1959 SUBJECT INDEX


ECONOMY, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES

1959 1st Session, 86th Congress


Department of Agriculture and land-grant colleges: centennial celebration (see S. Res. 66), 3291.

Fishing vessels: provide assistance in construction of (see bill S. 1374), 3813.

Interstate Highway System: extend time for approval of cost estimates (see bill S. 1826), 6959.

Letter: cane and bushberry crop reports, to Senator Morse, from, 9563.

Small Business Act: amend to require publication of Government procurement solicitation (see bill S. 2469), 13338, 14666.



ENERGY

1959 1st Session, 86th Congress


Joint Committee on a National Fuels Policy: create (see S. Con. Res. 73), 16869.

Letter: oil imports, to the President, from, 10503.

Petroleum and petroleum products: rescind action imposing quotas on (see bill S. 1525), 5136.



ENVIRONMENT, PARKS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WILDLIFE

1959 1st Session, 86th Congress


Des Plaines Refuge Area: land conveyance, 14595-15502, 15638, 15640, 15641, 15643, 15644,15649,15652.

Harpers Perry National Monument: additional land acquisition, 18876.

Interstate Highway System: extend time for approval of cost estimates (see bill S. 1826), 6959.

Public lands: amend act relating to withdrawals from (see bill S. 2587), 18108



HUMAN RESOURCES PROGRAMS

1959 1st Session, 86th Congress


American working men and women: tribute to (see S. Con. Res. 76), 18313.

American Dental Association: congratulations on anniversary (see S. Con. Res 7), 1259.

Blind persons: establish commission to study problems related to (see bill S.2077), 9220.

Commission on Unemployment Problems establish (see bill S. 1631), 5485.

Education: Federal aid to States for (see bill S. 2), 790.

Federal school construction (S. 8): to amend, 19688.

Higher education student loans: Federal insurance on (see bill S.2710), 19409.

Lighthouse Service pay bill, 19049.  

Medical research: mobilize world leaders in (see S.J. Res. 41), 1495.

Steel strike: favoring action by President in settlement of (see S. Con. Res. 69), 15595.

Unemployment: alleviate conditions in certain areas (see bill S. 722), 1171.

Unemployment insurance: grants to States (see bill S. 791), 1316.

Veterans: amend code relative to NSLI policies (see bill S. 1113), 2629.

Veterans: period for granting national service life insurance to certain (see bill S 2675), 18875.



NATIONAL SECURITY, FOREIGN AFFAIRS

1959 86th Congress, 1st Session


Health and research activities: strengthen world cooperation (see S. Res. 129) 10735.

Letter: Reginald H. Sturtevant, entitled "Get Understanding" relative to relationship of United States with other nations, A3836

Mutual security bill (S. 1451): to amend, 9954.

Polish women subjected to Nazi medical experiments, 8458.

Ravensbrueck Lapins, 8458, 8459.

White Fleet of Aid and Mercy: establish (see S. Con. Res. 66), 14270.



FEDERALISM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

1959 1st Session, 86th Congress


Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental relations: create, 8734, 18940-18946, 19305

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: establish (see bill S.2026), 8733

Commission on a Department of Science and Technology: establish (see bill S.1851), 7404.

Commission on Unemployment Problems establish (see bill S. 1631), 5485.

Committee on Government Operations, 14039,14269.

Committee of conference, 19305

Department of Science and Technology create (see bill S. 676), 1177.

Des Plaines Refuge Area: land conveyance, 14595-15502, 15638, 15640, 15641, 15643, 15644,15649,15652.

Federal-State relations, 8734

Intergovernmental Relations Commission, committee testimony by Meyer Kestnbaum, 18943.

Joint Committee on a National Fuels Policy: create (see S. Con. Res. 73),16869.

Mutual security appropriations (H.R. 8385): to amend, 19305

National Economic Council for Security and Progress: establish (see bill S. 2080), 9804.

Resolution: Federal-State relations, by the Governors' Conference, San Juan, P.R., 18940.

Unemployment insurance: grants to States (see bill S. 791), 1316.



CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CIVIL RIGHTS, CIVIL LAW

1959 1st Session, 86th Congress


Coolidge, Osvaldo R.: for relief (see bill S. 2164), 10591.

Electors of Federal officials: amend Constitution relative to qualifications of (se S.J. Res. 126), 16309.

Hawaiian statehood bill (see S. 50), 228.

President and Vice President: amend Constitution relative to election of (see S. J Res. 86), 7620.



MISCELLANEOUS

1959 1st Session, 86th Congress


Admiral Peary memorial ceremony, by Robert E. Peary, Jr., 5424.

Admiral Peary, Pole Discoverer: Glory That Led But to the Grave; Tribute to the Late Commodore Samuel Tucker, by Earle W. Gage in the National Republic publication, A5780.

Admiral Peary, Pole Discoverer, by Steve Riley In the Portland Telegram, 5425

Commodore Samuel Tucker: Peary's Arctic Trip, by Daniel Rapoport in the Portland Telegram, 5425

Frost, Robert: extend birthday greetings to (see S. Res. 95), 5162.

North Pole discovery: 50th anniversary, 5424

Peary, Adm. Robert U.: North Pole discoverer, 5424



POLITICAL, CAMPAIGN REFORM

1959 86th Congress, 1st Session

 

Jackson Day dinner, Senator Symington, at Jefferson Jackson Day dinner, Rockland, Maine, 12757.

Jackson Day dinner, Springfield, Mo., by, 3469.

Jackson Day dinner, Tennessee Municipal League, by, 9380.

 

SENATE RULES, PROCEDURES, ASSIGNMENTS, HOUSEKEEPING

1959 86th Congress, 1st Session

 

Appointed conferee, 8931.

Appointed on committee, 671.

Commendations in the Senate, 15654.

Credentials, 5.

McGee, Gale W.: commendation, 2746.

Oath of office, 6

Standing Rules of the Senate: amend relative to selection of conference committees (see S. Res. 118), 7970

 

BUDGET, TAXES, FISCAL POLICY

1959 1st Session, 86th Congress

 

Bank merger bill (S. 1062): to amend, 8140.

Corporate and excise tax extensions (H.R. 7523): to amend, 11897.

Distilled spirits destroyed by fire: tax refunds to States, 17113.

Internal Revenue Code: amend to prohibit deductions of certain business expenses (see bill S.2040), 8734.

Internal Revenue Code of 1954: amend relative to certain State tax refunds on distilled spirits and wine (see bill S 2604), 17113.

Memorandum: bank merger bill, views of Senators Douglas, Clark, Proxmire, and Muskie, 8127

 

 

TRADE, EXPORT SUBSIDIES, TARIFFS

1959 1st Session, 86th Congress

 

Petroleum and petroleum products: rescind action imposing quotas on (see bill S. 1525), 5136.

Wood molding imports, 16728.

 

 

HOUSING, URBAN RENEWAL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1959 1st Session, 86th Congress

 

Appointed conferee, 8931.

Committee on Banking and Currency, 13156.

Federal Reserve Act: amend relative to real estate loans (see bill S. 1173, 1174), 2977.

FNMA mortgage exchange policy: not in national interest (see S. Res. 130), 10088.

Housing improvements bill: veto message, 13469.

Urban renewal: amend laws relating to (see bill S. 193), 790.