HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES-Wednesday, January 1'5, 1969 the House Met at 12 O'clock Noon
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
700 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE January 15, 1969 The United States Congress ls going to miss which issued the report "Strategy and Tactics world into mass violence and disorder t.o be two distinguished, gracious la.dies-Rep. of World Communism." :followed by an era of totaUtartan, Commu Frances P. Bolton, R-Ohio, and Rep. Edna One of her bills sought the return of nist regimes." Kelly, D-N.Y. 28,000 Greek children kidnaped by Commu Mrs. Kelly knows the facts and she used Spry and active octogenarian Frances Bol nist guerrillas during the Red insurrection her knowledge with distinction as chairman ton entered the House 28 years ago when she in Greece. of the Subcommittee on Europe on the Com was elected to fill the unexpired term of her In 1953 President Eisenhower named Mrs. mittee for Foreign Affairs. late husband, Chester C. Bolton. Bolton a delegate to the General Assembly Since entering the House in 1949 in a spe A dynamic and energetic reformer, she of the United Nations. cial election in Brooklyn she was active on a served on many committees including the Her decorations would fill pages. A private number of congressional subcommittees in Committee of Foreign Affairs since 1941. She law authorized Mrs. Bolton to wear the cluding national security, the Middle-East was a member of subcommittees whose at French Legion of Honor "Officer Class" con and East-West trade. tentions focused on Europe, the Near East, ferred to her for her work during and after She came to be respected and loved by the Balkans and Africa. She travelled widely the war. exiles from Eastern Europe for her activities and is considered an expert on the Near East Edna Kelly established an equally proud concerning the Captive Nations. In 1962 as and a specialist of African Affairs. record as a liberal in internal affairs, as a chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe Also interesting in nursing and medical hard-minded patriot in foreign affairs. Un she held hearings "to explore new methods of care afforded American fighting men, she like many self-styled liberals, she was never communicating with freedom-loving people contributed progressive legislation in health. duped by Communist dialectics. behind the Iron Curtain". She was largely responsible for the Army Mrs. Kelly lost her seat to Rep. Emanuel In a report to her constituents last October Celler, D-N.Y., when a quirk of redistriction School of Nursing. The Bolton Bill created she wrote: threw the two into the same district. But she the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps that graduated "We live in an age in which forces of revo has time for a comeback. She belongs in 125,000 nurses for World War II. lution-simulated, enticed and guided by Washington. She was chairman of the Subcommittee on Communist ideology-are hell bent on de Both Mrs. Bolton and Mrs. Kelly deserve to National and International Movements stroying the existing order and plunging the be remembered. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Wednesday, January 1'5, 1969 The House met at 12 o'clock noon. From the Hill," written by my distin The point is, of course, that procurement The Chaplain, Rev. Edward G. Latch, guished colleague and good friend, the impacts on the economy, on community wel D.D., offered the following prayer: gentleman from California, Congress fare, on specific industries and occupations, all of which flourish or wither in the district The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. man CHET HOLIFIELD. The article appears of one Congressman or another. Contractors Luke 4: 18. in the Defense Management Journal, are even known to locate branch plants in Eternal God, our heavenly Father, we volume IV, issue No. 4, fall of 1968, be districts where the chairman of a key com come to Thee at this noontide moment of ginning at page 6. mittee or subcommittee might become a The Defense Management Journal is legitimate champion of their cause before prayer humbly and gratefully for in Thee the Pentagon for a sustained flow of Gov is the answer to our questions, the solu published by the Directorate for Cost Re duction and Management Improvement ernment business. tion of our problems, and the goal of our Military supply systems, which absorb the noblest endeavors. Policy in the Office of the Assistant Sec vast outpouring of military goods procured, May it be our aim, as we meet daily retary of Defense, Installations and Lo are less visible to the Congress and hence in this historic Chamber, to meet the gistics. It is concerned with Govern less well understood-at least in problem needs of struggling humanity, to ment management, and its contributors terms. This is the realm of the commodity are experts in this field. manager and the weapon system manager, strengthen the ties that bind free men who employ methods and terminology strange together, and to find the way to peace In the 90th Congress the gentleman from California <Mr. HOLIFIELD) direct to the public and familiar to few members among the nations of the world. in the Congress. It is easier to lose sight of God bless America. Unite our people in ed hearings on military supply systems the taxpayer's dollar once the goods enter safeguarding our liberties, in defending as chairman of the Military Operations the distribution system. The contracts have our institutions, and in supporting all Subcommittee, Committee on Govern been let, the items bought and paid for. But men everywhere who live and fight and ment Operations. He has drawn upon distribution costs are important too. Each these hearings and upon his long experi purchased item sooner or later is cataloged, die for freedom. stocked, transported, stored, maintained, May we realize more than ever that ence and extensive knowledge of defense management problems to prepare this possibly reconditioned or redistributed, and Thy spirit must touch and transform if not used up, ultimately sold, given away, our own spirits if we are to continue to article, which describes in candid fashion or scrapped. And if procurement is excessive be free for in Thee alone is the life and the work of our committees in this field because of unnecessary duplication of stocks the light and the law of liberty. and some of the major problems which or other inefficiencies, costs are compounded We pray in the name of Him whose require attention. all the way along the supply chain. life never fails, whose light never fades, I include the article at this point in CATALOGING AND STANDARDIZATION and whose law never falters. Amen. the RECORD: The sheer diversity of military goods is MILITARY SUPPLY MANAGEMENT: A VIEW FROM awesome. We are told that there are no less THE HILL than 4 m1llion separately identified items in THE JOURNAL military supply systems. This estimate un (By Congressman CHET HOLIFIELD) doubtedly is better today than it was before The Journal of the proceedings of (NOTE.-Mr. HOLIFIELD represents the 19th the Federal Catalog System became reason yesterday was read and approved. Congressional District of California. He is ably complete and maintained on an up-to Chairman of the Military Operations Sub date basis. Some 20 years ago, as a member of MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT committee, House Committee on Government the House Committee on Expenditures in the Operations, and is now Chairman of the Joint Executive Departments (now Government A message in writing from the Presi Committee on Atomic Energy. Mr. HOLIFIELD Operations) I was active in the fight for a dent of the United States was communi is serving his 14th continuous term in Con Federal Catalog System as a basic tool in cated to the House by Mr. Geisler, one gress, having been first elected to the 78th supply management. Unless and until the Congress in November 1942.) great mass and mix of names, numbers, and of his secretaries. The Congress gets involved in defense descriptions could be rationalized, supply management in many ways. It enacts the systems never would be brought under con MILITARY SUPPLY SYSTEMS basic legislation upon which the whole com trol. And when I refer to a fight for a Federal plex superstructure of procurement regula Catalog System, I mean just that. It took 10 <Mr. MOORHEAD asked and was giv tions is built. It authorizes yearly programs en permission to extend his remarks at and provides the funds for their execution. years to establish the system. There was al It monitors performance and investigates ways a fight for funds, and a transient co11- this point in the RECORD and to include test between DOD and GSA for management extraneous matter.) complaints. In the Congress are heard many complaints by unsuccessful bidders, aggrieved control. There were military service diehards Mr. MOORHEAD. Mr. Speaker, I be subcontractors, and potential sellers seeking and holdouts against central direction, and lieve the Members will be greatly inter entry. You would think at times that the doctrinal differences among catalog experts. ested in reading an article entitled "M111- Congress is a source selection board, a board There were even a few unregenerate enemies tary Supply Management: A View of contract appeals, or even a court of claims. of the accepted progrMn. I trust their crlti- ··'January 15,. 1969 -CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- HOUSE 701 clsms now are history and that we have a toward-the concept of a national supply sys If the thrusit of Government Operations good working system today. tem in which each agency will procure and Committee studies and recommendations Logically, standardization would seem to supply selected commodities, as economy and over the years has been toward more inte · follow cataloging, for when items are identi efficiency prescribe, for the Government as grated management, we have not recom fied and properly described, and redundan a whole.