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April 24, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8463 Brenkworth again was employed by the an amendment by Mr. KENNEDY, on serve of the Army and in the Army of the United States, under the provisions of title Commission until his appointment to which there is time limitation of 2 hours, 10, United States Code, sections 3019, 3442 the Disbursing Office on June 1, 1948. He after which Mr. TowER will call up his and 3447: advanced to chief bookkeeper in August amendment, on which there is a 1-hour To be major general, USAR and AUS of 1951 and subsequently became the as­ time limitation; subsequent to which Mr. sistant financial clerk on January 1, HATCH will be recognized to call up his Brig. Gen. William Roger Berkman, 559- 1953, a position he held until his ap­ five amendments, one at a time, of course, 32-4169. pointment as financial clerk on August with a time limitation on each of 1 hour. 23, 1954. Mr. President, as I say, the time limi­ CONFIRMATIONS He is survived by his wife, Elsie, and tations that I have set forth in this state­ Executive nominations confirmed by two children, Barbara and Lisa. ment may be reduced, either by consent the Senate April24, 1979: I am sure the Members of the Senate or by virtue of the parties in control DEPARTMENT OF STATE join me in expressing our condolences to thereof yielding some of the time back. John Prior Lewis, of New Jersey, for the his wife and to his children, and join me There may be other amendments around, rank of Minister during the tenure of his in saying that Mr. Brenkworth was a fine and it promises to be a long day tomor­ service as Chairman of the Development public servant and we regret to hear the row. The leadership will endeavor, as Assistance Committee of the Organization best it can, to complete action on the for Economic Cooperation and Development news of his passing. resolution tomorrow. at Paris, France. Tomorrow is Wednesday. That will be Wllliam Lacy Swing, of North Carolina, a 3 days this week on the first concurrent Foreign Service omcer of class 2 , to be Am­ PROGRAM bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary budget resolution. It is then hoped that of the United States of Americe. to the Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, the Senate can take up the Department People's Republic of the Congo. the Senate will convene at the hour of of Education bill on Thursday, hoping INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FuND 9 a.m. tomorrow. After the two leaders to complete it, and the aircraft noise Donald Eugene Syvrud, of Virginia, to be have been recognized for not to exceed abatement bill, also, on the same day. U.S. Alternate Executive Director of the 3 minutes each, Mr. BENTSEN will be There is a time limitation on that bill International Monetary Fund for a term of recognized for not to exceed 10 minutes, likewise. So, tomorrow promises to be a 2 years. after which the Senate will resume con­ busy day, with a good many rollcall votes. ACTION AGENCY sideration of the first concurrent budget Does the distinguished Senator from Richard Frank Celeste, of Ohio, to be DI­ resolution. At that time, Mr. LUGAR will Oklahoma have anything to add? rector of the Peace Corps. Richard Frank Celeste, of Ohio, to be an be recognized to call up his amendment, Mr. BELLMON. I believe the special Associate Director of the ACTION Agency. on which there is a time limitation of 2 orders outlined by the distinguished ma­ The above nominations were approved hours. There will undoubtedly be a roll­ jority leader is in accord with our under­ subject to the nominee's commitments to call vote in relation to that amendment. standing. I have nothing to add. respond to requests to appear and testi!y It should be kept in mind that all of the Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. I thank the before any duly constituted committee of statutory time of 2 hours may not neces­ distinguished Senator. the Senate. sarily be utilized; some of it may be THE JUDICIARY yielded back. So a rollcall vote could Robert M. Parker, of Texas, to be U.S. dis­ come earlier than, let us say, 11: 15 a.m. RECESS UNTIL 9 A.M. TOMORROW trict judge for the eastern district of Texas. Harold Barefoot Sanders, Jr., of Texas, to Following the disposition of the Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, be U.S. district judge for the northern dis­ amendment by Mr. LUGAR, Mr. ROTH Will if there be no further business to come trict of Texas. call up his amendment. At the present before the Senate, I move, in accordance Martin F. Loughlin, of New Hampshire, to time, there is a time limitation on that with the order previously entered, that be U.S. district judge for the district of New amendment of 2 hours; on the disposi­ the Senate stand in recess until the hour Hampshire. tion of that, Mr. DoMENICI will call up his of 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. David 0. Belew, Jr., o! Texas, to be U.S. amendment, on which there is a time The motion was agreed to; and, at 6:18 district judge for the northern district of limitation of 1% hours. p.m., the Senate recessed until tomorrow, Texas. Upon the disposition of the Domenici April25, 1979, at 9 a.m. Mary Lou Robinson, of Texas, to be U.S. amendment, Mr. SCHWEIKER will call up district judge for the northern district o! his amendment, upon which there is a Texas. limitation of 1 hour. That will be followed FOREIGN SERVICE by the amendment by Mr. RIEGLE, on NOMINATION Foreign Service nominations beginning PhiUp W. Arnold, to be a Foreign Service which there is a limitation of 2 hours; to Executive nomin~ . tion received by the information omcer of class 1, and ending be followed by an amendment by Mr. Senate April 24, 1979: Marianne Craven, to be a Foreign Service STENNis, on which there is a limitation of IN THE ARMY information officer of class 7, which nomi­ 2 hours; to be followed by an amendment The following-named Army Reserve omcer nations were received by the Senate on by Mr. METZENBAUM, on which there is for appointment as Chief, Army Reserve e.nd March 23, 1979, and appeared in the CoN­ a limitation of 1 hour; to be followed by appointment to major general in the Re- GRESSIONAL RECORD Of March 26, 1979.

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS AID TO THE MIDDLE EAST 1979. Prime Minister Begin and President ritory occupied since the 1967 war, Sadat ended 30 years of a state of war, Egypt's recognition of Israel's sov­ frequently resulting in bloodshed be­ ereignty, territorial integrity, and right HON. JAMES C. CORMAN tween Israel and Egypt, and President to live in peace within secure borders, OF CALIFORNIA Carter fulfilled the dream of every Amer­ and opens negotiations for Palestinian IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ican President since Harry Truman rec­ self-rule. The governments of Israel and Tuesday, April 24, 1979 ognized the state of Israel in 1948. The Egypt 'have ratified the treaty, and with­ historic treaty signing symbolized the in the next month the first phase of Is­ • Mr. CORMAN. Mr. Speaker, President determination of Israel, Egypt and the raeli withdrawal from the Sinai and dis­ Carter's unprecedented quest for peace United States to secure a just and lasting cussions on Palestinian autonomy will united two courageous nations in the peace and stability throughout the Mid­ begin. This bold initiative by Israel and search for stability in the Middle East. dle East. Egypt may one day make it possible for Sixteen long, and at t.imes bitter, months The treat.y implements the mandate of Israel to live securely and in harmony of negotiations resulted in the signing of United Nations Security Council Resolu­ with all her Arab neighbors. a Middle East peace accord on March 26, tion 242-Israel's withdrawal from ter- To insure the U.S. commitment to se-

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CXXV--533-Part 7 8464 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 24, 1979 curity and stability of Egypt and Israel, the supplemental aid package for the Joseph L. McCourt, who has devoted his and to protect our own security interests Middle East will be less than the cost of life to teaching in the Cumberland in the Middle East, the administration 2 months of war at the height of our in­ school system, and on the occasion of his proposes a $4.8 billion supplemental aid volvement in Vietnam. retirement I would like to pay tribute to package. Its passage would mean that Is­ These costs are only the monetary fig­ him by calling attention to his many rael would receive: ures attached to years of bloodshed. achievements in the field of education. An $800 million grant to construct two There is, however, another element of From his first appointment as a new airbases in the Negev desert, replac­ war which remains priceless-the loss teacher in 1941 to the present time, Joe ing those presently in the Sinai penin­ of human life. Since 1948, over 115,000 McCourt has initiated so many fine edu­ sula. The Army Corps of Engineers would Arabs and 40,000 Israeli military per­ cational programs in his community, provide managerial and technical as­ sonnel have lost their lives in search of represented Rhode Island so actively in sistance in relocating the bases. peace. Yet, these figures do not reflect the National Association of Secondary A $2.2 billion long-term loan for arms the continuing casualties of School Principals, and served the chil­ purchases. and retaliatory military actions. While dren of Cumberland so outstandingly Expedite delivery of 75 F-16 fighters. the battlefields remain calm, innocent as a principal in several schools that he A 15-year guarantee of U.S. oil. people throughout the Middle East, and has deservedly earned the respect and the world, continue to fall victim to the love that is felt for him by Cumberland's This last provision must be clearly conflict plaguing the Middle East. How understood by the American people, par­ citizens of all ages. then, can the price tag of Middle East Perhaps the best testimony to Joe Mc­ ticularly in light of the severity of our peace be seen as too great an expense? own energy needs. Israel would turn to Court's contribution to the education· of Israel and Egypt share the commit­ Rhode Islanders is the wonderful fact the United States for oil, only if she were ment to implement the treaty and work unable to make independent arrange­ that of his seven children three are al­ together to achieve a comprehensive ready teachers either in the Cumberland ments. The United States would first plan by which all the nations consumed help with the procurement of oil from school system or in the area. Throughout by 30 years of war can live in permanent his long career he has touched many abroad, and only turn to our own pro­ peace. Israel and Egypt sacrificed and duction as a last resort. Should Israel lives, and after retirement he will be able compromised to reach a settlement. to look back with warm satisfaction to need to consume our oil, she would pay They both have taken great risks to for it at world market prices, and reim­ all those students whom he has prepared, achieve peace for their people. Israel has and in whom he has instilled a desire for burse the United States for any costs in­ agreed to trust Egypt's promises of rec­ curred for procuring the oil. higher education. ognition of sovereignty and an end to It is a pleasure for me to use this Israel consumes at the very most 1 per­ war. She must bear the financial burden means of congratulating Mr. McCourt cent of U.S. daily oil needs, or 165,000 of peace-withdrawal from the Sinai­ and to wish him well in all of the pur­ barrels per day compared with 19 million and face an uncertain future with her suits of life which lie ahead for him.• barrels P~er day now used by the United other Arab neighbors. States. It is also important to note that Egypt too faces grave dangers as a Israel has maintained a similar agree­ price for peace. She must counter eco­ ment with the United States since 1975, nomic boycotts and isolation sanctioned A CALL FOR JUSTICE and has never called on our commitment. by her sister Arab states. She must un­ For Egypt the aid package provides: dertake the difficult and timely task of A $300 million economic development building a strong economy, which for HON. JOHN J. LaFALCE loan, badly needed to help restore her 30 years has been sacrificed at the ex­ OF NEW YORK pense of war. And finally, Egypt must IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES faltering economy. ward off the threats of radical, Arab A $1.5 billion long-term loan for arms violence, a result of President Sadat's Tuesday, April 24, 1979 purchases. This would be the first time in courage to lay down arms against Israel e Mr. LAFALCE. Mr. Speaker, the Fed­ history that the United States has loaned and live in peace with his neighbor. eral Republic of Germany has the op­ money to Egypt for military weapons. Hostile resistance to a comprehensive portunity this year to demonstrate its While the package totals nearly $5 bil­ Middle East peace remains. Yet, the full commitment to international justice. lion in loans and grants, the actual out of torch of peace is now lit in two of the The existing statute of limitations in the pocket expense to the United States wartorn nations. Their efforts and the Federal Republic would prevent the would be just over $1.1 billion over a 3- full participation of the United States prosecution and punishment of Nazi-era year period. This includes the $800 mil­ must continue. The United States must war criminals after December 31, 1979. lion grant and $300 million special eco­ remain a full partner in implementing Those responsible for the Holocaust nomic assistance for Israel and Egypt. the treaty and must provide the finan­ which consumed 6 million Jews and the respectively, and a 10-percent guarantee cial assistance necessary to accomplish related slaughters which resulted in the of the total amount of the arms sales the goals of peace and stability in the deaths of millions of Poles, Russians, loans. Without question, tne total aid Middle E·ast. The United States must Gypsies, and countless others cannot be package is the most massive U.S. aid pro­ help the people of Israel and Egypt build allowed to go on unpunished, because of gram since the Marshall plan was au­ confidence so that they can deal effec­ a statute of limitations. Recently, there thorized in 1947 to restore economic tively with outside threats designed to have been increasing signs of a new de­ health to Europe at the cost of $12 bil­ dissolve the peace accord, and meet the termination in this country and in other lion. Thus, there is an historic precedent economic burdens created by a commit­ lands to ferret out war criminals andre­ that peace, like war, has a price tag. Yet, ment to be free from war. I urge my col­ turn them to the location of the atroci­ the price of peace is far less than that of leagues to fully support the supplemen­ ties for trials, which could be severely war. tal l:l5d. package for the Middle East. discouraged, if the Federal Republic re­ This is the brightest moment for peace Let us look for a moment at the cost of fused to pro'5ecute war criminals. Simi­ in three decades, and we must not allow larly, the new interest in the location of war. In the first 19 years of Israel's exist­ it to needlessly perish.e the SS officer who has been called the ence, the United States provided $1.5 bil­ "Butcher of Lyons" and the infamous lion in foreign aid. By comparison, the doctor of Auschwitz, Josef Mengele, October war of 1973 alone cost the EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENTS OF might not result in their arrest. United States $2.2 billion to replace MR. JOSEPH L. McCOURT Israeli military equipment and $5 billion There is considerable support within in additional aid. the Federal Republic for either an ex­ HON. FERNAND J. STGERMAIN tension or an abolition of the statute of Another startling realization is that OF RHODE ISLAND limitations. Twice before, in 1965 and in the United States incurred at least $150 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1969, the statute was extended. The re­ billion in military expenses in the Viet­ cent showing of the program, "The nam war. It is estimated that the ulti­ Tuesday, April 24, 1979 Holocaust," on German television spark; mate cost of that war, including long­ e Mr. ST GERMAIN. Mr. Speaker, in ed increased interest in the prosecution· term veterans benefits could total $350 Cumberland, R.I., within my First Con­ of Nazi-era war criminals. The distin­ billion. In comparison, the total cost of gressional District, there is a man, Mr. guished Chancellor of the Federal Re- April 24, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8465 public, Herr Helmut Schmidt, and the in the holocaust: Now, therefore, be it we in the United States take floors, rugs, Resolved, That the House of Representa­ chairs, tables, windows, and chimneys !or respected President of the Federal Re­ tives-- granted and regard electric lights, refriger­ public, Herr Walter Scheel, have both (1) strongly urges the Government of the ators, running water, porcelain baths, and strongly endorsed an extension of the Federal RepubUc of Germany to abolish the toilets as common necessities? statute. statute of llmitations governing the prose­ What has been responsible for this un­ Ironically, the principal sources of op­ cution of war crimes, or to amend the pres­ precedented burst of progress, which has so position to an extension or abolition in­ ent statute of limitations to allow a period quickly transformed a. hostile wilderness into clude elements of the West German pop­ of time sufficient for the prosecution of those the most prosperous and advanced country ulation, which are often considered the responsible for the horrors of the holocaust; that the world has ever known? and The United States certainly has no mo­ most pro-American, conservative anti­ (2) directs the Clerk of the House of Rep­ nopoly on natural resources. And in most Communists. A clear and resounding sig­ resentatives to send a copy of this resolu­ countries the people work much harder, on nal from the United States for either an tion to the Ambassador of the Federal Re­ the average, than we do. We are not a su­ abolition or a lengthly extension of the public of Germany to the United States for perior people. OUr ancestors in the Old World, statute could convince many of those in transmittal to his Government.e starved right along with everyone else. opposition to rethink their positions. My There is just one answer. There can be no distinguished colleagues from New York other. We in the United States of America have made more effective use of human en­

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the arch-conservative governor of New promoter of ALEC's suggested State Consti­ Farley, who is chairman Of the House Judi­ Hampshire; and Howard Phillips, director of tutional Amendment on Tax Limitation. ciary Committee, has indicated that he is the Conservative Caucus (another right-wing McDonald has circulated to each of the 134 also sending an inquiry to the U.S. Internal front). House and 67 Senate members printed book­ Revenue Service asking how an organization President chairman of ALEC is Donna J. lets on both subjects that were apparently lobbying for legislation can maintain a tax Carlson, a member of the Arizona House of costly to produce. exempt status. Representatives, and of the American Opin­ Asked whether he could tell this writer Rep. Kvam readily admits his ALEC mem­ ion Speakers Bureau, a front for the John, about ALEC, McDonald stated that he was bership and says that the organization ts Birch Society. not a member and knew absolutely nothing "nonpartisan and educational and drafts Immediate past chairman ts Louts E. about the American Legislative Exchange model legislation." (Woody) Jenkins, a member of the Louisiana Council "except what I read in the Union Kvam said that it was ALEC that asked House, and secretary of the Conservative Advocate." him "as a member to distribute the D.C. Caucus's "shadow cabinet" that supposedly But, when Representatives Janet Clark amendment book to fellow legislators." He watches what President Carter's real Cabinet (DFL-Mpls), John Clawson (DFL-Center denied tha.t ALEC is a lobbying group that is doing. City). Jim Swanson (DFL-Rlchfield) and advocates certain legislation. More about "Woody" Jenkins later. then Rep. Don Samuelson (DFL-Bralnerd) Asked how this can be squared with a reso­ Since ALEC is organ.tzed as a tax-exempt attended the Carmel, California conference lution in the book clearly stating that ALEC organization, and tax exempt organizations last year (thinking it was on welfare reform), is opposed to the D.C. amendment, and are not permitted by Internal Revenue Serv­ they were asked by ALEC chairman Jenkins whether it might not be a violation of the ice regulations to promote or lobby !or leg­ If they knew "Ken McDonald, our man .Jn IRS code !or tax-exempt organizations, the islation, much of ALEC's literature contains Minnesota." reply was "I suppose that it might be con­ a disclaimer that neither ALEC "nor Its Com­ Told of this, McDonald acknowledged that sidered" a violation. mittee on suggested State Legislation seeks he had met "Woody Jenkins at a meeting o! Finally, asked about ALEC's connections to influence the enactment o! either state the Tax Limitation Councll in St. Louis, with other radical right organizations, the or federal legislation." Missouri in July 1978." McDonald repeated Litchfield l.awmaker said that be had "no Among the "su~?gested state legislation" that he was not a member of ALEC, but that knowledge of any connection with organi­ pushed by ALEC is a "Free Enterprise Edu­ Jenkins may have said that he was "our man zations such as the Heritage Foundation and cation Act," a "Tax Limitation-State Con­ in Minnesota," because McDonald had agreed the American Conservative Union." stitutional Amendment," a "Student Profi­ to sponsor the tax limitation amendment in ciency Act," a "Work Opportunity Act," a the state legislature. [From the Union Advocate, Mar. 26, 1979] "Judicial Sentencing Disclosure Act," a "Pub­ McDonald was then told that Jenkins STATEWIDE LABOR OPPOSES DAVIS-BACON lic Debt Limitation Act," a "Teacher Profi­ claimed that he had met with McDonald in REPEAL ciency Act," a "Federal Grant Review Act," Minnesota. and a "Zero Government Growth Act." The Minnesota lawmaker then recalled that (By Gordon Spielman) And In an attempt to form local coaUtions he may have met with Jenkins at a meeting More than 25 union leaders from all over with lawmakers who may In no way be sym­ of the Minnesota Taxpayers Union last year the state counterattacked against a two­ pathetic to the ultra-conservative right wing, in St. Paul. pronged drive by anti-union Associated but who feel strongly on single Issues, ALEO The Minnesota Taxpayers Union (not to Builders and Contractors (ABC) and radical includes in its "suggested state legislation" be confused with the respected, if conserva­ right-wing legislators on the Little Davis­ such items as an "Abortion Funding Prohlbl­ tive Minnesota Taxpayers Association, a bus­ Bacon, preva111ng wage law for state govern­ tlon Act," and a "Welfare Fraud Act." Iness-sponsored organization) 1s an affillate ment construction projects. Among the things that ALEC Is against Is of the National Taxpayers Union, a right­ Led by Richard Radman, Jr., St. Paul, the Washington, D.C. Voting Rights Amend­ wing group organized In WMhlngton in 1969, secretary of the local and state Building and ment, and ALEC prepared an expensive according to Group Research, Inc. Construction Trades Council, the labor "briefing book" on why the D.C. amendment Organizer of the St. Louts conference is leaders representing every trade and every is "bad." · a newer organization with direct links to section of Minnesota one after the other Interestingly enough, ALEC's stand against the .John Birch Society, the National Tax voiced strong opposition before a House Sub­ the D.C. amendment says that "amending Limitation Committee, whose president is committee to attempts by the ABC and by our Constitution is an awesome function, not Lewt~; K. Uhler, who operates out of Sacra­ Reps. Kenneth McDonald (IR-Watertown) to be embarked upon in tmplustve !ashton." mento. Cali!. and Tom Rees (IR-Elko) to repeal the state This does not stop ALEC supoorters from Uhler was an early member of the John law which is patterned after the federal backing measures calUng for a Constitution­ Birch socety. an assistant to Birch Congress­ Davis-Bacon Law which has been in force al Convention to pass a balanced budget man John Rousselot (R-Cal). and Governor since 1931. amendment and other measures dear to the Ronald Reagan's head of the state Office of Radman answered allegations made tn right wing. Economic Onportun1ty. stories in the St. Paul Dispatch that the ALEC Is also virulently anti-labor. McDonald also conferred with Congress­ wage rates were set by use of "false docu­ Not only Is Joseph Coors connected man Hll.p.edorn when the htter appeared at ments" or that "state officials may have through the Heritage Foundation, but an the Legl~lature during a brief recess in Con­ wasted m1lllons of tax dollars by circum­ ALEC conference held In was kicked gress. venting" the 1973 state law in favor of union off with a tour of the nearby Coors brewery Whether or not McDonald Is a member of labor. at Golden, an.d the conference included a ALEC, there Is at least one other Minnesota Radman pointed out that the Legislature welcoming reception from Coors. legislator with close AI·EC connect.lons. only appropriated funds for three persons, More revealing as to the purnoses of ALEC On January 22, a thick, expensive binder the division director and two field investi­ Is a recruiting letter on the U.S. Senate sta­ packed with material attacking the gators to check on and compile scales for tionery of arch conservative Senator Orrin Washington. D.C. voting rip,hts amendment 252 differerut job classifications in each of G. Hatch (R-) that claims that "Union appeared on the Clesks of all Minnesota the 87 counties. bosses are seeking even more power as the.y lawmakers. The volume bore the Imprint of He pointed out that there are procedures push to wipe out our Ri~ht-to- Work Laws ALEC, and was distributed by Rep. Adolph for challenging incorrect scales, and that and try to legislate the compulsory union­ L. Kvam (TR-r.ttchfi.eld) . both the contractors and the unions have Ization of all government employees on the Just what it cost ALEC to nroduce the been successful in getting incorrect wage national, state and local levels." volume can only be estimated, ·but at even scales adjusted. Senator Hatch's letter reads Uke simllar $10 a copy, distributed to ·all 201 Senate and Without mentioning the Dlsnatch, Rad­ letters sent out by the National Right-to House members that comec; to at least $2,010. man took issue with the paper's claim that Work Committee promoting the open shop Under the rules of the Minnesota Legis­ "fraudulent" payment forms were found in where workers have the "right to work for lature, an org·antzatlon that distributes the Department of Labor and Industry's files less pay" than In union, shop states. mBiterlal to Influence legislation within the for a number of counties. Enclosed with the letter Is "A Personal Capitol complex must be registered as a Noting that former Commissioner E. I. Questionnaire," asking such questions as lobbyist. "Would you support a State Constitutional "Bud" Malone had ordered that the ques­ Amendment to llmtt the total amount of Rep. Ray Farley (DFL-St. Paul) arose and tionable forms not be used for the complla­ taxes that your state government can take challenged the distribution. Kvam offered tlons, and that one of the proponent's com­ !rom you each year?", "Do you support state llttle in the way o! explanation of ALEC. A plaints was that the forms were kept on Right-to-Work Laws?", and would the law­ check with the Ethical Practices Commission, file, Radman asked, "Of what would the De­ maker support a law prohibiting "unlontz­ of course. showed that ALEC Is not registered partment be now accused, had they de­ tng public employees, such as teachers, pollee in Minnesota, and Farley made a call to stroyed or tampered with those files?" and firemen?" ALEC in Washington and WM told over the He accused the ABC "of self-interest, mak­ Author of a similar b111 In the Minnesota phone that the organization did not consider ing claims about documents that were not Legislature to repeal the state's "Little Davis­ itself to be lobbying for or against leglsla.tton. used. All publlc correc;pondence must be Bacon Law" is Rep. Kenneth J. McDonald The St. Paul lawmaker has sent a letter of preserved. They are public records. Apprecia­ (IR-Watertown). McDonald is also a prime protest to ALEC chairman Carlson. tion should be given to Leo Young (division 8484 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 24, 1979 va111ng wages annually in each of the 87 head) and to Bud Malone for doing a good mal workings of the market place," and com­ job with a limited staff." pared them with minimum wage laws which counties. he also opposes. Division Director Leo Young testified that A representative of the state Administra­ it is "physically impossible" for the two field tion Department told the House committee Thieblot admitted that not only were his expenses in coming to Minnesota. paid for persons "to accomplish this." that his department had made a study of In response to a question from the com­ the situation in the Preva111ng Wage Divi­ by the ABC contractors, but that he ex­ pected "a fee" from ABC for his appearance mittee, Young said that he estimated that it sion to gather facts, but that it had drawn would take an additional "6 or 7 more peo­ no conclusions or made any recommenda­ as well. Thieblot's data which has been used in ple" to do the job without errors. tions, because the entire matter is to be The fireworks came when Malone was investigated by the Legislative Audit Com­ attacks on Davis-Bacon-type laws all over the country, was itself attacked by U.S. Sec­ called to the stand. mission, a joint House-Senate body chaired He bluntly told the lawmakers that they by Rep. Don Moe (DFL-St. Paul). retary of Labor Ray Marshall as "inconclu­ sive" and that "The General Accounting were responsible for putting on the depart­ This directly contradicted allegations ment administration of more and more "good made in a Dispatch story by Les Layton that Office Itself expressed the same conclusion." Inspired by conservative and right-wing laws" without giving the department the per­ the report said that the "Labor and Indus­ elements, many of the bills introduced In sonnel Ito carry out those responsib111ties. try Department has catered to organized state legislatures thus far include attempts Malone, who Is now director of industrial labor" by "delaying publication of prevail­ at out-right repeal of prevai11ng wage laws in relations for Northern States Power Company, ing wage data for construction projects until Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Texas, Utah and said that "if any commissioner made a. more new union contracts were reached." Wyoming. aggressive plea. for adequate staffing, I'd like As a matter of fact, since the wages that Bills to reduce coverage include proposals to know who it is." are set must prevail for the entire follow­ to exclude projects in Massachusetts, Arkan­ He stated that in the 1971-72 session, he ing year, the rates must include the latest sas, Missouri, and . A Washing­ asked for 71 more employees, then Gov. settlements to be accurate. ton State b111 would limit application of the Harold LeVander recommended 40. "I got While Layton is listed as one of the St. law to laborers. 15,'' he said. Paul papers government news correspond­ Other attempts to lower standards or In the 1973-74 session when the state OSHA ents, he is not a regular member of those weaken administration have been proposed was instituted, he asked for 77 people, the papers' Capitol Bureau whose reporters are in Massachusetts, Montana, West Virginia governor recommended 54, and he got 19 experienced In state government. and Missouri where a bill seeks to remove funded by the legislature. In 1975-76, Malone Members of two dozen unions ranging state labor department jurisdiction over the said he asked for 70, and got 17. In 1977-78, from the Carpenters, Pipe Trades, Team­ law. the commisioner said he needed 44 more sters, Sheet Metal Workers, Laborers and On the plus side, bills in Hawaii and Mas­ employees and wound up getting 9. Building Trades council from all corners of sachusetts would expand coverage to include "This year, I said that we needed 57 peo­ the state appeared against the McDonald public uti11ty construction. A bill in the New ple and you notice I don't work here any measure, as did a good representation of York legislature would authorize administra­ more," said Malone, "My option was not contractors from various parts of the state tive assessment of civil penalties for wage picked up" referring to the fact that Gover­ who pointed out that their ab111ty to pay underpayments. nor Quie had replaced him with Peterson, in decent wages required preservation of the Also, a New Jersey bill calls for collection spite of the opposition by labor. Little Davis-Bacon Law. from violat ors of administrative expenses in­ He defended Young as "an honest and This Included representatives of associa­ curred in recovery of underpayments, and honorable guy, who has been kicked from tions such as the National Electrical Con­ administrative enforcement powers would tractors Association (NECA) which gave p1llar to post." Malone called attention to a be stren ~ thened by a bill in the Montana 1975 memorandum which directed the divi­ unqualified support to keep the law. legislature. "Not only wages are involved, but the sion to ignore so-called "proof of evidence" forms submitted to the department in com­ quality of the work depends on the experi­ [From the Union Advocate, Apr. 2, 1979] piling the wage rates. It is these forms that ence and the apprenticeship training ac­ STATE DAVIS-BACON REPEAL BILL Is KILLED quired by union crafts persons," the law­ have come under attack from McDonald and makers were told. (By Gordon Spielman) the ABC. George Sundstrom, Sheet Metal Workers "If you want to be the champion of right­ As to why the forins are stlll in depart­ Union, Duluth, compared repeal of Davis­ wing America that's your privilege, but don't ment files, Malone replied, "You don't take Bacon with a situation where legislators in­ try to destroy my reputation, or that of a lot public documents and throw them away." He stead of receiving their $16,500 salary and of good people in the department," former pointed out to the legislators that they often per diem, would run for election "based on Labor and Industry Commissioner E. I. receive letters from constituents making the lowest rate somebody would take it for." "Bud" Malone told state Rep. Kenneth Mc­ complaints. "Even 1f there are some mistakes "What if somebody would run for your Donald (IR-Watertown) in an eyeball to eye­ or inacuracies in their letters, you stlll keep job and say, '!11 take It for $10,000,' while ball confrontation immediately following a them on hand for reference and follow up." somebody else would do it for $9,000," he meeting of a House Labor-Management Sub­ Then turning to McDonald who was seated asked. committee which voted down 9-1 repeal of at the committee table, although not a Ron Scott. director of the Labor Education the state's Little Davis-Bacon preva111ng wage member, he thundered, "How many times and Advancement Program (LEAP) of the law. did you come to me and ask any questions St. Paul Urban League, testified that Davis­ The former commissioner was the last of a about the department?" Bacon repeal would wipe out advances that number of witnesses called before the sub­ McDonald replied, "never." minorities have made in entering the skilled committee by Rep. Mary Murphy (DFL-Her­ Then Malone asked, "Have you ever even trades in cooperation with the labor unions. mantown) to explain the workings of the de­ been with the Department of Labor and It was noted that St. Paul and Minneapolis partment, and particularly of the Preva111ng Industry?" And again the reply was "never." have consistently ranked first and second in Wage Division which has been under attack The former commissioner concluded by the nation in minority recruitment and there by McDonald, who has been linked to radical saying that he had been in state government is progress in recruiting women. right wing political groups. for 11 years "and even my worst critic never Not only were the Building Trades unions New Commisisoner Harry Petersen led off challenged my honesty." represented but representatives of unions the testimony explaining the structure of the He gave the committee a. copy of a. letter that are not directly affected such as the Labor-Industry Department which adminis­ from the manager of the ABC in which the United Transportation Union, the State, ters worker protection laws including Min­ admitted foe of the Little Davis-Bacon Law county and Municipal Employees, Railway imum Wage, Child Labor, Pension Protection, said that the Department "did the best with and Airline Clerks opposed repeal. Fee Employment Agencies Apprenticeship, what we had." As a Steelworker put it, "Repeal Bacon­ Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA), and Praising Malone, Rep. Lynn Carlson (DFL­ Davis and they'll be coming to undermine our the Prevailing Wage Law. Brooklyn Center) moved that McDonald's wage gains next." The commissioner said that he had only bill be tabled. So unusual was the attack on Davis-Bacon, been on the job for four weeks and has much After McDonald made a. futile effort to that it led to the appearance of Rep. James to learn about the department operations have the bUl kept alive by sending it to the Rice (DFL-Mpls.), chairman of the full La­ and staffing. Government Operation Committee, the Labor bor-Management Committee, to protest the Questioned about the budget, Peterson subcommittee voted 9-1 to table. repeal attempt. Rice called for tighter en­ said that Governor Al Quie and he were Voting to table were Republicans Biers­ forcement of the law, not repeal. studying the matter of the staffing of the dorf, James Evans (Detroit Lakes) , J im Heap Although Wednesday's session of the sub­ Preva111ng Wage Division whose compilations (Robbinsdale), and Robert Reif (White Bear committee was supposed to have been de­ have been under attack by McDonald and the Lake), and DFLers Carlson, Arlene Lehto voted to opponents of repeal, McDonald was Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), (Duluth), James Metzen (S. St. Paul) , allowed to introduce Prof. A . J. Thieblot, of and in the St. Paul newspapers. Donald Moe (St. Paul) , and chairman Mur­ the University of Pennsylvania, an opponent He pointed out that the division had a total phy. of both federal and state prevailing wage of four people, the division head, two field Lone vote against killing the bill was from laws who maintained that they "upset nor- investigators and a clerk, to compile the pre- Republican Joseph Niehaus, (Sauk Centre) ·• April 24, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8485 A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF tentional efforts to do all that was hu­ Mr. Clifford Graybel, Elementary Coun- selor. CHARLES J. MANGAN manly possible under the circumstances Mr. Victor Kilburn, Elementary Principal. to keep the payroll taxes of the corpora­ Mrs. Lyda Sikkema. tion current. He was in constant nego­ Mrs. Doris Bagwell. HON. HERBERT E. HARRIS II tiations with the corporation for a plan Mrs. Julia Barck, Clerk Typist . OF VffiGINIA .which would provide the corporation Mrs. Gertrude Chapin, Manager. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with the funds to pay these taxes and Mrs. Jeanne Clayton, Elementary School Tuesday, April 24, 1979 bring its other obligations current. Secretary. In January 1971, Mr. Mangan after Mr. Charles Conze, General Maintenance • Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, today I Foreman. having been unemployed for 6 months, Mrs. Mary A. Eliason. have introduced a private bill for the liquidated his only remaining personal Mrs. Edna Goodrow, Senior Stenographer. relief of Charles J. Mangan to remove asset--$32,000 worth of stock in a res­ Mr. Joseph Gorgoglione, Custodian. the burden of certain penalties which taurant. He contributed the proceeds of Mr. Wlllard Jackson, Custodian. were imposed on him under section 6672 this sale to the corporation in return for Mrs. Bessie Kidner, Cook. of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. stock and an agreement signed by the Mr. Bernard Mignl, Maintenance Planner. In 1976, Mr. Mangan brought a refund corporation's director and other stock­ Mr. Mack Monroe, Maintenance Mechanic. suit in the U.S. District Court for the holders that these funds would be paid Mr. George Reinert, Buyer/ Purchaser. Eastern District of Virginia to recover to the Internal Revenue Service to satis­ Mr. Heber Themm, Maintenance Mechanic, "responsible officer" penalties assessed Mrs. Betty Jean Tuzzolino, Elementary fy the corporation's tax liability. School Secretary. against him and partially collected in The flnanoial condition of the com­ Mr. Joe DeBry, Carpenter. connection with his association with two pany improved in January after Mr. Miss Marjorie Carey, Teacher. corporations, Amtco, Inc., and Autogen Mangan and others purchased $64,000 of Mrs. Odessa DeBerry, Teacher. Machine Products, Inc. The district judge preferred stock from the corporation to Mrs. Dorothy Fraser, Element ary Counselor. rendered verdicts in the cases, one in Mr. give it funds, but the directing head of Mrs. June Linnemeyer, Staff Assistant. Mangan's favor, one in favor of the the corporation used these funds to pay Mrs. Frances Murphy, Teacher. United States. As a result, Mr. Mangan Mr. Lehr Mushrush, Teacher. and increase salaries and secure manage­ Mr. Edward Nupoli, Teacher. has been ordered to pay the U.S. Govern­ ment consultant service, rather than for Mrs. Genevieve Ramirez, Advanced EeL ment an amount in excess of $25,000. the payment of the withheld taxes per Teacher. Such liability was incurred because the agreement with Mr. Mangan. Fur­ Mrs. Wanda Reynolds, Teacher. Amtco, Inc., did not pay certain with­ ther the Internal Revenue Service repre­ Ms. Dortha Simmons, Teacher. holding taxes and social security taxes sentative assigned to collect these taxes Mr. Roland Smith, Teacher. for the period January 1, 1970, through was aware, on and after September of Mrs. Jeannette Muth, Teacher. June 30, 1970, while Charles Mangan was 1970, of the financial condition of the Mrs. Martha Sumner, Teacher. president and a shareholder of the cor­ Mrs. Deanne Hillendahl, Elementary corporation. The representative volun­ Teacher. poration. tarily allowed the corporation to use its Mr. Bobby Webber, High School Counselor. Both the taxpayer and the United funds to maintain the organization for Mrs. Ruth Barr, High School Counselor. States noted appeals in the cases but both another year and a half to pay other in­ Mrs. Virginia Figueredo, Teacher. were subsequently withdrawn as both ferior creditors. The Internal Revenue Mr. James Hamilton, Teacher. sides believed that a reversal in either Service could have collected taxes but Mrs. Ruth Westerholm, Teacher. case would be unlikely. The time for ap­ failed to do so. Mrs. Thelma Delameter. pealing the district judgement has since Mrs. Adele Betts, Account Clerk. Mr. Mangan made a sincere effort to Mrs. Evelyn Sexton, High School Ste- expired, and Mr. Mangan has no further help Amtco satisfy its obligation to the nographer. legal remedies available to him. Internal Revenue Service for the em­ Mrs. Elodie Pearson, Elementary Teacher. This case is not a complicated tax ployment taxes withheld from the em­ Mr. James Callender, Head Custodian. matter. When cash flow problems make it ployees during his effective control of Mrs. Florence Daielle.e impossible for employers to withhold so­ the corporation. I urge the favorable cial security and income taxes from the consideration of this bill.e wages of its employees, the Internal Rev­ DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE enue Service is authorized to collect a VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST penalty equal to 100 percent of these A TORRANCE, CALIF., SALUTE TO taxes from the responsible person. This ITS SCHOOL EMPLOYEES person must not only be responsible, but HON. NORMAN F. LENT his conduct in not paying the taxes must OF NEW YORK demonstrate both deliberate and willful HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES avoidance. Mr. Mangan did not display OF CALIFORNIA deliberate or willful avoidance. On the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, April 24, 1979 contrary, he made every effort to fulfill Tuesday April24, 1979 • Mr. LENT. Mr. Speaker, we observe his obligations. this day as International Holocaust Com­ During his first 5 years as Amtco's • Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, I have the memoration Day. As part of the observ­ chief executive officer, Mr. Mangan distinguished honor of paying tribute to ance we have had a most solemn and faithfully fulfilled the company's with­ the retiring employees of the Torrance, moving ceremony in the rotunda of our holding tax obligations. However, in De­ Calif., Unified School District. Each in­ Capitol. And on April 28 and 29 by Presi­ cember 1969, the corporation suffered a dividual will be recognized for outstand­ dential proclamation, the entire United sudden financial reversal. It only had ing service during the seventh annual States will observe Days of Remembrance the money to meet the net payroll and employees recognition banquet to be of the Victims of the Holocaust. did not have the money to set aside the attended by 300 citizens on May 4. In such commemorations we join in employee income taxes and social secur­ These employees have proven them­ solemn tribute to the victims of one of ity taxes. Therefore, for the first time selves dedicated contributors to the edu­ the most terrible crimes recorded in hu­ in Amtco's history, it failed to make a cational needs of the children of Tor­ man history: the holocaust, in which timely deposit to the Federal Reserve rance and they will long be remembered 6 million Jews were murdered by the evil bank of its withheld taxes for the month for their excellent service. regime of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi fol­ of December 1969. However, as a result Mr. Speaker, I call attention to my col­ lowers. The Nazi program of extermina­ of the concern and the efforts of Mr. leagues in the House of Representatives tion was revealed in horrifying detail Mangan, the corporation during his re­ a fine group of citizens who are appreci­ near the end of World War II as allied maining association before July 28, 1970, ated by the residents of the south bay. armies liberated the concentration camps paid these taxes for December. To be honored on May 4 are: where the campaign of genocide reached On July 28, 1970, Mr. Mangan resigned LIST OF TORRANCE, CALIF. , ScHOOL RETmEES its peak. The names of those infamous as president of Amtco, Inc. Until the Mr. Pete Dodos, Maintenance and Repair­ camps-Dachau, Auschwitz, Buchen­ time of his resignation, Mr. Mangan man. wald Treblinkar--are etched forever in made deliberate. conscientious, and in- Miss Doris Avis, Elementary Teacher. the memories of those of us who experi- 8486 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 24, 1979 enced the numbing days when the ema­ inform my colleagues of the upcoming Colonel Winston symbolizes the finest ciated survivors in the camps bore wit­ 50-year anniversary celebration of the tradition of today's military officer. I am ness to the awful deaths of their brothers Ventura County Chapter of Ahepa confident that he will serve ably and and sisters, fathers and mothers, wives (American Hellenic Educational and well in his new assignment as Director and husbands, relatives and friends. Progressive Association) . The celebra­ of Assignments at the Strategic Air Com­ The grim sights and sounds we saw tion, to be held on April 29 at the Pier­ mand Headquarters in Omaha, Nebr. and heard 34 years ago this month can pont Inn in Ventura, Calif., will honor He will be missed at Grissom Air Force never be erased from our memories. We the following senior members of the Base and in the central Indiana com­ can never forget the terrible human trag­ chapter and respected members of the munities surrounding it. I wish Colonel edy encompassed by the holocaust in constituency: Gus Booth, Frank Corey, Winston the very best luck and good Nazi Germany and Nazi-occupied ter­ Harry Kam, Nick Melonas, George Pou­ fortune as he continues his excellent ritory. los, and John Simitzi.e career in the Air Force.e In these days of commemoration we bear a special responsibility to make cer­ certain that those who have no direct recollection of the holocaust fully appre­ LTRIBUTE TO AIR FORCE COL. 1978-79 SEVENTH DISTRICT CON­ ciate the extent of the human savagery DONALD K. WINSTON GRESSIONAL YOUTH ADVISORY that it loosed upon a hapless people. We COMMITTEE bear a special responsibility to make cer­ tain that they fully appreciate the HON. ELWOOD HILLIS tremendous courage, perserverance, and OF INDIANA HON. CLARENCE J. BROWN will to endure with which millions of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF OHIO Jews met the awful tribulations of those Tuesday, April 24, 1979 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years of terror. Tuesday, April 24, 1979 Mr. Speaker, nothing should be per­ • Mr. HILLIS. Mr. Speaker, I would mitted to erase from our conscience the like to call to the attention of the House e Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I burden of the inhuman cruelty that was the outstanding record of Air Force Col. want to take this opportunity to advise inflicted upon so many millions of per­ Donald K. Winston who, for the past 19 my colleagues that the 1978-79 Seventh sons simply because they were Jews. months, has served as Commander of District Congressional Youth Advisory Future generations must recall as vivid­ the 305th Air Refueling Wing of the Council members have completed their ly as we those tragic circumstances so Strategic Air Command located at Gris­ work and have reported to me on the four that such a terrible crime against hu­ som Air Force Base in Indiana. legislative issues selected for study dur­ manity can never again be perpetrated. On April 6 I had the honor of taking ing the current school year. Let us adopt as our guide the famed part in a change of command ceremony I am pleased to place these reports in epitaph at Yad Vashem, the Israel at Grissom which marked an end to the RECORD for the benefit of my memorial to the victims of the holocaust. Colonel Winston's tour of duty at that colleagues. The epitaph says: base. In the few short years of his as­ This is the eighth year that I have Keep not silent. Forget not the deeds of signment there Colonel Winston, by his sponsored the Seventh District Congres­ tyranny, cry out at the disaster of a people, job performance and his good relations recount it unto your children, and they unto with the adjacent communities, dfd sional Youth Advisory Council, which theirs from generation unto generation, that much to enhance the image of both the consists of upperclassmen from approxi­ hordes swept in, ran wild and savage. Air Force and the military. It 1s appro­ mately 40 high schools and joint voca­ Yes, Mr. Speaker, we must recount priate, I feel, to note a few of his achieve­ tional schools throughout my district. unto our children, and they unto theirs ments. The council is organized each autumn, the awful record of the holocaust. And Having recently been on base, I can at which time each of four committees we have a further responsibility. It is personally attest to the excellent phys­ selects a legislative topic to study during our responsibility-and the responsibility ical condition of the buildings, grounds, the year. Following the organizational of those who follow us-to challenge and facilities at Grissom. Colonel Wins­ meeting, each of the students receives a tyranny and oppression; to oppose big­ ton has, with diligence and good man­ packet of information from me, com­ otry and hatred. agement, left Grissom Air Force Base in piled with the assistance of the Library It is our responsibility-and the re­ probably the best shape it has been in of Congress and through the cooperation sponsibility of those who follow us-to since World War II. of the congressional committees with maintain those great principles of freP-­ Furthermore, both the officers corn jurisdiction over each topic. The packets dom, equality, and justice upon which and the enlisted personnel under his command have proven to be efficient contain a broad range of viewpoints con­ our great Nation was founded. In those cerning each legislative topic and give principles lie our safeguard against and professional. Their high motivation, another holocaust. and the performance record of the 305th the students a representative background Mr. Speaker, we pray that the tragic Air Refueling Wing, speaks well of of the issues upon which to build their circumstances we commemorate today Colonel Winston as an officer who under­ opinions as they study the legislation. never return. We pray that the memory stands and utilizes the tools of personal In November and December of last of the 6 million who died in the holocaust leadership. year, each of the committees conducted will keep alive our determination to pre­ Perhaps the best example of his a 1-day hearing with expert witnesses vent any recurrence of such a monstrous leadership, however, came in January of representing the broadest possible spec­ crime. this year when Colonel Winston was ap­ trum of viewpoints on each topic. Fol­ Let us carry this inscription in our pointed Tanker Task Force Commandel" lowing the hearings, the committees hearts: "Never again."• for a special mission which was designed began drafting their final reports and to quickly deploy 12 F-15 fighters from recommendations on their selected THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF VEN­ the United States to Saudi Arabia. This topics. On March 30, all of the council TURA COUNTY CHAPTER OF operation depended on the ability of members met at Urbana College to pre­ AHEPA the tanker planes under Colonel Wins­ sent, discuss and vote on the issues. ton's command to refuel the fighters in Before I detail their findings, I want to HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO flight, thereby extending their range. again compliment the student partici­ The success of this mission clearly pants. These students took many hours OF CALU'ORNIA demonstrated not only Don Winston's of their own time to study the issues, de­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES expertise in the essential field of air-to­ bate the topics among themselves in Tuesday, April 24, 1979 air refueling, but it also proved the committee meetings, attend the 1-day e Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, I readiness, skill and stamina of the men hearing and then prepare the reports for would like to take this opportunity to and equipment under his command. my consideration. April 24, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8487 I also want to thank the faculty ad­ Arabia and other countries in the Persian be over, the Navy would need 16 carriers­ visors from the high schools who assisted Gulf/ Arabian Sea area. " not on t he basis of a peacetime situation, but on the basis of a possible future war. . . . the students during the year, as well as Because of that threat, the Defense De­ the witnesses who took time to travel to partment is now reportedly considering "We must recognize," General Wheeler told the seventh district to appear before the organization af a new U.S. naval force­ a Joint House-Senate Armed Services Sub· which would be called the Fifth Fleet-to committee, "that if we have a war in which committee hearings. These two groups' the Soviet Union is involved the war is not participation, I am certain, contributed patrol those areas of the Indian Ocean con­ sidered essential to the interests of the going to be confined to t he Atlantic Ocean greatly to the successful conclusion of United States and its ames around the or to the Atlantic region. The Soviet Union the council members' work. world. is a two-ocean country as well as the United This year the four committees stuC:ied States, and therefore we will have a require­ But those naval forces-which means, for ment for a carrier force to be deployed in the and reported on four topics: Champaign­ most practical purposes, the Navy's carri& Pacific area. Logan Counties Committee, Modification task forces-are already stretched very, very thin, and they are constantly overworked. "In addition to that," he continued, "we of the Delaney Clause; Clark County are going to have to have somet hing for con­ Committee, No-Fault Auto Insurance; One reason they are overworked, of course, tingencies. After going over a great number Greene County Mad River Township is that in one crisis situation after another of mixes of carriers needed under varying Committee, Federal Spending Limita­ successive commanders-in-chief have real­ realistic contingencies, I came down on the tion; and Marion-Union Counties Com­ ized that the carriers are often the only 1m­ number of 16 as being within a prudent level mittee, Universal Service.• mediate deployable instrument of national of risk." military power available to them. The most In the nine years that have passed since recent crisis sorties were those made by the General Wheeler's testimony, of course, the U.S.S. Constellation, ordered by President United States has suffered the loss of access Carter twice within a matter of weeks to the THE UNITED STATES NEEDS AN­ to most of her important overseas bases and, Indian Ocean. with its allies, has grown much more heavily OTHER NUCLEAR CARRIER-NOW It is worth noting that the Constellation dependent on Persian Gulf 011. was accompanied by two tankers. The tank­ During the same time frame the Soviet ers slowed her down, but without them she naval threat has increased-in both quality HON. STEVEN D. SYMMS could not have continued operations. and numbers-at a much more rapid pace OF Besides being overworked, our carriers are than earlier expected. It used to be asked, by IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES also averaged. Before another carrier of any those who opposed the U.S. Navy's carrier type could be operational, only four of the construction prograins, why the Soviet Union Tuesday, April 24, 1979 13 carriers now in the fleet would be less doesn't build aircraft carriers, if they're such • Mr. SYMMS. Mr. Speaker, I wish to than 25 years old. The operational life of an essential .part of a strong navy. submit this article from the April 1979 some of the larger deck carriers is being That question is no longer asked. The stretched out, at a cost of hundreds of mll­ USSR has two small carriers operational­ issue of Sea Power to the RECORD on the lions of dollars, through what is called a the Kiev and the Minsk (both of which were need for a new nuclear carrier. J. Wil­ "service life extension program," or SLEP, on fleet exercises in the Mediterranean last liam Middendorf II, former Secretary of but if experience with similar makeshift month)-and are building one more, pos­ the NavY, and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, programs in the past teaches us anything sibly two. Some analysts also believe a large USN

On the one hand, the Government de­ be~in to make up for the real loss every International under contract to the De­ values the dollar by 10 percent yearly savings account suffers from today's double­ partment of Energy, is a vital part of our dig-it infiation? Nation's national security; its mission through its monetary policy, robbing Another area where I think the tax laws those who cannot control their incomes are crazy-com,.,letely and indefensibly so­ unique to any other facility in our nu­ of real buying power. Those who succeed ls their so-called "marriage hx." Or call it clear weapons program. in maintaining their buying power before Uncle Sam's living-in-sin subsidy. For many years, Rocky Flats has been taxes are pushed in to higher tax brackets The way this works, as has been pointed a source of concern in the community. paying nearly 17 percent more in taxes out in our editorial columns a number of Since 1974, when I was first elected to for each 10 percent inflation. times, is that working couples who live to­ the Congress, I have attempted to work The small saver is limited in the gether married are stuck to oay far higher toward the solution of many of the prob­ dividend he can receive on savings to income taxes than they would if they just lived together unmarried. lems which surround the plant. But de­ only half the inflation rate. This means As bard a.c; it is to believe the figures, they spite all of the efforts made to increase small savers lose about 5 percent of their work out like this (according to a table in safety and security at the Flats, one money before taxes simply by putting it U.S. News & World Report): if two people major issue still remains: should a plu­ into a savings account, and then pay are married, wtt.h one s,.,ouse earning $15,000 tonium weapons facility be located so high marginal tax rates on the dividend. and the other $10,000, they have to file a near a major metropolitan area? We tax working couples who are mar­ .1olnt return and will pay about $535 more in On April 9, I announced the beginning ried simply for being married, by not taxes than 1! they lived together unmarried of a major review to assess the long-term permitting them to file returns at the and filed se!Jarately. And the Mgher their pay, the worse the penalty for being married. future of Rocky Flats. This study is the same tax rates as the unmarried. And at Thus on a $30,000 and $20,000 !oint income, result of a year of negotiations with Sec­ a time when generosity is being taxed the extra tax for being married is $2,439. retary of Energy James Schlesinger and heavily by the state of the economy, cer­ That's not just crazy; it's unconscionable, other key DOE oftlcials, and will be a tain proposed reforms would increase the not to mention downright immoral. key element in determining the plant's already severe tax penalty for most President Carter, who seems to have no long-term prospects. Americans, for making charitable con­ quarrel with any o! the inequities cited here, has other fights to pick with the tax With the excellent cooperation of DOE tributions. and the people at Rockwell, this review These are all provisions of the tax laws laws: over deductible three-mart.lni lunches and other exnense-account freebies, for in­ will, I hope, clear up those uncertainties which must be changed in the interests stance. But one of hts big reform ideas­ and allow a sound decision that is in the of fairness and the economic well-being what he calls tax "simplification" through best interests of the American people. of all Americans. causing more and more millions of taxnayers Mr. Speaker, I would like to share with Millard C. Browne, editorialist for the to shift from itemized to standard-deduc­ my colleagues the details of Rocky Flats Buffalo Evening News, analyzed several tions-~eems to me to cause more social-pol­ and the upcoming analysis of the plant: of these tax provisions in a recent article, icy headaches than it cures. and I would like to share his penetrating Some 77 percent of all taxpayers now use HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, observations with my colleagues. standard deductions, and the president Washington, D.C., April, 1979. wants to bumo this un to 84 nercent. (He'd DEAR FRIEND: Within our community the The article follows: do it by sweetening the standard while elim­ Rocky Flats fac111ty has for many years pro­ CRAZY TAXES? MAYBE CRAFTY Is THE WORD inating some of the itemized deductions). vided a forum for some significant contro­ (By MUlard C. Browne) But just look what this does, for example, versy and debate among concerned citizens, It may be risky to say this so soon after to charity. employees at the plant, public officials, and the tax-filing deadline, what with all those It means that all those pleaders for worthy various interest groups. While the fac111ty IRS auditors lurking out there somewhere. cau~e.s, who"e clincher is, "your contribu­ fulfills a critical mission within our present But everybody knows it anyway: Uncle Sam's tion is tax deductible," are really talking to national defense structure, many arguments tax laws are crazy. an ever-shrinking minority of all taxpayers. are made concerning the advisab111ty of lo­ They're crazy in a lot of ways, depending The rest get no deductions for contributing cating such a plant in the midst of a major on your individual circumstances wnd view­ that they wouldn't get anyway. metropolitan area. The uniqueness of the point. Some are painful, others merely capri­ But all these quaint idiosyncrasies of the Rocky Flats mission, the size and location cious. But in some ways the tax laws are tax laws fade into insignificance for me of the fac111ty the varying assessments of also crazy like a fox-especially in the crafty when comoared with the crazy-ac;-a-fox way its safety, and the number of people em­ way they harvest, for the greater glory of your government l">as of using its progressive ployed are fa-ctors which interact and add the U.S. Treasury, a bigger and bigger pro­ tax rates during a time of ramnant infiation to the complexity of the issue. portion of everybody's income with each new to rip off a bigger proportion of your income With so many issues surrounding the spin of the lnfiatlon spiral. each year. , and as the Congressman One area in which I think the tax laws I think the best cure for that lc; the one representing the District in which the plant are crazy is the way they reward people for cited in this space a year ago: an "indexing" is located, I have asked the Department of borrowing and punish them for sav!ng. They law to automatically adjust all the basic Energy to conduct a major analysis of the do this by giving no tax deductions whatever components of your tax return-personal future of the Rocky Flats fac111ty. I am for any interest income you receive (except exemotions, tax brac}("ets and tax rates-to pleased to announce that the DOE has agreed on tax-exempt bonds), while granting vir­ changes in the nrice index. to undertake this major re-examination. tually total tax relief on all the interest you What I said then I can only repeat: Forc­ As outlined below, this is a complicated pay. ing Congress to "index" your taxes is undertaking. I therefore thought that you Some of the interest deductions seem sensi­ the only way I know to make the govern­ might find it useful if I summarized the his­ ble enough, as part of a social policy to en­ ment face the tnfiation issue honestly. Then tory of this new initiative, the factors to be courage, say, home ownership. (Even here, if it needs new money for new programs it included in the analysts, and the process to though, if I were a renter, I would certainly w111 have to pass a law to raise your taxes-­ be followed. feel that the law was crazily unfair to let instead of doing it, as now, by constant!~ HISTORY my landlord deduct all the interest and taxes cheapening the dollar.e Soon after I was first elected to the Con­ he paid, while it gave me no consideration gress in 1974, I met with Governor Richard at all for the rent I had to pay him to more Lamm, and we established the Lamm-Wirth than cover them both.) ROCKY FLATS NUCl-EAR WEAPONS Task Force on Rocky Flats. As newly-elected Where the present tax policy seems to me public officials, we wanted to know more to have no social justification whatever­ COMPONENT PARTS PLANT about Rocky Flats, its new management and certainly no economic justification, in (Rockwell), and about any new initiatives a year of rampant lnfiatlon when the govern­ which would be warranted. We asked the ment should be restraining credit and en­ HON. TIMOTHY E. WIRTH Task Force to study Rocky Flats and to make couraging savings-is the topsy-turvy way OF COLORADO any recommendations to us which they felt it treats charge accounts vs. savings accounts. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES would be appropriate. To insure a balanced Why should our tax laws encourage people approach, we included as members of the to over-buy on the cuff by letting them tax­ Tuesday, April 24, 1979 Task Force every concerned community deduct all the interest they pay for letting interest. charge-card payments lapse? And why, on • Mr. WIRTH. Mr. S-neaker, since 1951, A number of recommendations came out the other hand. should they add tax-insult Jefferson County, Colo .. has been the of this process and these recommendations to 1nfiation-1n1ury for small savers by charg­ site of the Rocky Flats Plant, a nuclear have been substantially implemented. At ing top tax dollar on every cent of interest weanons component parts manufacturing the federal level, these have included, among earned-even though that interest does not facility. This plant, now run by Rockwell others, improved safety and security provi- 8506 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 24, 1979 sions for the plant, development of an al­ projected work loads at the plant may be its predecessor agency, the Energy Research ternative water supply for the town of over the next decade; and what possibilities and Development Administration. You and Broomfield, safer transportation patterns of exist for changing the present mission of the I have personally discussed Rocky Flats on hazardous materials in and out of the plant, plant should future removal or conversion several occasions. In the four years I have and closer community liaison. From time of some of the facilities at the plant be been in the Congress, my own concerns, to time I have issued public reports on these warranted. those of other State and local officials, and extensive actions. 4. Major Accident.-There exists a statis­ the community at large have accelerated Remaining to be implemented is Recom­ tical chance that a major accident could oc­ sharply. As the social and community en­ mendation No. 3 of the Task Force Report, cur at Rocky Flats. With present technology, vironment surrounding Rocky Flats has concerning the long term future of the I am convinced that every precaution has changed, concurrently I believe that it 1.s Rocky Flats plant. This recommendation, been taken to make Rocky Flats safe. How­ ever, prudent policy suggests that any long­ now time to re-examine the impact of this as made by the citizen Task Force, reads as change, with particular reference to recom­ follows: term policy must continue to examine thio issue. mendation No. 3 of the Wirth-Lamm Task "The Task Force recommends that Gov­ Force, established in 1974 to examine Rocky ernor Lamm and Congressman Wirth re­ 5. Time Frame.-Few understand the prob­ Flats: lem of lead-time better than the residents quest: "The Task Force recommends that Gov­ Congress and the President of the United to the Denver area. The negotiation for con­ States should reassess the Rocky Flats plant struction of the Foothills Water Treatment ernor Lamm and Congressman Wirth re­ complex, for example, consumed six years quest: as a nuclear weapons component parts manu­ "Congress and the President of the United facturing fac111ty. In reassessing the plant as and construction is just now beginning. a weapons manufacturing fac111ty, consider­ Rocky Flats presents an even more complex States should reassess the Rocky Flats plant ation should be given to a program Of gradu­ picture. An alternative plant as technologi­ as a nuclear weapons component parts man­ ally phasing out its present operation, pos­ cally sophisticated as Rocky Flats will take ufacturing facility. In reassessing the plant sibly transferring those operations to a more years to design and construct. And should as a weapons manufacturing facility, con­ suitable site, and decontaminating and con­ the decision be made to build another facil­ sideration should be given to a program of verting the plant's fac111ties to a less hazard­ ity, lengthy planning, consuming a period of gradually phasing out its present operation, ous energy related industry, such as solar at least 10 years for site selection, environ­ possibly transferring those operations to a energy research and development. In evalu­ mental assessment, design and construction more suitable site, and decontaminating and ating these alternatives, strong consideration would be expected. converting the plant's facilities to a less haz­ should be given to maintaining the economic Acknowledging the complexity of the issues ardous energy rela.ted industry, such as solar integrity of the plant, its employees, and the outlined above, I began in April 1978 exten­ energy research and development. In evaluat­ surrounding communities." sive and detailed discussions with the De­ ing these alternatives, strong consideration Since the Task Force issued its report, I partment of Energy about the future of should be given to maintaining the econom­ have worked to find the best method of im­ Rocky Flats. I have also held many sessions ic integrity of the plant, its employees, and plementing Recommendation No. 3. This with the prime government contractor, Rock­ the surrounding communities." recommendation concerning the long-term well International; with the bargaining unit A variety of developments are fam111ar to future of the plant, has been an especially at Rocky Flats, the United Steelworkers of you and others at DOE. The standards for difficult issue because so many separate fac­ America; with the Governor's office and other soil, water and air around the Rocky Flats tors concerning Rocky Fla.~ have to be con­ public officials; with the Rocky Flats Moni­ plant have been made more explicit, even sidered. These include: toring Committee; and with numerous citi­ within the broad range of disagreement over 1. Defense Pollcy.-The work performed at zens groups. My efforts were primarily con­ their acceptability. HUD has imposed vari­ Rocky Flats is closely tied to the defense ca­ centrated, however, with the Department o1 ous restrictions on home-bullding in the pab111ty of the United States. Until such a Energy, the federal government agency re­ area. DOE has helped to fund an emergency time as the United States nee:! no longer sponsible for the development of nuclear water supply for the town of Broomfield. The manufacture or refurbish nuclear weapons programs and having the ultimate adminis­ Federal Aviation Agency is considering more in order to maintain our national security, trative responsibillty for Rocky Flats. stringent flight standards over Rocky Flats. the weapons-related work performed at I am very pleased as a result of this effort The Department of Transportation has Rocky Flats cannot be shut down without the Department of Energy has decided to re­ helped in the review of programs for the having another fac111ty on-line to provide examine the long-term future of the Rocky transportation of dangerous materials. this manufacturing capabillty. Current fig­ Flats plant, and is beginning a maJor analy­ At the same time, a major effort has been ures estimate that moving that capablllty to sis of Rocky Flats, which will include at least made to assure the operational safety and another location would cost $2- 3 billion and all of t he elements outlined above. Such an security of the plant. The General Account­ require substantial lead time (see No. 5 examination is the necessary first step to­ ing Office has conducted three audits of below). wards deciding whether to relocate some of safety and security since 1975. The Depart­ 2. Health Hazards.-Numerous studies have the missions now carried out at Rocky Flats. ment has instituted more stringent require­ provided often confiicting evidence concern­ Concurrently, the government will examine ments for the transoortation of hazardous ing the extent of public health danger of a employment disruptions that could result materials in and out of Rocky Flats. Ma.1or plutonium fac111ty located in proximity to and will consider alternate programs for em­ upgrading initiatives have been takeri with residential neighborhoods. While plutonium ployees and for the contractor. regard to building security and efficiency at health standards have been developed at The De"!)artment will keep me informed of the plant. various levels of government, they often dif­ and involved in all aspects of this examina­ Despite these efforts and the cooperation fer in their conclusions, thereby adding to tion. of all the parties who have worked hard to the uncertainty of those living in the area I have detailed the planned examination of assure safety and security, controversy con­ surrounding Rocky Flats. We do know that the future of Rocky Flats in this letter be­ tinues to swirl around Rocky Flats. I think research on the health effects of nuclear cause of your interest and concern. Ahead of we would all agree that if the decision were materials is a relatively new science, and that us is a difficult task, but its complexity will to be made again, the government would not much remains to be discovered concerning be considerably intensified if people do not locate the plant so near a major and expand­ the possible effects of exposure to low levels understand all of the factors involved. Con­ ing metropolitan area. of plutonium. Thus any decision concerning versely, the task will be made much easier if the future of Rocky Flats must recognize that As a result of these developments, I be­ we are all working together to define the best lieve the Administration has a responsibility further research may dictate that existing possible future course for Rocky Flats. standards for employees within the plant and to develop plans for eventual relocation of for the public in general, be modified. Please let me know if you have any ques­ some of the missions now carried out at 3. Employment Base.-The Rocky Flats tions or comments about this initiative, or Rocky Flats. This conclusion is based on plant employs over 3,000 people, and is a if you would like copies of other background two broad themes: mafor economic force in the Denver com­ material on actions I have taken during the First, the increasing vigor of the contro­ munity. Therefore, any decision regarding past four years. I look forward to hearing versy surrounding Rocky Flats and the trans­ the future Rocky Flats must demonstrate an from you and to working with you. portation of material in and out of the understandin!]; Of the impact on plant em­ With best wishes, plant raises security issues that I do not ployees and their families, and must account Sincerely yours, believe prudent policy should ignore. Whfle for their needs. The employment issue is TIMOTHY E. WIRTH. we are involved in a strategic arms confron­ further complicated by the need to know tation with the Soviet Union, I do not believe manpower pro1ections and job descriptions HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, that we should subject this capab111ty to at the plant, the demographics of the work Washington, D .C., March 8, 1979. risks that might compromise our defense force, and a projection for any potential re­ Hon. JAMES SCHLESINGER, posture. training and relocation of employees. So that Secretary, Second, despite the best efforts of all con­ I might better understand these issues, over Department of Energy, cerned, significant fears and misgivings the past 8 months I have held extensive Washington, D.C. about the presence of Rocky Flats persist. meetings at Rocky Flats to analyze which ac­ DEAR MR. SECRETARY: Over the past few Residents in the area continue to hear con­ tivities are plutonium related and which are years I have had numerous discussions about flicting reports about the potential hazards not: what levels of employment exist and are the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant with of radiation, and the drafting of emergency projected in each of these areas; what the officials of the Department of Energy and response plans raises the spectre of cata.stro- April 24, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8507 phe. Well publicized conflicts between agen­ ticular, I have noted the Task Force recom­ among many public officials and com­ cies over acceptable standards and the dis­ mendation to reassess the Rocky Flats plant mentators. One dissenting voice is that closure of the impact of Nevada testing 20 as a manufacturing facility for components of William Simon, former Secretary of years ago add to the climate of discomfort of nuclear weapons. the Treasury. His comments were ex­ and unease. The continued operation of the Rocky Flats cerpted and condensed from "The Role Consequently, prudent public policy for all plant does remain under public discussion, of Profits in the United States," by the concerned suggests that DOE should under­ although I believe that a large part of the take an analysis of the situation at Rocky impetus and support for this discussion is ACU Education and Research Institute. Flats. This analysis should include: based more on opposition to nuclear weap­ I would like to make these comments a Identification of alternative sites for the ons in general than on any specifically iden­ part of the RECORD: plutonium capabilities now resident at Rocky tified potential hazard. Nevertheless, I do The average American appears badly Flats; agree that the longer-range issues involving confused about the amount and impor­ Projection of the potential loss of man­ public acceptance of continued operations tance of profits in the U.S. economy. power at Rocky Flats, assuming relocation of warrant attention at the policy-making levels For example, a comprehensive public the plutonium capability and comparison of in this department. opinion poll conducted in 1970 by Opin­ these projections to normal attrition and As you know, the Rocky Flats plant pro­ retirement; vides certain unique facilities which are crit­ ion Research Corp. asked the question: Analysis of alternate uses for the plant ical to the national security of the United Just as a rough guess, what percent profit that would insure retention of the highly States. However, while an alternate (or re­ on each dollar of sales do you think the skilled manpower presently associated with placement) facility capable of performing average manufacturer makes after taxes? the work done at Rocky Flats might add a plutonium fabrication; The average response was 28 cents of Development of a timetable for relocation potentially useful redundancy to the weap­ of the plutonium fabrication facilities. ons production complex, I do not believe profit after taxes for each dollar of sales. In closing, let me emphasize again the that such an alternative !ac111ty is war­ The actual figure was 4 cents. constructive and careful cooperation that ranted at this time. Most of those questioned apparently has characterized our negotiations to date. While I do not consider that immediate ac­ confused the percentage markup of re­ 't'hls includes DOE officials; State, county tion to convert certain of the Rocky Flats tailers with the actual profit left after and local officials in Colorado; the Rockwell facilities and to replace them elsewhere is deducting operating expenses and taxes. management and the employees at the plant; appropriate, I do believe that it would be Even the owners of stock participating and the community at large. With rare ex­ useful now to reassess the operations at in the poll, supposedly a more financially ception, a spirit of cooperation, and an un­ Rocky Flats to take into account the poten­ derstanding of the complex issues involved, tial for changing future requirements, for sophisticated group, gave an average have permeated the discussions of the last more stringent standards of worker safety estimate of 23 cents. tour years. (e.g., standards concerned with exposure to Public perceptions of corporate profit Most careful and analytic observers of the toxic materials or radioactivity), or for the have become less and less accurate over situation at Rocky Flats understand that aging of facilities which might indicate the the years. The estimate of profits in 1970 we face a complex combination of issues: advisability of significant modifications or was seven times the actual figure. The national security; employment and economic additions to the plant. This reassessment closest given was in 1945, when respond­ base; environment and safety; and commu­ should include an analysis of whether the operations involved should be continued at ents estimated profits at three and one­ nity response. I believe that the parties to half times the actual level. The most re­ ea-ch of these variables understand that other Rocky Flats or rel~cated to another site. perspectives exist; and I believe that no Because changing conditions might credi­ cent study, in 1975, turned up an average single group will view its own interests nar­ bly warrant the future removal or conversion estimated after-tax profit figure of 34 rowly, without examining and understand­ of some of the facilities now at our Rocky cents on each sales dollar, about seven ing the views of others. Flats plant, I will direct Major General J. K. and one-half times the actual figure. I am sure that the development of a care­ Bratton, the DOE Director of Military Appli­ For more than a decade American cor­ ful program for the future of Rocky Flats cation, and Mr. Herman Roser, Manager of porate earnings have been in the midst of will meet with the same kind of understand­ the DOE Albuquerque Operations Office, a virtual depression. ing. Thank you, and I look forward to hear­ jointly to initiate an anlaysis to: identify ing from you. the possible conditions under which a shut­ This fact has been obscured by con­ With best wishes, down or relocation of certain or all of the stant talk of ''obscene" and "soaring" Sincerely yours, current Rocky Flats operations might be in­ profits-and by accounting techniques TIMOTHY E. WIRTH. dicated; identify tentative alternate sites; which take no account of inflation. If determine the time phasing and the cost of depreciation were based on replacement DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, relocation compared to modifications at rather than historical costs and if in­ Washington, D.C., March 26, 1979. Rocky Flats; and identify employment im­ ventory figures were adjusted for infla­ Hon. TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, pacts at Rocky Flats, giving particular atten­ tion, real profits would have declined House of Representatives, tion to alternate positions for the affected steadily from 1965 to 1970, both as a Rayburn House Office Building, work force. You will be kept promptly in­ Washington, D.C. formed as the analysis generates significant share of national income and as a per­ DEAR MR. WIRTH : Secretary Schlesinger has planning information or results in policy or cent of sales. By 1973 both measures were asked me to respond to your letter of March 8, operational decisions. at a level approximately one-half their 1979, regarding relocation of certain facilities I assure you that our actions in addressing 1965 figure. of the Rocky Flats plant near Golden, the future of the plant will be developed Adjusted earnings figures have also de­ Colorado. carefully with a view toward the best inter­ clined compared to the replacement Your objective review of the extensive ests of the citizens concerned and with the value of capital assets. This rate of re­ efforts made by the Department of Energy need to meet our recognized national defense turn on invested capital also reached a (DOE) to insure safe and environmentally requirements. I am impressed with the way peak of 10 percent in 1965 and then de­ acceptable operations at the Rocky Flats you and your staff have dealt with this mat­ clined to a level of 5.4 percent in 1970 plant is appreciated by the Secretary. It is ter, and I look forward to continued close my belief that in recent years the DOE and communication with you and your staff on before recovering to 6.1 percent in 1973. its Rocky Flats contractor, Rockwell Interna­ aspects of policy determinations on the fu· The sluggish economy of 1974 and early tional, have successfully t1emonstrated re­ ture of the Rocky Flats plant. 1975 further reduced the profit figures. sponsible management of operations at the Sincerely, Profits have recovered somewhat since plant and a full awareness of the need to DUANE C. SEWELL, then, but are still well below the earlier work closely and openly with the state and Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs.e figures. local governments and the public in assuring plant and off-site safety. I believe we have Even more serious than the misconcep­ established a basis for confidence that the tions surrounding the level of profits are plant operations do not impose a threat to PROFITS IN THE UNITED STATES those concerning the nature of profit it­ the health or social well-being of the local self. These misconceptions have made populace or to the quality of the environ­ many Americans hostile to profits-and ment. It is my intent, with the support of HON. F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER unaware of their true nature. the Congress, to continue these efforts to insure that the plant does not pose any OF WISCONSIN The essence of profit is a positive gain threat to the local community. I appreciate IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES from economic activity after all costs are paid. This idea is applicable to an indi­ and welcome your support of these measures. Tuesday, April 24, 1979 I am, of course. aware of the recommenda­ vidual, a family, a business firm, a na­ tion made in 1975 by t he Lamm-Wirth Task e Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speaker, tion, or the entire international economy. Force and the actions taken by this depart­ the recent upswing in business profits Like other forms of earnings, profits are ment and its predecessor to respond. In par- has met with widespread criticism a reward for productive activity: specifi- 8508 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 24, 1979 cally, committing capital and bearing this wanton destruction of life is almost to raise their families and to live the"r risk. incomprehensible. lives in peace. Profits are created in a variety of A generation has gone by since these President Carter, President Sadat, and ways. Perhaps the most basic source of terrible crimes were revealed to the Prime Minister Begin worked tirelessly profit is the development of a new idea world. Attitudes have changed. The deep to hammer out this historic document of leading to a new product or service, an psychic wounds of the world that were peace. advance in design, the utilization of new opened with the revelation of the Nazi But, that was the easy step. Now materials and production processes, im­ atrocities have started to scar. The mem­ ?Omes the harder, more vexing, step of proved distribution and service systems, ory blurs and unpleasant things are eas­ Implementing the terms of that docu­ reduced costs or other innovations. In a ily put out of our minds. We cannot per­ ment. competitive environment profits from mit this. Some things must be remem­ new ideas are usually short-lived, as bered. There are formidable barriers to a competitors strive to catch up or de­ complete and final peace in this troubled While memories of specific atrocities part of the world. New barriers crop up velop new initiatives of their own. In of the Nazis' total inhumanity to man every day. other situations a longer-lasting com­ have receded from our memory, a new parative advantage may be created by and growing awareness of the inate We must be prepared to support with superior management, production and worth of man has grown from a single our energies and our intellects-and distribution methods, better access to fragile stalk. This stalk has grown taller with our prayers-the worthy efforts of raw materials, advanced research and with deeper roots over the years, but it our President and these two courageous development efforts or other unique is still quite fragile. We must continu­ and far-seeing Mideast leaders as they capabilities. ally cultivate that stalk, for a nation "wage peace" in the months and years By rewarding these capabilities, profits that does not, faces the ultimate danger ahead. provide an incentive for more innovation of a loss of human rights. However, the prize is worth the efforts. and investment--the only true source of We will never have the luxury of tak­ For, these can-and, pray God, will­ economic growth and jobs. ing human rights for granted. Those who lead to a moment when all the world One can observe the importance of wish to destroy these rights are clever together will proclaim in a loud voice: capital investment to productivity and and insidious. If we sit back and ignore Peace. Shalom. Salaam.• economic growth by comparing the their efforts we could be faced with a American record with those of three situation that leads to the abrogation of successful competitors: Japan, West rights for the many. Apathy is the ulti­ Germany and France. Fixed investment mate enemy. WHALEBOAT WARFARE AT SHOAL in these countries in the years 1960-73 As we commemorate the holocaust it HARBOR totaled 35.0, 25.8, and 24.5 percent of is fitting that we call upon God's bless­ national output respectively; the cor­ ings for our country. There is a Jewish responding figure for this country was prayer that is a particular favorite of HON. JAMES J. HOWARD 17.5 percent. mine and I would like to share it with OF NEW JERSEY During the same period output per you now: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES manhour grew at a rate of 10.5, 5.8, and Bless our country that it m.a.y ever be ·a Tuesday, April 24, 1979 6.0 percent, respectively, in the three stronghold of pe~e. rand its .advocate in the f> Mr. HOWARD. Mr. Speaker, I would former countries, while the U.S. figure council of nwtions. May contentment reign within its borders, health and happiness like to take this opportunity to commem­ was 3.3 percent. In fact, the United within its homes. Strengthen the bonds of orate a noteworthy event in our Nation's States ranks last among seven leading fellowship among all the inha;bitants of our history. Two hundred years ago, on April industrial nations on both counts. And land. Plant virtue in every soul, and may the 28, 1779, a brave group of patriots de­ the gap is increasing. Not coincidentally, love of Thy name hallow every home and fended the cause of American liberty in the U.S. tax structure bears more heavily every heart. what has come to be known as Whaleboat on corporations than does that of almost This is what we are striving for. A con­ Warfare at Shoal Harbor. any other industrial nation. tented people ever vigilant and ready to These courageous patriots were known In short, profits lead to more capital defend the rights of mankind and to re­ as the whaleboatmen. Deriving their liv­ investment, more jobs, higher wages and member the lessons of the past as we ing from the sea, these hearty men could an increased real standard of living. The live each day and plan for the future. A maneuver their 30-foot, oar-propelled basic issue was put into proper perspec­ remembrance such as this will help us boats through the seas swiftly and accu­ tive by Samuel Gompers, who served as attain that goal.e rately. Having been trained by an anony­ president of the American Federation of mous patriot, the "Spy Mariner," these Labor from 1886 until 1924, when he proficient whaleboatmen engaged the commented that: British fleet anchored in Shoal Harbor, The worst crime against working people IMPLEMENTING THE MIDDLE EAST between Sandy Hook and Staten Island, is a company that fails to make a profit.e POLICY under cover of darkness, fog, and storm. Then, as they had throughout the war, HON. ROMANO L. MAZZOLI the men took retaliatory measures OF KENTUCKY against the British fleet for their attacks REMEMBRANCE OF THE HOLO­ on the Monmouth County countryside. CAUST IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES On over 79 occasions during the course Tuesday, April 24, 1979 of the Revolutionary War, these men at­ e Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, as did tacked the British vessels, causing havoc HON. WILLIAM J. HUGHES many of my colleagues, I attended the and destruction in the sea lanes between OF NEW JERSEY March 26, 1979, White House signing of New Jersey and New York, which later IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the peace treaty between Egypt and were to serve as the British retreat route. Tuesday, April 24, 1979 Israel. It was the actions of these brave sea­ I also had the honor, with my col­ men at Shoal Harbor and other spots • Mr. HUGHES. Mr. Speaker, today we along the east coast that contributed to commemorate the needless deaths of 6 leagues, of welcoming President Sadat million men, women, and children whose and Prime Minister Begin when they the development of the U.S. NavY. For only crime was that of being Jewish. visited the House of Representatives to their heroic deeds during the War of In­ Although it was not the first wholesale make personal reports on the peace dependence, I join my constituents at the extennination of a people on account of treaty signed the day earlier. Shoal Harbor Spy House in commemo- their religion, it was the most complete Israel and Egypt have been ravaged by rating the Bicentennial of Whaleboat and massive instance of genocide that wars for over 30 years. Certainly, the Warfare at Shoal Harbor, Port Mon­ has ever been perpetrated. The extent of people of these two nations are entitled mouth,N.J .e