July 24, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 25039 H.R. 16099. A blll to amend title 23, United limitation of the Social Security Act; to the increase the authorization of appropriation States Code, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of Committee on Ways and Means. for the Land and Water Conservation Fund; 1973, and other related provisions of law, to By Mr. GINN: to the Committee on Interior and Insular increase safety on the Nation's highways; to H.R. 16107. A bill to require the establish­ Affairs. the Committee on Public Works. ment of an agricultural service center in By Mr. SIKES (for himself, Mr. GIB­ By Mr. ROGERS: each county of a State as part of the im­ BONS, and Mr. BAFALIS): H.R. 16100. A bill to amend the Internal plementation of any plan for the establish­ H. Con. Res. 569. Concurrent resolution Revenue Code of 1954 to provide an exemp­ ment of such centers on a nationwide basis; calling for a domestic summit to develop a tion from income taxation for cooperative to the Committee on Agriculture. unified plan of action to restore stability housing corporations, condominium housing By Mr. GOLDWATER (for himself, Mr. and prosperity to the American economy; associations, and certain homeowners' as­ KoCH, Mr. ANDERSON of California, to the Committee on Banking and Currency. sociations and to tax the unrelated business Mr. CONABLE, Mr. STEELE, Mr. TAL­ By Mr. LITTON: income of such organizations; to the Com­ COTT, Mr. TRAXLER, Mr. VANDER JAGT, H. Res. 1256. Resolution requesting the mittee on Ways and Means. Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. YOUNG of Illinois, President to comply with the Supreme Court By Mr. SCHERLE: and Mr. DON H. CLAUSEN) : order and turn over evidentiary information; H.R. 16101. A blll to repeal the Emergency H.R. 16108. A bill to protect the constitu­ to the Committee on the Judiciary. Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation tional right of privacy of individuals con­ By Mr. LUKEN: Act of 1973; to the Committee on Interstate cerning whom identifiable information is H. Res. 1257. Resolution creating a select and Foreign Commerce. recorded by enacting principles of informa­ committee to study the impact and rami­ By Mr. STAGGERS (for himself and tion practices in furtherance of articles I, fications of the Supreme Court decisions on Mr. DEVINE) : III, IV, V, IX, X, and XIV of amendment to abortion; to the Committee on Rules. H.R. 16102. A bill to amend the Emergency the U.S. Constitution; to the Committee on By Mr. OWENS (for himself, Mr. Bms­ Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation the Judiciary. TER, Mr. BINGHAM, Mr. BROOMFIELD, Act of 1973 to exempt from its provisions the By Mr. HEBERT (for himself and Mr. Mr. DELLENBACK, Mr. DU PONT, Mr. period from the last Sunday in October 1974, BRAY) (by request): FRASER, and Mr. ZABLOCKI): H. Res. 1258. Resolution expressing the through the last Sunday in February 1975; H.R. 16109. A bill to amend title 10, United to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign States Code, to eliminate the requirement for sense of the House of Representatives con­ Commerce. quadrennial physical examinations for mem­ cerning ratification of the Geneva Protocol By Mr. STEELMAN (for himself, Mr. bers of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine of 1925, and a comprehensive review of this MCKINNEY, and Mr. MOSHER) ; Corps Reserve; to the Committee on Armed Nation's national security and international H.R. 16103. A bill to amend section 652 of policies regarding chemical warfare; to the Services. Committee on Foreign Affairs. title 5 of the United States Code to clarify My Ms. HOLTZMAN: certain exemptions from its disclosure re­ By Mr. YATES (for himself, Mr. MET­ H.R. 16110. A bill to terminate the Airlines CALFE, Mr. EDWARDS of California, q:uirements, to provide guidelines and limi­ Mutual Aid Agreement; to the Committee tations for the classification of information, and Mr. RANGEL) : on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. H. Res. 1259. Resolution providing for and for other purposes; to the Committee on By Mr. KEMP: Government Operations. television and radio coverage of proceed­ H.R. 16111. A bill to reestablish the fiscal ings in the Chamber of the House of Repre­ By Mr. STEIGER of Wisconsin (for integrity of the Government of the United himself, Mr. MCSPADDEN, Mr. BROWN sentatives on any resolution to impeach States and its monetary policy, through the the President of the United States; to the of California, Mr. KEMP, Mr. MITCH­ establishment of controls with respect to the ELL of New York, Mr. OBEY, Mr. MUR­ Committee on Rules. levels of its revenues and budget outlays, the By Mr. YOUNG of Florida (for himself, THA, Mr. ESCH, Mr. O'HARA, Mr. TRAX· issuance of money, and the preparation of LER, Mr. HELSTOSKI, Mr. ANDERSON of Mr. BURKE of Florida, Mr. FREY, Mr. the budget, and for other purposes; to the GUNTER, Mr. STEIGER Of Wisconsin, Illinois, Mr. FROEHLICH, J.~r. DAVIS Of Committee on Ways and Means. Wisconsin, Mr. THOMSON of Wiscon­ and Mrs. HECKLER of Massacl1. u­ sin, Mr. MARTIN of North Cal'olina, By Mr. MURPHY of New York (for setts) : Mr. BERGLAND, and Mr. KASTEN­ himself and Mr, RANGEL) : H. Res. 1260. Resolution calling for a do­ MEIER); H.R. 16112. A bill to amend title 38 of the mestic summit to develop a unified plan of H.R. 16104. A bill to amend the Consoli­ United States Code in order to improve the action to restore stability and prosperity to dated Farm and Rural Development Act; to business loan program for veterans and to the American economy; to the Committee on the Committee on Agriculture. make veterans who served after January 31, Banking and Currency. By Mr. BURKE of Massachusetts: 1955, eligible for such program; to the Com­ H.R. 16105. A bill to amend title 38 of the mittee on Veterans' Affairs. United States Code in order to extend the By Mr. SEIBERLING (for himself, Mr. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS period after discharge in which psychosis is ANDERSON Of California, Mrs. BURKE deemed to be incurred in military service of California, Mr. BREAUX, Ms. Under clause 1 of rule XXII, from 2 years to 3 years; to the Committee on HOLTZMAN, Mr. MATSUNAGA, and Mr. Mr. MOORHEAD of Pennsylvania intro­ Veterans' Affairs. VANDERVEEN): duced a bill (H.R. 16114) for the relief of By Mr. CONLAN: H.R. 16113. A bill to amend the Land and Victor Henrique Carlos Gibson, which was H.R. 16106. A bill to repeal the earnings Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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HON. WAYNE MORSE to place the welfare of the public above stature and conviction of Senator Morse his loyalty to "the party." for only they can maintain an independ­ The interest and concern that Senator ent, fresh and nonpartisan outlook in HON. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL Morse directed toward problems in the these times of increasing political dis­ OF NEW YORK domestic sphere was extended to the trust, partisanship and disillusionment. realm of foreign affairs as well. The Sen­ As a further tribute to Senator Morse, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ator's bold decision, in 1964, to oppose the I am inserting in the RECORD at this point Monday, July 22, 1974 Gulf of Tonkin resolution revealed a moving editorial from the New York Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, the another fine characteristic inherent in Times, dated July 23, 1974, memorializ­ death of one of America's most distin­ his personality-his refusal to abandon ing him. guished liberal statesmen, in the midst . the principles he believed in despite the The eqitorial follows: of his attempt to reenter the public serv­ fact that his convictions were considered THE SENATE'S LOSS ice, represents a great loss for America. unpopular or improper by majority Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon was too A courageous and outspoken individual standards. much the maverick to be a reliable party with an incredible political perspicacity, Men of Wayne Morse's caliber, in­ man, too much the gadfly to be a hero of the former Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon tegrity and intelligence are not easily Senate Establishment, too much the inde­ found in government. pendent to be predictable even in his proved repeatedly demonstrated his expertise liberalism. He was a superb public servant­ on matters relating to agriculture, civil Though there can never be another not in spite of those attributes but because rights, conservation, education and labor. Wayne Morse, let us hope that his spirit of them. Throughout his 24-year tenure in the will serve as an inspiration to all indi­ Originally a Republican ot the Western Senate, Morse revealed his strong dedi­ viduals engaged in the public service. progressive breed known in an earlier day as cation to the public interest; he sought Our Nation needs more leaders with the the "sons of the wild jackass," Wayne Morse 25040 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 24, 1974 broke with his party when General Eisen­ avoid upsetting the public and Republican THE "NEW" GEORGE WALLACE hower, whom he had warmly supported, made Congressmen. But the President's indecision peace with the conservative Senator Robert quite properly leads to questions about his A. Taft. He sat is the Senate for a time as an ability to govern, which is a powerf~l po­ independent by name as well as by nature litical consideration pointing toward action. HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL and a few years later won re-election as a As this is weighed, Mr. Nixon may be drawn OF NEW YORK Democrat. He did not disparage the party to the proponents of a serious budget cut. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES system as such; he just gave principle a Their arguments are powerful. Monetary higher priority than party or, for that matter, restraint is the most important anti-inflation Wednesday, July 24, 1974 than the views of his constituents. weapon, but is a crude weapon when used by Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, rarely does Believing with Edmund Burke that a rep­ itself. A constricting of money growth has resentative's first loyalty is to his own judg­ its most painful effect on the productive a major newspaper columnist deal with ment, he took counsel with himself and had resources of the economy; the government an important political topic or personal­ the courage to act on it. He could be wrong­ takes the first slice of the money supply to ity head on. Most columns are frought headed at times-but most of the time he finance its debt and business and industry with equivocation and moderation, seemed magnificently right-especially, in are left starved by the remainder. though honesty and decisiveness may be the light of hiStory, when he and another Increasing taxes is no help. Higher taxes called for. In that light, I was pleasantly great independent liberal, Senator Ernest also fall hardest on the productive segment surprised to read William V. Shannon's Gruening of Alaska, who died only a few of the economy, putting pressure on manage­ column in the New York Times of July 9, weeks ago, stood alone against the Gul! of ment to recoup through increased prices and Tonkin resolution. labor through increased wages. The only ef­ entitled "Mr. Wallace Again." I hope Right or wrong, Wayne Lyman Morse went fective answer is to cut government spending that this piece receives wide considera­ his own way, cavalierly crossing party lines in a way that does least damage to economic tion, for it eloquently states what is too to vote his conscience. At his death he was in output and employment, concentrating in rarely being said. It is now submitted for the thick of a fight to make a last comeback those areas where the government does not the attention of my colleagues. to the United States Senate. The Senate receive goods and services for the money it MR. WALLACE AGAIN lost. spends. (By William V. Shannon) This is why Mr. Ash is so pessimistic. The least productive government spending is in WASHINGTON, July S-Every discussion on THE FEDERAL BUDGET transfer payments, which politicians equate the future of the Democratic party goes back with the poor, the sick and the aged. Mr. to the putative candidacy of Gov. George C. Simon is already having his morality ques­ Wallace. tioned by the liberal press as a result of the Party leaders and other candidates are HON. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. treating him in gingerly fashion as if he OF VmGINIA budget memo he gave the President. The Treasury Secretary unflinchingly proposed were a time bomb about to explode. Whatever IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES $9.3 blllion cutbacks in the $126 billion now they think of him privately, they treat him Wednesday, July 24, 1974 earmarked for government pensions, dis­ in public as if he were a legitimate fellow ability, health and Social Security benefits. Democrat whose opinions are entitled to be Mr. HARRY F. BYRD, JR. Mr. Pr'esi­ He also proposed whacking billions from heard with respect. dent, last Friday, July 19, the Wall Street manpower, education, highway, farm, revenue Robert Strauss, the Democratic National Journal ran an excellent editorial en­ sharing and foreign aid programs. Chairman, is careful to see that Wallace Congress would be appalled if Mr. Nixon agents are represented in every party com­ titled "Cutting the Federal Budget." It mittee. Senator Edward Kennedy last year points out that the major administration asked for these cuts. But cuts in government benefits will have to be made, sooner or later, attended a civic celebration in Alabama hon­ economic authorities, William Simon, and it will become more painful the longer oring Mr. Wallace. Senator Henry Jackson Arthur Burns, and Alan Greenspan, all Congress waits. Even if there were no im­ goes so far as to say that he could envisage agree that to fight inflation, we must cut mediate inflation problem, the benefit levels Mr. Wallace in either place on the Demo­ Federal spending. I agree fully. of the retirement programs have to be re­ cratic national ticket in 1976. Inflation is our No. 1 domestic prob­ duced or the programs will eventually col­ The party officials hope that if he is treated lapse in insolvency. For years, imprudent with enough courtesy, Governor Wallace will lem, and the No. 1 need is a cut in Fed­ act like a good loyal Democrat and support eral spending. Congresses and administrations have been pumping them up to get votes, predicating the ticket next time. Behind the public hy­ The editorial says, however, that what­ their generosity on dizzy assumptions of pocrisy of the rival candidates, of course, IS ever effort there is will fail "unless Presi­ future economic growth. Up to now, Social the desire to conciliate Mr. Wallace's fol­ dent Nixon joins with enthusiasm." Security beneficiaries have kept well ahead lowers and eventually to steal away as many I ask unanimous consent that the edi­ of the infiation rate, but it is now impossible of them as they can !or themselves. torial be printed in the Extensions of to defend the system as actuarily sound even Both assumptions are profoundly mis­ by traditionally loose definitions. So Mr. taken. Remarks. Mr. Wallace is not going to abide by any There being no objection, the editorial Simon asks that the next benefit increase be party rules or tradiitons of loyalty unless he deferred by six months, a measure that will was ordered to printed in the RECORD, not only save $4 billion but also move the benefits !rom them. If he does not get at as follows: least the Vice-Presidential nomination, he Social Security System back toward solvency. will bolt the party again and run for Presi­ [From the Wall Street Journal, July 19, 1974] If Mr. Simon's proposal is viewed in this light it could hardly be termed "at once dent as an independent. CUTTING THE FEDERAL BUDGET If he does run, no other candidate is going We continue to hear that Congress is seri­ morally, administratively and politically to take his hard-core supporters away from disastrous" as one media pundit has put it. ously concerned about inflation. We do not him. As for his more marginal supporters in believe what we hear, and will not until we Inflation is sapping the strength of the na­ the North and West, Senator Kennedy could see Congress cutting the federal budget in­ tion's economic and political institutions and compete for them because he has a family Mr. Simon has come up with the first and stead of piling it on. But at least a handful legend of his own to deploy against Mr. only serious program to combat that process of people in the capital are starting to talk Wallace's extrarational appeal. But in a that we have seen. We'd venture that an about spending cuts of a size that would three-way race for the Presidency in 1~76 American public frightened by the infiation impress us. among Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Wallace and the Treasury Secretary Simon has presented to it sees would support the Simon approach. Republican nominee, the votes of marginal the President a list of potential cuts amount­ President Nixon though has to embrace it Wallaceite voters would depend on how the ing to $20 billion. Fed Chairman Arthur and make it hiS own. Wilbur Mills proposes candidates positioned themselves on the is­ a presidential television address stating the Burns and House Ways and Means Chair­ sues. Buttering up Mr. Wallace 1n the mean­ man Wilbur Mills want $10 billion lopped problem and challenging Congress to slash time is not going to help in that hard fight from the $305 billion total. Herbert Stein is government spending. Mr. Mills also thinks and does positive harm. It confers on him a eager to slash and his putative successor as Mr. Nixon should threaten to impound ap­ respectability that he does not deserve and the Prseident's chief economic adviser, Alan propriated funds if Congress refuses to cut. could not win in any other way. Greenspan, is eager, too. The only member We think the challenge should be made Democrats who think that Mr. Wallace of the economic quadriad who doesn't want but not the threat which simply gives Con­ can be taken into camp are making the same to cut the budget by more than nickels and gress a cheap way to avoid the issue. Especi­ mistake that many Republicans made from dimes is budget director Roy Ash, who thinks ally if in the months ahead soaring inflation 1950 to 1954 in trying to conciliate and con­ it's a waste of time to even ask Congress. is matched by rising unemployment the trol Senator _Joseph R. McCarthy. Through­ What effort there is will fall unless Pres!· public will have an opportunity to prod out history, many liberals and conservatives dent Nixon joins with enthusiasm. His po.. Congress during the November elections. If alike have had difficulty in coping with litcal advisers, who still believe there's room this Congress is not serious about infiation demagogues. Being rational themselves, will­ for delaying the hard decisions, want him to the voters are likely to supply one that is. ing to compromise and to abide by society's July 24, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 25041 laws and unwritten rules, they cannot com­ commitments and I suggested that it was a both men are gone, Mr. Speaker, I can prehend the true dynamic force of an oppo­ case where either Mr. Nixon's Chief of Staff, not help but wonder how many young nent whose appeal is to irrational forces, who Alexander Haig was unaware of prior com­ lives would have been saved had we brooks no compromise, and who is Willing mitments against legal services legislation, to conjure up the demons of violence if they or that the President personally saw fit not heeded their advice and given credibility serve his purposes. Over and over again, men to honor his pledge to Senator Carl Curtis or to their foresight. of goodwill in other political factions are Congressman LaMar Baker when they met Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this mislead by a demagogue's honeyed words and with him on this issue. Those two men were opportunity to extend my deepest sym­ gestures to legality. told by the President there had been no pathy to the Morse family and to the peo­ Since there has been so much attention commitment to Senate liberals that Legal ple of Oregon. They can take comfort in paid of late to Governor Wallace crowning Services would be signed. I do not doubt that the fact that Wayne Morse will long be a Negro homecoming queen at the university pledges for support were given Senators remembered as one of America's most of Alabama and receiving the endorsement Javits and Taft, by General Haig. And I do of a Negro mayor in his current race for not doubt that the President denied such outstanding and courageous men. re-election, it is useful to recall his record. pledges had been made. Four Ku Klux Klansmen were convicted by Here, with the Legal Services bill, there are all-white juries and eventually given twenty­ clearly double and opposite commitments ARTS AND HUMANITIES year prison sentences for their part in the emanating from the White House-the Presi­ castration of a black man in Alabama in dent in trying to stay in office, and his staff APPROPRIATIONS 1957. As soon as Mr. Wallace became Gov­ assumes that means trying to placate every­ ernor in 1963 and gained control of the state body: that means playing both sides. It can't HON. HUGH L. CAREY parole board, the board freed these Klans­ be done. men even though they had served less than President Nixon didn't receive his over­ OF NEW YORK four years. As one Alabama journalist ob­ whelming mandate from his White House IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES served, Governor Wallace in allowing them staff. He certainly didn't receive it from his Wednesday, July 24, 1974 to go free "signaled his support to every white liberal detractors in the Congress. But he man in Alabama who wanted to use brutality does have a mandate from the American Mr. CAREY of New York. Mr. Speaker, and terrorism to oppose racial change." people, and if this Legal Services business is we in this Nation have been fortunate It should have been no surprise that short­ a real trend, if the President gives in to to witness the growth of the perform­ ly thereafter, four black girls lost their lives pressure to create programs and ideas rejected ing arts as well as the arts and hu­ in Birmingham when their Sunday school during the Presidential elections, it can only was dynamited. The perpetrators of that be seen that he has turned his back on the manities in recent years-and with it crime have never been punished. people. the development of many talented It was Governor Wallace who ordered the There are those of us in the Congress and citizens' capabilities in art, music, writ­ state police to attack the civil rights demon­ the Senate who want to work with the Presi­ ing, ballet, music, etcetera. strators with tear gas and cattle prods when dent to bring his mandate for a change in The appropriation measure now under they crossed the bridge at Selma in 1965. In domestic policy into reality. That has not consideration which would provide $145 the summer of that same year, a young changed. My pledge to that end is as strong million to the performing arts and the white Episcopalian seminary student was as ever. shot down and killed in Hayneville, Ala., be­ In two consecutive elections, Americans arts and humanities for 1975 is vital if cause he was a civil rights workel'. In acari­ called for a change in domestic policy. It we are to insure the continuation of this cature of a. trial, the man who killed him became even more important in the last important national enlightenment. was acquitted on grounds of self-defense. election following the Democratic Conven­ Every citizen gains from the national The blood of these innocent dead and tion. The war was ending, there were great encouragement of the arts and humani­ mutilated victims of both races cries out steps in foreign policy, but the majority of ties and the visual arts-whether one is against the new "respectable" George Wal­ Americans gave the President a mandate to the creator or viewer. And we in turn lace. His whole appeal was and is based on change what they saw-and the President racism, on the fear and hatred of blacks. said he saw-as dangerous trends in domestic gain as a Nation for insuring that citi­ No honorable politician can top Mr. Wal­ issues. But by signing this Legal Services zens' talents and their abilities to ex­ lace in appealing to his own followers be­ Bill, Richard Nixon, will have given in to press themselves creatively is not lost to cause no other national candidate has his those trends, and it must bring his ability this and future generations. record of identification with anti-Negro vio­ to govern effectively, and to lead at all into Mr. BRADEMAS has worked hard to in­ lence or his skill in manipulating covert sharp question. sure the future of this vital aspect of racist language. Let Mr. Wallace and his fol­ American life. And I am grateful to again lowers resume their third-party adventures. Neither America nor the Democratic party HON. WAYNE MORSE witness efforts to continue such impor­ can risk legitimizing the cruel and loathsome tant funding that Mr. THOMPSON of New racial impulses in the South's dark past Jersey and I worked to create when as that now live on in the nightmares of the HON. HENRY HELSTOSKI members of the same subcommittee we whole nation. OF NEW JERSEY sought to insure a brighter future for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the arts and humanities in American life. I:MPEACHMENT POLITICS Monday, July 22, 1974 The late President Kennedy, who did Mr. HELSTOSKI. Mr. Speaker, former so much to gain greater recognition for HON. STEVEN D. SYMMS Oregon Senator Wayne Morse, a man the arts and humanities once said: OF IDAHO whose name was synonymous with in­ When power corrupts, poetry cleanses, for tellectual dignity and courage, died Mon­ art establishes basic human truths which IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES day in a Portland hospital at the age of must serve as the touchstone of our judg­ Wednesday, July 24, 1974 73. A man of tremendous resourcefulness, ment. Mr. SYMMS. Mr. Speaker, the follow­ death came to him as he was in the Surely we in the Congress are aware ing is the text of a statement made today midst of an intense campaign to recap­ of the need for even greater encourage­ by Senator JAMES MCCLURE of Idaho. ture the seat he once held. ment of the arts and humanities-for I commend this to my colleagues and As Senator from Oregon for 24 years, they represent a universal language and I would like to associate myself with the Wayne Morse brought an indomitable the groundwork for greater understand­ release of Senator McCLURE: spirit, a formidable intellect, and a res­ ing among all people. Let us not lose the STATEMENT OF U.S. SENATOR JAMES A. Mc­ ervoir of legislative skills to the fore­ momentum we have gained in develop­ CLURE ON IMPEACHMENT POLITICS front of America. Moi·eover, he was a ing national creativity-let us encourage I have learned today that in all likelihood man who did not back down from de­ it and insure its future by supporting my the President will sign the Legal Services fending his beliefs and who was not distinguished colleague, Mrs. HANSEN's Corporation Act into law. To me, and to afraid to speak to people directly from efforts to insure adequate appropria­ others in the Congress it looks as if commit­ his heart. tions for the visual arts, and the arts ments made by the White House staff to As we all recall, it was Senator Morse Senate liberals will be honored above commit­ and humanities. ments made by the President himself to the and the late Senator Gruening of Alaska And as I leave the Congress, I will feel American people in two consecutive elections. who had the courage to stand alone years proud in knowing that it was through our I resent this kind of impeachment polltics, ago and vote against the Gulf of Tonkin joint efforts that we were able to insure and the public should resent it. resolution, legislation which ultimately that young and old alike could share in On the floor last week, I mentioned dual led to the tragedy of Vietnam. Now that not only the development of their crea- 25042 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 24, 1974 tive abilities but also jointly savor the described in an editorial in the May 2, refusal to give up more tapes was covered by 1974, issue of the Walnut Ridge Times th~ Fifth Amendment. artistic talents of others. St. Clair's attack on the committee staff Dispatch. It said, in part, follows a series of attacks last week by White At 70, many men have retired, but Charles A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES CLAYTON House press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler and C. Snapp had more projects going when he counselor to the President Dean Burch. SNAPP-1904 TO 1974 was fatally stricken last week than many White House aides have acknowledged that people undertake in a lifetime. the committee is likely to vote a bill of im­ peachment, but they maintain that the HON. BILL ALEXANDER His life was a tribute to the frontier House will not do so. Their strategy appears OF ARKANSAS spirit that has made America great. to be to challenge the committee's imparti­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ality before it takes a vote to impeach. St. Clair said he believed that Congress Wednesday, July 24, 1974 ST. CLAIR CALLS EVIDENCE "will home in" on the issue of whether the Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. Speaker, the INADEQUATE President authorized payment of hush money city of Walnut Ridge in Lawrence to convicted Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt. County, Ark., recently celebrated one of HON. TIM LEE CARTER That is the "narrow issue" and the evi­ its most joyous occasions-its centennial OF KENTUCKY dence supports the President's claim that he anniversary. Less than a week later, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES did not authorize the payment, St. Clair city was saddened by the loss of Mr. argued. Charles Clayton Snapp. He was an out­ Wednesday, July 24, 1974 The tapes show that Mr. Nixon "could not standing civic leader and conservationist Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased have known of nor authorized" the payment who had been one of the most dynamic because the day after the payment "he is still to include for the RECORD a report of a talking about it," St. Clair said. forces in Walnut Ridge, indeed in the press conference given by Presidential John W. Dean ill, former presidential whole region, during the last half cen­ lawyer, James D. St. Clair, on the matter counsel and chief witness against the Presi­ tury. oi evidence in the impeachment inquiry: dent, "initiated the payment before he met Mr. Snapp was a businessman, operat­ [From the Washington Post, July 23, 1974] with the President" on March 21, 1973, St. ing one of northeast Arkansas's out­ Clair contended. standing motels and, with his brother ST. CLAIR CALLS EVIDENCE INADEQUATE St. Clair said he had written to House Russell, an automobile agency. He had (By Carroll Kilpatrick) Judiciary Committee counsel John Doar re­ been an organizer of one of Walnut SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF., July 22.-Presiden~ questing that he be permitted to participate Ridge's banks and had served as the tiallawyer James D. St. Clair said he advised in open hearings the committee plans. Doar Mr. Nixon in a two-hour meeting today that has not yet replied, St. Clair said. city's postmaster for 12 years. "in my judgment, if all the evidence were An impeachable offense must be defined as Particularly during his last 25 years viewed objectively, it would not sustain any" a major or serious crime, the attorney argued. many of his efforts were directed toward of the impeachment articles. He said he did not think the American peo­ improving the quality of life in Lawrence St. Clair charged that the staff of the House ple would accept anything else. That is why County and the State of Arkansas. Judiciary Committee, in preparing articles the allegation of presidential approval for He worked for 7 years as a member of of impeachment, abandoned its impartial payment of hush money is the principal issue, role and assumed "a prosecutorial role." St. Clair said. the Arkansas Game and Fish Commis­ When asked how he found the President's sion. It was mainly through his relentless Moreover, St. Clair said in a televised news conference, the staff by its actions has at~ mood when he met with him today, St. Clair efforts that a lake and recreation area tempted to tell members of Congress how replied that "to me, he seems quite confi­ for the county was established. And, to vote on the impeachment issue. dent." when the time came for naming it an That raises the question of what kind of appreciative people remembered and ad ice the committee is going to get from called the facility Lake Charles. its staff, he said. LEGISLATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE The scope of Mr. Snapp's dedication "It had always been my understanding they had been employed by the committee to to the interests of the people of the to act as an impartial adviser to the com­ region can be seen, to some degree, in mittee, developing such facts, both pro and HON. WILMER MIZELL the kinds of awards presented to him. con, as existed," St. Clair said. OF NORTH CAROL~A These included the Watershed Man of The evidence developed during the lengthy the Year Award for the Arkansas Con­ committee inquiry "doesn't even come close IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES servation District in 1974, the Wildlife to establishing guilt" on the President's part, Wednesday, July 24, 1974 Conservation Award for Arkansas in St. Clair argued. Like all other White House spokesmen, Mr. MIZELL. Mr. Speaker, on June 3 1965, and the Resource Conservation and of this year, I told my colleagues in the Development ''Conservation Man of the St. Clair declined to say whether Mr. Nixon would abide by a Supreme Court decision or~ House that I had mailed a legislature Year Award" from the Soil Conserva~ dering him to turn over additional tape re­ questionnaire covering several items of tion Service in Arkansas in 1973. cordings to Watergate Special Prosecutor importance and interest to my constit­ Soon after my election to the Congress Leon Jaworski. uents. Mr. Snapp invited me to take a trip Declaring it would be "highly improper" for a lawyer to discuss a pending case, St. Clair At that time I indicated that I would through the region with him. He wanted inform my colleagues of the results of me to review the conservation, recrea­ said that to answer the question would "re~ quire speculation on my part as to whether the questionnaire, and I would like to tion, and flood control projects that were the court would say this ... or that." place those results in the RECORD at this important to the Ozark foothills. For a He said the responsibility rests clearly with point: full day we rode crosscountry, over hills the House not to impeach and bring "that LEGISLATIVE QUESTIONNAmE and through dales, up and down ditch burden on the American people unless the banks, to see first hand the projects that evidence is clear. 64.7 % of the respondents indicated that would benefit the people and economy of "If there is substantial doubt or no evi­ they do not favor the impeachment of dence, as I suggest is the case, the House of President Nixon. 35% said they favor im­ Lawrence and the surrounding counties. peachment based on their knowledge at the will Representatives ought not to simply pass I always remember one statement the matter on to the Senate ... time of the questionnaire. he made: "There is no provision if there is a find~ 24.3% of the respondents favor reduction Bill, there is not one dime in this for me! ing of probable cause to impeach. They have of Environmental Protection Agency air I am working for our people, so they can to decide whether or not to impeach, and I quality standards to permit increased use of prosper. think they ultimately will assume that re~ coal to alleviate the current energy problem. sponsibility." 22.9% would reduce new car emission stand­ As his Congressman, I worked with St. Clair answered reporters' questions for ards, and 28.5% favor legislation to tax exces­ Mr. Snapp on improvements that will for more than 30 minutes. On a number of occa­ sive profits of oil companies. 24.2% of the generations to come benefit Arkansas. sions, he used a handkerchief to blot perspi­ respondents indicated their support of leg­ Mr. Snapp was diligent in his pursuit ration on his face. islation to permit deep water ports for oil and dedicated to the success of any un­ While declining to say what the President importation. Ciertaking on which he embarked. would do regarding a Supreme Court ruling, On the question of whether or not funds St. Clair said Mr. Nixon would not invoke the should be diverted from the highway trust Mr. Snapp maintained his pace until Fifth Amendment. fund to support public mass transit systems, his fatal heart attack. His continued in­ Earlier today, Samuel A. Garrison, the new 54.7% indicated opposition to such diversion volvement in making the countryside of chief counsel for the Republicans on the of funds, while 45.3% support the use of America a better place to live was best Judiciary Committee, argued that Mr. Nixon's trust funds for mass transit. July 24, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 25043 76.2% of those responding said they favor ting people to buy only what they want and against the leadership of the Socialist federal legislation which would· establish · can afford keeps the economy stagnant and Workers Party was that- minimum standards for no-fault automobile· denies them pleasures that they should have, The SWP leadership has refused to put insurance plans. 23.8% oppose such legisla­ whether they have the money or not. forth an adequate defense of the "Interna­ tion. tionalist Tendency" which has been the tar­ To combat inflation, 24.9% favor the re­ get of a series of attacks not only on the establishment of wage and price controls part of the House Internal Security Com­ across the board. 28.3% would limit Federal AMERICAN TROTSKYITES SPLIT mittee of the u.s. Congress, but on the part spending, while 21.2% said they would in­ ON TERRORISM ~f a number of its pimp journalists. crease Federal taxes. 25.7% of the respond­ ents favor a balanced federal budget. This statement was made by Massey 86.4% of the Fifth District citizens who in a letter to the Political Committee of mailed in their questionnaires indicated that HON. JOHNM. ASHBROOK the Socialist Workers Party dated June they favor increasing the earning limitation OF OHIO 9, 1974, and printed in the Internal In­ for persons receiving social security benefits. 13.6% oppose such a move. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES formation Bulletin of the Socialist When asked where they stand on a na­ Wednesday, July 24, 1974 Workers Party, a confidential publication tional health insurance program to cover dated July 19, 1974, which was obtained catastrophic or prolonged illness, 70.4% in­ Mr. ASHBROOK. Mr. Speaker, the So­ last week by the minority staff of the dicated support and 29.6% opposition. cialist Workers Party, the American House Committee on Internal Security. 77.2% of the respondents opposed public Trotskyite organization has expelled 69 "The series of attacks" referred to by financing of all candidates for Federal of­ of its members because they support the Massey consisted of the House Commit­ fice, while 22.8% support this approach. proterrorist majority of the Fourth In­ tee on Internal Security publishing con­ Noting that the U.S. Postal Service was, ternational. fidential documents of the Socialist ". • . for all intents and purposes, removed The House Committee on Internal Workers Party showing the support given from Federal or Congressional control" in Security has published documents show­ 1970, Representative Mizell asked "How by Massey and his group to international would you rate your postal service?" 30% ing the development of a proterrorist terrorism. The reference to the journal­ said "Good," 45.1% "Fair," and 24.9% "Poor:• majority in the Fourth International, ists probably refers to the fact that such the World Trotskyite Movement. Trot­ knowledgeable writers as Victor Reisel skyites have engaged in terrorist activi­ and such publications as Human Events ties in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ireland used the documents of the House Com­ LET 'EM EAT FM and Spain. There are contacts between mittee on Internal Security to expose the the Fourth International and other ter­ Terrorist International. rorist groups such as the Palestinians. If Mr. Massey and his friends confine HON. ROBERT J. HUBER The majority of the Socialist Workers themselves to sitting around the co.tfee OF MICHIGAN Party has argued against the use of ter­ table and talking, obviously the author­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rorism at this time due to the small size ities will take no action against them. of its movement. The group just expelled But if they decide to translate talk into Wednesday, July 24, 1974 which calls itself "The Internationalist action, they will find that the authorities Mr. HUBER. Mr. Speaker, sometimes, Tendency" supports terrorism but has know where to locate them. it seems that government does too much not engaged in such activity. for the people of America. At least that The two leaders of the "International­ is the viewpoint recently expressed by ist Tendency" William Massey and John the Detroit Free Press in an editorial Barzman are now operating out of head­ SAM GARRISON NEW CHIEF on July 9, 1974, which addressed itself quarters in Chicago at 1450 West Belle MINORITY COUNSEL to the bill passed by the other body re­ Plaine, Chicago, n1. Massey and Barz­ quiring radio manufacturers to provide man both attended the World Congress radios capable of receiving both FM and of the Fourth International held in HON. ROBERT McCLORY AM signals. This is certainly a case of Sweden, February 1974, where they voted OF ILLINOIS too much assistance. I commend this edi­ in support of every resolution favoring torial to the attention of my colleagues: terrorism and "armed struggle." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LET 'EM EAT FM Last year the Socialist Workers Party Wednesday, July 24, 1974 The U.S. Senate has approved a bill that through their surveillance of the "Inter­ Mr. McCLORY. Mr. Speaker, in order promises to revolutionize American living nationalist Tendency" secured a secret to further explain the recent action taken styles. The only problem with the legislation letter written from France by Barzman by the Republican members of the House that would require radio manufacturers to to his comrades in the United States. Judiciary Committee in the designation provide sets capable of receiving both FM mi­ and AM signals is that it doesn't go far Barzman, who lived in France for 12 of Samuel A. Garrison Ill, as chief enough, and include enough territory. years, has been closely associated with nority counsel to represent the interests FM reception requires circuitry consider­ the Communist League, the French sec­ of the minority members, I draw your ably more sophisticated than AM and there­ tion of the Fourth International which attention to a thoughtful editorial, which fore costs more. A person who wants to pay has been outlawed by the French Gov .. appeared in yesterday's Chicago Tribune. only for AM reception, however, would ·nat­ ernment because of its violent activities. The editorial is reproduced herewith urally be unaware of the delights he has been This group now calls itself "The Revolu­ for the benefit of my colleagues in the missing 1n the higher frequencies, and should tionary Communist Front." House, and others who may have occa­ be required to have them available. Barzman's secret letter was published sion to peruse the article: Pursuing this line of thought indicates [From the Chicago Tribune, July 23, 1974] that nobody should be able to purchase a in the confidential Socialist Workers radio that did not have reception capab1llty Party Discussion Bulletin and was re­ JENNER OuT, GARRISON IN for submarines broadcasting at 1,000 meters, printed by the House Committee on In­ With impeachment hearings approaching foreign short-wave stations at 19 meters and ternal Security in its hearing on "The their climax, the Republicans on the House Sputniks at 20 centimeters. It would be one Theory and Practice of Communism," Judiciary Committee have dropped Albert E. wild radio set and cost a mint, but what part 3-Expocuba. The letter revealed Jenner Jr. as minority counsel and turned his the heck. that Barzman has received advice and duties over to Sam Garrison, his deputy. By the same token it is idiotic to provide instructions from Alain Krivine and Rep. Robert McClory of nunois, second rankin~ Republican on the committee, dis­ cars without the amenities to any sap who Gerard Vergeat. Krivine was arrested might wish to live austerely. He should be closed the change on television Sunday. He required to take power brakes, air condi­ by the French Government as one of the said that Mr. Jenner "has taken a strong po­ tioning, rear-window defoggers and a factory­ main instigators of the violence that led sition pro impeachment, entirely in line with installed shoe buffer. to the outlawing of the Communist the Democratic leadership .... In order that Republicans can be served, we need the action It is outlandish to perinit people to build League. Vergeat has among his other duties, liaison with Arab terrorist groups of-the partisan service of-Mr. Garrison." houses with only one bathroom. Every re­ Mr. McClory is right. We happen to agree frigerator should have at least an ice maker and is attempting to organize an Arab with Mr. Jenner that the committee should and an lee-water dispenser. Trotskyite organization. recommend impeachment., and so do a good The Senate is on the right track. Permlt- One of the complaints made by Massey many other Republicans. But that isn't the CXX--1579-Part 19 25044 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Jul ~· 1974 point. Mr. Jenner was supposed to be repre­ the now diffuse responsibilities for the probably more so--than the postal employ­ senting the 17 Republicans on the commit­ complex and overlapping areas of health, ees-so it was necessary for me to go back tee, and on the record, at least, most of them energy, foreign affairs, and transporta­ to my Office and again try on July 22, 1974 to are still holding out against ~peachment. get this mailing done. Many of them never were happy with the tion now handled disjointly by a number I submit to you that we have here in Jones­ appointment of Mr. Jenner, who once helped of separate committees. Hopefully, this boro a ridiculous service bottleneck as to raise funds for nlinois' Democratic Sen. Ad­ would cut the bureaucratic red tape and local service-who is to blame I do not know lai Stevenson. Last Friday, the Democratic reduce Government spending. The result but I would guess the top man-whether he counsel, John Doar, presented the proposed would be a lessening of infiation. be now Postmaster or otherwise-somebody articles of impeachment and said that "rea­ is dragging his feet and is not earning his sonable men acting reasonably would find the pay-which we taxpayers are paying. President guilty." Mr. Jenner said he agreed I can tell you without equivocation that with every word. This convinced most of the there are a few of the "little employees" who Republicans that Mr. Jenner could not prop­ OUR POSTAL SERVICE WOES really try to render service and break this erly represent them. CONTINUE bottleneck but they can't do it all by them­ Even if a majority of Republicans on the selves. committee did favor jmpeachment, it HON. BILL ALEXANDER Think the problem is at the top man­ wouldn't make sense to have opposing coun­ OF ARKANSAS whomsoever he may be. sel taking the same side and nobody except It is disgraceful! the President's lawyer, James St. Clair, argu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I could-if I had the time-get you a ing the case against impeachment. This hundred letters like this but I don't have wouldn't help the public to understand the Wednesday, July 24, 1974 the time to be "Running the Postal Service", case or the committee to make a proper judg­ Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. Speaker, since What can you do about it? ment. It would only have lent credence to the creation of the U.S. Postal Service Sincerely, White House Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler's 3 years ago as a "quasi-independent" T. H. BUCK PRYOR. charge that the committee is conducting a "kangaroo court." agency, we have seen a steady deterio­ ration of service to the countryside. As THE SECOND A'ITACK AT PEARL I prepare for hearings in the First Con­ HARBOR gressional District on the management INFLATION and operations of the Postal Service, I find a wealth of complaints in Arkansas HON. JOSEPH M. GAYDOS alone that dictate the need for a broad OF PENNSYLVANIA reassessment of our decision to "let go" HON. ROBERT P. HANRAHAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ILLINOIS of the Postal Service. I would like to share Wednesday, July 24, 1974 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with my colleagues two of the most re­ cent comments I have received from the Wednesday, July 24, 1974 Mr. GAYDOS. Mr. Speaker, how are folks back home regarding the lack of we Americans doing in the second attack Mr. HANRAHAN. Mr. Speaker, infia­ service they are getting in the delivery of at Pearl Harbor? I believe this question tion is indeed a problem that must be mail: needs to be asked. And, I submit, that handled immediately and decisively. A JULY 22, 1974. the answer to it is that we are not doing Congress that has been Democratic­ DEAR Bn.L: I find your efforts to examine the U.S. Postal Service and seek ways to im­ very well. In fact, we are in grave danger controlled for over 40 years continues to prove its service commendable. of losing a good part of the State in support wasteful and extravagant pro­ Recently I discovered that there was no which historic Pearl Harbor is located. grams and deficit financing which re­ provision for registering mall after 5:30 p.m. The Associated Press carried a dispatch sults in a grossly unbalanced budget. We in the whole state of Arkansas! from Honolulu the other day to the e1Iect must shoulder much of the blame for How ridiculous that in a State capital (with that Japanese financier Kenji Osane had this on the Democratic leadership. its attendant courts, businesses, banks, and completed a deal with ITT Sheraton There are no two ways about it. We law matters) there should be no facillties for the registration or certification of important Corp. whereby three major Hawaiian re­ must stop spending more than we are mall or provision for buying U.S. or foreign sort hotels will pass into Japanese hands. taking in. In the last 20 years, the Gov­ airmail stamps after hours. The hotels are well known in the tour­ ernment has amassed $218 billion in LANE LARRIEU, ist trade. One, the Royal Hawaiian on budget deficits in addition to adding $234 Little Rock, Ark. Waikiki Beach is perhaps the best known billion to the national debt. This is a of all. The others are the Sheraton deplorable situation and should not be JoNESBORo, AaK., Waikiki and the Sheraton Maui on the allowed to continue. The infiation rate July 22, 1974. island of Maui, the hotel which has the jumped 8.8 percent in 1973, the highest Re U.S. Postal Service (or lack of it) Hon. BILL ALEXANDER, distinction of descending a scenic hill­ rate of increase since World War n. House of Representatives, side. All three have heavy patronage from However, while we must reexamine the Washington, D .C. the U.S. mainland. budget, we must not eliminate needed DEAR Bn.L: I don't know how many people Perhaps, if Osano and his interests. social and economic programs necessary may complain-some, as you know, "suffer which paid $105 million for the three for the well-being of our citizens and in silence". I can't be silent about it any establishments, were unique in their the economy. We must exert pressure on longer. Hawaiian takeovers, we might accept the rest of the Congress to enact certain The local situation-! do not know now­ as of this date-whomsoever the Postmaster their purchases as an expected instance measures to save money. may be-nor do I know whether he's still of internationalism. But the fact is that For my part, I have supported vari­ known as Postmaster or by some other con­ more and more Japanese businessmen ous pieces of legislation to aid in fighting summate title. Makes no dl.trerence about are buying up more and more of our 50th inflation. Only a few months after I be­ title. State to the exclusion of the Hawaiian gan my first term in office last year, I co­ Let's look at the 3 or 4 or 5 "windows" people and their mainland countrymen. sponsored a bill to keep revenues in line in our local office-on numerous occasions And they are doing so with dollars which with expenditures. lately I have personally experienced the un­ pleasant duty of finding only one window I insist were obtained through long­ I supported legislation which will give open for service with long lines of waiting standing trade advantages in their over­ conservative thinkers in Congress their patrons. In an office in a city the size of all dealings with us. rightful power to have an effect on the Jonesboro I think this is ridiculous--abso­ Most of us are old enough to recall expenditure of funds. This new bill calls lutely ridiculous. vividly the first attack at Pearl Harbor for the creation of a budget control com­ On Friday, July 19, 1974--I personally took and how that catapulted us into the mittee. It will insure that we Congress­ a. piece of mail to be processed by Certified greatest war in history and how the late men concerned about extravagant Fed­ Mail to our local postoffice at 4 P.M. I found President Roosevelt determined at that eral spending will have the power neces­ one Service Window Open. I saw 6 People time it would live forever as a "day of standing in line 1n addition to the Customer infamy." But here we are, three decades sary to keep the country within its at the window. This Customer had 5 Pack· budget. ages to mall and the Forms all had to be later, seeing the Japanese people, armed Finally, I am in favor of the proposal completed. I waited some 20-30 minutes and with our dollars, accomplishing far more to overhaul the committee structure in saw that it would probably be an hour before in a conquest at Pearl Harbor than did the House. The plan would consolidate I could be waited on. My time is as valuable- that country's air arm and navy. July 24, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 25045 ' ·Japanese militarists destroyed a large source and moving it to the individual trailer recent major surgery and 1s clinging to part of our fieet and killed hundreds of park. · hopes of singing again. "Already, Eddie has I hope you will be able to determine shown so much determination and will­ young Americans. But we quickly re­ whether. this practice is a violation of anti­ power," said Brennan. "Already, the doctors covered and Pearl Harbor became a trust statutes and I would also appreciate are hoping for a great, great recovery from rallying cry as we proceeded on to vic­ your informing me of what corrective meas­ his operation." tory. But what of today? How can we get ures can be taken to remedy this matter. But Eddie Roecker will be hospitalized for back the Royal Hawaiian, the Sheraton Thank you for your assistance in this weeks and the Camden County people are Waikiki, the Sheraton Maui, and all the matter. going to do something which is long over­ other multimillion dollar parts of Hawaii Sincerely, due; hold a social night to tribute all of which the Japanese already have cap­ LES ASPIN, the good things Eddie Roecker has done in Member of Congress. his life. tured? And how can we halt the continu­ Eddie's night is scheduled July 23 at ing Japanese business offensive before Schillig's Black Horse Farms in Mt. Ephraim Hawaiii in all but loyalty becomes a EDDIE ROECKER-HE HAS DONE SO and Joe Brennan expects a full house of province of Japan rather than a free and MUCH FOR ALL OF US sports people, entertainers, and dozens of sovereign member of our Union? people helped somehow by Eddie. As a people, we did remember the first "For the first time, we will properly be HON. JOHN E. HUNT able to thank Eddie," said Brennan, "and Pearl Harbor. Are we now to overlook the it gets me all choked-up to think about the second? Hawaii is far too important to OF NEW JERSEY opportunity. When you know a guy like allow the assault by the Japanese busi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Eddie for 25, maybe 30 years, you think of ness forces to continue. It is a national Wednesday, July 24, 1974 all the wonderful things he has done-it's challenge. certainly time to say thank you, Eddie." Mr. HUNT. Mr. Speaker, last night in Eddie strikes home hard to so many peo­ Mount Ephraim, N.J., the "little guys" ple-right into the heart of their emotions. MOBILE HOMES went to bat for Ed Roecker. It happened to Marie Christian of the Teener Who is Ed Roecker? Ed Roecker is a Leagues baseball several years ago. After big man, with a big heart, and a big Eddie sang at an All-Star baseball dinner, HON. LES ASPIN voice. At Williamsport, Pa., the heart of Marie wrote to the big guy. OF WISCONSIN "When you finished singing the Lord's Little League baseball, he is known as Prayer, a pin could have been dropped," she IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "Mr. National Anthem." Thousands of wrote. "Even the young boys enjoyed your Wednesday, July 24, 1974 little leaguers, past and present know Ed singing . . . and you know how boys can Roecker. Their parents and friends know be at a dinner. You see, Eddie, they recognize Mr. ASPIN. Mr. Speaker, I have re­ Ed, and he is loved by all. quality. Thanks so much, Eddle." cently become very concerned about cer­ Ed has spent a lifetime giving-last Dozens of local people are helping to lift tain anticompetitive business practices night he received the gratitude of a most off the big dinner, including Mike Hayes, in the mobile home industry. Frank DiRenzo, Pete DelGrande, Joseph thankful public. Cupparo, Jack Belfrl, Joe Borreggine, John My omce has received complaints from I submit for the RECORD Mr. Speaker, many Wisconsin residents regarding Giuseppe, George Montanaro, Jack Steck, the following article from the TUesday, Pete Kaighn, and Mayor Bertram German of "closed court" purchasing and "tie-in June 25 edition of the Camden Courier­ Merchantville. Brennan says the next com­ sales." These two devices are often used Post, which succinctly tells the Ed mittee meeting is tonight, six o'clock, in by unscrupulous mobile home park op­ Roecker story: Giuseppe's Restaurant, and interested per­ erators who force prospective mobile "LrrrLE GuYs" BAT FOR En RoECKER sons can contact Brennan at 228-2335 for homeowners to buy a home from the more information. operator of the court rather than pur­ (By Leroy Samuels) "It's the least we can do for Eddie," said chase one from an outside source and Joe Brennan of Camden says when Eddie Brennan. "After all, he's done so much tot Roecker sings the National Anthem at a ball us." move it into the court. game, the whole world stops. Everyone is On July 10, I wrote to Chairman Lewis suddenly all ears, because Eddie Roecker of Engman of the Federal Trade Commis­ Camden sings from the heart: he is loud and ERRONEOUSLY QUOTED sion and asked him to investigate this clear and he is very sincere. possible violation of antitrust statutes "Each time I go to a ball game and Eddie HON. JOHN J. RHODES sings the National Anthem-it tears me in the hope that the FTC will order OF ARIZONA mobile home court operators to halt this apart," said Brennan the other night. "Each time he does it, the whole ballpark stands IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES restrictive practice. still and the people get filled with emotion. I believe that mobile home court op­ When Eddie finishes, everyone feels like Wednesday, July 24, 1974 erators may be violating antitrust laws fighting a tiger. They have that kind of in­ Mr. RHODES. Mr. Speaker, yesterday through their use of closed court and spiration from Eddie. That kind of warmth afternoon I was erroneously quoted by tie-in arrangements. and love for the man." UPI as having told a group of Republi­ Forcing mobile homeowners to pur­ Eddie Roecker, an ex-semi-pro baseball can Members of the other body that­ chase their home from the operator of player who made it into the big leagues of entertainment, always drifted back to the in my view-there are now enough votes the park is not only anticompetitive, but ball parks, the stadiums, the sandlot field in the House of Representatives to im­ has the effect of limiting one of our basic with a wire fence for a backstop and a hand peach the President of the United States. rights-the freedom to live where we microphone and a scratchy speaker nailed I said no such thing. I told the Sena­ choose. to the wood. tors that an assessment of the outcome So that my colleagues will have a bet­ "The big guy always amazed people be­ of an impeachment vote in the House de­ cause he made the big-time in music and the ter idea of this problem, I am inserting pends on what day it is, so volatile is t~a in the RECORD my letter to Chairman shows-but he always came home to Mer­ chantville and helped the little people here," issue. The Senator who was the alleged Engman of the Federal Trade Commis­ said Brennan. "The higher Eddie Roecker source of the story informed me that he sion: went, the more intense he became to help had been grossly misquoted and issued JULY 10, 1974. us here at home. He worked in so many an immediate correction to the press. Ron. LEWIS ENGMAN, benefits, anything to help the little people. Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, But it was too late. The original wire He did so much . . ." story had moved across the country and Washington, D.C. Eddie Roecker. A man with a big heart. DEAR MR. CHAmMAN: Pursuant to a con­ Founder of the Merchantville Little League, was featured on at least one of the major versation between Brad Gary of my staff and network news programs last night. your Congressional Relations office, I am re­ singer of the National Anthem at the Little League games in Williamsport, Pa., each sum­ Mr. Speaker, all of us can agree that it questing an investigation of an anti-com­ is highly important that the American petitive practice known as "closed court" mer the people there called him "Mr. Na­ purchasing. tional Anthem." A big hit at the local sports people receive a consistently fair and This problem appears to be particularly dinners. Opener of the annual oldtimers accurate account of the historic im­ widespread in Southeastern Wisconsin where softball games in Camden County each sum­ peachment investigation. In order for prospective mobile home owners are often mer. He really did so much. this to happen. the media must exercise required to "buy into" a mobile home com­ And now the little people are going tO extraordinary caution and restraint in munity, rather than having the option of do something for Eddie Roecker. reporting to the people the frequently purchasing a mobile home from an outside The big guy is in the hospital. He had sensational events of the day. Generally 25046 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 24, 1974 speaking, I think that the press has done sponsors of the resolution would con­ Sedam, Jr., responded saying it would a remarkable job. But they are onl~ hu­ tinue to press for impeachment proceed­ be "inappropriate" to comment on my man and susceptible to fatigue and ings. In that statement we explained why charges because the matter was in the strain, as we all are. we believed it was necessary to continue: courts, the Democratic National Com­ I hope the press will find the physical The President's belated action (turning mittee having filed a civil suit-Demo­ and mental reserve needed to report the over the tapes) while welcome, removes only cratic National Committee and others news accurately, lest the people receive a one of the grounds on which we sought im­ against James W. McCord and others. distorted account of -what is happening peachment, and it occurred only after the Mr. Speaker, on July 24, 1972, I chal­ even graver attempt to obstruct justice by lenged Mr. Sedam's view and called for in this House-as they did yesterday abolishing the omce of the Special Prosecutor concerning my position. was carried out. an open investigation to "clear the pall Mr. Nixon's belated and angry submission of doubt that hangs over this distaste­ on the tapes issue no way alters the fact that ful affair." I said that- as President he has knowingly and willfully It would be in the best interest of Repub­ EVIDENCE FOR IMPEACHMENT­ undertaken concerted and systematic ac­ licans and Democrats alike to air this matter THEN AND NOW tion to render all branches of our govern­ in an open investigation in an effort to re­ ment incapable of resolving charges and al­ move present doubts a.s to the honesty and legations of misconduct and criminal be­ integrity of our system of free elections. havior. HON. JEROME R. WALDIE The full and solemn discharge of the Con­ On February 7, 1973, the Senate voted OF CALIFORNIA stitutional responsibilities imposed upon the 70 to 0 to establish a select committee IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES House in the face of grave evidence and al­ chaired by Senator SAM ERVIN to investi­ legations of willful, wrongful, and prolonged Wednesday, July 24, 1974 gate Watergate and Presidential cam­ attempts to obstruct justice makes a. con­ paign practices during the 1972 cam­ Mr. WALDIE. Mr. Speaker, this is, tinuation of proceedings for impeachment an paign. Even before the select committee indeed an historic day in the House of inescapable duty. opened hearings, other evidence began Repre;entatives and the House Commit­ Mr. Speaker, looking at that statement to be revealed regarding White House in­ tee on the Judiciary. in retrospect it is interesting and instruc­ volvement. This included the acknowl­ Today we begin the actual delibera­ tive to review the "grave evidence and edgement of L. Patrick Gray that he had tions on articles of impeachment of the allegations" referred to in the statement. shown FBI Watergate files to John Dean, President of the United States. Watergate, of course, was the spark. the President's counsel. It has been a long and deliberate proc­ The allegations of White House and pos­ The public hearings and the testimony ess between the introduction of a reso­ sible presidential involvement first were at the Senate select committee hearings lution of impeachment and the actual raised by me in a speech on the :floor of and the information developed by the debate on the articles. the House on Monday, June 19, 1972, the Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski com­ On October 23, 1973, I and 30 cospon­ first business day after the break-in at piled more and more evidence of White sors introduced such a resolution. That the Watergate offices of the Democratic House and Presidential involvement. action followed the firing on October 20 National Committee. Key developments prior to my intro­ of Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox and On that date I said the following: duction of a resolution of impeachment the forced resignation of Attorney Gen­ Mr. Speaker, illegal wiretapping, electronic included: James McCord's letter of eral Elliott Richardson and Deputy At­ surveillance, and breaking and entering are March 19, 1973, in which he revealed po­ torney General William Ruckelshaus bY despicable activities under all circumstances. litical pressure on the Watergate defen­ President Nixon. They are particularly despicable when used dants to plead guilty, that perjury had Immediately after the "Saturday Night as tools in a political campaign. It is unbelievably despicable when such occurred and that allegations about a Massacre"-taken because Mr. Cox re­ activities are engaged in by a. national polit­ CIA role and national security involving fused to cease his efforts to obtain evi­ ical party as a part of a presidential cam­ the Watergate break-in were not true: dence by court action from the White paign. the resignation on April 30, 1973, of House, I called the President's action an The recent incident involving a.n attempt Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Kleindienst, and obstruction of justice-especially the to plant electronic devices in the Democratic Dean; the dismissal in Los Angeles of the President's apparent refusal to complY National Committee headquarters, allegedly Ellsberg-Russo trial after it was revealed with Judge Sirica's court order to tum master-minded by the chief security officer of the Republican National Committee and the Government participated in an il­ over nine tape recordings of White House the Committee to re-elect the President de­ legal wiretap and that Ehrlichman had conversation. In fact, the President had mands on inquiry by the Fair Campaign offered the directorship of the FBI to the allowed the deadline set by the court to Practices Committee as well as the Federal presiding judge in the case while the trial pass without complying. He did offer a Bureau of Investigation. was in progress. compromise by which he would release It may be, a.s John Mitchell, the former The "cap" was really popped from the not tapes, but transcripts with verifica­ Attorney General and now campaign man­ "bottle" on July 16, 1973, when Alexan­ tion to be made by Senator JoHN STEN­ ager for the re-election of Richard Nixon, states-that James McCord was not author­ der Butterfield revealed to the Senate ms. This was not acceptable to Mr. Cox ized to bug the Democratic National Com­ select committee the existence of a re­ and after he made his views known at a mittee headquarters-it may also not be. cording system in the President's offices news conference he was summarily dis­ at the White House and the Executive missed by the President and the Presi­ Mr. Speaker, I followed that speech Office Building as well as the White dent ordered the Office of Special Prose­ with a formal protest that same day to House telephones. cutor abolished. the Fair Campaign Practices Committee Immediately after that disclosure I Mr. Speaker, after the President's ac­ charging "representatives of the Repub­ raised the question about the availability tion against Mr. Cox, and the ensuing lican National Committee and the Com­ of the White House tape recordings in resignations of Attorney General Elliot mittee to Re-Elect the President" with the event of impeachment proceedings. Richardson and the Deputy Attorney planting illegal electronic listening de­ On July 25, I issued a statement sug­ General, William Ruckelshaus, there was vices and photographing material in the gesting a possible impeachment action an immediate outcry of protest from all offices of the Democratic National Com­ by the House of Representatives to secure over the Nation. The President capitu­ mittee. necessary evidence-including the lated and relinquished subpenaed tapes I called this activity clearly outside the tapes-in the event the White House and agreed to continue the Office of Spe­ Code of Fair Campaign Practice adopted would not release them to the select cial Prosecutor. by both major political parties and said committee or the Special Prosecutor. While this reaction of the President that I considered such action to be a In the event that the President's assertion stemmed some of the criticism of the "disastrous breach in public confidence of separation of powers or executive privilege events of October 20, it did not stop en­ are sustained in the courts, or if the litiga­ in the American political system." tion becomes inextricably bogged down over :irely the call for an impeacbment in­ The Fair Campaign Practices Commit­ ..- ~stigation. jurisdictional questions ... it will be abun­ on the day after I introduced the res­ tee forwarded my complaint to the Com­ dantly clear that the present procedures are olution of impeachment I Issued a state­ mittee to Re-Elect the President. On not adequate to resolve the fundamental ment indicating that I, and all the co- July 14, 1972, CRP Counsel Glenn J. question of Presidential involvement (in July 24, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 25047 Watergate) ... 1f 'this · situation occurs, I guilty to illegal campaign contributions delible mark on history was made in 1964 believe the House of Rep~:esentatives should to· the President's reelection effort. That when Wayne Morse---'with typical fore­ seriously begin steps necessary for the ini­ number has since risen to 17 individuals sight--voted against the Gulf of Tonkin tiation of an impeachtpent process as a resolution, which was later cited as con­ means of acquiring the documents or tapes and 13 corporations. The individuals in­ clude Herbert Kalmba~h. the President's gressional approval of American action in dispute. personal attorney. in Vietnam. Other serious matters involving the The record, Mr. Speaker, is replete This vote against the resolution-a President came to ·light before I intro­ with evidence, prior to October 23, 1973, stance he shared with only one other duced the -Resolution of Impeachment on that there was every reason to justify the Senator-demonstrated his usual inde­ October 23. Among these were the Judiciary Committee's beginning im­ pendence. Senator Morse continued to charges that improvements had been peachment proceedings. oppose the Vietnam war in the Senate made on the President's properties at After I introduced my resolution on and in speeches across the Nation. San Clemente and Key Biscayne. that date, I stated that if the President Mr. Speaker, the Nation is grateful for In August I requested permission to could produce evidence showing his ex­ the unique and lasting contributions of inspect the President's property at San culpation-then I would vote against im­ Wayne Morse to the causes of peace and Clemente to see for myself if charges that peachment by the Hous~ of Representa­ social justice. some $700,000 in public funds had been tives. expended for nonsecurity and nonofficial Mr. Speaker, the long Judiciary Com­ purposes. I was allowed to examine the mittee proceedings which I have been Federal installation at San Clemente, but privileged to play a part in have notre­ PRESIDENT NIXON'S THREAT TO denied access to the private grounds. vealed such exculpatory evidence. VETO CPA IS INSULT TO INFLA­ Two days later, however, Congressmen Rather, more damning evidence has been TION-WEARY AMERICANS JACK BROOKS and EDWARD ROYBAL were brought forward, not the least of that permitted on the grounds. Later Con­ being the edited transcripts of White gressman BRooKs' Government Opera­ House conversations. HON. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL tions Subcommittee issued a report that So, today we begin formal debate on OF NEW YORK was most critical of the expense of public the articles of impeachment of Presi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES funds to improve the President's private dent Richard M. Nixon. Today, as was Wednesday, July 24, 1974 residences. the case on October 23, 1973, I think the Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, Pres­ By the time of the President's refusal evidence warrants a vote for impeach­ ident Nixon's threat to veto the Con­ to surrender the tapes and other evi­ ment. sumer Protection Agency legislation dence and the firing of Cox, several other Today's decision by the Supreme Court which passed the House of Representa­ events occurred which strengthened my upholding a lower court decision that tives by an overwhelming 293 to 94 vote own view that impeachment proceedings the President should make available on April 3 and is now pending before should be initiated. other tapes though not unexpected, is, There were revelations about illegal nonetheless, welcome. I do not think it the Senate-is an indication of his total political intelligence gathering. The ITT will have great impact on the impeach­ alienation from the needs of the Amer­ role in the selection of the San Diego ment proceedings because we already ican people. Republican convention site and the role have ample evidence to warrant a vote His veto threat is not only an insult of the White House in the ITT antitrust for impeachment. to millions of inflation-weary Ameri­ cases came to light. There was :::.. report It is my view that if evidence on those cans, but it places him in opposition to regarding political campaign contribu­ tapes existed that would exonerate the the advice of his own consumer adviser, tions and the administration's raising of President, it would have been made Virginia Knauer, and the wishes of a milk price supports. available long ago. strong bipartisan majority of the Con­ There were reports of the President Any subsequent evidence will only add gress. It will prove harmful to the ef­ being accused of willful evasion of in­ weight to a case for impeachment that forts of Mr. Nixon's own political party ccme taxes. In September I urged . the is already overwhelming. I see no rea­ to throw off its reputation as the party President to make public his income tax son at all to delay our proceedings await­ of big business. returns for the years in question. He did ing access to these latter tapes and docu· Because the establishment of the CPA this in December. ments. will have a chilling effect on the sale of In the courts, there were more events Government decisions to the highest which strengthened the allegations that corporate bidder, its fate will be as im­ the President and the White House were HON. WAYNE MORSE portant to our Nation's future well­ involved in the Watergate break-in and being as the fate of campaign finance re­ coverup. Seven persons were indicted in HON. ROMANO L. MAZZOLI form legislation. ct ... ljunction with the break-in-includ­ OF KENTUCKY It is impossible not to conclude that ing E. Howard Hunt, Jr., Gordon Liddy, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Nixon's veto threat is directly re­ and .;ames W. McCord, all involved with lated to his anti-impeachment strategy. the White House and the Committee To Wednesday, July 24, 1974 What he is attempting to do is to main­ Re-Elect the President. Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, a great tain the loyalty of a big business com­ John W. Dean III, the President's coun­ friend of human rights, peace and self­ munity angered by high interest rates, sel, plead guilty on October 19, 1973, to government for the District of Columbia a bearish stock market, and a recession­ conspiracy to violate the civil rights of has died. bound economy. He is attempting as well Daniel Ellsberg. White House staff mem­ Wayne Morse served the State of to garner the votes of conservative anti­ bers Ehrlichman, Liddy, Krogh, and Oregon and his country with distinction consumer Senators whose votes he will Young were indicted on September 4, for 24 years in the U.S. Senate. During nee~ during an impeachment trial. 1973, with regard to the Ells berg . case. that tenure, he established a noble repu­ But if these desperation tactics-de­ Frederick C. LaRue, former White House tation for intelligence and independence. signed to cover up Mr. Nixon's declining aide and assistant to John Mitchell at In the 1950's, Senator Morse was a key political fortunes and the country's CRP plead ·guilty to obstruction of jus­ Republican opponent of Senator Joseph worsening economic situation-are al­ tice ~n June 27, 1973. Zeb Magruder plead McCarthy's "witch hunts" and a pro­ lowed to succeed then the Congress will guilty to obstruction of justice and con­ ponent of important civil rights legisla­ become an accomplice in the further spiracy on August 16, 1973. On October 1, tion. alienation of the American people from 1973, Donald Segretti plead guilty to As a member of the Senate Committee their Government in Washington. campaign violations. On October 18, on the District of Columbia, he fought It is my-hope and expectation that the 1973, Egil Krogh plaJ~,d guilty to two for many years for home rule for the Senate, which has been so forthright in co~ts of perjury. And, prior to the Oc­ District--a struggle· t . fully supported approving legislation to reform our po­ tober 23;·1973 introduction of the resolu­ this year as a member of the House litical system, will also approve, by a tion of impeachment, three corpor,atlons Committee on the District of Columbia. two-third · majority if necessary, this and . four . corporate .. executives plead Blit ·perhaps his most unique and in- equally vital ·piece of legislation. 25048 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 24, 1974 CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK The Conference which opened in Helslnki TAX REFORM OR CO:MMITTEE nearly 1 Ya years ago and then shifted to REFORM Geneva. is entering its last stage. According HON. WILLIAM F. WALSH to Soviet proposals it should return to Hel­ OF NEW YOBX sinki to wind up its deUberations and pro­ claim to the world a unanimous acceptance HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES and recognition of the present status quo in OF COLORADO Wednesday, July 24, 1974 East-central Europe by 35 nations repre­ sented for that purpose by their Chiefs of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. wALSH. Mr. Speaker, the 15th States. Wednesday, July 24, 1974 anniversary of Captive Nations Week If the Soviet Union has its way, this meet­ was observed this year between July 14 ing should be a ceremony to bury the hopes Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, I and 20. This week provided a national of the captive nations for the restoration of wish that I were here speaking under forum for the discussion of detente in all their freedom and independence from Soviet di1Ierent circumstances. Right now, I its aspects. domination. Only one side-the Soviet Un­ would rather be addressing my colleagues ion-is demanding and winning all the con­ as part of a debate on tax reform bill. There is, in my opinion, a serious mis­ cessions. Even after the West agreed to a Unfortunately, I am not. I am speaking conception that should be corrected con­ far-reaching concession of the inviolability cf frontiers, it has never asked Russia and her in a legislative vacuum. cerning the attitudes of the captive na­ Mr. tions groups in this country toward de­ sate111tes to discuss human and political Speaker, the Ways and Means tente. These groups and individuals do rights of the nations they hold in their grip Committee has been meeting on tax re­ not oppose detente, rather they support behind those frontiers. Among the few prob­ form for almost a year and a half now. lems related to the situation of the captive I know the committee has had many it. nations the Western side confronted the pressing matters before it, but perhaps A letter I have recently received from Communists with, was the freer exchange if its overfed jurisdiction were cut back the chairman of the National Captive of people and ideas. But even in this matter or it were divided into subcommittees Nations Committee, Lev. E. DobrianskY, the West met with refusal. more expeditious action would be forth­ best explains that support. A portion of May we recall the words of the distin­ guished Soviet scientist Andrei Sokharov who coming. Hopefully the House will ap­ that letter follows: warned the Western world that "rapproche­ prove the Bolling committee reforms to We have always been for detente as a ment cannot be unconditional, otherwise, meet this problem. I also know that the process. but for one pursued on grounds of it will be just one more capitulation to our tax code is complex-mostly because of knowledgeabllity, accurate conceptualiza­ anti-democratic regime, an encouragement all the tax concessions and loopholes for tion, and trained perception. When, in rela­ to its sins, and will have particularly heavy tion to the USSR-the only real critical the favored few. But it does seem that and tragic consequences for the entire world some of the more glaring inequities threat to our national security-some in our situation". leadership still think of the USSR as a na­ The ending of the Security Conference. as could be remedied and some measure of tion-state, Ignore the historic messages of proposed by the Soviet Union in a bigpag­ relief given to the consumer. Sakharov. Solzhenitsyn and others, and have ent in Helsinki on a note of the recognition Low and moderate income people carry become party to such Moscow-bred myths of the present status quo, would have far­ a disproportionate tax burden, while the as "non-interference in internal affairs," reaching repercussions, not only among the wealthy and profit-laden industries are "peaceful coexistence" and others, the ur­ people of Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, provided with numerous opportunities gency for this national forum during the Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland "15th" is greater than ever. The over 2 dozen to avoid paying their share. Low and and Ruma!lia, but far beyond the Moscow middle income wage earners also are captive nations, nearly Ya in the USSR it­ dominated area of Europe. self, are an "internal" problem for Moscow. While enormously strengthening the posi­ paying the heaviest tolls to in1lation be­ Are they, therefore, of no life-and-death con­ tion of the Soviet Union, this policy would cause they spend such a large propor­ cern to us? By our silence are we prepared not strengthen the prospect for durable tion of their budgets on those items that to consign them to permanent captivity in peace. By giving the Soviets security in the have most risen in price. such as food, the naive hope of thereby securing "peace"? possession of their European conquests it fuel and housing. Even in economically In addition to the above letter. I would would only make it easier for them to apply stable times we would be obliged to bring also like to share with my colleagues the their power at other vulnerable points of greater fairness and equity into the tax 1974 "Captive Nations Week Manifesto" the globe. Neither would the nations of system. Confronted with the crippled East-Central, which historically a culturally buying power and declining standards sent me by the Assembly of Captive Eu­ feel part of the Western clvillzation, re­ ropean Nations. The manifesto briefly sign themselves to Communist slavery. Their of living accompanying in1lation, we describes the history of the week and ex­ discontent would lead, as in the past to cannot turn our backs on tax reform. plains this year's dramatic backdrop. periodic outbursts of unrest which may have The panel of leading economists con­ The manifesto follows: a potential of involving the rest of the vened by the Democratic Steering and CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK-MANIFESTO 1974 world. Policy Committee has called for a bal­ Captive Nations Week serves as a reminder Dedicated to the restoration of freedom, anced program of tax revision including to the Communist rulers that Americans con­ both tax relief and tax reform. I am de­ self-determination and human rights to the tinue to care about the plight of the captive captive peoples of East-Central Europe, the nations. that they have not been forgotten. lighted the Policy Committee's entire set Assembly of Captive European Nations calls and that their hopes and aspirations are of proposals for combating infiation has attention to Public Law 86-90, unanimously shared by millions who have the privilege of been adopted by the full Democratic adopted in 1959 by the Congress of the living in freedom. caucus earlier today. United States, by which the third week of While commemorating this year's Captive The panel suggests tax relief in the July is annually designated as Captive Na­ Nations Week: form of reduced payroll taxes and/or tions Week. We appeal to the United States Congress an increase in the standard deduction This year Captive Nations Week runs from to raise their voice in the annual Captive July 14 to 20. It reminds us of the fate of or an alternative income tax credit. I Nations Week debate in defense of the in­ and many other Members already have one hundred mllllon East and Central Eu­ alienable rights of the captive nations to ropeans who are living under Communist freedom and independence as equal members submitted legislation in this area to the rule. To maintain this rule huge Soviet of the community of free peoples. Ways and Means Committee. My bill to armies were entrenched In the heart of Eu­ We appeal to the Governors and Mayors increase the personal exemption to more rope separating the Soviet sphere from the 1n the United States to issue proclamations realistically reflect the increased cost of rest of the continent. They interrupted the designating the third week in July as Cap­ living has 30 sponsors. Congressman normal fiow of people, information and ideas ive Nations Week in their status or cities. JAMEs BURKE's bill to revise and make as practiced amongst free nations, and guar­ We appeal to religious leaders of all de­ anteed the continued existence of imposed more progressive the payroll tax struc­ nominations to hold services during Captive ture, which I have also cosponsored, has communist governments unable to survive Nations Week, and to remember the peoples the test of free elections. of East and Central Europe in their sermons. the endorsement of over 130 Members. This year's Captive Nations Week wlll be We appeal to the People of the United Despite this broad support the Ways and observed against the background of the 35- States of America to manifest during Cap­ Means Committee is not even consider­ natlon Conference on Security and Coop- tive Nations Week, July 14-20, their aware­ ing the proposal in its current work on eration 1n Europe. The Soviet leadership now ness of the importance of the fate of 100 an all-encompassing tax reform bill. feels within reach of a cherished dream of million Europeans to mankind's long quest This tax relief, especially the payroll nearly three decades: getting all of Europe for peace and justice. and North America to formalize the existing STEFAN KORBONSKI, tax reduction which would show up im­ political division of Europe, and to set a seal Chairman, Assembly of Captive Euro­ mediately in the checks of millions of of approval on the status quo. pean Nations. wage earners, is not only simple equity; July 24, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 25049 it would also diminish labor's demand "It was the first time in my life that I was works in Foster Home Recruitment for So­ for catchup wage increases. If accom­ speechless I I had said earlier that just be­ cial Services of the Cuyahoga County Wel­ panied, as it must be, by solid loophole­ cause ·~Black on Black" was nominated, it fare Dept., has definitely received a fitting was no guarantee of winning an Emmy," reward for five years of service to the com­ closing reforms and cuts in spending, Willa Benge explained. We were thumbing munity. these tax cuts favoring persons of mod­ through early photos of guests that had ap­ est means would moderate, not intensify peared on "Black on Black" over the past inflation and would provide needed eco­ five years. nomic stimulus as we fall into what is "When we celebrated "Black on Black" 's JAYCEES SELECT BILL MELTON AS now a full-scale recession. fifth anniversary earlier this year, many peo­ OUTSTANDING YOUNG TEXAN ple came back to Cleveland for the occasion. James Farmer, the founder of the Con­ WILLA BENGE WINS EMMY FOR gress On Racial Equality, Ruth Turner, who HON. DALE MILFORD "BLACK ON BLACK" inspired people to lay down under tractors to die for all of this, Roy Innis, who was the OF TEXAS first guest to appear on BOB, cancelled a trip IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. LOUIS STOKES to Africa to attend the anniversary." Wednesday, July 24, 1974 OF OHIO In the beginning- In 1968 there was a conference held at Mr. MILFORD. Mr. Speaker, I re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CWRU. Personalities from the media, sta­ ceived a piece of real good news today, Wednesday, July 24, 1974 tion general managers, and leaders of the and good news is hard to find these days. white and Black communities attended. Bill Melton, president of the Oak Cliff Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, it is with At that meeting, Willa Benge, who was pleasure that I take this opportunity to working at CORE, met Don Perris, President Chamber of Commerce, has been selected applaud the recent selection of Willa of Scripps-Howard Broadcasting. as one of the five outstanding young Benge for an Emmy award for her out­ She told Perris that she had an idea for a men in Texas by the Texas Jaycees. standing program, "Black on Black." tv show. His response was "Fine, let's talk I know Bill Melton well, and a lot of The award was given for best achieve­ about it." Willa's main reason for the cre­ you probably know him, if not by name, ment in community service programing ation of "Black on Black" was the fact that by voice. Bill was the network announcer "there were no Blacks in tv actually enunci­ for the halftime show at Super Bowl VI. by the Cleveland chapter of the National ating the prime concerns of the Black com­ Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. munity. Before I go into Bill's personal A charming and aggressive hostess, "It is a known fact that Black folks can achievements, I would like to tell you a Ms. Benge has brought tremendous sing and dance and throw footballs and play little about Oak Cliff, a strong com­ notoriety and success to television sta­ basketball. But, if in fact, there was going munity which it is my privilege to rep­ tion's WEW's "Black on Black." The to be any real progress in Cleveland, the total resent. show focuses on black political life in community needed to understand the con­ Oak Cliff, originally an incorporated Cleveland, and includes discussions with cerns and needs of Blacks in this city. city all its own, is now a part of the city "We have to address ourselves to the fact of Dallas. The people of Oak Cliff, how­ prominent national and international there is still a very large number of people in figures as well. Cleveland who are illiterate, and their only ever, still consider this area to be a sep­ Ms. Benge is beginning her sixth year source of reference is television. They don't arate entity, with its own community as moderator of the program, and she is read newspapers, they don't read books." pride and problems. And the pride has one of the city's most talented and dy­ The first show was on Black Nationalism. set about solving the problems within namic media personalities. Her candid, A panel of Blacks in media, some well known the community. "to-the-point" style has earned her na­ and other just coming into prominence then, One of the results of this outstanding were selected: Geraldine Wllliaxns, Gerard sense of community and community tional recognition as one of the industry's Anderson, Charles Loeb and Louis G. Robin­ most highly rated, successful interview­ son. Roy Innis was the first guest." spirit has been an outstanding chamber ers, and has won the entertaining and "A few of us 'old COREites' were together of commerce. A vital organization such informative "Black on Black'' a wide and the night before the 5th anniversary. As we as this brings forth people like Bill approving audience. talked we realized that if anyone were to Melton. I wish to take this occasion to direct take the time to check the old records they I am about to tell you about some of the attention of my colleagues to an in­ would see that most of the prominent people the things Bill Melton has done to richly sightful article about Ms. Benge that ap­ across the country, the prime movers in this deserve this honor, but before I do, I country, were involved in the Civil Rights in peared in a recent edition of the Cleve­ movement at one time or another. ought to reassure you that, addition land Journal which provides a glimpse "But what's unfortunate today is that there to his community service, Bill does hold of her provocative personality, and is no movement for our young to address a paying job, where he is also outstand­ briefly details her contributions to and thexnselves to now. And you can't play 1968 ing. He is executive director of the Com­ achievements in the field of broadcast­ Civil Rights games in 1974. We've learned missioners Court of Dallas County. ing: as a result of what happened out in LA With In his spare time, Bill has found a DeFreeze and what happened here in East [From the Cleveland Journal, July 2, 1974] number of community projects where he Cleveland, that anybody who is foolish has proved to be a real achiever. "THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY MADE THE PROGRAM enough to start throwing molitov cocktails WHAT IT WAS"-WILLA BENGE will pay the price." He has been chairman of the city of . The event is the Fifth Annual Emmy In looking back over these past five years, D£- lias Radio Commission, which operates A wards Banquet of the Cleveland Chapter I have found that you can be different and a first-rate AM radio station, WRR. He of the National Academy of Television Arts survive. You don't have to deal with pacifica­ has been chairman of the Oak Cliff and Sciences, Friday, June 21, 1974, at the tion-type situations as far as Black people YMCA Board of Management. He is a Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton-Cleveland are concerned. You can deal with the hard· member of the board of the Dallas Hotel. core truth and get over. That's what this County March of Dimes and the Creative Billed as Cleveland tv's "Night of Nights", Emmy has meant to me. Arts Center of Dallas. He is second vice and hosted by talk-show host Phil Donahue, It's meaningful for me to know that my president of the Oak Cliff Lions Club. He Emmy nominees are being awarded for peer group, in the media, the Establishment Achievement Telecast within the calendar recognizes the fact that we have accom~ IS a member and Sunday school teacher year 1973. plished a lot. At the same time, I realize that at the Glen Oaks United Methodist Nominated for an Emmy in the second this Emmy belongs to the Black community, Church, and serves as a member of the largest category, Community Service Pro­ who made '·Black on Black." board of the North Central Texas Board gramming, are "Christmas at Hale", Richard What do we have to do to make Blacks in of Church Extension for the United Pitsche and Leigh Wilson, Cinematog­ all fields of endeavor realize what they owe Methodist Church. raphers; "Risko", Kent Geist and Ralph to the Black community? Bill is also a member of the Greater DiGuglielmo, producers; "When Generations Someone said to me that I was limiting Meet", Effie Hall, Producer; "Scene on Sun­ myself on the program by addressing only Dallas Planning Council, and many Dal­ day", John Oven, Producer; "Flop Mop", Lou Black problexns. I said that I could drop las civic organizations. Gatozzi, Producer; "Vincent", David Crom­ Black and deal with things relating only to In addition to his network television well, Producer-director; "Downtown Cleve­ the poor and the majority of Black people debut, which I mentioned earlier Bill is land Lives", Bill Jacocks, Producer· and fall into that category. heading into his 7th year as th~ public "Black", Willa Benge, Producer-The' enve­ Willa, who is a Community Relations Con­ address system announcer for the Dallas lope please- sultant for the Gulf OU Corporation and Cowboys. He also performs this function 25050 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 24, 1974 for many other area sports teams not it was not possible to obtain the position of to Congress those who haven't the guts to quite so well known as the Cowboys. .the Commission as a whole, and therefore stand up and dexnand of the executive branch Bill's achievements have not gone un­ these comments reflect my views only. that they tell the truth to the Congress and Sincerely, to the American people. noticed. In 197~ he was awarded the DONALD W. WHITEHEAD, That We, the People, are sick and tired George Washington Honor Medal by the Federal Cochairman. of those in the House and Senate who take Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge, a pledge before God and the people to defend Pa., and he was "Member of the Year" the Constitution and have not the honesty to of the Oak Cliff Chamber for 1971-72. give the public the simplest unpleasant facts Today's honor is not the first Bill has A PROGRAM FOR THE UNITED so that the most innocent information has to recieved from the Jaycees, either. Here­ STATES be "leaked" instead of being presented to ceived the Distinguished Service Award the public straightforwardly and correctly in from the Oak Cliff Jaycees in 1972 and an official manner. HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO That We, the People, do not believe that from the Dallas Jaycees in 1973. I might a self-governing nation can survive with its add, as an aside, that public service OF CALIFORNIA liberties intact--let alone, be great--if it runs in the Melton family. Bill's father, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES does not practice the simple virtues and know Allen, received the Distinguished Service Wednesday, July 24, 1974 the difierence between "right" and "wrong." Award from the Dallas Jaycees some sev­ It must set an example to our youth that eral years ago--he would not tell me ex­ Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, it will enable them to grow up strong and proud actly how many. is my pleasure to bring to the attention that they are citizens of a country that ab­ Mr. Speaker, I am proud of Bill, proud of the House an excellent editorial in the hors decent and distrust, that reveres in­ Santa Barbara News-Press. tegrity, forthright courage and wholesome of Oak Cliff, and proud of the fine job simplicity. These are the qualities that make of leadership the chamber of commerce The editorial follows: it possible for a self-governing people to work is performing in that community. I hope [From the Santa Barbara News-Press, together in trust and confidence. our colleagues share that pride with me. July 18, 1974] A PROGRAM FOR THE UNITED STATES Preamble of the Constitution.-We, the TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE people of the United States, in order to form D. THOMAS IORIO FEDERAL COCHAIRMAN OF APPALA­ a more perfect Union, establish justice, in­ CHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION, sure domestic tranquility, provide !or the DONALD W. WHITEHEAD, EN­ common defense, promote the general wel­ fare, and secure the blessings of liberty to HON. JOHN J. ROONEY DORSES LEGISLATION TO SAVE ourselves, and our posterity, do ordain and OF NEW YORK THE NEW RIVER establish this Constitution for the United IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES States of America. Wednesday, July 24, 1974 The nation 1s awakening to a. bitter fact; HON. WILMER MIZELL that we have been entertaining a thief in our Mr. ROONEY of New York. Mr. OF NORTH CAROLINA midst-inflation. Speaker, I was happy to note that the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES He came in with the distress of the great Italian Government is in agreement depression of the 1930s. This country, imbued Wednesday, July 24, 1974 with the delusion that it had proved itself with me about one very important mat­ invincible in the first World War, settled ter-appreciation of the helpfulness, Mr. MIZELL. Mr. Speaker, today Ire­ kindness, and loyalty of the Honorable ceived a letter from Mr. Donald W. down to supply a war-deprived people with Whitehead, the Federal Cochairman of the goods they craved. D. Thomas Iorio, the Deputy Sergeant The economy went through the roof and at Arms and Majority Pair Clerk here in the Appalachian Regional Commission, disaster fell upon us like a. thunderbolt. Our the U.S. House of Representatives. endorsing legislation I have introduced house of cards collapsed around us. Our Recently, at the Italian Embassy here which would study the New River in faith in the old-fashioned virtues was shaken in Washington, our friend the Ambas­ North Carolina and Virginia for possible as never before. sador of Italy to the United States. His inclusion in the National Wild and Having won the war-or so we thought--we Excellency Egidio Ortona, showed his Scenic Rivers System. set out to win the peace. New economic The Appalachian Regional Commis­ philosophies sprang into the language-full government's appreciation for Tom employment wlll create its own successes­ Iorio's numerous contributions over the sion has established itself as an infiu­ let the government provide the remedies that years toward furthering the friendship ential body within North Carolina and hard work and enterprise had fashioned be­ and cooperation that exists between the the other States that it operates. There­ fore. Thus we repealed the law of supply people of the United States and the peo­ fore, it is significant that its Cochairman and demand. ple of Italy by presenting Tom with the would feel strongly enough to express his We haven't balanced our national accounts title Commendatore Stella della Soli­ concern on the fact that the New River since. It takes a king's ransom to pay the interest alone on the public debt. We are darieta Italliona, the Order of the Star should be saved. For the benefit of my of Solidarity of Italy. colleagues I would like to insert the text surviving on borrowed money. And where does the borrowed money come Tom Iorio is a living example of the of Mr. Whitehead's letter in the RECORD: from? It is supplied by the exhausted re­ millions of Americans of Italian birth APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION, sources of the earth which we have appropri­ and descent who have assisted this Washington, D.C., July 23,1974. ated to our use without restoring the damage country to achieve its greatness and who Hon. WILMER D. MIZELL, as we go along. House of Representatives, Thus we delude ourselves! continue to make that greatness grow. Washington, D.C. Is it any wonder that we have a govern­ His helpfulness and trustworthy loyal DEAB MR. MIZELL: This is in reply to your ment that deludes itself-and tells us every­ service to the House of Representatives July 17, 1974, request !or my comments on thing but the naked truth itself as well as to individual Members the bill (S. 2439/H.R. 11120) which would Which is that each morning an hour's who have made up this august legisla­ include the New River 1n North Carolina, work will buy less--not more; that each day tive body over a quarter of a century Virginia, and West Virginia as one of the we are using more of the world's goods with­ have been of invaluable assistance to rivers to be studied for possible inclusion in out paying for them by building a sound the 11st of protected wild and scenic rivers. economy. all of us. As you know, we have twice in the past Is it not time that we get back to the It has been my privilege to call Tom commented adversely during our considera­ fact that we cannot repeal the law of sup­ Iorio my close friend for over 35 years. tion of the environmental impact statement ply and demand? And that common sense His willingness to help at all times shall on the Blue Ridge project of the Appala­ tells us that a nation rich in resources and always be remembered and appreciated chian Power Company which 1s proposed for rich in human skills should bow its head by me. I want to extend the congratu­ this river. I believe that a full study, within in shame to pay its bills and to pay its lations of all the Rooney family to Tom a limit of two years, of this river is justified, workers with debased currency? and therefore I join Secretary of Interior on receiving this much deserved decora­ Let us make a new beginning. tion. I know that his lovely wife Clara Morton 1n his comments contained in his Let us tell our Congress that We, the Peo­ April 4, 1974, letter to Senator Helms and ple, are sick and tired of an annual account­ and his family are justifiably proud of EPA Administrator Train in his comments ing that is not balanced-of a legislature that him. I hope that this House of Repre­ to you o! July 15, 1974, wherein they both spends more money than it takes in, and sentatives will continue to have the ben­ recommend passage of this legislation. thus adds constantly to the public debt. efit of Tom Iorio's assistance and loyalty Because of the time constraints involved, That We, the People, are tired of sending for many years to come. July 24, 1974 EXTENSI,ONS OF REMARKS 25051 FREEDOM CENTER PICKS ''HOME ment, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF RATI..,ROAD NEWS, PUBLISHER Ohio; Robert H. Estabrook, publisher, The TRACKS GAINS SUPPORT Lakeville Journal, Conn.; James Hester, pres­ ident, New York University; Larry H. Israel, HON. EDWARD J. PATTEN president. Washington Post Co.; John H. Johnson, president, Johnson Publishing Co., HON. MICHAEL HARRINGTON OF NEW JERSEY New York, and Stuart Keate, publisher, The OF ~ASSA~ETTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Vancouver Sun, British Columbia. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, .!uly 24, 1974 Robert E. Lee. chief of libraries, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.; Hobart Wednesday, July 24, 1974 Mr. PATTEN. Mr. Speaker, one of the Lewis, chairman and editor-in chief, Reader's unheralded legislative achievements of Digest, Pleasantville, N.Y.; Merrill Lindsay, Mr. HARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, in the historic 89th Congress was the Free­ president, illinois Brodacasting Co., Decatur, his "In The Nation" colamn in the July dom of Information Act. which I co· Ill.; Elmer Lower, president ABC News Divi­ 21, 1974, New York Times, Tom Wicker sion, New York; Donald H. McGannon, pres­ endorses Congressman AsPIN's proposed sponsored. Because of that law, the citi­ ident, Westinghouse Broadcasting Corp., New legislation to establish an interstate zens of this country are able to have York: and Harold Niven, vice president, Na­ railroad system, designed to restore and access to more information about the tional Association of Broadcasters, Wash. and imp1·ove the condition of present rail­ policies .and programs of the Federal Vermont Royster, contributing editor, Wall Government. Street Journal, New York. road roadbeds and trackage. Recently, Hugh N. Boyd, president Richard S. Salant, president, CBS News I have cosponsored Congressman and publisher of the "Home News" of Division, New York; Theodore A. Serrill, ex­ AsPIN's IRC legislation, because it seems New Brunswick, N.J., was named chair­ ecutive vice president, National Newspaper to me that our need for such an agency Assn., Washington; Robert W. Smith, pub­ is critical in light of the increasing num­ man of the 28-member advisory council lisher, Minneapolis Star and Tribune, Minn., ber of train accidents due to decaying to the Freedom of Information Center Roger Tatarian, journalism department, Fres­ track conditions, and the threatened in Columbia, Mo. no State College, Calif.; Martin Umansky, The advisory council includes out­ president and general manager, KAKE-TV, abandonment of rail service in many standing media leaders throughout the Wichita, Kansas; Richard Wald, president, rural areas. Nation, all of them concerned with free­ NBC News Division New York, and Robert I insert Mr. Wicker's column in the dom o.f information, so I am especially M. White II, editor and publisher, Mexico RECORD at this time, and urge my col­ proud that Hugh Boyd was named chair­ Evening Ledger, Mexico, Mo. leagues to seriously weigh the merits of man. He is an exceptionally capable, re­ Congressman AsPm's Interstate Rail spected, and dedicated newspaper execu­ Corporation legislation. tive and I know that under his effective The text follows: UNITED STATES-SOVIET DEALS MAKING TRACKS leadership, significant progress will be SERVE SOVIET INTERESTS made by the council. {By Tom Wicker) The article covering his appointment The French Line has made one of the more follows: HON. JOHN M. ASHBROOK melancholy announcements of the summer­ that its great passenger liner, the France, will [From the Home News, July 16, 1974] OF OHIO be withdrawn from service after Oct. 25. A FREEDOM CENTER PICKS PUBLISHER OF HOME IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES veteran of several trans-Atlantic crossings in NEWS Wednesday, July 24, 1974 the France can hardly help wondering why Hugh N. Boyd, president and publisher of something couldn't be done to preserve the The Home News, has been named chairman of Mr. ASHBROOK. Mr. Speaker, the leisurely and civilized means of travel. Must the 28-member advisory council to the Free­ question of U.S. trade with the Soviet everything be sacrificed to speed and effi­ dom of Information Center in Columbia, Union is vitally important to the na­ ciency? Mo. tional security of ·the United States. The Something is being done, for example, to The center, funded by subscriptions and Soviet Union needs Western technology preserve, perhaps even restore, rail travel in contributions, is an international clearing to develop industrially and militarily. I America. Only a few years ago, it seemed as house for materials and reports on the free moribund as the France; now, while many 1low of information. .say industrially and militarily because problems remain, the vital signs are strong. Since its inception in 1958, the center has the development of sophisticated mod­ Most recently, Amtrak and several states issued over 300 special reports. It answers ern weaponry requires a technologically have announced the restoration of some use­ more than 2,000 queries annually from edi­ developed industrial base. ful routes 1n the continental rail system. tors and other media leaders from many na­ Some proponents of expanding United with several others about to be put into serv­ tions. Boyd was one of the center's founders. States-Soviet trade have argued that ice. This is the result of Federal legislation "The advisory council will give advice con­ such trade financed by American tax­ providing that Amtrak must make passenger cerning the mission of the Freedom of Infor­ payer subsidized credits will increase So­ service avallable when states demanding tt mation Center, suggest topics for research agree to assume two-thirds of any opera­ projects and assist in formulating the cen­ viet dependence on the United States. I tional losses. Federal funds make up the ter's guidelines and goals," explained Dwight have suggested that the opposite is the deficit. E. Sargent, president of the center. case-the United States would be de­ This ought not to be dismissed a.s a "sub­ The advisory council members, which pendent on the Soviets for raw materials sidized" service. In the first place, if the Sargent called "a good cross section of people and finished products under some of the service can be improved enough, there need concerned with the freedom of information" deals being negotiated. Also, the Soviets be no great ope:oo.ting losses; but even if includes leaders from the newspaper, maga­ owing the United States large sums of there are such losses, it makes sense that zine and broadca'Sting industries, and repre­ money will result in further American government should help finance a useful and sentatives from academia and the library dependence on the Soviets if this country desirable public service, rather than requir­ profession. ing that it necessarily pay for itself or make The council appointments were announced wants to be repaid. a profit. The Government does not require by Sargent, on behalf of the center's board of Zbigniew Brezezinski. an authority on that Federal highways m.ake a profit, a.nd it trustees. Sargent said he hoped groups of Soviet a1fa.irs, seems to be of the same pours huge suxns into airport construction council m.embers would gather several times opinion. He has recently stated: and other support to the airlines. each year. One can certainly conceive of a Soviet lead­ The state-Federal underwriting of oper­ The other members of the advisory council ership being tempted to use both its in­ ational losses has led to restoration. begin­ are: debtedness to the United States ·and Ameri­ ning this fall, of direct New York-Detroit Robert B. Atwood, president and publisher, can. dependence on Soviet raw materials for service, via Albany. Buffalo, Niagara Falls and The Anchorage Times, Alaska; Roderick W. political ends. Beaton, president, United Press Interna.tion­ a run through Ontario. New York State also a.l, New Yo.rk; Barry Bingham Sr., chairman, The case can be made that the So­ is arranging to underwrite renewed service The Courier-Journal Times Louisville, Ky.; viets have already done this on some between New York City and Montreal on the Robert U. Brown. president and publisher, Hudson Valley route {service through Ver­ past debts to the United States by their mont has been restored), and from New York Editor & Publisher, New York; Erwin D. Can­ tying payment of those debts to the ham. editor-in chief, Christian Science Mont­ to Binghamton. tor. Boston; George Chaplin. vice president United States granting the Soviet Union MichiE'an Is getting ready to finance a link and editor, The Advertiser, Honolulu, and most-favored status. in a Chicago-Toronto service, Florida is pro­ llelen K.. Copley~ chairman, Copley Newspa­ American national security is not en­ posing a turbo-train to run along the Gold pers LaJolla, Calif. hanced by American dependence on the Coast. and other stat.es have various addi­ Verne E. Edwards Jr. Journalism Depart- Soviet Union. tional routes under consideration. Thus, 25052 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July BJ.·, 1974 many of the gaping holes in the original Am­ midst of a campaign. He could have way in which the United States fought the trak route system may soon be filled and wanted no greater accommodation, for war, most American conservatives agree that, something like a national service provided. he was a man of action and movement. in retrospect, the u.s. commitment there was But if that could be swiftly achieved and necessary. And, despite the enormous cost modern, new equipment provided, Amtrak Long lingering illness or long lingering in lives and treasure, most feel that the price passengers would still be facing a major ob­ inactivity was no role for him, and I am was justified by the end result-namely, the stacle to really good service-as any rider on glad he was spared it. stabilization of the strategic situation in the lucrative New York-Washington line Courage is the word one thinks of im­ Southeast Asia, the fulfillment of our mili­ could testify. On that route, even the com­ mediately when one thinks of Wayne tary commitment to South Vietnam, the forts of the Metroliners, Amtrak's premier Morse. He had it in abundant measure, preservation of American credibility, the pre­ trains, cannot conceal the fact that much of and he exhibited it many times during vention of a Communist takeover in South the roadbed is obsolete. his long public career. He was not afraid Vietnam and the establishment of a viable From New York to Boston, the turbo-train government in Saigon capable of governing does its best, but the roadbed is too elderly to stand alone for what he believed to be the country effectively and possessing the re­ and meandering to permit a ree.lly competi­ right, and in many instances, his lonely solve and ability to defend itself against con­ tive schedule. Much of the trackage over stands have been vindicated by time. tinued aggression from the North. which Amtrak's trains must run is literally The country will miss Wayne Morse; Ironicaly, but expectedly, leftists in Con­ dangerous; most of it is old and rough, at and his passing leaves those of us who gress and the media have sought to under­ best; many routes have duplicating tracks; admired him and served with him, with mine the considerable success achieved ln. and many are not as direct as they would be realization of our loss. Vietnam. Having relentlessly opposed the if they had been built to serve contemporary American military effort there on the grounds needs. that the South Vietnamese should be willing The fact is that no major intercity rail to defend themselves, they are now out to line has been built in America since the make that self-defense impossible by ter­ nineteen-twenties. As the railroads have de­ VIETNAM FORUM minating U.S. aid. clined, moreover, they have not kept the Led by such senators as Ted Kennedy (D.­ existing trackage in the best condition. This Mass.), Frank Church (D.-Idaho), William is a llmltation on Amtrak service that Am­ Fulbright (D.-Ark.), and Charles Mathias trak alone cannot meet; and ma&t of the HON. PHILIP M. CRANE OF ILLINOIS (R.-Md.) and Congressmen like Ron Dellums freight carriers can't either. (D.-Calif.), Pete McCloskey (R.-Callf.) and Representative Les Aspin of Wisconsin has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bella Abzug (D.-N.Y.), liberals in Congress proposed a means of dealing with the road­ Wednesday, July 24, 1974 have sought repeatedly to drastically cut or bed-track problem that seems well worth eliminate altogether the military aid that consideration. His legislation would set up an Mr. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, an event Saigon desperately needs to counter the mas­ Interstate Ra.ilroa.d Corporation that would took place recently on Capitol Hill which sive infusions of Soviet and Communist take over, rehabilitate and maintain the na­ I think is of considerable importance. A Chinese aid that the North Vietnamese are tional ra.llroad track system-but not the forum to discuss the situation in Viet­ sending southward in violation of the Paris rallroa.ds themselves. Private carriers and nam was cosponsored by the Young accords. Amtrak would continue to operate the trains. Republican National Federation, Young They have been aided ln. this drive by the Existing railroad companies could turn Americans for Freedom, and the Ameri­ liberal media and by radicals such as Jane their trackage over to the new corporation, Fonda and Tom Hayden-the dynamic duo or continue to own and maintain it them­ can Conservative Union. Instead of be­ who held the well-publicized propaganda selves. The trackage turned over to the new ing a closed and elaborately orchestrated "seminars" on capitol Hill some months ago system would be "rehabilitated" with the propaganda device, such as we have late­ in an attempt to force the end of all sup­ proceeds of a one per cent tax on all surface ly seen organized by opponents of the port of the Thieu government. freight shipments for a six-year period. Long­ Republic of Vietnam, this forum sought In an effort to present the case for con­ term maintenance would be provided by a to promote free discussion by opening its tinued aid to South Vietnam, correct dis­ charge of $1 per 1,000 gross ton-miles levied doors to interested parties. torted reporting of the situation there and on freight and passenger carriers. Mr. Aspin counter radical propaganda, the Young Re­ thinks such a maintenance charge would be From the discussion emerged details publican National Federation, Young Ameri­ less than most carriers now pay for equiv­ of the double standard used in judging cans for Freedom and the American Con­ alent costs. Carriers retaining their own South Vietnam, and how perfection was servative Union co-sponsored a forum in trackage would have to meet the standards demanded of the South, whereas repres­ Washington recently to discuss the situation set by the Interstate Railroad Corporation. sion and brutality by the North were in Vietnam. The meeting was held on Cap­ There may be other ideas, but Mr. Aspin either tolerated or conveniently ignored. itol Hill and was well attended by congres­ has grasped an essential point-that Metro­ The falsity of the charge that the Viet­ sional staff members and members of the liners and TUrbo-trains need a decent road­ namese Government detains 200,000 press. bed if they are to deliver their full paten• The panelists included Elbridge Durbrow, tia.l to the growing numbers of railroad pas• political prisoners was shown by figures former U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam sengers. which established the total capacity of (1959-1961); Frank Sieverts, special adviser the prisons at only a small fraction of to the assistant secretary of state on POW that number. affairs; Reed Irvine, chairman of Accuracy The story of continued North Viet­ in Media; Navy Capt. Ed Martin, a POW for TRIDUTE TO WAYNE MORSE namese aggression and cease-fire viola· six years in North Vietnam; Ed Feulner, ex­ tions was well brought out during the ecutive director of the House Republican course of the discussion, especially their­ Steering Committee, and Representatives Phil Crane (R.-Ill.), and G. V. (Sonny) HON. CARL D. PERKINS illegal infiltration of massive quantities Montgomery (D.-Miss.). Moderator was Dick OF KENTUCKY of arms, ammunition, and men into the Smith, president of the Young Republican IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES South. National Federation. I was pleased to participate in a forum At the outset Smith stated the theme of Monday, July 22, 1974 which showed that supporters of the the forum: in view of the $150-blllion invest­ Mr. PERKINS. Mr. Speaker, this week Republic of Vietnam are still prepared ment in south Vietnam, the current u.s. aid the Nation mourns the passing of one level is quite modest indeed (the Adminis­ to speak out about the true situation in tration had asked for $1.6 billion for fiscal of its great sons and one of the most that country. I would like to share with year 1975). Having enabled the South Viet­ brilliant and distinguished men ever to my colleagues a report of the forum by namese to defend themselves, it would be serve in the other body-Wayne Lyman James Roberts, political director of the immoral to deprive them of the weapons Morse of Oregon. American Conservative Union, as it ap­ they need for the task. I feel the personal loss sharply, for peared in the June 29, 1974, issue of Speaking of the 50,000 U.S. dead and the over the years I came to know Wayne Human Events: hundreds of thousands of wounded, Smith Morse well as our committee assignments CONSERVATIVES RESPOND TO HAYDEN-FONDA said, "It would be a shameful slap in the in our respective Houses of Congress VIET FORUM face to the memory of these men and to their famil1es for us to abdicate our respon­ brought us into frequent contact. (By James Roberts) sibilities now. It's just not the American her­ I know of no man who loved his coun­ With the signing of the Vietnam cease-fire itage to abandon a struggle, especially when try more, or who tried harder to serve agreement on Jan. 27, 1973, America's long­ the goal is in sight, or to desert a friend 1n the people. est-and perha.ps most dlfficult-war came need." Wayne Morse's final illness came to an end. Ambassador Durbrow noted in his remarks swiftly, and struck him down in the Though in disagreement with the restricted that a double standard is used in judging July 24, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 25053

South Vietnam-that the Thieu government Red Cross .had ~onducted 475 inspections BROADCASTING THE IMPEACH­ is expected to meet standards of perfection. of POW camps in South Vietnam. a.ddlD,g that MENT DEBATES .while the brutality and barbarism of the the North Vietnamese allowed no such in­ Hanoi regime Ls explained away or ignored. spections during the sam.e period. Durbrow went on to refute a number of Sieverts said that after signing the Paris HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL leftist charges about Scmth Vietnam, among treaty Hanoi even tried to renege on its OF NEW YORK th~~ the contention that there are .200,000 pledge to release all American POWs and political prisoners in the South. Durbrow conspicuously failed to respond to requests IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES stated that a thorough study by the U.S. Em· for information on MIAs. He said that in Wednesday, July 24, 1974 bassy in Saigon revealed that the maximum contrast the South Vietnamese had respond­ capacity of all prisons in south Vietnam is ed promptly to the 100 requests made by Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, the im­ about 35.000. Indeed, even Sen. James North Vietnam. peachment clause in our Constitution is Abourezk (D.-S.D.), who originally bruited Sieverts emphasized that we have free the American people's primary check about the 200,000 figure, has backed off from access to South Vietnam and are therefore over the power of the Presidency. As his original charge. able to judge it against American standards. such, the utilization of the impeachment Durbrow also deflated the charge that No such access exists to North Vietnam, Thieu is the ruthless dictator of a repressive which means that the North Vietnamese are machinery should be for the people. police state, pointing out that Thieu has exempt from any standards of comparison. In this light, I support full broadcast vocal opposition in the Assembly and that a While anxious to make the case for con­ coverage of all the bnpeacrunent pro­ vigorous opposition press exists. tinued aid to South Vietnam, the three spon­ ceedings. A Washington Post editorial of "It Thieu is .a dictator he's pretty naive," soring organizations sought to promote free July 19, entitled "Broadcasting the Im­ Durbrow said. "I can't understand why any discussion of the subject. Repelled by the peachment Debates," effectively outlines dictator would be so stupid as to arm the closed and carefully stage-managed propa­ the reasons for full impeachment cover­ peasants." ganda marathons held by Jane Fonda and He pointed out that Thieu has distributed Tom Hayden on Capitol Hill, the forum or­ age. It is now submitted for the thought­ arms to more than 500,000 peasants-and ganizers opted for a meeting open to staff ful attention of my colleagues: that these guns could have been used. members in all congr·essional offices. BROADCAST.ING THE IMPEACHMENT DEBATES against the government if it were intoler­ Not surprisingly, liberals and leftists were By approving Rep. Wayne Owens' resolu­ ably repressive. out in force. Their comments dealt almost tion to permit broadcast coverage of open As for the police state allegation, the am­ exclusively with the alleged brutality of the committee meetings in the House, the House bassador responded that there are 120,000 South Vietnamese prison system. Rules Committee has taken the first impor­ pollee in South Vietnam and that this is For instance. Jean Pierre Debris, a French tant step toward letting the entire nation not an unduly large number considering citizen released from prison by the Saigon witness first-hand the momentous impeach­ that the country is .still at war and that government in 1972, stated that "hundreds ment debates which begin next week. The the Vietcong contlnue to perpetrate ter­ of my friends didn't walk out and can't walk full House must .still .approve the Owens rorism on a massive scale. anymore because their legs were l:ihackled so measure, and then the Judtcia.ry Committee Accuracy in Media Director Reed Irvine long." itself must agree to let the cameras in. But added that one of the reasons for the ex­ Capt. Martin replied that Americans were both hurdles can be cleared easily if enough istence of the double standard. is biased able to walk upon release only because they members recogni!Zle the utility of providing media coverage or VIetnam. had been relatively well-treated in the final direct, complete nationwide coverage of these ..A good example ls the Hue massacre weeks. He also told of seeing women and historic events. children as young as five shackled and held during the Tet .offensive," he said. "This The key question is how much the nation was one of the greatest atrocities of the in cramped North Vietnamese prisons. Rep. Crane addressed his remarks specifi­ should be able to learn about congressional post-World War II era. More than 5,000 deliberations on the impeachment of the civilians were murdered in Hue, many of cally to the so-called "tiger cages" on Con Son Island which he personally visited and President-the committee's actions, the them by being burled alive in mass graves. House .floor debates and, if the House votes Yet the New York Times ran only two stories investigated. While the prisons were hardly comfortable. Crane said that they were no for impeachment, the Senate trial. It tradi­ on it. Contrast thls to the coverage of the tion prevails and broadcasting 1s barred, the My Lai massacre ln which about 109 civil­ worse-and in some respects were better­ than similar prisons he had seen in South only direct observers of these proceedings ians were shot in a combat situation. The would be the few members ot the press and New York Times subject index for a six-week Vietnam and in many other countries, in­ cluding the United States. The cells meas­ public who can squeeze into the chambers. period shows three and one half pages of The rest of the nation would be blacked out. titles on My Lai. •• ured 10112 feet in depth., 10 feet in height and tour to five feet in width, and accom· Fortunately, more and more legislators are Ed Feulner, executive director of the coming to realize how unwise such restric­ House Republican Steering Committee, had modated a maximum of four, Crane said. In contrast to thls, C.apt. Martin said prison tions on communications would be. In addi­ recently returned from a trip to South Viet­ tion to the Rules Committee's 10-3 vote, Rep. nam and he focused his remarks on North cells in North Vietnam measured 78 inches by 53 inches, each of them holding five men. Sidney R. Yates (D.-Til.) now has at least 87 Vietnamese violations of the cease-fire agree­ cosponsors of his resolution to authorize live ment. Toward the end of the session radical lead­ er Don Luce contended that U.S. military aid broadcasting of the House impeachment de· He said that, in direct violation of the bates. So far, however, Speaker Carl Albert accord, the North Vietnamese had: to South Vietnam was vastly greater than Soviet and Communist Chinese aid to North and Majority Leader Thomas P. O'Neill have Committed approximately 60,000 mllltary failed to exercise any leadership toward en­ violations and 7,000 acts of terrorism, 'killing Vietnam. Mr. Sieverts replied, "The figure being used larging public understanding of the actions 2,000 civilians, wounding 6,000 more and of the House. imprisoning 2,000 others. for Soviet and Chinese aid to North Viet· Infiltrated 60,000 troops into South Viet­ nam is $290 million {per year.] That of There is still some congressional uneasi. nam; course is hardware, most of which is going ness about the possible effects of full cover­ Expanded oil pipelines in Communist­ South for fighting purposes. I think the age. Some feel, for instance, that the pres­ controlled areas; first thing on which we should agree is that ence of the cameras is inherently disruptive Infiltrated 600 tanks, 1,000 artillery the United States is providing zero aid for but this is not necessarily the case. Th~ pieces, constructed numerous missile sites the purpose of attacking North Vietnam. Our major networks, including public broa

-- - 25054 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 24, 1974 bers would know that their constituents are Cyprus without either preconditions or sult the weapons systems of the two sides watching how they carry out the most im· recriminations. It would be tragic if Tur­ are difficult to compare. The status of forces, portant duty of their political careers. key tried to capitalize on the present the race of technology, the variety of geog­ Another problem of possible distortion has raphy, and the dltrerlng strategic concepts been raised, especially by Republicans such conditions in these two countries by must be considered, along with the Soviet as Rep. Delbert Latta (D-Ohio) who worry seeking unrealistic and unfounded bene• weapons aimed at Europe and the NATO t h at the networks might not be "fair." But fits in Cyprus. weapons poised to strike at the Soviet Union. this Ls really an argument for more compre­ Each side wants equality, but neither can hensive coverage, not less, since the dangers agree on what weapons are equal to what of distortion or over-simplification by the other weapons. The most urgent issUe is con­ media would be greatest, one would think, THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE trolllng multiple warheads (MIRVs), but when the public is forced to rely entirely on 11mlting them is especially difficult because compressed, selective reporting through the there are so many ways to measure equality. printed press and broadcast summaries. The HON. LEE H. HAMILTON Moreover, the discussions occur in an at­ more voluminous the evidence, the more in­ OF INDIANA mosphere of suspicion and doubt about the tricate the debate, the more ambiguous a other side's intentions. few particulars may be, the more important IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES All in all, there are not many solid reasons it becomes for the entire nation to have Wednesday, July 24, 1974 for hope that effective nuclear arms controls every opportunity to watch the arguments, can soon be achieved. The day may come to hear the tapes, and to weigh for them­ Mr. HAMn..TON. Mr. Speaker, under when the superpowers will reduce their reli­ selves the presidential conduct which is be­ leave to extend my remarks in the REc­ ance upon strategic nuclear forces. Already ing judged-and the conduct of the Congress ORD, I include my Washington Report en.., nuclear arms have become less credible for sitting in judgment. titled "The Nuclear Arms Race": use, and at some point, although probably The notion that the nation should be [From Hamilton's Washington Report, July not soon, the superpowers may feel that nu­ watching these events continues to trouble 24, 1974] clear arms competition is no longer required. some, mostly lawyers and mostly outside In the meantime, the costly and potentially Congress, who equate impeachment debates THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE deadly search for new weapons and strat­ with criminal proceedings from which Each time an American President and the egies goes on. The refinement of MIRVs will broadcasting has traditionally been barred. leader of the Soviet Union hold a summit heighten the vulnerability of land-based That analogy does not stand up. However meeting the most critical item on the agen­ missiles to surprise attack, threatening to judicious impeachment ought to be in its da is the limitation on nuclear arms. Both make an entire weapons system ineffective. procedures and findings, it is not, strictly countries acknowledge that continuous de­ Secretary of Defense Schlesinger has an­ speaking, a judicial process. It is a political velopment of bigger and better nuclear weap­ nounced a new counterforce strategy, a process in the most basic constitutional ons is futile, danger<>us, and costly, and yet change in targeting practices so that some sense; it is the means by which the pe<>ple's the mad momentum of the nuclear arms race U.S. missiles are programmed for Soviet mili­ elected. representatives assess alleged abuses goes on. tary sites as well as cities. The objective is of the public trust. Public opinion as re­ The central reality of the nucelar arms to give the President greater flexibility and ftected in the mall or polls should not be race is that each country can destroy the selectivity in choosing among targets in the the decisive lnftuence on any member's vote. other no matter which country strikes first. Soviet Union, but it also raises all kinds of But in the long run popular opinion will pro­ Upon this capability of mutual-assured de­ questions about encouraging 11mlted nuclear vide the ultimate judgments on the out­ struction and the essential equivalence of war, setting off another cycle of the arms come and the way in which it is reached. nuclear arms rests the hope of deterrence race, and, if the Russians should conclude Thus it is in the best interests of everyone of nuclear war. that their land-based missiles are vulnerable, for Congress to give the public every oppor­ Some progress has been made in stopping increasing the possibility of a first strike. tunity to be fully informed at every stage the nuclear arms race. In 1963, the Limited In these circumstances, the objectives of of the process, by permitting the full, na­ Test Ban Treaty stopped nuclear testing in U.S. strategic policy must be to deter the ti<>nwide airing of the debates ahead. the atmosphere but not underground. The Soviet Union from launching a nuclear at­ Non-Proliferation Treaty, which went into tack by the development of a secure and force in 1970, is intended to 11mlt the num­ multiple deterrent force that will not ber of countries with nuclear weapons, and threaten the Soviet deterrence. The U.S. the Outer Space Treaty and the Sea Bed A WELCOME CHANGE IN GREECE should seek a verifiable arms limitation Treaty prohibited nuclear weapons in orbit agreement which will keep the two countries or in the sea bed. The 1972 SALT agreements in about the same relative strategic positions include a permanent ABM treaty limiting they are in now. U.S. policy must continue to HON. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL anti-ballistic missile systems (i.e., missiles enhance security by trying to slow down stra­ designed to shoot down an attacking mis­ OF NEW YORK tegic arms competition and by minimizing sile) and a five-year interim agreement plac­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the economic burden of the arms race. Direct ing limits on the number of offensive stra­ discussions with the Russians can increase Wednesday, July 24, 1974 tegic missiles each side could build. each side's understanding of the other's pos­ This month the United States and the So· Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, the viet Union signed another treaty limiting ture and contribute to a stable relationship. The risks of talking are far smaller than the announcement of a restoration of civil­ the size of underground nuclear weapons risks of not trying for an agreement. Even ian government in Athens yesterday 1s testing, starting March 1, 1976. Unfortunate­ ly, the negotiations did not move forward in so, the U.S. can reasonably expect negotia­ an event that should be greeted enthu­ tions to continue for many years. siastically by all friends of Greece. Civil­ the critical area of controlling the offensive nuclear arms race. Both sides did agree to ian rule marks the first important step seek a new ten-year interim agreeemnt to toward a democratic government which replace the present in~rim agreement which has been denied Greece-the birthplace expires in 1977. Most experts were disap­ FffiEFLY CRISIS of democracy-for over 7 years. pointed with the treaty, believing it wlll not Constantine Karamanlis is a seasoned prevent either side from doing what it wants and responsible political leader whose to do and that it may relieve pressure for HON. JOHNM. ASHBROOK experience as premier for 8 years should a complete ban. OF OHIO With each country able to destroy the help guide Greece in the difficult months other with only a small portion of its stra­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ahead. This democratic restoration will tegic forces and with the cost of weapons Wednesday, July 24, 1974 not be easy. Premier Karamanlis and his absolutely staggering, it would appear that government need and deserve the sup­ an agreement limiting arms could be reached, Mr. ASHBROOK. Mr. Speaker, in an port of all for the interim period until but the bargaining problems, the measure­ age of chronic shortages, it might be wise elections can be held. ment of arms equality in particular, present at this time to point out that not even The tragic fighting in Cyprus, which enormous complexities. Each country's leader mother nature is immune to the classic has already cost many lives of the citi­ must contend with powerful groups within laws of economics and the free market zens of three countries, must now end. his own country, which make a national system which governs our daily lives. position on nuclear arms limitation difiicult I should like to call the attention of the Turkey's role in achieving and maintain­ to achieve. Domestic, as well as international, ing a cease-fire is critical. I hope that considerations must be weighed. The U.S.S.R. Members to the following article from Prime Minister Ecevit will respond to the has emphasized large land-based weapons; the Washington Post, which shows how changes in government 1n Athens and the U.S. has placed relatively greater em­ Adam Smith's "inlisible hand" infiu­ Nicosia by committing himself immedi­ phasis on sea-based weapons and smaller ences the availability of resources in all ately to a cease-fire and withdrawal from more flexible land-based weapons. As a re- facets of life-even the animal kingdom: July 24, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 25055

MoTHER NATURE Is SUFFERING FmEFLY viets in a mood to negotiate seriously on nose at certain features of Soviet foreign CRISIS . armaments and other important matters. policy, but mainly because it has no c6mmon ST. Louxs, July 19.-Mother Nature appar­ Even our country with its Eastern European frontier with .the West and because Ceausescu ently has some shortages of her own, accord­ ethnic associations is unlikely to spo11 the runs a tight ideological ship. Hungary's ing to officials at the Sigma Chemical Co. of atmosphere by championing the rights of economy is supposed to be a miracle · by St. Louis. the captive nations, at the consequent risk comparison with the others. American ex­ Fireflies are in short supply, the officials. of being accused of reviving the Cold War. ports to state-operated industries in the say, so much so they have to be rationed. It is not my purpose to spoil detente by satellites have increased · manyfold. They "The demand for fireflies is so great we issuing a rash and hypocritical call to arms have been absorood in the pattern which can't keep up with it, particularly during to save the satellites, but rather to explain promotes economic as well as ideological drought years, which are very hard on flre­ their predicament. In between unpredictable integration of the entire Soviet common­ flies, ... a company spokesman said. "They have outbreaks, which incidentally have caused wealth. to be rationed." the Soviets to be the only nation to use arms Except in Poland's case, such manifesta­ The company has sponsored a national on the European Continent since the war, tions of autonomy have not basically firefly collection for the last 13 years because the satellite cause has failed to evoke sus­ touched society, and could be merely tran­ tained world indignation. There are even sitory, depending on the local personalities the male insect is the only known source of involved. Human rights and freedom in the active luciferase-ATP -a substance valued some m European official circles who say that the West is well quit of Eastern Europe, in­ satellites have not benefitted correspond­ by many medical researchers, ecologists, and ingly, and there have been recent retro­ space scientists. cluding East Germany, despite its accretion to Soviet strategic power. Indeed, Frenchmen gressions in Czechoslovakia and Hungary. have been heard to say: "We love Germany Moscow remains in charge. It coordinates so much, we want two of them." the secret police in each country and deter­ It is argued that the instability of the mines party personnel policies. It can EASTERN EUROPE small Central European countries contrib­ punish through the control of state invest­ uted to the outbreak of World War II and ment and resource allocation. Realistically the same result could re-occur. Such was there is no foreseeable prospect of the cap­ HON. EDWARD J. DERWINSKI doubtless what President Podgorny was try­ tivP. nations themselves being able to cast OF ILLINOIS ing to tell me when I presented my creden­ off their yoke. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tials to him as U.S. ambassador in April How much do the satellites benefit from 1969. He was probably speaking sincerely Western attempts to circumvent the Soviet Wednesday, July 24, 1974 when he said Soviet action in Czechoslovakia Union? The purpose of President Johnson's Mr. DERWiNSKI. Mr. Speaker, quite had prevented the beginning of another Eu­ "bridge-building" exercise was too obvious ropean war. How much more may the So­ and ended up a non-starter. Willy Brandt predictably, the press has taken its viets really believe that detente has con­ chose the alternate method of trying to get readers from one major foreign crisis, firmed their mission to keep the peace in through to Eastern Europe over the bridge from the Middle East to Cyprus, and then Europe by despotic methods? of a non-agression agreement with the Rus­ sians. Even this has not been too successful, on to the next. A DEATH KNELL However, the area that has been some­ for while it has fostered detente between the Czechoslovakia sounded the death-knell Soviet Union and the West, it has as yet what neglected by the American press is to the idea that "convergence" offered a brought little relief to the satellites. In Eastern Europe. I believe an article in peaceful and painless solution. That doc­ Soviet logic, relaxation of tension between this morning's Wall Street Journal, July trine, espoused in American academic cir­ East and West threatens to undermine the 24, by Ambassador Jacob Beam, who as cles and also by the leading Yugoslav party basis of Eastern control over the Western­ the Members know is one of most out­ theoretician Kardelj, envisaged that the oriented subject states. standing career diplomats of the United course of history favored an inevitable com­ Apart from the choice of a conscience­ States, is an effective appraisal of U.S. promise between communism on the one saving escape, leaving it to "good" historical hand and social democracy or evolving forces to work things out, what are the pos­ foreign policy, of "detente" and the ef­ capitalism on the other. (It is less than sibilities of righting the injustices inflicted fe!:lts of suppression in Eastern Europe. comforting that the advocates of conver­ on the people of Eastern Europe? The article follow:s: gence reassure us that the Christian-Muslim Rollback: Presumedly by force or pressure EASTERN EUROPE, IGNORED BY DETENTE conflict worked itself out over the centuries.) as proposed by the Republicans in the 1952 (By Jacob D. Beam) The movement of course is in the other presidential campaign: The West will risk direction. The allegiance of the Soviets While few people would like to see the nothing for such a cause. (and the Chinese) to the objective of ideo­ Revolt: Success possible only as a result recent improvement in U.S.-Soviet relations logical struggle makes it inconceivable that reversed, some of the implications which of Soviet disintegration, or in the unlikely they would permit a reversal of the called­ event an Eastern European or Baltic leader flow from the concept of detente are coming for progression from socialism to commu­ under increasingly close scrutiny. should take over the central government and nism. The Czech leaders of 1968 went down party apparatus now dolninated by the Rus­ One area that invites attention is the effect to defeat as an advance party for conver­ of detente on the condition and future of sians. gence which would have tolerated a sweep­ Appeal to Russian better instincts: A mat­ the captive peoples in Europe. ing revision of party statutes. This would From a moral point of view, the fate of ter for pious, prayerful hope. have provided, among other things, for secret Moderate evaluation within the Commu­ Eastern Europe, taken together with that of votes for party officials and open meetings the overrun Baltic states, remains World War nist movement: Encouragement of this trend of the Central Committee (which inciden­ is at the root of most Western policy and is n•s most monstrous legacy. Soviet rule in tally was the practice in Lenin's time) . From the region affronts the historic cultures of deemed to be the safest, most logical way to the Soviet point of view, the Czech party proceed. In any event, it will be a slow, pain­ its peoples, while holding them to levels of lost control by degenerating into a mass staking process. economic stagnation not far different from movement for "Communism with a human those which prevail in Russia itself. face." As in other countries, the issue is not LITTLE WE CAN DO This injustice is of longer duration, more whether capitalism or socialism shall pre­ Realistically there is little we can do to deeply frustrating and larger in scope than vail-there is little doubt that given a alter basically the Soviet grip on its subject any witnessed in modern times. The Arab free choice some form of socialism would peoples. We hesitated to aid Hungary in 1956 and African worlds have waged successful win out-the real issue is the degree of party in any substantial way for fear of upsetting struggles for independence, and our country and therefore Soviet control. the 1955 agreement with the Soviets estab­ has thought enough of the principle of free­ There have been some positive changes lishing Austria's independence. Furthermore, dom of choice in Korea and Vietnam to try in Eastern Europe. Following the world out­ the British, French and Israeli attack on to uphold it in two costly endeavors. Such cry over the Czech invasion, the Soviets held Egypt at that time was a most complicating opportunities have been denied the Eastern back from using Russian forces to put down factor. President Johnson's response to the Europeans whose captivity is .already at the the Polish workers' riots in Stettin and 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia was point of transcending one generation. Their Gdansk in late 1970. This does not mean that restrained by his forlorn wish to end his ad­ ultimate yoke could endure as long as the they would not have done so if the Polish ministration with a summit with the Soviets Tatar and Turkish conquests wh~ch for cen­ police had not been up to the task, and if and an agreement on strategic arms. turies laid a <;lead hand over the respective there had been a less satisfactory candidate World reaction to Czechoslovakia, espe­ civilizations of Eurasia and the ~editerra­ than Gierek to replace the discredited cially among the European Communist nean. Gomulka as first secretary. parties, probably did play a part, however, The satellites seem condemned to be the There also have been practical variations in bringing the Soviets around to general victiins. of no-win &itu.ations. Wpen the going from the Soviet norm. Most important is detente. The international meeting of Com­ is tough between the big pow:ers, they get Poland's ability to safegua~:d private farm­ munist parties in Moscow in 1969 showed SC}Ue~:?primary election. Dulski ran for Congress. iary benefits and we should not shrink !rom Since Mr. Dulski's petitions were filed and "We never spent more than $5000 on a utillzlng them. To imply, as has been done he declined to be a candidate, the Committee congressional campaign. And we won them by some of our own government spokesmen, on Vacancies listed on his petitions wlll all." that American concern for human rights name the candidate to replace the retiring That's the way Mr. Dulsklls leaving public might impede the business of preventing nu­ congressman on the Democratic ticket. life--a Winner. clear war, makes no sense. Chairman Cra.ngle and slx other organiza­ tion Democrats constitute the Committee on Vacancies. County Comptroller Henry J. Nowak, one CHALK UP ANOTHER VICTORY CONGRESSMAN THADDEUS DULSKI of the party's top vote-getters who long has FOR KISSINGER AND THE AD­ HAS DONE IDS JOB aspired to Congress, is rated the odds-on favorite to be designated !or the Dulski seat. MINISTRATION Mr. Dulski, who is completing hls 16th HON. HENRY P. SMITH III year in the House, is an amiable, hard-work­ ing lawmaker who llkes to be known as the HON. TIM LEE CARTER OF NEW YORK "people's congressman." OF KENTUCKY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES He's not a gifted orator. Nor is he a fiashy IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, July 24, 19'14 performer. Rather, he takes pride in his folksy mannerisms and his a.bllity to deal Wednesday, July 24, 1974 Mr. SMITH of New York. Mr. Speaker, with constituents at all levels. Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, the per­ as my colleagues know, my good friend "I know a lot of people, businessmen, poli­ severance, the astuteness and the diplo­ and fellow western New Yorker, THAD­ ticians, just plain working people. I like them matic abilities of Henry Kissinger, DEUS DULsKI, has annormced that he will and I think they like me. I have sympathy !or their problems. And I've tried to help Joseph Sisco and this administration retire from the House of Representatives them." have again paid off in averting a major at the end of this year. Since I have made Mr. Dulski's first congressional campaign war-this time in Cyprus. a similar announcement, I can share 1n 1958 was against Republican James 0. I include for the REcoRD portions of a with TED the mixed feelings which go Moore Jr., then one of the Buffalo area's best statement by Murrey Marder of the with such a decision-looking forward to known trial attorneys and now a Supreme Washington Post of July 23, 1974: more time for family and personal pur­ Court Justice. KissiNGER: MAJOR WAR A VER'l'ED suits while regretting leaving the House A practical man, Mr. Dulski avoided head­ to-head confrontations With Mr. Moore, such (By Murrey Marder) with its great challenges and its oppor­ as public and television debates. Instead, Mr. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger ex­ tunities for service and its fellowship. Dulski chose to campaign in the style to pressed the belief yesterday that the threat TED was already a veteran of 6 years which he was comfortable, person-to-person of major Greek-Turkish warefare has been standing when I came to the Congress in contact With as many voters as he could averted although heavy fighting continued 1965. From that time through today, he reach. on Cyprus after the agreed cease-fir-e dead­ has been a steadfast friend, cooperative It proved to be the right strategy, With Mr. line. in every way. I am honored to have Dulski Winning a narrow victory in a dis­ The United States continued to make peace trict that was Republican 1n enrollment by appeals in Athens and Ankara throughout served the Niagara Frontier in Washing­ more than 35,000. the day after the intended 10 a.m. EDT cease­ ton in tandem with our dean, TED DUL­ Shifting population patterns and reap­ fire was to go into force. Continued shooting SKI, and I know that his service to the portionment have now made Mr. Dulski's on Cyprus caused American officials to say city of Buffalo will continue after he district better than 2 to 1 Democratic in en­ early last night that there may be "some goes home next year. rollment. slippage" in plans for Greece and Turkey George Borrelli, political columnist for "As a first generation Pole, I am proud of to begin peace talks Wednesday in Geneva, the Buffalo Evening News, had a fine my heritage and I cherish the opportunity under British auspices. Despite breaches in the cease-fire, Kis­ column in tribute to TED which appeared the people of my district have given me," said Mr. Dulski, who served five years in the singer said at midday, ..We believe ... that a. on July 20, 1974. I submit the column in Buffalo Common Council before going to rather complicated crisis which had dangers its entirety for my colleagues to read, Congress. of internationalization has been overcome.,. Throughout a week of warfare on Cyprus since I think it is an honest evaluation of The highlight of Mr. Dulski's career in folloWing the coup led by Greek omcers of TED DULSKI's outstanding career in the Washington came in 1967 when a series of House of Representatives: the Cyprus National Guard which deposed retirements and election upsets the previous Archbishop Makarios as President on July 15. ''PEOPLE's CoNGRESSMAN," D'tJLSKI HAs DoNE year, made h1m. the senior majority party unanticipated developments confounded the His JOB member of the powerful House Post omce diplomacy of the United States and other (By George Borrelli) & Clvn Service Committee, automatically med.lators. In the same pattern, the United After more than 20 years as an elected pub­ elevating him to the chairmanship. States yesterday was simultaneously receiv­ lic omcial, Ted Dulsld. has decided to retire It was during Mr. Dulski's term as chair- ing praise for achieving the cease-tire a.nd !rom the rigors of government. man that the Congress enacted legislation working intensively to sustain lt. July 24, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 25057 Archbishop Makarios, initially reported past 7 years. Never have interest rates this spending should be cut-but I am killed 1n the coup, and then rated politically skyrocketed to such devastating levels certain that the Congress is resourceful finished by many U.S. strategists when he and with such minor constructive im­ enough to come up with a solution. One escaped from Cyprus, appeared yesterday 1n the State Department, smiling benignly on pact. The stock market has proven a thing, however, is certain; we should be everyone, including Kissinger. disaster area, with millions of investors able to live within a $295 billion budget suffering unconscionable financial losses in fiscal year 1975-the largest in the and withdrawing from the market. And history of mankind. it appears that the end is not yet in Ten billion dollar cut in Federal spend­ INFLATION AND THE ECONOMY: sight. ing would have a profound effect on the REDUCING THE FEDERAL BUDGET Now is the time for someone to take inflationary psychology which has in­ the initiative and lead this country back fected our economy. It would hopefully to the road of prosperity for all, and to lead to the breaking of the back of infla­ HON. JOHN BRECKINRIDGE obtain an end to the inflation that has tion; the economy would have fewer in­ OF KENTUCKY been causing so great a grief to millions flationary expectations: inventory spend­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of Americans-but especially to the poor ing to avoid inflation would be cut back; Wednesday, July 24, 1974 and aged. unwarranted plans to add more plant or Today, I am asking the House of Rep­ equipment simply to beat rising prices Mr. BRECKINRIDGE. Mr. Speaker, resentatives to turn its serious attention would be revised; unions would be under today the economy of the United States to the restriction of spending to no more lesser constraints to seek inflationary finds itself in its worst economic con­ than $295 billion for fiscal year 1975. wage demands, confident that inflation dition since World War II. We are ex­ This figure is still $20 billion more than was being brought under control. The periencing the largest prolonged peace­ we spent in fiscal year 1974, but is $10 Federal Reserve Board would be less in­ time inflation in this century, unemploy­ billion under current OMB spending clined to pursue so tight a money policy ment has attained an unacceptable level estimates. The best way to stop infla­ that it burdens the next generation, if it and is increasing while many are per­ tion is to stop excess spending. This is saw that Congress was shouldernig a part suaded that we are suffering a recession. one certain action that Congress and the of the burden by cutting spending. Are­ Solutions to these problems-especially executive branch of Government can laxation of monetary policy would help to from the executive branch of Govern­ take conjointly that will have an impact bring down interest rates and revive the ment, and more particularly from the on inflation, both at home and abroad. depressed homebuilding industry, which Office of Management and Budget­ Congress can and should use its con­ is already suffering from an unemploy­ OMB-have not been forthcoming. stitutionally granted power of the ment rate in excess of 8 percent. All the President's men seem to have purse-it must accept this responsibil­ A cut of $10 billion is in itself defla­ different solutions as to the best ways ity-it must lead by example. tionary. It decreases the aggregate de­ to solve our economic problems-their The OMB budget proposal for fiscal mand for goods and services by a similar house is divided. year 1975 constitutes the largest dollar amount of dollars, and, such spending Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur increase in Federal spending in peace­ cuts will curb inflationary expectations Burns is calling for a $10 billion cut in time history. How can the Congress, by convincing the public that the Fed­ Federal spending in fiscal year 1975 from under the conditions of today, agree to eral Government is finally playing ·its the proposed $305.4 billion budget, but such spending? The answer is, and must part in curbing inflation. does not urge easing of exorbitant in­ be, that we simply cannot. All we need is the will and determina­ terest rates now charged by banks. Mr. Although the administration often tion to cut the budget. The Congress has Roy Ash, Director of OMB, initially set tells the public that Congress is "the big shown such a will and determination re­ his sights on a $2 to $5 billion cut reluc­ spender," this is simply not the case. The cently by passing the Congressional tantly, but now says the President has facts are that in the past 5 Y2 years the Budget and Impoundment Control Act of urged that an additional $10 billion re­ OMB has proposed large increases in 1974, which will allow the Congress bet­ duction might be possible through are­ Federal outlays. During this period, the ter control over its budgeting, beginning duction in the number of Federal em­ Federal budget has grown from $196 bil­ on July 1 of next year. But we should not ployees-not necessarily a satisfactory lion to the proposed $305.4 billion, an wait another full year before coming to answer. Kenneth Rush, the President's increase of 56 percent. This growth grips with this problem; we must act, new chief economic adviser, is uncertain would have been even greater had not now-immediately. that even a $5 billion cut is possible; and the Congress refused to appropriate To oversimplify some of the problems Treasury Secretary William Simon, who some of the OMB requests. It is evident caused by inflation, you need only to often appears to be at odds with Ash on that this kind of spending cannot now read a June 17, 1974, article published in fiscal matters, has urged a $9.4 billion continue unabated. It must be brought the U.S. News & World Report magazine reduction in Federal spending. under control. which contains some illuminating facts What is the public to think of this It is no secret that many Federal on the horrors of inflation. Some of the brand of economics, where every so­ programs contain considerable waste, the points made were: called economic adviser comes up with mere size of our Government makes evi­ Placing the 1969 dollar at a value of a different solution? Thus far, none of dent this fact. But we should be able to 100 cents, that dollar today is worth 75 these men appear to have the President's use our advanced technology-a technol­ cents, and, at the current rate of infla­ ear in regard to budget-cutting, or have ogy that leads the world, and our man­ tion, by 1979 will be reduced to 57 cents. emerged as a leading spokesman for agerial skills-to streamline Federal ex­ If the present inflation is not curbed, White House economic policy. penditures and render more efficient our the houses now costing $37,500 will cost Let us face it; there is no economic Government's programs. $51,000 in 1979. leadership presently evident in the ad­ A reduction at this time of $10 billion The price of food will go from $54.40 ministration, nor is there any promise in our Federal spending would constitute per family today to $80.50 in 1979. thereof. Weak pronouncements from the initiation of the necessary chipping The price of gasoline will go from an second or third-echelon administration away at a budget that has become so average of 58 cents a gallon today to 88 spokesmen do not equate leadership. swollen in the last 5 Y2 years as to have cents in 1979. This lack of leadership has been evi­ reached the bursting point. Such contin­ The article also points out that a fam­ dent for the past few years and has been ual excesses both have triggered and ily of four that has had an increase in primarily responsible for the downturn fired inflation, not only in the United income from $20,000 in 1967 to $28,000 in in the Nation's economy. Our current States, but throughout the world. 1974, has in theory, kept up with infla­ economic dilemma of no growth and high Of course, the problem that remains is tion-income before taxes and cost-of­ inflation will go into the books as the this: Just where do we cut the budget? living are both 44 percent higher. How­ most disastrous situation of the century, There are, perhaps, as many differing ever, the family's social security and Fed­ with the possible exception of the de• ideas as to what is necessarily unneces­ eral income taxes are up 76 percent. The pression in the 1930's. sary in Government, as there are Mem­ result, of course, is less buying power. Never has inflation raged with such bers on this floor. I would not undertake It is a truism that something must violence and for so long as it has in the the imposition of my ideas as to where be done about Federal spending-a pri- 25058 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 24, 1974 mary contributing cause of inflation. And Section 214, (a), page 204, Une 25, delete President Kennedy. When he refused to sup­ all words after the word "weeks", and on ply it, Sen. John Stennis of Mississippi up­ it is evident that the administration and page 205, delete all of line 1 and on line 2, held Kennedy's position: ..I know of no case the OMB have thus far failed completely delete the words "of letters which he has where the court has ever made the Senate or to halt this runaway, double-digit infia­ sent to" and insert in lieu thereof the words, the House surrender records from its files, tiQn that is consuming our future. The "Tile regulatory authority shall notl!y", and or where the executive has made the legisla­ Congress must therefore accept the re­ on line 5, delete the words "hls" and insert tive branch surrender records !rom its files-­ sponsibility for accepting the leadership in lieu thereof the word "the operator's". and I do not think either of them could. So in solving this problem. Section 404, page 252, delete all of (a) and the rule works three ways. Each is supreme As we all know, Qf the proposed $305.4 (b). within its field, and each is responsible Section 705, page 284, lines 18 through 25, within its field." billion OMB's budget, only some $84 bil­ strike all of paragraph (3). This strikes me as sound doctrine. It is not lion is considered controllable. A spend­ the power of the law, it is only the power ing item is considered controllable by of public opinion that makes Presidents obey OMB only if the President has discretion court orders. As the Supreme Court long ago over the amount of appropriation or AMPLE PRECEDENT AIDS NIXON IN acknowledged in Mississippi vs. Johnson, a. other budget authority he may recom­ HIS POSITION ON EVIDENCE Reconstruction case, a federal court is power­ mend. less to enforce an order a President chooses The remainder of the budget is con­ to ignore. It is universally assumed that if HO TIM LEE CARTER Rodino's committee were to ask a federal sidered uncontrollable, thus not subject t court to approve its subpoenas, and if a court to Presidential discretion in terms of OF KENTUCKY should order Mr. Nixon to comply, Mr. Nixon budget recommendations. An example of JN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES would obey. But Rodino's refusal to seek an uncontrollable expense would be the Wednesday, July 24, 1974 judicial aid is in itself a reflection of the authorizing legislation for social security doctrine of separation of powers. A House benefits, veterans' pensions and compen­ Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, as a long­ committee does not want to leave an impres­ sation, and public assistance grants that time admirer of the philosophy of James sion that it is subject to court orders. J. Kilpatrick, I include in the RECORD Mr. Nixon is right 1n the position he has stipulate the rates to be paid and condi­ taken. He is right, that is, as a matter of law. tions of eligibilty for payment. his words of wisdom for the perusal of The presidential offi'Ce simply cannot be made To cut $10 billion from the control­ this fearless forwn: a happy hunting ground for grandstanding lable $84 billion portion of the budget Al\IPLE PRECEDENT AIDs NIXON IN Hls federal judges and bloodthirsty congress­ will nndoubtably prove a difficult and POSITION ON EVIDENCE men, not even in the name of impeachment. com])lex chore, fraught with political (By James J. Kilpatrick) The presidency could not survive as we know problems-but one that nonetheless WASHrNGTON.-It is understandable but it it. must be undertaken. If the Congress acts is also regrettable, that so little public at­ now, prior to the completion of action tention has been paid to President Nixon's on the appropriations bills for fiscal year letter of June 10 to Peter Rodino. The letter THE AFRICAN DROUGHT: 1975, provides an excellent statement of Mr. AMERICA'S SHAME we have the opportunity to make Nixon's reasons !or refusing to surrender our own determinations as to budget cuts; further tapes and documents to the House we have, in short, the opportunity to Judiciary Committee. HOI' . CHARLES B. RANGEL substitute the House for the OMB, or­ Unfortunately, this long letter was released OF NEW YORK derly constitutional processes for the ad­ at a time when editors were struggling with IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES ministration's practice of impoundment a torrent of news. The President was oif to to which we are all imposed. Failing this, the Mideast. Henry Kissinger was erupting Wednesday, July 24, 1974 we will again let the President have the in Salzburg. In Washington, the Judiciary Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, for the in Committee was leaking like a rusty bucket. final say budget matters. Few newspapers had space to print the text past 6 years, the 25 million citizens of As far as I am personally concerned, of Mr. NiXon's letter, and few readers would Mauritania, Mali, Chad, Senegal, Upper I believe that the people are looking to have had time for it anyhow. The letter de­ Volta, and Niger in West Africa have Congress-to their elected Representa­ served something better. experienced a drought of cataclysmic tives-to get this country off dead cen­ The situation, in brief, is that the House proportions. Crops and animal herds ter and back on a sound economic foot­ committee had issued subpoenas demanding have died, rivers, lakes and wells have ing; and I feel that this can now best that the President surrender certain records. dried up, the Sahara Desert has advanced be done at this time by a reduction of The President refused to honor the sub­ southward at a rate of 30 miles a year, poenas. His reasons are solidly rooted in the the Federal budget for fiscal year 1975 doctrine of separation of powers. and people have starved. by some $10 billion, more or less. I shall "While many functions of government re­ In a well-researched, revealing article do everything in my power to obtain this quire the concurrence or interaction of two in the Village Voice of July 4, Jeffrey L. objective, and will work with and wel­ or more branches," Mr. Nixon wrote, "each Hodes considered the insufficient, cha­ come the advice and assistance of those branch historically has been steadfast in otic American response to this tragedy. who agree. maintaining its own independence by turn­ The article, entitled "The Shame of the The time has come to-in fact-bal­ ing back attempts of the others, whenever Sahel," is submitted for the thoughtful made, to assert an authority to invade, with­ attention of my colleagues: ance the budget. out consent, the privacy of its own delibera­ tions." THE SHAME OF THE SAHEL Mr. Nixon supplied examples. In 1962, a (By Jeffrey L. Hodes) federal district court issued a subpoena to ("Here is a great mass of people, yet it AMENDMENTS OFFERED BY MRS. the Senate, demanding certain evidence for takes an effort of the intellect and will even MINK use in the trial of James Hoffa. The Sen­ to see them . • ."-Michael Harrington, in ate, by formal resolution, :flatly refused to "The Other America.") comply. More recently, in the case of Lt. Nothing has Changed in drought-stricken HOL. ATSY T. William Calley, the House Armed Services West Africa since the world first took notice OF HAWAll Committee refused to provide evidence de­ of the catastrophe a year ago. As the devasta­ manded by Calley's attorneys. Chairman Ed· tion enters its sixth year, it carries with it an IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ward Hebert based his refusal on precisely ominous vision of that horseman of the Wednesday, July 24, 1974 the same grounds invoked by President Nixon Apocalypse: famine. today. Once again, the international community Mrs. MINK. Mr. Speaker, I intend to The judicial branch has taken the same w111 boldly proclaim that massive death is introduce the following amendments view. In 1953, the House Un-Amerlcan Activi­ being averted with emergency aid, when, as under the 5-minute rule: ties Committee attempted to subpoena Jus­ last year, hundreds of thousands will prob­ Amendments to H.R. 11500 offered by Mrs. tice Tom Clark. He refused to obey the sub­ ably perish or slowly die from disease or 1\iiNK.: poena. "The independence of the three malnutrition. Section 210(b), page 175, line 13, strike branches of our government, • said Clark, "is Nowhere is this attitude more prevalent all words after "geologist" and the words the ca.rd.inal princlple on which our constitu­ than 1n the highest recesses of government, "surface Jnformation.. on line 14 and Insert tional system 1s founded.., where the modus operandi seems to be: do as 1n lieu thereof the following: "when spectlic In his etter of June 10, Mr. Nixon cited a little as possible unttl cajoled .tnto doing subsur!ace Information is deemed essential further example. In 1962, a Senate subcom­ more. and then proclaim that the situation and requ.ested by the regulatory authorit y." mittee demanded cert ain information from is under control. July 24, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 25059 Whether it's ln the United Nations, the colonial servitude whlle leaping across cen­ During fiscal 1973, only half of the Con­ State Department, or the Agency for Inter­ turies of economic development. The six na­ tingency Fund wa.s spent on disaster relief. national Development (AID)-the fact is, the tions--Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sene­ Other grants were made for financing live­ international response to the Sahel repre­ gal, and Upper Volta-carved out of what stock research In the Bahamas, and an in­ sents a pattern of inertia, insensitivity, and was once semiarid French West Africa, are terna.tional plan to combat cholera. But in racism. For the Sahel does not have much still scarred by the worst kind of economic prior years, tbe funds were put to more strategic, political, or economic value to the Balkanization, perpetrated by artificial na­ dubious use. U.S. Government which is the basis for most tional boundaries imposed by a colonial During fiscal 1973. only half of the Con­ (sic) "humanitarian" assistance. power. tingency Fund wa.s spent on disaster relief. Black Africa never received much U.S. aid So by 1972, when the drought was officially Other grants were made for financing live­ and Washington's rhetoric notwithstanding, "recognized," it's understandable that the stock research in the Bahamas, and an in­ we're still doing less than we proclaim. In Sahellan governments felt they had no place ternational plan to combat cholera. But in the last 19 years, Black Africa received only to turn for relief. prioc years. the funds were put to more du­ five percent of the $6.3 bilUon worth of ex­ There are stories of African ambassadors bious use. cess food given away by the U.S.-which is roaming the halls of the State Department During 1972, ~24.5 mlllion of $30 million the world's breadbasket. This past year, AID asking for help, and of AID officials suggest­ in Contingency Funds was misalloeated for has given more to feed the Sahel's starving ing the effects of the drought were being ex­ "security assistance," such as: masses than it has given in the last 19 years. aggerated. $9.5 mlllion to Malta. to "support economic But even this aid is deceptive. By Christmas 1972, the Sahelian states and political stability o"f the government .. .'' For this year, in a sleight of hand, AID turned to the United Nations. During the $15 million to Jordan to "maintain its po­ juggled its money. First it decreased eco­ closing days of the annual General Assembly litical stablllty." nomic aid to Black Africa by $13 million to session, the Secretary General, Kurt Wald­ Under pressure from black legislators-in $160 million, and then cut another $50 mil­ heim, was informed by his Secretariat and particular. Representative Charles Diggs, lion which it redirected to South Vietnam. African ambassadors about what was hap­ head of the African Affairs Subcommittee­ Later, under Congressional prodding, AID pening. His response was to order a study of AID reallocated its funds in the closing agreed to an additional $25 mlllion for the the problems of "desert encroachment." months of 1973-reducing aid for earth­ six countries of the Sahel-but lumped this In early 1973, as the horror stories and quake-shaken Nicaragua to make up the dlf­ sum to the total of the slashed African aid reports increased, UN agencies debated what ference for the Sahel. package to cover up the huge cut. to do, and whether the UN should issue a But between the Bahamas project and And now, it's been revealed that last year public appeal for aid. It's a measure of the other misuses, .at least $12 mllllon in disas­ $87 million in food credits to the African moral bankruptcy of the UN that the agen­ ter relief funds were misallocated. states was actually $50 million, and starting cies procrastinated another five months be­ The drought this year is worse than 111.st July 1, food grants went down to $5 million. fore anything was done. year. There was almost no harvest last fall. But whatever the amount, it's precious In March 1973, the Sahellan governments It's reflective of the UN's poor coordination little, and represents what old "African that the Food and Agricultural Organization hands" at the State Department call "pres­ met in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta, and is­ sued a formal plea for help. Walheim's staff in Rome told the world the Sahel will be ence money." After the early euphoria of the short 650,000 tons of grain this year when Kennedy administration for assisting the placed the Sahel on his agenda for his week­ actually the total need Js double that emerging nations of Black Africa, by 1966 ly staff meetings. But it wasn't until May a.mount--1.2 milllon tons-to stave off fam­ the all-consuming passion of the Johnson that he discussed the drought. ine threatening 200,000 people. administration had riveted most assistance By then, the situation had deteriorated to It 1s doubtful whether that much gratn for Vietnam. the point where-just as Martin Walker of will ever be donated, to say nothing of the The U.S. adopted a policy of benign ne­ the Manchester Guardian reported in the milk, vaccine, and other human and .animal glect toward Black Africa-rationalized in a New York Times Magazine is happening again provisions-and then gotten to where it's report only partially declassified last year, this year-the fumbling had screwed up the needed. which to this date remains the basis of U.S. delivery of emergency food, necessitating an Whether we can or will find the polltlcal policy in Africa. expensive and frantic airlift in early summer will to prevent the tragic recurrence of the The ''Korry Report" was written by a State before the monsoons washed out roads. human devastation that plagued the Sahel Department task force headed by former But while the international community last year is still very much of an open U.S. Ambassador to Chile, Edward M. Korry, slowly galvanized itself to do something last question. who was then Ambassador to Ethiopia. summer-under the prodding from church In the Sahel, which is a forbidding il.and Korry suggested an "emphasis country and black groups, a bizarre but tragic thing under the best of cireumsta.noes, emergency policy," concentrating U.S. aid in those happened. relief is wasteful without giving people the Third World countries that could be used On its own Initiative the U.S. Public Health means to rehabilitate the land and salvage as pawns on the chessboard of global power Service in Atlanta, Georgia sent a team of what remains of their once pastoral exist­ politics. Rewards were to go only to expllcit physicians to West Africa to assess the sit­ ence. For not only are people dying, but cen­ collaborators, or where the U.S. had eco­ uation. They reported 100,000 deaths with turies of culture and nomadic way of li!e are nomic self-interests. levels of starvation greater than that of the being extinguished. What little aid was destined for Africa historic famine in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the drought is spreading to went to Ethiopia, Liberia, and Morocco­ TO prevent further mortality, the Public Ethiopia and other parts of East Africa-put­ where there were military installations; re­ Health Service mapped a plan for special ting the lie to the rationale o! the AID tech­ source-rich Uganda, Zaire, and Tanzania, as children's rations, vaccine against measles nocrats who say that the people of the Sahel well as oll-rlch Nigeria, and Ghana and Ken­ (a major knler, and food distribution. The are responsible !or their own fate because ya-where Korry saw European influence PHA report quotes official AID reports iden­ of cattle overgrazing and human overpopula­ eroding. tifying some U.S. relief shipments of sor­ tion. For the remainder of Africa, Korry sug­ ghum (a high-protein cereal) to West Afri­ Meteorologists indicate that slgnlftcant gested "regional self-help" projects, with ca as "animal feed.'' Indeed, "indigestible" shifts have occurred 1n the weather patterns m.ln1mal U.S. financing, because he didn't sorghum appeared in AID documents as life­ over Africa which may be cyclical, but per­ consider these nation-states as much more saving relief, according to some Washington haps permanent. The immediate reality, than conglomerations of tribes, rather than sources. while in Sahelian refugee camps, it though, 1s that the drought could be one of nations. was cramps and diarrhea. mankind's greatest natural catastrophes. Korry's brand of imperialism is extraordi­ The Public Health service reports were nary. In sections of the report stlll classified, largely ignored by AID and the State De­ he wrote: "A quantitative distinction partment--and, in fact, covertly concealed. In October, the State Department publicly (should be made) explicit between resources GEORGIA FARMERS UNHAPPY for economic development and for political spoke of "pockets" of malnutrition existing purposes ... But these resources should be in West Africa. And this February, the Pres­ WITH MR. EARL BUTZ recognized for what they are: a limited but ident's Disaster Relief Coordinator told Con­ indispensable tool. . . ." gress that "widespread starvation was Regarding former French West Africa, the prevented." HON. DAWSON MATfHS heartland of the Sahel. Korry suggested a Could the U.S. have done more? Last year OF GEORGIA hands-off policy. "It 1s not desirable at this of the aid given Africa, more than 40 per nr THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES time to challenge the special position of cent was in the fonn of excess food com­ France 1n tropical Africa," he argued, because modities. But the emergency food assist­ Wednesday, July 24. 1974 despite our differences with Paris, "the bene­ ance given the Sahel came out of a special fund. Section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Mr. MATHIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, fits of French lnfiuence ... on the proper as many Members of this House know political organization of the African con­ Act of 1961, the "Contingency Fund,.. au­ tinent" are considerable. thorized AID to spend funds for unforeseen by now, flue-cured tobacco farmers in The French record of neglect speaks for catastrophes. However, AID has taken lt Georgia. and other tobacco-producing itself. The Sahel exists today in a time cap­ upon itself to alloea.te funds ..for sltuattons States. are suffering as a result of U.S. sule, as it tries to shake loose the shackles of lnvolV"ing the security of the United States!' Department of Agriculture policy as CXX--1580-Part 19 25060 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 24, 1974 formulated and pronounced by one Earl Absurd new policies on peanuts which February 1846 when the Mormons were Butz. Mr. Butz, despite warnings and have hampered seriously the ability of driven out of Nauvoo, Dl. The first groups growers to realize a living from their crops. to leave reenacted a scene analogous to pleas from tobacco growers and other Allowing desperately needed fertilizers leaders in several States, decided to lis­ to be exported, an act which made the the early Israelites when they left Egypt ten to the large tobacco companies, and domestic availability critical and sent prices to be led by a prophet to a promised he issued an edict forcing tobacco grow­ skyrocketing. land. ers to produce 10 percent more tobacco Supporting a six percent loan to build a During the first week of exodus over this year, 1974, than last. This action fertilizer complex in the Soviet Union at a 1,300 Mormon refugees from Illlnois came on the heels of a 10 percent in­ time when no American firm or farmer can crossed the frozen Missouri River to es­ crease in 1973, in production over 1972. get such favora.ble terms. cape persecution. Throughout the fol­ The result of these production increases The bill of indictment against Mr. Butz lowing year 15,000 Mormons left their could go on and on, but the point is made, homes to begin the long journey west­ has been to force prices to remain at or as is his apparent desire to completely wreck near the level paid to farmers last year, the entire commodities system under which ward. with higher prices being paid in only a America has become the world's leader in They sought a land which at the time very few instances. Production costs, agriculture production. no one else wanted, where they could meanwhile, have literally skyrocketed. And on top of this all comes the crowning worship, as our Constitution provides, One of the most authorative sources in blow-Mr. Butz high-handed refusal to meet in freedom. the field, Clemson University Extension with a committee of tobacco growers from During the journey prophetic lines Service, reports production costs up more Georgia to discuss the situation and his were penned by the Mormon pioneer, than 40 percent this year alone. l'efusal to converse about the matter with William Clayton, words which are part Representative Dawson Mathis, a member of of the now famous hymn "Come, Come Mr. Speaker, my farmers, and those the House Agriculture Committee. from all flue-cured tobacco producing Georgia and all other American farmers Ye Saints." regions, simply cannot survive on these have enough problems without such in­ We'll find a place which God for us prepared, low prices. The gentleman from Georgia transigent politicians establishing and Far away in the West and I met with a large group administering their agricultural policies. Where none shall come to hurt or make of tobacco growers in Tifton, Ga., last If elected Republican leaders and other afraid; Friday, and following that meeting, I administration officials have any hope of There the Saints will be blessed. ever again holding office, they would do well called the Secretary of Agriculture to to move Mr. Butz back to wherever he was A year and a half after they set out, 60 request he declare a "Sales Holiday" and before he began destroying the nation's agri­ pioneers and 18 wagons were led into the that he meet with Mr. GINN, me, and cultural economy. Salt Lake Valley by Brigham Young to other tobacco State Congressmen, as well inherit a promised land which, through as with a delegation of growers. Mr. Butz ALBANY, GA., the magic of irrigation, backed by unre­ never returned my call, but three of his July 24, 1974. mitting courage and toil they made to subordinates informed me that the Sec­ Cong. DAWSON MATHIS, "blossom as a rose." retary did not have time to meet with Cannon House Office Building, The civilization which sprang from the me, or my group of tobacco producers. Washington D.C.: I am asking you to use all the influence wilderness is a monument to those early He has demonstrated again that he re­ you have as I will do to provide a voice for pioneers, to their courage, their faith fuses to even afford them an audience in the farmers of Georgia. I appreciate the serv­ and perseverance. order that they might air legitimate ice you have performed for our farmers in In our remembrance of Pioneer Day, complaints. I am sick of Mr. Butz and his the past and know that you will continue to a holiday in many communities in my high-handed arrogance. I enclose an give your full attention to our agricultural State, we pay tribute not only to the editorial from the Daily Tifton Gazette, needs. With this in mind there is a matter heritage which has had such an im­ written by my dear friend Bob Morrell, that I feel is of the utmost concern to our mense influence in the development of and a telegram from the Honorable farmers. This is what appears to me to be a complete shutting of the door in Georgia our region, but to the great personal George Busbee, also my close friend, that farmers faces by Secretary of Agriculture achievements of those early settlers, also indicate their mild displeasure with Earl Butz. To be more specific I feel Secre­ many of them direct descendants of the this man who has set himself up as "Boss tary of Agriculture Earl Butz should be original colonizers of America. Butz." relieved of his duties by the President of Looking back on the circumstances of (From the Daily Tifton Gazette, July 23, the United States immediately and I the historic Mormon pilgrimage, one 1974] respectfully ask that you take steps to insure wonders what it was that sustained the B 'OTZ MUST Go that Mr. Butz is relieved at your earliest pioneers through the hardships of their convenience. It is obvious that Mr. Butz is (By Bob Morrell) not responsive to farm problems in Georgia journey. If Georgia farmers (and those elsewhere and certainly not to the tobacco problems I think we must look inward for the too) had their way, they probably would we are experiencing in South Georgia. In answer, for something that in the hearts advise Congress to forget about President fact his unwillingness to cooperate with our and minds of the Mormon pioneers was Nixon and find a way to impeach Secretary farmers is a good example of his evident even more tangible than the mountains of Agriculture Earl Butz instead. disregard for Georgia's agricultural problems and deserts which stood between them And rightly so, based on the record. and needs. Thank you for your outstanding and their promised land. The latest outburst of anger, disgust and service to the farmers of our community. By their own fervent accounts amply frustration with U.S. Department of Agricul­ GEORGE BUSBEE. ture policy, of course, is over the extremely provided in journals and other writings unsatisfactory prices which flue-cured the participants in this endeavor wit­ tobacco is bringing-not only in Georgia but nessed that it was their belief that sus­ also in North and South Carolina where tained them and carried them through, markets now are open. PIONEER DAY the first principle of that belief being Although prices rose slightly Monday over faith. last Thursday's offerings, the bids being HON. ORVAL HANSEN More than the length of their journey made on Georgia leaf are nowhere near what or the obstacles in their path, it was their the farmer must realize from his 1974 crop OF IDAHO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES faith that determined their destiny. in order to make a modest profit. So it has always been. One of the Growers, with justification, are tracing the Wednesday, July 24, 1974 cause for low prices back to Butz and his greatest needs we have for our present policy of excessive tobacco production for Mr. HANSEN of Idaho. Mr. Speaker, time and situation is faith, faith in our­ 1974--a move urged by tobacco companies on July 24, 127 years ago, one of the most selves and in our cause. We face new and encouraged by the Secretary. difficult and trying journeys in Ameri­ challenges and difficulties. Our ulti­ Butz' latest disaster (as far as farmers can history was concluded as the first mate success or failure in meeting these and agri-business are concerned) comes on challenges is more often determined by the heels of other outright stupid steps Mormon pioneers entered the Salt Lake which have seriously hurt American agricul­ Valley. the degree of faith and determination ture. These include: The pioneer trek westward, which we can bring to the fore than by the par­ The ridiculous wheat deal with the ended in Utah and later initiated settle­ ticulars of the problem itself. Soviet Union which cost both farmers and ments in my own State of Idaho and in As we bring the experiences of our consumers. other neighboring States, began early in forebears into sharper focus by an ap- July 24, 1974 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 25061 propriate remembrance of Pioneer Day, develop for us to make the lot of Federal ability can only be subverted by corporate let us learn the lessons they can sttll employees a better one for themselves and decisionmakers. their famtlles. Take, for example the prospect of a private teach us. Let us replace some of the de­ The first of these concerns is the pro­ insurance firm running Social Security-a spair and doubt in our country with hope tection of the merit system. prospect which, until recently, the OMB and and faith in the future. In that way we In this time of deteriorating confidence in certain managers in HEW were actively con­ can help to make the great promise of political institutions, every Federal employee sidering-how well would Social Security America as true today as it was on July should take the time to discuss their jobs beneficiaries fare with private-sector man­ 24, over a century ago. with their families, neighbors and f.riends. agers making decisions about pension pay­ Federal workers should feel a deep sense of ments and improved services? pride knowing they are part of the overall Another primary and ongoing concern of mechanism that keeps Government run­ AFGE is the low priority given to employee ning; that their position was secured on the rights under safety and equal employment JOHN GRINER IS DEAD-LED AFGE basis of a competitive examination; that statutes. Federal managers, some by design, TO GREATEST STATUS they compete with other qualified employees others because of insensitivity, frequently for every promotion; that their oath of of­ fall to translate the explicit commitment of flee binds them to carry out their duties and the Government from words on paper to HON. JOHN J. McFALL responsibilities without favor to any person fundamental and continuing action. Suffice OF CALIFORNIA or special-interest group. to say that the example of the highest levels IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Unfortunately, there are very few Federal of Federal management encourage non-per­ employees who realize how unique and im­ formance in both of these areas, although Wednesday, July 24, 1974 portant these facts are. Instead of taking they are careful to mouth the philosophy in Mr. McFALL. Mr. Speaker, I have pre­ pride in their work as civil servants, all too public. viously entered in the RECORD many many Federal workers develop an inferiority These concerns, with all the tentacles of tributes to John Griner, the recently de­ complex because of the barrages of negative ramification they hold, continue to dominate propaganda they face daily. my interest, just as they monopolized the ceased president emeritus of the Ameri­ The second concern is the preservation countless working hours John Griner spent can Federation of Government Em­ and improvement of our input in the Fed• for ten years before me. ployees. eral wage-setting system, both General None of these 1s a self-contained, unrelated I insert articles printed in the Gov­ Schedule and Prevalling Rate. problem. None wlll disappear overnight. But ernment Rtandard at this point in the Without constant attention to the prece­ I am confident each of them will fall to our RECORD. dent we've established for the union in set­ persistent and dedicated efforts using the JOHN GRINER DEVELOPED THE TooLs; IT Is ting wages comparable to those paid in the example John set for us. UP To Us TO USE THEM WELL private sector our inroads could be trod under by the phoney sloganeering of anti· JOHN GRINER HAS BEEN UNDOUBTEDLY THE (By Clyde M. Webber) union spokesmen throughout the society. GREATEST NATIONAL PRESIDENT IN THE 40· For more than a decade John Griner and We all learned an important lesson last YEAR HISTORY OF AFGE, AFL-CIO AFGE were synonymous to the virtually year when, because of the bad advice he got The following statement was Issued by millions of people affected by his life. But, from the Office of Management and Budget, unanimous vote of the National Executive each one of us saw John Griner through a the President found himself on the short end Council on the motion of District 6 National dift'erent personal prism. of a Senate vote to reject his plans post­ To the rank-and-file member of AFGE, he poning the pay raise legally due Federal em­ Vice President A. K. Gardner after National was a beacon amidst a morass of red tape. ployees. President John F. Griner submitted his res­ He led battles for many, he argued cases for That lesson combined with the experience ignation for reasons of health in 1972. one. He only insisted that the issue be one of we've accumulated in the wage survey sys­ "John Griner has been undoubtedly the principle and his Georgia-bred instinct of tem for Federal blue collar employees under greatest National President in the 40-year right and wrong would take over from there. the Wage Grade Act stands as convincing history of the American Federation of Gov­ To all Federal workers he was an untiring evidence that more intense union represen­ ernment Employees, AFL-CIO. advocate, promising only that unified action tation pays off in sound dollar-and-cents "In the short span of ten years, he has would guarantee them the right and the returns for all Federal workers--but more accomplished three major tasks, any one oi privilege to demand fair treatment on the so for those with the foresight to join to­ which would have been a signal achievement job; a fair wage for work performed and gether under the AFGE banner. in itself and would have entitled him to the their ration of dignity. Erosions in the size and composition of the deepest appreciation of the officers and mem­ To the men and women of the labor move­ Federal workforce represent yet another bers of this Union. ment, John Griner was an emJ.ssary for a new danger to dominate our concern. "First, under his determined and coura­ kind of unionism. His foresight ushered in The same anti-worker propaganda that at­ geous leadership, this Union has gathered a new era of public employee unionism. tacks the pay-setting mechanisms for Fed­ over 300,000 dues-paying members, which is To the Congress. where he spent long hours eral workers is also steadlly unleashed to cut well over three times the number it had on alternately persuading and demancllng, cod­ the size of the workforce in absolute num­ its roster when he was elected to the National dling and berating, John Griner was an ar­ bers. This ls contrary to wisdom, reason, and Presidency 1n 1962. ticulate spokesman for organized labor. fact; yet the notion finds its adherents in "Second, Griner accomplished Congres­ To management John could be caustic or great numbers. sional enactment and Presidential signing of cordial. His demeanor was dictated by how Despite the increases in population, dra­ Wage Grade legislation this Summer, climax­ well or badly AFGE's membership was being matic increases in the size of the nation's ing an eight-year struggle by the Union fol' treated. overall workforce of better than 50 percent, this landmark legislation which will end up His credo--"let us disagree without being and drastic shifts of the characteristics of bringing some 700,000 Wage Grade workers disagreeable"-preceded him in all his deal­ the nation's working population, Federal em­ in the Federal Government literally mUlions ings and provided him entry to the highest ployment has risen by only 14 percent over of dollars in hitherto-denied pay, equity and levels of Federal management. He always the past 20 years. At the same time the Fed­ justice. drove a tough but fair bargain and he knew eral role in our society has multiplied ten­ "Third, under Griner's leadership, the the complete meaning of the word "bargain." fold. That faet alone makes the Federal em­ AFGE has now established ownership of a John Griner died last month but the leg­ ployee the most efficient and productive em­ National Office building in Washington, cul­ acy of his ton remains, symbolized in the ployee in the United States today. minating a long-cherished dream of those building we dedicated to him when he re­ Now, a record of efficiency like that is the who have been active in this Union since its tired. But our indebtednes to him can never envy of many a private-sector entrepreneur. beginning. be retired. But, the Government, ostensibly, operates "John Griner will be sadly missed but his Without the strength and resilience he without the profit motive, hence the drive by name will be remembered as long as the carefully initiated and nurtured within profltmoguls to wrest this work out of the American Federation of Govermnent Em­ AFGE, how would we be capable of defend­ hand of public servants via the contracting­ ployees exists." ing the merit system from the special in­ out route. terests out to destroy it? Lacking the cred­ The kernel of this conflict lies not only in REMARKS OF CLYDE M. WEBBER ibility AFGE established under his leader­ the threat of job losses increased contract­ The following excerpts are from the re­ ship would anyone listen if we argued that ing represents-although this is a primary marks of National President Clyde M. Webber self-serving and avaricious contractors were consideration. The other side of that coin at the ceremony dedicating the National out to undermine the taxpayers' investment is our concern, as citizens and taxpayers, that Office as the John F. Griner Building as a in a strong, honest Civil Service? the institution ot Government, as an ad­ memorial to departing President Emeritus There are now several important areas of vocate of all the citizens, not to be turned Griner. concern to you and me that walt at this into a haven for political cronyism and a "I believe that AFGE has tn the past been juncture and each problem will demand sanctuary of the profiteers. blessed With especially dedicated, bold leader­ every ounce of resolve we can muster, using The element of public accountabfiity is the ship on all levels. the strength and techniques he helped to cornerston~ of Government. That account- "We who compose the present leadership 25062 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 24, 1974 GRESSIONAL RECORD. Excerpts from some Of I love best, the finest group on God's green Senate and House or published in the CoN­ have pledged ourselves to whatever dedica­ earth." these and other messages follow: tion and hard work necessary to fill the shoes Typically, one of Griner's last !'equests was Whereas, the Committee on Post Office and which we have inherited. for some songs from one of his favorite sing­ Civil Service of the United States Senate is "We are pleased to be assembled in a build­ ers, Timothy Green, a member of Local 916 deeply appreciative of the contributions of ing bearing John Griner's name. at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, John F. Griner to the formulation of legis­ "For all these reasons, it is most fitting who had come to the banquet. lation affecting the compensation, working that the name selected for the building is Many members of Congress had found conditions and benefits of Federal em­ that of the man who was undoubtedly the Griner a stubborn advocate and a canny ne­ ployees ... greatest Nation& President in the 40-year gotiator on legislation, and a long list of Resolved, that the Committee ... does history of AFGE. management's top officials had discovered hereby express its condolences to the widow "During the 10 years John Griner held the him to be a belUgerent adversary on person­ and family of, along with its unending ap­ office of National President, AFGE member­ nel policies that he felt denied Civil Service preciation for the contributions made by ship tripled and the number of Exclusive employees their rights, their equity, or sim­ John F. Griner to the welfare of Government Recognitions multiplied. Under John Griner, plo justice. Employees. AFGE made great inroads into the area of This profound faith in the Civil Service, Gale McGee, Chairman; Jennings Ran­ union participation on policy-making and this complete identification with its employ­ dolph, Quentin N. Burdick, Ernest F. advisory committees.... ees, his devotion to AFGE, and finally, his Hollings, Frank E. ::vtoss, Hiram L. "In 1972 when John Griner retired on the cheerful willingness to give, ultimately, all Fong, Ted Stevens, Henry Bellmon and advice of his doctors, Federal employees were he had to offer to his cause-these were the Robert J. Dole. enjoying many advances in pay, benefits and hallmarks of John F. Griner. "John Griner was untiring in his efforts working conditions which they hadn't had to better the lot of those whom he repre­ in 1962 when he took office. sented and to improve their working condi­ "We intend to continue the legacy John UNIONS ARE BUILT BY MEN LIKE JOHN GRINER, tions and relationships ..."-John J. Flynt, Griner left us. WHO OFFER A SPECIAL KIND OF TOUGH, SOLID Jt. "We currently have a program expanding LEADERSHIP "His death will be deeply regretted by all our range of activities; we hope in the near The following are excerpts from a state­ Alaskans. I can only hope that John Griner's future to represent a million Federal ment made by AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer tradition of honest, strong representation of employees. Lane Kirkland at a testimonial dinner ten­ his constituents, and he had constituents in "To reach this goal, we must take advan­ dered to retiring National President John F. the same manner that we in Congress have tage of every opportunity available. This will Griner Jan. 27, 1973. constituents, will be remembered and contin­ require cooperation at every level in AFGE. "Brother Griner serves with dedication ued. I shall miss him as a great American and "As an inspiration helping us to achieve and distinction, as a Vice President and a as a good friend, and I extend my deepest this, all members a.nd officers will have before valued member of our (AFL-CIO) Executive sympathy to family."-Ted Stevens. us the model of the tenacity, the patience, Council. He has demonstrated there an un­ "I came to regard John Griner as a friend the wlllingness to sacrifice time and comfort common talent for common sense, wise coun­ and adviser. I always found him to beaded­ which has been the role of John F. Griner sel and sound judgment ... icated, fair and toughminded advocate for in building the AFGE into the largest and " ... when other people were soapbox­ the well-being of all Civil Servants. Every best union Federal employees have ever had.'' ing about organizing the unorganized, John Federal employee owes him a debt of grati­ Griner was doing it-and doing it in one of tude for the many battles he led duri.ng his THIS HAS BEEN A LABOR OF LoVE, DOING SoME­ the toughest fields, public employment. distinguished career. We will all miss him."­ THING FOR THE PEOPLE I LOVE When John took over the reins of the union James M. Hanley. John F. Griner's last public utterances as in 1962, it had under 100,000 members ..• "His dedication and energetic pursuit of a National Officer of AFGE lllustrated typi­ And within 10 years, under John's leadership, greater benefits and better guarantees of cally and clearly two of the strongest forces the membership tripled to over aoo,ooo­ employees' rights serve as the finest exam­ underlying his conduct as the union's chief and the union won representation rights for ple to follow for those of us who represent executive-his deep, abiding love of the peo­ more than 600,000. Federal employees' interests."--Jerome R. ple he represented, and his fierce pride in "But the union didn't just get bigger. Waldie. the Civil Service as a bulwark of the Govern­ It got smarter and more competent. You "He was a devoted and dedicated leader ment. forged the instrumetalities a modern union who. knew the value and necessity of effec­ Griner's last official testimony as AFGE Na­ needs to meet the complicated problems of tive representation for America's Civil tional President was before the House Post public employment-to meet the complicated Servants. His service as AFGE President Office and Civil Service Committee, and was needs of a membership that is fifty-fifty spanned virtually my en tire career in the a sharp rebuttal to certain aspects of a con­ blue collar and white collar. House and Senate, and the force of his lead­ demnation of the Civil Service by a Nader "This is the stuff and substance of the ership was highly visible in the state of Kan­ task force. labor movement. This is our day-to-day work. sas as well as in the halls of Congress."­ Griner's answer to aspersions on the per­ This· is the core around which we build­ Robert Dole. formance of Civil Service employees was: and from which we reach out and place be­ "Even after John's retirement as President "I state frankly to you that the American fore society as a whole the large agenda of of the AFGE his presence was felt on the people have every reason to be proud of the social and economic justice that is labor's Hill wherever rules and laws affecting Fed­ caliber and competence of Federal employees, program for America. eration members were discussed. The Bible as a whole. "This is not the stuff and substance of tells us that God is guarded in his ways and , "Without them, that vast modern enter­ newspaper headlines. It won't get you on until the plan of life is known to all, we must prise called the United States of America the 6 o'clock news-unless you go out on be content in understanding that the spirit could not function at all." strike. of what John Griner stood for will always Then gaunt and aching with the ailment "But it is vitally important work-and be with us aiding in efforts to shape and that was eventually to be the one antagonist it gets more important every day. It has to better Government."-Quentin N. Burdick. he could not overcome, Griner rose at the do with the quality of life-which is also "John F. Griner was a true American in farewell testimonial banquet tendered to to say the quantity of means--of millions every sense. His legislative battles were him, and with a hoarse voice reiterated his of people. As life and work become more com­ fought for the sole purpose of aiding those affection for the members of the union for plex, the individual needs more than ever, who most required help and were unable to which he had, in the final analysis, sacri­ not less, the protection of a strong and effec­ help themselves. His work benefitted citizens ficed his health. tive union. generally.... He was a man of courage who ·'When you said to me, 'God bless you,' you "Such unions are built by men like John fought with all his heart and spirit for the said the kindest words you could have said,'' Griner, who offer a special kind of leader­ principles in which he believed."-Jennings Griner ·stated. Randolph. ship. It's tough; it's solid; it's rooted in "The Government worker never had a more "This"-he said in referring to his career common sense. It solves problexns. It's honest. loyal friend or devoted servant than John as National Vice President and National Pres­ It builds a record of achievement, not rhet­ Griner. Mrs. Daniels joins me in expressing ident-"has been a labor of love, doing some­ oric. my deepest sympathy to the Griner family thing for the people I love." "We need more of that leadership-not in their hour of bereavement. However, I "It is you," he said, in reviewing the just in the labor movement but throughout know that when the immediate shock wears union's growth and influence, "who did this, American life." off they will have the memory of a very won- not John Griner." derful man to comfort them."-Dominick "I just happened to be in the right place at the right t1me. You've come a ·tong way, MEssAGES pP CoNDOLENCE "!f. Daniels. but you are just at the beginning,"· A flood of messages of condolence to Prest- "John's unsurpassed effectiveness, dedica- "Finally," Griner concluded, ·~thfs is the dent Emeritul John P, Griner's famlly and tion and loyalty protected the rights and en­ last time I shall talk to the group of people friends tn AFGE was sent by members of the hanced the welfare of every employee of the July 25, 1974 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE 25063 Government of the United States ... For­ Bay, under which lie an estimated 26 tril­ tunately, John lived to see many of his POSSmLE SHORTAGE OF dreams transferred into law. The compara­ NATURAL GAS lion cubic feet of natural gas, to the bility bill and the wage board blll are two Canadian-American border. This could outstanding examples of the many measures link up with a proposed pipeline from the passed by Congress largely due to the etfec· HON. PHILIP E. RUPPE Mackenzie Delta in Canada which has tive hard work of John Griner."-ca.rl Albert. approximately 7 trUlion cubic feet of gas "Some of my earliest recollection of work OF MICHIGAN reserves. It is expected that the El Paso on Federal employee legislation in the U.S. IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES Co. will soon apply for a permit for the Senate include deep conversations with John. Wednesday, July 24, 1914 route from Prudhoe Bay but their plan His counsel in formal hearings and in pri· vate discussions was always incisive, knowl• Mr. RUPPE. Mr. Speaker, many of us involves gas liquefication and transporta­ edgeable and sincere. His understanding of heard Federal Energy Administrator, tion from Alaska through the Pacific Ocean to the west coast. the problems of Federal employees every· John c. SawhUl, remark on national ~el­ where and his abillty to articulate those evision this past weekend that the Uruted Well over 50 petitions to intervene in problems to me and other members of the States faces a possible shortage of nat­ the FPC proceedings have been filed and Senate POCS Committee were always ap· accepted by that Agency. I personally ural gas in th~ not-too-distant future. preciated."-Hiram L. Fong. joined with the gentleman from Dlinois "It was with great sadness that I learned In that light, I would think it only logical of the death of John Griner, who will long that we do all we can to facilitate the de­

SENATE-Thursday, July 25, 1974

The Senate met at 10 a.m., and was efforts, and demonstrate the responsi­ THE JOURNAL called to order by Hon. LAWTON CHILES, bility that goes with this freedom we a Senator from the State of Florida. seek so diligently. For, indeed, we are Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask thankful that this is in essence Your unanimous consent that the reading PRAYER message to us who are privileged to work of the Journal of the proceedings of The E.everend B. Cortez Tipton, together for the improvement of the Wednesday, July 24, 1974, be dispensed ACSW, executive director, CouncU of quality of man. Amen. with. Churches of Greater Washington, of­ The ACTING PRESIDENT protem­ fered the following prayer: pore. Without objection, it is so ordered. APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESI­ Dear Lord and Father of mankind, en­ DENT PRO TEMPORE able us to know Thy mighty works. Help COMMI'ITEE MEETINGS DURING us to truly understand this great ven­ The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk SENATE SESSION ture---our United States of Americar-as will please read a communication to the Your crucible of every national origin Senate from the President pro tempore Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, I ask and faith. This honorable lawmaking (Mr. EASTLAND) . unanimous consent that all committees body, the U.S. Senate, which is The second assistant legislative clerk may be authorized to meet duling the ever watchful of peace, freedom, and read the following letter: session of the Senate today. justice for this melting pot of human U.S. SENATE, The ACTING PRESIDENT protem­ PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, pore. Without objection, it is so ordered. anticipation, is another example of Thy Washington, D.O., July 25, 1974. mighty works. Keep the Members ther~­ To the Senate: of ever mindful of the rewards of their Being temporarily absent from the Sen­ burdens. ate on official duties, I appoint Hon. LAWToN SENATE RESOLUTION 367-NAMING Most Merciful Father, we are aware CHILES, a Senator from the State of Florida, DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THE that the world awaits the finished prod­ to perform the duties of the Chair during COMMI'ITEE ON THE BUDGET, uct of our united efforts, the results of my absence. AND ITS CHAffiMAN which will reveal the real worth and JAMES 0. EASTLAND, Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, with workings of freedom and progress. May President pro tempore. the permission of the distinguished act­ we, as the constituency of Members of Mr. CHILES thereupon took the chair ing Republican leader, I would like at this Senate, be willing to undergird their as Acting President pro tempore. this time to send a resolution to the desk