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y the Presldent snd lts members to be
conflrmeal by the SenEte.
Wtthout any pressure, if I mBy say to
the Eentlehen from Illinols, but simply
aa a resrl]t Df d|^qttl$slons I had with rep-
goes through the proeess of recomendation
by the l,rcslde[t, plus the advlce
End con$ent of the SenBt€, that trus
council lnileecl will have nationEl prestlce,
end we wlll get the best posslble
resentatives of the Department of Comrlerce,
I changed my mlnd Bs to the edvlsabillty
of havln8 the President appolnt
members on this Councll.
Bear ln mind thls; Whether you have
It by the Hethod suggested by the gen-
the coundil. The Colnmerce Dcpartment tleman frotn llllnols, or whether you
tried to polnt out to me wtrtt it felt were
the deflclencie.s in,the amendment as lt
wlll leave lt es lt ls presently ln the blll.
you are not dlmlnishine one lota the
ms flrst ofiered. f Bgreed with the Department
and offered afl ameltdlnent to
change the provision from having the
Euthority or the power of the Secretary
of Comhetce.
Ttre gentleman from Florlda knows full
President appoint thc Councll to having well that the flnal authorlty ls vested
the Secretery apFint the fnembtrs.
First of all, the pur!)o$e of this Coun-
ln the Secretary.
more meanlngful
But I belleve it wlU be
to heve thls Advisory
cil ls to a.alvlse the Effretrry. It i$ not t,o
edvise the Preslalent. It is not to advlse
Cduncll
Es my
eppointed by the sEme method
frlend from Florlda originally
the cabinet. It ls to edvLse the Secre- susgest€d.
tary of Commerce, on trying to set, stand- I latl thus far to Bee the aleflclerlcles
Brals.
Where do u,e place the responslblllty
ln thls blU for the setting of standard$?
We do not place it in the Presidrnt-we
plece it ln the Secretary of conmerce,
and lt ls hls full responsibilit]* It ls only
riEht that he shottld dptloint this Hroup
to help advise him. Thet ls aU it is. He
does not havc to fficept their adviceor
he may accept their Edvice lf he 60
desires- It is slmnly an advisory mmmlttee
Ior the SeEretRry.
Fufthermore, I think re are protected
under the terms o[ oflice in that we tuve
that suddenly manlfested theftselves betwen
the orlglnal pfopcsal and the ltrstmlnut.e
succestion wtdch Just passed by
the skin of lts t€eth with a 13-to-12 vote.
I would urge the commlttee to adopt
the Emendment, of the gentlemen ffom
Illinols. It wlll eive us a strongrer blll.
It Elll not diminlsh the authority of the
Secretary of Commerce at aU. f believe
It wlll edd lmtneasurebly to the pre5tigs
of thi$ Advi6ory Council as they try to
wrestle wlth thls trefirendously tnportant
problem c'lttl which we a.re confronteal.
certaln set terrns, Bnd lndependence
enouglt for &ny Edvisory comEllttee- we
glve them stt terru that the rnelnbers
will serue. We have precedent for thnt.
That is the same way lt is tlone in the
Public Health Service, the Surgeon Generel
Bppoints the fldvisory commlttee to
edvlse rum. In the Depaltment of Defen*
we have the 6a.me sort of setup-
Ttre adr.1sory commlttees there Ere e.Fpointed
by the Secretery, end not by the
President.
I thlnk thet an overall view of the purpose
of the Safety Advisory Cduxcll 8s
st out In the propo6ed bill td Edvlse the
secretary, who tras the full responsibiltty,
is exactly ffi the commlttee $hould be
appointEal and set up.
I would uge very vigorouslr- the defeat
o{ the amendment ffi profnsed by the
gentleman from lllinols.
Mr. WATBON. Mr. Chelman, I move
to stdke the last word.
Mr. Chaiman, my friend frorn !'loflda
knows full weu the trigh esteem that I
h&ve fof hlrn, ftnd certainly I for one
wauld nevet lmpugn his motives.
But f well recall, Es I am gure tlhe
other members of the committe wiu
rmall, the Der5ueslveness End the eloquence
of t'he gentleman from Florida
when he flrst propo$ed this Aalvlsory
Council. It was hls lcleE tlral, lt be eppolnted
by the Presldent, vrlth the edr'lc€
Bfld con$ent of the Senate. He dld en
Mr. ROGERS of florlda. Mr. Chelrhsn,
wlll the gentlem&n yletd?
Mr. WATSON. I yield to my friend,
the gentleman from Florida.
Mr. ROGERS of Florids. I thank my
frlend, the gentleman from South Caro-
Ilna. I would sy ttEt tt was not Just
at the la$t day. Of course, the substltute
was put ln the lsst day, but there were
discu.sslons before that.
Mr. WATSON. I anl sure the geniletrran
knows there was later dlscusslon
aftrr your oriHinal proposal.
Mr. ROGER-S of Fldrlde. Yes.
Mr. WATSON. And then lt was voted
down on that occaslon. It wes tlenled.
Mr. ROGEFTS of Florlda. Yes.
Mr. WATSQN. And lt wBs narrowly
pessed on the lest day.
Mf. ROGEFi,S of Florida. A-ll I wanted
to say was Urat at that tlfte I hsd made
the chhnse. But, no mEtt€r, the frct,
thRt I nr$t proposed it, a$ you say, I alld
have the Presldent aprrolnt them.
In further considerBtion of that questlon
I felt it would not be wise. ff we
would give this council the ri8ht to set
the stmdards them.selves and thc rcsponsibiltty
to do that, lJren f would
egree with the gentle.man thet lt should
be a pre$identially a.ppolflted body.
Irosever, in a sltuation where we s'lll
have Edven the a,uthority to and will hold
the Secfetary responsiblc, surely lt is
only proper that thc advisory body
excellcnt .iob. He convinced us on lt.
rt w6s not untll the last day the.t they
ceme beck wlth the idea thst the Council
must be appolated by the SecretarT.
should be appointed
.WATSONby
him.
Mr.
I refuse to yteld further.
If I miEht make this sta.tement In
reply, I m gure the gentlemsn lrom
Now, Iet me sEy sthy I can supFort tho
Ernendmeflt, of the gentleman from 11-
Ilrols. We hBve e seflous problem con-
Florid& wlll nsree wlth rhe thBt En fldvisort/
council appoint€d by t.he Presldent
with the advlce End consent of the
frontlng us. I want thl6 Advi6ory Couholl
to h8ve Es much prestlge End rrrpect
aB pos8lble, I flmly belleve thet lf lt
Sendte wou-ld certBjnly be Inore of e.
prestige councll thrin one whlch ,s Eppolnted
by the Secretary of Coumerce.
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