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 1132 December 18, 1973 [H.Con.Res.386]

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-DEC. 18, 1973

[87 STAT.

USS CARL VINSON

Whereas the President of the United States on November 18, 1973, at a ceremony in honor of the Honorable Carl Vinson on his ninetieth birthday, announced the naming of the CVN-70 as the United States ship Carl Vinson; and Whereas the Honorable Carl Vinson, of Milledgeville, Georgia, served as a Member of the United States House of Representatives from November 3, 1914, to January 2, 1965, a period of more than fifty years, thus establishing a record of service in the House of Representatives unparalleled in our Nation's history; and Whereas Carl Vinson served as chairman of the former House Naval Affairs Committee from 1931 until 1947, and of the House Committee on Armed Services for fourteen of the sixteen years from 1949 through 1964, a combined total of thirty years, thus establishing a record for congressional service as chairman of a major committee; and Whereas Carl Vinson's leadership of these two committees of the Congress was marked by great distinction and the exercise of high responsibilities that demonstrated unswerving devotion to his count r y; and Whereas Carl Vinson was a driving force in the spectacular growth and development of United States military strength and national security over a period of almost four decades; and Whereas Carl Vinson served his public stewardship with immense integrity, honesty, and selflessness, and with the needs of the Nation always as his primary concern; and Whereas among his many other notable achievements, Carl Vinson was the architect of the farflung two-ocean Navy that gave the United States its preeminent role as the leader of the seas, among all world powers; and Whereas Carl Vinson has been a longtime advocate of nuclear power for naval vessels: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring), That the Congress of the United States concurs in the naming of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier CVN-70 as the United States ship Carl Vinson. P a s s e d December 18, 1973. '

December 19, 1973

[H. Con. Res. 278]

"SOVIET ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR THE SEVENTIES" Resolved by the House of Representatives {the Senate concurring)^ additional co ies That therc be printed for the use of the Joint Economic Committee five thousand additional copies of its joint committee print of the Ninety-third Congress, first session, entitled "Soviet Economic Prospects for the Seventies". P a s s e d December 19, 1973.

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