10338 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE May 11, 1966 By Mr. FINO: H.R. 15004. A b1ll to amend the Copyright public interest the administration should H.R. 14995. A bill to amend the Internal Act by repealing the jukebox exemption, and ( 1) cease and desist in its efforts to enforce Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude real prop­ for other purposes; to the Committee on the selective economic discrimination against erty (other than the taxpayer's residence) Judiciary. American farmers and ranchers by deliber­ from capital gains tax treatment, to limit the By Mr. RIVERS of South Carolina: ately depressing farm prices, and (2) use the deduction for real estate taxes paid on un­ H.R. 15005. A b111 to amend title 10, United various legislative authorities at its disposal improved land, and to eliminate the deduc­ States Code, to remove inequities in the ac­ to improve and enhance farm prices in order tions for real estate taxes and depreciation tive duty promotion opportunities of certain to build a strong and viable market economy on multifamily housing which is not main­ officers; to the Committee on Armed Services. for agriculture, the cornerstone of American tained in a safe and sanitary condition; to By Mr. RONCALIO: and free world prosperity; to the Committee the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 15006. A b111 to amend title 38 of on Agriculture. By Mr. HAGEN of California: the United States Code so as to permit the By Mr. GROSS: H.R. 14996. A bill to promote and foster payment of dependency and indemnity to H. Con. Res. 648( Concurrent resolution ex­ the development of a modern merchant ma­ certain married children of deceased veter­ pressing the sense of the Congress that in the rine by encouraging the orderly replacement ans who are attending educational institu­ public interest the administration should and modernization of merchant vessels, and tions; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. {1) cease and desist in its efforts to enforce for other purposes; to the Committee on H.R.l5007. A b111 to amend the Internal selective economic discrimination against Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for a grad­ American farmers and ranchers by deliber­ By Mr. KEOGH: ual increase up to 27¥2 percent in the deple­ ately depressing farm prices, and (2) use the H.R. 14997. A b111 to authorize the Secre­ tion allowance for coal and uranium pro­ various legislative authorities at its disposal tary of the Treasury or his delegate to enter duced from depoo1ts in the United States; to to improve and enhance farm prices in order into mutually acceptable agreements with the Committee on Ways and Means. to build a strong and viable market economy States and possessions of the United States By Mr. SICKLES: for agriculture, the cornerstone of American for Federal collection of State or possession H.R. 15008. A b111 to amend the act of Oc­ and free world prosperity; to the Committee income taxes; to the Committee on Ways tober 10, 1949, entitled "An act to assist on Agriculture. and Means. States in collecting sales and use taxes on H.R. 14998. A b111 to amend the Internal cigarettes," so as to control all types of il­ Revenue Code of 1954 to permit individuals legal transportation of cigarettes; to the to claim a credit against Federal income tax Committee on Ways and Means. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS for 40 percent of their State and local in­ By Mr. ULLMAN: come taxes, in lieu of deducting such taxes; Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private H.R. 15009. A b111 to authorize the Secre­ bills and resolutions were introduced and to the Committee on Ways and Means. tary of the Treasury or his delegate to enter By Mr. McCARTHY: into mutually acceptable agreements with severally referred as follows: H.R. 14999. A b111 to exclude from income States and possessions of the United States By Mr. COLLIER: certain reimbursed moving expenses; to the for Federal collection of State or possession H.R. 15013. A b111 for the relief of Maximo Committee on Ways and Means. income taxes; to the Committee on Ways and T. Bleza, Sr., and Nelia V. Bleza; to the Com­ By Mr. MOSHER: mittee on the Judiciary. H.R. 15000. A b111 to promote and foster Means. H.R. 15010. A b11l to amend the Internal By Mr. HALPERN: the development of a modern merchant ma­ H.R.l5014. A b111 for the relief of Henry rine by encouraging the orderly replacement Revenue Code of 1954 to permit individuals to claim a credit against Federal income tax P. Leonhardy; to the Committee on the and modernization of merchant vessels, and Judiciary. for other purposes; to the Committee on for 40 percent of their State and local income taxes, in lieu of deducting such taxes; to the By Mr. LEGGETT: Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H.R. 15015. A b111 for the relief of Mrs. By Mr. OTTINGER: Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. WYATI': Crescensia Virtudes Escobido; to the Com­ H.R. 15001. A b111 to amend the Fish and mittee on the Judiciary. Wildlife Coordination Act to provide ade­ H.R. 15011. A bill to establish fishing zones quate notice and opportunity for the Secre­ of the United States beyond its territorial By Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI: tary of the Interior and State fish and wild­ seas, and for other purposes; to the Commit­ H.R. 15016. A b111 for the relief of Despina life agencies to conduct studies on the effects tee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. and Christina Hatzisavvas; to the Commit­ of projects licensed by Federal agencies on By Mr. YATES: tee on the Judiciary. fish and wildlife resources, and for other pur­ H.R. 15012. A bill to incorporate Recovery, poses; to the Committee on Merchant Marine Inc.; to the Committee on the Judiciary. and Fisheries. By Mr. ANDREWS of North Dakota: PETITIONS, ETC. ByMr.REES: H. Con. Res. 646. Concurrent resolution ex­ H.R. 15002. A b111 to amend title III of pressing the sense of Congress that in the Under clause 1 of rule xxn, petitions the· National l{ousing Act to increase the public interest the administration should and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk funds available to the Federal National Mort­ (1) cease and desist in its efforts to enforce and referred as follows: gage Association for its secondary mar:ket selective economic discrimination against American farmers and ranchers by deliber­ 389. By the SPEAKER: Petition of the operations; to the Committee on Banking city of San Jose, Calif., relative to the rights and Currency. ately depressing farm prices, and (2) use the various legislative authorities at its disposal of agricultural workers to organize for col­ B.R. 15003. A bill to assure nondiscrimina­ lective bargaining under the National Labor tion in Federal and State jury selectton and to improve and enhance farm prices in order service, to facilitate the desegregation of to build a strong and viable market economy Relations Act; to the Committee on Educa­ public education and other public fac111ties, for agriculture, the cornerstone of American tion and Labor. to provide judicial relief against discrimina­ and free world prosperity; to the Committee 390. Also, petition of city of Youngstown, tory housing practices, to prescribe penalties on Agriculture. Ohio, relative to the 30 years of service in for certain acts of violence or intimidation, By Mr. CHAMBERLAIN: the Congress of Hon. MICHAEL J. KmwAN, of and ·for other purposes; to the Committee H. Con. Res. 647. Concurrent resolution ex­ the 19th District, Ohio; to the Committee on the Judiciary. pressing the sense of Congress that in the on House Administration.

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Tribute to Rumanian Independence Day Rumapians gladly proclaimed their in­ Russian hammer and sickle, a symbol of dependence from the Turks and prepared slavery and oppression. EXTENSION OF REMARKS for an era of progress and freedom. In During the years following the war the OF 1878, Rumanian sovereignty was recog­ Soviet Union engulfed Rumania and es­ nized in the Treaty of Berlin. tablished the hated Communist rule in HON. SEYMOUR HALPERN Today, however, we experience both the little land. The servitude to Russia OF NEW YORK happiness and sorrow when we look back has been a terrible one. In 1945, for ex­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES upon the history of Rumania--happiness ample, Stalin established SovRom joint for the years when Rumanians stood stock companies, which exploited almost Wednesday, May 11, 1966 p-roudly in the ranks of free peoples, and every facet of the Rumanian economy, Mr. HALPERN. Mr. Speaker, it gives sorrow for the fate which befell the denuding the forests, siphoning off the me great pleasure to join with my col­ beautiful land after World War II. For valuable oil and gas, and plundering the leagues in commemoration of Rumanian the past two · decades Rumania has mining, transport, and shipbuilding in­ Independence Day. On May 10,1877, the suffered under the hideous shadow of the dustries. Not until the mid-1950's were May 11, 1966 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 10339 the Rumanians at last able to buy off the Succinctly, the provisions of my bill qualify for Federal income tax deduc­ last SovRoms. are as follows: Land speculation would be tions for local real estate taxes or so­ Russian rule meant an era of terrible curbed by ending the capital gains treat­ called depreciation, they become less oppression for most of the 18 million ment given to profits realized on unim­ valuable as investments. The same de­ Rumanians, characterized by concentra­ proved land-most improved land is not terioration that slumlords like because it tion camps, unceasing propaganda, col­ now eligible for capital gains treatment reduces their assessable value locally will lectivization of farms, isolation from the as regards profits realized on the sale push them past a line that will deny West, poor wages, miserable clothes, food thereof. Taxpayers would face a ceil­ them more than they will save by their shortages, Government control of the ing on tax deductions for real property avarice. That is the objective of my arts, and the ever-present militia and taxes paid on unimproved land. Slum­ bill. secret police. lords would be denied deductions for real As far as I am concerned, this is a In the past few years, however, cer­ property taxes paid on buildings certified much needed bill. It will do a lot for tain signs indicate that Rumania is as "unsafe" by local housing authorities our Nation's housing supply. · It will drawing away somewhat from the Soviet and slumlords would be additionally de­ open up new land to private homebuild­ Union. Trade with the West is increas­ nied depreciation on buildings so certi­ ers in our suburbs and outlying areas, ing. Six years ago, half of Rumania's fied. and it will reduce land pressures of fu­ trade was with the Soviet Union. Today Recently, I read several articles, in ture years. At the same time, it should the figure has dropped to 40 percent. labor and architectural journals, about contribute to a revitalization of our Overall trade with the Communist coun­ the effect that our tax laws were having downtown cities by striking at the heart tries dropped from 70 percent of the on land costs and slum preservation. I of the slum preservation mechanism. total in 1960 to 62 percent in 1965, and is decided to do something about this Under the tough provisions of my bill, still decreasing. Rumania has insisted shocking state of affairs, and today I am I would think that slumlords would upon a separate economic future . quite introducing legislation to end certain either shape up or get out of business. apart from the rigid plan for her set up abuses. This bill is a bill that strikes at metro­ by Moscow, which would have perma­ Capital gains taxation of undeveloped politan housing shortcomings through nently relegated Rumania to the status land sales profits is one key abuse. It rough treatment of society's trouble­ of a vegetable garden and a source of oil. works this way. Provided an owner does makers rather than the pampering of Rumania has capitalized upon ·the nothing to develop his property, he will selective poor as embodied in the rent Sino-Soviet split to gain flexibility in her pay very slight taxes on the profit he supplement philosophy. The bill does foreign policy. Initially she declined to makes when he sells that property. He not spend money to disperse Federal line up with Moscow against Peking. In pays at capital gains rates, which are control over a metropolitan area. I! 1963 Rumanian representatives in the well below the rate at which the average anything, the tax changes I propose United Nations refused to follow the Rus­ prosperous taxpayer is taxed on his in­ would bring in money to fund additional sian line on several occasions. That come. This makes it very profitable for housing programs, and no aspect of my same year saw exchange of high-level speculators to hold land and sell it when bill in any way pulls power into the otncials with Western govemments and a demand has soared. This increases the hands of the Federal Government and rapid upsurge of cultural exchanges with pressure on land around our cities, forc­ out of the hands of the States. the West. ing up land prices. This in turn forces My bill probably treads on some vested Compulsory study of the Russian up the cost of housing. What this means interests. One of the vested interests it language has been abolished. Western is simple-the home-buying public is treads on is the idea that the answer to films and music have largely replaced paying, through increased housing costs, every problem confronting our Nation is Soviet output. Gone are many of the for the profits of a few land speculators. a slapdash dose of Federal money poured Russian spellings of the names of streets, If we make profits on the sale of unde­ in to pave the way for Federal control. movie theaters, political magazines, and veloped land taxable at the same-non­ My b111 would hurt slumlords and cultural institutions. capital gains but rather ordinary in­ speculators. It would help tenants, Although the signs are hopeful, we come-rate that other income is taxable homebuyers, and taxpayers. It costs no must never be deluded into thinking that at, we will take the profit out of land money and it does nothing for the bu­ Rumania is free. She is still governed speculation, ease the pressure on land reaucracy. I urge its passage. by Communists, and her people are de­ prices and reduce costs that will other­ prived of individual freedom. Yet wise confront future home buyers. Rumanians continue to long for the day As a corollary to the above, my bill when their dreams of freedom will be­ proposes a ceiling on Federal income tax Village of Newtown, Ohio, Has New Civic come reality. On this, their inde­ deductions for local property taxes paid League pendence day, the people of the free on unimproved land. This would have world pay tribute to the courage of a minimal impact on the "little fellow" Rumanians and send warmest greet­ who owns a plot of land somewhere, EXTENSION OF REMARKS ings and best wishes to them. Con­ however, because under my bill, local OF gratulations to a great people. taxes paid on unimproved land would be nondeductible only in excess of $200. HON. JOHN J. GILLIGAN I believe that the two parts of my bill OF OHIO ' thus far described would diminish the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fino Introduces Legislaton To Help Home­ profits of land speculation to the point Wednesday, May 11, 1966 buyers and Tenants by Curbing Land where this profit potential would cease to exert its present upward influence on Mr. GILLIGAN. Mr. Speaker, during Speculators and Slumlords land costs and costs confronting the the past several years there seems to be homebuyer. I think that my legislation a new awakening among the citizens of EXTENSION OF REMARKS would be a boon to the construction in­ my district to the possibilities for new OF dustry and to homebuyers, however civic enterprises. Citizen groups are be­ much it might be regretted by specula­ coming more aware of the problems of HON. PAUL A. FINO tors. their areas and are working to solve OJ' NEW YORK My bill would also strike at the heart them. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of slumlord's profits. It would do this In the village of Newtown, Ohio, lo­ by two provisions, one denying slum­ cated in the eastern portion of Hamilton Wednesday, May 11, 1966 lords Federal income tax deductions for County, one such new civic enterprise is Mr. FINO. Mr. Speaker, today .I am local real property taxes paid on prop­ being undertaken. On April 25, 1966, introducing an antislumlord and anti­ erties certified unsafe by local housing Mayor John Rabe called together a non­ land speculator tax bill designed to aid authorities, and the other denying de­ partisan group of leading citizens to dis­ the Nation's housing crisis by undercut­ preciation deductions to taxpayers in cuss the formation of a Newtown civic ting the profitability of slums and land connection with properties so certified group. He indicated to them that New­ speculation. by local authorities. If slums no longer town is one of the few villages in Ohio 10340 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE May 12, 1966 ·-which does not have a single strong civic tion of Newtown not be pushed aside and Originally one of the outstations ringing organization pushing for the good of the ignored. the core city of Losantiville, now Cincin­ ·village. Mayor Rabe said that industry in the nati, during pioneer days, Newtown has Mayor Rabe noted that projected stud­ Newtown area could stabilize the tax a distinguished history. I suggest that :ies of population for the area in and rate, give many in the area employment the communty is having a rebirth of a around Newtown show that in 1990 there closer to home, and increase the tax sense of accomplishment. It should be ·will be over 830,000 people living in an duplicate to provide better government noted also that although the present area where 430,000 now live. He said services. Congress by its action has aided commu­ ·that the village is in the very heart of At the meeting, the mayor urged that nities like Newtown to solve its problems ·the Little Miami Conservancy District leadership of this new group be taken by using tools that the National Govern­ watershed which contains large tracts of interested persons in the community, so ment alone can provide, it is not the Na­ ·land for industrialization and residential that the latent vitality he knew existed tional Government which bas caused the .development. in the village could emerge. Immediately impetus to organization. Because much of this land is flooded a steering committee was formed, which In Newtown, as in every other com­ .often, the Corps of Engineers has made contained over a dozen interested persons munity which is experiencing similar ,studies and recommended action to con­ from all walks of life. It is probable that problems, it is the local citizens and the tain the flow of the Little Miami River. the group will activate the old Greater locally elected officials upon whom the 'When this is done, the currently empty Newtown Civic League, Inc., as the means opportunity and responsibility rest. ·farmlands will fill rapidly, and it will be for organization~ They alone provide the spirit. They ·necessary that this growth be directed in Mr. Speaker, Newtown is the fourth alone can organize. They alone provide -such a way that maximum benefit can be oldest community in Ohio, and next year the initiative for self-help. We at the ,obtained, and that the current popula- will celebrate its 175th anniversary. national level can help, and w111.

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE RE­ By Mr. FULBRIGHT, from the Committee SENATE CEIVED DURING ADJOURNMENT­ on Foreign Relations, with amendments: S.J. Res: 108. Joint resolution to amend the THUR&DAY, MAY 12, 1966 ENROLLED BTIXB SIGNED joint resolution providing for membership of Under the authority of the order of the United States in the Pan American In­ The Senate met at 12 o'clock meridian, the Senate of May 10, 1966, stitute of Geography and History and to au­ -and was called to order by Hon. FRANK The Secretary of the Senate on May thorize appropriations therefor (Rept. No. rCARLSON, a Senator from the State of 11, 1966, received the following message 1156). ·Kansas. By Mr. BIBLE, from the Committee on the from the House of Representatives: District of Columbia, with amendments: Rev. Edward B. Lewis, pastor, Capitol That the Speaker had affixed his sig­ H.R. 11487. An act to provide revenue for :Hill Methodist Church, Washington, nature to the following enrolled bills, the District of Columbia, and for other pur­ D.C., offered the following prayer: and they were signed by the Vice Presi­ poses (Rept. No. 1157). 0 God, we bless Thee for the life that dent: "Thou hast given us. Breathe even H.R. 13365. An act to authorize the dis­ -through , these leaders' lives the breath posal of metallurgical grade chromite from EXECUTIVE REPORT OF A COMMIT­ of hope and peace. the national stockpile and the supplemental TEE SUBMirr:TEJ) DURING AD­ stockpile; JOURNMENT We thank Thee for the Nation of H.R. 13367. An act to authorize the dis­ -which we are a part. Lead through the posal of acid grade fluorspar from the na­ Under authority of the order of the Jife of this Nation to ways of solution tional stockpile; Senate of May 10, 1966, sand rebuilding of fallen foundations of H.R. 13368. An act to authorize the dis­ Mr. FULBRIGHT, from the Committee understanding and principle in man's posal of bismuth from the national stock­ on Foreign Relations, on May 11, 1966, :,humanity to man. pile and the supplemental stockpile; reported favorably Executive A, 89th We beseech Thee to hasten the day H.R. 13371. An act to authorize the dis­ Congress, 2d session, the Convention on -when sin's fierce wars shall cease. Help posal of phlogopite mica from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile; the Settlement of Investment Disputes, ··us to build a new and better world in H.R.13373. An act to authorize the dis­ and submitted a report