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INNOCENCE ABROAD-JIMMY in the Carter Administration, was not that MISCONCEPTION NO. 2: MILITARY SPENDING CAN CARTER'S FOUR MISCONCEP- he did not understand foreign affairs, but AND SHOULD BE REDUCED TIONS that he did not understand that he did not When Carter pledged in his 1976 cam­ understand. paign that "we can reduce present defense is by no means the solitary expenditures by about $5 billion to $7 bil­ HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO author of the present weakened state of lion annually," he was merely registering OF U.S. foreign policy. Toward the end of the the Democratic Party's post-Vietnam con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Vietnam war and in the years that followed, sensus of "reordering priorities." That con­ Democratic Congresses began slashing away sensus, in turn, reflected the loathing of all Monday, June 9, 1980 at the defense budget. Republic Presidents things military that grew out of Vietnam. e Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, timidly accepted this. Nevertheless, our in­ By deed, though not by word, Carter soon an article in the most recent issue of creasing vulnerability derives very substan­ began to accept the argument of many ad­ tially from the steady reinforcement of four visers that a nation's arsenal could become Reader's Digest by Rowland Evans basic misconceptions that Carter carried too great for its own good. and Robert Novak describes four sig­ into office with him: Although a cutback of $5 to $7 billion a nificant misconceptions perpetuated MISCONCEPTION NO. 1: THE COLD WAR IS OVER y~ar in " present" defense spending was pat­ by the Carter administration in for­ ently impossible, Carter moved in that di­ eign policy. The pronouncement was made four rection. On June 30, 1977, he announced· op­ The four misconceptions are that: months after the inauguration in Carter's position to the new B-1 bomber. On April 3, commencement address at Notre Dame Uni­ 1978, he deferred production of the neutron First, the cold war is over; second, versity: "Confident of our own future, we military spending can and should be warhead. On August 17, 1978, he vetoed are now free of that inordinate fear of com­ Congressional authorization of a nuclear reduced; third, human rights must be munism, which once led us to embrace any aircraft carrier. In 1979, he delayed produc­ the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy; dictator who joined us in our fear." tion on the cruise-missile, the Trident-sub­ and fourth, there is no need for covert In giving voice to this innocence he was marine and the SSN-688 attack-submarine intelligence activity. merely endorsing the then popular senti­ programs. The Trident II missile system was I call to the attention of my col­ ment that ideological conflict between postponed. leagues this article and urge that they democratic America and totalitarian Russia In his first three years in the White not be misled into the same trap of be­ was no longer relevant. That view prevailed House, he cut $38 billion from spending lieving that the four misconceptions among such foreign-policy advisers as Secre­ called for by President 's last tary of State Cyrus Vance, chief disarma­ five-year defense program. Naval shipbuild­ are valid. ment negotiator Paul Warnke and Marshall ing languished. Development was delayed of The article follows: Shulman, Vance's resident Soviet expert. a mobile-basing system for the MX missile INNOCENCE ABROAD-JIMMY CARTER'S FOUR The only dissenter within the Administra­ to protect the U.S. land-based deterrent MISCONCEPTIONS tion was National Security Adviser Zbigniew from the dramatically improved accuracy of

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. 13778 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 9, 1980 year-old military assistance treaty with the policies had been wrong and now appear Disclosure can also be good for your firm. . American relations with Ar­ rejected? Take the topic of pay, which is not public gentina and Chile deteriorated. And, finally, can a rational person explain, information in most firms. There are many The peak of human-rights zealotry came much less excuse, the incompetence demon­ reasons given for keeping salaries secret in­ last year in Nicaragua and Iran. The result strated when Carter disavowed the recorded cluding the risk of dissatisfaction, hard feel­ in Nicaragua is a pro-Marxist regime that U.S. vote in the U.N. Security Council in the ings, and a loss of flexibility in rewarding did not even join the United States and the bizarre matter of Israel's settlements policy? performance. But when companies switch to vast majority of the United Nations General Such sophomoric antics would be funny as a policy of making pay information public, Assembly in condemning Soviet aggression slapstick comedy if they did not tear away none of these threats really materialize. In in Afghanistan. The result in Iran is Ayatol­ at the confidence and credibility of the pre­ fact, most researchers suggest that produc­ lah Khomeini and anguished months of hu­ sumed leader of the West. tivity increases when salaries are disclosed. miliation for the United States. The early innocence may be gone, but People who are overpaid work harder to jus­ what has replaced it? Tough rhetoric makes tify their salaries. People who are underpaid MISCONCEPTION NO. 4: IN THE NEW WORLD, work harder to justify a raise. THERE IS NO NEED FOR COVERT INTELLIGENCE good headlines, but there is abiding reason ACTIVITY to doubt whether the old misconceptions Our economic, political, and scientific in­ have truly been swept away.e stitutions all provide support for the idea The men brought into high office by that disclosure is good. We believe in the Carter had come to regard the CIA's great "free marketplace of ideas". We believe that feats of the 1950s-the overthrow of a pro­ GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP OF free and open discussion will lead to good communist regime in Guatemala and the THE MEDIA decisions and that dialogue allows truth to restoration of the Shah in Iran-as cause emerge. for shame. Carter said at Notre Dame, "For This is not to say that all disclosure is too many years, we have been willing to HON. TOM BEVILL good, there are some forms of irresponsible adopt the flawed principles and tactics of OF ALABAMA disclosure. Certainly I'm not suggesting that our adversaries, sometimes abandoning our Coca-Cola reveals its secret formula or that values for theirs." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Pentagon disclose "Top Secret" papers Carter decided not to retain George Bush Monday, June 9, 1980 to the news media. But on . balance, Ameri­ as CIA director but instead to single out for cans support the idea that disclosure is good that job a leading critic of the intelligence • Mr. BEVILL. Mr. Speaker, for sever­ and that in the end truth will win out. system, Theodore C. Sorensen. When the al years, I have been pleased to ins.er-t, These two beliefs that people have the Senate forced Carter to withdraw· Soren­ into the RECORD the top entries of the right to h"ifurmation and that disclosure is sen's name, he responded with a man far Albert Rains Speech Contest of Snead good lead to the third belief that business less controversial: Adm. Stansfield Turner, State Junior College in Boaz, Ala. This should not remain silent. If disclosure is an old Annapolis classmate with excellent good then silence is bad. A few years ago, brains but faulty judgment. contest is named for one of our distin­ guished former colleagues. critics were snapping at the "no comment" Turner began by summarily abolishing policy which was big businesses reply to any 820 jobs in the clandestine service. His cal­ Albert Rains' membership in this controversial issue. That has all changed lous order forced out men and women with body spanned three separate decades, now. Today companies are speaking out priceless and irreplaceable expertise. Some as he served Alabama in the House about controversial issues. of these operatives were in mid-career and from 1945 to 1965, and retired follow­ Speaking out and being informed is the ineligible for retirement pay. Morale plum­ ing a career of outstanding service to main issue. For example, when the Andrea meted and many of the best CIA personnel the people of his district. Doria sank and survivors were asked "what have since quit in disgust. Among Turner's was the most upsetting part of the experi­ casualties: the agency's top experts in During his years in the House, Albert was regarded as one of its finest ence?" They didn't say the danger of death counter-insurgency, in Iran, the People's or the loss of loved ones. They answered Republic of China, the Kremlin power orators, and it is for this gift that the that nobody told them what was going on. structure and the vital Middle East. Snead State contest is so aptly named. The past Watergate climate of public opin­ Combine that with Congressional shack­ The theme for this year's contest ion has made the practice of stonewalling or ling of covert operations, and it is no was "Government Censorship of the hiding the issues highly suspected. Silence wonder Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan suggested that the analytical func­ These beliefs that people have the right tions now left to the CIA might well be per­ year's competition was Ben Gilliland of Arab. Second place went to Teresa to information, that disclosure is good, that formed by the Library of Congress. He was silence is bad-are important because in a exaggerating only a little. The CIA has Reid of Holly Pond. I think you will democratic society like ours public policy ceased to function as the intelligence service agree that their speeches reflect many must meet the test of public acceptance. of a great power. It cannot even aid anti­ hours of thought and research on this Policies of silence and resistance to disclo­ communist insurgencies in Angola and Af­ vital subject. sure simply don't meet the test. For these ghanistan. THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION reasons, in today's world disclosure is good. With U.S. diplomats imprisoned for months as hostages in their own embassy in The disclosure of information or the tell­ Teheran, and with Soviet troops pouring ing of information has become accepted as a CAN ANYONE HAVE A FAIR TRIAL? into Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter began re­ matter of public policy. The widespread ac­ Can anyone have a fair trial? Can anyone election year 1980 by appearing to reject ceptance of this policy by the American rest in peace? In America it's a great ideal, each of his misconceptions. He forthrightly public is based on three commonly held be­ but what about reality these days. Think confessed after the Afghan invasion, "My liefs: about it. opinion of the Russians has changed more <1 > that people have a right to informa­ I feel our television news broadcasts are drastically in the last week than in even the tion. turning into a 3 ring circus, yes all of them. previous 2'12 years." Here-declared the Cold <2> that disclosure is good. Total News, Action News, World and Eye­ War with his pronouncement of the "Carter <3> that businesses should not remain witness News, this is a problem. Many of us Doctrine," guaranteeing the territorial in­ silent. fail to see this because we roll with the tide tegrity of Persian Gulf nations; he set aside The belief that people have a right to in­ not realizing what is going on right under his cherished SALT II; he raised defense formation. There is some debate in legal cir­ our own noses. spending; he began to unshackle intelli­ cles as to whether the public's right to know In this speech I don't intend to tell you gence and counter-intelligence activities. is guaranteed by the fir~t amendment to the what the government or we ourselves can do Yet, questions persist: Why are negotia­ Constitution or not. For all practical pur­ about the news we see and hear, but that it tions with the Soviet Union on European poses the question is irrelevant. The media is a problem and why something should be force reductions and on a comprehensive act on the principle that the people have a done about it. nuclear-test-ban treaty continuing? Why is right to know. Our newscasters seem to think that we, the SALT II Treaty still on the Senate cal­ The simple fact is that a great many of the American public, are uneducated fools endar? Why is the Office of Management the people who are in a position to influ­ who thrive on goriness and exaggerated and Budget still resisting desperately ence disclosure policy in the country, be­ detail. Words as well as swords and guns ter­ needed programs such as Naval moderniza­ lieve that people have the right to informa­ rorize. Don't we have the right to peace? To tion and career-pay improvements? Why are tion. The belief that people have a right to free ourselves from tidbits of horrid news the B-1 and the neutron warhead still in information would be enough to justify a that really does not affect us at all. After all mothballs, the fate of the MX mobile considerable amount of disclosure, but it is can a citizen be truly informed if falsehoods missile still uncertain? Why is the old team enhanced by the belief-that "disclosure is are masqueraded as truths? Can't the abuse of top Carter advisers still on the job if its good". of liberty destroy liberty? June 9, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13779 Our national security should be the most slip upon one minor detail and the world rently drafting legislation to achieve important thing to consider. But many knows about it in 2 minutes, but let him do these goals. I feel that exposure of broadcasters tell us everything, many things something outstanding and maybe they'll this information is essential for this that have been going on since the beginning find 30 seconds on the late news. In Bir­ of time, and it hasn't hurt us not to know mingham, for example, all the riots against Congress to carry out its oversight re­ before. police gave publicity to many people who sponsibility and to guarantee public Yes, the public does have a right to know, never had it before and I believe gave incen­ awareness. but what about a right not to know, when tive to many others who later joined, lVIy legislation will not hinder the they could be putting our lives in jeopardy mainly so they could get on television. Pub­ procurement process in any way. It by telling us some of the things they do. For licity for people going against the establish­ will merely allow sunshine into the instance, I'm sure if they had gotten _their ment, they're destroying what morals and labyrinth of the Federal Govern­ hands on the plan for rescuing the hostages patriotism we have left. ment's consulting activity.e they would have told all and if by chance What are they trying to turn us into? someone in Iran had heard, which isn't at They must think they have turned us into all unlikely, the whole attempt might have something or do they really think we're RISK ASSESSMENT BILL caused more trouble than it did. such idiots that we can't understand what Who knows what might have happened. the president says in his speeches. After They could have taken all of the rescuers every speech some commentator comes on HON. JOHN W. WYDLER hostage or they could have killed them. Of and repeats everything he said. Then when OF NEW YORK course no one really knows what would have the regular news comes on they show one happened, we can only speculate, but I film clipping and again repeat what he said. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES think you agree that sometimes too much It can really give you a complex. These Monday, June 9, 1980 can be told. things are ridiculous. We are supposed to be And speaking of the rescue attempt, I a society of self-governing people if we are • Mr. WYDLER. Mr. Speaker, the repeat my question. Can anyone rest in to stay that way we must defend ourselves issue of risks connected with techno­ peace? Those eight men who gave their lives against the way our newscasts are tearing us logical advancement, particularly in for their fellow countrymen in the attempt apart. energy technology, has begun to re­ were exploited, their bodies shown on na­ Don't you agree . . . something should be ceive well-deserved attention in recent tional television. Weren't their families suf­ done?e months. Our Science and Technology fering enough without adding that to their Committee has been pursuing this grief? Yes, I agree we should be informed, but that was carrying the information too CONSULTING ABUSES theme as a basis for assessing technol­ far. ogies over the past 2% years. Most re­ Most of the time it seems they are not in­ HON. HERBERT E. HARRIS II cently, a member of the committee terested in the actual news but in how big pr.oposed a risk assessment bill to en­ they can make the story. They are profit­ OF VIRGINIA courage the Federal agencies to ad­ oriented. Television news has become so IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dress this question in a more compre­ competitive that they are all after the big­ Monday, June 9, 1980 hensive manner. The related question gest story. They don't put enough emphasis which I feel deserves additional con­ on fact, they are too busy using impressive • Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, I would words. like to direct the attention of my col­ sideration is that o.f the gap between And as if the impressive words are not leagues to a new GAO report which I real and perceived risk of technology enough they are advertising. It reminds me released yesterday with Senator development. of little kids vying for an adult's attention. PRYOR on the improper use of consult­ For instance, it is clear that a major "Looky what I'm gonna do". It's ridiculous, ants by Federal agencies. According responsibility for that gap between they come on at all hours of the day telling to GAO, agencies have failed to make the real comparatively small risk of ra­ what their big story is going to be. And they diation from nuclear power generation are constantly getting new things, which in satisfactory progress in their manage­ itself is good, but the way some of them ment of consulting services during the and the perceived risk on the part of carry on you would think they never got past 20 years. Despite- the fact that the people must, in large part, lie with anything new before. They come on and tell GAO has issued 30 audit reports iden­ this administration. The White House about what they have new, then all the tifying problems in every major has simply not chosen to educate the other stations get the same thing and we're agency, improvements still need to be people in any balanced way on the constantly reminded who got it first and made in: comparative risks of energy technol­ who's got the best. What does this have to Identifying expenditures for consult­ ogies and has allowed its own visceral do with the news? Pointing these things out discomfort with respect to nuclear seems tacky to me. ing services, Rumors shouldn't be started on the news Obtaining adequate competition power to dominate its position rather but unfortunately we are so often victims of when awarding consulting service con­ than performing critical assessments. the broadcasters opinions that it is hard to tracts, The following is an interesting article determine fact from fiction. Something that Justifying the need for consulting which appeared in the New York really bothered me was all the talk about services, Times on May 22, on this topic, "Tech­ the Cuban refugees, the rumor that some Assuring that consultant studies are nology: Scientific Gains and the had tuberculosis and a few had leprosy, not duplicated, and Risks," by Peter J. Schuyten and I rec­ some were mental patients and things like ommend it to my colleagues. that. If some of those people really want to Implementing effective management become Americanized who is going to give controls to assure the proper use of TECHNOLOGY: SCIENTIFIC GAINS AND THE them a chance, there is enough prejudice these services. RISKS among us without the broadcasters adding I agree with GAO's conclusion that Has the rapid proliferation of technology to it. OMB's efforts to improve agencies and the risks associated with technological Speaking of prejudice, is it really possible management of consulting services advancement created a new wariness on the for anyone to have a fair trial? There is so have not been effective. OMB's at­ part of the public? much pre-trial publicity about anything And what of the public's belief in experts? major and many minor things that the only tempts to identify the amount of Have the disturbing events at Three Mile people truly applicable for jury work are money spent by agencies for consult­ Island, the fractured engine mounts of the hermits and how many hermits do you find. ing services have resulted in understat­ DC-lO's, or the unfolding story of Love I've always heard that a person is innocent ed figures. OMB guidance to establish Canal eroded the public's confidence in the until proven guilty, but seldom have I seen controls to improve the management pronouncements of the scientific and engi­ this statement in practice. Many broadcast­ of consulting services has resulted in neering communities? ers tear suspects apart weeks before their little improvement. Perennial prob­ In an attempt to assess the present mood, trial, so most everyone has formed an opin­ lems concerning conflict of interest an independent opinion survey found that a ion one way or another by the time for jury majority of Americans feel they face more selection. continue to surface. risk now than they did 20 years ago, and Our policemen no longer get any respect, I feel that the time has come for leg­ further, that the risks of living in a techno­ they are being slaughtered so often and islative action to identify consultant logical society will increase. praised so seldom. It seems the criminals get costs and the potential for conflicts of But despite the heightened sense of more praise than they do. Let a policeman interests to the sunshine. I am cur- danger, the findings indicate that the public 13780 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 9,_ 1980 feels the future benefits from science and "That was not true five years ago," noted vides for a maximum penalty of $5,000 technological innovation still outweigh the Richard Wilson, a professor of physics at and/or 3 years in prison. In the days risks. Harvard University. "Executives have ap­ to come, Mr. Clark must answer for The survey, "Risk in a Complex Society," parently now caught up with the notion his reprehensible action. is based on some 1,500 interviews with ana­ that the public wants to have a share in the tional cross section of the adult population decision process." Mr. Speaker, during this troubled and 600 interviews with members of Con­ When asked to choose the most attractive period, let us and our countrymen gress, corporate and financial leaders, and investments in light of the evolving public stand together in our hope that the Federal regulators. opinion on risk and the future impact of crisis will end and that our fellow citi­ The survey was commissioned by the government regulation, corporate executives zens may safely return home.e Marsh & McLennan Companies, an insur­ and financial leaders listed computers, pe­ ance brokerage concern, and was conducted troleum, synthetic fuels and electronics. by Louis Harris and Associates. Least attractive were tobacco, railroads, WILL THE PENTAGON KILL THE Among other things, it addressed the automotive, steel and nuclear energy.e GOLDEN GOOSE? factor of risk in the areas of energy, trans­ portation, health care, environmental pollu­ tion, and even the question of assigning a RAMSEY CLARK'S TRIP TO IRAN HON. FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK value to human life in the allocation of AN IRRESPONSIBLE ACT OF CALIFORNIA scarce resources. According to Mr. Harris, the study docu­ HON. DOUGLAS APPLEGATE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mented some wide and revealing discrepan­ Monday, June 9, 1980 cies between public and corporate percep­ OF OHIO tions of risk. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, how much military spending can the The public, he noted at a news conference Monday, June 9, 1980 held earlier this week, feels that the safety United States afford? We, of course, of society will be jeopardized if some future e Mr. APPLEGATE. Mr. Speaker, for must spend enough to provide for the restraints on advanced technology are not close to 8 months now, 50 of our citi­ national defense. But we can no longer imposed. zens have been held hostage in Iran. afford to define the national defense "In addition, most Americans feel strongly Recently, a new development has oc­ so broadly that every Pentagon re­ that our present knowledge about the curred, that being former U.S. Attor­ quest and wish is satisfied. actual risks stemming from modern technol­ ney General Ramsey Clark's trip to ogy has touched only the tip of the ice­ We must ask the tough questions. berg," Mr. Harris, said. "Corporate leaders Iran. This event compels me to speak Expenditures must be justified by flatly disagree, express deep confidence in out to my colleagues. necessity, not because they would buy advanced technology and see no dangers vir­ Mr. Clark, through his self-appoint­ items it would be nice to have. Not all tually from decreased governmental safety ed American Crimes Conference, has close calls can be resolved in favor of regulations." indicted, tried, and convicted the more military spending. The survey also found that only 28 per­ United States for their lawless acts in cent of the public felt they had a strong As James J. Treires points out in his the aborted rescue attempt last April June 5 Christian Science Monitor sense of control over the risks they face in of the 50 American hostages in Iran. their daily lives, while nearly a fifth felt essay, "Will the Pentagon Kill the they had almost no control at all. He has acted in an anti-American way Golden Goose," military potential de­ In the area of energy, the poll disclosed to discredit this Nation and has under­ pends on the national economy, and it that, while nearly three-quarters of the mined American credibility and is clear that the U.S. economy is in public believed there was no guarantee strength in world leadership. His ac­ trouble. Loading more military spend­ against a catastrophic nuclear accident, tions are demeaning to the American ing on an already strained economy most nonetheless felt that nuclear power people. will not yield a stronger nation, better was too important to abandon at this time. I believe this totally irresponsible prepared to defend its international Similarly, a majority indicated that they act on Mr. Clark's part should be im­ interests. accepted the increased use of coal despite mediately condemned by the Presi­ the potential dangers posed to health and I agree with Treires that a military the environment, although most also indi­ dent, the Congress, and the American spending increase big enough to satis­ cated a preference for solar energy despite people. No matter how noble Mr. fy congressional hawks may kill our the fact that the survey takers pointed out Clark's purported intentions are, his golden goose-the American economy. to respondents that solar "may not provide mission can only serve to damage long­ The article follows: sufficient energy -to support our current term American interests. The present standard of living." Iranian crisis is a very tense, complex WILL THE PENTAGON KILL THE GOLDEN In the area of transportation, most execu­ situation. Such an attention-seeking GoosE? tives felt that the lower costs and energy event by the former Attorney General The United States is the world's wealthi­ savings associated with smaller, lighter cars can only serve to prolong and aggra­ est nation, with a gross national product outweighed the risk of higher fatal acci­ nearing $2.5 trillion. President dents. A plurality of the public, however, vate the crisis in two ways. Carter's military budget calls for 1981 out­ did not. First, the central and only issue in lays of $150.5 billion, and Congress wants a The Harris organization concedes that the Iranian crisis is the illegal and im­ further increase. some of the questions oversimplify the moral kidnaping of American citi­ The Pentagon's main argument in support issues, and indeed, the word "risk," itself, zens, an act that clearly violates inter­ of this huge budget request is the relation­ was purposely left undefined, allowing for national law, and may I point out, in ship between these numbers. Even at $157 each question to provide the necessary con­ the name of which the militants say billion, the military budget would amount text. they are acting, Islamic law. Any to only 6.3 percent of the GNP. Ergo, the Still, in the context of cost/benefit analy­ grievances that the Iranian Govern­ Pentagon concludes, we can easily afford it. sis, for example, a majority of executives Time magazine, using slightly outdated fig­ and regulators said they were now willing to ment has against our country may ures, tells us that "social spending is now place an economic value on human life only be considered after the hostages the largest item in the national budget, when making important decisions about the are unconditionally released. Mr. amounting to $423.8 billion this year as allocation of scarce resources. Clark's trip serves to divert attention compared with $145.1 billion for defense." Similarly, executives indicated over­ from this most important and vital These are comforting ideas. We are evi­ whelmingly that the potential break­ concern. dently a fat, prosperous, pleasure-seeking throughs from genetic research far Second, our Government must have society that needs only to cut back on a few outweighed the possible health hazards, and a firm, unified plan for dealing with luxuries-like the lavish "social spending" they also favored the continued use of cited by Time-in order to pay for a big ex­ chemical pesticides on crops. this international crisis. Further, it is pansion in our military power. But a majority of the executives and fi­ illegal for self-appointed negotiators Would that it were so. While the numbers nancial leaders indicated that, in the decade to negotiate as representatives of the cited above have some basis in fact, a care­ ahead, the country's mood regarding risk United States with foreign officials. ful look at the United States economy as it would have a significant impact on their in­ The Logan Act, designed specifically is currently functioning tells a much differ­ vestment decisions. to halt such unwarranted activity, pro- ent story. June 9, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13781 Beneath the shining surface of the GNP fare, as the beneficiaries of federal social tricts around the country. I commend figures lies an ugly reality: The US economy programs are already learning. An increase them to my colleagues.• is in shambles. The basic industries which big enough to satisfy Congress's hawks once catapulted America into the number could kill the golden goose.e one economic postion are losing ground rap­ idly to foreign competitors. While our gov­ ISRAEL'S WEST BANK SETTLE­ ernment bemoans our dependence on im­ WILLIAM C. PRATTELLA CHOSEN MENTS ARE AN OBSTACLE TO ported oil, a resource whose supply is limit­ TOP SCHOOL EXECUTIVE ed by nature, its economic policies have THE PLO-NOT TO PEACE made us "dependent" on imported auto­ mobiles, television sets, shoes, hi-fis, steel, HON. RICHARD L. OTTINGER HON. NORMAN F. LENT and clothing, all of which we once supplied OF NEW YORK for ourselves. Although some profits have OF NEW YORK accrued to US corporations operating IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES abroad, the losses in jobs and income from Monday, June 9, 1980 Monday, June 9, 1980 America's industrial decline have been enormous. The February foreign trade defi­ e Mr. OTTINGER. Mr. Speaker, Wil­ e Mr. LENT. Mr. Speaker, there is an cit of $5.6 billion was the worst in our histo­ liam C. Prattella of Mount Vernon, unfortunate and still-growing misun­ ry. N.Y., has been selected as one of derstanding in this country concerning The theory that the US private sector is North America's 100 top school execu­ Israel's position on the West Bank set­ vigorous and successful without government tives by the Executive Educator, the tlements question. President Carter's assistance or coordination is rapidly being egregious blunder in permitting the destroyed by a fact: Those capitalist democ­ magazine for elementary and second­ racies that give top priority to their civilian ary school administrators. United States to cast a U.N. Security manufacturing industries are crowding On June 12, Dr. Prattella will be Council vote against Israel's settle­ American products out of world markets. honored by his friends and colleagues ment policy has contributed greatly to America is a nation in serious economic for this well-deserved tribute. I am that misunderstanding. Tragically, difficulty, barely able to support its current pleased to share with my colleagues at subsequent explanations of that vote defense expenditures, and in real danger of this time a brief recognition of Dr. by Mr. Carter and his foreign policy collapse if that burden is substantially in­ Prattella's numerous accomplish­ advisers have further confused the creased. ments. issue, rather than clarifying it. Israel The measure of a nation's potential mili­ and the government of Prime Minister tary strength is the size of its economic sur­ A native of Mount Vernon, Dr. Prat­ plus. What we don't need to live on is what tella has spent 19 years in the city Begin have come under unjustified we can spend for defense. Before any re­ school system. In 1972, he was ap­ attack in America for obstructing the sources can be used for national defense, pointed superintendent of the Mount progress of peace agreements in the the economy must provide the necessities of Vernon school system which has an Middle East because of the settle­ life for all its people. Before they can fire a enrollment of approximately 10,000 ments issue. rifle, sail a ship, or fly a plane, the men and It is absolutely vital that Americans women in the armed forces must have food, students. At age 32, Dr. Prattella was the youngest individual in New York have a thorough understanding of this shelter, clothing, and the other amenities of important question. With that modern life. State to hold this important position. It is the crucial relationship between civil­ During his tenure as superintendent, thought in mind, I direct the attention ian economic base and military expendi­ Dr. Prattella has reduced the percent­ of my colleagues to a most perceptive tures that is now being threatened by the age of students performing at below­ examination of the entire issue con­ hawks in Congress. Ignoring direct evidence minimum competency on State tests tained in an article recently published of serious economic crisis all around them, from 36 percent in 1972 to 7 percent in by the Wall Street Journal. The arti­ they focus on the abstraction called GNP as cle was written by Mr. Theodore R. proof that a bigger military budget is easily 1978. His innovative methods include: teaching reading by the phonics Mann, chairman of the Conference of affordable. Presidents of Major American Jewish Many people are unaware of the fact that method, using television scripts as military spending is automatically counted teaching aids, starting programs for Organizations. I congratulate Mr. as GNP; the more we spend on the Penta­ early identification and treatment of Mann on his learned discussion of this gon, the bigger our GNP. Obviously we can't learning disabilities, and teaching Chi­ important matter, which places the improve our personal economic circum­ sanbop-the Korean finger-calculation settlements question in its proper his­ stances by spending more for defense, but technique-to first and second graders. torical context. I ask that the article we can increase the GNP. be reprinted in its entirety in the As for the mythical growth of "social Dr. Prattella also helped start the first magnet school for elementary stu­ RECORD because I believe it contributes spending," most of it is in federal programs significantly to a better understanding that pay for themselves through special dents in New York State. This school, contributions-social security, medicare, un­ which I have visited many times, has of Israel's position on the settlements employment compensation. They don't become a model for school districts question. come out of our income taxes and they across the country. The article follows: don't compete for defense dollars. The raw political power of the military in­ In addition, to his responsibilities as ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS Aru; NOT AN OBSTACLE dustry lobby in Washington is awesome. superintendent, Dr. Prattella teaches To MIDEAsT PEAcE Presidential candidates are afraid of being two graduate school courses at Ford- labeled "soft on defense," a code phrase for ham University and serves as chair- Are Israel's settlements on the West Bank unwillingness to give the Pentagon more man of the scholarship committee of ' really an obstacle to peace? money. Jimmy Carter-the candidate who the Italian Civic Association. In recent President Sadat of Egypt has condemned called for a $5 billion to $7 billion cut in years, Dr. Prattella has been honored them as "unfounded, ill-conceived and il­ military spending-has increased real mili­ for his distinguished service and lead- legal." President Carter say~ t.he settl~­ tary spending in every one of his three ership by many groups including the m~nts are harmful to the cont~numg negotl­ years in office, and now seeks the biggest Mount Vernon Parent Teacher Associ- at10ns on the fut~re of ~he .d1~puted areas. boost of all for 1981. . . . The New York T1mes ed1tonallzes that the From World War II through the early six­ at10n, the M~unt ~e~non CI~Y ~ouncll, spirit of Camp David is threatened by Prime ties, the US economy was indeed a golden and the Italian CIVIl Association. Dr. Minister Begin's settlement policy. But the goose, bringing rapid improvement in the Prattella lives in Mount Vernon with history of the area repudiates this view. The standard of living and the military power re­ his wife and four children. obstacle to Arab/Israel peace is the same as quired to fight in Korea and Vietnam. By I am pleased to join the Executive it has been since 1948-Arab refusal