Congressional Record
Seventy-Fifth Congress, First Session
House of Representatives
Thursday, March 18, 1937
The House met at 12 o'clock noon.
The Chaplain, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., offered the following prayer:
The Lord himself is our keeper; the Lord is our defense upon our right hand. Great peace have they who love Thy law. The Lord God will preserve our going out and our coming in from this time forth; praise ye the Lord. Heavenly Father, may we be faithful and manly, and, wherever we are, may we fill the measure of love and peace with all that is best. We pray Thee to grant Thy blessing upon all conditions of men. Kindle again the extinguished torch of their disappointments. Use us, blessed Lord, to perform all deeds of kindness; to encourage some forgotten friend of our childhood; to help some struggling youth to his ambition; and to some darkened home may we bring hope. Heavenly Father, keep us mindful these days of the earthly calendar of our Lord, the vastness of His dominion, His majesty, the sweep of His intelligence, and the eternity of His being, and unto Thee be all glory both now and ever. Amen.
The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read and approved.
Message from the Senate
A message from the Senate, by Mr. Frazier, its legislative clerk, announced that the Senate had passed without amendment a Joint resolution of the House of the following title:
H. J. Res. 272. Joint resolution to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to accept title for the United States to certain real property to be donated by Mr. Henry Ford and wife for Veterans' Administration facility purposes.
The message also announced that the Senate had passed, with amendments in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill and joint resolution of the House of the following titles:
H. R. 4720. An act making appropriations for the Treasury and Post Office Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and for other purposes; and
H. J. Res. 217. Joint resolution providing for the construction and maintenance of a National Gallery of Art.
The message also announced that the Senate disagrees to the amendments of the House to the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 75) entitled "Joint resolution making funds available for the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insect pests or plant diseases, including grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and chinch bugs", requests a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Smith, Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Gillette, and Mr. Capper to be the conferees on the part of the Senate.
Permission to address the House
Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to proceed for 5 minutes.
The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Pennsylvania?
Mr. McREYNOLDS, Mr. Speaker, I am sorry, but I shall have to object.
Anniversary of the birth of Grover Cleveland
Mr. HOFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I want to announce this is the anniversary of the birth of Grover Cleveland, the great Democratic President who suppressed the strike in Chicago in 1894.
THE NEUTRALITY ACT OF 1937
Mr. McREYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of Senate Joint Resolution 51, to amend the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution providing for the prohibition of the export of arms, ammunition, and implements of war to belligerent countries; the prohibition of the transportation of arms, ammunition, and implements of war by vessels of the United States for the use of belligerent states; for the registration and licensing of persons engaged in the business of manufacturing, exporting, or importing arms, ammunition, or implements of war; and restricting travel by American citizens on belligerent ships during war", approved August 31, 1935, as amended.
Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, I make the point of order that a quorum is not present.
The SPEAKER. Evidently a quorum is not present.
Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I move a call of the House.
A call of the House was ordered.
The Clerk called the roll, and the following Members failed to answer to their names;
| Binderup | Dingell | Jenckes, Ind. | Nichols |
| Bradley | Ditter | Kelly, N. Y. | O'Brien, Mich. |
| Buckley, N. Y. | Dixon | Kniffin | Schaefer, Ill. |
| Burdick | Doxey | Lamneck | Scrugham |
| Cannon, Wis. | Drew, Pa. | Lesinski | Smith, Va. |
| Casey, Mass. | Duncan | Lewis, Md. | Tinkham |
| Chapman | Frey, Pa. | McClellan | Tolan |
| Cole, N. Y. | Gasque | McCormack | Vincent, B. M. |
| Connery | Goodwin | McGehee | Weaver |
| Cravens | Hancock, N. Y. | McGranery | Withrow |
| Crosby | Harlan | McGroarty | Wood |
| Crowther | Havenner | Maas | |
| Curley | Healey | Mahon, S. C. |
The SPEAKER. Three hundred and seventy-seven Members have answered to their names. A quorum is present.
On motion of Mr. Rayburn, further proceedings under the call were dispensed with.
The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion of the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. McReynolds] that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of Senate Joint Resolution 51.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of Senate Joint Resolution 51, the neutrality bill of 1937, with Mr. Warren in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution.
The CHAIRMAN. When the Committee rose last Tuesday section 2 of the joint resolution had been read and is now open to amendment.
Mr. COX. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike out the last word.
Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to speak out of order.
The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Georgia?
Mr. RICH. Mr. Chairman, I object.
The Clerk read as follows:
EXPORT OF ARMS, AMMUNITION, AND IMPLEMENTS OF WAR
