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th PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 89 CONGRESS FIRST SESSION

VOLUME Ill-PART 8

MAY 11, 1965, TO MAY 24, 1965 (PAGES 10073 TO 11452)

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, 1965 10320 CONGRESSIONAL ;

could still have been emphasized to the mem­ llke to see precedence given to one or two I am unable as yet to give you an answer bers of the Wyoming team and committee, of the projects of the city of Porto Naclonal. as to whether or. not I might, attend .,the and I am confident that there would have This Is the center for the whole northern meeting in Washington. I dOUbt that it will been no dUficulty at all for us to find many half of the State, the part which is most be possible if I must flnancelt trommyo:wn worthy of our attention. If there were doubts primitive, poorest, and therefore most In funds, since I am the poorest "ofthe five about our ability to do thIs, a preliminary need of ald. Also, I was extremely impressed members of the team; but I do not wish to scouting expedition by a member of the Al­ with the knowledge and dedication of the commit myself until I have explored all the liance for Progress staff in BraZil could easlIy members of the community whom we met possiblllties. I shalJ try to let you know have laid the groundwork. I real1ze that a who were concerned with education and early next week. certain amount of misunderstanding and ex­ public health. I am confident that any ald Sincerely yours, aggeration Is inevitable. For this very rea­ we could give them would be wel! deserved D. C. HAWLEY, son, however. understatement rather than and well utiIlzed. Associate PrOfessor Of Modem Languages. overstatement of the goals of the' partner­ After this, I should like to see some support Ship appears to me to be desirable. given the Federal University of Goi:15. On However much I might wish that the ex­ the whole, they seem to be achieving good RUMANIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY pectations of the Oolanos were less, we of the results with very little material resources. Wyoming committee are faced with the fact Furthermore, since students come here from Mr. MONDALE. Mr. President, I ex­ that they are very great and that we are all over the State, it Is one way in which a tend. my heartiest congratulations to the obliged to do the very best we can to k""n program could benefit the whole State. The people of Rumania on this annual cele­ these great hopes from being compietely Institute of Physics and Mathematics, a unit bration of their national holiday. The dashed, in which case the results of our trip of the university, has put in a request for < some $10,000 in equipment. I consider this 10th of May Is a day rich in significance would be entirely negative, and the Image of in the history of that Nation. It was 99 the American people held by the Goianos far excessive, but I should like to see something, worse than If the Partners-of-the-Alliance perhaps a third, contributed. Perhaps a years ago today that Charles I, Prince idea had never been conceived. member of our faculty here at the University of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was pro­ I shall not attempt here to describe the of Wyoming could check over the list and claimed Prince of Rumania, thus bring­ poUtical, economic, and cultural situation of choose the items he deems most necessary. ing the Nation a long step forward in its the State of Goias. You will have gotten I should be happy to try to arrange this, if struggle for independence. rr.uch of this directly from Jim TlIker, and, you would like. Another project related to the university That was a long and painful struggle probably, either directly or indirectly from against internal strife and foreign dom­ others of the team. was the one I agreed to work on immediately. I shall only say, very briefly, that Goias, In this particular case, I was acting for the ination. In the first half of the 19th like much of the rest of Latin America, whole team, since we had all discussed this century, the principalities of Moldavia seems to have been asleep for much of the and agreed unanimously that it would be and Wallachia were but pawns in the past century. In some ways It is incredibly highly desirable and not very expensive. We conflict between two great powers, primitive. I recall the simple plow that wish to bring one graduate student from the Russia and Turkey. It was not until was being used for demonstration In the Federal University of Golas to introduce the 1856 that the situation was partially rem­ public school in the northern city of Porto study of Portuguese on this campus. He edied, oy means of the Treaty, of Paris. Nacional, because the farmers tllere knew would be employed as a graduate teaching only the use of hand tools such as the hoe. assistant and receive the regular stipend for In the following year, the legislative I had read that many of the farmers of this work. It is my understanding that tile bodies of the two principalities voted Africa and Asia did not possess this knowl­ Alliance for Progress would furnish trans­ unanimously for autonomy and for their edge, but I had not realized that this was portation. I suggested that some one be union under the name of Rumania. the case In BmziI. When I llved In Puerto chosen who had a background in both Eng­ That official expression of a long'-em­ Rico, several times I accompanied a good lish and Portuguese. In my jUdgment, we braced and burning desire, known as the friend of ours, who taught agriculture in' a would be able to obtain a fairly competent divans ad hoc, led eventually to the proc­ rural school, when he made his home visits person who could teach two courses in Portu­ and talked to the fathers of his students guese, stUdy one foreign language, probably lamation of Charles I as Prince of about hybrid grains, conservation, fertllizers either Spanish or French, In order that he Rumania. The foreign-born Charles and Insecticides; but he never had to show learn our teaching methods as well as that ended an era of internal political rival­ them how to use a plow; this was a tradi­ language and Ilterature; and also take ries, and ushered in a reign that was as tional tool handed down for generations. courses In English so that he might be able illustrious as it was long. But there are also unmistakable signs of to make a contribution to the teaching of May 10th marks a second great event awakening. In the schools of Porto Na­ this language on his return. The most im­ cional and the little farming community of portant element, however, is that he teach in Rumania's history, for although the Nova Venesa, we met teachers who were Portuguese. I think the public relations Treaty of Paris ended Russia's protec­ entirely aware of the needs of the people, value of this is obvious, If we can say to the torate, Rumania was still obliged to and who appeared competent to teach them people of Goias, In efl'ect: the visiting team recognize the suzerainty of the Turkish and dedicated to their work. We met other from America was so Impressed with the sultan. However, in 1877, during the men in other professions who possessed this Brazilian culture In general and that of Russo-Turkish War, Rumania severed same knowledge of their own field: In pub­ Goias In particular that it is bringing a that last bond to the ottoman Empire, lic health, in agriCUlture, and in industrv. teacher from Goias to introduce the study of by proclaiming her independence on May Not all were dedicated to the task of passing Portuguese at the University of Wyoming. on the knowledge and benefits to all the Furthermore, it is inexcusable that the third 10, and by declaring war on Turkey the members of their communities and State, language of the American continent Is not following day. As an ally of Russia, but many were. Eventually, the Brazilian taught, to my knowledge, In a single school Rumanian troops contributed materially economy will begin to function with some of any kind In the State of Wyoming. even to the joint victory at Plevna. The Con­ efficiency on a national scale, as it now does though Is is not partiCUlarly difficult. A gress of Berlin in 1878 ended not only on a regional scale in the south. When it good basic knowledge could be acquired in a the war, but also Rumania's vassalship, does, Brazil wil1 be a powerfUl country, for It Ilmited program by students of other ro­ as her complete independence was con­ has a wealth of resources of all kinds. One mance languages, and particularly of Span­ firmed and recognized. member of our group stated his belief that ish, which Is closely related. I have dis­ what was needed was to make the people cussed this proposal with several persons still another event of great significance dissatisfied with what they had, with their here, including the deans of arts and sci­ for Rumanians occurred on the magic traditional ways of doing things. This, I ences and of academic affairs, Dr. E. Gerald date of May 10, for it was on that day think, is partially true, but the seeds of Meyer and Dr. James Ranz. Although there that Charles I accepted the crown, and dissatisfaction are already. there, and are Is some opposition, both deans were sympa­ the Nation became a kingdom. His long grOWing. Most important, In my estimation, tiletic, and I hope for eventual success. and fruitful reign continued until even Is the channeling of the energy which this Since our budget for the fall is already fixed, dissatisfaction eventually will produce, is however, it will be difficult to set up any­ the great war. producing now to some degree. We can only thing for next year, as we had hoped to do. It is with pride that the people of hope it will follow a path similar or at least This is unfortunate, since it would certainly Rumania look on this day, But it is not hostile to that of our own system, for be best, from the point of view of public Brazil contains half the population and with sorrow that they must at present resources of the whole South American Con­ relations as well as getting cooperation In mark its observance In their hearts, in­ tinent, and has frontiers with nearly every Golas, to "strike while the iron is hot," while stead of in outward celebration. Even other South American nation. We can also the memory of our visit Is fresh. I wonder If now, however, the tide is turning; and attempt to do something to lead it in this it would be possible to secure, either from the di.rectlon, even though our part, of necessity, Alllance for Progress or from private sources, the brave and freedom-loving people of WIll be a smalJ one. money to finance this program for the first Rumania will once more note this tradi­ Finally. I should' like to refer briefly to year, if the university indicates a willingness tional anniversary with the honor it some specIfic projects. PersonalJy, I should to carry It on from that point. deserves and demands.