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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-JULY 8, 1954

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION ACT, 1955

Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring)^ That in the enrollment of the bill, H. R. 8680, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and for other purposes, the Clerk of the House is authorized and directed to make the following correction: In connection with Senate amendment numbered 7, insert $24,314,000 instead of $23,314,000 as recommended in the report of the Committee on Conference. P a s s e d June 28, 1954. CARACAS DECLARATION O F SOLIDARITY, REAFFIRMATION O F SUPPORT BY UNITED STATES

B51 June 28, 1954 [H. Con. R e s. 243] C o r r e c t i o n in enrollment of H. R. 8680. Ante, p. 361.

June 29, 1954 [S. Con. R e s. 911

Whereas for many years it has been the joint policy of the United States and the other States in the Western Hemisphere to act vigorously to prevent external interference in the affairs of the nations of the Western Hemisphere; and Whereas in the recent past there has come to light strong evidence of intervention by the international Communist movement in the State of Guatemala, whereby government institutions have been infiltrated by Communist agents, weapons of war have been secretly shipped into that country, and the pattern of Communist conquest has become manifest; and Whereas on Sunday, June 20, 1954, the Soviet Government vetoed in the United Nations Security Council a resolution to refer the matter of the recent outbreak of hostilities in Guatemala to the Organization of American States: Therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate {the House of Representatives concurring)^ That it is the sense of Congress that the United States should reaffirm its support of the Caracas Declaration of Solidarity of March 28, 1954, which is designed to prevent interference in Western Hemisphere affairs by the international Communist movement, and take all necessary and proper steps to support the Organization of American States in taking appropriate action to prevent any interference by the international Communist movement in the affairs of the states of the Western Hemisphere. Agreed to June 29, 1954. TEXAS-MEXICO FLOOD DISASTER

Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concumng)^ That the Congress of the United States hereby expresses deep sympathy for the tragic plight of the people of Texas and of Mexico who have been stricken by floods along the Rio Grande and desires that the United States offer any aid that is possible for the emergency relief and rehabilitation from this disaster of our fellow citizens in Texas and of our friends and our neighbors of the Republic of Mexico, P a s s e d July 2, 1954. PUBLIC BUILDINGS PURCHASE CONTRACT ACT O F 1954; POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY ACT OF 1954

Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concwrring), That in the enrollment of the bill H. R. 6342 entitled "An Act to amend the Public Buildings Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator of General Services to acquire title to real property and to provide for

July 2, 1954 [H. Con. R e s. 249] Sympathy of Congress.

July 8, 1954 [H. Con. R e s. 251]

Correction in enrollment of H. R. 6342. i4nte, p. 518.

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