September 17, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 24941 .. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS THE WISDOM OF CAUTION ON Meanwhile, the House Budget Committee long and so comfortably that it is di:Hlcult SYNFUEL has accepted the idea of a limited first phase, to see where the man begins and the but has voted to lower the limit to a maxi­ leather ends. He undoubtedly is the prin­ mum of $12 blllion in loan and price guaran­ cipal reason for the success of Heaven on HON. RICHARD L. OTTINGER tees. Now the Senate Banking Committee has set a further restriction of no more than six Earth. He has and constantly displays OF NEW YORK coal plants and six shale plants. It's not hard a natural affection for handicapped IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to see where the consensus 1s going. Explor­ youngsters that most of us could not Monday, September 17, 1979 ing the possibilities of synthetic fuels is begin to emulate. He can pick up a crip­ worthwhile, but the costs and risks will be pled, drooling child and hoist him into e Mr. OTTINGER. Mr. Speaker, I want high. It's necessary not to get overcommitted. the saddle, filled only with affection and to call to the attention of my colleagues The next big test of American energy policy compassion, not repugnance. the lead editorial from today's Wash­ wlll arrive in the early 1980s, as the recovery John and his ranch 8/re much alike. ington Post. tram tne current recession gets fully under way. I! that recovery once again lifts Amer­ They are unique, rugged, effective, bene­ The editorial, entitled "Oil From Coal, ican oil imports to unprecedented levels, it ficial and not easily swayed. This is a Cautiously" states: "Exploring the pos­ will once again throw the world into an oil short but sincere tribute to John Carpen­ sibilities of synthetic fuels is worth­ crisis and the United States into a reces­ ter for 36 years of special service to those while, but the costs and risks will be sion-for the third time since 1973. Syn­ who need special care.e high. It is necessary not to get overcom­ thetics cannot possibly be developed fast mitted." To this I say, "Amen." enough to help the country avoid that trap. In the very short time available, the only I urge my colleagues to read this edi­ resource that offers any substantial hope ls SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF torial which applauds the efforts under­ intelligent and persevering conservation.e way in Congress to put the brakes on the FALLON, NEV., AND SENIOR CIT­ administration's foolish proposal to es­ IZENS tablish an $88-billion corporation to strive after an unrealistic goal of 2.5 HEAVEN ON EARTH ON EARTH million barrels of synfuels per day by HON. JIM SANTINI 1990. OF NEVADA I also urge my colleagues to note the HON. CARLOS J. MOORHEAD IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES editorial's sound advice that "In the very OF CALIFORNIA Monday, September 17, 1979 short time available, the only resource IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • Mr. SANTINI. Mr. Speaker, fellow that offers any substantial hope is in­ Monday, September 17, 1979 colleagues. As a member of the House telligent and persevering conservation." Select Committee on Aging, I am fre­ I hope my colleagues will heed this im­ e Mr. MOORHEAD of California. Mr. Speaker, for 36 years John Carpenter quently reminded of the plight of our portant editorial, the text of which fol­ senior citizens and of our obligations lows: has devoted his time, his efforts, and his money t.o the handicapped youngsters as a nation to care for our elderly. OIL FRoM COAL, CAUTIOUSLY Not long ago, at an Aging Committee Congress is reshaping President Carter's of my district and all of Los Angeles. synthetic fuels plan wisely and well-which A former movie cowboy and stuntman, field hearing in Nevada, I received a 1s to say cautiously. The president's July pro­ John is solely responsible for Heaven on copy of a letter from a constituent, Ethel posal would have started construction of Earth Ranch-free for the handicapped L. Clayton, of Fallon, Nev., which related dozens of plants simultaneously, at break­ forever. It was his vision that conceived an encouraging story of how one orga­ neck speed, to make on and gas from coal nization, Soroptimist International of and shale. The goal was the equivalent of 2.5 a rustic western town as a unique ther­ apy center for children. Fallon, is working to help needy senior mlllion barrels of o11 a day by 1990, with a citizens. federal commitment of $88 blllion in loan It was his determination and tenacity and price guarantees. that brought the ranch from dream to I want to share the letter with you to­ Hardly anyone considers that timetable to reality. It was John's muscle that built day as it is a striking example of the be reallstic. It takes nearly a decade to bu1ld the town plank by plank, building by importance of senior citizen programs a synthetic fuels plant on the huge scale building, and it is John's commitment and of what they can accomplish given that the administration envisions, and that and labor that keeps Heaven on Earth proper funding and manpower. target would require over 50 of them. The The text of the letter follows: feat shouldn't even be attempted. The sound on Earth. course is to make haste slowly, putting up And this one man's creation has been FALLON, NEV., August 15, 1979. one plant in each of the processes to be used, uncommonly successful in providing U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, and gaining experience with it before at­ treatment and joy for thousands of dis­ Select Commi ttee on Aging, Subcommittee tempting to build them in multiples. abled children. This is easily understood on Housing and Consumer Interest. That is what Congress 1s now tell1ng the when one reads the many letters from MR. CHAm MAN AND HONORABLE MEMBERS: president. For Mr. Carter, who wanted to see grateful parents and teachers and thera­ I am indeed honored to be here. I am Ethel a great burst of activity in response to his L. Clayton from Fallon and am representing speech, it is doubtless, very frustrating. The pists that John has received over the the Soroptimist International of Fallon, Carter proposal is now making its way years. grantees of several senior citizen projects. through the various committees and, al­ There are many reasons for the suc­ In early 1973, our Soroptimist Club voted though he isn't likely to thank them for it, cess of the small western village. For to direct all of our Community Service ef­ they are rescuing him from an unnecessarily one, the atmosphere of the ranch is au­ forts toward obtaining a building which risky venture. thentic. It is full of the scents of horses would serve to house all Senior Citizens The Senate Energy Committee immediately and hay. It is an eyeful of cowboy trap­ programs. On October 1973, the Churchlll divided the president's plan in two. Phase pings and western wagons. The textures County Senior Center was formally opened. One would include one test of each of the are of oak and earth and sage. From then on progress has been made ln all major technologies, at full industrial scale. directions for seniors. Phase Two would be the replication of the Heaven and Earth Ranch is just the successes. The commlttee intends to provide opposite of what one would normally In April of 1977 the entire community was financial support-up to $20 billion, not $88 envision as the typical center for handi­ involved in a telethon to raise funds to pur­ chase the property for the Senior Center billlon-

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CXXV--1569-Part 19 24942 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 17, 1979 becoming a reality, showing that the com­ Last week, the Rhode Island Supreme cash-basis taxpayers to include in their munity as a whole is in full support of their Court reversed Arnold's 1977 Superior Court gross income the ratable portion of in­ seniors to the limit of their ab111ties. conviction for driving to endanger, death re­ terest on CD's that mature in 1 year or Soroptimist strongly believe in the pro­ sulting, nullified his three-year prison sen­ less, and are issued after June 30, 1979. tence, and set him free. Arnold may have grams for the elderly and the nutrition pro­ For instance, if a 6-month certificate of gram which feeds from 125 to 175 hot meals been negligent, the court said, but he wasn't per day. Many of our elderly would not get a "heedless and indifferent" which constitute deposit with a term extending into 1980 hot nutritious meal every day if it were not recklessness. was purchased after June 30, 1979, the !or this program. We believe this is one way In eight years this man had a record of 25 ratable portion of original issue discount our tax money is spent sensibly and locally. violations. After the Nathanson accident he on the certificate for 1979 would have to The smaller communities of Nevada are had several more, which any reasonable per­ be reported on the purchaser's 1979 in­ rapidly becoming retirement centers. We see son could construe as adequate grounds for come tax return. This is nothing more the needs for the nutrition program grow, keeping him permanently off the road as an than an esoteric exercise in matching unacceptable risk. see the need for larger centers and know the "income" with "expenses"-an exercise needs of our senior citizens over a period of Incredible as it seems, the system does not work that way. When Arnold lost his license that imposes needless disruption and time. hardship on millions of taxpayers. There is no way the many sorely needed in New Jersey, he simply went to Arizona, senior programs can be totally funded with acquired another license and went on driv­ Not only will taxpayers be forced to local tax monies. Our desire and need is for ing. And the U.S. Department of Transporta­ come up with money to pay taxes on in­ tion estimates there are some 14 million come before it is received, they will also Federal funding to continue and not be cut drivers on the ro3.d today who likewise have back, 1f anything it should be increased to receive a lower effective yield on their assure our elderly citizens a happy and "beaten the rap" to imperil other motorists, like the Nathansons. CD's. This will make other investments, wholesome life which they have earned and Surely some way could be found to re­ such as Treasury notes more attractive deserve. move this kind of menace from our high­ to the wise investor, thereby drawing Thank you.e ways. In this computer age when large down an important source of lending amounts of data on just about every citizen capital for commercial banks. are stored in government data banks, is it Mr. Speaker, this proposed regulation too much to expect some means of establish­ is opposed not only by the complete range TRAGEDY REVISITED-NEED FOR ing an interstate cross-check on license ap­ STRENGTHENED NATIONAL DRIV­ plicants? A license suspension in one state of financial institutions, but also by vari­ ER REGISTER UNDERSCORED BY ought to disqualify that individual from per­ ous associations of retired persons. The SEQUEL TO NATHANSON CASE mission to drive in all states. Reciprocal ar­ attractive rate of return on investments rangements are now in effect as a matter of in CD's provides retirees with an impor­ convenience under which out-of-state li­ tant means for keeping pace with today's HON. JAMES L. OBERSTAR censes are recognized. Why not the other high rate of inflation. Unless this regula­ OF MINNESOTA way around in the interest of highway tion is rescinded, many senior citizens safety? will be financially disadvantaged for the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES At least 1! a state is to license drivers with sake of a misapplied intellectual exer­ Monday, September 17, 1979 records of serious or multiple violations, it ought to be in possession of the information, cise.• e Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, the even if for some strange reason it may choose tragic death of 14-year-old Kamy Na­ to ignore it. thanson in December 1975, riveted my "We've seen this happen in so many cases," THE HOME HEATING FUEL CRISIS attention to the need for legislation to said Kamy's mother, Frances Nathanson, in streamline, modernize, and strengthen an interview with Journal-Bulletin columnist Mark Patinkin. "I can't tell you the frustra­ HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN the National Driver Register. In 1977, tion when people see nothing has been done OF NEW YORK following careful, thorough study of the to drivers that have killed their children. issue, I introduced such legislation. Al­ These guys just say, 'I have a right to drive,' IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES though the House included my bill as an and no one says, 'You don't have a right to Monday, September 17, 1979 kill.' So it happens again and again and amendment to the Surface Transporta­ • Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to tion Assistance Act of 1978, the House­ again." Obviously, the system is badly flawed. The draw attention to an issue that will most Senate conference gutted the provision, certainly have an impact on virtually reducing it to a study of the existing Na­ criminal justice system would not shrug if an every citizen of our Nation in the near tional Driver Register by the Department individual found guilty of homicide in one state were granted haven in another state. future, namely, the home heating fuel of Transportation. This study is due to be The means to cross check an individual's crisis. submitted to the President of the Senate criminal record are available and the same Mr. Speaker, relative home heating oil and the Speaker of the House in Novem­ ought to be true of the habitual highway price stability and supplies existed in the ber along with legislative recommenda­ offender. In both instances, lives are at stake, United States until the early 1970's. His­ tions by the Department. and one can argue that the 50,000 lost on the nation's highways every year are not torically, the cost of energy for Ameri­ An editorial from the Providence cans has been comparatively low by Journal Bulletin of August 11, 1979, re­ enough to warrant taking some extraordinary measures to reduce the toll. world standards, and supplies have here­ ports on the reverberations of the Na­ If Arizona had known about Arnold's tofore been considered inexhaustible. thanson incident. It underscores the ur­ record in New Jersey, Kamy Nathanson might However, the situation changed dramat­ gent need to reorganize the National be alive today and the man responsible !or ically within this decade. Beginning in Driver Register to make it more effective her death assuredly would not be behind the 1972, changes in our foreign and domes­ and efficient and thereby prevent deaths wheel of a truck.e tic policies caused energy prices to sky­ and maimings of other Kamy Nathan­ rocket, with crude oil prices more than sons across the country. I commend this quadrupling by 1978. article to the attention of my colleagues. In the past 10 years our crude oil 1m­ A HIGHWAY MENACE 14 MILLION TIMES OvER SHORT-TERM CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT ports have increased from 1.4 million Normally, one thinks of killers being re­ barrels a day to over 8 million barrels a moved from society, sentenced to long prison day, with deliveries from the Middle East terms, and in some states even executed. But climbing from 170,000 barrels a day in there is one kind of killer, of which there are HON. ROBIN L. BEARD many in this country, who virtually escapes OF TENNESSEE 1969, to 3.2 million barrels a day. The cost penalty and continues to go about his busi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of these imports climbed from $1.3 bil­ ness until he kills again. lion 10 years ago, to approximately $60 Monday, September 17, 1979 Kamy Nathanson, 14, was one of the vic­ billion this year * • resulting in a tims. She and her parents were traveling • Mr. BEARD of Tennessee. Mr. transfer of susbtantial wealth among na­ north on route 95 near West Greenwich the Speaker, today I am introducing a bill tions, affecting the entire world. A few day after Christmas in 1975, when their c:1r designed to overrule a new proposed In- nations became rich, and a multitude of stalled. A 32,000-pound truck, driven by ternal Revenue Service regulation which others are suffering severe economic bur- John H. Arnold whose New Jersey license to drive had been suspended three months ear­ is certain to have tremendous adverse dens. lier for a series of motor vehicle violations, effects on taxpayers holding short-term In 1960, only 18 percent of our oil was smashed against the rear of the Nathansons' certificates of deposit. imported from abroad. Today, we import small car and Kamy was fatally injured. This new regulation would require more than 50 percent with spiralling in- September 17, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 24943 creases still in sight. With this rate of It was found that between September 1978 not directly control the world events that consumption expected to increase to the and May 1979 the increase in margin at the are contributing to the energy crisis, we end of the century by at least 2 percent refiner and wholesaler not accounted for by inflation or crude oil price increases can, and must, closely scrutinize those per year, world oil reserves, standing at amounted to 6.4 cents/ gallon or $2.7lj barrel. factors that are making the problem the end of 1978 at 650 billion barrels, By August 1979, the margin increase was 5.6 particularly frustrating in our country. would be unable to meet world demand cents/gallon or $2.36/barrel over September We must see to it that the oil companies by the mid-1980's. The United States 1978. At the retail level, the margin increased are playing fair and not placing self­ makes up 6 percent of the world's popu­ by $0.23/ barrel by May over September 1978 interests above our economy's well-being lation, yet consumes 30 percent of the base. That is for every barrel of residential and security. world's energy in all forms, and about 30 fuel oil sold in May 1979, there had been a markup of $0.23/barrel since September 1978 Furthermore, the DOE has a poor track percent of the world's oil production. De­ that could not be accounted for by inflation record, with one of its majnr claims to spite the increasingly dangerous tensions or the rise in crude oil prices. By August, fame being the champion creator of the developing between many of the 150 in­ this had increased to $3.96 per barrel. longest gas lines in the world. I am terdependent and oil hungry countries of In addition to price gouging that has speaking of the malfunctioning gas al­ the world, the United States has not been location system which has been respon­ making progress toward energy self-suf­ been inexcusably harsh on the poor and fixed-income group, the American public sible for the past crisis and may soon be ficiency. a contributing factor to the home heat­ Domestic production of crude oil in the is now faced with the possibility of not even being able to obtain enough of this ing fuel shortage. This system has not United States averaged 8.45 million bar­ provided expeditious shipment of fuel to rels per day (bbl/d) during the first expensive oil for the coming winter. Having been concerned with our home the hard-pressed areas of our country, quarter of 1979, a decline of 0.8 percent heating oil problem throughout the past nor has it provided any incentives for compared with the same period in 1978. year and having met on numerous occa­ conservation. Rather, it rewards those Production in the lower 48 States de­ sions with our New York State energy areas that waste energy by increasing or clined from 7.6 million bbl/d in 1979, officials, with spokesmen for the U.S. De­ maintaining their allotments, and cuts while output from the Alaska North partment of Energy, and, most recently back allotments to those areas that con­ Slope increased some 40 percent in the with Vice President Mondale, I am not at serve energy. 1978-79 first quarter comparison, from all satisfied with the responses given to Energy is the most critical problem 0.9 million bbl!d in 1978, to 1.2 million Congress by our energy officials and the confronting our Nation. It has crippled bbl/d in 1979. Production of natural gas administration. Among the bureaucratic parts of our economy; it has placed it­ liquids fell 1 percent to 1.55 million bbl/ administrations there is a difference of self before all other political considera­ din the first quarter of 1979. opinion as to whether or not we will be tions, be it the Panama Canal, SALT II, What do all these statistics mean for able to adequately heat our country's or the Middle East; it has alienated the our Nation as well as for the average tax­ homes this winter. mainstream of the American public, who paying American citizen? Quite simply In a meeting with several independent have started linking their distrust of the this: oil dealers in my district in New York hedonistic oil companies to the inaction First. World supplies of crude oil are State, I was informed that they New England, as­ claims that the target of stockpiling 240 ernment efforts should be directed to­ sured the American public that there million barrels of home heating fuel by ward providing emergency grants or would be sufficient home heating oil for the end of October can be achieved and low-interest loans to those in need to the winter and that he was directing the will be sufficient to deal with a severe purchase home heating fuel. oil companies to produce 240 million bar­ or even early winter. Stocks of heating Fourth. Providing tax credits as in­ rels of home heating oil by October of fuel in primary storage are reported to centives for further conservation meas­ this year. have increased by 7.5 million barrels dur­ ures such as home insulation and wood However, what the President did not ing the week of September 7, 1979, to burning stoves. comment on was the impact of the esca­ 202.7 million barrels. At this rate, the Fifth. Congress must acknowledge the lating prices of unregulated home heat­ 240-million-barrel target level could pos­ fact that State and local government can ing oil. Recent reports indicate that the sibly be surpassed by the end of October. and must play an expanding role in al­ cost of home heating oil has doubled over However, the stocks are now 2.07 per­ leviating the energy problem. Congress the last year and is averaging from 80 cent lower than they were at a compara­ should support a variety of incentives cents to 90 cents a gallon. ble point in 1978. that will assist State and local govern­ In a recent study done for the House I have this week joined with some of ments in their efforts to conserve energy Subcommittee on Energy and Power, the my colleagues in the House in calling and to promote the utilization of alter­ Library of Congress Research Service upon the Department of Energy to rec­ native energy sources. noted that the estimated wholesale and tify the delayed delivery of home heating Sixth. In a broader sense, we should retail markups of heating oil-profits plus oil from the refinery to the distributor. seek to develop a long-term hemispheric legitimate overhead increases-are be­ Given the present rate of rising prices, energy policy through improved relations tween $400 million and $2 billion more coupled with the instability of world with Canada, Mexico, and Latin America. as of August, compared to last Septem­ market supplies and domestic production, Seventh. We should use our member­ ber. The author of the study, Susan I am not too optimistic about e. happy ship in international lending institutions Bod illy, claimed: ending to this oil crisis. Although we can- such as the World Bank and the Inter· 24944 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 17, 1979 national Development Association to ac­ ment of oil from the companies to dealers sells it, at wholesale prices, from terminals tively pursue the development of energy and customers. He also told the governors in t he Washington-Baltimore area. The gross that President Carter intended to ask Con­ margin on this operation, a year ago, aver­ supplies in non-OPEC countries, thereby gress to increase to $400 m1llion federal aid aged less than 10 cents. At present it is over diversifying world oil monopolies and to familles with incomes below the poverty 20 cents. leaving our potential allies less depend­ level to help them pay fuel bills. Congress The remaining 10 cents a gallon of the ent on our own resources in a time of is considering a $250 million aid package for total increase has gone to the smaller local military crisis. that purpose. companies that pick up the refined heating The critical consideration behind all The northeast governors also elicited from oil at the terminals and dellver lt to the these proposals is that we seek solutions Mr. Duncan an endorsement of a plan, pro­ tanks in peoples' basements. Their gross that are politically acceptable, while at posed by Gov. Hugh Carey of New York, for margins, about 10 cents a gallon a year the same time making expeditious and a. government-backed corporation to finance ago. now seem to be running about twice energy conservation and development in the that much. fundamental contributions to resolving region and to provide credit for middle­ You will note that these figures are not the energy crisis. income families to pay fuel oil bills over a net profits. At this point in the REcORD I would period of months. Many oil companies A company has to pay all its own operating like to share with my colleagues, two ar­ already provide such credit, but presumably costs out of the gross margin, and oil com­ ticles; one from the Journal of Commerce the corporation would provide it to fuel panies like everyone else are struggling with the washington Post, Aug. 30, 1979] nors in Boston was held on only his second priority and take to heart the pulsations day on the job. Already, however, his per­ WHERE THE HEATING BILL GOES of our country which is suffering from formance-resembling that of the presi­ Home heating oil cost, a year ago about this malady .e dent-seems more designed to produce vote<> 49 cents a gallon in the Washington area. than additional supplies of gasoline and Today the average price is up to 83 cents. home heating oil. His visit crammed in, in Who got the 34-cent increase? addition to the meeting with the governors, OPEC comes first to mind. But the figures a. tour of energy conserva. tion and solar suggest that the foreign producers got only MTI..ITARY RECRUITMENT AND energy projects in low-income areas af Bos­ about 10 cents of it. The domestic producers, MORALE ton, an afternoon session with black com­ still under price controls. got less than 2 munity leaders, and a surprise sidewalk cents. The remaining 22 cents went to the meeting with demonstrators who had pick­ companies that transport. refine, store and HON. MARJORIE S. HOLT eted his meeting with the governors. They distribute the oil. There has been a gigan­ OF MARYLAND wanted him to restore price controls on tic widening of ooerating margins all along IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES home heating oil, removed in 1976. the complex system that gets oil to your fur­ Reporters covering the meeting said that nace. Monday, September 17, 1979 not once in his two years in office had Mr. The figures come from our own rough and • Mrs. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, as ranking Duncan's predecessor, James Schlesinger, preliminary survey. They are avera~res . and minority member of the Personnel Sub­ made any similar political effort. do not fairly reoresent the widely varying committee of the House Armed Services The new secretary dld promise over the circumstances o! lndlvldual companies. But Committee, I am vitally interested in next few weeks to study the heating oil to return to the ml~~in~r 22 cents per gallon, stockpile goal to see whether it possibly it seems that about 12 cents of it goes to that manpower recruitment and retention should be dropped to encourege the move- part of the system that refines the ohl and levels in the Armed Forces. These levels September 17, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 24945 are highly dependent on the morale of "well doesn't your husband get overtime pay COAST TO COAST SUPPORT FOR enlistees and their families. !or all those odd and long hours?" There are HECKLER HEALTH BILL a lot of people that think 1! you're in the Military life has always been difficult m111tary you have it made. and has always imposed hardships not There are really so many things that I HON. MARGARET M. HECKLER borne by the civilian sector. Unfortu­ would like to say in this letter but I realize OF MASSACHUSETTS nately, there is a widespread perception that you are a very busy person. I have heard today that military life is a soft, benefit­ so many good things about you and the help IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES laden existence. you have given many people in Prince Monday, September 17, 1979 George's County. Recently, I received a letter which We are being transferred in the next few • Mrs HECKLER. Mr. Speaker, today poignantly recounts the problems faced months but I still would like it to be known I continue the occasional publication of by an enlisted man and his family. I how unfair it is for so many people to as­ correspondence I have received from would like to share this letter with my sume t hat the mllitary is in such fine shape. around the country in support of enact­ colleagues : Perhaps you saw the show on television sev­ ment and funding of H.R. 4015, the DEAR CONGRESSWOMAN HOLT: This letter is eral months ago about the Army personnel Veteran Senior Citizen Health Care Act sent to request that Congress take a better in Germany. Doesn't anyone ever wonder of 1979. look at the way the United States mmtary why the situation is so bad. Try and picture you or your family trying to scrape together This major legislative initiative which and their fam111es are "taken care of". My I have introduced won House passage husband is currently serving his soon to be enough money to live together as a family 12th year in the U.S. Coast Guard. His pres­ or trying to save enough money to be able last June by the unanimous vote of 406 ent rate is an E-6 or 1st Class Boatswains to go out to the movies or take your chil­ to none. The letters I have received are Mate. He ts presently stationed aboard the dren to an amusement park once or twice a most laudatory of this distinguished U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Capstan in Alex­ year. body for its action. andria, Virginia. The purpose of this vessel, I realize that there are many, many peo­ The distinguished senior Senator from from what I understand, is to break lee in ple in the United States that have problems similar to these but not because the United California, the Honorable ALAN CRAN­ the winter months, search and rescue in the STON, chairman of the Veterans' Com­ summer and winter, take care of the aids to States government has made it so. navigation in the area and when needed, to If you would be so kind as to address you mittee in that body, is in the process of escort dignitaries in the Washington area. fellow congress members on this subject, rescheduling a hearing on this bill which Since the Capstan is the only Coast Guard perhaps even give them an opportunity to originally had been set for September 19. vessel in the Washington metropolitan area read this letter, something could be done to Today's sampling includes supporting they are relied upon to do a variety of jobs. ease the burden of being a m111tary family. It's the same thing !or m111tary personnel correspondence from the manager of the I understand the duty that goes along with and their families as it is for civilians--we Division of Veterans' Services for the the job, but what I do not understand is the would like to feel like we can live a little. State of California; the associate dean lack of compensation for the inconveniences I have never been so disappointed with the for medical services at the Harvard when they are forced to leave home port and U.S. government as I have since coming to Medical School, who also has been sen­ go into the "yards" for repair work, or to the Washington area. It's really a shame to break lee in the winter. ior health consultant to the Disabled live right in the center of the U.S. Federal American Veterans who enthusiastically At present, the Capstan is in Baltimore in Government political community and to be the "yards" for repairs. The crew on the treated as though we have no needs and/ or support H.R. 4015; the national presi­ Capstan has been given a motel room in the that we are privileged and have so many dent of the American Medical Student Suburbs of Baltimore for sleeping quarters benefits that you have nothing to complain Association, where there is great interest but they are really having a hard time trying about. in the development of the long-neglected to eat a "decent meal". As a 1st Class my hus­ Try getting an appointment in a m111tary field of geriatric medicine; the director band receives approximately $113.00 per clinic or hospital. Most likely, unless you of the Center for the Study of Aging at month to compensate for the lack of a proper are on your death bed or have some connec­ the Duke University Medical Center; and galley on board the ship. But, 1! you figure a tion, you will be told "we are booked up until minimum of $5.00 a day for one decent meal the end of next month, you'll have to call the administrator of the Division of that comes to $150.00 per month, leaving him aga.'in" and then when you do call again it's Veterans' Affairs for the State of Idaho. short $37.00. That does not even take into the same answer as before. Mr. Speaker, tooay's letters are as consideration that he may not eat anything If Congress keeps trying to take away the follows: !or breakfast or lunch, just one evening meal. "benefits" we have now you wm most defi­ AUGUST 16, 1979. Think about it !or a moment and I think you nitely have to go back to the draft. No one Congresswoman MARGARET M. HECKLER, must consider this an outrage. Being in the with the least amount of intelllgence would House of Representative~, m111tary shouldn't make you rich but it cer­ want a job or career that offers so little. Washington, D .C. tainly should not put people in the "poor Civilian federal government employees and DEAR CONGRESSWOMAN HECKLER: Thank house". big business workers all receive some kind you !or your letter o! July 30 with a sum­ Being stationed in the Washington area o! compensation when forced to travel or mary of HR 4015. itself is a hardship !or any enlisted person­ leave their normal place of business and/ or I am vitally interested in the objective of nel. Even though government leased housing residence and go elsewhere in busdness re-· your legislation and will certainly do every­ is available, it is usually an apartment com­ lated ventures. Why not so !or the m111tary? thing within the jurisdiction of my omce to plex that cares absolutely nothing about the If you are sent to sea, instead o! compen­ generate support for this bill. way the complexes are taken care of and sating for that !act, your subsistence pay is Sincerely, has no respect for the m111tary fam111es living taken away, because you are now eating on MANUAL VAL, in the apartments. As I am quite sure you board and as I see it the thoughts there are Manager. are well aware of, the D.C. area is one of the that, well now that we've taken care of highest cost of living areas in the country. feeding the active member, we don't need to JULY 27, 1979. If you are serving in the m111tary and are worry about the dependents eating. Hon. MARGARET M. HECKLER, transferred to HawaU or Alaska or some other The average income in the Washington u.s. Representative, place overseas you are compensated !or the Wellesley, Mass. cost of living, monetarily, that is. Not so in area for a family of !our (4) is $20,000.00 a the D.C. area. year. An E-6 only makes $11,000.00 along DEAR MARGARET : Thank you !or the COpies with $113.00 per month !or subsdstence and o! H.R. 4015 and report No. 96-148, con­ In the complex that my family and I live approximately $338.00 per month for govern­ cerning your bill entitled the Veteran Sen­ there are, on the average, about 60 percent ment leased housing giving a total o! $1,- ior Citizen Health Care Act of 1979. I hope mllitary famllies living there. After being 356.00 per year for food, and $4,056.00 per to testify on behalf of this bill before Sena­ here for almost three years, I have come to year for housing, for a grand total of $16,- tor Cranston's Committee. know quite a few of them and the thing 412.00. That is $3,588.00 below the standard For the past year I have served a.s the Sen­ that is talked about the most is the fact that !or a family of four (4) to llve. everyone is having such a hard time "mak­ ior Health Consultant to the Disabled Ameri­ I think it only fair for the people of can Veterans and have assisted them by ing ends meet" or "living from payday to America to know just what is happening to payday". Why is it so hard !or the Congress forming a national research advisory com­ the mllitary that protects them in war and mittee comprised of internationally re­ and everyone else in this country to under­ peace and helps them in tAmes of need. Don't nowned leaders in health policy, health eco­ stand that in order to have a competent and you and the other members o! Congress nomics and veterans health care. We are de­ trustworthy military there must be some think it's about time for a change? fining strategies for veteran consumers in kind of proper enducement to get and keep Please we need your help!!! confronting the complex issues of veterans them in as active members of the armed Awaiting a speedy reply and, hoping for a. health care. forces. I hear so many times !rom civilians better mllitary and a better future.e I am currently studying the resources 24946 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 17, 1979 available to the V.A. in providing care for the AUGUST 13, 1979. We are indeed grateful to you and wish you aging veteran and feel that your blll will do Hon. MARGARET M. HECKLER, the greatest success in your endeavors. much to meet their needs. The attached ta­ U .S. House of Representatives, Sincerely, ble was generated by me and depicts the Washington, D.C. LARRY LAUGHRIDGE, nursing home care beds needed by veterans DEAR MRS. HECKLER : Thank you for your Administrator ·• aged 65 and over to the year 2000. The V.A. letter about legislative initiative H.R. 4015, intends to meet no more than 20 percent of the Veteran Senior Citizen Health Care Act this need leaving the remainder to the pri­ of 1979. I was pleased to get your corres­ vate sector. I need not tell you how deplor­ pondence because geriatric health care PROPOSED HARNEY PEAK WILDER­ able the private sector's performance has remains a major concem of this organiza­ NESS AREA been in nursing home care. Should the V.A. tion. I have forwarded your letter to the decide it will meet only 20 percent of the chairpersons of the Task Force on Aging. I! demand? you can let us know who are some of the key HON. JAMES ABDNOR The existing GRECO's in the V.A. have not Senate leaders who may have less than an OF SOu,TH DAKOTA had strong clinical bases. This is due in part enthusiastic response to this initiative, then to the absence of gerontologists and high we can have some medical students speak IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quality clinical/academic personnel. Harvard with them as well as have a member from the Monday, September 17, 1979 Medical School has assisted Dr. Jerry Sil­ task force write to them from their home bert of the Boston V.A. Outpatient Clinic in states. We thank you for your interest and • Mr. ABDNOR. Mr. Speaker, legisla­ applying !or a V.A. gerontology training pro­ support in this valuable legislation and we tion I am introducing today proposes the gram. We have also established a University­ will make known your support to our mem­ Harney Peak Wilderness be designated wide Committee on Gerontology and Geri­ bers from the State of Massachusetts. on 10,700 acres of beautiful Black Hills atrics to define research and training pro­ Sincerely, National Forest land in the Second Con­ grams in this important area. Needless to CHARLIE CLEMENTS, say, your blllis of great interest to us. National President. gressional District of South Dakota. I! we examine the total number of V.A. The Beaver Creek unit south of Stur­ nursing home care beds, extended hospital NOVEMBER 8, 1978. gis, S. Dak., was the Forest Service's care beds, domiciliary beds and the support MARGARET M. HECKLER, original recommendation as a repre­ services, e.g., V.A. hospital based health care, Member of Congress, sentation of the Black Hills ponderosa centers !or the aged, meals on wheels, etc., House of Representatives, pine in the wilderness system. Due to the the resources to care for the aged veteran Washington, D.C. degree of local opposition expressed, are negligible. What does the V.A. intend to DEAR MRS. HECKLER: The issue Which your do about this? legislation addresses is profoundly impor­ however, I I'Uggested and the President The October 1977 Report on the Aging tant. The demographics which you cite are agreed in his recommendations to Con­ Veteran, Present and Future Medical Needs, impressive, now widely known. But the fact gress to substitute the Harney Peak Area a response to P .L. 94- 581, does not contain is that the VA initiatives can only be de­ for Beaver Park. an explicit strategy tor resolv ing the prob­ scribed as modest. The existing GRECO pro­ There are a number of unique features lems confronting the geriatri c v eteran. I am gram has moved slowly and the VA has hopeful that the task force your bill requires within this unit that justify its inclusion moved even more slowly in evaluating what in the roadless area review and evalua­ will demand that such a st rategy be defined appears to be a very modest performance of by the V.A. itself. If the V.A. wlll not meet these centers to date. The VA initiatives to in­ tion Ohio, New Congressman LEHMAN, who was Presi­ Jersey, New York, Florida, Massachusetts, dent of his Zeta Beta Tau Chapter at NEVER TOO OLD Texas, Connecticut, Georgia, and both Caro­ the University of Alabama·, notes that linas," Dorothy said. "They included cost this tradition was established by ZBT HON. LAMAR GUDGER analysts, doctors, lawyers, insurance execu­ in 1920, to pay tribute to the first Ameri­ tives, retailers, and persons from many other can to preach the doctrine of absolute OF NORTH CAROL~A trades a.nd professions." freedom of religious worship. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IMPRESSED I can think of no better way to re­ Monday, September 17, 1979 The same was true on the other participat­ member those who sought and helped to ing campuses. e Mr. GUDGER. Mr. Speaker, I would About two-thirds of those attending the give America freedom to worship, than like to take this opportunity to commend UNC-A courses were couples. to continue this admirable practice an­ to you and to our colleagues of both "Those who came here from the northern nually of remembering the good works Houses of Congress a superlative column states," Dorothy Ormsby said, "seemed to of Roger Williams, who over 300 years written by BOb Terrell of the Ashev1lle be very impressed with Ashevllle. Some were ago helped to found Rhode Island. in the South !or the first time. They had no The Congress currently includes six Citizens during the August district work idea. Asheville had a mineral museum, a new period. ZBT members Pennsylvania); RICHARD program operated Elderhostels on a non­ room, board, and the classes. OTTINGER of New York . received; Elderhostel registration fees MUCH TO DO sustained the program totally. The students took advantage of the sched­ Mr. Speaker, in order to share his For a nominal fee, senior citizens uled extra-curricular activities, visiting BUt­ views with my colleagues, I would like gained the opportunity to learn in col­ more Homespun Shops and Grove Park Inn, at the time, to insert Congressman LEH­ lege-level course, and to explore new en­ St. Lawrence Catholic Church, the Ashevllle MAN's remarks in full into the RECORD: vironments and experiences. I think you Art Museum, Pack Memorial Library, a solar REMARKS BY CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM LEHMAN and our colleagues will find this column home, the Thomas Wolfe Home and River­ In the light of the tensions and oppression to be interesting. side Cemetery. They swam in J~stice Center that exist throughout the world, it is fitting on campus, attended local movies at a dis­ this day to begin anew the tradition of com­ The column follows: count, strolled in the botanical gardens, and NEVER Too OLD memorating the life of an early champion of got a taste of square dancing. religious and political freedom in this na­ We never get too old to learn. Nor does The UNS-A Elderhostel program 1s bound tion-Roger Willlams. Arriving on the Amer­ advancing age rob us of a desire to learn. to grow in future years. With so many local ican continent from England when he was In that vein, this was the summer of Elder­ attractions that appeal to folks all over the 27. this vocal and active clergyman was the hostel at colleges and universities around the country, it's possible that the UNC-A part of first to preach absolute freedom of religion. U.S.A. and judging from the response, the Elderhostel wm become one of the most He advocated separation of church and state, desired in the nation. program was a whopping success. and respect for the rights of others-includ­ At least, it was successful 1! the Elder­ Local people have taken part in Elder­ ing the American Indians. hostel program at the University of North hostel 1n other parts of the country. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hyde spent a week in the Amish On these basic concepts he and his follow­ Carolina at Ashevllle can be used as a yard­ ers founded the State of Rhode Island, which stick. country of Pennsylvania in an Elderhostel program. Others from here went to various because an important influence in the demo­ Elderhostel is a program for persons over cratic tradition as expressed in the U.S. 60, combining the traditions of education parts of the country, studying and enjoying themselves. All with whom I talked were Constitution. and hostellng. It ran for only two weeks at Roger Wllliams knew what it meant to be UNC-A, the shortest time of any of the nine pleased with the program. The national Elderhostel office, from which persecuted for his beliefs. Known as being participating colleges and universities in troublesome because of his views. he was North Carolina, but those who attended the information can be obtained, is at 55 Chapel Street in Newton, Mass. 02160. Fast action refused employment as a teacher in 1631, and UNC-A classes came away wanting more. later in 1635 was tried in Massachusetts Bay They may get more next year. The state 1s suggested. The program is already filling up !or next year.e Colony on charges of spreading "danger­ organization which sponsors Elderhostel has ous opinions". Judged guilty, he was ban­ asked !or two additional weeks at UNC-A ished from the area. When forced to flee from next summer. Massachusetts, he and his followers founded The program began four years ago on five a settlement in Providence. The area, which campuses in New Hampshire, and it ex­ ROGER WILLIAMS MEMORIALIZED became Rhode Island, became known for its panded to the point that more than 250 BY ZETA BETA TAU IN RELIGIOUS democratic institutions, including separa­ institutions in 38 states were involved this FREEDOM CEREMONY tion of church and state, town government summer. The nine North Carollna schools and rellgious toleration. Wllliams is an ex­ included the University of North Carollna ample for us today in the tenaciousness campuses in Ashevllle, Greensboro, Chapel HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN and courage with which he held his often HUI, Charlotte, and Wilmington, plus Mars OF NEW YORK unpopular views; his life in action is an Hlll, Winston-Salem State, Western Carolina, expression of the best in free thinking. which and Appalachian State. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES insists on the rights of others while uphold­ ECONOMICAL VACATION Monday, September 17, 1979 ing its own strong opinions. Its great attraction is that it gives per­ • Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, it was an Upholding these views of absolute rell­ sons over 60 an opportunity to take a couple gious and poll tical freedom was not easJ of courses of interest and at the same time honor yesterday, September 12, to par­ tor him, even in this country where man• spend an economical vacation in an area ticipate in a wreathlaying ceremony at of those who came were here because of they like. the foot of the statue of Roger Williams religious persecution which they had met Dorothy Ormsby, secretary of the Elder­ in the Hall of Columns here in the Cap­ in Europe. Thus, we are reminded that to­ hostel staff at UNC-A, said 80 persons par­ itol. day-as then-all who value religious and ticipated in the UNC-A Elderhostel program, The ceremony, organized by Congress­ political freedom, even in a democratic na.• 40 each week. tlon, must watchfully strive to insure that They had a choice of taking two of three man WILLIAM LEHMAN (Florida) On be­ these values are upheld, for they are precious courses offered: "The Life and Literature of half of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity and all too easily lost: tyranny and injus­ Thomas Wolfe" {what better place to study to which I belonged at the University of tice await around the corner 1f those in a. that?), "Wes-.;ern Religions," and "Energy­ Pennsylvania, was the first commemora­ free country do not fully exercise and pro­ Solar, 011, Gas, Etc." tion at the statue of Roger Williams tect their freedom to speak in integrity and 24948 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 17, 1979 truth-and allow others to do the same. Or at least the public hearing on the Interna­ other of my constituents who has been Many of us here have learned this lesson all tional Fur Seal Convention held here Monday recognized by the community. The West­ too well. was. Religious and political freedom are ideals Most public hearings are somewhat bal­ wood Shrine Club unanimously voted which must be lived if they are to be pre­ anced, with about as many persons for what­ Dave "Butch" Goldstein, an active mem­ served, as Williams well knew and exemplified ever is at issue as against it. And, usually, ber of the club, to receive the "Noble of by his own life. Today we are grateful for each side comes up with points or questions the Year" award for 1979. I wish to share Roger Williams' courageous example which that have merit, things that should be con­ with my colleagues a few words about the influenced our nation so strongly and in­ sidered before any final decision is made. achievements of Mr. Goldstein. spires us yet in our own goals of interfaith That's what public hearings are all about, brotherhood and individual freedom.e and they are an essential part of the dem­ Dave was born in Louisville and was ocratic process. Sometimes, even, the people raised in Indiana where he attended the holding the hearings, usually a government, University of Indiana. He became inter­ pay attention to what is said and take the ested in the world of entertainment and EXTEND THE FUR SEAL good points made by each side into considera­ managed some of the finer night clubs in tion before making a decision. Indianapolis. As a resident of Las Vegas CONVENTION At issue in Monday's hearing was whether the International Fur Seal Convention, under since 1957, he is now the executive vice which the annual Pribilof Island seal harvest president of the Dunes Hotel and Coun­ HON. DON YOUNG is permitted, should be terminated, renego­ try Club. OJ' ALASKA tiated, or extended. The treaty expires next Dave is highly recognized as a man of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES year, but any action to do anything other great leadership and a man of deep con­ than allowing it to lapse must be initiated cern for others. He has given support to Monday, September 17, 1979 this year. Monday's hearing was not a balanced one. such organizations as the Shriner's Hos­ • Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, pital for Crippled Children. Among his very shortly, the administration must The overwhelming point of almost all of other achievements he has served as co­ make a decision that will be of great im­ the numerous persons who testified was that the treaty should be extended without modi­ portance to wildlife management, com­ chairman of the Dawn Hancock Animal fication at this time. To do otherwise, the Farm ·for Handicapped Children Fund,. a mercial fishing, and the welfare of the panel was told, would result in economic residents of the Pribilof Islands in board member of Temple Beth Shalom, devastation for the Pribilof Islanders, forcing a founder of the Boys Club of Clark Alaska. The North Pacific Fur Seal Con­ all of them onto welfare, and probably, bio­ vention, to which the United States is a logical devastation for the seal herds that County and a member of the Nevada Re­ party, must either be modified, termi­ also make their home on the islands, herds sort Association. He has also been dedi­ nated, or extended by October 1980. that under the coverage of the treaty and cated to the United Combined Jewish others like it have rebuilt themselves from a Appeal, Red Cross, the Variety Clubs In­ For those Members unfamiliar with the paltry hundred thousand or so animals in convention, let me point out that this is ternational, and the Zelzah Temple. 1911 to nearly a mUlion and a half now. Dave's achievements have also been the latest in a series of international en­ All of those making these arguments had vironmental agreements that have suc­ facts, figures, reason, and real human con­ recognized in southern California. He cessfully prevented the destruction of the cern backing them up. The other side, unfor­ was named "Man of the Year" in 1976 North Pacific fur seal, which inhabits the tunately, did not. There seemed to be no by the City of Hope, served as former waters of the North Pacific Ocean and merit to their arguments at all; they were Mayor Sam Yorty's goodwill ambassa­ the Bering Sea. The convention and its crafted of pie-in-the-sky thinking, if it can dor, and an honorary chairman of the predecessors have been responsible for be called that, and of a strange combination Retarded Children's Association. of misplaced emotion for the !ur seal and increasing the fur seal population from heartless disregard of people. Vague mum­ He has been married to his wife Celia 300,000, when the first agreement was blings, unsubstantiated by fact or any for 41 yea-rs. He has three married signed in 1912, to the current level of empirical data, and all of it made worse be­ daughters and six grandchildren. nearly 2 million seals. The convention cause it was all well meaning and sincere. He will be honored on Wednesday, Oc­ prevents pelagic sealing, or the taking of It was characterized by the suggestion that tober 10, by more than 1,000 friends and seals on the high seas, which is a cruel the Pribilof Aleuts, whose only economic base associates from the Middle West, Las and wasteful practice. The convention of any substance at allis the !ur seal harvest, Vegas and west coast areas. Again, I wish allows scientific management of the seal would not really suffer all that much should the harvest be stopped. Instead, they could to congratulate this dedicated man. Dur­ populations and is a model for other in­ ing these days it is good to know that ternational agreements. build green houses and raise their own pro­ duce, or build a museum so they would not there are still those who concern them­ Through an annual harvest, conducted lose touch with and could show tourists what selves with others and not just their own under strict regulation and with humane their once proud heritage was, or develop personal gains. • methods, the convention provides the sole wind powered generator plants, and so on. livelihood for most residents of the Prib­ These suggestions have no merit to them at ilof Islands. Organizations such as the all, and are in !act nonsensical. National Wildlife Federation, the Wild­ Decisions made in the public intereat CONSERVATION OF HELIUM life Society, and the North Pacific Fish­ should not merely be made on some sort of ery Management Council have all rec­ score-card basis, merely by adding up all the ommended that the convention be pro's and con's and then deciding accord­ HON. AL SWIFT ingly. Decisions of that sort should be made extended. on the basis of the merit of each side's argu­ OF WASHINGTON In spite of all the testimony and sup­ ment. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES port for an extension of the convention, But, in this case both the numbers and Monday, September 17, 1979 one group, the Friends for Animals, has the merit of the arguments are overwhelm­ urged that legislation be passed termi­ ingly that the convention should be ex­ • Mr. SWIFT. Mr. Speaker, during the nating the convention. One bill, H.R. tended, both for the benefit of the fur seal past several months the Subcommittee 5033, has been introduced to accomplish and for the benefit of human beings. To do on Energy and Power of the Committee this objective. I think it unfortunate that otherwise at this time would be to make less on Interstate and Foreign Commerce has this legislation has even been introduced seme than those arguing against the held three hearings on the question o! when the overwhelming testimony treaty.e conservation of the Nation's supply o! against its concepts have been presented. helium. I urge my colleagues to ex­ On August 29, 1979, the Tundra Times, DAVE "BUTCH" GOLDSTEIN amine the hearing record and the report Alaska's oldest statewide newspaper, of the subcommittee staff, which will published an editorial discussing the con­ soon be available as a committee print. vention. I would like to share that edi­ HON. JIM SANTINI In the meantime, I recommend to my torial with you, as I think it will con­ OF NEVADA colleagues two recent articles, one of vince you that the convention should be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES which appeared in the Christian Science extended: Monitor and the other which appeared Monday, September 17, 1979 ExTEND FUR SEAL CONVENTYON in the recent special energy issue of Sci­ Public hearings on international treaties • Mr. SANTINI. Mr. Speaker, it gives ence News. Both articles clearly explain must be different than other public hearings. me a great pleasure to congratulate an- the importance of preserving this often September 17, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 24949 neglected element if we are to insure a Federal policy toward buying and conserving 367 Be! fall in the categories o! "hypotheti­ helium. cal" and "speculative," which means they stable energy future for our children and The Bureau of Mines offers inexpensive may be contained in natural gas deposits grandchildren, and I ask that they be storage of helium for private purchasers at that have not yet been discovered. inserted in the RECORD. a federal facility in ClUiside, Texas. But most Further, so extensive are the technologies (From the Christian Science Monitor, firms have not been willing to invest 1n that helium may make possible that even it Apr. 23, 1979) their own extraction facilities. Phlllips all 718 Bet were "proven resources," it would WORLD WASTING LIMITED HELIUM Petroleum Company is an exception. The serve only as the basis of a 60- to 90-year interim during which substitutes, or cheaper (By Paul Van Slambrouck) company produces about 1 million cubic feet a day of helium from a plant in the Texas ways of extracting helium from the atmos­ HousToN.-There is plenty o! helium in Panhandle. It also stores some of its helium phere (about 1,000 times the cost of extrac­ the United States to keep blimps alo!t. But with the government, convinced that the tion from natural gas), might be identified. wlll there be enough of the light gas several market "will steadily increase in the future," "There are so many developments that one decades hence when more "down to earth·· according to project development director needs to look at," says Bascom Birmingham, energy-related technologies, like "fusion" c. C. Chapman. director of the National Bureau o! Standards, nuclear power and more efficient electricity The only alternative to producing helium Boulder, Colo., laboratories. "I! even two or transmission, might need it most? from natural gas is to extract it from the three of them go forward, all the helium we Two recent federal government reports are atmosphere. But Dr. Milton C. Krupka, have in reserve may be needed." skeptical: helium specialist at the Los Alamos Scien­ Three technologies alone--fusion, super­ "Valuable future energy technologies tific Laboratory in New Mexico, calls the conducting transmission and storage of elec­ are ... likely to become available at a time cost of such extraction "exorbitant." He says tricity-could require more than 600 Bcf of when the US can no longer produce the it would be cheaper to store the helium helium between now and the year 2050, ac­ helium the technologies require," concluded produced from natural gas today !or later cording to an Argonne-NSF Advisory Com­ a study by the House subcommittee on use. "We have the facllities to produce and mittee study (ANL/ EE-75-2). energy and power last month. store helium. In the long haul, it will be The cause of this helium gluttony is "Neither the government nor private in­ well worth the investment," he says. superconductivity, the phenomenon in dustry has assumed the responsib111ty !or which the free electrons of metals at a suffi­ meeting the long-range private-sector he­ [From Science News, July 21, 1979) ciently low temperature (about -255° C and lium demand," agreed the US General Ac­ -267° C respectively for the preferred super­ HELIUM : UP, UP & AWAY counting Office (GAO) in another appraisal. conducting alloys niobium-tin and niobium­ Experts say helium, which is contained in (By Robert Ebisch) titanium) form what are called "Cooper natural gas, is being squandered at an alarm­ "Who is buying helium and !or what pur­ pairs" and cease to be scattered by the ing rate-even as researchers chart a grow­ pose, and why do we have long-term con­ metal atoms. In macroscopic terms this ing need !or the gas. The GAO says 13 bil­ tracts on helium when there has not been means that the metal becomes supercon­ lion cubic feet of the inert gas escapes into extensive use of it for many, many years? ducting, losing all resistance to the fiow of the atmosphere each year, most of it rou­ We used to use it in the old dirigibles, but electrical current. In technological and eco­ tinely vented in the production of natural as I understand it, it is not used very much nomic terms it means a bonanza, because gas. now .•."---congressman Chet Holifield (D­ tremendous currents can be put through Yet helium appllcations in the energy Cal.) in House fioor discussions leading up superconducting wires with no energy loss field are promising. Because it can tolerate to the 1973 cancellation of the U.S. helium to resistance and no need for energy ex­ very low temperatures without freezing, he­ conservation program. penditures in cooling. lium can be liquefied and used to cool other "Helium," former astronaut Scott Carpen­ Helium, with a melting point of -272° c. materials, helping them become "supercon­ ter once commented, "is an invisible passkey ls the only element that remains fiuid at ductors" of electricity. to the future." Unfortunately, the passkey superconducting temperatures and thus the Helium also is seen as becoming more im . is dissolving into thin air. only means of cooling conductors (hydrogen portant in nuclear power generation-par­ Just as the world begins moving into a might be used were lt not dangerously ticularly fusion plants not yet in commer­ new age of helium-based supertechnologies, explosive) . cial use-because of its exceptional ab111 ty the helium reserves of the Unit ed States­ Helium is, ln other words, an absolute to transfer heat. (Fusion generates power an estimated 718 billion cutic feet (Be!) con­ necessity !or coollng the superconductlng by Joining molecules, as opposed to fission tained in natural gas deposits-are being rap­ magnets that must be used for power-gen­ plants which split atoms.) idly lost to the atmosphere as the gas is erating tokamak fusion reactors (SN:S/ 19/ Helium is now used in welding, leak detec­ pumped from the ground and u sed to heat 78, p. 116), !or superconductlng energy trans­ tion, llghter-than-air vehicles (like the Good­ homes and generate power for industry. mission and for storage. year blimps), and as a pressurizing agent 1n Fields now being exploited for natural gas, About 13 percent of electrical energy cur­ rocket fuel tanks. representing almost 85 percent of the U.S. rently produced is lost ln transmission and Research into future appllcations is brisk. helium reserve, as measured at the begin­ distribution. Such loss can be significantly The Department of Energy will spend $300 ning of 1977, could be essentially exhausted reduced by superconductlng transmission million to $400 million on helium research within 20 to 30 years, according to the Na­ lines such as the 100-meter experimental in fiscal year 1979. "The money being spent tional Research Council. line at Brookhaven National Laboratory. shows that there is nothing esoteric about The waste would excite little protest 1! Currently the focus of U.S. research, the helium. It will give us great efficiency in World War I observation dirigibles had been line consists of three fiexible niobium-tin conserving energy and transmitting energy," the zenith of helium's ut111ty, but the federal cables capable of carrying 1,-iOO megawatts, says Michael Barrett, counsel to the House government has spent and will continue to the output of a good-sized nuclear power subcommittee on energy and power. spend billions on the development of fusion plant, through a pipe scarcely more than a The bulk of the nation's hellum reserves reactors, breeder and high-temperature gas foot ln diameter. are found in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and reactors, high-temperature gas turbines, A research group headed by engineer­ Wyoming. Domestic consumption of the gas high-powered lasers, magnetically levitated ing professor Roger Boom at the University was Just under 900 mlllion cubic feet in transport systems, advanced energy conver­ or Wisconsin has developed a scheme to store 1978, but most experts see demand almost sion cycles and superconducting devices for excess power in a ring of superconducting doubllng by the year 2000 and then rising energy generation, transmission and stor­ metal the size of a football stadium, burled even more dramatically. age-all of them dependent on helium. several hundred feet underground to rein­ While six helium extracting plants now "DOE is currently investing $300 million force lt against internal magnetic stresses. are in operation, the natural gas fields that a year in research and development of tech­ Electrical consumption switched into the feed them are expected to be depleted by nologies that will be useless in less than 40 ring during hours of low consumption-at the year 2000. Should the demand !or helium years 1f we !all to conserve helium today," night, for example-would travel in a circle accelerate as expeoted, there could be a warns Congressman John Dingell (D-Mich.). until t he hours of high demand, when lt serious shortage of the gas at a reasonable "As things stand now, by the year 1985, the could be drained off as needed. cost, warn the GAO and House subcommit­ U.S. will not be able to meet its demand "There might be about 50 of them located tee reports. from current production, and by the year around the country," according to Boom. The subcommittee urges Congress to adopt 2017 we wlll have exhausted our reserves "They would store between 10,000 and 50,000 legislation that would grant private industry as well." megawatt-hours of electricity from a state­ cheap government financing for helium ex­ A national reserve of 718 Bc!-as estimated wide area (for comparison, the peak demand traction and permit inexpensive storage of by the Potential Gas Committee of the Colo­ of Chicago is about 1,400 megawatts) and helium at federal fac111ties. rado School of Mines-appears sizable in each would require as much as 3.85 Be! of The government started a program of buy­ comnarlson with the present con<>umption of helium." ing and storin~ helium from private con­ about one Bet per year. But only 198 Bet are Not all superconduct1ng technologies will tractors in 1960, but the effort was ter­ actually proven resources. Another 153 Bet consume helium on such a grand scale. minated in 1971. Both the GAO and House are "probable." expected to appear in exten­ A 1,000-megawatt magnet ohydrodynamics subcommittee recommended reappraisal of sions of existing gas fields. The remaining (MHD) unit might require no more than 24950 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 17, 1979 about 50 thousand cubic feet {Me!) of stockpile of 39 Be! now stored underground tractors may have to pay natural gas pro­ helium. MHD is a. process in which white-hot in the Cllffside facility, a partially drained ducers and landowners !or part of its value. and electrically conducting gases--exhaust natural gas deposit in Texas. Sometime before !all, HR 2620 w111 be !rom a coal furnace, for example-are directed "The only way to stop such waste," asserts reported in the House and may pass there, at near-sonic speeds through a magnetic Dingell, "is to enact a Federal program that according to Michael KitzmUler, counsel to field, prOducing a voltage that can be used to deals with the economic and legal barriers to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. drive an external circuit. The exhaust gases, helium conservation and requires that this KitzmUler refuses to speculate on the b1ll's reduced only a few hundred degrees in tem­ invaluable element be preserved !or future changes, adding, "Every year somebOdy intro­ perature, can then be passed through a. heat generations. The total cost of this pre gram to duces a b111 that would rehab111tate the he­ exchanger, producing steam to drive a con­ the Federal government over the next six lium program and every year it doesn't hap­ ventional electrical generator. years would be about $500 m1llion, half of pen. But there is a lot of enthusiasm for the According to NASA's 1976 Energy Con­ which wm be recovered by 1990 and half of bill in the Senate." version Alternatives Study, MHD appears to which will be recovered when the helium is BOM Helium D~'v1s1on chief Ray Munner­ offer an overall power plant efficiency of sold." lyn disagrees: "It's our impression from more than 50 percent, compared with 34 per­ Dingell's remarks opened the second of hearing the testimony that HR 2620 has cent !or conventional coal-fired plants and three public hearings on H.R. 2620, "The very llttle support outside the subcommit­ 25 to 30 percent for nuclear plants. But MHD Helium-Energy Act of 1979," on June 11. The tee." becomes economically feasible only with su­ House b111, intrOduced last March, 1s intended The situation of hellum reserves today perconducting magnets. to forestall a. helium shortage to at least 2040 has been compared to that of natural gas MHD research 1s underway at a number of and possibly until 2070. between 1930 and 19CO. During that period locations, with the greatest U.S. effort focus­ Helium-formed deep within the earth by the United States flared or vented about 119 ing on a 50-megawatt test unit at DOE's radioactive decay of the elements uranium trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas, Component Development and integration and thorium over billions of years and regarding it merely as a byproduct of pe­ Facll1ty in Butte, Mont. Researchers are ex­ trapped as it rises toward the surface beneath troleum production. 119 Tcf equals 58 per­ pecting to build a complete 250-megawatt the same dome-like geological formations cent of proven U.S. reserves as of 1977. Had MHD pilot plant by the mid-1980s. Eventu­ that trap natural gas-is today being ex­ this waste been prevented, the United ally, MHD may be a part of between 40 and tracted from only two of the nation's hun­ States would be in a better energy situation 100 percent of all new power plants, accord­ dreds of natural gas streams, and those two today. Will future generations view helium ing to the Electric Power Research Institute streams are helium-rich (concentrations of in the same manner? (EPRI). more than .3 percent helium). H.R. 2620 "You've spent a b1llion dollars so far on They won't be the only part to be super­ would mandate helium extraction not only fusion," says Charles Laverick, a consultant conducting. In January of this year, West­ from all helium-rich natural gas but also formerly with Argonne National Laboratory inghouse Electric Corp. was awarded an from the helium-lean deposits (as low as .1 and an insistent presence at hellum policy EPRI contract to design and manufacture a percent and possibly lower), which actually gatherings. "You'll have spent $20 b1llion 300-megawatt turbogenerator with super­ hold the bulk of the world's helium supply. on fusion by the time you get it and, 1! conducting windings for installation in an The federal government would bear only things continue as they've been going, you'll operating power plant by 1983. Supercon­ the costs of storage and transportation from have no helium." e ducting generators of 250 to 1,250 mega­ the wellhead to storage. Companies trans­ watts could begin replacing conventional porting or selling the natural gas would be power plant generators by the early 1990s. required to extract the bellum, and would be according to Westinghouse, at a cost sav­ allowed to pass the cost on to the natural gas 5740, THE JEWISH NEW YEAR ings of up to 20 percent. consumer. Superconducting magnets have also There are those, however, who think the opened a new era of high-energy physics by price will be too high. Ray Munnerlyn, chief enabllng particle accelerators to control more HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN of the Bureau of Mines' Division of Helium, OF NEW YORK powerful beams. Japanese and German explains, "Under H.R. 2620 practically every groups are developing high-speed trains that bellum gas stream in this country would IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES will be levitated and propelled by supercon­ have to be processed. If the Secretary of En­ Monday, September 17, 1979 ducting magnets. Compact, superconducting ergy took H .R. 2620 to the letter, it would re­ magnetic memory systems may be in use in quire the constructicn of l'>undreds of bellum high-capacity computers by 1985. Super­ o Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, Septem­ conducting magnets for the magnetic extraction plants." One of H.R. 2620's provi­ ber 22 marks the start of the Jewish sions would transfer control of the bellum high holy days. Throughout the world, separation of lower grade ores or ta.1Ungs program from the BOM to the Secretary of have been under development for years. Energy. Jews will join in common bond to cele­ They may be necessary as the richer iron re­ Private industry is also reluctant; they brate this joyous period. Beginning with serves are depleted. And one scientist has pre­ have been burned in the past. The 39 Be! Rosh Hashana, the first day of the dicted that water purification may be one of now in storage is mostly a holdover from Jewish New Year, and climaxing the 10- the first large-scale appllcations of super­ day period with the holiest of all Jewish conductivity. the last federal bellum conservation pro­ gram begun in 1960. In the early 1960s four holidays, the Day of Atonement, Yom Hellum will find increasing use in high­ companies entered into 22-year bellum­ powered lasers for defense, medicine and laser Kippur. purchase contacts with the federal govern­ is fusion, and in lighter-than-air cargo ships. ment, built extraction plants and began The start of this New Year, 5740 Helium's high thermal conductivity and the producing helium for storage at Clltfside. the most solemn time of the year for fact that it is relatively invisible to radia­ At that time, the Bureau of Mines was the Jews. It is a time to reflect on the tion w111 make it a valuable medium of heat sole supplier of helium to both the gov­ events of the past year, repent for trans­ exchange in nuclear reactors. ernment and public markets at the legis­ gressions, to pray for forgiveness and for And then there are the more !ammar, "dis­ sipative" uses that release helium to the lated price of $35/ Mcf. Between 1961 and a year of peace and happiness for the atmosphere as a matter of course, including 1968, however, 12 additional private helium world. More than ever, there is reflection welding, chromatography, synthetic breath­ extraction nlants were built and the mar­ on the universal establishment of prin­ ing mixtures for deep diving and space activi­ ket price o! helium !ell to $25/Mcf. Fed­ ciples of compassion and tolerence for eral sales fell off and the BOM program ties, leak detection, and pressurizing and went deep into debt. which Judaism has so long and pain­ purging of vessels. These account for most of fully fought. today's bellum demand. A single gas chromat In 1973, the Nixon administration can­ celed the helium purchase contacts as an ograph, for example, requires only a small The true meaning and significance of austerity measure. Since hellum produc­ this most holy period is important to volume of bellum, but the cumulative effect tion was then about seven times the de­ nationwide is attested to by the 35 million all, Jews and non-Jews alike. By recall­ mand, this left the four government con­ ing the suffering endured throughout cubic feet used for this purpose in 1975. tractors with no market. They began re­ "It is conceivable," says the NRC, "that leasing the helium to the atmosphere and history by the Jewish people, as well as dissipative uses alone could, if permitted, filed suits against the government. the many obstacles which have been exhaust the present bellum stockpile before Private companies have their reservations placed in the path of their pursuit of the inventory demand of the new technol­ about HR 2620. Long-term government con­ religious freedom and their exercise of ogies develops." tracts have been canceled in the past. and basic human rights, we can better ap­ Meanwhile. the United States is recovering the 25-year contracts suggested under HR preciate our Nation's independence and just over one Be! of bellum each year and los­ 2620 may not be long-term enough for a freedom. ing about 15 Bcf. The House Subcommittee helium market to have developed from the on Energy and Power has estimated that dur­ new technologies. The government's large Unfortunately, the compassion and ing the next 16 years the United States will helium store represents a potential threat tolerance that symbolizes the principles lose 54 Bcf of recoverable helium, the equiv­ to future markets. Recent court decisions of Judaism have not always been shared alent of 150 percent of the existing national have raised the possibility that helium ex- with the Jews. Throughout history, September 17, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 24951 prejudice and persecution have been brace of the PLO, support of the destruc­ ing the Holy Torah and no rabbis to lead their unfortunate companions. Whatever tion of Israel and establishment of an their congregations in prayer. We call on accomplishments that world Jewry Islamic State have ominous implications all peoples to identify with the prayers achieved in the year 5739, remain over­ for the already suppressed Jewish pop­ for universal brotherhood, world peace, shadowed by their continuous plight of ulation of that Arab nation. individual freedom, and spiritual and persecution and violence. Far too many In Syria, a once thriving Jewish com­ moral growth which mark the observance nations have demonstrated their callous munity of 45,000 in 1948 has now dwin­ of this holy period. disregard for the rights of the Jewish dled to some 4,500. Strict emigration laws The world might well benefit from the population in their country. prevent Jews from being reunited with true meaning of this celebration to take In the Soviet Union today, there re­ their families abroad. Syrian Jews must the time at least once a year, for sincere mains some 200,000 Jewish citizens who carry special I.D. cards identifying them soul searching and self-criticism, for re­ await the opportunity to leave. In addi­ as Jews. There continues to be frequent pentance and forgiveness, and for pray­ tion, some 2,000 ot.b.ers known as re­ reports of harassment, arrests, torture ers of genuine peace and better under­ fuseniks, have for spurious reasons ex­ and interrogations. standing. perienced 5 to 10 years wait for the right In an obvious attempt to improve its In this spirit of reflection on the past to leave Russia. image in the West, last year Syria per­ and hope for the future of all people, I During a recent trip to the Soviet mitted 12 Jewish girls to be married to urge my colleagues to join in greetings Union, along with my congressional col­ Syrian Jewish men from the Brooklyn to all of our constituents of the Jewish leagues, I met with many Soviet Jews community. As hopeful as this action faith and to join with them in prayer for in Moscow and Leningrad who had been was, it has not led to further steps to aid a year of peace, hope, and prosperity, denied exit because of the so-called sen­ the remaining 500 unmarried Jewish wishing one and all a "L'shana tova"-a sitive nature of their jobs. Included in girls still trapped in Syria. happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.• this group was a meatcutter and a laser As Syria moves deeper into the radical scientist who had not worked in his Arab camp in its war with Israel, the field for over 10 years. fate of its Jewish citizens becomes more The blatant disregard in the Soviet precarious. Encouragement from Lybia CONGRESSIONAL SALUTE TO THE Union for the rights of the individual and Iraq can only increase persecution HONORABLE RICHARD J. HUGHES was clearly demonstrated to me by the of the Syrian Jews. OF NEW JERSEY, STATE'S DISTIN­ Chief of Justice of Soviet Supreme Even in the Western Hemisphere there GUISHED CHIEF JUSTICE, GOV­ Court, the Honorable Len N. Smirnov, is reason for increased concern. The ERNOR, JURIST, ADMINISTRATOR, who, in response to my appeals for the growing influence of the PLO among STATESMAN, AND GREAT AMER­ human rights of the political prisoners terrorists organizations and their ties to ICAN in the Soviet Union, responded by hand­ several leftist governments such as Cuba, ing me his recent White Paper on Human Panama and the new government in Rights in which he concluded that the Nicaragua, has brought fear to the nor­ HON. ROBERT A. ROE "human rights issue is a propaganda mally peaceful and prosperous Jewish OJ' NEW JERSEY device by the West." communities throughout the area. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Most disturbing to me was the decay As history has sadly shown, antl­ Monday, September 17, 1979 of religious freedom throughout Russia. Semetic attitudes have no political ide­ During my visit, I prayed at the syna­ ology. The largest Jewish community in • Mr. ROE. Mr. Speaker, on Wednes­ gogues in Moscow and Leningrad. Sadly, South America, in Argentina, numbering day evening, September 19, the people there was not one young person in sight. some 400,000 strong, has become a major of our State of New Jersey will gather Only a handful of elderly citizens were target of elements of the police and together with other national and inter­ there to carry on the traditions of their armed forces. Death threats, kidnapping, national leaders in testimony to our faith. torture, beatings and disappearance have State's most distinguished chief justice, Due to a Soviet prohibition on teach­ been dire:::ted at leading Argentine Jews. beloved Governor, prominent statesman, ing religion to the youth, generations of Nazi literature and facist organizations and good friend, the Honorable Rich­ Soviet Jews are being denied their reli­ flourish. ard J. Hughes, whose untiring and her­ gious freedom. I met with one man One of the more noted Argentine hu­ culean efforts throughout his lifetime whose son was accused of teaching Juda­ man rights cases is that of Jacobo Tim­ of outstanding public service in ever ism. His 70-year-old father, who had erman, a leading journalist and respected seeking the highest standards of excel­ been a war hero for his country during defender of human rights. Arrested in lence on behalf of our people have truly World War II, had been arrested to 1977, he stlll remains under house ar­ enriched our communities, State, and pressure his son to stop his religious rest, having been tortured, beaten, and Nation. I know you and our colleagues teaching activities. held for months in isolation. When the will want to join with me in extending It is evident that the Soviet Govern­ government was unable to prove lllegal our warmest greetings and felicitations ment seeks to curtail religious freedom dealings or guerrilla activities which he to him and share the pride of his good by noting the limited number of places had been charged with, he became the wife Betty and their children in his of worship. In all of Moscow, a city with target of anti-Semitism that has become unprecedented record of exemplary an estimated Jewish population of some entrenched in the extreme right wing achievements and good works. 400,000, there is but one temple. sectors of Argentine society. Mr. Speaker, as a member of Gover­ In Moscow as well as throughout Rus­ Even in Israel, where life has never nor Hughes cabinet during his tenure sia, the life of the Soviet Jew continues been easy, new tension and uncertainty at the helm of our State government, I to be one of both persecution and vio­ has developed. Soon after the celebra­ can attest to the richness of his wisdom, lence, of limitations on educational op­ tions following the Camp David agree­ the quality of his leadership, sincerity portunities as well as the inab111ty to ments, it became clear that this action of purpose, dedication to the public good, emigrate freely. On all official papers, would not lead to more tranquility for and personal commitment that has en­ including his passport, the nationality of Jews, but instead increase the threat of abled him to attain not only the highest a Russian Jew is listed as "Jew." Politi­ terrorism. As Israel seeks to implement omce of public trust in the executive cal prisoners, such as Anatoly Shcharan­ those agreements and to seek support branch but the judicial branch of our sky and Yuri Orlov, who have dared to for further peace settlements, the PLO State government. speak out in opposition to the violation and radical Arab States have increased The Honorable Richard J. Hughes was of human rights, still linger in Soviet their subversive activities. appointed chief justice of the New Jer­ cells. Yet Russia is not the only nation As Jews in this country and in other sey Supreme Court in 1973 and served where Jewish people continue to suffer nations Of the world turn themselves two consecutive oi-year terms as Gov­ the pains of persecution. to their devotions during the High Holy ernor of the State of New Jersey com­ Revolution in Iran may have ended Days, our thoughts will be with our mencing January 16, 1962. He was born the persecution of some of its citizens, brothers and sisters in other repressive August 10, 1909, and his alma maters in but it has brought terror to the non­ lands, most of whom have no place to education included Cathedral High Moslem minorities. That nation's em- worship, no synagogue, no Ark contain- School, Trenton; St. Joseph's College, 24952 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 17, 1979 Philadelphia, Pa.; and Rutgers Univer­ journalist of long standing. Ron sum­ nual dinners o! the Legislative Correspon­ van has intertwined his intimate knowl­ dents Association. Thus, any personal reca­ sity Law School. He served with distinc­ pitulation o! Mr. Hughes's years as Governor tion as assistant U.S. attorney 1939-45; edge of New Jersey politics and govern­ and as Chief Justice tends to be a little self­ judge, Mercer County Court, 1948-52; ment with an exceptional profile of Dick conscious, even self-effacing. judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, Hughes, the chief justice, the jurist, the While his gubernatorial record on such 1952-57, appellate division 1957. His Governor, the administrator, the hu­ issues as higher education, tax reform, pol­ published biography during the last year manitarian, the family man, and good lution control, urban aid and gun control is of his tenure as Governor reads, as fol­ friend. Highlights of this news article well known, Justice Hughes said that the are, as follows: recollections that gave him the "warmest lows: feelings" were smaller events. • • • GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY: RICHARD J . HUGHES IN RETROSPECT: A PUBLIC LIFE There were other events involving Mr. HUGHES, TRUSTEE (By Ronald Sulllvan) Hughes that made the 1960's one o! the Richard J. Hughes was born in Florence, TRENTON.-When Richard J . Hughes left, most exciting and sca-ring decades in his­ Bartington County, on August 10, 1909. the New Jersey Governor' office in 1970, he tory. These included the racial riots in New­ After graduation !rom high school in was widely regarded as one of the best chief ark, the summit meeting between Premier Trenton, he attended St. Joseph's College in executives in the state's history. He also was Alexei N. Kosygin of the Soviet Union and Philadelphia. and received his Law degree rated as an outstanding politician, having President Lyndon B. Johnson at Glassboro !rom the New Jersey Law School, now a part been among those considered !or the Demo­ State College and the expulsion o! the all­ o! Rutgers University. cratic Vice Presidential nomination two white Mississippi delegation by the Hughes He established a law office in Trenton in years earlier. headed Credentials Committee at the 1968 1932. At the age o! 30, he was named Assist­ Mr. Hughes' wife, Betty, and many friends Democratic National Convention in Chicago. ant United States Attorney !or New Jersey urged him then to be content with his past • • • his friends offer this explanation: and embarked on a six year term o! prosecut­ public achievements. There were stlll chil­ "To understand Dick Hughes, you have ing federal cases and administering such dren to education, bank loans to be paid to remember one thing. He raised 10 children war-time measures as the Enemy Alice Art. and a great deal of money to be made as and he values peace above anything else." Republican Governor Alfred R. Driscoll a lawyer. Mr. Speaker, it is indeed my honor and named him Mercer County judge in 1948. But M. Hughes didn't stay out o! the lime­ While serving on the county bench, he deep­ light long. In 1973, he accepted an offer by privilege to present this testimonial to ened his interest in juvenile problems and his outgoing Republican successor, Gov. Wil­ Chief Justice-Governor Dick Hughes and won recognition as an outstanding authority liam T . Cahill, to become Chief Justice o! the seek this national recognition of his dis-­ on probation systems. State Supreme Court and thus the first per­ tinguished service to our people. As we Judge Hughes was elected to the Superior son to serve as the state's Governor and in convene to commemorate his retirement Court o! New Jersey in 1952 by Governor the top judiciary post. as chief justice of New Jersey, we do Driscoll. Chief Justice Arthur Vanderbilt Mr. Hughes wlll leave the court on Friday, indeed salute a splendid Jurist, an out­ named him chairman o! the Supreme Court's when he reaches the mandatory retirement standing administrator, a distinguished Committee on Juvenile and Domestic Rela­ age o! 70, and Robert N. Wllentz, who was tions Courts. This committee, in a historic sworn in last Thursday, wlll take over as citizen and great American-the Hon­ two-year study, produced a report that served Chief Justice. orable Richard J. Hughes of New Jersey.e as the foundation !or New Jersey's forward­ Many officials had warned Mr. Hughes that looking handling o! youthful offenders. he would be risking his gubernatorial repu­ In 1957, Judge Hughes was named to the tation on a court that had been molded by Appellate Division by Chief Justice Joseph two outstanding jurists, the late Arthur WELCOMING A TORTURER Weistraub. He later returned to private prac­ Vanderbilt and Joseph Weintraub. tice and continued a record of distinguished While under Justice Hughes' reign, the public service which led to his unanimous Supreme Court did not often speak as one, HON. HENRY J. HYDE selection as the Democratic candidate for as it had many times under previous lead­ OF ILLINOIS Governor. ers; however, its record, in the opinion o! IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES On November 7, 1961, he was elected by a legislative and .1udicial leaders, will never 25,000 plurality. embarrass the former Governor. In !act, a Monday, September 17, 1979 On November 2, 1965, he was re-elected by number o! officials regard the six years o! the a 868,000 plurality, the greatest ever achieved Hughes court as a reflection o! his ab1Uty to • Mr. HYDE. Mr. Speaker, in Washing­ by a Governor of New Jersey. move opposing forces toward compromise and ton and in Congress we are blessed with Richard Hughes also was the Democratic resolution. some of the most vigorous defenders of candidate for Congress from the Fourth Dis­ Under Mr. Hughes's leadership, the court "human rights" on this globe. The trict in 1968. A Past Exalted Ruler in the grappled with the polltlcally and emotion­ transgressions of every South American Elks and a Past Grand Knight o! the Knights ally charged issues o! public-school financing right-wing government are never over­ of Columbus, he has been a leader in many and exclusionary zoning: It also handed looked, but rather are relentlessly ex­ civic affairs. In 1958, he was chairman o! down a landmark ruling that allowed the the Delaware Valley United Fund. In 1960, parents o! Karen Anne Quinlan to disconnect posed and castigated. he was chairman of the fund-raising cam­ their comatose daughter !rom a respirator. It comes as somewhat of a disappoint­ paign for St. Francis Hospital, Trenton. He Perhaps more than anything else, how­ ment then to learn that the Mayor of also served as chairman of the Citizens' Ad­ ever, Justice Hughes sought to open the Washington, D.C., would present the visory Committee to investigate welfare courts to closer public scrutiny, making what key to this Nation's Capital to what practices in Treaton. almost sounded like old campaign speeches columnist Michael Novak has termed His first wife, the former Mrs. Miriam Mc­ in favor o! judicial reform. "the world's most accomplished ex­ Grory Hughes, died in 1950. She left !our The court established new rules that tinguisher of human rights," President children. In 1954, he married Mrs. Betty allowed !or pretrial court intervention, a Murphy, who had been widowed in 1951 when move designed to prevent young offenders Sekou Toure of Guinea. her husband, Air Force Captain William M. from being tried, or contained unnecessarily. It comes as an even greater disap­ Murphy, died in an airplane crash in the It also instituted extensive administrative pointment Newsweek described one massive evade official OPEC prices Nigeria, Iraq, Shaykh Yamani expressed his hope that purge: "Getting confessions has proved easy. and other OPEC nations have broken the decisions adopted by the Tokyo indus­ As one Guinean recently told a reporter for contracts with the multinational oil com­ trial summit meetings would be implemented. The New York Times, 'They put you in a panies and forced them to go to the spot He explained that if the consuming countries little kennel where there's no room to stand, were able to reduce their consumption by a markets and pay spot market prices for good amount, the oil market would become and nobody pays any attention to you for five In or six days. No water, no food, nothing. Then, the same oil. turn, the companies, in steadier to the same extent. However, what they take you to the interrogation room, accordance with Department of Energy is happening is contrary to this, since some where there's a glass of water you can have regulations, merely pass through the in­ states reduce their consumption for a. certain if you say what they want to hear. It's not creased price to the U.S. consumer. time, then production is increased rapidly, too long before you start saying, yes, I was Now Nigeria and others including Sau­ and then we notice shortage countries can spying for the French, and for the Germans di Arabia are talking further OPEC price avoid this by reducing their consumption in a.nd for the Americans, and here's a list of the increases for 1979 despite administration a. manner which would prevent this !rom others who were doing It, too.' " statements to the contrary. In this con­ happening. A book by Jean Paul Alata, African Prisons, nection I bring to my colleagues' at:Jten­ In reply to a. question about the existence reports on systematic torture and death of factors which would lead to a decision on among Toure's political prisoners. In 1977, tion the following news items: an excerpt a new increase in oil prices, Shaykh Yamani the International League for Human Rights from a Wall Street Journal article of stated that in !act the role these !actors in a 300-page report based on eyewitness ac­ September 13, 1979, entitled "Carter Sees play is no more than 50 percent; in any counts, accused Toure of conducting a reign No New Price Boosts by OPEC for Rest event, between now and the end of this year of terror. Freedom House gave Guinea a of '79 Causing Inflation To Slow" and matters w111 become clearer. He expressed his "seven" rating on political rights and liber­ an excerpt from a Saudi Arabian State belle! that the price w111 rise but that the ties in 1978, as low as it is possible to score. increase will be small.e Only 14 other nations are thoroughly repres­ radio newscast dated September 11, sive enough to hit "seven," but Toure did it. 1979, entitled "Shaykh Yamani Expects Toure is only 56 years old. He was 40 when 'Small' Increase in Oil Price." The Ya­ he turned his nation in Moscow's direction, mani interview is also interesting in his a.nd made war on the most talented indlvid­ reference to oil companies which make TERRORISM IN WEST GERMANY, ua.ls among his people. Although Guinea has unlawful profits. I believe it is time that PART II almost one-third of the world's bauxite (nec­ the administration and the Congress face essary for aluminum), uranium deposits, up to this ever-increasing inflationary potential oil fields, and rich agricultural trend and its impact on our economy HON. LARRY McDONALD lands, Toure's socialism has kept his popu­ and citizens especially the old, handi­ OF GEORGIA lation one of the poorest in the world, with an average income of $140 a year. capped, and poor by creaJting a Federal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This great exponent of human rights was nonprofit corporation to purchase Monday, September 17, 1979 put up for the night in Blair House in early through bid or other means the crude August, had a meeting with President Carter oil imported into the United States and e Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, this is "that went beyond the usual courtesies ac­ to abolish the foreign oil tax credit which the second section of my report on the corded a foreign leader on a. private visit" creates the incentive for U.S. companies West German terrorist movement and according to news reports, and also met with to develop and import foreign crude oil. its role in the international terrorist Secretary o! State Vance. The meaning of The material follows: network. the Carter campaign for human rights was CARTER SEES No NEW PRICE BOOSTS BY OPEC THE ROTE ARMEE FRAKTION (RAF) thereby, no doubt, clarified for all the world. FOR REST OF 1979, CAUSING INFLATION TO Except for a simultaneous armed rob­ One hopes Carter assured Toure, just as he SLOW assured the Shah of Iran in 1978, that all his bery operation against three banks in HARTFORD, CONN.-President Carter said West Berlin, involving 12 terrorists and people love him. One hopes Carter also tlhat he doesn't expect foreign oil producers promised to support Toure just as loyally as to boost their prices further this year, and six vehicles fully equipped with false he supported President Somoza of Nicaragua, that as a. result the nation's inflation rate registrations and license plates on Sep­ even though his human rights ratings !all should slow in the months ahead. tember 29, 1970, that netted some $55,000 below those of Nicaragua under Somoza. "Although I cannot control this, we do not and was for "self-funding" purposes, the One hopes Carter practiced "evenhanded anticipate any further increases" in prices RAF nucleus was quiet until the com­ diplomacy." by the Organization o! Petroleum Exporting pletion of their logistical network in To be sure, Toure has thrown out the Countries in 1979, Mr. Carter told two major 1971. Soviets, and desperately wants U.S. business­ groups of retired persons here. men to come mine his bauxite and his ura­ He blamed OPEC !or contributing heavily One most significant operation in No­ nium, find oil for him, and help his agricul­ to the country's torrid inflation rate, cur­ vember 1970 was the burglary of the ture. The U.S., he believes, needs new anti­ rently running at a 13 percent annual pace, West Berlin motor vehicle registry and Soviet friends in Africa. Toure expressed the by increasing prices 60 percent this year. He theft of blank license forms. One of these hope South Africa would accept "majority said the leveling o! oil prices that he an­ forged licenses made out in the name of black rule" just as peacefully as the city of ticipates should slow inflation. "I expect the Klaus MUller was used early in 1975 in Washington has, where "we see black leaders rate of inflation to go down the rest of this who welcome us and a city council that re­ year," he asserted. France by Johannes Weinrich, a 28- flects the will of the majority." A presidential aide said he doesn't believe year-old lawyer who ran the Red Star Perhaps out of embarrassment, the city's the Carter administration has received as­ publishing house in Frankfurt. At that major papers ignored the news of Toure's surances from the OPEC members that they time he rented cars for the terrorist as­ visit, except in Section B of The Post and the won't boost prices again this year. But he sassin Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, "Carlos," Portfolio section o! The Star. Thus, the style said indications are that another price in­ a KGB trained killer then working in of the visit was covered, but not its political crease is unlikely. London and Paris with a Cuban DGI significance: A rhythm and blues band case officer of Ecuadorean origin, An­ played on one side of the door, and the U .S. SHAYKH YAMANI EXPECTS "SMALL" INCREASE tonio Dages Bouvier, for the leader of honor guard and the 3rd U.S. Infantry's Old IN OIL PRICE the Palestine Liberation Organization's Guard Fife and Drum Corps, In red and white In an Interview with the Danish POLI­ Colonial army uniforms, played on the other. TIKEN, carried today by AL-BILAD, Shaykh Rejectionist Front faction, the Popular A key to the city o! Washington flashed Yamani explained that the dollar is heading Front for the Liberation of Palestine gold in his blood-stained hand, and the toward stab111ty and its progress in this man­

Judiciary 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. To resume hearings on S. 1722 and 1723, Energy and Natural Resources Commerce, Science, and Transportation bills to reform the Federal criminal Business meeting on pending calendar Merchant Marine and Tourism Subcom­ laws, and streamline the administra­ business. mittee tion of criminal justice. 3110 Dirksen Building To resume hearings on S . 1460, 1462, and 2228 Dirksen Building Finance 1463, bills to facilitate and streamline 2:00p.m. Business meeting, to continue considera­ the implementation of the regulatory Judiciary tion of H.R. 3919, to impose a windfall part of U.S. maritime policy. To hold hearings on pending nomina- profit tax on domestic crude oil. 6226 Dirksen Building tions. 2221 Dirksen Building OCTOBER 1 2228 Dirksen Bu1lding Governmental Affairs 9:30a.m . SEPTEMBER 25 To continue hearings on S. 1564, to re­ Energy and Natural Resources 9:30a.m. quire public disclosure of certain Energy Regulation Subcommittee Governmental A1fairs lobbying activities to influence issues To resume oversight hearings on S . 1684, Civil Service and General Services Sub­ before the Congress. to provide for the development, im­ committee 3302 Dirksen Building provement, and operation of domestic To hold oversight hearings on the ac­ *Labor and Human Resources refinery capabilities. tivities of the General Services Admin­ To continue hearings on S. 1724, 771, 3110 Dirksen Building istration, with emphasis on the art in 1270, 1331, and 1603, bills to provide Labor and Human Resources architecture program. financial assistance to low and lower Handicapped Subcommittee 324 Russell Building middle income, and fixed-income To resume oversight hearings on the Judiciary households to meet the increased cost implementation of the Education for Business meeting, to consider pending of home energy. All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 nominations and legislation. 4232 Dirksen Building (P.L. 94-142). 2228 Dirksen Building SEPTEMBER 27 4232 Dirksen Building 10:00 a.m. 9:00a.m. OCTOBER 2 Energy and Natural Resources Commerce, Science, and Transportation 9:30a.m. Business meeting on pending calendar Consumer Subcommittee Energy and Natural Resources business. To resume oversight hearings to ex­ Energy Regulation Subcommittee 3110 Dirksen Building amine the enforcement and adminis­ To continue hearings on S. 1684, to pro­ Finance trative authority o! the Federal Trade vide for the development, improve­ Business meeting, to resume considera­ Commission. ment, and operation of domestic re­ tion o! H.R. 3919, to impose a windfall 235 Russell Bu1lding finery capabilities. profit tax on domestic crude on. 10:00 a.m. 3110 Dirksen Building 2221 Dirksen Bu1ld1ng Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Foreign Relations 10:00 a.m. To continue hearings on S. 85, 353, and Governmental Affairs To continue hearings, in closed session, H.R. 7, bills to strengthen the ability on the SALT II Treaty (Exec. Y, 96th Federal Spending Practices and Open Gov­ of the Federal Reserve Board to con­ ernment Subcommittee Cong., 1st sess.). duct monetary policy, promote greater To hold hearings on S. 1681, to require S-116, Capitol competitive equality, enhance the that a contractor on a Federal public Governmental Affairs safety and soundness of the banking system, and improve the efficiency of construction project submit a no­ To hold hearings on S. 1564, to require tarized statement at the beginning public disclosure o! certain lobbying the Federal Reserve payments system. 5302 Dirksen Building and the end of each contract with re­ activities to influence issues before spect to the wages and fringes to be the Congress. Energy and Natural Resources paid or which have been paid on the 3302 Dirksen Building Parks, Recreation, and Renewable Re­ project. •Labor and Human Resources sources Subcommittee 1318 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on S . 1724, 771, 1270, To hold hearings on S. 812 and 1369, bills Labor and Human Resources 1331, and 1603, bills to provide finan­ to designate certain areas as wilderness areas, focusing on the Secretary of Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcom­ cial assistance to low and lower mid­ mittee dle income, and fixed-income house­ Agriculture's Roadless Area. Review and To hold hearings on proposed authori­ holds to meet the increased cost o! Evaluation program (RARE II) as it home energy. applies to certain lands in the State zations !or fiscal year 1981 for pro­ 4232 Dirksen Building of Oregon for inclusion in the Na­ grams under the Higher Education tional Wilderness Preservation System. Act. 11:00 a.m. 4232 Dirksen Building Judiciary 3110 Dirksen Building To hold hearings on S. 43, to grant a Finance OCTOBER 3 Federal charter to the National Ski Business meeting. to continue considera­ 9:30a.m. Patrol System. tion of H .R. 3919, to impose a windfall Commerce, Science, and Transportation 2228 Dl.rksen Building profit tax on domestic crude oil. To hold hearings on S. 1656, to promote 2221 Dirksen Building Veterans' Affairs the development of a strong domestic •Labor and Human Resources fishing industry, by strengthening the To resume hearings on fiscal year 1980 To continue hearings on S. 1724, 771, provisions o! the Saltonstall-Kennedy legislative recommendations !or vet­ 1270, 1331, and 1603, bills to provide erans' programs. Act which established a reserve fund financial assistance to low and lower to support fisheries development proj­ 6110 Dirksen Building middle income, and fixed-income 2:00 p.m. ects. households to meet the increased cost 235 Russell Building Judiciary of home energy. To hold hearings on pending nomina­ 4232 Dirksen Building Labor and Human Resources tions. 2:00p.m. Handicapped Subcommittee 2228 Dirksen Building Foreign Relations To resume oversight hearings on the im­ SEPTEMBER 26 To resume hearings, in closed session, plementation of the Education for All 9:30 a.m. on the SALT II Treaty (Exec. Y, 96th Handicapped Children Act o! 1975 Select on Small Business Cong., 1st sess.). (P.L. 94-142). To resume hearings to explore the 8-116, Capitol 4232 Dirksen Bu1lding potential o! small businesses to con­ SEPTEMBER 28 9:45a.m. tribute in solving the energy crisis. 9:00a.m. Governmental Affairs 424 Russell Building Commerce, Science, and Transportation Intergovernmental Relations Subcom­ 10:00 a .m . Consumer Subcommittee mittee Banking, Housing, and Urban Affatrs To continue oversight hearings to ex­ To resume hearings on S. 878 and 904, To resume hearings on S . 85, 353, and amine the enforcement and admin­ bills to simplify the administration H.R. 7, bills to strengthen the ablllty o! istrative authority of the Federal o! national policy requirements ap­ the Federal Reserve Board to conduct Trade Commission. plicable to Federal assistance pro­ monetary policy, promote greater 235 Russell Building competitive equality, enhance the 10:00 a .m. grams to State and local governments. safety and soundness o! the banking Finance 1114 Dirksen Building system, and improve the efficiency Business meeting, to continue consider­ 10:00 a.m. ot the Federal Reserve payments ation of H.R. 3919, to impose a wind­ Labor and Human Resources aystem. fall profit tax on domestic crude oil. Education, Arts, and Humanities Sub- 6302 Dirksen Building 2221 Dirksen Building committee September 18, 1979 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE 24957 To continue hearings on proposed au­ 10:00 a.m. OCTOBER 11 thorizations for fiscal year 1981 for Labor and Human Resources 10 :00 a .m. programs under the Higher Education Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcom­ Labor and Human Resources Act. mittee Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcom­ 6226 Dirksen BuUding To continue hearings on proposed au­ mittee Labor and Human Resources thorizations for fiscal year 1981 for To continue hearings on proposed au­ Health and Scientific Research Subcom­ programs under the Higher Education thorizations for fiscal year 1981 for mittee Act. programs under the Higher Education To mark up S. 1177, to establlsh a part­ 4232 Dirksen Building Act. nership between the Federal govern­ OCTOBER 9 4232 Dirksen Building ment and the States in the planning 9:00a.m. OCTOBER 12 and provisions of mental health Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 10:00 a.m. services. Agricult ural Credit and Rural Electrifica­ Labor and Human Resources Room to be announced tion Subcommittee Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcom­ OCTOBER 4 To resume hearings on S. 1465, proposed mittee 9:00a.m . Farm Credit Act Amendments. To continue hearings on proposed au­ Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 322 Russell Building thorizations for fiscal year 1981 for Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrifica­ OCTOBER 10 programs under the Higher Educa­ tion Subcommittee 9:30a.m . tion Act. To hold hearings on S. 1465, proposed Labor and Human Resources 4232 Dirksen Bullding Handicapped Subcommittee Farm Credit Act Amendments. OCTOBER 17 322 Russell Building To resume oversight hearings on the im­ 8:00a.m. 10:00 a .m. plementation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 Labor and Human Resources Labor and Human Resources (P.L. 94-142). Child and Human Development Subcom­ Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcom­ 4232 Dirksen Building mittee mittee Veterans' Affairs To hold oversight hearings on the im­ 'lo continue hearings on proposed au­ To hold hearings on S. 1523 and H.R . plementation of older American vol­ thorizations for fiscal year 1981 for 4015, bllls to provide the capabilit y unteer programs by ACTION agencies. programs under the Higher Education of maintaining health care and medi­ 4232 Dirksen Building Act. cal services for the elderly under the 4232 Dirksen Building Veterans' Administration. CANCELLATIONS SEPTEMBER 19 OCTOBER 5 457 Russell Building 10:00 a .m. 9 :30a.m. 9 :00a.m. Labor and Human Resources Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Labor and Human Resources Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcom­ To continue hearings on S. 1486, to Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrifica­ mittee exempt family farms and nonhazard­ tion Subcommittee To resume hearings on proposed authori­ ous small businesses from the Occu­ To continue hearings on S. 1465, pro­ zations for fiscal year 1981 for pro­ pational Safety and Health Act of posed Farm Credit Act Amendments. grams under the Higher Education Act. 1970. 322 Russell Building 1318 Dirksen Building 4232 Dirksen Bullding

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