25104 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE September 11, 1967

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Reinecke Report enormous resources and strength of the pri­ in federal aid. The cause for this particular vate .sector-business, labor, the professions riot--the worst in recent history-cannot be and non-profit associations-would be mo­ justified in terms of rats or lack of federal EXTENSION OF REMARKS bilized in a comprehensive program of urban assistance. OF improvement. The role of government would RIOTS be limited to reinforcement and guarantee, By circumventing State and Local Gov­ HON. ROBERT B. (BOB) MATHIAS rather than execution and control. While ernments to deal directly with the poor, the OF CALIFORNIA this approach was Republican-oriented, it Administration has helped to create a black now has broad bi-partisan and ideological IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES power structure which seems to feel a certain suppport in a Congress that is weary of bu­ immunity from and contempt for State and Monday, September 11, 1967 reaucratic mis-management. Local authority. The war on poverty has been Mr. MATHIAS of California. Mr. JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT translated into a war on society by the mili­ Speaker, some of the best material I have Congress appropriated $22 b1llion in fiscal tants who promote hate and violence, as well read on the Congress comes from the 1967 alone for programs associated with the as the so-called moderates who are promot­ Administration's war on poverty. This "war" ing civil disobedience as a means of stran­ Representatives, themselves, in their is supposed to promote self-sufficiency by gling an economy from which they demand newsletters to constituents. I recently had providing education, training and employ­ so much. One of the moderates when ques­ occasion to read through one such news­ ment opportunities. Results? Today, there tioned about the paradox of negro affluence letter from a California colleague, Con­ are more people (5 million) on the welfare and the riot in Detroit, replied that a lit­ gressman ED REINECKE, who represents rolls than ever before. Why? I'll give you a tle prosperity whets the appetite for more. the northern section of Los Angeles typical example--based on an actual case-­ This ls true enough, bu-:; impatience with the County. Mr. REINECKE, in his report of where the poverty money is going. OEO rate of one's material progress, is no excuse from Washington, provides his constitu­ (headquarters for the poverty war) recently to murder, burn, loot and blackmail. ents with an up-to-date summary of leg­ awarded $242,316 to an independent, non­ In addition to initiating and supporting official, non-professional group for a one­ a number of crime prevention and riot con­ islative action in the first session of the year project. Of the total grant, $120,000 wm trol measures,.which have passed the House 90th Congress. The citizens of the 27th pay the salaries ($4,000 per annum each) of and are now awaiting action in the Senate, District in California can be proud of 30 youths who wm work for local welfare­ I have proposed a comprehensive overhaul their Congressman ED REINECKE, who is oriented government agencies, and another of the poverty program. My recommenda­ endeavoring to keep them informed and $2,740 will pay their transportation costs. tions include the creation of a Council of aware of their Government. The balance of the grant, or $119,576, wm Economic Opportunity Advisors to replace I am pleased to call attention to this be absorbed by administrative and/or op­ OEO; the transfer of OEO administrative erational expenses. Training? The youths functions to existing departments and agen­ excellent report by presenting its con­ will compile a knowledge of "free" (tax-sup­ cies; coordination of all programs with State tents for insertion in the RECORD: ported) services and benefits and then trans­ and Local authorities; and, a statutory pro­ CONGRESSMAN ED REINECKE REPORTS ~OM mit this knowledge to the people in their hibition against use of poverty money for WASHINGTON communities. Jobs? The project sponsors political or racist activity. The poverty pro­ Riots, rats, taxes, wars, deficits, inflation, "hope" the local agencies will hire the youths gram should be designed for the benefit of crime! A prominent Senate Democrat recently after the one-year grant expires. the poor, not for their exploitation by po­ summed up our situation by saying that in­ By contrast, the Rockwell-Standard Corp. litical partisans and racists. stead of the promised Great Society, the (baJSed in Pittsburg:h, .Pa.) recently trained LEGISLATIVE REVIEW Johnson Administration has managed to and hired 198 unemployed men for jobs in Since my last writing, the House has com­ create a Sick Society. its new axle plant in Winchester, Kentucky. pleted action on a number of bllls including: In a rare display of modesty, the President The company spent $52,987 for the training (1) The Social Security Amendments of 1967. magnanimously credited Congress for condi­ program, or $267 per man, as compared to the Provides a 12.5% increase in payments to tions which he says precipitated the riots. $8,077 per trainee cost of the tax-supported 23.7 million Social Security beneficiaries; an First of an, conditions don't precipitate poverty project. increase in the minimum monthly benefit riots, people precipitate them. Secondly, The job of training the unemployed and from $44 to $50; a liberalization of the earn­ Congress has responsibility for passing the unskilled should be done by those who would ings limitation from $1,500 to $1,680; and, laws. The Administration ls responsible for hire them after training. I have proposed improvements in provisions for those over their implementation and enforcement. legislation wJ:iich would encourage private 72. In addition, the bill made certain neces­ Third, Congress appropriates the money. It is enterprise to meet th~ challenge of unem­ sary changes in the program for Aid to the Administration's obligation to get top ployment on a massive scale. My proposal Families with Dependent Children which are value for every dollar appropriated. Is the would make a tax credit available to em­ designed to restore more fammes to employ­ Administration living up to its obligation? ployers for expenses incurred in training ment and self-reliance. The blll will cost $1.2 Let us review the conditions cited by the prospective employees for jobs with the com­ billion less than that recommended by the Presldent--ln relation to appropriations and pany. Tax incentives have been used to pro­ President, who is opposing the legislative Administration spending. mote American investments in underdevel­ changes in AFDC. • • • (2) The Commis­ HOUSING oped countries abroad with remarkable suc­ sion on Obscenity and Pornography. This cess. This same approach can and should proposal which is similar to one that I spon­ Congress appropriated $2.1 bllllon in the be used to develop a fully productive society past six years for low-income housing. The sored in the 89th and current Congresses, Administration, during this same period, right here in America. establishes a . special commission to study produced only 40,000 low-income housing RATS the problem of pornographic trafflc and rec­ units. You or I could go out and buy two Congress has made available over $448 mil­ ommend appropriate constitutional means to or three (depending upon location, size and lion for rat extermination programs. Three curb the wholesale distribution of obscene construction) single-family homes for the departments (Interior, Agriculture and and obnoxious advertising and materials. $50,000 that the Administration ls spending HEW) and several agencies including OEO, • • • (3) A Civil Rights Measure. Prohibits per low-income housing unit. Should Con­ are in the rat control business. Instead of interference with a public offlcial, a police­ gress submit to Presidential demands for consolidating these programs under a, single man or a fireman in the performance of his more of your money to perpetuate this department (HEW which ls responsible for duties during a riot;- prohibits interference type of waste and inefficiency? I say "no". public health would be the logical choice) , with people who are lawfully engaged in the Congress should seek a more economical and the Administration sought $40 m1111on for exercise of their civil rights; and, excludes workable method of alleviating the shortage from protected 'speech and peaceful assem­ still another program to be run by a fourth bly' acts and statements which constitute of decent housing for low-income families. department--Housing & Urban Development. Along with a number of my colleagues, I The President, of course, mentioned his rat incitement to riot. • • • (4) Veterans' offered such a method early in this congress. con"!;rol bill in conjunction with his address Assistance. Provides a cost-of-living increase The plan calls for the establishment of a to the nation on civil riots. This set the scene in the non-service-connected pension pro­ non-profit Home Ownership Foundation for the "rats cause riots" demonstration, led gram; raises education and training allow­ which would raise $2 blllion in private funds by Jesse Gray-a $50 per day poverty worker, ances; provides a burial allowance; and, im­ through the sale of bonds. The money would which disrupted the House of Representa­ proves the disabllity compens~tion and med­ be used for housing rehabllitation and con­ tives a short time thereafter. ical care programs. struction as wen as mortgage assistance in As a matter of interest, Detroit, Michigan, WELCOME, VALENCIA! low-income areas. Emphasizing the principle has one of the most comprehensive rat ex­ On behalf of the 27th Congressional Dis­ of self-help, the program will also provide termination programs 1n the entire country. trict, I wish to extend an official welcome to technical assistance, budget counseling, job It is also one of the President's "model cities" the new community of "Valencia" which was training, and employment opportunities. The and the recipient of many mi111ons of dollars formally baptized in ceremonial style this September 11, 1967 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 25105 month. Located in the heart of the 27th Dis­ this is the type of company-founded the shores of the Delaware Bay and the trict, between the Antelope and San Fer­ upon the principles of free private en­ Atlantic Ocean, houses were ripped from nando Valleys, Valencia emerged from the terprise--that our Nation must encour­ their foundations, roads and vital com­ drawing board to reality since I first came to Congress three years ago. As a matter of age. This type of firm will lead the way munications facilities were severed, and fact, I was instrumental in reserving the toward a better environment for all. important community services were in­ name "Valencia" for the new postal facility terrupted. One of Delaware's major nat­ which began processing mail under this ural resources, the sandy beaches stretch­ postmark for the first time last month. The ing from Lewes to Fenwick Island, was al­ developers of this modern residential-com­ National Flood Insurance Act most destroyed as the sea scoured f.t away mercial-industrial complex, anticipate rapid growth and a projected population in excess leaving only the underlying clay. In sev­ of 100,000. EXTENSION OF REMARKS er1al places the ocean breached the thin OF stretch of land separating the ocean THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW from the Rehoboth Bay. Only recently Congratulations are in order for the win­ HON. WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR. have the remaining signs of the exten­ ners of my third annual citizenship essay contest for junior and senior high school OF DELAWARE sive damage been eliminated. students, who this year addressed themselves IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The recent heavy rainfall that has to the subject "There Ought to be a Law". Monday, September 11, 1967 lingered over the eastern United States The contest, which is approved by the Los has caused flooding twice in as many Angeles Board of Education and judged by Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, before the weeks in the town of Elsmere near Wil­ a voluntary citizens' committee, is designed recess, I introduced the National Flood mington, Del. Although most of the town to generate student interest in public affairs. Insurance Act designed to enable prop­ has not suffered damage, residents of the Students from 16 area schools submitted erty owners to purchase flood protection affected areas have been subjected to a entries in this year's contest. Division win­ at a reasonable cost. This is a companion ners include Diana Billet, 17, of Quartz Hill, great deal of inconvenience and financial who received the senior high school award measure to that introduced by the senior loss, and the Governor of Delaware has for her essay on the voting age; Patricia Senator from Delaware [Mr. WILLIAMS]. appealed to the Office of Emergency DuBois, 13, of Lancaster, who won the junior Recent dis·asters in Alaska and other Planning for aid. high school award for her entry on the draft areas of the Nation have caused much I would hope therefore that the recent system; and, Debbie Webb, 13, of Burbank, suffering and economic loss which, under flood disasters, great and small, will lend who received the special judges' award for present insul"ance coverage, often result added impetus to congressional action on originality. Debbie suggested a law "against growing up". in a total loss to the individual affected. this important legislation to provide cov­ The cost of flood insurance, based on erage at a reasonable cost. Compared actuarial computations, is prohibitive in with the social benefits to be derived the high-risk areas where it is most from enactment of this needed program, The Calagna Development Corp. of Long needed, and we would be remiss in our the costs are indeed small, and I urge responsibilities to the people were we to swift action by the House on flood in­ Island allow this situation to prevail any longer. surance proposals. No program of insurance such as the EXTENSION OF REMARKS one proposed in the bill I am introducing OF can eliminate entirely the suffering and inconvenience that is the result of floods, National Drum Corps Week HON. FRANK J. BRASCO but it can prove invaluable in assisting OF NEW YORK people in flood-ravaged areas in getting EXTENSION OF REMARKS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES back on their feet, and freeing them OF Monday, September 11, 1967 somewhat from the financial strains stemming from a wholly nonreimburs­ HON. PAGE BELCHER Mr. BRASCO. Mr. Speaker, with the able loss. OF OKLAHOMA growing need for better housing and for Briefly, this measure would create a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES employment opportunities throughout Federal Flood Insurance Corporation our Nation, I want to call your attention with a five-man board of directors Monday, September 11, 1967 to the superb efforts of the Calagna De­ headed by the Secretary of Housing and Mr. BELCHER. Mr. Speaker, under velopment Corp., on Long Island. Urban Development. Initially capitalized leave granted, I wish to insert in the This firm that specializes in custom­ at $150 million through the sale of bonds, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD the following built homes has been making a tremen­ the Corporation would be empowered to statement I have made supporting Na­ dous impact in New York. The firm was contract with private insurance firms tional Drum Corps Week: This year, the founded by Anthony F. Calagna, a civil either individually or in groups to aid the week of September 2-9 was designated as engineer and graduate of Georgia Tech, companies in offering flood insurance at National Drum Corps Week. Inasmuch as together with his brother Joseph, a grad­ costs within the reach of property own­ the House was not in session during that uate of the Wharton School of Business ers. Toward this end, payment to the week, I would like at this time to again of the University of Pennsylvania. These companies would represent the differ­ call attention to the contribution of drum experts in the housing field have opened ence between economically feasible pre­ and bugle corps activity across this land. up new job oppo·ritunities for many mium rates borne by the insured and the The drum and bugle corps make a last­ workers in New York, and at the same actuarial premium rates which would ing contribution in the lives of those time are providing superior housing at otherwise be required to provide such in­ young people who have the privilege of modest costs. surance. As an adjunct of this subsidized belonging to a unit. The art of drum corps They have surveyed literally hundreds insurance program, the Secretary is re­ is rigid and exacting-it requires and de­ of families to determine the desires and qui:red ito encourage prlvrute insurance velops a sense of self-discipline which is needs of these people for the homes of firms to develop nonsubsidized programs probably the most neglected character the future. They have evolved interest­ and to extend coverage of existing pol­ trait of our day. For we live in a time ing design concepts that do away with icies to include rising waters, earthslldes, when young people and adults alike seem the drab look. mudslides, and subsidence. In addition, to hold self-discipline in less and less The Calagnas have been lauded by the Secretary is to work closely with regard. public officials throughout the State be­ State and local governments · and the And drum and bugle corps makes a cause of their desire to help keep prlces Secretary of the Army in determining lasting contribution in the lives of those within the reach of the average mod­ risk zones and developing long-range into whose communities and neighbor­ erate-income family. The New York plans for land use in flood hazard areas. hoods it comes. The art of drum corps is Times recently profiled their activities In March 1962, the coast of Delaware clean and inspiring. It is clean and whole­ and pointed out what a significant con­ and neighboring States was pounded some recreation for those who participate tribution they were making to the Long unmercifully by an unusually severe and for those who still love to watch a Island communities. storm complex. A number of people lost parade. It is inspiring. What better motto I want to praise them for their integ­ their lives as a result of the storm, and for young people to live by than the corps rity and their ability, and believe that property· damage was extensive. Along motto: "Pagentry and Patriotism--on 25106 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE September 11, 1967 the march"? And what more inspiring to of laws enacted under this administra­ risks of a severe or disabling stroke can citizens all across the Nation than the tion; and be reduced. Early discovery and treat­ flash of color, the pulsating rhythm, the Because more than 8 million workers ment can make the difference between a blare of bugles, the waving of the flag, are covered by the minimum wage and full, productive life, or a crippling illness the snappy march step, all of which epit­ because more human rights legislation or death. omizes the vigor, the color, the boldness has been passed under President Johnson The second purpose of Heart Month and the strength that has always been than under any other President. is to encourage the continued support of America. These are some of the accomplish­ the American Heart Association, and its I have said before, and take pride in re­ ments of Lyndon Johnson's Presidency. direct affiliates and chapters, so that peating, that I can vouch for the char­ This is the President who is trying to further progress, both in research and in acter-building qualities of the drum and make social security real security for making new discoveries and methods bugle corps from personal experience. As Americans young and old. known to the public, may be made. a past commander of the Argonne Post He is trying to clean up the air, our It is my firm belief that American No. 4 in my hometown of Enid, Okla., rivers, and our cities. Heart Month deserves the fullest support I once had the privilege of accompany­ Being mad at him may be a pastime­ of Congress and the American people. ing the Enid Legionettes, a corps spon­ but Democratic progress has been full For the purpose of attracting public at­ sored by that post and composed of high time for the past three and a half years. tention to Heart Month, to the problems school girls, on an 11-day tour. This of cardiovascular disease, and to the new group has consistently, over the years, sources of hope for heart victims, I am been rated as one of the top corps in the today introducing a bill that would au­ Nation, and I was pleased and impressed Commemorative Stamp in Honor thorize and direct the Postmaster Gen­ with the skill, the exemplary behavior, eral to issue a stamp in honor of Amer­ and the fine character displayed by these of American Heart Month ican Heart Month. Such a stamp would young ladies as they traveled across the be an invaluable aid in accomplishing the country and participated in American EXTENSION OF REMARKS objectives of Heart Month. I hope my Legion parades, Community Chest drives, OF colleagues will give their vigorous sup­ and drum and bugle corps competition. port to this worthy cause and to this I was even more impressed by the impact HON. WILLIAM L. ST. ONGE legislation. they had on those who witnessed the pa­ OF CONNECTICUT rades--by the feelings of patriotism and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pride they aroused in others. Monday, September 11, 1967 H.R. 11816 and the Police Therefore, I am happy to again have an opportunity to endorse National Drum Mr. ST. ONGE. Mr. Speaker, for the and Bugle Corps Week, and to wish them past several years, Americans have ob­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS well as they continue their influence for served the month of February as Amer­ OF good among our youth. ican Heart Month. As many of my col­ leagues will recall, Heart Month is the HON. ROMAN C. PUCINSKI result of a resolution which I originated OF ILLINOIS in this body in 1963 and which was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Being Mad at Presidents Is a Popular adopted in the same year. Monday, September 11, 1967 National Pastime: But the President's The primary purpose of Heart Month Mr. PUCINSKI. Mr. Speaker, every is to focus nationwide attention on the law-enforcement official faces grave Record Speaks for Itself problem of heart and blood vessel dis­ physical risk each day. In the city of eases, which account for more deaths Chicago, for example, five policemen EXTENSION OF REMARKS than all other diseases combined. The have lost their lives in the line of duty OF contribution which Heart Month has during the past 19 months. As the Com­ made toward medical progress and great­ mittee on the Judiciary reported, 278 HON. EDWARD R. ROYBAL er public awareness in this field has been police officers were killed in the line of OF CALIFORNIA very gratifying to me personally. duty in 1966 nationwide. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Not only are cardiovascular afflictions I am pleased that H.R. 11816, similar to Monday, September 11, 1967 the No. 1 killer in America today; they a bill I introduced on March 13, 1967, are also responsible for a staggering eco­ Mr. ROYBAL. Mr. Speaker, it is popu­ was overwhemingly approved by the nomic and physical loss to the Nation. House today. This bill affects only those lar these days to ask: "Are you mad at In addition to the almost 1 million who the President?" Is it not one of our favor­ local law-enforcement officials who are die of heart ailments each year, there killed or disabled in an attempt to ap­ ite pastimes, being mad at the President? are approximately 20 million of all ages Yet, I doubt whether many Americans prehend individuals who are wanted for who are afflicted in varying degrees, the violation of a Federal offense. Al­ are mad at him- many losing their productive capacity as Because there are 6 million more though the impact of this legislation is a result of such affliction. limited, the motivation behind it is ex­ people at work, and in higher paying Medicail science is fighting these dis­ jobs, since President Johnson took office; tensive and significant. As President eases, however, and significant improve­ Johnson said in his crime message, this Because the jobless rate has dropped ments have been registered in the areas to less than 4 percent, and the number legislation is an "Official acknowledg­ of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment ment of the debt the Federal Govern­ of jobless has been reduced 1¥2 million; of cardiovascular diseases. Most heart ment owes for the assistance given by Because 3 million older Americans victims can now recover from the first local law enforcement personnel." have received hospital care and 5.5 mil­ attack, and three out of four of these The 11th District, which I represent, lion received physicians' services under are able to return to work. This progress the President's medicare program; has an extremely large proportion of the has been made possible by cooperation men who serve in the Chicago Police Because the Elementary and Second­ between the American Heart Association, Department. These men risk their lives ary Education Act is now helping 8 mil­ financed largely by voluntary contribu­ in order to protect the lives and prop­ lion disadvantaged children, and more tions, and the Federal Government, par­ erty of the citizens of Chicago. Although, than 135,000 needy college students are ticularly the U.S. Public Health Service. under the leadership of Mayor Richard able to receive an education through The aim of American Heart Month is Daley, the city has substantially raised Federal grants; twofold. First, it is intended to make the salaries of the police officers, their Because President Johnson has pro­ people aware of the medical, social, and pay is not yet commensurate with their duced a 72 percent expansion. of Federal economic aspects of the problem of car­ duties. I am, therefore, in favor of all programs that directly combat poverty diovascular diseases. Such an awareness measures which aid the police officer and help the poor; is essential to the health and well-being both financially and professionally. Because 4 million Americans have of our Nation. These diseases can be The days that a policeman might have moved above the poverty line as a result fought with preventive steps, and the been pictured as having only to provide September 11, 1967 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 25107 ice cream to lost children are over. To­ field experience or independent study The significance of this bill is that the day the policeman must exercise the through EPIC progr.ams. Now, other col­ Federal Government is acknowledging acwnen of a sociologist in dealing with leges in the Los Angeles area have shown that it has a moral responsibility in the explosive situations. Today the police­ an interest in developing EPIC outposts area of local law enforcement. man must demonstrate the expertise of to serve their own students and com­ The President's Crime Commission a constitutional lawyer in questioning munities. report, the International Association of individuals suspected of criminal of­ Cal State at Los Angeles, because of Chiefs of Police, and the International fenses. Today the policeman must have its location and nature, has been an Conference of Police Associations have the impartiality of a judge. He is called ideal campus for EPIC and its programs. pointed to many problems facing law en­ upon to protect the rights of demon­ Most of its 20,000 students are working forcement officers. Among them are: strators. He is, at the same time, quite commuters who live and have activities Pay is often low. Fringe benefits are often the target of those who feel their away from campus. These students are sometimes minimal. Criminal detection rights are being denied-a target not not attracted by traditional collegiate equipment is sometimes badly outdated. only of words but, as many cities have activities such as pep rallies or bonfires. These and many other problems discour­ shown this summer, the target of bricks But, like all of today's college students, age continued recruitment of the highly and bullets. In the riot-torn cities of they are seriously concerned about con­ qualified persons needed in the law en­ America, we have heard the cry of "po­ temporary problems ·and have a strong forcement field. lice brutality." It is my contention that desire to improve both themselves and During the last few years, a growing cities such as :New York, Los Angeles, and society. concern has been evident that something Chicago did not witness great civil dis­ EPIC has channeled these student must be done at all levels of Government orders because of the professional and energies into constructive community to help improve the highly important competent activities of those cities' police activities. In so doing EPIC has made and necessary function within our so­ departments. It is time to recognize that good use of pent-up concerns for society, ciety. police do not cause riots. They prevent provoked intellectual stimulation, added Perhaps the most important events them. It is time to reaffirm our confidence a sense of student commitment, and pro­ that have turned the national spotlight in our various police departments. vided countless service hours to com­ to the problems of police officers have Throughout the United States the men munity agencies needing volunteers the been the ever-increasing numbers of who constitute our first line of defense most. As a result, interest in EPIC from riots in our cities. against the encroachment of the lawless other colleges and the community has The increasing numbers of riots which deserve the respect and support of the never been higher. have spotlighted the problems of law en­ citizens they swear to protect with their FUNDING forcement officers, have also focused na­ lives. The passage of H.R. 11816 serves as EPIC receives part of its funds from tional attention on the plight of firemen such a reaffirmation. called to quell these blazes. the Federal Government under title I of These tragic and disruptive explosions the Higher Education Act of 1965 as have been accompanied by looting and a demonstration-pilot-project. These fires. Property damage often runs to mil­ The "EPIC" Program at California State funds, 75 percent of the total budget, are lions of dollars. allocated by the Coordinating Council College at Los Angeles for Higher Education in California. Re­ over the last 3 years, according to maining funds and support for the proj­ the International Association of Fire EXTENSION OF REMARKS ect are provided by the California state Fighters, four men have been killed and 436 injured battling these riot-caused OF colleges and the Associated Students at California State College at Los Angeles. blazes. HON. EDWARD R. ROYBAL During the current year, August 1967 to In several instances, snipers have shot OF CALIFORNIA July 1968, the EPIC budget totals $111,- at firefighters attempting to protect life IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 864. The previous year's budget was and property. One can only guess at how $87,473. the gunfire added to the number of Monday, September 11, 1967 these injuries and deaths. Mr. ROYBAL. Mr. Speaker, last year As a sponsor of legislation which over 1,000 students at California State would provide Federal compensation to College at Los Angeles took advantage of Bolstering State and Local Law law enforcement officers and firefighters, a unique and exciting opportunity to Enforcement I am pleased to support the bill which supplement their classroom education today passed the House. However, I be­ with meaningful and rewarding activities EXTENSION OF REMARKS lieve strongly that the Government has in the community. OF the same respansibility to firefighters. Serving as EPIC volunteers, these stu­ Therefore, I plan to introduce legisla­ dents gained valuable preprofessional HON. EDITH GREEN tion to give the firefighter this same com­ experience by working with one of over OF OREGON pensation. 100 agencies in the Los Angeles .area. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Among other things, the Cal State at Monday, September 11, 1967 Los Angeles students tutored dropouts Representative Robert L. F. Sikes Ad­ and potential dropouts, served as hos­ Mrs. GREEN of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, pital assistants and staffed ,a summer with the passage of H.R. 11816, the dresses Conference of Armed Forces school. House has taken an important step Management Association EPIC's first year had two keys to its toward recognizing the Federal Govern­ success. ment's responsibility in bolstering the EXTENSION OF REMARKS Students and college officials welcomed position of State and local law enforce­ OF the opportunity to extend the college ment officers. learning experience beyond the campus. This legislation would provide Fed­ HON. JOHN J. McFALL Community service agencies were eral compensation to a law enforcement OF CALIFORNIA h,appy to expand agency activities and officer injured while attempting to ap­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES services by using college students in para­ prehend a person suspected of commit­ professional roles. ting a Federal crime. Were the law Monday, September 11, 1967 During the coming academic year enforcement officer to be killed, the Fed­ Mr. McFALL. Mr. Speaker, a prin­ EPIC-educational participation in com­ eral payments would go to his family. cipal speaker at the 14th national con­ munities-offers even more opportunities The significance of this bill, however, ference of the Armed Forces Manage­ for the campus and the community. is not in the extent of its coverage. ment Association, conducted August 31 Funding for ,an additional year and ex­ As the Judiciary Committee report at the Washington Hilton Hotel, was panded program has made it possible for points out, a total of 278 police officers our very able and dedicated colleague, EPIC to continue its rapid growth. were killed in the line of duty between the Honorable ROBERT L. F. Snrns. Some Cal State at Los Angeles students 1960 and 1965. Of these, 13 died while Congressman SIKES addressed the will be able to earn academic credit for attempting to enforce Fe.deral laws. group in his capacity as chairman of 25108 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE September 11, 1967 the Military Construction Subcommit­ ditions of combat are more than a little frus­ sense which should be yours from position, trating. I could spend a lot of time talking training, and experience. tee of the House Committee on Appro­ about it and even finding fault. But let it Then there is the very important matter priations, on which I also have the priv­ suffice to say I believe we can and must win. of management of inventories. The billions of ilege of serving, and as ranking ma­ Next to the men who are in combat, they dollars worth of inventories of both real jority member of the Defense Subcom­ also serve their country who are responsible estate and personal property constitute one mittee of the Appropriations Committee. for furnishing the proper equipment and of the greatest responsibi11ties in the hands His observations, I am sure, were of specialized weapons. One is actually as neces­ of DoD managers today. We in the Congress great value to this important profes­ sary as the other. So let's talk about you­ realize a greater effort is being znade to the man behind the man behind the gun. manage and control these inventories. This sional organization dedicated to the im­ Whether we are associated with the armed is timely and it ls necessary. One of the provement of management throughout forces, private industry, or the Congress, toughest jobs in Washington is to assess and the Defense Establishment. They will there are some common problems which evaluate the job done in the inventory field. prove equally meaningful to all Ameri­ bear strongly upon our country's readiness Compared to the hundreds of thousands of cans interested in providing the best posture and upon its combat capability. But people in the Defense Department involved possible defense system for our country. for a little while, I want to try to look at your in some form of inventory management, we His address follows: job through my eyes. First is the problem of on the Congressional side of government are communications. If we are to achieve the but a handful. We are in many, many cases SPEECH OF HONORABLE ROBERT L. F. SIKES management objective of a strong and virile forced to rely upon the integrity and knowl­ BEFORE THE 14TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE, defense establishment at reasonable cost, we edgeability of the people who come before ARMED FORCES MANAGEMENT AsSOCIATION, must improve the flow of communications us to ask for funds to carry out DoD dool­ WASHINGTON, D.C., AUGUST 31, 1967 between us. You have heard many, many sions. It is up to you as managers to have I have been curious about this group. I times that a free flow of information and the best possible information at your finger­ have wondered what kind of people you are better use of information is most helpful tips when presenting a case for approval. We and you have probably felt the same way in any management program. As a Member are, needless to say, very disturbed when your about me. But the fact that I sit across a of Congress and as a Member of the Appro­ facts and figures fold up under some ques­ table from you in our work doesn't mean priations Committee may I say that we do tioning. That's when Congress sometimes there ls a fence between us. Your distin­ receive quite a flow of information-good, cuts too much. guished Executive Vice President, Admiral bad, and indifferent. To legislate properly we My Committee has been particularly inter­ Neblett, says most of you are old Washing­ need, we desire, we must have the cold, ested in the multi-service weapons system ton hands, quite fam1liar with government brutal, ha:rd faots upon which defense budg­ programs. Although savings have resulted workings. Many of you are Civil Service peo­ et programs and reques.ts for a.ppropriJ.a.tions in many of these programs, the defense es­ ple-others are officers from the field and should be based. No door to any Member's tablishment has not achieved the savings all of you are well up on the working of in­ office or to the Committee's office is ever envisioned when these procurements were dustry and defense. He says you have been closed to those who conscientiously seek to first presented to the Congress. My prelim­ through the mill. I don't know whether or tell their story. I urge you to take back to inary studies in this area lead me to believe not that means you have appeared before a your jobs, to your commands, and to your that far too frequently the data used in de­ Congr.essional Commd.ttee. However, some of industry the fact that the committee of Con­ termining potential savings to be achieved in you have, and for most of those who sit gress want and must have the simple truths, programs of this type are not realistic, and across the table from me in hearings, I have the actual facts, preferably without the that the logistics operator or manager is a. high degree of respect. veneer and polish some people like to apply. often called in after the fact rather than I note from your introductory pamphlet May I also suggest more reciprocity in this before the fact. To those of you working in that the Armed Forces Management Associ­ exchange of information. Our Committee, this field, I urge that you seek out the ad­ ation is a national non-profit, professional and other committees in Congress, hold ex­ vice of experienced personnel, actual opera­ organization dedicated to the improvement tensive hearings. We publish considerable tors and managers-and then assemble the of management throughout the defense es­ testimony including many interesting and data for your management decisions. tablishment. It doesn't say whether Secre­ pertinent studies. We submit committee re­ Now let me mention a program with which tary McNamara is a member. Its objective is ports which are in effect statements of policy. many of you are probably far too familiar. to make a significant contribution to the Our committee hearings are replete with de­ It is the so-called resources management existing programs of the Defense Establish­ tailed discussions with top management system of the Department of Defense and an ment for improved efficiencies, effectiveness officials on the various procurement pro­ element of much interest to me-Projoot and economy in the improvement of our na­ grams of the Defense Department, all geared Prime. This project has been the matter of tional defense resources, etc. to sifting out problems, to reaching solu­ considerable discussion and oommen t in I think one of the mos'; significant things tions, to achieving a better understanding of Congress, particularly in my Committee. I in all of this ls the enormity of the job which goals and methods of achieving these goals. would be the last to criticize those who ad­ confronts you in defense management and Most of these hearings have been based on vocate improvements in the present char­ which confronts me in the Congress. Each detailed examinations of pertinent procure­ acter of defense budgeting and accounting. in his respective sphere of responsibility deals ment areas by our investigative staff. We have There is no system in the world of this type with half the national budget. Yet the stag­ spent much time on management and con­ which cannot stand improvement. Frankly, gering responsibility of properly managing trol of technical data; on the procurement my Committee has felt that Project Prime the expenditure of 70 billion dollars fades in and logistical support of multiservice weap­ as proposed in the fiscal year 1968 budget comparison with the problem of Insuring ons systems; on overseas procurement as well program represented a proposal which was that we get at least 70 billion dollars worth as on the extent of studies and analyses being too large a step and had not been thought of defense from that expenditure and that conducted within the Department of Defense. out or tested in sufficient depth. Change for it ls the type of defense which will deter or We discuss many of your problems on the the sake of change alone, or to implement defeat major aggression against this nation floor of the House. We read, we study, we theory, is questionable when void of practical and the free world. take to heart your communications. By the experiences. I am glad to say that we have Quite obviously all of this means there 1S same token you, as responsible members of worked out with those responsible a middle­ no fence between us. We work for the same the armed forces management team, can ground approach which will tell us more flag and there is much to be gained by closer profit from the information we assemble. about Project Prime and about its poten­ understanding of our common interests and Now I call to your attention the problem tiality. It will be tested within limitations problems. For instance I find, as a Congress­ which the uninitiated often refer to as "com­ during the current fiscal year to determine man, that your monthly publication-Armed puters". By this I mean whatever machine whether it should be applied defensewide. Forces Management--and your annual Jour­ system that might seek to replace the cool, This is what comes of a mutual approach to nal provide a valuable collection of reports calculating judgment of the experienced the solution of major problems. Yet con­ and analyses of managerial problems and military professional, be he in uniform or stantly we should look around us to see what changes, and means for improvement ln all civilian attire. You cannot be expected to run is new in the world. It is well to remember areas of management concerned with the a 70 billion dollar business by the seat of that the winds of change blow constantly. armed forces and military production. your pants, as pilots first flew aircraft. The What was good that we read in yesterday's We need all the efficiency and productivity electronic age has brought to management a books may be outdated today. We cannot we can bring to bear. We have more commit­ valuable and necessary tool. Computers have afford to stand still. ments than any other nation. We are at war. enabled you on the management side and Our nation is a strong one because it is We haven't the manpower that the rest of the your counterparts on the operational side made up of labor, management, professional world has or even the manpower of some of to gain clearer and keener insights into the personnel, government employees, military our potential antagonists. Our greater problems of the defense establishment. But personnel, elected officials, and ord.inary civ11- strength must lie in effective deployment and we cannot substitute machines, systems, or i:ams---iall Wiiith one objootive---.a greater in meaningful utilization of all those auxil­ the greatest intellects in the nation for the America. Our nation ls strong because the iary powers that lie behind the concept of experience of those engaged in the operations members of these groups work as a team armed forces management. We can't accom­ of our military establishment. As you use with one basic thought in mind-to keep plish thls sitting down. We really have to be these modern tools of management, may I this nation strong. America's defense position on our toes. urge you to temper the results therefrom today is evidence of the job this team has We are engaged in a war where the con· with the judgment, logic, and the common done. Yet you know perhaps better than any- September 11, 1967 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 25109 one else that today's responsibi11ties require of the great Persian Empire has Iran Johnson and Eisenhower, I include the an even better job for the future. This can risen to such heights. tributes also from other Federal officials. only be accomplished if you and I and all The renaissance of Iran, which had its Among them are Senators SYMINGTON, the others involved work together as a real solid, coordinated team. None of us can roots in the reign of his father, Reza DIRKSEN, and PERCY; Representatives afford to have as our goal excellence only in Shah, has been carried to fruition under KARSTEN, CURTIS, !CHORD, and PRICE of our particular category of interest--the Shah Pahlevi. The deeds of his peaceful Illinois; FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover; Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines, social and economic revolution should and Mrs. Frankie M. Freeman, a mem­ or private industry, or even the Congress. serve as a model for all developing na­ ber of the U.S. Commission on Civil We must have a bigger goal. tions. As President Johnson s·aid, Iran's Rights. Chairman Mao says power grows out of the efforts to achieve progress "without vio­ President Johnson said: barrel of a gun. If this is the kind of world we live in, I want it to be American power lence and bloodshed" is a lesson "others The tragic loss of Richard Amberg is a loss out of American guns. America has and must have still to learn." to our country as well as to the newspaper continue to have a powerfllll defense tieamr­ An immense land reform program was world. All who work to keep our people bet­ effective, modern, invulnerable-for this is begun, in which the Shah himself par­ ter informed on the issues of the day per­ America's security today and tomorrow. Give ticipated by distributing his own hold­ form a real service to our country. us this, but guard it zealously and use it care­ It is fitting that just before his death Dick ings to the peasants. To increase pro­ ;received deserved recognition from the fully as is America's wont. Then our diplo­ ductivity, 800 extension corpsmen teach mats will have time in which to work and American Legion for his distinguished career their words will be heeded-and God grant new farming skills and techniques. which contributed to the excellence of sev­ that they can do as well as those in uniform Women have been enfranchised and eral of our national newspapers. who fight on the field of battle. granted equal rights. An all-out attack I share With all who knew and admired And, while this is being done, let us remind on illiteracy has been launched led by the him the sense of loss that they feel today. ourselves-and the world-that America has Llteracy Corps. Iran's war on disease is not lost its unity or its purpose. Sometimes President Eisenhower said: being advanced by a Health Corps of The untimely death of Richard H. Amberg our objectives are not spelled out With the doctors and technicians. And Iran's eco­ same detail that confusion and uncertainty has deprived his community and the nation a.re presented .to us &nd the world. Sometimes nomic growth rate has averaged over 10 of an outstanding newspaperman whose tal­ the voices of those who counsel retreat re­ percent in recent years, making 'it one of ents were long devoted to the furtherance of ceive greater play than those who say, "What­ the fastest growing nations in the world. America's strength and welfare. ever the cost, we will not haul down the The Shah's continued dedication to Ira­ At first hand, as a working newspaperman, American Flag." Sometimes the efforts of nian progress is amply demonstrated by he had come to know his countrymen well those who seek to build a greater America the fact that over 80 percent of the coun­ from small town to great metropolises. fail to achieve the prominence of those who Therefore, he was able persuasively to ad­ lead marches and demonstrations, of the try's oil revenue is used for economic and dress himself to them with a knowledge of draft-card burners, and the protesting beat­ social development. thelir ·interes•ts and aspirations ithat was f~­ niks; and sometimes the world is confused Just as the United States is fortunate tified by his own patriotism and commitment by what it sees here. to have such a friend in the Near East, to the Am.er:1can way. He iexiempMfied. ih1s We here today know the soul of America Iran has long had a genuine friend in concern for a stronger and better nation by is refiected by the glory of its past and the the United States-a friendship renewed his devotion to many civic and charitable greatness of its present and its dreams for by President Johnson during the Shah's causes. the future of mankind. And we who have no All of us who knew him will miss him problems in understanding the meaning of visit. greatly. America or the significance of its mission In 1943, the United States sent experts know that there may always ·be unpleasant to help Iran's war-ravaged economy and Senator SYMINGTON said: .and unhappy tasks like Vietnam, bUJt we do induced Russta to recognize Irian's terri­ I am inexpressibly shocked and saddened not fear them. We know that our commit­ itorial integrity at the Tehr·an Confer­ to hear of the death of Richard Amberg. ments must go on for as •long as it takes ito ence. Dick Amberg worked ceaselessly for a better assure the nations of the world that Amer­ Today, our economic assistance, wisely St. Louis and a strong America, and the ica's dedication to the preservation of free­ continued and strengthened under the causes he supported to those ends are legion. dom is not a part-time obligation. We know He will be sorely missed and long remem­ that the symbol and the actuality of Amer­ Johnson administration has helped the bered by those who knew and respected him. ica are worth all of our efforts. We just want Shah push forward his vigorous social My wife and I have lost a true friend. To his to get on with the job-and get it done. and economic program. dear wife, Janet, and his three children, we There is a word for all of this-a word to I join with President Johnson in wish­ send our love and deepest sympathy. insure the future of America as we know it. ing the Shah, the Royal family, and the Senator DIRKSEN said: That word is called patriotism. May the God people of Iran the best in the months and of om fathers help ea.ch of us ;to klnow pa.triot­ years ahead. I was deeply distressed to learn of the very tsm in ·its richest meaning a.nd to teach ·ltt .to sudden and untimely passing of Dick Amberg those around us every day that we live. whom I regarded as an intimate friend. He was a great citizen, a great patriot, and a great publisher who made a tremend·ous con­ Presidents Johnson and Eisenhower and tribution to the thinking of the public and to the dissemination of accurate information President Johnson Salutes Shah Reza Members of Congress Pay Tribute to the for its benefit. He exemplified in the highest Pahlevi of Iran Late Richard H. Amberg way the true traditions of the press. For a long time we collaborated in seeking an extra star for General of the Army Mac­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS EXTENSION OF REMARKS Arthur because we thought it was richly OF OF deserved, but we did not succeed before Gen. HON. EDWARD R. ROYBAL HON. LEONOR K. SULLIVAN MacArthur's passing. OF CALIFORNIA OF MISSOURI Senator PERCY said: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES He was a provocative leader of American journalism. His contribution to our national Monday, September 11, 1967 Monday, September 11, 1967 strength and the St. Louis community was Mr. ROYBAL. Mr. Speaker, President Mrs. SULLIVAN. Mr. Speaker, Presi­ great. Lyndon B. Johnson recently greeted His dent Johnson has described the death of Representative KARSTEN said: Imperial Majesty Shah Mohammed Reza. Publisher Richard H. Amberg of the St. I am saddened by the passing of Mr. Am­ Pahlevi, of Iran, a great leader and friend Louis Globe-Democrat as "a loss to our berg. He was an outstanding publisher. He of the United states. country as well as to the newspaper left a great imprint on St. Louis and a great As the President's opening remarks world." President Eisenhower hailed his St. Louis newspaper. He Will be missed by indicaited, the royal welcome the Presi- patriotism and his many contributions his many, many friends and admirers in St. dent extended was rtchly deserved for to civic and charitable causes as well as Louis, Missouri and the nation. this progressive monarch. his talents as a newspaperman. Representative CtrRTIS said: Now in the 26th year of his reign, he Mr. Speaker, every public official who It's hard to make a statement. Dick has has already marked himself as one of worked with Richard Amberg feels a done so much for this community. Not only the great leaders in his country's long keen sense of loss in his death. In addi­ St. Louis but this country has lost a very and proud history. Not since the days tion to the statements from Presidents dynamic person. I don't know what to say. 25110 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE September 11, 1967 Representative !CHORD said: adjust with minimum hardship to each and bolstering the Free World in its strug­ one. No wonder that we have seen our gle ag.ainst Communism. I think Missouri has lost one of its great­ My objective-I want the United States est publishers and one of my own very highly commitment grow from 15,000 men to to succeed in Vietnam. valued personal friends. This is a great loss 525,000 men during this period without I hope the Administration also has the for Missouri and a great personal loss to me. conclusive iresults. same clear-cut objective. Representative PRICE of DMnois said: Mr. Speaker, I believe that the minor­ When our Nation became actively engaged ity leader's .remarks on the need for suc­ 1n the fighting in Vietnam in February, 1965, He was a very aggressive newspaperman the American people supported the action. and through his efforts built The Globe­ cess in the political war and the eco­ nomic war in Vietnam as well as in the But our involvement in Vietnam has since Democrat into a strong force for community generated a giant cloud of confusion and a improvement, into a leading voice in city, military war, deserve to be considered great gulf between the people and the Ad· state and national affairs. He was an able, by all Members of the House. The war ministration. sincere and forthright person who directed is not a paIDtisan issue, and in this itime The reason is simple. For more than two his newspaper into many worthwhile activ­ of crisis these words of constructive and years the Administration has been playing ities. loyal criticism are needed and welcomed lt by ear. The Administration's conduct of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said: by us all. the war has been based on a new and naive The text of the address is as follows: theory-that if we gradually do just a little Richard Amberg was an outstanding, dedi­ bit more, the enemy will some day lay down cated American citizen and an excellent ADDRESS BY REPRESENTATIVE GERALD R. FORD, his arms and talk peace. journalist. He was also a true friend of law REPUBLICAN, OF MICHIGAN, BEFORE THE 49TH Initially we achieved a success. We stopped enforcement and we indeed mourn his pass­ NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN a quick communist take-over. Then we ing. LEGION, AUGUST 30, 1967, AT BOSTON, MASS. threw away our advantage by fighting the Mrs. Frankie M. Freeman, member of Legionnaires, it is a distinct pleasure and war on the enemy's terms. the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a great honor to be with you. It's a bit like Today the United States is bogged down Old Home Week. I am a Legionnaire-a mem­ in a massive land war in Southeast Asia, said: ber of Furniture City Post No. 258 for 21 contrary to the views of great military strat­ The people of St. Louis have lost a valiant years-and proud of it. In fact, I suspect egists like the late General Douglas Mac­ and courageous citizen. He brought skill and there might be some of my old shipmates in Arthur. compassion to the task of creating and main­ this ·audience-men of the aircraft carrier For 2 ~ years we have foughit a war of taining the Herbert Hoover Boys' Club. He Monterey on which I spent two of my four gradualism. We have allowed the enemy am­ worked to improve the lives of all people. years in the Navy. ple time to adjust to every turn of the screw. He leaves a void in his beloved Globe­ I'm proud to be associated with the Legion We have made it possible for Ho Chi Minh Democrat. I mourn the passing of a dedi­ because it is a good, sound, common sense to anticipate and counter nearly every move cated man. organization dedicated to the advancement we have made. of all Americans, with a long-standing record Is this any way to get an enemy to talk of insistence on military preparedness. peace? Address by Representative Gerald R. Ford, Let me digress at this time. For as long as The Administration has followed a course I have been in the Legion, one of our princi­ of gradualism in Vietnam that has not Republican, of Michigan, Before the pal legislative aims has been the establish­ worked because it could not work. It was ment of a separate Senate Committee on contrary to an sound military strategy. 49th National Convention of the Amer­ Veterans' Affairs. Over the years, !for a. varlety General Dwight D. Eisenhower recently ican Legion, August 30, 1967, at Boston, of reasons, we have been thwarted. Now the said that when you must use force to support Senate has passed a Congressional Reorgani­ a national aim, for example in the defense of Mass. zation proposal which would establish this another country, there is no higher author­ separate CommJrttee on Veterans' Affa;irs. For ity to which you can appeal. Therefore, you EXTENSION OF REMARKS months this proposal which is a part of the must win. To do that, Ike said, you need Congressional Reorganization legislation has OF sufficient foi'ce and you must use it quickly been bottled up in the House Committee on and secretly so as to achieve surprise. He HON. HASTINGS KEITH Rules. warned that a war of gradualism cannot be On one side of the aisle we have pressed won. OF MASSACHUSETTS for action. I pledge that we will continue to Our fighting men have been tragically IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES push as hard as we can as long as necessary handicapped by the Administration's policy Monday, September 11, 1967 to write this legislation into law. of gradualism. At the same time, the South One reason I take pride in being a Legion­ Vietnamese have not done enough in their Mr. KEITH. Mr. Speaker, on August naire is that our organization stands up for own behalf. In the first instance, too much 30, the distinguished minority leader of America. Legionnaires love America--its political instability. Then a shoring up of the House, the gentleman from Michigan principles, its people and its history. The a tenuous military regime. And now an elec­ American Legion has been unwaveringly de­ tion that may have too many American over­ [Mr. GERALD R. FORD], delivered an ad­ termined to protect America's security and, tones. dress of great interest and importance to at the same time, promote the cause of peace Meantime, our leaders have almost com­ the National Convention of the American throughout the world. pletely Americanized the war. Legion in Boston, Mass. His address dealt The Legion fought for preparedness before There are two equally important fronts in with the crisis of national policy which World War 2. The Legion suppported Presi­ South Vietnam-the military war and the faces us in Vietnam, and with the crisis dent Truman's firmness in Korea. The Legion program of pacification. of confidence which the President now supports our commitment in Vietnam. Sec­ How are we doing? We and our allies­ faces with the American people here at retary of State Rusk has recounted the his­ South Korea, The Philippines, Australia, New tory of our involvement in Vietnam-and I Zealand, and Thailand-must succeed on home. I would like to include the text want to say that I have always endorsed our both fronts if we are to achieve our basic of his statement in the RECORD , so that basic policy of repelling Communist aggres­ objective in Vietnam. other Members of the Congress may have sion there. The pacification effort is aimed at winning the benefit of the perspective which Mr. We are all working for peace-all of us, the people's allegiance to their government FORD offers. whether we're called hawks or doves-and with social, economic and political reforms. In this statement, Mr. FORD makes never more than at this moment. Let's not mince words. The South Vietnam­ clear what we have all sensed in one Now we have arrived at a critical point in ese regular army thus far has failed to meet way or another: our involvement in Viet­ time and history a time of great national the military challenge. The local militia has nam has generated a giant cloud of con­ perplexity, a time' of choosing and decision­ failed to provide the security needed to make yes, a moment of truth. the pacification program work. fusion and a great gulf between the Millions of Amerloans who have never Tragically, the Saigon Government prob­ people and the administration. The cru­ doubted the rightness of our being in Viet­ ably would collapse if both the Americans cial question being asked by millions of nam are asking themselves a soul-searching, and North Vietnamese were to withdraw from Americans is, Can we really win in Viet­ devastatingly disturbing question: Is the the battlefield and let the South Vietnamese nam? The answer, as expressed by the Vietnam War "winnable?" Can we really win military and the Vietcong fight it out. minority leader, is that with the Pres­ in Vietnam? Not "win" in the sense of un­ The reason-the basic problems in South ident's present policy of gradualism, we conditional surrender. Not "win" in the Vietnam have gone unsolved. sense of bringing the Viet Cong and the Whatever t h e outcome of the Sept. 3 presi­ could very well find ourselves with a North Vietnamese to their knees. But "win" dential election in Vietnam, the United chronic stalemate or even a defeat. For in terms of assuring the South Vietnamese States must insist that the post-election 2% years, the administration has pur­ the right to choose the government under regime fully carry out a number of reforms, sued a war of gradualism, allowing the which they will live. "Win" in the sense of notably land reform. Such reforms must be enemy to anticipate our moves and to protecting the security of the United States achieved if a Saigon government is to have September 11, 1967 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 25111

genuine support. Otherwise military success there is no use trying it because it won't work Genuine success in a guerrilla war results in Vietnam will be meaningless. anyway. when the local population is will1ng to fight What is the military situation? Where does the President stand? Does he its own war, with a conviction that their In recent days we have seen what amounts stand with Mr. McNamara or with his mlli­ enemy-the Communists-be defeated. We to an Administration propaganda campaign tary chiefs and those members of Congress saw the proof of this in South Korea, the on our chances for success in Vietnam. It is who believe a meaningful a-ir war will help Philippines, in Greece and in Malaya. obviously aimed at countering a rising wave us succe,ed in Vie•tnarn? Let us fulfill our commitment in Viet­ of frustration among the American people. What is our policy? Is it still Mr. Mc­ nam. Let us stop labeling each other as I hope there is a basis for such optimism. Namara's policy? What hope is there for suc­ hawks and doves. Let us admit past mis­ But the record does not seem to justify it. cess in Vietnam? That's what the American takes-stop defending past failures. Let us Secretary McNamara, judging from his latest people wonder, and they want to hear it from decide we are going to end this bloody war, public statement, certainly does not share it. the man in charge, the President of the quickly, successfully and honorably. More than 90,000 Americans have been killed United States. We cannot and should not do it alone. or wounded in combat in this war of gradual­ If the President continues the indecisive I call upon the South Vietnamese soldier ism. There have been more than 250,000 cas­ and ineffective policies of the past 2¥2 years, to engage in the imitation of excellence-to ualties from all causes. To what end? We and then the American people are committed to pattern himself after our American soldiers our allies have been able to secure only a a war of attrition that could last for 10 to and Marines. fraction of a country roughly the size of 20 years. To the South Vietnamese, I say in the my own state of Michigan. If Mr. McNamara is right in his latest pub­ words of Pericles: "Take these men for your We and our allies have killed an estimated lic assessment of the Vietnam situation­ example. Freedom is the sure possession 200,000 of the enemy. Yet we now face the and I do not for a moment concede thls­ alone of those who have the courage to de­ largest force the Communists have yet put then the United States should get out of fend it." together in Vietnam-nearly 300,000. Vietnam at the earliest possible time and Our objective in Vietnam is honorable. The war in Vietnam is pretty much of a under the best possible terms. Our cause is just. Let us-we and our allies­ standoff right now-certainly this is the view Our last opportunity for success in Viet­ pursue it to an honorable end. Thank you. of the American people-even though we nam m ay be fast disappearing. have increased the American manpower com­ I have called for a clear and coordinated mitment in Vietnam from 15,000 to 525,000 in plan to achieve success in Vietnam. Such a the past 2 ¥:! years. plan would .include more effective and more We have inflicted heavy losses on the meaningful bombing of significant military Congressman Horton Lauds Fred Welling­ enemy-with mounting American casual­ targets in North Vietnam. Not necessarily ties-but the supply of Communist cannon more tonnage, but dropping our bombs on ton for Outstanding Service to Boy fodder seems unlimited. meaningful targets inste·ad of jungle trails Scouting in Rochester, N.Y. We are told the North Vietnamese have or into the sea. committed only one-fifth of their regular We must by one of several sound military army to the war in South Vietnam. At the tactics greatly reduce the flow of supplies EXTENSION OF REMARKS same time we are reaching the bottom of our through the port of Haiphong. This can be OF ready manpower pool. done in such a way that no enemy, misled by Because the Soviets have had 2¥2 years to our past mistakes, will misjudge our will or HON. FRANK HORTON deliver the most modern weapons and train intentions. the enemy in their use, our soldiers, sailors, The South Vietnamese Army must be OF NEW YORK airmen, and Marines are now fighting a much forced to shoulder more of the burden of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tougher war. Today the Communists are em­ fighting in the South. Monday, September 11, 1967 ploying missiles, heavy artillery, and power­ All of our allies who have enjoyed Ameri­ ful mortars, all empla.ced and fortified dur­ can aid should be called upon to join in a Mr. HORTON. Mr. Speaker, the role of ing the Administration's war of gradualism. big push toward success in Vietnam. Boy Scouts in helping to form the char­ A way to the peace table must be found The pacification program must be made acter of millions of young men in Amer­ in Vietnam. I submit that the American to work. people have the correct formula-succeed or ica is well known. Many of our colleagues, Three weeks ago I disclosed that many to get out. highly significant military targets in North in fact, look back with reverence To succeed in Vietnam we need a clear and Vietnam were on a list declared off-limits by years of their youth during which they coordinated plan with the determination at the President as commander-in-chief of our were taught not only the mysteries of the top to see it through. If this fails, then armed forces. I said it then and I say it now. knots and woodlore, and the pleasures the story of American participation in the I am opposed to sending one more American of camping and hiking, but perhaps Vietnam war will be written in five words in foot-soldier to Vietnam if our pilots are pre­ more important, what it meant to live up the history books-too little and too late. vented from doing the job that needs do­ to the high principles of the Scout oath Too Iittle early in the war-and too late now. ing-a job that should have been done On Dec. 13, 1965, my party's National Co­ months before. and to live by the Scout law. ordinating Committee warned that we were Some people are concerned about civilian Thousands of men and women have getting bogged down in what could be<:ome casualties in North Vietnam. I am more con­ worked to make Scouting a successful an endless land war in Southeast Asia. cerned about the lives of Americans and our experience for millions of boys since We pleaded for maximum use of our con­ allies in South Vietnam. I am not contend­ Scouting was first brought to the United ventional air and sea power. We begged that ing that air power alone will bring success States in 1910. Most of them take up the fl.ow of supplies in North Vietnam in Vietnam and open the way to the peace their Scouting duties in addition to their through the port of Ha.iphong be stopped. table. It ls just one of the paths we must professional lives and regular social de­ These thoughtful recommendations by take or accept the alternative of disengage­ those who support American objectives were ment. mands. ignored. The Administration has failed to I am not advocating that civilian centers Behind them is a small group of men carry out the first commandment of military be bombed. who devote their lives to promoting the strategy--cut off the enemy's supplies at the I am not proposing the use of nuclear growth of Scouting units and activities source, destroy the logistical support he needs weapons. so that more and more American boys to make war. I am not advocating a ground invasion of can benefit from the principles of Scout­ The Administration has not followed this North Vietnam by American forces. ing and enjoy the constructive compan­ course. Publicly, the Secretary of Defense has So far as I know, no responsible Americans categorically cast it aside. advocate these extreme measures. ionship and lessons Scouting teaches. The Secxetary has accused advocates of a There is substantial military agreement, FORTY-TWO YEARS OF SCOUTING more effecbive air W1ar in the ,North of trying and I concur, that if the war is waged more Mr. Speaker, I would like to pay trib­ to substitute air attacks there for ground efficiently in the North it will aid our men ute to one such man, Mr. Frederic Wel­ fighting in the South. This charge is ridicu­ in the South and save American lives. lous. What's more, it's a fabrication. I know The American people are saying "let's suc­ lington, who is retiring as Scout execu­ of no one who has ever contended that mean­ ceed or get out." tive of the Otetiana Council, Boy Scouts ingful air attacks against North Vietnam can The voice of the people is invariably the of America, in Rochester, N.Y., after 42 be substituted for hard ground action in voice of wisdom. years of professional Scouting, 24 of the South. Mr. McNam.ara sets up a straw The American people know the Vietnam them in Rochester. man with such charges and then knocks it War could go on endlessly unless there is a Mr. Wellington has been an outstand­ down. That is no defense at all for the mis­ concerted joint effort to bring it to the bar­ ing guide for the youth of the Rochester taken course the Administration has followed gaining table. Events make men, but men area. ·Under his patient and creative in Vietnam. also make events. The President of the A nation at war cannot afford confusion United States has to power to change the leadership, Scouting in the area served and doubt about its basic policies. pattern, to break the mold, to demand that by the Otetiana Council has flourished Mr. McNamara's recent argument against our South Vietnamese allies shape up or lose as an example for the rest of the Nation. making the air war more effective was that our support. The Rochester Times Union, on August 25112 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE September 11, 1967 31, 1967, told how Fred Wellington be­ Each of the three camps oper.ates four have helped build a community of unusual came involved in Scouting: 2-week periods during the summer quality, and in turn the community sup­ When Frederic Wellington was graduated months. ports a Boy Scout Council of unusual qual­ from the University of Rochester in 1925, he In addition to the extensive formal ity. worked a few years part-time for The Times­ camp program at Massawepie, the 10 dis­ As I complete my work and turn over the Union and thought he was interested in be­ privilege of being Scout Executive of the tricts of the Otetiana Council conduct Otetiana Council to Gene Cruse, it ls with coming a newspaperman. one or more weekend encampments "First, though, there was this Scouting two predominant thoughts. "I'he first is that program I was interested in ...," he says­ known .as camporees during the year. you are to be congratulated on bringing and 42 years later Wellington ls stm in These are typically held in the sprtng and Gene and his fine family to Rochester and scouting. early fall. Each of the camporees usually Monroe County and can expect to go forward Wellington, 64, of 204 Wyndale Road, Iron­ finds 300 to 500 Scouts participating. to new Scouting heights with him. The sec­ dequoit, retires tomorrow from the executive Through Mr. Welliing·ton's determina­ ond is that I have been a very lucky man, director's post on the local Otetiana (Oh-tee­ tion, the Otetiana Council camping pro­ indeed, to have had these 20 years of work­ shee-on-ah) Council of the Boy Scouts of ing with you fine volunteer Scouters and my gram has been augmented by the acquisi­ fine stat! associates in the service of our America. tion of 1,000 acres of new camp property It began with a boyhood membership in boys. the scouts. in the Bristol Hills near Naples, N.Y. May God bless you and your new leader­ Born in Dansv1lle, Well1ngton moved to This is the Warren Cutler Scout Reserva­ ship in the exciting years ahead! Rochester as a boy and became a scout in tion, ,and is the center for year-round WAR MEMORIAL TRIBUTE the Dewey Avenue Presbyterian Church camping for scouts, and for special adult troop. From there it was an easy step up leader training events. On the 19th of September, the leading to scoutmaster while attending UR. The vast and varied activities of an citizens of Rochester and the surround­ By the spring of his senior year he was organization as large as Otetiana Council ing metropolitan area will gather at the working with the scouts for programs at old requires efficient administration. Under Rochester War Memorial for a council­ Camp Otetiana on Canandaigua Lake, when Mr. Wellington's guidance the council wide recognition dinner to pay tribute the decision was made to build a new council to Fred Wellington. camp. has established a council center as its ad­ "I agreed to work for two years," Welling­ ministrative headquarters. It is located Mr. Speaker, I am proud at this time ton says, "and in that time we located Camp at 474 East Avenue, Rochester, N.Y., and to add my congratulations to those of Pioneer at Seneca Lake ... 166 acres that is staffed by 18 executives and 16 o:ffice­ others to Fred Wellington on the com­ were purchased in 1926 and opened the year workers. pletion of 42 years of professional Scout­ after." One of the measures of a Scouting pro­ ing. I wish Fred a very pleasant and re­ Wellington, by then, was hooked. gram is the advancement and continued warding retirement. In one sense he will He was director of Camp Pioneer from 1927 be missed in Scouting in the Rochester to 1929, and then was named scout execu­ participation of Scouts. tive of Adirondack Council at Saranac Lake. In each of the past 5 years, between area, but the creative imprint he made In the 1930's and 40's he directed councils 8,000 and 9,000 merit badges have been on the Otetiana Council and the thou­ in the New Hampshire-Maine-Vermont and earned by Scouts. In 1966, 132 Scouts sands of men and boys who will carry on Delaware-Maryland-Virginia areas. In 1947 earned Scouting's highest honor-the the Scouting program, ensures that his he returned to lead Otetiana, a council that Eagle Scout badge. spirit will be with the executive and now covers Monroe County. As impressive as these statistics are, Scouts for a very long time. The growth of Otetiana since then has Mr. Speaker, I think the measure of Fred been remarkable. Wellington is even better illustrated by All Scout units are sponsored by the enthusiasm for Scouting which is evi­ permanent institutions or groups. Since dent throughout Rochester and Monroe Dr. Redmond, Chicago's General Superin­ Fred Wellington became the Scout execu­ County because of his years of dedication tendent of Schools tive in 1947, the total number of dif­ to gathering as many boys as possible ferent sponsors in Rochester and Monroe under the influence of Scouting and its County has grown to 296. They represent principles. EXTENSION OF REMARKS One of America's strengths is the devo­ a cross section of Rochester churches, OF schools, parent-teacher associations, po­ tion of private citizens to the task of lice and fire departments, civic and guiding young, future citizens into paths HON. BARRATT O'HARA of clean, moral living. service groups. OF ll.LINOIS In the s.ame period, the number of Fred Wellington's whole career has Scouts has grown from about 6,000 to al­ been devoted to that task. His contribu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES most 18,000 boys in Cub Scout packs, tion to the future of Rochester and Mon­ Monday, September 11, 1967 roe County seems beyond our capacity to 238 Boy Scout troops, and 81 Explorer Mr. O'HARA of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, units. repay him. But Fred finds his reward in every young man who faces the problems Dr. James Redmond is the present gen­ Typical of Mr. Wellington's ability to eral superintendent of Chicago's public transmit his enthusiasm for Scouting to of life armed with the principles he schools, one of the most challenging of others is the fact that he has been .able learned and absorbed as a Boy Scout in all jobs. John Fink, editor of the Chicago to attract 6,800 adult volunteer leaders the Otetiana Council. Tribune Sunday magazine, says that Dr. into the otetiana Council. The generous, outgoing spirit which Redmond "seldom makes the front OTETIANA: A CAMPING COUNCIL Fred Wellington brought to his work is pages. Months may pass without seeing One of the many exciting rewards of illustrated by his farewell remarks to the his face on television. He is a big man Scouting for boys from Cub-Scout age to Otetiana Council in the council's in all ways, a man of uncommon intellect Scoutmasters themselves is camping. The monthly publication, Smoke Signals, for and humanity, but he is a quiet man in Otetiana Council provides a varied fare September 1967: all ways as well, given more to private of camping experiences. Under Fred THE VIEW FROM HERE persuasion than to public contention. So Wellington's leadership, two capital fund The privilege of being your Scout Execu­ Chicagoans have not come to know their campaigns were conducted which re­ tive for the past 20 years has meant more to new school chief as well as they might." sulted in development of the Massawepie me than I can tell you. When, in 1947, I re­ So turned to Rochester after 1 7 years of pro­ Editor Fink assigned Tribune fea­ Scout camps, 225 miles from Rochester moting Scouting in other states, I immedi­ ture writer Ridgely Hunt to do a story on in the Adirondack Mountains. A descrip­ ately began to appredate how well those Dr. Redmond, which appeared in the tion of Massawepie is enough to make local Scouting pioneers wrought who set Tribune Sunday magazine on Septem­ any man realize that this is a golden age a high standard for those early Troops and ber 3, 1967, under the headline, "Ridgely, for Scouting in Rochester. The 3,600- organized top quality community leadership the Conciliator" from which later I will acre camp property includes 10 lakes for a Council to guide them. quote. and ponds, miles of hiking trails, and The Scouts I knew as a boy, and later as Scoutmaster and camp director, have for First, however, I would men-tlon the canoe routes. There are three base many years been an important leaven 1n first general superintendent of the Chi­ camps, Camp Pioneer, Camp Mountain­ our community's business and professional cago schools that it was my privilege, eer, and Camp Voyageur, each a separate life-and Ml 1mporta.nt pa.rt of the commu­ pleasure and pride to number among my camp with its own facilities. nity's leadership and conscience. Old Scouts friends, Dr. Ella Flagg Young, the first September 11, 1967 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE 25113 woman in Chicago's hisrory ro head the brought him baick to Chicago to inherit the What about teachers who are afraid to dty's schools. In the Chicago magazine whirlwind. work in the slums? <>f July 1911 I wrote: • • • "Them I don't want," Redmond declares. Redmond took office on the first Monday But smaller classes cost more money. "Be­ Fortunate is the time and place that have in October, 1966. One month later he plunged cause school is primarily a personal service," at their disposal a person who, with unaf­ into negotiations with the teachers union, he says, "70 to 80 per cent of the total ex­ fectedness and grace, can marshal into ex­ which, freed from bondage and loaded for penditures goes for hiring people. If I want istence an educational ideal suited to the bear, had assembled all the wishes, worries, to cut class size by one-half, it means I've got age! hopes, and gripes accumulated during the to double the budget. We talk about spend­ The leading educator of the nation, Chi­ previous 20 years and printed them in a ing $600 a year per pupil in Chicago next year. -cago's possession, Dr. Ella Flagg Young, 52-page book of "collective bargaining de­ Well, doubling that expenditure is not un­ President of the National Educational AB­ mands." • • •. realistic. Suburbs like Evanston are already ·sociation, is working out through the public For allles Redmond had to rely on a board spending $1,200." schools of Chicago such an educational ideal. of education whose members were strangers Finding this kind of money presents some It increasingly will challenge the attention to him and on a handful of top assistants, tremendous obstacles. The city already of the seriousminded. only a few of whom he had known durlng his spends almost as much as its tax structure The American child must make good at service in Ohicago 14 years before. • • •. will allow, and the state has dragged its 10chool, at home, and in his work world. He AB salary negotiations neared their climax feet on making up the difference. must make good with his hands, his heart, one Sunday last Januairy, a teachers strike -and his judgment, as well as with his mem­ • • • • appeared inevitable. Redmond taped a 25- Redmond does not publicly support a state ory. He must be fit to get a living. He must minu1ie itallk to explain to par1ents why the have the power to transform his industry income tax-or any other kind of tax for schools would be locked the next day and that matter-but restricts himself to com­ 1nto beauty; that is, he must have cultural to ask their help in safeguarding their chil­ power. He must form the habits of a dignified, menting that "the real solution ls not going dren. The tape was to be released on the 10 to come until we make some kind of change 'democratic, social and civic life. Above all, he p. m. news broadcasts, but 20 minutes before must carry responsibility as he carries health in the tax structure. We must find some tax air time, David Heffernan, the schools' publlc structure that taps the true wealth of this and happiness. Education no longer may be relations chief, reached for the phone and ,content with teaching the child to read, write state, not just real estate alone. I would not canceled it. Redmond and the teachers had think that personal and corporate income -and count. It must deliver the whole person­ achieved an 11th-hour settlement. tax alone should be made the whipping ality of the child, as well as open up to him Many critics opposed the idea of negotiat­ boy." his environment. Otherwise it leaves him ing with the teachers union in the first place, -crippled. but Redmond considered such bargaining in­ • • Those educators only whose eyes are look­ evitable. "We are where industry was 30 To his task of persuasion Redmond brings ing forward, whose spirit is at one with the years ago," he says, "just getting used to the a peculiar talent, solidly based on the fact -spirit of the times, can direct, or even hope idea of dealing with labor unions. This is new that he likes people and admires them. A to understand the forces which are destined to education." New and, in Redmond's eyes, large man with a leonine head, he can domi­ to create the American Public School Sys­ not necessarily bad. "We're an organized nate a meeting, leaning forward and driving tem. Just what the superintendent of the society," he says, "and let's don't buck it." home his points by poking the table with Chicago schools is permitting to happen ln Both sides could take satisfaction from one finger. The fingertip angles off oddly to the city of millions-the city whose strug­ the outcome of the bargaining, Redmond no one side, as if it had once been broken and gle for democracy is eminently a hope of less than the teachers. "There's not a thing badly set, and it ls hard to see anything else the people--is something which the future in the new teachers' agreement that I can't as Redmond pokes away to bolster his argu­ will chronicle. live with," he says. "There's not a thing in ment. the agreement that thoughtful school ad­ But he does more than talk. One eminent That was 56 years ago and since that ministrators haven't wanted to do for a long university educator reported with astonish­ period, when a women blazed the educa­ time. While I have agreed to meet with them ment, "He listens!"• • • tional path of one of the world's greatest monthly to discuss school problems, that Redmond has much to hear and much to cities, Dr. Ella Fl·agg Young has had doesn't mean that I have surrendered any do before he can hope to surmount the many successors. The educational ideal of my authority. They didn't ask to make Everest of problems that beset the Chicago of Chicago's first woman superintendent the decisions. They just asked to talk about schools. But he has started the ascent with them. Yet I know some of my fellow super­ an easy gait and so far seems scarcely to be of schools never has lost its appeal and intendents who would rather die than put breathing hard. He leaves his apartment on its influence. this in a contract." East Schiller each morning at 7:30 and rides REDMOND, THE CONCILIATOR In fact, Redmond can use some advice and to his office in a chauffeur-driven car that Returning ro the present, when the help. "I can't run 600 schools,'' he concedes, goes with the job. [He would like to drive "but I've got to make it possible to run himself, but the chauffeur takes care of park­ Chicago schools are run by the "quiet them, and I've got to find the people to do ing and saves him time.] Within five min­ man" 56 years after a "quiet woman" won the job." Many of these people he already utes he enters his office with its two window the notice and the plaudits of the Nation, has on the payroll. "I know my classrooms air conditioners and 1ts framed kindergarten I am extending my remarks to include are full of excellent teachers and potential paintings on the walls. By starting early, excerpts from Mrs. Hunt's interesting leadership," he says, "and we'll find them. he says, "I can get in an hour and a half article on Dr. Redmond: This ls one of the real jobs of this office." before the phone starts ringing." Recruiting leaders is only one of Red­ To replace Willis they brought in the • • • mond's problems. He has bigger ones: inte­ What that future will be not even Red­ superintendent of schools from Syosset, N.Y., gration and money, to name the worst. a pleasant Long Island suburb that ·annually mond can foretell with precision.• • • voted to spend $1,300 a year to educate its • • • • • "I believe the schools 20 years from now children. Redmond did not come as a By thus easing the tension between the will be so changed that we won't recognize stranger. A native of Kansas City, Mo., where school system and its assailants, Redmond them,'' Redmond says. "We'll have a 20- he had taught school, he was brought to took much of the heat off the integration hour-a-day operation, not just 6 the way Chicago in 1948 as an administrative assist­ issue and even managed to shift its focus we do now, and I don't mean an authori­ ant to Willis's predecessor, Herold Hunt, slightly. tarian system where the state takes the kids whom he served until 1953 when be became "Physical integration is said to be neces­ away and rears them. Adults will use these head of the New Orleans school system. In sary and desirable," he says, "but many facilities too. The schools should provide a New Orleans he had~ baptism of fire from concerned groups now say that quality edu­ service to the entire community." the guns of racial hatred when court-ordered cation is just as important as integration. school integration collided with the intransi­ I would not give up the objective of getting gence of white supremacists. The ensuing rid of the ghetto schools, but also let's do street demonstrations made television screens everything we can to achieve quality educa­ across the country. But tho Redmond did not tion." Rum sfeld Legislative Report surrender, neither oould he win a clearly de­ Specifically, in the case of the Negro fined victory, and in 1961 he retreated to ghettos, he intends to bring this about by EXTENSION OF REMARKS the relative security of a post as director of reducing class size and by "pouring talent OF school ad.m.1.nlstrative services for a manage­ into the schools." The toughest Negro schools m.ent oonsUlting firm. have customarily had the worst faculties be­ HON. DONALD RUMSFELD cause experienced teachers have used their OF n.LINOIS "It was fine, good work," he recalls, but seniority to claim positions in better neigh­ in time he "got tired of living in airplanes" borhoods. Redmond hopes to lure them into IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and sought out the serene llfe in Syosset. the slums with offers of special bus service Monday, September 11, 1967 Here the Chicago selection committee found to the school door, parking lots where their him, tending his suburban schools and his cars will be safe from vandals, and most im­ Mr. RUMSFELD. Mr. Speaker, under flowers [he is an ardent gardener] . And from portant, classes small enough so that good leave ro extend my remarks in the here, after a good deal of negotiation, they teaching can produce results. RECORD, I submit the text of my last 25114 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE September 11, 1967 legislative report, volume 3, No. 2, which these vexing questions has been slow, but became clear that the Congress was not re­ is being mailed to all postal patrons in the path to peace and stability in the Middle ceiving full information from NASA officials. the 13th Congressional District of Illi­ East must be found. For example, Congress was unaware of the Legislative action.-Legislation I have sup­ existence of the Phillips Report, a document nois. ported included bills to: 1) assist state and highly critical of NASA operations. It is vital The report follows: local governments in reducing crime and to that the burden for providing information WASHINGTON, D.C.-Since the last Legis­ increase the effectiveness and coordination of about NASA's programs be placed upon that lative Report, a substantial tax increase has law enforcement and criminal justice sys­ agency. Under present law, NASA is simply been proposed, war erupted in the Middle tems at all levels of government; 2) prescribe forbidden from withholding information East, riots have rocked many of our major Federal penalties for persons who interfere from Congress once it is requested, but is cities, the Selective Service Act has been with the civil rights activities of others, and under no obligation to provide information extended for four years, and the war in provide Federal penalties for persons who voluntarily. In the case of the Phillips Re­ Vietnam has continued with little progress. move from state to state with intention to in­ port, Members of Congress did not know of While it is not possible in this brief space cite riots and other civil disturbances; 3) ex­ its existence and therefore were in no posi­ to discuss all of these issues, details on any tend the Elementary and Secondary Educa­ tion to request copies of it. I will continue to measure before Congress may be obtained by tion Act; 4) revise the Copyright Law; 5) press for improvements in this important writing me in the House Office Building, extend the Older Americans Act; 6) extend area. Washington, D.C. 20515. Your comments and the Mental Health program; 7) extend the Riots in the cities.-A summer marked by views on matters of importance to our Nation Higher Education Act; and 8) provide for a rioting in many of our Nation's cities is are appreciated. comprehensive review of national water re­ coming to a close. While it is tempting and President Johnson proposes a tax in­ source problems and programs. obviously fashionable to strike out with crease.-A number of the Nation's leading Legislation I have opposed included bills words of blame, rhetoric will not bring order economic experts, including the chairman to: 1) increase the debt limit; 2) amend the or restore Detroit, Newark, or the other com­ of the President's Council of Economic Ad­ Food Stamp Act; 3) revise peanut acreage munities hit by violence and lawlessness. visers, recently testified before the Joint allotments; 4) institute several unbudge.ted Unfortunately, many of our Nation's lead­ Economic Committee, on which I serve. The public work projects; and 5) the Public Works ers-in government, religion, and other most hotly debated topic was the President's Appropriations Bill, in the hope of trimming fields-have attempted to divert responsi­ recommended tax increase. Most Committee excessive Federal spending. bility for strife in the cities by blaming members felt that Executive Branch wit­ Legislation sponsored.-Part of a Congress­ others in shrill tones. Neither disobedience to nesses failed to make a case for the Presi­ man's job involves the identification of prob­ law nor the basic causes for the rioting will dent's proposed tax surcharge, then at the lem areas and the initiation of proposals to be checked by angry accusations, gimmickry, 6 per cent level. Since the Committee hear­ resolve them. This year, bills and resolutions acquiescence, or inattention. There is ample ings ended in late June, the President has I have sponsored or co-sponsored have in­ evidence that our society as a whole has recommended that the tax surcharge be cluded the following: failed to deal effectively with both lawless­ raised to 10 per cent, to be levied against Human Investment Act of 1967.-To pro­ ness and the causes of the urban problems both corporate and individual taxes. vide tax incentives for companies to hire and facing us. It has become increasingly appar­ There is continued concern that a tax in­ train unemployed workers lacking skills for ent that such problems require the direct crease at this time might slow economic available jobs. involvement of all sectors of society-the growth at a critical time and reduce antic­ National Home Ownership Foundation voluntary sector, the private sector, Federal, ipated revenue gains. Moreover, many be­ Act.-To promote home ownership among state, and local governments, but, above all, lieve the Administration ought to place low-income groups through low-cost financ­ the individual. greater emphasis on curbing non-essential ing. It is considerably easier to look to every­ government spending, particularly in view National Commission on Public Manage­ one but oneself for blame or responsibility. of costs of the war in Vietnam. As reported ment.-To apply modern systems and man­ However, the strength and hope of our Na­ a year ago, it is my view that priorities in agement techniques to national and com­ tion is in the people-individuals-and it is Federal spending must be established. Re­ munity problems. here, in the last analysis, that we will win grettably, this has not been done. If the Miscellaneous.-To eliminate the patron­ or lose the battle to strengthen our system President's tax increase proposal is accepted age consideration in the appointment of post­ and to enrich our Ii ves and the Iives of our by the Congress, it may very well be less masters; and to permit those receiving So­ fellow citizens. It is within our power to do than the 10 per cent requested, and come cial Security benefits to earn a maximum of what we will with the great human and later than the October deadline set by the $3,600 annually. (Since my bill was intro­ economic resources of this land. If we have Administration. duced, the House voted to raise the earning done less than we would wish, as the riots In an effort to bring about the establish­ limitation from $1,500 to $1,680.) indicate. we must look to ourselves for the ment of priorities and reduce non-essential Rumsfeld amendments on NASA.-The reasons. If we would do better in the fu­ Federal spending, I have supported amend­ House and the Senate have passed, and the ture, we must look to ourselves for the ments to five of the major omnibus appro­ President ha.s signed into law, an amend­ answers. priations bills to restrict expenditures to 95 ment I offered to the bill authorizing funds Selective Service Act.-When the director of per cent of .the total a.inoun.ts a.ppropr>i-ated. for 1968 for the National Aeronautics and the Defense Department's Manpower Office These motions to cut spending were approved Space Administration (NASA). The Amend­ testified before the Joint Economic Commit­ by the House in two of the five instances. ment establishes an Aerospace Safety Ad­ tee in April, I questioned him concerning the The Subcommittee on Economy in Govern­ visory Panel to monitor NASA safety activi­ Department's attitude on increasing the pro­ ment recently received testimony which doc­ ties in the interest of avoiding accidents such portion of volunteers in the armed forces. He umented a distressing record of careless as the tragic Apollo 204 spacecraft fire of last stated: "I can say categorically-and this is management in government, especially in January which took the lives of three astro­ on the record-that the Department of De­ the Department of Defense. Recommenda­ nauts. fense has had as its objective to obtain as tions for remedying many of the problems Approval of the safety panel will mark, many or all of its personnel through volun­ uncovered are made in a subcommittee re­ I believe, the beginning of substantially im­ tary means." Notwithstanding this position port which is available by writing our Wash­ proved safety procedures in the U.S. space of the Department, by the President, and the ington office. programs. The proposal was amended by a Democratic and Republican 1964 platform Middle East Crisis.-The outbreak of war House-Senate Conference Committee to per­ promises, the Military Selective Service Act of in the Middle East temporarily jolted the mit a minority of the panel members to be 1967 was totally devoid of any attempt to in­ Administration away from its concentration NASA employees, whereas the original lan­ crease the number of volunteers for military of effort and attention on Southeast Asia. guage would have restricted membership to service. In the wake of the swift and decisive Israeli non-NASA personnel. The importance of a The House version of the Act contained victory, the task of rebuilding after the loss truly independent safety panel can be seen my amendment to declare the sense of Con­ of lives and resources is beginning. This con­ in the successful Advisory Committee on Re­ gress that "the obligation of serving in the flict will either mark the beginning of a new actor Safeguards of the Atomic Energy Com­ armed forces should be enforced through the era of stability or merely another episode mission. Hopefully, the presence of NASA provisions of this Act only when necessary to in decades of hostility and unrest. The an­ employees on the NSA safety panel will not insure the security of this Nation." However, swer will lie in how these problems are re­ impair the panel's ability to objectively the House-Senate Conference Committee de­ solved: right of passage through the Suez analyze safety hazards in the space program. leted this amendment, seemingly indicating and the Gulf of Aqaba, the status of Je·ru­ A second amendment which I offered to the a Congressional preference for compulsion in salem, security arrangements on Israeli bor­ NASA authorization bill, known as the "in­ military service, regardless of need. Much ders, refugee and other economic problems, formation aniendment," was defeated in the that could have been done to improve the and, most important of all, whether or not House-Senate Gonferenc.e. This amendment Selective Service Act was not done, to the the hostility of the Arab nations will be re­ charged NASA with the responsibility of discredit of both the Executive and the Leg­ placed by recognition of Israel and a resolve keeping the House and Senate Space Com­ islative Branches of the Federal Government. to find constructive approaches to the polit­ Inittees fully and currently informed with Copies of my testimony before the House ical and economic problems separating the respect to all NASA activities. During hear­ Armed Services Committee are available two sides. Progress in finding answers to ings to investigate the Apollo 204 tragedy, it through my office. September 12, 1967 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE 25115

Freedom of information.-The Federal proper, and, in some instances, illegal, for berg, Palatine; Gerald Lemke, Wheeling; Public Records Law (P.L. 89-487), which I a Member of Congress to attempt to influence Casey Scott, Wilmette. U.S. Military Acad­ cosponsored, took effect on July 4, 1967. This governmental decisions. emy-Richard J. Appleton, Mt. Prospect; "Freedom of Information" law reasserts the Members of Congress are legislators-not Brian Bruckner, Niles; Ford G. Droegemuel­ fundamental right of the American people to executives or administrators. Their basic re­ ler, Arlington Heights; Christopher B. Tim­ know what their Federal government is sponsibility is the drafting and passing of mers, Wheeling; Mark M. Weiman, Evanston. doing. It provides that government records legislation. The Executive Branch has the re­ U.S. Naval Academy-Jeffrey Currie, Evans­ are to be made available at the request of any sponsibility of administering those laws. ton; Thomas R. Dussman, Jr., Winnetka; citizen, and gives a person wrongfully denied There are many areas in which a Congress­ Charles L. Keating, Arlington Heights. U.S. access to information the right to go to man can assist-in cutting red tape, in help­ Merchant Marine Academy--SCott K. Sum­ court for an immediate ruling. ing to correct administrative errors, or in ex­ mers, Wilmette. Those interested in applying The new law will not work miracles over­ pediting action when it is unduly delayed. for academy nominations for classes begin­ night. It may have little impact on the Because of the misunderstandings which ning in June 1968 may write to my office for "Credibility Gap." But the law is a weapon­ arise from time to time, I appeared before full details. and a powerful one-which will help to re­ the Joint Committee on the Organization of Visitors and letters.-Visitors to Washing­ duce unwarranted secrecy in government. Congress and recommended that "the policy ton from the 13th District are always wel­ How well it will work will depend on how of encouraging or assisting Members of Con­ come in our office in the House Office Build­ effectively the people, the press, and the Con­ gress in the announcement of Federal grants, ing. If you are planning a trip to the Na­ gress use it as a guarantee of the right to contracts, or projects in their states or dis­ tion's Capital, write ahead and let us know know. tricts be terminated ... To encourage or you are coming. In this way, we may be Congressional assistance.-Members of assist Members in making initial announce­ able to assist in making your visit a more Congress frequently receive appeals from in­ ments of Fed·eral grants, projects, and par­ enjoyable one. Also, your letters are always dividuals, organizations, and municipalities ticularly Federal contracts, leaves at least a welcome. Our Washington office is open daily for assistance of one kind or another. Some shadow of question as to whether or not the from 8: 00 A.M. to 6: 00 P .M. and generally types of assistance can be provided-other contract or project was awarded solely, as it later. If you communicate with the office and types cannot. should have been, on factors such as cost, do not receive a response within a week, It is my belief that a Congressman has a performance, and national interest." please write again. We have discovered duty to assist where possible in making the Academy appointments.-COngratulations instances where mail has not reached the relationship between a citizen and his Gov­ are in order for the young men from the office or where it has been delayed. Since we ernment fair and workable, for there are 13th District who earned appointment to respond to some 600 letter a week, and receive times, in the impersonality of Government, the U.S. service academies and who com­ hundreds of pieces of non-letter mail in when the Congressman serves as the only menced their studies this June: U.S. Air addition, there is always the possibility that personal link between a constituent and an Force Academy-Lawrence F. Blameuser, a letter may go astray in the Postal Service Executive Branch Department. But occa­ Jr., Skokie; Steven DeHaven, Mt. Prospect; or in the Congressional postal facilities. I sions and situations arise when it is im- Charles E. Dehlinger, Evanston; John Eke- look forward to hearing from you.

SENATE ORDER OF BUSINESS RESOLUTION TO PRINT ADDITION­ Mr. CLARK. Mr. President, I ask AL COPIES OF REPORT TO AC­ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1967 unanimous consent that, despite the COMPANY S. 2388