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By Mr. GEPHARDT (for himself, Mr. LER, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. GIAIMO, Mr. H. Con. Res. 158: Mr. AKAKA, Mr. APPLE­ DOWNEY, Mr. WmTH, Mr. DODD, Mr. BRODHEAD, Mr. BEARD Of Rhode Island, and GATE, Mr. ATKINSON, Mr. BAILEY, Mr. BARNARD, MATTOX, Mr. GLICKMAN, Mr. OBEY, Mr. ZABLOCKI. Mrs. BouQUARD, Mr. BREAUX, Mr. CoTTER, Mr. Mr. JENKINS, Mr. MINETA, Mr. HoL­ H.R. 2542 : Mr. PATTERSON, Mr. CLAUSEN, D'AMOURS, Mr. DIXON, Mr. GAYDOS, Mr. GAR­ LAND, and Mr. HEFTEL) : Mr. CORCORAN, Mr. FAZIO, and Mr. LAGO­ CIA, Mr. HAWKINS, Mr. JENRETTE, Mr. JoHN­ H.R. 4874. A bill to amend the Internal MARSINO. soN of , Mr. KAZEN, Mr. LEDERER, Revenue Code of 1954 to provide an income H.R. 3670: Mr. BoNKER, Mr. KOGOVSEK, Mr. LEHMAN, Mr. LuJAN, Mr. McEWEN, Mr. tax credit for Federal Insurance Contribu­ Mr. OTTINGER, Mr. RICHMOND, Mrs. SPELLMAN, MITCHELL of Maryland, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. tions Act taxes paid in 1980 and 1981; to the Mr. RAHALL, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. LEDERER, Mr. MOTTL, Mr. MURPHY Of Illinois, Mr. MOORHEAD Committee on Ways and Means. CHARLES H. WILSON of California, Mr. CARR, of Pennsylvania, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. MYERS of By Mr. LAFALCE: Mr. CORMAN, Mr. JOHN L . BURTON, Mr. AsH­ Pennsylvania, Mr. PRICE, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. H.R. 4875. A bill to amend the National LEY, Mr. STARK, Mr. STOKES, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. REuss, Mr. RosTENKOWSKI, Mr. RoYBAL, Mr. Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act ANDERSON of California, Mr. VENTO, and Mr. SLACK, Mrs. ScHROEDER, Mr. STOKES, Mr. of 1965 to authorize the purchase and dis­ WAXMAN. VANIK, Mr. ZABLOCKI, Mr. RANGEL, and Mr. play of works of art, and for other purposes; H.R. 3864: Mr. MATSUI, Mr. DIXON, Mr. STAGGERS. to the Committee on Education and Labor. LONG of Maryland, Mr. AMBRO, Mr. FAZIO, H . Res. 244 : Mr. ROTH. By Mr. RITTER: Mr. EVANS of the Virgin Islands, Mr. AKAKA, H . Res. 382. Resolution calling upon the Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. ROYBAL, and Mr. President to urge the Soviet Government to GAYDOS. waive, with respect to certain U .S . citizens H.R. 4142: Mr. CouGHLIN. AMENDMENTS and citizens of Eastern European countries, H .R. 4380 : Mr. CORCORAN. the new Soviet law relating to dual citizen­ Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, pro­ H.R. 4381: Mr. CORCORAN. posed amendments were submitted as ship; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H.R. 4460 : Mr. LAGOMARSINO , Mr. GING­ RICH , and Mr. SHUMWAY. follows: H .R. 4533: Mr. JENRETTE, Mr. ScHuLzE, H.R. 7 MEMORIALS Mr. DOUGHERTY , Mr. PEPPER, Mr. TAUKE, and By Mrs. HECKLER: Under clause 4 of rule XXII, memo­ Mr. DANNEMEYER. -On page 26, line 14, of H .R. 7, at the end H .J . Res. 234: Mr. BROOKS. thereof, delete the period, and insert ", or" rials were presented and referred as fol­ H .J. Res. 303 : Mr. ADDABBO , Mr. ALBOSTA , in lieu thereof and add the following: lows: Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ANDERSON Of California, (D) provided, however, every depository 267. By the SPEAKER : Memorial of the Mr. BAILEY, Mr. BEARD of Rhode Island, Mr. institution which is located in a State where Senate of the State of North Carolina, rela­ BETHUNE, Mr. BREAUX, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. Bu­ withdrawals are permitted by negotiable or tive to voluntary prayer in public schools; t o CHANAN, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. COELHO, Mr. CoR­ transferable instruments and which is not the Committee on Education and Labor. RADA, Mr. D'AMOURS, Mr. ROBERT W . DANIEL, exempted pursuant to paragraph (4), shall 268. Also, memorial of the Senate of the Jr., Mr. DAVIS of South Carolina, Mr. DE LA maintain reserves against deposits subject Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relative to GARZA , Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. DERRICK, Mr. DICKS, to said withdrawals as the Board may direct the rationing of gasoline; to the Committee Mr. DoUGHERTY, Mr. DOWNEY, Mr. EDWARDS of ( 1) in the ratio of 4 percentum, or on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Alabaxna., Mr. EMERY, Mr. EVANS Of Delaware, (2) in such ratio not greater than 7 per Mr. EvANS of the Virgin Islands, Mr. FAZIO, centum and not less than 4 per centum as Ms. FERRARO, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. the Board may prescribe, or PRIVATE BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS FuQUA, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. GINN, (3) in such ratio as the Board may pre­ Mr. GoLDWATER , Mr. GRAY, Mr. GUARINI, Mr. scribe pursuant to paragraph (8). Under clause 1 of rule XXII, HANCE, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. HAWKINS, Mr. HEFTEL, Mr. GOLDWATER introduced a bill (H.R. Mr. HINSON, Mrs. HOLT, Mr. HOWARD, Mr. 4876) for the relief of Aurora Isidra Rullan HUCKABY, Mr. HUTTO, Mr. HYDE, Mr. LAFALCE, H.R. 4034 Diaz, which was referred to the Committee Mr. LAGOMARSINO, Mr. LEACH Of Louisiana, on the Judiciary. By Mr. I CHORD : Mr. LEDERER, Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr. LONG of -Page 10, beginning on line 21, strike out Louisiana, Mr. LOTT, Mr. LUNGREN, Mr. "removed insofar as possi·ble from goods the MARKS, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. MAVROULES, Mr. Mc­ export of which would not transfer" and ADDITIONAL SPONSORS CORMACK, Mr. MCDADE, Mr. MICA, Ms. MIKUL­ insert in lieu thereof "implemented for goods Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors SKI, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. MOORE, Mr. MOORHEAD the export of which would transfer". of Pennsylvania, Mr. MOTTL, Mr. MURPHY of Page 11, line 12, strike out "major advance were added to public bills and resolutions Pennsylvania, Mr. MURPHY of Illinois, Mr. as follows: in a weapons system" and insert in lieu MYERS of Pennsylvania, Mr. NOWAK, Mr. thereof "significant advance in a m111tary H.R. 13: Mr. VOLKMER, and Mr. WILLIAMS 0BERSTAR, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PATTEN, Mr. PEP­ system" . of Ohio. PER, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. RODINO, Page 11, strike out lines 18 through 22 and H.R. 96: Mr. NEAL, and Mr. SoLoMoN. Mr. ROE, Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI, Mr. SCHEUER, insert in lieu thereof the following: H .R. 109: Mr. PEYSER. Mr. SHUMWAY, Mrs. SNOWE, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. H.R. 654: Mr. GRASSLEY. SOLARZ, Mrs. SPELLMAN, Mr. STACK, Mr. STARK, "(B) be completed and published in the H .R. 990: Mr. KRAMER. Mr. STOKES, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. TREEN, Mr. Federal Register not later than October 1, H.R. 1677: Mr. PRITCHARD . VAN DEERLIN, Mr. VANDER J AGT , Mr. WALGREN , 1980. H .R. 1785: Mr. FLORIO, Mr. FOUNTAIN, Mr. Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WEAVER, Mr. WHITLEY, Mr. Page 12, beginning on line 1, strike out PEPPER, Mr. RAILSBACK, Mr. FASCELL, Mr. BOB WILSON, Mr. WINN, Mr. WOLFF, Mr. WON "subject to the provisions of subsection (c) ROUSSELOT, Mr. LUNGREN, Mr. NICHOLS, and PAT, Mr. YOUNG Of Alaska, Mr. YOUNG Of Mis­ of this section". Mr. LOWRY. souri, Mr. ZABLOCKI, and Mr. ZEFERETTI. -Pag.e 16, strike out lines 8 through 23. H .R. 2077: Mr. BLANCHARD , and Mr. BROWN H. Con. Res. 129: Mr. FisH, Mr. CARTER, Mr. Redesignate the following subsections ac­ of Ohio. LUJAN, Mr. LAGOMARSINO, Mr. BEVILL, and Mr. cordingly. H.R. 2191 ; Mr. FOWLER. WATKINS. -Page 20, strike out line 21 and all that H .R. 2443: Mr. DOWNEY, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. H. Con. Res. 131: Mr. BEDELL, Mr. HEFTEL, follows down through line 2 on page 21. LEE, Mr. COLLINS of Texlas, Mr. PATTEN, Mr. Mr. MITCHELL of Maryland, Mr. HAWKINS, Mr.· By Mr. MILLER of Ohio: FORD of Michigan, Mr. STACK, Mr. STOKES, Mr. Dow~EY, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. -Page 55, line 19, strike out "1983" and RICHMOND, Mr. Russo, Mr. PEPPER, Mr. TRAX- CONTE, and Mr. KOGOVSEK. insert in lieu thereof "1981".

E.XTENSIONS OF REMARKS STOP THE BOMBING IN VIETNAM rectly, the murderous policies of the Dong, demanding the immediate cessa­ Vietnamese Government with respect to tion of actions by his government under the forced expulsion of people from pain of a complete cessation of any U.S. HON. DON RITTER Vietnam. By focusing solely on the OF PENNSYLVANIA aid particularly indirect, and flowing plight of the refugees and not the source through international banks or agencies. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of their plight, we are encouraging fur­ I am inserting the text of my tele­ Wednesday, July 18, 1979 ther expulsions. gram to Mr. Dong in today's REcORD for • Mr. RITTER. Mr. Speaker, it is time I have directed a telegram to the Viet­ the Members' better understanding of we ceased condoning, directly or indi- namese Prime Minister Pham Van this important Southeast Asia refugee

• This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. July 19, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19627 dilemma, which confronts the con­ (2) Brutalize its opposition. "The Viet­ A FRESH BREATH OF namese are ready, unless stopped, to drive COMMONSENSE science of the world. out mlllions" said Mr. Rajaratnam. " . .. we Communist Vietnam must be brought have no choice but to turn away hundreds to the docket of world opinion on this of thousands into the open sea. to face cer­ genocide issue without further delay. HON. ROBER,T H. MICHEL tain death. Let's not humbug ourselves. OF ILLINOIS I am also inserting the text of William We are sending them to death ... the Viet­ Satire's New York Times article of July namese are compelling us to be as barbarous IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 16, 1979, in today's REcORD to illustrate as they are. . . . If they can convert people Thursday, July 19, 1979 who are essentially humane into savages, for Members the need for immedlate • Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, occasion­ forceful action to prevent loss of further that is a victory for the savages." Such guilt is debilitating; nations reist­ ally we come across an editorial that so thousands of lives at sea and in the ref­ ing the spread of Communism become dis­ clearly captures the commonsense spirit ugee hell-holes on the shores of the gusted with themselves. Distinction between of the American people that it makes an South China sea: attacker and defender, between the imper­ immediate impression and is not soon His Excellency PHAM VAN DoNG, fectly free and the perfectly tota;Utarian, forgotten. Prime Minister, becomes blurred in blood. Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Hanoi. I read such an editorial recently and I (3) Fan racial hatred of the Chinese. The want to share it with you. As the editorial YOUR EXCELLENCY: The callOUS disregard ethnic Chinese are traditionally industriot•s, of your go,vernment for the basic survival do not usually assimilate, and tend to work suggests, real patriotism consists not of and well-being of the Vietnamese people is their way out of poverty into the target -blindly following but of demanding the the cause of the plight of hundreds of thou­ area of prejudice and envy. In Ma.la.ysia, In­ best from our Nation's leadership, not in sands of citizens into homeless, stateless donesia and the Ph111ppines, feelings run needlessly rallying around a failed status as refugees in Southeast Asian re­ strong against local Chinese; since the Viet­ leader, but in making him live up to the settlement camps. Vast numbers of human namese are now expelling mainly ethnic standards he himself set, not in agreeing beings perish in their flight. Chinese, these refugees wm probably ag­ for the sake of agreement but in promot-­ The barbarous internal conditions con­ gregate such bigotry. It suits the pro-Soviet, ing, to the best of one's ability, a vision of anti-chinese Vietnamese Communists to fronting Vietnamese peoples escaping from foster racial hatred of China throughout what each of us thinks is truly best for your country require that you at once take Southeast Asia. this country. steps to behave humanely while ceasing to "The massive unloading of Chinese refu­ At this time I wish to insert in the terrorize and intimidate your people into gees onto these countries," says the man RECORD "Leadership Is Needed" from the flight. Racist oppression against ethnic Chi­ from Singapore, a city-state predominantly Register-Mail, Galesburg, Ill., July 16, nese must cease at once. Chinese, could "lead to racial warfare which 1979: All American aid and assistance to Viet­ could tear these societies apart quicker and LEADERSHIP Is NEEDED nam, direct or indirect, will be actively de­ more effectively than any invading Vietnam­ ese Army." President Jimmy Carter told us in a. tele­ terred and cut off by the great majority in vised speech Sunday that we have lost con­ the Congress in which I serve unless your If these three points are at least partially fidence in ourselves and in the future of government acts to cease forcing the citi­ valid, why doesn't the People's Republic of this nation. zens of Vietnam to flee from their own China simply absorb the mlllion and a half If that is what he picked up in his 10 days homeland. rejectees from Vietnam? Because, the Chi­ on the mountain, it may be that he was All civi11zed men and women throughout nese say, such acquiescence would give Viet­ listening to the wrong people. nam an incentive to profit from the export of the world can only feel the deepest sense The president said that we are weakened millions more of its own people-including of outrage and despair at your disregard for from our former position of being proud of the Vietcong, who thought the men from the fundamental human rights and dignity. The hard work and secure in the strength of the North were their allies. entire American Nation awaits your posi­ family and that there is growing disrespect tive response. That is why, say the nations threatened for previously respected institutions. by Vietnam, Hanoi's leaders are willing to If that is true, the question must be, why go to U.N.-sponsored conferences to discuss is that so? STOP THE BOMBING "humanitarian" measures. By arranging for Could it be that we are worried about our (By Wi111am Satl.re) a more orderly deportation of the millions economy because business and individuals WASHINGTON.-Passive humanitarianism is who do not embrace Communist rule, Viet­ are so heavily taxed that we can no longer not an adequate response to genocide. invest with the belief that the nation's busi­ nam could, in effect, extort "reparations" in ness climate, although always subject to Communist Vietnam is warring on all its the form of refugee aid from other nations. temporary stalls and lulls, has a. basic un­ neighbors. Its bombs are boatloads of hu­ Certainly the civ111zed world must im­ derlying strength? man beings, tens of thousands every month, mediately finance the settlement of "boat Can it be that the strength of the family forced to buy floating coffins and pushed people" already in camps and on the seas. has been eroded by government and an edu­ out to sea to drown or to be taken in by But that will not stop the genocide: Viet­ cational system that has set itself up as the other nations. nam has an unlimited supply of refugees. ultimate authority on what is right and That m111ta.ry metaphor was used by For­ The answer to the Communist death trade proper for children, even to the point of eign Minister Sinnathamby Rajaratnam of is neither to encourage the coffin-builders to saying what they can and cannot, eat be­ fore school lunch periods? Singapore, who stirred the Association of build more coffins, nor to pay increasing blackmail through the U.N. refugee fund. Can it be that our work ethic has been Southeast Asian Nation in Bali two weeks weakened by government programs that in ago: "Each junkload of men, women and The only adequate response is to force Hanoi many instances provide a better salary for children sent to our shores is a. bomb," he to change its murderous policy. staying home than working? When leaders insisted, "to destab111ze, disrupt -and cause How? Start with economic sanctions by of government job programs admit that they turmoil and dissension ...." the free world; follow this with diplomatic must occasionally conusel the unemployed Many here dismiss such talk as the alibi sanctions and condemnation by the third to stay on unemployment or aid because of nations who do not want to accept the world; above all, the U.S. must apply super­ their tax-free stipend will give them more refugees. But assume that the Vietnamese power pressure on Russia. to rein in its client than a taxable salary, what does that do to leaders are interested in more than the $6- state. the work ethic? bllllon-a-year profit made by stripping Tight-lipped humanitarianism is what If our strong undergirding of religious be­ "undesirables" of their belongings and Hanoi demands from the rest of the world. lief is laid at the altar of a. court system dumping them into the sea; consider that Such accommodation will never be enough that will even, in some instances, bar the to end the death march to the sea.. The way singing of Christmas carols in school pro­ possibly the world's fiercest Communist grams, who is to blame? to save hundreds of thousands of lives in power also wants to accomplish these goals: If our system of law has come to the place ( 1) Weaken its neighbors. The overpopu­ immediate danger is to attack the policy at that the people too often believe the criminal lated nations of Southeast Asia can hardly its source-in Hanoi. has more protection than the victim, what afford great numbers of new mouths to feed. Now is the time to brand Vietnam a. pariah caused it? If we have courts and justices Singapore's spokesman called Vietna.m's among nations, to excommunicate Hanoi that take it upon themselves to write law people-dumping an invasion that follows a from civ1lization until it is willing to end its rather than interpret it, does that make for familiar pattern: "This was precisely the barbarism. Put a. bumper sticker on the confidence and respect? weapon used by North Vietnam where thou­ world: Stop the Bombing. Unless we act If, as the president said, Washington, D.C., sands of refugees fled to South Vietnam, forcefully now, we will all be-in the words of is an island, what made it so? Could it be strained security, initiated riots and brought the man from Singapore-"unwilling collab­ that came about because Washington IS gov­ about the collapse of the economy." orators in their polcy of genocide."e ernment, and government is not always CXXV--1235-Part 15 19628 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 19, 197·9 reality? could it be that very isolation from g;tri"fe and turmoil. This has only rein­ viets, has addressed the issue through the average citizen, his wants and needs, is forced her commitment to service to God House Concurrent Resolution 147, a at the root of our crisis of confidence? and reaching out to touch the lives of measure presently under consideration What sort of confidence can people have others in a positive way. She has been when their leader schedules a major speech by the House Foreign Affairs Commit­ and then backs away, supposedly to get a untiring in her efforts to enhance one of tee.• consensus from varying segments of the pop­ our most valuable resources-our chil­ ulation? How could a leader allow himself to dren-and to instill in them the impor­ be so isolated from the feelings and opinions tance of education, concern for others, U.S. MORAL STAND ON ZIMBABWE of those he was elected to lead? love of family, and above all, faith in RHODESIA IS HOLEY Many of the things the president told us God. She continues to be in a quiet, firm, were factual, although they may not be and understanding way, an example to HON. BOB WILSON what we wanted to hear. others and to give them strength and There is a need to conserve energy and to hope. It is only through such dedicated OF CALIFORNIA develop our own sources. The president told IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES us that when he made his first speech after indiviuals as Sister Chrysostom, S.S.J ., taking office and declared that solving the that we will be able to make this world Thursday, July 19, 1979 energy problem was "the moral equivalent a better place in whi"ch all of us can e Mr. BOB WILSON. Mr. Speaker, un­ of war." If the nation has failed to respond live, and I would like to join with those der leave to extend my rema:rks in the in that length of time, the fault is not all giving tribute to her 60 years of unselfish REcORD, I include the following: theirs. · and devoted service.• If there is a need for sacrifice to get this [From the Los Angeles Times, July 16, 1979] country back on an even keel, there is no U .S. MORAL STAND ON ZIMBABWE RHODESIA Is doubt the productive men and women who CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK HOLEY work their eight hours, pay their taxes and (By Stefan A. Halper and Roger W. Fontaine) rear and educate their children, wlll come through. They always have, and they do not Bishop Abel T. Muzorewa, Zimbabwe Rho­ HON. JOSEPH P. ADDABBO desia's first elected black prime minister, was lack the confidence to do again. OF NEW YORK What the average citizen wants from those in Washington last week attempting to con­ he has elected to lead is leadership. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES vince the Carter Administration that his government deserves American recognition. Enough rhetoric. Enough promises. Wednesday, July 18, 1979 Enough fingerpointing. He apparently made little progress among Give us leadership. Give us programs that e Mr. ADDABBO. Mr. Speaker, in the the unconverted. are needed. Have the courage to cut those The unconverted include Jimmy Carter, shadow of strategic arms limitations who reluctantly met the bishop at Camp that are not. Give us laws that are fair and talks with the Soviet Union and bilateral David in a last-minute decision designed to sensible. Stop bending over backwards to trade agreements with the People's Re­ avoid a domestic backlash were he completely reward those who deserve punishment. public of China, we observe today the to ignore the prime minister. The reception, Instead of talking about cutting red tape, however cool, also was designed to molllfy cut the bureaucracy that created it. 20th anniversary of Captive Nations Give us honesty. Give us leadership. Week. Keeping in mind the turn of radical African states. events since the initiation of this com­ What has been overlooked in the course of Show the way, and you can count on the this quirky diplomatic minuet is the funda­ American people to have all the confidence memorative week back in July of 1959, mental question: Why should Zimbabwe they need.-Norma Cunningham, Associate we are again faced with the sad situa­ Rhodesia remain an international pariah? Editor.e tions which continue to exist despite the The Carter Administration's decision to tireless efforts of people striving for free­ withhold recognition of the new government dom in the more than 2 dozen captive and maintain trade sanctions is based on TRIBUTE TO SISTER CHRYSOSTOM nations of the world today. moral and ethical reservations about Zim­ STOCKMAN, S.S.J. Our tradition of liberty for all men babwe Rhodesia's new constitution. It is odd, makes the idea of nations in captivity, but hardly surprising, that this particular denied the right of self-determination, constitution is the only one in the world HON. DALE E. KILDEE that Carter and his associates have weighted OF MICHIGAN hard to swallow. The term "captivity" carefully in the balance and found wanting. brings to mind shackles and crushed IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The standard by which the White House dreams which it has been our tradition makes its judgment is clear-namely, the Thursday, July 19, 1979 to counter-an ideal which was the very Muzorewa government is defective because it • Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I would basis for our coming into being and the is not a pure democracy in which everyone, like to take this opportunity to ask the fighting of the American Revolution. black and white, has equal representation. As a result, we, the , have Indeed, the constitution guarantees this both other Members of the U.S. House of Rep­ in its content and in its mode of approval: resentatives to join with me in paying been looked to for leadership in the first, because it preserves rights for the tribute to Sister Chrysostom on the occa­ struggle for the freedom of all nations. white minority-specifically, a bloc of 28 sion of the acknowledgement of her 60th We maintain in this tradition a respon­ out of the 100 seats in the parliament, al­ year in the service of God. sibility to those countries whose peoples though whites constitute only 4 percent of Christena L. !Stockman, born on a farm have fted to our shores. They have not the population-and, second, because it was in Davison, Mich., and one of 10 chil­ forgotten the people they have left be­ never approved by the black population. dren born to Rosana and Alfonso Stock­ hind in Eastern Europe and our consci­ According to pure democratic theory, there­ man, learned early in life to share and ence, sensitive to the violation of human fore, the new constitution is flawed. But the matter is not closed, as the Carter Admini­ work with others. rights, will not let us forget either. stration would suggest. Preserving some form After graduating from Davison High I would like to recall one particular of political inequality is hardly unique. School, she left her family to attend situation whose existence is an embarass­ The U.S. Constitution, for example, was Nazareth College, choosing to dedicate ment to the free world. made pcssible because of the "Great Com­ her life to God through the education To this day, the Soviet Union, among promise," which permitted each state, large of children, and in 1919, she professed the most noted violators of human or small, two representatives in the powerful her vows in the order of the Sisters of rights, maintains its hold over Eastern upper ho~se, the Senate, and proportionate St. Joseph, taking the name, Sister Europe, in an insensitive tyranny, as representation in the House. Without that Chrysostom. She has continued through­ agreement, which preserved for the less pop­ "satellite states." A ftimsy claim to the ulated stwtes a co-equal voice in matters. be­ out her life to subscribe to her high area of the Baltic States and Poland is fore Congress, the proposed federal union school class moto: "Success awaits at based on the long nullified Molotov-Rib­ would not have been ratified. But, in terms of labor's gates." bentrop Pact, an agreement made with the "one-man, one-vote" litmus test being Born 28 years after the Civil War and the Nazi Reich whose nonexistence since applied by the Carter Administration, that being able to observe the effects of inter­ its defeat in World War II makes the compromise is a violation of the principle of nal strife and conflict and the impact it continuation of this claim a disgrace to equal representation. had on our Nation and its people, then In Africa, the anomaly is even greater. The the free world. It stands as still another original constitutions of TanZJa.Ilia a.nd Zam­ having lived during the Spanish-Ameri­ act of defiance on the part of the Soviet bia provided for guaranteed white represen­ can War, World War I, the Great De­ Union. The Congress, in an attempt to tation, and, in the case of Tanzania, Asian pression, World War II, the Korean war, discredit such a ludicrous claim for legit­ representation as well. And they did so with­ and Vietnam, she has been witness to imate occupation of this land by the So- out condemnation from anyone. On the July 19, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19629 other hand, Liberia's constitution expressly CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED FOR But not everybody agrees. Critics question excludes whites from citizenship or property PEACETIME MILITARY REGISTRA­ the feasib111ty of meeting such a tight sched­ ownership. TION ule, even by a streamlined system. They dis­ Judging one country by a strict standard count ·the prospects for registering up to 6 not applied to others leaves one open to the mlllion youths, storing the data on compu­ charge of inconsistency. But mere inconsist­ HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER ters at regional sites, notifying inductees ency is not a crime--though it is scarcely a OF COLORADO to report, giving physical examinations and virtue. beginning actual inductions-all within 30 A more serious problem is Washington's IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES days. Instead, they argue, peacetime regis­ claim that the new constit ution is lllegiti­ Thursday, !uly 19, 1979 tration would give Selective Service a leg up, mate because all Rhodesians were not asked virtually ensuring that the 30-day timetable to give their approval. Again, it is not enough e Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, I could be met, with some proponents claim­ to point out that few constitutions have been wanted to bring my colleagues' attention ing that inductions could start within 12 approved through universal suffrage. In to an editorial and op-ed printed in the days. America's case, our supreme law of the land Washington Post this morning. I think To resolve the issue, Congress should ad­ was accepted two centuries ago by a minority the articles summarize well the reasons dress two questions: To what extent Ls a.n of white male property owners. why this body should not vote in favor enhanced mob111zation capab111ty necessary The important point, however, is that good to the nation's security? Is peacetime regis­ of the proposed defense authorization tration necessary to achieve it? constitutions are always the end result of bill provision register 18-year-olds. a series of delicate compromises rooted in the to To answer the first, Congress will have to reality of the here and now. Zimbabwe Rho­ Whatever the problems with the All­ sort out conflicting testimony of expert wit­ esia's black leaders were consulted on ~ach Volunteer Force might be, registration, nesses who have expressed widely divergent provision of the constitution. They gave their as it is now being proposed, is not the views of the number of troops that would approval after hard bargaining. They agreed way to solve them. have to be mustered in an emergency, how to the 28-seat provision because they knew PEACETIME REGISTRATION: PROCEED WITH soon they would be needed and how best to that most whites would not stay without . CAUTION raise them. Much depends on the validity of assumptions regarding the amount of warn­ such a guarantee. They further knew that, (By Martin Binkin) without European managerial and technical ing time before host111ties commence, the expertise, Zimbabwe Rhodesia's economic fu­ The military registration debate is reach­ duration and intensity of conflict, casualty ture would •be lbleak-which is precisely the ing the floors of Congress. On the House side, rates and other factors over which there is case with its neighbors, Angola, Mozambique a proposal tacked onto the defense author­ wide disagreement. Whether the m111ta.ry and Zaire, which offered no such a.ssumnces izat ion bill would require the president to could train, equip and deploy large numbers to their white minorities. begin registration of 18-year-old males in of recruits even if they were available is also January 1981. In the Senate, the Armed open to question. Pure theory is often compromised in order Services Committee proposes the registration to preserve more important goals-for exam­ Should analysis lead to the conclusion of males 18 through 26 to begin no later that an accelerated induction schedule is a ple, the survival of a nation and, in this case, t han January 1980. any future hope in Zimbabwe Rhodesia for a good idea, it is still far from clear that Thus far, the issue has been inappropri­ peacetime registration is necessary to ac­ majoritarian democracy. The denial of recog­ ately linked to the question of whethe·r or nition for Muzorewa's government means complish it. Claims that the administra­ not the volunteer army is working. This has tion's proposed improvements will be enough that a near-democratic regime may not sur­ happened largely because the strongest ad­ vive long enough to improve Lts form of vocates for peacetime registration and the to revive the Selective Service System should government. We in the United States had sharpest critics of volunteer forces are one invite a healthy measure of skepticism, but more than a century to make a more perfect and the same. As a result, many oppose reg­ so too should the claims that a failure to en­ union; the Zimbwbwe Rhodesians are asking istration for fear that it is but a first step dorse peacetime registration would pose an for a decade. in a conspiracy to return to the draft. It is undue risk to U.S. national security. Zimbabwe Rhodesia may not survive, be­ important that Congress move out of the This is all to say that too many questions cause it is challenged by men who are not line of this emotional cross fire and consider are unanswered and, until they are fully re­ enthusiastic about democracy in any known t he issue on its merits. solved, reinstituting peacetime registra­ form. Robert Mugabe, the Mozambique-based Registration was terminated by President tion-an act that would be sure to reopen guerrilla leader, openly proclaims his devo­ Ford in 1975, a decision taken largely in the old wounds--would be premature. Indeed, tion to Marxism. Josuha Nkomo, operating interest of economy but no doubt influenced the debate should not proceed to a. legisla­ from Zambia, publicly scorns electoral by the view that a conventional war would tive conclusion on the basis of the incom­ democracy. not last long enough for mob111zation to mat­ plete, conflicting and often emotional argu­ Moral principle is vital to American foreign ter and, even if it did, reservists could fill ments presented so far. policy. But it must be applied consistently, the breach until the Selective Service System Rather, it would seem prudent for Con­ and with great care for the consequences. It could be reconstituted and begin to deliver gress to go along with proposals to beef up must meet the test of choosing the good fresh recruits. Selective Service, which needs to be done in when the best is not possible. Zimbabwe Rho­ But -a recent reassessment of the demands any event, and give the administration some desia provides a classic example of such a of an intense conventional conflict coupled time to iron out the technical problems that choice.e with problems in manning the reserve forces are bothering the skeptics. In the meantime, have raised fears that the U.S. Army would Congress should press the White House for run short of combat troops should the forces a comprehensive coordinated and coherent PERSONAL E~LANATION of NATO and the Warsaw Pact square off in a standby draft policy and legislative pro­ replay of World War II. As matters stand, posals to underpin it. This wlll also give all the nation's Selective Se·rvice machinery, parties time to do their homework on other HON. BOB LIVINGSTON which is now "deep standby," could not de­ critical questions that have been left hang­ liver the first inductees to Army boot camps ing: Should women register? What form OF LOUISIANA until some 110 days after a decision to mo­ should registration take? Face-to-face at IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bilize. Allowing for training and travel, this draft boards? By postcard mail-in? Or pas­ would mean that the first replacements Thursday, July 19, 1979 sively by tapping existing government files? would not reach the battlefield until at least How is compliance to be enforced and what e Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, 200 days after mobilization, which many now penalties wlll be imposed for failure to com­ consider to be too late to make a difference. ply? through an unavoidable scheduling con­ The Carter administration wants to speed flict on Friday, July 13, 1979, I was up the process; as a first step, it has pro­ Once answers are in hand, Congress wm unable to vote on the amendment to H.R. posed increased funding for fiscal year 1979 be in a better position to make the rational 4394, the Treasury-Postal appropria­ and 1980 to improve the computer capabi11- and careful analysis that an issue with such ties of Select! ve Service and to increase the important social and national-security im­ tions bill which was offered by the gen­ plications deserves. tleman from Ohio (Mr. ASHBROOK). Mr. size of its full-time staff from about 100 to AsHBROOK's amendment provided that 150. The administration contends that its modernized system would ultimately be able THE DRAFT ISSUE no funds shall be used to cause the loss to deliver the first recruits within 30 days, of tax-exempt status private, reli­ The House is about to vote on a measure to in which case combat replacements would be requiring 18-year-old men to start register­ gious, or church-operated schools. available as early as 115 days after mobiliza­ ing, after the 1980 elections, for the draft. Because this issue affects so many of tion-considered by the Pentagon to be soon The vote is being taken under conditions that my constituents, I would like to state enough to fill out new units and replace make su~cess unlikely, and that is just as combat casualties. Moreover-and this is im­ for the record that had I been present, well. For the issues involved are momentous portant-the administration claims that and complex, and neither the country nor I would have voted with the majority in this schedule would be met without pre­ the Congress has yet been attentive enough favor of the amendment.• registration. to them to ensure that a good overall dec!- 19630 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 19, 1979 sion wlll be made. As educational vehicles, day, there are hundreds of thousands of retary Vance and Secretary General the House measure and a simllar Senate blll. people, fleeing Vietnam, who share the Waldheim. due to •be debated later, are use!ul. But it same fate. To Nolan, his predicament was There is a tragedy occurring right would be unfortunate to make a national torture. To those who are leaving Viet­ before our eyes. We cannot let it esca­ commitment strictly on the basis of these nam, the so-called "boat people," their late into a holocaust. People are suffer­ debates. ing, and the longer we wait, the more Peacetime registration, after all, is a step predicament is pure hell. back toward a draft, and a draft is a good Like Nolan, the boat people voluntarily they suffer. We must act, and we must deal more than a procedure for furnishing denounced their homeland. They are for convince the world to act. mllltary manpower. It involves technlcal the most part ethnic Chinese, and have Above all, we must remember that judgments on what sorts of forces the nation recognized the longstanding animosity this is a human tragedy. As the world requires, and this in turn requires political between the Chinese and Vietnamese. becomes more complex, we tend to think judgm,ents on the sorts of defense and for­ They fear for their economic and physi­ of the world as a set of numbers. As that eign policies those forces are meant to serve. happens, we become nwnb when we Moreover, the draft-involuntary mllltary cal well-being, and flee. service-involves social judgments on the Vietnam is in dire economic straits should be more sensitive. Let us remain kind of society Americans wish to bulld. No right now. Their country was nearly dev­ sensitive to the plight of those tens of blll on registering 18-year-olds can avoid astated during a long and arduous war, thousands of boat people who are in reaching these larger questions, and the and we in the United States can take such distress. If we think o:f them, we current House and Senate measures have some of the blame for that devastation. cannot choose otherwise than to help served to raise them. But they have not yet The country is overpopulated, and pros­ them.e been adequately weighed. pects for meaningful employment for This is not to say that the all-volunteer most of the population, even the skilled force instituted after draft calls were sus­ ANNIVERSARY OF SENECA FALLS, pended in 1973 (the registration require­ element, are slim. With such a grim out­ N.Y., WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVEN­ ment was suspended in 1975) is the signal look, many look elsewhere. TION success its more ardent defenders claim. Nor Where else can they turn? To com­ is it to ignore the substantial problems of pound their woes, no one else will take the active reserve and, especially, the individ­ them. All their neighbors-Laos, Thai­ HON. GARY A. LEE ual ready reserve, which provides replace­ land, China, Japan, and especially Ma­ OF NEW YORK ments for caualties in a European war-the laysia-turned them away from their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES contingency most on the minds of manpower borders. planners. Ending the draft unquestionably Thursday, July 19, 1979 contributed to reserve problems by removing With all these nations re!using them the draft's spur to reserve service. Respon­ refuge, the boat people suffer. Many boats • Mr. LEE. Mr. Speaker, today marks sible discussion has been obstructed, more­ are rickety and small, with dozens of peo­ the 131st anniversary of the Seneca over, by the Pentagon's refusal to declassify ple huddled together. They drift at sea, Falls Women's Rights Convention, the the results of its mobllization exercises, braving the elements, sometimes suc­ birth of the women's rights movement which apparently revealed certain reserve cumbing. They drift and their food sup­ and a landmark in the social history of deficiencies. The numbers cannot be un­ ply runs out, as ship after ship passes our Nation. I have the privilege of rep­ famillar to the Russians. They should be made available for American public exami­ them by. Thousands--no, tens of thou­ resenting Seneca Falls and should like nation. sands of people-are dying. They are dy­ to recount the circumstances from The Carter administration came to office ing, and the world sits. which the convention arose that we politically disposed to associate the draft we mU&t take them into our shores. might have a better understanding of with the unpopularity of Vietnam, and there-· We owe it to them, as leaders of the the progress of women in the past one fore little inclined to think about reinstitut­ free world who profess respect for and a half centuries. ing it. Its officials now argue that, notwith­ human rights. What more fundamental On July 14, 1848, in the little upstate standing the travails of the all-volunteer rights can these people require than New York village of Seneca Falls, an force and the diminishing pool of 18-year­ food, clothing, and shelter? If we really announcement appeared in the local olds, manpower needs can be met into the 1980s by means other than the draft: better believe in human rights, we have an newspaper, inviting the public to attend recruitment, incentives for retention of ex­ obligation to provide at least those basic a convention to be held on the 19th and perienced servicemen. etc. Many citizens op­ necessities of life to these people. 20th for the purpose of discussing the posed to registration, however, prefer to pick As a nation, we have a long history social, civil, and religious condition and up on themes popularized during the Viet­ of accepting people from foreign lands. rights of woman. The two-inch adver­ nam war. They see registration as the camel's Since 1840, when thousands of Irish tisement was the precursor of the flrst nose under the tent of (beyond the draft) refugees arrived escaping the potato woman's rights conference held any­ an adventurist foreign policy and a m111tari­ zation of American society. Still others feel famine, America has opened its doors where in the world. the draft should be treated as a social project to the desperate from other countries. The attendees demanded the recog­ and linked to some concept of universal na­ The United States is more than the nition of woman's right to education. tional service for youth. The administration, home of the Statue of Liberty-the property, employments, equal pay, striving to make the all-volunteer force work symbol of freedom for the oppressed all guardianship of children, and suffrage. better, has hoped to preempt the wider, hot­ over the world. As its inscription reads: It was the start of the organized ter debate. "Send me your tired, your poor, your woman's movement. The originators of If the all-volunteer force were problem­ huddled masses yearning to breathe the conference did not expect a large free, however, the draft issue would not have crowd or a great deal of public notice, been revived in the first place. Fortunately, free. Send these, the homeless, tempest­ the problems are of a scale that permit, in­ tossed to me." If we really believe that, we and were surprised when they were deed demand, orderly scrutiny. That scrutiny cannot do less than accept the Viet­ caught up in a storm of vindictive at­ should not be crowded by a hasty proregistra­ namese refugees. tacks from the pulpit and the nation­ tion decision in the House.e We must not, of course, act alone in wide press, and were just as vigorously this measure. Realistically, we cannot defended by some of the leaders of the accept every boat person who wants to other reform movements of the day. THE BOAT PEOPLE come here. Other countries must be More woman's rights conventions soon willing to accept large numbers of 'boat occurred all over the country, bringing people as well. If enough countries will the movement into public view as it had HON. EDWARD J. MARKEY take equal amounts, the strain on any never been before, and making it the OF MASSACHUSETTS one country will not be severe rut all. topic of a national debate that continues IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Seventy-nine nations will meet this to this day. weekend in Geneva, where they will The opposition that faced woman's Thursday, July 19, 1979 discu,ss the problem of the Indochinese rights advocates at this time was im­ • Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, about 150 refugees. I hope they will all agree to mense. Woman in the mid-Nineteenth years ago, Edward Everett Hale wrote a accept more into their countries. I have century was practically a political and novel about Philip Nolan, who denounced cosigned a letter, drafted by my distin­ civil nonentity. Her sphere was clearly his country and was sentenced to live his guished colleague from Tilinois, PAuL defined as being the home and family. life as "a man without a country." To- SIMON, to that effect addressed to Sec- Society vilified the woman who stepped July 19, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19631 immodestly out of this sphere; speaking the cause of freedom. Colonel Gridley's affected by this bill-generally do not to mixed audiences was taboo, as was system of defense fortifications was a itemize their tax returns and thus could trying to earn a living in any of the male key factor in convincing the British that not take advantage of a tax deduction. controlled professions or trades. A America's determination to be free would However, a credit would be useful. More­ woman working at any job could con­ not be turned aside. Of Gridley's skills, over, deductions would tend to favor sider herself lucky to earn as much as General Washington remarked, "I know persons in the upper income bracket. one-third of her male coworkers' wages. no man better fitted to be Chief Engi­ Second, the Treasury has indicated that Upon her marriage, all property and neer." using a tax deduction would result in a wages became her husband's to dispose The completi0111 of the locks com­ much greater loss of revenue than a tax of as he chose. Her children were in the mands further significance. It will pro­ credit. complete custody of their father, and he vide safe navigation, opportUIIlities for There are some other benefits, too. For could apprentice them or send them further development of the Charles example, this bill will encourage in­ away without her consent. Institutions River Basin, and most importantly, pro­ creased individual savings. It will also of higher learning were closed to her ; tection against flood damage. The proj­ promote increased funds for savings in­ she was considered sufticiently educated ect has prevented nearly $16 million in stitutions and thus tend to stabilize in­ when she could read and write well damages in less than 2 years: more than terest rates. enough to write letters to relatives and one-third of the $50 million cost. In summary, this bill will benefit first­ keep the household accounts. She had no I want my colleagues, the metropoli­ time home buyers, savings institutions political power and no vote. tan district commissioners, and the and the housing industry. Accordingly, I Born into this situation was Elizabeth Army Corps of Engineers, to know my ur¥e my colleagues to support this bill.e Cady Stanton, the prime mover of the gratitude for this undertaking: one that Seneca Falls Convention and, along with will efticiently insure the safety and SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS Susan B. Anthony, the leading philoso­ future of the Charles River area.• pher and organizer of the women's rights movement until her death in 1902. She HON. NORMAN D. SHUMWAY was the daughter of a wealthy Albany YOUNG FAMU..IES HOMEOWNER­ OF CALIFORNIA SHIP ACT lawyer, and it was in her father's oftices IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that she saw first hand the many social and legal injustices women suffered in HON. TOBY ROTH Thursday, July 19, 1979 e Mr. SHUMWAY. Mr. Speaker, today I that day. Deeply affected by these early OF WISCONSIN experiences, she became involved in the am introducing legislation to repeal the temperance and abolition movements: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES outside earnings limitation which is cur­ activities "'hich served as training Thursday, July 19, 1979 rently imt::osed on social security recip­ grounds for many of the early woman's • Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, I want to call ients. rights activists In 1840, she married the attention of my colleagues to H.R. Under present law, eligible recipients Henry Brewster Stanton, one of the lead­ 2410-the Young Families Homeowner­ between the ages of 65 and 72 are threat­ ing abolitionists of the time. It was on ship Act of 1979. ened with a reduction in social security their honeymoon trip to the World Anti­ This act would amend the IRS code benefits if their outside income exceeds Slavery Convention in London, when the in order to provide a tax credit for a certain level-now $4,500 per year. For women delegates were denied the right amounts contributed to an individual every $2 earned in excess of this limit, to speak, that she first made the decision housing account

(21} Rate this person's political skills. On ment out of the neglect and isolation to present on Monday, July 16, during roll­ scale of six-minus 10, naive. which the two previous administrations calls Nos. 334 and 335. If I had been NoTE.-8a.vvy is misspelled as it is spelled had consi~ed it. In his leadership role present, I would have voted "aye" on sa.vy in questionnaire. he has brought tv the Government the passage of H.R. 2282, the veterans' dis­ SUPERVISION AND DIRECTION openness and independence which Presi­ ability compensation and survivors' (22) To what extent is this person focused dent Carter said would be a hallmark of benefits, and "aye" on passage of H.R. on accomplishing the Administration's goals, his administration. 3641, extension of health information 0 % ; personal goals, 100% . I recognize, Mr. Speaker, that Secre­ and promotion programs.• (23) How capable is this person at working toward implementing a decision with which tary Califano's tenure was not without controversy and criticism. But this will he;'she may not agree? On scale of six-six, SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM TAX too eager. happen when a true leader vigorously (24) How well does this person take di­ pursues his mission. And a vigorous pur­ CREDIT rection? One scale of six-six, too readily. suit it has been, for Mr. Califano has (25) How much supervision does this per­ never hesitated to courageously tackle HON. RICHARD A. GEPHARDT son need? On scale of six-a lot. the tough issues. OF MISSOURI (26) How readily does this person offer to He spoke out in behalf of our nation­ help out by doing that which is not a part of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his/her "job"? On scale of six-six, too often. al health, and has pointed out the dan­ gers of smoking, and the need for ade­ Thursday, July 19, 1979 SUMMARY: quate support for basic scientific re­ e Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, today (27) Can this person assume more respon­ search. sib111ty? No. Congressmen DowNEY, DoDD, WIRTH, (28) List this person's 3 major strengths He spoke out against waste and abuse OBEY, GLICKMAN, JENKINS, HEFTEL, HOL­ and 3 major weaknesses. Strengths: 1) Smiles in the programs, which are administered LAND, MATTOX, and MINETA joined me in a lot; 2) Likes grits; 3) Good peanut farmer. by the Department and will leave the introducing legislation to offer an income Weaknesses: 1) Can't make decisions; Department a more vibrant and effective tax credit equal to 20 percent of a tax­ 2) Too generous (gave away Panama Canal); institution because he did something to payer's annual social security payroll 3) Deserts friends (Taiwan, Iran, etc.). eliminate waste rather than just talking tax. (29) List this person's 3 major accomplish­ ments. 1) Nearly tripled rate of inflation about it. The administration's current economic in 2'12 years; 2) Seriously weakened national He spoke out strongly in support of forecast that a recession is at hand has defenses; 3) Alienated good allies. civil rights and has enforced the Na­ already brought on the hue and cry for (30) List 3 things about this person that tion's laws against discrimination with a tax cut to stimulate the economy once have disappointed you. 1) His domestic poli­ strength and conviction. again. I am not sure whether a stimula­ cies; 2) His foreign policies; 3) His close He spoke out for needed legislative ini­ tive tax cut is appropriate or necessary friends (especially and Hamilton tiatives and has brought his ability to in this period of high inflation and given Jordan. bear in support of a national health our commitmenJt to balance the Federal NoTE--Scale of six means one for inferior budget if possible. However, if we do to six for superior rating.e plan, for hospital cost containment, for a greater Federal commitment to qual­ anything in this regard, it should be a ity education, for child health and wel­ payroll tax cut and the only possdble fare reform-all critical items on our approach is as follows: TRffiUTE TO JOSEPH CALIFANO Our proposal would provide employees, Nation's agenda. self -employed persons, and employers HON. LESTER L. WOLFF I cannot help but to feel a great sad­ with a refundable credit against income ness for the departure of this able man taxes equal to 20 percent of payroll OJ' NEW YORK from the councils of Government and, taxes paid for tax years beginning in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES while I am not privy to the President's 1980 and 1981. The existing employer's Thursday, July 19, 1979 reasons for accepting his resignation, ordinary and necessary business expense I must question the wisdom of letting • Mr. WOLFF. Mr. Speaker, it is with deduction fpr payroll taxes would be re­ him go. For in these times we need the duced by the amount of the credit taken. great regret that I note the resignation boundless energy of a Joseph Califano of Joseph A. Califano as Secretary of This is probably the only opportunity to help move the Government, to restab­ we will have in the near future to Dro­ Health, Education, and Welfare. This ex­ lish confidence and enthusiasm, and we ceptional man has been an outstanding vide some form of relief from the social need the concern and compassion of a security tax increases mandated in 1977. leader of our largest executive depart­ Joseph Califano to reach out to those ment. His skill and aibility and the dedi­ It is not a true rollback of the payroll in need to whom the Department of tax, as some of my colleagues have pro­ cation which he has brought to the work Health, Education, and Welfare has a posed, nor does it provide direct general of this administration has won the re­ special mission. Under his leadership, the revenue :financing for social security. spect and admiration of my colleagues. Department truly was the "Department Our amendment, however, appears to be I am proud to call him my friend. of the People" that it should be, showing the only social security amendment that It was my privilege to have been a the compassion and dedication in help­ could reduce the full brunt of the pay­ Member of this body in the 1960's when ing to meet the needs of our citizens. roll taxes scheduled for 1980 and to be Mr. Califano was already tackling tough As a friend and admirer of this great increased in 1981. assignments for President Lyndon B. man, I will be sorry to see him leave and The amendment provides for a re­ Johnson. I have followed his career from can only hope that he will continue to fundable tax credit. This means if a tax­ the time of his work in the Department benefit by his continued interest and in­ payer owes no income taxes, he or she of Defense; as a special assistant to Pres­ volvement in the public affairs of our will still receive the credit in the form ident Johnson, where he helped to de­ Nation. I know that I share these feel­ of a refund. velop the landmark legislation of those ings with many of my colleagues and The credit also would be available and years which attacked the great social join with them in wishing the best for refundable for employers who, under the problems of our Nation; and his other him in all of his future endeavors. • principle called parity now embedded distinguished service from that time, in our social security system, are subject both from within and outside of Govern­ to the payroll tax increases as well and ment. To all of these tasks, Mr. Califano PERSONAL EXPLANATION have an equal right to relief. However, brought an unparalleled energy and com­ because employers already receive an mitment. His is a record of public service HON. RICHARD L. OTTINGER income tax deduction for payroll taxes and achievement to which many might OF NEW YORK paid, my amendment would require that aspire and which surely will be an in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their deduction be reduced by the amount spiration to those who will follow him. of the credit taken so that, in essence, As one of the most experienced and Thursday, July 19, 1979 a double deduction would not result. able members of this administration, Mr. e Mr. O'ITINGER. Mr. Speaker, be­ Only Federal, State, and local employees, Califano injected the vigor and imagina­ cause of a 2-hour delay on the Eastern or those employees of not-for-profit orga- tion which has helped lift the Depart- Airlines shuttle, I was unable to be nizations not participating in the social 19656 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 19, 1979 security system, would be denied this $20,000 will receive in the next 2 years. needed relief to our taxpayers and our credit and that seems only fair. All eligible taxpayers, however, would economy. And it will accomplish that It is estimated by the Joint Committee receive the credit to be fair and equi­ without aggravating our serious inflation on Taxation that a 20-percent social table. problems. In fact, such a tax cut would security income tax credit would decrease This may not be the best means to reduce inflation because it would reduce Federal revenues by roughly $15 billion rework the way we finance the social the cost of employment and the cost of in 1980. The Congressional Budget Office security system. Thus, the credit would goods sold. is analyzing this proposal at the present only be available for the 2-year period in 'IIhe Joint Tax Committee has analyzed time to determine what impact it will which my colleagues and I on the Social this proposal and what follows is how the have on inflation and to stimulate the Security Subcommittee have promised to legislation would affect two hypothetical economy. Whatever these figures show, a do just that. Between now and then, how­ taxpayers in different income categories 20-percent social security credit may be ever, the 20-percent social security in­ and the Federal revenue impact of the the only tax cut wage earners below come tax credit will provide small, but legislation:

GEPHARDT SOCIAL SECURITY CREDIT' IN 198G-l-EARNER FAMILY OF 4 GEPHARDT SOCIAL SECURITY CREDIT • IN 198G-2-EARNER FAMILY OF 4

Social Social lncome 2 Income tax3 security tax' Gross tax Credit Net tax lncome 2 Income tax a security tax ' Gross tax Credit Net tax

$5,000 ______5 -500 307 - 193 61 -254 $5,000.------5 -500 307 -193 61 - 254 $10,000. ------_._ 374 613 987 123 864 $10,000.------374 613 987 123 864 $15,000 ______1, 233 920 2,153 184 1, 969 $15,000.------1, 233 920 2, 153 184 1, 969 $20,000.------2, 013 1, 226 3, 239 245 2, 994 $20,000. ------2, 013 1, 226 3, 239 245 2, 994 $25,000.------2, 901 1, 533 4, 434 307 4, 127 $25,000.------2, 901 1, 533 4, 434 307 4, 127 t30,000. ------3, 917 1, 588 5, 505 318 5, 187 $30,000. ------3, 917 1, 839 5, 756 368 5, 388 $50,000. ------9, 323 1, 588 10,911 318 10,593 $50,000. ------9, 323 3,065 12,388 613 11,775 $100,000. ------27, 878 1, 588 29,466 318 29, 148 $100,000. ------27, 878 3, 175 13,053 635 30,418

1 20 percent of social security taxes paid. 1 20 percent of social security taxes paid. 2 Assumed to be wares subject to social security tax. 2 Assumed to be wa&es subject to social security tax. 3 Assumin& persona deductible expenses of 23 percent of income. This is only an avera&e. 3 Assumin& personal deductible expenses of 23 percent of income. This is only an avera&e. So So many taxpayers will have different tax liability. many taxpayers will have different tax liability. '6.13 percent on wa&es up to $25,900 per earner. ' 6.13 percent on wa&es up to $25,900 per earner. 5 Ne&ative because of the refundable earned income credit. s Neaative because of the refundable earned income credit. Joint Committee on Taxation, July 18, 1979. Joint Committee on Taxation, July 18, 1979.

GepharcLt social security credit 1 troops who did the research. I would like D.C. with OUray and participated in the Meeker Massacre investigation. Brownie ( In billions) to include in this Minutewomen series excerpts from this booklet featuring Troop 1140, Junior Troop 836. 1980 1981 some of the pioneer women from my MARCELLA DECAMP ------State: Born Apnl 30, 1888 on her parents' ranch near Villa Grove, Colorado (San Luis Valley) , Calendar ------$22. 7 $27.4 WOMEN AS PIONEERS 26. 1 Marcella DeCamp remained there until high Fiscal ------15. 8 CLARA BROWN school age, when, in order to continue her One of Colorado's earliest settlers, Clara education, Marcella. and her older sister lived 1 A refundable credit equal to 20 percent Brown ( 1800-1885) was originally a. Virginia. with a. family friend in Saguache. At ages 17 of Social Security taxes pa.id beginning slave. At 18, she married Richard, another and 19 respectively. Marcella and her sister January 1, 1980. slave and had 4 children. When their owner lived on on a ranch bought by their father Joint Committee on Taxation, July 18, died in 1835, the family was separated and near Saguache. Upon marrying Edward 1979 .• sold-for the next 47 years Clara searched !or Broome (by whom she had three children) , and finally found her youngest daughter, Marcella. was given half the property. After Eliza. Jane. living for a time in Coaldale, Edward left his PIONEER WOMEN Clara's next owner, George Brown, granted wife with two young children (John and her freedom in 1857; she adopted his last Eva-the third had died); so Marcella. moved name. In 1858, she joined as cook the wagon back to her 160-acre ranch. Among her many train of Colonel Wadsworth and headed for chores to survive were weaving rugs for sale, HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER the twin cities: Denver City-Aura.ria. Here OJ' COLORADO making lye soap, repairing shoes, chopping she set up a. laundry service. When Reverend wood and tending a. vegetable garden. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Adriance, Denver's first preacher, needed help !or the destitute, Clara. often provided it. Marcella represents a. type of Western Thursday, July 19, 1979 woman whose self-reliance and pioneer spirit With her laundry a. success, Clara. was able is inspiring to today's youth. Junior Troop e Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, as to buy some mining claims in Clear Creek the Nation was moving westward in the and Idaho Springs. In 1882, Clara. found Eliza 213. Jane in Iowa. For Clara's contributions, the ANNA E. DICKINSON 1800's, women were right up there with Anna Dickinson (a. Philadelphia. Quaker the men blazing the trail. Not only did Society of Colorado Pioneers (a. former all­ white-male group) certified her as a. member born October 28, 1842, gave numerous lec­ the women continue to do household in 1881. Brownie Troop 151. tures in Denver, other Colorado cities and at chores, but they were also working side­ mining camps after the Civil War espousing by-side with the men on the ranches, on CHIPETA Women's Rights. Her not-always-popular the farm, and in the fields. Whatever Chipeta ("the laughing maiden of the view of Women's Equality was occasionally men did in the West, there were always Utes"), described as having a ruddy and met in camps by jeeTS and thrown eggs. shining countenance, a firm tread and erect Anna. loved the natural beauty of Colo­ women who did the same. There were bearing, is a heroine because of her courage rado and climbed five of its mountains over women bronco busters, women sheriffs, and valor shown in a crisis and her efforts 14,000 feet (including Long's Peak, Pike's women gamblers, women ranchers, wom­ to mediate between Indians and Whites. Peak, Gray's Peak, Lincoln Peak, and Mt. El­ en homesteaders, and women outlaws. In 1879, while her husband, Ouray of the bert) -and unusual achievement !or a 19th­ In 1890, a quarter of a million women Uncompaghres, Chief of the Utes, was away century woman. Her advice to would-be from their U.S. Government-provided adobe climbers was: "When you hike you should were running their own farms and house and lands, on a. hunting trip, some always take a. lemon and a measuring tape ranches. subchiefs of the Ute tribe killed Nathan . . . If you suck a. section of a lemon, it will The Girl Scouts in Denver, the Girl Meeker, Indian Agent, and all the white refresh you." She was the first woman to Scouts Mile-Hi Council, researched out­ men at the White River Agency. Upon learn­ climb Mt. Washington 27 times! She and a. standing women of the Colorado West ing of the massacre, Chipeta rode without group of friends are responsible for naming stopping day and night to the hunting site Mt. Meeker and Mt. Lady Washington; later and published its findings in a booklet of Ouray so that her husband might order Mt. Dickinson (an 11,000-!oot peak in the "Colorado Hidden Heroines." All women cessation of hostilities and release of the Mummy Range) was named after our heroine selected from nominations submitted by prisoners. She later traveled to Washington. herself. Junior Troop 155.e July 19, 1979 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 19657 FREEDOMS tiona!, cultural, and religious identity. a matter of speculation. Their guardians Today, even after the Helsinki and Bel­ in America-all of us have become their grade Conferences, show trials and harsh guardians, concerned with their well­ HON. MARTY RUSSO sentences are used to intiinidate and si­ being and their memory-wait for signs OF ILLINOIS lence the widespread nationalistic and of hope and news of their return. And still, no news is forthcoming, all hope IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES religious movements in these Baltic nations. seems to be a personal pilgrimage rather Wednesday, July 18, 1979 The case of Balys Gajauskas, a mem­ than a collective wish. • Mr. RUSSO. Mr. Speaker, this week ber of the Lithuanian Helsinki monitor­ Our MIA's and POW's have already we proclaim our opposition to the ab­ ing group, is an example of the cruel op­ paid the price of freedom, and continue sence of freedom and security for 30 na­ pression of individual human rights to pay for our assured liberty. They tions in East Europe and Asia-the very which the Soviet Union continues to have made a sacrifice that many of us freedom which we demonstrate as we as­ practice. He was sentenced last year to will never have the opportunity to make semble here. As we observe the 20th an­ 10 years in a labor concentration camr in an entire lifetime. And their memories nual Captive Nations Week here in the and 5 years internal exile simply for must not be allowed to die. House of Representatives, the peoples of possessing a book which contained sev­ While memorial days and commem­ the captive nations live under oppression eral ideas contrary to the Communist orative speeches do serve a purpose, they in the Baltic States of the Soviet Union, ideology. His crime, he says, are not enough to insure that our men in Vietnam, Cambodia, and elsewhere. Consists of having thought independently will ever return, and they do little to They have none of the rights which are and having valued democracy more highly salve the pain which has become a fact so basic to our lives here in America. than the Communist dogmas. of life for all of the families of the Captive Nations Week was created 20 Gajauskas was released only 6 years missing. It is well to remember our years ago by a joint resolution of Con­ ago after having served a 25-year term missing men and our prisoners of war, gress. At that time, Congress asked Pres­ for opposing the Soviet regime. He is in but another, more etiective course of ac­ ident Eisenhower to designate the third poor health, and it is unlikely that he can tion must be instituted at this point to week in July every year as "Captive Na­ survive his current sentence. realize the goals of full accounting tions Week" until the peoples of all the Over 2 months ago, I signed a letter specified by members of the prior admin­ captive nations had acquired the rights along with almost 100 other Congress­ istrations and to fulfill our obligations of freedom and self-determination which men asking Soviet Communist Party to those men and their families. belong to all. Secretary Leonid Brezhnev to free Ga­ Mr. Speaker, much has happened Unfortunately, the number of captive jauskas. Despite our etiorts, he is stil ~ in the last year which affect the fate of nations has actually increased in the 20 imprisoned. our missing men, but we still have a long way to go before our etiorts are years since President Eisenhower first It is the obligation of those of us wh0 proclaimed "Captive Nations Week" in are fortunate enough to live in a free exhausted. The return of Pfc. Robert 1959. Three nations-Cambodia, Viet­ society to share in the struggle for free Garwood after 14 years in Vietnam has nam, and Thailand-have been added dom of people like Balys Gajauskas. We proven beyond the shadow of a doubt to the list in the past 5 years alone. must continue to observe occasions such that an American can survive, unknown It is important, then, that we mark as Captive Nations Wee.\t. to remind the to the State Deparmtent and the De­ these occasions each year on the floor Communist governments that we are fense Department. While Garwood's of the House to say to all those who live aware of their tyranny, and their viola­ general whereabouts were surmised, under tyranny that we have not forgot­ tion of human rights. But even more im­ and while his circumstances are not ten them. We must say with one voice portant, today's observance and other directly parallel to those of many of that we live for a day when all people etiorts by those of us who live in free our MIA's, there is something significant are awarded the dignity and the freedom nations give hope to the people of the to learn from the return of Robert Gar­ in their country that are the birthright captured nations. By observing Captive wood: That is, that hope should not be of every human being. Nations Week every year, we say to the abandoned in any circumstance. people of the captured nations: "We are The interest in MIA atiairs has been We in Congress often become em­ rekindled after many Members of Con­ broiled in conflicts among a variety of with you." • gress, and after many families had be­ interest groups as we try to shape com­ gun t·o believe that their Representatives, prehensive solutions to complex prob­ and their Government, had ceased to be lems-problems such as energy shortages, IN RECOGNITION OF THE SACRI­ interested in 'the welfare of their loved inflation, and unemployment. When we FICES OF OUR MISSING IN ACTION ones. After the close of the work of the are deeply involved in debates over such AND OUR PRISONERS OF WAR House Select Committee on Missing in issues, we tend to forget that it is our Action in December of 1976, the Asian debates and disagreements which rep­ and Pacific Atiairs Subcommittee in the resent the true beauty of the democratic HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN House Foreign Atiairs Committee was system. For it is only in such a system charged with the responsibili-ty of miss­ OF NEW YORK ing-in-action atiairs. The able chairman as we have here that all voices can have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a say in the emergence of the final policy. of that subcommittee, the gentreman Wednesday, July 18, 1979 from New York