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I also announce that the Senator from Dakota (Mr. YOUNG) are necessarily Pearson Schweiker Stone Pell Scott, Hugh Taft Missouri (Mr. SYMINGTON) and the Sen­ absent. Percy Sparkman Talmadge ator from Indiana (Mr. BAYH) are ab­ The result was announced-yeas 74, Proxmire Stafford Thurmond sent because of illness. nays 1, as follows: Randolph Stevens Tower Roth Stevenson Williams I further announce that, if present [Rollcall Vote No. 249 Leg.) NAYS-1 and voting, the Senator from Indiana YEAS-74 (Mr. BAYH), the Senator from Indiana Scott, William L. Abourezk Domenici Humphrey (Mr. HARTKE) , and the Senator from Allen Durkin Javits NOT VOTING--25 Washington (Mr. JACKSON) would each Baker Eagleton Kennedy Bayh Griffin McGovern vote "yea." Bartlett Fannin Leahy Brooke Hartke Ribicoff Beall Fong Magnuson Buckley Inouye Stennis Mr. HUGH SCOTT. I announce that Bellmon Ford McClellan Bumpers Jackson Symington the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Bentsen Garn McClure Church Johnston Tunney BROOKE), the Senator from New York Biden Glenn McGee Clark Laxalt Weick er Brock Gravel Mcintyre Curtis Long Young (Mr. BUCKLEY), the Senator from Ne­ Burdick Hansen Metcalf Eastland Mansfield braska (Mr. CURTIS), the Senator from Byrd, Hart, Gary Mondale Goldwater Mathias Arizona (Mr. GOLDWATER), the Senator Harry F ., Jr. Hart, Philip A. Montoya Byrd, Robert C. Haskell Morgan from Michigan (Mr. GRIFFIN), the Sen­ Cannon Hatfield Moss RECESS UNTIL 9 A .M. ator from Nevada (Mr. LAxALT), the Case Hathaway Muskie Senator from Maryland (Mr. MATHIAS), Chiles Helms Nelson The motion was agreed to; and at 8: 10 Cranston Hollings Nunn the Senator from Connecticut

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NO COMPROMISE WITH HONOR who are inclined to lean in that direction. HUNGARIANS IN ROMANIA Maintaining the traditional standards of public and private morality we have always HON. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. held to be a part of our national character HON. EDWARD J. PATTEN OF VIRGINIA seems to be getting harder all the time. OF NEW JERSEY The cheating scandal at West Point pro­ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES vides a text-book case of the way in which IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, June 8, 1976 these standards are being tested. Tuesday, June 8, 1976 The academy's Honor Code provides that Mr. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. Mr. Presi­ "A cadet will not lie, cheat or steal, or toler­ Mr. PATTEN. Mr. Speaker, the Amer­ dent, the Charlottesville, Va., Daily ate those who do." ican Hungarian Federation and the Progress published an excellent editorial In a civilized society that does not seem to Transylvanian World Federation, in co­ Sunday, June 6, concerning allegations be a terribly unreasonable standard of con­ ordination with other groups concerned of widespread cheating at the U.S. Mili­ duct to expect future officers of the United about the situation of the Hungarian tary Academy. States armed forces to live up to. Nor, for people in Romania, have provided a great that matter, does it seem an unreasonable deal of information about this human The Daily Progress says it disagrees standard of behavior to expect of any citizen. completely with those who feel that the rights problem. Yet there are those who say the code is The Romanian Government recently academy honor system should be dis­ obsolete; that it is out of place in our mod­ regarded. ern society. Its critics say everyone cheats published a paper to answer Hungarian The editorial makes a telling point in and the competitive environment of the organization charges of ''oppression and quoting retired Gen. Bruce Clarke, who Academy makes cheating necessary and even exploitation of the Hungarians and Ger­ asked in a speech last week: acceptable. mans in Romania." At the request of the Do yo\l want an officer who had to cheat We could not disagree more. American Hungarian Federation, I am to win his commission leading your son into The graduate of the United States Military submiting for the RECORD, the initial re­ battle? Academy will not be put to the test of pro­ sponse of the Hungarian organizations to fessional survival in the work-a-day world the Romanian paper. The statement fol­ The editor of the editorial page of the of business, the trades or the arts. lows: Daily Progress is George Bowles, a re­ His test may come on a battlefield where FOREWORD tired Army colonel. he will be in command of American soldiers. Upon his leadership and character will de­ On July 30, 1976 the American Hungarian I ask unanimous consent to have Federation, the Transylvanian World Fed­ printed in the RECORD the editorial cap­ pend the lives of his men the success of their mission. eration and other Transylvanian organiza­ tioned "No Compromise With Honor." tions submitted a Memorandum to the Sub­ There being no objection, the edi­ The officer who finds himself in com­ commission on Prevention of Discrimination mand in such a situation must have proved and Protection of Minorities of the United torial was ordered to be printed in the himself every inch of the way. He must not RECORD, as follows: Nations Human Rights Commission in Ge­ have gotten there by cheating. neva. The Memorandum contained concrete No COMPROMISE WITH HONOR Thus in the present scandal West Point information about the oppression and exploi­ Allegations of widespread cheating at the is as much on trial as are the accused cadets. tation of the Hungarians and Germans in United States Military Academy at West If the standards of honor are lowered the Romania which has reached the stage of Point are once again causing the present­ whole country will be the loser. cultural genocide. day relevance of the school's Honor Code to Let us not forget every citizen has a stake Lately, the Government of the Socialist be questioned. in the outcome. Not only do we rely upon Republic of Romania has sponsored the pub­ It seems to be a pa.rt of human nature to these young men-and women-to develop lication by its state-administered Institute discard a principle if enough people disre­ into strong leaders for the defense of the of Political Sciences and of Studying the gard it, no matter how sound the principle Republic, but we must remember if another National Question in Bucharest, entitled may be. Even in the halls of Congress, many war comes, which God forbid, it is our "The Hungarian Nationality in Romania." of the gentlemen on the hill seem willing sons they will be leading. The bo<·.tlet was sent "With the Compliments to wink at the sexual meanderings of other As Gen. Bruce Clarke asked in a speech of the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of members because such activity is privately last week, "Do you want an officer who had Romania" to many Senatorial and Congres­ conceded to be common practice, and-as to cheat to win his commission leading your long as no public money is involved-none sional offices. of the public's business, anyway. son into battle?" Both of our Federations have been ap­ The American character has never been We certainly do not. palled by the mendacious assertions in the quite willing to institutionalize the proposi­ The code's critics notwithstanding, on the booklet which purport to refute our argu­ tion that a rip-off is all right as long as you battlefield there can be no compromise with ments based on concrete ducumenta.tion and get away with it, but there are always those honor. have decided to publish a short, immediate 17042 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1976 reply to the booklet and send it to interested As to the acquisition of Transylvania. in stantial degree as conveyor belts of Roma­ parties in the United States Senate, House 1918, the booklet conveniently forgets that nian culture to the national minorities, par­ of Representative, the Administration's ap­ after having concluded a peace treaty in ticularly the Hungarians and Germans. We propriate agencies and scholars. A later study March 1918 they "declared war" on a Hun­ will deal with the particular statistics which will deal with the statistical assertions of the gary which had left the war in the wake of is at best misleading, if not mendacious, in booklet: this time the genera.I assumptions the dissolution of the Dual Monarchy and a later study. and descriptions of the booklet are being had demobilized its army. The Hungarian In the Annexes the "voluntary" state­ analyzed. offer of plebiscites at the peace negotiations ment of Bishops Papp and Klein and Super­ We hope that the reader will be able to were not accepted. intendent Lengyel ls reproduced calling the reach his own decisions about the true situ­ The economic and participatory parts national President of the American Hun­ ation in Romania.. This could be compared show, even according to the quoted statis­ garian Federation, Bishop Beky misinformed with the worst of national minority oppres­ tics, that compared to the rapid development about the conditions of religious freedom sion in all of Europe against the largest na­ of Romanian economy, the Hungarian coun­ in Romania. Interestingly, the statements of tional group in Europe outside of the soviet ties, particularly those of the Szekely areas Bishop Beky at the Nairobi Congress of the Union which finds itself, without having which are purely Hungarian have remained World Council of Churches were not re­ been asked by any plebiscite, in the Socia.list slightly industrialized and developed in com­ futed in specifics by the clergymen from Republic of Romania. parison to the mixed or Romanian counties Romania, they only made general statement Washington, D.C., May 1976. of Transylvania. Also, the listings of the an­ about the presence of religious freedom and Rt. Rev. ZOLTAN BEKY, D .D., nexes show that only home and light indus­ Constitutional guarantees. Bishop Beky and Bishop emeritus, National Chairman, tries are being developed in these counties. the American Hungarian Federation and the American Hungarian Federation. The 7 .2 per cent figure of Hungarians in Transylvanian World Federation continues ALBERT WASS, People's Councils, ( even this figure ls much to maintain the concrete data presented at President, Transylvanian World Fed­ lower than the about 10-11 percent of the Nairobi and before the Sub-Commission on eration. Hungarian ratio in the overall population) the Prevention of Discrimination and Pro­ While our Federation is not disposed to could not be borne out proportionally in the tection of Minorities of the United Kations the sums and academic facilities available to counties of Cluj and Mures. Our later anal­ Human Rights Commission. the Government of the Socialist Republic of ysis will analyze the figures in more detail. We appeal to the members of the united Romania in assembling the above booklet, we Under "General Data" the 1966 Romanian States Administration, and of the United have tried in the past and will do so in the statistics are quoted for the population fig­ States Congress not to believe the allega­ future to present facts properly interpreted ures counting 1,619,592 Hungarians, a ridic­ tions of the booklet designed to cover up instead of biased statements and misleading ulously low figure. It demonstrates that, the denationalization of the Hungarians in statistics. despite Romanian statistics on fertility rate Romania and the abridgment of their human Especially obvious is the discriminatory to the contrary, the share of the Hungarians rights which make them into a colonial bias against the Hungarians of Transylvania in the overall population had even declined people just as much as the people of the in the description of the h istory of the (9.1 percent in 1956; 8.5 percent in 1966). many African states were before their -at­ province by the booklet. Conscious underreporting and pressure on tainment of national independence and No Romanian political formations existed Hungarians in public and economic life to sovereignty. west of the Carpathians in the Middle Ages. declare themselves Romanians are the rea­ Transylvania. was not the cradle of Romanian sons for the ridiculous low, mendacious political development, as a matter of fact, population statistics. A SPLENDID GIFT no Romanian national state had existed until Thue ls no question that the provisions of 1859. Completely ridiculous is the statement the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of that the Szekelys have learned to write from Romania guarantee considerable rights to HON. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. the Romanians. First, the Szekelys had their the national minorities. The only problem is, OF VIRGINIA cuneiform writing known to man in alpha.­ as we had shown on hand of concrete exam­ bet form. Second, no place or river names ples, that these rights are not being imple­ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES can be found in the Szekely settlement areas mented and their abuse ls officially tolerated, Tuesday, June 8, 1976 which are of Romanian origin, so a presence if not promoted, and the ban on nationalis­ of Romanians in these areas before the tic-chauvinist hate propaganda are used only Mr. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. Mr. Pres­ Szekelys cannot be assumed. when Hungarians protest their discrimina­ ident, in an editorial on May 28, 1976, The Szekelys a.re described as a non-Hun­ tory treatment by Romanians. the Richmond, Va. Times-Dispatch garian Turkic tribe which is patently false­ The Romanization drive is uniquitious. urged the administration not to deviate the Szekelys are part of the Magyar nation. The aim: to denationalize the Hungarian from its announced course to seek a As a matter of fact they created the oldest minority extends not only to the dispersion settlements in the province. This is a clear of Hungarian intellectuals to purely Ro­ judicial review of court-ordered forced case of discriminatory bias against the Hun­ manian areas and economic discrimination busing. garians in describing the demography of and housing bias, but even to the architec­ Entitled "A Splendid Gift," that arti­ Transylvania. tural Romanization of cities, particularly cle stated that "the whole concept of In glossing over 600 years of Transylva.nian the downtown areas with Orthodox churches busing is a tragic error" that is an as­ history which was an Hungarian history and and other Romanian-style buildings and fail­ sessment with which I am in complete during which not the Szekelys but the Ro­ ing to mention even the Hungarian names of agreement. manians were under the cultural tutelage of the cities of Transylvania in four-languages. And it truly would be a "splendid gift" the Hungarians (including the printing of Even Hungarian cemeteries are being up­ to the people of this Nation if, in this the first books in Romanian by the Hun­ rooted in many localities. Bicentennial Year, "democratic alterna­ garian Princes of Transylvania) sows a con­ On the part on religious freedom, some scious effort of distorting history also preva­ of the statistics speak for themselves. First, tives to coercive, massive busing can be lent in the Romanian school textbooks. the number of faithful ls revised sharply found, alternatives that would result in As to the "unification" by the general as­ downward, at least by 3-400,000 for the public schools open to pupils of all races sembly of Alba Julia, it must be remembered Catholics and Protestant Reformed churches. on a nondiscriminatory basis." that a few days later at Kolozsvar (Cluj) the Then, even the Romanian statistics show The publisher of the Richmond Times­ Hungarian general assembly protested in that there is not even one priest or minister Dispatch is David Tennant Bryan. The strongest terms the attachment of Transyl­ per congregation or parish. According to editorial page editor is Edward Grimley. vania. to Romania, and at Medgyes (Medias) information received, sometimes the same I would like to share this cogent, bal­ the Saxon leaders were under duress by Ro­ minister or priest has to attend to the manian occupation troops to declare their pastoral needs of several congregations or anced statement on forced busing, with allegiance to Romania. parishes, at times as many as four. The my colleagues, the administration and Interestingly, the booklet calls the Soviet booklet falls to answer our basic charges readers of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD action of June 1940 an "ultimatum," not about the refusal by law of donations by and I ask unanimous consent that it be exactly in the spirit of "Socialist brother­ abroad to the churches, the 1ack of religious printed in the RECORD. hood." It must be remembered that the Ro­ instruction in schools a.nd the brutal inter­ There being no objection, the state­ manian Government had oppressed the ference of the Ministry of Cults into the ad­ ment was ordered to be printed in the Ukrainian minority 1n Bessa.rabia and Buko­ ministrative affairs of the churches, par­ RECORD, as follows: ticularly those of the national mlnorities. vina just as much as it did the Hungarians in [From the Richmond Times-Dispatch, May Transylvania. It must also be remembered As to schools a.nd cultural and art associ­ that it was the Fascist Romanian Govern­ ation we maintain our former contentions 28, 1976] ment which had requested the Vienna Diktat that the Hungarian-language courses in A SPLENDID GIFT that had restored territories to Hungary with schools are declining and that Eungarian Charges that he ls politically motivated a majority Hungarian population, and not cultural activities are inadequately financed. should ::iot dissuade President Ford from mostly Romanians as claimed by the booklet. Furthermore that they are used to a sub- directing the Justice Department to go into June 8, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17043 federal court to seek clarification of the bus­ has pointed out to me that in my May 17 We ~tand ready to help speed approval of ing issue. If ever a matter needed to be RECORD insert, on page 14185, on the appropriate authorizing legislation through clarified this one does. And the urgency validity of EPA's. CHESS study, I mis­ the Congress just as soon as the Secretary of that need becomes increasingly obvious of the Army's report is received. Thanks for with each new report on the disastrous im­ takenly stated: your assistance. pact that the busing of children for racial Except for the presentation of the elec­ Sincerely, purposes is having upon many of the com­ tric utility industry, no one testified that Signatories of the letter to President Ford: munities subjected to the practice. the current sulfur dioxide air quality stand­ Minnesota: Albert Quie, Tom Hagedorn, The Unit ed States Supreme Court's ac­ ards are not justified by the vast amount of Bill Frenzel Richard Nolan, and Bob Berg­ tions on busing-not only it.s opinions but scientific and health data available. land. also it.s refusal to hear appeals in some bus­ Missouri: James Symington, Leonor Sulli­ ing cases-have left the issue shrouded in That was not the position of the elec­ tric utility industry. Indeed, in a letter to van, Bill Burlison, and Bill Hungate. confusion. There is uncertainty a.bout the Kentucky: Carroll Hubba.rd, Bill Natcher, proper objectives of busing, when it may be me they have stated: and Gene Snyder. mandated, about how extensive it may be We do not object to the current sulfur di­ Mississippi: David Bowen, Thad Cochran, and a.bout how long it may be required. oxide air quality standards. and G. V. Montgomery. Thus, federal judges have approved busing Montana: John Melcher. across political boundaries in some instances, May the corrected RECORD be unequiv­ Tennessee: Robin Bea.rd. disapproved it in others. The Supreme Court ocal on this point. Louisiana.: David Treen, Joe Waggonner, has said that the maintenance of precise Otto Passman, and Gillis Long. white-black enrollment ratios is not an es­ Arkansas: Bill Alexander. sential feature of a "constitutional" public Illinois: Melvin Price Paul Findley, Tom school system, but some lower judges seem PRESIDENT TOLD OF "URGENCY" Railsback, George Shipley, and Tim Hall. to think otherwise. And there 1s no clear TO REPLACE ALTON LOCK Iowa: Neal Smith. definition of the role of individual judges in the day-by-day operations of school sys­ tems opera.ting under their busing orders. This latter flaw has been emphatically HON. PAUL FINDLEY demonstrated by the Boston busing contro­ OF Il.LINOIS Mr. PHILIP LIPTON versy, which is the result of an order issued IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by Federal District Judge W. Arthur Garrity Jr. He has become incredibly involved in the Tuesday, June 8, 1976 HON. JOHN M. MURPHY routine administrative affairs of that city's Mr. FINDLEY. Mir. Speaker, 28 Con­ OF NEW YORK schools, even to the extent of deciding, on a case-by-case basis, which temporary teach­ gressmen from 10 States have asked IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ers are to be laid off and which are to be President Ford's "assistance in quickly Tuesday, June 8, 1976 retained. He has substituted his own judg­ presenting to Congress the Secretary of ment for that of fiscal experts and experi­ the Army's proposal for a replacement Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. enced administrators on the matter of how lock and dam near Alton." The bipar­ Speaker, Mr. Philip Lipton of New York much money the city should spend on it.s tisan group, representing much of the City celebrated his 81st birthday and school system. This has been too much for population living along the Mississippi 50th wedding anniversary during this even some liberal supporters of busing. River, pledged their willingness "to help Bicentennial Year. These events take on "Excessive intervention by the judge," speed approval of appropriate author­ significance because Mr. Lipton is an wrote columnist Anthony Lewis in The New American hero, albeit unsung, and is cur­ York Times "is a serious philosophical error." izing legislation through the Congress In truth, the whole concept of busing is a just as soon as the SecretapY of the rently hospitalized with a critical illness. tragic error. While there may be a. few excep­ Army's report is received." Text of letter Mr. Lipton came to the United States tions, t his practice has generally proved to follows: penniless, alone, and unable to speak be one of the most despised and destructive Hon. GERALD R . FORD, English at the age of 14. In the early domestic policies ever implemented in this President of the United States, 1930's he founded the Berkliff Under­ country. It usually causes an exodus of white The White House, garment Corp. and made it not only a children from the public school system Washington, D.C. rousing financial success, but more im­ (40,000 have deserted Boston schools), erodes DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: We respectfully re­ community support for the schools and ig­ quest your a-Ssistance in quickly presenting portant, the base for his extensive good nites frictions that often explode in violence. to Congress the Secretary of the Army's pro­ deeds and community service, over 50 So disruptive are the effects of busing that posal for a replacement lock and dam near years of dedication to other people and teaching and learning are often difflcul t Alton, lliinois. The recent traffic jam at to the United States of America. and sometimes impossible. The ostensible Lock 26 on the Mississippi River proves the It is difficult to enumerate his con­ objective of busing is to develop a propor­ urgency of the situation and cost to the tributions to the American scene because tionately integrated school system that will nation's consumers of delaying. offer better educational opportunities for Over 55 million tons of commodities pass they have been so numerous and also be­ both blacks and whites than they could through this key point each year, including cause his deeds were always done mod­ receive in racially identifiable or randomly 23 mllllon tons of grains bound for export. estly and frequently anonymously­ integrated schools, but it hasn't worked this If the current structure ls allowed to de­ never for recognition and accolades. way. teriorate in a few short years it will give Before the days of income tax, Mr. Busing has steadily lost supporters in the a.way completely and the shipment of much Lipton sent checks each year to the Fed­ past year or two, even among blacks. But of our nation's agricultural produce to for­ many of the nation's leading liberals, more eign consumers will come to a. halt. Nearly eral Government in grateful thanks for interested in form than in substance, con­ one-sixth of our annual exports a.re grains the privilege of being an American. He tinue to favor it enthusiastically. And fed­ originating in the upper Mississippi valley. is a founder of the Albert Einstein Medi­ eral judges continue to order its use. The effect on our balance of payments of cal School and the Pleasantville Cottage Surely democratic alternatives to coercive, closing Lock and Dam 26 would be enormous. School in Pleasantville, N.Y. The Lipton massive busing can be found, alternatives It would seriously weaken our nation's econ­ Charitable Foundation has been effective that would result in public schools open to omy. Equally important would be the loss for 25 years donating repeatedly and sub­ pupils of all races on a non-discriminatory of vital fuels and chemicals basic to the stantially to over 150 different charities. basis; and Mr. Ford should be encouraged in upper Midwest's economy. The effect on our his search for them. Judicial cooperation in nation's economy would be disastrous. Mr. Lipton has sent many promising the quest would constitute a splendid Bicen­ Repairing the present fac111ty is not a young men and women to college, has put tennial gift to this nation. viable alternative. According to the Army friends and associates into business, re­ Corps' Board of Engineers for Rivers and lieved and postponed debts during Harbors, it would necessitate closing the troubled times, and has been available to CHANGE INSTATEMENT river for periods lasting several months, and hundreds of people in need of advice, the cost of repair would almost equal the cost of the proposed replacement which ls money, introductions, and friendship. HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN twice as large. Repair instead of replacement As this great, patriotic, and modest OF CALIFORNIA would result in an enormous waste of tax American lies sick in the hospital, it is dollars. particularly fitting that he be recog­ IN THE !!OUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Consequently, we urge that all necessary nized in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. To Tuesday, June 8, 1976 steps should be taken to avoid any further delay in requesting congressional authority me, Mr. Speaker, Philip Lipton typifies Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, the Na­ to construct the replacement dam and a the spirit of the Bicentennial and all that tional Association of Electric Companies single 1200 foot lock. is good in our great country. 17044 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1976 .NATIONAL SOCIALIST LIBERATION bership. We must have tolerance and un­ Code, the United States similarly de­ FRONT'S NEW ALLIANCES derstanding through all the levels of activ­ clares its national sovereignty over its ism from the bomb-throwers to the political airspace. canvasser. Mr. Speaker, it is a firmly established HON. LARRY McDONALD It is noted that statements allegedly concept in international law that a na­ OF GEORGIA in the name of the NSLF were made in tional law that a nation has absolute sov­ late 1974 and early 1975 claiming sev­ ereignty over its superjacent airspace IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eral bombings of rival Trotskyist and above the land and water areas that con­ Tuesday, June 8, 1976 Maoist extremist organizations in the stitute the nation's territory. Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, last Los Angeles area. The NSLF continued: This notion was first formally recog­ March 13, 1975, I provided an indepth We have to be able to field an effective and nized internationaly by diplomats meet­ report on documents of the National So­ disciplined ARMED force to counter the ing in the Paris Aerial Convention of ARMED leftist guerrilla forces already at 1919. cialist Liberation Front, NSLF, an orga­ work in this country and a.round the world. nization which combines Marxism with At the same time we must promote political Article I of the 1944 Chicago Conven­ racism and which seeks to impose a candidates and back White racialists who as­ tion on International Civil Aviation fur­ totalitarian form of government on the pire to political office on the 'local and na­ ther established the concept as absolute. United States. As I noted at that time, tional level. Mr. Speaker, it should be obvious to the NSLF gave strong indications of hav­ • all that the United States of America ing connections with violence-prone In todays prison system as well as in the under no circumstances could declare in prison gangs in the California prison streets of America, we are witnessing the law that it has absolute sovereignty over system. birth of a new racial awareness • • •. With the airspace above the lands and waters the army raised from the streets and prison of the Canal Zone unless it has absolute The NSLF is active in the Los Angeles, cells of America we will see a revolution Calif., area and is forming new alliances • • • more earth-shaking than any revolu­ sovereignty over the territory which com­ in an attempt to become nationally ac­ tion history has known. prises the Canal Zone itself. tive. The NSLF is presently operating I hope this will lay to rest the multi­ from Post Office Box 4168, Panorama Those who are familiar with the rhet­ tude of falsehoods about our supposed City, Calif. 91402. oric of the Marxist-Leninist revolution­ lack of sovereignty over the zone being The NSLF has recently concluded an aries of the New Left and Castroites will perpetrated by those who wish to give it alliance with the American National So­ immediately recognize the bizarre parody away. cialist Brotherhood, ANSB, and the aspects of the NSLF material. Neverthe­ American National Socialist Movement, less, the group should be taken serious­ ANSM, the street-side arm of the ANSB ly as a threat to security and public or­ SOVIET UNION SUPPLIES CUBA which operates from Post Office Box 53, der, particularly in that the NSLF has WITH A NUCLEAR POWERPLANT San Dimas Calif. The American Na­ developed contacts with a nationwide al­ tional Soci~list Brotherhood is a prison liance of small National Socialist groups HON. RONALD M. MOTTL gang active within San Quentin Prison. formed late in 1975, the White Confed­ The ANSB emerged in 1975 as a splinter eracy, we. OF OHIO group from the Aryan Brotherhood, an The NSLF has reported that a Bill IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES all-white gang which in 1973 had some Sickles of the Adamic Knights of the Tuesday, June 8, 1976 40 members in San Quentin and as many Ku Klux Klan and a traveling White Mr. MOTTL. Mr. Speaker, I wish to as 500 members throughout the Cali­ Confederacy organizer has assisted meet­ insert the following telegram I sent to f omia correctional system. ings of the NSLF and the American Na­ Secretary of State Kissinger and Presi­ The Aryan Brotherhood was one of the tional Socialist Movement who "found dent Ford, drawing attention to the re­ gangs approached by Califomia prison his cooperation almost unlimited in pur­ cent and potentially dangerous move of movement activists who were members suit of our common goals," a fact which the Soviet Government to provide CUba of the Maoist Communist group, the indicates probable approval by the ap­ propriately abbreviated WC umbrella with a nuclear power plant. As reported Venceremos Organization. The VO orga­ by the Associated Press, this Soviet ac­ nized extensive prisoner visitation activi­ group. tion can allow Cuba to develop nuclear ties which enable Maoist activists to The stated revolutionary and totali­ warheads, thereby threatening our na­ bring revolutionary literature into the tarian goals of the NLSF and its allies, tional security as well as the peace of prisons-literature which clearly had a plus its national contacts with the WC the entire Western Hemisphere. As I marked effect on the Aryan Brotherhood make these organizations an appropriate s~ated in my telegram, Cuba has not and NSLF, as well as other groups. subject for Federal as well as local law signed any treaties concerning limita­ The prison movement activists tell the enforcement investigation. tions on the development and use of nu­ inmates that they are not in jail because clear weapons. Consequently the United they committed crimes. Rather, they are States must communicate to the Soviet imprisoned because "the system" is cor­ OUR SOVEREIGNTY OVER CANAL rupt and the system is what made them ZONE CLEAR FROM U.S. PROCLA­ Union of our vehement objection to such MATION OF ABSOLUTE SOVER­ action, unless provisos are made for in­ commit the crime. Therefore the cruelly ternational inspection safeguards. oppressed prisoners have most cause to EIGNTY OVER CANAL ZONE Affi­ SPACE The text of my telegram is as follows: fight the system, and least to lose; and The Associated Press reports that Soviet the revolutionized prisoners will rise and Russia is providing Communist Cuba with a. show the way for the real revolution by HON. GENE SNYDER nuclear power plant. Such a plant could "tearing down the walls." easlly lead to CUban production of nuclear These concepts were taken by the OF KENTUCKY warheads. Aryan Brotherhood, but the Venceremos IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES Cuba's record of reckless milltary interven­ Organization and its allies broke off from Tuesday, June 8, 1976 tion in Angola and elsewhere raises serious concern that such nuclear weapons in Cuban this group over racial issues. The March Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, section hands would endanger the peace and secu­ 1975 report contained examples of 701, title 2, of the Canal Zone Code reads rity of the Western Hemisphere and the NWLF theory. as follows: Western World. NSLF founder "Captain" Joseph The Government of the United States pos­ I urge that the United States immediately Tomassi was shot to death last summer sesses, to the exclusion of all foreign nations, inform the Soviet Union that we object to in a confrontation with members of a sovereign rights, power, and authority over their giving Cuba such a capacity unless rival Nazi group, the National Socialist the air space above the lands a.nd waters of there are provisions for international inspec­ tion safeguards. It is also alarming that Cuba the Canal Zone. Until Congress otherwise White People's Party. has not signed any of the international The NSLF statement announcement of provides, the President shall prescribe, and treaties putting limits on the development from time to time may amend, regulations and use of nuclear weapons. its new alliance with the prison gangs governing aircraft, air navigation, air-navi­ stated in part: It ls imperative that the UnUed States act gation facilities, and aeronautical activities now to prevent what could develop into a We must have brotherhood and unity 1n within the Canal Zone. 76A Stat. 29. all levels of membership from the National very serious threat to our national security Leaders on down to the rank and :fl.le mem- In section 1508, title 49, United States and survival. June 8, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17045 FARM LABOR CONTRACTOR act to "directly." A farmer or processor is operatives engaging in recruitment solely REGISTRATION ACT exempt if he personally engages in re­ for its members on a cooperative basis. It cruitment of workers for his own opera­ has been submitted that such coopera­ tion. It has come to my attention -that tives are not guilty of the abuses in con­ HON. RONALD A. SARASIN "personally" is being construed by the nection with recruitment and hiring OF CONNECTICUT Department of Labor to mean "in practices of migrant labor and that they IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES person." Since this could be a narrow and receive no "fee" for their services. Ap­ Tuesday, June 8, 1976 restrictive interpretation which would parently, the California farm labor exclude any corporate farmer, processor, contractor law has exempted such co­ Mr. SARASIN. Mr. Speaker, today I canner, ginner, packing shed operator or operatives since 1955. am introducing a bill to amend the Farm nurseryman from the exemption, I have However, my present inclinations are Labor Contractor Registration Act, as substituted the word ''directly" so that to investigate the operations of nonprofit amended in 1974. My bill attempts to corporate operators can benefit in this cooperatives of farmers, rather than to provide some clarification to areas in exemption as long as they meet the other write an exemption for them at this time. which there have been some ambiguous relevant requirements. In a case decided May 7, 1976, in the U.S. interpretations and clarification to areas Section 3 of my bill strikes the words district court for the central district of where there have been inadequate in­ "on no more than an incidental basis" California involving S.P. Growers Asso­ terpretations of the law. from section 3(b) (3) of the act. Section ciation, etc., et al., the court determined The Farm Labor Contractor Registra­ 3 (b) (3) exempts full-time foremen, or that such cooperatives are not exempt tion Act was signed into law on Septem­ other employees, who engage in recruit­ where the operation of the defendant was ber 7, 1964, and became effective Jan­ ing activities for his own employer on no not farming, but recruiting. Further the uary 1, 1965. From the beginning of Jan­ more than an incidental basis. It is court rejected the argument that ,;fee" uary 1965 until late in 1974, the Farm claimed that the striken language has necessarily means "profit" and noted that Labor Contractor Registration Act­ been construed too narrowly, and that benefits passing between growers and the FLCRA-received little, if any, atten­ the exemption for full-time foremen has growers' association had to be considered tion from growers, or contractors, or been practically nullified. Both the House in the definition of "fee." Until these is­ even from Government. When viola­ report and the Senate report contained sues are examined more fully, I am con­ tions of the FLCRA were discovered, similar language explaining the intent tent with the court's opinion. they were usually uncovered when the of Congress regarding this exemption. One other definition that is trouble­ Department of Labor was investigating They read: some is the term "migrant worker." As compliance with other laws, such as While employment relationships va.ry, it is the act is presently drafted, a "migrant minimum wage or age discrimination. the Committee's intent tha.t foremen and worker" is an agricultural employee who Although the FLCRA was designed to similar bona.-flde employees will not ha.ve to works on a seasonal or other temporary eliminate the exploitation of producers, register as Fa.rm Labor Contractors if it can basis. Before the 1974 amendments the migrant agricultural laborers, and the be shown, for example, that they are full­ act applied only to crew leaders engaged public, generally by irresponsible labor time and permanent employees of a.n em­ ployer, who utilizes a limited portion of their in interstate commerce, and migrant contractors, the Subcommittee on Agri­ time for activities described in section 3 (b) workers were those engaged in interstate cultural Labor discovered in 1974 that of the Act. agricultural employment. With the dele­ abuses were still prevalent and that labor tion of the interstate requirement the contractors failed to even know the ex­ It is not my intention to exempt full­ definition of a migrant, as that te~ is istence of the law which required them time employees who engage in recruit­ generally understood, has become con­ to register. ment activities regularly, but it would fused. I believe the definition needs some As a result of oversight and hearings seem that the above-cited language clarification. during the 93d Congress, the FLCRA was leaves little doubt that Congress did not In offering these amendments, I want amended in a number of ways to make intend that the act be construed to re­ to assure my colleagues that I do not wish it more effective-the Department of quire full-time foremen or others to reg­ in any way to waken enforcement of the Labor was directed to monitor, investi­ ister when only a portion of his duties Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act. gate, and enforce the law; penalties were includes going to town to pick up workers. However, I believe that agricultural labor increased; coverage was extended; civil Section 4 of my bill adds new defini­ ~ractices of the past are rapidly chang­ relief became available; a nondiscrimi­ tions of the meanings of "transport" and mg and that certain present agricultural nation clause was added; and persons "immediate family." It has come to my practices should be more fully examined doing business with labor contractors attention that farmers are being required so that the enforcement activities are in were obliged to deal only with a regis­ to register if they provide a transporta­ conformity with the intent of Congress tered crew leader. After the 1974 amend­ tion allowance, but do not control the to eliminate the abuses which workers ments, the FLCRA began to receive some vehicle or conveyance, and have no di­ suffer at the hand of unscrupulous crew attention. Indeed, the Department of rect say of manner of transportation. leaders who meet the definition of "farm Labor began to enforce the law in a Therefore, it seems there is a necessity labor contractor" in the law. manner that has drawn some criticism for a precise definition of the word from contractors, producers, processors, "transport." growers, foremen, and employees of op­ Section 3 (b) of the act defines farm erators engaged in agricultural pursuits. labor contractors as persons who, for a TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY Most of the complaints arise from those fee, recruit, hire, or transport migrant portions of the 1974 amendments which workers "(excluding members of his im­ HON. CHARLES E. WIGGINS extended coverage to intrastate opera­ mediate family) ." The Department of tions and to the removal of the require­ Labor construes the "immediate family" OF CALIFORNIA ment that only crew leaders who hired very narrowly in its regulations, limited IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES or transported "ten or more migrant to parents, a spouse, or children. In real­ Tuesday, June 8, 1976 workers" were required to register. ity, a migrant family is commonly made Mr. WIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, 200 years The complaints raised relative to the up of other relatives who live and wo.rk. ago, on June 10, 1776, the Continental enforcement of FLCRA since the 1974 as a unit. My proposed amendment rec­ Congress postponed debate on Lee's in­ amendments are the reason for the in­ ognizes this type of family structure and dependence resolution for 3 weeks. When troduction of my bill. Whether the criti­ would relieve the heads of such families the resolution was introduced, John cisms are valid or not, they deserve some from the requirements of registration. Adams had seconded a motion to post­ attention. I do not know if this bill pro­ There are equally compelling argu­ pone debate, "to give an opportunity to vides the answers to the complaints, but ments for other amendments which I the Delegates from those Colonies which it does provide a beginning for an in­ have not included in my bill, but which had not as yet given authority to adopt vestigation into whether the act is being are posing problems in enforcement. The this decisive measure, to consult with properly administered and enforced. contention has been made that an ex­ their constituents." Section 2 of my bill changes the word emption should be offered to nonprofit This same day, Congress decided to ap­ "personally" in section 3(b) (2) of the cooperatives of farmers or farmers' co- point a committee to prepare a declara- 17046 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1976 tion of independence should Lee's resolu­ Estelle's mother was from an old Smith­ FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE tion be approved when it was debated town Family-the Platt, Rogers and Baldwln DEATH OF THE HONORABLE again in 3 weeks. colonists. On her father's side she is de­ scended from Guillermo Prieto, a member MEYER LONDON of Juarez' cabinet who was one of the au­ HONORS FOR ESTELLE SAMMIS thors of Mexico's Constitution and Poet Laureate of Mexico. HON. BELLAS. ABZUG She lives in Centerport, ls married to OF NEW YORK HON. JEROME A. AMBRO Austin Sammis, a Huntington Town social service officer for 32 years, and has a daughter IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW YORK and a grandson. Tuesday, June 8, 1976 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES That's a very condensed and quick cover­ Ms. ABZUG. Mr. Speaker, this week Tuesday, June 8, 1976 age of a very active career. Most importantly, Estelle ls a warm, concerned, intelllgent and marks the 50th anniversary of the death Mr. AMBRO. Mr. Speaker, it is my conscientious person. We love her. of former Congressman Meyer London, great pleasure to bring to the attention Please stand over here with me, Estelle. truly a pioneer Member of this House. of my colleagues the presentation of an I want to present to you this, LIMBA's A tribute to Meyer London has been outstanding journalism award to Estelle first Front Page Award, presented April 1976 to Estelle Sammis for distinguished reporting written by Charles Truitt, the son of Sammis, a veteran newspaperwoman of the significant news of Long Island. former constituents of Mr. London. I from my Third Congressional District would like to insert that tribute into the in New York. Mrs. Sammis, who writes RECORD at this time: for the Long Island Press, was honored MEYER LONDON with the 1976 Front Page Award pre­ AWARD FOR DR. CHARLES L. Meyer London was the first socialist elected sented by the Long Island Mid-Suffolk FEFFERMAN to Congress from the East. London ran for Businessmen's Association for her dis­ the United States Congress in 1914 on the tinguished reporting of the significant American Socialist Party ticket and served news of Long Island. This is a long­ HON. MILLICENT FENWICK three non-consecutive terms in Congress, overdue recognition of Estelle Sammis' 1914, 1916, and 1920. With regard to foreign journalistic contribution to the Long OF NEW JERSEY policy, London believed in a policy of Neu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES trality. He supported the institution of Island community. measures to accomplish a just and la.sting I have known Estelle Sammis and her Tuesday, June 8, 1976 peace for the warring nations of Europe husband Austin for almost 15 years and Mrs. FENWICK. Mr. Speaker, on the rather than entry by the United States Into I can attest to the fact there are few evening of Thursday, May 20, I had the the European war. London was also an Inter­ other Long Islanders who have devoted pleasure of attending a ceremony dur­ nationalist. On his first day in Congress, he so much of their time and energies to introduced a resolution to call upon the Pres­ ing which Dr. Charles L. Fefferman of ident, Woodrow Wilson, "to convene a Con­ the betterment, ecologically and socially, Princeton University was honored as gress of neutral nations which shall offer of this unique and fragile geographic the first recipient of the National mediation to the belligerents and shall sit area. I am proud to call them my friends, Science Foundation Alan T. Waterman In continuous session until the termination and I take special pleasure in expressing Award, an award named in honor of the of the war." The resolution contained seven my public congratulations to a great points to serve as a basis for negotiations. lady, who is also a professional journal­ Foundation's first director. Although London's resolution was not passed, The a ward, authorized by Congress in most of his proposal was later incorporated ist of dedication, compassion, and perse­ 1975, carries with it a medal and a grant verance. Into the fourteen point peace plan formu­ The Northport Journal, a local com­ of $50,000 a year for 3 years of research lated by President Woodrow Wilson. When munity newspaper, took note of her at an institution of the recipient's choice. Wilson asked Congress to declare war on An award committee headed by Nobel Germany, Representative London was one of achievements in the following news Laureate Dr. Melvin Calvin from the the fifty courageous members of the House story: University of California at Berkeley made of Representatives who voted against it. BUSINESSMEN' S GROUP HONORS ESTELLE After the declaration of war granted by the selection. Congress, Representative London became SAMMIS Dr. H. Guyford Stever, the present The Lond Island Mid-Suffolk Business­ torn by his two conflicting loyalties, to the men's group on April 2, 1976 honored Estelle Director of the National Science Founda­ Socialist Party, which philosophically was Sammis for distinguished reporting of the tion and Dr. Norman Hackerman, Chair­ pacific, and to the United States. Due to this significant news of Long Island by present­ man of the National Science Board, who conflict, he modified his stance on the war. ing her with the organization's first Front announced the award, said that Dr. He began to vote "present" on the war meas­ Page Award. Fefferman was cited "for his researches ures offered after that. There were only two The following ls a statement by LIMBA exceptions-he voted against the conscrip­ in Fourier analysis, partial differential tion bill and he cast the only dissenting vote Chairman Joseph Giacalone as he presented equations and several complex variables the award in the House of Representatives against the This morning we are having a special cere­ which have brought fresh insight and declaration of war on Austria. This modifica­ mony to salute a very gracious lady who ls renewed vigor to the classical areas of tion of his previous vigorous neutrality dean of Suffolk's journalists. mathematics and contributed signally to stance cost many Socialist votes in the 1918 Estelle Sammis has been a good friend of the advancement of modern mathemat­ election, in which he was defeated, and LIMBA and Its members since we started. ical analysis." His work, they said, "has served as a focal point for dissension within She joins in our breakfast table discussions the Socialist Party. answered questions of major importance With regard to domestic policy, London as an act ive participant and objectively re­ in mathematics." ports on our programs in the Long Island was both an ardent supporter of organized Daily Press. Dr. Fefferman, according to Dr. Stever, labor and a socialist. He introduced numer­ Born in Northport in ~909, Estelle hand­ had epitomized the main criteria which ous measures to benefit the social welfare of addressed the community newspaper at age were established for the award-"the re­ the working masses. London was a pioneer in 12 and started writing for it at age 14, found­ cipient must show outstanding capa­ the field of social legislation and although ed the first school paper in Northport High bility and exceptional promise for sig­ he succeeded In getting only one blll en­ School, graduated with English honors, and acted, he set the stage for many of the "New nificant future achievements." Dr. Hack­ Deal" programs of Franklin Dela.no Roose­ then "read law" with a Judge in Northport erman added that it was important that and later was tutored in English and Litera­ velt.... ture by two college professors. we recognize and encourage the research London saw two methods for improving She successively was News Editor of the of such individuals as Dr. Fefferman the welfare of working people. FirSt, London Huntington Times, political writer for The whose powerful new methods have sub­ believed strong trade unions would have to Long Islander, News Director for WGSM, and sequently been used by others to achieve be established. He believed that only through Deputy Director for Publlc Information for additional breakthroughs in the field of solidarity could workers hope to achieve their Suffolk Civil Defense. Since 1962 she has mathematics. goals. been staff writer and reported for ABC News I applaud the achievements of Dr. Meyer London played an instrumental role Service with her stories appearing locally in Fefferman, who is only 27 years old and in the formation of strong trade unions. Be­ the LI Dally Press. fore his election to Congress, he helped found During the yea.rs she has done volunteer a full professor at Princeton University, the Workman's Circle and was its legal ad­ public relations work for Northport PTA, and would like to congratulate him on visor until he died. On June 28, 1900 the Northport Vlllage and various other civic behalf of the Congress. International Ladies Garment Workers' projects. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Union was chartered by the American Fed- June 8, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17047 era.tion of Labor. Here London "rendered his term in office, but these two, the peace pro­ the civil liberties guaranteed by the Consti­ greatest service" to the growth of the labor posal and the national social insurance sys­ tution in the entire history of the United movement in New York. London helped tem, received the greatest part of his efforts. States. London, recognizing the severity of organize the union and served as its counsel Recognizing that the war in Europe was a the Espionage Act and the danger of such a. free of charge. . . : steadily mounting concern of Americans (as bill in a "free" society, delivered a vigorous In 1910, the cloakmakers of New York, fifty the propagandists intensified their efforts), denunciation of it. He said: thousand strong, revolted. It was during this London addressed himself to the war issue "It is one of the most mis~hevious pieces general strike that Meyer London entered the immediately. London's peace resolution con­ of legislation ever imposed upon a free peo­ annals of labor history. The strike lasted ten tained seven principles which were to serve ple. There is nothing to parallel it. I have weeks during which time London proved a as the basis for negotiations. They were: carefully examined the history of European vital moral force to the workers. The work­ First. Evacuation of invaded territory. countries during the last century and found ers finally won, and as a result, wages were Second. Liberation of oppressed nationali­ nothing to compare it. There is nothing so increased, the work week was shortened, and ties. drastic to be found during the restoration better sanitary conditions were provided for. Third. Plebiscite by the populations of of the Bourbons in France or during the pe­ What was most important, however, was the Alsace-Lorraine, Finland, and Poland as to riod which followed the triumph of the emergence of what came to be known as the their allegiance or independence. Prussian government after the suppression Protocol. The workers did not get the union Fourth. Removal of the political and civil of the revolution of 1848.'' ... shop they wanted, but did get, through the disabilities of the Jewish people wherever On January 8, 1918, President Wilson out­ efforts of Louis Brandeis, the "preferential such ·disabilities exist. lined his "fourteen points" for peace. Today union shop." "A Board of Arbitration anq. a Fifth. Freedom of the Seas. these fourteen points are associated with Board of Grievances were set up with a provi­ Sixth. Gradual concerted disarmament. President Woodrow Wilson; these points, sion that both strikes by the union and lock­ Seventh. Establishment of an international however, were outlined long before Wilson's outs by the employers during the life of the court of arbitration with the commercial speech on January 8. London and the agreement, were prohibited. All differences boycott as a means of punishment for dis­ socialists had expounded on them before the between labor and management would be obedience. United States was even at war. referred to impartial persons whose decisions While London was setting forth peace pro­ But the war in Europe was not London's would be final and binding. It was the first posals, President Wilson was introducing pre­ sole concern during the sixty-fourth and­ attempt to introduce (mandatory arbitration paredness programs. On December 7, 1915, sixty-fifth Congresses. London also advocated • and) a rule of law and order in the industry, President Wilson gave his annual message to numerous social reform measures which at with a tribunal to settle all disputes that Congress. He spoke on the issue of pre­ the time were considered utopian, yet which would arise. The suggestion for such a tri­ paredness, saying that the conflict in Europe in the middle-thirties were adopted as part bunal came from the union, and since Meyer was rapidly taking greater and greater pro­ of the New Deal legislation of Franklin D. London represented the union in all of these portions. He said that the U.S. should pre­ Roosevelt. negotiations, it is clear that he was respon­ pare itself militarily in the event that it was \Vhen London entered Congress, the only sible for this epoch-making decision to aban­ forced to enter the war. Still, Wilson once protective legislation on the statute books don force and apply reason in the settlement again proclaimed our neutrality.... was totally inadequate; there were no effec­ of differences between the employer and the On January 18, 1916, London rose in the tive child labor laws, no old age pension laws, union." The Protocol "became an agency for House to address his colleagues in response no sickness and disability insurance, no un­ harmony without precedent or parallel in the to the President's message .... employment insurance. Today these protec­ whole trouble-studded history of union labor "Now gentlemen, I want to impress upon tions and benefits are taken for granted. But in the United States." the American people the need of :fighting the in 1915, such laws were considered J.dealistic The second method advocated by London insanity of preparedness with the sane, ra­ and impractical. Furthermore, the early for the betterment of the social welfare of tional, insistent demand for international attempts at federal child labor laws were working people was "a political party peace. That is why I introduced on the 6th st:i:uck down by the Supreme Court as un­ founded and maintained by the workers of December a joint resolution calling upon constitutional in 1918. themselves." the President of the United States to con­ He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Con­ It was London's foreign policy stance that vene a Congress of neutral nations to offer cost him the 1918 election. He had opposed gress for the first time in 1910, and again in mediation to the belligerents of Europe .... 1912 on the American Socialist Party ticket. the war but once the U.S. had entered the "My idea is that he should be able to say war, London, was torn by his conflicting London hoped to capture the twelfth dis­ that the collective conscience of the Ameri­ trict, a traditional Tammany stronghold, and loyalties. His "present" stance outraged many can people as expressed by its Congress has socialists in his district. When the ballots indeed, in the 1912 election, London did "cap­ forced him to initiate peace negotiations ture" the district. Unfortunately, when the and its compelling him to convene a Congress were counted, London had been defeated by votes were counted and when Tammany Hall of neutral nations. 700 votes. had managed the several voting "irregulari­ "There may be some nien who think that London renewed his work after his re­ ties" to their favor, London lost the election. all this talk about internationalism is entire­ election in 1920 with the same vigor which Popular sentiment in this election had been ly out of place in this Congress. They are had carried him through his first two terms. without a doubt behind London; the Demo­ mistaken. Everything worthwhile, gentle­ He reintroduced his national social insurance crats had been able to hold only one suc­ men, is international. There are national resolution. He offered a resolution "provid­ cessful rally in the district, while London prejudices; there a.re national hatreds. But . ing for the recommendation of amnesty and held them on a regular basis. The reason for science is international. Art is international. pardon for political prisoners in the United London's defeat, however, was that the thou­ Music is international. Religion is interna­ States." London believed that with the end sands of people who supported London dur­ tional. All that you cherish in your religious of the war a.nd the war hysteria, there was ing the campaign could not vote on election system has been transmitted to you from no longer a claim for keeping the vicious day; they were not citizens. The Naturaliza­ the past generations from other climes and Espionage and Sedition Acts. tion Aid League which had been established other lands and other continents. Let us London also introduced a resolution call­ by the socialists after the 1910 election, in­ abandon that narrow conception of patriot­ ing upon the President to establish friendly tensified its efforts to increase the number of ism which consists in the doctrine, 'My coun­ relations with the government of the people qualified voters recruited from the ranks of try, right or wrong,' because there is a nobler of Russia. "He based his resolution 'on the naturalized citizens. doctrine, a higher doctrine, 'My country must martyrdom that the Russian people have In November, 1914, Meyer London was :fi­ always be right.' " (Prolonged applause) .... suffered for nearly seven years of war, block­ nally elected; he was to serve in the sixty­ President Wilson and Congressman London ade, and excommunication by other na.tions, fourth U.S. Congress from the twelfth dis­ were both returned to office in the election of on the principle that the Russian people trict of New York. 1916, with a mandate given by the people must be permitted to solve their complex London was awarded membership on the that the United States remain at peace. problems without obstruction or interference Committees on Labor, on Mines and Mining, Nevertheless, on April 2, 1917, a special ses­ from outside powers. That Russia must get and on Expenditures in the Department of sion of Congress was convened as the Presi­ generous aid and assistance from countries Labor. dent called upon the Congress to vote a dec­ with democratic institutions and democratic On the opening day of Congress, Decem­ laration of war against Germany. The vote experience,' and above all, on the fact that ber 6, 1915, London introduced a. joint reso­ was 373 ayes and 50 nays. Meyer London was 'the refusal to recognize the present govern­ lution (H.J. Res. 38) calling upon the Presi­ one of the fifty dissenters; he was the only ment of Russia encourages professional sol­ dent to convene a Congress of neutral na­ representative from the East to oppose the diers, political adventurers of the czarist re­ tions to seek to bring a.bout a durable peace war. gime to foment civil war.'" in Europe. Later he introduced another meas­ With the country at war, London was London's victory in 1920 pushed his oppo­ ure (H.J. Res. 159), which provided for a. fed­ forced to moderate his views .... He began to nens to look for alternate methods of un­ eral commission to investigate and report a. vote "present" on war measures in an effort seating him. Unable to defeat him at the scheme of national insurance against unem­ to appease both the Socialists and his col­ ballot boxes, unable to defeat him even when ployment and sickness, together with old age leagues in the House.... they formed a. coalition, they looked else­ pensions, London introduced numerous In June, 1917, the Congress passed a bill where for a solution: the gerrymander. The other social reform measures during his first which was to become the greatest menace to result was inevitable. London was defeated. CXXII--1075-Part 14 17048 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1976 Fifty years ago, on June 6, 1926, Meyer only a tribute to his own outstanding should not be interpreted as opinions or con­ London died. The following morning Lon­ clusions of GAO. don's body lay in state in the Forward Build­ academic accomplishments, but also ing. London had been one of the founders of speaks well for the quality of education The additional views also cite remarks the Jewish Daily Forward. According to the we Long Islanders have worked so hard by Prof. Daniel Elazar w~ch were ap­ New York Times, 2,500 people passed before to achieve in our school systems. pended to the GAO report. Professor Ela­ his coffin. Like many of us in this Chamber, Mi­ zar argued against any amendment Accordin~ to police reports, about a half a chael Volkovitsch is an admirer of which would "provide inducements" for million mourners filed into the streets on his Thomas Jefferson whose impressive modernization, establish ''a single feder­ funeral day, June 10, 1926. "For six hours achievements, intellect and foresight are the East Side put aside its duties, pressing or ally enforceable pattern,'' or ''attach se­ trivial to do honour to its dead prophet," as so much on our minds during this Bicen­ rious conditions to general revenue shar­ one newspaper put lt. tennial Year. It is not surprising that our ing." These are precisely what the Ro­ Indeed, the people of the East Side of Man­ third President should be a hero to an senthal amendment avoids. A unit will hattan were paying tribute to a prophet. astute student of history such as Michael face no penalty for failing to prepare a London predicted that the war would result who plans to major in that discipline at modernization program, nor will it be 1n revolution. Germany, the Soviet Union Harvard University. forced to follow a national plan. Rather, and Austria had fulfilled his prophecy. More­ Meeting and talking with this fine over, London foresaw the League of Nations. the amendment will encourage local London was equally farsighted in his young American from my Third District units to follow the path most appro­ domestic programs. He introduced time and in New York was both an interesting and priate for them. again his National Social Insurance bill; this encouraging encounter for me, and I Assertion No. 2: The cost of planning was twenty years before the Social Security only regret that more of my colleagues and implementing a modernization pro­ Act was signed into law by President Roose­ did not have an opportunity to make his gram could exceed the Federal funds velt in 1935. Aside from the National Social acquaintance. His accomplishment in received. This cavalier charge is made Insurance b111, London spoke in favor of fed­ the Presidential Scholars competition is without proof and without any estimate eral minimum wage and maximum hour laws, most worthy of recognition by the House 11.Ild subsidized public housing to replace the of the cost of refining Government terrible slums in which the urban-immigrant of Representatives and I am supremely structures. It overlooks the fact that the was forced to live. He also advocated income confident of his inevitable success in amendment does not require States to and inheritance taxes to provide for an equi­ whatever career he ultimately chooses. develop a master plan. Above all, this table distribution of wealth. He spoke in fa­ argument is shortsighted: It is more vor of women's suff'rage and "led the fight sensible to spend the requisite amounts against the bill disenfranchising 165,000 workers in Puerto Rico who had voted for DOES GOVERNMENT MODERNIZA­ now to improve local governments than fourteen years." He also addressed the House TION MEAN THE END OF FEDER­ to endure in eternal silence the inefficient in opposition to the literacy test in the Bur­ ALISM? utilization of Federal funds. nett immigration bill. London had served in Assertion No. 3: States and localities Congress as the leading spokesman of the should decide for themselves what con­ labor movement and of the urban immigrant. HON. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL stitutes a structural improvement. Un­ Thus it was no surprise when the urban OF NEW YORK fortunately, many obsolete, limited-func­ immigrants and the laborers of the East Side IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion local units do little but collect rev­ poured into the streets on June 10, 1926. They enue-sharing funds; for them, moderni­ were there to pay tribute to a great man, a Tuesday, June 8, 1976 man with relentless energy and a profound zation would be undesirable even though understanding that inequities in the Amer­ Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, in re-· justified. The amendment establishes ican System had to be improved. Meyer Lon­ cent weeks, a section added to the Fis­ modernization as an important priority don was not to be forgotten on the East Side; cal Assistance Amendments of 1976 (H.R. and offers relevant criteria--but imple·· the people with whom he had lived and 13367) by the Government Operations mentation of an appropriate plan would struggled had regarded him as a great leader, Committee has come under fire from still remain in the hands of each State. counsellor, and organizer. They cherished the memory of London both on the streetcorner those committed to blocking any rev­ Assertion No. 4: By letting some bu­ and on the House floor, speaking on the need enue-sharing reform. The amendment, reaucrat in Washington impose his ideas for social reforms. which encourages the modernization of of modernization on local units, the At the funeral, a great many eulogies were State and local governments, requires amendment will destroy federalism. This given. Morris Hillquit said of London: "A man that the States submit an annual report type of anti-Washington rhetoric be­ of rare and noble parts has gone from among to the Secretary of the Treasury explain­ longs on the campaign trail, not in Con­ us, a faithful champion of the workers, a ing what structural improvements, if gress. The term federalism as used in loyal comrade within the Socialist movement, any, they have made. Although the the additional views is a warmed-over a warm-hearted friend of all suff'ering hu­ manity. The terrible void which his sudden amendment suggests criteria for mod­ synonym for States rights. The amend­ death has left in our ranks will never be ernization, it leaves the States free to ment does not infringe on legitimate filled. His loss is irretrievable." pursue whatever policies they choose. local interests, and it does not allow bu­ Yet, opponents have prophesied that reaucrats to impose anything on the the disastrous consequences of the mod­ States. The amendment simply requires ernization amendment would range from States to report efforts toward struc­ WELCOMES NEW YORK STUDENT inundation of Washington in paperwork tural reform. As the grantor of $30 bil­ TO WASHINGTON to a betrayal of the founders' Federal lion in funds to States and localities, the principles. The fears have been greatly Federal Government certainly has the enflamed, and much of the evidence used right to urge them not to waste it on HON. JEROME A. AMBRO against the amendment is distorted. I leaky and antiquated structures. The OF NEW YORK would like to dispel the inaccuracies con­ real issue is not the survival of federal­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVF.S tained in the additional views of the ism, but rather, whether Congress will committee report-House report 94-1165, close its eyes to the serious deficiencies Tuesday, .June 8, 1976 pages 105-107. in the units which it funds. Mr. AMBRO. Mr. Speaker, I recently Assertion No. 1: A GAO report con­ Mr. Speaker, I must emphasize that had the pleasure of welcoming to Wash­ cluded that revenue sharing was not opponents of the Rosenthal amendment ington a very bright, young constituent, the vehicle to encourage Government do not deny the need for modernizing Michael Volkovitsch, of Huntington, modernization. This is a misrepresenta­ State and local governments, nor do they N.Y., who is 1 of the 121 students se­ tion of the GAO publication "Revenue disagree with the guidelines offered in lected for the prestigious Presidential Sharing and Local Government Modern­ the amendment. Instead, they distort Scholars. ization," which was actually a summary what the amendment will require of the Michael attends Harborfields High of private views expressed in a confer­ States, and they scream about the de­ School in Elmwood and successfully ence on revenue sharing-not the con­ struction of federalism. In a program competed in a series of challenging con­ clusion of the GAO. The GAO introduced such as revenue sharing, encouraging tests before being named one of New the pamphlet by noting: improvements in State and local gov­ York State's two Presidential Scholars. The report describes the views and opin­ ernments is not only the Congress His success in that competition is not ions of the participants at a conference and right--it is our responsibility. June 8, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17049 FARM SAFETY PAMPHLETS "But from everything I've seen, the $466,- ing books, desks and supplies for teaching 700 price tag is much too much for a safety kids. campaign that probably will not tea.ch farm­ D. H. FEAZELL. HON. TOM HAGEDORN ers anything new," Hagedorn said. OF MINNESOTA DEAR CONGRESSMAN GRASSLEY: We have a small business here in Grundy Center, Iowa.. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I say that it 1s small, for our staff of em­ Tuesday, June 8, 1976 IMPOSITIONS UPON THE LIVES OF ployees 1s usually a.bout a dozen people. This staff does not include C.P .A.'s, lawyers and Mr. HAGEDORN. Mr. Speaker, 2 weeks OUR CITIZENS so forth. ago, while seeking information concern­ I find that mere and more of my time and ing the new agricultural regulations of that of my staff has to be spent in trying the Occupational Health and Safety Ad­ HON. CHARLES E. GRASSLEY to keep up with the government regulations. ministration, I acquired a series of farm OF IOWA The feeder pig industry is, perhaps, one of safety pamphlets from OSHA. The ma­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the most highly educated businesses in agri­ culture. I could write a book a.bout these terial contained in the booklet Wa.5 Tuesday, June 8, 1976 regulations. However, this is not the purpose incredibly simplistic and an insult to the of my letter. American farmer, not to mention being Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. Speaker, the I cannot help but wonder 1f you have any a waste of tax dollars. The following is a Federal Government's unfortunate repu­ idea. or appreciation of what Congress has press relsease I issued after reading the tation for generating endless forms and imposed upon the business community ot pamphlets: imposing numerous rules and regula­ this country. Isn't there any way that you HAGEDORN QUESTIONS EFFECTIVENESS tions on our citizens is well deserved. can give us some relief. OF OSHA BOOKLETS It seems that every day my office re­ KEITH E. MYERS. Taxpayers a.re paying $466, 700 to , inform ceives a letter from a constituent com­ farmers that floors covered with manure tend plaining about the impositions which FINAL CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL to be slippery, 2nd District Rep. Tom Hage­ the Federal Government is making upon OF HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 92 dorn charged today. the lives of our citizens. Following are Such advice is contained in one of a series excerpts from three letters which I have of pamphlets promoting farm safety being published by the Department of Labor recently received which I would like to HON. EDWARD R. ROYBAL through the Occupational Safety and Health bring to the attention of the Members OF CALIFORNIA Ad.ministration (OSHA), Hagedorn said. He of the House. I am sure that many, if IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES not all, of my colleagues have received said the information contained in the pam­ Tuesday, June 8, 1976 phlets is of little educational value to farm­ similar letters : ers. DEAR CONGRESSMAN GRASSLEY: I have just Mr. ROYBAL. Mr. Speaker, I am very "The material in these pamphlets· seems received in the mall today form 55000 pleased with the leadership and support to be written for a. New Yorker a.bout to visit from the IRS and Department of Labor con­ shown by my colleague, Ms. PAT SCHROE­ a farm for the first time," he said. cerning the report to be filled out for the DER, in advancing my bill-House Joint Hagedorn said he ·uncovered the cost of 1975 Annual Report of Employee Benefit the pamphlets while inquiring into the new Plan. Resolution 92-through the House of OSHA regulations that apply to agriculture. I really should wait to write this until Representatives. The regulations originally were scheduled to tomorrow, but cannot! The Senate has taken swift action in go into effect on June 7 but have been de­ I really should wait to write these re­ support of my legislation, and we are now layed until Oct. 25. ports of ERISA, etc. I have to take them to at the point of taking a significant step "After seeing six of the pamphlets and my CPA for proper filing and receive a blll toward the improved collection and reading the simple material which they con­ of $50.000 or more ea.ch time. They tell me tain, I can't believe these are intended for analysis of data on Americans of Spanish that by the time they research my pension origin or descent. · _ persons who have spent a.11 their lives on records and type them up there is a 7 hour farms," the congressman said. time charge. The purpose of House Joint Resolution According to figures proV1ded by the pub­ I'm a. builder with a good reputation in 92 is to insure that the Federal Govern­ lication division of the Department of Labor, Waterloo, but a. small contractor. My men ment provides an accurate and current each pamphlet costs approximately eight have been with me, for the most pa.rt, a. long reporting of the conditions affecting the cents to print, Hagedorn said. Since 28 dtifer­ time and I've made some money-SO a. few more than 12 million Americans of Span­ ent pamphlets are being published in quan­ years ago I started a pension fund approved tities of 155,000 each, total cost of printing ish origin or descent. This assurance has by IRS with the Bankers Life of Des Moines become necessary in light of substantial is $347,200. handling the funds. I totally fund it (the In addition, material which appears in the pension plan) myself and it's a good one. failures by the Federal Government to pamphlets was developed under a. contract But a.s of today, I am finding out how to fully and accurately l'epresent this sec­ with Purdue University. The contract, Hage­ cancel this fund. I will pay the IRS whatever ond largest minority group. dorn said, 1s for $119,500. I owe them and take the approximately $10,- One of the most glaring effects has "This means that $466,700 1s being spent in B & by the government to instruct farmers 1n 000.00 yearly and put the Ir-pay the been the undercount of Spanish-origin safety habits which, for the most pa.rt, in­ IRS, and keep the rest for myself and wife! persons by the Census Bureau. The 1970 volve nothing more than common sense," he I can then forget the numerous reporting census was, in fact, a most inaccurate said. forms. account of this group. The Bureau did Hagedorn said the pamphlets include in­ If this is what Congress wants this is what Congress gets (from me anyway). not actually count the Spanish-origin structions and warnings that: population, but relied on a 5-percent "You can be cut, crushed, pulled in or I'm so sick of paperwork, and expense in­ struck by an object" thrown by farm ma­ volved, with Government Bureaucracy that sample question. This small sampling was chinery and, "You can also be injured 1f you I'm throwing in the sponge. an expedient, an afterthought, adopted fall while working from or near any of these My men can collect their Socia.I Security by the Bureau to quell criticism against machines.'' (if any) and forget my pension plan, which its original failure to provide a Spanish­ "Dull blades ( on mowers) can be dangerous they didn't fund anyway! origin question for the census. However, because mowing will be more difficult." Have you seen all the forms that a. small business is required to flll out? If not you very little was done to insure that this "You could fall on tools, equipment and sample adequately estimated the Span­ feed lying out of place and get cut or should investigate. Somebody should do bruised." something a.bout them soon l ish-origin population. "You can get cut by bolts or nails that I have talked with my fellow businessmen First of all, the Census Bureau failed stick out." and they feel the same way I do a.bout this to develop appropriate data collection ''Ba.re feet or sneakers aren't sa.fe a.round matter. techniques. It relied too heavily on the cattle." I have been sUent untU now, but I feel you should know my feelings-Please help mailout-mallback method, despite the "When floors a.re wet and slippery with fact that mail delivery would be poor or manure, you could have a bad fall." us. Everything good that has been started has been bogged down by Big Brother. even nonexistent in substandard housing A farmer should be careful "that you do areas. not fall into the manure plts.0 WILLIAM L. WISNER. Not a.11 of the material developed by Purdue Nor did the Bureau properly account University ls of this caliber, Hagedorn said, DEAJJ. CONGRESSMAN 0RASSLEY: With for the high mobility among migrant noting that the institution is developing schools having state imposed budget limita­ farmworkers with its signiflcant Mexi­ safety lesson plans for agriculture students in tions such as ours this cost added by the can American population. vocational schools. Federal Government has the effect of reduc- Further, it failed to provide a Spantsh- 17050 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1976 language questionnaire on a routine vides data on the clinical signs of pos­ join with the Chicagoland community in basis, despite the fact that many Latinos sible nutritional deficiency from age 1 paying tribute to the Irish Christian needed help to fill out the lengthy Eng­ to 74. The report itself emphasizes, "Nu­ Brothers, whose inestimable contribu­ lish-only forms. trition is a major factor in the environ­ tions to the spiritual and educational The Bureau attempted to discount the ment affecting life and health." And yet needs of the area are well-known; 1976 Spanish-origin question as a regional not one word in this 81-page report on marks the 50th anniversary of their con­ problem, completely ignoring their na­ nutritional deficiency among Spanish­ tinued devotion to these principles of tionwide distribution. The truth is that origin Americans. services in the Chicago area. well over 40 percent of this group resides Both the interview and the examina­ The Irish Christian Brothers is an or­ outside the Southwestern region. tion health series present vital facts on der founded by Edmund Rice in Water­ Repeatedly, the Bureau has failed to the health status of the U.S. population ford, Ireland, in the early 19th century. prove that it was sensitive to the need for including data on personal health ex­ By the arrival of the 1920's the Irish bilingual enumerators during the 1970 penditures, physician visits, prevalence Christian Brothers established roots census. Community representatives and of chronic respiratory and other condi­ within the Chicagoland area. Due to the observers continually complained about tions, hypertension, dental disease, pre­ untiring dedication of men like Rev. the absence of bilingual census takers. and post-natal care of children. Brother Ignatius Doorley, the legacy of Originally, the Bureau claimed they had The series contain a combined total of service, counseling, and education was never kept employment records on the 250 reports published since 1002; yet established. enumerators' knowledge of foreign lan­ none offer data on Spanish-origin per­ In 1930, the Christian Brothers began guage. Recently, however, I discovered sons. One report details health record the training and education of young men that they did, but had apparently de­ findings among children and youth but at Leo High School which continues to stroyed the records after the census. no information is provided for Spaiish­ the present. During the 1950's Brother An April 1974 report by the U.S. Com­ origin children. Rice High School became a further testi­ mission on Civil Rights presented evi­ Another important series of reports by mony to the unselfish commitment of the dence of a significant undercount of the National Center for Health Statistics Brothers. The Brothers' influence and the Spanish-origin population, citing the contains data on mortality, natality, fetal good will spread further with the opening Bureau's own estimate of the 1970 black and maternal mortality, birth weights of St. Laurence High School in 1961. undercount, and its insensitivity in de­ and other related trends. Nearly 80 per­ Since 1930, these schools have grad­ veloping methods to accurately count the cent of these reports provide data by race uated more than 9,000 men who have Spanish-origin communities. or color, but none by Spanish origin. brought the Brothers' great spirit into A 1973 report by the National Urban My bill would remedy these serious de­ their careers and their family lives. Many League concluded that the undercount ficiencies by .requiring, first, the regular graduates chose the Catholic priesthood, rate for the Spanish-origin was "prob­ because of their exposure to their teach­ ably larger than those for blacks." collection and publication of data detail­ ers and spiritual advisers who combined As a result of the Bureau's undercount, ing the social, health, and economic sensitivity and compassion with manli­ several organizations conducted inde­ conditions facing Americans of Spanish ness. pendent estimates of the Spanish-origin origin or descent. The Irish Christian Brothers began as population. The Mexican American Pop­ Second, House Joinit Resolution 92 a small band of men and have grown into ulation Commission estimated the would require the improvement and ex­ a respected and vital part of their com­ Spanish-origin at over 12 million people pansion of data on unemployment among munities. As a Leo graduate myself and as compared to the Bureau's 9 million. this second largest minority group. a product of the Christian Brothers' ed­ In a November 1971 suit against the Third, it would call for a Government­ ucational philosophy, I extend my grati­ Bureau, the Commission accused the wide effort on Spanish-origin data col­ tude to them and wish them continued agency of "often willful and arbitrary lection and analysis, and would designate success. indifference'' in counting Spanish-origin the Office of Management and Budget as persons. the responsible agency for carrying out The Bureau has the constitutional this task. FEDERAL LEASE PROGRAM mandate to compile and publish data on Fourth, House Joint Resolution 92 the U.S. population. There is little doubt would require a cooperative effort in­ that governmental agencies at all levels volving Federal, State, and local groups HON. BARRY M. GOLDWATER, JR. rely heavily, and in many cases exclu­ to develop a program for estima.ting the OF CALIFORNIA sively, on data developed by the Bureau. undercount in future censuses. IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES This dependency has its own domino Fifth, it would mandate the use of Tuesday, June 8, 1976 effect: If Bureau figures are suspect, then Spanish-language questionnaires and those of other agencies are also suspect. bilingual enumerators in the Bureau of Mr. GOLDWATER. Mr. Speaker, last There are currently some 100 Federal Census daita-collection activities. month, Julius Gius, editor of the Ven­ programs which allo~ate funds on the Last, it would require an affirmative tura County, Calif., Star-Free Press, basis of population; many require census action program within the Bureau of wrote his views on the Federal lease pro­ data for minority groui;::s and populations Census for the employment of persons of gram in the Santa Barbara channel. within specific geographic areas. They Spanish origin or descent. I strongly recommend this article to cover a wide range of areas, from Federal Only by defining the Spanish-origin my collaagues: highways and mass transit funds, to gen­ population to the greatest degree of ac­ EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK eral revenue sharing, education, man­ curacy possible can we assure that Gov­ (By Julius Gius) power, housing, health and social serv­ ernment programs adequately serve the Let's go back to the beginning of the fed­ ices, elderly programs, and law enforce­ second largest minority in the United eral lease program in the Santa Barbara ment assistance. States. Channel: I think that this legislation, once en­ The oil industry invested more than $600 Of special concern is the need for a million in competitive bids for federal leases cohesive data-gathering effort in the acted, will serve as a vehicle for amelio­ in February, 1968. It was a gamble to explore area of health. Our present knowledge of rating the inequities that have existed for oil deposits under the sea. health problems among Spanish-origin for so many years. Exxon paid $218 million in bonuses for its persons is totally inadequate. For exam­ interest in 47 tracts. Since then it has drilled ple, the National Center for Health Sta­ 45 exploratory wells in the Channel, result­ tistics, the primary Federal" health data IRISH CHRISTIAN BROTHERS CELE­ ing in discovery of three fields that promise gatherer, currently does not provide re­ BRATE 5-0TH ANNIVERSARY an abundant flow of oil and natural gas. But liable estimates on the health problems it's anybody's guess when production will start, even though there have been: facing Spanish-origin persons, despite HON. MORGAN F. MURPHY Twenty m.ajor hearings on the Exxon de­ the fact that a selected "Ten State Nutri­ OF YLLINOIS velopment plans: tion Survey, 1968-1970" conducted by the IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES Three environmental impact studies (by Center for Disease Control suggested the U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Power high levels of nutritional deficiency Tuesday, June 8, 1976 Commlssion and County of Santa Barbara); among the Spanish-speaking Americans. Mr. MURPHY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, Forty-four consultant studies, made at A recent Federal health report pro- I am delighted to take this opportunity to estim.aited cost of over $2 million; June 8, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17051 Nine major approvals by governmental au­ primary ballot in California which, if passed, A TRIBUTE TO "MAMA NICK" thorities, including federal, state and county would presage a shutdown of nuclear power entities; plants all across the state. The effect of the 110 conditions imposed by various regula­ "nuclear initiative", otherwise known as HON. RON DE LUGO tory bodies, all accepted by Exxon: Proposition 15, could also have serious reper­ OF THE vmGIN ISLANDS A referendum of the Santa Barbara elec­ cussions on both energy development and torate that approved the plans. economic growth nationwide. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES You'd think the matter would be resolved The provisions contained in this measure Tuesday, June 8, 1976 after so much wrangling, but that is not the would stop planning and construction of new case. The la.test dispute concerns the method nuclear plants through the imposition of un­ Mr. DE LUGO. Mr. Speaker, I re­ of transporting the crude oil to refineries realistic requirements, while severely restrict­ turned to the Virgin Islands this past after it's been processed in an approved-for­ ing the operation of exlsting nuclear plants weekend for one specific reason. I went construction Exxon plant in Las Flores Can­ in the state. The consequences of the initia­ to pay my respects to Julia Nicholson, yon. The State Coastal Commission disfav­ tive could spread to other states contem­ "Mama Nick," to those of us fortunate ors a. tanker loading point for the processed plating the continued use and construction enough to know her. oil in state waters; it recommends that in­ of nuclear power generators. stead. of using tankers the company build As you know, there has been considerable Mama Nick died last week, and the a 160-mile pipeline from the Las Flores debate in recent years over the safety and Islands will never be the s·ame. She was Canyon plant via Ventura, Chatsworth and efficiency of nuclear energy generation. Yet, a Christian in the truest sense of the downtown Los Angeles to Wilmington where there has never been a major accident at a word. Her heart always had room for the crude can be refined or trans-shipped nuclear power facility. Despite operational one more person. She was tireless in her elsewhere on tankers. Exxon says that the difficulties which have prevented some plants efforts t.o aid those she thought worthy, cost fa.ctors make acceptance of such a con­ from operating at full capacity, nuclear en­ and to Mama Nick everyone was worthy. dition impossible, that they've gone as far ergy generation saved U.S. consumers $2 bil­ as they can go to accommodate bureaucracy. lion in electricity costs last year. Julia Nicholson helped all of us be­ So that's the current stand-off. Development of a national energy policy cause it was the right thing to do. Not As an alternative, however, the company is would be severely restricted if regionally only did she raise her children to a point going ahead with design and engineering viable energy sources were eliminated on an where today they are among the finest of a. complete offshore crude storage and arbitrary basis. Continued heavy dependence citizens of the Virgin Islands, but she treatment facility that would be moored in on imported oil and precious natural gas in took the time to aid everyone else's as federal waters, beyond the Jurisdiction of electric plants is contrary to the interests of well. To Mama Nick it was the little the Coastal Commission. Exxon would get the United States. Nuclear power provides things that counted; a clean face, clean into production but we'd all be losers if this one of the most plentiful and environ­ idea. goes through, because the natural gas mentally acceptable energy sources which clothes, shoes, and some food. To Mama produced with oil would be reinjected into can be made available on a nationwide basis. Nick these were expressions of her love, the earth formation rather than put to use. Should Proposition 15 be approved, the and not substitutes for it. For some reason that is unclear to me, the actual costs to Californians is estimated to Mr. Speaker, I would like t.o L."1Sert a commission has denied a pipeline to the be as high as $40 billion over the next twenty tribute to this wonderful woman from shore for gas alone if Exxon elects to treat yea.rs to pay for phased-out nuclear power one of our local newspapers in the CON­ oil in the offshore fac111ty. Thus this energy­ plants, and for conversion to oil-fired plants GRESSIONAL RECORD. She enriched the scarce area would be depriYed, at least for fueled primarily with imported oil. An aver­ lives of all of us she touched, and it is the near term, of up to 77 million cubic age family of four could expect to suffer feet a d%" of "sweet" natural gas, enough $7,500 of that burden. Low and fixed income right that she be remembered properly. to supply all the present household needs of groups would find it difficult to sustain these The article follows: Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo increased costs. [From the Virgin Islands Daily News, June 2, counties. Jobs would also be affected by the passage 1976] Whatever your feeings about offshore oil of the initiative. Construction Job oppor­ A T'RIBUTE TO "MAMA NICK"-(1890-1976) development in the Channel, I thlnk you'd tunities would be lost. The unavailab111ty of agree the Exxon case ha.s been a nightmare To us she will always be "Mama Nick," as low-cost energy in sufficient supply could Julia Nicholson was lovingly called by those of regulatory red tape, the likes of which further strain industry, resulting in higher can dampen business initiative and invest­ persons who were fortunate enough to know unemployment. This anti-growth impact ls her. ment in the long range. No company ought unacceptable. to be re.quired to hurdle so many roo.dbloclcs, A description of the lady would go some­ The effects on inflation would be thing like this: ambitious, determined, very thrown up by so many diverse government exacerbated. In the agricultural sector, for functionaries, in order to get a return on kind, a good head for business, a good leader example, the increased costs of running and when necessa.ry a good follower, a investment made in good faith at the federal irrigation pumps would quickly show up on government's invitation and encouragement. churchwoman, and above all a good the supermarket shelf. mother-not only because she took excellent And the cost of it all-the hearings, studies, We believe that federal energy priorities elections, lawsuits, and the like-will be paid care of her own children but everybody else's. in the final accounting by you-know-who. which stress nuclear waste disposal and con­ She was a public welfare institution all by tinuation of reactor safety research programs herself in the days when there was little are both cost-effective and the most prudent help for the indigent. approach to a national nuclear energy pro­ Her motto was, "Where there ls heart gram designed for protection of public health room there is always room for one more." BIPARTISAN LETl'ER and safety. Unwarranted retrenchment pro­ Mama Nick took care of other people's chil­ posals like the California initiative could dren because, in her own words, "A bath, a have a serious impact on the nation's eco­ clean frock or pants, some shoes and a little HON. WII;LIAM M. KETCHUM nomic recovery and foreign trade balance. food, e.long with a place to put hls head is all OF CALIFORNIA California's Proposition 15 brings to our a child needs. When they are rude, you cor­ attention that the decision to commit our­ rect them and always make sure they go to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES selves to develop domestic energy sources is school and church and you will have no Tuesday, June 8, 1976 at hand. We hope that the voters of Cali­ problems at all." fornia will decide to give a vital energy in­ Her home was truly a foster home for Mr. KETCHUM. Mr. Speaker, today dustry a. vote of confidence. In so doing, they those who needed care. She also helped the California voters go to the polls to cast could set the tenor of nuclear policy nation­ elderly. their ballots on a number of extremely wide for years to come. "Mama Nick" always had a cake sale, food important issues. One of the issues being Sincerely yours. sale, raffle or &0me activity to make money addressed at this time, Proposition 15, William M. Ketchum, M.C.; John H. in a hurry for one of her many projects. The is designed to stop one of the most vital Rousselot, M.C.; Oarlos J. Moorhead, Girl Scouts was one of her pet organiza­ M.C.; Clair W. Burgener, M.C.; Burt L. tions, and she attended camp regularly both and consumer-oriented programs in our Talcott, M.C.; Bob Wilson, M.C.; Har­ here and in Puerto Rico, where she was well great State, use of safe, clean nuclear old T. Johnson, M.C.; B. F. Sisk, M.C.; known, by all the leaders and girls. She Power. Barry M. Goldwater, Jr., M.C.; John J. took part in all of the activities, never want­ The concern I share with a substan­ McFall, M.C.; Paul N. Mccloskey, Jr., ing to be left out. She walked in the parades tial number of the California delegation M.C. until she became "a little too old for that," was stated in the following bipartisan Charles E. Wiggins, M.C.; Robert J. and then she rode in a car. At camp Miss Lagomarsino, M.C.; Don H. Clausen, Julia was the life of the program in the letter sent on June 4 to all other Mem­ M.C.; Norman Y. Mlneta, M.C.; Jerry evenings. Donning her shorts and what she bers of this legislative body: M. Patterson, M.C.; Thomas M. Rees, considered a good outfit for company she HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, M.C.; Robert L. Leggett, M.C.; John E. sang, danced, and told "long time'' stories Washington, D.C., June 4, 1976. Moss, M.C.; Charl~s H. Wilson, M.C.; until wee hours of the morning. DEAR COLLEAGUE: As you may be aware, George E. Danielson, M.C.; Alphonzo In organizations such as the Women's there will be a proposition on the June 8th Bell, M.C. League, church groups and others too nu- 17052 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1976 merous to mention, she was known for her A SHOCKING RESEARCH NEGLECT in reporting and a decrease in the num­ excellent cakes and pastries, salt fish cakes, b~r of c_ases. In addition, many physi­ a.rroz con pollo and many other native deli­ ?ians ~ail. to recognize Reye's syndrome cacies. At the same time when there were HON. WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD m their diagnosis so that patients are in­ discussions on policies or other serious busi­ OF MICHIGAN ness, she made them repeat everything until correctly listed as victims of other she was certain that she understood and then IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES diseases. she would take a stand, from which most Tuesday, June 8, 1976 The outbreak of Reye's syndrome in times she would not budge. In other words, 1974 when 349 confirmed cases were re­ no one could change her mind if she thought Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I ported to the Central Disease Control she was right, right being what she felt want to call the attention of my col­ Center clearly indicates that this disease was best for one and an. leagues to the little known but common is not as rare as previously thought. The A very versa.tile person, she was a. seam­ and deadly disease, Reye's-pronounced number of deaths in 1974 was more than stress and ma.de beautiful he.ts and dresses rye's-syndrome, and urgently request the estimated deaths from lead intoxica­ for ladies and girls to go to "church," at them to make more Federal funds avail­ the same time making vestments for the tion. able for research into its cause, treatment To personalize the tragedy of. this priests and mass boys or acolytes. and, hopefully, cure. It would be easy to go on a.nd on a.bout dreadful disease, take the experience of her ma.ny achievements that people know Reye's syndrome was named for Dr. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Tackabury of Berk­ a.bout, and the little things that ma.de the R. D. Reye who first described the condi­ ley, Mich. The Gary Tackaburys' 10- difference in so many lives-and how she tion in 1963 and theorized it was caused year-old daughter, Yvonne developed was able to do it no one will ever know. by a combination of factors, rather than chicken pox shortly after' Christmas Well done, Miss Julia.. by a specific virus. Earlier, in 1925, Dr. vacation. Nine days later, Yvonne was Charles Brown and Dr. Douglas Symmers dead. Chicken pox was not the culprit, ·performed autopsies on children who had died of symptoms now attributed to but rather Reye's syndrome. "It was a TRIBUTE TO NEWELL BARRETT Reye's syndrome. They published a pa­ nightmare," said Mrs. Tackabury. "I per on their :findings about this unknown never believed I would watch my daugh­ HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN illness and called for "further inquiry ter, my healthy, active daughter, die be­ into its nature and cause." fore my eyes." OF CALIFORNIA So much for the nature and impact of Reye's syndrome strikes patients gen­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Reye's syndrome on the lives of Ameri­ erally as they are recovering from a cold can children and their families. What Tuesday, June 8, 1976 or influ~nza. especially influenzp, B, and needs to be done about this tragic disease Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would less frequently, it follows the chicken pox and, more specifically, what will Congress like to commend Newell Barrett, judge of or measles. It attacks the liver, brain, do about it? the Superior Court of Los Angeles and central nervous system. Its victims This winter parents and physicians County, who is completing two terms as are nearly always children from 3 months will be concerned with the effects of a president of the board of trustees of to 18 years of age, with a median age of predicted doubling of the cases of measles Portals House. 11 and those between 12-15 producing plus a. serious influenza epidemi~~ To Portals House is a psycho-social re­ the greatest number of cases. It is char­ combat the expected increase of-influenza habilitation agency for mentally ill adults acterized by uncontrollable nausea and cases, we are launching a nationwide in­ in Los Angeles. , In fact, Portals is the vomiting, drowsiness, convulsions, and fluenza vaccination program aimed at 200 only agency of its kind west of Chicago. delirium. Within 48 hours after the on­ million of us at a cost of $135 million. Portals helps psychiatrically disabled set, the child may slip into a coma and Congress not only reacted, but reacted persons to secure gainful employment die, or shrug off the disease and recover with amazing speed to make this possible and to function socially in the com­ quickly. According to the Federal Center by adopting the Emergency Supplemental munity. for ~isease Control in Atlanta, Ga., Appropriations Act. While many community mental health Reye s syndrome is fatal in about 50 per­ Since Reye's syndrome is associated services in southern California have cent of the cases. with both influenza and measles, it is been curtailed by financial crises, Portals Although there is little doubt now that reasonable to assume there will be an House, under Judge Barrett's strong di­ Reye's syndrome is a rare compilation increase this winter in the number of rection, has established a strong fl.seal ?fa _number of viral infections, its cause cases of Reye's syndrome since the epi­ base. Now, thanks to Judge Barrett's is still unknown, there is neither a cure demic course of Reye's cases almost ex­ leadership, Portals is operating from a nor a specific treatment for it. The most actly parallels the epidemic of influenza good financial position. effec~i'~e treatment in serious cases, some in previous epidemics. And remember one Portals now plans to increase services physicians believe, is replacement of the ?ut of two will die. Unfortunately, there patient's blood by means of transfusions to more mentally disabled persons with ~ no vac~ine for it. In fact, at present programs not duplicated anywhere in Los Since only about 500 cases had bee~ its cause is unknown and there is neither Angeles. rePorted in world literature, Reye's Syn­ a cure nor a specific treatment other His leadership extends far beyond dr?me was thought of as a rare disease than replacement of the patient's blood establishing fiscal policy, however. prior to the epidemic we experienced in by transfusions, life support systems and Clients and staff respond to Judge Bar­ 1974. Between December 15, 1973, and drugs which accounts for the high inor­ rett's warm, easygoing manner. He par­ June 30, 1974, 349 cases were reported to tality rate of the disease. ticipates frequently and easily at social the Center for Disease Control in Atlan­ Here is a disease that desperately needs functions Portals provides for its clients. ta. Cases were reported in 40 of the 50 research. Research will provide the criti­ Judge Barrett is concerned about States. The heaviest concentration of cal understanding of the problems of people. During his tenure as presiding cases was in the Midwest, with J.67, 48 Reye's syndrome. Research has been the judge of the juvenile court, he initiated percent, of the 349 cases occurring in the key to greater understanding of and bet­ important changes for juvenile justice. East North Central region. Michigan re­ ter treatment of other diseases. I have His care and concern for people is shown ported the greatest number of cases 46 no doubt that Reye's syndrome will be in all of his relationships, in or out of folldwed by Ohio, 44, New York 39 Illi~ overcome by expanding our research the courtroom. On June 11, Judge Bar­ n_ois, 28, Pennsylvania, 27, and 'w1~con­ efforts. rett turns the gavel over to the new s1n, 24. When the Gary Tackaburys took their president of Portals. At that time, rep­ Since Reye's syndrome is not a re­ daughter, Yvonne, to the Children's Hos­ resentatives from government, from portable disease, information on the ex­ pital of Michigan in Detroit, she said other agencies, and friends of Portals act number of cases that occur in our they were told by Dr. Edgardo Arcinue including Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr.: Nation is not available. For example, the who diagnosed Yvonne's ailment ~ will be present to acknowledge his out­ Center for Disease Control indicates 55 Reye's syndrome: standing contribution to Portals and to cases were reported in 1975 and 19 so far I! there had been more research, maybe I the mental health community of Los this year, but it is speculative as to what would not have to tell you your daughter 18 Angeles. extent these figures represent a decrease going to die. June 8, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17053 It is an indictment that we could let Because the Gary Tackaburys found had I been present, I would have voted 51 years go by without making a major it difficult to believe that a disease that "no" on rollcall vote 329-the Wright attempt to study this disease. It was in affected so many people in such a dev­ substitute for the Breaux amendment, 1925 that Dr. Charles Brown and Dr. astating way received so little public and "yes" on rollcall vote 330-final Douglas Symmers called for "further attention and so little private and Fed­ passage. · inquiry into its nature and cause" in their eral research funds, it has become a cause published paper on this unknown illness. with them. They have established an Is it not sad that we are at about the organization through Children's Hospi­ HYDE SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON same place we were 51 years ago insofar tal of Michigan in Detroit to help :find a as cause, cure, or treatment are con­ cause, cure, and successful treatment for cerned and that a child getting Reye's Reye's syndrome. HON. WILLIAM S. COHEN syndrome virtually has no better chance I strongly commend this endeavor and OF MAINE today than 51 years ago. sincerely wish it utmost success. This IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The rationale for the minimal Fed­ tragic disease has been overlooked too Tuesday, June 8, 1976 eral spending for research into Reye's long. The reason so little progress has syndrome is difficult for me to under­ been made in determining the cause and Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I had thn stand. This little known disease is dev­ cure of the disease is that the amount of great pleasure on June 2 of attending a astating and fatal with 50 percent of its money spent on Reye's syndrome re­ performance on the steps of the Capitol victims dying within a few days. Yet, search has been miniscule. Dedicated by a group of students and faculty mem­ according to· a spokesman at the Na­ people like Dr. Arcinue must have the bers from the Hyde School of Bath, tional Institute of Neurological and funds needed to hasten the saving of Maine. Communicative Disorders and Stroke, lives from this disease. Their show, developed especially for which is the branch of the National In­ The final decision regarding Reye's the Bicentennial and entitled "Ameri­ stitutes of Health responsible for re­ syndrome research within the National ca's Spirit," has been hailed up and down search in this type disease, there is only Institute of Neurological and Communi­ the east coa.st as a patriotic triumph. The one grant supported by the Institute cative Disorders and Stroke is the Na­ main theme of the show is a commemo­ which is directly related to Reye's syn­ tional Advisory Neurological and Com­ ration of the spirit and pride which has drome. This grant was made several municative Disorders and Stroke Coun­ guided our country through the last 200 years ago in the amount of $92,205 and cil. Since Reye's syndrome seemingly years, and which hopefully will continue expired April 30, 1976. App'arently there has a low research priority with this to prevail through the next 200. is no set amount allotted in the Institute Council, I ask the Congress to mandate The pride and enthusiasm of their per­ budget for research in Reye's syndrome. a specific amount of money to be spent formance was a source of inspiration to Since Reye's syndrome attacks the on Reye's • syndrome research alone. It all who attended. I was pleased to note liver, brain, and nervous system, re­ will not suffice to increase the appropria­ that the entire Maine congressional del­ search in these areas may indirectly tion for the National Institute of Neu­ egation was present for the performance. shed some light on Reye's syndrome. rological and Communicative Disorders I am pleased to insert into the RECORD However, there are •only 19 research and Stroke without setting aside a spe­ an article from the Washington Post projects in these fields for about $750,- cific amount for Reye's syndrome re­ which gives a further insight into the 000 funded in whole or part by the Na­ search. I ask that we make direct au­ Hyde School: tional Institutes of Health where, by its thorization of funds specifically for [From the Washington Post, June 3, 1976] own admission, there is even a relevancy research into the cause, treatment, and HYDE SCHOOL : DROPPING STANDARDS, BUT NOT to Reye's syndrome and in only seven of cure of Reye's syndrome. QUALITY these is the primary purpose Reye's It is paramount that Reye's syndrome (By W1lliam Gildea) syndrome. This research is being car­ research be given adequate financial sup­ Hyde School of Bath, Maine, is not your ried out at several hospitals, research port and encouragement. With a sub­ average school, not close at all to being typi­ medical centers and universities. Tech­ stantial increase in funding, we might cal. It can be classified a.s a. prep school; al­ nically, all of this research may have a find a remedy for Reye's syndrome in most all the graduates go on to college. relevancy to Reye's syndrome, but its im­ Throwing out its academic standard a. few our lifetime. I respectfully request and yea.rs back didn't hurt its reputation a. bit pact may be exaggerated. However, if we urge that the Congress see that there is for producing soundly prepared young peo­ accept the relevancy of this research, the a substantial increase in the budget of ple. amount of Federal money being spent on the National Institutes of Health for "I dropped a.11 the academic standards in research into Reye's syndrome is pathet­ Reye's syndrome research. Let us change the school. It was a very scary step for me," ically small when compared with its the deplorable and tragic neglect of re­ Hyde founder Joseph Gauld said yesterday spending on other diseases or when search on Reye's syndrome by taking this at the Capitol, where 120 of the school's 200 compared with actual need. students sang pa.rt of the score from their . positive action this year. In so doing we originally produced three-hour show "Amer­ Also, it should be noted that research will encourage the people like Dr. Arcinue ica's Spirit" as Maine's two senators and a. on Reye's syndrome is being carried out who are researching the disease inde­ congressman looked on approvingly. on a private basis at a very limited num­ pendently, strengthen the efforts of pri­ "We brought in a. kid who had flunked ber of hospitals and medical centers. Dr. vate foundations and people like the seventh, eighth and ninth grades," Gauld Arcinue informed the Gary Tackaburys Gary Tackabury family in obtaining re- . explained. "He had been told to stay a.way search funds and give hope to the chil­ from a.11 college preparatory courses. His spirit that, although there was no formal re­ was broken. Well, he improved but he reached search being done on the disease at dren of the future that they will not a. point where he just couldn't pass algebra. Children's Hospital of Michigan in De­ become victims of the disease. There wa.s no way he could do it. But if I troit, he had been researching it inde­ turned him out, I'd have been a. hypocrite." pendently since 1969. This, Gauld said, wa.s because he founded I deeply respect and take pride in the the school 10 years ago not to tea.ch "a. lot efforts of Dr. Arcinue and others who, FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION of facts" but to develop "va.lues"--students, CONTROL ACT he said, who genuinely ca.re to work up to through their dedication, are trying to their ca.pa.bilities and face up to a.ny persona.I unravel the mystery of Reye's syn­ problems they might have, and families who drome. Certainly we should provide HON. RICHARD F. VANDERVEEN promise to take. an active pa.rt in their chil­ them the resources to make their efforts OF MICHIGAN dren's development. Gauld• • • couldn't pass algebra. deserved to stay: he went on to com­ , hasten the day when this disease is con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quered. plete college in three yea.rs a.nd now is de­ Tuesday, June 8, 1976 scribed by Gauld a.s a. successful young man­ Reye's syndrome lacks a ·critical in­ agement consultant. gredient for success in obtaining funds Mr. V ANDER VEEN. Mr. Speaker, on "The only basis for admission," Gauld from private foundations. Its victims do June 3, responsibilities in my district. said, "is an interview with the student and not live long enough for the relatives the Fifth Congressional District of Mich­ his pa.rents. We don't consider pa.st records. and friends to have a continuing reason igan, prevented me from voting on We look for a commitment." Before gradu­ to perpetuate a foundation that will amendments to the 1972 Federal Water ating, students help decide if they are ready sponsor research. Pollution Control Act. For the RECORD, for a diploma. "People wonder how this can 17054 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1976 be," Gauld said. "Look at it this way, 'If however, is that such pessimism can be­ across the country with Spanish-speak­ you were going to solo in a plane, you might come self-fulfilling. We will not develop ing drug abuse clientele. This association not be so anxious to say you are ready 1f solar power unless we commit the re­ has quickly become an invaluable ally you're not.' " Hyde students come from about 20 states. sources now to achieve that goal. in the war against drugs. I welcome them They can stay for a fifth year for further Mr. Speaker, I hope this article will to the battle. study or to work with young students in cause some of the cr-itics of solar energy Mr. Speaker, the drug menace has no other Bath schools. "We've been in Bath 10 to pause and reconsider their objections respect for race, creed, color, geography, years trying to give this program to others," to the accelerated development of this or socio-economic status. However, the Gauld said, "and they're Just now coming to vital technology. National Association of Puerto Rican the point where they want it.'' The article follows: Drug Abuse Programs makes the point One reason is the musical the students [From the Wall Street Journal, June 7, 1976·] that its communities have more than have produced, "People are saying, 'If they are doing this, they must be doing something SOLAR UNIT PRODUCES CHEAP ENERGY, MIT their share of drug abusers and that right'," he said. A year and a half in produc­ RESEARCHERS CLAIM available resources for prevention and tion, it will be presented by the students in CAMBRIDGE, MAss.-Researchers introduced treatment are woefully inadequate. I a number of eastern cities in the next few a solar energy converter that, its developers know this is true. weeks. Last night it was put on at Kenmore say, promises to produce energy as che,aply I share the concerns expressed by the Junior High in Arlington; tonight it will be as conventional methods. It is expected to be association. I ask my colleagues to join at Montgomery Blair High in Silver Spring, on the market by the end of 1977. with me to make Federal resources ade­ as well as an hour of singing at the Kennedy A team of scientists and engineers at the quate to the task of eliminating drug Center at 11 a.m. Massachusetts Institute of Technology dis­ Mark Stevens of Smyrna Mills, Maine, who played a device that uses mirrors to concen­ abuse and equal to the commitment evi­ used a fifth year to work with elementary trate sunUght on photovoltiac cells, which de.nced by the National Association of school children and is planning to attend produce electricity when exposed to outside Puerto Rican Drug Abuse Programs. Beloit in Wisconsin, said Hyde brought his energy. Again, I commend the association and family closer together. "I used to Just look at Technology to make the cells has been am pleased to incorporate in the RECORD my parents and think they were all set," available for some time, but costs are prohib­ its address, which follows: he said. "Now I have a relationship I didn't itive. The new converter is said to solve the National Association · of Puerto Rican have before. I found they could help me out problem by increasing the intensity of the Drug Abuse Programs, 1766 Church a lot more than I was willing to admit." sunlight by a factor of between 500 and 1,000, 20036, Phil Lee, son of Maryland Lieutenant Gov­ which substantially reduces the number of Street NW., Washington, D.C. ernor Blair Lee a 1974 graduate and now a cells required, and hence the total cost. telephone (202) 483-5756. student at Colby, said the emphasis of the Water is used to oool the device so it will I include the following material: school is on "character development" and operate efficiently. The water is heated in NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PUERTO RICAN DRUG that "a family, not a kid, comes to Hyde." that process, and may be used, so the device ABUSE PROGRAMS Gauld, graduate of Bowdoin with a mas­ produces hot water in addition to electricity, PERSPECTIVE ters degree in mathematics from Boston Uni­ the developers say. • The National Association of Puerto Rican versity, decided he wanted to approach edu­ The research is sponsored by National Pat­ Drug Abuse Programs was organized in June cation differently when "I was turning out ent Developmerut Corp., a New York-based 1974, at a conference held at the National kids who were going on to advanced calculus technology-oriented research and manufac­ Institute of Drug Programs in Washington, at MIT and looking very good to people but turing concern, which will have the first op­ D.C. The conference 'focused on the needs and who were not so good on the inside." tion as exclusive licensee for the converter. problems of drug treatment organizations They may have been good students but Jerome I. Feldman, president of National serving the Puerto Rican community. they lacked a vibrant spirit, he felt. "Learn­ Patent Development, said a converter for a The conference participants conceived of ing 'at Hyde," he said, "is not an end, it's single-family home is expected to cost about the Association as a united, political effort more of a happening." He said he hopes, with $5,000, and would produce half of the elec­ to reverse the unequal distribution of re­ the help of alumni and parents around the tricity and about 70% of the hot water, heat, sources. The conference identified and ex­ country, to spread Hyde's philosophy far be­ and air conditioning for the house. Over five plored the most glaring of these inequities: yond Bath. He seemed optimistic. So did his years, the converter would achieve savings Puerto Ricans comprise a disproportion­ students yesterday. that would cover its initial cost, compared ately large percentage of drug abusers and with energy costs in an all-electric home, Mr. addicts but the resources available for pre­ Feldman said. • vention and treatment to them are critically "After that, you're floating free for the rest inadequate. THE DAY OF SOLAR POWER MAY BE of your life," said Mr. Feldman, indicating Responsible participation from Puerto CLOSER THAN WE THINK that the converter would continue to provide Ricans in the major federal, state and local energy after paying for itself. He said the policy decision mechanisms has been deterred company doesn't expect to have any trouble up to this point. HON. CHARLES A. YANIK finding major partners to help it produce and There has been little recognition of the market the converter. OF OHIO fact that because of uniqve cultural, social and linguistic factors, Puerto Rican drug IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES users and addicts respond more positively to Tuesday, June 8, 1976 programs conceii ·ed and operated by Puerto DRUG ABUSE Ricans. Mr. VANIK. Mr. Speaker, yesterday ·.rhere has been no significant research and morning's newspaper carried a surpris­ documentation on the Puerto Rican addict ing and encouraging article for the ad­ HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL and the scope of addiction in this commu­ I vocates of solar energy. Researchers from OF NEW YORK nity. The limited work that exists has been done primarily by non-Puerto Ricans and the Massachusetts Institute of Technol­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ogy have announced that they have de­ has not considered tr.ese significant cultural Tuesday, June 8, 1976 and linguistic factors. veloped a device which economically Confrouted with these issues the Associa­ converts solar energy into electrical en­ Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, 2 years tion members pledged to join forces to in­ ergy, According to one of the scientists ago the National Associat!on of Puerto fluence, shape and effectuate public drug involved with the project, this converter Rican Drug Abuse Programs was orga­ policies as they affect the Puerto Rican com­ can be expected to cost $5,000 for a single nized to influence public drug policies munity. family dwelling. as they affect the Puerto Rican com­ The Association has a growing membership from various urban centers throughout the This development represents a signi­ munity. A year ago, the association, Northeastern United States, but serves pro­ ficant turning point in the long range working with the National Institute for grams in other cities, such as Los Angeles, evolution of a clean, safe· energy system Drug Abuse, sponsored the First Puerto Chicago and Miami as well. All of these pro­ for the Nation. Many critics of solar Rican Substance Abuse Conference. In a grams together provide a means of exchang­ power point to the current high cost of short time, the association has become a ing information relating to the treatment, solar conversion units and project that viable organization with more than 30 education, prevention and rehabilitation of solar energy will produce only a frac­ member programs. the Puerto "Rican drug abuser and to the Puerto Rican community in general. tion of our energy needs oy the year 2000. I take great pleasure in commending In May 1975, the Association sponsored, This pessimism, as this morning's news­ the National Association of Puerto Rican with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, paper article points oµt, is unwarranted. Drug Abuse Programs for an aggressive the First Puerto Rican Substance Abuse Con­ What is dangerous about this attitude, program of assistance to organizations ference in San Juan. Over two hundred and June 8, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17055 fifty individuals, representing mainland and North End Drug Abuse Program, 2345 Main In the month of April, I sent out a island programs, federal, state and city offi­ Street, Springfield, Massachusetts 01107, questionnaire on the spending priorities cials, as well as recognized experts in the (413) 785-1657. field, attended. It was the first time that the Olympus House, 834 East 156th Street, of the Federal Government. The results problems of substance abuse in that com­ Bronx, New York 10455, (212) 993-8346. have been tabulat¢, and I would like to munity were approached from a Puerto Rican Phoenix House, 800 Fordham Road, Bronx, share our findings with my colleagues perspective. New York 10458, (212) 885-0705. here today: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PUERTO RICAN Project Erah, 33 Charter Oak Place, Hart­ JONES' QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS DRUG ABUSE PROGRAMS ford, Connecticut, (203) 247-4636. WASHINGTON.-Representative James R. Andromeda, 1756 Columbia Road, N.W.• Renaissance Project, Inc., 72 Main Street, Jon es today announced the results of hii:; Washington, D.C., 20009, (202) 667-6766. New Rochelle, New York, (914) 576-3320. April survey on spending priorities among Compass, Inc., 239 West 19th Street, New Resurrection Rehabilitation Center, 1216 the voters in Oklahoma's First Congressional York, New York 10011, {212) 691-5702. Hoe Avenue, Bronx, New York 10451, {212) District. Jones said that over 5,000 individ­ Concilio Drug Program, 656 Massachusetts 328-3333. uals have responded to his questionnaire, Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, (617) Samaritan Halfway House Society, 130-15 which listed sixteen functional spending 268-2363. 89th Road, Jamaica Queens, New York 11418, categories and asked voters whether spend­ Crossroads, Inc., 48 Howe Street, New (212) 846-5200. ing in each category should be increased, de­ Haven, Connecticut 06501, (203) 865-3541. S.E.R.A.-Phase IV, 1771 Andrews Avenue, creased, or kept the same. C.U.R.A., 15 Roseville Avenue, Newark, New Bronx, New York 10453, (212) 583-9813. The spending categories in Jones' ques­ tionnaire were the same as those used in the Jersey 07106, (201) 484-0018. St. Luke's Hospital Detox Program, Amster­ Diagnostic Rehabilitation Center, 521 West Congressional Budget Resolution. Each cate­ dam & 114th Street, New York, New York Gerard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, gory was listed with its percentage break­ (215) 763-1446. 10025, (212) 870-1058. down as part of the total federal budget. Gatehouses Foundation, Inc., 505 North La T.A.S.C. of Miami, 1321 N.W. 13th Street, "This questionnaire will be very helpful Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610, {312) Miami, Florida 33101, (305) 377-7431. t"o me", Jones said, "because it gives me a 822-0032. United Bronx Parents Drug Abuse Program, more accurate picture of my constituents' Gaudenzia, Inc., 1832 West Tioga Street, 810 East 152nd Street, Bronx, New York spending priorities in terms of the same Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, (215) 10455, (212) 993-5300. categories in which spending is considered 221-9100. West Coast Association of Puerto Rican by Congress in setting the Congressional Greenport Hospital, Department of Psy­ Substance Abuse Workers, Inc., P.O. Box budget ceping." chiatry, 300 Skellman Avenue, Brooklyn, New 33198, Los Angeles, California 90033. The results were moot decisive, Jones re­ ported, in the category of Foreign Economic York, (212) 387-3010. Way Out, 861 East 162nd Street, Bronx, Hogar Crea, 14 East 6oth Street, New York, Assistance, where 72.6 percent want to see New York 10459, (212) 293-4550. spending decreased. The other categories in New York 10022, (212) 688-8127. Williamsburg Youth Center, 118 Manhat­ Hogar de Encuentro, 938 Clifford Avenue, which voters favored reduced spending levels tan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11209, (212) were: Community and Regional Develop­ Rochestet, New York 14621, (716) 546-3788. 384-6310. Illinois Drug Abuse Program, 1440 South ment; Unemployment Assistance; Public As­ Indiana. Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60605, sistance and Other Income Supplements; (312) 793-4445. Revenue Sharing and Related Programs; and La Casa Abierta., 3420 N.W. Second Avenue, JONES' QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS Gen eral Science, Employment and Social Miami, Florida 33127, (305) 573-1305. Services. Lincoln Community Mental Health Cen­ The areas in which voters favored an in­ ter, 781 East 142nd Street, Bronx, New York HON. JAMES R. JONES crease in spending levels were: National De­ 10454, (212) 993-4500. OF OKLAHOMA fense; Natural Resources; Environment and Energy; Agriculture; Education; and Law Lincoln Hospital Detox Program, 333 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10456, Enforcement and Justice. (212) 960-5455. Tuesday. June 8. 1976 Voters supported present spending levels Mora Narcotic Rehabilitation Foundation, Mr. JONES of Oklahoma. Mr. Speak­ in the categories of: Space and Technology; Inc., 1230 Park Avenue, New York, New York Commerce and Transportation; Health; Re­ 10023, (212) 427-0211. er, periodically during the year I send tirement and Disability Insurance; and Multi-Cultural Drug Abuse Prevention out questionnaires to my constitutents Veterans Benefits. Center, 8443 South Crenshaw Boulevard, 2nd · in Oklahoma's First District to ask their The following table lists the complete re­ Floor, Inglewood, California 90305, (213) views on some of the major issues pend­ sults of Jones' questionnaire on spending 971-4551. ing before the Congress. priorities:

Results-In percent Results-In percent

Remain Remain Category Increase Decrease same No answer Category Increase Decrease same No answer

National defense ______• ______46. 0 21. 1 32. 2 0. 7 Health ______------______28. 8 24. 6 43. 9 2. 7 Foreign economic assistance (non-military Retirement and disability insurance ______19.8 32. 2 46.0 2.0 aid) ______• ______6. 2 72.6 20. 5 . 7 Unemployment assistance ______---· ___ 13. 4 53. 6 30. 3 2. 7 Space and technology ______28. 0 19. 8 49. 5 2. 7 Public assistance and other income supple· Natural resources, environment and ments ______·- _____ 13. 7 61.7 21. 9 2. 7 energy ___ • ______• ______52. 8 13. 7 31. 5 2. 0 Veterans benefits ______23. 1 24. 6 50. 9 1. 4 Agriculture ______• ______• 39. 7 18. 9 38. 7 2. 7 Law enforcement and justice ______53. 3 16. 5 28. 8 1. 4 Commerce and transportation ____ • ______16. 4 38. 5 43. 7 1.4 Revenue sharing and related programs ____ 15. 8 52. 0 28. 8 3. 4 Education ______-· __ _ 41. 2 20. 5 35. 6 2. 7 Other (general science, employment and Community and regional development_ ___ _ 13. 7 54. 1 29. 5 2. 7 social services) __ • ______------___ __ 11. 3 51.7 31. 5 5. 5

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, FULL tion to the study ang to a brief explana­ tials in employment and income was ap­ EMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION tory press release that I issued: proximately $55.8 billion", or, in other words, HAWKINS RELEASES EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMI• GNP could have been 3.7 percent higher had NATION ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY there been no racial discrimination. HON. AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS The Library of Congress Study is a part Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins (D­ of the overall Report to be issued later by the W' CALIFORNIA Calif.) co-author of the Full Employment Subcommittee based upon its extensive hear­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and Ba.lanced Growth Act and Chairman of ings and investigation of the operation and the Subcommittee on Equal Opportunities Tuesday, June 8. 1976 effectiveness of the nation's effort to secure today made public a Study done for the Sub­ equal employment. Mr. HAWKINS. Mr. Speaker, at the re­ committee by the Library of congress esti­ Congressman Hawkins stated "the $55.8 quest of the Subcommittee on Equal mating the loss to the nation of potential billion that the nation lost in GNP last Opportunities, which I chair, the Library Gross National Product (GNP) due to em­ year due to racial discrimination is a price ployment discrimination. that no nation should consciously allow to of Congress Congressional Research The Report, prepared at the request of the continue. Not only does it indicate a real Service has done a report on the costs Subcommittee concludes that, based on the economic loss to each and every .American to the Nation's economy of racial dis­ assumptions set forth, ". . . The estimated citizen through high unemployment, fail­ crimination. I call the Members' atten- impact on GNP in 1975 of racial difl'eren- ure to use both labor and other production cxxu--1076-Part ~4 17056 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 8, 1976 resources, and increased inflation, but it also aided by an accommodative monetary policy, MEDIAN EARNINGS OF WAGE ANDS ALARY WORKERS, 1975 represents massive violation of the nation's to provide the required increases in the Na­ goal of equal opportunities for a.II." The tion's total wage bi11. Negro and Earnings Congressman also noted that the Study's as­ Given the above critical assumptions, this White other races differential sumptions were conse~ative ·in some im­ analysis considered the following factors: portant respects, particularly in regard to a. Unemployment rates for White and Weekly ______$190 $156 $34 the assumption that the calculations were Nonwhite workers in 1975. On annual basis __ •••• 9, 880 8, 112 l, 768 based upon an unemployment rate of 7.8 b. Median earnings of wage and salary percent. White and Nonwhite workers in 1975. The California. legislator further pointed These data were then utilized in comput­ 1 "Earnings Trends Among Major labor Force Groups," U.S. out that "the implications of this study also ing the following: Department of labor. BLS, Sept. 12, 1975. go far to indicate that there are other very 1. The number of additional Nonwhite III. Amount of Additional Wages and Sala­ powerful factors ca.using inflation in our na­ workers who would have been employed in ries Earned if Unemployment was Equalized tion's economy-such as racial discrimina­ 1975 had the unemployment rate for Non­ at 7.8 percent ~nd if Annual Median Wages tion-which have nothing to do with the whites been equal to the rate existing for and Salaries were Equalized at $9,880- alleged pressures created by paying decent Whites in 1975. (a) 638,000 (White-Nonwhite Unemploy­ wages to our nation's workers. Had there 2. The aggregate amount of wages and sal­ ment Differential) times $9,880 (White me­ been no discrimination the economy could aries these additional employed Nonwhite dian annual earnings) equals $6.3 billion. have produced su'bstantially more goods and workers would have received in 1975 if they (b) Amount of increased earnings if al­ services, thus reducing inflationary pres­ were equally qualified as Whites, and were ready employed Nonwhites received the same sures. This one factor a.lone would have con­ paid at the White median annual earnings median wages and salaries as Whites: 9,700,- tributed substantially to moving the nation . level. 000 (Nonwhite Employed, 1975) times $1,768 toward full employment with price stabil­ 3. The additional aggregate amount of (Earnings differential) equa.Is $16 billion. ity." wages and salaries the already employed Non­ (c) Total additions to aggregate wages and The Study w-as prepared by Mr. Charles V. white workers would have received in 1975 salaries if White-Nonwhite employment and Ciccone, Specialist In 'Labor Economics and had their median annua.l wage and salary wages and salaries were equalized at the Jeffrey H. Burton, Analyst In Labor Eco­ amount been equal to the 1975 level for White level: $6.3 billion plus $16.0 billion nomics, Economics Division, both of the Li­ Whites. equals $22.3 billion, or 2.8 percent of the brary of Congress, Congressional Research 4. A multiplier of 2.5 is applicable to the total 1975 wages and salary component of Service. total of (2) and (3) above to account for the National Income.2 IV. Total Estimated Potential Impact on (From the Library of Congress Congressional multiplier effect such additional income would have on GNP. While the 2.5 factor is GNP in 1975- Research Service, May 28, 1976] considered to be at the higher end of rea­ {a) Direct addition to wages and salaries, AN ESTIMATE OF THE Loss IN POTENTIAL GROSS sonable estimates, it is considered appropri­ $22.3 billion. NATIONAL PRODUCT DUE TO EXISTING EM­ ate in this case because of the relatively (b) Multiplier effect of this addition on PLOYMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND WAGE DIFFER­ strong impact these changes would have on GNP, $22.3 bi11ion times 2.5 a equa.ls $55.75 ENTIALS BETWEEN WHITE AND NONWHITE low income groups in the economy. billion, or a. potential increase 1n GNP in 1975 WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES Because this estimation process is one of of 3.7 percent.• This Report estimates the loss in poteI_ltia.1 several which could have been used, it repre­ gross national product in the United States sents a. rough estimate of the potential im­ for the year 1975 due to existing differentials pact present employment and salary differ­ in employment levels, productivity, and aver­ entials between White and Nonwhite workers SKIPPER PRAISES SHIPYARD age wages between White and Nonwhite could have on GNP. Nevertheless, this pro­ workers. Essentiall;,, this estimation at­ cedure estimates that based on the assump­ tempts to measure the magnitude of the po­ tions specifically stated in 'this Report, the HON. TRENT LOTT tential increase in this Nation's output, given estimated impact on GNP 1n 1975 of racial OF MISSISSIPPI other accommodating economic activity, if differentials 1n employment and income was education and sklll qualifications were equal approximately $55.8 billion, or, 1n other IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV'ES between the races, no racially-discriminating words, represented a potential increase in Tuesday, June 8, 1976 hiring practices existed. and all employed GNP of about 3.7 percent for that year.1 workers, regardless of color, received pay The data and calculations used in arriving Mr. LOT!'. Mr. Speaker, at Pascagoula, equal to the value of their marginal product. at this estimate are: · Miss., there is located one of the world's While the range of factors involved in most modern shipyards, a facility that is making such estimates are numerous and I. UNEMPLOYMENT 19751 vital to the national defense of the United complex, this analysis considers the issue by Negro and States and all the free world. Ingalls making five crucial assumptions. White other races First, in the absence of the effects of past Shipbuilding and the p·eople of Missis­ and present race discrimination in employ­ sippi are, today, busy at work building ment, education and training programs, Civilian labor force ______•• 82, 084, 000 10, 529, 000 two new fleets of ships that will serve the Employed ••••• ~---······· 72, 713, 000 9, 070, 000 White and Nonwhite workers would be equal­ Unemployed...... 6, 371, 000 1 1, 459, 000 U.S. Navy for decades to come. ly competent and productive. Thus, in a. non­ Unemployment rate (per- There have been times when this fa­ discriminatory labor market, White-Non­ cent) .••.....• _...... • • 7. 8 13. 9 cility and the ships it is building have white workers with jobs would be similarly Number unemployed if non- white unemployment rate come under unfounded criticism by those dispersed among and within occupations, was the same as the white with equal sk1ll levels, and-because the 2 821, 262 who prefer to exploit the negative rather value of their marginal product would be the Di~~~:~~o~:~~~~~~tuaf non:· (6, 371, 000) than to promote the defense of this coun­ white unemployment and same--the median pay for both groups "nondiscriminatory" unem- try by citing the positive. Fortunately, for would be equal. ployment. ______•.••••••••. 1638, 000 every piece of criticism which is not based Second, without the pJ'.esence of ,racially­ on fact, there is positive and favorable discriminatory pay practices, all Nonwhite 1 Employment and Earnings, January 1976, p. 138, U.S. comment which is based on fact. workers are assumed to be paid at the same Department of labor, BLS. One such example comes from Comdr. levels as Whites. 2 It should be noted that unemployment among nonwhites is Third, unemployment among all workers understated in the BLS national unemployment rate in that most Ray Harbrech t, commanding officer of due to racially discriminatory hiring prac­ of the "discouraged workers" who have dropped out of the labor the U.S.S. Spruance (DD-963), the lead force because of lack of traininl or because of a perceived labor tices would not exist and thus, unemploy­ market that is discriminatory are Nonwhites. Therefore, if the ship in a new fleet of 30 destroyers being ment rates for White and Nonwhite workers assumptions made in this analysis were to exist, labor force built by Ingalls. No one is in a better po­ would be equal. participation rate for nonwhites would increase and the differen­ tial between white and nonwhite unemployment would be sition to evaluate the performance of Fourth, job competition from additional greater. Spruance, nor the performance of Ingalls fully-qualified Nonwhites in otherwise Shipbuilding, than is Coaunander Har- White-dominated labor markets a.nd occupa­ 1 In the 1966 Economic Report of the Pres­ tions would not signifl.cantly change the ident, an estimate of the measure of the 2 Percentage computed from Na.tiona.l In­ median pay prevailing in those labor markets annual economic loss as a result of discrimi­ come Account, by type of Income, annual or occupations; pay levels for all workers nation was cited. The Report states "If both rate for Wages and Salaries, 1975, Table B-12, would remain at the existing White level. unemployment rates and productivity levels Page 184, Economic Report of the President,

Fifth, aggregate consumer demand for were equalized (between White and Nonwhite 197t1, I goods and services in the economy would in­ workers), the total output of tl1e economy a Estimated with the assumption that indi­ crease sufficiently to absorb the increased would rise by about ... 4 percent of GNP." viduals previously · unemployed and those productivity generated by higher pa.id and (Page 110). This compares favorably with with lower than average incomes have a. additional employed Nonwhites, and by high­ the findings of this analysis because at the higher marginal propensity to consume. er productivity levels for Nonwhites as a time Nonwhite unemployment was closer to • Oomputed from a GNP of $1,499 billion group, savings and investments in capital twice the unemployment rate of White work­ for 1975, Economic Report -of the President, stocks generally would expand sufficiently ers than it was 1n 1975. 1976, page 171 also see footnote No. 1. June 8, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 17057 brecht. He literally lived in the shipyard ent Humphrey-Hawkins bill is worthy fall to help persons now unemployed, but during the final stages of construction of of serious consideration. would add new recruits to the army of the his ship, and he spent 6 months salling The article by Mr. Ulmer follows: poor. First on line would be another of those flamboyantly overlooked sectors of the popu­ the vessel in the fleet while undergoing a TAKING A DIM Vmw OF HUMPHREY-HAWKJ:NS lation-the industrious men and women, rigid series of tests and evaluation. (By Melvllie J. Ulmer) now getting on in years, who thought they On March 22, Spruance, according to The current shibboleth of Democratic lib­ had provided savings and pensions for a com­ plan, returned to Ingalls to undergo eralism is the Humphrey-Hawkins blli for fortable retirement, only to find that the pur­ what is known as post shakedown avail­ "Balanced Growth and Full Employment," chasing power of their incomes was less than ability New York City's problems while truly remarkable citizens. After their from Jack Anderson is rare indeed. I was making them worse. It is time to repudiate marriage in 1944, they traveled together therefore both surprised and pleased to the myt h that New York City can become to the various Army installations for the read in last week's paper the following financially solven t within 1hree years, with­ U.S. Army Veterinary Corps. During the Anderson article with which I whole­ out more help from t h e federal government war years, veterinary officers were trans­ heartedly agree. I commend it to your and the banks. The books may be balanced by ferred from post to post and Harmon then, b u t will we have a city? attention: and Joey Leonard saw service at Salem FORD SHOWS COURAGE Depot, N.H.; Fort Wright at Fisher's Is­ (By Jack Anderson and Les Whitten) land, and Springfield, Mass. Their first We have watched President Ford closely DR. AND MRS. HARMON c. LEONARD born, Harmon . Cook Leonard, Jr., was since he picked the government reins off the TO RETIRE born July 15, 1945. Their daughter, floor nearly 22 months ago. We have often Charlene--now Mrs. Arthur Donoho­ disagreed with his policies; occasionally we w as born March 27, 1952. have criticized his performance. But we have HON. RONALD A. SARASIN Joey Leonard is truly a remarkable detected one characteristic that has gone largely unnoticed: OF CONNECTICUT person. A woman of tremendous accom­ Gerald Ford has political courage. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES plishment in her own right, she gradu­ ated from the Prospect Hill School in This side of the President has been revealed Tuesday, June 8, 1976 behind closed White House doors. Mr. Ford New Haven in 1939 and received her bac- made the decision for example, to send Secre­ Mr. SARASIN. Mr. Speaker, almm~t calaureate degree from Mt. Holyoke Col- tary of State Henry A. Kissinger to Arrlca on 400 persons, relatives and friends of Dr. lege, South Hadley, Mass., in 1943. On the eve of some crucial southern primaries. June 9, 1976 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 17063 The President saw advance drafts of the advisers by calling for an increase in Social ors had been willing to face the facts. "We statements Kissinger intended to make in Security taxes and a five per cent ceiling on cannot go on spending," he said, "without Africa, supporting the rights of the black pay raises and pensions. Past Presidents worrying about where the money is coming majority. Political advisers warned that the managed to postpone such unpopular moves from." timing couldn't be worse, that the Kissinger until after the election. But Mr. Ford told Probably no presidential action was more tour would antagonize many Southern voters. aides it was more important to bring the unpopular than his attempt to make gas The President said the situation in Africa budget under control. and oil more expensive. Although we criti­ was too critical to wait and personally gave Even more astounding, he ordered the cized him for penalizing the poor and cater­ Kissinger the go-ahead. Subsequently, Mr. shutdown of four Air Force bases in states ing to the oil companies, he felt this was Ford lost to Ronald Reagan in the Texas, where he was courting votes-Craig in Ala­ the best way to hold down oil consumption Georgia and Alabama primaries. bama, Richard-Gebaur in Kansas, Webb in and, thereby, to reduce U.S. dependence on Yet the confidential minutes of a White Texas and even Kincheloe in his home state Arab oil fields. House meeting on May 12 show the President of Michigan. . "This may not be good politics," he told had not relented. The takeover of Angola by When Republican leaders pleaded with him his advisers, "but is good for the country." Soviet-supported guerrillas, he said, had to spare their pet projects, according to the Mr. Ford also sought to curb electronic made the situation "potentially very danger­ confidential minutes of a May 5 meeting, the surveillance by the FBI and Central Intelli­ ous" for African moderates. President replied bluntly: "There are definite gence Agency in a move that brought praise limitations on what we can spend." from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, (D-Mass.), "Without some strong position by us," he He demanded fiscal reforms before he but criticism from some conservative declared, "Africa would become ripe for the would agree to bail New York city out of its republicans. picking." There had been "some criticism financial crisis, despite a warning that strin­ Confidential minutes quote the President of the timing" of the Kissinger visit, he said, gent measures. would cost him votes. as responding: "It was a tough decision, "but I can't hold foreign policy in abeyance He replied that the city would never have without total unanimity, but I felt we had Mr. Ford has also dismayed his political wound up on the financial rocks if past may- to move in the national interest."

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Wednesday, June 9, 1976 The House met at 10 o'clock a.m. propriations during the fiscal year 1977 The theme for this year's Flag Day The Chaplin, Rev. Edward G. Latch, for procurement of aircraft, missiles, ceremony will be "America the Beauti­ D.D., offered the following prayer: naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, ful" and we have invited to be our special O worship the Lord in the beauty of torpedoes, and other weapons, and re­ guest Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, the Ameri­ holiness; fear before Him, all the search, development, test, and evalua­ can we believe best personifies this Earth.-Psalms 96: 9. tion for the Armed Forces, and to pre­ theme. In addition the U.S. Navy Band Eternal God, in this month throbbing scribe the authorized personnel strength and Sea Chanters will play patriotic with the lilting loveliness of June days, for each active duty component and of music for the 30-minute ceremony. we thank Thee for the beauty around the Selected Reserve of each Reserve This ceremony will be the official rec­ us, the glory above us, the green car­ component of the Armed Forces and of ognition of Old Glory by the House of pet beneath our feet, and the goodness civilian personnel of the Department of Representatives and the Flag Day Com­ of grateful hearts. Defense, and to authorize the military mittee hopes that each Member, their training student loads, and for other family, and staff will be able to partici­ ''God, who touchest Earth with beauty, purposes," vice Mr. GOLDWATER, excused. pate in honoring our American flag on Make us lovely too, this day. With Thy spirit recreate us, Make our hearts anew. PERMISSION FOR COMMITTEE ON RULES TO FILE CERTAIN PRIVI­ UNITED NATIONS IS APPLYING "Like the springs and running waters, LEGED REPORTS Make us crystal pure, DOUBLE STANDARD VIS-A-VIS Like Thy rocks of towering grandeur, Mr. PEPPER. Mr. Speaker, I ask AGGRESSION IN LEBANON Make us strong and sure. unanimous consent that the Committee (Mr. LEVITAS asked and was given on Rules may have until midnight to­ permission to address the House for 1 "Like Thy dancing wanes in sunlight, night to file certain privileged reports. minute and to revise and extend his Make us glad and free, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to remarks.) Like the straightness of the pine trees, the request of the gentleman from Let us upright be. Mr. LEVITAS. Mr. Speaker, there are Florida? many of us who are increasingly ques­ "Like the arching of the heavens, There was no objection. tioning the wisdom of the actions taken Lift our thoughts above, by the United Nations. Turn our dreams to noble action, We question the U.N.'s effectiveness. Ministries of love. "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" TO BE We question the evenhandedness and "God, who touchest Earth with beauty, FLAG DAY THEME fairness of the U.N. We question the Make us lovely too, (Mr. NICHOLS asked and was given relationship of the United States to that Keep us ever by Thy spirit, permission to address the House for 1 body. Pure and strong and true." minute and to revise and extend his re­ However, it is surprising to me, Mr. (MARY S. EDGAR.) marks.) Speaker, to see the United Nations stand Amen. Mr. NICHOLS. Mr. Speaker, some silently by while armed aggression is months ago I was appointed chah;man taking place in Lebanon. The United THE JOURNAL of a four-man House Flag Day Commit­ Nations Security Council, which is so tee charged with the responsibility of or­ swift to convene and to act in instances The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam­ ganizing the House ceremony honoring when other nations in the world are in­ ined the Journal of the last day's pro­ our American flag. volved, is again applying a double stand­ ceedings and announces to the House his I am pleased to report to you and my ard in the case of Lebanon. It does noth­ approval thereof. colleagues that we have finalized plans ing. It says nothing. It watches while Without objection, the Journal stands to hold our ceremony on Tuesday, June foreign arms, foreign forces, and foreign approved. 15, at the noon hour here in the House powers commit aggression against a There was no objection. Chamber. member nation and threaten the peace of Because of the special significance of that region and, indeed, the peace of the MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE this Bi-centennial Year the committee de- world. cided to break past traditions of recog­ Mr. Speaker, if there has ever been a A message from the Senate by Mr. nizing a particular segment of our so­ need for the security and the peace­ Sparrow, one of its clerks, announced ciety, such as athletics, entertainment, keeping forces of the United Nations that Mr. BARTLETT be a conferee, on the or the media and develop a theme of to be brought to bear, it is in the case part of the Senate, on the bill (H.R. much broader significance. I believe we of what is occurring in Lebanon today 12438) entitled "An act to authorize ap- have done just that. as we see this ancient, peaceful com-