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32254 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 23, 19 7 6 before the Senate, I move, in accordance CONFffiMATIONS ject to the nominee's commitment to respond with the previous order, that the Senate to requests to appear and testify before any Executive nominations confirmed by duly constituted committee of the Senate. stand in adjournment until the hour of the Senate September 23, 1976: THE JUDICIARY 9 a.m. tomorrow. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND Howard G. Munson, of New York, to be The motion was agreed to; and at 8: 03 WELFARE U.S. district judge for the northern district p.m., the Senate adjourned until tomor Susan B. Gordon, of New Mexico, to be an of New York. Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Vincent L. Broderick, of New York to be row, Friday, September 24, 1976, at 9 Welfare. U.S. district judge for the southern dtstrict a.m. The above nomination was approved sub- of New York. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS THE POLISH NATIONAL ALLIANCE Toastmaster, Felix Mika. attractive for advertisers to distribute their OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO Introduction of, Jack c. Hunter, Mayor, brochures unaddressed, as newspaper sup Youngstown, Ohio. • plements for instance, than to distribute Introduction of guests, Toastmaster. them separately to specific people or ad HON. CHARLES J. CARNEY Presentation of honoree, Mary C. Grabow dresses. OF 01!110 ski, Commissioner District 9, PNA. "Our members should be able to use pri Main speaker, Aloysius A. Mazewski, Presi vate delivery companies to deliver advertis IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dent PNA. ing material just as can be done for maga Thursday, September 23, 1976 Presentation of deb't~tantes, Mary C. Gra zines, catalogs and parcels," said Keith Hal bowski, Commissioner District 9 PNA. liday, the association's executive director. Mr. CARNEY. Mr. Speaker, on Satur Remarks, Helen Szymanowicz, Vice-Presi The Postal Service said it hadn't yet seen day, September 18, I had the pleasure of dent PNA. the suit, filed in federal district court here attending a testimonial banquet for On stage performance, Polanie, Council 46 and thus couldn't comment. However, th~ Mary C. Grabowski, commissioner for and Group 965, S. Filipkowski, Youth Direc service has been a. zealous guardian of its district 9 of the Polish National Alliance. tor. monopoly delivery rights in the past and Closing remMks, Alexander A. Kopczynski, can be expected to contest the legal attack The dinner was hosted by Council 46 of Commissioner Dist. 9, PNA. vigorously. the Polish National Alliance in honor of Benediction, Rev. Marian Kecik, St. Cast Though the association is disputing the Mary Grabowski's many years of dedi mer Parish, Cleveland, Oh. monopoly status of third-class advertising cated service to the Polish Alliance. Boze Cos Polske, Audience. mail, the suit doesn't question the govern During this testimonial banquet, the ment monopoly on first-class letters. That annual presentation of the debutantes monopoly has been attacked at times in Co1il was also made by the women's division UNCONSTITUTIONAL EXTENSION OF gress, but efforts to repeal it have failed. District 9 of the Polish National Alliance: PRIVATE EXPRESS STATUTES Mr. Speaker, the Polish National Al liance is an outstanding community S. 22-COPYRIGHT REVISION ACT based organization which continues to HON. JOHN H. ROUSSELOT provide a convenient meeting place for OF CALIFORNIA HON. EDWARD W. PATTISON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Polish Americans. Throughout the year, OF NEW YORK the Polish National Alliance brings its Thursday, September 23, 1976 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES people together for the purpose of ~ele brating with one's own countrymen and Mr. ROUSSELOT. Mr. Speaker, I Wednesday, September 22, 1976 women. would like to direct the Members' atten tion to a recent article in the Septem Mr. PATTISON of New York. Mr. Mr. Speaker, the members of the Speaker, the passage of this legislation Polish National Alliance are proud of ber 22 issue of the Wall Street Journal concerning the Postal Service's attempt is not only a great legislative accom their rich ethnic heritage and the con plishment, it is an event of great his tributions that their forefathers made to to extend the provisions of the private express statutes to addressed advertis toric significance. the development of this great country of In 1909, when the last copyright law ours. The Youngstown area is particu ing material. This illegal extension via agency regulations forces third-class was passed, there were few radios no larly diverse in ethnic groups, and I am TV's no cable systems, no computers, proud to represent all of these groups in mailers to use the Postal Service which has raised third-class rates 670 percent no photocopying machines, no public the U.S. House of Representatives. broadcasting, no phonograph records, no At this time, I would like to insert in since the early 1950's. Clearly, this is an unconstitutional attempt to broaden the musak, no tape recorders and no pro the RECORD the program and list of fessional sports as we kno~ them today. debutantes of the Polish National Al original statutory language which applied to first-class mail exclusively. !~deed, the revolution in communica liance. The material follows: tions technology has almost totally oc DEBUTANTES The article follows: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE Is SUED ON MONOPOLY curred since the turn of the century. Dorothy Broski, Group 9, Council 6. OF DELIVERY OF SOME ADVERTISING MATERIAL The impact of this revolution on the Parents: Mr. and Mrs. K. Broski, 9526 S. WASHINGTON.-A group of corporate ma11 rights of creators and users of copy Highland Drive, Garfield Hts., Ohio. rightable works has been profound. It is Julia Galls, Group 827, Council 46. users said it 1s suing the Postal Service 1n Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Julian Golis, 1579 an attempt to upset the government's mo truly astounding that the system has not Country Club, Boardman, Ohio. nopoly on the delivery of certain types of totally broken down without a revision Joanne Grajewski, Group 652, Councll 50. advertising circulars and filers. of the basic law governing the field. It Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph v. GTajewski, The suit, filed yesterday by the Associated is a tribute to the courts and the par 339 Garfield Avenue, Steubenvme, Ohio. Third Class Mail Users, argues that the gov ticipants that it has not. Elizabeth Olak, Group 827, Council 46. ernment's longtime legal monopoly on man One major reason for a lack ·of re Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Olak, 414 applies only to first-class letters and has been broadened Ulegally to include addressed ad vision in the past has been the rapidity Meadowbrook, Youngstown, Ohio. of the technological change as compared Kristine Romanow, Group 261, Council 6. vertising materials. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Jan Romanow, 1706 The monopoly means that addressed cir with the deliberate slowness of the legis Tuxedo Avenue, Parma, Ohio. culars can't be sent without third-class post lative process. As the latter would begin PROGRAM age being paid to the Postal Service. Thus, to address a change, some other changes businesses wishing to distribute advertising would occur which required a new National Anthems, Polan1e and Youth matter addressed to specific people or loca approach. groups. tions effectively are forced to use the Postal Invocation, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thaddeus Service, which the group says has raised Two years ago, as the Subcommittee Heruday. third-class rates 670% since the early 1950s. on Courts, Civil Liberties, and Admin Dbtner The group also complains that other types istration of Justice began with a totally Musical Interlude, By Sujak. of materials, such as newspapers and catalogs, new membershiP-with the exception of Message of welcome, Walter Chmara. have been exempted from the monopoly by Chairman KASTENMEIER-to address this Introduction of Toastmaster, Pres. of the Postal Service. Thus, it says, a "discrimi legislation, it was faced with a great Council 46. natory" situation exists that makes it more number of conflicts between the inter- September 23, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 32255 ests affected. Those conflicts seemed al were considerable in the early 1960s, when number of long-range radars wm remain in most irreconcilable at the time. C~nfiicts our survetllance capablllties reached their operation to compensate. A small but un between authors and publishers. on the peak (see Figure 1 for statistics) . specified number of Airborne Warning and The most direct avenue of approach, then Control System (AWACS) aircraft, sched one hand and teachers, librarians and as now, was from the north. Eighty-one uled to complete the U.S. screen in FY public broadcasters on the other; be Distant Early Warning (DEW) stations were 1978, will add entirely new capabutties for tween song writers and publishers of draped across arctic wastes from the detecting aircraft flying at low levels over songs against recording companies; be Aleutians to the Atlantic as an outer alert land. EC-121s now in operation are effec tween broadcasters and ,Proprietors perimeter. The Mid-Canada and Pine Tree tive in detecting low-flying aircraft only against cable TV interests and many Lines were positioned closer in, augmented over land. others. by a generous group of gap-filler radars. Suspected enemy aircraft or cruise mis The legislative process has produced Navy picket ships, Texas Towers, and Air siles on radar screens stUl must be con Force eariy warning aircraft covered both firmed, since single sorties or small flights a bill full of delicate balances and com flanks. of unknowns may simply be friendlles off promises. All major interests have been That complex has since been cut drasti course. Manned interceptors therefore must accommodated if not totally satisfied.