91ST CONGRESS 1st Session } SENATE { REPORT No. 91-446 "DAY OF BREAD" AND "HARVEST FESTIVAL" OCTOBER 2, 1969.-Ordered to be printed Mr. HRUSKA, from the Committee on the Judiciary, REPORT [To accompany H.J. Res. 851] The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the resolution (H.J. Res. 851) requesting the President of the United States to issue a proclamation calling for a "Day of Bread" and "Harvest Festival," having considered the same, reports favorably thereon, without amendment, and recommends that the resolution be agreed to. PURPOSE The purpose of the joint resolution is to provide that Tuesday, October 28, 1969, be designated as a "Day of Bread" and the last week of October within which it falls be designated as a period of "Harvest Festival" and the President is requested to issue a proclamation calling for such observance. STATEMENT Since the beginning, men of all peoples and places have been compelled by some inner force to pause each autumn to express their gratitude for the annual bounty of Nature in formal ceremony acknowledging the harvest of garden, field, farm, forest, pasture, lakes, streams, and seas. Among reverent peoples, the custom of marking a period of harvest festival has become embedded in family, tribal or religious ritual, in local or regional custom, in national and international holidays. The celebration of a harvest festival- be it for grapes that make wine, grains for bread, or fish or meat for the table-symbolized joy in the security of plenty together witn a solemn expression of gratitude. The fields lay clean and bare, ready for a new crop next spring; the granaries held food for the winter and seed for new planting; the larders were full; the long work done. The symbolism whereby bread stands for appreciation of and pleasure in the harvest is not without reason. Wheat and the products of wheat, most commonly bread, are perhaps man's oldest crop and cultivated food. Wheat provides more nourishment for peoples of the world today than any other food; serving as a staple in 43 countries with 35.6 percent of the population-almost a billion people. The wheat crop is the world's largest. Bread assumes ever greater importance economically, culturally, and as nourishment for millions when one considers those loaves made with proportions of cereals other than wheat. The word "bread" gains greater meaning every day in growing awareness around the world of governments increasingly concerned with the problems of feeding the hungry and malnourished, domestically and abroad. In recognition of these values, the inheritance of the past merges with the custom of the present throughout the world. Since 1953, the people of West Germany have celebrated a Day of Bread as part of a harvest festival on a commonly accepted date in October. The observance has spread to Austria. In the United Kingdom, the English church annually joins in a similar occasion marked by a display of different breads and ecclesiastical mention of their signifi cance. The practice of marking a Day of Bread each year is being introduced in Central and South America and the Orient. Consideration of an international observance has also been indicated by the Bread Institute of Sweden and millers' associations of Switzerland and other European nations. From such tradition, cooperation, and potential participation, the conclusion is apparent that the harvest festival and Day of Bread transcend national consideration. They represent a device of unchallenged integrity contributing to greater international communication and understanding among the nations of the world. The observance involves not only those concerned with agriculture, but those concerned with international relations and policy as well. Accordingly the committee is of the opinion that this resolution has a meritorious purpose and accordingly recommends favorable consideration of House Joint Resolution 851, without amendment. O S. Rept. 91--446 Mr. MCCLELLAN, from the Committee on the Judiciary, REPORT [To accompany S.J. Res. 143] The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 143) extending the duration of copyright in certain cases, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the joint resolution do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of this legislation is to continue until December 31, 1970, the renewal term of any copyright subsisting on the date of approval of this resolution, or the term as extended by Public Law 87-668, by Public Law 89-442, by Public Law 90-141, or Public Law 90-416 (or by all or certain said laws) where such term would otherwise expire prior to December 31, 1970. The joint resolution would provide an interim extension of the renewal term of copyrights pending the enactment by the Congress of a general revision of the copyright laws, including a proposed increase in the length of the copyright term. This resolution would be the fifth such interim extension of copyright. The fourth extension (Public Law 90-416) will expire on December 31, 1969. This legislation merely provides for the prolongation of the renewal term of copyright and does not involve creation of a new term of copyright. STATEMENT This legislation arises from a study of the U.S. copyright system authorized by the Congress in 1955. After extensive preparatory work, copyright revision bills were introduced in both Houses during the 88th Congress and again in the 89th and 90th Congresses. The |