May 16, 1977 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 14777 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Monday, May 16, 1977 The House met at 12 o'clock noon. The message also announced that the state compact between the States of Tex­ Senate agreed to the House amendment as and LoUisiana. The compact proVided with an amendment to the foregoing con­ that those States could equitably appor­ DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER current resolution. tion the water of the Sabine River and its PRO TEMPORE The message also announced that the tributaries between them (Public Law The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Senate agrees to the amendment of the 83-578, 68 Stat. 690). BRADEMAs) laid before the House the House with amendments to a bill of the The amendment provided for in this following communication from the Senate of the following title: "An act to bill has been approved by both States. Speaker: authorize appropriations to the Energy The legislature of the State of Texas WASlilNGTON, D.C., Research and Development Administra­ adopted the amendment on June 12, 1973, May 16, 1977. tion in accordance with section 261 of and the LoUisiana Legislature followed I hereby designate the Honorable JOHN the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as suit on July 12, 1974. BRADEMAS to act as Speaker pro tempore for 305 today. amended, section of the Energy Reor­ The amendment would strike the last ganization Act of 1974, and section 16 of THOMAS P. O 'NEILL, Jr., paragraph of the preamble to the exist.. Speaker of the House of Representatives. the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research ing compact, which reads: and Development Act of 1974, and for It is recognized that pollution abatement other purposes." and salt water intrusion are problems which PRAYER The message also announced that the are of concern to the States of Louisiana a.nd Senate had passed bills of the following Texas, but inasmuch as this compact ls lim­ The Chaplain, Rev. Edward G. Latch, titles, in which the concurrence of the ited to the equitable apportionment of the D.D., otrered the following prayer: waters of the Sabine River and its tributaries House is requested: between the States of Louisiana. e.nd Texas, Be doers of the word and not hearers S. 425. An act to authorize the President only.-James 1: 22. this compact does not underta.ke the solution o! the United States to present on beha.1! o! those problems. O God and F'ather of us all, fit us for o! the Congress a specially struck gold medal the duties of this day and this week by to Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker, United Thus, under the provisions of the com­ bringing us closer to you that forgetting States Air Force (retired); pact, the two States are prohibited from ourselves in an earnest desire to do good S. 810. An a.ct granting an extension of pa.t­ taking joint action to solve the problems ent to the United Daughters of the Confed­ excluded from the compact by that para­ things for a great people we may demon­ eracy; strate the value of our democratic spirit. graph. The States and the authorities S. 853. An act to extend the Defense Pro­ acting under the compact have expressed Renew our faith, restore our courage, duction Act of 1950, as amended; and release our enthusiasm, and revive our S. 1474. An act to authorize certain con­ a desire to attack the problems of pol­ concern for what is right that we may struction at military installations, and for lution and saline intrusion at a State not only work for it but even more may other purposes. level, rather than rely heavily upon Fed­ want to work for it until our life's end. eral action. They are anxious to remove Thus may we choose wisely, speak softly, the technical obstacle posed by its lan­ and act nobly, that good may come to CONSENT CALENDAR guage. If the amendment is consented our Nation and to all mankind; for to, each State would be able to use an ap­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is propriate governmental body already in Thine is the kingdom and the power and Consent Calendar day. The Clerk will the glory forever. Amen. existence with established expertise ca­ call the first bill on the Consent Calendar. pable of seeking solutions to those problems. Based on its study of the amendments THE JOURNAL SABINE RIVER COMPACT adopted by the respective State legisla­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair AMENDMENT tures and the testimony received by the Subcommittee on Administrative Law has examined the Journal of the last The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 1551) day's proceedings and announces to the and Governmental Relations, it is clear granting the consent of Congress to an that the amendment will accomplish this House his approval thereof. amendment to the Sabine River compact Without objection, the Journal stands purpose. Its purpose is wholly consistent entered into by the States of Texas and with recent Federal legislation which was approved. Louisiana. There was no objection. enacted to encourage States to combine There being no objection, the Clerk their efforts to combat water pollution read the bill, a-s follows: wherever possible. H.R. 1551 The Congressional Budget Office in its MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE Be it enacted by the Senate and House report to the committee on the bill has A message from the Senate by Mr. of Reprt;sentatives of the United States of stated that it has reviewed the matter America in Congress assembled, That the and concluded that no additional cost to Sparrow, one of its clerks, announced consent of Congress is given to an amend­ that the Senate had passed with an ment to the Sabine River Compact (68 Stat. the Government would be incurred as the amendment in which the concurrence of 690) entered into by the State of Texas and result of the enactment of this bill. the House is requested, a bill of the Louisiana, which amendment strikes out the At a hearing held on this bill on March House of the following title: la.st paragraph of the preamble to such com­ 'l, 1977, a statement presented in behalf H.R. 4088. An act to authorize appropria­ pact. of the Environmental Protective Agency tions to the National Aeronautics and Space SEc. 2. The right to amend or repeal the stated that the agency concluded that Administration for research and develop­ first section of this Act is expressly reserved. this bill in making it possible for the Sa­ ment, construction of facilities, and research Mr. DANmLSON. Mr. Speaker, the bill bine River Compact Administration to and program management, and for other exercise its authorities in the areas of purposes. H.R. 1551 grants the consent of Congress to an amendment to the Sabine River water rights apportionment and water The message also announced that the Compact, between the States of Texas resources conversation planning so as to Senate agrees to the report of the com­ and Louisiana. By striking the last para­ further the objectives of salinity control mittee of conference on the disagreeing graph of the preamble of the compact, and pollution control is generally con­ votes of the two Houses on the amend­ the amendment permits the Sabine Riv­ sistent with the purposes of section 103 ments of the House to the concurrent er authorities to handle the problems of of the Federal Water Pollution Control resolution CS. Con. Res. 19) entitled "A pollution abatement and saline intru­ Act, which encourages "compacts be­ concurrent resolution setting forth the sion in the river subject to the powers al­ tween States for the prevention and con­ congressional budget for the United ready vested in them under the present trol of pollution." The EPA also noted States Government for the fiscal year compact. In 1954, the Congress gave its that it is both appropriate and desirable 1978." consent to the establishment of an inter- for water resource control author!ties 14778 · CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE May 16, 1977 such as the Sabine River Compact Ad­ official name of the organization from The membership of such authority shall con­ ministration to take environmental pro­ "American Veterans of World War II" sist of the Governor of ea.ch party State, one representative each from the Mississippi tection into account in exercising their to "American Veterans of World War State Highway Department and the Louisiana. authorities. One legitimate use of water n, Korea and Vietnam." The organiza­ Department of Highways, five other citizens allocation authority, for example, is in tion was originally incorporated by an of each party State, to be appointed by the the preservation of stream quality, par­ act of Congress in 1947. Under that Governor thereof. The appointive members of ticularly in periods of low flow and hot charter, only persons who served honor­ the authority shall serve for terms of four weather, which can combine to produce ably "in the Armed Forces of the United yea.rs each. Vacancies on the authority shall in-stream conditions inhospitable to fish States or citizens who served in the be filled by appointment by the Governor for and other organisms. At such times, con­ Armed Forces of an allied nation of the the unexpired portion of the term. The mem­ trolled release of stored water can pro­ bers of the authority shall not be com­ United States on or after September 6, pensated for service on the authority, but tect such organisms against destruction. 1940, and on or before the date of cessa­ each of the appointed members shall be The Environmental Protection Agency tion of hostilities as determined by the entitled to actual and reasonable expenses c·oncluded that nothing in the compact Government of the United States" were incurred 1n attending meetings, or incurred or in H.R. 1551 alters the FWPCA in any admitted by AMVETS as regular mem­ otherwise in the performance of his duties way. EPA studied that it will continue to bers. On August 1, 1971, the Constitution as a member of the authority. The members implement that statute's provisions and and By-Laws Committee recommended of the authority shall hold regular quarterly policies. A pertinent provision is .section to the 27th Annual Convention at Los meetings and such special meetings as its 102(b). which provides that streamflow business may require. They shall choose Angeles, Calif., that the preamble of the annually a chairman and vice chairman from augmentation by Federal reservoirs may constitution be made to conform to the among their members, and the chairmanship not substitute for "adequate treatment organizations' determination to include shall rotate each year among the party States or other methods of controlling waste at those who served during the Korea and . in order of their acceptance of this compact. the source." Vietnam hostilities. The committee The secretary of the authority (hereinafter In view of the testimony at the hea.r­ agreed to this change. AMVETS peti­ provided for) shall notify each member in ing and the information supplied by the tioned the Congress to reflect this change writing of all meetings of the authority in EPA, the committee concluded that this of policy in the organiz0tion's Federal such a manner and under such rules and is a needed and logical change in the regulations as the authority may prescribe. charter, and this bilt provides for the The authority shall adopt rules and regula· compact. It is recommended that the bill change. tions for the transaction of its business; and be considered favorably. The committee is of the opinion that the secretary shall keep a record of all its The bill was ordered to be engrossed the new membership policy is a sound business and shall furnish a copy thereof and read a third time, was read the third one and one which operates to further to each member of the authority. It shall time, and passed, and a motion to recon­ the purposes of AMVETS as reflected in be the duty of the authority, in general, to sider was laid on the table. promote, encourage, and coordinate the its existing charter (36 U.S.C. § 67B). efforts of the party States to secure the Therefore, it is recommended that H.R. development of the Mlssissippl-Loulslana AMVETS 1952, as amended, be considered favor­ Bridge at or near Natchez, Mississippi, and ably. Vidalia., Louisiana. Toward this end, the The Clerk called the bill , and for other purposes. consider was laid on the table. with the construction of the Misslsstppl­ Loulsiana Bridge, and to make reports there­ There being no objection, the Clerk on; to acquire, by gi!t, grant, or otherwise, read the bill, as follows: from local, State, Federal, or private sources H.R. 1952 MISSISSIPPI-LOUISIANA BRIDGE such money or property a.s may be provided Be ft enacted by the Senate and House of CONSTRUCTION COMPACT for the proper performance of their func­ Representatives of the United States of tion, and to hold and dispose of same; to America in Congress assembled, That (a) the The Clerk called the bill (H.R. 3662) cooperate with other public or private first section and sections 2, 8, 9, 17, 18, a.nd granting the consent of Congress to the groups, whether local, State, regional or 19 of the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate Mississippi-Louisiana Bridge construc­ national, having an interest in the bridge the AMVETS, American Veterans of World tion compact. construction; to formulate and execute plans War Il", approved July 23, 1947 (61 Stat. 403- There being no objection, the Clerk and policies for emphasizing the purpose of 408; 36 U.S.C. 67-67s), are ea.ch amended by read the bill, as follows: this compact before the Congress of the striking out "World War II)" wherever it H.R. 3662 United States and other appropriate of­ appears and inserting in lieu thereof "World ficers and agencies of the United States; and War II, Korea, a.nd Vietnam)". Be it enacted by the Senate and House to exercise such other powers as may be ap­ (b) Such Act of July 23, 1947, ls further of Representatives of the United States of propriate to enable it to accomplish its func­ a.mended- America in Congress assembled, That the tions and duties in connection with the con­ (1) by inserting immedl:l.tely after "World consent of Congress ls given to the Missis· struotion of the Mississippi-Louisiana Bridge War II" in section 3(2) the following: ", the sippi-Louislana. Bridge construction compact and to carry out the purposes of this Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era"; entered into between the States of Missis· compact. (2) by striking out "on or a!ter Septem­ sippi and Louisiana., which compact reads as "Article IV. The authority shall appoint ber 16, 1940, and on or before the date of follows: a secretary, who shall be a person famil1ar cessation of hostilities as determined by the "Mississippi-Louisiana. Bridge Construction with the nature, procedures, and significance Government of the United States," in the Compact" of the bridge construction and the informa­ first sentence of section 6 and inserting in "Article I. The purpose of this compact ls tional, educational, and publicity methods lieu thereof "a.t any time ia!ter September 15, to promote the construction of a bridge con· of stimulating general interest in such de­ 1940, and before May 8, 1975,"; and necting the States of Mississippi and Louisi­ velopments, and who shall be the compact (3) by striking out the period after ana at or near Natchez, Mississippi, and administrator. The term of office of the sec­ "World Wa.r ll" in section 9 a.nd inserting Vidalia, Louisiana, and to establish a. joint retary shall be at the pleasure of the in lieu thereof ", the Korean conflict and the interstate authority to assist in these efforts. authority and such officer shall receive such Vietnam era.". "Article II. This compact shall become ef­ compensation as the authority shall pre­ SEC. 2. The amendments made by the first fective immediately as to the Sta.tes ratifying scribe. The secretary shall maintain custody section of this Act shall take effect on the it whenever the States of Louisiana and of the authority's books, records, and papers, f;irst day of the second calendar month fol• Mississippi have ratified it and Congress has which shall be kept by the secretary at the lowing the da.te of enactment of this Act. given consent thereto. Any Sta.te not men­ office of the authority, and shall perrorm all With the following committee amend­ tioned in this article which is contiguous functions and duties and exercise all powers ment: with any member State may become a party and authorities which may be delegated to to this compact, subject to approval by the the secretary by the authority. Page 1, line 3, strike "9,". Legislature of ea.ch of the member States. "Article V. Each party State agrees that its "Article Ill. The States which are parties legislature may, ln its discretion, from time The committee amendment was agreed to this compact (hereinafter referred to as to time make available and pay over to the to. 'party States') do hereby establish B.ID.d authority funds for the establishment and l\.:tr. DANIELSON. Mr. Speaker, the create a joint agency which shall be known operation of the authority. The contribution bill H.R. 1952 would amend the law in­ as the Mississippi-Louisiana Bridge Authority of each party State wlll be in equal amounts. corporating the AMVETS to change the (hereinafter referred to as the 'authority'). "Article VI. Nothing in this compact shall May 16, 1977 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 14779 be construed so as to confilct with any ex­ for State cooperation as provided therein. country right along with it. The few isting statute. or to limit the powers of any The committee also received a report pennies we fought so hard for in the party State, or to repeal or prevent legislation, from the Department of Transpor­ farm bill might have been enough to save or to authorize or permit curtailment or di­ many family farms from going under in minution of any other bridge project, or to tation which indicated that it had no affect a.ny existing or future cooperative ar­ objection to the provisions of the com­ the next few months. rangement or relationship between any Fed· pact in that they were essentially con­ A replay of the economic conditions of eral agency and a party State. · cerned with subjects which relate to mat­ the 1920's and 1930's will cost this coun­ "Article VII. This compact shall continue ters of State policy. try billions more than the few millions in force and remain binding upon each party In view of the testimony developed at we "saved.. last week. The Nation's wheat State until the legislature or Governor of the hearing and the information sup­ farmer needs far more help than is pro­ each or either State takes action to withdraw plied the committee by the department. therefrom; provided that such withdrawal vided in the House Agriculture Commit­ shall not become effective until slX months it was concluded that this bill merits fa­ tee's farm bill. If we do not reach out and after the date of the action ta.ken by the vorable action. Therefore. it is recom­ help these who are in trouble, we might legislature or Governor. Notice of such action mended by the committee that the bill as well not have a. farm bill. Congress shall be given to the other party State or be considered favorably, must respond to the needs of all the peo­ States by the secretary of state of the party The bill was ordered to be engrossed ple of this country, urban and rural. con­ State which takes such action." and read a third time. was read the sumer and producer. We cannot turn SEC. 2. The right to alter, a.mend, or repeal third time, and passed, and a motion to our backs on any sector of our economy this Act is expressly reserved. reconsider was laid on the table. or any group of our people. I appeal for With the following committee amend· your help, your compassion and your ment: GENERAL LEA VE understanding. Page 2. lines 6, 7, 8, and 9: Strike "Any Thank you. Mr. Speaker. State not mentioned in this article which ls Mr. DANIELSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask continguous with any member State may unanimous consent that all Members become a party to this compact, subject to may have 5 legislative days in which to PRESERVE THE "SEQUOIA" approval by the Legislature of each of the revise and extend their remarks with member States... commercialism that a purchaser will ministrator and to exercise authority and Mr. HIGHTOWER. Mr. Speaker. last want to use her to exploit. I realize that power as delegated to him. Friday, May 13, was not a lucky day for selling the Sequoia is not the kind of On the question of funding, it is pro­ the wheat fa1·mers of this country. The thing that will cause too much concern. vided that each State agrees to furnish wheat market has been at a very low level but this ship is a vitally important and funds on an equal basis to operate the for many months. As a result of de­ interesting part of our historical past. authority. pressed prices the wolf is standing at the It would seem ridiculous to me to sell the In order to clarify the effect of provi­ door of many farmers in my area. ship which has become so much of our sions, it is stated that the compact is not Last Thursday in the markup of the history to a commercial private enter­ to be interpreted as conflicting with ex­ farm bill in the Agriculture Committee prise, which will attempt to exploit its isting law or to limit the powers of a some of us who represent rather large historic value. The ship has not been member State or to repeal or prevent leg­ wheat-producing areas tried to increase used, and should not be used, in the islation or to authorize or permit curtail­ the target price and loan levels for wheat ''imperial" fashion that President Nixon ment of any other bridge project, or to to at least the levels contained in the was so accustomed to. But, it should be affect any existing or further cooperative Senate bill. We failed by one vote. 22 made a part of our American heritage­ arrangement or relationship between a ayes, 23 nays. The committee bill, H.R. perhaps a floating museum would be ap­ Federal agency and a party State. 7171. was introduced on Friday; it was propriate; one that all Americans might The compact is to continue in effect an unlucky day. have access to see. and shall bind the States until the legis­ In Sunday's Washington Star. Eliot I urge the President to seriously re­ lature or Governor of either party with­ Janeway's column was titled, "America's draw the State from the compact, and consider selling this ship. In an effort to Agripower-A Forgotten Weapon." The save this country money, let us let the such withdrawal is effective after 6 nation's wheat farmer is our "Forgotten months of such action. American." We have a habit of forgetting President know that he is acting in the Section 2 of the bill itself reserves the groups of minorities in this country until national interest by seeing that the right of the Congress to alter, amend, or something happens in a drastic manner yacht is not imorudently used, but is repeal the act. that gets the attention of the entire not acting in the national interest by The Subcommittee on Administrative country. Breaking the back of our agri­ insuring its commercial exploitation. Law and Governmental Relations con­ cultural economy will get the attention ducted a hearing on this bill and com- of every Member of this body. THE GIVEAWAY SUGAR PROGRAM panion measures on March 7, 1977. The It will get our attention because an testimony at that hearing described the economic depression of the farm sector Resolved, by the Senate ana House of Rep­ Massachuetts to convey the property to Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. Speaker, at a resentatives of the United, States of America the United States without consideration. time when the country is struggling to in Congress assembled,, That the Administra­ The Kennedy Library Corp. at its own tor of General Services is hereby authorized expense will design and equip a building put its balance of trade with the world to accept, for and in the name of the United in order, the giveaway program proposed States, and take title on behalf of the United to be donated to the United States, which by the President for sugar growers and States to, any land, buildings, and equipment will contain adequate facilities for schol­ processors strikes me as ill advised and that have been or may be offered to the arly research and exhibit rooms for ·the ill timed. One of the big contributors to United States, without reimbursement, for public. our balance-of-trade deficit is foreign the purpose of maintaining, operating, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts protecting a Presidential archival depository has authorized the Governor to make a raw sugar. The scheme the administra­ in memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy at tion has proposed to prop up U.S. sugar Columbia Point, city of Boston, Common· conditional off er to the United States of growers will do nothing to stem this flow, wealth of Massachusetts, as part of the Na­ $2 million to finance improvements to and strikes a direct competitive blow at tional Archives system. The Administrator the property. a U.S. industry which helps our balance may accept such property and make agree­ Environmental studies and procedures of trade. ments, as necessary, to complete the transfer have been accomplished. There appear of title to the United States without regard to be no environmental problems, and the Through the efforts of corn farmers to the provision of section 2108(a) of title and processors, the United States has 44, United States Code, tha.t the Administra­ new site has full local support. been moving in the direction of self· tor may not take title to land, buildings, and The total annual Federal costs for efficiency in its sweetener supply. Mil­ equipment or make an agreement, until the operation and maintenance of the fa­ lions of bushels of com each year are expiration of the first period of sixty calendar cilities are estimated to be about $1.2 being converted into high fructose corn days of continuous session of the Congress million, beginning with fiscal year 1980. following the date on which a report in writ­ Last year the Congress enacted Public syrup, which can replace foreign sugar ing on any such proposed Presidential archi­ in numerous foods. American coni and val depository is transmitted by the Admlnis· Law 94-300, which enabled GSA to re­ American labor are used to make this trator to the President of the Senate and turn to the Commonwealth of Massa­ product--more economically than sugar. the Speaker of the House of Representatives. chusetts land which had been accepted By proposing to hand out a. quarter­ SEC. 2·. Nothing in this Act shall be con- · in 1968 pursuant to Public Law 89-547. billion dollars to sugar growers and proc­ strued to impair or affect the authority of That land, located in Cambridge, Mass., essors-and to do nothing to restrict the the Administrator under any other provi­ was not used for the library because of sion of section 2108 of title 44, United States certain environmental factors, which flow of imported sugar-the President Code, or any provision of other law. has used the power of the Government happily do not encumber the site with to slow the growth of this important Mr. JOHN L. BURTON. Mr. Speaker, which this resolution deals. American industry, Because of our basi­ the purpose of this resolution is to au­ Mr. Speaker, our Presidential libraries cally nontropical climate, the United thorize the Administrator of General are not just memorials to the Presidents, States has been forced to rely to a large Services to accept land, buildings, and but extremely valuable sources of his­ degree on imPorted sugar. In the past equipment offered to the United States, tory and inspiration for scholars and the several years, however, sweeteners from without reimbursement, for the purpose general public. The interest which schol­ com hiave grown to supply a. larger and of maintaining, operating, and protecting ars and the public generally have shown larger share of our sweetener needs. This a Presidential Archival Depository in in the present temporary Kennedy Li­ action by the President to subsidize their memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. It brary at Waltham, Mass., where the col­ competitors in the sugar industry can is to be located next to the University of lections now are housed, foreshadows only harm com growers and processors. Massachusetts campus on Columbia rapid growth in use and visitation of the The extra demand for com generated Point, in the city of Boston. new facility. It is especially fitting that by its use for sweeteners contributes to By this resolution, the Congress will the library will be next to a great in­ the expert earnings we realize through declare approval of a proposal which stitution of learning and next to the sea. our large corn exports. Com sweeteners GSA presented to the House and to the Both meant much in the life of John replace foreign raw sugar-a trade deficit Senate on April 1, 1977. The proposal is Fitzgerald Kennedy. item. that the United States accept and oper­ Mr. Speaker, I urge approval of House ate the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Joint Resolution 424 so that construction If for no other reason than the bal­ as part of the National Archives system. ance-of-trade problems it creates, this of this institution for our 35th President The GSA report is set forth in the report may soon be under way. giveaway program should be withdrawn. of the committee on the resolution, which is House Report 95-273. Copies are avail­ Mr. THONE. Mr. Speaker, I would like able at the rear of the hall. briefly to express my support for House Joint Resolution 424, now before the RETURN TO CONSENT CALENDAR Enactment of this resolution will en­ able the Administrator to proceed with­ House. This resolution passed the House Mr. McKAY. Mr. Speaker, having re­ out delay to take the necessary steps to Committee on Government Operations ceived further information, I would ask begin the project. A grounclbreaking cere­ by a unanimous vote on May 4 of this unanimous consent that the House at mony on June 12, 1977, is planned, and year. this point return to the Consent Calendar the facility is expected to be completed This legislation simply would waive and consider House Joint Resolution 424. in about 18 months. the required waiting period of the Gen­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mr. Hearings by the Government Activities eral Services Administration to accept BRADEMAS. Is there objection to the re­ and Transportation Subcommittee of the the buildings and equipment connected quest of the gentleman from Utah? Committee on Government Operations with the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presi­ There was no objection. were held covering the report. Witnesses dential Library. included the Acting Administrator of In April the Government Activities General Services, the Archivist of the and Transportation Subcommittee, of JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY United States, and Senator EDWARD M. which I am a. member, held hearings on KENNEDY, of Massachusetts. The full House Joint Resolution 424, and we were PRESIDENTIAL LIBRMY Committee on Government Operations privileged to hear from such distin­ The Clerk called the joint resolution unanimously approved the resolution at guished personalities as Chairman JACK (H.J. Res. 424) , to authorize the Admin­ its meeting of May 4, 1977. BROOKS of the House Government Op­ istrator of General Services to accept Let me summarize the proposed proj­ erations Committee, the well-known land, buildings, and equipment, without ect which will be the 6th Presidential senior Senator from Massachusetts, ED­ reimbursement, for the John Fitzgerald library incorporated into the National WARD KENNEDY' the Acting Administra­ Kennedy Library, and for other purposes. Archives system: tor of the General Service Administra­ There being no objection, the Clerk Land for the library is 12.5 acres. The tion, Robert Griffin, and the Archivist of read the joint resolution, as {ollows: Commonwealth of Massachusetts has au- the United States, James Rhoads. All of May 16, 1977 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 14781 these noted gentlemen spoke in favor of The joint resolution was ordered to rules on which a recorded vote or the the resolution. be engrossed and read a third time, was yeas and nays are ordered, or on which Mr. Speaker, I urge favorable consid­ read the third time. and passed. and a. the vote is objected to under clause 4 eration of House Joint Resolution 424 to­ motion to reconsider was laid on the o! rule XV. day. By accelerating the process by table. After all motions to suspend the rules which the buildings and equipment can have been entertained and debated, and be accepted, we will hasten the day when GENERAL LEAVE after those motions to be determined the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presiden­ by nonrecord votes have been disposed tial Library will open its doors to the Mr. JOHN L. BURTON. Mr. Speaker, of, the Chair will then put the question public. I ask unanimous consent that all Mem­ on each motion on which the further Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, there has bers may have 5 legislative days in which proceedings were postponed. been far too much delay in getting a to revise and extend their remarks on John F. Kennedy Library built and in the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 424) just use, and I hope, with the passage of this passed by the House. NATIONAL SEA GRANT PROGRAM resolution, this project will finally get The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there ACT AUTHORIZATION - FISCAL underway. objection to the request of the gentle­ YEAR 1978 It was my privilege in 1966 to introduce man from Cali!ornia? Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. a similar resolution to waive the 60-day There was no objection. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and waiting period for accepting a site in pass the bill (H.R. 4301) to authorize Cambridge for the library. However, the CHANGE IN LEGISLATIVE appropriations for the National Sea local situation in Cambri'dge made it nec­ PROGRAM Grant Program Act during fiscal year essary for the Kennedy Library Corp. 1978, as amended. to find another site. That problem has (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given per­ The Clerk read as follows: caused some delay but apparently it mission to address the House for 1 H.R. 4301 minute.) has now been resolved and the project Be it enacted by the Senate and House can get under way. Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I take this of Bepresentatives of the United States of From what I have seen of the new time to announce two changes in the America in Congress assembled, That sec­ plans for the library, it appears to be a legislative program. H.R. 1139, amend­ tions 206 and 212 of the National Sea Grant well-chosen site. I think it is particularly ments to the National School Lunch Act Program Act (33 U.S.O. 1125 and 1131) are appropriate that it commands a view of will not be taken up today, but will be each amended by striklng out "the ti.sea.I the ocean. For, in addition to being a considered tomorrow after consideration year ending September 30, 1977" and insert­ of the conference report on the budget ing in lleu thereof "ea.ch of the fiscal years library, this is to be a memorial to a ending September 30. 1977, and September great President. The sea played an im­ resolution. so. 1978". portant part in the life and development We will also have one additional sus­ SEC. 2. Section 3 ( c) of the Sea Grant Pro­ of John F. Kennedy-from the many pension for consideration tomorrow: S. gram Improvement Act of 1976 (33 U.S.C. happy days of sailing with his family and 1279, the Community Emergency 1124a) ls amended by striking out "the fiscal the heroic exploits with the torpedo boats Drought Relief Act of 1977 will be sched­ year ending September 30, 1977" and insert­ in World War II, to the long, solitary uled as a suspension for tomorrow. ing in lieu thereof "each of the fiscal yea.rs walks along the shore when he gained a ending September 30, 1977, and September brief respite from the stresses of high so. 1978". office. PERMISSION FOR COMMITTEE ON The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a. sec­ It is also especially suitable that there AGRICULTURE TO F'Il,E REPORT ond demanded? be a library honoring the memory of ON H.R. 7171, THE OMNIBUS FARM Mr. BAUMAN. Mr. Speaker, I demand John F. Kennedy. He had a great appre­ BILL a. second. ciation of the importance to historians Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without and scholars of the preservation of rec­ imous consent that the Committee on objection, a second will be considered as ords of public officials. Agriculture may have until midnight to­ ordered. He was, after all, an author. He may night to file a report on the bill H.R. There was no objection. well have made his name as an historian 7171, the omnibus farm bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen­ if he had not gone into politics. I recall The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there tleman from New York to establish operation in marine affairs. Conse­ velopment of aquaculture, a sound pro­ qualifications for individuals appointed quently, these new program areas should gram of research, education and ad­ to the National Advisory Committee on be given major support at this time visory services in the marine :field be­ Oceans and .AJtmosphere and to authorize without imposing further demands on comes indispensable. appropriations for the committee for :fis­ an already meager sea-grant budget. The National Sea Grant program is a cal year 1978, as amended. The Clerk read as follows: With the growing importance of off­ Federal-State-university partnership. It shore resources to our Nation's economy, encompasses all three functions of Amer­ H.R. 3849 it is essential that we fund programs like ican universities: research, education Be it enacted by the Senate and House and advisory services. The present fund­ of Representatives of the United States of sea grant sufficiently to keep pace with America in Congress assembled, That the Act the increasing demands made upon sea ing mechanism provides Federal funding entitled "An Act to establish the National grant. At the same time, we must expect in the form of grants to provide up to Advisory Committee on the Oceans and At­ well-designed and carefully til.ought-out 66% percent of the total cost of the proj­ mosphere", approved August 16, 1971 (33 programs which will play a significant ect to universities, colleges and private U.S.C. 857-6 through 857-12), ls amended- role in the national effort toward marine organizations and the remaining one­ ( 1) by adding the following new sentence resource development, utilization and third is matched by State or local at the end o! section 2(a): "No individual protection. ' sources. shall be appointed as a member o! the Ad­ visory Committee unless such individual has Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I urge sup­ It is certainly regrettable that actual knowledge and expertise in fields related to port of H.R. 4301 in order to encourage appropriations have lagged far behind oceanic or atmospheric matters."; and the type of marine research, education the authorizations that the House Mer­ (2) by amending section 7- chant Marine and Fisheries Committee (A) by striking out "and'' immediately and advisory services which are essential before "(4) ", and for the development of a long-term, has sought to obtain for this vital pro­ (B) by striking out "1977." and inserting comprehensive, and adaptive policy gram. The authorization request stands at $58 million which includes $5 million "1977, and (5) $560,000 for the fiscal year toward the management of the ocean ending September 30, 1978." . and its resources. for a national projects section and $3 million for international projects. It is The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a sec­ Mr. BAUMAN. Mr. Speaker, I have no hoped that the Congress will be receptive ond demanded? further requests for time. to increasing the appropriations from Mr. BAUMAN. Mr. Speaker, I demand I concur with the statements the the $27.7 million of last year so that e. second. gentlemen made previously. these two programs can be implemented. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Mr. TEAGUE. Mr. Speaker, I am and I refer my colleagues to the results of objection, a second will be considered as have been a strong supporter of the sea. the study conducted by Prof. Herbert ordered. grant program in this country. It is a Holloman and Prof. James Utterback of There was no objection. 14784 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE May 16, 1977 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen­ subcommittee, the gentleman from portant reminder that we need topnotch tleman from New York (Mr. MURPHY> Louisiana , a member on the gentle­ purchased from private owners. Remain­ concerned with our overall refuge pro­ woman's side of the aisle. The gentleman ing to be acquired within the refuge is gram. We have some 32 million acres from California represents a district about 53,000 more acres of which 13,000 federally owned which we manage in some miles away from my district. This acres will probably be purchased within the National Wildllfe Refuge System. program does have the full support of the next 6 months. The States have others. We are thinking all the environmental community and all The swamp consists mostly of forest of adding to the system an additional 40 of the wildlife people in Northern Cali­ lands. It is abundant with fish and wild­ million acres in Alaska. With respect to fornia. life; it has a high bird PoPulation in­ the Alaskan acreage, that will be kept Mr. FENWICK. Mr. Speaker, I am sure in its pristine state to the maximum ex­ it is an essential program. So is the San cluding migratory waterfowl; and' the tent possible. There are some projects, largest mammal in the forest is the black Francisco Bay Refuge program. bear. such as the Tinicum area, which we had I am going to sit down now, and I Under present law there was author­ on the floor the other day, which have will not take any more time of the Com­ ized be appropriated $7 million been seriously eroded because of the mittee, but I did want to make the point to digging of holes, dredging, and various that I think this is something we are through fiscal year 1977 for this refuge. other kinds of things in the refuge area. going to have to resist. If we are taking H.R. 5493 would authorize to be appro­ So we do have to spend more money lands for wildlife habitats, as I believe priated $21,100,000 for the next 3 fiscal in an urban-type refuge to either restore we must, I think we ought to be very years provided that not more than it to its natural state or to make it con­ $15,750,000 could be used for acquisitions careful before we fool around with the and not more than $5,350,000 for pur­ sistent with the development that has development of those lands. poses other than acquisitions. already taken place there. Mr. LEGGE'IT. Mr. Speaker, if In San Francisco it so happens that the gentleman from New York , gentleman from New York of rule versity of flora and fauna on its prem­ tracts of salt marsh remaining along the XXVII, and the prior announcement of ·ises and the community of scientists California coast. Over 100 species of the Ohair, further proceedings on this who study there. Hundreds of scientific marsh birds, migratory waterfowl, and motion will be pootponed. studies are made each year, many of shore birds, including three endangered The point of order is considered with­ which yield important results. species, nest or feed on or near the drawn. There are tangible benefits for the marsh. United States in the conservation and The Great Dismal Swamp, which is CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA preservation of Barro Colorado Island one of the last undisturbed great AUTHORIZATION and the maintenance of its associated swamps, is literally teeming with wild­ laboratory facilities. life. In fact, the swamp supports the only Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. Thousands of students from U.S. breeding population of black bears in Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and universities and colleges have done re­ eastern Virginia and North Carolina. pass the bill to amend the search on the island, because more ef­ The swamp also offers visitors a chance Act of July 2, 1940, as amended, to in­ fective study is possible. to view many unique forms of vegetation. crease the amount authorized to be ap­ Some of the bird populations of The area is also rich in historic sig­ propriated for the Canal Zone Biological North America. which are important to nificance. In 1763, George Washington Area, as amended. environmental balance overwinter in visited the area and later l!IUrveyed it. The Clerk read as follows: the area of the Isthmus of Panama. and He was impressed by both the beauty of H.R. 3348 thus find the island a safe haven. the swamp and the commercial possiblli­ Be it enacted b11 the Senate and House of Additionally. the variety of plant ties of its timber resources. In 1764, he Bepresentative3 of the United State8 of species there that may provide impor­ formed a company called the "Adven­ America in Congre3s as&emblecl, That section tant information for agricultural and tures for Draining the Great Dismal 7 of the Act of July 2, 1940 (20 U.S.C. 79e), medicinal purposes is impressive. Swamp". which dug numerous ditches ls a.mended by striking out "$350,000" and Let me add on more of a marine note and canals in the area to facilitate a inserting in lieu thereof "$750,000". that scientists associated with the bio­ timber harvest. The first such ditch The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a logical area were respODSible for an im­ which was dug in the late 1760's was one second demanded? portant study in the early 1970's point· of the first canals dug in the Colonies and Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, I demand ing out the environmental hazards of a may well be the oldest canal in usable a second. sea-level canal. condition in the United States. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without In spite of the high reputation of the The preservation of the Great Dismal objection, a second will be considered as Canal Zone biological area. and its su­ Swamp has been a. joint public and pri­ ordered. perior entity, the Smithsonian Tropical vate etfort. The Union Camp Corp., act­ The was no objection. Research Institute, the Committee on ing through the Nature Conservancy, The SPEAKER pro temp0re. The Merchant Marine did not act precipi­ has donated 49 ,000 acres of the Dismal gentleman from New York to extend the other than those for fines, fees, and other negotiating text. Article 53 requires provisions of the Fishermen's Protective direct charges which are fully reimburse­ coastal states and other states whose Act of 1967, relating to the reimburse­ able under section 3 of the act. The nationals fish for highly migratory spe­ ment of seized commercial fishermen, losses to be covered by section 7 of the cies to cooperate directly or through ap­ until October 1, 1980. act would include such things as damage, propriate international organizations to The Clerk read as follows: destruction, loss, or confiscation of the insure conservation and optimum utili­ H.R. 4140 vessel, fishing gear or other equipment, zation of such species both within and Be ft enacted by the Senate and House of dock age and utility fees, confiscated or beyond the exclusive 200-mlle economic Representatives of the United States of spoiled fish, and 50 percent of the loss zone of a nation. America in Congress assembled, That sec­ of fishing time during the detention pe­ In addition, this consistency was high­ tion 7(e) of the Fishermen's Protective Act riod. lighted by section 202 of the 200-Mlle of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1977(e)) ls amended by Mr. Speaker, this is the program under Fishery Zone Act and it was clearly striking out "October 1, 1977" and inserting the act that would be extended by this spelled out in the policy and purposes of In lieu thereof "October 1, 1980". legislation. Under this program, the par­ that act. The consistency of this posi­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a sec­ ticipating vessel owners have been pav­ tion is further emphasized by U.S. par­ ond demanded? in~ about 40 percent of the cost and the ticipation in the International Conven­ Mr. McCLOSKEY. Mr. Speaker, I de­ U.S. Government the rematning 60 per­ tion for the Conservation of Atlantic mand a second. cent. Tunas, the Inter-American Tropical The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without It is estimated that the extension of Tuna. Convention, the Indian Ocean objection, a second will be considered as this program for an additional 3 years Fishery Commission, and the Indo­ ordered. would cost the taxpayers of this country Paci.tlc 1"1sheries Council, all of which There was no objection. only $60,000 per year. regulate tuna on an international basis. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen­ .Mr. Speaker, before closing I would Finally, the charge has been made in tleman from New York

Jng them develop their fishing industry. The yeas and nays were ordered. by inserting at the end thereof the following We a.re giving them loans and grants and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant item: all kinds of things; but when the gentle­ to clause 3, rule XXVII, and the Chair's "659. Merger of obligated balances with cur­ man tries to nitpick the Fishermen's prior announcement, further proceed­ rent appropriations.". Protective Act by doing away with the in­ ings on this motion will be postponed. SEc. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of surance provisions that would provide any other law, available funds appropriated compensation for loss of fishing time and to or !or the use o! the Coast Guard for other losses when we are already pro­ "Acquisition, Construction, and Improve­ viding for the major loss that results COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION­ ments" may be used to pay for part o! the FISCAL YEAR 1978 construction and other capital costs of a. sew­ from seizure. such as fines and fees, is age treatment plant to be built, operated, highly inconsistent. These men will be Mr. MURPHY of New York. Mr. and owned by the North Marin County Water fishing and when we take a way the agree­ Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and District (Cali!ornia.) and to be used by Coast ment we made some years ago. we can do pass the bill (H.R. 6823) to authorize ap­ Guard facllities located In the vicinity of it. but that does not make it right. propriations for the U.S. Coast Guard for Point Reyes Station, Ca.ll!ornia. Mr. EVANS of Delaware. Mr. Speaker, fiscal year 1978, and for other purposes. SEC. 6. The Coast Guard ls authorized to I rise in opposition to the motion to sus­ as amended. accept and retain funds from the city of pend the rules and pass H.R. 4140, The Clerk read as follows: Baltimore, Maryland, in payment for Coast Guard faci11ties to be removed by the city amendments to the Fisherman's Protec­ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of tive Act. tncldent to the improvement of Hawkins Representatives of the United States of Point Road. the funds to be available. until As a delegate to the United Nations America in Congress assembled, That funds expended, for the construction of replace­ Law of the Sea Conference, I believe that are hereby authorized to be appropriated for ment fa.cll1t1es. Any funds not obligated. by the passage of this bill only 1 week be­ necessary expenses of the United States Coast the end of fiscal year 1980 sha.11 be paid into Guard for fiscal year 1978, as follows: the Treasury of the United States. fore the convening of the Conference ( 1) For the operation and maintenance of would have a significant adverse effect the Coast Guard, including expenses related The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a on our ability to successfully negotiate to the Capehart housing debt reduction: second demanded? any agreement. $882,821,000; Mr. TREEN. Mr. Speaker, I demand a. The renewal of this act would be the (2) For the a.cquisition, construction, re­ second. height of international arrogance. What building, and improvement of aids to naviga­ tion, shore facilities, vessels, a.nd aircraft, in­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without this bill propooes to do is compensate objection, a second will be considered as American fishermen for breaking a law cluding equipment related thereof: $314,500,- 000, to remain available until expended; ordered. we ourselves are trying to enforce. It (3) For the alteration or removal of There was no objection. has been only a few weeks since the Coast bridges over navigable waters of the United The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Guard seized a Soviet vessel for viola­ States, constituting obstructions to naviga­ gentleman from New York (Mr. MURPHY) tion of our 200-mlle zone. Now, we seem tion: tl9,100,000 to remain available until and the gentleman from Louisiana . of the Coast Guard; for the acquisition, sel traffic on the lower Mississippi River H.R. 4140, by the yeas and nays. construction, and improvement of ves­ involves a great variety in sizes and types The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the sels, aircraft, and facilities; for the al­ of vessels. Many of these vessels are time for any electronic votes after th.e teration or removal of obstructive carrying very hazardous and highly in­ first such vote in this series. bridges; and for research, development, flammable cargoes. In addition to the test, and evaluation. It also authorizes variety of vessels, the large volume of NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE military personnel ceilings and neces­ traffic-New Orleans is the second sary average student training require­ ON OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE largest p0rt in the Nation and Baton AUTHORIZATION ments; sets in positive law certain exist­ Rouge the seventh-and the numerous ing accounting procedures; author­ arteries in the form of locks and canals The SPEAKER pro tempare. The un­ izes funds to assist in the construction connecting with the river provide a com­ finished business is the question of sus­ of a sewage treatment plant to be uti­ plex problem in maintaining an orderly pending the rules and passing the bill lized by the Coast Guard in north Marin flow of traffic on the river. This bill H.R. 3849, as amended. County, Calif., and the replacement of would provide for upgrading the vessel The Clerk read the title of the bill. certain facilities at the Coast Guard traffic system in New Orleans by au­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ques­ yard in Baltimore. thorizing $1.1 million for a low-light­ tion is on the motion offered by the gen­ Over the years, the role of the Coast level television monitoring system at the tleman from New York sely related to the use of the equip­ lieve that the tax court's interpretation in securing jobs after they enter the la­ ment it houses that the structure can of congressional intent is correct. bor market. None of the alternative pro­ be expected to be replaced when the Mr. PICKLE. I thank the gentleman. posals were aimed specifically at the property it houses is replaced. The 1971 Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. problems of the handicapped. report of the Senate Committee on Fi­ Speaker, I yield such time as she may Finally, I am satisfied that the new nance stated that a structure which consume to the gentlewoman from New jobs tax credit has been limited so as housed a unitary system for raising hogs Jersey (Mrs. FENWICK). to prevent abuses. As you ·an know, this would qualify, My constituents have a Mrs. FENWICK. Mr. Speaker, I am is an important feature to me. It is im­ unitary system for raising poultry. disturbed that again we have not recog­ portant to all of us to prevent the abuse Let me explain the type of structure nized the problems of young people who of purposefully designed tax incentives. in question. It is not a "building" be­ are working for moderate salaries or The new jobs credit provides special cause it is not a structure enclosing a wages, who marry and whose marriage rules for computation of the credit by space within walls. It commonly has a costs them such an extra amount in groups of companies under common con­ sheet metal roof supported by steel taxes. I had hoped, and I have again and trol, for businesses with employees work­ trusses. The short side is faced with sheet again urged, that the Committee on Ways ing abroad, and for businesses affected metal while the long side is covered with and Means would consider the problem of by acquisitions, dispositions, and other chicken wire. The roof and short side of these young people. The tax structure changes in bus,iness forni. In this way, the structure are insulated. A trans­ seems to be based on the idea of a man the new jobs tax credit has been designed lucent film plastic curtain is attached to supporting a woman. A great number of to have a real effect on unemployment, the long side of the structure in such a married women are now working. When but without the opportunity for tax gim­ manner as it is possible to raise and lower they are young and both have moderate mickery. the curtain to protect the poultry in incomes, they find, as one young woman Notably, however, even with all the inclement weather. A concrete strip runs told me, quite frankly, "If my boy friend special rules, the provision does not along the bottom edge of the structure and I get married, it is going to cost us create any additional recordkeeping re­ and acts as a foundation. There is no $640." quirements, employers will use records .flooring other than bare earth. The This is a tax on marriage which I already maintained for Federal unem­ structure protects the poultry and the think is unfair and counter to the inter­ ployment tax purposes

And each of the UN agencies ls an inde­ The encounter was not untypical. Space the UN "assessment" ls far below U.S. taxes. pendent body with its own director, budget, and furniture are hotly contested in the For example, a U.S. citizen ls taxed at the and auditing system. It ls an accountant's Secretariat and the French D-1 has a. higher rate of 40% at the $25,000 annual level, nightmare. For example, the United Nations UN civll-service grade than the American while UN employes are not "assessed" 40% Development Program depends on 17 other P-5. Each category has its privileges and until they reach the $60,000 level. UN agencies "each using different account­ benefits. A P-5, an upper level administrator, As for fringe benefits, a 1976 State De­ ing and program procedures, which makes it is given 144 square feet of office space, and a partment comparison between U.S. and the difficult for UNDP to compile up-to-the­ D-1, the next level up a.nd equivalent to a UN reveals: UN employer contributions to minute information on expenditures," ac­ federal Civil Service GS-16 ls allotted 252 health and retirement benefits exceed the cording to the State Department. square feet of space at the Secretariat. Win­ U.S. by 45% to 73%; UN pensions exceed Add to tha.t the confusion of languages dows are coveted. U.S. pensions by 23% to 55%; UN annual a.nd the endless para.de of unread documents, But these office rules a.re only one minor vacation exceeds the U.S. by 1,400% to in a. babel of tongues. On the third :floor of facet of the good life !or UN workers, for 1,900%. the Secretariat, in the press office, there a.re the 40,704 employes of this international A specific comparison of a UN D-1 and a 62 racks for the 1 billion printed pages that system a.re the highest-pa.id civil servants in U.S. GS-16, both upper level administra­ emanate from 3,000 yearly meetings. The cost the world, from the lowliest paid messenger, tors with equivalent responsibilities, accord­ of conference servicing-including printing who earns $10,180 annu3,lly exclusive of al­ ing to the State Department, shows: a D-1 and translation-in New York and Geneva lowances and benefits, to Secretary General earns $52,450 a. year while a. GS-16 earns a.Ione cost $96 million, according to tJN Kurt Waldheim, who earns more than $120,- $39,629; a D-1 gets 30 days vacation his first figures. 000 a year. year while a GS-16 gets 13 days; UN health "It's because everyone has to have himself The impact of these salaries and the ac­ plans include psychiatric and dental ca.re transcribed verbatim to impress the folks companying benefits, including travel, pen­ while the U.S. provides none; and the D-1 back home,'' one U.S. State Department offi­ sions, discount liquor and overstafflng, ls retires after 30 years employment with an cial wryly observed. that nearly one-half of all UN spending, $2.3 annual pension of 60 % of his last year's What can be said for the UN then? Well billion this year, goes to administrative over­ pay, while the maximum !or a GS-16 ls it's a. place where you can have a lunch of head as opposed to direct aid. 46.25%. excellent lamb curry with two vegetables and This is according to the U.S. State De­ The UN pension system, figured at a rate bread and butter for $1.90 in the fourth-floor partment and several members o! the UN's of 2 % a year !or each year of service is non­ cafeteria-if you're qua.lifted to eat there. finance committee. And the employe roll in pareil. The most beneficent of U .s. corpora­ It ls also a. place where, on the second :floor, the UN system of 48 agencies, ranging from tions operate on a per-year pension factor you can view the first human rights docu­ the World Health Program to the World In­ of 1.5%. ment, a bronze tablet authored by Cyrus the tellectual Property Organization, has doubled But the advantages of the UN employe Great of Babylon. And you can catch a mis­ in the last 10 years. do not stop there. All workers at the D-1 take in the translation, for when Cyrus prom­ Not that there haven't been complaints level and above (there are !our higher cate­ ised in Babylonian cuneiform that he about this pattern of spending. A few days gories) can buy diplomatic liquor at a price would not harass his people, the translator a.!ter Edouard Saouma. was named director one-fifth the regular cost. For instance, the misspelled it "harra.ss." general of the Food and Agriculture Orga­ Sussex Liquor Store at 4lst St. and Second It 1s also a place where some o! the top nization in 1976, he complained, "Eigp.ty per Ave. charges $116.39 !or a ce.se of Cutty Sark Soviet KGB, CIA, British, French and Iranian cent of FAQ's regular budget ls destined to quarts. Those subsidized by the UN pay $24 spies, among intelligence operatives from as­ pay for a gigantic centralized bureaucracy !or that same case. sorted other countries, have found e. haven. in Rome, 11 % to put out publications that In addition, all UN employes can pa.rk at Free from national scrutiny except from ea.ch no one reads and the remaining 9 % for hold­ the UN garage for $15 a month while most other, these operatives, many of whom bold ing meetings and for travel expenses that are midtown garages charge $100 a month. And key jobs in the UN system, funnel informa­ largely unnecessary." The FAO ls supposed all employes D-2 and above are entitled to tion back to their home missions under to provide technical assistance and aid to DPL plates which allow them to park with diploma.tic cover. help improve agriculture in poor countries. a.ba.ndon even though technically they don't Whether they be idle gamesmen or cold Russell Heater, the State Department's represent any pa.rtlcula.r country. warriors, these intelligence operatives cer­ permanent representative to the United Na­ All UN employes who are working outside tainly are well rewarded, !or UN employes a.re tions Educational Scientific and Cultural their home country are also entitled to an the best-paid civll servants in the world, Organizatlon said, "Several years ago, I found extra allowance called a "post adjustment." earning up to $180,000 a year including spe­ that more than 70% of UNESCO's money was It differs from country to country, but 1n cial allowances with pensions equivalent to being spent in French francs. Headquarters Geneva, where the cost of living ls higher 60 % a.nn ually of the la.st year's pay. ls in Paris, so you can draw your own conclu­ than New York, it reaches $19,000 extra a Above all, for its employes, the UN is the sions." year at the D-2 level. In New York, a m.a.r­ good life. Despite these complaints and warnings ried undersecretary general, equivalent to from the finance committee to keep salaries, an assistant U.S. cabinet chle!, will receive [From the D:1.lly News, May 3, 1977} promotions, and hiring down, Waldheim has $9,055 a year in addition to his $76,030 base BOONDOGGLING--GLOBAL STYLE done just the opposite. The result ls a. top salary. These post adjustments are not taxed (By Wllllam Sherman) heavy bureaucracy. or "assessed." For example, the U.S. federal government, Other benefits to all U.N. professionals not It was 3 P.M. one recent afternoon, and ava.ila.ble to U.S. Civil service employes in· two tall men were standing at the bar in with a 1976 budget of $365.6 billlon has only 12 officials, a.U cabinet chiefs, earning $60,- clude: the North Delegates Lounge, sipping dry $1,600 annual educa.tlon grant !or ea.ch martinis and chatting a.bout their new of­ 000 annually or more. The U.N. with an an­ nual budget less than 1 % that size has 73 child attending school outside home coun­ fices in the Secretariat. The first fellow was a try, plus travel costs to and from school un­ mohair-suited Frenchman with a sallow employes earning that sum or more, accord­ ing ·to a report recently submitted by the U.S. til he or she 1s 21. complexion and a mustache. The second was $400 a year for a dependent wife or hus­ a tanned American. They were speaking in General Accounting Office to the Senate Permanent Committee on Government Oper­ band plus $450 a yea.r for each dependent English. child. If an employe has no children, he "So," the Frenchman was saying pleas­ ations. For those fortunate enough to be hired by or she ls entitled to $200 extra. a year for antly, "How many Windows do you have?" each dependent brother, sister, or parent. "Three." the UN, the job is a boon, a godsend. The State Department International Organiza­ Maternity leave up to 14 weeks at full "Three windows!" the Frenchman's eye­ pay. brows danced. "How is that possible? I am tions Bureau estimates that the basic sal­ aries of UN professionals are 38 % to 57 % Special assignment allowance 1n addition a. D-1 and I only have two windows. You are to post adjustment in Europe and the U.S. aP-5." higher than the salaries of people with com­ parable Jobs in civil service. This despite the this a.mounts to $2,400 a year !or a man-led The American shrugged, ordered another employe with children; $1,400 annually for drink and looked a.t a tug moving up the East original UN employment plan, based on the Noblemaire principle, which states that UN singles. River. Rental subsidies in high cost of living "What about carpet?-" asked the French­ employes should be paid salaries similar to the highest paying civil service in the world areas based on formula and clothing allow­ man, tugging at the American. ances !or tropical and frigid locations. that is, the U.S. "Wall to wall." A repatriation grant equal to 28 weeks at "Wall to wall I It cannot be. P-5s are not But the benefits do not stop there. In addition, UN employes pay no income tax full pay in addition to pension when an supposed to have carpets. Even mt,ne ls not employe returns to his home country. wall to wall. Now you will tell me you have to any country, but rather have a portion of their salaries taken out as a "staff assess­ The list goes on and on, and the patrla.rch wood furniture as well." of the goodies ls Waldheim. He lives a Ufe "I have," the American said :flatly. ment" which ls plowed back into the UN "I must talk to someone about this. D-ls budget. UN Treasurer Wyna.nt Rivington said of special luxury, to say the least. are supposed to have wood, not P-5s." With this "staff assessment" ls roughly equivalent The tall, stoop-shouldered Austrian lives that, he gulped down the last o! his martini to U.S. income ta.."tes. 1n a. !our-story town house a.t 57th St. and and scurried out. But a look at federal tax tables shows that Sutton Place donated to the U.N. 1n 1972 by 14818 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE !Jfay 16, 1977 Arthur A. Houghton Jr., president of Steuben the world, a good deal of the tra.vel can be people in the Congo who graduated from Glass. The house and garden, with 40-foot CUit. high school," said Robert Kitchen, the U.S. frontage and a beautiful view of the East Business can be conducted by telephone or Mission to the UN's permanent representa­ River, is valued at more than $1 million, and by oa.ble, the ,report chided, and cited one tive to the Economic and Social Council. Waldheim lives there rent free. Not.axes are occasion where the secretary general was too "And that wasn't so long a.go," he added. paid on the dwelling. ill to go to Geneva and deliver his message to Whatever the respective merits of UN em­ Designed 50 years ago for Anne Morgan, a conference. Another high official was sent ployes, there is more than enough room daughter of financier J. Pierpont Morgan, in his place to ma.ke the speech "while at the aboard for a number of spy nests. What bet­ the home's bedrooms each have woodburning same time there was already in Geneva an­ ter cover than a diplomat's passport and a fireplaces, and there is an antique English other high UN official of the same rank who UN identification card. paneled library, drawing rooms, marble floors could well have read the message from the and elevator. rostrum." [From the Dally News, May 4, 1977) When he ls not on the road. Waldheim, Along with travel goes food and even while SPIES WHO COME IN FOR THE GOLD according to one of his aides, rises at about they a.re in New York, UN employes eat well seven and walks to work with his bodyguard, and inexpensively. On a recent Wednedsay, (By William Sherman) saving his free-chauffeur-driven Lincoln a meal of rare roast beef (generous sllces) In 1948 when the world's great leaders Continental for other occasions. with gravy, two vegetables, bread and butter were debating the selection of a. site for UN His offices on rthe 38th floor of the Secre­ and a large bottle of Coca Cola cost $2.40. 'headquart.ers, several of Soviet Premier Josef tariat include a 484-squa.re-foot conference stuffed shrimp with side dishes was $2.10, 'Stalin's a.ides questioned the American pro­ room, an office, and a living room, bedroom, bolled beef wllth oabbage-$2.05, and baked ·posal of New York City. dining room and bathroom suite filled with cod filet almondine-$1.35. A delicious ' They suggested to Stalin that it would give extensive art. scria.mbled eggs with veal kidney ca.me in at 'the U.S. too much power in the new inter­ In a.dd.1.ltion to his office staff of 53, Wald· $1.60. 'na.tlonal organization, too many employes. heim is given $37,000 e.nnually for personal Comparative meals at coffee shops and 'Perhaps, they politely told: their stocky, enlg­ home service, such as ma.ids, $8,000 for car restaurants in the midtown area charge at 'matlc boss_. if it's not located in Moscow, it replacement, $25,000 for "maintenance of least twice ·as much for the same items and 'should be set in a neutral country like residence," and $45,000 for air fares. the UN cafeteria. ls probably the only eatery Switzerland or Sweden. In a.ddltion to his salary of $120,394 and in town where you ca.n get a chilled bottle ' Stalin glowered for a. moment, and then, his post adjustment of $9,742, Waldheim has of wine for under a dollar. 'according to accounts later obtained by the several a.nnua.l expense accounts which he is Because of their UN status, workers at 'CIA, his face broke into a. crafty smile. "Not not obliged to report: $17 ,000 to provide hos­ headquarters here ca.n shop without paying only will I give into the Americans," he said, pitality for visiting heads of state, $22,500 to city sales tax. Defenders of the UN quickly "But I will heartily approve of New York provide hospitality for others who are not point out that because the complex is here, City." heads of state, $38,000 for conference servic­ the city benefits through tourism (about The aides looked at ea.ch other in bewilder­ ing (interpreters) , $5,000 fol' reproduction of 3,000 visitors a. day), a.nd the U.S. State De· ment. But then Stalin made his reasons clea.r. documents, ancl $2,000 to travel home to partment has estimated that the nation ben­ Espionage, he sa.id. "I don't want the UN Vienna every other year. efits to the tune of $200 milllon a year. Not so freely advertised ls a. small desk here. It will serve us better in New York." Like Waldheim, all UN employes a.re en­ The a.ides grinned and nodded. Suddenly it titled to home leave every two years, pa.id in outside the cafeteria where employes can sUt through an index of about 200 "recom­ was obvious. Employment at the UN would full for their famlUes and several hundred provide parfect cover: diploma.tic immunity, pounds of luggage. mended" stores, approximately 100 of which Working hours a.re casual, espect.ally a.mong offer extra discounts to UN personnel. These free access to the United States and natural the higher ranks ~d there a.re scores of con­ range from 5 % to 30 % and include: Mon­ occasions for contact with other foreigners. ferences, in Geneva, Paris, Rome a.nd other sieur Lucien Inc., hairdresser of 585 Fifth New York, they knew was the major finan­ Ave., 10% off; David A. Baruch, jewelry, of cial, scientific, and' information center in the attractive cities that an employee oa.n at­ U.S. tend ait wlll, all expenses paid, iregardless of 36 W. 47th St., 30% off; Richard Burnside, whether attendance is relevant to duty. interior decorators of 210 E. 38th St., 30%- The meeting was over. Gabriel Ve.n Laethem, the French under­ 40% off; and Brodwin Chemists Ltd., a drug­ And Stalin's expectations were quickly secretary general for the Depar'tment of Eco­ store at First Ave. and 72d St. which gives a. realized. In the years that followed, member­ nomic and Social Affairs, has an office in the 15 % discount on merchandise, including pre­ ship in the UN expanded from 51 nations, to Secretariat where his depa,rtment is locarted. scription drugs. 100, to 147, and UN operations were set up in But he spends e.t lea.st half of his time, a<:· For the athletically inclined, there a.re soft­ other principal cities a.round the wor'ld­ cording to UN officials interviewed, a.brood, ball teams, a table tennis club on the 39th Geneva, Paris, Vienna, Nairobi, and Beirut. much of i:t in Paris, ",talking to world eco­ floor, and a. soccer league. Bridge players are A Soviet spy's handbook acquired when he nomic leaders." never scarce and there a.re classes in Yoga., defected said in translation, "In the U.S. in V.a.n La.etha.m is not alone. A UN Joint In­ languages, guitar, and a UN school for chil· addition to ordinary cover, we use various spection Unit report charged that dozens of dren of employes. international organizations. The most im­ conferences and meetings a.re overstaffed with By all accounts, the UN is a. pleasant place portant of these is the UN and its branch secretaries and aides-Waldheim takes a. per­ to work: air conditioned, with lace-wood institutions." sonal photogra,pher wtth him on the roa.d­ paneling from Australia in the reception room Today, the UN system ls one of the most and urged that baggage allowances and first­ on the second floor, rugs from Ecuador out­ active and fertile espionage installations in class accommodations be cut. side the basement conference rooms, an ivory the world, not only for the Russians, but for "The higher -the official's rank the more he inlaid table from Liberia in the public 11· Iranians, the Chinese, French, English, and a travels," sa4d ithe report, whl:ch specified brary; and from Poland, three picture cut­ host of others including Americans. The hub "During the period January to December one outs of ornamental birds in the Delegates of U?i operations is the Secretariat, here in director was eibsent: February 7 &ys; March Dining Room. New York, where most major UN decisions 13 days; April through May 35 days; June 13 Consequently, employe turnover is low. A are ma.de and this city has become the capitol days, mid-July thru mid-September 60 days; 1975 UN Joint Inspection Unit Study of Per­ for numerous far-flung intelllgence networks. mid-September through mid-October 28 sonnel showed that 37 % of the staff was older Intelligence agents use the UN as a base days." than 50, and only 4 % was younger than 30. for three types of operations: First, to pene­ Another director was absent from his According to the survey, which sampled trate U.S. domestic affairs, including the SecretarLwt office seven out of 22 months two thousand professional (white collar) Cabinet, the National Security Council, and surveyed, and the a.uthors of .the report com­ employes, a full one third of the staff did not the Defense Dept: Secondly, to keep track mented in polite, diplomatic acid. "One m·a.y complete college and more than 25 % never of each other's work. And thirdly, to monitor ask how, under the circumstances, the divi­ attended any institute of higher learning. the UN itself. sions could be run successfully." And a recent report on international or­ And behind the walls of the Secretariat on E~a.mples of unnecessary travel clited in­ ganizations by the U.S. Senate Permanent 43rd St., agents, including department heads cluded: "five persons were sent from New Committee on Government Operations earning more than $70,000 a. year, ply their York to accompany the secretary general to pointed out that the UN does not make an trade. It is a game as serious as the more one U.S. city; two staff members traveled effort to hire the best qualified recruits. At classical theft o! defense secrets. For in this from New York ·to Casablanca, Ra.bait, Da.kar, the State Department, members of the bu­ political 6rga.nlza.tion, the manipulation of Nouakchott, Freetown, Lagos, Nairobi, and reau of International Organization Affairs ex­ documents, of information, committee as­ Addis Aba.ba. on the question of promotion plain that the UN charter insists that hir· of spa.ce technology and to visit the Interna­ ing be based on equal geographical distribu­ signments and projects to a particular na­ tional Telecommumcations Union in Geneva. tion as well a.s abll1ty. Consequently, Ameri­ tion's advantage is a deadly affair. Wasn't it enough, if necessary a.t all, ito send cans make up a.bout 15% of the employe rolls Alliances are broken, delegates are wooed only one staff member." in the 48 agencies of the UN system, and the and bought, and influence ls expanded with Incidentally, they all flew first-class, with State Department ls quick to point out that a delicate twist of a. UN memo on dis­ per-diem allowances of up to $85 a day. The many nations do not have our education.al armament or an aid appropriation slyly di· report also pointed out that since the UN advantages. verted from an enemy to a friendly country. has offices in so many principal cl.ties a.round "I remember when there were only three The Joke is that because the U.S. pays May 16, 1977 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 14819 25 % of the UN's annual $2.3 bllllon operating and less established than the Russian unit, tee where chief Huck Trimble, a Canadian, budget, U.S. taxpayers are actually paying since Red China was admitted to the UN only said his department is responsible only for one-quarter of each agent's salary. six years ago, ousting Nationalist China. the safety of the building, personal proper­ As an example of how successfully agents But the Bed Chinese, according to Ameri- ty and the personal security of diplomats have penetrated the UN system, Soviet KGB can operatives, quickly made up !or lost and employes. man Victor Lessiovsky was for years former time. Within days of taking their seat. they The answer is: Nobody except UN officials Secretary General U Thant's top personal asked all Nationalist Chinese employes at the themselves, ruid one former UN employe, a advisor. After Lessiovsky left the UN and re- UN to swear allegiance. to the Red cause. Swede named Bang Jensen. who took mat­ turned to Moscow, his other occupation was Some quit, but many stayed on. including ters into his own hands when things got publicly disclosed by FBI counterintelligence. Mrs. Patricia K. Tslen, daughter of' a former too rough. A distraught Thant countered that Lesslov- Nationalist ambassador to the U.S. In 1956, Jensen along with a mtxed group sky had not affected any of his decision and Curiously, Mrs. Tslen takes her vacations of UN officials, was sent to Austrl& to inter­ asserted that he did not know of the KGB on mainland China., and she is the head of view Hungarian refugees who were talking • man's affiliation despite their friendship of the Chinese unit's A!rlca. divtslon. about Soviet terror and oppression. Jensen many years. Both the Russian and Chinese units deal had the list of refugees interviewed and Lessiovsky was not operating alone. Several with African questions and last fall the when he returned to New York, he refused. American intelllgence officials interviewed rivalry came out in one of the more subtle to part with it, according to one UN o.t!lcla.l, say that today, one-third of the 401 Soviet incidents in espionage history. "He thought it would fall into KGB hands nationals employed at the Secretariat in vari- It occurred during a meeting on decoloni­ and the refugees' fa.milles 1back in Hungary ous translating and executive positions have zation and UN aJ.d to the African. countries. would be killed or imprisoned,.. sa.id the affillations with the KGB, the Komitet Gos- A report on the conference would be sub­ official. udarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, or Russian CIA. mltted the next day to the entire General "Dag Hammarskjold himself (then Sec­ This 1s not to say that the u.s. and China Assembly, including the black African dele­ retary General) esked Jensen for the list, are not well represented at the UN, both at gates. but he still refused. Hrunma.rskjold said he misslons to the organization and inalde UN According to American operatives, the needed it for a report. Jensen said 'too bad' agencies as well. Most large missions to the Russians, who control the interpreting and and got so scared, he walked up to the Sec­ UN have their "security counsellor" or "mill- translating divisions in the Secretariat, retariat roof and burned it," the official re­ tary advisor" and this tipoff ls plainly indi-- qutetly---appotnted one- of their own men to called. ""There was no one he could trust." cated in public directories. tra.n.scrlbe remarks made at the conference Although nobody ts tracking internal UN Indeed, the current UN system actually and prepare the final report. a.tra.irs, the FBI's counterlntelllgence unit is subsidizes intelligence operations for over The next day, when the conference report specifically assigned to take action against the yeo.rs. successive secretari~ general was h!nded out to the General Assembly, the direct spying against the United States. This yielded t.o national pressures for specific UN le0 lslature, Chinese statements in sup­ unit has caught more than 20 UN-affiliated pieces o! the UN pie. The principal organs port or a resolution against racism were no­ KGB men in the act. s.nd works closely with of the Secretariat and many of th telllt where to be found. The A!rlcan delegates other Western powers in fighting espionage. agencies are now run and dom1.na:e:as in~ began to wonder why they weren't supported However, many of those caught are not im­ dependent national satrapies, this despite the by the Chinese, and the Chinese had a. lot of prisoned because of their diploma.tic im­ charter which prohibits employe allegiance explaining to do. munity. Here are a few examples: to any organiz&tion save the UN itself Th Tang, Schevchenko, and Mrs. Tsien repea.t­ KGB a.gent Vladimir Ryba.tchenko, an at­ charter added that all agencies shouid b: edly decllned to be interviewed but American tache in the scientific section of the UN internationally integrated by geographic dls- operatives say the Russians considered the Educational, Scientific and CUltura.l Organi­ tributlon and Jobs should be hand d t incident an intelligence coup-one more zation In Paris. He was nabbed by the French merit. e ou on needle stuck in Tang's side. secret police last March as the boss of a spy But the casual perversion of the UN ma- The Russians attribute their success to cell stealing NATO Secrets. The French sent chinery has produced a 8 ta lat di id d their placement or highly skilled men in key him back to Moscow after the ring was ~ up into commonly known ~:rut's"; 0 f~r Jobs; including: Bohda.n Lewandowski, a. broken up. the Russians, another for the Chinese, a third Pole who Is undersecretary general in charge Eduord B. Charchyan and Abdulkha.llk M. for the French another for the J d of Conrerence Servicing at the Secretariat; Gadzhdyev, both third secretaries at the So­ so on. • apanese an Evgueni Touma.ntsev, director of the Inter- viet Mission to the UN, and Petros Petrosyan, And when political questions arise, such pretation and Meetings Division; and Victor a participant in a UN Human Rights confer­ as resolutions in favor or decolonizing A!rl- Kroupnov, head termlnologist in the Trans­ ence. 'I'hese three KGB spies ran an lntelli· can states, or branding Zionism as a form of la.;!-on Division. gence network taat netted the Rqssians a ra.cism, these units scramble to control meet- ~ey are also very good a.t their regular top secret, "Vulnerability Analysis: U.S. Re­ ings and documentation so 88 to dominate Jobs, one American operative commented inforcement of NATO," and other items. The the UN's "official" position. In this way. vari- wryly. network was smashed. In 1975 by the F.B.I., ous powers advance their interests and ex- The United States has a "unit" in the two naturalized Americans were Imprisoned pand their influence. Secretariat as well, the Division of Polltical and the UN officdals were sent home to The prize in the current cold war in the and General Assembly A1fairs, headed by Moscow. UN, for instance. ls ln1:luence over developing William Buff'um, an undersecretary general Valery Markelov, a. 32-year-oid Russian African nations and their delegates. It is a and former high-ranking State Department translator at the UN who was turned into reflection of what's happening outside the official. the F.B.I. within hours of trying to recruit UN: Russia has a naval base in Somalia., the But Buff'um. according to an international an engineer for Grumman Aerospace CO. on Chinese hat"e a strong political and economic cross section of representatives interviewed, Long Island. A novice, Markelov was blatant foothold In Tanzania, and the u .s. ls trying ts in no way interested in spy work, subtle in his approaches and was quickly arrested to keep both Communist giants out of An- or otherwise. An open man, Buffum is in and put on the first plane ba.ck home. gola, Zaire, wherever. Outside the UN the charge of coordinating a.nd organizing the An FBI counterintelligence spokesman said battle ts fought In terms of aid, the u .s. Genera.I Assembly and arranging disaster re.­ his agency Is "pretty successful," so far as pumps in millions to African nations and llef projects. he knows, but he complained that his budget the Soviets and Chinese do likewise. ..I don't consider it part of my job," said ls too small to provide for adequate surveil­ Inside the UN, the battle between Beere- Buffum, whose office is on the same floor as lance of known operatlves here. A former tarlat units ts less obvious but no less real. Shevchenko's "I leave the politics to the CIA executive commented, "Everybody knows Here ls an example of how it works. people at the U.S. Mission. I work for the the F.B.I. doesn't pay overtime and is badly The "Russian unit" ls the Department of UN now." staffed on holidays. The result is that all the Political A1fairs, headed by Arkady Shev- "Buffum isn't into intelllgence, but don't big KGB contacts with American recruits chenko, a widely respected Soviet diplomat. worry, we've got our people inside," another com& on New Year's, Thanksgiving, Easter, His 124-man department prepares key UN Amerlca.n explained. Christmas, or on weekends. They know the position papers on apartheid and decoloniza- An American mission officer commented, PBI men don't like to work weekends." tion, both key concerns of black African "Look, it's going on but what disturbs me .. Of course," the CIA man continued, "the leaders. ts how It's wrecking the UN. You know KGB always works weekends." He grinned. Several of Shevchenko's top aides are also Shevchenko's predecessor was a Russian, "They've got the ideological commitment. Russian, and according to American opera- and his predecessor was a Russian. It's llke They d-0n 't care a.bout overtime." tlves, when these fellows are not working a.t the titles and jobs are inherited Instead of their regular jobs, they are known t.o be distributed according to the charter... THE HI-FI SPY extremely keen on intelligence. These aides Who then ts minding the store at the UN, include Viacheslav Kuzmin and Georgly monitoring the office of Public Information, The~ spy game isn't always that serious. Kallnken, chief of the committee services headed by Ga.nechi Altatani, a Japanese, or One American intelligence agent recalled division. watching Nlltolat Fochine,. the Soviet prin- !how he was totally m.ystlfied a.tter tailing a The Chinese "unit," the Secretariat's De- cipal officer in the Office for Special Political mlddle-a.ged KGB ma.n who spent an hour e.t pa.rtment of Political Affairs, Trusteeship and Affairs, an agency that helps supervise the Secretariat, le!t work and proceeded by Decolonization is headed by Tang-m.lng peacekeeping forces? bus to a hi fl.. store on Third Ave. in the E. Chao, Shevchenko's arch riva.l. It 1s smaller It 1s not the UN Security &nd Safety Serv- 80's. The KGB man saw .a salesman inside, 14820 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE May 16, 1977 then went downtown into another hi-fl shop Finally, after four years of preparation them to fa.11. And when the voting arithmetic in the E. 40's and from there to an appliance 5,000 representatives from various countries began to take its toll in the late 60's, the outlet on Canal St. The second day, the KGB and organizations poured into Vancouver, U.S. ignored the problem and walked away man repeated his routine, ducking into vari­ and on May 31, 1976, the first session of Hab­ from the fight. ous stores and the third day it was the same. itat was convened. Secretary General Kurt Up until that time, technical conferences "I was begdnning to think lh.e had a net­ Waldheim himself was there to give his bless­ and agencies such as the World Health Orga­ work in some of the stores and was visiting ing. nization, were free from politics, for the most the others to make it look like he was shop­ Then the trouble started. First the elec­ pa-rt. Debate and rhetoric were confined to ping around," said the American agent. tronic system failed. When that was repaired, the Genera.I Assembly and the Security "After all, he had worked Paris and Vienna the Palestine Liberation Organization de­ Council. recruiting, trying to get some of our people manded more than "observer" status. Even the Soviet Union sought to keep 1n NATO, so I wondered what was happening. The chairman, Barnett Dansln, then Can­ technical projects free of polltics, but all More American agents were put on the ada's esteemed minister of housing, said he these efforts failed. KGB man's tail. One afternoon during the was sorry, but the PLO was not a. UN mem­ The 1974 International Women's Yeat following week, he was strolling down 45th ber. There was nothing he could do. Conference in Mexico City was turned into St. between Lexdn.gtan and Third with two That afternoon, the PLO and other Arab an anti-Israeli forum, as were earller con­ Americans behind, one in front and two delegates spread the word that Dansin was ferences held by the International Labor across the way, all switching places every so Jewish. How could the UN dare appoint a Organiootion, the l,JN Educational Scientific often to avoid discovery, all osten,sibly Jewish chairman? Western delegates pro­ Slhopping. · and Cultural Organization and the World tested. Dansin had visited all the Arab Health Organization. Still there was no hints of skull duggery. countries before the conference; everybody And the cold war waged by the Third The game continued. Finally, at the end of knew he was Jewish. What was the big deal? World-Arab alliance was not directed at Is­ the third week, j;h.e American agent got a The Arabs a.greed and pressured the PLO rael a.Ione. The machinery of the UN has been break. "One of our men inside th~ UN picked to settle down, watch the films and talk. But twisted to affect everything from informa­ up some information. The KGB man was at the end of the week, the conference was only shopping. It was legit. "But," the Amer­ tion satellites to pensions. A few examples: again in a shambles. The Panama Canal was hotly debated dur­ ican agent chuckled, "Not just for himself. Instead of setting up guidelines for hous­ He was shopping for the whole Soviet mis­ ing last year's meeting of the UN Universal ing and environmental protection, the dis­ Postal Union, an organization designed to sion and all the Russians inside the UN. That cussion sessions almost uniformly deterio­ is his assignment in New York. To find bar­ improve postal service a.round the world and rated into loud political brawls over Israel. at the International Tele-communication gains. Nothing else. It was a joke." A meeting on land use crumbled into accu­ But it was the exception. -W .S. Union. sations that Israel wasn't treating Palestin­ UNESCO was created to pl'omote friendly ian refugees well; a session on environment {From the Daily Nev.'S, May 5, 1977] cultural exchanges between nations. This settled into a discussion over whether Is­ yea.r's budget includes $1.& mlllion for direct A $26-MILLION DEMOLrrION JoB rael's occupied territories weren't badly run. aid to refugees and national liberation (By William Sherman) When it came time to vote, there was pre­ movements. It was a beautiful concept. Nearly all the cious little housing involved and no talk of Last fall, a resolution was introduced in UN delegates were enthralled when Habitat, cooperation. Almost without exception, the the General Assembly demanding that the an international conference on housing and resolutions were a barrage of condemnations UN employes• $1.3 bill1on pension funct liqui­ the environment, was proposed in 1972. After of Israel: "Zionism is racism," "Israel is an date $600 million in investments in highly all, housing is ,among the most pressing of 1llegitima.te state," and so on. The resolu­ rated western bloc corporate stocks and the world's problems, from Hai·Iem to Hyder­ tions passed 77-8 with 20 abstentions, 69-8 bonds and invest the proceeds in developing a.bact in Pakistan. with 26 abstentions, 73- 3 wlth 42 absten­ nations. The resolution passed in watered And the beauty of such a conference, they tions. Each time, the U.S. delegate protested down form after the employes, many from said, was that the problems are apolitical: the politicization of the conference·, along the Third World itself, decided that invest­ Filth and poverty and pollution knew no ide­ with Canada, Israel, West Germany and ments in developing nations were too risky. ology. If international guidelines could be other powers. Each time, they were voted The {)Ontroversy over apartheid raged in designed on how to develop human settle­ down. a. 1975 conference of the World Meteorologi­ ments without destroying the environment, if Many representatives didn't even bother cal Association, an agency supposedly de­ the wealthier and more knowledgeable na­ showing up for the votes, as reflected in the voted to the exchange of information of thfl tions could help the less privileged, then the different number of votes cast. Instead, they weather between countries. conference would be a rousing success. spent their afternoons wandering a.round A $100 mill1on UNESCO pl·an to end worl Mr. WHALEN, for 5 minutes, today. patent to the United Daughters of the Con- fllay 16, 1977 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 14823 rederacy: to the Committee on the Jucll­ clary. its tributaries, Texas, in response to a resolu­ 324). Referred to the Committee of the tion of the House Committee on Publlc Whole House on the State of the Union. Works adopted August 15, 1961; to the Com­ Mr. MURPHY of New York: Committee on ADJOURNMENT mittee on Public Works and Transportation. Merchant Marine a.nd Flsherles. H.R. 4963. 1504. A letter from the Chairman, U.S. A blll to authorize appropriations for the Mr. BARNARD. Mr. Speaker, I move International Trade Commission, transmit­ fiscal year 1978 for certain maritime programs that the House do now adjourn. ting a report on the tmpUcations for U.S. of the Department of Commerce, and for The motion was agreed to; accordingly trade of granting most-favored-nation treat­ other purposes; with amendment (Rept. No. (at 3 o'clock and 56 minutes p.m.), the ment to the People's Republic of China, 95-332) . Referred to the Committee of the pursuant to section 410 of the 'rra.de Act of Whole House on the State of the Union. House adjourned until tomorrow, Tues­ 1974; to the Oommlttee on Ways and Means. day, May 17, 1977, at 12 o'clock noon. Mr. MURPHY of New York: Committee on 1505. A letter from the Comptroller Gen­ Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H.R. 6405. eral of the United States, transmittintg a A bill to amend th1' Endangered Species Act EXECUTIVECOMMUNICATIONS,ETC. report on the effectiveness of the Defense of 1973 regarding the requirements for State Department's program planning with pri­ cooperative programs thereunder and to au­ Under clause 2 of rule xxrv. executive vate industry to satisfy mob111za.tion pro­ thorize appropriations through fiscal year duction requirements (PSAD-77-108, May communications were taken from the 1981 to carry out such programs (Rept. No. Speaker's table and referred as follows: 13, 1977); Jointly to the Committees on Gov­ ernment Operations, and Armed Services. 95-333). Referred to the Committee of the 1494. A letter from the President of the 1506. A letter from the Comptroller Gen­ Whole House on the State of the Union. United States, transmitting amendments to eral of the United States, transmitting a re­ Mr. STAGGERS: Committee on Interstate the request for fiscal year 1978 appropria­ port on the activities of the National Insti­ and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 5798. A blll to tions for the Energy Research and Develop­ tute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to amend the Intt!rstate Commerce Act to au­ ment Administration, the Boa.rd for Inter­ treat the Nation's alcohol abusers (HRD-76- thorize a.ppropriations for the Office of Rail national Broadcasting, and the U.S. Informa­ 163, April 28, 1977); Jointly, to the Commit­ Public Counsel for fiscal year 1978 (Rept. tion Agency (H. Doc. No. 95-156); to the tees on Government Operations, and Inter­ No. 95-334). Referred to the Committee of Committee on Appropriations and ordered to state and Foreign Commerce. the Whole House on the State of the Union. be printed. Mr. DIGGS: Committee on the District 1495. A letter from the Secretary of Hous­ of Columbia.. H.R. 6536. A bill to establish ing and Urban Development, transmitting a REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUB­ an actuarially sound basis for financing re­ draft of proposed legislation to provtde au­ LIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS tirement ,ben~flts for policemen, firemen, thorizations for HUD housing and related teachers, and Judges of the District of Co­ authorities for fl.sea.I year 1979, and for other Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of lumbia. a.nd to make certain changes ln such purposes; to the Committee on Banking, committees were delivered to the Clerk benefits (Rept. No. 95-335). Referred to the Finance a.nd Urban Affairs. for printing and reference to the proper Committee of the Whole House on the State 1496. A letter from the Deputy Assistant calendar, as follows: of the Union. Secretary of Defense (Administration), Mr. MURPHY of New York: Committee on transmitting notice of a proposed new rec­ .Mr. TEAGUE: Committee on Science and Merchant Marine and Fisheries. A bill to ords system for the Department of the Army, Technology. H.R. 6566. A bUl to authorize increase the appropriations authorization for pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(o); to the Com­ appropriations for the use of the Energy Re­ fiscal year 1978 and authorize appropriations mittee on Government Operations. search and Development Administration in for fiscal year 1978 to carry out the Marine 1497. A letter from the Secretary, Smith­ accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and section Mammal Protection Act of 1972; with amend­ sonian Institution, transmitting the annual ment (Rept. No. 95-336). Referred to the report of the Smithsonian Institution for 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, a.nd for other purposes; with amend­ Committee of the Whole House on the State fiscal year 1976, pursuant to section 3 of the of the Union. act of August 10, 1846 (20 U.S.C. 57]; to the ment (Rept. No. 95-272, Pt. II). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the ' l\.tr. MANN: Committee on the Jucllcla.ry. Committee on '.House Administration. H.R. 7010. A bill to provide for grants to 1498. A letter from the Assistant Secretary State of the Union. Mrs. SCHROEDER: Committee on Post Of­ States for the payment of compensation to of State for Congressional Relations, trans­ persons injured by certa.ln criminal acts and mitting notice of the proposed issuance of a fice and Civil Service. H.R. 2387. A blll to .amend chapter 53 of title 5, United States omissions, and for other purposes; with license for the export of defense articles sold amendment (Rept. No. 95-337). Referred to commercially to (Transmittal Code, to increase the salaries of the Chair­ man and members of the Federal Reserve the Committee of the Whole House on tl:ie No. MC-44-77), pursuant to section 36(c) of State of the Union. the Arms Export Control Act; to the Commit­ Boa.rd a.nd of the Director a.nd Deputy Di­ rector of the Office of Management and Mr. STAGGERS: Committee ·on Interstate tee on International Relations. and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 6827. A blll to 1499. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Budget; with amendment (Rept. No. 95-320). Referred to the Committee of the Whole amend the Public Health Service Act to ex­ of State for Congressional Relations, trans­ tend certain authorities and authorize ap­ mitting a report on excess defense articles House on the State of the Union. Mrs. SCHROEDER: Committee on Post propriations for certain fiscal years for pur­ delivered to foreign governments during the poses of providing assistance to the States first quarter of fiscal year 1977, pursuant to Office a.nd Civil Service. H.R. 6975. A blll to amend title 5, United States Code, to in­ with respect to safe drinking water, and for section 8 (d) of the Foreign Military Sales other purposes; with amenctment (Rept. No. Act Am endments of 1971, as amended; to the crease the number of hearing examiner posi­ tions which the Civil Service Commission 95-338). Referred to the Committee of the Committ ee on International Relations. Whole House on the State of the Union. 1500. A letter from the Assistant Secretary ma.y establish and place at GS-16 of the General Schedule (Rept. No. 95-321). Re­ Mr. STAGGERS: Committee on Interstate of State for Congressional Relations, trans­ a.nd Foreign Commerce. H .R. 3816. A bill to mitting a report on political contrlbutlons ferred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to made by Amba.ssa.dor-designa.te Richard K. expedite the enforcement of Federal Trade Fox, Jr., and his family, pursuant to sec­ Mrs. SCHROEDER: Committee on Post Of­ fice a.nd Civil Service. H.R. 6974. A bill to Commission cease and desist orders and com­ tion 6 of Public La.w 93-126; to the Commit­ pulsory process orders; increase the inde­ tee on International Relations. amend title 5, United States Code, to provide to for an increase in the number of positions pendence of the Federal Trade Commission 1501. A letter from the Secretary, Inter­ in legislative, budgetary, and personnel mat­ st ate Commerce Commission, transmitting, which may be placed in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule by the Director of ters; and for other purposes; with amend­ a report on the Commission's determination ment (Rept. No. 95-339). Referred to the to extend the time period for acting on the the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Rept. No. 95-322). Referred Committee of the Whole House on the State appeal pending in docket No. 35914, H & R to the Committee of the Whole House on the of the Union. Scrap Iron and. Metal Co., v. Chicago & North State of the Union. Mr. MURPHY of New York: Committee on Western Transportatton Co., pursuant to Mr. STAGGERS: Committee on Interstate Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H.R. 6803. section 17(9) (f) of the Interstate Commerce and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 6794. A b111 to Act, as amended (90 Stat. 49); to the Com­ A bill to provide a comprehensive system of amend the Federal Energy Administration lia.b111ty a.nd compensation for oilsp111 dam­ mittee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Act of 1974 to extend the duration of a.u­ 1502. A letter from the director, National age a.nd removal costs, and for other pur­ thorities under such a.ct, to authorize appro­ poses; with amendment (Rept. No. 95-340. Legislative Commission, The American Le­ priations for the Federal Energy Adminis­ Pt. I). Ordered to be printed. gion, transmitting statements of the organi­ tration for the 1978 fiscal year, and for Mr. BROOKS: Committee on Government zation's financial condition a.s of December other purposes (Rept. No. 95-323). Referred 31, 1976, pursuant to section 3 of Public Law Qperations. H.R. 6257. A bill to provide for to the Committee of the Whole House on the efficient and regular distribution of cur­ 88-504; to the Committee on the Judiciary. the State of the Union. rent information on Federal domestic assist­ 1503. A letter from the Acting Assistant Mr. EDWARDS of California.: Committee ance programs; with amendment (Rept. No. Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), trans­ on the Judiciary. H.R. 5645. A bill to raise 95-341). Referred to the Committee of the ml tting a Corps of Engineera report on the the limitation on appropriations for the U.S. Whole House on the State of the Union. Blanco River and the San :r..1:arcos River and Commission on Civil Rights (Rept. No. 95- Mr. BROOKS: Committee on Government 14824 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE May 16, 1977 Operations. H.R. 6258. A bill to amend the were introduced and severally referred quired in order for an individual to be eligi­ Privacy Act of 1974 to extend the life of the as follows: ble for disability insurance benefits or the Privacy Protection Study Commission to disability freeze (or for widow's or widower's By Mr. DEVINE (for himself, Mr. benefits on the basis of disa.billty); to the September 30, 1977 (Rept. No. 95-342). Re­ LATTA, and Mr. GRASSLEY) : ferred to the Committee of the Whole House Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 7199. A bill to amend title 38 of the H.R. 7211. A bill to amend title II of the on the State of the Union. United States Code to make certain that Mr. FOLEY: Committee on Agriculture. Social Security Act to increase to $4,800 the recipients of veterans' pension and compen­ amount of outside earnings which (subject H.R. 7073. A bill to extend the Federal In­ sation wm not have the amount of such secticide, Fungicide, and Rodentlcide Act, as to further increases under the automatic pension or compensation reduced because of adjustment provisions) ls permitted an in­ a.mended; With a.mendment (Rept. 95-343). increases in monthly social security benefits; Referred to the Comm.ittee of the Whole dividual each year without any deductions to the Comm.ittee on Veterans' Affairs. from benefits thereunder; to the Committee House on the State of the Union. By Mr. CORMAN (for himself and Mr. Mr. FOLEY: Committee on Agriculture. on Ways and Means. VANDER JAGT): By Mr. KINDNESS (for himself, Mr. H.R. 75. A bill to provide for furthering the H.R. 7200. A bill to amend the Social Se­ conservation, protection, and enhancement BAUCUS, Mr. CORCORAN of Illinois, curity Act to make needed improvements in Mr. FENWICK, Mr. FRENZEL, Mr. of the Nation's land, water, and related re­ the programs of supplemental security in­ GRASSLEY, Mr. HAGEDORN, Mr. LO'IT, sources for sustained use, and for other pur­ come benefits, aid to familles with dependent Mr. MANN, Mrs. SPELLMAN, Mr. poses; with amendment (Rept. No. 95-344). children, child welfare services, and social SYMMS, Mr. TP.mLE, and Mr. WINN): Referred to the Committee of the Whole services, and for other purposes; to the Com­ H.R. 7212. A bill to provide for the reso­ House on the State of the Union. mittee on Ways and Means. lution of claims and disputes relating to the Mr. FOLEY: Comm.ittee on Agriculture.­ By Mr. DANIELSON: Government contracts awarded by executive H.R. 6135. A bill to amend' the U.S. Grain H.R. 7201. A bill to amend subsection (a) agencies; to the Committee on the Judiciary. Standards Act with respect to recordkeeping of section 2737 of title 10, United States By 1,Ir. LUJAN: requirements and supervision fees, and for Code, and for other purposes; to the Com­ H.R. 7213. A bill to amend title II of the other purposes; with amendment (Rept. No. mittee on Armed Services. Social Security Act so as to remove the lim­ 95-345) . Referred to the Committee of the H.R. 7202. A bill to amend the act of Au­ itation upon the amount of outside income Whole House on the State of the Union. gust 24, 1935 ( commonly referred to as the which an individual may earn while receiving "Miller Act") to provide for additional pro­ benefits thereunder; to the Committee on tection to persons supplying labor and ma­ Ways and Means. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PRI­ terial in the prosecution of work provided for ByMr.MATIDS: VATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS in contracts for the construction, alteration, H.R. 7214. A b111 to extend the food stamp or repair of any public building or public program for 2 years, to provide payments in Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of work of the United States, and· for other lieu of coupons under such program during committees were delivered to the Clerk purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary. fiscal year 1979, and for other purposes; to for printing and reference to the proper H.R. 7203. A bill to transfer responsibillty the Committee on Agriculture. calendar, as follows: for furnishing certified copies of M1ller Act By Mr. MUR'NIA: Mr. SAWYER: Committee on the Judiciary. nayment bonds from the Comptroller Gen­ H.R. 7215. A blll to authorize the Admin­ H.R. 1392. A bill for the relief of Maria Mira.­ eral to the officer that awarded the contract istrator of the National Fire Prevention and fl.or Carabbacan (Rept. No. 95-326). Referred. for which the bond was given; to the Com­ Control Administration to make grants to to the Committee of the Whole House. mittee on the Judiciary. volunteer fire departments which are unable Mr. EVANS of Georgie.: Committee on the H.R. 7204. A blll to amend chapter 5, sub­ to purchase necessary firefighting equipment Judiciary. H.R. 1440. A bill for the relief of chapter II, of title 5, United States Code, to because of the increased cost of such equip­ Eun Kyung Park and Sang Hyuk Park (Rept. provide for improved administrative proce­ ment as the result of inflation; to the Com­ No. 95-327). Referred to the Committee of dures; to the Committee on the Judiciary. mittee on Banking, Finance and Urban Af­ the Whole House. By Mr. DRINAN: fairs. Mr. EILBERG: Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 7205. A blll to amend the Immigration H.R. 7216. A bill to amend the Internal H.R. 1552. A bill for the relief of Oh Soon Hee; and Nationality Act to establish a uniform Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a deduction with amendment (Rept. No. 95-328). Referred procedure for the admission of refugees as for clothing purchased and used by taxpayers to the Committee of the Whole House. immigrants, and for other purposes; to the serving in volunteer firefighting organiza­ Mr. EILBERG: Committee on the Judiciary. Committee on the Judiciary. tions; to the Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 1777. A bill for the relief of Cathy Gee By Mr. EILBERG (for himself, Mr. Noc, H.R. 7217. A bill to amend the Internal Yuen; with amendment (Rept. No. 95-329). Mr. MICHAEL 0. MYERS, Mr. LEDERER, Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt nonprofit Referred to the Committee of the Whole Mr. DoDD, Mr. SCHULZE, Mr. On.MAN, volunteer firefighting or rescue organizations House. Mr. MAZZOLI, and Mr. TREEN) : from the Federal excise taxes on gasoline, Mr. EVANS of Georgia.: Committee on H.R. 7206. A bill to amend the Omnibus diesel fuel, and certain other articles and the Judiciary. H.R. 1787. A bill for the relief Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, services; to the Committee on Ways and of Paz A. Norona; with amendment (Rept. as amended, to authorize group life insur­ Means. No. 95-330). Referred to the Committee of ance programs for public safety officers and By Mr. MONTGOMERY: the Whole House. to assist State and local governments to pro­ H.R. 7218. A blll to amend title XVIII of Mr. SAWYER: Committee on the Judiciary. vide such insurance, and for other purposes; the Social Security Act to authorize payment H.R. 2944. A blll for the relief of Ricky Lee to the Committee on the Judiciary. under the medicare program for certain serv­ Trautvetter (Rept. No. 95-331). Referred to By Mr. FRENZEL (for himself, Mr. ices performed by chiropractors; jointly, to the Committee of the Whole House. STEIGER, Mr. QUIE, Mr. FRASER, Mr. the Committees on Ways and Means, and In­ GOODLING and Mr. VENTO): terstate and Foreign Commerce. H.R. 7207. A bill to amend the Internal By Mr. OBEY (for himself, Mrs. BURKE REPORTED BILLS SEQUENTIALLY Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that certain of California, Mr. JOHN L. BURTON, REFERRED organizations furnishing computer and fiscal Mr. GINN, Mr. LUKEN, Mr. PicKLE, management services to social organizations Under clause 5 of rule X, bills and Mr. SISK, and Mr. CHARLES WILSON shall be exempt from income .tax; to the of Texas): reparts were delivered to the Clerk for Committee on Ways and Means. H.R. 7219. A bill to amend titles II and printing, and bills referred as follows: By Mr. GAYDOS: XVllI of the Social Security Act to include Mr. MURPHY of New York: Committee on H.R. 7208. A bill to amend the Internal eligible drugs, requiring a physician's pre­ Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H.R. 4297. Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a taxpayer to scription or .certification and approved by a A bill to amend the Marine Protection, Re­ deduct, or to claim a credit for, amounts paid formulary committee, among the items and search, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to au­ as tuition to provide an education for him­ services covered under the hospital insurance thorize appropriations to carry out the pro­ self, for his spouse, or for his dependents; program; jointly, to the Committees on Ways visions of such Act for fiscal year 1978; with to the Committee on Ways and Means. and Means, and Interstate and Foreign Com­ amendment (Rept. No. 95-325, Pt. I) . Re­ By Mr. HAMMERSCHMIDT (for him­ merce. ferred to the Committee on Science and self and Mr. KELLY) : By Mr. SISK (for himself and Mr. Technology for a period ending not later H.R. 7209. A bill to amend the Communi­ McCORMACK): than May 20, 1977, for consideration of such cations Act of 1934 in order to prohibit the H.R. 7220. A bill to amend title II of the portions of section 2 of the bill as fall within television broadcasting of programs portray­ Social Security Act to provide that when an that committee's jurisdiction under rule X, ing nudity, obscenity, or explicit sexual ac­ adverse decision is made on a claim for bene­ clause 1 (r), and ordered. to be printed. tivity which ls offensive to the public taste fits thereunder, the claimant shall have the and morals; to the Committee on Interstate right to reconsideration, including an in­ and Foreign Commerce. formal conference and a statement of the case, prior to hearing; to impose time limits PUBLIC Bll,LS AND RESOLUTIONS By Mr. HEFNER: H.R. 7210. A bill to amend title II of the and make other improvements in the pro­ Under clause 5 of rule X and clause 4 Social Security Act to eliminate the 5- cedures for determining such claims; to the of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions month waiting period which is presently re- Committee on Ways and Means. May 16, 1977 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 14825 By Mr. STARK (for ·himself and Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania., Mr. H. Res. 572. Resolution to amend the Rules 0BERSTAR) ! BADILLO, Mr. FoRD of Michigan, Mr. of the House of Representa.tive.s to establish H.R. 7221. A bill to amend the Indochina THOMPSON, Mr. FORSYTHE, Mr. the Committee on Internal Security, and for Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975 FLORIO, Mr. MINISH, Mr. RODINO, Mr. other purposes: to the Comm! ttee on Rules. to extend the period during which refugee RINALDO, Mr. EILBERG, Mr. CHARLES By Mr. WHITEHURST: assistance may be provided; to the Commit­ Wn.soN of Texas, Mr. LE FANTE, Mr. H. Res. 573. Resolution that Congress move tee on the Judiciary. HOLLENBECK, Mrs. SPELLMAN, Mrs. expeditiously to resolve pending issues re­ By Mr. TSONGAS: MEYNER, and Mr. MAGUIRE): garding national telecommunications policy, H.R. 7222. A bill to reorganize the executive H.J. Res. 467. Joint resolution to designate and for other purposes; to the Committee on branch of the Government by consolidation the year 1979 as the Thomas A. Edison Cen­ Interstate and Foreign Commerce. of functions and to increase efficiency and tennia.1 Year and to establish the Thomas A. coordination ln the area of disaster assist­ Edison Centennial Commission: to the Com­ ance, emergency preparedness, mobilization mittee on Post Office and Civil Service. MEMORIALS readiness, and for other purposes; to the By Mr. DELANEY: Committee on Government Operations. H . Con. Res. 224. Concurrent resolution Under clause 4 of rule XXII, By Mr. DODD: requesting release of Ukrainian patriots 145. The SPEAKER presented a memorial H.J. Res. 465. Joint resolution authorizing Valentyn Moroz, Mykola Rudenko, Yuriy of the Legislature of the State of Arkansas, the President to proclaim the third week in Shukhevych, and Oleksa Tykhy; to the Com­ requesting that Congress call a. convention June of each year as National Veterans' Hos­ mittee on International Relations. for the purpose of proposing an amendment pital Week; to the Committee on Post Of­ By Mr. McDONALD (!or himself, Mr. to the Constitution of the United States with fice and Civil Service. ALEXANDER, Mr. .ARMSTRONG, Mr. respect to the right to life; to the Committee By Mr. MURTHA: BOWEN, Mr. BREAUX, Mr. BURLESON on the Judiciary. H.J. Res. 466. Joint resolution to designate o! Texas, Mr. BUTLEP., Mr. CEDERBERG, the week commencing with the second Mon­ Mr. CLEVELAND, Mr. DENT, Mr. Dn­ day in October of each year as National Fire RrcK, Mr. DuNcAN of Tennessee, Mr. PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ENGLISH, Mr. GOLDWATER, Mr. Prevention Week; to the Committee on Post Under clause 1 of rule X1al, Office and Civil Service. GOODLING, Mr. HARSHA, Mr. liEFNEa; Mr. HIGHTOWER, Mr. HOLLAND, Mr. Mr. HANNAFORD introduced a blll (H.R. By Mr. PA'ITEN (for himself, Mr. HUCKABY, Mr. IRELAND, Mr. WON PAT, 7223) for the relief of Fara. A. York; which ADDABBO, Mrs. FENWICK, Mr. PEPPER, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. NEAL, and Mr. was referred to the Committee on the Judi­ Mr. HowAIU>, Mr. HUGHES, Mr. FoRD of Tennessee} : ciary.

SENATE-Monday, May 16, 1977 The Senate met at 12 noon and was ing of the Journal of the proceedings of LIMITING CONGRESS called to order by Hon. ERNEST F. HOL­ Friday, May 13, 1977, be dispensed with. Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, I was LINGS, a Senator from the State of South The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ Carolina. pleased to note in the Sunday edition of Pore. Without objection, it is so ordered. the Washington Post an article entitled "Save Congress by Limiting It," by Ger­ PRAYER ald W. Siegel. Mr. Siegel articulates well The Chaplain, the Reverend Edward COMMITTEE MEETINGS a concept to which I am firmly devoted. L. R. Elson, D.D., offered the following I would note particularly for the benefit prayer: Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, of my colleagues on the other side of the O God, whose splendor fills the world, I a sk unanimous consent that all com­ aisle that Mr. Siegel was once the chief quicken all the senses with which Thou mittees be authorized to meet during the counsel of the Senate Democratic Polley hast endowed us, that each may be an session of the Senate today. Committee. opening into the presence of the Eternal. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ I commend the article to the attention With eyes to see and ears to hear, may pore. Without objection, it is so ordered. of all my colleagues and ask unanimous the whole world be a. sanctuary where Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. I yield to the consent that it be printed in the RECORD. we worship Thee in spirit and in truth. distinguished Senator from Washington. There being no objection, the article Open our minds to learn; open our was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, hearts to love; open our hands to give. as follows: And grant us grace to walk in paths of PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR­ SAVE CONGRESS BY LIMITING IT service for Thy name's sake. Amen. H.R. 5970 (By Gerald W. Siegel} Mr. JACKSON. Mr. President, I ask Tho Founding Fathers never intended Con­ APPOINTMENT OF' ACTING PRESI­ unanimous consent that Richard Casad gress to be the fullttme institution of pro­ DENT PRO TEMPORE fessional lawmakers that it ha.s become. of my staff be granted the privilege of Rather, they foresaw a legislative branch that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The the floor in connection with the military would meet fore. few months to set national clerk will please read a communication procurement bill, H.R. 5970. pollcies and en!lct the few laws necessary to to the Senate from the President pro The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ implement them. It was to be a citizen body tempore (Mr. EAsTLAND). pore. Without objection, it is so ordered. which, ideally, would always reflect ·the The legislative clerk read the following Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President, broadest composition of our people: farmers, I have no further use for my time. I yield merchants, workers, lawyers, doctors a.nd so letter: forth. U.S. SENATE, it back. Of course, the Founding Fathers never PRESmENT PRO TEMPORE, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem­ anticipated the complexity which has over­ Washington, D.C., lt!ay 16, 1977. pore. The Senator from Tennessee. taken us. But their conception of the role o! To the Senate: Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, I first yield Congress rem!lins valid. To return to such a Being temporarlly absent from the Sen­ to the distinguished Senator from North limited legislative role would be a major re­ ate on official duties, I appoint Hon. ERNEST Carolina