,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #aag  ,,in ,,the      
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,september #ah1 #bjad ,mr4 ,lance       
submitted the following concurrent      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,,concurrent ,,resolution     
,expressing the sense of ,congress that 
the ,united ,states ,postal ,service    
should issue a commemorative postage    
stamp honoring ,admiral ,ben ,moreell   
and that the ,citizens' ,stamp ,advisory
 ,committee should recommend to the     
,postmaster ,general that such a stamp  
be issued4  ,whereas ,admiral ,moreell  
served his country with distinction     
during ,world ,wars ,i and ,,ii in the  
,united ,states ,navy2 ,whereas         
,president ,franklin ,delano ,roosevelt 
personally selected ,commander ,moreell 
to be the ,chief of the ,bureau of      
,yards and ,docks and the ,chief of     
,civil ,engineers of the ,navy on       
,december #a1 #aicg1 and advanced him to

 the rank of ,rear ,admiral2 ,whereas   
,rear ,admiral ,moreell urged the       
construction of two giant dry-docks at  
,pearl ,harbor and initiated ,navy      
construction projects on ,midway and    
,wake ,island1 which were instrumental  
in repairing the battleships damaged in 
the ,japanese attack on ,pearl ,harbor  
on ,december #g1 #aida2 ,whereas ,rear  
,admiral ,moreell recognized the need   
for a militarized ,naval ,construction  
force during ,world ,war ,,ii began     
organizing and manning ,naval           
construction units in the ,pacific2     
,whereas ,rear ,admiral ,moreell gained 
authority from the ,bureau of           
,navigation to recruit men from the     
construction trades for assignment to a 
,naval ,construction ,regiment composed 
of three ,naval ,construction           
,battalions on ,january #e1 #aidb2      
,whereas ,rear ,admiral ,moreell was    
granted permission for the construction 
battalions to use the name ,seabees1 who
 obtained their designation from the    

initial letters of ,construction        
,battalion1 on ,march #e1 #aidb2        
,whereas ,rear ,admiral ,moreell created
 the motto of the ,seabees3             
,construimus1 ,batuimus1 ,we ,build1 ,we
 ,fight2 ,whereas ,rear ,admiral        
,moreell became the ,chief of the       
,navy's ,material ,division in #aidc and
 at the request of ,vice ,president     
,truman1 negotiated a settlement to the 
national strike of oil refinery workers2
 ,whereas ,rear ,admiral ,moreell became
 the first staff corps officer to       
achieve the rank of ,admiral in the     
history of the ,united ,states ,navy on 
,june #aa1 #aidf2 ,whereas ,admiral     
,moreell turned his attention to        
industry for the next #ab years as      
,president of ,turner ,construction     
,company then as ,president1 ,chief     
,executive ,officer1 and ,chairman of   
the ,board of ,jones and ,laughlin      
,steel ,company2 ,whereas ,admiral      
,moreell served as ,chairman of the     
,task ,force on ,water ,resources and   

,power of the ,second ,hoover           
,commission which ,president ,herbert   
,hoover called the most far-reaching and
 penetrating inquiry into our water     
problems ever made in our history2      
,whereas ,admiral ,moreell's life was   
punctuated by accomplishments1 awards1  
and well-earned recognition in which he1
 among other things1 received #ab       
honorary doctoral degrees1 was elected  
to the ,national ,academy of            
,engineering and was named one of the   
#aj men who contributed most to the     
advancement of construction methods in  
the ,united ,states between #aibe and   
#aige2 ,whereas the ,seabees named their
 ,kuwait facility ,camp ,moreell in     
honor of ,admiral ,moreell2 and ,whereas
 ,admiral ,ben ,moreell is known as the 
,father of the ,navy's ,seabees3 ,now1  
therefore1 be it  ,that it is the sense 
of ,congress that--  7#a7 the ,united   
,states ,postal ,service should issue a 
commemorative postage stamp honoring    
,admiral ,ben ,moreell2 and  7#b7 the   

,citizens' ,stamp ,advisory ,committee  
should recommend to the ,postmaster     
,general that such stamp be issued4