160 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE January 8_ to such office; to the Committee on Armed steps to promote the idea of a nuclear patrol 600. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Avon Services. about the borders of Communist China to Park, Fla., relative to legislation to require By Mr. VAN PELT: prevent nuclear warheads from entering electronic eyes. at all entrances to the U.S. H.R. 9600. A bill for the relief of Christos Communist China; to the Committee on Capitol for security reasons; to the Commit­ Panagiotopoulos; to the Committee on the Foreign Affairs. tee on House Administration. Judiciary. 598. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Avon 601. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Avon Park, Fla., relative to alleged connections be­ Park, Fla., requesting that the Joint Com­ tween the CIA and the executed Bulgarian mittee on Printing have placed in the CoN­ spy Ivan Assen Georgiev; to the Committee GRESSIONAL RECORD Zip code numbers relating PETITIONS, ETC. on Foreign Affairs. to Congress; to the Committee on House Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions 599. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Avon Administration. Park, Fla., requesting that the Joint Com­ 602. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Avon and papers we.re laid on the Clerk's desk mittee on Printing attempt to change the Park, Fla., relative to abolishing the so-called and referred as follows: spelling in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD of seniority rule in determining the committee 597. By the SPEAKER: Petition of Henry "madam" to a more appropriate "madame"; chairman in the House of Representatives; Stoner, Avon Park, Fla., relative to taking to the Committee on House Administration. to the Committee on Rules.

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National Cultural Center real memorial to him and a mark of stature are not read1ly encountered and honor to his wonderful widow. he will indeed be hard to replace. EXTENSION OF REMARKS This Congress must approve a suitable One of our cherished privileges was OF memorial for the late President and ap­ that of service with Mr. BAKER'S son-in­ propriate adequate funds for it. It must law, the Honorable William C. Wampler, HON. JOSEPH W. MARTIN, JR. be located in Washington, D.C., the city who was here with us in the 83d Congress. OF MASSACHUSETTS which was so dear to his heart and in During that period we came to appre­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES which he did so much for humanity. ciate the fine traditions of the Baker If we approve this bill today, we · will family, not only through the father but Wednesday, January 8, 1964 forestall some less worthy memorial li:;t.ter. also through the daughter, and our Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Mr. We will assure that what funds are to be hearts go out to those who suffer in this Speaker, we consider today a bill to name appropriated will be spent usefully iii a bereavement. Mrs. Dague joins with me the proposed National Cultural Center in great national endeavor. We will be in a .Prayerful petition that the family memory of the late President John F. paying timely and appropriate homage of our late colleague will find consola­ Kennedy. to our late and beloved President, John tion in the assurance that there are ..so I am honored to have filed this bill. F. Kennedy. many who mourn with them in this sad I did so because I believe in the high hour. purposes of the Cultural Center and be­ cause I believe this is the most fitting of the memorials proposed for the late and Howard H. Baker Hon. Howard H. Baker beloved leader from my home State of Massachusetts. EXTENSION OF REMARKS EXTENSION OF REMARKS I am honored, too, to have fl.led it be­ OF 01' cause I believe that such a memorial should be nonpartisan in origin and non­ HON. PAUL B. DAGUE HON. ROBERT E. JONES partisan in its adoption by this Congress. OF PENNSYLVANIA OF ALABAMA The memory of President Kennedy be­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES longs to the whole Nation; to the whole world; to all the people he sought to Wednesday, January 8, 1964 Wednesdqy, January 8, 1964 serve. ·Mr. DAGUE. Mr. Speaker, the year Mr. JONES of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, Someday this Cultural Center will be that is gone-the 1st session of the 88th it is with a heavy heart that I join my a source of pride to every American. It Congress-has been the most gruelling colleagues in mourning the sudden pass­ will be a cultural stimulus to the Nation, in my 17 years in the House and the ing of HOWARD H. BAKER of Huntsville, and it will be a home for the arts in the frustrations, the disappointments, and Tenn. The House has lost a Member, Nation's Capital. the unrelenting pressures to which we whose personal charm and magnetism Ever since the dawn of Christianity, have been subjected have resulted in all made him fl.rm friends on each side of nations have been proud of their cultural too many of our colleagues being called the aisle. He merited and had the re­ progress. We have considered ourselves to their eternal rest. Perhaps, too, the spect and affection of everyone in the one of the foremost, yet, in some respects, fact that we are the constant targets of Congress. we have lagged behind foreign nations those who want only to make capital out HOWARD BAKER was a legislator and a in the support that we have given to the of Congress resistance to bad legislation public servant who not only was an ex­ fine arts. We must be as anxious to lead has been a prime reason for the fa talities emplar of the best tradit~ons of the Con­ in this endeavor as we are in any other. that marked last year's legislative path. gress but enhanced them by his service The late Pr·esident Kennedy and his re­ Today we mourn the passing of a dis­ here. A man of firm convictions and ·markable wife, Jacqueline, made a con­ tinguished and dedicated colleague who principles he had that rare quality of spicuous contribution to the elevation of was a tower of strength on our Ways and , being able to disagree without being dis­ · our taste for the fine arts. Music and Means Committee where he lent his not agreeable, of vigorous opposition without poetry and painting received recognition inconsiderable talents to the reporting offense .and a candid honesty which in the Kennedy administration far be- · of good legislation or, which is equally added to the admiration and respect we yond any that those arts had received in important, to withholding immature had for him. prior years. Both of them possessed measures that could only add to the In coming to the House, HOWARD artistic good taste which all good Amer­ socialistic menace which is bearing BAKER brought vast experience in hu­ icans have envied and appreciated. This down upon us. HOWARD BAKER was a man relations and public service which good taste gave their administration a man who recognized a basic commitment helped make him such a valuable coun­ class that was good for the country and to represent the interests of his constitu­ sel on the Ways and Means Committee its people. I know that John F. Kennedy ents but he also accepted the larger man­ and in the daily deliberations of the would be proud to have this Cultural date stemming from national welfare House itself. Before coming to the Con­ Center bear ·his name. This can be a as a whole. Good men of this man's gress, he long had been acknowledged as 1964 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 161 a leader and thinker in the affairs of found our Philadelphia friend ready and This is the demnttarized zone, the line of Tennessee and an outstanding member of willing to lend me a hand. ground con tact between the opposing sides the bar, with a reputation that was not It was my sad privilege to join in the at the moment of cease fire, which now sep­ arates the Republic of Korea from the Com­ bounded by State lines. He was almost sacred rites observed in his passing and munist north. Inside this no man's land as widely known and respected in my I could not help being impressed, as one nothing moves except the ceaseless wind, and own State of Alabama as he was in Ten­ of a different denomination, by the dig­ the silence is oppressive. There are no bricks nessee. He came well equipped to serve nity and solemnity of the requiems in­ ·and mortar here, but this is a wall, unseen here because of his service in the Ten­ toned in his behalf. And I am sure that but hostile, and there are no openings in it nessee Legislature, as an attorney gen­ in his place of quiet rest beyond the sun­ even for Christmas. eral, a judge, and had a keen interest and set Bill has been pleased to observe that In Berlin there is at least some contact be­ knowledge of national and international he has had a place in my humble if in­ tween East and West, a sense of communica­ tion with those on the other side. People affairs because of his repeated elections eloquent prayers. do pass through the wall, and there is · no as a delegate to national Republican con­ This departed friend left a loving wife . readily discernible feeling of deep enmity in ventions. and devoted children who will not quick­ the air. Nor is there an urgent sense of dan­ HowARD BAKER was loved, honored, and ly be turned from their sorrow. But we ger; frustration, perhaps, and even bitter­ respected as a person and \8.8 a public who are still in our pilgrimage must re­ ness, but the Berliners seem convinced that, :figure. He contributed greatly to our member them in our devotions, and Mrs. somehow, an accommodation will be worked recent history and national well ... being Dague and I shall prayerfully petition out for whatever crisis confronts them. and his memory will be cherished as long the Master to enfold them in His com­ Not in Korea. 'The hostility between North and South is as deep and total as it was a as any of his colleagues remain to m.iss forting arms. decade ago, when I fought there as a young him. To Mrs. Baker and his three chil­ infantry officer just out of West Point. What dren, I extend my deepest sympathy. contact there is between sides on the Mili­ tary Armistice Commission is coldly official; The Korean Wall as always, the Communist members lie, in­ sult, and obstruct; it is basic with them to William Joseph Green, Jr. violate the terms of the truce. Their double­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS dealing long ago became so brazen that we 01' do not permit their inspection teams on our EXTENSION OF REMARKS side of the line. OF HON. JOHN M. MURPHY On the troop level, there is ev~ry attitude 01' NEW YORK of war except actual shooting, and at times .HON. PAUL B. DAGUE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES there is even that. We--and when I say "we" 01' PENNSYLVANIA I am speaking of the United Nations Com­ Wednesday, January 8, 1964 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mand-have roughly 1 million men under Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. arms in South Korea. The vast majority, of Wednesday, January 8, 1964 course, are Republic of Korea troop,s, aug­ Speaker, under the leave to extend my mented by our own 1st Cavalry and 7th In­ Mr. DAGUE. Mr. Speaker, the ever­ remarks in the RECORD, I include the fol­ fantry Divisions and a token force of British swinging scythe of the Grim Reaper has lowing text of a television speech that I and Turkish troop,s. taken its heavy toll of our Pennsylvania will deliver on Sunday, January 12, in The line is patrolled constantly, day and delegation and we stand with bowed New York as a result of the observations night, by both sides. They pass in hostile heads as we contemplate the loss of of a trip that I made to Korea and South 'silence, and sometimes the North Koreans these colleagues who so completely Vietnam between December 14 and 24, spit on our men as they file by. On strategic earned our affection and respect while 1963. At that time I discussed the mili­ hills we have built concrete bunkers, they were laboring in the legislative vine­ manned around the clock and protected tary, economic, and political situations against infiltrators by cons of barbed wire, yard with us. with representatives of their countries. mines, and trip flares. Twice daily helicop­ Especially have we been touched by The following pertains particularly to the ters fly the 151 miles of the truce line to the untimely passing of BILL GREEN who demilitarized zone in Korea which can be flush out enemy probers. was taken at the apex of his career and appropriately called the Korean wall: For in Korea there is only an armistice-­ who left the national scene at a time THE KOREAN WALL the longest armistice in history-and, in my when this Nation can so ill afford to opinion, there wm be no peace settlement lose a public servant of.' his stature. In­ (By JOHN M. MURPHY, Member of Congress) worked out in the foreseeable future. Per­ cidentally, this brief eulogy will prob­ We in the West tend to symbolize the cold haps we may in time arrive at an accommo­ war with the Berlin wall, which runs like an dation with the Russians, but in Korea we ably be read by partisans who will have ugly scar across the former capital of Ger­ are dealing with the Red Chinese, who, at this difficulty in understanding how legisla­ many. Its identification in our minds with point in history, can be dealt with only by tors of such diverse political viewpoints Communist tyranny was etched even sharper force. In Korea, as in every other area of could feel themselves so bereft when a over the Christmas holidays, when the Red their inrtuence, the Peking Marxists play colleague of the opposite persuasion is puppet leaders of East Germany briefly a waiting game, constantly probing to find called te his eternal reward. To an­ opened the wall to admit West Berliners for a weak spot, military or economic, and swer them is simply to emphasize that visits with their relatives in East Berlin. exploit it. disagree we may in matters of policy But while the free world's attention was The danger in Korea is clear and pres­ but in the end we judge our brother by focused on the Berlin wall, I was ~iewing an­ ent. Behind that wall of sllence lies an im­ other wall-a less dramatic one, perhaps, but placable foe, restrained from another savage his code of ethics and by how he dis­ even more grim and far deadlier. This wall assault only by the realization that we main­ charged his obligations and kept his is, prosaically enough, a strip of dirty, tain a superior force to oppose them. Be­ word. A worthy opponent in the legis­ weather-worn engineer's tape, two inches hind this force is American determination lative lists was this departed warrior wide, which stretches 151 miles across the and American money and resources, a com­ but with it all he was one who called Korean Peninsula from the Han River estu­ bination far more powerful than any Peking his shots and hesitated not to be mag­ ary in the west, to just below the 39th paral­ can muster. Peking is quite aware of this. nanimous in victory. lel in the east. But Peking is also aware that there is a It passes between bleak, snow-covered hills growing dissatisfaction--or perhaps disen­ The record will probably reveal that which st111 bear the gashes of shell fire, the chantment ls the better word-with foreign BILL GREEN and I voted alike on but few charred and splintered trees and the debris aid in this country, a feeling that a reap­ issues and I suspect that our political of a war that is not yet over. It winds praisal is due. There is no doubt but that philosophies were as far apart as the through frozen valleys, threading brushwood savings can and should be made, that there and weeds that cover former farmlands now poles. But having said that I am sure have been waste and mismanagement in the that each of us, according to his lights, sown with a deadly crop of mines. Two thousand meters out from it, and paralleling aid program, that we have been wide of our wanted the same thing-; namely, a life it north and south, are strands of rusty target in many areas. No program so vast of peace and security for all mankind. barbed wire. Posted along the wire at in­ could be perfectly administered. But to ad­ I also have within me the firm con­ tervals, like silent sentinels, are yellow and vocate sweeping slashes in military and eco- viction that had I ever wanted a favor, black signs which warn: Caution-no ad- nomic aid, without regard for the critical political or otherwise, I would have mittance-DMZ. ' areas of the. cold war, ls to court disaster. CX--11 162 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE January 8 This is precisely what Peiping is waiting we go ahead and feed our Communist A native of Clarksburg, the tall, tousled for in Korea, in South Vietnam, in Cam­ enemies? Secretary of the Army is the Sunday Gazette­ bodia-everywhere the Red tentacles reach. Is it any wonder that our American Mall's selection of "West Virginian of 1963." In Korea, we have spent more than $5 bil­ For the past 18 months, as boss of almost lion since World War II, militarily and people are confused and disturbed? 2 million mmtary and c1vi11an personnel, economically. We lost 54,246 dead and with an annual budget exceeding $5 b1llion counted 103,284 wounded in defending the and with branch offices in 58 countries, country from Communist invaders. Last Vance has commanded one of the biggest year, we spent more than $90 million. Hon. Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary of the businesses in peacetime history. Were we justified in expending this blood In that period, he has weathered several and treasure? Having just returned from Army, Named West Virginian of 1963 major crises, starting with the Cuban con­ 2 weeks in Korea-2 weeks in which I con­ by Charleston (W. Va.) Sunday Ga­ frontation and Berlin flareups and continu­ ferred at length with civil and military of­ ing through-racial battles in Mississippi and ficials and talked with scores of South zette-Mail Alabama. Vance also ts credited with help­ Koreans in all walks of life-I can tell you ing to realine and reorganize the U.S. Army that the answer is "Yes." EXTENSION OF REMARKS into the world's most effective strike force. Some Americans might ask, "What differ­ OF Last August 2, at White Sulphur Springs, ence does it make to a powerful country like Vance told southern Governors' conference the United States if Red China does take HON. JENNINGS RANDOLPH that the United States and its NATO allles Korea, or South Vietnam, or Cambodia? OF WEST VIRGINIA could win a conventional war with Russia. They're a long way off." Militarily, we could This offhand remark points up the changes cope with such a setback. But that is not IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES wrought in our Defense Establishment since th-e point. The point is that such conquests Wednesday, January 8, 1964 the midfifties, when the West depended would not necessarily make us weaker, but · almost solely on a "Chinese wall" of nuclear would make Red China far, far more power­ Mr. RANDOLPH. Mr. President, the bombers to retaliate to any aggression. ful. Economically, Peiping is in trouble. Honorable Cyrus R. Vance, Secretary of "This country • • • continues to require Its resources are strained simply to feed its the Army, is an outstanding example of the best defense in the world-a defense people. capability, experience, and dedication in. which ls suited to the sixties," declared Every acre of rice land, every factory it public office-a citizen of high ideals who the late President Kennedy last January. "It can seize, free, in Red China the equivalent "means improved air and defense missiles, in manpower and raw material for further believes himself compelled to serve his improved civil defense, a strengthened ant1- conquest. The amazingly fertile fields of country to tne limits of his abilities. guerr1lla capacity, and flexible nonnuclear Vietnam alone would feed Red China's mil­ For his significant contributions to the forces. For a division of well-equipped men lions, enabling them to throw all their well-being of our land, and for the man­ on a border may be more useful to our real energies into building Red China's war ner in which he epitomizes the energy security than the multiplication of awe­ machine. This is the thought we must keep and individuality of his native State, the some weapons beyond all rational need." uppermost in our minds when we consider Charleston (W. Va.) Sunday Gazette­ This new military posture-and the man the value of continued foreign aid. Every who may ultimately be charged with its total man we arm, every factory we underwrite Mail has selected Cyrus Roberts Vance implementation-makes Cyrus Vance one of to strengthen the economy of a threatened as "West Virginian of 1963." the most important men of our century. country such as Korea, is a defeat for com­ From schoolboy athlete to Cabinet He was appointed General Counsel to the munism. member, "Bob" Vance's life has been one Department of Defense on January 4, 1961, It is our will alone that is keeping the of continuous achievement. He has as one of President-elect Kennedy's first enemy on the other side of that silent wall worked hard, and has attained much. official moves. Vance succeeded Secretary of in Korea. We must not let it W\eaken. Leaving the Navy after distinguished the Army Elvis Stahr, former president of World War II service, Secretary Vance West Virginia University, 17 months later. Stahr left to become president of Indiana won recognition in the legal profession­ University. Do We Maintain Two Standards in Deal­ as a partner in a prominent New York During his tenure as General Counsel, firm. In 1957 he came to Washington Vance earned the reputation of being "the ing With Communism? as consulting counsel to the Prepared­ hardest worker in the Pentagon." ness Investigati:ng Subcommittee of the He's the only man there, said an awed aide EXTENSION OF REMARKS Senate Committee on Armed Services, "who comes to work earlier and stays at th~ OF and later was appointed as General office longer than McNamara." Counsel to the Department of Defense. There are, indeed, some striking similari­ HON. PAUL A. FINO In mid-1962, the Clarksburg native suc­ ties in the makeup of McNamara and Vance. OF NEW YORK Both are wholly dedicated to their job, both ceeded Elvis J. Stahr, Jr., another West are precise, confident, and controlled. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Virginian, as Secretary of the Army. "Very incisive mind, unusual integrity, Wednesday, January 8, 1964 In the December 19, 1963, issue of the good balance and Judgment," are words co­ State magazine of the Gazette-Mail, edi­ workers use to describe Vance. Mr. FINO. Mr. Speaker, if ever there torial staff writer, George Lawless, de­ The only evidence of his bad judgment-­ was reason for the American people to scribes Cyrus Vance the man, and ex­ from the average person's viewpoint-might be confused, disturbed, and disgusted, it plores the complex and demanding world be the mankilling schedule he maintains. was given yesterday when this adminis­ He's always at his Pentagon office desk well tration criticized and denounced the in which he lives and works. I commend before 8 a.m. each day and rarely leaves be­ Mr. Lawless' article to the attention of fore 9 p.m. This often includes Saturdays British sale of buses and spare parts to my colleagues and urge that they join and Sundays. Cuba. me in expressing heartfelt gratitude and "My wife (Gay) wishes I could organize The State Department's opposition to congratulations to the West Virginian my time better so I could shorten my hours," this deal with Cuba because it "does not of 1963, a gifted and devoted public Vance grins, then adds a note of seriousness: help our efforts to isolate the Cuban re­ "There's just so much to be done. You servant, the Honorable Cyrus R. Vance. literally could work 24 hours a day and still gime," is a farce. I ask unanimous consent that the Sun­ How can we, in good conscience, jus­ wouldn't get all the work done." day Gazette-Mail article, "West Virgin­ This almost total dedication to duty ts tify our criticism of this sale of nonstra­ ian for 1963," be printed in the RECORD, pleasing to the hard-driving McNamara, tegic goods when we are selling one­ together with my congratulatory letter to former president of Ford Motor Co. He re­ quarter billion dollars worth of wheat to Secretary Vance dated January 7, 1964. portedly found the more relaxed approach Russia, Bulgaria, and other Iron Curtain of former Army Secretary Stahr a bit irk­ countries? There being no objection, the article some. and letter were ordered to be printed in Cyrus (Bob) Vance was born on St. Pat­ Do we maintain two standards in deal­ the RECORD, as fallows: ing with communism? Is the Cuban rick's Day in 1917 in an old family mansion brand of communism any different than WEST VIRGINIAN FOR 1963 at the corner of Pike and Sixth Streets in (By George Lawless) West Clarksburg. ' Russia's? He was the fourth generation of Vance in How can we expect other countries to In a few days Cyrus Roberts Vance is the city. His great-grandfather, Col. Cyrus respect our wishes when we speak from slated to take over the No. 2 post in an Vance, was a former mayor of Clarksburg. both sides of our mouths? How can we organization charged with awesome respon­ His grandfather, Col. John Vance, was a sibi11ty-defense of the free world. member of the first succession legislature expect our allies to respect us when we Vance, 46, ts expected to replace Roswell at Wheeling. rap them for selling nonstrategic ma­ Gilpatric as Deputy Defense Secretary under . Bob ls one of two boys born to Mr. and terial to a Communist country and then Robert S. McNamara. Mrs. John Carl Vance. His brother, John, 1964 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 163 ls 2 years older and former assistant attorney modically during prolonged crises. It. in­ ber of engagements, including the Solomons general under Governor Marland. John cludes a handsome trophy case filled with campaign, but never met. practiced law in Clarksburg untll 3 years ago, awards and mementos of his military tours, At Yale, Vance played varsity wing on the when he became a writer and editor for the but visitors are rarely permitted to inspect hockey team, was a member of the Fence American Bar Association's Legal Journal it. Displayed prominently in the case is the Club, Scroll and Key, Torch Honor Society, at Rochester, N.Y. West Virginia Distinguished Service Medal and, in law echool, was selected student di­ Bob Vance was a Navy lieutenant and gun­ awarded during his visit last summer to the rector of the Yale Moot Court of Appeals. nery officer abroad destroyers for 20 months 16th Special Forces encampment. The Pres­ (A back injury suffered in a hockey game during World War II. ton County site, incidentally, ls the only Na­ at Yale caused recurring pain, until last fall He attended Kent School, a private prep tional Guard encampment he has visited dur­ Vance was forced to undergo corrective sur­ school in Connecticut, and Yale University. ing his term of office. gery during the height of the Cuban crisis.) He received his B.A. degree in economics in Vance has strong ties to West Virginia, al­ As an up-and-coming civil trials lawyer at 1939, went on to Yale Law School. In 1942 though his residence in the Mountain State Simpson, Thacher, & Barlett, Vance handled he was graduated cum laude. has been relatively brief. a number of important cases. His firm repre­ After Navy service, he was named assistant He was only 6 months old when his father, sented, among others, Texas oil interests and to the president of Mead Corp., a manufac­ a highly successful insurance man, accepted the Ford Motor Co. turer of paper products, with headquarters a post in New York as vice president of Vance first entered Government service in in New York. In the following year,- he Baird & Co., an international insurance firm. 1957, when Russia's launching of sputnik joined the law firm of Simpson, Thacher & The family moved to sedate Bronxville, N.Y. shook up U.S: defense planners. During 1957- Bartlett, one of the leading Wall Street legal Mr. Vance headed tHe war materials insur­ 60 he was special counsel to the Prepared­ concerns. Vance was made a full partner ance· board during World War I. When Bob ness Investigating Subcommittee of the in 1952. was 5 years old, the father suddenly con­ Senate Committee on Armed Services. Later He married Grace Elsie Sloane, daughter tracted pneumonia and died. he was n~med consulting counsel to the of the retired head of W. & J. Sloane Co., of The family returned to Clarksburg and Special Senate Committee on Space and New York, in 1947. The Vances have five took up residence at 123 Main Street West, in Astronautics. Chairman of the latter com-· children, Elsie, 15, Amy Sloane, 13, twins an imposing old two-story colonial home mittee was Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Dem­ Grace Roberts and Camilla, 12, and Cyrus built in 1804. It is the oldest residence in ocrat, of Texas. Roberts, Jr., 9. Clarksburg. "senator Johnson told me that the work The foregoing is bare biography. At this point, Mrs. Amy Vance became the probably would only take a couple of weeks," It chronicles the rapid rise of a bright dominant factor in molding the man who Vance recalled smilingly. "Four months later young man to a high position in the busi­ now holds one of the most critical posts in we were still hard at it, working practically ness world. It illustrates the career path a Government. Today a tireless civic worker around the clock." well-trained, wealthy man would normally in Clarksburg, Mrs. Vance had some rather Vance was known in Washington as a quiet, take. progressive ideas about rearing her father­ highly competent legal prober during the But behind this brief outline is the story less children 40 years ago. She sought to space hearings. "He was around 2 weeks be­ of an exceptional individual, a man who has teach them self-discipline, independence, and fore many of us realized he was there," one the destinies of millions locked ln his agile personal integrity. key figure in the hearings remembers. mind. · "She has always given me good advice," His committee performance, coupled with Who is Bob Vance? How did he get ther~ says Bob Vance. "I remember the year she his economics background, led to a tele­ and where is he going? Those are questions took us to Switzerland, to a private school phone call to his New York office 1 day late impossible to answer, but some '1nsight can in 1960. be gained by tracing his career. The round­ near Clarens on Lake Geneva. She insisted that we learn to speak French. So she "It was right before Christmas, and I -was ing out of a personality can be partly done pla{:ed us with a Swiss family that" could not asked to come to Washington as counsel for by probing the thoughts of loved ones, close the Department of Defense. I only had a friends, and colleagues. speak English." Mrs. Vance explains: "I felt that if they couple of days to give an answer. • • • It The search begins in the Pentagon, really shook up our plans for the holidays," through the giant spaghetti bowl of corridors were to learn the language, they'd have to he recalled. live with it. I only visited them on week­ to room 3E718, located on the outer ring of Vance was labeled a "Lyndon Johnson man" the puzzle palace overlooking a mall. Here ends, and little English was spoken even then." by several Washington columnists who con­ is ...where the man spends most of his waking sidered him a protege of the then Vice Pres­ hours; in its spacious confines history is "I think this is a good example of her ef­ ident. Later, as his stature rose in the De­ being written. · forts to teach us self-reliance," her son re­ parment, he was tagged with the term "Mc­ On a typical day, he will have awakened marked. "It taught us to adapt to change." Namara's man." around 6 a.m., skimmed through three news­ This early oversea experience paid off in Vance bridles at both implications. papers during a hearty breakfast while await­ another way years later. During World War "I like to consider myself my own man," ing the arrival of his civilian chauffeur. II, brother John served behind the lines as he snapped, then added with a grin, "I be­ ("Bob absolutely refuses to us.e an enlisted an intelligence agent in advance of General lieve you should be loyal to the people you man for the job;· he believes it's not a mili­ Patton's 3d Army, speaking French like a work for and do the best job you can." In tary function," a close friend confides.) native in successfully contacting under­ answer to the obvious question, ex-Navyman He usually arrives at his giant oaken desk ground fighters. Vance replied: "I cheered for Army during between 7:15 and 7:30 a.m. On it is a care- · Bob Vance decided to be a lawyer when that game." fully prepared memorandum-which he had he was about 8 years old. He explained: Washington pundits feel that Vance is the written immediately before departure the "We used to spend Sundays with the John man who has Pr~sident Johnson's "ear 9n previous evening--outlinlng the chores of the W. Davises. (The families are related; James national security matters." And his preci­ ·day. He reviews it as he drinks a cup of H. Davis III, State senator from Kanawha sion of thought, orderliness and· attention strong coffee, 1 of about 15 during the day County, ls a distant cousin.) I used to to detail draws McNamara's respect. (:'a carryover from my Navy days"). browse in Mr. Davis' law library. I remem­ Vance, quite expectedly, is a fast and When the daily schedule ls set in his mind, bered the smell of bound leather, and those voracious re~der. He can speed read through Vance whips across the hall to the cable wonderfully big ehelves of law books." a thick sheaf of reports and replay every room, where he reads overnight dispatches Davis, a distinguished attorney and former vital phrase. from his worldwide organization. After dic­ Democratic candidate for President in 1921, "He has a photographic memory," his tating replies, he returns to his desk for the used to pose legal problems to young Bob mother, Mrs. Amy Vance, said pridefully. beginning of a series of conferences. On an and ask for solutions. Flattered, Bob would "I remember one time we took a motor trip average day, between 35 and 40 high-placed spend hours researching the law library be­ out West. Bob had been on the same route personages will meet with him, interspersed fore delivering an opinion. years before-and he remembered every turn by almost constant phone calls. And always, He was enrolled at Kent School shortly in the road before we came to it." lurking in the tight schedule, is that quick after the family's return to Clarksburg in Joseph P. Condry, a boyhood chum in s.ummons from the White House or the HilJ 1930, and spent only summers at home after Clarksburg, said Bob Vance excelled in all or the Strategy Board. that. At school, he earned the nickname of sports as a boy. "But he probably wasn't a Glaring balefully across the large room at "Spider" as star wing on the hockey team. natural athlete like his brother John. Bob's the oil-painted resemblance of Elvis Stahr· is "I grew about 8 inches in 1 year," said ability came through long practice." the portrait of Henry L. Stinson, the only the slim 6-footer, "and I was all elbows and Condry, an attorney, State racing com­ man appointed twice as Army Secretary. The knees coming down the ice." Vance also missioner and executive secretary of the West flag-lined office in itself is a fascinating rowed crew and played football. Coinci­ Virginia Savings & Loan Association, recol­ study. About 20 by 50 feet of buff rug and dentally, Kent had a rousing sports rivalry lected: off-white walls, the Secretary's suite is more with nearby Choate, where another passable­ "Bob used to come back to Clarksburg of a living quarters than an office. Off to one football player named John F . Kennedy was every summer·. He wasn't the typical snob­ side ls a complete kitchen, from which enrolled. bish kid home from prep school. I remem­ luncheons are served almost daily at noon­ During World War II both Kennedy as a ber we'd play tennis every day, and he had time conferences with key figures. Another PT-boat commander and Vance as a de­ a controlled, perfect swing. Most of us in feature is a bedr09m, where he sleeps spas- stroyer gunnery officer participated in a num- the west side gang would slop the ball 164 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE January 9 around, but Bob would stick to the form he long as the President wants me to," he evil from our country where many mil­ was taught, even to the extent of losing a answers humbly. lions of people still suffer the ravages of game." Eventually, however, he hopes to form his poverty. I am particularly pleased of Daniel V. Louchery, Clar'ksburg attorney own private law firm. and former State Republican chairman, re­ "I feel every person who has had certain the way he is continuing the struggle called Bob as a serious boy, but added "we advantages should give some thought to pub­ toward realization of the Kennedy pro­ did all the things that growing boys do." lic service," he observed. "l've always felt gram, especially civil rights, tax reduc­ Louchery, who practiced law for 5 years very strongly that all of us have an obliga­ tion, and medical care for our eld~ly with John Vance before the latter went to tion • • • to me it is just as important to citizens. Rochester in 1960, was a classmate of John make a contribution at the local level as it I am also in accord with the various F. Kennedy at Choate. is in State or Federal Government. We all other proposals advocated by President Col. W111iam E. M1ller, lifelong friend of have a duty to perform." Johnson today and I trust this will mark Bob Vance, remembers spending endless That is the man-Cyrus Robert Vance­ hours at the comfortable old Vance home. who is our choice for "West Virginian of the beginning of a highly successful "We must have eaten a mlllion gallons of 1963." Johnson program in the best interests of peanut butter," he grinned, M1ller, assistant the Nation. adjutant general in the West Virginia Na­ U.S. SENATE, The President's statement that "we tional Guard, was instrumental in getting COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC WORKS, will not be buried" indicates his aware­ Vance to visit Camp Dawson, where he was January 7, 1964. ness of the Communist problem. The post 1commandant, during last summer's spe­ Hon. CYRUS R. VANCE, strength of our Armed Forces is proof cial forces training exercise. Secretary of the Army, According to his mother, Bob Vance likes Department of Defense, positive that we will not knuckle under to wear plain combat fatigues during his Washington, D.C. to Communist threats. visits to mmtary installations. During last DEAR CYRUS: Congratulations on your I am convinced the American people summer's giant Operation Big Lift to Ger­ selection by the Sunday Gazette-Mail of will support President Johnson 1n all many, Vance startled a number of GI's when Charleston as "West Virginian for 1963." these endeavors, both at home and he approached them to chat in company The fully merited designation places your abroad. with a group of top generals. "They thought name on a select honor roll of distinguished he was a lowly private at first," an aide natives and citizens of our State who have commented. made vital and important contributions to His working uniform, however, is usually the progress of West Virginia and the Nation. Hon. Howard Baker an Ivy League-cut suit, preferably pinstriped, To have been so appropriately honored in and he wears red ties, badly knotted. Be­ West Virginia's centennial year is another EXTENSION OF REMARKS cause of his long work hours, he and his distinction which justifies the commenda­ OF pretty blonde wife, Gay, do little entertain­ tion which I am privileged and pleased to ing at their magnificent Georgetown home, extend. HON. JAMES C. AUCHINCLOSS acquired from outgoing Navy Secretary John May this new year give to you added OF NEW JERSEY Connally, who resigned to run successfully achievement and a sense of constructive serv­ for Governor of Texas. Connally presently ice as you carry forward the vital assign­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is recuperating from wounds incurred during ment in our Defense Department. Wednesday, January 8, 1964 the November 22 assassination of President Very truly, Kennedy. JENNINGS RANDOLPH. Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. Mr. Speaker, The $22,000-a-year Army Secretary and his the sudden death of a warm friend whose wife try to avoid the Washington social swim, preferring to devote their rare hours at home character you highly respected is always with the children and puttering around in a great shock and impresses one that life their garden. The President's State of the Union on this planet is not eternal. From the An Episcopalian, Vance is a former vestry­ first day that I met HOWARD BAKER when man in the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Address ne came to Congress, a warm friendship looks forward to Sunday services in Washing­ developed and over the years our ties of ton when time permits. "It's the only time EXTENSION OF REMARKS mutual understanding became stronger our family is ever completely together," he OF remarked. His oldest daughter, Elsie, at­ and stronger. Quiet and unassuming in tends St. Timothy School at Baltimore, and HON. WILLIAM L. ST. ONGE his manner, he had an active and most and the four younger children are en.rolled intelligent mind, devoted to service and at Potomac School. OF CONNECTICUT supported by a courage and strength of A man of Spartan habits, probably in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES will which was extraordinary. It was herited from his Welsh ancestors, Vance sips Wednesday, January 8, 1964 natural that he made many friends and an occasional highball at social functions, the respect that they had for him was and sparingly smokes cigars and cigarettes. Mr. ST. ONGE. Mr. Speaker, I am convincing testimony of his sterling He is painfully reluctant to talk about deeply impressed with President John­ character. himself, but he describes with obvious pride son's State of the Union address. I feel the things "we feel we have achieved in the He served his country well as a Mem­ past few years." A team thinker, Vance fre­ that he has the strength of conviction ber of Congress and contributed much in quently lapses into the third person when and ideas. He is a man of action with a keen grasp of the Nation's problems. the consideration of legislation. In describing his mission. meeting his responsibilities his con­ "We have improved our Army's combat He possesses the leadership and the ab11- to readiness immeasurably in the past 3 years," ity to deal with these problems at this stituents he was most conscientious and he says. "Another major achievement. has crucial period in our history. I think the there is no doubt that he will be hard to been the development of a strategy of flexi­ Nation is fortunate to have a man of his replace. ble response • • • we are making good prog­ I extend my sincere sympathy his ress toward greater mobility involving air capacity and talents as its leader. to assault." What specifically appeals to me is widow and children and I feel sure they With the job always unfinished, what President Johnson's strong attack on will be comforted in the knowledge of the about his future? "I'll stay on the job as . poverty and his efforts to eradicate this glory of his life of service .

guiding intelligence in the life of men endeavoring to safeguard our heritage HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and nations, we have entered upon a new of liberty. May we understand more day with difficult tasks and grave respon­ clearly that freedom can only be the THVRSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1964 sibilities but Thy presence and power sure and abiding possession of those who The House met at 12 o'clock noon. are with us. have the will to defend it. The Chaplain, Rev. Bernard Braskamp, May this moment of prayer be one of Grant that all to the extent of their D.D., offered the following prayer: cleansing of heart and consecration of ability and with equal fidelity may seek purpose. Purge us from everything that to hasten the dawning of that blessed James 4: 8: Draw nigh to God and He dwarfs and deadens our capacities for day of prediction when peace and right­ will draw nigh to thee. noble and devoted service. eousness, concord and amity shall pre­ O God, our Father, who art the Su­ Unite us with the heroic who every­ vail. preme Ruler of the universe and the where are faithfully and courageously Hear us in Christ's name. Amen.