Special_investigating committees initiated during Seventy-eighth Congress-Con. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Continued Committee on Appropriations to study executive agencies. H. Res. 69. Authorizes the Committee on Appropriations to conduct studies and examinations of executive agencies to assist in the determination of matters within its jurisdiction. Agreed to, volume 89, page 925-932. Expenses provided by H. Res. 116, volume 89, page 1144; appropriates $100,000. Staff of investigators headed by Mr. H. H. Clegg. Committee to investigate labeling, etc., of articles and commodities. H. Res. 98. Directs the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce to conduct an investigation with respect to contemplated requirements with respect to the labeling, production, marketing, and distribution of articles and commodities. Agreed to, volume 89, page 3314. Membership: Messrs. Boren, Beckworth, Myers, Harless, Halleck, Brown of Ohio, and Wolverton. Special committee to investigate acts of executive agencies. H. Res. 102. Establishing a select committee to investigate acts of executive agencies beyond the scope of their authority. Agreed to, volume 89, page 912, 925. Expenses provided by H. Res. 136, volume 89, page 1367, 1368; appropriates $60,000. Membership, volume 89, page 1166: Messrs. Smith of Virginia, Voorhis, Delaney, Peterson of Georgia, Hartley, Jennings, and Bennett of Michigan. Committee to determine fitness of certain Government personnel. H. Res. 105. Authorizing the Committee on Appropriations to examine into and determine the fitness of certain Government personnel to continue in their employment. Agreed to as amended, volume 89, page 780. Membership: Messrs. Kerr, Gore, Anderson of N. Mex., Powers, and Keefe. Special Committee to Investigate activities of Farm Security Administration. H. Res. 119. Authorizes special committee to investigate activities of Farm Security Administration. Agreed to, volume 89, page 2230. Expenses provided by H. Res. 81; appropriates $10,000. Membership (subcommittee of House Agriculture Committee): Messrs. Cooley, Flannagan, Zimmerman, Pace, Hope, Anton J. Johnson, and Rizley. Committee on Insular Affairs to investigate conditions in Puerto Rico. H. Res. 159. Authorizing the Committee on Insular Affairs to investigate the political, economic, and social conditions in Puerto Rico: Agreed to, volume 89, page 3694. Expenses provided by H. Res. 219, volume 89, page 3765; appropriates $25,000. Membership: Messrs. Bell, McGehee of Mississippi, Robinson of Utah, Cole of New York; Domengeaux, Crawford, and LeCompte. Committee on Agriculture. H. Res. 38. Making an investigation of the present system of distribution of farm products. Agreed to May 27, 1943, volume 89, page 4995; appropriates $50,000. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H. Res. 98. Providing for an investigation on various commodity require ments. Passed House April 10, 1943, volume 89, page 3314. H. Res. 284. Provides for expenses. Passed House July 3, 1943, volume 89, page 7197. Committee on Roads. H. Res. 243. Authorizing the Committee on Roads to investigate the Federal Special investigating committees initiated during Seventy-eighth Congress—Con. HOUTE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Continued Committee on Public Lands. H. Res. 281. Authorizing a study by the Committee on Public Lands of certain public land problems and the use of public lands in rehabilitation of veterans. Passed House July 7, 1943, volume 89, page 7481. H. Res. 296. Provides for the payment of the expenses of conducting studies and investigations, not exceeding $10,000. Passed House July 7, 1943, volume 89, page 7481. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation. H. Res. 262. To investigate plans for improvement of Columbia River. H. Res. 285. Authorizes the appropriation of $5,000 for the investigation. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. page 7225. H. Res. 307. Authorizing the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce as a whole or by subcommittee to study and investigate matters relating to air commerce and navigation. Passed House October 19, 1943, volume 89, page 8628. H. Res. 308. Provides expenses not to exceed $10,000. Passed House October 21, 1943, volume 89, page 8731. Committee on the Judiciary. H. Res. 406. Authorizing the investigation of the official conduct of Albert Passed House January 26, 1944. H. Res. 407. Authorizes the expenses of the investigation, not to exceed $2,500. Passed House February 1, 1944, volume 90, page 1011. Special Committee on Postwar Economic Policy and Planning. H. Res. 408. Passed House January 26, 1944, volume 90, page 766. H. Res. 439. Provides expenses for postwar economic policy and planning investigation not to exceed $100,000, volume 90, page 1684, February 15, 1944. Membership: Messrs. Colmer, chairman; Cooper, Thomason, Walter, Zimmerman, Voorhis, Murdock, Lynch, O'Brien, Fogarty, Fish, Gifford, Reece, Welch, Wolverton, Hope, Wolcott, and Dewey. Select Committee on Postwar Military Policy. H. Res. 465: Passed House March 28, 1944, volume 90, page 3229 (daily edition). H. Res. 486. Authorized expenses not to exceed $25,000. Passed House March 28, 1944, volume 90, page 3247 (daily edition). Membership: Messrs. Clifton A. Woodrum, chairman; May, Vinson, Bland, Drewry, Bulwinkle, Thomason, Snyder, Merritt, Costello, Sheppard, Magnuson, Johnson, Andrews, Maas, Wadsworth, Allen, Powers, Mott, Short, Arends, Cole, and Miller. Committee on Indian Affairs. H. Res. 166. Authorizing the investigation of the condition of the American Passed House March 13, 1944, volume 90, page 2572 (greenback edition). Passed House March 22, 1944, volume 90, page 2948 (daily edition). Select Committee to Investigate the Seizure of Property of Montgomery Ward & Co. H. Res. 521. Passed House May 5, 1944, volume 90, page 4153 (daily edition). Agreed to May 22, 1944, volume 90, page 4878 (daily edition). Select Committee to Investigate the Farm Security Administration. H. Res. 525. Extending the powers of the select committee to include the power to investigate the activities of the Farm Credit Administration. Passed House June 23, 1944, volume 90, page 6718 (daily edition). Special investigating committees initiated during Seventy-eighth Congress-Con. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Continued Committee to Investigate Campaign Expenditures. H. Res. 551. Passed House June 21, 1944, volume 90, page 6475 (daily edition). H. Res. 607. Authorized expenses not to exceed $20,000. Agreed to June 22, 1944, volume 90, page 6590 (daily edition). Membership: Messrs. Clinton P. Anderson, chairman; Sparkman, Murphy, Gathings, Brown, Andresen, and Church. Committee on Education. H. Res. 592. Authorizing an investigation of the effect of certain war activities on colleges and universities. Passed House June 21, 1944. H. Res. 608. Authorized expenses not to exceed $10,000. Agreed to June 22, 1944, volume 90, page 6590 (daily edition). Committee on Labor. H. Res. 230. Authorized to investigate the extent and character of aid now given by the Federal, State, and local governments and private agencies to the physical handicapped. Passed House June 20, 1944. H. Res. 609. Authorized expenses not to exceed $15,000. Agreed to June 22, 1944, volume 90, page 6590 (daily edition). Membership: Messrs. Kelley, Baldwin, Day, Scanlon, Worley, and Welch. Special investigating committees previously authorized and continued during the Seventy-eighth Congress SENATE Special Committee to Investigate Senatorial Campaign Expenditures: S. Res. 5, 86. Temporarily extending the Special Committee to Investigate Senatorial Campaign Expenditures. Agreed to, volume 89, pages 38, 354. Previously authorized by S. 235, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 88, pages 3603, 3604; appropriates $30,000. Membership (Senate Calendar of Business, May 20, 1943): Messrs. McFarland, Mead, Andrews, Willis, and Aiken. Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program: S. Res. 6. Continuing the authority of the Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program through the Seventy-eighth Congress. Agreed to as amended, volume 89, page 352. Previously authorized by S. Res. 71, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 87, page 1615; appropriates $15,000. S. Res. 218, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 88, pages 586, 587 appropriates $60,000. S. Res. 146, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 87, page 6963; appropriates $25,000. S. Res. 288, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 88, page 7407; appropriates $100,000. S. Res. 146, Seventy-eighth Congress, volume 89, page 4646; appro priates $100,000. S. Res. 235, Seventy-eighth Congress, volume 90, page 1423 (daily edition); appropriates $100,000. S. Res. 319, Seventy-eighth Congress, volume 90, pages 7335-7337 Membership (Senate Calendar of Business, May 20, 1943): Messrs. Truman, Special investigating committees previously authorized and continued during the Seventy-eighth Congress-Continued SENATE continued Special Committee to Investigate Production, etc., of Wool. S. Res. 12. Authorizing investigation of production, transportation, and marketing of wool. Amended and agreed to, volume 89, page 352. Membership increased to six members, volume 89, page 644. S. Res. 160, Seventy-fourth Congress, volume 79, page 10944; S. Res. 315, Seventy-fourth Congress, volume 80, page 9187; appropriates $3,500. S. Res. 90, Seventy-fifth Congress, volume 81, pages 2669-2670; appropriates $5,000. S. Res. 278, Seventy-fifth Congress, volume 83, page 9563; extends time of report. S. Res. 106, Seventy-sixth Congress, volume 84, page 7455; appropriates $3,000. S. Res. 276, Seventy-sixth Congress, volume 86, page 8937; extends Membership (Senate Calendar of Business, May 20, 1943): Messrs. Hatch, Special Committee to Confer with Secretary of Treasury Regarding Silver Purchase Act. S. Res. 20. Continuing S. Res. 187, Seventy-fourth Congress as amended by (Committee to confer with Secretary of Treasury regarding administra- Previously authorized by S. Res. 187, Seventy-fourth Congress, volume 79, pages 13, 391; appropriates $10,000. S. Res. 261, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 88, page 5858; Membership: Messrs. Thomas of Oklahoma, Johnson of Colorado, Mc- Special Committee to Investigate Gasoline and Fuel-Oil Shortages. S. Res. 28. Continuing the Special Committee to Investigate Gasoline Shortages until end of Seventy-eighth Congress. Agreed to, volume 89, page 605. Previously authorized by S. Res. 156, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 87, pages 7238, 7239; appropriates $12,500. S. Res. 189, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 87, pages 9557, 9558; authorizes inclusion of solid fuels in investigation. S. Res. 264, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 88, pages 9877-9878; Membership (Senate Calendar of Business, May 20, 1943): Messrs. Maloney, Committee to investigate District of Columbia water system. S. Res. 31. Continuing authority of S. Res. 169, 77th Congress, relating to administration and operation of District of Columbia water system. Agreed to, volume 89, page 353. Previously authorized by S. Res. 169, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 88, page 1865; appropriates $5,000. S. Res. 337, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 88, page 9940; authority conferred by S. 169 extended until January 31, 1943. No further appropriation. Membership: R. V. L. Wright (Bureau of Reclamation) functioning under supervision of District of Columbia Committee of Senate. Special investigating committees previously authorized and continued during the Seventy-eighth Congress-Continued SENATE Continued Special Committee to investigate technological resources. S. Res. 33. Extending authority for investigation of technological resources of the United States during Seventh-eighth Congress. Agreed to, volume 89, page 862. Previously authorized by S. Res 303, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 88, page 8762; appropriates $2,500. Membership (Senate Military Affairs Subcommittee on Technological Mobilization): Messrs. Kilgore, Thomas of Idaho, Johnson of Colorado, Wallgren, Murray, Holman, Revercomb, and Wilson. Committee to investigate use of public lands. S. Res. 39. Continuing authority for investigation of use of public lands and filming of motion pictures. Agreed to, volume 89, page 442. Limit of expenditures increased by $5,000 (by resolution), volume 89, page 442. Previously authorized by S. Res. 241, Seventy-sixth Congress, volume 86, pages 6796, 6797; appropriates $10,000. S. Res. 147, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 87, page 7388; appropriates $10,000. Membership (subcommittee of Senate Public Lands Committee): Messrs. McCarran, Hatch, Murray, Andrews, Wallgren, Nye, and Holman. Special committee to investigate airplane crashes. S. Res. 60. Continuing authority for investigation of airplane crashes until end of Seventy-eighth Congress. Agreed to, volume 89, page 605. Previously authorized by S. Res. 307, Seventy-sixth Congress, volume 86, page 13435; appropriates $5,000. S. Res. 119, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 87, page 5667; appropriates $10,000. Membership (subcommittee of Commerce Committee): Messrs. Clark of Missouri, Bailey, Overton, Wallgren, Johnson of California, and Burton. Special committee to investigate production, etc, of fuels in areas west of the Mississippi River S. Res. 61. Continuing the auchority for an investigation with respect to fuel. Agreed to. volume 89, page 605. Previously authorized by S. Res. 319, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume Membership (Senate Calendar of Business, May 20, 1943): Messrs. Clark of Special Committee to Study and Survey Problems of Small Business Enterprise. Agreed to as amended, volume 89, page 353. S. Res. 106, Seventy-eighth Congress, volume 89, page 1330; appropriates $70,000. Previously authorized by S. Res. 298, Seventy-sixth Congress, volume 86, page 13372; appropriates $10,000. S. Res. 184, Seventy-seventh Congress, volume 87, pages 10094-10096; appropriates $10,000. S. Res. 308, Seventy-eighth Congress. $25,000. Agreed to, volume 90, page 6540. Increased limit of expenditures Membership (Senate Calendar of Business, May 20, 1943): Messrs. Murray, |