13590 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE July 29 217. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Yellow­ to register with the U.S. Attorney General, vestigate a certail! Negro leJ~,der as to his stone Park, Wyo., urging the U.S. Govern­ and expressing his disapproval of the group; Communist affiliatiolls; to the Committee on ment to press its efforts in the international to the Committee on Un-American Activities. Un-American Activities. race to the moon; to the Committee on 219. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Yellow­ 220. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Yellow­ Science and Astronautics. stone Park, Wyo., requesting a.n investigation stone- Park, Wyo., expressing opposition to 218. Also, petition of Henry Stoner, Yellow­ to determine if Abraham Lincoln was a Com­ . reducing any percentages of the tax rate on . stone Park, Wyo., requesting the passage of munist, because it is reported that a com­ . income and profits; to the Committee on legislation requiring the John Birch Society mittee of Congress is having the FBI in- Ways and Means. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Independence of Upper Volta suffrage. In May 1957 its first cabinet of and was thereby denied the opportunity ministers was formed. The transition to join with my friend, RALPH SCOTT, in from colony to independent state con­ paying tribute to the memory of this EXTENSION OF REMARKS tinued to August 1960, its impetus be­ . great son of North Carolina. I have OF coming ever swifter. particularly regretted this because it was HON. ADAM C. POWELL As independence approached, Upper my pleasure to have served in the House Volta planned wisely and with foresight during the 1940's when the late John OF NEW YORK for the future under the able leadership Folger represented the district now so IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of its President, Mr. Maurice Yameogo. ably and well represented by Congress­ Monday, July 29, 1963 Reversing the unfortunate trend to Bal­ man SCOTT. Mr. POWELL. Mr. Speaker, on Au­ kanization which is one of the less happy John Folger made his mark and im­ gust 5 the Republic of Upper Volta will African heritages, the heads of govern­ pression upon the Nation's House of celebrate the third anniversary of her ment of Upper Volta, Niger, Ivory Coast, Representatives in his comparatively independence, and we wish to take this and Dahomey decided in 1959, prior to brief service here. I recall that he was opportunity to send warm felicitations to independence, to form a close-working rated among the great advocates of His Excellency, the President and Prime union, the Counseil de !'Entente. They causes he espoused. Possessed of splen­ Minister of Upper Volta, Maurice Yame­ agreed to adopt identical constitutions did oratorical talent, he was most im­ ogo; and His Excellency, the Upper and parliamentary and electoral systems, pressive in the well of this House on the Voltan Ambassador to the United States, to harmonize the organization of their occasions that he felt it his duty to Frederic Gweer. armed forces, to initiate common eco­ "speak his piece." In early August 1960, a number of nomic policies including a customs union Quiet and deliberative generally, he formerly dependent countries of French and common level of taxes, to set up a never hesitated to speak out in behalf West Africa became sovereign nations. joint amortization fund for the guaran­ of the causes that he thought were in Among them was the republic of Upper tee of loans, to concert diplomacy and the best interest of his State and Nation. Volta. On July 11, 1960, she had signed share ambassadors, and to coordinate I should like, Mr. Speaker, to associ­ an agreement with France providing for foreign policy. ate myself with the remarks of tribute its unconditional sovereignty and inde­ Association in the Conseil de !'Entente paid to our former colleague by my col­ pendence. on August 5, which was also has been of considerable advantage to league, RALPH ScoTT, and others who an ancient traditional festival day in Upper Volta. Although the country it­ extolled his memory. And, I join with Upper Volta, joyous independence cele­ self is landlocked, it has assured Upper them in expressing my deepest· sympa­ brations marked the omcial emergence of Volta of outlets to the sea. Cooperation thy to his widow and other survivors. this West African country approximately . has enabled the Entente countries to the size of our State of Colorado as a rationalize scarce resources. Upper sovereign member of the coDaEnunity of Volta has also continued close relations nations. with France, and as a result has received Machines Will Replace Domestics substantial French development grant as WeD as Braceros The political history of Upper Volta is aid. a fascinating tale of the rise and decline On the third anniversary of independ­ of empire, the penetration of the French ence we congratulate President Yameogo EXTENSION OF REMARKS and the establishment of a protectorate, and the people of Upper Volta for their OF and the transition from colony to au­ rational approach to the problems facing HON. BURT L. TALCOTT tonomous republic and then to sovereign them as a newly independent nation and nation. The empire-building Mossi, OF CALIFORNIA wish them continued success in solving IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES thought by historians to have come from · them in the years to come. east Africa sometime in the 11th cen­ Monday, Jul11 29, 1963 tury A.D., established a feudal kingdom in Upper Volta which lasted well into Mr. TALCOTr. Mr. Speaker, if Con­ gress eliminates the bracero as a source the 19th century. By the time the The Late Honorable John H. Folger French reached the area in 1896, how­ of supplemental labor for harvesting ever, the ancient customs and rigid crops at the crucial peak times, other feudal structure which had flourished for EXTENSION OF REMARKS harvesting methods must be devised or several centuries had begun to dissolve. OF the crops will spoil. There never has been sufticient domestic labor to harvest The French established a protectorate HON. WILLIAM M. COLMER row crop vegetables or strawberries. over the kingdom of Ouagadougou, and OF MISSISSIPPI Supplemental labor was imported 80 in 1919 converted the original protecto­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years before the bracero. rate into the territory of Upper Volta. Machines are one answer. Machines As a French territory Upper Volta was Monday, July 29, 1963 have always been a dread worry to farm­ transformed from an ancient feudal em­ Mr. COLMER. Mr. Speaker, on Tues­ workers. They take the jobs of the pire to a modem democratic state, slowly day last my distinguished colleague and bracero and domestic alike. at first but more rapidly after World the able Representative of the Fifth Dis­ Libby, McNeill & Libby estimates that War II. The constitution of the French trict of North Carolina in this body, 75 percent of their frozen peas were har­ Union approved in 1946 gave French RALPH SCOTT, called attention in appro­ vested by machines in 1962, compared West Africa representation for the first priate language to the passing into the with less than 10 percent 5 years ago. time in the French National Assembly Great Beyond of our former colleague A snap bean harvester can replace 100 and thus some lever of intluence in the from that district, the Honorable John hand pickers. Sixty percent of the snap French Government. An enabling law of Hamlin Folger. Unfortunately, I was · beans were harvested by machine last 1956 gave Upper Volta direct universal engaged in other duties at that moment year compared with none in 1955. 1963 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 13591 Even asparagus and tomatoes may be smaller than my own State of Pennsyl­ ·administrative assistant. Gene is com­ harvested by machines if an adequate vania. pleting 45 years of outstanding and de­ supply of hand harvesters is not available. The Liberian Republic enjoys a rela­ voted service to the House of Repre­ Farmworkers displaced by machines tively healthy economic condition and iS sentatives. Gene has served as our cannot obtain jobs in factories or other experiencing considerable growth and esteemed Speaker's right-hand man for industries as can displaced miners, fac­ development along economic lines--a 35 years and has been associated ·with tory, or railroad workers. They seldom further tribute to the industry and as­ Speaker McCoRMACK from the first day have other skills. pirations of her capable and resourceful he arrived in Washington as Congress­ The machines which are developed to ·people. In 1958, 94.8 million pounds of man representing the 12th Massachusetts replace the bracero will displace the do­ rubber were produced along with 46.8 District. mestic also. With no more work on the million pounds of other forestry prod­ Forty-five years of public service in the farms, their last migration will be to ucts which were exported. In 1959, 2 House of Representatives is an impres­ the cities. I hope the cities have a job million pounds of coffee were exported sive record. Gene's record is far from and a place for them. as part of the yield of an increasingly being just one of quantity, but rather is Union-forced mechanization of the prosperous agricultural endeavor. Esti­ an outstanding record of quality. The vegetable fields will have the same effect mated iron ore deposits have been set at . great fund of knowledge that Gene has upon the employee that union-forced 80 million tons of 67.8 percent pure iron, acquired in nearly a half century of mechanization of the railroads and the out of which 2.6 million long tons were service in the U.S.