12718 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 4, 1978 NAZI MINDSET SHOWS NEED FOR up in the mindset of the Nazi rhetoric, a Tuesday, May 9. There will be rollcall GENOCIDE CONVENTION mindset which called for the extermina­ votes on amendments to H.R. 130 dur­ tion of the Jewish race. ing the morning, but once it is laid aside Mr. PROXMmE. Mr. President, al­ The Genocide Convention was drafted no later than 12: 30 p.m., the Senate will though it has been several weeks since in the hope of keeping such a mindset then take up Senate Resolution 219, "Holocaust" was aired on television, I from ever again carrying outs its geno­ Calendar Order No. 682, the senior in­ feel that several of the points raised in cidal policies. It would make the destruc­ tern bill. that show were of such importance as tion, in whole or in part, of a racial, na­ At the time the Senate goes on that to merit repetition. Genocide is not an tional, religious, or ethnic group a crime easy crime to visualize, and the death bill, Mr. CURTIS will be recognized to call under international law. I applaud the up an amendment. There is a time limi­ of six million people is really beyond intent of this treaty, and I am 1ashamed most people's comprehension. tation on the Curtis amendment of not that even though President Truman to exceed 30 minutes, and under the or­ The antisemitic hysteria which swept signed the treaty in 1948, the Senate has der there will be a vote up or down on Germany during the Hitler era is one of yet to ratify it. Every President since the Curtis amendment, so I am sure that the most compelling arguments in behalf Truman has pleaded with the Senate to will be a rollcall vote. of the Genocide Convention. The Nazi ratify the convention, the support for leadership directed all of its hostility at There is another amendment specified this treaty has been bipartisan. I urge in the order, that being Mr. ALLEN'S a minority group within the country, a the Senate to ratify the Genocide Con­ hostility which grew so intense that the vention as soon as possible. amendment. At no later than 2: 30 p.m. Nazis started on a program of systematic tomorrow the Senate will vote on Senate extermination of the Jewish race. Six Resolution 219, so I see prospects for million Jews were exterminated in his­ ORDER FOR RECESS FROM CLOSE two or three or more rollcall votes tory's most horrifying example of geno­ OF BUSINESS TOMORROW UNTIL tomorrow. cide. 10 A.M. ON MONDAY The Senate will not be in session late Even the insinuation that a person Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, tomorrow. was of Jewish descent was treated with I ask unanimous consent that when the the gravest of seriousness by the Nazis. Senate completes its business tomorrow, RECESS UNTIL 10 A.M. TOMORROW In the film itself, Dorf, a Nazi officer, it stand in recess until the hour of 10 had to go to great pains to defend him­ o'clock a.m. on Monday. Mr. ROBERT c. BYRD. Mr. President, self from the charge that he may have The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without if there be no further business to come had some Jewish blood. As did many objection, it is so ordered. before the Senate, I move, in accordance Germans, he had to undergo rigorous with the previous order, that the Senate background investigations. A person stand in recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow with Jewish blood was in grave danger PROGRAM morning. of losing his life. Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, The motion was agreed to; and at 5:38 There were in fact indications during the Senate will convene tomorrow at 10 p.m. the Senate recessed until tomorrow, the film that Dorf had indeed been re­ o'clock a.m. by unanimous consent. Friday, May 5, 1978, at 10 a.m. lated to a Jew. And certainly in his youth After the two leaders or their designees he had been friends with Jews, as his have been recognized under the standing CONFIRMATION family had long been friends with the order, the Senate will proceed to the Weisses, the principal Jewish family in consideration of H.R. 130, Calendar Or­ Executive nomination confirmed by the the film. der No. 670, which is referred to as the Senate May 4, 1978: But as a Nazi officer, Dorf became one petroleum marketing bill. There is a DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY of the main agents in the holocaust it­ time limitation on that bill. On tomor­ Robert D. Thorne, of California., to be a.n self. At one point, he even raised his own row, only titles I and II will be con­ Assistant Secretary of Energy (Energy Tech­ nology). gun and shot down several Jews during sidered; no amendment to title III will an execution. A man who had had no be in order. The a.bove nomination wa.s approved sub­ ject to the nominee's commitment to respond real bitterness toward the Jews prior At no later than 12:30 p.m. tomorrow, to requests to appear a.nd testify before any to Hitler's rise to power became caught the bill (H.R. 130) will be laid aside until duly constituted committee of the Senate.

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS WISCONSIN SUPPORT FOR THE Legislation that would enhance the The boundary waters area is immense--a BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS wilderness protection afforded the BWCA million acres of wilderness lakes a.nd forests ACT . while respecting the economic needs of along the Minnesota-Canadian border. It is northern Minnesotans has been devel­ t.he second la.rl1'est unit in the National Wil­ derness Preservation System. It contains the oped by my colleagues PHIL BURTON and largest virgin forests remaining in the east­ HON. DONALD M. FRASER BRUCE VENTO. The Burton-Vento bill, OF MINNESOTA ern ha.I! of the United States. H.R. 12250, was reported from the House Yet, despite its nominal wilderness status, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Interior Committee on April 10. It could the BWCA rems.ins plagued by conflicts. Por­ Thursday, May 4, 1978 reach the floor within the next few weeks. tions ha.ve been logged, off and on, for 75 The March 30 edition of the Milwaukee years (there now is a temporary moratorium e Mr. FRASER. Mr. Speaker, despite the Journal contained an editorial endorse­ on cutting). Powerboat use has marred the wealth of lakes located in Wisconsin's ment of the Burton-Vento bill which re­ tranquility of some of its mirror lakes. Re­ beautiful northwoods, approximately 10,- flects the substantial stake Wisconsin sumption of snowmobiling, now banned, 000 Wisconsin residents travel to the wil­ residents, as well as countless other threatens its winter peace. Mining interests derness lakes of the Boundary Waters Americans, have in the future of the eye the land. Canoe Area each year. Wisconsin visitors Boundary Waters Canoe Area. I com­ The compromise, proposed by Reps. Bruce constitute 7 percent of all BWCA users; Vento (D-Minn.) a.nd Phillip Burton (D­ mend the article to my colleagues' Ca.11!.), should guard this national treasure more than 70 percent of these visitors attention: choose to explore the BWCA by paddling against such intrusion while offering fa.ir, a canoe, hiking, snowshoeing, or cross­ PRESERVING A SPLENDID WILDERNESS new opportunities for commerce arld mo­ At long last, legislation to preserve Min­ torized recreation in the huge Superior Na­ country skiing. That so many people from nesota's superb Boundary Waters Ca.noe Area. tional Forest outside the wilderness boun­ Wisconsin come to the BWCA to seek a (BWCA) appears to be emerging from the daries. nonmotorized wilderness experience is legislative wilderness. A compromise bill, Specifica.lly, the Vento-Burton compromise testimony to the unique appeal of the which seems acceptable, is expected to be would maintain existing wilderness boun­ area: It is the Nation's only lake-land considered and then endorsed by a House In­ daries, with some minor additions. It would canoe wilderness. terior Subcommittee next week. set up a. national recreation area outside

Statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor will be identified by the use of a "bullet" symbol, i.e., • May 4, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12719 the BWCA for logging and motorized rec­ be the victim of torture, neglect, and because of their abundance and wide­ reation. It would ban logging and mining in brutality.• spread distribution in the world's oceans. wilderness portions. They also are high-speed travelers. Powerboating would be allowed on 13 lakes Tuna tagged off Baja, Calif., have been around the edge of the wilderness, but not THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF TUNA found, 175 days later, at Midway Island, in it--with the exception of two lakes on which motor use would be phased out by CANNING INDUSTRY halfway acros the Pacific. The fast fish 1984. To compensate logging companies for are also extremely sensitive to water loss of BWCA timber, they would be allowed temperature, constantly racing through to harvest timber outside the area. HON. LES AuCOIN the ocean to follow the changing warm It is a reasonable compromise. After the OF surface currents. expected subcommittee approval, it faces IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Now that they had been found in large rough rapids in the full House Interior Com­ Thursday, May 4, 1978 numbers off the Oregon Coast, Columbia mittee and on the House floor. It deserves River packers wanted to capitalize on to weather both tests, 1ntact.e • Mr. AuCOIN. Mr. Chairman, the year this doorstep discovery. 1978 marks the 75th anniversary of the Within a year, in 1939, Columbia tuna canning industry in the United River packers opened the first tuna can­ States and I feel it is timely to pay more nery in the Northwest, adjacent to its VOLUNTEER ACTIVIST AWARD than passing note of this event since salmon facility at Astoria. Acceptance of PRESENTED many of my constituents depend upon the new product under the Bumble Bee this industry for their livelihood. label was immediate. Since that time, Although the industry traces the the tuna canning industry has grown to HON. CLAUDE PEPPER early days of its founding to southern become the single largest U.S. :fisheries OF FLORIDA California, I am reminded by one of the industry with canneries in Oregon con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Northwest's food processing pioneers, tributing to the total U.S. tuna pack Thursday, May 4, 1978 John S. McGowan, vice president of which in this diamond jubilee year, will Castle & Cooke Foods. and president of amount to over 30 million cases worth • Mr. PEPPER. Mr. Speaker, I want to call the attention of my colleagues to Bumble Bee Seafoods, a division of more than $850 million. a notable event that recently took place Castle & Cooke, Inc., that major develop­ Today, the canned tuna industry has here in . A few days ago, in ments in the industry also can be at­ an estimated $1 billion impact on the a ceremony at the headquarters of the tributed to the endeavors of Oregonians. Nation's economy and employs over 30,- Organization of American States, the It is a matter of record that Bumble 000 persons directly with additional National Volunteer Activist Award was Bee was launched in 1899 when seven thousands in related industries. The presented to the Marion County, Fla., canneries, operating at the mouth of the product is found in more than 30 percent Task Force on Child Abuse. The award Columbia River, joined forces as the of all American homes. It is firmly estab­ is given by the Germaine Montell Columbia River Packers Association. lished in the American diet because it is Foundation, through the National Center Their target was the chinook salmon, for recognized as a delicious, economic and on Voluntary Action. years a favorite food of Pacific North­ convenient source of complete protein west Indian tribes living along the great and essential vitamins and minerals. As we are now beginning to recognize, river and a commodity which the Hud­ child abuse has long been one of the The State of Oregon takes its place son's Bay Co. had shipped to England among this country's leaders in the pro­ most sadly ignored problems in our and Australia in large wooden barrels communities. Fortunately, that is no duction of food and other agricultural longer the case in Marion County, Fla. preserved with salt. products, with nearly half the State, or Many dedicated and concerned people For 30 years the Columbia River about 30 million acres, thickly forested from all over the county, under the fine Packers Association knew only success and leading the Nation in the production leadership of Mrs. Lois Graw of Ocala, with no marketing problems until the of forest products. Oregon is also a lead­ have put together the Marion County Depression of 1929. Until then the :firm er in the production of berries, pears, Task Force on Child Abuse, with the had never gone out aggressively to sell cherries, filberts, walnuts and vegetables, objective of bringing this scourge out its pack, preferring to sit back and wait with a total of nearly 30,000 farms, many of the closet and seeking to conquer for customers to come in. of them worked by the same family for As the depression deepened. the Co­ over a century. It is a further tribute to both its causes and its tragic effects. our great state and her people to be La.st November, the task force spon­ lumbia River Packers Association found its warehouses overflowing, so manage­ among the three States respansible for sored a conference on child abuse. The the major contributions to the great suc­ support and participation was over­ ment transferred a young man named Thomas F. Sandoz from his production cess of the tuna canning industry over whelming-over 300 persons had to be the past 75 years.• turned away. Participants included over job to the marketing division with sales 400 representatives from the Florida as his primary goal. State Department of Health and Reha­ Sandoz, with 8 years sales experience THE 116TH ANNIVERSARY OF bilitative Services, the Marion County before joining Columbia River Packers CINCO DE MAYO Health Department, the County Mental in 1928, became the :first man in the :firm Health Association, Central Florida ever to call on customers. He startled his Community College, "Vision", and num­ bosses by selling 17 carloads in the Ea~t. HON. JOHN G. FARY erous other civic and professional all for cash, and he also began build­ OF U.LINOIS groups. I was privileged to address the ing a better relationship with the trade. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES conference, and I was considerably Made sales manager in 1938. San.doo impressed with the tremendous concern sold most of each year's pack before it Thursday, May 4, 1978 from throughout the community. ever went into cans. yet Columbia's • Mr. FARY. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, The Marion County Task Force on growth was pretty much limited unless it millions of Mexicans and Mexican Child Abuse-one of the :first of its could :find something else for its people Americans will celebrate the 116th anni­ kind-is helping to set a model for other to market. versary of one of Mexico's greatest tri­ communities throughout Florida and That "something else" as it turned umphs-the Battle of Cinco de Mayo, around the country. I am enormously out, was swimming right off the Oregon where on May 5, 1862, patriotic Mexi­ proud of the work they are doing, and coast, less than a day's sail from the can­ can forces exhibited their love of free­ I can think of no more deserving recip­ nery at Astoria. It was albacore, the dom by repelling the invading French ient of the National Volunteer Activist prized white-meat of the tuna family, force of Napoleon m, thus striking a Award. I offer my sincerest commenda­ and its 1938 "discoverY" by salmon fish­ resounding blow for the cause of Mexi­ tions to Mrs. Graw and the many other ermen who had gone beyond their usual can independence. committed people on the Task Force. limit. revolutionized Columbia River Collapse of the Mexican economy in Their devotion and their continuing Packers' operations. 1851 led to the suspension of Mexican efforts are helping to ensure tpat no Albacore were out there in tremendous payments on debts to several foreign Marion County child will ever again schools. Tuna, unlike salmon, are unique nations, including France, England, and 12720 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 4, 1978 Spain. Protesting this suspension of pay­ Congressional Medals of Honor were solar equipment, many have nearly ex­ ments, the creditor countries established awarded. hausted their capital resources. Yet a triple alliance and sent a combined Mr. Speaker, I am proud to say that SBA has consistently refused to loan land and naval force to Vera Cruz, Mex., in my own Fifth Congressional District, money to these firms because of fears demanding settlement of the debts in I have two of the three largest Mexican that solar technology is too risky. question. The English share of the force American communities in the Chicago This bill will set SBA straight. Solar consisted of 700 marines and the Span­ area. To them and to those of us who power technology is viable and should ish share only 300 since those nations recognize the significance of this great not be discriminated against. were interested only in a perfunctory day, El Cinco de Mayo symbolizes the Last year I introduced a package of display of force in support of their de­ courage and love of freedom that en­ three bills entitled "The Solar Energy mands. But the French Government had abled Mexican patriots to triumph over for Homes Acts." These bills would alter something else in mind, a fact made evi­ a · foreign power that sought economic requirements of several Federal housing dent by the landing of 4,500 troops at advantage at Mexico's expense. I am loan programs to permit them to :finance Vera Cruz in January of 1862. confident that my colleagues will Join purchase and installation of solar equip­ When President Juarez of Mexico an­ me and our Mexican and Mexican ment. nounced to the representatives of the American friends in paying tribute to I introduced these bills for a very triple alliance that he would recognize the valor and patriotism of those who simple reason. A number of builders only the claims of the holders of bonds fought and died on El Cinco de Mayo.• complained to me that various Federal that had been adjusted by formal con­ loan programs precluded the use of solar ventions, the Spanish and English rep­ heating and cooling equipment in homes. resentatives recognized the rights of SUN DAY-A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT This concerned me because solar tech­ Mexico and called off their troops. Only THE FUTURE OF SOLAR ENERGY nology is rapidlY improving and can al­ the French failed to come to an agree­ ready substantially reduce fuel and elec­ ment and revealed their true colonialist tricity costs to homeowners. Although HON. MAX BAUCUS such equipment is expensive, its cost is intentions by invading the country, head­ OF MONTANA ing straight for the capital city. On the declining while the prices of fossil fuels way, they were joined by Mexican forces IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and electricity are rising. Homeowners hostile to the democratic government of Thursday, May 4, 1978 using Federal loan programs should President Juarez. e Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. Speaker, Ameri­ have the option of installing solar heat­ On May_5, 1862, · the French invaders cans should be encouraged by recent ing and cooling systems. attacked the Mexican defensive emplace­ congressional action in the area of solar One of these bills is now law. It ex­ ments at Pueblo. Three times the French energy. Congress has done more than plicitlY provides that money loaned under infantry swept forward and three times Just declare today Sun Day. It is actively Farmers Home Administration housing fell back, maimed and battered by Mexi­ seeking ways to promote use of solar loan programs may be used for solar can shot and shell. When the French energy. I think the 95th Congress can equipment. swung about, heading for Guadalupe, take credit for elevating solar power to The second bill is included in the Na­ a place among our top energy priorities. tional Energy Act that is now being con­ word was sent to the defenders of Guada­ sidered by a House-Senate conference lupe to hold fast and they complied. Once Our national energy crisis is real. An­ committee. It allows limits on housing again repulsed, the French retired in other Arab oil embargo could cause far loan programs under the jurisdiction of confusion and the battle was over. Mex- more disruption in our way of life than the Department of Housing and Urban ico had triumphed. · we experienced in the winter of 197 4. Development to rise by up to 20 percent The battle of El Cinco de Mayo was Our increasing dependence on foreign oil is largely responsible for our trade to cover the extra costs of solar equip­ not conclusive in and of itself. Reinforce­ ment. ments were mustered in France and dis­ deficit, which is a severe threat to our patched to Mexico. The French invaded economic well-being. The third bill would allow the Veter­ We must find and develop other sources an's Administration to increase a veter­ again and this time captured Mexico an's loan guaranty eligibility by up to City, driving out the Juarez government of energy besides fossil fuels, which are running out, and nuclear power, which 20 percent of the value of his home to and placing the Austrian Archduke :finance purchase and installation of solar Maximilian as Emperor of Mexico. is beset by problems, most notably waste disposal. energy systems. That bill is still being But delay in obtaining this result, Sunlight is safe. The supply is not considered by the Veterans' Affairs Hous­ stemming from Mexican success in the declining. There are many ways to use ing Subcommittee. battle of El Cinco de Mayo, made this it-from relatively simple water heat­ In the meantime, the committee has adventure long and expensive for the ers that many homeowners can afford introduced legislation establishing a re­ French. Napoleon's hopes for gaining to giant solar satellites costing billions volving loan program to assist veterans important commercial advantages fell of dollars. in purchasing and installing solar en­ before the weight of European public But the Federal Government cannot ergy systems. The bill authorizes $750,000 opinion, now admiring of Juarez and the develop solar power on its own. Congress for the program and permits loans of courageous Mexican army. can create the climate to encourage use up to $5,000. Loans would be made at the Maximilian's regime in Mexico proved of solar energy, but the private sector VA rate of interest without regard to too fragile for the intense hopes and must seize the opportunity to develop the $33,000 maximum direct loan limit aspirations of independence-minded the technology. and without any charge against a veter­ Mexicans, for on May 14, 1867, Maximil­ The biggest disadvantage of solar an's entitlement. ian finally surrendered and made way power now is its cost. I believe we can Tuesday I testified in support of this for a new dawn in Mexico's history. make the hardware affordable to all if bill before the subcommittee. While it The bravery exhibited by Mexican sol­ American industry attacks the problem does not go as far as my veterans' bill, diers on "El Cinco de Mayo" has never with the imagination, dedication, and I think the subcommittee's bill is a defi­ been forgotten in Mexico or here in the the money that has resulted in so many nite improvement over the present sit­ United States. That bravery is evident in things never even dreamed of by our uation. the contributions made by Mexican grandparents becoming part of our daily However, I did urge the subcommittee Americans in our own Armed Forces. lives. to conduct a complete examination of During World War II and the Korean Thus I am particularly pleased by ways that VA loan programs can be war, more Mexican Americans earned House approval Tuesday of a bill, of adapted to finance cost-effective alter­ the Congressional Medal of Honor (17 ) which I was a cosponsor, that would native energy systems on a routine basis, and other decorations for bravery than create a solar and renewable loan pro­ beyond the limits of a special loan pro­ any other single ethnic group. And more gram within the Small Business Admin­ gram. I think there is a need for the recently, during the Vietnam war, the istration

TABLE 3.-NIGHT RESTRICTIONS AT FOREIGN AIRPORTS

Ai1ht Enaine warm­ Ai1ht Enaine warm­ restrictions, up A~ run-up restrictions, up A/0 run-up ni1ht hours restrictions niaht hours restrictions

I Coolid1e IA, Sl John's Anti1ua •••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Ruahaffen-Hambur1 IA.1.Hambur1, Germany ••••••••••••••••••• X Jan Smuts IA, Johannesbor1, Republic of South Africa ______Stutt1att IA, Stutt1art, '"41rmany ••••••• ------·-····-~---·····------­ Dr. Albert Plesman IA, Curlel(!_l Netherlands, Antilles •••••••••• X X Timehri IA, East Bank Demorara1 Guyana ••••••••••-----·····------····----­ Princess Beatrix IA1 Aruba, Nemerlands, Antilles. __ •• ·--·-·····-____ •••••• __ Aeroport Francois Ou Valier, Port au Prince, Haiti.. •••••••••••• X Bahrain IA, State or Bahrain ••••••• ·------' DublinBelize IA,IA Belize,Dublin, HondurasIreland ______•••• ------X • X Melvourne IA, Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia •• ·------·······-·----·---- x 1 Perth IA, PerthA Western Australia ••••••••••••• ______x Shannon 1A, Limerick, lreland ••••-----···------···-----·-····------­ Alice Sprinp I , No~ffn Territory, Australia ••• ~------Ben Gurion IA, Ben Gurion Airport, Israel ••••••••••••••••••••• X Sldney (Kinpford-Sm1th) IA, Mascot. N.S.W., Australia ••••••••• X x Napoli Airpo~ N.a11oli, Italy ••.-~------············ Essendon Airport. North Essendon, Australia ••••••••••••••••••• X X Leonardo DaV1nc1, Roma-Fium1c1no, Italy ______X Santa Maria IA, Snata Maria, Azores, Portu1at. ______Osaka IAl Osaka, Japan ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• X • X Nassau IAT Nassau, Bahamas •••••• ______-·------•• ____ •• ______Nairobi IA, Nairobi. Kenya ••••• ------····--··------······-·-·-·-···-· X Dacca IA, ~~aon, Dacca-IS, Ban1ladesh. _------X Sinppore (Paya LebarJ, Sin1apore, Maylasia ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Cllpry IA, ~ary, Alberta, canada •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Rotterdam IAI Rotterdam, Netherlands •••••••••••••••••••••••• X X Wlnnif:1 I\ 1nnipecfj Manitoba, canada ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• X Christchurch A Christchurch, New Zealand ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• X Toron IA, oronto, ntario, canada ______X Las Mercedes IA,1 Manaqua, Nicaraqua •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Montreal (Dorval) IA, Dorval Providence of Quebec, canada ••••• X . x La1os/Murtala Muhammed, lkeja, Ni1eria ••••••••••• .: ••••••••••••••••••••••• Edmonton IAA Edmonton, Alberta, canada ______1 Hon1 Kon1 I :z. (Kai Taki, Kowloont Hon1 Kon1------X X s:rcm. :::..:::.nN~c;:a~:======·======:======· x·· -- ·· ·· · - · x Eldorado IA, ts010ta, Columbia, S."····------·· x Kristiansand IA, Kjevic, ~orway •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• X X Ernesto Cortisspz IA, Barranquilla, Columbia •••••••••• ------Stavan1er Airport. Sola, Norway •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Copenha1en Airport, Kastrup, Denmark ______X X Tocumen IA, Republic of Panama •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• X X Birmin1ham IA, Birmin1hamtUnited Kin1dom ______X Puerto Rico IA, San Juan, Puerto Rico •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• X Manchester IA, Manchester, nlland ••• ______, __ X X Khartoum Airport, Democratic Republic of Sudan ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Luton IA, LutonA Bedfordshire, Enatand •••• ------X X Stockholm-Arlanda IA, Stockholm; Sweden •••••••••••••••••••• X Bole IA, Addis baba, Ethiopia ••••••••• ______; ______Zurich IA, Zurich, Switzerland ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• X X Helsink1-Vantaa IA, Helsinki-Vantaa-Lento, Finland ••••••••••••• X X Aeror.ort de Geneve, Geneve, Switzerland ••••••••••••••••••••• X X Base -Mulhouse, Basel, Switzerland ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• X X BerlinBordeaux T'rl IA, IA,Merianac, Berlin, Germany"France ••• ______------x x Co101ne/ nn IAI Co101ne/Bonn, Germany ______X x Bremen (EDDWJ A, Bremen..c.Germany ______X X Dusseldorf IA, Dusseldorf '"41rmany. ______x X x 1 it-1f.tlif~t:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Frankfort/Main IA, Frankrort, West Germany ______X X Edinbur1h Airport, Edinbur1ht Scotland ••••••••••••••••••••••• X X Munich-Rian IA, Munich, Germany ______X X Vancouver IA, British Columbia, Canada •••••••••••••••••••••• X X Nurnbera IA, Numbera, Germany ______x SCbiphol Airport, Schiphol Airport, Netherlands •••••••••••••••• X

I Normally-doled it nllhL 12738 EXTENSIONS OP REMARKS May 4, 1978 TABLE 4.-POPULATION OF HEAVIEST IMPACTED AREAS AND DISTANCE FROM AIRPORT-FOREIGN AIRPORTS

Distance Population Distance Population

Jan Smuts Airport, Johannesbor1, Republic of South Africa ______1 km ______30.t,.~· Nurnber1 Airport, Nurnber1, Germany ______7 km ______1,000. Coolid1e IA, Sl John's, Anti1ua •• ------4 mi______5,uuu. Au1haffen Hambur1 Airport, Hambur1, Germany ______Not 1iven ••••• Not 1iven. Dr. Albert Plesman Airport, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles ______6 mi______21,.000 homes. Stutt1art Airport, Stutt1art. Germany ______do______Do. Princess Beatrix Airport, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles ______~ nmi______l:>,000. Timehri IA, East Bank Demorara, Guyana ______2 mi______20. Bahrain IA, State of Bahrain ••• ------2 mi______Not 11iven. Aeroport Francois Du Valier Port Au Prince, Haiti.______6 mi______!~· Melbourne Airport, Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia ______.______2~ mi. •••••• 10,000. Belize IA, Belize, Honduras •• ------~ mi______IIIJU. Perth Airport, Perth, Western Australia ••• ------~ ------At border _____ 30,000. Dublin Airport, Dublin, Ireland ______2 mi______35.t~· Alice Spnn1s Airport, Northern Territory, Australia ______9 mi. ______10. Shannon Airport, Limerick, Ireland ______1 mi______11,.~· Sydney (Kin1sford-Smith) Airport, Mascot, NSW, Australia •••••• At border _____ 140,640. Ben Gurion IA, Ben Gurion Airport, lsrae'------2-4 mi______2:iu,000. Essendon Airport, N. Essendont Australia ______do ______21!,i>!M) •. Napoli Airport,_N~poli, Ital~---:-:------2 km ______200,000. Santa Maria Airport, Santa Mana, Azores, Portuaaf.. ______Not 1iven ••••• l,:iuu. Leonardo Da Vine,, Roma-Fium,c,no, Italy ______5 km ______13,000. Nassau I Ai.Nassau, Bahamas ______------______do __ ------400. Osaka IA, Osaka, Japan ------Not 1iven _____ Not given. Dacca IA, 1tj1aon, Dacca-15, Ban&ladesh ______At border _____ 1125 million. Nairobi IA, Nairobi, Keny•------do______Do. Cal1ary IA, Cal11ry, Alberta, Canada ______3 mi______Not 1iven. Singapore IA, (Puya Lebarl, Singapore, Malaysia ______3-4 mi______60,000. Winnipe, IA'-W,nnipeJ, Manitoba, Canada ______At border _____ 500.t,.~· Rotterdam Airport, Rotterdam, Nethenands ______1 km ______750. Toronto A..l 1oronto, Ontario, Canada ______do______77,uuu. Schiphol Airport, Schiphol Airport, Netherlands ______At border.. ••• Not given. Montreal (uorvall IA, :>orvall Province of Quebec, Canada ______do ______200,000. Christchurch IA, Christchurch, New Zealand ______1~ mi.._____ Do. Edmonton IA, Edmonton, Aloertai.. Canada ______12 mi. ______15,000. Las Mercedes IA, Nanaqua, Nicaragua ______5 mi ______15,000. Vancouver IA, British Columbia, l;anada ______3 mi______43,500. Lagos/Murtala Muhammed, Ni1eri•------1-2 km ______50,000. Copenhaaen Airport, Kastrup, Denmark ______Not civen _____ Not aiven. Bergen Airport, Beraen; Norway ______Not 1iven _____ 300. Hon1 Kon1 lKai Tak) IA, Kowloon Hon1 Kon&------~ m1______200,000. Oslo IA. Fornebu, NorwaY------8 km ______Not given. El Dorado Airport, BoaotaL. Columoia,1 South America ______3 nmi.. ______500,000. Kristiansand Airport, Kjevic, Norway ______17 km ______5-'.i,000. Ernesto Cortissoz Airport, isarranquilla Colurnbia, South America. Not aiven. __ _ _ Not 1iven. Stavenger Airport, Sola, Norw•Y------13 km ______15,000. Birmin1ham Airport, Birminaham, United1 Kin1dom ______5.5 nmi. _____ 250.t~· Tocumen IA, Republic of Panama ______3 mi. ______10,000. Manchester IA, Manchester, Enaland ______At border _____ 40,uuu. Puerto Rico IA, San Juan, Puerto Rico ______~ nmi______8,000. Luton IA, Luton Bedfordshire, Entland ______do ______25,000. Stockholm-Arland• Airport, Stockholm, Sweden ______3 mi ______50. Bole. IA_. Addis A~aba, Ethiop_,a·:------3 km ______200210. Zurich Airport, Zurich..t Switzerland ______500 meters ••• 45,000. Helsink1-Vantaa Airport, Hels1nk1-Vantaa-Lento, Finland ______do ______40,uuu. Aeroport de Geneve, \ieneve, Switzerland ______4-5 km ______20,000. Basel-Mulhouse, Basel, Switzerland ______2 nmi.. ______20,000. BordeauxBerlin Teael IA, Airport, Meri1nac, Berlin, France·--- Germany------______('>------Within ______200,000.5,000. Bangkok IA, Bangkok, Thailand ______5 km ______40,000. ColoanefBonn Airport, Coloane/Bonn, Germany ______4-5 nmi.. ____ 2,000. Piarco ;A, Piarco Trinidad ______Not given _____ 50. Bremen EDDW Airport, Bremen, Germany ______2 nmi______600,000. Maiquetia IA, La 6uaira, Venezuela ______800 meters ___ 5,000. Dusseldorf Airport, Dusseldorf Germany ______At border__ ___ 9,000. PIJO Pago IA, American Samoa ______~2 mi. ______2,800. 1 Frankfort/Main Airport, Frank,ort, West Germany ______2 nmi______53,000. Edinburgh IA, Edinburgh, Scotland •• ------~ mi______Not given. Munich-Rien Airport, Munich, Germany ______2 mi. ______61,000. Khartoum Airport Democratic Republic of Sudan._------Within._----- 3,000.

1 Center of city, 7 miles.

PAC'S AND PUBLIC FINANCING thing. As a COmmon Cause spokesman notes, resent. I am familiar with his record the money PACs glve "ls of an investment and his reputation and I can assure you nature; they're investing in power." that Wisconsin-and the country-has HON. WILLIAM LFJIMAN Even House Speaker Tip O'Nelll-not lost a noble citizen. OF FLORmA noted for hls dedlcatlon to reform-has ex­ pressed concern. "I worry about thls O>n­ A former teacher, school principal, IN THE HOUSE OF REPR&':JENTATIVF.S gress lf the PACs keep going crazy llke thls," lawyer, and district attorney, Mr. Steven­ Thursday, May 4, 1978 he declared shortly after the PACs ganged son served his community and his State up to help klll publlc financing of election with integrity and diligence for almost - • Mr. LEHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am in­ campaigns. cluding in the RzcoRD an editorial which we share the concern over the role that half a century. He served as a Member appeared on April 22 in the Miami contrlbutlons play in congressslonal deci­ of this Chamber during the most turbu­ Herald. sion-making, whether the PACs giving the lent years in the Nation's history. Mr. I share the Herald's concern a.bout money are corporate or unit>n. Stevenson was a solid and unassuming the interaction of campaign contribu­ Moreover, the concern grows as we see man, who preferred the certainty of qulet tions and congressional decisionmaking. evidence that the PACs of all kinds are be­ achievement to the lure of public ap­ coming more sophisticated in channeling plause. In 1949 he retired to private prac­ Political action committees are proving their funds to congressmen whose commit­ to be Just a more sophisticated form of tee assignments place them in a position to tice in the community he had served so influence buying. do the d.bnor some good. long. Public :flnancing of congressional The remedy, as we see lt, ls twofold: For There is neither room here nor need to campaigns would eliminate this danger now, complete disclosure of all contributions list all of Mr. Stevenson's contributions of undue influence. Members of Con­ ls a must. For the long run, publlc financing as a public servant. His value to his com­ of congressional campaigns should be tried. munity and his State may be measured gress would be freed from the unseemly Public financing wl1l cost taxpa.yers some obligations that accompany large con­ money, but It may well tum out tt> be a in part by the number of friends and tributions. They would instead be able bargain compared wlth government by neighbors and former colleagues who r to concentrate on doing their best for all PAC.e now mourn his passing.• their constituents and for the country as a whole. The editorial follows: OBITUARY FOR THE HONORABLE WILLIAM STEVENSON, FORMER SOME FACTUAL INFORMATION ON CAMPAIGNS MUSTN'T RUN WrrH PAC MEMBER OF THE HOUSE The rapld growth t>f corporate "Polltlcal SOLAR ENERGY Action Committees" (PACs) bes.rs watching. Just since 1974, they've prollferated to 566 HON. ALVIN BALDUS from 89, and their contrlbutlons to candi­ HON. MIKE McCORMACK OF WISCONSIN dates in 1976 topped $6.7 mllllon. OF WASHINGTON The corporate PACs are modeled after IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVF.S slmllar groups maintained by many of the Thursday, May 4, 1978 nation's labor unions. Those unlt>n PACs Thursday, May 4, 1978 actually contributed sllghtly more money • Mr. BALDUS. Mr. Speaker, I would during the 1976 campaign, but the corporate like to take this opportunity to honor the e Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I am PACs have been growing much fast.er, wlth memory of one of our former colleagues, inserting herewith in the RECORD factual 58 new ones thus far this year alone. the Honorable William Stevenson, who information on congressional accom­ Some observers believe the growth of cor­ represented the Third District of Wis­ plishments with respect to solar energy, porate PACs may be a good thing. At least consin in this Chamber from 1941 to and to provide the Members with facts their ct>ntributions are aboveboard, unlike 1949, and who died recently at the ven­ that may be of value in reporting to con­ some past corporate practices of giving se­ stituents, or in making speeches or an­ cretly or disguising contributions as hono­ erable age of 86. rarla for speaking appearances by favored Although I never had the privilege of swering questions about our progress on, congressmen. knowing Mr. Stevenson personally, I feel and the prospects of solar energy. But the explosive growth of corporate a special kinship with him, for he repre­ Again this year, the Committee on Sci­ PACs could prove to be tt>o much of a good sented the same district that I now rep- ence and Technology has taken the lead_ May 4, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12739 in maintaining unusual aggressive, but only $341.5 mlllion for solar energy re­ tion and solar installations on Federal fiscally and technologically responsible, search, development, and demonstra­ buildings.> solar energy research, development, and tion fiscal year 1979-an actual reduc­ The Science and Technology Commit­ tee has increased the authorization demonstration programs, providing tion in existing programs. (In addition, levels for solar energy research, develop­ maximum feasible support for each solar the administration requested $26.9 mil­ ment, and demonstration by $134.7 mil­ energy technology. lion for bioconversion programs and lion (and bioconversion by $25.7 mlllion> This year, the administration requested $28.4 m1llion for solar commercializa- as shown below.

SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION (In millions of dollars)

Fiscal year Fiscal year Science and Fiscal rear Fiscal rear Science and 1974 1978 Fiscal year ·Technolo1Y Total 974 978 Fiscal year Technolo1Y Total actual estimated 1979 admln. Committee committee actual estimated 1979 admin. Committee committee obli1ations obli1ations auth. req. action auth. obli1ations obli1ations auth. req. action auth.

Hatin1 and coolin1 includ- Ocean thermal conversion .•. 0 36.5 33.2 +28.9 62.1 in1 a1riculture and in· Other pro1rams ••...... •.. 0 10.8 14.1 0 14.1 dus~ process heaL ...•• 3.3 106.3 81.1 +36.5 117.6 Therma electric production •• 1. 7 107.8 96.3 +.1 96.4 Total solar ener1Y •••• 7.6 3n.8 341.5 +134.7 476.2 Wind enerp .•..••••••.•••• 1.2 37.6 40.7 +20.0 60. 7 Bioconversion •• ___ ••••••••• .2 23.9 26.9 +25.7 52.6 Photovoltarcs. ···.------·- 1.4 78.8 76.1 +49.2 125.3

You will see that there has been phe­ If the cost goals can be met, the twenty direct combustion of wood residues, and in nomenal growth in all solar energy re­ generating plants would require an invest­ gasification and liquefaction of various or­ ment of about $1.3 b1111on. Their energy con­ ganic materials. If by the end of the cen­ search, development and demonstration tribution would be the equivalent of about tury we can convert 50% of our waste ma­ programs-6,700 percent in just 5 years; 15 thousand barrels of oil per day with po­ terials into liquid and gaseous fuels or into and a 43 ·percent increase this year over tential fuel savings worth $100 m1111on per usable heat, this will be equivalent to about the administration's request. This is year. one m1111on barrels of oil per day, worth consistent with committee and congres­ 3. Wind Energy. Wind energy ls created as about $5.5 b1111on per year. sional policy to bring energy technol­ a result of the sun's interaction with the To summarlY.e: ogies to the point where commercializa­ atmosphere. A 100 kilowatt wind generator With continued generous funding for solar tion can occur, when and if it is econom­ has been operating at Sandusky, Ohio for energy research, development and demon­ many months and a new 200 kllowatt gen­ stration, we may, if we are extremely fortu­ ically competitive. erator has Just gone into operation at Clay­ nate, produce 3% to 5% of our total energy Some highlights of progress on solar · ton, New Mexico. A 2 megawatt installation demand from solar energy, including blo­ energy research, development and dem­ ls under construction at Boone, North Caro­ converslon, by the year 2000. This ls equiva­ onstration, as initiated by the Science lina. Several other large wind generators will lent to about 2.5 m1111on barrels of oil per and Technology Committee, are listed be in operation soon and many small wind day. At todays price of e15 per barrel de­ below. generators are being tested. livered, the contribution of solar energy 'in 1. Solar Heating and Coollng: The solar If we can get 100 very large (2 megawatts the year 2000, will at today's prices be w9rth heating and hot water phase of the Solar each) and 100,000 small (1 kilowatt each) almost e14 b1111on per year. Heating and Cooling Demonstration program wind generators in operation by the year Solar won't solve our energy problems dur­ ls already a sparkling success, of which we 2000, they wm produce the equivalent of ing this century, and even optlmlstlc pro­ can all be proud. More than 7,000 individual about 5 thousand barrels of oil per day, hav­ jections for solar production won't reduce residences are now equipped ( or being ing a potential fuel savlngs worth $35 mil­ the critical demand for clean synthetic fuels equipped) with solar heating or solar hot llon per year. If cost goals are met, the total from coal, and expanded nuclear energy water systems or both, and more than 1,300 cost for these machines would be about $500 production. industrial fac111tles and commercial and m1111on. Nevertheless, the contribution that solar publlc buildings are ( or soon wm be) on 4. Photovoltalcs: This technology involves energy can make ls worth celebrating, and solar energy for process heat, space heating, arrays of solar cells, which convert sunllght we should continue with the aggressive sup­ hot water, and, in a few cases, solar energy directly into electricity, (such as are used for port for solar energy research, development used for coollng. "solar panels" on space satemtes). Technical and demonstration, as set forth in the solar Testing and monitoring of these demon­ options that are now being developed in­ programs establlshed by the Committee on stration units wm continue during the next clude single-crystal fl.at plate arrays, con­ Science and Technology·• 5 years, and additional emphasis will be centrating systems and advanced material/ placed on developing solar cooling systems. thin film arrays. We expect to bring at least 2,000 combined A photovoltaic irrigation experiment using solar heating and coollng demonstration a flat plate system ls operating successfully ANTOINE'M'E SLOVIK units on the llne during this period, provided in Mead, Nebraska and a grant for a photo­ that rellable and competitive solar coollng voltaic system has been awarded to Missis­ systems for individual residences can be de­ sippi Community College in Blythevme, HON. OLIN E. TEAGUE veloped. Arkansas. OJ' TEXAS The goal of our new photovoltaic b111 (HR IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVF.S The President has called for 1nsta111ng solar . 10830) ls to achieve an annual production systems in 2.5 mllllon residences by 1985. Our of 2,000 peak megawatts of generating capac­ Thursday, May 4, 1978 goal should be to have 15 m1111on residences ity within ten years. Jf this can be accom­ equipped with solar heating, hot water and pllshed at competitive costs, then the system e Mr. TEAGUE. Mr. Sneaker, Members coollng by the year 2000. This will provide may grow to 20,000 peak megawatts on line will recall that there is pending before the equivalent of about one m1111on barrels by the end of the century, at a cost of roughly the Subcommittee on Administrative of on per day, about 2 % of total energy con­ '20 bllllon (1978 dollars). The energy thus Law and Governmental Relations of the sumption at that time. produced would be the equivalent of about Committee on the Judiciary a bill, H.R. If we assume the average installed cost 200 thousand barrels of oil per day. which 9114, which pronoses to pay the sum of of solar units to be $10,000 per residence. the at today's prices ls worth about $1 b1111on $70,000 to Antoinette Slovik, the widow total Investment for 15 m1111on residences per year. of private Eddie Slovik who was executed will be $150 b1111on. At today's world price 5. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: This of on, the potential savings in full will be technology ls focused on the development in World War II for desertion. This worth about $5.5 bllllon per year. of floating power plants for converting ocean measure has been endorsed by the Presi­ 2. ~ermal Electric Production: A 10 mega­ thermal energy to electricity, for either trans­ dent in a press conference and the Vet­ watt solar thermal electric generating plant mission to on-shore ut111ty grids or for ship­ erans' Administration has formally ap­ ls now being constructed near Barstow, Call­ board production of energy intensive prod­ proved the proposal. fornia. It will be in operation within three ucts such as hydrogen, ammonia and alumi­ For those of us who are opposed to this years. num. We hope to have several such systems If we can get twenty 50 megawatt thermal in operation before the end of the century, matter on philosophic as well as other electric power plants on the line by the year and we expect OTEC to make a measurable bases, the compilation which the Vet­ 2000, they will generate electricity at the contribution to our nations energy produc­ erans' Administration has made at my rate of 1,000 megawatts, when the sun ls tion durtn!? the next century. request showing the amount of money shining. 6. Bioconversion: Projects are underway in Mrs. Slovik would have received if Pri- CXXIV--802-Part 10 12740 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 4, 1978 vate Slovik's national service life in­ dren, Judy, Fred, Paul, Lucy and I have about creases. However, property taxes, rather surance had been paid at the time of his our mother. Everything about her centers than decreasing. in magnitude, increase around the fact that she 1s a giving lady. She death and the amount she would have always expresses her concern and love for as property values are driven up by in­ received from death compensation and others by her involvement in people and in· flation. As a result, senior citizens who dependency and indemnity compensa­ stltutions within the community. Mother be­ have resided in their houses for many tion ls more than of casual interest. By lieves that caring ls an everyday thing and years, but do not possess sufficient funds a strange coincidence, the $70,000 au­ that people are more important than any­ to pay property taxes, may have to sell thorized by H.R. 9114 is $909.27 less than thing else in the world. She always finds their homes. This situation could be im­ that which she would have received if something good in everyone-even those who proved by implementing a property tax Private SlovUt's service had been honor­ others feel are totally hopeless and impos­ relief program. able and he had died under honorable sible people. Mother 1s a woman of few words. By her The legislation I introduced yesterday conditions. The report provided me by example she taught us valuable concepts on would permit senior citizens to pay their the Veterans' Administration is as which to bulld our lives. Some of the values property taxes from the equity in their follows: that she inst111ed in us as children were as homes, built up over many years of Showing the amount of money Mrs. Slovik follows: faithful mortgage payment. would have received if Private Slovik's Na­ 1. First and foremost she taught us to take Under this act, the Federal Govern­ tional service Life Insurance had been paid pride in ourselves and by doing this we not at the time of his death and the amount she only respect ourselves, but we have a respect ment would pay local property taxes for would have received from Death Compensa­ for others. the elderly as they become due. In ex­ tion and DIC. 2. Mother demonstrated how to strive and change, a lien would be placed against With regard to insurance, if he had died persevere-that there 1s never a mountain up to 90 percent of the homeowner's under circumstances that would have re­ that cannot be climbed and that one must equity. These payments would amount to sulted in the payment of his National service accept the challenges of climbing that moun­ interest-free loans which would be re­ L1te Insurance policy, his widow, .Antoinette tain in life, even if we are unsure of how we paid from the estate of the senior citi­ 81Qv1k, would have received eH,925.00 as of will get there. March 1978. zens or upon sale of the property prior The figure of •14,926.00 1s based on the fol­ 3. She taught us the value of prayer. Mom to death. Under this system, the only lowing: showed us how to talk to God and to depend on him to assist us through llfe. cost to the Federal Government would Date of Death: January 31, 1945. be the imputed interest on the loan. In Birthday of Widow: 'March 13, 1915, mak­ 4. She pointed out the value of institutions addition, there would be small adminis­ ing her 29 years old at the time of Private such as marriage, the church and school­ Slovik's death. that these are tools to help us live a happier trative costs accepted by the several Law requires payments to be made in and better life. States. monthly installments of '37.50 each for life 5. Mother ls not afraid to make decisions The approach embodied in this pro­ with 267 installments guaranteed. As of and stand by them, therefore we also learned gram has numerous advantages. It March 1978, 398 installments would have to be C,.eclsive by the example she set for us. achieves the desired end of property tax come due. Lump sum payments were not au­ At this point, I would llke to make some relief through leveraging Federal ex­ thorized at that time. comments about our mother in the Nevels The calculations for Death Compensation home. Not only ls our mother successful penditures many times over. It is volun­ and DIC are as follows: within the community but she Js a very suc­ tary for the States and for the individual Had Private Slovlk died in service in line cessful parent. She and my father are very participants. No State ls obliged to adopt of duty, his widow would have been entitled supportive of us. such a program, although most States to the following benetfls: Mother is a good listener; we can always go have already adopted some property tax Death Compensation: January 1, 1946 to to her and discuss our problems. In fact, relief for their elderly citizens. This bill December 31, 1956--tl0,264.00. when we were children sometimes we would was not written with the intention of Dependency and Indemnity Compensa­ all talk at the same time. Mother would tion: January 1, 1957 to February 28, 1978- listen quietly and attentively. · replacing existing State programs. '40,050.27. Mother was never afraid to discipline us. On the contrary, I hope that this pro­ Public Law 90-631, etrectlve December 1, She and my Father always stood together gram will provide a nationwide supple­ 1968, amended Chapter 35, Tltle 38, to in­ in decisions about us. Consequently, there ment to State programs, at a mlnlmum clude educational benefits for widows of vet­ was consistency, continuity and stabllity in cost to both the State and Federal gov­ erans who died in service. Private Slovlk's our home. ernments. Senior citizens would remain widow would have been entitled to receive The last point that I will make about the following amounts: mother ls that she has achieved to a great free to sell their homes if they wish. But Chapter 35 Educational Benefits: Decem­ extent the goals that many people are striv­ now the option to continue life in the ber 1, 1968 to January 31, 1970--el,820; Feb· ing for today-a sense of identity and pur­ home they have worked so hard to buy ruary 1, 1970 to November 30, 1971--.S,860; pose in llfe. will be available without unreasonable total, ,5,670. Because . of the honor you have bestowed or impossible sacriftce. The above benefits totaled e65,984.2'7.e upon our Mother, you have truly given us an The low cost and simplicity of such a opportunity to express to our mother why we love and respect her so much.e program are self-evident. That such a program could allow senior citizens the freedom to retain their property in spite NEBRASKA MOTHER OF THE YEAR of high property taxes should demand CITIZENS' PROPERTY TAX RELIEF attention from any member with concern HON.CHARLES THONE ACT OF 1978 for the aged.• · or :NDBASKA IN TBB BOUSJ: OP REPRESENTATIVES HON.ANDREW MAGUIRE Thursda11. Ma11 4, 1978 or NEW .JEJUD:Y O. KEITH FUNK HONORED BY • Mr. THONE. Mr. Speaker, on April 19, IN THE HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVJ!'S BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 1978, one of Nebraska's truly outstan

will have $250 billion in foreign reserves by come "world assets": In effect, they would through 1974. Three additional current per­ 1980. be canceled and everyone would start over sonal involvements take what free time Mr. But what can they do with the money? again at square one. Obviously those who Bishop may have from his business and per7 Some is invested in the economic infrastruc­ hold dollars, sterling, or LDC paper are not sonal life; serving as trustee of the New ture and industrial plant of their nations. overly enthusiastic about this approach. Rochelle Boys Club, vice president of the Some goes for conspicuous consumption ·of All of the banking measures and pollti.cal New Rochelle Development Council and luxury goods. Quite a bit ls spent for arms maneuvers are clearly only stopgaps. The member of the New Rochelle YMCA Presi­ purchases from the United States-pur­ basic reality is that the Pax Americana has dent's Advisory Committee. chases that the Carter Administration can run its course but that no alternative has not or will not terminate for fear of suffer­ emerged to exert the kind of discipline needed In continuing to outline Mr. Bishop's ing a retaliatory increase in petroleum if the international economic order is to areas of community involvement, Ms. prices. remain at even keel. Haas pointed to Mr. Bishop's member­ But billions of dollars are left unspent Unless the nations of the world choose to ship in the Men's Club of the Holy Fam­ each year, and the o:.ily place to put them­ resolve their problems in a futile war that ily Church, the New Rochelle Knights of since they obviously can not be invested will destroy them all, the logic points inex­ Columbus and the New Rochelle Hospital in the Soviet bloc and since the OPEC states orably to the formation of a genuine inter­ Medical Center. "We feel," Ms. Haas do not have the industrial wherewithal to national political compact-one that encom­ invest in developing countries-is in the passes international planning to husband dated, "that this year's recipient pos­ West. dwindling world resources and divide income sesses and executes the level and quality That provokes other problems and other and wealth equitably among people and na­ of sustained leadership that has and will sources of world friction. The United States tions. Without a world plan in which the continue to help mold the quality of life wants to receive petro-dollars from OPEC motivation for economic development is hu­ in the greater New Rochelle area." states to absorb part of the U.S. ba.lance-of­ man need rather than corporate profit, the Mr. Thomas Fanelli stated: pa.yments deficit. But it certainly does not present crisis wlll endure.e The community as a whole owes Mr. James want those funds used to buy out General Bishop a most sincere thanks for his efforts Motors or Exxon or the Chase Manhattan on their behalf. It is the distinct pleasure of Bank. Nor does it want too many oil dollars the New Rochelle YMCA on behalf of the placed in bank accounts to be withdrawn at TRIBUTE TO JAMES K. BISHOP greater New Rochelle area to recognize Mr. will; a sudden withdrawal would cause a Bishop for his truly outstanding service to run on those banks. the greater New Rochelle area.e So far, the oil countries have been per­ HON. RICHARD L. OTTINGER suaded to put a major share of their surplus OF NEW YORK funds in special nonmarketable U.S. Treasury IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bills. Tl'lis allows petrodollars to be recycled WHAT THE PRESIDENT AND CON­ with the least impact while easing, to some Thursday, May 4, 1978 extent, the U.S. balance-of-p':l.yments GRESS MUST DO TO STOP INFLA­ problem. The difficultv is that the added e Mr. OTTINGER. Mr. Speaker, I am TION NOW funds ultimately find their way into private pleased to announce that James K. Bish­ banking channels and, through those big op of New Rochelle, N.Y. has been se­ banks, into tbe world economy as loans, lecred as this year's recipient of the New HON. ELDON RUDD including loans to LDCs. It is a vicious circle, Rochelle YMCA "Outstanding Citizen OF ARIZONA and nobody knows how to break out of it. Award." Mr. Bishop will receive this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES What we do know is that the international economic order fashioned under the Pax award at the New Rochelle YMCA an­ Thursday, May 4, 1978 Americana grows more fragile day by day, nual dinner and meeting on Monday • Mr. RUDD. Mr. Speaker, the .Ameri­ a.nd that the political sta•· llity it has sus­ evening, May 8 at the Beach and Tennis can people have known for a long time t:l.ined for two decades ls also crumbling. We Club in New Rochelle. that inflation is our Nation's No. 1 have what Michael Hudson, a percentlve Heading this year's selection commit­ problem. writer who used to work for Chase Man­ tee are Mr. Thomas Fanelli, Sr., presi­ hattan and Continental 011, calls a "global Now that the President has acknowl­ dent of the New Rochelle YMCA and Ms. edged the problem-a necessary begin­ fracture": Tnstead of a reasonably disciplined EveJyn Haas, second vice president and global system, it threatens to fragment into ning before the Federal Government can regional or even national entlt.ies. Thv com­ chairperson of the public relations com­ work to stop inflation-what do the mitment to free trade is being abandoned, mittee for the New Rochelle Y. President and Congress proposed to do and the new cry ls for protectionism. The In selecting Mr. Bishop as this year's about it? foundatio:c. of the postw'l.r international recipient, Ms. Haas stated: To his credit, the President has prom­ money system-the dollar-is "floating," It is not often that we find a man, such ised to veto bills passed by Congress mostly float.Ing downward, with severe con­ as James K. Bishop, who has continued to that he considers to be inflationary. As se01~ences for world trade. give of himself for the benefit of the Greater The United States is not totally helpless in New Rochelle Area over such a sustained a Member of Congress who has consist­ this state of affairs: It still can exert im­ period. Mr. James K. Bishop is a director, ently voted against such bills, but which portant levers of power-its military forces, vice president and general manager of Plunk­ have nonetheless been passed by the ma­ its great industrial potential, its enormous ett-Webster Lumber Co., Inc., and has been jority, I recognize that the President will purchasing capacity, and, not least, its posi­ a resident of New Rochelle since 1936. Tn the need to exercise that veto often if he tion as the world's leading exporter of grain. 42 years that James K. Bishop has served keeps his promise to the American As a. CIA report put it in August 1974, "The our greater New Rochelle area, his leadership people. U.S. now provides nearly three-fourths of has been felt in such widely diverse areas STOP FEDERAL DEFICITS the world's net grain exports, and its role is as director of the New Rochelle Community almost certain to grow over the next several Chest and its president from 1961 to 1962, I am cosponsoring legi~lation to end decades." Despite this immense power, how­ chairman of the Agency Relations Commit­ Federal deficitc; and require a balanced ever, American leverage is declining; it no tee from 1962-64 and is currently a member Federal budget (H.J. Res. 188). longer suffices to enforce the discipline of of a United Way of Westchester Agency Eval­ Congress must stop enacting, or the Pax Americana. uation Team. President must veto. legislation that will In these circumstances. the nations of the Mr. Bishop is a past member of the Presi­ put the Federal budget over anticipated world are bound to seek realignment. The dent's Advisory Board c! the College of New tax revenues. The estimated level of next Common Market nations of Western Eurooe, Rochelle. He has served as a member of the for instance, would like to make a deal with executive board of the Hutchinson River year's Federal budget is already about the ftra.b co11ntrles that wo,•1d reduce their Council of Boy Scouts, beginning his scout $575 billion. whkh will add another $70 dependence on the United States. And it is activities as a troop leader and serving as billion or ~80 billion deficit to our $777 quite possible that Japan may once again vice pre"ident of the council from 1959-1963, billion national debt. try to establish an Asian community of na­ a.nd chairman of the Special Council Study This national debt has to be financed tions encomoassing China. and separate from Committee from 1960-1961. Mr. Bishop also by the Federal Government each year. Washington's "free world." was a member from 1942-1967 of the New This is done by selling U.S. Treasury At the same time, the United States is Rochelle Lions Club where he served ac; presi­ striving for a new world banking system that dent from 1948-1949. He served the New notes and issuing bonds, which takes would transfer the dollar "overhang" ( along Rochelle school district from 1962 to 1970 dollars out of circulation that would with the LDC debt and the British debt) from and was the president of the schf)ol board otherwise be available for investment in one central bank to another-but never allow from 1964-1970. The New Rochelle Day Nurs­ job-creating economic expansion, and in­ the debt to come back to the debtor for re­ erv selected Mr. Bishop to serve on its board dividual and corporate borrowing to gen­ demption. In this way, the debts would be- of directors and elected him president in 1972 erate other economic growth. May 4, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 12749 Interest alone on the Federal Govern­ pital facilities; expanding the regulatory STOP CATERING TO ORGANIZED LABOR BOSSES ment's current national debt is $55.4 bil­ jurisdiction of such agencies as the Fed­ Some of the most inflationary legisla­ lion a year, the fourth highest item in eral Trade Commission, Food and Drug tion considered by the current Congress the entire Federal budget. This is more Administration, Equal Employment Op­ has been demanded by the bosses of than the Federal Government spends to portunities Commission, Environmental organized labor. support all research and development, Protection Agency, and Occupational The administration and the majority agriculture, health programs, and most Safety and Health Administration. in Congress went along with the labor other efforts. I also oppose the proposed multi-mil­ bosses' demand for the largest increase This annual interest on the national lion dollar gun control registration in the minimum wage in our country's debt costs each and every taxpayer an scheme of the Bureau of Alcohol, To­ history, an increase from $2.30 an hour average of $423.22 per year, which does bacco and Firearms. I have sponsored to 3.35 an hour over a 3-year period. This nothing to pay off the principal that legislation (H. Con. Res. 578) to dis­ will have a staggering inflationary im­ keeps going up as Congress indulges in approve these proposed BATF regula­ pact on our economy, forcing up prices more and more vote-buying deficit tions. They are inflationary, and a viola­ in every area. spending. tion of Constitutional rights of law­ Congress refused to accept my amend­ I hope for passage of House Joint Reso­ abiding citizens. ment exempting young people between lution 188 to stop this deficit spending LIMIT GOVE'RNMENT SOCIAL PROGRAMS the ages of 16 and 19 from the minimum But realistically I recognize that this will Medicare, medicaid, the Federal food wage. This would have provided mil­ not happen until the liberal majority in stamo program, and other Government lions of young people with needed em­ Congress has been replaced by fiscally social programs are examples of special ployment, instead of pricing them out of responsible legislators who will not ap­ programs that have an inflationary im­ the labor market and creating more rea­ prove every program demanded by in­ pact. son for them to be frustrated with our terest groups seeking a larger share of Whatever their social merits, these system. My Youth Opportunities Act, to the people's earnings through Federal programs which were designed to aid the exempt young people from this unreason­ programs. 1 poor and the elderly have resulted in able minimum wage (H.R. 8649) is still If Congress will not be responsible, and higher costs for everyone. This happens pending before Congress. stop deficit spending that causes infla­ because the programs make more money Other inflationary legislation de­ tion, the President will have to honor his available for doctors' bills and food with­ manded by organized labor which I op­ promise to the American people by wield­ out doing much to increase the number pose includes the so-called common situs ing a heavy veto stamp on inflationary of doctors or the amount of food pro­ picketing bill, cargo preference, and bills legislation, no matter what it is. duction. Also, doctors generally charge to apply the Davis-Bacon Act, requiring There are other cures for inflation that the maximum fee allowed when bills are payment of the prevailing union wages the President and Congress must support. paid through medicare or medicaid. on all Government contracts, to profes­ END GOVERNMENT OVER-REGULATION I believe that the Federal Government sionals, engineers, and others. Government regulation of business must reduce and restrict these programs STOP TAX INCREASES has increased immensely in recent years, to the truly needy, to reduce their infla­ I oppose all efforts by the administra­ imposing a burden on taxpayers who tionary impact. In addition, I opposed tion and Congress to increase taxes to must fund the regulatory agencies, on the recent $227 billion social security tax discourage energy use, rather than cre­ consumers who must pay higher prices increase, which was the largest and most ating incentives to increase energy pro­ because of production cost increases, and inflationary single tax increase in our duction. on businessmen who must absorb at Nation's history. Increased energy taxes are highly in­ least some of the increased costs. The Federal Government should stop flationary, and completely contradict This avalanche of Government regu­ trying to redistribute the people's income the President's stated opposition to legis­ lations keeps pouring out of Washington with every new or enlarged program, es­ lative or regulatory acts that will in­ on a daily basis. pecially in the welfare area. These pro­ crease costs and prices for the American Studies at the University of Washing­ grams are tremendously inflationary, and people. ton in St. Louis have estimated that the discourage self-reliance and work which I support an energy program aimed at cost imposed on the American people by are the cornerstones of our productive encouraging new energy exploration and Federal regulation totaled at least $65.5 enterprise system. · development, ratJier than one that will billion in 1976, $79.1 billion in 1977, and STOP INCREASING PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT impose a host of new taxes upon the is estimated to cost $96.7 billion this year Congress must stop transferring em­ citizenry. The taxes proposed in the ad­ and $102.7 billion in 1979. ployment from the private to the public ministration·s energy package would cost Again, these Government-mandated sectors through increased public employ­ the people a minimum of $100 billion per cost increases are generally passed on to ment programs. year by 1985. the consumer in the form of higher Legislation such as the Comprehensive The administration should also stop price3, and are therefore a principal Employment and Training Act