February 3, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1605 EXTENSION OF REMARKS HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLU­ images off satellites in space and transmit which made it noteworthy, as did the am­ TION 52 AND TERRORISM them widely and instantly to millions of biguous quasi-governmental nature of the AGAINST DIPLOMATS others a.Cross the globe. In this weird world hostage-keeping, but in themselves they in which we live, fragments of experience hardly explain why this became the "Iran from afar can be hurled into the national crisis" which shook the United States and HON. FLOYD J. FITHIAN consciousness with incredible velocity and involved most of the world. OF INDIANA impact. The effect is all the greater when In Washington's inner circle as well as on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the event is not only dramatic and symbolic the outside, the events of Nov. 4, 1979, were but also intensely personal, involving the very personal. The high officials along with Tuesday, February 3, 1981 suspended fate of identifiable people. the rest of the country saw the television The world stage was not lit nor the cam­ pictures of screaming crowds waving their e Mr. FITHIAN. Mr. Speaker, I am in­ eras rolling in 1796, when the United States serting today for the benefit of my col­ fists outside the embassy while the blind­ signed an early day "agreement of Algiers" folded hostages were paraded inside. "I leagues an article taken from the and paid $992,463.25 for the ransom of the knew this was going to be overwhelming," Washington Post of February 1, 1981. passengers and crew of two American ships said Capt. Gary Sick, the NSC staff aide on The article, written by Don Ober­ which had been seized and held by the dey Iranian matters. "In the White House situa­ dorfer, is a persuasive argument in of Algiers for 11 years. The payment of tion room within the first 24 hours I made a favor of the establishment of interna­ ransom by nations was commonplace in commitment, almost like taking vows, that tional mechanisms to deal with terror­ those days. until those people were out that would be Nor was there much commotion beyond a the total priority in my life. We discussed it ism against diplomats. Just such a limited circle in 1829 when a mob of several mechanism would be established by at the dinner table, and my family under­ thousand Persians, egged on by mullahs, stood. From then on, seven days a week House Concurrent Resolution 52, sacked the Russian legation in Tehran, became totally routine and 16-hour days which I recently introduced in the slaughtered nearly all 38 of Moscow's diplo­ were normal." 97th Congress. matic personnel and dragged the body of When all the elements of the United The article follows: the Russian envoy through the streets. The States government were mobilized, due to Russian offense, in Persian eyes, was to give WHY THE HosTAGE CRISIS HELD Us ALL the intense personal interest and commit­ asylum to two girls and a eunuch from the ment of President Carter and the topmost HOSTAGE harem of the shah and his family. There Despite what Americans believe they layer, Sick was receiving 1,000 pages of was no retribution. cables, memoranda and reports per day know, the seizure and abuse of diplomats as In China in 1948-49, following the commu­ well as private citizens abroad is far from nist victory in the civil war, authorities in across his desk, more than he had time even unprecedented; it has been a rather regular Mukden penned up the 10 diplomatic per­ to skim between White House meetings. occurrence during historical periods of tur­ sonnel of the U.S. consulate plus their Chi­ The president himself, as disappointment bulence and revolution. The victims have nese staff and a hapless German who had piled upon disappointment and the Soviet been American, Russian, British and a vari­ stopped by to visit the library. This confine­ invasion of Afghanistan added to the air of ety of other nationalities in a dismayingly ment under rigorous conditions lasted for crisis, seemed a changed man to those long tradition. more than a year, six months of this period around him. "This hostage thing is preying Why then did the seizure, confinement without any contact with the outside world. on his mind. It's almost like it haunts him," and eventual release of 66, later 52, Ameri­ Nobody remembers this now. said Robert Strauss, his campaign manager, can hostages in Tehran strike this country Another Chinese episode during the three months into the long ordeal. with thunderclap force, becoming a crisis of Maoist Cultural Revolution was perhaps the The overwhelming, almost single-minded an overwhelming and all-absorbing nature? closest contemporary parallel to the recent governmental concentration on the event Why did the Carter administration concen­ events in Tehran. In 1967 the British chan­ both arose from and intensified the concen­ trate on this beyond all else in a dangerous cery in Peking was sacked and burned by tration of the press and public. "The emo­ world, to the extent of more than 100 meet­ quasi-official Red Guards, several British tion level of the American people, the pain, ings of the National Security Council or its diplomats were beaten by a mob and subse­ anger and frustration that they felt and crisis coordinating committee within the quently all British diplomats were detained that we felt, was not something the admin­ first six months? And why are Americans in their compound for four months by gov­ istration had control over," recalled NSC likely to remember this travail and release ernment order. At about the same time the aide Sick. "Anybody who suggested in those on the scale of great events, such as the be­ Soviet embassy in Peking was repeatedly at­ early months that this should be played ginning or ending of a full-scale war or the tacked and harassed, with the Russians down would have been laughed at. No public death of a president? counting some 80 government-backed figure could stick his nose out of his office Many factors, foreign and domestic, were "provocations" within 1967 against their without being swamped in the national feel­ involved, but two reasons stand out beyond diplomatic mission or personnel, and an­ ing. The immediacy of it penetrated the all others: other 120 "spontaneous outrages." consciousness and overwhelmed us." First, the plight of the hostages in Iran From 1968 to 1979 the State Department The question persists: Why was this so? seemed to sum up and symbolize a sense of counted 273 terrorist incidents of all sorts No armies were marching, as they were in vulnerability and ineffectiveness in relation against U.S. diplomatic interests overseas. Afghanistan. There was a physical threat to to the rest of the world which had been The Rand Corporation's most recent listing several dozen of the 225 million Americans, growing in this country since the fall of of international terrorist acts against all but no physical threat to the United States. Saigon in 1975, and was rooted in the more countries since 1968 runs to 1,400 incidents. Moreover, it became apparent after a few distant past. Nearly 100 diplomats have been assassinat­ weeks to nearly everyone, as passion in the The nation which had emerged from ed or kidnaped in that period. United States intersected and interacted World War II far and away the most power­ A Rand report issued a few days ago said with passion in Iran, that a quick resolution ful as well as the most admired was increas­ terrorists or other militants have seized em­ was unlikely. ingly frustrated and buffeted by outside bassy facilities of various countries on 43 oc­ Part of the reason was the raw nerve forces beyond its control. National adjust­ casions since 1971, with five of these inci­ touched upon by Jeff Gralnick, executive ment to a more modest role is often painful. dents involving U.S. embassies. "Seizing em­ producer of ABC Television's "World News The taking of a U.S. embassy, a symbolic bassies became a common form of protest Tonight" program, who hit upon the grip­ seat of nationhood, seemed to seize the and coercion in the 1970s," according to ping title of "America Held Hostage" for a nation as well as its diplomatic and military Brian M. Jenkins of Rand. series of late night specials on Iran. Many personnel by the throat. The takeover of the U.S. embassy in Americans completely identified their coun­ Second, and closely related to the first, is Tehran, in this light, involved the seizure of try's fate with that of the hostages. For a new fact of our age with profound signifi­ the largest number of diplomatic personnel, some, the identification was so intense and cance: the ability of human beings with the and for the longest time, of any single con­ personal they told members of hostage fam­ right equipment to bounce sounds and temporary incident. These are distinctions ilies, that they were unable to sleep well as

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insenions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. 1606 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1981 they tossed at night worrying about what or other terrorists who have dramatized financing of gubernatorial elections. would happen next. their causes with violent acts, acted on a cal­ The headline, "Byrne's Brainchild It is too simple to single out instant inter­ culation of personal risk. In fact, the likeli­ Begins To Look Like a Monster" says national mass communications via satellite hood of direct engagement by the United and television, as the only reason for the States could spur some groups to greater it all. puzzling disparity between the scale of the risks for greater glory and more radical out- According to the article, two points event and the scale of its repercussions. Yet comes. . are clear about the New Jersey pro­ this fact, which made the daily drama part A prophetic report written for the Air gram: of the life of nearly every American from Force in 1977 by Guy J. Pauker, a noted po­ First, the program is tremendously president to private citizen separates the litical scientist, projected "a period of in­ expensive. The cost for this election "hostage crisis" in Iran from all that went creased social instability" in the 1980s, in­ cycle will be 250 percent greater than before. If Vietnam was the nation's first cluding the possibility of a breakdown of in­ television war, the ordeal of the Tehran em­ ternational order he called "a world order the original estimates. That should bassy was the first televised international crisis." Pauker foresaw difficult decisions not be surprising because opponents of crisis. for the United States. "In some instances, it taxpayer funding of elections, like It has been suggested by many most re­ may have to give priority to world order myself, have been warning about costs cently by Ronald Reagan that the United considerations, while in other situations it for nearly a decade. States and Iran actually were embroiled in may have to defend narrowly defined na­ Second, the system is politically dis­ something akin to war, and that those in tional interests," he wrote. ruptive. It has literally created, and the captured embassy could be better con­ "In deciding to use military force for the promoted, candidacies which would sidered "prisoners of war" than hostages to protection of limited national interests, a militant captors. If so what a strange kind great power which is also a democracy has never see the light of day if they had of war, with journalists reporting daily both to be responsive to a wide range of consider­ to rely on their own attractiveness to from the high command at home and from ations. Should the U.S. government be pre­ the electorate for fundraising. the enemy camp, using transmission facili­ pared to project its power into all parts of There will be more and more such ties furnished and controlled by the other the world where Americans may wish to articles as the 16 States which use tax­ side. travel, trade, study or engage in any other payers' money to pay campaign ex­ And what of the content of the reports? It normal and peaceful activity, in order to would be wrong to say that journalists did penses begin to experience the prob­ protect them? If not, where should one lems that caused New Jersey's "mon­ the bidding of the militants, except in rare draw the line?" Pauker asked. repo~ ster." Predictably, if the programs are cases. Even that small minority of A journalist who has observed governm~nt planned by the captors to propagandize and public opinion during the !raman fair, available to all come~s in both Americans backfired, stoking public anger drama emerges with few sure answers for primary and general electiOns, they in this country instead of sympathy for the future tests. But I have these suggestions: are going to be needlessly and Iranian cause. First the government should be prepared unaffordably expensive. The greater problem in the majority of to meet the unexpected and intolerable with both television and print reporting was lack My hope is that the Congress and contingency plans for quick response, politi­ other States which have not fallen of context. Lacking prior experience or cal as well as military, as troubles arise. The knowledge of Iran, its access sharply limited greatest impact as well as the greatest into the "free money" trap, benefit or cut off, goaded by competition for the chance to affect the course of turbulent from the New Jersey experience. The most obvious and dramatic stories, the press events is in the early hours of a crisis, when peoples' money has no place in the fi­ tended to focus tightly on the Americans nancing of elections. and their immediate plight, without much it is also most difficult to plan and see ahead. [From the New York Times, Jan. 18, 1981] emphasis on or explanation of the internal Second, the press and the people, as well Iranian setting which brought about the as those citizens who are also government JERSEY'S PuBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING event and made it so difficult to resolve. BRINGS CANDIDATES OUT OF THE WOOD- With some notable exceptions, the press officials, should keep their cool in the face WORK was trapped in the technology and, deadline of provocation. This would provide the maximum flexibility for a national response BYRNE'S BRAINCHILD BEGINS TO LOOK LIKE A pressures of a story which took on a life of MONSTER its own. For example, the hostages in the which will be tailored to the reality rather embassy were rarely seen, but the networks than the emotional impact of the problem. (By Joseph F. Sullivan) trained their cameras day after day on the Third, everyone should become a w~re as TRENToN.-When he was first elected in shouting, fist-shaking mobs on the street soon as possible of the context and crrcum­ 1973, Governor Byrne made enactment of a stances of a thunderbolt from abroad, with­ just outside. A study by Associate Pro~esso.r public campaign financing law his top prior­ David L. Altheide of Arizona State Umversi­ out necessarily accepting the premises of ity. Since then he has watched the law grow those who have hurled it. Americans must ty reported that the networ~ evening ~ews to cover the gubernatorial primaries as well programs, in 10 sample periods over eight understand as well as feel what is going on. as the general election and has seen the months, beamed Iranian crowds and demon­ Finally, and perhaps most immediately field of potential candidates in this year's strations into American homes on 60 occa­ important, the government, press and race swell to 20. sions compared to only three interviews people of the United States have an urgent To the Governor, who cannot run for a with 'unofficial, non-demonstrating Iranians need to examine and reflect upon the events third term, it is as though a favored child who might have explained what the crowds and impressions of the past 14 months. For has turned into a monster. It seems like were screaming about. all the courage of the hostages and the eu­ anyone with political ambition is getting And what for the future? What does the phoria and unity of homecoming, this coun­ ready to make the race and, as a result, the "hostage crisis" and the reaction to it por- try cannot afford a repetition of what it has upcoming primary will not only be the most just been through. Yet, unless I miss my tend? . . expensive gubernatorial primary ever held The greatest underlying questiOn lS how a guess, many dangerous and dramatic ~rials, in New Jersey, but possibly in the nation. democratic country with worldwide inter­ some within camera range, are ahead m the "Maybe I've made the job seem to easy," ests and responsibilities can cope with a troubled decade of the 1980s.e Mr. Byrne said, "or maybe we've made the world of trouble and turbulence in the primary financing law too broad." 1980s. Will the leadership and people of the TAXPAYER FINANCING OF Last week the Governor proposed some United States find a way to respond to out­ changes that would make the law consider­ rageous actions without becoming, in the ELECTIONS: A MONSTER ably less broad by making it harder for common phrase, hostage to events? minor candidates to secure state funds. It is President Reagan's pledge of "swift and HON. BILL FRENZEL doubtful, though, that any changes could be effective retribution" in case of threats to OF MINNESOTA made in time for this year's race. Americans abroad is clearly meant to pro­ In order to qualify for public financing in vide deterrence against attack as well as re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES New Jersey's gubernatorial primary, a can­ assurance to a deeply troubled people. Yet, Tuesday, February 3, 1981 didate must first raise $50,000 on his own. given the profusion of incidents throughout e Mr. FRENZEL. Mr. Speaker, the From then on, the candidate is eligible for the world, there seems little likelihoo~ that $2 in public funds for every $1 raised pri­ Reagan's warning will turn back the tide of New York Times of January 18 carried vately, as long as the private funds come in disorder. an article by Joseph Sullivan, describ­ contributions no larger than $800. The ceil­ There is little evidence that the Iranians ing the disastrous problems that have ing on state contributions is approximately who seized the embassy and its personnel, resulted from New Jersey's taxpayer $600,000, so a candidate needs to raise February 3, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1607 $350,000 privately to attract the maximum by the end of the month and the first twenty 2-year terms as mayor. During amount of state aid. stories warning of the Soviet threat. itself will reduce the size of the forces will­ League. For some of the more talented US failure to match the Soviet build-up, ing to resort to violence as a means of social according to the right, stems partly from change. ones, it has meant the start of careers consistent underestimation of Soviet activi­ The Organization of American States ma­ in baseball and scholarships to college. ty by the CIA. And that, in tum, is not just chinery for regional security and non-inter­ In every case, youngsters have benefit­ the result of bad analysis, but because the vention should be used to provide diplomat­ ed from the competition and the op­ agency is infested (possibly at the highest ic and legal underpinnings for such collec­ portunity for enjoyable recreation. level> by Soviet spies, or "moles," in the cur­ tive effort. It is important to avoid an effort "Pat" Patricco has passed the torch rently popular slang. In fact, not only is the that may be perceived as being U.S.-domi­ to the next generation. In fact, his CIA infested, but also the highest levels of nated. This may be helped substantially if a the US government. According to rightist country like Canada, with a heavy interest son, Steve Patricco, is now a coach in the Union Little LeaiDJe. diatribes, Soviet "agents of influence" may in the English-speaking Caribbean, can be include Henry Kissinger and the number­ persuaded to join the Inter-American Through service with the Union two man on Jimmy Carter's national secu­ System as a full-fledged member. Brazil Township Board of Education, where rity council staff. could also play a role since, as a donor, it he served as a vice president, the Ex­ And, in the best-developed conspiracy shared with Mexico and Venezuela the con­ change Club, and Union Council 4505, theory of all, President Carter's Latin cern for the security threat to the region. Knights of Columbus, "Pat" Patricco American policy was not the result of naive­ Nicaragua and Grenada should be given a has given extraordinary service to the t~ or excessive devotion to human rights choice, but it should be clear that we will considerations. Rather, according to some not help those who support threats to our community, and is deserving of the honor of being named "Humanitar­ on the right, Somoza fell to the Sandinistas security. and Castroism is running free in Central Parallel to the security umbrella provided ian" by the Phil Portnoy Association.• American because US policy was concocted by such an effort, the present Consortium at the Institute for Policy Studies, which is for Caribbean Development, under World A NEW McCARTHYISM? not only a left-wing think tank, but a com- · Bank aegis, could be expanded to include munist front. Central America. Furthermore, the consor­ What should America do? According to tium could serve to avoid adding a duplicate HON. JONATHAN B. BINGHAM the right-wing Heritage Foundation and bureaucratic machinery and to accelerate implementation. An expanded program of OF NEW YORK some hard-line Republican senators, U.S. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES counterintelligence ability needs to be bilateral U.S. aid could be added to rein­ vastly upgraded. The FBI needs to be free force our commitment. This, in tum, could Tuesday, February 3, 1981 also serve to ensure that our national secu­ to tap, follow, and burgle whomever it rity interests are given due weight when it is e Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, in the wants, not burdened by any rule that it not possible to do so through multilateral New Republic of January 31, Morton must show grounds to suspect criminality. Kondracke warns that there is a whiff There needs to be a centralized federal sub­ mechanisms.e versive file. And Congress needs to reestab­ of McCarthyism in the air and the lish its old internal security committees, smell is getting stronger every day. In even though it now has standing intelli­ ANTHONY "PAT" PATRICCO, HU­ Kondracke's words: MANITARIAN AWARD WINNER gence committees that it never had in the Elements of the political right-and not old days. In fact, no sooner had Strom just the kooks either-are seemingly not Thurmond become chairman of the Senate HON. MA TIHEW J. RINALDO content to have thrashed liberals at the Judiciary Committee than he created a sub­ OF NEW JERSEY polls or to have trounced the left-tempo­ committee on security and terrorism. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rarily, at least-in the marketplace of ideas. chairman of that panel, Senator Jeremiah They are returning to the dismal old prac­ Denton of Alabama, promises that it won't Tuesday, February 3, 1981 tice of alleging that the opposition acts not indulge in "witch-hunts," but that's a term e Mr. RINALDO. Mr. Speaker, the out of honest error, but out of disloyalty to in need of definition. I'd guess that Denton contributions of our private citizens to this country. will be under immediate pressure to start the common good of America take This is a very dangerous trend and probing the Institute for Policy Studies, many forms and happen every day in one that must and will be resisted. rather than the Ku Klux Klan. Where does President Reagan stand on all countless communities across this Those of us who recall the old McCar­ this? He certainly seems a moderate enough land. Men and women, young and old, thyism are not going to sit back and fellow, and he has not surrounded himself of all faiths are contributing to the allow the country to go down that with incendiary conservatives. But a well-being of their communities in road once again. I commend Mr. Kon­ Scripps-Howard reporter, Dale McFeatters, many ways-raising funds for chari­ dracke's piece to my colleagues and to has dug up this 1977 Reagan quotation, ties, aiding the handicapped, teaching other readers of the CoNGRESSIONAL which is not reassuring: "We need a public the blind and deaf, working with RECORD: demand for the reinstatement of a commit­ tee such as the onetime House committee to youth, and caring for the needs of the HERE WE Go AGAIN-SEARcH FOR SUBVERSION investigate un-American activities. A domes­ poor and the aged in our society. tic assault on communism today would be It is one of the great assets of the There is a whiff of McCarthysim in the premature. We need the factual evidence a United States that we have volunteer air, and the smell is getting stronger by the congressional investigation would provide." organizations that reach out to our day. Elements of the political right-and The raw meat for congressional "investi­ people in many generous ways with not just the kooks, either-are seemingly gation" is available in a large and expanding compassion, enthusiasm, and kindness. not content to have thrashed liberals at the body of literature on the right, some of it Organizations like the Phil Portnoy polls or to have trounced the left in the marketplace of ideas. the most drawn-out version, appropriately, They are returning to the dismal old prac­ is in a piece of trashy fiction called The couraged citizen participation by tice of alleging that the opposition acts not Spike, written by Arnaud de Borchgrave, aiding people who experience misfor­ out of honest error, but out of disloyalty to formerly of Newsweek, and Robert Moss, a tune in their lives and by annually se­ the country. Has American influence in the columnist for the London Daily Telegraph. lecting someone in the community for world declined in recent years? Has the The book's jacket terms it "a work of fiction its Humanitarian Award. Soviet Union built up its military power to that exposes what may be going on behind This year's recipient is Anthony . equal and sometimes surpass that of the closed doors in the White House, Western "Pat" Patricco of Union, N.J. For United States? Is revolution spreading in newsrooms and at 2 Dzherzhinsky Square, nearly a quarter century, "Pat" Pa­ Latin America? According to some on the the headquarters of the KGB." What the right, all this has not happened by accident, authors hint is going on is almost every­ tricco has been a good friend to the by the play of historical forces, or even be­ thing right-wing mole maniacs have been al­ families and youth of Union. He has cause of post-Vietnam exhaustion and a fail­ leging: the New York Times, the Washing­ served as president of the Little ure of American will. No, it's because the ton Post, and other major organs of the League and as a coach during that American press is infiltrated by Russian American press are crawling with Soviet period, developing the talents and agents who "disinform" the public, spread "agents of influence"-witting and unwit- 1610 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1981 tlng-who distort the news to indict U.S. in­ in a right-wing senator's office, just to sow nuclear arms race, blaming the US as much telligence and the Pentagon and underplay discord among the American people. as the Soviet Union. the Soviet threat. The director of Central It's doubtful that the right will ever go In other words, IPS is a left-wing organi­ Intelligence is a Soviet spy who is dogged witchhunting after Henry Kissinger in any zation, which is what it claims to be. But and eventually undone by the agency's serious way. If neo-McCarthyism goes that that does not make it a KGB front. And, counterintelligence chief. This part is a fic­ far, nobody will be safe from the loyalty with an annual budget of just one million tional rerun of the wars between William police. But a more vulnerable target is the dollars . IPS scarcely con­ Soviet agents in the book include the and new left ideas and organizing for the stitutes a threat to national security. deputy director of the National Security past 17 years. IPS has been a target of the During the Nixon years, in fact, the FBI Council staff, which parallels rightist accu­ radical right from the beginning-chiefly of and CIA launched major investigations of sations against Carter's man, David Aaron, Representative Larry McDonald of Georgia, IPS, looking for evidence of connections to once a Senate aide of Walter Mondale. In a board member of the John Birch Society. the Weather Underground and North Viet­ The Spike, the American vice president is a Lately, attacks on IPS have come from more nam. In a lawsuit, the FBI admitted it had dupe. In real life, no one has produced the respectable sources, including National found no evidence of criminal activity and slightest shred of evidence that David Review, Midstream, and Washington Quar­ was ordered to seal IPS's file. Aaron is anything but a liberal-and one terly. To the extent that it makes contact with who, in fact, moved rightward during his In The Spike, IPS is in this disguise as the third world revolutionaries and makes their White House exposure to world realities. "Institute for Progressive Reform," which ideas available to the US press, the govern­ Another set of serious allegations are non­ the book describes as "the controlling ment, and the public, IPS actually ought to fiction assertions of Soviet penetration of center for a network of Soviet agents of in­ be considered a valued national resource. the CIA. In his book. Legend, for example, fluence who fanned out into Congress, the The nation suffered in the 1940s and 1950s Edward J. Epstein argues that Lee Harvey media, the academic world and even the when the right wing silenced Asia experts Oswald was a Soviet agent, but that proof White House." In Midstream, published by who urged accommodation with the Chinese was covered up because of clever Soviet the Theodor Herzl Foundation, Rael Jean Communists. Had these experts been lis­ planting of "disinformation" supplied by Isaac claims IPS "can fairly be described as tened to instead of pilloried, the US might phony defectors and because of the pres­ an enormous intelligence operation practic­ have avoided the Vietnam War . and against dor and wife of a Cuban diplomat

79-059 0 1984- 13- (Vol. 127 Pt. 2) 1612 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1981 ONE DAY IN IRAN last month, the National Commission by $2.6 billion. The OMB has estab­ on Social Security made a similar rec­ lished priorities which favor bilateral HON. IKE SKELTON ommendation. aid over multilateral aid programs and OF MISSOURI My bill would eliminate that portion indicate that security assistance has of the payroll tax currently used to priority over development assistance. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fund medicare. The payroll tax would Among the programs which they Tuesday, February 3, 1981 then be reduced to 5.5 percent-a 17- intend to reduce is the International e Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, re­ percent reduction from the current Development Association. cently, seventh grade students from 6.65 percent-and held there until The article in the Wall Street Jour­ the Sedalia Middle School in Sedalia, 2005, when it would rise to 7.5 percent. nal describes the perilous situation Mo., were asked by their teacher, Mrs. For the OASDI trust funds, these being created by increased Third Margie Davis, to express their reac­ rates would bring a revenue increase World indebtedness: tions to the release of the American over current law and would eliminate The nine largest American banks had hostages. The students came up with the likelihood of a shortfall in the $38.6 billion on loan to developing countries, illustrations, poems, and letters. I was 1980's. excluding the oil exporting states, at the very impressed with the letters and To fund medicare, the bill estab­ end of 1979, according to the latest Federal poems that were sent. to me by the stu­ lishes an "earmarked" portion of per­ Reserve figures. Moreover, these banks' cap­ dents, but in particular, I wish to sonal and corporate income taxes. ital totaled only $21.9 billion. share this poem, written by Michelle Each taxpayer would be notified on In the past, the stability of this Cooper, with my colleagues. his annual tax return of the percent­ system has been assured through orga­ ONE DAY IN IRAN age of his tax which will be used to nizations like the International Mone­ Working as usual one day in Iran, pay medicare benefits. Use of this ear­ tary Fund and the International De­ Militants of that country took a stand. marked income tax, a recommendation velopment Association which make Americans in prison was the cry of the land. of the 1979 Council, guards against loans, with the encouragement of pri­ Iran lifted praises for Khomeini, a mad, the temptation to increase medicare vate banks, to hard-pressed developing madman. benefits without informing the public nations. Suddenly, American commit­ As time passed we all grew weary. how much those increases will cost. ment to these organizations is declin­ For the fate of their freedom look dreary. Income tfi.X funding of medicare ing while their importance is increas­ Our peaceful talks had not prevailed. would be ideal for our current econom­ ing. Even our rescue attempt had failed. ic situation because it would reduce in­ If it is not the banks which come to Four hundred forty-four days of the past, flation and increase employment by America's fifty-two are free at last. the administration expressing the January 20th will mark that glorious day, lowering business payroll tax costs. It logic of this system, perhaps it will be Our prayers were answered what else can I would also reflect the fact that there the American contractors who conduct say.e is no relation, as there is with all other billions of dollars of trade annually­ components of social security, between in nonmilitary goods-based on Ameri­ the amount of payroll tax a worker can aid programs who will inform the THE SOCIAL SECURITY REFI­ pays and the medicare benefit he may new administration of the leverage NANCING AMENDMENTS OF become entitled to when retired. which these funds provide in terms of 1981 Since I think workers need tax relief American exports and jobs. as well as employers, I do not propose I am well aware that in this time of HON. JOHN F. SEIBERLING higher income taxes in my bill to fund budgetary constraint we cannot please OF OHIO medicare. Even if future economic de­ all the people all the time. But I do IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES velopments do necessitate tax in­ take exception to an administration Tuesday, February 3, 1981 creases, they would be income taxes, which states its intention to make which means that they would not be budget cuts across the board, and then e Mr. SEIBERLING. Mr. Speaker, regressive, would not show up in price proceeds to eliminate foreign assist­ one of the most important problems indexes which trigger benefit in­ ance programs which benefit Ameri­ facing the 97th Congress is the finan­ creases, and thus would not cause the cans as well as the needy in the world, cial condition of social security. The inflation which the payroll tax does.e to the advantage of military assistance old age and survivors insurance trust and economic support funds which are fund, battered by inflation, which destructive and questionable tools of boosts outlays, and unemployment, U.S. FOREIGN AID CUTS foreign assistance. which cuts receipts, is expected to be I commend the articles to my col­ depleted by mid-1982. HON. DON EDWARDS leagues' attention: There have been five social security OF CALIFORNIA HUGE CUTBACK PROPOSED IN FOREIGN Am payroll tax increases since 1971, with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the January increase hiking the maxi­ owned, managed, or controlled. As a result of the 1976 act, there has President Reagan has hardly had time to It is my hope that other Members been a substantial dropoff in the savor the triumph of his inauguration and individuals contacted by Inter number of Middle-Eastern construc­ before being faced by the Kremlin with a Press Service will not confuse tion contracts that are being awarded severe test of his intentions and competence to American firms. During the period in the complex crisis brewing in E1 Salvador. this worthy organization with Mr. Documents captured early last month LaRouche's IPS, the so-called New from June 1975 through April 1978, for example, U.S. firms received $8.9 from the Communist Party of E1 Salvador Solidarity International Press Service, reveal the full extent of the Soviet-orches­ which apparently will continue to pub­ billion in construction contracts, or ap­ trated program of covert military support lish Mr. LaRouche's demented and proximately 10 percent of the $86 bil­ for the communist guerrillas. This evidence paranoid ideas on the KGB, CIA, lion which was awarded during this helped persuade a hesitant Carter adminis­ and his goals for a socialist state in period. However, from May 1978 tration to authorize as one of its last acts a America.e through June 1979, after the Foreign $5 million grant of guns and ammunition to Earned Income Act of 1976 had taken the Salvadoran government. effect, U.S. contracting firms received While American and Salvadoran officials PROPOSED H.R. 913 WILL ELIMI­ only $346 million in contracts in the haggle over how best to surface this damn­ ing proof of Russia's intervention in Central NATE U.S. INCOME TAX FOR Middle East, which was a mere 1.5 per­ America, an executive summary of what the AMERICANS WORKING ABROAD cent of the more than $21 billion that documents contain gives highlights. was available. According to this record of how the Salva­ Sections 911 and 913 of the Internal doran communists successfully negotiated a HON. BILL FRENZEL Revenue Code also poses cost difficul­ series of arms deals with half a dozen com­ OF MINNESOTA ties for any U.S. firms who want to munist states, the Soviets made the decision IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have Americans selling American ex­ last June to step up the flow of arms to the ports in foreign countries. The 1976 guerrillas. Castro acted as the middle man. Tuesday, February 3, 1981 changes are forcing Americans to be SOURCES DISGUISED e Mr. FRENZEL. Mr. Speaker, last brought home in droves, as their em­ Frequent visits of Salvadoran communist week I introduced legislation which ployers cannot afford the extra ex­ leaders to Havana to participate in mass would have a significant impact on the pense the tax code imposes. These propaganda meetings provided convenient hundreds of thousands of Americans Americans have been replaced by for­ cover for the negotiations. An attempt was working outside of the United States, made to disguise the source of the weapon­ eign nationals. The foreign nationals ry. For example, the Soviet client regimes in and which would have a positive effect are undoubtedly good people, but ex­ Vietnam and Ethiopia were designated as on the U.S. trade balance. My bill, perience proves that they do not order the main arms suppliers, since Vietnam H.R. 913, would amend sections 911 American products instinctively as an holds large stocks of captured American and 913 of the Internal Revenue Code American would, and they do not in­ weapons and the Ethiopian regime inherit­ to eliminate all U.S. income taxes on stinctively place American interests ed a similar stockpile from the days of the earnings of Americans abroad. first. American alliance with Haile Selassie, East In 1978, the Congress realized, in In short, since 1976, a number of my Germany, Czechoslovakia and Hungary pro­ to vided uniforms, communication gear and what has come be known as the colleagues in Congress have realized medical supplies. Ribicoff amendments, that it had the implications of the 1976 act, and Vietnamese-supplied American weapons made a dreadful mistake in reducing have warned that export business was began to arrive on the Pacific Coast of Latin the foreign exemption in 1976. It was being lost because of the unwise tax American in September, and from there 1616 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1981 were transported through clandestine chan­ District will recognize Mr. Burrus' 50 If so, the bill requires the manufactur­ nels to the fighting front. years of service to the district. er either to repair the defective part The documents make clear that the San­ Also, in the near future, Mr. Burrus without charge within a specified dinista regime collaborated in allowing Nica­ raguan territory to be used as a transship­ will be celebrating his 60th anniversa­ time, or to reimburse the owner for ment point. Training in the more advanced ry on receiving his license to practice the cost of the parts used in the weaponry is being provided in Cuba, where law. He served as president of the Mis­ repair. The bill requires owners who Salvadoran guerrillas are being put through souri Bar Association from 1949 to opt to make their own repairs to training courses, 300 at a time, before being 1950. Mr. Burrus has already received notify the manufacturer that they infiltrated back into El Salvador. 50-year pins from the Masonic Lodge, have done· so not more than 30 days In addition to large quantities of ammuni­ Scottish Rite Bodies, York Rite after receiving notice that a defect tion, the weapons shipped through a bewil­ deringly complex supply network included Bodies, and the Ararat Shrine. It is exists, and requires the manufacturer automatic rifles, heavy machine guns, mor­ widely known that as an officer in the to reimburse owners who have elected tars and rocket launchers. U.S. Army Reserve he served as Presi­ to do their own repairs. Reimburse­ Although the Carter administration more dent Truman's battalion adjutant and ment would have to be made within 90 than a month ago had access to this hard was also a close friend and legal advis­ days after the manufacturer receives evidence of Soviet intentions to escalate the er to the President. notice from the owner that repairs violence, Carter did not react until last week Through the years, Mr. Burrus has have been completed, or within 90 when the scale of the guerrilla offensive demonstrated that the new arms supplies served the community and the school days after a final determination has had actually reached the battlefield. system during some difficult times as a been made that a safety problem is There is also an intelligence report that legal adviser and concerned citizen. He design or manufacturing related. The one of the Salvadoran guerrilla groups, the has earned the respect and friendship bill excludes labor charges as a reim­ Popular Forces of Liberation, deliberately of the city's leading citizens. bursable expense, and imposes a time murdered the three American nuns on Dec. For someone who has contributed so limit on a manufacturer's liability of 1· 2 in a successful attempt to lay the blame many years of service, please allow me, year from the finding that a defect for the murder on the government. As de­ scribed in the report, their purpose was to Mr. Speaker, to use this means to join exists. place the government of Christian Demo­ Mr. Burrus' friends in congratulating The bill also sets requirements for crats and reformist officers "in the worst him on receipt of his well-earned rec­ prompt notification by the manufac­ possible light" and to provoke the termina­ ognition by the people of Independ­ turer of discovered defects, and sets tion of American assistance. ence.• penalties for failing to make such noti­ CARTER FELL INTO THE TRAP fication. The Secretary is given the au­ If this is in fact the true explanation of thority to reduce or eliminate the the murder, the guerrilla plotters to some THE DEFECTIVE AIRCRAFT fines where necessary. extent succeeded. The Carter administra­ REMEDY ACT When introduced in the last Con­ tion fell into the trap by suspending Ameri­ gress, the Defective Aircraft Remedy can aid. Coming just before the launching HON. JOHN F. SEIBERLING of the guerrilla offensive, this aid suspen­ Act generated a good deal of interest sion was a blow to the morale of the Salva­ OF OHIO among airplane owners and manufac­ doran government. It was only in the nick IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES turers. The bill is not intended to in­ of time that Carter reversed himself in re­ Tuesday, February 3, 1981 terfere in any way with existing avi­ sponse to urgent pleas from Salvadoran ation safety procedures. However, I President Jose Napoleon Duarte that his e Mr. SEIBERLING. Mr. Speaker, ex­ am hopeful that the introduction of ammunition was nearly exhausted. isting consumer laws provide reason­ the bill will lead to a satisfactory reso­ After such vacillation in the face of what able redress for defective consumer lution of aircraft warranty problems.e must now be seen as a major move in Rus­ products. However, for the owners of sia's geopolitical offensive, it would be diffi­ airplanes, there is little opportunity cult for Reagan not to improve on hi::; pred­ ecessor's handling of the Salvadoran crisis. for such redress without resorting to RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT Steady military assistance to the centrist lengthy and expensive litigation. Air­ OF RESERVE FORCES AND NA­ Salvadoran government will be widely sup­ craft owners must meet the rigid TIONAL GUARD ported in this country and by many waver­ safety standards required by the Fed­ ing Latin nations once the proof of commu­ eral Aviation Administration, or else HON. THOMAS A. DASCHLE nist involvement is laid on the table. lose their airworthiness certification. But military assistance is only half the OF SOUTH DAKOTA If their airplanes are defective, they IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES story. Unless the new Reagan administra­ face considerable expense in comply­ tion quickly resolves its internal ideological Tuesday, February 3, 1981 differences by firmly supporting the Salva­ ing with routine airworthiness direc­ doran government's current program of tives issued by the FAA. Since existing e Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. Speaker, I am land reform, the peasants will have nothing warranties on nonmilitary aircraft are today reintroducing legislation that I to fight for, and the guerrillas may win by very limited, it is difficult for aircraft believe is very important for the Con­ default.e owners to recover even part of the cost gress to approve. It affects the ability of effecting repairs required by a Fed­ of this country to maintain a strong RUFUS BURRUS eral agency, even when those repairs Ready Reserve and National Guard may be necessitated by a manufactur­ system. Specifically, it affects the abil­ er's design or manufacturing defect. ity of the United States to recruit HON. IKE SKELTON With this in mind, I am reintroduc­ qualified personnel for the Guard and OF MISSOURI ing legislation I first introduced in the Reserves. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 96th Congress designed to help air­ Current law prohibits a Reserve re­ Tuesday, February 3, 1981 craft owners recover some of the ex­ tiree from receiving both a Reserve e Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is a penses incurred in complying with air­ pension and disability compensation pleasure for me to take this opportuni­ worthiness directives in cases where payments without one being reduced ty ·to bring to your attention the con­ the safety problem is the result of a by the other. Thus, there is little fi­ tributions of an outstanding citizen. design or manufacturing defect. My nancial incentive for military person­ Rufus Burrus, an attorney in bill, the Defective Aircraft Remedy nel to continue service in the Reserves Independence, Mo., has served his Act, requires the Secretary of Trans­ or Guard. Such a policy thwarts ef­ community and his profession honor­ portation to determine whether the is­ forts to strengthen the Reserves, ably and well for many years. suance of an airworthiness directive is which will be our second line of de­ In a public expression of apprecia­ the result of a safety problem caused fense should NATO forces be overrun tion, the Independence Public School by a design or manufacturing defect. in Western Europe. At a time when February 3, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1617 both the Guard and Reserves are THE STRENGTH OF THE Standard of Living struggling to reach their recruitment AMERICAN ECONOMY The U.S. standard of living has slipped quotas, the consequences of this short­ behind that of our major competitors, sighted policy could be devastating. right? Wrong. When exchange-rate distor­ HON. GEORGE MILLER tions are stripped away to reveal the actual Former active duty military person­ OF CALIFORNIA per capita flows of goods and services, the nel are precisely the kind of soldiers IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S. still stands head and shoulders above needed for the Reserves and Guard. Tuesday, February 3, 1981 the rest of the world. A painstaking study These people already have the train­ by a Wharton School team of economists ing and technical abilities necessary to • Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. led by Prof. Irving B. Kravis enables us to run the sophisticated equipment that Speaker, the troubled economy is the make this comparison. With the 1978 U.S. foremost concern of every citizen in living standard as a benchmark, the closest will be used to repel the Soviet/ competitors among other major nations Warsaw Pact invasion. this country and of each Member of the House of Representatives. We are were France and Germany, at just over two­ This legislation would remove this all aware of the severe impacts of in­ thirds of our standard, while Britain and impediment and encourage already flation and recession, of the long un­ Japan weighed in at just under three-fifths. trained and qualified individuals re­ employment lines, and of the shrink­ STILL IN FRONT ceiving disability pay to consider Re­ ing purchasing power of the dollar Productivity serve or Guard service after they leave which affects all Americans. We have fallen behind our trading part­ active duty. The status quo does not We will most probably direct more ners, right? Wrong. The American worker is even offer these men the option. attention to the repair of the econom­ still the most productive in the world. If we In conclusion, this legislation is not ignore Satchel Paige's dictum and look ic system than to any other issue behind us, we do indeed see others gaining as glamorous as the development and during the 97th Congress, as we on us. Twenty years ago, the French or deployment of sophisticated new should. It is, therefore, essential that, German manufacturing worker produced weapons systems. But in its own way, before we set out to redo the economy, half as much, the Japanese one-fourth as it is equally as important, for without we have a realistic concept of the true much, as the typical American worker. By qualified personnel to run these sys­ state of its condition. 1979, Japanese productivity had risen to tems, our Reserve arid Guard troops A recent article by the former Chair­ two-thirds, and the German and the French man of the President's Council of Eco­ to four-fifths, of the U.S. level. Still, the will be unable to adequately meet the battle to boost U.S. productivity in the challenges they are likely to face in nomic Advisers, Prof. Walter W. Eighties is to maintain rather than regain the years ahead. Following is the text Heller, provided us with a perspective the lead. of the bill: which, while not minimizing the seri­ ousness of our economic ills, reminds Labor Costs H.R.1578 us that the patient is not on its death­ Here lies the real reason we are losing our A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, bed either. In fact, Professor Heller competitive edge in the world, right? to allow veterans with service-connected found, our economy not only contin­ Wrong. Last month's Citibank survey disabilities who are eligible for military re­ showed once again that the rise in U.S. tired pay for nonregular service to receive ues to lead our major industrial com­ labor costs is the slowest in the industrial compensation for· such disabilities from petitors in virtually every standard of world. In U.S. dollars, average hourly com­ the Veterans' Administration and to re­ measurement, but shapes up rather pensation in manufacturing rose from $4.89 ceive such retired pay without reduction well in comparative areas such as Gov­ to $10.16 in the U.S. between 1970 and 1979. in either such compensation or such re­ ernment deficit as a percentage of It rose from $2.30 to $11.56 in Germany, tired pay GNP, labor costs, and Government from $2.05 to $9.19 in France, from $1.65 to $5.85 in Britain, and from $1.11 to $5.92 in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of spending. Japan. In national currencies by striking out "Except" and inserting which will stimulate new development. compared with 13.4% in Germany, 12.5% in in lieu thereof "(1) Except as provided in We will have to carefully study the France, 11.8% in Britain and 15.6% in paragraph <2> of this subsection and creation of special tax incentives in Japan. except"; and targeted industries and regions. As Dr. Foreign Trade Position <2> by adding at the end thereof the fol­ Heller points out, we should take Nonetheless, it is true that we are losing lowing new paragraph: these steps from the perspective that our competitive edge, isn't it? No. From the "(2) Compensation under chapter 11 of we are making a strong economy even spring of 1977 to the spring of 1980, the this title and reserved retired pay pursuant stronger and more competitive. volume of American exports increased one­ to section 1331 of title 10 may be paid con­ third, considerably faster than the overall The article from the Wall Street volume of world trade. In dollar terms, our currently to any person.". Journal, December 31, 1980, follows: SEc. 2. Section 3105 of title 38, United merchandise exports rose from $115 billion States Code, relating to waiver of retired EcONOMIC RAYS OF HOPE in 1976 to an annual rate of $225 billion in pay, is amended- the third quarter of 1980. But that's mostly agriculture, right? Wrong. Exports of manu­ <1 > by striking out "Any" and inserting in "Tis the season to be jolly. But does an factured goods rose from $77 billion in 1976 lieu thereof "Except as provided in subsec­ economy-beset with double-digit inflation, to an annual rate of about $140 billion in tion of this section, any"; and record interest rates, a looming $60 billion the first nine months of 1980. Clearly, our (2) by adding at the end thereof the fol­ federal deficit, and a grinding energy prob­ competitive position has strengthened. lowing: lem-give us much to be jolly about? Surprisingly, it does-well, not exactly TheDoUar "(b) Any person who is receiving reserve jolly. But looking beneath the surface, one In the light of all these comparisons, why retired pay pursuant to section 1331 of title finds the U.S. economy in spite of its griev­ should the dollar be weak as a kitten? It's 10 and who is otherwise eligible to receive ous and pressing problems is stronger than not. With our international current account compensation under chapter 11 of this title we think. That implies a companion theme: in virtual balance this year in spite of huge shall be entitled to receive such compensa­ that there are a great many things people oil imports, with funds from more turbulent tion without a waiver of all or any part of "know" that just aren't so. parts of the world seeking safe haven in the such retired pay.". Since it is fashionable to say that the U.S. United States, and with very high interest SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act economy is losing ground in the World and rates, the dollar is strong. It has risen more shall apply to payments of compensation that we are no longer Number One, let me than 10% against the German mark in the and retired pay for months after September start with a few international perspectives last year. Even measuring it against a 1981.e on the U.S. economy. basket of currencies including the very 1618 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1981 strong British pound and Japanese yen, it years when efforts to slow inflation sapped MINNESOTANS SAY "LIFT GRAIN has risen by 3% over the past year. the strength of expansion in 1979 and gen­ EMBARGO" Government Spending erated a recession in 1980. Real buying Our government claims so much more of power did fall. our total output than in other countries For the decade, however, the surprise is HON. VIN WEBER that we end up with lower private consump­ that per capita real income rose 23%, and OF MINNESOTA tion levels, right? Wrong. Only in Australia real consumption 25%. Even after it IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and Japan do governments spend a smaller dropped in the 1980 recession, per capita Tuesday, February 3, 1981 percentage of gross domestic product than real income was running at an annual rate the 34% spent by our federal, state and local of $4,448 in the third quarter of 1980, com­ • Mr. WEBER of Minnesota. Mr. governments in this country. France weighs pared with $4,200 when Mr. Carter took Speaker, today I introduce to the floor in at 40%, Germany at 42%, Britain at 44%, office. Much, though not all, of the advance of this House of Representatives a res­ the Netherlands at 51%. And as to that in the 1970s can be traced to the 26% olution from the Minnesota Agri­ "crushing burden of taxes," only Japan growth in the civilian labor force from 1969 Growth Council, Inc. Their resolution, among our major competitors comes in to 1979. I believe, represents the feelings of below the U.S. figure of 29% of GDP. Surprisingly also, per capita output rose France is at 39%, and Germany and Britain 2% annually in real terms from 1969 to most rural Americans. And I know at 37% and the Netherlands at 46%. 1979, not dramatically less than the 2.5% that such resolution reflects the feel­ Spending Trends rise from 1957 to 1969. ings of Minnesota agriculture. I urge But government spending in the U.S. has Under the heading of "keeping up with in­ the Congress, as well as our new Presi­ been skyrocketing in the past few years, flation," another surprising fact: the latest dent, to work quickly to lift the Soviet hasn't it? Yes and no. Transfer payments Department of Agriculture figures show grain embargo and to make a commit­ soared in the '70s. According to the Adviso­ that food took roughly 15% of before-tax ment to rural Americans that embar­ ry Commission on Intergovernmental Rela­ income in 1979, only slightly more than the goes will not be placed on agricultural tions, per capita government spending (ad­ over-14% level in 1970. products unless a true national emer­ justed for inflation) did rise to a peak of The Ailing Eighties gency exists. $1,605 in 1978. But then it dropped to $1,580 in 1979 and is dropping farther to $1,540 in Roaring inflation, soaring interest rates, MINNESOTA AGRI-GROWTH COUNCIL, INC., 1980. Isolating federal non-defense spend­ searing energy shortages, aging industrial 1980 RESOLUTION ing, the commission finds that real per capital and poor labor performance are Whereas governments have consistently capita outlays peaked in 1978, fell signifi­ some of the factors said to threaten us with pledged that they would not interrupt the cantly in 1979 and are falling again in 1980. an economic Dunkirk in the Eighties. But as market process and export sales; and In cutting civilian spending and boosting de­ President-elect Reagan and the Congress Whereas this country's recent history of fense outlays, the Reagan administration tackle these tough problems, they will find grain embargoes has proven economically will be continuing rather than reversing a that some important trends are working for devastating to the producer and support in­ trend. The reversal took place two years them, not against them. dustries; and ago. First, and perhaps most important, demo­ Whereas agricultural embargoes are total­ ly ineffective as a punishment tool in for­ Deficits graphic trends should be a plus on the eco­ nomic front: eign policy; But nobody runs government deficits as Therefore let it be resolved, That the Min­ big as ours, right? Wrong. Total government Workers in the 25-44 age group-the nesota Agri-Growth Council, Inc. does deficits have been running at just above 1% prime age group in terms of increasing skills hereby support the pledge of President-elect of GNP in the U.S. <1977-79), 3% in Ger­ and experience, motivation and ambition­ Ronald Reagan to lift the current grain em­ many and 6% in Japan. Of the seven leading will increase from less than 50 million today bargo to Russia with immediate speed. industrial countries, the U.S. has had the to more than 60 million at the end of the Be it further resolved, That government lowest ratio of overall government deficits decade. at every level recognize the fact that agri­ to GNP. Simultaneously, the influx of inexperi­ cultural embargoes such as the grain embar­ Government Debt enced teenagers and women into the labor go do not work and severely cause adverse How can that be when government debt is force will slacken. The 1980s will see only damage to the image of the United States rising_faster than any other kind of debt in half the 26% increase in the labor force of and create consternation with our custom­ the U.S.? It's not. The federal debt today is the 1970s. ers. Agricultural embargoes should not be roughly three times its size in 1950, while CAPITAL SPENDING OUTLOOK imposed in the future. consumer installment debt is roughly 14 Thank you, Mr. Speaker.e times; mortgage debt, 16 times; corporate As capital investment steps up in the debt, 13 times; and state-local debt, 14 times 1980s, productivity should be given another its 1950 level. Even with the unprecedented boost. We were substituting labor for capital TREASURY REGULATIONS ON run-up of federal debt in the 1970s, corpora­ in the Seventies, but we will be reversing THE ENERGY TAX ACT OF 1978 tions, consumers and homeowners substan­ that process in the Eighties. Favorable gov­ tially outdistanced Uncle Sam in percentage ernment investment policies will reinforce expansion of their debt. that demographic thrust. More generous de­ HON. BILL FRENZEL preciation will surely be a part of the 1981 OF MINNESOTA Federal Work Force tax cut. Moreover, in the latter half of the If spending and deficit figures are right, Eighties, the high-spending members of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES how is it that the federal civilian work force post-war baby boom will be graduating into Tuesday, February 3, 1981 has been climbing so steadily? It hasn't. It the higher saving ages. has shrunk from 1,987,000 in 1970 to e Mr. FRENZEL. Mr. Speaker, on Further, the genuine efforts already September 19, 1980, the Treasury De­ 1,867,000 in September 1980. Under the under way to cut back economic regulations Carter partial freeze on hiring it has shrunk and stimulate competition and to cut the partment issued proposed regulations 21,000 in the past five months. costs of social regulations will be paying off to implement the Energy Tax Act of It is worth re-emphasizing the point here in the 1980s. Stronger competition and 1978, Public Law 95-618. Unfortunate­ is not to Pangloss over the painfully high lower regulatory costs will provide at least ly, the· regulations as they were pro­ inflation. unemployment and interest rates some modest help in the fight against infla­ posed did not accurately reflect the that beset the U.S. economy. The point, tion. rather, is to remind ourselves that we lead intent of the Congress with respect to from strength, not from weakness. The battle to regain our economic momen­ the tax credit for the installation of tum and subdue inflation will be long and specially defined energy properties. The Soggy Seventies tough. But no country can draw on greater In the proposed regulation, the Yes, but look at that miserable record of underlying strengths than the United the 1970s: slipping productivity advances, States in fighting that battle. The challenge Treasury took the position that the sliding growth rates, slowing investment and to the Reagan administration and the Con­ specially defined energy properties sagging real income and buying power. gress will be to martial those strengths, cap­ must be installed in a commercial Right? Only partly: italize on them not just for private profit building, and must be used to reduce Much of the erosion on these fronts has a but for the common good, and restore faith energy in a specific manufacturing or very short history, namely, the past two and confidence in the American economy.e commercial process, in order to be eli- February 3, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1619 gible for the energy tax credit. The purpose of the Energy Tax Act of happiness achieved with the safe re­ Treasury ruled that energy properties 1978 .• lease of our 52 hostages from Iran, let installed in a commercial building not us not forget the hundreds if not involved in manufacturing, such as a WORLD WAR I VETERANS' thousands of our fellow Americans retail store, would not be eligible for BONUS BILL who are missing in action or made the energy tax credit. prisoners of war. The ruling was issued in spite of the HON. HENRY B. GONZALEZ When we look back at the Iranian fact that the report language issued OF TEXAS hostage ordeal, we vividly remember by the Ways and Means Committee, as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES how long 444 days seemed. But as an referred to by the conference commit­ article in yesterday's New York Daily tee report, stated that the specially de­ Tuesday, February 3, 1981 News pointed out: fined energy properties eligible for the • Mr. GONZALEZ. Mr. Speaker, once There are hundreds of families who have energy investment tax credit shall con­ again I am introducing a bill to give all waited longer than 444 days. sist of "equipment added to an exist­ World War I veterans who served from Mary Carol Lemon has been waiting for ing building or process to conserve April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918, a 2,765 days. energy." bonus of $10,000. This would be in a Anne Graf has been waiting for 4,015 The report also stated that items in­ lump sum and amounts to about $208 days. per year for each year since 1918. I do Herman Sarno has been waiting for 10,950 cluded in the list of specially defined days. energy properties are- not believe that the price tag is too large to pay a belated thanks to those They are relatives of the MIA's, the men automatic energy control systems, which missing in action in Asia. are equipment used to control energy usage now in their eighties and older who for environmental space conditioning • • • came to the aid of our Nation in time We must never abandon our commit­ which automatically minimize such energy of need. In a small way this will com­ ment to achieving the safe release of a usage. pensate those veterans who have full accounting of our POW's and never received the wide range of bene­ MIA's. They have served their Nation The report language obviously in­ with honor-they have sacrificed so tended for these specially defined fits that have been available to veter­ ans of other wars. that others could be free. The Reagan energy properties to be installed in It has been some time now since the administration should renew contacts commercial buildings, as long as they United States was engaged in World with all governments where there are were used to conserve energy. The lan­ War I and many of those veterans who American POW's and MIA's and guage does not contain any references fought in this war are no longer with renew the effort. which would limit the application of us. Those who are still alive are par­ We have learned firsthand from our the tax credit to commercial processes ticularly the hardest hit not only be­ released hostages about how impor­ only. cause of their age, but due to our seri­ tant a united American populace was The facilities in the Treasury's ous economic conditions today. Many to them. So too did the families of the ruling were brought to its attention by are living on fixed incomes and even 52. We need to show a renewed nation­ myself and many other Members of though a bonus may not make them al resolve on behalf of our POW's and Congress, as well as by many experts rich, it will enable them to live out MIA's. Their safe release or full ac­ in energy tax law in the private sector. their golden years with the pride and counting must always remain a nation­ Unfortunately, when the Treasury respect they deserve. al priority.e chose to take one last stab at lame­ I received many letters from all over duck legislating, it reissued the regula­ the country in support of my bonus tions in final form, substantially un­ bill last year, especially from the vet­ SPEAKER JOHN W. McCORMACK, changed from their proposed form. erans and their families. They were A GREAT FRIEND OF MEDICAL This was in spite of all of the objec­ very grateful that such legislation was EDUCATION tions the Treasury had received on the introduced on their behalf as many of regulations during the 4-month com­ them are in VA hospitals or confined HON. THOMAS P. O'NEILL, JR. ment period and during the public to their beds at home and are worried OF MASSACHUSETTS hearings. about their expenses. I am strongly IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES My first advice is for the new Treas­ committed in helping these individuals Tuesday, February 3, 1981 ury to rework the regulations. Since and that is why I am reintroducing my that may take a widely in order to bonus bill today. e Mr. O'NEILL. Mr. Speaker, this clarify the intent of Congress for the Mr. Speaker, we have provided very morning I received a message from the Treasury with respect to eligibility for little for these veterans. Surely the Society for Medical Education, St. energy tax credits, I have introduced a Government should be willing to help John's Medical College, of Johnna­ bill, H.R. 1378. My bill expands the out those who put their lives on the gara, Bangalore, India. As you know, section of the Internal Revenue Code line 64 years ago. It is important today during his tenure in the House of Rep­ dealing with specially defined energy to recognize the role these elderly of resentatives, Speaker John W. McCor­ properties to include all commercial our society have played in making our mack was devoted to the improvement activities, not simply commercial proc­ country what it is today. I cannot of American health care, and was a ess. think of a more meaningful way than great friend of American medical edu­ I think that this legislation is neces­ to honor the World War I veteran cation. sary if the energy tax credits Congress through this financial reward.e His dedication to health care ex­ enacted in the Energy Tax Act of 1978 tended to all of the peoples of the are to be used to their full potential. world, and one institution through This bill is also necessary to remind POW'S AND MIA'S FROM VIET­ which his concern was manifested was the Treasury that it is the Congress, NAM-OUR REMAINING HOS­ St. John's Medical College. not the Treasury, that controls tax TAGES I submit the remarks of St. John's policy. Treasury's function is to collect HON. MARIO BIAGGI Medical College on the passing of the taxes the Congress levies, not Speaker McCormack. invent taxes of its own. OF NEW YORK Thank you. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I urge all of my colleagues to join me RESOLUTION Tuesday, February 3, 1981 in supporting this important legisla­ This meeting of the Executive Committee tion, so that our country can maximize • Mr. BIAGGI. Mr. Speaker, as this of the C ..B.C.I. Society for Medical Educa­ the energy savings which were the Nation understandably basks in the tion, wishes to place on record its sense of 1620 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1981 bereavement and heartfelt condolences and firms. Unfortunately, the bill was in the current law governing TRA. sympathies on the sad demise of Mr. John never considered by the Senate during Under current law, an employee of an William McCormack, former Speaker of the the 96th Congress. import-impacted firm must work at House, U.S.A., who had been responsible to a very large extent in the building up of the I am today introducing legislation to least 26 of the 52 weeks immediately St. John's Medical College Hospital and in make further changes in the Trade preceding layoff in order to qualify for securing grants for the hospital to continue Act of 1974. My bill contains the text adjustment assistance benefits. The to serve the poor and needy in perpetuity. of H.R. 1543, as passed by the house in law does not permit sick leave to be C. M. FRANCIS, MBBS, Ph. D., the 96th Congress, with several key counted toward the work requirement. Dean.e amendments which were not included In my own congressional district, I in that bill. These amendments are as have a constituent who worked for one CHANGES NEEDED IN THE follows: of the tire companies for more than 20 TRADE ACT OF 1974 New section 103(b), which would years before being laid off due to make eligible for trade adjustment as­ import penetration. Because my con­ HON. JOHN F. SEIBERUNG sistance benefits workers who have stituent had the misfortune to be in­ lost their jobs because their parent jured on the job in his qualifying year, OF OHIO firm shuts down a U.S. plant and he was unable to work enough to meet IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES opens a foreign subsidiary producing the 26-week work requirement and was Tuesday, February 3, 1981 essentially similar parts or products. thus ruled ineligible for TRA. Other e Mr. SEIDERLING. Mr. Speaker, the New section 103(c), which would workers in the same plant, with less January 1981 report of the Depart­ extend trade adjustment benefits to than one-seventh the length of em­ ment of Transportation ort the future employees of independent auto deal­ ployment of my constituent, were able of the U.S. auto industry paints a ers. In the event that a dealership sells to collect TRA benefits. I have heard bleak picture of the prospect for re­ both domestic and imported cars, the from others all over the country in versing the current trend of job losses. employees of the dealership would not similar predicaments. In fact, the study suggests that as be eligible for benefits if less than 75 I recognize that Congress continues many as 500,000 manufacturing jobs percent of the annual sales of the to face serious budgetary constraints, may be lost over the next 10 years, dealership are domestic cars. and I agree that it is vital for us to almost all of them located in a hand­ New section 106(b), which would work to reduce the Federal deficit. ful of States and cities in the North­ permit authorized sick leave-or ab­ However, it is clear that it will take east-Midwest region. The study also sence from work due to work-related many years to resolve the probleins of finds that it will take the industry at injury-to be counted toward the work the auto industry. In the meantime, least 5 years to return to full competi­ requirement in the qualifying year. we must act to provide adequate assist­ tive strength, and that the industry This section would also require the ance to retrain those industry employ­ will have to spend up to $70 billion to Secretary of Labor to reconsider appli­ ees who lose their jobs during the cur­ produce a supply of the fuel-efficient cations by workers who were previous­ rent crisis. A section-by-section analy­ cars the auto-buying public is now de- ly denied certification because they sis of my bill follows: manding. _ failed to meet the work requirement SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF LEGISLA­ The DOT study concludes that, if we due to illness or injury in the qualify­ TION INTRODUCED BY CONGRESSMAN SEIBER­ are to reverse the disastrous decline of ing year. LING To AMEND THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 our domestic auto industry, we are Each of these new sections redresses Section 101 does not amend the Trade Act going to have to develop a spirit of co­ what are, in my view, serious inequi­ of 1974. It requires the Secretary to recon­ operation between labor, industry, and ties in the current law governing trade sider promptly certain petitions for certifi­ Government. One of the steps which adjustment assistance. Section 103(b) cation filed between October 3, 1974 and No­ Government can take to aid in the re­ would make eligible, for the first time, vember 1, 1977 if these petitions were reject­ covery of the auto industry is to in­ workers who lose their jobs because ed because the petitioners failed to meet crease support for worker retraining corporations decide to take advantage certain eligibility criteria. Section 101 also permits workers who did not file petitions and for community redevelopment. of cheaper labor in other countries. It between April 2, 1975 and November 1 1977 Indeed, if the auto industry loses any­ seeins to me that these workers are to file following the date of enactment of thing like the number of jobs the DOT the victiins of the actions of multina­ the bill. study predicts, it will be absolutely tional corporations and should be eli­ These provisions are necessary because vital for the Federal Government to gible for retraining under the provi­ there is substantial evidence that the De­ provide adequate retraining assistance. sions of the Trade Act of 197 4. partment of Labor inadequately publicized In May 1979, the House passed H.R. Section 103(c) would remedy an in­ the TRA filing limits. 1543, legislation to amend the Trade consistency in the administration of Section 102 permits the Secretary of Labor to file petitions for certification on Act of 1974. H.R. 1543 would have the current law. In general, employees behalf of any group of workers. This pro­ amended chapters 2, 3, and 5 of title II of auto dealerships are ineligible for vides an additional method of filing. of the Trade Act of 197 4, Public Law trade adjustment benefits. However, Section 103(a) amends current eligibility 93-618, for trade adjustment assist­ the Department of Labor has granted criteria for TRA by permitting certification ance to workers and firms in order to TRA certification to employe~s of when workers have become separated from improve the operation of these pro­ dealerships which are wholly or their jobs, or are threatened to become to­ grams. The bill sought to broaden the mostly owned by the major auto com­ tally or partially separated. This section coverage of workers and firms who panies. Members of Congress are left also makes eligible workers in independent firms or subdivisions supplying essential may become eligible for adjustment in the unfortunate position of trying parts or services to be certified when the assistance benefits due to import com­ to explain to employees of independ­ firm to which the parts or services are pro­ petition, remove certain inequities in ent auto dealerships why they are in­ vided is certified as import-impacted. These existing law with respect to such cov­ eligible for TRA, while the employees are key changes in current law, which re­ erage, liberalize adjustment assistance of a dealership down the street have stricts certification to subsidiaries of the benefits to workers and firms, acceler­ been certified because their dealership import-impacted firm . ery of benefits, and introduce in­ companies. This illogical result is Section 103 extends eligibility for TRA to workers who have lost their jobs because dustrywide technical assistance and unjust to the employees of independ­ the parent corporation shuts down a U.S. studies. Most significant, H.R. 1543 ent auto dealerships and should not be plant and opens a foreign one which manu­ sought to broaden coverage to include allowed to continue. factures essentially similar products. The independent companies manufactur­ Section 106(b) would rectify one of Secretary of Labor would be required to de­ ing key parts for import-impacted the most unfortunate inconsistencies termine whether the closing of a U.S. plant February 3, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1621 is directly related to the opening of a for­ economic adjustment in response to import talks and long and patient resolution. The eign subsidiary plant. penetration. demonstrating during the San Francisco Section 103 extends TRA benefits to Section 203 amends the manner in which State crisis of 1968-69 brought me to employees of independent auto dealers. In the Secretary of Commerce may make loans campus for student and faculty negotiations the event that an independent auto dealer to import-impacted firms. over many weeks. And I played a central sells both foreign and domestic cars, the em­ Section 204 amends current law with role in dealing with some 35 strikes and dis­ ployees of the dealership shall be certified if regard to the conditions for financial assist­ putes in the public and private sectors.'' domestic sales of the dealership accounted ance to firms makes three changes in the grams designed to improve worker adjust­ Wine Institute, the non-profit trade associ­ qualification for TRA. Current law requires ment assistance. The Secretary of Com­ ation of California vintners and wine-grow­ a worker to have at least 26 weeks of work merce is authorized to make grants of up to ers headquartered on Post Street. in adversely affected employment in the 52 $2 million for the development and evalua­ In effect, he's the official spokesman for a weeks immediately preceding layoff. That tion of programs designed to improve eco­ $2 billion industry that produces almost 90 work must be with a single firm or subdivi­ nomic efficiency. percent of the wine made in the U.S. and 70 sion of the firm. 106 makes a worker eli­ Section 303 establishes the effective date percent of all the wine imbibed in this coun­ gible with 26 of 52 weeks of employment or of the bill as October 1, 1979. In order to try, including imports. 40 of 104 weeks preceding layoff. The single provide the Department of Labor with suffi­ The association, with a budget of about firm or subdivision requirement is eliminat­ cient time to promulgate regulations, cer­ $2.6 million, promotes the state's wine in­ ed. However, to be counted toward the work tain sections of the bill would not become dustry interests via a variety of educational, requirement, each week of employment effective until 60 days after enactment, but legal, lobbying and interstate and interna­ must have been with firms eligible for TRA. the bill would still apply to workers separat­ tional negotiating activities. Its 50-person . ed from employment on or after the effec­ staff also conducts extensive economic stud­ Section 106(b) permits sick leave and ab­ tive date of the bill.e ies and works on problems of energy, envi­ sence from work due to work-related injury ronment, quality control, sanitation and to be counted toward the work requirement safety. in the eligibility year for qualifying for ad­ THE WINE INSTITUTE'S De Luca has brought stability and increas­ justment assistance benefits. This section JOHN DELUCA ing influence to what was a deeply troubled also requires the Secretary of Labor to re­ organization in the pits when he arrived five consider applications for certification for HON. GEORGE MILLER years ago. TRA from workers who were previously The institute was formed in 1934 and denied eligibility because they failed to OF CALIFORNIA helped revive California's wine industry in meet the work requirement due to illness or IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the aftermath of prohibition, boosting label­ injury in the qualifying year. Tuesday, February 3, 1981 ing standards and educating Americans to Section 107 amends the time limit on wine's joys. trade readjustment allowances to extend e Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Then the grapes hit the fan in 1975. In a the maximum benefit period for a worker in Speaker, I am enclosing for the infor­ major recessionary shakeout, several small an approved retraining program from 26 mation of my colleagues a recent pro­ vintners faced bankruptcy and a grape glut weeks to 52 weeks beyond the basic 52 week file of John DeLuca, president of the challenged the entire industry. period. Thus, the maximum total benefit Wine Institute, from the December Some 20 wineries withdrew from the period for trainees would be extended from 1980 issue of the Executive. Mr. De group, including second-ranking United 78 to 104 weeks. Luca has done a fine job in bringing Vintners. That firm reportedly left because Section 108 provides for the establishment it felt membership in a trade group present­ of a variety of experimental and demonstra­ the California wine industry to the ed bad connotations amid its antitrust has­ tion projects to improve techniques for re­ prestigious position in the world that sles with the government . ance from a maximum of $500 to a maxi­ and his organization continued success Smaller wineries also were threatening to mum of $600. in the coming years. quit because they felt the institute favored Section 110 increases the maximum relo­ The information follows: the big guys. cation allowance from $500 to $600, and Using the political and administrative makes more flexible the current time limits WINE INSTITUTE'S JOHN A. DELUCA skills honed in his earlier career, De Luca on when a worker may receive a relocation Consider the energy balance of the undertaken by one of my constituents, Mr. STEVE MORGAN, plant. Alcohol production processes which Mr. Jack Boyes of Kansas City, Mo. Contracting Officer, Department of Energy, do not displace imported energy should be On August 16, 1980, Mr. Boyes, Office of Alcohol Fuels, 1000 Independ­ given low priority. There have been rumors trained in Red Cross cardiopulmonary ence Ave., SW., Washington, D.C. that some plants may use imported molas­ resuscitation, was summoned to assist DEAR MR. MORGAN: The Department of ses as a feedstock. a choking victim. Going to the victim's Energy's Office of Alcohol Fuels has (8) Consider the energy and economic extraordinary influence in the development needs of each state in which an alcohol aid, Mr. Boyes determined that he of the nation's alcohol fuels industry. Alco­ plant is to be located. The nation's energy could not breathe and began a se­ hol fuel, without federal subsidies is pres­ bill is not distributed proportionally among quence of first aid maneuvers for ently only marginally competitive and, as a the states. States such as Iowa which must relief of foreign body obstruction of result, financial institutions are wary of import nearly all their energy needs are the airway. When the obstruction was risking scarce capital on proposed alcohol hardest hit by energy dependence; states relieved Mr. Boyes began CPR. He fuel plants. Federal loan guarantees, which such as Louisiana which export three times continued his efforts until the arrival tend to calm these skittish financial mar­ as much energy as they use are not as eco­ of an ambulance. Without doubt, the kets, thus determine the fate of most pro­ nomically crippled by high energy costs. posed alcohol plants. Thus, the drain on Iowa's economy will con­ use of CPR by Mr. Boyes cited herein It is extremely important that the Office tinue if alcohol must be purchased from saved the victim's life. of Alcohol Fuels recognize its responsibility energy-rich Louisiana, while Louisiana's ex­ Mr. Speaker, I would like to com­ and operate accordingly. Responsible ac­ ports continue to grow. Federal policy mend Mr. Boyes for his voluntarily tions of the Alcohol Fuels Office should be should wherever possible attempt to equal­ learning Red Cross life sustaining guided by the following aphorisms. ize states' energy bills, or at least help most February 3, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1625 of those states suffering most. It should not served the young men of his communi­ life of a friend of ours who cannot be here drain taxes from hard hit economies to ty with great distinction. His personal to enrich our lives and join us in our efforts pump into relatively healthy energy-export­ integrity and devotion to these boys, to serve the people of this great country. ing economies, particularly where abundant truly tells us something about the Many of you knew Pen Wilson-if not by resources can be developed in the poorer name, at least on sight-as one of the House state. man and his values. Under his tute­ photographers. He was the one with the Many of these concerns were expressed to lage, over 100 boys have reached the ready smile and the bright blue eyes that the Office of Alcohol Fuels during the rule­ distinguished rank of Eagle Scout. An transformed life into an image on paper, making process. However, I felt the need to amazing accomplishment indeed, and ready for framing and mounting in any one repeat them since DOE did not fully consid­ one in which Mr. Deegan may take of tens of thousands of homes in America. er comments on the rules and plans to issue great pride. His impact on the boys, He took photographs of your visitors-the new rules in February. and all of those who have had the bands, the school groups, the visiting fire­ I would appreciate your comments. men, tJ;le dignitaries big and small-and ami­ Sincerely, pleasure of knowing him, is impossible ably brought them around you, coaxed out DOUGLAS E. GROSS, to gage, but they undoubtedly are their smiles, and took the picture that you Director, Fuels Division.e better people because of it. later signed and passed on as a simple, but It is only fitting that a man of Mr. often effective, souvenir. Deegan's outstanding character He joined you in committee, crouching ROBERT C. CARTER should be involved in a worthwhile en­ down in front with his camera, searching deavor like Scouting. Scouting's ability out your best side, waiting for the decisive HON. CARROLL HUBBARD, JR. to foster friendship, teach civic re­ moment as you testified or examined a wit­ ness. Those pictures made it into countless OF KENTUCKY sponsibility, and develop self-reliance hometown papers, without his credit but IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES make it a solid foundation upon which with his great satisfaction that he was ac­ Tuesday, February 3, 1981 young men can build for the future. complishing something worthwhile in a job During this period, a caring and com­ that was not always the most exciting. He e Mr. HUBBARD. Mr. Speaker, I mitted mentor is invaluable. Over the loved his profession. and he enjoyed your would like to take this opportunity to past 25 years, Charles L. Deegan has company. The glow of the Capitol dome at congratulate my longtime friend, Mr. been just such a man. His tireless ef­ night thrilled him just as much as it moves Robert C. Carter, president and gener­ forts are well appreciated and not for­ all of us who still work beneath it. One of al manager of the Kentucky New Era gotten. his last pictures, in Roll Call, is of the build­ in Hopkinsville, Ky., upon his winning I gladly join with those gathered in ing at night. It is as serene as his death was the Kentucky Press Association's violent. Chicago Heights in honoring this rare Early in the morning of last Christmas Freedom of Information Award for and admirable man, and wishing him Eve, Pen was shot and killed during a rob­ 1980. all the best in the future. He most cer­ bery attempt on a downtown Washington Bob Carter's impressive accomplish­ tainly deserves it.e street. There is no accounting for it. There ments as a newspaper executive con­ is no way to describe the horror of it, the vince me that the KPA has made an stupidity, the sheer terror of such a excellent choice for this annual award. JIM MOORE'S OPEN LETTER TO moment in the winking out of life with the Carter is a past president of the KPA THE CONGRESS passage of a bullet through flesh. Platitudes and has served a number of years as will not suffice. They are of little comfort to HON. ROBERT McCLORY his wife and family, and they will not re­ the organization's legislative chair­ verse the course of that awful projectile. man. OF ILLINOIS Pen was a man who loved life for all its va­ The announcement of the award was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES riety and challenges. I think he tested its made during KPA's recent midwinter Tuesday, February 3, 1981 limits once in awhile as he put himself to conference. The Kentucky Press Asso­ the test: he tried skydiving, he learned to ciation is made up of weekly and daily • Mr. McCLORY. Mr. Speaker, many scuba dive, he wanted to see what he could newspapers from throughout the of us in this body were shocked and do with his energy and drive. He wanted to State. saddened by the tragic and senseless try so many things. He was cheated by the Again, let me express my congratula­ killing of one of our beloved House darker side of life, by someone who appar­ photographers-Pen Wilson. ently has so little regard for humanity that tions to Bob Carter for his leadership killing a man for a few dollars is somehow in areas related to freedom of the Pen died of a single gunshot wound on Christmas Eve 1980 on a downtown justifiable. press.e There are some lessons in life that I wish street in Washington. did not have to be learned at the expense of Without describing in detail this life itself. Before last Christmas, I was as CONGRATULATIONS TO CHARLES stark tragedy, I wish at this time to concerned as any of you about the increase L. DEEGAN AND TROOP 374 ON present to my colleagues a heartfelt in violent crime, especially gun-related THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY and meaningful letter addressed to all crimes. Pen and I talked about gun control of us by a man who was perhaps the almost every time a new article appeared in late Pen Wilson's closest friend and as­ the papers. He was on the side of control; I HON. MARTY RUSSO sociate-Jim Moore. felt inclined to disagree. Control to me OF ILLINOIS Mr. Speaker, I urge and earnestly seemed an exercise in futility, and, since I was an avid NRA participant as a boy, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES hope that all of us may absorb the full concept of controlling weapons seemed to Tuesday, February 3, 1981 meaning embodied in these touching smack a little of Big Brother. and challenging words by Jim Moore­ I have never been so wrong in my life, or e Mr. RUSSO. Mr. Speaker, on Febru­ and I would hope that the response on in Pen's life. Certainly there is a place for ary 7, Troop 374 of the Boy Scouts of the part of this body may be reflected some kinds of guns, but there is no way to America will celebrate its 25th anni­ in our actions so that Pen and others, justify the access that the man who shot versary with a reunion dinner in Chi­ who have met senseless death from Pen had to his gun. There must be a better cago Heights. As worthy of praise as handguns-will not have died in vain. way to approach the problem, to begin to this achievement is, there is some­ Mr. Speaker, I am attaching hereto contain the awful trend we are witnessing thing even more remarkable about every day. The answer will not appear writ­ Jim Moore's open letter to the 97th ten in stone. It will not be given to us by a this occasion. It marks not only the Congress, which follows: quarter-century point for the troop, greater power except the power of our con­ AN OPEN LETrER TO THE 97TH CONGRESS science, the innate sense of right versus but also of the dedicated service of its To the Congress-my friends and col­ mortal and moral wrong. original and only Scoutmaster, leagues, those of long standing and those It will take the collective will of the Charles L. Deegan. newly met: people, reflected in the membership of Since 1956, when he first became the As we all get under way this new year and these two great chambers, to judge with troops' Scoutmaster, Mr. Deegan has new session, I would like to touch upon the clear vision the value of any life against the 1626 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1981 llfe-destroying potential of easily available tance to the United States will be duty he received many awards and handguns. weighed heavily in the balance.e decorations, including the Silver Star I miss Pen. I know many of you who knew him well have your own experiences that with two clusters, the Bronze Star, the will keep him alive in your minds' eyes. TRIBUTE TO FRANK HOOD Purple Heart with two clusters, and Those who only knew him in passing prob­ the Croix de Guerre with Palm. He ably still recall something pleasant that he HON. ELWOOD HIWS was the most decorated soldier ever to did to touch you in his unique way. His have served in this House of Repre­ OF INDIANA death diminishes us all just as the death of sentatives, and became the champion any man diminishes society; but in Pen's IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of veterans of all wars. case it is brought so close to our homes and Tuesday, February 3, 1981 Elected in 1946 to the 79th Congress, our jobs that to ignore the lesson at our doorstep would be an insult to all the name­ • Mr. HILLIS. Mr. Speaker, Friday, immediately after the end of the less, faceless victims who never had the February 6, will mark the end of one Second World War, Tiger chose to chance to gain the attention of the men and of the longest and most distinguished serve on the Veterans' Mfairs Com­ women in this Congress. public relationS careers in the Federal mittee. In this capacity he served ad­ I don't wish to seem a pedant, nor am I an Government-that of Frank Hood, the Inirably, and eventually became the ideologue taking advantage of my friend's Veterans' Administration's Director of committee's chairman. Tiger increased · death to promote a new bill or an old cause, Information Services. the education benefits available to vet­ striking out like a hypocritical zealot with a erans, and was the author of the new religion. I just have had my fill of For more than 23 years, Frank Hood death and dying for the moment. We owe has served eight VA Administrators Korean war veterans bill. His determi­ something to ourselves to bring peace to the with a devotion and impartiality that nation that our Nation's fighting men streets and communities of this country and have no equal. be given just opportunities to gain an we owe it to the memories of Pen and all Frank is a product of that famous education, buy a home, or find em­ the others too suddenly deprived of a journalistic training ground, the ployment, translated into programs chance to live out their lives with their fam­ Kansas City Star, as well as the Asso­ that every veteran was able to benefit ilies and friends. ciated Press, and in turn, he has from. George Washington put it clearly when he said: "A slender acquaintance with the trained a small army of public infor­ Olin Teague also served as chairman world must convince every man that ac­ mation men, including three former of the House Committee on Science tions, not words, are the true criterion of Civil Service CoiDinission public rela­ and Technology, and was the guiding the attachment of friends." We are all tions directors and a deputy press sec­ force behind our modern space pro­ friends here and across the nation. We have retary at the White House. The Ex­ gram which eventually brought man Pen to remember for his friendship that he ecutive Director of the President's to the Moon. Were it not for Tiger willingly and generously gave. In consider­ Committee on Employment of the Teague, the vast advances achieved in ing the future for all our friends still here, Handicapped is also one of his prote­ science through the program, and the consider the memories of our friends, benefits thereof which we enjoy today, known and unmet as well, who now depend ges and, incidentally, one of his many on us to make something better of life.e admirers. might not have happened. Those admirers of his are not limit­ The people of Texas' Sixth District ed to the executive branch of the Gov­ loved Tiger as much as we did, return­ ernment, either. Anyone in the Con­ ing him to office time and again; it COMMUTATION OF KIM DEATH gress who has come in contact with was not until 1978, at the end of the SENTENCE POSITIVE SIGN IN Frank has invariably been treated 95th Congress, that Tiger chose to UNITED STATES-SOUTH KO­ with the utmost fairness and courtesy. retire. His 32 years of congressional REAN RELATIONS Quite honestly, I do believe he does service to his country, along with the not know how to treat anyone other­ trying years of service in war, clearly wise. distinguish Olin Teague as a true HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER In an age when distrust of Govern­ American. I am proud to have been OF ILLINOIS ment and its officials seems to be able to serve with him here in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rampant, Frank Hood has stood as a House, as he was a shining example to Tuesday, February 3, 1981 beacon of forthrightness and honesty. all. My wife, Lee, and I, extend our He is truly a public servant in the very sincerest condolences to Olin's wife e Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, Presi­ best sense. I am proud to have known Freddie, his three children, James dent Chun Doo Nwan of South Korea him, and as he leaves his post, I wish Teague, Maj. John Teague, and Jill is a visitor to this Nation's Capital this him all the best in a well-deserved re­ Cochran, and all the people of his dis­ week, and it is a time to review the tirement.e trict. Tiger's energy, forthrightness, current status of South Korean­ and memory will live on in the great United States relations. On several oc­ OLIN "TIGER" TEAGUE-A REAL legacy which he has left us an.• casions I and others in Congress de­ AMERICAN nounced on this floor the mock trial and death sentence of Kim Dae Jung HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON by President Chun's government. The OF CALIFORNIA recent commutation of his death sen­ CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS tence is therefore a positive sign. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We should be under no illusion, how­ Wednesday, January 28, 1981 HON. BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL ever, that the sparing of Kim's life sig­ e Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, it is OF NEW YORK nals a return to democratic processes with deep sadness and regret that I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in South Korea. Those Members who address my colleagues today concern­ have spoken on the House floor on ing the unhappy news of the death of Tuesday, February 3, 1981 this important issue of South Korean Olin "Tiger" Teague. His multitude of e Mr. ROSENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, the relations as they affect our national achievements benefiting the people of recent trend toward converting rental interests in Asia will continue to watch this Nation will not be forgotten by housing to cooperatives and condomin­ carefully the evolution of political any of us. iums appears to be continuing as evi­ freedoms under the Chun government. Tiger Teague was a true product of denced by the recent release of a At a time when U.S. assistance has to America-a Texan who served his Council of Governments study of the be cut back around the world, and pri­ country valiantly during World War Metropolitan District of Columbia orities brought even more sharply into II, sustaining many wounds and spend­ area. I feel it is important for my col­ focus, a nation's support for democrat­ ing much time recuperating in hospi­ leagues to keep abreast of such signifi­ ic principles as well as strategic impor- tals. For his bravery and dedication to cant movements of our Nation's hous- February 3, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1627 ing stock and I am including the trict of Columbia converted the largest ESSAY ON THE RIGHT TO LIFE Washington Post article of February number-4,319 apartments-while 2,390 3, 1981, which addresses this phenom­ were converted in Fairfax. HON. ROMANO L. MAZZOU enon: As of July 1, 1980, the metropolitan Wash­ OF KENTUCKY CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS UP 21.8 PERCENT ington area contained 84,240 condomin­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN AREA ium.s-21.8 percent more than existed in the . period surpassed all other annual periods of congressional district in Kentucky. The increase was-largely attributed to the conversion activity [and] that the conver­ Schu's fine essay won first place in the continuation of ·the housing trend that sion trend is continuing to increase its mo­ college-level student contest sponsored swept the Washington area in the 1970s, the mentum. The study also noted that "not by the Right-to-Life Program Journal. conversion of rental units to condominium since 1975 has the Washington metropolitan Schu beautifully expresses the prin­ ownership. Of the 15,102 condominium area experienced a decline in conversion ac­ ciples that comprise the heart of the units added to the Washington market tivity from the previous year's level." during the period, the study said, 11,922 prolife movement in his essay-includ­ were rental units that had been converted. ing the idea that such activities must encompass all facets of human life, The remainder were newly built. WASHINGTON AREA CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS AS OF The most striking finding in the survey­ not just in the protection of the life of which covers the period July 1, 1979, to July JULY 1, 1980 the unborn child. 1, 1980-was that the construction of new RESTORING THE PARAMOUNT RIGHT TO LIFE rental apartments fell to virtually nothing Jurisdiction New Conversion Total while conversions were eating into existing construction

79-059 0 1984- 14 - (Vol. 127 Pt. 2) 1628 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1981 inspire our young people to accept the dig­ AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER'S opportunity to speak of Ruben Levin, nity and worth of all human beings. We ACT OF 1981 who died Thursday, January 29, 1981, must reaffirm to all people-especially the here in Washington. young-that the creative power to engender HON. WILUAM (BILL) CLAY Ruben was not only an admired ally, new life is a responsible commitment to but a good personal friend, who came family-building, not a relationship casually OF MISSOURI assumed. Only with the combined efforts of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to my assistance early in my congres­ family, church, and school can reverence for Tuesday, February 3, 1981 sional career, and has remained a life be instilled into the hearts and minds of friend for more than 20 years. a society so desperately in need of spiritual • Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, today I in­ Mr. Levin was a newspaperman of values. troduced a bill, the Air Traffic Con­ high ethics, and his voice in Labor troller's Act of 1981, to promote public newspaper was the voice of our coun­ Eight long years have gone by since the safety by encouraging the employ­ try's railway workers from the time he infamous Supreme Court decision legalizing ment of highly qualified air traffic joined the paper in 1938. abortion. In that time, pro-lifers have not controllers by establishing a salary His long list of honors includes the had it easy. But, then, no cause truly worth classification system, weekly work Eugene V. Debs Foundation Award in fighting for has been easy. Pro-lifers have hours, retirement plan, and collective­ been vilified, slandered, and even assaulted. bargaining system. 1975, for a series of articles entitled But what could be more worthwhile than For too long now this Nation's air "The Emasculation of Federal Regula­ sacrificing for others? What could be more traffic controllers have gone without a tory Agencies." He also received the just than defending the defenseless? fair and comprehensive review of the Sidney Hillman Foundation Award in conditions of employment. It is im­ 1956, and the University of Wisconsin The Pro-Life Movement is a human strug­ perative that the Congress consider award for Distinguished Service to gle. And it is more. Like the agonizing jour­ the requests of the air traffic control­ Professional Journalism in 1965. The ney to Calvary and the solace extended International Labor Press Association amid an impoverished Calcutta, we, too, can lers to insure that their working hours are not excessively long, that their bestowed on him the title of "Dean of meet the challenges of life-with prayer, Labor Editors." with hope, with love.e . compensation is commensurate with responsibility and experience, and Ruben was born in Poland on that their retirement program recog­ August 2, 1902, and moved with his nizes the unusual occupational haz­ family first to Manitowoc, Wis., and OLIN "TIGER" TEAGUE ards of such employment. In addition, then to Milwaukee. He entered the the quality and safety of the air traf­ University of Wisconsin in my congres­ fic control system is assured by provid­ sional district to study electrical engi­ HON. WILLIAM D. FORD ing sufficient qualified air traffic con­ neering, but changed his course to OF MICHIGAN trollers to handle the ever-increasing journalism, earning his way through school by reporting for Madison's Cap­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES number of aircraft, that modern and effective equipment is provided to ital Times. After graduation in 1926, Wednesday, January 28, 1981 assure the integrity of the air traffic he worked for 3 Milwaukee newspa­ pers and later for 10 other dailies in e Mr. FORD of Michigan. Mr. Speak­ system, and that the rights of air traf­ fic controllers are clarified so that the United States and Canada. He er, I was sorry to learn of the death of wrote also for the European edition of my former colleague Olin "Tiger" they may bargain collectively on mat­ ters of mutual concern. the New York Herald in Paris. Teague. There are numerous veterans In 1968, Ruben was designated asso­ organizations in my district that will Section 1 cites the bill as the "Air Traffic Controller's Act of 1981." ciate editor of Labor; one of his first never forget Tiger's work. I can assure Section 2 defines the terms "air traf­ projects in labor cooperation was the you, he took his work seriously. As the fic controller" or "controller" for pur­ founding of Labor Press Associates, a chairman of the Veterans' Affairs poses of title 5, United States Code. news service for union publications, Committee, he was the strong voice Section 3 establishes a wage classifi­ which he served as chairman. that helped guide the GI bill of rights cation system for air traffic control­ Ruben was a past president of the through Congress. Year after year, he lers. Association of Railroad Editors and a worked for veterans and their organi­ Section 4 provides for a basic work­ member of the Washington Histadrut zations to obtain increased health week and other requirements of em­ Unit of the Temple Sinai Brother­ benefits and improved medical facili­ ployment for air traffic controllers. hood, the National Labor History Soci­ ties and care at VA hospitals. Section 5 establishes the right of ety, the Chautauqua Society, the controllers to bargain collectively over Labor Relations Research Association, "Health care second to none," was wages, hours, and other terms and the National Consumers League, the his goal for VA medical facilities conditions of employment. American Civil Liberties Union, and throughout the United States, and he Section 6 creates a retirement pro­ the Newspaper Guild. focused his efforts on the development gram for air traffic controllers. The Ruben Levin byline appeared of legislation required to bring this Section 7 authorizes the exclusive regularly on articles in the Nation, the about. representative of air traffic controllers New Republic, and Forum. He wrote to bargain collectively over annual and the annual reviews of worldwide labor Olin Teague worked in many other sick leave. development for the Encyclopedia important areas. For 8 years he served Section 8 provides that the act shall Yearbook and for Americana Encyclo­ as chairman of the House Science and take effect 90 days after enactment.e pedia. Aeronautics Committee. He kept space His writing was characterized by pre­ programs on schedule during that RUBEN LEVIN: DISTINGUISHED cise logic, by concise composition, by time and his committee played a JOURNALIST careful word choice; he was an oft­ major role in putting a man on the quoted foe of all forms of bureaucratic Moon. HON. ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER jargon. Ruben is survived by his wife, I was happy to have known Tiger OF WISCONSIN Bertha, of Chevy Chase; two children, Teague and to have worked with him IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES David of Hong Kong and Jonathan of in Congress. He was a fine soldier and Tuesday, February 3, 1981 Richmond, Va. His only daughter, statesman and we will remember him e Mr. KASTENMEIER. Mr. Speaker, Hilda Tanenholtz, died in 1979. He is for his dedication to public service.e it is with great sadness that I take this also survived by four grandchildren: February 3, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1629 Deborah and Isaac Levin of Hong his dynainic leadership in the space pro­ along and write another "War and Kong, and Eric and Bruce Tanenholtz, gram. More than any single individual, Olin Peace" using Tiger as the theme as a Teague is most responsible for us having result of his wartime exploits and of Rockville, Md. put a man on the moon. The technology The mark of Ruben Levin will spinoffs resulting from our space flights peacetime accomplishments in behalf remain for the work he accomplished, have made us the world leader in computer of veterans and the exploration of and he will be long remembered by the and guidance technology and food prepara­ space. But the book would miss the friends who admire what he stood for. tion, as well as many other practical break­ mark if it failed to adequately portray He was a true liberal, dedicated to his throughs. the essential Tiger Teague: The Tiger beliefs, and forever loyal to his The elderly had a special meaning to Mr. Teague who loved his family, his job, Teague. He established the VA nursing care and his country with as much devotion friends.e program and modernized the pension pro­ gram for our older, needy veterans. He and enthusiasm as any man who ever TRIBUTE TO OLIN E. TEAGUE placed a high priority on VA's medical and lived. He was a complete person, prosthetic program. He recognized the need devoid of rancor and spite, but pos­ to educate our young veterans returning sessed of boundless energy. He had a HON. G. V.(SONNY)MONTGOMERY from service. Millions of young men and temper that only surfaced when OF MISSISSIPPI women have received their education and others around him failed to commit IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES training under Teague sponsored G .I. Bill their total resources to the common programs. Wednesday, January 28, 1981 Millions more have homes of their own, good. He lived by the motto: "When e Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, having purchased them through the veter­ going gets tough, the tough get the Committee on Veterans' Affairs ans' home loan programs. going." has received many, many inquiries fol­ These are but a few of the things Olin This past weekend I visited Tiger's lowing the passing of Hon. Olin E. Teague did to enhance the lives of our graveside. The location commands a young and old alike. He was a very compas­ beautiful view of the Nation's Capital. Teague. They come from former Mem­ sionate and caring man. All of us have been bers of Congress, employees of the His final resting place is right next to enriched, and our country is better by Tiger a marker reserved for another of Veterans' Administration, and hun­ having come our way.e dreds of veterans throughout this land America's greatest heroes-Gen. Omar whose lives were touched by this good Bradley. This is the way Tiger would and great man. All cannot be printed, TRIBUTE TO OLIN E. TEAGUE want it: two soldiers, defenders of free­ but Mrs. Teague and the family are OF TEXAS dom in war and peace, together for­ aware of the love and affection so ever. many people have for Mr. Teague. HON. SAM B. HALL, JR. Texas has its heroes. Texans thrive There follows some brief comments OF TEXAS on their heroes. We are proud of our of our former colleague, Hon. William IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES heritage and Tiger Teague is a symbol­ ic link to the likes of Travis, Bonham, Jennings Bryan Dorn. Mr. Dorn served Wednesday, January 28, 1981 with Mr. Teague as a member of the and Houston. He was an Aggie's Aggie Committee on Veterans' Affairs for e Mr. SAM B. HALL, JR. Mr. Speak­ who loved Texas A. & M. and Texas more than 25 years: er, there was only one "Tiger" Teague. A. & M. loved him. This great institu­ The Lord created him and threw the With the passing of Olin E. Teague, our tion has produced some of our Na­ Nation has lost one of its most distinguished mold away. We will not see his likes tion's greatest leaders, and the Tiger is and best loved citizens. Veterans across our again. among them. land have lost their greatest friend. He was one of the most honorable He walked among the mighty, yet Tiger Teague was a war hero. He was a and decent men it has ever been my spent his time helping the less fortu­ combat officer in the tradition of Texas privilege to know, and as time passes, nate. He was a man of God, humble in A&M University, whose Corps lost more of­ students of the Congress will realize his appreciation for the success that ficers during World War II than any other what a profound and lasting impact he descended upon him. Like the epic throughout the Nation. However, he was a had on this body. fighter for peace as well as in war. Roland of old, he blew a mighty trum­ Mr. Teague was a natural born leader-a We can eulogize Tiger Teague in a pet that commanded respect, yet he leader highly respected by his men and his thousand ways, but when the final was fair and considerate in all delib­ colleagues. He was elected Chairman of the chapter summarizes his life, it will erations. He smote the enemies of Committee on Veterans' Affairs and contin­ conclude with the epitaph that he was America in combat, yet no man fought ued to serve in that capacity until 1973 a fighter-a fighter for what is good harder for peace and harmony among when he was elected Chairman of the Com­ and right about this wonderful coun­ all people. He was Tiger Teague, and Inittee on Science and Technology. There­ try of ours that he loved and believed those of us who were privileged to spect of his colleagues was best shown when in so strongly. know him shall never forget him. Like he was elected Chairman of the Democratic He grew up in rough times and never Caucus in 1971 and re-elected unanimously Lincoln, he now belongs to the ages. in January 1973. forgot it. He never lost his perspective, To his dear wife and children, I Olin Teague touched the lives of million and when honor and fame accrued to extend my deepest sympathy and my of people. Of course, he accomplished more him as a participant in the highest profound thanks that we could share for our Nation's veterans than any other councils of national endeavor, it only with you this extraordinary and re­ American. Veterans and nonveterans alike intensified his desire to help others markable man.• will long remember him in South Carolina. and cast aside personal ambition. He was directly involved in establishing the When his wartime injuries finally took Veterans Adininistration hospital in their toll on him physically, Tiger just PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION Charleston and helped establish the new COMMISSION medical school at the University of South rolled up his sleeves and charged Carolina. He made it possible for the medi­ ahead, often in a wheelchair and cal care staff of VA hospitals to be affiliated crutches, but so what, he still charged. HON. OLYMPIA J. SNOWE with all of the great medical schools He never made excuses or felt sorry OF MAINE throughout the country and provided assist­ for himself, because he was too busy IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ance to the medical school at Charleston. accomplishing goals that a hundred Olin E. Teague deserves much credit for people collectively would ·never dare Tuesday, February 3, 1981 having established the modern facilities at Augusta. The Augusta facility will one day undertake. • Mrs. SNOWE. Mr. Speaker, today be leading the country in caring for the Much has been said about his unbe­ Congressman UDALL and I have intro­ needs of our older veterans. lievable contributions to America's duced a joint resolution calling for a Mr. Teague touched the lives of millions veterans and America's space program. study of the Presidential nomination of people throughout the world because of Perhaps a modern Tolstoy will come process. We think it is clear that the 1630 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1981 current system needs reforming. It is a much credit to himself, his family and The article follows: long, exacting, arduous process that his Nation. COSTS HIGH AT THREE MILE ISLAND includes 37 primary elections and However, the poignancy of his thousands of precinct, district, and homecoming and of his fellows was WHO WILL PAY CLEANUP? statewide caucuses and conventions. sharpened by the revelations of the This resolution would establish a physical and mental suffering they en­ WASHINGTON.-A small lake of radioactive Commission on Presidential Nomina­ dured while in captivity. Iran's viola­ water still stands on the floor of the reactor tions to study the process and make tions of international law and precepts building at Pennsylvania's Three Mile recommendations within a year. The of basic human rights cannot-and Island, site of the worst accident in the his­ Commission would investigate how will not-be forgotten by any humane, tory of peacetime nuclear power. States conduct primaries, alternate freedom-loving country. For reasons of health and safety, the nominating systems such as regional Mr. Speaker, I hope the new admin­ water and the crippled reactor core must be primaries, independent candidacies, istration evaluates with the utmost of cleaned up and the nuclear waste safely care each term of the agreement buried-monumental tasks with a minimum the news media's impact, campaign fi­ price tag of $1 billion. nancing, and the related rules of the which brought about the release of the Americans. We are not obligated The question is: Who is going to pay the national parties. The Commission bill? would not make any changes, merely to honor terms of an agreement which was concluded under threats and Congress will struggle with the issue this suggest options. The 20 member Com­ year, debating whether taxpayers in Califor­ mission would be bipartisan and repre­ duress. Therefore, we should honor nia, New York and the rest of the nation sentative with Federal, State, and only those portions which serve our should help pay for an accident in Pennsyl­ local members participating. national interest, and we should reject vania. If the money doesn't come directly Regardless of party or persuasion, I the rest. from Washington, it may be supplied by the think many of us can agree that it is To those who say that failure to nation's electric utilities. But that solution, time that we examined this process, so abide by each item of the agreement too, would ultimately transfer the financial would diminish our national honor, I burden to all Americans in the form of we can act before 1984. As the New higher electric bills. York Times said in an editorial: say, "bosh." Our honor is served not by giving into the demands of terror­ Because an accident like Three Mile What usually stands in the way of the ists and brigands, but by rejecting Island was unprecedented, no one foresaw reform is the natural reluctance of Congress such demands.e the extraordinary costs. Insurance coverage, to act on such matters in a politically with a maximum of $300 million, was woe­ charged election year and sheer inertia with fully inadequate. Metropolitan Edison, oper­ regard to them at any other time. It is time A FEDERAL BAILOUT FOR TMI? ator of Three Mile Island, has already spent to break into that cycle. It should be possi­ two-thirds of the insurance money it collect­ ble for Congress to take a hard look at the HON. JONATHAN B. BINGHAM ed from a consortium of companies, and has process. slowed down activities to stretch out the I could not agree more with that OF NEW YORK last $100 million and keep the cleanup proc­ statement. Unfortunately the editorial IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ess going through the end of 1982. was written 4 years ago during the Tuesday, February 3, 1981 The Three Mile Island Unit 2 power plant 1976 elections. Congress has yet to act. e Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, in the has been shut down since the accident on It is high time we changed that. Los Angeles Times of February 2, March 28, 1979. A valve failure, compound­ We now have 83 cosponsors, I urge ed by human error, produced the incident, 1981, Robert A. Rosenblatt reminds us which was unparalleled in the era of nucle­ my colleagues to support this effort.e that the story of the near catastrophe ar power generation. Accidentally closed at Three Mile Island is far from over. valves prevented cooling water from circu­ Cleanup of the crippled reactor will lating and the reactor heated to a danger­ HOSTAGE AGREEMENT cost at least $1 billion. The utility ously high level, with uranium fuel in the which owns TMI, Metropolitan core partly melting. HON. ROMANO L. MAZZOLI Edison, is on the brink of bankruptcy. Before the reactor eventually was brought OF KENTUCKY Ratepayers in Met Ed's service area under control, the reactor core had been se­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have seen their utility bills rise 25 per­ verely damaged, and dangerous volumes of cent since the accident and stockhold­ radiation had been emitted into the build­ Tuesday, February 3, 1981 ers in Met Ed's parent company, Gen­ ing housing the reactor. The plant has been e Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I join eral Public Utilities, have seen their shut ever since. my colleagues and, indeed, the entire shares drop from $18 a share at the ON BRINK OF BANKRUPTCY Nation in welcoming home the 52 time of the accident to $4 to $5 today. Strained by the cost of getting replace­ freed American citizens. I am most According to Rosenblatt, there is ment power and paying interest on money grateful that our prayers have been now a movement afoot to dump the borrowed to build the Three Mile Island answered and that they have been Three Mile Island problem on the Fed­ units, Metropolitan Edison teeters on the safely returned. eral Government. Industry spokesmen brink of bankruptcy. The company says it The Nation's outpouring of heartfelt will be unable to pay its bills in April unless are already calling for a Federal bail­ the state of Pennsylvania grants its emer­ support for these 52 heroic men and out of the Pennsylvania utility. Legis­ gency rate relief. women is virtually unrivaled even in a lation is being discussed which would Customers of Metropolitan Edison have land which loves ceremony and cele­ burden the taxpayers nationwide with seen their utility bills rise 25% since the ac­ bration. the costs of the TMI disaster. cident as the company buys costly power The spontaneous displays of emo­ This is outrageous. The nuclear in­ from other firms to distribute to them. The tion I witnessed on the streets of dustry is constantly assuring us that Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Washington and at the White House­ nuclear power is not only our safest won't allow the company to charge its cus­ where Members of Congress assembled source of electrical energy but also the tomers for the costs of cleaning up Three to honor the freed hostages-will least expensive. Yet now at TMI we Mile Island or to retire the bonds used to remain with me forever. see that we must factor the costs of re­ pay for building the nuclear unit. Particularly, was I proud to shake placement power for down reactors So all eyes have now turned to the federal the hand of returnee Thomas Ahem. and the costs of reactor cleanups into government as a possible financial savior. More is at stake than the fate of Metro­ Tom and I are classmates-Notre any economic analysis of nuclear politan Edison. The future of nuclear power Dame, class of 1954-and friends, power. Mr. Speaker, I urge my col­ in the United States may well depend on though we have not seen one another leagues to read this excellent article. I the policies established to clean up Three since our graduation. Tom's conduct, intend to follow this matter very close­ Mile Island and to handle the financial fortitude, and courage have brought ly. costs of any future accidents. February 3, 1981 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1631 A SCAR ON INDUSTRY be learning how to clean up an accident, he in the lives of their respective coun­ Three Mile Island's financial quandry is said. tries. "a scar on industry, a wound that has to be The Pennsylvania congressional delega­ tion is considering several legislative solu­ It has urged each member state to healed," said Carl Walske, president of the formulate objectives and programs to Atomic Industrial Forum, a nuclear indus­ tions, including creation of a mandatory in­ try trade association. surance fund for electric utilities operating accomplish those objectives, bearing in "There is a mess that must be cleaned up nuclear power plants. This would provide mind, of course, that such programs because of health and safety reasons," said expanded coverage beyond the insurance al­ must remain appropriate to the soci­ Walske. ready in effect. ety and stage of development. "All these players have to sit around a Another possibly is a federal loan guaran­ While Americans can take great table and hammer out a deal," he contin­ tee, similar to the legislation now keeping pride in the progress we have made ued, referring to the company, the state of Chrysler Corp. alive. The government might over the last 10 years in improving the Pennsylvania, the electric utility industry provide a guarantee for notes issued by General Public Utilities to raise money for quality of life for the approximately and the federal government. 35 million Americans with physical An ordinary industrial plant that was the cleanup. The Treasury would repay the shattered by an accident could be closed rel­ notes if the company defaulted. Such a and mental disabilities-progress atively cheaply. Remaining structures mechanism is the only way the company which has established this Nation as might be tom down, guards and watchdogs might raise new money from a public fear­ the world leader in increasing opportu­ might be posted to keep out intruders. ful of the company's financial futures. nities for the disabled-much work re­ Such a solution is impossible for Unit 2 at CRITICAL POINT NEAR mains to be done. Our participation in Three Mile Island. The radioactive water in Edison Electric Institute, the utility trade the observance of the International the containment building might leak out, association, has a group of top executives Year of Disabled Persons will go far, I polluting the Susquehanna River. The dam­ studying the Three Mile Island issue but believe, toward increasing public aged uranium fuel rods are still spewing out hasn't decided on legislative proposals it radiation within the reactor vessel. plans to lay before Congress. awareness of the unique needs of our "For better or worse, we're pioneers" in "We realize we'll be reaching a critical disabled citizens and to increase the the task of cleaning up after an unpre­ point in the next few months," said Fred active involvement of the general pop­ cedented accident, said Philip Fine, man­ Weber, the institute's director of govern­ ulation to help increase those opportu­ ager of public information on nuclear mat­ ment relations. nities. ters for General Public Utilities, the parent Tax credits for utilities that contribute Today I am reintroducing my legisla­ company of Metropolitan Edison. funds to help clean up Three Mile Island tion, with cosponsors, which recog­ The parent company says its shareholders are under consideration as a legislative pos­ nizes this very important Internation­ and customers should not be squeezed any sibility, Weber said. The credit would allow further. The company hasn't paid a divi­ a company to deduct a full dollar for every al Year of Disabled Persons, as well as dend since the third quarter of 1979. The dollar contributed. Currently, donations of the two primary groups involved in its stock was priced at $18 a share at the time this kind would be considered only ordinary promotion: The U.S. Council for the of the March 1979 incident, and has now business expenses, providing tax writeoffs of IYDP and the Federal Interagency slumped to the $4-$5 range. 48 cents for every dollar. Committee. My Kansas colleague in General Public Utilities says it doesn't But Weber is not sure the industry would the Senate, Senator RoBERT DoLE, has have the profits to pay for the cleanup and agree on tax credits as the answer. Some introduced identical legislation. Our can't borrow the money because of its pre­ companies aren't making money, he says, legislation reads as follows: carious financial situation. And the Penn­ and couldn't use tax credits. sylvania Public Utility Commission forbids Whereas a new era in recognition of RATES IN MIDDLE RANGE human rights and universal respect for the utility from charging its customers to The state of Pennsylvania must "play these rights has begun; pay for the cleanup. Loading the $1-billion ball" by getting more money from the Met­ cost on Metropolitan Edison customers Whereas the United Nations General As­ ropolitan Edison customers if Congress is to sembly has declared 1981 as the Interna­ would boost their monthly electric bills 50% be persuaded to provide help, Weber said. and virtually cripple business activity in the tional Year of Disabled Persons; Even with its higher costs after the acci­ Whereas the United States has made service area, according to a spokesman for dent, Metropolitan Edison's rates for its the state commission. great strides during the last decade in im­ electricity are in the middle range of those proving the lives of 35 million American citi­ BURDEN PLACED ON UNITED STATES charged by companies in its geographic zens with physical and mental disabilities; "The Congress of the United States has to region. Thus, members of Congress from Whereas there is still much to be done to act," the commission spokesman said "It's a districts where electric bills are higher open doors for disabled persons; case of pay-for-it-now or pay-for-it-later." might feel little inclination to vote for fi­ Whereas the United States recognizes the If the federal government doesn't provide nancial aid to the Pennsylvania utility and need for further progress in strengthening aid, and the Metropolitian Edison goes its customers. public understanding and awareness of the under, the ultimate responsibility will fall The issue of federal aid to clean up Three needs and aspirations of disabled persons; on Washington anyway, the spokesman Mile Island will cut both ways with the new and said. The utility and state regulators argue Ronald Reagan Administration. Whereas the U.S. Council for the Interna­ that the federal government promoted nu­ "It is common knowledge they are pro-nu­ tional Year of Disabled Persons is coordi­ clear power and should accept the burdens clear" an official of the Pennsylvania Public nating public and private participation in that come with the benefits. Utility Commission said. "On the other the IYDP: Now, therefore be it Rep. Allen E. Ertel , as proclaimed by the United Nations the federal government will pick up the PERSONS General Assembly Resolution 31/123 of De­ tab,'' he said. cember 16, 1976, as well as the goals of the Ertel said the Pennsylvania Public Utility Federal Interagency Committee which co­ Commission "came down here and tried to HON. LARRY WINN, JR. ordinates the activities for the International drop a hot potato in our laps" by calling for OF KANSAS Year of Disabled Persons within the Federal federal aid. "They said the company would Government. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES go bankrupt and ran a parade of horrible ifs The U.S. Council for the IYDP is a before us." Tuesday, February 3, 1981 nonprofit organization formed by pri­ Ertel said the electric utility industry, "which has a very decided stake in keeping e Mr. WINN. Mr. Speaker, the United vate initiative to promote the United a nuclear option,'' should help pay the bills Nations has declared 1981 as the Inter­ Nations observance. It urges the for cleaning up Three Mile Island. The in­ national Year of Disabled Persons nearly 1,800 communities, States, cor­ dustry can justify contributing funds on a , establishing as a theme the porations, and national organizations research-and-development basis since it will full participation of disabled citizens it represents to make meaningful com- 1632 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 3, 1981 m.itments during this year to achieve awareness of the needs of the disabled Reduction in the incidence of dis­ the long-term goals of and for disabled in identifying and developing all Fed­ ability through accident and disease citizens. These groups, under the um­ eral programs. prevention; brella of the U.S. Council for the In­ Both the U.S. Council and Federal Increased application of technology ternational Year of Disabled Persons, Interagency Committee have em­ to ameliorate the effects of disability; are striving to continue our progress in barked on a joint mission to promote and the areas of opportunities for the dis­ full participation in the life of our so­ abled that have established America's ciety by America's citizens with physi­ Expanded international exchange of leadership as a defender of human cal and mental disabilities. Their goals information and experience to benefit rights and a nation advanced in bio­ include: all disabled persons. medical research, accident and disease Expanded educational opportunity; As a nation committed to human prevention, and technological applica­ Improved access to housing, build­ rights, to the dignity of all citizens, to tion. ings, and transportation; equality of opportunity, especially in The Federal Interagency Commit­ Greater opportunity for employ­ areas over which our citizens have had tee, the second organization involved ment; no control, we cannot fail to set the in coordinating the International Year Greater participation in recreation­ example that we traditionally have set of Disabled Persons, was established al, social, and cultural activities; in this endeavor, and to take the lead by the direction of the White House Expanded and strengthened reha­ as we always have, symbolized in this domestic policy- staff, to coordinate bilitation programs and facilities; case by our full participation in and U.S. policies to maximize cooperation Purposeful application of biomedical observance of the International Year and minimize overlap in Federal pro­ research aimed at conquering major of Disabled Persons.e grams. It seeks as well to promote disabling conditions;