January 22, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 883 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS TALKING PROUD IN BUFFALO, The articles follow: hood, they came together for a single pur­ N.Y. [From Buffalo Evening News, Jan. 16, 1981] pose: To commemorate the life and accomplish­ A PROUD DAY FOR BUFFALO ments of Dr. King who, as an exemplar of HON.HENRYJ.NOWAK Buffalo can be proud today. strength through non-violence, changed the OF NEW YORK With the eyes of the nation focused on it, attitude of American society during a career IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES this city lived up to its reputation Thursday of courage that won him the 1964 Nobel as a community of good neighbors who in Prize for Peace. Thursday, January 22, 1981 honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther Pride and good will permeated the · 45- e Mr. NOWAK. Mr. Speaker, for sev­ King Jr. affirmed their positive commit­ minute event near the foot of Soldiers and eral months, the Buffalo Area Cham­ ment to his principles of human equality Sailors Monument, the 96-year-old column ber of Commerce has been spearhead­ and non-violence. honoring Buffalo servicemen who died help­ On the same day, the city established that ing to abolish slavery and maintain the ing a "Talking Proud" advertising it can preserve the constitutional rights of Union in the Civil War. campaign in my hometown of Buffalo, free speech and peaceful assembly without The city-sanctioned rally was a solemn N.Y., aimed at stimulating community the explosive clashes that had been feared. and prayerful event, as churchmen and pride and boosting the city's economic That there were no arrests or physical others gave thanks for the spirit of brother­ prospects. confrontations in Niagara Square involving hood that was Dr. King's legacy. The campaign has been highly suc­ a lone neo-Nazi spokesman and counterdem­ They gave thanks, too, that violence had cessful and well received. onstrators is a credit to the advance prep­ not marred the day of tribute. On January 15, 1981, however, my arations made by city and county officials It was also a patriotic moment, as partici­ fellow citizens in the Buffalo area, and to the careful precautions taken by pants sang with fervor the country's Nation­ Buffalo police and other law-enforcement al Anthem and the Black National Anthem. thanks to a series of events, had the agencies in averting any untoward incidents. And it was an exuberant, happy event, opportunity to show that actions do What can swell Buffalo's pride in particu­ filled with spontaneous cheers, with foot speak louder than words. For on Janu­ lar is the eloquent testimony to civic unity stomping, applause and often laughter, and ary 15, I am proud to report, the citi­ and responsibility by a citizenry that, while with chanted pleas that Dr. King's birthday zens of Buffalo were not only talking shunning any invitation to disorder and be declared a national holiday. proud but acting proud. turning its back on preachments of hate and The noon rally ended on a stirring note, as In a broad demonstration of commu­ divisiveness, sponsored the Lafayette speakers, honored guests and the throng nity unity, pride, and tolerance, Buffa­ Square birthday tribute to Dr. King's advo­ filling the square joined hands, raised them cacy of racial harmony. above their heads and, swaying in unison, lo on January 15 was the scene of a Together they came, blacks and whites sang the moving civil rights song, "We Shall memorial service commemorating the and citizens of different faiths and ethnic Overcome." memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, origins in a gathering of 5,000, to send forth The theme was set by the Rev. Will J .. Jr., and a neo-Nazi rally that never a message to the nation, as speakers noted, Brown, chairman of the sponsoring Black materialized as counterdemonstrators that Buffalo is indeed a city of good neigh­ Leadership Forum, when he told the crowd far outnumbered any identifiable neo­ bors. it was taking part in "an important celebra­ Nazis. This was all accomplished The community demonstrated its total op­ tion of one of America's most renowned position to the odious Nazi ideology, but men." peacefully, without violence, physical that it did so in a positive way and without confrontations, or arrests. "Dr. King stood for truth, righteousness giving vent to corrosive tensions or encour­ and justice," declared the pastor of New A great deal of credit goes to the agement to political activist groups that de­ Covenant United Church of Christ. cross section of community leadership scended on Buffalo is a tribute to the Black "During his life, he made some mad, some that in a unified fashion short circuit­ Leadership Forum, the National Conference glad, but he touched all. It is up to us to ed strong concerns about the potential of Christians and Jews and other groups keep his dream alive." for violence by the juxtaposition of and individuals who accented peaceful affir­ The Black Leadership Forum chairman rallies supporting the goals and memo­ mation of brotherhood. made a reference to the recent unsolved ries of Dr. King and the views of the Buffalo honored Dr. King's legacy in the killings of area blacks and to the possibility right way, and in·so doing it laid a worthy of violence that existed earlier Thursday in neo-Nazis. foundation for going forward in construc­ Those concerns were inflamed by counter-demonstrations in nearby Niagara tive ways to advance inter-racial under­ Square between neo-Nazi white suprema­ the simmering fears caused by the still standing and to allay public anxieties in a cists and a coalition of anti-Nazi groups. unsolved murders of seven local black climate marred by the unsolved slayings of "It is regrettable," commented Mr. Brown, men. Buffalo area black men: In building on that "that we had to have eight black men killed, But enlightened community leader­ foundation, citizens can give witness to the and the threat of violence, to bring this ship, a restrained and highly profes­ principles of human rights and non-violence group together today. sional police force, and a responsible advocated by Dr. King by supporting pro­ "We must now remain together," he said, posals for the erection of a statue in Buffalo "and we must have Martin Luther King's citizenry demonstrated in Buffalo, honoring him and by endorsing the designa­ N.Y., why America is a great nation birthday a national holiday. We will not tion of a national holiday in his memory. stop or rest until that is so." and why Buffalo is so aptly dubbed Mr. Brown's declaration touched off an "The City of Good Neighbors." UNITY SHOWN AT KING RALLY DID CITY enthusiastic demonstration among many By defusing a potentially explosive PROUD spectators who raised clenched hands and situation, we in Buffalo have demon­

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. 884 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 22, 1981 "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is dead, but They included U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick ALL VIEWS HEARD his spirit lives on. Long live the King." Moynihan, D-N.Y.; Reps. Henry J. Nowak, Everyone, including Nazi leader Karl E. The Rev. Walter L. Bryan, rector of St. D-Buffalo; Jack F. Kemp, R-Hamburg, and Hand Jr., got the chance to express his Philip's Episcopal Church, noted the "great­ John J. LaFalce, D-Town of Tonawanda, opinions publicly and peacefully, largely ness" of Dr. King, and the Rev. Bennett W. and State Atty. Gen. Robert Abrams. due to a highly restrained but firm and visi­ Smith, pastor of St. John the Baptist The rally was initiated as a peaceful trib­ ble police effort. Church, observed in his invocation that the _ ute to Dr. King by Buffalo's black leader­ Buffalo community has more than Dr. King ship, and sanctioned by business, labor, civic There was much speechmaking and rhet­ to be thankful for. and other groups, as well as by the city. oric, some of it inspiring, much of it upbeat, "May the message go out to all that Buf­ Several banners were raised by specta­ and there were surprisingly few violent falo is truly a city of good neighbors," he tors-the green and black coalition signs de­ words. said. nouncing the Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan, It all happened on the 52nd anniversary "Give Buffalo," he prayed, "peace, love, and other streamers promoting Marxism­ of the birthday of Dr. King, a man who harmony and, most of all, understanding. but the spirit was one of solid unity. preached non-violence in the face of violent "Our city is not only talking proud today, As Lafayette Square began filling up opposition, who many times had to over­ but walking proud and acting proud." shortly before noon, a public address system come racism in America's cities. State Supreme Court Justice Joseph S. carried excerpts from addresses and ser­ HOPE FOR FUTURE Mattina introduced Black Leadership mons delivered by Dr. Klng during his civil Forum officials, other rally supporters and rights crusade. But Dr. King would have had no problem distinguished guests to the crowd which in­ here Thursday, something that gave many cluded several hundred members of Local [From Courier Express, Jan. 16, 19811 who were downtown hope for the city's 210 of the Laborers Union

_, January 22, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 885 RESTRAINED CONTROL RIOT COPS TUCKED AWAY ments would receive door-to-door de­ Despite the threats of arrest and predic­ They came to a Niagara Square ringed by livery of mail. More recently, the tions of violence that preceded Thursday, 150 Buffalo police and 118 sheriff's depu­ Postal Service has announced plans to there was near unanimous praise for the re­ ties, including 14 mounted deputies, who implement a new nine-digit ZIP code strained control provided by the Buffalo separated Hand from the rally participants. system despite broad public opposition Police, assisted by Erie County Sheriff's De­ Another 150 Buffalo police, equipped in partment and State Police. full riot gear, were held out of sight and in to the program. "I think this is the greatest thing that has reserve in Police Headquarters and in the These and other policies and pro­ happened for us," said a smiling Police Main Library. grams of the Postal Service are proof Commissioner James B. Cunningham. "The There was much talk of oppression and of the sad reality that the objectives eyes of the nation were upon us and we per­ racism, but relatively little talk of Martin of the Postal Reform Act of 1970-to formed well." Luther King. insulate the Postal Service from poli­ Many demonstrators, legal observers and The King memorial in Lafayette Square, tics-has had a negative effect and has public officials were as impressed with the sponsored by the Black Leadership Forum, not served the public as well as it was police performance as they were by the non­ drew a crowd variously estimated at ranging violent crowds that surrounded the McKin­ from 2,000 to 5,000. The official police esti­ intended. ley Monument in Niagara Square for the mate of 5,000 was given by Police Traffic Di­ Postal policy is too important to be anti-Nazi rally and filled Lafayette Square vision Capt. Robert J. Mischel, although insulated from the responsibilities of for the King memorial. many observers, including some police, esti­ the Congress. The American people NO PUBLIC SUPPORT mated far fewer were in the square at noon. expect their elected Representatives Buffalo attorney Robert Godlove, who or­ BROTHERHOOD PROCLAIMED to consider and to resolve postal prob­ ganized a group of attorneys as legal observ­ A host of political, religious and communi­ lems as effectively as other national ers in Niagara Square, said he observed no ty leaders, including U.S. Sen. Daniel Pat­ problems. By increasing congressional instances of civil rights violations by police rick Moynihan, U.S. Reps. Jack F. Kemp, oversight in postal matters, that legis­ and said their presence was well-controlled. John J. LaFalce and Henry J. Nowak, State lative responsibility, can be fulfilled. Others, while disgusted by Hand's Nazi sa­ Attorney General Robert Abrams and Erie H.R. 171 addresses these problems lutes and shouts of "white power," were County Executive Edward J. Rutkowski by providing that whenever the Postal pleased that he stood alone and without stood on a mobile stand to proclaim brother­ public support near City Hall. Police, how­ hood during an hour ceremony. Service wishes to make changes in ever, said they identified five known Nazi Rally speakers called for a national holi­ postal services that would have a sub­ sympathizers in the Niagara Square crowd. day honoring Dr. King. Several times, they stantial nationwide impact, it must One of those sympathizers, John Ross were interrupted by shouts, led by several submit the proposed change to the Taylor, leader of Canada's right wing West­ black leaders, of "We want a holiday." Congress. The proposed changes em Guard Party, was present, despite a fed­ "Anyone can act out of bigotry and hate," would then be considered by the ap­ eral Immigration and Naturalization Service Rutkowski said. "With this type of showing, propriate authorizing committees of order prohibiting his entry into this coun­ Martin Luther King would have been proud the Congress in the same manner as try. Federal officials said he was being of us today. We call on the Congress and sought for possible arrest Thursday night, Legislature to make Jan. 15 a legal executive reorganization plans pro­ but said he may have already left the coun­ holiday." posed by the President under title 5 of try. Kemp, interviewed after the event, said he the United States Code. If, within 60 ONE-MAN SHOW feels "there should be a day set aside to days, either Chamber approves a reso­ honor a black leader. The person to be hon­ lution of disapproval, that change Hand's one-man show produced yells from ored should be chosen by the black leader­ could not become effective.e counter-demonstrators and a crush of jour­ ship. I plan to meet with black leaders to de­ nalists that forced him to forgo a planned termine the time and person to be hon­ speech. He was limited to a 30-minute ap­ ored." TOWARD THE YEAR 2000 pearance standing at the Millard Fillmore Kemp also spoke to area black leaders and monument at City Hall, where he flashed a pledged to serve as their direct line of com­ sign that said "whites have rights" and an­ munication with incoming President Ronald HON. MATTHEW F. McHUGH other that contained a large swastika. Reagan. OF NEW YORK After flashing three Nazi salutes and an­ Rabbi Shalom Stem, president of the Buf­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES swering questions, he was hustled away by falo Board of Rabbis, summed up the day. Thursday, January 22, 1981 several plainclothes police officers, who "It was a demonstration of solidarity in our dropped Hand and two supporters off on community. The union and demonstration • Mr. McHUGH. Mr. Speaker, I would Broadway near his East Side home. in honor of . Martin Luther King offer a The anti-Nazi rally, run by the Martin like to share with my colleagues a counter-gesture to those forces who seek to recent editiorial that appeared in the Luther King Memorial Rally Coalition, divide whites and blacks." drew about 500 supporters, with over 200 Binghamton Evening Press. This coming on buses from Northeast cities. thoughtful commentary, which ran on About 200 journalists swelled the Niagara H.R. 171-CONGRESSIONAL RE­ New Year's Day, has captured .in a few Square ranks. VIEW OF CHANGES IN POSTAL short paragraphs both the promises The rally was an opportunity for a SERVICES and the perils that we are likely to number of groups of all political persuasions face in the next two decades, and thus to air their views. raises some of those basic and funda­ CAST IS VARIED HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY mental questions that the new admin­ Wandering through the crowd like min­ istration and Congress should begin strels were members of the Revolutionary OF MISSOURI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES coming to grips with in the next 2 Communist Party handing out copies of years. their newspaper, lesbian feminists pleading Thursday, January 22, 1981 their cause, Jews proclaiming that oppres­ Like the "Global 2000 Report to the sion must end, and a host of other political, • Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, recently I President" that was issued last year, social and ethnic groups. introduced H.R. 171, a bill to provide this editorial makes it clear that the Earlier, they had marched down Delaware for congressional review of proposed human race faces immense problems Avenue to Niagara Square, carrying lime­ changes in postal services. as we approach the 21st century, prob­ colored placards and shouting, "We say no, In recent years, the Postal Service lems relating to the preservation of we say no, we say no to racism." has proposed elimination of 6-day mail our environment, the curtailment of Although a host of left-wing political delivery which it quietly dropped as an groups were represented, many were not'af­ population growth, and the provision filiated with any particular political group. ill-advised idea following an outcry of sufficient food to sustain life itself. "We're here pretty much to represent the from the public, the Congress, mail While noting that the United States six million Jews who died," said Sue Cho­ users, and postal employees. A few cannot ignore these challenges with­ drow, 21, of Buffalo, who came with her years ago it established a policy that out placing itself at great risk, the edi­ brother, David. almost no new residential develop- torial makes it clear that these chal- 886 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 22, 1981 lenges can be met if we have the cour­ In the view of Herman Kahn, a futurist Our present tax policies have a defi­ age and the strength to do so. with the prestigious Hudson Institute, the nite bias toward homeownership. In Mr. Speaker, I hope that my col­ planet Earth is capable of supporting a vast an attempt to assist elderly renters, increase in population, if its people can leagues will take a few moments at the devise an economic scheme in which growth however, my legislation will permit eli­ very beginning of this Congress to re­ is shared between the developed and under­ gible persons to take a credit for the flect upon the issues raised by this developed nations of the world. portion of their rents which are used thoughtful analysis, a copy of which I The qualifier in Kahn's fo:recast-the de­ to pay property taxes. As defined in am inserting into the RECORD at this velopment of an economic scheme that is the bill, rent constituting property point. hinged on an equitable sharing of the taxes shall equal 25 percent of the [From the Binghamton Evening Press, Jan. world's wealth-is, in our view, the key to a rent paid during a taxable year. 1, 1981] prosperous and successful future. Tax credits are especially helpful to The United States, as a world power with SHARE WORLD'S WEALTH vast agricultural, industrial and economic low-income persons who usually do Today we take our first step into the last resources, must play a leading role in aiding not itemize their deductions. In order twenty years of the 20th Century. It is a the underdeveloped nations of the world. to insure that the tax credits allowed step that holds both promise and peril; That cannot happen if we become a belliger­ by this legislation go to those most in indeed, it is the beginning of a journey that ent and bellicose giant, concerned more need, there is a limit to the credit may well decide our destipy. with the parochial issues of home than of based on the adjusted gross incomes of Four weeks ago, reports for U.S. News & those that face a growing and complex the eligible persons. The credit will be World Report interviewed several of the world. reduced by the amount by which the world's top futurists in an attempt to put to­ As Rashi Mayur, director of the Urban gether an intelligent, thoughtful forecast of Development Institute in Bombay, said in taxpayers' adjusted gross income ex­ what is in store during the next 2 years. response to Kahn's optimistic forecast: ceeds $10,000. In addition, there is an As the magazine noted, the futurists' "That hopeful outlook assumes trade-offs absolute limit of $300 on the credit painted a "split-image picture" that is, at that few developed countries are willing to itself. once, optimistic and ominous. make yet. When you consider that 12 to 15 Mr. Speaker, I believe this legisla­ The prospect for enormous technological percent of the food grown in North America tion merits the serious attent)on of and scientific gains, including the prolonga­ ends up in ·the garbage, it does not give one the Congress. It will provide some real tion of human life, is matched by the pros­ hope that attitudes are changing fast." pect of enormous social problems, including But change they must. In the next 20 assistance to our elderly homeowners growing strife between the developed and years,· even the world's underdeveloped na­ and renters alike.e underdeveloped nations of the world. tions are likely to unravel the nuclear mys­ As society and its science move forward, teries that have thus far eluded them, the result could be an even wider division giving them the military clout to destroy DEPOLITICIZING HEALTH CARE between the rich and the poor, creating a what they cannot have. world that will be wealthier than ever, yet It is far better, it seems to use, to share HON. LARRY McDONALD even more at odds with itself. the wealth we have than to risk losing all. In terms of population, forecasters see as­ This, then, is the future; a future that, as OF GEORGIA tronomical growth, from the 4.5 billion we said earlier, holds both peril and prom­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES people inhabiting earth today to 7 billion ise. We are a nation that has historically people by the year 2000. Providing enough opted for fulfilled promise. That fulfillment Thursday, January 22, 1981 food to feed a world that is already plagued can no longer be a simple national goal. e Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, by severe food shortages will be a problem Rather, it must be the goal of a nation that today I am reintroducing a bill to of staggering dimensions. lives in a rapidly shrinking and interdepend­ repeal titles XV and XVI of the Public The population growth will present other ent world. problems as well. The grab for the world's And in that spirit, we wish the world Health Service Act, which were cre­ mineral and timber resources, spurred on by luck.e ated by Public Law 93-641, the Nation­ demands for more and more energy and al Health Planning and Resources De­ more and more housing, will present a very velopment Act of 1974. real threat to an already-threatened envi­ HOUSING TAX CREDIT FOR THE Public Law 93-641 should be re­ ronment. ELDERLY pealed immediately for the following According to the futurists, growth will be centered around the world's urban areas reasons. meaning that our very OF FLORIDA mechanism and the means for total, lifestyles will become compressed, causing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES centralized control of health care by increased anxieties and a possible return to the Federal Government. Title XV es­ religious fanaticism. Thursday, January 22, 1981 tablishes the mechanism by: (1) Di­ All of this, of course, is a sampling of the • Mr. LEHMAN. Mr. Speaker, today I recting the Secretary of the Depart­ peril the future holds. The futurists also see a promise for fulfillment in the next 20 am reintroducing legislation which ment of Health, Education, and years. would allow a person over 65 a refund­ Welfare to issue guidelines concerning Predicted gains in agricultural science able credit against Federal income national health planning policy, (2) coupled with advances in the production of taxes for the amount of State and setting national health priorities, and synthetic foods and food supplements, could local real property taxes they pay. (3) creating a nationwide network of make moot the prospect of food shortages, This credit could be taken for taxes health systems agencies, health serv­ no matter how large the population. paid directly or indirectly through ice areas, and State health planning The development of synthetic fuels and rent. and development agencies. corrosion-proof metals, many of which are now in the testing stage, could give us a Elderly homeowners often have Title XVI provides the means by limitless supply of energy and building ma­ their homes paid for, and in most authorizing Federal aid for developing terials, without destroying the world's envi­ cases they do not have the opportuni­ health resources-essentially building ronment. ty to deduct real estate taxes from new medical facilities or modernizing Despite crowded conditions, society may their incomes. Because of their re­ old ones-and Federal funding for the well be more mobile than even with aviation duced incomes, a credit will be more Health Systems Agencies established experts predicting the development of su­ beneficial to older taxpayers than a in title XV. Acceptance of these funds personic aircraft capable of transporting deduction. For many elderly home­ brings a medical facility under Federal 1,700 passengers and 600,000 pounds of freight. Engineers already are planning owners, real estate taxes are a major control, if indeed it is not already bridges and tunnels connecting Europe with expense and often can force them to taking orders from HEW through Mrica, across the Strait of Gibraltar, and sell their homes as inflation pushes prior acceptance of funds from Feder­ England and the Continent, beneath the property values, and therefore proper­ al programs such as medicare, medic­ English Channel. ty taxes, higher and higher. aid, Hill-Burton, and so forth. January 22, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 887 Obviously, this is a major step is to give the Government total con­ densely populated urban areas, but toward complete nationalization of the trol over supply. the national health priorities estab­ health care professions, as was made The health planners leave no doubt lished by Congress discriminate clear by its proponents: which option they choose, and are al­ against less populated regions. These The important concept embodied in this ready claiming Public Law 93-641 to priorities, as mandated by section 1502 legislation, that health financing should be be inadequate. For example, Dr. of title XV, include: closely related to health planning, has sub­ Charles C. Edwards, former Commis­ sequently been reflected in almost all major sioner of the Food and Drug Adminis­ <1) The provision of primary care services proposals for national health insurance tration and former Assistant Secretary for medically underserved populations, espe­ through a series of devices intended to for Health at HEW, renewed his call cially those which are located in rural or assure that national health insurance does for a National Health Authority to economically depressed areas. not pay for costly services which the plan­ ning process determines are unneeded. regulate medicine as a public utility in (2) The development of multi-institutional "If you buy, you can expect to pay what date to limit Federal spending and re­ These were to be their tranquil autumn you are now paying for rent in maintenance quire fiscal responsibility of our na­ years. fees and property taxes, on top of your tional legislators. Therefore, I am Their children are grown and gone. Their mortgage payment" Allen Beckman ex­ today introducing a proposed constitu­ fortunes have been made or lost, their per­ plains to them. tional amendment to require a bal­ sonal dragons slain or victorious. Their Beckman, an attorney who pioneered the struggles are mostly behind them and now battle to stop conversions, estimates that anced Federal budget and to assure was to be their time of peace. someone who is now paying $500 in rent that the budget will be balanced by But tonight, they are here, 200 of them in would pay $1,270 a month after purchase­ limiting Federal spending-not by in­ this crowded meeting room in the basement "and that is a very conservative estimate," creasing taxes. of the River Park apartment house. Their he says. The resolution I am proposing would eyes are worried, upset, haunted. They sigh. There are shocked gasps, horrified mur­ require the elimination of deficit They shake their heads. They exclaim as murs. A roar of sudden conversation surges spending within 3 years of ratification they tell each other horrible rumors, woeful through the room followed by the loud hiss­ and would prohibit Federal expendi­ facts. ing of "Shhhh!" and shouts for quiet. Gold­ They are the men and women in their 60s man the • • •. tures from exceeding revenues in sub­ and 70s who make up three-quarters of the Beckman is succeeded at the microphone sequent years. To assure that the residents in the high-rise apartment build­ by Hal Nachman, head of the Council of budget would not be balanced at the ing in Wynnefield Heights. These are the Tenants Associations, who delivers the expense of further increasing the tax men and women who have been told to put night's only good news by telling how he rate already overburdening Americans up the money to buy the apartment units and other tenants prevented Salem Harbour to continue financing a spending they have been renting-or move. in Andalusia from going condominium by a binge, the resolution limits expendi­ "They're kicking us out of our homes!" ex­ unified, relentless, organized resistance. claims Arnold Goldman, head of the ten­ "Hold hands!" Nachman urges, and the tures to no more than 20 percent of ants' association, as he stands in front of audience obeys. the gross national product. the crowd at a meeting last week. "Does that feel good, to be united?" Nach­ It also provides, however, that Clipped to Goldman's lapel with a large man hollars enthusiastically. "That is the future Congresses could shift to an­ paper clip is a card that says, "We won't only way you're going to win!" other index than this particular one 892 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 22, 1981 by a two-thirds vote of both Houses. ously at all levels of our country, from pate in training sessions. Young people will This assures that the principle of government officials, to educational be called on to take part and to exercise the spending limitation remains intact,. leaders, and to our churches and fami­ powerful influence of their leadership but allows some flexibility to adjust to lies. Cardinal Cooke, archbishop of among peers. On this first Sunday of Advent, I ask all changing economic conditions. The New York, is a devoted man who un­ of you, the people of the Archdiocese of resolution also provides for suspension derstands the devastating effects of New York, to give of your talent, energies of the requirements in times of war or drug addiction on our young people. and resources to overcome the problem of national emergency as declared by He has moved to mobilize the Catholic drug addiction and to rebuild the individual two-thirds vote of the Congress. Final­ Church to join in this fight that we lives, the families, the communities of ly, the resolution provides that any have joined against the drug abuse people who have suffered from this scourge. surplus be used to repay the national menace. I would like to share with my We must emphasize over and over again debt or for tax reduction. This again colleagues the eloquent words of the the essential role of the family, especially allows future Congresses some flexibil­ esteemed cardinal, describing his when it is founded on the love of Christ and ity in the handling of budget surplus­ thoughts and plans concerning drug the teaching of the Church. The family unit is the key element in establishing stable, es, but guards against the buildup of addiction: loving relationships and in offering to every excessive surpluses which could then CARDINAL'S RESIDENCE, person the support needed for a drug free be used for excessive spending · pro­ New York, N.Y., November 30, 1980. and fulfilling life. grams. DEAR F'RIENI>s IN CHRisT: Advent is for all The season of Advent is also an opportuni­ As critical as the need to reduce ex­ followers of the Lord a time of joyful expec­ ty to practice penance and discipline for our cessive Government spending and tation and preparation for the celebration own sake and as a sacrifice for those who eliminate Government deficits was 2 of the Birth of Our Savior. We listen atten­ are victims of drug and alcohol abuse. It is a tively to the words of John the Baptist and time for prayer, and with you, I pray that years ago, it is even more_ urgent pray for the grace to tum to Christ with all today, as double-digit inflation contin­ the Lord will direct and bless our efforts to our hearts and souls. Each one of us realizes overcome the evil of addiction and to assist ues to erode personal finances and na­ that we live in a world beset by many evils tional economic gains, and record high and that we need the salvation of the loving all people to know the power of His love interest rates smother our industrial God Who dwells among us. which truly makes us free. At this season, I write to you with a sense With prayerful good wishes, I am, and entrepreneurial capacity. Devotedly yours, Those who have argued that the of great urgency about a problem in our permissive society which in one way or an­ TERENCE CARDINAL COOKE, Congress can exert the necessary other touches the lives of every one of us­ Archbishop of New York. fiscal discipline without the binding the scourge of drug, alcohol and substance P.S.-Please read this letter at all the force of a constitutional amendment abuse. It is epidemic in our country, state Masses on Sunday, November 30th, includ­ need only look at the dismal record of and cities and has far-reaching destructive ing the anticipated Mass on Saturday, No­ the 96th Congress to see the fallacies effects on individuals, families and neigh· vember 29th.e of that argument. The majority pro­ borhoods. fessed support for a balanced budget, Despite the efforts which have already but failed to exercise the necessary been made to curtail it, the addictive use of H.R. 169-CONGRESSIONAL RE­ harmful drugs is growing and becomes more VIEW OF POSTAL CAPITAL IN­ discipline to implement it, and then serious every day. Its ravages reach to compounded the debacle by refusing people in all social and economic groups­ VESTMENTS to allow consideration of the statutori­ the rich, middle class and poor, the educat­ ly required budget resolution so as to ed and uneducated, those from urban areas avoid admission of its failure to deliver as well as from rural and suburban sections. HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY on a promise made to the American It has spread to every part of the world-a OF MISSOURI fact brought home to me at the recent public. The electorate saw through IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that charade and delivered a resound­ Synod in Rome. Our primary concern, though, must be the Thursday, January 22, 1981 ing message to thjs Capitol that it ex­ individual person who is trapped by addic­ pects genuine control over Govern­ tion. It is that person whose whole life is af­ • Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, recently I ment spending. Thirty States have al­ fected and whose human freedom is either introduced a bill, H.R. 169, which ready passed measures calling for a taken away or vastly diminished. It is that would amend title 39 of the United constitutional convention to draft a person to whom we must reach out with ef­ States Code to provide for congres­ constitutional amendment to balance fective programs of education, prevention sional review of capital investments the Federal budget. The electorate has and treatment. Only by helping the individ­ proposed by the Postal Service and for demanded action, and this Congress ual addict, will we begin to solve the numer­ ous family and social problems which result other purposes. can act in accordance with the public from addiction. The national bulk mail system of will by approving a constitutional One year ago I asked a group of key lead­ the Postal Service, generally agreed to amendment to require fiscal responsi­ ers in the New York area to serve on a Com­ be a national disaster, was approved bility of elected officials, which can mission on Youth, Drugs and Alcohol. As a by the Postal Board of Governors then be submitted to the States for result of their study and research, they have recommended an intensive program in after only two meetings-at a cost of ratification. There is certainly no lack $1 billion. Recently, the Board gave of expertise, analysis, or alternative the Archdiocese. It will be a parish and family based effort, and will require that we the go-ahead to the Postal Service to proposals for the Congress to consider face the reality of the problems of drug ad­ procure and install nine-digit ZIP code. in putting together such an amend­ diction and its vast extent, even among the equipment at an estimated cost of ment, and I urge my colleagues to very young. In a unified way, we will speak $887 million. Postal oversight by the direct their attention first and fore­ to the consciences of people who have ro­ Postal Governors has been minimal most to this task in the opening days manticized and glamorized the use of drugs and insufficient. of the 97th Congress.e and promoted attitudes which try to make them socially acceptable so that their de­ In an era of fiscal restraint and structive effects have not even been recog­ dwindling resources, the American STATEMENT ON DRUG ABUSE nized, much less understood. people have a justifiable concern that This call for determined and persevering the scarce resources of the Postal HON.CHARLESB.RANGEL action is based on a positive attitude that Service are expended in a prudent, re­ the evil of addiction can be overcome. As sponsible manner. With the insulation OF NEW YORK people who believe in God's love and in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of postal management and minimal goodness of the human spirit, we cannot oversight by the Postal Governors, the Thursday, January 22, 1981 allow these deadly forces to dominate our lives and our society. American people hold their elected e Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, the war As this program is implemented, laity, re­ representatives accountable for postal against drug abuse must be taken seri- ligious and clergy will be asked to partici- policy. This bill simply gives the Con- January 22, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 893 gress the necessary authority to deal with the following information; <1) nutri­ product to determine the real cost and the with this issue. tional statements including fat content, vi­ best buy. Recent studies indicate that unit Postal policy is far too important to tamin and protein value, fats and fatty pricing provides valuable, objective price acids, calories and other nutritional data; data which can save consumers around 6% be left isolated from the Congress. (2) the net weight and drained weight of on their food bills. Some stores now have The postal system will undergo still canned or frozen products packed in a liquid unit price information but uniformity and more radical changes in the future medium; (3) the major ingredients by per­ comprehensiveness are still lacking. and the American people rightfully centage weight of any combination food Also requires retailers to mark the actual expect their representatives to deal item. We have been called "a nation of nu­ selling price on the product itsell, regardless with these issues. tritional illiterates." Food labels currently of the possible presence of computer pricing H.R. 169 takes one modest step provide little or no information on the nu­ codes and automated check out facilities. toward meeting this responsibility by tritional value of the product although this TITLE VII. NEW INGREDIENT NOTIFICATION is vital to the consumer's health. Many of providing that each capital investment the foods Americans eat do not have the nu­ Requires manufacturers to print notices in excess of $5 million undertaken by tritional value expected of them. Moreover, on all food labels that will alert consumers the Postal Service, shall be submitted existing food labels fail to show the exact to ingredient changes. to the House and Senate authorizing proportion of one ingredient to another. TITLE VIII. MISLEADING BRAND NAMES committees for review. Each commit­ Some brands of combination food items con­ Prohibits the use of misleading product tee shall transmit its recommendation tain more of the major ingredients than brand names. Advertising such names would with respect to each project within 4 others American football team holding its national convention in Thus if an individual becomes eligi­ member. Washington, D.C. Hundreds of blinded ble for social security benefits at age In recognition of this notable veterans will be gathering in this city 65 and continues to work, he or she achievement, on December 9, 1980, he from across America to discuss the must pay what amounts to a tax of 50 was inducted into the elite National current status of the blinded veterans percent on their income. Football Hall of Fame in a ceremony and projected proposals for the future. Mr. Speaker, this is grossly unjust at the Waldorf Astoria. On February During that week, on August 13, a on a number of grounds to those so pe­ 1, 1981, more than 600 friends of Ed commemorative envelope will be nalized. Franco will gather at a testimonial issued, in braille, honoring the blinded First, to deny the recipient his full dinner in his honor, expressing deep veterans of America. Organization rep­ benefits is to imply that social security respect and admiration for this man. resentatives will also place a memorial is a welfare program-that if someone He is known as one of Fordham Uni­ plaque in the memorial display room is earning outside income, he or she versity's legendary "seven blocks of January 22, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 895 granite," so dubbed by Tim Cohane, missioner Al Bundies, sportswriter NO SAGEBRUSH SYMPATHY sportswriter for the World Telegram. Jack Thompson, and sports enthusi­ The testimonial dinner in his honor asts such as Howie Fink and Al HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER will indeed bring back memories of Marino, have assembled our communi­ OF COLORADO 45 Franco's greatness years ago when ty for this tribute to Ed Franco, indi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES he was a member of Fordham Univer­ cating, "The honors have been a long sity's football teams, which were rec­ time in coming. They couldn't happen Thursday, January 22, 1981 ognized as the best in the Nation. to a more deserving guy." e Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, These were the years when Fordham Camille, his wife, their children earlier this month the Rocky Moun­ University versus University of Pitts­ Edmond, Rosemary, and Peggy, and tain Journal, a weekly business news­ burgh games filled Yankee Stadium indeed the entire State of New Jersey, paper in Denver, Colo., published an and the Polo Grounds to capacity. have justifiable reason to be proud be­ editorial, "No Sagebrush Sympathy," In the great years at Fordham, be­ cause of Ed Franco's contribution to which I would like to share with my tween 1934 and 1938, under the tute­ colleagues. lage of Coach "Sleepy" Jim Crowley, his community and his family. I am sure that all my colleagues in the The editorial follows: one of the famous four horsemen of No SAGEBRUSH SYMPATHY Notre Dame, Franco became the cap­ House want to join in this salute to Ed tain of the freshman team and played Franco, a giant man of steel who Over the years this newspaper has had a earned football's immortality as one of certain sympathy for the rebellious. In the guard and tackle earning his All­ case of the Sagebrush Rebellion, however, American honors. It was in the years the seven blocks of granite. Because we draw the line. 1936 and 1937, during Franco's the area of sports and competition is Rebels merit support when their purpose heyday, that Fordham lost only one so important in our Nation, Ed Franco is to do away with injustices and inequities game and tied two, enabling them to basks in Franklin D. Roosevelt's quo­ which the status quo either refuses to ac­ share the national title. He was cocap­ tation, "Democracy is a living thing-a knowledge or insists on perpetuating. The tain of the east squad in the Shrine human thing-compounded of brains sagebrush rebellion bears about as much re­ semblance to that sort of movement as does game played on New Year's Day in and muscles and heart and soul."e a military coup in a banana republic. 1938. Stripped of its hype, the sagebrush rebel­ Franco, in addition to being named lion is a movement to give state govern­ three times national All-American, was ments control of hundreds of thousands of New Jersey All-State in football for 3 AMERICAN HOSTAGES square miles of federal lands in the western years, and All-Hudson County for 4 states in the expectation and belief that years. He also excelled on the diamond HON. GUS YATRON they will in turn hand them over to special where he was named to the All-State interest groups in the private sector for ex­ baseball squad for 2 years and All­ OF PENNSYLVANIA ploitation. Hudson County for 4 years. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Giving the name "sagebrush rebellion" to Franco shared the gridiron glory what would be the largest giveaway in U.S. Thursday, January 22, 1981 history is adroit propaganda, in that it im­ with the most notable member of the plies the movement is a cause of the under­ seven blocks of granite; namely, the • Mr. YATRON. Mr. Speaker, after dog, when in reality it is an attempted seiz­ ure of the common heritage of the Ameri­ late Vince Lombardi, who earned im­ 14~ months of captivity in Iran, the mortality as coach of the Green Bay can people by a privileged few. But propa­ American hostages are now free. ganda is all it is. Packers. It was in these days when Words cannot express the joy and ela­ Fordham was at the pinnacle of col­ Neither the western states nor their lege football that Franco, in his posi­ tion I feel at this moment. As I people have suffered at the hands of the watched the news coverage of the 52 federal government with regard either to tions at guard and tackle, stood head taxation or land management. For most of and shoulders above his teammates Americans leaving the plane in Al­ giers, I was gripped with emotion. the 20th century the federal government even though he measured only 5 feet 9 has spent far more in the western states inches and weighed about 200 pounds. Very few of us can ever really know than they pay in federal taxes. After his college football career the sacrifice anP. hardship that these The west has been the recipient of tens of Franco was a line coach for the Ford­ courageous Americans endured during billions of dollars in reclamation projects, in ham football team for 6 years and their captivity in Iran. Our debt to the highways, and in federal installations. In played professional football in 1945-46 hostages and their families can never the next decade it is due to receive billions be repaid. Similarly, we must always more for the development of a synthetic as a member of Kate Smith's famous fuels industry. Boston team. He also served as a scout remember the brave soldiers who were The claim that the west has been exploit­ for the green Bay Packers. involved in the rescue attempt, par­ ed by absentee federal landlords rings about Ed Franco was born in Jersey City ticularly those who gave their lives for as hollow as the claim that Saudi Arabia is and has resided in Hudson County his the freedom of their fellow citizens. being exploited by America and Europe. entire life. Franco was honored recent­ Former President Carter must be com­ The sagebrush rebellion could be dis­ ly when the city of Jersey City named mended for his perseverance and tire­ missed out of hand were it not for the fact Oakley Oval, which stands in the less efforts to bring our citizens home that President-elect Reagan and James shadow of Dickinson High School, the Watt, his designated candidate for Secre­ safely. tary of the Interior, have chose to align scene of his great exploits on the foot­ With the release of our citizens, themselves with the Raiders of the Purple ball field. every American all across our country Sage. This is particularly disturbing in the He has always remembered the im­ has reason to celebrate. While we re­ case of Watt, who will have the responsibili­ portance of sports in the development ty for administering federal lands on behalf of clean minds and healthy bodies and joice, however, we must not forget the of all Americans during the next four years. has served as the first football coach lessons of this most tragic incident. State governments in the west have been of St. Michael's High School team in Never again can we allow our citizens notoriously remiss with regard to questions Union City. to be taken hostage. Never again can of land use, land management, and mineral I am pleased that outstanding com­ we be .vulnerable to the threat of in­ taxation. The Colorado legislature, to men­ munity leaders, such as Ed Davin, vice ternational blackmail. And, never tion the example nearest home, has failed again must we let our country be used to pass a meaningful state land use law, has president of the Trust Company of consistently underfunded those state agen­ New Jersey, Milt Kerzner, managing by a ruthless regime for their own po­ cies charged with administering present editor of the Jersey Journal, Lud Sha­ litical aggrandizement. state lands, and has failed to enact more bazian, sports editor of the Hudson The strength of our Nation to pro­ than a token mineral severance tax, thereby Dispatch, Hudson County AAU Com- tect our citizens is unequivocaL• denying the vast majority of Colorado tax-

79-059 0 - 84 -- 57 (Vol. 127 Pt. 1) 896 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 22, 1981 payers a key benefit of the coming synfuel Reagan ought to take his chances on eco­ Mr. Speaker, with the passing of Mr. boom. Yet it is .these lawmakers who will be nomic growth. That calls for four rolls of Harry J. Noznesky, not only the com­ the recipients of public lands should the the dice right away: the tax cut, sharp re­ munity of Berks County, Pa., but our sagebrush rebellion succeed. duction in government spending, a loosen­ To be sure, federal management of federal ing of regulations to foster business expan­ entire Nation, has lost a truly great lands in the west has not been beyond re­ sion and an inflation-fighting tight money citizen. proach. The government's record on miner­ policy by the Federal Reserve Board. His positive contributions will not be al leasing in the midst of an energy crisis-it If the president-elect and his economists forgotten, and his many achievements has dithered for nearly a decade-does not think those steps are too chancy, they will continue to serve as an inspiration reflect well on Washington. However, that is should consider the alternative: stagflation, to all of us. a far different issue than whether or not an made up of little-to-no growth, inflation and area several times larger than Colorado I consider it an honor to have known low public expectations. In brief, Carter's him. I know my colleagues will join me should be turned over to state governments famous malaise.e whose previous records with regard to land in offering our condolences to his wife, use have verged on the criminally negligent. Serena <3> of title 38, United States PROMISES OF SUPPORT Code, is amended by striking out "Septem­ Whether Seaga can achieve his objective HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY ber 30, 1981" and inserting in lieu thereof of transforming Jamaica into a working "September 30, 1983" ·• model of what democracy and private enter­ OF MISSOURI prise can accomplish in contrast to Cuba's IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dismal performance depends on the amount Thursday, January 22, 1981 CHALLENGE IN JAMAICA and timing of external assistance. So far, he is encouraged by promises of support from • Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, recently I HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO the Reagan team and U.S. banks and corpo­ introduced H.R. 17 4, a bill to abolish OF CALIFORNIA rations. the Postal Service Board of Gover­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The negotiations for a large loan from the nors, to provide for the appointment International Monetary Fund are far ad­ Thursday, January 22, 1981 vanced and, together with assistance from of the Postmaster General by the Venezuela, other donor countries and the President, and to revise the authority e Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, of the Postal Rate Commission. in the midst of despair about the con­ World Bank, Seaga is well on his way to col­ lecting the commitments he needs to fi­ A principal objective of the Postal dition of the international community nance recovery. Reorganization Act of 1970 was to and the threat of communism, the The U.S. has a larger stake in Seaga's suc­ remove partisan political consider­ election of the Edward Seaga govern­ cess than most Americans realize. His elec­ ations from the Postal Service. This ment in Jamaica offers the United toral victory over one of Castro's close allies was accomplished by removing top States a positive force to back, instead signals a turn in the political tide in the of a negative one to overcome. We Caribbean and places Seaga in a key role in postal management from responsibili­ must not miss the boat on this one, as relation to a large number of smaller islands ty to the President, and appointing a was allowed to happen so often in the whose moderate governments look to him part-time Board of Governors of the past few years. We should strongly for leadership. Postal Service to control the expendi­ Jamaicans are too proud and Seaga too tures and to review the policies and support such an ardent spokesman for much of a nationalist for the island to democracy as Mr. Seaga. The follow­ practices of the Postal Service. become an American satellite but it can Quite frankly, this objective of the ing article by Cord Meyer describes become something much more valuable, an the reasons why. I submit it for my independent democratic ally. Seaga leaves act has been a dismal failure. Postmas­ colleagues' close attention. no doubt that he intends to speak out force­ ters General selected by the Postal MR. SEAGA'S CHALLENGE IN JAMAICA fully in the OAS and in the U.N. against Service Governors have been so isolat­ Castro's efforts to export his revolution. A ed from public accountability that . Seaga is more aware of A CONTINUING PROBLEM to selected postal managers narrate the formidable obstaCles ahead than most As it is, Winston Spaulding, Seaga's de­ filmed presentations on postal oper­ of his jubilant supporters. But conversa­ fense minister, has his hands full in clean­ ations. With few exceptions, no person tions with the new prime minister and some ing out the communist infrastructure that has been appointed to the Postal Serv­ of his principal aides have convinced this re­ Manley deliberately encouraged. The more ice Board of Governors with prior porter that Jamaica now has the kind of than 2,000 Brigadistas, young Jamaicans knowledge of postal affairs. competent and realistic leadership it desper­ trained for a year in Cuba ostensibly in con­ ately needs to recover from Manley's nearly struction work but heavily indoctrinated, The 1976 Commission on Postal fatal courtship of Fidel Castro and his present a continuing security problem. Service, pointing up this problem, said: brand of socialism. Small-arms caches keep being discovered In the past, the Governors have failed to After years of steady economic decline, and even a secret airstrip was found. The exercise initiative on vital matters affecting not even Manley's charismatic charm could Jamaican Broadcasting Cor:Poration, with the Postal Service ... Their oversight has finally explain away an unemployment rate its TV monopoly, was infiltrated from top to been minimal and inefficient and they have of 30 percent, bankrupt nationalized indus­ bottom. not been inclined to advise postal manage­ try and empty stomachs, Like one of V.S. Looking back, Seaga and his aides believe ment on major policy issues. Naipaul's flawed heroes, Manley lived in a they were saved by the strength of three es­ Enactment of H.R. 17 4 will take one fantasy world of glittering slogans. sential institutions. The JLP as a popular In personality, Seaga is almost the polar party with a mass base presented a united step toward correcting the insulation opposite of the man he defeated. Cool and democratic alternative to Manley's PNP. and unresponsiveness of the U.S. reserved, he compels allegiance not by florid The Jamaican Defense Force and Police Postal Service. If the Postmaster Gen­ eloquence but by the lucid logic of his argu­ proved to be an apolitical and professional­ eral is appointed by the President, he ment. Inheriting from Manley a total lack ly-competent bulwark against violent sub­ will be responsible to the President of foreign exchange and a huge external version. Finally, a majority of organized and it will insure fulfillment of a debt, Seaga sees his first priority as one of labor was aligned with Seaga and deter­ postal policy being a responsibility of negotiating an emergency loan package mined to close down the country with a gen­ large enough to give the country time to eral strike if Manley tried to abort the elec­ the President. Without the Postmas­ start earning its way back to self-suffi­ tion. ter General appointment responsibili­ ciency. It is the absence of these institutional bul­ ty, and in view of its ineffective over­ He knows that essential to success is his warks of democracy that makes the murder­ sight, there is no need for continuance ability to attract back to the country the Ja- ous morass in Central America so vulnerable of the Postal Board of Governors. 898 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 22, 1981 With the termination of the Postal governments. By comparison, Germany For 50 years, Manny Celler served Board of Governors, decisions of the spends 42 per cent and Britain 44 per cent. the people of New York and the Adjusted for inflation, government spending Nation with integrity. Mr. Celler will Postal Rate Commission may be made rose to a peak of $1,605 per capita in 1978 final rather than subject to approval and then dropped to $1,540 in 1980. best be remembered for his long and of the Postal Service Governors.e Government deficit: The United States is active years as chairman of the House not the only nation that runs a deficit. Our Judiciary Committee. total government deficit has been holding I began my service on the House Ju­ SOME GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS steady at about 1 per cent of the GNP. diciary Committee after Mr. Celler FOR 1981 Comparable figures are 3 per cent for Ger­ had left, but I entered the House many and 6 per cent for Japan. Of the seven while Manny was still active, alert, and HON. LEE H. HAMILTON leading industrial nations, the United States influential. OF INDIANA has the lowest ratio of overall deficit to GNP. I will never forget one time when IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Federal debt: Federal debt today is rough­ two of the great lions of the House Thursday, January 22, 1981 ly three times the size it was in 1950, but tangled in the well: Manny Celler and consumer debt is 14 times greater, mortgage Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I Bill Colmer of Mississippi. As we say: e debt 16 times greater, corporate debt 13 "They don't make people like this any­ would like to insert my Washington times greater, and state and local debt 14 Report for Wednesday, January 14, times greater. Even though we have had more." 1981, into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: large increases in federal debt during the Emanuel Celler's passing is a loss to his family, his State, and the entire SOME GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS FOR 1981 1970's, consumers, homeowners, corpora­ tions, and state and local governments have Nation.e I have recently spoken with hundreds of borrowed far more. Hoosiers who share my concern about the Federal employment: The federal civilian economy. Worries about inflation, unem­ work force has not been mushrooming. In REINTRODUCING LEGISLATION ployment, and the uncertainty of the future fact, it shrank in absolute terrns during the are more than justified, but at times our 1970's. It is also shrinking in relation to pessimism may go too far. These are some total government employment, the popula­ HON. BARBER B. CONABLE, JR. basic facts about the economy: tion of the United States, and employment OF NEW YORK Standard of living: The American stand­ in the private sector. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ard of living has not slipped behind that of The economy is in better shape than we Thursday, January 22, 1981 our major competitors. Our closest challeng­ may think. We can make it stronger if we ers are France and Germany, which have take to heart some of the lessons we have • Mr. CONABLE. Mr. Speaker, today two-thirds our standard. Japan has only learned in the 1970's: I am reintroducing legislation to im­ three-fifths. During the 1970's our real Innovation: American industries must prove the way our social security income rose 23 per cent per capita. keep new products and processes coming out system works and to put it on a sound Jobs: Unemployment has been high in the of their laboratories. More research and de­ 1970's, a fact due mainly to the coming of velopment are needed. financial basis. age of the "baby boom" and the influx of Capital formation: To bring more goods This is an updated version of a bill I women into the work force. Once it has and services to the market place, we must first offered 3 years ago as an alterna­ weathered these two "shocks," the labor have a higher rate of capital formation. In­ tive to the 1977 financing amend­ mar.-et of the 1980's should improve. creased investment will almost certainly ments. My plan, then and now, has Productivity: The American worker is still give productivity a boost. the dual and desirable effect of cut­ the most productive in the world. Other International markets: American business ting payroll taxes and restoring the countries are gaining on us, but the battle has got to keep its eye on international mar­ to boost productivity in the United States kets. Lost opportunities overseas have long-range solvency of the system. aims to maintain rather than recapture the always been unfortunate, but now they It would attain both goals in large lead. We are not losing any competitive edge could impose extreme hardship on the econ­ part by shifting half of the taxes now because of rising labor costs. The cost of omy. scheduled for the hospital insurance American labor is increasing at the slowest Regulation: We must continue to change trust fund over to the old age survi­ rate in the industrial world. our thinking about regulation. We should vors and disability insurance trust Foreign trade: We are not losing any com­ persistently weigh costs against benefits and funds. This would permit, simulta­ petitive edge in foreign trade, either. The constantly seek less intrusive ways to reach volume of American exports has increased worthwhile regulatory goals. neously, a substantial reduction in the one-third in the past three years, rising at a Budgetary restraint: The federal govern­ total payroll tax and adequate financ­ much faster rate than the overall volume of ment must redouble its efforts to bring the ing of the OASDI programs. world trade. Our competitive position in the budget under control. No agency or program The hospital insurance-or medicare world has been strengthened in recent should be considered immune to cutbacks. part A-fund would be replenished years, not lessened. The new year can begin on a positive note. from general revenues. This is consist­ The dollar: The dollar is not weak. It has There is great strength underlying our ent with current medicare financing risen 10 per cent against the German mark economy. We have simply to recognize it policy, in that part B of medicare al­ in 1980, and it is very strong against the and build on it. I believe that our problems British pound and the Japanese yen. are most nations' answers. ready derives about 70 percent of its Energy: We still waste too much energy, e creases scheduled this year and next omy. Energy use now grows only half as fast in the wage base on which the tax rate as the Gross National Product As a general rule, the United in the past. However, enactment of States government does not negotiate with, troducing today embodies one ap­ or pay ransom to, terrorists. As an abso­ this legislation is essential if postal proach to stabilization, and I ask that lute rule, the United States does not ever employees are to be afforded the same negotiate with, or pay ransom to, a foreign it be given serious and prompt consid­ protections that are already available government that behaves like a gang of ter­ eration.• to employees in the private sector. rorists. 900 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 22, 1981 With these principles in mind, the prob- deeds where possible. Is it not remarkable e) The right to intervene, for whatever lem facing the United States was : man-not even in the toothless forum of the to prudential considerations. In internation­ what kind of military actions might lead to UN-has expressed support for the demands al affairs, it is circumstances and probable the safe release of the hostages but, failing of the Polish unionists? consequences that inhibit or limit the right that, would certainly lead to an exemplary Yes, under present circumstances the So­ of intervention. Having a right is one thing; punishment, swift and sure, of the terror- viets have both the will and the military exercising it is another. ists. This radical shift of emphasis would power to enforce their rule over Eastern THE BREZHNEV DOCTRINE have given us a freedom to act. Instead, pre- Europe. But who knows what the longer­ sumably because so many people in the term consequences of such Soviet interven­ The Soviet Union operates under a differ­ Carter administration experienced acute tion would be? Perhaps the instincts of the ent set of principles. Its Marxist-Leninist "liberal guilt" over our previous association Polish dissenters-and of Russian dissenters heritage gives it the right, sanctioned by with the Shah, we unilaterally disarmed too, are wiser than our sophisticated analy- history, to interfere in the affairs of any ourselves before our enemies. ses. "non-socialist" country. And, under what I am no military expert and I have no idea The status quo in Eastern Europe is not has come to be called "The Brezhnev doc­ what the precise military procedures should an American interest, it is a Soviet interest. trine," it further claims the right to· inter­ have been. Almost certainly they should Our posture toward Eastern Europe should vene in the affairs of any "socialist" nation have been preceded by an immediate, be analogous to the Soviet posture toward that seems to be in danger of seceding from formal declaration of war so as to remove all the current turmoil in Central America, the "socialist camp." It is clear that the doubt as to the seriousness of our purpose, where it is our status quo that is being Soviet rulers also take prudential consider­ and also to provide a clear legal and oral threatened. The Soviets are very prudent ations into account. But when they do so the true nature of the problem, pect we ought to welcome, if not overtly en- that the United States will in fact find it necessary to practice the politics of inter­ the Carter administration has written one co~~g~~estion whether it is proper for any vention, however reluctantly. We cannot, of the most humiliating pages in the history nation to intervene in the internal affairs of for instance, permit the Philippines to fall of American foreign policy. And by wasting another is unanswerable so long as the Wil­ a full year with lamentations and empty under hostile rule without wrecking our re­ moralistic protestations, it has made it less sonian idea of "self-determination" is given lations with Japan and China. And the im­ likely that anyone in Iran-or elsewhere- an absoluteness it never should-and, in the portance of preserving a friendly Saudi real world, never can-possess. Our State Arabia is too evident to need elaboration. now takes us seriously. This has been a dis- Department by now is so imbued with Wil- But we shall never be able to mobilize service not only to the hostages but to all sonian legalism that it cannot make the nee­ American opinion behind such actions, and American personnel stationed abroad, and is essary, indeed crucial, distinctions that are shall never be able to convince our allies a disaster for our position as a world power. inherent in any sensible foreign policy. All and our enemies that we are pursuing a co­ Our policy with regard to a potential boundaries are sacred io it, and all trans­ herent foreign policy, unless we are free to Soviet invasion of Poland has been to gressions-no matter by whom, against act with a clear conscience. And that will warn the Soviets that it would meet with whom or under what circumstances-are ab­ our grave displeasure, and (b) to urge the horrent to it. The assumption is that our not happen until we liberate ourselves from Polish dissidents not to be too "provocative" State Department has the lofty mission of the intellectual tyranny of false principles in either word or deed. The premise here is representing "the rule of law in an emerging and the self-defeating policies they give that the status quo in Eastern Europe is world community," not the more mundane birth to.e something we wish to preserve, that any task of representing American interests in a kind of "destabilization" is a threat to us. world that is only marginally interested in Instead, we prefer to hope that future international law, and whose nations, for MORRIS VANCE-LOMITA CITY Soviet rulers will themselves move toward the most part, sadly lack any sense of world ADMINISTRATOR ever greater "liberalization." community. The State Department will What grounds are there for any such quickly move to denounce a Soviet invasion HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON hope? None that I can see. Indeed, liberal- of Poland-but it will be more concerned ization within the Soviet Union can only with the fact of invasion than with the fact OF CALIFORNIA lead to exactly the same kind of dissenting that it is a Soviet invasion. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES turmoil that now exists in Poland. If the The issue of intervention vs. non-interven­ Thursday, January 22, 1981 Soviet rulers feel they cannot afford to tion-and especially as between a great permit the Polish people-or even the power and a smaller one-has been analyzed e Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, at people of Afghanistan!-to evolve in a "non- · by generations of political philosophers and the end of this month, a dinner will be s?cialist" directio':l, why shou~d we th~ it jurists, and the principles adduced, about held honoring Morris Vance for the likely that they. will .ever permit the Russian which there is little disagreement, represent fine work he has done as the adminis­ people to do likewise? Our State Depart- a kind of refined common sense. They are trator of the city of Lomita, and the ment has somehow come under the pre- (simplifying somewhat> as follows: sumptuous illusion that it understands the a> In general, it is both wrong and self-de­ many contributions he has made to real interests of the Soviet rulers better feating for a great power to intervene in the that city and its residents. than they do, and that it is our mission to purely domestic affairs of a smaller nation. He is highly deserving of this trib­ persuade them of the validity of our under- However, there are some exceptions to this ute, having demonstrated time and standing. I think the Soviet rulers know rule which quickly come to mind. again during the more than 5 years their own interests a lot better than our b) A great power has the right to inter­ that he has served in this position his State Department does. In any case, it is vene in the affairs of a small nation in order devotion to his job and to the city he their definition of their interests that they to counter the intervention of another act on, not ours. power. serves. Eastern Europe is a critical problem for c> A great power has the right to inter- Although born in Utah, Morris was the Soviets, and there is no reason why we vene in the affairs of a small nation in those raised in California, and his under­ should make it easier for them to cope with cases-fortunately rare-in which the gov­ standing of the needs and desires of it. While it would be irresponsible of us to e:rnment of that nation behaves in so barba­ the people in California, and more spe­ encpurage the Poles or the Czechs to take rous a .. way that it becomes as a pariah to cifically, those in my 32d District, up arms against their oppressors, it is posi- civilized opinion. The systematic practice of became synonymous with his own. tively nauseating for us to be fearful that genocide would be an instance of such bar­ they might do so, and to communicate this barism. His keen sense of service to the fear to them. This is something that the d) A great power has the right to inter­ public led Morris to pursue a degree in peoples of Eastern Europe will have to vene when a smaller nation insists on pursu­ political service at the same time that decide for themselves, since they will be ing policies that are inimical to the vital in­ he served as a missionary in Western paying the price. Our mission should be to terests, economic or strategic, of that great Canada for the Mormon Church. support them, with words at least, with power or its allies. After his term of missionary service January 22, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 901 had ended, his political service degree SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE 97TH CONGRESS and a government-wide attack on waste attained, earning a master's degree in For the first time in 26 years the Republi­ should be among his early targets. Congress, public administration became his new cans and the Democrats share power in however, will not be his "rubber stamp." In Congress. Impressive victories in several recent years the legislative branch has dem­ goal. Again, Morris combined his stud­ onstrated just how independent from the ies with work, at first with the Los An­ states have given the Republicans a six-vote edge in the Senate. The Democrats control Chief Executive it can be. I anticipate that geles County Bureau of Public Assist­ the House by a margin of 51 votes. this Congress will also be a maverick. ance and later as the administrative The question being asked by most political Like any Congress in recent memory, the assistant of the public works depart­ observers is the obvious one: just what kind 97th Congress has before it an agenda filled ment in the city of Vernon. He re­ of record will the politically divided 97th with items, from stagflation to Soviet ad­ ceived his master's degree in 1969, spe­ Congress compile? My hunch is that it will venturism, that urgently demand review cializing in local government adminis­ be a lively and fascinating but ultimately and deliberation. It also has major chores to tration. cautious Congress. I would not expect this perform "in house." In my judgment, no Our close association with Morris Congress, which will focus on economic and challenge is greater than that of getting a Vance began in 1969, with his accept­ military issues, to be innovative or produc­ firmer grip on the legislative process so that tive of new social programs. Also, I believe Congress can fulfill its constitutional re­ ance of the position as executive as­ that a coalition of Republicans and "Sun­ sponsibilities effectively by helping to sistant to the city administrator of belt" Democrats will strongly influence, if govern the nation and acting to solve the Carson. Not only did Morris ably serve not dominate, the legislative agenda. When problems that concern people most. The the people of Carson for over 6 years the coalition emerges in the House, it will people display a large measure of cynicism in this capacity, but he also found give President Reagan a de facto majority about the obstructionism, lethargy, and time to contribute to the many social on Capitol Hill. The coalition will probably scandal of Congress. The only real antidote and spiritual needs of the community. succeed in increasing military spending as it to such a feeling is solid performance. His charter membership in the Carson cuts back on domestic expenditures, but re­ I suspect that most eyes will be on the Re­ Kiwanis is evidence of this, as well as gional rivalries and ideological conflicts are publicans. They have newly come to power, certain to erupt at times. and the question is how well they will wield his election to the .post of bishop at The characteristics of the 97th Congress it. Will they hold together, identifying the Gardena ward of his church. are noteworthy. In this Congress the West closely with and following the Republican And when, in 1975, Morris began his and the South will gain influence at the ex­ President? Will they splinter apart, unwill­ position with the city of Lomita as its pense of the urban areas of the Northeast. ing to accept the compromises that Mr. city administrator, I for one was espe­ Congress will have a record number of Reagan is bound to suggest? The Democrats cially pleased that his many talents women <19 Representatives and two Sena­ have their work cut out for them, too. What would remain within my congressional tors), 17 blacks, and five Hispanics. It will kind of opposition will they be? Will they district. Lomita was now the object of have the lowest average age, 48.9 years, of hobble or help the new President? Morris' devotion to public service, al­ any Congress since World War II. Lawyers The biggest task before the country is to still form the largest single professional get the economy back on its feet. I hope though Carson continued to receive group among members of Congress, but that the 97th Congress will shoulder its ob­ the benefit of his advice, and under Congressmen and Senators with legal train­ ligations and not let itself bog down in pe­ his tutelage, both cities have thrived. ing no longer constitute a majority of mem­ ripheral matters. I also hope that the In Lomita, Morris served on the board bers. Democrats will not swipe away indiscrimi­ of directors of the Torrance-Lomita Quite by accident, the congressional calen­ nately at the Republican Administration. branch of the American Red Cross, as dar will contain a long list of programs that Neither Democrats nor Republicans can well as having been vice chairman of are up for renewal. It is by no means certain afford to be diverted from the central issue: that organization. And the young have how the 97th Congress will deal with the economic restoration.e programs. What, for example, will Congress benefited too, as Morris is extremely do about agricultural price supports? How active in the Boy Scouts in the South will it take the recommendation of the HONORING DR. TIM LEE Bay area. His involvement with them Reagan task force to slow completion of the CARTER as a merit badge counselor is admira­ interstate highway system? Will it relax ble, since it is apparent that as he set clean air laws? Will it reject programs for and attained high goals for himself, so energy development, job safety, nuclear HON. WILLIAM C. WAMPLER too has he aided our young in setting plant licensing, passenger rail service, refu­ OF VIRGINIA and attaining their own goals. gee aid, and home energy assistance? An­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It is for these and many other rea­ swers to these questions are not at all clear. Although the campaign positions of Mr. Thursday, January 22, 1981 sons that Morris Vance will be hon­ Reagan and many members of Congress are ored on January 31. It is a way of fairly well known, it is a long way from the e Mr. WAMPLER. Mr. Speaker, it has saying thank you for all the generous rhetoric of the campaign to the enactment been a distinct honor to serve in the hours of combined public and social of legislation. Legislation is hammered out House of Representatives with Dr. service that Morris Vance has given to in congressional committees, not in presi­ Tim Lee Carter, and the esteem in us over the years. As the Vances leave dential speeches and campaign debate. Any which he is held by this House is only our area for a new and challenging po­ experienced legislator knows the value of equaled by the people of Kentucky's sition, my wife, Lee, and I join in wish­ compromise. He knows as well that the task of developing consensus moderates the ex­ Fifth District who have been so honor­ ing Morris, his wife Janice, and their treme views often staked out on the hus­ ably and ably served. two sons, David and Thomas, all the tings. "Doctor Tim", as he is affectionately best in the future, knowing that what­ The economy will surely occupy much of referred to by his constituents, will be ever they do, the goal will be to serve the attention of the 97th Congress, but remembered in the Congress not only the people, and serve them well.e there are many other formidable challenges as an able legislator, but as a fine hu­ to be faced: the future stability of social se­ manitarian as well. His efforts in the curity, the ills of the domestic automobile SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE industry, the cost-effectiveness of a wide field of health legislation and other 97TH CONGRESS range of federal regulatory programs, the issues which promise a higher quality combat-readiness of the armed forces, and of life are well known, and his tireless HON. LEE H. HAMILTON competition in health care services are just championing of these causes has a few. In the area of social initiative, Con­ earned him a high degree of respect OF INDIANA gress will be looking for ways to trim exist­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES from his colleagues. ing programs. A general re-examination of The Fifth District of Kentucky Thursday, January 22, 1981 the nation's foreign policy is likely. abuts the Ninth District of Virginia, It is my impression that Mr. Reagan, e Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I buoyed up by his strong showing at the and due to this location it has been my would like to insert my Washington polls, will get much of what he wants from privilege to work with Dr. Carter on a report for Wednesday, January 21, the 97th Congress. A broad reduction in number of measures of particular in­ 1981, into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: taxes, sharply increased outlays for defense, terest to both congressional districts. 902 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 22, 1981 Although we may not have always and seven times has been the agency derstood by either the public or postal been in total agreement, it has been nominee for a variety of prestigious employees. with great respect and attention that I Government-wide honors. pondered his views and his willingness The many proteges he has helped to H.R. 39 differentiates between vol­ to consider both sides of an issue. train in the VA include three former untary and involuntary political activi­ I know the people of Kentucky's public relations directors for the Civil ties. It protects the public interest Fifth District will be gladdened to Service Commission, a deputy press while providing postal employees with have Dr. Carter back among them, but secretary at the White House, and the greater freedom to participate in the the Congress will certainly miss a fine Executive Director of the President's political process. gentleman and Representative when Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. In summary, the bill provides the the 97th Congress convenes without following: him.• In contrast to the too prevalent per­ ception of civil servants as lazy drones States that postal employees are en­ sponging on the taxpayers, Frank has TRIBUTE TO FRANK HOOD couraged to exercise their right of vol­ voluntarily worked many thousands of untary political participation. hours of overtime without compensa­ HON. G. V.(SONNY)MONTGOMERY tion, has sacrificed hundreds of hours Prohibits the use of official authori­ OF MISSISSIPPI of annual leave, and has been literally ty, influence, or coercion with respect IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on call 24 hours a day to respond to to the right to vote, not to vote, or to media inquiries. Yet, for most of the otherwise engage in political activity. Thursday, January 22, 1981 23 years he has carried his high-level e Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, responsibilities, he like other top civil Prohibits solicitation of political in a period when the Government is servants have worked under pay ceil­ contributions by superior officials and losing the services of many of its most ings that restricted them to the same making or soliciting political contribu­ experienced and valuable employees to salaries paid to employees carrying far tions in Government rooms or build­ retirement, the departure of Frank R. less responsibility. ings. Hood from the Veterans' Administra­ In a congressional tribute to Frank tion stands out as a shining example in 1978, when he had completed 20 Prohibits, with certain limited ex­ of dedicated and talented service. years on the top VA job, the Honor­ ceptions, political activity while on of­ In his own quiet way, Frank R. able Ray Roberts, the former chair­ ficial duty, in Federal buildings, or in Hood, Assistant Administrator for In­ man of the House Veterans' Affairs uniform. formation Services at the Veterans' Committee, told his colleagues: Requires that employees who seek Administration, has established a Frank Hood has earned a high place of truly unique record as a Federal em­ honor within government and among mem­ elective office do so on their own time, ployee and has struck a blow for bers of the press with whom he deals. In ad­ and that employees shall, upon re­ career civil servants throughout Gov­ dition to his outstanding professional skills, quest, be granted accrued annual leave ernment. he is known as an individual of integrity and or leave without pay to seek elective Frank was in his 23d year as head of unquestioned honesty. When the name office. public relations at the VA when he of­ "Frank Hood" comes up, the comment inevi­ tably follows, "He is one of the world's true Designates the special counsel of the ficially retired August 29, 1980. But he gentlemen." I know of no higher praise, and has stayed on the same job as a reem­ I heartily concur in it. Merit Systems Protection Board­ ployed annuitant at the urgent re­ MSPB-as the enforcing authority quest of Administrator Max Cleland. I can heartily endorse the senti­ and the MSPB as the adjudicatory au­ And, not surprisingly-considering his ments of Chairman Roberts.e thority. unprecedented track record-Presi­ 1 Subjects violators of law to removal, dent Reagan's transition team at VA H.R. 39-POLITICAL FREEDOM has asked him to continue his duties. FOR POSTAL EMPLOYEES suspension, or lesser penalties at the In a sensitive profession generally discretion of the MSPB; requires a subject to frequent and often abrupt HON. WILLIAM L. (BILL) CLAY minimum of 30 days' suspension with­ change, Frank has served far longer as out pay for any employee found guilty head of public relations for a major OF MISSOURI of violating the prohibition against agency than anyone in the history of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES use of official authority or influence Government. He has served longer in Thursday, January 22, 1981 for political purposes. the same top job than any executive in • Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, recently I Requires the U.S. Postal Service to VA history. introduced a bill, H.R. 39, the Postal Before taking over the top VA public Employees' Political Activities Act of report annually to the Congress on its relations job in 1958, Frank served 1981, which reforms the Hatch Act by implementation of this Act. more than 7 years as the Deputy. In permitting postal employees to partici­ The Postal Service system is a qua­ those nearly 30 years on the Washing­ pate voluntarily in political activities siautonomous public corporation. ton scene, he has been retained and so long as those activities do not even Some may have problems with that honored by a succession of eight VA appear to compromise the integrity of fact but, be that as it may, postal em­ Administrators, Republicans and the Postal Service. At the same time ployees are in a different category Democrats alike, and yet has never re­ this bill protects the public against im­ from Federal employees. The postal sorted to the game of playing politics proper political activities and solicita­ worker's role, as an employee of a for personal gain. tions, coercion, and protects postal em­ A former reporter and editor for the ployees against involuntary political semi-independent agency, and the role Kansas City Star and the Associated activities. of a Federal civilian employee, as an Press, Frank was a Navy gunnery offi­ The Hatch Act was enacted precipi­ employee of the Government, make cer in World War II, and then joined tously in 1939. It was an overreaction these two groups separate and distinct. the VA as a GS-11 information spe­ to coercion of and kickbacks by Feder­ Unfortunately, the issue of full politi­ cialist in St. Louis in early 1946. Since al employees and public assistance re­ cal participation for postal and Feder­ then he has received seven merit pro­ cipients. As presently written, the law al employees has been confused, not­ motions in the career service. is vague, overly broad, and consists of withstanding their different status, so He is a longtime holder of the two a patchwork of over 3,000 administra­ that they are treated as one and the highest awards the VA can bestow, tive rulings, most of which are not un- same.e January 22, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 903 TO AUTHORIZE NATIONAL Congressman KEMP's remarks distin­ A: As soon as you asked me what I SHUT-IN DAY guish him as a future State and Na­ thought could get in the way, the word that tional leader. I would like at this time came to my mind was "timidity." Trepida­ tion. Defeatism. The status quo. President­ HON. NICK JOE RAHALL II to submit the Washington Post inter­ elect Reagan said many times that status OF WEST VIRGINIA view: quo was Latin for the mess we're in. And IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ToDAY New York City, N.Y. belongs to congress. over court jurisdiction. However, even If congress has given the power to this with respect to the inferior Federal Court, we possess it, not otherwise: and if in that case there were limits, as the courts, by establishing them in the congress has not given the power to us, or to court observed in concluding its opin­ first place and thus regulating both any other Court, it still remains at the legis­ ion: their original and appellate jurisdic­ lative disposal. Besides, congress is not Counsel seem to have supposed, if effect tion. bound, and it would, perhaps, be inexpedi­ be given to the repealing act in question, The Supreme Court has upheld the ent, to enlarge the jurisdiction of the feder­ that the whole appellate power of the court, right of Congress to control its appel­ al courts, to every subject, in every form, in cases of habeas corpus, is denied. But this late jurisdiction in a number of cases. which the constitution might warrant. 4 is an error. The act of 1868 does not except "By the Constitution of the United Dall. (4 U.S.> 8 0799). from that jurisdiction any cases but appeals Even the father of judicial review, from Circuit Courts under the act of 1867. States," the Court held in Barry v. It does not affect the jurisdiction which was Mercein, 5 How. (46 U.S.) 103, 119 Chief Justice Marshall, held the same previously exercised. regulating their jurisdiction is very to infringe on the separation of power Likewise there are a number of deci­ broad indeed. Nevertheless it is not or to prohibit the Court from exercis­ sions ·in which the Court has upheld without limits. For if it were, if Con­ ing its judicial function in protecting the power of Congress to regulate the gress could withdraw Federal court ju­ rights enumerated in the Constitution. jurisdiction of the inferior courts, on risdiction over literally any matter it THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF H.R. 7 61 the basis that they owe their very ex­ chooses, then obviously basic constitu­ So what about H.R. 761? Well, if this istence to Congress in the Judiciary tional foundations such as express bill restricted Federal court jurisdic­ Act of 1789. For example, in Turner prohibitions, separation of powers, tion with respect to freedom of speech against Bank of North America, the and the nature of the judicial function or with respect to the equal protection issue involved the jurisdiction of the could be overturned by congressional clause of the 14th amendment, it Federal courts when a suit was whim. would be unconstitutional- at least in brought to a Federal court under its What these limits are precisely is regard to the appellate jurisdiction of diversity jurisdiction, an action pro­ not so obvious; however, an examina­ the Supreme Court. But it does not. It hibited by the Judiciary Act of 1789. tion of ex parte McCardle provides restricts Federal court jurisdiction The defense counsel argued that the some guidance. This case is most sig­ with respect to school attendance; spe­ grant of judicial power by the Consti­ nificant because the court held that cifically, it prohibits the courts from tution was a direct grant of jurisdic­ Congress has the authority to legisla­ requiring any individual to attend any tion, but the court disagreed: tively restrict court jurisdiction over particular school. The notion has frequently been enter­ writs of habeas corpus, even though Now since education is not men­ tained, that the federal courts derive their habeas corpus is a right expressly tioned in the Constitution and public judicial power immediately from the consti- granted by article I, section 9 of the education has been created by statute,

79-059 0 - 84 - 58 (Vol. 127 Pt. 1) 912 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 22, 1981 restricting court jurisdiction with re­ Mr. Speaker, I hope the Judiciary the anniversary of an independence spect to school attendance does not os­ Committee can schedule hearings on since lost, we will celebrate a renewed tensively raise a constitutional ques­ ·this legislation in the near future. In independence of modern times.e tion. However, the question of consti­ terms of fostering race consciousness, tutionality might be raised in desegre­ in disrupting the lives of our young gation cases under the equal protec­ people and interfering with their edu­ STATEMENT UPON INTRODUC­ tion clause of the 14th amendment. cation, forced busing is exacting an TION OF LEGISLATION TO PRO­ But it is important to keep in mind enormous price. I believe restricting VIDE FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR precisely what jurisdiction H.R. 761 the jurisdiction of the Federal courts ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT AND is the fastest way of eliminating this. TREAT THE PROBLEM OF DO­ restricts. It does not prohibit the Fed­ MESTIC VIOLENCE eral courts from hearing cases dealing The text of the legislation follows: with school desegregation. What it H.R. 761 does, in effect, is deny to the courts To insure the equal protection of the laws HON. MARIO BIAGGI the ability to order what some courts and to protect the liberty of citizens as have alleged to be remedies in such guaranteed by the fourteenth amend­ OF NEW YORK cases. ment, by eliminating Federal court juris­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES diction over forced school attendance It still allows the Federal courts to Thursday, January 22, 1981 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of hear such cases and to order any re­ Representatives of the United States of • Mr. BlAGG!. Mr. Speaker, today I medial action they consider appropri­ America in Congress assembled, That, pur­ am introducing legislation which ad­ ate, except for those remedies which suant to article III, sections 1 and 2, of the dresses a growing problem in this involve forced school attendance-par­ United States Constitution, no court of the Nation which begs a solution-the ticularly forced school attendance on United States shall have the jurisdiction to problem of physical abuse and neglect the basis of an individual's race. The make any decision, or issue any order, which of family members of all ages, better courts would have jurisdiction, for in­ would have the effect of requiring any indi­ vidual to attend any particular school.e known as domestic violence. stance, to require school attendance This bill is very similar to legislation plans based on freedom of choice, approved by this House by a vote of which would be consistent with the THE ANNIVERSARY OF 292 to 106 on December 12, 1979, and Brown decision, the equal protection UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE the Senate on August 26, 1980. As New clause, and the Civil Rights Act; they York's senior member of the House would not have jurisdiction, however, HON. HAROLD C. HOLLENBECK Education and Labor Committee to order school attendance· plans re­ which considered this legislation, I quiring school assignment on the basis OF NEW JERSEY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was also a member of the conference of one's race-plans which are not con­ committee which fashioned the final sistent with Brown, the equal protec­ Thursday, January 22, 1981 version. Unfortunately, the last days tion clause or the Civil Rights Act. e Mr. HOLLENBECK. Mr. Speaker, of the 96th Congress did not allow us It may be argued that offering free­ 63 years ago the proud and fiercely in­ to complete our business on this vital dom of choice plans as remedies for dependent Ukrainian people attempt­ piece of legislation. At that time, I segregated schools is inappropriate on ed to win freedom when a group of pa­ pledged to reintroduce this bill again legal grounds because of the doctrine triots proclaimed the independence of so that we may begin to address the of stare decisis-which holds that their native land from Russia. I would issue of domestic violence prevention courts should follow the rules or prin­ like to take this opportunity to join and treatment. ciples laid down in previous judicial my colleagues in commemorating this My involvement with the issue of decisions unless they contravene the important event, which should remind family violence has been lifelong, be­ ordinary principles of justice-since us that the Ukrainians now, as in the ginning with my 23-year career in the such plans have already been struck past, are determined to guide their New York City Police Department. I down in some court decisions. But it is own future in a sovereign state. was a firsthand witness of the victims the principle established by such deci­ The Ukrainians' unique cultural, his­ as well as the abusers. This involve­ sions-that affirmative action must be torical, and intellectual traditions pro­ ment stimulated my interest and con­ taken to desegregate schools and thus vide a source of continuing national cern in this area and prompted me to that children must be assigned to pride that can never be subdued by introduce the first child abuse preven­ schools on the basis of their race­ the forced ideology of a foreign state. tion and treatment legislation in this which is not consistent with the We must never be allowed to forget House. The 197 4 Child Abuse Preven­ Brown decision. Thus while overturn­ the unceasing efforts of the Ukrainian tion and Treatment Act created the ing earlier decisions disallowing free­ people in their campaign for renewed Federal response to this problem. Our dom of choice plans may appear to be independence. work in this area has been invaluable a violation of stare decisis, in fact such As we express our concern for the for many helpless children. Today, we action would merely bring remedies in citizens of Ukraine, we must also pay must seek to expand our efforts in this line with the principle of nonracial tribute to the many Ukrajnian Ameri­ area in order to assist other family school assignment established by cans who have made significant politi­ members-spouses, parents, and Brown. cal, economic, and cultural contribu­ grandparents-who have also become It should also be noted that stare tions to the well-being of this country. the tragic victims of domestic violence. decisis, while serving a valid judicial They have distinguished themselves In order to help the nearly 2 million function, is by no means an ironclad by constructive citizenship, by their victims of family violence, this bill au­ rule, particularly in cases dealing with dedication to America, and by their thorizes a total of $65 million over the constitutional issues. Its limitations unyielding devotion to the cause of lib­ next 3 years, in the form of grant as­ have been progressively weakened erty. sistance to States, localities, and orga­ since Pollock against Farmers' Loan In remembering this anniversary of nizations, in order to assist in the pre­ and Trust Co. in 1895, since which Ukrainian independence, we in the vention and treatment of domestic vio­ some 143 decisions have overturned United States are expressing our sup­ lence. The emphasis is upon fiscal re­ one or more earlier decisions of consti­ port for the aspirations of the Ukraini­ straint-it is a realistic authorization tutional questions (op. cit., page 683). an people and our fervent hope that in order to provide seed money to en­ Brown, of course, is itself one of the the Ukraine will again recover its free­ courage effort within the States. The most famous instances of an estab­ dom. I only wish for that day in the emphasis is also upon State and local lished doctrine being overturned. near future when, instead of marking control-it has been our experience January 22, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 913 that the local groups and shelters efforts to work for the passage of leg­ tegrity of the merit system or the im­ within the communities are best islation as a senior member of both partial administration of the functions equipped to administer these funds, the Education and Labor Committee of our Government. according to their individual needs. It and the House Select Committee on Previous studies by the Congress seeks to encourage grant recipients to Aging. I urge my colleagues to join me had revealed not even the suggestion seek financial self-sufficiency by look­ in this most worthy effort.e of any wrongdoing in Federal employ­ ing to State, local and private sources ees participating in political activity of funds. And finally, the bill includes RETIREMENT OF VETERAN HILL voluntarily and .on their own time. a sunset provision of 3 years after en­ STAFFER ALISON CERRI The Hatch Act, well intended as it actment as further encouragement to was, was enacted in a period during shelters to establish self-sufficiency. which the Congress was deeply con­ The need for Federal legislation to HON. WILUAM C. WAMPLER cerned about the growth in the power address this burgeoning national prob­ OF VIRGINIA and influence wielded by then-Presi­ lem of domestic violence is telling. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dent Franklin Roosevelt. Times and issue of intrafamilial violence has been Thursday, January 22, 1981 conditions have changed since enact­ the focus of public concern for many e Mr. WAMPLER. Mr. Speaker, I ment of the Hatch Act in 1939 and my years. Often viewed as a hidden soci­ wish at this time to acknowledge the legislation takes notice of these reali­ etal problem, its now epidemic propor­ long and faithful service of one of the ties. tions make the need for Federal in­ individuals who recently retired from This bill is similar to H.R. 39, the volvement in this area vital in order to her position on the House Committee Postal Employees' Political Activities supplement what little State and local on Agriculture and who has worked on Act of 1981, which I also introduced efforts already exist. the Hill with many of our distin­ recently. I introduced two separate The most recent form of domestic guished colleagues on both sides of the bills because, notwithstanding the dif­ violence to surface has been the dis­ aisle. ferent status of Postal and Federal covery of large numbers of crimes Mrs. Cerri in her career on Capitol employees, they are ill advisedly treat­ being committed against elderly Hill worked for Mr. David Satterfield, ed as one and the same. The introduc­ family members. As an original Sr., to conduct unannounced you.e pray. Amen.e inspections and investigations and re.quires January 22, 1981 . EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 919 that agencies maintain and make available and I can assure you his retirement merits our accolades, and also may be adequate safety and health records. will be a great loss to the agency.e a record in public service.e Requires that OPM issue citations for vio­ lations of Federal safety and health stand­ ards and establishes enforcement proce­ NORRISTOWN, PA., COUNCILMAN JERRY L. VOLZER NAMED dures. MARKS 50TH YEAR IN OFFICE "TROOPER OF THE YEAR" Authorizes the Occupational and Health Review Commission to impose civil penalties upon agencies for failure to HON. DOUGLAS APPLEGATE comply with OPM citations. HON. LAWRENCE COUGHLIN OF OHIO Provides for court review of OSHRC OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPUSENTATIVES orders by agencies and OPM and prohibits discharge or discrimination against employ­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January 22, 1981 ees for complaining, testifying, or otherwise Thursday, January 22, 1981 e Mr. APPLEGATE. Mr. Speaker, it is asserting rights afforded by this bill. an honor and privilege for me to bring Authorizes the OPM to take steps to re­ e Mr. COUGHLIN. Mr. Speaker, I am strain agency conditions which could cause pleased to call to my colleagues' atten­ to the attention of my colleagues in death or serious harm to employees. tion the remarkable record of Paul the U.S. House of Representatives the Authorizes the OPM to provide training, Santangelo, a constituent, who is recent accomplishment of a constitu­ education, and consultation with agencies marking his 50th year as the elected ent and very good friend of mine, Mr. and authorizes agencies to conduct preven­ councilman from the fifth ward of Jerry L. Volzer, a resident of Dover, tive health programs for employees.e Norristown, Pa., a historic borough Ohio. which is the government seat of Mont­ Mr. Volzer has been named '.!Trooper TRIBUTE TO FRANK HOOD gomery County. of the Year" of the New Philadelphia Born in the fifth ward, Mr. Santan­ Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol for gelo has resided in the same house for 1980. This will now enable him to com­ HON. DON EDWARDS most of his adult life-a life that has pete for district and statewide honors OF CALIFORNIA been devoted to serving and helping as well. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his community and its citizens. Norris­ Trooper of the Year is, indeed, much Thursday, January 22, 1981 town's East End was the home for sought after and an honor to receive as it is one that is given by one's peers. e Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr. many of the immigrants from Sicily and Sciacca. It was Paul who served as The fellow officers of Jerry Volzer se­ Speaker, I want to take a moment to lected him as their honoree based on pay tribute to a most unusual-almost the interpreter and unofficial repre­ sentative for these family-oriented im­ leadership abilities, professional unique-public servant-the Veterans ethics, courteous treatment, work atti­ Administration's long-time public in­ migrants making their way in a new country. tude, and cooperation with supervi­ formation officer, Frank R. Hood. sors, peers, and the general public. Public relations people in the Feder­ Mr. Santangelo was elected on the Republican ticket in 1930 as fifth ward The Ohio State Patrol enjoys a fine al Government are not known for reputation as a superb law enforce­ their longevity. Most of them come councilman. From then on, he has en­ joyed the support of his constituency, ment agency and it is the attributes, and go like leaves on the trees, but not dedication, and concern for the safety Frank Hood. winning reelection 12 times. During his tenure, Mr. Santangelo of the public such as Jerry Volzer Last year was his 23d as head of demonstrates on a daily basis that public relations at the VA-an unsur­ served on the civil service commission. As chairman, he witnessed the instal­ makes it so. passed record and one that may never On behalf of Ohio's 18th Congres­ be challenged. lation of five men as chief of borough police force. sional District, I commend Jerry on As far as I know, Frank Hood has his accomplishment and wish him well held this position far longer than Mr. Santangelo, in his half century in office, has been president of council as he progresses to district and State anyone has held a comparative job competition.• anywhere else in Government. for two terms. He has served on all With bipartisan loyalty he has committees of council. Statewide, he served eight VA Administrations and has served as president of the Council­ NEVER AGAIN he numbers among his proteges three men of Pennsylvania, members of the former public relations directors of Pennsylvania Boroughs Association. HON. WM. S. BROOMFIELD the old Civil Service Commission, a Mr. Santangelo is a founder of the Montgomery County Boroughs Associ­ OF MICHIGAN deputy press secretary at the White IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES House and the Executive Director of ation. the President's Committee on Employ­ A recipient of numerous civic and Thursday, January 22, 1981 ment of the Handicapped. community awards, Mr. Santangelo re­ e Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, Frank Hood resigned last August, ceived-among them-the President's reports by our returning hostages of but VA Administrator Max Cleland Award from the Pennsylvania Bor­ the physical and mental abuse they asked him to stay on as a reemployed oughs Association for 40 years of serv­ endured at the hands of their Iranian annuitant. The Reagan transition ice in council. He was honored by the terrorist captors give a special urgency team asked him to continue in his Republican Committee of Norristown to the need to combat terrorism in all post. in 1975 for 44 years of dedicated and its forms. I know that every Member of the faithful service to the borough. In this connection, I would like .to House who has dealt with Frank Hood Mr. Santangelo, a devoted family call to the attention of the Members a over the years holds him in •deep re­ man, is the father of four children. He column by Evans and Novak on the spect. We owe him an enorm<. us debt has 14 grandchildren and 4 great­ issue of terrorism that appeared in of gratitude for his selfless service grandchildren. An avid fisherman, he yesterday's edition of the Washington over so many years. pilots his own boat on weekends Post. As the ranking member of the Com­ during the season at the New Jersey NEVER AGAIN mittee on Veterans' Affairs, having shore. program prompt enactment of H.R. 168 and SECOND TO NONE isn't really being put into effect out in the H.R.170: Postmaster General William Bolger has field," says Michael Hudson, staff director said he sets "no budgetary limits" to create for Democratic Rep., Mickey Leland of POSTAL WORKER DEATHS AND INJURIES a safety program "that is second to none." Texas, who has held hearings on postal PRoMPT DEMANDS FOR GREATER SAFETY In the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 1979, the safety. The Postal Service's Mr. Ulsaker dif­ to conduct unan­ As the second largest socialist repub­ prehension. nounced safety surveys and inspec­ lic of the Soviet Union, the 5 million On this proud anniversary of tions, to enforce Federal safety and citizens of the Ukraine comprise the Ukrainian independence, let us all as health laws, and to impose penalties strongest, most determined, and most Members of the Congress of the for violations of the law. This legisla­ outspoken voice of nationalism in the United States of America, recommit tion is intended to correct and improve Soviet Union. Throughout the many ourselves to a continued policy of sup­ the shockingly poor safety record of decades of Communist domination, port for those oppressed for their po­ the Postal Service and its unaccept­ Ukrttinians have struggled to preserve litical views in the Ukraine, and ably high accident and injury rate. their proud cultural tradition. The So­ throughout the world. Let us also con­ Under existing law, Public Law 94- viets, however, have persisted with tinue to condemn Communist aggres- 82, OSHA representatives may inspect January 22, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 923 postal facilities only at the invitation COLLEGE OF CHAMPIONS: EASTERN MICHIGAN criticism, impromptu speaking and extem­ of the USPS. There is no enforcement UNIVERSITY poraneous speaking. Interpretive events, mechanism. Without this necessary which usually appeal to the dramatically in­ Consistent winning creates a mystique. In­ clined, include poetry, prose and a dramatic enforcement authority, the USPS has duo event that pairs two team members in a given movement of the mail priority dividuals become bigger than life. When John Wooden won 10 national basketball presentation of a cutting from a play, novel over safety and the postal safety pro­ championships at UCLA, opposing players or short story. gram has been a dismal failure. and coaches nicknamed him the "Wizard of All speeches for public address events are The USPS has established a well­ Westwood." Lew Alcindor, Bill Walton and researched and written by the competitors. earned reputation of disregarding, ne­ Sidney Wicks became legends, disembodied Time limits vary fro~ five to seven minutes. spirits who stutter-stepped; floated and Interpretive events involve slightly longer glecting, and minimizing unsafe work­ speeches and are almost always not original ing conditions. Only after an employee double-pumped their way to the hoop, never missing. material. was unnecessarily crushed to death in A winning mystique is quietly growing in Of the six public address events, the two the New York bulk and foreign mail Ypsilanti, though there is neither basket­ most challenging are impromptu and extem­ facility did the USPS begin to give ball's national attention nor its fabulous fi­ poraneous speaking. safety some attention. Only last nances attached to the competition, which The extemporaneous event calls for a five­ takes place not on the shining hardwood to-seven minute speech given after 30 min­ month, however, two postal employees utes' preparation. The speech is based on were killed in accidents in postal facili­ court, but at the speaker's lectern. Like the basketball Bruins of UCLA, however, the current events; judges offer three topics and ties in Los Angeles, Calif., and Port­ team in Ypsilanti owes much of its success contestants can select one on which to base land, Oreg. to a cajoling, motivating, empathetic coach. a speech. Judges pay special attention to The Postal Service has the highest The coach's name is Dennis Beagen. His the competitor's analysis and understanding players form Eastern Michigan University's of the event and the number of facts pre­ accident and injury rate of all Federal sented in support of statements. agencies. The total number of injuries national champion forensics team. Beagen and his public speakers are to col­ In preparing for the extemporaneous and illnesses reported by the Postal legiate forensics what John Wooden and the event, Eastern's speakers use information Service for 1977 was 62,966-34.4 per­ UCLA Bruins were to basketball. In the 10 from a team file organized under current­ cent out of 182,790 injuries and ill­ years that Eastern's team has entered colle­ event headings, such as "Afghanistan" or nesses reported for the entire Federal giate public speaking competition, it has "oil." EMU senior Jeff Brown, an extempo­ work force. During fiscal year 1977, won the national title six times-including raneous specialist, has given speeches this the last five consecutive years. year on such topics as; "Is the U.S. steel in­ for example, the rate of lost workday dustry doomed?" "Can Detroit automakers injuries and illnesses within the Postal Eastern owns virtually every national fo­ rensics record. Thirty-five individual nation­ survive the Japanese invasion?" "Is a Marx­ Service exceeded that rate within the al titles have been awarded to EMU stu­ ist takover in El Salvador inevitable?" and Federal Government by almost 150 dents in the last 10 years. Of the 54 possible "Can trade with China compensate for percent. In addition, 55 percent of all finalists at the 1980 national tournament, 17 America's balance of payments trade defi­ lost workdays due to accidents and in­ were EMU speakers. EMU speakers took cit?" juries in the Federal Government were first place in all of the five events at this In the impromptu competition, judges attributable to the Postal Service. year's Michigan State Forensics Champion­ give speakers a popular quote, a single word ship. or sometimes a cartoon on which a speech Legislation similar to H.R. 168 was This year, junior Jon Kapecci, an Ohioan, must be based. Speakers then have seven approved by the House during the won two individual national titles and minutes to divide between preparation and 96th Congress but was not acted upon placed first in a combined competition, speaking . Affairs. I understand that companion teamed with Kapecci in the dramatic duo Though props are kept to a minimum, legislation will be introduced in the event, winning it for the second year in a they may be used. Students competing with row. Other recent EMU champions include informative speeches sometimes utilize other body shortly and look forward Mike Garcia, a Flint junior who has won props to embellish points, and students to prompt enactment of this long over­ nine individual national titles; George making persuasive speeches often use due bill by the Congress.e Denger from Marshall, who won three of visual aids supplied by corporations. the five national events he entered last Judging, in general, is based on a number year; and Dan Bernard from Detroit, a pro­ of criteria, including organization, conversa­ COLLEGE OF CHAMPIONS: EAST­ gram graduate currently in law school at tionality and presentation of arguments to ERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY the University of Virginia, who won the im­ support thesis statements. promptu title in 1979. EMU grad Jerry It's quite clear why someone would want Bluhm, the first person ever to win two to strive for a national basketball victory. HON. CARL D. PURSELL events at a national tournament, currently Besides the adulation of millions, there are is director of forensics at Birmingham also million-dollar contracts available in the OF MICHIGAN Brother Rice High School. pro ranks. But why bother with forensics? IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES More famous graduates of other collegiate Coach Beagen says, simply, that students forensics programs include Watergate pros­ who compete in forensics get more and Thursday, January 22, 1981 ecutor Leon Jaworski, former Vice President better job offers than students who don't. Hubert Humphrey, Sen. George McGovern, "The skill to respond in a concise, clear, in­ e Mr. PURSELL. Mr. Speaker, I D-S.D., and Vice-President Mondale. NBC's telligible manner in a business situation is would like to take this opportunity to Tom Snyder and Jane Pauley are former invaluable." say Beagen. "I really believe recognize the achievements of a little forensics competitors. So is Ann Landers. that if there is a single most important known, yet highly successful group of Humphrey, Mondale and McGovern were thing for someone to learn while they're at public and interpretive speakers from each invited in their day to participate in a university, it is how to communicate ... the forensic team at Eastern Michigan the Interstate Oratory Contest, the oldest reading, writing, and public speaking. I'll University. Few competitive organiza­ speech tournament in the nation, but East­ bet that if you went to executives across the ern is the only school to boast two winners nation and asked them what were the most tions can tout six national titles in 10 in the 107-year-old competition: Judy Stur­ important skills they were looking for in a years-including the last 5 consecutive gis Hill and Tony Vehar, who now serves as new employee, they would say the ability to years. They set individual and team assistant coach of the team. communicate and the ability to work with records which will undoubtedly Forensics stresses speechmaking, not people." remain untouched. I proudly present debate. There is no back-and-forth arguing Many of Beagen's "forensicators" have the following article to the CoNGRES­ in forensics, where individuals can compete parlayed success in forensics into careers in SIONAL RECORD as a tribute to the in one or several of nine different speaking law, medicine, business, drama and educa­ categories. tion. team, the coaches and the university Public address events include informative Former EMU forensics standouts include: they represent. speaking, persuasion arts. Tbe results from this question the best all-around speakers on the current EMU squad, has been invited to audition by One thing we value above all things are astounding. Since the same ques­ the National Shakespeare Company. It's the cherished life that the Good Lord tion was posed to taxpayers in the Eastern's cortsistent success in outshining brings 1975 study, I would again like to show the 200 or so other colleges and universities We all have the right to live our life, the increase in acceptance of increased that compete at the National Forensics As­ Free from fear and hate and strife taxes for the arts. sociation tournament each year is no fluke. No matter what the conditions be, Beagen works 8 a.m.-11 p.m. every day help­ Life is a privilege for you and me ing students research and polish speeches That life with you should always stay, Percent of people and teaching classes in EMU's department Until God takes that life away. saying yes Live your life as well as you can, of speech and dramatic arts. . 1980 1975 Eastern gives five forensics scholarships In harmony with your fellow man. From the moment one is fertilized, per year to students from throughout the Increased taxes for the arts: United States though seventy-five percent Until that person finally dies. $25 ...... 51 41 of the EMU ~quad comes from Michigan. · Life is a gracious gift God gives, $15 ...... 59 46 To be kept as long as a person lives. $10 ...... 65 51 Approximately 50 students participate in $5 ...... 70 58 the program which began Sept. 14 and will No matter the color, shape or size, end 20 tournaments and 10,000 traveling Life is one's most cherished prize. miles later May 1. Students who join the No one can judge the length of a life, There are over 84 million individual team can expect to spend at least one week­ Of brother, sister, husband or wife. We may govern our life alone, taxpayers in America. If these figures end per month on the road and four to five were applied to all these people we hours a week preparing each speech they Until God finally brings us home.e give. Beagen estimates that individuals who would raise over $1.8 billion annually compete for four years will have written and for the arts. But it is the responsibility presented just about 25 speeches. of the Congress to determine how best Because of EMU's success, Beagen has a AMERICANS SUPPORTING THE to distribute tax dollars and until the difficult time psyching his charges to do ARTS Congress decides to appropriate $1.8 their best at each tournament. He admits billion for the arts, we must find alter­ that judges and opposing teams often HON. FREDERICK W. RICHMOND natives to meet this goal. become frustrated with the Ypsilanti squad, OF NEW YORK One alternative is the basis for my too because of Eastern's winning record. So he ' regularly splits up his team, sending IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bill H.R. 1042. The concept of this bill members to different tournaments, to keep Thursday, January 22, 1981 is quite simple. We can place a box on individuals competitive. the IRS 1040 form allowing individual "It serves us for a lot of reasons not to win e Mr. RICHMOND. Mr. Speaker, taxpayers to make contributions to every weekend," Beagen said. "If our speak­ today I have the pleasure of introduc­ the arts over and above their taxes. ers feel they have to win every weekend, ing a bill into the 97th Congress which Last year, 63 million taxpayers re­ they take less risks. Risk-taking is impor­ when signed into law will give neces­ ceived IRS refunds averaging $500. tant in forensics because we are constantly sary financial assistance to every cul­ experimenting with deliveries and styles This is because most employers over­ tural institution in our Nation. withhold income taxes. If the taxpay­ when we give our speeches." Theaters, museums, symphonies, bo­ Beagen, who played high school basket­ er could instruct the IRS to send him/ ball and was on the EMU team as a student, tanic gardens, zoos, and arboretums her a check for $475, instead of $500, says there is little difference between moti­ are enjoying unprecedented populari­ that $25 could be then spent on the vating a forensics team or an athletic squad. ty. Not only are more of these institu­ arts in the taxpayer's own community. He quietly says he'd even like to trade tions available than ever before, but Here is how the system would work. places with a basketball coach for a season more and more Americans are attend­ If a taxpayer was to receive a refund and compare won-loss records afterwards. ing and participating in all forms of he/she could donate any part of that If Beagen's record in forensics is any indi­ cultural activities. cation, that might be the time for John The latest Louis Harris poll on the refund to the arts; and that donation Wooden to move over.e would be tax deductible in the follow­ arts entitled, "Americans and the ing year. If the taxpayer owed money Arts" -July 1980-proves, beyond a to the IRS, he/she could include more MARCHING FOR LIFE shadow of a doubt that the arts have than what was due in taxes, as a con­ come of age in America. Harris com­ tribution to the arts. HON. JOHN P. MURTHA pleted a similar study in 1975 and com­ Once collected by the IRS the OF PENNSYLVANIA paring the results of these two studies proves the hypothesis that more and money would be sent to the National IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES more Americans are participating in Endowment for the Arts, a Federal Thursday, January 22, 1981 agency. The NEA would then send the arts. Following is that comparison: each State arts agency all the money e Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, almost that came from that State. The State 1,000 people from the 12th Congres­ arts agency would then give the sional District "Marching for Life" Percent of people money to the local arts agencies repre­ met in the Capital and two touching involved senting the county of the taxpayer. poems both composed by students 1980 1975 Since no money could be used for ad­ from the 12th District were read to ministrative expenses at the Federal, the assembled group: State, or local levels, every dollar con­ COLLEGE WINNER Part~~~~r~n~~ .~~ ~ ...... 44 19 Music ...... 30 18 tributed by the taxpayer would end up TINY INNOCENCE Creative writing ...... 22 13 right back in his/her community. 20 9 (By Krista! Backman, Central City, Pa.) 21 11 When this bill was introduced in a 28 22 similar form in the 94th, 95th, and Tiny innocence, 18 8 Tender child of God, Theatre~!~~= ...... 3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...... ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~...... 5 3 96th Congresses. it received broad I weep for you. Attendance: public support from thousands of arts Theatre ...... 59 41 You, growing miracle, alive at that moment Uve popular music ...... 48 36 institutions and artists throughout the oflove, Live classical music ...... 26 18 country. Now in the 97th Congress, Yet untimely ripped from the womb, Museums ...... 60 44 the bill becomes specific in its funding I fight for you. Dance performances ...... 25 16 mechanism and explains exactly how January 22, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 925 these funds will come back to the local sistance. The amount to be transferred to charter and operating policies is publicly ac­ community. any State arts agency shall be that portion countable to provide financial or service At this time I would like to have of the total amount required to be trans­ support, or both, for the arts needs of the ferred under paragraph (1) which is attrib­ whole community which it serves. H.R. 1042 printed in the RECORD: utable to designations made on returns of <4> STATE.-The term "State" has the H.R.- taxpayers who are residents of the State of meaning given such term by section 3(g) of A bill to provide an opportunity for taxpay­ such State arts agency. A State arts agency the National Foundation on the Arts and ers to make financial contributions, in may not use any amount transferred to pay the Humanities Act of 1965. connection with the payment of their Fed­ administrative expenses of the State arts (5) RESIDENCE.-A person shall be treated eral income tax, for the advancement of agency. as a resident of a State with respect to any the arts <3> LIMITATION.-Aniounts transferred return if the address shown on the return is under paragraph <1 > may not be used by the within such State.e Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Arts Endowment to meet expenses arising Representatives of the United States of from the administration of this Act or the America in Congress assembled, National Foundation on the Arts and the FUENTES WRITES ON REAGAN SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL Humanities Act of 1965. AND CENTRAL AMERICA INTENT. (b) TRANSFER TO LocAL ARTS AGENCIES.­ It is the intent of the Congress that the (1) IN GENERAL.-Each State arts agency funds provided under this Act should be shall transfer the amounts it receives under HON. GERRY E. STUDDS subsection <2> to each local arts agency in used in accordance with the following prin­ OF MASSACHUSETTS ciples: the State of the State arts agency. The <1 > The funds should be distributed in a amount transferred to a local arts agency IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES manner which benefits the people from shall be that portion of the amount received Thursday, January 22, 1981 whom derived. by the State arts agency which is attributa­ <2> In distributing such funds, the follow­ ble to designations made on the returns of e Mr. STUDDS. Mr. Speaker, Carlos ing factors should be taken into account- taxpayers who are residents of the county Fuentes is one of Mexico's greatest the significant contributions of the in which the local arts agency is located. novelists and political thinkers. Re­ Nation's arts resources the cultural pluralism represented by trative expenses. challenges and opportunities confront­ the Nation's ethnic diversity. SEC. 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS. ing President Reagan with respect to (3) Recipients of grants made from the No MATCHING REQUIREMENTs.-Any our foreign policy in Central America. funds should demonstrate the maintenance local arts agency to which amounts are or achievement of quality. transferred under this Act may not require I recommend the article highly both (4) Funding consideration should be ex­ GENERAL RULE.-With respect to each Funds provided under this Act may not be night when the President of the United taxpayer's return for the taxable year of used for purposes of making grants to an States came into the comfortable living the tax imposed by chapter 1 of the Inter­ endowment fund of any institution or other­ room of William and Mary Bundy, courtesy nal Revenue Code of 1954, such taxpayer wise for purposes of being held for invest­ of ABC. Carter was conceding the election may elect to have- ment. and our warm and brilliant hosts, as well as <1 > any portion of any overpayment of (C) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.-If the their guests from the Princetonian realms such tax for such taxable year, or Chairman of the Arts Endowment after rea­ of literati and academe, were keenly analyz­ (2) any contribution in money which the sonable notice and opportunity for hearing, ing the whys and wherefores of Ronald taxpayer forwards with the return for such determines that any State arts agency is not Reagan's victory. taxable year, using funds provided· under this Act sub­ The fact of Reagan's success sank in very, stantially in accordance with the provisions be available, as the taxpayer may designate very slowly. Many different things raced of this Act, then such Chairman may take through our heads at that moment. I told on such return, for purposes of supporting such action as may be necessary (including the arts. - myself that this was, on the face of it, not suspension or termination of transfers the best news for Latin America. Even more (b) NOTIFICATION ON RETURN FORMS.-The under this section or requiring repayment> Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate than that, I silently repeated what I have to insure that the requirements of this Act been murmuring for the past 10 months and the sion of law. purposes for which such contributions will parlors and university halls in your country. (e) DESIGNATING UNDERPAYMENTS TREATED The president of Mexico and the presi­ be used. Space shall be made available on AS REFUNDED.-For purposes of the Internal the first page of such returns for the desig­ dent-elect of the United States met Jan. 5 at Revenue Code of 1954, any overpayment of the border city of Juarez. Now let me recall nations referred to in subsection . tax designated under subsection shall be (C) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The provisions of what old Pancho said to me last Nov. 4: treated as being refunded to .the taxpayer as Repeat to yourself what you have been this section shall apply with respect to tax­ of the date prescribed for filing of the able years beginning after December 31, saying all these months. Mexico has no return of such tax or, if later, the date the return is filed. the U.S. election. Mexico can deal with a SEC. 3. TRANSFER TO NATIONAL ENDOWMENT (f) DEFINITIONS.-For purposes Of this Carter or a Reagan administration because FOR THE ARTS AND TO STATE AND LocAL ARTS Act- Mexico has a history and a conscience of its AGENCIES O> Fiscal year.-The term "fiscal year" past, a clear set of present-day priorities and (a) TRANSFER TO NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR means- a formidable sense of what relations with THEARTS.- ( A> when used in connection with either the United States Inight mean for the (1) IN GENERAL.-One hundred percent of Endowment, the fiscal year of the Federal future. the overpayments and contributions desig­ Government, or Because it has all this, Mexico has the nated under section 2(a) for purposes of when used in connection with any most far-sighted, morally courageous and supporting the arts shall be transferred by other entity, such entity's annual account­ pragmatically justifiable foreign policy in the Secretary at least quarterly to the Na­ ing period. Latin America and, perhaps, in the Third tional Endowment for the Arts . under paragraph (2) of section 5(g) of the mournings and the celebrations on the tele­ <2> UsE OF FUNDs.-The amounts trans­ National Foundation on the Arts and the vision to the flickering fire in the Bundy ferred to the Arts Endowment under para­ Humanities Act of 1965. chimney, of my country's constant struggle graph (1) shall be transferred to the State (3) LoCAL ARTS AGENCY.-The term "local for independence since the early 19th Cen­ arts agencies, and the amounts so trans­ arts agency" means a public, publicly desig­ tury: against colonial Spain, against Presi­ ferred shall be treated as donations received nated, or private nonprofit council, commis­ dent James K. Polk's invasion of 1846, the from private persons and not as Federal as- sion, society, or organization which by its French invasion of 1860, Maxmilian of 926 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January. 22, 1981 Hapsburg's puppet empire, the successive moment, against terrible odds, pressured inevitable revolution finally toppled the So­ American interventions in 1914 and 1917. and harassed and invaded, what Nicaragua mozas. I recalled the less well-known reserves of is doing today, what El Salvador and Guate­ Reagan should hear out Lopez Portillo on national strength that helped Mexicans mala want to do tomorrow. _ this subject because Mexico is the country withstand economic and political pressure Will the United States ever learn the best equipped to absorb the shock waves of from abroad. Mexican lesson as it historically reproduces change in Central America, and to persuade Throughout this dramatic past, Mexico itself throughout Latin America? the United States that real courage lies not has had to fight off foreign interference I raised my eyes from the fire and met the in military posturing, but in noninterven­ and affirm its right to govern itself. This is intelligent gaze of William Bundy. The tion and respect for Central American the basis for a foreign policy that has editor of Foreign Affairs echoed my autonomy as those nations sort out their proven itself eminently capable of under­ thoughts. The best thing that could happen own problems. standing others in Latin America when they to Ronald Reagan on his way to the White Certainly, the Soviets and the East Ger­ fight for the same things. House would be to meet his two very out­ mans are in Nicaragua. Just as the Ameri­ Take the red-hot Central American case: spokeh, frank and intellectually vigorous cans are in the Communist world from Yu­ Mexico recognizes many legitimate U.S. in­ neighbors, Jose Lopez Portillo to the the goslavia and Hungary to China. But the terests in the area. But the United States south and Pierre Elliott Trudeau to the Mexicans are in Nicaragua, too, with oil and must recognize that Mexico also has legiti­ north. credit and know-how; so are the Cubans, mate interests there. First there is historic who are telling the Sandinistas not to precedent. From Guatemala to Panama, So the news of last week's meeting be­ tween Reagan and Lopez Portillo at Juarez repeat avoidable mistakes; and so are the Central America was part of the vice-royalty West Germans, brilliantly cooperating in of New Spain governed from Mexico City was good news in this sense. It should have been a real eye-opener for Reagan. Lopez Nicaragua as in Zimbabwe, offering the during three centuries and, for a few years Sandinistas and Robert Mugabe the aid and after independence in t821, the provinces of Portillo is ideally suited to explain that the road to wisdom in Central America and the persuasion the United States seems incapa­ the isthmus continued to be a part of ble of proposing as a coherent policy. Coop­ Mexico. Caribbean goes beyond nonintervention to competition for hearts, and minds and stom­ eration is the road Lopez Portillo will as­ But above all, Mexicans demand that ev­ suredly invite Reagan to follow. eryone recognize that the truly interested achs, too. Whatever else happened in Juarez on Jan. It would be a tragic mistake to think that parties there are the Central American peo­ in 1981, gunboat diplomacy and spheres of ples and that it is up to them to decide their 5, President-elect Reagan was sure of receiv­ ing the most candidly different version of influence are what they were 50, even 20 political future, without foreign interfer­ years ago. The best proof is offered by ence. what the world out there is really like and A certain psychosis has been created re­ of what the nearly four billion persons who recent Soviet experience. The Soviet empire cently in your country. According to a resur­ did not vote on Nov. 4 are really saying and is in a deep, perhaps incurable crisis because rected domino theory, Mexico would be en­ thinking. it plunged into the African quagmire and is dangered by the successive "fall" of right­ Insurrection against the petrified and ty­ now pinned down by rebel guerrillas; it is wing regimes that began in Nicaragua and rannical systems cannot be smothered: In distrusted and shunned by the Third World could follow in Honduras, El Salvador and 1954, then-Secretary of State John Foster it so assiduously courted; weakened and di­ Guatemala. Danger to Mexico would be per­ Dulles did not heed Mexican Foreign Minis­ vided by its two wide open fronts on east ceived as an immediate threat to the United ter Luis Padilla Nervo, who warned against and west. So much for "gunboat diploma­ States and the Marines would land (prefer­ intervention in Guatemala. He went ahead cy," 1980 style. ably in the proximity of the Gulf oil fields) with the CIA-sponsored invasion led by Col. Will the United States under Reagan to protect Mexico from Central American Carlos Castillo Armas that toppled the left­ mirror in Central America the Soviet rebels who would be said to be acting in the of-center government and with it the bud­ Union's errors? Does jingoistic machismo name of Cuba and the Soviet Union. ding democratic experience of that nation. have to be proven in San Salvador as in This is a view absolutely alien to the The results are painfully visible today. Kabul? Is Managua seen as a threat compa­ actual experience of my country with the If these policies are repeated, tioth Mexico rable to Warsaw-a source of infection, the region. Mexico always has had problems and the United States will be in trouble, for first domino to fall? with the rightist military regimes of Central the war will spread, the people will not give American force in Cuba or Central Amer­ America, as with the long-lived Jorge Ubico up, the hatred will be blinding and the out­ ica will set Washington on a collision course dictatorship sustained by the United States rage contagious. Although the mad dictator with Mexico City; Mexicans will rightly see in Guatemala. On the other hand, our rela­ of El Salvador, Maximiliano Martinez, encir­ in such an action the gravest menace to tions with the progressive governments of cled and massacred almost the total popula­ their own national security. They will say Central America, when they have come to tion of Izalco in the 1930s, he did not kill that the dominos are indeed falling, that power, have been excellent, as was the case the people of El Salvador. They are still the United States is pushing them and that with the Juan Jose Arevalo and Jacobo fighting for the same reasons Emiliano it is capitalist America, not socialist Nicara­ Arbenz regimes that succeeded Ubico. Zapata fought in Mexico and George Wash­ gua, that hungers for dominion over Mexi­ ington fought in the United States. co's oil resources. These experiences taught Mexico that the I'm afraid the United States has not yet best defense we have in Central America is Since the early 1960s, Mexico has resisted realized that Mexico is one of its best the friendship of popular regimes evolving hysteria and opportunism. The doors to friends precisely because it is an outspoken, from revolutionary beginnings toward na­ Cuba remained politically and diplomatic­ fiercely independent, aggressively forth­ tionalistic and democratic goals. Such ally open. Its policy in Cuba has stood for 20 right friend who dares tell the truth: "Wait. events are analogous to our own. After all, years. Its wisdom will one day become evi­ You don't understand this problem because they defend in Central America what we so dent. The United States must understand you don't understand the people or their steadfastly defended at home. As a result, that ~t does not help Cuba or itself by cultures. You're frightened of Marxist over the years we too have been branded speakmg about Cuba only with the Soviets grumblings. We are not because we know stooges of Russia or the Axis, or denounced, for that policy only strengthens the Soviet~ them to be the mask of national and cultur­ as during the 1920s as creeping Reds at the but weakens Cuba and the United States. al urgings." U.S. doorstep, for the "crimes" (as then-Sec­ in Nicaragua, Mexico's support is of even True, there are grave day-to-day problems retary of State Frank B. Kellogg called longer standing. The revolutionary Mexican between Mexico and the United States, them), of creating schools, building roads governments of the '20s gave asylum to Au­ sometimes festering, sometimes changing, redistributing land and recovering naturai gusto Cesar Sandino, before he went back to always challenging. Difficult and concrete resources before they were wildly misspent Nicaragua to be betrayed by Gen. Anastasio as they are, the problems of trade, energy by foreign companies. Somoza, the founder of the dynasty with and migration cannot be solved unless, first, Mexico is today a stable, independent and U.S. assistance. There followed nea;ly 50 an over-all political and, even, philosophical growing nation because it did, in its own years of brutal dictatorship until the recent understanding is reached.e