22802 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE November 26 RECESS UNTIL 10 A.M. TOMORROW Kennedy, late the President of the United STATUS OF THE APPROPRIATION States, and a former .Representative and for­ BILLS 88TH .CONGRESS, lST SES­ Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, if mer Senator fron:. the State of Massachusetts. SION there is no further business to come be­ Resolv~d. That in recognition of his illus­ fore the Senate, I now move, under the trious statesmanship, his leadership in na­ Mr. CANNON. Mr. Speaker, I ask previous order, that the Senate stand in tional and world a1ralr8, and his distinguished unanimous consent to extend my re­ recess until 10 a.m. tomorrow. public service to his State and the Nation, marks at this point in the RECORD and the Presiding Officer of 'the senate appoint include a tabulated statement of the ap­ The motion was agreed to; and till awaiting the WORK PLANS UNDER THE WATER­ necessary authorization legislation-in­ Psalm 85: 8: I will hear what God the volving budget requests of $4,840,030,000. Lord will say, for He will speak peace SHED PROTECTION AND FLOOD $184,869,965 has been cut from the unto His people. PREVENTION ACT $2,160,472,456 of supplemental budgets in Almighty God, as we again assemble The SPEAKER laid before the House · this session for the fiscal year 1963. for prayer in these strange and sad days, the following communication; which was As to the main budget, f-or fiscal 1964, we earnestly beseech Thee that we may read and referred to the Committee on the table discloses four bills signed by hear and heed Thy voice speaking peace Appropriations: the President, disposing of $61,918,577,- unto us through Thy holy word, for we . HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES, 000 of his budget requests for appropria­ penitently acknowledge that we are trou­ COMMITl'EE ON AGBICULTURJ!, tions. They are Interior, Treasury-Post bled in spirit, greatly disturbed and ap­ Washington, D.C., October 31, 19U. Office, Labor-HEW, and Defense, and prehensive, and often discouraged as we HON JOHN w. MoCoRMACJt, they were cut by $2,229,557,000. And, In face the unknown future. The Speaker, the aggregate, they are below comparable Grant that we may not forget that The House of Representatives, appropriations for fiscal 1963 by $339,- Thou wert our help in all the far-o:ff ·yes­ Washington, D.C. 000,000. terdays, drawing us to Thy self by Thy DEAR Ma. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the provi­ sions of section 2 of the Watershed Protec­ The conference agreement on the leg­ grace and love, giving Thy healing balm tion and Flood Prevention Act, as amended, islative bill is pending in the Senate, hav­ to hearts that were bruised and broken, the Committee on Agriculture on October 80, ing been adopted by the House at a figure bestowing Thy pardoning grace for our 1963, considered the following work plans $13,925,000 below the budget requests sins and shortcomings, renewing our transmitted to you by executive communi­ but, owing to some nonrecurring con­ strength and courage for our heavy cation and referred to this committee and struction items, about $18,000,000 above duties and responsibilities. unanimously approved each of such plans. last year. As we go forth into the hours of each The work plans involved are~ The agriculture bill is in conference. new day, may our minds and hearts be STATE, WATERSHED, AND EXECUTIVE ·The District of Columbia and indepen­ blessed with Thy divine spirit, which COMMUNICATIONS dent oftlces bfils are awaiting conference. alone can deliver them from all thoughts Texas: Big Creek, No. 2571, 87th Congress. Three other bills-State-Justice-Com­ and feelings of hatred and violence and Minnesota: Crooked Creek, No. 1234, 88th merce-Judiciary, the military construct­ remove those antagonisms and antip­ Congress. ion bill, and the public works bill are athies which divide soul from soul. Colorado: Indian Wash, No. 1899, 87th being processed in the Senate committee. May the President, our Speaker, the Congress. Minnesota: Joe River, No. 1234, 88th Con­ The House has cut $5,420,333,026 from Members of Congress, and all our people gress. the .$91,817,407,145 of budget requests be drawn together in one high and holy Arkansas: Mud Creek, No. 1234, 88th Con­ ee>nsider-ed In the 11 regular bllis for aspiration to know Thy truth and to do gress. fiscal 1964 and will substantially increase Thy will faithfully. Tennessee: Thompson Creek, (supple­ that aggregate on the foreign aid bill. "0 Lord, support us all the day long mental), No. 895, 88th Congress. It now seems a certainty that Congress of our troublous life, until the shadows Tennessee: Weatherford-Bear Creek, No. will conclude the appropriations business lengthen and the evening comes and the 1284, 88th Congress. with a very substantial eut below the re­ busy world is hushed and the fever of Sincerely yours, quests and also below last year's appro­ life is over and our work is done. Then HAROLD D. CoOLEY, priations. And we are determined, in in Thy mercy grant us a safe lodging Chairman. collaboration with the other body, to and a holy rest and peace at the last." continue to do everything we can to con­ Hear us in Christ's name. Amen. clude the work as expeditiously as cir­ A DAY .TO BE SET ASIDE LATER TO cumstances permit. EULOGIZE OUR LATE PRESIDENT, No review of the aggregate probability THE JOURNAL JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY of total appropriations for the session Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask can omit the approximately $12,000,000,- The Journal of the proceedings of yes­ 000-using a round amount because it terday was read and approved. unanimous consent to address the House 1 does not stand still-of appropriations for minute. recurring for fiscal 1964 The SPEAKER. Is there objection automatically under permanent law. That is not in MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE to the request of the gentleman from the table to follow because it requires A message from the Senate by Mr. Oklahoma? no annual action by the Congress. The McGown, one of its clerks, announced There was no objection. principal expense is the interest on the that the Senate had passed the follow­ Mr. ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I take national debt, tentively estimated at ing resolution: this time only to advise the Members that $10,020,000,000 in the January budget. S. RES.228 we plan to set aside a full day at a later but more recently 11.gured to approximate Be30lved, That the Senate has learne

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1963 SUPPLEMENTALS B.J. Res. 284 Supplemental, Agriculture_------2$508,172, 000 Feb. 26 $508, 172, 000 Feb. 27 $508, 172, 000 (No. 35) ------· B.R. 11517 Supplemental. __ • ______.-_. ______------__ • ______1, 641, 507, 106 Apr. 5 988, 756, 506 -$652, 750, 600 Apr. 10 1, 438, 691, 506 -$202, 815, 600 +$449, 935, 000 (No.198) Public works acceleration. ______• ______(500, 000, 000) ------( ______) All other•• ___ -----______------______(-500, 000, 000) ------­ (450, 000, 000) ( -50, 000, 000) ( +450, 000, 000) (1, 141, 507, 106) ------(988, 756, 506) (-152, 750, 600) ------(988, 691, 506) ( -152, 815, 600) (-65,000) 1~~~~~~-1-~~~~~-1-~~~~~~ Total, 1963 supplementals ______------___ ------2, 149, 679, 106 1, 496, 928, 506 -652, 750, 600 l, 946, 863, 506 -202, 815, 600 +449, 935, 000 1======1 1964 APPROPRIATIONS B.R., 5279 Interior ______--••••••••• ~------• ------•• ---• ------• -• -• -·------998,009,000 Mar. 28 929, 690, 200 -68, 318, 800 Apr. 2 922, 625, 200 -75, 383, 800 -7,065,000 ' (No.177) Loan authorization·------·------·-·------(13, 000, 000) ------(6, 000, 000) (-7,000,000) ------(6,000,000) Treasury-PostContract authority Omce ______-----___ ------_ (17, 500, 000) ------(-17, 500, 000) ------~------(~1~: ~: ~~ :::::::::::::::::: B.R. 5366 6, 146,842,000 Apr. 1 5,997,026,000 -149, 816, 000 Apr. 4 5, 997,026,000 -149, 816, 000 ------(No.179) B.R. 5888 Labor-HEW•• ·--·------·-----·-··-····-··-····-·-;··-··------­ 5, 759, 489, 000 Apr. 25 5, 449, 988, 000 -309, 501, 000 Apr. 30 5, 449, 981, 000 -309, 508, 000 -7,000 (No. 246) B.R. 6754 A.griculture •••••• ----_. _------·------· ···--· __ •• __ ----·---····------· ----- 6, 368, 755, 000 :rune 3 5, 979, 457' 000 -389, 298, 000 June 6 5, 979, 457, 000 -389, 298, 000 ------(No.355) Loan authorizations ___ ----__ • __ ------_------· ______------3 (855, 000, 000) ------­ 3 (855, 000, 000) ------3 (855, 000, 000) ------B.R. 6868 Legislative------~------' 148, 580, 245 June 6 ' 140, 038, 919 -8, 541, 326 June 11 ' 140, 038, 919 -8, 541, 326 ------(No. 369) H.R. 7063 State, Justice, Commerce, judiciarY------2, 159, 891, 900 June 14 1, 851, 269, 900 -308, 622, 000 June 18 1, 851, 269, 900 -308, 622, 000 (No. 388) H.R. 7179 Defense ____ -_-- ___ • ___ --•• ------• -----• ----_, ------49, 014, 237, 000 June 21 47, 092, 209, 000 -1, 922, 028, 000 June 26 47, 082, 009, 000 -1, 932, 228, 000 -10, 200, 000 .. (No. 439) B.R. 7431 District of Columbia------·------(289, 581, 800) July 8 (284, 286, 800) (-5, 295, 000) July 11 (284, 286, 800) (-5, 295, 000) ------• (No. 499) Federal paymenL------·------­ 34, 868, 000 ------32, 868, 000 -2, 000, 000 ------32, 868, 000 -2, 000, 000 ------Loan authorizations------­ (8, 000, 000) ------(8, 000, 000) ------(8, 000, 000) ------H.R. 8747 Independent omces_ ------14, 658, 1188, 000 Oct. 7 13, 102, 818, 700 -1, 555, 769, 300 Oct. 10 13, 102, 718, 700 -1, 555, 869, 300 -100, 000 (No. 824) H.R. 9139 Military construction ___ ------______------___ ------_ 1,966,400,000 Nov. 14 1, 562, 964, ()()() -403, 436, 000 Nov. 18 1, 562, 964, 000 -403, 436, 000 (No. 901) B.R. 91{0 Public Works _____ ----______: ______------~------4,561, 747,000 Nov. 15 4, 276, 116, 400 -285, 630, 600 Nov. 19 4, 276, 116, 400 -285, 630, 600 (No. 902) 1~~~~~~-1 1-~~~~~-1-~~~~~~1 Total, 1964 appropriations·------··------·-··--- 91, 817, 407, 145 86, 414, 446, 119 -5, 402, 961, 026 86, 397, 074, 119 -5, 420, 333, 026 -17,372,000 93, 967, 086, 251 87, 911, 374, 625 -6, 055, 711, 626 88, 343, 937. 625 -5, 623, 148, 626 +432, 563, 000 (876, 000, 000) ------(869, 000, 000) (-7, 000. 000) ------(869, 000, 000) (-7, 000, 000) ------­ (17, 500, 000) ------(-17, 500, 000) ------(-17, 500, 000) ------

1 Tentatively estimated in January budget at about $11,500,000,000 for fiscal year 1964 (subject to change­ 3 Includes $360,000,000 for Farmers Home Administration loans currently made from loan repayments in lieu probably upward). of former practice of public debt borrowings from Treasury. •Shifted from budget for 1964, which was reduced accordingly. ' Excludes Senate items. ' The appropriation bills, 88th Cong., 1st sess., aa of Nov. S6, 1.983-Continued

[Does not include back-door appropriations or permanent appropriations 1 under previous legislation. Does include lndefinlte appropriations carried in annual appropriations bills]

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. r Senate action compared with- Date Increase or BWNo. Title Budget Date filed decrease Date estimates and Amount as Date Amount as and Amount as compared Num· - ap-_ to Senate report reported passed passed Budget report approved to budget ber proved number estimates House action number estimates td date " r i, ,. 1963 Sui>PLEMEN'l'ALS

H~. Res,. 284 Supplemental, Agriculture...... $508, 172, 000 Feb. 28 $508, 172, 000 Mar. 4 $508, 172, 000 ·--~------·- 88-1 Mar. G (No. 9) $508, 172, 000 ------· ------H.R. .6517 Supplemental...______1, 652, 300, 456 Apr. 24 1, 4S6, 096, 841 , 488, 683, 841 -$163, 616, 615 +$49, 992, 336 1, 467, 430, 491 -$184, 869, 965 88-25 (No. 155) (No. 275) Public works acceleration...... (500, 000, 000) ------· (450, 000, 000) ·------·-- (450, 000, 000) (-50, 000, 000) ------ (450, 000, 000) (-50, 000, 000) ••••••••••••••••• (No. 290) All other•• ------·-·-··-- (1, 152, 300, 456) ·------(1, 036, 096, 841) ------· (1, 038, 683, 841) (-113, 616, 615) (+49, 992, 335) ------(1, 017, 430, 491) (-134, 869, 965) ----·--- ·····---· Total, 1968 supplementals••• ______2, 160, 472, 156 1, 994, 268, 841 1, 996, 855, 841 - 163, 616, 615 +49, 992, 335 1, 975, 602, 491 -184, 869, 965

196' APPBOPBIATIONS H.R. 6279 Interior •• _.---·------·--·------·-··-- 998, 009, 000 979. 093, 400 979, 693, 400 -18, 315, 600 +57, 068, 200 1uly 11 952, 456, 500 -45, 552, 500 88-79 1uly 26 . (No. 181) (No. 551) Loan authorization______(13, 000, 000) ------(6, 000, 000) --·------(6. 000, 000) (-7, 000. 000) ------· Contract authority______(17, 500, 000) ------·------(~1;: ~: ~~ :::::::::::::::: :::::::::: -----~~~~~~~ (-17, 500, 000) ------­ H.R. 11366 Treasury-Po_st Office...... 6, 146, 842, 000 6, 074, 216, 250 6, 069, 466, 250 -77, 375, 750 +12, 440, 250 May 28 6, 045; 466, 000 -101, 376, 000 88-39 lune 13 (No. 168) (No. 303) H.R. ,li888 Labor-HEW••••••• ------·····-- 5, 759, 489, 000 Aug. 1 5, 494, 627, 250 Ang. 7 5, 495, 827, 250 -263, 661, 750 +45, 846, 250 (Sept. 25 5, 471, 087, 500 -288, 401, 500 88-136 Oct. 11 (No. 383) No. 774) • H.R. 6754 Agriculture______6, 368, 755, 000 Sept. 12 6, 046, 738, 340 Sept. 30 6, 047, 988, 340 -320, 766, 660 +68, 031, 340 ------______, ___ ------· ------(No. 497) H.R. 6868 Legi~':ti°v:~~~~~~~~~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::: I <::m:~) -JUne-25" a <~:~;:J> -iillie_26_ • <~:~;~> <±~g:~:~) <:j:~;~:m> -Nov.·12· ---ii68;293;oo9· -·-::13;925;as1· :::::::: ::::::::: (No. 313) (No. 896) H.1.t. 7063 State, Justice, Commerce, judiciary______------·------___ ; ____ _ H.R, 7179 Defense.-·--····------·--- 49, 014, 237, 000 Sept. 17 47, 371, 407, 000 Sept. 24 47, 389, 707, 000 -1, 674, 030, 000 +257, 698, 000 Oct. 7 47, 220, 010, 000 -1, 794, 2Z/, 000 88-149 Oct. 17 (No. 502) (No. 812) H.R. 7431 District of Columbia______(328, 724, 000) Nov. 6 (319, 582, 825) Nov. 18 .(319, 587, 785) (-9, 136, 215) (+35,300, 985) ------···------···· (No. 632) ~:-:1uf:lrfZ:1fi~D8::::::::::::::::::::::::: c~: ~: ~> :::::::::: <~: =: ~> :::::::::: cg:=: ggg> ----=~:~:~- c+~~: ~: ~> :::::::::: :::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::: :::::::: ::::::::: H.R. 8747 Independent offices______14, 658, 588, 000 Nov. 13 13, 390, 214, 650 Nov. 20 13, 300, 214, 600 -1, 358, 373, 350 +197, 495, 950 ------·------(No. 641) H.R. 9139 Military construction.. ______------'------H.R. 9140 Public Works ••••. ------·------Total, 1964 appropriations..• ··------~ ------83, 181, 006, 450 ------79, 572, 437, 959 ------79, 449, 037, 959 -3, 731, 968, 491 +742, 314, 14.0 ------59, 857, 313, 069 -2, 243, 482, 381 ------Total, all approprlatio?s·------85, 341, 478, 906 ------81, 566, 706, 800 ------81, 445, 893, 800 -3, 895, 585, 106 +792,306, 475 ------61, 832, 915, 560 -2, 428, 352, 346 ------Total, loan authorizat1ons. ------(888, 800, 000) ------(906, 800, 000) ------(906, 800, 000) (+is, 000, 000) (+37, 800, 000) ------(6, 000, 000) (-7, 000, 000) ------Total, contract authority______(17, 500, 000) ------(-17, 500, 000) ------· (-17, 500, 000) ------

• Co~ference report not yet acted upon by Senate. Prepared by Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives. NOTE.-Totals re1lect ~ounts approved and comparisons at latest stage of congressional action on each bill. 1963 CONGRESSIONAL -RECORD-· HOUSE 22805 CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR consideration of the bill

pass from the hands of reasonable and thing like: "One person, it would seem, has Mrs. ST. GEORGE. Mr. Speak~r. the responsible men to the purveyors of hate taken unto himself the prerogative which~ follqwing cables have been received by and violence." · God's alone-to grant life to a human being or to take lt"..,,.-a.nd herein ls the essence of ine to transmit to the U.S. national group Third. That in building the peace­ the tragedy. _ , of the Inter.-Parliamentary Union and "together we shall save our planet or to­ Beyo:r:id merely describing what has com~ tp to the Congress. They are the expres­ gether we shall perish in its fiames" and pass, however, we crave an understanding of sions of sympathy of the Inter-Parlia­ that "it is our intention to challenge the what is happening in-our midst. mentary Union from its Secretary Gen­ , not to an , but to First, we can observe that there ls among eral, Mr. de Blonay, and from the a peace race; to advance step by step, us a national personality. For I believe that same group on behalf of the Coun­ stage by stage, until general and com­ groups as well as persons express a. person­ cil, and the president of the Union, ~ity. We belong to clubs or small groups plete disarmament has actually been which, by virtue of the persons comprising President Mazzilli; from the Spanish achieved." them, possess a corporate personality. The g~oup through its president, Mr. De Finally, do not his words before the same, it seems, is. true of larger groups, the Ananequi; from the Brazilian group Massachusetts Legislature bear relevance church congregations we belong to, and even through its president, Mr. Rui Palmeira; to each of us here in the Congress: political pa.rtles. And a national personality from the Parliament of Monaco through Of those to whom much is given, much ts now shows· itself in grief a.nd sorrow for the its president, Mr. Louis Aureglia; from required. And when at some future date passing from this life of our President. the Italian group through its president, the h!gh court of history sits in !udgment on But Ju.st as surely a national personality Mr. Vodacci Pisanelli, and from the each one of us-recording whether our will also be observed in the days before ua in as the Nation continues to direct its people's French group through its president, Sen­ brief span of service we fullllled our respon­ ator Moutet. sib111ties to the State-our success or failure, purposes. . in whatever omce we may hold, will be Second, in seeking to understand what now I ask unanimous consent to include measured by the answers to four questions: happens among us and within us, we"must the seven cables, with three translations; were we truly men of courage--were we truly bring to the surface of consciousness what in the body of the RECORD. is at least subconscious, to say that we a.re men of judgment-were we truly men of in­ "I know that I interpret the sentiments tegrity-were we truly men of dedication. now struck with how mortal we a.re. That ls to say, upon seeing that another is indeed of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in request­ mortal we have it dramatically impressed ing you to transmit to the U.S. group our And now, Mr. Speaker, in this hour of feelings of profound emotion a.nd deep sym­ stark tragedy for our country, may we upon us that we, too, are mortal and that we can die as well as he. · pathy in the tragic passing ,of President Ken­ stand as one man back of our President But there is another side to this matter, nedy, a great champion of democracy and and our Government. May Almighty namely, that somehow, in our humanity and peace. God guide and sustain President Lyndon human society, we are a part of the whole of BLONAY, Johnson. life that creates human hatreds and pro­ Secretary GeneraZ. motes, albeit unwittingly, even psychopathic animosities among some of the population. PARIS, November 23, 1963. CHURCH SERVICES DEVOTED TO A It would be fitting in this circumstance, Mrs. ST. GEORGE, MEMORIAL TO OUR LATE PRESI­ therefore, that persons of the church use the Inter-Parliamentary Group, DENT, JOHN F. KENNEDY occasion more assuredly to dedicate them­ The Capitol, Washington, D.O.: selves to the Kingdom of God in our midst Sui~ certain interpreter sentiments union Mr. RIEHLMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask a.lid resolve therein to use the Christian toute entiere en vous pria.nt accepter et unanimous consent to extend my remarks gospel as a. counterforce to the passions of tra.nsmettre groupe Americain sentiments at this point in the RECORD and include hatred. profonde emotion et sympathie emue a l And last, in the happenings around us we occasion tragique disparition President Ken­ extraneous matter. nedy grand serviteur de la democratie et de The SPEAKER. Is there objection are finding the true purpose of intercession, la paix. that ls, of intercessory prayer in which we to the request of the gentleman from render prayer in another's behalf. Be as­ BLONAY, New York? sured that we a.re not offering prayer .for a Secretaire General. There was no objection. dead a.nd inert body. We pray, rather, in Mr. RIEHLMAN. Mr. Speaker, this the behalf of a living soul received of our DEPUTADOS BRASILIADJ', past Sunday, I feel confident, the major­ Heavenly Father. We pray for a. family now November 23, 1963. ity of Members of Congress, together broken, for a young widow and her almost KATHERINE ST. GEORGE, infant children, and for a family that has House of Representatives, with millions of other Americans, and suffered much tragedy and Is now cast into .Wa1Jhington, D.O.: people all around the world, attended the consummate tragedy of human experi­ Please accept my own name and behalf their churches to worship. In most in­ ence. It should be our high hope that, in IPU Council expression deepest sympathy stances, I believe, at least a portion of praying in the face of tragedy, we shall be tragic event President Kennedy'• death. each service was devoted to a memo­ able to learn also of life in its-goodness and Not only the United States but the whole rial to our late President, John F. Ken­ blessings. world mourns one of its greatest leaders. nedy. Involving ourselves, a.s we have done, in RANIERI MAzzILLI. intercession for others, we may hope also that At the service in the church of which therein shall be found the strength and di­ VITORIA, November ?4, 1963. I am a member, the pastor's remarks rection !or our lives whereby we shall be GEORGE B. GALLOWAY, , were most appropriate, and his approach able to live in behalf of others and all. Library of Congress, to this terrible tragedy was helpful to me. It is a Christian thing to do, to pray for Washington, D.C.: Therefore, I would like to share these re­ others. It 1s a. Christian thing also to be On behalf of 'Spanish group Interl?arlia­ able to weep with those who weep and to mentary Union please express American marks with my colleagues and with those group our most sincere condolence. who read the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. mourn with those who mourn. So I ask that we join with others of our fellow citizens in MANUEL DE ANANEG'tJI. "On the Passing of John F. Kennedy,'' prayer, silently each in his own way, and by the Reverend Finley M. Keech, min­ corporately too. BRASILIA, November 26, 1963. ister of the First Baptist Church, Tully, KAT.HERINE ST. GEORGE, N.Y., follows: House of Representatives, MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY FROM Washington, D.O.: ON THE PASSING OF JOHN F. KENNEDY Deeply distressed tragical death President In the 2 days just past we have been cast MEMBERS OF THE INTER-PAR­ Kennedy I present name Brazilian group low by the passing of President John F. Ken­ LIAMENTARY UNION IN and my own expression our deepest nedy. But in ord~r to have profound appre­ AND SOUTH AMERICA sympathy. ciation it is not necessary that his opinions Rux PALMEIRA. be altogether ours, nor his politics and poli­ Mrs. ST. GEORGE. Mr. Speaker, I cies. It ls necessary only to know that his ask unanimous consent to extend my re­ The Inter-Parl1amentary group of the prin­ country is our country a.nd that his citizen­ marks at this point in the RECORD and cipal1ty of Monaco 1s deeply shocked at the ship is ours as well; a.nd because of this we include messages from members of the tragic event that has put the United States can mourn his passing from mortal life in Inter-Parliamentary Union in Europe and the world in mourning. We express our midst. and South America. through you our pro:found· condolences and. We all have heard many details of tb.e cir-­ the deep emotion of the members of the cumsta.nces by radio a.nd television which we The SPEAKER. Is there objection National Council a.nd the whole population need not duplicate here. But in order to de­ to the request of the gentlewoman from of Monaco. · scribe adequately the enormity of the crime NewYork? · · · LoVIS AUREGLIA, that· has been committed we must say some- There was no objection. President. 22822 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE November 26 MONACOVILLE, November 23, 1963. weep for his widow and children, we ment by protection of the physical safety MRS. KATHERINE ST. GEORGE, have much to be thankful for. of its otllcers. I shall offer a bill to ex­ U.S. Interparliamentary Group, House Of­ We are thankful that the world is in tend existing law to protect the lives of fice Building, Washington, D.C.: Groupe Interparlementaire Principaute de relative peace. all Presidents so long as they live and the Monaco consterne par traglque evenement qui We are thankful that each American lives of all other· elected otllcials of the endeuille les etatsunis et le monde vous ex­ family will have a Thanksgiving meal. Federal Government, members of the prime condooleances profoundement emues · We are thankful that providence gave Cabinet, and the Justices of the Supreme des membres conseil natinal et de la popu­ us John F. Kennedy even for a short Court during their terms of office. lation Monegasque. while. I shall also prepare a measure which LOUIS AUREGLIA, We are thankful that out of the ashes will make punishable armed assault on President. there can come a new sense of unity and any such officials · during the same ROMA, November 25, 1963. commitment to values and purposes periods. MRS. ST. GEORGE, other than self. I commend consideration of these Chairman, United States of America Group We are thankful that in the new day measures. IPU, the Capitol, Washington, D.C.: the tensions and bitterness arising from Touched for the tragic lost President Ken­ unsolved problems of human rights may LINCOLN'S SPRINGFIELD MOURNS nedy on behalf of Italian group please ac­ at last be solved by a people and a Con­ cept deepest condolences while jointing to gress awakened to the need for action. ANEW the nations's. · We are thankful that this we can do in Mr. FINDLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask ' VODACCI PISANELLI. memory of the late President. . unanimous consent to extend my remarks Deeply shocked by your national mourn­ We are thankful that the unity and at this point in the RECORD and include ing. The French national group wishes to partnership of the Western World has extraneous matter. express its very sincere and deep compassion. been reatllrmed and rededicated by the The SPEAKER. Is there objection MoUTET. act of respect and faith by the mon­ to the request of the gentleman from archs, presidents, and prime ministers of Illinois? PARIS, November 25, 1963. the West, whose country's have had There was no objection. LT. PRESIDENTE ST. GEORGE, thei;J: share of tragedy, in bowing their Mr. FINDLEY. Mr. Speaker, the House Office Building, tragic death of President Kennedy had Washington, D.C.: .heads under an American flag in an Profondement bouleverse par votre deuil American cemetery. unusual meaning for Springfield, Ill. national groupe Francais vous expriine sa Finally, we are thankful for and have Ninety-eight years ago that prairie com­ tres sincere et bien vieve compassion. a new awareness of the moral fiber, munity knew the sorrow of bringing MOUTET. courage, and strength of the American home for final rest the remains of an­ family, because we have been shown by other martyred President, Abraham Lin­ Jacqueline Kennedy that the American coln, killed-like Mr. Kennedy-in the THE LATE PRESIDENT JOHN F. family has that character, courage, and prime of his life and in the prime of his KENNEDY strength. service to his country by an assassin's Mr. LINDSAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask For all of these things we are grateful, bullet. unanimous consent to extend my remarks Mr. Speaker, and for these reasons this Springfield had sent young Lincoln to at this point in the RECORD and include Thanksgiving will carry extra meaning Congress and had seen him rise to na­ extraneous matter. for every American home. tional fame in the Lincoln-Douglas series The SPEAKER. Is there objection of debates over slavery. On February 11, to the request of the gentleman from 1861, the citizens of Springfield received New York? PERMISSION TO -FILE ADDITIONAL Lincoln's affectionate farewell, as the There was no objection. . VIEWS TO ACCOMPANY HOUSE . President-elect entered the train that Mr. LINDSAY. Mr. Speaker, on No­ REPORT NO. 914 ON H.R. 7152 was to take him to the White House. Four years later he returned to Spring­ vember 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy died Mr. LINDSAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask in action. A young man in the height field in a coffin. unanimous consent that I and the fol­ Jack Heintz, the present publisher of of his powers, he gave his life for his lowing members of the Committee on the country. May God comfort his loved Springfield's Illinois State Journal, a Judiciary may have until Monday, De .. paper that reported Lincoln's ft.Ssassina­ ones and give guidance to President cember 2, 1963, to file additional views to Johnson in his constitutional tasks. In tion a century ago, cried out last Satur­ accompany House Report No. 914 or H.R. day with these words: this most critical time, for our country 7152: Mr. CAHILL, Mr. MATHIAS, Mr. MAC­ and for our troubled world, President GREGOR, and Mr. BROMWELL. What kind of man is this? At 1 p.m. I Johnson has my support. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to look out my window at a street Christmas As Mrs. Lindsay and I paid tribute decoration which is now black. A man has the request of the gentleman from New died at the hands of a madman. The skies to the late President in the East Room York? are darkened by a drizzling rain which echoes of the White House the day after his There was no objection. my despair. What manner of man is this young life was cut short, and later in who would differ so violently with a father, the great Rotunda of the Capital, and a husband, a country's leader who would do finally at Arlington Cemetery, our but what he felt in his h.eart was best for thoughts were with Mrs. Kennedy, the THE LATE PRESIDENT, JOHN F. his fellow American, fellow man? May God children and the family, with our coun­ KENNEDY have some mercy on his soul to the end of trymen, and with the people of the 17th Mr. BROMWELL. Mr. Speaker, I ask his violent, misshapen, and maniacal days. Congressional District in whose name unanimous consent to extend my remarks The Journal's companion newspaper, and for whom we stood in silent prayer. at this point in the RECORD. the Illinois State Register, the same day Out of the wreckage perhaps there will The SPEAKER. Is there objection carried this front-page black-bordered emerge a greater sense of the Nation's to the request of the gentleman from editorial: needs and fresh determination to get on Iowa? NATION IN STATE OF SHOCK AT PRESIDENT'S with the job. The Congress has been There was no objection. TRAGIC DEATH divided and deadlocked on civil rights Mr. BROMWELL. Mr. Speaker, the Our beloved President is dead, victim of a and other great issues of our time. Per­ death of President Kennedy, like a clang­ bullet fired by a cowardly assassin. John haps the late President's tragic death ing of bells, tells us that we have been Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the will bring into focus and perspective the remiss. United States, who had survived the ordeals futility of putting private prejudices Assassination, because of its effect on of war as a gallant hero, went to his death ahead of public needs and human rights. the operation of this Government and as he led this Nation in a quest for peace. because of its infinite consequences, is a The people of the United States, numb Always out of the deepest dark of the with ·shock at the tragic manner in which night there comes the first rays of the different crime from murder. · our President died, mourn as one. Our new sun and the new day. This week Nothing is more completely or appro-: hearts go out in sadness and deep .sympathy we celebrate Thanksgiving .Day and priately within the Federal purview than for the President's family in their bereave­ though we mourn our President and the security of the functions of Govern- ment. The death of. President Kennedy is 1963 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 22823 a loss to all humanity, a loss made even more dedicate ourselves to the principles and STEVENSON QUOTED tragic by the manner in which he died. purpose of President John F. Kennedy; We cannot expect that everyone, to use the This dastardly ~rime shook to the core let us unite in common determination to phrase of a decade ago, will "talk sense to even the most C&lloused, and the entire cleanse our national life of bigotry and the American people." But we can hope that Nation poured out its grief unashamedly at fewer people will listen to nonsense. And the news of the President's death, and min­ vituperation; in doing so, let us consider the notion that this Nation is headed for de­ gled with the tears were emotion-filled out­ the words of our beloved President feat through deficit, or that strength is but pourings of anger at the psychopathic killer which he had prepared to deliver to the a matter of slogans, is nothing but just plain who had pulled the trigger to fire the bullet Dallas Citizens Council and the Dallas nonsense. that snuffed out the life of the President. Assembly. In that speech, an eloquent I want to discuss with you today the status John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the fourth Presi­ statement of American policy, it is sig­ of our strength and our security because dent ot the United States to die at the hands nificant that President Kennedy in­ this question clearly calls for the most re­ of an assassin, had experienced in hJs 46 sponsible qualities of leadership and the years the role of successful lawyer, author tended with words of reason to caution most enlightened products of scholarship. and recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, of senator against "voices preaching doctrines For this Nation's strength and security are of the United States and of President of the wholly unrelated to reality, wholly un­ not easily or cheaply obtained-nor are they United States. He had experienced personal suited to the sixties, doctrines which ap­ quickly and simply explained. .suffering and hardship in the military serv­ parently assume that words will suffice There are many kinds of strength and no . ice of his country; he provided leadership without weapons, that vituperation is as one kind will sumce. Overwhelming nuclear with the quality of greatness during this cold good as victory and that peace is a sign strength cannot stop a guerrilla war. war period of international political strife of weakness.,. Formal pacts of alliance cannot stop inter­ with the Communists; and, he was a hus­ nal subversion. Displays of material wealth band and father, a role dear to his heart. The text of the undelivered speech cannot stop the dislllusionment of diplomats He was a man of integrity, a man of honesty, follows: subjected to discrimination. a man of deep conviction and sincerity. TEXT PREPARED FOR DALLAS Above all, words alone . are not enough. In a moment of tragedy, his life ended. I am honored to have this invitation to The United States is a peaceful nation. And But the principles in which he believed, and address the annual meeting of the Dallas where our strength and determination are for which he fought, will live on in the Citizens council, joined by the members of cle'ar, our words need merely to convey con­ hearts of all who live on to fight the battle the Dallas Assembly-and pleased to have viction, but belligerence. If we are strong, President Kennedy considered his greatest this opportunity to salute the Graduate Re­ our strength will speak for itself. If we are goal, the quest for peace. search Center of the Southwest. weak, words will be no help. In this hour of breavement, we join with It is fitting that these two symbols of STRENGTH OF AID 'PLAN all Americans ln their sorrow and in· their Dallas progress are united in the sponsorship I realize that this Nation often tends to prayers for our fallen leader, President John of this meeting. For they represent the best Fitzgerald Kennedy. identify turning points in world affairs with qualities, I am told, of leadership and learn­ the major addresses which preceded them. ing in this city-and leadership and learning But it was not the Monroe Doctrine that are indispensable to each other. kept all Europe · away from . this hemi­ A MEMORIAL TO PRESIDENT The advancement of learning depends on sphere-it was the strength of the British KENNEDY community leadership for financial and Fleet and the width of the Atlantic Ocean. Mr. FEIGHAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask political support-and the products of that It was not General Marshall's speech at Hru."­ learning, in turn, are essential to the leader­ vard which kept out of Western unanimous consent to extend my remarks ship's hopes for continued progress and Europe-it was the strength and stab111ty at this Point in the RECORD. prosperity. It is not a coincidence th~t those made possible by our military and economic The SPEAKER. Is there objection communi'fiies possessing the best in research assistance. to the request of the gentleman from and graduate facilities-from MJ.T. to Cal In this admlnistration also it has been Ohio? Tech-tend to attract the new a.nd growing necessary at times to issue specific warnings · There was no objection. industries. I congratulate those of you here that we could not stand by and watch the Mr. FEIGHAN. Mr. Speaker, the in Dallas who have recognized these basic Communists conquer Laos by force, or inter­ facts through the creation of the unique and vene in the Congo, or swallow West , or tragic death of President John F. Ken­ forward-looking graduate research center. maintain offensive missiles on Cuba. nedy has taken from us a great and But while our goals were at least tempo­ enlightened leader, a noble soul and a LINK IN WORLD AFFAIRS This link between leadership and learning rarily obtained in those and other instances, gifted citizen of the Republic. . ls not only essential at the community level. our successful defense of freedom was due­ This tragic end to the young, and It ls even more indispensable in world affairs. not to the words we used-but to the spirited life of our President has brought Ignorance and misinformation can handicap strength we stood ready to use on behalf of to our country a period of deep sadness the progress of a city or a company-but they the principles we stand ready to defend. and mourning as the full magnitude of can, if allowed to prevail in foreign .policy, REVIEWS AREAS 0:1' .STRENGTH our Nation's loss becomes more apparent handicap this country's security. In a world This strength is composed of many dif­ with each passing hour. of complex and continuing problems, in a ferent elements, ranging from the most mas­ In this period of deep sorrow, while world fUll of frustrations and ·irritations, sive deterrents to the most subtle influences. America's leadership must be guided by the And all types of strength are needed-no one our hearts and prayers go out to Mrs. lights of learning and reason-or else those kind could do. the job alone. Let us take Kennedy and her little ones, and to the who confuse rhetoric with reality and the a moment, therefore, to review this Nation's entire Kennedy family, our minds turn plausible with the possible will gain the progress in each major area of strength. to the need for a lasting and suitable popular ascendancy with their seemingly First, as Secretary McNamara made clear memorial to our late President. I can swift and simple solutions to every world in his address last Monday, the strategic· think of no greater memorial to his life problem. nuclear power of the United States has been and times than a development of the full There will always be dissident voices heard so greatly modernized and expanded in the in the land, expressing opposition without last 1,000 days, by the rapid production and truth behind his assassination. alternatives, finding fault but never favor, deployment of the most modern missile sys­ perceiving gloom on every side and seeking tems that any and all potential aggressors ln:fiuence without responsibility. Those are clearly confronted now with the impossi­ PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S UNDELIV­ voices are inevitable. bility of strategic victory-and the certainty ERED SPEECH But today other voices are heard in the of total destruction-if by reckless attack Mr. RYAN of New York. Mr. Speaker, land-voices preaching doctrines wholly un­ they should ever fore~ upon us the necessity related to reality, wholly unsuited to the of a strategic reply. I ask unanimous consent to extend my sixties, doctrines which apparently assume In less than 3 years, we have increased remarks at this point in the RECORD and that words will suftlce without weapons, that by 50 percent the number of Polaris sub­ include extraneous matter. vituperation is as good as victory and that marines scheduled to be in force by the next The SPEAKER. Is there objection peace is a sign of weakness. fiscal year-increased by more than 70 per­ to the request of the gentlemar.. from At a time when the national debt is cent our total Polaris purchase program-in­ New York? steadily being reduced in terms of its burden creased by 50 percent the portion of our stra­ There was no objection. on our economy, they see that debt as the tegic bombers on 15-mlnute alert-.and in­ greatest single threat to our security. At a creased by 100 percent the total number of Mr. RYAN of New York. Mr. Speaker, time when we are steadily reducing the nuclear weapons available in our strategic at this time of tragedy there is much number of Federal employees serving every alert forces. that all of us could say, yet Jn a sense thousand citizens, they fear those supposed Our security is further enhanced by the_ there is nothing to say. In this hour ot hordes of civil servants far more than the steps we 1lave taken regarding these weap­ national and international grief let us actual hordes CYt opposing armies. ons to improve the speed and certainty of 22824 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE November 26 theJ.r response, . th~ir readiness at all times lion required for military and economic as­ est and strongest expansion in our ·peacetime to respond, their ability to survive an attack sistance. economic history. and their ability to be carefully controlled Our foreign-aid program is not growing in This Nation's total output--which 3 years ·and directed through secure command size; it is, on the contrary, smaller now than ago was at the $500 billion mark-will soon operations. in previous years. It has had ~ts weaknesses, pass $600 billion for, a record rise of over But the lessons of the last decade have but we have undertaken to correct them, and $100 billion in 3 years. For the first time taught us that freedom cannot be defended the proper way of treating weaknesses is to in history we have 70 million men and by strategic nuclear power alone. We have, replace them with strength; not to increase women at work. For the first time in his­ therefore, in the last 3 years accelerated the those weaknesses by emasc_µlating essential tory averag~ factory earnings have exceeded dev'elopment and deployment of tactical nu­ programs. $100 a week. For the first time in history clear weapons-and increased by 60 percent Dollar for dollar, in or out of Government, corporation p·rofits after taxes-which have the tactical nuclear fOrces deployed in West­ there is no better form of investment in our risen 43 percent in less than 3 years-have ern Europe. national security than our much abused for­ reached an annual level of $27 .4 billion. Nor can Europe or any other continent eign-aid program. We cannot afford to lose My friends and fellow citizens, I cite these rely on nuclear forces . alone, whether they it. We can afford to maintain it. We can ·facts and figures to make it clear that Amer­ are strategic or tactical. We have radically surely afford, for example, to do as much for ica today is stronger than ever before. Our improved the readiness of our conventional our 19 needy neighbors of Latin America adversaries have not abandoned their ambi­ forces--increased by 45 percent the number as the Communist bloc is sending to the is­ tions-our dangers have not diminished­ of combat ready army divisions.--increased la.nd of Cuba alone. our vigilance cannot be relaxed. But now we by 100 percent the procurement of modern LOSS THROUGH BALLOTS have the military, the scientific and the eco­ army weapons and equipment--increased by nomic strength to do whatever must be done 100 percent our ship construction, conver­ I have spoken of strength largely in terms for the preservation and promotion of free­ sion and modernization program-increased of the deterrence and resistance of aggres­ dom. by 100 percent our procurement of tactical sion and attack. But, in today's world. free­ That strength will never be used in pur.:. aircraft--increased by 30 percent the num­ dom can be lost without a shot being fired, suit of aggressive ambitions-it wm always ber of tactical air squadrons-and increased by ballots ao well as bullets. The success of be used in pursuit of peace. It will never be the strength of the Marines. our leadership is dependent upon respect for used to promote provocations-it will always As last month's Operation Big Lift--which our mission in the world as well as our mis­ be used to promote the peaceful settlement originated here in Texas-.showed so clearly, siles-on a clearer recognition of the virtues of disputes. this Nation is prepared as never before to of freedom as well as the evils of tyranny. We in this country, in this generation, move substantial numbers of men in sur­ That is why our information agency has are--by destiny rather than choice--the prisingly little time to advanced positions doubled the shortwave broadcasting power watchmen on the walls of world freedom. anywhere in the world. We have increased of the and increased the We ask, therefore that we may be worthy by 175 percent the procurement of airlift number of broadcasting hours by 30 per­ of our power and responsibility-that we aircraft--and we have already achieved a cent--increased Spanish-language broad­ may exercise our strength with wisdom and 915 percent increase in our existing strategic casting to Cuba and Latin-American read­ restraint-and that we may achieve in our airlift capability. Finally, moving beyond ers-and taken a host of other steps to carry time and for all time the ancient vision of the traditional roles of our military· force_s, our message of truth and freedom to all the peace on earth, good will toward men. That we have achieved an increase of neitrly 6.00 far corners of the earth. must always be our goal-and the righteous­ percent in our special forces-those forces And that is also why we have regained tlie ness of our cause must always underlie our that are prepared to work with our allies and initiative in 1ihe exploration of outer space-­ strength. For as was written long ago, "Ex­ friends against the guerrillas, saboteurs, in­ making an annual effort greater than the cept the Lord keep the city, the watchman surgents and assassins who threaten freedom combined total of all_space activities under­ waketh but in vain." in a less direct but equally dangerous man- taken during· the fiftie&--launching more ner. . than 130 vehicles into earth orbit--putting But American military might should not into actual operation valuable weather and JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY and need not stand alone against the ambi· communications satellites-and making it tions of international communism. Our se­ clear to all that the United States of Amer­ Mr. JOELSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask curity and strength, in the la.st analysis, ica has :,10 intention of finishing second in unanimous consent to extend my remarks directly depend on the security and strength space. at this point in the RECORD. of others-and that is why our military and This effort is expensive but it pays its economic assistance plays such a key role The SPEAKER. Is there objection own way, for freedom and for America. For to the request of the gentleman from in enabling those who live on the periphery there is no longer any fear in the free world of the Communist world to maintain their that' a Communist lead in space will be­ New Jersey? independence of choice. come a permanent assertion of supremacy There was no objection. Our assistance for these nations can be and the basis of mllltary superiority. There ' Mr. JOELSON. Mr. Speaker, in a sun­ painful, risky, and costly, as is true in south­ is no longer any doubt about the strength lit street last Friday, a moment in ~ime east Asia today. But we dare not weary of and skill of American scie;nce, American in­ was made timeless in tragedy. And now the task. For our assistance makes possible dustry, American education, and the Ameri­ the stationing of 3.5 million allied troops we mourn our lost President. can free enterprise system. In short, our The sense of revulsion that humanity along the Communist frontier at one-tenth national space effort represents a great gain the cost of maintaining a comparable num­ in, and a great resource of, our national has produced the twisted snipe:r: may be ber of American soldiers. A successful Com­ strength-and both Texas and Texans are tempered by the sure knowledge that it munist breakthrough in these areas, neces­ contributing greatly to this strength. as also produced the nobility that was sitating direct U.S. intervention, would cost Finally, it should be cleaJ" QY now that a John F. Kennedy. us several times as much as our entire for­ nation can be no stronger abroad than she He has left us a legacy of high purpose eign-a.id program, and might cost us heavily is at home. Only America which practices and idealism. Our wiUingness to accept in American lives as well. what it preaches about equal rights and so­ this inheritance and our active commit­ MOST FOR ~INE COUNTRIES cial justice will be respected by those whose ment to it would be our finest memorial About 70 percent Pakistan, which is growing and prospering economical­ VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Thailand, , , and Iran. No one ly can sustain the worldwide defense of free­ NATIONAL HOME of these countries possesses on its own the dom, while demonstrating to all con~erned The SPEAKER. Under previous order resources to maintain the forces which our the opportunities of our system and society. own chiefs of staff think ·needed in the com­ It is clear, therefore, that we are strength­ of the House, the gentleman from In­ mon interest. ening our security as well as our economy by diana [Mr. ROUDEBUSH] is recognized for Reducing our efforts to train, equip, and our recent record increases in national in­ 20minutes. assist their armies can only encourage Com­ come and output-by surging ahead of most Mr. ROUDEBUSH. Mr. Speaker, I munist penetration and require in time the of Western Europe in the rate of business have asked for this time today to make increased oversea deployment of American ex_{>ansion. the Members of Congress aware of a very combat forces. And reducing the economic And the margin· of corporate profits-by wonderful and unique institution located help needed to bolster these nations that un­ maintaining a more stable level of prices dertake to help defend freedom can have the than almost any of our oversea competi­ at Eaton Rapids, Mich. same disastrous result. In short, the $50 bil­ tors-and by cutting personal and corporate This institution is operated by a great lion we spe11.d each year on our own defense income taxes by some $11 billion) as I have veterans' organization, the Veterans of could well be ineffec1;ive without the $4 bil- proposed, to. assure this Nation of the long- Foreign Wars of the United States, and 1963 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE 22825 is called the Veterans of Foreign- Wars cupancy was in March 1925, when the partment of Montana built a modern National Home. . widow of one of our members, and her dairy farmstead to house the Holstein Many of you know, I believe, of i;tiY ac­ six children, became the first family to cow herd originally started by South tivities in the VFW, for I feel sure you move into the home. Ai that time, they Dakota and provide modern and sani- remember that I met some of you in your were housed .in the original farmhouse tary dairy equipment.. . native States when I toured our Nation which had served as the residence on the It seems that when one who loves our as Commander in Chief in 1957 and 1958. Grand River Stock Farm. home attempts to discuss or describe The VFW actually is the second largest The original land· conveyed to the this great institution, it is diftlcult to veterans' organization in the world, and VFW amounted to 472 acres. However, r.estrict the amount of time and space. is the largest organization consisting ex­ later purchases increased the size of On June 30, 1962, our annual audit, clusively of men who have served our Na­ these holdings to the 640 acres the home certified by a CPA, showed the fixed tion overseas and were thus awarded a presently occupies. assets of the home, including the build­ campaign medal for such service. I The first cottage--and here I might ings, land, livestock, et cetera, to be might add further that the VFW requires qualify that term by saying that the cot­ valued at $1,805,084. I think you would an honorable discharge from wartime tages at our national home are rather be interested in knowing how the money service in the armed services and cam­ elaborate, permanent dwellings con­ is obtained for the care and education paign medal service for eligibility. structed of either brick or stone and of the children at our national home. Our organization is chartered by Con­ equivalent to private homes in the very Primarily, the source of income is gress and is now made up of nearly 10,000· best neighborhoods of American citie&.­ threefold: individual units called posts. The mem­ was built in 1926 by the State of Michi­ First, funds are obtained from the bership rolls number nearly 1,300,000. gan, and is referred to now as Michigan sale of Christmas seals to the members · Inasmuch as the United States has Cottage No. 1. This cottage is still in of the VFW and the ladies' auxiliary; participated in many campaigns and ex­ existence and is in use by the home. and very importantly, the annual sale peditions, we find our membership made The first cottage constructed by a de­ of the VFW buddy poppy provides .vital up of veterans of the Spanish-American partment-or State--organization of the help and income; naturally, a third War, World War I, World War II, the VFW was New York No. 1, completed in source would be contributions from posts Korean conflict, and the many cam­ 1927. Since that time, many other de­ and auxiliaries, as well as donations and paigns and expeditions recognized by the partments have built cottages at our bequests from individuals who love this U.S. Government. national home, and each unit represents home so very dearly. The VFW is also' very proud of its a great deal of hard work by my com­ I would say that the national home ladies auxiliary of some 400,000., giving rades and sisters of the VFW residing of the VFW is in the very forefront of a combined membership of men and in the department which provides the children's homes regardless of location in women of nearly 1 % million Americans. funds for the construction. providing a homelike, noninsti.tutional The VFW this year is. headed by an out­ Only in one instance was a cottage atmosphere-. Family-sized' living · units standing veteran from Brooklyn, N.Y., constiucted by one individual post. ,That each have a house mother and provide Joseph J. Lombardo, and our ladies was Parker D. Cramer Post 2145 in .Clar­ a typical American home in suburban­ auxiliary is under the direction' of the ion, Pa. The last cottage completed was like surroundings, wlth complete inte­ National :President, Lillian Campbell, of by the Department of North Dakota in gration into ~hool, civic, · and .religious Neenah, Wis. . 1962, and we now have 32 of these beau­ life of· the nearby community of Eaton I have indicated that this is a unique tiful homes housing children and giving Rapids: The house mother prepares the organization, and our national home is ample room for a total of 230 boys and food for her family unit, and I can as­ an unique institution. I think that its girls. · sure you that I have sampled this food very founding iS unusual, and will be of So many comrades and sisters of our and would say that it is of excellent interest to the Members of this Congress. organization have contributed to the quality and that each meal is prepared In September 1924, first consideration growth of the home that it is impossible and eaten in the same manner as it was given at the national encampment to list them all. Very important assist­ would ·be in an average American home. of the VFW, held that year at Atlantic ~nce to. the national home came from The blessing is offered, and the trials City, N.J., .to the establishment of a .na­ the ladies auxiliazy, for example, in and tribulations of juvenile life are di.s­ .tional home for the orphan children of building the original hospital and then, cuS,Se,d by the children with their house our members. The National Council of as a separate project, adding a wing to mother. - · , _ · Administratfon, the ruling body of the that hospital. The ladies auxiliary also The VFW has never felt it woul<,\ 'be VFW between encatnpments, had a ses­ built the community center, the nursery, wise to set up private school$ on· the sion in Kansas City, Mo., in October of the guest lodge and the chapel, and in­ homesite, and has provided that school 1924 and appointed a committee with stalled a complete street-lighting system. and religious life be in the public schools full power to. act as it deemed fit to ac­ The Milita:cy Order of the Cootie like­ and in churches of the children's own quire farmland near Eaton Rapids, wise has furnished important and choice in Eaton Rapids. . Mich., and thereby provide the estab­ needed additions to the home by 'con­ During its nearly 40 years of service, lishment of a national home. The com.: structing an athletic field and fteld­ the VFW national home has provided mittee reported favorably to another hotise, as well as the beautiful swimming. care for a great . number of children, council meeting in December 1924, and pool, the fire barn and its modern and many of whom lived there during thefr action was taken to convey to the VFW efficient firetruck, which is manned by entire childhood. Hundreds have gradu­ National Home the then Grand River the older boys living at the national ated from Eaton Rapids High School and Stock Farm at Eaton Rapids, owned by home: a great number have gone on to schools Mr. and Mrs. Corey J. Spencer, of Jack­ It is most difficult· to single out those of higher learning, including universities son, Mich. - who have contributed time and money and trade schools. The higher learning The home was incorp.orated, following for our national home, but this great is usually on scholarships provided by its acceptance of the farmland by the institution is mighty close to the hearts various individuals, VFW organizations, VFW, as a nonprofit membership corpo­ of all the men and women of the VFW. or by the home itself. More than 150 of ration under the laws of the State of Individual posts, county councils, dis­ our children served in Wo,rld War II and Michigan, and charter was filed with the tricts, and departments have built Korea, and 3 of our fine young men paid secretary of state of the State of Michi­ streets, provided transportation and the supreme sacrifice. Many received gan in January 1925. · This act was ap­ heating systems, and provided generai medals and citations and were wounded proved by the national encampment in upkeep and improvement of the cot­ in service. They, like their fathers, have August 1925, at Tulsa, Okla. · By this tages. The Michigan ladies' auxiliary . joined that great group of comrades who action, I feel that my comrades of the built the relief housemothers cottage, have served this Nation so very well. VFW gave real emphasis to the long­ and the department of Pennsylvania ex­ The alumni of our home make up an standing VFW motto-"To honor. the panded and improved the Woodside Cen­ impressive list of engineers, lawyers, doc­ dead by helping the living." ter, ·named in honor· of· a distinguished tors, businessmen, farmers,· nurses, sec­ To continue just briefly with the ·his­ past commander in chief, Robert G. retaries, and homemakers who provide tory of our natio~al ho~e, the first oc- Woodside. And just recently the de- care for their own .children. They have 22826 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -.HOUSE November 26 :fttted themselves well into the social and It's the Montana. Farmstead at the Vet­ themselves with the church of their family erans of Foreign Wars National Home in choice and participate in youth groups of industrial life of our Nation. Most of south-central Michigan 23 miles from the Eaton Rapids churches. . our graduates now have their own fami­ State capital of Lansing. Many home graduates have gone on to lies, and those living near our national The VFW National Home ls a unique vil­ college, helped by VFW and other scholar­ home often return .for visits, along with lage of children-uniqu"' in that it is avail­ ships. More- than 150 have served in the which gave them their chance in life. able only to widows, sons, and daughters of Armed. Forces. Graduates who now have If the VFW had no other function, its VFW members. . It also 1s one of the most their own famllles often return t.o show their existence would certainly be justified by beautifully developed children's villages in children the home that gave them a good the world. start in life. the opportunity furnished our children. Playing a large part in the financial and The home is one of the ways in which the May I conclude by saying what in­ educational operations of the home is the VFW keeps its pledge of "honoring the dead spired these remarks before the Con­ Montana Farmstead, the pride of Montana by helping the living." gress. The VFW national home is oper­ VFW and auxiliary members who have more ated by a board of trustees, made up of than $56,000 invested in this modern dairy 10 home districts representing the States farm. NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY of the United States. This board serves A Montanan, Fred Barrett, of Chester, has an important role in the operation of the Mr. MATHIAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask a period of 5 years on staggered terms, home. He was elected president of the unanimous consent that the gentleman so that two trustees are subject to elec­ home board last October and wm serve until !rom Indiana CMr. BRAY] may extend tion each year. This year I was honored . his remarks at this point in the RECORD by election to the board of trustees, When it was founded in 1925, the VFW and include extraneous matter. representing district 4, which is Michi­ National Home was a single farm cottage and The SPEAKER. Is there objection gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and a group of farm buildings on 472 acres. to the request of the gentleman from Indiana. From the first family, the widow and 6 chil­ dren of Sgt. Edward Pollett, it has grown to Maryland? The other new trustee ta_ join the. board a present capacity of 250 children. There · There was no objection. was Dr. Guy C. Richardson, of Bristol, now are 195 children and 40 housemothers. Mr. BRAY. Mr. Speaker, the ramifi­ Va. . . at the home. cations of the nuciear test ban treaty are. At its first meeting, the board elected The home today has 50 units, including 32 of concern to all of us and we will con­ Mrs. Hedwig Olson, of Denison, Iowa, eottages, a modern hospital, day nursery, tinue to study them as time goes on. as president, and Benjamin F. Winn, of guest lodge, chapel, clothing and grocery One of the most worthwhile dis­ Rohnert Park, Calif., as vice president. store on a 50-acre campus, and the Montana Farmstead, with 690 acres of fertile dairy cussions I have seen on the subject is in The board also reelected.Charles A. Wag­ and orchard land. the following article by Dr. Lev Dobrian­ ner, of Dearborn, Mich., as attorney, and The home was developed entirely within sky which appeared in the Ukrainian Mr. A. E. Littlefield, of Eaton Rapids, as the VF'W organization. State departments Quarterly: · secretary-treasurer. Both of these men l;lave provided many Improvements, includ­ THE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY AND THB have served the home for many years. ing family-sized cottages, a service center, COLD WAR Other trustees are Thomas Bennett, of picnic ground, private lake area, swimming (By Lev E. Dobrlansky) Bridgeport, Conn.; Mrs. Gertrud.e Rhind. pool, athletic- field, water-softening system, firefighting equipment, and paved streets. With the so-called first step toward guar­ of Wilmington, Del.;. Mr. William R. Not all State organizations have had unit anteeing the peace, it would do well for most Baker, of Winnsboro,. La.:1 Mr. Fred E. projects at the home, but children from all Americans to learn an old Turkestanian Barrett, of Chester, Mont.; Mr. Walter J. States are welcome 1! they meet eligibility proverb: "When you tra.vel with a Russian, Gates, of Galveston, Tex.; and Mr. Wel­ requirements. There is no distinction as to make sure you carry an ax." The Kennedy lington Rupp, of Seattle, Wash. creed. 8.dminlstration has decided to travel With When the Montana Veterans' of Foreign the Russians on the limited nuclear test Wars Department began its dairy farmstead ban treaty. What ax, if any, is it carrying? project at the home in the fall of 1957, there The partial nuclear test ban treaty may MONTANA FARM IN MICHIGAN AT well give rise to the biggest hoax of the cold THE VFW'S NATIONAL HOME . were only an old barn and a farmhouse at the location. war. The hoax is the beginning of the end Mr. ROUDEBUSH. Mr. Speaker, ' I Now there are a 10,000-baie hay barn with of the cold war itself. Many Americans al­ ask unanimous consent that the gentle­ concrete yard, a 52 by 1.50- foot cattle barn or ready are talking in this uncritical vein. lf loafing parlor for the dairy cows, a modern such talk should assume serious proportions, - man from Montana CMr. Olsen] may ex­ the unswerving enemy will have scored a . tend his remarks at this point in the milking parlor, new fencing, and new silos with an automatic silage mover connected to momentous victory in the cold war. The RECORD and include an article. the feed bunk. effectS of this spreading illusion would be The SPEAKER. Is there objection With the new farm setup, the milking herd catastrophic for our cold war efforts and to the request of the gentleman from was increased from about oiO head to more operations, inferior though they have been. Indiana? than 90, with more increases planned. Dur;­ In the Senate hearings on the treaty many delicate questions and points wlll undoubt­ There was no objection. ing the past 5 years. the !arm has developed to the point where a net profit of more than edly be raised. Indeed, the treaty itself is Mr. OLSEN of Montana. Mr. Speak­ an awful gamble With our national security. er, in carrying on the discussion of the $7,000 was realized last year to aid in the home's operation. Previously the farm was Testing of all kinds is necessary for the ad­ Veterans of Foreign Wars National vancement of our milttary technological Home, it is with great pride that I point a nonpaying proposition, and in some years a knowledge and thus, in all its ramifications. liab1lity. · of our national interests. Testing ls by out the participation of my State of All finances for the home are direct dona­ :Montana in making this national home nature experimentation, and through the tions from VFW and auxmary members with latter we learn more ih ways of development a reality. the exception of the public buddy poppy sale; and control. Even the dangers of fallout Mr. Speaker, this national home pro­ which is VFW-sponsored-1 penny for . every have by this normal process been reduced to vides for what every mother and father poppy sold goes to the home. The sale of a thin minimum. Ara we, to deprive our­ 1n every section of· our beloved country VFW National Home Christmas Seals to VFW selves of such critical knowledge because of prays for. A place in the world where and auxmary members accounts for the emotional and irrational pleas for peace, children may grow up, pursuing their largest single income item, about $200,000 net much of it stimulated by 's propa­ annually. The current operating budget is ganda machine for the past 8 years? The quest for peace and contentment in . a over a half m1llion dollars. climate of peace and universal goOd will. greatest guarantee against the outbreak of . The home has pioneered in certain aspects a hot global war is our overall mllitary and To explain fully the work the Mon­ of residential child care methods and is technological superiority. The treaty does tana VFW and auxiliary have done in recognized as one of the finest ln the United not conduce to this guarantee. making the Montana Farmstead a real­ States. Child care experts from all over the Also, what of the indispensable develop­ ity and a paying entity at the home, I world visit the home, many of them at the ment of the antimissile missile, which only include the article. appearing in the suggestion of the , to observe by atmospheric testing can be efficiently March 3 issue of the Great Falls Tribune and learn its methods. undertaken? Would a ratifled treaty lead at this point in the RECORD: . No children are adopted from the home. to the demobilization of our nuclear capital Families are kept intact. The average child as represented by our assembled scientists, MONTANA FARM IN '_MICHIGAN at the home has been there for more than 3 engineers,. facilities, and so forth? Who in (By Rita Lindblom) years, some for their. entire childhood. · his right mind would trust the Russians not One of the most unusual of Montana Children attend public school in · Eaton to cheat on undetectable nuclear explosions fa.rm.steads is deep in the dairyland of an­ Rapids, 4 miles distant. Those old ·enough in the atmosphere under 1 kiloton and other State. to attend church are required to amuate the use of their results for adapted massive ,. 1963 CONGRESSIONAL :RECORD-:HOUSE 22827. missile development? Furthermore, since it Great ' Britain the pressure to show some­ However, curiously enough, we have paid rel_.. is held ·with some validity that the heavy thing as an offset to Cuba and· the ·scandalous atively Uttle attention to the totalistic proc­ expenditures involved in nuclear testing have Profumo case, respectively; is intense·. esses .and attainments of Soviet Russian compelled ·the Russian totalitarians to seize The treaty and its-assumed observance will imagemaking. Category by category, rang­ upon this treaty, aren't we relieving them of in no way lead to ·the ces8ation of the cold ing from the ideologic to the athletic; on the this extra burden to patch up their imperial war. The treaty cannot rationally be re­ average we far surpass- the Russians, but yet economy for even more intensi\ie · cold war· garded as even the· first step to any such somehow, in the aggregate and in the minds operations-the Chicoms? - eventuality. Indeed, to think in the most of millions throughout the world, we are held · The burden of these and many more ques­ ultimate terms that the cold war could end to be in fierce competition by an adversary tions rests with the proponents of this without the necessary collapse of the inr­ who claims the future will rest with him. treaty, not its opponents. Even from a perial structure maintained by Moscow sug­ The whole of the Soviet Russian image far strictly legal point of view the treaty is gests both an unfamiliarity with East Euro­ exceeds the sum of its parts. The remark­ subject to serious question. Much can and pean history and a failure to understand the able ab1lity of Moscow's totalitarians to pro­ will be made of article IV in the treaty which nature of the cold war itself.' But, for that ject such a dynamic and imposing image is states that "each party shall in exercising matter, both deficiencies have for too long the consummate result of a number of insti­ its national sovereignty have the right to punctuated U.S. foreign policy. tutional reasons. This unique capacity in withdraw from the treaty." What national Moreover, despi:te its imperialist rift with global Potemkinism is founded in the totaliz­ sovereignty is ~xercised by an empir~-state Peiping, Moscow has been thoroughly con­ ing political realm on a rich heritage of prac­ such as the Soviet Union, and a democratic sistent in its resolve to wage the cold war on tical and speculative experience that in­ but multinational entity like United King­ the basis of its meaning of "peaceful coex­ cludes, over the · centuries, the cumulative dom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? istence." Taking· just the most recent pe­ achievements of empire building, the deep Two of the three "original parties," the de­ riod, we should 'review a few examples of perceptions into the recesses of human be­ pository governments, are mischaracterized Moscow's meaning. In January 1957, Khru­ havior by the Dostoyevskys, the Tolstoys, and and fallaciously defined right from the start. shchev minced no words when he declared: the Pavlovs, the long traditions of revolu­ If parties to a contract are misrepresented in "For all of us • • • Stalin's name is insepa­ tionary and conspiratorial activity, .the secret light of fact and logic, the entire contract rable from Marxism-Leninism. Therefore, society, and the , and-in the is overshadawed by this basic invalidity. In each one of us, members of the Communist basic institutional lineage of the khans, a court of law such an ill-based contract Party of the Soviet Union, strives to be· as czars, and commissars-efficient practices in could hardly survive the court's objective faithful to Marxism-Leninism • • • as Sta­ totalitarian control. A study and· under­ strictures. Why should it in this all-impor­ lin was faithful to this cause." The cause standing of this type of assault-the assault tant case? Or are we to multiply error and of Stalin was the cause 'of Soviet Russian of creative imagery to influence, deceive, and fiction? imperio:-colonialism. confuse in preparation for practical con­ Highly import.ant, too, for a studied con­ On Januiiry 6, 1961, Khrushchev reaffirmed quest-should guard us against emotional sideration of the treaty are the points of · traditional Russian cold war policy when he swings of underestimation as . well as over­ an armaments race and a succeeding non­ stated, "We will beat the United States with estimation, against needless -concessions as aggression pact. The treaty is suppos.ed to small wars of liberation. We will nibble well as narrow rigidity, in coping with the herald the intention of curbing the arma­ them to exhaustion all over the globe, in centuries-shaped adversary. Above . all, ments race. In developing more pow.erful South America, Africa, southeast Asia." knowing that the Soviet Union is the crucial and efficient weapons the United States has New? Not at all. For centuries Russian im­ power center and all else, including Red been in no race. Regardless of what Moscow perio-colonialists have been "liberating" China, is basically adventitious, they should does or does not do, our goal should un­ nc·n-Russian peoples for one reason or an­ motivate us in concentrating on a complete qualifiedly be an adequacy of the best weap­ other. Significantly, even during the Sino­ unmasking of both the assault and the as- ons along the full spectrum of weaponry. Soviet talks in Moscow, , Russian saulter. · As to a succeeding nonaggression pact be­ orgaris emphasized that the Red Chinese tween NATO and the Pact nations, have nothing over the Soviet Russians in the SOVIET RUSSIAN IDEOLOGY IN THE COLD WAR. a ratification of the partial test ban treaty pursuit of these wars of liberation. And When Khrushchev visited the United should in no way be interpreted as a pred­ this immediately prior to the signing of the States in 1959, every American had the op­ ication for such a pact. Khrushchev's one nuclear test ban treaty. portunity to witness at first hand the dis­ great dream has been to obtain our accept­ play and manipulation of the philosophico­ ance of his empire. In point of logic, for THE INTENSIFIED COLD WAR ideologic component in the image Moscow a nonaggressor to agree with a historical Confronted now by the massive competi­ has sought to convey to the world. The aggressor on nonaggression is a rather one tion issuing from Peiping for leadership march of communism, burying decadent sided and even absurd agreement. As an among the Communist parties throughout , is supposedly in the historical imperio colonialist power, Moscow, in fact, is the world, Moscow will have to intensify its works. This was the philosophico-ideologic in a state of constant aggression, and any cold war efforts in order that its demonstra­ pitch made by Khrushchev; this has been the such simple agreement on no;n.aggression tive deeds wm exceed the stern competiror's. fraudulent pitch made by the successors of would sanctify this state. It is all important Unavoidably, we shall feel the brunt of· all the Russian czars since the establishment to keep the test ban treaty and this. pro­ this. Whet-?er we like it or not, the demands of Soviet Russia in 1917 and the forced in­ posed pact strictly apart. for cold war education on our part will be ception of the Soviet Union in 1923. And, Perhaps the most important of questions greater than ever before. strangely enough, countless of our citizens bears on the cold war implications of the In meeting these demands we shall truly continue to believe that the real struggle is test. ban treaty? Is it, as the President has have to reexamine our views, habits, and no­ between capitalism and communism. This said, a shaft of light in the cold war? To be­ tions regarding the Soviet Union . . Karl Marx specious belief is an ideological-propagandist lieve this is only a psychological preparation wrote, "The Russian bear is certainly capable achievement by Moscow.- for the hoax mentioned earlier. Such naive of anything, so long as he knows the other Those who have had systematic training belief runs ·counter to the facts of typical animals he has to deal with to be capable of in Marxism and its organic structure of Russi·an cold war play; it blindly ignores the nothing." In the contemporary context ·thought, have over the years attempted to utterances of the Soviet Russian totalitari­ this, of course, is an extreme historical ob­ impress upon the inquiring mind the fact ans. More, it reduces our own effectiveness. servation, since the eagle, the lion, and oth­ that Marxism is a mythical foundation of The test ban treaty itself is in part the result ers are capable of more than nothing. Yet Leninism and all the ismatic variations that of Russian cold war calculation. this Marxian insight into the nature· of the have followed. The arbitrary attachment of From Moscow's point of view, the treaty beast, regardless of his ideologic pigmenta­ Marxism to the Soviet Russian ideologic can serve numerous ends. It is a slap at Red tion, carries immense weight and validity in scheme may lend philosophical dignity and China; it will decelerate American progress the one sphere on clear-cut Soviet Russian status to .the superficial operationalism of in military technology and weaponry; it can superiority-the all-embracing sphere of po­ .Lenin's works and those that followed, but accommodate Russian cheating; it will per­ iitical psychology, artful propaganda, sys­ in fact Marxism bears so much relationship mit the retention of Russian superiority in tematic imagemakirig. It is in this sphere, to Russian totalitarian thought and, ob­ high mega.tonnage weaponry; it will allow incorporating and interrelating into a mani­ jectively, to the Soviet Union, as does French a diversion of resources in the economy that fest whole of projected imagery factors of physiocracy to our society. On fundamental might enhance output for more effective cold ideologic, political, economic, miHtary-space, doctrinal points ·of economic determinism, war operations; and it is a lever for the exac­ and general cultural character, that impe­ the concept of society versus. state, the forced tion of a possible nonaggression pact and all rial Moscow wages its Communist assault on -institution of in underdeveloped that this would entail to the cold war detri­ American freedom. .areas, the Leninist totalitarian vanguard, ment of the United States and the free In 1960, and on many occasions since, we Marxian philosophical humanism, and the world. Americans have been seriously cencerned labor theory of value, Marxism in the Rus­ Neither can Moscow's sudden accession to about the image of the United States in the sian ideological scheme stands as a crass per­ the test ban treaty be divorced from its eval­ world at large. We have been concerned version. ·uation Of the political factors surrounding about our prestige, about how Qther peoples Fortunately, in our country more and more Washington -and London. Administrations and nations regard us as to our intentions, ls being written about this ideologic perver­ in both centers will be up for election next our goa~s. economic performance, scientific sion. More and more of our people are be­ year, and in both the United States ~nd feats·, _mmtary capability, and national wm. ginning to realize that communism is an 22828 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.:...:.. HOUSE November 26 Instrument of ldeologic deception manipu-. England soon after th-e Cap.tive Nations Week from Illinois [Mr. RUMSFELD] rn.ay extend lated by .the real enemy, Soviet Russia im-c episode.in .1959; (2) the scandalous UNESCO his remarks at this Point in the RECORD perio-coloniallsm; that Marxism ls a false study, ."Equality of Rights Between Races credential in the Soviet Russian image, a. and Nationalities in the U.S.S.R." (by I. P. and fu.clude extraneous matter. · facade behind which the real forces of im­ Tsameyian and S. Ronin. UNESCO, 1962). · The, SPEAKER. ·rs · the:r;e objection I perialist conquest and colonial exploitation which we helped to ·subsidize but which few to the request of the gentleman from operate; that the real struggle ls not be­ Americans have been able to obtain-includ­ Maryland? tween capitaliSin and communism but, in-. ing, it ls said, Ambassador Stevenson-is a There was no objection. stead, between freedom and Soviet .Russian neat,. disreputable ~ work. of half-truths de~ Mr. RUMSFELD. ·Mr. Speaker, I in­ ; and that Moscow's cold war signed to preserve at all costs the political clude in the RECORD the fallowing edito­ manipulation of a perverted ideology ls not component of the Soviet Russian image. rial comments which indicate, as well as a new practice. The czars, like the com­ Here. too, much study and work remain to missars, also hid behind ideologic ma.sks­ be done. Yet, when our own Secretary of any words ca.n, the depth of feeling, the those of religious orthodoxy and racist pan-. State believes the Soviet Union is a his­ profound shock, and the grief and sor­ Slavlsm. torical state, of which Georgia, Armenia, and row which is felt by the people of Accumulated evidence clearly shows that Ukraine are ",traditional parts"-only to be Illinois. - when we strike out against ideologic com­ completely contradicted by our U.N. ambas­ A dedicated, valiant, and sacrificing mu~ism, scarcely a ripple ls produced in Mos­ sador shortly thereafter; when we spend leader has been taken from the Nation cow. On the other hand, when we penetrate $20,000 for an arms control and disarma­ by an incomprehensible act of violence. the ideologic veneer and merely scratch the ment study (Walter Mills: "The Political real enemy of Soviet Russian imperio­ Control of an International Police Force") With heavy hearts, we join with millions colonlallsm, the bear squeals. Much remains to be told that "whether we admit it to oiir­ across the globe in mourning his loss, in to be done in exposing the philosophico­ selves or not, we benefit enormously from the extending our prayers for his family, ideologic fraud of the Soviet Russian image, capability of the Soviet police system to keep and in pledging our SUPPort to our new and negatively a study of Marxism can do law and order over the 200-million-odd Rus­ President at this time of national crisis. it. Positively, a study of Marxism anc1 its sians and the many additional millions in The editorial comments fallow: historical interpretations and insights into the satellite states".; when, repeating an old and stale argument, RQStow tells us that .it is [From the Chicago Sunday American, the Russian, Empire. traditional Russian cold Nov. 24, 1963) . war activity, and the perennial goals of Rus­ "an American interest to see the end of na­ sian statism helps immensely in the forma­ tionhood as It has bee:µ historically defined,'' THE PRESIDENT WE'VE LOST tion of accurate historical perspectives on one cannot but begin to wonder who is help­ America's change of Pree.iden.tS from John this East European and Asiatic problem. ing whom in preserving the Soviet Russian F. Kennedy to Lyndon Johnson has been However, it ls also indispensable to penetrate image. Regrettably,. even the President af­ brought about by bullets-methods dread­ the political component of the total Soviet fects the cause of truth when in his Ameri­ fully familiar in some countries, but st.range Russian image for our understanding of can University address in he stated and deeply shocking in the United. States. the Communist assault on· American free­ the quarter-truth that "no nation in the It is especially tragic that the victim of this dom. history of battle ever suffered more than the assassination should have been the laughing Russians suffered in the course of the Sec­ and confident Kennedy. THE. SOVIET RUSSIAN POTEMKIN VILLAGE ond World War." We need hardly wonder While he lived, he was leader of the Marx called the Czarist Russian Empire a how the Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian world-the free part o! the world-and he "prison house of nations." Today, this con­ and other non-Russian nations in the led not only because he commanded the vast ception is no less applicable to the Commis­ :CJ.S.S.R., who actually suffered the chief resources Of the United States but also be­ sars' Soviet Union, the political component brunt of the Nazi... German invasion, .must cause he awakened faith 1n his purposea in the Soviet Russian image. When, as in react to this misleading statement af an among those with whom he came in contact. the case of Marxism and Communist ideol­ American President. · In his ·own country he· led with imagina­ ogy, we fail to analyze critically the terms OTHER COLD WAR MUSTS FOR US tion and courage. In this time of great and in use and carelessly identify Russia and the rapid change, he was well suited to his task Soviet Union. Moscow has no problem in The economic, military and cultural com­ ponents of the grand Soviet Russian image because he was a believer in change; he projecting the image of an expanding nation­ looked for good to come out of it; so he was sta.te with numerous so-called minorities are subject to the same critical analysis for practical disintegration. From every view­ not timid about letting old values go. He and ethnic groups, similar to the United felt the country would benefit by the change. States. . In fact, this fallacious concept is point, the colonial economy in the U.S.S.R. is essentially an underdeveloped economy Although some of his suggestions were not contained in the test ban treaty. When, on acceptable to many .conservai;ive minds, the the other hand, the U.S.S.R. is shown to be with overdeveloped ambitions. One cannot but express amazement at times at some of American people are indebted to him be­ an imperto-colonial system where many dif­ cause, In general, he taught· them to examine ferent nations are held in captivity, Moscow the comparisons drawn between our national economy and the Soviet imperial economy, novel ideas for themselves instead o! respond­ ls compelled to· shift its cold war gears and ing to 'them entirely as the teachings o1 attempts to cast the image of multinational as though the two in essence were compara~ ble. From an economy that far exactly, 40 tradition dictated. traternity and brotherhood. The manner of his death ls shocking as y~ars has found it difficult to solve the ele­ The facts are that the Soviet Union ls a mentary problem of adequately feeding its well as Sbrrowful because it shows the pres­ "prison house of nations," a basic empir~ ence In· this country- of a mind that could which forms. the foundation of the expanded population, we have little to fear in terms of civilized economic progress. not dlffeT without hate1 and did not hesitate Soviet.Russian Empire, and that colonial ex­ Militarily; the U.S.S.R. is, of course, an im­ to deal death to anyone who disagreed. ploitation in this substrate empire is rife. posing power. But, its quantitative equip­ If this spirit of partisan hate is widespread The more we. concentrate on the true nature ment, furnished by its industrial technocracy in this country, let·us have determined cam­ of the U.S.S.R., the more Moscow ls com­ and cold war economy, is no guarantee of paigns to trample it out. A free country pelled to defend. its fals.e image of multi­ Its ultimate qualitative power. The military cannot"" govern Itself except by the exercise ·national coexistence, and the more we see history of Russia's Imperial force$ In this of friendly disagreement. -America must be the opportunities before us In the cold war. century alone fails to attest to such ultimate a land of open debate, not poisonous resent­ How all this came to be .what it is, is the clue power in the final showdown. ments living and gr,owing in secret. to an understanding of the last remaining The grand image induces timidity and fear The American people mourn John F. Ken .. major empire in the world. in intended victims. We are the prime tar­ nedy. "Their sympathy goes to his wife and Evidence on this vital score ls abundant. get of this projected Soviet Russian image. .children, his mother and father. · And so his When Khrushchev in , exploded It is an image that can be understood, de­ death .is as deeply felt by people who dis­ over the Captive Nations Week resolution, he flated, and tactfully destroyed. America's .agreed with. his political philooophy as by did so because, for the first time, an official victory in the cold war, with peace but to­ -those who ·agreed with it. That is the spirit act of our Government pierced the false ward Justice and freedom, necessitates that in which free people can govern themselves~ image of the U.S.S.R. In 1960 he appeared ·these things be done. We cannot repeat too .in the U.N., purposely to defiect growing at­ [From the Sun Times, Nov. 23, 1963] tention In this country on the imperio­ often Marx's own observation on the Russian Empire, now in the guise of the Soviet Un­ AMERICA WEEPS colonialism that pre-Vails in the U.S.S.R. by ion, '.'The only way . to deal with a pow-:­ stimulating debate on so-called Western im­ President Kennedy lies dead; a .n1artyr in perialism and colonialism. Down to this day, er like Russia is the fearless way." The par­ the ca.use of democ.ratic governm,ent. when pressure is exerted and the false image tial nuclear test ban treaty is not an ex­ His countrymen weep in sorrow and in of the U.S.S.R.-the global-appealing Potem­ pression of such fearlessness. The intensi­ anger. · · · kin Village--is_placed under critical scrutiny, fied cold war should induce it. The immensity a! the crime can .hardiy be Moscow takes to the defensive in an attempt grasped · m. these hours of confusion that to preserve Its image. · WitnesS' these ex­ THE LATE PRESIDENT JOHN F. inevitably have followed the, assassination ·atnples, for ins.tance: (1) the series titled of. the chief of the most -powerful Nation in ·"The- 15 Soviet ·Republics, Today and Tomor­ KENNEDY: .the world. · row" (Soviet Booklets, London, 1959-60) that Mr. MATHIAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask The Nation ls left temporarily without a was ordered by Moscow for mass printing In ·unanimous· consent that the gentleman leader. Vice President Johnson will assume 1963- CONGRESSIONAL ·RECORD-HOUSE 22829

the heavy burden .of th~ Presidellcy and. the · Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker,. . in market for sole leather and now new ma­ policies of the Nation will undergo no .im- view of the· wide publicity that has-been terials ar~ 'threat~ning the market for uppers minent change. But inevitably the assassi- given to the attack levied on certain for shoes, he said. . nation will change the course of history, not trade associations by the gentleman from A third major factor, Blumenthal said, is only in the Nation but in the world. foreign imports. Some 87 million pairs of And it should change the temper oi our Illinois [Mt. FINNEGAN], I felt that the shoes were imported into the United States ·times. At the moment the ·motive that information contained in an article the past year, an increase of about· 9,000 per­ lurked in the twisted mind of the killer is which appeared in the Rockford Morn­ cent within a decade, he stated. · not, of course, known: · .ing Star on Wednesday, November 20, He said he personally favors the present But the deed in Pallas was different only 1963, should be of interest to the Mem­ U.S. policy under which there are "almost in degree of importance from such acts of bers of this House. Not only should the no restrictions" on such imports. However, violence as ~he bombing of houses of wor- information furnished by Mr: Shepar~ Blumenthal declared, foreign countries ship, racial murders and only last month, Blumenthal, of Rockford, Ill., the presi­ should reciprocate by eliminating some of in the same city, the degrading assault on dent of the National Hide Association, their "restrictive .quotas and destructive U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson. taritfs" on u.s.-made leather products. . All of these acts of violence are the work be of interest, but I further believe that · That's why ·the National Hide Association of persons wbo, fundamentally, · do not be- his remarks are ·entitled to re-ceive the and other segments of the U.S. leather in.:. lieve in a democratic government operating same attention as that accorded the dustry participated in the "Week of Leather,'' under a rule of law. charges that have been made. Among the world's largest show, in Paris during Sep­ The preachers and whisperers of hate and the niost important maxims of our tember, Blumenthal explained. µ1sunity, who undermine confidence in our Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence are those Blumenthal said he would welcome the in­ Government and our public o11lcials by ir- that relate to a presumption of inno- vestigation of counterpart fund spending responsible attacks· on their sanity and d f th ·t f b · FINNEGAN said is underway. loyalty, plant· the motives in- the heads of cence an o e necess1 Yo emg proven . "Our hands are clean," Blumenthal said. those who pull the triggers and toss the guilty. In view . of Mr. Blumenthal's .Blumenthal said he has been queationed by bombs. prominent position in the industry that investigators concerning what he understOOd Those who impugn the motives of our na- he represents, I think that it would be to be waste in government. · He added he felt tional leaders, who defy the courts and dis- highly Unfair· to 'decide this issue before ·FINNEGAN'S attack was an example of "strik­ tort the operations of the United Nations all of the evidence is in. ing back" over recent Criticism. Of wasteful would not themselves do violence. . But they . I am personally greatly impressed by spending during congressional junkets over­ engender the kind of hate that must have the statistics furnished by Mr. Blumen­ sea. been in the ey~s that lined up ¥r· Kennedy's thal with .respect to the .hide industry. ,he~ in the crosshairs. of a rifie sight. yes- It seems to me that a very strong case ~rday. , MRS.· JOHN F. KENNEDY The awful loss that hate visited upon the indeed can be made for the proper and Mr. ALBERT. Mr: Speaker, I ask Nation and the world should inspire all judicious employment of counterpart Americans to join together in this hour of funds which might otherwise remain unanimous consent that the gentleman .shock and mourning in a reexamination of frozen in a sterile and unproductive ac­ from Macyland [Mr. FALLON] may extend the ~ational ponscience. count to promote an important domestic his remarks at this point in the RECORD The right of dissent, the exercise . of free industry. and mclude extraneous matter. speech, the criticism of the .President and . Therefore, Mr. Speaker, under the The_ SPEAKER. Is there 9bjection other .public o11lcials high and low, must not leave which I have obtained to extend to the request or the gentleman from corrode lnto .sullen xebelllon that .breeds Oklahoma? violence. All Americans, those who agree my remarks in the R~CORD and to include with their government's policies and those extraneous matter, I wish to include with There was no objection. who disagree, must stand together on this these remarks the statements of Mr. Mr. FALLON. Mr. Speaker, my col­ fundame~tal and. demonstrate this Unity. by Blumenthal as contained in the article leagues from Maryland, Congressman action as well as words. The purveyors of which I have referred to above. EDWARD A. GARMATZ and Congressman hate must acknowledge the danger they The article follows: SAMUEL N. FRIEDEL, join me in asking create. CLAIMS AMERICAN COUNTERPART F'uNDS SAVE unanimous consent that -the editorial on When we speak of the purveyors of hate. we INDUSTRIES Mrs. Kennedy, appearing in the Balti­ obviously are not speaking of the President's 24, regular political opposition,. .those persons Best possible use of U.S. counterpart more Sun, under date of November in his own party and in the Republican funds frozen in foreign countries is in pro­ 1963, be printed in the nECORD. Her Party who had disagreed with many of his moting a greater fl.ow of American-made magnificent courage is, we feel, .an elo".' :views and policies and who also grieve for goods into those countries, Shepard Blu­ quent.tribute to her .husband. ... Mr. Kennedy. We are speaking of the ex- menthal, Rockford, 'president of the National MRs ~ KENNEDY tremists from both parties who go beyond the Hide Association, said Tuesday. At a time when women far from the scene pale in their opposition and criticism. . The association was one of the trade asso- were fatnting, ·and men ·were overcom·e· with The Nation owes a great debt to Mr. Ken- elations listed by ~presentative EDWARD grief, Mrs. John F. ·Kennedy ·in Dallas mus.:. nedy. who gave his life in the service of his FINNEGAN, Democrat, of Illinois, in an at;. tered the -inner strength to stand by her country as surely as a soldier on the front- tack on what he termed "misuse and w.aste'.' husband to the end; brave, compo~ed and line. And to Mrs. xennedy and the Presi- of U.S. counterpart funds. in every fiber and gesture a President's wife. dent's family the American people offer their · Morning Star Political Editor Joe Fisher, Bearing the horrible stains of her shattering hearts. The personal tragedy of an assassi- reporting froin Washington Monday, dis­ experience, she stood with Lyndon Johnson nation seldom has been as heartbreakingly closed that staff investigators of the House as he t()()k the oath' as her husband's suc­ evident as in the scene that followed the Government Operl:l,tions Committee. ~ave ce1SSOr and then faced. reentry of· washing;,. shooting; Mrs. Kennedy holding the Presi- been assigned to determine whether a con­ ton, so suddenly no longer her city, and a dent's head in her lap and weeping, "Oh, no." gressional hearing on the use of counterpart funds is warranted. reunion with the children for whom the No, it should never have happened in Defendin'g his own and other trade groups, ~ation 's loss always would remain so incon­ America. That it did must weigh heavily-on Blumenthal credited this aid with Sa.ving one solably personal. America's conscience. And if.it brings a re- awakening and a real change in the teinper industry, the . U.S. rendering industry. The Nation and world may take pride in of our times Mr. Kennedy wm not have died Europe now is a big market for U.S. tallow Mrs. Kennedy: 'even as they· extend to her in vain. This is a prayer in which all Amer- and other pi'Ocl:ucts of that industry, pri­ their halting expressions of sympathy. No icans can_join. . marily because of the Qovernment-supported matter how seemingly secure our ·existence promotional program, especially in , he inay be, there can come those moments that said. The National Renderers• ' Association demand the raw courage and self-discipline was one of the groups cited by FINNEGAN. ot pioneer.a ~ -Gentl~~ retfring a.nd finely COUNTERPART FUNDS As to the plight ·of the hide industry, drawn, Mrs. Kennedy.has demonstrated once Blumenthal said: again that reservoir of strength that from Mr. "MATHIAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask . time immemorial has nurtured our faith, our unanimous consent that the gentleman "There are such tremendous surpluses of hides in the United States, action must be convictions, our determination to face the from Illinois [Mr. ANDERSON] may ex­ taken in the foreign fields." future fearlessly. - · · tenc~ his remarks at this point in the Hide prices are "off 40 percent" over the · -With lier husband deaci so &oon after the REcoRn arid include extraneous matter. past year alone, . he noted. Blumenthal deat~ of a child; wfth her other children be­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection pointed out one factor is that Americans are reaved, her home bestow~d upon a new Presi­ eating more and more beef and the slaughter· dent and, her futttte uncertain, npt for a mo­ to the request of the· gentleman from· is "going up and up." · · · ment did Mrs. Kennedy !alter 1n fulfilling Maryland? In addition, since World War II, synthetic the stern demands made uP<>n her. · Her There was no objection. substitutes have taken 75 percent of the strength is the Nation's and humanity's CIX--1437 22830 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - HOUSE November 26 strength. We may share not only her or­ the authorization for appropriation and to By Mr. HE;R-LONG-: deal, but also her will to carry on as her modify th~ personnel secv,rity procedures for - H.R. 9225. A bill·to designate the ·author­ husband would have expected from her and contractor employees. ized Cross-Florida Barge .Canal as the "John from an of us. F. Kez;inedy Canal"; to the Committee on Public Works. ADJOURNMENT ByMr.MATrHEWS: . LEAVE OF ABSENCE H.R. 9226. A bill to designate the author­ ·· Mr.' ALBERT. Mr. Speaker, I move ized Cross-Florida Barge Canal as the "John By unanimous consent, leave of ab­ that the House do now adjourn. F. Kennedy Canal"; to the Committee on sence was granted to: The motion was agreed to; accordingly Public Works. Mr. KING of New York (at the request the By Mr. FASCELL: of Mr. ARENDS), for the balance of this House adjourned until · tomorrow, H.R. 9227. A bill to designate the author­ week, on account of illnes8 in family. Wednesday, November 27, 1963, at 12 ized Cross-Florida Barge Canal as the "John 'o'clock noon. F. Kennedy Canal"; to the Committee on Mr. JENSEN, for 1 week, due to death in Public Works. family. By Mr. FUQUA: Mr. NELSEN (at the request of Mr. H.R. 9228. A bill to designate the author­ HALLECK), for today and tomorrow, on REPORTS OF COMMITTE;ES ON PUB~ ized Cross-Florida Barge Canal as the "John account of illness in family. LIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS F; Kennedy Canal"; to the Committee on Under ·clause 2 of rule XIII, reports Public Works. By Mr. GIBBONS: of committees were delivered to the Clerk H.R. 9229. A bill to designate the author­ SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED for printing and reference to the proper ized Cross-Florida Barge Canal as the "John By unanimous consent, permission to calendar, as follows: F. Kennedy Canal"; to the Committee on address the House, following the legisla­ Mr. ROGERS of Texas: Committee on In­ Public Works. tive program and any special orders here­ terior and Insular Affairs. H.R. 130. A bill By Mr. PEPPER: tofore entered, was granted to Mr. to provide for the payment of compensation, H.R. 9230. A bill to designate the author­ ized Cross-Florida Barge Canal as the "John RoUDEBUSH, for 30 minutes, today, and inclu~ing severance damages, for rights-of­ way acquired by the United .States in con­ F. Kennedy Canal"; to the Committee ori to revise and extend his remarks and to nection with reclamation projects the con­ Public Works. include extraneous matter. struction of which commenced after Janu­ By Mr. ROOSEVELT: ary 1, ' 1961; with amendment (Rept. No. H.R. 9231. A blll authorizing the President 922). Referred to the Committee of the of the United States to award posthumously a Congressional Medal of Honor to John EXT~NSIO~ OF REMARKS Whole House on the State· of the Union. Mr. TEAGUE of Texas: Committee on Vet~ Fitzgerald Kennedy; to the Committee on By unanimous consent, permission to erans' Affairs. H.R. 6777. A bill to amend the Judiciary. extend remarks -in the CONGRESSIONAL section 712 of title 38 of the United States By Mr. SCHWEIKER: RECORD, or to revise and extend remarks, Code to provide for waiver of premiums for H.R. 9232. A bill to provide for the greater was granted to: certafo. veterans holding national service life protection of the President and the Vice Mr. PELLY in two instances and to in­ insurance policies who become or have be­ President of the United States; to the Com­ come totally disabled before their 65th mittee on the Judiciary. clude extraneous matter. birthday; with amendment "(Rept. No. 923). By Mr. AYRES: . (The following Members 241. A blll to amend the Fair Labor of the United States, the head of any execu­ H. Res. 673. Resolution to authorize the Standards Act of 1988 by repealing the ex­ tive department, or a.ny Member of Congress Committee on Un-American Activities to emption for certain lumbering employees; t.o of the United States; to the Committee on conduct an investigation and study of the the Committee on Education a.nd Labor. the Judiciary. Fair Play for Duba Committee; to the Com­ Mr. MORSE: By Mr. WICKERSHAM: mittee on Rules. H.R. 9242. A b111 to prohibit interference H.R. 9247. A bill to amend title 10 of the with the free exercise of rellgion; to the Com­ United States Code to provide that every mittee on the Judiciary. appllcant for correction of his military rec­ PRIVATE BILLS By Mr. PELLY: ord shall be afforded an opportunity for a Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private H.R. 9243. A blll to repeal the cabaret tax; ·hearing, and to require the appearance of to the Committee on Ways and Means. certain members of the Armed Forces before bills were introduced and severally re­ By Mr. PEPPER: the boards for the correction of such records, f erred as follows: H.R. 9244. A bill authorizing the President and to amend title 28 of the United States By Mr. COHELAN: of the United States to award posthumously Code to provide for judicial review of the H.R. 9~48. A blll for the relief of Donald a Congressional Medal of Honor to John decisions of such boards; to the Committee Loo, also known as Loo Hong Mun; to the Fitzgerald Kennedy; to the Committee on on Armed Services. Committee on the Judiciary. the Judiciary. By Mr. CANNON: By Mr. FARBSTEIN: By Mr. RODINO: H.J. Res. 809. Joint resolution making con­ H.R. 9249. A blll for the relief of Giuseppe H.R. 9245. A bill authorizing the President tinuing appropriations for the fiscal year Milazzo, Felicia Milazzo and Ema.nuela. of the United States to award posthumously 1964, and for other purposes; to the Commit­ Milazzo; to the Committee on the Judiciary. a Congressional Medal of Honor to John tee on Appropriations. By Mr. HECHLER: Fitzgerald Kennedy; to the Committee 011 By Mr. MORSE: H.R. 9250. A bill for the relief of Que Ark the Judiciary. H.J. Res. 810. Joint resolution proposing an Chin; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. RYAN of New York: amendment to the Constitution of the By Mr. PELLY: . H.R. 9246. A bill to amend title 18 of the United States; to the Committee on the H.R. 9251. A bill for the relief of Lee Gen United States Code to make it a Federal Judiciary. Quon; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

No Adjournment of Congress Until Pub­ Obviously, while Congress has delayed presence is a singularly heart-warming passage of legislation to continue these tribute to the cherished memory of a be· lic Laws 815 and 87 4 Are Extended loved American. laws, the school administrators have I am privileged, too, to welcome so many of counted on our -acting to·continue these my own countrymen: the distinguished Sec­ EXTENSION OF REMARKS programs and it certainly does not seem retary of State, the Honorable Dean Rusk, OJ' • right for us to close up shop and let the and you ladies and gentlemen who are here schools go on waiting. Extension of gathered.· · HON. THOMAS M. PELLY these two laws means better than $10 This is the only, place in the world, to my OF WASHINGTON million to my State of ·washington and knowledge, where a monument has been IN THE HOUSE-OF REPRESENTATIVES erected to mark the delivery of an address. to certain school districts these funds What remarkable power did these few Tuesday, November 26, 1963 are absolutely vital. words, spoken here a century ago, possess that they should become immortal? Mr. PELLY. Mr. Speaker, there is Almost as we ask the question, we are considerable talk among Members of aware that they have drawn us here today. Congress and others about possible ad­ He Thought He Had Failed Certainly they cannot be separated from journment of Congress now and comfug this setting. back in January and finishing our job. · EXTENSION OF REMARKS They cannot be separated from the event Contrariwise, it seems to me advisable which gave rise to them. OF They cannot be separated from the ma.n .that Congress remain 1n session-if for who uttered them. nothing else than to unsnarl some of our HON. GEORGE A. GOODLING A boy visiting Gettysburg sees--as did boys important legislation. OF PENNSYLVANIA a century ago-the excitement and the glory I have 1n mind that closing down Con­ IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES of war. gress 1s not going·to cure such situations His father-like Lincoln-sees the tragedy. as the stalemate between the House and Tuesday, November 26, 1963 The boy thinks how much stronger the Senate over a vocational education bill Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker. yes­ Union ls because the battle was fought. The father thinks how much greater the which ls holding up enactment of other terday the entire civilized world paid a Nation might have 'been if the issues of the major education legislation. · final tribute to a fallen leader. could have been resolved by coun­ For example, Mr. Speaker. I see no It is ironic that 3 days prior to the day clls rather than cannons. justification for Members of Congress to of this tragic event several nations joined President Lincoln came to Gettysburg to go home untn Public Law 874 and Pub­ in a tribute to a leader who sufferc:!d a pay tribue to the fallen soldiers of the North. lic Law 815 have been extended. Im­ similar fate. · · He spoke, not of the victory, but the sacrifice. pacted area assistance has been going He stressed, not the valor, but the devotion. · Sunday, November 17, 1963, in the Stu­ He urged, not reprisal, but reunion. on since 1950 and continuation of these dent Union Building of Gettysburg Col-. Legend has it that he wrote his remarks on programs 1s vital to our educational sys­ lege, Gettysburg, Pa., marked the begin­ the back of an envelope while en route by tem. More than 4,000 local school dis­ ning of 3 days• activities commemorating train from Washington-as if, in an inspired tricts are unable to complete their budg­ the lOOth anniversary of the delivery of burst, they flowed from the stub of his pencil. ets and are in the dark about the number Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Whenever and however they were written, of teachers they can hire and the amount It appears :fitting that the addresses they were 'born out of the.sorrow and anguish -of salaries and other essential plailning. given on the occasion of this anniversary which had traced .their toll in the furrows of By delaying the legislation Congress ts his face. be recorded for posterity. They emerged from the long loneliness that putting our school administrators in an They follow in the order of delivery: almost impossible situation. ·was his--the long loneliness of command­ TEXT OF REMARKS BY LT. Gov. RAYMOND P. the long loneliness of the test to which a. As the House knows, impacted area SHAFEB dream, a hope, and an Ideal had been put. legislation "provides for Federal reim­ I deem it a.great honor to have been chosen Yet they had to be spoken, so that a broken bursement of costs to schools in localities to open these ceremonies commemorating nation might look to a brighter day. where Federal defense establishments the lOOth anniversary of the Gettysburg He felt that his address was a. failure. have placed a burden on local 'communi­ Address. . Using the language of the plowman, he ties and where such military establish­ On behalf of the Commonwealth of Penn­ told a friend it didn't scour. ments, unlike private industry, do not pay sylvania, I welcome the representatives of In his honest humility, he ha.d thought taxes for the support of these schools. France, Great Britain, and Italy. Their himseLf a failure. :He had tried to preserve