111ay 4, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS - 12495- Ronald R. Melin Jerreld D. Pippin Chester L. Simpson Gerald M. Thomas Carl D. Westfall Harry T. Williams Philip G. Meyer Jonaa Pom.ales John T. Skelding James P. Thomas William M. Wetherell Frederick B. Wltes- John H. Mlller, Jr. Mark L. Potocki Gerald G. Skinner Richard H. Thomas, Ralph L. Wheaton man II ~ 'Iark A. Milligan Earl W. Powers Todd A. Slingsby Jr. Kevin M. Wheeler Robert 0. Work Thomas E. Minor Danny R. Praytor Duane A. Smith . Gary D. Thrash Fred E. White Julius L. Yotmg, Jr. John w. Mitchell, Jr. Dale H. Pugh Floyd R. Smith, Jr. Robert Tiberg Bruce A. Whomsley Mark E. Zeltvogel l\Iark D. Montgomery Pedro J. Quinonesta- Gilbert 1\I. Smith David P. Tidwell DEPARTMENT OF LABOR l\Iark E. Mooney yarez Robert L. Smith James A. Tipple Charles Moore Gerald G. Raedel William L. Smith Michael A. Toepfer Michael H. Moskow, of New Jersey, to be Hubert E. Sowell, Jr. Edward R. Tokarz Under Secretary of Labor, vice Robert 0. Timothy G. Moore Lee F. Ralston Aders, resigned. Donavan D. Moorman Timothy N. Ranville Harry c. Spies Steven J. Tomlsek John P. Moranha, Jr. Robert M. Reed Samuel H. Spragins Charles T. Tonkens THE JUDICIARY lVIartln T. Morris Kevin F. Regan ill Alexander 1\I. Tor- James C. Hill, of Georgia, to be U.S. cir­ William L. Morris James D. Riemer Richard J. Stacy ranee cuit judge for the fifth circuit vice Griffin B. William T. Motley Alan J. Pingree Carl D. Stanton George J. Trautman Bell, resigned. Gary E. Murphy Charles Robinson Konrad E. Stapler III CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY CO:Ml\1ISSION Cornelius W. Murray Clarence J. Roddy Bradley A. Stephan Jerry W. Turley Karl B. Nebbia Quentin R. Roos Richard D. Stephens John A. Turley S. John Byington, of Virginia, to be a. Edward A. Nelson Charles W. Rose, Jr. Jeb E. Stewart Andrew c. Turner Commissioner of the Consumer Product George W. Nickerson George D. R-oss Ronald A. Stewart Douglas W. IDlm.ann Safety Commission for the remainder of the ill Richard C. Roten Paul D. stinnett Larry 0. Vanmeter term expiring October 26, 1978, vice Con­ Thomas E. Nicoll Christoper Rowan Scott C. Stith George K. Vanness stance E. Newman, resigned. Andl·ew P. Niflis James L. Rucks James R. Stoller Joel M. Wade Thomas M. O'Leary Michael E. Satran Gobel N. Strickland John P. Wagemann Wilbert E. Orem, Jr. Paul M. Sauer Jerry W. Sullivan Donald J. Wagner James N. Osburn Ross A. Schmidt Coral L. Swinson .James C. Waites, Jr. WITHDRAWAL John T. Paul Herbert M. SChrader, Randall S. Tafelski John J. Walsh, Jr. Thomas A. Peabod\· Jr. William D. Talbott, Robert J. Walters Executive nomination withdrawn from 1.Iark R. Pease • Chester W. Schwartz Jr. Andrew L. Ward the Senate May 4, 1976: Alan c. Pendlet-on Reginald M. Sealey Floyd E. Taylor Stephen P. Watson CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COM1\1ISSION Edward Y. Perales .John W. Sergeant Lewis R. Taylor Thomas R. Watson S. John Byington, of Virginia, to be a Com­ Ronald V. Pereira Kenneth A. Sharer Charles L. Teel,.Jr. Bruce L. Way missioner of the Consumer Product Safety Winfield .J. Tench, Jr. Allan R. Weber William M. Perkins Stephen D. Shigley Commission for a. term of seven yea1·s from Richard A. Perry .James L. Shirk Arlan D. Tenkley Donald L. Weiss Anthony F. Phelps Richard J. Shows Timmy J. Terrebonne Lawrence E. Welker October 27, 1975, vice Richard 0. Simpson, Matthew H. Phillippe Francis R. Short Frederick L. Thielke Dean E. Wells tenn expired, which was sent to the Senate John P. Pic!~ett n DanielL. Sickinger Duane D. Thiessen Robert M. Welter on January 20, 1976.

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS CAPITAL HOSPITALITY AND spend some $200,000 to construct this the Mall vendors into destitution. The THE MARRIOTT TENT congressional visitors area which will in­ towists in the Smithsonian and Hill area elude a stage, bleachers, and covered pic­ will still be turning to these many inde­ nic tables. This "staging area" will be the pendent businesses. In fact, by all pre­ HO . JOSEPH M. GAYDOS . starting point for Capitol tours and the dictions, vendor sales should do very well OF PENNSYLVANIA dropotf point for tour buses coming to tlus year. I~ THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tlle Capital. The site is scheduled for The Marriott operation will be a vital Monday, May 3, 1976 opening in about a week. supplement to existing dining facilities Like almost everything else that hap­ on the Hill. And Marriott had guaran­ Mr. GAYDOS. Mr. Speaker, in the last pens in Washington, this project is not teed that it will not run out of food. Can few weeks, Washingtonians have had the destined to reach its c.oncluslon without the vendors with their wagons make such opportunity to have a fleeting sneak pre­ some snag or controversy. After the tent a promise? And although Congress is \iew of what things will be like during was put up, 100 of the city's licensed not sharing revenues from food sales, the the Bicentennial summer here in the Na­ 2,600 street vendors held a press confer­ joint congressional committee on the tion's Capital. The weather was hot some ence to protest the Marriott concession Bicentennial has examined and approved day~ver 90°. The pollution was high­ stand and regulations barring the ven­ what it :feels is a reasonable price list. there were seve1·al alerts, and the traffic dors from selling in certain areas of the The overall result of this project was heavier than usual due to the in­ Mall. The vendors were irate because should be a smoothly run, fast-food con­ flux of visitors at Eastertime. And this Congress allowed such a large corpora­ venience for visitors coming to this coun­ was only a dress rehearsal for what is tion this advantageous and competitive try's historic 200th birthday gathering. to come. position. I certainly hope to see many of my Besides the word "Bicentennial," the In looking into these complaints, one friends from the 20th Congressional Dis­ ·word one is going to hear most often should note that we are not expecting trict of Pennsylvania here. I think the around this town is "crowds." When you just a handful of extra people in the city congressional visitors area will make a paint a pictw·e in your mind of the '76 on a certain day; we are anticipating an small contribution toward making their Bicentennial in Washington, crowds of extra 25,000 to 35,000 visitors every day. Bicentennial excw·sion more comfortable visitors, and some typical hot city tem­ Any cong1·essional staffer can attest to and enjoyable. Let us stop squabbling peratm·es, you will probably have the the fact that there are simply not enough over peanuts and pennies and become a sense to paint in a lot of fast food and eating facilities in the immediate Hill most gracious and hospitable Capital of dJ:inks to go along with the rest of the vicinity already to accommodate all the the United States. scene. employees and visitors. That is exactly what Congress thought The cafeterias are closed to visitors and so it enlisted the talents of the Mar­ during peak lunch hours, so without the FINAL TRIBUTE FOR PHIL OCHS l'iott Co1·p. in a joint venture to open a Marriott tent, visitors would have had large Bicentennial fast-food operation at few choices. They might be able to get HON. RONALD V. DELLUMS the foot of the U.S. Capitol, across from into the cafeterias during off hours or OF CALIFORNIA the Botanic Gardens. they could walk several blocks a way to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES According to the Washington Post, wait in lines at small avenue restaurants. J\.!arriott paid between $45,000 and $50,­ The Marriott food tent is a welcomed Monday, 1Yiay 3, 1976 ooo to pave over the triangular lawn next addition at the foot of the Hill con­ Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, on April9, to the Botanic Gardens west side,. and sidering the upcoming demands that will we saw the tragic suicide of a great per contract, will be permitted to sell re­ be made by our visiting constituents. American folk hero, Phil Ocbs. His songs fresl nents in a tent there. Congress will This operation is not intended to drive formed an almost daily newscast of the 12496 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS -May 4, 19t-6· sweeping social change. during the sixties Phil. I knew the Phil who used to walk the him to bot:h music and radical politics. In streets, drunk and tormented, w.~th a glazed the middle of his last year, Phil wrote a Pl'O­ . that has given our country a new and look in his eye. And I knew Phil who'd come Castro article about the Bay of Pigs inva­ vibrant approach to contemporary social over to my house ·totally excited, wanting to sion. The story prevented him from becon1.r concerns. Phil Ochs' coarse words helped go to a movie and analyze it for hours after­ ing editor of the campus newspaper, and he to reeducate Americans about the atroc­ ward. He loved movies, and often saw his life dropped out of college in disgust. He became ities committed by Americans in Viet­ as one and himself as a character. That, in a musical journalist, performing first in nam. With his ballads he rekindled a a way, explains the dramatic ending to his Cleveland and then moving to Greenwich social awareness among peoples from all life. Village, where a talent scout spotted him in walks of life. TlU'ough his verse we were Phil fed on the energy of the streets, he Gerde's Folk City. His first solo album was fed on the energy of his culture. And when titled All tlte Neus That's Fit To Sing. enabled to perceive the great propensity the political movement disintegrated as a A gaggle of singers started out at Folk to achieve peace, harmony, and justice dramatic, unifying, exciting thing in the early City, among them Bob Dylan, whose moun­ not only in Southeast Asia, but through­ seventies, he couldn't identify with new de­ tainous success cast a long shadow on his out the entire world. He brought to light velopments. Somebody said that for Phil the colleagues. By 1964 Dylan had already re­ the tragic adventurism of the American words stopped coming. In a sense, his own nounced the protest song, while Ochs, in presence in Vietnam. success betrayed him. He thought he had Jerry Rubin's words, continued for the rest Ochs was a romanticist, but the kind continually to outdo himself, and in that of the decade "to put his guitar at the service that strove to accomplish his highest competition he had to lose. of the Movement." Sardonic political song I love you Phil. So many people did. I such as "Love 1\fe, I'm a Liberal" and "Draft ideals. His example as a politically moti­ hope you knew that when you were alive, and Dodger Rag," and rousing protest songs like vated humanist should be an inspiration I pray that you may be hearing the words of "I Ain't 1\farchin' Anymore," established his to us all, and his suicide a reminder of love now. We will never forget you. reputation. But Ochs was also a talented and the cold political realities that shall for­ sensitive melodist, whose abilities tran­ ever press hard upon our minds. [From New Times, Apr. 30, 1976] scended the pamphleteer's and whose ambi­ His sister said that_ Phil hung himself FINAL 'I'RmUTE tions encompassed art as well as politics. because "the words no longer flowed"­ (By Arthur Lubow, Balladeer of the Yet he was unable to make a Dylan-style he had not written a song for 6 years. His Movement) transition of genres: his one attempt a1; Carnegie Hall six years ago ended igno­ words came to mind, but not to mouth. Grant Park in Chicago was surrounded by minously. Dressed in a gold lame Elvis Pres­ With his vocal cords partially slashed troops, and inside Phil Ochs was singing the ley suit, singing old Buddy Holly numbers, during an emotional tour in Africa, Ochs ballads against war and injustice that had Ochs thought he could develop a form tha"t; seemed to have regressed into himself, made him the troubadour of the Movement. would survive the death of the Movement. singing only internal lyrics and music to He was addressing not only the demonstra­ "The revolution was getting too ugly," says be taken to his grave. tors in their T-shirts and cutoffs; he was his brother Michael. "For something to work also appealing to the rigid membrane of you needed the beauty of an Elvis Presley We ask ourselves "What was left for bluecoats containing the multicolored en­ Ochs to sing about?" After all, the with the intelligence and strength of a Che ergy-charged nucleus ready to explode. When Guevara." But the crowd wanted their monu­ Vietnam War had ended, Watergate was the music ended, Ochs walked up to the ment in worn boots and pea jacket. Demand­ a child of the journalists, and the inves­ soldiers-who stood impassive with their ing to hear the old songs, they booed and tigations into the intelligence community bayonets-and begged them to desert. He jeered. were too cold and sophisticated to im­ couldn't understand why they refused. Phil couldn't come up with new songs and mortalized in romantic verse. The music That summer of '68 he ran through the he couldn't bear to keep singing old ones. of Phil Ochs as a medium of social Chicago streets, choking through clouds of For a few years he traveled, to Europe, to tear gas. He was arrested with Jerry Rubin Australia, to Japan. On a trip to Chile he awareness had seen its day, but we can­ and a pig that the Yippies were running not allow his myriad of messages slip sang to copper miners as folk singer Victor for president. After the Chicago demonstra­ Jara-mu.rdered after the coup-translated. from our consciousness. Phil Ochs has tions, the Humphrey nomination and the Living adventurously was a substitute for left us all with an impression of his own, Nixon election, he released an album called working creatively. But a last trip to Africa unique genius. Rehearsals for Retirement. On the album ended in disaster. Choked from behind by a I believe the following articles express cover is a headstone engraved with the words mugger, he was convinced that his vocal the warmth, respect, and oneness we all "Phil Ochs-Born 1940; Died Chicago, Illi­ cords had been damaged. He also complained should feel for this perceptive human nois, 1968." "I think in a way that was very about stomach troubles that doctors couldn't prophetic," says his sister, Sonny Tanzmim. remedy. Returning home despondent, he being. "There was nothing after Chicago. He went [From Sevendays Apr. 19, 1976] skidded back and forth from Los Angeles to on doing concerts, but it was just the old New York. THE WORDS STOPPED COMING songs." "It was more than not being able to write­ (By Jerry Rubin) The words stopped coming to him. A friend he wanted to change everything at once fast, recalls that Ochs was always carrying a (NOTE.-Phil Ochs, "the troubadour of the and make it better," says one friend. "The guitar, insisting that his buddies listen to things he thought were important he didn·t New Left," author of "I Ain't Marchin' Any­ his latest song; and then the guitar disap­ more" and other songs performed by Joan have an impact on anymore." He began work peared. To replace the songwriting Ochs be­ on an autobiographical album-"sort of his Baez, Bob Dylan and thousands of anti-war gan coordinating rallies, working furiously activists, committed suicide this Friday at Blood on the Tracks," says a friend who heard t.~ organize the Salute to Allende and the age 35.) and liked fragments-but he gave it up, end-of-the-war celebration in N~w York. Last I first met Phil Ochs on May 21, 1965, when complaining it was inferior to his previous May, when he sang his old song "The War Is work. He planned to organize a rally to save he flew to California on Vietnam Day to be Over" to 50,000 people in Central Park, the the singing bard at a big anti-war teach-in world had finally caught up with him. His New York-"he wanted somehow to save New that lasted 36 hours. Later I went with him York too, as well as Chile and Vietnam," says song brought the crowd to its feet, cheering, friend Mayer Vishner-but his energy waned. and Stew Albert to Chile for two months, crying. It was his last great ovation, earned and I saw him sing to the miners with Victor for a song he had written nine years earlier, A scheme to found a Soho bar that would Jara, the folksinger who was eventually killed granted by a crowd basking in nostalgia. serve as a hangout for revolutionaries never by the junta. It was clear that Phil's guitar "When peace has come, what is somebody got off the ground. was the musical expression of an American going to do when that's his last schtick?" a Crashing in friends' apartments, he swept generation. That was his contribution: to friend mused. But it wasn't simply that Ochs through New York last summer on a maniac put art, music and politics together in a way had run out of causes. The innocent con­ streak, drinking heavily, getting into fights that few have done since Woodie Guthrie. fidence in change that had buoyed the Frightened by his behavior, he finally stopped The main memory I have of Phil is his in­ Movement in the sixties and sparked there­ drinking and withdrew, lost within himself. credible love of life: he loved people, food, vival of "m·ban folk songs" or "topical songs" Last January he knocked at his sister's door excitement, singing, reading the daily news­ had fizzled out by 1970. Listening to Ochs' in Far Rocka·way, Queens, and asked if. he paper. I loved him at his most difficult and songs now, one realizes that their fervent could stay a few nights. He stayed three ecstatic moments. But on some deep level, optimis1n and confident hu1nor dates them months. On · Friday morning, April 9, after Phil didn't love himself, and he couldn't be­ even more than their themes of labor orga­ spendH1g the previous day with ·his mother, lieve that so many other peopl-e did. He llad nizing. draft resistance and civil rights he hanged himself. a. great deal of anger at hi.mself, and that struggles. anger expressed itself in depression. Instead Born in El Paso, Texas, the son of an Army of · self-examination, he chose self-destruc­ [From the New Ha\en Advo·cate, doctor, Phil moved with his family from town Apr. 21, 1976] tion; he was determined to lh·e out th.e life to town. "\¥e didn't know what politics was script that he had created. - in n1.y fa1nily-some kind of disea.se, maybe," Or PHIL OcHs AND DOING IT W~ULE . :. · I don't want to turn him into an ima6e. sa ys his sister Sonny. Phil attended military 'WE'RE HERE ·I knew his mind, and I knew his fears, and a ~ ademy in Virginia and then enrolled at ( By Alan Kay) that's the Phil I want to have inside me. I Ohio State University, majoring in journal­ Phil Ochs d ied two weeks ago; he was 35. knew the crazy Phil, the sloppy Phil, the real i -'111. A guitar-playing roommate awakened He hanged l1imself. May 4, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12497 Ochs had, by his own rep01·t. not written a Cubans, and it shows vividly the kind of an important honor and recognition of song in six years. and had been drinking society which Castro seeks to export. It achievement that was recently bestowed heavily. In the '60s, though, his wrltfug had should make sobering reading for those on OUl' COlleague, THOMAS DOWNEY," Of been prolific. Beglnnlng ~~veral years before the appearance of his first album in 1964, he inclined to credit Castro with improving New York's Second Congressional Dis­ produced what Time often characterized as the lives of his countrymen. trict. "protest" or "topical" songs-songs that I ask unanimous consent that the edi­ On Sunday, April 4, TOM DOWNEY was ~poke to the issues that many Americans torial, "Smuggled Letters Tell True Story the recipient of the Myrtle Wreath cru•ed passionately about: Vietnam, Southern of Castro's 'Proletarian Paradise,' " be Award by the Suffolk Region of Hadas­ I'acism, America as cigar-smoking plantation­ printed in the RECORD. The editor of the sah, which has a membership of more owner in Latin America, the peculiar con­ Southwest Virginia Enterprise is my close than 2,500 in 23 chapters in Suffolk venience of liberal politics. Ochs was never a great singer, and a music friend James A. Williams, Jr. County. critic once suggested that his guitar-playing There being no objection, the editorial The Myrtle Wreath citation o.f honor is "would not suffer much were his rlght hand was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, a distinction bestowed on an individual webbed." But he was good, had a sense of as follows: whose outstanding performance has re­ humor. and a way with words. When it SMUGGLED LETTEP.S TELL TRUE STORY OF sulted in distinguished contributions to seemed to many. including the mass media, CASTRO'S "PROLETARIAN PARADrsE" society in his specific field. It is derived that protestors could only be crazies,. imma­ A revealing look at the way of life Fidel from the word, Myrtle, which is the ture students with no morals hell-bent on Castro is trying to export from Cuba to English translation of "Hadassah," and destruction. the voice of Ochs, and of Tom Africa comes in two letters recently smuggled Paxton, Joan Baez, Dylan and few others, represents an everlasting perennial vine out of Cuba. Their recipient, Dr. Herminio indigenous to Israel. stirred the many with a feeling of belonging, Portell-Vila, a noted commentator on Latin and of being a part of a larger, committed American affairs and former professor at the D·oWNEY was cited for his work on the movement. University of Havana, released portions of the House Armed Services Committee and Phil Ochs ran into confusion at the same letters to the press. Dr. Portell now lives in the S.elect Committee on the Aging, in time many young-but-growing-older folks Washington, D. C. particular his concern for the economic did, at the beginning of the '70s. He started A woman in Havana, who is also a wife problems facing senior citizens. In pre­ to take more seriously the Elvis Presley col­ and mother of two, writes the following in a. lage on his wall, and many commentators senting the award, Mrs. Morris M . letter dated February 8: "I got up at 4:45 Mathews, president of the Suffolk Re­ since his death have remembered with some a.m. sharp. It is Sunday, and I hurry up to embarrassment his Carnegie Hall appearance join the queue of the bread. It seems end­ gio~ of Hadassah, said: wearing a gold lame jumpsuit. less, but after six o'clock I finally got half a You are our neighbor, our friend, our Con­ But listening to his records leaves no doubt loaf of bread. . . . . gressman, representative of the Second Dis­ that he was a sincere "radical:' a man with a "The market had received some supplies trict. You are unique in many ways . . . vision of a better world. Like many others, he today. I got six pounds of rice, the ration You are a credlt to Suffollt County as our became increasingly confused, perhaps over­ for the month for the whole family; one cake Congressional Representative. whelmed, by the complexities of making so­ of soap for the bathroom and another one cial change happen in a society which seemed for washing, to last one month; with seven Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to join infinitely capable of absorbing particular ounces of detergent for 30 days, plus four in recognizing the contributions and criticism without allowing the basic system pounds of sugar and one pound of lard. The talents of our colleague, THOl\IAs to be threatened. The consequences for him report is that there will be a further ration­ DOWNEY. we1·e. at first. a sort of losing touch: appe&·­ ing of sugar, and ollly one and one-half ance such as his New Haven show with Jane ounces of coffee every 15 days, and half a Fonda for the Indochina Peace Campaign pound of lard during the same period, begin­ SEWARD SCHOOL OF CHICAGO some four years ago. He appeared, looking ning in March. COMMEMORATES ''LA BATALLA DE much as he always had, and sang the same "Why? Simply because they need to send songs he had sung four years earlier-stin-ing food to the Cubans in Angola, and whatever PUEBLA" HONORING THOSE WHO songs. but songs no longer relevant to the is­ will go to Angola will be less for the people WROTE THE GLORY OF PUEBLA, .sues at hand. here ... Nobody expects anything better. MEXICO Under any circumstances, the suicide of a But there is not a single protest because we 35-year-old man is difficult to accept: At the are under a brutal repression, such a · brutal very least, it would be good to be able to say one that nobody can imagine what it is." HON. JOHN G. FARY that Ochs' death will have served some good A second letter, dated Februa1·y 13 from OF ll.LINOIS in reminding all of us that there have been a worker in Havana, says that "I can tell IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES visions of a better world, visions that many you, positively, that communism has not think are attainable. taken hold of the Cubans of the present gen­ Tuesday, May 4, 1976 The movements of the '60s prepared young eration and that ·they listen to what they Mr. FARY. Mr. Speaker, 114 years ago, Americans not at all for the long haul-and learn at home from their parents and rela­ a brave and valiant Mexican people, not even very well for the simple task of tives. gt•owing up. Many have gt•own frustrated, "These youngsters are forcibly sent to work against overwhelming odds, defeated the despah'ing; some have given up completely and to attend classes in the backwoods French forces of Napoleon m, at the city and died, one way or another. They're gone; sleeping in the 'toba-cco curing houses' or of Puebla and struck a blow for all peo­ they won't be able to do anything any more. the huts, without hygienic facilities, with ples, then and now, fighting for then· Whatever America's goals are to be, Ochs foul food and putrid water. Most become sick. freedom and dignity. On May 5, 1862, leaves us an injunction: we'd better get on It is ~aid that they have been successfully Cinco de Mayo as the revered date is with it, and do it while we're here. indoctrinated, but no matter the propaganda. known in Mexico, a Mexican force of · "They were a~le to compare their suffer­ ings with what they had left at home and 4,000 h'regular troops armed with anti­ CASTRO'S "PROLETARIAN down there· in their hearts they rejected com­ quated weapons, repulsed a well­ PARADISE'' munism. They ret>.lized that they were being equipped and well-proVisioned FreneSan Francisco organization. Joan Elbert, Clergy and Laity Concerned Council of Churches. (an "antiwar" group led by Don Luce, previ­ Sol Landau, filmmaker (Institu t e for Th e publish ed list of sponsors includes: ously a propagandist with the Indochina Re­ Policy Studies associate an d propagandist Senator James Abourezk. source Center}. f or Fidel Castro) . Congressperson Bella Abzug. Abe Feinglass, International Vice-Presi­ Len Lear, president, Philadelphia chapt er, Amherst Action Coalition. dent, Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Amnesty International. Jose A. Alvarez, Puerto Rican Socialist Workmen o:r North America (identified Dr. Paul Lehman, American Committ ee for Party (a self-proclaimed Marxist-Leninist CPUSA member) . the Protection of the Foreign Born (one of revolut ionary party which is controlled by Mon. James B. Flynn, Comm. on Social Jus­ t he CPUSA's oldest fronts. now reduced now t he CUbans and which is associated with the tice, Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco t o mere letterhead sta t us) - FALN t errorists). (NCCSC supporter) . Rev. Art Lloyd, St. Francis Hause, l'vladi­ Chauncey A. Alexander, National Associa­ Stanley Faulkner, World Peace Council (an son, WI. tion of Social Workers. international Soviet-controlled Communist Denise Levertov. poet (an d PCPJ act ivist) . Harry Amana, columnist, Philadelphia front. Faulkner, also a member of the Na­ Walter Lowenfels, poet (and CPUSA mem­ Tribune (and previous sponsor o! Neese tional Lawyers Guild, serves a. large number ber}. activities). o! Soviet international fronts, including the Naomi Marcus, president , WILPF U.S. Sec­ Dr. Herbert Aptheker, Hostos Community International Assocfatfon of Democratic Law­ tion. an organization active with PCPJ and College, CUNY (CPUSA Central Committee yers (IADL) a::1d the International Jurldf­ internationally with the Soviet-controlled member and leading CPUSA theoretician). cial Association. Faulkne:r's rank 1n the Com­ international. front, the Women's Intern a­ Father Henry L. Atkins, Community of the munist movement is indicated by his assign­ tional Democratic Federation (WIDF}. Advent , Episcopal Diocese of Washington, ment to the legal defense of such important Jeanne Martinez, Women Strike for Peace D.C. international Communist figures as. Mexican (an organization active with PCP.T and which Norma. Becker, War Resisters League (a pa.Inte:r and attempted assassln. of Trotsky. works internationally wit h t he Soviet-con­ former "antiwar" leader from New York ac­ David Sequelro~ and currently Chilean Com­ troned Women's International Democratic tive in the CPUSA-dominated People's munist Party leader Luis Corvalan. Federation). Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) ) ~ Lucy Fried, Coalition for Economic SUr­ Eugene McCarthy, President ial Candidate. Jere Behrman, Chairman, Dept. of Eco- vival (a California affiliate of CPUSA's David McReynolds, War Resisters League. nomics, University o! Pennsylva:1ia. NCFID). Rev. Alan McCoy, O.F.M., The Franciscan Paul Bennet1i, M.S.W. Moe Foner, Exec. Secretary. District 1199, Friers of California. Philip Berrigan. Hospital Workers Union (long dominated by Congressperson George Miller. Daniel Berrigan. S..T. the CPUSA). Congressperson Toby Motiett. Kathy Blee, CALA (a Madison, WI, anti­ Jeffrey Fox, Vice President. Local 1600. Charlene Mitchell, co-chairperson, Nation al Chile group) . Lawrence L. GeUer, National Ministries. Alliance Against Racist and Political Repres­ Lisal Blockstein, Bnai Brith, Madison, WI. American Baptist Church. sion (a. CPUSA front; she Is a member of Anne Braden, Southern Institute for Prop­ Eugene D. Genovese. University of Roches­ CPUSA'a Centra.l Committee). aganda & Organizing (and one of CPUSA's ter (a weii-knuwn and publicly admitted Rev. Ralph f.ool'e. CNoam Chomsky, MIT (sponsor of CPUSA's and Laity Concerned. Ramapo College, N.J. National Coalition to Fight Inflation & Rev. Glends B. Hope, San Francisco Young John and Sarah Cunningham. actor and Unemployment). Adult Network. actress (and identitied CPUSA members). Ruth Gage-Colby, Fellowship of Recon­ Russell Johnson, American Friends Serv­ ciliation (and Women's International League ice Committee, Boston. .T. Metz Rollins, Sr. Pastore, St. August ine for Peace and Freedom; PCPJ activist). Clarence Kailin, AFSCME Local 171, :Madi­ Presbyterian Church. Hon. Larry Connolly, State Representative, son, WI (a veteran o:r CPUSA's Abraham James Rowen, Assistant to li.Iayor, li.Iadison, Maine Legislature. Lincoln Brigade and local leader of the Com­ WI (a former SDS activist credited by the Christopher R. Conybeare, Ecumenical mittee for a Democratic Spain, headed by underground press as the key person in orga­ Just ice ProJect (Cleveland; sponsor of Stanley Faulkner). nizing the riots whtch led to the bom.bing CPUSA's National Conference for a Drastic John Kailln, co-editor, Labor Today (the of the Army Mathematics Research Center Cutback in Military Spending in 1975) . monthly publication of CPUSA's trade union by Karl Armstrong and his "New Year's Sylvia Crane, National Committee Against penetration front, Trade Union Action and Gang.' Rowen, exploit ing his family relation­ Repressive Legislation {cit ed as a CPUSA Democracy (TOAD)). ship with. a fol"Iner presidential candidate, front). Prof. Mark Kesselman, Dept. of Polit ical is organizing Cuba visits by American "New AleJtis Colon, President, Student Govern­ Science, Columbia University. Left" activists who have attained elected or ment, Hostos Community College. Susan Kinoy, National Assooiation of So- appointed public office) . May 4, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12501 Patricia Rei!, IHM, Immaculate Heart to vote on the motion to override the Churchill," stella Ruchman, executive Community. President's veto of H.R. 9803, the Child vice president, Thames TeleVision; Norman c. Roth, UAW, Local 6 (long as­ Day Care Centers Act. Had I been pres­ sociated with CPUSA's trade union publica­ "Notorious Woman," producer, Pet.er tion, Labor Today). ent, I would have voted to override the Rogers of BBC; "Why Me?" producer, Kathy Rothschild, National Council of veto. Joe Saltzman; and "Anything You Want American-Soviet Friendship (a cited CPUSA Vlhile H.R. 9803 does not provide the To Be," producer, Susan Wayne. In addi­ front). ultimate answer to the complex problems tion, the 3M Co., and A.T. & T. will be Frank Rosen, International Vice-President, sun-ounding the administration of fed­ receiving the certificate of commenda­ United Electrical, Radio and Machine Work­ erally assisted day care centers, the bill tion for their funding of "Why Me?" ers (long a CPUSA-dominated union). does respond to the immediate emer­ and "Anything You Want To Be," Professor 1\fichael Walt Robin, Cal. State gency in day care funding. respectively. College, Penna. Without prompt passage of H.R. 9803, Earl Robinson, American Guild Authors & American Women in Radio & Tele­ Composers. those day care centers across the coun­ vision, Inc., will continue to bestow Paul Ryder, Campaign for a Democratic try unable to meet new Federal day care certificates of commendation upon pro­ Foreign Policy (formerly the Indochina requirements would be forced to close grams which meet at least five out of Peace Campaign). their doors to the children of the work­ seven specific criteria. The program Ray Santiago, Farm Labor Organizing Com­ ing poor. By approving this legislation must: Deal with an area or issue of con­ mittee. over the President's veto, those of us in cern primarily to women, in dialog, dress Eric W. Schmidt, Committee for a Demo­ the Congress are reasserting our com­ cratic Spain (a National Lawyel'S Guild activ­ and situation; give a new perspective on ist and law partner to Stanley Faulkner who mitment to quality day care. women in this or some other society; participated in the preliminary planning for H.R. 9803, which authorizes $125 mil­ contribute to the future improvement of the disruptions of the Democratic Conven­ lion to assist day care centers, will main­ women-their image, position, welfare tion in 1968. tain current services for some 2 million and aspirations' show women in a true Rev. Gustav H. Schultz, Univ. Lutheran children of working parents. Legislation light; and offer a role-model to which Chapel, Berkeley. to continue quality day care is essen­ other women may aspire. rn addition the Pete Seeger. tial both to working parents and to their program must have been produced with Ruth Seidel, writer. children. But in addition, this legisla­ Dr. Victor Seidel. Committee to Save professional care, attention to detail Chilean Health Workers. tion responds to the desires of the Amer­ and show commitment to technical jeffrey Segal, National lawyers Guild. ican taxpayers who wish to reduce the excellence. Dr. Thomas Skidmore, Dept. of History, number of individuals on the welfare American Women in Radio & Tele­ Univ. of Wisconsin. rolls. By enabling parents to have quality vision, Inc., is a national, nonprofit or­ Mark Sheldon, United Methodist Office for day care at a. price they can afforcL we ganization of over 2,500 women profes­ the United Nations. are encouraging people to work, while Hon_ Paul Soglin, Mayor-of Madison,_ WI. sionally employed as broadcasters, saving countless tax dollars not only in managers, executives, administrators, Dorothy R. Steffens, Executive Director, welfare costs, but in related services for U.S. Section, WILPF. account executives, or in a creative James Steele, chairperson, YWIL (the which welfare recipients are eligible. capacity in radio, television, broadcast CPU SA's official youth ann) . Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that advertising, or closely allied fields. Their Doris Streiter, Village Trustee, Maywood, my House colleagues, by a vote of 301 board of directors has chosen the above IL. to 101, successfully overrode the veto programs as recipients of the award upon Helen L. Sobel. of H.R. 9803. Hopefully, when the Sen­ recommendation from members of the Morton Sobel (convicted atom spy and ate considers this legislation tomorrow, broadcast industry and public. CPUSA member) . they will join the House in overwhelming Mark Solomon, executive board, Citizens In instituting the certificate of com­ for Participation in Political Action. approval of this measure. mendation program, A \VRT Inc. wishes Rev. Myron Talcott, University United to encourage increased efforts by the Methodist Church. Madison. broadcast industry to improve and en­ Frank F. Teruggi, Chicago Typographical hance the image of women as portrayed Union, Local 16. AWARDS FOR NONSEXIST to their broadcast audience. The awards Esteban Torres, International Department, TELEVISION PROGRAMS UAW. program is significant because the elec­ Dr. Richard S. Treptow, Chicago State tronic media industry has only recently Wniversity. begun to recognize thd>t stereotyped por­ Rev. Verne Vicisk, Madison Campus Minis­ HON. BELLA S. ABZUG trayals of women are dishonest~ a"ld dis­ tries. OF NEW YORK tortions of the true diversity and value John Van Eyck, Mid-West Regional Direc­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of women's contribution to society. Fu­ tor, Actors Equity Ass'n, AFL-CIO. Tuesday. May 4, 1976 ture award plans include recognition of Robert Weidenbaum, Alderperson, Madi­ commercials, films, and regional pro­ son, WI. Ms. ABZUG. Mr. Speaker, I would like graming. I hope that in the future, many Alexander Wilde, Dept. of Political Science, Univ. of Wisconsin. to call attention to the certificates of more programs will qualify for this Hon. Wanen Widner, Mayor, City of Berke­ commendation issued by American award. ley. Women in Radio & Television­ Michael Wilkins, M.D. AWRT-Inc. to television productions Helen Winter, Communist Party, U.S.A. which enhance the image of women, and THE 99TH ANNIVERSARY OF NEZ (Central Committee, International Affairs contribute to their education, represen­ PERCE INDIAN RETREAT Secretary) . tation and professionalism. The certifi­ Ruth Wilson, Social Service Workers for cates will be awarded the producer, Chilean Freedom. to Bernard J. Woolls, Fur-Leather Joint network,. and funding sponsor of the HON. JOHN MELCHER programs at A WRT's Silver Anniversary Board, AFL-CIO. OF MONTANA Convention on May 6 in Philadelphia. Michael D. Yates, Univ. of Pittsburgh. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Maurice Zeitlin, Dept. of Sociology, Univ. Some of the programs which will be of Wisconsin. receiving certificates in next week's ini­ Tuesday, May 4, 1976 tial presentation include: "Babe," co­ Mr. MELCHER. Mr. Speaker, this year PERSONAL EXPLANATION producers Norman Felton and Stanley many people in the States of Montana, Rubin, CBS; three ABC programs, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, and "Eleanor and Franklin," David Susskind, Idaho will be observing the 99th anni­ HON. H. JOHN HEINZ III producer; "ABC News Closeup on VJ'om­ versary of one of the most masterly mili­ OP PENNSYLVANIA en's Health: A Question of Survival," tary achievements in the annals of our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES prr> submit· to the most cycle"s expansion-contraction motion. The debasing and detestable tyranny; whereby, ' I · consider it ·unwise, unethical, unfair . black. comm.uni ty, thus becomes the victim we are obliged, by necessity, and it becomes. of the roller coaster I:ide through ·alter~ating ·;and unjustifiable: It will do f01~ free . our highest duty, to ture every means, with periods o! recession; infl.ation, and rapid elections what·other laws have done·for which God and ·nature have

plied to controlling these cycles. Those meth­ King envision~ the solution as full employ­ as prompMy as possible, -but within not more ods frequently based upon faulty economic ment. The Hawkins-Humphrey Bill is as than four years after the date of the enact­ logic often lead to high rates of unemploy­ much a. fullfillment of Dr. King's concern for ment of this bill. Improvements beyond that tnent. the welfare of the poor as it is a realization level will be pursued as long as there are BLACK JOBLESSNESS of the promise of the original Employment individuals who desire work, but have been Although the nation's economy shows Act of 1946 and the Equal Employment Op­ unable to find employment. gradual signs of improvement, the economic portunities title of the 1964 Civil Right.s Act. Towards this end the President is required picture in the black community continues to The only true means of attaining equal to detel"mine the extent to which fiscal pol­ remain bleak. Nationally, joblessness has de­ opportunities in this land is to assure an icy can be relied upon to achieve the previ­ clined from an official high of 8.9 percent in individual's right to employment. For equal ously established economic goals and prior­ May of last year to 7.5 percent in March o! opportunity was not intended to be con­ ities. This should include policies for energy, this year, according to Bm·ea.u of Labor Sta­ strued as an equal opportunity to be poor transportation, food, small business, environ­ tistics (BLS) figures. But unemployment in or unemployed but an equal opportunity to mentfl-1 improvement, health care, educa­ the black community continued its rise until share in the nation's vast wealth. Oddly tion, day care, housing and other vital areas. Mru·ch when the official . estimates placed enough, this view parallels that expressed by The Presidential findings would be submit­ black unemployment at 12.5 percent, a 1.21 Laurence R.ockefeller, who, in 1973, in a book ted to the Congress on an annual basis and percent reduction over the previous month. titled the Second. American Revolution, urged would include his proposals for comprehen­ Nonetheless, this leaves some 1.3 million a "humanistic capitalism" under which sive anti-inflationary methods for increasing black workers without jobs, according to the "there is full opportunity for every member productivity and purchasing power. conservative estimates. (of society) to contribute to the society and A 12-person Advisory Committee on Full Regardless of the figt.U'es, black joblessness feel wanted and needed in t•eturn." Employment and Balanced Growth would as­ remains at astonishingly high levels. Con­ An attempt at making American capital­ sist the Council of Economic Advisors in sider the fact that unemployment in the ism more humanistic began after the con­ helping to establish the targets for full em­ black community has not been below 6 per­ clusion of World War rr. Toward the end of ployment, production, and purchasing power, cent since 1954, and with the exception of the war many began to fear that the end of and the President's proposal to the Congress the two-year period, 1968-1969, black unem­ the war would plunge the nation's economy for policies and programs to meet those goals. back into the depression which characterized ployment has remained above the 7 percent The bill mandates a Congressional t•eview rate. This is the official Bureau of Labor the pre-war economic situation. It was the contention of various liberals of the President's annual full employment Statistics count for the last 22 years. Work proposal. Each year the Congress is to con­ experience of all earners in black families that the capitalist economy could be saved by economic and social polltics to provide a sider and vote on a Concul'l'ent Resolution has also been on a steady decline. Male approving, modifying or disapproving the heads of families with work experience the more equitable distribution of income. De­ veloped from this concern was the ortglnal President's plan. Additionally, the bill calls previous year dropped from 87 percent to for the establishment of a Division of Full 83 percent between 1969-1973; for black Full Employment Bill. Although supported and encouraged by President Fra.nklln D. Employment and Balanced Growth in the female heads of households the reduction Congressional Budget Office. was from 61 percent to 55 percent. Roosevelt and later by President Harry s. Truman, the bill encountered stiff opposition With regards to monetary policies, H.R. 50 MEN, WOMEN, TEENAGERS from representatives of some sectors of big requh·es the Federal Reserve Board, the Na­ Adult black men were and continue to bustness. The two opposing forces reached a tion's central bank, to submit its own plan be the most likely to be laid off their jobs compromise in the form of the Employment to achieve the President's proposed goals during a recesslonary period. The lnabiUty to Act of 1946. The commitment to full employ­ through moneta1·y policy. establish seniority because of traditional dis­ ment was thus changed from a full employ­ In recognition of the economic problems criminatory practices leaves the black male ment focus, to one which emphasized a pro­ which face state and local governments, the in the perennial last hired-first fired vision of "maximum employment opportuni­ bill requires the development of policies that category. · ties for those able, wtlllng, and seeking to facllltate harmonious economic action be­ While adult black men were most likely work." tween the federal government, regions, states, to be laid off their jobs during the recession, The new Full Employment and Balanced localities, and the private sector. Further adult black women were most apt to drop­ Growth Act seeks to fulfill the promise of the consideration is given to a countercyclical out or stay out of the labor force all tOgether. original Employment Act of 1946. Several grant program to stabllize state and local The rate of unemployment for black female considerations emphasized the need for the budgets during periods of recession and high heads of households exceeded that of black new bill. First, in 1973 many people began unemployment; ~eluding employment poli­ male heads of households, by 10.9 perC?ent to feel that a new lawfully enacted mandate cies to reduce chronic unemployment and to 9.6 percent. Simply put, this means that was needed to strengthen and improve the under utlllzatlon of resources in depressed black women who serve as their famUy's 1946 legislation. Second, those of us ln the regions of the country and inner city areas. primary source of income suffer from the Congressional Black Caucus began to voice Provisions for the extension of credit to areas greatest level of joblessness of any primary concerns about the nation's ablltty to ellm­ of high unemployment are also contained in breadwinner, black or white. lnate racial discrlmlnation in the provision the bill to fac111tate aid to depressed regions. of equal employment opportunities. Third, The teenage unemployment rate is tradi­ The full employment bill requires the de­ tionally the highest of any category, and as many in Congress felt that action had to be taken to overcome administration policies velopment of comprehensive youth employ­ expected it soared during the reoesston: again ment programs, integrating, improving and black youths shouldered a disproportionate which subscribe to the Phllllps Curve concept of the employment-inflation tradeoff. Thls expanding exfstlng youth employment share of that burden. In March, while the programs. national rate of teeenage unemployment was was reflected in administration and federal 19:1 percent, black teenage unemployment Reserve Board policies which sought to re­ The full employment bill also authorizes amounted ·to 35.9 percent according to of­ duce inflation by increasing unemployment. the President to provide job opportunities ficial BLS estimates. In effect, massive num­ The result of these concerns is the Haw­ through a Full Employment Office and reser­ bers of young people, both black and white, kins-Humphrey Full Employment and Bal• voirs o! state, local and private non-profit are being denied the opportunity to become anced Growth Act of 1976. employment projects. wage earners in a society which considers PROVISIONS STATUS employment a fundamental aspect of . The Hawkins-Humphrey Bill is designed to In general the bill extends and amplifies citizenship. · · provide the basis for fair, · stable, and tong­ the economic planning, policies, and machin­ Clearly the black community bears ~ dis­ term growth for American business and the ery established by the Employment Act of proportionate burden as a result of the nation!l.l economy. In addition' it creates a · 1946. It has most recently been approved by economic recessive cycle in the form of unem­ permanent framework within which the the Equal Opportunities Subcommittee of ployment, diminished purchasing power and President, the Federal Reserve Boat·d and the the Ed~cation and Labor Committee in the the negative spin-otfs resulting· from an Congress are directed to develop the macro­ ~ouse and is now under consideration by the economically depressed condition. For while economic goals apd policies necessary to pro­ Subcommittee on Manpower, Compensation black workers constitute 12 percent of the vide productive·· employment for all adult and Health and Safety, where it is expected labor force they account for over 30, per­ Americans in 'both the short and long run. to be approved for the full committee shortly~ cent of the ~?-umber of lab~r· force dropouts. The Full Employment and Balanced . The prospects for passage of tile Full Eq:i­ HUMANISTIC Ct\f'ITALISM; G:rowih Act establishes the right of all adult ployment and Balanced. Qrowth Act are e.x­ Americans able,· willing, and seeking to work tremely. bright. But total success will not be . The,. economic pltght of ·the poor was to opportu:z;rltles for useful paid employm.ent attained until the Full EmploY,ment and. Ba.l- . viewed by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King at faii' w~ges. This: in effect, describes and de­ anced Growth Act receives massive publi.c as being the result of alack of-the productive fines full emplbynlent as a. situation under support.. For legislation of this magnitude.. means to income. As he explained it: what whlc~ t~ere are · employment opportunities require$ the inspired concern of the Ameri­ was the use ot being abl~ to sit at a desegre- for all Americans .who can and will work. A can P~.'?P,le whose consciousness is frequen~ly gat.ed lunch counter if you didn't have· the short-tei•.t,n employment goal is estab~shed at enligl1te:ried QY the black community ana Us ptrrchaslng power to pay. fqr·· the· ~tttich? · ~: ·. 3 p~rcen~ a~i'tlt t!i'l'employment to bE! attained leadei·s: · ' . · . May 4, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12505 M:ONTHLY LlST OF GAO REPORTS Review of Studies ·on Academy Attrition Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri. and Relate Issues. FPOD-'-76-12B. FPCD-75-135. Characteristics of · Academy · Students. Department of Defenge policies on "moon­ HON. JACK BROOKS ·. FPCD-76-12C. lighting" by military personnel. FPCD-75- OF TEXAS . Improving the· Effectiveness and Efficiency 136. of Recruiting. FPCD-75-169. How many Federal Energy Administration IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Advertising for Military Recruiting: How employees at·e involved in providing informa­ Tuesday, May 4, 1976 Effective Is It? FPCD-76-168. tion to the press and the public? OSP-75-10. A Contributory Retirement System for Why the Depart ment of Defense chose to Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, the Military Personnel. FPCD-76-43. buy "choice" instead of "good" quality beef monthly list of GAO reports includes Defense Supply Agency Could Reduce War to feed the troops. LCD-75-428. summaries of reports which were pre­ Reserve Requirements for Medical Items. How much did it cost the Air Force to pro­ pared by the staff of the General Ac­ LCD-76-405. duce and distribute the pamphlet "Hints counting Office. The April 1976 list in­ Selection of a Machine Gun for Armored from Heloise" ? LCD-75-425. cludes: Vehicles. PSAD-76-112. Management of the manganese ore stock­ Increased Disposal Costs Due to Unneces­ pile at Deming, New Mexico. LCD-75-349. Agriculture's Implementation of GAO's Expenditures for consulting services under Wheat Export Subsidy Recommendations and sary Demilitarization. LCD-76-218. Second GAO Report on Need for Better two federally funded education programs in Related Matte-rs. ID-76-39. Massachusetts. MWD-75-77. Grain Reserves: A Potential U.S. Food Pol­ Control over Government-Furnished Material Provided to Defense Overhaul and Repair Army's decision to stop producing MK 43 icy Tool. OSD-76-16. rocket grain at the Badger Army Ammuni­ Processing Applications for Food Stamps: Contractors. PSAD-76-78. Use of Dogs in Experiments at Edgewood tion Plant, Baraboo, Wisconsin. LCD-75-449. How Long Does it Take? Red-76-74. Was the audit of t he Illinois Trauma Pro­ Opportunities for Improving the Effective­ Arsenal, Maryland. PSAD-76-80. Improvements Needed in the Navy's Fleet gram by Department of Health, Education, ness of Rapid Transit Grants. RED-76-75. and Welfare auditors adequate? MWD-75-86. The Small Business Administration's Local Modernization Program. LCD-76-406. Use and Future Availability of Excess De­ U.S. Postal Sel'Vice's practice of providing Development Company Loans Are Making centralized mail recept acles free of charge to Capital Available-But Other Aims Are Often fense Articles in the Military Assistance Pro­ gram. ID-76-8. housing developers. GGD-75-92. Subverted. GGD-76-7. Allegations of mismanagement of Federal Potential for Using Electric Vehicles on Examination of the Announced Closure of Frankford Arsenal. LCD-76-305. funds at the Community Healt h Center, Federal Installations. LCD-76-206. Baldwin, Michigan. 1\:IWD-75-89. Planning, Controlling, and Propriety of A-10 Close Air Support. PSAD-76-87. Navy Sea Control Mission. PSAD-76-67. Problems in the Boston office of the Equal Training in Region Vlll. FPCD-76-31. · Employment Opportunity Commission . ·A Summary of Observations on Postal Serv­ SSN-688 Attack Submarine. PSAD-76-120. Stronger Federal Assistance to States MWD-75-102. ice Operations from July 1971 to January How much did it cost the Federal Govern­ 1976. GGD-76-61. Needed for Radiation Emergency Response . Large Contract for Purchase of Letter Sort­ Planning. RED-76-73. ment to vacate former President Nixon's resi­ ing Machines by U.S. Postal Service. GGD- Comments on the Administration's Pro­ dence at Key Biscayne, Florida? LCD-75-354. 75-100. posed Synthetic Fuels Commercialization Subcontract award for procurement of Opportunities for Reducing Office Copier Program. RED-76-82. anticollision (strobe) lights for retrofit of t he Costs in Multi-Agency Federal Buildings. Bellefonte Nuclear Plant. PSAD-76-86. Navy P-3 aircraft was made properly. PSAD- LCD-76-109. Review of Appalachian Regional Commis­ 76-3. sion's Contract With West Virginia's Rehabil­ Problems of Automated Functions Inc in Imp1:ovements Needed in Accounting Sys­ obtaining contracts with NASA, t he ·Air tems and Suggestions for Their Accomnlish- itation Environmental Action Program. ment. FGMSD-76-42. • GGD-75-59. Force, a-nd the Navy. PSAD-76-1. How the District of Columbia Might Bet­ Educational Assistance Overpayments A Allegations concerning a construction ter Manage Its Tax Compliance Program. Billion Dollar Problem-A Look at the grant to Southwest Educational Development GGD-76-46. Causes, Solutions, and Collection Efforts. Laboratory. MWD-76-10. ACTION's Progress Toward Meeting the MWD-76-109. Answers to questions about the Army's Goals of Its Establishment. MWD-76-4. July 1974 reduction-in-force at Picatinny How Federal Programs Affect Migrant and Additionally, letter reports are sum­ Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey. FPCD-76-11. Seasonal Farmworkers in the Connecticut marized including: Methods used by the Internal Revenue River Valley. MWD-76-65. Status of impounded budget authority for Service to obtain teleprocessing services from Improper Procurement Practices Used in 18 proposed rescissions. ACG-76-19. the Control Data Corporation. LCD-76-106. Leasing Office Space in Hammond, Louisiana. Confirmation of release of $127.1 million Procurement of aircraft wheels and bra.kes LCD--75-345. of impounded budget authority required to by the Air Force. PSAD-76-18. The National Aeronautical Facilities Pro­ be released. ACG-76-20. Corps of Engineers procedures for accept~ gram: Issues Related to Its Cost and Need. ·Observations on administration of the ing locksets for construction projects. LCD- LCD-75-329. Denver Veterans Administration Hospital. 76-318. . Use of Cancer-Causing Drugs in Food-Pro­ MWD-76-104. GAO supports Army's decision to curtail ducing Animals May Pose Public Health Haz­ Problems in developing, implementing, and the special weapons mission at the Savanna ard: The Case of Nitrofurans. MWD-76-85. enforcing the Federal Energy Administra­ Army Depot, Illinois. LCD-76-410. tion's regulation of the price of natural gas Congressional cuts in the number of re­ More effective Action Needed to Control quired recurring executive branch reports to AI~'!JSe and Diversion in Methadone Treat­ liquids, such as propane, butane, and natural the Congress will save the Government $205,- me~t Programs. GGD-76-51. gasoline. OSP-76-15. GAO comments on the proposed modified 000. OSP-76-7. Recalls of Large Volume Parenterals Navy and contractor estimates of the costs ( L~quid Drugs Administered Intravenously contr~ct for the Clinch River Breeder Reac­ tor demonstration project. RED-76-96. of the Navy Air Combat Fighter (F-18) pro­ or by Other Non-Oral Means). MWD-76-67. gram. PSAD-76-53. Comprehensive Cancer Centers: Their Lo­ How the General Services Administration How Federal highway funds are spent in cations and Role in Demonstration. MWD- can. improve telephone directory and operator 76-98. . assistance information for Federal agencies West Virginia. RED-76-53. GAO evaluation of the DOD-Maritime Ad­ Confiicts Between State Health In'stirance in ·the Washington, D.C. ·area. LCD-76-111. How the manufacturer requirement of the m.inistration study, "adequacy of the U.S. Requirements and Contracts of the Federal Shipbuilding Industry as a Mobilization Employees Health Benefits Carriers. MWD- Walsh-Healey Act was being applied to small 76-49. business firms bidding on Defense contracts. Base." PSAD-76-58. PSAD-76-88. How: the Environmental Protection Agency Examination of Financial Statements of administered a contract with Lear Motors the Overseas Private Investment Corporation How the General Services Administration le_ased the Palomar Financial Building in San Corporation for development of a water­ Flscal year 1975 and 1974. ID-76-49. based working fiuid t urbine automobile en­ · Tiessons in ~anagement: Problenis in D1ego for the Veterans Administration re­ gine. RED-76- 51. Pet roleum Procurement and· Distrlbution in gional office and outpatient clinic. LCD-76- Department of plans to Southeast Asia. LCD-76~125. 326. Com~erce ~~ve Management Study of the u.s. Interna­ . GAO comments on the Air Force's justifica­ the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad­ iional Trade Commission. GGD-75-89. · twn of manpower requirements at aerial ministration's National Weather Service U.S. Agreements with the Republic of. ports. LCD-76-217. Technical Training Center from Kansas City, Korea-.· ID-76-20. · · · Depreciation charged· to Government work Missouri, to Seattle, Washington. GGD-76-28. ·sttrd_ent . Attriti6n at the Fi\•e' Federal by m.ajor Defense contract-ors. PSAD-7~5. Procedures used by the General Services Administration in awarding a · contract · for · Serv'i'ce· Aca:demies. FPCD-7()..:..1'2: =· Methods of allocating costs between Holy · · ·> Trinity Hospital in Minnesota and its board protective services at· the Internal ·Re'Venue·· .Enclos~!es: and care facility for Medicare rein1.bursement Service's Brookhaven Center. B-180481. · .. ·· . 'Te-chnical Report on S~rvey of Factors: Re~ purposes. MWD-75-56. Information on the Air Force's Advanced: lated to Attrition. FPCD-12A. Investigation of wasteful expenditures at Logistics System. B-163074. 12~GG EXTENSIONS: OF REMARKS , May 4, 1976

Information on U.S. automotive trade ,..,.ith Retroacti,ve . Tem.porary Promotion. B- of world peace and-freedom. My efforts Canada for fiscal year 19'il."B-178239. 183~60. my The Department of Defense should eval:. Reimbrusement of Entire Broker's Fee. B- on behalf of the Jewish people in uate the desirability and need for Depart­ 181743. constituency, and on behalf of world ment-wide criteria and gu1dance concerning Indian Self-Determination Law Provides peace are an everyday part of my life. switchboard operators' duties and stamng at Independent Contracting Authority. B- There are many threats to the way of administrativa switchboards. LCD-76-118. 184427. life we have chosen and many perils fac­ Value of recreational activities provided Absence of Contract Disputes Process No ing us in the future. military personnel in Hawaii should be Bar to Set -Off. B-161283. Mr. Speaker, you may recall that just treated as compensation in evaluating mili­ Agency Decision to Waive Regulations 4 days before the U.N. pa1·tition I·esolu­ tary pay. FPCD-76-29. Must Be Communicated to All Offerors. B- How to improve Department of Labor's 184495. tion establishing the State of Israel in Contractor-held Property Management Sys­ 1947, Jamal Husseini, spokesman for the tem. FGMSD-76-39. If you need further information re­ Palestine Arab Higher Committee said: · Legislation needed to eliminate 6-month garding these or other decisions, please The partition line proposed shall be limitation on stays of veterans with non­ call (202) 275-5028 or write to the Gen­ not hing but a line of fire and blood. service-connected disabilities in community eral Counsel, U.S. General Accounting nursing homes. MWD-76-97. Office, Washington, D.C. 20548. Throughout the past 28 years the The Department of Housing and Urban Arabs have used war, terrorism, propa­ Development needs to make sure that com­ ganda, and economic blackmail to attack munity block grant funds for :rehabilitation Israel and isolate it qiplomatically. of housing are used primarily to help persons ISRAEL'S 28TH BIRTHDAY They have had, and continue to have, with low or moderate incomes. RED-76-77. financial and military support from the Audit of the Library of Congress' Disbura­ ing omcer·s account. GGD-76-62. Soviet Union. In addition, they have oil, How the Bureau of Indian Affairs can im­ HON. J. HERBERT BURKE and they threaten to cut off fuel to na­ prove Its accounting system. FGMSD-76-15. OF FLORIDA tions of the world which do not cooperate in a.11 anti-Israel policy. ACTION needs to strengthen management IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES control over pel'sonal services contract Since 1967, some 40 nations have awarded by Peace Corps country directors Tuesday, May 4, 1976 broken formal diplomatic relations with and Its financial disclosure system. PSAD-- Mr. BURKE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, Israel. Criticism of Israel in international 76-99. forums like the United Nations is rabid GAO suggestions for improving manage­ today is the 28th anniversary of the ment of t!le Export-Import Bank of the birth of modern Israel For more than a and outrageous. United States. ID-76-50. quarter of a century, Israel has exempli­ Lebanon has tom itself apart L'1 civil The General Services Administration fied the enduring spirit of the Jewish war. Israel had to watch as scarcely dis­ coud save $100,000 annually by consolidat­ people and their ability to translate their guised troops 9f the Russian-backed ing two motor pools in the Kansas City area. religious and cultural heritage into prac­ Syrian Government intervened to deter­ LCD-76-222. cal achievements. In the face of the con­ mine the results of the :fighting. The Problems in use of Federal funds by the American Mediterranean fieet was faced New Mexico State Department of Education. stant opposition of their Arab neigbbors l\iWD--76-103. and the obstacles of a harsh climate, the with a superior Russian naval force. Use of a mark-sensed application form Israelis have never turned from their It is a little more than a year since could save time and money in processing ap­ goal They have fully realized the pmph­ the United States witnessed the end of plications for Basic Educational Opportunity ecy that the desert shall blossom as the our ~nvolvement in Southeast Asia, and Grants. MWD-76-110. rose. admittedly we lost much face in the The industrial fund accounting system for The anniversary of the birth of Israel world, and ow· enemies have made g1·eat Navy Public Works Centers is belng operated strides. But we must remain committed in accordance with the system design a.p­ should remmd Americans of the achieve­ prond by the Comptroller General. FGMSD- ments of this Nation. Along with Turkey, to Israel's futm·e. The message of Prime 76-52. Israel is one of two existing democracies Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the occasion How to increase the effectiveness of the in the Middle East, and the only one of Israel's 28th independence celebration Sealift Readiness Program. LCD--76-220. which has achieved a high standard of was sent to me. I had the pleasure of Potential benefits if the Department of living. Too rarely do we think how tm­ meeting with Pl"ime Minister Rabin on Defense consolidates depot maintenance of usual this achievement is. The fact is a number of occasions~ I had this pleas­ small arms. LCD-76-426. that of 160 independent nations in the ure on two occasions this year-first in The Monthly List of GAO Reports and world today, only 57 are really function­ Israel and second during his state visit or copies of the full texts are available ing democracies. to the United States. I am pleased to from the U.S. General"Accounting Office, Israel's democracy is a democracy for share with you today, his remarks on this room 4522, 441 G Street NW., Wasbing­ all its citizens, not just the Jewish peo­ occasion: ton, D.C. 205:1:8. Phone <202) 275-6241. ple, but for Christians, Muslims, and THE PRIORITIES OF OUR Tll\IES SUilllllal·ies of significant legal deci­ Druzes as well. Israel's commitment to (By Yitzhak Rabin) sions and advisory opinions of the Comp­ democracy is alive even in the occupied From Jerusalem, the eternal capital o! troller Geaeral issued in March 1976 are territories under its control. Only last Israel, I extend my greeting on the occasion also available as follows: week, elections were held in the West of Yom Ha'atzmaut, the twenty-eighth year Annuity for Widow of Military Office. B- Bank territory. These elections were the of independence of Isra-el. 1Sa848. freest in the Arab world, and allowed With each passing year, the significance Overobligation of Army Procurement Ap­ Jordanian women to vote for the :first of this day assumes in the Jewish world a propirations. B-132900. time. gre&.ter clarity and a more profound depth. Naval Officers Entitled to Compute Retire­ I have always been a. staunch support­ It beckons attention both as an anniversary ment Based on Special Pay. B-184:382. er of Israel. Although the people of Israel of freedom and as a new spiritual threshold Validity of Oral Government Sales Con­ in the life of the Jewish nation. Each new tract. B-185177. and the United States have always assault upon the integrity, unity and inter­ Repaying Expenses for Temporary Quar­ worked for world peace, the history of dependence of the .Jewish peoplehood serves ters for Immediate Family. B-18572'7. both nations have been ones of conflict to strengthen the unique quality of Yom Award Without Discussions Is Justified. for survivaL Regrettably, this seems un­ Ha'atzmaut as a symbol of our impregna­ B-183830. likely to change in the future. It is our bility in history. Separate Justification for Award Not Re- duty to work for peace, but it is also our The Independence Day of Israel marks the· quired. B-184835. duty to be prepared for war. In 1969, I end of one chapter in Jewish history and Official Tune "for Union Representational received the Distinguished Service Award the beginning of a new. It draws a line be­ Duties. B-156287. from the Zionist Organization of Amer­ tween past survival by chance and 1"uture· · Travel for Dependents of. Employees As­ existence by self-will, of being helplessly signed to Remote Areas. B-184:729. ica for my service to Israel. In 1975, I controlled by events and of controlling events Lodging with Friends or R-elatives While on received an honorary degree of doctor by our own choice, means and purpose. This Temporary DutT. B-:-183818. of laws from Hangyang University in is what we celebrate when we commemorate o.ertime Pay for Employee on MiUta.ry 01' Seoul, Korea, in recognition for my the rebirth of the Jewish State 28 years ago. Court Leave. B-1~9835 .. lifelong devotion to the advancement It is a celebration of the victory of the Jew- · · 111ay 4, 19·76 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12507 ish spirit over every suppressor and despot, commitment we shall, with God's help, ac­ Elimination of the census questions past and present. It is a Jewish festival of complish the tasks we began together 28 would be a significant reduCtion. Thus, freedom as lasting and as indestructable as years ago. next year the 1040 and 1040A forms will the values, the faith and the heritage which Chag Sameach! include no census questions. inspired it. Both the m8 and the Papel'WOrk Com­ As we enter into our 29th year of liberty, Israel remembers its sons and daughters who mission are setting the streemlining and sacrificed all so that we might celebrate this THE TAX FORM BURDEN: 84 Mll.a­ clarification of tax forms as a priority day-those who fell in the struggle for our LION TAXPAYERS AWAIT RELIEF for 1976. The ms is holding bearings to freedom and in the subsequent battles to that effect on May 30. protect it. Their legacy is precious and it The IRS feels limited, according to imposes upon us the common obligation to HON. ROBERT W. KASTEN, JR. Commissioner Alexander. They can only build a better, a more beautiful and a strong­ make the return forms as simple and er Israel. To do so we must address ourselves OF WISCONSIN logical as the tax laws written in the In­ to five major challenges, each of which is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES formidable in itself, and together hold the ternal Revenue Code of 1954 and its sub­ key to our collective welfare. They are: Tuesday, May 4, 1976 sequent amendments. One, The Search for Peace: This, as al­ Mr. KASTEN. Mr. Speaker, a total of The Internal Revenue Code has not be­ ways, represents the supreme priority of our 84 million Americans complete either the come simpler over the years. On the con­ policies. As a Jewish State, it is the essence 1040 or 1040A tax form each year. Three trary, it has doubled in size since 1950. of our :Qeritage. million corporations submit income tax Congress has added, and continues to Two, The Strengthening of Our Defensive add, numerous qualifications to the tax Capacity: So long as the basic attitude of forms each year. These taxpayers can our neighbors remains one of hostility and attest to the ordeal involved in complet­ code. rejection, we have no choice but to continue ing those forms. This makes the job of collecting taxes to invest heavily in our self-defense. The cost Most Americans pay their taxes will­ that much more confusing. There will be is heavy and the sacrifice is great, but it is ingly. But the process of determining a "garden tool credit" on this year's 1040 crucial as a deterrent to war, as the means to form, the result of an obscure congres­ successfully protect ourselves if again at­ what taxes they owe becomes increasing­ ly complicated each year. Taxpayers are sional amendment to the tax code. The tacked, and as an instrument to encourage numerous deductions and so-called the peace process itself. bombarded with complex forms phrased Three, The Further Consolidation of Our in obscure language. This tax labyrinth "loopholes" in the tax code necessitate Economic Infrastructure: An essential com­ has prompted 43 percent of American careful scrutiny in computing tax liabil­ ponent of Israel's strength is its economic taxpayers to seek professional assistance ity. This is the reason tha-t almost half development which must continue to expand. in preparing their return each year. the taxpayers in this country are unable, This requires of us to work even harder, ex­ House Concurrent Resolution 270, leg­ or feel unable, to complete theu· own re­ port more and consume less. It requires of turn. the free Jewish world to invest in Israel in islation I introduced last year, calls for an end to the growing complexity that Despite attempts to simplify the 1040 an unprecedented fashion and share, there­ and 1040A forms for 1975, 11 lines were by, in its upbuilding. plagues taxpayers. The greatest inequity Four, The Closing of the Social Gap: we have in the tax system is the com­ added and only three of the original lines Twenty-eight years after our independence plexity of the system itself. The resolu­ were deleted. we are still engaged in the great human ef­ tion urged the ms to simplify the myriad The IRS sees the failure of reforming fort to give all our citizens equality of op­ of hard-to-follow instructions and rid the tax law as the main obstacle prevent­ portunity through better education, better ing reduction of tax paperwork. Provi­ skills, better housing and a better quality of the tax forms of needless complexity. It suggests that State and local gov­ sions such as income averaging are com­ life. Here, too, Israel continues to look to plex and require simplifying legislation. the generosity of the free Jewish world to ernments pattern their forms after the give of its best in helping to create with us Federal forms to eliminate duplication of Noted Commissioner Alexander: the instruments to meet· the human needs effort involved in working three totally You can't take a complex statute and make of our society. different forms. And finally it w·ges Con­ it simple on a tax form. And five, The Further Strengthening of gress to simplify the language of the In­ sees the Bond Between the Jewish State and the However, he some of the tax re­ Jewish People: Herein lies the real strength ternal Revenue Code so that it would be form bill proposals of 1975 as positive of Israel and of our people everywhere. Israel easily understandable to the average steps toward simplification. is the child of us all. Our future, like our citizen. An innovative proposal favored by past, is one. It must be forged ever stronger I am pleased that action is now being Treasury Secretary Simon goes much and ever deeper through a new priority for taken jointly by the Commission on Fed­ farther. He called for a broadening of the Jewish education. It has to express itself eral Paperwork and the Internal Revenue tax base and elimination of deductions through a new commitment to aliyah. And Service to simplify Federal tax forms. and exemptions. According to Secretary it must be reflected in closer ties of intimacy through volunteer efforts in Israel, visits to The Commission held hearings on the Simon, we could then afford to greatly Israel in unprecedented numbers, the shar­ t.ax forms on April 29. The principal wit­ reduce taxes for everyone. With this sys­ ing of material means, public solidarity and ness was Donald Alexander, Commission­ tem, the income tax form might be the an ever meaningful dialogue of thinking. er of the ms and himself a member of size of a computer card. Commissioner These, I believe, to be the Jewish priorities the Paperwork Commission. Alexander also favors Secretary Simon's of our times. They relate to the welfare of Mr. Alexander personally committed plan, but this plan must be considered us all and not least to our brethren in coun­ himself and the ms to the goals of sim­ carefully before we alter our tax system tries where freedom is denied them-the pli:fication and coordination of tax form so severely. remnants of communities in Arab countries paperwork. He stated that the paperwork It would require no radical change to where they are held hostage, and the great Jewish community of the Soviet Union. Is­ generated by the tax collection process clarify our tax code. Congress must com­ rael, together with Jews in the free world was the most burdensome faced by Amer­ mit itself to simplification of the code in everywhere, will not rest until they are icans. There was no argument between both form and content. The IRS must granted their elementary right to live a full the Commission and Mr. Alexander as take that code and produce a clear and .Jewish life and to join us, without intimida­ they discussed their common goal-light­ concise return form, as the Commis­ tion and harassment. ening the paperwork burden of the aver­ sioner has publicly committed himself Let, then, this Yom Ha'atzmaut serve as age taxpayer. and his agency to doing. a day of recommitment to the ideal and the Each question on the 1040 and 1040A The Commission on Federal Paper­ vision expressed in the declaration of inde­ forms is personally checked by the Com­ work has adopted the goals of House pendence proclaimed 28 years ago-of peace, ingathering, equality, justice and of a Jew­ missioner to determine its utility. Mr. Concurrent Resolution 270. Chairman ish peoplehood worthy of its prophetic Alexander stated that no question not HoRTON stated his belief that the Com­ destiny. essential to tax collection was included mission will be able to reduce ms paper­ So very much depends, not upon others, by the ffiS. But he added that other work. Positive. initial steps are being but upon ourselves. If all of us wlll do what agencies, notably the Bureau of the Cen- taken. Questions dealing with foreign we can do, there is no obstacle that we can­ sus, have inserted nontax related ques­ bank accotmts, applicable to only 0.4 per­ not overcome together. With this as our tions over the objections of the IRS. cent of those filing returns, have been 1250 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 4, 1976 dropped f1·om the general forms 1040 and Pelkofsky, Lin-da Moncavage, Lisa Roman, The song follows: 1040A. Allowing employers to report on Alice Cassidy, Marybeth Wertz. Karen Wood­ Al\1ERICA'S l\.!Y HOME worth, Tracy Malison, Donna Wertz, Diane worker wages and social security deduc­ Hansen. {ByE. W.Frlsbie) tions once a yeal" instead of each quar­ Eileen Pelkofsky, Jeanne Dowling, Ruth­ America's my home, this land of Liberty ter has saved business $250 million and anne Richardson, Noreen Davis, Sandy Wood­ America's my home, It's where I choose to be the Government $200 million. worth, Kristen Reinertsen, Anita Gludenis, This is a land of hope and pride But eyen more needs to be done, or the Debbie Neal, Susan Moneavage, Deborah A dream that had to be 1976 farms may be even more compli­ Guldner, Laurie Grader, Caroline DiDiego. Let's be heard, sing with me As our :flag waves gallantly 1975 RONKONKO::viA cated than the forms. Congress, the America, America; IRS, and the ComrnJssion on Federal Raymond Grecsek, Coleen Grover, Robin America's My Home Paperwork must work together to un­ Harris, Tony Gronbach, Merrill Baker, JoAnn tangle the present tax situation. carabba, Karen Cosgrove, Tammy Wetherell, America's 1ny home, this land where all are From the standpoint of 80 million l'IIaureen Grover, Joey Hayden, Diane free Palerno. An1erica's my home, it's where I can be n1e American taxpayers it is a task \vorth Billy Brennan, John Cosgrove, Denise This is a land of hope and pride undertaking promptly. Mooney, Eric Wetherell, Eileen Grover, Linda A dream that had to be Havden, Lisa Van Dyke, Laura Carabba, Paul Let's stand tall, sing with me CoSgrove, :Maria Pappas, Cindy Harris. Let's be proud of our country DIX Hll.LS America, America; 4-H OUTSTANDING MEMBERSHIP America's My Home Barbara Burdo, Andrea Kojan, and Lisa AWARDS Leffingwell. GREENLAWN HON. THOMAS J. DOWNEY Jennifer Brown, Grace Huempfner, .Betsy ON OUR COMMITMENT TO THE OF 1\"'"EW YORK McDonald, Robin Brush, Virginia Huempfner, 1\Iargaret Reuter, Lori Garnjost, Amanda SOLAR WAY IX THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES James, Susan Kelly. Tuesday, May 4., 1976 HAUPPAUGE Carleen Minder, Pam Schultz, Lisa Kon­ HON. JOSEPH M. GAYDOS Mr. DOWNEY of New York. All over OF PENNSYLVANIA the Nation community 4-H Clubs are nerth, Charles Minder, Susan Willig, Dick Minder, Joyce Gerardi. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES providing ~raluable new learning experi­ ences for boys and girls and providing NORTH :BABYLON Tuesday, ..Uay 4., 1976 our young people with the important Carol Flanagan, Jeanne Eagan, Jeanne Sperando, Michelle Mezzipelle, Sheila Eagan. Mr. GAYDOS. Mr. Speaker, on a skills and kno\'\'"ledge necessary for good sweltering hot summer day in the city, citizenship. NESCONSEI" one is very likely to overhear someone The 4-E Club offers a world of oppor­ Raymond Mitchel, Philip Capozzoli, Rich­ saying "it's so hot you could fry an egg tunity to 1ean1 new things, go new places, ard Caviola, and John Sullivan. on the sidewalk." Although that remark and meet new people. Throughout the SMITHTOWN is probably in jest, this thought is not as 4-H Club, boys and girls receive instruc­ Laurie Ann Chichester, Jill O'Hara, Ann farfetched as it first sounds. tion in educational projects, conduct Crowley, Richard Harter, Maria Nordquist, The fact is, D. S. Halecy, Jr., has bu~iness meetings and do important Kathleen Broderick, Susan Bloom, Ann Ford, recently published an article in "Solar service projects for the community. Cynthia Ferrara, Patricia Harter, Celine Lief­ Science Projects for a Cleaner Environ­ Boys and girls who join 4-H Clubs work frig, Sandra Torregrossa. Ruth Helman, Jane Nolechek, Karen Peters, ment" which describes a way to cook on projects which give life and meaning Patricia Ford, Brenda Jonassen, Regina with sunshine by using a reflector cooker to the member•s experience. These proj­ Harter, Nadine Leffrlg, Christine Torrlani, made primarily of cardboard and alum­ ects provide needed services to the com­ Kathleen 1-lorabito, Noreen Morabito, Marla inum foil. All that is required to make munity and when combined with other Becker, Susan Neilsen. this foldup, outdoors stove is about $5 4-H acti\ities is a means by which mem­ David Meistrich, Northport. worth of materials and a clear, sunny ber's personality, character, skill, and Elizabeth Kaliski, Central Islip. day. citizenship are developed. Ethel J\.farie Kaliski, Central Islip. This is only one example of the grow­ Each year the community 4-H Clubs Patricia Larson, Huntington. Barbara ·M:ichalak, Lindenhurst. ing number of ingenious applications of sponsor an achievement awards night solar energy. Interest in the solar way ~-here youngste1·s with outstanding is gaining momentum along with in­ records of achievement are honored. At AN A..."lTHEM FOR AMERICA creasing confidence in the potential of this past year's event, I had the honor this young industry. The March 29 issue of being the guest speaker at the West of U.S. News & World Report notes that Suffolk County. N.Y., achievement night HON. THOMASJ. DOWNEY small and large companies alike are ceremony and was very impressed and OF NEW YORK coming into hot pursuit of what promises encouraged by the youngsters I met. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to be "a multibillion dollar market." At this time. Mr. Speaker, I would like Tuesday, May 4, 1976 Generally speaking, enthusiasm for to have the names of these outstanding the various solaJ.' technologies 1·uns high, young citizens placed in the REcORD. The Mr. DOWNEY oi New York. Mr. not only because solar power is pollution­ names follow: Speaker, I take pride today in presenting free, essentially inexhaustible and widely 4-H Ot;Ts~A:NDING ~!El'.IBERSHIP Aw.~RDS to the Congress a new song composed by available, but also because of its numer­ '\\'"EST BABYLON Mr. E. W. Frisbie of Copiague, N.Y. He ous applications. People have already Rosyln Aranda, Amy Happ, Kim Suter, has expressed his deep love for his coun­ been able to cash in on the Sun's rays Donna Weaver. Kristin Draper, Mariann Rob­ try through a ringing anthem for for heating and cooling homes, schools, bins, Carlene Saporita, Laura HeiilS, Donna America entitled, "America's My Home." apartments, commercial buildings, and Suter, Susan \Voods. His song, which he instructs us is to be for providing hot water. BRENTWOOD sung with a strong patriotic feelh1g, cap­ The kind of support which the Federal Jennifer Arent, Kathleen Jordan, Carmela tures within its lyric and melody a strong Government is giving to solar energy Salerno, Karen Hofrlnan, Jeanne Siracusa, sense of belonging. Mr. Frisbie has ex­ research and development attests to the Sheila Coates, Beverly Cutolo, Donna Bis­ pressed, I think, the sense of what we all Nation's high expectations in this area. coglia, Cindy Beyel, Sherryl Cohen. Gina hope for America-that it be a home of The pace of Federal funding has been Giovan. .Karen Feet, !\Uu-ybeth Turner, Corlnne which we can be proud. Although we con­ stepped up significantly in the past few Kropp, Laura Amott, Judy Biscoglla, Maureen tinue to struggle with our day-to-day years. In fiscal year 1971, $1.23 million Stancik, Lamen Grippo, Veron1ca Ryan, contentions, I welcome the opportunity was appropriated for solar programs. By ·Maureen Coates. Lisa McCourt, Lauren occasionally to look back upon what we fiscal year 1976, Congress had allocated Kramer, Susan Stancik. have accomplished. We should a11 be in­ $140.7 million for solar energy research CO::vi.~:ilACK debted to Mr. Frisbie for his particula11Y and demonstration. Thus, in a matter oi Donna Woodworth, Stephanie Kaplan, eloquent statement of how far, and well, 5 years, total Federal expenditures on Kathy, Selby, Janet Gluodenis, Rosemary we have come. solar programs have multiplied over 100 May 4, 1976 EXTENSIONS OE REMARKS 12509 times. These funds are being applied to valuable and potentially ideal energy ing the housing se1ies with the heroes various solar energy technologies includ­ supply, the Federal Government should and the villains already identified. But ing: heating and cooling of homes and render all the assistance it merits. Ac­ once they began their reporting, no of­ other buildings, solar-thermal conver­ cordingly, that assistance translates into ficial was too high to name and no mort­ sion, wind-energy conversion, biocon­ continued generous funding levels for gage company too powerful to denounce. version to fuels and ocean-thermal con­ solar energy research and demonstra­ HUD Secretary Carla Hills initially re­ version. tion as well as liberal tax incentives to acted to the series with disbelief. But The concept of harnessing the Sun's help the individuals who can cut down her disbelief later turned to admissions energy to the benefit of man is an in­ on fossil fuel consumption by employing of fact and she implemented policy triguing and attractive one, but the existing solar technology. changes based on the Bliss-Neubauer major existing drawback is cost. One of series. The series further prompted Sen­ the key ingredients is the thin, silicon ate and House committee hearings in film "solar cell.'' These cells convert sun­ A PULITZER PRIZE FOR THE Chicago and in Washington, D.C. light directly into electricity, however, CHICAGO TRIBUNE I do not know how much improved they are extremely expensive to produce Federal housing programs are today in and relatively inefficient in their conver­ HON. MORGAN F. MURPHY Chicago but any improvements can be sion capacity. Hopefully, intensive re­ OF ILLINOIS attributed to the work o; these two re­ search directed primarily by the Energy porters and the support of their news­ Research and Development Administra­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES paper. tion will solve these problems in the near Tuesday, May 4, 1976 future. In the meantime, solar power is Mr. MURPHY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, not cost-competitive with other means of I was indeed pleased to learn today that PART VIII-SUPPRESSION OF home space heating and water heating. the Chicago Tribune won a Pulitzer INNOVATION For instance, crude estimates indicate Prize for two series on local housing and that solar devices to supply between 50 hospital scandals. I congratulate the and 70 percent of an average home's Tribune reporters and writers who spent HON. STEVEN D. SYMMS heating and hot water needs would cost months documenting their stories, inter­ OF IDAHO between $6,000 and $10,000. One company viewing hundreds of people, and digging IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES estimates that three solar panel col­ for the truth. Tuesday, May 4, 1976 lectors which could handle the hot water I would like to make special mention of needs of the average house would run the Tribune series on Federal housing Mr. SYMMS. Mr. Speaker, I have been about $1,500 and $1,800. entitled "A $4 Billion Disaster." During asserting that the 1962 amendments and Despite the present rates, most experts June and July last year I inserted many FDA regulatory overkill have been cost­ believe solar power has an important role of the articles from the series in the CoN­ ing American consumers a considerable for the future. Federal Energy officials GRESSIONAL RECORD. The Pulitzer prize amount of money. The following letter have said that solar energy could con­ does not single out any Tribune reporters arrived from a small drug manufacturer tribute from 15 to 30 percent of the for special mention but I would like to and outlined the additional costs which Nation's total energy requirements about take this opportunity to do so. George were tacked onto just one drug because the turn of the century. They expect Bliss and Chuck Neubauer made this of overregulation. The drug in question solar cells will first become cost-compet­ housing series happen. George Bliss is was approved many years ago. But, like itive on the household and community the Tribune's chief investigator and many older drugs which haye proven level, yet it is the individual homeowner Chuck Neubauer is the reporter who lived their effectiveness in the marketplace, who is least able to afford the initial with the story for 7 months. this drug was required by FDA to be re­ capital outlay to purchase solar devices. Bliss and Neubauer uncovered a lot of tested. Because of the charges made by With the public's strong support for things that were embarrassments to the the writer of the letter, I have chosen solar energy, more Federal commitment HUD central office. Some of the Bliss and that he shall remain anonymous. But his seems logical and reasonable. Tradition­ Neubauer stories were in fact indictments letter certainly provides an insight into ally, the Federal Government has used of the way HUD conducted its business the workings of the FDA and the unnec­ tax incentives as one method of pro­ in Chicago. They talked about reports essary requirements it places upon manu­ moting various national policies. But to critical of mortgage companies that were facturers-for which the consumers must date no legislation to provide tax credits never released. They pointed the finger pay dearly. The letter follows: or other tax incentives to purchasers of at mortgage companies more interested APan. 12, 1976. solar equipment has passed both Houses. in making a fast buck than in providing Ron. STEVE SYMMS, The only pertinent legislation which has decent housing for qualified homeowners. Congress of the United States, even come close was in H.R. 6860, the Bliss and Neubauer listened to first­ House of Representatives, Energy Conservation and Conversion Washington, D.C. time, low-income homeowners who were DEAR CONGRESSMAN SYMMS: Your recent Act of 1975, and it has been in the Sen­ sold uninhabitable homes. If new home­ letter concerning information regarding the ate's Finance Committee for some time. owners were temporarily unemployed or 1962 amendments to the Food and Drug Act For decades, the fossil fuel industry underemployed, mortgage companies did has been received. You are to be congratu­ has enjoyed the benefits of investment not exercise forbearance or accept partial lated on undertaking what is a tremendous tax credits, depreciation and depletion mortgage payments. They put these service to the American public-and at the allowances, and other breaks or subsidies. people out on the street and started the same time a threat to the jobs of thousands Should not the individual user of solar of bureaucrats who have thrived on emo­ foreclosure process. It did not matter tion and scare tactics. energy, who is virtually both producer that a foreclosure cost taxpayers a lot of Your speech betore Congress on March 16 and consumer, deserve some encourage­ money. What mattered was that the should be applauded by all reasonable think­ ment from the Federal Government? mortgage company did not lose any of ing people in America. At long last it seems Are we fully committed to achieving its investment. someone has peered through the fog created energy self-reliance? When the Chicago HUD office tried to by the bureaucrats in Washington and dis­ It seems obvious that the more we use cut through the bureaucracy and clean covered that what we are doing to ourselves solar power, the less we will be depleting is indeed not right--very costly-and con­ up mortgage company practices, HUD trary to progress. other exhaustible fuels. Even a do-it­ central office discouraged Area Director yourself solar heating system for an old Many of the products that we now sell are John Waner and his staff. HUD made it pre-1962 "grandfathered" drugs. The FDA Maryland farmhouse has reportedly cut clear that innovative thinking and new seems to rest much of its authority in two heating oil consumption by nearly 50 approaches to problems did not make recent court rulings involving the Bentex percent. points in Washington. The central office Company and the U.S. Vitamin Corporation. The time is right to prepare wisely for did not appreciate people who tried to The rulings here substantially eliminated the our future energy needs by promoting the grandfather clause-and the protection it implement reforms. The central office afforded. use of solar energy as one alternative preferred business as usual even if that I hope you have had an opportunity to resourc~. If solar power is going to be business threatened the survival of most write to the National Ethical Pharmaceuti­ implemented on a wide-scale basis, and Chicago neighborhoods. cal Association, the National Association of if we are going to make the most of this Bliss and Neubauer did not start writ- Pharma.ceutical Manufacturers, as well as 12510 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 4, 1976

m~ny of the smaller pharmaceutical co:q:l-: A REPORT :AND- BILL : ON FEDERAL .REVENJJE They l'tre : , The. 3-Factor Formula-Popula­ p~nies who are attempting to stay in busi­ ·' . '- SJ;~ARIN~ tion, General Tax Effort, and Per Capita In- , ness, serve the general public, earn a fair Champaign/Logan County Congressional come; and the 5-Factor Formula-Popula­ profit, and provide the only competition to Youth Advisory Council: Ronald L. Aulls, tion, 'General Tax Effort, Per Capita Inoome, what is quickly 'becoming an industry mo­ Chairman; Craig M. Engle, Secretary, Co­ Urban · Population, and State Income Tax. nopolized by a few. Chairman; Ted Saul, Bill Smith, Pani Wood­ These :figures are calculated by the receiving While managing a manufacturing· com­ ruff, Kem Sterns, Jan Yoder, Kim Household­ government and are set to the ORS, who pany several years ago, I had direct con­ er and Deb"Q Webb, members. computes the figures and then calculates tact with the FDA-almost daily. The in­ REPORT the amount of the appropriation check. eptness of the many people involved, com­ Minimum-Maximum Allotted Receival­ bined with unwieldy procedures, caused con­ The following is a report filed by the The equalizing thrust given by the 2 alloca­ st ant grief. Champaign/Logan County Congressional tion formulas is blunted by the provision You asked specifically concerning drugs Youth Advisory Council on Federal Revenue that no government shall receive less than that had to be reapproved that were pre-1962 Sharing. 20 percent or more than 145 percent of their products. I am very familiar with one­ Federal Revenue Sharing (FRS) is m:u· ~verage local per capita entitlement. This Heparin Sodium Injection, which is an anti­ Federal Government's answer to the inade­ section of the Blll p1·events the old problem coagulant and has been on the market since quate and out-of-date Categorical Grant of "The rich get richer and the poor get the mid-1930's. System. Under the FRS program, FRS has poorer." Detroit, for example, has a higher The major usage of this drug now is for redistributed, to almost 39,000 State, City per capita income and tax effort within the open heart surgery, and in maintaining life and Local Governments, 30.2 billion dollars city, and they are well above the local district for the kidney dialysis patient. For some over a five-year allotment period. These average; so without the ceiling, Detroit would strange reason, the FDA referenced this prod­ checks are paid quarterly from the Office of be receiving more than 200 percent above uct in its NDA procedures and asked all com­ Revenue SJ,1aring (ORS) ,. which was set up the average local per capita entitlement. An panies manufacturin6 and selling the prod­ within the Treasury Dept. The ORS and the example in the opposite direction is a cer­ uct to submit new drug application da1;a. rest of the FRS program was established un­ tain town in Iowa had a low tax effort and To make a long story short, about $10,000 der the State and Logan Fiscal Assistance per capita income, so after their formula Act of 1972. · · was spent trying to tell the FDA offi¢1als, 1 was computed they would be receiving only most of them completely inept, what the Some of. FRS's major benefits over the al;>out 10 percent of their legal per capita drug did, how it worked, and why it ·was Categorical Grant System' is that FRS re­ entitlement. With these floor and ceiling safe. Now this is something that people in duces on red tape and bureaucracy. FRS also limits, FRS money is more equally balanced ' pparmacy, medicine and nursing already cuts down on needless paper work and ex­ throughout the different governments of the k'now, and we ·found it difficult to translate pensive data prQcessing. The ORS only em­ u.s. . . the information to the officials of the FDA. ploys a staff of 100 people and ran on a 5- Pu,bli.cation Problems and $2,500 Mini ­ For instance, the physician in charge of year, 3 million dollar 'budget. Another benefit mu.m-Some Local Governments in the this "new drug" was a radiologist who knew that FRS has over the Categorical Grant Sys­ United States have an expense problem with nothing at all about anti-coagulant therapy. tem is that FRS is virtually string-free. The the publication costs of their PUR. In many The long, drawn-out process was very ex- only requirements that the Federal Govern­ cases the Local Government has to spend pensive and frustrating. . ment enforces is that: 1) this money cannot all of its allotment or sometimes even more In addition to the losses and frustrations be used to match other Federal Grants, 2) it than that on paying the publicizing costs incurred by the manufacturers, the only net must be spent within 24 months of its en­ result is that the consumer pays more. At of the ;pUR's, mailing, and other administer­ titlements, and 3) it cannot be used in any ing c~~ts. The problem Cfm be solved by the same time, the Heparin market was in­ way that discriminates against any minor­ fl:uenced to such a degree that prices esca­ raising the Direct Receival Minimum from ity. $200 to $2,500 (Bill p. 1, 1.6-8) under the orig­ lated rapidly. The following are the major points of the As with many governmental agencies, you inal B1il. The minimum yearly amount for a Bill: government to directly receive a check from are always forced to deal with a lot of dif­ New Fiscal _Year-Washington .adopted a ferent people-none of them seem to be the ORS was $200. If the government was new fiscal year starts on October 1 and runs to receive a total over the year that was ·less around for more than six months-and the to Sept 31. This is -changed from the old paperwork requested is overwhelniing. It than $200 (e.g. $130), that $130 would be fiscal year which started on July 1. This sent to the Over-lying Government, where· seems more care is given to clerical errors jump (the length of one-quarter) explains than to life-saving procedures. the Local Government would apply to that the allotment figure of $1,625,000,000 (Bill, Over-lying Government for money on a Cate­ It has also been my experience that to p. 2, 1.12 & 13). There is an allotment period "show up" or "cross" these people in_ any gorical Grant System (Bill p. 1, 1. 10-13). between fiscal years, so th~~tt the new pro­ Under our new Blll, the minimum would be · way will eventually be extremely dang~rous. gram can be started with the new fiscal year. Non-elected, non-responsible bureaucrats are raised up to $2,500. This new figure would a very vindictive group--small of mind and Planned Use Reports anit Actual Use Re­ affect 70 percent of the Local FRS Receivers purpose. ports-Each government who receives a or approximately 8,000 governments. With As you might suspect, I have definite opin­ quarterly check under the FRS program from the increase of the minimum, we would ·be ions concerning our "enemies" or "friends" the ORS is obligated to file a Planned Use 'taking the publicizing financing problem in the FDA. Why we continue to hit our­ Report (PUR) and an Actual Use Report away from the governments who originally selves on the head, I don't know. The drug (AUR). A PUR is sent to the ORS and is had that problem. Under our new Bill, the industry has been responsible-responsive­ published in a newspaper over the geo­ Over-lying Government who received the equitable-and fah· to all concerned. It graphical area of that l'eceiving government Under-lying Government's checks which to­ hasn't deserved the hassle it has received at the beginning of an entitlement period or taled under $2,500, would publicize that from the FDA, and is an innocent victim quarter. The PUR states the amount of amount plus their own allotment in t heir in whatever price increases have been gen­ money the government just received, and (the Over-lying Government's ) PUR (Bill erated by redundant, stupid regulations from their tentative plans on the expenditures of p. 2 . 1.6-9). Washington. that money. There are 14 different filing Appropriation FigU?·es-The new appropri­ I could go on and on nnd cite ot her in­ categories in the PUR under which govern· ation figures for the next Five-Year Renewal sta.nces as well. ment s insert their tentative expenditures. Period (Bill p. 2, 1. 12-25) were taken from The categories are: Public Safety, Envh·on­ H.R. 6558 Bill, which was presented to the mental Protection, Public Transportation, House April 30, 1975, by Mr. Fountain. The SEVENTH CONGRE~SIONAL Drs.:. Health, Recreation, Libraties, Social Services yearly figures. are increased by 150 million TRICT YOUTH ADVISORY ·COUN­ to the Aged or .Poor, Financial Administra- each year to offset the jump in infiation. The CIL . tion, Multi·purpose General Govt., Educa· entire allotment over the five years, in­ tion, Social Development, Housing and Com­ cluding the $1,625,000,000, equals to 43.1- munity Development, Economic Develop­ billion dollars. ment, and · Other. Since these proposed ex­ HON. CLARENCE J. BROWN penditures are only tentative plans, under OF OHIO the Bill these governments are not legally BILL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE S obligated and spend the money exactly as In the CongreSsional. Youth Advisory Coun­ outlined in tl1eir PUR. Actual Use Reports ciJ, April 2, 1976, Mr. Ron Aulls introduced Tuesday, May 4, 1976 (AUR) are filed to the ORS within 90 days the. following bill; which was p:~;esented to Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Spea~er, it after the quarter is over. The AUR contains the entire 7th District Congressional Youth is my privilege to enter in the RECORD the actual way the govern'n'lent spent its Advisory Council. at this point the rest of the . results allocated monry, as well as the interest A bill to extend and revise the State and of the Seventh Congressional District earned and unexpended balance. Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 Youth Advisory Council. I -think my col­ Fo1·mulas- Rather than applying for a May it be enacted by the entire Congres­ specific amount of money from the ORS, the sional Youth Advisory Council here ·as­ leagues will agree that these reports FRS program employs two formulas which sembled that: The State and Local Fiscal show a particular sophistication among determine the amount of money ·a govern­ Assistauce Act be renewed in its entirety the youths who worked so hard studying ment will receive. The Receiving Govern­ with the following amendments: these current issues: ment chooses ei ther one of two formulas. SEc. 1. To the section npplying to the May 4, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF-REMARKS 12511 minimum receival balance of $200. The sec­ Federal grants are available !or a maxi­ nesses 1 and hazardous work places:~ priority. tion shall be amended to read: mum of 50 percent of state costs !or cal.Ty­ The Secretary shall tna.ke and transmit to the Amendment A: "The minimum receival ing out their own standards that are at least employer· a written report, containing recom­ balance for any government to receive FRS equivalent to the federal stand&rds. mendations regarding the elimination of any moilles directly from the Federal Government MINORITY REPORT BY RicHARD WILDMAN hazards disclosed during any such consul­ shall be increased to $2,500." tative visit. Consultation is already available through SEC. 2. insurance companies who write workmen's No consultative visit authorized by this Amendment B: "Those go-vernments, who subsection shall be regarded as an inspection fall under the $2,500 minimum balance, compensation policies. The American Na­ tional Insurance Alliance said in 19'74 that or investigation as specified in the Act and whose money will be sent to the over-lying no citations shall be issued nor any civil government, will apply to that over-lying "well over 3,500 full-time technical person­ nel are estimated now to be employed by in­ penalty be imposed by the Secretary upon government on a categorical grant system." such visit, except that: if there is subs~'d.ll­ SEC. 3. Those over-lying governments who surance companies to provide occupational safety and health services." In comparison, tial probability that imminent danger to the will be receiving under-lying government's employees could result from conditions dis­ money who are affected by the new $2,500 there are 1700 employed in the OSHA in­ spection staff. closed during a consultative visit, the Sec­ rule, shall be obligated to publicize the retary shall immediately notify the employer amount of the under-lying governments Although the Act has been interpreted to forbid federal on-site consultation, nothing of such conditions, affording him a reason­ money they received from the Federal Gov­ able time to eliminate such conditions. ernment in their PUR, under the following prevents the states from providing their own system with federal assistance. As of late Where the Secretary is not sa-tisfied through amendment: a further consultative visit, documentary Amendment C: "Those governments who 1975, twenty of the twenty-two states that have their own safety and health standards evidence or other notification that such elim­ are affected by the $2,500 minimum, wlll ination has taken place, the Secretary may have that amount, that the over-lying gov­ and inspections offer some type of on-site consultation. With a maximum of 50% fed­ take any appropriate action outlined under ernment received for them, published under section 13 of the Act to eliminate such the basic balance in the over-lying govern­ eral funding, these states employ approxi­ mately 145 consultants. Fifteen states with­ conditions. ments PUR." Information regarding consultative visit s SEC. 4. The new 5-yea.r appropriation fig­ out their own state plans have applied for federal funds for up to 50% of the cost of shall not be transmitted to representatives ures shall be amended into the bill, and of the Secretary engaged in enforcement striking the old figures: hiring consultants. If approved, approXi­ mately 208 consultants are to be employed in activities except where necessary in order Amendment D: "(1) for the period begin­ to carry out the provisions of the preceding ning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, such programs. Those who need consultation the most paragraph. 1976, $1,625,000,000: Except as otherwise provided, nothing "(2) for the fiscal year beginning Oc­ probably won't ask for it because of the lla­ bllities involved. If a federal consultant herein shall affect the duties and responsi­ tober 1, 1976, $6,537,500,000; b1lities of the Secretary as stipulated by the "(3) for the fiscal year beginning Oc­ finds what he feels is an imminent danger, he may get a restraining order. If a con­ pertinent sections of the original Act. Ad­ tober 1, 1977, $6,687,500,000; vice given during a consultative visit shall " ( 4) for the fiscal year beginning Oc­ sultant gives misleading advice and the employer follows it he might later be fined not be binding on the Secretary in the tober 1, 1978, $6,837,500,000; event of any inspection of the workplace. "(5) for the fiscal year beginning Oc­ for a violation he thought he had corrected. A small employer may very well ask him­ In the event of such inspection, a written tober 1, 1979, $6,987,500,000; report of the consultation visit may, with "(6) for the fiscal year beginning Oc­ self, "Why should I request a consultant who may call in an inspector or give me inaccu­ the consent of the employer, be considered tober 1, 1980, $7,137,500,000; and by the Secretary for the purpose of deter­ rate advice, when I have a 97% chance of "(7) for the fiscal year beginning Oc­ min1ng the employer's gOOd faith in propos­ tober 1, 1981, $7,287,500,000." not being inspected this year, and, if I am ing penalties. The blll was approved as submitted to the inspected, I have a 7.4% chance of being In prescribing rules and regulations pur­ full council, April 2, 1976. by a voice vote. cited for a serious violation which has an average penalty of $606.38?" suant to this subsection, the Secretary shall Important items for future consideration provide for the separation of functions be­ ON-SITE CONSULTATION AS IT APPLIES TO THE might be: tween officers, employees, or agents who con­ OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 0:1' duct consultative visits pm·suant to this (1) A larger percentage of the OSHA subsection and officers, employees, or agents ' 1970 budget might be spent on employer-em­ April 2, 1976, Clark County Committee of the ployee education. This would help to pro­ who conduct inspections or investigations. 1975-76 Seventh Congressional District The Blll was approved as submitted to the mote safety since it is impossible to inspect full Councii, April 2, 1976, by a vote of 24-20. Youth Advisory Council: Mike ·HatCher, all workplaces. Chairman; Gloria Schumacher, Secretary; (2) A program might be initiated to mini­ Richard Wildman, Michelle Snodgrass, Jane mize the number of standards, which should Balzer, Leah Huturain, Bert Stlnebauch, be made as simple as possible and deal with HANDICAPPED AMERICAN OF THE DOna Whipp and Tim Wright, Members major hazards. This will make it easier for YEAR AWARD !INTRODUCTION employers to comply on their own and it As an attempt to reduce the 14,000 deaths, will also simplify inspections. HON. STEPHEN L. NEAL 2.2 million injuries, and 390,000 annual work (3) Tax breaks over and above normal related diseases, Congress passed the Occupa­ investment credit might be given to em­ OF NORTH CAROLINA tional Safety and Health Act of 1970. (OSHA) ployers who spend money specifically on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES safety equipment. This Act covers almost all work-places ex­ Tuesday, May 4, 1976 cept State and Local Governments, mining and railroad industries. BILL Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I wish to call The Act "required employers to furnish The following is a revised version of HR to the attention of my colleagues a sig­ the work place free from recognized hazards 8618, a bill proposed by the Honorable Domi­ nal honor accorded last week to my that had caused or were likely to cause death nick V. Daniels, passed by the House of Rep­ friend and constituent, Forrest Webb or serious physical harm to employees." resentatives November 17, 1975, and referred Kiser of Winston-Salem, N.C. Mr. Kiser, Federal occupational safety !l,nd health to the Senate shortly thereafter. standards are promulgated by the Secretary who has had cerebral palsy since child­ of Labor. A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and hood, is the recipient of the "Han­ A National Institute for Occupational Safe­ Health Act of 1970 to provide additional dicapped American of the Year" award ty and Health (NIOSH) was created in HEW consultation to employers of the President's Committee on Employ­ to study health hazards and to make recom­ Be. it enacted that section 21 of the Occu­ ment of the Handicapped and was pre­ mendations to the Secretary of Labor. pational Safety and Health Act of 1970 be sented the President's Trophy, the Na­ The Occupational Safety and Health Ad­ amended by adding at the end thereof the tion's highest award for a disabled ministration conducts inspections and in­ following new subsection: citizen, in ceremonies at the White vestigations of working conditions. Inspect­ In order to further carry out his respon­ House. tors .issue citations for violations of the sibilities, the Secretary of Labor may visit stand~;~.rds. Penalties are proposed and levied. tbe workplace of any employer, who so re­ The honor is one which is richly de­ Inspectors are not allowed to . give advice quests, for the purpose of providing consul­ served by Bill Kiser. His ability to turn but must issue citations. tation and advice to. said employer. Such tragedy into triumph is well documented. . If the employer disagrees with a .citation or consultative visits may be conducted in the It should inspire us all, for while each of penalty he,Jnay appeal to the three man Oc- same format as a general inspection or may cupational Safety and Health Review Com­ deal with specific areas, the type of. inspec­ 1 Those defined as having 25 or ~ewer mts'slon (OSHRCI). M_aximum .Rez:la)ties are tion being determinable by the employer. In employees . • 1. 0.~.<;>6 'for _each willful m: repeated viola.tion making consultative visits under this sub-. 2 Those included in the Target Indu5~ry ' ~*~ ~1 1 000 for: each serious viol!ltion. . . section,, the Secretary shall give small busl- and Target Health Hazards Program. · . 12512 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 4, 1976- CONGRESSMAN MIKE McCORMACK extraordinarily successful spartan conserva­ us is handicapped in one way or an­ tion programs. other-if only by our fears and frustra­ SPEAKS ON ENERGY ISSUES The report of the Ford Foundation Energy tions. In that the greatest handicap of Policy Project assumes, as a reasonable all may be the absence of the will to over­ HON. ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER scenario for the future, limiting the growth come, Bill Kiser's courage and spirit are of total energy consumption for this nat.ion · clear evidence that we can lift ourselves OF WISCONSIN of 2% per year. This would be a dramatic above the cruelties which destiny may IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES reduct ion in our contemporary growth rate Tuesday, May 4, 1976 of about 3.6t;L but it may be a long range seem to have handed us. attainable goal which might not seriously The Winston-Salem Journal took spe­ Mr. KASTENMEIER. Mr. Speaker, our harm the economy. cial note of Mr. Kiser's visit to Washing­ colleague from Washington State, MIKE It is important to understand. h owever. ton and its Washington correspondent McCoRMACK, recently appeared in Mil­ that a 2% growth rate would mean doubling w1·ote the following report: waukee, Wis., to address the Wisconsin our energy consumption in a-bout 35 years. B ILL KISER I s "AN !NSPmATION T O EACH OF Us" However, since we can't possibly shift that Energy Coalition's Conference on Energy quicldy to new lifestyles without serious so­ (By Bob Poole) Supply and Economic Life. cial disruption, we will almost certainly dou­ WAsHINGTON.-In ceremonies at the White · The energy question is one of the most ble our energy consumption within about 25 House vesterday, President Ford gave Bill complex and controversial subjects fac­ years. Within this overall growth, there will Kiser of Winston-Salem the 1978 President's ing the Congress. MIKE MCCORMACK is inevitably be a dramatic shift from the use of Tt·ophy, the country's highest award for a widely recognized as being one of the pet1·o1eum and natural gas to the prodi.tction disabled citizen. hardest working, most knowledgeable, of electricity from coal and nuclear fission. Kiser 48 has also been named "Han­ and most articulate Members on the en­ Here the annual growth rate must be about dicappe'd ~erlcan of the Year" by the Presi­ ergy issue, and I commend his comments 5% per year. This means doubling electric dent's Committee on Employment of the to our colleagues. energy generation by about 1990. Handicapped. Unfortunately, most of the debate of the Mr. Speaker, Congressman McCoR­ energy crisis, in spite of the perils we are Although Kiser has had cerebral palsy MACK's remarks follow: since childhood, he runs his own business in facing, has centered around such subjects as Winston-Salem, which provides syndicated I am certainly honored to be invited to import tarlfrs, quotas, gasoline taxes and columns for six newspapers in the Carolinas participate in this Conference on Energy prices, allocation programs, regulations, de­ and l'adio shows for 20 stations in both Supply and Economic Life as it pertains to regulations, and incentives. While all this is states. The columns are written for han­ the State of Wisconsin, and I want to con­ important and has been the subject of intense gratulate the Wisconsin Energy Coalition for Congressional activity, obsession with it tends dicapped people. arranging today's program. Appearing with Kiser in· the Rose Garden, to distort our national perspective. I do not Understanding the nature of the energy take this matter lightly, but acting a-s if Ford praised Kiser for "such great success in crisis and the role that nuclear energy will these problems constitute the energy crisis is the news medium" and for being "an inspira­ play in providing energy for the present and somewhat like wrestling for deck chairs on tion to each of us . . . and to others who are the future is a matter of supreme importance, the Titanic. h andicapped." for our nation is truly in moral danger. Our The stark realities are that our oil produc­ Ford referred to medical progress which national security, the stablllty of our eco­ tion 1s down about 10% in the last three has made life ea-sier for the handicapped in nomic systems, and even our political institu­ years; our natural gas production is down recent years, but added: "Despite these great tions may well depend on our a.bllity to de­ almost as much; our coal production has stl'ides, my impression is that Bill Kiser velop responsible energy policies and to im­ increased less than 10% in this period; the would've made it on his own, regardless . ... plement rational programs to calTY them into percent of petroleum we import has increased effect. Blll, we congratulate you." from about 35% at the time of the Arab oil It is no exaggeration to say that all the Gov. James E. Holshouser, Jr. of North embargo to about 41% today; more railroads members of society can play a decisive role In have gone out of business, the situation in Carolina accompanied Kiser. Holshouser, initiating or supporting responsible positive the Middle East remains unstable; and a speaking from a text Kiser had wt•itten, ac­ action programs, and make the difference handful of anti-nuclear activists are advocat­ cepted the award on Kiser's behalf. between success and catastrophe for our na­ ing a moritorium on nuclear energy produc­ After receiving his award, Kiser gave an tion. This is true for members of business and tion-our only hope, along with coal, for autographed copy of his book, "New ·Light labor, as well as the agricultural and educa­ energy self-sufficiency, economic stabillty of Hope," to Ford. tional community, officers and executives at and national security, during this century. Kiser, confined to a wheelchair, took sev­ the national level, and individuals at the The challenge we face today is to reject eral seconds to inscribe the book. The Presi­ local level. We all have an important role to these attempts to confuse us, and to over­ dent bent down to hold the book open while play! come the paralysis that seems to grip us, and Kiser wrote, patiently spelling out each letter One of the most dangerous aspects of the to develop now a systems approach to an with some effort. When finished, Kiser tilted energy crisis is that a large portion of our integrated national energy policy, not only fellow citizens do not understand it. Indeed, his head up, chin out, so that the sunlight to eliminate waste and conserve energy a surprising portion of Americans deny that wherever practical, but also to produce the was flashing on his glasses. The small group an energy crisis exists, and many who do, be­ was silent, with everyone watching Kiser. energy that we will need in the future. lieve that it ha-s been contrived by evil pow­ If we do create such an energy policy, and Ford was obviously moved. Almost inaudibly, ers which could ea-sily and quickly undo their if we implement the programs which will Ford said to Kiser: "That will mean a great nefarious deeds; that is, solve the energy carry it into effect, the people of this coun­ deal to me." crisis by magic. try can have adequate energy, environmental Kiser's administrative assistant, Mrs. Ruth Another danger is that many of us' tend protection, and economic stability. If we fail, Ann Thompson of Winston-Salem, also at­ to reject some of the hard facts of the energy the inevitable 1·esult, I am convinced, will be tended the ceremony. So did John Dalrymple crisis because of their ominous implications economic, societal, and political catastrophe, ~f the N.C. Division of Vocational ;Rehabilita­ for our own pe.r&onal future-and a. surprising both domestic and international. tion. number of Americans have been trapped into There are several fundamentals upon which In the acceptance text which Holshouser thinking that ·the energy crisis has been any energy policy must be bullt. t•ead, Kiser said: "You will readily see that I created as some sort of a game in which each Any energy policy must be built upon the person chooses one form of energy conserva­ best scientific and engineering facts avail-:­ could have accomplished nothing without tion or production to support, while op­ the help and support of countless individuals able, no mattel' how tough and unpleasant posing the others. The truth is that this is a such facts may . be. .We Americans have an and organizations ... As a token of my deep deadly serious matter, and that we need all appreciation, I would like to share a copy of unfortunate llabit_of treating some of .our .the energy we can get,_ and from every source; probleiUS as if we ar~ living in a 30 minute my book with you. Should you have a chance and a-s soon a8 possible. TV drama. We have come to expect quick, to read it, you will understand better what Out of the confused debate that has easy, pleasant solutions,' even if it n1eans this award means to me. In order to prevent developed witli· respect to the energy crisis, turning to make believe. · ' n1y excommunication, please accept greetings perhaps only ." one ·concept is universally However, we c&nnot afford the luxury· of "from my church, Knollwood Baptist tn Win~- accepted. Th.at· is that we must not wa-ste our basing our energy policies ·on fantasies, such ton-Salem. · ' energy; that.' we must reduce our national as assuming that solar energy or geothermal · Acoording to the President's Co~ittee on annual energy. growth rate. What isn't yet energy or sonw sup~ressed carburetor design, Employm,ent of the H.a~~iicapped, Kiser on9e apparent. however, even to many sincere and 'or sot~ mag~c; ,will bail us out of our spent ,ab~ems. , .. , . : · . . .. . 1n a condition of "complete hopelessnessN energy . consumption our. ~ation tnust con­ No.r ·can we bJ~Se polici~s · on anti-publlc­ . e.fter both ·or his parents died and there was tinue ·tO 1ncrea8e ~ for as far as we oon see pow(;'r or a'nti-utility-company or an.'ti-Isr.aeli . (., no one to care for him. into the future, even 1f we establish- Ol' · ~ ti-Arrib or al1ti-oil-company·: -~1· anti- : .. EXTENSIONS OF· REMARKS 12513

nuclear prejudices or obsessions. Nor can we High unemployment lead$ to pol~tical and our e}!:isting energy sources. We must under­ base our energy policies on hopes, such as social instabillty, to Federal deficit spending, take a~gre~sive programs of exploration and the hope that we will keep finding enough gas and to a further eroding of this nation's re­ drilling for oil and gas, onshore and off. or petroleum to keep us going, or the hopes lative strength in the international com­ We must -explore the potential of an oil of some that the people of this country will, munity. All .relate directly to adequate en­ shale program, and press for early application in the name of conservation, voluntarily and ergy production. of improved technologies for secondary and in blind ignorance, accept still higher un­ Other nations have learned this lesson, tertiary oil recovery. We must convert our employment, and severely reduce their and this is the reason for the heavy emphasis wastes to energy or fuels or energy inten­ standard of living, when indeed, it is not on nuclear energy development throughout sive materials. necessary for anyone to suffer if we adopt the world. We must build new refineries, new ports, responsibile policies to produce the energy The next fact has to do with our resources new pipelines, and new storage facilities for required for full employment. of petroleum and natural gas. One of the gas, petroleum, and petroleum products. In A national energy policy must allow a large most important realities that the American spite of the fact that we are running out of segment of our people to continue to aspire people must understand is that this nation petroleum and natural gas, this program, to--and strive for-a higher standard of liv­ has, since 1970, truly passed from one major along with the most stringent conservation ing, and greater freedom and dignity for all. historical era into another. We have passed measures, is om· only short range strategy This has always been the hallmark of Amer­ from an era of cheap, abundant fuels, energy, for trying to keep our energy supplies for ican society, and we cannot expect low and and materials into an era of shortages and our existing industrial and societal infra­ modest income Americans-or average Ameri­ high costs which will, at best, be with us for structure as close as possible to future de­ can housewives and workers in commerce, in­ many decades. mands. dustry, or agriculture-those of all groups That reality is exceedingly di11icult to ac­ Of com·se, coal is our greatest resource of and walks of life who seek dignity and se­ cept, for us who have lived all our lives in a fossil fuel, and we must rely heavily upon curity-to sacrifice such aspirations just be­ culture built on cheap mobility and the as­ it. However, even a Sl,lperficial glance should cause we suddenly don't produce enough en­ sumption that American affluence was end­ warn us against taking it for granted. We ergy to provide employment for our fellow less. Nevertheless, we must face the fact that will need to dramatically expand our coal citizens, or because we have planned so poor­ we have, almost certainly, already burned up production capacity with new mines that ly that all but the most affluent must cut more than half of all the petroleum, and meet modern health and safety standards back on their standard of living. almost half of all the natural gas we have and have a minimum impact on the en­ Certainly each of us recognizes that a sort ever discovered, or ever will discover, on this vironment. We must allow coal to be surface of three-cornered dynamic equilibrium continent or off its shores, and that it will be mined, with realistic regulations, and resp~n­ should exist between energy conversion, gone, insofar as a significant supply of fuel sible reclamation programs. transmission, and consumption in one corner, is concerned, by about the end of this cen­ It Will be necessary to restore our rail way a reasonable and rational program for pro­ tury, no matter what price-within reason­ system with new roadbeds and new rolling tecting our environment and conserving our we pay for it today. stock, and back them up with slurry pipe­ resources in the second, and the maintenance Remember, this will be happening while lines. of a stable and responsible economic system our demand for energy is doubling, even with These tasks-of mining and transporting in the third corner. a successful and spartan conservation pro­ coal safely-are of bewildering complexitv So, while we cannot afford the excesses gram. and dimension. · which marked some industrial development I consider it to be especially tragic that We will, of course, come to depend upon of the past, raping our land and polluting the world has plunged into this situation synthetic gaseous and liquid fuels from coal. the atmospher~. we cannot expect to have wherein we are burning up our fossil fuels but the cost of these programs in dollars, energy production without some impact on so wastefully. They are, of cm.trse, "too valu­ manpower, steel and other critical materials the environment, no matter how benign the able to burn", and now we will have an up­ in water, in logistics, and environmental pro-· source may seem to be from a distance; and hill struggle to preserve a portion of them­ tectlon are literally mind boggling. For ex­ we certainly cannot expect to have jobs for as we should be doing-as a heritage for the ample, trying to close the gap between sup­ the American people unless we produce more future for feedstocks for the petro-chemical ply and demand in natural gas in 1985 would energy. industry. require more coal than is mined today for So, we have several "environments" to pro­ As our supplies of petroleum and natural all other purposes and would cost literallv tect all at the same time. There are, for in­ gas dwindle, this nation will become depend­ hundreds of billions of dollars. · stance, those that we classically think of in ent for most of its energy on coal and nuclear In spite of all of these problems in mining, terms of air, land, and water, but there Is fission. However, even these sources of energy cleaning up, transporting, and burning coal; .also the environment of the job market, and are, in the long range perspective, only tran­ in spite of the costs of converting it t o syn­ ari industrial capacity that will maintain sitional. Although we must increase our re­ thetic fuels, we must proceed with an ag­ this nation's national sec·urity and economic llance upon them from now until sometime gressive program for increased dependence on stability. Finally, there is the environment in the 21st Century, we must also make plans coal. If we are sincere about attempting to of" our homes, and those of millions of low for phasing them out 1n the more distant solve the energy crisis that faces this na­ income Americans, where we ·must have future, and replacing them with other, still­ tion, we must think in terms of tripling coal enough energy for a decent standard of liv- to-be-developed resol,ll'ces. production by the end of this centm·y. 1ing. Our national energy policy ml.lSt strike In this respect, one general misconception I am acutely conscious, as I make this this dynamic balance in a rational manner. plaguing the Congress as we fund programs point, of the tragic deaths of 26 men in two Several studies have been completed for future energy sources is the idea that re­ separate accidents in a Kentucky coal mine examining the relationship between energy search and development, lavishly supported, during the week of March 7, 1976. It is in­ consumption and employment levels. They can solve this nation's energy problems in the deed inexcusable that more has not been indicate that, with much of the waste in en­ ·very near future. Nothing could be further done to protect our coal miners from pul­ ergy consumption in industry and residential from the truth, as those of you With experi­ monary diseases and the other hazards they uses eliminated; and with more efficient cars ence in science and engineering know. face. V!e must undertake the research to de­ on the highways, as will be the case by 1985, velop safe mining conditions, and we must then a shortfall in energy production of a Even with a crash program the time re­ quired between the successful laboratory enforce regulations to insure that these safe million barrels a day-about 2 %-could mean conditions are inet. The mining and burning the loss of 900,000 jobs. This may be a pes­ demonstration of a concept for the conver­ sion of an energy source to a usable form, of coal must be made as safe as the pro­ simistic estimate, but it i~ based on thirty and the actual significant implementation of duction of electricity from nuclear fission. years of accurate data and is the most con­ This will markedly increase the cost of coal, servative of the three studies we have seen. this technology, varies from ten to thirty but this source of energy must be made safe. This inter-relationship between energy con­ years, and it's usually closer to thirty. There As responsible citizens sort out the facts sumption and employment levels makes sense is no way, for,instance, that a tidal wave of with respect to our energy future, it becomes to those who have ever considered it serious­ Federal funds could make solar or geothermal more and more obvious that one of the ly. Now, however, it should sound a warning energy a significant resource for this nation greatest strokes of good fortune this nation 'against our accepting the idea that we can before the year 1900, or nuclear fusion before has experienced is to have our nuclear in­ solve our energy problems simply by cutting the year 2000. dustry as well advanced as we find it today, ·back on energy consumption. So while we must support an aggressive, ready now to provide much of the energy "\Ve obviously can and must eliminate imaginative, well-funded program for energy this nation will need during the next fifty . wasteful practices in energy consumption. research, development, and demonstration in to seventy-five years . l:lowever, there is a point beyond which fur­ every area of energy conversion, distribution, Nuclear energy is the safest, cleanest, ther. .reduction will seriously impact the job storage, consumption, and conservation, we cheapest, most reliable source of energy market. Obviously. there is no moral justi­ must at the same time recognize that the available. wit;h the least environmental im­ fication- for policies that would cause in- benefits of a research and developnuse of energy gram are long range benefits. and that this not have a large block of nuclear -energy shor.f{.ages.· So, whUe energy waste can and nation must proceed for the immediate and avallable:·to us for the coming deeades this ~ust be eliminated, we must never allow one short range future with energy sources which country ,,·ould be in crittoa.l dang-er,, .e'Ven Inan's concept of conservation to be the cause are available to us today. if we succeed in tripUng coal production. by of another man's unemployment. There is much we can do with respect to the year 2000. 12514 EX~~~$IONS OF REMARKS May 4, 19t6

Today, there are 59 nuclear plants licensed thetical .hazards of nuclear energy that one person in the U.S. would receive the follow­ to operate in the United States. During 1975, refuSes to dear in facts. ing radiation: 102 millirem per year from nuclear energy produced about s.s· percent The most hnpoi'tant fact is that the cam­ natural background, 73 mlllirem per year of this nation's electrlclty, with a higher paign to undermine nuclear energy is, in from medical X-rays and therapeutic radia­ re.liabillty !actor than comparably sized coal e1l'ect, a campaign to cause additional unem­ tion, but only -o.4 mlllirem per year from the plants of the same age. Had this amount of ployment. Cutting back on nuclear energy operation of all 1,000 ~uclear plants and all energy been generated by fossil-fired plants, production wlll mean increased unemploy­ their supporting activities. That's less than 60 million tons of coal or 250 .riillllon barre1B ment among American worke1·s, not only one-half of a millirem, as compared to almost of oil would have been required. This .is those involved in the construction of the 200 from natural and medical 13ources. equivalent to two-thirds of a million barrels nuclear plants themselves, but, far more im­ New Yorkers may be interested to learn ol oil a day, about .2 percent of our total portant, those involved in permanent indus­ that the radiation level at the Vanderbilt energy p.roduct.ion.. and 4 percent of our tries which will require the energy produced. Street entrance of Grand Central Station, total oil consumption. This nuclear energy This nation Will need additional energy for due to the natural radiation from the build­ production saved more than 2 billion dollars new homes, ·cars, jobs for young Americans ing's granite, is more than 500 times greater i.rl. generating costs in 1975. already alive, for increased agricultural pro­ than the radiation exposure a person would Eleven more plants are scheduled to be duction, .!or environmental protection receive at the gate of a nuclear power plant en the line within the next twelve months. {which requires more energy), for industries from the plant. It is more than 100 times the In addition to these 70 plants, there are 158 which will compet-e in international markets maximum radiation dose allowed to a mem­ more nuclear plants which are under con­ and which w.UI keep jobs at home, and for ber of the public by the Nuclear Regulatory struction or committed. If these plants are raislng the standard of living of millions of Commission for the closest approach to a all on the lin& by 1985, and they can be if low income Americans. nuclear plant. we simply eliminate unnecessary delays and The 228 nuclear plants that can be on the Tlle safe storage of radioactive wastes i.s provide for construction capital; then this line by 1985 wll1 provide the energy require­ certainly a requirement accompanying the nation will have a nuclear capacity of about ments for about 6 m:111ion permanent jobs tor beneficial 1.1Ee of nuclear fission, and our 30 226 thousand megawatts-about 30 percent American workers. If this energy is not avail­ years experience in the nuclen.r military pro­ or our electric generating capacity-by l9.a5. able, and from this source, these jobs will gram has given us the know-how to do this. One can appreciate the importance of probably not be available either. Using techniques that have been developed such progress in view of the fact that ea.ch 0! course, the nuclear industry, just as any during recent yea1·s, the safe, permanent stor­ new nuclear plant. operating at 64.4 percent other, does have some hazardous aspects, and age of radioacti>e materials is actually a capacity, saves the equivalent of more than we must assume that at some time in the simple mRtter of good engineering and good 10 million barrels of oil a year. It would :future there wUl be some accident causing management. require more than six million barrels of on property dam.a.ge, injuries, and even deaths. In the near future the ERDA will announce a day to produce the same electricity that It 1s crucial, however, to ask how llkely these plans for permRnent storage of radioactive these 228 plants would generate. This 1s a-ccidents are, and how this risk compares to wastes. The technique almost certain to be approximately the same as the amount ol that associated with other everyday activ­ -chosen involves converting the wastes to a petroleum products that the United States ities. solld gl'3SS, similar to Pyrex glassware-and imports today. While it is essential th-at every reasonable just as Inert--and encapsulating these glassi­ With the nuclear breeder program in place preca-ution be taken to guard against every fted wastes in welded stainless steel canisters. in the 199.0S. the advantages of .nuclear conceivable accident--and this is being Ten to twelve canisters, one foot in diameter energy will significantly increase, p.articu­ done-there is a point beyond which ima.,<>in­ an:d ten feet long, will contain the wastes larly with respect to establishing tlrls na­ ing wildly unlikely nuelev a.ccldents becomes produced each year by a 1006-megawatt tion's energy independence. At the present meaningless at best. Obsession with such power plimt. Each one will represent about time we al'e in the midst of an extensive anti-nuclear fantasies, while 1gnol1ng the $20 million worth of electricity produced. All !research, de1•elopment :and demonstration much greater hazards of the real world of this glassified waste irom our nuclear en­ program inv.olving nuclear breeder technolo­ around us, doos a great disservice to the peo­ ergy program through the year 2000 would gies and are focusing on lear.nlng essential ple whom we elected public o1ficia1s are ex­ m'B.ke a stack about twelve feet deep between engineering !acts related to the liquid metal pected to represent. the goal lines of a football field. An individual fast breeder. Our demonstration pr-ograms Recent studies by Dr. Norman Rasmussen citizen's share of glassified nuclear waste for will have reached the point by about 1990 o! M.I.T. indicate that with 100 plants on the the balance o! this century will be about that licensing of commercial breeders should line (as Will be the case before 1980) a major 4 cubic inehes, Rnd most of this material will be in arder. Unfortunately we 'EU'e already accident is 10,000 times less likely to ha.ppen be non-radioactive glass. The waste canisters far behind France, England, Germany, Rus­ in a nuclear power plant than a comparable will be stored in stable geologic formations sia and pl'Obably Japan in the commerciali­ accident in a non-nuclear facility. Thus, the deep underground. As far RS I know, no one zation of this -technology. hazard to any individuru or group wm be has suggested any scenario by which these A breeder is a nuclear power plant which about the same in 1980--with 100 plants on materials would be introduced into the produces more fuel than it consumes. With the line-as the hazard of being struck by a. biosphere. a breeder program. this nation can convert meteor. I am pleased to say that the Congress has our large .stockp.lle of Uranium :238, already To put it another way, the chance that a taken the initiati\e in establishing wen­ mined and in pur.ified .form, into a nuclear person will be killed from a nuclear acctdent organized programs i.n solar energy, geother- , fuel of extraordinary value. This will give in a nuclear power plant in 1980 is one in mal energy, and nuclear fusion. our nation a chance at energy independ­ 1ive billion a year. This means that in twenty The Solar 1Ieating and Coolino- Demon­ ence. The energy that ean be produced from years, on the average, and with no further stration Act of 1974 provides a five':year pro­ the otherwlse useless Uranium 238 can, with upgrading of the plants, one person in the gram to demonstrate the commercial feasi­ a. breeder pr.ogra.m, produce as much elec­ United States would, on a statistical basis, bility of using solar energy to heat and air tricity as would be produced by more than die as a result of a nuclear -accident in some condition residences and other buildings. We 5 times all the oil possessed by all of the one of those 100 plants. wlll have 2,000 demonstration solar heating OPEC nations combined. By way of comparison, we will kill about units on the line by the end of 1977, -and, in Statements that the breeder program pre­ forty-five thousand Americans a year, and addition, 2,000 combined hea.ting and cooling sents some sort of .special -safety problem are suffer about 2 million serious injuries from demonstration units by the end of 1979. simply not true. All nuclear plants produce automobile accidents. About 12,000 persons We have also established a long range, ,plutonium. The breeder simply produces burn to death. Overdoses of aspirin and as­ comprehensive program for all aspects of more than it uses. This new fuel will, 1n pirin compounds cause hundreds of deaths solar energy con-uersion to electricity, includ­ turn, be used to provide for concurrent per year. About 1,000 persons die from elec­ ing ·wind conversion, thermal electric con­ energy requirements. Nuclear wastes from trical shock. About 160 are killed by light­ version, photovoltaics, ocean thermal gradi­ breeder plants are no different .!rom the ning. About 3,000 choke to death on food. ents, bioconverslon and the incineration of More than 2,000 are bitten by rabid animals. wastes for energy, or their conversion to use­ wastes of today's nuclear plants. I will dis­ ful fuels. cuss waste management presently. About 2,000 are killed in airplane accidents. Solar energy will clearly play an important I The fact is that not a single radiation death am not llllil."\U\re of the fact that there role in our future, and I am proud of the are those who hs"'l"e -act1U!J.ly convinced them­ or injury has resulted from the operation of overall program we ha-ve est ablished. We have selves th.a.t nuclear energy represents a spe- any licensed. nuclear power plnnt in the increased funding for solar energy research United States, or anywhere else in the free cial hazard to the public, and that the p:ro­ and development about one hundred times gra.m should be terminated, in spite of it.s world, nor has any member of the public ·during the five years I have been involved in ob1·1ous benefiiis. I appeal to them to :rec£>2- been exposed to any radiation in excess of the program. and our Committee on Sciei1ce nize tha.t the production of electricity~ internationnlly approved. standards as the re­ and Technology has just doubled the author­ nuclear fission .Js far safer than most other sult of the operation of all the 59 nuclear ization for FY '77 over the expendit ure for human ctJ.rities, including the mining, power plants and their supporting activities, FY '76. tr~ and burning of coal, which and the more than 100 U.S. military nuclear However, we must keep the potential for Is ~be only othm- slgnifieant source of energy reactors now in s~rvice. solar energy in perspective. With well-man­ available. If we were .to. assume 1,000 nuclear power aged, well-funded, -aggressive pr~rams, we There 's no moral or intellectual Justifica­ plants. on the line and assuming no advances may, if we are lucky, be able to provide 1% tion for becoming so obsessed with hypo- in emission control technology, the average of our energy from solar heating and cool- 1Vlay 4; 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12515 ing, and another 1% from all other methods facts, we can overcome the problems that World areas has dangel'Otts implications. The of solar electric conversion by the year 1990; face us today, and help build a better world. widespread bombing of cities in a local con­ but almost certainly not before. For in­ flict would greatly multiply civilian casual­ stance, if we were to convert 10% of our 70 ties and increase the tlu·eat of direct super­ million homes in this country to solar energy BLUE RIBBON PANEL CALLS FOR power involvement. With the growing danger for heating and cooling by 199o-and that CURBS ON ARMS TRADE of nuclear proliferation, the export of nu­ would be a truly prodigious l.mdertaking­ clear capable delivery systems could raise the energy saved would be only slightly more dangerous ambiguities regarding the inten­ than 1% of our national energy demand. HON. LES ASPIN tions and capabilities of the recipient coun­ The same general perspective applies to OF WISCONSIN tries. geothermal energy. In the Geothermal Re­ Therefore, the panel recommends that: search, Development, and Demonstration Act IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The transfer of weapons with city-busting of 1974, our goal is to have from six to ten Tuesday, May 4, 1976 capabilities, such as strategic bombers and geothermal demonstration plants on the line surface-to-surface missiles, to 'Third World by 1980. These are small plants, generating Mr. ASPIN. Mr. Speaker, the ex­ countries and should encourage other sup­ up to fifty megawatts of electricity each, us­ tremely rapid expansion in the sale of pliers to follow suit. ing presently undeveloped types of geother­ arms to foreign nations is a matter of The United States should declare a mora­ mal energy such as hot dry rock formations, very grave concern to many of us. Be­ torium on the export to Third World coun­ hot water deposits, and geopressured water. tween 1963 and 1973, U.S. arms sales rose tries of' weapons whose primary or exclusive Hete again, prudence must govern our op­ by over 300 percent. By 1975, the total function is to deliver nuclear warheads and timism. Even with such a crash program. should encourage other potential suppliers which we are funding aggressively, it is un­ value of those sales reached $9.5 bil­ to adopt similar restraints. The shipment of likely that we can produce 1 % of our total lion-far above the level of sales of any U.S. Pershing and Soviet Scud missiles to the energy from all geothermal sources before other country in the world. Middle East is inconsistent with these prin­ 1990. Despite this massive increase in the ciples. During the last three years we have ex­ transfer of armaments, the administra­ The United should restrict its shipment perienced very encouraging progress in nu­ tion has failed to seriously consider the of high-technology weapons with primarily clear fusion research, and certainly we are implications of increasing the destruc­ offensive capabilities to developing coun­ now operating on a new plateau--one which tive capabilities of countries in such ex­ tries and should encourage other suppliers we have dreamed of and sought for twenty to adopt similar restraints. years. Now, for the first time, we understand plosive regions as the Middle East and The United States should app1·oach the the physics and the dynamics of the plasma Southern Africa. Nor has the administra­ Soviet Union regarding a freeze on the ship­ in which the thermonuclear reaction must tion considered the effects of allowing an ment o! very advanced weapons to the take place. This puts us in a position to move escalation in the economic importance Arab states and Israel. forward with a much more aggressive re­ of commercial arms sales. The United States and the Soviet Union search program; in which we can, with con­ The United States must exert greater should agree to consult with each other siderable confidence, predict success. control over this deadly trade, and we before undertaking major arms shipments I believe that we can have our first com­ must thoroughly evaluate the full range to the Middle East. merically feasible fusion electric demonstra­ The U.N. Security Council, which includes tion plant on the line by the mid or late of its effects on America and on the the major arms-supplying nations. should 1990's, but this will require massive support, world. be encouraged to formulate general guide­ starting now, for materials research and de­ The United Nations Association, with lines concerning the shipment of arma­ velopment, and for engineering studies. If the support of the Rockefeller Founda­ ments to conftict-prone areas. this program is successful, we may-in the tion, has taken the initiative in this area As the emphasis in U.S. arms exports has 21st Century-be able to look forward to pro­ and has produced an importa.nt study of shifted from aid to sales, which now make viding unlimited quantities of clean, cheap the international arms trade, a summary up more than 95 percent of U.S. arms orders, energy forever, not only for this country, but of which I am including in the RECORD: economic motivations have gained prom­ for all mankind. We may also look forward inence. Yet in the long run, dependence on to phasing out the burning of fossil fuels and BLUE RmBON PANEL CALLS FOR CURBS ON THE fluctuating foreign markets could be detri­ the use of nuclear fission to produce elec­ INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE mental to the health of U.S. defense indus­ tricity-in the 21st Century. Paul C. Warnke, former Assistant Secretary tries. Perhaps more importantly, the cur­ It should be completely obvious that we of Defense for International Security A1fatrs, rent scarcity of global resources underlines cannot reach these goals of the 21st Century Richard N. Gardner, former Deputy Assistant the urgency of curbing arms expenditures unless we establish intelligent and respon­ Secretary of State for International Organi­ in the developing world, which have been sible policies and programs during the bal­ zation Afi'airs, and James F. Leonard, Presi­ increasing more rapidly than those in the ance of the 20th Century. It should be ob­ dent of UNA-USA, today announced the pub­ developed countries. vious that this is no time for pretending that lication of an interim report of the UNA-USA Therefore, the panel recommends that: there are simplistic solutions to the tangle National Policy Panel on Conventional Arms Economic motivations, such as aiding tbe of interlocking and complex problems that Control. The report recommends a series of U.S. balance-of-payments or supporting our face us. It should be obvious that we cannot unilateral and multilateral actions for con­ domestic arms Industry, should be subordi­ afi'ord to base our policies on fantasies, fears, trolling the flourishing international arms traffic. nate to foreign policy, national security and hopes, or prejudices. It should be just as ob­ arms control considerations in determining vious, however, that this nation can develop The report is signed by twenty-two distin­ U.S. arms export policies. policies and programs which will provide for guished former government officials, business Congress should pass legislation to pha e adequate energy to maintain our economic and labor leaders, academic experts and re­ out commercial sales gradually. stability and standard of living, while pro­ tired military officers. Thornton F. Bradshaw, President of the Atlantic Richfield Company, Recent Congressional efforts to open arms tecting or even improving our environment sales transactions to public scrutiny should and the health and physical well-being of is Chairman of the panel and Cyrus R. Vance, former Deputy Secretary of Defense, is Vice­ be pursued, since increased publicity will our citizens. inhibit the widespread use of agents' fees I believe we can do it if we establish energy Chairman. The annual pace of international arms and bribery of foreign officials to obtai:r;t policies that do make sense and if we imple­ arms sales contracts. ment them at every level right away. Every­ transfers has more than doubled over the past decade, with the U.S. exporting almost The United States and other developed one who understands this has a special role countries should take account of the rea­ to play helping his fellow citizens under­ as many weapons as all other nations com­ bined. In the current fiscal year, foreign sonableness of local military expenditures stand, because the real enemies this nation as one factor in determining the level of faces, in the struggle to overcome the energy orders for U.S. arms are expected to exceed $10 billion for the third year in succession. bilateral economic aid programs. crisis, are primarily ignorance, fear, prejudice Arms transfers have proven to be an in­ and emotionalism. Not only has the volume of U.S. arms trans­ fers tripled during the past ten years, but effective means of gai_ning la,sting influence We have faced tough problems before. some of the most sophisticated weapon sys­ over the domestic and foreign policies of Afany of us here lived through the Depres­ tems in the U.S. arsenal, such as F-14 fighters recipient countries. Through the transfer of sion and helped fight the 2nd World War. and Spruance class destroyers, are being ex­ armaments and concomitant support pro­ We never doubted for a single moment what ported to developing countries in the Third grams the U.S. can inadvertently become our purpose was or that we would ultimately World. identified or involved with potentially un­ overcome the difficulties that beset us during The massive transfer of armaments, espe­ stable and often unattractive regimes. those trying times. I am convinced that if cially very advanced weapon systems, to po­ Therefore, the panel recommends that: the American people exercise the same re­ tentially explosive regions of the Third Arms transfers should be more carefully silience, confidence, and good sense that we World can exacerbate local tensions and in­ coordinated with U.S. foreign policy interests. have demonstrated in the past, and if we crease the likelihood of armed conflict. In The United States should not commit itself all demand responsible leadership from of particular, the shipment of fighter-bombers to major arn1s sales 10 nations toward whi~h our public officials, appointed or elected, and and sUI·face-to-surface n1issiles with city­ it has only marginal foreign pollcy commit­ if we demand policies based on scientific busting capabilities to confiict-prone Third ment.<;, particularly if there is a risk that 5uch 12516 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 4, 19;6 arms transfers could have harmful con.o;e­ ECHEVERRIA OPENS ~CO TO political exiles goes back to the late 1930's quences for U.S. foreign policy interests in ALL LATIN AMER1CAN REDS when thousands of republican refugees from the long run. :the Spanlsh CivU War were welcomed here Given the dominant U.S. position in the by the left-leaning President, Gen. Lazaro arms trade, gre&ter U.S. restraint Ja a pre­ HON. LARRY McDONALD Cardenas. reauislte ior the development of effective in­ OF GEORGIA Even during the 1950's and 60's when more terilationa control measures. While the U.S. conservative regim~ governed Mexico, left­ hould take the initiative by adopting cer­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ist opponents of the repressive regimes Brazil, tain unilateral restraints on its arm:s exports, Tuesday, May 4, 1976 Guatemala, Nicaragua and Haiti as well as in the long run limiting the global arms right wing exiles from the Cuban Govern­ traffic will require international coopera­ Mr. McDONALD of Georgia. Mr. ment of Fidel Castro were granted asylum tion and multllate:ral agreements among Speaker, the manner in which the Presi­ here. both a:rms suppliel"S and recipients. dent of Mexico, Luis Echeven·ia, is im­ l3ut, under President Luis Echeverria Al­ UNA-US.-\ NATIONAL POLICY :PANEL ON posing on his country a collection of varez, this tradition has been transformed CO!'.\"ENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL Communists who have been obliged to into an active instrument of foreign policy leave other parts of Latin America that enables the Go\-ernm.ent to contrast its Thornton F. Bradshaw, Chairman, Presi­ new liberalism with the stl·ident conserva­ dent and Chairman of the Executive Com­ should be subject of general interest. I tism of many South Ame1·ican .regimes. mittee, Atlantic Richfield Company. nave mentioned it several times, and . As a result, during th.e last three years Harvey "Brooks, Dean of Engineering and now we :find confirmation in the New Mexico has not only opened the doors of its Applied Physics, Harvard University. York Times-which, of course, leaves no embassies to persecuted leftists, put press1.u·e Ear:ry E. Carter, Attorney at Law, Morrison doubt of its approval. It is worth noting ~n other goorernments to allow them to fiy & Foerster, Formerly, National Security that these foreign Communists are given into exile and tried to negotiate the release Council .Staff. preferential treatment and choice jobs of political prisoners, but has also been will­ Harlan Cleveland, Director, Program in ing to sacrifice good relations with military Intexna.Uonal Affairs Aspen Institute for HU­ in journa1ism, higher education, and regimes in order ·~o protect their political manistic Studies, Formerly, U.S. Ambassador gove1"Illllent, at the expense of Mexicans ~pponents. to NATO. who are as well, or even better qua111ied. Mexico's warm welcome for refugees from Lynn E. Davis, Assistant Professor of Polit­ "I believe this demonstrates the determi­ Chlle's military junta marked the beginning ical Science, Columbia' University. nation of President Echeven·la to push of thls more aggressive policy 1.n cealing Gaylord Freeman, Honorary Chairman of his co1mtry in directions determined by with the pToblem ef rep1·ession of leftists in the Board. First National Bank c! Cb.ic.a.go. international communism. several South American republics. Richard N. Gardner, Henry L • .Moses Proies­ The Times account of April 28 follows: .In part, this refiected the close friendship sor of Law and International Organization, between President Echeverria and the late MEXICO A HAVEN FOB LATIN EXILF.S AS RIGHT­ Columbia University, Formerly, Deputy As­ President Salvador Allende Gossens of Chile. sistant Secretary of State for International IST REGIMES 'TIGHTEN CURBS ·The Mexican leader personally invited Dr. Organization Afi'airs. (By Alan Riding) Allende's widow, Ortensia Bussi de Allende, L. Richard Garwin, Thomas J. Watson Re­ 1'!.1Exico CITY, April 27.-"We knew Mexlco'l to reside here and he later gave her a hom~ in search Center, International Business Ma- tradition on asylum .and we remembered the Mexico City. chines Corporation. . way Mexico helped the Chileans," recalled a TIES WITH CHILE BROKEN Paul Jennings, President, International Uruguayan doctor and Communist Party Union of Electrical, Radio and l\1achine But Mr. Echeverria also went out of 1lis milltant, now a political exile, ••so I grabbed way to grant permanent or temporary asy­ Workers. my wife and children and we headed for the Robert .Kleiman, Editorial Board, New lum here to more then 3,000 Chilean leftists, embassy." including such prominent figtrres as former York Times. The doctor sat around 'Mexico City's Hotel Charles !t.IcC. Mathias, Jr., u.s. Senator Foreign Minister Glodomiro Almeyda Medina Versailles with other Uruguayan leftists who and former Minister o! Economy Pedro for .Maryland. have recently 1led the country. "We just Vusk.ovic Bravo. And once the Mexican Em­ Paul W. lllcCracken, Edmund Ezr.a Day don't know what is happening to our University .Professor of Business Administra­ bassy in Santiago was cleared of refugees, friends and .relatives,'' a woman historian Mexico broke off diplomatic relations with tion, University of Michigan, F.o~y. said. "We were lucky to get out. The Mexi­ Chairman .of the Connell of Economic Ad­ the Chilean ]unta in November 1974. can Embassy ts now surrot.mded by soldiers The next wave of exiles came from Argen­ visors. and it's tiiffieult to get ln." Vice Adm.iral Gerald E. Miller, U..S. Navy tina, beginning in October 1974, after the With right-wing governments continuing Government of President Isabel 1.1:artinez de (Ret.). Formerly, Commandc;lr ol' the SiXth to tighten their grip on the South American Fleet. Peron swt.mg to the right and a l'ight-wing repUblics, Mexico is becoming perhaps the terrorist group, the Argentine Anti-Commu­ Cyrus R. Vance, Vice Chairman. P&rtner, last safe haven and poUUcal center in Latin Simpson. Thacher & Bartlett, Formerly, nist Alliance, began an offensive against left­ America for leftist exiles from the entire ists and even moderate opponents of the Deputy .Secretary of Defense. region:• Waldemar A. Nielsen, President, W. A. regime. Outside the Rotel Ve1·sailles, which has According to Dr. Obregon Cano, who now Nielsen and C{)mpany. b~come the first home in Mexico for growing Frank Pace, Jr., .Pl'esidtmt Int.ezn&tion&l acts as a dental consultant as well as in­ numbers o! South American exiles, the dis­ formal adviSer to refugees, 4.50 to 500 Argen­ E!!i:e<:Utive service Corps, Formerl,-, 8eeretar'J tinctive Argentine accents of a mother and tines, including two .former university rec­ of the Armv; Chairman of the Board, General two children identified members of a group Dynamics.· tors. Rodolfo Puiggros and .Raul Leguzzi, o! refugees who had just arrived from and former Interior .Minister Esteban Righi, GenE:ral Bruce Palmer, Jr., U.S. A:rmy Buenos A:ixes. have taken up exile here since then. J.Iost (Ret.), Executive Director, Defense 1\t~n­ ''MEXI{;O IS GENEROUS" left Argentina after attempts or threats power Commission, Formerly, Army V1ce "Mexico is extraordinarily open and gen­ againSt their lives. Chief of Staff. erous with political exiles," said Dr. Ricardo After the military coup against the Go-v­ Robert v. Roosa, Partner, Brown "Brothers Obregon Cano, former Governor of the Ar­ ernment of Mrs, Peron on March 24 this Ha:::ri:nan & Co., Formerly, Under Secretary .of gentine province of COrdoba and now se<:re­ year, a new wa"l.·e of exiles was expected to the Treasury. tary general of a group called the Argentine reach :Mexico, but so far few have arrived. Joseph M. Segel, Chairman, .Presidential Solidarity Committee. "No other cot.mtry of­ ''The first thing the junta did was to sur­ Airways, Board o! Governors, UNA-USA. ers such personal and political security." round all embassies, close the .airports and Ivan Selin, Chairman of the Board, Ameri­ Although Venezuela, Colombia and Costa even block all .roads leading out of the coun­ can 1\!anagement .Systems, :Inc., Formerly, Rica, the only three Latin American coun­ try,., Dr. Obregon Cano said in an interview. Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for tries generally considered to be democratic, "This time the junta doesn't want any ldt­ Svstems Ana.tysis. have Teceived some exiles in recent years, they ists to escape." . Frank Stanton. Chairman of the American ha'\'e reportedly done so reluctantly. Like Argentina's new regime, the mili­ tary-dominated Go\ ernment of P~·esident Red Cross, Foz-xnerly, Vice Chairman of the "The Venezuelan Embassy in Montevideo Juan '111aria Bordaberry in Uruguay does not Board, Columbia Broadcasting System. actually turned away .a .refugee who was then recognize any of the col?Jltry's own .nation­ Paul c. Wa.rnlre. PArtner, crnrord. Warnke, immediately arrested," one Uruguayan exile als as -po1itical refugees and therefore it re­ Glass, .Mcnwain & F1nney, .Fonnerly. AssJst­ recalled bitterly. "Colombia took five refu­ fuses to grant them 1'ormal exile status. ant Secretary of Defense for International gees .against its will. while Costa Rica and Since the Uruguayan Army vlrtuhlly took Security Mairs. Peru also closed theil' doors. But, at the last over the Government in .June 1973, not only Staff: Edward C. Luck, Project Dire<:tor, eonnt, there were more than 100 exlles 1n has the TupamaTo guerrilla movement been Geraldine R. Cal'Uana, Administrative As­ the Mexican Embassy.'" crushed but the Congress has also been sistant. Mexico's tradition of granting asylum to closed, labor and student organizations have May 4, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12517 been outlawed and, according to exile It's more familiar, we don't feel so far !.rom agement is of great concern to all of us sources, about 6,000 opponents of the regime home. And, of course, the newspapers are and I hope that my colleagues in the have been imprisoned. full of news from Chlle.'' Congress will have the opportunity to Last October, a new wave of repression agaist the Uruguayan left began, leading the either attend the hearings or familiarize London-based Amnesty International organ­ themselves with the testimony generated ization to denounce arbitrary arrests on a JOINT COMMITTEE SCHEDULING from the hearings. mass scale in Uruguay and the application OF HEARINGS ON RADIOACTIVE The tentative schedule follows: of "institutionalized torture" against poUt­ Monday, May 10,1976,10 a.m.: leal prisoners there. Soon after, many who WASTE MANAGEMENT Richard Roberts, Assistant Administrator feared arrest began seeking asylum in the for Nuclear Energy, Energy Research and De­ Mexican Embassy. HON. MIKE McCORMACK velopment Administration. "The Uruguayan Government is furious John Bartlett, Pacific Northwest Labora­ with Mexico," one exile said, showing a. visi­ OF WASHINGTON tory. tor an editorial from the pro-Government IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES James Liverman, Assistant Administrator Montevideo newspaper La Mafi.ana that car­ Tuesday, May 4, 1976 for Environment and Safety, Energy Re­ ried the headline, "Mexico on the Dangerous search and Development Administration. Path Toward Communism." Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, as Frank Baranowski, Director, Division of "It would like to expel the Mexican am­ chairman of the Subcommittee on En­ Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Production, Energy bassador, but it doesn't want to draw too vironment and Safety of ~e Joint Com­ Research and Development Administration. much attention," the exile said. Tuesday, May 11, 1976, 10 a.m.: In Mexico, though, the Uruguayan situa­ mittee on Atomic Energy, I am pleased to announce that the subcomittee will John Frye and Robert Fosch, National tion has already become something of a cause Academy of Sciences, Committee on Radio­ celebre, at least among newspaper readers. conduct a series of public hearings on active Waste Management. Almost dally the newspapers here carry de­ the manE.gement of radioactive wastes George DeBuchananne, U.S. Geological tailed accounts of repression and torture in starting next Monday. The hearings will Survey. Uruguay alongside reports of Mexico's as­ be held at 10 a.m., on May 10, 11, and (Additional witnesses not yet identified.) sistance to opponents of the Bordaberry Gov­ 12 in the public hearing room of the Wednesday, May 12, 1976, 10 a.m.: ernment. Joint Committee, S. 407, U.S. Capitol. As in the cases of Chllean and Argentine Marcus Rowden, chairman, Nuclea.r Regu­ exiles before them, this publicity should help The management and handling of latory Commission. the Uruguayans find Jobs as well as sympathy radioactive wastes, including wastes Kenneth Chapman, Director, Office of Nu­ in Mexico. For example, government omces from our nuclear energy industry, is a clea.r Material Safety and Safeguards, Nu­ subject of intense concern throughout clear Regulatory Commission. and state universities know immediately that Richard Roberts, Assistant Administrator it is official policy to help the Uruguayan the country. There is not the slightest for Nuclear Energy, Energy Research and De­ exiles. doubt but that the technology can be velopment Administration. Yet, even apart from the anxiety they feel developed for isolating, encapsulating, Roger Strelow, Assistant Administrator, over the situation of relatives back home, and storing our nuclear wastes deep in Environmental Protection Agency. the Uruguayans are finding their first weeks in Mexico less than easy. "We know that the ground in such a way that they Mexico has its own serious unemployment present no threat whatsoever to the bio­ problem," said one recent arrival from Mon­ sphere, the environment, or the popula­ tevideo who, like many of his colleagues. tion. Furthermore, it should be possible CHEMICAL INDUSTRY LEADER asked that his name not be published. "And to do this so economically ~hat the addi­ FINDS LOAN GUARANTEES NEC­ we also know that many of the teaching and tional cost for nuclear electricity asso­ ESSARY FOR CLEAN ~ DE­ professional vacancies have been filled by ciated with permanent waste manage­ VELOPMENT Chileans and Argentines." ment would be insignificant. Until they find work, however, they are The time has come for a full public under no pressure to leave the modest com­ discussion of the technical alternatives HON. OLIN E. TEAGUE fort of the Hotel Versailles, where the Gov­ OF TEXAS ernment has agreed to pay for their :rooms associated with waste management. The and meals for an indefinite period. "Obvious­ Energy Research and Development Ad­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ly we want to find work," one young exile ministration, along with the Nuclear Tuesday, May 4, 1976 said, "but the Government seems to under­ Regulatory Commission, the Environ­ stand the difficulties." mental Protection Agency, and other Mr. TEAGUE. Mr. Speaker, Thomas Exiles arriving from Argentina, on the agencies of the Government, have been Milhaupt of the petrochemical energy other hand, have the advantage of finding studying this subject 1n cietall for sev­ group finds loan guarantees a necessity an established exile organization, lnclttlling in the development of clean synthetic not only the Solidarity Committee but also a eral years. ERDA is now prepared to make public its recommendations con­ fuels. In testimony before the House cultural center known as Argentina House. Committee on Science and Technology, "We don't concern ourselves about the polit­ cerning these alternate technologies, and Ical position of each exile," Dr. Obregon these hearings are scheduled to provide Mr. Milhaupt spoke as a representative Cano said, "so long as they are political refu­ a platform for the ERDA to describe to of the many independent companies gees. Most of us are Peronists, but we also the Congress and the public what the which comprise the petrochemical en­ help people from other parties." technical options are, what they might ergy group. Each of the member com­ JOURNALIST FINDS WORK QUICKLY cost, and when they will be available. panies is engaged in the production of For example, thanks to assistance from The Joint Committee on Atomic Ener­ refined products made from petroleum established exiles, an Argentine journalist gy has full responsibility for oversight or natural gas. from Cordoba recently found a job and ob­ and legislation in the field of manage­ By their very definition these com­ tained immigrant status in Mexico within a ment of radioactive wastes. These hear­ panies are energy intensive, using petro­ month of his arrival here, even though he ings are designed to provide a "no holds leum and natural gas not only for fuels belonged to the former radical opposition but for feedstocks. Mr. Milhaupt states: party. barred", in-depth analysis of all aspects of this question so that the Joint Com­ . . . we are uniquely a.tfected. and vitally In contrast, 30 months after the coup interested in legislation assuring adequate against President Allende, the Chilean exile mittee may provide whatever legislation and economic supplies of these resources f10r community is showing signs of disintegra­ is necessary to see that the implementa­ the nation. And because we understand that tion, with tradtional political diffBr~nces now tion of programs for nuclear waste man­ H.R. 12112 is designed to encourage and ex­ reflect ed in bitter divisions and infighting. agement is carried forward expediti­ plore the development and utilization of our Par t of Mexico's attraction for exiles is ously. domestic energy resources we believe that it that, while it is as safe as many distar... t Our goal is to establish a program un­ is a. step in the right direction and are European countries, South Americans finding pleased to appear in support of such initia ­ asylum here do not feel so out of touch with der which all radioactive wastes are con­ tives. events back home. centrated, encapsulated, and stored in a "I'm so relieved I stayed here," said a iorm­ manner that will assure the full protec­ Mr. Milhaupt's testimony stressed the er aide to President Allende who was also tion of the public, both now and in the importance of oil and gas hydrocarbons offered refuge in East Germany. "Here we're future. to their industry, including the liquid still in Latin America, people speak Spanish, The subject of radioactive wa-ste man- and gaseous synthetic fuels that can be CXXII--790-Part 10 12518 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 4, 1976 derived from coal, urban waste, and other The ultimate success of any democracy publicat ion spent five minutes giving his resources. depends on the intelligent guidance it opinions of the Vietnam war. Appa.ren t ly The petrochemical industry is particu­ he forgot that you are not on hand in the receives from a well-informed electorate. media. business to give your views but rat her larly vulnerable to oil and natural gas Few subjects are of greater impor­ find out the views of others. Barbara. Walters shortages because no matter how strictly tance to our democratic institutions than has not made these mistakes and has st uck they conserve their energy efficient pro­ the measure of information about public to asking questions, which is a fundamental duction there is no significant possibility affairs, national and local, which is com­ of the reporter's craft. for conservation when these resources municated to the people who create the The question tha.t remains is whether an are used as feedstocks to produce the public opinion which guides and controls evening news format makes the most sense for this kind of outstanding reportorial refined products. For this reason the this country. talent. petrochemical industry and the jobs it The article I am about to present to The evening news report on network tele­ creates are extremely susceptible to sup­ you is written by Thomas Vail, edito::" and vision is put together by a. staff of network ply shortages. publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, reporters and from wire services. It is mainly Petrochemicals provide the basis for a which is Ohio's largest newspaper. Mr. a. recitation of news and analysis gathered multiplicity of products upon which all Vail is discussing the milliDn-dollar bo­ by others. Thus, Walter Cronkite, Harry Reasoner or John Chancellor mainly pass Americans depend. Seventy-eight per­ nanza which recently engulfed Barbara on information assembled by others. Most cent of the Nation's rubber used for tires, Walters, one of our leading television often they a.re conveyors rather tha.n re­ coal conveyor belts, irrigation piping and personalities. porters. If the anchor person is moderate, other products are petrochemical based. Without further adieu, I will present middle-aged and "sincere," this is a. main Americans use 29 billion pounds of petro­ Mr. Vail's article from the Plain Dealer asset in the ratings game. chemical based plastics each year. Sixty of May 2 for your thoughtful considera­ Whlle Ba.rba.ra Walters ma.y like being the percent of the textiles produced in this first woman to anchor a. network evening tion: news program and although she may enjoy country depend on petrochemicals; am­ WILL EVENING NEWS SUIT BARBARA? the huge income, it will be interesting to monia made from natural gas forms the (By Thomas Va.U) see if her talents really fit into an evening base of our fertilizer industry. The auto­ The impending move of NBC's "Today" news broadcast where reportorial talents play mobile industry is increasingly depend­ show superstar Ba.rba.ra. Walters, from NBC a lesser role. ent upon synthetic rubber and plastic to to ABC for a. $5-mlliion, five-yea.r contract ABC needs a. new backup to the rather achieve lower weight and better per­ ha.s brought forth interesting comment from dull Harry Reasoner. His new brainy co­ formance in their products. In 1975 the the media. about itself. anchor person will liven up things for sm·e. Usually media. people do not ta.Ik about Also we understand Barbara. Walters will average U.S. automobile contained more a.Iso be given other formats so she can con ­ than 300 pounds of petrochemicals. themselves which, for this writer, is an asset. Autobiographies a.re mostly ina.c· tinue to a.sk those penetrating questions. There is hardly a day when each of us curacies. But this time there ha.ve been In the meantime we will watch the Niel­ does not use detergent, aspirin, anti­ thoughtful observations about the media. sen ratings and hopefully keep track of the freeze, hydraulic fiuid for cars and sign11ica.nce of the news as well as the per­ a.nd its current role in our society. sonalities who present it. numerous other products made from Resident intellectual Eric Sevaried on CBS petrochemicals. sa.id show business wa.s taking over the news Independent studies, validated by the business, a.t least on television. His point economy's recent recession, indicate that wa.s tha.t in times pa.st the news was more COPING WITH OSHA a sustained reduction of only 15 percent important tha.n the person presenting it. in feedstocks for petrochemicals would Seva.ried sa.id tha.t this is changing a.nd suggests that we a.re headed in the wrong RON. JAMES A8D~~OR mean a loss of 1.8 million jobs and a loss direction when the people who present the OF SOUTH DAKOTA of $65 to $70 billion in production value. news a.re more important than the news IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This loss would reverberate across the itself. country. The Plain Dealer's a.ble TV critic, Bill Tuesday, May 4, 1976 Mr. Milhaupt suggests that-- Hickey, wrote a. column to the effect tha.t Mr. ABDNOR. Mr. Speaker, South ... the future well-being of the Nation a.s the American Broadcasting Co. was not Dakotans are law-abiding people who do a. whole, including the domestic petrochemi· wasting any money by hiring Ba.rba.ra. Wa.l· ters to anchor its evening news because their best to adhere to the copious, con­ ca.l industry, ma.y depend upon a viable fused, and often contradictory maze of synthetic fuels industry. higher Nielsen ratings for ABC's nightly news will enable tha.t network to make many Federal regulations they confront at He advises that coal-based synthetic more millions by charging more for the every turn. They want the safe working natural gas plants are particularly de­ advertising on the programs. conditions mandated by their own con­ sirable because they would convert a I ha.ve a. personal observation to a.dd. sciences and by the Occupational Safety "dirty" resource into a usable and clean a.s I ha.ve been on the "Today" show twice and Health Administration. fuel, decreasing this Nation's dependence a.nd ha.ve ha.d on various occasions interest­ ing conversations with Barbara. Walters. Sometimes in coping with OSHA they on imports while advancing the goal of I wonder how the evening news format is find it necessary to radically alter their environmental acceptable fuels. going to suit her brlllia.nt reportorial talent. operations. I would like to share with Mr. Milhaupt concluded his testimony The genius of Ba.rba.ra. Walters is that she my colleagues a report on how one South by stating: a.sks signlflcant questions in a. concise man­ Dakota excavator handled the matter: Our best chance for meeting threatened ner. Knowing tha.t electronic journalism has he fired all his employees: shortages head-on a.nd to move ahead is to above a.ll a. time problem, Ms. Walters gets MAN EVADES OSHA's WATCHFUL EYE encourage a.nd make best use of every poten­ right to the point. She a.sks penetrating tial domestic energy resource. We believe questions designed to elicit as much a.s pos­ (By James Carrier) H.R. 12112 is a. positive forthright step in tha.t sible from her respondent in the shortest Sioux FALLS.-After giving him three fines, direction. possible time. federal safety inspectors ha.ve stopped look­ This is the unique a.nd essential gift of a. ing over Bob Colwill's shoulder. top reporter. You must be curious, you must He isn't any safer tha.n he used to be. He ARE PERSONALITIES OR FACTS be informed, and you must know how to just stopped being an employer. And with­ ask a question to get significant information out employes, Colwlll's sewer-excavating MOST IMPORTANT IN TELEVISION from the person you a.re interviewing. business is out of the reach of the federal NEWS REPORTING? Ba.rba.ra. Walters has these talents, which Occupational Safety a.nd Health Administra­ a.re unfortunately too often lacking among tion (OSHA) . both print and electronic media. people. "I'm not about to spend six months in a HON. RONALD M. MOTTL Many of my more intelligent friends are penitentiary for giving someone a job," said OF OHIO too often disappointed by the poor ques­ Colwill. The maximum penalty for willful IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tions and the inept manner of asking them violation of an OSHA regulation in which an even at the higher levels of newsgathering. employe is killed, is six months in prison and Tuesday, May 4, 1976 Presidential p1 ess conferences tno often end $10,000 fine. Mr. MOTI'L. Mr. Speaker, I would up with the wrong questions asked in the After two fines of $500 and $250 and a pro­ wrong wa.y. Some reporters are more in­ posed fine (still under appeal) of $900, Col­ like to share with other Members of the terested in their own point of view than that House the observations of a leading edi­ will had enough. The next fine could have of the person they a.re interviewing. been $2,000 to $10,000. tor in my home city on a subject which A few years ago when I was on "Meet the "Tha.t created a. lot of pressure for me, per­ is of great concern to our democratic Press" with then Vice President Hubert sonally. It was on my mind constantly. I republic. H u mphrey, an edit or of a. famous na.tiona.l slept with it. May 4, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12519 "No one got hurt in 25 years, except for a tional Conference and Travel Mart in travel, caused far too many consumers to cut finger. It's a hazardous occupation, but Pittsburgh, Pa. , decide against purchasing charter packages. we seldom do anything we don't feel is safe," Mr. Jack Yohe, Director of the C.ivil Thus, while the Board did liberalize its said Colwill. rules far too few consumers purchased these Following OSHA's third citation to Colwill Aeronautics Board's Office of the Con­ charters. This was particularly true for do­ last December, he fired his six employes (he sumer Advocate, appeared on one of the mestic charters. To the extent success was employed 26 during busy periods), sold most panels. His comments should be shared achieved with earlier charter rules, it was of his equipment (at a $40,000 loss), and on by those who deal with the public and I primarily achieved in international trans­ t he ad\·ice of his attorney formed a partner­ ask that Mr. Yohe's talk be printed in the portation-that is, fiights that took Ameri­ ship with his son, Randy and former employe RECORD: cans abroad. For practical purposes, domestic Dick Green. ADDRESS BY JACK YOHE charters were the province of affinity char­ "As partners they are not subject to the I want to sincerely thank you for the op­ ters and subject to all the problems of af­ (OSHA) act," said Charles Hines, OSHA's portunity to meet with you today. I believe finities such as the group membership re­ South Dakota director. "As a partnership that there is a critical need to convince not quirement on the one hand vs. illegal sales they could operate under hazardous condi­ only our foreign friends to discover America, on the other hand. tions, I guess, 1f they elect to subject them­ but, even in this Bicentennial year, there is However, last fall, just in time for the Bi­ selves to the hazards. We're strictly con­ centennial year, the Board adopted a new cerned with the safety protection of em­ a need to convince many Americans to "Dis­ cover America". So at the outset I want to forn of charter known as the OTc-for One­ ployes." stop-inclusive Tour Charter. So far it looks Hines and his inspectors pay particular at­ express my wholehearted support !or your ef­ forts. Of course air transportation is a vital, like this is going to be by far the most suc­ tention to trenches and excavations, part ot cessful form of publicly available charter a national OSHA policy to reduce the 150 in .fact for many people, an indispensable prerequisite to discovering America. yet adopted-and, it appears that the ma­ deaths in trenchs each year. jority of OTC fiights wlll be to domestic In the first eight months of this year, 30 Today I want to tell you about some ot the things that the Civil Aeronautics Board destinations. This rule, which permits pack­ trench deaths have been reported in the U.S. age tours of as little as four days, and does There has been one trench death in South has done or is doing that I believe w111 help enable consumers to discover America. In not require multiple stops, has been par­ Dakota in the last 1 ~ years, Hines said. A ticularly successful to destinations such as cave-in at a Huron sewer site April 13 led to !act, largely in response to the etrorts of Board Member G. Joseph Minetti, our car­ Hawaii, Las Vegas, and Miami. injuries to a worker, and a "willful violation" Consumers have decided to accept and buy citation against the construction company. riers in the early 1960s adopted the Visit U.S.A. fare. Travel to the United States was the OTC and I believe that they have done Colwill's three citations all involved shor­ so because the tours are sold at a fixed price, ing of trench sites. Colwill claims that no seen as promising not only widespread eco­ nomic benefits but also a mutual sense of the advance purchase requirement is short contractor 1s complying fully with the law, and, particularly for continental destina­ and that the regulations boost the price of understanding. As the Board's consumer ad­ vocate, I am naturally also going to tell you tions, the 4-day package is economical. The a $100 job to $1,000. question now Is: will the tour operators and, He also says other contractors in Sioux about what consumers want and need, in­ Falls operate with one eye over their shoul­ deed demand, before you can convince them I might add the venders of the ground ac­ der, watching for OSHA inspectors. to ''Discover America". As the title of the commodations-the hotels, the amusement "If they are spending that much time, they panel indicates, it 1s the consumer who ulti­ and theme parks, the resorts and restau­ could spend it correcting the condition mately decides. He decides whether to travel rants-provide the quality and quantity of rather than in looking over their shoulders," and he decides where to travel. As the Board's service that will cause the consumer to de­ said Hines. "All we ask is that he comply consumer advocate I am glad to see recogni­ cide that an OTC is a vacation that he will with the regulations. We're not going to go tion of the !act that it is the consumer who continue to buy. out and pick on people. We absorb an awful wlll make these decisions. If there is one point I want to make today lot of nasty comments. So that you may put my comments into it is that consumers do decide-they decide "The action that motivates me is not my perspective, I wlll give you a brief outline what they are going to buy and they decide pay. It's the feeling that I'm able to prevent of the functions of my Office. The Board's afterward whether they received their mon­ someone from losing his life, or being Office of the Consumer Advocate is staffed by ey's worth-it's the ones who decide they maimed, through what I saw." attorneys, economists and consumer analysts. didn't get what they paid for that I hear Hines concedes that some contractors In It 1s a unique consumer office in the Federal from. From the standpoint of this meeting, the state may be violating the regulations. Government in that we not only handle in­ the question really 1s: What wlll make a con­ But he said OSHA was making an effort to dividual consumer complaints against air sumer decide to discover America? Obviously, find them. carriers and tour operators, but, we also ad­ there are many answers to that question and OSHA's regulations for excavations are vocate the interests of consumers as an in­ no one answer will be, or can be. comprehe_!l­ fairly straightforward. The contractor can dependent party in Board proceedings. In slve. But, I would like to suggest two words slope the soil back from the trench to an an­ the last year or so we have handled over 12,- as the answer-quality and honesty. Quality gle where the soU won't slide. The angle 000 consumer complaints. in service and accommodations and honesty varies with the soil, for example, less with We have also participated in about 36 in dealing with consumers; honesty in ad­ sand, greater for clay. Board cases as a party on behalf of con­ vertising and honesty when something goes He could also use a trench box or shield, 1n sumers. These cases have included such wrong. The day is rapidly ending, if it has which the worker stands while working. things as a petition for rulemaking to liberal­ not already ended, when a consumer can be The third method 1s shoring of the sides ize the charter regulations; a third party promised deluxe accommodations on the With wood, metal or hydraulic braces. enforcement complaint against a carrier's ocean and be given a flea bag 50 miles inland. Since the Sioux Falls OSHA office opened handling of passenger baggage claims; and At the same time, when a change in itinerary on July 16, 1974, inspectors have made 74 several complaints against proposed !are in­ is necessitated or an accommodation becomes trench inspections, issued 39 "serious" cita­ creases. We have also supported liberalized unavailable, honesty in dealing with the con­ tions and one "willful" and Imposed fines of compensation for lost, damaged and delayed sumer Is needed-honesty in admitting the $21,745. baggage, supported Air Midwest's certificate problem and honesty in doing what is nec­ Nationwide, in the first eight months ot application and we have urged adoption of essary to resolve the problem. the 1976 fiscal year, penalties of $400,498 new forms of tour charters. · You know, In this post-VIetnam, post· Watergate Bicentennial year there is a great have been imposed in trenching cases. One of our major objectives is to see that Colwlll Isn't entirely anti-OSHA. He agrees the benefits of low cost vacation air trans­ desire in this country to get back to the with many of the regulations. But he also portation are brought within the reach of basics of what we used to call the "American says common sense served him well through an increasing number of Americans who Way". That expression in recent years has the years. heretofore have believed that vacation air fallen into disrepect-but in the part of the travel was beyond their reach. In this rega1·d country I come from the term did and I hope stlll does, carry deep meaning. It implied I believe that charters offer consumers an HONESTY AND INTEGRITY among other things, honesty and fairness In unprecedented opportunity to discover their dealing with your fellow man and integrity SOUGHT BY CONSUMERS own country. Ove.r the years the CAB has in business dealings. I believe that ultimatelv adopted ever more liberal charter rules with those are the things that cause a consumer the objective of bringing the benefits of low­ to decide what to purchase. cost charters to the public in a nondiscrimi­ While the OTC is not the only, nor even the HON. FRED B. ROONEY natory manner. OF PENNSYLVANIA primary, means for domestic and interna­ Unfortunately, until recently, most of these tional air travel, it appears to be one which IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rules were too forbidding to consumers and will become increasingly more important. I Tuesday, May 4, 1976 consumers decided against using them. Re­ believe that at the same time other types of quirements as to advance purchase, mini­ package tours will grow correspondingly­ ~:Ir. ROONEY. Mr. Speaker, it was my mum price, minimum stay and multiple including tours using scheduled air transpor­ good fortune to be a keynote speaker this stops coupled with the rlsk or forfeiture of tation as well as other modes of transporta­ past week at the ''Discover America" Na- money for late cn.ncellatlon or inabillty to tion. 12520 EXTENSIONS.OF REMARKS May 4, 1976 Since Tours are becoming increasingly pop­ received everything they paid for-except I think that is what perceptive regulators ular, we can expect greater consumer aware­ tickets to the Super Bowl. As a point of il­ and legislators see in consumer advocacy. ness of the companies who provide these lustration, I would su,ggest that in such Of course, "care" cannot be imposed by tours. While some firms of long standing in a situation an offer to refund the price of regulation or compelled by legislation. They the travel industry are operating the new the game ticket is not an appropriate re­ can only assure compliance and compliance types of programs, newcomers are also par­ sponse. is "after the fact." "Care" comes before the ticipating. It is my belief that the reputation Recently I read in the Washington Star fact of regulation and law and it can make of the tour operator is quite important in the about a round-the-world ocean cruise that regulation and law easier to deal with. I sup­ consumers' decision to purchase one program cut short one too many port stays, thereby pose that I am just naive enough to believe over another. causing a near riot among the passengers. that where "care" exists in sufficient quan­ Since these programs tend to be opera ted I suggest to you that the best way to deal tity and quality, it could make a considerable to the most popular destinations, a con­ with these consumers was not to throw five amount of regulation and legislation unnec­ sumer often has a choice as to which one he off the ship and threaten the rest with fire essary. will purchase to a given place. In making that hoses. I believe that overall the air transportation decision, the companies' reputation is bound On the Las Vegas OTCs I mentioned earlier, companies, the tour operators and travel to be important. Many consumers have called I suggest that it does no one any good to agents have done a good job in dealing with my Office to find out if a particular operation suggest that a third rate hotel was really consumers. Unfortunately, however, there is legitimate, that it is filed with the Board as good as the first class hotel that had been have been too many instances of misleading according to the regulations. advertised, or, that the absence of enter­ advertising and arbitrary itinerary changes I think that even more importantly, con­ tainment at the hotel would really not de­ and, at the same time, instances where the sumers are also calling before, during and tract from the package. only significant consideration appears to after their tours to complain bitterly about Another recent case resulted from the have been how much profit there will be, or changes in schedules, quality of accommo­ earthquake which struck Guatemala just which program will pay the highest commis­ dations and generally shoddy performance. before a tour was to go there. The organizer sion. These are legitimate and important This is especially true of OTCs; so much so, changed the destination to Mexico City. Some considerations but they are not the only in fact, that I am beginning to believe that passengers apparently felt their choice 1n ones; and they follow logically only if the OTCs may earn such a lurid reputation that the matter amounted to "go or face for­ service has been sold with a high degree consumers will decide that they will not pur~ feiture." of professional responsibility. chase an OTC. In each of these cases, and too many more I urge all of you-as I know the majority During the Las Vegas hotel strike, my office like them, events occurred over which the of you already do-to make every effort to received a nearly unprecedented deluge of tour operators had little control but how see that the consumer gets a dollar's worth bitter complaints from outraged consumers. much different the result would have been 1f of value for every dollar he pays, because, Outrage that alleged inferior hotels had the tour operator had dealt forthrightly in the long run, if the industry does not in­ been substituted for first class hotels. Out­ with the consumer. sure quality, the government will step in to ra.ge that some flights were cancelled and I said earlier and I reiterate now, the day do the job. others, organized by the same company, were when consumers accepted the theory of Let me conclude with this. If, in this Bi­ operated. Outrage that place and time of caveat emptor is past. That fact is witnessed centennial year, you want the consumer to departure and/or return were arbitrarily not only by the letters and phone calls my decide to Discover America, provide him changed with the curt explanation: "Go or office and other government and congressional with a dollar's worth of value for each dollar forfeit your money." offices receive, but also by the passage of new paid-a dollar's worth of value served with But these were only symptoms of what legislation to protect consumers. honesty and pride. Thank you. I believe is a far more serious problem. In On a more immediate basis, I am sure that checking into the complaints, my staff found you all know that last week the Federal that most of these complainants never re­ Trade Commission's Boston Office announced ceived, let alone signed, a contract. We found a comprehensive investigation of the pack­ POLITICS AND THE BLACK that many consumers didn't even know age tour industry-including tour operators, who the actual tour operator was, let alone travel agents and carriers. ECONOMIC CONDITION who his bonding company was or where the Today, my Office in Washington is filing escrow account was located. In fact, we before the CAB, a petition for rulemaking found that often payments were not for­ to license tour operators organizing tours RON. ANDREW YOUNG warded to the escrow accounts. To me, per­ under the Board's Special Charter Regula­ OF GEORGIA haps the most incredible thing was that tions. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES professional travel agents were uncertain We are also petitioning the Board to adopt whose OTC they had sold-the travel agent standard forms for carrier-organizer con­ Tuesday, May 4, 1976 having dealt with a tour wholesaler. tracts, organizer-participant contracts and Mr. YOUNG of Georgia. Mr. Speaker. I would suggest to you that the travel escrow account agreements. Our proposal is this past weekend, the Caucus of Black agent has a duty to know what product he not intended to limit the number of tour Democrats, made up of leading black is selling; to know what his client's rights organizers or to carve out areas of operation. and obligations are before he sells a package Rather, we are seeking to insure that tour Democrats from across the Nation, met tour; to know where the passengers' money operators demonstrate a minimum level in Charlotte, N.C., to discuss and set is to be sent and to see that it gets there. of fitness before they can operate charters. forth the issues which we believe our I further suggest to you that it is the Further, our proposal would require com­ party and its candidates at every level organizer's duty to know who is selling his plete disclosure of ownership and relation­ must end rose in this election year. Con­ tours and how they are being sold. It is ship with other organizers or air carriers. gresswoman YVONNE B. BURKE, chair­ also the organizer's duty to deal honestly We believe our proposal would permit the person of the Congressional Black Cau­ and forthrightly with the consumer-to ad­ Board to better monitor the performance of vertise honestly, to tell the consumer ahead tour organizers, while, at the same time, re­ cus, spoke to the group on Saturday, and of time if there is going to be a change or ducing the administrative burden which I believe that her remarks on "Politics delay and to offer reasonable reimburse­ current prior filing requirements impose on and the Black Economic Condition" de­ ment if, for reasons beyond his control, he both the organizer and the Board. Under serve the attention of all Members of must deliver less than he promised. our proposal, once licensed, an organizer this body and of all others across the The complaints we receive tell us that it would merely be required to provide a list­ Natio!l concerned with the direction of is not so much that changes are made that ing of the flights he proposed to operate and dome3tic and foreign policy. angers consumers. Rather, it is the fact that to meet the appropriate requirements as to The remarks follow: they are not told of the changes until at o:r filing passenger lists and providing post flight near departure and the fact that, in many reports. POLITICS A:ND THE BLACK ECONOMIC cases, they are not given any choice in the Let me leave with you these few general CONDITION matter. The consumer is left feeling that comments on the "consumer movement". (Delivered by Congresswoman YvoNNE B. he was not told of any changes because the A great deal of consumer protection ma­ BURKE at the Caucus of Black Democrats organizer knew the changes were a "rip off" chinery has already been built through reg­ Issues Conference, May 1, 1976) but kept silent rather than risk loss of the ulatory steps, legislation, governmental and Black Democrats and Black Elected Of­ sale. independent consumer advocacy, and the ficials have come together in Charlotte, North Some of the recent cases that you all may courts. It is unlikely that it could or would Carolina to spealt to our party and to our be familiar with are particularly damaging be easily dismantled, and I do not belleve nation about the economic condition and to the image of package tours, regardless that it should be. It will continue operating the needs of Black people in the country of the mode of transportation or the type and growing. today-but most important-to tallc among of service. There is au important message that runs ourselves about what policies and actions The recent Super Bowl fiasco was a par­ through all sincere consumer efforts. I think we would like to see the next President; of ticularly black day for tour operators. the consumer is really asking that the busi­ the United States undertake to improve and A group of consumers who had purchased nessman, the manufacturer, the air carrier, advance the Black Economic condition. au all inclusive package to the Super Bowl the provider of goods and services, "care." We have had many gatherings in the past, May 4, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12521 but never as a full Caucus of Black Demo­ We meet here in Charlotte representing an responsive to the 25 percent of the Demo­ crats ... electorate of some 15 million persons of vot­ cratic vote Blacks have provided. We met in Gary . . . We met at Little Rock ing age ••. some 25 million Blacks of all ages. What the Black voter impact in past elec­ and we met in Cincinnati to evaluate the Among us are many of the 3500 Blacks who tions-particularly in Presidential Elec­ responsiveness of the political system to the hold public office-from the Congress to the tions-means is that Blacks will vote if they needs of Black Americans ... and to discuss State Houses-from our Mayors to our school believe they are voting for a better way of the feasibility of alternative political ap· board members and our county offiCials. life and for an Administration that will be proaches. Tremendous gains have been made without sensitive to their needs and their problems. You can remember that we were at our a doubt by Black Elected Officials in the last We have the power now to shape our eco­ Party's convention in Los Angeles in 1960, decade, and these officials have within their nomic condition ... and we can thereby im­ in New Jersey in 1964, in Chicago in 1968 .... power the abllity to achieve many of the prove our overall condition. and again in Miami Beach in 1972 where goals, economic and political-set forth by What we are saying here in Charlotte is our numbers were even greater. Blacks. that Blacks can elect a President, and that You also know that we have held countless But one of the reasons that we are here no Democratic Nominee can become pres­ meetings, conferences and forums on issues today is that we recognize that Black Elected ident unless we are motivated to vote--to important to Black Elected Officials and their Officials cannot alone truly change the eco­ register and then to go to the polls and vote. constituents. nomic condition of Blacks of the overall There are at least 15 million Blacks of vot­ Now we are here in Charlotte in 1976 where economy. We must have an administration ing age who can register and vote. Yet, in each of us recognizes that the foremost prob­ that is aware and sensitive to the inequities the primaries to date, only a small percent­ lem facing Black Americans in 1976 is the which still exist for Black Americans and we age of that potential support has been economy. An economy which we recognize as must have non-Black Elected officials at all brought to bear. That support will not be a problem facing all Americans, but one levels of government who are responsive to given and must not be given unless sup­ which has caused even greater hardships white supremacy" that ABOUT SOUTHERN AFRICA by, they thus far have neutralized anti-Com­ enabled Spain's Cortez to destroy the great In his Dallas speech last night, Secretary munist sentiment regarding southern Africa. civ111zation of the Incas, sold Blacks into of State Henry Kissinger sought to spell out As a result of that neutralization, so evident slavery, and sent Jews to the gas chamber, the American position regarding the deteri­ in Secretary Kissinger's speech last night, also allowed the foreigner to destroy the Ha­ orating situation in southern Africa. On the the future for southern Africa is not what waUan Civlliza.tion-flrst in the name of San­ one hand, he said, America opposes war; on it used to be. dal wood, then in the name of God, and­ the other hand, America supports majority finally in the name of sugar. rule. He implied that America would do all I know that you gentlemen have heard of it could to promote "majority rule" in Rho­ the evidence concerning the illegal annexa­ desia, while seeking to forestall military ac­ HAWAIIAN NATIVE CLAIMS: A PLEA tion of the Kingdom of Hawaii to the United tion by Cuban cossacks and others allegedly FOR JUSTICE States. distressed by the lack of majority rule in Please remember that the sugar interests Rhodesia. were so powerful they had actually rammed If that is America's policy in southern HON. SPARK M. MATSUNAGA through a Constitution enabling the Citizens Africa. Heaven help us. For at the heart of of America and European Countries to vote such a policy lie several hypocrisies and mis­ OF HAWAII in Hawaiian elections! Please notice that the understandings. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES wording of this "Bayonet" constitution was careful to allow only "white" foreigners to ( 1) Call it what we will, the desire for a Tuesday, May 4, 1976 change of government in Rhodesia has vote, not orientals. nothing at all to do with a desh·e for "ma­ Mr. MATSUNAGA. Mr. Speaker, at the With sugar interests so powerful, it is jority rule." Rather, it has to do with a not hard to believe that these interests would beginning of the 94th Congress, I intro­ overthrow a Queen. desire for rule by blacks, and one is duced the Hawaiian Native Claims Act, indulging in gross hypocrisy to suggest any­ The basic white man's concept of superi­ H.R. 1944, with my colleague from Ha­ ority was the basis for the reasoning that thing else. If one is opposed to minority rule, waii, Mrs. MINK, as cosponsor. The bill, one then has to be opposed to most of the led to the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani. similar in some respects to the Alaskan He just always assumed he knew best. It governments in the world-and to practically was just as impossible !or him to understand every government in Africa, where oligarchy Native Claims Act, provides that native Hawaiians may be compensated by the a race who did not think "working hard and and autocracy are the rules, not the excep­ making money" was important, as it was for tions. Where on the African continent is Federal Government for land taken from the Hawailan to understand a race who "majority rule" entrenched? In Algeria? In them at the time of Hawaii's annexation thought "idle hands were the devll's work­ Nigeria.? In Ghana.? In the Congo or Zaire? by the United States. Public hearings on shop". In Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, An­ the measur-e were held in Hawaii last I believe that many of the early white set­ gola, or Mozambique? No, sir. And regarding year by LLOYD MEEDS, chairman of tlers 1n Hawaii loved the Hawaiians and did 12524 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 4, 1976 their best to save them. But they always my constituents concerning the present groupings of seven or eight units-a sav­ thought m the way of a. father to a. "slightly" status of the U.S. Postal Service opera­ ings of only a few minutes, if any. slow son, or as a teacher to a student who tions and the effects of many proposed You cannot tell me that $20,000 to con­ was an "underachiever". In the two volume set of books called and already imposed curtailments of struct a catwalk and one-way mirror "Koamalu", by Ethel Damon, (a history of services. The unique functions of this arrangement beside a mail workroom for the Rice family on Kauai), the granddaugh­ organization which has a daily effect on a new postal facility in a small town with ter of early missionary William Hyde Rice the lives of almost every American cit­ a negligible crime rate is more justified writes of her memories. She writes, quote, izen makes the cost and quality of serv­ than providing adequate rural delivery "Whenever Grandfather Rice went to Hono­ ice a personal concern to all of us. service simply because postal security lulu or returned, it was always Kuhaupio Studied observation will show ironical­ has decided this should be provided in who carried him in the water to the whale­ boat at the landing-not because he was so ly, that while drastic curtailments of all new facilities. Add to this the de­ heavy, but because Kuhaupio could do it bet­ services have been forced upon us each moralizing effect on the employees who ter than anyone else and so was tacitly as­ year, fees for stamps and all services and know they are consta'1tly being watched signed this Place of Honor". Unquote. Taken special services have soared. Although or could be at any time by a force of in­ from page 598, Vol. II. the present Postal Service management spectors which has grown over twice its Do you think Kuhaupio considered it an can produce endless figures showing size in just 5 years. Is such negative honor and a privilege to carry another man major revisions and changes in opera­ motivation productive under these cir­ on his back through the water to shore, so tion, some representing definite improve­ tha missionary wouldn't get his feet wet? cumstances? Why did the Ha.walla.ns allow themselves to ments, the !act remains that the com­ You cannot te1I me that con+inuing to be humilla.ted like this? Because the Hawaii­ plaints from private citizens and busi­ pour millions of dollc.rs into high-speed ans had then, and still have, an innate sense nesses nationwide have also escalated to computerized machines th. t produce a of politeness a.nd good manners. We would proportions that can no longer be ignored high rate of damaged mail and parcels, not embarrass the white man by refusing his or pacified with stopgap excuses. It is many chewed beyond recognition, can be demands. I have seen many examples of this clear that we must take an in-depth look justified when a private p arcel delivery highly developed sense of politeness within into this situation that the Congress has service handles their parcels with mini­ my own family. Some call "Aloha." been authorizing and call for drastic mal damage and greater speed at less In the "Ohana" or extended family system of the Hawaiian culture, complaining or measures to alter the direction the Postal cost. I believe the recent weB-publicized bragging wa.s considered rude and contemp­ Service is taking us. discovery of Congressma.1 WILSCN at th e tible. The Congress has created a quasi­ Detroit postal facility and the tlisclo~ure The white man took control of the people governmental -agency, mandated to op­ at the Maryland center speak for them­ of Hawaii easily. This wa.s because the Ha­ erate itself like a self-sufficient business. selves. waiians were so busy dying of the foreign Unfortunately, it has become an extrav­ I have always belie red that good em­ diseases, that they had no time to gather agant and costly operation which is ployees should be well compensated for together to protest. My children are almost one-half HawaUan neither businesslike nor self-sufficient. their work and have reasonable assur­ and those with much less Hawaiian blood The taxpayers and patrons are being ance of tenure and promotion and that consider themselves "Hawaiian." My children subjected to a scandalous rip-off with this factor is vital to a well-motivated have many of the Hawaiian attitudes and arrogant denial of services to the public and productive work force. However, one ideals, even though I have -done my best to and deplorable treatment of the rank and wonders at the priorities of an organiza­ instill in them the inherent love of "work, file postal employees. tion which is allowed the luxury of a power and money" of the white race. I have It is ·not at all surprising to see the no lay-off policy while they are continu­ done this to help them to survive in the kind of world they must now live in. bumbling management of the U.S. Postal ing to curtail services and closing rural It is a great .shame what the white race Service try to curtail rural mail services facilities. Is the U.S. Postal Service in has done to one of the gentlest, loving. and and facilities. Uncle Sam sees that rural business to serve the public or them­ most generous races on this earth. areas have telephone and electrical facil­ selves? The foreigners :sailed to these islands bear­ ities comparable to their urban counter­ How does one explain the costly ac­ ing "gifts." These "gifts" included :fleas, mos­ parts through the Rural Electrification quisition of computers for more efficient quitoes, venereal disease, leprosy, a.nd a host Administration and the Rural Telephone mail sorting which has not only not re­ of other "offerings." Bank. 'Traditional and even more basic, sulted in any reduction of regular em­ It is past time to give what is left of the is mall service which was started long Hawaiia.ns, a gift a'! Real v:a.lue--your sup­ ployees but, in fact has caused an in­ port and your efforts to return what was before electric and telephone service by crease of some 2,300 building and main­ onee ours. one of our most prominent forefathers, tenance personnel in just 5 years? Do we America has learned muoh since those days Benjamin Franklin. No one can defend take this urban monstrosity which has of Annexation.~ love my country and I want uncompromisingly that a condition yet to prove reasonable efficiency out of to believe :she will help these reluctant chil­ should remain in the status quo in a the hides of the rural areas in terms of dren of hers to stand pTOUd once more. changing world, but the basic philosophy services available? America has helped her Indian children of "service, should provide the frame­ and her Eskimo children. Her Hawaiian chil­ What kind of management and budget dren, true to their culture, are politely wait­ work for decisions and the priorities for know-how exist in an organization which ing their turn. We try hard to pretend we do changes in the Postal Service should be authorizes a $5,324,000 initial invest­ not care. We will not beg. Instead we will tell properly established. ment for Postal Employees Development a joke to make you laugh, and present you You cannot tell me it is more impor­ Centers-PEDC's-equipped with the with a lei. We hide our tears. After all, we tant to have an army of highly paid sup­ latest electronic self-instructional ma­ must keep our image of the "carefree" Hawai­ ervisors from regional and other field chines and claims this is a one-time in­ ian, playing on the beach and living on :fish units, bloated 250 percent in number in vestment? Are we to believe these build­ and poi. We Hawaiians have lost our lands and our just 5 years, to birddog delivery men with ings and intricate electronic machines rights as the native people or these islands. stopwatches to determine where a few are maintenance-free and nondepreciat­ It is within your power to restore to us, some minutes can be shaved from one route or ing? of our dignity and at least, a part of our another than it is to provide such things And what kind of spending priorities losses. as adequate rural service and door-to­ exist when the PEDC's advertise that the Mahalo for your time--and aloha. door delivery to a new senior citizens' general -educational development­ housing complex built clearly within city QED-test can be received free at the limits. In an instance in my district, center by an employee's spouse and chil­ POSTAL SERVi:CE POLICY MANAGE­ several residents of a senior citizens, dren rather than at the tax supported :MENT-SERVIClliG T'.dEMSELVES complex were finally granted door-to­ university a few blocks away? This ac­ OR SERVING THE PUBLIC? door delivery due to physical inability to tuallY happened and documents are walk tc the center of the block, but only available as evidence. 0'" E ANSEN after jt was suggested they rely on neigh­ How does one explain the need for H N. bors to bring their mail each day. OF IDAHO trucking mail for up to 1 or 200 miles Although partial door-to-door delivery to costly sectional centers in areru> where IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESE.."'T'A~~ was established in that complex the de­ local mail which used to be delivered Tuesday, May 4, 1976 liveryman is required to walk past all the next day is now taking 3 to 4 days at Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I wish to the other doors and deliver the rest of substantially higher postage rates. express my views and those of many of the mail to cluster boxes in the center of And the 13-cent stamp certainly was lvlay 4, 1976 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12525 pegged right. That "unlucky" number I, myself, have been active in the area my fellow colleagues the following article has driven the public to seek new means of transportation for the elderly. My by my constituent, Henry Huglin, en­ of communications and mail delivery. amendment to the 1970 Transportation titled "Our Vital Partnership with Not heeding sound business principles of Appropriations Act made it law that all Japan." setting the price high enough to cover public transportation facilities be made Mr. Huglin makes many points that I costs and low enough to get the business, adaptable for use by the elderly and am sure will be both interesting and en­ USPS is driving down their parcel and handicapped. I am pleased to report that lightening to the membership. first-class volume, thus cutting their last Friday, after 6 long years, the The article follows: vitally needed revenue sources. United Department of Transportation printed OUR VITAL PARTNERSHIP WITH JAPAN Parcel Service is only one area where their final regulations implementing my (By Henry Huglin) spinoff has occurred. Just consider the amendment. ToKYO.-Our security and trade partner­ possibilities for private delivery services What we are seeking to do here today, ship with Japan has become vital to our eco­ in the first-class field by using congres­ is put additional teeth into certain exist­ nomic well-being and to our superpower role sional offices as an example. Five hun­ ing portions of the Rehabilitation Act of in the Orient. dred and thirty-five offices multiplied by 1973, which will insure that all safe­ Further, this partnership has provided the a 13-cent stamp each comes to $6g.ss. Do stability and the impetus under which Japan guards are utilized to prevent discrim­ has become the only functioning democracy you not think someone doing a general ination in the hiring of handicapped in Asia, the third economic power 1n the mailing to Congress could save by using individuals. In addition, we are establish­ world, and a dynamo of industrial and tech­ a delivery person or an enterprising de­ ing a special arbitration board which will nological vigor. livery service? Certainly the surety of hear all complaints of handicapped em­ In return for the implicit nuclear um­ delivery enters in and the depersonaliza­ ployment discrimination and the board brella and defense guarantee which we pro­ tion of mall forwarding with the new cen­ would further be required to rule on the vide through our security treaty relationship, tral markup concept has infuriated peo­ we get military bases and stability at the complaint within 90 days. keystone point of the Far East geopolitical ple with the number of returned letters Finally, this bill will appoint five new arch, where the interests and ambitions of that could have been avoided. members to the Interagency Committee Russia and China overlap. Inspectors, supervisors, auditors, and on Handicapped Employment. At pres­ The nature of our partnership was well ex­ snooping devices by the score along with ent, the committee does not even include pressed in the announcement at the end of misdirected programs, high costs, inef­ one representative from the handicapped President Ford's and Prime Minister Miki's ficiency, poor accommodation, diminish­ community. The five new members we talks last August: "Japan and the U.S., while ing service, and undependability, are are seeking to add to the committee sharing basic values and ideals, differ in problems which must be met and solved their national characteristics and the cir­ would all come from the ranks of the cumstances in which they are placed; and by the Washington management team of handicapped and would, therefore, give yet the two nations, acting together, have the U.S. Postal Service and there can be the handicapped community more direct drawn on the strengths inherent in such di­ no dalay. input into Federal Government programs versity to build a mature, mutually bene­ I say the Postmaster General should be related to their employment. ficial, and complementary relationship." directed to stop using proposed cutbacks I consider this legislation to be impera­ The differences in our historical and cul­ as a decoy to take the heat off the bun­ tive from both a social and economic tural backgrounds, geographic size, and gling and scandalous management of the military and economic strengths do make standpoint. The stigma of discrimination our two nations an "odd couple." Postal Service. He should be told to clean has relegated many handicapped indi­ Another difference is that most of us tend it up and run it as a business as Congress viduals to second class citizenry status. to take the Japanese for granted and not to directed or get out and let someone else Further, in this time of economic un­ have a deep interest in their culture, policies, who will. certainty, our Nation's goal is to reduce and activities, whereas they are obsessed If no immediate commitments are unemployment in all sectors. With un­ with us-our international policies and ac­ forthcoming, Congress should do no less tions, strengths and weaknesses, and music, employment among the handicapped dress, and general life-styles. Consequently, than restore this delinquent monstrosity running as high as 80 percent, it is criti­ to we have had far more infiuence on the Japa­ its former status or, perhaps better yet, cal that more aggressive efforts be un­ nese than they have had on us. pw·sue the private enterprise avenue dertaken to provide job opportunities for But we Americans ought to greatly in­ where efficiency, economy, and service are these Americans. This bill will be an im­ crease our understanding of Japanese cul­ sought after and properly rewarded. portant start. Congress has already ture, life-styles, and business methods. Such knowledge would be of much value to us, as passed several bills providing funds for well as deepening our relationship. new public service jobs. All efforts should The Japanese have their faults, certainly, AMENDMENT OF REHABILITATION ba made to include handicapped individ­ but they also have exemplary virtues. ACT OF 1973 uals under its coverage. Private employ­ They have a strong, deep culture with ers should also take new initiatives to many fine attributes in aesthetics, cohesive­ hire the handicapped. ness, loyalty, cooperativeness, and traditional HON. MARIO BIAGGI There are millions of qualified handi­ sensitivity to m an's relation to the environ­ OF NEW YORK capped individuals seeking gainful em­ ment. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ployment. Far too many of them find Of the major nations, Japan has, propor­ closed doors. We must allow them the tionately, the fewest police, people in prison, Tuesday, May 4, 1976 divorces, mental cases, and lowest infant opportunity for employment. In this Na­ mortality. Further, in contrast with other Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, I am tion's Bicentennial Year as we rededicate industrialized societies, as a:fHuence has pleased to rise as a cosponsor of the ourselves to the principles of democracy grown, crime has decreased. legislation which will be introduced later and freedom let us work to insure that Also, the Japanese have demonstrated the today by my distinguished colleague the 44 mlllion handicapped of this Na­ strength of their society in the economic from New York. We are seeking to amend tion will be free from the barriers of em­ miracle they have performed. Assisted by our the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to make ployment discrimination. I urge the swift enlightened occupation policies, and by vir­ it a more effective tool in helping to de­ and favorable consideration of this legis­ tue of their diligence and cooperativeness, feat employment discrimination against lation. they have risen like a Phoenix out of World the handicapped. War II defeat to be a leading, responsible, dynamic world econopower-ln a country the Discrimination in employment against size ot California, with not as many natural the handicapped is a national disgrace OUR VITAL PARTNERSHIP resources, but with five times as manv which should not be permitted to occw· WITH JAPAN people. - in a nation where equal opportunity for There a1e no major prob ems now between all is provided by law. For the approxi­ HON. ROBERT J. LAGO ~ARS!, 0 our two countries. mately 44 million handicapped of this OF CALIFORNIA Even the Lockheed bribery scandal, which Nation, the barriers of discrimination are has had an enormous play in the media in not only present in employment, but also IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Japan, won't affect our relations appreciably. Tuesday, May 4, 1976 It has exposed some domestic corruption and in education, delivery of social services, also provided a. spectacular, and symbolically and transportation. I am pleased to note Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. 'Speaker, I exculpating, drama in the kam1kaz1-11ke dive that the gentleman from New York and would like to bring to the attention of of a fanatic pilot into the Tokyo home of 12526 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 4, 1976 Yoshio Kodama, the "shadowy concession [From the Peoria Journal Star, Apr. 25, 1976) NLG-a working coalition of revolution­ hunter," as he is called. FORD'S WAY WORKED aries in the legal profession that pro­ Domestically, the Japanese have problems Gerald Ford doesn't sparkle. vides legal protection for a wide spec­ of inflation and recession greater than ours. And in world affairs, they are searching for If that 1s the way to measure "leadership," trum of militant and violent groups and he's the dud that all the sparkly people of individuals. The NLG has admitted it ways in which they can play an increased po­ stage, screen, TV, and the cocktail party litical-diplomatic role-beyond their present supports "armed struggle" by the Ameri­ influence from trade, investment capital, intellectuals seem to portray. can Indian Movement at Wounded Knee, technological knowhow, and monetary mat­ But as we look at the best economic indi­ cators "in ten years," you have to begin to by rioting prisoners at New York's Attica ters. But, in international power politics they Prison; and has provided equal services are heavily dependent on us, their super­ wonder-and look back at Ford's record 46 vetos. to the Weather Underground Organiza­ power ally. And they are highly vulnerable tion, the Black Liberation Army, prison to blackmail by their raw material suppliers, There isn't much "leadership" a President in particular, the oil-rich nations. can exhibit in the wake of a Watergate as­ gangs, and now to persons believed in­ Yet, the Japanese will cope well with their sault on the powers of the Presidency fol­ volved with the Puerto Rican FALN troubles, within their remarkably effective lowed by a runaway post-Watergate Congress, terrorists. consensus system of their strong society­ which "sparkles" all over the place with Formed originally at the direction of if there is reasonable political and economic grandiose plans for zipped up federal spend­ the International Red Aid by the Com­ stability and progress elsewhere in the world, ing and programs for everybody under the sun. munist Party, U.S.A.-CPUSA-the Na­ for which they have to depend greatly on our tional LawYers Guild operated as the policies and actions. About all a President of Ford's persuas ion Japan's future trend much depends on could do was have the courage to stand up legal bulwark of the Communist Party, what our country does. If we continue to be against the tide and stick his fingers in t h e U.S.A., its fronts and controlled unions a trustworthy ally, and to maintain unsur­ dike. until the late 1960's when it received an passed military and economic strength and Forty of those vetoes stuck. Six were over­ influx of "New Left" law students and evident will to play our superpower role ef­ ridden. lawYers. The NLG is now operating as a fectively, then the Japanese-irrespective of You have to wonder what the state of the coalition of Communist Party, U.S.A. latent tendencies to do so-won't move much American economy would be if we had plunged forward with every wild scheme this members and supporters, Maoist com­ to the right and become militaristic, chau­ munists, Castroites and other New Left Vinistic, and geopolitically expansionist Congress cooked up . . . again-with all the potentially dire conse­ They would have made another giant in­ revolutionaries. quences that would bring on. vestment in poverty-not in recm-ery or de­ The National Lawyers Guild is affili­ So, for solid geopolitical, as well as eco­ velopment-that is certain, and thereby ated with the International Association nomic, reasons, our partnership with Japan another giant investment in runaway infla­ of Democratic Lawyers-IADL--an in­ is highly important; we need to understand tion. ternational Soviet-controlled communist it well and nurture it. Copyright 1976 by When the private sector had be3n seriously front which denounces as a "violation of Henry Huglin. wounded by previous irresponsibility of gov­ ernment, their remedy was thnt of the 18th human rights" any prosecution of Com­ century quack doctors .. Bleed the patient munists or subversive groups in the non­ some more! Communist world, while denying or FORD'S WAY WORKED The happiest thing that happened to us ignoring the existence of any violations over this rough period was that Presidential of human rights in the Communist ruled resistance and Congression?.l confusion com­ countries. HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL bined to prevent any of the major, massive The NLG has been increasing its di­ "economic programs" cooked up from being OF ILLINOIS launched by Uncle Sam. rect contacts with a number of foreign IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As a result, we now have the best reversal Communist governments, both through the IADL and directly. Now the NLG is Tuesday, May 4, 1976 on record. Just as we suffered at the same time from inflation and recession, we are now developing direct relations with the in­ Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, inflation seeing recovery progress strongly from the ternationally active terrrorists of the is down. Unemployment is down. The recession together with the lowest "inflation" Palestine Liberation Organization­ economy as a whole is up. And Gerald figures (in cost rise) in four years. PLO. Ford is President. Would this have happened under the "managed" monstrosities of multi-billion NLG sources report that the Guild has Moreover, I think that Ford deserves dollar programs demanded by the extreme accepted an invitation from the PLO to a major share of the credit for the good left-wing? visit PLO facilities in Syria and Lebanon economic news, not just because he has Did they know what they were talking for three weeks in late August and Sep­ been in office during these steadily im­ about, at all? tember. The PLO's invitation was issued proving times, but because the times are, Obviously, they did not, because their eco­ through its U.S. support arm, the Pales­ in a very real sense the result of the nomic forecasts of a "deepening depression" tine Solidarity Committee-PSC-which policies he has set forth. of 1930's nature have proven to be a com­ operates from P.O. Box 1757, Manhat­ Much of that policy has, of necessity, plete misreading of reality. They didn't understand the problem, so tanville Station, New York, N.Y. 10027. been implemented through a bold and As one segment of a general campaign skillful use of the veto power. In my what could you expect from their "answer"? Whether he sparkles or not, and even to make terrorism a "legitimate" form opinion, those vetoes have gone a long whether he will turn out to be the best man of political activity, the Palestine Soli­ way toward rescuing the country from available in November or not, the record be­ darity Committee was formed in Novem­ economic tragedy. gins to show clearly that Americans owe a ber, 1975, by Americans who had been But I do not read much in the press considerable debt of gratitude to President working for more than a year in support about Ford getting credit for the way the Ford in his handling of the post-Watergate of the PLO thugs. The initial meeting of economic indicators have been moving. "crisis in government" and the post-Water­ gate economic crisis, as well. the PSC was addressed by a number of Not nearly as much, anyway, as I am sure PLO functionaries including Yasser Abd I would if they were trending downward. He kept us from jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.--Brooklyn, N.Y. The PDMC not by Vietnamese alone but by the was formed at the call of the PLO ter­ socialist camp, the oppressed people of Tom Pain SDS chapter and submitted a resolution on press policy against rep­ rorists' Information Office, distributed in the Third World, and progressive forces the United States by the Palestine Infor­ in the capitalist countries." And the resentatives of the non-revolutionary media. mation Committee. speakers emphasized that without a In part, the PLO call for May 15 dem­ strong "Fifth Column" in the United Ryan traveled to Cuba with the first onstrations reads: States, victory would have been exceed­ members of the Venceremos Brigade who were organized and selected by the To All Progressive and Peace-loving Forces: ingly difficult. May 15, since 1948, has been viewed as the The PLO has had a number of sup­ Weatherman SDS faction. After her day that witnessed the deprivation of our port groups working on its behalf since Cuban visit, Ryan and George Cavalletto people of their right to self-determination, the 1960's. Some of these have been di­ began work on supporting the Palestine following the creation of Israel. • • • in spite rected at developing support for the PLO Liberatton Organization and spent a of continued suppression, our people never terrorists among Arab-Americans, but year in Jordan and Lebanon, writing gave in to Zionist-imperialist plots. • • • most have been aimed at American revo­ propaganda articles for the U.S. under­ • • • The genocidal campaign against our lutionaries who, as Marxist-Leninists, ground and revolutionary press about people has failed. The imperialists and their support the use of terrorism as part of thePLO. reactionary lackeys have been unmasked. Our successful fight • • • has culminated in revolutionary armed struggle. For the Ryan has been associated with anum­ recent years in a worldwide recognition of past decade, the PLO's most vocal and ber of New Left research groups with our fundamental rights. All progressive, militant U.S. support came from the close ties to the Cubans, including peace-loving and democratically-minded Workers World Party-WWP-and its NARMIC-National Action/Research on peoples today recognize • • • the unity of youth arm, Youth Against War and the Military Industrial Complex, a proj­ our people under the leadership of the sole Fascism-YAWF-which set up their ect of the American Fri'ends Service legitimate representative of the Palestinian Committee to Support Mid-East Liber­ Committee in Philadelphia-and the people, the Palestine Liberation Organiza­ ation-CSMEL. North American Congress on Latin tion. However, the Workers World Party America (NACLA) . My colleagues will "The concerted struggle of our people and was established by militant Trotskyists the recognition accorded to it have changed no doubt recall that the self-professed the significance of May 15. It 1s now a day who split with the Socialist Workers "revolutionary socialist" Philip Agee of asserting Palestinian national determina­ Party in the late 1950's; and although the wrote in his anti-CIA book that he tion to fight • • •. In recent years, the day WWP has downplayed its Trotskyist could not have produced the volume has been declared an international day of origins and has desperately sought to ally without the assistance provided by the solidarity with the struggle of the Pales­ itself with the various Soviet-supported Cuban Communists and the NACLA staff. tinian people. guerrilla movements in Africa, the Mid­ Ryan is currently active in the Weather­ The PLO Information Office communique dle East, Asia and with the Cuban­ Underground Organization's Prairie Fire then made a statement which should cause directed guerrillas in Latin America, it Organizing Committee-PFOC. concern to all those who must protect us has used the "national liberation move­ from terrorism. Said the PLO, "We call upon ments" to legitimize itself and spread George A. Cavalletto, Jr., traveled to all peace-loving and progressive forces to its line among U.S. revolutionaries. Havana with a contingent selected by express their solidarity with the struggle of The Socialist Workers Party, the var­ the SDS Weatherman faction in July the Palestinian people. ious Maoist sects, and others have 1969, to meet with representatives of the "Peace-loving and progressive forces'' caused similar problems for the guer­ Communist North Vietnamese and their is the usual Leninist jargon term for rillas; and many of the foreign terror­ Vietcong. After the SDS "War Council" those on their side. But "expressions of ists have been developing their own sup­ at Flint in 1969, Cavalletto and Sheila solidarity" by Marxist-Leninists may port groups among U.S. revolutionaries. Ryan have produced a steady :flow of range from teach-ins and picket lines to The creation of the Palestine Solidarity propaganda for the PLO. He and Ryan terror bombs. The severity of the actions Committee is one of these developments. first reported for the Liberation News depend on the amount and type of pub­ The PSC is publishing a newsletter, Service and the underground press, and licity to be generated; but to the terror­ Palestine, from its New York Post Office Cavalletto assisted with the radical ist mentality, bombings are desirable be- 12528 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE May 5, 1976 cause they bTing home to the largest SECOND ANNUAL FINANCIAL bers and the public informed about na· number of people the issue being raised DISCLOSURE tional issues and happenings in the Con­ by the revolutionaries and because they gress. undermine public confidence in our sys­ Itemized deductions: tem's ability to deal with terrorist HON. THOMAS J. DOWNEY Medical ------42.05 OF NEW YORK Taxes ------1,377.55 violence. Interest expense ______149.03 As is well-known, the Weather Un­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Contributions ------­ 657.00 derground Organization, with its long Tuesday, May 4, 1976 Miscellaneous Congressional and close ties to the Cubans, has claimed Expenses ------2,064.02 "solidarity" bombings in support of rev­ Mr. DOWNEY of New York. Mr. Congressional Association ____ _ 4, 921. 62 olutionaries in Chile, Puerto Rico and Speaker, in keeping with a practice I Vietnam. In Prairie Fire: "The Politics began last year, I am publishing my Total ------9,211. 27 of Revolutionary A._11.ti-Imperialism," the financial statement for 1975. I believe Personal exemption ______WUOstated, that public officials have an obligation to 750.00 Our intention is to engage the enemy ... make a full financial disclosure in order 9, 961.27 to wear away at him, to harass him, • • * to to have on the public record the sources Total ------reveal his vulnerability." On April 14, the of all income, and taxes paid, so that 1975 taxable income______32,013.97 Red Guerrilla Family, possibly a Weather no question as to self-enrichment or con­ Federal income tax paid (income Underground sub-group, severely damaged flict of interest can ever arise. average method)------­ 9, 021.00 the Union Carbide offices in San Francisco New York State income tax paid_ 3,363.00 in "solidarity" with the guerrilla terrorists My financial statement as of Decem­ ber 31, 1975 follows: Funds raised are used to increase the serv­ in Rhodesia and Southern Africa. ices and information I am able to provide my The PLO is calling upon its supporters to INCOME FoR 1975 constituents. "act to stop the campaign waged by the im­ Salary-U.S. House of Represent­ The December 31, 1975 Statement of the perialists against the PLO and to stop a.ll atives------$39,072.08 Second District Congressional Association economic and military aid granted to Is­ Salary-suffolk County Legtsla- follows: rael. • • • act now to stop Jmperiallst in­ ture ------138.66 tervention in the Middle East. Income: Dues ------$2, 722. 00 In New York, the Palestine Informa­ 39,210.74 Pre-paid lunches______170.00 tion Committee and Palestine Day Mo­ Other income: Luncheons ------1,772. 50 bilizing Committee, a march in Brook­ Honoraria------200.00 Total ------4,664.50 lyn on May 16, a Sunday, to a rallying Second District Congressional Expenses: point on Atlantic Avenue between Court Associationl ------4, 664.50 FTtnting______600.00 and Clinton Streets. Their demands, not Office supplies, mail______1, 566. 30 surprisingly, are identical with those Total ------•.864.60 Mobile office______287.24 raised by the PLO Information Office. Total 1975 Income______44, 075.24 Awards ------209. 98 It is to be hoped that the public, and Adjustment to Inoome: Luncheons------2,219.10 the media, will recognize that the PLO Congressional reimbursements: Photos ------39. 00 is an organization which has stepped far travel, stationery, district of- outside the limitations of civilization, fice, district office telephone_ 10, 682. 57 Total ------4,921.62 and that it is the "only legitimate rep­ Congressional expenses: travel, STATEMENT OF NET WORTH, DECEMBER 31, 1975 resentative" of its Soviet-bloc sponsors stationery, district office, dis­ Assets: trict office telephone, cost of Cash value, congressional retire- and its own barbaric cadres. living in D.C., miscellaneous_ 12,782.57 ment system ______$3,125.77 And it is also to be hoped that those Personal property (approXi­ private persons, and local and Federal Total adjustment______2, 100. 00 mately)------2,500.00 officials whose duty is to guard against Liabilities: None. terrorist attacks will remain especially Line 15: adjusted gross in-come_ 41, 975. 24 I have no outside business interests, and vigilant during the days immediately 1 The Second District Congressional As­ no connection With any business entity that preceding and following May 15, lest his­ sociation is a non-profit membership fund does business With the Federal Government, tory repeat itself. which holds monthly meetings to keep mem- or subject to Federal regulatory agencies.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Wednesday, May 5, 1976 The House met at 12 o'clock noon. THE JOURNAL the bill (H.R. 9721) entitled "An act to The Chaplain, Rev. Edward G. Latch, The SPEAKER. The Chair has ex­ provide for increased participation by D.D., offered the following prayer: amined the Journal of the last day•s the United States in the Inter-Ameri­ The fruit of the spirit is found in all proceedings and announces to the House can Development Bank, to provide for that is good and right and true.-Ephe­ his approval thereof. the entry of nonregional members and sians 5: 9. Without objection, the Journal stands the Bahamas and Guyana, in the Inter­ approved. American DeYelopment Bank, to provide "Lord, while for all mankind we pray, There was no objection. for the participation of the United States Of every clime and coast, in the African Development Fund, and 0 hear us for our native land, for other purposes," disagreed to by the The land we love the most. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE House; agrees to the conference asked 0 guard our shores from every foe; A message from the Senate by Mr. by the House on the disagreeing votes of With peace our borders bless; the two Houses thereon, and appoints Sparrow, one of its clerks, announced Mr. SPARKMAN, Mr. HUMPHREY, Mr. With prosperous times our cities crown, that the Senate agrees to the report of Our fields with plenteousness. the committee of conference on the dis­ CHURCH, Mr. McGEE, Mr. McGovERN, Mr. CASE, Mr. JAVITS, and Mr. HUGH Unite us in the sacred love agreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the House to the bill (S. ScoTT to be the conferees on the part of Of knowledge, truth and Thee; the Senate. And let our hills and valleys shout 3065) entitled "An act to amend the The songs of liberty. Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 The message also announced that the to provide for its administration by a Senate had passed a bill of the following Lord of the nations, thus to Thee Federal Election Commission appointed title, in which the concurrence of the Our country we commend; in accordance with the requirements of House is requested: Be Thou her refuge and her trust, the Co::J.Stitution, and for other pur­ S. 2996. An act to authorize the Secretary Her everlasting friend." poses." of the Interior to permit the relocation of -JOHN R. WREFORD. The message also announced that the the John Witherspoon statue, and for other Amen. Senate insists upon its amendments to purposes.