Extensions of Remarks Hon. Jennings Randolph Hon

21260 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· SENATE November· 6 and the death throes of the Vietcong wm be Senate. I mo~e. in accordance with the ·c6NF!R.MATION most violent. It ts there that the toUghest order previously entered. that the Senate Executive nomination confirmed by fighting and the fiercest Vietcong reactions stand in recess until 12 o'clock noon to- the Senate· November 6 c1--m .. 1ative dav are still in prospect before flnal victory wm be morrow. ce;.u:M " won. of October 22) , 1963: · The motion was agreed to; and Cat 7 DEPABTKENT OJ' STAn: o'clock and 15 minutes p.m.) the Senate Douglas Henderson, of Massachusetts. a RECESS took a recess, under the order previously Foreign Service om.cer of class 2. to be Ambas Mr. KUCHEL. Mr. President, if there entered. until tomorrow. Thursday. No- sad.or Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of be no further business to come before the vember 7. 1963, at 12 o'clock meridian. the United States of America to Bollvia.

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Continues Rec organization on recent additions and im B. & o. DESERVES OUR .APPLAUSE provements. I likewise pointed out the We join with all progressive West Vir ord of Progress and Service in West immeasurable benefit which has come to ginians in congratulating the Baltimore & Virginia-Morgantown (W. Va.) West Virginia as a direct result of the Ohio Railroad for its great main line im provement between Clarksburg and Parkers Dominion-News Commends Recent Im enterprise and dependab1lity of the burg. B.&O. The prosperity-or lack of it-of thia im provements in Main Line Between I request that this correspondence be portant railroad is of vital concern to every Clarksburg and Parkersburg-Presi printed in the RECORD. . West Virginian because the B. & O. is a Mr. President, the experienced and major taxpayer and in its continued prog dent Jervis Langdon, and Many West respected editor and publisher of the ress all of us have a real stake. V-11ginians Have Made Notable Contri Morgantown Dominion-News, This main line improvement makes it Walter L. Hart, commented meaning possible to haul all major freight items butions to Transportation on the most direct route to the great South fully on the contributions of the Balti west through the St. Louis gateway. This more & Ohio Ratlroad to the develop EXTENSION OF REMARKS .is expected to greatly increase the revenues ment in our State. In his October 31 edi .of the railroad. OF torial, "B. & 0. Deserves Our Applause," Adding this to the forward look the rail HON. JENNINGS RANDOLPH Editor Hart stresses the importance of road has adopted in pioneering on unit coal the new main line improvements. Fur freight trains and other projects designed to OF \VEST VIRGINIA ther, he states that-- make the railroad a better facillty for its IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES customers and therefore a more profitable We in West Virginia salute the railroad enterprise certainly is most desirable from Wednesday, November 6, 1963 and hope, under its new management, it all standpoints. continues to make progressive moves de We in West Virginia salute the railroad Mr. RANDOLPH. Mr. President, in signed to increase its service to the shippers · 1838 the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad be and hope under its new management it con of the world and in doing so become more tinues to make progressive moves designed to gan construction of the :first railroad valuable to all the areas it serves, including tracks in West Virginia, building west increase its service to the shippers of the our own State of West Virginia. world and in doing so become more valuable ward from Harpers Ferry. In the cen I request that Mr. Hart's editorial be to all the areas it serves including our own tury and a quarter which has elapsed State of West Virginia. since then, the development of the rail printed in the RECORD. road has provided significant contribu There being no objection, the material tions to the economy of West Virginia, was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, and to the well-being of its citizens. as follows: OCTOBER 29, 1963. The Vast Amount of Money Gambled Among the responsible individuals who Mr. JERVIS LANGDON, Jr., Every Year in the 24 States That Have have been instrumental in the B. & O.'s President, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., success in the Mountain State were Parkersburg, W. Va.: Parimutuel Betting Charles W. Van Hom, of Lost Creek, Sincerely regret Senate business here pre W. Va., who was vice president in charge vents my participation in your program diner today. Your company has contributed EXTENSION OF REMARKS of operations for many years. Another OJ' leader was the former Governor of our much to the economic development of West Virginia and to the well-being of the citizens State, the Honorable John J. Cornwell, of of our State. It is especially appropriate HON. PAUL A. FINO Romney, who for some time acted as that in this centennial year the old B. & o. OF NEW YORK general counsel of the line. · is the new B. & O. as it meets its responsibil IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It is noteworthy that Charles R. Van ities for improved transportation vital to the Horn, the son of Mr. Van Homr .is now movement of coal and other tratllc across our Wednesday, November 6, 1963 Washington representative for Govern State and throughout an important part of Mr. FINO. Mr. Speaker, for the past ment affairs ot the Baltimore & Ohio the country. Congratulations and please several months, I have brought to the Ratlroad. convey my greetings to all in attendance. attention of the Members of this Con JENNINGS RANDOLPH, And, the concern for progress and U.S. Senator. gress the vast amounts of money gam service which was ·so evident in frontier bled, legally and illegally, every year in days has not diminished with the years, THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD Co., each of the 24 States that have pari but continues to expand and to bring Baltimore, Md., October 30, 1963. mutuel betting. forth achievement and benefit. A nota Hon. JENNINGS RANDOLPH, · I have discussed in a series of 24 state ble example of growth is the recent com Senate Office Building, ments inserted in the CONGRESSIONAL pletion of impartant main line improve Washington, D.C. RECORD, the panorama. of gambling and ments in the B. & O. system between DEAR SENATOR: Thank you very much for crime in these States and how we have, your thoughtfulness in sending the tele Clarksburg and Parkersburg, W. Va. gram to me at Parkersburg yesterday. It because of our stubborn refusal to open This improved line vvill provide a direct arrived at the end of a luncheon we held our eyes to the bold print of common route for major freight shipments to the on the special train which .had come over sense, turned this Nation into a gam Southwest, through the St. Louis gate !ram Clarksburg during the morning. blers' paradise. way, and correspondingly improved serv The project, I am sure, . will be a. great We have, Mr. Speaker, thanks to the ice to the businessmen and citizens of the success and I look forward to a substantial hypocrites and the bluenose moralists, increase in B. & 0. tra.1flc not only through Mountain State. northern West Virginia but to and from our helped the underworld crime syndicates __It has . recently been my pnvllege to stations in that great State. to fatten t}:lemselves from untapped correspond with the president of the Sincerely, gambling revenues and allowed them to Bl\.ltimore_& Ohio Railroad, Mr. Jervis JERVIS LANGDON, Jr., expand their illicit activities into a na Langdon, Jr., congratulating his efficient · President. tionwide web of dirt. We have permitted 1963 CONGRESSIONAL &ECORD - s:aNAn 21261 gambling in the United States to grow like attitude is beyond human compre lion which brought into State treasuries into a gigantic tax-free $100 billion a hension. legally, over $288 million. According to year monopoly which has supported and · · Only a Government-run lottery can the testimony before the McClellan com will continue to support, unchained and legally satisfy · the American thirst to mittee, 16% times as much money is uncontrolled, every filthy ramification of gamble-only a Government-operated wagered off the racetracks on horses as underworld activity. lottery can shut off this tremendous fiow is bet on the tracks. The total national We have, by permitting this tax-free of billions of dollars to the underworld offtrack betting turnover allocated to business to fall into the hands of the mob-only Government regulation and these 24 States is estimated at over $28 % crime syndicates, heavily subs1dized the control of gambling through a national billion. This, according to the McClellan forces of organized crime which, in turn, lottery can cut into these billions of dol hearings, represents only 42 percent of has corrupted the processes of law en lars now siphoned off by the crime the total illegal gambling in these States. forcement and government. syndicates. It can be estimated therefore, that the We have paid and will continue to pay The time has come, Mr. Speaker, to ex total illegal gambling in all 24 States ap a steep price for the foolishness and change our rose-colored glasses of wish proaches about $60 billion. Out of these blindness of those who refuse to recog ful thinking for the more accurate lenses funds, almost $6 billion-10 percent of nize and control the natural human urge of financial and social reality. Just as the total turnover-goes right into the to gamble. We have made America the repeal of prohibition brought an end filthy pockets of the gambling crime syn playground of crime syndicate opera to the bootleg era and tremendous new dicates. tions. revenu~s to our Treasury, so would the How much longer are we going to con Mr. Speaker, it is very difficult for our end of hypocrisy in our treatment of tinue to subsidize the forces of organized hard-pressed taxpayers to understand gambling strike a lethal blow · at orga crime? How much longer are we going our Government's sanctimonious atti nized gambling and pump a substantial to keep the crime syndicates fat and tude about gambling when we know that part of these moneys into our Govern happy? How much longer are we going gambling is a $100 billion a year indus ment coffers. to continue to make America the gam try which is the chief source of revenue In 1962 24 States, listed below, enjoyed blers' paradise? What are we waiting to the underworld. Our entire ostrich- a total parimutuel turnover of $3.7 bil:- for? Tabulation on gambling in 24 States

Estimate Illegal 10 percent Estimate Illegal lOpercent State Parimutuel off-track gambling profit to State Parimutuel off-track gambling profit to turnover, 1962 betting estimate crime turnover, 1962 betting estimate crime in 1962 syndicate in 1962 syndicate

Millions Million1 Million1 Milli om Millions Milliom 1. Arizona ______$21, 454, 342 $360 $750 $75 14. Nebraska ______$41, 626, 636 15. New Hampshire______$390 $800 $80 3.2. Arkansas------California ______24, 112, 950 495 1,000 100 16. New Jersey______81,659, 975 170 350 35 522, 046, 261 4,360 9,000 900 17. New Mexico ______324, 105,214 1,680 3,500 350 5.4. DelawareColorado------______---- 16,013,019 490 1,000 100 36,693,249 290 600 60 97,666,216 125 250 25 18. ·New York ______1, 127, 023, 764 4,650 10,000 1,000 3,000 300 7.6. IllihoisFlorida_------______157, 796, 388 1,375 19. Ohio.------138, 349, 642 2,695 5,000 500 342, 620, 765 2, 795 5,600 560 20. Oregon __ ------11,360,370 495 1,000 100 2,000 200 21. Rhode Island ______8.9. KentuckyLouisiana ______------57,920,587 845 95,0'l6,350 235 500 50 45,572,223 905 2,000 200 22. South Dakota ______4,409,922 175 350 35 10. Maine ______15,332, 728 295 600 60 23. Washington ______27,088, 502 24. West Virginia ______790 1,500 150 11. Maryland ___ ------160, 674, 147 860 2,000 200 90,689,481 520 1,100 110 12. Massachusetts______109, 499, 421 1,425 3,000 300 13. Michigan______120, 721, 673 2,190 5,000 500 TotaL ______------3, 669, 463, 825 28,625 59, 900 5,990

Hawaii Sugar Workers Still Best Paid Hawaii's sugar crop is a 2-year crop rose in mass revolt throughout the while others are 1-year crops but, even country, and, judged by their initial suc EXTENSION OF REMARKS if cut in half, Hawaii's yields outstrip all cess, they seemed on their way of re OF others, the statistics showed. · gaining their freedom. The Soviet The average daily earnings including garrisons in the country, even where HON. SPARK M. MATSUNAGA both cash wages and fringe benefits, they were of considerable size, surren OF HAWAII based on an 8-hour day were as fol- dered to the rising forces of revoit, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lows: _ new democratic leaders at once over Hawaii, $21.89; Florida, $11; the sugar threw the Communist government in Wednesday, November 6, 1963 beet areas, $10.80; Louisiana, $8.19, and Budapest. For more than a week free Mr. MATSUNAGA. Mr. Speaker, dur Puerto Rico, $6.32. dom reigned in many parts of the ing the debate on the fioor last Thurs We in Hawaii are proud of the fact country. day, in speaking against the extension that while our sugar workers are the In this hasty turn of events favoring of Public Law 78, the Mexican Bracero highest paid in the world, we are still freedom and independence, Hungarians Importation Act, I mentioned the high capable of maintaining a competitive po expected quick and effective aid from the wages which sugar workers in Hawaii sition in the sugar market. West. If this were not forthcoming, receive. According to comparative fig they feared that their own efforts would ures for 1962 recently released by the be doomed to failure against any serious U.S. Department of Agriculture, Hawaii's ·soviet effort to take over Hungary once sugar workers are still the highest paid Hungarian Reyolt in 1956 (Seventh more. This is exactly what happened. sugar workers in the world. Workers in Most unfortunately, Hungary did not Florida, the next highest paid, receive Anniversary) get the expected Western ·aid; Soviet only half as much. forces were regrouped, and within a week Hawaii's field hands last year received EXTENSION OF REMARKS most of the country was in the firm grip an average of $21.89 a day, including OF of the Red Army. By November 3, Com $16.02 in cash wages and $5.87 fringe munists were back in power in Budapest, benefits. HON. HUGH L. CAREY and then they began their horrors of op Cash wages in other domestic sugar OF NEW YORK pression, persecution, and terror. areas ranged from $4.80 per day in Puerto IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thousands upon thousands ·of innocent Rico to $9.48 per day in Florida, where Wednesday, November 6, 1963 and helpless people were victims of the workers also receive a maximum of $1.52 biggest postwar terror perpetrated by the per day in fringe benefits. . Mr. CAREY. Mr. Speaker, in late·Oc Kremlin. Once again the Hungarians Hawaii also led in sugar yield per acre, tober of 1956, tlie Hungarian people tried were subdued and cruelly held down, and getting more than three times as much to shake off the inflexible Soviet tyranny all freedom seemed vanished from Hun .. sugar per acre of cane as Florida, the imposed upon them by the Kremlin. gary. They paid heavily for their coura.,. next most productive. They . rebelled against their oppressors, geous and righteous deed of late October 21262 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE November 6 1956, and to this day they are being pun ·mutual friend RALPH YABeoa.ouGH, the senior and the most unreserved communication ished for their effort t.o free themselves Senator from the State of Texas. RALPH With bis constituents." from Communist totalitarianism. YARBOROUGH speaks for Texas in the U.S. That describes RALPH YARBOROUGH. I Senate, and he also speaks for our Nation, doubt there is any man in Congress who Today, in observing the sad anniver and he speaks for progress for our people. " maintains a closer communication with his sary of Communist terror in Hungary, I could talk about some of the things that constituents and· who gives their business we honor the memory of those brave RALPH YARBOROUGH has done, about his work more undivided attention. Even after the Hungarians who, In defiance of ruthless in education, education for all Americans, busiest weeks of Senate work, he is back communism, fought and died for Hun for veterans, for hospital care under social down h·ere in Texas on weekends ta.lklng gary's cause-freedom and independ security, for an income true cut to stimulate to people, listening to their views, and find ence. our economy and provide jobs for our peo ing out their problems. ple, for the nuclear test ban treaty, a step RALPH has lost none of the Interest in the toward peace for human liberties, for the underdog, or in the needs of the economically goals that bind Democrats together in this or socially Thomas Jefferson OUGH at Austin, Tex., October 19, 1963; welfare of our Nation. Vice President JOHN wrote: "I like the dreams of the future better the remarks of Postmaster General SON has been a magnificent ambassador of than the history of the past." John A. Gronouski on that same date; good will t.o the many nations in which he Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that and the text, "Salute to Senator RALPH has traveled all over the world. At home, throughout our history the two political YARB<:>ROUGH" by J. Frank Dobi~ of he has provided dynamic leadership in the parties have always been divided lnt.o a party Texas. Nation's space effort. And under his guid of hope and into a party of memory. There being no objection, the tributes ance as Chairman of the President's Com The Democratic Party has always been mittee on Equal Employment Opportunities, the party of hope. Today it ls stlll the party were ordered to be printed in the RECORD, enormous strides have· been made in the Of men like RALPH YARBOROUGH, who have as follows: field of human rights. confidence in the tuture. People who appre TExT OF PBEsmENT JOHN F. KENNEDY'S ME&.;. The British philosopher, Edmund Burke, ciate the rapid pace of events in the modern SAGB ON F'ILK TO THE F'aIENDS OF RALPH in a classic statement on the functioning of world, who realize the need for strong, af YARBOBOUGB'S STATEWIDE TExAs SALUTE, a representative 01 the people in a democracy, firmative, imaginative action, still look to the AusTXN, 'I'Ex., OcToBER 19, 1963 said: "It ought to be the happiness and Democratic Party for leadership. And they . I am delighted t.o have this opportunity glory of a representative to live in the have good reasons. They have not been dis- t6 join all of you in paying tribute to our strictest union, the closest correspondence, appointed. · 1963 CONGRESSIONAL ~ECORD - SENATE 21263 President Kennedy promised to get 'Ulis or underemployed workers have been ap of the most sensational successes of this country moving again. He is making it move proved. administration. The Peace Corps will have again. When this administration came into The $900 million accelerated Public Works 10,000 volunteers working in 37 countries office, the Nation's sptrit and economy were Act, which will provide jobS to half a million by the end of this fiscal year. It has cap both sagging. Today they are revitalized. Americans. · tured the imagination of the world, and We are in the 32d month of economic ex As a result of these and other measures brought the image of American idealism to pansion, one of the longest sustained peace to provide jobs and stimulate the economy, the newly emerging nations. time booms in our history. Employment the gross national product has grown at an Among the superb achievements of the now exceeds 70 .million people. The Nation's average rate of 5.5 percent under President last 2% years, none has been more impelling income and output are both at an all-time Kennedy as opposed to a rate of 2.1 percent than the American feats of space exploraticm. high. For the first time in our history, the under the former administration. In the last During this time the National Aeronautics average wage of factory workers now exceeds 2¥2 years gross national product has gone up and Space Administration has launched $100 a week. Inflation has been held in nearly $80 billion. Industrial production is I"'.ore than 80 space vehicles. They have in check, so that larger pay envelopes represent up 18 percent. Total personal income is up cluded not only the dramatic manned-or a real increase in purchasing power. $50 billion. Labor income is up $38 ·billion. bital space fllghts, but weather and com These achievements have not come about Despite these remarkable achievements, munications satellites and deep space probes, easily. As you know, there are powerful men much remains to be done. .our economy's that have brought with them invaluable and interests in this country who always performance still does not measure up to its scientific discoveries and data. As a result · reject social progress, who reject every pro full potential. of better quality control measures and ex posal directed at the general welfare, who Right now, some $30 billion of annual pro perience, the success factor in launching stand ready to fight any new gains for the duction potential is going unused. Ten per has . increased sixfold since 1960. The average working American and his family. cent of our industrial plant capacity lies Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, initi Let me read you a few fam111ar arguments: idle. Although most of us are prosperous, ated by this administration to achieve an "l. It should be left to private enterprise, almost 4 million of our fellow citizens were early manned-lunar landing, is an example since public coverage would remove the en unable to find work in August--5.5 percent of the brilliant scientific teamwork that has terprise and competition of individuals; of the entire work force. gone into the space effort. "2. If public funds are utilized, political A disturbingly high portion of these unem All these steps have been taken over the bureaucracy will be rampant; ployed are teenagers. The postwar war-baby violent and emotional opposition of the re "3. A scheme of universal tax-supported boom is now coming of age. During the mid actionaries. The radical right in this coun coverage at the expense of the state is sixties, the labor force will have to absorb try is ·noisy, powerful, and well financed, socialism; nearly 3 million young people each year, a and in many places it seems to be in the "4. Universal tax-supported coverage will million more each year than in the midflfties. ascendancy. Theirs is essentially a nega destroy initiative and ambition, and there The direct costs of unemployment last tive and hysterical reaction to everything will thus be a premium for comparative idle year-including· such things as unemploy about them. · It is a nostalgia for a simpler ness, to be taken out of the pockets of the ment insurance, railroad insurance, employ time, in a society that never was. It is not laborious and conscientious." ment services, and the like-have been put an attempt to solve problems, it is· a desire to wish them away. Are these arguments that were us~d against at $4.7 billion. Its indirect costs were equal social security in 1936? Are these arguments ly high. I have no need to tell you that The members of the lunatic fringe are that were used against medicare or against the terrible h~man cost in tragedy and trav masterful at oversimplification. They talk Federal aid to education in 1963? They ail, in drained morale and broken spirits is much and loudly about patriotism, but will might have been. They sound fam111ar. But the highest cost of all; a cost that cannot fully ignore the great cqmplexities and ter in actuality, all of these statements were be calculated. rible dangers of the modern world. They made 132 years ago by opponents of tax President Kennedy's tax b111, which calls think that foreign policy ls best conducted by supported public schools. They appeared in for both an $11 billion cut in taxes and tax rattling sabers and threatening nuclear dis the Philadelphia National Gazette in 1830. reform, is designed to help end this terrible aster. Unemployment relief, wage and hour laws, human idleness and material waste. Its If they ever should gain power in this the abolition of child labor, the Social Se purpose is to bolster the economy and stim country, they would bring on vast chaos and curity Act, and the Federal Employment ulate employment. It will benefit every fam disorder, and threaten us all with annihila Service were originally met by the same hos ily and aid every community in every sec tion. "Foreign policy in the modern world," tility, the same false slogans, the same tion of the Nation. I urge you to give it President Kennedy said last month, "does specious arguments that are being employed your fullest support. not lend itself to simple black and white against President Kennedy's progressive pro The brilliant advances made in the past choices of good or evil. • • • The purpose of grams today. 2y2 years have not been restricted to eco foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for Let me point out some of President Ken:. nomic gains. We have recaptured the initi our sentiments of hope or indignation; it is nedy's dramatic accomplishments here in the ative in international events. Concrete for to shape real events in a real world." past 2 lf2 years: ward steps have been taken in the difficult The American people wm not be fooled The minimum wage was raised to $1.25 an road to an honorable, just, and sound peace. by the radical right's brand of fraudulent hour and the minimum wage law extended In recent weeks two important agreements patriotism. RALPH YARBOROUGH'S views are to cover 3¥2 million additional workers. It have been reached with the Soviet Union. the direct antithesis of theirs-liberal, dem was the tlrst time since 1938 that new work One is the so-called "hot line," a direct line ocratic, for people. He deals with "real ers came under the protection of the mini events in a real world," not ln demagogic between the Kremlin and the White House cold war emotionalism. That · is why they mum wage law. to be used in emergency situations. This The social security system was improved is an important device to prevent miscalcu would so much like to drive him out of the with increased minimum benefits, broad lation or fateful misunderstanding in a fast Senate. Let us pray that they do not suc ened coverage, and the optional retirement moving or dangerous situation, such as last ceed. age for men set at 62. year's Cuba crisis. I wish RALPH many more years of success. With your help he will be able to continue Unemployment benefits were extended for The second is, of course, the test ban 2.8 m1llion workers who had exhausted their his magnificent work for the people of Texas treaty, which bars nuclear tests in the air, and for his country. regular benefits. in space and on the water. It has been The Housing Act of 1961, the most com hailed all over the world as a historic step SALUTE TO SENATOR RALPH YARBOROUGH prehensive and far reaching housing program in lessening tensions and in preserving hu in congressional history, was passed. It pro manity from the unknown dangers of nuclear (By J. Frank Dobie) vides major expansion of urban renewal, fallout. It has provided an opportunity and I salute RALPH YARBOROUGH not as a liberal public housing, aid to local mass transit, and pause during which, in President Kennedy's nor as a conservative. It is not enough that larger low-interest loans to stimulate home words, "both sides can now gain new con the elected representative of liberal-voting improvements. fidence and experience in concrete collabo citizens be liberal; it is not enough that the The 1961 omnibus farm bill expanded the rations for peace." representative of conservative-voting citi use of marketing orders, extended the school The President has made clear that while zens be conservative. milk program, increased food for peace, and we will continue to take every step to break While the great Edmund Burke was in a provided the first wheat and feed grain pro down the walls of hostmty, we wm at all race to be elected from Bristol to the House grams since World War II. times maintain our guard. In Cuba last of Commons, he said, in effect, to the voters·: The Area Redevelopment Administration year, the President demonstrated that he "My opponent promises that if elected he will was created to help bring new industries and can stand up to any Soviet threat or bluff vote according to your wm, as you choose. I new jobs to depressed areas. The ARA is now and that we shall tolerate no interference can only promise to inform myself on issues working in 1,000 urban and rural areas and with the rights and interests of this Nation. and to vote as an informed conscience has already made 85,000 jobs possible. In all these matters the President has had directs." A thoroughly informed conscience The Manpower Development and Training RALPH YARBOROUGH'S unswerving support. is a rarity. Act was passed to retrain men and women RALPH . was an influential supporter of the I have known RALPH YARBOROUGH as friend whose skills have become obsolete through nuclear test ban, of the All1ance for Prog and man for many years. He ls perhaps the automation. Since last August, more than ress, and the food-for-peace program. He best read man that Texas has ever sent to 1,800 training projects for 66,000 unemployed was also a cosponsor of the Peace Corps, one Washington. His cultivated and disciplined CIX--1339 21264 CONGRESSIONAL- RECORD- SENATE November 6 mind is always seeking information on sub We urge especially that the Congress Vice Adm. William F. Raborn, U.S. Navy jects that Government must act upon. Like erase the humiliation which accompa (retired), who was responsible largely for other individuals, he travels in a certain di nies the members . of minority groups success - of the Polaris missile, was named rection, but his mind is not closed to facts to the South's . Hall of Fame for the Living, and conditions warranting a change of mind. when they a.re refused accommodatio~ the honor group of 200 living leaders from The power of intellect to weigh knowledge or service in hotels, motels, restaurants, which the "Man of the South" is elected and to judge justly is his. business establishments or places of each year. Texas-born, Oklahoma-reared, We are all for gain. I myself should not amusement, and that a public accommo Admiral Raborn is now vice president-pro always promise and vote as Senator RALPH dations law cover all establishments, of gram management for Aerojet-General YARBOROUGH has promised and voted, but whatever size. Corp., El Monte, Calif. Mr. Baruch has been mark this: The only gain he has ever sought, . In on this honor group since 1953. consistently or inconsistently, has been pub addition, we urge that amendments Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., U.S. Marine lic gain. He does not try to milk the public be made to the bill to add a permanent Corps, was the Great American for 1962. for private profit. He seeks the good of peo Fair Employment Practices Commission Others have included Dr. Charles F. Ketter- ple. Nor Js h.Js consideration of humanity to cover hiring, firing, and promotion in . ing (1955), Cecille B. DeMille, Helen Keller, provincial minded. all types of employment and member Tom D. Spies, M.D'., Senator Lister Hill, · Every man and every woman is judged by ship in labor organizations engaged in Oveta Culp Hobby, and R. Manton Wil his or her sense of values. Whenever the interstate commerce. And, further, that son, M.D. majority of others in any democracy have a the bill be amended to give the U.S. At.:. Pfc. Hubert F. Lee, .rr., U.S. Marine Corps, · high sense of values that country will have stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., is honorary become a Utopia. When values of life torney General power to bring civil suits chairman of the "A Great American" awards values beyond money, values that express in all cases where Americans are denied committee. civilization, enlightenment, and justice for their constitutional rights because of Mr. Baruch, in a letter, wrote Lee: the human race come up, we can count on race or religion. "Thank you so much for the honor you Senator RALPH YARBOROUGH to stand for The civil rights program before the bestow upon me by naming me the 'A Great those values. Congress represents minimal objectives American' for 1963. As I look over the list I salute him for his sense of civilizecJ. at this critical point in our Nation's his I feel very pleased indeed, particUlariy to values ~ for his sense of justice, for his en be between two such fine men as Colonel lightened intellect, for his decency ,as a tory. One hundred years after the Glenn and CARL VINSON. VINSON has been a human being, and for his integrity. Emancipation Proclamation, the Ameri':' wonderful American, especially in the last can Negro finds that in education, in trying years." employment, in housing, in the exercise of his rights of citizenship, he is still a Resolution Adopted by th.e . Board of Senator LlsTER HILL, Democrat, of Ala second-class citizen. The Congress bama, the "A Great American" for 1959: Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist should therefore act this year to bring "MY DEAR HUBERT: I commend you on your to fulfillment the promise of the Eman selections of Mr. Bernard M. Baruch and Associat_ion on October 14, 1963 cipation Proclamation. Hon. CARL VINSON as the 'A Great American' for 1963 and 1964 and would be glad to help EXTENSION OF REMARKS in any way I could." OF Pfc. Hubert F. Lee, Jr., U.S. Marine Corps honorary chairman of the A Great American HON. NEIL STAEBLER Selec;tion of Bernard M. Baruch and Rep· Awards Committee and publisher-designate OF MICHIGAN of Dixie Business: "One nice thing about resentative Carl Vinson as Great Amer· naming Mr. Baruch for 1963 and Representa IN THE HOUl;>E OF REPRESENTATIVES icans for 1963 and 1964 tive CARL VINSON for 1964, nobody will have Wednesday, November 6, 1963 to ask 'Who is he? or What has he done to deserve it?' " Mr. STAEBLER. Mr. Speaker, the. EXTENSION OF REMARKS Senator HERMAN TALMADGE, Democrat, of boa.rd of trustees of the Unitarian Uni OF Georgia: "Congressman VINSON, who has versa.list Association on October 14 served so long and so statesmanlike in the adopted a resolution urging that Con HON. HERMAN E. TALMADGE House of Representatives, is most deserving gress approve a strong civil rights OF GEORGIA of this recognition, and I commend you on your choice. In my opinion, it would be program. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES most appropriate for a national committee I take this opportunity to insert the Wednesday, November 6, 1963 to honor Congressman VINSON next year as resolution in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. he marks a half century of dedicated and The boa.rd of trustees of the Unitar Mr. TALMADGE. Mr. President, the outstanding public service. ian Universa.list Association, recognizing Editor of Dixie Business, a magazine "With reference to Mr. Bernard Baruch as the seriousness of the deep racial crisis published in Decatur, Ga., has added to the "A Great American" for 1963, I am in which has gripped the United States in its list of Great Americans, Bernard M. complete accord and endorse your selection of him for this honor." recent months and weeks, and reaffirm Baruch and Congressman CARL VINSON. Dan Haughton, president, Lockheed Air ing the traditional concern of Unitarians Also, Vice Adm. William F. Raborn, who craft Corp., Burbank, Calif. (Born in Ala and ·universalists for the supreme worth was largely responsible for the develop bama and on the South's Hall of Fame honor of every human personality, the dignity ment of the Polaris missile, was named group): of man, and the use of the democratic by the magazine to its Hall of Fame for "I was glad to see Admiral Raborn added method in human relationships, respect the Living. to the 'Hall of Fame for the Living' and fully urges that the Congress of the The magazine and its editor and pub added to the list of nominees for 'Man of United States enact· meaningful, com the South.' He is a wonderful person and lisher, Hubert F. Lee, are to be com his Navy career was certainly one of dedica prehensive civil rights legislation to re mended for these selections, and I ask tion and service to our country. dress the legitimate grievances of the unanimous consent that Mr. Lee's news Representative CARL VINSON is an out Negroes and members of other minority release and accompanying endorsements standing choice as 'A Great American' for groups. be printed in the CONGRESSIONAL REC 1964. His lifetime of service to his State To this end, we endorse the substance ORD. and country makes us all proud we are Amer and intent of H.R. 7152 and S. 1751 to There being no objection, the material icans. Mr. Baruch is a great American in any strengthen voting rights, make discrimi year also." was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, John J. McDonough, president, Georgia nation in public accommodations unlaw as follows: Power Co., "Representative VINSON is a great ful, speed public school desegregation, DECATUR, Ga.-Bernard M. Baruch and American·and a great statesman. You do well establish a Community Relations Serv Representative CARL VINSON today were to name him the 'A Great American' for 1964. ice to mediate racial disputes, extend the named a Great American for 1963 and 1964, Mr. Baruch is a grand selection for the 1963 life of the U.S. Commission on Civil respectively, by the editors of Dixie Busi 'A Great American' Award.'' Rights for 4 years and give it added ness magazine. Gov. Carl Sanders, of Georgia: "I certainly responsibilities, authorize withholding of Hubert F. Lee, of Decatur, Ga., for 34 agree that Mr. VINSON has provided his State Federal funds from programs that are years editor of Dixie Business, s·aid that Mr. and his Nation with half a century of dis VINSON was announced a year in advance as tinguished public service. I consider the administered in discriminatory fashion; he will have served a half-century of "dis honor very appropriate, and know he will be and establish as a permanent Commis tinguished public service" in the Congress delighted to receive it. (It was my pleasure sion the President's Committee on Equal in 1964-the Lord willing-an alltime rec to name you and Hubert, Jr., to my staff as Employment Opportunity. ord. lieutenant colonels.).'' 1969 : CONGRESSioNAL RECORD - SENATE 21265 Congressman PHn. M. LANDRUM, Democrat, at a dinner October 26 commemorating never finish high school. Almost half of Georgia.. "I think the Honorable CARL. VIN the centennial of free city delivery. those who do graduate from high school don•t SON is an excellent selection for your 'A Great Mr. Gronouski presented significant go on to college. Among them are many American' award for 1964 or any other bright and ambitious youngsters. These year." ideas and statistics in support of Presi young people want to continue their educa Congressman CHARLES LoNGSTBEET WELT dent Kennedy's omnibus educational bill. tion, but they simply cannot afford it. NER, Democrat, Georgia. "I think your idea. and I would like to identify myself with Half of the students in private colleges and of naming Mr. VINSON as your 'A Great Amer his remarks. universities come from fam111es who rank in ican' for 1964 is an excellent one. His service There being no objection, the address the top 10 percent of the Nation in terms of to our country and to our State certainly is was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, income. In public institutions 25 percent worthy of note.'' as follows: come from families ranking in the top 10 per- Adm. David L. McDonald, U.S. Navy. Chief cent in terms of income. · of Nava.I Operations, in reply to letter re REMARKS BY JOHN A. GRONOUSKI, POSTMASTER This should not really surprise us. It costs Admiral Raborn: GENERAL, AT A DINNER COMMEMORATING THE a.bout $1,750 to send a boy or girl to college "There is no doubt that Admiral Raborn CENTENNIAL OF FREE CITY DELIVERY, SHERA for a year. Median family income la.st year is a great American-one whose contribu TON-PARK HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTO was less than $6,000. In other words, it takes tions to his country and to the preservation BER 26, 1963 almost one-third of an average family's en of its security will long be remembered. One of the first things I heard a.bout the tire income to finance a year's college educa "I am sure Admiral Ral:)orn would be hon postal service was that letter carriers always tion for a single child. What is a family ored by his addition to the South's Hall of know what is happening long before anyone with nine children-like Bill Doherty's-sup Fame for the Living honor group. else does. The scheduling of this dinner is posed to do? To me, this is a terrible and "I certainly would be proud to recommend a case in point. The date was set months depressing situation. him for any honor which citizens of our before I even knew I was going to be the Post The postwar baby crop is now advancing great country might desire to pay him.'' master General. But the letter carriers must to college age. College enrollment is ex Senator STUART SYMINGTON, Democrat, of have known. Why else would they have set pected to double in the present decade, reach Missouri (first Secretary of the Air Force and this great celebration on my birthday? ing 7 million by 1970. To meet the minimum himself one of the leaders considered for the It is a pleasure to be here to help honor needs of this enrollment, we should be spend A Great American Award): Bill Doherty and to commemorate the 100th ing $2.3 billion a year for the expansion of "There never was a better American or a anniversary of free city delivery. Free city college fac111ties. So far we are spending only more able one than Vice Admiral Raborn." delivery 1s even older than I am. And it is $1.3 billion. Rear Adm. E. M. Eller. U.S. Navy, retired, a lot older than Bill Doherty, even though Progressive mechanization and the increas in letter dated August 30, 1961: his name has been synonymous with letter ing complexity of American society demand "I notice with interest your Hall of Fame carrier in Washington for a.bout as long as that we sharply upgrade the educational for the Living. If the ballot can be ex anyone can remember. But Bill is stlll young level of our entire population. There a.re tended I recommend you add Admiral Ra and exuberant. great gaps in the country's need for trained born, father of the Polaris ballistic missile Bill Doherty is one of the great labor lead personnel-teachers and engineers, doctors submarine: one of the greatest steps forward ers of this era. In his 30 years as a national and nurses-but there is less and less de in the security in history.'' oftlcer of the National Association of Letter mand for people with no significant train Congressman J. L. Pn.cHER, Democrat, of Carriers, he played a central role in build ing. Georgia: "I am sure that Congressman VIN ing unions of Government employees into When a.re we going to take action to meet SON will be delighted with this show of ap the influential and responsible organizations preciation on your part for his fine service to this need? When a.re we finally going to see they a.re today. to it that gifted youngsters are not prevented America and the U.S. Congress.'' Bill Doherty was one of the best ambassa Don Carter, managing editor, the National by weight of economic circumstance from dors the postal service and Federal employee getting the education they require to fill Observer, former city editor of the Atlanta organizations ever had. The country was Journal: "I applaud your selection of Mr. fortunate in getting him to put his ambas openings in technical and professional fields? VINSON. He has certainly made an out sadorial talents to work for the Nation. He President Kennedy's omnibus education standing record for Georgia.'' is the first labor leader to become an Am bill calls for substantial Federal aid to in Brig. Gen. William R. (Bill) Wendt, U.S. bassador in the Nation's history. From all crease educational opportunities at every Marine Corps, retired, National Chairman the reports I get he is doing a brilliant job. level. Included a.re provisions for both loans Marine Corps Affairs Committee of the Navy Back in 1961, when he was still president and grants !or construction to colleges and League of the United States: of the NALC, Bill Doherty said the follow universities, and for assistance to students "I am also of the belief that Gen. David ing about the personnel policies of the new pursuing graduate study. I urge you to get M. Shoup, U.S. Marine Corps, CMC, and his postal administration: "The labor-manage behind this program and give it all the sup designated successor, Gen. W. M. Greene, Jr., ment climate is practically ideal. For the port you can. U.S. Marine Corps, deserve serious consider first time in our recorded history, our opin I want now to present our city delivery ation for the honor in the immediate years ions are sought a.nd seriously considered .commemorative stamp. The whimsical draw ahead. befor·e important policy decisions affecting ing of a nineteenth century letter carrier "Accordingly, I hereby nominate them us are made." walking in the rain accompanied by a small serlatim for A Great American in 1965 and I am delighted that organizations of Fed boy and a dog was done by Norman Rock 1966." (General Shoup was among the top eral employees have flourished under the well. We all take free mail delivery to our seven for this year's "A Great American" for Kennedy administration and that the Post homes so much for granted now that it seems 1963 selection-editor's note.) Oftlce Department has taken the lead in the a little hard to believe that it began only Emeline Nollen, assistant to editor in chief area of enlightened labor relations. I want a hundred years ago. Up until 1863, when and founder 40 years ago of Time magazine, to reiterate what I have already said several free delivery was inaugurated in 49 cities, Henry R. Luce, another of the top seven times since becoming Postmaster General. I mall in large communities was delivered by for "A Great American" for 1963 award: intend to carry forward the program of con private carriers who charged the recipient 2 "Mr. Luce has asked me to thank you for sultative management. My door wm always cents per letter. Where the penny post_ as your letter and for the honor that you al be open to union leaders who have problems it was called, was not in use, mail had to'l.be most bestowed upon him. which they wish to discuss with me. picked up at the local post oftlce. Picking "Of course, the honor of being thought of Bill Doherty managed to achieve great up one's m.ail could be an onerous chore. in the company of Mr. Baruch and the other things without the advantage of a college Lines of people often stretched out for long names you mentioned is a signal one in any education. The William C. Doherty Scholar distances from delivery windows. case.'' ship Fund, which will enable talented sons Montgomery Blair, Abra.ham Lincoln's and daughters of letter carriers to go to col Postmaster General, who instituted free de lege, is a wonderful way to honor him. The livery, believed that good service and the John A. Gronouski fund is another indication of the marvelous convenience of the public should in all in job organized labor is doing to open educa stances be the primary consideration of the tional opportunities for its members' chil Post Oftlce :pepartment, a belief we still EXTENSION OF REMARKS dren. AFI.r-CIO unions award . more than subscribe to. In 1887, Congress required OF 1,000 scholarships annually, at a cost of the Department to extend free delivery to more than $1 million each year. every city with a population of over 50,000, HON. BIRCH E. BAYH I feel very deeply that every child who has and permitted its extension to smaller com OF INDIANA the talent and ab111ty to make use of a col munities having a population of 10,000, or lege education should get one. We talk a gross post oftlce revenues o! $10,000. The IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES great deal about equality of educational op Department now employs about 170,000 city Wednesday, November 6, 1963 portunity in this country, but we do shock letter carriers. ingly little about ·it. Huge differences con The City Delivery· stamp 1s the first com Mr. ·BAYH. Mr. President, i ask tinue to exist in the kind and quality of edu memorative . to employ a phosphorescent unanimous cons.ent to have printed in cation available to our children. tagging technique. The stamps are coated the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD a speech by Eight percent of our young people still fail with a luminescent material that glows green Postmaster General John A. Oronouski to complete the eighth grade. One-third under the special fainps -of a. · new electronic ·, 21266 - ~O~GRESSIQ~AL RECO~ ·- ·SENATE November ~ '6 mall-sorting machine. Airmail stamps at the White House by ·those desiring the tures whi~h meet strict ·criteria of fulfill coated with luminescent material will glow certificate~ · Approximately 1.2 million of ing important national needs or if this red. . The new equipment detects stamps, these solicitation letters will be malled project represents the . efficient and automatically cancels them, and sorts all _the envelopes so that they face the same to next of kin this year. frugal conduct of the ·public ·business, way. It can handle up to 30,000 . envelopes I inust confess, Mr. Speaker, that even both promised in the budget message, per hour. The new gear is an improvement after several readings of this communi then I suggest we are being deceived. over our older facer-canceler machines which cation, I was left with the distinct im Equally alarming, Mr. Speaker, is the operate on a photoelectric principle. It is pression that this is the President's per fact this project seems to be a. part of a a part of our overall' program of developing sonal program financed by personal pattern-a pattern in which the taxpay and installing the most modern available funds. In truth, however, it is a Federal ers' money and the facilities of agencies techniques in the handling of mail. I hope that this stamp, which went on sale Government program financed by the of the executive branch of the Federal in Washington today, will remind Americans Nation's taxpayers. Government are being used to advance everywhere of the fine spirit and dedication In ·a letter of instruction to managers the political fortunes of the present ad of the men who deliver the mail. of Veterans' Administration regional ministration. Let me illustrate. offices, the Veterans' Administration's Soon after this .administration as Chief Benefits Director says: sumed office, the Veterans' Administra I know I can count on your full support tion announced that the 1961 dividend Use of Taxpayers' Money and Facilities and that, recognizing the significance of the due on Government life insurance President's program, you will exert every policies would be paid early. This in of Agencies of the Executive Branch effort to insure the utmost accuracy in this itself is commendable. Included with To Advance Political Fortunes of the program, not only in furnishing the full and the dividend check mailed to all policy correct name of the deceased veteran, but Present Administration the correct name and address of the next of holders, however, was an insert labeled kin entitled to the certificate. "Important Notice." The first sentence EXTENSION OF REMARKS reads: Just what is the significance of the The VA is paying ahead of schedule the OF President's program? Could he possibly 1961 dividend on Government life insurance HON. ROBERT DOLE mean the political significance of this as part of the President's program for ad program? I rather think so. vancing the economy. OF KANSAS Now, this project seems to be a nice IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The propriety of advertising the Pres gesture to a bereaved mother or widow. ident's program in this manner at tax Wednesday, November 6, 1963 It may give one a warm friendly feeling toward our President which inay even payers' expense is certainly questionable. Mr. DOLE. Mr. Speaker, as a veteran carry over to the next election. But During the 87th Congress, a bill in I was deeply disturbed upon reading a seriously, Mr. Speaker, this project, play creasing the rates of compensation for news story in the November 2, 1963, ing as it does upon the emotions of a service-connected disability was enacted Knoxville Journal of Knoxville, Tenn., veteran's loved ones, is in extremely poor into law. Now, normally you would ex headed "Vote Hunting Ad in Franked pect the insert accompany1n·g . the Mail Draws Ire of Residents." The story taste and quite objectionable and un necessary. monthly check to contain an impersonal is critical of a recent innovation in the Certainly the finest memorial that a message advising the veteran that an in veterans' benefit program. - grateful Nation, can provide in recog crease had been authorized by public Through a cooperative arrangement nizing devoted and selfless service is a law. Well, here is how the first line. of between the White House and the Veter sound structure of veterans benefits ·this commercial reads: ans' Administration, upon the death of a adequate compensation or pension pay President Kennedy has signed a law in veteran, a certificate bearing the signa ments to disabled veterans and the sur creasing service-connected compensation ture of President Kennedy is mailed to vivors of deceased veterans; education rates for disabled veterans. his next of kin. According to the lan for the children of the service-connected Certainly, a paid political announce guage of the certificate, it is awarded in dead; and a hospital system providing ment could expect no better results than recognition of devoted and selfless conse care and treatment for those who were this type of advertising. cration to the service of mankind in the fortunate enough to survive our Nation's Under an administration where man Armed Forces of the United States. war's. aged news has become a household word, Not content, Mr. Speaker, with forcing Approximately $60,000 of the Veterans' it is certainly no surprise to see this pol this certificate upon the bereaved next of Administration budget for the last fiscal icy extended as outlined above. How kin of those who now die, the adminis year was devoted to the distribution of ever, it is tragic that the energy devoted tration is also soliciting the next of kin the President's certificate. Undoubtedly to creating the most favorable image of those who died many years ago. Next this will be increased substantially dur for the President and' his brothers, Bobby of kin of deceased Civil War veterans ing the current fiscal year. Now, $60,000 and Teddy, could not be used for some and the Indian wars of the 1800's are these days doesn't seem like a lot of thing other than the political perpetuity even being solicited. The facilities of the money, but take a look at what it will of the Kennedy family. One of our ma Veterans' Administration, of course, are buy in essential service to veterans. jol'. service organizations has the motto utilized in this great public relations For $60,000, the Veterans' Administra "To Honor the Dead by Helping the campaign. tion can pay 1 year's compensation Living," and with this thought in mind In a. communication addressed "To the payments to 20 totally disabled service perhaps someone in the Veterans' Ad Next of Kin of Honorably Discharged connected veterans. Educational benefits ministration or in the executive branch Deceased Veterans,'' the Administrator for 1 year can be given to 45 children of of this administration might delay thefr of Veterans' Affairs, J. S. Gleason, Jr., veterans who were killed in action. public relations efforts long enough to says: Thirty-eight widows of men who died in assist ex-Marine Noble Frank Smith, a President Kennedy holds in such high service could be paid death benefits for Bataan death march survivor now mar esteem those who have served our country 1 year. . ried and the father of five children in his in the Armed Forces of the United States In the average Veterans' Administra difficulty with the State Department. that he has inaugurated his Presidential me morial certificate program . . Under his pro tion general hospital, 73 veterans could According to recent news reports, the gram a certificate bearing his signature is be hospitalized for a period of 30 days. State Department has asserted that Mr. furnished to the next of kin. Nursing type care, a service urgently Smith's wife and son owe the U.S. Gov We in the Veterans' Administration help needed in the Veterans' Administration ernment $1,421 for emergency war relief in the President's program by identifying program, could be provided for 6 months given to them while Smith was in a Japa next of kin eligible to receive the certificate. for at least 18 aged veterans now occupy nese prison camp and they were interned If you have not received a certificate and ing beds designed for acutely ill patients. in Shanghai for 2 years. would like one (illustrated below), you These are but a few of the things, I include herein a breakdown. of costs should complete the enclosed card and mall it to the President. $60,000, well spent, can accomplish. Mr. of the mass memorial certificate mailing Speaker, if· this project is indicative of monstrosity along with a copy of the This letter is accompanied by a return the .administration's effort to include in memo1ial certificate and copy of the adqress card to be sent to tpe President their fiscal program, only those expendi- self-serving notices veterans received 1963' CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· SENATE 21267 with their 1961 ·lnsurance dividend and a surance policy. This dividend Is Qn extra The PRESmENT, copy of the notice disabled. veterans re one being paid in 1961, and represents your The White House, ceived with their first increased compen share of gains and savings in the insurance Wcuhington, D.C. sation check following enactment of a fund. DEAa Ma. PammENT: I would appreciate VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION. ~avi~ a memorial certi~cate honoring 'the bill by the 87th Congress, not by the Always keep your choice o! beneficiary up memoryo!: · President. I would also like to include to date. Please prlnt------the news story from the Knoxville Jour (Flrst name) (Initial) (Last name) nal of November 2, 1963: IMPORTANT NOTICE Please mail the certificate to me at the Presidentiai memoriai certificate program following address: The VA is paying ahead of schedule the Unit cost of processing: Please pi'int------~------ 1961 dividend on Government llfe insurance (Your name) CertificateStaillP------$0.04 ______.085 as part of the President's program for ad. vancing the economy. These advance pay EnvelopeClipboard ______insert------..0136 004 ments are made on the assumption that your (Number) (Street) premiums wil~ continue to be paid for the . Unit cost totaL______• 1426 remainder o! your policy year. If pre· (City) °{Zone) (State) Salary costs of 8.4 employees annually: miums are not so paid, this dividend will Minimum !or 1 GS-5 ______.. 4, 565 constitute a partial overpayment which will (From the Knoxville Journal, Nov. 2, 1963) Minimum !or 1 Gs-4------4, 110 become an indebtness against your insurance. Minimum for 6.4 GS-3 at $3,820 VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION. VOTE-HUNTING AD IN FRANKED MAIL DRAWS each------24,448 . IRE OF RESmENTS NOTICE Several Knoxvillians complained yesterday Total annual salary costs ___ 33, 123 of President Kennedy seeking votes by en Total costs fiscal year 1963 ( 187 ,- President ·Kennedy has signed a law in closing advertisements in checks mailed to 318 certificates were proc- creasing service-connected compensation survivors of war veterans by the Veterans' essed and mailed): rates for disabled veterans. The increase is Administration in franked envelopes. 187,318 multiplied by $.1426 per included in the enclosed check. · This check The vote solicitation comes in the form unit equals total processing also includes a retroactive payment equal to of a letter offering the next of kin a "Presi cost------· $26,711.55 a 3-month increase as provided by the new Processing cost ______26,711.55 dential Memorial Certificate" over the sig law unless special action is necessary. In niture of J. S. Gleason, Jr., Administrator of Salary cost------33,123.00 that case you will get your adjustment check Veterans' Affairs. in the near future. The letter states: "We in the Veterans' Total cost o! program The table on the back of this notice shows Administration help in the President's pro during fiscal year some o! the new wartime rates. Compensa 1963 ______59,834.55 tion based on peacetime service is paid on gram by identifying next of kin eligible to approximately 80 percent of the amounts receive the certificate." It came in checks Let me point out, Mr. Speaker, that for widows and children of war veterans shown. which arrived in Knoxville Thursday and this cost estimate is based· upon the ac Friday. tual cost of the certificate and its proc The vote soliciting apparently went out in essing: It does not include the cost of Degree of disability Old rate of New rate of payment payment~ checks mailed throughout the United States. the 1.2-million solicitatiorts being mailed A Chattanooga lawyer, Joe M. Parker, said during the current fiscal year. 10 percent______$20 one o! his clients, a veteran's widow re- 20 percent ______$19 The United States o! America honors the 30 percent ______36 38 ceived one yesterday. 55 ~ He accused Kennedy of trying "to exhume memory of------40 percent ______73 50 percent 2______This certificate is awarded by a grateful 100 107 the memory of deceased veterans in an at- 128 tempt to solicit votes_of surviving widows nation in recognition of devoted and self 6070 percentpercent'------2______120 less consecration to the service of mankind 140 149 and orphans." 80 percent 2 ______160 in the Armed Forces o! the United States. 90 percent 2______179 ~i~ The letter offered the memorial certificate 100 percent 2______JOHN F. KENNEDY, 225 250 if the next of kin should complete the en- President of the United States. closed form and mail it to the President. 1 The amount payable for all checks received after the This is undoubtedly an absolute low in THE 1961 SPECIAL DIVIDEND 1st one. an attempt to infiuence votes," Parker said. 2 Veterans disabled 50 percent or more may receive an The enclosed check or statement is a additional allowance for dependents. The law does not It used to be $2, a pint of whisky, or a cigar. special dividend on your Government life in· change the amounts paid for dependents • Now it's an autograph." . . concern for the future our children's MEDAL IN COMMEMORATION OF SEN/\ TE children will inherit from our blundering 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDIANA hands. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1963 STATEHOOD So, with contrite hearts, amid relent Mr. MANSFIELD. Mr. President, af