banking and Currency and is assigned to Government
Operations.--crossed out]
*Pearson releases Interior and Insular Affairs and is assigned to
[Banking and Currency--crossed out] G.O. [handwritten insert]
Simpson is assigned to Banking and Currency and to the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs.
Mechem is assigned to Agriculture and Forestry and to the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs.
Dominick is assigned to Banking and Currency, the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs, and to the Committee on the District of
Columbia.

* Feb. 21, 1963 [handwritten]

* * *
February 19, 1963
(Confidential Worksheet No. 1)
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Eighty-eighth Congress--1st Session
(To Be Submitted to the Republican Conference)

On Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Ratio 10-5)

Mrs. SMITH, Messrs. CASE, HICKENLOOPER, CURTIS, KEATING

On Agriculture and Forestry (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. AIKEN, YOUNG, HICKENLOOPER, COOPER, BOGGS, MECHEM

On Appropriations (Ratio 18-9)

Messrs. SALTONSTALL, YOUNG, MUNDT, Mrs. SMITH, Messrs.
KUCHEL, HRUSKA, ALLOTT, COTTON, CASE

On Armed Services (Ratio [10-5--crossed out] 12-5 [handwritten insert])

Mr. SALTONSTALL, Mrs. SMITH, Messrs. BEALL, GOLDWATER, CASE

On Banking and Currency (Ratio 10-5)

Messrs. BENNETT, TOWER* [handwritten insert], JAVITS,
[PEARSON*--crossed out], SIMPSON, DOMINICK
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* Changed 2/21/63. No other places affected; Senators Dirksen and
Saltonstall approved the rearrangement.
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On Commerce (Ratio [10-5--crossed out] 12-5 [handwritten insert])

Messrs. COTTON, MORTON, SCOTT, PROUTY, BEALL

On District of Columbia (Ratio 4-3)

Messrs. BEALL, PROUTY, DOMINICK

On Finance (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. WILLIAMS, Del., CARLSON, BENNETT, CURTIS, MORTON,
DIRKSEN

On Foreign Relations (Ratio [10-5--crossed out] 12-5 [handwritten
insert]

Messrs. HICKENLOOPER, AIKEN, CARLSON, WILLIAMS, Del., MUNDT

On Government Operations (Ratio 10-5)

Messrs. MUNDT, CURTIS, JAVITS, MILLER, [TOWER--crossed out]
PEARSON* [handwritten insert]

On Interior and Insular Affairs (Ratio 11-6)

Messrs. KUCHEL, ALLOTT, JORDAN, Idaho, SIMPSON, MECHEM,
DOMINICK

On the Judiciary (Ratio 10-5)

Messrs. DIRKSEN, HRUSKA, KEATING, FONG, SCOTT

On Labor and Public Welfare (Ratio 10-5)

Messrs. GOLDWATER, JAVITS, PROUTY, TOWER, JORDAN, Idaho

On Post Office and Civil Service (Ratio 6-3)

Messrs. CARLSON, FONG, BOGGS

On Public Works (Ratio [10-5--crossed out] 12-5 [handwritten insert])

Messrs. COOPER, FONG, BOGGS, MILLER, PEARSON

On Rules and Administration (Ratio 6-3)

Messrs. CURTIS, [MORTON--crossed out] COOPER [handwritten
insert], SCOTT

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[February 19, 1963]

FEBRUARY 19, 1963
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19,
1963, AT 11:15 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 11:20 a.m. and asked the Secretary, Senator Milton R. Young, to
call the roll.

Present 21:
Aiken Curtis Mundt
Allott Dirksen Pearson
Beall Dominick Prouty
Bennett Goldwater Saltonstall
Boggs Javits Smith
Case Jordan Williams
Cooper Keating Young.

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and David S.
Teeple.
The Chairman announced that a quorum was present and recognized Senator
John J. Williams, Acting Chairman of the Committee on Committees, who
was serving because of the absence from the city of Senator Frank
Carlson. Senator Williams read the changes in the committee assignments
recommended by the Committee on Committees. There had been distributed
to the Members present two memorandums containing the recommended
changes.
The Chairman asked if there was any objection and there being none he
stated that without objection the report of the Committee on Committees
would be accepted and the Conference would confirm the appointments.
There was no objection. Copy of assignments as approved attached
hereto.¹
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\1\ [Not included here because they exactly duplicate the lists on
pages 955-57.]
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The Chairman then asked if the Minority Leader, Senator Everett McKinley
Dirksen, wished to make any remarks. Senator Dirksen explained the
problems which had faced the Leadership and the Committee on Committees
in making the recommended changes and assignments, and spoke of the
experience, hard work and knowledge of Mark Trice in helping iron out
the problems.
A motion was made and seconded that the Conference go on record in
extending to Mark Trice its appreciation for the work that he had done.
The Chairman put the question and the motion was agreed to.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who asked that he might
interrupt Senator Dirksen in order to ask why the ratio was changed on
the Committee on Appropriations. Senator Dirksen stated that he had made
the request of the Majority that the existing ratio be retained on
Appropriations and that he thought it had been agreed to until the
Democratic Steering Committee meeting when, because of objection by
Senator Richard B. Russell, the committee refused to accept the
recommendation. Also involved in the matter was the desire of some
Democrats to increase the membership on Finance by two.
Senator Dirksen also stated that every effort had been made to seek
possible changes in order that Senator Peter H. Dominick would not have
to serve on the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs in violation
of the precedent that no two Senators of the same party from the same
State shall serve on the same Committee. He stated that this could not
be worked out and that it should be treated as a temporary assignment
until the matter could be adjusted at the first opportunity.
The Chairman recognized Senator Kenneth B. Keating who stated that he
thought the action taken by the Democrats was a direct slap at his
colleague but that he believed that the matter would ultimately work in
favor of the Republicans.
Senator Dirksen then informed the group of the White House briefing that
had taken place the evening before. He stated that the President seemed
to be very nervous and that in the latest correspondence between the
President and Mr. Khrushchev there was a hope that in early March there
would be a pull out of some additional troops, ``those not needed for
certain service assignments.''
The Senator stated that he called to the attention of the President
certain figures as to the troops, missiles, planes and other material
which had been set forth in a recent article by Roscoe Drummond. He said
that nobody quarreled with those figures and that the President stated
that the summary was practically correct. In response to a question
which he asked as to ``what is down the road,'' the President did not
disclose anything but merely said ``We do the best we can.''
Senator Dirksen said that he called to the attention of the President
the Platt amendment of 1901 and the action which President Lincoln had
taken in regard to the Mexican situation.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Allott who stated that at the
meeting of the Committee on Committees this morning he had raised
certain questions as to procedure; namely, the release of information
prematurely, the lack of knowledge as to the changes which might be
contemplated on committees and the non-participation by the members of
the Committee on Committees.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:43 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on February 20, 1963

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority

On Thursday, February 21, Senator Tower decided to remain on Banking and
Currency and not take an assignment to the Committee on Government
Operations. Senator Pearson being next in line took the assignment to
the Committee on Government Operations and released Banking and
Currency. This change affected no other places. Senators Dirksen and
Saltonstall approved the rearrangement.
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[April 2, 1963]

APRIL 2, 1963
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 2,
1963, AT 9:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The meeting was called by the Chairman, the Honorable Leverett
Saltonstall, but due to his absence from the city he requested Senator
Everett McKinley Dirksen to act as Chairman.
Senator Dirksen called the meeting to order at 9:35 a.m. and suggested
that the call of the roll be dispensed with. There was no objection.

The following Senators were present:
Aiken Dominick Morton
Allott Fong Mundt
Beall Hruska Prouty
Bennett Javits Scott
Boggs Jordan Simpson
Carlson Keating Smith
Case Kuchel Tower
Cooper Mechem Williams
Cotton Miller Young
Dirksen

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and David S.
Teeple.
The purpose of the meeting was to consider the pros and cons of the Mass
Transit Bill which was pending before the Senate but before proceeding
Senator Dirksen said that it had been suggested that the Youth
Opportunities Bill, the Wilderness Preservation Bill and the nominations
on the Executive Calendar of the Communications Satellite Corporation
incorporators be considered before the Easter recess.
Senator Dirksen then proceeded to discuss the pros and cons of the
pending Mass Transit Bill and in turn recognized Senators Bennett,
Tower, Javits, Dominick, Case, Aiken, Miller, Cotton, Allott, Morton,
Scott, Kuchel and Simpson who expressed their individual views in regard
to the measure.
It was stated that a number of amendments would be offered to the bill.
The politics of the situation was discussed with the assertion that
Senators coming from big cities should look at the bill very carefully.
The assertion was made that reported opposition by the Labor Unions to
the bill would be compromised but how the matter might be compromised
was not known at this time.
It was also stated that the big issues were taxes and economy, and that
now was the time to make a decision as to whether to adopt or reject the
Administration's new programs.
Senator Dirksen had to leave at 10:40 a.m. to attend a committee meeting
and he asked Senator Thomas H. Kuchel to preside. After further
discussion, the Conference adjourned at 10:50 a.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Acting Chairman of the Conference on April 3, 1963

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
------------------------

[May 27, 1963]

MAY 27, 1963
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR MONDAY, MAY 27, 1963,
AT 3:00 P.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, BUT CHANGED TO THE
SENATE CONFERENCE ROOM, S-207, SENATE SIDE OF THE CAPITOL

The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, the Honorable Leverett
Saltonstall, at 3:08 p.m., who stated that he would first recognize the
Minority Leader, Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, for remarks and then
recognize Senator John J. Williams, Senior Minority Member of the Senate
Committee on Finance.
The Chairman stated that if there was no objection the roll would not be
called and he asked that the Secretary note that a quorum was present.
There was no objection.

The following Senators were present: 22
Aiken Dominick Pearson
Bennett Hickenlooper Prouty
Boggs Hruska Saltonstall
Case Javits Scott
Cotton Jordan Simpson
Curtis Keating Smith
Dirksen Mundt Williams
Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and David S.
Teeple.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who spoke of the legislative
program in relation to the Memorial Day week-end and he then proceeded
to speak briefly concerning the Debt Ceiling and recent action on the
measure by the House of Representatives.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Williams who spoke of the action
taken by the Senate Finance Committee in regard to the Debt Limit
Increase, H.R. 6009, whereby the Committee had amended the House bill to
provide that the debt limit of $309 billion was to apply for the entire
fiscal year of 1964 rather than the first two months only of that year.
Senator Williams recommended that the Republican Membership support the
committee amendment and when the Administration comes in later for an
increase in the debt ceiling to put up a real fight at that time and
perhaps add it as an amendment to the contemplated tax bill.
The Chairman recognized Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper who raised the
question as to where do we stand and fight against steady increases and
the irresponsible programs.
Senator Williams then said that if the Senate amendment was not agreed
to in Conference it was his recommendation that a real fight be made
when the report was submitted.
Several Senators were recognized by the Chairman who expressed their
individual views concerning the debt and the general consensus of those
present was that it would be best for the Republican Senators to support
the committee amendment.
The Chairman thanked Senator Williams for his presentation and
recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who spoke briefly to the Members
about the dangerous situation prevailing around the country regarding
Civil Rights. He expressed the opinion that at this time we should think
through our position. He stated that the basic proposal he was
presenting was to give the Attorney General the right to sue in Civil
Rights cases. This proposal was similar to the one previously presented
by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Senator Javits recommended that the
Conference go on record as favoring a Part 3 provision and he read the
first controlling section of his proposed bill.
Several Senators were recognized and the question was raised as to the
desirability of action by the Republican Conference.
Because of the legislative situation on the Floor, the Chairman stated
that he would call a Republican Conference for next Wednesday, June 5,
at 9:30 a.m. for the purpose of considering all Civil Rights matters.
This suggestion met with the approval of Senator Javits.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:12 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on June 5, 1963

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[June 6, 1963]

JUNE 6, 1963
MINUTES OF MEETINGS OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE CHAIRMAN,
THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1963, AT 9:30
A.M. AND 4:00 P.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the Conference
to order at 9:41 a.m. and stated that a quorum was present. He said that
if there was no objection the Secretary would not call the roll in order
to save time. There was no objection.

The following Senators were present: 25
Aiken Cotton Keating
Allott Curtis Kuchel
Beall Dirksen Miller
Bennett Goldwater Mundt
Boggs Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Carlson Hruska Scott
Case Javits Smith
Cooper Jordan Williams
Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and David S.
Teeple.
The Chairman called to the attention of the Conference that today was
the birthday of Senator J. Glenn Beall and the Senator was congratulated
and applauded.
The Chairman also stated that the Conference had been called under the
Conference Rules at the request of a Republican Member and that the
Chairman assumed the responsibility for its call.
The Chairman then asked if Minority Leader Everett McKinley Dirksen
desired to say anything and the Minority Leader was recognized. He
stated that if, following the Conference, any statements were to be made
there should be a press conference arranged in order that adequate
coverage could be given to the announcement. The Chairman spoke of the
usual procedure followed, namely, speaking to the press immediately
following the meeting, and he said that he would have no objection to
handling it in any way the Conference thought best. He said he would be
pleased to have any Republican Members present at the press conference.
The Chairman stated that at the proper time a formalized press
conference would be set up.
Senator Dirksen then spoke of certain civil rights bills which had been
submitted by Senator Philip A. Hart [Democrat of Michigan] and others,
which had been referred to the Committee on Commerce and of contemplated
legislation to be sent up by the Executive which was reported to carry
an interstate commerce feature. If this were true he expected that a
dispute would arise as to whether or not this bill would go to Commerce
or Judiciary. He stated he thought that there was justification for the
dispute as all previous civil rights bills had been referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
The Chairman called to the attention of the Senators present that the
Staff Director of the Republican Policy Committee, David S. Teeple, had
prepared and sent to each Senator a compilation on civil rights.
The Chairman recognized Senator John J. Williams who called to the
attention of the Conference that three votes which he considered civil
rights votes had been omitted from the compilation, and after inquiry
Mr. Teeple stated that those votes had not been listed as strictly civil
rights votes as the issue had arisen indirectly when other subjects were
under consideration. Also previous votes on Rule 22 also had not been
included. At the suggestion of the Chairman, Mr. Teeple was asked to
supply to each Senator a copy of the missing votes in order that the
compilation might be complete.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who stated that he would
be content with any way the Chairman might handle the press conference
and then proceeded to stress the historical significance of the
Conference. He emphasized the point that the civil rights situation was
more intense than it had been at any time in the last 100 years, and
expressed the opinion that the Republican Party could win in 1964 on
this issue. He stated he was not proposing any particular resolution now
but that it was his purpose to counsel with his colleagues. As an
alternate to his suggested resolution of last week he had another which
omitted Part 3 and he thought that this could be adopted. As another
alternate, he suggested that if the Minority Leader were asked and had
sufficient backing he would introduce a resolution covering Part 3. As a
third alternate he recommended that a sense of the Senate resolution be
introduced asking that the Congress move in the civil rights field.
The Senator then read a resolution which he said he would not formally
propose. Copies he said were available if desired.
The Chairman then recognized Senators Thomas H. Kuchel, Frank Carlson
and Wallace F. Bennett who spoke generally on the subject, and he then
recognized Senator Dirksen who stated that he anticipated some kind of
legislation would be offered and that a vote would be had this session
in regard to the matter. The Senator then read for the information of
the Membership a draft of what he called a ``consensus'' of opinion of
the Senate Republican Conference.
The Chairman then recognized Senators Hugh Scott, Gordon Allott and Karl
E. Mundt who spoke on various phases of the matter and a question was
raised concerning the presence of a quorum, several Members having left
during the discussion to attend committee meetings.
Senator Javits was recognized and made a motion that the Chairman
appoint a sub-committee to work with Senator Dirksen in regard to
perfecting the statement but because of quorum difficulties the motion
was withdrawn.
The Chairman stated that he would call a Conference either later today
or tomorrow after consultation with the Minority Leader and the Chairman
of the Policy Committee.
The Chairman recognized Senators Jack Miller, John Sherman Cooper and
Bourke B. Hickenlooper, the latter speaking at length on various phases
of the civil rights matter.
The Chairman then announced that after consultation with the Minority
Leader and Chairman of the Policy Committee that a Conference would be
called next Monday morning at 10:00 a.m. due to the fact that several
Senators were leaving the city.
The Chairman then recognized Senators Javits, Thomas H. Kuchel and
Gordon Allott who expressed the opinion that if possible a meeting
should be held later today to see if something could be resolved.
The Chairman stated that it was questionable if a quorum could be had
for an afternoon session but that if a check revealed that one could be
present he would recess the meeting until 4:00 o'clock.
The meeting then recessed at 11:30 a.m.

------

The Chairman reconvened the Conference at 4:10 p.m. He stated he had
received assurance from the Acting Secretary, Mark Trice, that a quorum
was present and if there was no objection the roll would not be called.
There was no objection.

The following Senators were present: 26
Aiken Cotton Keating
Allott Curtis Kuchel
Beall Dirksen Miller
Bennett Goldwater Morton
Boggs Hickenlooper Mundt
Carlson Hruska Pearson
Case Javits Prouty
Cooper Jordan Saltonstall
Scott
Tower

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and David S.
Teeple.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen, the Minority Leader, who stated
that he had conferred with other Senators concerning certain word
changes in the draft of the consensus which he had read at the morning
session and which he now thought was adequate. Copies of the consensus
were distributed to the Members present and a copy is attached.
The Chairman recognized Senator Scott who stated that it was necessary
for him to leave the city, that he fully agreed with the resolution
proposed, and he asked to be excused.
The Chairman asked if there was any discussion on the resolution and he
recognized Senator Hickenlooper.
Senator Hickenlooper stated that he had very definite views on the
subject and that he thought that the calling of the meeting was a
mistake as whatever might be resolved would be interpreted the wrong way
regardless of how it might be worked out. He stated that he particularly
did not like the wording of the last paragraph and said that ``too often
we are pulling the other Party's chestnuts out of the fire.''
The Chairman recognized Senators George D. Aiken, John Sherman Cooper,
Barry Goldwater, Carl T. Curtis, Thomas H. Kuchel, Kenneth B. Keating,
Wallace F. Bennett, James B. Pearson, Norris Cotton and Thruston B.
Morton who expressed various opinions in regard to the consensus.
The Chairman recognized Senator Keating who later asked unanimous
consent, because it was impossible for him to remain, that Senator
Javits be allowed to cast his vote.
The Chair ruled that vote by proxy had never been permitted at the
Conference and that this would not be possible. Senator Keating then
requested that if a vote be taken that the minutes show he was in favor
of the consensus.
The Chairman recognized Senator Goldwater who moved that there be no
recorded vote on any resolution adopted by the Conference. The motion
was seconded by Senator Allott.
The Chairman recognized Senator Javits who made a point of order that
the previous motion was not in order.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who expressed the hope that the
motion of Senator Goldwater would be withdrawn and he also stated that
he did not believe a recorded vote should be taken. Senator Dirksen
stressed the fact that he had not prepared a resolution but merely a
consensus of opinion.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Goldwater who stated that in view
of the assurance given he would withdraw his motion.
The Chairman then stated that he would like to have an agreement as to
procedure. He suggested that the Acting Secretary read from the
consensus, paragraph by paragraph, and after each paragrph was
considered, amended and approved, move to the following one. This
procedure was agreed to.
The Conference then proceeded to consider the consensus one paragraph at
a time, a number of amendments were submitted and withdrawn and other
amendments were submitted to the various paragraphs and approved. On
several of the amendments the Chairman asked that the Members raise
their hands and the amendments were either adopted or rejected in this
manner.
Permission was granted by the Conference to have two of the Committee
stenographers present in order that the wording might be correct.
After the consensus was perfected the Chairman read the full text of it
once again to the Membership, and after minor changes he called for the
``yeas'' and ``nays'' on the question of its adoption. He announced that
the ``yeas'' have it and the consensus adopted. A copy of the final
perfected consensus is attached hereto.
There being no further business, the Conference adjourned at 7:10 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on June 11, 1963

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
* * *

June 5, 1963

It is the consensus of the Senate Republican Conference that:
The Federal Government, including the Legislative, Executive, and
Judicial branches, has a solemn duty to preserve the rights, privileges,
and immunities of citizens of the United States in conformity with the
Constitution which makes every native born and naturalized person a
citizen of the United States as well as of the State in which he
resides.
Equality of rights and opportunities has not been fully achieved in the
long period since the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the
Constitution were adopted and this inequality and lack of opportunity
and the racial tensions which they engender are out of character with
the spirit of a nation pledged to freedom and justice.
Since the days of Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican President, the
God-given rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness have
been cardinal principles of the Republican faith, and the equal
opportunity to obtain these rights has consistently and uninterruptedly
been reaffirmed in the Platforms of the Republican Party.
For the first time in more than four score years civil rights
legislation of a meaningful character and purpose was placed on the
Federal statute books as a result of the initiative of Republican
leadership in Congress and President Eisenhower.
Republican members of the United States Senate in this the 88th Congress
reaffirm and reassert the basic principles of the Party with respect to
civil rights and further affirm that the President, with the support of
the Congress consistent with his duties as defined in the Constitution,
must protect the rights of all United States citizens, regardless of
race, creed, color, or national origin.
We deem it the President's duty as provided in the Constitution to
enforce the laws insuring the rights of citizens of the United States
and preserving domestic tranquillity as basic objectives of
constitutional government.
In pursuance of these objectives, we as Republican members of the Senate
will support further appropriate legislation required to help solve the
problems of our Nation in the field of civil rights.

------

[Editor's Note: This document is not labeled but appears to be the
statement as adopted at the Republican Conference on June 6, 1963.]

It is the consensus of the Senate Republican Conference that the
Constitution makes every native born and naturalized person a citizen of
the United States as well as the state where he resides.
That the Federal Government, including the Legislative, Executive and
Judicial branches have a solemn duty to preserve the rights, privileges
and immunities of citizens of the United States.
That equality of rights and opportunities has not been fully achieved in
the long period since the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the
Constitution were adopted and that this inequality and lack of
opportunity has engendered race tensions which are out of character with
the spirit of a nation pledged to freedom and justice.
That since the days of Abraham Lincoln the God-given rights of life,
liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and equal opportunity have been
cardinal principles of the Republican faith and that these rights have
consistently and uninterruptedly been reaffirmed in the Platform of the
Republican party.
That for the first time in more than four score years civil rights
legislation of a meaningful character and purpose has been placed on the
federal statute books as a result of the efforts of Republicans in
Congress under a Republican president.
That Republican members of the United States Senate in this the 88th
Congress not only reaffirm and reassert the basic principles of the
party with respect to civil rights but further affirm that the President
in pursuance of his responsibility as the Chief Executive of the Nation
must secure and preserve the rights of all United States citizens
regardless of race, creed, color or national origin.
That we deem it the President's duty not only to insure the rights of
citizens of the United States but also domestic tranquillity as one of
the basic objectives of constitutional government.
And that in pursuance of those objectives, we as Republican members of
the Senate will support any appropriate request by the President for
such legislative authority as may be required to deal with the problems
in the civil rights field which presently confront the nation.
------------------------

[June 19, 1963]

JUNE 19, 1963
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19,
1963, ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the Conference
to order at 2:45 p.m. and stated that if there was no objection the
Secretary would not call the roll. There was no objection.

The following Senators were present: 25
Allott Dominick Mundt
Beall Hickenlooper Prouty
Carlson Javits Saltonstall
Case Jordan Scott
Cooper Kuchel Simpson
Cotton Mechem Smith
Curtis Miller Tower
Dirksen Morton Williams
Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice and David S. Teeple.
The Chairman stated that the Chairman of the Policy Committee had stated
he had nothing to discuss at the meeting and he therefore would not call
upon him. He stated that this Conference had been called at the request
of the Minority Leader, Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen.
The Chairman called to the attention of the Members present a memorandum
which had been distributed to them. It listed the Civil Rights Planks in
the Republican Platform of 1960.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who informed the Members present
of the action previously taken on the Senate Floor earlier in the day
when Senator Mike Mansfield had introduced two Administration bills on
Civil Rights, one a package bill and the second one relating to Title 2.
The Senator also stated that later in the day he and Senator Mansfield
would introduce a third bill which included everything but Title 2. The
Senator spoke of the contents of the Administration bill and called
particular attention to the substantial changes which had been made in
the bill relating to Title 2. The changes affected the classification of
those stores which came under the provisions of the bill.
The Senator spoke as to the reasons why he could not sponsor Title 2
relating to public accommodations. He said in his opinion it was
unenforceable and in contravention of the Constitution. He expressed the
hope that some sections of the bills could be passed but doubted whether
Title 2 would be the pending vehicle on which cloture might be obtained.
Senator Dirksen stated that all Senators would be free to co-sponsor the
bill which he would introduce later.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits during Senator Dirksen's
presentation and the former raised the question as to a Party problem
which might be involved, namely, how is it possible to make it clear to
the country that in regard to Title 2 the sponsorship only by Senator
Dirksen of one bill did not represent a consensus of Republican opinion.
Senator Javits seemed to think that the sponsorship had left the party
in a ``twilight zone.''
Senator Dirksen thought the matter could best be handled through press
conferences, in committee meetings and on the Floor, and called to the
attention of the Senators that there was nothing in the Republican
Platform in regard to Title 2.
The Chairman recognized Senators Karl E. Mundt, Jacob K. Javits, Norris
Cotton, John Sherman Cooper and Hugh Scott. They expressed several ideas
concerning affirmative action which the Republicans could take, namely,
by an effort being made in committee to tie in a question of
discrimination in employment so far as labor organizations were
concerned, and the question of applying anti-discrimination measures to
States using Federal funds.
During this discussion there was a brief absence of the Chairman and
Senator Milton R. Young of North Dakota assumed the Chair.
A question was also raised as to whether it might be wise for the
Republicans to introduce a bill of their own with the various features
mentioned. Senator Dirksen cautioned against this as he thought that
there was a possibility of losing everything.
The discussion ended at 4:02 p.m. and the Conference adjourned.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on June 25, 1963

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
------------------------

[August 26, 1963]

AUGUST 26, 1963
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 26,
1963, AT 2:00 P.M. IN ROOM S-124, SENATE WING, GROUND FLOOR, NORTH
CORRIDOR OF THE CAPITOL

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the Conference
to order at 2:05 p.m. and stated that he had been informed by the Acting
Secretary, Mark Trice, that a quorum was present. The Chairman announced
that if there was no objection the roll would not be called. There was
no objection.

The following Senators were present: 30
Aiken Fong Morton
Allott Goldwater Mundt
Beall Hickenlooper Pearson
Bennett Hruska Prouty
Boggs Javits Saltonstall
Cooper Jordan Scott
Cotton Keating Simpson
Curtis Kuchel Smith
Dirksen Mechem Tower
Dominick Miller Williams

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III, David Teeple and
Bryan LaPlante.
The Chairman stated that the purpose of the Conference was to discuss
Senate Joint Resolution 102 relating to the settlement of the labor
dispute between the railroads and their employees.
He asked if the Chairman of the Policy Committee, Senator Bourke B.
Hickenlooper, wished to say anything and the latter informed him that he
did not.
In the temporary absence of Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, the
Minority Leader, the Chairman recognized Senator Norris Cotton, ranking
Minority member of the Committee on Commerce. Senator Cotton informed
the membership of the discussions which had taken place at the various
meetings and then reviewed the sections of the pending bill. There were
inquiries in regard to certain particular sections of the bill and
Senator Cotton gave his opinion thereon.
He also discussed the difference between the recently reported House
bill and the Senate version and stated he would like to see the Senate
bill adopted and sent to conference.
The Chairman then recognized the Minority Leader, Senator Dirksen, who
raised certain questions as to specific language in the bill and his
inquiries were answered by Senator Cotton.
The Chairman then announced that he would recognize the Republican
members of the Committee on Commerce before recognizing other Senators
and the Chairman recognized Senators Thruston B. Morton, Hugh Scott and
Winston Prouty for brief comments.
The Chairman recognized Senator Barry Goldwater who stated that he was
contemplating offering an amendment which would disallow
``featherbedding'' in the railroad and air line industries.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who stated that he would
offer an amendment to the bill on seizure and stated that if finality
was desired this was the only way to accomplish it.
The Chairman again recognized Senator Dirksen who read for the
information of the members a concurrent resolution which expressed the
sense of the Senate in regard to this matter and stated that he was
reading the resolution for guide-line purposes only.
The results of the meeting were merely explanatory and no conclusions
were reached.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:32 p.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Acting Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on September 13, 1963

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
------------------------

[January 29, 1964]

JANUARY 29, 1964
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29,
1964, AT 9:30 A.M., ROOM 335, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 9:45 a.m. and stated that a quorum was present and that if
there was no objection the roll would not be called in order to save
time. There was no objection.

The following members were present: 24
Aiken Fong Mundt
Allott Goldwater Prouty
Beall Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Bennett Javits Scott
Boggs Jordan Simpson
Case Keating Smith
Dirksen Kuchel Tower
Dominick Mechem Williams

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III, David Teeple,
Bryan LaPlante and Lawrence N. Woodworth of the Joint Committee on
Internal Revenue Taxation staff.
The Chairman then stated that before proceeding with the discussion on
the tax bill, which would be taken up shortly in the Senate, he would
present several preliminary matters. One was a letter from Senator
Milton R. Young, addressed to the Chairman, expressing appreciation for
the flowers sent to him during the Senator's recent illness. Also, the
Chairman informed the Conference of the recent operation of Mrs. Everett
Dirksen and it was suggested that the Chairman of the Conference write
to Mrs. Dirksen and inform her of the good wishes of the members. The
Chairman then read a letter from Senator Thruston B. Morton urging that
Senators and their wives attend the District of Columbia close circuit
hookup dinner tonight.
The Chairman then called upon Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, Minority
Floor Leader, to inform the members about the current legislative
situation. The Senator spoke of the pending Senate Resolution 111
relative to meetings of committees while the Senate is in session and he
stated that there could be several votes on amendments to be offered as
well as a vote on final passage. While the matter was scheduled for
action today an effort would be made to postpone consideration of the
resolution until tomorrow. He also spoke briefly about the previously
passed germaneness resolution and how it had failed to work up to date.
Senator Dirksen said then that every effort was being made to complete
action on the tax bill by next Friday, the 7th, and that if this was
done there would be nothing of consequence on the floor the following
Monday and Tuesday.
The Chairman then recognized Senator John J. Williams, the senior member
on the Finance Committee, to discuss the tax bill. The Senator stated
that the tax bill was a difficult matter to discuss and that the
technical report would not be available until next Monday. He stated
that he was not in agreement that the Committee amendments be agreed to
en bloc until after the report was available. The Senator briefly
covered the highlights of the committee action and answered a number of
technical questions from Senators present.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Dirksen who gave the past history
of the bill from the time it was first presented in January 1963. He
spoke of the action he has recommended in regard to the repeal of the
excise taxes on four items and then how the Committee had reversed
itself. He said that he would offer the amendments on the Senate floor.
The Chairman recognized Senator Peter H. Dominick who spoke briefly of
the offering of the college tax credit amendment by himself and Senator
Abraham Ribicoff [Democrat of Connecticut]. He said that they were
trying to bring up the amendment for action as soon as they could.
Questions were raised about charitable deductions and other various
items which had been before the committee for consideration.
During the meeting Senator Hiram L. Fong asked that he might have some
pictures taken while the Conference was in session. The Chairman said
that this had never been done but, without objection, the Conference
suspended for three minutes in order that the pictures might be taken.
The Chairman recognized Senator Wallace F. Bennett who stated that his
staff had prepared an analysis of the amendments which had been
presented to the Finance Committee with the various actions thereon and
suggested that the Policy staff might reprint them for the use of
Republican Senators. It was agreed that the compilation would be useful
and the staff was authorized to make reprints.
The Chairman recognized Senator Jacob K. Javits who said he was
interested in knowing if President Lyndon B. Johnson had complete
control over the Democratic committee members and the reply was made
that the President has complete control over his side.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:00 a.m.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Assistant Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on January 30, 1964

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
------------------------

[April 9, 1964]

APRIL 9, 1964
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 9,
1964, AT 9:00 A.M., ROOM S-207, SENATE CONFERENCE ROOM, EAST FRONT OF
THE CAPITOL

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 9:27 a.m. and stated that, with the permission of Senator
Everett McKinley Dirksen, the Minority Leader, the Conference would
begin without a quorum present. At 9:40 a.m. the Chairman announced that
a quorum was present and if there was no objection the roll would not be
called and the Conference would proceed in a formal way. There was no
objection.

The following Members were present: 29
Aiken Dominick Morton
Allott Fong Mundt
Beall Hickenlooper Pearson
Bennett Hruska Prouty
Boggs Javits Saltonstall
Carlson Jordan Scott
Case Keating Simpson
Cooper Kuchel Smith
Cotton Mechem Williams
Dirksen Miller

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Bryan
LaPlante.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen, Minority Floor Leader, for the
purpose of discussing a number of amendments which he had proposed to
Title VII of the pending Civil Rights bill.
Senator Dirksen stated that if there was no objection he would like
three staff members of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Messrs.
Bernard Walters, Clyde Flynn and Neal Kennedy, to be present. There was
no objection.
Prior to Senator Dirksen explaining the various amendments, the Chairman
recognized Senator Margaret Chase Smith who had asked to be heard in
reference to the elimination of the word ``sex.'' Senator Smith asked
that Senator Dirksen give particular consideration to an amendment to
strike this word as the Republican women had been successful in having
it put into the House bill and stated that whether it was right or wrong
there was some question in her mind as to whether or not the Republicans
should take the initiative in seeking to have it stricken from the bill.
Senator Dirksen responded by stating that the Department of Labor had
written a letter recommending against its inclusion in the bill and he
stated that he would be very happy to give consideration to her
argument.
The Chairman then asked if Senator Dirksen might proceed and he did so
with a brief explanation of his amendments, taking each amendment in
turn, one after the other. On each amendment a number of questions were
raised and he suggested that the staff give consideration to the
particular points presented.
During consideration of the 40-odd amendments to Title VII, the Chairman
stated that the Conference proceedings today would not be binding in any
respect but that the sole purpose of the meeting was to acquaint the
Membership with the text of the various amendments, and to discuss them
generally.
The Chairman stated that subject to the wishes of the Minority Leader
another Conference would be called on this or another title of the bill
at a later date.
The meeting adjourned at 12:00 noon, subject to the call of the
Chairman.

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Assistant Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on April 15, 1964

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
------------------------

[May 19, 1964]

MAY 19, 1964
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1964,
AT 9:00 A.M., ROOM S-207, SENATE CONFERENCE ROOM, EAST FRONT OF THE
CAPITOL

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 9:24 a.m. The Secretary, the Honorable Milton R. Young, called
the roll.

The following Members were present: 27
Aiken Dirksen Pearson
Allott Dominick Prouty
Bennett Fong Saltonstall
Boggs Hickenlooper Scott
Carlson Hruska Simpson
Case Javits Smith
Cooper Jordan Tower
Cotton Kuchel Williams
Curtis Miller Young

Also were present: J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Bryan
LaPlante and Judiciary staff members, Messrs. Bernard Walters, Clyde
Flynn and Neal Kennedy.
The Chairman recognized Senator Everett M. Dirksen, Minority Floor
Leader, for the purpose of discussing the Civil Rights Bill with
amendments.
Senator Dirksen proposed that he be allowed to explain the whole bill
before individual items be debated.
Senator George D. Aiken suggested that a middle ground in this whole
matter was needed or nothing could be agreed upon.
Senator Jacob K. Javits suggested that each Senator had a right to ask
for changes in the so-called package and hoped Senator Dirksen would be
willing to entertain some changes.
Senator Hickenlooper said a monumental amount of work had been done and
a view of the whole picture should be taken before arguing particulars.
Senator Cooper moved that Senator Dirksen explain the entire bill first.
The Chairman, Senator Saltonstall, put the question without objection
and stated that the Conference or discussion would not be binding on the
Senators present.
Senator Dirksen proceeded to explain

Title I--Voting Rights
Title II--Public Accommodations
Title III--Desegregation of Public Facilities
Title IV--Desegregation of Public Education
Title V--Commission on Civil Rights
Title VI--Non-Discrimination in Federally Assisted Programs
Title VIII--Registration and Voting Statistics
Title IX--Intervention and Procedure after Removal in Civil
Rights Cases
Title X--Establishment of Community Relations Service
Title XI--Miscellaneous

General discussion was held on each of the titles.
The Chairman stated that another Conference would be held on Title VII
after consultation with Senators Dirksen, Hickenlooper and Kuchel as to
a convenient date.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:09 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

[signed] Leverett Saltonstall

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on May 19, 1964

[signed] William Brownrigg III

Assistant Secretary for the Minority
------------------------

[May 20, 1964]

MAY 20, 1964
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 20,
1964, AT 9:15 A.M., ROOM S-207, SENATE CONFERENCE ROOM, EAST FRONT OF
THE CAPITOL

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 9:32 a.m. The Secretary, the Honorable Milton R. Young, called
the roll.

The following Members were present: 27
Aiken Dirksen Miller
Allott Dominick Mundt
Bennett Fong Pearson
Boggs Hickenlooper Prouty
Carlson Hruska Saltonstall
Case Javits Scott
Cooper Jordan Simpson
Cotton Keating Smith
Curtis Kuchel Young

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Bryan
LaPlante and Judiciary staff members, Messrs. Bernard Walters, Neal
Kennedy and Clyde Flynn.
The Chairman recognized Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, Minority Floor
Leader, for the purpose of discussing Title VII, Equal Employment
Opportunity of the Civil Rights Bill. The Chairman requested that
Senator Dirksen be allowed to proceed without debating each item so as
to complete this Title today.
Senator Dirksen proceeded to explain Title VII, Equal Employment
Opportunity.
General discussion was held on each of the sections of Title VII.
The Chairman announced that at a future meeting of the Conference there
would be an opportunity for Members to discuss items in the bill.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:07 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

[signed] Leverett Saltonstall

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on May 21, 1964

[signed] William Brownrigg III

Assistant Secretary for the Minority
------------------------

[May 22, 1964]

MAY 22, 1964
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1964,
AT 9:15 A.M., ROOM S-207, SENATE CONFERENCE ROOM, EAST FRONT OF THE
CAPITOL

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 9:40 a.m. and asked the Secretary, Senator Milton R. Young, to
call the roll.

The following Senators were present: 22
Aiken Hickenlooper Mundt
Allott Hruska Pearson
Bennett Javits Saltonstall
Case Jordan Simpson
Cotton Keating Smith
Curtis Kuchel Tower
Dirksen Miller Young
Fong

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Judiciary
staff members, Messrs. Bernard Walters, Clyde Flynn and Neal Kennedy.
The Chairman announced that a quorum was present. He stated that in
response to certain questions which had been previously raised there had
been distributed a memorandum which had been prepared to cover the
points raised. He also stated that if there were no specific amendment
suggested for a change in the basic text then it indicated that no
language change was needed.
It was recommended that the order of procedure be the new suggested
amendments beginning with Title I and the Chairman asked that Mr.
Kennedy of Senator Dirksen's staff make the appropriate comment.
Prior to starting on the suggested amendments Senator Kenneth B. Keating
requested that emphasis be placed on the fact that the proper Republican
quota for cloture is 22 or two-thirds of the Republican Membership
instead of the statements appearing in the newspapers that Republican
votes for cloture should total 25 or 26.
In response to questions raised, the Chairman again stated that the
purpose of the Conference was purely expository and that no binding
agreements of any kind would be agreed upon. Also, that another
Conference would be held if there was not sufficient time today to
discuss the new suggestions and any other individual amendments to
various titles.
There was some discussion as to how the package might be introduced and
it was suggested that the sponsorship be by Senators Mansfield, Dirksen,
[Hubert H.] Humphrey [Democrat of Minnesota] and Kuchel.
Senator Dirksen stated that he was awaiting a memorandum from the
Parliamentarian before deciding how best to proceed, namely, whether the
package would be introduced as a bill, as a substitute or as an
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Senator Dirksen stressed the fact that it was very necessary to ``button
up'' the whole matter so that a print of the bill could be presented to
the Senate within the next few days.
The various new amendments were taken in order through Title V with a
number of questions asked and in some instances the staff was requested
to look further into the matter for clarification.
Senator Keating expressed the belief the bill should cover all elections
instead of just Federal elections and stated that he was still
considering the offering of his amendment on this subject.
Senator Jacob K. Javits also said that he wanted to see the total
package before deciding whether certain amendments he was interested in
might be offered.
The section of the bill allocating authority to the Commissioner of
Education in regard to special training at Government expense was
discussed at length. Several changes were suggested and the
recommendation that the section be eliminated. The Chairman then
suggested that the staff look further into possible limitations.
It being approximately 12:10 p.m. and the Senate being in session, the
Chairman, after conferring with the Minority Leader, stated that the
Conference would resume at 9:30 a.m. on Monday morning and once again
refer to Title V and continue through the remaining amendments not
covered, as well as for general suggestions.
The Conference adjourned at 12:15 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on May 25, 1964

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
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[May 25, 1964]

MAY 25, 1964
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALLED BY THE
CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, FOR MONDAY, MAY 25, 1964,
AT 9:30 A.M., ROOM S-207, SENATE CONFERENCE ROOM, EAST FRONT OF THE
CAPITOL

The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 10:05 a.m. and stated that a quorum was not present but that
the Conference would begin for the purpose of general questionings.
Prior to the start of the meeting there had been distributed a re-draft
of Title I through VI which were mostly technical changes and the
Chairman stated that before checking those changes the Conference would
start with Title VI.
The Chairman requested that Mr. Neal Kennedy explain the change
suggested by Senator John Sherman Cooper. There was some discussion on
the suggested language and objection was raised by Senator Jacob K.
Javits. Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen expressed the opinion that the
suggested language might cause trouble.
The Chairman then interrupted the proceedings to inform the Conference
that the Secretary, Senator Milton R. Young, stated that a quorum was
now present.

The following Senators were present: 20
Aiken Dirksen Kuchel
Allott Dominick Miller
Bennett Fong Mundt
Boggs Hickenlooper Pearson
Case Javits Saltonstall
Cooper Jordan Young
Cotton Keating

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Judiciary
staff members, Messrs. Bernard Walters, Clyde Flynn and Neal Kennedy.
Discussion on Title VI having been concluded, Title VII was then brought
up for consideration with an explanation by Mr. Kennedy. Senator Karl E.
Mundt suggested further changes in the language and Senator Hiram L.
Fong stated that his matter in regard to employment of teachers under
stipulation by will had not been covered. After further discussion it
was decided that further study concerning language changes would be made
by the staff, with Senators Fong, Mundt, Allott and Young.
The other items listed in the new memorandum were taken in order and
with the exception of one or two suggestions for further clarification,
they were approved.
Senator Kenneth B. Keating raised a question under Title II concerning
States having discriminatory practices without penalty and the staff was
asked to discuss this matter with the Attorney General.
The Chairman recognized Senator Dirksen who paid tribute to Messrs.
Walters, Flynn and Kennedy of the Judiciary staff for the tremendous job
that they have been doing in making the bill workable and a palatable
piece of legislation in the many conferences which they have held. He
also informed the Membership that the Attorney General had from time to
time informed the Leadership in the House of Representatives with regard
to the changes suggested.
Senator Dirksen stated that after talking with the Majority Leader it
was their general opinion that the amendments discussed should be
offered in the form of an amendment in the nature of a substitute in
order to leave the matter open for further amendment.
He also stated that if the Jury Trial amendment was not decided by the
Senate, then the matter in some form would be incorporated in the new
text.
He said that he hoped that the text would be introduced tomorrow in
order that time would be allowed for all persons to study it.
He also expressed the hope that some time during the following week a
cloture petition might be offered and it was his personal hope it would
be approved. His conclusion was that historically and morally the
legislation should be approved.
The Chairman recognized Senator Mundt who expressed the hope that
individual amendments might be offered in the Republican Conference to
the text before the substitute is actually presented on the Senate
Floor.
Senator Norris Cotton also expressed the same idea as no suggestions had
been made regarding Title VII.
The Chairman stated that after conferring with the Minority Leader it
was agreeable to recess the meeting until 2:30 p.m. when discussion
might be had on private amendments.
There being no further business, the meeting recessed at 12:18 p.m.

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The Chairman, the Honorable Leverett Saltonstall, called the meeting to
order at 2:50 p.m. and stated that a quorum was not present but that, if
there was no objection on the part of Senator Mundt, the Conference
would proceed. There was no objection.
The Chairman recognized Senator Mundt but before proceeding Senator
Hiram L. Fong asked if he might yield to him, which he did.
The Chairman recognized Senator Fong who suggested an amendment in
regard to the exemption of institutions of learning which had been
directed by some instrument to hire employees of a particular religious
faith. Senator Fong stated that the amendment covered only one
particular case, the Bishop Estate in Hawaii, and the Senator was
willing to accept a suggested amendment by Senator Dirksen to include a
cut-off date in the amendment. Senator Javits also suggested that
consideration be given to the Gerard Trust Case. The Chairman asked that
the staff look further into the matter.
The Chairman announced that the Secretary, the Honorable Milton R.
Young, had informed him that a quorum was now present.

Senators present 20:
Aiken Dirksen Miller
Allott Dominick Mundt
Bennett Fong Pearson
Boggs Hickenlooper Saltonstall
Case Javits Williams
Cooper Jordan Young
Cotton Kuchel

Also present were J. Mark Trice, William Brownrigg III and Judiciary
staff members, Messrs. Bernard Walters, Clyde Flynn and Neal Kennedy.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Mundt who presented for the
consideration of the Conference a new section known as 703 H which
sought to place certain limitations on the phrase ``unlawful employment
practices.'' Senator Mundt said he was afraid that if the protection was
not spelled out by the amendment it would mean trouble for the
Commission and what he sought to do was to clarify the regular
recognized factors which are normally taken into consideration. The
Chairman suggested that the language change be worked out with the
staff.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Cotton who stated that he had
strong reservations and misgivings regarding Title VII. He stated that
his amendment starts out with 100 employees and stops there and he
sought to eliminate the gradation now in the bill which cuts the figure
to ultimately 25 employees. He stated that in his opinion enforcement of
the bill as now written would be difficult and that 80% of the employers
would be eliminated by his amendment.
Senator Dirksen stated that the numbers in the bill were worked out
after looking at the State employment laws and that the numbers used
were well above the minimums. The Chairman thanked Senator Cotton for
his presentation.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Miller who made a number of
technical suggestions concerning changes in the various titles. The
Chairman asked that the staff look into the suggestions made.
The Chairman then recognized Senator Gordon Allott who stated that if
the amendments suggested by Senator Mundt were accepted it would take
care of the situation which he had in mind in regard to negating
imbalance quotas.
The staff was asked to talk with both Senator Mundt and Senator Allott
to see if specific language could be worked out to cover the two
situations.
The Chairman recognized Senator Mundt who raised the question as to
whether or not there might be another Conference or if it might be
possible for Senator Dirksen to confer with those Senators who had
particular amendments in mind, before the substitute bill was
introduced. The Chairman stated that the purpose of the Conference this
afternoon was for all Senators interested to present their ideas and due
to the time element it was suggested that those Senators interested
confer immediately with the staff in the hope that a decision might be
reached in regard to their amendments.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m.

[signed] Milton R. Young

Secretary of the Conference

Approved by the Chairman of the Conference on May 27, 1964

[signed] J. Mark Trice

Secretary for the Minority
Appendix A-1

SENATE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CHAIRMEN ¹
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Chairman State Congress Years
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Henry B. Anthony Rhode Island 48th/1 term ended 1884
John Sherman Ohio 48th/2 Sept.1884-Dec.1885
George Edmunds Vermont 49th-51st 1885-1891
John Sherman Ohio 52nd-54th 1891-1897
William B. Allison Iowa 55th-60th/1 1897-1908
Eugene Hale Maine 60th/1-61st 1908-1911
Shelby Cullom Illinois 62nd 1911-1913
Jacob H. Gallinger New Hampshire 63rd-65th/2 1913-1918
Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. Massachusetts 65th/2-68th/1 1918-1924
Charles Curtis Kansas 68th/3-70th 1924-1929
James E. Watson Indiana 71st, 72nd 1929-1933
Charles L. McNary Oregon 73rd-78th 1933-1944
Arthur H. Vandenberg Michigan 79th 1945-1946
Eugene D. Millikin Colorado 80th-84th 1947-1956
Leverett Saltonstall Massachusetts 85th-89th 1957-1966
Margaret Chase Smith Maine 90th-92nd 1967-1972
Norris Cotton New Hampshire 93rd 1973-1974
Carl T. Curtis Nebraska 94th, 95th 1975-1978
Robert Packwood Oregon 96th 1979-1980
James A. McClure Idaho 97th, 98th 1981-1984
John Chafee Rhode Island 99th-101st 1985-1990
William Thad Cochran Mississippi 102nd-104th 1991-1996
Connie Mack Florida 105th- 1997-
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¹ Records of the Republican Conference are extant only from 1911, but recent research (see Source note) has
provided information on the earlier years.
Sources: 1884-1913: Gerald Gamm and Steven S. Smith, ``The Emergence of Senate Leadership, 1881-1946,'' April
1997 (unpublished paper in files of Senate Historical Office); 1913-1997: History, Rules, and Precedents of
the Senate Republican Conference, 105th Congress, revised March 1997.

Appendix A-2

SENATE REPUBLICAN FLOOR LEADERS

Name State Years

Charles Curtis Kansas 1925-1929
James E. Watson Indiana 1929-1933
Charles L. McNary ¹ Oregon 1933-1944
Wallace H. White, Jr. Maine 1945-1949
Kenneth S. Wherry Nebraska 1949-1951
Styles Bridges New Hampshire 1952-1953
Robert A. Taft Ohio 1953
William F. Knowland California 1953-1959
Everett M. Dirksen Ilinois 1959-1969
Hugh D. Scott Pennsylvania 1969-1977
Howard H. Baker Tennessee 1977-1985
Robert J. Dole ² Kansas 1985-1996
Trent Lott Mississippi 1996-

¹ In 1940 at the request of Senator McNary, Senator Warren R. Austin (VT) served as acting leader. In succeeding
years, although McNary was still officially listed as minority leader until his death on on February 25, 1944,
Wallace H. White, Jr. served as acting leader.
² On December 22, 1995, Senator Robert Dole broke Charles McNary's record as longest-serving Republican floor
leader, having served since January 3, 1985, ten years, eleven months, and nine days.

Appendix B

MEMBERS OF THE SENATE REPUBLICAN PCONFERENCE, 1911-1964

Abel, Hazel H., Nebraska, 1954-1954.
Aiken, George D., Vermont, 1941-1975.
Allen, Henry J., Kansas, 1929-1930.
Allott, Gordon L., Colorado, 1955-1973.
Austin, Warren R., Vermont, 1931-1946.
Baird, David, New Jersey, 1918-1919.
Baird, David, Jr., New Jersey, 1929-1930.
Baldwin, Raymond E., Connecticut, 1946-1949.
Ball, Joseph H., Minnesota, 1940-1942, 1943-1949.
Ball, Lewis H., Delaware, 1903-1905, 1919-1925.
Barbour, William Warren, New Jersey, 1931-1937, 1938-1943.
Barrett, Frank A., Wyoming, 1953-1959.
Barry, Alexander G., Oregon, 1938-1939.
Beall, J. Glenn, Maryland, 1953-1965.
Bender, George H., Ohio, 1954-1957.
Bennett, Wallace F., Utah, 1951-1974.
Bingham, Hiram, Connecticut, 1924-1933.
Blaine, John J., Wisconsin, 1927-1933.
Boggs, J. Caleb, Delaware, 1961-1973.
Borah, William E., Idaho, 1907-1940.
Bottum, Joseph H., South Dakota, 1962-1963.
Bourne, Jonathan, Jr., Oregon, 1907-1913.
Bowring, Eva K., Nebraska, 1954-1954.
Bradley, William O., Kentucky, 1909-1914.
Brady, James H., Idaho, 1913-1918.
Brandegee, Frank B., Connecticut, 1905-1924.
Brewster, R. Owen, Maine, 1941-1952.
Bricker, John W., Ohio, 1947-1959.
Bridges, H. Styles, New Hampshire, 1937-1961.
Briggs, Frank O., New Jersey, 1907-1913.
Bristow, Joseph L., Kansas, 1909-1915.
Brookhart, Smith W., Iowa, 1922-1926, 1927-1933.
Brooks, C. Wayland, Illinois, 1940-1949.
Brown, Ernest S., Nevada, 1954-1954.
Brown, Norris, Nebraska, 1907-1913.
Brunsdale, C. Norman, North Dakota, 1959-1960.
Buck, Clayton Douglass, Delaware, 1943-1949.
Burleigh, Edwin C., Maine, 1913-1916.
Burnham, Henry E., New Hampshire, 1901-1913.
Bursum, Holm O., New Mexico, 1921-1925.
Burton, Harold H., Ohio, 1941-1945.
Burton, Theodore E., Ohio, 1909-1915, 1928-1929.
Bush, Prescott S., Connecticut, 1952-1963.
Bushfield, Harlan J., South Dakota, 1943-1948.
Bushfield, Vera C., South Dakota, 1948-1948.
Butler, Hugh A., Nebraska, 1941-1954.
Butler, John Marshall, Maryland, 1951-1963.
Butler, William M., Massachusetts, 1924-1926.
Cain, Harry P., Washington, 1946-1953.
Calder, William M., New York, 1917-1923.
Cameron, Ralph H., Arizona, 1921-1927.
Capehart, Homer E., Indiana, 1945-1963.
Capper, Arthur, Kansas, 1919-1949.
Carey, Robert D., Wyoming, 1930-1937.
Carlson, Frank, Kansas, 1950-1969.
Case, Clifford P., New Jersey, 1955-1979.
Case, Francis H., South Dakota, 1951-1962.
Catron, Thomas B., New Mexico, 1912-1917.
Clapp, Moses E., Minnesota, 1901-1917.
Clark, Clarence D., Wyoming, 1895-1917.
Colt, LeBaron B., Rhode Island, 1913-1924.
Cooper, John Sherman, Kentucky, 1946-1949, 1952-1955, 1956-1973.
Cordon, Guy, Oregon, 1944-1955.
Cotton, Norris H., New Hampshire, 1954-1974, 1975-1975.
Couzens, James, Michigan, 1922-1936.
Crane, Winthrop M., Massachusetts, 1904-1913.
Crawford, Coe I., South Dakota., 1909-1915.
Crippa, Edward D., Wyoming, 1954-1954.
Crow, William E., Pennsylvania, 1921-1922.
Cullom, Shelby M., Illinois, 1883-1913
Cummins, Albert B., Iowa, 1908-1926.
Curtis, Carl T., Nebraska, 1955-1979.
Curtis, Charles, Kansas, 1907-1913, 1915-1929.
Cutting, Bronson M., New Mexico, 1927-1928, 1929-1935.
Dale, Porter H., Vermont, 1923-1933.
Danaher, John A., Connecticut, 1939-1945.
Darby, Harry, Kansas, 1949-1950.
Davis, James J., Pennsylvania, 1930-1945.
Deneen, Charles S., Illinois, 1925-1931.
Dickinson, Lester J., Iowa, 1931-1937.
Dillingham, William P., Vermont, 1900-1923.
Dirksen, Everett M., Illinois, 1951-1969.
Dixon, Joseph M., Montana, 1907-1913.
Dominick, Peter H., Colorado, 1963-1975.
Donnell, Forrest C., Missouri, 1945-1951.
Drew, Irving W., New Hampshire, 1918-1918.
Duff, James H., Pennsylvania, 1951-1957.
Dulles, John Foster, New York, 1949-1949.
du Pont, Henry A., Delaware, 1906-1917.
du Pont, Thomas C., Delaware, 1921-22, 1925-1928.
Dworshak, Henry C., Idaho, 1946-1949, 1949-1962.
Ecton, Zales N., Montana, 1947-1953.
Edge, Walter E., New Jersey, 1919-1929.
Elkins, Davis, West Virginia, 1911-1911, 1919-1925.
Ernst, Richard P., Kentucky, 1921-1927.
Fall, Albert B., New Mexico, 1912-1921.
Ferguson, Homer, Michigan, 1943-1955.
Fernald, Bert M., Maine, 1916-1926.
Fess, Simeon D., Ohio, 1923-1935.
Flanders, Ralph E., Vermont, 1946-1959.
Fong, Hiram L., Hawaii, 1959-1977.
France, Joseph I., Maryland, 1917-1923.
Frazier, Lynn J., North Dakota, 1923-1941.
Frelinghuysen, Joseph S., New Jersey, 1917-1923.
Frye, William P., Maine, 1881-1911.
Gallinger, Jacob H., New Hampshire, 1891-1918.
Gamble, Robert J., South Dakota, 1901-1913.
Gibson, Ernest W., Vermont, 1933-1940.
Gibson, Ernest W., Jr., Vermont, 1940-1941.
Gillett, Frederick H., Massachusetts, 1925-1931.
Glenn, Otis F., Illinois, 1928-1933.
Goff, Guy D., West Virginia, 1925-1931.
Goff, Nathan, West Virginia, 1913-1919.
Goldsborough, Phillips L., Maryland, 1929-1935.
Goldwater, Barry M., Arizona, 1953-1965, 1969-1987.
Gooding, Frank R., Idaho, 1921-1928.
Gould, Arthur R., Maine, 1926-1931.
Grammer, Elijah S., Washington, 1932-1933.
Graves, Dixie Bibb, Alabama, 1937-1938.
Greene, Frank L., Vermont, 1923-1930.
Griswold, Dwight P., Nebraska, 1952-1954.
Gronna, Asle J., North Dakota, 1911-1921.
Grundy, Joseph R., Pennsylvania, 1929-1930.
Guggenheim, Simon, Colorado, 1907-1913.
Gurney, John Chandler (Chan), South Dakota, 1939-1951.
Hale, Frederick, Maine, 1917-1941.
Harding, Warren G., Ohio, 1915-1921.
Harreld, John W., Oklahoma, 1921-1927.
Hart, Thomas C., Connecticut, 1945-1946.
Hastings, Daniel O., Delaware, 1928-1937.
Hatfield, Henry D., West Virginia, 1929-1935.
Hawkes, Albert W., New Jersey, 1943-1949.
Hebert, Felix, Rhode Island, 1929-1935.
Hendrickson, Robert C., New Jersey, 1949-1955.
Heyburn, Weldon B., Idaho, 1903-1912.
Hickenlooper, Bourke B., Iowa, 1945-1969.
Hoblitzell, John D., Jr., West Virginia, 1958-1958.
Holman, Rufus C., Oregon, 1939-1945.
Howard, Guy V., Minnesota, 1936-1937.
Howell, Robert B., Nebraska, 1923-1933.
Hruska, Roman L., Nebraska, 1954-1976.
Ives, Irving M., New York, 1947-1959.
Jackson, William P., Maryland, 1912-1914.
Javits, Jacob K., New York, 1957-1981.
Jenner, William E., Indiana, 1944-1945, 1947-1959.
Johnson, Hiram W., California, 1917-1945.
Jones, Wesley L., Washington, 1909-1932.
Jordan, Leonard B., Idaho, 1962-1973.
Kean, Hamilton F., New Jersey, 1929-1935.
Keating, Kenneth B., New York, 1959-1965.
Kellogg, Frank B., Minnesota, 1917-1923.
Kem, James P., Missouri, 1947-1953.
Kenyon, William S., Iowa, 1911-1922.
Keyes, Henry W., New Hampshire, 1919-1937.
Knowland, William F., California, 1945-1959.
Knox, Philander C., Pennsylvania, 1904-1909, 1917-1921.
Kuchel, Thomas H., California, 1953-1969.
Ladd, Edwin F., North Dakota, 1921-1925.
La Follette, Robert M., Wisconsin, 1906-1925.
La Follette, Robert M., Jr., Wisconsin, 1925-1947. ¹
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Langer, William, North Dakota, 1941-1959.
Larrazolo, Octaviano A., New Mexico, 1928-1929.
Lenroot, Irvine L., Wisconsin, 1918-1927.
Lippitt, Henry F., Rhode Island, 1911-1917.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Massachusetts, 1893-1924.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., Massachusetts, 1937-1944, 1947-1953.
Lorimer, William, Illinois, 1909-1912.
Malone, George W., Nevada, 1947-1959.
Martin, Edward, Pennsylvania, 1947-1959.
Martin, Thomas E., Iowa, 1955-1961.
Massey, William A., Nevada, 1912-1913.
McCarthy, Joseph R., Wisconsin, 1947-1957.
McCormick, Joseph Medill, Illinois, 1919-1925.
McCulloch, Roscoe C., Ohio, 1929-1930.
McCumber, Porter J., North Dakota, 1899-1923.
McKinley, William B., Illinois, 1921-1926.
McLean, George P., Connecticut, 1911-1929.
McMaster, William H., South Dakota, 1925-1931.
McNary, Charles L., Oregon, 1917-1918, 1918-1944.
Means, Rice W., Colorado, 1924-1927.
Mechem, Edwin L., New Mexico, 1962-1964.
Metcalf, Jesse H., Rhode Island, 1924-1937.
Miller, Jack R., Iowa, 1961-1973.
Millikin, Eugene D., Colorado, 1941-1957.
Moore, Edward H., Oklahoma, 1943-1949.
Morrow, Dwight W., New Jersey, 1930-1931.
Morse, Wayne L., Oregon, 1945-1969. ²
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Independent in 1953, and in 1955 joined the Democratic Conference.
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Morton, Thruston B., Kentucky, 1957-1968.
Moses, George H., New Hampshire, 1918-1933.
Mulkey, Frederick W., Oregon, 1907-1907, 1918-1918.
Mundt, Karl E., South Dakota, 1948-1973.
Murphy, Maurice J., Jr., New Hampshire, 1961-1962.
Nelson, Arthur E., Minnesota, 1942-1943.
Nelson, Knute, Minnesota, 1895-1923.
New, Harry S., Indiana, 1917-1923.
Newberry, Truman H., Michigan, 1919-1922.
Nicholson, Samuel D., Colorado, 1921-1923.
Nixon, George S., Nevada, 1905-1912.
Nixon, Richard M., California, 1950-1953.
Norbeck, Peter, South Dakota, 1921-1936.
Norris, George W., Nebraska, 1913-1943. ³
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Nye, Gerald P., North Dakota, 1925-1945.
Oddie, Tasker L., Nevada, 1921-1933.
Oliver, George T., Pennsylvania, 1909-1917.
Page, Carroll S., Vermont, 1908-1923.
Partridge, Frank C., Vermont, 1930-1931.
Patterson, Roscoe C., Missouri, 1929-1935.
Payne, Frederick G., Maine, 1953-1959.
Pearson, James B., Kansas, 1962-1978.
Penrose, Boies, Pennsylvania, 1897-1921.
Pepper, George W., Pennsylvania, 1922-1927.
Perkins, George C., California, 1893-1915.
Phipps, Lawrence C., Colorado, 1919-1931.
Pine, William B., Oklahoma, 1925-1931.
Poindexter, Miles, Washington, 1911-1923. ⁴
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to the Republican Conference in 1915.
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Potter, Charles E., Michigan, 1952-1959.
Prouty, Winston L., Vermont, 1959-1971.
Purtell, William A., Connecticut, 1952-1952, 1953-1959.
Pyle, Gladys, South Dakota, 1938-1939.
Rawson, Charles A., Iowa, 1922-1922.
Reed, Clyde M., Kansas, 1939-1949.
Reed, David A., Pennsylvania, 1922-1935.
Revercomb, W. Chapman, West Virginia, 1943-1949, 1956-1959.
Reynolds, Samuel W., Nebraska, 1954-1954.
Richardson, Harry A., Delaware, 1907-1913.
Robertson, Edward V., Wyoming, 1943-1949.
Robinson, Arthur R., Indiana, 1925-1935.
Robsion, John M., Kentucky, 1930-1930.
Root, Elihu, New York, 1909-1915.
Sackett, Frederic M., Kentucky, 1925-1930.
Saltonstall, Leverett, Massachusetts, 1945-1967.
Sanders, Newell, Tennessee, 1912-1913.
Schall, Thomas D., Minnesota, 1925-1935.
Schoeppel, Andrew F., Kansas, 1949-1962.
Schuyler, Karl C., Colorado, 1932-1933.
Scott, Hugh D., Jr., Pennsylvania, 1959-1977.
Seaton, Frederick A., Nebraska, 1951-1952.
Sherman, Lawrence Y., Illinois, 1913-1921.
Shipstead, Henrik, Minnesota, 1923-1947. ⁵
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when he joined the Republican Conference.
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Shortridge, Samuel M., California, 1921-1933.
Shott, Hugh I., West Virginia, 1942-1943.
Simpson, Milward L., Wyoming, 1962-1967.
Smith, Frank L., Illinois, 1926-1928.
Smith, H. Alexander, New Jersey, 1944-1959.
Smith, Margaret Chase, Maine, 1949-1973.
Smith, William A., Michigan, 1907-1919.
Smoot, Reed, Utah, 1903-1933.
Spencer, Selden P., Missouri, 1918-1925.
Stanfield, Robert N., Oregon, 1921-1927.
Stanfill, William A., Kentucky, 1945-1946.
Steiwer, Frederick, Oregon, 1927-1938.
Stephenson, Isaac, Wisconsin, 1907-1915.
Sterling, Thomas, South Dakota, 1913-1925.
Stewart, David W., Iowa, 1926-1927.
Sullivan, Patrick J., Wyoming, 1929-1930.
Sutherland, George, Utah, 1905-1917.
Sutherland, Howard, West Virginia, 1917-1923.
Taft, Kingsley A., Ohio, 1946-1947.
Taft, Robert A., Ohio, 1939-1953.
Thomas, John, Idaho, 1928-1933, 1940-1945.
Thye, Edward J., Minnesota, 1947-1959.
Tobey, Charles W., New Hampshire, 1939-1953.
Tower, John G., Texas, 1961-1985.
Townsend, Charles E., Michigan, 1911-1923.
Townsend, John G., Jr., Delaware, 1929-1941.
Upton, Robert W., New Hampshire, 1953-1954.
Vandenberg, Arthur H., Michigan, 1928-1951.
Vare, William S., Pennsylvania, 1927-1929.
Wadsworth, James W., Jr., New York, 1915-1927.
Walcott, Frederic C., Connecticut, 1929-1935.
Warren, Francis E., Wyoming, 1890-1893, 1895-1929
Waterman, Charles W., Colorado, 1927-1932.
Watkins, Arthur V., Utah, 1947-1959.
Watson, James E., Indiana, 1916-1933.
Weeks, John W., Massachusetts, 1913-1919.
Weeks, Sinclair, Massachusetts, 1944-1944.
Welker, Herman, Idaho, 1951-1957.
Weller, Ovington E., Maryland, 1921-1927.
Wetmore, George P., Rhode Island, 1895-1907, 1908-1913.
Wherry, Kenneth S., Nebraska, 1943-1951.
White, Wallace H., Jr., Maine, 1931-1949.
Wiley, Alexander, Wisconsin, 1939-1963.
Williams, George H., Missouri, 1925-1926.
Williams John J., Delaware, 1947-1970.
Willis, Frank B., Ohio, 1921-1928.
Willis, Raymond E., Indiana, 1941-1947.
Wilson, George Allison, Iowa, 1943-1949.
Works, John D., California, 1911-1917.
Young, Lafayette, Iowa, 1910-1911. ⁶
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Young, Milton R., North Dakota, 1945-1981.
Appendix C

CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES OF SENATE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE 1911-1964
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Committee on Committees

62nd Congress (1911-1913), Jacob H. Gallinger (NH)
63rd Congress (1913-1915), Henry Cabot Lodge (MA) ²
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64th Congress (1915-1917), Henry Cabot Lodge (MA)
65th Congress (1917-1919), Francis E. Warren (WY)
66th Congress (1919-1921), Frank B. Brandegee (CT)
67th Congress (1921-1923), Frank B. Brandegee (CT)
68th Congress (1923-1925), Frank B. Brandegee (CT) ³, James
E. Watson (IN) ⁴
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69th Congress (1925-1927), James E. Watson (IN)
70th Congress (1927-1929), James E. Watson (IN)
71st Congress (1929-1931), Charles L. McNary (OR)
72nd Congress (1931-1933), Charles L. McNary (OR)
73rd Congress (1933-1935), David A. Reed (PA)
74th Congress (1935-1937), Gerald P. Nye (ND)
75th Congress (1937-1939), Gerald P. Nye (ND)
76th Congress (1939-1941), Gerald P. Nye (ND)
77th Congress (1941-1942), Gerald P. Nye (ND)
78th Congress (1943-1945), Gerald P. Nye (ND)
79th Congress (1945-1947), Wallace H. White, Jr. (ME)
80th Congress (1947-1949), Edward V. Robertson (WY)
81st Congress (1949-1951), Hugh Butler (NE)
82nd Congress (1951-1953), Hugh Butler (NE)
83rd Congress (1953-1955), Hugh Butler (NE) ⁵, John W.
Bricker (OH) ⁶
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\6\ Appointed July 9, 1954.
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84th Congress (1955-1957), John W. Bricker (OH)
85th Congress (1957-1959), John W. Bricker (OH)
86th Congress (1959-1961), Andrew F. Schoeppel (KS)
87th Congress (1961-1963), Andrew F. Schoeppel (KS)
88th Congress (1963-1965), Frank Carlson (KS)
Steering Committee ⁷
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\7\ Also known as Committee on Order of Business in the early years.

62nd Congress (1911-1913), Shelby Cullom (IL)
63rd Congress (1913-1915), (Committee not appointed--Democrats
controlled Senate)
64th Congress (1915-1917), Jacob H. Gallinger (NH) ⁸
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\8\ A committee appointed to confer with the Democratic Steering
Committee on the legislative program. Gallinger was also Republican
Conference chairman.
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65th Congress (1917-1919), (Committee not appointed--Democrats
controlled Senate.)
66th Congress (1919-1921), Porter J. McCumber (ND)
67th Congress (1921-1923), Robert M. La Follette (WI) ⁹
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\9\ Chairman is not indicated in minutes, but La Follette's name is
listed first.
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68th Congress (1923-1925), James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (NY)
69th Congress (1925-1927), James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (NY)
70th Congress (1927-1929), Frederic M. Sackett (KY)
71st Congress (1929-1931), Guy D. Goff (WV) ¹⁰
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72nd Congress (1931-1933), Arthur H. Vandenberg (MI)
73rd Congress (1933-1935), Arthur H. Vandenberg (MI) ¹¹
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\11\ Legislative committee of seven members appointed to take the
place of the Committee on Order of Business, since Democrats controlled
Senate.
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74th Congress (1935-1937), (Minutes note that Legislative Committee not
appointed in 74th Congress.)
75th Congress (1937-1939), (Committee apparently not appointed.)
76th Congress (1939-1942), (Committee apparently not appointed.)
77th Congress (1941-1943), (Committee apparently not appointed.)
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\12\ A Committee on the Calendar created to follow bills on the
calendar for the minority.
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78th Congress (1943-1945), Robert A. Taft (OH) ¹³
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included creation of a Steering Committee for each Congress.
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79th Congress (1945-1947), Robert A. Taft (OH)
80th Congress (1947-1949), Robert A. Taft (OH)
Policy Committee ¹⁴
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\14\ In December 1946, after legislation provided for Senate
Republican and Democratic policy committees, the Conference voted to
make its Steering Committee the party's official Policy Committee.

81st Congress (1949-1951), Robert A. Taft (OH)
82nd Congress (1951-1953), Robert A. Taft (OH)
83rd Congress (1953-1955), William F. Knowland (CA) ¹⁵, Homer
Ferguson (MI) ¹⁶
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of Robert Taft.
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84th Congress (1955-1957), Styles Bridges (NH)
85th Congress (1957-1959), Styles Bridges (NH)
86th Congress (1959-1961), Styles Bridges (NH)
87th Congress (1961-1963), Styles Bridges (NH)
88th Congress (1963-1965), Bourke B. Hickenlooper (IA)
Patronage Committee

66th Congress (1919-1921), Harry S. New (IN)
67th Congress (1921-1923), Howard Sutherland (WV)
68th Congress (1923-1925), Irvine L. Lenroot (WI)
69th Congress (1925-1927), Irvine L. Lenroot (WI)
70th Congress (1927-1929), Hiram Bingham (CT)
71st Congress (1929-1931), Hiram Bingham (CT)
72nd Congress (1931-1933), Hiram Bingham (CT)
73rd Congress (1933-1935), Jesse H. Metcalf (RI)
74th Congress (1935-1937), Jesse H. Metcalf (RI)
75th Congress--79th Congress (Committee not appointed)
80th Congress (1947-1949), Styles Bridges (NH) ¹⁷
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\17\ Starting in 1947, the committee was renamed Committee on
Personnel.
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81st Congress (1949-1951), Styles Bridges (NH)
82nd Congress (1951-1953), Styles Bridges (NH)
83rd Congress (1953-1955), Edward Martin (PA)
84th Congress (1955-1957), Edward Martin (PA)
85th Congress (1957-1959), Edward Martin (PA)
86th Congress (1959-1961), Margaret Chase Smith (ME)
87th Congress (1961-1963), Margaret Chase Smith (ME)
88th Congress (1963-1965), Norris Cotton (NH)
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee ¹⁸
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\18\ It is not clear from the minutes--which often refer simply to
``Campaign Committee''--when the name was formally changed to the
present National Republican Senatorial Committee.

70th Congress (1927-1929), Jesse H. Metcalf (RI)
71st Congress (1929-1931), George H. Moses (NH)
72nd Congress (1931-1933), Henry D. Hatfield (WV)
73rd Congress (1933-1935), Daniel O. Hastings (DE)
74th Congress (1935-1937), (Committee apparently not appointed.)
75th Congress (1937-1939), John G. Townsend, Jr. (DE)
76th Congress (1939-1941), (No committee mentioned in minutes.)
77th Congress (1941-1943), John G. Townsend (former senator)
78th Congress (1943-1945), John G. Townsend (former senator)
79th Congress (1945-1947), John G. Townsend (former senator)
80th Congress (1947-1949), John G. Townsend (former senator)
81st Congress (1949-1951), Owen Brewster (ME), John G. Townsend (former
senator), Cochairman
82nd Congress (1951-1953), Styles Bridges (NH), John G. Townsend (former
senator), Finance Chairman
83rd Congress (1953-1955), Everett M. Dirksen (IL)
84th Congress (1955-1957), Barry M. Goldwater (AZ) ¹⁹, Andrew
F. Schoeppel (KS) ²⁰
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85th Congress (1957-1959), Andrew F. Schoeppel (KS)
86th Congress (1959-1961), Barry M. Goldwater (AZ)
87th Congress (1961-1963), Barry M. Goldwater (AZ)
88th Congress (1963-1965), Thruston B. Morton (KY)
Calendar Committee

77th Congress (1941-1943), John A. Danaher (CT)
78th Congress (1943-1945), Chapman Revercomb (WV)
79th Congress (1945-1947), Chapman Revercomb (WV)
80th Congress-85th Congress (Committee not appointed)
86th Congress (1959-1961), Thomas E. Martin (IA)
87th Congress (1961-1963), Kenneth B. Keating (NY)
88th Congress (1963-1965), Kenneth B. Keating (NY)
INDEX

[Note: Because the purpose of this publication is chiefly as a resource
on the institutional history of the Republican Conference, the indexing
of individual Conference members is limited. Even though the minutes
mention senators in many contexts, Republican Conference members are
only indexed when they are the subject of an action or discussion, such
as election to a Senate or Conference office, or when they participate
in a substantial discussion (although the few Democratic senators
mentioned during discussions are indexed.) Passing references, such as
making nominations, seconding motions, or membership on committees, are
not included. Those researching a particular senator will find in
Appendix B a list of all members of the Conference and the dates of
their Senate service--the full period during which their participation
in the Conference might be mentioned in the minutes. An index entry is
included for roll-call votes during the years when they appear in the
minutes, making it possible to check an individual's votes if he or she
served during such periods.
[When two or more senators have the same last name (or if a nonsenator
has the same last name as a senator), the state abbreviations are added
for senators.
[Substantive discussions of topics and legislation are indexed, but
passing references to a subject or a bill are not. Senate staff members
listed as attending a Conference meeting are indexed, as are individuals
nominated for Senate offices.
[Discussions in Committee on Committee minutes are only indexed under
the general topic ``committee assignments.'']

Acheson, Dean G., 647-50, 652

Adams, Sherman, 701

Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee, Senate, 826, 867, 946, 948-49

African Americans (on Senate staff), 141

Agriculture Committee, Senate, 193, 195

Agriculture and Forestry Committee, Senate, 365, 441-42, 511, 539, 947

Agriculture legislation, 365, 531, 781

Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933), 241, 258-67

Aiken, George D., 401, 441, 470-71, 473, 511, 515-16, 539, 818-20, 848,
865, 870, 874, 879, 888-89, 904, 908, 910-11, 923, 943-46, 977

minutes signed by, 402

Alabama, contested election in, 238

Aldrich, Nelson W., xx

Allison, William B., xx, 1

Allott, Gordon L., 752, 785, 799-800, 826, 832, 836-38, 842, 853, 870, 875,
881, 886, 950, 952-53, 959, 984

minutes signed by, 802

Anderson, Clinton P., 932

Anthony, Henry B., xix

Antilynching legislation, 135-36, 551-52

Appointments and Confirmations. See Nominations

Appointments and Confirmations, Republican committee on, 39-41

Appropriation bills, consolidation of, 689-92

Appropriation and revenue bills, proposed limitation of debate on, 131-33

Appropriations Committee, Senate, xxvi, 273, 393, 450, 478, 548, 605, 675,
679, 801, 831, 871, 947, 959

members not allowed to serve on Finance Committee, 331, 335, 353, 757, 759

Architect of the Capitol, 176

staff of, 142-46, 200

Armed forces, voting by, 339-40, 344, 347-48

Armed Services Committee, Senate, xxvi, 443, 469-70, 474, 530, 587, 653,
671, 675, 759

Armed Services Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, 783, 814

Armed Ship bill, 45, 67

Army, U.S., 695

Ashurst, Henry F., 269

Atomic Energy Committee, Senate Special, 422

Attendance at Senate sessions, 44, 128-30, 236, 371, 404, 424, 506, 528,
699, 701, 717, 721, 745, 749, 754, 778, 861

Attorney general, nomination of, 169, 310

Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Senate Committee
to, 28, 178-79

Austin, Warren R., 337, 342, 372-73

as acting Republican floor leader, xxiii, 317-18, 320, 341

Baldwin, Raymond E., 442, 492-95, 497, 508, 516, 530, 535, 560

Ball, Joseph H., 350, 404, 417, 433, 462, 464, 466, 480, 496, 513, 516-17,
520

Bankhead, John H., II, 238

Banking and Currency Committee, Senate, 269, 272, 328, 406, 471, 496, 605,
637, 679, 682-83, 745

size of, 118

Banking legislation, 241, 269

Barkley, Alben W., 308, 330, 335, 395, 427, 464, 505, 557

Barrett, Frank A., 713, 739, 791-92, 802, 815

Barry, David S., 93, 116, 138, 168, 191, 210

Beall, J. Glenn, 741, 760-61, 841, 964

Bellamy, Raymond W., 535, 537

Bender, George H., 752

Bennett, Charles G., 37

Bennett, Gordon, 841

Bennett, Wallace F. (UT), 679, 681, 749, 755-56, 759, 944, 949, 953, 974

minutes signed by, 951

Berlin, 891

Bernstein, Michael J., 842, 885

Biffle, Leslie L., 427

Bilbo, Theodore G., xxv, 431, 443, 464-65

Binding caucus, xix

not binding, xxi, 1, 77, 174, 310, 317, 346, 430, 471, 526, 768, 976-77,
980

Bingham, Hiram, 185, 199, 201, 210, 214

Black, Hugo L., 254

Blaine, John J., 193-95

Boggs, J. Caleb, 868

Bonus army, 237

Borah, William E., 63, 137, 174, 193, 591

on Penrose and Finance Committee, 99-103

Bottolfsen, C.A., 537-38

Bottum, Joe H., 939

Bowring, Eva K., 741, 747-48

Brady, James H., 36

Brandegee, Frank B., 29, 94, 99-100, 103, 115, 117, 120, 138-39

minutes signed by, 30

Brewster, R. Owen, 372, 392, 424, 433, 436, 452, 469, 473-75, 493, 496,
513, 524, 526, 564-67, 573, 578, 588, 598, 602, 609, 611, 613, 626, 646,
654-55, 661, 665, 673-75, 688, 690

Bricker, John W., 497, 511-12, 552, 564, 573, 613, 665, 680-81, 718, 784

as chairman of Committee on Committees, 749, 757-59, 788, 790-91, 797, 804-
7, 813-14

report by, 637-44

Bricker amendment, 718n.

Bridges, H. Styles, 311, 335, 342, 348, 393, 420, 433, 444, 464, 467, 477-
79, 517, 530-31, 542, 548, 567, 578, 587-88, 590, 592, 653-55, 661, 666,
685-86, 695, 698, 752, 813-15, 817, 867, 869, 896-97, 899, 903

as chairman of Republican Policy Committee, 753, 768, 778-85, 813-15, 817-
21, 827, 845-49, 858, 868, 870, 874

as president pro tempore, 695, 697, 699, 704, 718

as Republican floor leader, 685, 690

Bristow, Joseph L., 36

Brookhart, Smith W., 137, 154, 167, 170

Brooks, C. Wayland, 401, 427, 433, 444, 473, 531, 539, 551

Brown, Norris, 30

Brownell, Herbert, 391

Brownrigg, William, III, 718, 784, 787, 797, 806, 808, 812-13, 818, 822,
831, 835, 841-42, 845, 856, 861, 863, 865, 868, 873, 880, 885, 888, 896,
903, 908, 910, 912, 922, 931, 938, 940, 944, 950, 958, 960, 962-63, 966,
971, 973, 975, 977-79, 982-83

Brundage, Percival F., 809

Brunsdale, Norman, 847-48

Buchanan, James, xviii

Buck, Clayton D., 335, 342, 465, 471, 496, 524

Budget, federal, 479-91, 547-48, 692-93, 719, 799-804

Burgess, Arthur E., 545-46, 818, 822, 831, 835, 841-42, 845, 856, 861, 863,
865, 868, 873-74, 880, 885, 888, 896, 903, 908

Burleigh, Edwin C., 36

Burton, Harold H. (OH), 341, 351, 357, 359, 364, 374, 386, 397, 402, 409

minutes signed by, 339, 343-44, 349, 354, 356, 358, 363, 366, 371, 373,
376, 398, 401, 404, 407

Burton, Theodore E. (OH), 36, 39

Bush, Prescott S., 776, 781, 815, 836-38, 873, 886, 932

Bushfield, Harlan J., 392, 464, 479, 529, 534-35, 537, 546-47, 568, 576-77

Butler, Charles, 113

Butler, Hugh A. (NE), 385, 390, 392, 436, 442, 512, 564, 573, 578, 598,
602, 717, 721, 748-50

as chairman of Committee on Committees, 580-82, 587-88, 604-8, 615, 617,
646, 663-65, 673-79, 684-88, 707, 729-31, 734, 741-42

Butler, John Marshall (MD), 665, 741, 781

Butler, William M. (MA), 179

Byrd, Harry F., 746, 767

Cain, Harry P., 464, 498, 565, 567, 622, 648, 673, 675

Cameron, Ralph H., 180

Campaign Expenditures, Senate Special Committee to Investigate Senatorial,
443

Cannon, James M., 165

Capehart, Homer E., 498, 516, 532-34, 545-47, 605, 650, 682-83, 703, 726,
745-46, 870, 872, 885

Capitol, U.S.

Marble Room in, 116

Capitol Police, 464

Capper, Arthur, 438

Carlson, Frank, 646, 703, 725, 727, 767, 808, 896, 899-903

as chairman of Committee on Committees, 897, 903-5, 934, 938-41, 952-53

report by, 770-72

Case, Clifford P. (NJ), 752, 788, 870, 891

Case, Francis H. (SD), 661, 699, 702-3, 706, 727, 731, 754, 776, 801, 814,
870, 873, 882, 885-86, 912, 931, 933

Caucuses, party, Senate, xvii-xix

Censure, 695

Chaplain, Senate, xvii, xxi, 190, 698

death of, 592, 594-95

election of, 113-14, 116, 138, 168, 210, 444

Chavez, Dennis, 739

Chief clerk and reading clerk, Senate, 535, 537

Civil rights legislation, 551, 555, 563, 617, 626, 783, 808-12, 817, 850,
861-64, 943, 962-70, 972

Civil Rights Act of 1964, xxvi, 943, 975-84

Civil Service Commission, 646-47

Clapp, Moses E., 36

Clark, Clarence D. (WY), 30

Clark, Lucien, 113-14

Clayton, Will L., 376

Cloture, 67, 130-31, 419, 421, 559-60, 595-96, 862, 864, 913, 943, 970,
980, 982. See also Rules, Senate, Rule 22

Cole, Sterling, 741

Cole, W.L., 93

Commerce, secretary of, 310, 393

Commerce Committee, Senate, 62, 964, 972

Committee assignments, Senate, xviii, xx, xxii, xxvi, 4, 20, 38, 156-57,
239, 286-88, 307-9, 313-14, 319-24, 331-32, 334-37, 350, 358-59, 361, 363-
64, 366-67, 383-85, 407, 414-16, 435-39, 449-52, 578, 580-82, 587-91, 604-
9, 615-18, 646, 660, 663-65, 676-79, 681, 686-88, 707, 733-34, 741, 749,
765-66, 790-92, 797, 804-7, 813-14, 831-32, 834-35, 838-40, 852-57, 878-82,
886-90, 893, 899-906, 938-39, 941-42, 952-56, 958

lists of, 4-18, 47-59, 70-75, 95-99, 120-22, 147-49, 171-73, 196-99, 211-
14, 224-27, 243-46, 289-95, 302-5, 388-89, 445-49, 583-86, 589-90, 667-70,
708-12, 714-15, 734-38, 762-65, 793-96, 833-34, 859-60, 882-83, 906-8, 935-
37, 956-57

method of making, 352-53, 379, 433, 539, 646, 655, 662-63, 805, 826-28,
830, 857, 865, 879, 881-82, 897, 900, 904, 948-49, 953-55

Committee chairmen, Senate, 32, 87, 89, 93, 506, 548

appointment of, 185, 229-30, 433, 438, 441, 452

deposed, xviii

election of, 749

meetings of, 466, 477-78, 517-18, 542-45

Committees, Senate, xx

meeting days of, 478

membership of, 88

number of, xxiv, 450-51, 702, 704-6

party balance on, 118, 308, 330, 334-35, 387, 395-96, 410-11, 415, 427,
435, 450-51, 605-6, 615, 665, 675-77, 702-6, 727, 731-32, 765, 817, 820,
824, 871, 892, 946, 959

regional distribution on, 441-42, 663, 675

size of, 18, 88, 92, 118-20, 578-80, 588, 605-6, 659, 661, 702, 704-6, 732-
33, 881-82, 946-47

special, 379, 469-76

senators from same party and state on, 452, 902-3, 905, 959

senators from same state on, 826

staff of, 467-68, 471, 475, 661, 666, 692, 721, 905

Communism, 636

Comptroller general, 741

Condolence resolutions, 360, 398, 453, 532, 536, 568, 576-77, 594-95, 612,
634-35, 684-85, 690, 693, 701-2, 727-28, 743-44, 750, 850-52, 871-72, 877,
896, 899, 933

Conference committees, Senate, 89, 92

Congress

Sixty-second, 1

Sixty-third, 35

Sixty-fourth, 45

Sixty-fifth, 67

Sixty-sixth, 91

Sixty-seventh, 115

Sixty-eighth, 137

Sixty-ninth, 167

Seventieth, 167, 189

Seventy-first, 209

Seventy-second, 237

Seventy-third, 241

Seventy-fourth, 283

Seventy-fifth, 301

Seventy-sixth, 307

Seventy-seventh, 317

Seventy-eighth, 333

Seventy-ninth, 383

Eightieth, xxv, 429, 451, 546, 556-58

Eighty-first, 563

Eighty-second, 653

Eighty-third, 695, 731

Eighty-fourth, 751

Eighty-fifth, 783

Eighty-sixth, 817

Eighty-seventh, 867

Eighty-eighth, 943

Connally, Thomas T., 633

Constitution, U.S., amendments

Nineteenth, 77, 95

proposed, 622

Seventeenth, 45

Twentieth, 283

Coolidge, Calvin, xxii, 137

Cooper, John Sherman, 464, 475, 536, 708, 718, 727, 783, 811, 819-21, 836,
885, 924, 953, 977, 981

Cordon, Guy, 360, 444, 453, 568, 656, 725, 739, 749

Cornelius, E.L., 37

Cost of living, 326-27, 329

Cotton, Norris H., 752, 841, 896, 972, 983-84

Courts, federal, 192, 194

Couzens, James, 286

Crippa, Edward D., 747, 749

Cullom, Shelby M., xxii, 2-3, 21, 29, 31

Cummins, Albert B., 18-19, 36, 46, 87, 93, 116, 137, 155

as president pro tempore, 139

Curtis, Carl T. (NE), 752, 792, 801, 841, 905

Curtis, Charles (KS), xx, xxii, 2, 32, 47, 67, 81, 92, 95

as chairman of Conference, 156, 164-65

as chairman of Conference and floor leader, 168-70, 173, 176-79, 183, 189,
191-96, 199, 201

elected chairman of Conference, 154

minutes signed by, 3, 20-22, 31, 33, 82

as Republican whip, 105

as vice chairman of Conference and whip, 115, 129-30, 133, 138, 152

Cutting, Bronson M., 214

death of, 297

minutes signed by, 201, 215

Danaher, John A., 328, 342, 360

Darby, Harry, 612

Davis, James J., 342, 352

Defense legislation, 637-44, 682

Democratic Conference, xviii, 950

Democratic floor leader, xviii, 308, 330, 335, 395, 427, 464, 505, 557,
605-6, 610, 817, 849, 858, 861-62, 864, 871, 879, 910, 946, 950, 970, 982.
See also Democrats, relations with

Democratic party, patronage and, 200, 820

Democratic Steering Committee, 62, 94, 849, 959

Democrats

relations with, 38, 40, 42-43, 46, 63, 200, 279, 319, 450, 465, 473, 492,
525-26, 578, 596, 604-6, 608, 610, 615, 647, 656, 659, 714, 731-32, 745,
761, 782, 820, 858, 871, 875, 950, 959, 970, 974, 982. See also Democratic
floor leader

southern, 699

Depression, 1930s, 209, 237

Dewey, Thomas E., 390, 555

Dirksen, Everett M., 666, 681, 683, 688, 697, 699-700, 720, 725-26, 732,
752, 754-56, 768, 785-86, 800, 811-12, 831

as Republican floor leader, 817, 819-20, 824, 827-28, 831-32, 836, 842,
845, 847-50, 857, 861-66, 869-71, 874-75, 882, 885, 890-91, 897-98, 910-12,
931-32, 943, 945-48, 950-51, 958-61, 964-67, 970, 972-73, 977-82, 984

District of Columbia Committee, Senate, 665, 703, 731

Dixon, Joseph M., 2, 21

Dominick, Peter H., 944, 959, 974

Donnell, Forrest C., 421, 439, 475, 506, 520, 522, 525, 537, 550-52, 570,
623

Doorkeeper, Senate

acting assistant, 36-37

assistant, 28, 93, 116, 138, 168, 191

Douglas, Stephen A., xviii

Dulles, John Foster, 604, 606-7, 609, 842

Dunn, James C., 376

du Pont, F.B., 776

du Pont, Henry A. (DE), 36

Dworshak, Henry C., 470, 475, 509, 521, 548, 617, 781, 826, 941

Economy Act (1933), 241, 246-53, 272

Ecton, Zales N., 440, 602

Edge, Walter E., 116, 151, 223

minutes signed by, 166

Education and Labor Committee, Senate, 319, 422

Egenroad, Charles L., 533, 545-46

Eisenhower, Dwight D., xxv, 400, 653, 695, 707, 718, 723, 725, 746, 760,
767-68, 777, 778n., 780, 782-83, 785, 812, 814, 817, 848, 864-66, 870, 875,
890-91, 963

Eisenhower, Mamie D., 813, 815

Election

of 1910, 1

of 1912, 35

of 1914, 45

of 1916, 67

of 1918, 91

of 1920, 115

of 1922, 137

of 1924, xxii, 137, 167

of 1926, 189

of 1928, 209

of 1930, 237

of 1932, 241

of 1934, 283

of 1936, 301

of 1938, 307

of 1940, 317

of 1942, 333

of 1944, 383

of 1946, 429

of 1948, 563

of 1950, 653

of 1952, 695

of 1954, 751

of 1956, 783

of 1958, 817

of 1960, 867

of 1962, 943

Elections, Senate, contested, 86, 238, 665-66, 739

Ellis, Charles, 545-46

Emergency Price Control Act (1942), 402

Emergency Relief Appropriation Act (1935), 295-97

Employees, federal, 706. See also Jobs, federal

Employment legislation, 406, 408, 410

Enrolling clerk, Senate, 156, 175

Equal rights amendment, 559

Ernst, Richard P., 134, 153-55

Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Senate Committee on, 473, 663,
665

Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC), 417, 419-21, 551-52

Fall, Albert B., 77

Farmer-Labor party, xxii, 137, 189

committee assignments of senator from, 140, 286, 353

patronage and, 200

senator invited to Republican Conference, xxiii, 274, 283

Fay, George M., 518

Federal Communications Commission, nomination to, 341, 344, 348

Federal Power Commission, 885

Federal Reserve banks, 269

Federal Reserve Board, 559

Federal Trade Commission, appointment to, 178

Ferguson, Homer, 425, 443, 469, 473-75, 495, 551, 560, 578, 623, 688-90,
719, 725-26, 749

Fernald, Bert M., 128, 136

Fess, Simeon D., 168, 173, 191, 241

minutes signed by, 174, 177

as Republican whip, 209

Filibusters, 45, 67, 136, 417, 419-21, 443n., 464, 559-60, 563, 596, 817,
943

Finance Committee, Senate, xxvi, 62, 91, 94, 99-104, 128, 134, 139, 406,
508-9, 519-21, 524, 526, 553, 635, 962, 974

members not allowed to serve on Appropriations Committee, 331, 335, 353,
757, 759

size of, 18

Flanders, Ralph E., 444, 494, 497, 512, 516, 521, 530, 535, 581, 598, 663,
671, 681, 695, 758, 814

Flynn, Clyde, Jr., 975, 977-79, 982-83

Fong, Hiram L., 974, 982-83

Ford, Henry, 86

Foreign policy, 495, 498-500, 510, 898, 908

Foreign Relations Committee, Senate, xviii, xx, xxvi, 165, 174, 193-95,
376, 403, 441, 506-7, 528, 636, 653, 663, 675, 721, 898, 908-9, 912

membership of, 442

size of, 95

Foster, Howard C., 179, 381, 706, 718-19

France, Joseph I., 80, 124

Frankfurter, Felix, 310

Frazier, Lynn J., 137, 154, 167, 170, 185, 193-95

French, Stuart P., 814

Frye, William P., 2, 20

Gallinger, Jacob H., xxii, 2-4, 18-21, 29-30, 43-44

as Republican Conference chairman, 35-39, 42-46, 60-64, 67, 75-76

death of, 77

Gamble, Robert J., 30

George, Walter F., 635, 747

Glass-Steagall Banking Act (1933), 241, 269

Gleason, James, 739

Goff, Guy D., 231, 235

Goldwater, Barry M., 742, 754-55, 818-20, 824, 967, 972

as campaign committee chairman, 761, 780-81, 836, 842-43, 847, 857, 863,
868-70, 873, 876, 881, 885, 944-46, 948-49

Gooding, Frank R., 129, 152, 169

Government Operations Committee, 695, 703, 758, 946, 948-49

Grant, Ulysses S., xviii

Great Britain, 507

Greece, 506-9

Grew, Joseph C., 376

Griswold, Dwight P., 708, 713, 727, 731, 741-44

Gronna, Asle J., 37, 103

Gurney, J. Chandler (Chan), 342, 376, 385, 409, 469, 474, 480, 530, 588

minutes signed by, 391, 393, 410, 412-13, 416-18, 421-23, 425

statement by, 481-91

Hale, Frederick, 147, 189, 209, 238, 241, 284, 301, 307

minutes signed by, 190, 195-96, 199, 210, 214, 227-28, 234, 236, 238, 242-
43, 246, 254, 257, 268-70, 273-76, 284, 295-96, 299, 302, 310-11, 313-14

Halleck, Charles A., 890

Halsey, Edwin A., 391

Harding, Warren G., 81, 115

Hardwick, Thomas W., xix

Harness, Forest A., 698, 700, 753

Harreld, John W., 124, 155

Harris, Frederick Brown, 698

Hart, Philip A., 964

Hastings, Daniel O., 284

Hawkes, Albert W., 495, 497, 512, 516, 524

Hayden, Carl T., 847, 858, 946

Health care. See Medical care

Health, Education, and Welfare, Department of, 863

Hebert, Felix, 243, 268, 591

Hendrickson, Robert C., 570, 665, 713, 731

Herter, Christian A., 891

Heyburn, Weldon B., 109

Hickenlooper, Bourke B., 419, 443, 475, 498, 508, 511, 548, 613, 665, 688,
781, 799, 822, 824-25, 827, 831, 835-40, 867, 875, 896-97, 908, 910-12,
922-24, 933

as Policy Committee chairman, 943, 945, 948, 951, 962, 966, 971, 977

presiding at Conference, 909

Highway legislation, 751, 776

Hitchcock Peace Resolution, 63

Hjelle, John O., 533

Holmes, Julius C., 376

Hoover, Herbert, 237, 923

Hopkins, Harry L., 310

House of Representatives, xxiv, 1, 42, 45, 67, 91, 115, 137, 167, 189, 209,
237, 301, 307, 314-15, 333, 358, 383, 390, 401, 403, 411-13, 429, 469-70,
476, 495, 516, 520, 522, 529-30, 539, 547-48, 553, 555, 558-59, 563, 612,
614, 623, 626-27, 650, 653, 672-73, 695, 741, 751, 761, 776, 780, 783, 817,
862, 867, 871, 891, 924, 943, 962, 976

Speaker, xxiv

Housing legislation, 745

Howard, Daggett, 841

Howell, Robert B., 155, 222, 227-28

minutes signed by, 223

Hruska, Roman L., 752, 868, 885, 924

Humphries, Robert, 938

Hunt, Charles W., 178

Hurley, Olive, 754, 756

Hurley, Patrick J., 739n.

Hurley, Raymond D., 885

Impeachment, 269, 673

Income tax legislation, 152

Index clerk, Senate, 165, 175

Indian Affairs Committee, Senate, 185, 207

Inflation, 540-42, 557-60

Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, Senate, 749, 959

Interstate Commerce Committee, Senate, 137, 227, 348

size of, 18

Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, Senate, 437-38, 441, 473, 712,
714, 731, 841

Ives, Guy, 185

Ives, Irving M. (NY), 497, 515-16, 525, 532, 551, 604, 622, 626, 648, 699-
700, 742, 746-47, 781

Jackson, William P., 37

Javits, Jacob K., 783, 797, 834, 840, 850, 870, 873-74, 886, 888-89, 891,
897-98, 902-3, 911, 913, 916-17, 923, 932, 945-49, 951, 959, 962-65, 970,
972, 974, 977, 980-81, 983

on method of committee assignment, 853, 855, 857, 880-82, 888-89, 897, 900,
948-49, 954-55

Jenner, William E., 516, 613, 623, 675, 700, 713, 788

Jett, E.K., 341, 344, 348

Jobs, federal, 703

Johnson, Hiram W. (CA), 94, 591

Johnson, Lyndon B. (TX), 817, 849, 858, 861-62, 864, 943, 974

Johnson, Magnus (MN), 137

Johnston, Eric, 675-76

Joint committees

on Atomic Energy, 548, 665, 824

on the budget, 690

on the Conduct of the War, 76

on the Economic Report, 535, 540

on the Inaugural, 849

on Internal Revenue Taxation, 973

on the Legislative Budget, 479-80, 495

on the Organization of the Congress (La Follette-Monroney Committee), xxiv,
379, 474

on Reconstruction, 77-80, 82-85

Joint meetings and joint sessions, 672, 785

Jones, Lloyd, 730, 739-40, 745, 747-48, 752, 784, 787, 797, 800, 806-8,
812-13

Jones, Roger W., 841

Jones, Wesley L. (WA), 88, 156, 168, 174, 178, 191, 223

elected vice chairman of Conference, 209

Jordan, Leonard B., 941

Judiciary Committee, Senate, 193, 195, 269, 463, 506, 703, 783, 964, 975,
982-83

Kapnic, Charles, 545-46

Keating, Kenneth B., 818, 923, 932, 959, 967, 980

Kellogg, Frank B., 112, 116, 118, 129-31

Kem, James P., 520, 531, 533, 539, 548, 581, 650-51, 655-56

Kennedy, John F. (MA), 817, 867, 874, 885, 943, 959

Kennedy, Neal, 975, 977-79, 981-83

Kenyon, William S., 35, 37, 102

minutes signed by, 35, 39, 40-43

Kerr, Kleon, 533

Knowland, William F., 424, 441-42, 470, 474, 494-95, 511-12, 534-35, 564-
66, 569-70, 574-75, 578, 590, 596, 606, 622, 650, 665, 671

minutes signed by, 425

as Policy Committee chairman, 698, 701, 706-7, 714, 717, 721, 723, 725, 729

as Republican floor leader, 695, 727, 731-32, 741-42, 745, 747, 749, 753-
55, 760-61, 767-68, 777-78, 782-83, 785, 788-89, 797, 799, 801, 805-9, 811-
12, 814, 817

Knox, Philander C., 93, 95, 116

Korea, 636, 653, 673, 695

Kuchel, Thomas H., 780, 791-92, 801, 817, 820, 841, 845

as Republican whip, 869, 891, 923, 945, 961

Kuykendall, Jerome K., 885

Labor legislation, 254-57, 276, 279, 422-23, 463, 465-67, 514-17, 521, 530,
603-4, 741-43, 824, 842-45

Labor and Public Welfare Committee, Senate, 463, 466, 514-15, 530, 603,
712, 715, 732, 741-42, 842, 885

Ladd, Edwin F., 137, 154, 167, 170

La Follette, Robert M., xxii, 19-20, 137, 153-54, 167, 170

La Follette, Robert M., Jr., xxiii, 193-95, 283, 286, 353, 362, 591

Laird, Melvin R., 923

Lamb, W. Herbert, 537-38

Langer, William, 362, 375, 389-90, 498, 509, 521, 530, 566, 617, 658, 697,
712-14, 726, 754, 822-23, 847-48, 850-52, 856

La Plante, Bryan, 938, 971, 973, 975, 977-78

Lausche, Frank J., 909

Legislative program, Senate

1913, 31-32

1916, 62-63

1917, 65

1920, 112

1922, 123

1924, 150

1925, 158-63, 165

1926, 177-78, 180-83

1927, 186-87

1928, 201-6

1929, 206-8

1930, 230-34

1931, 235

1944, 365, 371

1947, 505-6, 511-13, 519-20, 529-30, 535

1948, 542-45, 554-60

1949, 597-98

1951, 682

1953, 717-18

1960, 848-50, 861-64

1961, 890-91

1962, 898, 932

1963, 946, 962

1964, 973-74

Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, xxiv, 333, 383, 429, 439, 450, 467,
470, 480, 519, 548, 578-79, 661

Lenroot, Irvine L., 81, 86, 88, 128, 138, 140, 147

Lewellen, Eugene G., 533

Librarian, Senate, 464

Lilienthal, David E., 494, 505, 511

Limitation of Debate Rule, Republican committee on, 133

Lippitt, Henry F., 37

Lodge, Henry Cabot, xxi-xxii, 21, 36, 47, 60

as acting Conference chairman, 64, 67, 69, 76

death of, 153

elected Conference chairman, 77

as Republican Conference chairman, 80-81, 86, 88-89, 91-92, 100, 112-13,
115, 117, 135-39, 150-51

Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 326, 434, 436, 439, 441, 470-71, 496, 520, 525,
530, 560, 563, 570, 598, 609, 622, 633

Loeffler, Carl A., xxi, 1, 36-37, 93, 116, 138, 168, 191, 196, 210, 242,
274, 276, 278, 284, 302, 318-19, 331, 334, 360-61, 372-74, 397, 400, 402,
409, 427, 435-36, 438, 567

Committee on Committees minutes signed by, 287, 289, 302, 309, 314, 320,
332, 336, 349, 359, 363-64, 379, 384-85, 394-96, 399, 405, 411, 413-14,
427, 430

Conference minutes signed by, 312, 374

as secretary of the Senate, 432

Long, Russell B., 606

Louderback, Harold, 269

Lucas, Scott W., 526, 605-6, 610

MacArthur, Douglas, 653, 672-73, 675-76

MacKenzie, John R., 841

Mackinac Island conference (1944), 333, 337

MacLeish, Archibald, 376

Majority secretary. See Republican party secretary

Malone, George W., 475, 521, 593, 600-602, 619, 623, 659, 688, 700

Mansfield, Michael J., 871, 879, 910, 970

Mansur, Edward E., Jr., 535, 537-38

Marble Room, Senate, 116

Marshall, Peter, 444, 567, 592, 594-95

Martin, Edward (PA), 464, 509, 521, 602, 706, 761, 776, 807, 813, 815

Martin, George B. (KY), 81

Martin, Joseph W., Jr., 619, 672

Martin, Thomas E. (IA), 752

Maybank, Burnet R., 745

McCabe, Edward, 841

McCarthy, Joseph R., 443, 498, 509, 511-12, 563, 568, 582, 613, 625-26,
646, 655-56, 660, 663, 665, 679, 681, 695, 707, 758, 792, 804, 806

McClellan, John L., 690, 843, 845

McCone, John A., 891, 940

McCormick, Joseph Medill, 164

McCumber, Porter J., 19, 43, 93, 118, 123, 131-34

McElroy, John M., 841

McFarland, Ernest W., 682

McGinnis, Edward F., 432-33, 444, 567, 745

McKinley, William B., 147, 176

McMaster, William H., 227-28

McNary, Charles L., 193, 591

as chairman of Committee on Committees, 227-28

death of, 333, 358, 360-62, 370-71

elected Conference chairman and floor leader, 241

elected Conference vice chairman, 224

illness of, 333, 338, 341-43, 356-57

as Republican Conference chairman, xxiii, 242, 253, 257, 267-68, 270-72,
274-76, 278, 283-84, 295-96, 299, 301, 307, 309-14, 318, 324-26, 328-31,
334-35, 337

as vice-presidential candidate, xxi, 317

McNary-Haugen bill, 192, 194

Mechem, Edwin L., 944

Medical care, xxvi, 867, 912-21, 932

Metcalf, Jesse H., 591

Mexico, 45, 60

Military Affairs Committee, Senate, 365, 373

Miller, Jack R. (IA), 868, 874, 984

Miller, John Guy, 912

Millikin, Eugene D., 432, 786

as Republican Conference chairman, xxv-xxvi, 440-44, 462-65, 468-76, 478-
80, 492-98, 505-9, 510-31, 534-40, 547-56, 558-61, 563-70, 577-79, 586-88,
591-604, 607-13, 622-27, 633-37, 645-52, 653-62, 664-66, 670-76, 678-79,
681-90, 696-704, 706-8, 712-14, 716-27, 730-32, 738-42, 744-55, 758-61,
766-67, 775-77, 783, 786

Minimum wage, 422-23

Minority secretary. See Republican party secretary

Mitchell, James P., 891

Montgomery, James S., 113

Moore, Edward H., 436, 474

Morse, Wayne L.

as Republican, 404, 417, 419, 436, 441-42, 463, 466, 509, 515-17, 523, 525-
26, 564-67, 574, 579, 593, 610, 613, 658-59, 671, 675

as independent, 695, 707

as Democrat, 751

Morton, Thruston B., 783, 813, 815, 818, 841, 847, 870, 873, 876, 973

Moses, George H., 165, 168, 190, 210, 237

Muir, J.J., 113, 116, 138, 168

Mundt, Karl E., 570, 602, 625, 636, 699, 749, 754, 788, 801, 820, 873, 885,
931-32, 953, 982-84

Murphy, Frank, 310

Murphy, Maurice J., Jr. (NH), 896

National Defense Program, Senate Special Committee to Investigate the, 443,
469, 473-75

National Industrial Recovery Act (1933), 241, 270-71, 277, 279-82, 279-82

National Labor Relations Board, 241, 278, 516

National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 889

National Republican Senatorial Committee, xxiv, 823, 836, 842, 847, 857,
863, 868-70, 873-74, 878, 945-46, 951-52. See also Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee

Navy Department, budget of, 481-91

Nedrow, Ray, 535

New, Harry S., 93, 105

Newberry, Truman H., 86

New Deal, 241, 283

Newlands, Francis G., xviii

Nixon, Richard M., xxvi, 646, 653, 663, 665, 695, 700, 817

Nominations, 29-30, 39-41, 169, 178, 310, 341, 344, 348, 376, 393, 494,
505, 511, 701, 707, 721, 778, 970

diplomatic, 39-40

Norris, George W., 87-88, 93, 137, 193, 591

Nye, Gerald P., 193-95

as chairman of Committee on Committees, 286-87, 297, 319-20, 334-35, 349,
351-52, 358-59, 362-63, 367

Office of Price Administration (OPA), 497-98

Old soldiers' roll. See Veterans of Civil War

Oliver, George T., 31-32

Overton, John H., 464

Pages, Senate, 177, 535, 847

Parliamentarian, Senate, 948, 980

Patronage, xix-xx, 2, 21-28, 43, 38, 105-7, 109-12, 142-46, 156, 175-76,
210, 215, 236, 464, 578-79, 593, 699, 703, 820

Payne, Frederick G., 700-701, 731

Pearson, James B., 960

Penrose, Boies, 1, 36-37, 46, 82, 91, 94, 99-103

Pepper, Claude D. (FL), 506

Pepper, George W. (PA), 179

Petroleum Resources, Senate Special Committee to Investigate, 474

Phillips, Z.B., 210

Phipps, Lawrence C., 125, 151, 227-28

Photographs

in Senate chamber, 443

of Republican Conference, 419, 943

Pierce, U.G., 37

Pillsbury, John, 598-99, 619-20, 623-24

Poll taxes, 551-52, 555, 558-60, 947

Postal pay legislation, 767-75

Postmaster, Senate, 464

Postmaster general, 768

Post Office and Civil Service Committee, 703

Potter, Charles E., 731, 734

Prendergast, William B., 922

President of the U.S.

Buchanan, xviii

Coolidge, xxii, 137

Eisenhower, xxv, 695, 718, 723, 725, 746, 760, 767-68, 777, 778n., 780,
782-83, 785, 809-10, 812, 814, 817, 848, 857, 864-66, 870, 875, 923, 963

Harding, 115

Hoover, 237

L.B. Johnson, 943, 974

Kennedy, 867, 874, 885, 943, 959

relations with on nominations, 707, 778

F.D. Roosevelt, 241, 272-73, 283, 301, 307, 317, 358, 374, 383, 397-98

Taft, 1, 30

Truman, xxv, 383, 397, 429, 465, 479, 496, 500, 507-8, 510, 515-17, 519,
524, 528, 535, 556-58, 563, 650, 652-53, 673, 683

Wilson, 1, 35, 45, 67, 91

President pro tempore, Senate, xvii, 46, 431, 695, 704

election of, 20, 93, 116, 139, 168, 190, 210, 237, 432, 697, 946

presiding at Conference, 523-26

resignation of, 20

Press, reports to, 60, 342, 556, 560, 596, 601, 610, 619, 635, 690, 707,
714, 789, 952, 964

Printing clerk, Senate, 185

Privileges and Elections Committee, Senate, 82

Privileges and Elections Subcommittee, Senate, 739

Progressive party, xxii, 167

committee assignments of senator from, 286, 353

senator invited to Republican Conference, xxiii, 283, 362

Prouty, Winston L., 818, 871, 874

Public Works Committee, Senate, 776

Purtell, William A., 742, 755, 805

Quorum calls, 523, 717

Rayburn, Sam T., xxiv

Reece, Carroll, 534

Reed, Clyde M. (KS), 392, 432-33, 436, 441, 443-44, 568, 612

Reed, David A. (PA), 154, 184-85, 210, 243

Reed, William T., 698, 706, 730, 739-40, 745, 747-48, 752, 784, 787, 797,
800, 806-8, 812

Reilly, John A., 754, 756, 857

Relief legislation

(1935), 295-97

(1939), 310-12

Removal from office, 40, 42

Rent control, 496-98

Republican Advisory Council (1944), 333, 337

Republican Calendar Committee, Senate, 179-80, 318-20, 380, 386, 824, 874,
878, 952

Republican Committee on Committees, Senate, xix, 2-3, 18-19, 21, 35-38, 46,
67-70, 92, 94, 99, 104, 115-17, 138-39, 156, 168, 170, 190, 196, 210, 214,
227-28, 238-39, 242, 284, 289, 297, 302, 308, 313-14, 318, 320, 329, 362,
380, 387, 433-34, 539, 560, 566, 577-78, 608, 646, 654-55, 658, 661, 675,
699-700, 741, 749, 754, 760, 787-89, 817, 824, 874, 878, 922, 948, 952-54

chairman of presiding at Conference, 30, 64

duties of, 346

meeting with party leaders, 827-28

minutes of, 286-89, 297-99, 302, 308-9, 319-20, 330-32, 335-36, 349, 358,
363-64, 379-81, 383-85, 393-97, 399, 404-5, 410-11, 413-14, 426-27, 429-30,
435-40, 580-82, 604-7, 615-16, 663-64, 673-74, 676-78, 680, 686-87, 729-30,
757-58, 790-91, 804, 826-30, 834-35, 838-40, 852-56, 878-80, 886-88, 899-
903, 934, 939-40, 952

report of, 22-28, 47-59, 95, 156-57, 169-73, 184-85, 211-14, 224-30, 243-
46, 284-89, 321-24, 334-37, 351-52, 364, 366-67, 387-89, 405-8, 415-16,
441-43, 449-52, 587-91, 608-9, 617-18, 664-65, 679, 681, 688, 707, 731-32,
759, 765-66, 797, 806-7, 813-14, 831-32, 847, 856-57, 881-84, 889-90, 893,
903-6, 935-38, 941-42, 955-59

rules of, 331, 853-54

Republican Conference, Senate

actions not binding, xxi, 1, 77, 174, 310, 317, 346, 430, 471, 526, 768,
976-77, 980

chairman, xix-xx, xxiv, 827

acting, 64, 67, 69, 76, 359, 362, 364-65, 370-74

death of, 77, 153, 333, 358, 360-62, 370-71

duties of, 348, 357

election of, 2, 35, 45, 67, 77, 91, 115, 138, 154, 168, 189, 209, 238, 241,
284, 301, 307, 317-18, 334, 357, 386, 432, 569, 654, 696-97, 752, 783-84,
818, 868, 944

separate from floor leader, 333

civil rights statement, 968-69

committees, assignments to, 3, 31, 36, 46, 68-69, 80, 87, 94, 116-17, 133,
138-39, 157, 169, 190-91, 214-15, 230, 238-40, 242-43, 271-72, 289, 299-
300, 302, 305, 308, 318-20, 324, 329, 343, 348, 361, 380, 386-87, 392-93,
426, 433-34, 449, 479, 514, 560, 570, 577, 593, 613, 617-18, 657-59, 666,
699-700, 704, 713-14, 753-54, 760, 781, 787-90, 823-24, 836, 874, 877-78,
889, 922, 939, 941, 951-52

disciplining renegade members, 137, 153-54, 167

elections, 2, 35-37, 45-46, 67, 91-93, 113-16, 138, 154, 167-68, 189-91,
209-10, 238, 241-42, 284, 301-2, 307, 317-18, 334, 357, 386, 390, 432-33,
444, 567, 569-70, 654, 685, 696-97, 725-26, 752-53, 784-85, 818-20, 868-69,
896, 944-45

contested, 36-37, 569-70, 685, 698, 785, 819-20, 896-97

meetings

frequency of, 338, 493-94, 754-55, 778

joint with Policy Committee, 779-82, 940-41

luncheon, xxvi, 861

minutes of, xxi, 1

non-officer presiding, 529-30

open, 91, 99

transcript of, 100-105

organization meeting before Congress convenes, 430, 751, 754

outsiders attending, 776, 841

procedures for calling, 342, 345, 494-95

purposes of, 594

request for, 600-602, 633

senators-elect attending, 645

staff members attending, 311-12, 360, 372-74, 397, 400, 402, 409, 596, 598-
99, 721, 730, 739-40, 745, 747, 752, 784, 787, 797, 800, 806-8, 812-14,
818, 822, 831, 835, 841-42, 845, 856, 861, 863, 865, 868, 873, 880, 885,
888, 896, 903, 908, 910, 912, 922, 931, 938, 940, 944, 950, 958, 960, 962-
63, 966, 970-71, 973, 975, 977-79, 982-83

committee staff members attending, 721, 841-42, 885, 973, 975, 977-79, 982-
83

not permitted to attend, 498

stenographers attending, 967

members, introduction of new, 360, 434, 440, 570, 612, 685, 697, 732, 741,
752, 783, 818, 847, 868, 896, 944

officers, 333, 377, 380, 569

duties of, 345-46, 355, 378

term of, 569

organization of (1944), 333, 341, 343-45, 351, 353-54

party policy and, 64, 493, 495-96, 498, 506, 671, 683, 966-69

photographs of, 419, 943

requests for members' stands on legislation, 526

rooms of, 39, 361

rules, xxi, xxiv, 333, 335, 342, 345-46, 353-56, 374-78, 430-31, 563-69,
571-76, 590-91, 757, 759, 826

proposed changes, 378-79, 385-87, 571-76, 655-56, 660-62, 713, 715, 726,
759, 797-98, 822, 824-25, 835-38, 858, 889-90, 893-95

secretary, xx, xxiv, 32, 566

duties of, 346, 355

election of, 2, 35, 45, 67, 91, 115, 138, 168, 189, 209, 238, 241, 284,
301, 307, 318, 334, 357, 386, 409, 432, 569, 654, 697, 752-53, 784, 818-19,
868-69, 944-45

presiding at Conference, 338, 340-43, 347, 351, 356, 512-13, 616-18, 767-
68, 777-81, 866, 970

staff of, 366, 368

staff director, 889

support for World War I, 76

support for World War II, 325

vice chairman, xxiv, 362, 374-76

election of, 154, 168, 189, 209, 223-24, 241, 357

presiding, 152, 209, 241, 359

resignation of, 223

Republican floor leader, Senate, xvii-xviii, xxi, xxiv, 398, 695, 731-32,
754, 799, 826

acting, 317-18, 320, 333, 343, 357, 362, 721, 725

assistant, xxiv, 241, 357, 362, 374-76

chairing standing committee, 437-38, 441

death of, 653, 725

duties of, 333, 346, 355

election of, 168, 189, 209, 238, 241, 284, 301, 307, 317-18, 357, 386, 432,
563, 569-70, 654, 685, 697, 725, 753, 785, 819-20, 869, 945

made separate from Conference chairman, 333

presiding at Conference, 400-401, 416, 419, 421, 960-61

retirement of, 789, 817

seat in chamber, 848

Republican Legislation Committee, Senate, 242-43

not appointed, 289

See also Republican Order of Business Committee; Republican Steering
Committee

Republican National Committee, 412, 533-34, 546-47, 593, 598, 611-12, 614,
627, 655, 824, 873, 947

Republican Order of Business Committee, Senate, xix, xxii, 2-3, 31-32, 93-
94, 116-17, 138-39, 156, 158, 165, 168, 190, 193, 210, 230, 238-39

report of, 158-63, 177-78, 180-83, 186-87, 201-8, 216-22, 230-35