1961 SUBJECT INDEX


ECONOMY, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES

1961 1st Session, 87th Congress


Agriculture: feed grains price support bill. 3720-3725.

Area redevelopment bill, 4032, 4033.

Domestic and foreign industries: adjust conditions of competition between certain (see bill S. 1735), 6778.

Farm Credit Act: amend, 16456, 16457.

Federal-aid highway bill (H.R. 6713), to amend, 10223.

Fishery research programs: establish additional fund for (see bill S. 1230). 3302.

Mexican farm labor: bill (H.R. 2010) to protect, 18781.

Portland Harbor, Maine: authorize improvement of (see bill S. 2394), 15216.

State alcoholic beverage agencies: clarify application of antitrust laws to certain contracts by (see bill S. 1247), 3855.

U.S. agricultural workers: protect employment opportunities of (see bill S. 1945), 9091.



ENERGY

1961 1st Session, 87th Congress


Committee on National Fuels Study (Special) : create (see S. Res. 105), 3700.

Residual fuel oil: import restrictions, 18340, 18341.



ENVIRONMENT, PARKS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WILDLIFE

1961 1st Session, 87th Congress


Douglas, William 0.: speech on natural resources, 6943.

Federal-aid highway bill (H.R. 6713), to amend, 10223.

Letter: Conservation in national forests, to the President, 21243.

Letter: Maine conservation program, to Governor Baxter, from Secretary Udall, 21334.

Natural Resources, by William 0. Douglas, 6944.

Northeastern Water and Land Resources Compact: consent of Congress to (see bill S. 374), 553.

Nursery tree planting: use certain soil bank funds for (see bill S. 2563), 19710.

Pleas for a Green Legacy, by Stewart L. Udall, 21334.

State forestry work: permit certain property to be used for (see bill S. 2638), 21232.

Tellico Plains, Tenn., by Senator Ellender, 9980.

Udall, Stewart L.: Cabinet nomination, 1035.

Udall, Stewart L.: tribute, 21334.

Use of Certain Property for State Forestry Work, by, 19710.



NATIONAL SECURITY, FOREIGN AFFAIRS

1961 87th Congress, 1st Session


Appointment to International Parliamentary Union, 14815.

Coffin, Frank M.: nominated Director of the Development Loan Fund, 1722.

Cuba: Castro's offer to trade prisoners for bulldozers, 9130.

Disarmament Agency for World Peace and Security, 18754.

Editorial: Coffin To Direct Development Loan Fund, from Maine newspapers, 1723, 1724.

Foreign Aid Objectives, by Secretary Rusk, at Conference on International Economic and Social Development, 10754.

Foreign Aid Planning Vital, from Lewiston Daily Sun, 16438.

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (S. 1983) authorize, 15434-15440.

Foreign Assistance: borrowing authority, 15434-15437.

Foreign Service Academy: establish (see bill S. 407), 1392.

Income tax: deductions for contributions to Castro tractor fund, 9131.

Launching of the Leahy, by Senator Mansfield, 12012.

Leahy: launching of, 12012.

Letter: Peace Corps proposals, to Sargent Shriver, from, 3790.

Mansfield, Mrs. Mike: tribute to, 12012.

Memorandum: annual review of development lending program by Appropriations Committee, 19538.

Peace Corps, creation of, 3790, 3791.

United Nations: strengthen authority to prevent war (see S. Con.Res. 37), 14475.

White Fleet: establish to render emergency aid to other nations (see S. Res. 154), 9086.

White Fleet: establish to render emergency assistance to other nations (see bill S. 324),465.



HUMAN RESOURCES PROGRAMS

1961 1st Session, 87th Congress


AMVETS' National Convention, by Harold Russell, A7086.

Deaf: educational and training films for (see bill S. 2511), 18443.

Deaf persons: educational and training films for, 14405, 18443, 18444.

Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare appropriation bill (H.R. 7035), 14405.

Education: Federal aid bill, 8444, 8528, 8743,9051.

Education: federally impacted areas, 18950, 18962-18965, 19045.

Education: federally impacted areas, includes entire country, 18965.

Education: program of financial assistance for (see bill S. 1021). 3048

Educational TV, by Kenneth G. Larrabbee, 19087-19089.

Educational television, 19087.

Labor-Management Relations, by Presbyterian Church, 10610.

Letter: Films for deaf persons, from Sterling McMurrin, 18444.

Mexican farm labor: bill (H.R. 2010) to protect, 18781.

NLRB: backlog of cases, 13024.

Presbyterian Church: right-to-work legislation, 10609,13007.

Public welfare personnel, 14405.

Public Health Service programs: handling of Federal grants, 5104.

Public health services: simplify grants-in-aid to States for (see bill S. 1467), 5103.

Report: Right-to-Work Laws. by United Presbyterian Church, 13007.

Right-to-work legislation: position of Presbyterian Church, 10609, 13007.

Television: grants to States for educational use of, 4364.

Text of bill: films for deaf persons, 18443.

U.S. agricultural workers: protect employment opportunities of (see bill S. 1945), 9091.

Unemployment: alleviate conditions of in certain areas (see bill S. 1), 138.

Veterans: grant national service life insurance to certain (see bill S. 977), 3048.



FEDERALISM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

1961 1st Session, 87th Congress


Analysis of Reorganization Plan No. 5 (NLRB), by National Labor Relations Board, 13025.

Committee on Government Operations, 18312.

Federal estate tax: increase credit against for estate taxes paid to States (see bill 1344),3850.

Funston, Keith: statements by, 10999.

General Services Administration: restore funds to Transportation and Public Utilities Service (Proxmire amendment), 14142, 14143.

Government Corporation Control Act, 15437.

Grants-in-aid programs: congressional review, 12969.

Grants-in-aid to States: periodic congressional review of (see bill S. 2286), 12965.

Independent offices appropriation bill (H.R. 7445),14142,14143.

Inheritance and estate taxes: Federal-State coordination of, 3853.

Loveless, Herschel: nomination to Renegotiation Board, 4099.

Postal rates: adjust (see bills S. 1812, 2382), 7280, 14647.

Reorganization Plan No. 1 (SEC), 10998-11000.

Reorganization Plan No. 3 (CAB), 11747.

Reorganization Plan No. 4 (FTC), 11736, 11737.

Reorganization Plan No. 4: questions and answers of Chairman Dixon relative to, 11736.

Reorganization Plan No. 5 (NLRB), 13024, 13027.

States: congressional review of grants-in-aid programs for, 12969.

Telegrams: Reorganization Plan No. 5 (sundry), 13026.

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Commission, create (see S.J.Res.51), 2157



CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CIVIL RIGHTS, CIVIL LAW

1961 1st Session, 87th Congress


Berryman, William L., for relief (see bill S. 591),1265.

Coolidge, Osvaldo R., for relief (see bill S.590),1265.

Hegyi, Istvan and Paula, for relief (see bill S. 1531), 5447.

Kaszap, Terez: recommit bill for relief of, 9977.

Qualifications of electors: amend Constitution relative to (see S.J. Res. 58), 3446.

Simonian, Nishan Der, for relief (see bill S.592),1265.

This Is My Country, before the Florida Civil Liberties Union by, 258.



MISCELLANEOUS

1961 1st Session, 87th Congress


Baker, Robert G.: awarded degree, 9958.

Cormier, Lucia M.: tribute to, 12621.

Hennings, Thomas C.: eulogy, 2696.

Hope, Bob: present gold medal to (see S.J. Res. 88), 7925.

Rayburn, Sam: present gold medal to (see S.J. Res. 133), 18869.

Russell, Harold: tribute, A7086.



SENATE RULES, PROCEDURES, ASSIGNMENTS, HOUSEKEEPING

1961 87th Congress, 1st Session


Appointed conferee, 5328, 11268.

Appointed on committee, 467.

Appointed on commission, 4958.

Bills passed over, 9109, 9111, 9980, 12646, 12649, 12650, 16446-16449, 16453, 16454.

Cannon, Howard: promotion to brigadier general, 3471.

Committee on National Fuels Study (Special) : create (see S. Res. 105), 3700.

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: create (see S. Res. 134), 7039.

Congress: provide for summer recess of (see S. Con. Res. 16), 3302.

Congress: summer recess for, 3370.

Declaration on Rule XXII, by, 19830.

Designated Acting President pro tempore, 11961

Hayden, Carl: sympathy on death of wife (see S. Res. 166), 11254.

Joint Committee on the Budget: establish (see bill S. 529). 1067.

Mansfield, Mike: tribute, 12652.

Remarks by Senator Humphrey regarding views on unemployment compensation bill, 4532.

Remarks by Senator Mansfield regarding absence from vote on unemployment compensation bill, 5194.

Senate Shows Hushed New Look -- A Tribute to Mansfield, by Russell Baker. 12652.

Smith, Margaret Chase: rollcall record set by, 10546.



BUDGET, TAXES, FISCAL POLICY

1961 1st Session, 87th Congress


Federal estate tax: increase credit against for estate taxes paid to States (see bill 1344),3850.

Federal Loan Act: amend, 16456, 16457.

Inheritance and estate taxes: Federal-State coordination of, 3853.

Joint Committee on the Budget: establish (see bill S. 529). 1067.

Letter: Banking monopolies, from Maine Banking Commissioner Carleton Bradbury,9099.

Letter: Banking monopolies, from Senator Robertson, 9099.

Silver: permit operation of free market for (see bill S. 2420), 15882.



TRADE, EXPORT SUBSIDIES, TARIFFS

1961 1st Session, 87th Congress


Domestic and foreign industries: adjust conditions of competition between certain (see bill S. 1735), 6778.

Foreign Trade, before the National Shoe Manufacturers Association, by, 4377.

Foreign trade: orderly marketing bill, 6792-6794.

Foreign trade policies, 4378, 4379.

Letter: Textile imports, by James R. Franklin, 12560.

Meriwether, Charles M.: nomination to Export-Import Bank, 3363.

Orderly marketing bill, 6792.

Table: import levels under Orderly Marketing Act, 6794.

Textile industry problems, 4376-4379, 12560.



HOUSING, URBAN RENEWAL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1961 1st Session, 87th Congress


Cash, James B.: FHA appointment, 1638.

Federal Limited-Profit Mortgage Corporation: establish, 9756.

Housing Act of 1961: bill (S. 1922), 9756.

Semer, Milton P.: Kennedy appointment, 1638

Why Urban Renewal? from Waterville Sentinel, A6533.