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FOR A NEW FOREIGN POLICY and languages of countries throughout military has declined as pay for expe­ AND DEFENSE POSTURE. the world. For too long we have been rienced technicians and officers lagged willing to sit back and let people come well behind inflation. HON.E.THOMASCO~ to us. Today this is no longer desirable Should we be surprised that the Per­ or even possible. sian Gulf is disintegrating while our OF MISSOURI The and the Soviet leaders narrowly focus their energies IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Union are both competing for the on a small band of terrorists and fa­ Tuesday, August 19, 1980 hearts, minds, trade, and allegiances natics in Iran? e Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, this of these Third World nations. And Should we be surprised that the So­ year the American people and their make no mistake about it, the Commu­ viets have occupied far-off Afghani­ Government have the opportunity to nists want total control of these coun­ stan-and are poised on the border of set a new course for our Nation's for­ tries. The Soviet pattern of using their Iran-when the administration finds eign policy and defense posture. own military force or proxy troops Soviet combat troops in nearby Cuba There can be no question that the continues unabated. Since 1974 nearly acceptable? 1980's could well be the toughest test 100 million people have been brought And finally, should we be surprised our Nation has faced in the field of di­ under Communist domination in that America and the world now Angola, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, South openly question our own military ca­ plomacy and world peace. While we pability as the failed rescue attempt in wrestle with th,e complex problems of Yemen, Mozambique, , , and South Vietnam. It is apparent we Iran lays bare the degree of our mili­ unemployment, recession, and infla­ tary equipment preparedness to an tion, we in Congress and the President must reverse and regain the geopoliti­ cal momentum. We must again use our amazed world? must not forget that, as one observer These questions, heightened by said, "the most important social serv­ national resources in the tradition of a great power. recent events, must be asked with a ice a government can do for its people We must always be aware of the sense of urgency in view of the Soviet is to keep them alive and free." complex interrelationships between Union's concerted, deliberate military Let me take just a few moments to what happens in the Far East and the growth. There is no question, however, discuss what I see to be the problems Middle East; between vital resources that the Soviet objective is clear stra­ and possible solutions for the dire situ­ and the directions of world commerce; tegic military superiority. ation we now face. between economic productivity and According to the Department of De­ Our Nation has endured humili­ national defense; between a nation's fense, in 1979 the Soviet Union spent ation, retreat, and injury abroad at ideology and its will; between national 50 percent more on defense than we the hands of fanatics and terrorists. will and the ability of its armed forces did. The Pentagon now estimates the American Ambassadors have been shot to prevent conflict. Soviets are using 11 percent to 14 per­ and killed, and American citizens are The cold reality is that our Nation's cent of their gross national product still the captives of terrorists in Iran. military might is being questioned as for defense purposes, compared with Our Nation and people have remained never before. A decade ago our Nation our own 5 percent. exceptionally tolerant and patient in was unmatched militarily. We were Soviet strategic nuclear forces have the face of these outrages. But Amer­ secure and much of the world took come from a position of substantial ica is growing impatient, the American shelter under the umbrella of our numerical inferiority 15 years ago, to people are growing angry. strength. As we enter the 1980's, for one of parity today-with the poten­ Recent events in Iran and Afghani­ the first time since the end of World tial for strategic advantage in the near stan-indeed, in the entire Persian War II there are s·erious questions future. At the same time, the Soviet Gulf area-make certain that America both at home and abroad about leadership has increased significantly no longer has the luxury of consider­ America's competence. its ground and tactical forces and ing any place on Earth too remote to Should we be surprised that our Far greatly expanded its seapower. Unless affect its own security. The fact is the East allies question our commitment the United States drastically increases United States depends heavily on im­ when the administration publicly an­ its military budget the Soviets will by ports for several of the basic minerals nounced the withdrawal of U.S. troops 1985 have unquestioned nuclear supe­ vital to a modem economy and mili­ from Korea, then waffled, then decid­ riority, overwhelming superiority on tary force. is an example­ ed to keep them? the ground and at least equality at a necessary ingredient to make stain­ Should we be surprised that our Eu­ sea. less , for ball bearings, sensitive ropean allies are alarmed and angered How the Soviets' military power will instruments, missiles, and aircraft en­ after they have acted on our word to be used is no mystery in light of recent gines-92 percent must be imported. develop the neutron bomb then the Soviet activities throughout the world. Our major sources are South Africa, administration decides not to do so? Soviet adventurism is clearly on the 33 percent; and the Soviet Union, 25 Should we be surprised that the So­ rise, increasingly taking the form of percent. Most of the known reserves in viets have undertaken an alarmingly Soviet military intervention. Soviet ac­ the world are in South Africa and Zim­ aggressive policy worldwide when we tions in Angola and Ethiopia in the babwe. Because of our dependence on consider that the United States has 1970's and their cynical, blatant occu­ Mideast oil supplies the Straits of steadily reduced its net expenditures pation of Afghanistan, illustrate this Hormuz is another critical area-a 12- on defense, while the Soviets were en­ trend with frightening clarity. Unless mile wide waterway through which 40 gaged in a massive arms buildup? An America acts now the Soviet Union percent of the free world's oil passes, inventory of the last 2 years shows the will be No. 1; the United States No.2. 20 million barrels a day, 800,000 bar­ White House vetoed congressional au­ Ironically. the Soviets as they rels every hour. Zinc, cobalt, titanium, thorization of a nuclear aircraft carri­ achieve this superior military position and numerous other important miner­ er, delayed production of the cruise may not even have to resort to its de­ als can only be found in the develop­ missile, the submarine and the ployment to make war in order to ing or so-called Third World nations. attack submarine program, as well as reach their goals. The Soviets have Our relationship with these Third opposing the development of the B-1 learned that military power is usable World countries must improve. We bomber. Aircraft production has not not only in wartime, but in peacetime must become aware of the cultures even covered attrition. Morale in the as well. It is also a statement of politi-

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cal power. It announces to their own THE CUBANS' FLIGHT TO FREE­ OUR COUNTRY'S FLAG oppressed peoples dominated by com- DOM-WHAT IT REALLY MEANS When I was a little child munism that defiance is not a viable I loved our glorious flag alternative. HON. ROBERT K. DORNAN I loved to sing such happy songs I was not known to lag. Let us always remember two things OF CALIFORNIA I about communism: First, no people IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES And when to womanhood had grown has ever freely chosen to live under a I lived on a foreign shore Tuesday, August 19, 1980 I lived there under an alien flag Communist regime; and second, no I loved mine more and more. nation continues under Communist e Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, Fidel Castro's sudden change to a liberal at­ I read about our heroic past control except through force. And in a Twas in the month of July larger sense the Soviet's military titude toward emigiation rights, allow­ Our forefathers met together might addresses the world-influenc­ ing all of those who want to leave The heat was very high. ing the behavior and thinking of other Cuba to do so, has revealed the degree The heat in Philadelphia was great nations-sometimes even our own of discontent which prevails in that Arguments were hotter still allies-as they hesitate to support the country. They argued and they really quarreled American position to boycot"t the Within hours of his announcement, And this went on until... Olympics or embargo trade in Iran. an estimated 10,000 Cubans had They had decided to break off packed into the Peruvian Embassy. Our attachment to the King As the chairman of the Defense We can only guess the numbers of And when they had decided so to do Committee of the West German par­ others who wanted to flee, but were How the bells did ·ring. liament remarked to me in Bonn earli­ unable to reach sanctuary in time. The bells they rang er this year, the Soviets are a "risk cal­ As my colleagues well know, over The people they did shout culated" people-as evidenced in 100,000 Cubans now wait to be reset­ And thus we had our freedom World War II when they would not tled in their new home. Now is the And that is how it came about. attack unless they had a 5 to 1 nu­ time to turn our questions to the rea­ Then Betsy Ross was visited merical advantage. As the Soviets' sons they were allowed to flee Castro's She was a seamstress fine military and political might grows, the perfect society in the first place. She was prevailed upon to make a flag risks associated with their military ag­ They told her line by line. It is my fear that the President, for They wanted flag both blue and white gression decline-witness the invasion all of his good intentions, has been And it must have some red of Afghanistan. used again. And it must have as many stars These are reasons enough why While we welcome these new Ameri­ As states where blood was shed. America must restore the balance of cans with open arms, we must recog­ So they decided the flag should have powe:r. As Winston Churchill said in nize that we have played a major role Stripes both red and white 1934: in the reduction of internal pressures And stars upon a field of blue Like the heavens are at night. To urge the preparation of defense is not and discontent in Castro's Cuba. Fidel to assert the imminence of war. On the con­ may rest safely once again, knowing Then after they had decided that trary, if war was imminent, preparations for that for the near future, his dictato­ They also decided this defense would be too late. rial rule is unchallenged. That every state should have a star Colleagues, now is the time to inves­ And that is how it is. As a recent Kansas City Times edito­ tigate the numerous human rights vio­ Our country had its freedom rial pointed out-this country has lations we all know are occurring in But we had no great big voice learned through adversity, and with Until the people decided Cuba. I call on the administration to That everyone should have a choice. intelligence, time, and good fortune seek establishment of an investigative has been able to recover before a tide Then the Constitution was established commission to go to Cuba and deter­ It gave us human rights just ten of disaster becomes irreversible. . The mine the extent of the suffering. The And showed us how we must behave next few months will tell whether the Cuban refugees tell shocking tales of And we have relished it since then. United States will have the determina­ cruelty and inhumanity. The world Through many wars and skirmishes tion to rebuild and modernize decay­ must know, once and for all, the rea­ We have come out all right ing weapon systems at virtually every sons why thousands are fleeing Cas­ Through elections and appointments level. The need is plain. The danger is tro's beautiful workers paradise.e · That often give us fright. apparent. The question is whether the But still we maintain our written laws will is there. That our forefathers planned we:ve kept our office fully filled National will involves more than the And· all are fully manned. use of military power. It includes a AN INDEPENDENCE DAY POEM _\nd we have grown and flourished basic feeling and faith that what the Abolished slavery too United States is doing is right. and HON. WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER And other things we've done just right honorable. And that what we repre­ OF CALIFORNIA And continue so to do. sent in the world is worth defending. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The flag has flown over a true land The boat people of Vietnam and Cam­ Tuesday, August 19, 1980 It is both yours and mine bodia, and now the massive exodus And when we're asked to serve we will from Cuba are recent and poignant ex­ e Mr. DANNEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, Respond and not repine. amples that when given an opportuni­ last month, I had the pleasure and And when my son was called upon ty, people will choose freedom over op­ honor· of attending the Senior Citizens To fight on alien shore pression. Breakfast sponsored by the City of My heart was nearly broke but Orange. While there, I was given a I loved it more and more. If there has been a decline in Ameri­ copy of a poem written by one of the So many mother's sons bled can will it has not been a failure of the members of the group, which captured And given their willing life people but of her leaders. Her people not only the spirit of the occasion but That we may love and work want America to be respected; they the deeper meaning of the Fourth of And freedom be from strife. want America to be secure; they want July for each and every one of us. In­ So if you ever see the flag America to be strong. It is time Ameri­ asmuch as that deeper meaning is all­ Exposed before your face ca's leaders respond to her people and too-infrequently captured, I thought I Please rise to show your pride define her purpose, restore her And take your willing place would share Mrs. Elizabeth Grabeel's To work and love and bleed and die strength, and revitalize her will. poem, "Our Country's Flag" with my And live in reverence. It has been said that spirit gives colleagues and I ask unanimous con­ And not just sing "God bless the flag" edge to the sword, the sword preserves sent that it be inserted in the RECORD But give a reason why the spirit, and freedom will prevail.e at this time. That you are proud to live upon August 19, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22019 The land of peace and freedom Kaddoumi's words were never dis­ and his foreign policy advisers will And ever more shall be avowed, and the PLO tried desperately peruse these two articles most careful­ Nor let the hand of anyone to head off the condemnation of the ly. I am confident t.hat the facts they Tear down our liberty. Soviet Union's Afghanistan invasion at contain would persuade even the most So our flag we have cherished it the conference of the Islamic nations naive member of the Carter adminis­ And hold it so very high And that is why we're here today in January of 1980. tration to reverse t.he present efforts On this 4th of July. In pursuing clos(: ties with the to bring the PLO into Middle East Kremlin, PLO leader Yasir Arafat has So let us all with voices sing peace negotiations. ., God hold us in your hand made 14 publicly announced visits to Moscow in the past dozen years, and God bless the place on which we live H.R. 4805: THE RESEARCH God bless our native land.e has met a number of times with top Soviet officials at other locations. MODERNIZATION ACT OF 1979 The PLO boasts publicly about the THE PALESTINE LIBERATION OR­ massive assistance it receives from the HON. ANDREW MAGUIRE GANIZATION: ANTI-AMERICAN Soviets. In an interview with Marilyn OF NEW JERSEY SPEARHEAD IN THE MIDDLE Berger, of the Public Broadcastin~ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EAST Service, September 25, 1979, Zehdl Tuesday, August 19, 1980 Terzi, the PLO's United Nations ob­ e Mr. MAGUIRE. Mr. Speaker, as a HON. NORMAN F. LENT server was asked what support the member of the Health and the Envi­ OF NEW YORK Soviet Union supplies. Terzi answered: ronment Subcommittee and as a co­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • • • They give us full support-diplomat­ sponsor of H.R. 4805, I have been dis­ ic, moral and educational, and they also Tuesday, August 19, 1980 appointed that there has not been open their military academies to some of more movement toward a fair hearing e Mr. LENT. Mr. Speaker, there is a our freedom fighters. and consideration of the Research dangerous and still-growing movement Ms. Berger then asked whether the Modernization Act. This is a humane in the United States to accept the Pal­ military equipment is given directly to and innovative bill, one which surely estine Liberation Organization the PLO. Terzi responded: deserves its day in court. as the legitimate representative of the Oh yes, oh yes. We're getting our-those One primary reason for its lack of Palestinians in the Middle East. This machineguns and RPG's and all that. success is a general misunderstanding is fostered by the mistaken belief that Ms. Berger: of what the bill's purpose is. One of the PLO is a bona fide Palestinian or­ the best explanations of H.R. 4805 ganization representing purely Pales­ Explosives? Terzi: which I have run across appeared in a tinian interests. letter to the editor of Science Maga­ Nothing could be further from the • • • Explosives, yes. zine by Eleanor Seiling of United truth. In fact, it is clear to anyone who Writing in New York magazine of Action for Animals, Inc. takes the time to scrutinize the deal­ September 24, 1979, about a TV docu­ One point which Ms. Seiling makes ings of this terrorist organization that mentary on the PLO for the Canadian is very important. She notes that the the PLO is a close and loyal ally of the Broadcasting Corp., Herbert Krosney, Department. of Health and Human Soviet Union. Its members serve in the documentary producer, stated: Services issued a statement of re­ Middle East as the Cubans do in • • • Since 1974, sources say, as many as search principles recently wherein the Africa-as Soviet surrogates. PLO ter­ 1,000 Palestinians have been sent to the Department said: rorists trained in the Soviet Union and Soviet Union and other Eastern bloc coun­ To assure that HEW health supplied with Soviet weaponry and ex­ tries for clandestine training in either Rus­ research is responsive to public concerns, plosives have played a major role in sian military or KGB camps. the public must participate in the setting of destabilizing actions throughout the I cite facts such as these, Mr. Speak­ research policies and priorities. Middle East. er in an effort to awaken Americans As most members know, the public For example, the PLO was instru­ to' the fact that the Palestine Liber­ has expressed a greater interest in this mental in triggering the civil war ation Organization works tirelessly legislation-and through that interest which devasted Lebanon in 1975-76. with the Soviet Union against Ameri­ learned more about the legislative The PLO also was an important can interests in the Middle East. I cite process-than in most bills this ses­ factor in the overthrow of the Shah of these facts to alert my colleagues in sion. Iran. For a decade before the Shah the U.S. Congress that we must do So I commend my colleagues' atten­ was ousted, some 3,000 of Khomeini's more to persuade President Carter and tion to this letter and the excellent de­ urban guerrillas trained with the PLO his foreign policy advisers against pur­ scription of the bill that it contains. It in Lebanon. A prominent official in suing their naive attempts to bring the appears below: the Khomeini regime, Sadeh Ghtzba­ PLO into the Middle East peace nego­ ANIMALS IN THE LAB deh trained with the PLO in South tiations. Nothing could be more dis­ steering com­ Madison Square Garden was of the surreal­ cancelled the modernization of Minuteman mittee that proposed program initiatives for ist school. The strangest flower that II, closed the Minuteman III production health research planning.• Because the bloomed in the Garden was Sen. Pat Moyni­ line <1, p. Soviet empire has entered a new period of not cite as proof of Democratic steadfast­ 191). The enormous constituent response to expansion." He did not dwell on the connec­ ness the 1980 platform provision regarding Congress when H.R. 4805 was introduced in­ tion between the fact and Carter's policies. Jerusalem. It says: "As stated in the 1976 dicates the degree of public interest in this But just two months ago, Moynihan said Af­ platform, the Democratic Party recognizes matter. · ghanistan had caused the collapse of what and supports 'the established status of Jeru­ With regard to publication in the Federal Moynihan believed was properly called "ap­ salem as the capital of Israel. . . . As a Register, the bill provides that the center peasement." symbol of this stand, the U.S. Embassy shall publish in the Register such alterna­ Moynihan told the convention that the should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusa­ tive methods "which meet the regulatory Democratic Party has responded to Soviet lem.'" scientific needs of the agencies," which is expansionism "with a sense of the history of The provision says, in effect: We promised not different from the present practice. our time." It is, evidently, ancient and irrel­ it four years ago. We could have done it at Because of the large numbers of scientists evant history that two months ago Moyni­ any time. We didn't, but words-our words, who have used animals in the laboratory for han said, with uncharacteristic understate­ at least-are cheap, so here they are again. their entire professional lives, we realize ment, that his party's recent performance in But if a party is this careless with words, that it is not simply "habit," the term used foreign policy "is scarcely a tale of mastery can it be trusted with power?e in the article, but professional orientation, and success," adding: "One has, to be frank, which limits the resources now devoted to to wonder whether the president is ready to the exploration of alternative methods. admit the nature of the threats we face." With the encouragement of increased feder­ Moynihan told that convention that the TAKING FREEDOM FOR GRANT­ al interest in this areas of research, it is en­ Carter administration "increased defense ED: THE GREATEST THREAT TO visioned that more scientists will become at­ spending in each and every one of the past FREEDOM tracted to the exploration and use of these four years." But not relative to Soviet techniques. spending. And only by an average of a triv­ The article does not point out that the ial half a percentage point a year. And after HON.ROBERTK.DORNAN National Society for Medical Research first cutting Ford's last proposed budget au­ OF CALIFORNIA has as its offical purpose "protect­ thority, Carter took three years to climb IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing the rights of scientic investigators to uti­ back to that level. lize laboratory animals," and thus it is not Moynihan told the convention that the Tuesday, August 19, 1980 entirely objective in its evaluation of this Carter administration has reversed a decline in defense spending conducted by Republi­ • Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, an ex­ bill. Even with this bias, the NSMR's state­ amination of voter turnout statistics ment, as reported in the article, noted that can administrations. The facts are: in fiscal "the expense, slow results, and poor reliabil­ 1968, 38 percent of the defense budget was and comments made by citizens to ity of animal tests is making alternatives for Vietnam. All of that was eliminated by Federal offices in almost any part of more and more attractive. • • •" 1975. Furthermore, between fiscal 1969 and our great Nation will identify a cancer The bill urges a direction to scientific re­ fiscal 1977 a Democratic Congress, led by which is growing to fatal proportions. search in which science has already begun senators such as Muskie and Mondale, cut The cancer I refer to is that of citizen to move, albeit slowly; it provides for a coop­ $41 billion in defense budget authority. Yet apathy in the government process and erative effort among federal research and in spite of that, and exclusive of the wind­ down in Vietnam, the Republican adminis­ the failure of many Americans to exer­ regulatory agencies that is already em­ cise one of our most fundamental bodied in HEW health research planning; it tration increased defense spending. calls for implementation by the research Moynihan told the convention that the rights under the U.S. Constitution, the agencies themselves through their repre­ Republican platform denounced SALT II right to vote. sentatives in the center; its severest critic and "derides the very quest for nuclear I would like to share with my col­ agrees that there is value in the develop­ peace." Moynihan's second point is false. leagues an essay written by one of my ment of alternative methods. I feel the de- His first point is peculiar, considering that, younger constituents, Richard Alber­ . scription of its effects upon scientific re­ 14 months after the Vienna summit, he still has not clearly endorsed ratification of toni of Rancho Palos Verdes. Richard search as "catastrophic" is unfounded and read this essay at the "Palos Verdes not supported by the facts.e SALT II. Well, perhaps these words to the conven­ Independence Day" celebration. I tion were an endorsement: "The present think he has done an excellent job of TAKING THE DEMOCRATS AT SALT treaty is no more than a photograph recognizing that the greatest threat to THEIR WORDS of the facts; no arms treaty with the Soviets freedom in America is taking this free­ can be otherwise. But what is more neces­ dom for granted. sary than the facts; what is more needed The essay follows: HON. BOB WILSON than the truth?" THE GREATEST THREAT TO FREEDOM OF CALIFORNIA Let's see: SALT II is a "photograph" of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In 1974 a Lithuanian citizen named Simas "facts," and facts are "necessary," therefore Kudirka tried to escape punishment from Tuesday, August 19, 1980 . . . Therefore what? The photograph is necessary? the Soviet government for reading an e Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker, American magazine. After receiving no Moynihan waxed indignant about the Re­ asylum from officers of an American ship, under leave to extend my remarks in publican platform's statement that Carter the RECORD, I include the following: he pleaded with them, saying, "I want policies constitute "in effect ... unilateral America. America free. I want free." Untold [From the Washington Post, Aug. 17, 19801 disarmament." He said, "If a party is this numbers of people living outside this coun­ TAKING THE DEMOCRATS AT THEIR WORDS careless with words, can it be trusted with try share the feelings of this man. It is sad power?" What the Republicans are-and to think that there are Americans who do Moynihan prudently is not-talking about is not value the freedom they have. Taking NEW YoRK.-Being inside a convention that the Carter administration has unilater­ hall is like being inside an impressionist freedom for granted could be the greatest ally: threat to it. Cancelled the Bl bomber, delayed MX One way this can be illustrated is through • "Health Research Activities of the Department three years, delayed all cruise missiles two an examination of voter turnout. Although of Health, Education, and Welfare; Current Efforts and Proposed Initiatives" . 12:00 noon: Ceremonies, ration of the 21st observance of Cap­ that you can live to see the time when a honored speakers, and folklore entertain­ tive Nations Week this past July. Communist society is built, and you will then ment at Central Park mall. In this regard, I would like to in­ regret that you came to understand the ad­ Captive Nations Week is proclaimed each clude several articles from publica­ vantages of socialism too late." year by the president of the United States tions across the country, reporting on As with all the Captive Nations, the same to focus attention on many nations ruled by methods will be used to bring about their the bullets of the communist slavemasters. the events that were scheduled to cele­ fall: demonstrations, agitation, infiltration, The week-long event is dedicated to the in­ brate Captive Nations Week. First, a intimidation, deceit, subversion and finally, evitable overthrow of communism. It offers letter which appeared in the Bay City, total control and enslavement. hope to oppressed and enslaved people all Mich., Times, by Father Joseph Reitz, To the Communists, total control means over the world for freedom and self-determi­ pastor of Our Lady of the Lake forever. Never, in six decades, have Commu­ nation. Church, Houghton Lake; second, an nist or the Soviet Union granted in­ article from, the Manchester, N.H., dependence to the country once it has been [From the Neighborhood News & Garfield Union-Leader, commenting of the ob­ enslaved under Communist imperialism. If Heights Tribune most valuable Members of the House What an honor and thrill it would be to In an election year, President Carter of Representatives. There is no have an Afghan athlete-defector as the didn't dare refuse to sign a Captive Nations Member who has been more helpful to first! Week Proclamation as he has done in the past, said a member of the Americans to me during my first term in Congress; nor is there anyone whose advice I [From the Ypsilanti Press, July 18, Free Captive Nations at their rally beneath 1980] the Statue of Liberty yesterday. have sought more frequently. More than 200 people listened to speeches KEITH SEBELIUS, the man from DETROIT ETHNIC FESTIVAL and watched the colorful folk dances in a Kansas' big First District, consistently DETROIT.-The city's summer-long series shady area surrounded by posters and ban­ displays sound judgment in all of his of ethnic festivals will continue this week­ ners from at least 10 of the 34 captive na­ endeavors, and I have quickly learned end with the captive nations festival. The tions. festivals are held at Hart Plaza on the De­ Dr. Valentina Kalynyk, president of the to consider his thoughts and deeds as troit riverfront, and feature ethnic food, organization for the last 16 years, empha­ being unerringly consistent with the drink, music and entertainment. Admission sized that the free world must stand up to best interests of his Kansas constitu­ is free. Moscow's aggression in order to survive. ents and the Nation. His leadership, Hassan Durrant, claimant to the Afghan advice, and views in the areas of agri­ [From the Cincinnati Post, July 25, 19801 throne, called on Carter to recognize a pro­ culture and national parks have been DON'T FORGET ESTONIA, EXILES PLEAD visional Afghan government. invaluable to me, as I am sure they "If the U.S. government can afford to give have been for other Members of Con­ $123 million to leftist Nicaragua, it can cer­ Eric Soovere calls his homeland, Estonia, tainly afford to assist our cause," he said gress. a nation of slaves. and was applauded loudly. KEITH SEBELIUS has brought many For 700 years, said Soovere, the country's Another Afghan, Dr. B. A. Zikria, warned fine qualities to this body-dedication, rule changed hands as outsiders vied to cap­ that the Soviets will seal the and leadership, conscientiousness, and in­ ture its vulnerable Baltic Sea coastline. The Iran borders after the Olympics and will tegrity. The people of Kansas and the Estonians were ruled by the Danes, the Ger­ then work to destabilize those countries. Nation have good reason to say to mans, the Poles, the Russians and the "Afghanistan is not yet a captive nation," KEITH: "Good job." Swedes, but the nation's identity survived. he said. "It cannot be digested by the Soviet I am, therefore, very pleased to join Soovere and his wife, Leili, now Clifton Bear. Afghanistan will force the regurgita­ residents, believe the 1940 Soviet takeover tion of all the captive nations." those people and not only express a re­ of Estonia began the cultural genocide of The former ambassador of , K. C. sounding good job to KEITH, but also their native land. The country became a re­ Dunn, now director of the Coordination to express my best wishes to him as he public of the USSR. Council for North American Affairs, spoke retires from Congress. Since we will all Although Russian may have replaced the of his small country as the hope for many miss his fine qualities in the House, we native language in Estonia's schools, the mainland Chinese. hope he visits this Chamber frequent­ Sooveres insist the individuality of their "Millions of people in communist China ly in the years ahead.e country should not be allowed to fade. They look to free China to save them," he said. tell their story today because they believe Lubomir Ivanov, vice president of Ameri­ Cincinnatians don't recognize the signifi­ cans to Free Captive Nations, immigrated SOUTH BOSTON cance of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. here in 1944 from Bulgaria after working "We felt we had to tell the world and Cin­ underground for two years in the Bulgarian cinnati that this (Afghanistan> is nothing National Front, opposing the Communist HON. JOE MOAKLEY new. This happened to the Baltic States," takeover of his country. He claims the orga­ OF MASSACHUSETTS said Mrs. Soovere. nization still maintains direct contact with Tuesday, August 19, 1980 The Afghanistan crisis prompted creation representatives in many Bulgarian towns. in Cincinnati of the Joint Committee of "Hope depends on America," he said, con­ e Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, re­ Soviet Occupied Nations. The group, which demning detente as a policy which helps the cently the Quincy Patriot Ledger car- August 19, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22023 ried an outstanding article by a gifted part, in public housing. Other blacks came counting for inventories. H.R. 7851 is writer, Kathleen Kroll. Ms. Kroll has in great numbers to swim in Pleasure Bay, designed to make the last-in first-out painted a moving and troubling appeal to fish at Castle Island. In the preface to the book, our col­ in Afghanistan. They are also trying their Phil Blazer doesn't fit the mold of a league, Representative RICHARD T. very best in stirring up troubles between the modern-day activist. He's quiet, soft-spoken, United States and the Soviet hoping to fish with boyish good looks and a casual, friend­ ScHULZE, makes this comment about in troubled waters when the two super ly manner. There's no fire in his eyes. No granting most-favored-nation status to powers should become involved in conflict. tell-tale signs of impassioned commitment. the People's Republic of China: Moreover, the Chinese Communists are He could be the nice young lawyer or stock­ The granting of MFN to China represents also using the United States to subdue their broker who just moved in down the street. another misstep along a disastrous foreign internal unrest and revolt. Hua Kuo-feng But Blazer, a 36-year-old native of Minne­ policy road as we refuse to recognize the might use his meeting with President sota, is, in his understated way, a force to be clear lessons of aggressors throughout histo­ Jimmy Carter in Tokyo today to strengthen reckoned with-as some of our top-level gov­ ry and seek to appease every new militant his position in the Chinese Communist ernment officials and media celebrities are totalitarian power. Once these powers gain power struggle. All such possibilities render most aware. what they desire from the West, they tend the recent warning by Senese more signifi­ It was Blazer who organized the two to drop their words of peace and resume cant and timely. Free people everywhere "Black-Tie Protest Dinners" in opposition their aggressive stance. We built the Soviet should beware of Chinese Communist tricks to the Carter Administration's Mideast poli­ Union into a powerful adversary for the and deceits.e cies. It was Blazer who ran interference for Free World through Western technology the "Stop It Now!" Skytrain to Skokie, Ill., and Western financing; we appear to be fol­ protesting the appearance of the neo-Nazi lowing the same mistaken course regarding PERSONAL EXPLANATION National Socialist Party of America. And it Communist China. was Blazer who accompanied the Rev. Jesse I would like to enter into the CoN­ Jackson to Israel in hopes of "neutralizing" HON. EUZABETH HOLTZMAN what he felt to be Jackson's misguided in­ GRESSIONAL RECORD an article entitled OF NEW YORK volvement in the Middle East. "Warning About Mainland China" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES On most questions of concern to the in which appeared the July 10, 1980, Tuesday, August 19, 1980 Jewish community-locally, nationally and edition of the China Post: internationally-Phil Blazer is right out [From the China Post, July 10, 19801 e Ms. HOLTZMAN. Mr. Speaker, I front. And he has a multi-media foundation WARNING ABOUT MAINLAND CHINA was unable to be present on June 12 to help lead the attack. Blazer is the editor and publisher of Israel A recent report issued by the Council on and 13. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: Today, a national Jewish community news American Affairs of Washington, D.C. warn­ magazine which he founded in January of ing the U.S. government and American busi­ On June 12: Rollcall 314, no; 1973. He's the host and executive producer nessmen not to move too quickly to seek of a weekly "Israel Today" television pro­ closer political ties with Peiping should be Rollcall 315, yes; gram, which airs locally on Channels 18 and heeded. Rollcall316, no; 52. The 80-page report also warned the Rollcall 317, yes; But Blazer's longstanding base of oper­ United States and other free world nations Rollcall 321, no. ations is his radio show, once again entitled to use caution in providing Red China with On June 13: "Israel Today," which has been on the air advanced technology, science and agricul­ for 15 years now, currently broadcast on tural products. The writer of this lengthy Rollcall 326, yes; Rollcall327, no.e Sundays at 10 a.m. on KIEV-AM <870) and report, Donald Senese, is a senior researcher at 10 p.m. on KFOX-FM (93.5> in Long with the House Republican Study Commis­ Beach. sion. He said in the report that if Western PHIL BLAZER OF "ISRAEL Essentially, the radio version of "Israel nations rush into Red China just for cash TODAY" Today" is a compendium of Israeli and and contracts without "reasonable assur­ Jewish music, comedy and live news broad­ ances" of Peiping's peaceful uses of its tech­ casts from Jerusalem and Washington, D.C. nology, "they may find disappointments". HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN But the format is flexible enough and Senese warned that "They may find that OF CALIFORNIA Blazer's identity and credibility is such that Red China will not pay the money promised IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES he can focus on the various issues that con­ through suspension or cancellation of con­ cern him, soliciting support from his audi­ tracts". It is already common knowledge Tuesday, August 19, 1980 ence in the process. that the Chinese Communists have resorted • Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, for 15 "I use my radio show very heavily," Blazer to such suspensions or cancellations of says. "There's so much immediacy and mo­ many multi-million-dollar contracts con­ years Phil Blazer has hosted "Israel Today," a radio program broadcast in bility to radio. I've done my show from deli­ cluded with U.S. businessmen who have to catessens from a bicycle, I can be anywhere. suffer their losses in silence as any adverse Los Angeles devoted to music, news, But the first time I actively solicited listen­ publicity on those deals will hurt their and public affairs programing about er support was in 1973 to protest the Arab future chances of doing business with main­ American Jewry, Israel, and the oil blackmail." land China. Middle East. Phil Blazer brings much The form of Blazer's protest was to ask The report also noted that "Even worse, more than entertainment to his enthu­ his audience to tear up their Standard Oil they may find that they have built up a credit cards in response to Standard's Board nation economically and militarily that siastic and devoted listeners. His pro­ grams are always informative and pro­ chairman sending a letter to company stock­ might be a rival in trade or an adversary in holders urging that they be more friendly to international relations". It also categorically vocative, making a major and distinc­ the Arabs. refutes the playing of the "China card" to tive contribution to Jewish culture in "I had no idea if I'd even get one torn counter the Soviets as a dangerous policy this country, as well as to our under­ credit card back," Blazer said. "But there because basically both countries are Com­ standing of the issues of importance to ended up being thousands of them coming munists opposing democracies, capitalism Israel, the Middle East, and world in, piled up and looking very impressive. and political freedom. It described the idea Jewry. "Israel Today" exists not only That was the first time and it was extreme­ of a vast "China mainland market" opening ly successful." for U.S. investors as "a myth" and a lure to on the radio, but in a national maga­ Later in 1973, Blazer took to the air again gain support for increased Red China trade. zine Mr. Blazer founded some 7 years to ask for some financial aid to smuggle a He declared that "There is no mainland ago, and in a television program which Torah into a Leningrad synagogue. This market of 900 million people. The China is broadcast weekly. Both have also came about after Blazer had read that the mainland market is not an entity ... and enjoyed outstanding success. I want to Soviet synagogue had its 12 Torahs confis- August 19, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22027 cated. And once again he was successful­ H.R. 7702 eral claiins be allowed reasonable though not without some cloak-and-dagger access. intrigue at the Soviet customs port. HON. JIM LLOYD The threat of fire in this area is a "We'd asked Rabbi Ellis Sultanik to be OF CALIFORNIA big concern to persons who live close our courier," Blazer said, "but the news of what he was going to do had apparently IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by, and for that reason I included spe­ traveled ahead. They asked him, 'Are you Tuesday, August 19, 1980 cific fire suppression and presuppres­ the rabbi who's smuggling the Torah into sion language in my Sheep Mountain • Mr. LLOYD. Mr. Speaker, yester­ Wilderness bill. While firefighting Leningrad?' But then he said, 'What's a day's passage of H.R. 7702, the Cali­ Torah?' So they stamped his passport and fonlia wilderness bill, is of particular measures are permitted in wilderness let him through. That synagogue still uses importance to residents of California's areas, I wished to eliminate any doubt the Torah we smuggled in." 35th Congressional District, as the bill as to the authority of the Forest Serv­ With this precedent, "Israel Today" has establishes a 44,600-acre Sheep Moun­ ice to take steps to lessen this threat. been on the scene for some historic occa­ tain Wilderness in the Angeles and Consequently, I am pleased that H.R. sions over the past several years-including San Bernardino National Forests. This 7702 contains language authorizing the first Begin-Sadat meeting in Israel in area is entirely within the district I necessary fire control activities in wil­ 1977. represent and reflects the proposal derness. "That was an unbelievable experience," contained in the bill, H.R. 5541, which The establishment of a Sheep Moun­ Blazer said. "While I was watching Sadat's I introduced last October. tain Wilderness enjoys broad commu­ plane descending I was standing next to an Ility support from the many people Israel cameraman who had spent four years One of my first acts as a Congress­ man in 1975 was to introduce a bill to who recognize the precious resource in an Egyptian prison. And there he was, we have in this region and want to see speaking Arabic to a group of Egyptian establish a 52,000-acre Sheep Moun­ journalists as if nothing had happened. It tain Wilderness Study Area. I'm very it preserved for their children to was one of the most moving experiences of pleased that 5 years later, following enjoy. All too often we have been left my life." the establishment of a study area and to cope with the problems caused by Two years later, Blazer made some history an extensive review of its resources by the selfish shortsightedness of individ­ himself as he broadcast an edition of "Israel the Forest Service, the process is near­ uals and groups who have ruthlessly Today" from Radio Cairo via satellite, open­ ing completion. exploited the land and mutilated its ing that show-tongue firmly in cheek­ The terrain of this land is very steep natural beauty. Fortunately, there with a rendition of "My Yiddisher Mama" and rugged, much of it covered by have also been persons who were far­ sung in Arabic. The thought of that mo­ chaparral. It is laced with narrow can­ sighted enough to set aside areas of ment still brings a smile to his face. yons, which contain several fine trout natural beauty as a legacy for us, and Blazer's broadcasting career actually streams. Located in the San Gabriel who know that if they did not do it, began on a more conventional note. While Mountains, the highest peak, Mount then future generations might never still in high school, Blazer hosted a jazz pro­ San Antoruo, juts above the timber have the chance. gram on KVFM-FM in the San Fernando line to provide a breathtaking view I feel a strorig personal commitment Valley. "I just walked in cold and asked for from the desert to the Pacific. This to the establishment of the Sheep a job." he said. "Johnny Magnus was my Mountain Wilderness and urge the idol and I tried to pattern myself after area is also a valuable watershed for the nearby urban region. But the Senate to give their approval to the ~im." crowning jewel is the herd of Nelson 44,600-acre wilderness as passed by the While attending Minnesota University, bighorn sheep which ranges over this House.e Blazer hosted another jazz program, worked rugged land only an hour and a half in radio sales and even spent some time at a trail-blazing rhythm and blues station, from downtown Los Angeles. EXPORT-IMPORT FOLLIES whose general manager was none other This close proximity of a wilderness than Wolfman Jack. area and its herd of wild sheep to an HON. RON PAUL urban, heavily populated area such as It was also during this period that Blazer Los Angeles is almost miraculous, and OF TEXAS first got the idea for a program directed a particularly important reason for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES toward the Jewish community. "I was driv­ Tuesday, August 19, 1980 ing around one day, listening to this radio preserving it as a reminder of south­ program that was hosted by a local rabbi ern California's wilderness heritage, • Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, one of the and broadcast in Yiddish, and something and as a refuge from the noise, conges­ most flagrant examples of corporate just clicked. I thought why not do a similar tion, and pressure of city living. But in welfare is the Export-Import Bank. In kind of show but with a younger, less ortho­ order to enjoy wilderness in the its August 25 issue, Fortune magazine dox point of view." future, we must protect it now, and we published an excellent article on Ex­ And thus was born "Israel Today," "Actu­ must be sure to set aside an area large imbank by a young economist at Ober­ ally, the basic format hasn't really changed enough to remain viable in the face of lin College. that much in 15 years," Blazer said. "It has urban expansion pressures, for once I would like to call this article to my four elements-Israeli music, Jewish music, this land is gone, it is gone forever. colleagues' attention, and urge that we comedy and the news. I stress the comedy At the same time, care has been cease the process by which foreign because that's what attracts the younger taken in as far as possible to avoid countries get goods, international cor­ audience and also because the Jewish com­ conflicts with established uses. A trail porations get money, and the Ameri- . munity enjoys laughing at itself." to the top of Mount Baden-Powell was can people get the bill. With Blazer's increased activism, though, excluded because of the popularity of EXPORT-IMPORT FOLLIES also came a newfound responsibility. "It's this hike with local Boy Scouts. Paiute (By Steven E. Plaut> often misconstrued that I speak for the Camp on the eastern boundary was ex­ The Export-Import Bank continues to Jewish community," Blazer said, "when in cluded to allow continued access by make headlines and generate controversy, fact I'm just speaking for myself. But I do offroad vehicles. - And the northern · but nobody in Washington, D.C.-at least, realize that I have the media-the newspa­ boundary along Blue Ridge was ad­ nobody who makes headlines-seems to be per, the television show, the radio pro­ justed southward to avoid any disturb­ asking the right question about this remark­ gram-so I have to be very careful when I ance of plans by the Mountain High able institution. The question is whether made a decision. ski area to locate a snowmaking reser­ the bank should be put out of business. The possibility that it should be is one "I've lost a few nights' sleep over some of voir there. All current ski areas were that few policymakers take seriously. The those decisions," Blazer continued. "But I've excluded, including Mount Baldy's lift Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that been lucky in this respect. If I had to make lA, which has not yet been construct­ finances exports with low-cost loans, is one any of them over again, I'd do exactly the ed. In addition, the Wilderness Act re­ of the most sacred of all cows in Washing- same. I haven't regretted one thing."e quires that all private lands and min- ton. In the current period of budgetary 22028 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 19, 1980 stringency, one ·of the controve-rsies about By law, Eximbank would indeed go out of some foreign buyers were getting American the bank concerns the extent to which its business if its charter were not renewed by money at 8% or less. lending authority for 1980 and 1981 should Congress every few years. Testimony at the However, the bank's supporters do not be increased. The view that it should be periodic congressional hearings to extend\ really rest their case on the claim of profit­ held to the 1979 level of $3.7 billion was re­ the charter has begun to follow a predict­ ability. The case ultimately rests on a pre­ cently denounced as "outrageous" by Sena­ able pattern. Friends of the bank-from the sumption that the bank's activities are Jacob Javits of New York, who appears bureaucracy and from special-interest boosting exports and therefore U.S. eco­ to have a sizable legislative majority on his groups that benefit from Eximbank financ­ nomic growth. Given this presumption, it side. Secretary of State Edmund Muskie ing-troop in to testify in favor of continu­ often seems natural to Eximbank's support­ told the Foreign Policy Association several ing and expanding the bank's programs. On ers to equate success with the amount of weeks ago that there was a "serious short­ the other side are academic economists who money being shelled out. Moore constantly age" in Eximbank lending authority and raise questions about the bank's purpose points out that when he entered office, the added: "That means fewer American jobs and call for eliminating some or all of its bank had only $2 billion of commitments and reduced American profits." programs. outstanding, while today the figure is over The most intriguing of all the controver­ At the most recent hearings, in 1978, Pro­ $14 billion. In the 1979 annual report, here­ sies at the bank this year centered on some fessor Arthur Laffer, father of the Laffer marks, "It can be said that the difference in events suggesting that its high minded con­ Curve, said that he could see no justifica­ these figures is one measure of our success cern for exports occasionally gets mixed up tion for Eximbank's activities and suggested in ... implementing our competitive poli­ with low-minded political considerations. It "an activist policy of abolishing the Exim­ cies." appears that one day in February, Rupert bank." Favorable testimony came from rep­ In the early postwar years, the bank's sup­ Murdoch, the Australian businessman, resentatives of Boeing, the Aerospace Indus­ porters could argue that it had an impor­ spent the morning at the Eximbank offices tries Association of America, Westinghouse, tant foreign-policy role-in helping Europe pleading for cut-rate financing for some the Machinery and Allied Products Insti­ to recover. Today, the bank is in general not Boeing jets. tute, and others. concerned with foreign policy; however, it Murdoch is the principal owner of Ansett does occasionally tum down loan applica­ Airlines, one of Australia's largest carriers, ARE TRACTORS REALLY TOUGHER? tions because of State Department objec­ and he had his eye on several hundred mil­ The case for Eximbank is based on two tions to, say, an applicant's human-rights lion dollars' worth of jets, including a questionable assumptions. One is that the record. number of wide-body 767s. As he left the American financial markets, which are ca­ What about the argument that those bank's offices, he indicated that he was pable of mobilizing billions of dollars for mounting export subsidies are creating eco­ going off to have lunch with President such huge projects as the Alaska pipeline, nomic growth? The argument is a fallacy, a Carter. Three days later, Murdoch's New are curiously incapable of financing exports holdover from merchantilist days. When Yo\"k Post urged its readers to vote for of tractors, say, and aircraft. The second as­ the U.S. government reduces the cost to a Carter in the impending New York Demo­ sumption is that the government is capable foreign buyer by subsidizing a deal, the U.S. cratic primary election. One week after this · of running a bank. is not creating wealth-it is giving away endorsement, the Eximbank approved a pre­ Eximbank directors have long asserted wealth. It is in effect giving away resources liminary commitment to finance most of that their own role is essential, but their that are built into the product. The foreign Ansett's 767s with a $200-million loan at 8%. evidence is unpersuasive. The directors consumer gets a windfall financed by U.S. This was less than half the prevailing rate often point to the special kinds of risks in taxpayers. on commercial paper and less even than the some export ventures, such as exchange ENGINEERS ON WELFARE cost of the same funds to Eximbank itself. risks and the risk of defaults related to po­ In practice, of course, much of the wealth The bank also agreed to finance some 727s litical upheaval. But our capital markets being transferred does not go abroad; it goes and 737s that Murdoch wanted at rates routinely finance risky ventures. And if a from one class of Americans to another. Ex­ around 8.4%. The approval of Murdoch's loan were really so risky that no private porters generally raise prices and capture money was rushed through so quickly that lender would touch it on any terms, one part of the Eximbank subsidy for them­ the bank's staff, which normally spends must question the wisdom of using a govern­ selves. Eximbank may be viewed as a large weeks analyzing proposed loans, had only a ment agency to finance the project with · welfare agency, handing out largess to few days to review the deal. public funds-in effect forcing the taxpayer export industries. It plays a sort of reverse A GEORGIA CONNECTION to bear those risks. Robin Hood role when, for example, it The notion that there might be a political transfers wealth to high-income aircraft en- dimension to Eximbank lending decisions HITTING THE TAXPAYERS TWICE gineers from middle-income taxpayers. was reinforced by some details spotlighted Eximbank directors have gone to some Finally, it is not even clear that all these during Senate Banking Committee hearings lengths in denying that the taxpayer bears income transfers are really boosting ex­ on the Murdock case. The bank's chairman, any costs. They argue that the bank is an ports. What the bank calls "additionality"­ John L. Moore Jr., turns out to have been a independent, profitable agency, and does the increase in U.S. exports attributable to partner in an Atlanta law firm that had not receive a dime of tax revenue. The argu- its own activities-is a very tricky thing to long been politically supportive of both the ment is a bit disingenuous. Eximbank gets measure. Eximbank reports tend to take ad­ President and Bert Lance. In the months its money by borrowing at government rates ditionality for granted, endlessly linking after the 1976 election, Moore had served as from the Treasury. The funds received by bank loans to the volume of exports being the President's special counsel on ethics and Eximbank should be viewed as another of supported and the various numbers of jobs conflicts of interest, and in that capacity he those "off budget" sources of federal spend- presumably represented by this volume. had cleared Lance for appointment as direc­ ing that camouflage the true magnitude of While computing Eximbank's addition­ tor of the Office of Management and the government's deficit-but that must ul- ality with accuracy would be difficult, if not Budget. Although he lacked any training in timately be made up by taxpayers. impossible, one may nevertheless venture economics or banking, Moore was soon After getting its money from the Treas- . some guesses as to magnitude. Additionality thereafter named president and chairman ury, the Eximbank hits the taxpayers a should measure the increment in U.S. rev­ of Eximbank. second time by earning an uneconomic enues from exports, not the increment in Other members of the bank's staff also return on the money. The bank's figures in- the number of physical units exported. If seem to have few visible qualifications but · dicate that its return on net worth was just· we export more physical commodities but were well placed politically. An anthropolo­ over 5% in fiscal 1979-less that the return . get less income in the process, we will end gist named Matt Schaffer, who had worked on passbook savings. Even that 5% figure is up less able than ever to pay for our 1m­ hard in the Carter campaign but who had suspect. As the chart on the facing page ports. essentially no business or economics back­ makes clear, the bank's reported income Export subsidies undoubtedly increase the ground, was originally hired by the bank to would have been much lower in recent years number of physical units exported. But not be a special assistant to Moore. Later, in­ if it reflected the sharp increases in delin- all subsidies cause export revenues to in­ credibly, he became senior vice president of quent accounts. . crease. Whether revenues increase or de- policy, an appointment that says a lot about Perhaps the simplest way to view the cost crease depends on the elasticity of demand policy formation at the bank. What he actu­ of running the bank is to contrast the inter- for our exports. If there is zero elasticity­ ally did in this capacity is something of a est it earns and the interest if pays out. In that is, the buyer's decisions on volume are mystery. Schaffer, who recently left the the Moore era, the spread has generally unaffected by the price-every dollar of sub­ bank, has refused to be interviewed about been negative. In the first quarter of 1980 it sidy simply reduces the amount the foreign the subject. reached minus 4.77% on new loans-an all- buyer must spend by one dollar, and u.s. While many politicians are pained by the time record. In the 1978 annual report, export revenues fall in tandem. Indeed, any evidence of politicization at Eximbank, just Moore boasted: "Although the prime rate elasticity below 1.0-the level at which about all of them defend the bank's overall rose dramatically last year, the average cost volume expands just as rapidly as price de­ record and take it as axiomatic that the [to borrowers] of our loans decreased from clines-reduces our export revenues. bank's central purpose is laudable. Who, 8.53% ... to 8.25%." More recently, when Well, what are the relevant elasticities? after all, would deny that it is desirable for consumers and other businessman were For many years the commodity most highly the U.S. to increase its exports? paying up to 20% or more to borrow funds, subsidized by Eximbank has been aircraft, August 19, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22029 which generally receives more than one­ exports are more in demand and more valu­ ment of Agriculture regulations. It is quarter of all the bank's loans and guaran­ able, we can buy those imports at lower the intent of this legislation to tees too. I'he bank has helped finance 51 foreign cies involved have different inflation rates; virus. nuclear reactors, the demand for which is the nominally uniform 8% conceals sizable But John D. -villari, representing New almost certainly inelastic. Together with differences in real rates. An 8% rate in rela­ Jersey garbage feeders, called "enactment aircraft, these account for almost half of all tively stable German or Swiss currency of a federal law both unnecessary and an the bank's credits. Eximbank has also devel­ Inight be at or above market rates, while the added expense to taxpayers." Robert oped a reputation for being easy to tap for Eximbank loan could be several percentage Horton, spokesman for the New Jersey De­ financing cost overruns, the additionality points below U.S. rates. Instead of being partment of Agriculture, said they cannot for which is zero. A GALLING ILLUSION really do what it's intended to do." Gene Similarly, foreign buyers who have already Griff Ellison, vice president of Eximbank Schlichman testified that National Food placed orders for American goods sometimes for public affairs, explains this mindless and Conservation Through Swine receive low-interest loans-the additionality pursuit of nominal parity as necessary be­ also considers the bill unnecessary. here too being obviously zero. Stephen H. cause of the naivete of businessmen: "De­ The bill, H.R. 6593, introduced by Rep. Goodman, a former senior vice president for spite the very sound econoinic reasoning Paul Findley the support of the Walgren Bill Alvin Glosser, president and chief execu­ supply of rental housing. Federal lead­ tive officer, said the company's ads were, ership in regulating the conversion 4358 is owed to us as handicapped citizens of this country. placed in 21 papers and reached an estimat­ process in order to preserve and create Respectfully yours, ed 900,000 persons. new rental opportunities clearly has DARRYL F. STINGLEY .• Wal-Mart began its program in the spring, ample policy precedent. Since local with a full-page ad in 15 papers throughout and State action has been minimal and the company's trading area. The ad urged inadequate, national legislation must RALLYING SUPPORT FOR COAL the development of synthetic fuels and nu­ clear energy, as well as coal. Chain cashiers be passed now to halt displacement also inserted a four-page pamphlet in shop­ and prevent the demise of the rental HON. JOHN P. MURTHA pers' bags. housing industry. OF PENNSYLVANIA Officials of the three chains said the Last year's housing bill included a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES effort, although individually planned by the mandate that HUD conduct a nation­ companies was conceptualized at an NMRI wide survey of the condomania phe­ Tuesday, August 19, 1980 policy session held last January in St. Pe­ nomenon. This report was recently re­ e Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I want tersburg, Fla. to take a moment to congratulate Glosser said he hoped the campaigns leased and its findings are less than would convince representatives from areas clear. I feel it is of national impor­ Hills, Glosser Bros., and Wal-Mart for outside the nation's coal-producing regions tance that the Congress not forget the a concentrated program to inform of the necessity for a change in the coun­ seriousness of this problem. I urge my Americans about America's energy try's energy policy. colleagues and the appropriate House problems and the need for more use "We're not just doing this because it's committees to deal with the conver- for coal. good business practice" he explained, "We August 19, 1980 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22031 firmly believe that what we're saying is in the 1960s, and, symptomatic of our atro­ had been flown halfway around the world in good for the country."e phy in this area, can't stage effective train­ 13 hours on the Concorde; plied with beluga ing because of a prohibition against gas in caviar, lobster, steak, Dom Ruinart cham­ open-air situations. What defensive meas­ pagne, and Cuban cigars; plopped down on OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT ures we have taken concern warnings not this 227-square-mile island 85 miles from protection. the equator in the Straits; and Chemical warfare doesn't rank high as a feted with Chinese banquets for four days. HON. ROBIN L. BEARD political favorite. Appropriations for expen­ We were guests of the rugged society-as OF TENNESSEE sive hardware are far more popular. Yet, as well as of British Airways and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES recently demonstrated, chemical warfare Airways-and recipients of such parapher­ Tuesday, August 19, 1980 looms too-real to be ignored. After all, few nalia as alarm clocks, recipe books, bath­ tactics are more economical, efficient, and robes, and splits of Mumm's Cordon Rouge, • Mr. BEARD of Tennessee. Mr. terrifying than this grim recourse. It's time which would appear, unbidden, in our rooms Speaker, I commend to your attention we remembered the unglamorous but all­ in the Hilton at odd hours. Also, we were re­ a recent Wall Street Journal editorial too-essential things.e cipients of masses of statistics, bushels of on the use of chemical warfare by the facts. Between bites of sweet-and-sour U.S.S.R. and the obsolete equipment prawns and draughts of Tiger beer, we SINGING THE PRAISES OF TAX learned, for example, that: Singapore's in­ used by American soldiers for defense CUTS AND GROWTH IN SINGA­ flation rate last year was 4.0 percent, its un­ against chemical warfare. PORE employment rate, 3.3 percent. indicate that the Russians are using HON. NEWT GINGRICH The growth in real GNP was 9.3 percent, chemical warfare, American soldiers compared with 2.0 percent for the US, 4.3 are still relying on a 24-year-old gas OF GEORGIA percent for West Germany, and 6.0 percent mask which is virtually useless. Con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for . Manufacturing volume was up 24 gress can no longer ignore the fact Tuesday, August 19, 1980 percent in 1979 over 1978; exports were up that our military is unable to protect 35 percent. e Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, what Per capita income is around $3,000, second itself against chemical warfare. country has a population the size of highest in Asia after Japan. The infant mor­ The article reads as follows: Baltimore's and a GNP that's 23d larg­ tality rate is lower than Great Britain's. HOLDING OUR BREATH est in the world? What country has With a population of 2,362, 700-roughly For two decades now the U.S. has been re­ given a royal funeral for the Phillips the size of greater Baltimore-Singapore luctant to take chemical warfare seriously, Curve, displaying in 1979 an inflation ranks 23rd in the world in GNP. And it's the perhaps because the Geneva Protocol of of 4 percent, an unemployment rate of third largest port, bigger than New York. 1925 limits its use to instances of retaliation. 3.3 percent, and a whopping 9.3 per­ There are 89 banks here, 76 of them for­ Either the Soviets view Afghanistan, Cam­ cent increase in real GNP? eign. In 1979 they had eight billion dollars bodia, and Laos as matters of "retaliation" in loans outstanding, an increase of 60 per­ or regard the protocol with a sneer. Either The country is Singapore. It has cent in two years. There are 3,176 manufac­ way, reports have filtered out of possible people moving out of poverty at a turing establishments, an increase of 20 per­ Soviet use of chemical weapons in those quick pace, while 60 percent of its citi­ cent in two years. places. zens pay no taxes. Industry and enter­ All of this gushing commerce has occurred The status of U.S. chemical-warfare forces prise, saving and investment-all are in a country with a rotten climate-hot and thus takes on renewed importance. They flourishing. The nation-state of Singa­ humid year-round with the sun straight also become a source of distress. Consider, pore is not perfect, but they believe overhead at 7:30 a.m.-and no natural re­ for example, the gas mask: small, ugly, but they can solve their problems and sources. Singapore's most important indig­ indispensable. According to a recent article enous export is orchids; the island imports in Defense Week, the ones on which we they are solving an amazing amount of nearly all of its food except pigs and poultry depend around the world were first em­ them. and a wonderful fruit called durian, which ployed in 1956 and haven't been changed I commend to my colleagues an arti­ smells vile but is supposed to be a powerful since. Which isn't particularly cheering cle by James K. Glassman in the July aphrodisiac. Sir James Scott wrote of durian when one considers that they are best de­ 26, 1980, edition of the New Republic, in 1882: "Some Englishmen will tell you scribed as virtually useless. Wearing eye­ entitled "Singapore Swing." Glass­ that the flavour and odour of the fruit may glasses can cause the mask to leak, and a man's article is witty and full of in­ be realized by eating a 'garlic custard' over a three-day stubble means the mask won't fit. sights. Singapore should be studied by London sewer." Never has neatness counted more. I'll admit that I came to Singapore the­ Design problems also prevent the effective any American who would like to see ologically prepared to enjoy what I saw. use of such standards as the M16 rifle