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"He was a fun-loving person," his mother "He, like many other Vietnam soldiers, DRAFTED LAST JULY said yesterday. "He had a lot of friends. They didn't want to be there. He just did what were always coming to the house . . . just he had to do," Mr. Turner said. Specialist Demby was born in Havre de loads of them," she said. Grace a.nd lived in Harford County all his Specialist Turner was kllled during a mis­ life, until he was drafted into the Army last DETAILS WITHHELD sion to secure an enemy-held arms camp. July. Private Wimmer was killed near Pleiku. One of his best friends, Spec. 4 Samuel A. In September, after basic training at Fort His mother said yesterday that the Army has Bond, also of Bethesda, is to serve as escort Bragg, N.C., the infallltryman was married to asked her not to tell the circumstances o! when Specialist Turner's body is flown to the the former Janice Harris, of Abingdon, Md. United States. Mrs. Harris is expecting a baby this spring. his death. Specialist Turner was a ground-fighter Private Wimmer is survived by five sisters, Specialist Demby was killed March 11 in with Company B, 1st Batta.lion, 12th Infan­ Saigon in a skirmish With the enemy. Mrs. Mildred Jane Graham, Mrs. Carolyn V. try Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division. Ashworth, Mrs. Cheryl Burdinski, Mrs. Wanda The son of Mrs. Evelyn Richardson and the June Pittman and Bonnie Charlene Wimmer, ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND stepson of Harold Richardson, he was the all of Baltimore; a , Roger D. Wim­ He attended the University of Maryland idol of his six stepsisters and many cousins, mer, of Baltimore, and his paternal grand­ and Bellarmine College in Louisvllle, where according to an aunt. mother, Mrs. Viola Wimmer, of Olderson, he majored in Englliih. Specialist Demby, who turned 20 last Au­ W.Va. Specialist Turner had already started to gust, was a. track and basketball star a.t Bel Specialist Turner, 23, was a college senior learn the publishing trade at Newsweek, Inc., Air High School, where he was a member of who aspired to a career as a writer when he where he once worked for six months as a the Class of 1967. was drafted into the Army. copy boy. Besides his Wife and parents, he is survived "WHAT HE HAD TO DO" As a youth, he lived in Cambridge in Dor­ by a brother, Alexander Demby, an appren­ chester County, and he graduated in 1963 Specialist Turner's father, Marshall S. tice electrician; a.nd his stepsisters, Lenore from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. Richardson, Vasessa Richardson, Teresa Turner, who works w~th the Public Build­ Besides his father and mother, Mrs. Myra Richardson, Victoria Richardson, Doreen ings Service of the U.S. General Services Ad­ H. Turner, he ls survived by two sisters, Mary ministration, said yesterday his son wrote Richardson, and Donna Richardson, and a Ann Turner and Mrs. Marsha Turner Bonner, number of aunts, uncles and cousins, all in "profusely" from Vietnam. all of the Bethesda area. Harford County.

HOUSE, OF REPRESE·NTATIVES-Thursday, April 3, 1969

The House met at 12 o'clock noon. the request of the gentleman from Okla­ subcommittees of his committee may con­ The Chaplain, Rev. Edward G. Latch, homa? tinue with their own schedules. D.D., offered the following prayer: There was no objection. A new commandment I give unto you, Mr. OBEY appeared at the bar of the that you love one another.-John 13: 34. House and took the oath of office. LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE Our Father God, as we continue our WEEK OF APRIL 14, 1969 pilgrim way this holy week, entering an ELECTION OF MEMBER TO JOINT (Mr. GERALD R. FORD asked and was upper room, climbing the hill called COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS ON given permission to address the House Calvary, and realizing anew the glory of THE LIBRARY for 1 minute.) the Easter morn, we pause in Thy pres­ Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I offer a Mr. GERALD R. FORD. Mr. Speaker, ence to lift our hearts unto Thee in I have taken this time for the purpose of praise and thanksgiving. privileged resolution (H. Res. 358) and ask for its immediate consideration. asking the distinguished majority leader We thank Thee for Thy love revealed the program for the week beginning April in the experiences of these days, for The Clerk read the resolution, as fol­ lows: 14. Thy forgiving love made known in the Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, will the way of the cross, and for Thy strengthen­ H . RES. 358 Resolved, That the gentleman from Iowa, distinguished minority leader yield? ing power received in our response to Mr. Schwengel, be, and he is hereby, elected Mr. GERALD R. FORD. I yield to the Thy love and Thy forgiving mercy. a member of the Joint Committee of Con­ gentleman from Oklahoma. Bless us and our Nation in these gress on the Library. Mr. ALBERT. In response to the in­ crucial days that we may continue to The resolution was agreed to. quiry of the distinguished minority lead­ be crusaders in the cause of human free­ er we, of course, have finished the legis­ dom, workers for an enduring peace, and A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. lative business for the week and will go cultivators of good will in the hearts of over for the Easter holidays upon ad­ all people. journment today, pursuant to the ad­ Draw Thou my soul, O God, closer to POSTAL REFORM HEARINGS TO journment resolution previously agreed Thine; BEGIN ON APRIL 22, 1969 to. Breathe into every wish Thy will divine. (Mr. ALBERT asked and was given Monday, April 14, is District day. Raise my low self above, won by Thy permission to address the House for 1 There will be no District bills. deathless love; minute.) Monday is also Pan American day. Ever, O God, through mine let Thy life Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I take this Tuesday is Private Calendar day. Also shine. time at the request of the gentleman from for Tuesday and the balance of the week are the following: In the spirit of Christ, we pray. Amen. New York (Mr. DmsKI), chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Serv­ H.R. 4148, the Water Quality Improve­ ice. The gentleman from New York has ment Act of 1969, will come up under an THE JOURNAL asked me to announce that public hear­ open rule with 3 hours of debate, waiving ings on postal reorganization will begin points of order against committee The Journal of the proceedings of on Tuesday, April 22, before his full com­ amendment; yesterday was read and approved. mittee. H.R. 514, Elementary and Secondary Several bills are pending before the Education Amendments of 1969, subject Committee on Post Office and Civil Serv­ to a rule being granted; and SWEARING IN OF A MEMBER ice relating to the reorganization of the H.R. 4153, to authorize appropriations Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask Post Office Department. The committee for procurement of vessels and aircraft unanimous consent that the gentleman has decided, as a matter of policy, that and construction of shore and offshore from Wisconsin, Mr. DAVID R. OBEY, be this legislation is of such major impor­ establishments for the Coast Guard, sub­ permitted to take the oath of office to­ tance that it will be considered by the ject to a rule being granted. day. His certificate of election has not full committee, rather than one or more This announcement is made subject to arrived, but there is no contest, and no subcommittees. the usual reservations that conference question has been raised with respect to The gentleman from New York plans reports may be brought up at any time his election. to hold hearings on 1 or 2 days each week, and that any further program may be The SPEAKER. Is there objection to at least at the outset, in order that the announced later. April 3, 1969 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 8551 COMPARABILITY IN POSTAL PAY pay increase which the administration is creases after 8 years of service, af.ter 11 offering were permitted to stand, the years, and after 14 years. This will re­ (Mr. OLSEN asked and was given starting wage of a letter carrier or postal tain incentives and will make the pros­ permission to address the House for 1 clerk would still be $3,000 less than the pect of remaining in the service more minute and to revise and extend his starting wage of a sanitation worker in attractive than it is t.oday. remarks.) New York City, or in many other large My bill will also correct an inequ1ty Mr. OLSEN. Mr. Speaker, I have today metropolitan areas. Policemen, firemen, which was inadvertently written into the introduced a bill which demands the busdriver -almost every American who 1962 Pay Reform Act. This section of the serious attention and consideration of performs a service for the public-gets bill has long been associated with the every Member of the Congress. It is a bill more mouey by far than do our postal name of the chairman of the Commiittee which, if enacted, will at long last estab­ clerks and letter carriers. on Post Office and Civil Service, and is lish wage comparability for the lowest The pay situation is even worse--by familiarly known as the Dulski amend­ paid employees in the Postal Establish­ comparison-after a man has been in the ment. ment--those who occupy levels 1 through postal service for a while. Under the Because of certain technical provisions 7 in the pay structure. It also corrects present structure, new employees must of the aot of 1962, many postal employees inequities in supervising pay scales. work for a minimum of 21 years until he lost time they had earned toward their This bill will meet an obligation we reaches the top pay in his level. Some next step increase. They have been one have owed the postal employees of the postal employees have worked 25 years, step behind on the pay ladder ever since. Nation for 7 long years. I am convinced and still have not reached the top pay My bill makes provision for the adjust­ that Congress has had every intention of level. ment of this inequity and will place these acting in good faith in this area, but that And once they do reach the top they employees into a pay step commensura.te our intentions have been unsuccessful. are getting only $8,000 a year. with their service. You will remen1ber, Mr. Speaker, that What kind of a career inducement is My bill will also make appropriaite and in the Federal Salary Reform Act of this? In almost every city in the land equivalent provision for our good friends 1962, we laid down certain policies to policemen, firemen, and busdrivers not and competent Government servants, the govern the postal and Federal pay sched­ only get more money at entrance to rural letter carriers. ules. In that declaration of policy we their careers, but they reach the top pay There is another feature of my bill said: level in 3 or 4 years. which, I think, should gain the favorable Federal Salary rates shall be comparable Is it any wonder that the Post Office is consideration of my colleagues. with private enterprise salary rates for the having great difficulty attracting and As you know, Mr. Speaker, one of the same level of work. retaining topflight talent? There are unpleasant features of postal employ­ We also said: thousands upon thousands of jobs in this ment is the fact that a large body of men Salary levels shall be set and henceforth properous country of ours which off er must work a-t night to prepare the mail adjusted in accordance with the above prin­ an ambitious young man better pay, bet­ for the next day's delivery. Not many ciples. ter working conditions, better fringe men like night work and, even with the benefits, better promotion opportunities, 10-percent nightwork differential being We have never lived up to these pol­ better career inducements. Why should granted today, many will quit their jobs icies. anyone want to become a postal worker rather than aocept a night job. My bill In the Pay Act of 1967, we insisted that under present conditions? would raise that differential to 20 per­ true comparability must be achieved by I have talked to hundreds of Postal cent to make this irksome duty more July 1, 1969. But, instead of offering a workers--veterans of the career serv­ palatable. program which would meet this obliga­ ice--and almost to a man they have told I sincerely believe my bill will go a tion, the national administration is rec­ me that if they knew the Government long way to making the Post Office a ommending that low-paid post3l em­ was going to drag its feet in the area of modern employer, comparable with in­ ployees be granted only a 4.1-percent pay comparability, they never would have dustries of similar size and importance increase--a token increase, an increase joined the service in the first place. in the private sector. that will not only fail to achieve any And, Mr. Speaker, thousands upon The Bureau of the Budget suggests semblance of comparability for the postal thousands of workers are simply refus­ that a 4.1-percent increase will bring employees but which will not even match ing to take the inaction of their Gov­ the postal workers up even with their the increase in the cost of living over the ernment any longer. The turnover in counterparts in private industry. past year. the major post offices of the country is This simply is not true. The salary in­ The proposed 4.1-percent increase, I a national scandal-and it is usually the crease the employees received on July 1, might add, is only one-tenth of the best and the most talented employees 1968, was based on statistics gathered percentage increase we accepted for who are leaving to take easier and more to April 1967. It was based, in ourselves this year. This increase in pay lucrative jobs in the private sector. No short, on statistics almost a year and a is far greater than the total salary of wonder the postal service is deteriorat­ half old. The statistics on which the dis­ a letter carrier or postal clerk with 25 ing. The Post Office cannot recruit graceful 4.1 percent suggested increase years of service. enough good employees and it cannot for this year is based are equally antique. It is no secret, Mr. Speaker, that our keep the good ones it has. The cost of living has gone up 10 percent postal employees over the country are Obviously, Mr. Speaker, a situation in the past 2 years--and, in some areas, in a restless and dissatisfied mood. For like this needs a bold and imaginative even more than that. the first time in our history the word solution. I sincerely believe I have of­ The Bureau of the Budget is not even "strike" is heard in our post offices. fered such a solution in my bill. willing to give postal workers compara­ The responsible leaders of the postal The real pinch is found in levels 1 bility with workers in the other branches unions-who support my bill in its en­ through 7; that is where the money is of Government. They have prepared an tirety-are opposed to the idea of a needed; and that is where the erosion impressive chart on which they are bas­ postal strike, but there is a limit to of quality in the personnel is taking ing their pay recommendations. But what they can do in restraining their place. they have "cooked" their figures by restless members in high cost-of-living Under my bill no employee in the drawing through the chart an arbitrary, areas throughout the country. postal service will receive less than $5,000 curving line. As a result of this line they It is also no secret, Mr. Speaker, that a year. are offering to letter carriers and postal public dissatisfaction with the postal All the lowest six levels of postal em­ clerks $824 a year less than the average service is growing. The service is de­ ployment will be upgraded by one level. which the Bureau of Labor Statistics teriorating month by month, year by In the heavily populated level 5- maintains is industrial comparability. year. where 80 percent of the postal workforce Mr. Speaker, we have decided consist­ The quality of the service depends up­ subsists--the starting wage will be raised ently upon the policy of comparability in on the quality of the people who work to $7,500 a year. There will be annual postal pay. The Bureau of the Budget in it. The wage structure is so inade­ step increases of $500, so a man can just as consistently has used methods quate that the Postal Establishment is reach the top salary of $10,000 after 5 like the wavering line I have just men­ simpiy not competitive in today's labor years. tioned t.o thwart the will of the Congress market. Even if this puny 4.1-percent There will also be longevi·ty pay in- to insure comparability. 8552 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE April 3, 1969 A letter carrier and a postal clerk, Mr. Another taxpayer's adjusted gross income You are now theoretically $100,000 in the Speaker, have families to support. They of $4.3 million was erased by $4.5 million de­ hole. Surprisingly enough, this is a position are the breadwinners of their families. ductions, including $4 million in contribu­ many of the superrich aim for, because paper tions. losses are Just the thing to shelter other They have people depending upon their Ordinarily, a taxpayer may deduct no more earning power-depending on this pow­ income. than 30 per cent of his income for charitable In your case, the $100,000 loss would en­ er for their food, their housing, their gifts. But it's not an ironclad rule. able you to have $100,000 in other income­ clothes, their education. A special exception allows the claiming of stocks and bonds, for instance-and keep it We can save the postal service from contributions Without limit if in 8 of the all. chaos and I believe this legislation is a past 10 years the taxpayer's contributions The net result of your year as a combina­ step in that direction. We must pay these plus his taxes have added up to 90 per cent tion oilman and stock market dabbler is that valuable employees a wage commensu­ or more of income. you have paid no tax, and you come away rate with their importance-a living One aspect of these gifts that bothers those With at least $275,000 clear. And though $1.1 seeking reform of tax laws is that it 1s legal million has passed through your hands, you wage which will permit them to rear for Mr. Rich to make his donations to a have had, in the eyes of the law, no taxable their families in self-respect and secu­ foundation run by his family. income. rity-a decent wage that will permit And perhaps the contribution to the Rich them to live with the same comforts that Foundation is a share of Mr. Rich's business. are enjoyed by their neighbors in com­ This kind of giving, a Treasury study says IDES OF APRIL drily, "lacks the finality which characterizes parable non-Government jobs. a true parting with property." (Mr. V ANIK asked and was given I sincerely believe that my bill will Congress is thinking of throwing out the permission to address the House for 1 right these wrongs which threaten the unlimited charitable contributions privilege, minute and to revise and extend his postal service in this country. largely because it figures so often in stories remarks.) about untaxed millionaires. Mr. VANIK. Mr. Speaker, with the ap­ Another proposed change would make the proach of April 15, which could be termed l.\llLLIONAIRES DUCKING TAXES untaxed superwealthy an extinct species by imposing a minimum tax on all-bracket in­ the "Ides of April," I hope that the be­ (Mr. MADDEN asked and was given comes, with no exceptions. leaguered American taxpayer will not permission to address the House for 1 Before he left office in January, Treasury forget the struggle which must go on for minute, to revise and extend his remarks Secretary Joseph W. Barr told congress many tax reform in a substantial and effective and to include extraneous matter.) middle-income taxpayers are losing confi­ manner. Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Speaker, Members dence in the fairness of the tax system. His Congress will act if the pressw·e stays warning of a "taxpayer revolt" 1s still echo­ on beyond the taxpaying deadline. Too of Congress returning to their districts ing on Gapitol Hill. The new Treasury team for the Easter recess will no doubt dis­ is also pledged to a reworking of the tax of ten everything is forgotten after April cover that one of the real torrid issues laws. 15. on the minds of their constituents is high If the unlimited charitable contribution I hope the taxpayer will not be taken taxes. April 15 is the deadline for Federal rule is the favorite of untaxed millionaires, in by "tokenism" instead of hard-hitting income taxes and your constituents by one of the runners-up would have to be the revenue-producing tax reform. great numbers have been startled, not depreciation rules. I am for tax reforms which require only by the regular high Federal taxes, Depreciation is a great vanishing cream for everyone to carry their fair share of the taxable income. You don't have to be a mil­ load including the tax-free, bondowning but also by the added 10-percent surtax. lionaire to use it, but it helps. This is now hitting them right "bang" in Suppose you're a corporation executive superrich, and the ungentlemanly farm­ their pocketbooks. For the first time they poking along at $250,000 a year. Normally, er. I oppose the gimmickry of some tax­ are becoming aroused to the fact that it you might figure on paying about $110,000 free foundations. it is the average small and middle class in income tax. However, the real culprits which cause salaried and wage citizen who is paying What you might do instead is borrow $15 the vast Treasury losses include the oil the bulk of Federal taxes. They will ask million and buy a nice big apartment build­ depletion allowance, capital gains at you "What is the Congress going to do ing. Figure an income from rents of $1 mil­ death and the investment credit. Any tax lion, reduced by maybe $500,000 for upkeep reform proposal which fails to include about it in this session?" Some of them and loan payments. will ask how so many large corporations So far, you're $500,000 in black as a land­ these basic reforms constitutes a sham. escape with a small tax and some with lord, but don't worry about having to pay The American taxpayer must continue millions in income pay no tax at all. tax on it. Depreciation wm bail you out. to be vigilant. Mr. Speaker, under unanimous consent While allowable amounts in succeeding I submit with my remarks the following years wm be smaller, one accelerated method article by Tom Stewart of the Associated of figuring depreciation would permit you to WE SHOULD HONOR COMMITMENTS claim your $15 m1llion investment depre­ MADE TO MICRONESIA Press and which was printed in many ciated $750,000 the first year. newspapers over the country last week: You get to deduct depreciation from in­

Vietnam in February and March. whose ARMY--conttnued MARINE CORPS-COntlnued names I insert in the CONGRESSIONAL Pennsylvania West Virginia RECORD today. are also irreplaceable. like Edward L. Eby. Frank M. Koerner. Dennis Eshleman. Eisenhower. They are irreplaceable to c. Am FORCE their families. their communities, and Texas Utah their Nation. Their lives. unlike Eisen­ Charles D. Bullard. Rem.1 H. Greeff. hower's, were not complete; they were L. O. Smith. DIED OF WOUNDS--MARINE CORPS Utah cut short. Most of them were under 24 Illinois years of age. There will be no unity of Alton D. Percival. Wllliam Daley. intelligent purpose--save what has al­ Virginia New Jersey ready been spent--and no uninterrupted Larry A. Stephens. long-term accomplishment. Lost forever John M. La.manna. Wisconsin Texas 1s the possibility that these men could Jerrald L. Bulin. have been employed in worthy activities Ralph L. Blauvelt. Wllliam T. Robert.son. with a deserved fame never dimmed and NAVY Wisconsin always growing. Few, of course, would David F. Cleerema.n. Alabama likely have become great in the sense of Larry F. Hunt. MISSING TO DEAD--HOSTILE-ARKT national recognition. But, who knows, Nebraska Alabama one of them might have been instru­ Dennis L. Kurz. Richard Clark. mental in discovering a cure for cancer. New York Iowa Another might have served in high office. Roger C. Beall. or written great literature, or a sym­ Wllllam R. Gray, Jr. phony, or otherwise enriched our Jam.es W. Thom.as. Missouri MARINE CORPS Edward Smith, Jr. civilization. Robert A. Firebaugh. These losses must weigh heavily upon Alabama those of us in the Congress. After all, we Charles D. Drysdale. New Jersey have the primary responsibility under Arkansas George A. Baker. the Constitution for fundamental war­ Marvin Cook, Jr. New York making decisions and for the regulation Michael W. Bailey. Andre R. Bellemare. of the Military Establishment. In all California N<>rth Carolina candor, we have neglected this respon­ Joseph Y. Ramirez. Gerald F. Apperson. sibility in the past and do so today. Jam.es R. R~ell. Texas The second listing of the Vietnam roll Connecticut Juan E. Cortez. of honor, consisting of the periodic an­ Russell L. Equi. nouncements by the Departme:ilt of De­ Virginia fense, beginning with the report of Feb­ Illinois John D. Keel. Ronald A. Vanwambeke. ruary 3, 1969, and ending with the report KILLED AS A REsULT OJI' HoSTJLS AcrioN, of March 28, 1969: Indiana FEBRUARY 4, 1969 KILLED AS A RESULT OJ' HOSTILE ACTION, Ca.IT. Ham.mack. ARMY FEBRUARY 3, 1969 Steven M. Steinbacher. W1lllam M. Thomas. Arizona ARMY Iowa Billy J. Simmons. California Philip B. Jones. Arkansas John H. Gordon. Gary L. Squiers. Ricky C. Bradley. wmtam R. Nevllle. Louisiana Marlo M. Laguna. Georgia Raymond W. Sullivan. Henry R. Broa.dtma.n, Jr. William. E. Finley. James A. Nicholson. Maryla11.d Illinois Lawrence M. Welche. Bobby D. Rogers. James w. Am.brose Gregory C. Tucker. m. M assach:csetts Ronald L. Ostenson. Florida Alvin R. Gale. Indiana James E. Taylor. Michigan Robert D. Cody. John F. Darby III. Jerry R. Cole. Harry J. Cloud. William J. Murphy. Iowa Norman R. Bettis. Illinois New Ham'f=shire Robert E. Miller m. William R. Doulllette. Maine Neil H. Mackillop. Indiana New Mexico Charles W. Richardson. Jesus Quezada.. Michigan David E. Brookins. Donald M. Michels. James L. Woodworth. New York Henry L. Gutierrez, Jr. A. Michael P. Biedron. Charles Brezinski. New York Berna.rd G. Purvis. Kentucky Henry G. Schulte. Lanny W. Banta. North Carolina John J. Senor. Massachusetts Dan L. Jenkl~. North Carolina Robert M. Campbell. Wllllam G. Leela.tr. Melville B. Rose m. Oregon Michigan Ohio Donald G. Helder. Norman A. Freda. R~ell H. Ellis. Pennsylvania Oregon Missouri Samuel Rodriquez. Harold H. Hunter. Jon S. Rasmussen. South Dakota LaValle Walker. West Virginia New York Douglas D. Janssen. Rell Crigger, Jr. Irvin W. Prosser, Jr. Tennessee Wisconsin William P. Nogiewich. Larry R. Harris. Tom R. Mueller. Richard R. Bellwood. Edwin Blakley, Jr. Wllliam L. Mott. Guam North Carolina George S. Sanchez. Bobby D. Anthony. Texas Samuel D. Reeves, Jr. NAVY Ohfo Thomas P. Duggan. Carl D. Pipher. Oalifornf.a Gary E. Collins. Virgin«& Robert M. Langslow. John W. Eutsler. Wa.llace T. Corbitt. Kentucky Raymond F. Beauchamp. Martin J. Glmbert. Lloyd I. Luttrell. April 3, 1969 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 8569

KILLED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, NAVY~ontinued MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-ARMY FEBRUARY 7, 1969 Maine Delaware ARMY Harvey J. Douglas. Daniel A. Tressler, Jr. Arizona Philippines Georgia Dennis V. Lee. Ray L. Sharp. Allen D. Cheshire. Michigan California MARINE CORPS Otis J. Darden. Hawaii Carl J. Andrus. Hildefonso M. Ramirez. JohnR. Kaawa. New York Connecticut New York David Rodriguez. Russell T. Fant. Anthony M. Cusumano. Tennessee Georgia South Carolina Larry G. Curtis. Robert W. Hamlin. Alvin J. Derrick. Virginia Michigan Joseph B. Rush. John R. Rebits. DIED OF WOUNDS-MARINE CORPS Missouri Indiana KILLED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, Dennis R. Whicker. Ronald Sabin. FEBRUARY 6, 1969 Charles E. Inlow. MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-ARMY ARMY New Jersey California Alabama William J. Pryor. Steven D. Bartman. David Howze, Jr. New York Kentucky Larry E. Boyer. Colorado Salvatore Mancuso. Joseph E. Greenwell. Reginald M. Herbert. Clifford M. Garden. Minnesota North Carolina Lyle W. Schroeder. Florida Dewey D. Ruis. Isiah Barnes Jr. Washington Clarence L. McKinnon. Ohio Steven M. Britton. Robert D. Case. Georgia Wisconsin James E. Skipper. Tennessee Frederick Schmitt. John T. Walls. Tony L. Grifilth. Idaho Washington Kn.LED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE AC'l'ION, John W. Spafford. FEBRUARY 5, 1969 Glen L. Atkinson. ARMY Illinois NAVY California Alan R. Ramsey. M assachusetta Gordon D. Gardner. Iowa Robert L. Blais. Connecticut James D. Camp. MARINE CORPS Ronald L. Gagne. Michigan Alabama District of Columbia William A. Tennant. Leonard H. Holmes. Calvin S. Day. Minnesota Colorado Illinois Ernest A. Spong. Joseph Romero. Indiana Larry R. Maddy. Lee H. Barra. Ronald G. Baughman. Maryland Missouri Gary L. Glear. Kentucky Edward A. Lamb. North Carolina Donald C. Berry. Michigan James M. Robinson. Tennessee James J. Morrison. Harold R. Richardson. Leslie A. Jerstad. Mississippi Ohio Jerry R. Davis. Wisconsin Michael 0. Cassidy. Dale W. Schwefel. North Carolina William H. Miller. DIED OF WOUNDS-MARINE CORPS Jimmy E. Abernathy. Wisconsin California James W. Tuck, Jr. John R. Poff. Ohio Anthony L. Quinn. MARINE CORPS Georgia John D. Freppon. Connecticut Stephen R. Kutschbach. Thomas Clark. Frankie R. Williams. Pennsylvania MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-ARMY Illinois Lee F. Linch. Michigan Ronald C. Jensen. Tennessee James T. Feeney. Larry W. N e111. New York New York Malone B. Temple. Arthur Watson. MARINE CORPS W1111am R. Larkin. Arkansas Pennsylvania North Carolina Boyce D. Burgett. Charles H. Watkins Jr. Wayne R. Hoyle. California Daniel P. Rose. Vermont KILLED AS A RESULT OJ' HOSTILE ACTION• FEBRUARY 10, 1969 Paul G. Telles. Wll11am F. Lestage. Colorado ARMY DIED OF WOUNDS--MARINB CORPS Alabama Garland G. Whalen. Michigan Maryland George E. Jackson. Rickey C. C. McCoy. Thomas R. Davis. California Tennessee Ohio Robert M. Davenport. Houston F. Thomas. Richard A. Moore. Dennis M. Keith. Rodney D. Wise. West Virginia MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-ARMY Kenneth H. Sheneman. New Jersey Florida Thomas R. Grover. Edgar Lee. DIED OF WOUNDS-MARINB COBPS James L. Ward. California Oregon Edward P. Vandervort. Kenneth C. Cll!ton. Daryl G. Scalf. New Jersey Pennsylvania Louisiana Richard Sincavage. David F. Heiser. Roland L. Harris. CXV--54~Part 7 8570 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE A'JYril 3, 1969 ARMY-continued MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-ARMY-continued MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-ARMY-continued Nebraska Michigan Louisiana Robert L. Eaton. Wayne D. Groat. Lonnie Bridges. Fred A. Neubauer. Utah Michigan New Jersey Arthur A. Callister. David F. Head. James L. Francisco. KILLED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, New York New York FEBRUARY 11, 1969 Gary J. Coyle. Texas Russell E. Reinel. ARMY Robert E. Hendrix. Otha L. Poole. Orville E. Hill. California William M. Harrison. James R. Smith. Christopher S. Smith. Gary M. Johnson. Juan Rivera. Colorado Virginia North Carolina Lyman R. Ditson. George L. Kellam. James T. Edmonds. Connecticut KILLED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION Ohio 6 Bradford P. Sawyer. FEBRUARY 12, 1969 Thomas J. Gildow. Florida ARMY Terrence P. Kilbane. Perry D. Johnson. California Tennessee Indiana Miguel A. Puentes. James L. Clark. Andrew P. Garcia. NAVY Michael L. Mitchell. Philip A. Tritsch. Ohio Iowa Connecticut John A. Durham. Richard B. Garrett. Albert Christy Jr. Robert K. Hall. Kansas MARINE CORPS Arthur L. Klaus. Georgia Arizona Michigan Russell B. Adams. Richard Andrade. Donald K. McLean. Iowa Arkansas Minnesota Carroll P. O'Neill. Raymond N. Rivera. Richard L. Skouby. Kansas California Nevada William A. Phalp Jr. David B. Graham. James B. McKnight. Kentucky Joe E. Hester. Michael S. Massone. New York Florida Maine Albert A. Davenport. Daniel A. Foss. Russell E. Moke. Gerald R. Carr. Nebraska Kentucky James M. Skomski. Milton A. Ross. Homer West. North Carolina Maine Nevada Richard L. Allen. Rick V. Jensen. Rodney G. Shank. Alexander S. Peoples. New York Lewis C. Jones, Jr. North Dakota Michael T. Decker. Minnesota David P. Haegele. Robert A. Bye. Ohio Ohio New York Larry Stevenson. Robert D. De Board. John V. Kuchta. Pennsylvania Ohio Oklanoma William S. Ogden. Dwain L. Bibey. Fred R. Frazier, Jr. Dana L. Zaleski. Texas South Carolina Pennsylvania Lloyd J. Hucks. Joseph K. Bush Jr. Lawrence E. Houck II. Texas NAVY Robert E. Sherlock. Alvin L. Shadwick. California Texas Kerry F. Wilson. Bruce B. Bernstein. Gerald L. Thomas. MARINE CORPS New York Dennis W. Schonberg. Arizona Walter R. Tyrell. Virginia John D. Harrington. Oregon Anthony A. Koster. Florida Gary N. Young. Washington William T. Cumbie. DIED OF WOUNDS-MARINE COB.PS Gregory J. NiccoU. Michigan Washington West Virginia Gary R. Haley. WilUa.m C. Ingram. Charles W. Miller, Jr. New Jersey MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE--ARMY DIED OF WOUND&-ARMY otis Green. California North Carolina North Carolina Rodger D. Howard. Manuel G. Ulloa. Linwood R. Cumbo. Alfred A. Gates. Ohio Texas MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-AIR FORCE Jam.es G. Brown. Andrew M. Haglage. Colorado DIED OF WOUNDS-MARINE OORPS Pennsylvania Harper B. Keeler. Michigan Joseph H. Brubaker, Jr. Glenn R. Urquhart, Jr. South Dakota KILLED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, Pennsylvania James D. Opsahl. FEBRUARY 13, 1969 Michael A. Barnes. West Virginia ARMY MISSING TO DEAI>-HOSTILE-ARMT Kenneth E. Jackson. Arkansas California DIED OF WOUNDS-MARINE CORPS Chester E. Hill. Ja.tnes D. Stuesse!. Georgia California Robert E. Beaumont. Frankie Young, Jr. Linus R. Roe. Paris W. Montanez. MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-ARMY Connecticut Illinois California Thomas M. Neal. Harry D. Brueske. Peter L. Alagna. Florida Louisiana Florida J

ABMY-contlnued :MAllINE CORPs----conttnued DIED OF WOUNDS--NAVY Oregon Iowa California David G. Cummings. Samuel A. Eklofe. Mike M. God1.nes. Jim L. Dickson. Thomas J. Burgeson. DIED OF WOUNDS--MARINB CORPS David L. Rutgers. Pennsylvania Massachusetts John E. Marpo. Kamas Michael C. Burns. Duane A. Hipple. Wllllam. c. Matthews. Missouri Howard Atkinson. Kentucky Thomas c. Warner. James W. Simms. Philip C. Miller, Jr. Kenneth R. Gllllam. Wtsconsfn Donald R. Lewis. South Carolina Ronald T. Vamey. Michael A. Harvey. John W. Massey, Jr. Loutsiana MISSING TO DEAD--HOSTILE--ABK~ Tennessee Richard Pollard. California Hobart E. Covington. Maryland Arlan L. Hahn. Georgia Texas Henry D. CUsten. Gary L. Johnson. Harold K. Ring. Massachusetts Virginia David E. Thomas. Thomas A. McAdams. Edward J. Wolfendale. Indiana W1lliam S. Potter. Michfgan Wayne A. Wilcox. Wilford H. Alderman. James D. Logan. Massachusetts Thomas A. Garman. Lawrence Poet. John G. Joyce. Gerald Przybylinski. Washington. Montana Randal L. Rogers. Joseph G. Taraszkiewlcz. Thomas N. Grose. F. Beld1.ng, Jr. Minnesota car1 New Jersey West Virginia Roger M. Kittleson. Douglas B. Forsberg. Howard S. Blesantz. Howard T. Haught, Jr. John R. Tennant. Mtssourf New York Walter L. Lamarr. Stephen A. Shortall. NAVY Lawrence J. De Felice. New Jersey Arkansas Oklahoma W1111am A. Will1am H. Satterfield. Hani:ia. Ronald L. Sanders. New Mexico Connecticut South Carolina Donald K. Walsh. Raymond Ya~e. Herbert R. Grant. Florida New York James Nickens. Eugene S. Hancock. Woodrow W. Adams. Albert Erskine. Texas Illinois Juan Gaston. Jimmie R. Tice. Larry A. Hartigan. Wllllam. B. Jones. Alfredo Rivera. Virginia Pennsylvania Robert A. McCarthy. Robinson Santiago. Eugene J. Garrity, Jr. Nathaniel Irving. North Carolina Washington Ohio John J. Seery. Fred L. Roach, Jr. John C. Browning. Odell Dickens. Ronald L. Quigley. MARINE CORPS North Dakota Wtscomin Alabama Larry J. Sikorski. Alan M. Royston. Marshall L. Calender. Ohio Arizona Gerald D. Zawadzki. KILLED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE AC'rION, Steven V. Garcia. Keith T. Landers. MARCH 4, 1969 Salvador L. Norzagaray. Robert H. Brogan. ARMY Arkansas Kenneth R. Heifner. Arkansas Randolph R. Ramsey. Marlon W. Lyons. Phillip E. Rosson. Oregon California California Peter S. Timmerman. James K. Hall. W1111am J. Bruce. David K. Jaco00gaard. Pennsylvania Larry G. Higginbotham. Jeffrey M. Barron. Edwin A. Keeble. Richard A. Burns. Richard W. Heim. Wllllam D. Morgan. Antonio M. GMCia. Douglas B. Bastyr. John S. Shoemaker. Florid.a George L. Silva. Lawrence G. Donaldson. James W. Wright. Louls F . Grtmn. Dennis K. Millison. Edwin T. Keen. Georgia South Carolina James D. Peschel. Frank Meszar ill. William H. Hunt. Calvin R. Prater. Dennis S. Coker. Allen M. Sharp. Garold R. Simmers. Illinois Connecttcut Texas Norman W. Kellum. Eugene Couturlaux. Kenneth A. Lavine, Jr. Wllllam. D. Ryan. Thomas E. Parker. Manul Gonzales. Norman R. Suprenant. Porfirio M. Ovalle. Indiana Wlllle F. Smith. Delaware Donald L. Rhodes. William B. Tarrance. Kentucky Frank W. Nelson, Jr. George w. Weldy, Jr. George F. Evans. District of Columbia Virginia Massachusetts Roosevelt Johnson, Jr. Bruce A. Saunders. Florida Michael L. Jenkins. Michael C. Whalen. Clarence S. Miller. Joseph R. Schnell. New Jersey James E. Tucker. Washington Jam.es P. Hanlon. Georgia Harry D. C. Kellar. New York Wolfram J. Kretschmann. Wisconsin Merle F. Butler II. Bruce E. Reed. Illinois Gary W. Smith. Rickey J. Whitehead. Ohio Tommy N. Miller. Steve Mirick, Jr. DIED OF WOUNDS--ARMT W1111am J. Brencich. Tennessee Charles O. Craig, Jr. New York Gary V. Hall. Johnny G. W1lliams. Chris F. Brunn. Ronald J. Allen. April 3, 1969 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 8577 ARMY--COntinued MISSING TO DEAJ>-HOSTIL»-ilKY MARINE COBPs-contlnued Washington Louisiana Pennsylvania Orl:an M. Nelson. Clarence J. Babin Jr. Vernon W. East. Alan c. Burtness. Oregon Texas Wisconsin Elroy Morris. Robert A. Brothen. Washington James T. Llebnltz. Iria D. Barnett. Kenneth L. Strittmater. Francis W. Cody. Daniel J. Minor. Guam MISSING TO DEAD--HOSTILB-NAVT DIED OJ' WOUNDS-ARMY Enrdque 8. Cruz. California Georgia NAVY Bruno W. Damata. Edward L. Gilliard. California Massachusetts MISSING TO DEAD--HOSTILE--ABKT Manuel Martinez. Albert c. Tavares. Ohio John M. Sullivan. Pennsylvania Frederick R. Ratliff, Jr. Illinois Ronald P. Yuhas. Pennsylvania Gregory L. Koupe. Tennessee Richard A. Wallick. Massachusetts Charlie M. Ellison. Rhode Island Robert E. Peschke. Richard L. Lanctot. Kn.LED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILB AcrION, MARINE COaPS South Carolina MARCH 5, 1969 Alabama Ernest C. Howle. Sam W. Busby. ARMY Joel K. Watkins. Alabama KILLED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, California Henry Caldwell, Jr. MARCH 6, 1969 Jerry R. Frazier. Ralph E. Nathan. ARMY Connecticut California California James P. Carney, Jr. Thamas D. Thompson, Jr. earl L. Radtke. Florida Edward B. Steele. Robert L. Heinmiller. David W. Denlinger. Stephen S. Niederhause. Illinois Michael G. Dinkins. Illinois Dean W. Moehring. Samuel C. Macon. carter J. Freund. Kentucky Georgia Glenn A. Tompkins. William O. Walters. Freddie Usher. Michigan Carey W. Smith. New York Illinois Robert J. Frankowiak. Ryuzo Somma. Thomas H. McGrath. Minnesota Kenneth R. Kent. Michael J. Frencl. Jerry 8. McDonald. Marvin A. De Vault. Larry S. Rainey. NeJW Jersey Gary L. Va.nderbrook. North Carolina Kentucky Joseph L. Biddle. Robert A. Coffey. New York Warren L. Beacham. Louisiana Jose Crespo. Oklahoma Glenn B. Rao. Ohio Vencen Ackerson. Maryland Thomas V. Pilson. Oregon George H. Rlplle. John T. Hare. Marvin D. Barnes. Robert H . Trail ill. Oklahoma Pennsylvania Massachusetts Michael D. Hyatt. Robert E. Diehl. Richard L. Desper. Tennessee South Carolina Patrick J. Muraca. Eugene Copeland. Austin I. Edwards. Minnesota Virginia John H. Erbes. Willie E. Madden. Missouri Alvin c. Toombs, Jr. Virginia Clifford D. Combs. Washington caivln Edmunds. New Jersey Marvin H. Brown. Washington Charles J. Kurtz. Wisconsin Jacob C. Laan. New Mexico Dennis A. Groff. Brian R. Estes. NAVY NAVY David A. Mallory. Montana Colorado New York Russell D. Flanagan. Douglas F. Menard. Craig N. Demichelle. MARINE CORPS New Jersey North Carolina California Walter P. Seel, Jr. James J. Johnson. Robert D. Calhoun. Ohio Ohio John A. Burtch, Jr. Kenneth Davis. Timothy P. Bauer. District of Columbia Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Jerome M. Jones. Delbert L. Singler, Jr. David A. Parker. Florida Fred L. Ricard, Jr. MAlUNE CORPS Clyde W. Ganzy. South Carolina Massachusetts Georgia Robert M. Cookson. Vincent N. Banks. Stanley E. Ur. Tennessee Illinois Michigan William H. Moore. David Ybarra. James o. Burks. Robert L. Roebuck. Iowa New Jersey David S. Whitman. Michael L. Zappia. Gordon L. Sargent. Texas Maryland North Carolina Edward C. Sanchez. Bllly H. Best. Paul A. Cumberland. Joseph R. King, Jr. Wisconsin Massachusetts Ohio Royce E. Roe. Clifton L. Broyer. Joseph N. Decker. Donald C. Voltner. Benjamin F. Stoffer. New York DIED OF WOUNDS-MARINE COaPS Texas Florida Frank P. Evangelista. George P. White. Raymond L. Flint. Raymond R. Delgado. CXV--541-Part 7 8578 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE April 3, 1969 MARINE CORPS-continued DIED OF WOUNDS--ARMY ARMY-continued Virginia Maryland South Dakota Byron L. Tennant. James R. Taylor. Daniel M. Noeldner. DIED OF WOUNDS--ARMY DIED OF WOUNDS--MARINE CORPS Tennessee California Massachusetts Larry Murdock. Ronald P. Russell. John L. Pratt. Texas :MISSING TO DEAD--HOSTil.E-ARMY New York William W. Abshear. Arizona Allan R. Gyore. Sanderfierd A. Jones. William R. Lawson. Virginia Joe B. Stuart, Jr. Robert A. McGill. California Utah MISSING TO DEAD--HOSTILE-ARMY Steven R. Segura. Michael R. Forck. Minnesota Connecticut Virginia Timothy J. Kapoun. Arthur A. Crosby, Jr. David D. Layne. New York Roy D. Wimmer. Georgia Richard W. Kulpa. West Virginia Gregory A. Marvin. Henry Pullum, Jr. Kentucky Billy D. Thomas. Ohio Ben H. Wilkins, Jr. Wisconsin Walter B. Tully, Jr. Minnesota Bruce J. Guex. Larry G. Lacaeyse. Harold J. Smith. Kn.LED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, Wyoming Mississippi MARCH 10, 1969 Charles Brown. ARMY John W. Kobelin II. Frank Wilder. California NAVY Missouri Peter L. Gorvad. Alabama Donald R. Mayberry. Ronald L. Warnett. Edgar A. Dees. Pennsylvania James E. Kinnard. Daniel W. Lawson. Massachusetts John P. Grimenstein, Jr. Richard W. Ford. John A. Sorrenti. Texas Stanley B. Ziegler. MARINE CORPS Mario J. Mendias. Connecticut Alabama Virginia Richard W. Keithline. Ira M. Franklin, Jr. Richard M. Donlan. Leon R. Goodale, Jr. William C. Northington. Florida Gerald B. Lane. Kn.LED AS A RESULT OF HOSTil.E ACTION, Frederic N. Ash. Arkansas MARCH 7, 1969 Charles R. Outlaw, Jr. Harold E. Crower. ARMY Georgia Jerry D. Harsson. California William R. Black. Carl W.Hill. Clyde E. Rains. California Darryl W. Shuster. Louisiana Bruce W. Thompson. Michael A. Clause. Anthony B. Curci. Michael E. Angel. New Jersey MaryZaw.L Philip M. Hunt. Richard Brunn. Peter L. Tripp. c. Connecticut New York Clayton E. Fraley. Massachusetts Stephen F. Kostanski. Walter W. Rudolph. Robert E. Goding. Lauri Kangro. William J. McNamara. Glenn R. Gordon. Florida South Carolina Michigan Robert H. Jenkins, Jr. Vernon E. Scott. David P. Jacobs. Paul E. strouse. Wisconsin John A. Nowakowski. Illinois Randy R. Mueller. Michael A. Dunneback. William L. Gough. David F. Van Den Heuvel. Lavern M. Lamey. Indiana NAVY Joseph J. Strucel. James L. Vroom. Minnesota Minnesota Dandel D. Bruce. George P. Collins. Phillip E. Taylor. Iowa MARINE CORPS Clayton A. Songle. Ronald D. Duntz. Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Raymond E. Tolsma. Victor Johnson, Jr. David A. Floyd. California Missouri Maine Richard A. Deleidi. William F. Goodwin. James L. Avery. Clyde Callahan. Nebraska Massachusetts Florida Terry L. Sayer. Phillip J. Taylor. Gregory E. Hankins. New Jersey Illinois George A. Callan. Michigan Clarence A. Heckman. Samuel N. Hart. North Carolina Indiana Peter F. Dewilde, Jr. Johnny L. Palmer. Richard F. Dusseau. Harold E. Musselman. Carl S. Douglas. John L. Heister. John J. Meyer. steve E. Lowery. , Ronald J. Shier. Missouri North Dakota Minnesota Robert P. Menninger. Dale G. Helgeson. Thomas K. Schaefer. New Mexico Ohio Missouri Davis L. Gulllen. Walter B. Hoxworth. Gerald L. James. North Carolina Glenn R. Stair. Nevada Arthur S. Hill. Oklahoma John I. Aleck. Texas Jerry C. Robbins. Alfred M. Wilson. Clinton L. Wheeler. New York Nelson Bey. Texas Pennsylvania Richard W. Ria.le. Jooeph B. McCartney. Richard L. Deimler. Ohio Washington South Carolina David C. Ferguson. Timothy J. Hall. Linnell Butler. David A. Johnson. George V. Jmaeft'. Joseph A. Goodson. Lawrence W. Porter. April 3, 1969 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 8579 MARINE coRPs-continued MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-ARMY-Continued MARINE CORPS California Ohio-Continued Puerto Rico Robert V. Jay. Frank Shartz, Jr. Jose R. Overman Rodriquez. Florida Ray T. Shawn, Jr. MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE--NAVY Leslie Thompson. Oklahoma Alabama Wilbur J. Miller, Jr. RoyE. Lynn. Theodore S. Hamner III. Indiana · Oregon Melvin L. Sellers. Austin C. Lane. Charles W. Thomas. California Michigan Pennsylvania Donald E. Erwin. Dennis G. Merryman. Richard D. Coyle. Bert E. Burton. Oklahoma Leo J. Mangold. Cecil F. Bush. South Carolina. Florida Charles L. Smith. Joseph L. Freeman, Jr. Earl T. Moore. Texas Illinois Tennessee Douglas R. Sledge. Daniel L. Overright. DIED OF WOUNDS-MARINE CORPS Boyd L. Brake. Eric T. Duffer. Kansas Virginia Gene 0. Merriweather. Thomas E. Adams Drew J. Barrett III. Texas Massachusetts MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE--ARMY Joe G. Rodrigues, Jr. Milton Shapiro. Illinois Arturo A. Cauble. New York Robert Jackson, Jr. George Colunga. Ronald J. Gebbie. Oklahoma Virginia Craig E. Swagler. Jimmie D. Cook. Ohio Phllip N. Malone. Marvin D. Avery. Wisconsin Wisconsin Pennsylvania Jack P. Delange. Michael P. Malueg. David W. Hawryshko. MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-NAVY DIED OF WOUNDS-ARMY Joseph F. Burinda, Jr. Pennsylvania Florida Texa3 Donald M. Horton. Robert L. Harter. Earnest J. Buckelew. MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-MARINE CORPS DIED OF WOUNDS-MARINE CORPS Washington Indiana California Donald J. Fisher. Thomas M. Hiday. Illinois Larry W. Liss. Lyle D: Zacher. New York David E. Thaxton. KILLED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, Richard J. Leahy. MARCH 11, 1969 KILLED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-ARMY ARMY MARCH 12, 1969 Arizona California ARMY Edward R. Hickey. Richard L. Adcock. Alabama California Craig E. Williams. Charles F. Sturma. Ricardo J. Ortegon. Colorado John L. Motley, Jr. Peter A. Duperry. Edward L. Garcia. Arkansas Duane C. Paepke, Jr. Connecticut Randall L. Harvey. Connecticut David H. De Forge. Robert E. Grant. Donald J. Krajewski. California Illinois Georgia Allen D. Mortensen. John R. Hornsby. Robert L. Sloan. Jerry Johnson. George R. Lovellette. Oliver K. Webb. Colorado Kentucky Illinois Douglas R. Pollock. Dennis E. Wisniewski Jewell C. Blankenship. Paul D. Haydon. Connecticut Indiana Thomas J. Bowe. John A. Grabbe. Michigan Iowa Wllliam T. Craig Jr. Florida David G. Lovitt. James E. Ramsby. Calvin Norman, Jr. Louisiana Kenneth E. :Miller. Willie L. Brown, Jr. Carl D. Cain. Thom.as J. Roach Jr. Illinois Jimmie L. Gordon. Charles D. Snyder. James E. Janka. Michigan Missouri Willie L. Wallace. Ralph D. Veale. Ronald J. Vanden Berg. Indiana Montana New York David R. Morgan. Truman J. Walsh. Lester R. Stone, Jr. Kentucky Nebraska Leon Beard. Ohio Maryland John A. Petric. Milo D. Clements. Lowell R. Groves. Ohio Joseph E. Nohe, Jr. Massachusetts Oklahoma Nelson L. Smith. Larry E. Evans. Steven C. Erbentraut. Arlin W. Koehn. Pennsylvania Minnesota Pennsylvania Lee D. Thomas. James M. Norman. Thomas A. Becker. Utah New Jersey Harry B. Seedes III. Jesse B. Stevenson. Lester Danchetz. Tennessee Washington William T. Harris. Gary F. Rolfe. New York Victor R. Scheeler. West Virginia Joseph C. Russo. Michael P. O'Connor. William E. L. Hart. Edward Duty. Johnny R. Lynn. Wisconsin North Carolina Texas Glen 0. Venet. James H. Wall. Raul Alvarado. Jr. Guam Kenneth M. Lee. Washington Vincent F. Guerrero. North Dakota Lynn D. Anderson. NAVY Danny L. Hanson. Wisconsin Michigan Ohio Ronald C. Thiex. Donald L. Rudd. Terrance L. Weant. 8580 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE April 3, 1969

ARMY~ontinued MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE--ARMY-COn. MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTIL»--AllMY Pennsylvania Puerto Rico California Jay B. Gilpin. Lionel Maldonado-Torres. Layne M. Santos. William J. Kolenc. MARINE CORPS Georgia South Carolina New York Michael England. Leon Tisdale. John J. Stahl. Maryland Tennessee AIR FORCE Cecil W. Tillman. Iowa Benjamin J. Rawlings. Texas Robert F. Rex. Willlam E. Price. Wllliam J. Schaaf. Roger W. Smelser. Kn.LED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, Michigan Virginia MARCH 13, 1969 Paul J. Buczollch. Kenneth G. Clarke, Jr. ARMY New Jersey Washington Arkansas Roger J. Spence. Richard T. Forester. Johnny P. Grisson. Dennis J. Coll. Wiscon.!in California New York Robert J. Benedict. Robert N. Sauls. Rodger D. Force. NAVY Colorado Oregon North Carolina Raymond J. Bechard. Melvin L. Applebury. William L. McCormick. Florida Pennsylvania Virginia Tommy L. Robinson. Earl W. Himes. William C. Ninow. Georgia Richard L. Fry. MARINE CORPS William C. Stinson, Jr. Tennessee California Larry D. Carroll. Oharles D. Macken. David A. Seiber. Michael A. Marshall. Virginia Ronald F. Christianson. Hawaii John S. Otake. W111ie J. Hudson. Kentucky Illinois Fred D. Burton. Buford Hardy. Robert S. Gregg. Willlam T. Rector, Jr. Massachusetts Indiana Puerto Rico Robert J. Costa. Wayne G. Bernoska. Juan Ayala-Mercado. New Jersey Joseph W. Wysong. MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTIL»-NAVY Joseph Grassia, Jr. Wllliam T. Spearman. Oklahoma South Carolina Kentucky Jackie R. Morgan. Harrison Wine, Jr. Alfred E. Alvey, Jr. Texas Louisiana KILLED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, MARCH 14, 1969 Nyman W. Stelter. Roger E. Denny. ARMY Virginia Leonard C. Miller. Huey Williams. Alabama Douglas 0. Looney. Massachusetts Howard R. Thomas, Jr. West Virginia Richard J. Bois. Arizona Michael S. Garrett. Richard A. Lameiras. Matthew E. Morton, Jr. AIR FORCE Walter J. Lemieux. California New Jersey Montana Clarence P. Burleson. Calvin E. Alexander. John J. Petrie. Nevada David B. Christianson. MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTll.E--ARMT Larry D. Brown. District of Columbia California New York Samuel J. Izzard. Robert J. Campbell. Roger J. Mazal. Florida Florida Francis S. Oberson. Clarence Nofford. Carlton J. Johnson. David J. Hordern. Julius A. Mitchell. Illinois Oregon Georgia George R. Avgerinos. Clifton F. Wagner. James L. Yarbrough. Indiana South Carolina Idaho William D. McAllister. Clarence E. Nunnery, Jr. Douglas N. Rowe. Iowa South Dakota Indiana Ph111p L. Baker. Michael J. Gruenwald. Stephen Harder. Kentucky Wisconsin Larry L. Rauscher. John P. Emrath. W1111am J. Stedl. Kansas Louisiana MARINE CORPS Blaine L. Honeycutt. Paul D. Cooke. Georgia Kentucky Michigan Elijah Herring, Jr. Kenneth Martin. Kyle Waldrop. Illinois John R. Jackson. Michigan John W. Hill, Jr. Freddie C. Pote, Jr. Martin T. Scott II. Louisiana Michigan Missouri Dona.Id C. G1llett. Joseph Schmich Jr. Larry M. Rodgers. Larry A. Jackson. New York Missouri Maryland Alfred Lallave. William T. Prose. Joseph K. Oarroll. Eugene Elder. Ohio Michigan Oregon Earl E. Taylor Robert E. Leamen. Glenns. Wingenbach, Jr. Richard H. Haag, Jr. South Carolina DIED OF WOUNDS--ARMT Mississippi Dennis R. P. Isom. North Carolina Bennie J. Graham. Texas Jimmy V. Smith. Missouri Robert E. Grdffith. DIED 011' WOUNDS--114'.ARINE CORPS Timothy L. Hurley. Virginia Maryland Nevada George L. Brown. Calvin J. Childress. Ronald E. Dedman. April 3, 1969 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 8581 ARMY--contlnued ARMY--contlnued ARMY--contlnued New York Alaska Sou.th CaroHM Joseph H. Mears. Patrick M. Mcinerney. Terrell T. Ham. Thomas Poldino. Arizona Tennuses John A. Rivera. Archie H. Iyua Jr. Jerry G. Ervin. Joseph E. Neske. Randy R. Boykins. North Dakota Arkansas Henry Chamberlain. Lawrence R. Esser. Jean D. Martin. Fidel J. Aguirre. Oklahoma Walter L. Moore. California Bobby J. Rollins. Utah Franklin A. Johnson. Robert A. Conley. Pennsylvania Theophilus Bowles. Virginia Robin B. Miller. Perry L. Bozeman. Antonio Garcia. John F. Morris. Vanderbilt Elliott, Jr. South Carolina John A. Ramirez. West Virginia Jackie L. Crosby. Connecticut Wllliam T. Wheeler. Whitney T. Ferguson Tennessee m. Wisconsin Delaware Jesse H. Archer. Franklin J. Runge. Donald L. Shirley. James L. Ripantl. Guam Jeffrey T. Cassidy. Texas Gregorio L. Pangelinan. Florida Buddy E. Channon. NAVY Aaron L. Smith. Morgan Thompson. Alton L. Ellis. Ohio Puerto Rico Paul E. Irvin. William R. Lucas. Juan E. Garcia-Diaz. Georgia MARINE CORPS Daniel Irizarry-Acevedo. Elbert J. Sauls. Arizona NAVY Illinois Richard L. Thompson, Jr. Iowa Milfred H. Dingman. Arkansas Lewis C. Harris. John P. Guttmann Jr. MARINE CORPS Melvin Guyton. William H. Brown. California Indiana California James R. Harrison. Kenneth E. Gayer. DeanR.Orn. Lewis L. McDonald. Kenneth M. Frain. Colorado Illinois Iowa Kenneth A. Pederson. Ronald D. Jewell. Joel L. Miller. District of Columbia David B. Arnold. Kansas Jean R. Clemencia, Jr. New Mexico Michael G. Allendorf. Louisiana Freddie P. Chavez. Kentucky Julio c. Weld. New York Gary L. Moore. Maryland Ramon J. Arroyo. Louisiana Michael Dlgenno. Ohio Aaron C. Smith. Massachusetts Clarence E. Fetty. Maine John E. Shiraka. Texas Gordon C. Murray. Michigan Dale E. Greenwood. Maryland Donald J. Spatafore. DIED OF WOUND&-MARINE CORPS George A. Demby. Minnesota Illinois Massachusetts Edward J. Haugen. Lemond Richardson. Robert E. Spires. Missfssippi Michigan Michigan Henry C. Sanders. Rick Yamashita. James E. Fowler. Ohio Utah Thomas R. Gregson. Michael H. Yeates. Fred E. Richa:-ds. David C. Teutsch. Wisconsin Minnesota Oregon Richard E. Matyas. Daniel W. Lloyd. Alvin L. Lowery. MISSING TO DEAD--HOST~ARMT Thomas J. Koob. Pennsylvania Alabama Missouri J etfrey C. Barthol. Fulton B. Moore Ill. Donald L. Fowler. Texas John B. Gibson Jr. Robin W. Richardson. Doyce G. Miller. Michigan Montana DIED OF WOUNDS-ARMY Earl T. Hoag. Larry M. Smith. New York Louis A. George. New York Robert T. Orr. New York Lawrence Desmore. DIED OF WOUND&-MARINE CORPS George R. Robinson. Clarence A. Earley. Alabama Ohio Richard M. Schmidt. Johnny G. Stamps. George J. Smith, Jr. Kenton E. Henninger. California David E. Theobald. North Carolina Sydney C. Howard. Utah Charles D. Rogers. Florida Michael G. Brown. Charles J. Revis. Washington Ohio Donald E. Sizemore. Barry D. Horton. Cornell R. R. Clark. Georgia Puerto Rico James H. Horton. Isiee.h Releford. Phillip R. Baily. Illinois Efrain Figueroa-Melendez. Oklahoma James L. Smith. Kn.LED AS A R.EsuLT OJ' HOSTILB ACTION, Clarence L. Rouse. Iowa MARCH 17, 1969 Samuel L. Holder. Randal L. Shackelford. ARMY Pennsylvania Maryland Alabama William L. McFarland. Thomas C. D. Moftltt. William H. Barksdale. Rhode Island Michigan Bobby D. Clark. James A. Franklin. Charles V. Dupre. Vern E. Root. 8582 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE April 3, 1969 DIED OF WOUNDS-MARINE CORPS-COntinued MARINE CORPS--continued ARMY--continued Minnesota Missouri South Carolina William R. Mackey, Jr. Henry R. Langston. James Dollard. Nevada New York Benjamin A. Smalls. Ronald C. Katz. Michael E. Brady. Texas Oregon Anthony J. Marina. Harold P. Degner. Daryl C. Bauer. Ohio Utah Pennsylvania James T. Anderson. Kenneth J. Robinson. Cyril T. Yeckley. DIED OF WOUNDS-ARMY-continued Washington MISSING TO DEAI>-HOSTILE-ARMY Ohio Richard A. Brown. Arizona Don R. Brewer. MARINE CORPS Steven W. Dundas. Pennsylvania Georgia Charlie Fields. Andrew J . Kukuruda. California W1lliam L. Tanner. MISSING TO DEAI>--HOSTILE-ARMY Ronald H. Howard. Robert B. Protto, Jr. California Steven H. Johnson. Hawaii Timothy M. Carroll. Colorado Dalmacio P. Pascua, Jr. Roy G. Zufelt. Michigan Indiana Larry Strahan. Connecticut Douglas W. Bice. Steven D. Churchward. Dale W. Coldiron. William A. Beard. Earl S. Snyder. New York Oregon New York Ted Q. Reed, Jr. Joseph M. Urbanczyk. John McManus. Pennsylvania Michael W. Doyle. Washington uary R. George. North Carolina Adolf J. Kroisenbacher. Edward J. Mlllison, III. · Franklin M. Lanier. West Virginia Texas Ohio John E. Roberts, Jr. Jerry C. McDonald. Jerry 0. Young. DIED OF WOUNDS-MARINE CORPS Darrell W. Donaldson. Texas Pennsylvania Harlan M. Craft. Utah Cyril T. Yeckley. Puerto Rico Leonard R. Caton, Sr. MISSING TO DEAD---HOSTILE-ARMY Arthur George-Pizarro. West Virginia California Paul W. Shrewsbury. Kn.LED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, Joseph A. Lewis. Wisconsin MARCH 19, 1969 Georgia Wayne A. Bratz. ARMY B1lly G. Creech. Illinois Puerto Rico Alabama Louis W. Frericks. David Gomez-Bad1llo. Edgar G. McAdams. Iowa Paul J. Peoples. Edward T. Cooper. KILLED AS A REsULT OF HOSTILE AC'l'ION, California MARCH 18, 1969 Mississippi Thomas L. Vendelin. ARMY Carlos L. Tartt. Connecticut Alabama New York Bernard A. Zambrano. Robert E. Spiegel. Ralph E. Mayers III. Georgia Albert T. Glanton. North Carolina Arkansas John W. Camp. Vernon E. Lail, Jr. earl w. Hughes. Tommy J. Dixon. Pennsylvania Illinois California Bruno Baran. Paul H. Jackson, Jr. James P. Fullerton. James A. Gazze. Vermont Vincent G. Lew. James R. Pollard, Jr. Jack E. W1lliams. Dean H. Johnson. Kansas Hawaii MISSING TO DEAD---HOSTILE-AIR FORCE Thomas Bright, Jr. Herman B. Hose, Jr. New Jersey Kentucky David T. Dinan ill. Illinois Fred E. Brown. Thomas A. Zimmerman. Dewey J. Ray. KILLED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE AC'l'ION, Gerald L. Tharp. Missouri MARCH 20, 1969 Indiana Dennis R. Hunsley. ARMY Raymond E. Baumgarner. Kenneth L. Watson. Alabama Donnie J. Martin. Louis M. Beckmann. Milford Looney, Jr. Michigan Nebraska California Richard M. Pearsall. Larry A. Stark. John R. Thielen. New York New Jersey Michael J. Caputo. Berton Decker. John W. Price. John E. Lortz III. Ohio Paul Bonapart. Michael L. Paddock. Donnie W. Caud111. W1lliam Jackson. Connecticut Pennsylvania New Mexico Barry Jackson. Tyrone G. Thoman. Richard L. Duran. Kentucky Texas New York Delmar V. Ashbrook. Hadley Foster. William J. Hillard, II. Maryland Thomas E. Hacker. North Carolina Robert L. Baldwin. NAVY Furnace Freeman, Jr. Massachusetts Mississippi Ohio Robert E. Green. Terry E. Tharp. Ronald L. Pearl. Michigan MARINE CORPS David A. Mitchell. Earl C. Rider, Jr. Georgia Pennsylvania Wesley Beaver. Jeff Whitehead. Francis E. Sievers, Jr. Minnesota Massachusetts Joseph A. Petrarca. Marlon W. Troxel. Leona.rd P. Deinlein. Rhode Islantl North Carolina David J. Pugh. Jay H. Manchester. Robert G. Daniel. April 3, 1969 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 8583 ARMY-continued ARMY-continued ARMY-continued Idah<>--Continued Ohio New York Firman A. Titus. Julio Hernandez Jr. Dean L. Moon. Larry D. Greenhalgh. Oklahoma Pennsylvania Illinois Robert W. Patterson. Louis G. Wheeler. Tennessee Robert C. Rogers. Tennessee Albert E. Smith, Jr. Earl T. Quillen. Don Smith. Edward L. Shappell. Texas Texas Indiana Wtllie E. Malone, Jr. James C. Gilbert. Mervin R. Richter. Wisconsin Margarito Fernandez Jr. Manuel B. Alonzo. Larry M. Whitis. Lyle C. Hansbrough. Rolando G. Villarreal. Iowa John L. Rueth. Puerto Rico Eugene J. G. Kock. MARINE CORPS Raimundo Marquez-Quinones. Kansas California Richard L. Fiffe. NAVY Dickie D. Koell, Jr. Maryland Phillip H. Marks. New Jersey Idaho Thomas M. Deitz. Louis V. Romanelli. Rodger L. Garlick. Danny J. Maggard. MARINE CORPS Massachusetts Maryland California Simeon J. A. Bergeron. Joseph C. Thorne, Jr. John A. Lestalle Il. Michigan Alan W. Thornton. Michigan John L. Gawel. Iddie R. Kelley. Iowa Missouri New Jersey James M. Lee. Terry R. Monia. :Herbert M. Beaumont. Michigan William W. Sherman. New York Earl L. Wilson. Minnesota Richard M. Rocco. Minnesota Donald L. Olive. North Carolina Richard W. Smith. Mississippi David W. Bazzle. South Carolina Joseph W. Hudson. Ohio Montana Samuel Hope, Jr. Charles E. Davis Jr. Pennsylvania James A. Carpenter. Richard D. Satterthwaite. Texas Nebraska Joseph T. Cha.tburn. Richard C. Chubb. James M. Aston. William W. Utts. Dennis L. Moyer. Washington New Jersey Terry L. Taylor. Henry A. Dye, Jr. Virginia John B. Peterson, Jr. DIED OF WOUNDS-MARINE CORPS New Mexico Ernest R. Franks. Rhode Island Donald R. Alexander. Wisconsin Paul A. Cabral. Filemon Serrano. Vernon D. Jacobs. MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE--ARMY New York MISSING TO DEAI>--HOSTILE--ARMY California Vaughn D. Connell. California Michael L. Woodside. David S. Pellew. Howard G. Webster. Jeffrey L. Whynaught. Larry R. Swisher. Illinois Leona.rd Dodson. Charles W. Warrington, Jr. ·Ricardo Lopez. Walter A. Koehler. Maryland North Carolina Roger H. Howes. Willis F. House. Kansas Mickey W. Hill. John E. Walters. New York Loren C. Jones. Kentucky Sigmond M. Sikorski. Pennsylvania Donald R. Bledsoe. North Carolina Edward C. De Bow. Minnesota William Reynolds. Dale L. Eisaman. Craig S. Mettling. Tex~ South Carolina Missouri Lyle J. Thompson. Adger E. Moody. Wlllie J. Kirksey. MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-NAVY Tennessee New York Alaska John W. Parham. William J. Hutton. Clarence E. Smith. Raymond L. Bethea.. Clifford M. Taylor. Brian F. McCarthy. KILLED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, Jackie J. Webb. Tennessee MARCH 24, 1969 Texas Larry L. Hodges ARMY Texas Victor D. Kahla., Jr. Alabama William D. Overstreet. Edward R. Beasley. Louis H. Jones. Vermont Arkansas KILLED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, Kenneth D. Bailey. Harvey C. Avery. MARCH 21, 1969 California West Virginia ARMY Lawrence L. Smith. California Isaac E. Heath. Michael Lynch. Jack L. Rexrode. Robert A. Mcintosh. Jesus C. Oleta, Jr. Robert A. Tate, Jr. Timothy C. Proudfoot. Harold B. Johnson. Guam Frank J. J. Mattera. Billy D. Murphy. Joseph M. Eustaquio. Kentucky Dennis A. Smith. Dennis M. Groves. Colorado NAVY Maryland Jackie L. Davison. California Edward C. Cofield. Florida Thomas L. Hamman. David A. Russell. Tony L. Buboltz. MARL'l'E CORPS Michigan James D. Wright, Jr. Alabama John C. Davenport. Georgia James L. Phillips. Robert J. Regenhardt. John A. Swords. California New Jersey Idaho Dennis F. Ellis. George T. Fa.rawell. James J. Lister. 8584 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE April 3, 1969 MAIUNE coRPs--continued DIED OF WOUNDS-MARINE CORPS-COntinued NAVY-continued California---Continued North Carolina New Mezico Robert R. Highfill. Mitchel T. Morton. Howard M. Meute. Emmett T. Pringle. Pennsylvania Tennessee Floricla Frederick C. Mlller Ill. David R. Ray. Ronald K. Battle. MISSING TO DEAD--HOSTU..E-ABMY KARINE CORPS Georgia California Arkansas Floyd M. Keefe. Stephen W. Lucia. James H. Jetrries. Dennis R. Lawrence. John R. Weir. Clyde E. Saxon. CaU.fornia Florida Charles D. Hendricks. Indiana Thomas L. Robinson. James C. Reed. Donald R. Bartley. Brad D. Chriss. Indiana Earl F. Falconbury. IZlinois Robert F. Whitten. Iowa Herbert C. Spencer. New York David L. Davis. Michigan Anthony A. Giretti. Kentucky Gary L. Hosko. South Ca.rolina John F. Allen. Ohio George T. Sargent, Jr. Maine Walter L. Moses, Jr. MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE--ARMY Loring w. Watson. Pennsylvania Connecticut Massachusetts Waymon L. Jones, Jr. Johnnie R. Hanson. John M. Burke. Tennessee MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE-Am FORCE Michigan Ray R. Jowers. North Carolina Barry L. Kopp. Charles K. Lovelace. Jerry E. Samson. MISSING TO DEAD-HOSTILE--NAVY William R. Stolley, Jr. Georgia Kn.LED AS A. RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, Thomas J. Yolkiewicz. Richard C. Thum. MARCH 26, 1969 Mississippi !4ISSINO TO DEAD-HOSTILE--Aia l'OBCB ARMY James E. Smith. California Alabama Missouri William E. Cordero. Armin L. Blake. Charles E. Wheeler. Arizona Larry W. Knox. Kn.LED AS A RESULT OF HOSTILE ACTION, Albert M. Mendoza. MARCH 25, 1969 Montana California Gordon G. White. ARMY Arkansas Bill A. Moschetti. New Jersey Barry W. Graf. Connecticut Michael J. Hayes, Jr. California David D. Ouellette. Ohio Frank Spiers. Donald S. Repaci. Ernest F. Elders. John J. Valero. Georgia Charles E. Grooms, Jr. Johnny L. Edwards. Larry Scott. Jeffrey S. Forry. Stephen L. Weigt. IlZinots Lynn R. Krotzer. Chris A. Souza. Michael A. Gehl. James M. Pintola. Colorado Alley 0. Stephens. Antonio E. Ruiz. Robert L. Riggins. Louisiana Pennsylvania Florida Louis B. Waner Il. Ward E.Homer. Thomas J. Grindstaff. Massachusetts Richard Gilliam. Charles F. White. Thomas W. Whitten. Ronnie L. Eckenroad. James A. Walker, Jr. James M. Gonano. . Michigan Georgia Tennessee Jerry L. Ewing. l:.arry D. Smith. George R. Ward, Jr. Minnesota Illinois Texas John R. Brandborg. Mose C. Hundley. Jose Torreros. New York Alan F. Marschall. Carl L. Di Nunzio Jr. Virginia Iowa John G. Osterhous. North Carolina James G. Johnson. Richard F. Salazar. Washington Kentucky Ohio David J. Sandvig. Robert A. Osborne. Daniel G. Wessler. Thomas M. Struchen. New York West Virginia South Carolina Frank A. Krieger. Gene W. Somers, Jr. Clyde S. Sweatt. Clifford M. Cork. Ohio Texas Joseph R. Vandehei. Roger L. Phillips. Willis Cormier. COAST GUARD Tennessee Wisconsin Rhode Island Danny E. Hubbs. Gregory E. Newman. Michael E. Hermsen. Morris S. Beeson. Texas Tim L. Walters. Puerto Rico DIED OJI' WOUNDS-ARMY Patrick L. Blair. Hector M. Sanchez-Robena Illinois Joe E. Demerson. NA.VY Robert L. Mitchell. Virginia Oklahoma Minnesota Herman E. Lassiter. Gilbert E McDaniel. Eddie L. Evenson. Washington Washington Richard W. Anderson. MAR1NE CORPS California Joseph M. Buchanan. West Virginia Paul Wilson. Richard H. Mehegan. BlllyW.Rapp. Connecticut DIED OP WOUNDS-J14AJUNE CORPS Wisconsin Leon Sears. Maryland Karl J. Taschek, Jr. Maryland Ronald B. Cassell. NAVY George M. Gorrera, Jr. New York New Jersey Ohio David B. Arnott. Edward W. Pawlowski. John M. Goodwin. April 3, 1969 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 8585

MARINE coRPs--continued MARINE CORPS offensive of 1968. These two men were California able to free themselves and found many Pennsylvania of the graves by digging. Barry L. Eichelberger. John M. Foster. Indiana To date, the mass graves have pro­ DIED OF WOUNDS--ARMY Stanley M. Clingler. duced a total of 350 bodies. Ohio Digging is still going on, and the two Kentucky Carl H. Peters, Jr. military men who were witnesses to some Steve R . Whitaker. DIED OP WOUNDS--MARINE CORPS of these killings are now trying to iden­ Maryland Ohio tify more of the areas. Darrel G. Napier. Walter Green, Jr. These two noncoms are Sergeant Chau of MISSING TO DEAD--HOSTILE-ARMY Michigan and Corporal Doi the South Viet­ Robert M. Walkley. namese Armed Forces. They actually California witnessed some of the atrocities and mass Larry K. Davis. New York murders inflicted upon their country­ Colorado John Barca, Jr. men. Frank D. Saracino, Jr. Texas These men say that some of the vic­ Georgia Bobby D. Jennings. tims were pushed down into the grave Donald R. Johnston. West Virginia while still alive, and this has been con­ Richard B. Phillips. Gary R. Moss. firmed by doctors who have examined Kentucky DIED OF WOUNDS the corpses. Leonard L. Preston, Jr. Ohi o The victims were killed with a single Maine Thomas L. Loan. shot in the back of their head while their hands were tied behind their backs. Thomas J. McMahon. MISSING TO DEAD--HOSTILE-ARMY They were pushed into mass graves. This Missouri California is precisely the method used by Commu­ Douglas G. Edwards. Robert L. Barrett, Jr. nist soldiers when they massacred 15,000 Nebraska Louisiana Polish Army officers in the Katyn Forest Nigel F. Poese. James H. Moore. in 1940. South Dakota Massachusetts Among the 350 victims found, 25 have Richard R. Maynard. Earl M. Matthews. been identified. Many are women. The Tennessee identified bodies have been returned to Michigan their families for funeral and the rest Kelly P. Vaughn. Mark F . Daniels. have been taken care of by the Govern­ Texas Alan R. Hosnedle. ment of Vietnam for burial. Jimmy F. Burchfield. Missouri The location of the grave is the village Larry T. Moulder. of Phu Thu, about a distance of 15 KILLED AS A RESULT OF HoS'l'lLB AcrION, New York kilometers from Hue. MARCH 28, 1969 Alan M. Bernstein. According to Corporal Doi there are AlU4T North Carolina still many other graves dug by the Viet­ Arizona Ronnie R. White. cong along the seashore and the local Antonio R. Morales. authorities are now proceeding to investi­ Rhode Island gate them. Arkcinao:a Robert E. O'Brien. William R. Wilson. Mr. Speaker, it occurs to me that the Texas free world cannot overlook nor ignore Californici Joe s. Huston. the bizarre similarity between what hap­ Robert P. Ilsley. pened in the Katyn Forest almost 30 David J. Huffman. years ago and what is now happening in Florida HUE AND KATYN-A TRAGIC South Vietnam. Lewis E. Sampler. SIMILARITY I know that all of our hearts cry out for peace in -Vietnam and we pray for Kentucky The SPEAKER. Under a previous order Jam.es R. Gentile. the day when our troops can be brought of the House, the gentleman from Illi­ home. Mcisscichusetta nois (Mr. PucmsKI) is recognized for 30 I know every resource of our own Gov­ Arthur J. Mcintyre. minutes. ernment and every effort by the South Mich.11/(m - ~ -- Mr. PUCINSKI. Mr. Speaker, the dis­ Vietnamese Government is being made to Walter E. Brown, Jr. covery of mass graves showing Commu­ find some way to resolve this conflict Minnesota nist atrocities against South Vietnamese and to bring it to a victorious conclusion. citizens near Hue, South Vietnam, The United States has offered to with­ Robert A. Holan, Jr. earlier this week is a tragic reminder that Nebrciskci draw its troops from South Vietnam if the same form of mass murder was com­ North Vietnam would agree to a similar Monty G. Lackas. mitted by the Communists against our withdrawal. New York allies in the Katyn Forest, near Smo­ But, certainly, Mr. Speaker, as we look Westley S. Kerr. lensk, Russia, at the beginning of World at the discovery of the mass graves and Robert T. Manning. War II. at the brutal techniques being used in Benjamin R. Turiano. I was the chief investigator of the spe­ Hue in South Vietnam today against the Ohio cial congressional committee which in innocent citizens of that country, and David S. Harris. 1952 investigated the Katyn Forest compare them to the techniques used Gary L. Weekley. massacre, and I was struck by the tragic against the 15,000 Polish Army officers Tennessee similarity between the methods used by who were brutally massacred by the James H. Watson. the Communists in the Katyn Forest in Communists in the Katyn Forest 30 T~ 1940, and the methods and techniques years ago, we see that nothing has really Joe E. Holleman. used by the Communists again earlier changed in the Communist design of mass Johnny Young. this week against the South Vietnamese execution for those who would stand in in Hue. Puerto Rico the way of their pattern for conquest. There is no question in my mind that I would say, Mr. Speaker, the world Jesus B. Enca.rnacion. the entire free world should be shocked Angel Reyes. has really not given enough attention by this bizarre discovery of mass graves to the discovery of these mass graves in NAVY near Hue earlier this week. South Vietnam last week. This discovery Pennsylvania The discovery was made by two South of mass graves in South Vietnam, in my Nicholas Cancllla. Vietnamese Army noncoms who were judgnient, is a prelude to what awaits Donald R. Robertson. captured by the Vietcong during the Tet millions of South Vietnamese if they 8586 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE April 3, 1969 should falter in their struggle against the present along with former Congressman for only one crime: they are the leaders Communist Vietcong. I am sure that Machrowicz, who is now a Federal judge of the resistance. mass graves and mass executions and in Michigan, and myself at the opening And this is important, because here the whole business of Katynism; so thor­ of the annual convention, in Berlin Ger­ the similarity becomes truly striking. oughly developed by the Communists 30 many, of Eastern and Western European The 15,000 Army Reserve officers who years ago, will be the order of the day journalists. The gentleman from Illinois, were massacred in the Katyn Forest in South Vietnam if the Communists now speaking, Congressman Machro­ were the lawyers, the educators, the doc­ were to emerge victorious. wicz, and myself spoke to the convention tors, the ministers, and the businessmen Mr. Speaker, I would hope that those of about 200 journalists. There was a lot of Poland. These were, for the most part, who would today urge peace at any price of opposition from the Communists in the intelligentsia of Poland. These were in South Vietnam would think about adjacent countries to the meeting there the people who would have led the re­ these tragic consequences. being held in Berlin. sistance to Communist aggression. As We want peace and I am confident we At a luncheon at which the gentleman early as 1939 the Soviet Union, which shall find peace only if we do not waver was present along with myself and Con­ professed to be our ally, already was in our determination. The South Viet­ gressman Machrowicz, one journalist plotting the take-over of all of those namese Government has offered to seek delegate revealed that the Communist countries of Europe. In 1939 and 1940, a reconciliation with the Vietcong and propaganda machine daily published Communist troops methodically picked such moves should be encouraged. But smears that the Katyn Committee was the intellectual leaders of Poland from at this critical juncture, when victory nothing but a tool of capitalism. Not­ within the Army Officers Reserve Corps is within reach, we must not waver in withstanding the fact that we had in­ whom they imprisoned when Russia in­ our defense of freedom in South vited Stalin and all other Communist vaded Poland on September 17, 1939, so Vietnam. leaders to come to Frankfurt and tes­ they would not be around when the Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Speaker, will the tify-but we had received no answer Communists overwhelmed Poland and gentleman yield? from them-they proceeded to malign destroyed her institutions of freedom. Mr. PUCINSKI. I yield to the very and blaspheme our committee. This is the lesson we see now again in distinguished gentleman from Indiana These journalists, in speaking to those South Vietnam, where people are again who was chairman of the Select Com­ attending the luncheon, said that in the being pulled out, picked out. These are mittee To Investigate the Katyn Forest work of the Katyn Forest Massacre Com­ the leaders of resistance to the Vietcong. Massacre here in this Congress in 1952. mittee, for the first time in the history These are the leaders, and these are the I have had the highest admiration for of communism placed their propaganda people who are holding together the the gentlemen since the days when he machine on the defensive. They had no spirit of freedom in South Vietnam. headed that committee because the answer whatsoever to the avalanche of I tell you this: The discovery of mass Katyn Forest Massacre Committee dem­ testimony convicting the Stalin soldiers graves at Hue proves more than any­ onstrated to the world the techniques of the mass murders of Polish leaders in thing else that the Communists have on used by the Communists in mass exe­ the Katyn Forest. their drawing boards the blueprint for cutions of those who would stand in the The hard facts showed their method another Communist "cordon sanitaire" way of their aggression. of human extermination, as the gentle­ of captive nations in Southeast Asia, The gentleman from Indiana (Mr. man just stated: They shot almost 4,000 identical to the "cordon sanitaire" of MADDEN) has rendered a noble service in Polish patriot leaders of Poland in the captive nations that now remain in bringing before Congress the first indict­ Katyn Forest and two other slave camps. Soviet bondage in East Central Europe. ments against the Soviet Union for those They followed the same pattern which We have the right to ask: Where are mass atrocities against the Polish Army they are using in Vietnam, they tied the the great liberal voices in this country, officers who were murdered in Katyn. victims hands behind their backs and the great defenders of human dignity? Mr. Speaker, I deem it a privilege to shot them in the back of the head. We Where are their voices in denouncing yield to my colleague, the gentleman remind the people of America not to for­ the kind of genocide-brutal mass atroc­ from Indiana. get that the Communist technique has ities being committed against the in­ Mr. MADDEN. I thank my colleague not changed one iota since those days at nocent people of Southeast Vietnam? for yielding. the beginning of World War II, when The American liberal has been in the Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the they massacred and killed millions of forefront in denouncing genocide and gentleman from Illinois for calling the people through that method and also urging a world treaty against mass mur­ attention of Congress and reminding us through mass starvation in the Ukraine. der of people. Where are their voices of of the barbarous atrocities against their The people of the world should not be­ protest against this genocide of South victims, the Communist leaders com­ come too forgetful of what will happen, Vietnamese discovered in Hue last week- mitted during and at the beginning of God forbid, if ever the Communists suc­ end? · World War II. ceed in their designs for world domina­ There was the same kind of conspiracy The gentleman from Illinois was one tion and to enslave humanity through­ of silence in 1940, when the Polish gov­ of the real leaders in the work that was out the globe. ernment in exile tried to sound the done by this committee. We held hear­ I want to thank the gentleman for his alarm about Katyn. The investigation ings not only in this country but in Eng­ statement here today. of the Katyn massacre by the congres­ land, , and other places in Mr. PUCINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I want sional committee clearly showed there Europe. to thank the distinguished gentleman The attention of the world was drawn from Indiana for his contribution. Cer­ were forces within our own country that during those hearings to the uncivilized tainly we cannot permit the world to did not want to talk about Katyn and brutality that is embedded in the Com­ overlook this frightening, striking sim­ the discovery of those mass graves be­ munist leaders' attitude toward human­ ilarity in techniques. I remember the cause the Soviet Union was our "gallant ity, generally. Their leaders crave for discovery of the Polish Army officers) ally," and any discussion of the Katyn power. They have no respect for human bodies in mass graves in the Katyn For­ massacre in the war years would have life. I remember distinctly when we held est. Their hands were tied behind their supposedly driven a wedge between the our hearings in Frankfurt, Germany, backs. There was a single bullet through Allies. back during the days of the 82d Congress the nape of the neck. Then these men I submit that had the free world been when the television and newspaper re­ were dumped, literally dumped, one on told of the infamy and the brutality of porters and radio communications media top of the other, in the mass graves. To­ the Communists discovered in Katyn, packed our committee hearing room. day, 30 years later, we are discovering perhaps the whole course of history They sent word all over the globe, re­ the identical technique. And who are could have been changed. vealing that Stalin's barbarity is em­ the victims? Innocent people of South On Pennsylvania Avenue, in front of bedded in the minds of all Communist Vietnam, whose only wish, whose only the National Archives Building are two leaders. That barbarity calls for the ex­ desire is to be free. Those men and wom­ monuments. One says: tinction of human life, if, in the form of en were dumped into graves without the individuals or masses, interferes with benefit of a trial, without the benefit of What is past is prologue. their program to enslave the world. any charges, without the benefit of any And the other one says: I think the gentleman from Illinois was defense, picked out by the Communists Study the past. April 3, 1969 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 8587 I suggest to those who today seek if communism takes over. I might say it with pride upon what small contribu­ peace at any price and who would let was revealed in our testimony that tions, at least on my part, were made in the Communists take over in Southeast among some of the mass murders that that effort against the Nazi tyranny. My Asia, ought study that wise admonition. were committed by the Communists were colleague and I do disagree on what Look at Katyn, look at what happened massacres and murders of some of their ought to be done in Vietnam. I am sure after Katyn, and look at the way the own Communist disciples who were taken this is not the place to go into the bases Communists were able to take over 180 in with the network that brought in these for a disagreement. However, I would million people in Eastern and Central people from the satellite nations, and like to enter this one thought here. I have Europe, and then look at what we found they did not have any regard whatsoever always felt our Government has under­ in Hue. for the agitators who were preaching taken a very serious obligation to the We should ask ourselves how long communism, or for their own Communist people of Vietnam who have fought at America can remain free, how long can fellow travelers. Some of them, accord­ our side. Should the day come when we institutions of human dignity prevail in ing to the testimony before our commit­ do disengage and withdraw our forces our country if the Communists' jugger­ tee, were massacred along with the free from there, as I hope we will soon, I feel naut continues to close in and in and victims who were massacred by Stalin we must measure up to that obligation to in, as it is doing around the entire and his Communist cohorts. those people and invite other nations to world? So I might state to some of the younger join with us in every possible resettle­ The mass grave discoveries in Hue are folks in this country who are becoming ment of these people that can be under­ of monumental importance. I am enamoured with this organized Com­ taken. amazed the mass media and instruments munist propaganda in colleges and other After the Cuban episode our country of information have treated these dis­ places, if the Communists ever took over opened its doors to refugees from Cuba. coveries with such meager attention. they also might be among those mas­ I think that was the right thing to do. Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Speaker, will the sacred. They care not what is the thought Now because we have been involved in gentleman yield? of the people they massacre or extermi­ Vietnam we have a similar obligation Mr. PUCINSKI. I yield to the gentle­ nate. That was proved by the evidence there. I do not suggest that this would man from Indiana. submitted in our committee, that some eliminate or perhaps even materially re­ Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Speaker, I might of the so-called super-Communist prop­ duce the possibility of atrocities that say further that so many of the younger agandists who happened to be wedged might follow such a disengagement. Even generation do not remember or have in the mass onslaught lost their lives so, we should do our best to provide safety ' not had called to their attention in the the same as the other unfortunate pris­ and a future for the people who choose to schools of America the Katyn massacre oners in the Communist prisons and slave leave their homes in the event that we and the facts regarding many other mass labor camps. should extricate ourselves from this po­ exterminations of humanity that the Mr. PUCINSKI. The gentleman would sition. Communists inflicted upon central Eu­ agree that the Katyn investigation, ex­ Mr. PUCINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I have rope during the dark days before World haustively conducted by the Congress of no quarrel with the gentleman's sugges­ War II. the United States, would be a hollow ex­ tion that we start a methodical with­ I might explain why Congress investi­ ercise if we failed to learn the lesson that drawal of American troops from Viet­ gated the Katyn massacre. The congres­ investigation taught us. nam. I would join him in that plea but sional investigation of the Katyn mas­ Mr. MADDEN. The gentleman is cor­ I would also insist that the free world sacre was brought about because for the rect. must insist that the North Vietnamese first time in world history the guilt of Mr. PUCINSKI. The lesson is this: To­ have a similar withdrawal of North Viet­ an international crime was not estab­ day, while the Communist leaders are namese troops from South Vietnam. Pre­ lished to the satisfaction of many peo­ stalling in Paris and refusing to address mier Thieu has said South Vietnam ple throughout the world. The Soviet themselves to the real issues and. refus­ could carry on with its own army of 700,- Union, through its false mass propa­ ing to talk about peace and refusing to 000 but it would need our continued Air ganda, had millions convmced that Hitler make any forward movement, they are Force support. I am hopeful we can with­ had committed those massacres in the methodically engaging in mass execu­ draw American troops from South Viet­ Katyn Forest. They were committed in tions of those people in South Vietnam nam but I believe our off er to withdraw the winter of 1939-40, when both armies who would constitute resistance to com­ our troops if North Vietnam similarly were closing in on Warsaw. munism if and when some rapproche­ withdraws its troops today offers the best When these massacres were committed, ment is reached. It is quite obvious to us hope for disengagement. the bodies in the Katyn Forest were not that just as at Katyn, where they More importantly, Mr. Speaker, it found until 2 years later. methodically destroyed potential opposi­ would be my hope that the discovery of Immediately Stalin said that Hitler tion, we are witnessing in Hue and the these mass atrocities against the inno­ massacred the Polish leaders at Katyn. other mass graves all over South Vietnam cent citizens of South Vietnam would Hitler, of course, denied it and said that an identical pattern. They are stalling in now finally, at last, shock the sensitivities Stalin massacred them. That is why this Paris because they want first to method­ of those of our allies who have meekly sat Congress, through the pleading of the ically destroy through these mass ex­ back and let the United States and the Polish .American Congress throughout ecutions those elements of resistance handful of our allies fighting in Vietnam, the United States, insisted that to settle which might try to protect the institu­ including the South Vietnamese, carry the question for future history an inves­ tions of freedom and dignity in South the full brunt of the conflict. tigation should be made. That is how the Vietnam when peace finally comes. The issues in southeast Asia and the Congress became interested in investi­ I think that is the lesson that Hue issues in South Vietnam affect the whole gating an international crime when one ought to teach us. Those who fail to see free world. It is incredible to me that nation had accused another of com­ that lesson, I believe, have just not read those free world rulers who espouse the mitting it. the transcript of Katyn. More impor­ doctrine of freedom cannot recognize So we settled for all time that it was tantly, they are looking at the world what we are witnessing in South Viet­ the Communists who committed that through rose-colored glasses. nam today is a repeat performance of crime, although Hitler had a different Mr. FINDLEY. Mr. Speaker, will the what we saw in World War II vis-a-vis method of exterminating people than gentleman yield? the captive nations of Europe. If we learn Stalin had. There is no question, Hitler Mr. PUCINSKI. I yield to my colleague nothing else from the discovery of the was the most brutal tyrant of our time. from Illinois (Mr. FINDLEY). mass graves in Hue, it would be my fer­ Nevertheless, the Katyn Forest Massacre Mr. FINDLEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank vent prayer that our allies would finally Congressional · Committee settled once my colleague from Illinois for yielding be shocked into a realization that noth­ and for all that it was the Communists tome. ing has really changed in the Communist who killed the Poles in the Katyn Forest. I want to express my appreciation to world. Mass atrocities, mass murders. Let me say something further. This is him for this timely reminder of the bar­ and mass assassinations continue to be for so many of these agitators in our baric massacres at Katyn Forest. My their main stock in trade to be used country today who are so enthusiastic colleague, like I, had a part in World against anyone or any nation which about letting the younger folks know War II. I am sure both of us were proud dares to interfere with or interrupt their what a great millennium they would have to have had that part and do look back plans for ultimate conquest. 8588 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE April 3, 1969 I would suggest that those here in this allowed to proceed for 10 additional Mr. EDWARDS of Alabama. Mr. country-sincere, honest, patriotic Amer­ minutes.) Speaker, the death of Dwight D. Eisen­ icans who on many occasions have tended Mr. PUCINSKI. I thank our distin­ hower serves to remind all America of to falter in the fight in Vietnam-take a guished Speaker for this extension of the immense capacity this man had for look at these mass atrocities. These were time. bringing people together. all innocent people. These were citizens. So it is my hope, Mr. Speaker, that The theme which consistently runs These were people who had no greater out of this discovery the conscience of through the many excellent eulogies of desire than to live and l€t live, and be the entire world can be sufficiently the past few days is that Eisenhower as free. These are people who are being aroused so that peace can come. Army general and as U.S. President, had massacred in mass numbers in a most Mr. Speaker, I believe the words on the a great gift for uniting people, for cre­ brutal manner, with their hands tied National Archives Building are very im­ ating unity out of disunity in the work behind their backs, shot through the head portant. They state that- for major national objectives. with a single bullet, dumped into mass The past is prologue, study the past. Today, in 1969, the need for unity in graves. our Nation perhaps has never been This is the true picture of commu­ We cannot close our eyes to reality for greater. The need exists in several areas nism. the sake of expediency. of public policy, but one issue is para­ Mr. Speaker, I would hope that my My colleague from Illinois who spoke mount, and that issue is the war in fellow Americans who have a tendency a moment ago says that he wants to pull Vietnam. our troops out of Vietnam. Of course we to waiver will look at this discovery and In our consideration of this conflict then ask themselves: "What can we do want to pull our troops out. I want to we will most certainly profit from keep­ as Americans, as united Americans, to pull the American troops out. I want to ing in mind the unifying nature of Mr. bring this war to a successful conclu­ get our boys back home just as quickly Eisenhower's leadership and the signifi­ sion?" as Possible, but it would be a tragic mis­ cance of that unity. Mr. Speaker, I say that the course of take if, for the second time in recent his­ We might even go so far as to conjec­ history is being written in South Viet­ tory we, as a free people, overlooked and ture that if Mr. Eisenhower's death at nam just as it was in the Katyn Forest. failed to understand the full design of this time in history gives us the impetus There is no question in my mind but the Communists. They are not quitting. for a greater degree of national unity on that if the American people had known There is not an iota of proof that they the Vietnam question then this could the full facts of the Katyn Forest mas­ are in any way quitting. They are today holding fast in Paris. Why, Mr. Speaker, prove to be still another of his great serv­ sacre the whole course of history would ices to his country and the world. have been altered. this war could be brought to a conclusion in 24 hours. What does the United States It would be rufficult to imagine a Mr. Speaker, I was not here at that greater legacy from any man. time. Like many others, I was in the want in Vietnam? Nothing. Do we seek territorial gains? Of course we do not. Do What are the ingredients of unity in armed services, fighting the war. We our considerations of Vietnam today? were helpless to say anything at that we seek domination over any other na­ tion or group of people? Of course we do The first is to recognize that the Presi­ time. But now I say this: That so long dent of the United States wants at least as the good Lord gives me the strength not. All we want is for the South Viet­ namese to have a chance to be masters as much as any American to bring the I shall remain in the well of this House war to a satisfactory conclusion. Secre­ and try to point out the true and full, of their own destiny as free people. Is this so difficult? Is this so impossible? Is tary of State Rogers on March 28 said ugly consequences of compromise with the United States was prepared to nego­ communism, if we falter. our demand so outrageous? I think if we could pull together the tiate a simultaneous withdrawal of Mr. Speaker, I pray for the day when troops "over a very short period of time." peace will return to Vietnam. I know resources and the determination of the what it is like to deliver a flag that has whole world to make it clear that we are Can anyone believe this is not a sincere flown over this Nation's Capitol to a not going to surrender South Vietnam and valid position of the Nixon admin­ mother in my district who lost her son to Communist infamy, this war could be istration? in Vietnam. I know the hardships our brought to a conclusion very quickly. I do The second ingredient is to recognize American boys are suffering in Vietnam. not think the Communists are made of that in the search to define what kinds I say that the tragedy of our time is such strength that they do not feel the of conclusions can be considered as that the free world wants the United impact of this war. I think the Com­ "satisfactory" the President and his top States to carry this burden all by it­ munists are having just as much of a policy people are looking very carefully self. This in itself is an indictment problem in Hanoi and in North Vietnam at all the alternatives open to them. against the naiviete of the leaders of the and that there is as much resistance t.o The third ingredient is to recognize world. We saw those leaders here earlier the continuation of this war over there that private negotiations have far more this week. These are the men who have among the people of North Vietnam as potential for success than do public talks. within their power the ability to call a there is among the American people here. This can be shown from many examples halt to hostilities in Vietnam. But this So it seems to me that those who falter of recent history, particularly in cases they have not chosen to do; they have and those who would want us to waiver of this kind in which the adversary chosen to stand aside and watch this and those who would suggest that some­ clearly relies on influencing public opin­ huge conflict develop. how or other we walk away before the ion as a major strategy in the negotiat­ It would be my fervent prayer, Mr. job is finished, are really prolonging this - ing process. Speaker, that the discovery of these mass war and inadvertently they are contrib­ The fourth ingredient is to gain and graves somehow or other will reach the uting to false hopes among the Commu­ hold a reasonable perspective on the conscience of the rest of the world, and nist rulers. total Vietnam situation. This is not an that we can stand together united, and I hope that the President will look at easy thing to accomplish. Each and every bring peace to Vietnam. these mass graves, marshal the forces one of us has been bothered by the lack We can bring peace very quickly. Right of the free world in indignation against of clarity in assessing the history of our now there are ships going into Hanoi. this form of genocide, and then use what­ Vietnam involvement and of the exist­ Many of our allies are continuing to do ever means he deems necessary to bring ing situation. business with the Communists because this war to an end in Vietnam. But I want to make some brief com­ the almighty dollar is more important to Yes, Mr. Speaker, Hue and Katyn­ ments on this matter of a proper per­ them than a principle. I am not surprised they constitute a tragic similarity. spective. that the American people are asking FREE FROM COERCION more and more questions. I myself ques­ For 22 years, ever since World War II, tion the values of these fair-weather VIETNAM PERSPECTIVE: A GREATER LEGACY our foreign policy h&S been guided in allies. general by the concept which President The SPEAKER pro tempore m­ Benefit System of America; to the Committee ABLE, Mr. HALPERN, and Mr. LUJAN) : mittee on Foreign Affairs. on the Judiciary. H.R. 9973. A bill to provide appropriations By Mrs.MAY: H.R. 9958. A bill to amend section 702 of for sharing of Federal revenues with States H.R. 9950. A bill to strengthen voluntary the Public Works and Economic Develop­ and certain cities and urban counties; to agricultural organizations, to provide for the ment Act of 1965; to the Committee on Pub­ the Committee on Ways and Means. orderly marketing of agricultural products, lic Works. By Mr. TIERNAN: and for other purposes; to the Committee on By Mr. PEPPER: H.R. 9974. A bill to amend part B of title Agriculture. H.R. 9959. A bill to amend the Internal XVIII of the Social Security Act to include By Mr. MILLS (for himself and Mr. Revenue Code of 1954 to permit a taxpayer drugs prescribed for diabetes, or for chronic BYRNES of Wisconsin): who rents his home or apartment to deduct cardiovascular, respiratory, or kidney disease, H.R. 9951. A bill to provide for the collec­ all or part of his rent payments; to the Com­ among the medical expenses with respect to tion of the Federal unemployment tax in mittee on Ways and Means. which payment may be made under the pro­ quarterly installments during each taxable By Mr. PODELL: gram of supplementary medical insurance year, to make status of employer depend on H.R. 9960. A bill to provide for the com­ benefits for the aged; to the Committee on employment during preceding as well as cur­ pensation of persons injured by certain Ways and Means. rent taxable year, to exclude from the com­ criminal acts; to the Committee on the Judi­ By Mr. VANIK (for himself, Mr. ADAMS, putation of the excess the balance in the em- ciary. Mr. BINGHAM, Mr. DADDARIO, Mr. 8594 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE April 3, 1969 HAWKINS, Mr. MACDONALD of Massa­ By Mr. RHODES: PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS chusetts, Mr. MIKVA, Mrs. MINK, Mr. H.J. Res. 634. Joint resolution proposing an MURPHY of New York, Mr. MURPHY amendment to the Constitution of the United Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private of Illinois, Mr. O'HARA, Mr. OTTINGER, States relative to equal rights for men and bills and resolutions were introduced and Mr. ROBISON, Mr. RODINO, Mr. ST. women; to the Committee on the Judiciary. severally referred as follows: ONGE, and Mr. YATRON): By Mr. STAFFORD: By Mr. ALEXANDER: H.R. 9975. A bill to amend the Internal H.J. Res. 635. Joint resolution proposing an H.R. 9979. A bill for the relief of Choi Sung Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that per­ amendment to the Constitution of the United Joo; to the Committee on the Judiciary. centage depletion shall not be allowed in the States relative to equal rights for men and By Mr. BELL of California: case of mines, wells, and other natural de­ women; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 9980. A bill for the relief of Mario posits located in foreign territory; to the By Mr. YATRON: Pineda; to the Comrni ttee on the Judiciary. Committee on Ways and Means. H.J. Res. 636. Joint resolution proposing an By Mr. BURKE of Florida: By Mr. VANIK (for himself and Mr. amendment to the Constitution of the United H.R. 9981. A bill for the relief of Dr. An­ REUSS): States relative to equal rights for men and tonio Racca Pizarro; to the Committee on H.R. 9976. A bill to promote the foreign women; to the Committee on the Judiciary. the Judiciary. policy and security of the United States by By Mr. ADAMS: By Mr. BYRNES of Wisconsin: providing authority to negotiate a commer­ H. Con. Res. 197. Concurrent resolution, it H.R. 9982. A bill for the relief of Doo Ok cial agreement with Czechoslovakia, and for is the sense of Congress that the United Kwang and Nam Soon Suh; to the Commit­ other purposes; to the Committee on Ways States should begin to reduce its military in­ tee on the Judiciary. and Means. volvement in Vietnam; to the Committee on By Mr. CAREY: By Mr. YATRON: Foreign Affairs. H.R. 9983. A bill for the relief of Rabbi, H.R. 9977. A bill to amend the Internal By Mr. FULTON of Tennessee: Halm Moshe Groman and his wife, Berayne Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that a por­ H. Con. Res. 198. Concurrent resolution ex­ Groman and their children, Nachman David tion of the retirement benefits of a public pressing the sense of the Congress that the Groman, Israel Groman, Abraham Groman, employee shall not be subject to the income United States should begin to reduce its and Nechama Groman; to the Committee on tax; to the Committee on Ways and Means. military involvement in Vietnam; to the the Judiciary. By Mr. YOUNG: Committee on Foreign Affairs. H.R. 9984. A bill for the relief of Domenico H.R. 9978. A bill making an appropriation By Mr. FULTON of Pennsylvania: Marrone; to the Committee on the Judiciary. to the Office of Education to carry out the H. Res. 359. Resolution relative to the hi­ By Mr. HANNA: Bilingual Education Act for the fiscal year jacking of U.S. aircraft; to the Committee on H.R. 9985. A bill for the relief of Kim ending June 30, 1970; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Dang Heng; to the Committee on the Ju­ Appropriations. diciary. By Mr. BINGHAM: By Mr. HELSTOSKI: H.J. Res. 629. Joint resolution to establish MEMORIALS H.R. 9986. A bill for the relief of Orlando the Commission on the Future Political I. Agnir; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Status of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Under clause 4 of rule XXII, memorials H.R. 9987. A bill for the relief of Girolamo Islands (Micronesia); to the Committee on were presented and referred as follows: Biondo; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Interior and Insular Affairs. 101. By Mr. OLSEN: Joint resolution of the H.R. 9988. A bill for the relief of Francisco By Mr. BURTON of Utah: Senate and House of Representatives of the Cacciola; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.J. Res. 630. Joint resolution proposing an State of Montana, asking that Congress en­ H .R. 9989. A bill for the relief of Pietro amendment to the Constitution of the United act legislation permitting 25 percent of the Desantis; to the Committee on the Judiciary. States relative to equal rights for men and gross sales of national forest products to be H.R. 9990. A bill for the relief of Antonio women; to the Committee on the Judiciary. deposited in the funds of the county where Inzillo; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. EDWARDS of California: the products are grown to replace the tax H.R. 9991. A bill for the relief of Michala H.J. Res. 631. Joint resolution in honor of loss to the counties wherein these public Liotta; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Joseph B. Ridder; to the Committee on the lands are located; to the Committee on Agri­ H.R. 9992. A bill for the r13lief of Romola Judiciary. culture. Marsiglia; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. JOHNSON of Pennsylvania: 102. By the SPEAKER: Memorial of the H.R. 9993. A bill for the relief of Antonio H.J. Res. 632. Joint resolution proposing an Legislature of the State of New Mexico, rela­ Vitale; to the Committee on the Judiciary. amendment to the Constitution of the United tive to Federal funding of public welfare ex­ By Mr. LOWENSTEIN: States relative to equal rights for men and penditures; to the Committee on Ways and H.R. 9994. A bill for the relief of Josephine women; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Means. Palazzolo and Michele Palazzolo; to the Com­ By Mr. McDADE: 103. Memorial of the Legislature of the mittee on the Judiciary. H.J. Res. 633. Joint resolution proposing an State of Utah, relative to changing the name By Mr. ROSENTHAL: amendment to the Constitution of the United of the Glen Canyon Dam to the Dwight D. H.R. 9995. A bill for the relief of Philip States relative to equal rights for men and Eisenhower Dam; to the Oommittee on In­ Antoun Morcos; to the Committee on the women; to the Committee on the Judiciary. terior and Insular Affairs. Judiciary.

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