28040 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 17, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION It is our opinion, based upon a careful it is necessary for employment or for medi­ REGULATIONS SEEK TO SIDE­ review of the proposed regulations, that cal-related treatment. TRACK SERVICES TO SENIORS their implementation would result in a 5. Counting assets of family members: By severe and unacceptable alteration or elimi­ requiring that the assets of all household nation of legal services to the poor elderly. members be counted under Section 1611.6, HON. MARIO BIAGGI Such action is directly contradictory to both the proposed rules provide a number of dis­ OF NEW YORK the spirit and intent of the 1977 amend­ incentives for family members to care for el­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments to the Act which specifically state derly relatives at home if they also seek that priority for services shall be given to legal services. Monday, October 17, 1983 the elderly and the handicapped. In our es­ 6. Verification: The requirements set forth e Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, I wish to timation, if the proposed regulations are im­ in the proposed rules would impede legal bring to the attention of my col­ plemented, over one-half and as many as services by creating an excessive paperwork leagues an ongoing battle which has two-thirds of the elderly poor could be burden upon legal services attorneys. The eliminated from legal services. verification requirements that allow all cli­ been waged with the Legal Services In testimony before the Subcommittee on ents information to be made available to the Corporation proposed eligibility guide­ Human Services of the House Select Com­ Legal Services Corporation not only forces lines issued on August 29, 1983. These mittee on Aging on September 22, it was re­ attorneys to violate client confidentiality guidelines seek to restrict access to vealed that the proposed regulations depart codes , but also to divert staff time to deter­ legal services by imposing guidelines dramatically from existing eligibility re­ mining complex eligibility criteria. which, in my eyes, and in the eyes of quirements for the two major income sup­ In sum, we believe that if these regula­ many, directly violate not only the port programs for the elderly: Food Stamps tions were to become final---either in whole spirit, but the very intent of the Legal and Supplemental Security Income . or in part-they would violate the spirit, if This inconsistency will have the effect of not the very intent of the Legal Services Services Corporation Act. eliminating the very same clients from the Corporation Act. Specifically, we feel that On September 22, the House Sub­ program that the program was created to these new eligibility requirements are in committee on Human Services of the serve. In addition, the new assets test will direct conflict with the specific mission of Select Committee on Aging, which I require local legal service providers to the Corporation under Sections 1002(3) and Chair, conducted a hearing to examine endure an excessive paperwork burden to 1007 <2> to provide services to "any the impact of the proposed regulations verify assets of potential clients. Such an person financially unable to afford legal as­ upon the elderly and the disabled. My administrative burden would only serve to sistance. We call upon you to withdraw the special interest in this issue stems divert critically-needed resources. August 29, 1983 regulations. There is no rea­ from my authorship, in the 1977 There are specific provisions within the sonable explanation why the Corporation, proposed regulations

which we feel would should undertake such a radical reversal of Corporation Act, for priority services seriously impact upon the elderly. These eligibility requirements at this time. We to the elderly and the disabled. The provisions include, but are not limited to: intend to assure that adequate funding is proposed regulations, in their original 1. Group Representation: The application provided to the Corporation to protect the form, would have diminished substan­ of an assets test to members of an organiza­ right of poor citizens of this Nation to equal tially, if not completely eliminated tion designed to protect groups of poor and justice under the law. access to legal services by the very frail elderly is a misapplication of law. We are also including, as part of our offi­ same people the act is charged to There are many organizations, such as cial comments on the proposed regulations, serve. those which represent institutionalized el­ testimony received by the Human Services derly, who are not composed of potential cli­ Subcommittee on this matter. We ask that The subcommittee received exten­ ents, but instead, represent those in institu­ you make this testimony part of our official sive testimony from not only the Cor­ tions that cannot speak for themselves. position. poration but from a number of organi­ Eliminating group access to legal services by Sincerely, zations which represent the elderly imposing an asset test upon the group does MARio BIAGGI, and the handicapped. By our own esti­ a direct disservice to the very people living Chainnan. mates, legal services would be denied in such homes that cannot represent them­ OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, to at least one-half if not two-thirds of selves. This provision reflects not only a Ranking Minority Member. the eligible elderly population had the misunderstanding of the role of such groups BARNEY FRANK, in protecting the elderly, but more impor­ Member of Congress. regulations been finalized in their tantly, is a direct attack upon the right of CLAUDINE SCHNEIDER, original form. As a result of the hear­ the poorest of the poor elderly to be afford- Member of Congress. ing, I was joined by a number of my ed equal justice under the law. · LEs AuCoiN, colleagues, including the ranking Re­ 2. Home equity not to exceed $15,000: This Member of Congress. publican member of our subcommit­ provision ignores the fact that the majority STAN LUNDINE, Member of Congress. tee, 0LYMPIA SNOWE, in calling for the of the elderly who live in their own homes complete withdrawal of the proposed have also owned them for some time. The EDWARD RoYBAL, regulations. A copy of our comments most recent housing survey notes that 88% Member of Congress. to the Corporation on the proposed of all low-income homeowners own homes On September 28, Mr. Donald P. nationwide valued above $15,000, including Bogard, president of the Legal Serv­ regulations are included here for the 3,095,000 who are over 65. benefit of my colleagues. ices Corporation, sent the subcommit­ 3. IRA's and Keogh plans: Inclusion of tee the accompanying letter which in­ SELECT COJlDI[I'rl'EE ON AGING, income from such government-protected re­ SUBC011D4I'ITEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, tirement plans in determining eligibility dicates his intent to revise substantial Washington, D.C., September 28, 1983. contradicts all incentives provided to the el­ sections of the proposed rules. For the Mr. JOHN c. MEYER, derly to establish and contribute to such benefit of my colleagues, the letter fol­ Deputy General Counsel, Office of General plans. lows: Counsel, Legal Services Corporation, 4. Maximum equity of $4,500 for one or LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION, Washington, D.C. more licensed vehicles: This provision over­ Washington, D.C., September 28, 1983. DEAR MR. MEYER: We are writing to pro­ looks the fact that many working, low­ Hon. MARio BIAGGI, vide you with our comments on the pro­ income seniors would be forced to choose House of Representatives, posed regulations addressing client eligibil­ between working and unemployment in Washington, D. C. ity published by the Legal Services Corpora­ order to obtain legal services. Furthermore, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I want to thank you tion on August 29, 1983 (48 Fed. Reg. 39086). the SSI program totally excludes one car if for the time and attention you and your

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. October 17, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28041 Committee devoted to the Legal Services consideration by the Corporation. that they do not have the resources to hire Corporation last week. After carefully con­ These issues-both addressed exten­ private attorneys. Our extensive experience sidering the suggestions you made, I have sively in our hearing, are the issue of with such advocacy organizations, which decided to accept your most important rec­ group representation and the public primarily exist to protect the legal rights of ommendations and am redrafting the pro­ poor elderly and institutionalized individ­ posed eligibility guidelines to include the benefits exemption. Current regula­ uals, conclusively demonstrates that these following provisions: tions allow for advocacy groups to groups are not composed of "rich members" 1. Local programs will establish the specif­ retain legal services attorneys on as the proposed regulations contend. ic guidelines for determining eligibility. behalf of individuals or groups which Rather, these groups are composed of con­ 2. Special consideration must be given to they represent. A perfect example of cerned citizens who recognize that those the needs of the elderly, institutionalized this are those groups which exist to who cannot help themselves, such as nurs­ and handicapped. protect the right of nursing home resi­ ing home residents, must retain access to 3. A client's equity in a home may be ex­ dents-who by definition are poor and legal service in order to protect the rights of cluded from the assets considered by the those who cannot help themselves. local program in establishing eligibility. who are clearly unable to retain access to counsel. The proposed LSC regula­ Public benefits exception: Section 1611.4 4. Equity in work related equipment need of the proposals eliminates a critical portion not disqualify a client. tions would bar advocacy groups from of existing regulations which have been in 5. Impediments to an individual's access to retaining attorneys on behalf of resi­ effect since 1976 and which make those re­ the assets of the family or household must dents based on the erroneous assump­ ceiving public benefits automatically eligible be taken into account. tion that members of such advocacy for legal services. This was primarily done 6. The ceiling on maximum allowable organizations may have their own to assure a minimal amount of administra­ assets may be waived by the program direc­ money to hire attorneys. The absurdi­ tive "red tape" would be placed upon local tor. ty of this assumption speaks volumes service providers. It also underscores a fun­ I am enclosing a draft of the changes damental aspect of the Legal Services Cor­ which will be submitted to the Board as about the lack of understanding of the role of such organizations on behalf of poration Act itself: if someone is poor part of our staff recommendations. enough to be receiving public benefits, such Sincerely, the poor and institutionalized. as food stamps or SSI, they certainly should DONALD P. BOGARD, A second aspect of the proposed reg­ be eligible for legal services. To deny, as the President. u1ations which remain in issue is the proposed regulations suggest, these individ­ provision in existing regulations which uals from automatic eligibility with the jus­ STAFF RECOMMENDATION/PROPOSED REVI­ automatically grants eligibility to SIONS 45 CFR 1611 WITH OGC TECHNICAL tification that "a person receiving govern­ anyone who currently receives public ment income maintenance payments may AMENDMENTS benefits, including SSI and food have more disposable income than one re­ Section 1611.5(b)(2)(D) should be revised ceiving income solely from employment" is, to read: The existence of assets, including stamps. The subcommittee's hearing revealed that little thought had been in our opinion, irresponsible and misleading. liquid and non-liquid, which are available to More importantly, this statement reflects a the applicant and are in excess of the asset given by the LSC to income guidelines basic lack of understanding about those in­ ceiling set by the recipient pursuant to Sec­ for SSI and food stamp programs-the dividuals on public assistance and attempts tion 1611.6. most important benefits to the poor to create two categories of poor-those who Section 1611.6 Asset Ceilings should be elderly-when the proposed regula­ are "worthy" because they work and those amended to read as follows: tions were drafted. Yet, as the Sep­ who are "unworthy" because they do not By January 30, 1984, and annually there­ tember 28 letter from the LSC states, work. after, the governing body of the recipient consideration was not given to the We believe that there was ample evidence shall establish guidelines incorporating spe­ presented at our September 22 hearing to cific and reasonable asset ceilings, including public benefits exemption-despite the fact that its very intent was to mini­ warrant withdrawal of these two additional both liquid and non-liquid assets, to be uti­ aspects of the proposed regulations. If, in lized in determining eligibility for services. mize redtape and to preserve resources fact, the Corporation has conducted an The guidelines shall consider the economy by providing for the public benefits analysis or study that would refute our posi­ of the service area and the relative cost-of­ exemption. As a resu1t, the subcom­ tion on these two sections of the proposed living of low-income persons so as to ensure mittee sent a subsequent letter to the the availability of services to those in the rules, we would like to be advised of this greatest economic and legal need. LSC outlining the remaining issues fact. If the Corporation has made these rec­ The guidelines shall be consistent with with the proposed regulations as we ommendations without benefit of systemat­ the recipient's priorities established in ac­ see them. ic analysis of their impact upon the poor el­ cordance with 45 CFR 1620 and special con­ SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGING, SUB­ derly and disabled communities, we respect­ sideration shall be given to the legal needs COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, fully request that you withdraw these re­ of the elderly, institutionalized, and handi­ Washington, D.C., September 30, 1983. maining sections prior to the October 4 capped. Mr. DONALD P. BOGARD, public meeting of the Board of Directors. Assets considered shall include all liquid President, Legal Services Corporation, The promulgation of these proposals in and non-liquid assets of all persons who are Washington, D.C. their current form would deny justice to a resident members of a family unit, except DEAR MR. BoGARD: We appreciate your group of citizens who otherwise would be that a recipient may exclude the principal letter of September 28, 1983 which indicated unable to obtain legal assistance in the residence of a client. The guidelines shall your decision to revise selected portions of event their rights are challenged. take into account impediments to an indi­ the proposed client eligibility regulations With kllldest regards, we are, vidual's access to assets of the family unit or published in the Federal Register on August MARIO BIAGGI, household. 29, 1983. Chairman. Reasonable equity value in work-related Your attention to our comments and rec­ OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, equipment which is essential to the employ­ ommendations from last week's hearing was Ranking Minority Member. ment or self-employment of an applicant or most encouraging. However, we remain The LSC Board of Directors planned member of a family unit, shall not be uti­ deeply concerned over two remaining issues a public hearing on October 4 for the lized to disqualify an applicant, provided in the proposed regulations which were not expressed purpose of discussing the that the owner is attempting to produce addressed in your letter. We assume these income consistent with its fair market value. proposed regulations are under active con­ proposed regulations. This meeting The governing body may establish author­ sideration by your agency and urge you to was canceled and has yet to be re­ ity for the project director to waive the ceil­ withdraw those remaining sections which scheduled. In the interim, I plan to ings on maximum allowable assets in unusu­ deal with the following areas: vigorously monitor the activities of al or extremely meritorious situations. Group Representation: Current regula­ the Corporation to assure that the While I applaud the Corporation for tions (45 CFR Sec. 161.5(c)) require that all concerns of Congress are adequately groups seeking legal assistance certify that relayed to all the members of the their attention to our concerns, I they lack funds to obtain private counsel. remain deeply troubled over both the We believe that the proposed revisions to Board who will have to make final de­ vague references to revision of the this section of the regulations in fact mis­ terminations on these proposed rules. proposed rules as well as two impor­ represent the intent of the law since the or­ I stand by my original call for the tant issues which remain under active ganizations in question must already certify complete withdrawal of these eligibll- 28042 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 17, 1983 ity regulations. They are misdirected, EPA. Even more damning, there is as yet no helps keep letters and money pouring into badly conceived, and equally as impor­ strong evidence that emissions from coal­ environmentalists' headquarters. Politicians tant, they are being proposed by a fired plants in the Midwest are in fact "kill­ have been learning, through the move­ Corporation that does not even have a ing" lakes, fish and forests in the Northeast ment's success in dispatching Anne McGill and, hence, that spending billions of taxpay­ Burford and James Watt, not to make light fully confirmed membership. The very er and/or ratepayer dollars to clean up the of even its more irrational demands. A Na­ fact that the LSC maintains business emissions would make a difference. This tional Governors' Association task force, as usual without a fully confirmed latest "environmental" campaign FISH AND ACID uniformly with the methods used to reach this experiment? RAIN this conclusion and with the conclusion David Stockman, no slouch at politics as itself." it added: "The conclusion of a linear well as numbers, sees through this wasteful removal mechanism for sulfur dioxide is not game. It's about time a few other people did HON. TOM CORCORAN supportable." as well.e OF ILLINOIS Tennessee Valley Authority scientists re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cently investigated the causes of fish kills in trout-rearing facilities near Raven Fork TRIBUTE TO BUCKS COUNTY Monday, October 17, 1983 Creek in North Carolina. It found that CITIZENS e Mr. CORCORAN. Mr. Speaker, in water runoff from the highly acid soils of an October 12 editorial, the Wall surrounding forests was the culprit, not Street Journal discussed various man-made acid rain. Similarly, a study by HON. PETER H. KOSTMA YER schemes being proposed to control Everett and Associates, an independent re­ OF PENNSYLVANIA search group in Maryland, found that for­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES acid rain. According to David Stock­ estry practices in the Adirondacks are in­ man, the Director of the Office of creasing soil acidity and that water percolat­ Monday, October 17, 1983 Management and Budget, one such ing through the soil is carrying the acids plan would end up costing $6,000 for e Mr. KOSTMAYER. Mr. Speaker, I into the lakes and streams. am every pound of fish supposedly saved. Despite the claims about acid rain killing honored to pay tribute to two out­ The cost for another plan is $66,000 forests, there has been no damage to more standing Bucks County, Pa., citizens, per pound of fish. highly sensitive plant life in the Adiron­ Dorothy and David Dickstein. Both I have communicated my concerns dacks, according to botanist E. H. Ketch­ Dorothy and David lead very active about the potential high cost of any ledge, who has studied the region for a lives in several areas of community in­ quarter century. "The fragile alpine summit volvement. acid rain control program, particularly vegetation . . . does not appear to exhibit in the Midwest, to the President and Brooklyn-born Dorothy Dickstein, a the slightest damage or deterioration or de­ registered nurse, has been an excep­ others. The points made in the Jour­ cline purported by some spokesmen to be nal editorial further emphasize the killing the more complex and thus more tional contributor to area Jewish ac­ importance of careful consideration stable spruce-fir forests immediately down­ tivities. She has been vice president of being given by the administration and slope," he says. "This most fragile of all eco­ the N.E. Chapter of the American the Congress prior to moving ahead systems in New York State has escaped the Jewish Congress and president of the with any acid rain control program. postulated damage widely heralded else­ Levittown Chapter. Mrs. Dickstein has Mr. Speaker, for the benefit of our where about these mountains." served as president of the Women's Di­ Claims that acid rain is killing red spruce vision of the combined Jewish Appeal colleagues, I would like to include in trees in Vermont aren't supported by the and as the president of the Federa­ the REcORD at this point the text of data, according to an analysis by California­ tion, the board of directors of the the October 12 Wall Street Journal based Environmental Research & Technolo­ editorial entitled, "Gold gy Inc. It blamed an extreme drought in the Jewish Family Service, Congregation Fish." mid-1960s for slowing the trees' reproduc­ Beth-El Synagogue, and a board tion. member and membership chairperson The article follows: of the Congregation Beth-El Sister­ [From the Wall Street Journal, Oct. 12, Edward C. Krug and Charles R. Frink of 1983] the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment hood. In addition, she has been chosen Station, writing in Science magazine, point most deservedly as the Congregation GOLD (PLATED) FISH to changes in land use, soil-formation proc­ Beth-El Woman of the Year. David Stockman, director of the Office of esses and vegetative succession as causes for David Dickstein, a Philadelphia Management and Budget, has calculated increased acidification. "Natural processes that a $21 billion "acid rain control" pro­ of acidification must be more carefully con­ native and graduate of the University gram recently advanced by Environmental sidered in assessing benefits expected from of Pennsylvania at age 18, has been a Protection Agency Administrator William proposed reductions in emissions of oxides leader in the community since he Ruskelshaus would put a price tag of $6,000 of sulfur and nitrogen," they concluded. moved to Levittown after service in a pound on every fish supposedly saved. But politics, not science, clearly is driving World War II and a short stint as a And if you take some of the more extreme the acid-rain campaign. In true Madison Government employee. He has been proposals, the price of fish in Northeast Avenue fashion, acid rain sells, implying as president of Chaim Weitzman Chapter lakes goes up to $66,000 a pound. it does some new environmental horror that of the American Jewish Federation Mr. Stockman's figures help to illustrate might cause your skin to peel off in a rain what a fish story the whole acid-rain issue shower. At a time when most Americans re­ and president and director for the has become. The Ruskelshaus plan repre­ alize the air and water are getting cleaner Lower Bucks Realtors Multiple Listing sents the total abandonment of cost-benefit and want economic sense brought to bear on Service. Mr. Dickstein has served on analysis by zealots inside and outside the government regulations, the acid-rain scare the board of directors of the Jewish October 17, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28043 Family Service and Congregation TRIBUTE TO CHUMS Fourth. Phone-a-patient and visit-a­ Beth-El. patient programs to let cancer pa­ I join the Jewish National Fund and HON. MARIO BIAGGI tients/survivors know somebody cares. the Dickstein's children in paying trib­ OF NEW YORK Fifth. Pen pal program to enable ute to the commitment of Dorothy IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cancer patients/survivors to corre­ spond with each other. and David Dickstein to the Jewish and Monday, October 17, 1983 humanitarian causes they have sup­ Sixth. Campaign against discrimina­ ported. I was proud to have attended • Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, I would tion of cancer patients/survivors in the testimonial dinner for the Dick­ like to call to the attention of my col­ employment, insurance, and other leagues the outstanding progress that areas. steins last night at Congregation Beth­ has been made by CHUMS e of war. I asked him to let me help him. He apartment because I could no longer afford denied that anything was different and house payments and the upkeep. My hus­ reaffirmed his devotion to me and to our band's second wife is entitled to my GI bill TIMOTHY SCHMIDT, NATIONAL family. Shortly afterward, he was ordered to to further her education if she wishes. I BLIND WORKER OF THE YEAR Camp Lejeune and, for the first time in our have no money for any type of training. I married life, refused to let me accompany now work at a discount department store him. I was baffled and hurt. Because he was near where I live for minimum wage. When HON. ELDON RUDD selected to attend the Staff College in Nor­ I am sick, I am not entitled to use the Naval folk, his stay at Lejeune was short. He came Hospital. My husband's second wife of OF ARIZONA back home. When he graduated, he was as­ thirty-nine days has my medical privileges. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES signed to the Naval Base in Norfolk. Against That is my story, But mine is not an iso­ Monday, October 17, 1983 my wishes, he moved into the BOQ. Again, I lated case. was deeply hurt. Was there another woman? The Committee for Equality and Justice e Mr. RUDD. Mr. Speaker, I would He denied it. for the Military Wife has evaluated the gov­ like to share with my colleagues in the I now know that during those years he ernment benefits my husband's second wife House of Representatives the story of was involved with a very, very young of thirty-nine days received. The total that Timothy Schmidt, a remarkable man woman. I now know that their relationship the taxpayer will pay out to this woman is lasted several years. Yet, my husband did who served a little more than one month as who truly an inspiration to all who not ask for a divorce until a year before he a military wife is more than two and one­ have ever faced despair or adversity. died. That year, when he became ill, he half million dollars, or $2,589,528 to be pre­ Timothy Schmidt, who I am proud urged, he cajoled, he insisted that we di­ cise school he was diagnosed as having Retinitis WILL THE COWS COME HOME? Q. In this public dispute between Mr. Pigmentosa and his vision rapidly deterio­ Feldstein and Regan, has the president sug­ rated. Timothy persevered and earned his HON. BARNEY FRANK gested whose side he's on? high school diploma. He also earned letters OF MASSACHUSETTS A. No. I think they both agree on policy. I for managing the football, basketball, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES think it's just a matter of debate on wheth­ baseball teams. er deficits do count. The president's view on Mter graduation Timothy attended a Monday, October 17, 1983 that is known. He prefers lower deficits and Junior college but he was not happy. He • Mr. FRANK. Mr. Speaker, today he prefers that Congress act to lower defi­ withdrew from college and became totally and for the past few months, a very se­ cits. dependent on his family for food and shel­ A: No. He's never been wrong. ter. His self-confidence had so dwindled, he rious debate has raged in Washington Q: Does that mean we could bring the in­ felt the public transportation system was over the importance of deficits in our terest rate down even further by tripling too complicated to figure out and he de­ national economy. The contestants in the deficit? pended on his family for transportation too. this debate have fundamentally diver­ A: Just noting that Treasury rate bills yes­ Finally, Timothy realized he could not con­ gent views about the impact of deficits terday morning were 9.04 percent, down tinue existing this way. He wanted to live on interest rates. Indeed, rarely in our from 9.19 at the end of last week and 9.21 life rather than watch it pass him by, so he history have we seen such a head-on on the week ending Aug. 31. And you know visited the State Vocational Rehabilitation clash of positions on such a fundamen­ the three-month Treasury bills have fallen Division. Within a month Timothy was re­ substantially in recent weeks and many ceiving on-the-job training as a teacher's tal economic subject. What is particu­ economists believe the stage is set for a fur­ aide in the Work Activities Program at Ari­ larly interesting is that the contest­ ther drop in interest rates. zona Industries for the Blind . ants in this debate are both members Q: I'm confused a bit . . . What is the posi­ As Timothy's responsibilities on the job of the Reagan administration: with tion, or is there one? increased, so did his self-confidence and his Chairman Feldstein of the Council of A: I just stated it to you . . . that we want desire to become independent. He tackled Economic Advisers arguing that defi­ lower deficits through reductions in federal the public transportation system and cits cause interest rates to be higher spending. became such a competent traveler that he than they otherwise would be, while Q: Thus far there doesn't seem to be began assisting his co-workers. Timothy pre­ much link betwen rising deficits and lower pared for the day when he would live on his Treasury Secretary Regan denies that interest rates. Are you indicating that might own by taking instruction in home manage­ any such relationship can be shown to change? ment, including budgeting, shopping and exist. A: I'm not indicating anything. cooking. Timothy was promoted to occupa­ Many people have been led by this Q: Larry, you're giving conflicting signals tional therapy aide and used his sports ex­ debate to ask a simple question: With here. You have Feldstein giving one set of perience to provide exercise training for the which of his major economic advisers signals and Regan giving another. agency's clients. does President Reagan agree? Alas, A: And what were the words out of Timothy's determination had no limits Mr. Speaker, it is a simple question to mouth? That economists can debate this till until the summer of 1981 when he required the cows come home. surgery to remove an enlarged spleen. The which there is not only no simple Q: They're your economists and they operation was debilitating and further com­ answer, but, according to the Presi­ should be speaking with one voice. plicated by infection. Timothy thought he dent's official press spokesperson, it is A: Reasonable men have differing opin­ might never be able to return to work and a question to which there is apparent­ ions and the president has asked for differ­ his future was bleak. ly no coherent answer at all. ing opinions. But Timothy had pulled himself up by his On September 18, the Washington Q: What is the administration position? bootstraps before and he was ready to do it Post printed excerpts from a tran­ A: Bob . you'll have to see. Q: Un unison] ... the cows come home. As a cosponsor of this measure I be­ Q: So there is no administration position Q: I want to take a stab ... lieve that it offers a rational and on linkage between deficits and interest A: Paul : Can I take one last of eligible individuals being thrown off the question either? shot? If the president gets lots of advice and the roles without recourse. A: I don't know that it can be resolved. he says he doesn't want yes men ... at a Q: the White House saying ... that certain point he has to form an opinion. In my own State of New York, Gov­ the administration doesn't know whether Clearly this is an issue [on which] one ernor Cuomo led the Nation in stop­ lower interest rates will result if we lower would think he would have formed an opin­ ping all reviews of those on the dis­ deficits as the result of lowering federal ion. All we're asking is 'Where does the ability rolls until a more uniform spending? That's the bottom line of what president come down?' method can be adopted. Since the an­ you just said. A: He doesn't have to have an opinion on nouncement by the State's depart­ A: You know, all the economic theories, this in order to go after reducing deficits ment of social services last July that Saul, are subject to interpretation and, through reducing federal spending and tell­ the "legal and moral obligations of the really, you have to take a historical perspec­ ing Congress we want to cut this federal tive. spending. disabled were not being met," 11 other Q: If I'm not mistaken, it's the administra­ Q: What is the purpose in cutting federal States have followed suit and banned tion position that those budget deficits do spending? further review of beneficiaries. This threaten economic recovery, [isn't] it? A: Balance the budget, reduce the deficit. national outcry was a result of 374,000 A: I don't know that you ever heard the Q: And the reason is? people being removed from the disabil­ president say it. You might have heard A: Paul, how many times have I got to tell ity rolls since March 1981 when the some of his advisers say it. you? Cool it.e Social Security Administration an­ Q: What's the policy here of having Feld­ nounced a crackdown on the program stein going out and saying one thing and Regan going out and saying another thing? DISABILITY REFORM MEASURE to implement a 1980 law which man­ A: You can't even pronounce his hat, until the cows come ments of benefits until all appeals proposed that the United States and home. have been exausted through the ad­ the Soviet Union agree to a ban on Q: He did during the campaign. A: What was his position? ministrative law judge level; fourth, space weapons. Fred Kaplin, author Q: He said high deficits cause high inter­ provision of a face-to-face meeting and defense correspondent for the est rates. with the original decisionmaker before Boston Globe, has presented a most A: Well, interest rates have been cut in issuing a formal decision to terminate convincing case for negotiating a ban half and the deficit has doubled. benefits; and fifth, require that any on antisatellite weapons now. 28050 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 17, 1983 The Reagan administration, if it plane. Says Stares, "There's no way the control treaty. If the United States goes wants to convince the American Russians could have confidence that every ahead and tests its new ASAT system, the people and the world that is it serious F-15 isn't carrying an ASAT. What are we Soviets undoubtedly will break the morato­ about arms control, has the chance to going to do? Paint the F-15 differenc is it rium and resume their own testing-and has any ASAT mission?" probably develop a better weapon than the show that it is by agreeing to negoti­ Ironically, this moment when we are one they have now. This will provoke us to ate with the Soviets to ban weapons in about to test a new ASAT system is both upgrade our system . . . And the race is on. space. the last and probably one of the best oppor­ From here, any number of scenarios can [From the Washington Post, Oct. 16, 19831 tunities for getting ASAT arms-control ne­ be imagined: the U.S. or the U.S.S.R. develops an ASAT that can (potential­ CRAzy ARMs RAcE IN SPACE brief digression into history. ly) strike satellites at high altitudes as well The United States was the first to develop as low altitudes, thus endangering the all­ an ASAT system. From 1963-67, the U.S. important early-warning satellites. The Sometime very soon, , the United States will test a weapon satellite killers. From 1964-68, the U.S. Air involving lasers-that can attack this new system that promises to burst through a new threshold in the arms race-a race for Force fired Thor missiles at deactivated sat­ ASAT system. Or perhaps he develops a military supremacy in outer space. This ellites in outer space in what was called the space-based battle station that can defend competition will be almost unimaginably ex­ "Squanto Terror" tests . This program was kept systems that can attack the defenders. And back once it has commenced, and even if the alive until 1975. so it goes .... weapons involved work the way they are Not until 1968-well after the Air Force Indeed, this scenario is precisely what supposed to, the nation will be less secure in had delcared Program 437 "operational"­ some people have in mind. Although the the end. did the Soviets start up their own ASAT U.S. Miniature Homing Vehicle program The new weapon seems deceptively harm­ program. The Soviet system is substantially dates back to 1978, its most ardent support­ less at first glance: a 12-by-13 inch cylinder, more unwieldy than either the U.S. pro­ ers view it as an entering wedge into the loaded with telescopes and infrared sensors, grams of the 1960s or our forthcoming MHV whole panoply of space weapons-some on attached to a two-stage rocket small enough plan. Their scheme was to launch a "killer the drawing boards, some as yet only sparks to fit under an F-15 jet fighter. The satellite" in an orbit that crosses an enemy and glimmers in the fertile imaginations of drama-and potential danger-lies in what satellite, and then to blow up the killer, de­ technocratic enthusiasts-that fall under this small package is designed to do. It's stroying the enemy spacecraft with shrap­ the rubric of "Star Wars." called a Miniature Homing Vehicle , nel. Star Wars advocates tasted their first dose and the idea is to fly the F-15 almost verti­ Over the next 14 years, the Soviets con­ of legitimacy last March, when President cally up to the edge of the atmosphere, then ducted 20 tests. They have used two differ­ Reagan told a nationwide TV audience of fire the MHV into outer space, where it will ent types of guidance systems. One directs his "vision of the future." He held out the home in on-and kill-an enemy satellite. the killer-satellite by shining a radar beam "hope" that a network of antiballistic mis­ If the first few tests of the MHV system on the target. The other is more passive, siles in the military-scientific community, ground and on the seas"-that is, to prepare passive infrared-seeker version six times­ and several others in various bureaucracies to fight and win wars. A study signed last and all six were duds. and think tanks on the east and west year by the Air Force chief of staff, titled Even the 10 successes had their limita­ coasts-have been keen on moving the arms ''Air Force 2000," calls for "space superiori­ tions. They were all conducted at low alti­ competition into space. A very small group ty," which requires "the capability to de­ tudes, whereas most U.S. satellites-includ­ within the Air Force, recently organized stroy hostile space systems." ing all early-warning satellites-are sta­ into a Space Command, believes that space Already, both sides-especially the United tioned at very high altitudes. There were can be-as Thomas Karas calls it in his book States-depend on space for a wide variety also conducted within very narrow angles or that chronicles this community-"The New of military missions. Most of what we know inclinations weapons, and thus an increas­ announced a moratorium on all ASAT test­ and technology of Star Wars. At this ingly crucial element of our military com­ ing, and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko moment, an interagency group consisting of mand network will be come increasingly vul­ Submitted an ASAT arms-control proposal officials from the State Department, the nerable. to the United Nations, with terms that seem Pentagon, the National Security Council "Right now," according to Paul Stares of to indicate seriousness. One obvious reason and the Arms Control and Disarmament the Brookings Institution. "if we lose our for this seriousness is a realization that the Agency is drawing up evaluations of those space systems, we'd be hurt but not crip­ United States is about to come out with a studies to present to the president sometime pled. If we continue to increase our depend­ new ASAT system that will probably be within the next month. ence on space systems, then we're just dig­ much more successful than the Soviet Officials involved in the studies and the ging a hole for ourselves." model. interagency meetings say that nobody now There's one way out of this hole-and Indeed, administration officials have knows how to go about even beginning to that is to negotiate an ASAT arms-control treated the idea of negotiations dismissively build a Star Wars system. Says one Penta­ agreement with the Russians. Yet after our precisely because Andropov has proposed gon official, "At this point we have no con­ forthcoming ASAT tests, this may be impos­ them. The reasoning: his fear of our ASAT sensus on what it all means. . . . I don't sible. Air Force officials have testified that only confirms that it can give us an edge in think we have the kind of answers that we it will take only six hours to install an MHV the arms race. could base any sort of policy on." ASAT sytem on an F-15 fighter anywhere But this is shortsighted, and not just be­ In any case, officials are discovering tech­ in the world, at a cost of only $632,000 per cause it lessens the likelihood of an arms- nical problems that may be insurmountable. October 17, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28051 A ground-based laser wouldn't work In short, an historic opportunity to halt a hope to oppressed peoples throughout through clouds. Even Maj. Gen. Bernard whole new age in the arms race is being ne­ the world.e Randolph, director of Air Force space sys­ glected, even ignored-not only by the ad­ tems, told a House committee last spring ministration, but by Congress as well. ments also have paid scant attention to the AMERICA'S TECHNOLOGY and would weigh 150,000 pounds-well imminent prospect of an arms race in HIGHWAY beyond the transport capacity of the Space space.) Shuttle. To provide even "a thin AB, capa­ It wouldn't be the first time. In 1970, to bility," we would need 50-100 of these sys­ cite just the most recent parallel, the tems. Furthermore, the systems must have United States deployed the Minuteman III OF MASSACHUSETI'S perfect accuracy; he likened the mission to intercontinental ballistic missile. It incorpo­ pointing a beam "from the Washington rated new technology called MIRVs , which allowed one missile to carry sev­ there while both of you are moving." eral warheads, each of which could be e Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, in Then there's the cost. Air Force studies guided to separate targets. recent months, the term high-tech has have put it at $500 billion. An analyst on Before MIRVs, a first strike destroying enlisted many followers as the key one of the government-sponsored study­ the other side's land-based missiles was im­ words for the economic renewal of our groups puts it as high as $1.2 trillion. possible; one missile could hit only one country. The term high-tech is noth­ And that probably would not be the end enemy missile; if one side built extra mis­ of it. Officials and analysts point out that siles, the other side could counter by build­ ing new to the people of Massachu­ the Russians could "spoof" any space-based ing more too. However, with MIRVs, a setts and the residents of Route 128, ABM system much more cheaply than it single missile could destroy America's technology highway. I am would take us to build one. Just a few tech­ several enemy missiles. If the U.S. and the proud to represent the firms along niques: cover the surface of a missile with a U.S.S.R acquired MIRVs, both sides would Route 128 and am pleased to share in mirror that reflects the laser beam; jam the be at once capable of destroying the other's their success. communications between the space system land-based missiles and vulnerable to such One of the pioneers along Route 128 and the ground-control station; shoot it an attack themselves. was RCA Automated Systems, who es­ down with a laser system yourself. As one Some U.S. officials favored proposing a skeptical official puts it, "If it can shoot ban on MIRVs during the Strategic Arms tablished a research, manufacturing, down a ballistic missile, why can't it shoot Limitation Talks, but this was rejected be­ and engineering site 25 years ago in down its twin brother?" cause others felt MIRVs gave us a strategic Burlington, Mass. During these 25 Still, the interagency group will not advise edge over the Russians. Four years later, years, RCA Automated Systems has Reagan to abandon the Star Wars idea as a the Russians deployed their own MIRVs, made great contributions to the Com­ piece of budget-busting, technically hope­ and now the same people who opposed a monwealth and our Nation as a leader less pie-in-the-sky. "This is the president's MIRV ban a decade ago decry the Soviet and innovator among high-technology program," says one skeptical official. "We MIRVs which they claim have made our can't tell the president that he's got a nutty own Minuteman missiles vulnerable. manufacturers. RCA Automated Sys­ idea." Instead, it will probably recommend The most interesting strategic arms-con­ tems has proved year after year that that the military send the next several trol proposal of recent years calls for get­ dedication to research and technology years doing research on whether these prob­ ting rid of MIRVs. But it's probably too can propel our Nation into the techno­ lems can be overcome. Even this will cost late. logical revolution. RCA Automated quite a bit of money. Henry Kissinger told reporters in 197 4, "I Systems has been a leader in this revo­ For example, Robert S. Cooper, Director would say in retrospect that I wish I had lution and I am proud to share with of the Defense Advanced Research Projects thought through the implications of a my colleagues their impressive accom­ Agency , testified last spring that MIRVed world more thoughtfully in 1969 the "Space Laser Program Plan," which will and 1970 than I did." But Kissinger's former plishments and congratulate RCA merely "bring us to a point where we can NSC aides say that MIRVs were studied Automated Systems on their 25th an­ make reliable planning estimates of weapon thoroughly, that Kissinger knew exactly niversary. development costs and schedules," will cost what their implications were from the be­ I commend to my colleagues the fol­ $900 million. Other basic research of this ginning, but went ahead with them lowing resolution: sort could cost as much as $4 billion a year­ anyway-to gain a strategic edge. maybe more-for several years; and even It's the same with the upcoming ASAT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RESOLUTION then, nobody will know very much more test and the growing political pressure for Whereas, It has been 25 years since RCA than before. at least elements of the Star Wars plan. As Burlington was established as a major re­ All of which leads some analysts to in the case of MIRVs, the administration is search, engineering and manufacturing site wonder whether it is sensible to start tread­ failing-even refusing-to think through in Massachusetts; and ing down this seemingly endless road to the implications before the world changes in Whereas, These events were a catalyst in begin with. Though the ASAT program and ways it may later regret.e the Technological Revolution that has ad­ the Star Wars scheme have different ori­ vanced our State and Nation; and gins, the road to the latter can begin with Whereas, Cooperation and recognition be­ the former. In fact, the kind of technology tween the Government and industry have needed for advanced ASAT systems-track­ A TRIBUTE TO LECH W ALESA triumphed establishing State Highway, ing mechanisms, sensors, beams and so Route 128, as 'America's Technology High­ forth-is quite similar to the technology HON. ROMANO L. MAZZOLI way'; and needed for shooting down ballistic missiles. Whereas, RCA Burlington's twenty-five And the logic of the ASAT/counter-ASAT OF KENTUCKY years of electronic engineering success on arms race provides a grand opportunity for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 'America's Technology Highway' typifies the Star War brigade to bring in their pro­ Thursday, October 6, 1983 Massachusetts' contribution to the security grams through various side or rear en­ and prosperity of this Nation; now, there­ trances if they end up getting locked out of e Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I fore, be it the front door. would like to pay tribute to Lech Resolved, by Mr. Edward J. Markey, The Reagan administration, however, is Walesa, the recipient of the Nobel United States Representative from the Sev­ drawing no connection between ASAT and Peace Prize for 1983. enth District in the State of Massachusetts: Star Wars. There is an interagency group Mr. Walesa has demonstrated untir­ That the day of October 21, 1983 be desig­ dealing with Star Wars and another dealing ing commitment and courage in de­ nated RCA Burlington Day throughout this with ASAT-but they are composed a differ­ fending the human rights and free­ State; and be it further ent people and they never meet. Similarly, Resolved, That a duly authenticated copy the group concerned with ASAT is contem­ doms of his fellow workers and his of this resolution, signed by Representative plating various arms-control ideas-but, ac­ fellow Poles. and attested by the Clerk, be transmitted to cording to officials, no one has seriously His peaceful, nonviolent actions are Andrew T. Hospodor, Division Vice-Presi­ considered delaying the ASAT test until a standard and an example for the dent and General Manager, RCA Automat­ after these ideas have been fully explored. world. The work of Lech Walsea gives ed systems, Burlington, Massachusetts.• 28052 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 17, 1983 A PARENT'S COMMITMENT TO Parent . "a step against peace" but: Child . It is the Soviet Union, not the United Teacher .• ghanistan. OF VIRGINIA It is the Soviet Union which required its IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES puppets to suppress the Polish people. THE SOVIET UNION AND ARMS It is the Soviet Union which finances and !t{onday, October 17, 1983 CONTROL-A MIXED SIGNAL arms Vietnam in its aggressions against • Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, several re­ AGAIN Cambodia and Laos. ports have been released lately de­ It is the Soviet Union which tuns in the guns via Cuba to threaten every country of scribing the current alarming state of HON. MARIO BIAGGI Centra.I America, and some in Latin Amer­ American education supported with OF NEW YORK ica, too. statistics that show poor academic per­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It is the Soviet Union which provides the formance and startling rates of illiter­ arms and advisers to Syria to prevent peace acy. We have all been made aware of Monday, October 17, 1983 in Lebanon. the severity of this problem and the e Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, I wish to Andropov complains of "the unprecedent­ debilitating impact this can have on call to the attention of my colleagues ed buildup of the United State's military po­ our great Nation's future if this situa­ an excellent editorial which appeared tential," but it is the Soviet Union which has been engaged in the biggest rearma­ tion is not soon remedied. in a recent edition of the New York ment drive in history over the past 20 As school officials, principals, super­ Post dealing with a recent Soviet re­ years-taking 18 percent of the Soviet GNP, intendents, teachers, administrators, jection of President Reagan's propos­ compared with America's 6 percent, and financial directors, and government of­ als for limiting nuclear weapons in making paupers of the Soviet people. ficials at all levels work to upgrade Europe. He says that NATO's deployment of the school systems across the country in The thrust of the editorial focuses missiles would "disrupt the existing military the wake of these reports, I believe we on the Soviet Union's ofttimes bewil­ strategic balance," but it is the Soviet Union should also call upon parents to assist dering policies with respect to nuclear which disrupts that balance daily. The United States unilaterally withdrew in these efforts. arms control. One day they purport its missiles from Europe in the 1960s leaving Parents hold the key to encouraging themselves to be the peacemakers of the Soviets with old SS-4 and SS-5 medium and motivating students to achieve to the world but if the United States range missiles which NATO could safely their fullest potential. The parent's should take the initiative then they regard as deterrent, not offensive weapons. role is critical in the final analysis of will have no part of it. The Soviets radically changed the situa­ any reforms in American educational More importantly the Post editorial tion in 1977 by deploying the three-warhead systems. details the litany of Soviet travesties SS-20. They are still being deployed-at the United Technologies Corp. has rec­ which serve to impede world peace and rate of one a week. stifle human rights and freedoms in So much for disrupting the military bal­ ognized the critical role of parents in ance. education and has published a "Par­ areas of the world. Since the early 1970s, in the course of the ent's Pledge" to enable parents to re­ No nation can advocate for world two SALT arms limitation negotiations, the affirm their commitment to a fulfill­ peace when they invade other sover­ Soviets have developed 21 new nuclear ing and rewarding educational experi­ eign states or finance armed aggres­ weapon systems and are at present testing ence for their children. I woulct like to sion around the world or who installs still another missile in violation of the last share this pledge with my colleagues puppet governments while pulling the SALT understanding. for I believe that if all parents were strings of repression from Moscow. "People judge the policy of a govern­ ment," says Andropov, "mainly by its ac­ committed to this pledge we could And of course what credibility tions." achieve our goal of bringing the high­ should one give to a nation which calls Exactly. est quality of education possible to our for world peace one day-and murders The governments of the United States and children. 269 innocent people on another. NATO countries do not-use-poison _gas Tm: POWER OF PARENTS The Post editorial entitled "Memo to against peasants. They do not incarcerate Last month we ran a pledge for students Yuri-It's Action Not Rhetoric That their critics in slave labor camps. They do to sign and said it would be a great day for Counts" follows: not shoot down commercial airliners.e America if every one of our students signed [From the New York Post, Sept. 30, 19831 it. It would be an even better day if every MEMO TO YURI: IT'S ACTION, NoT RHETORIC, parent signed this one. A TRIBUTE TO FORMER THAT COUNTS CHAIRMAN WAYNE N. ASPINALL PARENT'S PLEDGE Soviet leader Yuri Andropov's flat rejec­ 1. I want my child to have the best possi­ tion of President Reagan's generous propos­ ble education and I realize that strong als for limiting nuclear weapons in Europe HON. HANK BROWN school systems are essential. is disappointing but hardly surprising. OF COLORADO 2. I will provide a home environment that The Soviets have never been prepared to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES will encourage my child to learn. negotiate seriously. 3. I will help my child build a small but Their only proposal at the Geneva arms Monday, October 17, 1983 meaningful home library. control talks has been one which would • Mr. BROWN of Colorado. Mr. 4. I will insist that all homework assign­ leave them with more missiles deployed Speaker, I rise today in tribute to our ments are done each night. against Europe than the 250 they had when former colleague and Interior Commit­ 5. I will discuss at dinnertime what my the negotiations began two years ago. child has iearned at school each day. Clearly, they have no intention of chang­ tee Chairman, Wayne Norviel Aspin­ 6. I will include stimulating books among ing that position until NATO actually all, who passed away Oct. 9, 1983, in the presents I give my child. begins deploying its first missiles to match Colorado. 7. I will review newspaper stories and TV the Soviet deployment. Mr. Aspinall served in this body newscasts with my child and discuss how That will be in December and between from 1948 until1972, the last 14 years the news may affect our lives. now and then Andropov will be hoping to of his tenure as chairman of the 8. I will meet regularly with my child's stimulate large protests throughout West­ House Committee on Interior and. In­ teachers. ern Europe to cause NATO governments to sular Affairs. His record was one of 9. I will remind my child of the necessity split from the United States and have of discipline in the classroom-especially second thoughts. positive contributions to Colorado and self-discipline. Andropov's demonstrably absurd state­ th~ Nation, perhaps more so than any 10. I will help my child appreciate and ments in his response to Reagan provide other Member from Colorado in our enjoy the excitement in learing and the their own good reasons for NATO to hold history. His tremendous efforts in thrill of an inquiring mind. firm. behalf of preserving the environment October 17, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28053 whUe developing our natural resources Despite criticisms over the years, ate in States like California that now wUl long be remembered. Wayne Wayne Aspinall was proud of his serv­ use the unitary method. Aspinall was an environmentalist in ice in Congress as an environmentalist. For the sake of States' rights and the true sense of the word, before en­ He once said: tax reform, we in the Congress should vironmentalism became fashionable. I've been chairman of the committee that resist all efforts to overturn or end­ He buUt his reputation in the House created more single use areas, more wilder­ run the Container Corp. case. by being tough minded and impecca­ ness areas, than all the rest of them in the The article follows: bly honest. history of the country. Above all, Wayne Aspinall was a te­ This is a record he had a right to be TAXING MULTINATIONALS nacious man who devoted his life to proud of. We in Colorado are proud Multinational corporations have raised a public service. It was a career which and grateful for his service to us and hue and cry over a recent Supreme Court the Nation. We will miss Wayne Aspin­ decision reaffirming a tax technique that started early. Born in Ohio in 1896, he makes it much harder for these companies moved to Palisade, Colo., with his all very much.e to avoid paying state taxes on the profits famUy in 1904. He answered his coun­ they earn in this country.-President Reagan try's call to service during World War PRESERVE THE UNITARY TAX recently decided against supporting a peti­ I, serving in the Air Service of the METHOD tion for a rehearing of the case, but his Signal Corps. He taught school in Pali­ Treasury Secretary is setting up a group of sade after the war, went to Denver business and government officials to work Law School, and returned again to HON. FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK out some accommodation between the con­ Palisade to practice law. He was presi­ 'oF CALIFORNIA flicting interests of those who worry about dent of the local school board, a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES states' revenue-raising ability and those who member of the Palisade Board of worry about fostering international trade. Monday, October 17, 1983 The so-called unitary tax method upheld Trustees, and in 1931 was elected to e Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I direct by the court allows states to treat a corpora­ the Colorado House of Representa­ your attention to an editorial in the tion and its subsidiaries as a unified oper­ tives. Washington Post, October 8, 1983, ation and to assume that the profits earned At the statehouse, he was Democrat­ concerning the unitary tax issue. within a given state are proportionate to the ic caucus chairman in 1931, Democrat­ Under the unitary method of taxation, amount of activity-measured by sales, pay­ ic wh!p in 1933, and speaker in 1937 States determine a tax on a company's roll and property-within the state. The 24 and 1938. From 1939 until 1948, he worldwide income through a formula states now using the method have found it served in the Colorado State Senate, based on the share of the company's an efficient way to prevent big companies as Democratic whip and as the majori­ sales, property, and payroll falling from juggling intra-corporate transactions ty and minority floor leader. During within the State. The method is de­ to make it appear as if little or no profits 1943 and 1944, he served overseas as a were earned within the state. But Japan, signed to assure that the multination­ Great Britain, Holland and other govern­ legal expert for the British and U.S. als pay their fair share of the tax Armies. With the rank of captain, he ments with substantial U.S. markets object burden of the States where they oper­ to the method on tJ:ie grounds that it can participated in the Normandy drive ate. cause multinationals to be double-taxed if with the allied forces. In 1948, he was California and 11 other States have jurisdictions use different bases for tax­ elected to the 81st Congress. successfully used the unitary method ation. While in Congress, Wayne Aspinall without any indication of hampering Greater uniformity among state tax meth­ sponsored 1,000 pieces of legislation industrial growth or placing an undue ods would certainly facilitate the operations which were enacted. He played a key burden on commerce. The Supreme of not only multinationals but also of the role in passage of the 1964 Wilderness Court upheld the right of the States many domestic firms that do business across Act, which established our national to use the unitary method last June in state lines. Fostering such uniformity would wilderness preservation system, and the Container Corp. of America case. be a useful task for the new working group. the Land and Water Conservation But the issue is not over yet. But restricting state use of the general uni­ Fund Act, a blueprint for the develop­ tary method would not. State officials who President Reagan's advisers have compare corporate tax returns know well ment of recreation areas throughout recommended that the administration that the problem currently arising from the country. propose legislation limiting the use of non-uniform methods is not overtaxation In Colorado and the West, where the unitary method. Our European but undertaxation. And, as the court noted, water development is so vital to surviv­ allies and the multinational corpora­ the unitary method poses no greater threat al and growth, Wayne Aspinall will tions are claiming the unitary method of double-taxation than other methods that best be remembered for his efforts to taxes them doubly and inhibits foreign have far less economic justification. encourage western water development. investments. So Treasury is organizing Foreign governments will naturally seek President Harry Truman appointed a group of government officials and to minimize the tax burdens of their corpo­ him to the Missouri Basin Survey business leaders to resolve the States' rations-and mumble darkly about retalia­ Commission in 1952, and later he was needs for revenues with the diplomatic tion if they do not succeed. But requiring the chief sponsor and architect of the and trade problems for multinationals. states to abandon otherwise reasonable Colorado Storage Project Act. Wayne Mr. Speaker, large corporations have taxing methods because of such opposition was often quoted as saying, "There is essentially means letting foreign govern­ the ability to juggle transactions ments set state tax policies. If foreign corpo­ no such thing as a bad water project." within their corporations in such a rations feel they are overtaxed by states, Beaten in 1972 in a primary reelec­ way as to avoid being taxed in one they can turn to their own governments for tion bid following redistricting, Wayne State after another. According to the relief or, as the saying goes, vote with their Aspinall continued to be actively in­ Multistate Tax Commission, about feet. It is worth noting, howev~r. that Cali­ volved in pushing Colorado's interests. $750 million in State revenues would fornia has long used unitary taxation, and He taught at the University of Wyo­ be lost if States were prevented from that state's record of industrial growth ming and often worked as a consult­ using the unitary tax method. Califor­ would not suggest that its taxing methods ant. "As long as I am breathing," he nia alone would lose $500 million. have been an undue burden on commerce.e said, "I want to be part of the action. I The unitary tax method has a track want to be helping the majority." record with numerous States. The During the last 5 years of his life, he method has been fair to corporations. faced a painful fight with cancer. It The method has raised needed reve­ was a battle he fought as tenaciously nues for the States. And, in spite of -- as any other. He died last week at the the fears that have been raised by our age of 87 at his home in Palisade. allies, multinationals continue to oper- 28054 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 17, 1983 SAN MATEO COUNTY ITALIAN­ TRIBUTE TO JOE ALTOBELLI Beverage Division for the past 15 AMERICAN FEDERATION'S AND THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES years. ANNUAL COLUMBUS DAY FES­ Morrie Damov is active in a number TIVITIES; WILLIAM AND MARIE HON. MARIO BIAGGI of community organizations. He is a ADDIEGO "MAN AND WOMAN OF NEW YORK longtime member of the Wilshire Bou­ OF THE YEAR" levard Temple, the Gift of Life chap­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ter of City of Hope, and Mason of the Monday, October 17, 1983 Ionic Lodge. HON. TOM LANTOS e Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, I join Morrie Damov will be celebrating OF CALIFORNIA with many colleagues and with mil­ his 54th birthday on the evening of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lions of baseball fans across the coun­ the salute in his honor. I ask the try in congratulating the Baltimore Members to join me in congratulating Monday, October 17, 1983 Orioles, the 1983 world champions of Morrie Damov, his wife Natalie, • Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, as we baseball. They captured the title last daughter Sharon Elaine, and son Allen prepare to commemorate Christopher night with a 5 to 0 whitewash of the Mark on this special occasion and to Columbus and at the same time honor Philadelphia Phillies. Thus the Ori­ wish him many more years of success the Italian Americans of our Nation, I oles win their first world champion­ and fulfillment.e would like to recognize two Italian ship in 13 years. I would like to pay a special tribute Americans whose accomplishments EDUCATION IN THE SCIENCES: have enriched my district. to the manager of the Orioles who ac­ complished the remarkable feat of AN ISSUE OF INCREASING IM­ On October 8, the Italian-American winning a world championship in his PORTANCE Federation of San Mateo County will first year as manager of the Orioles. I honor Marie and William Addiego as refer to Joe Altobelli-the quiet genius HON.CHARLESB.RANGEL "Man and Woman of the Year." Both behind the team. Joe Altobelli inherit­ OF NEW YORK have distinguished themselves by their ed the job after the Orioles had been IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES untiring volunteer efforts on behalf of so ably managed by the great Earl youth groups, senior citizens, and Weaver. Yet Joe actually got more Monday, October 17, 1983 other community activities. from the talent than people thought • Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Marie's past activities have included possible. One of the Orioles said it commend the National Association of involvement in the local American As­ when he observed that "Weaver may Minority Entrepreneurs for its work in sociation of Retired Persons, the have taught us to play but Joe let us addressing the pressing need for im­ United Galileo Galilei Lodge of San play." proved scientific education in the Mateo County, and other charitable As an Italian American-! am ex­ Harlem community. projects. She continues to give of her tremely proud of the managerial con­ I believe that the donation of one's time as a volunteer worker for the tributions made by Italian Americans time to exploring the untapped re­ local senior adult hot lunch program. such as Joe Altobelli. In fact out of sources of the black community is William has a record of community the four finalists in this year's base­ most admirable. Particularly when so service which spans more than 25 ball playoffs-three teams were man­ much remains to be done in the field years. He has generously taken on nu­ aged by Italian Americans. The great of education. Students in lower income Tom Lasorda from the Los Angeles areas suffer from a dearth of exposure merous responsibilities, including com­ to the sciences, largely because of poor missioner of the juvenile justice com­ Dodgers and the young and dynamic Tony LaRussa of the Chicago White equipment. Computers and laboratory mission, board member of local pro­ facilities are inadequate to properly grams for runaway and problem chil­ Sox. Today is a proud day for the people prepare these students for a high-tech dren, and leader in programs to pro­ of Baltimore-and I am sure a special age. vide enriched opportunities for senior pride is circulating through Little The acquisition of proper education­ citizens in San Mateo County. Italy in Baltimore thanks to the great al tools is absolutely vital if the chil­ All of us have benefited from Wil­ accomplishments of the Orioles and dren in these communities are to liam Addiego's efforts in the major their leader Joe Altobelli. He joins a become productive citizens. Through project he directed in the field of long line of Italian Americans who the dedicated efforts of community voter registration by mail and his un­ have done so much for major league groups such as the National Associa­ stinting efforts to expand the re­ baseball and I am certain that these tion of Minority Entrepreneurs, our sources of the San Mateo County Con­ contributions will continue in the goal is attainable. It requires a firm re­ vention and Visitors' Bureau. future.e solve, Mr. Speaker, and I have f.tith Mr. Speaker, I am proud that my that we will succeed.e district includes such individuals as SALUTE TO MORRIE DARNOV the Addiegos. They are symbols of the THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY contribution which Italian Americans HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN CELEBRATE THEIR 350TH AN­ have made to the United States of NIVERSARY America. The indomitable spirit of OF CALIFORNIA Christopher Columbus lives on in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. BEVERLY B. BYRON generations of Italian Americans who Monday, October 17, 1983 have contributed to the rich diversity OF MARYLAND • Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, on Oc­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that makes our Nation great. tober 22, 1983, Morrie Damov will re­ I am pleased that we have the op­ ceive the Lion of Judah Award of the Monday, October 17, 1983 portunity as we commemorate Colum­ State of Israel at a special dinner cele­ e Mrs. BYRON. Mr. Speaker, I would bus Day to remember and honor, not brating Israel's 35th anniversary of like to call to the attention of my col­ only the great European discoverer of statehood. leagues the 350th anniversary of the this land, but also the Italian-Ameri­ Morrie Damov has long been associ­ founding of the Daughters of Charity can community which has contributed ated with Israel bonds. He has served which will be celebrated on November so much to its greatness.e as tribute chairman for Israel Bond 29, 1983. Salutes and has been an active In recognition of their unselfish de­ member of the Permanent Israel Bond votion to the poor, I am inserting a October 17, 1983 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28055 brief summary of the apostolic en­ The American Daughters of Charity served big Boeing 747 on its tragic flight from New deavors of the Daughters prepared by mankind in the following types of institu­ York to Seoul. my constituent Mrs. Valli M. Ryan: tions in the United States in 1982 The Soviet Sukhoi-15 jets were not the Health: Institutions only enemy stalking Flight 007 in the early THE DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY OF ST. VINCENT Hospitals...... 39 morning hours of darkness that day. DEPAUL Government operated hospitals for At almost seven miles up, the outside tem­ The Daughters of Charity are a world­ Hansen's Disease staffed by perature of the frigid sky is about 50 de­ wide community founded in 1633 in France Daughters of Charity...... 2 grees below zero. And the air is thin, far too by Vincent dePaul and Louise deMarillac. Hospices...... 2 thin to support the oxygen needs of breath­ Both are canonized saints of the Catholic Family health clinics, geriatric ing humans. Church. Louise was proclaimed "Universal centers, etc...... 12 ...... 3 peratures. And statistics show that jet dePaul to be trained in service of the Poor. Grades K-12 ...... 68 travel, under almost all circumstances This is the origin of the Company of the Religious education centers ...... 7 except missile or cannon attack or outright Daughters of Charity. Today the "Compa­ Con.ti~ut.J;lg education, campus collision, is dramatically safer than surface ny" numbers about 32,000 serving through­ mmtstrtes, etc ...... 6 highway traffic.> out the world. For more than three centur­ Social services: Evidence to date indicates Flight 007 did ies a Daughter of Charity was recognized by Residential child care centers and homes fo unwed mothers ...... 13 not disintegrate in midair when the Soviet her distinctive headdress, the white cor­ Day care centers...... 14 heat-seeking missiles hit home. While it suf­ nette or "white wings", which have been Parish and diocesan social work, fered massive damages and went out of con­ termed the "universal symbol of charity." Catholic Charities, emergency trol, its crew was still in radio contact a In response to modern times, her religious shelter for children, prison min- minute after the explosion. habit was modified in 1964, and the cornette istry, etc...... 58 Japanese radar tracked its death flight to was replaced with a simple blue coif. Homes for aged...... 6 16,000 feet in approximately four minutes­ The Central Motherhouse of the Daugh­ Other: National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth no vertical dive, but a rate of fall less than ters of Charity is located in Paris, France. Ann Seton, Emmitsburg, Maryland.e 60 miles an hour. Ministries in health, education, social serv­ The Japanese, in fact, did not lose final ices, and pastoral care are administered at a radar contact until 12 minutes after the provincial level to serve the poor within a NEWSPAPER EDITOR CALLS FOR attack-when the crippled 747 apparently province's geographic area. ANNUAL DAY IN MEMORY OF crashed into the sea. In the United States, Elizabeth Bayley AIRLINER VICTIMS The terror of those minutes to the 240 in­ Seton founded the first native religious nocent passengers and the crew of 29 can be community of women in 1809 at Emmits­ extrapolated from the final words of the burg, Maryland. Soon after she sought to HON. DALE E. KILDEE Korean captain. He was describing all en­ unite her fledgling Order with the Daugh­ OF MICHIGAN gines apparently dead and "rapid decom­ ters of Charity of St. Vincent dePaul. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pression." union with the French Order took place in It has also been described as "explosive 1850 about 30 years after Elizabeth's death. Monday, October 17, 1983 decompression," in this case the result of Elizabeth Ann Seton was canonized by Pope e Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, in a missile shrapnel or parts of the jet engine or Paul VI on September 14, 1975, the first column that was published recently in wing piercing the airliner's fuselage and native of the United States to be elevated to the Flint, Mich., Journal, that newspa­ blowing it open to the elements. sainthood. What happens next can best be described Today there are five provinces of Daugh­ per's editor, Alfred L. Peloquin, wrote in the words of one of the jet pilots I ask for ters of Charity in the United States. very movingly of the terror and suffer­ comment: ing of the 269 people aboard Korean "Decompression at that altitude would Province and Headquarters: No. of sisters Air Lines flight 007 when it was shot result in an explosive, rapid rush of air from Emmitsburg - down by a Soviet fighter plane. The inside the aircraft clothing would fly Far West-Los Altos Hills, CA...... 204 in all directions. Compartment humidity their lives ended as the result of a would precipitate Caul­ marks section Of the CONGRESSIONAL each to be an associate judge of the field; Raymond G. Chambers, presi­ RECORD on Monday and Wednesday of Superior Court of the District of Co­ dent, Wesray Corp.; Leonard Coleman, each week. lumbia. commissioner of the New Jersey De­ Any changes in committee schedul­ SD-342 partment of Energy; Mr. and Mrs. ing will be indicated by placement of 2:00p.m. Appropriations Joseph C. Cornwall, of the Fund for an asterisk to the left of the name of Business meeting, to consider H.R. 3959, New Jersey; Dr. James Cowan, presi­ the unit conducting such meetings. making supplemental appropriations dent of United Hospitals; Commission­ Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, Oc­ for fiscal year ending September 30, er Barbara Curran, the public utilities tober 18, 1983, may be found in the 1984. commission; former Congresswoman Daily Digest of today's RECORD. SD-192 Millicent Fenwick; Adrian M. Foley, of Armed Services Connell, Foley & Geiser; the Most MEETINGS SCHEDULED Preparedness Subcommittee Reverend Joseph Francis, bishop of To hold hearings on the current status the Archdiocese of Newark; mayor OCTOBER 19 of the national defense stockpile. Kenneth Gibson; Jerome Greco, presi­ 9:30a.m. SR-222 dent of the Essex County Board of •Judiciary Foreign Relations Security and Terrorism Subcommittee Arms Control, Oceans, International Op­ Freeholders; Steven B. Hoskins, of To continue hearings to explore Marx­ McCarter & English; Edward D. erations. and Environment Subcom­ ism and Christianity in revolutionary mittee Knapp, president of First National Central America. State Bank; John L. Kraft, of Kraft & To hold hearings on international com­ SR-485 munications and information policy. Hughes; U.S. Senator FRANK LAUTEN­ Judiciary BERG; Edward Leniham, president of Juvenile Justice Subcommittee SD-419 To hold hearings to examine the scope Renaissance Newark; Aubry Lewis, OCTOBER20 vice president of F. W. Woolworth Co.; of child abuse and juvenile delinquen­ cy. 9:00a.m. Leonard Lieberman, president of Su­ SD-226 Energy and Natural Resources permarkets General Corp.; Richard S. Labor and Human Resources Public Lands and Reserved Water Sub­ Locke, executive vice president of E. F. To hold hearings to review Federal and committee Hutton & Co.; Charles Marciante, State efforts to impose higher stand­ To hold hearings on H.R. 1149, to desig­ president of the New Jersey AFL-CIO; ards in education. nate certain lands in Oregon as wilder- Commissioner John Renno of the New SD-430 ness. Jersey Department of Community Af­ 10:00 a.m. SD-366 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry fairs; Bernard Shanley, of Shanley & Business meeting, to resume consider­ 9:30a.m. Fisher; Essex County Executive Peter ation of S. 663, to prohibit price and Labor and Human Resources Shapiro; Harold Sonn, president of other Federal crop supports on highly To hold hearings on S. 1728, to establish Public Service Electric & Gas; Essex erodible lands which have not been a national task force on organ procure­ County Registrar Larrie W. Stalks; cultivated for agricultural purposes in ment and transplant reimbursement, Robert VanFossan, chief executive of­ the last 10 years, and to begin markup and related proposals. ficer of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance; of S. 129 and H.R. 24, bills to provide SD-430 that all Federal lands within the 10:00 a.m. Frederic S. Topor, general manager of Hector Land Utilization Area in the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Western Electric Co.; Charles State of New York shall be considered Agricultural Production, Marketing, and Whigham, president of City National part of the Green Mountain National Stabilization of Prices Subcommittee Bank; Joan M. Wright, director of the Forest, S. 566, to release a reversion­ To hold hearings to examine the impact New Jersey Division of Women; and ary interest in specified land to the of the recent drought on American Dr. A. Zachary Yamba, president of South Carolina State Commission on farmers, and to assess efforts by the Essex County College. Forestry, and S. 1503, to release the administration in providing relief. Mr. Speaker, new Community Corp. . reversionary clause by the Federal SR-328A is a symbol of hope and the 15 year Government on certain land in the Environment and Public Works deed to the land conveyed to the State To hold hearings on the nominations of anniversary is a testimony to those of Delaware in 1954. who refused to abandon their belief in SR-328A Jack E. Ravan, of Georgia, to be As­ the future of Newark. I commend all Armed Services sistant Administrator for Water, and To hold hearings on the impact of pro­ Courtney M. Price, of the District of of those involved with the gala ball, Columbia, to be Assistant Administra­ and I know it will be a tremendous posed regulatory authority of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy tor for Enforcement, both of the Envi­ success.e on national defense and related Gov­ ronmental Protection Agency. ernment activities. SD-406 SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS SD-138 Judiciary Energy and Natural Resources Business meeting, to consider pending Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, To hold hearings on S. 1678, to provide calendar business. agreed to by the Senate on February for the completion of the strategic pe- SD-226 28058 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 17, 1983 Labor and Human Resources Labor and Human Resources the post-Vietnam era veterans' educa­ Aging Subcommittee To resume oversight hearings on alleged tional assistance program to new par­ To hold hearings to review certain pro­ illegal sales of union memberships or ticipants, and to repeal the December grams for older veterans. books to unqualified welders by offi­ 31, 1989 termination date of the Viet­ SD-628 cials of local chapters of the Interna­ nam-era GI bill, the substance of S. 10:30 a.m. tional Brotherhood of Boilermakers, 1873, to require the President to Joint Economic Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forg­ report to Congress no later than July To hold hearings to review the gross na­ ers and Helpers. 1, 1987, concerning the need for incen­ tional product for the 3d quarter. SD-430 tives, including a new educational as­ SD-562 10:00 a.m. sistance program for service members, 2:00p.m. Energy and Natural Resources to assist in the recruitment and reten­ Foreign Relations Business meeting, to consider pending tion of qualified personnel in the To hold closed hearings on alleged arms calendar business. Armed Forces, and to hold oversight agreements between the U.S. and the SD-366 hearings on the implementation of the Governmental Affairs Veterans' Education and Employment U.S.S.R. during the Kennedy adminis­ To hold hearings on S. 17 46, proposed tration. Assistance Act

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