Journal of the Senate of the United States of America

TRANSACTION OF ROUTINE BUSINESS

On motion by Mr. MANSFIELD, and by unanimous consent,

The following routine business was transacted:

REPORT ON UNNECESSARY OR PREMATURE PROCUREMENT OF SIDEWINDER MISSILE TRAINING SYSTEM

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate two communications from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, two reports, one being confidential, on unnecessary or premature procurement of Sidewinder missile training systems and their delivery to foreign countries under the military assistance program, Department of Defense; which, with the accompanying reports, were referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

REPORT ON SHORTAGES OF WAR READINESS MATERIEL WITHIN THE U.S. PACIFIC AIR FORCES

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a secret report on shortages of war readiness materiel within the U.S. Pacific Air Forces, Department of the Air Force; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. REPORT ON WEAKNESSES IN ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED AND CONTRACTOR

ACQUIRED PROPERTY

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a munication from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on weaknesses in accountability and management of Government-furnished and contractoracquired property under cost reimbursement research and development contracts, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIAL

A memorial of W. C. Vennard, Hamburg, N.Y., remonstrating against the proposed drafting of physically unfit boys for rehabilitation and training under military discipline; and

Petitions signed by Seijin Toguchi, mayor of Motobu-Cho; Chie Yohena, mayor of Kamimotobu Son, and others, all of Okinawa, praying for a quick solution of the prepeace treaty compensation issue; to the the Committee on Armed Services.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FINANCE Mr. SMATHERS, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 8864) to carry out the obligations of the United States under the International Coffee Agreement, 1962, signed at New York on September 28, 1962, and for other purposes, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 941) thereon together with

the minority views of Mr. CARLSON, Mr. WILLIAMS of Delaware, Mr. BENNETT, and Mr. CURTIS, and the individual views of Mr. DOUGLAS; which was ordered to be printed.

INTRODUCTION OF A BILL

Mr. DODD introduced a bill (S. 2628) to protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to regulate the manufacture, compounding, processing, distribution, delivery, and possession of habit-forming barbiturate drugs, amphetamine and other habit-forming central nervous system stimulant drugs, and other drugs that have a potential for abuse resulting in psychotoxic efforts or antisocial behavior; which was read the first and second times by unanimous consent and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.

ADDED COAUTHORS OF SENATE BILL 2612

Under authority heretofore granted, the following-named Senators have been added as coauthors of the bill (S. 2612) to impose quotas on imports of beef, veal, mutton, and lamb, previously introduced: Mr. CARLSON, Mr. GOLDWATER, Mr. JORDAN of Idaho, and Mr. MAGNUSON. OPPOSITION TO DISPOSITION OF A CERTAIN

PARCEL OF LAND ON ST. CROIX ISLAND Mr. HAYDEN (for himself and Mr. KUCHEL) Submitted the following resolution (S. Res. 304); which was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs:

Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that no further action should be taken by the Board of Directors of the Virgin Islands Corporation (a corporation wholly owned by the United States and created by the Virgin Islands Corporation Act) to dispose, by sale or lease, of that parcel of land with respect to which sealed bids were solicited pursuant to invitation and bid numbered PT109, containing approximately 1,700 acres and situated on the island of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, United States, until such time as the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs has had an opportunity to consider certain pending legislation relating to the authority of such Corporation to dispose of its assets. QUESTION OF QUORUM

Mr. MCNAMARA 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; When

A quorum being present, APPOINTMENTS BY PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. INOUYE in the chair) announced that the President pro tempore had appointed Mr. SMATHERS and Mr. PEARSON as members on the part of the Senate to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 23 to June 15, 1964.

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion of Mr. MANSFIELD that the Senate proceed to consider 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.

Eighty-one Senators answered to their names, as follows: Aiken Bartlett Beall Bennett Bible Boggs

Carlson Case Church Clark Cooper

Hayden Hickenlooper

Hill

Inouye

Javits

Magnuson Mansfield

McClellan

Hayden Hickenlooper

Mundt

Nelson

Hill
Hruska
Humphrey

Inouye
Javits

Johnston
Jordan, N.C.
Jordan, Idaho

Keating

Kuchel

Lausche

Long, Mo. Long, La.

Magnuson

Mansfield

McClellan

McGovern

McIntyre McNamara Metcalf Miller Monroney Morse

Morton

Neuberger
Pastore
Pearson

Pell
Prouty

Proxmire

Ribicoff Robertson Russell Saltonstall Scott Simpson Smathers Smith Sparkman Stennis Talmadge Thurmond

Tower

Walters

Williams, N.J.

Williams, Del.

Young, N. Dak.

Young, Ohio

Moss

Pending debate,

RECESS

On motion by Mr. HUMPHREY, at 6 o'clock and 51 minutes p.m.,

The Senate took a recess until 12 o'clock meridian tomorrow.

REPORT ON TORT CLAIMS PAID BY HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency, transmitting. pursuant to law, the annual report for the calendar year 1963 with respect to tort claims paid by the Housing and Home Finance Agency; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT, STOCKPILE
REPORT

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning. Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on a statistical supplement to the strategic and critical stockpile report for the period ended December 31. 1964; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

REPORT ON GIFTS AND BEQUESTS RECEIVED AND ACCEPTED BY UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of State. transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of gifts and bequests received and accepted by the U.S. National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization for the fiscal year 1963; which, with the accompanying paper, was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. REPORT ON PROCUREMENT OF DY-107 DYNAMOTORS BY ARMY AND AIR FORCE The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting his reply to a request from a Congressman for information relating to the Army and Air Force procurement of DY-107 dynamotors; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

REPORT ON UNNECESSARY COSTS TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR CERTAIN LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE CALLS

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of

long-distance telephone calls made by civil agencies in the Washington, D.C.. area between cities served by the Federal Telecommunications System, General Services Administration; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

REPORT ON EXAMINATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communi

ing report, was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

PETITION AND MEMORIAL

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a resolution of the Senate of the State of Alaska, favoring immediate action for the minting of an adequate supply of silver dollars to save the coin from extinction and allow for its free circulation in the Nation; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

Mr. KEATING presented a memorial of the Board of Supervisors of Chemung County, N.Y., remonstrating against the proposed consolidation of the Federal

at the Chemung County Airport; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

cation from the Comptroller General of Aviation Agency's flight service station
of the United States, transmitting, pur-
suant to law, a report on the examina-
tion of financial statements of Public
Housing Administration, Housing and
Home Finance Agency, fiscal years 1963 REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND
and 1962; which, with the accompanying
report, was referred to the Committee
on Government Operations.

REPORT ON UNDERSTATEMENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS AGAINST the United arab repubLIC AND THE FEDERAL PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Comptroller General of of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the understatement of claims against the United Arab Republic and the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia for recovery of excessive ocean transportation costs flnanced by the Commodity Credit Corporation under title I, Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (commonly known as Public Law 480), Department of Agriculture; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN MOVING EX

PENSES OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Chairman, U.S. Civil Service Commission, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, to provide for reimbursement of certain moving expenses of employees and to authorize payment of expenses for storage of household gooods and personal effects of employees assigned to isolated duty stations within the continental United States, excluding Alaska; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Government Operations. RESTRICTION OF A CERTAIN AREA IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHEL¡ FOR DEFENSE PURPOSES

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to provide for the restriction of a certain area in the Outer Continental Shelf for defense purposes, and for other purposes (Matagorda Water Range); which, with the accompany

FORESTRY

Mrs. NEUBERGER, from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to whom was referred the bill (S. 332) to prohibit trading in Irish potato futures on commodity exchanges, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 942) thereon.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Bills were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as follows:

By Mr. SMATHERS:

S. 2629. A bill for the relief of Czeslaw (Chester) Kaluzny; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. JACKSON (for himself and
Mr. MAGNUSON):

S. 2630. A bill to amend the act of June 12, 1948 (62 Stat. 382), in order to provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Kennewick division extension, Yakima project, Washington, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

ADDITIONAL COAUTHOR OF S. 2432 On motion by Mr. KEATING, and by unanimous consent.

Ordered, That the name of Mr. BARTLETT be added as a coauthor of the bill (S. 2432) to provide for a comprehensive study and investigation of the adequacy of the present system of compulsory military training under the Universal Military Training and Service Act, and for other purposes.

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The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion of Mr. MANSFIELD that the Senate proceed to consider the bill (HR. 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.

SENATOR EXCUSED FROM ATTENDANCE Mr. JAVITS was excused from attendance upon the Senate on tomorrow and Monday next, on the request of Mr. KEATING.

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion of Mr. MANSFIELD that the Senate proceed to consider the bill (H.R. 7152) to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States 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 purpoes.

Mr. CLARK raised a question as to the presence of a quorum;

Mr. DIRKSEN, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 309) for the relief of Lt. Col. Henry H. Allport, Army of the United States, retired, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 943) thereon.

Mr. DIRKSEN (for Mr. EASTLAND), from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the following bills, reported them each without amendment and submitted reports thereon, as follows:

S. 83. A bill for the relief of the estate of Mary L. McNamara (Rept. No. 944); S. 1030. A bill for the relief of Sister Aurora Martin Gelado (also known as Sister Nieve) (Rept. No. 945);

S. 1999. A bill for the relief of Francisco Navarro-Paz (Rept. No. 946);

S. 2170. A bill for the relief of Mary Lane Laycock (Rept. No. 947);

H.R. 2724. An act for the relief of Davey Ellen Snider Siegel (Rept. No. 948);

H.R. 2726. An act for the relief of John F. Wood of Newport News, Va. (Rept. No. 949);

H.R. 2818. An act for the relief of Elmer J. and Richard R. Payne (Rept. No. 950);

H.R. 7967. An act for the relief of certain individuals employed by the Department of the Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii (Rept. No. 951); and

H.R. 8930. An act for the relief of certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Rept. No. 952).

Mr. DIRKSEN (for Mr. EASTLAND), from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 476) for the relief of Zenon Zubieta, reported it with an amendment and submitted a report (No. 953) thereon.

Mr. BAYH, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the following bills, reported them each without amendment and submitted reports thereon, as follows:

H.R. 1759. An act for the relief of Rebecca K. Clayton (Rept. No. 954);

H.R. 2189. An act for the relief of Morris Aronow and other employees of the Post Office Department (Rept. No. 955);

H.R. 4681. An act for the relief of CWO James A. McQuaig (Rept. No. 956);

H.R. 5584. An act for the relief of Capt. Ransom C. Aplin (Rept. No. 957);

H.R. 5941. An act for the relief of Julian A. Erskine (Rept. No. 958); and

H.R. 8470. An act for the relief of Warren A. Jeffers and Francis H. Leik (Rept. No. 959).

Mr. FONG, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 353) for the relief of Benjamin A. Ramelb, reported it with amendments and submitted a report (No. 960) there

on.

Mr. DODD, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 8280) for the relief of Mrs. Annette M. Rasor and Dr. Robert W. Rasor, reported it without amendment and submitted a report (No. 961) there

on.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Bills were introduced, severally read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as follows:

By Mr. ELLENDER (by request): S. 2631. A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, so as to make uniform for all commodities, for which a marketing quota program is in effect, provisions for reducing farm acreage and producer allotments for falsely identifying, failing to account for disposition, filing a false acreage report and for marketing two crops of the same commodity which were produced on the same acreage in a calendar year;

S. 2632. A bill to provide for a uniform rule regarding preservation of crop history under agricultural programs;

S. 2633. A bill to amend section 202 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, in order to continue the veterans and Armed Forces dairy program; and

S. 2634. A bill to amend the act of August 19, 1958, to permit purchase of processed food grain products in addition to purchase of flour and cornmeal and donating the same for certain domestic and foreign purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.

ADDED COAUTHOR OF 8 2609

Under authority heretofore granted. the name of Mr. LONG of Missouri was added as a coauthor of the bill (S. 2609) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, to authorize and facilitate the deduction from gross income by teachers of the expenses of education (including certain travel) undertaken by them, and to provide a uniform method of proving entitlement to such deduction, previously introduced.

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Mr. MANSFIELD raised a question as to the presence of a quorum;

Whereupon

THE JOURNAL

On motion by Mr. HUMPHREY, and by unanimous consent.

The Journal of the proceedings of Saturday, March 14, 1964, was approved.

TRANSACTION OF ROUTINE BUSINESS

On motion by Mr. HUMPHREY, and by unanimous consent.

The following routine business was transacted:

REPORT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations and Logistics), transmitting, pursuant to law, the semiannual report for the period ended December 31, 1963, on contracts awarded for experimental, developmental, test, or research work of $10,000 or more in the interest of national defense or industrial mobilization; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

REPORT ON BANKRUPTCY COURT

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, transmitting. pursuant to law, an annual report of tables of bankruptcy statistics with reference to bankruptcy cases commenced and terminated in the U.S. district courts during the fiscal year 1963; which, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

DEVICES WHICH INTERFERE WITH RADIO
RECEPTION

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a communication from the Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to give the Federal Communications Commission authority to prescribe regulations for the manufacture, import, sale, shipment, or use of devices which cause harmful interference to radio reception; which, with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

PETITIONS

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate the following petitions, etc., which were referred as indicated:

Petitions of certain organizations of Okinawa, praying for a quick solution of the prepeace treaty compensation issue; to the Committee on Armed Services.

Concurrent resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Alaska, as follows:

A concurrent resolution favoring the enactment of the bill S. 627) to provide funds for State-supervised research and development projects regarding commercial fishing: to the Committee on Commerce; and

A concurrent resolution favoring the "Legislative day of Monday, March 9, establishment of a national cemetery in

1964)

THE ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore called the Senate to order at 11 o'clock a.m., and Rev. Paul J. Miklosovic, D.D., of Overbrook, Pa., offered prayer.

Alaska; to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

A resolution of the House of Representatives of the State of Kentucky, favoring an amendment to the Constitution

of the United States providing that freedom of religion shall include the right to offer prayer in public schools; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

A resolution of the Long Island Federation of Women's Clubs, Inc., Forest Hills, N.Y., favoring operation and protection of the Panama Canal in accordance with existing treaty provisions; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore laid before the Senate a resolution of the Long Island Federation of Women's Club's, Inc., Nassau, N.Y., commending J. Edgar Hoover for his dedicated service to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; which was ordered to lie on the table.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

Mr. JOHNSTON, from the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, to whom was referred the bill (S. 829) to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. as amended, to provide for marketing quotas on Irish potatoes through establishment of acreage allotments, reported it with an amendment and submitted a report (No. 962) thereon.

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

Bills were introduced, severally read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as follows:

By Mr. MORTON:

S. 2635. A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes; to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.

By Mr. HILL:

S. 2636. A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 38, United States Code, relating to educational assistance for war orphans to provide that the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may afford special restorative training for an additional period of time when he finds such is necessary to overcome or lessen the effects of a physical or mental disability which handicaps the child in the pursuit of his educational program: to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.

By Mr. BAYH:

S. 2637. A bill to provide a new program for wheat and to provide a longrange program for the retirement of excess land from the production of agricultural commodities; to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.

By Mr. YOUNG of North Dakota: S. 2638. A bill to increase the amount of domestic beet sugar and mainland cane sugar which may be marketed during 1964; to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. YOUNG of North Dakota (for himself and Mr. BURDICK): S. 2639. A bill to increase the authorization for the appropriation of funds to complete the International Peace Garden, N. Dak.: to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

By Mr. MILLER:

S. 2640. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to establish prima facie evidence that a corporation which distributes or invests 60 percent of its taxable income is not being availed of for the purpose of avoiding the income tax with respect to shareholders; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. BEALL:

S. 2641. A bill relating to the carrying out of the national transportation policy as expressed in the Interstate Commerce Act; to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. BYRD of Virginia:

S. 2643. A bill to amend the joint resolution designating June 14 of each year as Flag Day (37 U.S.C. 157), to provide appropriate recognition of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and its author, Francis Bellamy; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. HARTKE:

S. 2644. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to limit or repeal certain retailers excise taxes and to repeal the manufacturers excise tax on musical instruments; to the Committee on Finance.

ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECT COMMITTEE ON COMBATING POVERTY

Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. HUMPHREY, Mr. METCALF, and Mr. PROX MIRE) submitted a resolution (S. Res. 305); which was referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare:

Whereas poverty in the United States is now acknowledged to be a major national problem affecting the lives of millions of Americans; and

Whereas these individuals are often chained to a present and future of poverty by the cumulative effect of inadequate education, limited job opportunities, bad housing, physical and mental illness, and the corrupting influence of delinquency and crime; and

Whereas the complex problem of poverty cannot be fully understood by viewing its various parts in isolation, nor can it be significantly reduced by striking at any one of its tangled roots; and

Whereas for legislative purposes any series of policies to attack the diverse causes of poverty must be separately considered by the respective committees of the Senate; and

Whereas there are a multiplicity of programs at the local, State, and national level, handled by diverse and numerous agencies with no careful evaluation of their total effect and usefulness; and

Whereas the problem of poverty ought to be approached with a broad understanding of all of its facets and interrelationships: Therefore be it

Resolved, That the Senate hereby declares its intention to undertake a comprehensive study of the dimensions and causes of poverty, and to explore existing and proposed programs directed toward its elimination; and be it further Resolved, That (a) there is hereby established a select committee of the Senate to be known as the Select Committee on Combating Poverty (referred to hereinafter as the "select committee") consisting of fifteen members of the Senate of whom three shall be selected from members of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, three shall be selected from members of the Committee on Banking and Currency, three shall be selected from members of the

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, three shall be selected from Members of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, and three shall be selected from members of the Committee on Public Works. Of the three members of the Select Committee chosen from members of each such standing committee, two shall be members of the majority party and one shall be a member of the minority party. The President pro tempore of the Senate shall designate one Senator to serve as chairman of the select committee from those Senators appointed from the majority party.

(b) Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall not affect the authority of the remaining members to execute the functions of the committee, and shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments thereto are made.

(c) A majority of the members of the select committee shall constitute a quorum thereof for the transaction of business, except that the select committee may fix a lesser number as a quorum for the purpose of taking sworn testimony. The select committee shall adopt rules of procedure not inconsistent with the rules of the Senate governing standing committees of the Senate.

(d) No legislative measure shall be referred to the select committee, and it shall have no authority to report any such measure to the Senate.

(e) The select committee shall cease to exist on June 30, 1966.

SEC. 2. (a) It shall be the duty of the select committee to conduct a comprehensive study and investigation concerning the problem of poverty and programs initiated to combat poverty, giving special coordination to the consideration of such programs. Such study and investigation shall include

(1) an analysis of the causes of both rural and urban poverty;

(2) an examination of existing and proposed programs designed to combat poverty;

(3) an analysis of employment opportunities to be created by proposed programs to combat poverty;

(4) an examination of the relationship of industrial technology and the problem of poverty; and

(5) the relationship of State and local programs designed to combat poverty with Federal programs.

(b) On or before January 31 of each year, the Committee shall report to the Senate the results of its studies and investigations, together with its recommendations for legislative or other measures which the Select Committee may deem necessary or advisable. The Select Committee may issue such interim reports as it deems appropriate.

SEC. 3. (a) For the purposes of this resolution, the Committee is authorized to (1) make such expenditures; (2) hold such hearings; (3) sit and act at such times and places during the sessions, recesses, and adjournment periods of the Senate; (4) require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses

and the production of such correspondence, books, papers, and documents; (5) administer such oaths; (6) take such testimony orally or by deposition; and (7) employ and fix the compensation of such technical, clerical, and other assistants and consultants as it deems advisable.

(b) With prior consent of the executive department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, the Committee may (1) utilize the services, information, and facilities of any such department or agency, and (2) employ on a reimbursable basis the services of such personnel of any such department or agency as it deems advisable. With the consent of any other committee of the Senate, or any subcommittee thereof, the Committee may utilize the facilities and the services of the staff of such other committee or subcommittee whenever the chairman of the Committee determines that such action is necessary and appropriate.

(c) Subpenas may be issued by the Committee over the signature of the chairman or any other member designated by him, and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member. The chairman of the Committee or any member thereof may administer oaths to witnesses.

SEC. 4. The expenses of the Committee under this resolution, which shall not exceed $175,000 shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the Committee.

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