ADDITIONAL EXPENSES OF THE COMMITTEE ON JULY 28 (legislative day, JULY 27), 1953.-Ordered to be printed Mr. JENNER, from the Committee on Rules and Administration, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. Res. 149] The Committee on Rules and Administration, to which was reerred the resolution (S. Res. 149) authorizing additional expendiures by the Committee on Foreign Relations, having considered ame, reports favorably thereon with an amendment, and recomends that the resolution, as amended, be agreed to by the Senate. The committee amendment would reduce the requested amount by 11.000, authorizing but $39,000 for the purposes of this resolution, hich is explained in a letter addressed to the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, as follows: Eon. WILLIAM E. JENNER, UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.. Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: By direction of the Committee on Foreign Relations, I ave reported from that committee an original resolution (S. Res. 149) requesting dditional funds for the committee in the amount of $50,000. Under the rule, e resolution has been referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. The fund of $50,000 requested by the resolution is in addition to the amount $10,000 provided for by Senate Resolution 125, which was reported by you and greed to by the Senate on July 8. In my letter to you of July 1, I explained that large portion of this $10,000 fund would be needed to pay the cost of stenographic porting and that the remainder would be for such items as long-distance telehone service, newspaper and periodical services, mimeographing, and the purase of combination-lock files for the protection of classified material. The present resolution (S. Res. 149) is necessary to provide funds for essential ommittee travel during the recess. This would be in connection with the comittee's powers under section 134 (a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act to make investigations into any matter within its jurisdiction," and also in connecon with duty under section 136 to "exercise continuous watchfulness of the exution by the administrative agencies concerned of any laws, the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of such committee." In addition, the com mittee feels a special responsibility in connection with the constitutional duty the Senate to give "advice and consent" to the President in the making of treatie In order to better carry out these responsibilities, the committee has bee organized into 8 consultative subcommittees, 4 of which are concerned wit geographic areas of the world. These are the Far East (Senator Smith of Ne Jersey, chairman), Europe (I am chairman), the Near East and Africa (Senat Taft, chairman), and the American Republics (Senator Hickenlooper, chairman It is essential that members of the committee have as much firsthand inform tion as possible in the consideration of treaties and of legislation affecting ou foreign relations. It is my hope that as many members of the committee possible will be able to make personal studies of some of the problems we face various parts of the world and report the results of these studies to the full con mittee. It may be, of course, that the full amount of $50,000 will not be neede in which event, the unexpended balance would lapse. However, in view of th critical situation, not only in Korea but elsewhere, it seems prudent to provid enough now so that the committee can act promptly as the circumstances ma demand during the recess. I hope it will be possible for your committee to report favorably on Sena Resolution 149. Sincerely yours, ALEXANDER WILEY, Chairman. JULY 28 (legislative day, JULY 27), 1953.-Ordered to be printed Mr. JENNER, from the Committee on Rules and Administration, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. Res. 126] The Committee on Rules and Administration, to whom was referred he resolution (S. Res. 126) providing for a study of proposals for a nodification of existing international peace and security organizations, aving considered same, report favorably thereon with additional mendments and recommend that the resolution, as amended, be greed to by the Senate. This resolution would provide for a study of recommendations which he United States Government may make in a proposed revision of he United Nations Charter during a conference on same provisionally cheduled to be held in 1955. Amendments adopted by the Committee on Rules and Administraion would reduce the amount for and limit the life of the study to a reliminary period of the next 6 months in which such investigation ould be organized and begun, and committee personnel hired. If dditional funds are needed to carry the study beyond next year, nough time is provided in the Committee on Rules and Administraion's amendments to allow those funds to be authorized by the Senate at the succeeding session of Congress. A letter dated July 16, 1953, and addressed by the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee to the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration explaining the contemplated expenditures n this study, is as follows: on. WILLIAM E. JENNER, UNITED STATES SENATE, Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. DEAR SENATOR JENNER: I have today, on instructions of the Committee on oreign Relations, reported favorably Senate Resolution 126, with amendments, which would authorize the Committee on Foreign Relations, or a duly designat subcommittee thereof, in conjunction with two other Members of the Sens to conduct a full and complete study of proposals to amend or modify the Char of the United Nations. The report authorized by the resolution is to be made to the Senate prior January 31, 1955 the year when the General Assembly of the United Nations scheduled to consider proposals to call a conference to consider revision of t charter. I am sure you will agree that it is highly important for our commit to give considerable attention to this matter during the coming year. The resolution, as reported by the Committee on Foreign Relations, wo authorize the expenditure of not to exceed $75,000 over a period of 11⁄2 years the purposes of the subcommittee. I enclose a budget covering this recommen tion. In this connection I should like to observe that it would be my expectat that the sum of $75,000 would probably not be adequate to carry on the stu contemplated except for the fact that some of the work can be done by memb of the staff of the Committee on Foreign Relations. Moreover, I would conte plate that the services of personnel from the Library of Congress could be utili from time to time on a reimbursable basis if your committee should so authori The report of the Foreign Relations Committee will be available tomorr and it is my hope that the Rules Committee will be able to act upon the resolut in the near future. Sincerely yours, Alexander WILEY, Chairman An amendment budget for this study covering the period August 1953, to January 31, 1954, and approved by the Committee on Ru and Administration, is as follows: 1 Foreign travel for this study is not contemplated, but a study of regional security arrangements u the United Nations might require some travel abroad. INVESTIGATION OF PROBLEMS IN INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE JULY 28 (legislative day, JULY 27), 1953.-Ordered to be printed Mr. JENNER, from the Committee on Rules and Administration, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. Res. 135] The Committee on Rules and Administration, to whom was referred the resolution (S. Res. 135) increasing the limit of expenditures for the investigation of certain problems relating to interstate and foreign commerce and extending the time for a report thereon, having conidered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the resolution, as amended, be agreed to by the benate. Funds to be authorized under this resolution will expand and roaden the inquiries begun by the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce pursuant to Senate Resolution 41, agreed to in he Senate on January 30, 1953. A letter which explains the need for this expansion, written on July 13, 1953, by the late chairman of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Charles W. Tobey, to the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, is as follows: UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, July 13, 1953. Ion. WILLIAM E. JENNER, Chairman, Rules and Administration Committee, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce as approved unanimously an original resolution which would increase the imit f expenditures authorized by Senate Resolution 41, agreed to January 30, 1953, y the amount of $150,000, and would extend the time within which the committee ay complete the investigations pursued under Senate Resolution 41 from Janary 31 to July 31 1954. This resolution has been referred to your committee, nd to assist your group in deciding on the merits of our request I am noting riefly the activities now in progress and those proposed for the coming year nder Senate Resolution 41. |