21348 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 30, 1979

By Mr. VENTO : H .R. 1677: Mr. DoWNEY, Mr. FLORIO, Mr. H.R. 4034 H.J. Res. 385. Joint resolution 500th LEE, Mr. PETRI, Mr. PRITCHARD, Mr. SABO, Mr. By Mrs. FENWICK: SOLOMON, and Mr. STANTON. Anniversary Celebration Commemorating -Page 27, add the following after line 24 H .R . 2040: Mr. TREEN. Christopher Columbus' First Voyage to the and redesignate the subsequent subsection Americas; to the Committee on Post Office H.R. 2501: Mr. RICHMOND. accordingly: A.nd Civil Service. H.R. 2759: Mr. EVANS of the Virgin Islands and Mr. HUGHES. "(k) COUNTRmS SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL By Mr. APPLEGATE (for himself, Mr. TERRORISM.-The Secretary and the Secretary KOGOVSEK, Mr. McDADE , Mr. CARTER , H.R. 2812 : Mr. COUGHLIN. H.R. 3181 : Mr. BAILEY and Mr. BETHUNE. of State shall notify the Committee on For­ Mr. STAGGERS, Mr. FRENZEL, Mr. eign Affairs of the House of Representatives WHITTAKER, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. H.R. 3612 : Mr. HEFTEL. H.R. 3958: Mr. CLAUSEN. and the Committee on Foreign Relations of MILLER Of Ohio, Mr. GOODLING , a.nd the Senate before any license is approved for Mr. CLEVELAND ) : H.R. 4055: Mr. TREEN and Mr. EDWARDS of Oklahoma. the export of goods or technology valued at H. Res. 392. Resolution to express the more than $7,000,000 to any country concern­ sense of the House of Representatives tha.t H.R. 4265: Mr. MCCORMACK, Mr. YATRON, Mr. SIMON, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. PATTERSON, ing which the Secretary of State has made the United States of America should estab­ the following determinations: lish and actively and immediately pursue a Mr. PATTEN, Mr. TREEN, Mr. BAILEY, Mr. national energy plan that emphasirzes and KOSTMAYER, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. SANTINI, Mr. "(1) Such country has repeatedly provided dexnands the use of domestic coal as a means MARLENEE, and Mr. CLEVELAND . support for acts of international terrorism. of displacing current foreign energy imports, H.R. 4279: Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. EvANS Of "(2) Such exports would xnake a significant and for other purposes; jointly to the Com­ Delaware, Mr. MARRIOTT, Mr. CORRADA, Mr. contribution to the m111tary potential of such MONTGOMERY, Mr. BEVILL, Mr. DANNEMEYER, mittees on Interior and Insular Affairs, and country, including its m111tary logistics capa­ Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Mr. BURGENER, Mrs. HOLT, Mr. WHITLEY, Mr. bility, or would enhance the ab111ty of such BEDELL, and Mr. DORNAN. country to support acts of international H .R. 4598: Mr. WEISS, Mr. WoN PAT, Mr. terrorism." BOLAND, Mr. VENTO, Mr. LEHMAN, Mr. FLOOD, PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Mr. YATRON, Mr. SABO, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private DASCHLE, Mr. STOKES, Mr. DOWNEY, Mr. H.R. 4040 bills and resolutions were introduced and OTTINGER, Mr. STAGGERS, Mr. LOWRY, Mr. By Mr. CHARLES H. WILSON of severally referred as follows: McCORMACK, Mr. PRITCHARD, Mr. PATTERSON, California: Mr. CARTER, Ms. FERRARO, Mr. COUGHLIN, Mr. By Mr. JOHNSON of California: -Page 2, llne 14, strike out "$7,816,190,000" JENRETTE, and Mr. MAGUIRE. and insert in lieu thereof "$7,384,290,000". H.R. 5016. A b111 for title relief of David H.R. 4986 : Mr. CONYERS, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. Page 4, strike out lines 5 through 11 and Roland Weaver; to the Committee on the TRAXLER, Mr. HEFTEL, Mr. WHITEHURST, Mr. insert in lieu thereof the following: Judiciary. KILDEE, Mr. WEAVER, Mr. DIXON, Mr. BROWN By Mr. SOLARZ: of Ohio, Mr. GAYDOS, Mr. NEAL, Mr. KoGOVSEK, SEc. 103. The Secretary of Defense shall H .R . 5017. A b111 for the relief of Simon Mr. TRIBLE, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. BURGENER, Mr. provide to the Congress at the earliest prac­ Stroh; to the Committee on the Judiciary. SHELBY, Mr. GRAY, Mr. YATRON, Mr. BALDUS, ticable date, and not later than the end of Mr. FAZIO, Mr. BONIOR Of Michigan, Mr. the 120-day period beginning on the date of BRODHEAD, Mr. WOLPE, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. the enactment of this Act, a report on­ ADDITIONAL SPONSORS DAVIS of Michigan, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. --strike section 810, title VIII of H.R. 4040. Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors PRITCHARD, Mr. WIRTH, Mr. SYMMS, Mr. DE'L­ LUMS, Mr. CLEVELAND, Mrs. HECKLER, and Mr. H.R. 4930 were added to public bills and resolutions AMBRO. as follows: H .J. Res. 53: Mr. WINN. By Mr. LAGOMARSINO: H.R. 473: Mr. EDWARDS of Alabama, and Mr. H .J. Res. 161: Mrs. SPELLMAN, Mr. PRIT­ - Page 35, line 2, strike "1$699,377,000," and SHUMWAY. CHARD, and Mr. DICKS. insert in lieu thereof "$701,377,000". H .R. 545 : :Mr. PATTERSON, Mr. BADHAM , llr. !H.J. Res. 202: Mr. DORNAN, Mr. GRASS­ LEVITAS, Mr. CARR, Mr. GINN, Mr. BUCHANAN, LEY, and Mr. McDoNALD. 1030 Mr. MOTTL, Mr. ROBERT W. DANIEL, JR., Mr. H. Res. 36 : Mr. TREEN. s. MITCHELL of New York, Mr. AMBRO, Mr. By Mr. MOORHEAD of California: GREEN, Mr. PATTEN, Mr. STOKES, Mr. MIKVA, -Page 43, after llne 11, insert the following Mr. PRICE, Mr. BI,ANCHARD, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. PETITIONS, ETC. new subsection: EVANS of Georgia, Mr. YATRON , Mr. HAGEDORN, "(f) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF STANDBY Mr. WYATT, Mr. DAN DANIEL, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. Under clause 1 of rule XXII, PLAN.-(1) After promulgation of a standby HALL of Texas, Mr. DERWINSKI, Mr. JACOBS, 183. The SPEAKER presented a petition of Federal emergency conservation plan, the Mr. WALKER, Mr. ANDREWS Of Nort h Dakota, the city council, Miami, Fla., relative to the Secretary shall transmit such plan to the Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. HAMILTON , proposed Condominium Act of 1979; which Congress, together with his findings in sup­ Mr. DEVINE, Mr. WINN, Mr. RUNNELS, Mr. was referred to the Committee on Banking, LAGOMARSINO, Mr. WHITEHURST, Mr. McDON­ Finance and Urban Affairs. port of such plan, in accordance with section ALD, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. ZEFERETTI, Mr. KRAMER, 551(b) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Mr. EDWARDS Of Oklahoma, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. Act. Such plan may become effective only if LoTT, Mr. RosE, Mr. LEE, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. AMENDMENTS either House of the Congress has not dis­ BURGENER, and Mr. APPLEGATE. approved (or both Houses of Congress have H .R. 809: Mr. SABO. Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, pro­ approved) such plan in accordance with the H .R . 8ll: Mr. CLAUSEN, Mr. CORCORAN, and posed amendments were submitted as procedures specified in section 551 of such Mr.Lu.JAN. follows: Act." EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS WE STILL NEED TO RESOLVE THE will all be called upon to reconsider our Last week, the House ignored Administra­ CLINCH RIVER BREEDER REAC­ positions if a resolution is ever to be tion objections and voted to authorize the TOR CONFLICT reached. controversial project, which involves· con­ The Los Angeles Times carried an edi­ struction of an experimental breeder reactor that would be designed to produce more nu­ torial in today's edition which sums up clear fuel than it consumes. HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. the situation. I urge my colleagues in the OF CALIFORNIA r For three years President Carter has been House and the Senate to review this trying to kill the $2.6 billion project, and for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES item and the issue itself. three years the House has refused to sign Monday, July 30, 1979 The editorial follows: the death warrant. This is a case where the [From the Los Angeles Times, July 30, 1979] President is clearly ;right. • Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speak­ The attraction of breeder reactors is that er, the vote last week against the Fuqua­ A BREEDING OF NUCLEAR FUEL-AND TROUBLE If the House of Representatives had dis­ they would use fuel processed from spent Brown compromise on the Clinch River played the same vigor in dealing with truly fuel rods taken from conventional nuclear breeder reactor project will not be the needed energy legislation that it has shown power plants. In the process, they would last vote this body will have on this issue. in keeping alive the dangerous, costly and breed still more fuel. Thus they hold the While I do not intend to rehash the unnecessary Clinch River nuclear project in promise of stretching out world uranium issues here, I would like to state that we Tennessee, the country would be better off. supplies.

• This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REW..ARKS 21349 The Administration, however, looks on the into our hearts and ask ourselves what Government Service S&L Assn., project as a costly and dangerous boondoggle better way there is to comfort these poor, - Acct. No. 01-112091-0______4, 161. 22 for the nuclear industry, and properly so. starving, homeless, and jobless former Securities, stocks, and bonds: Even by optimistic estimates, power produc­ U.S. Government Bonds, Series E_ 1, 094. 16 tion from breeders won't be economically Cabinet members than to suspend the Real Property: feasible until well into the 1990s, if then. ethics law for their sake so they might Residential: And there is even less sure knowledge about find gainful employment. The sooner we 939 Ardmore Drive, Louisville, the environmental safety of breeders than get them off the breadlines and on to the Ky., assessed value______28, 250. 00 there is about that of conventionally de­ lobbying lines the less chance there is Less: Mortgage, Portland Federal signed .reactors. that they will be spending their idle time S&L ------10,139.55 The Administration points out that the $2 bad mouthing Hamilton Jordan. For Net value ______18,110.45 billion that would be required to complete those of you who are not so compassion­ the project could be much better spent on 1030 Anderson Street, Alexandria, other modes of energy production. ate and perhaps more politically cynical, Va.., assessed value______68,600.00 Most serious of all, however, the type of look on this as a hushpuppy bone. Throw Less: Mortgage, Cowger and breeder planned for Clinch River would this bone to the purged puppies and Miller------50,512.33 burn plutonium, which also is the principal maybe they will hush up.e Net Value ______18,087.67 material of nuclear weapons. Any substantial reliance on plutonium­ Household goods and miscellane- ous personalty (est.)______6, 500.00 burning reacto.rs to meet the energy needs FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATE­ of the United States and other countries MENT OF REPRESENTATIVE RO­ Cash surrender value of life in- surance policies: 2 means that terrorists would have only to MANO L. MAZZOLI American United Life Insurance intercept a. fuel shipment to have the ready­ Co., policy No. 1011729______4, 080. 14 made ingredient for a. blackmail nuclear Federal employees retirement bomb. It would also be next to impossible to system: erect an international inspection system that HON. ROMANO L. MAZZOLI Contribution to fund______29, 235. 77 would prevent governments from diverting OF KENTUCKY Automobiles: plutonium from breeder reactors and ura­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1965 Rambler; fair market value_ 150. 00 nium fuel reprocessing plants into nuclear 1973 Chevrolet; fair market weapons manufacture. Monday, July 30, 1979 value ------2,425.00 For this reason, Washington is seeking to persuade other nations to join the United e Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, it has Net assets ______101,741.02 States in forgoing the construction of been my custom to submit a statement 1 Includes Kentucky State Income Tax Re­ . plutonium-b~rning power plants and to of financial disclosure every year that I fund of $577.00 for Tax Year 1977 and is develop, instead, new types of breeders that have served in the House of Representa­ rounded. will use some other, less dangerous, fuel. tives. While the law now dictates that 2 Includes $520.73 cash on deposit.e The House members who are determined Members of Congress submit financial to push through the Clinch River project statements in April of each year, I con­ anyway are playing a. dangerous and irre­ sponsible game. We urge the Senate, which tinue to file a more detailed report every DECONTROL OF CRUDE OIL PRICES will act next on the authorization bill, to summer. In this way, my constituents support the President.e and other taxpayers are kept informed as this statement becomes a matter of HON. NICHOLAS MAVROULES public record. OF MASSACHUSETTS The financial statement follows: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ETHICS LAW AMENDMENTS ROMANO L. AND HELEN D. MAzZOLI RECA­ PITULATION OF INCOME AND ExPENSES FOR Monday, July 30, 1979 CALENDAR YEAR 1979 e Mr. MAVROULES. Mr. Speaker, HON. JOHN B. ANDERSON INCOME President Carter's recent speech has once OF ILLINOIS Interest and dividends: again focused attention on our Nation's IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Lincoln Federal Savings and Loan_ $606.09 serious energy problems. While I agree Monday, July 30, 1979 Liberty National Bank and Trust with much of what the President has Co ------127. 06 said, I am distressed by his continued em­ e Mr. ANDERSON of Illinois. Mr. American United Life Insurance phasis on decontrol of crude oil prices. Speaker, I applaud the decision to re­ Co ------36. 16 move from the suspension calendar Government Services S&L Associ- There is, as yet, no convincing evidence House Joint Resolution 381, amend­ ation ------254. 14 that decontrol will increase our domestic Northern Virginia. S&L Associa- petroleum supplies, or even keep them ments to the Ethics in Government Act. tion ------254.34 When I looked at this bill to exempt the from dwindling further. What we do Law practice: know, without a doubt, is that decontrol recently fired Cabinet members from the Income ------provisions of the ethics law, I could not U.S. House of Representatives: will greatly enrich the major oil com­ panies, at the expense of the average help but offer a paraphrase of the poem SalaryGross income------______58,777.7957,500.00 about the famous ax murderer, Lizzie American. Borden. The modern day version might EXPENSES, DEDUCTIONS, EXEMPTIONS, AND In view of this deplorable situation, I read as follows: FEDERAL TAXES strongly support Congressman MoFFETT's Gross income 1 ------59, 354. 00 resolution restoring controls on oil Jimmy Carter took an ax Business expenses ______2,738.00 And gave his Cabinet forty whacks; prices. We in the Congress must assert When he saw what he had done, our authority. If we fail to act, we do He gave them all an ethical exemption. Adjusted gross income ______56, 616. 00 Itemized deductions ______10, 574. 00 ourselves and our constituents a great How inappropriate it would be, Mr. disservice, for I believe that President Speaker, that we should be considering Taxable income ______46,042.00 Carter's decision to lift controls is unwise this bill under a suspension of the rules, FEDERAL INCOME TAX and unnecessary. so that the President could suspend the Tax withheld ______16, 658. 00 I have long opposed decontrol, because rules of the new ethics law so his former Tax due ______11,823. o-o of its potentially disastrous effect on low­ Cabinet members could swing right into and fixed-income consumers throughout that lucrative revolving door of lobbying Refund ------4, 835. 00 the Nation. In my own home region of their former departments. Why not the Cash on deposit: New England, which relies heavily on best, indeed? Never let it be said that Liberty Nat. Bank and Trust Co., home heating oil, and where oil prices this President is not compassionate. No. 09013390______1,468.18 are already among the highest in the Never let it be said that life is unfair to Lincoln Federal S&L Oo. Acct. No. country, the impact would be particularly those at the top who topple. We fortu­ 37339-5 ------12, 078.42 great. Decontrol would shift the burden nately will not have a chance here today Northern Va.. S&L Co., Acct. No. of our energy crisis to those who can least to prove that we too are compassionate L-6084 ------1,642.40 afford to bear it. This situation would, Northern Va. S&L Co., Acct. No. in my mind, be unjust. and fair by passing this "rolling head re­ L-50021 ------1, 357.61 lief act." The authors of this misbegot­ Northern Va. S&L Co., Acct. No. As we all know, the President has the ten legislation feel that we should look L-80507 ------1,350.00 power to lift these price controls. In ract, 21350 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 3D, 1979 the process has already begun. But be­ DISTILLATE MONITORING SERVICE to the only stocks the government meas­ fore we allow it to continue without pro­ IMPERATIVE ures-those held by refiners, pipelines and test, there are several basic questions we major terminals. This "primary storage" has must ask ourselves, questions that may a total capacity o! at least 270 million barrels. The government hasn't yet measured so­ well determine to a large extent the fu ~ HON. THOMAS J. TAUKE OF IOWA called "secondary storage"-stocks held by ture of our Nation. wholes!l.lers, middlemen, retailers, home con­ can we trust the oil companies to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sumers and industry-which theoretically decide what is best for all Americans? Monday, July 30, 1979 could be almost as large as the "primary" Can we trust them to act in the national number. • Mr. TAUK.E. Mr. Speaker, during my Rough estimates o! secondary capacity interest? Should we allow them to deter­ investigation of this spring's middle dis­ mine the success or failure of our energy show that home tanks alone could hold 115 tillate shortage, I discovered that the million barrels, and there is additional ca­ program, as they may well do under the Department of Energy

APPENDIX I

VOTES ON MAJOR ISSUES AT THE IWC I

Commercial 3-yr sperm Pelagic/ Commercial 3-yr sperm Pelagic/ whaling whale factory ship Coastal whaling whale factory ship Coastal moratorium moratorium moratorium moratorium moratorium moratorium moratorium moratorium (U.S. (Seychelles (Panama (Panama (U.S. (Seychelles (Panama (Panama Member nations proposal) proposal) proposal) proposal) Member nations proposal) proposal) proposal) proposal)

Whale conservationist nations : Whaling nations: Australia ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes. BraziL ______Abstain ______Abstain ______Abstain ______Abstain. France ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes. Chile 2______No ______Absent______Yes ______No. Netherlands ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes. Denmark ______Abstain ______No ______Yes . ______Abstain. New Zealand ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes. Iceland ______No ______No ______Yes ______No. Panama ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes. Japan ______No ______No ______No ______No. Seychelles 2______Yes ______Yes ______Yes . ______Yes. South Korea 2 ______No ______No ______Abstain ______No. Sweden 2______Yes ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes. Norway ______Abstain ______Abstain ______Yes ______Abstain. United Kingdom ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes . ______Yes. Peru 2 ______No ______No ______Yes ______No. United States ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes. Spain 2 ______Abstain ______Abstain ______Abstain ______Abstain. Other nonwhaling nations: U.S.S.R ______No ______No ______No ______Abstain. Canada ______Abstain ______Abstain ______Yes ______Abstain. Result.. ______11-6-5 ______11-5-5 ______18-2-3 ______11-5-7. Mexico ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes. ______Yes. Argentina ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes ______Yes. South Africa ______Abstain ______Abstain ______Yes. ______Abstain.

1 Inclusion of a proposal on the IWC schedule requires a ~ majority vote. 2 New members since the last IWC meeting. APPENDIX II clothing; except that the provisions of this solescent bombers." One SAC officer says EXEMPTIONS FOR ALASKA NATIVES subsection shall not apply to any non-native that the B-52's now flying are older than resident of an Alaskan native village found their crews. (b) The provisions of this chapter shall not by the Secretary to be not primarily depend­ apply with respect to the taking of any ma­ ent upon the taking of fish and wildlife for These are among the findings of Drew rine mammal by any Indian, Aleut, or ~kimo consumption or for the creation and sale of Middleton. distinguished writer on mili­ who dwells on the coast of the North Pacific authentic native articles of handicrafts and tary affairs for the New York Times. Ocean or the Arctic Ocean if such taking- clothing. Middleton, having recently visited SAC ( 1) is for subsistence purposes by Alaskan (2) Any taking under this subsection may natives who reside in Alaska, or bases, came away with the impression not be accomplished in a wasteful manner. that while SAC personnel had high mo­ (2) is done for purposes of creating and (3) As used in this subsection- selling authentic native articles of handi­ rale, the equipment they work with is (!) The term "subsistence" includes selling crafts and clothing: Provided, That only au­ any edible portion of fish or wildlife in native terribly out of date. thentic native articles of handicrafts and villages and towns in Alaska for native con­ At this time I wish to insert in the clothing may be sold in interstate commerce: sumption within native v1llages or towns; RECORD, "SAC Is Concerned Over Aging And provided further, That any edible por­ ~:~,nd of Bombers," by Drew Middleton, the tion of marine mammals may be sold in na­ New York Times, July 27, 1979: tive villages and towns in Alaska or for native (11) The term "authentic native articles consumption. For the purposes of this sub­ of handicrafts and clothing" means items SAC Is CONCERNED OVER AGING OF BOMBERS section, the term "authentic native articles composed wholly or in some significant re­ (By Drew Middleton) spect of natural materials, and which are of handicrafts and clothing" means i terns OFFUTT Am FORCE BASE, NEBR.-The composed wholly or in some significant re­ produced, decorated, or fashioned in the ex­ ercise of traditional native handicrafts with­ Strategic Air Command, the United States' spect of natural materials, and which are primary weapon to deter or to fight a nuclear produced, decorated, or fashioned in the out the use of pantographs, multiple carvers, war, appears to have reached a critical point exercise of traditional native handicrafts or other mass copying devices. Traditional at which its obsolescent bombers and in­ without the use of pantographs, :multiple handicrafts include, but are not limited to, creasingly vulnerable missile force are bal­ carvers, or other mass copying devices. Tra­ weaving, carving, stitching, sewing, lacking, anced only by the high morale of its person­ ditional native handicrafts include, but are beading, drawing, and painting. nel. not limited to weaving, carving, drawing, and (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of The Government has promised short-term painting; and paragraph ( 1) of this subsection, whenever improvements in the weaponry and long­ (3) in each case, is not accomplished in a the Secretary determines that any species of term initiatives in the development of mis­ wasteful manner. fish or wildlife which is subject to taking siles and bombers. These promises, which Notwithstanding the preceding provisions under the provisions of this subsection is an would insure the nuclear balance of power of this subsection, when, under this chap­ endangered species or threatened species, and into the 1990's if fulfilled, are probably the ter, the Secretary determines any species or that such taking materially and negatively main reason the strategic arms limitation stock of marine mammal subject to taking affects the threatened or endangered species, treaty with the Soviet Union has been cau­ by Indians, Aleuts, or Eskimos to be depleted, he may prescribe regulations upon the taking tiously endorsed by senior Air Force officers. he may prescribe regulations upon the tak­ of such species by any such Indian, Aleut, But it is evident from talks with officers ing of such marine mammals by any In­ Eskimo, or non-Native Alaskan resident of an that if the Carter Administration or its suc­ dian, Aleut, or Eskimo described in this sub­ Alaskan native village. Such regulations may cessor and the Congress do not deliver on the section. Such regulations may be established be established with reference to species, geo­ promised improvements, the United States' with reference to species or stocks, geographi­ graphical description of the area. included, weakness in relation to the Soviet nuclear cal description of the area included, the sea­ the season for taking, or any other factors forces will grow and as an officer phrased it, son for taking, or any other factors related related to the reason for establishing such "There'll be a bumper crop of resignations­ to the reason for establishing such regula­ regulations and consistent with the policy of and they won't be corporals either." tions and consistent with the purposes of this chapter. Such regulations shall be pre­ A note of anxiety permeates any discus­ this chapter. Such regulations shall be pre­ scribed after a notice and hearings in the sion of what the relative American and scribed after notice and hearing required by affected judicial districts of Alaska and as Soviet military strengths, nuclear or conven­ section 1373 of this title and shall be removed otherwise required by section 1373 of this tional, will be in the next decade. Officers as soon as the Secretary determines that the title, and shall be removed as soon as the refer to "the window," the period in the need for their imposition has disappeared. Secretary determines that the need for their early 1980's when they fear the United States impositions has disappeared. ALASKAN NATIVES will be inferior to the Soviet Union in the Pub. L. 93-205, § 10, Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. nuclear field and when they say they expect (e) ( 1) Except as provided in paragraph ( 4) 896 .• of this subsection the provisions of this the Russians to use their superiority to chapter shall not apply with respect to the launch conventional forces in pursuit of na­ tional objectives in the Middle East, the taking of any endangered species or threat­ IS SAC SUFFERING FROM OLD ened species, or the importation of any such Persian Gulf and Africa. species taken pursuant to this section, by- AGE? TO VISITOR, SAC APPEARS POWERFUL (A) any Indian, Aleut, or ~kimo who is an To the casual observer the Strategic Air Alaskan Native who resic!es in Alaska; or Command may appear as powerful as ever. (B) any non-n1!1tive permanent resident of HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL OF ILLINOIS There are the B-52's and FB-lll's nesting on an Alaskan native village; their airfields. There are intercontinental if such taking is primarily for subsistence IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ballistic missiles standing ready in their purposes. Non-edible byproducts of species Monday, July 30, 1979 silos. There are thousands uoon thousands of taken pursuant to this section may be sold devoted, enthusiastic young-men and women in interstate commerce when made into e Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, the Stra­ serving the weapons. There are experienced authentic native la.rticles of ha.ndlcra.fts a.nd tegic Air Command

. 21354 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 30, 1979 Then an officer comments that some of the The sincerity of the officers who insist Originally the government legislation for B-52's a.re older tha-n their crews. The first that SAC needs these improvements if it is the Type A lunch menu pattern required five B-52 was delivered to the Air Force in 1952 in to keep pace with the Russians cannot be groups of foods which included butter and the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the c..oubted. Neither can their anxiety over the whole milk. This pattern has been modlfled last in 1961 when John F. Kennedy occupied possibility that political or economic to eliminate the fat requirement and include the White House. changes may intervene to delay the modern­ a choice of low-fat, skim and buttermilk­ The B-52 was designed as a turboprop ization program. changes which favor the American Heart As­ bomber. Generally its airframe has lasted re­ "I consider the next few years to be sociation dietary recommendations. markably well. But maintenance is expensive. pivotal" General Ellis has said. "Despite the In addition, menus planned by Mrs. Spare parts no longer in production have to positive aspects of SALT II, we must not Moskowitz have deemphasized the use of be located or, if out of stock, manufactured. allow the lenthening shadow of the treaty meats and emphasized poultry, fish and Short cuts have to be made in modernizing to soften or hide the very real threat posed beans. Fridays are meatless days which in­ the electronic systems. New engines, radar by the massive military machine of the clude fish burgers and pizza. Whole-grain and television systems add to the expense. Soviet Union. History has shown that wa.rs products, fruits and vegetables in salads, When President Carter halted the develop­ most often occur because of different per­ soups, juices and fruit desserts round out the ment of the B-1 bomber in 1977, the FB-111 ceptions of power." e bllls of fare and make an important contri­ took on new importance, which increased as bution to nutritional requirements. the Russians deployed a new bomber known Another innovation in the school nutri­ in the west as the Backfire. This plane, what­ tion program is the availabllity of breakfast ever the Soviet Union says, is regarded by OUTSTANDING NUTRITIONISTS prior to· classes in all secondary schools. the Air Force as having an intercontinental The school breakfast is composed of a bombing capab111ty. The FB-111 remains a choice of three items, including a fruit or medium-range bomber. HON. MATTHEW J. RINALDO juice, cereal or bread equivalent and milk The American fleet of land-based missiles OF NEW JERSEY types. ls threatened by the growing accuracy of The breakfast program is growing in pop­ Soviet missiles. Hardening sllos and increas­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ularity and has improved attendance and ing the accuracy of the Minuteman III are Monday, July 30, 1979 punctuality. Studies have shown that eating necessary steps. But most officers believe that breakfast improves perfor~nance, alertness, the American land-based misslle force, as • Mr. RINALDO. Mr. Speaker, two con­ attention span and social behavior in the now constituted, would be at grave risk in stituents of mine, Mrs. Ruth Moskowitz classroom. war. and Mrs. Donna D'Amato, were recently The menus for March call attention to Na­ No m111tary force is ever 100 percent effec­ the subjects of an important news story tional Nutrition Week which begins Sunday tive and efficient, although officers in every in the Daily Journal, published in my and promote the slogan, "Eat to Learn and service grumble that the public expects it to district. Learn to Eat," developed by the American be. But even the casual visitor learns about School Food Service Association.e mechanical fallures in B-52's, about the an­ Both these women have earned out­ cient tankers that serve the heavy bombers, standing reputations as nutritionists, and the inordinate amount of time and effort they have made tremendous contribu­ AUTOMATIC CRASH PROTECTION needed to keep the Minuteman and Titan tions to Union County and to the Eliza­ missiles viable. beth educational system. Only recently, When a major effort, such as the recent Mrs. Moskowitz was commended by rep­ HON. RICHARD A. GEPHARDT exercise by the entire SAC network, is pre­ resentatives of the American School Food OF MISSOURI pared and carried out, bomber squadrons IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES report a high percentage of serviceable air­ Service Association as "one of the finest craft and missile officials say that all their school food service directors with whom Monday, July 30, 1979 we have had the opportunity to work, a "birds" are ready to go. But the conditions e Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, the of long and meticulously prepared exercises leader in her profession." By the same should not be confused with those that token, Mrs. D'Amato is widely known House of Representatives will soon con­ would exist in a wa.r situation. and respected throughout Union County sider appropriations for the Department of Transportation. One of the important NEED FOR MODERNIZATION STRESSED as an exceptional professional in her Modernization is the obvious answer, but field. issues to be discussed at that time will "we waited too long to modernize," according Both these women justly deserve the be automatic crash protection. To assist to Gen. Richard H. Ell1s, the scholarly, soft­ praise and recognition they have re­ Members in their preparation on this spoken head of the Strategic Air Command. ceived, and I would like to bring to my subject I submit the article "Automobile The two modernization programs likely to colleagues' attention the activities in Restraint Systems-What They Can strengthen SAC in the short term are the de­ Mean To You" Which appeared in the velopment of the air-launched cruise missile which they have been so deeply and successfully involved. Sheet Metal Workers Journal this and modlflcation of the FB-111 to increase month. its range, double its payload and lengthen its The article follows: AUTOMOBILE RESTRAINT SYSTEMS-WHAT fuselage and install the engine designed for SCHOOLS OFFER EARLY START ON TRAINING THEY CAN MEAN To You! theB-1. IN NUTRITION General Ellis believes that by late in the School cafeterias in Elizabeth are more The Problem. In 1977 an average of 128 80's the B-52's armed with cruise missiles than just places to eat. They are nutrition persons were killed every day in traffic acci­ should be used in a stand-off role-that is centers, a recent and growing concept in dents in the United States, totalllng more the bombers would fire their missiles outside nutrition education. than 46,800 during the year. The number of the reach of hostile defenses. These bombers This statement comes from Mrs. Donna C. non-fatal injuries was many times more than w111 be B-52G's, which by that time would be D'Amato, nutritionist with the Union County these figures. Of these deaths, the majority, unsuited to the role of penetration armed Chapter of the Heart Association, who coop­ as would be expected, were drivers or front both with cruise misslles and short-range erated with Mrs. Ruth Moskowitz, director sea.t passengers in automobiles. attack missiles. This mission might be left of food service for the Elizabeth Board of Studies show that more than 50 percent of to the surviving B-52H's. Education in setting up menus suitable for all passenger car occupant fatalities involve a frontal impact by at least one vehicle. Con­ By early next year, it is hoped in SAC, the the just-concluded observance of Heart Month. sequently if occupants could be protected in competition between General Dynamics and a frontal crash, there would be a dramatic Boeing for the contract for air-launched The men us emphasize the primary goal of reduction in both deaths and serious injuries, cruise missiles will have been decided and the school lunch program, which is the pro­ eliminating much tragedy for too many progress wm be made toward production. motion Of good nutrition throughout the American families. The FB-111, once modified, would also be school year. What happens in these frontal collisions a cruise-missile carrier. This plane is faster The foods chosen meet the recommenda­ can be explained by Isaac Newton's laws of than the B-52 and has a smaller profile on tions of the American Heart Association for physics, familiar to those of us who were radar. SAC has 89 of them and expects others the maintenance of low blood cholesterol made aware of them in high school science to be transferred from the Tactical Air Force. levels, being low in total fat, saturated fat courses. As applied to motor vehicle crashes, Misslle modernization is more complicated and cholesterol. these laws hold that if you are riding in a and expensive. It involves not simply the Along with eating properly, students are vehicle that is moving at a given speed (say production and deployment of a new missile, urged to exercise regularly to keep fit. 40 miles per hour) and the vehicle is brought the MX mobile ICBM, but the hardening of In their consultations, Mrs. D'Amato and to an abrupt stop, then you and any other silos containing the present fleet of Minute­ Mrs. Moskowtiz sought to make choices that passengers in the vehicle will continue man and Titan weapons and their moderni­ would be popular with students besides travelling at 40 mph until something stops zation. achieving the goal of fat control. you. That "something" is usually the steer- July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21355 ing column, the dashboard, the windshield, vehicle. Thus at the same time the occupants search, development and testing than any or a combination of them. The human in­ move forward into the air bags which absorb auto safety device ever proposed. Further juries occur, thus, in what is known as "the the impact forces, the knee restraints or spe­ the passive restraint systems represent the second collision." cial knee restraint bags keep them from slid­ most significant advance in auto safety in Auto safety engineers and designers have ing under the bags. decades, and truly offer "a breath in life" tried to deal with these physical laws by in­ Most people do not realize the tremendous to American motorists.e <>talling padded dashboards, energy absorb­ speed with which the entire process operates. ing, collapsible steering columns, and lami­ The air cushions are fully inflated and par­ nated safety windshields. While these devices tially deflated in about lh5th of a second. have been extremely helpful in reducing The porosity of the bags allows the air to INCUBATOR FOR YOUNG some injuries and deaths, they do not deal escape even as they are being inflated. The BUSINESSES with the basic problem of how to prevent complete process occurs so rapidly that if you occupants from striking the interior of the were to blink your eyes, you would miss the car. bag inflation. However, it is that instant, HON. BRUCE F. VENTO Fortunately, the means of solving the which without the restraints, is all it takes OF MINNESOTA for serious injury or death to occur. problem of the "second collision"--or greatly IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES easing it--are available to all of us. The Solution. The safety engineers' QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Monday, July 30, 1979 answer to the problem of preventing auto­ There are likely to be a number of ques­ mobile occupants from being flung forward tions about the actual operation of passive • Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, small busi­ into lethal objects have been promoted and restraint systems. The National Highway nesses in the United States are the coun­ made available for many years. Since 1964, Traffic Safety Administration offers the fol­ try's prime job-generating firms, but the most new cars have had to have lap belts, lowing questions and answers in helping lack of management expertise and short­ and since 1968 all new cars have had to public understanding of these automatic comings in financial planning of entre­ have both lap and shoulder belts as standard systems: preneurs often doom these businesses to equipment. Q. Since passive belts restrain occupants premature death. The major drawback to this solution is automatically, how does one remove the belt Control Data Corp., one of Minnesota's that these active restraint systems require in an emergency? the individual's action in fastening a buckle A. Passive belts have an emergency release innovative, technology-oriented compa­ every time he or she gets in a car, before which is easy to use. nies, is embarking on a system of busi­ they can provide any protection. Studies have Q. How much will air bags cost me as a car ness technology centers to make avail­ shown that only about 12 percent of front buyer? able these important elements to small seat occupants and drivers wear both their A. The Department of Transportation esti­ business managers. St. Paul is the site lap and shoulder belts, and 7 percent wear mates that a full front system, which will of the first suoh center because William lap belts alone. Despite all the publicity meet the requirements of the federal stand­ Norris, chairman of Control Data Corp., about the value of the belts, it is now known ard, need not cost much more than $100 to and his colleagues find the climate there that 8 out of every 10 front seat occupants $150 above the present cost of safety shoulder fail to fasten their safety belts. belts. This added cost will be offset by ex­ conducive for innovation. Innovation has Recognizing the unwillingness of auto pected savings in annual insurance costs for been encouraged in St. Paul by Mayor users to take the necessary action to belt cars equipped with automatic protection George Latimer, his able staff, and the themselves into their vehicles, a second solu­ systems. business and community leaders of the tion is now at hand with automatic devices Q. Are these systems really worth the city. called "passive restraint systems." These money? I include, as part of my remarks, an passive systems provide protection against A. Best estimates are that if all cars were article from the Washington Post of injury or death without the car occupant equipped with air cushion systems, we would having to take any action at all. They are save 9,000 lives and prevent tens of thou­ July 28, 1979, which describes the busi­ simply there and available automatically sands of moderate to serious injuries each ness technology center concept and its whenever a frontal crash occurs. year. Every traffic fatality costs society at goals: THE AUTOMATIC, PASSIVE RESTRAINT SYSTEMS least several hundred thousand dollars, not INCUBATOR FOR YOUNG BUSINESSES One of the basic types of automatic re­ including the immeasurable costs of suf­ (By Neal A. Peirce) straint systems is a refinement of the long­ fering and human loss to families of victims. ST. PAUL.-A remarkable incubator for available belt system. The latest safety belt Q. Is there a danger that the air bags fledgling businesses in innovative technology system is designed to move into place as each might go off without reason and cause the fields is taking form in a refurbished eight­ front seat occupant enters the vehicle and driver to lose control? story building within St. Paul's Lowertown closes the door. There is no requirement for A. Only 3 such deployments have occurred redevelopment project. any action on the part of the occupant. Un­ in more than 620 mlllion miles of over-the­ It is called a "business and technology fortunately, these have become "standard" road use, none of which caused loss of con­ center" by its founder-landlord, Control Da.ta in only a few models. trol. But even if this did occur, the small Corp., the Twin Cities' multi-billion-dollar Most automatic belt systems have a single size of the driver's air bag and the split­ computer and technology firm. If the St. Paul diagonal belt which fits across the chest, plus second inflation and deflation is so rapid center succeeds, it could well be the proto­ a padded knee bolster below the dashboard. that it should not cause loss of vehicle type for scores of similar centers, helping The bolster prevents the occupant from sub­ control. small businesses get off the ground in cities marining or sliding out from under the belt Q. What if the air bag fails to inflate in across the country. in a crash. Some systems also have an active a crash? A pipedream? Perhaps. But Control Data lap belt which the occupant can buckle to A. In all the years of testing, and with founder-board chairman William Norris and increase the level of protection in other than 395 known crashes involving the air bag his colleagues don't believe they're engaged in frontal crashes, such as rollovers. There is equipped cars, none have failed to inflate a "do-good" charitable enterprise. They ex­ also an emergency release for the diagonal in production cars. pect business and technology centers to be­ belt if needed. Q. Will the air bag damage my hearing come modest money-makers for their owners, The other, and perhaps best known type when it inflates? even while they generate desperately needed of passive restraint is the air cushion sys­ A. In all the crashes to date there has jobs in the nation's inner cities. tem, often called the "air bag." not been a single complaint of injury to the The rationale behind the concept--one An air cushion restraint system is com­ ear or hearing. Most occupants have told of the many innovative ideas Norris has posed of a sensor in the area of the front crash investigators that they did not hear spawned in his belief that urban economic bumper, and in some systems a second sensor the air bag inflate over the sound of the problems can be turned into opportunities­ on the firewall; a passenger air bag and infla­ crash itself. is rather simple. Urbanologists, such as Jane tor hidden on the right side of the dash­ Q. Is the gas used to inflate the air bag Jacobs, have long noted that it was thou­ board; a driver air bag and inflator packaged poisonous? sands of embryonic businesses which gave in the hub of the steering wheel; and padded A. No! In most systems the gas is nitrogen cities their vitality and that urban decline or inflatable knee restraints for the driver which makes up 78 percent of the air we parallels a falloff in entrepreneurial starts. and the passenger. breathe. In some systems, the nitrogen has And fresh research by David Birch of the This system has an indicator lamp on the been generated from a solid chemical called Massachusetts Institute of Technology dashboard, which will glow for a few seconds sodium azide. In its solid form, this chemi­ reveals that small firms-those with 20 or to let you know the system is working. I! cal is toxic, but in the air bag unit the fewer workers-have accounted for a star­ the car is involved in a serious frontal crash chemical is hermetically sealed until it is tling two-thirds of all new jobs created in the (equivalent to a 10-12 mph crash or greater changed into nitrogen by an electrical im­ nation since 1960. tnto a solid barrier) the sudden impact causes pulse during a. crash. But job generation in the cities has fallen the sensor to activate a nitrogen gas inflator. According to the National Highway Traffic wen behind their employment needs. The This inflates the bag instantly to cushion the Safety Administration the automatic re­ obstacles to entrepreneurial success-ranging occupants from striking the interior of the straint systems have undergone more re- from lack of capit>a.I to often-fatal lack ot CXXV--1344-Part 16 21356 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 30, 197'9 management expertise and financial plan­ have been unanimous in their testimony viva! of the disabled veteran and his ning-are both legion and legendary. before the House Committee on Veter­ family-a check received late may be a To lower the mortality rate of new, small ans' Affairs and have been telling us, and number on a chart to the VA, but it is a enterprises, the business and technology cen­ tragedy to the veteran. ters will offer them- under one roof and at all Members of Congress, of the rapid de­ reasonable prices-an array of services gen­ terioration of service to our Nation's vet­ In my visit to the regional office in the erally expensive, difficult, or on occasion erans at both VA hospitals and regional Federal Building in Indianapolis, I was impossible for an entrepreneur to obtain. offices. Because of their testimony and most graciously received by Mr. William The regular lease, for office and laboratory because of my concern that our Nation's Brewster, the director, together with his spaces ranging from 100 to 20,000 square feet, veterans should not be penalized in the staff. They gave me a briefing and dem­ will include, at a competitive $8.95 per square name of economy, I recently made an onstration of the Target system in op­ foot monthly, rental, cleaning services, eration and a number of varied applica­ utllity, security, telephone answering service inspection of the VA's regional office and medical center in Indianapolis. tions. and receptionist, mail processing, confer­ It ence rooms, a technical laboratory and I want to share with my colleagues the was disconcerting to learn, however, library facilities. results of my tour at these facilities. At on that day alone, Monday, July 23, the But the real benefit to small firms may the outset, I want to commend both Wil­ system had been down or nonoperational come from the optional in-house profes­ liam H. Brewster, director of the regional over 20 percent of the time. Mr. Brewster sional services provided by Control Data on a office, and W. Maurice McHaffie, direc­ explained that the more the system fee basis. For example, financial counseling seemed to be utilized in the operation of will be offered in such areas as venture tor of the medical center, and their very able staffs. In truth, they are doing their the regional offices, the greater the down capital, risk management, taxes, insurance time. This appears to be due to rapid and qualifying for government small busi­ very best with the resources given them installation throughout the system and ness loans. In the personnel area, Control by the VA's Central Office and the Ad­ an overloading and overtaxing of the Data will have available counsel on recruit­ ministration. The comments which follow system. ing, labor relations, employee counseling and are in no way intended to be critical of payroll management. Advice will be offered I did get to see the system in opera­ on coping with government regulations and these fine public servants. tion and was most impressed as I on advertising and promotion. The House Committee on Veterans' Af­ watched a VA counselor talking by tele­ Expeoting maruy technology-oriented firms, fairs and its subcommittees have con­ phone with a young veteran who was Control Data will offer, also in-house, com­ ducted many hearings this year on the making an inquiry concerning his educa­ pressed air and vacuum lines, extended vent­ VA medical system, the VA's Target sys­ tional benefits. Immediately, the coun­ ing and plumbing, steam and chilled water tem, and in general, the services per­ and de-ionized water--services often ex­ selor was able to summon through the horbitantly expensive for freestanding small formed by the VA for the benefit of Target system the records of this veteran businesses. America's veterans. from the Houston Records Center and Finally, the business and technology cen­ Mr. concern had been heightened by thereby, was able to explain to him the ters will make available in-house training recent hearings of the Subcommittee on reason why the payments had been and education, using Control Data's success­ Special Investigations on the VA's Target temporarily suspended. ful computerized skills teaching method, computer system. For the benefit of my Apparently, the morale of the em­ "PLATA," which offers several courses di­ colleagues, the system was envisioned to ployees of the VA is affected by the Tar­ rectly relevant to small business needs and increase the efficiency of the Department also permits a business owner to play "what­ get system. It is of tremendous assist­ if" games simulating his or her business's of Veterans Benefits with fewer person­ ance to them in serving the veterans. situation. nel. When fully operational all regional When it is not operational, it is highly For some executives of small firms, the offices of the VA will be tied in to one frustrating to each person involved in most valuabe elemeillt of the center may be computer network with information in­ the system because it delays the procure­ peer interchange-the talks across the hall­ stantly retrievable. ment of needed information to serve the ways with other entrepreneurs !acing Sdmilar However, several problems have oc­ veterans. difficulties and challenges. curred in the system so that phase I of Again I commend Mr. Brewster and "Success breeds success in entrepreneur­ ism," says Control Data's senior vice the program is already months behind his staff for their dedicated service to president for urban affairs, Herbert Trader. schedule with the Department of Vet­ three-quarters of a million veterans who "Any time you see two or three successful erans' Benefits being forced to use sig­ are residing in Indiana. businesses, you will see many times more nificant amounts of overtime to make up The purpose of my inspection of the get started." And the goal of the centers, the difference. Through May of this year, medical center was prompted by repeat­ Trader sa.id, "is to have people medium-sized DVB had spent $2,843,000 in overtime ed complaints received from veterans and established and strike out on their own. alone-a 237-percent increase over the that they are being denied proper treat­ Control Data hopes to realize Lts BTC amount spent through May 1978-and profits not as a landlord, but in the sale ment at VA facilities. I am afraid that of optional services--creating m.any new more than twice the amount obligated this may, in fact, be true. customers for its products along the way. for the entire year in fiscal year 1978. In We are all too familiar with the Full ·occupancy of the St. Paul center isn't fact, in order for the system to be even budget restrictions imposed upon all expected until next year, but several ten­ partially functional, 15 regional offices in Federal agencies, and in particular, the ants--a medical graphdcs firm, a Control the eastern region were removed from Veteran:;' Administration. For the past Data Institute, an acoustical tile cleaning the computer network late last month. 2 years, the administration has recom­ company and others-are already signed up. When asked to predict when phase I mended inadequate funding for the VA How fast might the business and tech­ would be operational, the VA representa­ and its programs. Twice the Congress nology center concept spread? Control Data tives were unable to do so with any cer­ has come to the aid of our Nation's vet­ has already announced other such centers tainty. in Minneapolis and Toledo, and Philadelphia erans over the administration's objec­ appears a strong candidate for a fourth Mr. Speaker, the decision to cut back tions. The VA's Department of Medicine location. Norris believes Control Dalta dtself personnel within the Department of Vet­ and Surgery is the finest in the world will eventually be unable to meet the de­ erans' Benefits was not made by the and we cannot sit idly by and permit mand and will arrange to franchise small­ Chief Benefits Director, but rather at a it to be di3mantled piece by piece, bene­ business persons to operate the centers.e higher level within the Veterans' Admin­ fit by benefit. The Congress must once istration-and probably within the Of­ and for all tell the administration that VETERANS' ADN.UNITSTRATION fice of Management and Budget as well. enough is enough-we will not tolerate It is unconscionable for either OMB or any further reductions in services ren­ HOSPITALS the Administrator of Veterans· Affairs to dered to and benefits earned by those cut this vitally important section of vet­ who fought in the defense of their HON. ELWOOD HILLIS erans services before the Target system country. OF INDIANA had proven itself. It is hardly cost effec­ I might personally reflect on my visit IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tive, yet the Administrator has repeat­ to the lOth Street Hospital. Although edly assured the committee that imple­ my visit wa:; brief due to the shortage Monday, July 30, 1979 mentation of Target would indeed be of time available, I was well received • Mr. HILLIS. Mr. Speaker, for over 2 "cost effective." Let me point out, Mr. by Mr. Maurice McHaffie, the director, years, the various veterans organizations Speaker, that we are toying with the sur- accompanied by Mr. Connlley and was July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21357 shown many of their facilities. The hos­ Whereas, In order to avoid even larger im­ In fact, while some groups and sections have ports of oil, the only alternatives available to waned in self-confidence, others have surged. pital was clean, neat, and well oper­ generate the needed electricity are coal and There is a structure to the American dis­ ated-a credit to the Veterans' Admin­ nuclear; and temper, and a good place to observe it is this istration. I was most interested in the Whereas, It is important to have a balance capital of the industrial heartland, Detroit. new facilities that will be available as between nuclear and coal-fired generating Twenty-five years ago the managers of the soon as the new wing presently under units in the future, and the development auto industry could fairly claim to run the construction is open in the fall of 1980. of nuclear generating units is being serious­ country. Harlow Curtice, .the boss at General ThV. COMPARISON WITH PRESIDENT ported ------581 This bill is $1,803 million in budget author­ 9. Possible totaL ______-503 Explanation of Difference From Target ity over the President's request of $8,393 10. Target------581 (lines 6 and 7 above). mlllion. The difference is primarily attrib­ The major reason for the difference in utable to funds added for a synfuels program 11. Over ------78 budget authority is that the bill provides a ($1.5 blllion). 12. Under ______------lower level of funding for International Financing Institutions than had been as­ H.R. 4476-THE HIGHER EDUCATION (a) Explanation of Difference from Target sumed in the resolution. (line 11 above). TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS c::IF 1979 As stated above, the major factor causing The Education and Labor Committee would the increase in outlays is the later than an­ (H.Rept. 96-318) exceed its target by $78 million in NEA ticipated availabllity of fiscal year 1979 sup­ Committee: Education and Labor (via Ap­ because this amount was not assumed in propriations). the resolution. plemental funds and the inclusion in the blll Subcommittee: Postsecondary Education of a $40 million economic support program (b) Amounts Assumed in Budget Resolu­ for Sudan. (Labor-HEW). tion but Not Yet Considered (line 8 above). As a result of these and other changes in Chairman: Mr. Bill Ford (Michigan). To date, the Education and Labor Com­ mittee has not reported any legislation fiscal year 1980 outlays, it is now estimated Ranking Minority Member: Mr. Buchanan that the outlays in the International Affairs (Alabama). reflecting savings a3sociated with child nutrition and vocational rehab111tation pro­ function will exceed the budget resolution Scheduled: Tuesday, July 31, 1979 (sus­ grams; the First Eudget Resolution assumed targets by $150 mlllion. pension). savings of $581 million in those programs. IV. BUDGETARY FLOOR AMENDMENTS I. DESCRIPTION OF BILL IV. BUDGETARY FLOOR AMENDMENTS None known. H.R. 4476 amends the Guaranteed Student Loans Program (GSLP) by removing the 5 None allowed under suspension of the V. COMPARISON WITH PRESIDENT percent per annum cap on the special allow­ rules. The blll 1s a reduction of $1,152 million in ance rate paid to holders of insured or guar­ V. COMPARISON WITH PRESIDENT budget authority from the President's request anteed loans. This provision is effective be­ Regarding the GSLP proposal, the Presi­ of $9,040 m11lion for these programs. Most of ginning with the third quarter payments for dent has submitted dra.ft legislation which the reduction ($903 mlllion) is in Contribu­ Fiscal Year 1979. In addition, H.R. 4476 ex­ would raise the current 5 percent cap to tions to International Financial Institutions. tends for one year numerous higher educa­ 6 percent effective for two qua.rters. Esti­ tion programs. The ext<"nsions do not have mated cost of the administration's proposal H.R. 3434-SOCIAL SERVICES AND CHILD WEL­ any budgetary effect. New entitlement au­ is $35 million. FARE AMENDMENTS OF 1979 thority in the blll is estimated at $78 mil­ (H. Rept. 96-136) lion. H.R. 4473-FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED Committee: Ways and Means (via Appro­ PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 1980 II. COMPARISON WITH FmST BUDGET priations) . RESOLUTION SPENDING TARGET (H. Rept. 96-273) Subcommittee: Public Assistance and Un­ This bill is $78 million above the amount Committee: Appropriations. employment Compensation (Labor-HEW). assumed in the First Budget Resolution. Subcommittee: Foreign Operations. Chairman: Mr. Corman {California). Explanation of Problem: Costs associated Chairman: Mr. Long (Maryland). Ranking Minority Member: Mr. Rousselot with removal of the cap on the GSLP special Ranking Minority Member: Mr. Young (California) . allowance rate involve $78 million in new (Florida). Scheduled: Wednesday and Thursday, Au­ entitlement authority, which was not as­ Scheduled: Wednesday and Thursday, Au­ gust 1 and 2, 1979. gust 1 and 2, 1979. sumed in the First Budget Resolution. Since I. DESCRIPTION OF BILL the 5 percent rate is paid in addition to the J:. DESCRJ:PTJ:ON OF Bfi.L The bill would ( 1) increase the entitle­ 7 percent rate paid by, or on behalf of, the The bill provides for the foreign assistance ment authority for the social services (Title student borrowers. the resolution assumed progratns administered by the Agency for interest payments to lenders at a total of 12 International Development, Military Assist­ XX) program from a permanent level of $2.5 percent. The need to modify the existing ance, Contributions to International Finan­ bUUon to $3.1 b11Uon beginning in Fiscal program developed because the 5 percent per cial Institutions, and the Peace Corps. Year 1980; (2) provide for a separate Title annum ceiling was reached in the third The bill totals $7,889 mllllon in budget XX entitlement of $16 million for Puerto quarter or Fiscal Year 1979. Therefore, un- authority and $2,731 million in outlays. Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21363 Northern Marianas; (3) provide an annual H.R. 4440-TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED (b) Amounts Assumed in Budget Resolu­ entitlement of $266 million for child welfare AGENCIES APPROPRIA"IIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1980 tion but not yet Considered (line 8 a.bove). services ($141 milllon in Fiscal Year 1980); (H. Rept. 96-272) The blll provides for the Panama Canal (4) establish a program of Federal support Commission on a. six-month basis and is Committee: Appropriations. $157 million in budget authority and $149 to encourage adoption of children with spe­ Subcommittee: Transportation. cial needs; and (5) cap State and local train­ mill1on in outlays below the amounts as­ Chairman: Mr. Duncan (Oregon) . sumed in the Resolution for full-year oper­ ing funds for social services, which would Ranking Minority Member: Mr. Conte save $18 million in Fiscal Year 1980. Total ation of the Commission. The blll does not (Ma.ssachusetts). reflect $25 milllon in budget authority and new entitlement authority in the bill is $745 Scheduled: Monday, July 30, 1979. milUon. outlays for proposed legislation involving es­ I. DESCRIPTION OF BILL tabllshment of an oil pollution 11a.b1Uty and II. COMPARISON WITH FmST BUDGET RESOLUTION SPENDING TARGET This bill funds the Department of Trans­ compensation fund. IV. BUDGETARY FLOOR AMENDMENTS The bill is generally consistent with the portation and related agencies. It provides provisions of the First Budget Resolution ex­ $9,523 m11lion in budget authority (of Which Congressman Howard has proposed a high­ cept that the Resolution assumed a $3.0 bil­ $425 million is advance appropriations for way-mass transit amendment of $152 mllllon lion entitlement celllng for the Title XX pro­ urban ma~s transit in 1981 and $9,098 mil­ in budget authority and an estimated $75 gram, while the blll would provide for a $3.1 lion for fiscal year 1980) and $5,846 milllon mllllon in outlays. A substitute to the How­ billion ce111ng. in outlays. ard Amendment may be offered of $243 mil­ Explanation of Potential Problem. The II. COMPARISON WITH 1ST BUDGET RESOLUTION lion in budget authority and $35 million in amounts assumed in the Resolution but not SPENDING TARGET outlays. Congressman Alexander proposes yet considered by the Ways and Means Com­ $120 mllllon in budget authority and $25 This appropriations b111, combined with milllon estimated outlay in his rural trans­ mittee (line 8, below) include $263 million spendouts from prior appropriations and in legislative savings to be achieved through portation amendment. AMTRAK amend­ amounts assigned to the subcommittee but ments a.re anticipated to range from $40 mil- a series of modifications to the AFDC and not yet considered, is b::Jlow the subcommittee SSI programs. Should these legislative sav­ 11on for additional routes to $200 mill1on targets by $490 mllllon in budget authority to freeze the system as is. ings not be realized, the Committee's NEA and $2 million in outlays. target would be breached. The Public Assist­ V. COMPARISON WITH PRESIDENT ance Subcommittee in its welfare reform pro­ Explanation of problem. No major budget This blll provides budget authority of posal has reported certain legislative savings problem with the b111 as reported. $9,098 m1111on, $170 mUllan below the total to the full Ways and Melns Committee. Explanation of Potential Pro•blem. The requested in the Prestdent's budget. It pro­ However, the amount of the savings is un­ potential problem with this b111 is that floor vides $280 mllllon more in budget authority available until CBO completes its cost anal­ amendments are very llkely, and if passed wlll for the Panama Canal, $347 milllon less for ysis of the blll. cau"e the possible total to exceed the Trans­ mass transportation, $150 mUilon less for rail III. SUMMARY TABLE portation subcommittee outlay target (see reha.b111tatlon initiatives and miscellaneous [In millions of dollars 1 III. Summary Table, llne 12). Further, the increases of $47 milllon. The prior and new New Function 400 ta.r!lets may be breached as well outlays associated with the blll total $17,501 entitlement (see VI. Functional Projection, line 8). mi111on, $337 mllllon above the President's budget. Additional outlays of $249 mlllion authorit.l/ m. SUMMARY TABLE 1. Amount in bilL______$745 are projected for the Panama. Canal, $80 mil­ 2. Prior action______184 (In millions of dollars) lion for urban mass transportation programs, and $8 mUllan miscellaneous. 3. Action to date______929 Bud ret VI. FUNCTIONAL PROJECTION 4.Ta.rget ------798 authority Outlays [In millions of dollars)

5.0ver ------131 1. Amount in bil'------9, 098 5, 846 Bud~et 6. Under ------2. Prior action______11,655 authorrty Outlays 7. Action to date______929 ------3. Action to date______9,098 17,501 8. Amount assumed but not yet 1. Amount in bill (function 400) ______9, 084 5, 832 reported------180 4. Target_------9, 771 17, 677 2. Prior action ______9, 196 11, 068 5. Ov!r ______------______------_ 3. Other passed and reported_------877 1, 123 6. Under______673 176 4. Amounts assumed but not yet con­ 9. Po~sible totaL______749 sidered: 10.Target ------798 7.Actiontodate ______9,098 17,501 Unfunded portion of Panama Canal Commission_------­ 157 149 8. Amount assumed but not yet re- Rescissi.n of highway trust fund ported.------·----- 183 174 11.0ver ------BA_. _------250 ------12. Under ------49 9. Possible tota'------9, 281 17,675 10. larget______9, 771 17,677 5. Possible totaL______19, 064 18, 172 (a) Explanation of Difference From Target 6. Function 400 target.______19, 450 18,200 (line 12 above). ------11. Over. ______------______7. Over. ••• _. __ ------______----______The CBO cost estimate !or H.R. 3434 is $49 12. UndP.r______490 2 mill1on less than the amounts assumed by 8. Under______386 28 the Ways and Means Committee for the b111 in its 302(b) report. (a) Explanation of Difference from Target Prior action (llne 2 above) includes perma­ (b) Amounts Assumed in Budget Resolu­ (line 12 above). nent (mostly highway trust fund amounts), tion But Not Yet Considered (line 8 above). The possible total is under the target by outlays from prior-year appropriations, and Savings totaling $263 million in the AFDC $490 milUon in budget authority. Of that, receipts attributable to the Panama. Canal and Child Support programs were included $98 million represents real program reduc­ blll. in the Committee's 302(b) report, offset by tions. The remainder results from a. fill3nc­ other passed and reported bllls (line 3 $83 million in spending for the SSI program. ing approach which affects budget authority, above) include the HUD and State-Justice Certain of these items are included in the but which is consistent with the program Appropriations bUls, which passed, and the Welfare Reform proposal (H.R. 4904) re­ level and outlays assumed in the Resolution. Air Noise bill which was reported. ported from the Publ1c .t\ssistance Subcom­ It is explained as follows: The President's Amounts assumed but not yet considered mittee to the full Committee on July 23. Budget and the Budget Resolution both as­ (Une 4 above) include $157 milllon in budget sume a funding level of $700 million for the authority and $149 m1111on in outlays for the IV. BUDGETARY FLOOR AMENDMENTS unfunded portion of the Panama. Canal Com­ The Rules Committee has granted a modi­ Interstate Transfer Grant program. That $700 mill1on consists of $320 mllllon in new mission, and also a reduction of $250 million fied closed rule orovidinq: for the considera­ through the rescission of Highway Trust tion of Committee amendments only. The budget authority and $380 million in unob­ ligated balances of contract authority. How­ Fund budget authority. If this rescission, in­ Ways and Means Committee has a series of cluded in the budget resolution assumptions, nonbudgetary technical amendments. ever, the Transportation bill proposes the direct appropriation of the requested $700 is not effected, then the amount remaining V. COMPARISON WITH PRESIDENT million, offset by the rescission of all carry­ in this function is significantly decreased. The President proposed similar legislation over balances of contract authority (totaling which would have required $433 million in $713 milllon). By rescinding $713 million of H.R. 4388-CONFERENCE REPORT ON ENERGY budget authority to accommodate a $2.9 unobligated balances of contract authority, AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS, billion Title XX ce111ng, $141 mtlllon chUd the reported bill permits funding of a. $700 FISCAL YEAR 1980 weltare services program, $16 million social million interstate program with a. net re­ (H. Rept. 96-338) services program for the territories, and a duction of $13 mllllon in budget authority Committee: Appropriations. ca.p on State and local training for social and makes unnecessary ut111zation of $380 Subcommittee: Energy and Water Develop­ services programs. mill1on provided in the budget resolution. ment. C:XXV--1345-Part 16 21364 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 30, 1979 Chairman: Mr. Bevlll (Alabama). IV. BUDGETARY FLOOR AMENDMENTS Ra.nking Minority Member: Mr. Bob Wil­ Ranking Minority Member: Mr. Myers (In­ Not applicable to conference reports. son (California) . diana). V. COMPARISON WITH PRESIDENT Scheduled: Wednesday and Thursday, Scheduled: Monday, July 30, 1979. August 1 and 2, 1979. I. DESCRIPTION OF BILL The conference report is $701 mi111on tn budget authority below the President's re­ I. DESCRIPTION OF BILL The conference report for this b111 provides quest of $11,500 mlllion. The entitlement provi&lons of this bill Fiscal Year 1980 appropriations for all De­ partment of Energy programs except those would provide $16 m111ion for increased sti­ H.R. 3236-DISABILITY INSURANCE AMEND­ pends for members of the Armed Forces related to fossil fuel research and energy con­ MENTS OF 1979 Health Scholarship program and special pay servation; for water resources programs of the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Recla­ (H. Rept. 96-100) for medical officers serving on active duty Committee: Ways and Means. obligation reaulting from a medical educa­ mation; and for a variety of independent tion program. agencies and commissions. Jn total, the con­ Subcommittee: Social Security. ference report provides $10,799 in budget au­ Chairman: Mr. Pickle (Texas). n. COMPARISON WITH FIRST BUDGET RESOLUTION thority and $5,866 mlllion in estimated out­ Ranking Minority Member: Mr. Archer SPENDING TARGET lays. (Texas). The new entitlement authority (NEA) pro­ II. COMPARISON WITH FIRST BUDGET RESOLUTION Scheduled: Wednesday and Thursday, Au­ visions of the blll a-re consistent with the SPENDING TARGET gust 1 and 2, 1979. Budget Resolution and the NEA target of The conference report for this blll, com­ I. DESCRIPTION OF BILL the Armed Services Committee. bined with spendouts from prior appropria­ This blll amends the Social Security Act to Explanation of Problem: No major budget tions, is under the subcommittee targets by provide better work incentives and improved problem with the bl11 as reported. $434 mlllion in budget authority and $113 acccmntablllty in the Dlsablllty Insurance III. SUMMARY TABLE million in outlays. (DI) program. Fiscal year 1980 benefit sav­ [In milllons of dollars) Explanation of Problem: No major budget ings are estimated by CBO to be $80 mlllion New problem with the bill as reported. in outlays but administrative ccsts and the entitlement impact on other programs in the first yea-r authority III. SUMMARY TABLE of implementation wlll be $104 million. Total 1. Amount in bilL ______$16 [In millions of dollars) annual savings in fiscal year 1984 on a unified 2. Prior a.ction ______budget basis w111 be $1.1 bi111on. Bud~et authority Outlays II. COMPARISON WITH FIRST BUDGET RESOLUTION 3. Action to date______16 SPENDING TARGET 4. Target ------·------99 1. Amount in bill.______10,799 5,866 2. Prior action ••••• ------3, 984 The Resolution assumed legislative saving'> of $62 mlllion 1n the Disab111ty Insurance 5. Over ------3. Action to date •••• ------10,799 9, 850 program, as recommended by the Committee 6. Under ------83 7. Action to date______16 4. Tar&et. ------11,583 9, 913 on Ways and Means in the March 15 report. 8. Amount assumed but not yet re- 5. Over ... __ ~ - ____ ------______Primarily because of reestimates by the Social 6. Under------784 63 Security Administration of the administra­ ported ------83 7. Action to date •••• ______10, 799 9, 850 tive costs. associated with the blll, :the first 9. Possible total______99 8. Amount assumed but not yet re- year savings to the Disabillty Insurance Trust ported______350 -50 Fund w111 be $17 mlllion. 10. Target ------99 III. SUMMARY TABLE 9. Possible totaL------11, 149 9, 800 11. Over ------10. Tar&et. ------11,583 9, 913 Impact on disability insurance trust fund 12. Under ------11. Over ______------__ outlays (a) Explanation of Difference From Tar­ 12. Under ••• ------434 113 [In m1llions of dollars) get (line 12 above) . 1. Amount in bilL ______-$17 No difference. (a) Explanation of Difference from Target. 2. Action to date______0 The differe-nce between the possible total (b) Amounts Assumed in Budget Resolu­ and the subcommittee target consists of: 3. Amount assumed but not yet tion But not Yet Considered (line 8 above). $191 mlllion attributable to energy programs reported ------o The resolution included $128 million for a because of program reductions, the use of variety of personnel benefits and for a re­ unobligated balances, and deferral of fund­ 4. Possible totaL------17 vision of the Officer Personnel Aot. In addi­ ing for the Clinch River Breeder; $238 mil­ 5. Target (legislative savings)------62 tion, the resolution assumed a legls181tive ~av­ lion attributable primarily to water resources ing of $45 milllon by changing the coot-of­ programs because of incremental funding as 6. Over ------· +45 llving adjustment for millt>ary retirees from opposed to full funding for the new water 7. Under ------0 semi-annually to annually. project construction starts; and $61 m11lion (a) Explanation of Difference From Target IV. BUDGETARY FLOOR AMENDMENTS related to the Department of Energy's de­ (line 6 above). None known at this time. fense activities. The blll exceeds the target primarily (b) Amounts Assumed in Budget Resolu­ because of a reestimate by the Social Secu­ V. COMPARISON WITH PRESIDENT tion but Not Yet Considered. rity Administration of the administrative The President's budget did not include the Amounts assumed in the Resolution but costs associated with the bill. budgetary impact of this legisla.tlon.e not yet considered consist of two items. The (b) Amounts assumed in Budget Resolu­ first is $300 million in budget authority as­ tion but not yet Considered (line 3 above). sumed for the Spent Fuel Storage Fund. No additional legislation pertaining to So­ TRmUTE TO GEORGE E. NORMAN, Funding of this Item was deferred pending cial Security is assumed in .the Resolution. enactment of authorizing legislation. The JR. second item is $50 mlllion for emergency IV. BUDGETARY FLOOR AMENDMENTS flood control. Mr. Simon may offer an amendment to There are-two additional contingencies not delay the implementation of section 13 of the HON. RICHARDSON PREYER specifically assumed in the First Budget Res­ bill by one year. That section would reim­ OF NORTH CAROLINA olution. First is the funding for continua­ burse state vocational rehab111tation agencies IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion or termination of the Clinch River for having reha.bllltated a disabled recipient Breeder project, which depends on the out­ only 1! that recipient has successfully Monday, July 30, 1979 come of the Department of Energy Authori­ returned to work. This provision would be­ • Mr. PREYER. Mr. Speaker, in sharing zation B111 for Fiscal Year 1980 now being come effective in fiscal year 1981 under the with my colleagues remarks about an considered by the House. Some level of ap­ reported bill. propriations may be required for this proj­ outstanding citizen, I do not do so in the V. COMPARISON WITH PRESIDENT usual sense of saluting a fine member of ect in a supplemental. The President proposed to save $34 mlllicn A second contingency is an item reported through changes to the Disg,blllty Insurance a particular community, but I address in disagreement by the conferees of the En­ program and $608 million through changes myself to the larger sense of commit­ ergy-Water Appropriations Bill which, if the to the Old Age and Survivors Insurance ment of one whose high standards and House recedes to the Senate position as program. personal involvement in civic affairs stated in the conference report, will add an­ epitomize the kind of citizen of whom all other $57 million to the bill total for fund­ H.R. 4040-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHOR­ in America can be proud. One who has ing of the new Hart Senate Office building. IZATION Acr, FISCAL YEAR 1980 The addition of this last item will still allow successfully combined an outstanding the b111 plus items assumed but not yet con­ (H. Rept. 96-166) business career with involvement in and sidered to remain significantly below sub­ Committee: Armed Services. advocacy of so many goals important in committee targets. Chairman: Mr. Price. (Il11nols). our society. The fine qualities which I July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21365 address today are embodied in George E. credits, loans, and loan. guarantees to us with materials and techniques which are Norman, Jr., of Greensboro, N.C. Communist countries. not available to us, will rebuild our war in­ dustry which is essential for our future at­ George made time, for we do not just In the midst of this I would like to call tacks on our suppliers. "find" time for such pursuits to aid the Members' attention to some words "In other words, they will be laboring to those less fortunate through his presi­ from Lenin that recently appeared in prepare their own suicide." dency of both Goodwill Industries Re­ the Daily News Digest, published by Startlingly accurate, wasn't he? Those habilitation Center and the United Way W. A. Johnson, P.O. Box 39027, Phoenix, words were written sometime before Lenin of Greater Greensboro and his board Ariz. 85069. When are we going to stop died on January 21, 1924. Documents pub­ this policy of national suicide? lished in the mid-60s which now appear in membership of the Greensboro Cerebral "Lenin's Collected Works, Vol. 42", reveal Palsy School; he made time to further LENIN PREDICTED WE WOULD that he had formulated the above stated excellence in education through board In the July 3 Chicago Sun-Times appeared theme as early as December 21, 1920. membership of Greensboro College, Oak an AP story which said: "In late summer, All this should be considered by our Sen­ Ridge Academy, Guilford College, Ap­ along the Volga River 500 miles east of Mos­ ators while they are "debating" the SALT n palachian State University, the North cow, work will begin on a factory that even­ treaty. Carolina State University Engineering tually will turn out thousands of oil drill A letter of encouragement from our read­ bits. The $144 million facility is being de­ ers to their Senators w111 help things greatly. Foundation and as president of the signed and equipped by Dresser Industries If your Senator doesn't believe Lenin actually Greensboro YMCA; he made time to en­ of Dallas. said these things, tell him to have the hance our appreciation of the arts "One critic contends that the factory, Library of Congress research it for him. through board membership and chair­ built solely with U.S. technology, one day No Communist, whether Soviet or Red manship of the North carolina Sym­ could make projectiles that could penetrate Chinese, means us any good. Either Wash­ phony Society, the United Arts Council the latest American tank. Others contend ington realizes this for the fact that it is, or of Greensboro and the Eastern Music the drill bits will help increase Soviet oll we're doomed to suicide or slavery. It's just Festival. He made time to work toward production, which eventually could hurt U.S. that simple.e cohesiveness between business and gov­ interests." This, and other stories like it dealing with ernment through his leadership in the ball-bearing plants, truck plants (Kama North Carolina Textile Manufacturers River plant), etc., are getting some press, MONDALE AT GENEVA: A CLARION Association, North Carolina Energy Pol­ but-for the most part-the American peo­ CALL FOR JUSTICE icy Council, American National Metrics ple are not aware of just how heavily de­ Council, and the Greensboro Chamber of pendent upon us the Soviets really are. Commerce. These are some of the areas When they find out about high-technology HON. STEPHEN J. SOLARZ George Norman is active in and they ex­ computer sales or critical optional equip­ 01' NEW YORK ment sales, they are surprised our Govern­ emplify his expansive approach to living. IN THE HOUSE OF RF.PRESENTATTVES It is not a wonder that in 1973 he was ment would not only allow such a thing, but encourage it! Now, the same type of Monday, July 30, 1979 designated outstanding Civic Leader of sales wm begin with Red China. Greensboro. There was one person who knew this would • Mr. SOLARZ. Mr. Speaker, I was George Norman made time to improve happen. Lenin! privileged to participate as one of the the quality of life and that is why I have From a newspaper column your editor congressional members of the U.S. dele­ made time to honor him on the occasion wrote in early 1965, comes the following as gation to the United Nations' sponsored of his retirement from Burlington In­ translated by Yury P. Annekov. Said Lenin: conference on refugees in Geneva last dustries, Inc. During his 41 years as an "The so-called cultured elements of West­ week. This conference will go down in ern Europe and America are incapable of executive with Burlington, his expertise comprehending the present state of affairs the annals of history not only as the proved invaluable in myriad areas in­ and the actual balance of forces; these ele­ most successful international refugee cluding his most recent role as vice ments must be regarded as deaf-mutes and conference of all times, but as the only president of public affairs. This role treated accordingly. successful refugee conference ever held. was particularly suited to him since he "A revolution never develops along a The success of the Geneva Conference has always held the belief that personal direct line, by continuous expansion, but was in large measure due to the out­ involvement as well as corporate involve­ forms a chain of outbursts and withdrawals, standing leadership of the President and ment in the community and all levels of attacks and lulls, during which the revolu­ the Vice President of the United States tionary forces gain strength in preparation whose tireless efforts and diligent di­ government is essential. He proved many for their final victory. times that business and government can "It is necessary to resort to special ma­ plomacy focused the attention of the work as partners instead of as opponents neuvers capable of accelerating our victory world community on alleviating the and he proved that one individual can over capitalist countries. We must: human tragedy which has engulfed make a difference. George Norman's to­ •· (A) In order to placate the deaf-mutes, Southeast Asia with over 375,000 Indo­ tal emersion in all aspects of life bring proclaim the (fictional) separation of our chinese refugees. to mind the phrase "a man for all sea­ government and governmental institutions Vice President MoNDALE, in an out­ sons." I salute Ge01ge Norman and on (the Council of Peoples Commissars, etc.) standing address to the delegates of the behalf of the citizens of North Carolina from the Party and Politburo and, in par­ 65 nations at Geneva, sounded a clarion ticular, from the Comintern, declaring these call for this conference to go beyond the use this public forum to express my best latter agencies to be independent political wishes to a good friend on his retire­ groups which are tt>lerated on the territory posturing and legalisms of previous refu­ ment.• of the Soviet Socialist Republics. The deaf­ gee conferences. He reminded the world mutes will believe it. of the disasterous results of the Evian " (B) Express a desire for the immediate Conference of 1938, which failed to al­ AID TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES resumption of diplomatic relations with cap­ leviate the plight of 500,000 German italist countries on the basis of complete Jews and thus facilitated Hitler's imple­ non-interference in their internal affairs. mentation of the "final solution"-the HON. RON PAUL Again, the deaf-mutes will believe it. Tbey destruction of 6 million European Jews. OF TEXAS will even be delighted and will fiing wide It is a tribute to the strong human open their doors, through which emissaries IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the Cornlntern and Party intelligence rights commitment and moral integrity Monday, July 30, 1979 agencies will quickly infiltrate into these of this administration, so ably demon­ countries disguised as our diplomatic, cul­ strated by the Vice President in Geneva, • Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, the House is tural and trade representatives. that the U.S. efforts this time produced in the midst of debating a foreign aid " Speaking the truth is a pretty bourgeois concrete actions that will alleviate the bill which includes funds for interna­ pre1udice. A lie, on the other hand, is often sufferings of the Vietnamese, Laotians, tional banks and eventually Communist justified by the end. Caoitalists the world and Cambodians forced to ftee from their countries. It is also debating the Exoort over a:::~.d their governments will, in t l'> eir homelands. And this time our leadership Administration Act amendments which de"ire to win the Soviet market, shut their produced a significant humanitarian re­ eye.s to the above-mentioned activities and would loosen up the controls over the will thl's be turned into deaf-mutes. sponse from the other nations of the export of our security-related technol­ "They will furnish credits, which will serve world, who pledged to resettle 100,000 ogy, and committees of the House are us a means of sul)porting the Communist more refugees and to meet the increased holding hearings on legislation to grant parties in their countries, and by supplying costs for care and maintenance of the 21366 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 30, 1979 refugees provided by the United Nations to the Jewish problem' was conce1ve4, and "Umted States has already done. Moreover, soon the night closed in. 'We must all be prepared to commit ourselves High Commission on Refugces. Let us not re-enact their error. Let us not to multi-year resettlement programs-for Mr. Speaker, I include the text of the be the heirs to thelr shame. the problem wm not be solved quickly. The Vice President's statement at Geneva to To alleviate the tragedy in southeast Asia, United States government is now seeking be included in today's RECORD so that my we all have a part to play. The United States that authority. colleagues who may not have had an op~ is committed doing its s·hare, just as we have Fourth, each of us must make a greater portunity to read it, might do so. I think done for generations. 'Mother of extles' it contribution to the relief efforts of the this brief speech is one of the clearest says on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty United Nations High Commissioner for Ref­ indications that we in the United States at the port of New York. The American peo- ugees. The UNHCR will need increased re­ arned from history, and will never pte have already welcomed over 200,000 In­ sources now and in the coming years to care have le ti dochinese. Their talent and thelr energies for growing refugee popula.tlons, and to al­ again allow a "holocaust" to systema - immeasurably enrich our nation. leviate the misery ln refugee campe. The cally destroy thousands of human beinss we are preparing to welcome another 168,- UNHCR may require an estimated $400 mil­ whlle we sit idlY by. 000 refugees in the coming year. The gov- lion for its Indochina programs in 1980. The-statement follows: emors and the Members of Congress in our To do our part to help, I am privileged to once again the countries of the world tum delegation-as well as outstanding religious announce today that my government wUl to the United Nations. When problems touch and civic leaders throughout America--are ask our Congress to a.llocate $105 milllon the whole human community, no other a symbol of the enduring commitment of tor those programs--more than double our forum provides a vision more encompassing. President Carter and the American people. current effort. We are also ready to assign When national interests confllct and collide, Many nations represented here have risen highly qualified Peace Corps volunteers to no institution convenes us with greater to history's test, accepting substantial num­ work in the camps tn Southeast Asia.--to moral authority. The United Nations is often bers of refugees. The ABEAN states, China, work not only with the individual countries, eriticized, and sometimes even maltgned. But and Hong Kong have offered safety and asy­ but also in the programs of the UN High the common ground it provides us deserves lum to over half a milllon refugees from Commissioner. We urge other nations to un­ our thanks and our praise. on behalf of the Vietnam, Laos and Kampuchea since 1976. dertake slmllar programs of support. United States-and, I belleve, on behalf of And others have opened their doors. Fifth, tt ts essential that )Ve relieve pres­ all nations in the world community-I thank But the growing exodus from Indochina sures on existing camps and create a network Secretary-General Waldheim and High st111 outstrips international efforts. We must ot new transit centers for refugees destined Commisaioner HartUng for their leadership work together, or the suffering w111 mount. for permanent resettlement elsewhere. Given in convening us here today. Unless we all do more, the risk of fresh the magnitude of the refugee population, Mr. Secretary-General, some tragedies defy conftlct will arise and the stability of South- such centers must accommodate at least east Asia wlll erode. Unless this conference 250,000 refugees. My government has en• the imagination. SOme misery so surpasses gives birth to new commitments, and not dorsed the initiative of the ASEAN states tor the grasp of reason that language itself simply new metaphors, we will inherit the UN-sponsored refugee processing centers. breaks beneath the strain. Instead, we grasp scorn of Evian. It is a time for action, not President Carter applauds the government of tor metaphors. Instead, we speak the in- WO!'ds. the Ph111ppines for the bold and exemplary audible dialect of the human heart. I would Uke to outline seven areas where steps it has taken--e. model of responsible Today we confront such a tragedy. In vtr- action ts needed. world leadership. Today I am especiallY" tually all the world's languages, desperate First and foremost, the fundamental re­ pleased to announce that we are requesting, new expressions have been born. "A barbed- sponsibllity must rest with the authorities of more than $20 mllllon from the Congress to, wire bondage," "an archipelago of despair," Indochina, particularly the government of finance our share ot such new UNHCR !acm.... "a tlood-tide of human misery": with thlR the Socialtst Republic of Vietnam. That gov­ ties. new coinage our ls.nguage 1s enriched, and ernment is failtng to ensure the human rights Sixth, we must extend refugee resettle-. our civillzation is impoverished. of its people. Its callous and Irresponsible ment to nations who are ready to receive­ "The boat people." "The land people." The policies are compelllng countless citizens to them-but who do not have the resources to phrases are new, but unfortunately their forsake everything they treasure, to risk their do so. Today, on behalf of the United States precedent in the annals of shame is not. uves, and to flee into the unknown. government, I propose the creation of an in­ Forty-one years ago this very week, another There must be an immediate moratorium ternational RefUgee Resettlement FunGi. 1.~ international conference on Lake Geneva. on the further expulsion of people from other nations join us, we will ask our Con-. concluded its deliberations. Thirty-two "na- Vietnam. we must stop the drowning& and gress for contributions to the Fund totalllng tiona of asylum" convened at Evian to save establish a humane emigration program. The $20 mlllion for the first year. We ask todaY.• the doomed Jews of Nazi Germany and Aus- pollcy of expulsion which has led to so many that othe!' nations match us. We recommend. tria. On the eve of the conference, Hitler tragic deaths must end. It must be replace<\ that the Fund be capltallzed at $200 mlllion. tlung the challenge in the world's face. He by a policy which enables those who wish to This Fund could, !or example, endow an in~ said, "I can only hope that the other world, leave their homes to do so-in safety, and ternational corporation which would help_ which has such deep sympathy for these by choice and tn an orderly manner. developing countries embark on their plan­ criminals w111 at least be generous enough At the same time, we must not forget the ning and secure additional resources for this to convert this sympathy into practical aid." land people driven from their homeland by high humanitarian purpose. We have each heard similar arguments about conruct and foreign invasion. The nations of Seventh, and above all, we must act to pro­ the plight of the refugees in Indochina. the world must promote a political settle- tect the lives o! those who seek safety. The At stake at Evian were both human lives-- ment tn Kamp\l.Chee.. The survival of a United States is e.cting vigorously to save. and the decency and self-respect of the whole people ts In grave doubt. Neither the refugees from exposure and starvation and civ111zed world. If each nation at Evian had Pol Pot nor Hang Samrin regimes represents drowning and death at sea. As Commander-. s.greed on that day to take in 17,000 Jews at the Cambodian people. The conflict, and the in-Chief of the m111tary, the President of the once, every Jew in the Reich could have been human tragedy in Its wake, must stop. The United States has dramatically strengthened1 saved. As one American observer wrote, "It international community must not tolerate hla orders to our Navy to help the drowning 1s heartbreaking to think of the . . . des- forced expulsion of entire populations. I call and the desperate. Today the President has perate human beings . . . waiting in sus- on all governments to allow normal free emi­ ordered four additional ships from the M111- pense for what happens at Evian. But the gration and faintly reunification. My govern­ tary Sealift Command to be dispatched to question they underline is not simply hu- ment supports efforts to negotiate a program the South China Sea-where they wlll be manitarian . . . It is a test of civillzation." of orderly direct departures from Vietnam- available both to transport tens of thousands At Evian, they began with high hopes. but not at the expense of those in camps of refugees from camps to refugee processing But they failed the test of civllization. elsewhere in Southeast Asia already awaiting centers, and to assist refugees at sea. At tho The civ111zed world hid in the cloak ot resettlement, and not as part of a program same time, the President has also ordered legalisms. Two nations said they had reached of expulsion of ethnic or political groups. long-range Navy aircraft to fty patrols to lo­ the saturation point for Jewish refugees. Second, I urge the countries of first asylum cate and seek help tor refugee boats in dis­ Four nations said they would accept expe- to continue to provide temporary safe haven tress. And the President is asking our priva~. rienced agricultural workers only. One would to all refugees. The compassion these na­ shipping industry and unions to persist with' only accept immigrants who had been bap- tions have shown earn them the respect and thelr time-honored efforts to help refugees~ tized. Three declared intellectuals and mer- admiration of the world's community. But at sea. We appeal to other governments to do chants to be undesirable new citizens. On~ these nations cannot bear this responsib111ty the sam.e--and to accept tor resettlement• nation feared that an intlux of Jews would alone. We call on them to persist In their those who are picked up. arouse antisemitic feelings. And one delegato spirit of humanity so that our common effort Mr. Secretary-General, fellow delegates, in. said this: 'As we have not real racial prob• can proceed. conclusion let me reiterate two points. lem, we are not desirous of importing one.' Therefore, third, the rest of us must pro- First, the international community must As the delegates left Evian, Hitler again vlde assurances to first-asylum countries not tolerate tbls forced expulsion. We call goaded 'the other world' for 'oozing sympathy that the refugees will ftnd new homes within upon Vietnam to cease those policies which for the poor, tormented people, but remain- a reasonable period of time. To meet this 50 ing hard and obdurate when it comes to objective, we call on all nations to double :-::!t~te m~~~r~!~n~:~:~r!.be ant helpl~~ ~~· ~ Days lat~__. ~h• .: nnal solutlo:D: ·- th~lJ,': " ~~tt_lezp.e~t commitmen~. u _.. th~. Tho fJ:e~dQm, w .eJJY,~~~· ~ . a. t~ndamenta.l. July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21367 human right. But no nation is blind to the specifically the Congress of the United States, family radio. How we all wanted to play difference between free emigration and forced for many years, largely because of various like Willie Mays. exodus. Let us impose a moratorium on that scandals involving its membership. Ameri­ We cannot go back to those days-­ exodus. Let us have a. breathing spell during cans demand and have every right to ex­ which all of us-governments, voluntary pect that their elected representatives serve they are gone forever. But we can and agencies, and private individuals alike--mo­ with dignity, integrity and honor. When one must honor the man who most symbol­ bilize our generosity and relieve the human member disgraces those traditions, it re­ izes true sportsmanship and ability in misery. And let us urge the government of flects poorly on every elected omcial. It, American baseball-Willie Mays-and Vietnam to honor the inalienable human therefore, becomes the duty of the insti­ it is my great honor and privilege to do rights at the core of every civilized society. tutional body in question to take appropriate so today.e Second, our children wm deal harshly with action to insure tha.t the public's trust in us 1f we fall. The conference a.t Evian forty­ our elected officials is not violated by the one years ago took place amidst the same inexcusable actions of one. on.. IMPORT QUOTAS, CRUDE on.. comfort and beauty we enjoy at our own I do not believe a convicted felon (as 1s deliberations today. One observer at those Mr. DIGGS at this point, pending appeals) DECONTROL AND HIGHER PRICES proceedings-moved by the contrast between should be allowed to serve in the Congress the setting and the task-said this: of the United States. This is particularly true HON. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL "These poor people and these great prin­ of an individual whose conviction relates ciples seem so far away. To one who has to his service in the House of Representa­ OF NEW YORK attended other conferences on Lake Geneva, tives. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the most striking thing on the eve of this one His admission of guilt with respect to the Monday, July 30, 1979 is that the atmosphere is so much like the misuse of his staff allowances, coupled with others." his earlier conviction, in my view, indicate G Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, I wish Let us not be like the others. Let us re­ that he has violated the public's trust. and to bring to my colleagues' attention a nounce that legacy of shame. Let us reach that he should no longer serve in this body. very cogent statement prepared by beyond metaphor. Let us honor the moral I hope that we will have an opportunity to Frank Collins of the Oil, Chemical, and principles we inherit. Let us do something vote on the motion to expel.e meaningful-something profound-to stem Atomic Workers. The statement is An editorial appearing in the Omaha worthy of your full consideration since this misery. We face a. world problem. Let World Herald earlier this year stated: "It us fashion a. world solution. is no advertisement for democracy that the history supports this presentation. History will not forgive us if we fa11. United States has a convicted felon helping CRUDE On. DECONTROL AND THE History wlll not forget us if we succeed.e to write its laws." I suggest that this is the On. IMPORT QUOTA crux of the decision !acing each member The decontrol of domestic crude o11 com­ of the House of Reoresenta.tlves as we decide bined with an oil import quota as proposed HOUSE SHOULD EXPEL DIGGS what action to take against Mr. DIGGs. by President Carter would be far more costly to consumers and more dangerous to the economy than most people seem to be aware HON. DOUGLAS K. BEREUTER of at the present time. The cuts in imports over the next ten OF NEBRASKA TRffiUTE TO WTILIE MAYS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years of the size proposed by Carter cannot possibly be made up for by increased do­ Monday, July 30, 1979 mestic production, conservation or by syn­ e Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, due to HON. BILL ROYE.R fuels within this time frame. This means OF CALIFORNIA that there would be a long continuing crude transportation problems, I was absent oil shortage for refiners. As the level of crude from part of today's session and missed IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES imports would be set by the quota, refiners the vote on the motion to table a resolu­ Monday, July 30, 1979 would bid up the price of available domestic tion calling for the expulsion of Con­ crude. The OPEC price would thus become gressman CHARLES DIGGS. Had I been e Mr. ROYER. Mr. Speaker, today I the floor for the price of domestic crude, present, I was prepared to speak in sup­ want to reco~nize a great athlete and a not the ce111ng. great American who will be inducted Under the condition of a permanent short­ port of the motion to expel Mr. DIGGS. age of crude o11in the U.S. produced by the I would, therefore, like to have the text into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Au­ gust 5, 1979. Willie Mays. I consider it a proposed import quota, it is clear that crude of my remarks placed in the RECORD at costs in the U.S. would reach levels far this point: great privilege to count Willie Mays above those of the rest of the world. Deregu­ The House Committee on Standards of among my closest friends, and it will be lation of U.S. crude would therefore not only omcial Conduct has reported a resolution, with great pride that I will be accom­ place control of U.S. crude oil pricing in the H.Res. 378, which is to be considered to­ panying Willie to CooPerstown next hands of OPEC, it would be far worse. U.S. morrow. The resolution provides for the month where he will receive the highest crude prices would be the arbitrary prices of censure of Mr. DIGGS and requires him to honor that organized baseball can ac­ OPEC plus an incalculable amount because repay the House for funds from his clerk­ cord a player. of bidding up in the U.S. market under hire allowance which were used illegally. scarcity conditions. The more severe the 1m­ In view of the fa.ot that Mr. DIGGs has been Of course, it is most appropriate that port quota cutback, the higher would be the convicted in U.S. District Court on 29 oounts Willie Mays be placed in the Baseball differential between the OPEC and the U.S. of mail fraud and false statement and in view Hall of Fame, because he has been not price. of his own admission of guilt to the House only an outstanding athlete during his The cost to the consumers would be magni­ Committee that he had misused the tax­ full and lengthy career, but also because fied by the effect of an oll imports quota on payers' money, I believe the motion to cen­ he was and is a model of the highest top of the phased deregulation of crude oil. sure is far too lenient and that a. motion caliber for our Nation's youth. Willie is The figure of $209 billion by 1985 which is to expel should also be in order. the latest estimated cost of crude on decon­ Indeed, I find it totally unacceptable that an honest, humble, man, a man possessed trol is predicated on OPEC prices rising no the House Leadership has persistently not only of great athletic ability, who higher than $23.50. The sum of $209 b1llion thwarted our efforts to seek a. vote on a mo­ gave his all in every game, but also a already represents $1000 per person in the tion to expel Mr. DIGGS. It did so earller this man who possesses and shares great U.S. or $4000 for a family of four. year by allowing the entire matter to be personal warmth and spirit. rrhe existence of an import quota sched­ referred to the Standards Committee. Now Willie Mays was not a bonus baby; he uled to reduce on imports by 4.5 mtllion that the committee has made its recom­ b/d by 1990 would guarantee U.S. oil prices mendations, our motion to expel should also was not a dilettante or free-agent, big­ rising far beyond $23.50 by 1985. Deregula­ be in order. money specialist. He was, and is, only tion of crude oil plus an oil imports quota The misconduct of Cha.Tles DIGGS refiects the best center-fielder ever to wear a would Insure an economic disaster, unless re­ on the House of Representatives as a whole. uniform. In this day and age of the versed by Congress. Each member should have an opportunity to petulant performer, of player strikes American business, outside of foreign oil cast a vote-for expulsion or censure. As it and hair-dryer clauses in player con­ importers and domestic oil producers, will be is, the Leadership would have us vote only tracts. it is refreshing and invigorating gravely harmed by the Administration's on the motion to censure--a parliamentary crude oil decontrol plus crude oil import maneuver that only clouds the true feellngs to look back fondly at Willie Mays play­ ing his heart out, every day, so well, so quotas. As one example, domestic refiners of the House on the serious charges and ac­ using high priced domestic crude will be tions of Mr. DIGGS. often, to the thrill and admiration of all competing against oil product imnorts from Our institutions o! government, and who watched him on the field or listened foreign refiners using lower cost OPEC crude. has been operating under a cloud of suspicion to the broadcast, huddled close to the Similarly, petrochemical producers will be 21368 EXTENSIONS· OF REMARKS July 30, 1979 competing against foreign producers using rent at reasonable prices. Many materials re­ terested people to those, like Ramon Rueda lower priced feedstocks. cycled from nearby bu1ldings are used; cabi­ and Irma Fleck, who have succeeded, and to U.S. industry is highly energy intensive. If nets and other parts are bu1lt in PDC's environmental organi;z;ations such as the the Administration program for oil decontrol woodshop. Sierra Club, the Trust for Public Land (82 and import quotas is allowed to continue, Down the street stands a handsome six­ 2nd St., San Francisco, California 94105) or American industry wm be at an impossible story apartment bouse PDC recently com­ the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (1717 competitive disadvantage against foreign in­ pleted. It is well-insulated; on its roof, solar 18th St. NW., Washington, DC 20009). dustry using lower priced oil outside the panels heat water for direct use and for cen­ quota barrier. tral heating. Don't tell these people that The Administration proposal for on im­ solar power isn't ready! port quotas makes the continuation of price Fresh out of high school and unsk1lled, controls on domestic crude absolutely imper­ Victor helped build an earlier apartment GAO REPORT SUBSTANTIATES ative.e house; now he manages construction of this NEED FOR RESEARCH AMEND­ one--only the second apartment house he's MEN'!' worked on-and attends college. His sights GREENING THE SOUTH BRONX are set on law school. This is not the too­ common ghetto story of helplessness, of resi­ HON. JOHN D. DINGELL dents victimized and worn down by a brutal OF MICHIGAN HON. ROBERT GARCIA world over which they have no control. This IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is a story of residents in a nine-block area OF NEW YORK rebelllng, organizing, and bulldlng a future Monday, July 30, 1979 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for which they take responsib111ty. e Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I am Monday, July 30, 1979 PDC has helped to organize tenants in oth­ pleased to insert in the CONGRESSIONAL er buildings to weatherize and improve those • Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, I found an structures, and thus stablllze their tenancy. RECORD my statement regarding the re­ article in the most recent edition of the They've built parks on abandoned lots: they lease Friday, July 27, ~979, by the Gen­ Sierra Bulletin, the magazine published run a recycling program and are starting a eral Accounting Office of its report which by the Sierra Club, which asks probably solar greenhouse to grow organic vegetables, includes major findings, conclusions, and the most important question that may fish, earthworms, rabbits and poultry. They recommendations that automatic occu­ be asked about community self-help in are seeking additional federal and city funds pant restraint devices, such as airbags, to expand even further, they want their require more testing, research, and devel­ the south Bronx. That question is, neighborhood enterprises to include a laun­ "What can we do to help?" While the opment. dromat, a pharmacy, a food service, a restau­ I efforts of our community based groups rant, a bakery, a security service, a credit commend this information to my col­ have been widely recognized in the areas union and child-care and youth-training leagues and further suggest they obtain of community and tenant organization, programs. a copy of the GAO report itself. The appropriate technology and urban re­ Thoroughly inspired, I then visit the of­ document clearly underscores the need vitalization, they need. and no less than fice of another dynamic friend from City for more testing and research and sub­ Care-Irma Fleck, head of the Bronx Frontier stantiates the necessity that the House yesterday, the continued support of the Development Corporation (1080 Leggett Ave., adopt the amendment that Congressman Federal Government. But the task with New York 10474). This is another neighbor­ which they are faced, and which they JIM BROYHILL and I Will offer to the De­ hood success story. partment of Transportation appropria­ have taken on, is not only one of urban In their newly rehab111tated omces above revitalization. It is the task of their per­ a railroad yard, recently "unsk1lled" black, tion. bill, H.R. 4440. sonal and community revitalization-a Puerto Rican and white workers are busy The statement follows: regeneration of their personal and com­ preparing the Bronx Frontier's annual report Congressman John D. Dingell (D-Mich.). munity pride. And the answer to the and planning this year's work and activities. announced Friday that the Report to the From here, Irma takes me to "The Ranch" Q;)ngress. "Passive Restraints For Automoblle question asked by the Sierra Club is not along the East River with its excellent view Occupants-A Closer Look," a.s released by only an answer to the people of the of Manhattan, where they compost leaves the General Accounting Omce Friday, sub­ south Bronx, it is an answer to all urban and the wastes from vegetable markets and stantiates the absolute necessity for the America. sewage plants. A windm1llis being construct­ House to adopt tbe research, testing and At a time when economic difficulties ed to power the huge composting operation, development amendment that he and Con­ are pervasive and growing, we should all to sell electricity to Con Edison and as a gressman Jim Broyhlll (R-N.C.), wlll offer model for teaching the fundamentals of wind to the DOT Appropriations blll scheduled be asking this question, and actively Monday, July 30. seeking the answer. power. Irma drives me by an abandoned lot. Their amendment delays for one year, fis­ GREENING THE SOUTH BRONX Though wedged between apartment houses, cal year 1980, any further funds for imple­ (John Holtzclaw) it is blossoming as a neigb borhood garden. mentation or enforcement of the Federal From City Care in Detroit I ventured back With Bronx Frontier's botanical advice, the automobile standard that requires devices, neighbors cultivate and harvest crops for such as air bags, in automobiles. The amend­ ·to the burned out, impoverished South ment would not restrict actions on the por­ Bronx to watch neighborhood people trans­ their own consumption. Beats those high tion of the standard that would permit form the carcasses and rubble of old tene­ grocery bllls. safety belts. The amendment further re­ ments into living neighborhoods. A half-hlock down the street, Irma stops aulre3 more research, testing and develop­ At the conference, Ramon Rueda, bead of in front of a rubble-strewn lot, the ruins of ment of passive or automatic restraint de­ People's Development Corporation (PDC, 500 a previous building. From a stoop next door vices. Dingell and Broyblll agree that this is E. 167th St. New York, 10456), had spoken two women yell, "Why don't you help us tbe major purpose of their amendment-to powerfully for conservation, solar power, make a garden here?" Irma yells back. "We'll ensure safe and effective restraint devices for neighborhood control and elimination of have the bulldozers here in three weeks!" motoring consumers. nuclear power. I went to visit PDC, where And they will. With neighborhood help, One of the main concerns Dingell has ex­ it is happening. they'll clear tbe lot, crush the rock and brick pressed and which is expressed in the GAO PDC's headquarters (and workshop) is a and mix it with their composted fertmzer. report, is the as yet unsolved problem of air beehive of activity when I arrive. Job assign­ Neighbors will plant another urban garden. bagr. injuring or killing out-of-position occu­ ments are being meted out to workers. Bronx Frontier has converted an old book­ pants. especially children, in front seats of Ramon prepares to leave for a meeting with mobile into a traveling kitchen. They teach cars. Recent General Motors and Volvo car city omcials. Others are writing a financial cooking a.nd nutrition to more than 500 peo­ crash tests, using pigs as surrogates for chil­ proposal. The payroll is being prepared. A ple each week. They are developing job­ dren, resulted in pigs being killed. Seven died planning conference is in session. The omce training programs for young minority adults of liver damage or other causes in the GM hums. All are Puerto Ricans and blacks from and helping law "offenders" return to society tests. the neighborhood. It is hard to belleve that as oroducti ve workers. Dingell added that he is suspicious that these were "unskllled" and unmotivated un­ By organizing and taking control of their there may be other evidence of problems tn recently-in an area written off as hope­ local environment, neighborhoods are creat­ with air bag tests burled in DOT files and less. ing skilled, proud and responsible residents, that he is conducting a full research invest1- Victor, assigned to show me around, man­ improved environments, cleaner air, reduced g3.tion of NHTSA. ages the crew rehab111tating a gutted old crime, green spaces, food and power. And Dingell has advised his colleagues in the apartment house on Washington Avenue. they are helping to reduce sprawl and to House, "GAO has provided excellent responses The workers' spirits and enthu!>tasm are conserve land, energy and resources. Certain­ to the DOT/ NHTSA comments on the re­ high; they are building spacious modern ly an urban environmentalist's dream. port." apartments that they can purchase with What can we do to help? We can get in­ Dingell released the major findings, rec­ "sweat equity" (equity earned by labor) or volved in our own neighborhoods. Direct in- ommendations and conclusions of GAO re- July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21369 garding the problems found in the DOT/ amendment Congressman Broyhlll and I w111 pose will not be adversely affected since NHTSA handling of the mandatory auto­ offer to the DOT Appropriations blll should an indefinite "grandfather" clause cor­ matic occupant restraint standard, Motor be enacted to ensure consumers that an­ rectly serves as their protection unless Vehicle Safety Standard 208, which mandates other year of testing, at least, is required a voluntary option for overseas service air bags or automatic safety belts in model on passive restraints, especially the costly is exercised. year 1982 paasenger cars. and questionable air bag," said Dingell. The GAO report says: "It is obvious from the report that lfur­ Despite my support for the concept of "Passive restraints offer life-saving and in­ ther information as to the effectiveness of a more uniform system which has been jury-prevention potential. However, Trans­ these occupant safety devices is needed by created pursuant to enactment of the portation's specific quantification of the insurance companies regarding the claim law, I would like to express my concern benefits lends a degree of certainty not fully by some that they w111 offer savings on over the impact of this system on EEO supported by the test data. insurance premiums to consumers who in­ and upward mobility programs. The sys­ Moreover, testing conducted after the man­ sure cars equipped with such passive tem would encumber the more im­ date indicates a potential danger from a de­ restraints. ploying air bag may exist for out-of-position "What is a shocking revelation in the portant and senior positions for the occupants. GAO report is tnat NHTSA and, I w111 quote overseas component on rotation. Thus, Many questions are unanswered concern­ the report, 'the Department (DOT) dis­ Washington-based AID employees could ing the health and safety risks of using the agrees that the Safety Administration should be stymied in their career progression chemical sodium azide to inflate air bags. perform additional testing on the out-of­ due to the existence of designated In addition, the estimates of air bag cost position occupant problem. It (DOT/ positions. and insurance savings are optimistic. NHTSA) believes the appropriate way to I will be closely monitoring the effects Because of the potential danger for out­ handle this problem is to monitor the in­ of the new system on the Washington­ of-position occupants, GAO recommends that dustry's development and testing programs the Secretary require additional testing by and to test the production systems when based corps. I want to be sure that the the National Highway Trame Safety Admin­ they become avaUable.'" opportunity and incentive to move into istration on this problem. Depending on the The GAO report continues: the overseas component of AID is af­ outcome of this testing, the Secretary should "The Safety Administration has had in­ forded to those employees who are cur­ consider appropriate modifications to the dependent testing done in establishing per­ rently in the Washington component. I passive restraint standard including, if war­ formance criteria for the normally seated believe all qualified AID employees who ranted, additional performance requirements front seat occupants. GAO does not under­ covering the out-of-position occupant prob­ aspire to the Foreign Service should be stand its Nluctance to carry out further provided with ample opportunity for lem." testing to determine whether similar per­ Dingell said the GAO recommends that the ,formance craeria is needed for the out-of­ career development within the Agency Secretary of Transportation establlsh a "task position occupant. for International Development.• force" to develop an evaluation plan to ascer­ The Department must also do its own tain the safety and effectiveness of passive independent testing to assess the serious­ restraints, like the air bag and automatic ness of the problem and develop, 1f neces­ belts and that the Secretary "make modifica­ sary, requirements for out-of-position OIL IMPORTS VERIFICATION ACT tions to the standard where warranted." occupants in the passive restraint stand­ OF 1979 GAO also recommends that the Environ­ ard." mental Protective Agency a.nd the secretary The GAO report also states: of Labor, Occup6tiona.l Safety and Health "The National Transportation Board also HON. ROBERT GARCIA Administration, give "high priorit.y ... to commented on GAO's draft report and OF NEW YORK additiona! research on sodi urn azide to found no points of contradiction or conflict measure its health and safety risks." It 1s between the data presented in the report IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES suspected that sodium azide, used to deploy and the Board's material on the passive Monday, July 30, 1979 air bags in frontal crashes, may be a cancer re3traint mandate." ca.using agoot. • Mr. GARCIA. Mr. Speaker, today I am Dingell concluded, "Congress must ensure GAO ~ritici:res DOT/NHTSA for relying too introducing legislation which will pro­ heavily on "laboratory test data and engi­ the consumer that safety devices are no hazard themselves to occupants and that vide us with critical information on our neering judgments." NHTSA has little field oil imports. This legislation, entitled, "Oil test data. they are effective."e GAO says: Imports Vertiftcation Act of 1979," re­ "The Safety Administration's estimate institutes the data gathering functions of that passive restraints, when installed in all the Customs Service which was lifted by oa.rs, w111 prevent about 9,000 deaths and REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH A Customs Commissioner Chasen, follow­ 65,000 serious injuries annually may not MO:a.E UNIFORM PERSONNEL SYS­ ing President Carter's temporary duty prove to be a.ccurate in .actual experience. TEM IN THE AGENCY FOR INTER­ suspension on oil imports. While duties Although p&SSive restraints have been tested were being collected on oil imports we extensively, most testing was on air bags NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT rather than .automatic seat belts. Results of were provided with a basis of comparison these tests support the conclusion that air for the data provided to us by the Energy bags offer potential to save lives and prevent HON. HERBERT E. HARRIS II Information Administration, which is injuries in frontal collisions. However, the OF VIRGINIA provided to them by the oil industry. conclusion as to the extent of these benefits IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES However, when the President suspended and the benefits in other types of crashes Monday, July 30, 1979 the duty on imported oil, Customs Com­ w.a.s based largely on subjective judgment. missioner Chasen relieved customs in­ This introduces a great deal of un~ertainty • Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like spectors of their data gathering respon­ into the estimates because: to direct the attention of my colleagues to Laboratory crash conditions provide a sibilities so that we now have the same simplified and limited simulation of real the regulations which have been promul­ information coming out of the Treasury crash conditions. gated in the Agency for International Department that comes out of the De­ Emphasis on testing air bag systems in Development duct for at least 60 days, while maintain­ Monday, July 30, 1979 of Directors of the National Association of ing all standard itexns as well as quallty of Home Builders on May 22, 1979 as follows: materials and overall integrity of the prod­ uct. In signing the pledge I did not intentd • Mr. RUSSO. Mr. Speaker. I am tak­ "I would like, in closing, to call your at­ ing the floor today to describe a situa­ to engage in any activity or behavior that tention to the pledge this month by a num­ would be contrary to the best interest of the tion that has me mystified. I do not know ber of builders in the Chicago area to hold public and did not believe that our pledge to whether I should break out into tears or their prices for a period of at least 60 days, hold prices was improper. laughter. while maintaining the quality and overall in­ The staff of the Federal Trade Commission Recently, a group of homebuilders in tegrity of their product. Only a gesture? Per­ has called to my attention the possib111ty haps. But it is a reflection of the funda­ Chicago decided to try and join the fight that the pledge m::~.y be in violation of the mental truth that 1s going to take the efforts laws enforced by that agency. In response to against inflation as we all have been of all of us, working together, to bring infla­ encouraged to do. They all signed a vol­ that notification I hereby withdraw my tion under co:1trol. When we succeed-and signature from the document titled "Build­ untary pledge to hold their prices for a we wm-every one of us will have reason to ers Anti-Inflation Pledge". The future actions period of 60 days. No one agreed to fix be just a little bit prouder--of himself, and of [your company] w111 in no way be gov­ prices, merely not to raise current ones. of our country." erned by that pledge. Neither I nor (your This was publicly acknowledged by all It seems in this country, you're damned 1f company) will engage in any activity regard­ who signed the pledge. Did they receive you do and you're damned if you don't. For ing pricing policy or any other sales policies congratulations for their efforts? No, in­ 20 years, I have been trying to build homes with any competitor. stead "Big Brother" arrived at the door. for the first home buyer market. I am very This letter may be used by the Federal The regional director of the Federal co':lcerned about the effects of inflation on Trade Commission or its staff for purposes the ability of the 60 to 70% of the mar'ret to of notifying the other signatories or the gen­ Trade Commission wrote all the signers buy homes. That 6Q-70% of the market is the eral public of [your company's] withdrawal and said there were implications of re­ first home buyer. from the aforementioned pledge. straint of trade. In addition, he was con­ I would appreciate your calling this to the Very truly yours, cerned they might be harming con­ attenticn of the Federal Trade Commiesion -- sumers. He asked them to withdraw and airing my concern of the over-regulation --·· from the pledge by signing a draft letter a.nd over-antici-ation of every crtizens' acts he had enclosed or severe actions would by government bureaucracies and the stifie­ LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT THE follow. ment of the good intention of the public. INTERSTATE TRANSPORTAT!ON I am putting the pertinent correspond­ Yours very truly, AND USE OF STOLEN AIRLINE BRUNO A. PASQUINELLI, TICKETS ence in the RECORD so everyone can see President. the sorry state we are in. Here is another case of the Federal Government talking FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, HON. JOHN M. MURPHY out of both sides of its mouth: OF NEW YORK PASQUINELLI CONSTRU:::TION CO., Chicago, Ill., June 15, 1979. Lansing, Ill., July 11, 1979. BRUNO PASQUINELLI, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Hon. MARTY Russo, President. Pasquinelli Construction Co., Monday, July 30, 1979 Cannon Building, Lansing, Ill. washington, D.C. DrAlt MR. PAsQUINELLI: The Chicago Region­ Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. DEAR CONGRESSMAN Russo: This year, we al Office of the Federal Trade Commission is Speaker, one of the most pressing crim­ have all been concerned over the effects of conducting an investigation of the pledge by inal problems faced by the American inflation. I have been hearing Alfred Kahn's the members of the Bul'ders Committee to transportation industry today is the use remarks on television with regard to fighting Fight Infoation to hold prices for at least sixty of counterfeit, altered, fraudulent, lost, inflation. He insic;ted that everyone seexns to days. Enclosed is a copy of the pledge, which includes your name as a signatory. or stolen airline tickets, particularly think that curbing infl.a tlon is "the other those which have been channeled persons" job. We are seriously concerned about the re­ At our General Membership Meeting of the through a travel agency. The cost to the straint-of-trade implications arising from airlines, and ultimately to the .American Home Builders of Greater Chicago, a thought this pledge. Jt is illegal for two or more com­ occurred to us that it would be a good time panies to act tO!!ether to affect prices, regard­ traveler. runs into many millions of to offer the President of the United States, less of whether prices are raised, depressed, dollars per month. The legislation which through his representative. Jay Janis, Un­ fixed, pegged, or stab111zed. We are also ex­ I introduct today addresses the problem dersecretary of HUD, a pledge, wherein each directly by amending the United States individual homebuilder would pledge to at ploring the possib111ty that some consumers least hold his prices for the next 60 days. may have been economically injured by the Code to specifically include such tickets At subsequent meetings of the group, I sug­ ple~e. within title 18's prohibition of the trans­ gested that other industries, such as re­ Unless the signatories are ab1e to estab­ portation or use of such negotiable in­ tailers, distributors, in fact. anyone con­ lish that each of them has withdrawn from struments. cerned with fighting inflation. be encour­ the pledge and tha.t they will not engage in While one would presume such tickets, aged to sign such a pledge. It was my discussions of pricing or other sales policies if stolen. to fall under the ordinary crim­ thought that all signatories would at least with any comPetitor in the future. we will inal codes, the law does not operate on hold their prices for 60 days, and lower them recommend that the Commission seek an in­ such presumptions. There exists a some­ to fit market conditions. junction. Enclosed is a model letter which a In the past, in the face of rece!'sion. the what grev area in the theft of a blank signatorv could use to establish these facts. ticket which has no srecific value at­ buc:iness community, instead of stabilizing Each signatorv, actin~ indenendently, should prices and reducing prices have, in fact, present this office with such a letter by June tached to it until it is filled in with a raised nrices in an attempt to comn,.nsate 25, 1979. This letter is being requested to travel itinerary and then actually used for lost profits. The term for the condition assist Commission staff in determining the in interstate commerce. Such blanks cansed bv this type of Philoso""hY is stag­ need to seek an injunction. Submission of the might be used for just a few dollars in flation. It was my hope to prevent this con­ letter wm not terminate the investigation. excess bagl!atre charges, or for a few dition and have our economic marketc; more closely adhere to supply and demand con­ If you or your attorney has any questions thousand dollars for a round-the-world ditions. regarding thls matter, please contact one of trip. 21372 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 30, 1979 My legislation would expand the defi­ Although the ATA generally limits the Burgener made it clear throughout his nition of the term "security" in title 18 to number of tickets on hand in an agency, question-answer session that our problems include airline tickets and the blank tick­ a popular criminal gambit has been to are every American's problems: inflation, en­ et forms. Since airline tickets are as good simply purchase a small agency, sell all ergy, mortgage rates, housing, etc. He tackled each of the nation's problem areas thought­ as cash, or stolen securities, they should the available ticket stock in a short fully, and once again he displayed his class be treated as negotiable instruments period of time, make no payments to the by refusing to blame a Democratic president under Federal law. It is urgent that airlines, and close up the agency. The for all of the country's 1lls. such items be included in the criminal airlines must honor the tickets without When asked for his comments on Presi­ code so that travel agencies, the com­ compensation, since they are legitimate dent Carter's surprising decision to cancel mercial air travel industry, and the and are generally used for travel well his scheduled energy talk on television last traveling public at large can be protected before the nonpayment by the agency is Thursday night, Burgener said the action caught him off-guard, but that Carter was in an effort to halt this immense diver­ discovered in the accounting process. wise to delay the address if he wasn't fully sion of tickets for criminal use. Until it Then the agency claims corporate finan­ prepared or if all of the new issues regarding becomes a Federal criminal offense, the cial difficulties or declares bankruptcy. the crisis weren't in full focus. "I hope that FBI is effectively blocked from entering The operation is so familiar to police he just needed a little more time before the investigation of what is generally that they have given it a special name: sharing new solutions with the American considered to be a local crime. a "bustout operation." public," Burgener said. Up until now, ticket thieves have been Recent cases in my own city of New The congressman also defended Carter handled simply as petty offenders. A very when it was pointed out that his most recent York illustrate the scope of the problem: rating in the area. of leadership (an ABC-TV­ basic problem is that there has been no Seven thousand stolen tickets and 175 Harris Poll survey) placed him lower than central control of airline tickets; each persons involved in one case; 900 tickets Richard Nixon during his darkest days in the carrier operates its own accounting sys­ missing from one agency; 250 tickets White House. tem independently, and accepts on good from another; 1,500 from yet another, "I believe Congress is as much to blame as faith the value of every other carrier's and 1,825 from another. the president for many of our problems," tickets without so much as a passing Other cities have been hit just as hard: Burgener bristled, "especially in the areas of inquiry as to the legitimacy of each Los Angeles airport had $3 million in the economy and energy. We have to do our part, too. I didn't support Mr. Carter in the ticket. Even more critical is the fact that stolen tickets go through just that single last election and I won't be supporting him each theft is handled locally, by a police location recently; police indicate it is not next year, but I take no delight or glee in the department with no cooperative methods at all unusual to turn up theft rings with failures of our president. I want him to suc­ of cross-checking such tickets-each in­ over $1 million in tickets on hand. ceed, just as I want a.ll of our presidents to vestigative acts and reacts independently. The problem is quite clear, and I be­ succeed." My bill would allow the Federal Bureau lieve a major step toward its solution is That's the Clair Burgener that voters have of Investigation and the Justice Depart­ supported so strongly at the polls in past incorporated in this legislation. Tickets elections. He was admitting that the United ment to investigate and prosecute those have been poorly handled and accounted States is facing one of the most difficult peri­ involved in trafficking in stolen and for in transport; armed robberies have ods in its history, a.nd he was asking Con­ counterfeit tickets. Under the penalty plagued travel agencies; and Federal, gress, the press and the public to share with provisions of section 2315, title 18. violat­ State and local law enforcement agen­ this administration and past administrations ors would be subject to a $10.000 fine cies have been hampered by an indefinite in the blame for the difficulties. and/or 10 years in jail for the theft, sale, status of stolen tickets, as well as a Burgener was laying it on the line. It was or receipt of stolen tickets. Additionally, lack of coordination in handling a racket painful to some, but it was forthright and because this activity generally involves honest, two of the congressman's gr-eatest which, by its very nature, ranges not only traits. the crossing of State lines, a separate nationwide, but worldwide. $10,000 fine and/or 10 years is added for Clair Burgener was tell1ng the small gath­ The legislation which I propose today ering in Grape Day Park that we DO have interstate trafficking, per section 2314 will place such tickets in the realm of common problems in this country and that of title 18. Federal law, and thus add some teeth to we have to address those problems as a team. There is presently no effective legal the prosecution of criminals who are With people like Burgener in Washington, control over the printing, issuance or dis­ heaping massive economic losses on the D.C., perhaps we can yet conquer many of tribution of airline ticket stock. The Air transportation industry and on the these crises.e Transport Association's efforts to insti­ American public.• tute such controls have been less than effective. Traffic in stolen and counter­ feit tickets has become quite common­ CITY OF LOS ANGELES WATER place, with the bulk of the problem at­ PROBLEMS--SAME EVERYWHERE RIGHTS LEGISLATION tributed to organized crime. The pro­ fessional criminal has spotted a lucrative business with a very low profHe, a low HON. BOB WILSON HON. JERRY M. PATTERSON OF CALIFORNIA chance of being caught, and he has OF CALIFORNIA moved into the field with a vengeance. IN l'HE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES While outright counterfeits are a def­ Monday, July 30, 1979 Monday, July 30, 1979 inite problem, the main source of illegal e Mr. BOB Wn.sc>N. Mr. Speaker, I e Mr. PATTERSON. Mr. Speaker, H.R. supplies is the theft of ticket stock, both 4938, which I introduced on July 24, from the individual airlines and from draw your attention to the following editorial: 1979, will remove restrictions on Federal ATA stocks generally handled by travel lands in Mono County, Calif. Addition­ agencies. All ATA tickets are printed by [From the Times Advocate, July 8, 1979] ally, the bill will protect major invest­ an outside firm, and then di<::tributed in PROBLEMS THE SAME EVERYWHERE ments of the city of Los Angeles in wa­ bulk directly to travel agencies which What became crystal clear a few days ago ter aqueducts and hydroelectric genera­ handle airline business. It is that dis­ when Rep. Clair Burgener addressed more tion facilities. H.R. 4938 is identical to tribution process which spawns the than 100 persons in Grape Day Park was that Escondido's problems are identical to those H.R. 13521, introduced during the 95th greatest percentage of losses, with tick­ Congress, which was supported by both ets disappearing between the printers of Americans from all 50 states. What also surfaced for the sixth consecu­ the Los Angeles City Council and the and the agencies. tive year at the Escondido Chamber of Com­ Mono County Board of Supervisors. Transporters such as United Parcel merce's annual Congressional Luncheon is Because of the semiarid desert char­ Service and Wings and Wheels have ex­ that Burgener is more than a cut above your acteristics of southern California, the hibited atrocious records of tickets stolen average veteran politician. Burgener was city of Lo,s Angeles depends on long in transit, whether from theft by con­ well-prepared and quick to answer a barrage of questions tossed at him by area news­ aqueducts to deliver over 85 percent of spiracy or by simple mishandling. The its water supply. It is fitting to note that subsequent sale and/or use of these people. Despite some tough questions, Burgener both the Owens Valley aqueduct and stolen and lost tickets costs the airlines was ready. He obviously relished the chal­ M'ono Basin aqueduct extension were millions of dollars, which, in the long lenge; the congressman was at his best, doing constructed exclusively with city of Los run, is subsidized by the paying pas­ what he likes best-facing his constituents Angeles funds. No Federal financial as­ senger 1n increased costs of tickets. and addressing them on a personal basis. sistance was involved. Additionally, in July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21373 this era of chronic energy shortages, the the Land and Water Conservation Fund been checked for authenticity. Sources hydroelectric generation facilities of the 19 percent below the actual fiscal 1979 and supporting data are cited in each system produce a major portion of the level. case. energy needs for the city of Los Angeles. This program is especially important Many of the accidents Mr. Goodman Because the transmission of water to small communities that must work presents went unreported at the time of through the aqueduct is a gravity sys­ within extremely tight budget con­ their occurrence. Some were deliberately tem, the energy production by the aque­ straints. The ability to utilize this source covered up by officials who feared the duct's hydroelectric generation facilities of matching funds presents an opportu­ governmental and public response to the is a completely energy efficient by-prod­ nity to these small communities to pro­ incidents. Others were initially classified uct of the project. Additionally, the op­ vide recreational facilities to local resi­ as secret and have since been released. eration of the entire aqueduct and hy­ dents that are easily accessible, an im­ All have been previously recorded in droelectric system is closely coordinated portant point when considering our cur­ various publications, although several of with State and Federal agencies to maxi­ rent energy situation. the accidents are discussed in technical mize fish, wildlife, and recreational op­ Perhaps most important of all to me journals or esoteric works not readily portunities. is the capacity of this program to encour­ available to interested parties. Because much of the rural land in age increased employment opportunities. Mr. Goodman's work is unique and of California is in Federal ownership, Con­ In my congressional district which in­ enormous value in that it catalogs 1n gress in 1906 passed legislation to aid the cludes counties experiencing an unem­ one place some 1,400 atomic incidents city in gaining the necessary rights-of­ ployment rate of as high as 25 percent, involving radiation contamination. way over Federal lands intersected by the prospect of jobs is our most im­ As we will see, thousands of people the first aqueduct built to carry water portant priority. The State portion of the have been seriously contaminated as a from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles. Land and Water Conservation Fund has result of these radiation releases. Many Similar legislation was passed to aid the proven to have a much greater impact individuals have died, while an unknown metropolitan water district in gaining on creating new jobs; when a locality number have sutfered debilitating ill­ rights-of -way for the construction of the commits money and resources to provi­ nesses caused by their exposure. Unfortu­ Colorado River aqueduct. In June 1936, sion of a new recreational area, it also nately and quite crucially, there is no Congress passed additional legislation commits itself to hiring the personnel way of knowing exactly how many per­ which authorized the sale of certain needed for operating and managing sons have received these radiation dos­ Federal lands to the city of Los Angeles these new facilities. ages, nor is it possible to state with any for the construction of the Mono Basin Mr. Speaker, again let me state my real accuracy how all of these people extension of the Los Angeles Owens River support of the intentions of the sub­ were atfected. aqueduct. H.R. 4938 will repeal the 1936 committee in looking for ways to cut Because of the shroud of secrecy that act, since the sale of Federal lands to back on spending, however this is one has cloaked atomic research over the the city of Los Angeles is no longer program that should not be reduced. I past three decades, we will probably necessary, while preserving to the city hope that the Senate provides for a fund­ never know who has developed what 111- of Los Angeles all of its existing rights.• ing level at least equal to the budget nesses during the course of this 35-year request and urge House conferees on this undertaking. LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION bill to agree to an adequate level of But we will now-at long last-have FUND CUT funding for the program.• some idea of the extent and frequency of atomic accidents and their consequences. I believe and hope that publication of HON. ROBERT W. DAVIS this little-known history will give us all a OF MICHIGAN THE LITTLE-KNOWN HISTORY OF much deeper understanding of atomic IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ATOMIC ACCIDENTS fission's awesome potential for destruc­ tion and death. We w1lllearn, for exam­ Monday, July 30, 1979 ple, that the recent events at ThreP. Mile • Mr. DAVIS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, HON. TED WEISS Island were not unprecedented nor even it was with disappointment that I 01' NEW YORK particularly unusual. The radiation re­ learned of the adoption by the Interior IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATTVES lease there differed from hundreds of Appropriations Subcommittee of a fund­ Monday, July 30, 1979 others compiled by Mr. Goodman only h1 ing level for the Land and Water Con­ that it contaminated more people and a servation Fund $159 million below what • Mr. WEISS. Mr. Speaker, along with larger area than has previously been the was budgeted for fiscal 1980. several of my colleagues I am today ini­ case. While I applaud the etforts of the tiating a public information project that I hope, too, that many of my colleagues subcommittee to contribute to the etfort will offer the most comprehensive avail­ and many Americans who have remained at cutting wasteful spending, I believe able account of the health consequences supportive of or at least neutral toward they have made a mistake in selecting of nuclear research and development in atomic energy development will begin to this program as one which justifies a our Nation. reconsider their position as this chronicle cut. The Land and Water Conservation This little-known history of atomic unfolds. In any event, I am sure that Mr. Fund has proved to be a popular, re­ accidents will provide a context in which Goodman's work will spur needed discus­ sponsible and successful program and Congress and the American people will sion of the dangers inherent in our at­ is of tremendous importance to local be better able to make informed judg­ tempts to harness the atom for both en­ units of government. The need for an ments about the future course of atomic ergy and weaponry purposes. adequate level of funding for the pro­ energy and weaponry. Despite his exhaustive research in gram cannot be stressed enough. In my Each day throughout the remainder compiling this history, Mr. Goodman home State of Michigan, the proposed of this session of the 96th Congress, I points out that the record is not yet com­ cut would result in a funding level of or one of my fellow participants in this plete. I ask that any of my colleagues or $6.2 million, compared to the current project will introduce into the CoNGREs­ any readers of the RECORD who may have level of $12.4 million. Applications for siONAL RECORD a detailed. documented additional information· about these in­ the coming year in Michigan total at account of a particular mishap involving cidents or others contact me. this time $20.5 million. At a period when nuclear materials. This catalo~ of Here, then, is the first installment in we are all experiencing the etfects of atomic accidents, some of which have the little-known history of atomic inflation and recognizing the fact that had profound environmental and public accidents: rising costs extend to construction and health consequences, has been compiled (Excerpt) development projects, one can only de­ by Mr. Leo Goodman who has con­ ATOMIC ACCIDENT No. 1-MELTING URANIUM scribe the effect this cut would have as sented to share his work with us and SPRAYS WORKERS IN DETROrr devastating. with the American people. Development of the extruding technique for uranium was partly done 1n Detroit, It should be pointed out, also, that Mr. Goodman's survey is the product where the senior metallurgist of Wolverine this program has already experienced a of more than 25 years of painstaking Tube Company, James F. Shuma.r, wa.s re­ cut. The administrations budget request research. Each of the incidents is a mat­ cruited for the uranium project by Eel represented a proposed funding level for ter of public record and every one has Creutz of the Chicago group. The workera 21374 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 30, 1979 at Wolverine never learned exactly what this Nunn has said, "the choice ls between realis­ peculiar metal that Schuma.r referred to only tic preparBition of our conventional forces, in­ United States Code 3204. The text of as "tuba.lloy" was. It sparked so beautifully, cluding peacetime registration, or more and these sections are as follows: however, that machinists began taking pieces more reliance on quick use of nuclear weap­ § 3202. Penalty mall to make fiints for their cigarette lighters. ons." (a.) Subject to the limitations imposed by When the horrified Schuma.r discovered this, To those stlll suffering from extreme post­ sections 3204 and 3207 of this title, there he immediately confiscated their highly radio­ Vietnam blahs, the possib111 ty of American may be tra.nsinitted as penalty mall­ active runts. m111tary involvement, anywhere or in any ( 1) oftlctal mail of- The metallurgists did not know much more degree, is intolerable. If only the world were {A) oftlcers of the Government of the than the machinists. When Creutz first vis­ so simple. United States other than Members of Con­ ited Wolverine, bringing a. uranium billet to Right now, U.S. Inilita.ry manpower de­ gress; be extruded, nobody knew what pressure to ficiencies are so pronounced that we could {B) the Smithsonian Institution· use. After Creutz and Schuma.r had put the not respond adequately to a national-secu­ (C) the Pan American Union· ' billet into the container, the press operator rity emergency. Senator Nunn does not (D) the Pa.n Amet1ican Sa.nita.'ry Bureau; asked them, "You want me to give it five pussy-foot: The Defense Department's pres­ (E) the United States Employment Service hundred pounds of pressure, or the full seven ent contingency mob111zation plans is, he a.nd the system of employment oftlces oper­ hundred and fifty tons?" says, a "hoax." ated by i·t in conforinity with the provisions The two metallurgists hadn't the slightest Peacetime registration will not, of course, of sections 49-49c, 49d, 49e-49k of title 29, 1dP.a. Creutz decided to go down into the make whole a. fia.wed mob111zation plan and and all State employment systems which re­ pit beneath the extrusion press where he severely inadequate numbers of trained Re­ ceive funds appropriated under authority of could observe what happened as the opera­ servists. But a peacetime registration would those sections; and tor gave the uranium billet five hundred be a constructive approach to shoring up (F) any college omcer or other person pounds of pressure. Nothing happened, so the these shaky timbers of national defense. connected with the extension department operator turned on the full seven hundred Representative Montgomery has drafted a of the college as the Secretary of Agriculture and fifty tons of pressure, and suddenly separate blll that would go beyond registra­ may designate to the Postal SerVice to the sparks showered the whole area. as the billet tion. It would provide for a partial draft-of extent that the omcia.l mall consists of cor­ shattered into a mlllion pieces. Creutz and up to 200,000 men a. year for the Ready Re­ respondence, bulletins, and reports fOil' the a helper, their clothes smoking from the serve. These men would serve four to six furtherance of the purpose of sections 341- sparks, stumbled out of the pit. Creutz al­ months on active duty and then would be 343 and 344-348 of title 7; most wept when he realized that the urani­ subject to active-duty calls for six years. (2) mall relating to naturalizBitlon to be um, which had melted like butter, was lost Draftees would be chosen from a. no-defer­ sent to the Immigration and Naturalization beyond all recovery. "I've spent three weeks ment lottery pool and those drafted for the Service by clerks of courts addressed to the making that damned thing!" he moaned. Ready Reserve would receive GI educational Department of Justice or the Immigration "Now 111 have to cast another billet and benefits. His proposal would quickly address and Naturalization Service, or any oftlcia.l come back again." the deficiencies in Reserve units which would thereof; Source: "Manhattan Project," by Stephane be a primary resource in an emergency. (3) mall relating to a collection of statts­ Groeuff, Little, Brown & Co., 1967, pages There is nothing wrong with the Montgom­ tics, survey, or census authorized bv title 146-7.• ery bill. But it's more feasible now to begin 13 a.nd addressed to the Department of com­ with registration. merce or a. bureau or agency thereof; and Senator Nunn's proposal has been approved (4) man of State agriculture experiment REGISTERING FOR THE DRAFT by the Armed Services Committee and, under stations pursuant to sections 325 and 361! of a. unanimous consent agreement, wlll become title 7. the Senate's pending business once the (b) A department or omcer authorized to HON. GERALD B. H. SOLOMON House acts on its registration measure. Sena­ use penalty covers may enclose them with re­ OF NEW YORK tor Nunn wants his blll to provide a. forum turn address to any person from or through IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for full public debate on this crucial and sen­ whom oftlcla.l information is desired. The sitive matter, and he thinks the timing is penalty cover may be used only to transinit Monday, July 30, 1979 urgent. He is right on both counts. the omcial information and endorsements Is the question here-the obligation of a relating thereto. e Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speal{er, a vi.tal citizen to his nation-really as controversial (c) This section does not apply to officers issue. which the Congress will soon face among those who would be affected as shrlll who receive a. fixed allowance as compensa­ was. in my opinion. placed in pt'OPPr uer­ opponents would have us believe? e tion for their services including expenses of spective by an editorial in the Washing­ postage. (Amended Pub. L. 94-553, § 2113(e), ton Star, is the issue of July 30, entitled Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2599.) "Reg;stering for the Draft." In view of § 3204. Restrictions on use of penalty man the urgency of this matter to the se~urity LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT ON THE (a.) Except as otherwise provided in this of our Nation I would like to call it to USE OF PENALTY MAIL ENVE­ section, an omcer, executive department, or my colleagues' attention. LOPES independent establishment of the Govern­ The article follows: ment of the United States may not mall, as penalty man, any article or document (From the Washington Star, July 30, 1979] HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER unless-- REGISTERING FOR THE DRAFT OF COLORADO ( 1) a. request therefor has been previously The recent debate about resuming some received by the department or establishment; form of the draft or instituting national IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES or service has been fitful. The opposition often Monday,,July 30, 1979 (2) its mal11ngs is required by law. has been virulently rhetorical, wh1le pro­ (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not ponents have often presented their case e Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker. on prohibit the ma.111ng, as penalty mail, by an clumslly. occasion, I am sure that the Members oftlcer, executive department, or independent Thoughtful discussion has, however, gone receive letters from some Federal em­ agency of- on in the interstices, to a. degree that there ployees who have used the frank en­ ( 1) enclosures reasonably related to the is no need any longer, we think, to defer con­ velope to voice their opinions on matters subject matter of official correspondence; clusion. We must pull our heads from be­ (2) informational releases relating to the neath the blanket. we are considering or to seek their census of the United States and authorized Pending in the House, as a rider to a weap­ assistance. In responding to their con­ by title 13; ons authorization bill, is a proposal by Reo. stituents, the Member may wish to ad­ (3) matter concerning the sale of Govern­ Sonny Montgomery, D-Ala., that would re­ vise them that they have violated the ment securities; quire registration of all 18-yea.r-old males be­ law (18 U.S.C. 1719) in using the pen­ (4) forms, blanks, and copies of statutes, ginning- in January 1981. :rn the Senate, a bill alty mail envelope. This law reads as rules, regulations, instructions, Bldministra­ sponsored by Sen. Sam Nunn. D-Ga., would follows: tive orders, and interpretations necessary in also require reg:istra.tion, but beginning next § 1719. Franking privilege. the administration of the department or Janua.rv. Neither is a rtraft bill. The reouire­ establishment; ment simply would be for those eligible to Whoever makes use ot any official envelope, ( 5) agricultural bulletins· get on the rolls. label, or indorsement authorized by law, to (6) llsts of public documents offered !or The White House does not want registra­ avoid the payment of postage or relrtstry sale by the Superintendent of Documents; tion and, on Friday, Speaker O'Neill said he fee on his private letter, -packet, package, (7) announcements of the publication of would support removal of the amendment or other matter in the mall, shaJl be fined maps, atlases, and statistical and other re­ from the weapons bill. not moce than $300. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645. ports offered for sale by the Federal Power 62 State. 783.) Cominisslon as authorized by section 825K But we think registration is a sensible of title 16; or and necessary first step to deallng with a The proper use of penalty mall is Inillta.ry manpower situation that is poten­ discussed in 18 United States Code 3202 (8) a.rticles or documents to educational tially devastating. "In a real sense," Senator institutions or public llbraries, or to Federal, and the restrictions are found 1n 18 State, or other public authorities. July 3'0, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21375 Because I, too, have received such mail, families kept a "burled treasure" somewhere, sentatives. Two rollcall votes occurred I have sent the following letter to Presi­ enough capital to get started again. during my absence. I wish to state for the Such persons--from many ethnic groups, dent Carter: too--loathe having public institutions know R:i:CORD how I would have voted in each U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, too much about them. So when relatives instance: Washington, D.C., July 30, 1979. need capital, the family tends to provide it "Yea" on H.R. 3509, the Safe Drinking Hon. JIMMY CARTER, privately. Water Authorization; "nay" on the mo­ President, The White House, Washtngton, Even among workingclass tam111es, mem­ tion to table Congressman LUNGREN's res­ D.C. bership in a large kinship group can be worth olution to expel Congressman DIGGS. I DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: It has been recently thousands ot dollars a year to each individ­ personally support the resolution to ex­ ·brougl·t to my atttntion that the use of pen­ ual. One brother-in-law does aluminum alty mail privileges by Federal employees tor siding, another is an electrician, a third is pel Mr. DIGGS and have submitted a submitting job applications for vacancy an­ a roofer. They take care of Jobs for other statement for the RECORD.• nouncem~nts is widespread. members of the family. Each member family In my capacity as a member ot the House benefits. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Annual income, 1n such circumstances, is I believe it may be advisable for you to ar­ not merely in dollars. WHILE THE SLICK SPREADS range a reminder to all Federal departments A second "ethnic secret" o! many groups and agencies of the sanctions contained in is the importance of capital !ormation. Self­ 18 U.S.C. 1719 tor the misuse ot penalty mail. discipline and rigorous savings are put into HON. MARIO BIAGGI property and businesses whose capital value, OF NEW YORK Such a reminder would be in the best inter­ over the years, will increase. est ot all taxpayers, since they ultimately pay One Greek family in Washington puts the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the postage of the franked mail sent by Fed­ entire family to work six days a week, 12 Monday July 30, 1979 eral agencies. hours a day, in a tiny restaurant. Other With kind regards, restaurants !all, at a high rate. By the end • Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, the lead Sincerely, o! the year, this family clears $35,000. DI­ editorial in Friday's New York Times is PATRICIA SCHROEDER, vided by the labor of two parents and three entitled, "While the Slick Spreads." It Congresswoman. children, one might say they are working refers to the oil slicks from the well blow­ I hope that the President will send a far too long and far too hard !or an average out in the Gulf of Mexico and the recent ot $7,000 per year per person. That is barely memorandum to his acting top aides on the minimum wage !or an eight-hour day, collision of two supertankers off Trini­ this matter. These top officials should let alone a 12-hour aay. dad. Each of these incidents has resulted notify their personnel offices-who would But the family sees it differently. The in massive oil spills. . see these violations more often-that family now owns Its own home, too, as well The editorial highlights the fact that such use of penalty mail is illegal. These as the business. Soon the children wlll be we have delayed too long in acting to abuses should be brought to the atten­ buying homes. Within 20 years, this family minimize oil spills and in providing a hopes to own a small conglomerate of prop­ system for compensation and cleanup. tion of the top officials, who, in tum, erties, which will represent a source of cap­ should notify the Postal Service and orig­ ital to each succeeding generation. 0! The subject has been extensively re­ inating agency of the infraction. Viola­ course, being Greek, they also wm tell you, searched, studied, and analyzed. I have mrs should be properly reprimanded and with a worried look, that things look pros­ devoted a great deal of my time in three this practice should cease. • perous today, but tomorrow it might all be Congresses to it. The bill I introduced in taken away. Pessimism makes their creative this Congress, H.R. 85, would effectively juices run. deal with the problem. It is the Compre­ A third "ethnic secret" consists in attitude. hensive Oil Pollution and Compensation THE Here activism in business is quite different Act referred to in the Times editorial. It "SECRETS" OF THE !rom activism in politics. A Greek !ather IMMIGRANTS to111ng in a restaurant will hear many pa­ has wide support. tronizing remarks, even supposedly humor­ Now is the time to act. I urge my col­ ous ethnic slurs, from well-meaning patrons. leagues to aid me in moving forward with HON. BOB WILSON He will swallow his anger and smlle and this legislation as soon as possible. Why OF CALIFORNIA thank the customer. Everytime the customer should we wait for more tankers to col­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES comes back, he will receive a smile. "Don't lide and more oil to be spilled? get angry, get even" is the long-range mot­ The editorial follows: Monday, July 30, 1979 to. Each sight o! such a customer reminds WHILE THE SLICK SPREADS e Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker, I call the owner: "You think you are better than attention of my colleagues to the follow­ I am now. But one day I w111 buy a house The highest price the world pays for its ing editorial: better than yours, and my children will go reliance on petroleum may turn out to be the to better schools. And your patronage will environmental damage caused by oil spllls. THE "SECRETS'' OF THE IMMIGRANTS help pay tor it all." A new record is almost certain to be set this (By Michael Novak) To succeed in the economic order Is 90 year tor the amount o! oil disgorged Into the Persons in one ethnic group tend to do per cent a matter o! attitude. Learning the seas through spills, blowouts and tanker col­ better than others in specifl.c lines of ac­ attitudes that make !or success in economic lisions. And while the slick spreads, remedial tivity, often because their own culture has Independence is at least as hard as learning legislation languishes In Congress. for centuries carried with it special cultural those that make !or political independence. Plain bad luck may account !or Mexico's inab111ty to cap an offshore oil well near the training, cues, practices and even "secrets." Economic activism is the natural inher­ For example, in three important categories, Yucatan that has been gushing as many as itance of many ethnic groups, Including the 1.2 m1llion gallons a day Into the Gulf of immigrants from Greece are now ranked one ethnic Chinese, the "boat people," who the or two among all Americans: in ownership Mexico. But luck cannot be blamed !or the Soviets are callously permitting their North succession of five tanker collisions in three ot their own businesses; in per capita Income Vietnamese clients to push out on the boil­ and in years ot higher education for their months in the Caribbean, the North Atlantic children. Like the Jews, Lebanese, Armenians ing sea. May these new lmmlgrants enrich and Delaware Bay. The worst of these took and other Mediterranean peoples, the Greeks America with their skills and their attitudes. place last week when two supertankers carry­ have long shared the culture of merchants This is the way to get even.e Ing well over 2 million barrels of crude and traders. smashed into each other during heavy rains Fam111es pass on the relevant attitudes, east of the island of Tobago. disciplines, sklll and methods to their chil­ Why do such accidents recur? However bad dren. More than that, the !ammes often pro­ PERSONAL EXPLANATION the storm or dense the fog, modern super­ vide c:1pltal so their children can go into tankers are equipped with advanced naviga­ business for themselves. tional aids and san in well-charted waters. Indeed, one of the mo<;t important "ethnic HON. DOUGLAS K. BEREUTER Size and design have little to do with tanker secrets" of the Greeks might be called "ethnic OF NEBRASKA colllslons. Earller disasters, llke the 1976 banking." Ethnic banking occurs when, !or IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES wreck of the Argo Merchant on Nantucket finance needs one tends to turn rather to ahoals, were attributed to safety deficiencies members of ones family than to banks or Monday, July 30, 1979 on aging ships. But Congress has now em­ other public institutions. Famllies are their powered the Coast Guard to inspect tankers own bankers. • Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, because that travel in American waters for com­ On the island of Crete, for example, tor my flight back to Washington from a pliance with safety codes. over 400 years, Greek families were fe.,rful weekend in my congressional district was Tanker collisions invariably resUlt from of a sudden piratical invasion in which they unavoidably delayed, I missed part of to­ carelessness and misjudgment. Seafaring na­ could lose everything. Consequently, many day's proceedings of the House of Repre- tions moved belatedly last year to estab11sh 21376 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 30~ 1979 international standards for seamanship that His organizational talents turned from against the seemingly unlimited re­ would specify the training and experience the classroom to the postwar surviving sources and expertise of the U.S. Govern­ needed for each grade in the merchant ma.rine. The accord they reached, however, remnant of European Jewry during and ment, and particularly when the costs of will not become binding until it is ratified by after the war. He helped found the Vaad contesting ms claims quickly exceeds 25 nations, and the United States Senate Hazala, the rescue organization for Eu­ the amount of tax in dispute. Most per­ has yet to consider it. ropean Jews set up by the American or­ sons do not have the staying power of Meanwhile, under United States law, the thodox community. two of my constituents, Phil and Sue Coast Guard can pass upon the quality of In 1946, as officer for UNRRA at the moment it is st111 grappling with the haven in Palestine and the United States. The legislation which I am introduc­ job of translating thetr training manuals into Characteristically, Rabbi Wasserman ing today is intended as a step toward English. set up a string of yeshivahs in transit at restoring confidence in the tax system. Yet there are more immediate steps Wash­ that time. It would allow any taxpayer who pre­ ington can take. A big one would be to create In 1953, he answered a call to establish vailed in an administrative appeal or in real incentives for oil companies and shippers the West Coast Talmudical Seminary, to improve the quality of crews and seaman­ a judicial proceeding to recover the costs ship. A powerful way to do that would be thus opening an era of Torah education of litigation including any administra­ to increase 11abi11ty for damage caused by in this part of the country. tive appeals. Those taxpayers who deep-water spillages. That is the intent of The new Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon in thought it reasonable that they might the proposed Comprehensive Oil Pollution Jerusalem is the present recipient of his prevail, could now challenge with the and Compensation Act, a measure-backed intense involvement. expectation that the remedy for their by the Administration-that would make In all of Rabbi Wasserman's challeng­ companies pay up to $30 m1llion in damages wrong would not result in only a oyrrhic ing endeavors he has had at his side, victory, a victory which cost more to liti­ when spills pollute American waters. A Fed­ since 1930, his illustrious wife Rebitzen eral revolving fund of $200 million would gate than it was originally worth in tax be available for additional compensation, the Fanny Wasserman. Mrs. Wasserman is recovery. money deriving from a three-cent-a.-barrel the descendant of one of Jewry's most This bill, in mo3t instances, provides assessment on imported oil. illustrious families. Her father, the late for a limit on legal fees and a limit for Environmentalists sought a toug'tler meas­ Chief Rabbi of Navaridok, is the famed ure, and the compromise means that con­ author of an authoritative commentary hourly rates paid. The exception is sumers would share in paying the bills. But on the Jerusalem Talmud. Mrs. Wasser­ those cases where the Government un­ the cost would come out to a pittance per man has been not only the proverbial reasonably focuses its vast resources in gallon and would help provide prudent in­ litigating an issue against a litigant of surance against these all-too-likely dlss.s­ "Woman of Valor" to her husband, but unequal bargaining power. In that in­ ters. Some 700 supertankers are now in has also pursued her own fruitful career stance, the taxpayer, if his assets are service, and oil shipments are at a record as a Torah educator and community below a certain amount, may recover level. A similar 11abi11ty measure was intro­ leader. fees equivalent to that amount which duced in the last Congress but ended. a.s un­ I ask my congressional colleagues to finished business. How much more oil must join me in thanking Rabbi and Mrs. the Government has spent. If there is a be spllled, how many more ships must collide, Simcha Wasserman for all they have determins.tion that the Government has before Congress moves?e acted unreasonably, the award comes contributed during their many years in out of appropriation. the United States. I ask also that the fel­ ms· low Members join me in wishing Rabbi The legislation also requires a report RABBI AND REBITZEN SIMCHA by the Commissioner of ffiS, by the ap­ WASSERMAN and Mrs. Wasserman great success in their new undertakings in Israel.e propriate officer of the Tax Court, and by the Director of the Administrative Office HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN of the U.S. Courts on the number of ap­ TAXPAYERS LITIGATION AND OF CALIFORNIA peals and the number of awards to pre­ EQUITY AWARD ACT OF 1979 vailing parties. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The report will allow an evaluation as Monday, July 30, 1979 HON. MIKE LOWRY to the effect of the legislation so that the decision required by its sunset clause e Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, Rabbi OF WASHINGTON Simcha Wasserman's name is associated may be made in an informed manner. with the development of yeshivas in Eu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The reporting provision will also allow rope and America, as well as wartime and Monday, July 30, 1979 Congress to keep track of whether the post-war rescue activities. • Mr. LOWRY. Mr. Speaker, I am ms as an Agency is making responsible Rabbi Simcha Wasserman is the son privileged today to introduce the "Tax­ decisions as to when to litigate, respon­ o.f the late sage, scholar, and martyr, payers' Litigation and Equity Award Act sible not just in the sense of wringing Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman, of blessed of 1979." more money from an already harassed memory. T~1is great leader of Lithuanian As, Americans, we are proud that we taxpayer, but more reasonable in that Jewry knowingly sacrificed his life dur­ are a Nation governed by laws. And, we it is more just. ing the holocaust in the service of God are proud that our tax system, so neces­ Mr. Speaker, in closing, I would like to and His Holy Torah. His son, Rabbi sary to support the justifiable aims of emphasize that the imbalance between Simcha Wasserman, has carried on the Government, is one that usually func­ the bureaucracy and the power of the tradition of selfless dedication. tions without seizures or impoundments average American taxpayer must be re­ Founded by Rabbi Wasserman in 1952, though dependent upon the willingness dressed. Those individual citizens of the West Coast Talmudical Seminary i.s to pay of those taxed. moderate income who bear the brunt of from high school through a Beis Hame­ But, in recent year.s. while disenchqnt­ the taxes of this Nation must be able to dro~h progra..m and combines quality ment with Government i..~ general has check arbitrary Agency actions by con­ Jewish and secular teaching. grown, disenchantment with the tax testing them. Rabbi Wasserman was born in Poland. system has, in many instances, become Through the device of shifting the fees ordained in 1929, and ouickly earned a angry resentment. to the prevailing individual taxpayers, high place among the Talmudical schol­ Unfortunately, most taxpayers, when this legislation will improve our citizens ars of Europe. they are confronted with an audit, are access to courts and administrative pro­ In 1933, he embarked on his lifelong both reluctant and helpless to challenge ceedings. It will encourage them to vin­ pioneering task of establishing new ye­ a finding, even when the law would up­ dicate their rights and not to acquiesce shivahs, first in France, and after his hold their point of view. Applying their in a ruling which they believe to be wartime el';cape to the United States in rights has in many cases become too ex­ arbitary, misguided, or unfair. And, it Spring Valley and Washington Heights, pensive for the average American, par­ will, I hope, make the tax structure more New York and Detroit. ticularly when he/she must ./litigate responsible in its exercise of power. 21377 July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS STATEMENT CONCERNING THE PAL­ o:f Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. There­ The attachment follows: ESTINIANS AND EGYPT-ISRAEL fore, it is not only Israel which is confronted [From the washington Star, July 21, 1979] with the Administration's stance, but every NEGOTIATIONS COUPLE WIN Suxr, INTENSIFY IRS DATA BATTLE Jew throughout the world is thereby chal­ lenged. {By E. Edward Stephens) We question if the future of the Jewish Susan B. Long and her husbar..d, Phil1p HON. PHILIP M. CRANE nation, as well as the :future of all the Jew­ H., of Bellevue, Wash., on May 2 won a unani­ OF ILLINOIS ish people, should be decided for all time mous decision in the 9th Circuit U.S. Court IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by the wlll and judgment o:f a. solitary in­ of Appeals at San Francisco. This "freedom dividual, be he the President of the Unired of information" decision is so important that Monday, July 30, 1979 States or the Secretary of State. We must on July 6, the Internal Revenue Service asked e Mr. PHILIP M. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, ask if the judgment 1s proven incorrect, how for a rehearing by the full court. earlier this year, I had the honor of ad­ will Israel and the Jewish people regain Three days later Stephen K. Strong, Seattle what ha.s been taken away from them and lawyer for the Longs, filed a motion to strike dressing the national executive commit­ which cannot be retrieved. down "the numerous false assertions of fact" tee of the Zionist Organization of Amer­ 5. The Zionist Organization of America, stated iu the rehearing petition. The motion ica in Chicago. During the meeting, which for 81 years has been in the fore­ and petition now are under consideration by Mr. Alleck A. Resnick, chairman of the front of the struggle for Zionism and for the court. executive committee, issued a statement the establishment of the Jewish State fifty Trouble started when Sue and Phil, as the concerning the Palestinians and the years before its birth, meeting in executive Longs are widely known, invoked the Free­ session in Chicago, calls upon the Presi­ dom of Information Act, asking IRS officials Egypt-Israel negotiations. The state­ ment was made in response to an an­ dent of the United States to make clear that in Washington to let them examine all the it will not pressure Israel to accept a PLO information IRS had compiled in Phases 2, nouncement by Secretary of State Cyrus state-now, or in the future. 3 and 4 of its Taxpayer Compliance Measure­ Vance stating U.S. policy on the negotia­ We call upon Israel's friends in the Con­ ment Program, launched in 1962. TCMP is tions. I do not believe that the United gress of the United States, the American a continuing series of statistical studies on States should attempt to impose a solu­ people and all people of goodwill everywhere a national scale designed to measure the tion. We should insist on face-to-face to recognize the inadvisability of pressuring level of compliance by American taxpayers negotiations without preconditions. This Israel to make concessions directly detri­ with federal tax laws. mental to its future and equally dangerous When IRS officials flatly refused to let the country can serve the parties best by providing our good offices for mediation. to America's own position in the Middle East. Longs see any part of the TCMP documents, The Zionist Organization of America. calls Sue and Phil hauled them into the U.S. Dis­ Those principles are embodied in Mr. upon the American J.ewish community now, trict Court lin Seattle. Resnick's statement, which follows. to voice its unalterable rejection of present As a result of this suit, they won access to STATEMENT BY ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF Mic!dle East policy and end this appease­ TCMP statistics. But District Judge Walter AMERICA ment o:f the enemies of the United States T. McGovern held that IRS could not be com­ The president of the Zionist Organiza­ and of Israel. The United States should live pelled, under Freedom of Information, to tion of America, Ivan J. Novick, and Alleck up to its commitment not to impose solu­ disclose computer tapes and check sheets A. Resnick, Chairman of its National Execu­ tions, and reaffirm traditional American on which the statistics are based. tive Committee, meeting in Chicago, May morallty by rejecting the terrorist PLO, thus McGovern's primary reason for so holding 27th, issued the following statement, in re­ allowing Egypt and Israel to negotiate their was this: IRS officials had submitted to him sponse to the announcement made by Sec­ own future.e sworn statements explaining that an of the retary of State Vance regarding the Pales­ tapes contained individual taxpayer identi­ tinians and forthcoming Egypt-Israel ne­ ties, all of which would have to be removed gotiations: by IRS before the Longs could see the tapes. 1. The Carter Administration has now pub­ A LIQUEFACTION PLANT SYMBOL­ The judge concluded that removal of the licly made clear that it is prepared to take identification would be too burdensome. a position relative to the Palestinians more IZES PROBLEMS It looked as if IRS had won the case. But far-reaching than previous Administrations. Sue was later amazed to discover that the The statement made by Secretary of State sworn statements of the IRS officials were Vance, directly and by implication, repeats HON. JOHN P. HAMMERSCHMIDT false. the invitation for the terrorist PLO to par­ OF ARKANSAS The truth is the original tapes made by ticipate in the negotiations between Egypt IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IRS did contain taxpayer identities. But and Israel. IRS had routinely and regularly made copies This is contrary to the spirit of Camp Monday, July 30, 1979 without such identifying information, and David, where it was decided that these sensi­ 0 Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT. Mr. Speak­ the3e copies were secretly in IRS's possession tive issues wlll be carefully and cautiously er, I would like to invite my colleagues to when the Longs were asking for the tapes. negotiated during a five-year period. take a close look at an article which ap­ Sue and Phil appealed to the 9th Circuit The statements by Vance are an, ill-con­ Court of Appeals, where Sue lost no time in ceived, unwarranted and counterproductive x:eared in Sunday's Washington Pust, by revealing the truth. She demonstrated what intrusion by the United Sta.tes that could Jerry Knight, entitled "A Liquefaction the Longs always had emphasized-that they severely jeopardize the possibilities for the Plant Symbolizes Problems." While I did not want to identify taxpayers. continuation of the reace process. have supported the initial legislative ef­ She made it crystal clear that she and Phil 2. The statements by the American Secre­ fort in the House to develop synthetic would very seldom need to see check sheets, tary of State violate the often repeated assur­ fuel pilot programs I believe it incum­ which did contain taxpayer identity infor­ ances by President Carter that the Admin­ bent on all of us to constantly monitor mation. She explained that it would be very istration will maintain objectivity and im­ partiality. Only Egypt and Israel, conducting all views available on this very expensive easy for IRS to remove such identity data in proi:osal. The text of the article follows: the few instances when they might call for negotiations together and directly, without particular check sheet&. outside interference, can achieve peace. Un­ [From the Washington Post, July 29, 1979] fortunately, the statements' by Secretary A LIQUEFACTION PLANT SYMBOLIZES PROBLEMS Not surprisingly, the three-judge circuit Vance place the power, prestige and influence court reversed the district judge's decision of the United States squarely on the side of (By Jerry Knight) and remanded the case to McGovern for a.p­ Egypt. Therefore the negotia.ting stage is Outside Cattletsburg, Ky., where moun­ propriate action. Circuit Judge Anthony M. heavily weighted against Israel at the very tains of coal loom over a forest of oil refiner­ Kennedy's opinion doesn't mention the false start of the negotiations. ies, construction workers are forging a stain­ affidavits. But, Sue said, the proof is in the 3. By giving outright support to the de­ less steel link between America's mcst abun­ record for anyone who wants to check. mands of the PLO, the Secretary has deprived dant energy resource and the nation's most Apparently irritated, the circuit court left the U.S. of its role as mediator and has critical energy need. no room for IRS officials to wriggle through turned itself into an ally of the Arab rejec­ In a few months, coal from the Appalach­ the net. The court held that, even if it had tionist front thereby undermining its ally ian mounta.ins will be dumped into one end been necessary for IRS to remove taxpayer Israel and to a. great extent President Sa.d81t. of that link-a. $200 million chemistry set­ identity information from the tapes, t:!:lis 4. Although Mr. va.ru::e represents the Ad­ would not have been sufficient ground for and oil will flow out the other end into a ministration, we raise serious questions of nearby refinery. withholding the tapes and check sheets. this trend towards accommodation of the Sue and Phil Long are formidable foes. PLO truly represents the best interest of our Making oil from coal is the heart of Presi­ This is the ninth time they have beaten IRS nation or in effect is even supported by the dent Carter's synthetic fuels program, and in freedom of information cases, and it's the American people. the Cattletsburg complex will be the biggest first time they've been represented by coun­ The issues pertaining to Judea., Samaria coal liquefaction plant in America. It is de­ sel.e and Gaza are directly related to the integrity signed to turn 250 tons o:f coal a day into 625 21378 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 30, 1979 barrels of "syncrude" that can be refined they appear to be economically eligible for "moral equivalent of war" to launch the inLo gasoline and heating on. full-scale testing. synfuels industry by 1990. Cattletsburg's 625 barrels of synthetic oil Ti-e five processes are rivals, but not com­ Ironically the government program to pro­ will ma.ke barely enough gasoline to supply petitors, DOE omcials insist. It is possible­ tect against the risks of launching a new a single service station, let alone contribute likely if the president's accelerated energy synfuels industry may also exaggerate those significantly to the President's goal of pro­ independence program is adopted-that full­ risks, warns a Rand Corp. study. Jumping ducing 1 million to 1.5 million barrels of scale commercial plants w111 be built using directly from the laboratory to full-scale coal-derived synfuels a day by 1990. all five technologies. Development of all five plants in a crash program requires plant con­ The Cattletsburg coalllquefaction plant is processes is proceeding simultaneously. struction to start before designs are com­ symbolic of how far the naLion has to go to Exxon-the world's largest corporation­ pleted, before environmental rules are writ­ meet the president's target of energy inde­ has invested heavily in a process called ten, before all the contengencies have been pendence. It also is symbolic of the obstacles Exxon Donar Solvent and later this year will accounted for, the Rand study said. that are faced-it is at least a year behind open a federally financed synthetic fuel plant Those factors are part of why first-gen­ schedule and is costing nearly four times as about the same size as Cattletsburg's at Bay­ eration energy facilities have proved to much as expected. town, Tex. cost an average of 2.5 times as much as esti­ "If you look at the growing pains of the Exxon's EDS process is chemically similar mated and why several multi-million-dol­ whole national energy situation, you'll see to Gulf's Solvent Refined Coal, which is lar projects have been built and abandoned what happened in this development," say known as the SRC II process because Gulf because they did not work, Rand warned. Bronek Dutkiewicz, who is in charge of com­ is already into the second generation of its "For government officials, cost growth has mercializing the coal-to-oil conversion proc­ de-·elopment. Gulf runs what is currently the made (research and development) decisions ess patented by Hydrocarbon Research Inc., a biggest coal liqui!action plant in the na­ difficult, has increased the uncertainty in supply planning and has hampered commer­ subsidiary of Dynalectron Inc., of McLean. tion, converting 30 tons a day into oil at a research facility outside Tacoma, Wash. cialization," Rand said. If cost estimates of Known as "H-coal" Dynalectron's process coal liquification plants prove to be as far was developed by Hydrocarbon Research sci­ By the end of July, Gulf wlll complete a DOE contract for Phase Zero-the planning­ off as the Rand study suggested, plants ex­ entists and tested in three laboratory-size of the nation's firc;t full-scale coal liquifica­ pected to cost $2 billion could cost upwards p!lot plants at Trenton, N.J., for more than tion plant which Gulf hopes to build at Mor­ of $5 blllion, and the contention that syn­ 10 years before the Department of Energy gantown, W. Va. DOE approval of that project thetic fuels can compete with imported oil agreed to finance the "scale up" project in could come this !all. would prove false. Kentucky with Ashland Oil and half a The South Africans are the world leaders Until Carter launched his crash program dozen other companies as partners. in synfuel production. regularlv nl."oducing to develop alternatives to oil earlier this Since the project was started, the DOE 20,000 barrels a day. But their SASOL proc­ month, the DOE was scaling up its coal con­ has changed its objectives several times, has ess-being pushed in this country by Fluor version projects in steps, providing funds switched project managers twice and has Corn.-has political, technical and economic for a sequence of increasingly larger plants­ picked up the tab for more than $135 mil­ problems. with daily outputs of one, 20, 250 and 10,000 lion of cost overruns. Mo"!:>il has yet to get its M-gasollne process tons-gradually approaching commercls.l Though the Cattletsburg plant has yet to out of the laboratory stage, but may be able scale. squeeze its first drop of oil !rom a lump of to scale up faster than the others becaus~ 85 DOE analysts say it isn't necesary to build coal, Dynalectron and some of its partners to 90 percent of the M-gasoline system uses that sequence of plants for each of the five already are asking the federal government to off-the-shelf equipment already proved in promising coal llquification processes be­ provide $7 m1llion in planning money for a commercial use. cause many technical problems are common full-scale commercial plant, a 50,000-barrel­ Scale-up is the name of the game in syn­ to all the processes, permitting much leap­ a-day facility that will cost upwards of $2 fuels. The trick is to take a nrocess that frogging. billion. works in the laboratory or small pilot plant Intermediate-size plants like the Cattlets­ Thirty or 40 similar-sized synfuel factories and do it in a big enough way to make it burg H-coal facility and Exxon's Baytown will have to be built in the next decade to econc.mically f~asible. That can require EDS !acillty, both utillzing some commer­ achieve the president's energy independence building a plant 50,000 times bigger than a cial-scale components, can answer many of goal. laboratory demonstration unit--the equiva­ the engineering problems, but they can pro­ Dynalectron's H-coal process is one of five lent of going from building lifeboats to vide only clues about the most difficult ques­ coal liquefication techniques that are strug­ building an ocean liner. tion, and the greatest risk-the cost of gling toward commercialization, and the coal But along with efficiencies come risks. Tiny producing synthetic fuels. liquids industry is but one of the alternative amounts of coal ash that cause no problems The price of the product that will flow energy businesses that wm need to be cre­ in a laboratory coal-to-oil process can clog from Exxon's plant "isn't a relevant ques­ ated under Carter's plan. filters and shut down a 50,000-barrel-a-day tion," a corporate spokesman said. "That's To eliminate the need !or 2.5 million bar­ plant. Microp.ollutants unnoticed when they not what we expect to learn there." rels of imported oil a day by 1990, the presi­ leak from a one-ten-a-day coal cooker can The most recent estimate of how much dent proposes producing the equivalent of be an ecological disaster in a full-scale plant. synthetic fuels will cost to make was issued 1 million to 1.5 million barrels of oil !rom Under hundrc:ds of pounds of pressure and this month by the Engineering Societies coal liquids and coal gasification-making a intense heat, valves break, 8-inch-thick CommiEsion on Energy (ESCOE), which has natural gas substitute !rom coal. stainless steel tanks corrode and computer made a series of studies of alternative energy Another 400,000 million barrels a day models prove useless. technologies. would come from the infant oil shale indus­ Because the various processes turn out try under the White House plan, and about Environmental and health questions also are being answered by the pilot plant opera­ different products-gasoline, natural gas, 100,000 barrels a day from a virtually-non­ boiler fuel and others-the engineering existent "biomass" business under which tions, where workers are mont tared closely for long-term and short-term medical prob­ study estimated how much it would cost to crops would be cooked into alcohol and other produce 1 million BTUs of energy by each fuels. lems. Virtually all coal liquid productc; are toxic, most of them more toxic than ordinary process: $3.58 from H-coal, $3.62 with Gulf's Carter also is counting on replacing half SRC-II, $3.96 via Exxon's EDS, $4.84 via a million to a million barrels of oil a day petroleum products, and many coal liquid products-including fuel oils produced !rom Mobil's M-gasollne and $4.99 by the Fischer­ with natural gas from sources that cannot Tropsch process used in South Africa. be tapped with today's production methods coal-are known cancer-causing agents. The danger to production workers is not yet Those prices are competitive with an and with using solar collectors, windm1lls, equivalent amount of energy from a barrel co-generation plants and a host of other known. "The only wav you learn these thini?R is to of imported oil, which yields 5.8 million nascent technologies to "back out oil." BTUs and costs $20 to $24 delivered in the Achieving energy independence will require build a full-scale plant and run it," said u.s. creation of a whole new alternative energy Dynaelectro!l's Dutkiewicz. But, he added, industry, a business as big as nuclear power "The risks are too great for even the largest But spokesmen for the companies involved or aerospace. coroorations to do 1;hat with their own in building coal liquefaction plants are To a great extent the new energy industry money." skeptical of those estimates, calling them will be the same old energy industry. In the Carter's plan calls for the government to lower than their own estimates of synfuel emerging coal liquefactions field, Dynalec­ take the risk of building the first two or three costs, which range from $25 to $35 a barrel. tron's competitors include Exxon, Mobil, plants and for private enterprise to put up DOE analysts point out that the price of Gulf and the Government of South Africa. the rest with some sort of government financ­ an equivalent amount of energy may not be Virtually every major oil and energy com­ ing. A number of federal subsidies are under the right question to ask when comparing pany already owns a piece of the rock that consideration in Congress, ranging from loan synfuels processes because the products of one day may reulace conventional oil as guarantees to government contracts to pur­ some processes are in greater demand than America's chief fuel. chase eynfuels at a premium above petroleum the output of others. At least four other methods of converting prices to accelerated depreciation and tax The competing coal liquids processes yield coal to liquid fuels are roughly the same credits for synfuel investments. varying quantities and qualities of products. distance from commercial feasibility as H­ The money would come from the presi­ Technically the Exxon, Gulf and Dynalec­ coal; they work on paper, they produce oil dent's windfall proS.ts tax on the oil com­ tron procesEes are known as direct coal lique­ a barrel or two at a time in the laboratory; panies, which would finance the president's faction; Mobil and South Africa use indirect July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21379 liquefaction, first turning the solid coal into to us that it must be a significant and energy base in the United States must be in­ a gas, then convertiag the gas into a liquid. growing part of that base. stituted now. 'Ihe conservation path and the Eaon and Gulf dissolve finely powdered At this point I would like to include pursuit of only soft technolcgie.s such as so­ lar, geothermal, and wind, is very appealing­ coal in a liquid solvent, then process it to Dr. add more hydrogen to the coal, converting Colby's remarks in the RECORD so especially t;o those who pursue primarily it to a liquid. 'J.'he blg difference between my colleagues will also have the benefit dreams, idealization and avoid reality, the two processes is the solvent used; each of his views. Fortunately, the free enterprise system stm has its own patented product. THE NUCLEAR ENERGY ALTERNATIVE survive3 and is based on reality and the facts Mobil conte::J.ds M-gasoline can be com­ (By L. J. Colby, Jr.) of lLfe. FUELING OPTIONS mercialized more quickly than the others be­ The events that took pla.ce at Three Mile cause only the final step involves new tech­ Island at the end of March clearly brought During the next 20 to 25 years, the options nology. A DOE study of where to locate syn­ to the forefront the fears, the genuine con­ for fueling our power plants are primarily fuel plants assumes that indirect liquefac­ cerns and the emotional issues which sur­ oil, coa.l and nuclea.r. If we are to regain our tion plants will be built first, but only a round nuclear energy. energy abundance, as well as independence, couple of years ahead of direct liquefaction. The concerns over nuclear energy are then coal and nuclear should be relied upon Conoco (Continental Oil Co.) advocates very real. There is no question that risks for essentially all new generating plants. short-cutting the M-gasoline process and come with benefits no matter what form o! However, the order books for new power simply converting coal into methanol on a energy we choose. The major problem with plants, coal or nuclear, are stagnant due to large-scale basis. Methanol, or methyl alco­ nuclear energy is that it is grossly mis­ a very high degree of uncertainty unique to hol, can be burned directly as a fuel in understocd. Radiation is not detectable each o! these energy sources. powerplants or internal combustion engines, by our natural senses but is detectable at The growth of nuclear power certa-inly is although both require modification. extremely low levels by modern instrumen­ in question. The Department of Energy be­ Conoco officials say methanol is a highly tation. It often is believed that radiation lieves that the United States should have desirable substitute for imported oil in from a nuclear plant is harmful no matter about 25 percent of its electrical needs filled urban powerplants because it is clean­ how long the level, whereas radiation from by nuclear by the year 2000. Depending on burning, and the company is promoting the cosmic rays, mineral deposits, medical X­ the growth in total electrical demand, that fuel for use in California where pollution rays, coal-fired plants and other sources to oould represent a 5 or 6 fold increase in the regulations rule out burning coal. which we are all exposed day in and day out number o! nuclear reactors currently oper­ is somehow acceptable. This simply is not ating. It should also be noted that the The ESCOE synfuels evaluation concludes Carter Administration views nuclear power that, on cost factors alone, the South African the case. Radiation from different sources cause about the same effects. It ts the level as "the energy source of last resort", and process "has a severe disadvantage." Among therefore, projections generally are made on the others, the engineering analysis said, of radiation that is important. With respect "The choice of fuel process depends strongly to the Three Mile Island accident, the max­ the basis of minimizing nuclear energy while on the desired products. imum radiation exposure to the general maximizing coal and conservation. In the public near the plant was less than the past, the nuclear industry was moving to a "The M-gasoline process appears both natural background radiation received by position wherein it could build and service competitive and relatively free of process those individuals during a 30 day period. It as much as 50 percent of the United States' risk. If industrial boiler fuel (to replace oil was about equal to a chest X-ray or long electrical needs by the year 2000. This might !or powerplants) is the needed fuel, the airplane ride. stlll be possible but is highly speculative. In H-coal, EDS, or SRC are all serious con­ The concern, therefore, should be focused fact, if new orders !or nuclear power plants tenders." e on the real risks associated with a major are not received in the next few years, the accident, the expected damage from such United States' nuclear industrial capab111ty an accident, the benefits from reliable elec­ to meet the minimum energy projections may ENERGY NEEDS AND LESSONS tric power, a comparison of risks from alter­ wither away. It should be noted that a deci­ LEARNED native choices, and comparison o! actual sion to go nuclear today means that elec­ risks to date from each of the energy alter­ tricity is available from that plant at least a natives. When all these issues are weighed decade later. If decisions are not made now, HON. JOHN W. JENRETTE, JR. clearly and objectively, the answer is quite then our energy problems in the 1990's will OF SOUTH CAR OLINA clear that the risks o! nuclear energy are be fierce. The energy crunch has been pre­ substantially less than the risks of any other IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATrvES dicted to hit in the 1983-85 period. It is too source of electrical energy other than late to avoid it now through construction of Monday• . July 30, 1979 possibly natural gas flowing t·rom the well to new power plants that do not burn on or a power station. The risks for natural gas natural gas. The United States can 111 at!ord • Mr. JENRETTE. Mr. Speaker, as we increase substantially when importation of to continue to procrastinate, and by default all know, the recent incident at the liquid natural gas (LNG) is required. make the same mistake again. Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Penn­ LESSONS INVALUABLE URANIUM CONVERSION sylvania has cast a shadow over the The lessons from Three Mile Island will be Although All1ed Chemical does not build future of nuclear power in this country. invaluable in reducing the possibility of or supply equipment for nuclear power plants, Because my home State of South Caro­ future occurrences. Changes in equipment Allied has been involved in the nuclear in­ lina has been a leader in the nuclear design, instrumentation, regulation, operat­ dustry since 1955, when Allied successfully industry, and will soon be dependent ing procedures, information dissemination bid on a government request for conversion upon nuclear power for some 50 percent and Federal Government capabllities will of uranium oxide to uranium hexafluoride of its energy needs, I have taken a strong likely all occur to insure increased safety and proceeded to build a plant for this pur­ for the general public. The fact is that even pose at Metropolis, Il11nois. Today the Me­ interest in the subject. I have followed with a serious incident at Three Mile Island, tropolis plant is the world's largest uranium the work of the Kemeny Commission the back-up systems worked despite anum­ conversion plant. The chemical operations and developments in the analysis of ber of !allures. The bottom line is that no there are necessary to purify uranium and Three Mile Island with care. one outside the plant was hurt. The nuclear produce a chemical compound, UFe, which is industry is safe and continues to strive for required as feed by the Federal Government One of the best discussions of the improved safety, reduction of risk and un­ subject I have seen is an article by Dr. for its enrichment !aci11ties. derstanding of its benefits. Because o! the experience gained in urani­ Jim Colby of the Allied Chemical Cor­ The importance of nuclear energy to the um and fluorine technology, All1ed became poration, which appeared in the May­ United States can be summarized with a interested in spent-fuel reprocessing. The June issue of the Morris Today news­ few staltistics. Today about 13 percent Oif the first venture into this area of the nuclear pauer in New Jersey. In Dr. Colby's nation's electrical energy comes from 72 nu­ fuel cycle was to become cperating contractor opinion, the lessons we will learn from clear power plants. In the Northeast, one for the Department of Energy's Idaho Chem­ the incident at Three Mile Island will third of all electricity oa.me from nuclear ical Processing Plant (ICPP) located at the reactors during 1978. A recent peak electrical Idaho National Engineering Laboratory near be "invaluable in reducing the possibility load in February, 1979, was filled by 42 per­ of future occurrences." And he concludes Idalho Falls, Idaho. cent nuclear energy again for the Northeast On September 30, J 979 Allied's participa­ that, even in an incident as serious as region. tion at the ICPP wm come to a voluntary this one, "the back-uo svstf'ms worked The use of oil to produce electricity and close after twelve successful years. Tnciden­ desoite a number of failures." In short. heat homes must be reduced if the United ta.lly, the IOPP is an excellent model for the this incidP.nt does not demonstrate that States is gonig to remain a world power, in­ treatment, han111ng, and stcrage of nuclear nuclear power is unsafe. dependent Oif the whimc; of others such as wastes primarily from the Navy Nuclear pro­ And it is as evident to me as it is to OPEC. One of the United States' greatest gram. strengths has been its energy independence Allied Chemical, along with its partner, Dr. Colby that we must start a program and abundance. Today we are facing a great General Atomic, invested $362 milllon in a to build a new energy base in this coun­ threat to our energy abundance. We lost our pl'ivate reorocesslng fa~111ty at Barnwell, try now . ..And while the future of the energy independence about five years ago! South Carolina. The facility was comoleted nuclear option appears cloudy, it is clear A deliberate program to build a new sound and undergoing check-out when in 1977 Pres- CXXV--1346-Pa.rt 16 21380 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 30, 1979 ident Carter "inde!lnitely deferred" com­ disclosed a memorandum confirming There is much talk today about how mercial reprocessing. After years of en­ that the Sandinista insurgents had been many college degrees one has. I thought couragement by several administrations, both trained in CUba and armed with AK-47's about that the other day as I heard one &publican and Democratic, the ru1es of the carried to them by the Panamanian Air of our colleagues speak. He never fin­ game were unilaterally changed. It became clear that the management of spent fuel from Force. Recently the Government of ished high school, but he has more com­ commercial reactors had become a govern­ Nicaragua surrendered to these same moru.ense than anyone who went to ment responsiblllty rather than a private in­ guerrillas. college. Yet, today there are those who dustrial responsiblllty. Since the Federal Gov­ I must ask the question of Alexandr value four college degrees more than ernment does not even today have any facili­ Solzhenitsyn: "How many more coun­ they do the substance of the work they ties for handling spent fuel or nuclear wastes tries are there for the West to abandon?" accomplish. from commercial reactors, Allie:l believes that the transfer of the Barnwell faclllties under Iran, Angola, Rhodesia, Taiwan, and I am always reminded of the proverb, appropriate terms to the Federal Government now Nicaragua. "Judge a man not by his ability, but by will eventually take place. In Iran, Angola, Rhodesia, Taiwan, his results." As you can see, Allied's role in the nuclear and now Nicaragua, we withdrew when I would like to pass on to you an in­ field is primarily in those portions of the we were most needed. Instead of stand­ teresting story that I heard down in fuel cycle that require extensive chemical ing behind American interests, we are al­ Texas. technology. A111ed's future in nuclear energy ways the first to concede. It is time we A sales manager received a sales let­ will be to maintain its leadership position in the uranium conversion business and related had an American President and Secre­ ter from a new salesman he had hired service. A111ed does not see a viable future tary of State more concerned with U.S. a few days before. for privately owned and operated reprocess­ interests than with helping Soviet­ "Dear Boss: I seed this outfit which ing fac111ties such as Barnwell. supported Rhodesian and Nicaraguan they ain't never got a penny's worth of NUCLEAR ESSENTIAL rebels. American interests and principles nuthin from us before. I sole them hun­ A company or individual does not have to are being sacrificed to an incoherent nered thousand dollars of guds. I am be involved in the nuclear industry to come sense of tntern'l.tionalism. This is the real now going to Oklahomee." to the conclusion that nuclear en~rgy is crisis of confidence. Our Secretary of Three days later, a second l~tter essential for the United States. A case in State seems to h.ck the confidence that reached the borne office. point is the series of ads run by Mobil on, America can lead in the world. He is in­ "Dear Boss: I cum here to Tulsee and a company which incidentally is not in the stead leading our retreat around the I sell these cuntry chane hedqartirs nuclear business. The abundance of coal In this country world. half a milyon." provides the United States with an apparent Ironically the House only recently The sales manager posted both let­ alternative to nuclear power. The argu­ finished dealing with another symbol of ters on the bulletin board with a note ments rage as to coal versus nuclear while that unprincipled message from Secre­ added by the companv president. "We've neither is really advanced. Prudence dictates tary Vance. He sent us a request for been spendin to much time trying to that the balanced use of both coal and nu­ money for foreign assistance. In that re­ spel, instead of trying to sell. Let's take clear will be required to meet the United quest he asked for massive amounts of a fue tips from Gooch who is on the rode States' needs. Other countries facing the energy crunch that have no options are mov­ money for the international financial in­ doing a grate job for us and you go out ing forward on their nuclear programs. Un­ stitutions, like the World Bank. It is and do like he done."• fortunately the United States is stlll debat­ outrageous for America's leaders to take ing the issue. tax money from a truckdriver in To­ It is true the.t nuclear energy has iU; peka, Kans., and send it to a World "China Syndrome". It is likewise true that Bank, which will give it to Vietnam, An­ DINGELL CHARGES NHTSA WITH deaths due to coal as a fuel are extensive gola, Cuba, and others. Where is our COVERUP OF AIRBAGS TESTS and well documented. The medical and en­ fabled human rights policy when we sup­ THAT EXPLODED AND BURNED vironmental effects of the combustion prod­ DUMMIES REPRESENTING 6- ucts of coal could lead to th& "Dioxide Syn­ port the same government that is driv­ drome". It is clear that SO., NO., and co. do ing the boat people into the sea in South­ YEAR-Ol.D CHILDREN have significant effects on health and -the east Asia? environment. Because of these risks, it is This body will soon deal with another HON. JOHN D. DINGELL prudent to work to understand and control measure with similar implications, that their emissions. It wou1d not make sense to is, most-favored-nation trading status OF MICHIGAN abandon coal because it has real problems IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that must be solved. It likewise does not for the repressive governments in Ro­ make sense to abandon nuclear energy be­ mania, Hungary, China, and soon even Monday, July 30, 1979 cause it has its problems. The record of nu­ the Soviet Union. Are we going to aid e Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I en­ clear energy, although not spotless, is ex­ those that most enjoy watching us close my statement regarding new doc­ cellent and improving. No member of the flounder and grovel? Again I ask: "Is this uments that have come to light from public or employee of the commercial indus­ an indication that we revere human the Department of Transportation and try has been killed by radiation during the rights?" 30 year history of the nuclear industry. the Nat~onal Highway Traffic Safety When all is said and done, the most serious We must not stand for this any Administration files regarding a new problem facing the nation today is infiation. longer. We are dishonoring the princi­ problem uncovered in connection with This is the true danger to you, your children ples this Nation was founded upon. It is airbag tests. and your grandchildren. Unless something is time to stop retreating and dig in.e done to halt lnfiation, it may rob you and STATEMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE DINGELL your descendants of their future. Congressman John D. Dingell, (D-Mich.), To some conc.:iderable extent, the future of WHAT COUNTS IS RESULTS today charged the DOT with withholding the fight against infiation in this country information from the Congress and the and the elimination of our dependence on American people concerning the risk that foreign oil, the elimination of the outfiow of HON. JAMES M. COLLINS air bags can explode in fiames and severely American dollars and the strengthening o! OF TEXAS burn occupants of motor vehicles. the dollar, depends on having an adequate Dingell w111 be seeking in the House today domestic supply of energy-and for the next IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the adoption of the research, testing and quarter of a century that means coal and Monday, July 30, 1979 development amendment that he and Con­ nuclear. Neither can do the job alone !e gressman Jim Broyhill, (R-N.C.), will offer • Mr. COLLINS of Texas. Mr. Speaker, to the DOT Appropriations blll, H.R. 4440. too many Americans are concerned with Their amendment delays for one year, ANOTHER RETREAT their appearance as an intellectual. We fiscal year 1980, any further funds for im­ have reached a point in America where plementation or enforcement of the Federal folks would like for everyone to think automobile standard that requires devices, HON. PHILIP M. CRANE of them as being an academic genius. such as air bags, in automobiles. The OF ILLINOIS Sometimes we are able to convey this amendment would not restrict actions on the portion of the standard that would per­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES feeling by using four syllable words even mit safety belts. The amendment further Monday, July 30, 1979 when a one syllable word would be bet­ requires more research, testing and develop­ ter. Other times, we write profound let­ ment of passive or automatic restraint de­ e Mr. PHTI.JP M. CRANE. Mr. Speaker, ters with deep philosophy to show the vices. Dingell and Broyh111 state that this is a few weeks ago, the State Department depth of our intellectual perspective. the major purpose o! their amendment-to July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21381 ensure safe and effective restraint devices these problems-but were satisfied with a sions and aspirations of Bishop Muzo­ for motoring consumers. two paragraph letter from the manu!ac­ rewa nowithstanding. Dingell said, "NHTSA's favored air bag turer-Thiokol-assurlng NHTSA that they The article follows: contractor-Minicars, Inc., of California­ should not be concerned, that Thiokol had conducted a series of tests in 1977 and 1978 found a. 'temporary fix' and that corrections NEW RHODESIA REMAINS NATION RUN BY concerning the effectiveness of air bags. In wuuld be designed into the production model WHITES 12 percent of these tests, the air bag ex­ of the air bag inflator device. (By Lawl'ence E. Pintak) ploded into flames. One of the most sensi­ "The flaming problem continued over a SALISBURY, ZIMBABWE-RHODESIA.-Three tive and embarrassing tests was conducted six to eight month period. Mys~eriously, the months after Bishop Abel Muzorewa was in February, 1978, resulting in an explosion testing ended and the contract was termi­ elected a.s the country's first black prime and fire that blew the air bag apart, project­ nated in the Spring of 1978 with no final minister, and seven weeks after he took office, ing molten sodium azide into the face and report being issued on the later testing se­ Zimbabwe Rhodesia remains a nation whose chest of a dummy representing a six year ries that included the controversial test No. economic and military course continues to be old child." 1933. charted by whites. Dingell said that: "On July 8, 1979, I asked NHTSA !or the And while the cabinet has assumed a black "In the aftermath of this !allure, Minicars, results of all tests involving air bags and face, those same whites who have ruled for 90 Inc., sent a. misleading Progress Report to seat belts since 1977. On July 13, 1979, I re­ years stm run the machinery which will play NHTSA. ceived a leter !rom Ms. Claybrook responding a major role in determining the political "Contrary to normal procedures, the con­ to that request. Again, mysteriously, the future of this rebel British colony. tractor did not send the films of this test contract involving these explosions and fires Behind each black minister stand his to NHTSA. was missing !rom the material supplied. white civil service, whose members h3.ve been "NHTSA did no independent analysis of When we finally identified this contract and guaranteed their jobs by the present con­ these failures. requested it, NHTSA initially refused to sul>­ stitution. "NHTSA terminated the contract shortly ply the document. The members of the all-white Public Serv­ after these accidents, prior to the problem "I can only conclude that we have merely ices Board, responsible for hiring, firing and being solved. scratched the surface concerning what hap­ promotions within the public service, are also "No final report was written on this test pened on this contract and possibly other guaranteed their tenure, as are those who sit series by the contractor. damaging test results that are being covered in the all-white judiciary. "Nothing was put in the public file on uo at NHTSA. Whites continue to dominate the police these particular -r;ests. ·"These risks regarding air bags should be and milltary (there are presently 32 black "NHTSA withheld the file with the sensi­ known by the Congress. We have no assur­ commissioned officers) and are likely to do tive documents when I requested it. ance from independent government analyses so for some time. "A former Minicars engineer who was the that this problem has been solved regarding The attitude of the bulk of the white project manager on this contract claims that fires in air bag devices. officer corps to their new black colleagues is both Minicars and NHTSA failed to inform "There seems to be a pattern at NHTSA one of disdain. A newly commissioned black the publlc of the risk of explosion and fires for ignoring bad ne-ws about the air bags. officer recently assigned to one unit was in the deployment of air bags." Both Volvo and General Motors have killed ignored by his fellow officers, who refused to The following are excerpts from a March pigs used as surrogates in tests to ascertain even provide him with an office until direct 14, 1978 letter from Minicars to Thiokol, the the impact of air bags on out-of-position orders came down from the very top. major manufacturer of air bag inflators for children. The pi!!s died of ruptured livers, At the pinnacle of the m1lltary hierarchy the auto industry who supplied the defec­ spinal cord injuries and brain trauma and sits Lt. Gen. Peter Walls, commander of com­ apparently in one GM test, the air bag blew t! ve inflator::; to Minicars: bined operations in overall charge of the "The condition experienced during the one pig out the back window of the test army, pollee and air force. test was a blow out of the air bag and re­ vehicle. Although Muzorewa has assumed the title sultant blasting of the occupant's face and "However, there is not a sinq;le document of minister of defense, largely for reasons in NHTSA files relating to these tests by of appearance, Walls is the man running the chest with hot gas from the inflator. The Volvo and GM. Jn fact, when my staff investi­ results of this test were total degradation of war against the guerr1lla forces of Joshua the air bag's restraint capabilities and subse­ gators asked NHTSA officials 1! they had the Nkomo and Robert Mugabe. quent burning of the occupant's face and Volvo and GM test documents, NHTSA of­ Since taking over, Muzorewa has report­ chest; i.e., his shirt caught on fire and had ficials resoonded that thev did not heve the edly commented that the mUitary could not to be extinguished by a. test technician. documents and had not asked the manufac­ be expected to come to him for permission "I have experienced this problem twice turers for the information." each time they acted, and has generally since January, 1978. Once at Minicars, the Dingell added, "The GAO Reoort on pas­ skirted the question of whether he person­ sive restraints. released Friday, Julv 27. in its ally approves cross-border raids on guerr1lla bag blew apart and burnt the 50 percent final form, clearly underscores and recom­ adult male occupant. bases in Zambia and Mozambique. "This blowby has occurred at least ten mends that more research and testing devel­ Some critics go so far as to argue that Walls times in this Simca project in 86 tests or 11.6 opment must be done by DOT." e is the real power behind the throne. Muzo­ percent of the time." rewa sees the general for s. military briefing Dingell stated, "It is interesting to nQite each morning, and unlike in the days of Ian that in Minicars monthly Progress Report Smith, it is the prime minister who goes to to NHTSA regarding test No. 1933 (con­ ZIMBABWE-RHODESIA STILL RUN Walls' office, rather than vke versa. ducted February 1978) which involved the BY WHITES On the streets of Salisbury there is little burned dummy (six yea.r old child), there is change evident. Whites perhaps u::e the de­ not a. single word to indicate that this test rogatory phrase "kaffir" a little less fre­ involved flames or a charred dummy. The HON. HOWARD WOLPE quently since June 1, when Muzorewa took report contains only one post-crash photo­ OF MICHIGAN office. Blacks are seen a bit more often in graph-a back view of the dummy indicat­ the capital's fashionable restaurants. And a Ing no burns. According to established pro­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES few rich Africans are beginning to move into cedures, the films of these tests are ~ent to Monday, July 30, 1979 formerly all-white suburbs. Otherwl!:e, white NHTSA shortly after the tests are conducted. Rhodesia. is largely unaffected by the black NHTSA admitted to me last Friday that • Mr. WOLPE. Mr. Speaker. the article talreover. they had never received the film of test No. which aooeared in the Washington Star White farming regions and African pur­ 1933. Those films have now been flown to on July 22, 1979, "New Rhodesia Remains chase areas are no longer designated on the NHTSA in Wa!;hington from Minicars in Cal­ Nation Run by Whitec;" descrihes recent new maps, but in the bush Africans stlll ifornia this past weekend and I viewed them developments in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. complain about land distribution as they till this morning." the often inferior fields they have always Dingell said, "In a staff interview, the for­ As cochairman of the Mr.PL Rhodesia worked. mer program manager at Minicars claimed Task Force, I commend this article to WHITES AT THE TOP the attention of my colleagues. It is evi­ that he was told by top management to 'mod­ At the offices of th ~ country's busineo;s and ify' the Progress Report and not to send the dent that very Jittle political power has industry, perched atop the high rises of the films to Washington. This engineer was so thus far been transferred to the coun­ city center, mall rooms and typin~ pools are concerned about the results of these tests try's black majority, and that the new being "Africanized." But aside from a few that in subsequent correspondence to NHTSJ\ constitution remains a significant barrier chosen blacks, the faces at the conference he included the Thiokol correspondence and to the achievement of genuine majority tables in the pine paneled board rooms re­ photographs of the charred dummy that were main white. deleted from the Progress Report to NHTSA. rule. Bluntly stated, the provisions of the constitution perpetuate white minority One of the greatest grievances of the "On Friday, July 27, the NHTSA engineer control.

Olson is a fishing and hunting conserva­ in the Senate where a similar bill has sign~ to help the American people meet tionist who is happy with certain Boundary almost 80 cosponsors. their energy needs-while improving our Waters Canoe Wilderness Area regulations lifestyles and protecting and creating restricting the use of boat motors in certain As the author of another bill on the lakes. same subject, H.R. 3573 and a cosponsor jobs. Under the legislation I am prepar­ This nettles many resorters and Ely busi­ of H.R. 3567, I feel that this action by ing, Congress would establish a program nesspeople who cater to motorboating tour­ the Judiciary Committee is a first step the purpose of whi:h would be to use ex­ ists. to amend a wrong action taken by the isting institutions to assist all consumers I asked whether he feels uncomfortable Federal Trade Commission. These FTC of energy-industrial, commerical and going downtown among the motorboat parti­ decisions would have forced soft drink individual-to enhance productivity and sans. His reply was prompt: bottlers to offer an unlimited number the utilization of renewable energy re­ "No. I was downtown yesterday. Half a sources to back up oil. dozen oldtimers came up and greeted me. of franchises in a given geographic area. Gaily. Even though they know I'm on the The effect would have been utter chaos I have today sent a memo to a wide opposite side of the fence. in the soft drink industry and would variety of outside energy experts, seeking "The time is coming when the canoeists have done significant harm to the small their comments and suggestions. I would will bring more revenue than the motorboat­ businessmen who now are providing ex­ like to request permission at this point ers. They'll discover this in due time .... cellent service as soft drink franchisers. to insert my memorandum in the RECORD, "Congress signed the bill last October. with the hope that my colleagues, too, Creating a Boundary Waters Wilderness These are the sort of bills that the American people expect the House to act will provide me with suggestions and Area. Up to that time the Boundary Waters comments. Canoe Area wasn't a wilderness. on. We are all tired of the intervention "So, it was a gocd move. A good bill. into the private sector by uncontrolled The memorandum follows: "Things have quieted down. Some will Government agencies. The chief culprit HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, fight it to the la.st ditc)l .. .. But they've Washington, D.C., July 30, 1979. in this is the Federal Trade Commission. Memorandum to Whom It May Concern. never been rude to me." The House must send a message to the So life and time go on, and so does work. From Representative RICHARD L. OTTINGER. He's still working. . Federal Trade Commission that these Subject: Another look at energy production When Olsen was in high school in Ash­ sort of interventionist regulations and subsidies. land, the chamber of commerce sponsored a rules must stop. Our free enterprise sys­ Virtually all of the energy proposals relat­ high school e!:say-writing contest. The sub­ tem will work much better with less reg­ ing to production of new oll and gas, coal ject: "The Purpose of the Chamber of Com­ ulation not more. This sort of regula­ or synthetic fuels-including the proposals merce." tion, promulgated by the FTC will re­ offered two weeks ago by President Carter­ "I didn't know anything about chamber of duce competition. It will allow for the fall to address the real needs of real people commerce. Couldn't care less," Olson re­ for energy and some economic rellef in the major soft drink companies to take over called. short term. In fact, no meaningful energy "But I wrote a little essay. By gosh I got the distribution of their product rather supplies would be produced by any of the first place. I must have been about a sopho­ than leaving it with the small business­ proposed programs for at least a decade. more. All those other kids, more reputable man. There is a. bullding consensus, however, than I, just a little kid-I won! A five-dollar This bill cries out for action and I will that there can be fast relief, in the form of gold piece. be contacting the chairman of the House improved energy efficiency and conservation "I haven't the slightest idea what I said Monopolies Subcommittee and the House me:~.sures which do not need to reduce our about the chamber of commerce, but the Consumer Protection Finance Subcom­ standard of living at all. By "min1ng bulld­ whole thing appealed to something inside of ings to produce oll and gas," as has been me. Kindled something. Gave me a hint that mittee in the hopes that action will begin suggested by Bob Willla.ms of Princeton and some day maybe I could write something." shortly. A clear and impressive majority Mark Ross of the Un1versity of Michigan, es­ He could. And did. of House Members have spoken on this timates show that the Nation could save as And so today, at Ely, time still passes. And and action is necessary.e much a.s four to six mlllion barrels of oil today, at 80, Sigurd Olson is working on a equivalent a day-well before 1990. As Daniel ninth book. Yergin, of the Kennedy School at Harvard, ANOTHER APPROACH TO ENERGY Tentative title: "The Time and the wrote recently, "If the United States were to Place." e make a serious commitment to conservation, 1t might well consume 30 to 40 percent less HON. RICHARD L. OTTINGER energy than it now does, and still enjoy the THE SOFT DRINK FRANCffiSOR BilL OF NEW YORK same or an even higher standard. of living." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (emphasis supplied.) 1 Most of the active energy proposals pend­ HON. THOMAS A. LUKEN Monday, July 30, 1979 ing in the Congress involve massive Federal subsidies for traditional energy "production" OF OHIC • Mr. OTTINGER. Mr. Speaker, recent reports, including the newly published and that means giving a lot of money to the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES energy industries (which already are doing Energy Future book written by professors Monday, July 30, 1979 quite well, according to second quarter earn­ at the Harvard Business School, have ings reports). What those subsidies do not • Mr. LUKEN. Mr. Speaker, it is an in­ convinced me that the Congress must do is provide any reasonable cost energy; frequent occurrence when there are have a wholly new way of looking at en­ indeed, not only will synthetic fuels be about 300 cosponsors of a bill in the ergy production in the coming decade, frightfully expensive by all a.r.counts, but House. It is probably even more unusual and that is to promote the "production" they won't even be available for a.t least 10 when this same bill receives no action in of energy by saving it. This be.: omes years! even more important when one considers I am preparing legislation which I a.m con­ committee. vinced will provide a valuable new way of This is the situation we are faced with that virtually all of the major energy looking at energy-from the energy con­ concerning the bill, H.R. 3567, the Soft proposals pending in the Congress, par­ sumer's standpoint rather than from the Drink Interbrand Competition Act intro­ ticularly those promoting synthetic energy producer's st:mdpoint. Rather than duced by our colleagues, Mr. HALL of fuels, will not provide any meaningful subsidizing big energy corporations to pro­ Texas and Mr. MOLLOHAN of West Vir­ energy supplies for at least a decade. duce energy, we should be subsidizing con­ ginia. The fact is that this bill has re­ In short. we need to do something sumers of energy-whoever they are. There really ought be nothing sacred about pro­ ceived no action in the Monopolies Sub­ about energy-and about our people's viding all the blg Federal outlays to defense committee of the House Judiciary Com­ economic well-being-in the short term. and energy; we should be providing financial mittee despite the overwhelming support And, as Professors Yergin and Stobaugh, assistance to improve e1tlciency and increase of the House membership. who authored the Harvard book have our reliance on renewable energy resources It is for this reason that I am writing noted, the best short-term energy op­ in all the consuming sectors-residential, to the chairman of the Monopolies Sub­ portunity is conservation. "Indeed," they commercial, industrial and transportation­ write, "conservation-not coal or nuclear as the best short-term way to decrease our committee and the Judiciary Committee, reliance on imported oil. I am convinced that Mr. RoDINO, and ask that he hold hear­ energy-is the major alternative to im­ we can "get there from here" without dis- ings immediately on this bill and the sev­ ported oil. It could perhaps supply up to eral others that have been referred to 40 percent of America's current energy 1 Stobaugh, Robert and Daniel Yergin, his subcommittee. As many of my col­ usage • • •:• Energy Future, Random House (New York: leagues know, action has already begun I am drafting legislation which is de- 1979). p. 137. July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21385 comfort and, what's more, without massive VERMONTERS VOICE OPINIONS ON vide more incentives a.nd assistance for alter­ outlays of Federal dollars. KEY ISSUES IN CONGRESS native energy sources such as wood, hydro, My first proposal involves an amendment solar, and coal. 69.1 percent. to the National Er..ergy Act to require that D. Speed up licensing of new nuclear fis­ electric and gas ut111ties ur..dertake residen­ HON. JAMES M. JEFFORDS sion power plants. 21 percent. tial retrofit programs ranging from lnsul~­ E. Slow down licensing of new nuclear tion to solarization. In addition to major OF VERMONT plants, and assess the problems. 63.4 percent. conservation efforts obviating or slowing the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3. Health. Which of the following state­ need for new powerplant construction­ Monday, July 30, 1979 ments closest to your opinion on National which inevitably drlve.s consumers' bills up­ Health Insurance? Check only one. utility Involvement wlll ease financing for e Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. Speaker, this A. The government should provide manda­ consumers, assure quality work and provide spring I mailed to all Vermont house­ tory, comprehnsive health insurance, to as­ m3.1ntenance, particularly for solar equip­ holds a quest· onnaire seeking public sure the medical needs of all Americans are ment. met. 20.2 percent. Under my second proposal, Congress would opinion on major issues before Congress. B. The government should provide "cata­ authorize a program designed to attract pri­ Responses were returned, in time for strophic" health coverage to assure families vate capital for investments in energy effi­ tabulation, by 10,095 Vermonters. The will not face bankruptcy due to 1llness or in­ ciency, building retrofits, industrial retool­ general issues covered were thee . anomy, jury. 43.9 percent. ing, production of energy from waste, etc. energy, national health insurance, and C. The government should not play any The vehicle for the program would be a cor­ RARE II wilderness designations inVer­ increased role in providing health insurance poration with all the usual power given such mont. coverage. 26.4 percent. an entity, including the possib111ty of issuing The results have now been tabulated, 4. Wilderness. The arguments in Vermont's bonds or notes. Any capital so raised would current wilderness controversy are sum­ then be moved out through existing banking and I would like to share them with my marized elsewhere in this newsletter. Which institutions (both commercial banks and colleagues. Although the numbers speak of the following statements is closest to your savings and loans) to be lent at a subsldizea for themselves, there are a couple of con­ opinion? Check only one. interest rate-say 6.50 percent-to persons clusions to be drawn which, I believe, A. No additio.nal areas of the Green Moun­ borrowing to Improve energy efficiency or to should be emphasized. tain Naticnal Forest should be designated a.s increase the use of renewables. The Federal First, there is a virtual consensus in wilderness. 28.8 percent. commitment would amount only to the dif­ my State that the Federal budget should B. Only one of the six regions that were ference between the interest paid to the in­ considered should be designated as wilder­ vestor and the rate at which the ultimate be balanced; if not right away, as soon ness. (The Breadloaf area is reportedly being borrower would obtain his/ her loan. If, as an as feasible. My constituents clearly be­ considered.) 11.7 percent. example, $10 billion in capital were raised at lieve that waste is pervasive in vi:rtually c. Two or more of the areas of the Green 11 percent, the interest for one year (not all aspects of the Federal budget, and Mountain National Forest should be desig­ compounded, for simplicity's sake) would be most believe substantial savings can be nated as wilderness. 52.1 percent.e $1.1 bllllon, with the Government owing half, or $550 mlllion. Relative to some of the made without sacrificing necessary or numbers circulating for synthetic fuels, that valuable programs. PLANS TO MODIFY THE CONBOY seems a very low figure, indeed. Second, on tne issue of energy, Ver­ LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE IN On the borrower's side, let us assume that monters believe this country must take a homeowner learns that $1,700 in retrofitting firm and dec!sive action to develop do­ WASHINGTON STATE his/her home would reduce energy consump­ mestic energy sources such as wood, hy­ tion by 50 %-which is well established as dro, solar, and coal. The overwhelming being achievable. With heating oil at $1.00 HON. MIKE McCORMACK per gallon and a consumption of 1,350 gal­ majority does not support decontrol of OF WASHJNGTON lons for the season, the current bill for our oil prices, with or without a windfall IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES homeowner is $112.50 per month for heating profits tax. A large majority also believes oll. If the $1,700 is borrowed at 6 per cent that caution must be exercised in the li­ Monday, July 30, 1979 for 20 years and consumption is halved, then censing of new nuclear fission plants. e Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, to­ the monthly blll is reduced to $56.25, with The questionnaire results follow: dav I am introducing a bill designed to an added $12.18 for monthly payments of redress unjust action by the U.S. Fish interest and principle on the loan. In the QUESTIONNAIRE end, the $1,700 investment, including the 1. The economy. Please check the state­ and Wildlife Service in its development loan, means our homeowner would be paying ments with which you generally agree. You of the Conboy Lake National Wildlife $68.43 per month for heating, or 39% less may check more than one. Refuge in the Fourth District of Wash­ than before the investment. A. Congress should balance the budget ington State. There is substantial evi­ Similar gains could be achieved in the this year, even if that means eliminating or dence to demonstrate that the Fish and industrial, commercial and transportation significantly cutting back services which are Wildlife Service's development of this sectors, with savings running into the mil­ now provided. 34.6 percent. particular refuge is ill-advised and lions of dollars. Under my program subsidized B. Congre~s should cut costs by making interest loans would be available to these programs more efficient, moving toward a without significant merit, and when sectors either for improved efficiency in man­ balanced budget as soon as possible but weighed against the human hardships ufacturing processes or, for that matter, to without significantly injuring worthwhile it will create, should be halted. assist in retooling to make more efficient programs. 70 percent. Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge products, where those products are, them­ c. M111tary spending should be reduced by was aoproved in 1964 by the Migratory selves, energy users, such as toasters, other Congress. 42.1 percent. Bird Conservation Commission, pursu­ appliances. automobiles and the like. D. M111tary spending should be increased by ant to the Migratory Bird Conservation The legislation wlll be refined to assure Congress. 27.9 percent. Act of 1922. Its original size was to have that some of the capital available through E. Spending for domestic programs should the issuance of bonds and notes wm be made be reduced by Congre""s. 49.7 percent. been 10,245 acres; it was subsequently available to all four of the consuming sectors F. Spending for domestic programs should reduced to its current proposed size of on a. basis that makes sense-both in energy­ be increased by Congress. 19.1 percent. 9,266 acres. saving terms and in terms of meeting other G. The government should exert more con­ The Fish and Wildlife Service has ac­ important social goals, such as economic sta­ trol over business. 27.7 percent. quired through purchase 5,516 acres and b1llty and preservation (and additional crea­ H. The government should exert less con­ through condemnation 1,215 acres. Con­ tion) of jobs. trol over business. 51.9 percent. demnation action began in 1971 and has Numerous individuals in industry, finance, labor, consumer and environmental groups 2. Energy. In dealing with our energy orob­ been upheld twice by the Ninth Circuit have been most helpful in making sugges­ lems, which of the follow!ng steps should we Court of Appeals, San Francisco, with tions for the program I have outlined here. take? You may check more than one. Fish and Wildlife to take possession In preparing this memorandum, I am hoping A. Remove price controls on oil to dic::cour­ November 1, 1979. for the widest possible comment, crltici!:m, age use and encourage additional produc­ In 1967-68 the GAO conducted an in­ tion, without a windfall profits tax. 11.8 sug~estion for alteration, improvement, etc. vestigation of the acquisition of migra­ on the concept. I would appreciate any com­ percent. tory waterfowl refuges bv the U.S. Fish ments you might have. B. Rem·we price controls o.n oil, taxing half I am convinced the United States can of the windfall p:.-ofits and allowing the on and Wildlife Service which included an make meaningful reductions in its reliance companies to keep the other halt to en­ examination of Conboy Lake. Several of on imported oil, and that we can do so courage production, as the President has pro­ the findings were not favorable to the while saving money and living as well as, 1! posed. 23 percent. agency's proposed acquisition of land not better than, we now do.e C. Keep price controls on oil, and pro- at Conboy Lake: 21386 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 3'0, 1979 First. Even though Fish and Wildlife 325 head have been displaced from the energy proposals that might help lead the expected to attract 39 percent fewer condemned lands; and another 500 head United States out of the wilderness of waterfowl than they considered the ref­ will be displaced from the remain­ energy dependence, which could amount uge capable of handling, their original ing lands to be acquired. At approxi­ in dollars and impact to the largest single acreage requirements were not modified. mately $600 per head, this repre­ peacetime government initiative in U.S. With 10,500 acres, the refuge could have sents a loss of $924,000 value. An addi­ history, I feel it is indeed appropriate to supported 5.1 million use-days per year, tional 60 milk cows were displaced. At closely scrutinize these measures. This yet the Service projected a requirement $800 per head, this is an additional $48,- article by John Berry from the July 29th for only 3.3 million use-days per year. 000. In just one category-value of live­ Washington Post sets out some interest­ When this was noted, Fish and Wild­ stock-establishment of the refuge ing thoughts on the matter. life informed GAO that they planned means a loss of close to $1 million in [From the Washington Post, July 29, 1979) to reduce the refuge size by 2,300 acres, assets to the area. GOAL MAY PROVE ELUSIVE, COST Too HIGH but it was subsequently reduced by only Additionally, the Klickitat County (By John M. Berry) 1,000 acres. Commissioners have expressed concern President Carter and the Congress are fast Second. Approximately 37 percent of that the amount the county will receive committing the nation to a massive, expen­ the refuge are lands not necessary for in "in-lieu-of-taxes'' funds will be sub­ sive, risky new program to develop energy the function of the refuge as recom­ stantially less than the revenues which alternatives to imported oil. mended by the Fish and Wildlife as­ would be generated from property taxes The appeal is undeniable, for the goal 1s under the current assessed value of the nothing less than to free America from the certainment biologist. The cost of ac­ dictates of an avaricious world oil cartel quiring these lands would amount to 41 land involved. The pen·onal hardships created for the that is using the "oil weapon" not just to ex­ percent of the total cost. tract dollars but foreign policy concessions Third. In the wetlands inventory taken three families involved in the condem­ as well. in April 1954, Conboy Lake was not nation proceedings cannot be minimized. But there is a real chance that the goal recognized as of high or moderate value The Kreps family, represented by Mr. will prove elusive and the costs extraor­ to waterfowl. This 1954 report included and Mrs. Bill Giersch, will lose 333 acres dinarily high, not jus.t in government 90 percent of all significant wetlands in through condemnation already complet­ spending, but also in the form of hi~her in­ ed, and an additional400 acres which are flation, added pollution, decreased non­ the State, and the remaining 10 percent energy investment by business and at least a equaled 25 ,000 acres of marginal habitat within the proposed boundary of the refuge; Mrs. Agnes Miller will lose 657 temporarily lower standard of living for many in higher mountainous areas. Americans. Fourth. In 1961 the Pacific fiyway acres, which is her entire ranch, includ­ Opposition to some parts of the program representative recognized the marginal ing her home; and Mr. Wally Davis will has been overwhelmed by the sudden pollt­ value of Conboy Lake when, using a nu­ lo3e 225 acres, one portion of his ranch ical need to respond to t he long lines at merical rating format to establish prio~­ holdings. gasoline stations and rapidly rising prices at It is difficult for me to understand, Mr. the pump. Now, however, skeptics are emerg­ ity sites for refuges, he rated Conboy the ing even in Congress. They are wondering out lowest of 86 sites within the fiyway be­ Speaker, how an agency can justify con­ tinuing development of a project of mar­ loud whether the nation may not be leaping cause of unfavorable biological and ad­ unawares into the synthetic fuels production ministrative characteristics. On a scale ginal value for wildlife enhancement in plans that are the heart of the new program. of 0-41 biological characteristics, Con­ the face of this kind of adverse impact Administration officials acknowledge the boy rated 7. on people who have made their homes uncertainties, but say enough is known to While one of the primary purposes of and living in this area for years. push ahead. "There are no substitutes to the Fish and Wildlife Service in estab­ The House Interior Appropriations imported oil other than the range of pro­ lishing the refuge was to attract water­ Committee has already seen fit in its re­ duction alternatives we've proposed," says port of July 18, 1979, to delete any funds one. fowl away from crops on private lands, Today, the Washington Post begins a series the rating for this factor was 0. Further, for operation of the Conboy Lake Na­ of occasional articles that will explore the tract appraisal reports show that the tional Wildlife Refuge in fiscal year 1980. costs, the risks and the benefits of this mam­ 10,500-acre site contains only 144 acres This action will halt development of the moth commitment of national purpose for of water and marsh. refuge, but, the Fish and Wildlife Serv­ the decade of the 1980s. Fifth. In 1963, the Region I Land ice is moving forward with its plans to The first article deals with coal liquifica­ Acquisition Review Committee ranked take the condemned property and evict tion~the process of turning part of the na­ Conboy Lake low, due to its location be­ the three families. That is why the mat­ tion's abundant coal deposits into liquid ter is of some urgency, Mr. Speaker. fuel, either crude oil, a form of alcohol called tween the existing Toppenish and Ridge­ methanol, or directly into gasoline. Five field refuges, and the then-planned de­ The bill which I am introducing today groups of companies with five different proc­ velopment at Umatilla. would permit the Fish and Wildlife Serv­ esses each claim to be able to do the job­ In its 1964 presentation to the Migra­ ice to maintain a refuge of reasonable if the government somehow will help to fi­ tory Bird Conservation Commission, the size-the 5,516 acres which it has ac­ nance a $2 billion commercial-scale plant Fish and Wildlife Service stated the fol­ quired by purchase, and to acquire real turning out 50,000 barrels of fuel each day. lowing reasons for establishing the property by exchange in order to make No plant of that size using any of the five processes exists. The largest in the United refuge: that parcel contiguous. But it would States produces only about 150 barrels a day. ( 1) To faclUtate t he orderly expenditure force the Fish and Wildlife Service to re­ There is a 20,000-barrel-a-day plant in South of duck stamp funds; turn any real property acquired by con­ Africa that uses one of t he processes to pro­ (2) To take advantage of the willingness demnation-land which is excess to the duce gasoline, and a larger plant under con­ of land owners to sell; and needs of the refuge anyway-to the struction t here will produce an estimated (3) To provide an additional refuge site in owner or owners from whom such prop­ 120,000 barrels daily. Washington. erty was acquired, upon payment by such All of the synthetic fuels, like coal liqui­ owners of the amount, if any, paid by the faction, involve changing a source of energy The Fish and Wildlife Service did not from one form to another. All of them are disclose to the Commission: United States as compensation for such expensive, with only oil shale likely to cost First. That there were other areas of property. In the interests of justice, I little more t han oil at current prices. higher value to waterfowl not yet ac­ hope that the Congress can act quickly Because something has never been done is quired in the fiyway. on this legislation.• ha.rdly 2. sign that it cannot be, of course. Second. The basis used by the Service But doing something for the first time, and in a great hurry, can lead to some unpleas­ in determining that the refuge was re­ A CLOSE LOOK AT OUR SYNTHETIC ant surprises, particularly in terms of costs. quired to satisfy the needs of waterfowl. FUELS STRATEGY President Carter put the cost of his pro­ Third. The fact that an additional gram at $142 billion over 10 years, but that 4,200 acres recommended for purchase estim!l.te is not really based on costs at all. were biologically unessential for the HON. JOHN P. HAMMERSCHMIDT Rather it is simply a figure close to the min­ refuge. OF ARKANSAS imum amount of money the administration calculates its proposed windfall tax on do­ The negative economic impact of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES proposed refuge on the area is substan­ mestic crude oil will bring in. "Any reduc­ Monday, July 30, 1979 tion in the receipts . . . will require reduc­ tial. For example, 715 head of cattle have tions in these program levels," said a foot­ been displaced from the land already e Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT. Mr. Speaker, note to the While House fact sheet describ­ purchased by the Service; an additional as we prepare to consider the various ing the program. 21387 July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS At this point, anybody's figures probably No one knows, either, what the environ­ repeal of this unfair tax. The accom­ should be taken with a grain of salt. As a mental bill will add up to in the end. panying illustration shows how the recent Rand Corp. study for the Department A DOE study released July 12 found that marriage penalty tax effects a real­ of Energy put it, "Estimates of capital costs only 41 counties in the entire country have life middle-income couple. of pioneer energy process plants have been coal reserves adequate to supply a 100,000- The letter says, in part, " ... your bill poor predictors of actual capital costs." barrel-a-day plant for 25 years, with enough on not taxing couples more than singles Early estimates, even adjusted for infia­ water resources within 50 miles, and with is excellent. I recently had a case where tion, "have routinely understated definitive­ sufficient room under present federal air design or ultimate costs by more than 100 quality standards that the plants could be the couple stated that they shouldn't percent for oil shale, coal gasification and built. have gotten married because it cost them liquefaction (liquids), tar sands, solid waste Most of the sites are in the West where $1,138." and nuclear fuel reprocessing plants," the water is already in short supply, obtaining He went on to illustr-a.te: study warned. enough rights to water use for the plants MARRIED COUPLE Anyone can recall story after story about probably would mean buying large blocks of (1978 Rates;standard Deduction) weapons systems cost overruns. Yet the Rand ranch and farm land whose owners now His income: $17,983.62. study concluded that. on average, the actual control those rights. cost of weapons systems was much closer to The coal and oil shale supplying the Her income: $14,148.20. original estimates than the actual cost of plants would come largely from surface His tax if single: $3348. energy process plants to original estimates. mines in semi-arid a·reas in which reclama­ Her tax if single: $2227. First-of-a-kind plants always cost far more Single tax total: $5575. tion is still highly uncertain. Tax paid as a married couple, joint return: than expected, and building them on a tight And most of the counties have only very schedule-as will have to happen to meet small populations that might be over­ $6713. Carter's 1990 goals--"can cause both higher Extra tax paid due to marriage (In other whelmed by the infiux of workers needed to words, Marriage Penalty Tax). $1138.e cost and poor system performance," the study build and operate the plants. Including concluded. workers, employes of support facillties and Building the plants--most of which wm their familles, a 100,000-barrel-a-day plant MRS. CECll.J may try to tie the new grouTl's the kids who came to our booth. You couldn't hands and require specific appropriations Monday, July 30, 1979 have hired anyone to work that hard or so for the guarantees extended each plant. e Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, Ire­ enthusLastically. Ironically, if the Organization of Petroleum cently received a letter from -a. g€'ntle• She was a big woman, the widow of the Exporting Countries imposes big oil price man who worked for the Internal Reve­ owner and operator of Lamar's rather legend­ increases in coming years, it wlll swell re­ ary and now extinct broom factory. One of ceipts from the windfall tax-unless Con­ nue for nearlv 30 years before retiring. the strongest remembrances of her in gress fails to mal<"e it permanent, as it well He now aids individuals in the prepara­ Lamar is that if she decided something may do-and reduce any future outlays as tion of their tax returns. He commented needed doing it got done. Particularly in a result of price and purchase guarantees. on my bill to eliminate the so-called Lamar's Fourth Ward. In short, no one gnows what the costs of marriage penalty tax. As the Members Tootle created a ruckus in the Fourth Carter's program will turn out to be., know there have been repeated calls for Ward Democratic Caucus last winter, and it 21388 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 3'0, 1979 was probably one of the few times she had did on the eve of the appointment of investigation until the statute of limitations any political ambitions for herself. She Benjamin Civiletti to be our new At­ had almost run out. wanted to be the ward's Democratic com­ torney General. I commend this article In the half-decade since major air and water pollution laws were enacted, the En­ mitteewoman. She complained that nomina­ to the attention of all of my colleagues tions were closed improperly before names vironmental Protection Agency has referred could be submitted from the floor. She per­ in the House: about 130 criminal cases to the Justice De­ slated until she won her point. The caucus U.S. ATTACK ON CORPORATE CRIME YIELDS partment !or prosecution. Half a dozen have had to be reconvened. But she did not get HANDFUL OF CASES IN 2 YEARS involved major corporations. The Govern· elected. (By Philip Taubman) ment has filed criminal charges against one, Although much involved, Tootle did not WASHINGTON, July 14.-The Justice De­ Allied Chemical, which pleaded no contest get hyped up about pet causes or political partment has developed o.nly a handful of three years ago to charges that it dumped issues. No one ever worked harder anrl I have criminal cases against major corporations in large quantities of the toxic chemical Ke­ hardly ever been more obligat ed to anyone, pone into the James River in Virginia. The the two years since the Carter Administra­ case arose when about 80 people became 111. but there was always the feeling that Tootle tion promised t o crack down on corporate would never ask me to vote for or against "We're just not set up to handle these kinds and white-collar crime. of cases, and our record is awful," said an a. bill, would never ask for a job or for a Government experts estimate that vio­ personal favor. She never did! official in the land and natural resources lations of antitrust, tax, fraud, bribery, pol­ division of the Justice Department. So why did Tootle get involved? Why did lution and ether Federal laws by the na­ she love to have politicians in her kitchen? tion's thousand largest corporations cost the OTHER SOURCES OF DELAY Probably because she felt the best way she e::onomy billions of dollars a year. Present and former Government officials could discharge her obligation to vote in­ But the Justice Department still lacks the say that in some cases, a snail's pace by telligently was to get involved with the manpower, the expertise and, in some cases, regulatory agencies or other problems not people who were running and got elected. the motivation to co.nduct successful crim­ directly related to law enforcement have On our bicentennial j ndependence Day­ inal investigations and prosecutions against brought about the limited record of criminal on Sunday the Fourth of July, 1976-Jerry major corporations or their top executives, prosecutions against major corporations. In Litton gave the sermon at Independence according to a score of current and former the pollution area, for example, they note, Boulevard Christian Church in Kansas City. Justice officials and corporation lawyers. regulations for toxic waste disposal have only Here is just a little bit of what he said: Harold R. Tyler Jr., a former Federal dis­ recently been drafted. "Some are suggesting that politicians are trict judge and Deputy Attorney General in There is little argument about the cost not addressing the issues. But I think the the Ford Administration, said, "The Justice of white-collar crime. The Joint Economic people ar~ wanting to look deeper than is­ Department dcesn't even know the magni­ Committee of Congress estimates that su~h sues. They want to know the people behind tude of what it's missing in terms of cor­ crime costs the United States economy $44 those issues. I think they want to know the porate crime. It was a. very serious problem billion a year; crimes against property cost man, the woman, the candidate, the public for the Government when I was there, and about $4 billion. official. They want to know how they feel it st111 is." If the costs associated with antitrust price­ about others. They want to know whether Top officials of the department say that fixing and fraud against Government pro­ or not they are believers. Are they Chris­ its efforts against white-collar crime in gen­ grams are included, the total annual cost of tians? Do they believe? How do they feel eral and corporate crime in particular have white-collar crime exceeds $200 billion, ac­ toward t heir fellow man? intensified. cording to Government estimates. "Somehow we've lost faith in our God and "I'm pleased with the progress we've made Experts say that while crimes committed our country, and it's making it very difficult in recent years," said Deputy Attorney Gen­ by the 1,200 major corporations listed by the for a free system and a free society to work. eral Eenjamin R. Civ1lett1. "We now have I .R.S. account for only part of the total For a free system and a free society and a more emnhasis on fie-hting white-collar crime cost, that part runs into billions of dollars democracy to function, people must believe. than in the history of the United States, and a year. People must want to follow, since they are we've undertaken more sophisticated prose­ not forced to follow. The fact that our cutions than ever before." SEVERITY OF PROBLEM ACKNOWLEDGED people have not wanted to follow the past Most officials, however, while agreeing that President Carter and Attorney General few years has weakened the basic structure the Justice Department is trying harder, say Griffin B. Bell have frequently acknowledged of our democracy." that the effort is having minimal success the severity of corporate and white-collar I came to look upon Tootle McCluey as against the enormous obstacles involved in crime in speeches and policy pronounce­ one who dared to follow. Once she had deter· investigating and prosecution major corpora­ ments. Last year Mr. Carter said, "Powerful mined which Democrats were worthy of her tions. white collar criminals cheat consumers of loyalty, whether they were believers, how One top Justice Department official said, millions of dollars. Too often these big-shot they felt toward others-once she knew "It's just a lot easier for us to pick on the crooks escape the consequences of their them and they satisfied her-she was not small guy" because the major companies, acts." distracted by issues or what might be in it with their exten.,!.ve resources and complex Mr. Bell has increased the staff of the for her. With a lot more like her, we would operations, require an extensive commitment Justice Department's fraud section and is not have to have doubts about our democ­ of investigative time and expertise, both of creatinq; special economic crime enforce­ racy working.e which are in short supply. ment units in 27 United St9.tes Attorneys' RECORDS OF VARIOUS AGENCIES offices. An examination of Government records But the emphasis and effort, Justice offi­ JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS showed the following: cials said, have yet to solve the myriad LAGGING AGAINST WHITE-COL­ pl'oblems that the Government encounters In the last two years, Internal Revenue when it tac'rles a major corporation in a LAR CRIME Service investigations led to 3.3~0 incllct­ ments !or criminal violations of Federal t:l.x criminal case. FTom detection to prosecution, laws. Nine in•·olved rna lor cornorations. The these cases confront the Government with HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. I.R.S. devoted 2.5 percent of its investigative a nearly immobilizing web of problems, some inherent, others created by the Government OF MICHIGAN time last year to maJor corporations, which it defines as those with assets of $250 m1llion itself. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES or more. These problems fall into three main cate­ Monday, July 30, 1979 The Securities and Exchange Commission gories: problems produced by policy, prob­ lems of investigation, and problems of pros­ has referred 420 cases involvin~ questionable e Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, for the domestic and foreign corporate pavmPnts by ecution. past 2 years, the Subcommittee on Crime major corporations to the Justice Depart­ POLICY AND GOALS CLASH has been conducting oversight regarding ment in recent years. Ten have resulted in While combating white-collar crime is the capabilities of the U.S. Department guiltv ole!l.s and 30 are under investigation, called a high priority goal in the Carter of Justice to detect, investigate, and according to officials in the fraud section of Administration, specific policy within en­ prosecute corporate and white-collar the Justice Department. The rest have been forcement agenc ~ es does not make major dronoed. No corporate executives have been corporations a leading target for investi­ crime. In an insightful article by Philip prosecuted individually, although m!l.ny were gation. Taubman, the New York Times recently named in the S.E.C. file'! . In the fraud section, for example, one of analyzed this subject in a lengthy front Of 23 criminal antitrust cases brought by the main centers for investigating corporate page article appearing on Sunday, the Justice Department this year, three in­ wrongdoinp;, "our first priority was going July 15, 1979. As chairman of the Sub­ volved major coroorations. after fraud in welfare, Medicare, Medicaid committee on Crime, and as one who has Though the Department o! Energy esti­ and other Federal programs." satd Richard undertaken a com-prehensive analysis 1f mates that fraudulent oil transactions run Be::kler, chief of the fraud section until he into the billions of dollars every year, the left last month to enter private practice. the resources devoted by the Department one major oil company charged with such The tax division of the Justice Department of Justice to combat corporate crime, I a. transaction was able to plea bargain !or a is handicaoped by the enforcement policy found this article to be particularly modest fine because the Justice Department, of the I .R.S., which, according to Thomas J . significant and valuable, appearing as it according to Congressional critics, delayed an Clancy, director of criminal investigations, July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21389 tries to spread its enforcement net as widely The 60 lawyers assigned to criminal tax as possible to create a deterrent. cases must review about 2,400 cases a year. All Volunteer Army and returning to the That policy left corporations, which paid "The load is brutal," said a tax division offi­ draft could not have been more poign­ 16 percent of the taxes collected by the Fed­ cial. "We're missing good cases against big antly stated than in a letter I received eral Government last year, subject to less corporations because we lack the manpower." recently from the wife of a career army than five percent of the I.R.S.'s investiga­ Tax division requests for increased staff in staff sergeant following a published dis­ tive time. "Most of the cases referred to the the criminal section have been turned down cussion of the issue between our colleague tax division by the I.R.S. are against doctors, by the attorney general's office the last two from Ohio, Mr. SEIBERLING and myself. lawyers and other owners of a sole-proprie­ year~. torship business," said Cono R. Namorato, The letter follows: once a revenue service agent and, until re­ "ALL-OUT GLOBAL WAR" IN COURT STOW, OHIO. cently, Deputy Assistant Attorney General in The difficulties encountered in investiga­ DEAR REPRESENTATIVE MCCLOSKEY; The the tax division. tions are often eclipsed by problems that Akron Beacon Journal published your feel­ ings on the future o! the Draft and I felt ANOTHER SERIES OF OBSTACLES develop once a corporate crime case moves to court. Here, according to lawyers for both compelled to write to you because although When it does investigate a major corpo­ the Go1·ernment and larc-e corporations, the I am against the Draft I know that it is prob­ ration, the Justice Department !aces another Government can be outmanned, outgunned ably the only solution for the Armed Serv­ series of obstacles. and outmaneuvered in many ways. ices. "One of our biggest problems is lack of "Any criminal case is war," said Mr. Fer­ My husband is a Staff Sgt. in the U.S. Army investigative resources," said Robert B. Fiske guson of the tax division. "A criminal case with 14 years of service. I have seen the Army Jr., United States Attorney !or the Southern against e. major corporation is all-out global up close in the 11 years we have been mar­ District of New York. war. Corporations use every weapon they can ried. In the case of the Federal Bureau of In­ afford, and they can afford a lot. EY'erything you mentioned as being wrong vestigation, the Government's main source with the Volunteer Army is in fact true. of investigative manpower, the difficulty is The major weapon is expert defense coun­ sel. While the Government often goes to Toda.y's Army is made up of minority groups. lack of training to unravel economic crimes. They are people who don't want to work but "This is an area that has only recently re­ court with young, inexperienced lawyers, ac­ cording Justice Department officials com­ want to draw a paycheck, of unemployable&, ceived emphasis at the F.B.I.," said Mr. to or misfits and social outcasts. Nobody who Fiske. "The bureau is taking steps to recruit panies in trouble can hire such Washington can get a job as a civ111an goes into the low and train people in this area, but it takes lawyers as Judah Best, Arthur F. Mathews paid Army. and Herbert J. Miller, who have years of time. You can't take a group of agents who In 1974 the pay was pretty good. Now, with have investigated street crimes for years and experience handling corporate cases and who inflation the past five years, I have to work turn them into financial experts overnight." can frustrate the Government at every turn, to keep the blll collectors from our door The Federal investigators who do have say lawyers in Government and in the pri­ and I can no longer afford to go with my such expertise, the agents of the I.R.S., are vate sector. husba.nd as he is transferred from one place unavailable to help with non-tax criminal In litigation of a case involving lllegal tax to another. We moved five times in the last cases because of a provision in the 1976 Tax have:1s, for e:tample, defense attorneys, in­ ten years and each time it cost us more out Reform Act. To protect the privacy of third­ voking the Freedom of Information Act, of our own pocket for expenses that were not party financial records, such as tax infor­ asked for an index of thousands of pieces of co-,ered by moving allowances. mation and bank records, the law forbids documentary evidence collected by the Gov­ We returned from a tour of duty in the I.R.S. to share its findings with other ernment. It took 30 Government lawyers and Germany a year ago and what I saw there criminal investigators without a court investigato"'s six weeks to prepare the index, scared me a lot. On any given day of any order. according to Mr. Ferguson. givEn week, we could not have put 50% of "The I.R.S. can't even tell us whom TRACING RESPONSIBILITY DIFFICULT our troops into combat. Drugs and alcohol they're investigating, much less work with Pinning responsiblllty on specific corporate are used on duty and omcers and NCO's look us," said Mr. Fiske. executives is another obstacle, "When you the other way. In fact the Army actually HUGE MOUNDS OF EVIDENCE get into a big corporation, with multiple encourages the use of alcohol and never is a Manpower shortages are compounded by levels of supervision, it is hard to trace re­ Company party or picnic held that alcoholic the volume of documentary evidence pro­ sponsibility for misconduct," said Mr. Namo­ beverages are not the central attraction. The duced in most cases involving major corpo­ rato. Army could even be accused of pushing rations. "The amount of paper is stagger­ The complexity o! corporate cases also alcohol. ing," said Andrea S. Ordin, United States causes problems. Richard Blumenthal, United Drugs were a terrific problem when we Attorney !or the Central District of Cali­ States Attorney !or Connecticut, s3.id, "The were there. One barracks on one of the com­ fornia, which includes Los Angeles. applicable laws in corporate cases are fre­ pounds was well known for its daily OD re­ Mrs. Ordin cited a case in her district in quently the most complex, producing cases quiring an ambulance from the dispensary. which half a m111ion pages of documents that are difficult to reduce to issues a jury My husband is "old Army" and a Vietnam were collected as part of an investigation can easily grasp." veteran. He likes the Army the way it use to into alleged bribery of an Alaskan telephone When legal strategy fails, corporations can be. He doesn't understand "Today's Army". official by two California-based companies try using political leverage. We have seen a lot of 10-12 year men get out that are subsidiaries of Japanese corpora­ Given these problems in dealing with cor­ because they wouldn't have their families tions. pora.te crime, the Justice Department often around the situations that exist at bases "It can take weeks of following the paper finds a plea bargain an attractive com­ today. trail before we even know lf there is a case promise. Though department officials say they I can confirm your belief that the Military worth pursuing," Mrs. Ordin said. prefer to push for trial and conviction, the ts greatly out of shape and would be slaught­ The combination of extensive documen­ record shows a preponderance of plea bar­ ered just like the Divisions sent against tary evidence and limited investigative gains in corporate cases. North Korea at the beginning of the war. manpower appears to account for the Jus­ ATTRACTIVENESS OF A PLEA It scares the life out of me that my husband tice Department's conduct in the fraudu­ "You almost go for a plea bargain uncon­ would have to lead and depend on the men lent oil transfer case. Two years ago, execu­ sciously because of all the problems," said in his company. They would be worthless. tives of the Continental 011 Company, the Mr. Namorato. "Given the choice between I hate the idea of the Draft. I won't let nation's ninth largest oil corporation, vol­ setting on a plea up front versus going to my daughter go, I wlll personally take her to untarily told tile Government about an trial for six months and ending up with a Canada first and unless the Army changes alleged scheme within the company to cir­ hung jury, the average Government prosecu­ drastically my son wm not go either. cumvent price controls on the sale of tor would take the plea." The Military use to put homosexuals of both sexes out of the service as undesirable. crude oil. Frequently, records show, plea bargains When the Federal Energy Administration They no longer do this. I will not have my include a substantial reduction in charges. children forced to be exposed to things they eventually referred the case to the Justice In some cases involving felony violations, the Department, it was assigned for three months and not old enough to handle or worldly Government has accepted a guilty plea on enough to be able to know what they are to an attorney in the fraud section, Gerald P. misdemeanor charges.e Egan, who was then deeply involved in getting exposed to. prose::uting a land fraud case in Florida. My children are being raised as middle class, well educated children. You cannot say "I was in trial," recalled Mr. Egan, "and I THE DRAFT-A DIFFICULT CHOICE just didn't have time to work on the Conoco the Army is composed of middle class, well case.'' educated people. It's more like lower class Representative John Conyers, chairman of 1llitera.te. Jf given the free choice now even at the House subcommittee on crime, has HON. PAUL N. McCLOSKEY, JR. their age they would not choose to live in charged that the Government neglected the OF CALIFORNIA Watts over the suburban neighhorhood we case until the statute of limitations had IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES live in and for which I work to keep us ln. nearly run out, forcing the Justice Depart­ Monday, July 30, 1979 As much as I hate it, Draft is probably the ment to settle for a plea bargain and modest only solution but things must change when fine in the end. Otficials say the case was e Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Speaker, the the Draft resumes. Homosexuals must not handled as expeditiously as possible. difficult choice between a nonworkable be forced together With our children. The 21390 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 30, 1979 Army's attitude about alcohol must take a turism, unreadiness is an invitation to such 360• turn and a campaign to discourage adventurism. A sense of obligation drinking taken up. Stress on physical and Combat service requires a minimum of six Fourth, if the draft is indeed inevitable, at mental fitness must be the order of the day, months' basic combat training; it requires a time when perhaps only one out of six not how many drinks it takes to put the Sgt. a minimum of six months' hard physical is needed-4.3 m1llion young people turn 18 under the table and who is the Company preparation. We are not in the situation, as each year and 700,000 are needed-would it Macho drinker. Pay has to improve. A Family in World Wars I and II, where oceans pro­ not be fair to ask all young people to accept cannot live on today's pay. You are asking tected our ability to organize and train the concept of a. duty tC' the country? people to voluntarily live on the poverty line, expeditionary forces, or, as in Vietnam, It is my feeling that today's youth are not how can you in good conscience force them where circumstances permitted a gradual opposed to national service, they may well to live that way. A man feels a failure if he bulldup against a poorly equipped indige­ oppose the u::;e of conscription to support un­ cannot give his wife and children the things nous force, essentially without airpower, declared wars such as Vietnam, but the they need. He then drinks and the family tanks or naval support. young idealists who opposed Vietnam in eventually breaks up. This is good for so­ The early days of the Korean War provide 1969 Wflre the same type of individuals who ciety? a much more pertinent lesson. There, the volunteered t('l serve in the Canadian Armed Careful planning must go along with any sudden attack of the North Koreans forced Forces in 1939, before the United States en­ resumption of the MUitary Draft. President Truman to commit troops into tered the war against Germany. Sincerely, combat who were neither physically in shape Duty, honor, country and a sense of ob­ ELIZABETH MCCULLEY. nor trained for the terrain and weather ligation to serve the nation and mankind are they encountered. very much a part of th~ ethic of today's [From the Akron Beacon Journal, Four U.S. divisions, fat and comfortable youth. June 25, 1979] from garrison duty in Japan, were originally Providing 700,000 men and women for the no match for hard, tough North Korean regular forces and a similar number for the COMPULSORY NATIONAL SERVICE: A CURE OR A soldiers. Many young U.S. soldiers were killed reserves (may require) only one out of three CURSE? or captured as a direct result of their non­ young Americans for this national neces­ IT'S VITAL WE BE PREPARED readiness. The crack First Marine Division sity. But this also mvolves a division of bur­ (By PAUL N. McCLOSKEY, JR.) was not ready for the weather conditions it den. The b111 for a National Youth Service Sys­ encountered at the Chosen Reservoir. The active combat forces require at least tem is predicated on several basic premises. I was one of the first reserve omcers to two years of service. The ready reserve can First, the all-volunteer force concept is too finally reach the battlefront, seven months wen do with six months of full-time service expensive. We cannot afford to increase our after the initial attack, when we finally and 5~ years of active reserve duty. manpower share of the defense budget above began to turn the tide. It was the reserves Why not also recognil"e a sense of duty who turned the tide, but I stress again that for national service for everyone? the present 55 percent in order to attract it took six months at the very least to pre­ It is on this premise that a spirit of ideal­ more volunteers. To do so, again<>t the Soviet pare those reserves to have even a minimum manpower percentage of only 23, would be istic service has always craracterized the chance of survival. best of our young people that the national to court disaster over the next two decades. youth servi(:e concept is based. Any additional manpower expeditures To be combat ready, the training must should be at the staff non-commissioned of­ come very close to combat conditions. It LIBERTY WOULD BE THE LOSER IF CONSCRIPTION must sometimes be even more arduous than FORCES WIN ficer levels and to attract re-enlistments, not combat. new recruit. The key to this b1llis the reduc­ (By JOHN F. SEIBERLING) tion of pay for junior enliste1 personnel It is this disparity between the pleasures of present civilian life and the nature of Compulsory inductions into the armed with less than two years of service back to forces of the United States ended in Decem­ subsistence levels. combat training which should convince all of us that we are not going to get enough ber 1972. Six months later, with certain ex­ Second, the all-volunteer force concept is ceptions, the authority of the President to not providing a combat ready army. The re­ reasonable young men and women to volun­ teer to be combat ready. orde1· inductions also expired. serve and National Guard forces are not Yet today, less than six years after the end combat-ready. No one. even in the Defense Congress' responsibility of the draft. and with our nat!on at peace, we Department, denies this admitted failure of A combat ready army is perhaps the first are once again hearing a rising chorus of calls the all-volunteer force concept. ,.esponsib111ty of the Congress. We should for a resumption of compulsory mmtary In the event of a major war, the Selective never forget that the primary purpose be­ service. Service System could not be reactivated hind our own Constitution was to give the I was recently asked if I thoug-ht a consen­ quickly enough to deliver the additional power to the Congress to raise an army and sus exists in Congress for a return to the 650,000 personnel required. provide for a navy. draft. In my opinion, such a consensus does In December for the first time the Air We were not at war in 1787 when the Con­ not exist, but a few members of the House Force was unable to meet its enlistment stitutional Convention convened, but it was and Senate are doing their ber;t to create one. quotas with reasonably qualified applicants, clear that the independence earned in eight The current debate on the draft revolves a problem which has pla~ued the Army and years of war against Great Britain was about a.round three issues: compulsory registration Marine Corps for some time. For the last to be lost unless the Congress was given of young men (and, perhaps, of young quarter of 1978, the percentage of qualified power to protect the national security, a women) with the Selective Service System; recruits for all of the four armed services power lacking 1:nder the original Articles the draft itself; and so-called "universal na­ dropped below established goals. The Air of Confederation. And that power was not tional service." Force met only 95 percent of its quota, the one to be entrusted to the executive branch. The House Armed Services Committee re­ Army 93 percent, the Marines 85 percent and I trust the Defense Department's current cently approved an amendment to the an­ the Navy 85 percent. statements that "the all-volunteer Army is nual Defense Deoartment authorization b111 The Army has just asked for standby rein­ working" about as much as I trusted their (HR 4040) which, if enacted, will require all stitution of the Selective Service System, seven years of statexnents that we were "win­ males turning 18 on or after Jan. 1, 1981, to and a recent General Accounting omce re­ ning" in Vietnam. register beginning in 1981. port recommends this action as well. The Senate Armed Services Committee has Third, if for the above reasons a draft of held hearinq.s on whether to follow the same These problems threaten our constitu­ U.S. citizens is inevitable, it is best that the tional responsibility for the national de­ approach. Thur; the first step has been taken armed forces of the United States represent in a campaiJ?n to revive the draft. fense. We are sorely in need of a system of a cross-section of the nation, from every m1Utary recruitment that can provide essen­ walk of life and from every economic and Let's take a look at some of the claims used tial manpower. At the same time. we are intelligence level. to support proposals for registration, the faUlng to utilize a vast reservoir of the na­ draft and universal service, and the facts tion's youth to meet social, economic and One of the tragedies of Vietnam was the which, in my view, clearly refute them. environmental needs. heavy burden placed on minorities as a re­ sult of the congres!'ionally imposed exemp­ Registration Combat readiness in 1979 means the tion for college students. With perhaps 21 Besides requiring registration of all IS­ readiness to go into combat on 24 hours' percent of the U.S. population either black year-old males. the committee's amendment notice. It requires the physical fitness to or Mexican-American, some 44 percent of would require the President to orepare a plan run 10 miles at a stretch, training in the the combat casualties were borne by those for reforming the Selective Service System, desert and jungles in the summer, and in two minorities. including such issues as drafting women and arctic areas In the winter. How many reason­ The same would be true today, since the whether to register peonle in person or by able young men and women today are going cullin~ names from school records, driver to volunteer to be combat-ready given the Armv's combat units contain an even more registration and other sources, after waiving pursuit-of-hapoiness options otherwise disproportionate s't'are or minorities than apolic»tion or the Privacy Act. ava.Uable on all sides? they did during the Vietnam War. Recent re­ cruiting scandals give credence to the sug­ All registered persons would be required to The whole purpose of the armed services gestion that the poor and the poorly edu­ notify the Selective Service whenever they or the next 20 years is hopefully not to fight, cated are much more subject to the blan­ chani?e addre"s, p1an to leave the country or, but to constantly be ready to fight. Combat dishments of a recruiting team than are the in some cases, change jobs. It is unclear readiness is a deterrent to foreign adven- when. if ever, these reporting requirements white, well-educated and well-to-do. would cease. July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21391 Historically, amendments or extensions of The Defense Department says that a "draft Ron Paul, a very conseravtlve Republican draft laws have been brought up as separate focused solely on the selected reserve or the from Texas. when he said: legislation-never before as part of a defense Indi.Tidual Ready Reserve" would involve "In today's world, ~e don't need an armed authorization. Certainly, an issue of such practical dimcultles. A selected reserve draft force of green kids to defend our country. far-reaching implications should be handled ... could undermine community support fo!· Not to mention the cost inemciency of spend­ separately. the resenes. An IRR draft would require that iiltj billions to train one-uit..:h soldiers ... ::r.et, aHer only limited hearings, the com­ personnel with as little as 12 weeks of train­ using an authoritarian method such as the mittee casually tacked the registration ing be available for combat duty within 30 draft deme.:l.ns our armed forces and our amendment on to the regular annual Depart­ days of mobUizat:on for a period of six years Consatution. lt is a sign of military and ment of Defense authorization bill. following this training. societal weakness, not strength." What justification is offered !or this un­ "It is unclear whether such individuals 'lhe ultimate in government intervention precedented handling of such an unfair ap­ could achieve and ret ain the neces ~ ary skills in people's lives is the draft, whether for proach to a serious invasion of the privacy and physical conditioning with so little train­ military or civilian purposes. To accept a of a. future generation of young Americans? ing., peacetime draft or registration is to accept Supporters of peacetime draft registration The Defense Department concludes that the permanent regimentation of America's claim that the Selective Service is incapable "program changes being tested and imple­ youth. of meeting the Defense Department emer­ mented for the reserves . . . should be given It strikes at the very heart of the American gency manpower mobilization 1 imetable, rais- a chance to work." concept of personal liberty and a free way ing doubts that draftees could be delivered Since the evidence suggests that a Umited of Hie. The only ;ustification for either reg­ quickly enough in the event of a. nonnuclear draft would do little to solve the alleged istration or the draft is a clear necessity from war (presumably in western Europe). problems of the reserves, it seems to me that the standpoint of national defense. Yet the Selective Service Sy.3tem has said we should at least give the Defense Depart­ The burden of establishing the necessity repeatedly that it can develop the ca.pab111ty ment a chance to find more desirable alter­ should always be on those who would impose to meet the mobi11zation timetable. natives. such a drastic curtaUment of individual Ub­ Acting Director Robert Shuck recently said Universal service erty. Its advocates have failed to meet that his agency "is firmly convinced that we can Promoters of so-called "universal national burden.e develop and demonstrate a capab111ty to service" claim that by requiring every young register and deliver inductees within 30 man and woman to perform some type of days," without peacetime registration. national service the inherently discrimina­ AlRBAGS AND OPINION POLLS The Congressional Budget Omce, in a No­ tory aspects of the draft w111 b~ eliminated. vember 1978 report, concluded that the Se­ Moreover, they claim that universal service lective Service, with a small increase in funds proposals are voluntary Jn the sense that HON. LIONEL VAN DEERLIN they offer a number of choices, thus elimi­ and without peacet.ime registration is capable OF CALIFORNIA of dellvering the first inductee in 25 d;tys­ nating the coercive elements of the draft. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES five days ahead of the Pentagon's requested Under universal service, as exempllfied by schedule. That brings us to the draft itself­ two b1Ils introduced in the House, every Monday, July 30, 1979 the ultimate purpose of registration. young man and woman (except conscien­ tious objectors) would be required to register e Mr. VAN DEERLIN. Mr. Speaker, I The draft with a National Service Board, to choose chaired the Subcommittee on Consumer Supporters of the draft say the all-volun­ either civilian or military service (or partici­ Protection and Finance during the 94th teer force isn't working-that it has !ailed to pate in a lottery like that near the end of Congress. provide sumcient numbers of capable, intel­ the Vietnam War), and be required to serve I became convinced, during the course ligent men and women to meet the needs of for from one to two years. The alternative, a peacetime defense. should one decline to register, would be up of exhaustive hearings, that airbags in I find it strange indeed that some members to two years in jail. all automobiles would significantly re­ of Congress argue that the volunteer force If there is doubt about the constitutional­ duce the carnage on our highways. This isn't working in the face of a comprehensive ity of a peacetime military draft, there can slaughter is a national disgrace and, for Defense Department report ("America's Vol­ be little doubt that a non-military draft in many families, a great personal tragedy. unteers," Dec. 31, 1978) which conclPdes that peacetime is unconstitutional-involuntary However, I felt there might be reluc­ the volunteer force "has provided the mili­ servitude, pure and simple, with no national tance on the part of motorists to passive tary services with a full-strength active force defense need to peg it on. of a quallty equal to or superior to that Cost estimates of universal service range restraint systems. But public attitudes achieved under the draft." from $12 billion to $23 billion, according to have matured. Five separate polls, the The same report goes on to say that, since the Department of Defense. A huge new bu­ results of which follow, show that the the end of the draft, the active forces have reaucracy would have to be created to assign public wants better crash protection. remained within 1.5 percent of their con­ all the "draftees" to their chosen jobs and A great number of well-respected gressionally authorized levels (in fact, by malre sure they !>erformed them. At e. time groups also support airbags, and I have the end of last year they actually exceeded when Congress is subjecting every federal also included a list of the National Com­ their planned manpow~r levels). program to intense fiscal scrutiny, and cut­ mittee for Automotive Crash Protection. It further states that the quality of those ting back even basic human services, pro­ These groups will oppose the Dingell serving on active duty has "not declined as motion of universal national service is popularly believed but has markedly and either unrealistic or unconscionable--or anti-airbag amendment. steadlly improved since the end of the draft"; both. Since I think action on auto safety is that retention of enlisted personnel has in­ The debate on Selective Service registra­ long overdue, I will oppose the amend­ creased and is well above pre-Vietnam levels; tion, the draft, and universal service will ment as well. and that disciplinary problems have de­ probably continue for some time. Those in­ The material follows: clined. The Defense Department itself op­ volved would do well to refiect on the words PuBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD AUTOMATIC CRASH poses a return to the draft, concluding that of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution: PROTECTION SYSTEMS "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude. tho "draft is not necessary." ABC NEWS-HARRIS SURVEY Draft advocates also charge that we are except as punishment for a crime whereof January 1979-"Despite the public's reluc­ !acing a crucial shortage of personnel in the the party s~all have been duly convicted. shall exist within the United States, or any tance toward more government spending, reserve force. They argue that a limited draft there are some federal programs, mainly o! 200,000 young people each year would solve placo sub1ect to t heir jurisdiction." This Pneq_uivoC'al prohilJ!.tion can be over­ those concerning health and safety, in which the manpower problems in the reserves. The Americans would like to see the government Defense Department estimates that the cost ridden only by the Imperatives of national survival-when nothing short of compulsory make a more vigorous effort. These include of such a limited draft would be $785 million programs dealing with auto safety." Some ser-rtc~ will Sl'.mce. a year (or $3,925 for each person inducted). 86 percent of those surveyed felt that the One would think it would be less costly to Yet the mlllhry hasn't even begun to dem­ onstrate that lts actual or anticipated man­ federal government is "moving too slow" or provide more incentives to encourage volun­ at " just the right pace" in efforts to make teers for the reserves. power problems cannot be solved with better personnel management, more energetic re­ automobiles more safe. More than half (51 A recently released report from the Gen­ percent) said the federal government is mov­ eral Accounting omce concludes that "nearly cruiting, more women recruits, higher en­ listment bonuses. and improvement of other ing "too slow," while 35 percent said the 25 percent of the Army's deployable reserve pace is "just right." has no assigned miss:ons during the first six benefits. On the contrary. the available facts months following mobil1zation." show that registration and the draft are not PETER D. HART RESEARCH ASSOCIATES The report suggests that maintaining "un­ necesc:ary at this time. May 1978---(for the U.S. Department of necessary and unsupportable units in the This is not a partisan issue or a question Transportation)-58 percent favor the au­ reserves . . . is a misapplication of scarce re­ of wl:ether you favor or oppose increases in t om!l.tic protection standard. Of those sur­ sources and a burden to the management the defense budget. veyed, 35 percent would choose an air bag structure." The matter was well put by Congre ~ sman at $350 extra. while 37 percent would choose 21392 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 30, 19'(9 an automatic belt even 1! there were no Ralph Nader, Attorney. •Labor and Human Resources price difference. The public rates air bags National Association of Emergency Medi­ Heal~h and Scientific Research Subcom­ a.bo;re automatic or active belt systems !or cal Technicians. mittee their safety protection, comfort, ease of use National Association of Independent In­ To hold hearings on S. 568, to promote and appearance. surers. the advancement of women in scien­ HARRIS AND ASSOCIATES National Association of Mutual Insurance tific, professional, and technical ca­ March 1978-(for Amtrak)-By 83 percent, Companies. reers. auto safety is the most important improve­ National Association of Professional In- 2228 Dirksen Building ment needed in the U.S. transportation sys­ surance Agents. 10:00 a.m. tems (simlla.r results were obtained in the National Consumers League. Armed Services Hart survey). For trips over 100 miles, 56 National Safety Council. To continue hearings on the mllltary percent of those polled sa.ld they would National Spinal Cord Injury Foundation. implications of the SALT II Treaty. choose the auto. Sixty-three percent said the Nationwide Insurance Company. 318 Russell Building government should spend more money to Norte Vista Medical Center., Hobbs, New Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs improve auto safety. Mexico. Business meeting, to continue markup Ohio Farmers Insurance Company. THE GALL UP POLL of S. 524, 581, 730, 932 (as passed the Physicians for Auto Safety. House), 1377, and 1409, all of which July 1977-Although most drivers !all to Physicians National Housestaff Associa­ use their seat belts-and overwhelmingly op­ provide for the development, produc­ tion. tion, and financial assistance of en­ pose laws that would fine a. person !or fall­ Prudential Insurance Company of America. ing to do so-they nevertheless vote in favor ergy resources progratns. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance 5302 Dirksen Building of automatic protection in cars in the form Company. of air bags. Some 46 percent of those sur­ Budget Safeco Insurance Company of America. Business meeting, to continue markup veyed favored requiring automa.kers to in­ Saint PaUl F·ire & Marine Insurance Com- stall air bags in cars. The standard allows of the second concurrent resolution on pany. the Congressional budget for fiscal for automa.tic belts as well as air bags, but State Farm Insurance Companies. this issue was not raised in the survey. year 1980. S. Lynn Sutcliffe, Attorney. 6202 Dirksen Building YANKELOVICH SURVEY Travelers Insurance Companies. Energy and Natural Resources September 1976-(for Motor Vehicle Manu­ United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agri­ Business meeting on pending calendar facturers Associatlon)--Qf the 62 percent cultural Implement Workers of America business. (UAW). who knew what an air bag is, 35 percent said 3110 Dirksen Building they would pay $100 or more for one. Of United Services Automobile Association. Finance that 62 percent group, 76 percent ~:a.ld they Wisconsin Consumers League.e To resume consideration of proposed In­ perceived at least one or more benefits from ternal Revenue Service procedures on a.1r bags. tax-exempt schools, pertaining to the SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS deduction of certain charitable con­ NATIONAL COMMI'M'EE FOR AUTOMOBILE tributions and IRS collection pro­ CRASH PROTECTION Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed cedures. LIST 01' MEMBERS to by the Senate on February 4, 1977, 2221 Dirksen Building Allstate Insurance Companies. calls for establishment of a system for Foreign Relations American Academy of Pediatrics. a computerized schedule of all meetings To continue hearings, in closed session, American Association of Physical Medicine and hearings of Senate committees, sub­ on the SALT II Treaty. and Rehab111tation. committees, joint committees. and com­ S-116, Capitol American Coalition of Citizens with Dis­ mittees of conferenee. This title requires Joint Economic ablllties. all such committees to notify the Office To bold hearings to examine the pro­ American Congress of Rehab111tation Medi- posal to establish a regulatory budget cine. of the Senate Daily Digest-designated relating to the need for a cost effec­ American Family Insurance Group. by the Rules Committee-of the time, tiveness requirement for major gov­ American Insurance Association. place, and purpose of all meetings, when ernment regUlations. American Nurses Association, Division on scheduled, and any cancellations or 1202 Dirksen Building Medical Surgical Practice. changes in the meetings as they occur. 11:00 a.m. American Public Health Association. As an interim procedure until the com­ Judiciary American Trauma. Society. puterization of this information becomes Constitution Subcommittee Amlca. Mutual Insurl\nce Company. operational, the Office of the Senate Business meeting, to consider S. 10, au­ Association of Massachusetts Consumers. thorizing the Department of Justice to The Atlantic Companies. Daily Digest will prepa·re this infonna­ lnitiate suit to enforce constitutional Automobile Club of Missouri. tion for printing in the Extensions of rights to institutionalized persons. Automobile Owners Action CouncU. Remarks section of the CONGRESSIONAL 5110 Dirksen Building 1:30 p.m. Susan P. Baker, Associate Professor, Johns REcORD on Monday and Wednesday of Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public each week. Conferees Health. On s. 237, to clarify and expand jurisdic­ Any changes in committee scheduling tion of U.S. magistrates and improve Cal Farm Life Insurance Company. will be indicated by placement of an access to the Federal courts. Center for Auto Safety. asterisk to the left of the name of the 8-207, Capitol Center for Concerned Engineering. unit conducting such meetings. 2:30p.m. Center for Independent Living. Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July Governmental Affairs Chubb & Son, Inc. To continue bearings on S. 930, to re­ Colonial Penn Insurance Company. 31, 1979, may be found in the Daily Digest strict free Federal employee parking. Commercial Union Assurance Companies. of today's RECORD. 3302 Dirksen Building Congress Watc:':l. MEETINGS SCHEDULED 3:00p.m. Craig Hospital, Denver, Colorado. AUGUST 1 Governmental Affairs Crum & Forster Insurance Companies. 9:00 a.m. Oversight of Government Management Disa.billty Rights Center. Subcommittee Employers Insurance of Wausau. Governmental Affairs Epilepsy Foundation of America. To hold hearings on S. 930, to restrict To resume oversight hearings on the free Federal employee pRrking. management and implemenhtion of Farmers Insurance Exchange. hazardous waste programs under the Government Employees Insurance Com- 3302 Dirksen Building pany. 9:30a.m. Resource, Conservation, and Recovery Act, 1976. Harleysvllle Insurance. Environment and PubUc Works 1224: Dirksen Building The Hartford Insurance Group. Business meeting on pending committee Select on Ethics International Association of Chiefs of business. Pollee. To hold an open and closed business 4200 Dirksen Bullding meeting. League Insurance Group. Labor and Human Resources EF-100, Capitol Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. BusineEs meeting, to resume considera­ 4:00p.m. Se~~~!~nd Institute tor Emergency Medical tion of S . 446, to provide legal p rotec­ Conferees tion to the employment rights of On S. 544, to .revise and extend, through Mid-Atlantic Emergency Medical Services handicapped citizens. .1 fiscal year 1982, programs adminis­ Council. 4232 Dirksen Bullding tered under the Public Health Service Act. H-139, Capitol July 30, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 21393 fiscal year 1990 for airport develop­ AUGUST 2 Judiciary To resume hearings on S. 1246, to protect ment aid programs under the Airport 8:30a.m. against the growth of a monopoly Airway Act, 1970. Veterans' Affairs power among major petroleum com­ 235 Russell Building To hold hearings on S. 1518, to allow panies, and to encourage oil companies SEPTEMBER 18 for the disclosure of certain informa­ to invest profits back into oil explora­ tion by the Veterans' Administration 9:30 a.m. to consumer reporting agencies in tion, research, and development. Labor and Human Resources order to make assessments in cases of 2223 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on S. 1486, to exempt outstanding debts. Select on Indian Affairs family farms and nonhazardous small 457 Russell Building Business meeting, to mark up S. 751, to businesses from the Occupational 9:00a.m. provide for the relocation and reset­ Safety and Health Act of 1970. Foreign Relations tlement of the Navajo and Hopi Indi­ 4232 Dirksen Building To continue hearings on the SALT II ans. 10 :00 a.m. Treaty. 357 Russell Building Commerce, Science, and Transportation 318 Russell Bulldlng Joint Economic Merchant Marine and Tourism Subcom­ 9:30a.m. To hold hearings on the employment­ mittee Select on Small Business unemployment situation for July. To hold hearings on S. 1460, 1462, and To hold hearings on small business and 6226 Dirksen Building 1463, bllls to fac111ta.te and streamline innovation. the implementation of the regulatory 424 Russell Building SEPTEMBER 6 part of U.S. maritime policy. 10:00 a.m. 9:30a.m. ~35 Russell Building Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Labor and Human Resources SEPTEMBER 19 Business meeting, to continue markup Health and Scientific Research Subcom­ 9:30a.m. of S. 524, 581, 730, 932 (as passed the mittee House) , 1377, and 1409, all of which Labor and Human Resources To resume hearings on S. 568, to promote To continue hearings on S. 1486, to provide for the development, produc­ the adva.ncement of women in scien­ tion, and financial assistance of en­ exempt family farms and nonhazard­ ergy resources programs. tific, professional, and technical ca­ ous small businesses from the Occu­ 5302 Dirksen Building reers. pational Safety and Health Act of Budget 4232 Dirksen Building 1970. Business meeting, to continue markup SEPTEMBER 10 4232 Dirksen Building of the second concurrent resolution 9:30a.m. Veterans' Affairs on the congressional budget for fiscal To hold hearings on S. 1523 and H.R. year 1980. Commerce, Science, and Transportation 4015, bills to provide the capablllty of 6202 Dirksen Building Aviation Subcommittee maintaining health care and medical Energy and Natural Resources To hold hearings on S. 1581 and 1582, services for the elderly under the Vet­ Business meeting on pending calendar b111s authcrlzing funds through fiscal erans• Administration. business. year 1990 for airport development aid 5110 Dirksen Building 3110 Dirksen Building programs under the Airport Airway 10:00 a .m. Governmental Affairs Act, 1970. Commerce, Science, and Transportation Civil Service and General Services Sub­ 235 Russell Building Merchant Marine and Tourism Subcom­ committee SEPTEMBER 11 mitteo To hold hearings on S. 1340, to provide To continue hearings on S. 1460, 1462, for closer comparab111ty between Fed­ 9:30a.m. and 1463, bills to fac1litate and stream­ eral and non-Federal employee com­ Commerce, Science, and Transportation line the implementation of the regu­ pensation relating to the President's Aviation Subcommittee proposed program to reform the Civil latory part of U.S. maritime policy. To continue hearings on S. 1581 and 235 Russell Building Service System. 1582, bills authorizing funds through 3302 Dirksen Building fiscal year 1990 for airport development SEPTEMBER 20 Select on Indian Affairs aid programs under the Airport Airway 10:00 a.m. To hold oversight hearings on the ac­ Act, 1970. Commerce, Science, and Transportation tivities of the Indian Health Service, 235 Russell Building Merchant Marine and Tourism Subcom­ Department of Health, Education, mittee and Welfare. SEPTEMBER 12 To continue hearings on S. 1460, 1462, 5110 Dirksen Building 9:00a.m. and 1463, bllls to facilitate and stream­ Joint Economic Veterans' Affairs line the im?lementation of the regula­ International Economics Subcommittee To hold hearings on S. 759, to provide for tory part of U.S. maritime policy. To hold hearings to examine the scope the right of the United States to re­ 235 Russell Building of U.S. export policy. cover the costs of hospital nursing SEPTEMBER 25 8-207, Capitol home or outpatient medical care fur­ 10:30 a.m. nished by the Veterans' Administra­ 11:00 a.m. Judiciary tion to veterans for non-service-con­ Veterans' Affairs To hold hearings to examine the policy nected disabllltles to the extent that To reeume hearings on fiscal year 1980 and intent of a statutory charter they h9.ve health insurance or similar legislative recommendations for veter­ which defines the investigative author­ contracts. ans' programs. ity and responsib1Uties in matters 457 Russell Building 5110 Dirksen Building under the jurisdiction of the FBI. 2228 Dirksen Building 9:30a.m. OCTOBER 1 2:30p.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation 9 :30a.m. Conferees Aviation Subcommittee Labor and Human Resources On H.R. 3875, to amend and extend To continue hearings on S. 1581 and 1582, Handicapped Subcommittee through fiscal year 1980 certain Fed­ bllls authorizing funds through fiscal To resume oversight hearings on the im­ deral laws relating to housing, com­ year 1990 for airport development aid plementation of the Education for All munity and neighborhood develop­ programs under the Airport Airway Handicapped Children Act of 1975 ment and preservation programs. Act, 1979. (P.L. 94--142). H-137, Capitol 235 Russell Building 4232 Dirksen Building AUGUST3 OCTOBER 3 10:00a.m. SEPTEMBER 13 9:30a.m . Budget 9 :30 a.m . Business meeting, to continue markup Commerce, Science, and Transportation Labor and Human Resources of the second concurrent resolution Aviation Subcommittee Handicapped Subcommittee on the congressional budget for fiscal To continue hearings on S. 1581 and To resume oversight hearings on the im­ year 1980. plementation of the Education for All 6202 Dirksen Building 1582, bills authorizing funds through 21394 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 3C, 1979 Hand.l.capped Chlld.ren Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-142). CANCELLATIONS Nuclear Proliferation, and Federal 4232 Dirksen Building AUGUST 1 Services, on the activities of the De­ 10:00 a.m. partment of Energy. OCTOBER 10 3302 Dirksen Building 9:30a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation Aviation Subcommittee AUGUST 2 Labor and Human Resources · To resume hearings on S. 1300, proposed 1o:o