Pennsylvania concerning the Delaware River Port Authority; H.R. 1727. An act for the relief of Richard G. Green, Jr.; H.R. 5305. An act for the relief of Dr. Ernest P. Imle; H.R. 5571. An act for the relief of Noble Frank Smith and his wife, Viola Smith; H.R. 6876. An act for the relief of Capt. Wilfrid E. Gelinas, U.S. Air Force; H.R. 7757. An act for the relief of Jesse I. Ellington; H.R. 8222. An act for the relief of Edward J. Maurus; H.R. 8348. An act for the relief of Mrs. Faye E. Russell Lopez; H.R. 8532. An act for the relief of Ivan D. Beran: H.R. 8828. An act for the relief of John T. Cox; H.R. 8936. An act for the relief of Leonard M. Dalton; H.R. 9475. An act for the relief of Miss Grace Smith and others; and H.R. 10078. An act for the relief of Philip N. Shepherdson. Ordered, That they pass to a third reading. The said bills were severally read the third time. Resolved, That they pass. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. PRESIDENTIAL APPROVALS A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. Miller, his secretary: Mr. President: The President of the United States has approved and signed the following acts: On May 27, 1964: S. 2772. An act to amend the Alaska Omnibus Act. On May 28, 1964: S. 920. An act to amend sections 303 and 310 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to provide that the Federal Communications Commission may issue authorizations, but not 11censes, for alien amateur radio operators to operate their amateur radio stations in the United States, its possessions, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico provided there is in effect a bilateral agreement between the United States and the alien's government for such operation by U.S. amateurs on a reciprocal basis; S. 980. An act to provide for holding terms of the US. District Court for the District of Vermont at Montpelier and St. Johnsbury; S. 1584. An act to approve a contract negotiated with the Newton Water Users' Association, Utah, to authorize its execution, and for other purposes; and S. 1687. An act to approve the January 1963 reclassification of land of the Big Flat unit of the Missoula Valley project, Montana, and to authorize the modification of the repayment contract with the Big Flat Irrigation District. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof. QUESTION OF QUORUM Mr. MANSFIELD raised a question as to the presence of a quorum: REPEAL OF CERTAIN ACTS RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to repeal certain acts relating to containers for fruits and vegetables, exportation of tobacco plants and seeds, standards for grains, naval stores and wool; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. REPORT ON THE ISSUANCE BY EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF GUARANTEES ON FOREIGN SALES The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Assistant Secretary of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, transmitting a report on the issuance by the Bank of its guarantees on certain foreign sales transactions, pursuant to title III of the Foreign Aid and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1964 and the Presidential determination of February 4, 1964; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. REPORT ON TORT CLAIMS PAID BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Assistant Secretary of State, transmitting, pursuant to law, the annual report of tort claims paid by the Department of State for the calendar year 1963; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on revised estimates for construction of a hot gas radiation research facility for the Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences. CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE TRACKING AND DATA ACQUISITION NETWORK The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the transfer of research and development funds authorized and appropriated for satellite net equipment to the construction of facilities appropriation, to accomplish needed improvements in the space tracking and data acquisition network; which was referred to the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences. DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS DUE BY THE The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communications from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on delinquent accounts receivable due the Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone Government by the Republic of Panama as of November 30, 1963; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. REPORT ON PROGRESS OF LIQUIDATION OF RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Administrator of General Services Administration, transmitting. pursuant to law, a report on the progress of the liquidation activities of the national defense, war, and reconversion activities of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the quarter ended March 31, 1964; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. REPORT ON MIRAGE FLATS IRRIGATION The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law. his determinations relating to deferment of certain construction payments due the United States from the Mirage Flats Irrigation District, Mirage Flats project. Nebraska; which was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. ESTABLISHMENT OF A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN THE CORRECTIONAL FIELD The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to authorize the establishment of a research and development center in the correctional field; which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. RELIEF OF COL. THOMAS O. LAWTON, JR.. US. AIR FORCE The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations and Logistics), transmitting a draft of proposed legislation for the relief of Col. Thomas O. Lawton, Jr., U.S. Air Force; which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. RELIEF OF LT. COL. CLAUDE E. TABOR, JR., U.S. AIR FORCE The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations and Logistics), transmitting a draft of proposed legislation for the relief of Lt. Col. Claude E. Tabor, Jr., U.S. Air Force; which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. ANNUAL REPORT OF LEGAL AID AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Legal Aid Agency for the District of Columbia, transmitting, pursuant to law, the annual report of the Agency's work and financial condition and expenses for the period from June 1, 1963, to May 31, 1964; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. PETITIONS AND MEMORIAL The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the following petitions, which were referred as indicated: A petition of C. R. Mead, Westport, Conn., praying for reinstatement to practice law in the State of California; to the Committee on the Judiciary. A petition of Henry Stoner, Avon Park, Fla., praying the passage of the pending antipoverty bill; to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a memorial of Henry Stoner, Avon Park, Fla., remonstrating against the passage of the pending civil rights bill; which was ordered to lie on the table. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Mr. MCNAMARA, from the Committee on Public Works, to whom were referred the following bills, reported them each without amendment and submitted reports thereon, as follows: H.R. 9720. An act authorizing a study of dust control measures at Long Island, Port Isabel, Tex. (Rept. No. 1051); and H.R. 9934. An act to authorize the construction of a dam on the St. Louis River, Minn. (Rept. No. 1048). Mr. MCNAMARA, from the Committee on Public Works, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 9653) to extend the authority of the Postmaster General to enter into leases of real property for periods not exceeding 30 years, and for other purposes, reported it with an amendment and submitted a report (No. 1049) there on. Mr. MCNAMARA, from the Committee on Public Works, to whom was referred the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 189) expressing the sense of Congress that the Southwest regional water laboratory should be known as the Robert S. Kerr Water Research Center, reported it with an amendment and submitted a report (No. 1650) thereon. Mr. RANDOLPH, from the Committee on Public Works, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1856) to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of the Public Works Acceleration Act, reported it with an amendment and submitted a report (No. 1052) thereon, together with the individual views of Mr. COOPER; which were ordered to be printed. DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES RELATING TO ALASKA RELIEF FROM EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKE On motion by Mr. JACKSON, and by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the Committee on Public Works be discharged from the further consideration of the communication from the President of the United States, recommending further legislation for the relief of Alaska in providing for the reconstruction of areas damaged by the earthquake of March 1964, and that it be referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS Bills were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as follows: By Mr. MUSKIE: S. 2882. A bill authorizing the repayment of certain required contributions by local interests toward the construction cost of improvements of rivers and harbors and other waterways, in the interest of navigation, flood control, hurricane protection, beach erosion control and other water uses; to the Committee on Public Works. By Mr. HART: S. 2883. A bill to permit the establishment and operation of certain branch offices by the Michigan National Bank, Lansing, Mich.; to the Committee on Banking and Currency. ADDED COAUTHOR Under authority heretofore granted, the name of Mr. MCINTYRE was added as a coauthor of the bill (S. 2862) to facilitate the management, use, and public benefits from the Appalachian Trail, a scenic trail designed primarily for foot travel through natural or primitive areas, and extending generally from Maine to Georgia; to facilitate and promote Federal, State, local, and private cooperation and assistance for the promotion of the trail, and for other purposes, previously introduced. REMOVAL OF INJUNCTION OF SECRECY On motion by Mr. LAUSCHE, and by unanimous consent, . Ordered, as in executive session, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the supplementary convention to the extradition convention of October 26, 1901, and the supplementary convention of June 20, 1935, between the United States of America and Belgium, which supplementary convention was signed at Brussels on November 14, 1963. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the bill (H.R. 7152) to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and for other purposes. The question being on agreeing to the amendments proposed by Mr. LONG of Louisiana to the amendments proposed by Mr. TALMADGE (for himself and others), Mr. LONG of Louisiana raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. INOUYE in the chair) directed the roll to be called; ILLEGAL AWARD AND EXCESSIVE COSTS ON ARMY AND AIR FORCE CONTRACT The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmiting, pursuant to law, a report on illegal award of advertised construction contract and excessive costs for contract modifications, Departments of the Army and Air Force: which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. UNECONOMICAL PRACTICES IN PROCUREMENTS, FEDERAL SUPPLY SERVICE The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on uneconomical practices relating to brand name procurements, Federal Supply Service, General Services Administration; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. UNNECESSARY COSTS FROM DELAY IN RELEASING SPECIAL TOOLING The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on unnecessary costs to the Government for unreasonable delay by Collins Radio Co., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in releasing special tooling, Department of the Army; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. REPORT ON DISPOSITION OF USELESS PAPERS Mr. JOHNSTON, from the Joint Select Committee on the Disposition of Papers in the Executive Departments, to whom were referred lists of papers in various departments and agencies of the Government, recommended for disposition. transmitted to the Senate by the Archivist of the United States dated May 25, 1964, submitted a report thereon. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Mr. SYMINGTON, from the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 10456) to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and administrative operations, and for other purposes, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 1054) there on. Mr. YARBOROUGH, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 8462) to authorize the conveyance of certain real property of the United States heretofore granted to the city of Grand Prairie, Tex., for public airport purposes, contingent upon approval by the Adminstrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, and to provide for the conveyance to the United States of certain real property now used by such city for public airport purposes, reported it with an amendment and submitted a report (No. 1055) thereon. Mr. MAGNUSON, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1251) to amend the act of August 1, 1958, in order to prevent or minimize injury to fish and wildlife by the use of insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 1053) thereon. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS Bills were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as follows: By Mr. ELLENDER (by request): S. 2884. A bill to repeal certain acts relating to exportation of tobacco plants and seed, standards for grains, naval stores, and wool, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. By Mr. CARLSON: S. 2885. A bill for the relief of Vladimir Gasparovic and Dragica Rendulic Gasparovic; to the Committee on the Judiciary. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the bill (H.R. 7152) to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Hackney, one of its clerks: Mr. President: The House of Representatives has agreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1382) for the relief of John Gatzopi Overbeck and Mary Gatzopoulos Overbeck. The House has disagreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 11201) making deficiency appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and for other purposes; it agrees to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon and has appointed Mr. MAHON, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. KIRWAN, Mr. WHITTEN, Mr. JENSEN, Mr. HORAN, and Mr. FORD managers at the same on its part. The House has agreed to the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 73) authorizing the printing of additional copies of parts 2 and 3 of the 1964 hearings of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy on Atomic Energy Commission authorizing legislation, fiscal year 1965. The House has passed the following bills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate: H.R. 1642. An act to provide for the sale of the U.S. Animal Quarantine Station, Clifton, N.J., to the city of Clifton to provide for the establishment of a new station, and for other purposes; H.R. 2434. An act to amend section 560 of title 38, United States Code, to permit the payment of special pension to holders of the Congressional Medal of Honor awarded such medal for actions not involving conflict with an enemy, and for other purposes; H.R. 8251. An act to amend section 612, title 38, United States Code, to au thorizé dental services and treatment in cases where discharges were corrected by competent authority from dishonorable to conditions other than dishonorable; H.R. 8925. An act to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide that a disability which has been rated at or above a certain percentage for 20 or more years may not thereafter be reduced below such percentage; H.R. 9964. An act to extend for 2 years the period for which payments in lieu of taxes may be made with respect to certain real property transferred by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and its subsidiaries to other Government departments; H.R. 10705. An act to amend the Government Corporation Control Act to change the General Accounting Office audit to a calendar year basis in the case of the Federal home loan banks and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation; H.R. 10736. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to adjust the legislative jurisdiction exercised by the United States over lands comprising the U.S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.; H.R. 11035. An act to authorize the extension of certain naval vessel loans now in existence; and H.R. 11255. An act to validate certain payments of per diem allowances made to members of the Coast Guard. The Speaker of the House having signed 13 enrolled bills, viz, H.R. 1727, H.R. 5305, H.R. 5571, H.R. 6876, H.R. 7757, H.R. 8222, H.R. 8348, H.R. 8532, H.R. 8828, H.R. 8936, H.R. 9475, H.R. 10078, and H.R. 10774, I am directed to bring the same to the Senate for the signature of its President. ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED The Secretary reported that he had examined and found truly enrolled the following bills: H.R. 1727. An act for the relief of Richard G. Green, Jr.; H.R. 5305. An act for the relief of Dr. Ernest P. Imle; H.R. 5571. An act for the relief of Noble Frank Smith and his wife, Viola Smith; H.R. 6876. An act for the relief of Capt. Wilfrid E. Gelinas, U.S. Air Force; H.R. 7757. An act for the relief of Jesse I. Ellington; H.R. 8222. An act for the relief of Edward J. Maurus; The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore thereupon signed the same. HOUSE BILLS REFERRED The bills this day received from the House of Representatives for concurrence were severally read the first and second times by unanimous consent. Ordered, That the bill H.R. 1642 be referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; That the bills H.R. 2434 and H.R. 8925 be referred to the Committee on Finance; That the bill H.R. 8251 be referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; That the bills H.R. 9964 and H.R. 10705 be referred to the Committee on Government Operations; That the bills H.R. 10736 and H.R. 11035 be referred to the Committee on Armed Services; and That the bill H.R. 11255 be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the bill (H.R. 7152) to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and for other purposes. The question being on agreeing to the amendments proposed by Mr. LONG of Louisiana to the amendments proposed by Mr. TALMADGE (for himself and others), Pending debate, Mr. RUSSELL raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. McGOVERN in the chair) directed the roll to be called; When Sixty-eight Senators answered to their names, as follows: Bayh Beall Holland Humphrey Bennett Bible Johnston Bayh Hruska Nelson Boggs Beall Humphrey Neuberger Brewster Keating Inouye Kennedy Brewster Johnston H.R. 8828. An act for the relief of John Russell Saltonstall Smathers Smith Sparkman Church Clark Cooper Lausche Mansfield McClellan McGee Stennis Dirksen Symington Dominick Pastore T. Cox; H.R. 8936. An act for the relief of Leonard M. Dalton; H.R. 9475. An act for the relief of Miss Grace Smith, and others; H.R. 10078. An act for the relief of Philip N. Shepherdson; and H.R. 10774. An act to authorize the disposal, without regard to the prescribed 6-month waiting period of cadmium from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile. Burdick Carlson Case Church Dodd Douglas Jordan, Idaho Keating Mansfield McIntyre A quorum being present, Pending debate Jordan, Idaho McGovern Miller Monroney Morse A quorum being present, Pearson Proxmire Robertson Saltonstall Simpson Walters Young, N. Dak. OVERSTATEMENT OF NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED UNDER THE ACCELERATED PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communi cation from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of overstatement of number of jobs created under the accelerated public works program, Area Development Administration, Department of Commerce; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. REPORT OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND CLASSIFICATION IN THE AGATE DAM AND RESERVOIR PROJECT, OREGON The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of an adequate soil survey and land classification of the lands in the Agate Dam and Reservoir, Talent division, Rogue River Basin project, Oregon; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. SUSPENSION OF DEPORTATION OF ALIENS The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate two communications from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, reports stating all the facts and pertinent provisions of law in the cases of certain aliens whose deportation has been suspended, together with a statement of the reasons for such suspension; which, with the accompanying papers, were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. PETITION The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a petition of Henry Stoner, Avon Park, Fla., praying the passage of the bill S. 2843, relating to the proposed Roger Williams Memorial; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. REPORT OF A COMMITTEE Mr. MUSKIE, from the Committee on Government Operations, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2114) to provide for periodic congressional review of Federal grants-in-aid to States and to local units of government, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 1056) thereon. Ordered, by unanimous consent, That the names of Mr. JAVITS and Mr. YOUNG of Ohio be added as coauthors of the said bill. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS Bills were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent. and referred as follows: By Mr. MILLER: S. 2886. A bill for the relief of Georgia Manoles (formerly known as Georgia Demotrakopoulou); to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. HARTKE: S. 2887. A bill for the relief of Julius Gyula Ferenczy and his wife, Shara Ferenczy; and S. 2888. A bill for the relief of Anna Gerodimos; to the Committee on the Judiciary. ADDITIONAL COAUTHOR OF S. 2862 On motion by Mr. NELSON, and by unanimous consent. Ordered, That the name of Mr. MUSKIE be added as a coauthor of the bill (8. 2862 to facilitate the management, use, and public benefits from the Appalachian Trail, a scenic trail designed primarily for foot travel through natural or primitive areas, and extending generally from Maine to Georgia; to facilitate and promote Federal, State, local and private cooperation and assistance for the promotion of the trail, and for other purposes. PRINTING ADDITIONAL COPIES OF "CATALOG OF FEDERAL AIDS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS" Mr. MUSKIE, from the Committee on Government Operations, reported the following concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 87): Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That there be printed for the use of the Senate Committee on Government Operations thirty-five thousand additional copies of its committee print of the Eighty-eighth Congress, second session, entitled "Catalog of Federal Aids to State and Local Governments." a study prepared by the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress for the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations. Ordered. That it be referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 The Senate resumed the consideration of its unfinished business, viz, the bill (H.R. 7152) to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations. to authorize the Attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and for other purposes. The question being on agreeing to the amendments proposed by Mr. LONG of Louisiana to the amendments proposed by Mr. TALMADGE (for himself and others', Mr. ELLENDER raised a question as to the presence of a quorum; Whereupon The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. KENNEDY in the chair› directed the roll to be called: CONFERENCE REPORT ON HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 247 Mr. PASTORE submitted the following conference report: The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 247) to suspend for the 1964 campaign the equal opportunity requirements of section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934 for legally qualified candidates for the offices of President and Vice President, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same. Amendment numbered 2: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 2. and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Strike out the matter proposed to be stricken by the Senate amendment and insert in lieu thereof the following: overall schedule of rates,; and the Senate agree to the same. JOHN O. PASTORE, STROM THURMOND, HUGH SCOTT. WINSTON L. PROUTY, Managers on the Part of the Senate. W. R. HULL, Jr., HORACE R. KORNEGAY. JOHN B. BENNETT, J. ARTHUR YOUNGER, GLENN CUNNINGHAM, JAMES T. BROYHILL, Managers on the Part of the House. Ordered, That the conference report lie on the table. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Bartlett, one of its clerks: Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed the bill (S. 2 to establish water resources research centers at land-grant colleges and State universities, to stimulate water research at other colleges, universities, and centers of competence, and to promote a more adequate national program of water research, with amendments, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. The House has passed the bill (H.R. 10407) for the relief of Keith Hills, in which it requests the concurrence of the Senate. |